DICTIONARY C
CALL - CAPZ
CALL - CALZ
CALL
n. 1. a1400 obs. - a charge, an accusation; a summons to answer to a charge
n. 2. 1607 - a person who lures or entices others
n. 3. 1732 obs. - a reason or occasion to go to a place
n. 4. 1790 Eng. dial. - a leading-string, broad tape fastened to young children when they first walk; generally used in plural
n. 5. 1815 euphemism - a need of the human body to defecate or urinate
n. 6. 1839 rare - a summons to die; a sign of impending death
n. 7. 1851 obs. - a notification from an employer that (casual) work is available
n. 8. Bk1888 Eng. dial. - scolding, abuse
n. 9. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - the movement of the surface of water when driven by the wind
n. 10. 1926 Amer. dial. - a stew, esp. one consisting mainly of onions and potatoes
n. 11. 1960s sl. - the first feelings that follow drinking an alcoholic drink
n. 12. 1960s drug culture sl. - the immediate response to an injection of a drug
n. 13. 1966 Amer. dial. - a name
n. 14. 1973 US drug culture sl. - the initial flooding of sensations after injecting heroin
n. 15. 1980s Amer. sl. - a decision
n. 16. 1999 US sl. - an opinion, a prediction
vb. 1. a1400 obs. - to bring a charge or accusation against a person; to accuse of
vb. 2. c1430 obs. - to receive a guest; to welcome and entertain
vb. 3. 1669 obs. rare - to let fly a weapon at a person
vb. 4. 1682 obs. - to bring up a topic of conversation
vb. 5. 1768 Sc. - to move quickly, to submit to be driven
vb. 6. 1768 Sc. obs. rare - to hunt an animal
vb. 7. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to knock, hammer, drive into its place, to mend; to overturn, to knock over
vb. 8. 1806 rare - to search a place by going through it thoroughly
vb. 9. 1808 Eng. dial. - to announce, to publish; to have cried by the public crier
vb. 10. 1810 Sc. - to search out, to explore
vb. 11. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold
vb. 12. 1835 rare - to travel round a place begging
vb. 13. 1843 Sc. - to sell or hawk in a cart
vb. 14. 1843 Eng. dial. - to publish the banns of marriage
vb. 15. 1872 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly
vb. 16. 1887 Amer. dial. - to remember, to recall, usually of names
vb. 17. 1888 Eng. dial. - to consider, to estimate, to think
vb. 18. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to be delirious
vb. 19. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to crouch, to cower
vb. 20. L19 colloq. - to blame
vb. 21. L19 sl. - to challenge to a fight
vb. 22. 1950 Amer. dial. - to begin
vb. 23. 1980s Aust. sl. - to vomit
vb. 24. 1990s US college sl. - to embarrass
CALLABO
n. 2002 US sl. - a collaboration
CALLABOOS
n. 1805 Amer. dial. - a cook's galley on a vessel
CALL ABOUT
vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to search for
CALL A CAB
vb. 1940s horse racing sl. - of a jockey: to wave one arm to balance oneself crossing a fence
CALL A CHAIR
vb. c1820 sl. - to appoint a 'president' at a tavern-party when discussion ensues
CALLACK
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a young girl
CALL A COP
vb. 1990s rhyming sl. - to stop
CALLAESTHETIC, CALLESTHETIC
adj. 1868 rare - relating to beauty
n. 1847 obs. rare - the philosophy of beauty; a system of principles for the appreciation of beauty; aesthetics
CALLAESTHETICAL, CALLESTHETICAL
adj. 1847 rare - relating to beauty
CALLAESTHETICS, CALLESTHETICS
n. 1847 - the philosophy of beauty
CALL AGAIN
vb. 1. c1390 rare - to bring back, to restore
vb. 2. Bk1898 Sc. - to contradict
CALL A GO
vb. 1. M19 sl. - to give up
vb. 2. M19 sl. - of a street-seller: to move on
CALLAHOOTING
adv. 1880 Amer. dial. - moving very rapidly and noisily
CALLALLOO
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a confused set of circumstances; a mix-up
CALL ALL TO PIECES
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse violently
CALLAN
n. 1. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a boy, a lad, a young man; also used as a term of affection to older persons
n. 2. 1794 Sc. - a girl
CALLAND
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a girl
CALLAN PARK
n. 20C Aust. sl. - a psychiatric institution
CALLANT
n. 1. 1502 Sc. obs. - a customer
n. 2. 1597 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - a companion; an associate
n. 3. 1686 Sc. & N. Eng. - a boy; a youth; a young fellow
n. 4. Bk1898 Sc. - a girl
CALL APARTMENT
n. 1910s US sl. - a brothel
CALLARD & BOWSERS
n. 1960s rhyming sl. - trousers (rhyming sl.)
CALLARDS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - cabbage; the leaves and shoots of cabbage
CALL A SALE
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. - to preside at an auction
CALL A SPADE A BLOODY SHOVEL
vb. 1910s colloq. - to speak aggressively or vehemently; to speak with exaggerated or unnecessary bluntness
CALL A SPADE A SHOVEL
vb. 1910s colloq. - to speak aggressively or vehemently; to speak with exaggerated or unnecessary bluntness
CALL A SPADE A SPADE
vb. 1580 - to speak plainly or bluntly, not use euphemisms
CALLAWAMPUS
adj. 1940s W. Indies sl. - big, fine, stout, grand
CALLBACK
n. 1995 - esp. in comedy or television: a reference to a previous event, joke, etc.
CALL BIRD
n. 1958 - a product placed in a shop window in order to attract customers
CALL BOY
n. 1. 1776 theatrical usage - a person, usually a boy or young man, whose job is to assist the prompter, and call the actors when they are required on stage
n. 2. 1835 - a boy or young man employed on a steamer to convey orders from the captain to the engineer or helmsman
n. 3. 1848 - a boy or young man employed to deliver messages and run errands; in the US, one employed in a hotel
n. 4. 1877 - a boy or young man who called railway workers or firefighters to work
n. 5. 1942 US - a male prostitute who can be hired on the phone
CALL CANNY
vb. 1892 Sc. - to go gently, to proceed cautiously
CALL CHARLES
vb. 1970s Aust. & US sl. - to vomit
CALL CLASHES
vb. 1768 Sc. - to spread malicious or injurious reports; to spread a rumour or piece of gossip
CALL COPPER
vb. 1930s UK criminals' sl. - to inform the police
CALL COUSINS
vb. a1632 - to address or refer to each other as 'cousin' as a sign of close friendship or kinship
CALL DINOSAURS
vb. 1970s Aust. & US sl. - to vomit
CALL-DOG
n. 1940s W. Indies sl. - a fish too small for human consumption
CALL-DOWN
n. 1895 Amer. colloq. - a reprimand; a rebuke; a scolding
vb. 1883 Amer. dial. - (usually as 'call down') to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one
CALLE
n. M17 UK criminals' sl. - a cloak or gown
CALL EARL
vb. 1968 US students' sl. - to vomit
CALLED HOME
adj. 1942 Amer. sl. - dead
CALLED TO STRAW
adj. 1931 Amer. dial. - pregnant; in childbed; pert. to a woman who has gone into labour
CALLEE
n. 1843 - a person who is called or called upon
CALLENGE
n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a challenge
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. - to challenge
CALLENT
adj. 1656 obs. rare - crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience; knowledgeable
n. 1637 obs. rare - a person who is skilled in or knowledgeable about a particular subject
CALLER
adj. 1. c1480 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of fish, vegetables, etc.: fresh, just caught or gathered
adj. 2. a1522 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of air, water, etc.: cool, fresh, refreshing; of a room, bed, etc.: well-aired; free from mustiness
adj. 3. 1754 Sc. - healthy, vigorous
n. 1. c1503 obs. - a person who brings a charge or complaint before a court of law; a complainant, a plaintiff
n. 1. a1500 Sc. obs. - a person who drives cattle or oxen; a person who drives a cart or plough
n. 2. 1843 Eng. dial. - an official at a colliery whose duty it was to go round from house to house to call up the men for work
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a gossip, an idler
n. 4. 1917 US rare - a person who summons railway workers to work
vb. 1817 Sc. - to freshen, to cool, to refresh
CALLER AS A KAIL-BLADE
adj. 1790 Sc. - as refreshing and cool as possible
CALLER AS A TROUT
adj. 1768 Sc. - of persons: in good health, rosy, plump
CALLERNESS
n. 1835 Sc. - freshness
CALLET
n. 1. 1415 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a lewd woman; a trull, a strumpet; a prostitute; a promiscuous woman
n. 2. a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; a hag; a scold; a woman given to nagging
n. 3. 1825 Sc. - the head
vb. 1. 1620 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to scold, to rail, to nag
vb. 2. 1869 Eng. dial., rare - to gossip, to talk
CALLETER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a gossip
CALLETING
adj. 1. 1691 Eng. dial. obs. - nagging, scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered
adj. 2. 1824 - pert, saucy, gossiping, cheeky, impertinent
n. 1. 1620 obs. - scolding, nagging
n. 2. 1869 Eng. dial. - chatting, gossiping
CALLETING-BOUT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a wordy quarrel; mutual recrimination
CALLETY
adj. 1863 Eng. dial. - nagging, scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered
CALLEY
n. 1975 Jamaica - marijuana
CALL FLAT
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone
CALL FOR A CAB
vb. 1961 UK sl. - of a jockey: to make jerky arm movements as he battles to remain in the saddle
CALL FOR BILL
vb. 1960s UK society sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR HERB
vb. 1960s Aust. sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR HUGHIE
vb. 1960s UK society sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR RALPH
vb. 1960s sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR THE BUTTER
vb. 1975 US sl. - to have completed a task or arrived at your destination
CALL FULL-MOUTH
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to address an elder or senior person without using Mr., Mrs., or Miss
CALL GIRL
n. 1. 1892 orig. US - a female telephone operator
n. 2. L19 sl. - a woman who works in a brothel
n. 3. 1900 Amer. sl. - a prostitute, esp. one who may be engaged by telephone
n. 4. 1912 US sl. - any prostitute
CALL HOGS
vb. 1912 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL-HOIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a place for gossip
CALL HOME
vb. 1. 1863 Eng. dial. - to publish the banns of matrimony; generally for the third time
vb. 2. 1887 Eng. dial. - to remember, to recollect, to call to mind; to remember a person's name
CALL HOUSE
n. 1. 1680 obs. - a place for labourers to congregate for a call to work or for work instructions
n. 2. L19 sl. - a brothel to which men can come without making any prior appointment
n. 3. 1909 Amer. sl. - a brothel; a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone
CALLIBISTERS
n. 16C sl. - the vagina
CALLIBLEPHARY
n. 1601 rare - a dye for the eyelids; eyeshadow
CALLIBOGUS
n. 1758 Amer. sl. - a mixture of rum and spruce beer
CALLIBOUSE
n. 1792 Amer. sl. - a jail, esp. one in a village or small town
CALLID
adj. 1656 obs. rare - crafty, cunning
CALLIDITY
n. c1450 now rare or obs. - craftiness, cunning; shrewdness
CALLIE
n. 1. 1919 US tramps' sl. - a police station
n. 2. 1919 US tramps' sl. - a prison
CALLIFUDGE
n. 1870 Eng. dial. - nonsense, humbug
vb. 1884 Eng. dial. - to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter
CALLIFUGLE
n. 1870 Eng. dial. - nonsense, humbug
vb. 1884 Eng. dial. - to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter
CALLIGRAPH
n. 1. 1853 arch. - one who writes beautifully; a professional transcriber of manuscripts
n. 2. 1878 - a beautiful specimen of writing
vb. 1840 - to write beautifully or ornamentally
CALLIGRAPHER
n. 1752 - one who writes beautifully
CALLIGRAPHICAL
adj. 1630 obs. - pert. to calligraphy; also, of a beautiful literary style
CALLIGRAPHIST
n. 1816 - a person who writes beautifully
CALLIMANKER
n. 1947 Amer. dial. - a calico or tortoiseshell cat
CALLIMETER
n. 1862 rare - a scale for measuring the beauty of something
CALL IN
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. - to begin
CALL IN A MARKER
vb. 1970s US sl. - to demand repayment of a favour
CALLING
adj. 1847 Eng. dial. - gossiping, idling
n. 1. a1400 obs. - a receiving a person into one's company; reception, welcome
n. 2. a1425 obs. - the name given to a person or thing; an appellation
n. 3. a1425 Sc. - a driving sheep, cattle, or whales to a particular place; a roundup, a drive
n. 4. 1477 obs. - a person's position, condition, or station in life; rank
n. 5. 1855 Eng. dial. - loud vituperation; scolding
n. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - gossip, scandal, idling
CALLING BELL
n. 1971 Indian English - a doorbell
CALLING CARD
n. 1. 1920s US criminals' sl. - fingerprints
n. 2. 1971 US sl. - needle marks on a drug user's arm
n. 3. 1980s Irish euphemism - excrement
n. 4. 1990 US sl. - during the Vietnam war: a printed card identifying the unit, left on the bodies of dead enemy soldiers
CALLING-DOWN
n. 1886 chiefly Amer. - a reprimand; a scolding
CALLING-HOIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a place for gossip
CALLING-HOME
n. 1872 Eng. dial. - the publication of the banns
CALLING-SHOP
n. 1868 Eng. dial. - a place for gossip
CALLING OVER
n. 1594 obs. - a reading out a list of names in order to establish who is present; a roll-call
CALLING STATION
n. 1979 US sl. - in poker: an unskilled player who calls bets prematurely
CALL IN ONE'S MARKER
vb. 1970s US sl. - to demand repayment of a favour
CALL IN QUESTION
vb. 1578 - to cast doubt on, to dispute
CALL IN SOMEONE'S CHIPS
vb. 1881 Amer. sl. - to challenge someone openly
CALL IN THE OTHER NAIL
vb. 1865 Sc. - to go on drinking
CALLION
n. 1824 Sc. - anything old and ugly
CALLIOPE
n. 1929 US railroad jargon - a steam locomotive
CALLIPYGIAN
adj. 1818 - having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks
CALLIPYGOUS
adj. 1923 - having well-shaped buttocks
CALLIS
n. 1854 Eng. dial. obs. - a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar
CALLISTHENIUM
n. 1832 US rare - a building, or part of a building, dedicated to the practice of callisthenics
CALL IT
vb. 1987 UK sl. - to state the price expected for the service requested; said of a prostitute while working
CALL IT A DAY
vb. 1. M19 sl. - to die
vb. 2. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A GO
vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A NIGHT
vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT GEORGE
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day's work
CALLITHUMP
n. 1843 US colloq. - a loud bout of noise-making performed by a group of people with a variety of instruments, utensils, etc., as a demonstration of a general feeling of celebration, dissatisfaction, etc.; also, a member of a group of people putting on such a performance
vb. 1851 US colloq. - to make discordant music or noise using a variety of instruments, utensils, etc., as a demonstration of a general feeling of celebration, etc.
CALLITHUMPIAN
adj. 1851 Amer. dial. - noisy, boisterous, discordant
n. 1830 US Amer dial. - a band or member of a band that makes discordant so-called music by playing a number of instruments, either in an unlikely combination or conjured up from unlikely objects, such as washboards, tin kettles, etc.
CALL IT ON
vb. 1955 US sl. - to challenge another gang to a gang fight
CALL IT QUITS
vb. 20C sl. - to die
CALL IT WALLY
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day's work
CALL JOINT
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone
CALL MAN
n. 1. 1876 US - a firefighter who is summoned when needed, as opposed to being permanently employed
n. 2. 1900 UK obs. - a man responsible for summoning fog signalmen
CALL MOM
n. 1930s sl., orig. US - a prostitute who advertises her services through an agency, through the (print) media, in telephone kiosks, etc., and visits a client in his own home or hotel room
CALL MONEY
n. 1989 US sl. - a demand for payment of a debt
CALL-OFF
n. 1. 1883 rare - an instance of being called away from an activity; an instance of calling a person or animal, esp. a dog, off
n. 2. 1894 - a cancellation of an event, activity, etc.
n. 3. 1972 US - an instance of an employee reporting his or her absence from work that day, esp. due to illness
CALL OFF ALL BETS
vb. 1940s African-American sl. - to die
CALL OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS
n.1965 UK sl. - a need to defecate or urinate
CALL-ON
n. 1945 - a meeting at which dockyard labourers are hired
CALL ONE OUT
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. - to wake someone
CALL ONE OUT OF ONE'S NAME
vb. 1. 1881 Eng. & Amer. dial. - to call by a nickname, not by one's proper name
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to vilify
CALL ONE'S FOOD
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to eat noisily
CALL ONE'S HAND
vb. c1960 Amer. dial. - to question, to call one to account
CALL ONE'S JAWBONE
vb. Bk1896 sl. - to live on credit
CALL ON THE CARPET
vb. 1. 1889 - to summon for or administer a rebuke or the like
vb. 2. 1960s US sl. - to reprimand; to scold
vb. 3. 1990s US prison sl. - to challenge another speaker to justify his remarks, whether hostile, gossiping or whatever
CALLOSIFY
vb. 1800 rare - to make callous; to harden; to make more rigid or fixed
CALLOSITY
n. 1628 - a hardened state of mind; callousness; insensibility
CALLOTECHNICS
n. 1841 obs. rare - the fine arts, sports, and games, considered collectively
CALLOUSED
adj. 1746 - callous, indifferent
CALL OUT
n. 1765 obs. rare - (as 'call-out') an outcry, a clamour
vb. 1. L19 sl. - to challenge to a fight
vb. 2. 1916 Amer. dial. - to invite a woman to dance
vb. 3. 1920s US criminals' sl. - to use a stolen cheque
vb. 4. 1990s US college sl. - to embarrass
CALL OUT OF NAME
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. - to call or address by improper and abusive names
CALL-OVER
n. 1. 1863 UK - a roll-call
n. 2. 1925 horse-racing usage, rare - a meeting held to determine the betting odds for a particular race, in which bets are placed on horses whose names are read out from a list
CALL OVER THE ROLLS
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to call up for reprimand
CALLOW
adj. 1. a1000 obs. - bald, without hair
adj. 2. a1000 obs. - of land: bare
adj. 3. 1567 - of birds: unfledged, without feathers
adj. 4. 1580 - raw, inexperienced, immature, naive
adj. 5. 1604 - applied to the down on a youth's cheek and chin
adj. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - pale, wan
n. 1. c1305 obs. - one who is bald
n. 2. 1651 obs. - an unfledged nestling
n. 3. 1670 obs. - a raw or inexperienced youth
CALLOW-MOUSE
n. 1340 obs. - a bat
CALLOW FROST
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a surface frost
CALLOWLY
adv. 1900 - immaturely, naively
CALLOWNESS
n. 1. a1400 obs. - baldness; lack of hair
n. 2. 1817 - immaturity, inexperience
CALLOW-WABLIN
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird
CALLOWY
adj. 1823 obs., poetic usage - of a young bird: without feathers, unfledged
CALL PIGS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL RALPH
vb. 1960s sl. - to vomit
CALL RAW
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to address an elder or senior person without using Mr., Mrs., or Miss
CALLS
n. 1862 Eng. dial. obs. - a scolding, abuse, vituperation
CALL SEALS
vb. 1970s Aust. & US sl. - to vomit
CALL SHEEP
vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to stagger in walking
CALL SOME HOGS
vb. 1946 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL SOMEONE FULL-MOUTH
vb. 1995 Guyana sl. - to address your elder without using an honorific Mr. or Mrs.
CALL SOMEONE RAW
vb. 1995 Anguilla - to address your elder without using an honorific Mr. or Mrs.
CALL SOMEONE'S BLUFF
vb. 1870s Amer. sl. - to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth
CALL SOMEONE'S CARD
vb. 1980s US sl. - to call someone's bluff
CALL SOMEONE'S GAME
vb. 1983 Amer. sl. - to call someone's bluff; to challenge, as to a fight
CALL SOMEONE'S HAND
vb. 1857 Amer. colloq. - in gambling: to challenge openly; to call someone's bluff
CALL STATION
n. 1. 1876 obs. - a centre where calls made by telegraph, esp. to summon police officers or firefighters, are received; a telegraph station
n. 2. 1884 - an establishment where members of the public can make and receive telephone calls; a telephone box or kiosk
CALL THAT GEORGE!
phr. 1983 Trinidad & Tobago - used to express finality or completion
CALL THE CLASH
vb. 1825 rare - to spread a rumour or piece of gossip
CALL THE COIN
vb. 1950s US sl. - to call 'heads or tails' when a coin is tossed
CALL THE COWS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL THE CRACK
vb. 1785 rare - to keep the conversation going; to talk together, to converse
CALL THE DOGS
vb. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. - to snore
vb. 2. 1990s US college sl. - to vomit
CALL THE GAME IN
vb. 1910s Aust. & NZ sl. - to abandon one's efforts; to admit defeat
CALL THE HOGS TO THE HILL
vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to snore
CALL THE KNOCK
vb. 2000s sl. - to track down, to apprehend and arrest
CALL THEM ALL THROUGH ONE FORD
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to treat all alike, irrespective of person or quality
CALL THE NAIL TO THE HEAD
vb. 1768 Sc. - to carry a matter through, to proceed to extremities
CALL THE PLAYS
vb. 1930s sl. - to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen
CALL THE QUEEN ONE'S AUNT
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible
CALL THE SHOTS
vb. 1930s sl. - to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen; to be in a position of power
CALL-THE-SHUTTLE
n. 1817 Sc. - a weaver
CALL THE TURN
vb. 1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage - to make an accurate statement or prediction
CALL TRADE
n. 1910s sl. - prostitution by which women or men are summoned by telephone after they have been selected, via some form of visual 'menu', by the male clientele
CALLUM
n. 1440 obs. - a callus
CALL-UP
n. 1. 1960 US sport usage - a person invited to play for a particular team
n. 2. 2001 UK sl. - in prison: a summons to a governor's office
vb. 1548 obs. - (as 'call up') to rouse from sleep
CALLUSED
adj. 1887 Sc. - hard-hearted, indifferent
CALLY
n. 1. 1919 Amer. sl. - a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up
n. 2. 1926 Amer. sl. - a police station
n. 3. 1930 US sl. - California
CALLYBOOSE
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - a jail, esp. one in a village or small town
CALLY-CORNERED
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. - out of line, askew, awry
CALLY DOSH
n. 1988 UK sl. - money
CALLYHOOTING
adv. 1880 Amer. dial. - moving very rapidly and noisily
CALLYMOOCHER
n. a1627 obs. rare - a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw cadger, a greenhorn
CALLYVAN
n. 1874 Eng. dial. - a caravan, a house on wheels, used by gypsy hawkers or in wild-beast shows; any very large carriage
CALM
adj. 1. 1808 Sc. - of ice: smooth, even
adj. 2. 1888 colloq. - quietly insolent; unabashed, impudent
CALMATIVE
adj. 1871 - having a calming effect
n. 1870 - anything which has a calming effect
CALMER
n. 1999 UK sl. - a barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant
CALM OF DAY
n. 1939 Amer. dial. - daylight
CALMY
adj. 1587 arch., poetic usage - characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful
CALO
n. 1617 obs. rare - a camp-servant
CALODEMONIAL
adj. 1522 obs. - pert. to beautiful or good spirits
CALOGRAM
n. 1868 - a suggested substitute for 'cablegram'
CALOGRAPHY
n. 1804 rare - calligraphy
CALONKUS
n. L19 Aust. sl. - a fool
CALOOP
vb. 1942 Amer. sl. - to neck, to pet; to go courting; to kiss and cuddle
CALOPHANTIC
adj. 1596 obs. - pretending or making a show of excellence; hypocritical
CALOR
n. 1599 obs. - heat, warmth
CALORIC
adj. 1865 - pert. to heat
n. 1794 - heat
CALORICALLY
adv. 1869 rare - in the manner of heat, as heat
CALORIDUCT
n. 1864 - a tube or channel for conducting heat
CALORIFIANT
adj. 1860 - producing heat
CALORIFICAL
adj. 1620 obs. - producing heat
CALORIFY
vb. 1841 - to make hot
CALOROUS
adj. 1737 obs. rare - warm
CALOTTE
n. 1894 - a snowcap; an ice-cap
CALOUR
n. 1599 obs. - heat, warmth
CALP
n. Bk1891 sl. - a hat
CALSAY-PAIKER
n. 1879 Sc. - a street walker
CALSHIE
adj. 1790 Sc. - crabbed, ill-tempered, ill-humoured, surly, rude
CALTROP
n. a1300 obs. - a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like
vb. c1440 obs. - to catch or trap with a 'caltrop'
CALUMET FEVER
n. 1964 Ottawa valley lumbermen sl. - fear of riding logs down the slide at Calumet, Quebec
CALUMNER
n. 1614 obs. - a calumniator; a slanderer
CALUMNIATE
vb. 1554 - to slander, to defame; to make false charges against
CALUMNIATION
n. 1. 1548 - slandering; malicious detraction
n. 2. 1588 - a libellous report; a slander, calumny
CALUMNIATOR
n. 1549 - a slanderer
CALUMNIATORY
adj. 1625 - slanderous
CALUMNIE
vb. 1827 Sc. obs. - to calumniate
CALUMNIER
n. 1586 obs. rare - a slanderer
CALUMNIOUS
adj. 1490 - slanderous; defamatory
CALUMNIZE
vb. 1606 obs. - to slander; to defame
CALUMNY
n. 1564 - malicious representation; slander; libel; a false charge; a slanderous or libellous statement or report
vb. 1563 - to calumniate, to slander
CALUTED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - idiotic, stupid, dull of comprehension
CALVAIR
n. c1420 obs. rare - a skull
CALVE
n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a fall of earth, a landslip, a bulging or falling in of a wall, etc.
