DICTIONARY D
D - DAMZ
D - DADCZ
D
adj. 1. E19 sl. - excellent, wonderful, first-rate
adj. 2. 20C sl. - bad (teen & high school usage)
adj. 3. 1990s US sl. - ready (African-American usage)
n. 1. M19 US sl. - detention (criminals' usage)
n. 2. c1870 UK colloq. - a penny (pre-decimalisation 1971)
n. 3. 1879 sl. - a detective (criminals' usage; orig. Aust. & NZ)
n. 4. Bk1902 sl. - a police spy; an informer
n. 5. 1910s US sl. - a dollar
n. 6. 1950s sl. - heroin (drugs usage)
n. 7. 1954 US sl. - Dilaudid™, a painkiller used as a recreational drug (drugs usage)
n. 8. 1960s sl. - LSD (drugs usage)
n. 9. 1967 US sl. - in sports: defense
n. 10. 1970s US sl. - Detroit
n. 11. 1970s sl. - phencyclidine (drugs usage)
n. 12. 1976 US sl. - narcotics
n. 13. 1988 US sl. - in poker: the fourth player to the left of the dealer
n. 14. 1990s US sl. - the penis (African-American usage)
n. 15. 1990s sl. - cannabis (drugs usage)
n. 16. 1990s US sl. - looking after oneself, adopting a defensive posture to potential threats (African-American usage)
n. 17. 1991 US sl. - a demilitarised zone (DMZ)
n. 18. 1997 US sl. - a term of address, 'dude', young man to young man
D.A.
n. 1. L19 Brit. - 'domestic affliction,' the menses; usually in the plural (euphemism)
n. 2. 1930s US sl. - a drug addict
n. 3. 1951 sl. - a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail (orig. US)
n. 4. 1970s US sl. - a fool, an idiot (Dumb-Ass) (college usage)
n. 5. 1970s US - a term of contempt, a dog's ass (African-American usage)
DA
n. 1. 1851 - a child's name for father (esp. Sc. usage)
n. 2. 1949 Amer. dial. - a child's Black nurse
vb. 1866 Sc. - to live, to experience
THE DA
n. 1960s Irish sl. - a respectful or affectionate form for father, used by both adults and children
DAB
adj. 1. 18C colloq. - clever, skilful or skilled; expert; very conversant
adj. 2. c1845 back-slang - bad
n. 1. 1691 - one skilful or proficient at anything; an expert, an adept
n. 2. 1706 Eng. dial. - a blow or slap, generally with the hand
n. 3. 1729 - a small or trifling amount, as of money given
n. 4. 1730 - an untidy woman, a drab; a term of contempt
n. 5. 1797 - a small child, a chit
n. 6. 19C Brit. colloq. - a flat fish of any kind
n. 7. 1812 sl. - a bed
n. 8. c1850 sl. - the corpse of a drowned impoverished, outcast woman
n. 9. 1861 US sl. - a try; a crack
n. 10. 1880 Sc. - a snatch or clutch
n. 11. L19 sl. - a pimp, esp. a bawd
n. 12. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a slight meal, a snack
n. 13. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small legacy
n. 14. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a sum of money
n. 15. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - an insignificant person
n. 16. 1926 UK - a fingerprint; usually in the plural (police usage)
n. 17. 1929 Sc. - a fine rain, a drizzle
n. 18. 1968 Amer. dial. - a small marble
n. 19. 1969 UK sl. - a batman's stroke that deflects the ball gently behind the wicket (cricket usage)
n. 20. 1970 NZ sl. - a short, darting run with the ball (rugby usage)
n. 21. 1996 UK sl. - a criminal charge; a prison disciplinary charge
n. 22. 1980s UK sl. - a small portion of cocaine or other powdered drug, taken by dabbing one's finger into a pile or packet (drugs usage)
vb. 1. 1730 - to strike with a light blow, as with the back of the hand
vb. 2. 1806 Sc. - to pierce slightly, to stab
vb. 3. 1835 Sc. obs. - to study anything in a superficial manner
vb. 4. 1866 Sc. - to push, to shove smartly
vb. 5. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - to eat
vb. 6. 1940s UK sl. - to take a suspect's fingerprints (police & criminals' usage)
vb. 7. 1985 UK sl. - of a batsman in cricket: to play a tentative stroke that gently deflects the ball behind the wicket
vb. 8. 1992 US sl.- to touch the ground unintentionally with any part of the body (mountain biking usage)
vb. 9. 2001 UK sl. - to ingest a powdered drug by sucking or licking the powder collected on a moistened finger
DABACH
n. 1. 1825 Sc. - a stroke, a blow
n. 2. 1939 Sc. - an expert
vb. 1939 Sc. - to poke, to thrust, to prod
DABAL
n. 1929 Sc. - a wet, swampy piece of land
DAB AT SOMEONE'S KAIM
vb. 1894 Sc. - to nag
DABBER
n. 1. 1866 Sc. - wrangling, quarreling
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a pointed retort
vb. 1. 1825 Sc. - to confound or stupefy one, by talking so rapidly that one cannot understand what is said
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. - to quarrel, to wrangle
vb. 3. 1854 Eng. dial. - to fade, to droop, to wither; to soil
DABBERED
adj. 1825 Sc. - confused, 'stumped'
DABBERIN'
adj. 1866 Sc. - quarrelsome
DABBERLOCKS
n. 1. 1825 Sc. - hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks
n. 2. 1866 Sc. - a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect
DABBER MOLL
n. M19 UK sl. - a cunning woman; a sharper (criminals' usage)
DABBETY FAY!
int. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - an exclamation meaning 'Give us faith'
DABBISH IT!
int. 1869 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of surprise or disappointment
DABBIT
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small quantity
DABBLE
n. L19 UK sl. - stolen property (criminals' usage)
vb. 1. 1575 - to wet by splashing, as in running through a puddle or wading about in shallow water, etc.
vb. 2. 1575 - to soil with splashes of any liquid
vb. 3. 1869 Sc. - to wrangle, to quarrel
vb. 4. Bk1900 Sc. - to confound or stupefy with talk
vb. 5. 1910s sl. - to use narcotics in moderation (drugs usage)
vb. 6. 1938 Amer. dial. - to wash or rinse quickly
vb. 7. 1996 UK sl. - to experiment with homosexuality
vb. 8. 1996 UK sl. - to operate an (occasional) trade in stolen or illegal goods, esp. antiques or drugs
DABBLED
adj. 1847 Sc. - bemused, distraught
DABBLE-DACHIE
n. 1900 Sc. - one who splashes a great deal when doing a washing
DABBLE-DOCK
n. 1824 Sc. obs. - a person 'battered with storms, having all his clothes wet'
DABBLER
n. 1. M19 US sl. - one who associates with thieves (criminals' usage)
n. 2. 1940s - a black marketeer in furniture (furniture trade usage)
DABBLESOME
adj. 1866 - meddling, tampering, interfering with (nonce word)
DABBLY
adj. 1879 Eng. dial. - of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp
DABBY
adj. 1. 1581 - damp, moist
adj. 2. a1825 - of clothes: wet and clinging to the body
DABBY-NOINTER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a dirty person
DAB-DAB
n. 20C sl. - a seaman (Royal Navy usage)
vb. 1990 US sl. - to participate in homosexual sex (prison usage)
DAB DOWN
vb. 19C colloq. - to hand over; to pay; to shell out
DAB-DUMPS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - the small pools left on the beach when the tide has fallen
DABE
vb. M19 UK sl. - to give (criminals' usage)
DABERLACK
n. 1866 Sc. - a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect
DABERLACKS
n. 1825 Sc. - hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks
DABERLICK
n. 1. Bk1900 Sc. - a tall, uncomely person; commonly a term of disrespect
n. 2. Bk1900 Sc. - the hair of the head when hanging in lank, tangled, and separate locks
DAB-HAND
n. 1828 colloq. - one skilful or proficient at anything; an expert; a clever workman
DABHENO
adj. M19 back-slang - bad (costermongers' usage)
n. 1851 back-slang - something bad, usually a poor market (costermongers' usage)
DAB IN THE DOOK
n. 1910s sl. - a tip (military usage)
DAB IN THE FIST, A
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a bribe; a gratuity
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small legacy
DAB IN THE HAND, A
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a bribe; a gratuity
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small legacy
DAB IT UP (WITH)
vb. 1. E19 sl. - of a man and woman: to cohabit
vb. 2. c1820 colloq. - to run up a credit at a public house
DABLET
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a small amount; a bit
DAB NEBS WITH ANYONE
vb. 1883 Eng. dial. - to kiss, to 'bill and coo'
DAB ON
vb. to sign on at the unemployment office in order to get benefit ...20C Brit. sl.
DAB OUT
vb. to do the laundry; to wash ...c1860 lower classes' usage
DAB!, QUOTH DAWKINS WHEN HE HIT HIS WIFE ON THE ARSE WITH A POUND OF BUTTER
int. applied to impacts ...M18 sl.
DABRICH
adj. poor, needy ...c1800 Sc.
DABRIFIED
adj. faded ...1895 Eng. dial
DABS
n. 1. the fingers ...L18 sl.
n. 2. a dabster; an expert ...1887 Brit. sl.
n. 3. fingerprints ...1926 Brit. sl.
DABSTER
n. 1. a clever workman; an expert in any business; one skilled at anything; an adept; a versatile person ...1708 colloq.
n. 2. something excellent ...1900s sl.
DABSTER HAND
n. a cowboy expert at his work ...1968 Amer. Western sl.
DAB THE PAINT
vb. in boxing: to jab with the fist ...M19 sl.
DAB-TOE
n. a seaman ...20C Royal Navy sl.
DABTROS
n. a bad sort, an unpleasant person ...1859 back-slang
DACCA
n. marijuana ...1970s Aust. sl.
DACE
n. 1. twopence ...L17 cant
n. 2. two cents ...M19 US sl.
DACEHEAD
n. a fool ...E19 sl.
DACEY
adj. of native Indian origin ...1876 Anglo-Indian colloq.
DACHA
adj. ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
n. the number 10 ...M19 sl.
DACHAN
† n. a puny dwarfish creature ...1905 Sc.
DACHA-ONE
n. 11 pence ...M19 sl.
DACHA-SALTEE
n. tenpence ...1850 sl.
DACHAU
n. any military stockade ...1968 US Vietnam War usage
DACHEN
vb. of wind: to lull or abate ...1866 Sc.
DACHS
n. a dachshund ...1886 UK sl.
DACHSHUND
n. a large piece of excrement ...20C Brit. sl.
DACHSIE; DACHSY
n. a dachshund ..1961 UK sl.
DACIOUS
adj. impudent, rude ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DACITY
n. activity, energy ...1636 Eng. dial.
DACK
vb. to pull another's trousers down as a prank ...20C Aust. sl.
DACKER
adj. 1. hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
adj. 2. dim of sight ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 1. an official search ...1690 Sc.
† n. 2. a struggle; a noisy, wrangling dispute ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
† n. 3. uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
† n. 4. the fading of the fire when its heat abates ...1813 Sc.
n. 5. a stroll ...1835 Sc.
n. 6. a hesitating step ...1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to search, examine ...1634 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to waver, to totter, to stagger ...1668 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to search a house or person for stolen goods; to search a house by official warrant ...1700 Sc.
vb. 4. to work in an irregular or pottering way ...1703 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to go about slowly, idly or carelessly; to saunter; to wander ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to walk totteringly as from feebleness or infirmity; to toddle ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to remain or hang on in a state of irresolution; to vacillate, equivocate, waver ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to dare, to challenge, to provoke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to wrangle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to interfere ...1927 Sc.
vb. 11. to strike a bargain ...1931 Sc.
DACKERER
n. an official searcher under a sheriff's warrant ...1920 Sc.
DACKLE
n. a wrangle; a disturbance ...1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to hesitate ....1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
vb. 3. to cause to hesitate, to impede, to hold back ...1934 Sc.
DACKLIE
† adj. 1. of a swarthy complexion ...1825 Sc.
† adj. 2. pale, having a sickly appearance ...1825 Sc.
DACKLIN
† n. a slight shower ...1808 Sc.
DACKLING
adj. slow, dilatory ...1808 Sc.
DACKS
n. 1. a pair of underpants ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. shorts or trousers ...1970 Aust. sl.
DACK UP
vb. to light up or smoke a marijuana joint ...1991 NZ sl.
DACRE
† vb. to inflict corporal punishment on one ...1825 Sc.
DACRYOPOETIC
adj. producing or causing tears, like a 'tear-jerker' screenplay ...18C
DAD
n. 1. father ...1500
n. 2. a hand ...1791 US sl.
n. 3. a term of address to a male, orig. an older man ...1847 sl.
n. 4. a fellow; a friend; used in direct address to a man regardless of age ...1928 US jazz usage
n. 5. the oldest member of a group ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. a term of address to anyone ten-or-so years older than oneself ...c1945 sl., chiefly Aust.
n. 7. of any laborious activity: a heavy task, a weary journey ...1947 Sc.
n. 8. an affectionate or joking name for husband ...c1960 Amer. dial.
n. 9. a homosexual prisoner's 'owner' (protector and lover) ...1992 US prison sl.
n. 10. the devil ...20C sl.
vb. to plod, to trudge, to drudge ...1914 Sc.
DA DA!
int. goodbye ...L17 colloq., chiefly nursery usage
DADA
n. father ...1688 sl.
DA-DAH!
int. used as a mock fanfare ...2000 UK sl.
DADAH
n. illegal drugs ...20C Aust. sl. (Malay)
DADA MAMA
n. a sustained drum roll ...1920s US Black sl.
DAD AND DAVE
n. 1. a peasant; an unsophisticated person ...1930s Aust. sl.
n. 2. a shave ...1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
n. 3. a grave ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
vb. to have a shave ...c1930 Aust. rhyming sl.
DAD AND MUM
n. rum or the cordial Bonox and rum ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
DAD AT THE DOOR
n. in bingo: the number 24 ...1960s rhyming sl.
DAD-BEAN IT!
int. Goddamn! ...L19
DAD-BING!
int. Goddamn! ...L19
DAD-BINGED!
int. a mild oath ...L19 US
DAD-BLAME!
int. Goddamn! a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD-BLAMED
adj. damned ...1844 US euphemism
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...17C
DAD BLAME IT!
int. a mild oath ...1946 US sl.
DAD-BLANK!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-BLANKED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-BLAST!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-BLASTED
adj. damned, confounded ...1840 US euphemism
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...17C
DAD-BLISTERED!
int. a mild oath ...E19
DAD-BLOOMED
adj. damned ...1912 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...17C
DAD-BOB!
int. a mild oath ...1910s US Black
DAD-BOGGLE!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD BURN!
adj. damned ...1829
int. blast it! an exclamation of surprise, irritation or frustration ...1829 Amer. sl.
DAD-BURNED
adv. extremely, completely ...20C US sl.
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...19C
DAD-BURN IT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD BURN ME!
int. a mild oath ...1839 US sl.
DAD-BUST!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
adj. 1. E19 sl. - excellent, wonderful, first-rate
adj. 2. 20C sl. - bad (teen & high school usage)
adj. 3. 1990s US sl. - ready (African-American usage)
n. 1. M19 US sl. - detention (criminals' usage)
n. 2. c1870 UK colloq. - a penny (pre-decimalisation 1971)
n. 3. 1879 sl. - a detective (criminals' usage; orig. Aust. & NZ)
n. 4. Bk1902 sl. - a police spy; an informer
n. 5. 1910s US sl. - a dollar
n. 6. 1950s sl. - heroin (drugs usage)
n. 7. 1954 US sl. - Dilaudid™, a painkiller used as a recreational drug (drugs usage)
n. 8. 1960s sl. - LSD (drugs usage)
n. 9. 1967 US sl. - in sports: defense
n. 10. 1970s US sl. - Detroit
n. 11. 1970s sl. - phencyclidine (drugs usage)
n. 12. 1976 US sl. - narcotics
n. 13. 1988 US sl. - in poker: the fourth player to the left of the dealer
n. 14. 1990s US sl. - the penis (African-American usage)
n. 15. 1990s sl. - cannabis (drugs usage)
n. 16. 1990s US sl. - looking after oneself, adopting a defensive posture to potential threats (African-American usage)
n. 17. 1991 US sl. - a demilitarised zone (DMZ)
n. 18. 1997 US sl. - a term of address, 'dude', young man to young man
D.A.
n. 1. L19 Brit. - 'domestic affliction,' the menses; usually in the plural (euphemism)
n. 2. 1930s US sl. - a drug addict
n. 3. 1951 sl. - a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail (orig. US)
n. 4. 1970s US sl. - a fool, an idiot (Dumb-Ass) (college usage)
n. 5. 1970s US - a term of contempt, a dog's ass (African-American usage)
DA
n. 1. 1851 - a child's name for father (esp. Sc. usage)
n. 2. 1949 Amer. dial. - a child's Black nurse
vb. 1866 Sc. - to live, to experience
THE DA
n. 1960s Irish sl. - a respectful or affectionate form for father, used by both adults and children
DAB
adj. 1. 18C colloq. - clever, skilful or skilled; expert; very conversant
adj. 2. c1845 back-slang - bad
n. 1. 1691 - one skilful or proficient at anything; an expert, an adept
n. 2. 1706 Eng. dial. - a blow or slap, generally with the hand
n. 3. 1729 - a small or trifling amount, as of money given
n. 4. 1730 - an untidy woman, a drab; a term of contempt
n. 5. 1797 - a small child, a chit
n. 6. 19C Brit. colloq. - a flat fish of any kind
n. 7. 1812 sl. - a bed
n. 8. c1850 sl. - the corpse of a drowned impoverished, outcast woman
n. 9. 1861 US sl. - a try; a crack
n. 10. 1880 Sc. - a snatch or clutch
n. 11. L19 sl. - a pimp, esp. a bawd
n. 12. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a slight meal, a snack
n. 13. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small legacy
n. 14. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a sum of money
n. 15. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - an insignificant person
n. 16. 1926 UK - a fingerprint; usually in the plural (police usage)
n. 17. 1929 Sc. - a fine rain, a drizzle
n. 18. 1968 Amer. dial. - a small marble
n. 19. 1969 UK sl. - a batman's stroke that deflects the ball gently behind the wicket (cricket usage)
n. 20. 1970 NZ sl. - a short, darting run with the ball (rugby usage)
n. 21. 1996 UK sl. - a criminal charge; a prison disciplinary charge
n. 22. 1980s UK sl. - a small portion of cocaine or other powdered drug, taken by dabbing one's finger into a pile or packet (drugs usage)
vb. 1. 1730 - to strike with a light blow, as with the back of the hand
vb. 2. 1806 Sc. - to pierce slightly, to stab
vb. 3. 1835 Sc. obs. - to study anything in a superficial manner
vb. 4. 1866 Sc. - to push, to shove smartly
vb. 5. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - to eat
vb. 6. 1940s UK sl. - to take a suspect's fingerprints (police & criminals' usage)
vb. 7. 1985 UK sl. - of a batsman in cricket: to play a tentative stroke that gently deflects the ball behind the wicket
vb. 8. 1992 US sl.- to touch the ground unintentionally with any part of the body (mountain biking usage)
vb. 9. 2001 UK sl. - to ingest a powdered drug by sucking or licking the powder collected on a moistened finger
DABACH
n. 1. 1825 Sc. - a stroke, a blow
n. 2. 1939 Sc. - an expert
vb. 1939 Sc. - to poke, to thrust, to prod
DABAL
n. 1929 Sc. - a wet, swampy piece of land
DAB AT SOMEONE'S KAIM
vb. 1894 Sc. - to nag
DABBER
n. 1. 1866 Sc. - wrangling, quarreling
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a pointed retort
vb. 1. 1825 Sc. - to confound or stupefy one, by talking so rapidly that one cannot understand what is said
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. - to quarrel, to wrangle
vb. 3. 1854 Eng. dial. - to fade, to droop, to wither; to soil
DABBERED
adj. 1825 Sc. - confused, 'stumped'
DABBERIN'
adj. 1866 Sc. - quarrelsome
DABBERLOCKS
n. 1. 1825 Sc. - hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks
n. 2. 1866 Sc. - a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect
DABBER MOLL
n. M19 UK sl. - a cunning woman; a sharper (criminals' usage)
DABBETY FAY!
int. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - an exclamation meaning 'Give us faith'
DABBISH IT!
int. 1869 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of surprise or disappointment
DABBIT
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small quantity
DABBLE
n. L19 UK sl. - stolen property (criminals' usage)
vb. 1. 1575 - to wet by splashing, as in running through a puddle or wading about in shallow water, etc.
vb. 2. 1575 - to soil with splashes of any liquid
vb. 3. 1869 Sc. - to wrangle, to quarrel
vb. 4. Bk1900 Sc. - to confound or stupefy with talk
vb. 5. 1910s sl. - to use narcotics in moderation (drugs usage)
vb. 6. 1938 Amer. dial. - to wash or rinse quickly
vb. 7. 1996 UK sl. - to experiment with homosexuality
vb. 8. 1996 UK sl. - to operate an (occasional) trade in stolen or illegal goods, esp. antiques or drugs
DABBLED
adj. 1847 Sc. - bemused, distraught
DABBLE-DACHIE
n. 1900 Sc. - one who splashes a great deal when doing a washing
DABBLE-DOCK
n. 1824 Sc. obs. - a person 'battered with storms, having all his clothes wet'
DABBLER
n. 1. M19 US sl. - one who associates with thieves (criminals' usage)
n. 2. 1940s - a black marketeer in furniture (furniture trade usage)
DABBLESOME
adj. 1866 - meddling, tampering, interfering with (nonce word)
DABBLY
adj. 1879 Eng. dial. - of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp
DABBY
adj. 1. 1581 - damp, moist
adj. 2. a1825 - of clothes: wet and clinging to the body
DABBY-NOINTER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a dirty person
DAB-DAB
n. 20C sl. - a seaman (Royal Navy usage)
vb. 1990 US sl. - to participate in homosexual sex (prison usage)
DAB DOWN
vb. 19C colloq. - to hand over; to pay; to shell out
DAB-DUMPS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - the small pools left on the beach when the tide has fallen
DABE
vb. M19 UK sl. - to give (criminals' usage)
DABERLACK
n. 1866 Sc. - a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect
DABERLACKS
n. 1825 Sc. - hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks
DABERLICK
n. 1. Bk1900 Sc. - a tall, uncomely person; commonly a term of disrespect
n. 2. Bk1900 Sc. - the hair of the head when hanging in lank, tangled, and separate locks
DAB-HAND
n. 1828 colloq. - one skilful or proficient at anything; an expert; a clever workman
DABHENO
adj. M19 back-slang - bad (costermongers' usage)
n. 1851 back-slang - something bad, usually a poor market (costermongers' usage)
DAB IN THE DOOK
n. 1910s sl. - a tip (military usage)
DAB IN THE FIST, A
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a bribe; a gratuity
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small legacy
DAB IN THE HAND, A
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a bribe; a gratuity
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a small legacy
DAB IT UP (WITH)
vb. 1. E19 sl. - of a man and woman: to cohabit
vb. 2. c1820 colloq. - to run up a credit at a public house
DABLET
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a small amount; a bit
DAB NEBS WITH ANYONE
vb. 1883 Eng. dial. - to kiss, to 'bill and coo'
DAB ON
vb. to sign on at the unemployment office in order to get benefit ...20C Brit. sl.
