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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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CI  -  COKZ

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​CIBARIOUS
            adj.       * relating to food, useful for food, edible ...1656
 
CIG
            n.         a cigarette ...a1889 sl.
 
CIGARETTE ROLL
            n.         a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open ...1962 US sl.
 
CIGGER
            n.         a cigarette ...1922 Aust. sl.
 
CIGGIE; CIGGY
            n.         a cigarette ...1915 sl.
 
CIMBICK
            n.         a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard ...19C
 
CINCH
            n. 1.     a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a person or thing certain to fulfil an expectation, esp. a team or contestant certain to win a sporting event ...colloq.
            n. 3.     something sure or easy ...colloq.
            vb.       to seize on or make sure of; to guarantee ...colloq.
 
CINCINNATI CHICKEN
            n.         salt pork ...1864 US West. sl.
 
CINCINNATI TURKEY
            n.         salt pork ...1864 US West. sl.
 
CINDER BULL
            n.         a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
 
CINDER-CRUNCHER
            n.         on the railway: a switchman ...1931 sl.
 
CINDER DICK
            n.         a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
 
CINDER-GARBLER
            n. a      female servant ...18C sl.
 
CINDER-GRABBER
            n.         a female drudge ...19C sl.
 
CINDER-KNOTTER
            n.         a stoker ...1909 Royal Navy sl.
 
CINDER-SHIFTER
            n. 1.     a motorcycle speedway rider ...c1924 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     an infantryman marching on a drill field packed with cinders ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CINQUA SOLDI
            n.         fivepence ... Bk1903 sl.
 
CIPHER
            n.         a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC's ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
            vb.       to calculate; to think out ...M19
 
CIRCLE
            n. 1.     the female genitals ...17C euphemism
            n. 2.     a gramophone record ...1930s US jazz sl.
 
CIRCLE JERK
            n. 1.     joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle ...1940s sl., orig. US
            n. 2.     chaos, a mess ...1970s US sl.
            n. 3.     a man who harasses prostitutes and their customers for fun ...1990s Can. sl.
            n. 4.     a pointless or inconclusive discussion by a number of people ...2000s sl., orig. US
            vb.       of boys or men: to indulge in group masturbation ...1950s US sl.
 
CIRCLE-JERKER
            n.         one who joins a group of masturbators ...1950s US sl.
 
CIRCLE OF DEATH
            n.         a bad pizza ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
CIRCUIT
            n.         a series of homosexual parties held each year around the US, with participants from city to city for the festivities ...1990s US sl.
 
CIRCUIT GIRL
            n.         a travelling prostitute ...2002 US sl.
 
CIRCUIT QUEEN
            n.         a male homosexual who follows the circuit from party to party ...1994 US sl.
 
CIRCULAR FILE
            n.         a wastepaper-basket ...1947 US sl.
 
CIRCULAR PROTECTOR
            n.         a condom ...19C Brit. advertising usage
 
CIRCULATION
            n.         traffic ...2001 Can. sl.
 
CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS
            adj.       * roundabout in speech, etc.; not keeping to the point ...1834-43
 
CIRCUMBENDIBUS
            n.         a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
 
CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE
            vb.       † to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution ...a1693
 
CIRCUMFORANEOUS
            adj.       † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
 
CIRCUMQUAQUE
            n.         † a circumlocution ...1556
 
CIRCUS
            n.         a group of people acting or performing together in some activity ...1958 sl.
 
CIRCUS, THE
            n.         the British secret service ...1963 sl.
 
CIRCUS LOVE
            n.         a real or imagined sexual orgy ...M20 US sl.
 
CIRCUS WATER
            n.         iced drinks served with meals ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CIT
            n.         a civilian ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CIT DUDS
            n.         civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CIT RAGS
            n.         civilian clothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CITRON
            n.         anything or anyone undesirable; esp. used of a woman ...M19 sl.
 
CITS
            n.         civilian clothes ...1829 US services' sl.
 
CITTERN-HEAD
            n.         a blockhead, a dunce; an empty-headed person; a term of scorn ...1623
 
CITY ARAB
            n.         a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
 
CITY COKE
            n.         a glass of water ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CITY COW
            n.         canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CITY MINUTE
            n.         an instant ...1920s US sl.
 
CIVET
            n.         the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CIVIES
            n.         civilian clothes ...1889 services' sl.
 
CIVIL
            adj.       excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CIVVIES
            n.         civilian clothes ...1889 sl.
 
CIVVY
            n.         a civilian ...1915 sl.
 
CIVVY STREET
            n.         civilian life ...1943 sl.
 
C.J.
            n.         'crystal joint'; PCP ...M20 US drugs sl.
 
C-JAM
            n.         cocaine ...M20 US drugs sl.
 
CLABBER
            n.         sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
 
CLACK
            n.         idle talk ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
CLACK-BOX
            n. 1.     a garrulous person; a chatterbox ...19C Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     the mouth ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLACKERS
            n.         the teeth ...1950 US sl.
 
CLAFF
            n.         the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLAIRE RAYNERS
            n.         trainers ...1997 Brit. rhyming sl.
 
CLAM
            n. 1.     the mouth ...1825 US sl.
            n. 2.     a dollar ...1886 US sl.
            n. 3.     an oaf, a blockhead; someone with a totally closed mind ...L19 US sl.
            n. 4.     a sneaking fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
CLAMJAMPLIVE
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLAMMUX
            n.         a worthless slattern ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLAMOSE
            adj.       † noisy, clamorous ...c1380
 
CLAM SHELL
            n.         the mouth ...1825 US sl.
 
CLAN
            n.         relations ...1978 jocular
 
CLANCULARIOUS
            adj.       † private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand ...1656
 
CLANG-BANGER
            n.         a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
 
CLANGERS
            n.         the testicles ...20C Brit. sl.
 
CLANGLUMSHOUS
            adj.       sulky ...1841 Sc.
 
CLANKER
            n.         a silver dollar ...1927 US sl.
 
CLANKS
            n.         delirium tremens ...E20 US sl.
 
CLAP
            n.         gonorrhoea ...1587 sl.
            vb.       to infect with gonorrhea ...M17 sl.
 
CLAP A GUY ON
            vb.       to put a stop to; to cease ...1814 obs. nautical sl.
 
CLAP EYES ON
            vb.       to see, esp. unexpectedly or finally ...1838
 
CLAP HANDS!
            int.       a silly witticism often addressed to anyone carrying a load needing both hands, effort, and concentration ...c1940
 
CLAP OF THUNDER
            n. 1.     a glass of brandy ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 2.     a glass of gin ...E19 Brit. sl.
 
CLAPPED
            adj.       infected with gonorrhea ...20C
 
CLAPPERCLAW
            vb. 1.    to claw, scratch, slap, fight with the open hand and nails; to beat with the open hand, to thrash (generally used of women) ...1590 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    † to abuse with the tongue, to scold vehemently ...1692 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
CLAPPERDUDGEON
            n.         a beggar born; also used as a term of reproach or insult ...1567 arch. archaic
 
CLAPPERS
            n.         the testicles ...E20 Brit. sl.
 
CLAPPER-TONGUE
            n.         a loud, noisy tongue; incessant talk; a female who is loud in speech or much given to gossip ...1822 Sc.
 
CLAPPER-TONGUED
            adj.       having a tongue that is constantly wagging ...1845 Sc.
 
CLAPSTER
            n.         a male who is infected with gonorrhea ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLAPT
            adj.       infected with gonorrhea
 
CLAPTRAP
            n. 1.     nonsense; something introduced solely to get applause ...19C colloq.
            n. 2.     a sexually loose woman presumed to be infected with gonorrhea ...19C sl.
 
