DICTIONARY
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BALNE
n. † a (warm) bath ...1471
BALNEAL
adj. pert. to a (warm) bath, or to bathing ...c1645
BALNEARY
adj. pert. to the bath or bathing ...1883
n. a bath or bathing-place; a medicinal spring ...1646
BALNEATION
n. † bathing ...1646
BALNEATOR
n. † a bath-keeper ...Bk1717
BALNEATORY
adj. † pert. to a bath ...1731
BALNEOGRAPHY
n. a description of or a treatise upon baths ...Bk1888
BALNEOLOGIST
n. an expert in balneology ...1902
BALNEOLOGY
n. the scientific study of bathing and medicinal springs ...1883
BALNEOTHERAPY
n. treatment of disease by baths or medicinal springs ...Bk1888
BALNEUM
n. a bath; bathing ...1652
BALOK
n. a testicle ...19C Brit. sl.
vb. to coit a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
BALONEY
n. 1. an oafish, stupid, or clumsy person; an idiot; a worthless person ...1920 US sl.
n. 2. an inferior prize fighter ...1921 Amer. sl.
n. 3. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a woman of loose morals ...1944 US sl.
n. 5. a poor quality beef animal fit only to make sausage ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 6. the penis ...20C US sl.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BALONEY-BENDER
n. 1. one who habitually flatters or talks nonsense ...1926 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an Italian ...1938 US sl.
BALONEY PONY
n. the penis ...Bk2006 US sl.
BALONUS
n. pretentious nonsense; humbug; foolishness ...1929 Amer. sl.
BALOO
n. 1. † a lullaby ...1611
n. 2. an uproar, disturbance ...1847 Eng. dial.
vb. to sing a lullaby ...1924 Sc.
int. a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc.
BALOOEY
n. 1. nonsense ...1967 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a worthless, stupid person ...20C sl., orig. US
BALORE
adj. galore; in abundance ...1968 Amer. dial.
BALOT
n. opium; heroin ...1986 US drugs sl.
BALOW
n. † a lullaby ...1611
int. a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BALSAM
n. 1. a healing, soothing agent ...1607
n. 2. money ...17C orig. cant
vb. * to embalm ...1855
BALSAMATE
adj. †* embalmed ...1470
BALSAMATION
n. the process of embalming or preserving from putrefaction ...1681
BALSAMIC
adj. soothing, healing, gently restorative ...1667
BALSAM STEAK
n. venison having a very gamey taste ...1969 Amer. jocular
BALSCAT
n. a shrew; a termagant; a crosspatch; a bad-tempered person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
BALSUM
n. a soothing, satisfying abundant drink or meal ...1928 Sc.
BALT
n. (derogatory) an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II ...1949 Aust. sl.
BALTER
n. 1. a clot; a coagulated lump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tangle; a lump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to tumble about; to dance clumsily ...c1325
vb. 2. † to form tangled knots or clots; to stick together by coagulation ...1601
vb. 3. † to clot or clog with anything sticky ...1601
vb. 4. † of hair: to tangle, to 'mat' ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to do anything in a bungling way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTERED
adj. tangled, clogged, matted together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTERING
adj. unsteady, clumsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTERY
adj. lumpy, clogged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTI
n. a struggle; exertion ...1908 Sc.
BALTIC
adj. cold; very cold ...Bk2006 US sl.
BALTIE
n. (derogatory) an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II ...1953 Aust. sl.
BALTIMOREAN
n. a native or inhabitant of Baltimore ...1816
BALTIMORE STEAK
n. liver ...Bk1944 service sl.
BALTIORAM
n. 1. a scolding ...1918 Sc.
n. 2. a rough entertainment; revelry ...1918 Sc.
n. 3. destruction, havoc ...1918 Sc.
BALTIORUM
n. riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALUKE
n. an unpopular person ...Bk1942 US sl.
BALWAR
n. a barber ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
BALY
n. † a bailiff ...Bk1855
BALZAN
n. † a horse that has four white feet ...1660
BAM
adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke ...1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a false or deceitful tale ...1856 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a beggar who fakes physical ills ...1891 UK sl.
n. 4. fudge, nonsense ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a ‘broad-assed Marine’, i.e. a woman Marine ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1959 Sc. colloq.
n. 7. a girlfriend, a steady date ...1959 sl., orig. US Black
n. 8. amphetamines ...M20 US drugs sl.
n. 9. a pill containing both a barbiturate and an amphetamine ...1983 UK drugs sl.
n. 10. a mindlessly violent, stupid person ...1993 UK sl.
n. 11. a central nervous system depressant ...2003 UK drugs sl.
vb. 1. to hoax, to practice on the credulity of; to deceive, to delude, to impose upon, to play a joke or trick on a person...1738 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike ...1889 Eng. dial.
'BAMA
n. Alabama ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAMA, BAMMA
n. (often derogatory) a person from the rural American South, often characterized as unsophisticated or unfashionable; generally, an unsophisticated or unfashionable person; a rustic ...1970 sl., chiefly US Black
'BAMA CHUKKER
n. a rustic or countrified person, esp. one from the South ...1966 Amer. sl.
BAMALAM
n. marijuana ...1973 US drugs sl.
BAM AND SCRAM
n. a hit and run accident ...Bk2006 US sl.
BAMBA
n. marijuana ...1938 US drugs sl.
BAMBACHE
n. a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree ...1944 Amer. dial.
BAMBAIZEMENT
n. confusion ...1928 Sc.
BAMBAKACHA RAMBLER
n. a marijuana user ...1930s drug culture sl.
BAMBALACHA
n. marijuana ...1938 US drugs sl.
BAM-BAM
n. 1. in bowling: a beginner who lofts the ball onto the lane, making a loud thud ...Bk1997
n. 2. a psychiatric patient in prison ...2000 US prison sl.
BAMBAZE
vb. to confuse, to puzzle ...1891 Sc.
BAMBAZED
adj. puzzled, confused ...1849 Sc.
BAMBER
n. an intellectual, a brilliant person ...1989 UK sl.
BAMBI
n. 1. a game show contestant who becomes immobile and speechless in front of the camera ...Bk1997 game show usage
n. 2. in baseball: a meek or extremely mild-mannered player, manager, or coach ...Bk1999 baseball usage
BAMBINO
n. 1. a young child, a baby ...1761
n. 2. a man, esp. a strong or tough man; a fellow, a guy ...c1920 Amer. sl.
n. 3. an amphetamine or other central nervous system stimulant ...1992 US drugs sl.
BAMBLE
vb. to shamble, to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMBLER
n. a person who shambles, or walks unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMBLING
adj. clumsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAMBLING CHIELD, A
n. an awkwardly-made, clumsy fellow ...1825 Sc.
BAMBLUSTERATE
vb. to hoax or confuse in a noisy manner ...19C sl.
BAMBLUSTERCATE
vb. to confuse, bluster or embarrass ...19C sl.
BAMBLUSTERCATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAMBO
n. a rag-doll ...1929 Sc.
BAMBOCHE
n. a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree ...1944 Amer. dial.
BAMBOO
n. an opium pipe; an opium addict ...1920s US criminals' sl.
BAMBOO AMERICAN
n. a serviceman who lives with or marries a native girl ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
BAMBOO BAKSHEESH
n. a tip that is accompanied by a blow ...M19 sl.
BAMBOO CHOW-CHOW
n. a thrashing ...M19 sl.
BAMBOO-COOLIE
n. one who carries loads suspended on bamboos ...1800
BAMBOODLE
vb. to deceive, to confuse ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAMBOOING
n. a thrashing, a whipping ...M19 sl.
BAMBOO JUICE
n. wine ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAMBOO PUFFER
n. an opium smoker ...L19 US drugs sl.
BAMBOOZE
vb. 1. to puzzle, to confuse ...1877 Sc.
vb. 2. to abuse; to domineer over, to push about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMBOOZLE
vb. 1. to confuse, to bewilder ...1712
vb. 2. to strike hard, to drive away ...1884 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to make a hasty departure ...1969 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to steal something ...Bk2006 US sl.
BAMBOOZLED
adj. drunk ...19C US sl.
BAMBOOZLEMENT
n. bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAMBOOZLER
n. one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper ...1702
BAMBOSH
n. deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
BAMBOZZLE
vb. to cheat ...1914 Amer. dial.
BAMBUS
n. 1. hurry-scurry ...1908 Sc.
n. 2. a state of great uproar and confusion ...1914 Sc.
BAMBUSEL
n. a confused state; great disorder, esp. on account of too great haste ...1908 Sc.
vb. to turn upside down to confuse; to amaze ...1908 Sc.
BAMBY
adv. presently, soon; by-and-by ...1790 Eng. dial.
BA-ME-LAM
n. during the Vietnam war: a man with a voracious sexual appetite; a sexual athlete ...1960s US military usage
BAMF
n. a person with broad, flat, clumsy feet; one who goes about stumping and tossing his feet about ...1824 Sc.
vb. to toss, to tumble about ...1824 Sc.
BAMFER
vb. to worry, to torment ...1895 Eng. dial.
BAMFERING
adj. tormenting, shrewish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMFOOZLE
vb. to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to confuse ...1842 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BAMFUZZLE
vb. to deceive, to confuse ...1950 Amer. dial.
BAMLET
n. a stroke, a blow ...1929 Sc.
BAMLING
adj. awkward, clumsy, careless ...1825 Sc.
BAMMA
n. 1. a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (derogatory) a rural person, such as someone from Alabama; a hick ...Bk2006 US sl.
BAMMEL
vb. to knock, to beat; to indulge in horseplay ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMMELING
adj. clumsy, awkward ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAMMER
n. weak, low-grade marijuana ...1997 US campus sl.
BAMMOCK
vb. to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMMY
n. marijuana ...1938 US drugs sl.
BAMP
n. a term of abuse; a generally unlovable person ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
vb. to harp on the same topic constantly; to nag about the same thing ...1908 Sc.
BAMPA
n. a grandfather ...1982 Amer. dial.
BAMPAW
n. a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAMPED UP
adj. vamped up; mended so as to last for a time ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMPI
n. a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAMPOT
n. a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; an eccentric person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1962 Sc. colloq.
BAMS
n. phosphorescence on the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMSEY
n. a fat, red-faced woman ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMSIE-MAN
n. an effeminate man ...1996 W. Indies
BAMSTICK
n. a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1965 Sc. colloq.
BAN
n. 1. a summons by public proclamation; a public proclamation or edict ...1297
n. 2. an imprecation of a curse; an execration or malediction expressing anger ...1596
n. 3. a woman ...Bk1888 Sc.
n. 4. a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ...1909 Irish sl.
vb. 1. † to summon by proclamation ...a1000
vb. 2. † to call forth, to call for things ...1205
vb. 3. to curse, to imprecate damnation upon ...a1275 arch.
vb. 4. to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear ...1340 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to vow, to promise with oaths ...1721 Sc.
BANAFAN
n. a chubby youngster ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
BANAG
n. a busy little woman ...Bk1888 Sc.
BANANA
n. 1. the penis ...19C sl.
n. 2. a stupid or worthless person; a simpleton; a silly or crazy individual ...1919 US sl.
n. 3. a homosexual ...1930s US criminals' sl.
n. 4. a light-skinned Black person, esp. an attractive woman ...1944 US Black sl.
n. 5. orig. a stage comedian having a specified position within a team or act; later, any person capable of being ranked in order of importance or preference within a group (usually with preceding word denoting the position or ranking) ...1948 colloq., chiefly Amer.
n. 6. in baseball: a good player; a prospect that makes the team ...1964 baseball usage
n. 7. (depreciative) a person of Asian birth or descent who subscribes to typically western values and attitudes; an oriental person regarded, esp. by other Orientals, as adopting or identifying with White culture ...1970 sl., chiefly Can.
n. 8. in US casinos: a $20 chip ...1985 US sl.
n. 9. a corrupt policeman ...1989 UK sl.
n. 10. a person opposed to all land development, esp. near residential areas...1991 Amer. political sl.
n. 11. a hospital patient with jaundice ...Bk1994 sl.
n. 12. (disparaging) a New Zealand-born Chinese, used by immigrants about local Chinese ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
BANANA BELT
n. 1. the warmer parts of a region which is regarded as severely cold ...1898 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an open winter, softer weather than usual ...1958 Amer. dial.
BANANA-BENDER
n. 1. someone from Queensland ...1976 Aust. jocular
n. 2. a fool ...1992 UK sl.
BANANA BOAT
n. in baseball: a player who has played winter ball in Latin American ...1940s baseball usage
BANANA BOY
n. 1. a native or resident of Queensland ...1890 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a resident or native of Natal ...1954 S. Afr. sl.
n. 3. a boy from one of Dr. Barnardo's homes for orphaned and deprived children ...1960s sl.
n. 4. a Black male who prefers White girls ...1979 US Black sl.
BANANA CAKE
n. a crazy or eccentric person ...1975 Amer. sl.
BANANA-EATER
n. an inhabitant of Queensland, Australia ...1955 Aust. sl.
BANANA FROM SAVANNAH
n. a female mulatto ...Bk1945 jive usage
BANANA GIRL
n. 1. a resident or native of Natal ...1954 S, Afr. sl.
n. 2. a girl from one of Dr. Barnardo's homes for orphaned and deprived children ...1960s sl.
BANANA HAMMOCK
n. a bikini for a male ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANANAHEAD
n. a simpleton, a fool, an idiot, a stupid person ...1949 US sl.
BANANA HORSE
n. in horse racing: a horse that is part of a cheating scheme in a fixed race ...1973 US sl.
BANANALAND
n. Queensland ...1898 Aust. colloq.
BANANALANDER
n. 1. someone from Queensland ...1887 Aust. jocular
n. 2. an inhabitant of Natal ...1968 S. Afr. sl.
BANANA MAN
n. an inhabitant of Queensland ...1868 Aust. sl.
BANANA NOSE
n. a person having a large hooked nose ...1920 Amer. sl.
BANANA OIL
n. 1. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. something worthless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANANA PEDDLER
n. (derogatory) an Italian immigrant ...1916 Amer. sl.
BANANA PEELERS
n. those who dry and smoke banana peels in an attempt to get high, often mixing them with marijuana ...Bk1992 drug culture sl.
BANANA PUSHER
n. (derogatory) an Italian ...1969 Amer. dial.
BANANA RACE
n. a fixed horse race ...1967 US sl.
BANANA RING
n. in marbles: everybody puts maybe one marble and make like a banana in the mud, and then you each take a shot at any one of the marbles in the banana ring, say from about four feet back; if you hit a marble and knock it out of the banana ring, it's your marble ...1968 Amer. dial.
BANANAS
adj. insane, mad ...1957 sl., orig. US
n. 1. a homosexual ...Bk1984 US criminals' sl.
n. 2. yellow $20 gambling tokens used in baccarat ...sl.
BANANA SPLIT
n. 1. in marbles: everybody puts maybe one marble and make like a banana in the mud, and then you each take a shot at any one of the marbles in the banana ring, say from about four feet back; if you hit a marble and knock it out of the banana ring, it's your marble ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. amyl nitrite; an ampoule of amyl nitrite ...1968 US drugs sl.
n. 3. a variety of MDMA, ecstasy ...2002 UK drugs sl.
BANANA WIGGLER
n. a worm used as bait in fishing ...1969 Amer. dial.
BANATEE
n. a housewife ...1961 Irish sl.
BANAUSIC
adj. * merely mechanical; proper to a mechanic ...1876
BAN-BEGGAR
n. a beadle, a constable ...1883 Eng. dial.
BANBURY
n. a promiscuous or loose woman ...1894 sl.
BANBURY-BLOOD
n. a Puritan; hence, a hypocrite ...1909 UK sl.
BANBURY MAN
n. † a Puritan; a bigot; a sour or severe man; a hypocrite ...Bk1889
BANBURY TALE
n. silly talk ...1886 Eng. dial.
BANBURY-WIFE
n. a whore ...Bk1891 sl.
BANCO
n. 1. a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank ...18C
n. 2. a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick ...1876 US sl.
BANCOMANIA
n. a craze for establishing banks ...1837
BANCO-STEERER
n. a swindler; a sharper, a confidence-trick man ...1876 US sl.
BAND
n. 1. anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle ...c1200 arch.
n. 2. † confinement, imprisonment, custody ...a1300
n. 3. † a side or flitch of bacon ...c1394
n. 4. an agreement or promise, binding on him who makes it; now 'bond' ...a1440 arch.
n. 5. a ridge of a hill ...1513
n. 6. † security, pledge ...1596
n. 7. † a state of union or connection ...1631
n. 8. a hinge or joint ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 9. string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 10. a herd of buffalo ...1824 Amer. dial.
n. 11. free play, liberty, scope for action ...1859 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a herd of cattle ...1903 Amer. dial.
n. 13. a group of horses ...1929 Amer. dial.
n. 14. a woman ...1934 Amer. Black usage
n. 15. a woman of easy morals; a prostitute ...1949 Aust. & US sl.
n. 16. a brothel ...M20 Aust. sl.
n. 17. a flock of about two thousand sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. † to bandy ...1580
vb. 2. to form into a herd or flock ...1878 Amer. dial.
BANDA
n. a poor, ghetto child ...1994 US Black sl.
BANDADUDEUMS
n. large pieces of broken ice in salt water ...1968 Amer. dial.
BANDAGE
n. the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
BANDAGE FACTORY
n. a hospital ...1941 Amer. sl.
BAND-AID
n. 1. something that provides a temporary solution to a problem ...colloq.
n. 2. a medic or corpsman; a doctor ...1975 sl., orig. US military
BAND-AID BABY
n. a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship ...Bk2014 colloq.
BANDAR
n. an impudent or mischievous man or boy ...Bk2014 Hindi
B. AND B.
adj. pert. to magazines featuring female nudity; 'Breast and Buttock' ...M20 US sl.
BAND-BOX
n. a brothel ...20C Brit. sl.
B. AND D.
n. a form of sadism and masochism ; 'Bondage and Discipline' ...M20 US sl.
BANDED
adj. 1. confederated, leagued, allied ...1601
adj. 2. hungry ...Bk1892 Eng. thieves' sl.
BAND-END
n. anything worthless and useless; a person of no importance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAND-ENDER
n. a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well ...1884 Eng. dial.
BAND-ENDING
n. a thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
BANDER
n. 1. † one who is leagued with others in a bond or covenant ...1563
n. 2. a border; the boundary line of a parish or farm ...1866 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the mouth; used derisively ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one of a band of musicians ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDERILLERO
n. a bull-fighter who uses 'banderillas', little darts ornamented with a banderole (long, narrow flag), which bullfighters stick into the neck and shoulders of the bull ...1864
BANDEROLE
n. a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
BANDGE
vb. to idle about, to loaf; to take advantage of another's hospitality ...1914 Amer. dial.
BANDGEING-PLACE
n. a lounging place, as a country store ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BAND-HOUSE
n. 1. a brothel ...20C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a prison ...1942 US criminals' sl.
BAND-HOUSE PLAYER
n. a bad card-player ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
BANDICOOT GUNYAH
n. a makeshift shelter ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BANDIDO
n. an outlaw, esp. one of Mexican origin ...1898 Amer. dial.
BANDIET
n. a prisoner ...1974 S. Afr. prison sl.
BANDING
n. string; cord ...1854 Eng. dial.
BANDING-STUFF
n. binding materials, such as string ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDISH
n. a bandage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDIT
n. 1. one who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand; usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infested the mountainous districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Turkey; also, in modern use: a gangster, a member of a criminal gang, esp. one involved in organized crime ...1594
n. 2. a ruffian, a desperate fellow ...Bk1795
n. 3. an enemy aircraft ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 4. an aggressive homosexual who often resorts to violence ...Bk1975 Amer. prison sl.
n. 5. a villain, a criminal ...1970 UK sl.
n. 6. any enemy ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a homosexual male ...1981 UK sl.
n. 8. a derisory term for the small-time or unsuccessful thief ...Bk2002 UK police sl.
vb. † to banish, to outlaw ...1611
BANDITTO
n. an outlawed person in Italy turned robber; a highwayman ...Bk1708
BANDLE
n. an Irish measure of two feet in length ...1623
BANDLESS
adj. abandoned to wickedness ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANDLESSLY
adv. regardlessly ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANDLESSNESS
n. the state of abandonment to wickedness ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAND-MAKER
n. a twine-spinner or rope-maker ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.
BAND MAN
n. a jazzman who excels in ensemble playing, though is not necessarily a distinguished soloist ....1946 jazz usage
BAND-MEMBER
n. a fellator ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BANDO
n. † a public proclamation ...1598
BANDOBAST
n. an arrangement, a settlement; preparation ...1776
BAND OF HOPE
n. a spinster who hopes to marry an eligible man, esp. a clergyman ...Bk1958 Eng. sl.
BANDOG
n. 1. a dog tied or chained up, either to guard a house or on account of its ferocity; hence generally, a mastiff, a bloodhound ...c1425
n. 2. a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1605 UK sl.
n. 3. a ruffian ...a1826 UK sl.
n. 4. a policeman ...1885 sl., orig. Aust.
BANDOG-BAILIFF
n. a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1700
BANDOLERO
n. a highwayman or robber ...1832
BANDON
n. † jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with ...c1230
vb. 1. † to give oneself up ...a1300
vb. 2. † to have under control, to subdue ...c1450
vb. 3. † to forsake, to abandon ...1587
vb. 4. † to banish ...1592
BANDONEES
n. horseless tramps, wanderers ...Bk1890 Eng. dial.
BANDONLY
adv. †* recklessly, daringly ...c1470
BANDORE
n. a widow's head-dress, worn to signify her mourning state ...L17
BANDOWZER
n. a heavy blow ...E19 sl.
B & P
n. an effeminate young man (Boulton and Park) ...L19 sl.
B-AND-Q
n. a mixture of bonita and quinine sold as counterfeit heroin ...1990s US drugs sl.
BAND RAT
n. a woman who associates herself with musicians usually offering sex in return for proxy celebrity ...1940s sl.
BANDROL
n. a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
BAND RUBBER
n. a rubber band ...1968 Amer. dial.
BANDRUMS
n. a cat ...Bk1911 Sc.
B AND S
n. brandy and soda ...M19 sl.
BANDS
n. 1. hunger ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
n. 2. banns of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAND-SCRAPER
n. a fiddler ...1894 Eng. dial.
BANDS-END
n. anything worthless and useless; a person of no importance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDSMAN
n. a miner, from the circumstance of working in connection with the 'band' or flat rope by which the coal, etc. is hoisted ...1852
BANDSTER
n. that one of a party of harvesters who binds the sheaves ...1932 Sc.
BANDUDELUMS
n. 1. large pieces of broken ice in salt water ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break ...1969 Amer. dial.
BANDULU
n. a bandit, a criminal, one who lives by guile ...20C W. Indies Rasta
BAND UP
vb. to bandage ...1917 Amer. dial.
B. AND W.
n. bread and water ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
BANDWIDTH HUGGER
n. someone who fights spam; so called because he or she won't yield any bandwidth to junk email ...Bk2006 Amer. Internet sl.
BANDY
adj. impudent; obstinate ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 1. † in tennis: a stroke with a racket; a ball of struck; a 'return' at tennis ...1598
n. 2. a hare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 4. a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to contend, to strive, to fight ...1588
vb. 2. † to toss, drive, or throw aside or away ...1591
vb. 3. † to band together, to league, to confederate ...1597
vb. 4. to wander or roam about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDY-HEWIT
n. a contemptuous name for a dog of any kind; a cur ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANDYING
n. † confederation; league ...1689
BANDYLAN
n. 1. a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago ...1808 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a woman of dissolute character, a prostitute ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
BANDY-LEGGED
adj. bow-legged
BANDYLOW
n. a woman of dissolute character, a prostitute ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
BANDY-SHANKED
adj. bandy-legged; having thin crooked legs; bowlegged ...1908 Amer. dial.
BANDYWALLOP
n. an imaginary town, far from civilization ...Aust. colloq.
BANE
n. 1. † a slayer or murderer; one who causes the death or destruction of another ...a800
n. 2. † that which causes death or destroys life ...a1000
n. 3. † murder, death, destruction ...c1175
n. 4. † a prelude of a play ...c1440
n. 5. † a proclamation of a marriage ...1499
n. 6. poison ...1580 Eng. dial.
n. 7. ruin ...1580 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a person, each member of a group ...c1782 Sc.
n. 9. an industrious, diligent, persevering man ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to kill; said esp. of poison ...1578
vb. 2. to wither ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
int. a mild expletive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANED
adj. 1. † ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt ...1568
adj. 2. † evil-disposed, envious ...1821 Sc.
BANES
n. the banns of matrimony ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANEMAN
n. a murderer ...1870 arch.
BANEOUR
n. a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
BANER
n. * he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins ...1605
BANERMAN
n. a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
BANES
n. the banns of matrimony ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANESMAN
n. a murderer ...1870 arch.
BANEUR
n. a standard-bearer ...Bk1862
BANFF BAILIES
n. the large, white snowy-looking clouds that rise along the horizon; looked upon as the forerunners of foul weather ...1881 Sc.
BANG
adj. 1. vehement, violent ...1791 Sc.
adj. 2. agile and powerful ...1825 Sc.
adj. 3. fearful, afraid ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
adv. 1. suddenly, abruptly ...1847 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. thoroughly, completely, exactly ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 1. †* a drubbing, defeat ...1644
n. 2. a group, a crowd, a great number ...1721 Sc. & Amer. dial.
n. 3. a blow, an onslaught; a disturbance ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a 'thumping' lie ...1879 colloq.
n. 5. a person rated according to their sexual ability, as a 'good bang' ...Bk1888 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a startling or sudden effect ...colloq.
n. 7. a brothel ...E20 Aust. sl.
n. 8. a puff of a marijuana cigarette ...E20 US drugs sl.
n. 9. an injection or inhalation of cocaine, morphine, or heroin ...1922 US sl.
n. 10. an act of sexual intercourse ...1931 sl.
n. 11. a handsome man ...1932 US sl.
n. 12. the sudden effect of a drug ...1948 US sl.
n. 13. narcotics in general ...M20 US drugs sl.
n. 14. the homosexual who prefers the passive role in anal intercourse ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
n. 15. straight booze, usually vodka, on ice, which the bar customer bangs ceremoniously on the bar before downing ...Bk1998 sl.
vb. 1. to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
vb. 2. to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
vb. 3. to have sexual intercourse with ...1698 sl.
vb. 4. to move, work, speak, etc., with rapidity; to rush violently ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to throw or thrust violently ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to dock the tail of a horse, etc. ...19C
vb. 7. on the Stock Exchange: to depress prices, the market ...1884
vb. 8. to inject narcotics intravenously ...1926 US drugs sl.
vb. 9. to swallow a tablet ...2001 UK drugs sl.
int. damn! ...E20 US euphemism
BANG-A-BONK
vb. to sit lazily on a bank ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG A REEFER
vb. to smoke marijuana ...20C US drugs sl.
BANG ARTIST
n. a homosexual who is the active partner in anal intercourse ...1960s homosexual sl.
BANG BANAGHER
vb. to surpass everything ...a1845
BANG-BANG-BANG
n. a person one has sex with once ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BANG-BEGGAR
n. 1. a constable or beadle; a parish officer; a person who kept off noisy intruders during church time ...1715 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of reproach; a vagabond ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG-BELLIED
adj. having a large paunch ...1940s W. Indies sl.
BANG-BELLY
n. a starving child ...1935 W. Indies
BANGBROEK
n. a coward, a poltroon ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
BANG-DOLLOP
n. the entire collection, the whole number ...1895 Sc.
BANGE
n. 1. light, fine rain; drizzle ...1839 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a rest, a sleep ...M19 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to idle about, to loaf; to take advantage of another's hospitality ...1886 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to drizzle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to rest, to sleep ...L19 Aust. sl.
BANG EARS
vb. to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like; to curry favour ...1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
BANGED
adj. under the influence of drink ...Bk1911 Sc.
BANGED AWAY
adj. locked up in one's cell; in prison ...20C sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
BANGED TO RIGHTS
adj. caught in the act, caught red-handed ...20C sl., orig. US, esp. criminals' usage
BANGED-UP
adj. 1. stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
adj. 2. of a building or place: locked up ...20C sl.
adj. 3. locked up in one's cell; in prison ...20C sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
adj. 4. of objects: broken, battered, esp. of a car with notable damage to the panel work ...20C sl.
adj. 5. of people: beaten up, injured ...20C sl.
adj. 6. trapped ...20C sl.
BANGED UP TO THE EYES
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANGEISTER
n. 1. a braggart, a bully; a violent and disorderly person who regards no law but his own will ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. a victor ...1825 Sc.
n. 3. a loose woman ...1825 Sc.
BANGELLED
adj. knocked about, hustled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANGER
n. 1. an outstanding lie ...1814 sl.
n. 2. a bludgeon ...1843 US students' sl.
n. 3. a large person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
n. 4. anything very large in proportion to the rest of its kind ...1860 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a violent blow ...1876 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a violent kiss ...1898 sl.
n. 7. a pitchfork with three prongs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a person who lies ...19C
n. 8. a sausage ... 1919 sl.
n. 10. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 11. something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 12. a banjo ...1951 Amer. dial.
n. 13. one who hits hard ...1950s sl.
n. 14. one who injects narcotics ...1950s sl.
n. 15. a worn-out person ...1960s sl.
n. 16. one who copulates ...1960s sl.
n. 17. an aggressive boxer ...1977 US sl.
n. 18. a gang member ...1985 US police & criminals' sl.
n. 19. a hypodermic needle and syringe ...1986 sl.
n. 20. an old decrepit car ...colloq.
n. 21. straight booze, usually vodka, on ice, which the bar customer bangs ceremoniously on the bar before downing ...Bk1998 sl.
n. 22. in baseball: a big hitter in the heart of a team's lineup ...Bk1999 baseball usage
n. 23. a clumsy, ineffective pool or billiards player ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
n. 24. the front bumper of a vehicle ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. 25. a type of firework that explodes loudly
BANGERS
n. the testicles ...20C sl.
BANG FOR
vb. to stand godfather or godmother to a child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG FOR ONE'S BUCK
n. value for money ...colloq.
BANG FULL
adj. brimful, quite full ...1888 Eng. dial.
BANG HOUSE
n. a brothel ...1984 Amer. sl.
BANGIE
adj. 1 irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...1888 Sc.
adj. 2. impetuous, hasty in action; quick to do a thing ...1894 Sc.
n. a policeman, a constable ...1870 Sc.
BANGING
adj. 1. large, huge ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; overwhelming, ...1864 colloq.
adj. 3. good, exciting ...Bk2006 US sl.
adj. 4. good-looking, attractive ...Bk2006 US sl.
adj. 5. of music: loud ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
BANG IN SICK
vb. to call in sick ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANG IN THE ARM
n. an injection of narcotics ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANGISTER
n. 1. † a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a loose woman ...1825 Sc.
BANGISTER-SWIPE
vb. to deceive by artful means ...1825 Sc.
BANG IT ABOUT
vb. † to come to blows, to fight it out ...c1600
BANG IT OUT
vb. 1. † to come to blows, to fight it out ...1622
vb. 2. to quarrel ...World War II Amer. sl.
BANG-JING
n. the whole lot ...1895 Sc.
BANGLADESHI
n. a native or inhabitant of the People's Republic of Bangladesh formed in 1971, formerly the province of East Pakistan ...1971
BANGLE
n. the cut branch of a tree, the larger piece of wood in a faggot ...1875 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to waste, to fritter away, to squander ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to flap, to hang loosely ...1622
vb. 3. to droop, to hang down, as the brim of a hat, etc. ...1858 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to ramble without a fixed purpose; to bustle about awkwardly and fruitlessly ...1878 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to beat down, such as corn by wind or rain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANGLE AWAY
vb. † to fritter away, to squander ...1621
BANGLED UP
adj. covered ...1879-81 Eng. dial.
BANGLE-EAR
n. one hanging loosely or flapping, like a spaniel's ...1725
BANGLE-EARED
adj. having ears that hang loosely ...1567
BANGLE UP
vb. † to swell ...1769 Sc.
BANG LIKE A HAMMER ON A NAIL
vb. to have sex vigorously ...Aust. sl.
BANGLING
n. 1. † petty, frivolous contention; squabbling ...1612
n. 2. a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
BANG MAN
n. 1. a mob killer or hired killer ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
n. 2. a safecracker who uses explosives ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
BANGNUE
n. † a great fuss or bustle about something trivial; much ado about nothing ...1825 Sc.
BANGO
n. an identification tag ...1951 Amer. dial.
BANG-OFF
adv. 1. immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adv. 2. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. (as 'bang off') of a gun: to fire, to let off ...1814 Sc.
BANG ON
adj. 1. excellent...Brit. colloq.
adj. 2. with absolute accuracy ...Brit. colloq.
vb. to talk repetitiously about a particular subject ...1959 sl.
BANG ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL
vb. to try to achieve something impossible
BANG OUT
adj. first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
adv. altogether, thoroughly ...1884 Eng. dial.
vb. (as 'bang out') to depart hurriedly, as in a temper ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANG PEOPLE'S HEADS TOGETHER
vb. to reprimand a group of people, often in order to get them to cooperate ...1957 sl.
BANG-PITCHER
n. † a drunkard ...1639
BANGREE
n. † an ill-natured, ungovernable woman; a contentious, irritable, scolding woman ...1825 Sc.
BANGREL
n. † an ill-natured, ungovernable woman ...1825 Sc.
BANG ROOM
n. a room where drugs are used ...E20 US drugs sl.
BANGSGRIP
n. a firm, determined, strong grip ...1908 Sc.
BANGS LIKE A DUNNY DOOR IN A GALE
phr. a crude description of a promiscuous woman ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BANGSOME
adj. † quarrelsome ...1788 Sc.
BANG SOMEONE'S EAR
vb. to talk or complain at length to ...1965 Amer. sl.
BANGSTER
adj. rough, violent ...19C Sc.
n. 1. † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. † one who beats his opponents; a victor, a winner, a conqueror ...c1783 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1825
n. 4. an addict who injects narcotics ...1918 drug addicts' sl.
n. 5. a narcotics addict ...1929 US drugs sl.
BANG-STRAW
n. one who threshes with a flail; also, a thatcher or any farm-worker...1785
BANGSTREE; BANGSTRIE
n. violence to person or property ...1701 Sc.
BANGSTRY
n. †* the action of a bangster; masterful violence ...1594
BANG-SWANG
adv. headlong, without thought ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANGTAIL
n. 1. (bang-tail) a prostitute ...1699 sl., orig. UK
n. 2. a racehorse ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
vb. to hurry ...1940s US sl.
BANGTAIL MUSTER
n. a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted ...Aust. hist.
BANG THE BANJO
vb. to masturbate ...1970s US sl.
BANG-THE-BEGGAR
n. † a constable; a beadle ...1825 Sc.
BANG THE BISHOP
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BANG THE BOX
vb. to play dance music on a piano ...20C Amer. sl.
BANG THE BUSH
vb. to surpass everything that has gone before ...1839
BANG THE GONG
vb. to smoke opium ...L19 US drugs sl.
BANG THROUGH THE ELEPHANT
vb. to plumb the depths of dissipation ...19C sl.
BANG TO RIGHTS
phr. said of a criminal who is caught red-handed ...1904 Brit. sl.
BANG-UP
adj. 1. stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
adj. 2. drunk ...E19 sl.
adj. 3. very good, first-rate, splendid, excellent ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 4. honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. impoverished, penniless ...M19 US sl.
adj. 6. finished ...M19 US sl.
n. 1. a dandy; a man of fashion ...1811
n. 2. an overcoat with a cape and high collar ...1835 Anglo-Irish & US
n. 3. imprisonment within one's cell, without association or exercise ...1950s UK prison sl.
n. 4. the shutting of a cell door at the end of a prison day ...1950s UK prison sl.
vb. (usually as 'bang up')
vb. 1. to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to inject drugs ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to lock up a prisoner in his or her cell, esp. for the night ...1950 prison sl.
vb. 4. in gambling: to close a game or table ...sl.
vb. 5. to prepare marijuana as a cigarette ...2000 UK sl.
BANG-UP BABE
n. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
BANG-UP TO DICK
adj. first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
BANG-UP TO THE MARK
adj. first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
BANG WAGON
n. an ambulance ...1962 Amer. sl.
BANG-WORDS
n. explosive epithets; swear words ...1906 colloq.
BANGY
adj. 1. of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. brown ...1859 Brit. sl.
adj. 3. irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...1888 Sc.
adj. 4. impetuous, hasty in action; quick to do a thing ...1894 Sc.
adj. 5. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. brown sugar ...1859 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a buggy without any top ...1967 Amer. dial.
BANGY-WALLAH
n. a carrier of parcels ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
BANHOF QUEEN
n. a streetwalker ...Bk1984 US military usage
BANI
n. a bad cold; bad treatment or usage; a drubbing in a fight; a serious injury, a deadly wound ...1908 Sc.
BANIAN
n. 1. in Bengal: a native broker attached to a house of business, or a person similarly employed by a private gentleman ...1687
n. 2. a Hindu who abstains from animal food ...Bk1867
BANIAN-DAY
n. a day when little or no food is to be had, or when the scraps remaining from the previous days are consumed ...1851 Eng. dial.
BANICAL
n. a broken-down horse or mule ...1958 Amer. dial.
BANIO
n. a bath-house ...1882 Amer. dial.
BANISH
vb. † to clear out; to empty ...1494
BANISHED MAN
n. † an outlaw, a bandit ...1398
BANJA
n. a banjo ...1941 Amer. dial.
BANJAX
vb. to batter; to break; to beat; to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...1939 sl.
BANJAXED
adj. 1. demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car ...20C teen & high school sl.
adj. 2. alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANJEE BOY; BANJY BOY
n. a homosexual man who dresses as if he were part of the heterosexual hip-hop culture ...1997 US Black sl.
BANJER
n. a banjo ...1905 Amer. dial.
BANJER-SHANKS
n. a nickname for a thin man ...1930 Amer. dial.
BANJI
n. marijuana ...M20 US drugs sl.
BANJIE
n. a great number; generally applied to a rude, disorderly mob ...1866 Sc.
BANJO
n. 1. a hospital bed-pan ...Bk1892 sl.
n. 2. a long-handled shovel with a wide blade ...1930 sl.
n. 3. any banjo-shaped object, esp. a frying pan ...sl.
n. 4. in baseball: a hitter who habitually makes 'banjo hits' - a weakly hit ball that falls between the infield and the outfield ...1990 US sl.
BANJOEY
n. a banjo player ...1909 sl.
BANJO EYES
n. a person who has large, wide-open eyes ...1928 US sl.
BANJO HITTER
n. in baseball: a weak hitter who seams to 'strum' the ball as one would a banjo; one who habitually makes 'banjo hits' - a weakly hit ball that falls between the infield and the outfield ...1942 US sl.
BANJOIST
n. one who plays a banjo ...1880
BANJOLIN
n. a musical instrument combining the characteristics of the banjo and mandolin, used in ragtime music ...1889
BANJO-SWINGER
n. a manual labourer ...1918 Aust. sl.
BANJULELE
n. a stringed musical instrument of a type between a banjo and a ukulele ...1925
BANK
n. 1. † a long seat for several to sit on, a bench or form; a platform or stage to speak from ...1205 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. † a high ground, height, hill ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. † the sea-coast or shore; a beach ...c1350 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. † the shop, office, or place of business of a money-dealer ...1474
n. 5. † a sum of money; an amount; a 'pile' ...1515
n. 6. † the table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money ...1567
n. 7. †* a shelf ...1577
n. 8. † an anthill ...1667 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 9. a bed of oysters, mussels, etc. ...1719
n. 10. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 11. the road up a steep hillside ...1891 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a privy, the place where one makes a 'deposit' ...20C US sl.
n. 13. cash; money itself; common in rap music lyrics ...20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 1. of clouds: to gather in masses ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to become bankrupt, to fail ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to make bankrupt ...1885 Eng. dial.