vb. 1. 1755 Eng. dial. - to fall in as an undermined bank or side of a cutting
vb. 2. 1837 - of a glacier or iceberg: to detach and throw off a mass of ice
vb. 3. 1847 Amer. sl. - to vomit
CALVEN
adj. 1863 - that has calved
CALVES GONE TO GRASS
phr. 1813 - said of slender, undeveloped legs, with lack of calves
CALVES' HEADS ARE BEST HOT
phr. Bk1891 sl. - a sarcastic apology for one sitting down to eat with his hat on
THE CALVES' LESSON IN CURVES
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. - an attractive girl
CALVES'-SNOUT
n. 1548 - an old name of snapdragon, esp. of Antirrhinum Orontium, or Antirrhinum minus
CALVIN KLEIN
n. 1. 1998 rhyming sl. - a judicial fine
n. 2. 1998 rhyming sl. - wine
n. 3. 2000s rhyming sl. - nine
CALVIN KLEIN SPECIAL
n. 1995 US sl. - a mixture of cocaine and the recreational drug ketamine
CALVISH
adj. 1570 - doltish, stupid
CALVITY
n. 1623 rare - baldness
CALWART
adj. 1866 Sc. - of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing
CALZOONS
n. 1615 obs. - in Turkey and the Middle East: drawers, hose, trousers
n. 1. a1400 obs. - a charge, an accusation; a summons to answer to a charge
n. 2. 1607 - a person who lures or entices others
n. 3. 1732 obs. - a reason or occasion to go to a place
n. 4. 1790 Eng. dial. - a leading-string, broad tape fastened to young children when they first walk; generally used in plural
n. 5. 1815 euphemism - a need of the human body to defecate or urinate
n. 6. 1839 rare - a summons to die; a sign of impending death
n. 7. 1851 obs. - a notification from an employer that (casual) work is available
n. 8. Bk1888 Eng. dial. - scolding, abuse
n. 9. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - the movement of the surface of water when driven by the wind
n. 10. 1926 Amer. dial. - a stew, esp. one consisting mainly of onions and potatoes
n. 11. 1960s sl. - the first feelings that follow drinking an alcoholic drink
n. 12. 1960s drug culture sl. - the immediate response to an injection of a drug
n. 13. 1966 Amer. dial. - a name
n. 14. 1973 US drug culture sl. - the initial flooding of sensations after injecting heroin
n. 15. 1980s Amer. sl. - a decision
n. 16. 1999 US sl. - an opinion, a prediction
vb. 1. a1400 obs. - to bring a charge or accusation against a person; to accuse of
vb. 2. c1430 obs. - to receive a guest; to welcome and entertain
vb. 3. 1669 obs. rare - to let fly a weapon at a person
vb. 4. 1682 obs. - to bring up a topic of conversation
vb. 5. 1768 Sc. - to move quickly, to submit to be driven
vb. 6. 1768 Sc. obs. rare - to hunt an animal
vb. 7. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to knock, hammer, drive into its place, to mend; to overturn, to knock over
vb. 8. 1806 rare - to search a place by going through it thoroughly
vb. 9. 1808 Eng. dial. - to announce, to publish; to have cried by the public crier
vb. 10. 1810 Sc. - to search out, to explore
vb. 11. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold
vb. 12. 1835 rare - to travel round a place begging
vb. 13. 1843 Sc. - to sell or hawk in a cart
vb. 14. 1843 Eng. dial. - to publish the banns of marriage
vb. 15. 1872 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly
vb. 16. 1887 Amer. dial. - to remember, to recall, usually of names
vb. 17. 1888 Eng. dial. - to consider, to estimate, to think
vb. 18. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to be delirious
vb. 19. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to crouch, to cower
vb. 20. L19 colloq. - to blame
vb. 21. L19 sl. - to challenge to a fight
vb. 22. 1950 Amer. dial. - to begin
vb. 23. 1980s Aust. sl. - to vomit
vb. 24. 1990s US college sl. - to embarrass
CALLABO
n. 2002 US sl. - a collaboration
CALLABOOS
n. 1805 Amer. dial. - a cook's galley on a vessel
CALL ABOUT
vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to search for
CALL A CAB
vb. 1940s horse racing sl. - of a jockey: to wave one arm to balance oneself crossing a fence
CALL A CHAIR
vb. c1820 sl. - to appoint a 'president' at a tavern-party when discussion ensues
CALLACK
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a young girl
CALL A COP
vb. 1990s rhyming sl. - to stop
CALLAESTHETIC, CALLESTHETIC
adj. 1868 rare - relating to beauty
n. 1847 obs. rare - the philosophy of beauty; a system of principles for the appreciation of beauty; aesthetics
CALLAESTHETICAL, CALLESTHETICAL
adj. 1847 rare - relating to beauty
CALLAESTHETICS, CALLESTHETICS
n. 1847 - the philosophy of beauty
CALL AGAIN
vb. 1. c1390 rare - to bring back, to restore
vb. 2. Bk1898 Sc. - to contradict
CALL A GO
vb. 1. M19 sl. - to give up
vb. 2. M19 sl. - of a street-seller: to move on
CALLAHOOTING
adv. 1880 Amer. dial. - moving very rapidly and noisily
CALLALLOO
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a confused set of circumstances; a mix-up
CALL ALL TO PIECES
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse violently
CALLAN
n. 1. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a boy, a lad, a young man; also used as a term of affection to older persons
n. 2. 1794 Sc. - a girl
CALLAND
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a girl
CALLAN PARK
n. 20C Aust. sl. - a psychiatric institution
CALLANT
n. 1. 1502 Sc. obs. - a customer
n. 2. 1597 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - a companion; an associate
n. 3. 1686 Sc. & N. Eng. - a boy; a youth; a young fellow
n. 4. Bk1898 Sc. - a girl
CALL APARTMENT
n. 1910s US sl. - a brothel
CALLARD & BOWSERS
n. 1960s rhyming sl. - trousers (rhyming sl.)
CALLARDS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - cabbage; the leaves and shoots of cabbage
CALL A SALE
vb. 1944 Amer. dial. - to preside at an auction
CALL A SPADE A BLOODY SHOVEL
vb. 1910s colloq. - to speak aggressively or vehemently; to speak with exaggerated or unnecessary bluntness
CALL A SPADE A SHOVEL
vb. 1910s colloq. - to speak aggressively or vehemently; to speak with exaggerated or unnecessary bluntness
CALL A SPADE A SPADE
vb. 1580 - to speak plainly or bluntly, not use euphemisms
CALLAWAMPUS
adj. 1940s W. Indies sl. - big, fine, stout, grand
CALLBACK
n. 1995 - esp. in comedy or television: a reference to a previous event, joke, etc.
CALL BIRD
n. 1958 - a product placed in a shop window in order to attract customers
CALL BOY
n. 1. 1776 theatrical usage - a person, usually a boy or young man, whose job is to assist the prompter, and call the actors when they are required on stage
n. 2. 1835 - a boy or young man employed on a steamer to convey orders from the captain to the engineer or helmsman
n. 3. 1848 - a boy or young man employed to deliver messages and run errands; in the US, one employed in a hotel
n. 4. 1877 - a boy or young man who called railway workers or firefighters to work
n. 5. 1942 US - a male prostitute who can be hired on the phone
CALL CANNY
vb. 1892 Sc. - to go gently, to proceed cautiously
CALL CHARLES
vb. 1970s Aust. & US sl. - to vomit
CALL CLASHES
vb. 1768 Sc. - to spread malicious or injurious reports; to spread a rumour or piece of gossip
CALL COPPER
vb. 1930s UK criminals' sl. - to inform the police
CALL COUSINS
vb. a1632 - to address or refer to each other as 'cousin' as a sign of close friendship or kinship
CALL DINOSAURS
vb. 1970s Aust. & US sl. - to vomit
CALL-DOG
n. 1940s W. Indies sl. - a fish too small for human consumption
CALL-DOWN
n. 1895 Amer. colloq. - a reprimand; a rebuke; a scolding
vb. 1883 Amer. dial. - (usually as 'call down') to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one
CALLE
n. M17 UK criminals' sl. - a cloak or gown
CALL EARL
vb. 1968 US students' sl. - to vomit
CALLED HOME
adj. 1942 Amer. sl. - dead
CALLED TO STRAW
adj. 1931 Amer. dial. - pregnant; in childbed; pert. to a woman who has gone into labour
CALLEE
n. 1843 - a person who is called or called upon
CALLENGE
n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a challenge
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. - to challenge
CALLENT
adj. 1656 obs. rare - crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience; knowledgeable
n. 1637 obs. rare - a person who is skilled in or knowledgeable about a particular subject
CALLER
adj. 1. c1480 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of fish, vegetables, etc.: fresh, just caught or gathered
adj. 2. a1522 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of air, water, etc.: cool, fresh, refreshing; of a room, bed, etc.: well-aired; free from mustiness
adj. 3. 1754 Sc. - healthy, vigorous
n. 1. c1503 obs. - a person who brings a charge or complaint before a court of law; a complainant, a plaintiff
n. 1. a1500 Sc. obs. - a person who drives cattle or oxen; a person who drives a cart or plough
n. 2. 1843 Eng. dial. - an official at a colliery whose duty it was to go round from house to house to call up the men for work
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a gossip, an idler
n. 4. 1917 US rare - a person who summons railway workers to work
vb. 1817 Sc. - to freshen, to cool, to refresh
CALLER AS A KAIL-BLADE
adj. 1790 Sc. - as refreshing and cool as possible
CALLER AS A TROUT
adj. 1768 Sc. - of persons: in good health, rosy, plump
CALLERNESS
n. 1835 Sc. - freshness
CALLET
n. 1. 1415 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a lewd woman; a trull, a strumpet; a prostitute; a promiscuous woman
n. 2. a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; a hag; a scold; a woman given to nagging
n. 3. 1825 Sc. - the head
vb. 1. 1620 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to scold, to rail, to nag
vb. 2. 1869 Eng. dial., rare - to gossip, to talk
CALLETER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a gossip
CALLETING
adj. 1. 1691 Eng. dial. obs. - nagging, scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered
adj. 2. 1824 - pert, saucy, gossiping, cheeky, impertinent
n. 1. 1620 obs. - scolding, nagging
n. 2. 1869 Eng. dial. - chatting, gossiping
CALLETING-BOUT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a wordy quarrel; mutual recrimination
CALLETY
adj. 1863 Eng. dial. - nagging, scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered
CALLEY
n. 1975 Jamaica - marijuana
CALL FLAT
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone
CALL FOR A CAB
vb. 1961 UK sl. - of a jockey: to make jerky arm movements as he battles to remain in the saddle
CALL FOR BILL
vb. 1960s UK society sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR HERB
vb. 1960s Aust. sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR HUGHIE
vb. 1960s UK society sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR RALPH
vb. 1960s sl. - to vomit
CALL FOR THE BUTTER
vb. 1975 US sl. - to have completed a task or arrived at your destination
CALL FULL-MOUTH
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to address an elder or senior person without using Mr., Mrs., or Miss
CALL GIRL
n. 1. 1892 orig. US - a female telephone operator
n. 2. L19 sl. - a woman who works in a brothel
n. 3. 1900 Amer. sl. - a prostitute, esp. one who may be engaged by telephone
n. 4. 1912 US sl. - any prostitute
CALL HOGS
vb. 1912 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL-HOIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a place for gossip
CALL HOME
vb. 1. 1863 Eng. dial. - to publish the banns of matrimony; generally for the third time
vb. 2. 1887 Eng. dial. - to remember, to recollect, to call to mind; to remember a person's name
CALL HOUSE
n. 1. 1680 obs. - a place for labourers to congregate for a call to work or for work instructions
n. 2. L19 sl. - a brothel to which men can come without making any prior appointment
n. 3. 1909 Amer. sl. - a brothel; a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone
CALLIBISTERS
n. 16C sl. - the vagina
CALLIBLEPHARY
n. 1601 rare - a dye for the eyelids; eyeshadow
CALLIBOGUS
n. 1758 Amer. sl. - a mixture of rum and spruce beer
CALLIBOUSE
n. 1792 Amer. sl. - a jail, esp. one in a village or small town
CALLID
adj. 1656 obs. rare - crafty, cunning
CALLIDITY
n. c1450 now rare or obs. - craftiness, cunning; shrewdness
CALLIE
n. 1. 1919 US tramps' sl. - a police station
n. 2. 1919 US tramps' sl. - a prison
CALLIFUDGE
n. 1870 Eng. dial. - nonsense, humbug
vb. 1884 Eng. dial. - to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter
CALLIFUGLE
n. 1870 Eng. dial. - nonsense, humbug
vb. 1884 Eng. dial. - to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter
CALLIGRAPH
n. 1. 1853 arch. - one who writes beautifully; a professional transcriber of manuscripts
n. 2. 1878 - a beautiful specimen of writing
vb. 1840 - to write beautifully or ornamentally
CALLIGRAPHER
n. 1752 - one who writes beautifully
CALLIGRAPHICAL
adj. 1630 obs. - pert. to calligraphy; also, of a beautiful literary style
CALLIGRAPHIST
n. 1816 - a person who writes beautifully
CALLIMANKER
n. 1947 Amer. dial. - a calico or tortoiseshell cat
CALLIMETER
n. 1862 rare - a scale for measuring the beauty of something
CALL IN
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. - to begin
CALL IN A MARKER
vb. 1970s US sl. - to demand repayment of a favour
CALLING
adj. 1847 Eng. dial. - gossiping, idling
n. 1. a1400 obs. - a receiving a person into one's company; reception, welcome
n. 2. a1425 obs. - the name given to a person or thing; an appellation
n. 3. a1425 Sc. - a driving sheep, cattle, or whales to a particular place; a roundup, a drive
n. 4. 1477 obs. - a person's position, condition, or station in life; rank
n. 5. 1855 Eng. dial. - loud vituperation; scolding
n. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - gossip, scandal, idling
CALLING BELL
n. 1971 Indian English - a doorbell
CALLING CARD
n. 1. 1920s US criminals' sl. - fingerprints
n. 2. 1971 US sl. - needle marks on a drug user's arm
n. 3. 1980s Irish euphemism - excrement
n. 4. 1990 US sl. - during the Vietnam war: a printed card identifying the unit, left on the bodies of dead enemy soldiers
CALLING-DOWN
n. 1886 chiefly Amer. - a reprimand; a scolding
CALLING-HOIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a place for gossip
CALLING-HOME
n. 1872 Eng. dial. - the publication of the banns
CALLING-SHOP
n. 1868 Eng. dial. - a place for gossip
CALLING OVER
n. 1594 obs. - a reading out a list of names in order to establish who is present; a roll-call
CALLING STATION
n. 1979 US sl. - in poker: an unskilled player who calls bets prematurely
CALL IN ONE'S MARKER
vb. 1970s US sl. - to demand repayment of a favour
CALL IN QUESTION
vb. 1578 - to cast doubt on, to dispute
CALL IN SOMEONE'S CHIPS
vb. 1881 Amer. sl. - to challenge someone openly
CALL IN THE OTHER NAIL
vb. 1865 Sc. - to go on drinking
CALLION
n. 1824 Sc. - anything old and ugly
CALLIOPE
n. 1929 US railroad jargon - a steam locomotive
CALLIPYGIAN
adj. 1818 - having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks
CALLIPYGOUS
adj. 1923 - having well-shaped buttocks
CALLIS
n. 1854 Eng. dial. obs. - a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar
CALLISTHENIUM
n. 1832 US rare - a building, or part of a building, dedicated to the practice of callisthenics
CALL IT
vb. 1987 UK sl. - to state the price expected for the service requested; said of a prostitute while working
CALL IT A DAY
vb. 1. M19 sl. - to die
vb. 2. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A GO
vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A NIGHT
vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT GEORGE
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day's work
CALLITHUMP
n. 1843 US colloq. - a loud bout of noise-making performed by a group of people with a variety of instruments, utensils, etc., as a demonstration of a general feeling of celebration, dissatisfaction, etc.; also, a member of a group of people putting on such a performance
vb. 1851 US colloq. - to make discordant music or noise using a variety of instruments, utensils, etc., as a demonstration of a general feeling of celebration, etc.
CALLITHUMPIAN
adj. 1851 Amer. dial. - noisy, boisterous, discordant
n. 1830 US Amer dial. - a band or member of a band that makes discordant so-called music by playing a number of instruments, either in an unlikely combination or conjured up from unlikely objects, such as washboards, tin kettles, etc.
CALL IT ON
vb. 1955 US sl. - to challenge another gang to a gang fight
CALL IT QUITS
vb. 20C sl. - to die
CALL IT WALLY
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day's work
CALL JOINT
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone
CALL MAN
n. 1. 1876 US - a firefighter who is summoned when needed, as opposed to being permanently employed
n. 2. 1900 UK obs. - a man responsible for summoning fog signalmen
CALL MOM
n. 1930s sl., orig. US - a prostitute who advertises her services through an agency, through the (print) media, in telephone kiosks, etc., and visits a client in his own home or hotel room
CALL MONEY
n. 1989 US sl. - a demand for payment of a debt
CALL-OFF
n. 1. 1883 rare - an instance of being called away from an activity; an instance of calling a person or animal, esp. a dog, off
n. 2. 1894 - a cancellation of an event, activity, etc.
n. 3. 1972 US - an instance of an employee reporting his or her absence from work that day, esp. due to illness
CALL OFF ALL BETS
vb. 1940s African-American sl. - to die
CALL OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS
n.1965 UK sl. - a need to defecate or urinate
CALL-ON
n. 1945 - a meeting at which dockyard labourers are hired
CALL ONE OUT
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. - to wake someone
CALL ONE OUT OF ONE'S NAME
vb. 1. 1881 Eng. & Amer. dial. - to call by a nickname, not by one's proper name
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to vilify
CALL ONE'S FOOD
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to eat noisily
CALL ONE'S HAND
vb. c1960 Amer. dial. - to question, to call one to account
CALL ONE'S JAWBONE
vb. Bk1896 sl. - to live on credit
CALL ON THE CARPET
vb. 1. 1889 - to summon for or administer a rebuke or the like
vb. 2. 1960s US sl. - to reprimand; to scold
vb. 3. 1990s US prison sl. - to challenge another speaker to justify his remarks, whether hostile, gossiping or whatever
CALLOSIFY
vb. 1800 rare - to make callous; to harden; to make more rigid or fixed
CALLOSITY
n. 1628 - a hardened state of mind; callousness; insensibility
CALLOTECHNICS
n. 1841 obs. rare - the fine arts, sports, and games, considered collectively
CALLOUSED
adj. 1746 - callous, indifferent
CALL OUT
n. 1765 obs. rare - (as 'call-out') an outcry, a clamour
vb. 1. L19 sl. - to challenge to a fight
vb. 2. 1916 Amer. dial. - to invite a woman to dance
vb. 3. 1920s US criminals' sl. - to use a stolen cheque
vb. 4. 1990s US college sl. - to embarrass
CALL OUT OF NAME
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. - to call or address by improper and abusive names
CALL-OVER
n. 1. 1863 UK - a roll-call
n. 2. 1925 horse-racing usage, rare - a meeting held to determine the betting odds for a particular race, in which bets are placed on horses whose names are read out from a list
CALL OVER THE ROLLS
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to call up for reprimand
CALLOW
adj. 1. a1000 obs. - bald, without hair
adj. 2. a1000 obs. - of land: bare
adj. 3. 1567 - of birds: unfledged, without feathers
adj. 4. 1580 - raw, inexperienced, immature, naive
adj. 5. 1604 - applied to the down on a youth's cheek and chin
adj. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - pale, wan
n. 1. c1305 obs. - one who is bald
n. 2. 1651 obs. - an unfledged nestling
n. 3. 1670 obs. - a raw or inexperienced youth
CALLOW-MOUSE
n. 1340 obs. - a bat
CALLOW FROST
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a surface frost
CALLOWLY
adv. 1900 - immaturely, naively
CALLOWNESS
n. 1. a1400 obs. - baldness; lack of hair
n. 2. 1817 - immaturity, inexperience
CALLOW-WABLIN
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird
CALLOWY
adj. 1823 obs., poetic usage - of a young bird: without feathers, unfledged
CALL PIGS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL RALPH
vb. 1960s sl. - to vomit
CALL RAW
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to address an elder or senior person without using Mr., Mrs., or Miss
CALLS
n. 1862 Eng. dial. obs. - a scolding, abuse, vituperation
CALL SEALS
vb. 1970s Aust. & US sl. - to vomit
CALL SHEEP
vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to stagger in walking
CALL SOME HOGS
vb. 1946 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL SOMEONE FULL-MOUTH
vb. 1995 Guyana sl. - to address your elder without using an honorific Mr. or Mrs.
CALL SOMEONE RAW
vb. 1995 Anguilla - to address your elder without using an honorific Mr. or Mrs.
CALL SOMEONE'S BLUFF
vb. 1870s Amer. sl. - to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth
CALL SOMEONE'S CARD
vb. 1980s US sl. - to call someone's bluff
CALL SOMEONE'S GAME
vb. 1983 Amer. sl. - to call someone's bluff; to challenge, as to a fight
CALL SOMEONE'S HAND
vb. 1857 Amer. colloq. - in gambling: to challenge openly; to call someone's bluff
CALL STATION
n. 1. 1876 obs. - a centre where calls made by telegraph, esp. to summon police officers or firefighters, are received; a telegraph station
n. 2. 1884 - an establishment where members of the public can make and receive telephone calls; a telephone box or kiosk
CALL THAT GEORGE!
phr. 1983 Trinidad & Tobago - used to express finality or completion
CALL THE CLASH
vb. 1825 rare - to spread a rumour or piece of gossip
CALL THE COIN
vb. 1950s US sl. - to call 'heads or tails' when a coin is tossed
CALL THE COWS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to snore
CALL THE CRACK
vb. 1785 rare - to keep the conversation going; to talk together, to converse
CALL THE DOGS
vb. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. - to snore
vb. 2. 1990s US college sl. - to vomit
CALL THE GAME IN
vb. 1910s Aust. & NZ sl. - to abandon one's efforts; to admit defeat
CALL THE HOGS TO THE HILL
vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to snore
CALL THE KNOCK
vb. 2000s sl. - to track down, to apprehend and arrest
CALL THEM ALL THROUGH ONE FORD
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to treat all alike, irrespective of person or quality
CALL THE NAIL TO THE HEAD
vb. 1768 Sc. - to carry a matter through, to proceed to extremities
CALL THE PLAYS
vb. 1930s sl. - to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen
CALL THE QUEEN ONE'S AUNT
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible
CALL THE SHOTS
vb. 1930s sl. - to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen; to be in a position of power
CALL-THE-SHUTTLE
n. 1817 Sc. - a weaver
CALL THE TURN
vb. 1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage - to make an accurate statement or prediction
CALL TRADE
n. 1910s sl. - prostitution by which women or men are summoned by telephone after they have been selected, via some form of visual 'menu', by the male clientele
CALLUM
n. 1440 obs. - a callus
CALL-UP
n. 1. 1960 US sport usage - a person invited to play for a particular team
n. 2. 2001 UK sl. - in prison: a summons to a governor's office
vb. 1548 obs. - (as 'call up') to rouse from sleep
CALLUSED
adj. 1887 Sc. - hard-hearted, indifferent
CALLY
n. 1. 1919 Amer. sl. - a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up
n. 2. 1926 Amer. sl. - a police station
n. 3. 1930 US sl. - California
CALLYBOOSE
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - a jail, esp. one in a village or small town
CALLY-CORNERED
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. - out of line, askew, awry
CALLY DOSH
n. 1988 UK sl. - money
CALLYHOOTING
adv. 1880 Amer. dial. - moving very rapidly and noisily
CALLYMOOCHER
n. a1627 obs. rare - a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw cadger, a greenhorn
CALLYVAN
n. 1874 Eng. dial. - a caravan, a house on wheels, used by gypsy hawkers or in wild-beast shows; any very large carriage
CALM
adj. 1. 1808 Sc. - of ice: smooth, even
adj. 2. 1888 colloq. - quietly insolent; unabashed, impudent
CALMATIVE
adj. 1871 - having a calming effect
n. 1870 - anything which has a calming effect
CALMER
n. 1999 UK sl. - a barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant
CALM OF DAY
n. 1939 Amer. dial. - daylight
CALMY
adj. 1587 arch., poetic usage - characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful
CALO
n. 1617 obs. rare - a camp-servant
CALODEMONIAL
adj. 1522 obs. - pert. to beautiful or good spirits
CALOGRAM
n. 1868 - a suggested substitute for 'cablegram'
CALOGRAPHY
n. 1804 rare - calligraphy
CALONKUS
n. L19 Aust. sl. - a fool
CALOOP
vb. 1942 Amer. sl. - to neck, to pet; to go courting; to kiss and cuddle
CALOPHANTIC
adj. 1596 obs. - pretending or making a show of excellence; hypocritical
CALOR
n. 1599 obs. - heat, warmth
CALORIC
adj. 1865 - pert. to heat
n. 1794 - heat
CALORICALLY
adv. 1869 rare - in the manner of heat, as heat
CALORIDUCT
n. 1864 - a tube or channel for conducting heat
CALORIFIANT
adj. 1860 - producing heat
CALORIFICAL
adj. 1620 obs. - producing heat
CALORIFY
vb. 1841 - to make hot
CALOROUS
adj. 1737 obs. rare - warm
CALOTTE
n. 1894 - a snowcap; an ice-cap
CALOUR
n. 1599 obs. - heat, warmth
CALP
n. Bk1891 sl. - a hat
CALSAY-PAIKER
n. 1879 Sc. - a street walker
CALSHIE
adj. 1790 Sc. - crabbed, ill-tempered, ill-humoured, surly, rude
CALTROP
n. a1300 obs. - a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like
vb. c1440 obs. - to catch or trap with a 'caltrop'
CALUMET FEVER
n. 1964 Ottawa valley lumbermen sl. - fear of riding logs down the slide at Calumet, Quebec
CALUMNER
n. 1614 obs. - a calumniator; a slanderer
CALUMNIATE
vb. 1554 - to slander, to defame; to make false charges against
CALUMNIATION
n. 1. 1548 - slandering; malicious detraction
n. 2. 1588 - a libellous report; a slander, calumny
CALUMNIATOR
n. 1549 - a slanderer
CALUMNIATORY
adj. 1625 - slanderous
CALUMNIE
vb. 1827 Sc. obs. - to calumniate
CALUMNIER
n. 1586 obs. rare - a slanderer
CALUMNIOUS
adj. 1490 - slanderous; defamatory
CALUMNIZE
vb. 1606 obs. - to slander; to defame
CALUMNY
n. 1564 - malicious representation; slander; libel; a false charge; a slanderous or libellous statement or report
vb. 1563 - to calumniate, to slander
CALUTED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - idiotic, stupid, dull of comprehension
CALVAIR
n. c1420 obs. rare - a skull
CALVE
n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a fall of earth, a landslip, a bulging or falling in of a wall, etc.
vb. 1. 1755 Eng. dial. - to fall in as an undermined bank or side of a cutting
vb. 2. 1837 - of a glacier or iceberg: to detach and throw off a mass of ice
vb. 3. 1847 Amer. sl. - to vomit
CALVEN
adj. 1863 - that has calved
CALVES GONE TO GRASS
phr. 1813 - said of slender, undeveloped legs, with lack of calves
CALVES' HEADS ARE BEST HOT
phr. Bk1891 sl. - a sarcastic apology for one sitting down to eat with his hat on
THE CALVES' LESSON IN CURVES
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. - an attractive girl
CALVES'-SNOUT
n. 1548 - an old name of snapdragon, esp. of Antirrhinum Orontium, or Antirrhinum minus
CALVIN KLEIN
n. 1. 1998 rhyming sl. - a judicial fine
n. 2. 1998 rhyming sl. - wine
n. 3. 2000s rhyming sl. - nine
CALVIN KLEIN SPECIAL
n. 1995 US sl. - a mixture of cocaine and the recreational drug ketamine
CALVISH
adj. 1570 - doltish, stupid
CALVITY
n. 1623 rare - baldness
CALWART
adj. 1866 Sc. - of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing
CALZOONS
n. 1615 obs. - in Turkey and the Middle East: drawers, hose, trousers
CAM - CAMZ
CAM
adj. 1. a1600 Eng. dial. - perverse, obstinate, cross
adj. 2. 1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - crooked, twisted, bent from the straight
adv. 1. 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - away from the straight line, awry, askew
adv. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - awkwardly, crookedly
n. 1. 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - the crest of a hill, a ridge; a long narrow earthen mound
n. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. - contradiction, perverse argument
n. 3. World War II Amer. sl. - camouflage
n. 4. 1969 sl. - a camera
n. 5. 1970s sl. - Cambodian marijuana, usually very strong
n. 6. 20C sl. - a camisole or underbodice
n. 7. 20C sl. - cami-knickers
vb. 1. 1748 Eng. dial. - to make crooked; to tread shoes out of shape
vb. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. - to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel
CAMAC
n. 19C Irish sl. - anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose
CAMACHAL
n. 1934 Sc. - a troublesome boy
CAMARADA
n. 1598 obs. - a company of soldiers messing or lodging together
CAMARADA DE AQUELLA
n. 1960s US sl. - a term of high praise; a 'number-one guy'
CAMARINE
n. 1576 obs. - a fetid marsh or swamp
CAMBAUTE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a crooked bat or stick
CAMBER
adj. a1387 obs. - curved
n. 1. a1618 - the condition of being slightly arched or convex above
n. 2. 1910 - the curvature of the wings of an aeroplane
vb. 1. 1627 - to be or become slightly arched or curved so that the centre is higher than the ends
vb. 2. 1852 - to bend a beam, etc. upwards in the middle; to arch slightly
CAMBER-NOSE
n. Bk1888 - an aquiline nose
CAMBERWELL CARROT
n. 1987 UK sl. - an exceptionally long and fat marijuana cigarette
CAMBIAL
adj. 1864 - relating to exchange in commerce
CAMBIO
n. 1. 1645 obs. - a bill of exchange
n. 2. 1656 obs. - a place of exchange
CAMBISM
n. 1837 rare - the theory and practice of exchanges
CAMBIST
n. 1809 - one who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange
CAMBISTRY
n. Bk1888 - the science or operations of the 'cambist'
CAMBIUM
n. 1. 1708 obs. - exchange, barter
n. 2. 1708 obs. - a place of exchange
CAMBO
adj. 1972 Amer. sl. - Cambodian
n. 1. 1979 Amer. sl. - a Cambodian
n. 2. 1985 Amer. sl. - Cambodia
CAMBODE
adj. 1986 US military sl. - Cambodian
n. 1964 US military sl. - a Cambodian
CAMBODIAN RED
n. 1973 drug culture sl. - a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia
CAMBODIAN TRIP
n. 1960s drug culture sl. - a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana
CAMBOOSE
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - a cook's galley on a vessel
CAMBORNE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a drubbing, a beating
CAMBRA
n. 18C sl. - a dog
CAMBREL
n. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on
CAMBREN
n. 1656 obs. rare - a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on
CAMBRIAN
adj. 1627 - pert. to Wales; Welsh
n. 1780 - a Welshman
CAMBRIC COFFEE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - very weak coffee
CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE
n. L17 sl. - a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone
CAMBRIDGE NIGHTINGALE
n. 1880 sl. - a frog
CAMBRIDGE-OAK
n. 1790 Eng. dial. sl. - the willow tree .
CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAMEL
n. M17 - a native of Cambridgeshire
CAMBRIDGESHIRE NIGHTINGALE
n. 1844 sl. - a frog
CAMBRIDGESHIRE OAK
n. 1826 Eng. dial. sl. - the willow tree
CAMCREEK
n. c1920 Cambridge undergraduates' usage - Cambridge
CAMDEN TOWN
n. 1. 1859 rhyming sl. for 'brown' - halfpenny
n. 2. 1920 rhyming sl. for 'brown' - a penny
CAMEIST
n. 1866 rare - a maker or connoisseur of cameos
CAMEL
n. 1. 1606 - a great, awkward, hulking fellow
n. 2. 1637 - anything large and difficult to 'swallow' or do away with
n. 3. M19 S. African colloq. esp. hunters' usage - a giraffe
n. 4. 1882 US sl. - a bustle, or dress-improver
n. 5. 1898 Amer. sl. - in horse racing: an old or worthless horse
n. 6. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - a prisoner who neglects personal hygiene
CAMELBACK
n. 1. 1969 Amer. dial. - a bony or poor-looking horse
n. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. - a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front
CAMEL-BIRD
n. 1771 - the ostrich
CAMEL-BREATH
adj. 1960s sl. - a derogatory adjective
CAMELCADE
n. 1886 - a train of people on camels; a caravan with camels
CAMEL CHASER
n. 1968 Amer. sl. - a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously
THE CAMEL CORPS
n. 1915 military jocular usage - the infantry
CAMEL-DRIVER
n. 1. 1920s US sl. - a Jew
n. 2. 1927 US military sl. - a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane
n. 3. 1975 Amer. sl. - a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously
CAMEL-DUNG
n. 20C sl., derogatory - unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco
CAMELEER
n. a1785 - a camel-driver
CAMEL FLAGS
n. Amer. World War I sl. - camouflage
CAMEL-FUCKER
n. 1960s US sl., derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
CAMELHEAD
n. 2000s US sl., derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
CAMELINE
adj. 1865 - belonging to a camel
CAMELION
n. 1382 obs. - a giraffe
CAMELISH
adj. Bk1888 - obstinate as a camel
CAMELIST
n. 1863 nonce word - a partisan of the camel
CAMEL JOCK
n. 1. 1960s US sl., derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
n. 2. 1966 US college sl. - a foreign student from the near East
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory - an Indian
CAMEL JOCKEY
n. 1. 1965 US sl.. derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory - a Syrian
CAMEL-KNEED
adj. 1801 - having hard or callous knees like those of a camel, caused by much kneeling
CAMELLER
n. 1615 obs. rare - a camel-driver
CAMEL-MERCHANT
n. 1926 US military sl. - a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane
CAMELOPARD
n. 1398 - the giraffe
CAMELOPARD HOUSE
n. 1981 Amer. dial. - one having two stories in the front and one behind
CAMEL-PUNCHER
n. 1910s Aust. sl. - a camel-driver
CAMEL RIDER
n. 1. 1930s US criminals' sl. - an Asian
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory - a Syrian
CAMEL-RIGG'D
adj. of animals: having a high, crooked back ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMEL'S COMPLAINT
n. depression, low spirits; the 'hump' ...Bk1891 sl.
CAMEL'S FOOT
n. the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers ...990s sl., orig. US
CAMEL TOE
n. the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers ...1990s sl., orig. US
CAMEO
n. a type of haircut popular among young Black males; the hair is trimmed short on the side and flat or angular on top ...20C teen & high school sl.
CAMEO CUT
n. a short-cropped Black haircut, pioneered by the hip-hop culture ...1980s US Black sl.
CAME OVER WITH AN ICE-CREAM BARROW
phr. said of Italians ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE CATTLE BOAT
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE MORMONS
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE MORONS
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE ONION BOAT
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAMERA CLICKER
n. a photographer ...1966 Amer. sl.
CAMERAL
n. a large, ill-shaped, awkward person ...1825 Sc.
CAMERA OBSCURA
n. the buttocks; the anus ...L19 sl.
CAMERATE
vb. † to make an arch, to vault ...1623
CAMERER CUSS
n. a London bus ...1910s rhyming sl.
CAMERIST
n. a chamber-woman, a lady's maid ...1838 nonce word
CAMESA
n. a shirt ...M17 sl.
CAM EWES
n. seagulls ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAM-HANDED
adj. awkward, clumsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMI
n. 1. a camisole or underbodice ...20C sl.
n. 2. cami-knickers ...20C sl.
CAMI-KNICKS
n. an undergarment that combines camisole and knickers ...1930s sl.
CAMILLA PARKER (BOWLES)
n. a Rolls Royce car ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. on 'Rolls'
CAMISOLE
n. a strait-jacket, formerly put upon lunatics ...1881
CAMISTER
n. a clergyman, a preacher...1851 thieves' cant
CAMLA-LIKE
adj. † sullen, surly ...1767 Sc.
CAMMACK
n. a stroke with the hand ...Bk1898 Sc.
CAM-MANART
adj. ill-contrived, awkward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMED
adj. 1. † having a camois nose (low and concave) ...c1350
adj. 2. crooked, perverse ...c1746 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. cross, ill-tempered ...1854 Eng. dial.
adv. perversely, crookedly ...1750 Eng. dial.
CAMMED AS A DOG'S LEG
adj. crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMED AS A WISKET
adj. crooked (wisket = basket) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMEL
vb. to argue, to dispute ...1923 Sc.
CAMMELT
adj. crooked ...Bk1898 Sc.
CAMMEREL
adj. crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMICK
n. a preventive, a stop ...Bk1898 Sc.
CAMMICKS
n. broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal ...1863 Eng. dial.
CAMMIE
adj. of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
n. camouflage (uniform) ...1987 sl., orig. US military
CAMMIES
n. a camouflage uniform ...1971 Amer. military sl.
CAMMING
n. 1. treading shoes out of shape ...1854 Eng. dial.
n. 2. altercation, bickering, quarrelling ...1868 Eng. dial.
CAMMOCK
n. 1. a crooked stick or piece of wood; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...c1450
n. 2. a curved stick, esp. one used in the game of hockey ...1678 Sc.
n. 3. the game of hockey ...1821 Sc.
CAMMOCKS
n. broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal ...1863 Eng. dial.
CAMMON
n. the game of hockey ...1790 Sc. & Ireland
CAMMY
adj. of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
n. 1. a camisole or underbodice ...20C sl.
n. 2. cami-knickers ...20C sl.
CAMO
adj. of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
n. camouflage (uniform) ...1970s sl., orig. US military
CAMOIS
adj. † of the nose: low and concave; of persons: pug-nosed ...c1380
n. † a person or animal with a camois nose ...1485
CAMOISED
adj. † having a camois nose ...1393
CAMOIS-NOSED
adj. † hooked-nosed ...1601
CAMOSE
n. † a sea-gull ...1538-46
CAMOUFLAGE COCKTAIL
n. a cocktail designed to hide the poor-quality liquor of the Prohibition era ...1930s US Black sl.
CAMOUFLEUR
n. one who applies or uses camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAMOW-NOSED
adj. hooked-nosed ...a1600
CAMP
adj. 1. in good spirits ...1830 Sc.
adj. 2. strange, though amusing ...M19 sl.
adj. 3. stylish ...M19 sl.
adj. 4. effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality ...M19 sl.
adv. in an effeminate, affected, exaggerated manner ...1970s US gay sl.
n. 1. † martial contest, combat, fight, battle, war ...c1000
n. 2. † field of inquiry; field of discussion or debate, subject of debate ...1538
n. 3. a romp; applied to both sexes ...1825 Sc.
n. 4. a short rest, a lie-down ...M19 Aust. sl.
n. 5. a summer dwelling, whether modest or elaborate ...1880 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a chat, a talk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a brothel ...20C US sl.
n. 8. flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
n. 9. an effeminate male homosexual ...1920s sl., orig. US
n. 10. a residence or gathering place for male homosexuals ...1930s US sl.
n. 11. something cute and out of fashion; something of such an anachronistic style as to be intriguing ...Bk2006 US sl.
vb. 1. † to fight; to contend in battle ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to strive with others in doing anything, e.g. drinking ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. † to contend in athletic contests ...1774-6 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. † to wrangle, to scold ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to talk, to chat, to gossip ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to surpass; to 'floor' ...a1800 Aust. sl.
vb. 7. to play the romp ...1825 Sc.
vb. 8. to rest, to lie down ...M19 Aust. sl.
vb. 9. of birds: to flock together, gyrate in the air ...1879 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to die ...L19 Aust. sl.
vb. 11. to act ostentatiously and outrageously in a homosexual manner, although by no means restricted - verbally or physically - to the gay world ...1920s sl.
vb. 12. to act in an exaggeratedly 'gay' manner in order to humiliate a boy who is or is believed to be homosexual ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
CAMP, THE
n. 1. Sydney ...L18 Aust.
n. 2. Hobart ...M19 Aust.
n. 3. the area outside Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands ...20C sl.
CAMPAIGN
adj. belonging to the open country ...1628
n. 1. † a tract of open country; a plain ...1628
n. 2. † open country as opposed to hills, woods, etc.; country as opposed to town ...a1667
n. 3. † a voyage or cruise ...1708
n. 4. an expedition or excursion into the country; a summer's trip or sojourn ...1748
CAMPAL
adj. † belonging to the open country or 'the field' ...1598
CAMPANA
n. a church bell ...1706
CAMPANAL
adj. † bell-shaped ...1571
CAMPANARIAN
adj. * pert. to bell-founding or to bells ...1869
CAMPANEL
n. †* a small bell ...1653
CAMPANIA
n. 1. † a large open level tract of ground without hills; a plain ...1647
n. 2. † operations of an army in the field during a season ...1679
CAMPANILE
n. a bell-tower; a steeple ...1640
CAMPANILIAN
adj. †* pert. to a bell-tower, or peal of bells ...1693
CAMPANIST
n. one versed in the subject of bells ...1872
CAMPANISTIC
adj. pert. to a bellman ...1883
CAMPANOLOGER
n. one versed in the subject of bells ...1800
CAMPANOLOGICAL
adj. pert. to bells, bell-founding, or bell-ringing ...1800
CAMPANOLOGIST
n. one versed in the subject of bells ...1857
CAMPANOLOGY
n. the subject of bells; detailed examination of the principles of bell-founding; bell-ringing ...1847
CAMP AS A ROW OF TENTS
adj. of a homosexual male ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
CAMPBOAT
n. a houseboat ...1964 Amer. dial.
CAMP-CANDLESTICK
n. an empty bottle or a bayonet ...1811 military sl.
CAMP-CHAPLAIN
n. † an army chaplain ...1679-88
CAMP DOG
n. 1. a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps ...1920s US tramps' sl.
n. 2. in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
CAMP DOWN
vb. 1. to sit or lie down ...1848 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to go to bed ...L19 Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to die ...L19 Aust. sl.
CAMPEADOR
n. a champion
CAMPED
adj. exhausted ...L19 Aust. sl.
CAMPEINIE
n. a lamb ...1906 Sc.
CAMPER
n. 1. † one who belongs to a camp; a soldier, a military man; a camp-follower ...1631
n. 2. a gypsy, an itinerant tinker, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. saucy, impertinent language ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a young boyish lesbian ...1960s US homosexual sl.
n. 5. a person, an individual ...1970s US sl.
vb. 1. to entangle, to join together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to reply saucily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMPERLASH
n. abusive language ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMPERLECKS
n. † magical tricks ...1808 Sc.
CAMPERNOYLE
n. † a mushroom or toadstool ...1527
CAMPERS
n. slow-eating restaurant patrons ...Bk1998 sl.
CAMPERSOME
adj. lively, high-spirited ...1790 Eng. dial.
CAMPESTRAL
adj. * pert. to fields or open country; growing or living in the fields ...a1750
CAMPESTRIAL
adj. † pert. to fields or open country; growing or living in the fields ...1606
CAMPFIRE GIRL
n. a soldier ...1970s US homosexual sl.
CAMP FOLLOWER
n. a hanger-on ...Bk1999
CAMPHOR AND MOTH
n. broth ...1930s UK tramps' rhyming sl.
CAMPIE
adj. of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
n. one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
CAMPING
adj. 1. † wrangling, contentious, scolding ...1642
adj. 2. effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality ...M19 sl.
n. 1. † contending, fighting ...1549
n. 2. flamboyance, overt exhibitionism ...1920s sl.
CAMP INSPECTOR
n. an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
CAMPION
n. 1. † one who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause; a champion ...c1270
n. 2. † one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant ...c1320
CAMPISH
adj. effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality ...M19 sl.
CAMP IT OFF
vb. to shrug off an insult ...1970s US homosexual sl.
CAMP IT UP
vb. 1. to overdo effeminacy; to act too effeminate in public ...E20 sl.
vb. 2. to act in an exaggeratedly camp manner, to overact ...Bk1999
CAMP JACK
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1940 Amer. West usage
CAMP JERKER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1931 Amer. West usage
CAMPLE
n. talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation ...1867 Eng. dial.
vb. † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAMPLE WITH
vb. to meddle with ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMPLING
adj. quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding ...1880 Eng. dial.
CAMPLY
adj. quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMP-MASTER-GENERAL
n. † a field-marshal ...a1569
CAMP MEAT
n. deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
CAMP MEETING BABY
n. an illegitimate child ...1931 Amer. dial.
CAMP MOVER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1931 Amer. West usage
CAMPO
n. † a play-field, a play-ground ...1612 school sl.
CAMPODA
n. a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1856 Amer. dial.
CAMP ON ONE'S TRAIL
vb. to follow or remind someone persistently ...1882 Amer. dial.
CAMPOODIE
n. a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1869 Amer. dial.
CAMPOODY
n. a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1887 Amer. dial.
CAMPO SANTO
n. a cemetery ...1856 Amer. dial.
CAMPROL
n. a gypsy spell ...1925 Sc.
CAMPRULY
adj. † contentious ...1808 Sc.
CAMP RUSTLER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1913 Amer. West usage
CAMPS
n. †* the whiskers of a cat; stout bristly hairs, as in a beard ...c1450
CAMPSHO
adj. crooked, distorted ...1727 Sc.
CAMP-STOOL BRIGADE
n. the people who wait outside a place of entertainment to secure the best seats, and bring camp-stools with them to rest themselves ...1889 sl.
CAMP STRAWBERRIES
n. beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAMP TENDER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1913 Amer. West usage
CAMPY
adj. 1. quick-tempered, ill-tempered ...1808 Sc.
adj. 2. † elated by a flow of high spirits ...1825 Sc.
adj. 3. of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
adj. 4. of horses: mettlesome, brisk ...1923 Sc.
adj. 5. of a homosexual man: given to often humorously exaggerated feminine mannerisms; blatantly effeminate ...1941 Amer. sl.
n. one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
CAM RED
n. a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia ...1960s drugs sl.
CAMSHACHLE
vb. to distort, to twist all awry ...1805 Sc.
CAMSHACK
adj. 1. crooked, distorted ...1727 Sc.
adj. 2. cross-grained, ill-tempered ...1787 Sc.
CAMSHACKLE
adj. angry, cross, quarrelsome ...1808 Sc.
vb. 1. to distort, to bend, to twist, to disorder ...1819 Sc.
vb. 2. to oppress or bear down with fatigue or confinement ...1825 Sc.
CAMSHACKLED
adj. crooked ...1805 Sc.
CAMSHO
adj. crooked ...Sc.
CAMSHOCH
adj. 1. crooked, distorted, awry; deformed ...1513 Sc.
adj. 2. perverse ...1606 Sc.
CAMSTAIRY
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; unruly, wilful; fractious; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
adv. helter-skelter, in disorder ...1928 Sc.
n. 1. an obstinate, unmanageable person ...1818 Sc.
n. 2. an uproar ...1934 Sc.
CAMSTEERIE
adv. helter-skelter, in disorder ...1928 Sc.
n. an uproar ...1934 Sc.
CAMSTEERINESS
n. perversity, obstinacy ...1864 Sc.
CAMSTEERY
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
CAMSTERIOUS
adj. of a horse: very frisky ...1934 Sc.
CAMSTERRY
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
CAMSTRARIE
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
CAMSTRARINESS
n. obstinacy, perversity ...1835 Sc.
CAMSTROUDGEOUS
adj. wild, unmanageable; obstinate, perverse ...1808 Sc.
CAMSTRUDGEOUS
adj. wild; obstinate ...1933 Sc.
CAM TRIP
n. a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana ...1960s drugs sl.
CAMUS
adj. † of the nose: low and concave; of persons: pug-nosed ...c1380
CAMWHORE
n. a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts ...sl.
vb. to perform sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward with money or gifts ...sl.
adj. 1. a1600 Eng. dial. - perverse, obstinate, cross
adj. 2. 1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - crooked, twisted, bent from the straight
adv. 1. 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - away from the straight line, awry, askew
adv. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - awkwardly, crookedly
n. 1. 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - the crest of a hill, a ridge; a long narrow earthen mound
n. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. - contradiction, perverse argument
n. 3. World War II Amer. sl. - camouflage
n. 4. 1969 sl. - a camera
n. 5. 1970s sl. - Cambodian marijuana, usually very strong
n. 6. 20C sl. - a camisole or underbodice
n. 7. 20C sl. - cami-knickers
vb. 1. 1748 Eng. dial. - to make crooked; to tread shoes out of shape
vb. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. - to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel
CAMAC
n. 19C Irish sl. - anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose
CAMACHAL
n. 1934 Sc. - a troublesome boy
CAMARADA
n. 1598 obs. - a company of soldiers messing or lodging together
CAMARADA DE AQUELLA
n. 1960s US sl. - a term of high praise; a 'number-one guy'
CAMARINE
n. 1576 obs. - a fetid marsh or swamp
CAMBAUTE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a crooked bat or stick
CAMBER
adj. a1387 obs. - curved
n. 1. a1618 - the condition of being slightly arched or convex above
n. 2. 1910 - the curvature of the wings of an aeroplane
vb. 1. 1627 - to be or become slightly arched or curved so that the centre is higher than the ends
vb. 2. 1852 - to bend a beam, etc. upwards in the middle; to arch slightly
CAMBER-NOSE
n. Bk1888 - an aquiline nose
CAMBERWELL CARROT
n. 1987 UK sl. - an exceptionally long and fat marijuana cigarette
CAMBIAL
adj. 1864 - relating to exchange in commerce
CAMBIO
n. 1. 1645 obs. - a bill of exchange
n. 2. 1656 obs. - a place of exchange
CAMBISM
n. 1837 rare - the theory and practice of exchanges
CAMBIST
n. 1809 - one who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange
CAMBISTRY
n. Bk1888 - the science or operations of the 'cambist'
CAMBIUM
n. 1. 1708 obs. - exchange, barter
n. 2. 1708 obs. - a place of exchange
CAMBO
adj. 1972 Amer. sl. - Cambodian
n. 1. 1979 Amer. sl. - a Cambodian
n. 2. 1985 Amer. sl. - Cambodia
CAMBODE
adj. 1986 US military sl. - Cambodian
n. 1964 US military sl. - a Cambodian
CAMBODIAN RED
n. 1973 drug culture sl. - a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia
CAMBODIAN TRIP
n. 1960s drug culture sl. - a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana
CAMBOOSE
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - a cook's galley on a vessel
CAMBORNE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a drubbing, a beating
CAMBRA
n. 18C sl. - a dog
CAMBREL
n. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on
CAMBREN
n. 1656 obs. rare - a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on
CAMBRIAN
adj. 1627 - pert. to Wales; Welsh
n. 1780 - a Welshman
CAMBRIC COFFEE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - very weak coffee
CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE
n. L17 sl. - a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone
CAMBRIDGE NIGHTINGALE
n. 1880 sl. - a frog
CAMBRIDGE-OAK
n. 1790 Eng. dial. sl. - the willow tree .
CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAMEL
n. M17 - a native of Cambridgeshire
CAMBRIDGESHIRE NIGHTINGALE
n. 1844 sl. - a frog
CAMBRIDGESHIRE OAK
n. 1826 Eng. dial. sl. - the willow tree
CAMCREEK
n. c1920 Cambridge undergraduates' usage - Cambridge
CAMDEN TOWN
n. 1. 1859 rhyming sl. for 'brown' - halfpenny
n. 2. 1920 rhyming sl. for 'brown' - a penny
CAMEIST
n. 1866 rare - a maker or connoisseur of cameos
CAMEL
n. 1. 1606 - a great, awkward, hulking fellow
n. 2. 1637 - anything large and difficult to 'swallow' or do away with
n. 3. M19 S. African colloq. esp. hunters' usage - a giraffe
n. 4. 1882 US sl. - a bustle, or dress-improver
n. 5. 1898 Amer. sl. - in horse racing: an old or worthless horse
n. 6. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - a prisoner who neglects personal hygiene
CAMELBACK
n. 1. 1969 Amer. dial. - a bony or poor-looking horse
n. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. - a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front
CAMEL-BIRD
n. 1771 - the ostrich
CAMEL-BREATH
adj. 1960s sl. - a derogatory adjective
CAMELCADE
n. 1886 - a train of people on camels; a caravan with camels
CAMEL CHASER
n. 1968 Amer. sl. - a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously
THE CAMEL CORPS
n. 1915 military jocular usage - the infantry
CAMEL-DRIVER
n. 1. 1920s US sl. - a Jew
n. 2. 1927 US military sl. - a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane
n. 3. 1975 Amer. sl. - a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously
CAMEL-DUNG
n. 20C sl., derogatory - unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco
CAMELEER
n. a1785 - a camel-driver
CAMEL FLAGS
n. Amer. World War I sl. - camouflage
CAMEL-FUCKER
n. 1960s US sl., derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
CAMELHEAD
n. 2000s US sl., derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
CAMELINE
adj. 1865 - belonging to a camel
CAMELION
n. 1382 obs. - a giraffe
CAMELISH
adj. Bk1888 - obstinate as a camel
CAMELIST
n. 1863 nonce word - a partisan of the camel
CAMEL JOCK
n. 1. 1960s US sl., derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
n. 2. 1966 US college sl. - a foreign student from the near East
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory - an Indian
CAMEL JOCKEY
n. 1. 1965 US sl.. derogatory - an Arab, a native of the Middle East
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory - a Syrian
CAMEL-KNEED
adj. 1801 - having hard or callous knees like those of a camel, caused by much kneeling
CAMELLER
n. 1615 obs. rare - a camel-driver
CAMEL-MERCHANT
n. 1926 US military sl. - a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane
CAMELOPARD
n. 1398 - the giraffe
CAMELOPARD HOUSE
n. 1981 Amer. dial. - one having two stories in the front and one behind
CAMEL-PUNCHER
n. 1910s Aust. sl. - a camel-driver
CAMEL RIDER
n. 1. 1930s US criminals' sl. - an Asian
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory - a Syrian
CAMEL-RIGG'D
adj. of animals: having a high, crooked back ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMEL'S COMPLAINT
n. depression, low spirits; the 'hump' ...Bk1891 sl.
CAMEL'S FOOT
n. the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers ...990s sl., orig. US
CAMEL TOE
n. the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers ...1990s sl., orig. US
CAMEO
n. a type of haircut popular among young Black males; the hair is trimmed short on the side and flat or angular on top ...20C teen & high school sl.
CAMEO CUT
n. a short-cropped Black haircut, pioneered by the hip-hop culture ...1980s US Black sl.
CAME OVER WITH AN ICE-CREAM BARROW
phr. said of Italians ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE CATTLE BOAT
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE MORMONS
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE MORONS
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAME OVER WITH THE ONION BOAT
phr. said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
CAMERA CLICKER
n. a photographer ...1966 Amer. sl.
CAMERAL
n. a large, ill-shaped, awkward person ...1825 Sc.
