DICTIONARY C
COL - COOZ
COL - COLNZ
COLD
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - dead
COLD ADAM
n. 1699 obs. - water as a drink
COLD AS A BAY STREET BANKER'S HEART
adj. very ungenerous, or very cold ...1987 Can. sl.
COLD AS A NUN'S CUNT
adj. extremely cold ...1955 Aust. sl.
COLD AS A NUN'S NASTY
adj. extremely cold ...1971 Aust. sl.
COLD AS A PADDOCK
adj. very cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
COLD AS BELIX
adj. very cold ...1955 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BILLY BEDAM
adj. very cold ...1938 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLAZES
adj. very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLITZEN
adj. very cold ...1966 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLIXEN
adj. extremely cold ...1911 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLIXES
adj. very cold ...1908 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLIXUM
adj. extremely cold ...1906 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLUGEONS
adj. very cold ...1969 Amer. dial.
COLD AS WHIZZ
adj. very cold ...1874 Amer. dial.
COLD BISCUIT
n. 1. a person lacking any apparent sex appeal ...1961 US high school jargon
n. 2. a female who does not respond to sexual overtures ...1972 US sl.
COLD-BLOODED
adj. 1. out-and-out; absolute ...1962 US Black sl.
adj. 2. striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool ...1969 US Black sl.
COLD BLOW
n. air conditioning ...1971 US sl.
COLD BLUFF
n. in poker: a large bet on a poor hand designed to mislead other players ...1980 US sl.
COLD-BUST
vb. to catch someone in the act; to reveal your own guilt inadvertently ...1986 US sl.
COLD-CALL
vb. to go into a pub hoping to make a sexual contact ...2002 UK sl.
COLDCOCK
vb. to hit someone without warning, esp. with a blow to the head that knocks the person to the ground ...1918 US sl.
COLD COFFEE
n. beer ...1976 US sl.
COLD COMFORT
n. sexual activity with a corpse ...1987 US necrophile usage
COLD COOK
n. an undertaker ...1720s sl.
COLD COOKSHOP
n. an undertaker's premises ...c1830 sl.
COLD COOK'S SHOP
n. an undertaker's premises ...c1830 sl.
COLD CROTCH
n. the application of an ice pack on the scrotum of a man who has overdosed on heroin ...1993 US sl.
COLD-CUNT
vb. of a woman: to treat someone with hostility ...1982 US sl.
COLD DECK
n. 1. in card games: a stacked deck of cards ...1857 US sl.
n. 2. logs swept into a stack to be moved after drying ...1952 Can. logging usage
COLD DOPE
n. in horse racing: information based on empirical evidence ...1951 U S sl.
COLD DRAW
n. in curling: a rock curled into an open house or into the house without rubbing or knocking out another rock ...1964 Can.
COLD ENGLISH
n. iced tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLDER THAN A NUN'S ASS
adj. very cold ...1972 Amer. sl.
COLDER THAN A POLAR BEAR'S ASS
adj. very cold ...c1944 Amer. sl.
COLDER THAN A WITCH'S TIT
adj. extremely cold; also, extremely unfriendly ...1978 Aust. sl.
COLDER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED
adj. very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BILLY HELL
adj. very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BILLY THUNDER
adj. very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BLAZES
adj. very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BLIXENS
adj. very cold ...1927 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN WHALEY
adj. very cold ...1935 Amer. dial.
COLD FEET
n. fear of doing something risky or dangerous; a reluctance to proceed ...1896 sl., orig. US
COLD FINGER WORK
n. picking the pocket of a man preoccupied with sex ...1948 US sl.
COLD FISH
n. 1. an unfriendly person ...1924 US sl.
n. 2. a standoffish, unwelcoming girl ...1977 Can. sl.
COLD-FOOTED
adj. cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD-FOOTER
n. a cowardly soldier, or someone too cowardly to become a soldier ...1916 Aust.
COLD HARBOUR
n. a place of shelter from the weather for wayfarers, constructed by the wayside ...Bk1901
COLD HOLE
n. during Vietnam: an enemy tunnel that has been verified as empty ...1991 US sl.
COLDIE
n. a glass, bottle, or can of cold beer ...1953 Aust. sl.
COLD IN THE DONG
n. gonorrhea ...1981 US sl.
COLD IRON
n. a sword ...L17 sl.
COLD LAMPING
n. explaining hitherto complex, impenetrable matters ...1990s US Black sl.
COLD LEAD
n. a bullet ...19C sl.
COLD LIKE DOG NOSE
adj. very cold ...2003 Trinidad & Tobago
COLD MEAT
n. 1. a corpse ...L18 sl.
n. 2. one who has been knocked unconscious ...1910s sl.
COLD-MEAT CART
n. a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1820 sl.
COLD MEAT CRATE
n. a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD MEAT JOB
n. any case that involves a corpse ...20C police jargon
COLD MEAT PARTY
n. a funeral or wake ...1908 US sl.
COLD MEAT TRAIN
n. a funeral procession or a train that serves a cemetery ...20C sl.
COLD MEAT WAGON
n. a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD MUTTON
n. a corpse ...L18 sl.
COLD ONE
n. 1. a cold beer ...1927 US sl.
n. 2. an empty wallet, purse, or safe ...1962 US sl.
COLD PAN
n. an unattractive person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD PIT
n. in motor racing: a member of the pit crew who works behind the wall separating the pit from the race track ...1993 US sl.
COLD-PLATE
vb. to attach a legitimate license plate to a stolen vehicle that matches the description of the vehicle to which the license plate belongs ...1993 US sl.
COLD POTATO
n. a waiter, esp. a slow or inefficient one ...1960 UK rhyming sl. ('potater')
COLD PROWL
n. an assumed easy house to rob ...1976 Can. sl.
COLD-READ
vb. of a fortune-teller: to tell a fortune without background information on the customer, relying on observations and the customer's answers for the predictions ...1989 US sl.
COLD SHAKE
n. a method of preparing pills for injection by crushing and then dissolving them in cold water instead of heating with a flame ...1989 US sl.
COLD SPOT
n. a glass of iced tea ...1967 US sl.
COLD STEEL
n. bayonets (in hand-to-hand fighting) ...World War II Amer. sl.
COLD STORAGE
n. 1. a morgue ...1949 US sl.
n. 2. solitary confinement ...1949 US sl.
COLDSTREAM GUARDS; COLDSTREAMS
n. playing cards ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COLD TEA SIGN
n. an irreverent indicator of a geriatric's death in hospital ...2002 UK sl.
COLD TURKEY
adj. used of an attempt to break a drug addiction: sudden and complete without narcotics or medication to ease the withdrawal symptoms ...1953 US sl.
n. 1. the sudden completely giving up of an addictive drug, esp. as a method of withdrawal ...1921 sl., orig. US
n. 2. in blackjack: a hand composed of two face cards ...1980 US sl.
n. 3. in poker: two kings dealt consecutively ...1988 US sl.
vb. to withdraw from a habit or addiction suddenly and without any tapering off ...1949 US sl.
COLD WEATHER INDICATORS
n. a woman's nipples ...2001 US sl.
COLD WIRE
n. an unsuccessful or unlikable person ...1941 US sl.
COLD-WITHOUT
adj. of drinks: unmixed with water ...Bk1902 colloq,
COLE
n. money ... Bk1903 sl.
COLGATE
n. any toothpaste ...2003 Trinidad & Tobago
COLI
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...1978 US drugs sl.
COLIANDER SEEDS
n. money ...L17 UK sl.
COLIFOR TOSTAO
n. marijuana; a 'toasted cauliflower' in unconventional Spanish ...1973 US sl.
COLIN
n. an erection ...2002 UK sl.
COLISEUM CURTAINS
n. the foreskin ...2002 UK sl.
COLLABO
n. an artistic collaboration ...2003 UK sl.
COLLACHRYMATE
adj. †* mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping ...1593
vb. 1. †* to weep or lament with, or in sympathy with others; to commiserate ...1593
vb. 2. †* to exude in the form of tears ...1657
COLLAR
n. 1. an arrest ...1871 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an improvised seal between a dropper and needle used to inject drugs ...1960 US sl.
n. 3. a police officer ...1973 US sl.
n. 4. hard, laborious work ...2000 UK gypsy usage
n. 5. the steering column of a car ...2000 US sl.
vb. 1. to grab someone by the collar, literally or figuratively; to arrest ...1613 sl.
vb. 2. to appropriate something; to steal something ...1700 UK sl.
vb. 3. to understand something; to grasp something ...1938 US sl.
vb. 4. in horse racing: to run neck and neck ...1951 US sl.
vb. 5. from a male's perspective: to have sex ...1971 Aust. sl.
COLLAR A HOT
vb. to eat a meal ...1947 U S sl.
COLLAR AND CUFF
n. a homosexual male ...1934 UK rhyming sl. for 'puff'
COLLARS AND CUFFS THAT MATCH
phr. applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed ...1984 US sl.
COLLARS-FOR-DOLLARS
n. a situation in which an arresting officer trades the criminal's release for a share of the proceeds of the crime ...2001 US sl.
COLLAR THE JIVE
vb. to understand what is being said ...1947 US sl.
COLLATS
n. money ('collateral') ...2000 UK sl.
COLLECT
n. a win at gambling ...1966 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to call for a person and proceed with him or her ...1937 UK sl.
vb. 2. to win at gambling; to take your winnings ...1982 Aust. sl.
COLLECT CALL
n. a citizens' band radio message for a specific named person ...1976 US sl.
COLLECTION BOX
n. the vagina ...1982 Bahamas sl.
COLLECT RENT
vb. to rob travellers on the highway ...Bk1903 cant
COLLEGE
n. jail ...1699 UK sl.
COLLEGE CLASSIQUE
n. in Quebec: a specialized, college-preparatory school ...1963 Can.
COLLEGE EYE
n. a Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star aircraft ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
COLLEGE HILL
n. a well-off section of town ...1970 US sl.
COLLEGE JOE
n. a quintessential college student ...1961 US sl.
COLLEGE TRY
n. a sincere effort, despite the likelihood of failure ...1918 US sl.
COLLEGE WIDOW
n. a woman who lives in or near a college town and dates men from the college year after year ...1900 US sl.
COLLEYFLOWER
n. a cauliflower ...1976 Amer. dial.
COLL-HARDY
adj. †* foolhardy; foolishly rash ...1581
COLLIBY
n. † a small present or gift ...c1450
COLLIE
n. marijuana ...1970 Jamaica sl.
COLLIEBUCTION
n. a noisy squabble, a disturbance, a wrangle ...1864 Sc.
COLLIE DUG
n. a man; implying that to some degree the person is a fool or a victim ...2002 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'mug'
COLLIE KNOX
n. the pox ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
COLLIE MAN
n. a marijuana dealer ...1977 Jamaican sl.
COLLIFOBBLE
vb. 1. to talk secretly together ...19C Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to cheat ...19C Eng. dial.
COLLI-MOLLY
adj. a jocular corruption of melancholy ...17C
COLLINS STREET SQUATTER
n. a man, usually a youth, who frequents bars, cafes, etc. for no other reason that meeting his friends, gossiping and wasting time ...1960s Aust. (Melbourne) sl.
COLLIOCH
n. an old woman ...1814 Ireland
COLLISION MATS
n. pancakes; waffles ...World War II Amer. sl.
COLLOCALISM
n. a colloquial localism ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLLOCUPLICATE
vb. † to enrich ...1623
COLLOGUE
n. a private talk; a secret plan or scheme ...E19
vb. 1. to wheedle, to coax ...L16
vb. 2. to confer privately and confidentially; to scheme or plot ...L18
COLLOQUACIOUS
adj. given to colloquy, discourse, or conversation ...1837 humorous nonce word
COLLOQUIALANGUAGE
n. colloquial speech ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLLOQUIALS
n. informal conversation ...L19 UK society usage
COLLOUGH
n. an old woman ...1814 Ireland
COLLUTULATE
vb. † to defile ...1623
COLLY
n. 1. an erection ...1960 UK sl.
n. 2. a cauliflower ...1961 UK sl.
COLLYFOGLE
vb. to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
COLLYMOLLY
adj. melancholy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COLLYWOBBLES
n. stomach pain or an unsettled condition of the stomach ...1823 sl.
COLLYWOBBLES, THE
n. a feeling of internal queasiness at the prospect of a difficult or frightening undertaking; intense anxiety or nervousness ...1959 sl.
COLNEY (HATCH)
n. a match ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - dead
COLD ADAM
n. 1699 obs. - water as a drink
COLD AS A BAY STREET BANKER'S HEART
adj. very ungenerous, or very cold ...1987 Can. sl.
COLD AS A NUN'S CUNT
adj. extremely cold ...1955 Aust. sl.
COLD AS A NUN'S NASTY
adj. extremely cold ...1971 Aust. sl.
COLD AS A PADDOCK
adj. very cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
COLD AS BELIX
adj. very cold ...1955 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BILLY BEDAM
adj. very cold ...1938 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLAZES
adj. very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLITZEN
adj. very cold ...1966 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLIXEN
adj. extremely cold ...1911 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLIXES
adj. very cold ...1908 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLIXUM
adj. extremely cold ...1906 Amer. dial.