BANKABLE
n. a star whose presence in a film virtually guarantees investors and audiences ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
BANK BARN
n. a barn built into the side of a hill, affording entrance on at least two levels ...1894 Amer. dial.
BANK BEAVERS
n. rivermen or river rats driving the rear on a log drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
BANK BURSTER
n. † a bank robber who uses explosives to enter vaults and safes ...1880 US criminals' sl.
BANKER
n. 1. † a covering, generally of tapestry, for a bench or chair ...1311
n. 2. † orig. a person whose business is exchanging money from one form to another, esp. one who buys and sells foreign currency; a money-changer; then, one who dealt in bills of exchange, giving drafts and making remittances ...1484
n. 3. † a person whose business is lending money at interest; a money-lender ...1526
n. 4. † orig. a money-changer; then, one who dealt in bills of exchange, giving drafts and making remittances ...1534
n. 5. †* a bowls player who dishonestly manipulates the outcome of a game to ensure that an accomplice wins money from the bets placed on it ...1591 sl.
n. 6. a labourer who makes or repairs the banks of waterways; spec. one who digs drains, ditches, etc.; chiefly used in the eastern counties of England ...a1627
n. 6. * a person who lends money to the poor through a charitable establishment ...1646 hist.
n. 7. a vessel or person engaged in fishing for cod off the banks of Newfoundland ...1704 Amer. dial.
n. 8. in certain gambling and board games: the person in charge of the bank ...1706
n. 10. an inhabitant of the outer banks of the North Carolina seacoast ...1750 Amer. dial.
n. 11. † one who buys corn sold by auction ...1825 Sc.
n. 12. one who keeps the 'bank' in a gambling house; the dealer, in some games of chance ...1826
n. 13. one who becomes bankrupt ...1885 Eng. dial.
n. 14. a father ...Bk1891 Eng. sl.
n. 15. a cushion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 16. a man who works on the pit-bank, as opposed to miners working in the pit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 17. a mason who constructs banks, lays pavements, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 18. one who makes a business of picking up wreckage on the coast of California ...Bk1910
n. 19. anyone who financially backs a robbery, confidence game, or gambling operation ...1922 criminals' sl.
n. 20. a dishonest bank employee ...1924 criminals' sl.
n. 21. a bank robber ...1933 US criminals' sl.
n. 22. a dependable person; one who can be relied on for something ...1938
n. 23. a casino or gambling house owner or operator who may become involved in crime by using gangsters to protect him from other gangsters or to help collect gambling debts; a financier of a drug-importing ring - the one least likely ever to be arrested or jailed ...Bk1988 criminals' sl.
n. 24. a stream almost overflowing its banks ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
BANKERESS
n. 1. † a banker's wife ...1825
n. 2. * a female banker ...1883
BANKERING
n. † occupation as a banker, banking ...1668
BANKEROUT
n. a bankrupt ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
BANKERS
n. lumberjacks who pile logs on the banking ground ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
BANKER'S SET
n. in dominoes; 3-2...sl.
BANK FISHERMAN
n. 1. an angler who fishes from the bank of a river, lake, etc., rather than a boat ...1782
n. 2. a fisherman who works in the Grand Banks area off the coast of Newfoundland ...1883 hist.
BANK-FULL
adj. full to the brim, quite filled up ...1875 Eng. dial.
BANKIE
n. a bank robber ...1887 US criminals' sl.
BANKING MAN
n. a navvy, or bank mender, a banker ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
BANKMAN
n. 1. † an overlooker above ground at a coal-mine ...1598
n. 2. † a bank robber ...1901 US criminals' sl.
BANK-MANAGER
n. †* in mining: the superintendent at a pit's mouth ...1884
BANK-MASTER
n. † the manager or proprietor of a bank ...c1618
BANK MOB
n. a gang of bank robbers ...1920 police sl.
BANK MONGER
n. † one who conducts banking business ...1814
BANK NURSE
n. a nurse who provides temporary cover as a result of staff shortages or short term unfilled vacancies ...1974
BANK-RIDERS
n. men who ride the coal-wagons or trucks moving on self-acting inclines, or inclines worked by ropes and hauling engines, on the surface or 'bank' of a pit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANKROLLER
n. a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
BANKROLL GUY
n. a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
BANKROLL MAN
n. a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
BANKROPE
n. a bankrupt ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
vb. to become bankrupt ...1834 Sc.
BANKROUT
n. a bankrupt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANKRUPT
n. 1. † a person who defrauds his or her creditors, or avoids paying his or her debts; one who has brought himself into debt by reckless expenditure or riotous living; a fugitive from his creditors; a broken man in sanctuary or outlawry ...1533
n. 2. one hopelessly in debt; one who has lost all his means, and is without resources ...1586
BANKRUPTISM
n. † bankruptcy ...1606
BANKRUPTSHIP
n. †* bankruptcy ...1656
BANKRUPTURE
adj. bankrupt ...1954 Amer. dial.
n. †* bankruptcy ...1617
BANKS
n. 1. the seashore ...1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. precipitous rocks or crags ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANK-SET
adj. full of little eminences and acclivities ...1811 Sc.
BANKSIDE BEAUTY
n. a prostitute, a harlot ...1820 UK sl.
BANKSIDE LADY
n. a prostitute ...1630 UK sl.
BANKSIDE WENCH
n. a prostitute ...1614 UK sl.
BANKSMAN
n. 1. in mining: a person who works at the mouth of a pit, supervising the loading of coal and the lowering and raising of the cage ...1486
n. 2. a worker at a building site who guides or directs the use and movement of cranes, vehicles, etc., to ensure that it is conducted safely ...1956 Brit.
BANK-SNATCHER
n. † a bank robber ...1890
BANK SNEAK
n. 1. one of a gang of thieves who rob banks by stealth during business hours ...1872 US criminals' sl.
n. 2. a sneak thief who steals bonds or securities from banks ...1872 police & criminals' sl.
BANKSTER
n. 1. † a person who fishes from the bank of a river or stream ...1885
n. 2. a victor, conqueror ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. † a nickname for a person employed in banking or associated with managing money ...1893 US humorous usage
n. 4. (derogatory) a banker seen as profiteering or dishonest; a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal ...1931 orig. & chiefly US
BANKSTERSHIP
n. force, violence ...1866 Sc.
BANKY
adj. † inclined like a bank or hillside; hilly ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BANNA
n. a young man or woman ...1994 W. Indies teen usage
BANNALANNA
n. a woman who sells ale over the counter ...Bk1910 Ireland
BANNANNER
n. a banana ...1867 Amer. dial.
BANNED
adj. of persons: having had the banns of marriage published ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNEE
vb. to contradict rudely ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANNEOUR
n. † a banner-bearer, a standard-bearer ...1297
BANNER
n. 1. the female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a banner-bearer ...1925 Sc.
vb. to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1948 Amer. dial.
BANNER-BEARER
n. a standard-bearer, an ensign ...c1440
BANNER CARRIER
n. a tramp who walks the street all night ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
BANNERER
n. 1. † one who carries a banner; a standard-bearer ...c1340 obs. exc. hist.
n. 2. † a knight conferred for valiant deeds ...1484
BANNERET
n. orig. a knight able and entitled to bring a company of vassals into the field under his own banner, and who ranked next to a baron and above other knights; commonly used as a title or rank of dignity, and contrasted with 'knight', though sometimes with 'bachelor' ...1297
BANNERMAN
n. a standard-bearer, an ensign ...a1500 Sc. arch.
BANNEROL
n. a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
BANNER STATE
n. Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANNICK
vb. 1. to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to chase, to hunt about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNICKING
n. a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNIEL
n. a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
BANNIER
n. † a banner-bearer ...Bk1880
BANNING
n. swearing, curses ...1678 Sc.
BANNISTER
n. a traveller in distress ...Bk1891 sl.
BANNITION
n. † banishment, expulsion, esp. from a university ...a1644
BANNITUS
n. † an outlaw, or banished man, an exile ...Bk1708
BANNOCK
vb. 1. to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to lounge about idly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNOCK-FACED
adj. having a flat face and a short nose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNOCK-HIVE
n. 1. corpulence induced by eating plentifully; a corpulent person ...1790 Sc.
n. 2. a corpulent person ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANNOCKING
n. a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNO-DISTY
adj. ill-humoured ...1929 Sc.
BANNS
n. 1. proclamation or public notice given in church of an intended marriage, in order that those who know of any impediment thereto may have opportunity of lodging objections ...a1328
n. 2. † proclamation or prologue of a play ...1440
BANNUT
n. 1. † the filbert ...c1450
n. 2. the walnut; also applied to the growing tree itself ...1790 Eng. dial.
BANQUEROUT
n. † a bankrupt ...Bk1880
BANQUET
n. 1. † a slight repast between meals ...1509
n. 2. † a course of sweetmeats, fruit, and wine, served either as a separate entertainment, or as a continuation of the principal meal; in the latter case usually in a different room; a dessert ...1523
n. 3. † a sweetmeat; a dainty dish; collectively, sweetmeats, dessert ...1534
n. 4. † a wine-drinking carousal ...1535
BANQUETANT
n. †* the giver of a banquet; a host, an entertainer ...1615
BANQUET-BEAGLE
n. a glutton ...Bk1891 sl.
BANQUETEER
n. a guest at a banquet; a feaster; a reveller ...1821
BANQUETER
n. 1. a broker, a trafficker ...1534
n. 2. † the giver of a banquet; a host, an entertainer ...1542
n. 3. a guest at a banquet; a feaster; a reveller ...1549
BANQUETTE
n. a raised sidewalk or footpath ...1841 Amer. dial.
BANQUIER
n. † an old name for goldsmiths in London ...Bk1888
BANSEL
vb. to drive, to know about; to bang, to beat ...1674 Eng. dial.
BANSELA
n. a tip, a gratuity ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
BANSHEE
n. a supernatural being, in the form of a woman, who is supposed to wail outside a house to announce the approaching death of a member of the family ...1769 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BANSMAN
n. a bondsman, a servant ...1879 Sc.
BANT
n. vigour, strength, endurance, 'go' ...1856 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to conquer, to achieve, to manage ...1875 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat down in price; to haggle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTAM
n. 1. a young inexperienced man ...1860 US sl.
n. 2. a lover; a womanizer ...1883 Aust. & US sl.
n. 3. a pert boy or youth ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 4. a very short British soldier; a short or small man ...Bk1919 services' sl.
n. 5. a person with a hot temper ...1924 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a young girl, a slender young woman ...1944 US Black sl.
n. 7. a jeep ...World War II Amer. sl.
BANTAM DOUGHBOY
n. an American who fell under the regulation height but was allowed to enter the service ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BANTAM WEIGHT
n. in boxing: a boxer weighing more than 8 stone, but not more than 8 stone 6 pounds ...1884
BANTER
n. 1. † a matter of ridicule or jest ...1719
n. 2. a challenge, dare ...1840 Amer. dial. & Ireland
n. 3. a match or contest; a shooting-match ...1859 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a haggling about prices ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a young girl, a slender or pretty young woman ...Bk1942 US sl.
vb. 1. to impose upon a person, orig, in jest; to delude, to cheat, to trick, to bamboozle ...a1688 arch.
vb. 2. † to ridicule, to make a jest of a thing ...1704
vb. 3. to cheapen, to haggle ...1793 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1810 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to rebuke, to scold, to drive away by scolding ...1820 Sc.
vb. 6. to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTER ABOUT
vb. to potter about, to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTER DOWN
vb. 1. to beat down in price ...1864 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to get the better of in a dispute of any kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTERER
n. one who imposes on, or bamboozles ...1709 arch.
BANTER PLAY BUILT ON A COKE FRAME
n. an attractive woman with a good figure ...1930s US Black sl.
BANTIN
n. a strutting little man fond of fighting ...1825 Sc.
BANTIN COCK
n. a strutting little man fond of fighting ...1825 Sc.
BANTING
n. 1. slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat ...19C
n. 2. a bantam fowl ...1828 Sc.
n. 3. one who diets himself to prevent fatness ...Bk1883
n. 4. haggling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTINGISM
n. slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat ...19C
BANTLIN; BANTLING
n. a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard' ...1593
BANTON
n. a strutting little man fond of fighting ...1825 Sc.
BANTRY
n. bantering, teasing ...1892 Sc.
BANT-SCRAPER
n. a fiddler ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTUM
n. a small but aggressive person
BAN-TWIVY TWIST
adv. askew, awry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTY
adj. bowlegged ...1927 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a bantam ...1877 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a small, strutting, conceited person; a small, aggressive person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child ...1948 US
n. 4. a bow-legged person ...1948 Irish sl.
BANTY-COCK
n. 1. a bantam cock ...1891 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a small, conceited person; a small, aggressive ...1891 Eng. dial.
BANTY-HEN
n. a bantam hen ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTY-LEGGED
adj. bowlegged ...1927 Amer. dial.
BANYA
n. a bath-house ...1941 Amer. dial.
BANYAN
n. a Hindu merchant or shopkeeper ...Bk1855
BANYAN DAY
n. a day on which little food is to be had, or only scraps left over from the days before ...1932 Sc.
BANYAN DAYS
n. hard times ...1929 Sc.
BANYEL
n. 1. a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
n. 2. a crowd of people ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a slovenly, idle fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. to crowd, to move in a confused crowd ...1866 Sc.
BANYER
n. † a standard-bearer ...Bk1855
BANZELL
n. a long, lazy fellow ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
B.A.P.
n. an upwardly mobile Black achiever, usually from the Black middle class (Black American Prince/Princess) ...1992 US sl.
BAP
n. 1. a small loaf or 'roll' of bakers' bread, made of various sizes and shapes ...1513-75 Sc.
n. 2. a father; in Caribbean use, any older man, esp. one of South Asian descent ...1842 South Asian & Caribbean
n. 3. a stupid person ...1929 Sc.
vb. to open and close the eyes quickly ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAPA
n. a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAPHEAD
n. a fool ...2001 UK teen sl.
BAPPER
n. a vulgar name for a baker ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAPPLE
n. a baby of affluent professional parents ...Bk2006 sl., chiefly UK
BAPP-NOSE
n. a nose threatening to meet the chin ...c1890 Sc.
BAPPO
n. a Baptist ...1972 Aust. sl.
BAPS
n. a woman's breasts ...sl.
BAPSOUSE
vb. to baptize ...1906 Amer. dial.
BAPTISM OF FIRE
n. 1. a difficult or frightening introduction to something; the undergoing of any severe ordeal or painful experience ...1857
n. 2. a soldier's first experience 'under fire' in battle ...1881
BAPTIST
n. 1. one who baptises ...c1200
n. 2. a pickpocket who has been caught and ducked or 'baptized' ...1823 UK sl.
BAPTIST DAM-BREAKER
n. a sudden heavy rain ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAPTISTE
n. †* baptism ...1460
BAPTISTERY
n. 1. the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
n. 2. a receptacle containing water for the baptismal rite ...1835
n. 3. baptism ...1851
BAPTISTICAL
adj. †* belonging to baptism ...1658
BAPTISTRY
n. 1. the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
n. 2. a receptacle containing water for the baptismal rite ...1835
n. 3. baptism ...1851
BAPTIZATION
n. † baptism ...1470
BAPTIZE
n. †* baptism ...a1300
BAPTIZED
adj. 1. drowned ...E19 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. pert. to adulterated liquor ...E20 US sl.
adj. 3. saturated with alcohol; drunk ...M20 US sl.
BAPTIZED BY FIRE
adj. to have been under enemy fire for the first time; to have received one’s first wounds ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAPTIZEE
n. * a recipient of baptism; a baptized person ...1871
BAPTIZEMENT
n. * baptism ...1818
BAPU
n. one's father; a father ...1930 Anglo-Indian
BAQUERO
n. one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1922 Amer. dial.
BAR
n. 1. †* a baron ...1297
n. 2. an obstruction, an obstacle; a barrier ...1531
n. 3. † a kind of false die, on which certain numbers are prevented from turning up ...1545
n. 4. † a defensive barrier; a bulwark ...1603
n. 5. a local judge amongst miners, a barmaster ...a1661
n. 6. the gate of a town or city ...1695 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a mosquito net ...1835 US
n. 8. a gate across a road, generally for the purpose of collecting tolls ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a streak of colour on an animal ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 10. a crowbar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a pound; usually in the phrase 'half a bar' - ten shillings ...1911 Brit. sl.
n. 12. a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
n. 13. a mixture of codeine-infused cough syrup and soda ...1998 US drugs sl.
vb. 1. † to surround with a barrier or fence ...c1430
vb. 2. to claim a privilege or possession ...1865 Eng. dial.
BARABAS
n. a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
BARABBAS
n. a publisher ...Bk1891 journalists' usage
BARAGAN TAILOR
n. a rough tailor ...Bk1890 tailors' usage
BARATHRUM
n. 1. the abyss, hell ...1520
n. 2. anything that swallows up or devours; the belly; an insatiable extortioner or glutton ...1609
n. 3. a deep pit at Athens into which criminals condemned to death were thrown ...1849
BARATOUR
n. a quarrelsome person; a brawler; a rowdy; a rioter ...Bk1855
BARATRESS
n. a female quarreller or fighter; a female warrior ...Bk1881
BARB
n. 1. †* the edge of an axe ...c1340
n. 2. †* the beard of a man ...c1450
n. 3. a student who is not a member of a Greek-letter fraternity ...1900 US college sl.
n. 4. a student or officer of instruction opposed to Greek-letter fraternities ...1914 US college sl.
n. 5. a barbiturate tablet or capsule ...M20 US drugs sl.
vb. 1. to clip wool, cloth, coin, etc. ...1483
vb. 2. † to carve a lobster ...1508
vb. 3. † to shave or trim the beard of a person ...1587
vb. 4. to mow grass, etc. ...1601
BARBADIAN
n. an inhabitant of Barbados ...1732
BARBAL
adj. belonging to the beard ...1650
BARBAR
adj. † barbarous ...1535
n. 1. † a barbarian ...1382
n. 2. † a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1382
BARBARA AND HER BARNS
n. a formation of clouds in which there is a thick band across the west with smaller bands above and below; a sign of stormy weather ...1883 Eng. dial.
BARBARA HUTTON
n. in hold 'em poker: a five and ten, as the first two cards dealt to a player ...1981 US sl.
BARBARELLA
n. a man-hungry homosexual ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BARBARESQUE
adj. barbarous in style, esp. in reference to art ...1823
n. a native of Barbary in Africa ...1804
BARBARIAN
n. 1. a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1549
n. 2. † a native of Barbary in Africa ...1572
n. 3. a rude, wild, uncivilized person; a brutal monster ...1604
n. 4. an uncouth, uncultured person, or one who has no sympathy with literary culture ...1757
BARBARIANESS
n. a female barbarian ...1868
BARBARIANIZE
vb. to make barbarian, to barbarize ...1856
BARBARIC
n. 1. † a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1388
n. 2. †* a barbarian ...1388
BARBARIOUS
adj. † barbarous ...1570
BARBARISM
n. † barbarous cruelty, barbarity ...1603
BARBARIZE
vb. † to act as a barber, to shave ...1702 Sc.
BARBAROCRACY
n. government or rule by barbarians, as that of Italy by the German emperors ...1866
BARBARY
n. 1. † uncultivated speech as opposed to a classical language or classic diction ...1509
n. 2. † barbarity, barbarism, barbarousness ...1564
BARBARY HEN
n. † a prostitute ...c1597
BARBARYN
n. † a barbarian ...1382
BARBATERIA
n. a barber shop ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARBATORIUM
n. a barber shop ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARBATULOUS
adj. † having but a small beard ...1600
BARBECUE
n. an attractive female; a woman who looks good enough to eat ...1927 US sl.
BARBED
adj. †* bearded ...1693
BARBED-WIRE DISEASE
n. a nervous breakdown brought about by imprisonment ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BARBED-WIRE PIE
n. something utterly disagreeable ...1942 Amer. dial.
BARBEQUE
n. an attractive woman, esp. one who enjoys or offers oral sex (such a woman is a 'hot piece of meat') ...1927 US sl.
BARBER
n. 1. a man, or more rarely a woman, whose business it is to shave or trim the beards, and cut and dress the hair, of customers; formerly, the barber was also a regular practitioner in surgery and dentistry ...c1320
n. 2. a prostitute diseased with syphilis ...1592 sl.
n. 3. one who clips or cuts short; a curtailer ...1609
n. 4. in Canada: a storm accompanied by snow and spray which freezes upon the face; also, the vapour rising from the water on a frosty day ...c1890
n. 5. a shearer ...1898 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a tediously talkative person; a fool, esp. in sports usage ...1927 US sl.
n. 7. a pimp ...1939 US criminals' sl.
n. 8. a hotel manager or owner ...1941 Aust. sl.
n. 9. a tramp ...1943 Aust. sl.
n. 10. a thief...1945 Aust. criminals' sl.
n. 11. a baseball pitcher who is willing and able to force batters away from the plate by pitching fast balls close to their heads ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
n. 12. in karaoke: someone who joins in on every tune ...Bk1997
vb. to shave ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARBER-BAIT
n. a recruit ...1945 US sl.
BARBER CHIRURGEON
n. one who practices the lower operations of surgery, such as bleeding and drawing of teeth, together with the trade of a barber ...Bk1795
BARBERER
n. a barber ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARBERESS
n. * a female barber ...1611
BARBERLIE
adv. like a barber ...1580 Eng. dial.
BARBERLY
adv. †* with a barber's methods, by shaving ...1573
BARBER-MONGER
n. † a constant frequenter of the barber's shop, a fop
BARBER OF ROCHDALE
n. the hangman ...1925 prison sl.
BARBER POLE
n. in casino gambling: a bet comprised of various coloured chips ...1980 US sl.
BARBER'S BLOCK
n. 1. a wooden head for a wig ...1688
n. 2. the head ...E19 sl.
n. 3. one who spends much time in barbers' shops; a showy, overdressed man; a fop ...1876 UK sl.
BARBER'S BREAKFAST
n. a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
BARBER'S CAT
n. 1. a gossip, a chatterer, one who prefers talk to action ...1842 sl.
n. 2. a sickly, malnourished person; a skinny man ...1864 sl.
n. 3. an emaciated opium addict ...1930s drugs sl.
BARBER'S CHAIR
n. † a common prostitute who is used by all customers; a promiscuous woman; a drab, a prostitute, a strumpet ...1621
BARBER'S CLERK
n. 1. a conceited, overdressed fellow who apes the manners of a gentleman ...1821 sl.
n. 2. an irresponsible sailor who is overparticular about his appearance; a fop; one who spends much time in barber’s shops ...1835 US nautical sl.
BARBER’S-CLOCK
n. a fop; one who spends much time in barber’s shops ...Bk1891 sl.
BARBERSHOPPER
n. a person who performs barbershop or close harmony singing ...1930 orig. US
BARBER-SURGEON
n. formerly, a barber who also drew teeth and bled people for certain illnesses ...1626
BARBERY
n. 1. † a barber's shop ...c1440
n. 2. the barber's art or craft; shaving ...1540
BARBESHELA
n. a very close friend ...1893 Amer. dial.
BARBET
n. 1. * a small beard ...1606
n. 2. a little dog with long curly hair; a poodle ...1780
n. 3. an arrow ...1844 Sc.
BARBETTE
vb. †* to make inarticulate sounds; to mutter ...c1480
BARBIE
n. 1. (derogatory) a young, empty-headed woman who is tall, slim, well-endowed and attractive in a stereotypical way, with peroxide-blonde hair ...1966
n. 2. a barbecue ...1976 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 3. a feminine homosexual who prefers to dress in women's clothing ...1998 US homosexual sl.
BARBIE DOLL
n. a woman who is likened to a Barbie doll, esp. in being pretty or shapely but passive, characterless, or unintelligent; a super-conformist, conventionally attractive woman; a pretty, giddy girl or woman ...1966
BARBIGEROUS
adj. bearded, as a man; having a beard, hairy ...1731
BARBING
adj. shaving, stripping bare ...1630
n. † shaving, hairdressing; clipping ...1485
BARBIQUEJO
n. the chin strap of a cowboy hat ...1945 Amer. dial.
BAR-BITCH
n. a female bartender ...2015 US Western sl.
BARBLY
n. babble, noise ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
BARBOQUEJO
n. the chin strap of a cowboy hat ...1945 Amer. dial.
BARBOSE
adj. †* ? bearded ...1716
BARBOURISE
vb. † to act as a barber, to shave ...1702 Sc.
BAR-BOY
n. a boy who serves at the bar of a public-house ...Bk1881
BARBS
n. † the wattles of a cock ...1601
ׇBARBULA
n. † a small beard ...1688
BARBULYE
n. confusion, perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc. arch.
vb. to confuse, to muddle, to disorder ...c1572 Sc. arch.
BARBULYIE
n. perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc.
vb. to confuse, to trouble; to disorder ...1790 Sc.
BAR-BUMMER
n. one who spends their time in bars; a 'barfly'; a heavy drinker, a drunkard ...1908 Aust. sl.
BARB WIRE DEAL
n. a tough situation to handle ...1958 Amer. dial.
BARBWIRE GARTERS
n. a mythical award for those who got no special honours or decorations ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BAR BY AND MAIN
vb. † to prevent entirely; to stop altogether ...1567
BARCAROLE
n. an Italian boatman ...1854
BAR CAT
n. a lynx ...1967 Amer. dial.
BAR-CLAW
n. a dog's dew-claw ...1908 Sc.
BARCOO BILL
n. a bushman ...1910 Aust. sl.
BARCOO BUSTER
n. a westerly wind in outback Queensland ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BARCOO ROT
n. a festering skin disease ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BARCOO SALUTE
n. a gesture with which one brushes flies from one's face, considered to be typical of Australians ...1973 Aust. sl.
BARCOO SPEW
n. illness accompanied by attacks of vomiting ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BAR COOTIE
n. the habitual occupier of a bar, day in, day out; a heavy drinker, a drunkard ...1920 US sl.
BARD
n. 1. a strolling musician or minstrel ...1449 Sc.
n. 2. one of an ancient Celtic order of minstrel-poets whose primary function appears to have been to compose and sing (usually to the harp) verses celebrating the achievements of chiefs and warriors, and who committed to verse historical and tradition facts, religious precepts, laws, genealogies, etc.; used for 'poet' in modern Celtic languages; in Welsh, a poet or versifier who has been recognized at the Eisteddfod ...c1450
n. 3. a lyric or epic poet; a poet generally ...1667 poetic usage
n. 4. bold, noisy woman; a scolding woman ...1825 Sc.
BARDACH
adj. 1. stout, fearless ...1768 Sc.
adj. 2. quarrelsome, uncivil in managing a dispute ...1824 Sc.
n. * a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1550
BARDACIOUS
adj. 1. audacious, unceremonious ...1908 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
BARDACIOUSLY
adv. thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1901 Amer. dial.
BARDASCIO
n. * a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1632
BARDASH
n. * a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1550
BARDASS
n. † a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1550
BARDESS
n. * a female bard, a poetess ...1822
BARDIE
adj. 1. forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1706 Sc.
adj. 2. bold, fierce, turbulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 1. a minor poet, a humble bard ...1773 Sc.
n. 2. † a gelded cat ..1808 Sc.
vb. to vituperate, to bandy words with ...1882 Sc.
BARDILY
adv. pertly, boldly ...1788 Sc.
BARDINESS
n. forwardness, pertness, esp. as shown in conversation ...1825 Sc.
BARDISH
adj. † rude, insolent ...a1662 Sc.
BARDIST
n. †* an adherent or follower of the bards ...1588
BAR DITCH
n. the strip of grass and streets between the sidewalk and the curb ...1966 Amer. dial.
BARDLET
n. a young or inexperienced poet ...1867
BARDLING
n. a young or inexperienced poet ...1813
BARD OF AVON
n. William Shakespeare ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAR-DOG
n. a bartender ...1907 Amer. dial.
BAR-DOGGING
n. tending bar ...1971 Amer. dial.
BARDOLATER
n. a worshipper of the 'Bard' ...1903
BARDOLATRY
n. worship of the 'Bard of Avon', i.e. Shakespeare ...1901
BARD STUFF
n. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARDY
adj. 1. bold, fierce, turbulent ...1788 Sc.
adj. 2. forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
BARE
adj. 1. † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
adj. 2. † laid waste, desolate ...c1305
adj. 3. † poor in quality, paltry, worthless ...1399
adj. 4. † simple, without luxury; unpolished, rude ...1583
adj. 5. of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
adj. 6. audacious; also, mean, base ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adv. 1. no more than, at most; scarcely, barely ...c1325 arch.
adv. 2. † thoroughly, completely ...c1340
n. 1. † a naked part of the body; the bare skin ...c1300
n. 2. † a bare space or place ...1683-4
BARE-ARSE
adj. naked ...1965 Amer. dial.
BARE AS A BALCHIN, AS
adj. bald (balchin = an unfledged bird) ..1881 Eng. dial.
BARE AS A JAYBIRD
adj. completely bare; naked ...1965 Amer. dial.
BARE AS ONE'S HAND
adj. very bare ...c1420
BARE-ASS
adj. naked ...1936 Amer. dial.
BARE-ASSED
adj. 1. naked; completely nude with the buttocks uncovered ...1965 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. immature; pert. to a young male whose buttocks are not hairy ...20C U S sl.
BARE-ASS NAKED
adj. naked ...1965 Amer. dial.
BAREBACK
adj. pert. to an act of copulation performed without a condom ...20C US sl.
BARE-BACKS
n. sheep after being shorn ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-BONE
n. a lean, skinny person ...1596
BAREBONES
adv. bareback, without a saddle ...1940 Amer. dial.
BARE-BUB
n. an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAREFACED
adj. unconcealed, undisguised, open ...1605 arch.
BAREFEETED
adj. without shoes, barefoot ...1928 Amer. dial.
BAREFOOT
adj. 1. of horses: unshod ...1805 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. of bread: plain, without anything added ...1933 Amer. dial.
BAREFOOT-BROTH
n. broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARE-FOOTED
adj. 1. of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of horses: unshod ...1941 Amer. dial.
BAREFOOT-HEAD
n. a baldheaded man ...1867 Eng. dial.
BAREFOOT-KAIL
n. broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat ...1787 Sc.
BARE-GOLLIN
n. a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-GOLLOCK
n. a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-GOLLY
n. a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-GORP
n. an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARELIES
adv. scarcely, barely, hardly ...1787 Sc.
BARELINS
adv. barely ...1885 Sc.
BARELLET
n. † a little barrel or cask ...1611
BARELY
adv. 1. without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340 obs.
adv. 2. merely, simply, only ...1577 arch.
BARE-MAN
n. † a bankrupt who gives up all his goods to his creditors ...1609 Sc.
BARE-NAKED
adj. naked ...1914 Amer. dial.
BARENESS
n. 1. † leanness ...1552
n. 2. † mere or simple quality; mereness ...1607
BAREPOLES
adj. naked ...20C sl.
BARE-POWED
adj. bareheaded ...1874 Sc.
BARE-SNAKED
adj. naked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-VAMPED
adj. standing in one's stockings, without shoes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARF
n. 1. a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
n. 2. vomit ...1960s US sl.
n. 3. beef ...1996 US sl.
vb. 1. to vomit ...1956 sl., orig. and chiefly US
vb. 2. in computing: to fail to operate ...1983 US sl.
vb. 3. in hot rodding and drag racing: to damage something completely or partially, leaving parts scattered ...1993 US sl.
BARF BUDDY
n. a drinking companion ...1977 US sl.
BARFLOG
vb. to beat one's hands crosswise around the shoulders to keep oneself warm ...1908 Sc.
BAR-FLY
n. a too-frequent frequenter of bars and saloons ...1906 US sl.
BARFUL
adj. † full of bars or hindrances ...1601
BARGAIN
n. 1. † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. a transaction that entails consequences, esp. unpleasant ones; a (bad or unfortunate) 'business' ...c1400 arch.
n. 3. † a small farm-holding ...1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. an indefinite number or quantity of anything ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a load, esp. a wagon load ...1892 Eng. dial.
vb. † to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight ...1375 Sc.
BARGAINER
n. † a quarreller, a wrangler, a bully ...c1500 Sc.
BARGAINING
n. † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
BARGAIN OF FOOLERY
n. stuff and nonsense, or a stupid and empty thing ...1892 Eng. dial.
BARGAIN-TACKER
n. the foreman, who undertakes the work in a section of a lead mine ...1898 Sc.
BARGE
n. 1. † a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat ...1470-85
n. 2. a fat, heavy person; anything large ...1746 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a great fat hog ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 4. orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a scolding woman ...Bk1898 Ireland
n. 6. an argument, a talk ...1930 Sc.
n. 7. a big foot ...c1960 Amer. jocular
vb. 1. to scold, to abuse ...1860 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARGE-ARSE
n. 1. markedly protruding buttocks ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a nickname for a person with markedly protruding buttocks ...19C Brit. sl.
BARGE-BELLIED
adj. having a large or protuberant belly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARGH
n. 1. † the steep face of a hill; a road up it ...1674 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
n. 3. † a mine ...1693
BARGHAM
n. any untidy, clumsy piece of dress, but esp. anything wrapped around the neck ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARGHEST
n. 1. a goblin, fabled to appear in the form of a large dog, with various horrible characteristics, and to portend imminent death or misfortune ...1732
n. 2. a ghost, wraith, or hobgoblin ...1788 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one who has the power of perceiving the disembodied spirits of living men ...1865 Eng. dial.
BARGIE
n. a wrangle, a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. to wrangle, to bandy words, to carry on a useless controversy ...1856 Sc.
BARGING
n. scolding in an abusive manner ...1892 Eng. dial.
BARGLE
n. a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. to wrangle, to bandy words, to carry on a useless controversy ...1856 Sc.
BAR-GOWN
n. a lawyer's gown; fig. a lawyer ...1664
BARGUM
n. a bargain ...1905 Amer. dial.
BAR-HEAD
n. a horse that cannot be trained to work or to be ridden ...1950 Amer. cowboy usage
BAR HOG
n. a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
BAR HUSTLER
n. a male prostitute who solicits his customers in bars ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BARI
n. a fool; one who has newly arrived at a township from the countryside ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
BARICK
n. a hill ...1916 Amer. dial.
BARISH
adj. scanty, rather bare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARK
n. 1. outer covering; outside, external part ...c1374 arch.
n. 2. † the rind, husk, or shell of fruit and grains ...1377
n. 3. a rowing boat; formerly a large flat boat, a barge ...1598 now poetic
n. 4. the skin, epidermis ...1721 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a box or receptacle, formerly made of bark, used for holding candles or candle-ends ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 6. † a scalp ...1848 Amer. dial.
n. 7. an Irishman ...1869 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a cough ...1871 colloq.
n. 9. the sound of cannon-firing ...1871
n. 10. the hard outside of cooked or uncooked meat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 11. the scab formed over a wound or sore ...1923 Sc.
n. 12. any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust ...1925 Amer. logging usage
n. 13. the hull of a walnut ...1941 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. †* to embark ...1592
vb. 2. of dirt: to clot, to harden, to encrust, to adhere ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to call out or 'spiel ' at the entrance of a cheap shop or show to attract customers ...19C
vb. 4. to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade ...1850
vb. 5. to cough ...1871 colloq.
vb. 6. to boast, to 'crow' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to complain about an assignment or duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 8. to scalp ...1958 Amer. dial.
BARK AGAINST THE MOON
vb. to clamour or agitate to no effect; to protest in vain ...1655
BARK AT THE MOON
vb. to clamour or agitate to no effect; to protest in vain ...1655
BARK-EATER
n. 1. in logging: a logger; a sawmill hand ...1958 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a porcupine ...1969 Amer. dial.
BARKED
adj. bald ...1958 Amer. dial.
BARKEEP
n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARKEN
n. an enclosed space or yard; a farmyard ...1671 Eng. dial.
vb. of blood or dirt: to clot, to become hardened, or encrusted ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BARKER
n. 1. † a tanner; a worker with leather ...1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a noisy assailant ...1483
n. 3. one who 'barks' at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside; an auction-room or shop tout ...1699
n. 4. a pistol ...1815 sl.
n. 5. a cannon ...1842 sl.
n. 6. a dog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a big artillery gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 8. a cougher ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 9. one who complains ...World War II Amer. sl.
BARKER'S EGG
n. dog excrement, esp. when very old ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
BARKER'S NEST
n. a pile of dog excrement ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
BARKING
adj. insane, mad ...1968 Brit. sl.
n. 1. angry or assailing outcry ...1549
n. 2. harsh coughing ...1813
BARKING AND FLEEING
phr. spending one's property in a prodigal way; on the verge of ruin
BARKING DOGS
n. tired or aching feet ...1939 Amer. jocular
BARKING IRON
n. a pistol ...1791 Ireland cant
BARKING MAD
adj. absolutely crazy, highly eccentric, insane, mad ...1900s sl.
BARKING SPIDER
n. 1. the audible breaking of wind ...1980s US college sl.
n. 2. the anus ...1990s sl.
BARKING WOLF
n. † a coyote ...1867 Amer. dial.
BARKLE
vb. of dirt: to cake, to encrust, to adhere ...1874 Eng. dial.
BARKLOVES
n. bare feet; used jokingly ...1929 Sc.
BARL
n. a barrel ...c1820 Amer. dial.
BARLA-FUMBLE
n. † a call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or play; also used improperly for a fall or tumble ...a1550 Scot
BARLEY
n. a truce, a rest ...1814 Sc.
vb. to claim by right of first choice, to bespeak ...1865 Eng. dial.
int. a cry for truce in a game, used by children when a short rest or break is wanted ...1814 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
BARLEY-BAIRN
n. a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-BIRD
n. 1. the Ray's wagtail, Motacilla flava ...1883 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the common gull, Larus canus ...1885 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the nightingale ...1882 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the siskin, Chrysomitris spinus ...1887 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the wryneck, Jynx torquilla ...1889 Eng. dial.
BARLEY BLIND
adj. † intoxicated ...1796 sl.
BARLEY-BREE
n. malt liquor, esp. whisky or ale ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BARLEY BRIGHT
n. a children's game of chase ...1966 Amer. dial.
BARLEY-BROO
n. malt liquor, esp. whisky or ale ...1724 Sc.
BARLEY-BROTH
n. 1. strong ale ...1593
n. 2. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLEY-BUGGLE
n. a scarecrow ...1880 N. Ireland
BARLEY-BUMP
n. a sluggard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-CAP
n. † a tippler ...1598
BARLEY-CHILD
n. a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-CORN
n. beer or ale ...19C Eng. dial.
BARLEYCORN SPRINTS
n. dysentery following a drunk ...1858 Amer. loggers' usage
BARLEY-FEVER
n. 1. illness caused by drinking to excess ...1828 Sc.
n. 2. intoxication ...1828 Sc.
BARLEY-FUMMEL!
int. † the call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or fighting ...1827 Sc.
BARLEY-HOOD
n. a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking ...a1529
BARLEY-ISLAND
n. † an ale-house ...a1640
BARLEY JOHNNY
n. whisky ...1891 Sc.
BARLEY JUICE
n. 1. beer ...L17 sl.
n. 2. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLEY ME!
int. in children's games: that's mine! ...1956 Amer. dial.
BARLEY-MOOD
n. a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking; barley-hood ...1790
BARLEY OUT!
int. in children's games: a call for truce ...1917 Amer. dial.
BARLEY-SICK
adj. 1. † intoxicated ...c1440
adj. 2. sick from excessive drinking ...Bk1911 Sc.
BARLEY-SOWER
n. the common gull, Larus canus ...1887 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-STRAW
n. a trifle ...a1721
BARLEY-UNCTION
n. † malt liquor; whisky ...1746 Sc.
BARLEY WATER
n. 1. beer ...L17 sl.
n. 2. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLEY WINE
n. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLIC
adj. † angry, drunken ...1790 Sc.