DAB OUT
vb. to do the laundry; to wash ...c1860 lower classes' usage
DAB!, QUOTH DAWKINS WHEN HE HIT HIS WIFE ON THE ARSE WITH A POUND OF BUTTER
int. applied to impacts ...M18 sl.
DABRICH
adj. poor, needy ...c1800 Sc.
DABRIFIED
adj. faded ...1895 Eng. dial
DABS
n. 1. the fingers ...L18 sl.
n. 2. a dabster; an expert ...1887 Brit. sl.
n. 3. fingerprints ...1926 Brit. sl.
DABSTER
n. 1. a clever workman; an expert in any business; one skilled at anything; an adept; a versatile person ...1708 colloq.
n. 2. something excellent ...1900s sl.
DABSTER HAND
n. a cowboy expert at his work ...1968 Amer. Western sl.
DAB THE PAINT
vb. in boxing: to jab with the fist ...M19 sl.
DAB-TOE
n. a seaman ...20C Royal Navy sl.
DABTROS
n. a bad sort, an unpleasant person ...1859 back-slang
DACCA
n. marijuana ...1970s Aust. sl.
DACE
n. 1. twopence ...L17 cant
n. 2. two cents ...M19 US sl.
DACEHEAD
n. a fool ...E19 sl.
DACEY
adj. of native Indian origin ...1876 Anglo-Indian colloq.
DACHA
adj. ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
n. the number 10 ...M19 sl.
DACHAN
† n. a puny dwarfish creature ...1905 Sc.
DACHA-ONE
n. 11 pence ...M19 sl.
DACHA-SALTEE
n. tenpence ...1850 sl.
DACHAU
n. any military stockade ...1968 US Vietnam War usage
DACHEN
vb. of wind: to lull or abate ...1866 Sc.
DACHS
n. a dachshund ...1886 UK sl.
DACHSHUND
n. a large piece of excrement ...20C Brit. sl.
DACHSIE; DACHSY
n. a dachshund ..1961 UK sl.
DACIOUS
adj. impudent, rude ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DACITY
n. activity, energy ...1636 Eng. dial.
DACK
vb. to pull another's trousers down as a prank ...20C Aust. sl.
DACKER
adj. 1. hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
adj. 2. dim of sight ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 1. an official search ...1690 Sc.
† n. 2. a struggle; a noisy, wrangling dispute ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
† n. 3. uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
† n. 4. the fading of the fire when its heat abates ...1813 Sc.
n. 5. a stroll ...1835 Sc.
n. 6. a hesitating step ...1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to search, examine ...1634 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to waver, to totter, to stagger ...1668 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to search a house or person for stolen goods; to search a house by official warrant ...1700 Sc.
vb. 4. to work in an irregular or pottering way ...1703 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to go about slowly, idly or carelessly; to saunter; to wander ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to walk totteringly as from feebleness or infirmity; to toddle ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to remain or hang on in a state of irresolution; to vacillate, equivocate, waver ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to dare, to challenge, to provoke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to wrangle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to interfere ...1927 Sc.
vb. 11. to strike a bargain ...1931 Sc.
DACKERER
n. an official searcher under a sheriff's warrant ...1920 Sc.
DACKLE
n. a wrangle; a disturbance ...1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to hesitate ....1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
vb. 3. to cause to hesitate, to impede, to hold back ...1934 Sc.
DACKLIE
† adj. 1. of a swarthy complexion ...1825 Sc.
† adj. 2. pale, having a sickly appearance ...1825 Sc.
DACKLIN
† n. a slight shower ...1808 Sc.
DACKLING
adj. slow, dilatory ...1808 Sc.
DACKS
n. 1. a pair of underpants ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. shorts or trousers ...1970 Aust. sl.
DACK UP
vb. to light up or smoke a marijuana joint ...1991 NZ sl.
DACRE
† vb. to inflict corporal punishment on one ...1825 Sc.
DACRYOPOETIC
adj. producing or causing tears, like a 'tear-jerker' screenplay ...18C
DAD
n. 1. father ...1500
n. 2. a hand ...1791 US sl.
n. 3. a term of address to a male, orig. an older man ...1847 sl.
n. 4. a fellow; a friend; used in direct address to a man regardless of age ...1928 US jazz usage
n. 5. the oldest member of a group ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. a term of address to anyone ten-or-so years older than oneself ...c1945 sl., chiefly Aust.
n. 7. of any laborious activity: a heavy task, a weary journey ...1947 Sc.
n. 8. an affectionate or joking name for husband ...c1960 Amer. dial.
n. 9. a homosexual prisoner's 'owner' (protector and lover) ...1992 US prison sl.
n. 10. the devil ...20C sl.
vb. to plod, to trudge, to drudge ...1914 Sc.
DA DA!
int. goodbye ...L17 colloq., chiefly nursery usage
DADA
n. father ...1688 sl.
DA-DAH!
int. used as a mock fanfare ...2000 UK sl.
DADAH
n. illegal drugs ...20C Aust. sl. (Malay)
DADA MAMA
n. a sustained drum roll ...1920s US Black sl.
DAD AND DAVE
n. 1. a peasant; an unsophisticated person ...1930s Aust. sl.
n. 2. a shave ...1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
n. 3. a grave ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
vb. to have a shave ...c1930 Aust. rhyming sl.
DAD AND MUM
n. rum or the cordial Bonox and rum ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
DAD AT THE DOOR
n. in bingo: the number 24 ...1960s rhyming sl.
DAD-BEAN IT!
int. Goddamn! ...L19
DAD-BING!
int. Goddamn! ...L19
DAD-BINGED!
int. a mild oath ...L19 US
DAD-BLAME!
int. Goddamn! a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD-BLAMED
adj. damned ...1844 US euphemism
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...17C
DAD BLAME IT!
int. a mild oath ...1946 US sl.
DAD-BLANK!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-BLANKED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-BLAST!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-BLASTED
adj. damned, confounded ...1840 US euphemism
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...17C
DAD-BLISTERED!
int. a mild oath ...E19
DAD-BLOOMED
adj. damned ...1912 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...17C
DAD-BOB!
int. a mild oath ...1910s US Black
DAD-BOGGLE!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD BURN!
adj. damned ...1829
int. blast it! an exclamation of surprise, irritation or frustration ...1829 Amer. sl.
DAD-BURNED
adv. extremely, completely ...20C US sl.
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...19C
DAD-BURN IT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD BURN ME!
int. a mild oath ...1839 US sl.
DAD-BUST!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DADD - DAFZ
DADDA
n. father ...1688 sl.
DAD-DAD, MUM-MUM
n. a beginner's practice on a drum ...c1760 military sl.
DAD-DANG!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-DASH!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-DASHED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DADDER
† vb. 1. to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to perplex, bewilder ...19C Eng. dial.
DADDERING
adj. shaking, quivering ...1881 Eng. dial.
DADDET
adj. faint, weary, tired through overwork ...1908 Sc.
DAD-DIM!
int. a mild oath ...19C
DADDIO
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband ...1944 US sl.
n. 3. a friend; a fellow; used in direct address ...1948 US jazz usage
n. 4. the exemplar ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 5. a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
n. 6. a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
n. 7. a person's father ...1962 US jazz usage
n. 8. a macho, 'butch' male homosexual ...1970s sl.
n. 9. any male ...2000s sl.
DADDLE
n. 1. 1725 Eng. dial. & sl., arch. - a hand or fist
n. 2. 20C Irish sl. - gait
vb. 1. 1673 colloq., later Sc. & Eng. dial. - to be slow in motion or action; to dawdle; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter
vb. 2. 1710 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to walk totteringly or unsteadily, like a child; to stagger; to walk with short steps, as a small child or an infirm person
vb. 3. 1825 Sc. obs. - of a prostitute: to walk the streets
vb. 4.1883 rare - to cheat, to trick, to swindle
vb. 5.19C sl. - to enjoy lesbian sex; the implication is of mutual masturbation
vb. 6. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - to trouble, bother, annoy, worry
DADDLE AND DRINK
vb. to wander from place to place in a tippling way; also, merely to tipple; to waste one's money on drink ...1808 Sc.
DADDLER
n. 1. a hand ...c1870 sl.
n. 2. a trifler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a small coin, orig. a silver threepenny piece; later a silver fivepenny piece ...20C Brit. sl.
DADDLES
n. the fist ...L18 UK sl.
DADDO
n. a term of address for father ...1933 Irish usage
DADDOCK
n. rotten wood; a rotten log ...1845 Amer. dial.
DADDOCKY
adj. 1. decayed, rotten ...1852 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. inferior, weak; tasteless ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAD-DRAT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-DRATTED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD DRAT YOUR HIDE!
int. a mild oath ...1890 US sl.
DADDY
adj. ultimate, wonderful ...1980s US campus sl.
n. 1. father ...1500
n. 2. a term of address to a man ...1681 UK
n. 3. at mock raffles, lotteries, etc., the Daddy is an accomplice, most commonly the getter up of the swindle, and in all cases the person that has been previously arranged to win the prize ...19C UK criminals' sl.
n. 4. a stage-manager ...c1850 theatrical sl.
n. 5. an influential, powerful person ...M19 sl.
n. 6. the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps' lodging house or casual ward ...M19 sl.
n. 7. the man who gives away the bride at a wedding; traditionally her father, but not always ...c1860 sl.
n. 8. the superintendent of a casualty ward ...c1860 colloq.
n. 9. the finest, largest, or most striking example; the very best ...1865 US sl.
n. 10. one's grandfather; an older man ...1883 Amer. dial.
n. 11. a daddy-longlegs ...1899 Amer. dial.
n. 12. the most respected man in a field ...1901 Amer. sl.
n. 13. 'a lovely ship' ...20C trawlermen's usage
n. 14. a husband; a sweetheart; an older male lover ...1909 Amer. sl.
n. 15. the lover and protector of a prostitute; a pimp ...1909 US sl.
n. 16. a form of address to a Black man, esp. by a woman to her lover ...1920s US Black sl.
n. 17. an older man who is willing to provide the various material desires of his younger mistress or, if homosexual, male lover ...1920s sl., orig. US
n. 18. a man who is an important influence in a field; also, a forerunner or progenitor ...1925 sl.
n. 19. a Cadillac ...1930s US tramps' sl.
n. 20. the dominant partner in a male homosexual relationship ...1932 US sl.
n. 21. a leader (through intimidation and other influence) of the inmates in a borstal or prison ...1940s UK prison sl.
n. 22. the woman who plays the active, masculine role in a lesbian relationship ...1940s US sl.
n. 23. a fellow, a friend; used in direct address to a man regardless of age ...1948 US jazz usage
n. 24. an older male homosexual; a masculine homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 25. a pederast ...M20 US sl.
n. 26. a stallion; a bull; a male pig; a male animal kept for breeding purposes ...c1960 Amer. dial.
n. 27. the active, or 'masculine' partner of a prison homosexual couple ...1960s US prison sl.
n. 28. a fellow; a 'customer' ...1964 US sl.
n. 29. in the US Army, your supervising officer ...1968 US sl.
n. 30. a customer, a client ...1970s US sl.
n. 31. the most powerful inmate in a borstal (a juvenile offenders penal institution); in prison, the most powerful or strong inmate, or the prisoner who runs a racket ...1978 UK sl.
n. 32. an unspecified object, a thing ...1990s sl.
n. 33. an aggressive, predatory male homosexual ...1996 US sl.
n. 34. a leader ...2001 UK sl., orig. prison usage
n. 35. a marijuana cigarette ...2001 UK sl.
vb. 1. to father a child, often out of wedlock ...1916 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to acknowledge or identify the paternity of a child ...1930 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to raise or act as parent to a child ...1957 Amer. dial.
int. a general expression of surprise and approval ...20C W. Indies sl.
DADDY, THE
n. the best ...20C US campus sl.
DADDY-BAG
n. the testes and the scrotum ...1990s US Black sl.
DADDY BUG
n. a daddy-longlegs ...1859 Amer. dial.
DADDY CLOOTS
n. the devil ...1861 Sc.
DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH
n. an unusual event ...1953 US sl.
DADDY-GRAND
n. one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
DADDYLAC
n. an expensive car that has been given to a young driver by his or her parents ...20C teen & high school sl.
DADDY LOVES YOU BEST
phr. used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
DADDY MAC
n. an attractive young man ...1997 US sl.
DADDY-MAMMY
n. a beginner's practice on a drum ...c1760 military sl.
DADDY-O
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. an older male patron, esp. of a young woman ...1940s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband; a sweetheart ...1944 US sl.
n. 4. a friend; a fellow; used in direct address ...1948 US jazz usage
n. 5. a term of address to anyone ten-or-so years older than oneself ...c1950 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
n. 7. a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
n. 8. a person's father ...1962 US jazz usage
n. 9. the exemplar ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 10. a macho, 'masculine' male homosexual ...1970s sl.
n. 11. the US Federal Communications Commission ...1977 US sl.
n. 12. any male ...2000s sl.
DADDY OF THEM ALL, THE
n. the finest, largest, or most striking example; the most notable; the best; the most superior ...1907 US sl.
DADDY ONE
n. a lover or any man who provides for a woman ...1960s US Black sl.
DADDY ONESELF
vb. to resemble one's father (so as to leave no doubt of his paternity) ...1916 Amer. dial.
DADDY-PAW
n. one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
DADDYPOO
n. an embellishment of 'daddy', usually from a woman to a man ...1966 US sl.
DADDY TANK
n. an area or cell set aside to provide protective custody for effeminate homosexuals ...1971 US prison sl.
DADDY TRACK
n. an arrangement of work, working hours, etc., made by men who wish to spend more than the ordinary time with their children ...1990s Amer. sl.
DADE
vb. 1. to lead; to hold up a child beginning to walk; to support; to walk arm in arm ..1874 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to walk slowly; to walk with help ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DADERY
n. drudgery, exhausting work ...1891 Sc.
DAD-FETCH!
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD-FETCHED!
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...19C US
DAD FETCH HIM!
int. a mild oath ...1839 US sl.
DAD-GAN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GAST!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GASTED
adj. damned ...1892 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...19C
DADGE
n. 1. a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. a large piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. to saunter; to walk slowly and clumsily ...1747 Eng. dial.
DADGEON
† n. an outcast; applied as a term of contempt to both sexes ...1882 Sc.
DADGER
n. 1. something especially large of its kind ...1923 Sc.
n. 2. the penis ...1997 UK sl.
DAD-GERN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DADGIL
n. a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait ...1824 Sc.
DAD-GONE!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD-GONED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GORN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GUM
adj. damned ...1930s US sl.
int. a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD GUM IT!
int. a mild oath ...1901 US sl.
DAD-GUMMED!
adj. damned ...1930s US sl.
int. an exclamation ...L19 Brit. & US colloq.
DADGUM YE!
int. a mild oath ...1887 US sl.
DAD-GUN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DA-DILLY
n. a helpless, useless person ...1880 Sc.
DADIO
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband ...1940s sl., orig. US
n. 3. one's father ...1960s US sl.
n. 4. a thing, an object ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 5. the exemplar ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 6. a macho, 'masculine' male homosexual ...1970s sl.
n. 7. any male ...2000s sl.
DADJELL
vb. to walk in a careless manner, with clothes not adapted to the shape of the wearer; to stroll ...1824 Sc.
DADLA
n. a farthing ...1900s sl.
DADLER
n. 1. a hand ...c1870 sl.
n. 2. a farthing ...1900s sl.
DADLESS
adj. useless, stupid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAD LIKES YOUR DRESS
phr. used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
DAD LOVES YOU MORE THAN MOTHER
phr. used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1950 Amer. dial.
DAD-O; DADO
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. a term of address for father ...1933 Irish usage
DAD-RATTED
adj. damned ...1844 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DADROCK
n. 1990s rock music that sounds like music from a generation earlier ...1999 UK sl.
DAD-ROT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-ROTTED!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DAD-RUM!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-RUMMED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DADS
n. 1. an old man ...18C sl.
n. 2. one's father ...20C sl.
n. 3. a term of address to anyone somewhat older than oneself ...1950s sl.
n. 4. a community leader ...1990s W. Indies usage
DAD'S ARMY
adj. barmy, crazy ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. the Home Guard (1940-1945); hence, any grouping of older men with a united purpose; gently derogatory...1968 UK sl.
DAD-SEIZE!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SHAME!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SHAVED
adj. damned ...1867 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...19C
DAD-SHIMED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SHIMMED
adj. damned ...1839 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...19C
DAD-SIZZLE!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SNATCH!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SNATCHED!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DAD-SWAMP!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SWAMPED
adj. damned ...1863 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DAD'S WILL
n. parental authority ...c1820 Oxford University usage
DAEDAL
adj. skilful, cunning to invent or fashion...1590 chiefly poetical
DAEDALIAN
adj. skilful, ingenious, formed with art ...1607
DAEDALIZE
† vb. to make intricate or maze-like ...a1618 nonce word
DAELESS
adj. helpless, feeble, useless ...1929 Sc.
DA-ERB
n. bread ...1859 back-slang
DAFF
adj. 1. stupid, dull, idiotic ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of bread: doughy, damp, clammy ...1884 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
† n. 2. dallying, indelicate toying; loose conversation, smutty language ...1721 Sc.
† n. 3. folly, stupidity ...1728 Sc.
n. 4. fun, frolic; playing the fool ...1737 Sc.
n. 5. a priest ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a daffodil; usually in plural ...20C sl.
n. 7. excrement ...1961 Irish sl.
vb. 1. to play the fool; to jest, to play, to sport, to frolic, esp. between the sexes ...1535 chiefly Sc.
vb. 2. to talk or behave sportively ...1535 chiefly Sc.
vb. 3. to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to extinguish a candle ...1677 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to falter in memory ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to wash ...c1910 taxi-drivers' sl.