CAMERA OBSCURA
n. the buttocks; the anus ...L19 sl.
CAMERATE
vb. † to make an arch, to vault ...1623
CAMERER CUSS
n. a London bus ...1910s rhyming sl.
CAMERIST
n. a chamber-woman, a lady's maid ...1838 nonce word
CAMESA
n. a shirt ...M17 sl.
CAM EWES
n. seagulls ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAM-HANDED
adj. awkward, clumsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMI
n. 1. a camisole or underbodice ...20C sl.
n. 2. cami-knickers ...20C sl.
CAMI-KNICKS
n. an undergarment that combines camisole and knickers ...1930s sl.
CAMILLA PARKER (BOWLES)
n. a Rolls Royce car ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. on 'Rolls'
CAMISOLE
n. a strait-jacket, formerly put upon lunatics ...1881
CAMISTER
n. a clergyman, a preacher...1851 thieves' cant
CAMLA-LIKE
adj. † sullen, surly ...1767 Sc.
CAMMACK
n. a stroke with the hand ...Bk1898 Sc.
CAM-MANART
adj. ill-contrived, awkward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMED
adj. 1. † having a camois nose (low and concave) ...c1350
adj. 2. crooked, perverse ...c1746 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. cross, ill-tempered ...1854 Eng. dial.
adv. perversely, crookedly ...1750 Eng. dial.
CAMMED AS A DOG'S LEG
adj. crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMED AS A WISKET
adj. crooked (wisket = basket) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMEL
vb. to argue, to dispute ...1923 Sc.
CAMMELT
adj. crooked ...Bk1898 Sc.
CAMMEREL
adj. crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMMICK
n. a preventive, a stop ...Bk1898 Sc.
CAMMICKS
n. broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal ...1863 Eng. dial.
CAMMIE
adj. of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
n. camouflage (uniform) ...1987 sl., orig. US military
CAMMIES
n. a camouflage uniform ...1971 Amer. military sl.
CAMMING
n. 1. treading shoes out of shape ...1854 Eng. dial.
n. 2. altercation, bickering, quarrelling ...1868 Eng. dial.
CAMMOCK
n. 1. a crooked stick or piece of wood; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...c1450
n. 2. a curved stick, esp. one used in the game of hockey ...1678 Sc.
n. 3. the game of hockey ...1821 Sc.
CAMMOCKS
n. broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal ...1863 Eng. dial.
CAMMON
n. the game of hockey ...1790 Sc. & Ireland
CAMMY
adj. of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
n. 1. a camisole or underbodice ...20C sl.
n. 2. cami-knickers ...20C sl.
CAMO
adj. of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
n. camouflage (uniform) ...1970s sl., orig. US military
CAMOIS
adj. † of the nose: low and concave; of persons: pug-nosed ...c1380
n. † a person or animal with a camois nose ...1485
CAMOISED
adj. † having a camois nose ...1393
CAMOIS-NOSED
adj. † hooked-nosed ...1601
CAMOSE
n. † a sea-gull ...1538-46
CAMOUFLAGE COCKTAIL
n. a cocktail designed to hide the poor-quality liquor of the Prohibition era ...1930s US Black sl.
CAMOUFLEUR
n. one who applies or uses camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAMOW-NOSED
adj. hooked-nosed ...a1600
CAMP
adj. 1. in good spirits ...1830 Sc.
adj. 2. strange, though amusing ...M19 sl.
adj. 3. stylish ...M19 sl.
adj. 4. effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality ...M19 sl.
adv. in an effeminate, affected, exaggerated manner ...1970s US gay sl.
n. 1. † martial contest, combat, fight, battle, war ...c1000
n. 2. † field of inquiry; field of discussion or debate, subject of debate ...1538
n. 3. a romp; applied to both sexes ...1825 Sc.
n. 4. a short rest, a lie-down ...M19 Aust. sl.
n. 5. a summer dwelling, whether modest or elaborate ...1880 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a chat, a talk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a brothel ...20C US sl.
n. 8. flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
n. 9. an effeminate male homosexual ...1920s sl., orig. US
n. 10. a residence or gathering place for male homosexuals ...1930s US sl.
n. 11. something cute and out of fashion; something of such an anachronistic style as to be intriguing ...Bk2006 US sl.
vb. 1. † to fight; to contend in battle ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to strive with others in doing anything, e.g. drinking ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. † to contend in athletic contests ...1774-6 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. † to wrangle, to scold ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to talk, to chat, to gossip ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to surpass; to 'floor' ...a1800 Aust. sl.
vb. 7. to play the romp ...1825 Sc.
vb. 8. to rest, to lie down ...M19 Aust. sl.
vb. 9. of birds: to flock together, gyrate in the air ...1879 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to die ...L19 Aust. sl.
vb. 11. to act ostentatiously and outrageously in a homosexual manner, although by no means restricted - verbally or physically - to the gay world ...1920s sl.
vb. 12. to act in an exaggeratedly 'gay' manner in order to humiliate a boy who is or is believed to be homosexual ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
CAMP, THE
n. 1. Sydney ...L18 Aust.
n. 2. Hobart ...M19 Aust.
n. 3. the area outside Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands ...20C sl.
CAMPAIGN
adj. belonging to the open country ...1628
n. 1. † a tract of open country; a plain ...1628
n. 2. † open country as opposed to hills, woods, etc.; country as opposed to town ...a1667
n. 3. † a voyage or cruise ...1708
n. 4. an expedition or excursion into the country; a summer's trip or sojourn ...1748
CAMPAL
adj. † belonging to the open country or 'the field' ...1598
CAMPANA
n. a church bell ...1706
CAMPANAL
adj. † bell-shaped ...1571
CAMPANARIAN
adj. * pert. to bell-founding or to bells ...1869
CAMPANEL
n. †* a small bell ...1653
CAMPANIA
n. 1. † a large open level tract of ground without hills; a plain ...1647
n. 2. † operations of an army in the field during a season ...1679
CAMPANILE
n. a bell-tower; a steeple ...1640
CAMPANILIAN
adj. †* pert. to a bell-tower, or peal of bells ...1693
CAMPANIST
n. one versed in the subject of bells ...1872
CAMPANISTIC
adj. pert. to a bellman ...1883
CAMPANOLOGER
n. one versed in the subject of bells ...1800
CAMPANOLOGICAL
adj. pert. to bells, bell-founding, or bell-ringing ...1800
CAMPANOLOGIST
n. one versed in the subject of bells ...1857
CAMPANOLOGY
n. the subject of bells; detailed examination of the principles of bell-founding; bell-ringing ...1847
CAMP AS A ROW OF TENTS
adj. of a homosexual male ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
CAMPBOAT
n. a houseboat ...1964 Amer. dial.
CAMP-CANDLESTICK
n. an empty bottle or a bayonet ...1811 military sl.
CAMP-CHAPLAIN
n. † an army chaplain ...1679-88
CAMP DOG
n. 1. a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps ...1920s US tramps' sl.
n. 2. in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
CAMP DOWN
vb. 1. to sit or lie down ...1848 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to go to bed ...L19 Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to die ...L19 Aust. sl.
CAMPEADOR
n. a champion
CAMPED
adj. exhausted ...L19 Aust. sl.
CAMPEINIE
n. a lamb ...1906 Sc.
CAMPER
n. 1. † one who belongs to a camp; a soldier, a military man; a camp-follower ...1631
n. 2. a gypsy, an itinerant tinker, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. saucy, impertinent language ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a young boyish lesbian ...1960s US homosexual sl.
n. 5. a person, an individual ...1970s US sl.
vb. 1. to entangle, to join together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to reply saucily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMPERLASH
n. abusive language ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMPERLECKS
n. † magical tricks ...1808 Sc.
CAMPERNOYLE
n. † a mushroom or toadstool ...1527
CAMPERS
n. slow-eating restaurant patrons ...Bk1998 sl.
CAMPERSOME
adj. lively, high-spirited ...1790 Eng. dial.
CAMPESTRAL
adj. * pert. to fields or open country; growing or living in the fields ...a1750
CAMPESTRIAL
adj. † pert. to fields or open country; growing or living in the fields ...1606
CAMPFIRE GIRL
n. a soldier ...1970s US homosexual sl.
CAMP FOLLOWER
n. a hanger-on ...Bk1999
CAMPHOR AND MOTH
n. broth ...1930s UK tramps' rhyming sl.
CAMPIE
adj. of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
n. one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
CAMPING
adj. 1. † wrangling, contentious, scolding ...1642
adj. 2. effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality ...M19 sl.
n. 1. † contending, fighting ...1549
n. 2. flamboyance, overt exhibitionism ...1920s sl.
CAMP INSPECTOR
n. an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
CAMPION
n. 1. † one who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause; a champion ...c1270
n. 2. † one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant ...c1320
CAMPISH
adj. effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality ...M19 sl.
CAMP IT OFF
vb. to shrug off an insult ...1970s US homosexual sl.
CAMP IT UP
vb. 1. to overdo effeminacy; to act too effeminate in public ...E20 sl.
vb. 2. to act in an exaggeratedly camp manner, to overact ...Bk1999
CAMP JACK
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1940 Amer. West usage
CAMP JERKER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1931 Amer. West usage
CAMPLE
n. talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation ...1867 Eng. dial.
vb. † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAMPLE WITH
vb. to meddle with ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMPLING
adj. quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding ...1880 Eng. dial.
CAMPLY
adj. quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAMP-MASTER-GENERAL
n. † a field-marshal ...a1569
CAMP MEAT
n. deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
CAMP MEETING BABY
n. an illegitimate child ...1931 Amer. dial.
CAMP MOVER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1931 Amer. West usage
CAMPO
n. † a play-field, a play-ground ...1612 school sl.
CAMPODA
n. a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1856 Amer. dial.
CAMP ON ONE'S TRAIL
vb. to follow or remind someone persistently ...1882 Amer. dial.
CAMPOODIE
n. a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1869 Amer. dial.
CAMPOODY
n. a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1887 Amer. dial.
CAMPO SANTO
n. a cemetery ...1856 Amer. dial.
CAMPROL
n. a gypsy spell ...1925 Sc.
CAMPRULY
adj. † contentious ...1808 Sc.
CAMP RUSTLER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1913 Amer. West usage
CAMPS
n. †* the whiskers of a cat; stout bristly hairs, as in a beard ...c1450
CAMPSHO
adj. crooked, distorted ...1727 Sc.
CAMP-STOOL BRIGADE
n. the people who wait outside a place of entertainment to secure the best seats, and bring camp-stools with them to rest themselves ...1889 sl.
CAMP STRAWBERRIES
n. beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAMP TENDER
n. in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1913 Amer. West usage
CAMPY
adj. 1. quick-tempered, ill-tempered ...1808 Sc.
adj. 2. † elated by a flow of high spirits ...1825 Sc.
adj. 3. of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
adj. 4. of horses: mettlesome, brisk ...1923 Sc.
adj. 5. of a homosexual man: given to often humorously exaggerated feminine mannerisms; blatantly effeminate ...1941 Amer. sl.
n. one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
CAM RED
n. a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia ...1960s drugs sl.
CAMSHACHLE
vb. to distort, to twist all awry ...1805 Sc.
CAMSHACK
adj. 1. crooked, distorted ...1727 Sc.
adj. 2. cross-grained, ill-tempered ...1787 Sc.
CAMSHACKLE
adj. angry, cross, quarrelsome ...1808 Sc.
vb. 1. to distort, to bend, to twist, to disorder ...1819 Sc.
vb. 2. to oppress or bear down with fatigue or confinement ...1825 Sc.
CAMSHACKLED
adj. crooked ...1805 Sc.
CAMSHO
adj. crooked ...Sc.
CAMSHOCH
adj. 1. crooked, distorted, awry; deformed ...1513 Sc.
adj. 2. perverse ...1606 Sc.
CAMSTAIRY
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; unruly, wilful; fractious; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
adv. helter-skelter, in disorder ...1928 Sc.
n. 1. an obstinate, unmanageable person ...1818 Sc.
n. 2. an uproar ...1934 Sc.
CAMSTEERIE
adv. helter-skelter, in disorder ...1928 Sc.
n. an uproar ...1934 Sc.
CAMSTEERINESS
n. perversity, obstinacy ...1864 Sc.
CAMSTEERY
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
CAMSTERIOUS
adj. of a horse: very frisky ...1934 Sc.
CAMSTERRY
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
CAMSTRARIE
adj. perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
CAMSTRARINESS
n. obstinacy, perversity ...1835 Sc.
CAMSTROUDGEOUS
adj. wild, unmanageable; obstinate, perverse ...1808 Sc.
CAMSTRUDGEOUS
adj. wild; obstinate ...1933 Sc.
CAM TRIP
n. a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana ...1960s drugs sl.
CAMUS
adj. † of the nose: low and concave; of persons: pug-nosed ...c1380
CAMWHORE
n. a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts ...sl.
vb. to perform sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward with money or gifts ...sl.
CAN - CANMZ
CAN
n. 1. power, ability ...1768 Sc.
n. 2. skill, knowledge ...1768 Sc.
n. 3. a chimney pot ...1833
n. 4. † supernatural power, witchcraft ...1852 Sc.
n. 5. a dollar ...1859 Can. sl.
n. 6. the hollow part of an elephant's trunk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 7. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 8. a restroom or toilet ... 1900 US & Can. colloq.
n. 9. a party ...1905 Amer. students' sl.
n. 10. a place of confinement; a prison; a cell ...1912 criminals' sl.
n. 11. the head ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 12. the buttocks ...1914 sl., orig. and chiefly US
n. 13. an airplane ... Amer. World War I sl.
n. 14. a depth charge ...1918 US Navy sl.
n. 15. a motor vehicle or aircraft, esp. if old or dilapidated ...1923 Amer. sl.
n. 16. a safe ...1925 Amer. criminals' sl.
n. 17. a bomb ...1929 US sl.
n. 18. one ounce of an illicit drug, esp. marijuana ...1933 US drugs sl.
n. 19. a woman's breast ...1965 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment ...1905 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to stop or give up; to leave off ...1906 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to record phonographically ...1918 US colloq.
vb. 4. to dispose of as garbage; hence, to cancel a project or the like ...1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to imprison; to lock up ...1929 US police sl.
vb. 6. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to copulate with anally ...1945-49 Amer. sl.
vb. 8. in golf: to sink a putt ...1970 Can. sl.
CAN, THE
n. 1. a dismissal, removal, expulsion, rejection ...1908 Amer. sl.
n. 2. prison ...1912 sl., orig. US
CANACIN
n. † the plague ...1673
CANACK
n. a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
CANADA
n. no-man's-land ...Bk2004 World War I Can. sl.
CANADA HONKER
n. a Canada goose ...1929 Amer. dial.
CANADA HONKY
n. a Canada goose ...1929 Amer. dial.
CANADA TRUMPETER
n. a Canada goose ...1967 Amer. dial.
CANADIAN BACON
n. an uncircumcised penis ...1970s US gay sl.
CANADIAN BLACK
n. a type of marijuana said to be grown in Canada ...1960s drugs sl.
CANADIAN CAPER
n. a paper ...1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
CANADIAN HONKER
n. a Canada goose ...1929 Amer. dial.
CANADIAN SNOW GOOSE
n. a Canada goose ...1968 Amer. dial.
CANADIAN SOLDIER
n. 1. a mayfly ...1926 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an extra big mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANADOE
n. a drink ...E17 sl.
CAN A DUCK SWIM?
phr. a phrase used to emphasize one's absolute agreement ...M19 sl.
CAN A DUCK WHISTLE?
phr. a sarcastic rejoinder ...M19 sl.
CANAILLE
n. 1. the rabble, the mob ...1676
n. 2. a pack ...a1680
CANAIVE
vb. to gossip, usually maliciously ...1925 Sc.
CANAKA
n. a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
CANAKER
n. a native of the South Sea Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations ...1840
CANAKIN
n. † the plague ...1673
CANAL
n. 1. † a pipe used for conveying water or liquid ...c1449
n. 2. † a medium of communication, means, agency; now 'channel' ...1711
CANALAGE
n. * the construction of canals; canal-work ...1854
CANAL BOAT
n. 1. big foot; big or clumsy shoes ...1926 Amer. sl.
n. 2. the Totalizator ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'tote'
CANAL CONCH
n. a promiscuous woman ...1985 Trinidad and Tobago
CANALLER
n. 1. a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. one who lives on a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
CANALLIARY
n. †* the 'canaille' collectively ...1600
CANALLY; CANALLYE
n. a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
CANAL WRENCH
n. a long-handled shovel ...1954 US sl.
CANALYIE
n. a mob, a rabble ...1805 Sc.
CANAMO
n. marijuana ...1971 US sl.
CAN-A-PISS
n. a can of beer ...1998 NZ sl.
CANAPPA
n. marijuana ...1938 US sl.
CANARD
n. an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
vb. to fly abroad as a false report ...1862
CANARIES
n. bananas ...1930s sl.
CANARY
n. 1. the vagina ...17C sl.
n. 2. a prostitute ...18C sl.
n. 3. a mistress ...18C sl.
n. 4. a yellow silk handkerchief, as worn by a costermonger ...E19 sl.
n. 5. a bosun's mate ...1821 nautical sl.
n. 6. a woman ...1862 sl.
n. 7. a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
n. 8. 100 strokes of the lash ...M19 Aust. sl.
n. 9. a guinea; a sovereign; a gold coin ...1842 sl.
n. 10. a young woman or girl; esp. a female vocalist; a songster ...1862 US
n. 11. a burglar's assistant ...1862 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a female watcher ...1862 thieves' sl.
n. 13. a donkey or mule; usually constructed with a place name, as 'Arizona canary' ...1876 US jocular
n. 14. a Spaniard; used contemptuously ...1898 US Army sl.
n. 15. a glass of gin, rum, or any ardent spirits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 16. a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 17. a prisoner who has been caught in an escape attempt ...L19 UK prison sl.
n. 18. a convict's yellow jacket ...L19 sl.
n. 19. a half-sovereign (50p) ...L19 sl.
n. 20. an ornament worn at the hip ...L19 sl.
n. 21. a prisoner; a very old cant term for habitual offenders; 'a person used to be kept in a cage' ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 22. in the Salvation Army: a written promise of a donation or subscription; at some of the meetings of the 'Army' instead of sending round the plate, the officers distribute slips of paper on which those present are invited to record their benevolent intentions; the original colour of the slips was yellow ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 23. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 24. a cigarette ...1900s US campus sl.
n. 25. an informer; a stool pigeon ...1929 US sl.
n. 26. an unwanted squeak in machinery ...1937 Amer. sl.
n. 27. a gas mask ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 28. a flogging of one hundred lashes ...Bk1945 Aust.
n. 29. a fright ...1980s Irish sl.
vb. 1. of a criminal: to confess; to turn state's evidence ...1930s US sl.
vb. 2. to work as a band vocalist; to sing ...1930s US sl.
vb. 3. to turn informer ...1933 US sl.
CANARY-BIRD
n. 1. a prisoner; a very old cant term for habitual offenders; 'a person used to be kept in a cage' ...1673 cant
n. 2. the vagina ...17C sl.
n. 3. a young villain ...17C sl.
n. 4. formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign ....1785 sl.
n. 5. a mistress ...18C sl.
n. 6. a prostitute ...18C sl.
n. 7. a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
n. 8. a woman ...1940s Aust. sl.
CANARY HATCH
n. a psychiatric institution; a 'loony bin' ...1966 US sl.
CANARY KID
n. a weakling; a coward ...1940s US criminals' sl.
CANARY WARD
n. the venereal disease ward in Royal Navy hospital ...20C Brit. sl.
CANASTA
n. the male or female genitals ...1950s sl.
CANAT
n. an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
CANAVER
vb. to frolic ...1916 Sc.
CANCELEER
vb. to turn aside, to swerve or digress ...a1697
CANCELLATE
vb. †* to strike out, to cancel ...1647
CANCELLED STAMP
n. a shy person ...1920s US sl.
CANCELLED STICK
n. a marijuana cigarette ...1960s drugs sl.
CANCELMENT
n. cancellation ...1621
CANCEL ONE'S CHRISTMAS
vb. to kill someone; to destroy someone ...Bk2006 US criminals' sl.
CANCELS
n. † prison bars, limits, bounds, confines ...1596
CANCEL SOMEONE OUT
vb. to murder someone ...1990s sl.
CANCEL SOMEONE'S TICKET
vb. to murder, to assassinate ...1960s sl.
CANCER
n. 1. a crab ...1562
n. 2. severe rust on an automobile ...1970s US sl.
CANCER ALLEY
n. the industrial area of a city ...1980s US sl.
CANCER PILL
n. a cigarette ...1950s sl.
CANCER STICK
n. a cigarette ...1958 sl.
CANCER WARD
n. the smoking section of an eating establishment ...Bk1998 sl.
CANCERWEED
n. a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANCH
n. 1. a large piece of bread, cheese, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANCRENATED
adj. †* affected with gangrene ...1582
C. AND A.
adj. gay ...Brit. rhyming sl.
n. a bisexual man; one who will have a stab at 'cunts and arseholes' ...Brit. sl.
CANDEFY
vb. † to make or become white ...1656
CANDENCY
n. †* warmth, fervency ...1723
CANDENT
adj. 1. † at a white heat; glowing with heat ...1577 obs. or arch.
adj. 2. * fervent, impassioned ...1723
CANDER
adv. yonder ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDESCENCE
n. dazzling whiteness or brightness ...1880
CANDESCENT
adj. * glowing with heat ...1824
C AND H
n. cocaine and heroin ...1960s Black sl. Juba
CANDICANCY
n. a whitening or making fair ...1731
CANDICANT
adj. †* growing white; inclining to white, whitish ...1657
CANDICATE
vb. † to grow white ...1623
CANDID
adj. 1. † white ...1630
adj. 2. † gentle, courteous, kindly; not desirous to find faults ...1633
adj. 3. pure, clear; stainless, innocent ...1647 arch.
adj. 4. † splendid, illustrious; fortunate ...1648
CANDIDATE
adj. †* clothed in white ...1616 poetic
vb. †* to make white; to whitewash (fig.) ...1628
CANDID FRIEND
n. one who claims to be a friend, and, in the name of candour, speaks unpleasant things ...1798
CANDIDNESS
n. 1. † favourable disposition; favour, courtesy ...1643
n. 2. † purity, innocence ...1654
CANDIED
adj. 1. flattering, glozing ...1602
adj. 2. addicted to cocaine ...Bk2006 US sl.
CANDIFY
vb. † to make or become white ...1656
CANDLE
n. 1. mucus hanging from the nose ...1858
n. 2. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a shoot of new growth on a pine tree ...1950 Amer. dial.
CANDLE-BASHER
n. a spinster; a female masturbator ...E20 Brit. sl.
CANDLE-BRANCH
n. † a chandelier ...1599
CANDLE BUG
n. a firefly ...1959 Amer. dial.
CANDLE-COIL
n. the wick of a candle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-DOUP
n. a candle-end ...1896 Sc.
CANDLE-DOUTING
n. morning, dawn ...1746 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-EATER
n. a foreigner of Russian origin ...1942 Amer. sl.
CANDLE-ENDS
n. things of short duration or of little value; trifles, fragments, scraps ...a1626
CANDLE FLARE
n. a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANDLE FLY
n. a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANDLE-HOD
n. a candlestick ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-LEET-TIME
n. dusk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-LENGTH
n. the time a candle would take to burn ...1894 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-LIGHT
n. the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
CANDLELIGHTING
n. dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
CANDLE MILLER
n. a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANDLE OF THE EYE
n. the pupil of the eye ...1888 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-QUENCHER
n. † an extinguisher ...1382
CANDLER
n. † a chandelier ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-SHEARS
n. † snuffers; candle extinguisher ...1483
CANDLE-SNOT
n. the burnt wick of a candle ...19C Eng. dial.
CANDLES OF THE NIGHT
n. stars ...1790
CANDLE-STAFF
n. † a candlestick; the main stem or shaft of a branched candlestick ...c1000
CANDLESTICK
n. 1. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a humorous corruption of 'candidate' ...1870 Winchester College usage
CANDLE-STICK-HEIGHT
adj. of a child: very small ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLESTICKS
n. the fountains in Trafalgar Square, London ...1851 colloq.
CANDLE-TEENING
n. the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-TENDING
n. the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
CANDLE-TINING
n. the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
CANDLE-WASTER
n. 1. he who or that which wastes candles by late study at night ...1599
n. 2. a small bit of burning wick that falls upon the substance of the candle and causes it to run ...Bk1888
C AND M
n. cocaine and morphine ...1960s Black sl.
CAN-DO
adj. positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges ...20C sl., orig. US
phr. (as 'can do') it is possible, it is within my power ...20C sl.
CANDOUR
n. 1. † stainlessness of character; purity, integrity, innocence ...1610
n. 2. † brilliant whiteness; brilliancy ...1634
n. 3. † freedom from malice; favourable disposition, kindliness; sweetness of temper ...1653
C. AND S.
adj. clean and sober ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
CANDY
adj. 1. drunk ...1785 Irish usage
adj. 2. of dice: transparent ...L19 US criminals' sl.
adj. 3. excellent, worthy of admiration ...1900s US college sl.
adj. 4. of a person: soft, weak, effeminate ...1910s US sl.
adj. 5. of a job, crime, or other activity: easy, undemanding, 'soft' ...1930s US sl.
adj. 6. candid ...1946 Amer. dial.
n. 1. something admirable ...L19 US sl.
n. 2. money ...20C US sl.
n. 3. jewellery ...1920s US criminals' sl.
n. 4. sexual intercourse ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
n. 5. a showy, stylish person; a dandy; a fine fellow; a favourite ...1935 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a sexually desirable person of either sex ...1930s sl.
n. 7. opium ...1930s US drugs sl.
n. 8. cocaine ...1930s drugs sl.
n. 9. a pretty, young homosexual boy ...1950s US homosexual sl.
n. 10. the passive partner in anal intercourse ...1950s homosexual sl.
n. 11. a weakling ...1960s US teen sl.
n. 12. any drug, esp. in capsule form ...1960s drugs sl.
n. 13. heroin ...1980s drugs sl.
n. 14. the decoration or customization of an automobile ...2000s US Black sl.
n. 15. crack cocaine ...2000s US drugs sl.
vb. to sweeten; to render pleasant or palatable; to give a pleasant appearance to ...1592
CANDY, THE
n. something excellent, admirable, desirable ...1900s US sl.
CANDY ANKLE
n. a weak or effeminate man ...1938 Amer. dial.
vb. to date ...Bk1934 college sl.
CANDY-ASS
adj. timid; frightened; cowardly ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
CANDY-ASSED
adj. timid; frightened; cowardly ...Bk2006 US sl.
CANDYBOB
n. a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...c1873 Sc.
CANDY BOY
n. 1. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1901 US sl.
n. 2. a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
n. 3. a stylishly dressed person ...1901 US sl.
CANDY COCK
n. 1. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1925 US sl.
n. 2. a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
n. 3. a stylishly dressed person ...1925 US sl.
