DICTIONARY
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​• PORNERASTIC adj. fond of wanton women; lascivious, lustful, licentious; addicted to harlotry, whoremongering ...1870
• PORNIE n. a pornographic film ...1966 sl.
• PORNOGRAPHY † n. a written discussion of prostitutes ...M19
• PORNY adj. lewd; smutty or obscene; pornographic ...1961 Brit. & US sl.
• PORPENTINE † n. old form of porcupine ...1530
• PORPOISE n. a large, ungainly fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PORRIDGE n. imprisonment; a prison sentence ...1954 Brit. sl.
• PORTAL OF VENUS n. the vagina ...M20 US literary euphemism
• PORTCULLIS n. money ... Bk1903 sl.
• PORT-HOLE n. 1. the female genitals; the vagina ...17C sl.
n. 2. the anus ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• PORT SAID GARTER n. a condom ...World War II Brit. army usage
• PORTUGOOSE n. (derogatory) a jocular nickname for a Portuguese ...20C US sl.
• PORTUGUESE PUMP n. masturbation; an act of masturbation ...L19 Brit. nautical sl.
• PORWIGGLE † n. a tadpole ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• POSH adj. socially superior ...1918 sl.
n. 1. money ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 2. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POSH NOSH n. cordon bleu cookery ...Brit. sl.
• POSH UP vb. to smarten up, to make posh ...1919 sl.
• POSKI n. (derogatory) a person of Polish ancestry; a Polish immigrant ...1964 Amer. dial.
• POSSE n. 1. a gang of Black (esp. Jamaican) youths involved in organized or violent crime, often drug-related ...1986 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. a group of good friends ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• POSSESS vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
• POSSESSED adj. determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POSSESSION n. possession of stolen or illicit goods ...1970 sl., orig. US
• POSSESS THE DEAD-WOOD vb. to have one at a disadvantage, or the like ...1872 US sl.
• POSSIBILITATE vb. to make possible ...1829
• POSS SAM n. an opossum ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POSSUM n. 1. a person of the stated sort, as a 'little possum'; also a term of address ...1894 Aust. sl.
n. 2. (derogatory) a Black person ...20C US sl.
• POSSUM-GUTS n. a term of contempt for a person ...Bk1892 Aust. bush sl.
• POST n. 1. copulation; an act of copulation ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the penis ...colloq.
n. 3. halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 4. an autopsy ...1942 sl.
vb. to perform an autopsy on someone ...1942 sl.
• POST A LETTER vb. 1. to copulate ...19C Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to retire to defecate ...L19 sl., chiefly Brit.
• POST-AND-RAILS n. wooden matches ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• POSTERIOR n. the buttocks ...1936 sl.
• POSTERN n. 1. the female genitals ...18C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the posteriors; the anus ...18C Brit. sl.
• POSTIE n. a postman ...1871
• POSTILION vb. to stimulate a sexual partner with the finger ...1888 sl.
• POST OFFICE n. a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy ...1919 sl.
• POSTRIDUAN †* adj. done the next day after ...1651
• POST THE COAL phr. pay down the money at once ...Bk1890 sl.
• POSTY n. a postman ...1871
• POT n. 1. the female genitals ...17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a urinal; a chamber pot; later, a water-flush toilet bowl ...17C colloq.
n. 3. sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 4. a large amount of money ...1871 sl.
n. 5. marijuana ...1938 sl., orig. US
n. 6. a drunkard; a sot ...M20 US sl.
vb. to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate ...1911 Aust. sl.
• POTAMOPHILOUS * adj. loving rivers; having an affinity for rivers ...1827
• POT AND PAN n. a husband ...1905 rhyming sl. for 'old man = husband'
• POTATIVE * adj. addicted to drink; bibulous ...1737
• POTATO n. 1. a hole in a sock or stocking through which the skin shows ...1885 sl.
n. 2. a woman ...1957 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'potato peeler = sheila'
• POTATOES n. 1. money ...1931 US sl.
n. 2. dollars ...1932 US sl.
n. 3. pounds ...1939 Brit. sl.
• POTATO-FINGER n. 1. the penis ...Shakespeare usage
n. 2. a dildo; an artificial penis ...20C sl.
• POTATO-HEAD n. 1. a dunce; an oaf; a fool ...M20 US sl.
n. 2. a White person ...1965 Amer. dial. Black usage
• POTATO MASHER n. a bass drumstick ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTATO PEELER n. a woman ...1957 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'sheila'
• POTATORY adj. given to drinking; fit for drinking; drinkable ...1827
• POTATO THUMP n. mashed potato ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POTATO TRAP n. the mouth ...1785 sl.
• POT-CHEESE n. cottage cheese ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POTER* n. a drinker, a toper ...1657
• POT-FURY n. 1. a drunkard ...L16 sl.
n. 2. intoxication with alcohol ...L16 sl.
• POT-HEAD n. someone addicted to smoking marijuana ...1959 sl., orig. US
• POTHERY adj. 1. of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
adj. 2. of sheep: giddy and liable to fall through water on the brain ...1839 Eng dial.
• POT-KNIGHT n. a 'knight of the pot'; a tippler; a drunkard ...1587
• POT-LEECH † n. one who 'sucks' or drinks out of a pot; a toper; a drunkard; one who drinks to excess ...1630
• POTNA n. a partner, esp. as a term of address ...L18 US sl.
• POT OF OIL n. a cup of coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT OF PEAS n. a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POTORIOUS †* adj. drinking, abounding with drink ...1656
• POT RASSLER n. a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT RASTLER n. a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT-RUSTLER n. a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTS n. a large amount of money ...1871 sl.
• POT SCRATCHER n. a scouring pad ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POT-SURE † adj. thoroughly sure; full of confidence and boldness through drinking ...1648
• POTSY n. a police officer's badge ...1932 Northeastern US sl.
• POTTED adj. 1. drunk ...1924 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. said of someone under the influence of 'pot' or marijuana ...1960 sl., orig. US
• POTTY adj. crazy, eccentric ...1920 sl.
n. 1. a chamber-pot ...1942 sl.
n. 2. an orphan calf or lamb ...1964 Amer. dial.
• POTTY ABOUT adj. fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation ...1923
• POT-WALLOPER n. a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT WRESTLER n. a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POUCH-MOUTH † adj. having a mouth like a pouch, i.e. with thick or protruding lips ...1565
† n. a mouth with protruding lips; a person with protruding lips ...c1570
• POUF n. (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man ...1860 sl.
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POUFF n. (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man ...1860 sl.
• POULE n. a young woman; a sexually attractive young woman, often with an implication of promiscuity ...1926 sl.
• POULE-DE-LUXE n. "luxury hen"; a prostitute ...1946 French
• POULT n. a young chicken ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• POULTICE n. 1. a large amount of money; applied esp. to money used as a bribe ...1904 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a mortgage ...1932 Aust. sl.
• POUND n. five dollars or a five-dollar bill ...1935 US sl.
vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
• POUND AND PINT n. a sailor's ration of food and drink ...1865 Brit. naval sl.
• POUNDER n. a police officer ...1938 US sl.
• POUND HAIR vb. to drive a team of horses or mules ...1927 Amer. dial.
• POUND LEATHER vb. to ride a horse fast ...1907 Amer. dial.
• POUND-NOTEISH adj. conceited ...1936 sl.
• POUND ONE'S EAR vb. to sleep ...1894 sl., orig. US
• POUND ONE'S POMEGRANATE vb. to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• POUND SOMEONE'S EAR vb. to talk at tedious length to ...1972 Amer. sl.
• POUND SOMEONE'S POPO vb. to sodomize (popo = buttocks) ...1950s US sl.
• POUND THE BOX vb. to eagerly play the piano ...1920 Amer. sl.
• POUND THE FEATHERS vb. to go to bed ...1967 Amer. sl.
• POUND THE PEE-WILLY OUT OF vb. to beat severely ...1994 Amer. dial.
• POUR OIL ON THE FIRE vb. to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc. ...1560
• POUR-OUT MAN n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POUTING STICK n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
• POVEY n. 1. an owl, especially the barn owl, Strix flammea ...1885 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the plover, Charadrius pluvialis ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• POVIE adj. 1. snug, comfortable, well-off: applied to living ...1841 Sc.
adj. 2. spruce and self-conceited ...B1900 Sc.
• POW! int. imitative of the sound of a blow, shot, etc. ...1881
• POWDER n. 1. money ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 2. a hasty or unceremonious departure ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a cup of black coffee ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to depart hurriedly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POWDER MONKEY n. one who carries shells or gunpowder from the magazine to the gun ...US Civil War usage
• POWDER PUFF n. 1. a silly girl or woman ...E20 US sl.
n. 2. an effeminate male ...E20 US sl.
n. 3. an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• POWDER-PUFF HITTER n. an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• POWDERS n. orders from the boss ...Bk1942 Amer. West. sl.
• POWERFUL adj./adv. very ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• POWER OF SUCTION n. capacity for drinking ...Bk1904 sl.
• POWFAG vb. to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind ...1864 Eng. dial.
• POWFAGGED adj. exhausted...1864 Eng. dial.
• POWIE adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POWTER vb. to potter about; to do trifling simple tasks ...Scot & Irish
• POWWAW! int. expression of disbelief or contempt ...arch.
• POW-WOW † adj. of a person: pallid, white-faced, sickly; drooping, spiritless ...1739 Sc.
n. a discussion ...1812 sl.
vb. to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POX n. syphilis ...1503 sl.
vb. to infect someone with syphilis ...17C Brit.
int. an oath and exclamation ...17C Brit.
• POXBOX n. a woman presumed to be infected with syphilis; the vagina of a woman presumed to be infected with syphilis ...20C sl.
• POXOLOGY n. a study of syphilis ...18C Brit.
• POX ON YOU, A! int. an oath and exclamation ...17C Brit.
• POXY adj. 1. having or having had syphilis ...sl.
adj. 2. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1950 sl.
adj. 3. unpleasant; deplorable ...1950 sl.
adj. 4. rotten; lousy ...sl.
• P.P. † n. a pickpocket ...1887 UK criminals' sl.
phr. a warning from one girl to another that there is someone gazing up her skirts; ‘petticoat peeper’ ...20C euphemism
• P.R. n. 1. a probation, after sentence but before service ...c1910 US criminals' sl.
n. 2. a Puerto Rican ...M20 US sl.
n. 3. Panama red, a high grade of marijuana grown in Panama ...M20 US drugs sl.
• PRABBLE † n. a quarrel, a squabble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† vb. to chatter noisily ...1881 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PRACK n. the male genitals, esp. the scrotum ...L19 Amer. dial.
• PRACTICE IN THE MILKY-WAY vb. to fondle a woman’s breasts ...E17 Brit. sl.
• PRAD n. a horse ...1798 sl., now Aust.