DAFFADILE
n. 1. the daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a silly, showy woman; a delicate, effeminate man ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DAFFADILLY
n. the daffodil ...1538 poetic & Eng. dial.
DAFFADOWNDILLY
adj. (also as 'daffadown dilly') silly, foolish, simple ...1950s rhyming sl.
n. a daffodil ...1573
DAFFAM
n. a fool, a silly person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFEN
vb. to stun ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFFENER
n. a stunning blow ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFFENING
adj. bewildering, stupefying ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFFER
n. 1. small crockery-ware; a quantity of things ...1810 Eng. dial.
n. 2. merriment ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAFFERY
† n. 1. folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
n. 2. merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
DAFFEY
adj. eccentric; foolish ...L19 sl.
† n. gin ...c1820 sl.
DAFFHEAD
n. 1. a blockhead ...19C Eng. dial.
n. 2. a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
DAFFIER
n. a gin drinker ...c1820 sl.
DAFFIES
n. 1. a small measure, usually of spirits ...M19 sl.
n. 2. strong liquor ...1979 UK sl.
DAFFING adj. playful, sportive, foolish ...1724 Sc.
n. 1. fooling, folly...1535
n. 2. frolicking, toying, gaiety, merriment ...1535
n. 3. sportive behaviour or talk ...1535
n. 4. mental derangement, insanity ...a1624
n. 5. an idle waste of time in frivolous talking ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFISH
† adj. 1. spiritless; stupid ...1470-85 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. sheepish, shy, modest ...1804 Eng. dial.
DAFFLE
vb. 1. to become confused, to become stupid; of old people: to dote, to betray loss of memory and of mental faculties ...1796 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to confuse, to deafen ...1796 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. of fruit: to become bruised; to decay on the surface ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to do odd jobs, any sort of light work ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to waver; to change ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLER
n. an old person in dotage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLIN
n. fooling, merriment ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLING
adj. 1. flimsy of texture, limp ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. mentally wandering, silly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. perplexing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLINS
adj. mentally wandering, silly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLY
adj. mentally wandering, silly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFOCK
n. 1. a slattern ...1691 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a woman's dress that is too short ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFODIL
n. 1. a silly, showy woman; a delicate, effeminate man ...1821 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a homily, proverb, or aphorism ...20C Amer. Dict
n. 3. an innocent and naive youth ...20C Brit. sl.
n. 4. an effeminate young woman ...1935 US sl.
n. 5. a homosexual man, esp. an effeminate one ...1935 US sl.
n. 6. a young male prostitute ...1950s sl.
DAFFODILLY
* adj. full of or furnished with daffodils ...1892
n. the daffodil ...1538 poetic & Eng. dial.
DAFFONDILLY
n. a daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFRY
† n. 1. folly, foolishness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
n. 2. merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
DAFFY
adj. 1. daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish ...1884 US sl.
adj. 2. dry, insipid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. imbecile, soft ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. gin ...c1820 sl.
n. 2. a small measure, usually of spirits ...M19 sl.
n. 3. a daffodil ...M19 colloq.
n. 4. . a fool, a silly person ...1867 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a promiscuous woman ...1893 US sl.
n. 6. a large number or quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 7. an eccentric person; a mad person ...20C US sl.
† n. 8. a Defiant fighter aircraft ...1941 sl.
n. 9. excrement ...1950s Irish sl.
n. 10. a skiing stunt in which one ski is swung up in front of the skier while the other is brought up behind and parallel to the first, the whole being a form of mid-air splits ...1984 UK usage
vb. to drink gin ...1820 sl.
DAFFY ABOUT
adj. madly in love with ...L19 sl.
DAFFY DAME
n. a giddy girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
DAFFYDIL
n. an effeminate young woman ...1935 US sl.
DAFFYDILL
n. a dandy ...M19 sl.
DAFFYDILLY
n. a daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFY DOWN
n. a daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFYDOWNDILLY
adj. (also as 'daffydown dilly') silly, foolish, simple ...1950s rhyming sl.
n. 1. the daffodil ...1573
† n. 2. a dandy, a fop ...1830
n. 3. a shrub, the mezereon or spurge-flax, Daphne Mezereum, so called in Yorkshire from the slight similarity of the Greek name Daphne with Daffodil ...19C Eng. dial.
DAFFY-HEADED
adj. feather-brained; foolish; daft ...1981 UK sl.
DAFFY HOUSE
n. a psychiatric institution; an asylum for the insane ...1902 US sl.
DAFFY IT
vb. to drink gin ...1820 sl.
DAFFY JOINT
n. a psychiatric institution; an asylum for the insane ...1908 US sl.
DAFFY-LIKE
adv. foolishly, like an idiot ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFY ON
adj. madly in love with ...L19 sl.
DAFFY'S ELIXIR
† n. gin ...c1820 sl.
DAFT
† adj. 1. mild, gentle, meek, humble ...c1000
adj. 2, silly, foolish, stupid ...c1325 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
† adj. 3. deft, skilful ...? a1500
adj. 4. of unsound mind, crazy, insane, mad ...1536 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 5. thoughtless or giddy in one's mirth; madly gay or frolicsome ...c1575 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 6. fond, doting; extremely eager ....1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. a nickname for Nova Scotia's Department of Fisheries and Oceans ...2002 Can. sl.
DAFT AND BARMY
n. an army ...1960s UK rhyming sl.
DAFT AS A BRUSH
adj. extremely stupid; very silly; crazy ...1945 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
DAFT AS PANDON YATS
adj. silly, foolish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DAFT DAYS
n. a time of frivolity and merriment; hence, one's youth ...1822 Sc.
DAFT DAYS, THE
n. the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
DAFT DORIS
n. a foolish woman ...2000 UK sl.
DAFTED
adj. timid, frightened ...1860 Eng. dial.
DAFTER
n. a daughter ...1894 Eng. & Amer. dial.
DAFT-HEAD
n. an idiot, a fool ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFT-HEADED
adj. foolish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFTIE
n. a stupid, silly or foolish person; an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTISH
adj. 1. somewhat silly, foolish, or stupid; somewhat slow of intellect, in some degree deranged ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. sheepish, rather timid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFT-LIKE
adj. foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd ... 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTLY
adj. weak-minded, foolish ...1880 Sc.
adv. 1. foolishly ...1787 Sc.
adv. 2. merrily, gaily ...1789 Sc.
DAFT-MAN
vb. to refuse a person peremptorily or vigorously or to take no notice of him ...1928 tailors' sl.
DAFTNESS
n. 1. foolishness, madness ...1552 chiefly Sc. & Eng, dial.
n. 2. drollery, fun ... Bk1900 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTRIE
† n. fun and frolic; mirth ...1866 Sc.
DAFT WATTY
n. a silly, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a blockhead ...1805 Eng. dial.
DAFTY
n. an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTY WHATTY
n. a blockhead, a silly, awkward person ...1889 Eng. dial.
n. father ...1688 sl.
DAD-DAD, MUM-MUM
n. a beginner's practice on a drum ...c1760 military sl.
DAD-DANG!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-DASH!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-DASHED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DADDER
† vb. 1. to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to perplex, bewilder ...19C Eng. dial.
DADDERING
adj. shaking, quivering ...1881 Eng. dial.
DADDET
adj. faint, weary, tired through overwork ...1908 Sc.
DAD-DIM!
int. a mild oath ...19C
DADDIO
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband ...1944 US sl.
n. 3. a friend; a fellow; used in direct address ...1948 US jazz usage
n. 4. the exemplar ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 5. a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
n. 6. a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
n. 7. a person's father ...1962 US jazz usage
n. 8. a macho, 'butch' male homosexual ...1970s sl.
n. 9. any male ...2000s sl.
DADDLE
n. 1. 1725 Eng. dial. & sl., arch. - a hand or fist
n. 2. 20C Irish sl. - gait
vb. 1. 1673 colloq., later Sc. & Eng. dial. - to be slow in motion or action; to dawdle; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter
vb. 2. 1710 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to walk totteringly or unsteadily, like a child; to stagger; to walk with short steps, as a small child or an infirm person
vb. 3. 1825 Sc. obs. - of a prostitute: to walk the streets
vb. 4.1883 rare - to cheat, to trick, to swindle
vb. 5.19C sl. - to enjoy lesbian sex; the implication is of mutual masturbation
vb. 6. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - to trouble, bother, annoy, worry
DADDLE AND DRINK
vb. to wander from place to place in a tippling way; also, merely to tipple; to waste one's money on drink ...1808 Sc.
DADDLER
n. 1. a hand ...c1870 sl.
n. 2. a trifler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a small coin, orig. a silver threepenny piece; later a silver fivepenny piece ...20C Brit. sl.
DADDLES
n. the fist ...L18 UK sl.
DADDO
n. a term of address for father ...1933 Irish usage
DADDOCK
n. rotten wood; a rotten log ...1845 Amer. dial.
DADDOCKY
adj. 1. decayed, rotten ...1852 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. inferior, weak; tasteless ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAD-DRAT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-DRATTED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD DRAT YOUR HIDE!
int. a mild oath ...1890 US sl.
DADDY
adj. ultimate, wonderful ...1980s US campus sl.
n. 1. father ...1500
n. 2. a term of address to a man ...1681 UK
n. 3. at mock raffles, lotteries, etc., the Daddy is an accomplice, most commonly the getter up of the swindle, and in all cases the person that has been previously arranged to win the prize ...19C UK criminals' sl.
n. 4. a stage-manager ...c1850 theatrical sl.
n. 5. an influential, powerful person ...M19 sl.
n. 6. the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps' lodging house or casual ward ...M19 sl.
n. 7. the man who gives away the bride at a wedding; traditionally her father, but not always ...c1860 sl.
n. 8. the superintendent of a casualty ward ...c1860 colloq.
n. 9. the finest, largest, or most striking example; the very best ...1865 US sl.
n. 10. one's grandfather; an older man ...1883 Amer. dial.
n. 11. a daddy-longlegs ...1899 Amer. dial.
n. 12. the most respected man in a field ...1901 Amer. sl.
n. 13. 'a lovely ship' ...20C trawlermen's usage
n. 14. a husband; a sweetheart; an older male lover ...1909 Amer. sl.
n. 15. the lover and protector of a prostitute; a pimp ...1909 US sl.
n. 16. a form of address to a Black man, esp. by a woman to her lover ...1920s US Black sl.
n. 17. an older man who is willing to provide the various material desires of his younger mistress or, if homosexual, male lover ...1920s sl., orig. US
n. 18. a man who is an important influence in a field; also, a forerunner or progenitor ...1925 sl.
n. 19. a Cadillac ...1930s US tramps' sl.
n. 20. the dominant partner in a male homosexual relationship ...1932 US sl.
n. 21. a leader (through intimidation and other influence) of the inmates in a borstal or prison ...1940s UK prison sl.
n. 22. the woman who plays the active, masculine role in a lesbian relationship ...1940s US sl.
n. 23. a fellow, a friend; used in direct address to a man regardless of age ...1948 US jazz usage
n. 24. an older male homosexual; a masculine homosexual ...1950s sl.
n. 25. a pederast ...M20 US sl.
n. 26. a stallion; a bull; a male pig; a male animal kept for breeding purposes ...c1960 Amer. dial.
n. 27. the active, or 'masculine' partner of a prison homosexual couple ...1960s US prison sl.
n. 28. a fellow; a 'customer' ...1964 US sl.
n. 29. in the US Army, your supervising officer ...1968 US sl.
n. 30. a customer, a client ...1970s US sl.
n. 31. the most powerful inmate in a borstal (a juvenile offenders penal institution); in prison, the most powerful or strong inmate, or the prisoner who runs a racket ...1978 UK sl.
n. 32. an unspecified object, a thing ...1990s sl.
n. 33. an aggressive, predatory male homosexual ...1996 US sl.
n. 34. a leader ...2001 UK sl., orig. prison usage
n. 35. a marijuana cigarette ...2001 UK sl.
vb. 1. to father a child, often out of wedlock ...1916 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to acknowledge or identify the paternity of a child ...1930 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to raise or act as parent to a child ...1957 Amer. dial.
int. a general expression of surprise and approval ...20C W. Indies sl.
DADDY, THE
n. the best ...20C US campus sl.
DADDY-BAG
n. the testes and the scrotum ...1990s US Black sl.
DADDY BUG
n. a daddy-longlegs ...1859 Amer. dial.
DADDY CLOOTS
n. the devil ...1861 Sc.
DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH
n. an unusual event ...1953 US sl.
DADDY-GRAND
n. one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
DADDYLAC
n. an expensive car that has been given to a young driver by his or her parents ...20C teen & high school sl.
DADDY LOVES YOU BEST
phr. used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
DADDY MAC
n. an attractive young man ...1997 US sl.
DADDY-MAMMY
n. a beginner's practice on a drum ...c1760 military sl.
DADDY-O
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. an older male patron, esp. of a young woman ...1940s Amer. sl.
n. 3. a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband; a sweetheart ...1944 US sl.
n. 4. a friend; a fellow; used in direct address ...1948 US jazz usage
n. 5. a term of address to anyone ten-or-so years older than oneself ...c1950 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a pimp or kept man ...1961 US sl.
n. 7. a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
n. 8. a person's father ...1962 US jazz usage
n. 9. the exemplar ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 10. a macho, 'masculine' male homosexual ...1970s sl.
n. 11. the US Federal Communications Commission ...1977 US sl.
n. 12. any male ...2000s sl.
DADDY OF THEM ALL, THE
n. the finest, largest, or most striking example; the most notable; the best; the most superior ...1907 US sl.
DADDY ONE
n. a lover or any man who provides for a woman ...1960s US Black sl.
DADDY ONESELF
vb. to resemble one's father (so as to leave no doubt of his paternity) ...1916 Amer. dial.
DADDY-PAW
n. one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
DADDYPOO
n. an embellishment of 'daddy', usually from a woman to a man ...1966 US sl.
DADDY TANK
n. an area or cell set aside to provide protective custody for effeminate homosexuals ...1971 US prison sl.
DADDY TRACK
n. an arrangement of work, working hours, etc., made by men who wish to spend more than the ordinary time with their children ...1990s Amer. sl.
DADE
vb. 1. to lead; to hold up a child beginning to walk; to support; to walk arm in arm ..1874 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to walk slowly; to walk with help ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DADERY
n. drudgery, exhausting work ...1891 Sc.
DAD-FETCH!
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD-FETCHED!
int. Goddamn!; a mild oath ...19C US
DAD FETCH HIM!
int. a mild oath ...1839 US sl.
DAD-GAN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GAST!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GASTED
adj. damned ...1892 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...19C
DADGE
n. 1. a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. a large piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. to saunter; to walk slowly and clumsily ...1747 Eng. dial.
DADGEON
† n. an outcast; applied as a term of contempt to both sexes ...1882 Sc.
DADGER
n. 1. something especially large of its kind ...1923 Sc.
n. 2. the penis ...1997 UK sl.
DAD-GERN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DADGIL
n. a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait ...1824 Sc.
DAD-GONE!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD-GONED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GORN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-GUM
adj. damned ...1930s US sl.
int. a mild oath ...M19 US sl.
DAD GUM IT!
int. a mild oath ...1901 US sl.
DAD-GUMMED!
adj. damned ...1930s US sl.
int. an exclamation ...L19 Brit. & US colloq.
DADGUM YE!
int. a mild oath ...1887 US sl.
DAD-GUN!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DA-DILLY
n. a helpless, useless person ...1880 Sc.
DADIO
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband ...1940s sl., orig. US
n. 3. one's father ...1960s US sl.
n. 4. a thing, an object ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 5. the exemplar ...1960s US Black sl.
n. 6. a macho, 'masculine' male homosexual ...1970s sl.
n. 7. any male ...2000s sl.
DADJELL
vb. to walk in a careless manner, with clothes not adapted to the shape of the wearer; to stroll ...1824 Sc.
DADLA
n. a farthing ...1900s sl.
DADLER
n. 1. a hand ...c1870 sl.
n. 2. a farthing ...1900s sl.
DADLESS
adj. useless, stupid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAD LIKES YOUR DRESS
phr. used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
DAD LOVES YOU MORE THAN MOTHER
phr. used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1950 Amer. dial.
DAD-O; DADO
n. 1. a term of address between men ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
n. 2. a term of address for father ...1933 Irish usage
DAD-RATTED
adj. damned ...1844 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DADROCK
n. 1990s rock music that sounds like music from a generation earlier ...1999 UK sl.
DAD-ROT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-ROTTED!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DAD-RUM!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-RUMMED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DADS
n. 1. an old man ...18C sl.
n. 2. one's father ...20C sl.
n. 3. a term of address to anyone somewhat older than oneself ...1950s sl.
n. 4. a community leader ...1990s W. Indies usage
DAD'S ARMY
adj. barmy, crazy ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. the Home Guard (1940-1945); hence, any grouping of older men with a united purpose; gently derogatory...1968 UK sl.
DAD-SEIZE!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SHAME!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SHAVED
adj. damned ...1867 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...19C
DAD-SHIMED!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SHIMMED
adj. damned ...1839 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...19C
DAD-SIZZLE!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SNATCH!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SNATCHED!
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DAD-SWAMP!
int. Goddamn! ...19C
DAD-SWAMPED
adj. damned ...1863 US sl.
int. a mild oath ...M19 US
DAD'S WILL
n. parental authority ...c1820 Oxford University usage
DAEDAL
adj. skilful, cunning to invent or fashion...1590 chiefly poetical
DAEDALIAN
adj. skilful, ingenious, formed with art ...1607
DAEDALIZE
† vb. to make intricate or maze-like ...a1618 nonce word
DAELESS
adj. helpless, feeble, useless ...1929 Sc.
DA-ERB
n. bread ...1859 back-slang
DAFF
adj. 1. stupid, dull, idiotic ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of bread: doughy, damp, clammy ...1884 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
† n. 2. dallying, indelicate toying; loose conversation, smutty language ...1721 Sc.
† n. 3. folly, stupidity ...1728 Sc.
n. 4. fun, frolic; playing the fool ...1737 Sc.
n. 5. a priest ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a daffodil; usually in plural ...20C sl.
n. 7. excrement ...1961 Irish sl.
vb. 1. to play the fool; to jest, to play, to sport, to frolic, esp. between the sexes ...1535 chiefly Sc.
vb. 2. to talk or behave sportively ...1535 chiefly Sc.
vb. 3. to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to extinguish a candle ...1677 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to falter in memory ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to wash ...c1910 taxi-drivers' sl.
DAFFADILE
n. 1. the daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a silly, showy woman; a delicate, effeminate man ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DAFFADILLY
n. the daffodil ...1538 poetic & Eng. dial.
DAFFADOWNDILLY
adj. (also as 'daffadown dilly') silly, foolish, simple ...1950s rhyming sl.
n. a daffodil ...1573
DAFFAM
n. a fool, a silly person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFEN
vb. to stun ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFFENER
n. a stunning blow ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFFENING
adj. bewildering, stupefying ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFFER
n. 1. small crockery-ware; a quantity of things ...1810 Eng. dial.
n. 2. merriment ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAFFERY
† n. 1. folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
n. 2. merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
DAFFEY
adj. eccentric; foolish ...L19 sl.
† n. gin ...c1820 sl.
DAFFHEAD
n. 1. a blockhead ...19C Eng. dial.
n. 2. a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
DAFFIER
n. a gin drinker ...c1820 sl.
DAFFIES
n. 1. a small measure, usually of spirits ...M19 sl.
n. 2. strong liquor ...1979 UK sl.
DAFFING adj. playful, sportive, foolish ...1724 Sc.
n. 1. fooling, folly...1535
n. 2. frolicking, toying, gaiety, merriment ...1535
n. 3. sportive behaviour or talk ...1535
n. 4. mental derangement, insanity ...a1624
n. 5. an idle waste of time in frivolous talking ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFISH
† adj. 1. spiritless; stupid ...1470-85 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. sheepish, shy, modest ...1804 Eng. dial.