COLD AS BLUGEONS
adj. very cold ...1969 Amer. dial.
COLD AS WHIZZ
adj. very cold ...1874 Amer. dial.
COLD BISCUIT
n. 1. a person lacking any apparent sex appeal ...1961 US high school jargon
n. 2. a female who does not respond to sexual overtures ...1972 US sl.
COLD-BLOODED
adj. 1. out-and-out; absolute ...1962 US Black sl.
adj. 2. striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool ...1969 US Black sl.
COLD BLOW
n. air conditioning ...1971 US sl.
COLD BLUFF
n. in poker: a large bet on a poor hand designed to mislead other players ...1980 US sl.
COLD-BUST
vb. to catch someone in the act; to reveal your own guilt inadvertently ...1986 US sl.
COLD-CALL
vb. to go into a pub hoping to make a sexual contact ...2002 UK sl.
COLDCOCK
vb. to hit someone without warning, esp. with a blow to the head that knocks the person to the ground ...1918 US sl.
COLD COFFEE
n. beer ...1976 US sl.
COLD COMFORT
n. sexual activity with a corpse ...1987 US necrophile usage
COLD COOK
n. an undertaker ...1720s sl.
COLD COOKSHOP
n. an undertaker's premises ...c1830 sl.
COLD COOK'S SHOP
n. an undertaker's premises ...c1830 sl.
COLD CROTCH
n. the application of an ice pack on the scrotum of a man who has overdosed on heroin ...1993 US sl.
COLD-CUNT
vb. of a woman: to treat someone with hostility ...1982 US sl.
COLD DECK
n. 1. in card games: a stacked deck of cards ...1857 US sl.
n. 2. logs swept into a stack to be moved after drying ...1952 Can. logging usage
COLD DOPE
n. in horse racing: information based on empirical evidence ...1951 U S sl.
COLD DRAW
n. in curling: a rock curled into an open house or into the house without rubbing or knocking out another rock ...1964 Can.
COLD ENGLISH
n. iced tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLDER THAN A NUN'S ASS
adj. very cold ...1972 Amer. sl.
COLDER THAN A POLAR BEAR'S ASS
adj. very cold ...c1944 Amer. sl.
COLDER THAN A WITCH'S TIT
adj. extremely cold; also, extremely unfriendly ...1978 Aust. sl.
COLDER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED
adj. very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BILLY HELL
adj. very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BILLY THUNDER
adj. very cold ...1958 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BLAZES
adj. very cold ...1943 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN BLIXENS
adj. very cold ...1927 Amer. dial.
COLDER THAN WHALEY
adj. very cold ...1935 Amer. dial.
COLD FEET
n. fear of doing something risky or dangerous; a reluctance to proceed ...1896 sl., orig. US
COLD FINGER WORK
n. picking the pocket of a man preoccupied with sex ...1948 US sl.
COLD FISH
n. 1. an unfriendly person ...1924 US sl.
n. 2. a standoffish, unwelcoming girl ...1977 Can. sl.
COLD-FOOTED
adj. cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD-FOOTER
n. a cowardly soldier, or someone too cowardly to become a soldier ...1916 Aust.
COLD HARBOUR
n. a place of shelter from the weather for wayfarers, constructed by the wayside ...Bk1901
COLD HOLE
n. during Vietnam: an enemy tunnel that has been verified as empty ...1991 US sl.
COLDIE
n. a glass, bottle, or can of cold beer ...1953 Aust. sl.
COLD IN THE DONG
n. gonorrhea ...1981 US sl.
COLD IRON
n. a sword ...L17 sl.
COLD LAMPING
n. explaining hitherto complex, impenetrable matters ...1990s US Black sl.
COLD LEAD
n. a bullet ...19C sl.
COLD LIKE DOG NOSE
adj. very cold ...2003 Trinidad & Tobago
COLD MEAT
n. 1. a corpse ...L18 sl.
n. 2. one who has been knocked unconscious ...1910s sl.
COLD-MEAT CART
n. a vehicle used to carry dead bodies; a hearse ...1820 sl.
COLD MEAT CRATE
n. a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD MEAT JOB
n. any case that involves a corpse ...20C police jargon
COLD MEAT PARTY
n. a funeral or wake ...1908 US sl.
COLD MEAT TRAIN
n. a funeral procession or a train that serves a cemetery ...20C sl.
COLD MEAT WAGON
n. a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD MUTTON
n. a corpse ...L18 sl.
COLD ONE
n. 1. a cold beer ...1927 US sl.
n. 2. an empty wallet, purse, or safe ...1962 US sl.
COLD PAN
n. an unattractive person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLD PIT
n. in motor racing: a member of the pit crew who works behind the wall separating the pit from the race track ...1993 US sl.
COLD-PLATE
vb. to attach a legitimate license plate to a stolen vehicle that matches the description of the vehicle to which the license plate belongs ...1993 US sl.
COLD POTATO
n. a waiter, esp. a slow or inefficient one ...1960 UK rhyming sl. ('potater')
COLD PROWL
n. an assumed easy house to rob ...1976 Can. sl.
COLD-READ
vb. of a fortune-teller: to tell a fortune without background information on the customer, relying on observations and the customer's answers for the predictions ...1989 US sl.
COLD SHAKE
n. a method of preparing pills for injection by crushing and then dissolving them in cold water instead of heating with a flame ...1989 US sl.
COLD SPOT
n. a glass of iced tea ...1967 US sl.
COLD STEEL
n. bayonets (in hand-to-hand fighting) ...World War II Amer. sl.
COLD STORAGE
n. 1. a morgue ...1949 US sl.
n. 2. solitary confinement ...1949 US sl.
COLDSTREAM GUARDS; COLDSTREAMS
n. playing cards ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COLD TEA SIGN
n. an irreverent indicator of a geriatric's death in hospital ...2002 UK sl.
COLD TURKEY
adj. used of an attempt to break a drug addiction: sudden and complete without narcotics or medication to ease the withdrawal symptoms ...1953 US sl.
n. 1. the sudden completely giving up of an addictive drug, esp. as a method of withdrawal ...1921 sl., orig. US
n. 2. in blackjack: a hand composed of two face cards ...1980 US sl.
n. 3. in poker: two kings dealt consecutively ...1988 US sl.
vb. to withdraw from a habit or addiction suddenly and without any tapering off ...1949 US sl.
COLD WEATHER INDICATORS
n. a woman's nipples ...2001 US sl.
COLD WIRE
n. an unsuccessful or unlikable person ...1941 US sl.
COLD-WITHOUT
adj. of drinks: unmixed with water ...Bk1902 colloq,
COLE
n. money ... Bk1903 sl.
COLGATE
n. any toothpaste ...2003 Trinidad & Tobago
COLI
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...1978 US drugs sl.
COLIANDER SEEDS
n. money ...L17 UK sl.
COLIFOR TOSTAO
n. marijuana; a 'toasted cauliflower' in unconventional Spanish ...1973 US sl.
COLIN
n. an erection ...2002 UK sl.
COLISEUM CURTAINS
n. the foreskin ...2002 UK sl.
COLLABO
n. an artistic collaboration ...2003 UK sl.
COLLACHRYMATE
adj. †* mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping ...1593
vb. 1. †* to weep or lament with, or in sympathy with others; to commiserate ...1593
vb. 2. †* to exude in the form of tears ...1657
COLLAR
n. 1. an arrest ...1871 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an improvised seal between a dropper and needle used to inject drugs ...1960 US sl.
n. 3. a police officer ...1973 US sl.
n. 4. hard, laborious work ...2000 UK gypsy usage
n. 5. the steering column of a car ...2000 US sl.
vb. 1. to grab someone by the collar, literally or figuratively; to arrest ...1613 sl.
vb. 2. to appropriate something; to steal something ...1700 UK sl.
vb. 3. to understand something; to grasp something ...1938 US sl.
vb. 4. in horse racing: to run neck and neck ...1951 US sl.
vb. 5. from a male's perspective: to have sex ...1971 Aust. sl.
COLLAR A HOT
vb. to eat a meal ...1947 U S sl.
COLLAR AND CUFF
n. a homosexual male ...1934 UK rhyming sl. for 'puff'
COLLARS AND CUFFS THAT MATCH
phr. applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed ...1984 US sl.
COLLARS-FOR-DOLLARS
n. a situation in which an arresting officer trades the criminal's release for a share of the proceeds of the crime ...2001 US sl.
COLLAR THE JIVE
vb. to understand what is being said ...1947 US sl.
COLLATS
n. money ('collateral') ...2000 UK sl.
COLLECT
n. a win at gambling ...1966 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to call for a person and proceed with him or her ...1937 UK sl.
vb. 2. to win at gambling; to take your winnings ...1982 Aust. sl.
COLLECT CALL
n. a citizens' band radio message for a specific named person ...1976 US sl.
COLLECTION BOX
n. the vagina ...1982 Bahamas sl.
COLLECT RENT
vb. to rob travellers on the highway ...Bk1903 cant
COLLEGE
n. jail ...1699 UK sl.
COLLEGE CLASSIQUE
n. in Quebec: a specialized, college-preparatory school ...1963 Can.
COLLEGE EYE
n. a Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star aircraft ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
COLLEGE HILL
n. a well-off section of town ...1970 US sl.
COLLEGE JOE
n. a quintessential college student ...1961 US sl.
COLLEGE TRY
n. a sincere effort, despite the likelihood of failure ...1918 US sl.
COLLEGE WIDOW
n. a woman who lives in or near a college town and dates men from the college year after year ...1900 US sl.
COLLEYFLOWER
n. a cauliflower ...1976 Amer. dial.
COLL-HARDY
adj. †* foolhardy; foolishly rash ...1581
COLLIBY
n. † a small present or gift ...c1450
COLLIE
n. marijuana ...1970 Jamaica sl.
COLLIEBUCTION
n. a noisy squabble, a disturbance, a wrangle ...1864 Sc.
COLLIE DUG
n. a man; implying that to some degree the person is a fool or a victim ...2002 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'mug'
COLLIE KNOX
n. the pox ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
COLLIE MAN
n. a marijuana dealer ...1977 Jamaican sl.
COLLIFOBBLE
vb. 1. to talk secretly together ...19C Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to cheat ...19C Eng. dial.
COLLI-MOLLY
adj. a jocular corruption of melancholy ...17C
COLLINS STREET SQUATTER
n. a man, usually a youth, who frequents bars, cafes, etc. for no other reason that meeting his friends, gossiping and wasting time ...1960s Aust. (Melbourne) sl.
COLLIOCH
n. an old woman ...1814 Ireland
COLLISION MATS
n. pancakes; waffles ...World War II Amer. sl.
COLLOCALISM
n. a colloquial localism ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLLOCUPLICATE
vb. † to enrich ...1623
COLLOGUE
n. a private talk; a secret plan or scheme ...E19
vb. 1. to wheedle, to coax ...L16
vb. 2. to confer privately and confidentially; to scheme or plot ...L18
COLLOQUACIOUS
adj. given to colloquy, discourse, or conversation ...1837 humorous nonce word
COLLOQUIALANGUAGE
n. colloquial speech ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COLLOQUIALS
n. informal conversation ...L19 UK society usage
COLLOUGH
n. an old woman ...1814 Ireland
COLLUTULATE
vb. † to defile ...1623
COLLY
n. 1. an erection ...1960 UK sl.
n. 2. a cauliflower ...1961 UK sl.
COLLYFOGLE
vb. to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
COLLYMOLLY
adj. melancholy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COLLYWOBBLES
n. stomach pain or an unsettled condition of the stomach ...1823 sl.
COLLYWOBBLES, THE
n. a feeling of internal queasiness at the prospect of a difficult or frightening undertaking; intense anxiety or nervousness ...1959 sl.
COLNEY (HATCH)
n. a match ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
COLO - COMEZ
COLO
adj. cold ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
COLOGUE
vb. to confer privately and confidentially; to scheme or plot ...L18
COLOMBIAN
n. extremely potent marijuana from Colombia ...1971 US sl.
COLOMBIAN GOLD
n. marijuana from Colombia, yellow in colour ...1976 US sl.
COLOMBIAN MARCHING POWDER
n. cocaine ...1992 US sl.
COLOMBIAN NECKLACE
n. a form of execution intended to set an example in which the victim's throat is slit ...1995 US sl.
COLOMBIAN NECKTIE
n. a form of execution intended to set an example in which the victim's throat is lit and the tongue pulled down through the gaping wound ...1997 US sl.
COLOMBIAN RED
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLOMBO
n. marijuana grown in Colombia, reddish in colour ...1976 US drugs sl.
COLONEL
n. an auctioneer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COLONEL BLIMP
n. 1. (derogatory) someone with reactionary views; a very conservative man ...1934 sl.
n. 2. a shrimp (seafood) ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COLONEL (GADAFFI)
n. a café ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
COLONEL KLINK
n. any high-ranking prison officer ...2002 US sl.