• PRADA n. a herd of cattle or horses ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PRAIRIE COAL n. hunks of dried cow dung used as fuel for a fire ...20C US colloq.
• PRAIRIE-DEW n. whisky; home-brewed whisky ...M19 US sl.
• PRAIRIE FUEL n. hunks of dried cattle dung used for fuel ...20C US colloq.
• PRAIRIE LAWYER n. a coyote ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• PRAIRIE SCHOONER n. a large glass or mug, esp. for beer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRANCER n. a spirited horse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRANDICLE †* n. a breakfast, a little dinner, a small meal ...1656
• PRANG n. a bombing raid ...1945 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
vb. 1. to coit a woman ...20C Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to bomb a target successfully from the air ...1942 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
• PRANSORIOUS †* adj. belonging to breakfast; serving for dinner ...1656 (See note on blog page under etymology)
• PRAT n. 1. the buttocks ...1567 sl. orig. criminals'
n. 2. a foolish person ...1968 Brit. sl.
• PRAT ABOUT vb. to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 Brit. sl.
• PRATCHANT † adj. conceited, forward, swaggering ...1597 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PRAT-DIGGER n. a pickpocket ...1908 US sl.
• PRATE-APACE n. one who prates on; a forward, talkative child; a chatterbox ...1636
• PRATEFUL * adj. full of prate, given to chattering, loquacious, talkative ...1802
• PRAT FALL n. a  backward fall ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRATING CHEAT n. the tongue ...1836 cant
• PRATTLE-BOX † n. 1. a chatterbox; a talkative person; a prattler, a chatterer ...1671
n. 2. the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRAVITOUS †* adj. characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad ...1648-9
• PRAWN n. a foolish person ...1893 sl., chiefly Aust.
• PRAYER BOOK n. a deck of cards ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRAYER-HANDLES n. knees ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PREACH AT TYBURN CROSS vb. to be hanged ...c1810 cant
• PREACHIFICATION n. a tedious sermon ...1843 colloq.
• PREACHIFY vb. to deliver a tedious sermon; to moralise wearisomely ...1775 colloq.
• PREACHIFYING n. tedious moralizing ...1828
• PREACHING-SHOP n. a church; more generally, a chapel ...c1840 colloq.
• PREACHY adj. given to preaching ...1819 colloq.
• PREACHY-PREACHY adj. tediously moral or moralizing ...1894 colloq.
• PREALLABLE * adj. preceding, previous, preliminary; going before ...1603
• PRECELLENT † adj. that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent ...1382
• PRECEPTOR n. an instructor, teacher, tutor; the head of a school ...1400
• PRECEPTRESS n. a woman who is an instructor; a teacher, tutor; a woman who is the head of a school
• PRECIOSITY n. fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste ...1350
• PRECIOUS adj. dull or lacking in interest ...20C teen & high school sl.
n. a dearly beloved or loved one; a sweetheart; a darling ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PRECIOUS FOOLISH adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRECIOUS HEART n. a loved one; a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PRECIOUS LAMB n. a loved one; a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PRECISIAN n. a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, esp. in matters of religion
• PREDATITIOUS † adj. characterized by plundering, pillaging, or robbing; predatory ...1659
• PREDECESSIVE †* adj. that has gone before; preceding; previous ...1599
• PREEMIE n. a premature baby ...1927 N. Amer. sl.
• PREFACILE †* adj. very easy to be done ...1623
• PREG adj. pregnant ...1955 sl.
• PREGGERS adj. pregnant ...1942 Brit. sl.
• PREGGIE adj. pregnant ...1938 euphemism
• PREGGO adj. pregnant ...1951 Aust. sl.
n. a pregnant person ...1951 Aust. sl.
• PREGGY adj. pregnant ...1938 euphemism
• PREHEND †* vb. to seize, to catch, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend ...a1500
• PREMIE n. a premature baby ...1927 N. Amer. sl.
• PREMIOUS * adj. rich in gifts; abounding in gifts ...1855
• PREMY n. a premature baby ...1927 N. Amer. sl.
• PREP vb. to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PREPARE TO PUCKER vb. to make ready to do or act ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PREPPER n. preparatory school ...1956 Brit. sl.
• PREPPIE n. a pupil at a preparatory school ...1970 US sl.
• PREPPY adj. used to denote students in a preparatory school or their characteristics, esp. immaturity ...1900 US sl.
n. a pupil at a preparatory school ...1970 US sl.
• PREPROPEROUS † adj. too hasty, precipitate ...1555
• PRESERVE vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRESIDENT n. a $1 bill ...1940s US sl.
• PRESS AGENT'S YARN n. an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRESS SOMEONE'S BUTTONS vb. to make another angry or disturbed ...1936 Amer. sl.
• PRESS THE FLESH vb. to greet potential supporters by shaking their hands ...1926 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON vb. to begin panicking or over-reacting ...Aust. sl.
• PRESTANTIOUS †* adj. characterized by excellence, excellent ...1638
• PRESTIGIATORY † adj. practising 'prestigiation'; juggling, conjuring; consisting of tricks, impostures, or  deceptive, delusive ...1588
• PRESTOLATE † vb. to await, to wait for ...1653 nonce word
• PRETTY n. 1. any little thing of value, esp. a toy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• PRETTY ANKLE n. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PRETTY AS A SPECKLED PUP, AS adj. exceedingly pretty ...Bk1912 Amer. dial.
• PRETTY BOARER † n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
• PRETTY-BOY n. (mainly derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man ...1885 sl.
• PRETTY COME-OFF n. bad luck ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY DANCERS, THE n. Aurora Borealis ...1717 Sc.
• PRETTY FAR GONE adj. drunk ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PRETTY GENEVIEVE n. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PRETTY HOT adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH n. a confused or awkward state of affairs ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY MESS n. 1. disorder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. someone or something unattractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY NIFTY adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY-PAN n. an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PRETTY PENNY, A n. a considerable sum of money ...colloq.
• PRETTY PILLICOCK † n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
• PRETTY-PRETTY n. something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY ROGUE n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
• PRETTY SWELL adj. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PREVIAL † adj. going before, previous ...1613
• PREVIANT †* adj. going before, previous ...1601
• PREVIOUS adj. impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. previous criminal convictions; a criminal record ...1935 Brit. sl.
• PREX n. the president of a college, corporation, etc. ...1858 sl.
• PREXY n. the president of a college, corporation, etc. ...1858 sl.
• PREY n. money ... Bk1903 sl.
• PRIAPIZE vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
• PRIBBLE-PRABBLE n. petty disputation; paltry discussion; vain chatter ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
• PRICELESS adj. 1. very funny or amusing ...1907 sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRICEY adj. expensive ...1932 sl.
• PRICK n. 1. the penis ...1592 sl.
n. 2. an ineffectual or incompetent man ...1929 sl.
vb. to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
• PRICKER, THE n. anger, a fit of anger ...1945 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PRICK-FARRIER n. a medical officer ...1961 Services' sl.
• PRICKHEAD n. a person who likes to brag ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRICKLISH adj. hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRICKLY adj. of a person: touchy ...1894 sl.
• PRICK-ME-DAINTY adj. finicky in dress, language, and behaviour; affectedly dainty; over-precise; conceited ...1820 chiefly Sc.
n. one who is finicky and conceited in dress and carriage; one who affects airs of superiority; a dandy ...a1529 chiefly Sc.
• PRICK-SUCKER n. a fellator or fellatrix ...1868 sl.
• PRICK-TEASER n. (derogatory) a sexually provocative woman who evades or refuses intercourse ...1961 sl.
• PRICK THE MASTER VEIN vb. of a man: to have sexual intercourse ...L17 sl.
• PRICY adj. expensive ...1932 sl.
• PRIDE OF THE MORNING n. a light shower, or dew at sunrise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIDES n. the genitals of either sex ...19C colloq.
• PRIDIAN * adj. pertaining to the previous day; relating to yesterday ...1656
• PRIEST'S CROWN † n. an old name for the common dandelion ...1483
• PRIG n. a female cad ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
vb. to possess carnally; to copulate ...17C sl.
• PRIG A CASTOR vb. to steal a hat ...Bk1890 sl.
• PRIGGUMS n. the private parts of a man ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PRIME adj. good ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIME ARTICLE n. a handsome girl ...1811 sl.
• PRIMED adj. tipsy, slightly intoxicated ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PRIMETIDE † n. 1. the time of prime, early morning ...a1300
† n. 2. springtime, spring; fig. the 'springtime' of life, or of any movement ...1549
• PRIME UP vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIMINARY n. a predicament ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PRIMITIVE adj. of drinks: unmixed with water ...Bk1902 colloq,
• PRIMO adj. excellent ...1975 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• PRIMOSITY † n. a state of primness, prudery ...a1839 humorous nonce word
• PRINCESS OF THE PAVEMENT n. a prostitute ...20C Aust. sl.
• PRINCIPAL VERB † n. the chief or most important thing ...1616
• PRINCOCK † n. a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PRINK vb. to dress in a finical manner ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PRINKLE vb. 1. to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of 'pins and needles'; to tingle, to prickle ...1721 Sc.
vb. 2. to twinkle, to scintillate, to sparkle ...1724 Sc.
vb. 3. to touch; to cause to tingle ...1868 Sc.
vb. 4. of a boiling pot: to send up small bubbles ...B1900 Sc.
• PRIORS n. prior convictions; a criminal record ...1978 US sl.
• PRITTLE-PRATTLE * n. 1. chatter; empty or idle talk; the innocent chattering of children ...1556 now rare or Eng. dial.
* n. 2. a silly chatterer, a gossip ...1725 now rare or Eng. dial.
† vb. to chatter, to prate, to talk idly ...1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PRIVATE BUSINESS n. extra tuition ...1900 Eton College usage
• PRIVATEER n. an independent prostitute ...19C euphemism
• PRIVATE HARDWARE n. the penis ...Urquhart usage
• PRIVATE PARTS n. the genitals ...16C euphemism
• PRIVATE PROPERTY n. the genitals ...19C colloq.
• PRIVATES n. the genitals ...1602 sl.
• PRIVITIES n. the genitals ...16C euphemism
• PRIVY-HOLE n. the vagina ...19C Brit. euphemism
• PRIVY MEMBER n. the penis ...17C Brit. euphemism
• PRIZE n. 1. sexual intercourse ...16C literary
n. 2. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIZE BULL n. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIZE EXHIBIT n. 1. something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIZE PACKAGE n. 1. something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a fool ...1920s US sl.
n. 3. a kidnap victim ...1920s US criminals' sl.
n. 4. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIZE SAPPY adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRIZE WINNER n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRO n. 1. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
n. 2. a prostitute ...1937 euphemism
• PROBABILITIES n. the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• PROBANT * adj. proving, demonstrating, convincing ...1908
• PROCACIOUS * adj. forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• PROCACITY * n. forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
• PROCEED TO PUCKER vb. to make ready to do or act ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PROCELLOUS † adj. stormy, tempestuous ...1650
• PROCEROUS † adj. tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PROCURER n. a pimp ...16C
• PROD n. (derogatory) a Protestant ...1942 Anglo-Irish sl.
vb. of men: to copulate ...19C sl.