DAFFLE
vb. 1. to become confused, to become stupid; of old people: to dote, to betray loss of memory and of mental faculties ...1796 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to confuse, to deafen ...1796 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. of fruit: to become bruised; to decay on the surface ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to do odd jobs, any sort of light work ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to waver; to change ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLER
n. an old person in dotage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLIN
n. fooling, merriment ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLING
adj. 1. flimsy of texture, limp ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. mentally wandering, silly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. perplexing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLINS
adj. mentally wandering, silly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFLY
adj. mentally wandering, silly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFOCK
n. 1. a slattern ...1691 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a woman's dress that is too short ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFODIL
n. 1. a silly, showy woman; a delicate, effeminate man ...1821 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a homily, proverb, or aphorism ...20C Amer. Dict
n. 3. an innocent and naive youth ...20C Brit. sl.
n. 4. an effeminate young woman ...1935 US sl.
n. 5. a homosexual man, esp. an effeminate one ...1935 US sl.
n. 6. a young male prostitute ...1950s sl.
DAFFODILLY
* adj. full of or furnished with daffodils ...1892
n. the daffodil ...1538 poetic & Eng. dial.
DAFFONDILLY
n. a daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFRY
† n. 1. folly, foolishness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
n. 2. merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
DAFFY
adj. 1. daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish ...1884 US sl.
adj. 2. dry, insipid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. imbecile, soft ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. gin ...c1820 sl.
n. 2. a small measure, usually of spirits ...M19 sl.
n. 3. a daffodil ...M19 colloq.
n. 4. . a fool, a silly person ...1867 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a promiscuous woman ...1893 US sl.
n. 6. a large number or quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 7. an eccentric person; a mad person ...20C US sl.
† n. 8. a Defiant fighter aircraft ...1941 sl.
n. 9. excrement ...1950s Irish sl.
n. 10. a skiing stunt in which one ski is swung up in front of the skier while the other is brought up behind and parallel to the first, the whole being a form of mid-air splits ...1984 UK usage
vb. to drink gin ...1820 sl.
DAFFY ABOUT
adj. madly in love with ...L19 sl.
DAFFY DAME
n. a giddy girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
DAFFYDIL
n. an effeminate young woman ...1935 US sl.
DAFFYDILL
n. a dandy ...M19 sl.
DAFFYDILLY
n. a daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFY DOWN
n. a daffodil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFYDOWNDILLY
adj. (also as 'daffydown dilly') silly, foolish, simple ...1950s rhyming sl.
n. 1. the daffodil ...1573
† n. 2. a dandy, a fop ...1830
n. 3. a shrub, the mezereon or spurge-flax, Daphne Mezereum, so called in Yorkshire from the slight similarity of the Greek name Daphne with Daffodil ...19C Eng. dial.
DAFFY-HEADED
adj. feather-brained; foolish; daft ...1981 UK sl.
DAFFY HOUSE
n. a psychiatric institution; an asylum for the insane ...1902 US sl.
DAFFY IT
vb. to drink gin ...1820 sl.
DAFFY JOINT
n. a psychiatric institution; an asylum for the insane ...1908 US sl.
DAFFY-LIKE
adv. foolishly, like an idiot ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFFY ON
adj. madly in love with ...L19 sl.
DAFFY'S ELIXIR
† n. gin ...c1820 sl.
DAFT
† adj. 1. mild, gentle, meek, humble ...c1000
adj. 2, silly, foolish, stupid ...c1325 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
† adj. 3. deft, skilful ...? a1500
adj. 4. of unsound mind, crazy, insane, mad ...1536 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 5. thoughtless or giddy in one's mirth; madly gay or frolicsome ...c1575 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 6. fond, doting; extremely eager ....1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. a nickname for Nova Scotia's Department of Fisheries and Oceans ...2002 Can. sl.
DAFT AND BARMY
n. an army ...1960s UK rhyming sl.
DAFT AS A BRUSH
adj. extremely stupid; very silly; crazy ...1945 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
DAFT AS PANDON YATS
adj. silly, foolish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DAFT DAYS
n. a time of frivolity and merriment; hence, one's youth ...1822 Sc.
DAFT DAYS, THE
n. the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
DAFT DORIS
n. a foolish woman ...2000 UK sl.
DAFTED
adj. timid, frightened ...1860 Eng. dial.
DAFTER
n. a daughter ...1894 Eng. & Amer. dial.
DAFT-HEAD
n. an idiot, a fool ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAFT-HEADED
adj. foolish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFTIE
n. a stupid, silly or foolish person; an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTISH
adj. 1. somewhat silly, foolish, or stupid; somewhat slow of intellect, in some degree deranged ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. sheepish, rather timid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAFT-LIKE
adj. foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd ... 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTLY
adj. weak-minded, foolish ...1880 Sc.
adv. 1. foolishly ...1787 Sc.
adv. 2. merrily, gaily ...1789 Sc.
DAFT-MAN
vb. to refuse a person peremptorily or vigorously or to take no notice of him ...1928 tailors' sl.
DAFTNESS
n. 1. foolishness, madness ...1552 chiefly Sc. & Eng, dial.
n. 2. drollery, fun ... Bk1900 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTRIE
† n. fun and frolic; mirth ...1866 Sc.
DAFT WATTY
n. a silly, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a blockhead ...1805 Eng. dial.
DAFTY
n. an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAFTY WHATTY
n. a blockhead, a silly, awkward person ...1889 Eng. dial.
DAG - DAIQZ
DAG
adj. first-rate; excellent ...c1905 Aust. sl.
† n. 1. a gun or pistol, a handgun ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. dew ...1674-91 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a sharp, sudden pain ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a thrust with a stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a heavy shower ...1808 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a thin or gentle rain; a drizzling rain ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 7. a wet fog, a mist ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 8. a small projecting stump of a tree ...1851 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a person who is eccentric and humorous; a real character ...1875 Aust. sl.
n. 10. a chilblain ...1883 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a matted lock of wool and excrement on a sheep's behind ...1891 Aust. & Eng. dial.
n. 11. hoar-frost ...Bk1900 Eng, dial.
n. 12. a rag ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a feat of skill; a daring act ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 14. an untidy, slovenly person ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 15. a person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners, and lacks style and sophistication ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 16. a cigarette ...20C military sl.
n. 17. an unflattering term for a man ...20C Irish sl.
n. 18. a nail to hang a coat on ...1940 Sc.
n. 19. an unenterprising person; a coward ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 20. a person who is dull and conservative; a person who has no sense of fashion; an uncool or unhip person ...1966 Aust. sl.
n. 21. an unfashionable dresser ...1990s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 22. a gauche, socially awkward adolescent ...2000s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 23. a stupid or unpleasant person ...Aust. sl.
† vb. 1. to clog with dirt; to bemire, to bedraggle ...1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to sprinkle; to wet with sprinkling; to make damp ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to thrust at, to stab, to sting ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to dart or shoot, as a sudden pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to rain gently, to drizzle ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to cut off the clots of wool, dirt, etc., from the hinds part of sheep ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to droop or hang down ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to trail in the dew, wet, or mire; to bedraggle ...1884 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to slow down, esp. on a skateboard ...20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 11. to participate in serial, reciprocal, homosexual oral sex ...1990 US sl.
vb. 12. to slash ...1995 Irish sl.
int. 1. a mild oath; confound it! ...1866 Sc.
int. 2. a general exclamation, used for expressing surprise ...1987 US NZ & sl.
DAG, THE
n. the Dean ...1880s Oxford undergraduates' usage
DAGALI
adj. 1. tedious, tiresome ...1914 Sc.
adj. 2. badly done; badly prepared ...1928 Sc.
n. 1. daybreak, dawn ...1866 Sc.
n. 2. the evening twilight ...1914 Sc.
DAG-BLAMED
adj. wretched, damned ...1840s Amer. sl.
DAG-BLASTED
adj. wretched, damned ...1840s Amer. sl.
DAG BURN!
int. an exclamation of surprise, irritation or frustration ...1829 Amer. sl.
DAG BUST IT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C US
DAGDOM
n. the notional realm of 'dags' ...1990 Aust. sl.
DAG-DURK
† n. a dagger ...a1828 Sc.
DAGE
n. 1. a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. (derogatory) a Dago ...c1910 Aust. sl.
n. 3. a foreigner, an immigrant ...1955 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to thaw ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to trudge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGEN
n. an artful criminal or near-criminal ...sl.
DAGENHAM
adj. mad, eccentric ,,,1990s sl.
DAGENHAM DUSTBIN
n. a Ford car ...1981 UK Citizens' band radio sl.
DAGENHAM GIRL PIPER
n. a windscreen wiper ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAGGA
n. a marijuana cigarette; marijuana ...1955 S. Afr. sl.
DAGGA ROOKER
n. 1. a scoundrel; a wastrel ...c1910 S. Afr. sl.
n. 2. a marijuana smoker ...1998 S. Afr. sl.
DAGGED
† adj. 1. clogged with dirt ...1484
† adj. 2. wet with dew, drizzling rain, or a sprinkling of anything ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† adj. 3. drunk, tipsy ...1678 sl.
adj. 4. dotted with colour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. made damp ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 6. weary ...1868 Eng. dial.
DAGGED-ASS
n. a slatternly woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGED-SKIRTED
adj. wet or mud-bespattered; slatternly ...1740 Eng. dial.
DAGGEN
n. a large piece of anything, as wood, meat, etc.; a lump; a thick slice ...c1836 Sc.
DAGGER
† n. 1. the horn of a young stag ...1616
n. 2. the penis ...M19 sl.
n. 3. a jockey's general helper ...c1925 Aust. sporting sl.
n. 4. a lesbian who is butch...1967 US Black sl.
n. 5. a hanger-on; a criminal associate ...1980s Aust. sl.
DAGGER-ALE
n. very cheap or inferior ale ...L16 sl.
DAGGER-CHEAP
† adj. very cheap, dirt cheap ...1592
DAGGER OF DESIRE
n. the erect penis ...2003 UK jocular
DAGGER-POINTED GOLDIES
n. yellow shoes with sharply pointed toes ...1940s US Black sl.
DAGGERS
n. icicles ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGIE
adj. drizzling, moist, misty ...1825 Sc.
DAGGILY
adv. in an unfashionable or uncool manner ...1972 Aust. sl.
DAGGING
adj. 1. of pain: shooting...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGISH
adj. amusing in an out-of-the-way fashion ...1966 NZ sl.
DAGGLE
vb. 1. to wet and soil a garment etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass ...1530
vb. 2. to walk in a slovenly way (through mud or mire); to drag or trail about ...1705
vb. 3. to trudge about, to run like a child ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to wet by splashing or sprinkling ...1805
vb. 5. to drizzle; to rain continuously; to pour in torrents ...1825 Sc.
vb. 6. to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle ...1827 Sc.
vb. 7. to cut off matted clots of wool from the hinder parts of a sheep...1897 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to grow thickly together, as fruit ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLED
adj. wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLE DOWN
vb. of a skirt: to hang down or trail so as to draggle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DAGGLE-LOCKS
n. clots of matted wool round a sheep's hind quarters ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLER
n. a laggard, an idler, a lounger ...1825 Sc.
DAGGLE-TAIL
† n. 1. a person, esp. a woman, whose garments are bemired by being trailed over wet ground; an untidy woman, a slut, a slattern ...1577-87 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a prostitute ...L18 sl.
DAGGLE-TAILED
† adj. having the skirts splashed by being trailed over wet ground; untidy, slatternly ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
DAGGLING
adj. trailing in the wet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLY
adj. 1. scattered ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of the weather: wet, showery, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. & Amer. dial.
DAG GONE!
int. a mild oath ...1897 Amer. dial.
DAG-GONE IT!
int. an expression of annoyance ...19C US
DAGGRI
n. dawn ...1908 Sc.
DAGG-TAIL
n. a slattern, a slut ...1854 Eng. dial.
DAG-GUM IT!
int. 1. an expression of annoyance ...1965 Amer. dial.
int. 2. an exclamation caused by sudden pain ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAGGY
adj. 1. the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of sheep: having dags of wool soiled with excrement ...1895 Aust. sl.
adj. 3. conservative and lacking style and sophistication in manners, interests, etc.; uncool; unfashionable in dress ...20C Aust. sl.
adj. 4. stupid, unpleasant ...20C Aust. sl.
adj. 5. amusing in an out-of-the-way fashion; eccentric ...1966 Aust. & NZ sl. Modern
adj. 6. of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant ...1967 Aust. sl.
adj. 7. cheap or trashy looking in a sexually promiscuous way ...1997 US sl.
DAG IT!
int. an expression of annoyance ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAGLET
n. an icicle ...1825 Eng dial.
DAGLIE
n. 1. evening twilight ...Bk1900 Sc.
n. 2. the dawn of day ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAGLINGS
n. sheep's droppings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAG-LOCKS
n. 1. locks of wool clotted with dirt about the hinder parts of a sheep ...1623
n. 2. a man with long, curling hair, or whose beard is unkempt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the matted hair of long-eared dogs ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAG-NABBED
adj. darned, damned ...20C Amer. colloq.
DAG-NAB IT!
int. Goddamn!; an expression of annoyance ...19C US
DAGO
adj. 1. (derogatory) pert. to a Latin, usually an Italian, a Mexican or a Spaniard; any dark-skinned native ...M19 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. (derogatory) Greek ...M19 Aust. sl.
adj. 3. foreign ...1900 Aust. sl.
adj. 4. bad ...1940s W. Indies sl.
n. 1. (derogatory) an Italian or Italian American; orig. applied to Spaniards, then to Spaniards, Portuguese, and Italians, and now to Italians only ...1823 US sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a person of Hispanic birth or descent; a Mexican or Puerto Rican ...1823 Amer. sl.
n. 3. (derogatory) a southern European language, esp. Italian or Spanish; broadly, a foreign language ...1823 US sl.
n. 4. (derogatory) a professor or student of Italian ...1823 sl.
n. 5. (derogatory) a Greek ...19C Aust. sl.
n. 6. an inferior red wine ...19C sl.
n. 7. (derogatory) a Maori ...1900s NZ sl.
n. 8. (derogatory) a South American or Spanish ship ...1900s sl.
n. 9. (derogatory) any form of foreigner ...1910s sl.
n. 10. (derogatory) any man, esp. a sexually attractive man ...1920s sl.
n. 11. (derogatory) San Diego, California ...1931 US sl.
n. 12. (derogatory) Italian food, esp. pasta ...1942 US sl.
n. 13. a low-lying meadow; a kind of grassy marsh ...1955 Amer. dial.
n. 14. in hot rodding: a dropped front axle, esp. on older Fords ...1965 US sl.
DAGO, THE
n. Frank Sinatra, American singer (1915-1998) ...1963 US sl.
DAGO BOMB
n. a large firecracker ...1930s US sl.
DAGO CENTER
n. (derogatory) the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city ...1920s US sl.
DAGOED
adj. killed by a Spaniard ...1899 US Army in Spanish-Amer. War
DAG OF RAIN
n. a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain ...1878 Eng. dial.
DAG OF WET
n. a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain ...1878 Eng. dial.
DAGOLAND
n. (derogatory) Southern Europe, esp. Italy ...1976 US sl.
DAGONE!
int. a mild imprecation ...1891 Sc.
DAGONED
adj. dashed, confounded ...1889 Sc.
DAGO RED
n. 1. Italian red wine, usually Chianti; thus, the cheap, home-produced red wine made by Italian families and merchandised, during Prohibition, by Italian gangsters ...20C sl.
n. 2. any cheap red wine, usually drunk by alcoholics ...1906 sl.
DAGO-SHOP
n. (derogatory) a low saloon or resort for depraved men and women, conducted by an Italian ...1891 US sl.
DAGO'S PIANO
n. an accordion ...20C US sl.
DAGO TOWN
n. (derogatory) the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city ...1920s US sl.
DAGO WINE
n. cheap red wine ...1965 Amer. dial. online
DAGS
n. 1. dewdrops ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
n. 3. pieces of excrement adhering to the anus ...L19 Aust. sl.
n. 4. an excessively annoying or unpleasant person ...20C Aust. teen sl.
n. 5. cigarettes ...20C military sl.
DAGSET
n. nightfall, dusk ...1866 Sc.
DAG-TAILED
adj. having the wool about the tail clotted with dirt ...1597-8
DAG UP
vb. to smarten oneself for guard or parade ...E20 army sl.
DAG-WAM IT!
int. an expression of annoyance ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAGWOOD
n. a huge, usually multi-layered sandwich ...1948 US sl.
DAGWOOD DOG
n. a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick ...2003 Aust. sl.
DAG YOU!
int. confound you! ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAH
n. a child's Black nurse ...1949 Amer. dial.
DAHEENO
n. something bad, usually a poor market ...M19 costermongers' sl.
DAIBLE
n. 1. a slight washing ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. one who dabbles in or potters with a subject or matter ...1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to go about in an inactive and feeble way; generally applied to children ...1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to wash perfunctorily ...1825 Sc.
DAIBLES
n. scrapes, difficulties ...1887 Eng. dial.
DAICHER
vb. to soak ...1874 Sc.
DAIDLE
vb. 1. to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
† vb. 2. to mismanage; to do any work in a slovenly way ...1808 Sc.
vb. 3. to draggle, to bemire one's clothes ...1808 Sc.
vb. 4. to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
vb. 5. to hinder or obstruct ...1910 Sc.
vb. 6. to fondle a child, to toss it on the knee ...1928 Sc.
DAIDLER
n. a trifler ...1882 Sc.
DAIDLEY
adj. dawdling ...1903 Sc.
DAIGLE
vb. to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle ...1827 Sc.
DAIGLER
n. a laggard, an idler, a lounger ...1825 Sc.
DAIKER
vb. to set in order ...1820 Sc.
DAIKENS!
† int. an exclamation or kind of oath ...1825 Sc.
DAIKER
vb. to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
DAIKINS!
int. an exclamation of astonishment ...1789 Sc.
DAIKON LEGS
n. short, pale, and fat legs ...1981 Hawaiian youth sl.
DAIL
n. 1. a field ...Bk1900 Sc.
n. 2. a heap ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAILIES
n. film scenes filmed one day, rush processed and delivered for viewing by the director and others the same or next day ...1970s US sl.
DAILY
n. 1. a daily newspaper ...M19 colloq.
n. 2. one's wages ...1900s sl.
n. 3. a daily help, a charwoman, a maidservant ...1920s colloq.
n. 4. a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 5. ale ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 6. bail ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 7. sexual enthusiasm; sexual intercourse ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail' (Daily Mail)
n. 8. a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 9. a nail ...1961 UK carpenters' rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 10. a prostitute; a sexually available woman ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'tail' (Daily Mail)
n. 11. a regular (daily) bet with a bookmaker ...1984 UK sl.
DAILY BODY
n. a daily help (servant) ...c1918 colloq.
DAILY BREAD
n. 1. a wage-earner; the working head of the family ...c1890 colloq.
n. 2. the head ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAILY BREADER
n. the head of the family; the working head of the house ...L19 rhyming sl.
DAILY BREADITE
n. the head of the family ...L19 rhyming sl.
DAILY-DAILY
n. during the Vietnam war: anti-malaria pills taken daily, in addition to a second medication taken once a week ...1982 US sl.
DAILY-DAILY PILL
n. an anti-malaria pill ...1982 US Army sl.
DAILY-DAY
adv. every day, continually, constantly ...1881 Sc.
DAILY DOUBLE
n. 1. success in two fields of endeavour simultaneously; winning or obtaining any two different prizes, goal, or the like ...20C Amer. sl.
n. 2. trouble ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 3. in poker: two consecutive winning hands ...1996 US sl.
DAILY DOZEN
n. 1. a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks ...1919 sl.
n. 2. one's work, occupation ...1930s sl.
DAILY-DUD
n. a dish-clout (cloth) ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAILY EXAGGERATOR
n. the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
DAILY EXPRESS
n. a dress ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
vb. to dress ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DAILY EYE-WASH
n. an official army communiqué ...World War I services' usage
DAILY GETSMUCHWORSE
n. the Daily Express (daily national tabloid newspaper in the UK launched in 1900) ...1975 UK sl.
DAILYGONE
n. twilight ...1925 Irish sl.
DAILY GRIND, THE
n. the routine of everyday life ...20C Amer. sl.
DAILY LEVY, THE
n. the Daily Telegraph (newspaper published in London, founded in 1855) ...c1860 sl.
DAILY LIAR
n. a nickname for the Daily Mail ...1984 UK jocular
DAILY MAIL
n. 1. a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl.
n. 2. ale ...1920s rhyming sl.
n. 3. bail ...1920s rhyming sl.
n. 4. sexual enthusiasm ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail'
n. 5. sexual intercourse ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tail'
n. 6. the buttocks; the rectum ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail'
n. 7. a nail ...1961 UK carpenters' rhyming sl.
n. 8. a prostitute; a sexually available woman ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'tail'
vb. to tail, to follow ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAILY NEWS
n. latrine rumours ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
DAILY SUPPRESS
n. the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
DAILY-TELL-THE-TALE
n. the Daily Mail ...c1920 rhyming sl.