CLAP-TRAPPERY
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLAP UNDER HATCHES
            vb.       to incarcerate ...1945 Amer. dial.
 
CLAP YOUR HANDS!
            int.       a silly witticism often addressed to anyone carrying a load needing both hands, effort, and concentration ...c1940
 
CLARABELLE
            n.         tetrahydrocannabinol (T.H.C.), i.e. synthetic marijuana ...M20 US drugs sl.
 
CLARET
            n.         blood ...E17 sl.
 
CLARISONOUS
            adj.       * having a clear sound; sounding loud or shrill ...1731
 
CLARK GABLE
            n.         a nickname for a handsome man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLARK RUSSELL JAWING-MATCH
            n.         wordy warfare ...Bk1896 sl.
 
CLART
            n. 1.     a slovenly person; a slatternly woman ...E19 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     mud or filth ...E19 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     nonsense; flattery or cheap talk ...E19 Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     faeces ...20C Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to make dirty or to smear with any sticky substance ...13C
            vb. 2.    to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
 
CLARTY-FARTY
            adj.       moving briskly about; frisking; unsettled ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLARTY-PAPS
            n.         a filthy, slatternly woman or wife ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLASS
            adj. 1.   stylish, dandified ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLASSY
            adj. 1.   stylish, fine, neat, trim ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLASSY ARTICLE
            n.         an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLASSY CHASSIS
            n.         an attractive figure; thus, an attractive woman ...1930s sl.
 
CLASSY LAYOUT
            n.         something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLASSY SETUP
            n.         something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLATCHY
            adj.       disorderly; in confusion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLATTER
            n.         a patrol wagon ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
 
CLATTER-BOX
            n.         one who talks too much ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
CLATTERFART
            n.         † a chatterer, a babbler, a blabber, a tale-teller ...1552
 
CLATTY
            adj.       disorderly; in confusion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLAUDICANT
            adj.       † lame, limping, halting ...1624 obs.
 
CLAUDICATE
            vb.       †* to limp, to be lame, to halt ...1623
 
CLAVA
            n.         sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
 
CLAVICULARIOUS
            adj.       † pertaining to a key ...1656
 
CLAW
            n.         in a gang of pickpockets, the expert operator who lifts the money and valuable collateral from the victim's person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
            vb. 1.    to start, to hurry ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to snatch; to appropriate ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
 
CLAWBACK
            adj.       † flattering, sycophantic ...1577
            n.         † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
            vb.       to flatter, to curry favour with (NED notes that the verb form is from a misquotation)
 
CLAWED-OFF
            adj.       infected with venereal disease ...L17 cant
 
CLAW-HAMMER
            n.         a dress coat ...Bk1891 sl.
 
CLAW ME AND I WILL CLAW THEE
            phr.      scratch my back, and I will scratch yours; support me, and I will support you; stand by me, and I will stand by you ...1531
 
CLAW ONE'S TOES
            vb.       † to gratify or indulge oneself ...c1460
 
CLAW ON THE GALL
            vb.       † to touch a person on a sore or tender point ...c1386
 
CLAW SOMEONE'S KAIM
            vb.       to administer a drubbing, to haul over the coals ...1844 Sc.
 
CLAY
            n.         T.H.C., the active ingredient in marijuana ...M20 US drugs sl.
 
CLAY-BRAINED
            adj.       dull, doltish; stupid; with brains made of clay ...1596


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​CLEAN
            adj. 1.   honest; often applied to someone not carrying incriminating material, such as drugs or weapons ...1926 sl.
            adj. 2.   applied to a person free from or cured of addiction to drugs ...1953 sl.
            vb.       to fraudulently deprive someone of all or most of their money ...1812 sl.
 
CLEAN AS A GUT
            adj.       orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN AS A LEEK, AS
            adv.      perfectly, completely, entirely ...1725 Sc.
 
CLEAN AS A MACKEREL, AS
            adv.      completely, entirely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE
            adj.       orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEANED OUT
            adj.       having lost all your money, ruined ...Bk1890 sl.
 
CLEAN FROM THE STILL
            adj.       of drinks: unmixed with water ...Bk1902 colloq,
 
CLEAN GONE
            adj.       dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN ONE'S CLOCK
            vb.       to pass another vehicle at great speed ...1971 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN OUT
            vb. 1.    to deprive of money ...1812 sl.
            vb. 2.    to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN OUT THE RUST
            vb.       to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN PEELER
            n.         to a surfer: a perfect wave ...1997 US sl.
 
CLEAN SHEETS
            n.         a bed or cot ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
 
CLEAN SHIRT DAY
            n.         Sunday ...Bk1890 sl.
 
CLEANSKIN
            n. 1.     a novice ...1907 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a person of integrity, esp. in a political context ...1942 Aust. sl.
            n. 3.     orig. an unbranded sheep ...1943 Aust. sl.
            n. 4.     a person without a criminal record ...1943 Aust.
            n. 5.     in horse racing: a jockey who has never been disqualified in a race ...1989 Aust. sl.
 
CLEAN SOMEONE'S CLOCK
            vb.       to thrash someone; to trounce ...1959 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN SOMEONE'S GREENS
            vb.       to thrash someone ...1972 US sl.
 
CLEAN SOMEONE'S PLOW
            vb.       to thrash someone ...1919 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN THE CARPET
            vb.       of a female: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
 
CLEAN THE CLOCK
            vb.       railroad: to apply the emergency brakes ...1929 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAN-UP
            n.         profit ...1867 sl., orig. US
            vb.       (as 'clean up') to make a profit ...1831 sl., orig. & chiefly US
 
CLEAN UP ONE'S ACT
vb.1950 colloq. - to start behaving more appropriately, responsibly, or acceptably; to give up bad behaviour, illegal activity, drug use, etc.
 
CLEAN YOUR EARS
            vb.       to listen ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAR
            adj.       intoxicated with alcohol ...L17 sl.
 
CLEAR CRYSTAL
            n.         white spirits, esp. gin; loosely, brandy and rum ...c1860 sl.
 
CLEAR DECKS
            vb.       to clear the table after a meal ...M19 nautical sl.
 
CLEAR LIGHT
            n.         the drug LSD ...M20 US drugs sl.
 
CLEAR MCCOY
            n.         first-rate whisky or beer ...1900s sl.
 
CLEAR OFF
            vb.       to depart ...c1830
 
CLEAR OUT
            vb.       to depart ...c1830
 
CLEAR OUT DOUBLE-QUICK
            vb.       to depart hurriedly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEAR SWING
            n.         a good opportunity ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
 
CLEAR THE HARROWS
            vb.       to get one's object, to attain one's desire ...1892 Sc.
 
CLEAT
            n.         the glans penis ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLEAVAGE
            n.         a crease at the top of the buttocks, the upper part of the gluteal furrow ...20C US colloq.
 
CLEAVE
            n.         a wanton or sexually loose woman; a woman who copulates readily ...L18 Brit. sl.
 
CLEAVED
            adj.       pert. to a non-virgin female ...L18 cant
 
CLEAVER
            n.         a sexually loose woman ...L18 Brit. sl.
 
CLEAVE THE CLOUDS
            vb.       to act foolishly and to no purpose ...B1900
 
CLEFT
            adj.       pert. to a non-virgin female ...L18 Brit. sl.
            n.         the female genitals ...19C colloq.
 
CLEFT OF FLESH
            n.         the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLEMENT FREUDS
            n.         haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl.
 