• PRODDY n. (derogatory) a Protestant ...1954 Anglo-Irish sl.
• PRODDY-DOG n. (derogatory) a Protestant ...1954 Anglo-Irish sl.
• PRODDY-HOPPER n. (derogatory) a Protestant ...1954 Anglo-Irish sl.
• PRODDY-WODDY n. (derogatory) a Protestant ...1954 Anglo-Irish sl.
• PRODITORIOUS † adj. treacherous, traitorous, perfidious; apt to betray or reveal what is hidden or in the mind; apt to disclose or make known ...c1475 obs. or arch.
• PROF n. a professor ...1838 sl., orig. US
• PROFANATIC † adj. infatuated with profanity ...1689 nonce word
• PROFESH n. a community of professional tramps ...1901 sl.
• PROFICUOUS † adj. profitable, advantageous, beneficial, useful ...1622
• PROG n. someone who is progressive in their political or social views ...1958 sl.
• PROGGLES n. the spines of a hedgehog ...B1900 Sc.
• PROGRAM n. a promoting something for one's personal benefit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PROGRAMME vb. in prison: to follow the rules and avoid trouble in hope of an early release ...1981 US sl.
• PROHI n. a federal law enforcement official; used by those in the illegal production of alcohol ...1974 US sl.
• PROHIBITION ERROR, THE n. Prohibition era ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROLE adj. of the working-class ...1965 US sl.
n. a member of the proletariat (working class); a lower-class person ...1887 US sl.
• PROM n. a dance at a school or college ...1894 US sl.
• PROME †* n. a neighbour ...c1400
• PROMISE BELLTINKER vb. of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PROMISED LAND n. the female genitals ...19C euphemism
• PROMISE OF ODIN, THE n. a promise of marriage supposed to be particularly binding ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PROMISING POLITICAN n. one who makes many promises ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROMISSIVE * adj. making or implying a promise; promissory ...a1635 now
• PROMMER n. a member of the audience, esp. a promenader, at a Henry Wood Promenade Concert ...1982 UK sl.
• PROMO adj. promotional ...1963 US sl.
n. public relations; promotional item(s); in the music business: an advance copy of an unreleased tune sent to an influential DJ ...1966 US sl.
• PROMOSSING adj. talking rubbish, playing the fool, mooning about ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• PROMOTE vb. 1. to obtain exploitatively ...1930 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. in the circus or carnival: to obtain illegally something that is badly needed ...1980 US sl.
• PRONEPHEW † n. 1. a great-grandson ...c1425 Sc.
† n. 2. the son of a nephew ...B1900
• PRONG n. 1. a branch of either a tree or a river ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the penis ...1969 sl.
• PRONG AT vb. to urge, to annoy, to importune ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PRONK n. a foolish person ...1959 sl.
• PRONTO adv. immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROP n. a diamond or valuable piece of jewellery ...1914 criminals' sl.
• PRO-PACK n. a small kit or envelope containing a sheath, strong soap, and an astringent, for use as a protection against venereal disease ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PROPER adj. 1. complete or thorough ...colloq, chiefly Brit.
adj. 2. excellent; capital; fine ...colloq.
adj. 3. good-looking or handsome ...colloq.
adv. thoroughly or completely ...colloq.
• PROPERATE † vb. 1. to hasten or press forward; to go quickly ...1623
† vb. 2. to quicken the growth of ...1675
• PROPER CHARLEY, A n. a complete fool ...c1960 sl.
• PROPER CHARLIE, A n. a foolish person ...1946 sl., chiefly Brit.
• PROP GAME n. a fraud racket by which householders are coaxed into paying heavily for unnecessary repairs ...1966 Brit. sl.
• PROP-GETTER n. a pickpocket ...1901 sl.
• PROPHYLACTIC n. a thin rubber sheath worn over the penis during sexual intercourse, usually as a contraceptive device, but legally available only for 'prevention of (venereal) disease' ...Bk1974 sl.
• PROPINQUANT * adj. near, neighbouring, adjacent ...1633
• PROPINQUATE †* adj. immediate, proximate ...1665
†* vb. to approach, to draw near to ...1623
• PROP-MAN n. 1. a pickpocket ...1901 sl.
n. 2. a fraudster operating the prop game ...1966 Brit. sl.
• PROPOSITION vb. to approach a person with an offer of employment or suggest a mutually profitable plan of action, esp. an illegal or unethical job, plan, or action; to ask for sexual favours from a girl or woman, usually in return for money or other favours to be given her ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PROPS n. 1. the legs ...1828 sl.
n. 2. crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROPUDIOUS †* adj. shameful, infamous, disgraceful ...1629
• PROPUGN † vb. to contend or fight for; to defend, vindicate (an opinion, doctrine or the like) ...c1555
• PRORITATE † vb. to stir up, to provoke, to irritate, to incite ...1620
• PROROGATION OF WAR † n. suspension of hostilities ...1517
• PROROGUE † vb. 1. to prolong, to lengthen, to extend in time or duration; to cause to last longer; to continue, to protract ...1425
† vb. 2. to put off for a time; to defer, to postpone ...1453
† vb. 3. to delay; to procrastinate ...1593 obs.
vb. 4. to discontinue the meetings of a legislative or other assembly for a time ...1455
• PROS n. a prostitute ...1937 sl.
• PROSPECT n. a loved one; a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
vb. to make preliminary examinations or investigations ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROSPICIENT †* adj. having foresight, provident ...1654
• PROSS n. a prostitute ...1937 sl.
• PROSSIE n. a prostitute ...1941 Amer. sl.
• PROSSY n. a prostitute ...1941 Amer. sl.
• PROSTIBULE †* n. 1. a harlot, a prostitute ...1623
†* n. 2. a house of prostitution, a brothel ...1623
• PROSTIBULOUS †* adj. pertaining to a prostitute or prostitution; addicted to the company of prostitutes ...1550
• PROSTIE n. a prostitute ...1930 US sl.
• PROSTY n. a prostitute ...1930 US sl.
• PROT n. (derogatory) a Protestant ...1725
• PROTECTION n. bribe money paid to the police, an individual policeman, or politicians, for allowing illegal activities to continue without interference, any money paid to protect the payer without arrest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PROTECTION MONEY n. 'Protection' ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PROTERVE †* adj. forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• PROTERVOUS † adj. forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
• PROTESTANT HERRING n. orig. applied to a bad or stale herring; anything of an inferior quality ...Irish sl.
• PROTHODAW † n. a prime simpleton; a noodle of the first rank ...a1548 humorous nonce word
• PROTONYM * n. the first person or thing of the name; that from which another is named ...1880
• PROTREPTICAL † adj. adapted to persuade; hortatory, persuasive ...1667-8
• PROUD AS A DOG WITH TWO TAILS adj. very proud indeed ...1840 Eng. dial.
• PROUD AS A JAY-BIRD adj. very proud ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PROUD AS LUCIFER adj. very haughty and overbearing ...1793
• PROUD AS OLD NICK adj. very proud ...1856 Amer. dial.
• PROUD BELOW THE NAVEL adj. amorous, or wanton ...1629 colloq.
• PROUDER THAN LUCIFER adj. very proud ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PROUD-FLESH'D adj. haughty, stuck-up ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PROUGHAL n. a person who has failed to do something he or she has boasted to do ...1983 Irish sl.
vb. to move about awkwardly ...Irish sl.
• PROUGHLE n. a person who has failed to do something he or she has boasted to do ...1983 Irish sl.
vb. to move about awkwardly ...Irish sl.
• PROUGHS n. material possessions, esp. illegally come by; free gifts ...Irish sl.
• PROVEXITY †* n. an advanced condition or state; greatness of age, the being well grown in years, or well studied in any art ...1674
• PROVIDE ONE'S CHUMP vb. to earn one's living ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• PROVO n. a military policeman ...1943 Aust. sl.
• PROVOCANT * n. one who provokes, incites, or stimulates a person, reaction, etc. ...1894
• PROVOCATE †* adj. provoked, stimulated, incited ...1432-50
vb. †* to provoke, call forth, incite ...1432-50
• PROWL vb. 1. to reconnoitre with a view to committing a robbery or other crime ...1914 US sl.
vb. 2. to frisk a person; to run one's hands over another's clothing, usually in search of a gun ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PROXIMIORITY † n. the fact of being nearer; greater proximity ...1720 nonce word
• PROZZY n. a prostitute ...1941 sl., orig. Aust.
• PRUCKS n. material possessions, esp. illegally come by; free gifts ...Irish sl.
• PRUDE n. an over-particular girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PRUGHS n. material possessions, esp. illegally come by; free gifts ...Irish sl.
• PRUG PRUG! int. a call to cows to come in for milking ...Irish sl.
• PRUNE adj. drunk ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 1. an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1895 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a man; a guy ...c1900 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a prudish, scholarly person ... c1900 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a slow-witted person; a simpleton; one easily duped ... c1900 Amer. sl.
n. 5. an eccentric; a dreamer ...c1900 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PRUNEFACE n. a homely or sad-looking person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PRUNE PICKER n. a Californian ...1918 sl.
• PRUNK adj. 1. neat, smart, pretty ...1892 Sc.
adj. 2. proud, vain, saucy ...B1900 Sc.
vb. to make oneself smart and neat; to dress neatly; generally used with 'up' ...B1900 Sc.
• PRUNO n. fermented prune juice; any fermented fruit juice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PRUNY adj. foolish; silly; witless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRUSHON n. 1. a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a young homosexual who lives with tramps ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PRUSHUN n. 1. a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp ...1893 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a young homosexual who lives with tramps ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PRUT * n. 1. the sound of a rifle shot ...1898
n. 2. dirt, as the sweepings from a floor, deck, or the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
† int. 1. an exclamation of contempt, disbelief, etc. ...c1300
* int. 2. representing the sound of a rifle shot ...1899
• PSEUD adj. pretentious ...1962 colloq.
n. a false, artificial, or pretentious person ...1964 colloq.
• PSEUDO adj. pretentious ...1945 sl.
n. a pretentious person ...1959 sl.
• PSEUDOLOGER n. a maker of false statements; a liar ...1656
• PSEUDONYMOUS adj. bearing or writing under a false or fictitious name; using a pseudonym; bearing the name of someone other than the real author ...1706
• PSEUDY adj. pretentious ...1989 sl.
• PSHAW! * int. an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc.