BARLIC-HOOD
n. a fit of obstinacy or violent ill temper; also, a state of drunkenness ...1728 Sc.
BARLING
n. † a pole ...1611
BARLOW KNIFE
n. a single-bladed pocket knife ...1779 Amer. dial.
BARM
n. 1. † a bosom, a lap ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. † the froth or 'head' of beer when poured out ...c1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. †* edge, brim ...c1340
n. 4. yeast ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. nonsense; foolish talk ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 6. a large quantity ...1924 Amer. dial.
BARMAN
n. † a pleader at the bar; a barrister ...1657
BARM-CLOTH
n. an apron ...c1000
BARMECIDAL
adj. like the Barmecide's feast; imaginarily satisfying or sumptuous; unreal, illusory ...a1845
BARMECIDE
n. one who offers benefits that are illusory or disappointing ...1713
BARM-FEL
n. a leather apron ...c1350
BARM-HATRE
n. † an apron ...c1300
BARM-HEAD
n. a soft, foolish person ...1865 Eng. dial.
BARMIE
adj. 1. fermenting with thought ...1786
adj. 2. passionate ...1808 Sc.
adj. 3. flighty, foolish ...1824 Sc,
BARMING
n. interest arising from money ...1823 Sc.
BARMPOT
n. a foolish person ...1951 Brit. sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
BARM-SKIN
n. a leather apron ..1594 Eng. dial.
BARMSTICK
n. a person of weak intellect ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARMY
adj. 1. flighty; passionate; irascible ...1808 Sc.
adj. 2. silly, weak-minded, half-witted ...1824 sl.
adj. 3. crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
adj. 4. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. a fool, a simpleton ...1887 Eng. dial.
BARMY-BRAINED
adj. foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed ...1824 Sc.
BARMY-FACED
adj. having a foolish or silly expression ...1724 Sc.
BARMY-FROTH
n. a flighty, empty-headed fellow; a simpleton ...1599
BARMY IN THE CRUMPET
adj. crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
BARNABEE
n. the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNABY
n. an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARNABY BRIGHT
n. St. Barnabas' Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the 'longest day' ...1670
BARNABY DAY
n. St. Barnabas' Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the 'longest day' ...1650
BARNABY THE BRIGHT
n. St. Barnabas' Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the 'longest day' ...1595
BARNACLE
n. 1. †* one who speaks through his nose ...1591
n. 2. a companion or follower that sticks close, and will not be dismissed; a constant attendant ...1607
n. 3. a pickpocket ...M19 cant
n. 4. an incorrigible person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a prostitute ...E20 US sl.
BARNACLED
adj. wearing spectacles ...1878 colloq.
BARNACLES
n. spectacles ...1571 colloq.
BARNAGE
n. 1. † childhood, infancy ...c1325
n. 2. † a military company, army, followers ...1790 Sc.
BARNARD
n. † the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper ...1532
BARNAUGH-BLOW
n. the goal or winning stroke ...Bk1898 Ireland
BARN-BOSS
n. 1. a horsekeeper ...1902 US
n. 2. a dominating wife ...1969 Amer. jocular
BARN BURNER
n. 1. a kitchen match; a wooden match which can be struck on any surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a highly successful or enjoyable occasion ...1968 Amer. dial.
BARN CHAMBER
n. a barn loft ...1838 Amer. dial.
BARNDOOK
n. a gun; a rifle ... Amer. World War I sl.
BARN-DOOR
n. 1. a target too large to be easily missed ...1547
n. 2. in cricket: a player that blocks every ball ...1679
n. 3. a triangular tear in a piece of cloth ...1865 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1885 Amer. dial.
int. hello, good day; (French 'bonjour') ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BARN-DOOR BRITCHES
n. a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1885 Amer. dial.
BARN-DOOR PANTS
n. a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1940 Amer. dial.
BARNDOOR-SAVAGE
n. a clodhopper; a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNET
n. the head ...1969 Brit. sl.
BARNEY
n. 1. humbug, cheating ...1865 sl.
n. 2. nonsense, foolery ...1868 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a prize-fight ...1882 sl.
n. 4. a disturbance, dispute, altercation, an argument, a row ...1888 Eng. dial.
n. 5. an error, a mistake, a blunder; a piece of bad workmanship ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. an unattractive male ...20C teen & high school sl.
n. 7. trouble ...1980s rhyming sl. (Barney Rubble)
vb. to argue ...1876 Brit., Aust. & NZ sl.
BARNEY BEE
n. the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNEY CLAPPER
n. 1. sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
n. 2. the lily of the valley ...1904 Amer. dial.
BARNEY DILLON
n. a shilling ...1930s Irish & Sc. rhyming sl.
BARNEY-GUN
n. an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
BARNEYING
n. nonsense, foolery ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNEY MAGUIRE
n. a fire ...20C Aust. & US rhyming sl.
BARNEY MOKE
n. a pocket ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'poke'
BARNEY RUBBLE
n. trouble ...1980s rhyming sl.
BARNEY'S BULL
n. 1. a worthless person or thing ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. nonsense, rubbish ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
BARN FLY
n. a rustic person; one from a rural area ...1970 Amer. dial.
BARN-GUN
n. an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
BARNISH
vb. to grow fat; to 'fill out'; to look sleek and smooth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNISHED
adj. fat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNISH YOU!
int. a mild imprecation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARN MONEY
n. in horse racing: money bet by purportedly informed track insiders ...1994 US sl.
BARN'S-BREAKING
n. a mischievous action; an idle frolic ...1822 Sc.
BARN-SITE
n. anxiety about children ...1863 N. Eng. dial.
BARNSTAPLE FAIR WEATHER
n. cold, wet, windy weather ...1893 Eng. dial.
BARNSTORMER
n. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
BARNUMISM
n. exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk ...1862
BARNUMIZE
vb. to exhibit with a lavish display of puffing advertisements ...1851
BARNYARD
adj. smutty, obscene ...20C US sl.
BARNYARD BEAUTY
n. a buxom rustic beauty ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARNYARD BED
n. a bed that is made up the wrong way as a joke, as concealing beans and rice under the lower sheet ...1950 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD EXPRESSION
n. coarse or vulgar language; slang ...1968 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD GOLF
n. the game of quoits or horseshoes ...1929 Amer. dial. jocular
BARNYARD PIPE
n. a corncob pipe ...1970 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD PREACHER
n. an unprofessional or part-time lay preacher ...1805 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD RELATION
n. a distant relation ...1967 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD SALAD
n. manure ...1968 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD TROTS
n. diarrhoea ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAR OF SOAP
n. in dominoes: the double blank ...1959 US sl.
BARON
n. an army commander ...1919 sl.
BARON NABBEM
n. a constable ...1830 US sl.
BAR PIG
n. a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
BARR
n. a mixture of codeine-infused cough syrup and soda ...1998 US drugs sl.
vb. † to utter the peculiar cry of an elephant ...1653
BARRACE
n. 1. † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
n. 2. †* a hindrance, obstruction, delay ...1480
BARRACK
n. † a temporary hut or cabin, as for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. ...1686 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
vb. to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
BARRACKER
n. a braggart ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
BARRACK-HACK
n. a soldier's prostitute; a camp follower ...19C Brit. sl.
BARRACKING
adj. bantering ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
n. bragging, boastfulness ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
BARRACKS 13
n. the guardhouse ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARRACK SCHOOL
n. a disparaging term applied to a large district school for poor-law children ...1894
BARRACKS FATIGUE
n. a loafing in quarters ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARRACOON
n. a rough barrack, set of sheds, or enclosure in which Black slaves (originally), convicts, etc., are temporarily detained ...1851
BARRACUDA
n. 1. a violent, aggressive criminal ...1930s US sl.
n. 2. a domineering, argumentative person ...1950s US sl.
n. 3. a predatory homosexual, desperate to obtain a desired partner no matter what it takes ...1960s US sl.
n. 4. a sexual enthusiast, esp. female ...1970s US sl.
n. 5. a nasty woman ...1980s US college sl.
BAR RAG
n. a regular in a given bar ...1919 US sl.
BARRAGE
n. a party where a jug is produced and the spirited contents trickle musically into the glasses ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARRAKIN
n. unintelligible language ...M19
BARRANCA
n. a deep gully or ravine ...1836 Amer. dial.
BARRANCO
n. a bluff or the steep bank of a river ...1892 Amer. dial.
BARRAT
n. 1. † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
n. 2. † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
n. 3. † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing ...1340
vb. †* to quarrel, strive, brawl ...1600
BARRATER
n. † a brawler; an inciter to lawsuits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARRATOR
n. 1. † one who fights; esp. a hired bully ...a1400
n. 2. a person who buys or sells ecclesiastical preferments; a simonist; one who buys or sells offices of state ...1427
n. 3. † a quarrelsome person; one given to brawling and riot; a rowdy ...c1440
n. 4. a ship's master who commits 'barratry' (see Marine Law definition) ...1847
n. 5. a judge who takes bribes ...1864
n. 6. † an inciter to lawsuits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARRATOUS
adj. † contentious, quarrelsome ...1430
BARRATRESS
n. †* a female fighter, an amazon, a virago ...1583
BARRATROUS
adj. in Marine Law: of the nature of barratry, fraudulent ...1842
BARRATRY
n. 1. the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferment, or of offices of state ...1427
n. 2. in Marine Law: fraud, or gross and criminal negligence, on the part of the master or mariners of a ship, to the prejudice of the owners, and without their consent; e.g. dishonestly sinking, deserting, or running away with the ship, or embezzling the cargo ...1622
n. 3. the offence of habitually exciting quarrels, or moving or maintaining lawsuits; vexatious persistence in, or incitement to, litigation ...1645
n. 4. in Sc. law: the acceptance of bribes by a judge ...1773
BARRED
adj. striped, streaked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARRED CAT
n. a tabby-cat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARREL
n. 1. the contents of a barrel; intoxicating liquor ...c1300
n. 2. the belly and loins of a horse, ox, etc. ...1703
n. 3. the curve of the surface of a road ...1800 Eng. dial.
n. 4. money for use in a political campaign, esp. for corrupt purposes ...1884 US political sl.
n. 5. a tablet of LSD; usually in the plural ...1971 US sl.
n. 6. in pool: a betting unit; 'if you have $1000 and you're playing for $100 a game, you're packing ten barrels' ...1990 US sl.
vb. to drink to excess; to consume 'barrel's of drink ...20C US sl.
BARREL-ASS
n. a fat person ...1940s US sl.
vb. to rush headlong, to charge at; to drive fast ...1960s US sl.
BARREL-BELLIED
adj. having a round and protuberant belly; corpulent ...1697
BARREL-BOARDER
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARREL-BREASTED
adj. round-chested ...1884 Sc.
BARREL-CAMPAIGN
n. a political contest in which bribery is lavishly employed ...1884 US
BARREL DOSSER
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARRELET
n. † a little barrel or cask ...1611
BARREL-FEVER
n. 1. sickness caused by excessive drinking ...1791 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a hangover ...19C sl.
n. 3. the delirium tremens ...19C sl.
n. 4. a name for the cause of death when a lethal dose of alcohol has been ingested ...19C sl.
BARREL HOUSE
n. a low-class drinking-saloon ...1888 US
BARREL-HOUSE BUM
n. a beggar drunkard ...M20 US sl.
BARREL-HOUSE DRUNK
adj. heavily intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 US sl.
BARREL-HOUSE STIFF
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARRELLED
adj. drunk ...1910s US sl.
BARRELLED UP
adj. drunk ...1910s US sl.
BARRELLIE
n. a short, thickset person ...1910 Sc.
BARREL OF FAT
n. a hat ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
BARREL OF TREACLE
n. love, esp. the outward signs of being in love ...L19 sl.
BARRELS
n. the drug LSD ...1970s drugs sl.
BARREL SHOP
n. a low-class drinking-saloon ...1904 US
BARREL-SICK
adj. drunk ...c1770 Sc.
BARREL STIFF
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARREL-STOMACHED
adj. having a well-rounded belly ...1884
BARREL-TEARS
n. ale ...1864 Eng. dial.
BARREL-WASH
n. illicitly distilled liquor ...1980s Can. sl.
BARREN
n. 1. † one who bears no children; a barren woman or animal ...c1420
n. 2. † a drove of mules ...1486
vb. † to make barren, unfruitful, or sterile ...1581
BARRENHOOD
n. † barrenness ...c1380
BARRENIZE
vb. † to make barren or sterile ...1649
BARREN JOEY
n. a prostitute ...1940s Aust. sl.
BARRENTY
n. † unproductiveness ...1382
BARREY HOG
n. a castrated hog ...1927 Amer. dial.
BARRICADO
n. 1. any barrier or obstruction to passage ...1611
n. 2. † a natural frontier or boundary line ...1644
BARRICO
n. a keg, a small cask or barrel ...1607
BARRIE
adj. fine; big; smart in appearance ...1923 Sc.
n. a woman's petticoat ...a1714 Sc.
vb. to thrash ...1908 Sc.
BARRIER
n. 1. † a fortified frontier; a frontier generally; a name formerly given to a district which commanded the frontier of the Netherlands ...1709
n. 2. a bar ...1910s Aust. sl.
BARRIER REEF
n. the teeth ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
BARRIKET
n. † a small cask; a firkin ...1611
BARRIKIN
n. 1. high-flown language; unintelligible language; gibberish, jargon ...1851 Eng. sl.
n. 2. a hawker's sales patter ...M19 sl.
n. 3. chatter ...L19 sl.
BARRIO
n. a Spanish-speaking community or neighbourhood in an American city; a Latino or Chicano district ...1939 Amer. dial.
BARRIQUET
n. † a small cask; a firkin ...1611
BARRISTRATION
n. the action of a barrister ...1837 nonce word
BARRISTRESS
n. a woman barrister ...1898
BAR-ROOM
n. a bunk-room in a logging-camp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BAR ROOM MAN
n. in logging: the chore boy around the camp who cut fuel, filled wood boxes, swept bunkhouses, washed blankets, fed pigs ...1938 US lumberjacks' usage
BARROW
n. 1. † a mountain, a mount, a hill or hillock ...c885
n. 2. † a castrated boar, a swine ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. † a mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave; a grave-mound, a burial mound; a tumulus ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. †* a badger ...1552
n. 5. a large heap of stones ...1781 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a grove, copse, dingle ...1795 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a mound or heap ...1869 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a police van ...1940s Aust. sl.
n. 9. a second-hand motorcar ...1950s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to carry in a wheelbarrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to take home a drunkard, who is reclining or passed out, in a wheelbarrow ...M19
BARROW-BACKED
adj. bent from heavy work, such as wheeling barrows ...1885 Eng. dial.
BARROW-BUNTER
n. † one employed in wheeling a barrow; a female costermonger ...1771
BARROW-GUTTLINGS
n. pig's chitterlings; intestines, bowels ...1575
BARROW JOCKEY
n. one who pushes a wheelbarrow ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARROW-MAN
n. 1. a convict under sentence of transportation ...E19 sl.
n. 2. a lame beggar carried from house to house in a barrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARROW-PIG
n. the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARROW PIT
n. a roadside drainage ditch ...1931 Amer. dial.
BARROWS
n. a loan, esp. of money ...1990s W. Indies sl.
BARROW-TRAM
n. a raw-boned person; a gaunt person ...1815 Sc.
BARRUH
n. a castrated hog ...1922 Amer. dial.
BARRY
n. a fool; one who has newly arrived at a township from the countryside ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
BARS
n. 1. a rest from work ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. peace, truce ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARSE-ACKWARDS
adv. backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1975 Amer. dial.
BARSELETTE
n. † a hunting dog, a hound ...c1340
BARSK
adj. harsh, husky ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARST
n. a loud noise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAR STEWARD
n. a person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender ...1888
BARTARIAN
n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARTER
n. in cricket: a half-volley; a hard hit ...1859-1864 Eng. sl.
vb. in cricket: to hit half-volley ...1859-64 Eng. sl.
BARTERY
n. 1. † traffic by exchange, barter ...1570
n. 2. † wares for barter or exchange ...a1638
BARTH
n. † a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAR THE DICE
vb. † to declare the throw void ...1673
BARTHLESS
adj. houseless ...1886 Eng. dial.
BAR TOAD
n. a man who goes into a saloon and squats there like a toad on a rock ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
BARTOLIST
n. † a student of Bartolo, an eminent Italian lawyer born 1313; one skilled in the law ...1602
BARTON
n. 1. a farmyard; the outbuildings at the back of a farmhouse ...1552
n. 2. † an enclosure for poultry; a pen ...1552
n. 3. a large farm, esp. the demesne lands of a manor; a farmhouse ..1790 Eng. dial.
BARUKHZY
n. the Afghan hound ...1895
BARVEL AND BOOTS
n. a little frosting on the cake; a special consideration ...1975 Amer. dial.
BARY
vb. †* to utter the peculiar cry of an elephant ...1594
BAS
n. † a kiss ...c1450
BASACKWARDS
adv. done the wrong way ...E20 US colloq. & sl.
BASAL
adj. fundamental ...1865
BASALLY
adv. as a basis, fundamentally ...1882
BA-SANG!
int. an exclamation of surprise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASARE
n. † an executioner ...c1375
BAS BLEU
n. † a 'blue-stocking'' a literary lady ...1801
BASCAL
n. a member of the Basque community; used as an affectionate nickname ...1931 Amer. dial.
BASCAUDAL
adj. pert. to a basket or basket-work ...1870
BASCO
n. a member of the Basque community; used as an affectionate nickname ...1967 Amer. dial.
BASE
adj.1. low; of small height ...1393 arch.
adj. 2. † occupying a low position; low-lying; of lower situation than neighbouring parts ...c1440
adj. 3. low in the social scale, of lowly condition, plebeian; belonging to the 'lower orders' ...1490 arch.
adj. 4. † low, below it's usual height ...1525
adj. 5. † deep-coloured, dark ...1533
adj. 6. illegitimate, bastard ...1570-87
adj. 7. †* of price: low, cheap ...1599
n. 1. † bass, a fish ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. † the smallest kind of cannon used in the 16th-17th centuries; diameter of bore 1.25 in., weight 200 lb., weight of shot 0.5lb ...1544
n. 3. † a bastard ...1591
n. 4. † an apron ...c1605
n. 5. † bastardy; illegitimacy ...1611
n. 6. lines sung by the chorus in gospel singing ...1863 Amer. dial.
n. 7. the starting line in marble games ...1967 Amer. dial.
n. 8. basic cocaine from which the hydrochloride has been removed ...1982 US drugs sl.
n. 9. amphetamine ...2001 drugs sl.
vb. 1. † to lower, to bring, cast, or lay down ...c1375
vb. 2. † to lower in rank, condition, or character; to debase, to humble, to depose, to degrade ...1538
vb. 3. † to lessen in amount or value, to depreciate ...1581
vb. 4. to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone ...1970 Amer. Black usage
vb. 5. to smoke freebase cocaine ...1987 US drugs sl.
BASEBALL BAT
n. the penis ...1999 Aust. sl.
BASEBALL BUM
n. in craps: the number nine ...1949 US sl.
BASEBALLER
n. 1. one who plays baseball ...1888
n. 2. a drug user who smokes freebase cocaine ...1992 US sl.
BASEBALLING
n. the use of 'free base,' a form of pure cocaine ...1970s US drugs sl.
BASEBALLIST
n. one who plays baseball ...1868
BASEBALL TEAM
n. a group of gambling cheats who work in casinos ...1987 US sl.
BASE-BEGOTTEN
adj. born out of wedlock ...1793 Amer. dial.
BASE-BEGOTTEN CHILD
n. an illegitimate child ...20C US colloq.
BASEBORN
adj. born out of wedlock ..1946 Amer. dial.
BASE-CHILD
n. an illegitimate child ...1689 Eng. dial.
BASE CRAZIES
n. obsessive searching behaviour for the smallest particle of cocaine or crack experienced by freebase cocaine users ...1989 US drugs sl.
BASED
adj. † lowered ...1592
BASE HEAD
' n. a regular smoker of freebase cocaine ...1986 US drugs sl.
BASEKEEPER
n. in various children's games: "it"; the person who must chase or catch the other players ...1966 Amer. dial.
BASEL
vb. to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASE LINE
n. the starting line in marble games ...1967 Amer. dial.
BASELING
n. †* a base creature ...1618
BASELY
adv. 1. † in a low position, low down ...c1500
adv. 2. † in a low tone, softly, quietly ...1562
adv. 3. † in humble rank of life; illegitimately ...1583
adv. 4. † at small value or esteem, meanly; cheaply ...1584
BASEMAN
n. in various children's games: "it"; the person who must chase or catch the other players ...1966 Amer. dial.
BASEMENT
n. a toilet room in a public school ...1966 Amer. euphemism
BASENESS
n. 1. † illegitimacy of birth ...1605
n. 2. † lowness or feebleness in sound; deepness in tone ...1609
BASER
n. 1. † an executioner ...c1375
n. 2. in gospel singing: a member of the chorus; also, lines sung by the chorus ...1867 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a user of freebase cocaine ...1989 US drugs sl.
BASERY
n. †* base dealing, dishonourable practice ...1637
BASE-SON
n. an illegitimate son ...19C Eng. dial.
BASES-OUT!
int. in marbles: a call for permission to kick one's shooter away from an undesirable position such as being by a tree or a wall ...1963 Amer. dial.
BASETRY
n. † ambassadry; the mission of function of an ambassador ...1462
BASH
adj. shy, bashful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial..
n. 1. a heavy blow ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a dint caused by a blow ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 3. the palm of the hand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the front of the head of a bull or a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a good time; a spree; a party ...1948 sl., orig. US
vb. 1. † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to be ashamed or abashed ...c1460
vb. 3. to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to lose flesh, to become sickly, to fall off in appetite, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASHAW
n. a grandee; a haughty, imperious man ...1593
BASH AWAY
vb. to work vigorously ...1881 Eng. dial.
BASHED
adj. 1. † abashed, disconcerted, dismayed ...c1440
adj. 2. bruised, dinted ...1856 Eng. dial.
BASHEDNESS
n. † abashment, bashfulness ...c1440
BASHER
n. 1. one who gives, or strikes with, a smashing blow; a pugilist ...1882
n. 2. a lecher, a fornicator ...E20 Brit. sl.
n. 3. someone with the stated duties, occupation, etc., as a 'cookhouse basher' ...1940 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
BASHFUL
adj. 1. † wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed ...1552
adj. 2. † exciting a feeling of shame ...1559
BASHFULLY
adv. † without self-possession; with misgiving or dismay ...1552
BASHING
n. arduous work, esp. of the specified sort ...1940 Brit. services' sl.
BASHLESS
adj. † unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold ...1578
BASHMENT
n. † confusion from surprise or sudden check; discomfiture, shame ...c1325
BASH-RAG
n. †* ? a ragamuffin ...c1600
BASH SOMEONE'S EAR
vb. 1. to talk incessantly ...1940s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
vb. 2. to subject to one's opinions, grievances, etc. ...1940s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
BASH SOMEONE UP
vb. to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1954 Brit. sl.
BASH THE BISHOP
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BASH THE CANDLE
vb. to masturbate ...1990s sl.
BASH THE LIVING MOSES OUT OF
vb. to beat severely ...M19 sl.
BASH THE PRIEST
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BASH THE SPINE
vb. to idle, to waste time, to loaf around ...1940s Aust. sl.
BASH THE STICK
vb. to masturbate ...1950s Aust. sl.
BASH UP
vb. 1. to beat up, to thrash ...1920s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
vb. 2. to make, to create ...1940s NZ sl.
vb. 3. to hurt ...1960s sl.
BASHY
adj. 1. fat, swelled ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. amazing, wonderful ...1990s sl.
BASIAL
adj. pert. to kissing ...Bk1888
BASIATE
vb. † to kiss ...1623
BASIATION
n. kissing ...1879
BASIC
adj. unexciting, unexceptional, uneventful ...1970s sl.
BASIE
n. a baseball bat ...1990s sl.
BASIL
n. † an 'iron' or fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner ...1592
BASIL BRUSH
n. marijuana ...1996 UK sl.
BASILEAN
n. †* a Royalist ...c1645
BASILEIOLATRY
n. king-worship ...1872 nonce word
BASIL-HAMPERS
n. 1. a person of short stature, taking short steps, who proceeds slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a female whose attire falls awkwardly round her feet ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASILIC
adj. † kingly, royal, sovereign ...1728 ?obs. rare
n. orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1727-51 arch.
BASILICA
n. orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1541
BASILICAL
adj. kingly, royal, regal ...1652
BASILICOCK
n. † a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal; a basilisk ...1340
BASILISCAN
adj. * pert. to a basilisk, as 'basiliscan eyes' ...c1600
BASILISCINE
adj. * pert. to a basilisk ...1855
BASILISCO-PROOF
adj. proof against eyes, even those of a basilisk; unabashed, shameless ...1649
BASILISK
n. 1. a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal ...a1300
n. 2. a large cannon, generally made of brass, and throwing a shot of about 200 pounds weight ...1577
BASILISKIAN
adj. pert. to a basilisk ...1828
BASIMECU!
int. kiss my ass! (French 'baise mon cul') ...17C Brit.
BASIN
n. 1. † a helmet ...c1300
n. 2. † the hollow part of a plate or dish ...1662
BASIN CROP
n. a close haircut ...World War II Amer. sl.
BASING
n. 1. †* foundation, base ...c1325
n. 2. † abasing, debasement ...1581
BASIS
n. 1. the bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot ...1571 arch.
n. 2. † a pedestal ...1601
n. 3. † the base of a pillar ...1677
BASK
adj. 1. † bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of fruit: sharp, bitter, rough to the taste ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of weather: very dry ...1893 Sc.
vb. 1. † to bathe, esp. in warm water or liquid; hence, to be suffused with, or swim in, blood, etc. ...1393
vb. 2. to beat severely ...1878 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to cough asthmatically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to parch, to shrivel with heat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKE
vb. † to strike with a bruising blow ...1642
BASKED
adj. parched, dry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKET
n. 1. the stomach ...1895 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the female genitals ...20C US sl.
n. 3. a leaky vessel ...1903 Amer. dial.
n. 4. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl., euphemism of 'bastard'
n. 5. the male genitals considered as a package; the bulging of the genitals when contained in any garment constructed like an athletic supporter ...M20 US homosexual sl.
n. 6. a person who can't keep a secret ...1975 Amer. dial.
vb. to reject as unsuitable ...1867
BASKET BUGGY
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKET CARRIAGE
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKET CASE
n. someone who has lost all four limbs ...1919 sl., orig. US military
BASKET DAYS
n. warm weather when clothing revealing the outline of the male genitals is likely to be worn ...M20 US homosexual usage
BASKETED
adj. 1. abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
adj. 2. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BASKETEER
n. a passenger in the 'basket' of a stage-coach (basket - the overhanging back compartment on the outside of a stage-coach) ...1866 nonce word
BASKET FOR DAYS
phr. a catch phrase describing large male genitals ...M20 US homosexual usage
BASKET-FORTUNE
n. a small fortune ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKETLE
n. a basketful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKET-MAKER
n. the vagina; hence, a woman in a sexual context ...L18 sl.
BASKET-MAKING
n. copulation ...L18 Brit. sl.
BASKET MAN
n. a graft collector for a criminal gang ...1930s US criminals' sl.
BASKET NAME
n. a nickname given to a child at birth ...1949 Amer. dial.
BASKET OF ORANGES
n. an attractive woman ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
BASKET PARTY
n. a man with large genitals ...1970s US homosexual sl.
BASKET PHAETON
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKET PICNIC
n. staring at other men's genitals while wandering the streets ...1940s homosexual sl.
BASKET-SCRAMBLER
n. † one who scrambles for the dole from a basket, i.e. who lives on charity ...1647
BASKET WAGON
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKING
n. 1. a beating, a thrashing, flagellation ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a drenching in a heavy shower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASON-CROP
n. the method of cutting the hair all round alike ...1648 Eng. dial.
BASS
adj. † low in sound, barely audible, soft ...c1450
n. † a kiss ...c1450
vb. † to kiss ...c1500
BASS-ACKARD(S)
adv. backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1931 Amer. colloq.
BASS-ACKWARD(S)
adv. backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels ...1930 Amer. colloq.
BASSADE
n. † the mission or function of an ambassador; an ambassador and his suite ...c1532
BASSALON
n. a ragged man ...1952 Amer. dial.
BASSAND
adj. of animals: having a white spot or streak on the face ...1725 Sc.
BASSATOUR
n. † an ambassador ...c1400
BASSE
n. † a kiss ...c1450
vb. † to kiss ...c1500
BASSER
n. † a kisser ...1552
BASSET
n. † the mission or function of an ambassador; an ambassador and his suite ...1458
BASSIE
n. 1. an old horse ...1789 Sc.
n. 2. a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
BASSING
n. † kissing ...1552
BASSOCK
vb. to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
BASSOCKING
n. a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAST
adj. † bastard, illegitimate ...c1330
n. 1. † bastardy, illegitimacy ...1297
n. 2. sanctuary, refuge, asylum ...1894
BASTA!
int. † enough! no more! ...1596
BASTANT
adj. † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
BASTARD
adj. 1. of a child: puny, small, ill-formed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of trees: female ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a child born of unlawful sexual intercourse; a child conceived in haste, as on a bed-roll ...13C
n. 2. a term of reproach for a mischievous or worthless boy ...1830 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1830 sl.
n. 4. a gelding ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. an ill-thriven tree or shrub ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. something unpleasant or undesirable ...1938 sl.
vb. 1. to declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate ...1549
vb. 2. † to beget a bastard ...Bk1888
BASTARD BREAD
n. bread made with half meal and half flour ...1965 Amer. dial.
BASTARDED
adj. † illegitimate, unfathered ...1579
BASTARDICE
n. † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
BASTARDING
n. 1. † the act of declaring a child illegitimate ...1563
n. 2. † the begetting of a bastard ...1677
BASTARDISE
n. † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
BASTARDISM
n. illegitimacy ...1589
BASTARDIZE
vb. 1. to make degenerate, to deteriorate, to debase ..1587
vb. 2. †* to beget a bastard ...1605
vb. 3. to declare or stigmatize as bastard ...1611
BASTARDLINESS
n. †* bastardly or illegitimate quality ...1656
BASTARDLY
adj. 1. † of bastard sort; mongrel, base-born ...1552
adj. 2. † unlicensed, unauthorized; counterfeit, spurious ...1586
adj. 3. † degenerate, debased, corrupt ...1587
BASTARDRY
n. † illegitimacy ...1483
vb. † to declare illegitimate ...1644
BASTARDY
n. 1. the condition of a bastard; illegitimate birth ...1292
n. 2. begetting of bastards, fornication ...1577
n. 3. † bastards collectively, bastard brood ...1599
BASTE
n. a blow ...1861 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog, to cudgel ...1533
vb. 2. to conquer, to overcome ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASTE A PERSON'S BACON
vb. to strike or thrash him ...B1900
BASTED
adj. 1. intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 US sl.
adj. 2. drug intoxicated ...M20 US drugs sl.
BASTER
n. 1. a stick or cudgel; a heavy blow ...1726
n. 2. something remarkably large for its type ...c1900 Amer. dial.
BASTERLY-GULLION
n. † the illegitimate child of one who is himself illegitimate ...1790 Eng. dial.
BASTI
n. a refugee ...1913
BASTICK
n. a basket ...1842 Eng. dial.
BASTILE
n. the workhouse ...1859 Eng. dial.
BASTILLE
n. 1. a prison ...1790
n. 2. the workhouse ...1859 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to fortify a castle ...1480
vb. 2. to confine in a bastille; to imprison ...1742
BASTIMENT
n. 1. † military supplies, stores, provisions ...1598
n. 2. † a building, a wall ...1679
n. 3. † a ship, a vessel ...1740
BASTINADE
n. 1. an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
n. 2. a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
n. 3. a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
vb. to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
BASTINADO
n. 1. a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ...1577 arch.
n. 2. a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ...1594 arch.
n. 3. a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
n. 4. an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ...1726
vb. 1. to beat with a stick; to thrash, to thwack ...1614 arch.
vb. 2. to beat or cane on the soles of the feet ...1688
BASTINADOING
n. cudgelling, thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet ...1614
BASTING
n. a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing ...1590
BASTING BIG
adv. very big; exceptionally large ...1900 Amer. dial.
BASTISH
adj. of persons: obstinate ...Bk1898 Sc.
BASTO
n. the skirt of a saddle; also, the leather lining of a saddle ...1881 Amer. dial.
BASTON
n. 1. † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
n. 2. † a stanza, or verse ...a1300
n. 3. † in cards: a club ...1593
vb. † to beat with a staff or cudgel ...1593
BASTONADE
n. 1. a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
n. 2. a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
n. 3. an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
vb. to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
BASTONATE
vb. †* to beat with a staff or cudgel ...1604
BASTOUS
adj. of persons: obstinate ...Bk1898 Sc.
BASTRICH
n. a curse and a nickname for a despised person ...20C US sl.
BASTY
adj. of weather: droughty and ungenial ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASUCO
n. coca paste, the basic ingredient in the manufacturing process of cocaine; hence, cocaine ...1984 US drugs sl.
BAT
n. 1. † a lump, a piece, a bit ...c1340
n. 2. a firm blow as with a staff or club; a stroke...a1400
n. 3. a log for burning ...1782 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the long handle or staff of a scythe ...1793 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a heavy laced boot, with hobnails ...1863 Eng. dial.
n. 6. the stroke of a clock ...1873 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a moth ...1882 N. Ireland
n. 8. a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a child's shoe, made without a welt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 10. a fragment, a remnant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a river-island ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 12. dark specks which appear floating before the eyes when the sight is impaired ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a low prostitute; one who moves about at night ...19C Brit. & US sl.
n. 14. a drunken spree ...1848 US sl.
n. 15. a dollar ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
n. 16. a loose woman ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
n. 17. an unpleasant or despicable female ...1906 sl.
n. 18. a drunkard ...20C US sl.
n. 19. the penis, esp. the erect penis ...E20 US sl.
n. 20. a disorderly or dissolute person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 21. a foolish, thoughtless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 22. a girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 23. an attractive young woman ...20C US sl.
n. 24. an ugly old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 25. a short time, a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 26. a pool or billiards cue ...1970 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
vb. 2. to triumph, to exult ...1867 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to walk at a quick pace ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. of persons: to beat the arms across the breast for the sake of warmth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. of a bird: to beat the wings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to press down, to flatten, to compress ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to wink; to shut the eyes ...1845 Amer. dial.
vb. 8. to masturbate ...L19 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to open and close ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BAT, THE
n. the colloquial speech or language of a foreign country ...1892
BATA
n. a child, boy or girl ...1972 Hawaii
BATABLE
adj. † debatable, disputed ...1453
BAT ABOUT
vb. to move or go about erratically ...1931 Amer. dial.
BAT ALONG
vb. to move or go about erratically ...1911 Amer. dial.
BATAND
adj. † hastening, in haste ...1330
BATARDIER
n. † a plantation of young grafted trees intended to be transplanted into gardens ...1725
BAT A STICKY WICKET
vb. to be at or have a disadvantage ...Brit. sl.
BATAUNTLY
adv. † hastily, pressingly, eagerly ...1393
BAT-BLIND
adj. blind as a bat in the sunlight ...1834
BAT CAVER
n. a person dressed in black ...20C teen & high school sl.
BATCH
n. 1. † the process of baking ...1440
n. 2. † bread ...1648
n. 3. of persons: a set, a clique, a family ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a bachelor ...M19 US colloq.
n. 5. a number; a quantity; a lot; a great many ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
n. 6. a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a sandbank or small hill lying within or near a river ...1873 Eng. dial.
n. 8. the palm of the hand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a bout or turn of drinking, card-playing, gossip, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 10. a pack of cards ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATCHED UP
adj. said of a man and woman who are not married but live together as if they were ...1970 Amer. dial.
BATCHELDER
n. a bachelor ...1725 Amer. dial.
BATCHELOR'S FARE
n. bread and cheese and kisses ...L18 sl.
BATCHELOR'S SON
n. an illegitimate child ...L17 sl.
BATCHIE
n. a baker ...Bk1898 Sc.
BATCHING
n. an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATCH UP
vb. to mend hastily or unskilfully ...1966 Amer. dial.
BATCHY
n. 1. a room where a man lives alone or brings women for sex ...1996 Guyana
n. 2. a small house occupied by a single man ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
BATCRAP
n. lies, nonsense, rubbish ...1940s US sl.
BATE
n. 1. † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. † the grain of wood or stone ...1664 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. † depression, lowering ...1686
n. 5. † that which is deducted or remains over ...1798
n. 6. a fit of anger or bad temper; a rage; a tantrum ...1857 sl.
n. 7. a habit, custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to beat down or away; to put an end to ...c1300
vb. 3. † to come to an end, to cease ...c1325
vb. 4. to lower, to let down; to cast down, to humble, to depress, to deject ...c1380
vb. 5. † to lower in amount, weight, estimation, to reduce ...c1460
vb. 6. † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. † to flutter, to struggle; to be restless or impatient ...1592
vb. 8. † to become dejected, to be depressed ...1608
vb. 9. † to omit, to leave out of count, to except ...a1611
vb. 10. † to be deficient in ...1633
vb. 11. to make a reduction in price, to lower a bargain; to cause to reduce ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 12. to reduce a workman's wages; esp. to make deduction on account of careless work, etc. ...1869 Eng. dial.
vb. 13. of the moon: to wane ...1885 Eng. dial.
vb. 14. in knitting: to decrease the number of stitches, to narrow ...1887 Eng. dial.
vb. 15. of the wind: to diminish; to fall off ...1939 Amer. dial.
BATE AN ACE
vb. to abate a jot or tittle; to make the slightest abatement ...a1600
BATED
adj. of fish: in good condition, plump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATE DOWN
vb. to haggle, to force the seller to lower his price ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATEFUL
adj. † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
BATELESS
adj. † that cannot be 'bated' or blunted; unalterably keen ...1593
BATELLE
n. † a small boat, a skiff ...1330
BATEMENT
n. reduction, lessening, diminution ...1677 arch.
BATER
n. a lane leading to a high road ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATES
n. a potential victim, a confidence man's dupe ...1920s US criminals' sl.
BATEY
adj. angry ...1921 Brit. sl.
BAT-EYE
n. a bruise near the eye ...1954 Amer. dial.
BAT-EYED
adj. near-sighted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAT-FOWLER
n. † a swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous ...1602 sl.
BAT-FOWLING
n. † swindling, victimizing the simple ...1602 sl.
BATFUL
adj. † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1549
BATH
n. 1. † a spring of water (chiefly hot or impregnated with minerals) suitable for bathing ...864
n. 2. † the immersion or washing of baptism ...c885
n. 3. † the water of baptism ...971
n. 4. a sow ...1804 Eng. dial.
vb. to rub liniment or lotion upon the body ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHE
vb. to wither ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHER
n. † a bath-keeper, or attendant at a bath ...1636
vb. 1. to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat down; to spread abroad ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to scrape together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. of birds: to take a dust bath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHERS
n. low raillery ...1768 Sc.
BAT HIDE
n. paper money, esp. a $1 bill ...L19 US sl.
BATH OF BIRTH
n. the vagina ...19C literary euphemism
BATH OF BLOOD
n. carnage ...1882
BATHONIAN
adj. pert. to the city of Bath ...1766
BATHOS
n. 1. ludicrous descent from the elevated to the commonplace in writing or speech; anti-climax ...1727
n. 2. depth; lowest phase, bottom ...1758
n. 3. a 'come-down' in one's career ...1814
BAT-HOUSE
adj. crazy, mad, insane ...20C sl.
n. (as 'bat house')
n. 1. a brothel ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. a psychiatric institution ...1900s US tramps' sl.
BATHROOM STATIONERY
n. a roll of toilet paper ...Bk1944 service sl.