CLEMENTIOUS
            adj.       † mild and humane in the exercise of power or authority; merciful, lenient, kindly towards those in one's power ...1632
 
CLENCH-HOOKS
            n.         claws, talons ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLEOPATRICAL
            adj.       extravagantly luxurious, after the manner of Cleopatra ...1597
 
CLEPTOMANIA
            n.         a mania for stealing
 
CLEVER
            adj. 1.   generous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLEVERALITY
            n.         cleverness, smartness, ability ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
CLEVER-BOOTS
            n.         a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.
 
CLEVER-BREECHES
            n.         a wiseacre, a conceited person: applied ironically ...1892 Eng. dial.
 
CLEVER-CLOGS
n.         a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.
 
CLEVER DICK
            n.         a smart or knowing person; generally used ironically or sarcastically ...1847 sl.
 
CLEVER STICK
            n.         a clever, smart, or knowing person; often used ironically or sarcastically ...1959 sl.
 
CLEVER-STICKS
            n.         a clever, smart, or knowing person; often used ironically or sarcastically ...1959 sl.
 
CLIBBY
            adj.       † adhesive, sticky ...1598 obs. Eng. dial.
 
CLICK
            n.         a clique ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb. 1.    to form a friendship to get on well with a person or an idea ...19C US sl.
            vb. 2.    to experience mutual sexual attraction with a member of the opposite sex ...19C US sl.
            vb. 3.    to suddenly understand ...1939 sl.
 
CLICKED IT
            adj.       got killed; was wounded ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
 
CLICKER
            n.         a knockdown blow ...1859 US sl.
 
CLICKET
            adj.       voluble ...19C Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     † the latch of a gate or door ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     † a catch, trigger, bolt that fastens anything by falling or springing into position ...1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     † a latch-key ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a valve or lid that shuts with a click; the valve of a pump ...c1450
            n. 5.     supposed by some to be a she-fox ...a1500
            n. 6.     † a contrivance for making a clicking sound; a clapper or rattle carried by beggars in France, like the 'clap-dish' in England; bones rattled as accompaniment to music; anything that makes a rattling noise ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 7.     a chattering tongue ...1611
            n. 8.     a wooden salt-box with a hinged lid, hung against the wall in old-fashioned kitchens ...19C Eng. dial.
            n. 9.     a small wedge ...19C Eng. dial.
            n. 10.    a thin board, having four or five small arched apertures, placed before the mouth of a hive in the winter months to protect the bees from mice or other vermin ...19C Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to latch or lock; to fasten the wooden latch of a door by inserting a peg above it, thus preventing it from being raised ...1362
            vb. 2.    to chatter ...1573
            vb. 3.    of the fox or hare: to be in heat, to copulate ...1575
            vb. 4.    to protect hives by means of a 'clicket' (see noun 10) ...19C Eng. dial.
            vb. 5.    to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
 
CLICK-HANDED
            adj.       left-handed ...1868 Eng. dial.
 
CLICK-MA-DOODLE
            adj.       badly done ...19C Eng. dial.
            n.         a rickety article; a badly finished piece of work ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLIMAXER
            n.         something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLIMB
            vb.       to copulate with a woman; to mount and coit a woman ...17C sl.
 
CLIMBER
            n. 1.     a cat burglar ...criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     an ambitious person ...1833 sl.
 
CLIMB ON THE BANDWAGON
            vb.       to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
 
CLIMB PARNASSUS
            vb.       to write poetry ...1774
 
CLIMBS
            n.         a ladder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLIMB THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE
            vb.       to die ...L19 US colloq.
 
CLIMB THE LADDER
            vb.       to be hanged
 
CLIMB THE LEAFLESS TREE
            vb.       to be hanged ...E19 sl.
 
CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE
            vb.       to go upstairs to bed ...1961 UK sl.
 
CLIMB  UP THE WALL
            vb.       to become angry ...1951 sl.
 
CLINAH
            n.         a girlfriend or female lover ...1895 Aust. sl.
 
CLINCH
            n. 1.     a prison ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 2.     an embrace ....1901 sl., orig. US
            vb.       to embrace ...1899 colloq. orig. US
 
CLINCHED
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLINCHPOOP
            n.         † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
 
CLINER
            n.         a girlfriend or female lover ...1895 Aust. sl.
 
CLINGS LIKE SHIT TO A SHOVEL
            phr.      describes the adherence of a sticky substance or a clingy person ...19C colloq.
 
CLINIC
            n.         a public-house ...c1955 sl.
 
CLINK
            n. 1.     a prison ...E16 sl.
            n. 2.     money; hard cash ...1720s Sc.
            n. 3.     a smart sharp blow ...E18 Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
            n. 5.     very inferior beer ...c1860 sl.
            n. 6.     a coin ...c1870 sl., chiefly military
            n. 7.     detention ...1919 school sl.
            vb.       to put in prison ...c1850 sl.
 
CLINKER
            n. 1.     fecal or seminal matter adhering to the anal or pubic hairs ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     an excellent person or thing; a thing, animal, or person of the first quality ...1836 Brit. sl.
            n. 3.     a mistake or fault, esp. a wrong note in music ...US & Can. sl.
            n. 4.     a wrong musical note, a discord; an error in performance, a blunder ...M20 N. Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     something of poor quality, such as a film ...sl., chiefly US
 
CLINKERBALLS
            n.         balls of dried dung in sheep's wool ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLINKING
            adj.       exceedingly good; excellent; first-rate ...M17 sl.
 
CLIP
            n. 1.     a sharp, often slanting, blow ...1830 colloq.
            n. 2.     speed ...colloq.
            vb. 1.    to clasp with the arms, to embrace, to hug ...OE arch. & Eng, dial.
            vb. 2.    to hit smartly; to strike against in passing ...1855 colloq.
            vb. 3.    to move or run quickly ...M19 US colloq.
            vb. 4.    to murder; to execute; to kill, esp. by shooting ...E20 N. Amer. sl.
            vb. 5.    to swindle; to rob, to steal; to obtain (money) by deception or cheating ...E20 sl., orig. US
            vb. 6.    to strike with a sharp, often slanting, blow ...colloq.
 
CLIP AROUND THE EAR
            n.         a blow ...1830 sl.
 
CLIP ARTIST
            n.         a petty thief or swindler ...1941 US sl.
 
CLIP IT
            vb.       to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLIP IT OFF
            vb.       to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLIP-JOINT
            n.         a bar, club, etc. that charges exorbitant prices ...1932 sl., orig. US
 
CLIPPED-DICK
            n.         (derogatory) a nickname for a Jewish man ...20C US sl.
 
CLIPPED IN THE RING
            adj.       seduced, deflowered ...1597 sl.
 
CLIPPER
            n.         a first-rate person or thing; an excellent specimen ...M19 sl.
 
CLIPPIE
            adj. 1.   very talkative ...19C Sc.
            adj. 2.   sharp of speech; snappish, pert ...19C Sc.
            n. 1.     a talkative woman; an impudent girl ...19C Sc.
            n. 2.     a person wearing too neatly cut clothes ...19C Sc.
            n. 3.     † a shorn sheep ...19C Sc.
            n. 4.     a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
 
CLIPPING
            adj. 1.   first-rate, excellent ...M19 sl.
            adj. 2.   fast ...colloq.
 
CLIPPY
            n.         a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
 
CLIP-SHEAR(S)
            n.         the earwig ...1898 Sc.
 