COLONEL (PRESCOTT)
n. a waistcoat ...1930s UK rhyming sl.
COLONEL SANDERS
n. a mature male homosexual who is especially attracted to boys or young men ...1979 US sl.
COLONIST
n. a louse ...c1810 sl.
COLOUR-BLIND
adj. given to embezzlement or other thievery ...1943 US sl.
COLT
n. a life-preserver (a short club with a heavy weighted end used as a weapon ...1864 sl.
COLT'S TOOTH, A
n. an addiction to youthful pleasures
COLUMBIAN
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLUMBIAN RED
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLUMBIA RED
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLUMBINE
n. a prostitute ...19C Brit. sl.
COLUMBO
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COMANCHE
n. a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
COMATO-CRAPULOSE
adj. in a state of drowsiness and headache consequent on intoxication ...1850 humorous nonce word
COMB DOWN
vb. to ill-treat; to thrash ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
COMBINATION CHIP
n. a till; a cash drawer with belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
COMBO
n. a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman ...1896 Aust. sl.
COMBOMAN
n. a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman ...1896 Aust. sl.
COMBOOZELATED
adj. drunk ...M20 US sl.
COME
n. 1. ejaculated semen ...1923 sl.
n. 2. an orgasm ...1967 US sl.
n. 3. snow ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Come and Go)
vb. 1. to achieve orgasm ...c1600 sl.
vb. 2. to yield to bribery or persuasion ...1970 UK sl.
COME ABOUT
vb. to copulate with a woman; said by women of men ...19C Brit. colloq.
COME ABOUT A WOMAN
vb. to coit a woman ...19C Brit. colloq.
COME A-CALLYHOOTIN'
vb. to move very fast or rapidly and noisily ...c1960 Amer. dial.
COME A CROPPER
vb. 1. to fail completely ...colloq.
vb. 2. to fall heavily; to be victim of an accident ...1999 UK
COME ACROSS
vb. 1. to have sex as the result of persuasive insistence ...1921 US sl.
vb. 2. to take part in sexual intercourse; generally of a woman ...1967 Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to agree to become an informer ...1973 US sl.
vb. 4. to give the appearance of having a specified characteristic ...2002 UK sl.
COME AGAIN?
phr. please repeat or restate what you just said ...1970 US
COME A GUTSER
vb. to come undone; to fail miserably; to fall heavily; to trip over and fall ...1918 Aust. sl.
COME ALOFT
vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
COME AND GO
n. snow ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COME APART
vb. to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings ...1930s sl.
COME A PEARLER
vb. to fall down; to trip over an obstacle, usually sustaining some form of injury ...M19 sl.
COME A-POLING
vb. to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME A PURLER
vb. to fall down; to trip over an obstacle, usually sustaining some form of injury ...M19 sl.
COME A RIVER
vb. of a woman: to have a very intense orgasm ...1970s US sl.
COME-AROUND
n. 1. menstruation ...1960s US sl.
n. 2. a person who is tolerated but not welcome ...1990s W. Indies sl.
vb. (as 'come around') to menstruate ...1910s US sl.
COME A STOOMER; COME A STUMER
vb. to lose one's money ...1900 Aust. sl.
COME A TUMBLE
vb. to detect something; to understand something ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'rumble'
COME A-ZOONIN'
vb. to come running ...1884 Amer. dial.
COME BACK-OVER
vb. to return ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
COME BIG
vb. of a bettor in horse racing: to bet more than usual on a race ...1989 Aust. sl.
COME-BY-CHANCE
adj. accidental ...19C Eng. dial.
n. 1. an illegitimate child ...1760 colloq.
n. 2. something that comes into your possession by accident ...19C Eng. dial.
COME BY THE LAME POST
vb. † to be behind time ...1658
COME CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG
vb. in horse racing: to 'pull' a horse and thus prevent him from winning ...Bk1891 turf sl.
COME CLEAN
vb. to tell the truth ...1919 sl., orig. US
COME COPPER
vb. to inform the police ...20C criminals' sl.
COME DARK HOME
vb. to come home after dark ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
COME DARK OVER
vb. to become dark ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
COME DAY, GO DAY
phr. applied to an improvident person who spends all and saves nothing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
COME DOWN LIKE TRAINED PIGS
vb. in horse racing: to finish a race exactly as predicted ...1951 US sl.
COME DOWN ON
vb. 1. to reprimand ...1888 sl.
vb. 2. to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME DOWN ON LIKE A TON OF BRICKS
vb. to reprimand ...1888 sl.
COME DOWN TO CASES
vb. to come to the point ...1918 Amer. dial.
COME DOWN TO HARDPAN
vb. to face up to reality; to become realistic ...1861 Amer. dial.
COME DOWN UPON
vb. to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME DOWN WITH A HARK
vb. to come down with a run, to fall suddenly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
COME DOWN WITH THE DERBIES
vb. to pay a bill or debt ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
COMEDY MERCHANT
n. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
COME FAIR
vb. † to become favourable ...1665
COME HALF LARKS WITH SOMEONE
vb. to impose on someone's credulity ...1923 Brit. sl.
COME HIGH OR COME LOW
adv. anyway, nevertheless, no matter what ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
COME-HITHER LOOK
n. a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME HOME
vb. of the effects of LSD: to dwindle, diminish and vanish ...1997 US sl.
COME HOME EARLY
vb. in horse racing: to establish and hold an early lead to win a race ...1951 US sl.
COME HOT
vb. in a confidence swindle: to complete the swindle which the victim immediately understands to have been a swindle ...1985 US sl.
COME IN
vb. to calve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME IN A PEA
vb. to come very close to doing something ...1959 Amer. dial.
COME IN AT THE CABIN WINDOW
vb. to be appointed a ship's officer without having had sea experience ...1794 US nautical sl.
COME IN PUDDING-TIME
vb. to come in good time, before it's too late ...M17 colloq.
COME IN THROUGH THE CABIN WINDOW
vb. to obtain a commission ...World War II Amer. Navy sl.
COME IT OVER SOMEONE
vb. to try to get the better of someone by trickery ...1827 sl.
COME IT WITH SOMEONE
vb. to try to get the better of someone by trickery ...1827 sl.
COME LIKE SALT
vb. to be in great abundance ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
COME NIGH AS A PEA
vb. to come very close to doing something ...1901 Amer. dial.
COME OFF IT!
int. I don't believe it ...1912 sl.
COME OFF OF IT!
int. don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME OFF THE GRASS
vb. to stop talking foolishness ...a1891 US sl.
COME OFF THE RAILS
vb. to suffer an emotional breakdown ...M19 sl.
COME-ON
n. a prospective victim ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
int. an exclamation of disbelief, disapproval, etc. ...1603
COME-ON EYE, THE
n. a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME ON LIKE GANGBUSTERS
vb. to begin or proceed in a vigorous fashion ...1942 Amer. sl.
COME ON ONE'S GUAVA
vb. to make a fool of oneself ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
COME ON STRONG
vb. 1. in horse racing: to gain steadily and rapidly in a race ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to speak aggressively, forcefully; to make one's presence and opinions felt; to create a strong impression ...1950s sl.
vb. 3. to be seductive ...1950s sl.
vb. 4. to be vehement and positive ...1970s Amer. sl.
COME ON THE RING
vb. to take one's turn ...a1400 sl.
COME ON TO SOMEONE
vb. to make a sexual advance ...1980s Amer. sl.
COME-ON TYPE, THE
n. a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME OUT
vb. 1. to declare oneself; to take a position ...1840s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to end; to eventuate ...1896 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to succeed ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to admit to one's homosexuality ...1941 sl, orig. US
COME OUT AHEAD
vb. to win ...1930s Amer. sl.
COME OUT IN THE WASH
vb. to be dealt with as a natural consequence ...Amer. sl.
COME OUT OF A BAG
vb. to behave in an objectionable manner ...1983 Amer. sl.
COME OUT OF SOAK
vb. to get over one's hangover ...L19 sl.
COME OUT OF THE CANE
vb. to come out of retirement, privacy, or inactivity ...1906 Amer. dial.
COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
vb. to admit to one's homosexuality ...1971 sl, orig. US
COME OUT OF THE LITTLE END OF THE HORN
vb. to get the worst of a bargain; to be reduced in circumstances; to fail ...17C colloq.
COME OUT OF THE STICKS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK
vb. of someone or something unpleasant: to appear; to arrive on the scene; to emerge ...1973 UK
COME OUT ON TOP
vb. to win ...1930s Amer. sl.
COME OUT WITH THE CAKES
vb. to be silly or half-witted ...1874 Eng. dial.
COME OVER ALL PECULIAR
vb. to feel suddenly physically indisposed or emotionally upset ...2003 UK sl.
COME OVER ALL QUEER
vb. to feel suddenly physically indisposed or emotionally upset ...1937 UK sl.
COME OVER ALL UNNECESSARY
vb. to become sexually excited ...1984 UK sl.
COME-O'-WILL
n. 1. an illegitimate child ...1815 Sc.
n. 2. a person (or thing) that comes of his own accord, or without being invited ...1815 Sc.
n. 3. a plant, tree, etc. that springs up spontaneously ...1815 Sc.
n. 4. a newcomer to a place who can show no ancient standing there ...1815 Sc.
COMER
n. a person making rapid progress ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
COME ROUND
vb. to begin to menstruate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME ROUND ON THE PAINT
vb. of a racehorse: to take a bend on the inside ...1953 Aust. sl.
COME SHORT HOME
vb. to be put in prison ...17C colloq.
COMESSATION
† n. 1. a frolic and jovial meeting to eat, drink, and make good cheer; feasting, banqueting, revelling ...c1380
† n. 2. eating together ...1648
COMESTIBLE
† adj. fit to eat, edible, eatable ...1483
n. an edible, an article of food ...1837
COME STRONG
vb. 1. to speak aggressively, forcefully; to make one's presence and opinions felt ...20C sl.
vb. 2. to be seductive ...1950s sl.
COME THE ABDABS
vb. to fool someone ...1940s sl.
COME THE ACID
vb. to act contrarily, or aggressively; to argue; to be unpleasant or offensive; to speak in a caustic or sarcastic manner ...1917 sl.
COME THE ACID DROP
vb. to act contrarily, or aggressively; to argue; to be unpleasant or offensive; to speak in a caustic or sarcastic manner ...1910s sl.
COME THE BIG FIGURE
vb. to do or provide what is required ...1848 Amer. sl.
COME THE BLUDGE ON
vb. to sponge upon someone ...1958 Aust. sl.
COME THE CUNT
vb. to be particularly obstreperous or unpleasant ...1984 UK sl.
COME THE KINK
vb. to steal a Black slave from the country, and dispose of them in town ...M19 US sl.
COME THE LA-DI-DA
vb. to show off in dress and manner ...c1883 sl.
COME THE LARDY-DAH
vb. to show off in dress and manner ...c1883 sl.
COME THE OLD ABDABS
vb. to hoax, to fool ...1940s sl.
COME THE OLD ACID
vb. 1953 UK sl. - to behave in an unpleasant, aggressive, or overbearing manner; to speak in a sarcastic or caustic way
COME THE OLD ACID DROP
vb. to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent ...1962 UK sl.
COME THE OLD CUNT
vb. to be particularly obstreperous or unpleasant ...1984 UK sl.
COME THE OLD SOLDIER
vb. 1. to wheedle; to impose on someone ...1818 UK sl., orig. military
vb. 2. to hector someone; to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge ...1984 UK sl.
COME THE OLD TIN SOLDIER '
vb. to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
COME THE PADDY OVER
vb. to bamboozle, to humbug ...1821 sl.
COME THE RAW PRAWN
vb. to bluff, to make yourself a nuisance ...1962 UK sl.
COME THE RAW PRAWN OVER
vb. to try to deceive someone ...1942 Aust. sl.
COME THE SPOON
vb. to make love, esp. if sentimental ...c1865 sl.
COME THE TIN SOLDIER
vb. to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
COME THROUGH
vb. to be converted to a religious life; to get religion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME THROUGH THE HARD
vb. to encounter difficulties; to experience adverse fortune ...1795 Sc.
COME THROUGH WITH ALL HAIRS LYING FLAT
vb. to come through unscathed ...1934 Amer. dial.
COME TO A GOAT'S HOUSE FOR FEATHERS
vb. to ask a person for something which he would not be expected to have ...1972 Amer. dial.
COME TO AN ANCHOR
vb. to sit down ...18C Eng. colloq.
COME TO GRIEF
vb. 1. to get into serious trouble; to fail ...1850 UK
vb. 2. to take a tumble; to have a fall ...1854 UK
COME TO HANDGRIPS
vb. to come to close combat ...1571
COME TO HANDSTROKES
† vb. to come to blows or hand-to-hand fighting ...1548
COME TO HANDY STROKES
† vb. to come to blows or hand-to-hand fighting ...1548
COME TO NEARPOINTS
vb. to come very near an agreement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
COME TO TAW
vb. to meet expectations or requirements; to come up to scratch ...1838 Amer. dial.