BATHSHEBA
n. one who frequents homosexual bath-houses ...1970s US homosexual sl.
BATH TUB
n. a motorcycle sidecar ...Bk1944 service sl.
BATHTUB GIN
n. homemade alcohol, perhaps approximating gin ...1974 US sl.
BATHTUB HOOCH
n. illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
BATHTUB SCUM
n. an unpleasant person ...1980s US college sl.
BATHTUB SLOP
n. illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
BATHTUB SPEED
n. methcathinone ...1998 US drugs sl.
BATHUKOLPIAN
adj. * deep-bosomed ...1825
BATHUKOLPIC
adj. deep-bosomed ...1872
BATH WITH A PATH, THE
n. an outside toilet building ...1967 Amer. dial.
BATHY
adj. 1. damp, moist ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of food: moist, sodden ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHYBIAL
adj. belonging to or living in the deepest parts of the sea ...1876
BATHYCOLPIAN
adj. * deep-bosomed, big-breasted ...1825
BATI
n. the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
BATIE
adj. round; plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 1. a hare ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 2. large dog of any species ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 3. term of contempt for a man ...Bk1911 Sc.
BATIE-BUM
n. † a lazy or inactive fellow; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler ...a1550 Sc.
BATIE-BUMMIL
n. † an inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler; a simpleton; a fool...a1550 Sc.
BATI-MAN
n. a homosexual ...1955 Jamaica
BATING
prep. abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except ...1568
n. 1. haggling, beating down in price ...1851 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a falling off, diminution ...1875 Eng. dial.
BATLING
n. * a small stick, a fagot ...1864 Eng. dial.
BAT-MAKER
n. one who makes children's shoes ...1849 Eng. dial.
BATMAN
n. 1. a man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer ...1809
n. 2. a variety of LSD identified by the printed bat-logo ...1996 UK sl.
n. 3. a variety of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy, identified by the embossed Batman motif ...2002 UK sl.
n. 4. cocaine ...2002 UK sl.
n. 5. heroin ...2002 UK sl.
BAT-MINDED
adj. mentally blind ...1869
BAT-MOUSE
n. a bat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAT NAKED
adj. completely naked ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAT OF AN EYE
n. a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BATON
n. 1. † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
n. 2. a staff or stick generally; a walking-stick ..1801
vb. to strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel ...c1580
BAT ONE'S EYES LIKE A FROG N A HAILSTORM
vb. to blink often ...1965 Amer. dial.
BAT ONE'S EYES LIKE A TOAD N A HAILSTORM
vb. to blink often ...1965 Amer. dial.
BAT ONE'S MOUTH
vb. to talk ...1920s US sl.
BATOON
n. 1. a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
n. 2. a pool or billiards cue ...1806 Amer. dial.
vb. to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
BAT OUT
vb. on the railways, to switch cars quickly and expertly ...1977 US sl.
BAT PAD
n. in cricket: a fielder positioned close to the facing bat ...1989 Aust. sl.
BATPHONE
n. a police radio; the police personal radio system ...1977 UK sl.
BATRACHOMYOMACHY
n. the battle of the frogs and mice, a mock heroic poem, possibly of the Homeric age ...Bk1888
BATRACHOPHAGOUS
adj. frog-eating ...1825
BATRACHOPHOBIA
n. the fear of or morbid aversion to frogs, toads, and newts ...1863
BAT ROUND
vb. to move or go about erratically ...1907 Amer. dial.
BATS
adj. 1. crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree ...1911 UK sl.
adj. 2. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a beating ...1788 Eng. dial.
n. 2. † cricket ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a pair of bad boots ...M19 sl.
n. 4. a deck-landing officer on an aircraft carrier ...1962 UK sl.
BAT'S BALLS
n. the very best, the ultimate ...1960s US sl.
BATSELBOOM
n. a somersault ...1968 Amer. dial.
BATSH
n. in caving and pot-holing: bat excreta ...2004 UK sl.
BATSHIT
adj. crazy, out of control, angry ...1970 US sl.
n. 1. lies, nonsense, rubbish ...1940s US sl.
n. 2. an insane person ...1960s sl.
vb. 1. to gossip, to chatter inconsequentially ...1960s US sl.
vb. 2. to tell lies; to tease; to confuse with false information ...1960s US sl.
BATSO
adj. crazy, eccentric ...1970s US sl.
BATSOME
adj. †* of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1555
BAT SOMEONE'S EAR
vb. to pester, to nag ...1940s US sl.
BATT
n. a spree or frolic ...1878 US sl.
BATTABLE
adj. † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1570-87
BATTAILANT
adj. † engaged in battle; prepared for battle; combatant, warlike, fighting ...1591
n. † one who does battle; a combatant ...1620
BATTAILLEROUS
adj. † fond of fighting, warlike ...c1480
BATTAILOUS
adj. fond of fighting; ready or eager for battle; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious ...c1380 arch.
BATTED
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BATTEN
vb. 1. to grow better, or improve in condition; of animals esp., to improve in bodily condition by feeding, to feed to advantage, to thrive, to grow fat ...1591
vb. 2. to feed gluttonously on; to glut oneself; to gloat or revel in ...1602
vb. 3. to thrive, to grow fat, to prosper, esp. in a bad sense, at the expense or to the detriment of another; to gratify a morbid mental craving ...1605
vb. 4. of a man: to live off the earnings of a prostitute ...1964 Aust. sl.
BATTENING
adj. feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat; thriving, healthy ...1593
n. a bringing-up, thriving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTER
n. 1. soft, moist dirt; filth ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a heavy blow or series of blows ...1823 Sc.
n. 3. a spree ...1839 sl.
n. 4. a pancake ...1966 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a street running up a hillside, usually rather narrow ...c1975 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a board used to cover a window before a hurricane or storm ...1982 Bahamas
vb. 1. to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter ...c1325
vb. 2. to subject persons, opinions, etc. to heavy, crushing, or persistent attack ...1578
vb. 3. of rain: to beat against anything; to drive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to pelt with stones ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to labour or walk at a great rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to splash with mud ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to beg on the street ...1950 US sl.
BATTERABLE
adj. that can be battered or bruised by beating ...1611
BATTER BREAD
n. cornbread made with eggs and milk ...1897 Amer. dial.
BATTERCAKE
n. 1. fried cornmeal ...1833 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a pancake ...1840 Amer. dial.
BATTERDASHER
n. †* a weapon of offense ...1696
BATTERED
adj. 1. tired, overcome by walking or labour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. drunk ...Bk1942 sl.
BATTERFANG
vb. † to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter; to assail violently ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
BATTERFANGED
adj. bruised, beaten, scratched ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTERFANGING
n. a sound beating or scratching ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTERING
n. a hastening ...1895 Eng. dial.
BATTERING-STOCK
n. a scapegoat who gets the blows or reproaches due to another ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTERLASH
n. a small-witted person; a foolish or gullible person ...1867 Eng. dial.
BATTER THE BISHOP
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BATTERY
n. 1. † the beating of drums ...1591
n. 2. † a mark of beating; a wound or bruise ...1592
n. 3. an embankment ...1799
n. 4. a concealed device for giving an electric shock to a horse in a race ...1936 Aust. sl.
vb. to knock; to hit; to knock down ...2002 UK sl.
BATTERY ACID
n. 1. coffee ...1941 US sl., orig. military
n. 2. grapefruit juice or sour lemonade ...1945 US sl.
n. 3. LSD ...1998 UK sl.
BATTERY GIRL
n. a prostitute who is subject to a controlling supply of drugs, etc., and consequently is managed and kept in a similar way to a battery hen ...1968 UK sl.
BAT THE BREEZE
vb. to talk ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAT THE EARS
phr. said of a rabbit or other animal when it lays its ears close to the body ...1892 Amer. dial.
BATTING
n. a beating, castigation ...1863 Eng. dial.
BATTING AND BOWLING
n. bisexual sexual activity ...1984 UK sl.
BATTING ONE'S GUMS
phr. talking for the sake of talking ...1950 Amer. dial.
BATTING-STOCK
n. a scapegoat, one who takes the blows due to another ...1684 Eng. dial.
BATTING-STONE
n. a scapegoat, one who takes the blows due to another ...1843 Ireland
BATTISM
n. †* tautological repetition; battology ...1617
BATTLE
adj. fat, thickset ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 1. a 'beetle' for battling clothes ...1915 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an unattractive woman ...1948 US sl.
n. 3. a public house ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'boozer' (battle cruiser)
n. 4. a children's card game, more commonly known as 'war'; two players each have one deck of 52 decks; each player simultaneously turns the top card face up; the player who turns over the higher denomination wins both cards ...1967 Amer. dial.
n. 5. in a betting operation: the eternal plus-and-minus relationship between bettors and the betting operation ...1989 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. † of men and animals: to grow fat, to thrive ...1575
vb. 2. † to become fertile and fruitful ...1576
vb. 3. to clean soiled clothes by beating them with a paddle (or 'battle'] after removing them from boiling water ...1883 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to struggle for a living, to work hard despite troubles and exhibit courage in doing so ...1895 Aust sl.
vb. 5. to attempt to make a living a the racecourse, either by running or gambling on horses ...1895 Aust. sl.
vb. 6. to besmear with mud; to walk about a room with dirty feet ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. 7. to work as a prostitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
vb. 8. to wash thoroughly ...1949 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to have sex; to impregnate someone ...1998 NZ sl.
vb. 10. to attack someone verbally ...1998 US sl.
vb. 11. to break-dance competitively with the object of demonstrating the most individual style ...1999 US sl.
vb. 12. to compete in a public demonstration of DJ skills or to establish a sound-system's superiority; to compete in rap performance; to compete in graffiti skills ...2000 US sl.
BATTLE AND CRUISER
n. a public house ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'boozer
BATTLEAXE
n. (derogatory) a domineering woman; an old or elderly woman who is variously characterized as resentful, vociferous, usually arrogant and no beauty ...1896 sl., orig. US
BATTLE BOWLER
n. a steel helmet ...World War II Amer. sl.
BATTLE BREAKFAST
n. steak and eggs ...World War II Amer. Navy sl.
BATTLE-COCK
n. a fighting cock ...1605
BATTLE CRUISER
n. 1. a public house ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'boozer
n. 2. an aggressive, mannish lesbian ...1982 US sl.
n. 3. a formidable older woman ...1984 UK sl.
BATTLED
adj. bespattered with mud; trampled down ...1820 Sc.
BATTLEDORE
n. † a horn-book; a teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn ...1697 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. to drive, toss, or fly to and fro ...1858
BATTLEDORE BOOK
n. † a horn-book; a teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BATTLEDORE-BOY
n. † one learning his a b c's; an abecedarian ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BATTLED UP
adj. untidy, in a mess or litter ...Bk1898 Sc.
BATTLEFUL
adj. †* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449
BATTLE-HAMMED
adj. having thick or deformed hips ...1727 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
BATTLE-HEAD
n. a stupid person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTLE-HEADED
adj. stupid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTLE OF HASTINGS
adj. history, in the past ...2002 UK sl.
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
n. an effort to lose weight ...1956 US sl.
BATTLER
n. 1. one who battles or fights; a warrior, a fighter ...c1300
n. 2. a boxer ...1891 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a gambler who tries to make a living by gambling; a habitual punter who is always struggling; also, a struggling horse owner-trainer ...1895 Aust. sl.
n. 4. a person who struggles to make a living ...1896 Aust. sl.
n. 5. a prostitute, esp. a self-managed prostitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
BATTLE ROYAL
n. a fight in which several combatants engage; hence, a general squabble ...1672
BATTLE SCAR
n. a bruise on the skin caused by sucking ...1982 Hawaii youth usage
BATTLESHIP
n. 1. a powerful and domineering woman ...1931 US sl.
n. 2. a railway coal tender ...1946 US sl.
BATTLESHIPS
n. 1. large feet ...1886 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a pair of shoes or galoshes, esp. of a large size ...1886 Amer. sl.
BATTLESOME
adj. 1. † nutritious ...1627
adj. 2. * given to fighting, quarrelsome ...1877
BATTLE THE IRON MEN
vb. in horse racing: to bet using pari-mutuel machines ...1951 US sl.
BATTLE THE WATCH
vb. to do one’s best in difficulty circumstances ...World War II Amer. sl.
BATTLE-TWIG
n. an earwig ...1790 Eng. dial.
BATTLE WAGON
n. an expensive car ...1943 UK army sl.
BATTLE-WRIGHT
n. † a warrior ...a1300
BATTLING
adj. 1. † nutritious to man; nourishing, making to grow or thrive ...1555
adj. 2. struggling to eke out a living; going through hard times ...1895 Aust. sl.
BATTLING BLOCK
n. a bench-like wooden stand with a flat surface on which clothes are beaten in washing ...1845 Amer. dial.
BATTLING SONS OF THE AIR
n. airmen ...World War II Amer. sl.
BATTLING STICK
n. a paddle-shaped piece of wood used to beat dirt out of soiled
clothes after removing them from boiling water ...1851 Amer. dial.
BATTOLOGIST
n. one who needlessly repeats the same thing ...1653
BATTOLOGIZE
vb. to keep repeating a word or phrase; to repeat words or phrases with needless iteration ...1634
BATTOLOGY
n. a needless and tiresome repetition in speaking of writing ...a1603
BATTOON
n. a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1899 Amer. dial.
BATTRY
n. a tea-kettle ...Bk1898
BATTUE
n. wholesale slaughter, esp. of unresisting crowds ...1864
BATTY
adj. 1. eccentric, odd, insane, crazy ...1903 US sl.
adj. 2. bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a rabbit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. workmen's wages, perquisites ...Bk1898 sl.
n. 3. the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
n. 4. homosexuality ...2000 UK Black sl.
BATTY BOY
n. a homosexual ...1992 UK sl.
BATTY-BREADS
n. cornbread pancakes ...1906 Amer. dial.
BATTY BWAI
n. a homosexual ...1992 UK sl.
BATTY BWOY
n. a homosexual ...1992 UK sl.
BATTY-MOUSE
n. a bat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATWING
n. 1. paper money, esp. a $1 bill ...L19 US sl.
n. 2. (as 'bat wing') a half-pint flask, esp. of bootleg liquor ...1950 Amer. dial.
BAUBEE
n. a trifle, anything of little value ...1906 Amer. dial.
BAUBLE
n. 1. † a child's plaything or toy ...c1460
n. 2. a childish or foolish matter of affair; a piece of childish foolery ...1579
n. 3. † a childish or foolish person; a silly trifler ...a1606
n. 4. a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
vb. † to trifle ...1608
BAUBLE-BEARER
n. a court-fool or jester ...1535
BAUBLERY
n. † childish foolery; trifling business ...1583
BAUBLING
adj. † trifling, contemptible, paltry, insignificant ...1601
BAUCH
adj. 1. weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
adj. 2. unpleasant to the taste ...1706 Sc.
adj. 3. not good, sorry, indifferent ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 4. weak, tired out, exhausted ...1819 Sc.
adj. 5. abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
n. the belly, the stomach ...1939 Amer. dial.
BAUCHLE
n. 1. an old shoe used as a slipper, or worn down at the heel, which causes the wearer to shamble ...1787 Sc.
n. 2. an awkward, clumsy person ...1790 Sc. & Ireland
n. 3. an unimportant or worthless person or thing; a ne'er-do-well ...1820 Sc.
vb. 1. † to subject to disgrace or ignominy; to vilify; to treat contemptuously ...c1470 Sc.
vb. 2. to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape ...1856 Sc.
BAUCHLING
n. reproaching, taunting ...1835 Sc.
BAUCHNESS
n. 1. want, defect of any kind, indifference ...1727 Sc.
n. 2. backwardness or lowness arising from timidity ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAUD
n. an article of clothing; a suit of clothes ...1898 Sc.
vb. † to befoul or dirty ...c1529
BAUDE
adj. †* joyous, gay ...c1400
BAUDERIE
n. † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
BAUDERY
n. † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
BAUDRONS
n. a familiar name for a cat ...c1450 Sc.
BAUDY KNIGHT
n. a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...L17 sl.
BAUGE
n. a swaggering boastfulness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAUGER
adj. †* barbarous ...1544
BAUGH
adj. weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
vb. † to bark, as a dog ...1639
BAULK
n. 1. † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
n. 2. † a slip, a mistake, a blunder ...c1430
n. 3. † a dividing ridge of land; an isthmus; a bar of sand, etc. ...1538
n. 4. † a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle ...1549
n. 5. † an omission; an exception ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 6. a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
n. 7. a disappointment ...1733
vb. 1. † to pass by a place; to avoid in passing; to shun ...1484
vb. 2. † to miss by error or inadvertence ...1579
vb. 3. † to meet arguments with objections; to quibble, to bandy words ...1596
BAULKY
adj. anxious to avoid one, to get out of the way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAULTERING
adj. † moving unwieldily, floundering ...a1704
BAUM
vb. to bask in the sun or by the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAUSAND
adj. † of animals: having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face ...c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAUSE
vb. †* to kiss ...1607
BAUSON
adj. big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a badger ...c1325 arch.
n. 2. a fat, clumsy, or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
n. 3. a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person ...1830 Eng. dial.
n. 4. an ugly person; any ugly thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a stupidly persistent man ...19C arch.
BAUSOND
adj. † of animals: having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face ...c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAUSON-FACED
adj. fat-faced ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAUSY
adj. large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. a big, fat person or animal ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAUTIE
adj. guileful ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAVARDAGE
n. idle talk, prattle, chattering ...1835
BAVER
n. slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal ...1691 Eng. dial.
BAVIN
n. 1. a bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as was used in baker's ovens, differing from a fagot in being bound with only one withe or band instead of two ...1528
n. 2. brushwood, firewood ...1577
BAVISH
vb. † to drive away ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAW
vb. 1. † to bark, as a dog ...1576
vb. 2. to lull to sleep ...1706 Sc.
int. an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or contempt ...1377
BAWAW
n. a ludicrous term for a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAWBEE
n. 1. a Scotch coin of base silver equivalent originally to three, and afterwards to six, pennies of Scotch money, about a halfpenny of English coin; hence, later, a halfpenny, a 'copper' ...1542 Sc.
n. 2. a trifle; anything of little value ...1953 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a wise and compassionate grandmother ...1982 Amer. dial.
BAWBEES
n. money ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAWBELL
n. a flame, a blaze ...1891 Eng. dial.
BAWBRIE
n. a great noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAWBY
n. a baby ...1527 Sc.
BAWCOCK
n. 1. a fine fellow; a good fellow; a jolly fellow; a burlesque term of endearment ...1599 arch.
n. 2. a foolish person ...1795 Eng. dial.
BAWD
n. 1. † a hare ...1785 Eng. dial.
n. 2. sticky dirt, as black cart-grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to befoul or dirty, to soil ...c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to pander ...1651 arch. or obs.
BAWDACIOUS
adj. thorough, remarkable ...1896 Amer. dial.
BAWDEFY
vb. †* ? to make gay, to deck ...1562
BAWDINESS
n. 1. † dirtiness; dirt, filth ...1552
n. 2. lewdness, obscenity ...1731
BAWDISH
adj. †* obscene, filthy ...1572
BAWDREAMINY
n. bawdry ...1608 nonce word
BAWDRESS
n. † a woman bawd ...1569
BAWDRONS
n. the cat ...c1450 Sc.
BAWDRY
n. 1. the practice of a bawd; the business of providing opportunities for sexual immorality ...c1374 arch.
n. 2. † unchastity, fornication ...1460
n. 3. † finery ...a1529
n. 4. lewdness in speech or writing; lewd, obscene, or filthy talk, etc. ...1589 arch.
n. 5. † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
BAWDSTROT
n. † a bawd, male or female; a pander, a procuress ...1362
BAWDY
adj. 1. † soiled, dirty, filthy ...1377
adj. 2. pert. to or fitting a bawd; lewd, obscene, unchaste; chiefly applied to language ...1513
adj. 3. † of language: vile, abominable, barbarous ...1519
n. lewd, obscene language, lewdness, obscenity ...1698
vb. † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
BAWDY BACHELOR
n. a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...L17 sl.
BAWDY BANQUET
n. whoremongering ...M16 sl.
BAWDY BASKET
n. a female beggar who sells obscene literature, as well as pins, ballads, and other goods ...1567 UK criminals' sl.
BAWDY-HOUSE
n. a brothel ...1552
BAWDY-HOUSE BOTTLE
n. 1. a particularly small bottle ...L17 sl.
n. 2. the very last bottle of a drinking session ...L17 sl.
BAWDY-HOUSE GLASS
n. a small glass ...E19 sl.
BAWDY KEN
n. a brothel ...E19 sl.
BAWF
adj. well-grown, robust, fine, stout ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAWF-FACED
adj. fat-faced, ruddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAWHAWDER
n. any great soldier ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
BAWK
vb. to cry out, to shout ...1847 Eng. dial.
BAWKEN
n. a soft or innocent youth ...1890 Ireland
BAWKER
n. one who cheats at bowls ...L16 sl.
BAWL
vb. 1. † to bark or howl as a dog; to give mouth or tongue as an animal ...1563
vb. 2. of cows: to utter loud noises, usually of distress; to low ...1868 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly ...M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 4. to complain about one's problems, esp. financial ...20C UK Black sl.
vb. 5. to confess ...20C UK Black sl.
vb. 6. to exclaim from shock, disbelief, or surprise ...20C UK Black sl.
vb. 7. to suck; to swallow ...1930s sl.
vb. 8. of a hunting dog: to bay ...1968 Amer. dial.
BAWLA
n. one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
BAWLBABY
n. a crybaby; a tattletale ...1937 Amer. dial.
BAWLER
n. 1. a declamatory preacher; used contemptuously ...1656
n. 2. a hawker who cries his wares in the street ...1877 Eng. dial.
BAWLEY
n. a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf ...1954 Amer. dial.
BAWLING
adj. † of dogs, etc.: howling, yelping ...1594
n. † the howling or yelping of dogs, wolves, etc. ...c1440
BAWLING-HOUND
n. a hunting dog; one which bays when trailing coons, possums or foxes ...1929 Amer. dial.
BAWLING OUT
n. a reprimand; a telling-off, a scolding ...20C sl.
BAWL OFF
vb. to scold ...1874 Eng. dial.
BAWL-OUT
n. 1. anything that creates suspicions in a watcher or listener ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
n. 2. a reprimand or instance of reprimanding; a criticism, an accusation, a scolding ...1915 US sl.
n. 3. something visually exciting ...1990s W. Indies sl.
vb. (usually as 'bawl out')
vb. 1. to announce oneself; to reveal something ...M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly ...1899 sl., orig. US
vb. 3. of a hunting dog: to bay ...1926 Amer. dial.
BAWL-UP
vb. to shut up; to stop talking ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
BAWLY
n. a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf ...1954 Amer. dial.
BAWLY-IKE
n. a complaining person; a nuisance; a whinger ...1935 Amer. dial.
BAWM
vb. to dress up, to adorn ...1790 Eng. dial.
BAW-PA
n. a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAWSIE
n. a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
BAWSON
adj. big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of contempt for a fat or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
n. 3 a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person ...1830 Eng. dial.
n. 4. an ugly person; any ugly thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
BAWSTROP
n. † a bawd, male or female; a pander, a procuress ...1362
BAWSY
n. 1. an old horse ...1789 Sc.
n. 2. a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAWTIE
n. a dog ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BAWTRY
adj. dirty, dauby ...1850 Eng. dial.
BAWTY
n. 1. a dog, especially a large one ...c1536 Sc.
n. 2. a hare ...c1536 Sc.
n. 3. a term of contempt for a man ...19C Sc.
BAW-WAW
adj. † vainly or contemptibly noisy ...1570
n. † the barking of a dog ...1576
int. † an exclamation of contempt ...1599
BAWZE
vb. †* to exclaim, to shout ...1677
BAX!
int. dirty! filthy! often used as a warning to children ...1982 Amer. dial.
BAXEN
n. stockings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAXTER
n. † a baker; occasionally a female baker ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAXTER-CHAP
n. a baker's boy or apprentice ...1827 Sc.
BAXY!
int. dirty! filthy! ...1939 Amer. dial.
BAY
n. 1. † a berry, a small fruit, esp. used of that of the laurel or bay-tree ...1398
n. 2. †* a small ball, a globule ...c1420
n. 3. a squirrel's nest ...1788 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland
n. 5. an unseemly mass ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. 1. to bend ...1747 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to raise the voice loudly, generally in weeping ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. 3. to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 4. to entice or lure ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAY AND A GRAY
n. in poker: a bet involving a red chip (the bay) and white chip (the gray) ...1951 US sl.
BAYAO
n. 1. a Filipino ...1954 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a brother-in-law or sister-in-law ...1972 Amer. dial.
BAYARD
n. 1. a bay horse ...1330 arch.
n. 2. one blind to the light of knowledge, who has the self-confidence of ignorance ...a1529
BAYARDISM
n. † ignorant presumption ...1624
BAYARDLY
adj. † characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance ...1636
adv. † with blind self-confidence ...1624
BAYARD OF TEN TOES
n. the human feet, 'shanks' mare ...1616
BAYAW
n. a brother-in-law or sister-in-law ...1972 Amer. dial.
BAY BED
n. a post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as supports ...1981 Amer. dial.
BAYED
adj. † surrounded, enclosed ...1577
BAY-ICE
n. ice thin enough to bend ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAYLE
n. a dance or ball, esp. one at which Spanish or Mexican folk dances are performed ...1844 Amer. dial.
BAYLET
n. a little bay ...1826
BAY-MAN
n. 1. an inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay ...1773 US Hist.
n. 2. a sick-bay nurse ...1888 US nautical
BAYONET
n. 1. † a short, fat dagger ...1692
n. 2. a soldier ...US Civil War usage
n. 3. a hypodermic needle ...1986 US drugs sl.
BAYONET COURSE
n. hospital treatment for venereal diseases ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAY STATE
n. 1. the State of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ...1883
n. 2. any standard medical syringe ...1973 US drugs sl.
BAYSWATER CAPTAIN
n. a sponger, one having no ostensible means of living ...1880 sl.
BAZE
n. confusion, bewilderment ...1833 Sc.
vb. † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAZED
adj. stupefied; stupid; confused, bewildered ...1706 Sc.
BAZIL
n. a sot, a drunkard ...1820 Sc.
BAZONGAS
n. the breasts ...1972 US sl.
BAZONKAS
n. the breasts ...1972 US sl.
BAZOO
n. 1. idle, loud, or boastful talk ...Bk1892 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a person's mouth ...1904 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAZOOK
n. a person's mouth ...1950 Amer. dial.
BAZOOKA
n. 1. an extra-large, potent marijuana cigarette laced with cocaine ...1984 teen sl.
n. 2. cocaine, crack cocaine ...2003 UK drugs sl.
BAZOOKAS
n. 1. the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the breasts, esp. large breasts ...1963 sl.
BAZOON
n. the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAZOONGAS
n. the breasts ...1972 US sl.
BAZOO WAGON
n. a caboose ...1977 Amer. railroad usage
BAZUCA
n. the residue of smoked freebase cocaine, itself mixed with tobacco and smoked ...1984 US drugs sl.
BAZUCO
n. the oily substance in freebase cocaine ...1980s drugs sl.
BAZUKO
n. coca paste, the basic ingredient in the manufacturing process of cocaine; hence, cocaine ...1984 US drugs sl.
BAZZ
adv. suddenly, abruptly ...1861 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a blow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an average, unintelligent male ...1980s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to thrash, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to throw with force ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAZZER
n. a haircut ...2000s Irish sl.
BAZZIL-ARSED
adj. having fat buttocks ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAZZLE
vb. 1. to drink immoderately; occasionally, to be gluttonous ...1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAZZOCK
vb. to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
BAZZOCKING
n. a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
B.B.
n. 1. a male homosexual (Bum Boy) ...20C sl.
n. 2. a bedbug ...1910s US sl.
B-BALL
n. basketball ...1960s US Black sl.
vb. to play basketball ...1990s US Black sl.
B.B.B. CROP
n. a very short haircut (Bad Borstal Boy) ...1940s UK prison sl.
B.B.-BRAINED
adj. stupid ...1960s US sl.
B BOY
n. 1. playful allusion to a mess sergeant ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 2. a rap music devotee (B = Beat) ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BOY STANCE
n. a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BROAD
n. a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting ...1930s sl., orig. US
B-CASE
n. a charge of soliciting ...1930s sl.
B.D.T.
n. diarrhoea (BackDoor Trot) ...1915 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO BITE A PUMPKIN THROUGH A RAIL FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1966 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A CRACK IN A BOARD FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1950 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1950 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1966 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN OFF A COB THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1978 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1985 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN-ON-THE-COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1980 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON BOTH EARS
vb. † to be free from anxiety ...a1663
BE ABRAM
vb. to be naked ...Bk1902 sl.
BEACH BUM
n. someone, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches ...1962 sl.
BEACH CLOUDS
n. long trailing clouds high in the sky ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEACHCOMB
vb. to search for female companionship ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH-COMBER
n. 1. a long wave rolling in from the ocean ...1847
n. 2. one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs ...1885 Eng. nautical sl.
n. 3. a sailor on shore leave ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 4. (usually as 'beachcomber') a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BEACH COMBERS
n. poor natives who live on the sea and what they can poach, steal, or smuggle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BEACHED
adj. without funds ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACHMAN
n. one who earns his living on the beach ...1881
BEACHMASTER
n. a sailor very fond of women ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH POUNDER
n. a member of the Coast Guard, i.e. one who patrols or ‘pounds’ the shore ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH WHISTLE
n. a tampon tube washed up on the beach ...20C teen & high school sl.
BEACHWOOD
n. driftwood ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEACON
n. 1. † a sign, a portent ...c950
n. 2. † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
n. 3. a sailor’s home ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
BEAD
n. 1. † a prayer ...c885
n. 2. in marbles: a cheap marble ...1958 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a squirt of tobacco juice ...1968 Amer. dial.
vb. † to pray ...1790 Eng. dial.
BE A DAG AT
vb. to be extremely good or expert at ...1890s Aust. sl.
BE-ADDLED
adj. confused, mixed up ...1917 Amer. dial.
BE A DEADER
vb. to be recently dead ...20C sl., orig. US
BEAD-FOLK
n. people who pray for a benefactor ...1465
BEADFUL
adj. † prayerful ...c1200
BEADHOUSE
n. 1. orig. a house of prayer, hence alms-house, the inmates of which were to pray for the soul of the founder ...c1160
n. 2. a workhouse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEADLE
n. 1. † one who makes a proclamation on behalf of another; a herald ...c1000
n. 2. † the crier or usher of a law-court; a town-crier ...c1400
n. 3. a person receiving parish alms ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEADLE
n. a beagle (dog) ...1930 Amer. dial.
BEADLESS
adj. of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
BEADLE STATE
n. Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAD LINE
n. the starting line a game of marbles ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEAD-MASTER
n. † a religious officer who attends to the poor, a deacon ...1579
BE A-DOING
vb. to do something merely to have something to do; to pass the time ...1902 Amer. dial.
BEAD-PULLER
n. a Roman Catholic ...1964 Amer. dial.
BE ADREAMED
vb. † to be visited by a dream, to dream ...1556
BEAD-ROLL
n. 1. † a list of persons to be specially prayed for ...c1500 obs. or arch.
n. 2. † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1529 obs. or arch.
BEAD-ROW
n. † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1576
BEADS
n. † prayers, devotions ...c885
BEADS BIDDING
n. the saying of prayers ...1387
BEADSMAN
n. 1. a man of prayer; one who prays for the soul or spiritual welfare of another ...c1230
n. 2. † a messenger ...1377
n. 3. one paid or endowed to pray for others; a pensioner or almsman charged with the duty of praying for the souls of his benefactors; hence in later times, in England, and almsman, an inmate of an almshouse ...a1524
BEAD-SONG
n. † a song of prayer ...c1200
BEADS-WOMAN
n. a woman who prays for a benefactor, an almswoman ...c1465
BEADY
adj. full of bubbles, frothy ...1881
BEAFT
prep. behind, in back of ...1945 Amer. dial.
BEAGLE
adj. ugly ...1720 Sc.
n. 1. one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
n. 2. an opprobrious epithet applied to a depraved, unmanageable, and troublesome person ...1744 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
n. 4. a oddly or grotesque dressed figure; a scarecrow ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. an oddly dressed figure ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 6. a racehorse ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
n. 7. a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
BEAGLE IT!
int. a mild imprecation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BE A GOOD SAILOR
vb. to be exempt from sea-sickness ...1833
BEAINER
n. a dog ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEAK
n. 1. the nose ...1715 sl.
n. 2. a magistrate or justice of the peace ...1791 Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 3. a schoolmaster ...1888 schoolboys' sl.
n. 4. the long snout of a fish ...1889
n. 5. the brim or peak of a hat or cap; also, the hat itself ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. the face ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 7. a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
n. 8. cocaine ...2001 UK sl.
vb. 1. to kiss ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to talk excessively, loudly, or maliciously; to 'peck' at someone ...1947 Amer. dial.
BEAK COVER
n. a gas mask ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BEAKER
n. 1. a large drinking vessel with a wide mouth, an open cup or goblet ...1348 now chiefly literary usage
n. 2. a fowl ...Bk1891 sl.
BEAKING-FULL
adj. full to repletion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAK-IRON
n. a cooper's anvil ...1795 Eng. dial.
BEAKS
n. † a pair of pincers, a forceps ...1656
BEAKY
adj. 1. having a prominent nose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. nosy, inquisitive ...2000s sl.
BEAKY LADY
n. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAKY MAN
n. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAL
n. 1. † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. the nose; a bird's bill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to swell with pain or remorse ...1768 Sc.
vb. 3. to bellow or roar as cattle; to shout ...1820 Eng. dial.
BE A LADDIE FOR
vb. to have a great liking for ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEALED
adj. festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BEALING
adj. 1. suppurating ...Bk1888
adj. 2. noisy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 1. † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. a noise, an uproar ...1865 Eng. dial.
BE A LITTLE UPON THE FAL-LAL
vb. † to border on the affected ...1754
BE ALKALIED
vb. to be an old timer of the desert in Arizona ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BE-ALL
n. that which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being ...1605
BE-ALL AND END-ALL, THE
n. something regarded as the most important element in something ...1854 sl.
BE ALL BUCKLED WITH ONE HASP
vb. not to be better than one another ...Bk1902 Sc.
BE ALL DAY WITH ONE
vb. to be a hopeless situation for someone ...1836 Amer. dial.
BE ALL EARS
vb. to give all one's attention; to listen intently ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
BE ALL FLUMMUXED UP
vb. to be confused ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
BE ALL MAN AND SHIRT
vb. to put on consequential airs; to be proud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL ON ONE SIDE LIKE MARTON CHAPEL
vb. to be much on one side ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES
vb. to be in a bad mood ...M19 sl.
BE ALL OVER SOMEONE
vb. 1. to display great or excessive affection ...1912 sl.
vb. 2. to be in close bodily contact ...M20 US sl.
BE ALL PISS AND WIND
vb. to be full of empty bravado ...1922 sl.
BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH
vb. of needlework: to be puckered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL WET
vb. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEALS
n. an idiot, an unsophisticated person ...1990s sl.
BEAM
n. 1. † a tree ...826
n. 2. † a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk ...c1000 poetic
n. 3. a bank of cloud ...1887 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the buttocks ...1929 sl.
vb. 1. † to shed light upon, to illumine ...c1430
vb. 2. of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea ...1825 Sc.
vb. 3. of a person: to smile radiantly ...1893
vb. 4. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 5. to ascertain what is happening ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 6. of a girl's nipples: to be erect ...1990s US juvenile sl.
BE A MAN OF MANY MORNS
vb. to be a procrastinator ...Bk1905 Sc.
BE A MAN OF ONE'S MEAT
vb. to have a healthy appetite ...1891 Sc.
BEAMED
adv. staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
BEAM-FILLED
adj. indulged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAMFUL
adj. luminous ...a1631
BEAMFULL
adj. full or overflowing ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEAMING HOT
adv. intensely hot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAMISH
adj. shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
BEAMLET
n. a little beam or ray of light ...1840
BEAMLING
n. † a little beam or ray of light ...1598
BEAM ON
vb. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
BEAMSOME
adj. † shedding beams, radiant ...1595
BEAMY
adj. 1. emitting beams of light, radiant ...1398
adj. 2. broad, wide, usually of a person; having a big backside ...1974 Amer. dial.
BEAN
n. 1. a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money ...1811 sl.
n. 2. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. the head ...1905 sl., orig. US
n. 4. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 5. one dollar, in coin or paper ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...20C US sl.
n. 7. a capsule of MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy ...2003 UK sl.
vb. to hit or strike someone on the head ...1910 sl., chiefly US
BEAN-BELLY
n. 1. a great eater of beans, a nickname of dwellers in Leicestershire ...1659
n. 2. a satirical epithet applied to Leicestershire ...1678 Eng. dial.
BEAN DAY
n. 1. a day when fishermen catch no fish and must eat beans as a substitute ...1918 Amer. dial.
n. 2. Saturday ...1926 Amer. dial.
BEANE
adj. † ready, willing ...a1400
BEAN EATER
n. 1. (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1919 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a Bostonian ...20C US sl.
BEANER
adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. something or somebody who is fine or excellent ...1911 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1965 Amer. sl..
BEANERY
n. a cheap restaurant ...1888 Amer. dial.
BEANERY QUEEN
n. a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial.
BEANEY
n. a small slingshot ...1949 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FEAST
n. 1. an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people ...1882
n. 2. a festive meal or other entertainment; in modern use, usually with the implication of indulgence at others' expense ...1897 Brit. sl.
BEAN-FED
adj. living on the best of everything ...1889
BEAN FLIP
n. a slingshot ...1962 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FLIPPER
n. a slingshot ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN-HEAD
n. a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1919 Amer. sl.
BEANIE
n. 1. a small or cheap marble ...1955 Amer. dial.
n. 2. in marbles: a shooter ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN JOCKEY
n. a table waiter, on kitchen police duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN KING
n. an Army mess officer ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN MASTER
n. the cook ...1944 Amer. dial.
BEANO
n. 1. a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal ...1888 sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEANPOLE
n. a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
BEANPOLISH
adj. tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEANS
n. 1. nothing; nonsense ...M19 US sl.
n. 2. money ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. ammunition ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
n. 4. a commissary sergeant ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
n. 5. a claim; rights; right of priority; 'dibs' ...1956 Amer. dial.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAN SHOOTER
n. 1. a slingshot ...1890 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a commissary officer ...Amer. World War I sl.
n. 3. a shotgun; a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a civilian dietician at Post ...Bk1944 service sl.
BEAN-SNAPPER
n. a slingshot ...1950 Amer. dial.
BEAN SPILLER
n. an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEANSTICK
n. a lanky fellow ...1823
BEAN-SWAUP
n. a useless person ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEAN-TOSSER
n. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
BEANTOTE
adv. soon (French bientôt) ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAN TOWN
n. 1. Boston ...1927 criminals' sl.
n. 2. a part of town where poor people or foreigners live ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEANTOWN SPECIAL
n. Boston baked beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
BE A NUT ON
vb. to be erratic about ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEANY
adj. 1. spirited; fresh ...1852 sl.
adj. 2. mentally defective, whether feeble-minded or insane; crazy ...1914 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. infatuated ...1919 Amer. dial.