CLIPSOME
            adj.       * fit to be embraced or clasped ...1816
 
CLIP-WIT
            adj.       sharp or shrewd of speech ...1896 Sc.
            n.         a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome or quick-witted person ...19C Sc.
 
CLISH-CLASH
            n.         idle gossip or talk; nonsense ...L17 Sc.
 
CLISH-MA-CLAVER
            n.         idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
            vb.       to indulge in idle talk, gossip, etc. ...1821 Sc.
 
CLIT
            n.         the clitoris ...c1866 sl.
 
CLIT-CLAT
            n.         a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
 
CLITORIZE
            vb.       to stimulate a woman sexually by manipulating the clitoris; to perform sexual foreplay on a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLITTER
            vb. 1.    † to talk excessively, to chatter ...a1528
            vb. 2.    to make a thin vibratory rattle; to cause to vibrate and rattle lightly ...1530
            vb. 3.    to emit the sound of a grasshopper or cicada ...1844
 
CLITTY
            n.         the clitoris ...c1866 sl.


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CLO  -  CLOZ

​CLOAK-AND-SUITER
            n. 1.     (derogatory) a Jewish man ...E20 US sl.
            n. 2.     a Jewish tailor ...E20 US sl.
 
CLOAKROOM
            n.         a lavatory; a room containing a number of lavatories ...L19 Brit. euphemism
 
CLOBBER
            n. 1.     personal belongings, such as clothes and accessories;  gear, equipment ...1879 Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1890 Brit. sl.
            vb. 1.    to dress oneself; frequently followed by 'up' ...L19 sl.
            vb. 2.    to beat or batter; to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting; to thrash...1946 sl.
            vb. 3.    to criticize severely ...20C
            vb. 4.    to defeat utterly ...20C sl.
 
CLOBBERED
            adj. 1.   dressed up ...L19 sl.
            adj. 2.   intoxicated with alcohol ...1951 US sl.
 
CLOBBERING MACHINE
            n.         pressure to conform with accepted standards ...NZ colloq.
 
CLOBBERIOUSNESS
            n.         †* the rabble, the 'unwashed' ...1577
 
CLOCK
            n. 1.     the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     the downy seed head of a dandelion ...M19
            n. 3.     the face ...1918 sl.
            n. 4.     a taxi meter ...1939 Amer. colloq.
            n. 5.     the heart; the 'ticker' ...1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 6.     a punch in the face ...1959 sl.
            vb. 1.    to look at, watch, observe, notice ...1929 sl., orig. US
            vb. 2.    to strike sharply or heavily; to strike with the fist; to punch in the face; to hit ...1932 Amer. sl.
            vb. 3.    to plan ...1959 Amer. sl.
            vb. 4.    to count up or evaluate ...1961 Amer. sl.
            vb. 5.    to catch sight of, to see; hence, to recognize, to identify ...1976 Amer. sl.
            vb. 6.    to reconnoitre a place to be robbed ...1978 Amer. criminals' sl.
            vb. 7.    of a prostitute: to get a customer ...1989 Amer. sl.
            vb. 8.    to acquire; to earn. to 'rack up' ...1990 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
 
CLOCK, THE
            n.         twelve months imprisonment ...1950 Aust. sl.
 
CLOCK A DAFFY
            vb.       to tell a deceitful story with the intention of tricking the hearer ...20C S. Afr. sl.
 
CLOCKER
            n.         a person who turns back the milometer of a motor vehicle so that it registers a falsely low mileage ...L20 sl.
 
CLOCKEY
            n. 1.     a travelling clockmaker ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 2.     a watchman ...Bk1890 sl.
 
CLOCK-SETTER
            n.         a complainer or busybody ...1856 Amer. nautical sl.
 
CLOCK STOPPER
            n.         something or someone unattractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLOCK-WATCHER
            n.         someone who does no more work than is strictly necessary ...1911 sl.
 
CLOCK WATCHING
            n.         the act of working no harder, or for no longer, than is minimally required ...1942 UK sl.
 
CLOCK-WEIGHTS
            n.         the testicles ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLOCKWORK ALONG
            vb.       to go smoothly; 'to go like clockwork' ...1990s UK sl.
 
CLOCKWORKS
            n.         the brain ...1947 US sl.
 
CLOCKY
            n.         sudden waving arm movements of a surfer trying to get his balance ...1991 US sl.
 
CLOD
            n. 1.     a blockhead; a clumsy, awkward person; a dull, unresponsive person; a dolt; an oaf or simpleton...1605 colloq.
            n. 2.     a small loaf of (esp. coarse) bread ...L18 Sc.
            n. 3.     a copper coin; usually used in the plural ...1925 Brit. sl.
 
CLODBUSTER
            n.         a farmer ...1950 US sl.
 
CLODDISH
            adj.       boorishly stolid, clumsy and awkward ...M19
 
CLODDY
            adj.       boorishly stolid, clumsy and awkward ...LME
 
CLOD-HEAD
            n.         an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US
 
CLODHOPPER
            n. 1.     a bumpkin; a rustic ploughman; an oaf who walks among clods of dirt ...L17 rural colloq.
            n. 2.     someone who moves clumsily or without skill; a clumsy, awkward person; a lout ...1824 colloq.
            n. 3.     an agricultural labourer ...colloq.
 
CLODHOPPERS
            n.         large, clumsy shoes ...1836 sl.
 
CLODHOPPING
            adj.       large and clumsy; awkward; loutish, boorish, rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
 
CLODPATE
            n.         a stupid fellow, a blockhead, a dolt, an oaf ...1636
 
CLODPATED
            adj.       blockheaded ...arch.
 
CLODPOLE
            n.         a blockhead; a bumpkin; a lout; an oaf; a dolt ...1601 Brit. & US
 
CLODPOLISH
            adj.       stupid; boorish, rustic ...20C US colloq.
 
CLODPOLL
            n.         a blockhead; a bumpkin; a lout; an oaf; a dolt ...1601 Brit. & US
 
CLOD-SKULLED
            adj.       stupid; oafish ...18C Brit. colloq.
 
CLOG
            n. 1.     † a thick piece of wood; a log ...LME obs. exc. Sc.
            n. 2.     an impediment; an encumbrance ...ME
            n. 3.     † a fir cone; a pine cone ...L16
            vb. 1.    † to satiate, surfeit, cloy ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    in soccer, to foul an opponent ...sl.
 
CLOGGER
            n.         a player in soccer who habitually fouls in tackling ...M18 Brit. colloq.
 
CLOGS TO CLOGS IN THREE GENERATIONS
            phr.      the return of a family to poverty after one generation of prosperity
 
CLOMPS
            n.         an oaf ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLONE
            n. 1.     a person or thing bearing a very close resemblance to another person or thing ...colloq.
            n. 2.     a mobile phone that has been given the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone, so that calls made on the second phone are charged to the owner of the first phone ...sl.
            vb.       to give a mobile phone the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone (see noun) ...sl.
 
CLONK
            vb.       to hit forcibly ...1943 colloq.
 
CLONKER
            n.         an icicle ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLOOP
            n.         a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1848
            vb.       to make a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1872
 
CLOOTIE
            n. 1.     the devil (usually in the form "Auld Clootie") ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a left-handed person ...19C Ireland
 
CLOOTS
            n.         the Devil ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng.
 
CLOSE
            adj.       stingy, niggardly, grudging any expense ...M17
 
CLOSE AS AN OYSTER
            adj.       silent, secretive ...L19 US sl.
 
CLOSE AS A QUARTER TO NINE
            adj.       very close ...1997 Amer. dial.
 