• PSHEW! int. used of a very bad smell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PSYCH vb. to psychoanalyze ...1917 sl.
• PSYCHO n. a mad or insane person ...1942 sl.
• PSYCHO-KICK n. a deeply satisfying erotic response ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PSYCHOPATHIC n. traffic ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• PSYCH OUT vb. 1. to analyze or solve a problem ...colloq.
vb. 2. to guess correctly the intentions of another; to outguess ...colloq.
vb. 3. to intimidate or frighten ...colloq.
vb. 4. to lose control psychologically; to break down ...colloq.
vb. 5. to be or become mad ...1970 sl.
• PSYCHOBABBLE n. the jargon of psychology, esp. as used and popularized in various types of psychotherapy ...colloq.
• P.U. phr. said on smelling a bad smell, as something rotting ...Bk1974 colloq.
• PUANT †* adj. stinking ...1621
• PUB CRAWL n. a slow progress from one pub to another, drinking at each one ...1915 sl.
• PUB-CRAWLER n. one who goes on a pub crawl ...1910 sl.
• PUBES n. pubic hair ...L16
• PUBICKERS n. pubic hair ...1995 Irish sl.
• PUCELLE † n. 1. a girl, a maiden, a virgin ...c1430
† n. 2. the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc ...c1450 obs. ext. hist.
† n. 3. a slut, a courtesan, a prostitute, a wanton girl ...1583
• PUCE PENCIL n. an indelible pencil ...1953 Irish sl.
• PUCK n. 1. large quantity, ample sufficiency ...1965 Irish sl.
n. 2. a short, sudden blow, esp. of ball in hurling ...1979 Irish sl.
• PUCKA adj. genuine, certain, genuine, reliable, or good; excellent ...1690 Anglo-Indian
• PUCKAH adj. certain, reliable; genuine; excellent ...c1770 Anglo-Indian
• PUCKAWN n. a man who smells ...Irish sl.
• PUCKER adj. 1. certain, reliable; genuine; excellent ...c1770 Anglo-Indian
adj. 2. of the highest class, best, excellent ...20C sl.
n. 1. panic, contretemps ...arch.
n. 2. bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a minnow; a small fish ...Irish sl.
• PUCKERING STRING n. a figurative part of the body, which can be damaged by some form of excess, usually laughter; as in the phrase, "If you don't stop that, I'll bust my puckering strings" ...1910s sl.
• PUCKFIST n. 1. the puffball, Lycoperdon Bovista ...1601
n. 2. a term of contempt for an empty braggart ...1599
† n. 3. a niggard, a close-fist (obsolete - possibly an erroneous use as per E-NED) ...1608
• PUCKISH adj. mischievous, impish ...1870
• PUCKLE † n. 1. a kind of bugbear ...c1000
n. 2. a pimple, a pustule ...1876 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a small quantity of anything; an indefinite amount, a few ...B1900 Sc.
• PUD n. 1. pudding, both savoury and sweet ...1914 sl.
n. 2. a disliked person ...c1920 Amer. college sl.
n. 3. the penis ...1939 sl.
• PUDDEN n. 1. a fool ...Brit. sl.
n. 2. a second-hand car dealer's term relating to filler in a car's bodywork ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDENHEAD n. an oaf ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• PUDDIN-AN-TAME - ASK EM AGAIN AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SAME phr. a schoolboy expression in answer to "What's your name?" ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUDDING n. 1. the penis ...1719 sl.
n. 2. meat laced with a drug used to put a guard dog to sleep; once accomplished the dog has been 'puddened' ...19C Brit. criminals' sl.
n. 3. a fool ...Brit. sl.
n. 4. an unborn child ...Brit. sl.
n. 5. a second-hand car dealer's term relating to filler in a car's bodywork ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDING AND BEEF adj. deaf ...Sc. rhyming sl.
n. a chief prison officer ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• PUDDING AND GRAVY n. the navy ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• PUDDING AND PIE n. the eye ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDING BASIN n. a mason ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• PUDDING CHEF adj. deaf ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• PUDDING CLUB n. pregnancy ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDING-FILLER † n. one who lives to eat, a glutton ...1500-20 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PUDDING-HEAD n. 1. a stupid but lovable person; an oaf ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
n. 2. (usually derogatory) an unpleasant or dull-witted person ...1894 Amer. dial.
• PUDDING-HEART n. a coward, a soft-heart, a poltroon ...1834
• PUDDING-HOUSE † n. 1. an offal house ...1595
† n. 2. the stomach, the belly ...1609 obs.
• PUDDING IN THE OVEN n. a conceived child in the womb ...1937 sl.
• PUDDING-KEN n. a cook-shop ...19C cant
• PUDDING-LEATHER n. the stomach ...1787 Sc.
• PUDDING-LEGGIE n. a fat, chubby leg ...1844 Sc.
• PUDDINGS n. the guts ...M15 colloq.
• PUDDING-SLEEVES n. a clergyman ...E18 sl.
• PUDDING-SNAMMER n. a cook-shop ...E19 thieves' sl.
• PUDDIN IN TANE, ASK ME AGAIN, I'LL TELL YOU SAME phr. said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUDDLE n. 1. a muddle, a mess ...16C colloq. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
vb. to tipple ...c1870 colloq.
• PUDDLE, THE n. the Atlantic Ocean; the ocean ...c1880 colloq.
• PUDDLED adj. mad, insane, or eccentric ...1936
• PUDDLE-JUMPER n. 1. a light plane, esp. one travelling only short distances or making many stops ...1930s sl.
n. 2. an old rickety automobile ...1930s sl.
n. 3. a small commercial vehicle ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDOCK n. a frog, a toad ...1641 Sc.
• PUDDOCKSTEEL n. a toadstool ...1979 Irish sl.
• PUDDOCKSTOOL n. a toadstool ...1979 Irish sl.
• PUDDY n. a frog ...1796 Sc.
• PUDENCY n. modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness ...1605
• PUDENDAL CLEAVAGE n. the fissure or gap between the labia majora ...sl.
• PUDENDOUS † adj. worthy of shame; shameful; disgraceful ...1680 rare or obs.
• PUDENT * adj. having a sense of shame or decency; modest; delicate ...1908
• PUDERY n. pornographic books or prints ...c1930 sl.
• PUDGE n. a short, squat person; anything both short and thick ...1808 colloq. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to go slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to prepare ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUDGY adj. short or squat and fat ...1836 sl.
• PUDGY WUDGY n. a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUDIBUND † adj. 1. that is subject of shame, shameful ...1542
* adj. 2. modest, bashful, prudish ...1656
• PUDIBUNDOUS † adj. shame-faced; bashful; modest ...1656
• PUDICK n. a frog ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUDLICKER n. a person who does fellatio ...1990s Amer. sl.
• PUD-PULLING n. masturbation ...1939 Amer. sl.
• PUDS n. pudding ...sl. (rhymes with 'goods')
• PUDSY n. 1. a foot ...L18 nursery usage
n. 2. a term of endearment, esp. to a baby ...sl.
vb. to greet affectionately or with familiarity ...19C colloq.
• PUERILE adj. 1. childishly foolish; immature or trivial ...17C
adj. 2. of or pert. to a child or childhood ...17C
• PUERILITY n. the state or quality of being a child; the quality of being childish, foolish, or trivial ...1425
• PUFF n. 1. a decoy in a gambling-house ...1731 sl.
n. 2. a specimen of extravagant praise. esp. for commercial or political purposes;  an exaggerated commendation of a book, an actor's performance, etc. ...1732 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a mock bidder at auctions ...1785 sl.
n. 4. a fop; an effeminate male; a homosexual male ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 5. breath, 'wind' ...1827 sl. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. a sodomist ...c1870 cant
n. 7. life, existence ...c1880 tailors' usage
n. 8. gunpowder or other explosives used for safe-breaking ...1904 sl., orig. US
n. 9. a lady's man ...c1935 RAF
n. 10. a weak or cowardly person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 11. cannabis; marijuana for smoking ...1989 sl.
vb. 1. to release intestinal gas, to break wind, to fart ...19C sl.
vb. 2. to praise unduly or with exaggeration
vb. 3. to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay
• PUFF-ADDER n. 1. an accountant ...c1930 RAF usage, chiefly officers'
n. 2. one who farts in the bath, and then counts the bubbles ...M20 schoolboys' jocular
• PUFF AND DART n. 1. the heart ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. Brit
n. 2. a start ...1880 rhyming sl.
vb. to start, to begin ...1880 rhyming sl.
• PUFF AND DRAG n. a cigarette ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'fag'
• PUFF BOX n. a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUFFER n. 1. a steam-engine ...1801 colloq.
n. 2. a train ...Brit. sl.
n. 3. a steam barge ...20C nautical colloq.
n. 4. the human heart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 5. a smoker ...Brit. sl.
n. 6. a cannabis or crack cocaine user ...Brit. sl.
• PUFFERS n. cigarettes; used of cigarettes sold on the black market ...Brit. sl.
• PUFFERY n. undue or exaggerated praise; publicity, acclaim, etc. that is full of undue or exaggerated praise ...1775
• PUFF-GUTS n. a fat man ...1785 colloq.
• PUFFICK adj. perfect ...1904 Amer. dial.
• PUFFICKLY adv. perfectly ...M19 colloq.
• PUFFING BILLY n. a locomotive ...L19 sl.
• PUFF JOB n. a specimen of extravagant praise. esp. for commercial or political purposes ...1732 Amer. sl.
• PUFFLER n. on the railway: a foreman or ganger ...20C railwaymen's usage
• PUFF PIECE n. a newspaper article, book, film, etc. whose purpose is to praise or flatter; something written in extravagant praise, esp. for sales purposes ...1980s colloq.
• PUFF-PUFF n. a steam locomotive; a railway train ...c1870 sl.
• PUFF THE GLIM vb. of horse dealers, of old horses: to fill up the hollows above the eyes by pricking the skin and blowing air into the loose tissues underneath ...B1890 sl.
• PUFF UP vb. to inflate with pride, vanity, etc.
• PUFFY adj. 1. fat, plump, obese; bloated ...1664 sl.
adj. 2. bombastic
adj. 3. conceited
adj. 4. very favourable; adulatory ...1980s Amer. sl.
adj. 5. gusty
• PUFT † n. a puff of wind ...LME
• PUFTERLOONER n. a type of scone made of dough and fried in fat ...1853 Aust. sl.
• PUG † n. 1. a term of endearment ...M16
n. 2. a bargeman ...L16 colloq.
† n. 3. a child ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† n. 4. a monkey; an ape ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 5. a ship's boy ...L16 colloq.