DAILY TORYGRAPH
n. the Daily Telegraph ...2003 UK sl.
DAILY WAIL, THE
n. the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
DAILY WHALE, THE
n. the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
DAIMEN
adj. rare, occasional ...1790 Sc.
DAIN
† adj. 1. haughty ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
† adj. 2. repellent ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
† adj. 3. reserved, distant ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
† adj. 4. repulsive in smell, stinking, putrid ...1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
adj. 5. cross, irritable ...1896 Eng. dial.
† n. disdain, dislike, distrust ...a1400-1500
† vb. to disdain ...a1400-50
DAINFUL
† adj. disdainful ...c1530
DAINSHACH
adj. fastidious, particular; fussy about food ...1920 Sc.
DAINTEOUS
† adj. dainty ...c1386
DAINTESS
n. a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury ...1825 Sc.
DAINTETH
† adj. dainty ...c1430
DAINTIES
n. women's panties, knickers ...1972 euphemism
DAINTIFICATION
n. daintified condition ...1780 nonce word
DAINTIFUL
† adj. dainty ...1393
DAINTIFY
vb. to make dainty ...1780 nonce word
DAINTIHOOD
* n. daintiness ...1780
DAINTITH
† n. a dainty, a delicacy ...1718 Sc.
DAINTIVE
†* adj. dainty ...1526
DAINTREL
† n. a dainty, a delicacy ...1575
DAINTY
† adj. 1. valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
† adj. 2. luxurious ...a1533
† adj. 3. precious; hence, rare, scarce ...? a1500
† adj. 4. delicate in health or constitution ...1560
adj. 5. plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
† adj. 6. liberal, open-hearted ...1825 Sc.
adj. 7. of weather: fine, genial, cheering ...1860 Eng. dial.
adj. 8. large, good-sized ...1866 Sc.
adj. 9. evil-smelling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 10. fragrant, implying delicacy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love ...a1225
† n. 2. delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness ...a1300
† n. 3. a liking or fondness to do or see anything; delight, pleasure, joy ...c1325
† n. 4. anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity ...1340
† n. 5. daintiness; fastidiousness ...1590
† n. 6. a term of endearment ...1611.
n. 7. a person who is coddled or made a pet of ...1892 Eng. dial.
DAINTY-CHAPPED
† adj. fastidious or particular as to eating and food ...19C
DAINTY UP
†* vb. to pamper or indulge with dainties ...1622
DAINY
adj. sly, cunning ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. first-rate; excellent ...c1905 Aust. sl.
† n. 1. a gun or pistol, a handgun ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. dew ...1674-91 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a sharp, sudden pain ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a thrust with a stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a heavy shower ...1808 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a thin or gentle rain; a drizzling rain ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 7. a wet fog, a mist ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 8. a small projecting stump of a tree ...1851 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a person who is eccentric and humorous; a real character ...1875 Aust. sl.
n. 10. a chilblain ...1883 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a matted lock of wool and excrement on a sheep's behind ...1891 Aust. & Eng. dial.
n. 11. hoar-frost ...Bk1900 Eng, dial.
n. 12. a rag ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a feat of skill; a daring act ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 14. an untidy, slovenly person ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 15. a person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners, and lacks style and sophistication ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 16. a cigarette ...20C military sl.
n. 17. an unflattering term for a man ...20C Irish sl.
n. 18. a nail to hang a coat on ...1940 Sc.
n. 19. an unenterprising person; a coward ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 20. a person who is dull and conservative; a person who has no sense of fashion; an uncool or unhip person ...1966 Aust. sl.
n. 21. an unfashionable dresser ...1990s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 22. a gauche, socially awkward adolescent ...2000s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 23. a stupid or unpleasant person ...Aust. sl.
† vb. 1. to clog with dirt; to bemire, to bedraggle ...1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to sprinkle; to wet with sprinkling; to make damp ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to thrust at, to stab, to sting ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to dart or shoot, as a sudden pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to rain gently, to drizzle ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to cut off the clots of wool, dirt, etc., from the hinds part of sheep ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to droop or hang down ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to trail in the dew, wet, or mire; to bedraggle ...1884 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to slow down, esp. on a skateboard ...20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 11. to participate in serial, reciprocal, homosexual oral sex ...1990 US sl.
vb. 12. to slash ...1995 Irish sl.
int. 1. a mild oath; confound it! ...1866 Sc.
int. 2. a general exclamation, used for expressing surprise ...1987 US NZ & sl.
DAG, THE
n. the Dean ...1880s Oxford undergraduates' usage
DAGALI
adj. 1. tedious, tiresome ...1914 Sc.
adj. 2. badly done; badly prepared ...1928 Sc.
n. 1. daybreak, dawn ...1866 Sc.
n. 2. the evening twilight ...1914 Sc.
DAG-BLAMED
adj. wretched, damned ...1840s Amer. sl.
DAG-BLASTED
adj. wretched, damned ...1840s Amer. sl.
DAG BURN!
int. an exclamation of surprise, irritation or frustration ...1829 Amer. sl.
DAG BUST IT!
int. Goddamn! ...19C US
DAGDOM
n. the notional realm of 'dags' ...1990 Aust. sl.
DAG-DURK
† n. a dagger ...a1828 Sc.
DAGE
n. 1. a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. (derogatory) a Dago ...c1910 Aust. sl.
n. 3. a foreigner, an immigrant ...1955 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to thaw ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to trudge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGEN
n. an artful criminal or near-criminal ...sl.
DAGENHAM
adj. mad, eccentric ,,,1990s sl.
DAGENHAM DUSTBIN
n. a Ford car ...1981 UK Citizens' band radio sl.
DAGENHAM GIRL PIPER
n. a windscreen wiper ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAGGA
n. a marijuana cigarette; marijuana ...1955 S. Afr. sl.
DAGGA ROOKER
n. 1. a scoundrel; a wastrel ...c1910 S. Afr. sl.
n. 2. a marijuana smoker ...1998 S. Afr. sl.
DAGGED
† adj. 1. clogged with dirt ...1484
† adj. 2. wet with dew, drizzling rain, or a sprinkling of anything ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† adj. 3. drunk, tipsy ...1678 sl.
adj. 4. dotted with colour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. made damp ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 6. weary ...1868 Eng. dial.
DAGGED-ASS
n. a slatternly woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGED-SKIRTED
adj. wet or mud-bespattered; slatternly ...1740 Eng. dial.
DAGGEN
n. a large piece of anything, as wood, meat, etc.; a lump; a thick slice ...c1836 Sc.
DAGGER
† n. 1. the horn of a young stag ...1616
n. 2. the penis ...M19 sl.
n. 3. a jockey's general helper ...c1925 Aust. sporting sl.
n. 4. a lesbian who is butch...1967 US Black sl.
n. 5. a hanger-on; a criminal associate ...1980s Aust. sl.
DAGGER-ALE
n. very cheap or inferior ale ...L16 sl.
DAGGER-CHEAP
† adj. very cheap, dirt cheap ...1592
DAGGER OF DESIRE
n. the erect penis ...2003 UK jocular
DAGGER-POINTED GOLDIES
n. yellow shoes with sharply pointed toes ...1940s US Black sl.
DAGGERS
n. icicles ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGIE
adj. drizzling, moist, misty ...1825 Sc.
DAGGILY
adv. in an unfashionable or uncool manner ...1972 Aust. sl.
DAGGING
adj. 1. of pain: shooting...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGISH
adj. amusing in an out-of-the-way fashion ...1966 NZ sl.
DAGGLE
vb. 1. to wet and soil a garment etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass ...1530
vb. 2. to walk in a slovenly way (through mud or mire); to drag or trail about ...1705
vb. 3. to trudge about, to run like a child ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to wet by splashing or sprinkling ...1805
vb. 5. to drizzle; to rain continuously; to pour in torrents ...1825 Sc.
vb. 6. to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle ...1827 Sc.
vb. 7. to cut off matted clots of wool from the hinder parts of a sheep...1897 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to grow thickly together, as fruit ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLED
adj. wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLE DOWN
vb. of a skirt: to hang down or trail so as to draggle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DAGGLE-LOCKS
n. clots of matted wool round a sheep's hind quarters ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLER
n. a laggard, an idler, a lounger ...1825 Sc.
DAGGLE-TAIL
† n. 1. a person, esp. a woman, whose garments are bemired by being trailed over wet ground; an untidy woman, a slut, a slattern ...1577-87 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a prostitute ...L18 sl.
DAGGLE-TAILED
† adj. having the skirts splashed by being trailed over wet ground; untidy, slatternly ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
DAGGLING
adj. trailing in the wet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAGGLY
adj. 1. scattered ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of the weather: wet, showery, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. & Amer. dial.
DAG GONE!
int. a mild oath ...1897 Amer. dial.
DAG-GONE IT!
int. an expression of annoyance ...19C US
DAGGRI
n. dawn ...1908 Sc.
DAGG-TAIL
n. a slattern, a slut ...1854 Eng. dial.
DAG-GUM IT!
int. 1. an expression of annoyance ...1965 Amer. dial.
int. 2. an exclamation caused by sudden pain ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAGGY
adj. 1. the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of sheep: having dags of wool soiled with excrement ...1895 Aust. sl.
adj. 3. conservative and lacking style and sophistication in manners, interests, etc.; uncool; unfashionable in dress ...20C Aust. sl.
adj. 4. stupid, unpleasant ...20C Aust. sl.
adj. 5. amusing in an out-of-the-way fashion; eccentric ...1966 Aust. & NZ sl. Modern
adj. 6. of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant ...1967 Aust. sl.
adj. 7. cheap or trashy looking in a sexually promiscuous way ...1997 US sl.
DAG IT!
int. an expression of annoyance ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAGLET
n. an icicle ...1825 Eng dial.
DAGLIE
n. 1. evening twilight ...Bk1900 Sc.
n. 2. the dawn of day ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAGLINGS
n. sheep's droppings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAG-LOCKS
n. 1. locks of wool clotted with dirt about the hinder parts of a sheep ...1623
n. 2. a man with long, curling hair, or whose beard is unkempt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the matted hair of long-eared dogs ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAG-NABBED
adj. darned, damned ...20C Amer. colloq.
DAG-NAB IT!
int. Goddamn!; an expression of annoyance ...19C US
DAGO
adj. 1. (derogatory) pert. to a Latin, usually an Italian, a Mexican or a Spaniard; any dark-skinned native ...M19 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. (derogatory) Greek ...M19 Aust. sl.
adj. 3. foreign ...1900 Aust. sl.
adj. 4. bad ...1940s W. Indies sl.
n. 1. (derogatory) an Italian or Italian American; orig. applied to Spaniards, then to Spaniards, Portuguese, and Italians, and now to Italians only ...1823 US sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a person of Hispanic birth or descent; a Mexican or Puerto Rican ...1823 Amer. sl.
n. 3. (derogatory) a southern European language, esp. Italian or Spanish; broadly, a foreign language ...1823 US sl.
n. 4. (derogatory) a professor or student of Italian ...1823 sl.
n. 5. (derogatory) a Greek ...19C Aust. sl.
n. 6. an inferior red wine ...19C sl.
n. 7. (derogatory) a Maori ...1900s NZ sl.
n. 8. (derogatory) a South American or Spanish ship ...1900s sl.
n. 9. (derogatory) any form of foreigner ...1910s sl.
n. 10. (derogatory) any man, esp. a sexually attractive man ...1920s sl.
n. 11. (derogatory) San Diego, California ...1931 US sl.
n. 12. (derogatory) Italian food, esp. pasta ...1942 US sl.
n. 13. a low-lying meadow; a kind of grassy marsh ...1955 Amer. dial.
n. 14. in hot rodding: a dropped front axle, esp. on older Fords ...1965 US sl.
DAGO, THE
n. Frank Sinatra, American singer (1915-1998) ...1963 US sl.
DAGO BOMB
n. a large firecracker ...1930s US sl.
DAGO CENTER
n. (derogatory) the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city ...1920s US sl.
DAGOED
adj. killed by a Spaniard ...1899 US Army in Spanish-Amer. War
DAG OF RAIN
n. a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain ...1878 Eng. dial.
DAG OF WET
n. a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain ...1878 Eng. dial.
DAGOLAND
n. (derogatory) Southern Europe, esp. Italy ...1976 US sl.
DAGONE!
int. a mild imprecation ...1891 Sc.
DAGONED
adj. dashed, confounded ...1889 Sc.
DAGO RED
n. 1. Italian red wine, usually Chianti; thus, the cheap, home-produced red wine made by Italian families and merchandised, during Prohibition, by Italian gangsters ...20C sl.
n. 2. any cheap red wine, usually drunk by alcoholics ...1906 sl.
DAGO-SHOP
n. (derogatory) a low saloon or resort for depraved men and women, conducted by an Italian ...1891 US sl.
DAGO'S PIANO
n. an accordion ...20C US sl.
DAGO TOWN
n. (derogatory) the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city ...1920s US sl.
DAGO WINE
n. cheap red wine ...1965 Amer. dial. online
DAGS
n. 1. dewdrops ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
n. 3. pieces of excrement adhering to the anus ...L19 Aust. sl.
n. 4. an excessively annoying or unpleasant person ...20C Aust. teen sl.
n. 5. cigarettes ...20C military sl.
DAGSET
n. nightfall, dusk ...1866 Sc.
DAG-TAILED
adj. having the wool about the tail clotted with dirt ...1597-8
DAG UP
vb. to smarten oneself for guard or parade ...E20 army sl.
DAG-WAM IT!
int. an expression of annoyance ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAGWOOD
n. a huge, usually multi-layered sandwich ...1948 US sl.
DAGWOOD DOG
n. a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick ...2003 Aust. sl.
DAG YOU!
int. confound you! ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAH
n. a child's Black nurse ...1949 Amer. dial.
DAHEENO
n. something bad, usually a poor market ...M19 costermongers' sl.
DAIBLE
n. 1. a slight washing ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. one who dabbles in or potters with a subject or matter ...1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to go about in an inactive and feeble way; generally applied to children ...1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to wash perfunctorily ...1825 Sc.
DAIBLES
n. scrapes, difficulties ...1887 Eng. dial.
DAICHER
vb. to soak ...1874 Sc.
DAIDLE
vb. 1. to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
† vb. 2. to mismanage; to do any work in a slovenly way ...1808 Sc.
vb. 3. to draggle, to bemire one's clothes ...1808 Sc.
vb. 4. to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
vb. 5. to hinder or obstruct ...1910 Sc.
vb. 6. to fondle a child, to toss it on the knee ...1928 Sc.
DAIDLER
n. a trifler ...1882 Sc.
DAIDLEY
adj. dawdling ...1903 Sc.
DAIGLE
vb. to proceed, act, or work laggardly; to idle ...1827 Sc.
DAIGLER
n. a laggard, an idler, a lounger ...1825 Sc.
DAIKER
vb. to set in order ...1820 Sc.
DAIKENS!
† int. an exclamation or kind of oath ...1825 Sc.
DAIKER
vb. to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
DAIKINS!
int. an exclamation of astonishment ...1789 Sc.
DAIKON LEGS
n. short, pale, and fat legs ...1981 Hawaiian youth sl.
DAIL
n. 1. a field ...Bk1900 Sc.
n. 2. a heap ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAILIES
n. film scenes filmed one day, rush processed and delivered for viewing by the director and others the same or next day ...1970s US sl.
DAILY
n. 1. a daily newspaper ...M19 colloq.
n. 2. one's wages ...1900s sl.
n. 3. a daily help, a charwoman, a maidservant ...1920s colloq.
n. 4. a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 5. ale ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 6. bail ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 7. sexual enthusiasm; sexual intercourse ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail' (Daily Mail)
n. 8. a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 9. a nail ...1961 UK carpenters' rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
n. 10. a prostitute; a sexually available woman ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'tail' (Daily Mail)
n. 11. a regular (daily) bet with a bookmaker ...1984 UK sl.
DAILY BODY
n. a daily help (servant) ...c1918 colloq.
DAILY BREAD
n. 1. a wage-earner; the working head of the family ...c1890 colloq.
n. 2. the head ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAILY BREADER
n. the head of the family; the working head of the house ...L19 rhyming sl.
DAILY BREADITE
n. the head of the family ...L19 rhyming sl.
DAILY-DAILY
n. during the Vietnam war: anti-malaria pills taken daily, in addition to a second medication taken once a week ...1982 US sl.
DAILY-DAILY PILL
n. an anti-malaria pill ...1982 US Army sl.
DAILY-DAY
adv. every day, continually, constantly ...1881 Sc.
DAILY DOUBLE
n. 1. success in two fields of endeavour simultaneously; winning or obtaining any two different prizes, goal, or the like ...20C Amer. sl.
n. 2. trouble ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 3. in poker: two consecutive winning hands ...1996 US sl.
DAILY DOZEN
n. 1. a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks ...1919 sl.
n. 2. one's work, occupation ...1930s sl.
DAILY-DUD
n. a dish-clout (cloth) ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAILY EXAGGERATOR
n. the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
DAILY EXPRESS
n. a dress ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
vb. to dress ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DAILY EYE-WASH
n. an official army communiqué ...World War I services' usage
DAILY GETSMUCHWORSE
n. the Daily Express (daily national tabloid newspaper in the UK launched in 1900) ...1975 UK sl.
DAILYGONE
n. twilight ...1925 Irish sl.
DAILY GRIND, THE
n. the routine of everyday life ...20C Amer. sl.
DAILY LEVY, THE
n. the Daily Telegraph (newspaper published in London, founded in 1855) ...c1860 sl.
DAILY LIAR
n. a nickname for the Daily Mail ...1984 UK jocular
DAILY MAIL
n. 1. a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl.
n. 2. ale ...1920s rhyming sl.
n. 3. bail ...1920s rhyming sl.
n. 4. sexual enthusiasm ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail'
n. 5. sexual intercourse ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tail'
n. 6. the buttocks; the rectum ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail'
n. 7. a nail ...1961 UK carpenters' rhyming sl.
n. 8. a prostitute; a sexually available woman ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'tail'
vb. to tail, to follow ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAILY NEWS
n. latrine rumours ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
DAILY SUPPRESS
n. the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
DAILY-TELL-THE-TALE
n. the Daily Mail ...c1920 rhyming sl.
DAILY TORYGRAPH
n. the Daily Telegraph ...2003 UK sl.
DAILY WAIL, THE
n. the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
DAILY WHALE, THE
n. the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
DAIMEN
adj. rare, occasional ...1790 Sc.
DAIN
† adj. 1. haughty ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
† adj. 2. repellent ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
† adj. 3. reserved, distant ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
† adj. 4. repulsive in smell, stinking, putrid ...1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
adj. 5. cross, irritable ...1896 Eng. dial.
† n. disdain, dislike, distrust ...a1400-1500
† vb. to disdain ...a1400-50
DAINFUL
† adj. disdainful ...c1530
DAINSHACH
adj. fastidious, particular; fussy about food ...1920 Sc.
DAINTEOUS
† adj. dainty ...c1386
DAINTESS
n. a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury ...1825 Sc.
DAINTETH
† adj. dainty ...c1430
DAINTIES
n. women's panties, knickers ...1972 euphemism
DAINTIFICATION
n. daintified condition ...1780 nonce word
DAINTIFUL
† adj. dainty ...1393
DAINTIFY
vb. to make dainty ...1780 nonce word
DAINTIHOOD
* n. daintiness ...1780
DAINTITH
† n. a dainty, a delicacy ...1718 Sc.
DAINTIVE
†* adj. dainty ...1526
DAINTREL
† n. a dainty, a delicacy ...1575
DAINTY
† adj. 1. valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
† adj. 2. luxurious ...a1533
† adj. 3. precious; hence, rare, scarce ...? a1500
† adj. 4. delicate in health or constitution ...1560
adj. 5. plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
† adj. 6. liberal, open-hearted ...1825 Sc.
adj. 7. of weather: fine, genial, cheering ...1860 Eng. dial.
adj. 8. large, good-sized ...1866 Sc.
adj. 9. evil-smelling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 10. fragrant, implying delicacy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love ...a1225
† n. 2. delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness ...a1300
† n. 3. a liking or fondness to do or see anything; delight, pleasure, joy ...c1325
† n. 4. anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity ...1340
† n. 5. daintiness; fastidiousness ...1590
† n. 6. a term of endearment ...1611.
n. 7. a person who is coddled or made a pet of ...1892 Eng. dial.