CLOSE AS FIVE MINUTES TO ELEVEN, AS
            adj.       in love ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CLOSE AS GOD'S CURSE TO A WHORE'S ASS
            adj.       very close indeed ...M18
 
CLOSE AS OAK
            adj.       very retentive of secrets; secretive ...17C colloq.
 
CLOSE AS SHIRT AND SHITTEN ARSE
            adj.       very close indeed ...M18
 
CLOSE AS TWENTY MINUTES TO EIGHT, AS
            adj.       in love ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CLOSED BOOK
            n.         a thing of which one has no understanding
 
CLOSE-FISTED
            adj.       mean, grudging
 
CLOSE-HANDED
            adj.       mean, grudging
 
CLOSE-LIPPED
            adj.       reticent, discreet
 
CLOSE-MOUTHED
            adj.       reticent, discreet
 
CLOSE ONE'S DAYS
            vb.       to die ...c1400
 
CLOSE ONE'S FACE
            vb.       to be quiet ...L19 sl.
 
CLOSER THAN A QUARTER TO NINE
            adj.       very close ...1997 Amer. dial.
 
CLOSE STOOL
            n.         a covered chamber pot ; a chamber pot concealed in a chest or other furniture ...E15 Brit.
 
CLOSET
            n. 1.     a privy; a water closet ...18C colloq.
            n. 2.     the water tank of a modern toilet ...20C US
 
CLOSET CASE
            n. 1.     a socially inept, embarrassing or unattractive person ...1958 US college sl.
            n. 2.     a person who studies a great deal ...1968 US college sl.
            n. 3.     a man who conceals his homosexual proclivities ...1969 US sl.
            n. 4.     anyone who does anything in secret ...M20 US colloq.
 
CLOSET-MAN
            n.         a sanitary inspector; an inspector of privies ...20C sl.
 
CLOSET OF DECENCY
            n.         a water closet; a privy ...19C Brit. euphemism
 
CLOSET OF EASE
            n.         a privy ...M17 Brit.       
 
CLOSE TO TAW
            adj.       close to home ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
CLOSE TO THE BLANKET
            adj.       nearly without money ...1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLOSET QUEEN
            n.         a secret male homosexual ...1959 sl.
 
CLOSET QUEER
            n.         a homosexual male who keeps his homosexuality a secret ...M20 US sl.
 
CLOSET STOOL
            n.         the toilet; the water-flush basin found in a bathroom ...20C US
 
CLOSE YOUR FACE!
            int.       be quiet! ...1896 Amer. sl.
 
CLOSE YOUR YAP!
            int.       be quiet! ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
CLOT
            n.         a fool; an oaf ...19C colloq.
 
CLOTCHY
            adj. 1.   clumsy, awkward ...19C Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   liable to colds ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLOT-HEAD
            n.         a fool; an oaf ...19C colloq.
 
CLOTH EARS
            n. 1.     an inattentive listener ...1912 sl.
            n. 2.     a deaf person ...1965 sl.
 
CLOTH-EARED
            adj.       deaf ...1965 sl.
 
CLOTHESLINE
            n.         rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLOTHES-PEGS
            n. 1.     teeth ...1940s Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     the legs ...1940s rhyming sl.
 
CLOTHES PROP
            n. 1.     the penis, esp. when erect ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     a silly, empty-headed person ...1900s sl.
 
CLOTHING OF CARE
            n.         † mourning-dress ...a1300
 
CLOTH-MARKET
            n.         a bed ...1801 sl.
 
CLOTTYMOLES
            n.         clenched fists ...1866 Eng. dial.
 
CLOUD
            n.         an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
 
CLOUD 9
            n.         euphoria ...1950s Amer. sl.
 
CLOUD-COMPELLER
            n.         a smoker, especially of tobacco ...1865 humorous
 
CLOUD KISSING
            n.         touching the clouds in an airplane ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CLOUD WAGON
            n.         an airplane ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
CLOUDY
            adj.       bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLOUT
            n. 1.     a blow ...a1400
            n. 2.     the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
            n. 3.     a woman's underclothes ...19C Brit.
            n. 4.     a diaper ...20C Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to hit ...c1314
            vb. 2.    to steal any kind of valuables in any manner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
 
CLOUTER-HEAD
            n.         a foolish, stupid person; one deficient in understanding ...c1861 Eng. dial.
 
CLOUTERLY
            adj.       † like a botcher; clumsy, awkward, clownish ...1675
            adv.      † clumsily, awkwardly ...1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
CLOVEN
            adj.       pert. to a non-virgin female ...L18 cant
 
CLOVEN SPOT
            n.         the female genitals ...19C Brit.
 
CLOVEN TUFT
            n.         the female genitals ...L17 Brit.
 
CLOVER-EATER
            n.         a Virginian ...1869 US sl.
 
CLOVER-FIELD
            n.         the female pubic hair ...19C Brit.
 
CLOVER-KICKER
            n.         a yokel; a rustic; a farmer ...1918 US sl.
 
CLOWES
            n.         a rogue ...L17 Brit. cant
 
CLOWN
            n. 1.     a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
            n. 2.     any oaf or jerk ...20C US
 
CLOWS
            n.         a rogue ...L17 Brit. cant 


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CLU  -  COBZ

CLUB
            n.         the penis ...17C
            vb.       to coit a woman; to use the 'club' (penis) on a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
 
CLUB CRAWLING
            n.         moving from nightclub to nightclub ...1950s Amer. sl.
 
CLUB-FIST
            n.         † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
 
CLUB SANDWICH
            n.         a type of real or imaginary sexual intercourse for three ...M20 US sl.
 
CLUCK
            n. 1.     a hen ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     (derogatory) a very dark Black person ...20C US sl.
            n. 3.     a stupid oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
            n. 4.     a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a mechanical device which will not work ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 6.     an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLUCKEY
            n.         a crazy, weak-minded person ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CLUCKHEAD
            n.         a stupid oaf ...20C US colloq.
 
CLUCKY
            adj. 1.   pregnant ...E20 Aust. sl.
            adj. 2.   stupid; oafish ...20C US colloq.
            adj. 3.   boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLUE
            vb.       to apprise or advise ...1950s Amer. sl.
 
CLUELESS 
            adj.       lost, stupid ...1943 teen & high school sl.
 
CLUFF
            n. 1.     a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek; a cuff or slap ...1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     an idle, trifling person ...1825 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to laze, to sit idly by the fire ...1825 Sc.
 
CLUMPER
            n.         a clumsy shoe or boot ...a1825 sl.
 
CLUMPERTON
            n.         † a clown, a clodhopper; a countryman; a silly or stupid fellow ...c1534
 
CLUNCH
            n.         a bumpkin or a boor ...E17 Brit. colloq.
 
CLUNCHFIST
            n. 1.     † a knock-down argument ...1589
            n. 2.     † a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted ...1606
            n. 3.     † a clenched fist ...1662
 
CLUNCH-FISTED
            adj.       † close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, stingy...1644 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
CLUNCHY
            adj. 1.   short, thick, and clumsy ...19C Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   quick-tempered; short tempered; easily offended ...19C Eng. dial.
            adj. 3.   clinging, close, clodlike ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
CLUNK
            n. 1.     a foolish person ...1942 US sl.
            n. 2.     a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLUNKS
            n.         a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CLUSTERFIST
            n. 1.     † a clumsy-fisted fellow; a clown, boor, lout ...1611
            n. 2.     a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
 
CLUSTEROUS
            adj.       †* in a cluster, thronging, gathering close together ...1583
 
CLUTCH AT STRAWS
            vb.       to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning
 
CLUTCH-FIST
            adj.       miserly ...a1643
            n. 1.     a miser, a niggard ...17C
            n. 2.     a very large fist
 
CLUTTER
            n.         the collective name for the many advertising spots on television ...Bk1998 sl.
 