BEANY HORSE
n. a spirited horse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. † a (warm) bath ...1471
BALNEAL
adj. pert. to a (warm) bath, or to bathing ...c1645
BALNEARY
adj. pert. to the bath or bathing ...1883
n. a bath or bathing-place; a medicinal spring ...1646
BALNEATION
n. † bathing ...1646
BALNEATOR
n. † a bath-keeper ...Bk1717
BALNEATORY
adj. † pert. to a bath ...1731
BALNEOGRAPHY
n. a description of or a treatise upon baths ...Bk1888
BALNEOLOGIST
n. an expert in balneology ...1902
BALNEOLOGY
n. the scientific study of bathing and medicinal springs ...1883
BALNEOTHERAPY
n. treatment of disease by baths or medicinal springs ...Bk1888
BALNEUM
n. a bath; bathing ...1652
BALOK
n. a testicle ...19C Brit. sl.
vb. to coit a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
BALONEY
n. 1. an oafish, stupid, or clumsy person; an idiot; a worthless person ...1920 US sl.
n. 2. an inferior prize fighter ...1921 Amer. sl.
n. 3. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a woman of loose morals ...1944 US sl.
n. 5. a poor quality beef animal fit only to make sausage ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 6. the penis ...20C US sl.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BALONEY-BENDER
n. 1. one who habitually flatters or talks nonsense ...1926 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an Italian ...1938 US sl.
BALONEY PONY
n. the penis ...Bk2006 US sl.
BALONUS
n. pretentious nonsense; humbug; foolishness ...1929 Amer. sl.
BALOO
n. 1. † a lullaby ...1611
n. 2. an uproar, disturbance ...1847 Eng. dial.
vb. to sing a lullaby ...1924 Sc.
int. a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc.
BALOOEY
n. 1. nonsense ...1967 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a worthless, stupid person ...20C sl., orig. US
BALORE
adj. galore; in abundance ...1968 Amer. dial.
BALOT
n. opium; heroin ...1986 US drugs sl.
BALOW
n. † a lullaby ...1611
int. a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BALSAM
n. 1. a healing, soothing agent ...1607
n. 2. money ...17C orig. cant
vb. * to embalm ...1855
BALSAMATE
adj. †* embalmed ...1470
BALSAMATION
n. the process of embalming or preserving from putrefaction ...1681
BALSAMIC
adj. soothing, healing, gently restorative ...1667
BALSAM STEAK
n. venison having a very gamey taste ...1969 Amer. jocular
BALSCAT
n. a shrew; a termagant; a crosspatch; a bad-tempered person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
BALSUM
n. a soothing, satisfying abundant drink or meal ...1928 Sc.
BALT
n. (derogatory) an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II ...1949 Aust. sl.
BALTER
n. 1. a clot; a coagulated lump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tangle; a lump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to tumble about; to dance clumsily ...c1325
vb. 2. † to form tangled knots or clots; to stick together by coagulation ...1601
vb. 3. † to clot or clog with anything sticky ...1601
vb. 4. † of hair: to tangle, to 'mat' ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to do anything in a bungling way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTERED
adj. tangled, clogged, matted together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTERING
adj. unsteady, clumsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTERY
adj. lumpy, clogged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALTI
n. a struggle; exertion ...1908 Sc.
BALTIC
adj. cold; very cold ...Bk2006 US sl.
BALTIE
n. (derogatory) an immigrant to Australia from the Baltic countries, and Poland and Holland, after World War II ...1953 Aust. sl.
BALTIMOREAN
n. a native or inhabitant of Baltimore ...1816
BALTIMORE STEAK
n. liver ...Bk1944 service sl.
BALTIORAM
n. 1. a scolding ...1918 Sc.
n. 2. a rough entertainment; revelry ...1918 Sc.
n. 3. destruction, havoc ...1918 Sc.
BALTIORUM
n. riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BALUKE
n. an unpopular person ...Bk1942 US sl.
BALWAR
n. a barber ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
BALY
n. † a bailiff ...Bk1855
BALZAN
n. † a horse that has four white feet ...1660
BAM
adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke ...1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a false or deceitful tale ...1856 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a beggar who fakes physical ills ...1891 UK sl.
n. 4. fudge, nonsense ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a ‘broad-assed Marine’, i.e. a woman Marine ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1959 Sc. colloq.
n. 7. a girlfriend, a steady date ...1959 sl., orig. US Black
n. 8. amphetamines ...M20 US drugs sl.
n. 9. a pill containing both a barbiturate and an amphetamine ...1983 UK drugs sl.
n. 10. a mindlessly violent, stupid person ...1993 UK sl.
n. 11. a central nervous system depressant ...2003 UK drugs sl.
vb. 1. to hoax, to practice on the credulity of; to deceive, to delude, to impose upon, to play a joke or trick on a person...1738 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike ...1889 Eng. dial.
'BAMA
n. Alabama ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAMA, BAMMA
n. (often derogatory) a person from the rural American South, often characterized as unsophisticated or unfashionable; generally, an unsophisticated or unfashionable person; a rustic ...1970 sl., chiefly US Black
'BAMA CHUKKER
n. a rustic or countrified person, esp. one from the South ...1966 Amer. sl.
BAMALAM
n. marijuana ...1973 US drugs sl.
BAM AND SCRAM
n. a hit and run accident ...Bk2006 US sl.
BAMBA
n. marijuana ...1938 US drugs sl.
BAMBACHE
n. a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree ...1944 Amer. dial.
BAMBAIZEMENT
n. confusion ...1928 Sc.
BAMBAKACHA RAMBLER
n. a marijuana user ...1930s drug culture sl.
BAMBALACHA
n. marijuana ...1938 US drugs sl.
BAM-BAM
n. 1. in bowling: a beginner who lofts the ball onto the lane, making a loud thud ...Bk1997
n. 2. a psychiatric patient in prison ...2000 US prison sl.
BAMBAZE
vb. to confuse, to puzzle ...1891 Sc.
BAMBAZED
adj. puzzled, confused ...1849 Sc.
BAMBER
n. an intellectual, a brilliant person ...1989 UK sl.
BAMBI
n. 1. a game show contestant who becomes immobile and speechless in front of the camera ...Bk1997 game show usage
n. 2. in baseball: a meek or extremely mild-mannered player, manager, or coach ...Bk1999 baseball usage
BAMBINO
n. 1. a young child, a baby ...1761
n. 2. a man, esp. a strong or tough man; a fellow, a guy ...c1920 Amer. sl.
n. 3. an amphetamine or other central nervous system stimulant ...1992 US drugs sl.
BAMBLE
vb. to shamble, to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMBLER
n. a person who shambles, or walks unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMBLING
adj. clumsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAMBLING CHIELD, A
n. an awkwardly-made, clumsy fellow ...1825 Sc.
BAMBLUSTERATE
vb. to hoax or confuse in a noisy manner ...19C sl.
BAMBLUSTERCATE
vb. to confuse, bluster or embarrass ...19C sl.
BAMBLUSTERCATED
adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAMBO
n. a rag-doll ...1929 Sc.
BAMBOCHE
n. a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree ...1944 Amer. dial.
BAMBOO
n. an opium pipe; an opium addict ...1920s US criminals' sl.
BAMBOO AMERICAN
n. a serviceman who lives with or marries a native girl ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
BAMBOO BAKSHEESH
n. a tip that is accompanied by a blow ...M19 sl.
BAMBOO CHOW-CHOW
n. a thrashing ...M19 sl.
BAMBOO-COOLIE
n. one who carries loads suspended on bamboos ...1800
BAMBOODLE
vb. to deceive, to confuse ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAMBOOING
n. a thrashing, a whipping ...M19 sl.
BAMBOO JUICE
n. wine ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAMBOO PUFFER
n. an opium smoker ...L19 US drugs sl.
BAMBOOZE
vb. 1. to puzzle, to confuse ...1877 Sc.
vb. 2. to abuse; to domineer over, to push about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMBOOZLE
vb. 1. to confuse, to bewilder ...1712
vb. 2. to strike hard, to drive away ...1884 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to make a hasty departure ...1969 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to steal something ...Bk2006 US sl.
BAMBOOZLED
adj. drunk ...19C US sl.
BAMBOOZLEMENT
n. bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAMBOOZLER
n. one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper ...1702
BAMBOSH
n. deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
BAMBOZZLE
vb. to cheat ...1914 Amer. dial.
BAMBUS
n. 1. hurry-scurry ...1908 Sc.
n. 2. a state of great uproar and confusion ...1914 Sc.
BAMBUSEL
n. a confused state; great disorder, esp. on account of too great haste ...1908 Sc.
vb. to turn upside down to confuse; to amaze ...1908 Sc.
BAMBY
adv. presently, soon; by-and-by ...1790 Eng. dial.
BA-ME-LAM
n. during the Vietnam war: a man with a voracious sexual appetite; a sexual athlete ...1960s US military usage
BAMF
n. a person with broad, flat, clumsy feet; one who goes about stumping and tossing his feet about ...1824 Sc.
vb. to toss, to tumble about ...1824 Sc.
BAMFER
vb. to worry, to torment ...1895 Eng. dial.
BAMFERING
adj. tormenting, shrewish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMFOOZLE
vb. to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to confuse ...1842 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BAMFUZZLE
vb. to deceive, to confuse ...1950 Amer. dial.
BAMLET
n. a stroke, a blow ...1929 Sc.
BAMLING
adj. awkward, clumsy, careless ...1825 Sc.
BAMMA
n. 1. a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (derogatory) a rural person, such as someone from Alabama; a hick ...Bk2006 US sl.
BAMMEL
vb. to knock, to beat; to indulge in horseplay ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMMELING
adj. clumsy, awkward ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAMMER
n. weak, low-grade marijuana ...1997 US campus sl.
BAMMOCK
vb. to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMMY
n. marijuana ...1938 US drugs sl.
BAMP
n. a term of abuse; a generally unlovable person ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
vb. to harp on the same topic constantly; to nag about the same thing ...1908 Sc.
BAMPA
n. a grandfather ...1982 Amer. dial.
BAMPAW
n. a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAMPED UP
adj. vamped up; mended so as to last for a time ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMPI
n. a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAMPOT
n. a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; an eccentric person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1962 Sc. colloq.
BAMS
n. phosphorescence on the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMSEY
n. a fat, red-faced woman ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAMSIE-MAN
n. an effeminate man ...1996 W. Indies
BAMSTICK
n. a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1965 Sc. colloq.
BAN
n. 1. a summons by public proclamation; a public proclamation or edict ...1297
n. 2. an imprecation of a curse; an execration or malediction expressing anger ...1596
n. 3. a woman ...Bk1888 Sc.
n. 4. a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ...1909 Irish sl.
vb. 1. † to summon by proclamation ...a1000
vb. 2. † to call forth, to call for things ...1205
vb. 3. to curse, to imprecate damnation upon ...a1275 arch.
vb. 4. to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear ...1340 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to vow, to promise with oaths ...1721 Sc.
BANAFAN
n. a chubby youngster ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
BANAG
n. a busy little woman ...Bk1888 Sc.
BANANA
n. 1. the penis ...19C sl.
n. 2. a stupid or worthless person; a simpleton; a silly or crazy individual ...1919 US sl.
n. 3. a homosexual ...1930s US criminals' sl.
n. 4. a light-skinned Black person, esp. an attractive woman ...1944 US Black sl.
n. 5. orig. a stage comedian having a specified position within a team or act; later, any person capable of being ranked in order of importance or preference within a group (usually with preceding word denoting the position or ranking) ...1948 colloq., chiefly Amer.
n. 6. in baseball: a good player; a prospect that makes the team ...1964 baseball usage
n. 7. (depreciative) a person of Asian birth or descent who subscribes to typically western values and attitudes; an oriental person regarded, esp. by other Orientals, as adopting or identifying with White culture ...1970 sl., chiefly Can.
n. 8. in US casinos: a $20 chip ...1985 US sl.
n. 9. a corrupt policeman ...1989 UK sl.
n. 10. a person opposed to all land development, esp. near residential areas...1991 Amer. political sl.
n. 11. a hospital patient with jaundice ...Bk1994 sl.
n. 12. (disparaging) a New Zealand-born Chinese, used by immigrants about local Chinese ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
BANANA BELT
n. 1. the warmer parts of a region which is regarded as severely cold ...1898 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an open winter, softer weather than usual ...1958 Amer. dial.
BANANA-BENDER
n. 1. someone from Queensland ...1976 Aust. jocular
n. 2. a fool ...1992 UK sl.
BANANA BOAT
n. in baseball: a player who has played winter ball in Latin American ...1940s baseball usage
BANANA BOY
n. 1. a native or resident of Queensland ...1890 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a resident or native of Natal ...1954 S. Afr. sl.
n. 3. a boy from one of Dr. Barnardo's homes for orphaned and deprived children ...1960s sl.
n. 4. a Black male who prefers White girls ...1979 US Black sl.
BANANA CAKE
n. a crazy or eccentric person ...1975 Amer. sl.
BANANA-EATER
n. an inhabitant of Queensland, Australia ...1955 Aust. sl.
BANANA FROM SAVANNAH
n. a female mulatto ...Bk1945 jive usage
BANANA GIRL
n. 1. a resident or native of Natal ...1954 S, Afr. sl.
n. 2. a girl from one of Dr. Barnardo's homes for orphaned and deprived children ...1960s sl.
BANANA HAMMOCK
n. a bikini for a male ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANANAHEAD
n. a simpleton, a fool, an idiot, a stupid person ...1949 US sl.
BANANA HORSE
n. in horse racing: a horse that is part of a cheating scheme in a fixed race ...1973 US sl.
BANANALAND
n. Queensland ...1898 Aust. colloq.
BANANALANDER
n. 1. someone from Queensland ...1887 Aust. jocular
n. 2. an inhabitant of Natal ...1968 S. Afr. sl.
BANANA MAN
n. an inhabitant of Queensland ...1868 Aust. sl.
BANANA NOSE
n. a person having a large hooked nose ...1920 Amer. sl.
BANANA OIL
n. 1. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. something worthless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANANA PEDDLER
n. (derogatory) an Italian immigrant ...1916 Amer. sl.
BANANA PEELERS
n. those who dry and smoke banana peels in an attempt to get high, often mixing them with marijuana ...Bk1992 drug culture sl.
BANANA PUSHER
n. (derogatory) an Italian ...1969 Amer. dial.
BANANA RACE
n. a fixed horse race ...1967 US sl.
BANANA RING
n. in marbles: everybody puts maybe one marble and make like a banana in the mud, and then you each take a shot at any one of the marbles in the banana ring, say from about four feet back; if you hit a marble and knock it out of the banana ring, it's your marble ...1968 Amer. dial.
BANANAS
adj. insane, mad ...1957 sl., orig. US
n. 1. a homosexual ...Bk1984 US criminals' sl.
n. 2. yellow $20 gambling tokens used in baccarat ...sl.
BANANA SPLIT
n. 1. in marbles: everybody puts maybe one marble and make like a banana in the mud, and then you each take a shot at any one of the marbles in the banana ring, say from about four feet back; if you hit a marble and knock it out of the banana ring, it's your marble ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. amyl nitrite; an ampoule of amyl nitrite ...1968 US drugs sl.
n. 3. a variety of MDMA, ecstasy ...2002 UK drugs sl.
BANANA WIGGLER
n. a worm used as bait in fishing ...1969 Amer. dial.
BANATEE
n. a housewife ...1961 Irish sl.
BANAUSIC
adj. * merely mechanical; proper to a mechanic ...1876
BAN-BEGGAR
n. a beadle, a constable ...1883 Eng. dial.
BANBURY
n. a promiscuous or loose woman ...1894 sl.
BANBURY-BLOOD
n. a Puritan; hence, a hypocrite ...1909 UK sl.
BANBURY MAN
n. † a Puritan; a bigot; a sour or severe man; a hypocrite ...Bk1889
BANBURY TALE
n. silly talk ...1886 Eng. dial.
BANBURY-WIFE
n. a whore ...Bk1891 sl.
BANCO
n. 1. a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank ...18C
n. 2. a swindle perpetrated by means of card-sharping or some form of confidence trick ...1876 US sl.
BANCOMANIA
n. a craze for establishing banks ...1837
BANCO-STEERER
n. a swindler; a sharper, a confidence-trick man ...1876 US sl.
BAND
n. 1. anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle ...c1200 arch.
n. 2. † confinement, imprisonment, custody ...a1300
n. 3. † a side or flitch of bacon ...c1394
n. 4. an agreement or promise, binding on him who makes it; now 'bond' ...a1440 arch.
n. 5. a ridge of a hill ...1513
n. 6. † security, pledge ...1596
n. 7. † a state of union or connection ...1631
n. 8. a hinge or joint ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 9. string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 10. a herd of buffalo ...1824 Amer. dial.
n. 11. free play, liberty, scope for action ...1859 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a herd of cattle ...1903 Amer. dial.
n. 13. a group of horses ...1929 Amer. dial.
n. 14. a woman ...1934 Amer. Black usage
n. 15. a woman of easy morals; a prostitute ...1949 Aust. & US sl.
n. 16. a brothel ...M20 Aust. sl.
n. 17. a flock of about two thousand sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. † to bandy ...1580
vb. 2. to form into a herd or flock ...1878 Amer. dial.
BANDA
n. a poor, ghetto child ...1994 US Black sl.
BANDADUDEUMS
n. large pieces of broken ice in salt water ...1968 Amer. dial.
BANDAGE
n. the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
BANDAGE FACTORY
n. a hospital ...1941 Amer. sl.
BAND-AID
n. 1. something that provides a temporary solution to a problem ...colloq.
n. 2. a medic or corpsman; a doctor ...1975 sl., orig. US military
BAND-AID BABY
n. a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship ...Bk2014 colloq.
BANDAR
n. an impudent or mischievous man or boy ...Bk2014 Hindi
B. AND B.
adj. pert. to magazines featuring female nudity; 'Breast and Buttock' ...M20 US sl.
BAND-BOX
n. a brothel ...20C Brit. sl.
B. AND D.
n. a form of sadism and masochism ; 'Bondage and Discipline' ...M20 US sl.
BANDED
adj. 1. confederated, leagued, allied ...1601
adj. 2. hungry ...Bk1892 Eng. thieves' sl.
BAND-END
n. anything worthless and useless; a person of no importance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAND-ENDER
n. a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well ...1884 Eng. dial.
BAND-ENDING
n. a thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
BANDER
n. 1. † one who is leagued with others in a bond or covenant ...1563
n. 2. a border; the boundary line of a parish or farm ...1866 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the mouth; used derisively ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one of a band of musicians ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDERILLERO
n. a bull-fighter who uses 'banderillas', little darts ornamented with a banderole (long, narrow flag), which bullfighters stick into the neck and shoulders of the bull ...1864
BANDEROLE
n. a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
BANDGE
vb. to idle about, to loaf; to take advantage of another's hospitality ...1914 Amer. dial.
BANDGEING-PLACE
n. a lounging place, as a country store ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BAND-HOUSE
n. 1. a brothel ...20C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a prison ...1942 US criminals' sl.
BAND-HOUSE PLAYER
n. a bad card-player ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
BANDICOOT GUNYAH
n. a makeshift shelter ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BANDIDO
n. an outlaw, esp. one of Mexican origin ...1898 Amer. dial.
BANDIET
n. a prisoner ...1974 S. Afr. prison sl.
BANDING
n. string; cord ...1854 Eng. dial.
BANDING-STUFF
n. binding materials, such as string ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDISH
n. a bandage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDIT
n. 1. one who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand; usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infested the mountainous districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Turkey; also, in modern use: a gangster, a member of a criminal gang, esp. one involved in organized crime ...1594
n. 2. a ruffian, a desperate fellow ...Bk1795
n. 3. an enemy aircraft ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 4. an aggressive homosexual who often resorts to violence ...Bk1975 Amer. prison sl.
n. 5. a villain, a criminal ...1970 UK sl.
n. 6. any enemy ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a homosexual male ...1981 UK sl.
n. 8. a derisory term for the small-time or unsuccessful thief ...Bk2002 UK police sl.
vb. † to banish, to outlaw ...1611
BANDITTO
n. an outlawed person in Italy turned robber; a highwayman ...Bk1708
BANDLE
n. an Irish measure of two feet in length ...1623
BANDLESS
adj. abandoned to wickedness ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANDLESSLY
adv. regardlessly ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANDLESSNESS
n. the state of abandonment to wickedness ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAND-MAKER
n. a twine-spinner or rope-maker ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.
BAND MAN
n. a jazzman who excels in ensemble playing, though is not necessarily a distinguished soloist ....1946 jazz usage
BAND-MEMBER
n. a fellator ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BANDO
n. † a public proclamation ...1598
BANDOBAST
n. an arrangement, a settlement; preparation ...1776
BAND OF HOPE
n. a spinster who hopes to marry an eligible man, esp. a clergyman ...Bk1958 Eng. sl.
BANDOG
n. 1. a dog tied or chained up, either to guard a house or on account of its ferocity; hence generally, a mastiff, a bloodhound ...c1425
n. 2. a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1605 UK sl.
n. 3. a ruffian ...a1826 UK sl.
n. 4. a policeman ...1885 sl., orig. Aust.
BANDOG-BAILIFF
n. a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1700
BANDOLERO
n. a highwayman or robber ...1832
BANDON
n. † jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with ...c1230
vb. 1. † to give oneself up ...a1300
vb. 2. † to have under control, to subdue ...c1450
vb. 3. † to forsake, to abandon ...1587
vb. 4. † to banish ...1592
BANDONEES
n. horseless tramps, wanderers ...Bk1890 Eng. dial.
BANDONLY
adv. †* recklessly, daringly ...c1470
BANDORE
n. a widow's head-dress, worn to signify her mourning state ...L17
BANDOWZER
n. a heavy blow ...E19 sl.
B & P
n. an effeminate young man (Boulton and Park) ...L19 sl.
B-AND-Q
n. a mixture of bonita and quinine sold as counterfeit heroin ...1990s US drugs sl.
BAND RAT
n. a woman who associates herself with musicians usually offering sex in return for proxy celebrity ...1940s sl.
BANDROL
n. a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
BAND RUBBER
n. a rubber band ...1968 Amer. dial.
BANDRUMS
n. a cat ...Bk1911 Sc.
B AND S
n. brandy and soda ...M19 sl.
BANDS
n. 1. hunger ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
n. 2. banns of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAND-SCRAPER
n. a fiddler ...1894 Eng. dial.
BANDS-END
n. anything worthless and useless; a person of no importance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDSMAN
n. a miner, from the circumstance of working in connection with the 'band' or flat rope by which the coal, etc. is hoisted ...1852
BANDSTER
n. that one of a party of harvesters who binds the sheaves ...1932 Sc.
BANDUDELUMS
n. 1. large pieces of broken ice in salt water ...1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break ...1969 Amer. dial.
BANDULU
n. a bandit, a criminal, one who lives by guile ...20C W. Indies Rasta
BAND UP
vb. to bandage ...1917 Amer. dial.
B. AND W.
n. bread and water ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
BANDWIDTH HUGGER
n. someone who fights spam; so called because he or she won't yield any bandwidth to junk email ...Bk2006 Amer. Internet sl.
BANDY
adj. impudent; obstinate ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 1. † in tennis: a stroke with a racket; a ball of struck; a 'return' at tennis ...1598
n. 2. a hare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 4. a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to contend, to strive, to fight ...1588
vb. 2. † to toss, drive, or throw aside or away ...1591
vb. 3. † to band together, to league, to confederate ...1597
vb. 4. to wander or roam about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANDY-HEWIT
n. a contemptuous name for a dog of any kind; a cur ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANDYING
n. † confederation; league ...1689
BANDYLAN
n. 1. a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago ...1808 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a woman of dissolute character, a prostitute ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
BANDY-LEGGED
adj. bow-legged
BANDYLOW
n. a woman of dissolute character, a prostitute ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
BANDY-SHANKED
adj. bandy-legged; having thin crooked legs; bowlegged ...1908 Amer. dial.
BANDYWALLOP
n. an imaginary town, far from civilization ...Aust. colloq.
BANE
n. 1. † a slayer or murderer; one who causes the death or destruction of another ...a800
n. 2. † that which causes death or destroys life ...a1000
n. 3. † murder, death, destruction ...c1175
n. 4. † a prelude of a play ...c1440
n. 5. † a proclamation of a marriage ...1499
n. 6. poison ...1580 Eng. dial.
n. 7. ruin ...1580 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a person, each member of a group ...c1782 Sc.
n. 9. an industrious, diligent, persevering man ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to kill; said esp. of poison ...1578
vb. 2. to wither ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
int. a mild expletive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANED
adj. 1. † ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt ...1568
adj. 2. † evil-disposed, envious ...1821 Sc.
BANES
n. the banns of matrimony ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANEMAN
n. a murderer ...1870 arch.
BANEOUR
n. a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
BANER
n. * he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins ...1605
BANERMAN
n. a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
BANES
n. the banns of matrimony ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANESMAN
n. a murderer ...1870 arch.
BANEUR
n. a standard-bearer ...Bk1862
BANFF BAILIES
n. the large, white snowy-looking clouds that rise along the horizon; looked upon as the forerunners of foul weather ...1881 Sc.
BANG
adj. 1. vehement, violent ...1791 Sc.
adj. 2. agile and powerful ...1825 Sc.
adj. 3. fearful, afraid ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
adv. 1. suddenly, abruptly ...1847 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. thoroughly, completely, exactly ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 1. †* a drubbing, defeat ...1644
n. 2. a group, a crowd, a great number ...1721 Sc. & Amer. dial.
n. 3. a blow, an onslaught; a disturbance ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a 'thumping' lie ...1879 colloq.
n. 5. a person rated according to their sexual ability, as a 'good bang' ...Bk1888 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a startling or sudden effect ...colloq.
n. 7. a brothel ...E20 Aust. sl.
n. 8. a puff of a marijuana cigarette ...E20 US drugs sl.
n. 9. an injection or inhalation of cocaine, morphine, or heroin ...1922 US sl.
n. 10. an act of sexual intercourse ...1931 sl.
n. 11. a handsome man ...1932 US sl.
n. 12. the sudden effect of a drug ...1948 US sl.
n. 13. narcotics in general ...M20 US drugs sl.
n. 14. the homosexual who prefers the passive role in anal intercourse ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
n. 15. straight booze, usually vodka, on ice, which the bar customer bangs ceremoniously on the bar before downing ...Bk1998 sl.
vb. 1. to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
vb. 2. to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
vb. 3. to have sexual intercourse with ...1698 sl.
vb. 4. to move, work, speak, etc., with rapidity; to rush violently ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to throw or thrust violently ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to dock the tail of a horse, etc. ...19C
vb. 7. on the Stock Exchange: to depress prices, the market ...1884
vb. 8. to inject narcotics intravenously ...1926 US drugs sl.
vb. 9. to swallow a tablet ...2001 UK drugs sl.
int. damn! ...E20 US euphemism
BANG-A-BONK
vb. to sit lazily on a bank ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG A REEFER
vb. to smoke marijuana ...20C US drugs sl.
BANG ARTIST
n. a homosexual who is the active partner in anal intercourse ...1960s homosexual sl.
BANG BANAGHER
vb. to surpass everything ...a1845
BANG-BANG-BANG
n. a person one has sex with once ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BANG-BEGGAR
n. 1. a constable or beadle; a parish officer; a person who kept off noisy intruders during church time ...1715 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of reproach; a vagabond ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG-BELLIED
adj. having a large paunch ...1940s W. Indies sl.
BANG-BELLY
n. a starving child ...1935 W. Indies
BANGBROEK
n. a coward, a poltroon ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
BANG-DOLLOP
n. the entire collection, the whole number ...1895 Sc.
BANGE
n. 1. light, fine rain; drizzle ...1839 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a rest, a sleep ...M19 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to idle about, to loaf; to take advantage of another's hospitality ...1886 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to drizzle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to rest, to sleep ...L19 Aust. sl.
BANG EARS
vb. to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like; to curry favour ...1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
BANGED
adj. under the influence of drink ...Bk1911 Sc.
BANGED AWAY
adj. locked up in one's cell; in prison ...20C sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
BANGED TO RIGHTS
adj. caught in the act, caught red-handed ...20C sl., orig. US, esp. criminals' usage
BANGED-UP
adj. 1. stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
adj. 2. of a building or place: locked up ...20C sl.
adj. 3. locked up in one's cell; in prison ...20C sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
adj. 4. of objects: broken, battered, esp. of a car with notable damage to the panel work ...20C sl.
adj. 5. of people: beaten up, injured ...20C sl.
adj. 6. trapped ...20C sl.
BANGED UP TO THE EYES
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANGEISTER
n. 1. a braggart, a bully; a violent and disorderly person who regards no law but his own will ...1825 Sc.
n. 2. a victor ...1825 Sc.
n. 3. a loose woman ...1825 Sc.
BANGELLED
adj. knocked about, hustled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANGER
n. 1. an outstanding lie ...1814 sl.
n. 2. a bludgeon ...1843 US students' sl.
n. 3. a large person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
n. 4. anything very large in proportion to the rest of its kind ...1860 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a violent blow ...1876 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a violent kiss ...1898 sl.
n. 7. a pitchfork with three prongs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a person who lies ...19C
n. 8. a sausage ... 1919 sl.
n. 10. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 11. something heavy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 12. a banjo ...1951 Amer. dial.
n. 13. one who hits hard ...1950s sl.
n. 14. one who injects narcotics ...1950s sl.
n. 15. a worn-out person ...1960s sl.
n. 16. one who copulates ...1960s sl.
n. 17. an aggressive boxer ...1977 US sl.
n. 18. a gang member ...1985 US police & criminals' sl.
n. 19. a hypodermic needle and syringe ...1986 sl.
n. 20. an old decrepit car ...colloq.
n. 21. straight booze, usually vodka, on ice, which the bar customer bangs ceremoniously on the bar before downing ...Bk1998 sl.
n. 22. in baseball: a big hitter in the heart of a team's lineup ...Bk1999 baseball usage
n. 23. a clumsy, ineffective pool or billiards player ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
n. 24. the front bumper of a vehicle ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. 25. a type of firework that explodes loudly
BANGERS
n. the testicles ...20C sl.
BANG FOR
vb. to stand godfather or godmother to a child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG FOR ONE'S BUCK
n. value for money ...colloq.
BANG FULL
adj. brimful, quite full ...1888 Eng. dial.
BANG HOUSE
n. a brothel ...1984 Amer. sl.
BANGIE
adj. 1 irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...1888 Sc.
adj. 2. impetuous, hasty in action; quick to do a thing ...1894 Sc.
n. a policeman, a constable ...1870 Sc.
BANGING
adj. 1. large, huge ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; overwhelming, ...1864 colloq.
adj. 3. good, exciting ...Bk2006 US sl.
adj. 4. good-looking, attractive ...Bk2006 US sl.
adj. 5. of music: loud ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
BANG IN SICK
vb. to call in sick ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANG IN THE ARM
n. an injection of narcotics ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANGISTER
n. 1. † a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a loose woman ...1825 Sc.
BANGISTER-SWIPE
vb. to deceive by artful means ...1825 Sc.
BANG IT ABOUT
vb. † to come to blows, to fight it out ...c1600
BANG IT OUT
vb. 1. † to come to blows, to fight it out ...1622
vb. 2. to quarrel ...World War II Amer. sl.
BANG-JING
n. the whole lot ...1895 Sc.
BANGLADESHI
n. a native or inhabitant of the People's Republic of Bangladesh formed in 1971, formerly the province of East Pakistan ...1971
BANGLE
n. the cut branch of a tree, the larger piece of wood in a faggot ...1875 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to waste, to fritter away, to squander ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to flap, to hang loosely ...1622
vb. 3. to droop, to hang down, as the brim of a hat, etc. ...1858 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to ramble without a fixed purpose; to bustle about awkwardly and fruitlessly ...1878 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to beat down, such as corn by wind or rain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANGLE AWAY
vb. † to fritter away, to squander ...1621
BANGLED UP
adj. covered ...1879-81 Eng. dial.
BANGLE-EAR
n. one hanging loosely or flapping, like a spaniel's ...1725
BANGLE-EARED
adj. having ears that hang loosely ...1567
BANGLE UP
vb. † to swell ...1769 Sc.
BANG LIKE A HAMMER ON A NAIL
vb. to have sex vigorously ...Aust. sl.
BANGLING
n. 1. † petty, frivolous contention; squabbling ...1612
n. 2. a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
BANG MAN
n. 1. a mob killer or hired killer ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
n. 2. a safecracker who uses explosives ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
BANGNUE
n. † a great fuss or bustle about something trivial; much ado about nothing ...1825 Sc.
BANGO
n. an identification tag ...1951 Amer. dial.
BANG-OFF
adv. 1. immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adv. 2. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. (as 'bang off') of a gun: to fire, to let off ...1814 Sc.
BANG ON
adj. 1. excellent...Brit. colloq.
adj. 2. with absolute accuracy ...Brit. colloq.
vb. to talk repetitiously about a particular subject ...1959 sl.
BANG ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL
vb. to try to achieve something impossible
BANG OUT
adj. first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
adv. altogether, thoroughly ...1884 Eng. dial.
vb. (as 'bang out') to depart hurriedly, as in a temper ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANG PEOPLE'S HEADS TOGETHER
vb. to reprimand a group of people, often in order to get them to cooperate ...1957 sl.
BANG-PITCHER
n. † a drunkard ...1639
BANGREE
n. † an ill-natured, ungovernable woman; a contentious, irritable, scolding woman ...1825 Sc.
BANGREL
n. † an ill-natured, ungovernable woman ...1825 Sc.
BANG ROOM
n. a room where drugs are used ...E20 US drugs sl.
BANGSGRIP
n. a firm, determined, strong grip ...1908 Sc.
BANGS LIKE A DUNNY DOOR IN A GALE
phr. a crude description of a promiscuous woman ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BANGSOME
adj. † quarrelsome ...1788 Sc.
BANG SOMEONE'S EAR
vb. to talk or complain at length to ...1965 Amer. sl.
BANGSTER
adj. rough, violent ...19C Sc.
n. 1. † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. † one who beats his opponents; a victor, a winner, a conqueror ...c1783 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1825
n. 4. an addict who injects narcotics ...1918 drug addicts' sl.
n. 5. a narcotics addict ...1929 US drugs sl.
BANG-STRAW
n. one who threshes with a flail; also, a thatcher or any farm-worker...1785
BANGSTREE; BANGSTRIE
n. violence to person or property ...1701 Sc.
BANGSTRY
n. †* the action of a bangster; masterful violence ...1594
BANG-SWANG
adv. headlong, without thought ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANGTAIL
n. 1. (bang-tail) a prostitute ...1699 sl., orig. UK
n. 2. a racehorse ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
vb. to hurry ...1940s US sl.
BANGTAIL MUSTER
n. a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted ...Aust. hist.
BANG THE BANJO
vb. to masturbate ...1970s US sl.
BANG-THE-BEGGAR
n. † a constable; a beadle ...1825 Sc.
BANG THE BISHOP
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BANG THE BOX
vb. to play dance music on a piano ...20C Amer. sl.
BANG THE BUSH
vb. to surpass everything that has gone before ...1839
BANG THE GONG
vb. to smoke opium ...L19 US drugs sl.
BANG THROUGH THE ELEPHANT
vb. to plumb the depths of dissipation ...19C sl.
BANG TO RIGHTS
phr. said of a criminal who is caught red-handed ...1904 Brit. sl.
BANG-UP
adj. 1. stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
adj. 2. drunk ...E19 sl.
adj. 3. very good, first-rate, splendid, excellent ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 4. honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. impoverished, penniless ...M19 US sl.
adj. 6. finished ...M19 US sl.
n. 1. a dandy; a man of fashion ...1811
n. 2. an overcoat with a cape and high collar ...1835 Anglo-Irish & US
n. 3. imprisonment within one's cell, without association or exercise ...1950s UK prison sl.
n. 4. the shutting of a cell door at the end of a prison day ...1950s UK prison sl.
vb. (usually as 'bang up')
vb. 1. to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to inject drugs ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to lock up a prisoner in his or her cell, esp. for the night ...1950 prison sl.
vb. 4. in gambling: to close a game or table ...sl.
vb. 5. to prepare marijuana as a cigarette ...2000 UK sl.
BANG-UP BABE
n. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
BANG-UP TO DICK
adj. first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
BANG-UP TO THE MARK
adj. first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
BANG WAGON
n. an ambulance ...1962 Amer. sl.
BANG-WORDS
n. explosive epithets; swear words ...1906 colloq.
BANGY
adj. 1. of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. brown ...1859 Brit. sl.
adj. 3. irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...1888 Sc.
adj. 4. impetuous, hasty in action; quick to do a thing ...1894 Sc.
adj. 5. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. brown sugar ...1859 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a buggy without any top ...1967 Amer. dial.
BANGY-WALLAH
n. a carrier of parcels ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
BANHOF QUEEN
n. a streetwalker ...Bk1984 US military usage
BANI
n. a bad cold; bad treatment or usage; a drubbing in a fight; a serious injury, a deadly wound ...1908 Sc.
BANIAN
n. 1. in Bengal: a native broker attached to a house of business, or a person similarly employed by a private gentleman ...1687
n. 2. a Hindu who abstains from animal food ...Bk1867
BANIAN-DAY
n. a day when little or no food is to be had, or when the scraps remaining from the previous days are consumed ...1851 Eng. dial.
BANICAL
n. a broken-down horse or mule ...1958 Amer. dial.
BANIO
n. a bath-house ...1882 Amer. dial.
BANISH
vb. † to clear out; to empty ...1494
BANISHED MAN
n. † an outlaw, a bandit ...1398
BANJA
n. a banjo ...1941 Amer. dial.
BANJAX
vb. to batter; to break; to beat; to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...1939 sl.
BANJAXED
adj. 1. demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car ...20C teen & high school sl.
adj. 2. alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2006 US sl.
BANJEE BOY; BANJY BOY
n. a homosexual man who dresses as if he were part of the heterosexual hip-hop culture ...1997 US Black sl.
BANJER
n. a banjo ...1905 Amer. dial.
BANJER-SHANKS
n. a nickname for a thin man ...1930 Amer. dial.
BANJI
n. marijuana ...M20 US drugs sl.
BANJIE
n. a great number; generally applied to a rude, disorderly mob ...1866 Sc.
BANJO
n. 1. a hospital bed-pan ...Bk1892 sl.
n. 2. a long-handled shovel with a wide blade ...1930 sl.
n. 3. any banjo-shaped object, esp. a frying pan ...sl.
n. 4. in baseball: a hitter who habitually makes 'banjo hits' - a weakly hit ball that falls between the infield and the outfield ...1990 US sl.
BANJOEY
n. a banjo player ...1909 sl.
BANJO EYES
n. a person who has large, wide-open eyes ...1928 US sl.
BANJO HITTER
n. in baseball: a weak hitter who seams to 'strum' the ball as one would a banjo; one who habitually makes 'banjo hits' - a weakly hit ball that falls between the infield and the outfield ...1942 US sl.
BANJOIST
n. one who plays a banjo ...1880
BANJOLIN
n. a musical instrument combining the characteristics of the banjo and mandolin, used in ragtime music ...1889
BANJO-SWINGER
n. a manual labourer ...1918 Aust. sl.
BANJULELE
n. a stringed musical instrument of a type between a banjo and a ukulele ...1925
BANK
n. 1. † a long seat for several to sit on, a bench or form; a platform or stage to speak from ...1205 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. † a high ground, height, hill ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. † the sea-coast or shore; a beach ...c1350 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. † the shop, office, or place of business of a money-dealer ...1474
n. 5. † a sum of money; an amount; a 'pile' ...1515
n. 6. † the table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money ...1567
n. 7. †* a shelf ...1577
n. 8. † an anthill ...1667 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 9. a bed of oysters, mussels, etc. ...1719
n. 10. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 11. the road up a steep hillside ...1891 Eng. dial.
n. 12. a privy, the place where one makes a 'deposit' ...20C US sl.
n. 13. cash; money itself; common in rap music lyrics ...20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 1. of clouds: to gather in masses ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to become bankrupt, to fail ...1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to make bankrupt ...1885 Eng. dial.
BANKABLE
n. a star whose presence in a film virtually guarantees investors and audiences ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
BANK BARN
n. a barn built into the side of a hill, affording entrance on at least two levels ...1894 Amer. dial.