† n. 6. a courtesan; a prostitute; a harlot; a mistress ...E17
† n. 7. a small demon or imp; a sprite ...17C
n. 8. a girl, a woman ...E18 sl.
n. 9. a nickname for a dog or a monkey ...1731 colloq.
n. 10. a fox, chiefly as a nickname ...E19 colloq.
n. 11. a short or stumpy person or thing; a dwarf ...M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 12. an upper servant in a large house, etc. ...c1840 sl.
n. 13. a prizefighter or boxer; a pugilist ...1858 Amer. sl.
n. 14. a dog of no matter what breed ...c1860 colloq.
n. 15. the footprint of an animal ...1860
n. 16. in trucking, a cabover tractor ...1971 US sl.
n. 17. any young tough or mean man ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 18. a male homosexual ...1992 US sl.
vb. 1. to track an animal, etc. by footprints or another spoor ...M16
vb. 2. to pull, to tug ...L16 now Sc. & Eng. dial.
* vb. 3. to poke; to punch; to strike ...E19 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to thrust, poke or pack into a space ...M19 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to dirty by excessive handling ...L19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to fight ...1994 US sl.
vb. 7. to hide ...20C sl.
vb. 8. to stash secretly ...Brit. sl.
• PUG AWAY vb. to stash secretly ...Brit. sl.
• PUGGARD n. a thief ...17C cant
• PUGGIE n. a hardened criminal ...1965 US sl.
• PUGGLE adj. insane, mad ...1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services' usage
† n. a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
vb. to unblock a hole, etc. by poking with a stick or wire ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial.
• PUGGLED adj. 1. exhausted; fatigued; in a state of collapse ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
adj. 2. insane, mad ...1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services' usage
adj. 3. intoxicated with alcohol; tipsy; crazy drunk ...1981 sl.
adj. 4. given to foolish behaviour ...1985 Sc. sl.
• PUGGLY n. a madman; an idiot; a dolt ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• PUGGY adj. 1. resembling the face or nose of a monkey or pug-dog; having such a face or nose ...1722
adj. 2. damp and sticky from perspiration; clammy, sweaty, dirty, grimy ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of the weather: damp and warm, muggy ...1875 Eng. dial.
adj. 4 apt to take offense ...B1900 Eng. dial.
† n. 1. a term of endearment for women and children ...1611
n. 2. a monkey ...1821
n. 3. a quasi-proper name for a fox ...1827
n. 4. a squirrel ...1878 Sc.
n. 5. a tracker ...1879 Anglo-Indian
n. 6. a drunken man ...1899 Sc.
n. 7. a kitty in a card game; a one-armed bandit; an ATM cash dispenser ...1985 Sc. sl.
n. 8. a person with an overly upturned nose ...Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to play tricks on, to befool ...1891 Sc.
vb. 2. with up: to bridle up; to show temper ...1896 Sc.
• PUGGY-DRUNK adj. extremely drunk; intoxicated with alcohol ...19C Brit. sl.
• PUGGY WORK n. hard physical labour ...1988 Sc. sl.
• PUGH! int. an exclamation of disgust, as at an offensive odour
• PUGIFIED adj. pug-nosed ...L18 colloq.
• PUGIL n. orig. handful; later, as much or as many as can be held between the thumb and the next two fingers; a large pinch ...L16 arch.
• PUGILANT * adj. pugnacious, fighting ...L19
• PUG-MARK n. the footprint of an animal ...M19
• PUGNACIOUS adj. inclined to quarrel or fight; readily quarrelsome; contentious; belligerent ...1635
• PUGNACITY n. the condition or character of being pugnacious; inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness ...E17
• PUG NANCY n. a girl, a woman ...E18 sl.
• PUG-NASTY n. a dirty slut; a dirty prostitute ...17C Brit. sl.
• PUGNOSE n. a flattened nose ...Brit. sl. Brit
• PUG'S HOLE n. the housekeeper's room in a large establishment ...1847 colloq.
• PUG'S PARLOUR n. the housekeeper's room in a large establishment ...1847 colloq.
• PUG-UGLY adj. quite ugly; having a face resembling a dog's ...20C sl.
n. a very ugly person ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• PUG UP vb. to hide something ...2001 UK sl.
• PUH-LEEZE! int. give me a break! I do not believe that!; said with disgust ...sl.
• PUISNE † adj. 1. small, insignificant, petty ...E17
† adj. 2. younger, junior ...E17 now rare or obs.
adj. 3. later, more recent; of subsequent date ...M17
† n. a junior; an inferior; a novice ...L16
• PUISSANCE n. 1. power, strength, force, might, influence ...1375 chiefly arch. & poetic
† n. 2. an armed force; also, a number or crowd of people ...LME
n. 3. a showjumping competition testing a horse's ability to jump large obstacles ...M20
• PUISSANT adj. possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful, strong, forcible ...a1450 arch.
• PUITHERNAWL vb. to be busy with trifles ...1960 Irish sl.
• PUKA n. 1. any small, private place, such as a pigeonhole in a desk, a safe, a purse, a small suitcase, or the like ...WWII US Navy use
n. 2. a hole ...E20 Amer. dial.
• PUKAROO vb. to break; to spoil ...1864 Anglo-Indian
• PUKE n. 1. vomit ...L16 colloq.
n. 2. an obnoxious person; a real pest ...E19 Brit. & US sl.
n. 3. any object, person, or situation that is so inferior, obnoxious, ugly, or disliked that it makes one vomit ...sl.
n. 4. a disgusting or revolting person; a despised person ...M19 colloq.
n. 5. a native of Missouri ...M19 Amer. colloq.
n. 6. any food or drink that is repulsive ...sl.
n. 7. anything that is contemptible or worthless ...sl.
n. 8. a poor, unhealthy-looking person ...Irish sl.
n. 9. a supercilious person ...Irish sl. Slanguage Irish Sl Share 1997
vb. 1. to vomit ...1600 sl.
vb. 2. in the illegal production of alcohol: to allow the still to boil over ...1974 US sl.
vb. 3. while on a combat air mission: to separate from formation while under attack ...1986 US sl.
• PUKE HOLE n. 1. (often offensive) one's mouth ...Amer. sl.
n. 2. a toilet ... Amer. sl.
n. 3. a shabby. shoddy, dirty place ...1973 US sl.
• PUKE-IN n. a meeting or public occasion at which participants express their strong, usually antagonistic feelings about a topic ...2000s sl.
• PUKE IT OUT vb. to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE ONE'S GUTS vb. to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE OUT vb. to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKEPOT n. a despicable person ...1973 US sl.
• PUKER n. 1. a good-for-nothing ...19C Shrewsbury School colloq.
n. 2. an orange ...c1870 preparatory schools' sl.
n. 3. a tourist ...1997 US sl.
• PUKES n. nausea; vomiting ...sl.
• PUKE SOMEONE OFF vb. to attack, to cause trouble for ...1960s sl.
• PUKE UP vb. to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE UP ONE'S HEELS vb. to vomit a great deal at once ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKE UP ONE'S TOENAILS vb. to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKE UP THE SOLES OF ONE'S SHOES vb. to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKEY adj. 1. revolting, repulsive, disgusting ...M19 colloq.
adj. 2. disgusting, nasty, inferior ...19C sl.
adj. 3. on the verge of vomiting; sickly, nauseated ...19C sl.
• PUKE YOUR RING UP vb. to vomit violently ...2001 UK sl.
• PUKING adj. disgusting ...20C sl.
• PUKISH adj. 1. nauseated ...16C colloq.
adj. 2. disgusting ...20C sl.
• PUKKA adj. 1. of full weight; full, genuine ...L17
† adj. 2. of a fever: severe, malignant ...M18
adj. 3. certain, reliable; genuine; authentic, true; proper, socially acceptable ...c1770
adj. 4. excellent, of the very best, fashionable ...1776 UK sl.
adj. 5. of a building: solidly built ...L18
adj. 6. permanent ...L18
adv. correctly, properly ...1920s sl.
† n. a copper coin ...E19 now rare or obs.
• PUKKA GEN n. completely reliable information ...Services' sl., esp. WWII
• PUKU n. the stomach, the belly ...1941 NZ Maori
• PUKY adj. nasty; inferior; disgusting ...1965 Amer. sl.
• PULBORN n. heroin ...1977 US sl.
• PULBORON n, heroin ...1977 US sl.
• PULCHRITUDE n. physical beauty; comeliness ...1350 literary
• PULCHRITUDINOUS adj. beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent ...1912 US
• PULE n. 1. a small amount of food; a bite, a nibble ...E19 Sc.
n. 2. a wisp of smoke ...E19 Sc.
n. 3. a whine; a complaint ...L19 now Sc. & literary
vb. 1. to cry in a thin or weak voice; to whine, to whimper; to cry querulously; esp. of an infant ...1525 now Sc. & literary
vb. 2. to pine or waste away; to have no appetite ...M16 now Sc. & literary
vb. 3. to utter in a whining or querulous tone ...M16 now Sc. & literary
• PULICIOUS * adj. flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M19
• PULICOSE * adj. flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M18
• PULICOSITY n. the condition of being flea-infested ...M17
• PULICOUS * adj. flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M17
• PULL n. 1. a gulp of a drink, a puff on a cigarette, etc. ...1575 sl.
n. 2. an ulterior and hidden motive ...1812 sl.
n. 3. an illicit trick or manipulation ...1861 card-sharpers' usage
n. 4. butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
n. 5. an anxious moment ...L19 sl.
n. 6. influence; favourable standing with people of authority or influence; special power ...1886 colloq.
n. 7. a woman picked up as a sexual partner ...1969 sl.
n. 8. in policing, an act of temporarily detaining a suspicious person or vehicle for investigation ...1977 UK sl.
n. 8. a woman as a sex object ...1985 UK sl.
n. 10. an advantage over another ...colloq.
n. 11. the ability to attract; drawing power ...colloq.
* vb. 1. to shear a sheep, etc. ...OE now
† vb. 2. to fleece, to rob. to cheat ...LME
vb. 3. to drink, to take a swallow ...1436 sl.
vb. 4. to arrest someone ...1811 sl.
vb. 5. to raid ...1817 sl.
vb. 6. to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
vb. 7. of a jockey: to deliberately ride a racehorse to lose ...1895 Aust. sl.
vb. 8. to do; to perform, effect, esp. a trick or shady act ...1916 Amer. sl.
vb. 9. to achieve, to pull off ...c1920 Army sl.
vb. 10. to earn as income; to make a sum of money, as by a sale or the like ...c1925 Aust. sl.
vb. 11. to attract the attention, the notice, of someone sexually ...c1955 sl.
vb. 12. to leave ...1960 US sl.
vb. 13. to serve time in prison or in the armed forces ...1961 US sl.
vb. 14. to engage in a casual or recreational quest for a sexual partner; to pick up or attract a partner for sexual purposes ...1965 UK sl.
vb. 15. to recruit someone into prostitution ...1967 US sl.
vb. 16. of police: to stop a vehicle; to stop someone for questioning ...1970 UK sl.
vb. 17. to smoke a cigarette ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
vb. 18. of an adult: to buy beer or cigarettes illegally for a minor ...2001 Can sl.