CLY
            n. 1.     money ...c1690 thieves' cant
            n. 2.     a pocket ...c1690 thieves' cant
            vb.       to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
 
CLYDE
            n.         a term of address, usually for a 'square' ...1950s Amer. sl.
 
CLYDESDALE
            n.         a good-looking guy ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
CLY-FAKER
            n.         a pickpocket ...1823 criminals' sl.
 
CLY FULL OF RIDGE
            n.         a pocket full of money ...Bk1903 sl.
 
CLYSTER-PIPE
            n. 1.     a doctor ...17C sl.
            n. 2.     the penis ...L17 sl.
            n. 3.     an apothecary ...18C sl.
 
CLY THE JERK
            vb.       to be whipped at the post ...1609 cant
 
C-NOTE
            n. 1.     a $100 note ...1930 US sl.
            n. 2.     a prison sentence of 100 years ...1990 US sl.
 
C-NOTE CHARLIE
            n.         in a casino: a gambler who insists on betting wit $100 notes, not betting chips ...1949 US sl.
 
CNS-QNS
            adj.       unintelligent (in doctors' shorthand - Central Nervous System-Quantity Not Sufficient) ...2003 medical sl.
 
COACHMAN'S KNOB
            n.         an erection of the penis caused by the vibrations whilst travelling on public transport ...2003 UK sl.
 
COACH-WHEEL
            n. 1.     a crown piece; a five shilling piece .,..c1855 sl.
            n. 2.     two shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
 
COAL
            n. 1.     money ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 2.     a marijuana cigarette ...1993 US sl.
 
COAL AND COKE
            adj.       penniless ...1937 UK rhyming sl. for 'broke'
 
COAL CANDY
            n.         hard black licorice ...1997 US sl.
 
COAL CRACKER
            n.         a resident of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania ...1997 US sl.
 
COALS AND COKE
            adj.       penniless ...1937 UK rhyming sl. for 'broke'
 
COAL TAR
            n.         wine ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COARSE AS NECK-BEEF
            adj.       very coarse; of the poorest quality ...Bk1902 sl.
 
COARSE BAG
            n.         an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
COAST BELLY-BUMP
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
COAST BELLY-CABUMP
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
COAST BELLY-CACHUNK
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
COAST BELLY-FLOP
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
COAST BELLY-FLOPPER
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
COAST BELLY-GERT
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on  a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
COAST BELLY-GRINDER
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
COB
            adj.       not cool; stupid ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb. 1.    of people: to capture, to catch, to catch out ...E19 sl.
            vb. 2.    to imprison ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
 
COBBER
            n. 1.     a friend ...1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
            n. 2.     a term of address to a male ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
COBBER UP
            vb.       to form a friendship ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
COBBLE-COLTER
            n.         a turkey ...1858 tramps' and gypsies cant
 
COBBLE-NOBBLE
            vb.       to rap on the head with the knuckles ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COBBLER
            n.         the last sheep ...Bk1892 Aust. shearers' sl.
 
COBBLERS
            n.         testicles ...1936 Brit. sl.
 
COBBLER'S STALLS
            n.         the testicles ...20C rhyming sl. on 'balls'
 
COBBY
            adj. 1.   stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   headstrong, obstinate, arrogant, proud ...1785 Eng. dial.
            adj. 3.   of porridge, etc.: lumpy ...19C Eng. dial.
            adj. 4.   crowded, confined, closely packed ...19C Eng. dial.
            adj. 5.   neat, symmetrical; snug, comfortable ...19C Eng. dial.
            adj. 6.   of wheat: short and full ...1863 Eng. dial.
            adj. 7.   of the nature of a cob (horse); short and thickset, stocky ...1871
            n. †      a name given by nurses to in imaginary demon or frightful spirit ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
COBBY HOUSE
            n.         a child's playhouse ...Ireland
 
COB-CASTLE
            n. 1.     a satirical name for any building which overtops those around it; more usually applied to a prison ...a1687
            n. 2.     a flimsy building; a child's toy house; a thing easily pushed over ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COBNOBBLE
            n.         a blow ...19C Eng. dial.
            vb.       to beat, chastise, correct; to knock on the head ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COBWEBBED
            adj.       bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl. 


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COC  - COKZ

​COCK
            n. 1.     the penis ...c1450 sl.
            n. 2.     a term of address to a male ...1837 sl.
            vb.       to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
 
COCK-A-BENDY
            n. 1.     a sprightly boy ...1866 Sc.
            n. 2.     an instrument for twisting ropes, consisting of a hollow piece of wood, through which turns a pin that, being turned, twists the rope ...19C Sc.
 
COCK-A-BREEKIE
            n.         a person of small stature: commonly applied to the male sex ...19C Sc.
 
COCK-A-LILTY
            adj.       in a merry mood ...19C Eng. dial.
            n.         a person talking or acting foolishly ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COCK ALLEY
            n.         the vagina ...sl.
 
COCK-A-LOFT
            adj.       affectedly lofty, stuck up, conceited ...1862 colloq.
 
COCKALORUM
            n. 1.     a self-important little man; a person of consequence; a term of contempt ...c1715
            n. 2.     self-important narration, a 'crowing' ...1884
 
COCKAMAMIE; COCKAMAMY
            adj.       out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible ...1950 US sl.
            n.         a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
 
COCKAMANIE; COCKAMANY
            adj.       out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible ...1950 US sl.
            n.         a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
 
COCKAPERT
            adj.       † impudent, saucy ...1556
            n.         a saucy fellow ..1881 Eng. dial.
 
COCK A SNOOK
            vb.       to treat someone or something contemptuously or derisively ...1791 sl.
 
COCKATOO
            n. 1.     a small farmer ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
            n. 2.     a criminal's lookout or sentinel ...1934 Aust. sl.
 
COCK-BRAINED
            adj.       having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty ...1530
 
COCKED
            adj. 1.   drunk ...1737 US sl.
            adj. 2.   of a woman: having been copulated with; of a man: having copulated ...19C Brit. sl.
            adj. 3.   of a combat aircraft: ready for takeoff; on fifteen-minute alert ...1955 US Air Force sl.
 
COCKED AND LOCKED
            adj.       ready for action ...1983 US military sl.
 
COCKED AS A LOG
            adj.       drunk ...1965 US sl.
 
COCKED TO THE GILLS
            adj.       drunk ...1965 US sl.
 
COCKED-UP
            adj.       pregnant ...19C Brit. sl.
 
COCKER
            n.         a term of address to a male ...1888 Brit. sl.
 
COCKERATE
            vb.       to boast, to brag ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COCKERBELL
            n.         an icicle ...1866 Eng. dial.
 
COCKEY
            n.         human excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to void excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
 
COCK-EYE
            n.         a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
 
COCK-EYE BOB
            n.         a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
 
COCK-EYED
            adj. 1.   drunk ...1737 sl., orig. US
            adj. 2.   squint-eyed ...1821 UK
            adj. 3.   absurd, ridiculous ...1896 UK sl.
            adj. 4.   disorderly; in confusion; topsy-turvy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COCK-EYED BOB
            n.         a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
 
COCK-EYED JENNY
            n.         a prostitute ...20C US sl.
 
COCK-EYES
            n.         in craps: a three ...1968 US sl.
 