COME TO THE ABOVE OF
vb. a1387 obs. - to attain superiority or mastery over, to overcome
COME TO THE GOAT'S HOUSE FOR WOOL
vb. to ask a person for something which he would not be expected to have ...1946 Amer. dial.
COME TO THE LICK-LOG
vb. to face facts, to make a difficult decision ...1942 Amer. dial.
COME TO THEMSELVES
vb. to perish, to die ...1899 Sc.
COME TO THE SEAM-NEEDLE
vb. to reach a good stopping place ...1944 Amer. dial.
COME UNCRUNK
vb. of an engine: to stop running ...1973 Amer. dial.
COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK
n. a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME UP 'MONGST THE MISSIN'
vb. to die; to be lost ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME UPON THE RAKE
vb. to live in a rakish or dissolute manner ...18C sl.
COME UP SMILING
vb. to face a difficult circumstance without showing fear or complaining ...M19 sl., orig. boxing usage
COME UP TAILS
vb. to find oneself in an unpleasant or problematic situation ...1970s US sl.
COME UP TO CHALK
vb. to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
COME UP TO TAW
vb. to meet expectations or requirements; to come up to scratch ...1846 Amer. dial.
COME UP TO THE CHALK
vb. to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
COME UP WITH THE RATIONS
vb. (derogatory) to get a service or other medal not awarded for gallantry ...1925 Brit. sl.
COME YOUR LOT
vb. to experience an orgasm ...1964 UK sl.
COME YOUR MUTTON
vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
COME YOUR TURKEY
vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
adj. cold ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
COLOGUE
vb. to confer privately and confidentially; to scheme or plot ...L18
COLOMBIAN
n. extremely potent marijuana from Colombia ...1971 US sl.
COLOMBIAN GOLD
n. marijuana from Colombia, yellow in colour ...1976 US sl.
COLOMBIAN MARCHING POWDER
n. cocaine ...1992 US sl.
COLOMBIAN NECKLACE
n. a form of execution intended to set an example in which the victim's throat is slit ...1995 US sl.
COLOMBIAN NECKTIE
n. a form of execution intended to set an example in which the victim's throat is lit and the tongue pulled down through the gaping wound ...1997 US sl.
COLOMBIAN RED
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLOMBO
n. marijuana grown in Colombia, reddish in colour ...1976 US drugs sl.
COLONEL
n. an auctioneer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COLONEL BLIMP
n. 1. (derogatory) someone with reactionary views; a very conservative man ...1934 sl.
n. 2. a shrimp (seafood) ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COLONEL (GADAFFI)
n. a café ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
COLONEL KLINK
n. any high-ranking prison officer ...2002 US sl.
COLONEL (PRESCOTT)
n. a waistcoat ...1930s UK rhyming sl.
COLONEL SANDERS
n. a mature male homosexual who is especially attracted to boys or young men ...1979 US sl.
COLONIST
n. a louse ...c1810 sl.
COLOUR-BLIND
adj. given to embezzlement or other thievery ...1943 US sl.
COLT
n. a life-preserver (a short club with a heavy weighted end used as a weapon ...1864 sl.
COLT'S TOOTH, A
n. an addiction to youthful pleasures
COLUMBIAN
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLUMBIAN RED
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLUMBIA RED
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COLUMBINE
n. a prostitute ...19C Brit. sl.
COLUMBO
n. marijuana grown in Colombia ...M20 US drugs sl.
COMANCHE
n. a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
COMATO-CRAPULOSE
adj. in a state of drowsiness and headache consequent on intoxication ...1850 humorous nonce word
COMB DOWN
vb. to ill-treat; to thrash ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
COMBINATION CHIP
n. a till; a cash drawer with belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
COMBO
n. a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman ...1896 Aust. sl.
COMBOMAN
n. a White man who lives with an Aboriginal woman ...1896 Aust. sl.
COMBOOZELATED
adj. drunk ...M20 US sl.
COME
n. 1. ejaculated semen ...1923 sl.
n. 2. an orgasm ...1967 US sl.
n. 3. snow ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Come and Go)
vb. 1. to achieve orgasm ...c1600 sl.
vb. 2. to yield to bribery or persuasion ...1970 UK sl.
COME ABOUT
vb. to copulate with a woman; said by women of men ...19C Brit. colloq.
COME ABOUT A WOMAN
vb. to coit a woman ...19C Brit. colloq.
COME A-CALLYHOOTIN'
vb. to move very fast or rapidly and noisily ...c1960 Amer. dial.
COME A CROPPER
vb. 1. to fail completely ...colloq.
vb. 2. to fall heavily; to be victim of an accident ...1999 UK
COME ACROSS
vb. 1. to have sex as the result of persuasive insistence ...1921 US sl.
vb. 2. to take part in sexual intercourse; generally of a woman ...1967 Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to agree to become an informer ...1973 US sl.
vb. 4. to give the appearance of having a specified characteristic ...2002 UK sl.
COME AGAIN?
phr. please repeat or restate what you just said ...1970 US
COME A GUTSER
vb. to come undone; to fail miserably; to fall heavily; to trip over and fall ...1918 Aust. sl.
COME ALOFT
vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
COME AND GO
n. snow ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
COME APART
vb. to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings ...1930s sl.
COME A PEARLER
vb. to fall down; to trip over an obstacle, usually sustaining some form of injury ...M19 sl.
COME A-POLING
vb. to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME A PURLER
vb. to fall down; to trip over an obstacle, usually sustaining some form of injury ...M19 sl.
COME A RIVER
vb. of a woman: to have a very intense orgasm ...1970s US sl.
COME-AROUND
n. 1. menstruation ...1960s US sl.
n. 2. a person who is tolerated but not welcome ...1990s W. Indies sl.
vb. (as 'come around') to menstruate ...1910s US sl.
COME A STOOMER; COME A STUMER
vb. to lose one's money ...1900 Aust. sl.
COME A TUMBLE
vb. to detect something; to understand something ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'rumble'
COME A-ZOONIN'
vb. to come running ...1884 Amer. dial.
COME BACK-OVER
vb. to return ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
COME BIG
vb. of a bettor in horse racing: to bet more than usual on a race ...1989 Aust. sl.
COME-BY-CHANCE
adj. accidental ...19C Eng. dial.
n. 1. an illegitimate child ...1760 colloq.
n. 2. something that comes into your possession by accident ...19C Eng. dial.
COME BY THE LAME POST
vb. † to be behind time ...1658
COME CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG
vb. in horse racing: to 'pull' a horse and thus prevent him from winning ...Bk1891 turf sl.
COME CLEAN
vb. to tell the truth ...1919 sl., orig. US
COME COPPER
vb. to inform the police ...20C criminals' sl.
COME DARK HOME
vb. to come home after dark ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
COME DARK OVER
vb. to become dark ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
COME DAY, GO DAY
phr. applied to an improvident person who spends all and saves nothing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
COME DOWN LIKE TRAINED PIGS
vb. in horse racing: to finish a race exactly as predicted ...1951 US sl.
COME DOWN ON
vb. 1. to reprimand ...1888 sl.
vb. 2. to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME DOWN ON LIKE A TON OF BRICKS
vb. to reprimand ...1888 sl.
COME DOWN TO CASES
vb. to come to the point ...1918 Amer. dial.
COME DOWN TO HARDPAN
vb. to face up to reality; to become realistic ...1861 Amer. dial.
COME DOWN UPON
vb. to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME DOWN WITH A HARK
vb. to come down with a run, to fall suddenly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
COME DOWN WITH THE DERBIES
vb. to pay a bill or debt ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
COMEDY MERCHANT
n. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
COME FAIR
vb. † to become favourable ...1665
COME HALF LARKS WITH SOMEONE
vb. to impose on someone's credulity ...1923 Brit. sl.
COME HIGH OR COME LOW
adv. anyway, nevertheless, no matter what ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
COME-HITHER LOOK
n. a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME HOME
vb. of the effects of LSD: to dwindle, diminish and vanish ...1997 US sl.
COME HOME EARLY
vb. in horse racing: to establish and hold an early lead to win a race ...1951 US sl.
COME HOT
vb. in a confidence swindle: to complete the swindle which the victim immediately understands to have been a swindle ...1985 US sl.
COME IN
vb. to calve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME IN A PEA
vb. to come very close to doing something ...1959 Amer. dial.
COME IN AT THE CABIN WINDOW
vb. to be appointed a ship's officer without having had sea experience ...1794 US nautical sl.
COME IN PUDDING-TIME
vb. to come in good time, before it's too late ...M17 colloq.
COME IN THROUGH THE CABIN WINDOW
vb. to obtain a commission ...World War II Amer. Navy sl.
COME IT OVER SOMEONE
vb. to try to get the better of someone by trickery ...1827 sl.
COME IT WITH SOMEONE
vb. to try to get the better of someone by trickery ...1827 sl.
COME LIKE SALT
vb. to be in great abundance ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
COME NIGH AS A PEA
vb. to come very close to doing something ...1901 Amer. dial.
COME OFF IT!
int. I don't believe it ...1912 sl.
COME OFF OF IT!
int. don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME OFF THE GRASS
vb. to stop talking foolishness ...a1891 US sl.
COME OFF THE RAILS
vb. to suffer an emotional breakdown ...M19 sl.
COME-ON
n. a prospective victim ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
int. an exclamation of disbelief, disapproval, etc. ...1603
COME-ON EYE, THE
n. a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME ON LIKE GANGBUSTERS
vb. to begin or proceed in a vigorous fashion ...1942 Amer. sl.
COME ON ONE'S GUAVA
vb. to make a fool of oneself ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
COME ON STRONG
vb. 1. in horse racing: to gain steadily and rapidly in a race ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to speak aggressively, forcefully; to make one's presence and opinions felt; to create a strong impression ...1950s sl.
vb. 3. to be seductive ...1950s sl.
vb. 4. to be vehement and positive ...1970s Amer. sl.
COME ON THE RING
vb. to take one's turn ...a1400 sl.
COME ON TO SOMEONE
vb. to make a sexual advance ...1980s Amer. sl.
COME-ON TYPE, THE
n. a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME OUT
vb. 1. to declare oneself; to take a position ...1840s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to end; to eventuate ...1896 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to succeed ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to admit to one's homosexuality ...1941 sl, orig. US
COME OUT AHEAD
vb. to win ...1930s Amer. sl.
COME OUT IN THE WASH
vb. to be dealt with as a natural consequence ...Amer. sl.
COME OUT OF A BAG
vb. to behave in an objectionable manner ...1983 Amer. sl.
COME OUT OF SOAK
vb. to get over one's hangover ...L19 sl.
COME OUT OF THE CANE
vb. to come out of retirement, privacy, or inactivity ...1906 Amer. dial.
COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
vb. to admit to one's homosexuality ...1971 sl, orig. US
COME OUT OF THE LITTLE END OF THE HORN
vb. to get the worst of a bargain; to be reduced in circumstances; to fail ...17C colloq.
COME OUT OF THE STICKS
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK
vb. of someone or something unpleasant: to appear; to arrive on the scene; to emerge ...1973 UK
COME OUT ON TOP
vb. to win ...1930s Amer. sl.
COME OUT WITH THE CAKES
vb. to be silly or half-witted ...1874 Eng. dial.
COME OVER ALL PECULIAR
vb. to feel suddenly physically indisposed or emotionally upset ...2003 UK sl.
COME OVER ALL QUEER
vb. to feel suddenly physically indisposed or emotionally upset ...1937 UK sl.
COME OVER ALL UNNECESSARY
vb. to become sexually excited ...1984 UK sl.
COME-O'-WILL
n. 1. an illegitimate child ...1815 Sc.
n. 2. a person (or thing) that comes of his own accord, or without being invited ...1815 Sc.
n. 3. a plant, tree, etc. that springs up spontaneously ...1815 Sc.
n. 4. a newcomer to a place who can show no ancient standing there ...1815 Sc.
COMER
n. a person making rapid progress ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
COME ROUND
vb. to begin to menstruate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME ROUND ON THE PAINT
vb. of a racehorse: to take a bend on the inside ...1953 Aust. sl.
COME SHORT HOME
vb. to be put in prison ...17C colloq.
COMESSATION
† n. 1. a frolic and jovial meeting to eat, drink, and make good cheer; feasting, banqueting, revelling ...c1380
† n. 2. eating together ...1648
COMESTIBLE
† adj. fit to eat, edible, eatable ...1483
n. an edible, an article of food ...1837
COME STRONG
vb. 1. to speak aggressively, forcefully; to make one's presence and opinions felt ...20C sl.
vb. 2. to be seductive ...1950s sl.
COME THE ABDABS
vb. to fool someone ...1940s sl.
COME THE ACID
vb. to act contrarily, or aggressively; to argue; to be unpleasant or offensive; to speak in a caustic or sarcastic manner ...1917 sl.
COME THE ACID DROP
vb. to act contrarily, or aggressively; to argue; to be unpleasant or offensive; to speak in a caustic or sarcastic manner ...1910s sl.
COME THE BIG FIGURE
vb. to do or provide what is required ...1848 Amer. sl.