DAINTY-CHAPPED
† adj. fastidious or particular as to eating and food ...19C
DAINTY UP
†* vb. to pamper or indulge with dainties ...1622
DAINY
adj. sly, cunning ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAIR - DALZ
DAIRIES
n. the female breasts ...18C sl.
DAIROUS
† adj. bold, daring ...1790 Eng. dial.
DAIRS
n. small unmarketable fish ...19C nautical colloq.
DAIRTER
n. a daughter ...1837 Amer. dial.
DAIRY
n. 1. the female breasts ...18C sl.
n. 2. drawing attention to oneself so as to allows a confederate to break prison rules unnoticed ...1910s UK prison sl.
n. 3. exposure, publicity ...1910s sl.
n. 4. tobacco ...1940s UK prison sl.
DAIRY, THE
n. the best ...2003 UK sl.
DAIRY ARRANGEMENTS
n. the female breasts ...1910s sl.
DAIRY BOX
n. a sexually transmitted infection; venereal disease ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DAIRY-MOUSE
n. the bat ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAIRY PORN
n. pornographic magazines sold at local dairies ...1990s NZ sl.
DAIRY QUEEN
n. 1. a homosexual farmer ...1960s US gay sl.
n. 2. a homosexual milkman ...1960s US gay sl.
n. 3. a sexual encounter that takes place in the early morning ...1960s US gay sl.
n. 4. a woman with large breasts ...2000s sl.
n. 5. a man who enjoys sucking on nipples during intercourse ...2000s S. Afr. gay sl.
DAIS
† n. a raised table in a hall at which distinguished persons sat at feasts, etc. ...a1259
DAISE
vb. to wither; to become rotten or spoiled from keeping, dampness, etc. ...1825
Sc.
DAISIE
adj. of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
DAISIES
n. boots ...1859 UK rhyming sl. (Daisy Roots)
DAISIES, THE
n. in baseball: the outfield ...1940s Amer. sl.
DAISKET
adj. 1. stupid, dazed, slow ...1880 Sc.
adj. 2. exhausted, worn-out ...1888 Sc.
DAISKIT
adj. exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAISY
adj. 1. remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine ...1757 sl.
adj. 2. pleasant; expert ...L19 US sl.
adv. 1. admirably, excellently, in a fine manner ...L19 US sl.
adv. 2. very ...L19 US sl.
† n. 1. a term of admiration ...c1485
n. 2. a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a diamond ...M18 UK criminals sl.
† n. 4. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 5. a prime or superior example of its kind ...1836 US sl.
n. 6. one who is credulous or gullible ...M19 US campus sl.
n. 7. an attractive young woman; a young girl ...1876 US sl.
n. 8. a mule ...1887 US sl.
n. 9. a chamber pot...L19 sl., esp. nursery usage
n. 10. a term of affection ...L19 sl.
n. 11. a drunkard ...1900s sl.
n. 12. a perfect blow ...1900s Aust. sl.
n. 13. a pretty girl ...20C Amer. sl.
n. 14. a grave; death ...20C Amer. sl.
n. 15. an innocent and naive youth; a young homosexual ...20C Brit. sl.
n. 16. a spintry, i.e. a circle of 3 or more people, heterosexual or homosexual, all linked physically in mutual sex acts ...1927 sl.
n. 17. an effeminate man, esp. an effeminate homosexual man; used derisively ...1944 US sl.
n. 18. a black eye ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 19. a housewife ...1970s US Black sl.
DAISY BEAT
n. a cheat or swindle or minor crime ...1889 rhyming sl.
vb. to cheat, to swindle ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAISY-BEATERS
n. 1. feet ...L19 sl.
n. 2. shoes ...1940s US Black sl.
DAISY BELL
n. hell ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
int. hell! ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DAISY CHAIN
n. 1. a group of people, arranged roughly in a circle, in which each person is both actively and passively engaged in oral, anal, or vaginal sex with the person in front and behind them in the circle ...1927 US sl.
n. 2. a series of (Claymore) mines attached to each other and rigged for sequential detonation ...1950 UK sl.
n. 3. a series of events that return to the beginning ...1954 US sl.
n. 4. the group of men engaged in a gang-rape or orgy with a single woman ...1960s sl.
n. 5. a group of individuals engaged in unfair collaboration; used derisively ...1969 US sl.
n. 6. in business: a situation where a group of 3 or more companies conspire together at the public's expense ...1970s sl.
n. 7. a confidence swindle where funds from successive victims are used to keep the swindle alive with the earlier victims ...1985 US sl.
n. 8. in finance: a collaborative fraudulent scheme for the evasion of corporate or other taxes ...1985 US sl.
n. 9. in computing: a network architecture in which a single cable connects all nodes ...1995 US sl.
n. 10. a criminal who is handcuffed to two prison officers ...Irish sl.
vb. to connect; to link; to chain ...1990s Amer. sl.
DAISY CHAINER
n. one who participates in a 'daisy chain' (see n.1.) ...1930s sl.
DAISY-CLIPPER
n. 1. in baseball: a batted ball that skims along just above the ground ...1866 US sl.
n. 2. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1918 US Army sl.
DAISY-CUTTER
n. 1. a horse that trots with its hooves near the ground ...1791 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any horse ...19C sl.
n. 3. a fine fellow ...1840 US sl.
n. 4. in cricket: a fast ball bowled in such a way that it barely clears the surface of the pitch ...1863 UK sl.
n. 5. in baseball: a batted ball that skims along just above the ground ...1866 US sl.
n. 6. a very low tennis shot ...1897 Amer. sl.
n. 7. an attractive woman ...L19 sl.
n. 8. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1917 US military sl.
n. 9. a perfect landing ...c1930 Royal Air Force usage
n. 10. a 10,000 to 15,000 pound bomb used to clear jungle and create an instant landing zone in Vietnam ...1967 US sl.
DAISY DORMER
adj. warmer, esp. of the weather ...1960 UK rhyming sl., orig. theatrical
† n. a bed warmer ...Brit. rhyming sl.
DAISY DUKES
n. very short and very tight shorts ...1993 US sl.
DAISY DUMPLING
n. a middle-class, heterosexual housewife ...1950s gay sl.
DAISY-KICKER
n. the ostler of an inn, esp. a large inn ...c1770 sl.
DAISYLAND
n. the world outside the big cities ...1950s US sl.
DAISY-PICKER
n. one who accompanies a couple on a country walk, 'brought to keep off gossip'; a chaperone ...L19 Anglo-Irish usage
DAISY-PUSHER
n. 1. a fatal wound ...1916 army sl.
n. 2. a dead person ...1919 US Army sl.
DAISY-PUSHING
adj. dead ...1915 army sl.
DAISY-QUILT
n. the earth, the ground ...1848 Ireland
DAISY RECRUITS
n. boots ...c1855 rhyming sl.
DAISY ROOTS
n. boots ...1859 Brit. rhyming sl.
DAISYS
n. boots ...1859 UK rhyming sl. (Daisy Roots)
DAISY-SHOVER
n. a dead person ...1928 US Army sl.
DAISY-TRIMMERS
n. boots ...M19 sl. Chambers
DAISYVILLE
n. the country ...1859 sl.
DAITSCH
n. a German ...1967 Amer. dial.
DAITURE
adj. ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
n. the number 10 ...M19 sl.
DAIVER
vb. 1. to stun, to stupefy ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
DAIVERT
adj. wandering in mind, silly, senseless ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DAIVERTLIKE
adv. listlessly, languidly ...1887 Sc.
DAIVERTLY
adv. listlessly, languidly ...1887 Sc.
DAIVILIE
adv. listlessly, spiritlessly ...1788 Sc.
DAIZIE
adj. of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
DAJON
† n. an outcast; applied as a term of contempt to both sexes ...1882 Sc.
DAK
n. 1. a Douglas DC-3 Dakota transport aircraft ...1943 services' sl.
n. 2. marijuana ...1980s NZ drugs sl.
vb. to pull another's trousers down as a prank ...2000 Aust. sl.
DAK-DAK
n. a Volkswagen car of the first type produced ...20C Aust. sl.
DAKE
n. a marble used as a stake in a game ...1958 Amer. dial.
vb. to prick with anything sharp; to poke with the finger ...1885 Eng. dial.
DAKED IN
adj. in marbles: said of marbles placed within the ring ...1958 Amer. dial.
DAKES
n. marbles ...20C Aust. schoolchildren's usage
DAKES-HEAD
n. a spiritless, stupid person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAKES-HEADED
adj. stupid, dull ...1893 Eng. dial.
DAKHI
n. a Black person ...2005 S. Afr. sl.
DA KINE
n. 1. anything ...1951 Hawaiian youth usage
n. 2. anything good, as food, drugs, liquor ...1960s US sl.
n. 3. marijuana ...1960s US sl.
DAKKA
n. marijuana ...20C sl.
DAKKER
n. marijuana ...1970s Aust. sl.
DAKMA
vb. to silence ...19C sl.
DAKOTA FLATHEAD
n. a German settler of Dakota, Wisconsin ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAKS
n. 1. shorts or trousers ...1940s sl., orig. Aust.
n. 2. a pair of underpants ...20C Aust. sl.
D.A.L.
n. a humorous notation put on letters that cannot be delivered (Dog At Large) ...c1920 postmen's usage
DA LAND
n. getting intoxicated on a drug while sitting in a car with the windows rolled up, thus intensifying the effects of the ambient smoke ...1990s US Black & drugs sl.
DALCOP
n. an idiot ...1858 Eng. dial.
DALDOES
n. useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish ...1841 Sc.
DALDOO
n. a great noise ...1866 Sc.
DALE
† adj. furious, mad ...1858 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. a hole in the ground; a hollow, a pit, a gulf ...a800
n. 2. the base or 'home' in hide-and-seek ...1873 Sc.
n. 3. a goal ...1873 Sc.
DALE A ONE
n. no one ...20C Irish usage
DALE-BACKED
adj. of a horse, etc.: hollow in the back ...1676
DALK
† n. 1. a pin., brooch, clasp, buckle ...c1000
† n. 2. a hole, hollow, depression ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
DALL
n. 1. a child's toy; a pretty, silly woman ...1818 Sc.
† n. 2. a sloven ...1825 Sc.
int. damn!; an exclamation; a petty oath ...1853 Eng. dial.
DALLACH
n. a blow, a box on the ear ...1900 Sc.
DALLACK
n. an unsightly mess or portion; a dropping of something ...1807 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to dally, to fritter away time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to wear clothes roughly or disorderly; to wear out; to drag or trail carelessly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to dress smartly and gaudily ...1874 Eng. dial.
DALLACKER
n. a day labourer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLACKING
adj. 1. dressing smartly and gaudily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. fooling, play acting ...2000 Ireland sl.
DALLACKS
n. a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLAPOOKEEN
n. the game of blindman's buff ...1952 Ireland
DALLAS SPECIAL
n. a pocketknife with a blade longer than the legal limit ...1949 Amer. dial.
DALLDRUMS
† n. foolish fancies ...1824 Sc.
DALLE
†* n. the hand ...c1460
DALLERS
n. a fit of melancholy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLIANCE
† n. 1. talk, confabulation, converse, chat, usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion ...c1340
† n. 2. waste of time in trifling, idle delay ...1547-64
DALLIE
n. a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
DALLING
adj. of the weather: changing, varying ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLION
† n. a person whose clothes are too large for his body; also, one who has a foolish gait in walking ...1824 Sc.
DALLISH
adj. slovenly ...1825 Sc.
DALLY
adj. good, kind, nice, sweet ...2002 UK sl.
n. 1. a child's toy; a pretty, silly woman ...1822 Sc.
n. 2. an interval in bad weather ...1914 Sc.
n. 3. a delay ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a teetotum (spinning top)...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
n. 6. a New Zealander whose heritage is Croatian (Dalmatian) ...1950 NZ sl.
† vb. 1. to talk or converse lightly or idly; to chat ...c1300
vb. 2. to pet, to indulge, to spoil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to leave, to go ...1970s US Black sl.
vb. 4. in western Canadian rodeos: to loop the lariat around the saddle horn ...1987 Can. sl.
int. an exclamation of surprise ...1892 Eng. dial.
DALLY-BONES
n. the knees ...1867 Eng. dial.
DALLY-BUTTONS!
int. a joyful exclamation ...1895 Eng. dial.
DALLY-CAR
n. a deep ditch ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLY-CRAW
n. a loitering child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLY-LAW
n. a spoiled child, a darling ...1867 Eng. dial.
DALLY OFF
† vb. to put off or defer by trifling ...1574
DALLY OUT
† vb. to trifle with, to elude ...1548
DALLY PLONK
n. cheap wine manufactured by Dalmatian (i.e. Balkan) settlers ...1950s NZ sl.
DALMATIAN PUDDING
n. the boiled currant-pudding known as 'spotted-dog' ...20C Royal Navy sl.
DALT
n. 1. a foster-child ...1775 Sc. & Ireland
n. 2. a spoiled child ...1828 Sc. & Ireland
DALTHEEN
n. an impudent fellow ...20C Ireland
DALY
† adj. lonely, solitary ...1781 Eng. dial.
† n. a die, or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything; a cube ...c1440
n. the female breasts ...18C sl.
DAIROUS
† adj. bold, daring ...1790 Eng. dial.
DAIRS
n. small unmarketable fish ...19C nautical colloq.
DAIRTER
n. a daughter ...1837 Amer. dial.
DAIRY
n. 1. the female breasts ...18C sl.
n. 2. drawing attention to oneself so as to allows a confederate to break prison rules unnoticed ...1910s UK prison sl.
n. 3. exposure, publicity ...1910s sl.
n. 4. tobacco ...1940s UK prison sl.
DAIRY, THE
n. the best ...2003 UK sl.
DAIRY ARRANGEMENTS
n. the female breasts ...1910s sl.
DAIRY BOX
n. a sexually transmitted infection; venereal disease ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DAIRY-MOUSE
n. the bat ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAIRY PORN
n. pornographic magazines sold at local dairies ...1990s NZ sl.
DAIRY QUEEN
n. 1. a homosexual farmer ...1960s US gay sl.
n. 2. a homosexual milkman ...1960s US gay sl.
n. 3. a sexual encounter that takes place in the early morning ...1960s US gay sl.
n. 4. a woman with large breasts ...2000s sl.
n. 5. a man who enjoys sucking on nipples during intercourse ...2000s S. Afr. gay sl.
DAIS
† n. a raised table in a hall at which distinguished persons sat at feasts, etc. ...a1259
DAISE
vb. to wither; to become rotten or spoiled from keeping, dampness, etc. ...1825
Sc.
DAISIE
adj. of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
DAISIES
n. boots ...1859 UK rhyming sl. (Daisy Roots)
DAISIES, THE
n. in baseball: the outfield ...1940s Amer. sl.
DAISKET
adj. 1. stupid, dazed, slow ...1880 Sc.
adj. 2. exhausted, worn-out ...1888 Sc.
DAISKIT
adj. exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAISY
adj. 1. remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine ...1757 sl.
adj. 2. pleasant; expert ...L19 US sl.
adv. 1. admirably, excellently, in a fine manner ...L19 US sl.
adv. 2. very ...L19 US sl.
† n. 1. a term of admiration ...c1485
n. 2. a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a diamond ...M18 UK criminals sl.
† n. 4. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 5. a prime or superior example of its kind ...1836 US sl.
n. 6. one who is credulous or gullible ...M19 US campus sl.
n. 7. an attractive young woman; a young girl ...1876 US sl.
n. 8. a mule ...1887 US sl.
n. 9. a chamber pot...L19 sl., esp. nursery usage
n. 10. a term of affection ...L19 sl.
n. 11. a drunkard ...1900s sl.
n. 12. a perfect blow ...1900s Aust. sl.
n. 13. a pretty girl ...20C Amer. sl.
n. 14. a grave; death ...20C Amer. sl.
n. 15. an innocent and naive youth; a young homosexual ...20C Brit. sl.
n. 16. a spintry, i.e. a circle of 3 or more people, heterosexual or homosexual, all linked physically in mutual sex acts ...1927 sl.
n. 17. an effeminate man, esp. an effeminate homosexual man; used derisively ...1944 US sl.
n. 18. a black eye ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 19. a housewife ...1970s US Black sl.
DAISY BEAT
n. a cheat or swindle or minor crime ...1889 rhyming sl.
vb. to cheat, to swindle ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
DAISY-BEATERS
n. 1. feet ...L19 sl.
n. 2. shoes ...1940s US Black sl.
DAISY BELL
n. hell ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
int. hell! ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DAISY CHAIN
n. 1. a group of people, arranged roughly in a circle, in which each person is both actively and passively engaged in oral, anal, or vaginal sex with the person in front and behind them in the circle ...1927 US sl.
n. 2. a series of (Claymore) mines attached to each other and rigged for sequential detonation ...1950 UK sl.
n. 3. a series of events that return to the beginning ...1954 US sl.
n. 4. the group of men engaged in a gang-rape or orgy with a single woman ...1960s sl.
n. 5. a group of individuals engaged in unfair collaboration; used derisively ...1969 US sl.
n. 6. in business: a situation where a group of 3 or more companies conspire together at the public's expense ...1970s sl.
n. 7. a confidence swindle where funds from successive victims are used to keep the swindle alive with the earlier victims ...1985 US sl.
n. 8. in finance: a collaborative fraudulent scheme for the evasion of corporate or other taxes ...1985 US sl.
n. 9. in computing: a network architecture in which a single cable connects all nodes ...1995 US sl.
n. 10. a criminal who is handcuffed to two prison officers ...Irish sl.
vb. to connect; to link; to chain ...1990s Amer. sl.
DAISY CHAINER
n. one who participates in a 'daisy chain' (see n.1.) ...1930s sl.
DAISY-CLIPPER
n. 1. in baseball: a batted ball that skims along just above the ground ...1866 US sl.
n. 2. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1918 US Army sl.
DAISY-CUTTER
n. 1. a horse that trots with its hooves near the ground ...1791 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any horse ...19C sl.
n. 3. a fine fellow ...1840 US sl.
n. 4. in cricket: a fast ball bowled in such a way that it barely clears the surface of the pitch ...1863 UK sl.
n. 5. in baseball: a batted ball that skims along just above the ground ...1866 US sl.
n. 6. a very low tennis shot ...1897 Amer. sl.
n. 7. an attractive woman ...L19 sl.
n. 8. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1917 US military sl.
n. 9. a perfect landing ...c1930 Royal Air Force usage
n. 10. a 10,000 to 15,000 pound bomb used to clear jungle and create an instant landing zone in Vietnam ...1967 US sl.
DAISY DORMER
adj. warmer, esp. of the weather ...1960 UK rhyming sl., orig. theatrical
† n. a bed warmer ...Brit. rhyming sl.
DAISY DUKES
n. very short and very tight shorts ...1993 US sl.
DAISY DUMPLING
n. a middle-class, heterosexual housewife ...1950s gay sl.
DAISY-KICKER
n. the ostler of an inn, esp. a large inn ...c1770 sl.
DAISYLAND
n. the world outside the big cities ...1950s US sl.
DAISY-PICKER
n. one who accompanies a couple on a country walk, 'brought to keep off gossip'; a chaperone ...L19 Anglo-Irish usage
DAISY-PUSHER
n. 1. a fatal wound ...1916 army sl.
n. 2. a dead person ...1919 US Army sl.
DAISY-PUSHING
adj. dead ...1915 army sl.
DAISY-QUILT
n. the earth, the ground ...1848 Ireland
DAISY RECRUITS
n. boots ...c1855 rhyming sl.
DAISY ROOTS
n. boots ...1859 Brit. rhyming sl.
DAISYS
n. boots ...1859 UK rhyming sl. (Daisy Roots)
DAISY-SHOVER
n. a dead person ...1928 US Army sl.
DAISY-TRIMMERS
n. boots ...M19 sl. Chambers
DAISYVILLE
n. the country ...1859 sl.
DAITSCH
n. a German ...1967 Amer. dial.
DAITURE
adj. ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
n. the number 10 ...M19 sl.
DAIVER
vb. 1. to stun, to stupefy ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
DAIVERT
adj. wandering in mind, silly, senseless ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DAIVERTLIKE
adv. listlessly, languidly ...1887 Sc.
DAIVERTLY
adv. listlessly, languidly ...1887 Sc.
DAIVILIE
adv. listlessly, spiritlessly ...1788 Sc.
DAIZIE
adj. of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
DAJON
† n. an outcast; applied as a term of contempt to both sexes ...1882 Sc.