• PULL A BONEHEAD vb. to make a stupid error ...1918 Amer. dial.
• PULL A BONEHEAD PLAY vb. to blunder; to commit an error, esp. an egregious one ...1913 Amer. sl.
• PULL A BONER vb. to blunder; to commit an error, esp. an egregious one; to make a stupid mistake  ...1913 Amer. sl.
• PULL ABOUT vb. 1. to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to treat roughly or without ceremony ...19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to take liberties with a woman; to play sexually with a woman ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• PULL A BRIGHT ONE vb. to do something clever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL A BUST vb. to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULL A CLUCK vb. to die ...c1870 sl.
• PULL A COOLIE vb. to err, to blunder ...1970s US gay sl.
• PULL A DEAD HORSE vb. to work for wages already paid ...M17 sl.
• PULL A FACE vb. to distort one's features, to grimace
• PULL A FADE-OUT vb. to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish ...1910s Amer. sl.
• PULL A FASTIE vb. to do something clever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE vb. to do something daring (often a criminal act) and hope to get away with it by being smarter, faster, and more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick; to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1933 Amer. sl.
• PULL A FLANKER vb. to trick, to swindle ...1920s sl.
• PULL A GAG vb. to do something clever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL A HORSE'S HEAD OFF vb. to check a horse's progress that he does not win ...c1860 sl.
• PULL A JOB vb. to carry out a crime, esp. stealing ...Amer. sl.
• PULL A KITE vb. to look or be serious ...19C sl.
• PULL A LONG FACE vb. to look solemn or dejected ...19C colloq.
• PULL AN ACT vb. to put on a show with the intention of deceiving or defrauding someone ...1930s sl.
• PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER vb. to study the whole night through to 'cram' for an exam ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PULL AND PUSH n. an act of masturbation based on the action of masturbating ...Brit. sl.
• PULL AN EL FOLDO vb. to lose energy, to wilt, to fade ...1962 Amer. sl.
• PULL A NIFTY vb. to do something clever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL A NIFTY ONE vb. to do something clever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL AN OLD HOUSE ON ONE'S HEAD † vb. to get oneself into trouble ...1811
• PULL A ONE-EIGHTY vb. to make a complete change of direction; to make an about-face ...Amer. sl.
• PULL APART vb. to criticize unmercifully; to analyze thoroughly
• PULL A PERSON'S COAT vb. to give information to a person; to tip a person off ...US sl.
• PULL A PINT vb. to operate the controls of an aircraft; to do a pilot's work ...c1930 RAF usage
• PULL A RABBIT vb. to perform an abortion ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• PULL A ROCK vb. to make a mistake in baseball ...M20 US sl.
• PULL A RODNEY KING vb. to initiate police brutality ...1990s US Black sl.
• PULL A STROKE vb. 1. to be faster, smarter, quicker (and more deceitful) than your opponent ...c1945 sl.
vb. 2. to commit a successful crime ...c1950 cant
vb. 3. to do something daring (often a criminal act) and get away with it by being smarter, faster,  and more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick ...1970 UK sl.
• PULL A STUNT vb. to do something clever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTIE vb. to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTY vb. to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
• PULL A TRAILER vb. to possess large buttocks ...1988 US sl.
• PULL A TRAIN vb. of a woman: to have sexual intercourse with a succession of males ...1965 US sl.
• PULL A TRICK vb. to perform an act of fellatio or pederasty ...M20 US sl.
• PULL A VANISHING ACT vb. to disappear ...1923 Amer. sl.
• PULL AWAY vb. to divert attention from the scene of a crime ...1975 Aust. sl.
• PULL-BACK n. a retarding or repressing act or influence ...L16 sl.
• PULL BACON vb. to make a derisive gesture; to put the thumb to the nose and spread out the fingers ...1887 Eng. dial.
• PULL CAPS vb. to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
• PULL-DOWN n. the moustache that succeeded the 'nap' ...c1870 society sl.
vb. 1. to depress in health or spirits ...arch.
vb. 2. to steal from shop doors ...1839 cant
vb. 3. to earn a sum of money, esp. as a wage or salary ...1917
vb. 4. to close up a fairground ...20C fairground and grafters' colloq.
vb. 5. to humble, to humiliate
vb. 6. to rob a place ...1992 US sl.
• PULL DOWN ONE'S EAR vb. to get money from a person, esp. as a tip ...c1870 Cockneys' sl.
• PULL DOWN THE BLIND! int. a catchphrase to couples lovemaking ...c1880 Brit. sl.
• PULL DOWN THE SHUTTER n. butter ...L19 rhyming sl.
• PULL DOWN YOUR JACKET! int. keep cool! don't get excited! ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• PULL DOWN YOUR VEST! int. keep cool! don't get excited! ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• PULL EARS vb. in paragliding: to intentionally collapse both tips of the wing to increase speed ...1992 US sl.
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE adj. tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULLED UP adj. former ...1972 US sl.
• PULLED UP BY THE EARS adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULLER n. 1. a smuggler ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a dealer in stolen or smuggled goods ...1956 US sl.
n. 3. a sneak thief ...1984 US sl.
n. 4. a crack cocaine user who obsessively or compulsively tugs at different body parts ...1992 US sl.
n. 5. a racehorse that strains to run at full speed ...1994 US sl.
n. 6. one who smokes marijuana cigarettes ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULLEY BONE n. the wishbone ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PULLEYS n. suspenders ...1945 US sl.
• PULL FACES vb. to accost celebrities ...L20 teenagers' sl.
• PULL FOOT vb. to decamp; to run hard; to run away ...1818 colloq. arch.
• PULL FOR vb. to support actively; to encourage
• PULL FOR TALL TIMBER vb. to run off ...M19 sl.
• PULLHAUL vb. to intrigue, to proselyte ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PULL HEMP vb. to be hanged ...1921 Amer. dial.
• PULLIE n. a pullover; a jumper ...1984 UK sl.
• PULLIKINS n. a dentist's forceps for extracting teeth ...1850 Amer. dial.
• PULL-IN n. a roadside café or refreshment stand at which vehicles can 'pull in' ...1938
vb. (usually as 'pull in')
vb. 1. to earn money ...1529 UK sl.
vb. 2. to arrest ...1893 sl.
vb. 3. to arrive ...1905 Amer. sl.
• PULLING n. 1. a challenge from a gang, or from one of its members ...1959 UK Teddy Boys' sl.
n. 2. a casual or recreational questing for a sexual partner ...2004 UK sl.
• PULLING GEAR n. in trucking: the gear best suited for climbing a hill ...1971 US sl.
• PULLING THE CORD n. courting ...1879 Irish sl.
• PULLING THE DEVIL BY THE TAIL phr. living on one's wits; surviving, getting by ...1914 Irish sl.
• PULLING TIME n. in an illegal numbers gambling lottery: the time of day when the winning number is drawn or   selected ...1949 US sl.
• PULLING WOOL n. acting in an obsequious manner ...1869 Amer. dial.
• PULL IN ONE'S EARS vb. 1. to duck one's head; to mind one's own business; hence, to be quiet ...1917 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to be less aggressive; to moderate oneself ...1940s Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to be cautious; to watch out for oneself ...Amer. sl.
• PULL IN ONE'S HORNS vb. to moderate or retract one's behaviour ...1589 sl.
• PULL IN YOUR EARS! int. 1. look out! ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
int. 2. shut up! ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
int. 3. don't be so aggressive; reconsider; review the facts ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULL IN YOUR NECK! int. 1. look out! ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
int. 2. shut up! ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
int. 3. don't be so aggressive; reconsider; review the facts ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULLION n. a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold ...1920 Sc.
• PULLITICIAN n. a politician with 'pull' or influence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL IT OFF vb. 1. to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to commit a crime ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULL IT OUT vb. to get on with something; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• PULL LEATHER vb. to reach for a hand-hold on the saddle horn while riding a bucking horse ...1915 US West. sl.
• PULL LIKE A THRESHER vb. to pull strongly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• PULL MY MOUTH vb. to try to get me to say something in particular ...1999 Can. sl.
• PULL OFF vb. 1. to succeed in doing or effecting something: to perform successfully; to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous ...1887 UK sl.
vb. 2. of a male: to masturbate ...1922 Irish sl.
vb. 3. to commit a crime ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULLOGUE n. apples stolen and hidden ...Irish sl.
• PULL ON vb. to tackle someone; to contend with someone to test someone ...1963 Aust. sl.
• PULL ONE OFF HIS HIGH HORSE vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PULL ONE'S CHAIN vb. to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PULL ONE'S DICK vb. 1. to masturbate ...1980s Aust. & US sl.
vb. 2. to talk nonsense ...1980s Aust. & US sl.
• PULL ONESELF ABOUT vb. to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONESELF OFF vb. to masturbate...20C sl.
• PULL ONESELF OVER vb. to eat ...L19 sl.
• PULL ONESELF UP BY ONE'S OWN BOOTSTRAPS vb. to improve one's position by one's own efforts ...1936 Amer. sl.
• PULL ONE'S FINGER OUT vb. to get moving; to demand effort from a lazy person; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• PULL ONE'S FREIGHT vb. to depart quickly, to leave promptly ...M19 US sl.
• PULL ONE'S HANDKERCHIEF vb. to make (sexual) advances ...L19 US teen sl.
• PULL ONE'S HEAD OUT vb. to pay attention to one's affairs; to wake up ...1960s Amer. students' sl.
• PULL ONE'S PETER vb. of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUD vb. of a male: to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUDDING vb. of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUNCHES vb. to put less than one's full force into delivering blows; fig. to use less force than one is capable of exerting; to be gentle or lenient, esp. in criticism or punishment ...1934 sl.
• PULL ONE'S WEIGHT vb. to take one's share of responsibility
• PULL ONE'S WIRE vb. of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL-ONS n. women's underpants of the type that pull on and need no tying ...20C Brit. & US colloq.
• PULL ON SHANK'S HORSES vb. to go on foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULL ON THE ROPE vb. to masturbate ...1972 US sl.
• PULL OUT vb. to leave, to depart ...c1880 Amer. colloq.
• PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS vb. to apply maximum effort to the task in hand ...1974 UK sl.
• PULL OUT OF vb. to be released ...1979 US sl.
• PULL OUT OF THE FIRE vb. to save from failure or disaster; to turn a potentially disastrous situation into a successful one; to turn defeat into victory; to rescue ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULL-OVER n. 1. a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a man who is regarded as easy to persuade to copulate ...M20 Amer. colloq.