COME THE BLUDGE ON
vb. to sponge upon someone ...1958 Aust. sl.
COME THE CUNT
vb. to be particularly obstreperous or unpleasant ...1984 UK sl.
COME THE KINK
vb. to steal a Black slave from the country, and dispose of them in town ...M19 US sl.
COME THE LA-DI-DA
vb. to show off in dress and manner ...c1883 sl.
COME THE LARDY-DAH
vb. to show off in dress and manner ...c1883 sl.
COME THE OLD ABDABS
vb. to hoax, to fool ...1940s sl.
COME THE OLD ACID
vb. 1953 UK sl. - to behave in an unpleasant, aggressive, or overbearing manner; to speak in a sarcastic or caustic way
COME THE OLD ACID DROP
vb. to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent ...1962 UK sl.
COME THE OLD CUNT
vb. to be particularly obstreperous or unpleasant ...1984 UK sl.
COME THE OLD SOLDIER
vb. 1. to wheedle; to impose on someone ...1818 UK sl., orig. military
vb. 2. to hector someone; to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge ...1984 UK sl.
COME THE OLD TIN SOLDIER '
vb. to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
COME THE PADDY OVER
vb. to bamboozle, to humbug ...1821 sl.
COME THE RAW PRAWN
vb. to bluff, to make yourself a nuisance ...1962 UK sl.
COME THE RAW PRAWN OVER
vb. to try to deceive someone ...1942 Aust. sl.
COME THE SPOON
vb. to make love, esp. if sentimental ...c1865 sl.
COME THE TIN SOLDIER
vb. to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
COME THROUGH
vb. to be converted to a religious life; to get religion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME THROUGH THE HARD
vb. to encounter difficulties; to experience adverse fortune ...1795 Sc.
COME THROUGH WITH ALL HAIRS LYING FLAT
vb. to come through unscathed ...1934 Amer. dial.
COME TO A GOAT'S HOUSE FOR FEATHERS
vb. to ask a person for something which he would not be expected to have ...1972 Amer. dial.
COME TO AN ANCHOR
vb. to sit down ...18C Eng. colloq.
COME TO GRIEF
vb. 1. to get into serious trouble; to fail ...1850 UK
vb. 2. to take a tumble; to have a fall ...1854 UK
COME TO HANDGRIPS
vb. to come to close combat ...1571
COME TO HANDSTROKES
† vb. to come to blows or hand-to-hand fighting ...1548
COME TO HANDY STROKES
† vb. to come to blows or hand-to-hand fighting ...1548
COME TO NEARPOINTS
vb. to come very near an agreement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
COME TO TAW
vb. to meet expectations or requirements; to come up to scratch ...1838 Amer. dial.
COME TO THE ABOVE OF
vb. a1387 obs. - to attain superiority or mastery over, to overcome
COME TO THE GOAT'S HOUSE FOR WOOL
vb. to ask a person for something which he would not be expected to have ...1946 Amer. dial.
COME TO THE LICK-LOG
vb. to face facts, to make a difficult decision ...1942 Amer. dial.
COME TO THEMSELVES
vb. to perish, to die ...1899 Sc.
COME TO THE SEAM-NEEDLE
vb. to reach a good stopping place ...1944 Amer. dial.
COME UNCRUNK
vb. of an engine: to stop running ...1973 Amer. dial.
COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK
n. a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COME UP 'MONGST THE MISSIN'
vb. to die; to be lost ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COME UPON THE RAKE
vb. to live in a rakish or dissolute manner ...18C sl.
COME UP SMILING
vb. to face a difficult circumstance without showing fear or complaining ...M19 sl., orig. boxing usage
COME UP TAILS
vb. to find oneself in an unpleasant or problematic situation ...1970s US sl.
COME UP TO CHALK
vb. to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
COME UP TO TAW
vb. to meet expectations or requirements; to come up to scratch ...1846 Amer. dial.
COME UP TO THE CHALK
vb. to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
COME UP WITH THE RATIONS
vb. (derogatory) to get a service or other medal not awarded for gallantry ...1925 Brit. sl.
COME YOUR LOT
vb. to experience an orgasm ...1964 UK sl.
COME YOUR MUTTON
vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
COME YOUR TURKEY
vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
COMF - CONEZ
COMFLOGISTICATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COMFOOZLED
adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COMFOOZLEMENT
n. bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COMFORTABLE AS A BEE ON A RASHER OF WATERMELON
adj. very comfortable ...1890 Amer. dial.
COMFORTABLE AS PIGS IN SHIT, AS
adj. extremely comfortable ...L19 colloq.
COMFORTATIVE
†* adj. 1. cheering, cheerful ...1377
† adj. 2. strengthening, reviving, as medicine, food, etc. ...1398
† n. a strengthening or reviving medicine ...1398
COMFORT STATION
n. a public lavatory ...US
COMFY
adj. comfortable ...E19 colloq.
COMIC CUTS
n. intestines ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'guts'
COMICS
n. intestines ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'guts'
COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS
phr. in superabundant supply ...1965 Amer. sl.
COMITATE
†* vb. to accompany ...1632
COMITIAL ILL
n. epilepsy ...19C
COMMIE
n. (often derogatory) a Communist ...1939 sl.
COMMISH
n. a commission of any sort ...US Civil War usage
COMMISSARY BULLETS
n. beans ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
COMMO
n. 1. (often derogatory) a Communist ...1941 sl.
n. 2. communication ...World War II Amer. sl.
COMMON
n. common sense ...1906 Brit. sl.
COMMON AS HORSESHIT
adj. very common ...1925 US sl.
COMMON AS MUCK
adj. exceedingly common ...1782 UK sl.
COMMON AS PIG TRACKS
adj. vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
COMMON GARDEN GOUT
n. syphilis ...17C sl.
COMMON HERBERGER
† n. a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
COMMON OR GARDEN
adj. common, ordinary ...1892
COMMONSTRATE
† vb. to make clear; to teach, to demonstrate, to impart information ...1623
COMMUTATE
†* vb. to change ...a1652
COMPANY, THE
n. the Central Intelligence Agency ...1967 US sl.
COMPANY STOOGE
n. a company clerk ...World War II Amer. sl.
COMPENDIARIOUS
† adj. brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious ...1730
COMPERENDINOUS
† adj. postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
COMPLACENTIOUS
† adj. complaisant, obsequious, soothing, and thereby, pleasing ...1656
COMPLEMENTASTER
† n. a petty complimenter ...1635
COMPLETELY CHEESED
adj. bored to an extreme ...World War II Amer. sl.
COMPO
n. compensation, esp. as paid for an injury received while working ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
COMPOODLE
n. aggregate; the whole lot ...1890 Amer. dial.
COMPOS
adj. in control of the mind, sane ...1809
COMPOS MENTIS
adj. in control of the mind, sane ...1616
COMPOTATOR
n. one who drinks with another; a fellow-drinker ...1731
COMPRESS
vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
COMPUNCTIOUS
adj. having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
COMPUSHENCY
n. necessity; compulsion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COMPUTER GEEK
n. a person whose like is centred around computers to the exclusion of all other outlets ...1991 US sl.
COMPUTER NERD
n. a student whose enthusiasm for computers has interfered with the development of a well-rounded personality ...1985 US sl.
COMPY
n. a competition ...1998 Aust. sl.
phr. do you understand ...1947 US
COMRAT
n. (derogatory) a political liberal ...1951 US sl.
COMSE
† vb. to begin, to commence ...a1225
CON
n. 1. a prisoner; a convict ...1888 sl.
n. 2. a confidence trickster ...1897 orig. US
n. 3. deception, swindling, fraud ...1901 sl., orig. US
n. 4. an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to deceive, to dupe ...1892 sl., orig. US
CON ARTIST
n. 1. a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.
n. 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion ...1900s Amer. sl.
CONCENTRATED APPLESAUCE
n. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONCERTATION
† n. contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
CONCERTATIVE
† adj. quarrelsome, contentious ...1730
CONCH
n. 1. a native of North Carolina ...M19 US sl.
n. 2. a native of the Bahamas ...M19 W. Indies
n. 3. a poor White native of the Florida Keys ...M19 US sl.
n. 4. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
CONCHERS
n. tame or quiet cattle ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
CONCHIE
n. 1. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
n. 2. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
CONCHY
n. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
CONCITATE
†* vb. to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up ...1574
CONCLUDENT
† adj. that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
CONCORDIOUS
†* adj. harmonious ...a1670
CONCOS-MANCOS
adj. sane, of sound mind, 'compos mentis' ...1823 Sc.
CONCUPISCENTIOUS
† adj. lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual ...a1555
CONCUPISCIBLE
adj. worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
CONDOG
† vb. to agree, to concur ...1492
CONEY
n. a silly fellow; a simpleton ...c1590
CONEY-BOROW-FERRET
n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COMFOOZLED
adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COMFOOZLEMENT
n. bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COMFORTABLE AS A BEE ON A RASHER OF WATERMELON
adj. very comfortable ...1890 Amer. dial.
COMFORTABLE AS PIGS IN SHIT, AS
adj. extremely comfortable ...L19 colloq.
COMFORTATIVE
†* adj. 1. cheering, cheerful ...1377
† adj. 2. strengthening, reviving, as medicine, food, etc. ...1398
† n. a strengthening or reviving medicine ...1398
COMFORT STATION
n. a public lavatory ...US
COMFY
adj. comfortable ...E19 colloq.
COMIC CUTS
n. intestines ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'guts'
COMICS
n. intestines ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'guts'
COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS
phr. in superabundant supply ...1965 Amer. sl.
COMITATE
†* vb. to accompany ...1632
COMITIAL ILL
n. epilepsy ...19C
COMMIE
n. (often derogatory) a Communist ...1939 sl.
COMMISH
n. a commission of any sort ...US Civil War usage
COMMISSARY BULLETS
n. beans ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
COMMO
n. 1. (often derogatory) a Communist ...1941 sl.
n. 2. communication ...World War II Amer. sl.
COMMON
n. common sense ...1906 Brit. sl.
COMMON AS HORSESHIT
adj. very common ...1925 US sl.
COMMON AS MUCK
adj. exceedingly common ...1782 UK sl.
COMMON AS PIG TRACKS
adj. vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
COMMON GARDEN GOUT
n. syphilis ...17C sl.
COMMON HERBERGER
† n. a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
COMMON OR GARDEN
adj. common, ordinary ...1892
COMMONSTRATE
† vb. to make clear; to teach, to demonstrate, to impart information ...1623
COMMUTATE
†* vb. to change ...a1652
COMPANY, THE
n. the Central Intelligence Agency ...1967 US sl.
COMPANY STOOGE
n. a company clerk ...World War II Amer. sl.
COMPENDIARIOUS
† adj. brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious ...1730
COMPERENDINOUS
† adj. postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
COMPLACENTIOUS
† adj. complaisant, obsequious, soothing, and thereby, pleasing ...1656
COMPLEMENTASTER
† n. a petty complimenter ...1635
COMPLETELY CHEESED
adj. bored to an extreme ...World War II Amer. sl.
COMPO
n. compensation, esp. as paid for an injury received while working ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
COMPOODLE
n. aggregate; the whole lot ...1890 Amer. dial.
COMPOS
adj. in control of the mind, sane ...1809
COMPOS MENTIS
adj. in control of the mind, sane ...1616
COMPOTATOR
n. one who drinks with another; a fellow-drinker ...1731
COMPRESS
vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
COMPUNCTIOUS
adj. having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
COMPUSHENCY
n. necessity; compulsion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COMPUTER GEEK
n. a person whose like is centred around computers to the exclusion of all other outlets ...1991 US sl.
COMPUTER NERD
n. a student whose enthusiasm for computers has interfered with the development of a well-rounded personality ...1985 US sl.
COMPY
n. a competition ...1998 Aust. sl.
phr. do you understand ...1947 US
COMRAT
n. (derogatory) a political liberal ...1951 US sl.
COMSE
† vb. to begin, to commence ...a1225
CON
n. 1. a prisoner; a convict ...1888 sl.
n. 2. a confidence trickster ...1897 orig. US
n. 3. deception, swindling, fraud ...1901 sl., orig. US
n. 4. an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to deceive, to dupe ...1892 sl., orig. US
CON ARTIST
n. 1. a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.
n. 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion ...1900s Amer. sl.
CONCENTRATED APPLESAUCE
n. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONCERTATION
† n. contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
CONCERTATIVE
† adj. quarrelsome, contentious ...1730
CONCH
n. 1. a native of North Carolina ...M19 US sl.
n. 2. a native of the Bahamas ...M19 W. Indies
n. 3. a poor White native of the Florida Keys ...M19 US sl.
n. 4. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
CONCHERS
n. tame or quiet cattle ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
CONCHIE
n. 1. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
n. 2. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
CONCHY
n. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
CONCITATE
†* vb. to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up ...1574
CONCLUDENT
† adj. that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
CONCORDIOUS
†* adj. harmonious ...a1670
CONCOS-MANCOS
adj. sane, of sound mind, 'compos mentis' ...1823 Sc.