DAK
n. 1. a Douglas DC-3 Dakota transport aircraft ...1943 services' sl.
n. 2. marijuana ...1980s NZ drugs sl.
vb. to pull another's trousers down as a prank ...2000 Aust. sl.
DAK-DAK
n. a Volkswagen car of the first type produced ...20C Aust. sl.
DAKE
n. a marble used as a stake in a game ...1958 Amer. dial.
vb. to prick with anything sharp; to poke with the finger ...1885 Eng. dial.
DAKED IN
adj. in marbles: said of marbles placed within the ring ...1958 Amer. dial.
DAKES
n. marbles ...20C Aust. schoolchildren's usage
DAKES-HEAD
n. a spiritless, stupid person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAKES-HEADED
adj. stupid, dull ...1893 Eng. dial.
DAKHI
n. a Black person ...2005 S. Afr. sl.
DA KINE
n. 1. anything ...1951 Hawaiian youth usage
n. 2. anything good, as food, drugs, liquor ...1960s US sl.
n. 3. marijuana ...1960s US sl.
DAKKA
n. marijuana ...20C sl.
DAKKER
n. marijuana ...1970s Aust. sl.
DAKMA
vb. to silence ...19C sl.
DAKOTA FLATHEAD
n. a German settler of Dakota, Wisconsin ...1965 Amer. dial.
DAKS
n. 1. shorts or trousers ...1940s sl., orig. Aust.
n. 2. a pair of underpants ...20C Aust. sl.
D.A.L.
n. a humorous notation put on letters that cannot be delivered (Dog At Large) ...c1920 postmen's usage
DA LAND
n. getting intoxicated on a drug while sitting in a car with the windows rolled up, thus intensifying the effects of the ambient smoke ...1990s US Black & drugs sl.
DALCOP
n. an idiot ...1858 Eng. dial.
DALDOES
n. useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish ...1841 Sc.
DALDOO
n. a great noise ...1866 Sc.
DALE
† adj. furious, mad ...1858 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. a hole in the ground; a hollow, a pit, a gulf ...a800
n. 2. the base or 'home' in hide-and-seek ...1873 Sc.
n. 3. a goal ...1873 Sc.
DALE A ONE
n. no one ...20C Irish usage
DALE-BACKED
adj. of a horse, etc.: hollow in the back ...1676
DALK
† n. 1. a pin., brooch, clasp, buckle ...c1000
† n. 2. a hole, hollow, depression ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
DALL
n. 1. a child's toy; a pretty, silly woman ...1818 Sc.
† n. 2. a sloven ...1825 Sc.
int. damn!; an exclamation; a petty oath ...1853 Eng. dial.
DALLACH
n. a blow, a box on the ear ...1900 Sc.
DALLACK
n. an unsightly mess or portion; a dropping of something ...1807 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to dally, to fritter away time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to wear clothes roughly or disorderly; to wear out; to drag or trail carelessly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to dress smartly and gaudily ...1874 Eng. dial.
DALLACKER
n. a day labourer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLACKING
adj. 1. dressing smartly and gaudily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. fooling, play acting ...2000 Ireland sl.
DALLACKS
n. a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLAPOOKEEN
n. the game of blindman's buff ...1952 Ireland
DALLAS SPECIAL
n. a pocketknife with a blade longer than the legal limit ...1949 Amer. dial.
DALLDRUMS
† n. foolish fancies ...1824 Sc.
DALLE
†* n. the hand ...c1460
DALLERS
n. a fit of melancholy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLIANCE
† n. 1. talk, confabulation, converse, chat, usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion ...c1340
† n. 2. waste of time in trifling, idle delay ...1547-64
DALLIE
n. a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
DALLING
adj. of the weather: changing, varying ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLION
† n. a person whose clothes are too large for his body; also, one who has a foolish gait in walking ...1824 Sc.
DALLISH
adj. slovenly ...1825 Sc.
DALLY
adj. good, kind, nice, sweet ...2002 UK sl.
n. 1. a child's toy; a pretty, silly woman ...1822 Sc.
n. 2. an interval in bad weather ...1914 Sc.
n. 3. a delay ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a teetotum (spinning top)...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
n. 6. a New Zealander whose heritage is Croatian (Dalmatian) ...1950 NZ sl.
† vb. 1. to talk or converse lightly or idly; to chat ...c1300
vb. 2. to pet, to indulge, to spoil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to leave, to go ...1970s US Black sl.
vb. 4. in western Canadian rodeos: to loop the lariat around the saddle horn ...1987 Can. sl.
int. an exclamation of surprise ...1892 Eng. dial.
DALLY-BONES
n. the knees ...1867 Eng. dial.
DALLY-BUTTONS!
int. a joyful exclamation ...1895 Eng. dial.
DALLY-CAR
n. a deep ditch ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLY-CRAW
n. a loitering child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DALLY-LAW
n. a spoiled child, a darling ...1867 Eng. dial.
DALLY OFF
† vb. to put off or defer by trifling ...1574
DALLY OUT
† vb. to trifle with, to elude ...1548
DALLY PLONK
n. cheap wine manufactured by Dalmatian (i.e. Balkan) settlers ...1950s NZ sl.
DALMATIAN PUDDING
n. the boiled currant-pudding known as 'spotted-dog' ...20C Royal Navy sl.
DALT
n. 1. a foster-child ...1775 Sc. & Ireland
n. 2. a spoiled child ...1828 Sc. & Ireland
DALTHEEN
n. an impudent fellow ...20C Ireland
DALY
† adj. lonely, solitary ...1781 Eng. dial.
† n. a die, or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything; a cube ...c1440
DAM - DAMZ
DAM
adj. 1. a strong expression of reprehension or dislike ...M18
adj. 2. a general intensifier, complete, utter ...L19
† n. 1. each of the pieces in the game of draughts or checkers ...1580
n. 2. mother; usually used in contempt ...a1547
n. 3. the quantity of urine discharged at once; generally applied to children ...1786 Sc.
n. 4. a young unmarried woman, a girl; a damsel ...1790 Sc.
n. 5. a woman, esp. an old woman ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. a term applied to women of the lowest rank ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a menstrual cup (a device worn internally, used instead of tampons) ...2001 US sl.
vb. of animals: to give birth to young ...1577 obs. rare
DAM, THE
n. Amsterdam ...1996 UK sl.
DAMA BLANCA
n. cocaine ...1976 US sl.
DAMACK
n. a girl, a young woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMACKIE
n. a girl, a young woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMAGE
† n. 1. a matter for regret, a misfortune ...c1385
† n. 2. a disadvantage, inconvenience, trouble ...1398
n. 3. cost, expense ...1755 sl.
n. 4. a problem ...1988 US sl.
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMAGE, THE
n. cost; price ...1755 sl.
DAMAGEABLE
† adj. 1. causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious ...1474
adj. 2. liable to be damaged ...1755
DAMAGEABLY
† adv. injuriously ...1660
DAMAGED
adj. 1. drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover ...1851 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. bewitched ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMAGED GOODS
n. 1. a person, esp. a woman, who is no longer a virgin ...1916 US sl.
n. 2. an emotionally or mentally unstable person ...1990s sl.
DAMAGEFUL
† adj. injurious, hurtful ...c1449
DAMAGEMENT
* n. act of damaging, or the fact of being damaged ...1603
DAMAGEOUS
† adj. fraught with damage, hurtful, injurious; causing loss or disadvantage ...c1386
DAMAGER
n. 1. a damaging punch ...c1815 boxing colloq.
n. 2. a manager ...c1880 sl., orig. theatrical usage
DAMASK
vb. to warm wine ...L17 sl.
DAMASON
n. a severe scolding, rebuke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMBER
n. 1. a man belonging to a criminal gang ...M17 criminals' sl.
n. 2. a rogue, a rascal ...M17 sl.
DAMBER-BUSH
n. the female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
DAMBLACK
adj. extremely dark-skinned ...1930s US Black sl.
DAM-BOARD
n. a draught-board ...1779 Sc.
DAM-BROD
n. the board used in the game of draughts; draughts ...1779 Sc.
DAMBROD, THE
n. the game of draughts ...1826 Sc.
DAM-BUSTER
n. a sudden heavy rain ...1962 Amer. dial.
DAME
† n. 1. a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess ...a1225
n. 2. a form of address originally used to a lady of rank, or a woman of position; gradually extended to women of lower rank ...a1225
† n. 3. a mother ...a1225
n. 4. the 'lady' of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife ...c1330 now arch. or Eng. dial.
n. 5. the wife or daughter of a lord; a woman of rank, a lady ...1530 now hist, or poetic
n. 6. a woman in rank next below a lady; the wife of a knight, squire, citizen, yeoman ...1574 arch. or Eng. dial.
† n. 7. the queen at chess ...1574
n. 8. the mistress of a private elementary school for children, usually an old woman or widow ...a1649 now nearly obs.
n. 9. a woman; a girl; often used disparagingly; now suggesting a tough or old-fashioned viewpoint ...1698
n. 10. at Eton: a matron who keeps a boarding-house for boys at the school; also a man who does the same ...c1737
n. 11. in a deck of playing cards: a queen ...1996 US sl.
DAME COMPLEX
n. fondness for girls ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAME JUDI (DENCH)
n. a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Dame Judi Dench)
DAME OF HONOR
n. a maid or matron of honour ...1966 Amer. dial.
DAME RUMOUR
n. rumour ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
DAME-SCHOOL
n. an infant school kept by an old woman; an elementary school for children kept by a dame ...1852
DAMESHIP
n. the office or position of a dame ...1837 nonce word
DAME'S THIMBLE
n. a rap on the head with a thimbled finger ...1847 Eng. dial.
DAME WITH AN ANCHOR
n. a married woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
DAMFI!
int. damned if I know! ...L19 sl., orig. US
DAMFINO!
int. damned if I know! ...1882 US sl.
DAMFOOL
adj. damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating ...c1895 colloq.
n. a damned fool ...c1880 colloq.
vb. to deceive ...World War I army sl.
DAMFUL
vb. to deceive ...World War I army sl.
DAMIE
n. a young unmarried woman; a girl ...1789 Sc.
DAMIFIED
adj. damaged ...1924 Amer. dial.
DAMISH
n. damage, injury ...1820 Sc.
vb. to damage ...1939 Sc.
DAMISHELL
n. a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition; a damsel ...a1743 Sc.
DAMISHT
adj. stupid, silly ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMISH YOUR SKINS
int. an expletive ...1894 Sc.
DAMMARET
† n. a lady's man; 'one that spends his whole time in the entertaining or courting of women' ...1635
DAMME
† n. a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
int. a profane imprecation; shortened form of 'dame me!' ...c1645
DAMME-BOY
† n. a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
DAMMED
adj. 1. a strong expression of reprehension or dislike ...L16
adj. 2. a general intensifier; complete, utter ...M19
DAMMELLED
adj. damned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMMER
n. a term prefixed by lads to the surname of a companion, as 'dammer Smith'; also used as a form of address ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
†* vb. 1. to make dim or dark ...1610
vb. 2. to astonish, to astound, to confuse ...1897 Sc.
DAMMERTIT
adj. stupid ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMMING AND LADING
phr. incurring one debt to pay another ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DAMMISH
† vb. 1. to stun, to stupefy ...a1598 Sc.
vb. 2. to bruise the surface of by a knock, as with an apple, etc. ...19C Sc.
vb. 3. to injure, to damage ...1894 Sc.
DAMMISHED
adj. stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
DAMMISH IT!
int. an expletive ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMMISHMENT
n. damage, injury ...1827 Sc.
DAMMISH YOU!
int. an expletive ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMMIT
† adj. stunned ...1825 Sc.
int. a mild exclamation ...L17 sl.
DAMMIT TO HELL!
int. a mild exclamation ...M19
DAMMIT TO HELL AND BACK!
int. a mild exclamation ...M19
DAMMY
n. a profane swearer ...c1610 sl.
int. damn! ...17C euphemism
DAMMY-BOY
n. a profane swearer; a roaring, blustering fellow...c1610 sl.
DAMN
adj. 1. cursed, wretched ...1770s
adj. 2. a general intensifier, complete, utter ...1865
adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely ...M19
n. 1. something of little or no worth ...1760 UK sl.
n. 2. a miniscule or virtually non-existent amount ...L18 sl.
vb. 1. to execrate; to condemn; to curse ...1770s
vb. 2. to hurt, to disable ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to condemn a person or thing as without value; to judge someone or something as worthless ...20C colloq.
int. a profane imprecation; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, etc. ...1589
DAMNABLE
† adj. 1. worthy of condemnation; to be reprobated; highly reprehensible; objectionable ...c1380
†* adj. 2. causing loss or harm; hurtful, pernicious ...c1420
†* adj. 3. liable to judicial condemnation ...c1460
adj. 4. a general abusive epithet, a term of dismissal and dislike ...19C sl.
DAMNABLY
adv. very. exceedingly ...19C colloq.
DAMNAGE
† n. damage ...1707 Sc.
DAMN A HORSE IF I DO!
int. a strong refusal or rejection ...c1820 colloq.
DAMN A HORSE'S HIND LEG!
int. an oath ...c1810 sl.
DAMN ALL
adj. none, no ...1910s sl.
n. emphatically nothing; anything ...1914 US sl.
int. nothing! ...1910s sl.
DAMN AND BASTARDRY!
int. a mild oath ...2000 UK sl.
DAMN AND BLAST
adj. last ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. the last position in a race ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
int. used to express anger or frustration ...1943 UK sl.
DAMN-ASS-ALL
n. nothing ...1959 US sl.
DAMNATION
adj. damned; excessive ...c1750 colloq.
† n. 1. the act of condemning, or fact of being condemned, as by judicial sentence, etc.; condemnation ...a1300
n. 2. hell ...17C
int. an exclamation of emphatic objurgation ...1604
DAMNATION ALLEY
n. in roulette: the twelve-number column on the left of the layout ...1979 US sl.
DAMNATION BOW-WOW(S)!
n. hell ...M19 euphemism
int. damn! Hell ...1924 Amer. dial.
DAMNATION TAKE IT!
int. a general curse ...19C sl.
DAMN-BUT!
int. expressing affirmation ...1939 Ireland
DAMN-DAMN n. in Vietnam: bombardment, gunfire ...1982 US military usage
DAMNED
adj. an intensifier, generally to negative effect; a strong expression of reprehension or dislike ...1596 UK
adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely ...L16
DAMNED GOOD SWINE UP
n. a loud quarrel; a fierce argument, possibly leading to blows ...L19 sl.
DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON'T phr. condemned,
whatever decision one makes ...1970s Amer. sl.
DAMNED SOUL
n. a customs house who 'guards against the crime of perjury, by taking a
previous oath, never to swear truly on these occasions' ...1780s sl.
DAMNED TOOTING!
int. used to express emphatic agreement ...1963 US sl.
DAMNED YANKEE
n. a native of the northern US ...1833 Amer. dial.
DAMNEMENT
†* n. damnation ...1480
DAMN-FOOL
adj. damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating ...19C colloq.
n. a damned fool ...19C colloq.
DAMNFOOLISH
adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMN GOOD
adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMNIFIABLE
†* adj. injurious, hurtful, detrimental ...1604
DAMNIFIC
† adj. causing damage or loss; injurious ..1727
DAMNIFY
* vb. 1. to cause, injury, loss, or inconvenience to; to injure, to damage, to hurt; to inflict injury upon; to wrong ...1512 (very common in the 17th century)
† vb. 2. to injure physically or bodily ...a1562
† vb. 3. to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin ...1612
† vb. 4. to become damaged; to spoil ...1712
DAMNING
adj. addicted to profane swearing ...1667
† n. 1. a 'company' of jurors ...1486
n. 2. profane swearing ...1679
DAMN IT!
int. an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1589 UK
DAMN IT ALL!
int. a mild exclamation ...L17 sl.
DAMN-IT-SKIN!
int. a mild oath ...1951 Ireland
DAMNLY
adv. completely, quite ...1968 Amer. dial.
DAMN ME FOR A HORSE IF I DO!
int. an exclamation implying one's absolute refusal to do something ...E19 sl.
DAMN-MY-EYES
adj. flashy; ostentatious ...1849 US nautical sl.
int. (as 'damn my eyes!) an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
DAMNOSE
† adj. hurtful ...1727
DAMNOSITY
† n. hurtfulness ...1727
DAMN RIGHT
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly ...1940s sl.
DAMN SAM!
int. an exclamation of surprise or annoyance ...1950s US Black usage
DAMN SKIPPING!
int. an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s, orig. US Black usage
DAMN SKIPPY
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly ...1940s sl.
int. absolutely! without a doubt! ...1994 US sl.
DAMN STRAIGHT
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly ...1940s sl.
int. an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
DAMN TOOTIN'
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
int. an exclamation of affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1910s US sl.
DAMN WELL
adv. certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
DAMN YANKEE
n. a southern term expressing rancour toward the politicians and soldiers of the Union; a native of the northern US ...1833 Amer. dial.
DAMN YANKEE COTTON
n. snow ...2008 Amer. dial.
DAMN YOU!
int. a curse; go to hell! ...19C
DAMN YOUR BUTTONS!
int. an expletive ...1834 sl.
DAMN-YOUR-EYES
adj. provocative ...M19 sl.
int. (as 'damn your eyes!) an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
DAM OF THAT WAS A WHISKER, THE
phr. applied to a great lie ...c1675 Eng. dial. & colloq.
DAMOISEAU
† n. a young man of gentle birth, not yet made a knight ...c1477 obs. or arch.
DAMON (HILL)
n. a pill, esp. an amphetamine ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Damon Hill)
DAMORST!
int. an oath, damn you! ...1835 Sc.
DAMOURET
† n. a ladies' man; one who spends his time in the entertaining or courting of women ...a1649
DAMP
† adj. 1. showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied ...1590 obs. or arch.
adj. 2. tipsy; mildly drunk ...1813 US sl.
adj. 3. foolish, stupid; crazy ...L19 sl.
adj. 4. allowing the importation of alcohol for personal consumption but not for public sale ...1991 US sl.
adj. 5. of a woman: sexually aroused ...Brit. sl.
adj. 6. weak, ineffectual ...Brit. sl.
† n. 1. a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor ...1542
n. 2. a check, discouragement ...1587
† n. 3. visible vapour; fog, mist ...1601
n. 4. a state of dejection; depression of spirits ...1606
n. 5. a disappointment; a rebuff ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. a drink; a 'wetting' ...1837 sl.
n. 7. the end of a line or rope ...Bk1900 Sc.
n. 8. fine rain ...1911 Sc.
n. 9. an umbrella ...c1950 jocular
n. 10. the vagina; hence, a woman in sexual terms ...1950s sl.
n. 11. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1970s US sl.
n. 12. a feeble or inept person ...Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject, to discourage, to check ...1548
† vb. 2. to stifle the faculties with noxious 'fumes'; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze ...1570
† vb. 3. to envelop in a fog or mist ...1629
† vb. 4. to condemn ...1728 Sc.
vb. 5. to wet, to moisten slightly ...1853 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to drizzle, to rain slightly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to put out a fire, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to take a drink ...1862 sl.
vb. 9. to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth ...1900s US criminals' sl.
DAMP AS A SCOTCH MIST
adj. very damp ...1844 Amer. dial.
DAMP BAZAAR
n. a bar ...M19 rhyming sl.
DAMP BLANKET
n. in the theatre: a bad review ...1981 US sl.
DAMP BOURBON POULTICE
n. a shot of bourbon ...L19 US sl.
DAMPEN THE DUST
vb. to take a drink ...M19 US sl.
DAMPER
n. 1. something that takes off the edge of appetite; a snack between meals ...1804
n. 2. a person or thing that depresses, takes the edge off joy, chills one's enthusiasm, etc.; a spoilsport; a wet-blanket ...1748 sl.
n. 3. a rebuff ...19C sl.
n. 4. ale or stout taken after spirits (and water) ...c1820 sl.
n. 5. a simple, unleavened, savoury bread traditionally cooked in the ashes of a campfire ...1825 Aust.
n. 6. a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register ...1848 US criminals' sl.
n. 7. a sweating employer ...c1860 tailors' sl.
n. 8. a safe or safe-deposit box ...1872 US criminals' sl.
n. 9. a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant ...1886 UK society sl.
n. 10. a bank or money depository; a treasury ...1932 criminals' sl.
n. 11. a bed-wetter ...1990s UK tramps' sl.
n. 12. solitary confinement, punishment cells ...1950s Amer. prison sl.
vb. 1. to stop; to bring to an end ...1970s US Black sl.
vb. 2. to mute, to quiet ...1979 US sl.