BANK BEAVERS
n. rivermen or river rats driving the rear on a log drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
BANK BURSTER
n. † a bank robber who uses explosives to enter vaults and safes ...1880 US criminals' sl.
BANKER
n. 1. † a covering, generally of tapestry, for a bench or chair ...1311
n. 2. † orig. a person whose business is exchanging money from one form to another, esp. one who buys and sells foreign currency; a money-changer; then, one who dealt in bills of exchange, giving drafts and making remittances ...1484
n. 3. † a person whose business is lending money at interest; a money-lender ...1526
n. 4. † orig. a money-changer; then, one who dealt in bills of exchange, giving drafts and making remittances ...1534
n. 5. †* a bowls player who dishonestly manipulates the outcome of a game to ensure that an accomplice wins money from the bets placed on it ...1591 sl.
n. 6. a labourer who makes or repairs the banks of waterways; spec. one who digs drains, ditches, etc.; chiefly used in the eastern counties of England ...a1627
n. 6. * a person who lends money to the poor through a charitable establishment ...1646 hist.
n. 7. a vessel or person engaged in fishing for cod off the banks of Newfoundland ...1704 Amer. dial.
n. 8. in certain gambling and board games: the person in charge of the bank ...1706
n. 10. an inhabitant of the outer banks of the North Carolina seacoast ...1750 Amer. dial.
n. 11. † one who buys corn sold by auction ...1825 Sc.
n. 12. one who keeps the 'bank' in a gambling house; the dealer, in some games of chance ...1826
n. 13. one who becomes bankrupt ...1885 Eng. dial.
n. 14. a father ...Bk1891 Eng. sl.
n. 15. a cushion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 16. a man who works on the pit-bank, as opposed to miners working in the pit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 17. a mason who constructs banks, lays pavements, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 18. one who makes a business of picking up wreckage on the coast of California ...Bk1910
n. 19. anyone who financially backs a robbery, confidence game, or gambling operation ...1922 criminals' sl.
n. 20. a dishonest bank employee ...1924 criminals' sl.
n. 21. a bank robber ...1933 US criminals' sl.
n. 22. a dependable person; one who can be relied on for something ...1938
n. 23. a casino or gambling house owner or operator who may become involved in crime by using gangsters to protect him from other gangsters or to help collect gambling debts; a financier of a drug-importing ring - the one least likely ever to be arrested or jailed ...Bk1988 criminals' sl.
n. 24. a stream almost overflowing its banks ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
BANKERESS
n. 1. † a banker's wife ...1825
n. 2. * a female banker ...1883
BANKERING
n. † occupation as a banker, banking ...1668
BANKEROUT
n. a bankrupt ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
BANKERS
n. lumberjacks who pile logs on the banking ground ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
BANKER'S SET
n. in dominoes; 3-2...sl.
BANK FISHERMAN
n. 1. an angler who fishes from the bank of a river, lake, etc., rather than a boat ...1782
n. 2. a fisherman who works in the Grand Banks area off the coast of Newfoundland ...1883 hist.
BANK-FULL
adj. full to the brim, quite filled up ...1875 Eng. dial.
BANKIE
n. a bank robber ...1887 US criminals' sl.
BANKING MAN
n. a navvy, or bank mender, a banker ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
BANKMAN
n. 1. † an overlooker above ground at a coal-mine ...1598
n. 2. † a bank robber ...1901 US criminals' sl.
BANK-MANAGER
n. †* in mining: the superintendent at a pit's mouth ...1884
BANK-MASTER
n. † the manager or proprietor of a bank ...c1618
BANK MOB
n. a gang of bank robbers ...1920 police sl.
BANK MONGER
n. † one who conducts banking business ...1814
BANK NURSE
n. a nurse who provides temporary cover as a result of staff shortages or short term unfilled vacancies ...1974
BANK-RIDERS
n. men who ride the coal-wagons or trucks moving on self-acting inclines, or inclines worked by ropes and hauling engines, on the surface or 'bank' of a pit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANKROLLER
n. a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
BANKROLL GUY
n. a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
BANKROLL MAN
n. a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
BANKROPE
n. a bankrupt ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
vb. to become bankrupt ...1834 Sc.
BANKROUT
n. a bankrupt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANKRUPT
n. 1. † a person who defrauds his or her creditors, or avoids paying his or her debts; one who has brought himself into debt by reckless expenditure or riotous living; a fugitive from his creditors; a broken man in sanctuary or outlawry ...1533
n. 2. one hopelessly in debt; one who has lost all his means, and is without resources ...1586
BANKRUPTISM
n. † bankruptcy ...1606
BANKRUPTSHIP
n. †* bankruptcy ...1656
BANKRUPTURE
adj. bankrupt ...1954 Amer. dial.
n. †* bankruptcy ...1617
BANKS
n. 1. the seashore ...1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. precipitous rocks or crags ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANK-SET
adj. full of little eminences and acclivities ...1811 Sc.
BANKSIDE BEAUTY
n. a prostitute, a harlot ...1820 UK sl.
BANKSIDE LADY
n. a prostitute ...1630 UK sl.
BANKSIDE WENCH
n. a prostitute ...1614 UK sl.
BANKSMAN
n. 1. in mining: a person who works at the mouth of a pit, supervising the loading of coal and the lowering and raising of the cage ...1486
n. 2. a worker at a building site who guides or directs the use and movement of cranes, vehicles, etc., to ensure that it is conducted safely ...1956 Brit.
BANK-SNATCHER
n. † a bank robber ...1890
BANK SNEAK
n. 1. one of a gang of thieves who rob banks by stealth during business hours ...1872 US criminals' sl.
n. 2. a sneak thief who steals bonds or securities from banks ...1872 police & criminals' sl.
BANKSTER
n. 1. † a person who fishes from the bank of a river or stream ...1885
n. 2. a victor, conqueror ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. † a nickname for a person employed in banking or associated with managing money ...1893 US humorous usage
n. 4. (derogatory) a banker seen as profiteering or dishonest; a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal ...1931 orig. & chiefly US
BANKSTERSHIP
n. force, violence ...1866 Sc.
BANKY
adj. † inclined like a bank or hillside; hilly ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BANNA
n. a young man or woman ...1994 W. Indies teen usage
BANNALANNA
n. a woman who sells ale over the counter ...Bk1910 Ireland
BANNANNER
n. a banana ...1867 Amer. dial.
BANNED
adj. of persons: having had the banns of marriage published ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNEE
vb. to contradict rudely ...1746 Eng. dial.
BANNEOUR
n. † a banner-bearer, a standard-bearer ...1297
BANNER
n. 1. the female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a banner-bearer ...1925 Sc.
vb. to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1948 Amer. dial.
BANNER-BEARER
n. a standard-bearer, an ensign ...c1440
BANNER CARRIER
n. a tramp who walks the street all night ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
BANNERER
n. 1. † one who carries a banner; a standard-bearer ...c1340 obs. exc. hist.
n. 2. † a knight conferred for valiant deeds ...1484
BANNERET
n. orig. a knight able and entitled to bring a company of vassals into the field under his own banner, and who ranked next to a baron and above other knights; commonly used as a title or rank of dignity, and contrasted with 'knight', though sometimes with 'bachelor' ...1297
BANNERMAN
n. a standard-bearer, an ensign ...a1500 Sc. arch.
BANNEROL
n. a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
BANNER STATE
n. Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BANNICK
vb. 1. to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to chase, to hunt about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNICKING
n. a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNIEL
n. a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
BANNIER
n. † a banner-bearer ...Bk1880
BANNING
n. swearing, curses ...1678 Sc.
BANNISTER
n. a traveller in distress ...Bk1891 sl.
BANNITION
n. † banishment, expulsion, esp. from a university ...a1644
BANNITUS
n. † an outlaw, or banished man, an exile ...Bk1708
BANNOCK
vb. 1. to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to lounge about idly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNOCK-FACED
adj. having a flat face and a short nose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNOCK-HIVE
n. 1. corpulence induced by eating plentifully; a corpulent person ...1790 Sc.
n. 2. a corpulent person ...Bk1898 Sc.
BANNOCKING
n. a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANNO-DISTY
adj. ill-humoured ...1929 Sc.
BANNS
n. 1. proclamation or public notice given in church of an intended marriage, in order that those who know of any impediment thereto may have opportunity of lodging objections ...a1328
n. 2. † proclamation or prologue of a play ...1440
BANNUT
n. 1. † the filbert ...c1450
n. 2. the walnut; also applied to the growing tree itself ...1790 Eng. dial.
BANQUEROUT
n. † a bankrupt ...Bk1880
BANQUET
n. 1. † a slight repast between meals ...1509
n. 2. † a course of sweetmeats, fruit, and wine, served either as a separate entertainment, or as a continuation of the principal meal; in the latter case usually in a different room; a dessert ...1523
n. 3. † a sweetmeat; a dainty dish; collectively, sweetmeats, dessert ...1534
n. 4. † a wine-drinking carousal ...1535
BANQUETANT
n. †* the giver of a banquet; a host, an entertainer ...1615
BANQUET-BEAGLE
n. a glutton ...Bk1891 sl.
BANQUETEER
n. a guest at a banquet; a feaster; a reveller ...1821
BANQUETER
n. 1. a broker, a trafficker ...1534
n. 2. † the giver of a banquet; a host, an entertainer ...1542
n. 3. a guest at a banquet; a feaster; a reveller ...1549
BANQUETTE
n. a raised sidewalk or footpath ...1841 Amer. dial.
BANQUIER
n. † an old name for goldsmiths in London ...Bk1888
BANSEL
vb. to drive, to know about; to bang, to beat ...1674 Eng. dial.
BANSELA
n. a tip, a gratuity ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
BANSHEE
n. a supernatural being, in the form of a woman, who is supposed to wail outside a house to announce the approaching death of a member of the family ...1769 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BANSMAN
n. a bondsman, a servant ...1879 Sc.
BANT
n. vigour, strength, endurance, 'go' ...1856 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to conquer, to achieve, to manage ...1875 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat down in price; to haggle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTAM
n. 1. a young inexperienced man ...1860 US sl.
n. 2. a lover; a womanizer ...1883 Aust. & US sl.
n. 3. a pert boy or youth ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 4. a very short British soldier; a short or small man ...Bk1919 services' sl.
n. 5. a person with a hot temper ...1924 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a young girl, a slender young woman ...1944 US Black sl.
n. 7. a jeep ...World War II Amer. sl.
BANTAM DOUGHBOY
n. an American who fell under the regulation height but was allowed to enter the service ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BANTAM WEIGHT
n. in boxing: a boxer weighing more than 8 stone, but not more than 8 stone 6 pounds ...1884
BANTER
n. 1. † a matter of ridicule or jest ...1719
n. 2. a challenge, dare ...1840 Amer. dial. & Ireland
n. 3. a match or contest; a shooting-match ...1859 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a haggling about prices ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a young girl, a slender or pretty young woman ...Bk1942 US sl.
vb. 1. to impose upon a person, orig, in jest; to delude, to cheat, to trick, to bamboozle ...a1688 arch.
vb. 2. † to ridicule, to make a jest of a thing ...1704
vb. 3. to cheapen, to haggle ...1793 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1810 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to rebuke, to scold, to drive away by scolding ...1820 Sc.
vb. 6. to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTER ABOUT
vb. to potter about, to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTER DOWN
vb. 1. to beat down in price ...1864 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to get the better of in a dispute of any kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTERER
n. one who imposes on, or bamboozles ...1709 arch.
BANTER PLAY BUILT ON A COKE FRAME
n. an attractive woman with a good figure ...1930s US Black sl.
BANTIN
n. a strutting little man fond of fighting ...1825 Sc.
BANTIN COCK
n. a strutting little man fond of fighting ...1825 Sc.
BANTING
n. 1. slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat ...19C
n. 2. a bantam fowl ...1828 Sc.
n. 3. one who diets himself to prevent fatness ...Bk1883
n. 4. haggling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTINGISM
n. slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat ...19C
BANTLIN; BANTLING
n. a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard' ...1593
BANTON
n. a strutting little man fond of fighting ...1825 Sc.
BANTRY
n. bantering, teasing ...1892 Sc.
BANT-SCRAPER
n. a fiddler ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTUM
n. a small but aggressive person
BAN-TWIVY TWIST
adv. askew, awry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTY
adj. bowlegged ...1927 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a bantam ...1877 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a small, strutting, conceited person; a small, aggressive person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child ...1948 US
n. 4. a bow-legged person ...1948 Irish sl.
BANTY-COCK
n. 1. a bantam cock ...1891 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a small, conceited person; a small, aggressive ...1891 Eng. dial.
BANTY-HEN
n. a bantam hen ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANTY-LEGGED
adj. bowlegged ...1927 Amer. dial.
BANYA
n. a bath-house ...1941 Amer. dial.
BANYAN
n. a Hindu merchant or shopkeeper ...Bk1855
BANYAN DAY
n. a day on which little food is to be had, or only scraps left over from the days before ...1932 Sc.
BANYAN DAYS
n. hard times ...1929 Sc.
BANYEL
n. 1. a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
n. 2. a crowd of people ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a slovenly, idle fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. to crowd, to move in a confused crowd ...1866 Sc.
BANYER
n. † a standard-bearer ...Bk1855
BANZELL
n. a long, lazy fellow ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
B.A.P.
n. an upwardly mobile Black achiever, usually from the Black middle class (Black American Prince/Princess) ...1992 US sl.
BAP
n. 1. a small loaf or 'roll' of bakers' bread, made of various sizes and shapes ...1513-75 Sc.
n. 2. a father; in Caribbean use, any older man, esp. one of South Asian descent ...1842 South Asian & Caribbean
n. 3. a stupid person ...1929 Sc.
vb. to open and close the eyes quickly ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAPA
n. a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAPHEAD
n. a fool ...2001 UK teen sl.
BAPPER
n. a vulgar name for a baker ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAPPLE
n. a baby of affluent professional parents ...Bk2006 sl., chiefly UK
BAPP-NOSE
n. a nose threatening to meet the chin ...c1890 Sc.
BAPPO
n. a Baptist ...1972 Aust. sl.
BAPS
n. a woman's breasts ...sl.
BAPSOUSE
vb. to baptize ...1906 Amer. dial.
BAPTISM OF FIRE
n. 1. a difficult or frightening introduction to something; the undergoing of any severe ordeal or painful experience ...1857
n. 2. a soldier's first experience 'under fire' in battle ...1881
BAPTIST
n. 1. one who baptises ...c1200
n. 2. a pickpocket who has been caught and ducked or 'baptized' ...1823 UK sl.
BAPTIST DAM-BREAKER
n. a sudden heavy rain ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAPTISTE
n. †* baptism ...1460
BAPTISTERY
n. 1. the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
n. 2. a receptacle containing water for the baptismal rite ...1835
n. 3. baptism ...1851
BAPTISTICAL
adj. †* belonging to baptism ...1658
BAPTISTRY
n. 1. the part of a church in which baptism is administered; in early times, it was a separate building contiguous to the church ...1460
n. 2. a receptacle containing water for the baptismal rite ...1835
n. 3. baptism ...1851
BAPTIZATION
n. † baptism ...1470
BAPTIZE
n. †* baptism ...a1300
BAPTIZED
adj. 1. drowned ...E19 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. pert. to adulterated liquor ...E20 US sl.
adj. 3. saturated with alcohol; drunk ...M20 US sl.
BAPTIZED BY FIRE
adj. to have been under enemy fire for the first time; to have received one’s first wounds ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAPTIZEE
n. * a recipient of baptism; a baptized person ...1871
BAPTIZEMENT
n. * baptism ...1818
BAPU
n. one's father; a father ...1930 Anglo-Indian
BAQUERO
n. one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1922 Amer. dial.
BAR
n. 1. †* a baron ...1297
n. 2. an obstruction, an obstacle; a barrier ...1531
n. 3. † a kind of false die, on which certain numbers are prevented from turning up ...1545
n. 4. † a defensive barrier; a bulwark ...1603
n. 5. a local judge amongst miners, a barmaster ...a1661
n. 6. the gate of a town or city ...1695 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a mosquito net ...1835 US
n. 8. a gate across a road, generally for the purpose of collecting tolls ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a streak of colour on an animal ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 10. a crowbar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a pound; usually in the phrase 'half a bar' - ten shillings ...1911 Brit. sl.
n. 12. a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
n. 13. a mixture of codeine-infused cough syrup and soda ...1998 US drugs sl.
vb. 1. † to surround with a barrier or fence ...c1430
vb. 2. to claim a privilege or possession ...1865 Eng. dial.
BARABAS
n. a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
BARABBAS
n. a publisher ...Bk1891 journalists' usage
BARAGAN TAILOR
n. a rough tailor ...Bk1890 tailors' usage
BARATHRUM
n. 1. the abyss, hell ...1520
n. 2. anything that swallows up or devours; the belly; an insatiable extortioner or glutton ...1609
n. 3. a deep pit at Athens into which criminals condemned to death were thrown ...1849
BARATOUR
n. a quarrelsome person; a brawler; a rowdy; a rioter ...Bk1855
BARATRESS
n. a female quarreller or fighter; a female warrior ...Bk1881
BARB
n. 1. †* the edge of an axe ...c1340
n. 2. †* the beard of a man ...c1450
n. 3. a student who is not a member of a Greek-letter fraternity ...1900 US college sl.
n. 4. a student or officer of instruction opposed to Greek-letter fraternities ...1914 US college sl.
n. 5. a barbiturate tablet or capsule ...M20 US drugs sl.
vb. 1. to clip wool, cloth, coin, etc. ...1483
vb. 2. † to carve a lobster ...1508
vb. 3. † to shave or trim the beard of a person ...1587
vb. 4. to mow grass, etc. ...1601
BARBADIAN
n. an inhabitant of Barbados ...1732
BARBAL
adj. belonging to the beard ...1650
BARBAR
adj. † barbarous ...1535
n. 1. † a barbarian ...1382
n. 2. † a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1382
BARBARA AND HER BARNS
n. a formation of clouds in which there is a thick band across the west with smaller bands above and below; a sign of stormy weather ...1883 Eng. dial.
BARBARA HUTTON
n. in hold 'em poker: a five and ten, as the first two cards dealt to a player ...1981 US sl.
BARBARELLA
n. a man-hungry homosexual ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BARBARESQUE
adj. barbarous in style, esp. in reference to art ...1823
n. a native of Barbary in Africa ...1804
BARBARIAN
n. 1. a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1549
n. 2. † a native of Barbary in Africa ...1572
n. 3. a rude, wild, uncivilized person; a brutal monster ...1604
n. 4. an uncouth, uncultured person, or one who has no sympathy with literary culture ...1757
BARBARIANESS
n. a female barbarian ...1868
BARBARIANIZE
vb. to make barbarian, to barbarize ...1856
BARBARIC
n. 1. † a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1388
n. 2. †* a barbarian ...1388
BARBARIOUS
adj. † barbarous ...1570
BARBARISM
n. † barbarous cruelty, barbarity ...1603
BARBARIZE
vb. † to act as a barber, to shave ...1702 Sc.
BARBAROCRACY
n. government or rule by barbarians, as that of Italy by the German emperors ...1866
BARBARY
n. 1. † uncultivated speech as opposed to a classical language or classic diction ...1509
n. 2. † barbarity, barbarism, barbarousness ...1564
BARBARY HEN
n. † a prostitute ...c1597
BARBARYN
n. † a barbarian ...1382
BARBATERIA
n. a barber shop ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARBATORIUM
n. a barber shop ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARBATULOUS
adj. † having but a small beard ...1600
BARBECUE
n. an attractive female; a woman who looks good enough to eat ...1927 US sl.
BARBED
adj. †* bearded ...1693
BARBED-WIRE DISEASE
n. a nervous breakdown brought about by imprisonment ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BARBED-WIRE PIE
n. something utterly disagreeable ...1942 Amer. dial.
BARBEQUE
n. an attractive woman, esp. one who enjoys or offers oral sex (such a woman is a 'hot piece of meat') ...1927 US sl.
BARBER
n. 1. a man, or more rarely a woman, whose business it is to shave or trim the beards, and cut and dress the hair, of customers; formerly, the barber was also a regular practitioner in surgery and dentistry ...c1320
n. 2. a prostitute diseased with syphilis ...1592 sl.
n. 3. one who clips or cuts short; a curtailer ...1609
n. 4. in Canada: a storm accompanied by snow and spray which freezes upon the face; also, the vapour rising from the water on a frosty day ...c1890
n. 5. a shearer ...1898 Aust. sl.
n. 6. a tediously talkative person; a fool, esp. in sports usage ...1927 US sl.
n. 7. a pimp ...1939 US criminals' sl.
n. 8. a hotel manager or owner ...1941 Aust. sl.
n. 9. a tramp ...1943 Aust. sl.
n. 10. a thief...1945 Aust. criminals' sl.
n. 11. a baseball pitcher who is willing and able to force batters away from the plate by pitching fast balls close to their heads ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
n. 12. in karaoke: someone who joins in on every tune ...Bk1997
vb. to shave ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARBER-BAIT
n. a recruit ...1945 US sl.
BARBER CHIRURGEON
n. one who practices the lower operations of surgery, such as bleeding and drawing of teeth, together with the trade of a barber ...Bk1795
BARBERER
n. a barber ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARBERESS
n. * a female barber ...1611
BARBERLIE
adv. like a barber ...1580 Eng. dial.
BARBERLY
adv. †* with a barber's methods, by shaving ...1573
BARBER-MONGER
n. † a constant frequenter of the barber's shop, a fop
BARBER OF ROCHDALE
n. the hangman ...1925 prison sl.
BARBER POLE
n. in casino gambling: a bet comprised of various coloured chips ...1980 US sl.
BARBER'S BLOCK
n. 1. a wooden head for a wig ...1688
n. 2. the head ...E19 sl.
n. 3. one who spends much time in barbers' shops; a showy, overdressed man; a fop ...1876 UK sl.
BARBER'S BREAKFAST
n. a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
BARBER'S CAT
n. 1. a gossip, a chatterer, one who prefers talk to action ...1842 sl.
n. 2. a sickly, malnourished person; a skinny man ...1864 sl.
n. 3. an emaciated opium addict ...1930s drugs sl.
BARBER'S CHAIR
n. † a common prostitute who is used by all customers; a promiscuous woman; a drab, a prostitute, a strumpet ...1621
BARBER'S CLERK
n. 1. a conceited, overdressed fellow who apes the manners of a gentleman ...1821 sl.
n. 2. an irresponsible sailor who is overparticular about his appearance; a fop; one who spends much time in barber’s shops ...1835 US nautical sl.
BARBER’S-CLOCK
n. a fop; one who spends much time in barber’s shops ...Bk1891 sl.
BARBERSHOPPER
n. a person who performs barbershop or close harmony singing ...1930 orig. US
BARBER-SURGEON
n. formerly, a barber who also drew teeth and bled people for certain illnesses ...1626
BARBERY
n. 1. † a barber's shop ...c1440
n. 2. the barber's art or craft; shaving ...1540
BARBESHELA
n. a very close friend ...1893 Amer. dial.
BARBET
n. 1. * a small beard ...1606
n. 2. a little dog with long curly hair; a poodle ...1780
n. 3. an arrow ...1844 Sc.
BARBETTE
vb. †* to make inarticulate sounds; to mutter ...c1480
BARBIE
n. 1. (derogatory) a young, empty-headed woman who is tall, slim, well-endowed and attractive in a stereotypical way, with peroxide-blonde hair ...1966
n. 2. a barbecue ...1976 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 3. a feminine homosexual who prefers to dress in women's clothing ...1998 US homosexual sl.
BARBIE DOLL
n. a woman who is likened to a Barbie doll, esp. in being pretty or shapely but passive, characterless, or unintelligent; a super-conformist, conventionally attractive woman; a pretty, giddy girl or woman ...1966
BARBIGEROUS
adj. bearded, as a man; having a beard, hairy ...1731
BARBING
adj. shaving, stripping bare ...1630
n. † shaving, hairdressing; clipping ...1485
BARBIQUEJO
n. the chin strap of a cowboy hat ...1945 Amer. dial.
BAR-BITCH
n. a female bartender ...2015 US Western sl.
BARBLY
n. babble, noise ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
BARBOQUEJO
n. the chin strap of a cowboy hat ...1945 Amer. dial.
BARBOSE
adj. †* ? bearded ...1716
BARBOURISE
vb. † to act as a barber, to shave ...1702 Sc.
BAR-BOY
n. a boy who serves at the bar of a public-house ...Bk1881
BARBS
n. † the wattles of a cock ...1601
ׇBARBULA
n. † a small beard ...1688
BARBULYE
n. confusion, perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc. arch.
vb. to confuse, to muddle, to disorder ...c1572 Sc. arch.
BARBULYIE
n. perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc.
vb. to confuse, to trouble; to disorder ...1790 Sc.
BAR-BUMMER
n. one who spends their time in bars; a 'barfly'; a heavy drinker, a drunkard ...1908 Aust. sl.
BARB WIRE DEAL
n. a tough situation to handle ...1958 Amer. dial.
BARBWIRE GARTERS
n. a mythical award for those who got no special honours or decorations ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BAR BY AND MAIN
vb. † to prevent entirely; to stop altogether ...1567
BARCAROLE
n. an Italian boatman ...1854
BAR CAT
n. a lynx ...1967 Amer. dial.
BAR-CLAW
n. a dog's dew-claw ...1908 Sc.
BARCOO BILL
n. a bushman ...1910 Aust. sl.
BARCOO BUSTER
n. a westerly wind in outback Queensland ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BARCOO ROT
n. a festering skin disease ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BARCOO SALUTE
n. a gesture with which one brushes flies from one's face, considered to be typical of Australians ...1973 Aust. sl.
BARCOO SPEW
n. illness accompanied by attacks of vomiting ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BAR COOTIE
n. the habitual occupier of a bar, day in, day out; a heavy drinker, a drunkard ...1920 US sl.
BARD
n. 1. a strolling musician or minstrel ...1449 Sc.
n. 2. one of an ancient Celtic order of minstrel-poets whose primary function appears to have been to compose and sing (usually to the harp) verses celebrating the achievements of chiefs and warriors, and who committed to verse historical and tradition facts, religious precepts, laws, genealogies, etc.; used for 'poet' in modern Celtic languages; in Welsh, a poet or versifier who has been recognized at the Eisteddfod ...c1450
n. 3. a lyric or epic poet; a poet generally ...1667 poetic usage
n. 4. bold, noisy woman; a scolding woman ...1825 Sc.
BARDACH
adj. 1. stout, fearless ...1768 Sc.
adj. 2. quarrelsome, uncivil in managing a dispute ...1824 Sc.
n. * a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1550
BARDACIOUS
adj. 1. audacious, unceremonious ...1908 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
BARDACIOUSLY
adv. thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1901 Amer. dial.
BARDASCIO
n. * a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1632
BARDASH
n. * a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1550
BARDASS
n. † a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse; a catamite; often used contemptuously, sometimes as a more general term of abuse ...1550
BARDESS
n. * a female bard, a poetess ...1822
BARDIE
adj. 1. forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1706 Sc.
adj. 2. bold, fierce, turbulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 1. a minor poet, a humble bard ...1773 Sc.
n. 2. † a gelded cat ..1808 Sc.
vb. to vituperate, to bandy words with ...1882 Sc.
BARDILY
adv. pertly, boldly ...1788 Sc.
BARDINESS
n. forwardness, pertness, esp. as shown in conversation ...1825 Sc.
BARDISH
adj. † rude, insolent ...a1662 Sc.
BARDIST
n. †* an adherent or follower of the bards ...1588
BAR DITCH
n. the strip of grass and streets between the sidewalk and the curb ...1966 Amer. dial.
BARDLET
n. a young or inexperienced poet ...1867
BARDLING
n. a young or inexperienced poet ...1813
BARD OF AVON
n. William Shakespeare ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BAR-DOG
n. a bartender ...1907 Amer. dial.
BAR-DOGGING
n. tending bar ...1971 Amer. dial.
BARDOLATER
n. a worshipper of the 'Bard' ...1903
BARDOLATRY
n. worship of the 'Bard of Avon', i.e. Shakespeare ...1901
BARD STUFF
n. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARDY
adj. 1. bold, fierce, turbulent ...1788 Sc.
adj. 2. forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
BARE
adj. 1. † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
adj. 2. † laid waste, desolate ...c1305
adj. 3. † poor in quality, paltry, worthless ...1399
adj. 4. † simple, without luxury; unpolished, rude ...1583
adj. 5. of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
adj. 6. audacious; also, mean, base ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adv. 1. no more than, at most; scarcely, barely ...c1325 arch.
adv. 2. † thoroughly, completely ...c1340
n. 1. † a naked part of the body; the bare skin ...c1300
n. 2. † a bare space or place ...1683-4
BARE-ARSE
adj. naked ...1965 Amer. dial.
BARE AS A BALCHIN, AS
adj. bald (balchin = an unfledged bird) ..1881 Eng. dial.
BARE AS A JAYBIRD
adj. completely bare; naked ...1965 Amer. dial.
BARE AS ONE'S HAND
adj. very bare ...c1420
BARE-ASS
adj. naked ...1936 Amer. dial.
BARE-ASSED
adj. 1. naked; completely nude with the buttocks uncovered ...1965 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. immature; pert. to a young male whose buttocks are not hairy ...20C U S sl.
BARE-ASS NAKED
adj. naked ...1965 Amer. dial.
BAREBACK
adj. pert. to an act of copulation performed without a condom ...20C US sl.
BARE-BACKS
n. sheep after being shorn ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-BONE
n. a lean, skinny person ...1596
BAREBONES
adv. bareback, without a saddle ...1940 Amer. dial.
BARE-BUB
n. an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAREFACED
adj. unconcealed, undisguised, open ...1605 arch.
BAREFEETED
adj. without shoes, barefoot ...1928 Amer. dial.
BAREFOOT
adj. 1. of horses: unshod ...1805 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. of bread: plain, without anything added ...1933 Amer. dial.
BAREFOOT-BROTH
n. broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARE-FOOTED
adj. 1. of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of horses: unshod ...1941 Amer. dial.
BAREFOOT-HEAD
n. a baldheaded man ...1867 Eng. dial.
BAREFOOT-KAIL
n. broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat ...1787 Sc.
BARE-GOLLIN
n. a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-GOLLOCK
n. a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-GOLLY
n. a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-GORP
n. an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARELIES
adv. scarcely, barely, hardly ...1787 Sc.
BARELINS
adv. barely ...1885 Sc.
BARELLET
n. † a little barrel or cask ...1611
BARELY
adv. 1. without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340 obs.
adv. 2. merely, simply, only ...1577 arch.
BARE-MAN
n. † a bankrupt who gives up all his goods to his creditors ...1609 Sc.
BARE-NAKED
adj. naked ...1914 Amer. dial.
BARENESS
n. 1. † leanness ...1552
n. 2. † mere or simple quality; mereness ...1607
BAREPOLES
adj. naked ...20C sl.
BARE-POWED
adj. bareheaded ...1874 Sc.
BARE-SNAKED
adj. naked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARE-VAMPED
adj. standing in one's stockings, without shoes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARF
n. 1. a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
n. 2. vomit ...1960s US sl.
n. 3. beef ...1996 US sl.
vb. 1. to vomit ...1956 sl., orig. and chiefly US
vb. 2. in computing: to fail to operate ...1983 US sl.
vb. 3. in hot rodding and drag racing: to damage something completely or partially, leaving parts scattered ...1993 US sl.
BARF BUDDY
n. a drinking companion ...1977 US sl.
BARFLOG
vb. to beat one's hands crosswise around the shoulders to keep oneself warm ...1908 Sc.
BAR-FLY
n. a too-frequent frequenter of bars and saloons ...1906 US sl.
BARFUL
adj. † full of bars or hindrances ...1601
BARGAIN
n. 1. † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. a transaction that entails consequences, esp. unpleasant ones; a (bad or unfortunate) 'business' ...c1400 arch.
n. 3. † a small farm-holding ...1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. an indefinite number or quantity of anything ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a load, esp. a wagon load ...1892 Eng. dial.
vb. † to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight ...1375 Sc.
BARGAINER
n. † a quarreller, a wrangler, a bully ...c1500 Sc.
BARGAINING
n. † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
BARGAIN OF FOOLERY
n. stuff and nonsense, or a stupid and empty thing ...1892 Eng. dial.
BARGAIN-TACKER
n. the foreman, who undertakes the work in a section of a lead mine ...1898 Sc.
BARGE
n. 1. † a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat ...1470-85
n. 2. a fat, heavy person; anything large ...1746 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a great fat hog ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 4. orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a scolding woman ...Bk1898 Ireland
n. 6. an argument, a talk ...1930 Sc.
n. 7. a big foot ...c1960 Amer. jocular
vb. 1. to scold, to abuse ...1860 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARGE-ARSE
n. 1. markedly protruding buttocks ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a nickname for a person with markedly protruding buttocks ...19C Brit. sl.
BARGE-BELLIED
adj. having a large or protuberant belly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARGH
n. 1. † the steep face of a hill; a road up it ...1674 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
n. 3. † a mine ...1693
BARGHAM
n. any untidy, clumsy piece of dress, but esp. anything wrapped around the neck ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARGHEST
n. 1. a goblin, fabled to appear in the form of a large dog, with various horrible characteristics, and to portend imminent death or misfortune ...1732
n. 2. a ghost, wraith, or hobgoblin ...1788 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one who has the power of perceiving the disembodied spirits of living men ...1865 Eng. dial.
BARGIE
n. a wrangle, a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. to wrangle, to bandy words, to carry on a useless controversy ...1856 Sc.
BARGING
n. scolding in an abusive manner ...1892 Eng. dial.
BARGLE
n. a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. to wrangle, to bandy words, to carry on a useless controversy ...1856 Sc.
BAR-GOWN
n. a lawyer's gown; fig. a lawyer ...1664
BARGUM
n. a bargain ...1905 Amer. dial.
BAR-HEAD
n. a horse that cannot be trained to work or to be ridden ...1950 Amer. cowboy usage
BAR HOG
n. a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
BAR HUSTLER
n. a male prostitute who solicits his customers in bars ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BARI
n. a fool; one who has newly arrived at a township from the countryside ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
BARICK
n. a hill ...1916 Amer. dial.
BARISH
adj. scanty, rather bare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARK
n. 1. outer covering; outside, external part ...c1374 arch.
n. 2. † the rind, husk, or shell of fruit and grains ...1377
n. 3. a rowing boat; formerly a large flat boat, a barge ...1598 now poetic
n. 4. the skin, epidermis ...1721 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a box or receptacle, formerly made of bark, used for holding candles or candle-ends ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 6. † a scalp ...1848 Amer. dial.
n. 7. an Irishman ...1869 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a cough ...1871 colloq.
n. 9. the sound of cannon-firing ...1871
n. 10. the hard outside of cooked or uncooked meat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 11. the scab formed over a wound or sore ...1923 Sc.
n. 12. any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust ...1925 Amer. logging usage
n. 13. the hull of a walnut ...1941 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. †* to embark ...1592
vb. 2. of dirt: to clot, to harden, to encrust, to adhere ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to call out or 'spiel ' at the entrance of a cheap shop or show to attract customers ...19C
vb. 4. to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade ...1850
vb. 5. to cough ...1871 colloq.
vb. 6. to boast, to 'crow' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to complain about an assignment or duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 8. to scalp ...1958 Amer. dial.
BARK AGAINST THE MOON
vb. to clamour or agitate to no effect; to protest in vain ...1655
BARK AT THE MOON
vb. to clamour or agitate to no effect; to protest in vain ...1655
BARK-EATER
n. 1. in logging: a logger; a sawmill hand ...1958 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a porcupine ...1969 Amer. dial.
BARKED
adj. bald ...1958 Amer. dial.
BARKEEP
n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARKEN
n. an enclosed space or yard; a farmyard ...1671 Eng. dial.
vb. of blood or dirt: to clot, to become hardened, or encrusted ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BARKER
n. 1. † a tanner; a worker with leather ...1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a noisy assailant ...1483
n. 3. one who 'barks' at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside; an auction-room or shop tout ...1699
n. 4. a pistol ...1815 sl.
n. 5. a cannon ...1842 sl.
n. 6. a dog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a big artillery gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 8. a cougher ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 9. one who complains ...World War II Amer. sl.
BARKER'S EGG
n. dog excrement, esp. when very old ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
BARKER'S NEST
n. a pile of dog excrement ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
BARKING
adj. insane, mad ...1968 Brit. sl.
n. 1. angry or assailing outcry ...1549
n. 2. harsh coughing ...1813
BARKING AND FLEEING
phr. spending one's property in a prodigal way; on the verge of ruin
BARKING DOGS
n. tired or aching feet ...1939 Amer. jocular
BARKING IRON
n. a pistol ...1791 Ireland cant
BARKING MAD
adj. absolutely crazy, highly eccentric, insane, mad ...1900s sl.
BARKING SPIDER
n. 1. the audible breaking of wind ...1980s US college sl.
n. 2. the anus ...1990s sl.
BARKING WOLF
n. † a coyote ...1867 Amer. dial.
BARKLE
vb. of dirt: to cake, to encrust, to adhere ...1874 Eng. dial.
BARKLOVES
n. bare feet; used jokingly ...1929 Sc.
BARL
n. a barrel ...c1820 Amer. dial.
BARLA-FUMBLE
n. † a call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or play; also used improperly for a fall or tumble ...a1550 Scot
BARLEY
n. a truce, a rest ...1814 Sc.
vb. to claim by right of first choice, to bespeak ...1865 Eng. dial.
int. a cry for truce in a game, used by children when a short rest or break is wanted ...1814 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
BARLEY-BAIRN
n. a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-BIRD
n. 1. the Ray's wagtail, Motacilla flava ...1883 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the common gull, Larus canus ...1885 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the nightingale ...1882 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the siskin, Chrysomitris spinus ...1887 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the wryneck, Jynx torquilla ...1889 Eng. dial.
BARLEY BLIND
adj. † intoxicated ...1796 sl.
BARLEY-BREE
n. malt liquor, esp. whisky or ale ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BARLEY BRIGHT
n. a children's game of chase ...1966 Amer. dial.
BARLEY-BROO
n. malt liquor, esp. whisky or ale ...1724 Sc.
BARLEY-BROTH
n. 1. strong ale ...1593
n. 2. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLEY-BUGGLE
n. a scarecrow ...1880 N. Ireland
BARLEY-BUMP
n. a sluggard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-CAP
n. † a tippler ...1598
BARLEY-CHILD
n. a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-CORN
n. beer or ale ...19C Eng. dial.
BARLEYCORN SPRINTS
n. dysentery following a drunk ...1858 Amer. loggers' usage
BARLEY-FEVER
n. 1. illness caused by drinking to excess ...1828 Sc.
n. 2. intoxication ...1828 Sc.
BARLEY-FUMMEL!
int. † the call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or fighting ...1827 Sc.
BARLEY-HOOD
n. a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking ...a1529
BARLEY-ISLAND
n. † an ale-house ...a1640
BARLEY JOHNNY
n. whisky ...1891 Sc.
BARLEY JUICE
n. 1. beer ...L17 sl.
n. 2. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLEY ME!
int. in children's games: that's mine! ...1956 Amer. dial.
BARLEY-MOOD
n. a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking; barley-hood ...1790
BARLEY OUT!
int. in children's games: a call for truce ...1917 Amer. dial.
BARLEY-SICK
adj. 1. † intoxicated ...c1440
adj. 2. sick from excessive drinking ...Bk1911 Sc.
BARLEY-SOWER
n. the common gull, Larus canus ...1887 Eng. dial.
BARLEY-STRAW
n. a trifle ...a1721
BARLEY-UNCTION
n. † malt liquor; whisky ...1746 Sc.
BARLEY WATER
n. 1. beer ...L17 sl.
n. 2. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLEY WINE
n. whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARLIC
adj. † angry, drunken ...1790 Sc.