CONCUPISCENTIOUS
† adj. lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual ...a1555
CONCUPISCIBLE
adj. worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
CONDOG
† vb. to agree, to concur ...1492
CONEY
n. a silly fellow; a simpleton ...c1590
CONEY-BOROW-FERRET
n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
CONF - CONZ
CONFAB
n. a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFABULATE
vb. 1. to talk easily together; to chat, to converse ...1613
vb. 2. to agree to, to make an arrangement or agreement ...19C Eng. dial.
CONFABULATION
n. 1. a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse; a chat ...c1450
n. 2. a conference ...1845 humorous
CONFARREATION
n. 1. the highest and most solemn form of marriage among the ancient Romans, made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus or the Flamen Dialis and ten witnesses, and marked by the offering of a cake made of spelt ...1598
† n. 2. a wedding, marriage ...c1645
CONFEDERATE DISEASE
n. diarrhoea ...US Civil War usage
CONFER THE ORDER OF THE SACK
vb. to dismiss from employment ...c1860 sl.
CONFESS THE CORN
vb. to admit to being drunk ...1842 Amer. dial.
CONFETTI
n. machine-gun bullets ...1940 sl.
CONFIDENTIAL
n. a private conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFISCATE THE MACAROON
vb. to 'take the biscuit'; to be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind ...c1918 Brit. sl.
CONFISTICATE
vb. to confiscate ...US Civil War usage
CONFLAB
n. conversation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CONFLABBERATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFLABBERGASTED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFLOPTION
n. a great flurry, confusion, panic, fluster ...19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CONFLUMMOXED
adj. 1. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFOUND HIS CARCASS!
int. an exclamation ...1969 Amer. dial.
CONFRAGOSE
†* adj. rough with breaks, or shattered parts; broken; uneven ...1654
CONFUBUSCATE
vb. to confuse, perplex, astonish ...1880 sl.
CONFUSBUSCATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFUSBUSTICATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFUSIASM
n. enthusiastic confusion or confused enthusiasm ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFUSTICATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CON GAME
n. deception, swindling, fraud ...1899 sl., orig. US
CONGER-HEAD
n. a term of abuse for a man ...1810
CON JOB
n. deception, swindling, fraud ...1942 sl., orig. US
CONJUBILANT
* adj. shouting together for joy; jubilant or rejoicing together ...1851
CONJUGALIZE
vb. to become conjugal, to marry ...1823 nonce word
CONK
n. the nose ...1812 sl.
vb. 1. to hit; orig. to hit someone on the nose ...1821 sl., now chiefly US
vb. 2. to straighten curly hair ...1944 sl., orig. US Black usage
CONKED
adj. 1.stopped; killed ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
adj. 2. of hair: straightened by application of lye or other chemicals ...1940s US Black sl.
CONKERBELL
n. an icicle ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
CONK OFF
vb. 1. to go to sleep; to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to stop work; to rest when one should work ...1950s Amer. sl.
CONKOUT
n. a going to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. (usually as 'conk out')
vb. 1. to die ...1920s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted ...1920s Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to stop running or operating ...WWI Royal Flying Corps
vb. 4. to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to become unconscious ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 6. of an aircraft engine during flight: to stop working suddenly ...World War II Amer. sl.
CONKY
adj. sub-standard, inferior, second-rate ...L19 sl.
second-rate
n. a nickname given to anyone with an especially prominent nose ...M19 sl.
CON MAN
n. 1. a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.
n. 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion; a flatterer ...1900s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a former convict ...1930s US sl.
CONNECT
vb. 1. to hit someone very hard ...1930s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to meet someone in order to obtain drugs ...1938 US sl.
vb. 3. to get along with; to establish rapport with ...1940s Amer. sl.
CONNECTION
n. a seller of narcotics; a person who can get drugs ...1925 Amer. drugs sl.
CONNECT THE DOTS
vb. 1. to do something very simple ...1980s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to draw a conclusion from disparate facts ...Amer. sl.
CONNEXION
n. a supplier of drugs ...1927 sl., orig. US
CONNIPTION
n. a violent tantrum; hysterics ...1848 Amer. sl.
CONNIPTION FIT
n. a tantrum; hysterics ...1833 Amer. sl.
CONNUBIATE
vb. to get married ...1814 nonce word
CONNUDATE
† vb. to strip naked; to make bare ...1623
CON-PLAYER
n. a confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US
CONQUASSATE
†* vb. to shake violently; to agitate; to break in pieces ...1656
CONSARN YE!
int. a mild oath ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CONSEQUENTIOUS
†* adj. 1. important, full of consequence ...1634
adj. 2. conceited, proud; affectedly great; pompous ...1803 ? Amer.
CONSHY
n. 1. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
n. 2. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
CONSILIATIVE
†* adj. counselling, advisory ...1656
CONSIMILATE
†* vb. to make like, to liken; to become like ...1731
CONSIMILITY
† n. resemblance, mutual likeness, similarity ...1680 obs.
CONSOBRINE
† n. 1. a sister's son, a nephew ...1623
† n. 2. a cousin, a relation ...17C
CONSOMNIATE
† vb. to dream ...1623
CONSPECTABLE
†* adj. easy to be seen; obvious ...1730
CONSPIRATIOUS
†* adj. addicted to conspiring ...1652
CONSPURCATE
† adj. defiled, polluted ...1563-87
† vb. to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
CONSPUTE
†* vb. to spit upon (in contempt); to despise ...1526
CONSTITUTIONALLY INCLINED TO GALLANTRY
adj. sexually aroused or aroused with an erect penis ...19C Brit. euphemism
CONSTRUCTED
adj. having an attractive body; generously built ...1950s Amer. sl.
CONSTUPRATE
vb. to defile; to ravish; to debauch a woman ...M16
CONSUETUDINARY
adj. according to custom, use, or wont; customary ...1590
n. a treatise containing a collection of customs or usages, local or particular to some body ...1494
CONSUMMATION
n. orgasm ...20C sl.
CONTACT HIGH
n. a seeming intoxication induced by being with persons who are intoxicated with narcotics ...1950s Amer. drugs sl
CONTACT LENS
n. the drug LSD, put into the mouth in the manner that some people employ to 'clean' contact lenses before inserting them into the eyes ...M20 US sl.
CONTENT
adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONTENTED COW
n. canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONTICENT
* adj. keeping silence, silent ...1859
CONTINUATIONS
n. trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONTORTUPLICATED
† adj. entangled and twisted ...1648
CONTRACT
n. 1. an arrangement to have someone murdered by a professional killer ...1930s Amer. sl.
n. 2. any illegal or unethical arrangement ...1950s Amer. police sl.
CONTRADICTORIOUS
† adj. 1. opposite in position or direction ...1432-50
† adj. 2. contradictory ...1608
CONTRANITENT
†* adj. struggling or striving in opposition ...1712
CONTRAPTION
n. a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery ...1820s Amer. sl.
CONTRAPUGNANT
†* adj. fighting against, of hostile action ...1654
CONTRARY
adj. characterized by self-willed or refractory opposition; perverse ...M18 colloq.
CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE
adj. perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
CONTRETEMPS
n. a disagreement, an argument, a dispute ...M20 colloq.
CONTRISTATE
† vb. to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve ...1616
CONTROVERSE
† n. controversy ...16C
† vb. to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with ...1602
CONTROVERTISTICAL
† adj. controversial ...1704
CONTRUCIDATE
† vb. to wound, murder, or kill; to assassinate ...1656
CONTURBATE
† vb. to disturb greatly; to perturb; to throw into confusion ...1657
CONVERSASHE
n. a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONVERSATE
vb. to socialize and chat; to converse with another ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONVERSATING
n. a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONVERSATION PIT
n. a sunken area in the floor of a living room where people may gather to chat ...1960s Amer. sl.
CONVERSION JOB
n. a disfigurement caused by a violent beating ...1969 UK sl.
CONVERT
n. a newly addicted drug addict ...1949 US sl.
vb. to steal something ...1984 NZ sl.
CONVICIATORY
adj. wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611 obs
CONVICT
n. a zebra ...1940s Amer. circus sl.
CONVINCER
n. the stage in a confidence swindle when the victim is fully committed to the scheme ...1940 US sl.
CONVO
n. a conversation ...1942 Amer. sl.
CONVOCATION CASTLE
n. where the heads of colleges meet to transact and investigate university affairs ...c1820 Oxford University usage
CONVOY
n. 1. a group of trucks driving as a group in communication with each other ...1971 US sl.
n. 2. serial sex between a woman and multiple male partners ...2004 Fiji usage
CON WISE
adj. extremely sophisticated in the ways of the world based on lessons learned in prison ...1912 US sl.
CON-WOMAN
n. a female confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US
CONY
n. a silly fellow; a simpleton ...c1590
CONY-CATCH
vb. to cheat, to trick, to deceive ...L16 cant
CONY-CATCHER
n. a deceiver; a trickster; a sharper ...c1590 cant
CONY-CATCHING
adj. cheating, swindling ...L16 cant
n. trickery; cheating; swindling ...L16 cant
CONY-DOG
n. one who assists in cheating or swindling ...L17 cant
n. a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFABULATE
vb. 1. to talk easily together; to chat, to converse ...1613
vb. 2. to agree to, to make an arrangement or agreement ...19C Eng. dial.
CONFABULATION
n. 1. a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse; a chat ...c1450
n. 2. a conference ...1845 humorous
CONFARREATION
n. 1. the highest and most solemn form of marriage among the ancient Romans, made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus or the Flamen Dialis and ten witnesses, and marked by the offering of a cake made of spelt ...1598
† n. 2. a wedding, marriage ...c1645
CONFEDERATE DISEASE
n. diarrhoea ...US Civil War usage
CONFER THE ORDER OF THE SACK
vb. to dismiss from employment ...c1860 sl.
CONFESS THE CORN
vb. to admit to being drunk ...1842 Amer. dial.
CONFETTI
n. machine-gun bullets ...1940 sl.
CONFIDENTIAL
n. a private conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFISCATE THE MACAROON
vb. to 'take the biscuit'; to be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind ...c1918 Brit. sl.
CONFISTICATE
vb. to confiscate ...US Civil War usage
CONFLAB
n. conversation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CONFLABBERATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFLABBERGASTED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFLOPTION
n. a great flurry, confusion, panic, fluster ...19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CONFLUMMOXED
adj. 1. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFOUND HIS CARCASS!
int. an exclamation ...1969 Amer. dial.
CONFRAGOSE
†* adj. rough with breaks, or shattered parts; broken; uneven ...1654
CONFUBUSCATE
vb. to confuse, perplex, astonish ...1880 sl.
CONFUSBUSCATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFUSBUSTICATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFUSIASM
n. enthusiastic confusion or confused enthusiasm ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONFUSTICATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CON GAME
n. deception, swindling, fraud ...1899 sl., orig. US
CONGER-HEAD
n. a term of abuse for a man ...1810
CON JOB
n. deception, swindling, fraud ...1942 sl., orig. US
CONJUBILANT
* adj. shouting together for joy; jubilant or rejoicing together ...1851
CONJUGALIZE
vb. to become conjugal, to marry ...1823 nonce word
CONK
n. the nose ...1812 sl.
vb. 1. to hit; orig. to hit someone on the nose ...1821 sl., now chiefly US
vb. 2. to straighten curly hair ...1944 sl., orig. US Black usage
CONKED
adj. 1.stopped; killed ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
adj. 2. of hair: straightened by application of lye or other chemicals ...1940s US Black sl.
CONKERBELL
n. an icicle ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
CONK OFF
vb. 1. to go to sleep; to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to stop work; to rest when one should work ...1950s Amer. sl.
CONKOUT
n. a going to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. (usually as 'conk out')
vb. 1. to die ...1920s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted ...1920s Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to stop running or operating ...WWI Royal Flying Corps
vb. 4. to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to become unconscious ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 6. of an aircraft engine during flight: to stop working suddenly ...World War II Amer. sl.
CONKY
adj. sub-standard, inferior, second-rate ...L19 sl.
second-rate
n. a nickname given to anyone with an especially prominent nose ...M19 sl.
CON MAN
n. 1. a confidence man ...1889 Amer. sl.
n. 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion; a flatterer ...1900s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a former convict ...1930s US sl.
CONNECT
vb. 1. to hit someone very hard ...1930s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to meet someone in order to obtain drugs ...1938 US sl.
vb. 3. to get along with; to establish rapport with ...1940s Amer. sl.
CONNECTION
n. a seller of narcotics; a person who can get drugs ...1925 Amer. drugs sl.
CONNECT THE DOTS
vb. 1. to do something very simple ...1980s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to draw a conclusion from disparate facts ...Amer. sl.
CONNEXION
n. a supplier of drugs ...1927 sl., orig. US
CONNIPTION
n. a violent tantrum; hysterics ...1848 Amer. sl.
CONNIPTION FIT
n. a tantrum; hysterics ...1833 Amer. sl.