CANDY KID
n. 1. a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
n. 2. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1906 US sl.
n. 3. a fine fellow; a showy, stylish person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CANDY-LEG
n. a wealthy fellow who is attractive to women ...1920 US college sl.
CANDY MAKER
n. a male homosexual who masturbates (but does not fellate) a partner, then swallows the resultant semen ...1960s US sl.
CANDY-MAN
n. 1. in the north of England a bum-bailiff or process-server; 'in the great strike of coal miners in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from the cottages, there were recognized among them some well-known sellers of 'dandy candy' from the Newcastle streets, whose appellation was transferred to persons employed in the unpopular office ...1863
n. 2. ('candyman') a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...1870 Sc.
n. 3. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1913 US sl.
n. 4. a stylish, showy person; a dandy; a lady's man ...1913 US sl.
n. 5. a woman's male partner or (illicit) lover ...1920s US Black sl.
n. 6. a seller of illicit drugs, esp. in capsule form ...1969 US drugs sl.
n. 7. a pimp ...1980s US Black sl.
CANDYMAN, THE
n. the Federal Communications Commission or one of its field agents ...1976 US sl.
CANDY ROCK
n. cocaine hydrochloride ...1990s Aust. drugs sl.
CANDY STORE
n. a liquor store ...Bk2006 US sl.
CANDY-STRIPE
vb. to work as a 'candy-striper' ...1974 US sl.
CANDY-STRIPER
n. a young woman who is a volunteer nurse's aide ...1963 US sl.
CANDY WAGON
n. a light truck ...1942 Amer. sl.
CANE
n. 1. a weasel ...1789 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. cocaine; crack cocaine ...1983 US sl.
vb. to copulate with a woman in the sense 'beat' ...20C Brit. sl.
CANEBUCK
n. strong, intoxicating liquor ...20C Amer. dial.
CANEL
n. 1. † cinnamon ...c1205
n. 2. † the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel' ...a1300
n. 3. † the neck ...c1340
n. 4. † the gutter or surface watercourse in a street, or by a road ...c1380
n. 5. † a pipe or tube ..c1420
CANELL
n. † cinnamon ...1382
CANELLE
n. † cinnamon ...c1460
CANE NIGGER
n. (? offensive) a happy-go-lucky fellow, one devoid of care and anxiety ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
CANE OF FIRE
n. † a gun or firearm ...1550
CANEOLOGY
n. the doctrine of the use of the cane in corporal punishment ...1837 humorous
CANESCENCE
n. * hoariness, dull whiteness ...1855
CANESCENT
adj. rather hoary; greyish or dull white, like the down or hairs on the leaves of plants ...1847
CANE-SEED-EATER
n. a Mormon ...1942 Amer. dial.
CANFUL OF ANGLE-WORMS
n. a confused, complex, and distasteful state of affairs; a complicated enigma ...1927-28 US
CANG
adj. † foolish, silly ...a1225
n. † a fool ...a1225
CANGE
vb. 1. to waste away or moulder by degrees; said of persons and things ...1881 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANGEANT
adj. †* changing ...a1618
CANGED
adj. † foolish, besotted ...a1225
CANGLE
n.11. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a tangle
n. 2. 1938 Sc. - noise, disturbance
vb. 1. 1619 Sc. - to dispute acrimoniously; to quarrel, to wrangle; to contend in argument
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to entangle
CANGLER
n. a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
CANGLICHE
adv. † foolishly ...a1225
CANGLING
adj. quarrelsome, wrangling ...1895 Sc.
n. altercation, quarrelling ...1876 Sc.
CAN HOUSE
n. 1. a public-house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a brothel ...20C US sl.
CANICIDE
n. a dog-killer ...1852
CANICK
n. a playing marble ...1958 Amer. dial.
CANICULAR
adj. pert. to a dog ...1592 humorous
CANICULTURE
n. the rearing of dogs ...Bk1888 humorous
CANIDDLING PIE
n. said to put off a child when they ask, "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
CANIFFLE
vb. 1. to dissemble; to flatter ...1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to embezzle; to sponge ...1873 Eng. dial.
CANIKIN
n. a small can or drinking vessel ...1570
CANINAL
adj. † canine, dog-like ...1599
CANINITY
n. 1. canine quality or trait; dog nature or race ...1794
n. 2. sympathy with dogs, kindness to dogs ...1864
CANISTER
n. 1. † a quantity of tea from 75 to 100 lbs. weight ...1704
n. 2. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. the head ...1811 sl.
n. 4. a hat ...1887 sl.
n. 5. a firearm ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
n. 6. a prison ...Bk1914 prison sl.
CAN IT!
int. stop doing that!; shut up! ...Bk1999
CANITUDE
n. † hoariness, whiteness ...1656
CANIVOROUS
adj. dog-devouring ...1835 nonce word
CANK
adj. 1. † foolish, silly ...a1225
adj. 2. † dumb, silent ...1673 Eng. dial. or sl.
n. 1. † a fool ...a1225
n. 2. gossip, chatter; a chat ...1740 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a fit of ill-humour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a gossip, a telltale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the cry of a goose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. punishment ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to cackle as geese; to talk rapidly, to gabble ...1741 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to gossip, to chatter, to prate ...1856 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to sit down ...1866 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to be pert or saucy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to overcome, to conquer, to overpower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to annoy, to fret ...1944 Amer. dial.
CANKER
n. 1. 1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - rust
n. 2. 1660 Sc. - bad temper, ill humour, 'bad blood'
n. 3. 1787 Eng. dial. - a caterpillar, a grub
n. 4. Bk1888 - the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus
n. 5. Bk1899 Amer. dial. - verdigris formed on the surface of dirty brass candlesticks, etc.
n. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a crab
n. 7. 1930s sl. - a Jew
vb. 1. c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to corrode, to rust, to tarnish
vb. 2. 1866 Sc. - of the weather: to become stormy
vb. 3. 1867 Sc. - to fret, to become peevish; to put into a bad temper, to sour
vb. 4. 1879 Eng. dial. - to fester
vb. 5. 1953 Amer. dial. - to begin to decay; to spoil; to become tainted
CANKERAN
n. Bk1898 Sc. - fretfulness, complaint
CANKERED
adj. 1. c1440 - infected with evil; corrupt, depraved
adj. 2. 1513 - malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed
adj. 3. 1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - rusted, corroded; tarnished
adj. 4. 1633 obs. - infected, polluted; infectious, venomous
adj. 5. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of a wound or sore: inflamed, festered; of the teeth: decayed
adj. 6. 1803 Sc. - of the weather or sky: threatening, lowering; gusty
adj. 7. 1811 Eng. dial. - rusty, covered with verdigris
adj. 8. 1845 Sc. - bent, twisted
CANKEREDLY
adv. 1535 - spitefully, malignantly; peevishly; in an ill-natured manner
CANKEREDNESS
n. malice, spite; ill-humour; crabbed temper ...1538
CANKERFRET
adj. † corroded with rust ...1603
n. 1. † corrosion by rust ...1618
n. 2. a sore or blister in the mouth ...19C Eng. dial.
vb. † to rust ...1642
CANKERLY
adj. † malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered,, crabbed ...1580
adv. † spitefully, malignantly, peevishly ...1580
CANKER-NAIL
n. a painful slip of flesh at the base of the fingernail ...1825 Sc.
CANKEROUS
adj. 1. ill-humoured, crabbed ...1580
adj. 2. † in a state of decay ...1609
adj. 3. † rusty, like rust ...1651
adj. 4. venomous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. worried, fussing, esp. about little things ...1969 Amer. dial.
CANKERSOME
adj. 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial. - bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained, ill-natured
CANKERWORT
n. Bk1888 obs. - the dandelion
CANKERY
adj. 1. 1744 obs. - rusty; affected as if with rust; corroded
adj. 2. 1786 Sc. - ill-humoured, crabbed, bad-tempered
adj. 3. 1911 Sc. - of water: stagnant, covered with green slime
CANKING
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. - gossiping, chattering; whining, peevish
n. 1850 Eng. dial. - gossip, chattering
CANKING-PLECK
n. 1874 Eng. dial. - a place to chat in
CANKLING
adj. 1884 Sc. - quarrelsome, wrangling
CANKUM
n. 1. a dryly humorous person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a prank, a whim, a fit of peevishness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANKY
adj. cross, peevish ...1850 Eng. dial.
CANKYWAMPUS
adj. askew, awry, wrong ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 1. power, ability ...1768 Sc.
n. 2. skill, knowledge ...1768 Sc.
n. 3. a chimney pot ...1833
n. 4. † supernatural power, witchcraft ...1852 Sc.
n. 5. a dollar ...1859 Can. sl.
n. 6. the hollow part of an elephant's trunk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 7. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 8. a restroom or toilet ... 1900 US & Can. colloq.
n. 9. a party ...1905 Amer. students' sl.
n. 10. a place of confinement; a prison; a cell ...1912 criminals' sl.
n. 11. the head ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 12. the buttocks ...1914 sl., orig. and chiefly US
n. 13. an airplane ... Amer. World War I sl.
n. 14. a depth charge ...1918 US Navy sl.
n. 15. a motor vehicle or aircraft, esp. if old or dilapidated ...1923 Amer. sl.
n. 16. a safe ...1925 Amer. criminals' sl.
n. 17. a bomb ...1929 US sl.
n. 18. one ounce of an illicit drug, esp. marijuana ...1933 US drugs sl.
n. 19. a woman's breast ...1965 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment ...1905 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to stop or give up; to leave off ...1906 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to record phonographically ...1918 US colloq.
vb. 4. to dispose of as garbage; hence, to cancel a project or the like ...1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to imprison; to lock up ...1929 US police sl.
vb. 6. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to copulate with anally ...1945-49 Amer. sl.
vb. 8. in golf: to sink a putt ...1970 Can. sl.
CAN, THE
n. 1. a dismissal, removal, expulsion, rejection ...1908 Amer. sl.
n. 2. prison ...1912 sl., orig. US
CANACIN
n. † the plague ...1673
CANACK
n. a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
CANADA
n. no-man's-land ...Bk2004 World War I Can. sl.
CANADA HONKER
n. a Canada goose ...1929 Amer. dial.
CANADA HONKY
n. a Canada goose ...1929 Amer. dial.
CANADA TRUMPETER
n. a Canada goose ...1967 Amer. dial.
CANADIAN BACON
n. an uncircumcised penis ...1970s US gay sl.
CANADIAN BLACK
n. a type of marijuana said to be grown in Canada ...1960s drugs sl.
CANADIAN CAPER
n. a paper ...1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
CANADIAN HONKER
n. a Canada goose ...1929 Amer. dial.
CANADIAN SNOW GOOSE
n. a Canada goose ...1968 Amer. dial.
CANADIAN SOLDIER
n. 1. a mayfly ...1926 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an extra big mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANADOE
n. a drink ...E17 sl.
CAN A DUCK SWIM?
phr. a phrase used to emphasize one's absolute agreement ...M19 sl.
CAN A DUCK WHISTLE?
phr. a sarcastic rejoinder ...M19 sl.
CANAILLE
n. 1. the rabble, the mob ...1676
n. 2. a pack ...a1680
CANAIVE
vb. to gossip, usually maliciously ...1925 Sc.
CANAKA
n. a Pacific Islander, esp. one brought to Australia as an indentured labourer on the Queensland cotton or sugar plantations ...M19 orig. Aust.
CANAKER
n. a native of the South Sea Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland as a labourer on the sugar plantations ...1840
CANAKIN
n. † the plague ...1673
CANAL
n. 1. † a pipe used for conveying water or liquid ...c1449
n. 2. † a medium of communication, means, agency; now 'channel' ...1711
CANALAGE
n. * the construction of canals; canal-work ...1854
CANAL BOAT
n. 1. big foot; big or clumsy shoes ...1926 Amer. sl.
n. 2. the Totalizator ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'tote'
CANAL CONCH
n. a promiscuous woman ...1985 Trinidad and Tobago
CANALLER
n. 1. a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. one who lives on a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
CANALLIARY
n. †* the 'canaille' collectively ...1600
CANALLY; CANALLYE
n. a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
CANAL WRENCH
n. a long-handled shovel ...1954 US sl.
CANALYIE
n. a mob, a rabble ...1805 Sc.
CANAMO
n. marijuana ...1971 US sl.
CAN-A-PISS
n. a can of beer ...1998 NZ sl.
CANAPPA
n. marijuana ...1938 US sl.
CANARD
n. an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
vb. to fly abroad as a false report ...1862
CANARIES
n. bananas ...1930s sl.
CANARY
n. 1. the vagina ...17C sl.
n. 2. a prostitute ...18C sl.
n. 3. a mistress ...18C sl.
n. 4. a yellow silk handkerchief, as worn by a costermonger ...E19 sl.
n. 5. a bosun's mate ...1821 nautical sl.
n. 6. a woman ...1862 sl.
n. 7. a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
n. 8. 100 strokes of the lash ...M19 Aust. sl.
n. 9. a guinea; a sovereign; a gold coin ...1842 sl.
n. 10. a young woman or girl; esp. a female vocalist; a songster ...1862 US
n. 11. a burglar's assistant ...1862 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a female watcher ...1862 thieves' sl.
n. 13. a donkey or mule; usually constructed with a place name, as 'Arizona canary' ...1876 US jocular
n. 14. a Spaniard; used contemptuously ...1898 US Army sl.
n. 15. a glass of gin, rum, or any ardent spirits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 16. a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 17. a prisoner who has been caught in an escape attempt ...L19 UK prison sl.
n. 18. a convict's yellow jacket ...L19 sl.
n. 19. a half-sovereign (50p) ...L19 sl.
n. 20. an ornament worn at the hip ...L19 sl.
n. 21. a prisoner; a very old cant term for habitual offenders; 'a person used to be kept in a cage' ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 22. in the Salvation Army: a written promise of a donation or subscription; at some of the meetings of the 'Army' instead of sending round the plate, the officers distribute slips of paper on which those present are invited to record their benevolent intentions; the original colour of the slips was yellow ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 23. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 24. a cigarette ...1900s US campus sl.
n. 25. an informer; a stool pigeon ...1929 US sl.
n. 26. an unwanted squeak in machinery ...1937 Amer. sl.
n. 27. a gas mask ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 28. a flogging of one hundred lashes ...Bk1945 Aust.
n. 29. a fright ...1980s Irish sl.
vb. 1. of a criminal: to confess; to turn state's evidence ...1930s US sl.
vb. 2. to work as a band vocalist; to sing ...1930s US sl.
vb. 3. to turn informer ...1933 US sl.
CANARY-BIRD
n. 1. a prisoner; a very old cant term for habitual offenders; 'a person used to be kept in a cage' ...1673 cant
n. 2. the vagina ...17C sl.
n. 3. a young villain ...17C sl.
n. 4. formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign ....1785 sl.
n. 5. a mistress ...18C sl.
n. 6. a prostitute ...18C sl.
n. 7. a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
n. 8. a woman ...1940s Aust. sl.
CANARY HATCH
n. a psychiatric institution; a 'loony bin' ...1966 US sl.
CANARY KID
n. a weakling; a coward ...1940s US criminals' sl.
CANARY WARD
n. the venereal disease ward in Royal Navy hospital ...20C Brit. sl.
CANASTA
n. the male or female genitals ...1950s sl.
CANAT
n. an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
CANAVER
vb. to frolic ...1916 Sc.
CANCELEER
vb. to turn aside, to swerve or digress ...a1697
CANCELLATE
vb. †* to strike out, to cancel ...1647
CANCELLED STAMP
n. a shy person ...1920s US sl.
CANCELLED STICK
n. a marijuana cigarette ...1960s drugs sl.
CANCELMENT
n. cancellation ...1621
CANCEL ONE'S CHRISTMAS
vb. to kill someone; to destroy someone ...Bk2006 US criminals' sl.
CANCELS
n. † prison bars, limits, bounds, confines ...1596
CANCEL SOMEONE OUT
vb. to murder someone ...1990s sl.
CANCEL SOMEONE'S TICKET
vb. to murder, to assassinate ...1960s sl.
CANCER
n. 1. a crab ...1562
n. 2. severe rust on an automobile ...1970s US sl.
CANCER ALLEY
n. the industrial area of a city ...1980s US sl.
CANCER PILL
n. a cigarette ...1950s sl.
CANCER STICK
n. a cigarette ...1958 sl.
CANCER WARD
n. the smoking section of an eating establishment ...Bk1998 sl.
CANCERWEED
n. a cigarette ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANCH
n. 1. a large piece of bread, cheese, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANCRENATED
adj. †* affected with gangrene ...1582
C. AND A.
adj. gay ...Brit. rhyming sl.
n. a bisexual man; one who will have a stab at 'cunts and arseholes' ...Brit. sl.
CANDEFY
vb. † to make or become white ...1656
CANDENCY
n. †* warmth, fervency ...1723
CANDENT
adj. 1. † at a white heat; glowing with heat ...1577 obs. or arch.
adj. 2. * fervent, impassioned ...1723
CANDER
adv. yonder ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDESCENCE
n. dazzling whiteness or brightness ...1880
CANDESCENT
adj. * glowing with heat ...1824
C AND H
n. cocaine and heroin ...1960s Black sl. Juba
CANDICANCY
n. a whitening or making fair ...1731
CANDICANT
adj. †* growing white; inclining to white, whitish ...1657
CANDICATE
vb. † to grow white ...1623
CANDID
adj. 1. † white ...1630
adj. 2. † gentle, courteous, kindly; not desirous to find faults ...1633
adj. 3. pure, clear; stainless, innocent ...1647 arch.
adj. 4. † splendid, illustrious; fortunate ...1648
CANDIDATE
adj. †* clothed in white ...1616 poetic
vb. †* to make white; to whitewash (fig.) ...1628
CANDID FRIEND
n. one who claims to be a friend, and, in the name of candour, speaks unpleasant things ...1798
CANDIDNESS
n. 1. † favourable disposition; favour, courtesy ...1643
n. 2. † purity, innocence ...1654
CANDIED
adj. 1. flattering, glozing ...1602
adj. 2. addicted to cocaine ...Bk2006 US sl.
CANDIFY
vb. † to make or become white ...1656
CANDLE
n. 1. mucus hanging from the nose ...1858
n. 2. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a shoot of new growth on a pine tree ...1950 Amer. dial.
CANDLE-BASHER
n. a spinster; a female masturbator ...E20 Brit. sl.
CANDLE-BRANCH
n. † a chandelier ...1599
CANDLE BUG
n. a firefly ...1959 Amer. dial.
CANDLE-COIL
n. the wick of a candle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-DOUP
n. a candle-end ...1896 Sc.
CANDLE-DOUTING
n. morning, dawn ...1746 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-EATER
n. a foreigner of Russian origin ...1942 Amer. sl.
CANDLE-ENDS
n. things of short duration or of little value; trifles, fragments, scraps ...a1626
CANDLE FLARE
n. a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANDLE FLY
n. a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANDLE-HOD
n. a candlestick ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-LEET-TIME
n. dusk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-LENGTH
n. the time a candle would take to burn ...1894 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-LIGHT
n. the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
CANDLELIGHTING
n. dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
CANDLE MILLER
n. a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANDLE OF THE EYE
n. the pupil of the eye ...1888 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-QUENCHER
n. † an extinguisher ...1382
CANDLER
n. † a chandelier ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-SHEARS
n. † snuffers; candle extinguisher ...1483
CANDLE-SNOT
n. the burnt wick of a candle ...19C Eng. dial.
CANDLES OF THE NIGHT
n. stars ...1790
CANDLE-STAFF
n. † a candlestick; the main stem or shaft of a branched candlestick ...c1000
CANDLESTICK
n. 1. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a humorous corruption of 'candidate' ...1870 Winchester College usage
CANDLE-STICK-HEIGHT
adj. of a child: very small ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANDLESTICKS
n. the fountains in Trafalgar Square, London ...1851 colloq.
CANDLE-TEENING
n. the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
CANDLE-TENDING
n. the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
CANDLE-TINING
n. the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
CANDLE-WASTER
n. 1. he who or that which wastes candles by late study at night ...1599
n. 2. a small bit of burning wick that falls upon the substance of the candle and causes it to run ...Bk1888
C AND M
n. cocaine and morphine ...1960s Black sl.
CAN-DO
adj. positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges ...20C sl., orig. US
phr. (as 'can do') it is possible, it is within my power ...20C sl.
CANDOUR
n. 1. † stainlessness of character; purity, integrity, innocence ...1610
n. 2. † brilliant whiteness; brilliancy ...1634
n. 3. † freedom from malice; favourable disposition, kindliness; sweetness of temper ...1653
C. AND S.
adj. clean and sober ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
CANDY
adj. 1. drunk ...1785 Irish usage
adj. 2. of dice: transparent ...L19 US criminals' sl.
adj. 3. excellent, worthy of admiration ...1900s US college sl.
adj. 4. of a person: soft, weak, effeminate ...1910s US sl.
adj. 5. of a job, crime, or other activity: easy, undemanding, 'soft' ...1930s US sl.
adj. 6. candid ...1946 Amer. dial.
n. 1. something admirable ...L19 US sl.
n. 2. money ...20C US sl.
n. 3. jewellery ...1920s US criminals' sl.
n. 4. sexual intercourse ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
n. 5. a showy, stylish person; a dandy; a fine fellow; a favourite ...1935 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a sexually desirable person of either sex ...1930s sl.
n. 7. opium ...1930s US drugs sl.
n. 8. cocaine ...1930s drugs sl.
n. 9. a pretty, young homosexual boy ...1950s US homosexual sl.
n. 10. the passive partner in anal intercourse ...1950s homosexual sl.
n. 11. a weakling ...1960s US teen sl.
n. 12. any drug, esp. in capsule form ...1960s drugs sl.
n. 13. heroin ...1980s drugs sl.
n. 14. the decoration or customization of an automobile ...2000s US Black sl.
n. 15. crack cocaine ...2000s US drugs sl.
vb. to sweeten; to render pleasant or palatable; to give a pleasant appearance to ...1592
CANDY, THE
n. something excellent, admirable, desirable ...1900s US sl.
CANDY ANKLE
n. a weak or effeminate man ...1938 Amer. dial.
vb. to date ...Bk1934 college sl.
CANDY-ASS
adj. timid; frightened; cowardly ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
CANDY-ASSED
adj. timid; frightened; cowardly ...Bk2006 US sl.
CANDYBOB
n. a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...c1873 Sc.
CANDY BOY
n. 1. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1901 US sl.
n. 2. a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
n. 3. a stylishly dressed person ...1901 US sl.
CANDY COCK
n. 1. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1925 US sl.
n. 2. a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
n. 3. a stylishly dressed person ...1925 US sl.
CANDY KID
n. 1. a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
n. 2. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1906 US sl.
n. 3. a fine fellow; a showy, stylish person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CANDY-LEG
n. a wealthy fellow who is attractive to women ...1920 US college sl.
CANDY MAKER
n. a male homosexual who masturbates (but does not fellate) a partner, then swallows the resultant semen ...1960s US sl.
CANDY-MAN
n. 1. in the north of England a bum-bailiff or process-server; 'in the great strike of coal miners in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from the cottages, there were recognized among them some well-known sellers of 'dandy candy' from the Newcastle streets, whose appellation was transferred to persons employed in the unpopular office ...1863
n. 2. ('candyman') a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...1870 Sc.
n. 3. a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1913 US sl.
n. 4. a stylish, showy person; a dandy; a lady's man ...1913 US sl.
n. 5. a woman's male partner or (illicit) lover ...1920s US Black sl.
n. 6. a seller of illicit drugs, esp. in capsule form ...1969 US drugs sl.
n. 7. a pimp ...1980s US Black sl.
CANDYMAN, THE
n. the Federal Communications Commission or one of its field agents ...1976 US sl.
CANDY ROCK
n. cocaine hydrochloride ...1990s Aust. drugs sl.
CANDY STORE
n. a liquor store ...Bk2006 US sl.
CANDY-STRIPE
vb. to work as a 'candy-striper' ...1974 US sl.
CANDY-STRIPER
n. a young woman who is a volunteer nurse's aide ...1963 US sl.
CANDY WAGON
n. a light truck ...1942 Amer. sl.
CANE
n. 1. a weasel ...1789 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. cocaine; crack cocaine ...1983 US sl.
vb. to copulate with a woman in the sense 'beat' ...20C Brit. sl.
CANEBUCK
n. strong, intoxicating liquor ...20C Amer. dial.
CANEL
n. 1. † cinnamon ...c1205
n. 2. † the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel' ...a1300
n. 3. † the neck ...c1340
n. 4. † the gutter or surface watercourse in a street, or by a road ...c1380
n. 5. † a pipe or tube ..c1420
CANELL
n. † cinnamon ...1382
CANELLE
n. † cinnamon ...c1460
CANE NIGGER
n. (? offensive) a happy-go-lucky fellow, one devoid of care and anxiety ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
CANE OF FIRE
n. † a gun or firearm ...1550
CANEOLOGY
n. the doctrine of the use of the cane in corporal punishment ...1837 humorous
CANESCENCE
n. * hoariness, dull whiteness ...1855
CANESCENT
adj. rather hoary; greyish or dull white, like the down or hairs on the leaves of plants ...1847
CANE-SEED-EATER
n. a Mormon ...1942 Amer. dial.
CANFUL OF ANGLE-WORMS
n. a confused, complex, and distasteful state of affairs; a complicated enigma ...1927-28 US
CANG
adj. † foolish, silly ...a1225
n. † a fool ...a1225
CANGE
vb. 1. to waste away or moulder by degrees; said of persons and things ...1881 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANGEANT
adj. †* changing ...a1618
CANGED
adj. † foolish, besotted ...a1225
CANGLE
n.11. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a tangle
n. 2. 1938 Sc. - noise, disturbance
vb. 1. 1619 Sc. - to dispute acrimoniously; to quarrel, to wrangle; to contend in argument
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to entangle
CANGLER
n. a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
CANGLICHE
adv. † foolishly ...a1225
CANGLING
adj. quarrelsome, wrangling ...1895 Sc.
n. altercation, quarrelling ...1876 Sc.
CAN HOUSE
n. 1. a public-house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a brothel ...20C US sl.
CANICIDE
n. a dog-killer ...1852
CANICK
n. a playing marble ...1958 Amer. dial.
CANICULAR
adj. pert. to a dog ...1592 humorous
CANICULTURE
n. the rearing of dogs ...Bk1888 humorous
CANIDDLING PIE
n. said to put off a child when they ask, "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
CANIFFLE
vb. 1. to dissemble; to flatter ...1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to embezzle; to sponge ...1873 Eng. dial.
CANIKIN
n. a small can or drinking vessel ...1570
CANINAL
adj. † canine, dog-like ...1599
CANINITY
n. 1. canine quality or trait; dog nature or race ...1794
n. 2. sympathy with dogs, kindness to dogs ...1864
CANISTER
n. 1. † a quantity of tea from 75 to 100 lbs. weight ...1704
n. 2. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. the head ...1811 sl.
n. 4. a hat ...1887 sl.
n. 5. a firearm ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
n. 6. a prison ...Bk1914 prison sl.