BARLIC-HOOD
n. a fit of obstinacy or violent ill temper; also, a state of drunkenness ...1728 Sc.
BARLING
n. † a pole ...1611
BARLOW KNIFE
n. a single-bladed pocket knife ...1779 Amer. dial.
BARM
n. 1. † a bosom, a lap ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. † the froth or 'head' of beer when poured out ...c1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. †* edge, brim ...c1340
n. 4. yeast ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. nonsense; foolish talk ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 6. a large quantity ...1924 Amer. dial.
BARMAN
n. † a pleader at the bar; a barrister ...1657
BARM-CLOTH
n. an apron ...c1000
BARMECIDAL
adj. like the Barmecide's feast; imaginarily satisfying or sumptuous; unreal, illusory ...a1845
BARMECIDE
n. one who offers benefits that are illusory or disappointing ...1713
BARM-FEL
n. a leather apron ...c1350
BARM-HATRE
n. † an apron ...c1300
BARM-HEAD
n. a soft, foolish person ...1865 Eng. dial.
BARMIE
adj. 1. fermenting with thought ...1786
adj. 2. passionate ...1808 Sc.
adj. 3. flighty, foolish ...1824 Sc,
BARMING
n. interest arising from money ...1823 Sc.
BARMPOT
n. a foolish person ...1951 Brit. sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
BARM-SKIN
n. a leather apron ..1594 Eng. dial.
BARMSTICK
n. a person of weak intellect ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARMY
adj. 1. flighty; passionate; irascible ...1808 Sc.
adj. 2. silly, weak-minded, half-witted ...1824 sl.
adj. 3. crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
adj. 4. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. a fool, a simpleton ...1887 Eng. dial.
BARMY-BRAINED
adj. foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed ...1824 Sc.
BARMY-FACED
adj. having a foolish or silly expression ...1724 Sc.
BARMY-FROTH
n. a flighty, empty-headed fellow; a simpleton ...1599
BARMY IN THE CRUMPET
adj. crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
BARNABEE
n. the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNABY
n. an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARNABY BRIGHT
n. St. Barnabas' Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the 'longest day' ...1670
BARNABY DAY
n. St. Barnabas' Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the 'longest day' ...1650
BARNABY THE BRIGHT
n. St. Barnabas' Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the 'longest day' ...1595
BARNACLE
n. 1. †* one who speaks through his nose ...1591
n. 2. a companion or follower that sticks close, and will not be dismissed; a constant attendant ...1607
n. 3. a pickpocket ...M19 cant
n. 4. an incorrigible person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a prostitute ...E20 US sl.
BARNACLED
adj. wearing spectacles ...1878 colloq.
BARNACLES
n. spectacles ...1571 colloq.
BARNAGE
n. 1. † childhood, infancy ...c1325
n. 2. † a military company, army, followers ...1790 Sc.
BARNARD
n. † the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper ...1532
BARNAUGH-BLOW
n. the goal or winning stroke ...Bk1898 Ireland
BARN-BOSS
n. 1. a horsekeeper ...1902 US
n. 2. a dominating wife ...1969 Amer. jocular
BARN BURNER
n. 1. a kitchen match; a wooden match which can be struck on any surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a highly successful or enjoyable occasion ...1968 Amer. dial.
BARN CHAMBER
n. a barn loft ...1838 Amer. dial.
BARNDOOK
n. a gun; a rifle ... Amer. World War I sl.
BARN-DOOR
n. 1. a target too large to be easily missed ...1547
n. 2. in cricket: a player that blocks every ball ...1679
n. 3. a triangular tear in a piece of cloth ...1865 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1885 Amer. dial.
int. hello, good day; (French 'bonjour') ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BARN-DOOR BRITCHES
n. a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1885 Amer. dial.
BARN-DOOR PANTS
n. a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1940 Amer. dial.
BARNDOOR-SAVAGE
n. a clodhopper; a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNET
n. the head ...1969 Brit. sl.
BARNEY
n. 1. humbug, cheating ...1865 sl.
n. 2. nonsense, foolery ...1868 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a prize-fight ...1882 sl.
n. 4. a disturbance, dispute, altercation, an argument, a row ...1888 Eng. dial.
n. 5. an error, a mistake, a blunder; a piece of bad workmanship ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. an unattractive male ...20C teen & high school sl.
n. 7. trouble ...1980s rhyming sl. (Barney Rubble)
vb. to argue ...1876 Brit., Aust. & NZ sl.
BARNEY BEE
n. the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNEY CLAPPER
n. 1. sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
n. 2. the lily of the valley ...1904 Amer. dial.
BARNEY DILLON
n. a shilling ...1930s Irish & Sc. rhyming sl.
BARNEY-GUN
n. an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
BARNEYING
n. nonsense, foolery ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNEY MAGUIRE
n. a fire ...20C Aust. & US rhyming sl.
BARNEY MOKE
n. a pocket ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'poke'
BARNEY RUBBLE
n. trouble ...1980s rhyming sl.
BARNEY'S BULL
n. 1. a worthless person or thing ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. nonsense, rubbish ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
BARN FLY
n. a rustic person; one from a rural area ...1970 Amer. dial.
BARN-GUN
n. an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
BARNISH
vb. to grow fat; to 'fill out'; to look sleek and smooth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNISHED
adj. fat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARNISH YOU!
int. a mild imprecation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARN MONEY
n. in horse racing: money bet by purportedly informed track insiders ...1994 US sl.
BARN'S-BREAKING
n. a mischievous action; an idle frolic ...1822 Sc.
BARN-SITE
n. anxiety about children ...1863 N. Eng. dial.
BARNSTAPLE FAIR WEATHER
n. cold, wet, windy weather ...1893 Eng. dial.
BARNSTORMER
n. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
BARNUMISM
n. exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk ...1862
BARNUMIZE
vb. to exhibit with a lavish display of puffing advertisements ...1851
BARNYARD
adj. smutty, obscene ...20C US sl.
BARNYARD BEAUTY
n. a buxom rustic beauty ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARNYARD BED
n. a bed that is made up the wrong way as a joke, as concealing beans and rice under the lower sheet ...1950 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD EXPRESSION
n. coarse or vulgar language; slang ...1968 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD GOLF
n. the game of quoits or horseshoes ...1929 Amer. dial. jocular
BARNYARD PIPE
n. a corncob pipe ...1970 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD PREACHER
n. an unprofessional or part-time lay preacher ...1805 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD RELATION
n. a distant relation ...1967 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD SALAD
n. manure ...1968 Amer. dial.
BARNYARD TROTS
n. diarrhoea ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAR OF SOAP
n. in dominoes: the double blank ...1959 US sl.
BARON
n. an army commander ...1919 sl.
BARON NABBEM
n. a constable ...1830 US sl.
BAR PIG
n. a gelded hog ...1915 Amer. dial.
BARR
n. a mixture of codeine-infused cough syrup and soda ...1998 US drugs sl.
vb. † to utter the peculiar cry of an elephant ...1653
BARRACE
n. 1. † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
n. 2. †* a hindrance, obstruction, delay ...1480
BARRACK
n. † a temporary hut or cabin, as for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. ...1686 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
vb. to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
BARRACKER
n. a braggart ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
BARRACK-HACK
n. a soldier's prostitute; a camp follower ...19C Brit. sl.
BARRACKING
adj. bantering ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
n. bragging, boastfulness ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
BARRACKS 13
n. the guardhouse ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARRACK SCHOOL
n. a disparaging term applied to a large district school for poor-law children ...1894
BARRACKS FATIGUE
n. a loafing in quarters ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARRACOON
n. a rough barrack, set of sheds, or enclosure in which Black slaves (originally), convicts, etc., are temporarily detained ...1851
BARRACUDA
n. 1. a violent, aggressive criminal ...1930s US sl.
n. 2. a domineering, argumentative person ...1950s US sl.
n. 3. a predatory homosexual, desperate to obtain a desired partner no matter what it takes ...1960s US sl.
n. 4. a sexual enthusiast, esp. female ...1970s US sl.
n. 5. a nasty woman ...1980s US college sl.
BAR RAG
n. a regular in a given bar ...1919 US sl.
BARRAGE
n. a party where a jug is produced and the spirited contents trickle musically into the glasses ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARRAKIN
n. unintelligible language ...M19
BARRANCA
n. a deep gully or ravine ...1836 Amer. dial.
BARRANCO
n. a bluff or the steep bank of a river ...1892 Amer. dial.
BARRAT
n. 1. † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
n. 2. † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
n. 3. † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing ...1340
vb. †* to quarrel, strive, brawl ...1600
BARRATER
n. † a brawler; an inciter to lawsuits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARRATOR
n. 1. † one who fights; esp. a hired bully ...a1400
n. 2. a person who buys or sells ecclesiastical preferments; a simonist; one who buys or sells offices of state ...1427
n. 3. † a quarrelsome person; one given to brawling and riot; a rowdy ...c1440
n. 4. a ship's master who commits 'barratry' (see Marine Law definition) ...1847
n. 5. a judge who takes bribes ...1864
n. 6. † an inciter to lawsuits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARRATOUS
adj. † contentious, quarrelsome ...1430
BARRATRESS
n. †* a female fighter, an amazon, a virago ...1583
BARRATROUS
adj. in Marine Law: of the nature of barratry, fraudulent ...1842
BARRATRY
n. 1. the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferment, or of offices of state ...1427
n. 2. in Marine Law: fraud, or gross and criminal negligence, on the part of the master or mariners of a ship, to the prejudice of the owners, and without their consent; e.g. dishonestly sinking, deserting, or running away with the ship, or embezzling the cargo ...1622
n. 3. the offence of habitually exciting quarrels, or moving or maintaining lawsuits; vexatious persistence in, or incitement to, litigation ...1645
n. 4. in Sc. law: the acceptance of bribes by a judge ...1773
BARRED
adj. striped, streaked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARRED CAT
n. a tabby-cat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARREL
n. 1. the contents of a barrel; intoxicating liquor ...c1300
n. 2. the belly and loins of a horse, ox, etc. ...1703
n. 3. the curve of the surface of a road ...1800 Eng. dial.
n. 4. money for use in a political campaign, esp. for corrupt purposes ...1884 US political sl.
n. 5. a tablet of LSD; usually in the plural ...1971 US sl.
n. 6. in pool: a betting unit; 'if you have $1000 and you're playing for $100 a game, you're packing ten barrels' ...1990 US sl.
vb. to drink to excess; to consume 'barrel's of drink ...20C US sl.
BARREL-ASS
n. a fat person ...1940s US sl.
vb. to rush headlong, to charge at; to drive fast ...1960s US sl.
BARREL-BELLIED
adj. having a round and protuberant belly; corpulent ...1697
BARREL-BOARDER
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARREL-BREASTED
adj. round-chested ...1884 Sc.
BARREL-CAMPAIGN
n. a political contest in which bribery is lavishly employed ...1884 US
BARREL DOSSER
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARRELET
n. † a little barrel or cask ...1611
BARREL-FEVER
n. 1. sickness caused by excessive drinking ...1791 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a hangover ...19C sl.
n. 3. the delirium tremens ...19C sl.
n. 4. a name for the cause of death when a lethal dose of alcohol has been ingested ...19C sl.
BARREL HOUSE
n. a low-class drinking-saloon ...1888 US
BARREL-HOUSE BUM
n. a beggar drunkard ...M20 US sl.
BARREL-HOUSE DRUNK
adj. heavily intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 US sl.
BARREL-HOUSE STIFF
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARRELLED
adj. drunk ...1910s US sl.
BARRELLED UP
adj. drunk ...1910s US sl.
BARRELLIE
n. a short, thickset person ...1910 Sc.
BARREL OF FAT
n. a hat ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
BARREL OF TREACLE
n. love, esp. the outward signs of being in love ...L19 sl.
BARRELS
n. the drug LSD ...1970s drugs sl.
BARREL SHOP
n. a low-class drinking-saloon ...1904 US
BARREL-SICK
adj. drunk ...c1770 Sc.
BARREL STIFF
n. an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
BARREL-STOMACHED
adj. having a well-rounded belly ...1884
BARREL-TEARS
n. ale ...1864 Eng. dial.
BARREL-WASH
n. illicitly distilled liquor ...1980s Can. sl.
BARREN
n. 1. † one who bears no children; a barren woman or animal ...c1420
n. 2. † a drove of mules ...1486
vb. † to make barren, unfruitful, or sterile ...1581
BARRENHOOD
n. † barrenness ...c1380
BARRENIZE
vb. † to make barren or sterile ...1649
BARREN JOEY
n. a prostitute ...1940s Aust. sl.
BARRENTY
n. † unproductiveness ...1382
BARREY HOG
n. a castrated hog ...1927 Amer. dial.
BARRICADO
n. 1. any barrier or obstruction to passage ...1611
n. 2. † a natural frontier or boundary line ...1644
BARRICO
n. a keg, a small cask or barrel ...1607
BARRIE
adj. fine; big; smart in appearance ...1923 Sc.
n. a woman's petticoat ...a1714 Sc.
vb. to thrash ...1908 Sc.
BARRIER
n. 1. † a fortified frontier; a frontier generally; a name formerly given to a district which commanded the frontier of the Netherlands ...1709
n. 2. a bar ...1910s Aust. sl.
BARRIER REEF
n. the teeth ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
BARRIKET
n. † a small cask; a firkin ...1611
BARRIKIN
n. 1. high-flown language; unintelligible language; gibberish, jargon ...1851 Eng. sl.
n. 2. a hawker's sales patter ...M19 sl.
n. 3. chatter ...L19 sl.
BARRIO
n. a Spanish-speaking community or neighbourhood in an American city; a Latino or Chicano district ...1939 Amer. dial.
BARRIQUET
n. † a small cask; a firkin ...1611
BARRISTRATION
n. the action of a barrister ...1837 nonce word
BARRISTRESS
n. a woman barrister ...1898
BAR-ROOM
n. a bunk-room in a logging-camp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BAR ROOM MAN
n. in logging: the chore boy around the camp who cut fuel, filled wood boxes, swept bunkhouses, washed blankets, fed pigs ...1938 US lumberjacks' usage
BARROW
n. 1. † a mountain, a mount, a hill or hillock ...c885
n. 2. † a castrated boar, a swine ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. † a mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave; a grave-mound, a burial mound; a tumulus ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. †* a badger ...1552
n. 5. a large heap of stones ...1781 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a grove, copse, dingle ...1795 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a mound or heap ...1869 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a police van ...1940s Aust. sl.
n. 9. a second-hand motorcar ...1950s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to carry in a wheelbarrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to take home a drunkard, who is reclining or passed out, in a wheelbarrow ...M19
BARROW-BACKED
adj. bent from heavy work, such as wheeling barrows ...1885 Eng. dial.
BARROW-BUNTER
n. † one employed in wheeling a barrow; a female costermonger ...1771
BARROW-GUTTLINGS
n. pig's chitterlings; intestines, bowels ...1575
BARROW JOCKEY
n. one who pushes a wheelbarrow ...Bk1944 service sl.
BARROW-MAN
n. 1. a convict under sentence of transportation ...E19 sl.
n. 2. a lame beggar carried from house to house in a barrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARROW-PIG
n. the smallest pig of a litter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARROW PIT
n. a roadside drainage ditch ...1931 Amer. dial.
BARROWS
n. a loan, esp. of money ...1990s W. Indies sl.
BARROW-TRAM
n. a raw-boned person; a gaunt person ...1815 Sc.
BARRUH
n. a castrated hog ...1922 Amer. dial.
BARRY
n. a fool; one who has newly arrived at a township from the countryside ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
BARS
n. 1. a rest from work ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. peace, truce ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BARSE-ACKWARDS
adv. backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1975 Amer. dial.
BARSELETTE
n. † a hunting dog, a hound ...c1340
BARSK
adj. harsh, husky ...Bk1898 Sc.
BARST
n. a loud noise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAR STEWARD
n. a person who serves drinks in a bar; a bartender ...1888
BARTARIAN
n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BARTER
n. in cricket: a half-volley; a hard hit ...1859-1864 Eng. sl.
vb. in cricket: to hit half-volley ...1859-64 Eng. sl.
BARTERY
n. 1. † traffic by exchange, barter ...1570
n. 2. † wares for barter or exchange ...a1638
BARTH
n. † a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAR THE DICE
vb. † to declare the throw void ...1673
BARTHLESS
adj. houseless ...1886 Eng. dial.
BAR TOAD
n. a man who goes into a saloon and squats there like a toad on a rock ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
BARTOLIST
n. † a student of Bartolo, an eminent Italian lawyer born 1313; one skilled in the law ...1602
BARTON
n. 1. a farmyard; the outbuildings at the back of a farmhouse ...1552
n. 2. † an enclosure for poultry; a pen ...1552
n. 3. a large farm, esp. the demesne lands of a manor; a farmhouse ..1790 Eng. dial.
BARUKHZY
n. the Afghan hound ...1895
BARVEL AND BOOTS
n. a little frosting on the cake; a special consideration ...1975 Amer. dial.
BARY
vb. †* to utter the peculiar cry of an elephant ...1594
BAS
n. † a kiss ...c1450
BASACKWARDS
adv. done the wrong way ...E20 US colloq. & sl.
BASAL
adj. fundamental ...1865
BASALLY
adv. as a basis, fundamentally ...1882
BA-SANG!
int. an exclamation of surprise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASARE
n. † an executioner ...c1375
BAS BLEU
n. † a 'blue-stocking'' a literary lady ...1801
BASCAL
n. a member of the Basque community; used as an affectionate nickname ...1931 Amer. dial.
BASCAUDAL
adj. pert. to a basket or basket-work ...1870
BASCO
n. a member of the Basque community; used as an affectionate nickname ...1967 Amer. dial.
BASE
adj.1. low; of small height ...1393 arch.
adj. 2. † occupying a low position; low-lying; of lower situation than neighbouring parts ...c1440
adj. 3. low in the social scale, of lowly condition, plebeian; belonging to the 'lower orders' ...1490 arch.
adj. 4. † low, below it's usual height ...1525
adj. 5. † deep-coloured, dark ...1533
adj. 6. illegitimate, bastard ...1570-87
adj. 7. †* of price: low, cheap ...1599
n. 1. † bass, a fish ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. † the smallest kind of cannon used in the 16th-17th centuries; diameter of bore 1.25 in., weight 200 lb., weight of shot 0.5lb ...1544
n. 3. † a bastard ...1591
n. 4. † an apron ...c1605
n. 5. † bastardy; illegitimacy ...1611
n. 6. lines sung by the chorus in gospel singing ...1863 Amer. dial.
n. 7. the starting line in marble games ...1967 Amer. dial.
n. 8. basic cocaine from which the hydrochloride has been removed ...1982 US drugs sl.
n. 9. amphetamine ...2001 drugs sl.
vb. 1. † to lower, to bring, cast, or lay down ...c1375
vb. 2. † to lower in rank, condition, or character; to debase, to humble, to depose, to degrade ...1538
vb. 3. † to lessen in amount or value, to depreciate ...1581
vb. 4. to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone ...1970 Amer. Black usage
vb. 5. to smoke freebase cocaine ...1987 US drugs sl.
BASEBALL BAT
n. the penis ...1999 Aust. sl.
BASEBALL BUM
n. in craps: the number nine ...1949 US sl.
BASEBALLER
n. 1. one who plays baseball ...1888
n. 2. a drug user who smokes freebase cocaine ...1992 US sl.
BASEBALLING
n. the use of 'free base,' a form of pure cocaine ...1970s US drugs sl.
BASEBALLIST
n. one who plays baseball ...1868
BASEBALL TEAM
n. a group of gambling cheats who work in casinos ...1987 US sl.
BASE-BEGOTTEN
adj. born out of wedlock ...1793 Amer. dial.
BASE-BEGOTTEN CHILD
n. an illegitimate child ...20C US colloq.
BASEBORN
adj. born out of wedlock ..1946 Amer. dial.
BASE-CHILD
n. an illegitimate child ...1689 Eng. dial.
BASE CRAZIES
n. obsessive searching behaviour for the smallest particle of cocaine or crack experienced by freebase cocaine users ...1989 US drugs sl.
BASED
adj. † lowered ...1592
BASE HEAD
' n. a regular smoker of freebase cocaine ...1986 US drugs sl.
BASEKEEPER
n. in various children's games: "it"; the person who must chase or catch the other players ...1966 Amer. dial.
BASEL
vb. to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASE LINE
n. the starting line in marble games ...1967 Amer. dial.
BASELING
n. †* a base creature ...1618
BASELY
adv. 1. † in a low position, low down ...c1500
adv. 2. † in a low tone, softly, quietly ...1562
adv. 3. † in humble rank of life; illegitimately ...1583
adv. 4. † at small value or esteem, meanly; cheaply ...1584
BASEMAN
n. in various children's games: "it"; the person who must chase or catch the other players ...1966 Amer. dial.
BASEMENT
n. a toilet room in a public school ...1966 Amer. euphemism
BASENESS
n. 1. † illegitimacy of birth ...1605
n. 2. † lowness or feebleness in sound; deepness in tone ...1609
BASER
n. 1. † an executioner ...c1375
n. 2. in gospel singing: a member of the chorus; also, lines sung by the chorus ...1867 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a user of freebase cocaine ...1989 US drugs sl.
BASERY
n. †* base dealing, dishonourable practice ...1637
BASE-SON
n. an illegitimate son ...19C Eng. dial.
BASES-OUT!
int. in marbles: a call for permission to kick one's shooter away from an undesirable position such as being by a tree or a wall ...1963 Amer. dial.
BASETRY
n. † ambassadry; the mission of function of an ambassador ...1462
BASH
adj. shy, bashful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial..
n. 1. a heavy blow ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a dint caused by a blow ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 3. the palm of the hand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the front of the head of a bull or a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a good time; a spree; a party ...1948 sl., orig. US
vb. 1. † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to be ashamed or abashed ...c1460
vb. 3. to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to lose flesh, to become sickly, to fall off in appetite, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASHAW
n. a grandee; a haughty, imperious man ...1593
BASH AWAY
vb. to work vigorously ...1881 Eng. dial.
BASHED
adj. 1. † abashed, disconcerted, dismayed ...c1440
adj. 2. bruised, dinted ...1856 Eng. dial.
BASHEDNESS
n. † abashment, bashfulness ...c1440
BASHER
n. 1. one who gives, or strikes with, a smashing blow; a pugilist ...1882
n. 2. a lecher, a fornicator ...E20 Brit. sl.
n. 3. someone with the stated duties, occupation, etc., as a 'cookhouse basher' ...1940 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
BASHFUL
adj. 1. † wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed ...1552
adj. 2. † exciting a feeling of shame ...1559
BASHFULLY
adv. † without self-possession; with misgiving or dismay ...1552
BASHING
n. arduous work, esp. of the specified sort ...1940 Brit. services' sl.
BASHLESS
adj. † unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold ...1578
BASHMENT
n. † confusion from surprise or sudden check; discomfiture, shame ...c1325
BASH-RAG
n. †* ? a ragamuffin ...c1600
BASH SOMEONE'S EAR
vb. 1. to talk incessantly ...1940s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
vb. 2. to subject to one's opinions, grievances, etc. ...1940s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
BASH SOMEONE UP
vb. to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1954 Brit. sl.
BASH THE BISHOP
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BASH THE CANDLE
vb. to masturbate ...1990s sl.
BASH THE LIVING MOSES OUT OF
vb. to beat severely ...M19 sl.
BASH THE PRIEST
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BASH THE SPINE
vb. to idle, to waste time, to loaf around ...1940s Aust. sl.
BASH THE STICK
vb. to masturbate ...1950s Aust. sl.
BASH UP
vb. 1. to beat up, to thrash ...1920s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
vb. 2. to make, to create ...1940s NZ sl.
vb. 3. to hurt ...1960s sl.
BASHY
adj. 1. fat, swelled ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. amazing, wonderful ...1990s sl.
BASIAL
adj. pert. to kissing ...Bk1888
BASIATE
vb. † to kiss ...1623
BASIATION
n. kissing ...1879
BASIC
adj. unexciting, unexceptional, uneventful ...1970s sl.
BASIE
n. a baseball bat ...1990s sl.
BASIL
n. † an 'iron' or fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner ...1592
BASIL BRUSH
n. marijuana ...1996 UK sl.
BASILEAN
n. †* a Royalist ...c1645
BASILEIOLATRY
n. king-worship ...1872 nonce word
BASIL-HAMPERS
n. 1. a person of short stature, taking short steps, who proceeds slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a female whose attire falls awkwardly round her feet ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASILIC
adj. † kingly, royal, sovereign ...1728 ?obs. rare
n. orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1727-51 arch.
BASILICA
n. orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1541
BASILICAL
adj. kingly, royal, regal ...1652
BASILICOCK
n. † a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal; a basilisk ...1340
BASILISCAN
adj. * pert. to a basilisk, as 'basiliscan eyes' ...c1600
BASILISCINE
adj. * pert. to a basilisk ...1855
BASILISCO-PROOF
adj. proof against eyes, even those of a basilisk; unabashed, shameless ...1649
BASILISK
n. 1. a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal ...a1300
n. 2. a large cannon, generally made of brass, and throwing a shot of about 200 pounds weight ...1577
BASILISKIAN
adj. pert. to a basilisk ...1828
BASIMECU!
int. kiss my ass! (French 'baise mon cul') ...17C Brit.
BASIN
n. 1. † a helmet ...c1300
n. 2. † the hollow part of a plate or dish ...1662
BASIN CROP
n. a close haircut ...World War II Amer. sl.
BASING
n. 1. †* foundation, base ...c1325
n. 2. † abasing, debasement ...1581
BASIS
n. 1. the bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot ...1571 arch.
n. 2. † a pedestal ...1601
n. 3. † the base of a pillar ...1677
BASK
adj. 1. † bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of fruit: sharp, bitter, rough to the taste ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of weather: very dry ...1893 Sc.
vb. 1. † to bathe, esp. in warm water or liquid; hence, to be suffused with, or swim in, blood, etc. ...1393
vb. 2. to beat severely ...1878 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to cough asthmatically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to parch, to shrivel with heat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKE
vb. † to strike with a bruising blow ...1642
BASKED
adj. parched, dry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKET
n. 1. the stomach ...1895 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the female genitals ...20C US sl.
n. 3. a leaky vessel ...1903 Amer. dial.
n. 4. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl., euphemism of 'bastard'
n. 5. the male genitals considered as a package; the bulging of the genitals when contained in any garment constructed like an athletic supporter ...M20 US homosexual sl.
n. 6. a person who can't keep a secret ...1975 Amer. dial.
vb. to reject as unsuitable ...1867
BASKET BUGGY
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKET CARRIAGE
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKET CASE
n. someone who has lost all four limbs ...1919 sl., orig. US military
BASKET DAYS
n. warm weather when clothing revealing the outline of the male genitals is likely to be worn ...M20 US homosexual usage
BASKETED
adj. 1. abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
adj. 2. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BASKETEER
n. a passenger in the 'basket' of a stage-coach (basket - the overhanging back compartment on the outside of a stage-coach) ...1866 nonce word
BASKET FOR DAYS
phr. a catch phrase describing large male genitals ...M20 US homosexual usage
BASKET-FORTUNE
n. a small fortune ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKETLE
n. a basketful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASKET-MAKER
n. the vagina; hence, a woman in a sexual context ...L18 sl.
BASKET-MAKING
n. copulation ...L18 Brit. sl.
BASKET MAN
n. a graft collector for a criminal gang ...1930s US criminals' sl.
BASKET NAME
n. a nickname given to a child at birth ...1949 Amer. dial.
BASKET OF ORANGES
n. an attractive woman ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
BASKET PARTY
n. a man with large genitals ...1970s US homosexual sl.
BASKET PHAETON
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKET PICNIC
n. staring at other men's genitals while wandering the streets ...1940s homosexual sl.
BASKET-SCRAMBLER
n. † one who scrambles for the dole from a basket, i.e. who lives on charity ...1647
BASKET WAGON
n. a horse-drawn vehicle with a wicker body ...1863 Amer. dial.
BASKING
n. 1. a beating, a thrashing, flagellation ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a drenching in a heavy shower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASON-CROP
n. the method of cutting the hair all round alike ...1648 Eng. dial.
BASS
adj. † low in sound, barely audible, soft ...c1450
n. † a kiss ...c1450
vb. † to kiss ...c1500
BASS-ACKARD(S)
adv. backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1931 Amer. colloq.
BASS-ACKWARD(S)
adv. backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels ...1930 Amer. colloq.
BASSADE
n. † the mission or function of an ambassador; an ambassador and his suite ...c1532
BASSALON
n. a ragged man ...1952 Amer. dial.
BASSAND
adj. of animals: having a white spot or streak on the face ...1725 Sc.
BASSATOUR
n. † an ambassador ...c1400
BASSE
n. † a kiss ...c1450
vb. † to kiss ...c1500
BASSER
n. † a kisser ...1552
BASSET
n. † the mission or function of an ambassador; an ambassador and his suite ...1458
BASSIE
n. 1. an old horse ...1789 Sc.
n. 2. a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
BASSING
n. † kissing ...1552
BASSOCK
vb. to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
BASSOCKING
n. a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAST
adj. † bastard, illegitimate ...c1330
n. 1. † bastardy, illegitimacy ...1297
n. 2. sanctuary, refuge, asylum ...1894
BASTA!
int. † enough! no more! ...1596
BASTANT
adj. † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
BASTARD
adj. 1. of a child: puny, small, ill-formed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of trees: female ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a child born of unlawful sexual intercourse; a child conceived in haste, as on a bed-roll ...13C
n. 2. a term of reproach for a mischievous or worthless boy ...1830 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1830 sl.
n. 4. a gelding ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. an ill-thriven tree or shrub ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. something unpleasant or undesirable ...1938 sl.
vb. 1. to declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate ...1549
vb. 2. † to beget a bastard ...Bk1888
BASTARD BREAD
n. bread made with half meal and half flour ...1965 Amer. dial.
BASTARDED
adj. † illegitimate, unfathered ...1579
BASTARDICE
n. † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
BASTARDING
n. 1. † the act of declaring a child illegitimate ...1563
n. 2. † the begetting of a bastard ...1677
BASTARDISE
n. † illegitimacy; falsity ...1579
BASTARDISM
n. illegitimacy ...1589
BASTARDIZE
vb. 1. to make degenerate, to deteriorate, to debase ..1587
vb. 2. †* to beget a bastard ...1605
vb. 3. to declare or stigmatize as bastard ...1611
BASTARDLINESS
n. †* bastardly or illegitimate quality ...1656
BASTARDLY
adj. 1. † of bastard sort; mongrel, base-born ...1552
adj. 2. † unlicensed, unauthorized; counterfeit, spurious ...1586
adj. 3. † degenerate, debased, corrupt ...1587
BASTARDRY
n. † illegitimacy ...1483
vb. † to declare illegitimate ...1644
BASTARDY
n. 1. the condition of a bastard; illegitimate birth ...1292
n. 2. begetting of bastards, fornication ...1577
n. 3. † bastards collectively, bastard brood ...1599
BASTE
n. a blow ...1861 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog, to cudgel ...1533
vb. 2. to conquer, to overcome ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASTE A PERSON'S BACON
vb. to strike or thrash him ...B1900
BASTED
adj. 1. intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 US sl.
adj. 2. drug intoxicated ...M20 US drugs sl.
BASTER
n. 1. a stick or cudgel; a heavy blow ...1726
n. 2. something remarkably large for its type ...c1900 Amer. dial.
BASTERLY-GULLION
n. † the illegitimate child of one who is himself illegitimate ...1790 Eng. dial.
BASTI
n. a refugee ...1913
BASTICK
n. a basket ...1842 Eng. dial.
BASTILE
n. the workhouse ...1859 Eng. dial.
BASTILLE
n. 1. a prison ...1790
n. 2. the workhouse ...1859 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to fortify a castle ...1480
vb. 2. to confine in a bastille; to imprison ...1742
BASTIMENT
n. 1. † military supplies, stores, provisions ...1598
n. 2. † a building, a wall ...1679
n. 3. † a ship, a vessel ...1740
BASTINADE
n. 1. an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
n. 2. a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
n. 3. a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
vb. to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
BASTINADO
n. 1. a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ...1577 arch.
n. 2. a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ...1594 arch.
n. 3. a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
n. 4. an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ...1726
vb. 1. to beat with a stick; to thrash, to thwack ...1614 arch.
vb. 2. to beat or cane on the soles of the feet ...1688
BASTINADOING
n. cudgelling, thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet ...1614
BASTING
n. a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing ...1590
BASTING BIG
adv. very big; exceptionally large ...1900 Amer. dial.
BASTISH
adj. of persons: obstinate ...Bk1898 Sc.
BASTO
n. the skirt of a saddle; also, the leather lining of a saddle ...1881 Amer. dial.
BASTON
n. 1. † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
n. 2. † a stanza, or verse ...a1300
n. 3. † in cards: a club ...1593
vb. † to beat with a staff or cudgel ...1593
BASTONADE
n. 1. a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
n. 2. a beating with a stick; a cudgelling ... 1660 arch.
n. 3. an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
vb. to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
BASTONATE
vb. †* to beat with a staff or cudgel ...1604
BASTOUS
adj. of persons: obstinate ...Bk1898 Sc.
BASTRICH
n. a curse and a nickname for a despised person ...20C US sl.
BASTY
adj. of weather: droughty and ungenial ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BASUCO
n. coca paste, the basic ingredient in the manufacturing process of cocaine; hence, cocaine ...1984 US drugs sl.
BAT
n. 1. † a lump, a piece, a bit ...c1340
n. 2. a firm blow as with a staff or club; a stroke...a1400
n. 3. a log for burning ...1782 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the long handle or staff of a scythe ...1793 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a heavy laced boot, with hobnails ...1863 Eng. dial.
n. 6. the stroke of a clock ...1873 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a moth ...1882 N. Ireland
n. 8. a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a child's shoe, made without a welt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 10. a fragment, a remnant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a river-island ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 12. dark specks which appear floating before the eyes when the sight is impaired ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a low prostitute; one who moves about at night ...19C Brit. & US sl.
n. 14. a drunken spree ...1848 US sl.
n. 15. a dollar ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
n. 16. a loose woman ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
n. 17. an unpleasant or despicable female ...1906 sl.
n. 18. a drunkard ...20C US sl.
n. 19. the penis, esp. the erect penis ...E20 US sl.
n. 20. a disorderly or dissolute person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 21. a foolish, thoughtless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 22. a girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 23. an attractive young woman ...20C US sl.
n. 24. an ugly old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 25. a short time, a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 26. a pool or billiards cue ...1970 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
vb. 2. to triumph, to exult ...1867 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to walk at a quick pace ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. of persons: to beat the arms across the breast for the sake of warmth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. of a bird: to beat the wings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to press down, to flatten, to compress ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to wink; to shut the eyes ...1845 Amer. dial.
vb. 8. to masturbate ...L19 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to open and close ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BAT, THE
n. the colloquial speech or language of a foreign country ...1892
BATA
n. a child, boy or girl ...1972 Hawaii
BATABLE
adj. † debatable, disputed ...1453
BAT ABOUT
vb. to move or go about erratically ...1931 Amer. dial.
BAT ALONG
vb. to move or go about erratically ...1911 Amer. dial.
BATAND
adj. † hastening, in haste ...1330
BATARDIER
n. † a plantation of young grafted trees intended to be transplanted into gardens ...1725
BAT A STICKY WICKET
vb. to be at or have a disadvantage ...Brit. sl.
BATAUNTLY
adv. † hastily, pressingly, eagerly ...1393
BAT-BLIND
adj. blind as a bat in the sunlight ...1834
BAT CAVER
n. a person dressed in black ...20C teen & high school sl.
BATCH
n. 1. † the process of baking ...1440
n. 2. † bread ...1648
n. 3. of persons: a set, a clique, a family ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a bachelor ...M19 US colloq.
n. 5. a number; a quantity; a lot; a great many ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
n. 6. a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a sandbank or small hill lying within or near a river ...1873 Eng. dial.
n. 8. the palm of the hand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a bout or turn of drinking, card-playing, gossip, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 10. a pack of cards ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATCHED UP
adj. said of a man and woman who are not married but live together as if they were ...1970 Amer. dial.
BATCHELDER
n. a bachelor ...1725 Amer. dial.
BATCHELOR'S FARE
n. bread and cheese and kisses ...L18 sl.
BATCHELOR'S SON
n. an illegitimate child ...L17 sl.
BATCHIE
n. a baker ...Bk1898 Sc.
BATCHING
n. an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATCH UP
vb. to mend hastily or unskilfully ...1966 Amer. dial.
BATCHY
n. 1. a room where a man lives alone or brings women for sex ...1996 Guyana
n. 2. a small house occupied by a single man ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
BATCRAP
n. lies, nonsense, rubbish ...1940s US sl.
BATE
n. 1. † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. † the grain of wood or stone ...1664 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. † depression, lowering ...1686
n. 5. † that which is deducted or remains over ...1798
n. 6. a fit of anger or bad temper; a rage; a tantrum ...1857 sl.
n. 7. a habit, custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to beat down or away; to put an end to ...c1300
vb. 3. † to come to an end, to cease ...c1325
vb. 4. to lower, to let down; to cast down, to humble, to depress, to deject ...c1380
vb. 5. † to lower in amount, weight, estimation, to reduce ...c1460
vb. 6. † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. † to flutter, to struggle; to be restless or impatient ...1592
vb. 8. † to become dejected, to be depressed ...1608
vb. 9. † to omit, to leave out of count, to except ...a1611
vb. 10. † to be deficient in ...1633
vb. 11. to make a reduction in price, to lower a bargain; to cause to reduce ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 12. to reduce a workman's wages; esp. to make deduction on account of careless work, etc. ...1869 Eng. dial.
vb. 13. of the moon: to wane ...1885 Eng. dial.
vb. 14. in knitting: to decrease the number of stitches, to narrow ...1887 Eng. dial.
vb. 15. of the wind: to diminish; to fall off ...1939 Amer. dial.
BATE AN ACE
vb. to abate a jot or tittle; to make the slightest abatement ...a1600
BATED
adj. of fish: in good condition, plump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATE DOWN
vb. to haggle, to force the seller to lower his price ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATEFUL
adj. † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
BATELESS
adj. † that cannot be 'bated' or blunted; unalterably keen ...1593
BATELLE
n. † a small boat, a skiff ...1330
BATEMENT
n. reduction, lessening, diminution ...1677 arch.
BATER
n. a lane leading to a high road ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATES
n. a potential victim, a confidence man's dupe ...1920s US criminals' sl.
BATEY
adj. angry ...1921 Brit. sl.
BAT-EYE
n. a bruise near the eye ...1954 Amer. dial.
BAT-EYED
adj. near-sighted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAT-FOWLER
n. † a swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous ...1602 sl.
BAT-FOWLING
n. † swindling, victimizing the simple ...1602 sl.
BATFUL
adj. † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1549
BATH
n. 1. † a spring of water (chiefly hot or impregnated with minerals) suitable for bathing ...864
n. 2. † the immersion or washing of baptism ...c885
n. 3. † the water of baptism ...971
n. 4. a sow ...1804 Eng. dial.
vb. to rub liniment or lotion upon the body ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHE
vb. to wither ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHER
n. † a bath-keeper, or attendant at a bath ...1636
vb. 1. to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat down; to spread abroad ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to scrape together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. of birds: to take a dust bath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHERS
n. low raillery ...1768 Sc.
BAT HIDE
n. paper money, esp. a $1 bill ...L19 US sl.
BATH OF BIRTH
n. the vagina ...19C literary euphemism
BATH OF BLOOD
n. carnage ...1882
BATHONIAN
adj. pert. to the city of Bath ...1766
BATHOS
n. 1. ludicrous descent from the elevated to the commonplace in writing or speech; anti-climax ...1727
n. 2. depth; lowest phase, bottom ...1758
n. 3. a 'come-down' in one's career ...1814
BAT-HOUSE
adj. crazy, mad, insane ...20C sl.
n. (as 'bat house')
n. 1. a brothel ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. a psychiatric institution ...1900s US tramps' sl.