CONNUBIATE
vb. to get married ...1814 nonce word
CONNUDATE
† vb. to strip naked; to make bare ...1623
CON-PLAYER
n. a confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US
CONQUASSATE
†* vb. to shake violently; to agitate; to break in pieces ...1656
CONSARN YE!
int. a mild oath ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CONSEQUENTIOUS
†* adj. 1. important, full of consequence ...1634
adj. 2. conceited, proud; affectedly great; pompous ...1803 ? Amer.
CONSHY
n. 1. (derogatory) a conscientious objector ...1917 sl.
n. 2. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
CONSILIATIVE
†* adj. counselling, advisory ...1656
CONSIMILATE
†* vb. to make like, to liken; to become like ...1731
CONSIMILITY
† n. resemblance, mutual likeness, similarity ...1680 obs.
CONSOBRINE
† n. 1. a sister's son, a nephew ...1623
† n. 2. a cousin, a relation ...17C
CONSOMNIATE
† vb. to dream ...1623
CONSPECTABLE
†* adj. easy to be seen; obvious ...1730
CONSPIRATIOUS
†* adj. addicted to conspiring ...1652
CONSPURCATE
† adj. defiled, polluted ...1563-87
† vb. to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
CONSPUTE
†* vb. to spit upon (in contempt); to despise ...1526
CONSTITUTIONALLY INCLINED TO GALLANTRY
adj. sexually aroused or aroused with an erect penis ...19C Brit. euphemism
CONSTRUCTED
adj. having an attractive body; generously built ...1950s Amer. sl.
CONSTUPRATE
vb. to defile; to ravish; to debauch a woman ...M16
CONSUETUDINARY
adj. according to custom, use, or wont; customary ...1590
n. a treatise containing a collection of customs or usages, local or particular to some body ...1494
CONSUMMATION
n. orgasm ...20C sl.
CONTACT HIGH
n. a seeming intoxication induced by being with persons who are intoxicated with narcotics ...1950s Amer. drugs sl
CONTACT LENS
n. the drug LSD, put into the mouth in the manner that some people employ to 'clean' contact lenses before inserting them into the eyes ...M20 US sl.
CONTENT
adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONTENTED COW
n. canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONTICENT
* adj. keeping silence, silent ...1859
CONTINUATIONS
n. trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONTORTUPLICATED
† adj. entangled and twisted ...1648
CONTRACT
n. 1. an arrangement to have someone murdered by a professional killer ...1930s Amer. sl.
n. 2. any illegal or unethical arrangement ...1950s Amer. police sl.
CONTRADICTORIOUS
† adj. 1. opposite in position or direction ...1432-50
† adj. 2. contradictory ...1608
CONTRANITENT
†* adj. struggling or striving in opposition ...1712
CONTRAPTION
n. a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery ...1820s Amer. sl.
CONTRAPUGNANT
†* adj. fighting against, of hostile action ...1654
CONTRARY
adj. characterized by self-willed or refractory opposition; perverse ...M18 colloq.
CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE
adj. perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
CONTRETEMPS
n. a disagreement, an argument, a dispute ...M20 colloq.
CONTRISTATE
† vb. to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve ...1616
CONTROVERSE
† n. controversy ...16C
† vb. to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with ...1602
CONTROVERTISTICAL
† adj. controversial ...1704
CONTRUCIDATE
† vb. to wound, murder, or kill; to assassinate ...1656
CONTURBATE
† vb. to disturb greatly; to perturb; to throw into confusion ...1657
CONVERSASHE
n. a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONVERSATE
vb. to socialize and chat; to converse with another ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONVERSATING
n. a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CONVERSATION PIT
n. a sunken area in the floor of a living room where people may gather to chat ...1960s Amer. sl.
CONVERSION JOB
n. a disfigurement caused by a violent beating ...1969 UK sl.
CONVERT
n. a newly addicted drug addict ...1949 US sl.
vb. to steal something ...1984 NZ sl.
CONVICIATORY
adj. wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611 obs
CONVICT
n. a zebra ...1940s Amer. circus sl.
CONVINCER
n. the stage in a confidence swindle when the victim is fully committed to the scheme ...1940 US sl.
CONVO
n. a conversation ...1942 Amer. sl.
CONVOCATION CASTLE
n. where the heads of colleges meet to transact and investigate university affairs ...c1820 Oxford University usage
CONVOY
n. 1. a group of trucks driving as a group in communication with each other ...1971 US sl.
n. 2. serial sex between a woman and multiple male partners ...2004 Fiji usage
CON WISE
adj. extremely sophisticated in the ways of the world based on lessons learned in prison ...1912 US sl.
CON-WOMAN
n. a female confidence trickster ...L19 sl., orig. US
CONY
n. a silly fellow; a simpleton ...c1590
CONY-CATCH
vb. to cheat, to trick, to deceive ...L16 cant
CONY-CATCHER
n. a deceiver; a trickster; a sharper ...c1590 cant
CONY-CATCHING
adj. cheating, swindling ...L16 cant
n. trickery; cheating; swindling ...L16 cant
CONY-DOG
n. one who assists in cheating or swindling ...L17 cant
COO - COOZ
COO
n. the vagina ...1879 UK sl.
int. an exclamation of surprise, disbelief, amazement, or astonishment ... c1890 colloq.
COOBOO
n. an Aborigine child ...Aust. colloq.
COOCH
n. 1. any sexually suggestive or imitative dance, esp. a striptease dance ...1920s Amer. sl.
n. 2. the female crotch; the vulva ...1950s Amer. sl.
COOCH DANCER
n. a woman who performs a sexually suggestive dance ...1910 US sl.
COOCHER
n. a sexually suggestive dancer ...1927 US sl.
COOCHIE
n. the vagina; sex with a woman; a woman as a sex object ...1995 US sl.
COOCHIE-CUTTERS
n. very short shorts ...2002 US sl.
COOCHI SNORCHER
n. the vagina ...1998 US sl.
COODER
n. a hairdresser ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
COOEE!
int. used as a call to communicate whereabouts over distance ...1793 Aust.
COO-ER!
int. used for expressing surprise, astonishment, disbelief or wonderment ...1911 UK sl.
COOF
n. a silly or stupid person ...1715 chiefly Sc.
COOK
vb. 1. to falsify; to tamper with ...1636 sl.
vb. 2. to do very well, to excel ...1930s Amer. jazz musicians' usage
vb. 3. to put to death in the electric chair ...1930s Amer. sl.
vb. 4. to happen; to occur ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 6. to do what you do well ...1950s Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to be full of activity and excitement ...sl.
vb. 8. to dissolve heroin in water over a flame before injecting it ...1960s Amer. drugs sl.
COOKBOOK
n. 1. a chemistry laboratory manual ...1950s Amer. students' sl.
n. 2. any guide, manual, protocol, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
COOKED
adj. 1. ruined; hopelessly beaten ...1850 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. altered; falsified; doctored ...1860 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. drunk ...1930 Amer. sl.
adj. 4. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COOKED-UP
adj. specially contrived; expedient and dishonest ...1940s Amer. sl.
COOKEE
n. a cook or cook's helper, esp. in the lumber-camps ...1776 sl.
COOKER
n. 1. that which is exciting or attractive, as a young woman, jazz tune, or the like ...1943 Amer. jazz usage
n. 2. a heat lamp ...1980 Amer. medical usage
COOKEY
n. 1. a cook or cook's helper. esp. in lumber camps ...1776 sl.
n. 2. an attractive young woman ...1920s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a person; a gal, a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a person who prepares opium for smoking; an opium addict ...1950s drugs sl.
n. 5. the female genitals; the vulva ...1950s US Black sl.
n. 6. in baseball: a base hit ...1970s baseball usage
COOKIE
n. 1. a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
n. 2. an attractive or alluring young woman ...1920s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a person; a gal, a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
n. 4. an explosive device; a bomb ...1942 US military sl.
n. 5. a person who prepares opium for smoking; an opium addict ...1950s drugs sl.
n. 6. the female genitals; the vulva ...1954 US Black sl.
n. 7. a dollar; usually plural ...1954 Amer. sl.
n. 8. in baseball: a base hit ...1970s baseball usage
n. 9. a cigarette ...1977 Amer. jocular
n. 10. a lesbian who takes a passive role in homosexual activity ...1978 Amer. sl.
n. 11. a short line of text added to one's computer upon accessing a Web site to identify the user ...Amer. sl.
n. 12. dear, sweetheart; a term of address usually connoting affection ...colloq.
COOKIE BOX
n. a pack of cigarettes ...1978 Amer. sl.
COOKIE-CUTTER
n. 1. a sheriff's star-shaped badge ...1926 Amer. carnival usage
n. 2. in the garment industry: a manufacturer of cheap, mass-produced clothing ...1963 Amer. sl.
COOKIE-DIPPER
n. an effete man who frequents tea parties or the like ...1958 Amer. sl.
COOKIE-DUSTER
n. a moustache ...1934 US jocular
COOKIE-PUSHER
n. 1. a waitress ...1936 US sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a diplomat devoting more attention to protocol or social engagements than to work ...1943 US sl.
COOKIES
n. the female genitals; the vulva ...1950s US Black sl.
COOKING WITH GAS
adj. having become wise to something ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOKING WITH STARDUST
adj. in love ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOK'S GALLEY YARN
n. an incredible story; a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COOK SOMEONE'S GOOSE
vb. to ruin or destroy someone ...1845 Amer. sl.
COOK THE BOOKS
vb. to falsify financial accounts ...sl.
COOK UP
vb. to concoct, to contrive, often dishonestly; to falsify ...colloq.
COOKY
n. 1. a cook ...1776 sl.
n. 2. a sweetheart ...1930 Amer. sl.
COOL
adj. 1. of money: used to emphasize the largeness of the amount ...1728 sl.
adj. 2. excellent, great, fine ...1933 sl., orig. US Black
adj. 3. highly skilled or clever ...sl.
adj. 4. socially adept ...sl.
vb. to kill deliberately ...1920 US sl.
int. used for expressing astonishment, disbelief or wonderment ...1911 UK sl.
COOL AS A CUCUMBER
adj. alert and aware; self-possessed; calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL BREEZE
adj. 1. first-rate, wonderful ...1960s sl., orig. US
adj. 2. self-assured, sophisticated ...1960s sl., orig. US
n. an admirable and popular person ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
int. exclamation: excellent; wonderful; first-rate ...1960s sl.
COOL CARD
n. one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL CAT
n. a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person ...1940s sl., chiefly US Black
COOL-COCK
vb. to knock unconscious ...1930s US sl.
COOL-CRACK
vb. to knock unconscious ...1940s US Black sl.
COOL CRAPE
n. a shroud ...L18 sl.
COOL CUSTOMER
n. one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL DEAL!
int. an exclamation of approval or admiration ...1990s US campus sl.
COOL DOWN
vb. to calm down ...1882 sl.
COOLED OUT
adj. 1. calm, unperturbed, in control ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
adj. 2. under the influence of drugs, usually narcotics ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
COOLER
n. 1. a woman, esp. a wife as opposed to a mistress or lover ...E17 sl.
n. 2. a glass of beer or porter taken after drinking spirits and water ...19C sl.
n. 3. a knockout punch; a crushing statement ...19C sl.
n. 4. the female buttocks ...E19 sl.
n. 5. a prison; a police cell ...1872 sl., orig, US
n. 6. an expert; an outstanding individual ...L19 US campus sl.
n. 7. an attractive young woman ...1900s US campus sl.
n. 8. a chilly glance; a snub; rejection ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 9. a punishment or solitary confinement cell ...20C sl., orig. US
n. 10. a funeral home ...1930s US Black sl.
n. 11. a silencer ...1930s US tramps' sl.
n. 12. a homosexual lover ...1970s US gay sl.
COOL FISH
n. one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL HAND
n. a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL-HEAD
n. 1. a calm, unflappable person ...M19 sl.
n. 2. a pleasant person ...1960s sl.
COOLIE
n. 1. (derogatory) a Black person; sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) an Indian ...M19 S. Afr. sl.
n. 3. a private soldier ...M19 sl.
n. 4. an East Asian ...M19 US sl.
n. 5. an immigrant Chinese labourer ...M19 US usage
n. 6. any youth unaffiliated to a street gang ...1950s US teen sl.
n. 7. a blunder; an error ...1970s US gay sl.
n. 8. the anus ...1970s US sl.
COOLIE-BOY
n. (derogatory) a male Black person; sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
COOLIE CREEPER
n. (derogatory) in cricket: a ball that stays low without bouncing ...M19 S. Afr. sl.
COOLIE-GIRL
n. (derogatory) a female Black person; sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
COOLIE-MAN
n. an East Indian ...20C W. Indies sl.
COOLIE MUD
n. inferior opium ...1940s US drugs sl.
COOL IN
vb. to inform ...1960s US teen sl.
COOLING
n. relaxing ...1980s US sl.
COOLING CARD
n. something that defuses one's enthusiasm or deflates one's passion ...M16 sl.