CAN IT!
int. stop doing that!; shut up! ...Bk1999
CANITUDE
n. † hoariness, whiteness ...1656
CANIVOROUS
adj. dog-devouring ...1835 nonce word
CANK
adj. 1. † foolish, silly ...a1225
adj. 2. † dumb, silent ...1673 Eng. dial. or sl.
n. 1. † a fool ...a1225
n. 2. gossip, chatter; a chat ...1740 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a fit of ill-humour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a gossip, a telltale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the cry of a goose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. punishment ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to cackle as geese; to talk rapidly, to gabble ...1741 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to gossip, to chatter, to prate ...1856 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to sit down ...1866 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to be pert or saucy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to overcome, to conquer, to overpower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to annoy, to fret ...1944 Amer. dial.
CANKER
n. 1. 1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - rust
n. 2. 1660 Sc. - bad temper, ill humour, 'bad blood'
n. 3. 1787 Eng. dial. - a caterpillar, a grub
n. 4. Bk1888 - the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus
n. 5. Bk1899 Amer. dial. - verdigris formed on the surface of dirty brass candlesticks, etc.
n. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a crab
n. 7. 1930s sl. - a Jew
vb. 1. c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to corrode, to rust, to tarnish
vb. 2. 1866 Sc. - of the weather: to become stormy
vb. 3. 1867 Sc. - to fret, to become peevish; to put into a bad temper, to sour
vb. 4. 1879 Eng. dial. - to fester
vb. 5. 1953 Amer. dial. - to begin to decay; to spoil; to become tainted
CANKERAN
n. Bk1898 Sc. - fretfulness, complaint
CANKERED
adj. 1. c1440 - infected with evil; corrupt, depraved
adj. 2. 1513 - malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed
adj. 3. 1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - rusted, corroded; tarnished
adj. 4. 1633 obs. - infected, polluted; infectious, venomous
adj. 5. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of a wound or sore: inflamed, festered; of the teeth: decayed
adj. 6. 1803 Sc. - of the weather or sky: threatening, lowering; gusty
adj. 7. 1811 Eng. dial. - rusty, covered with verdigris
adj. 8. 1845 Sc. - bent, twisted
CANKEREDLY
adv. 1535 - spitefully, malignantly; peevishly; in an ill-natured manner
CANKEREDNESS
n. malice, spite; ill-humour; crabbed temper ...1538
CANKERFRET
adj. † corroded with rust ...1603
n. 1. † corrosion by rust ...1618
n. 2. a sore or blister in the mouth ...19C Eng. dial.
vb. † to rust ...1642
CANKERLY
adj. † malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered,, crabbed ...1580
adv. † spitefully, malignantly, peevishly ...1580
CANKER-NAIL
n. a painful slip of flesh at the base of the fingernail ...1825 Sc.
CANKEROUS
adj. 1. ill-humoured, crabbed ...1580
adj. 2. † in a state of decay ...1609
adj. 3. † rusty, like rust ...1651
adj. 4. venomous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. worried, fussing, esp. about little things ...1969 Amer. dial.
CANKERSOME
adj. 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial. - bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained, ill-natured
CANKERWORT
n. Bk1888 obs. - the dandelion
CANKERY
adj. 1. 1744 obs. - rusty; affected as if with rust; corroded
adj. 2. 1786 Sc. - ill-humoured, crabbed, bad-tempered
adj. 3. 1911 Sc. - of water: stagnant, covered with green slime
CANKING
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. - gossiping, chattering; whining, peevish
n. 1850 Eng. dial. - gossip, chattering
CANKING-PLECK
n. 1874 Eng. dial. - a place to chat in
CANKLING
adj. 1884 Sc. - quarrelsome, wrangling
CANKUM
n. 1. a dryly humorous person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a prank, a whim, a fit of peevishness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANKY
adj. cross, peevish ...1850 Eng. dial.
CANKYWAMPUS
adj. askew, awry, wrong ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANN - CANZ
CANNABINOL
n. phencyclidine ...1970s US drugs sl.
CANNACKER
n. a Canadian ...1846 Amer. dial.
CANNAT
n. 1869 Ireland - a sharp, wily fellow; a peddler, a dealer
CANNED
adj. 1. 1914 sl. - drunk
adj. 2. 1920s US sl. - of writing or information: rote, pre-packaged
CANNED CATTLE
n. 1930s US sl. - corned beef (prison usage)
CANNED COW
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - canned or condensed milk
CANNED GOODS
n. a virgin of either sex, usually female; the genitalia of such a person ...1910s US sl.
CANNED HEAT
n. a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes but drunk by down-and-out alcoholics who can afford
nothing better ...1910s sl.
CANNED HEATER
n. one who drinks 'canned heat' (a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes) ...1910s US sl.
CANNED-HEAT STIFF
n. one who drinks 'canned heat' (a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes) ...1910s US sl.
CANNED MORALE
n. a movie ...World War II Amer. sl.
CANNED SATIVA
n. cannabis ...1980s drugs sl.
CANNED STUFF
n. commercially packaged opium ...1930s US drugs sl.
CANNED TO THE CROW'S NEST
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANNED-UP
adj. drunk ...1910s sl.
CANNED WILLIE
n. corned beef ...1900s US sl.
CANNEL
n. 1. a1300 obs. - the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel'
n. 2. c1380 obs. - the gutter or surface watercourse in a street, or by a road
n. 3. 1561 obs. - channel, passage
n. 4. 1873 Eng. dial. - the faucet of a barrel
CANNEL-BONE
n. c1420 obs. - the collar-bone or clavicle
CANNIBAL
n. a fellator, specifically a homosexual male ...20C US criminals' sl.
CANNIBALEAN
adj. * pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1602
CANNIBALIC
adj. pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1837
CANNIBALITY
n. * cannibalism; the practice of eating the flesh of one's fellow creatures ...1796
CANNIBALIZATION
n. using parts from one machine to repair another ...World War II Amer. sl.
CANNY WIFE
n. 1810 Sc. - a midwife
CANNIKIN
n. 1. 1570 - a small can or drinking vessel
n. 2. 1688 sl. - the plague
CANNILY
adv. sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably ...1636 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CANNINESS
n. sagacity, skilfulness, prudence, cautiousness; gentleness, quietness ...a1662 Sc.
CANNING
n. † being able, ability ...a1555
CANNIS
vb. 1854 Eng. dial. - to toss about carelessly
CANNIS-COVE
n. Bk1891 Amer. sl. - a dog fancier
CANNON
adj. drunk ...1879 thieves' sl.
n. 1. in billiards: a stroke in which the player's ball is made to hit one of the other balls in such a way as to glance from it and strike the second ...1839
n. 2. the part of a bell by which it is suspended ...1872
n. 3. a pickpocket of indefinite order ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
n. 4. a revolver ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
n. 5. a large firecracker ...1954 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. in billiards: to play one's ball so as to make a 'cannon'; also, of the ball: to strike and rebound ...1844
vb. 2. to strike with rebounding collision; to come into violent collision with ...1864
CANNONARCHY
n. government by cannon; usurpation supported by cannon ...1841
CANNONBALL
n. 1. a fast or express train; also, facetiously, a slow train or branch railroad ...1888 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a superior person or one who claims to be so ...1940s US sl.
n. 3. a mixed injection, as of heroin and cocaine, or morphine and cocaine ...1950s US drugs sl.
CANNON-BALLS
n. 1. a nickname formerly given to the irreconcilable opponents of free trade in England ...1858 political usage
n. 2. the testicles ...Bk1891 sl.
CANNON-CRACKER
n. a large firecracker ...1871 Amer. dial.
CANNON FEVER
n. war weariness; a strong desire to get away from front lines ...US Civil War usage
CANNON FODDER
n. soldiers, regarded as food for cannon ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
CANNON MOB
n. a pickpocketing gang ...20C sl.
CANNON REPORT
n. an imaginary written report for which recruits are sent as a practical joke ...1923 US Army sl.
CANNY
adj. 1. 1637 Sc. - knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent; wary, cautious
adj. 2. a1662 Sc. obs. or arch. - cunning, artful, wily
adj. 3. 1715 Sc. obs. - lucky, fortunate, prosperous
adj. 4. 1718 Sc. - lucky or safe to meddle with; esp. used with negative
adj. 5. 1725 Sc. - careful, frugal, thrifty
adj. 6. a1758 Sc. - quiet, easy, snug, comfortable, pleasant, cosy
adj. 7. 1768 Sc. - skilful, clever
adj. 8. 1768 Sc. obs. - supernaturally wise; endowed with occult or magical power
adj. 9. 1785 Sc. - careful or cautious in motion or action; hence, quite, gentle, 'soft' of speech; free from commotion, disturbance, or noise
adj. 10. 1802 Sc. - agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory
adj. 11. 1816 Sc. - cautious in worldly matters, worldly-wise, shrewd, having a constant eye to the main chance
adj. 12. 1876 Sc. - of humour: quiet, sly
CANNYGOSHAN
n. 1866 Sc. obs. - one who dwells in the Canongate, Edinburgh
CANNYISH
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - moderate, fair-sized
CANNY MOMENT
n. 1810 Sc. - moment of childbirth
CANNY WIFE
n. 1810 Sc. - a midwife
CANOE
n. 1. a ship; used derisively ...1859 US nautical sl.
n. 2. a large automobile ...1935 US sl.
n. 3. the vagina ...1960s sl.
vb. 1. to have sexual intercourse; to kiss and caress, esp. intimately; to neck ...1954 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. of a cigarette or cannabis cigarette: to burn down on top or one side rather than evenly ...1980s sl.
CANOE-CHIEF
n. an American Indian ...1935 Amer. dial.
CANOE COLLEGE, THE
n. the US Naval Academy ...1969 US Navy sl.
CANOE INSPECTION
n. 1. inspection of servicewomen's genitals for possible venereal disease infection by medical officers or medics ...1965 US military sl.
n. 2. inspection of prostitutes' genitals for venereal disease ...1972 US sl.
CANOE INSPECTOR
n. a gynecologist ...1965 US sl.
CANOE-MAKER
n. an autopsy surgeon ...1970 US police sl.
CANOES
n. big feet or shoes ...1942 US sl.
CANOE U.
n. the US Naval Academy ...1963 US military sl.
CANOEVRE
n. an attempt at swindling or a similarly dubious enterprise ...E19 sl.
CAN OF BEANS
n. an unpleasant, complex, and unappetizing situation; an intertwined set of problems; an array of difficulties ...1940s sl., orig. US
CAN OF CHECKERED PAINT
n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke ...1967 Amer. dial.
CAN OF COKE
n. a joke ...1990s rhyming sl.
CAN OF CORN
n. 1. in baseball: a high fly ball that can be easily caught ...1937 US sl.
n. 2. something that is really easy to do ...Bk2006 US sl.
CAN OF OIL
n. a boil ...20C rhyming sl.
CAN OF PEAS
n. an unpleasant, complex, and unappetizing situation; an intertwined set of problems; an array of difficulties ...1940s sl., orig. US
CAN OF PISS
n. a term of abuse ...2000s Irish sl.
CAN OF VACUUM
n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke ...1949 Amer. dial.
CAN OF WORMS
n. a confused, complex, and distasteful state of affairs; a complicated enigma ...1927-28 US
CANON
adj. 1879 sl. - drunk (thieves' usage)
n. 1688 - a metal loop or 'ear' at the top of a bell by which it is hung
CANOODLE
n. 1. 1879 Eng. dial. - a donkey; also applied to persons
n. 2. 1944 Amer. dial. - a knitting needle
n. 3. 1976 Amer. dial. - a dalliance; a flirtation
vb. 1. 1859 sl. - to kiss and cuddle (orig. US)
vb. 2. 1879 - to paddle or propel a canoe (Oxford University usage)
vb. 3. Bk1891 sl. - to coax
vb. 4. a1800 Amer. - to share profits (theatrical usage)
CANOODLERS
n. a pair of lovers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANOODLING
n. endearments ...1859 Amer. sl.
CAN-OPENER
n. 1. a weapon powerful enough to destroy an armoured target ...1886 US military sl.
n. 2. a tool for opening safes, etc. ...1912 sl.
n. 3. a cook ...1918 US sl.
n. 4. a bayonet ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 5. an aircraft equipped to destroy tanks and other armoured vehicles ...World War II Amer. sl.
CANOROUS
adj. singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing ...1646
CANOUS
adj. †* grey, hoary ...1513
CAN-PAPER
n. toilet paper ...20C US sl.
CANS
n. 1. radio headphones, from their resemblance to tin cans ...1929 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a woman's breasts ...1959 Amer. sl.
CANSE
vb. 1825 Sc. - to speak in a pert and saucy style, as displaying a great degree of self-importance
CANSH
vb. 1825 Sc. - to speak in a pert and saucy style, as displaying a great degree of self-importance
CANSHIE
adj. 1825 Sc. - cross, ill-humoured
CANSIE
adj. 1917 Sc. - pert, speaking from self-conceit
CANSTICK
n. 1562 obs. - a candlestick
CAN'T
n. 1931 Amer. dial. - the darkness before sunrise and after sunset
CANT
adj. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale
n. 1. c1375 obs. - edge, border, brink
n. 2. 1501 obs. - singing, musical sound
n. 3. a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a portion; a share; a division
n. 4. 1603 obs. - a nook, corner in a building; a niche
n. 5. 1640 - a whining manner of speaking, esp. of beggars; a whine
n. 6. 1663 obs. - accent, intonation, tone
n. 7. 1681 obs. - a set form of words repeated perfunctorily or mechanically
n. 8. 1681 arch. - a stock phrase that is much affected at the time, or is repeated as a matter of habit or form
n. 9. 1681 obs. - the peculiar phraseology of a religious sect or class
n. 10. 1684 - the special phraseology of a particular class of persons, or belonging to a particular subject; professional or technical jargon; always depreciative or contemptuous
n. 11. 1706 - the secret speech or jargon of the vagrant classes - gypsies, thieves, beggars, etc; hence, contemptuously, the peculiar phraseology of a particular class or subject
n. 12. 1725 - one who uses religious phrases unreally
n. 13. 1755 - a blow or toss (boxing usage)
n. 14. 1790 Eng. dial. - a sale by auction
n. 15. 1790 Sc. - an illusion
n. 16. 1802 - provincial dialect; vulgar slang
n. 17. 1851-61 sl. - food (tramps' usage)
n. 18. 1857 - a gift (tramps' usage)
n. 19. 1876 Sc. & Eng. dial. - gossip, tattle; merry tales; malicious talk
n. 20. 1876 Eng. dial. - a tattler; a gossip; a talebearer
n. 21. Bk1898 Sc. - a trick, a bad habit
n. 22. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. - a company or great number
vb. 1. c1440 obs. - to part, to divide, to share, to parcel out, to apportion
vb. 2. 1567 - to speak with the beggar's whine
vb. 3. 1567 - to speak; to talk
vb. 4. 1592 - to speak the jargon of gypsies, beggars, and other vagrants
vb. 5. 1625 obs. - to use the special phraseology or jargon of a particular class or subject
vb. 6. 1648 obs. - to say or exclaim in the pet phraseology of the day; to use the phrases currently affected at the time
vb. 7. 1652 obs. - to chant, to sing; to repeat in a sing-song manner; to intone
vb. 8. 1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to move about with a jaunty step
vb. 9. 1678 - to affect religious or pietistic phraseology; to talk unreally or hypocritically with an affectation of goodness or piety
vb. 10. 1690 Eng. dial. obs. - to become 'cant' or well; to recover strength; to mend
vb. 11. 1720 - to dispose of by auction (chiefly Irish)
vb. 12. 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to gossip; to tell tales, to backbite, to slander; to scold
vb. 13. 1788 Sc. - to tell merry old stories
vb. 14. 1877 Eng. dial. - to deceive by pious pretenses; to impose upon
vb. 15. 1877 Eng. dial. - to wheedle, to coax
vb. 16. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to humour, to pet, to make much of
CANTAB
n. a student at Cambridge ...1750 colloq.
CANTABANK
n. * a singer on a stage or platform; hence, a common ballad-singer; used contemptuously ...1834
CANTABRIGIAN
adj. belonging to Cambridge ...1711
n. a member of the University of Cambridge ...c1645
CANTANKER
n. † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
CANTANKERATE
vb. to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
CANTANKERED
adj. 1862 Eng. dial. - cross-grained, cantankerous
CANTANKEROUS
adj. showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
CANTANKERSOME
adj. cross-grained, ill-humoured ...1835 Amer. sl.
CANTATA
n. † a song, chant ...a1754 nonce use
CANTATION
n. 1. † singing ...1623
n. 2. * incantation, magical charm ...1656
CANTATOR
n. * a male singer ...1866
CANTATORY
adj. * pert. to a singer or his singing ...1836
CANTATRICE
n. a female professional singer ...1866
CANT-CORNERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - not at right angles, oblique
CANTEEN
n. 1. a liquor store on a military base ...Bk2004 Amer. sl. Spanish-American War era
n. 2. a roadside tavern ...Bk1892 S. Afr. sl.
CANTEEN MEDAL
n. 1. a beer or food stain on one's tunic ...c1875 army sl.
n. 2. a good conduct stripe for the consumption of liquor ...Bk1891 military sl.
n. 3. a fly-button undone ...c1917 army sl.
CANTEEN MERCHANT
n. one who serves in the ship's canteen ...20C sl.
CANTEEN RAT
n. an old soldier who constantly hangs about by the canteen, in order to be treated ...20C military colloq.
CANTER
n. 1. 1592 sl. - a vagrant or beggar; one who deceives by false pretenses; one who uses 'cant'
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a slanderer
vb. 1. 1761 - to move nimbly or briskly
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to scold; to nag; to grumble
CANTERBURY
n. 1. 1631 obs. - an easy galloping pace; a hand-gallop
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a gossip, a busybody
vb. 1673 obs. rare - of a horse: to canter; to move in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore-feet nearly at the same time with a leap or spring
CANTERING
adv. 1935 Amer. dial. - in a diagonal manner
CANTERY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - grumbling, churlish
CAN'T-HARDLIES
n. a state of anxiety or impatience ...1969 Amer. dial.
CAN'T-HELP-IT
n. menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
CAN'T-HELP-ITS
n. an imaginary disease or condition; also, delirium tremens ...1966 Amer. dial.
CANT-HOOKS
n. † the fingers ...19C Eng. dial.
CANTIC
n. † a song, a canticle ...1483
CANTICLE
n. 1. song; properly, a little song; a hymn ...c1250
n. 2. † a canto of a poem ...1596
n. 3. a parish clerk ...1785 sl.
CANTILENA
n. a ballad ...1867
CANTILENE
n. 1. † an old song; silly prattle; idle tale, trick ...1535
n. 2. † a song, a melody ...1635
CANTILLATE
vb. to chant; to recite with musical tones ...1864
CANTILLATION
n. chanting, intoning, musical recitation ...1864
CANTILY
adv. cheerfully, blithely, cheerily ...1721 Sc.
CANTINESS
n. cheerfulness ...Bk1888 Sc.
CANTING
adj. 1. 1592 - belonging to the jargon of thieves and beggars
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - saucy, pert
n. 1. 1567 - the jargon used by beggars, thieves, gypsies and vagrants
n. 2. 1651 N. Eng. dial. - sale by auction
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - gossiping, tale-bearing
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wheedling, coaxing
CANTING-ACADEMY
n. Bk1921 sl. - a common lodging-house
CANTING-CALLER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an auctioneer
CANTION
n. 1. 1579 obs. - a song
n. 2. 1656 obs. - an incantation, a charm
CANTITATE
vb. 1830 - to sing as a bird (nonce word)
CANTLAX
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a silly, giddy woman
CANTLE
n. 1. c1315 - a part, a portion
n. 2. c1350 obs. - a nook or corner; a corner-piece
n. 3. c1400 obs. - a corner or other portion cut or sliced off; a shiver, a slice
n. 4. c1440 - a section, or segment, cut out of anything
n. 5. c1475 - a thick slice or 'cut' of bread, cheese, meat, or the like
n. 6. 1551 obs. - a segment of a circle or sphere
n. 7. 1592 - the protuberant part at the back of a saddle
n. 8. 1695 Eng. dial. - an indefinite number or quantity
n. 9. 1811 Eng. dial. - the leg of an animal
n. 10. 1822 Sc. obs. - the crown of the head
n. 11. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a canful
vb. 1. 1607 obs. - to cut into quarters or portions, to divide
vb. 2. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to tilt up; to fall over
CANTLE-BONE
n. 1746 Eng. dial. - the collar-bone; the projecting vertebra at the base of the neck
CANTLE-MEAL
adv. c1479 obs. - piecemeal
THE CANTLE O' THE CAUSEY
n. 1818 Sc. - the best part of the road or footpath
CANTLET
n. a1700 - a small cantle, a fragment
CANTLE UP
vb. 1871 Sc. - to brighten up, to bestir oneself; to recover health
CANTLING
n. 1674 obs. rare - a small part, corner, section, or division
CANTLY
adv. 1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. - boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily
CANT-MASTER
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - an auctioneer
CANTO
n. 1603 obs. - a song, a ballad
CANT OF A WAY
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a long way
CANTON
n. 1. 1534 obs. - a corner, an angle; a retreating corner, angle, or nook
n. 2. 1594 obs. - a song
n. 3. 1601 obs. - a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part
n. 4. 1609 obs. - one of the divisions of a long poem, a canto
vb. 1. 1611 obs. - to sever or separate oneself; to secede, to withdraw; fig. to digress
vb. 2. 1653 arch. or obs. - to divide a part from, or cut it out of a whole; to separate, to sever by division
CANTONIZE
vb. 1. † to separate oneself into, or form, an independent community ...1605
vb. 2. † to divide into portions or parts; to form into cantons ...1606
CANTOR
n. † a singer ...1609
CANTORE
n. † office, banking house ...1673
CANTRAP
n. a mischievous trick; a magic spell ...1830 Amer. dial.
CANTRED
n. a hundred; a district containing a hundred townships ...1387 hist.
CANTRIP
adj. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. - pert. to any real or imagined magical act; magical, witch-like
n. 1. 1719 - a spell or charm of necromancy or witchcraft; a witch's trick or mischievous device; also jocosely, any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct
n. 2. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a trick, a frolic, a piece of mischief
CAN'T SAY BOO TO A GOOSE
phr. is very timid or shy
CAN'T SAY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
adj. drunk ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
CAN'T SEE
n. the darkness before sunrise and after sunset ...1941 Amer. dial.
CAN'T SEE A HOLE IN A LADDER
adj. referring to a superlative form of intoxication ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
CAN'T SPELL ABLE
vb. to be unable to do what you are told to do ...1996 Barbados sl.
CAN'T SPIN A THREAD
adj. powerless to act ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CANTY
adj. 1. a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - on the point of falling; liable to be upset
CAN'T YOU FEEL THE WIND?
phr. used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANTY-WISE
adv. opposite to ...1968 Amer. dial.
CANUCK
n. (sometimes derogatory in the US) a Canadian ...1835 sl.
CANUCKER
n. a Canadian ...1958 Amer. dial.
CANVAS
vb. 1. † to toss in a canvas sheet, etc., as a sport or punishment ...1508
vb. 2. † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
vb. 3. † to 'thrash' a person in writing; to criticize destructively and unsparingly ...1590
vb. 4. † to subject to attack or assault ...1599
CANVASADO
n. 1. † a sudden attack ...1581
n. 2. † a night attack, a 'camisado' ...a1626
CANVASBACK
n. a harlot; a sexually loose woman; a woman who spends considerable time with her back on a canvas-covered floor, presumably copulating ...20C sl.
CANVAS-CLIMBER
n. † a sailor ...1608
CANVASS
n. 1. † examination of the 'pros and cons'; full discussion ...1608-11
n. 2. † a shaking up; a tossing up and down ...1611
n. 3. † a shock; esp. that of a sudden attack or surprise ...1611
vb. 1. † to toss in a canvas sheet, etc., as a sport or punishment ...1508
vb. 2. † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
vb. 3. † to subject to attack or assault ...1599
CANVASSEENS
n. sailors' canvas trousers ...Bk1891 nautical sl.
CANYON YODELLING
n. cunnilingus ...20C US sl.
CANZON
n. † a song ...1590
CANZONET
n. a little or short song; a short song of a light and airy character ...1593
n. phencyclidine ...1970s US drugs sl.
CANNACKER
n. a Canadian ...1846 Amer. dial.
CANNAT
n. 1869 Ireland - a sharp, wily fellow; a peddler, a dealer
CANNED
adj. 1. 1914 sl. - drunk
adj. 2. 1920s US sl. - of writing or information: rote, pre-packaged
CANNED CATTLE
n. 1930s US sl. - corned beef (prison usage)
CANNED COW
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - canned or condensed milk
CANNED GOODS
n. a virgin of either sex, usually female; the genitalia of such a person ...1910s US sl.
CANNED HEAT
n. a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes but drunk by down-and-out alcoholics who can afford
nothing better ...1910s sl.
CANNED HEATER
n. one who drinks 'canned heat' (a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes) ...1910s US sl.
CANNED-HEAT STIFF
n. one who drinks 'canned heat' (a form of crude alcohol, intended for heating purposes) ...1910s US sl.
CANNED MORALE
n. a movie ...World War II Amer. sl.
CANNED SATIVA
n. cannabis ...1980s drugs sl.
CANNED STUFF
n. commercially packaged opium ...1930s US drugs sl.
CANNED TO THE CROW'S NEST
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANNED-UP
adj. drunk ...1910s sl.
CANNED WILLIE
n. corned beef ...1900s US sl.
CANNEL
n. 1. a1300 obs. - the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel'
n. 2. c1380 obs. - the gutter or surface watercourse in a street, or by a road
n. 3. 1561 obs. - channel, passage
n. 4. 1873 Eng. dial. - the faucet of a barrel
CANNEL-BONE
n. c1420 obs. - the collar-bone or clavicle
CANNIBAL
n. a fellator, specifically a homosexual male ...20C US criminals' sl.
CANNIBALEAN
adj. * pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1602
CANNIBALIC
adj. pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1837
CANNIBALITY
n. * cannibalism; the practice of eating the flesh of one's fellow creatures ...1796
CANNIBALIZATION
n. using parts from one machine to repair another ...World War II Amer. sl.
CANNY WIFE
n. 1810 Sc. - a midwife
CANNIKIN
n. 1. 1570 - a small can or drinking vessel
n. 2. 1688 sl. - the plague
CANNILY
adv. sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably ...1636 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CANNINESS
n. sagacity, skilfulness, prudence, cautiousness; gentleness, quietness ...a1662 Sc.