BATHROOM STATIONERY
n. a roll of toilet paper ...Bk1944 service sl.
BATHSHEBA
n. one who frequents homosexual bath-houses ...1970s US homosexual sl.
BATH TUB
n. a motorcycle sidecar ...Bk1944 service sl.
BATHTUB GIN
n. homemade alcohol, perhaps approximating gin ...1974 US sl.
BATHTUB HOOCH
n. illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
BATHTUB SCUM
n. an unpleasant person ...1980s US college sl.
BATHTUB SLOP
n. illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
BATHTUB SPEED
n. methcathinone ...1998 US drugs sl.
BATHUKOLPIAN
adj. * deep-bosomed ...1825
BATHUKOLPIC
adj. deep-bosomed ...1872
BATH WITH A PATH, THE
n. an outside toilet building ...1967 Amer. dial.
BATHY
adj. 1. damp, moist ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of food: moist, sodden ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATHYBIAL
adj. belonging to or living in the deepest parts of the sea ...1876
BATHYCOLPIAN
adj. * deep-bosomed, big-breasted ...1825
BATI
n. the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
BATIE
adj. round; plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 1. a hare ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 2. large dog of any species ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 3. term of contempt for a man ...Bk1911 Sc.
BATIE-BUM
n. † a lazy or inactive fellow; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler ...a1550 Sc.
BATIE-BUMMIL
n. † an inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler; a simpleton; a fool...a1550 Sc.
BATI-MAN
n. a homosexual ...1955 Jamaica
BATING
prep. abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except ...1568
n. 1. haggling, beating down in price ...1851 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a falling off, diminution ...1875 Eng. dial.
BATLING
n. * a small stick, a fagot ...1864 Eng. dial.
BAT-MAKER
n. one who makes children's shoes ...1849 Eng. dial.
BATMAN
n. 1. a man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer ...1809
n. 2. a variety of LSD identified by the printed bat-logo ...1996 UK sl.
n. 3. a variety of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy, identified by the embossed Batman motif ...2002 UK sl.
n. 4. cocaine ...2002 UK sl.
n. 5. heroin ...2002 UK sl.
BAT-MINDED
adj. mentally blind ...1869
BAT-MOUSE
n. a bat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAT NAKED
adj. completely naked ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAT OF AN EYE
n. a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BATON
n. 1. † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
n. 2. a staff or stick generally; a walking-stick ..1801
vb. to strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel ...c1580
BAT ONE'S EYES LIKE A FROG N A HAILSTORM
vb. to blink often ...1965 Amer. dial.
BAT ONE'S EYES LIKE A TOAD N A HAILSTORM
vb. to blink often ...1965 Amer. dial.
BAT ONE'S MOUTH
vb. to talk ...1920s US sl.
BATOON
n. 1. a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
n. 2. a pool or billiards cue ...1806 Amer. dial.
vb. to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
BAT OUT
vb. on the railways, to switch cars quickly and expertly ...1977 US sl.
BAT PAD
n. in cricket: a fielder positioned close to the facing bat ...1989 Aust. sl.
BATPHONE
n. a police radio; the police personal radio system ...1977 UK sl.
BATRACHOMYOMACHY
n. the battle of the frogs and mice, a mock heroic poem, possibly of the Homeric age ...Bk1888
BATRACHOPHAGOUS
adj. frog-eating ...1825
BATRACHOPHOBIA
n. the fear of or morbid aversion to frogs, toads, and newts ...1863
BAT ROUND
vb. to move or go about erratically ...1907 Amer. dial.
BATS
adj. 1. crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree ...1911 UK sl.
adj. 2. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a beating ...1788 Eng. dial.
n. 2. † cricket ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a pair of bad boots ...M19 sl.
n. 4. a deck-landing officer on an aircraft carrier ...1962 UK sl.
BAT'S BALLS
n. the very best, the ultimate ...1960s US sl.
BATSELBOOM
n. a somersault ...1968 Amer. dial.
BATSH
n. in caving and pot-holing: bat excreta ...2004 UK sl.
BATSHIT
adj. crazy, out of control, angry ...1970 US sl.
n. 1. lies, nonsense, rubbish ...1940s US sl.
n. 2. an insane person ...1960s sl.
vb. 1. to gossip, to chatter inconsequentially ...1960s US sl.
vb. 2. to tell lies; to tease; to confuse with false information ...1960s US sl.
BATSO
adj. crazy, eccentric ...1970s US sl.
BATSOME
adj. †* of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1555
BAT SOMEONE'S EAR
vb. to pester, to nag ...1940s US sl.
BATT
n. a spree or frolic ...1878 US sl.
BATTABLE
adj. † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1570-87
BATTAILANT
adj. † engaged in battle; prepared for battle; combatant, warlike, fighting ...1591
n. † one who does battle; a combatant ...1620
BATTAILLEROUS
adj. † fond of fighting, warlike ...c1480
BATTAILOUS
adj. fond of fighting; ready or eager for battle; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious ...c1380 arch.
BATTED
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BATTEN
vb. 1. to grow better, or improve in condition; of animals esp., to improve in bodily condition by feeding, to feed to advantage, to thrive, to grow fat ...1591
vb. 2. to feed gluttonously on; to glut oneself; to gloat or revel in ...1602
vb. 3. to thrive, to grow fat, to prosper, esp. in a bad sense, at the expense or to the detriment of another; to gratify a morbid mental craving ...1605
vb. 4. of a man: to live off the earnings of a prostitute ...1964 Aust. sl.
BATTENING
adj. feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat; thriving, healthy ...1593
n. a bringing-up, thriving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTER
n. 1. soft, moist dirt; filth ...1790 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a heavy blow or series of blows ...1823 Sc.
n. 3. a spree ...1839 sl.
n. 4. a pancake ...1966 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a street running up a hillside, usually rather narrow ...c1975 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a board used to cover a window before a hurricane or storm ...1982 Bahamas
vb. 1. to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter ...c1325
vb. 2. to subject persons, opinions, etc. to heavy, crushing, or persistent attack ...1578
vb. 3. of rain: to beat against anything; to drive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to pelt with stones ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to labour or walk at a great rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to splash with mud ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to beg on the street ...1950 US sl.
BATTERABLE
adj. that can be battered or bruised by beating ...1611
BATTER BREAD
n. cornbread made with eggs and milk ...1897 Amer. dial.
BATTERCAKE
n. 1. fried cornmeal ...1833 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a pancake ...1840 Amer. dial.
BATTERDASHER
n. †* a weapon of offense ...1696
BATTERED
adj. 1. tired, overcome by walking or labour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. drunk ...Bk1942 sl.
BATTERFANG
vb. † to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter; to assail violently ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
BATTERFANGED
adj. bruised, beaten, scratched ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTERFANGING
n. a sound beating or scratching ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTERING
n. a hastening ...1895 Eng. dial.
BATTERING-STOCK
n. a scapegoat who gets the blows or reproaches due to another ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTERLASH
n. a small-witted person; a foolish or gullible person ...1867 Eng. dial.
BATTER THE BISHOP
vb. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
BATTERY
n. 1. † the beating of drums ...1591
n. 2. † a mark of beating; a wound or bruise ...1592
n. 3. an embankment ...1799
n. 4. a concealed device for giving an electric shock to a horse in a race ...1936 Aust. sl.
vb. to knock; to hit; to knock down ...2002 UK sl.
BATTERY ACID
n. 1. coffee ...1941 US sl., orig. military
n. 2. grapefruit juice or sour lemonade ...1945 US sl.
n. 3. LSD ...1998 UK sl.
BATTERY GIRL
n. a prostitute who is subject to a controlling supply of drugs, etc., and consequently is managed and kept in a similar way to a battery hen ...1968 UK sl.
BAT THE BREEZE
vb. to talk ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAT THE EARS
phr. said of a rabbit or other animal when it lays its ears close to the body ...1892 Amer. dial.
BATTING
n. a beating, castigation ...1863 Eng. dial.
BATTING AND BOWLING
n. bisexual sexual activity ...1984 UK sl.
BATTING ONE'S GUMS
phr. talking for the sake of talking ...1950 Amer. dial.
BATTING-STOCK
n. a scapegoat, one who takes the blows due to another ...1684 Eng. dial.
BATTING-STONE
n. a scapegoat, one who takes the blows due to another ...1843 Ireland
BATTISM
n. †* tautological repetition; battology ...1617
BATTLE
adj. fat, thickset ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. 1. a 'beetle' for battling clothes ...1915 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an unattractive woman ...1948 US sl.
n. 3. a public house ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'boozer' (battle cruiser)
n. 4. a children's card game, more commonly known as 'war'; two players each have one deck of 52 decks; each player simultaneously turns the top card face up; the player who turns over the higher denomination wins both cards ...1967 Amer. dial.
n. 5. in a betting operation: the eternal plus-and-minus relationship between bettors and the betting operation ...1989 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. † of men and animals: to grow fat, to thrive ...1575
vb. 2. † to become fertile and fruitful ...1576
vb. 3. to clean soiled clothes by beating them with a paddle (or 'battle'] after removing them from boiling water ...1883 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to struggle for a living, to work hard despite troubles and exhibit courage in doing so ...1895 Aust sl.
vb. 5. to attempt to make a living a the racecourse, either by running or gambling on horses ...1895 Aust. sl.
vb. 6. to besmear with mud; to walk about a room with dirty feet ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. 7. to work as a prostitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
vb. 8. to wash thoroughly ...1949 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to have sex; to impregnate someone ...1998 NZ sl.
vb. 10. to attack someone verbally ...1998 US sl.
vb. 11. to break-dance competitively with the object of demonstrating the most individual style ...1999 US sl.
vb. 12. to compete in a public demonstration of DJ skills or to establish a sound-system's superiority; to compete in rap performance; to compete in graffiti skills ...2000 US sl.
BATTLE AND CRUISER
n. a public house ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'boozer
BATTLEAXE
n. (derogatory) a domineering woman; an old or elderly woman who is variously characterized as resentful, vociferous, usually arrogant and no beauty ...1896 sl., orig. US
BATTLE BOWLER
n. a steel helmet ...World War II Amer. sl.
BATTLE BREAKFAST
n. steak and eggs ...World War II Amer. Navy sl.
BATTLE-COCK
n. a fighting cock ...1605
BATTLE CRUISER
n. 1. a public house ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'boozer
n. 2. an aggressive, mannish lesbian ...1982 US sl.
n. 3. a formidable older woman ...1984 UK sl.
BATTLED
adj. bespattered with mud; trampled down ...1820 Sc.
BATTLEDORE
n. † a horn-book; a teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn ...1697 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. to drive, toss, or fly to and fro ...1858
BATTLEDORE BOOK
n. † a horn-book; a teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BATTLEDORE-BOY
n. † one learning his a b c's; an abecedarian ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BATTLED UP
adj. untidy, in a mess or litter ...Bk1898 Sc.
BATTLEFUL
adj. †* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449
BATTLE-HAMMED
adj. having thick or deformed hips ...1727 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
BATTLE-HEAD
n. a stupid person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTLE-HEADED
adj. stupid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATTLE OF HASTINGS
adj. history, in the past ...2002 UK sl.
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
n. an effort to lose weight ...1956 US sl.
BATTLER
n. 1. one who battles or fights; a warrior, a fighter ...c1300
n. 2. a boxer ...1891 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a gambler who tries to make a living by gambling; a habitual punter who is always struggling; also, a struggling horse owner-trainer ...1895 Aust. sl.
n. 4. a person who struggles to make a living ...1896 Aust. sl.
n. 5. a prostitute, esp. a self-managed prostitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
BATTLE ROYAL
n. a fight in which several combatants engage; hence, a general squabble ...1672
BATTLE SCAR
n. a bruise on the skin caused by sucking ...1982 Hawaii youth usage
BATTLESHIP
n. 1. a powerful and domineering woman ...1931 US sl.
n. 2. a railway coal tender ...1946 US sl.
BATTLESHIPS
n. 1. large feet ...1886 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a pair of shoes or galoshes, esp. of a large size ...1886 Amer. sl.
BATTLESOME
adj. 1. † nutritious ...1627
adj. 2. * given to fighting, quarrelsome ...1877
BATTLE THE IRON MEN
vb. in horse racing: to bet using pari-mutuel machines ...1951 US sl.
BATTLE THE WATCH
vb. to do one’s best in difficulty circumstances ...World War II Amer. sl.
BATTLE-TWIG
n. an earwig ...1790 Eng. dial.
BATTLE WAGON
n. an expensive car ...1943 UK army sl.
BATTLE-WRIGHT
n. † a warrior ...a1300
BATTLING
adj. 1. † nutritious to man; nourishing, making to grow or thrive ...1555
adj. 2. struggling to eke out a living; going through hard times ...1895 Aust. sl.
BATTLING BLOCK
n. a bench-like wooden stand with a flat surface on which clothes are beaten in washing ...1845 Amer. dial.
BATTLING SONS OF THE AIR
n. airmen ...World War II Amer. sl.
BATTLING STICK
n. a paddle-shaped piece of wood used to beat dirt out of soiled
clothes after removing them from boiling water ...1851 Amer. dial.
BATTOLOGIST
n. one who needlessly repeats the same thing ...1653
BATTOLOGIZE
vb. to keep repeating a word or phrase; to repeat words or phrases with needless iteration ...1634
BATTOLOGY
n. a needless and tiresome repetition in speaking of writing ...a1603
BATTOON
n. a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1899 Amer. dial.
BATTRY
n. a tea-kettle ...Bk1898
BATTUE
n. wholesale slaughter, esp. of unresisting crowds ...1864
BATTY
adj. 1. eccentric, odd, insane, crazy ...1903 US sl.
adj. 2. bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a rabbit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. workmen's wages, perquisites ...Bk1898 sl.
n. 3. the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
n. 4. homosexuality ...2000 UK Black sl.
BATTY BOY
n. a homosexual ...1992 UK sl.
BATTY-BREADS
n. cornbread pancakes ...1906 Amer. dial.
BATTY BWAI
n. a homosexual ...1992 UK sl.
BATTY BWOY
n. a homosexual ...1992 UK sl.
BATTY-MOUSE
n. a bat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BATWING
n. 1. paper money, esp. a $1 bill ...L19 US sl.
n. 2. (as 'bat wing') a half-pint flask, esp. of bootleg liquor ...1950 Amer. dial.
BAUBEE
n. a trifle, anything of little value ...1906 Amer. dial.
BAUBLE
n. 1. † a child's plaything or toy ...c1460
n. 2. a childish or foolish matter of affair; a piece of childish foolery ...1579
n. 3. † a childish or foolish person; a silly trifler ...a1606
n. 4. a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
vb. † to trifle ...1608
BAUBLE-BEARER
n. a court-fool or jester ...1535
BAUBLERY
n. † childish foolery; trifling business ...1583
BAUBLING
adj. † trifling, contemptible, paltry, insignificant ...1601
BAUCH
adj. 1. weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
adj. 2. unpleasant to the taste ...1706 Sc.
adj. 3. not good, sorry, indifferent ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 4. weak, tired out, exhausted ...1819 Sc.
adj. 5. abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
n. the belly, the stomach ...1939 Amer. dial.
BAUCHLE
n. 1. an old shoe used as a slipper, or worn down at the heel, which causes the wearer to shamble ...1787 Sc.
n. 2. an awkward, clumsy person ...1790 Sc. & Ireland
n. 3. an unimportant or worthless person or thing; a ne'er-do-well ...1820 Sc.
vb. 1. † to subject to disgrace or ignominy; to vilify; to treat contemptuously ...c1470 Sc.
vb. 2. to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape ...1856 Sc.
BAUCHLING
n. reproaching, taunting ...1835 Sc.
BAUCHNESS
n. 1. want, defect of any kind, indifference ...1727 Sc.
n. 2. backwardness or lowness arising from timidity ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAUD
n. an article of clothing; a suit of clothes ...1898 Sc.
vb. † to befoul or dirty ...c1529
BAUDE
adj. †* joyous, gay ...c1400
BAUDERIE
n. † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
BAUDERY
n. † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
BAUDRONS
n. a familiar name for a cat ...c1450 Sc.
BAUDY KNIGHT
n. a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...L17 sl.
BAUGE
n. a swaggering boastfulness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAUGER
adj. †* barbarous ...1544
BAUGH
adj. weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent ...a1560 Sc.
vb. † to bark, as a dog ...1639
BAULK
n. 1. † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
n. 2. † a slip, a mistake, a blunder ...c1430
n. 3. † a dividing ridge of land; an isthmus; a bar of sand, etc. ...1538
n. 4. † a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle ...1549
n. 5. † an omission; an exception ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 6. a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
n. 7. a disappointment ...1733
vb. 1. † to pass by a place; to avoid in passing; to shun ...1484
vb. 2. † to miss by error or inadvertence ...1579
vb. 3. † to meet arguments with objections; to quibble, to bandy words ...1596
BAULKY
adj. anxious to avoid one, to get out of the way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAULTERING
adj. † moving unwieldily, floundering ...a1704
BAUM
vb. to bask in the sun or by the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAUSAND
adj. † of animals: having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face ...c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAUSE
vb. †* to kiss ...1607
BAUSON
adj. big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a badger ...c1325 arch.
n. 2. a fat, clumsy, or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
n. 3. a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person ...1830 Eng. dial.
n. 4. an ugly person; any ugly thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a stupidly persistent man ...19C arch.
BAUSOND
adj. † of animals: having white spots on a black or bay ground; having a white patch on the forehead, or white stripe down the face ...c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAUSON-FACED
adj. fat-faced ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAUSY
adj. large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
n. a big, fat person or animal ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAUTIE
adj. guileful ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAVARDAGE
n. idle talk, prattle, chattering ...1835
BAVER
n. slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal ...1691 Eng. dial.
BAVIN
n. 1. a bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as was used in baker's ovens, differing from a fagot in being bound with only one withe or band instead of two ...1528
n. 2. brushwood, firewood ...1577
BAVISH
vb. † to drive away ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAW
vb. 1. † to bark, as a dog ...1576
vb. 2. to lull to sleep ...1706 Sc.
int. an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or contempt ...1377
BAWAW
n. a ludicrous term for a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAWBEE
n. 1. a Scotch coin of base silver equivalent originally to three, and afterwards to six, pennies of Scotch money, about a halfpenny of English coin; hence, later, a halfpenny, a 'copper' ...1542 Sc.
n. 2. a trifle; anything of little value ...1953 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a wise and compassionate grandmother ...1982 Amer. dial.
BAWBEES
n. money ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAWBELL
n. a flame, a blaze ...1891 Eng. dial.
BAWBRIE
n. a great noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
BAWBY
n. a baby ...1527 Sc.
BAWCOCK
n. 1. a fine fellow; a good fellow; a jolly fellow; a burlesque term of endearment ...1599 arch.
n. 2. a foolish person ...1795 Eng. dial.
BAWD
n. 1. † a hare ...1785 Eng. dial.
n. 2. sticky dirt, as black cart-grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to befoul or dirty, to soil ...c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to pander ...1651 arch. or obs.
BAWDACIOUS
adj. thorough, remarkable ...1896 Amer. dial.
BAWDEFY
vb. †* ? to make gay, to deck ...1562
BAWDINESS
n. 1. † dirtiness; dirt, filth ...1552
n. 2. lewdness, obscenity ...1731
BAWDISH
adj. †* obscene, filthy ...1572
BAWDREAMINY
n. bawdry ...1608 nonce word
BAWDRESS
n. † a woman bawd ...1569
BAWDRONS
n. the cat ...c1450 Sc.
BAWDRY
n. 1. the practice of a bawd; the business of providing opportunities for sexual immorality ...c1374 arch.
n. 2. † unchastity, fornication ...1460
n. 3. † finery ...a1529
n. 4. lewdness in speech or writing; lewd, obscene, or filthy talk, etc. ...1589 arch.
n. 5. † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
BAWDSTROT
n. † a bawd, male or female; a pander, a procuress ...1362
BAWDY
adj. 1. † soiled, dirty, filthy ...1377
adj. 2. pert. to or fitting a bawd; lewd, obscene, unchaste; chiefly applied to language ...1513
adj. 3. † of language: vile, abominable, barbarous ...1519
n. lewd, obscene language, lewdness, obscenity ...1698
vb. † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
BAWDY BACHELOR
n. a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...L17 sl.
BAWDY BANQUET
n. whoremongering ...M16 sl.
BAWDY BASKET
n. a female beggar who sells obscene literature, as well as pins, ballads, and other goods ...1567 UK criminals' sl.
BAWDY-HOUSE
n. a brothel ...1552
BAWDY-HOUSE BOTTLE
n. 1. a particularly small bottle ...L17 sl.
n. 2. the very last bottle of a drinking session ...L17 sl.
BAWDY-HOUSE GLASS
n. a small glass ...E19 sl.
BAWDY KEN
n. a brothel ...E19 sl.
BAWF
adj. well-grown, robust, fine, stout ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAWF-FACED
adj. fat-faced, ruddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAWHAWDER
n. any great soldier ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
BAWK
vb. to cry out, to shout ...1847 Eng. dial.
BAWKEN
n. a soft or innocent youth ...1890 Ireland
BAWKER
n. one who cheats at bowls ...L16 sl.
BAWL
vb. 1. † to bark or howl as a dog; to give mouth or tongue as an animal ...1563
vb. 2. of cows: to utter loud noises, usually of distress; to low ...1868 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly ...M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 4. to complain about one's problems, esp. financial ...20C UK Black sl.
vb. 5. to confess ...20C UK Black sl.
vb. 6. to exclaim from shock, disbelief, or surprise ...20C UK Black sl.
vb. 7. to suck; to swallow ...1930s sl.
vb. 8. of a hunting dog: to bay ...1968 Amer. dial.
BAWLA
n. one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
BAWLBABY
n. a crybaby; a tattletale ...1937 Amer. dial.
BAWLER
n. 1. a declamatory preacher; used contemptuously ...1656
n. 2. a hawker who cries his wares in the street ...1877 Eng. dial.
BAWLEY
n. a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf ...1954 Amer. dial.
BAWLING
adj. † of dogs, etc.: howling, yelping ...1594
n. † the howling or yelping of dogs, wolves, etc. ...c1440
BAWLING-HOUND
n. a hunting dog; one which bays when trailing coons, possums or foxes ...1929 Amer. dial.
BAWLING OUT
n. a reprimand; a telling-off, a scolding ...20C sl.
BAWL OFF
vb. to scold ...1874 Eng. dial.
BAWL-OUT
n. 1. anything that creates suspicions in a watcher or listener ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
n. 2. a reprimand or instance of reprimanding; a criticism, an accusation, a scolding ...1915 US sl.
n. 3. something visually exciting ...1990s W. Indies sl.
vb. (usually as 'bawl out')
vb. 1. to announce oneself; to reveal something ...M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly ...1899 sl., orig. US
vb. 3. of a hunting dog: to bay ...1926 Amer. dial.
BAWL-UP
vb. to shut up; to stop talking ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
BAWLY
n. a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf ...1954 Amer. dial.
BAWLY-IKE
n. a complaining person; a nuisance; a whinger ...1935 Amer. dial.
BAWM
vb. to dress up, to adorn ...1790 Eng. dial.
BAW-PA
n. a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
BAWSIE
n. a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
BAWSON
adj. big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of contempt for a fat or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
n. 3 a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person ...1830 Eng. dial.
n. 4. an ugly person; any ugly thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
BAWSTROP
n. † a bawd, male or female; a pander, a procuress ...1362
BAWSY
n. 1. an old horse ...1789 Sc.
n. 2. a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAWTIE
n. a dog ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BAWTRY
adj. dirty, dauby ...1850 Eng. dial.
BAWTY
n. 1. a dog, especially a large one ...c1536 Sc.
n. 2. a hare ...c1536 Sc.
n. 3. a term of contempt for a man ...19C Sc.
BAW-WAW
adj. † vainly or contemptibly noisy ...1570
n. † the barking of a dog ...1576
int. † an exclamation of contempt ...1599
BAWZE
vb. †* to exclaim, to shout ...1677
BAX!
int. dirty! filthy! often used as a warning to children ...1982 Amer. dial.
BAXEN
n. stockings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAXTER
n. † a baker; occasionally a female baker ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAXTER-CHAP
n. a baker's boy or apprentice ...1827 Sc.
BAXY!
int. dirty! filthy! ...1939 Amer. dial.
BAY
n. 1. † a berry, a small fruit, esp. used of that of the laurel or bay-tree ...1398
n. 2. †* a small ball, a globule ...c1420
n. 3. a squirrel's nest ...1788 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland
n. 5. an unseemly mass ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. 1. to bend ...1747 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to raise the voice loudly, generally in weeping ...Bk1898 Sc.
vb. 3. to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 4. to entice or lure ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAY AND A GRAY
n. in poker: a bet involving a red chip (the bay) and white chip (the gray) ...1951 US sl.
BAYAO
n. 1. a Filipino ...1954 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a brother-in-law or sister-in-law ...1972 Amer. dial.
BAYARD
n. 1. a bay horse ...1330 arch.
n. 2. one blind to the light of knowledge, who has the self-confidence of ignorance ...a1529
BAYARDISM
n. † ignorant presumption ...1624
BAYARDLY
adj. † characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance ...1636
adv. † with blind self-confidence ...1624
BAYARD OF TEN TOES
n. the human feet, 'shanks' mare ...1616
BAYAW
n. a brother-in-law or sister-in-law ...1972 Amer. dial.
BAY BED
n. a post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as supports ...1981 Amer. dial.
BAYED
adj. † surrounded, enclosed ...1577
BAY-ICE
n. ice thin enough to bend ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAYLE
n. a dance or ball, esp. one at which Spanish or Mexican folk dances are performed ...1844 Amer. dial.
BAYLET
n. a little bay ...1826
BAY-MAN
n. 1. an inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay ...1773 US Hist.
n. 2. a sick-bay nurse ...1888 US nautical
BAYONET
n. 1. † a short, fat dagger ...1692
n. 2. a soldier ...US Civil War usage
n. 3. a hypodermic needle ...1986 US drugs sl.
BAYONET COURSE
n. hospital treatment for venereal diseases ...World War II Amer. sl.
BAY STATE
n. 1. the State of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ...1883
n. 2. any standard medical syringe ...1973 US drugs sl.
BAYSWATER CAPTAIN
n. a sponger, one having no ostensible means of living ...1880 sl.
BAZE
n. confusion, bewilderment ...1833 Sc.
vb. † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BAZED
adj. stupefied; stupid; confused, bewildered ...1706 Sc.
BAZIL
n. a sot, a drunkard ...1820 Sc.
BAZONGAS
n. the breasts ...1972 US sl.
BAZONKAS
n. the breasts ...1972 US sl.
BAZOO
n. 1. idle, loud, or boastful talk ...Bk1892 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a person's mouth ...1904 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAZOOK
n. a person's mouth ...1950 Amer. dial.
BAZOOKA
n. 1. an extra-large, potent marijuana cigarette laced with cocaine ...1984 teen sl.
n. 2. cocaine, crack cocaine ...2003 UK drugs sl.
BAZOOKAS
n. 1. the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the breasts, esp. large breasts ...1963 sl.
BAZOON
n. the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
BAZOONGAS
n. the breasts ...1972 US sl.
BAZOO WAGON
n. a caboose ...1977 Amer. railroad usage
BAZUCA
n. the residue of smoked freebase cocaine, itself mixed with tobacco and smoked ...1984 US drugs sl.
BAZUCO
n. the oily substance in freebase cocaine ...1980s drugs sl.
BAZUKO
n. coca paste, the basic ingredient in the manufacturing process of cocaine; hence, cocaine ...1984 US drugs sl.
BAZZ
adv. suddenly, abruptly ...1861 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a blow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an average, unintelligent male ...1980s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to thrash, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to throw with force ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAZZER
n. a haircut ...2000s Irish sl.
BAZZIL-ARSED
adj. having fat buttocks ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BAZZLE
vb. 1. to drink immoderately; occasionally, to be gluttonous ...1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
BAZZOCK
vb. to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
BAZZOCKING
n. a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
B.B.
n. 1. a male homosexual (Bum Boy) ...20C sl.
n. 2. a bedbug ...1910s US sl.
B-BALL
n. basketball ...1960s US Black sl.
vb. to play basketball ...1990s US Black sl.
B.B.B. CROP
n. a very short haircut (Bad Borstal Boy) ...1940s UK prison sl.
B.B.-BRAINED
adj. stupid ...1960s US sl.
B BOY
n. 1. playful allusion to a mess sergeant ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 2. a rap music devotee (B = Beat) ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BOY STANCE
n. a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BROAD
n. a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting ...1930s sl., orig. US
B-CASE
n. a charge of soliciting ...1930s sl.
B.D.T.
n. diarrhoea (BackDoor Trot) ...1915 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO BITE A PUMPKIN THROUGH A RAIL FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1966 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A CRACK IN A BOARD FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1950 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1950 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1966 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN OFF A COB THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1978 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1985 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN-ON-THE-COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1980 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON BOTH EARS
vb. † to be free from anxiety ...a1663
BE ABRAM
vb. to be naked ...Bk1902 sl.
BEACH BUM
n. someone, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches ...1962 sl.
BEACH CLOUDS
n. long trailing clouds high in the sky ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEACHCOMB
vb. to search for female companionship ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH-COMBER
n. 1. a long wave rolling in from the ocean ...1847
n. 2. one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs ...1885 Eng. nautical sl.
n. 3. a sailor on shore leave ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 4. (usually as 'beachcomber') a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BEACH COMBERS
n. poor natives who live on the sea and what they can poach, steal, or smuggle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BEACHED
adj. without funds ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACHMAN
n. one who earns his living on the beach ...1881
BEACHMASTER
n. a sailor very fond of women ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH POUNDER
n. a member of the Coast Guard, i.e. one who patrols or ‘pounds’ the shore ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH WHISTLE
n. a tampon tube washed up on the beach ...20C teen & high school sl.
BEACHWOOD
n. driftwood ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEACON
n. 1. † a sign, a portent ...c950
n. 2. † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
n. 3. a sailor’s home ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
BEAD
n. 1. † a prayer ...c885
n. 2. in marbles: a cheap marble ...1958 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a squirt of tobacco juice ...1968 Amer. dial.
vb. † to pray ...1790 Eng. dial.
BE A DAG AT
vb. to be extremely good or expert at ...1890s Aust. sl.
BE-ADDLED
adj. confused, mixed up ...1917 Amer. dial.
BE A DEADER
vb. to be recently dead ...20C sl., orig. US
BEAD-FOLK
n. people who pray for a benefactor ...1465
BEADFUL
adj. † prayerful ...c1200
BEADHOUSE
n. 1. orig. a house of prayer, hence alms-house, the inmates of which were to pray for the soul of the founder ...c1160
n. 2. a workhouse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEADLE
n. 1. † one who makes a proclamation on behalf of another; a herald ...c1000
n. 2. † the crier or usher of a law-court; a town-crier ...c1400
n. 3. a person receiving parish alms ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEADLE
n. a beagle (dog) ...1930 Amer. dial.
BEADLESS
adj. of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
BEADLE STATE
n. Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAD LINE
n. the starting line a game of marbles ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEAD-MASTER
n. † a religious officer who attends to the poor, a deacon ...1579
BE A-DOING
vb. to do something merely to have something to do; to pass the time ...1902 Amer. dial.
BEAD-PULLER
n. a Roman Catholic ...1964 Amer. dial.
BE ADREAMED
vb. † to be visited by a dream, to dream ...1556
BEAD-ROLL
n. 1. † a list of persons to be specially prayed for ...c1500 obs. or arch.
n. 2. † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1529 obs. or arch.
BEAD-ROW
n. † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1576
BEADS
n. † prayers, devotions ...c885
BEADS BIDDING
n. the saying of prayers ...1387
BEADSMAN
n. 1. a man of prayer; one who prays for the soul or spiritual welfare of another ...c1230
n. 2. † a messenger ...1377
n. 3. one paid or endowed to pray for others; a pensioner or almsman charged with the duty of praying for the souls of his benefactors; hence in later times, in England, and almsman, an inmate of an almshouse ...a1524
BEAD-SONG
n. † a song of prayer ...c1200
BEADS-WOMAN
n. a woman who prays for a benefactor, an almswoman ...c1465
BEADY
adj. full of bubbles, frothy ...1881
BEAFT
prep. behind, in back of ...1945 Amer. dial.
BEAGLE
adj. ugly ...1720 Sc.
n. 1. one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
n. 2. an opprobrious epithet applied to a depraved, unmanageable, and troublesome person ...1744 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
n. 4. a oddly or grotesque dressed figure; a scarecrow ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. an oddly dressed figure ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 6. a racehorse ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
n. 7. a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
BEAGLE IT!
int. a mild imprecation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BE A GOOD SAILOR
vb. to be exempt from sea-sickness ...1833
BEAINER
n. a dog ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEAK
n. 1. the nose ...1715 sl.
n. 2. a magistrate or justice of the peace ...1791 Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 3. a schoolmaster ...1888 schoolboys' sl.
n. 4. the long snout of a fish ...1889
n. 5. the brim or peak of a hat or cap; also, the hat itself ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. the face ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 7. a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
n. 8. cocaine ...2001 UK sl.
vb. 1. to kiss ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to talk excessively, loudly, or maliciously; to 'peck' at someone ...1947 Amer. dial.
BEAK COVER
n. a gas mask ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BEAKER
n. 1. a large drinking vessel with a wide mouth, an open cup or goblet ...1348 now chiefly literary usage
n. 2. a fowl ...Bk1891 sl.
BEAKING-FULL
adj. full to repletion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAK-IRON
n. a cooper's anvil ...1795 Eng. dial.
BEAKS
n. † a pair of pincers, a forceps ...1656
BEAKY
adj. 1. having a prominent nose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. nosy, inquisitive ...2000s sl.
BEAKY LADY
n. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAKY MAN
n. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAL
n. 1. † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. the nose; a bird's bill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to swell with pain or remorse ...1768 Sc.
vb. 3. to bellow or roar as cattle; to shout ...1820 Eng. dial.
BE A LADDIE FOR
vb. to have a great liking for ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEALED
adj. festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BEALING
adj. 1. suppurating ...Bk1888
adj. 2. noisy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 1. † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. a noise, an uproar ...1865 Eng. dial.
BE A LITTLE UPON THE FAL-LAL
vb. † to border on the affected ...1754
BE ALKALIED
vb. to be an old timer of the desert in Arizona ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BE-ALL
n. that which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being ...1605
BE-ALL AND END-ALL, THE
n. something regarded as the most important element in something ...1854 sl.
BE ALL BUCKLED WITH ONE HASP
vb. not to be better than one another ...Bk1902 Sc.
BE ALL DAY WITH ONE
vb. to be a hopeless situation for someone ...1836 Amer. dial.
BE ALL EARS
vb. to give all one's attention; to listen intently ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
BE ALL FLUMMUXED UP
vb. to be confused ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
BE ALL MAN AND SHIRT
vb. to put on consequential airs; to be proud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL ON ONE SIDE LIKE MARTON CHAPEL
vb. to be much on one side ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES
vb. to be in a bad mood ...M19 sl.
BE ALL OVER SOMEONE
vb. 1. to display great or excessive affection ...1912 sl.
vb. 2. to be in close bodily contact ...M20 US sl.
BE ALL PISS AND WIND
vb. to be full of empty bravado ...1922 sl.
BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH
vb. of needlework: to be puckered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL WET
vb. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEALS
n. an idiot, an unsophisticated person ...1990s sl.
BEAM
n. 1. † a tree ...826
n. 2. † a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk ...c1000 poetic
n. 3. a bank of cloud ...1887 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the buttocks ...1929 sl.
vb. 1. † to shed light upon, to illumine ...c1430
vb. 2. of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea ...1825 Sc.
vb. 3. of a person: to smile radiantly ...1893
vb. 4. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 5. to ascertain what is happening ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 6. of a girl's nipples: to be erect ...1990s US juvenile sl.
BE A MAN OF MANY MORNS
vb. to be a procrastinator ...Bk1905 Sc.
BE A MAN OF ONE'S MEAT
vb. to have a healthy appetite ...1891 Sc.
BEAMED
adv. staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
BEAM-FILLED
adj. indulged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAMFUL
adj. luminous ...a1631
BEAMFULL
adj. full or overflowing ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEAMING HOT
adv. intensely hot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAMISH
adj. shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
BEAMLET
n. a little beam or ray of light ...1840
BEAMLING
n. † a little beam or ray of light ...1598
BEAM ON
vb. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
BEAMSOME
adj. † shedding beams, radiant ...1595
BEAMY
adj. 1. emitting beams of light, radiant ...1398
adj. 2. broad, wide, usually of a person; having a big backside ...1974 Amer. dial.
BEAN
n. 1. a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money ...1811 sl.
n. 2. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. the head ...1905 sl., orig. US
n. 4. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 5. one dollar, in coin or paper ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...20C US sl.
n. 7. a capsule of MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy ...2003 UK sl.
vb. to hit or strike someone on the head ...1910 sl., chiefly US
BEAN-BELLY
n. 1. a great eater of beans, a nickname of dwellers in Leicestershire ...1659
n. 2. a satirical epithet applied to Leicestershire ...1678 Eng. dial.
BEAN DAY
n. 1. a day when fishermen catch no fish and must eat beans as a substitute ...1918 Amer. dial.
n. 2. Saturday ...1926 Amer. dial.
BEANE
adj. † ready, willing ...a1400
BEAN EATER
n. 1. (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1919 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a Bostonian ...20C US sl.
BEANER
adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. something or somebody who is fine or excellent ...1911 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1965 Amer. sl..
BEANERY
n. a cheap restaurant ...1888 Amer. dial.
BEANERY QUEEN
n. a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial.
BEANEY
n. a small slingshot ...1949 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FEAST
n. 1. an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people ...1882
n. 2. a festive meal or other entertainment; in modern use, usually with the implication of indulgence at others' expense ...1897 Brit. sl.
BEAN-FED
adj. living on the best of everything ...1889
BEAN FLIP
n. a slingshot ...1962 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FLIPPER
n. a slingshot ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN-HEAD
n. a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1919 Amer. sl.
BEANIE
n. 1. a small or cheap marble ...1955 Amer. dial.
n. 2. in marbles: a shooter ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN JOCKEY
n. a table waiter, on kitchen police duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN KING
n. an Army mess officer ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN MASTER
n. the cook ...1944 Amer. dial.
BEANO
n. 1. a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal ...1888 sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEANPOLE
n. a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
BEANPOLISH
adj. tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEANS
n. 1. nothing; nonsense ...M19 US sl.
n. 2. money ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. ammunition ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
n. 4. a commissary sergeant ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
n. 5. a claim; rights; right of priority; 'dibs' ...1956 Amer. dial.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAN SHOOTER
n. 1. a slingshot ...1890 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a commissary officer ...Amer. World War I sl.
n. 3. a shotgun; a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a civilian dietician at Post ...Bk1944 service sl.
BEAN-SNAPPER
n. a slingshot ...1950 Amer. dial.
BEAN SPILLER
n. an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEANSTICK
n. a lanky fellow ...1823
BEAN-SWAUP
n. a useless person ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEAN-TOSSER
n. the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
BEANTOTE
adv. soon (French bientôt) ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAN TOWN
n. 1. Boston ...1927 criminals' sl.
n. 2. a part of town where poor people or foreigners live ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEANTOWN SPECIAL
n. Boston baked beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
BE A NUT ON
vb. to be erratic about ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEANY
adj. 1. spirited; fresh ...1852 sl.
adj. 2. mentally defective, whether feeble-minded or insane; crazy ...1914 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. infatuated ...1919 Amer. dial.
BEANY HORSE
n. a spirited horse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.