• PULL PUD vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1994 UK sl.
• PULL RANK vb. to masturbate ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank' Brit
• PULL ROUND vb. to recover health ...1891 sl.
• PULL SOMEONE IN vb. to arrest someone ...1891 Amer. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S CHAIN vb. 1. to deceive, to fool, to victimize ...Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to elicit someone's anger or annoyance, esp. deliberately; to nag; to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing;  ...1962 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S COAT vb. 1. to give information ...1946 US Black sl.
vb. 2. to warn someone, to alert someone ...1954 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S COVERS vb. to reveal a person's true character ...1970 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S LEG vb. 1. to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone ...1888 UK sl.
vb. 2. to tease someone; to make fun of someone ...1888 UK sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PISSER vb. to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone ...1969 Brit. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PLONKER vb. 1. to waste time ...1982 UK sl.
vb. 2. to fool someone; to tease someone; to take a liberty with someone...2000 UK sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S STRING vb. 1. to deceive, to fool, to victimize ...Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S TIT vb. to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone; to make a fool of someone ...1959 Aust. sl.
• PULL SOMETHING ON A PERSON vb. to deceive someone ...Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
• PULL SOMETHING OUT OF ONE'S ASS vb. to invent or produce something seemingly from nowhere; to succeed narrowly ...1974 Amer. sl.
• PULL THE CHAIN vb. to make a decisive end, to end all negotiations; hence, to take decisive action, esp. against a person ...1935 US sl.
int. stop talking rubbish! ...1921 US sl.
• PULL THE CHOO-CHOO vb. of a woman: to do the sex act with several men serially ...1965 Amer. motorcyclists' sl.
• PULL THE FEATHERS OFF (A PERSON'S FAME) † vb. to detract from ...c1430
• PULL THE HEAD OFF IT vb. of a male: to masturbate ...2002 UK sl.
• PULL THE JUICE vb. to turn off an electric light ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULL THE LABOURING OAR vb. to take a great or arduous share of the work ...1900
• PULL THE MONKEY vb. to pull a rubber disc through a cess drain in order to clean the drain ...1970 UK sl.
• PULL THE MOODY vb. to sulk ...1969 Brit. sl.
• PULL THE OTHER ONE! int. an expression of disbelief, esp. with reference to pulling a person's leg ...1964 colloq.
• PULL THE OTHER ONE - IT'S GOT BELLS ON (IT)! int. used as sarcastic response; an expression of disbelief, esp. with reference to pulling a person's leg ...1964 UK sl.
• PULL THE PIN vb. to resign or retire from a job ...1927 US sl.
• PULL THE PLUG vb. 1. in submarining: to dive ...1948 US sl.
vb. 2. to commit suicide ...1981 sl.
vb. 3. to stop; to finish ...1988 UK sl.
• PULL THE REIN vb. to advise ...1989 Aust. sl.
• PULL THE RUG OUT vb. to disturb the status quo ...1974 UK sl.
• PULL THE RUG (OUT) FROM UNDER vb. to unexpectedly withdraw support from; to destroy the basis of; to betray ...colloq.
• PULL THE TRAIN vb. of a woman: to do the sex act with several men serially ...1965 Amer. motorcyclists' sl.
• PULL THE WOOL OVER SOMEONE'S EYES vb. to deceive someone, esp. as regards the deceiver's intentions ...1842 US sl.
• PULL THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR vb. to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• PULL THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR vb. to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• PULL-THROUGH n. a soldier's term for a tall, thin person ...Brit. sl.
vb. (usually as 'pull through') a Jew ...1974 UK rhyming sl.
• PULL TIME vb. to be sentenced to imprisonment ...1950 US sl.
• PULL UP vb. 1. to arrest ...1812 sl.
vb. 2. to reprimand ...1836 sl.
vb. 3. among travellers, to stop ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. of a jockey: to deliberately ride a racehorse to lose ...1936 Aust. sl.
vb. 5. to stop doing something ...1972 US sl.
• PULL UP STAKES vb. to depart; to move house ...1961 Aust. sl.
• PULLUS n. a young bird; a chick ...1765
• PULL WIRE vb. of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PULL WIRES vb. to use personal influence to achieve a desired outcome ...1984 UK sl.
• PULL WOOL OVER THE EYES vb. to deceive ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PULLY n. a pullover; a jumper ...1984 UK sl.
• PULLY-BONE n. a wishbone ...1906 Amer. dial.
• PULL YOUR FINGER OUT! int. hurry up! ...20C Brit. & US sl., orig. military
• PULL YOUR HEAD IN! int. mind your own business! ...1942 Aust. sl.
• PULL YOUR OWN LITTLE RED WAGON phr. mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PULL YOUR PUD vb. of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUDDEN vb. of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUDDING vb. of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUNCHES vb. to exercise moderation, esp. in punishment or blame ...1934 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR WIRE vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1937 UK sl.
• PULP adj. like or pert. to pulp (see noun) ...Bk1974 sl.
n. 1. a magazine printed on cheap, rough, pulp paper ...Bk1974 Amer.sl.
n. 2. a story or article of stereotyped design and sensational contents, usually written for purely commercial ends ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 3. any magazine devoted to sensational and ephemeral literature, as cowboy and detective stories and the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULP FICTION n. fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp ...1950 Amer.
• PULPIT † n. the female genitals ...17C sl.
• PULPIT-CUFFER n. a Bible-pounding preacher ...19C Brit. colloq.
• PULPITEER n. (usually disparaging) a preacher by profession ...1635
• PULPITER n. (usually disparaging) a preacher by profession ...1635
• PULSE n. 1. a woman's sexual parts in 'feel her pulse'; the vagina ...M17 Brit. sl.
n. 2. an erect penis ...19C sl.
• PULSE ACCELERATOR n. a loved one; a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PULSE UPPERER n. a loved one; a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PULTROUS † adj. lustful, lascivious, lecherous ...1788 Sc.
• PULY adj. whining, querulous ...L17
• PUMBLECHOOK n. a stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a 'human ass' ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• PUMFRITS n. fried potatoes; (French 'pommes frites') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PUMIL †* adj. dwarf, dwarfish, diminutive ...1776
• PUMILIO †* n. a dwarf; a diminutive person or plant ...1576
• PUMKIN n. 1. the human head ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
n. 3. a football ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUMMEL vb. to skateboard fearlessly without regard to the effect on the board or body ...1984 US sl.
• PUMMELLED adj. very drunk ...1990 US sl.
• PUMP n. 1. the female genitals ...17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the penis ...17C sl.
n. 3. a breaking of wind ...19C Brit. sl.
n. 4. a breast ...E20 US
n. 5. the heart ...1946 US sl.
n. 6. an illegal linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
n. 7. a fire hydrant ...1979 UK sl.
n. 8. a fart ...1985 Sc. sl.
n. 9. sexual intercourse ...Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to interrogate someone ...1656 UK sl.
vb. 2. of a male: to copulate ...1730 UK & Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
vb. 4. to urinate ...19C Brit. & US sl.
vb. 5. to vomit ...19C Brit. sl.
vb. 6. to fart ...1937 N. Ireland sl.
vb. 7. to obtain a free ride ...1965 Barbados sl.
vb. 8. in poker: to increase a bet made by another player ...1983 US sl.
vb. 9. to sell drugs. esp. crack cocaine ...1989 UK sl.
vb. 10. to exert yourself in a labour ...1992 US sl.
• PUMPAGE n. sexual intercourse ...Brit. sl. Brit
• PUMP-DALE n. the female genitals ...E18 Brit. sl.
• PUMPED adj. pregnant ...M20 US sl.
• PUMPED UP adj. pregnant ...20C Amer. sl.
• PUMPER n. the heart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUMP-HANDLE n. 1. the penis ...E18 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a salute ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PUMPKIN n. 1. the female genitals ...19C US sl.
n. 2. a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
n. 3. the human head ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a football ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUMPKIN-COVER n. the female public hair ...19C US sl.
• PUMPKIN-FACE n. a round face with no expression on it ...1881
• PUMPKIN HEAD n. a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce; a stupid person; an oaf ...1775 Amer. sl.
• PUMPKIN RINDS n. shoulder straps as insignia of military rank, usually yellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUMPKIN-ROLLER n. a farmer ...c1905 Amer. sl.
• PUMPKINS, THE n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUMPKIN SEED n. a tablet of mescaline ...M20 US drugs sl.
• PUMPLEFOOT n. clubfoot ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• PUMPLE-FOOTED adj. club-footed ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUMP OFF vb. to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PUMP ONESELF OFF vb. to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• PUMP ONE'S PICKLE vb. to masturbate ...20C sl., orig. Can.
• PUMP ONE'S PYTHON vb. of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUMP-OUT vb. to urinate...Brit. sl. Brit
• PUMPS n. 1. the female breasts ...E20 US sl.
n. 2. tennis shoes, trainers ...Brit. schoolchildren's usage
• PUMP SHIP vb. 1. to urinate ...1788 sl., orig. nautical
vb. 2. to vomit ...18C sl.
• PUMP THE STUMP vb. to shake hands ...1947 US sl.
• PUMPTURE n. a puncture, tire trouble ...1991 Irish sl.
• PUMP UP YOUR TIRE! int. you bore me! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNAANY n. the vagina ...UK Black sl.
• PUNCE n. 1. an effeminate male; a homosexual male ...20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. the female genitals ...20C Aust. & Brit. sl.
• PUNCH n. 1. energy, vigour, vitality ...1911 sl., orig. US
n. 2. force; meaning; pungency ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 3. women considered as sexual objects ...18C sl.
n. 4. a killing, as in the stock market, etc.; a coup ...1900s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to copulate ...18C sl.
vb. 2. to deflower ...sl.
vb. 3. to deliver lines in a play, musical passage or the like with vigour ...colloq.
vb. 4. to drive or round up; to work as a cowboy; used of cattle and tourists ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.           
• PUNCHABLE adj. pert. to a woman who desires copulation ...18C sl.
• PUNCHABLE NUN n. a prostitute ...20C Brit. sl.
• PUNCH AWAY vb. to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; to persevere ...colloq.
• PUNCH-BOARD n. (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1963 sl.
• PUNCH-DRUNK adj. 1. befuddled; dazed; groggy or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes ...1915 Amer.
adj. 2. of a boxer: having a concussion caused by repeated blows to the head ...1915 Amer.
• PUNCHER n. 1. a cowboy ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a telegraph operator ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNCHINELLO n. a grotesque or absurd person or thing
• PUNCHING BAG n. a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat ...colloq.
• PUNCH LINE n. 1. the last line, sentence, or part of a joke that gives it meaning and humour ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. the last line, sentence, or part of a story, experience, or incident that gives it meaning or an unexpected ending ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNCH LIST n. a list of unfinished matters that require attention ...Bk2001 colloq.