CANNING
n. † being able, ability ...a1555
CANNIS
vb. 1854 Eng. dial. - to toss about carelessly
CANNIS-COVE
n. Bk1891 Amer. sl. - a dog fancier
CANNON
adj. drunk ...1879 thieves' sl.
n. 1. in billiards: a stroke in which the player's ball is made to hit one of the other balls in such a way as to glance from it and strike the second ...1839
n. 2. the part of a bell by which it is suspended ...1872
n. 3. a pickpocket of indefinite order ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
n. 4. a revolver ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
n. 5. a large firecracker ...1954 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. in billiards: to play one's ball so as to make a 'cannon'; also, of the ball: to strike and rebound ...1844
vb. 2. to strike with rebounding collision; to come into violent collision with ...1864
CANNONARCHY
n. government by cannon; usurpation supported by cannon ...1841
CANNONBALL
n. 1. a fast or express train; also, facetiously, a slow train or branch railroad ...1888 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a superior person or one who claims to be so ...1940s US sl.
n. 3. a mixed injection, as of heroin and cocaine, or morphine and cocaine ...1950s US drugs sl.
CANNON-BALLS
n. 1. a nickname formerly given to the irreconcilable opponents of free trade in England ...1858 political usage
n. 2. the testicles ...Bk1891 sl.
CANNON-CRACKER
n. a large firecracker ...1871 Amer. dial.
CANNON FEVER
n. war weariness; a strong desire to get away from front lines ...US Civil War usage
CANNON FODDER
n. soldiers, regarded as food for cannon ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
CANNON MOB
n. a pickpocketing gang ...20C sl.
CANNON REPORT
n. an imaginary written report for which recruits are sent as a practical joke ...1923 US Army sl.
CANNY
adj. 1. 1637 Sc. - knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent; wary, cautious
adj. 2. a1662 Sc. obs. or arch. - cunning, artful, wily
adj. 3. 1715 Sc. obs. - lucky, fortunate, prosperous
adj. 4. 1718 Sc. - lucky or safe to meddle with; esp. used with negative
adj. 5. 1725 Sc. - careful, frugal, thrifty
adj. 6. a1758 Sc. - quiet, easy, snug, comfortable, pleasant, cosy
adj. 7. 1768 Sc. - skilful, clever
adj. 8. 1768 Sc. obs. - supernaturally wise; endowed with occult or magical power
adj. 9. 1785 Sc. - careful or cautious in motion or action; hence, quite, gentle, 'soft' of speech; free from commotion, disturbance, or noise
adj. 10. 1802 Sc. - agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory
adj. 11. 1816 Sc. - cautious in worldly matters, worldly-wise, shrewd, having a constant eye to the main chance
adj. 12. 1876 Sc. - of humour: quiet, sly
CANNYGOSHAN
n. 1866 Sc. obs. - one who dwells in the Canongate, Edinburgh
CANNYISH
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - moderate, fair-sized
CANNY MOMENT
n. 1810 Sc. - moment of childbirth
CANNY WIFE
n. 1810 Sc. - a midwife
CANOE
n. 1. a ship; used derisively ...1859 US nautical sl.
n. 2. a large automobile ...1935 US sl.
n. 3. the vagina ...1960s sl.
vb. 1. to have sexual intercourse; to kiss and caress, esp. intimately; to neck ...1954 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. of a cigarette or cannabis cigarette: to burn down on top or one side rather than evenly ...1980s sl.
CANOE-CHIEF
n. an American Indian ...1935 Amer. dial.
CANOE COLLEGE, THE
n. the US Naval Academy ...1969 US Navy sl.
CANOE INSPECTION
n. 1. inspection of servicewomen's genitals for possible venereal disease infection by medical officers or medics ...1965 US military sl.
n. 2. inspection of prostitutes' genitals for venereal disease ...1972 US sl.
CANOE INSPECTOR
n. a gynecologist ...1965 US sl.
CANOE-MAKER
n. an autopsy surgeon ...1970 US police sl.
CANOES
n. big feet or shoes ...1942 US sl.
CANOE U.
n. the US Naval Academy ...1963 US military sl.
CANOEVRE
n. an attempt at swindling or a similarly dubious enterprise ...E19 sl.
CAN OF BEANS
n. an unpleasant, complex, and unappetizing situation; an intertwined set of problems; an array of difficulties ...1940s sl., orig. US
CAN OF CHECKERED PAINT
n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke ...1967 Amer. dial.
CAN OF COKE
n. a joke ...1990s rhyming sl.
CAN OF CORN
n. 1. in baseball: a high fly ball that can be easily caught ...1937 US sl.
n. 2. something that is really easy to do ...Bk2006 US sl.
CAN OF OIL
n. a boil ...20C rhyming sl.
CAN OF PEAS
n. an unpleasant, complex, and unappetizing situation; an intertwined set of problems; an array of difficulties ...1940s sl., orig. US
CAN OF PISS
n. a term of abuse ...2000s Irish sl.
CAN OF VACUUM
n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke ...1949 Amer. dial.
CAN OF WORMS
n. a confused, complex, and distasteful state of affairs; a complicated enigma ...1927-28 US
CANON
adj. 1879 sl. - drunk (thieves' usage)
n. 1688 - a metal loop or 'ear' at the top of a bell by which it is hung
CANOODLE
n. 1. 1879 Eng. dial. - a donkey; also applied to persons
n. 2. 1944 Amer. dial. - a knitting needle
n. 3. 1976 Amer. dial. - a dalliance; a flirtation
vb. 1. 1859 sl. - to kiss and cuddle (orig. US)
vb. 2. 1879 - to paddle or propel a canoe (Oxford University usage)
vb. 3. Bk1891 sl. - to coax
vb. 4. a1800 Amer. - to share profits (theatrical usage)
CANOODLERS
n. a pair of lovers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANOODLING
n. endearments ...1859 Amer. sl.
CAN-OPENER
n. 1. a weapon powerful enough to destroy an armoured target ...1886 US military sl.
n. 2. a tool for opening safes, etc. ...1912 sl.
n. 3. a cook ...1918 US sl.
n. 4. a bayonet ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 5. an aircraft equipped to destroy tanks and other armoured vehicles ...World War II Amer. sl.
CANOROUS
adj. singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing ...1646
CANOUS
adj. †* grey, hoary ...1513
CAN-PAPER
n. toilet paper ...20C US sl.
CANS
n. 1. radio headphones, from their resemblance to tin cans ...1929 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a woman's breasts ...1959 Amer. sl.
CANSE
vb. 1825 Sc. - to speak in a pert and saucy style, as displaying a great degree of self-importance
CANSH
vb. 1825 Sc. - to speak in a pert and saucy style, as displaying a great degree of self-importance
CANSHIE
adj. 1825 Sc. - cross, ill-humoured
CANSIE
adj. 1917 Sc. - pert, speaking from self-conceit
CANSTICK
n. 1562 obs. - a candlestick
CAN'T
n. 1931 Amer. dial. - the darkness before sunrise and after sunset
CANT
adj. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale
n. 1. c1375 obs. - edge, border, brink
n. 2. 1501 obs. - singing, musical sound
n. 3. a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a portion; a share; a division
n. 4. 1603 obs. - a nook, corner in a building; a niche
n. 5. 1640 - a whining manner of speaking, esp. of beggars; a whine
n. 6. 1663 obs. - accent, intonation, tone
n. 7. 1681 obs. - a set form of words repeated perfunctorily or mechanically
n. 8. 1681 arch. - a stock phrase that is much affected at the time, or is repeated as a matter of habit or form
n. 9. 1681 obs. - the peculiar phraseology of a religious sect or class
n. 10. 1684 - the special phraseology of a particular class of persons, or belonging to a particular subject; professional or technical jargon; always depreciative or contemptuous
n. 11. 1706 - the secret speech or jargon of the vagrant classes - gypsies, thieves, beggars, etc; hence, contemptuously, the peculiar phraseology of a particular class or subject
n. 12. 1725 - one who uses religious phrases unreally
n. 13. 1755 - a blow or toss (boxing usage)
n. 14. 1790 Eng. dial. - a sale by auction
n. 15. 1790 Sc. - an illusion
n. 16. 1802 - provincial dialect; vulgar slang
n. 17. 1851-61 sl. - food (tramps' usage)
n. 18. 1857 - a gift (tramps' usage)
n. 19. 1876 Sc. & Eng. dial. - gossip, tattle; merry tales; malicious talk
n. 20. 1876 Eng. dial. - a tattler; a gossip; a talebearer
n. 21. Bk1898 Sc. - a trick, a bad habit
n. 22. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. - a company or great number
vb. 1. c1440 obs. - to part, to divide, to share, to parcel out, to apportion
vb. 2. 1567 - to speak with the beggar's whine
vb. 3. 1567 - to speak; to talk
vb. 4. 1592 - to speak the jargon of gypsies, beggars, and other vagrants
vb. 5. 1625 obs. - to use the special phraseology or jargon of a particular class or subject
vb. 6. 1648 obs. - to say or exclaim in the pet phraseology of the day; to use the phrases currently affected at the time
vb. 7. 1652 obs. - to chant, to sing; to repeat in a sing-song manner; to intone
vb. 8. 1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to move about with a jaunty step
vb. 9. 1678 - to affect religious or pietistic phraseology; to talk unreally or hypocritically with an affectation of goodness or piety
vb. 10. 1690 Eng. dial. obs. - to become 'cant' or well; to recover strength; to mend
vb. 11. 1720 - to dispose of by auction (chiefly Irish)
vb. 12. 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to gossip; to tell tales, to backbite, to slander; to scold
vb. 13. 1788 Sc. - to tell merry old stories
vb. 14. 1877 Eng. dial. - to deceive by pious pretenses; to impose upon
vb. 15. 1877 Eng. dial. - to wheedle, to coax
vb. 16. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to humour, to pet, to make much of
CANTAB
n. a student at Cambridge ...1750 colloq.
CANTABANK
n. * a singer on a stage or platform; hence, a common ballad-singer; used contemptuously ...1834
CANTABRIGIAN
adj. belonging to Cambridge ...1711
n. a member of the University of Cambridge ...c1645
CANTANKER
n. † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
CANTANKERATE
vb. to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
CANTANKERED
adj. 1862 Eng. dial. - cross-grained, cantankerous
CANTANKEROUS
adj. showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
CANTANKERSOME
adj. cross-grained, ill-humoured ...1835 Amer. sl.
CANTATA
n. † a song, chant ...a1754 nonce use
CANTATION
n. 1. † singing ...1623
n. 2. * incantation, magical charm ...1656
CANTATOR
n. * a male singer ...1866
CANTATORY
adj. * pert. to a singer or his singing ...1836
CANTATRICE
n. a female professional singer ...1866
CANT-CORNERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - not at right angles, oblique
CANTEEN
n. 1. a liquor store on a military base ...Bk2004 Amer. sl. Spanish-American War era
n. 2. a roadside tavern ...Bk1892 S. Afr. sl.
CANTEEN MEDAL
n. 1. a beer or food stain on one's tunic ...c1875 army sl.
n. 2. a good conduct stripe for the consumption of liquor ...Bk1891 military sl.
n. 3. a fly-button undone ...c1917 army sl.
CANTEEN MERCHANT
n. one who serves in the ship's canteen ...20C sl.
CANTEEN RAT
n. an old soldier who constantly hangs about by the canteen, in order to be treated ...20C military colloq.
CANTER
n. 1. 1592 sl. - a vagrant or beggar; one who deceives by false pretenses; one who uses 'cant'
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a slanderer
vb. 1. 1761 - to move nimbly or briskly
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to scold; to nag; to grumble
CANTERBURY
n. 1. 1631 obs. - an easy galloping pace; a hand-gallop
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a gossip, a busybody
vb. 1673 obs. rare - of a horse: to canter; to move in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore-feet nearly at the same time with a leap or spring
CANTERING
adv. 1935 Amer. dial. - in a diagonal manner
CANTERY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - grumbling, churlish
CAN'T-HARDLIES
n. a state of anxiety or impatience ...1969 Amer. dial.
CAN'T-HELP-IT
n. menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
CAN'T-HELP-ITS
n. an imaginary disease or condition; also, delirium tremens ...1966 Amer. dial.
CANT-HOOKS
n. † the fingers ...19C Eng. dial.
CANTIC
n. † a song, a canticle ...1483
CANTICLE
n. 1. song; properly, a little song; a hymn ...c1250
n. 2. † a canto of a poem ...1596
n. 3. a parish clerk ...1785 sl.
CANTILENA
n. a ballad ...1867
CANTILENE
n. 1. † an old song; silly prattle; idle tale, trick ...1535
n. 2. † a song, a melody ...1635
CANTILLATE
vb. to chant; to recite with musical tones ...1864
CANTILLATION
n. chanting, intoning, musical recitation ...1864
CANTILY
adv. cheerfully, blithely, cheerily ...1721 Sc.
CANTINESS
n. cheerfulness ...Bk1888 Sc.
CANTING
adj. 1. 1592 - belonging to the jargon of thieves and beggars
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - saucy, pert
n. 1. 1567 - the jargon used by beggars, thieves, gypsies and vagrants
n. 2. 1651 N. Eng. dial. - sale by auction
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - gossiping, tale-bearing
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wheedling, coaxing
CANTING-ACADEMY
n. Bk1921 sl. - a common lodging-house
CANTING-CALLER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an auctioneer
CANTION
n. 1. 1579 obs. - a song
n. 2. 1656 obs. - an incantation, a charm
CANTITATE
vb. 1830 - to sing as a bird (nonce word)
CANTLAX
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a silly, giddy woman
CANTLE
n. 1. c1315 - a part, a portion
n. 2. c1350 obs. - a nook or corner; a corner-piece
n. 3. c1400 obs. - a corner or other portion cut or sliced off; a shiver, a slice
n. 4. c1440 - a section, or segment, cut out of anything
n. 5. c1475 - a thick slice or 'cut' of bread, cheese, meat, or the like
n. 6. 1551 obs. - a segment of a circle or sphere
n. 7. 1592 - the protuberant part at the back of a saddle
n. 8. 1695 Eng. dial. - an indefinite number or quantity
n. 9. 1811 Eng. dial. - the leg of an animal
n. 10. 1822 Sc. obs. - the crown of the head
n. 11. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a canful
vb. 1. 1607 obs. - to cut into quarters or portions, to divide
vb. 2. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to tilt up; to fall over
CANTLE-BONE
n. 1746 Eng. dial. - the collar-bone; the projecting vertebra at the base of the neck
CANTLE-MEAL
adv. c1479 obs. - piecemeal
THE CANTLE O' THE CAUSEY
n. 1818 Sc. - the best part of the road or footpath
CANTLET
n. a1700 - a small cantle, a fragment
CANTLE UP
vb. 1871 Sc. - to brighten up, to bestir oneself; to recover health
CANTLING
n. 1674 obs. rare - a small part, corner, section, or division
CANTLY
adv. 1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. - boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily
CANT-MASTER
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - an auctioneer
CANTO
n. 1603 obs. - a song, a ballad
CANT OF A WAY
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a long way
CANTON
n. 1. 1534 obs. - a corner, an angle; a retreating corner, angle, or nook
n. 2. 1594 obs. - a song
n. 3. 1601 obs. - a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part
n. 4. 1609 obs. - one of the divisions of a long poem, a canto
vb. 1. 1611 obs. - to sever or separate oneself; to secede, to withdraw; fig. to digress
vb. 2. 1653 arch. or obs. - to divide a part from, or cut it out of a whole; to separate, to sever by division
CANTONIZE
vb. 1. † to separate oneself into, or form, an independent community ...1605
vb. 2. † to divide into portions or parts; to form into cantons ...1606
CANTOR
n. † a singer ...1609
CANTORE
n. † office, banking house ...1673
CANTRAP
n. a mischievous trick; a magic spell ...1830 Amer. dial.
CANTRED
n. a hundred; a district containing a hundred townships ...1387 hist.
CANTRIP
adj. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. - pert. to any real or imagined magical act; magical, witch-like
n. 1. 1719 - a spell or charm of necromancy or witchcraft; a witch's trick or mischievous device; also jocosely, any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct
n. 2. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a trick, a frolic, a piece of mischief
CAN'T SAY BOO TO A GOOSE
phr. is very timid or shy
CAN'T SAY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
adj. drunk ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
CAN'T SEE
n. the darkness before sunrise and after sunset ...1941 Amer. dial.
CAN'T SEE A HOLE IN A LADDER
adj. referring to a superlative form of intoxication ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
CAN'T SPELL ABLE
vb. to be unable to do what you are told to do ...1996 Barbados sl.
CAN'T SPIN A THREAD
adj. powerless to act ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CANTY
adj. 1. a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - on the point of falling; liable to be upset
CAN'T YOU FEEL THE WIND?
phr. used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
CANTY-WISE
adv. opposite to ...1968 Amer. dial.
CANUCK
n. (sometimes derogatory in the US) a Canadian ...1835 sl.
CANUCKER
n. a Canadian ...1958 Amer. dial.
CANVAS
vb. 1. † to toss in a canvas sheet, etc., as a sport or punishment ...1508
vb. 2. † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
vb. 3. † to 'thrash' a person in writing; to criticize destructively and unsparingly ...1590
vb. 4. † to subject to attack or assault ...1599
CANVASADO
n. 1. † a sudden attack ...1581
n. 2. † a night attack, a 'camisado' ...a1626
CANVASBACK
n. a harlot; a sexually loose woman; a woman who spends considerable time with her back on a canvas-covered floor, presumably copulating ...20C sl.
CANVAS-CLIMBER
n. † a sailor ...1608
CANVASS
n. 1. † examination of the 'pros and cons'; full discussion ...1608-11
n. 2. † a shaking up; a tossing up and down ...1611
n. 3. † a shock; esp. that of a sudden attack or surprise ...1611
vb. 1. † to toss in a canvas sheet, etc., as a sport or punishment ...1508
vb. 2. † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
vb. 3. † to subject to attack or assault ...1599
CANVASSEENS
n. sailors' canvas trousers ...Bk1891 nautical sl.
CANYON YODELLING
n. cunnilingus ...20C US sl.
CANZON
n. † a song ...1590
CANZONET
n. a little or short song; a short song of a light and airy character ...1593
CAP - CAPZ
CAP
n. 1. a1000 obs. - a cloak with a hood; a cape
n. 2. 1519 obs. - a closed wooden vessel; a cask
n. 3. M19 sl. - captain (orig. & chiefly US)
n. 4. M19 US sl. - a bullet, a shot
n. 5. 1851 sl. - the proceeds of an improvised collection
n. 6. Bk1891 sl. obs. - a false cover to a tossing coin, called a 'cover-down'; the cap showed either head or tail as it was left on or taken off (thieves' usage)
n. 7. L19 US sl. - the act of ensnaring a victim into a confidence game (criminals' usage)
n. 8. 1905 Amer. dial. - the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry
n. 9. 1920s sl. - a capsule containing a narcotic, usually heroin (drugs usage)
n. 10. 1940s sl. - a rejoinder (orig. US African-American usage)
n. 11. 1946 Amer. dial. - a kernel of popcorn
n. 12. 1950s US sl. - the mind (African-American usage)
n. 13. 1960s sl. - an insult aimed at someone's family; used as part of a ritualized interchange (orig. US African-American usage)
n. 14. 1960s US sl. - the mouth, esp. as used in oral-genital sex (African-American usage)
n. 15. 1960s sl. - a capsule of LSD (drugs usage)
n. 16. 1970 Amer. dial. - a whitecap (wave)
n. 17. 1980s sl. - crack cocaine (drugs usage)
n. 18. 1990s US sl. - the top of the head, the cranium (African-American usage)
n. 19. 1990s US sl. - a measure of marijuana, as much as can be fitted into a small cap, as of a toothpaste tube or a container of chapstick (prison usage)
vb. 1. 1589 obs. - to arrest for debt
vb. 2. 1593 sl. - to take off or touch one's hat in salutation (school & university usage)
vb. 3. L17 UK sl. - to swear an oath (criminals' usage)
vb. 4. Bk1785 sl. - to stand by a friend; to take part in an undertaking; to lend a hand (thieves' usage)
vb. 5. 1811 UK sl. - to assist in a fraudulent scheme by fast talk that helps lure the victim into the swindle
vb. 6. E19 US sl. - to give satisfaction (criminals' usage)
vb. 7. E19 sl. - to act as a confederate in a gambling game
vb. 8. 1848 Amer. dial. - to surpass, to outdo, to excel
vb. 9. M19 UK sl. - to take; to grab hold of (criminals' usage)
vb. 10. Bk1888 Sc. - to seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own
vb. 11. 1895 Amer. dial. - to take the hull off a strawberry
vb. 12. Bk1899 Amer. dial. - to puzzle
vb. 13. 1936 Amer. dial. - to pop corn
vb. 14. 1944 sl. - to put down; to insult (teen & high school usage)
vb. 15. 1940s sl. - to transfer bulk drugs (in powder form) into capsules for sale (drugs usage)
vb. 16. 1950s sl. - to be given drugs for free (drugs usage)
vb. 17. M20 US sl. - to buy or use narcotics (drugs usage)
vb. 18. 1973 US sl. - to steer business to someone
vb. 19. 1970s sl. - to fire a gun (orig. African-American usage)
vb. 20. 1970s sl. - to shoot a person in the knee or leg as a form of punishment
vb. 21. 1970s sl. - to kill, to murder, to shoot dead (orig. African-American usage)
vb. 22. 1979 UK sl. - to fly on Combat Air Patrol (Royal Air Force usage)
vb. 23. 1980 US sl. - in casino gambling: to add to an existing bet, usually illegally
vb. 24. 1990s US sl. - to punch someone in the face (college usage)
CAPABILITATE
vb. 1780 obs. - to make capable; to indicate the capabilities of
CAPABILITY
n. 1616 obs. - the quality of having room for anything; ability to receive or contain
CAPABLE
adj. 1. † able to perceive or comprehend ...1561
adj. 2. † able to take in, receive, contain, or hold; having room or capacity for ...1571
adj. 3. † comprehensive ...1592
adj. 4. † able to hold much; roomy, capacious ...1594
adj. 5. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CAPACE
adj. † able to take in with the mind or comprehend ...1555
CAPACIFY
vb. †* to render capable; to qualify, to fit ...a1677
CAP-AMBRY
n. † a press or cupboard, probably used for holding wooden vessel used at meals ... Bk1888 obs. exc. Sc.
CAP-AND-BALL LAYOUT
n. a shiftless and unprogressive ranch or outfit ...1944 Amer. cowboys' usage
CAP AND BAUBLE
n. the insignia of the fool or jester ...1663
CAP AND BELLS
n. the insignia of the fool or jester ...1884
CAP AND FEATHER DAYS
n. the time of childhood ...1821
CAP AND WAD
n. tea and a bun in canteen, YMCA, or Church Army hut ...World War I services' sl.
CAP-A-PIE
adv. in reference to arming or accoutring: from head to foot ...1523
CAPARISON
n. the dress and ornaments of men and women; equipment, outfit ...1598
CAPAX
adj. † of capacity: able and ready to take or receive; capable ...1432-50
CAP-BANG
vb. of a gun: to explode slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CAP-BUSTER
n. a big wave ...1966 Amer. dial.
CAP-CASE
n. 1. † a travelling-case, bag, or wallet (representing the later portmanteau or carpet-bag) ...1577
n. 2. † a receptacle of any kind; a box, chest, casket, case ...1597
CAP-CASTLE
n. † the chief village of a district ...1664
CAPE
vb. 1. † to take or seize as a privateer; also, to go a privateering ...1676
vb. 2. to 'kep'; to catch ...a1802
CAPE ANN TURKEY
n. 1844 Amer. dial. - codfish
CAPE BOY
n. 1896 - in South Africa: a half-breed resulting from the union of a native Black and a White settler
CAPE BRETON ATTACHE CASE
n. 1980 Can. sl. - a plastic bag
CAPE COD TURKEY
n. 1865 US - salted cod (Civil War usage)
CAPE DOCTOR
n. 1861 S. Afr. - the strong southeasterly wind that blows in Cape Tow over summer
CAPEESH?
phr. 1977 US sl. - do you understand?
CAPE FEVER
n. 1830 US sl. - a feigned illness (nautical usage)
FLY-AWAY
n. 1769 - a cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances (nautical usage)
CAPE HORN
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - the female genitals
n. 2. 1998 UK sl. - a condom
CAPEL
n. c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a horse
CAPELLA
n. 1. Bk1891 sl. - a coat (theatrical usage)
n. 2. 1993 sl. - a hat
CAPELLANE
n. a1661 obs. - one who officiates in a chapel; a chaplain; a keeper of the sacred relics
CAPELOCRACY
n. 1841 - the shopkeeping class or their interests
CAPE MAY GOODY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - an uncomplimentary term for a person who you don't think much of
CAPE MERCHANT
n. Bk1899 Amer. dial. - the man who had charge of the general store or warehouse
CAPE-NIGHTINGALE
n. 1889 sl. - a frog
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - the female genitals
n. 2. 1925 UK sl. - soap (rhyming sl.)
n. 3. 1994 UK sl. - the Pope (rhyming sl.)
CAPEOVI
adj. Bk1891 - sick; 'seedy' (costers' usage)
CAPER
n. 1. 1657 obs. exc. hist. - a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair
n. 2. 1759 Sc. obs. - a captor, a seizer
n. 3. 1867 sl. - a criminal undertaking, esp. a swindle or theft
n. 4. 1954 Aust. sl. - that which is going on; an undertaking
n. 5. 2001 UK sl. - the time devoted to pleasure; a hedonistic lifestyle
n. 6. 2001 UK sl. - cocaine
n. 7. 2002 UK sl. - a costume worn for erotic effect
vb. 1976 US sl. - to commit a criminal undertaking, esp. a swindle or theft
CAPERATE
vb. 1. 1623 obs. - to frown
vb. 2. 1657 obs. - to wrinkle
CAPERATED
adj. 1657 obs. - wrinkled like a goat's horn
CAPER CAR
n. 1981 US sl. - a car used for a crime and then abandoned
CAPERCLAW
vb. † to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails; to beat, to thrash ...1589
CAPER-CORNERED
adv. diagonally, across from ...1941 Amer. dial.
CAPERDEWSIE
n. † the stocks; prison ...1663
CAPERDOCHY
n. † the stocks; prison ...1600
CAPERER
n. † a privateer (person) ...1676
CAPER-JUICE
n. whisky ...1888 Amer. sl.
CAPER-MERCHANT
n. a dancing master ...Bk1785 sl.
CAPERNOITED
adj. 1. crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
adj. 2. slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
CAPERNOITIE
n. the head ...1819 Sc.
CAPERNOITY
adj. crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
CAPERSOME
adj. lively, spirited, sprightly...1852
CAPER-WITTED
adj. flighty, of frivolous or unsteady mind ...1692
CAPEY
n. 1977 S. Afr. - a person who is part of the non-White, or 'coloured' population in South Africa's Cape province
CAPFUL OF WIND
n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a light breeze
CAPIAN
adj. 1731 obs. rare - belonging to the Cape of Good Hope
CAPIE
n. 1977 S. Afr. - a person who is part of the non-White, or 'coloured' population in South Africa's Cape province
CAPILLATE
adj. 1881 - furnished with hair
CAPILLATION
n. 1646 obs. rare - the state or condition of being hairy or hair-like
CAPILLATURE
n. 1656 obs. rare - a frizzing of the hair; the bush of hair on the head
CAPILLOSE
adj. 19C rare - having much hair, covered with hair, hairy
CAPISCE?
phr. 1977 US sl. - do you understand?