COOL IT
vb. to calm down, to relax, to take it easy ...1953 sl., orig. US
COOL MAMMA
n. a woman who is very fond of men and is always trying to know more ...1967 Amer. dial.
COOL OFF
vb. to calm down ...1887 sl.
COOL ONE'S HAGGIS
vb. to beat one soundly ...1684 Eng. dial.
COOL ONE'S TOES
vb. to have to wait ...c1660
COOL OUT
vb. to calm or settle down; to relax ...sl.
COOLY
n. marijuana ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
COON
n. 1. (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1735 sl.
n. 2. a raccoon ...1742 sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a peculiar old fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COON-FOOTED
adj. having toes turned out ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COON'S AGE
n. a long time ...1835 Amer.
COON'S QUILL
n. a toothpick, usually one made from a goose quill ...1965 Amer. dial.
COOP
n. a prison ...Bk1891 sl.
vb. of a police officer: to park and sleep inside one's patrol car while on duty
COORSY
n. a chair ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
COOSE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOSIE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOSTER
vb. 1. to idle, to potter around, to fuss ...1895 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to caress, to coddle ...1895 Amer. dial.
COOT
n. 1. a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old ...colloq.
n. 2. a bright child ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a body louse ...1917 sl.
vb. to have sex ...1982 Bahamas
COOTCH DANCER
n. a woman who performs a sexually suggestive dance ...1910 US sl.
COOTER
n. 1. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 2. the vagina ...1986 US sl.
COOTIE
n. a flea or louse. esp. one affecting humans ...1910
COOTIE CARNIVAL
n. a search for fleas or lice ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
COOTIE DRAPES
n. a style of trousers, wide and draped and thus a possible home for lice ...1940s US Black sl.
COOTIE FRISK
n. a search for lice in one's clothes ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOTIE GARAGE
n. 1. earmuffs ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
n. 2. the hair, esp. when styled elaborately ...1920s US sl.
COOTIE-HEART
n. a contemptuous person ...1920s US sl.
COOTIE-HEARTED
adj. contemptible, despicable ...1920s US sl.
COOTIES
n. an imaginary disease or infestation that could be transmitted by close contact, thus creating a stigma for the person who is said to have it ...1971 US sl.
COOTIE TRAP
n. a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOTY
adj. suffering an infestation of body lice or similar vermin ...1920s sl.
n. a louse, esp. one affecting humans ...1910
COOZ
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOZE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
COOZEY
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOZIE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOZY
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
n. the vagina ...1879 UK sl.
int. an exclamation of surprise, disbelief, amazement, or astonishment ... c1890 colloq.
COOBOO
n. an Aborigine child ...Aust. colloq.
COOCH
n. 1. any sexually suggestive or imitative dance, esp. a striptease dance ...1920s Amer. sl.
n. 2. the female crotch; the vulva ...1950s Amer. sl.
COOCH DANCER
n. a woman who performs a sexually suggestive dance ...1910 US sl.
COOCHER
n. a sexually suggestive dancer ...1927 US sl.
COOCHIE
n. the vagina; sex with a woman; a woman as a sex object ...1995 US sl.
COOCHIE-CUTTERS
n. very short shorts ...2002 US sl.
COOCHI SNORCHER
n. the vagina ...1998 US sl.
COODER
n. a hairdresser ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
COOEE!
int. used as a call to communicate whereabouts over distance ...1793 Aust.
COO-ER!
int. used for expressing surprise, astonishment, disbelief or wonderment ...1911 UK sl.
COOF
n. a silly or stupid person ...1715 chiefly Sc.
COOK
vb. 1. to falsify; to tamper with ...1636 sl.
vb. 2. to do very well, to excel ...1930s Amer. jazz musicians' usage
vb. 3. to put to death in the electric chair ...1930s Amer. sl.
vb. 4. to happen; to occur ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 6. to do what you do well ...1950s Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to be full of activity and excitement ...sl.
vb. 8. to dissolve heroin in water over a flame before injecting it ...1960s Amer. drugs sl.
COOKBOOK
n. 1. a chemistry laboratory manual ...1950s Amer. students' sl.
n. 2. any guide, manual, protocol, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
COOKED
adj. 1. ruined; hopelessly beaten ...1850 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. altered; falsified; doctored ...1860 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. drunk ...1930 Amer. sl.
adj. 4. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COOKED-UP
adj. specially contrived; expedient and dishonest ...1940s Amer. sl.
COOKEE
n. a cook or cook's helper, esp. in the lumber-camps ...1776 sl.
COOKER
n. 1. that which is exciting or attractive, as a young woman, jazz tune, or the like ...1943 Amer. jazz usage
n. 2. a heat lamp ...1980 Amer. medical usage
COOKEY
n. 1. a cook or cook's helper. esp. in lumber camps ...1776 sl.
n. 2. an attractive young woman ...1920s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a person; a gal, a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a person who prepares opium for smoking; an opium addict ...1950s drugs sl.
n. 5. the female genitals; the vulva ...1950s US Black sl.
n. 6. in baseball: a base hit ...1970s baseball usage
COOKIE
n. 1. a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
n. 2. an attractive or alluring young woman ...1920s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a person; a gal, a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
n. 4. an explosive device; a bomb ...1942 US military sl.
n. 5. a person who prepares opium for smoking; an opium addict ...1950s drugs sl.
n. 6. the female genitals; the vulva ...1954 US Black sl.
n. 7. a dollar; usually plural ...1954 Amer. sl.
n. 8. in baseball: a base hit ...1970s baseball usage
n. 9. a cigarette ...1977 Amer. jocular
n. 10. a lesbian who takes a passive role in homosexual activity ...1978 Amer. sl.
n. 11. a short line of text added to one's computer upon accessing a Web site to identify the user ...Amer. sl.
n. 12. dear, sweetheart; a term of address usually connoting affection ...colloq.
COOKIE BOX
n. a pack of cigarettes ...1978 Amer. sl.
COOKIE-CUTTER
n. 1. a sheriff's star-shaped badge ...1926 Amer. carnival usage
n. 2. in the garment industry: a manufacturer of cheap, mass-produced clothing ...1963 Amer. sl.
COOKIE-DIPPER
n. an effete man who frequents tea parties or the like ...1958 Amer. sl.
COOKIE-DUSTER
n. a moustache ...1934 US jocular
COOKIE-PUSHER
n. 1. a waitress ...1936 US sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a diplomat devoting more attention to protocol or social engagements than to work ...1943 US sl.
COOKIES
n. the female genitals; the vulva ...1950s US Black sl.
COOKING WITH GAS
adj. having become wise to something ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOKING WITH STARDUST
adj. in love ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOK'S GALLEY YARN
n. an incredible story; a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COOK SOMEONE'S GOOSE
vb. to ruin or destroy someone ...1845 Amer. sl.
COOK THE BOOKS
vb. to falsify financial accounts ...sl.
COOK UP
vb. to concoct, to contrive, often dishonestly; to falsify ...colloq.
COOKY
n. 1. a cook ...1776 sl.
n. 2. a sweetheart ...1930 Amer. sl.
COOL
adj. 1. of money: used to emphasize the largeness of the amount ...1728 sl.
adj. 2. excellent, great, fine ...1933 sl., orig. US Black
adj. 3. highly skilled or clever ...sl.
adj. 4. socially adept ...sl.
vb. to kill deliberately ...1920 US sl.
int. used for expressing astonishment, disbelief or wonderment ...1911 UK sl.
COOL AS A CUCUMBER
adj. alert and aware; self-possessed; calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL BREEZE
adj. 1. first-rate, wonderful ...1960s sl., orig. US
adj. 2. self-assured, sophisticated ...1960s sl., orig. US
n. an admirable and popular person ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
int. exclamation: excellent; wonderful; first-rate ...1960s sl.
COOL CARD
n. one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL CAT
n. a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person ...1940s sl., chiefly US Black
COOL-COCK
vb. to knock unconscious ...1930s US sl.
COOL-CRACK
vb. to knock unconscious ...1940s US Black sl.
COOL CRAPE
n. a shroud ...L18 sl.
COOL CUSTOMER
n. one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL DEAL!
int. an exclamation of approval or admiration ...1990s US campus sl.
COOL DOWN
vb. to calm down ...1882 sl.
COOLED OUT
adj. 1. calm, unperturbed, in control ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
adj. 2. under the influence of drugs, usually narcotics ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
COOLER
n. 1. a woman, esp. a wife as opposed to a mistress or lover ...E17 sl.
n. 2. a glass of beer or porter taken after drinking spirits and water ...19C sl.
n. 3. a knockout punch; a crushing statement ...19C sl.
n. 4. the female buttocks ...E19 sl.
n. 5. a prison; a police cell ...1872 sl., orig, US
n. 6. an expert; an outstanding individual ...L19 US campus sl.
n. 7. an attractive young woman ...1900s US campus sl.
n. 8. a chilly glance; a snub; rejection ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 9. a punishment or solitary confinement cell ...20C sl., orig. US
n. 10. a funeral home ...1930s US Black sl.
n. 11. a silencer ...1930s US tramps' sl.
n. 12. a homosexual lover ...1970s US gay sl.
COOL FISH
n. one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL HAND
n. a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOL-HEAD
n. 1. a calm, unflappable person ...M19 sl.
n. 2. a pleasant person ...1960s sl.
COOLIE
n. 1. (derogatory) a Black person; sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) an Indian ...M19 S. Afr. sl.
n. 3. a private soldier ...M19 sl.
n. 4. an East Asian ...M19 US sl.
n. 5. an immigrant Chinese labourer ...M19 US usage
n. 6. any youth unaffiliated to a street gang ...1950s US teen sl.
n. 7. a blunder; an error ...1970s US gay sl.
n. 8. the anus ...1970s US sl.
COOLIE-BOY
n. (derogatory) a male Black person; sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
COOLIE CREEPER
n. (derogatory) in cricket: a ball that stays low without bouncing ...M19 S. Afr. sl.
COOLIE-GIRL
n. (derogatory) a female Black person; sometimes an Indian ...M19 Aust. &S. Afr. sl.
COOLIE-MAN
n. an East Indian ...20C W. Indies sl.
COOLIE MUD
n. inferior opium ...1940s US drugs sl.
COOL IN
vb. to inform ...1960s US teen sl.
COOLING
n. relaxing ...1980s US sl.
COOLING CARD
n. something that defuses one's enthusiasm or deflates one's passion ...M16 sl.
COOL IT
vb. to calm down, to relax, to take it easy ...1953 sl., orig. US
COOL MAMMA
n. a woman who is very fond of men and is always trying to know more ...1967 Amer. dial.
COOL OFF
vb. to calm down ...1887 sl.
COOL ONE'S HAGGIS
vb. to beat one soundly ...1684 Eng. dial.
COOL ONE'S TOES
vb. to have to wait ...c1660
COOL OUT
vb. to calm or settle down; to relax ...sl.
COOLY
n. marijuana ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
COON
n. 1. (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1735 sl.
n. 2. a raccoon ...1742 sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a peculiar old fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COON-FOOTED
adj. having toes turned out ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
COON'S AGE
n. a long time ...1835 Amer.
COON'S QUILL
n. a toothpick, usually one made from a goose quill ...1965 Amer. dial.
COOP
n. a prison ...Bk1891 sl.
vb. of a police officer: to park and sleep inside one's patrol car while on duty
COORSY
n. a chair ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
COOSE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOSIE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOSTER
vb. 1. to idle, to potter around, to fuss ...1895 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to caress, to coddle ...1895 Amer. dial.
COOT
n. 1. a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old ...colloq.
n. 2. a bright child ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a body louse ...1917 sl.
vb. to have sex ...1982 Bahamas
COOTCH DANCER
n. a woman who performs a sexually suggestive dance ...1910 US sl.
COOTER
n. 1. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 2. the vagina ...1986 US sl.
COOTIE
n. a flea or louse. esp. one affecting humans ...1910
COOTIE CARNIVAL
n. a search for fleas or lice ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
COOTIE DRAPES
n. a style of trousers, wide and draped and thus a possible home for lice ...1940s US Black sl.
COOTIE FRISK
n. a search for lice in one's clothes ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOTIE GARAGE
n. 1. earmuffs ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
n. 2. the hair, esp. when styled elaborately ...1920s US sl.
COOTIE-HEART
n. a contemptuous person ...1920s US sl.
COOTIE-HEARTED
adj. contemptible, despicable ...1920s US sl.
COOTIES
n. an imaginary disease or infestation that could be transmitted by close contact, thus creating a stigma for the person who is said to have it ...1971 US sl.
COOTIE TRAP
n. a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
COOTY
adj. suffering an infestation of body lice or similar vermin ...1920s sl.
n. a louse, esp. one affecting humans ...1910
COOZ
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOZE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
COOZEY
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOZIE
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.
COOZY
n. 1. a woman, usually promiscuous or unattractive; hence, a prostitute ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the vagina ...1920s sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
n. 4. a passive, effeminate homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 5. a lesbian ...1960s sl.
n. 6. a term of address to a sexually exciting woman ...1980s sl.
n. 7. vaginal secretions ...1980s sl.
n. 8. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1990s sl.