COCKFEST
            n.         a party with many more males than females in attendance ...2001 US sl.
 
COCK-FIGHTER
            n.         a whoremonger; a notorious copulator ...18C Brit. sl.
 
COCK-HALL
            n.         the female genitals ...18C Brit. sl.
 
COCK-HAPPY
            adj.       over-confident ...1959 UK sl.
 
COCK HOUND
            n.         a man obsessed with sex ...1947 US sl.
 
COCKIE
            n.         the penis ...2001 UK sl.
 
COCKINESS
            n.         a personal quality of smug over-confidence ...1864
 
COCKING STOCKING
            n.         a condom ...1998 UK sl.
 
COCK IT ON
            vb.       to exaggerate; to overcharge someone ...1961 UK sl.
 
COCK IT UP
            vb. 1.    of a woman: to offer yourself sexually ...1961 Aust.
            vb. 2.    to make a complete mess of something ...1979 UK sl.
 
COCK JACKET
            n.         a reputation for sexual prowess ...1984 US sl.
 
COCK-JOCKEY
            n.         a man who thinks that sex is more important than anything else and that his contribution is paramount ...2002 UK sl.
 
COCK LANE
            n.         the vagina ...sl.
 
COCKLE-BRAINED
            adj.       whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed ...1824 Sc.
 
COCK-MY-CAP
            n.         gin ...E18 sl.
 
COCKNEY BREAKFAST
            n.         gin or brandy and soda water ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
 
COCKNEYLAND
            n.         London ...19C sl.
 
COCKNEY-SHIRE
            n.         London ...19C sl.
 
COCKNEY'S LUXURY
            n.         breakfast in bed and using the pot for defecation, rather than leaving the warm house for a trip to the outdoor privy ...L19 sl.
 
COCK OF A DIFFERENT HACKLE, A
            n.         an opponent of a different character ...1865
 
COCK OF THE WALK
            n.         a person whose supremacy in his own circle is undisputed; an excellent person ...1823
 
COCK ON
            vb.       to exaggerate; to overcharge someone ...1961 UK sl.
 
COCK ONE'S NEB
            vb.       to 'turn up one's nose'; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject ...1870 Eng. dial.
 
COCK ONE'S ORGAN
            vb.       to smoke a pipe ...L18 sl.
 
COCKPIT FOG
            n.         a state of confusion ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
COCKPIT OF EUROPE
            n.         Belgium ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COCKRAG
            n.         a loincloth worn by an aboriginal ...1964 Aust. sl.
 
COCKS AND KAMES
            n.         bursting buds of primroses ...1875 Sc.
 
COCKSCOMB
            n.         a fool; a fop or dandy ...L16
 
COCKSHOUS
            adj.       self-confident, conceited ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COCK-SHUT
            n.         † the close of day; twilight ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
COCK SNOT
            n.         semen ...1980s Brit. sl.
 
COCK-STRIDE
            n.         the length of the step of a cock, as the measure of a very short distance or space; a short stride ...1626
 
COCK-SUCKER
            n. 1.     a fellator or fellatrix ...1891 sl.
            n. 2.     an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1918 sl.
 
COCKTAIL
            n. 1.     a marijuana cigarette, partially smoked and inserted into a regular cigarette ...1966 US sl.
            n. 2.     any mixture of drugs ...2002 Can. sl.
            n. 3.     cocaine ...2003 UK sl.
            vb.       to insert a partially smoked marijuana cigarette into a tobacco cigarette ...1960 US sl.
 
COCKTAILERY
            n.         a cocktail lounge ...1981 US sl.
 
COCK-TAILS, THE
            n.         diarrhoea ...c1925 Aust. sl.
 
COCK-TAX
            n.         alimony ...c1950 Aust. sl.
 
COCK-TEASER
            n.         (derogatory) a sexually provocative woman who evades or refuses intercourse ...1891 sl.
 
COCK-UP
            n.         said of something that's gone wrong ...Brit. sl.
 
COCK UP ONE'S NEB
            vb.       to 'turn up one's nose'; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject ...1870 Eng. dial.
 
COCK-WAGON
            n.         a van, esp. one fitted with bedding as a place for necking and copulation ...M20 US sl.
 
COCKY
            adj.       conceited ...1768 sl.
            n.         a small farmer ...1872 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
COCKY BOB
            n.         a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
 
COCKYOLLY-BIRD
            n.         a nursery or pet name for a bird ...1837
 
COCOANUT
            n.         the head ...M19 sl.
 
COCOBAY
            adj.       having a skin covered in repulsive sores ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
COCOBOLA
            n.         a police nightstick ...1990s US sl.
 
COCOLA
            n.         a Black person ...1990s US prison sl.
 
COCONUT
            n. 1.     the head ...M19 sl.
            n. 2.     $1 ...1920s US sl.
            n. 3.     cocaine ...1940s US drugs sl.
            n. 4.     a Black person who has 'sold out' to White values; a servile Black person ...1970s W. Indies, UK. & Aust. Black teen usage
            n. 5.     a Hispanic person trying to be White ...1970s US sl.
            n. 6.     a South Sea islander ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
 
COCONUT-DODGER
            n.         a South American or African Black person ...1920s US Black sl.
 
COCONUT HEAD
            n. 1.     (derogatory) a Black person; a servile Black person ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a Samoan-American ...20C US sl.
 
COCONUT-HEADED
            adj.       (derogatory) Black ...20C US sl.
 
COCONUTS
            n. 1.     large female breasts ...L19 sl.
            n. 2.     money ...1920s US sl.
            n. 3.     cocaine ...1940s US drugs sl.
            n. 4.     the testicles ...1990s sl.
 
COCOONING
            n.         staying at home with one's family ...1970s US sl.
 
COCTURE
            n.         †* the act or process of cooking; a product of cooking ...1662
 
COCUM
            adj. 1.   resourceful, cunning ...M19 sl.
            adj. 2.   sensible ...M19 sl.
            adj. 3.   sorted out; arranged satisfactorily ...M19 sl.
            n. 1.     advantage, luck, resource ...M19 sl.
            n. 2.     knowledge ...M19 sl.
            n. 3.     sense ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
 
C.O.D.
            n.         a male prostitute (Cock On Delivery) ...1950s sl.
 
COD
            adj. 1.   fake; parodic; usually in combination, as cod-typewriter, etc. ...1950s sl.
            adj. 2.   expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
            n. 1.     a friend ...M17 sl.
            n. 2.     the penis ...M17 sl.
            n. 3.     a fellow ...L17 sl.
            n. 4.     a fool ...L17 sl.
            n. 5.     a purse ...L17 sl.
            n. 6.     money ...L17 sl.
            n. 7.     a drunkard ...L19 sl.
            n. 8.     a joke, a hoax, a parody ...20C sl., orig. Irish
            n. 9.     deception, deceit; a lie ...20C sl., orig. Irish
            n. 10.    a large amount of money ...1980s drugs sl.
            vb. 1.    to cheat, to defraud ...18C sl.
            vb. 2.    to tease, to hoax ...M19 sl.
 
COD-ACTING
            n.         foolish behaviour ...20C sl., orig. Irish
 
CODALINA
            adj.       expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
 
CODD
            vb.       to tease, to hoax ...M19 sl.
 
CODDAM; CODDEM
            n.         a public house game of chance played by two teams of two or three members each; an object such as a button or a coin is hidden in one hand of one of the teams, and the opposing team has to guess which by tapping it and saying "Tip it!" ...M19 sl.
 