DAMPER-GETTER
n. a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
DAMPER IT
phr. an expression to tell someone to be patient ...1970 Amer. dial.
DAMPER PAD
n. a bank book ...1930s US criminals' sl.
DAMPER'S DOWN
phr. used as a warning to a man that his trouser-fly is open ...1968 Amer. dial.
DAMPER-SNEAK
n. a thief of safes ...1872 US criminals' sl.
DAMPER YOU!
int. an imprecation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMPHOOL
adj. damnably foolish ...19C colloq.
n. a damned fool ...19C colloq.
DAMPHOOLE
n. a damned fool ...c1880 colloq.
DAMPHOOLISH
adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMPHULE
n. a damned fool ...c1880 colloq.
DAMPINESS
* n. the state of being 'dampy' or somewhat damp ...1830
DAMPING
adj. 1. wet, moist, damp ...1846 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. showery, drizzling ...1897 Eng. dial.
DAMPISH
† adj. vaporous, foggy, misty ...1577
DAMP ONE'S MUG
vb. to drink ...c1835 sl.
DAMP POT
n. 1. the sea, esp. the Atlantic ...c1855 tailors' sl.
n. 2. a water-pot ...L19 tailors' colloq.
DAMP RAG
n. a disappointment; a blighted hop ...1940s Amer. sl.
DAMPS
n. barbiturates; central nervous system depressants ...1992 US drugs sl.
DAMP SQUIB
n. 1. something that fails to come to a conclusion; a fiasco; a failure; a dud ...1845 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a racehorse or greyhound that starts well but runs out of steam ...20C Aust. sl.
DAMP THE SAWDUST
vb. to drink with friends at the opening of a new tavern ...c1860 sl.
DAMPY
† adj. 1. full of vapour or mist; foggy ...1600
adj. 2. affected with moisture; somewhat damp ...a1691
DAMS
† n. the game of draughts or checkers ...1580
DAMSDIL
n. a young woman; a damsel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMSEL
† n. 1. a maid in waiting; a female attendant; orig. a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank ...c1314
n. 2 . a hot iron for warming a bed ...1727-51
n. 3. the slender dragonfly, Agrion Virgo ...1815
n. 4. a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. morphine ...20C US drugs sl.
n. 6. a girl, any girl, as employed in society and in the universities ..E20 sl.
DAMSIL IT!
int. an oath ...1861 Eng. dial.
DAMSON-PIE
n. abuse; a slanging match; obscene language ...c1865 colloq.
DAMSONS
† n. the testicles ...16C sl.
DAMSON TART
n. a humorous term for profane language ...1887 Eng. dial.
DAMWIT
n. a fool ...1940s US sl.
adj. 1. a strong expression of reprehension or dislike ...M18
adj. 2. a general intensifier, complete, utter ...L19
† n. 1. each of the pieces in the game of draughts or checkers ...1580
n. 2. mother; usually used in contempt ...a1547
n. 3. the quantity of urine discharged at once; generally applied to children ...1786 Sc.
n. 4. a young unmarried woman, a girl; a damsel ...1790 Sc.
n. 5. a woman, esp. an old woman ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. a term applied to women of the lowest rank ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a menstrual cup (a device worn internally, used instead of tampons) ...2001 US sl.
vb. of animals: to give birth to young ...1577 obs. rare
DAM, THE
n. Amsterdam ...1996 UK sl.
DAMA BLANCA
n. cocaine ...1976 US sl.
DAMACK
n. a girl, a young woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMACKIE
n. a girl, a young woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMAGE
† n. 1. a matter for regret, a misfortune ...c1385
† n. 2. a disadvantage, inconvenience, trouble ...1398
n. 3. cost, expense ...1755 sl.
n. 4. a problem ...1988 US sl.
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMAGE, THE
n. cost; price ...1755 sl.
DAMAGEABLE
† adj. 1. causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious ...1474
adj. 2. liable to be damaged ...1755
DAMAGEABLY
† adv. injuriously ...1660
DAMAGED
adj. 1. drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover ...1851 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. bewitched ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMAGED GOODS
n. 1. a person, esp. a woman, who is no longer a virgin ...1916 US sl.
n. 2. an emotionally or mentally unstable person ...1990s sl.
DAMAGEFUL
† adj. injurious, hurtful ...c1449
DAMAGEMENT
* n. act of damaging, or the fact of being damaged ...1603
DAMAGEOUS
† adj. fraught with damage, hurtful, injurious; causing loss or disadvantage ...c1386
DAMAGER
n. 1. a damaging punch ...c1815 boxing colloq.
n. 2. a manager ...c1880 sl., orig. theatrical usage
DAMASK
vb. to warm wine ...L17 sl.
DAMASON
n. a severe scolding, rebuke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMBER
n. 1. a man belonging to a criminal gang ...M17 criminals' sl.
n. 2. a rogue, a rascal ...M17 sl.
DAMBER-BUSH
n. the female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
DAMBLACK
adj. extremely dark-skinned ...1930s US Black sl.
DAM-BOARD
n. a draught-board ...1779 Sc.
DAM-BROD
n. the board used in the game of draughts; draughts ...1779 Sc.
DAMBROD, THE
n. the game of draughts ...1826 Sc.
DAM-BUSTER
n. a sudden heavy rain ...1962 Amer. dial.
DAME
† n. 1. a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess ...a1225
n. 2. a form of address originally used to a lady of rank, or a woman of position; gradually extended to women of lower rank ...a1225
† n. 3. a mother ...a1225
n. 4. the 'lady' of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife ...c1330 now arch. or Eng. dial.
n. 5. the wife or daughter of a lord; a woman of rank, a lady ...1530 now hist, or poetic
n. 6. a woman in rank next below a lady; the wife of a knight, squire, citizen, yeoman ...1574 arch. or Eng. dial.
† n. 7. the queen at chess ...1574
n. 8. the mistress of a private elementary school for children, usually an old woman or widow ...a1649 now nearly obs.
n. 9. a woman; a girl; often used disparagingly; now suggesting a tough or old-fashioned viewpoint ...1698
n. 10. at Eton: a matron who keeps a boarding-house for boys at the school; also a man who does the same ...c1737
n. 11. in a deck of playing cards: a queen ...1996 US sl.
DAME COMPLEX
n. fondness for girls ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAME JUDI (DENCH)
n. a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Dame Judi Dench)
DAME OF HONOR
n. a maid or matron of honour ...1966 Amer. dial.
DAME RUMOUR
n. rumour ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
DAME-SCHOOL
n. an infant school kept by an old woman; an elementary school for children kept by a dame ...1852
DAMESHIP
n. the office or position of a dame ...1837 nonce word
DAME'S THIMBLE
n. a rap on the head with a thimbled finger ...1847 Eng. dial.
DAME WITH AN ANCHOR
n. a married woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
DAMFI!
int. damned if I know! ...L19 sl., orig. US
DAMFINO!
int. damned if I know! ...1882 US sl.
DAMFOOL
adj. damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating ...c1895 colloq.
n. a damned fool ...c1880 colloq.
vb. to deceive ...World War I army sl.
DAMFUL
vb. to deceive ...World War I army sl.
DAMIE
n. a young unmarried woman; a girl ...1789 Sc.
DAMIFIED
adj. damaged ...1924 Amer. dial.
DAMISH
n. damage, injury ...1820 Sc.
vb. to damage ...1939 Sc.
DAMISHELL
n. a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition; a damsel ...a1743 Sc.
DAMISHT
adj. stupid, silly ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMISH YOUR SKINS
int. an expletive ...1894 Sc.
DAMMARET
† n. a lady's man; 'one that spends his whole time in the entertaining or courting of women' ...1635
DAMME
† n. a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
int. a profane imprecation; shortened form of 'dame me!' ...c1645
DAMME-BOY
† n. a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
DAMMED
adj. 1. a strong expression of reprehension or dislike ...L16
adj. 2. a general intensifier; complete, utter ...M19
DAMMELLED
adj. damned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMMER
n. a term prefixed by lads to the surname of a companion, as 'dammer Smith'; also used as a form of address ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
†* vb. 1. to make dim or dark ...1610
vb. 2. to astonish, to astound, to confuse ...1897 Sc.
DAMMERTIT
adj. stupid ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMMING AND LADING
phr. incurring one debt to pay another ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DAMMISH
† vb. 1. to stun, to stupefy ...a1598 Sc.
vb. 2. to bruise the surface of by a knock, as with an apple, etc. ...19C Sc.
vb. 3. to injure, to damage ...1894 Sc.
DAMMISHED
adj. stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
DAMMISH IT!
int. an expletive ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMMISHMENT
n. damage, injury ...1827 Sc.
DAMMISH YOU!
int. an expletive ...Bk1900 Sc.
DAMMIT
† adj. stunned ...1825 Sc.
int. a mild exclamation ...L17 sl.
DAMMIT TO HELL!
int. a mild exclamation ...M19
DAMMIT TO HELL AND BACK!
int. a mild exclamation ...M19
DAMMY
n. a profane swearer ...c1610 sl.
int. damn! ...17C euphemism
DAMMY-BOY
n. a profane swearer; a roaring, blustering fellow...c1610 sl.
DAMN
adj. 1. cursed, wretched ...1770s
adj. 2. a general intensifier, complete, utter ...1865
adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely ...M19
n. 1. something of little or no worth ...1760 UK sl.
n. 2. a miniscule or virtually non-existent amount ...L18 sl.
vb. 1. to execrate; to condemn; to curse ...1770s
vb. 2. to hurt, to disable ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to condemn a person or thing as without value; to judge someone or something as worthless ...20C colloq.
int. a profane imprecation; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, etc. ...1589
DAMNABLE
† adj. 1. worthy of condemnation; to be reprobated; highly reprehensible; objectionable ...c1380
†* adj. 2. causing loss or harm; hurtful, pernicious ...c1420
†* adj. 3. liable to judicial condemnation ...c1460
adj. 4. a general abusive epithet, a term of dismissal and dislike ...19C sl.
DAMNABLY
adv. very. exceedingly ...19C colloq.
DAMNAGE
† n. damage ...1707 Sc.
DAMN A HORSE IF I DO!
int. a strong refusal or rejection ...c1820 colloq.
DAMN A HORSE'S HIND LEG!
int. an oath ...c1810 sl.
DAMN ALL
adj. none, no ...1910s sl.
n. emphatically nothing; anything ...1914 US sl.
int. nothing! ...1910s sl.
DAMN AND BASTARDRY!
int. a mild oath ...2000 UK sl.
DAMN AND BLAST
adj. last ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. the last position in a race ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
int. used to express anger or frustration ...1943 UK sl.
DAMN-ASS-ALL
n. nothing ...1959 US sl.
DAMNATION
adj. damned; excessive ...c1750 colloq.
† n. 1. the act of condemning, or fact of being condemned, as by judicial sentence, etc.; condemnation ...a1300
n. 2. hell ...17C
int. an exclamation of emphatic objurgation ...1604
DAMNATION ALLEY
n. in roulette: the twelve-number column on the left of the layout ...1979 US sl.
DAMNATION BOW-WOW(S)!
n. hell ...M19 euphemism
int. damn! Hell ...1924 Amer. dial.
DAMNATION TAKE IT!
int. a general curse ...19C sl.
DAMN-BUT!
int. expressing affirmation ...1939 Ireland
DAMN-DAMN n. in Vietnam: bombardment, gunfire ...1982 US military usage
DAMNED
adj. an intensifier, generally to negative effect; a strong expression of reprehension or dislike ...1596 UK
adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely ...L16
DAMNED GOOD SWINE UP
n. a loud quarrel; a fierce argument, possibly leading to blows ...L19 sl.
DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON'T phr. condemned,
whatever decision one makes ...1970s Amer. sl.
DAMNED SOUL
n. a customs house who 'guards against the crime of perjury, by taking a
previous oath, never to swear truly on these occasions' ...1780s sl.
DAMNED TOOTING!
int. used to express emphatic agreement ...1963 US sl.
DAMNED YANKEE
n. a native of the northern US ...1833 Amer. dial.
DAMNEMENT
†* n. damnation ...1480
DAMN-FOOL
adj. damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating ...19C colloq.
n. a damned fool ...19C colloq.
DAMNFOOLISH
adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMN GOOD
adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMNIFIABLE
†* adj. injurious, hurtful, detrimental ...1604
DAMNIFIC
† adj. causing damage or loss; injurious ..1727
DAMNIFY
* vb. 1. to cause, injury, loss, or inconvenience to; to injure, to damage, to hurt; to inflict injury upon; to wrong ...1512 (very common in the 17th century)
† vb. 2. to injure physically or bodily ...a1562
† vb. 3. to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin ...1612
† vb. 4. to become damaged; to spoil ...1712
DAMNING
adj. addicted to profane swearing ...1667
† n. 1. a 'company' of jurors ...1486
n. 2. profane swearing ...1679
DAMN IT!
int. an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1589 UK
DAMN IT ALL!
int. a mild exclamation ...L17 sl.
DAMN-IT-SKIN!
int. a mild oath ...1951 Ireland
DAMNLY
adv. completely, quite ...1968 Amer. dial.
DAMN ME FOR A HORSE IF I DO!
int. an exclamation implying one's absolute refusal to do something ...E19 sl.
DAMN-MY-EYES
adj. flashy; ostentatious ...1849 US nautical sl.
int. (as 'damn my eyes!) an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
DAMNOSE
† adj. hurtful ...1727
DAMNOSITY
† n. hurtfulness ...1727
DAMN RIGHT
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly ...1940s sl.
DAMN SAM!
int. an exclamation of surprise or annoyance ...1950s US Black usage
DAMN SKIPPING!
int. an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s, orig. US Black usage
DAMN SKIPPY
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly ...1940s sl.
int. absolutely! without a doubt! ...1994 US sl.
DAMN STRAIGHT
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly ...1940s sl.
int. an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
DAMN TOOTIN'
adj. certain; sure ...1940s sl.
adv. certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
int. an exclamation of affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1910s US sl.
DAMN WELL
adv. certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
DAMN YANKEE
n. a southern term expressing rancour toward the politicians and soldiers of the Union; a native of the northern US ...1833 Amer. dial.
DAMN YANKEE COTTON
n. snow ...2008 Amer. dial.
DAMN YOU!
int. a curse; go to hell! ...19C
DAMN YOUR BUTTONS!
int. an expletive ...1834 sl.
DAMN-YOUR-EYES
adj. provocative ...M19 sl.
int. (as 'damn your eyes!) an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
DAM OF THAT WAS A WHISKER, THE
phr. applied to a great lie ...c1675 Eng. dial. & colloq.
DAMOISEAU
† n. a young man of gentle birth, not yet made a knight ...c1477 obs. or arch.
DAMON (HILL)
n. a pill, esp. an amphetamine ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Damon Hill)
DAMORST!
int. an oath, damn you! ...1835 Sc.
DAMOURET
† n. a ladies' man; one who spends his time in the entertaining or courting of women ...a1649
DAMP
† adj. 1. showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied ...1590 obs. or arch.
adj. 2. tipsy; mildly drunk ...1813 US sl.
adj. 3. foolish, stupid; crazy ...L19 sl.
adj. 4. allowing the importation of alcohol for personal consumption but not for public sale ...1991 US sl.
adj. 5. of a woman: sexually aroused ...Brit. sl.
adj. 6. weak, ineffectual ...Brit. sl.
† n. 1. a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor ...1542
n. 2. a check, discouragement ...1587
† n. 3. visible vapour; fog, mist ...1601
n. 4. a state of dejection; depression of spirits ...1606
n. 5. a disappointment; a rebuff ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. a drink; a 'wetting' ...1837 sl.
n. 7. the end of a line or rope ...Bk1900 Sc.
n. 8. fine rain ...1911 Sc.
n. 9. an umbrella ...c1950 jocular
n. 10. the vagina; hence, a woman in sexual terms ...1950s sl.
n. 11. sexual intercourse with a woman ...1970s US sl.
n. 12. a feeble or inept person ...Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject, to discourage, to check ...1548
† vb. 2. to stifle the faculties with noxious 'fumes'; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze ...1570
† vb. 3. to envelop in a fog or mist ...1629
† vb. 4. to condemn ...1728 Sc.
vb. 5. to wet, to moisten slightly ...1853 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to drizzle, to rain slightly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to put out a fire, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to take a drink ...1862 sl.
vb. 9. to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth ...1900s US criminals' sl.
DAMP AS A SCOTCH MIST
adj. very damp ...1844 Amer. dial.
DAMP BAZAAR
n. a bar ...M19 rhyming sl.
DAMP BLANKET
n. in the theatre: a bad review ...1981 US sl.
DAMP BOURBON POULTICE
n. a shot of bourbon ...L19 US sl.
DAMPEN THE DUST
vb. to take a drink ...M19 US sl.
DAMPER
n. 1. something that takes off the edge of appetite; a snack between meals ...1804
n. 2. a person or thing that depresses, takes the edge off joy, chills one's enthusiasm, etc.; a spoilsport; a wet-blanket ...1748 sl.
n. 3. a rebuff ...19C sl.
n. 4. ale or stout taken after spirits (and water) ...c1820 sl.
n. 5. a simple, unleavened, savoury bread traditionally cooked in the ashes of a campfire ...1825 Aust.
n. 6. a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register ...1848 US criminals' sl.
n. 7. a sweating employer ...c1860 tailors' sl.
n. 8. a safe or safe-deposit box ...1872 US criminals' sl.
n. 9. a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant ...1886 UK society sl.
n. 10. a bank or money depository; a treasury ...1932 criminals' sl.
n. 11. a bed-wetter ...1990s UK tramps' sl.
n. 12. solitary confinement, punishment cells ...1950s Amer. prison sl.
vb. 1. to stop; to bring to an end ...1970s US Black sl.
vb. 2. to mute, to quiet ...1979 US sl.
DAMPER-GETTER
n. a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
DAMPER IT
phr. an expression to tell someone to be patient ...1970 Amer. dial.
DAMPER PAD
n. a bank book ...1930s US criminals' sl.
DAMPER'S DOWN
phr. used as a warning to a man that his trouser-fly is open ...1968 Amer. dial.
DAMPER-SNEAK
n. a thief of safes ...1872 US criminals' sl.
DAMPER YOU!
int. an imprecation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMPHOOL
adj. damnably foolish ...19C colloq.
n. a damned fool ...19C colloq.
DAMPHOOLE
n. a damned fool ...c1880 colloq.
DAMPHOOLISH
adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DAMPHULE
n. a damned fool ...c1880 colloq.
DAMPINESS
* n. the state of being 'dampy' or somewhat damp ...1830
DAMPING
adj. 1. wet, moist, damp ...1846 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. showery, drizzling ...1897 Eng. dial.
DAMPISH
† adj. vaporous, foggy, misty ...1577
DAMP ONE'S MUG
vb. to drink ...c1835 sl.
DAMP POT
n. 1. the sea, esp. the Atlantic ...c1855 tailors' sl.
n. 2. a water-pot ...L19 tailors' colloq.
DAMP RAG
n. a disappointment; a blighted hop ...1940s Amer. sl.
DAMPS
n. barbiturates; central nervous system depressants ...1992 US drugs sl.
DAMP SQUIB
n. 1. something that fails to come to a conclusion; a fiasco; a failure; a dud ...1845 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a racehorse or greyhound that starts well but runs out of steam ...20C Aust. sl.
DAMP THE SAWDUST
vb. to drink with friends at the opening of a new tavern ...c1860 sl.
DAMPY
† adj. 1. full of vapour or mist; foggy ...1600
adj. 2. affected with moisture; somewhat damp ...a1691
DAMS
† n. the game of draughts or checkers ...1580
DAMSDIL
n. a young woman; a damsel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAMSEL
† n. 1. a maid in waiting; a female attendant; orig. a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank ...c1314
n. 2 . a hot iron for warming a bed ...1727-51
n. 3. the slender dragonfly, Agrion Virgo ...1815
n. 4. a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. morphine ...20C US drugs sl.
n. 6. a girl, any girl, as employed in society and in the universities ..E20 sl.
DAMSIL IT!
int. an oath ...1861 Eng. dial.
DAMSON-PIE
n. abuse; a slanging match; obscene language ...c1865 colloq.
DAMSONS
† n. the testicles ...16C sl.
DAMSON TART
n. a humorous term for profane language ...1887 Eng. dial.
DAMWIT
n. a fool ...1940s US sl.