CAPISH
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to understand, to comprehend
CAPISTRATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare - to halter, to muzzle, to tie
CAP IT
vb. 1593 sl. - to take off or touch one's hat in salutation (school & university usage)
CAPITAL
adj. 1. a1225 obs. - pert. to the head or top
adj. 2. 1375 obs. - of an enemy or enmity: deadly, mortal
adj. 3. a1626 obs. - fatal
adj. 4. 2001 US sl. - attractive, good-looking
int. Bk1888 - an exclamation of approval
CAPITAL H
n. 1975 US sl. - heroin
CAPITALLY
adv. 1606 - fatally, seriously
CAPITAL PRIZE
n. 1948 US sl. - a sexually transmitted infection
CAPITATIVE
adj. reckoned by the head; per head ...1879
CAPITELE
n. a chapter of a book ...1340 obs.
CAPITLE
n. 1. a chapter of a book ...1340 obs.
n. 2. a summary ...1382 obs.
CAPITOSE
adj. 1. having a large head ...1881
adj. 2. obstinate, headstrong ...1881
CAPKIN
n. a little cap ...1844 nonce word
CAPLE
n. 1. a horse ...c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a hen ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAPLUMP
adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CAP MAN
n. 1971 US sl. - a confederate in a swindle
CAP'N CRUNCH
n. 1989 Can. sl. - a captain of a British Columbia provincial ferry who had a spectacular collision
CAPNOMANCY
n. 1610 - divination by smoke
CAPO
n. 1952 US sl. - a leader of a Mafia organization
CAP ON
vb. 1971 US sl. - to look at someone or something
CAPON
n. 1. 1542 - an idiot, a dull, stupid person; a term of reproach
n. 2. 1588 obs. - a 'billet-doux'; a love letter
n. 3. 1594 obs. - a eunuch
n. 4. c1640 sl. - a red herring
n. 5. 1945 US sl. - a homosexual male; a pederast; an effeminate male
CAPON EGG
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a nonexistent item used to tease a greenhorn
CAP ONE'S LUCKY
vb. Bk1891 Amer. sl. - to run away Amer.(thieves' usage)
CAP ONE'S SKIN
vb. Bk1891 sl. - to strip naked (thieves' usage)
CAPOODLE
n. 1848 sl. - all of something; the entire lot of people or things; a large mixed-up collection of objects or people
CAPOONKLE
adj. 1982 US sl. - confusing, confused
CAPOOP
n. 20C Amer. dial. - dung
vb. 20C Amer. dial. - to defecate
CAPOOT
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a large group of things or people; a crowd; the whole lot
CAPORAL
n. 1892 Amer. dial. - a foreman on a ranch
CAP OUT
vb. M20 US sl. - to pass out from the use of marijuana or drugs (drugs usage)
CAPPADOCHIO
n. 1607 cant - a prison
CAPPER
n. 1. 1753 US sl. - in a confidence swindle: a person who lures the victim into the swindle
n. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. - a person or thing who beats all others
n. 3. 1853 sl. - a dummy bidder whose function is either to start the bidding, or to run up the price of articles for sale
n. 4. 1871 Amer. sl. - a confederate Amer.(thieves' usage)
n. 5. 1871 Amer. sl. - at cards: one who makes false bids in order to encourage a genuine player (thieves' usage)
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 7. 1958 US sl. - in a drug-selling enterprise: a person who fills capsules with a drug
CAPPING
n. 1. the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. gunfire ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
CAPRICCIO
n. 1. † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1601
n. 2. a sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper ...1665
CAPRICERVE
n. †* the antelope ...1661
CAPRICH
n. † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1656
CAPRICIOUS
adj. † characterized by play of wit or fancy; humorous, fantastic ...1594
CAPRIOLE
n. a leap or caper, as in dancing ...1594
vb. to leap, to skip, to caper; also said of horses and their riders ...1580
CAPRIOUS
adj. †* lustful ...1623
CAPRON
n. † an impudent fellow ...c1460
CAPS
n. heroin ...1998 UK sl.
CAPSE
n. †* a coffer, chest ...1447
CAPSHEAF
n. the extreme, the crowning point ...1815 Amer. dial.
CAPSICUM
n. anger ...1845 Amer. dial.
CAPSIZAL
n. the act of capsizing; an upset ...1881
CAPSIZE
vb. to castrate ...20C US colloq.
CAPSULA
n. crack cocaine ...2003 UK sl.
CAPSULE
n. †* a little case or receptacle ...1652
CAPSULE CON
n. a prisoner convicted on drug charges ...1970 US sl.
CAPTABLE
adj. † liable or open to be caught or taken ...1649
CAPTAIN
adj. 1566 obs. - chief, principal, leading
n. 1. 1598 - a jesting form of address
n. 2. 1731 sl. - a gaming or bawdy house bully
n. 3. 1748 sl. - money
n. 4. 1835 Amer. dial. - a stagecoach driver
n. 5. 1862 Amer. - the conductor or guard of a train
n. 6. 1917 Amer. dial. - one who excels; a leader
n. 7. 1953 Aust. sl. - the person buying the drinks
CAPTAIN, THE
n. Bk1903 sl. - money
CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG
n. 1864 - a dishonest jockey (turf usage)
CAPTAIN COOK
n. 1932 Aust. sl. - a look, a glance (rhyming sl. for 'look')
CAPTAIN COPPERTHORN'S CREW
n. all officers; said of a company where everyone wants to be first ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN CORK
n. a nickname for a man who is slow in passing the bottle ...Bk1891 sl. (military usage)
CAPTAIN CRANK
n. the chief of a gang of highwaymen ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAINESS
n. a female captain or commander ...1465
CAPTAIN FLASHAM
n. a blustering, bounceable fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
CAPTAIN GRAND
n. a haughty, blustering fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN GRIMES
n. 20C Brit. sl. - The Times (rhyming sl.)
CAPTAIN HACKUM
n. 1600 sl. - a fighting, blustering bully
CAPTAIN IS AT HOME, THE
phr. L18 Brit. colloq. - used to indicate that a woman is menstruating
CAPTAIN IS COME, THE
phr. menstruation proceeds ...L18 sl.
CAPTAIN KETTLE
vb. to settle (vigorously) ...c1899 rhyming sl.
CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT
n. meat neither young enough for veal, nor old enough for beef ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN QUEERNABS
n. a shabby, ill-dressed fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
CAPTAIN QUIZ
n. a mocker ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN'S BUTT
n. a cigarette less than half-smoked ...World War II Amer. army sl.
CAPTAIN SHARP
n. a cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers whose office it is to bully the 'pigeon' who refuses to pay ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN'S MOUTHORGAN
n. a company clerk ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAPTAIN STANDISH
n. the erect penis ...19C Brit. sl.
CAPTAIN TOM
n. the head or leader of a mob; also, the mob itself ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTATE
vb. † to catch at, to strive to obtain, to seek after ...1628
CAPTATION
n. a catching at, an endeavour to get ...1523
CAPTE
n. † capacity, comprehension ...1542
CAP THE CLIMAX
vb. to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1894 Amer. dial.
CAP THE STACK
vb. to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way ...1859 Amer. dial.
CAP THE VORTEX
vb. to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1907
Amer. dial.
CAPTION
n. 1. †* a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
n. 2. † the act of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism ...1605
CAPTIOUS
adj. 1590 obs. - crafty
CAPTIVABLE
adj. 1675 obs. rare - that can be taken captive
CAPTIVANCE
n. 1596 obs. rare - captivation, captivity
CAPTIVATE
vb. c1555 obs. or arch. - to make captive, to take prisoner; to capture
CAPTIVATRIX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an attractive young woman
CAPTIVE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a loved one; a sweetheart
vb. 1. c1430 arch. - to take captive, to bring into captivity
vb. 2. 1528 arch. - to captivate, to enthrall
CAPTIVEMENT
n. 1714 obs. rare - a taking captive, captivity
CAPTIVER
n. 1613 obs. - one who takes captive; a captor
CAPTIVITY
n. 1526 obs. - those who are in captivity; captives collectively
CAP TO
vb. 1593 sl. - to take off or touch one's hat in salutation (school & university usage)
CAPTRESS
n. 1867 rare - a female captor
CAPUL
n. c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a horse
CAPULUPTIC FIT
n. 1900 Amer. dial. - a fit or seizure
CAPUN
n. 1990s US sl. - one who has been sentenced to death (prison usage)
CAP UP
vb. 1960s sl. - to transfer bulk drugs (in powder form) into capsules for sale (drugs usage)
CAPURTLE
n. 1950s sl. - a woman seen as a sex object
CAPUSH
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a group of people or things; a crowd; the whole lot
CAPUT
adj. 1910s sl. - finished, over, ruined
CAPYOUS
adj. c1430 obs. - capable
n. 1. a1000 obs. - a cloak with a hood; a cape
n. 2. 1519 obs. - a closed wooden vessel; a cask
n. 3. M19 sl. - captain (orig. & chiefly US)
n. 4. M19 US sl. - a bullet, a shot
n. 5. 1851 sl. - the proceeds of an improvised collection
n. 6. Bk1891 sl. obs. - a false cover to a tossing coin, called a 'cover-down'; the cap showed either head or tail as it was left on or taken off (thieves' usage)
n. 7. L19 US sl. - the act of ensnaring a victim into a confidence game (criminals' usage)
n. 8. 1905 Amer. dial. - the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry
n. 9. 1920s sl. - a capsule containing a narcotic, usually heroin (drugs usage)
n. 10. 1940s sl. - a rejoinder (orig. US African-American usage)
n. 11. 1946 Amer. dial. - a kernel of popcorn
n. 12. 1950s US sl. - the mind (African-American usage)
n. 13. 1960s sl. - an insult aimed at someone's family; used as part of a ritualized interchange (orig. US African-American usage)
n. 14. 1960s US sl. - the mouth, esp. as used in oral-genital sex (African-American usage)
n. 15. 1960s sl. - a capsule of LSD (drugs usage)
n. 16. 1970 Amer. dial. - a whitecap (wave)
n. 17. 1980s sl. - crack cocaine (drugs usage)
n. 18. 1990s US sl. - the top of the head, the cranium (African-American usage)
n. 19. 1990s US sl. - a measure of marijuana, as much as can be fitted into a small cap, as of a toothpaste tube or a container of chapstick (prison usage)
vb. 1. 1589 obs. - to arrest for debt
vb. 2. 1593 sl. - to take off or touch one's hat in salutation (school & university usage)
vb. 3. L17 UK sl. - to swear an oath (criminals' usage)
vb. 4. Bk1785 sl. - to stand by a friend; to take part in an undertaking; to lend a hand (thieves' usage)
vb. 5. 1811 UK sl. - to assist in a fraudulent scheme by fast talk that helps lure the victim into the swindle
vb. 6. E19 US sl. - to give satisfaction (criminals' usage)
vb. 7. E19 sl. - to act as a confederate in a gambling game
vb. 8. 1848 Amer. dial. - to surpass, to outdo, to excel
vb. 9. M19 UK sl. - to take; to grab hold of (criminals' usage)
vb. 10. Bk1888 Sc. - to seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own
vb. 11. 1895 Amer. dial. - to take the hull off a strawberry
vb. 12. Bk1899 Amer. dial. - to puzzle
vb. 13. 1936 Amer. dial. - to pop corn
vb. 14. 1944 sl. - to put down; to insult (teen & high school usage)
vb. 15. 1940s sl. - to transfer bulk drugs (in powder form) into capsules for sale (drugs usage)
vb. 16. 1950s sl. - to be given drugs for free (drugs usage)
vb. 17. M20 US sl. - to buy or use narcotics (drugs usage)
vb. 18. 1973 US sl. - to steer business to someone
vb. 19. 1970s sl. - to fire a gun (orig. African-American usage)
vb. 20. 1970s sl. - to shoot a person in the knee or leg as a form of punishment
vb. 21. 1970s sl. - to kill, to murder, to shoot dead (orig. African-American usage)
vb. 22. 1979 UK sl. - to fly on Combat Air Patrol (Royal Air Force usage)
vb. 23. 1980 US sl. - in casino gambling: to add to an existing bet, usually illegally
vb. 24. 1990s US sl. - to punch someone in the face (college usage)
CAPABILITATE
vb. 1780 obs. - to make capable; to indicate the capabilities of
CAPABILITY
n. 1616 obs. - the quality of having room for anything; ability to receive or contain
CAPABLE
adj. 1. † able to perceive or comprehend ...1561
adj. 2. † able to take in, receive, contain, or hold; having room or capacity for ...1571
adj. 3. † comprehensive ...1592
adj. 4. † able to hold much; roomy, capacious ...1594
adj. 5. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CAPACE
adj. † able to take in with the mind or comprehend ...1555
CAPACIFY
vb. †* to render capable; to qualify, to fit ...a1677
CAP-AMBRY
n. † a press or cupboard, probably used for holding wooden vessel used at meals ... Bk1888 obs. exc. Sc.
CAP-AND-BALL LAYOUT
n. a shiftless and unprogressive ranch or outfit ...1944 Amer. cowboys' usage
CAP AND BAUBLE
n. the insignia of the fool or jester ...1663
CAP AND BELLS
n. the insignia of the fool or jester ...1884
CAP AND FEATHER DAYS
n. the time of childhood ...1821
CAP AND WAD
n. tea and a bun in canteen, YMCA, or Church Army hut ...World War I services' sl.
CAP-A-PIE
adv. in reference to arming or accoutring: from head to foot ...1523
CAPARISON
n. the dress and ornaments of men and women; equipment, outfit ...1598
CAPAX
adj. † of capacity: able and ready to take or receive; capable ...1432-50
CAP-BANG
vb. of a gun: to explode slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CAP-BUSTER
n. a big wave ...1966 Amer. dial.
CAP-CASE
n. 1. † a travelling-case, bag, or wallet (representing the later portmanteau or carpet-bag) ...1577
n. 2. † a receptacle of any kind; a box, chest, casket, case ...1597
CAP-CASTLE
n. † the chief village of a district ...1664
CAPE
vb. 1. † to take or seize as a privateer; also, to go a privateering ...1676
vb. 2. to 'kep'; to catch ...a1802
CAPE ANN TURKEY
n. 1844 Amer. dial. - codfish
CAPE BOY
n. 1896 - in South Africa: a half-breed resulting from the union of a native Black and a White settler
CAPE BRETON ATTACHE CASE
n. 1980 Can. sl. - a plastic bag
CAPE COD TURKEY
n. 1865 US - salted cod (Civil War usage)
CAPE DOCTOR
n. 1861 S. Afr. - the strong southeasterly wind that blows in Cape Tow over summer
CAPEESH?
phr. 1977 US sl. - do you understand?
CAPE FEVER
n. 1830 US sl. - a feigned illness (nautical usage)
FLY-AWAY
n. 1769 - a cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances (nautical usage)
CAPE HORN
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - the female genitals
n. 2. 1998 UK sl. - a condom
CAPEL
n. c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a horse
CAPELLA
n. 1. Bk1891 sl. - a coat (theatrical usage)
n. 2. 1993 sl. - a hat
CAPELLANE
n. a1661 obs. - one who officiates in a chapel; a chaplain; a keeper of the sacred relics
CAPELOCRACY
n. 1841 - the shopkeeping class or their interests
CAPE MAY GOODY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - an uncomplimentary term for a person who you don't think much of
CAPE MERCHANT
n. Bk1899 Amer. dial. - the man who had charge of the general store or warehouse
CAPE-NIGHTINGALE
n. 1889 sl. - a frog
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - the female genitals
n. 2. 1925 UK sl. - soap (rhyming sl.)
n. 3. 1994 UK sl. - the Pope (rhyming sl.)
CAPEOVI
adj. Bk1891 - sick; 'seedy' (costers' usage)
CAPER
n. 1. 1657 obs. exc. hist. - a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair
n. 2. 1759 Sc. obs. - a captor, a seizer
n. 3. 1867 sl. - a criminal undertaking, esp. a swindle or theft
n. 4. 1954 Aust. sl. - that which is going on; an undertaking
n. 5. 2001 UK sl. - the time devoted to pleasure; a hedonistic lifestyle
n. 6. 2001 UK sl. - cocaine
n. 7. 2002 UK sl. - a costume worn for erotic effect
vb. 1976 US sl. - to commit a criminal undertaking, esp. a swindle or theft
CAPERATE
vb. 1. 1623 obs. - to frown
vb. 2. 1657 obs. - to wrinkle
CAPERATED
adj. 1657 obs. - wrinkled like a goat's horn
CAPER CAR
n. 1981 US sl. - a car used for a crime and then abandoned
CAPERCLAW
vb. † to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails; to beat, to thrash ...1589
CAPER-CORNERED
adv. diagonally, across from ...1941 Amer. dial.
CAPERDEWSIE
n. † the stocks; prison ...1663
CAPERDOCHY
n. † the stocks; prison ...1600
CAPERER
n. † a privateer (person) ...1676
CAPER-JUICE
n. whisky ...1888 Amer. sl.
CAPER-MERCHANT
n. a dancing master ...Bk1785 sl.
CAPERNOITED
adj. 1. crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
adj. 2. slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
CAPERNOITIE
n. the head ...1819 Sc.
CAPERNOITY
adj. crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
CAPERSOME
adj. lively, spirited, sprightly...1852
CAPER-WITTED
adj. flighty, of frivolous or unsteady mind ...1692
CAPEY
n. 1977 S. Afr. - a person who is part of the non-White, or 'coloured' population in South Africa's Cape province
CAPFUL OF WIND
n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a light breeze
CAPIAN
adj. 1731 obs. rare - belonging to the Cape of Good Hope
CAPIE
n. 1977 S. Afr. - a person who is part of the non-White, or 'coloured' population in South Africa's Cape province
CAPILLATE
adj. 1881 - furnished with hair
CAPILLATION
n. 1646 obs. rare - the state or condition of being hairy or hair-like
CAPILLATURE
n. 1656 obs. rare - a frizzing of the hair; the bush of hair on the head
CAPILLOSE
adj. 19C rare - having much hair, covered with hair, hairy
CAPISCE?
phr. 1977 US sl. - do you understand?
CAPISH
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to understand, to comprehend
CAPISTRATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare - to halter, to muzzle, to tie
CAP IT
vb. 1593 sl. - to take off or touch one's hat in salutation (school & university usage)
CAPITAL
adj. 1. a1225 obs. - pert. to the head or top
adj. 2. 1375 obs. - of an enemy or enmity: deadly, mortal
adj. 3. a1626 obs. - fatal
adj. 4. 2001 US sl. - attractive, good-looking
int. Bk1888 - an exclamation of approval
CAPITAL H
n. 1975 US sl. - heroin
CAPITALLY
adv. 1606 - fatally, seriously
CAPITAL PRIZE
n. 1948 US sl. - a sexually transmitted infection
CAPITATIVE
adj. reckoned by the head; per head ...1879
CAPITELE
n. a chapter of a book ...1340 obs.
CAPITLE
n. 1. a chapter of a book ...1340 obs.
n. 2. a summary ...1382 obs.
CAPITOSE
adj. 1. having a large head ...1881
adj. 2. obstinate, headstrong ...1881
CAPKIN
n. a little cap ...1844 nonce word
CAPLE
n. 1. a horse ...c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a hen ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAPLUMP
adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CAP MAN
n. 1971 US sl. - a confederate in a swindle
CAP'N CRUNCH
n. 1989 Can. sl. - a captain of a British Columbia provincial ferry who had a spectacular collision
CAPNOMANCY
n. 1610 - divination by smoke
CAPO
n. 1952 US sl. - a leader of a Mafia organization
CAP ON
vb. 1971 US sl. - to look at someone or something
CAPON
n. 1. 1542 - an idiot, a dull, stupid person; a term of reproach
n. 2. 1588 obs. - a 'billet-doux'; a love letter
n. 3. 1594 obs. - a eunuch
n. 4. c1640 sl. - a red herring
n. 5. 1945 US sl. - a homosexual male; a pederast; an effeminate male
CAPON EGG
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a nonexistent item used to tease a greenhorn
CAP ONE'S LUCKY
vb. Bk1891 Amer. sl. - to run away Amer.(thieves' usage)
CAP ONE'S SKIN
vb. Bk1891 sl. - to strip naked (thieves' usage)
CAPOODLE
n. 1848 sl. - all of something; the entire lot of people or things; a large mixed-up collection of objects or people
CAPOONKLE
adj. 1982 US sl. - confusing, confused
CAPOOP
n. 20C Amer. dial. - dung
vb. 20C Amer. dial. - to defecate
CAPOOT
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a large group of things or people; a crowd; the whole lot
CAPORAL
n. 1892 Amer. dial. - a foreman on a ranch
CAP OUT
vb. M20 US sl. - to pass out from the use of marijuana or drugs (drugs usage)
CAPPADOCHIO
n. 1607 cant - a prison
CAPPER
n. 1. 1753 US sl. - in a confidence swindle: a person who lures the victim into the swindle
n. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. - a person or thing who beats all others
n. 3. 1853 sl. - a dummy bidder whose function is either to start the bidding, or to run up the price of articles for sale
n. 4. 1871 Amer. sl. - a confederate Amer.(thieves' usage)
n. 5. 1871 Amer. sl. - at cards: one who makes false bids in order to encourage a genuine player (thieves' usage)
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 7. 1958 US sl. - in a drug-selling enterprise: a person who fills capsules with a drug
CAPPING
n. 1. the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. gunfire ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
CAPRICCIO
n. 1. † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1601
n. 2. a sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper ...1665
CAPRICERVE
n. †* the antelope ...1661
CAPRICH
n. † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1656
CAPRICIOUS
adj. † characterized by play of wit or fancy; humorous, fantastic ...1594
CAPRIOLE
n. a leap or caper, as in dancing ...1594
vb. to leap, to skip, to caper; also said of horses and their riders ...1580
CAPRIOUS
adj. †* lustful ...1623
CAPRON
n. † an impudent fellow ...c1460
CAPS
n. heroin ...1998 UK sl.
CAPSE
n. †* a coffer, chest ...1447
CAPSHEAF
n. the extreme, the crowning point ...1815 Amer. dial.
CAPSICUM
n. anger ...1845 Amer. dial.
CAPSIZAL
n. the act of capsizing; an upset ...1881
CAPSIZE
vb. to castrate ...20C US colloq.
CAPSULA
n. crack cocaine ...2003 UK sl.
CAPSULE
n. †* a little case or receptacle ...1652
CAPSULE CON
n. a prisoner convicted on drug charges ...1970 US sl.
CAPTABLE
adj. † liable or open to be caught or taken ...1649
CAPTAIN
adj. 1566 obs. - chief, principal, leading
n. 1. 1598 - a jesting form of address
n. 2. 1731 sl. - a gaming or bawdy house bully
n. 3. 1748 sl. - money
n. 4. 1835 Amer. dial. - a stagecoach driver
n. 5. 1862 Amer. - the conductor or guard of a train
n. 6. 1917 Amer. dial. - one who excels; a leader
n. 7. 1953 Aust. sl. - the person buying the drinks
CAPTAIN, THE
n. Bk1903 sl. - money
CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG
n. 1864 - a dishonest jockey (turf usage)
CAPTAIN COOK
n. 1932 Aust. sl. - a look, a glance (rhyming sl. for 'look')
CAPTAIN COPPERTHORN'S CREW
n. all officers; said of a company where everyone wants to be first ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN CORK
n. a nickname for a man who is slow in passing the bottle ...Bk1891 sl. (military usage)
CAPTAIN CRANK
n. the chief of a gang of highwaymen ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAINESS
n. a female captain or commander ...1465
CAPTAIN FLASHAM
n. a blustering, bounceable fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
CAPTAIN GRAND
n. a haughty, blustering fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN GRIMES
n. 20C Brit. sl. - The Times (rhyming sl.)
CAPTAIN HACKUM
n. 1600 sl. - a fighting, blustering bully
CAPTAIN IS AT HOME, THE
phr. L18 Brit. colloq. - used to indicate that a woman is menstruating
CAPTAIN IS COME, THE
phr. menstruation proceeds ...L18 sl.
CAPTAIN KETTLE
vb. to settle (vigorously) ...c1899 rhyming sl.
CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT
n. meat neither young enough for veal, nor old enough for beef ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN QUEERNABS
n. a shabby, ill-dressed fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
CAPTAIN QUIZ
n. a mocker ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN'S BUTT
n. a cigarette less than half-smoked ...World War II Amer. army sl.
CAPTAIN SHARP
n. a cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers whose office it is to bully the 'pigeon' who refuses to pay ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTAIN'S MOUTHORGAN
n. a company clerk ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAPTAIN STANDISH
n. the erect penis ...19C Brit. sl.
CAPTAIN TOM
n. the head or leader of a mob; also, the mob itself ...Bk1891 sl.
CAPTATE
vb. † to catch at, to strive to obtain, to seek after ...1628
CAPTATION
n. a catching at, an endeavour to get ...1523
CAPTE
n. † capacity, comprehension ...1542
CAP THE CLIMAX
vb. to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1894 Amer. dial.
CAP THE STACK
vb. to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way ...1859 Amer. dial.
CAP THE VORTEX
vb. to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1907
Amer. dial.
CAPTION
n. 1. †* a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
n. 2. † the act of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism ...1605
CAPTIOUS
adj. 1590 obs. - crafty
CAPTIVABLE
adj. 1675 obs. rare - that can be taken captive
CAPTIVANCE
n. 1596 obs. rare - captivation, captivity
CAPTIVATE
vb. c1555 obs. or arch. - to make captive, to take prisoner; to capture
CAPTIVATRIX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an attractive young woman
CAPTIVE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a loved one; a sweetheart
vb. 1. c1430 arch. - to take captive, to bring into captivity
vb. 2. 1528 arch. - to captivate, to enthrall
CAPTIVEMENT
n. 1714 obs. rare - a taking captive, captivity
CAPTIVER
n. 1613 obs. - one who takes captive; a captor
CAPTIVITY
n. 1526 obs. - those who are in captivity; captives collectively
CAP TO
vb. 1593 sl. - to take off or touch one's hat in salutation (school & university usage)
CAPTRESS
n. 1867 rare - a female captor
CAPUL
n. c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a horse
CAPULUPTIC FIT
n. 1900 Amer. dial. - a fit or seizure
CAPUN
n. 1990s US sl. - one who has been sentenced to death (prison usage)
CAP UP
vb. 1960s sl. - to transfer bulk drugs (in powder form) into capsules for sale (drugs usage)
CAPURTLE
n. 1950s sl. - a woman seen as a sex object
CAPUSH
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a group of people or things; a crowd; the whole lot
CAPUT
adj. 1910s sl. - finished, over, ruined
CAPYOUS
adj. c1430 obs. - capable