CODDER
            n.         a teaser, a hoaxer ...M19 sl.
 
CODDING
            n.         teasing, chaffing, hoaxing ...M19 sl.
 
CODDLE
            n.         one who is pampered ...M19 sl.
 
CODDLE-FARTING
            n.         a making an unnecessary fuss ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CODDOM
            n.         a public house game of chance played by two teams of two or three members each; an object such as a button or a coin is hidden in one hand of one of the teams, and the opposing team has to guess which by tapping it and saying "Tip it!" ...M19 sl.
 
CODE 21
            n.         masturbation ...2000s US prison sl.
 
CODESA-DESA
            vb.       to negotiate something ...1990s S. African sl.
 
CODETTAREENARONE
            adj.       expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
 
CODETTE
            adj.       expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
 
CODFISH
            n. 1.     a fool ...L18 sl.
            n. 2.     one who thinks himself superior to their peers ...E19 sl.
 
CODFISH FLATS
            n.         the poor area of town ...1960s US sl.
 
CODGE
            n.         a vagrant, a tramp ...L19 sl.
            vb.       to repair, usually badly or clumsily ...19C sl.
 
CODGE-JOB
            n.         a second-rate piece of work ...19C US sl.
 
CODGER
            n. 1.     a fellow; a man ...M18 sl.
            n. 2.     an affectionate term of address ...M19 sl.
            n. 3.     a lazy person; an idler ...L19 Aust. prison sl.
            n. 4.     a roistering, aging boon companion ...L19 sl.
            n. 5.     an odd person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to act lazily ....L19 Aust. prison sl.
 
CODGE UP
            vb.       to repair, usually badly or clumsily ...19C sl.
 
COD-HAULER
            n.         a ship, or a man, from Newfoundland ...M19 nautical sl.
 
CODIE
            n.         a child molester ...1980s sl.
 
CODOLOGY
            n.         the practice of disinformation; thus, nonsense ...1910s sl., orig. Anglo-Irish
 
COD-ON
            n.         a practical joke ...20C Irish sl.
 
COD-PIECE
            n.         the penis ...17C euphemism
 
CODS
            n. 1.     the testicles ...L18 sl.
            n. 2.     a nickname for a curate ...L18 sl.
            n. 3.     a mess ...1960s sl.
            n. 4.     rubbish, nonsense ...1960s sl.
 
CODS FOOT!
            int.       an oath, God's foot ...L16
 
COD'S-HEAD
            n. 1.     a stupid fellow, a fool, a blockhead; a dupe ...1566
            n. 2.     † lit. the head of a cod-fish; fig. 'stupid head' ...1607
            n. 3.     (usually as 'codshead') the penis ...17C sl.
 
COD'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
            n.         a dupe; a fool ...19C sl.
 
CODS MY LIFE!
            int.       an oath ...L16
 
COD'S ROE
            n.         money ...20C rhyming sl. for 'dough'
 
CODS SOOKS!
            int.       an oath ...L16
 
CODSWALLOP
            n.         nonsense, rubbish, drivel ...1960s sl.
 
CODS WOONS!
            int.       an oath ...L16
 
COD TRENCH
            n.         the vagina ...1990s sl.
 
COD VERSION
            n.         a burlesque version of a well-known play ...20C theatrical usage
 
COE
            n.         a man ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
 
CO-EDUCATE
            vb.       to converse with the opposite sex ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
 
COETANEOUS
            adj. 1.   coming into existence or arising at the same time ...1608
            adj. 2.   of the same age, equal in age ...1649
            adj. 3.   existing or living at the same time; contemporary ...1649
            adj. 4.   of equal duration ...1627-77
 
COEVOUS
            adj.       † of the same age, equally old, having lived the same number of years; living at the same time ...1655-60
 
COFE
            n.         a man ...17C
 
COFFEE BOILER
            n.         a malingerer; a shirker ...US Civil War usage
 
COFFEE-COOLER
            n. 1.     a prospector ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     one who seeks and secures a duty more congenial than his regular duties; one who is always looking for an easy job; a loafer ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
COFFEE GRINDER
            n.         a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
COFFEE MILL
            n.         a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COFFEE POT
            n.         a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COFFIN
            n.         an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COFFIN BRIG
            n.         an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COFFIN NAIL
            n.         a cigarette ...1888 sl., orig. US
 
COFFIN TACK
            n.         a cigarette ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
 
COFFIN VARNISH
            n.         liquor, esp. cheap whisky ...1881 US sl.
 
COG-BELL
            n.         an icicle ...1736 Eng. dial.
 
COGGER
            n. 1.     a sharper, cheat, deceiver, swindler, one who beguiles ...1580
            n. 2.     a false flatterer or fawner ...1611
            n. 3.     one who puts up cogs in a wheel ...1775
            n. 4.     a fighter ...19C Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     a striped snail shell ...19C Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     in mining: one who builds up supports with cogs or shocks ...19C
 
COGGLETY
            adj.       shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
 
COGIE
            n.         the vagina ...19C sl.
 
COGILATE
            vb.       to suppose, to reckon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
COGITABUND
            adj.       * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
 
COGITABUNDOUS
            adj.       deep in thought, thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1627
 
COGNAC-EYED
            adj.       drunk ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
 
COGNACKED
            adj.       drunk ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
 
COGNIZE
            vb.       to take note of, to notice, to observe; to know or perceive, to recognize ...1821
 
COGNOSCENTI
            n.         the world of homosexuals, its style, language, ethos, etc. ...1940s homosexual usage
 
COGNOSCIBLE
            adj.       capable of being known, knowable, ascertainable, recognizable ...1648
            n.         that which can be known ...1683
 
COGS
            n. 1.     the testicles ...L18 sl.
            n. 2.     dice ...Bk1896 sl.
            n. 3.     sunglasses ...1940s US Black sl.
 
COG-SHOULDER
            n.         an arrest ...E17 sl.
 
COHIBIT
            vb.       * to restrain, check, hinder; to restrict ...1544
 
COIL UP ONE'S ROPES
            vb.       to die ...Brit. naval sl.
 
COIN
            n.         money ... Bk1903 sl.
 
COINCIDATE
            vb.       †* to coincide ...1657
 
COIN IT
            vb.       to make a profit ...1863 sl.
 
COIN MONEY
            vb.       to make a profit ...1863 sl.
 
COINQUINATE
            vb.       † to soil all over, to pollute, to defile ...a1528
 
COIT
            n.         the buttocks ...1941 Aust. sl.
 
COJONES
            n. 1.     the testicles (the 'j' is pronounced as an 'h') ...20C US sl.
            n. 2.     courage ...1932 sl., orig. US
 
COKE
            n. 1.     cocaine ...c1903 sl., orig. US
            n. 2.     an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            vb.       to take cocaine ...1924 sl., orig. US
 
COKED
            adj.       intoxicated with or under the effects of cocaine ...E20 US drugs sl.
 
COKE-FREAK
            n.         a frequent user of cocaine ...20C US sl.
 
COKER-NUT
            n.         the head ...M19 sl.
 
COKE STORY
            n.         an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
COKE UP
            vb.       to take cocaine ...1924 sl., orig. US
 
COKEY
            n.         a cocaine addict ...1916 sl., orig. US
 
COKIE
            n.         a cocaine addict ...1916 sl., orig. US
 
COKITTEN
            n.         a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
 
COKUM
            adj. 1.   resourceful, cunning ...M19 sl.
            adj. 2.   sensible ...M19 sl.
            adj. 3.   sorted out; arranged satisfactorily ...M19 sl. 
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