• PUNCH-OUT n. a fistfight or brawl ...sl.
vb. (usually as 'punch out')
vb. 1. to leave; to quit; to abandon ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to bail out, to eject from an aircraft
vb. 3. to beat up or knock out with the fists...sl.
• PUNCH SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT vb. to knock someone unconscious ...1966  Amer. sl.
• PUNCH THE BAG vb. to complain; to talk at length, to gossip, to chat ...1901 Amer. sl.
• PUNCH-UP n. a fistfight or brawl ...1955 sl.
vb. (usually as 'punch up') to enliven, as with fresh ideas or additional material ...colloq.
• PUNCHY adj. 1. short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
adj. 2. dazed or stupefied from severe or continual punching ...B1900 sl.
adj. 3. full of punch or vigour; forceful; being or appearing vigorously effective; energetic, vigorous, lively ...1926 sl.
adj. 4. punch-drunk ...20C sl.
n. a nickname applied disparagingly to any person, implying that he is confused, or mentally subnormal from, or as though from, blows on the head ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNCHY-FAT adj. very fat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUNCK n. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman ...16C Brit. sl.
• PUNCKE n. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman ...16C Brit. sl.
• PUNCTILIOUS adj. extremely attentive to details, ceremony, or procedure; strict or exact in the observance of formalities or amenities ...1625
• PUNCTURE vb. 1. to have sex with a woman ...19C sl.
vb. 2. to deflower ...19C Brit. sl.
• PUNCTURED adj. drunk ...Brit. sl.
• PUNCTURE ONE'S BALLOON vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUNDIT n. 1. a learned person, expert, or authority ...17C
n. 2. a person who makes comments or judgements, esp. in an authoritative manner; a critic or commentator ...17C
• PUNGEY adj. intoxicated with alcohol ...18C US sl.
• PUNISH vb. to eat or drink copiously ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNISH PERCY IN THE PALM vb. of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUNISH THE POPE vb. to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• PUNK adj. of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman ...16C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a lackey; a waiter; a porter ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a bumptious but insignificant or contemptible person ...19C sl.
n. 5. a homosexual male ...19C US sl.
n. 6. a weak person; a useless jerk, usually a male; a worthless man; an ineffectual or incompetent person ...M19 US sl.
n. 7. bread ...c1880 Amer. sl.
n. 8. a catamite ...E20 US criminals' sl.
n. 9. in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
n. 10. a small-time or petty criminal ...1917 Amer. sl.
n. 11. any young animal, esp. a baby lion ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
n. 12. a woman who performs 'penilingus' ...M20 US criminals' sl.
n. 13. any male; a chum; a young fellow ...M20 US sl. & colloq.
n. 14. inferior marijuana ...M20 US drugs sl.
n. 15. a petty hoodlum; one who thinks he wants to be a hoodlum but lacks real toughness and experience ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 16. a young or inexperienced person; a boy tramp or child hobo; a boy, youth, or beginner; a young prisoner; a child or adolescent of either sex; a youngster ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 17. an adherent of a youth sub-culture first coalescing in 1976 around punk rock music ...1970s sl.
n. 18. an inferior or unimportant person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 19. an inferior prizefighter, jockey, pool player, etc. ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to pimp ...17C Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to procure customers for a prostitute ...17C Brit. sl.
• PUNK AND WHITE WINE n. bread and water ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNK-ASS adj. of a person: unpleasant, deplorable ...1972 US sl.
• PUNKAWN n. a talkative, self-assertive person ...1943 Irish sl.
• PUNKER n. 1. a whoremonger ...17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a greenhorn ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNKETTE n. a young female punk rocker ...sl.
• PUNKIN n. 1. the human head ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
n. 3. a football ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNKIN-HEAD n. a stupid person; an oaf or dolt ...19C Amer. dial.
• PUNKIN ROLLER n. 1. a farmer ...c1905 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• PUNKINS, THE n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNKISH adj. somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNK-KID n. a homosexual boy or catamite ...M20 sl.
• PUNK OUT vb. to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1920 US sl.
• PUNKY adj. 1. of a public performance: poor ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNQUE n. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman ...16C Brit. sl.
• PUNSE n. the female genitals ...19C sl.
• PUNTA n. the odour of vaginal secretions ...2000s US Black sl.
• PUNTAM n. a lively person, esp. a woman of low stature ...Irish sl.
• PUNT AROUND n. an attempt to find someone or something ...1970s sl.
vb. to try one's luck, esp. when looking for a person ...1970s sl.
• PUNTER n. 1. a criminal, esp. one who assists as a confederate ...1891 sl.
n. 2. a gambler, a speculator ...Brit. sl.
n. 3. a customer or client; often used dismissively ...1965 sl.
• PUNY adj. not in good health ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUP n. 1. a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the penis ...M20 sl.
• PU-PAP n. a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUPPIES n. nipples ...20C gay sl.
• PUPPRELLE †* n. a little puppy ...1583
• PUPPY n. a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUPPY FAT n. fatness in a young person, which supposedly soon disappears ...1937 sl.
• PUPPY-HOLE n. at Eton College: a pupil-room, in which pupils work with their tutors ...1922 sl.
• PUPPY LOVE n. temporary affection between very young people ...1834
• PUPPY-SHOW adj. foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W. Indies
n. foolishness, showing off; one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves ...L19 W. Indies
vb. to make a fool of someone ...L19 W. Indies
• PURE adj. of drinks: unmixed with water ...Bk1902 colloq,
• PURE ELEMENT n. water ...Bk1921 sl.
• PURE MERINO n. 1. a (descendant of a) voluntary settler in Australia, as opposed to a transported convict, esp. one who finds in this a basis for social pretension ...1826 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a snob ...1826 Aust. sl.
• PURE-QUILL adj. genuine ...1956 Amer. dial.
adv. genuinely ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL, THE n. something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT, THE n. something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
י PURGATORY n. an unpleasant experience ...1807 sl.
• PURLER n. an excellent thing ...1935 sl., chiefly Aust.
• PURP n. 1. a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a dog; a pup ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PURPLE adj. extremely pornographic ...E20 colloq.
n. 1. a tablet of the stimulant drug Drinamyl™, an amphetamine ...1968 sl.
n. 2. LSD; also LSD mixed with methedrine ...1968 sl.
• PURPLE HAZE n. LSD; also LSD mixed with methedrine ...1967 sl.
• PURPLE HEART n. a tablet of the stimulant drug Drinamyl™, an amphetamine ...1961 sl.
• PURPLE-HEARTS n. amphetamine tablets ...1950s US sl.
• PURPLE-HELMETED JUNKET GUN n. the penis ...1980s sl.
• PURPLE PASSION n. a loved one; a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PURPLE PORK n. the penis ...M19 sl.
• PURSE n. 1. the vagina ...17C sl.
n. 2. money ... Bk1903 sl.
• PURSE-LEECH † n. a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner ...1598
• PURSE-PINCHED adj. in straitened circumstances; habitually poor ...1603 arch.
• PURTIES n. little gifts for a girl ...Irish sl.
• PURTING-GLUMPOT n. a sulky person ...1837 Eng. dial.
• PURTY adj. pretty ...1960 Irish sl.
• PUSH n. 1. a crowd of people; a gang of larrikins ...1884 sl., chiefly Aust.
n. 2. a scrape, difficulty ...Irish sl.
n. 3. assistance, encouragement ...Irish sl.
vb. 1. to possess carnally ...17C sl.
vb. 2. to peddle illegal drugs ...1938 sl.
vb. 3. to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH, THE n. dismissal, esp. from employment ...1899 sl.
• PUSH A FACE † vb. to exhibit a bold front ...1758-65
• PUSHEEN n. a kitten; an affectionate term for a cat ...Irish sl.
• PUSHEENS n. slippers ...Irish sl.
• PUSHER n. 1. the penis ...Urquhart usage
n. 2. a prostitute ...1944 sl.
n. 3. a supplier of illicit drugs, esp. addictive drugs ...1935 sl., orig. US
• PUSHERS n. slippers ...Irish sl.
• PUSH FIRE vb. to urge others into a fight, with no intention of participating oneself ...20C W. Indies sl.
• PUSH-FOOT n. a Ford Model T automobile ...1920s W. Indies sl.
• PUSHIE n. 1. one who takes offense easily; a timorous person; an over-sensitive person ...1966 Ulster sl.
n. 2. an effeminate man ...Irish sl.
n. 3. a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
int. a call to a cat ...Irish sl.
• PUSHING DAISIES adj. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING-SCHOOL n. a brothel ...Bk1902 sl.
• PUSHING THE CLOUDS AROUND adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING UP DAISIES adj. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH IN THE BUSH IS WORTH TWO IN THE HAND, A phr. one act of copulation is worth two acts of masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• PUSH IN THE PANTS n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH IN THE PUSS n. a blow in the face ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHMOBILE n. a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH MONEY n. commission on items sold ...1939 US sl.
• PUSH OFF vb. to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH ON vb. to copulate ...18C colloq.
• PUSH ONE'S FACE vb. to obtain credit by bluff, bluster, or deceit  ...c1760 colloq.
• PUSH-OVER n. 1. a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a woman who is regarded as easy to persuade to copulate ...E20 Amer. colloq.
• PUSH PAPER vb. to do boring or unimportant work in an office ...20C sl.
• PUSH SOMEONE'S BUTTONS  vb. to elicit a strongly favourable or unfavourable emotional response from someone, esp. anger or sexual excitement ...1927 Amer. sl.
• PUSH THE BOAT OUT vb. to be more than usually open-handed, esp. in buying drinks for others ...1937 sl., orig. naval usage
• PUSH THE BUTTON vb. to panic ...1967 Amer. sl.
• PUSH THE CART UP HOLBORN HILL vb. to go to the gallows ...M17 sl.
• PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTONS vb. to manage to get the desired results, esp. by manipulating another person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• PUSH TO THE WALL vb. to force into an awkward situation
• PUSH UP DAISIES vb. to be dead and buried ...a1918 sl.
• PUSHY adj. said of someone who is unpleasantly self-assertive in getting their way ...1936 orig. US
• PUSILL † adj. small, insignificant, petty ...1623
† n. 1. a variety of pear ...1615
* n. 2. a little or weak one, a child ...1884
• PUSILLANIMOUS adj. lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited ...1586
• PUSILLITY † n. littleness, pettiness ...a1619
• PUSS n. 1. a cat, used esp. as a calling name ...a1530
n. 2. a term of endearment for a woman ...17C sl.
n. 3. the female genitals ...M17 sl.
n. 4. the face; the mouth ...1890 sl., mainly US
n. 5. a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
n. 6. women viewed as sex objects ...sl.
n. 7. milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 8. a hare ...1996 Irish sl.
• PUSSER n. a blow in the face ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSSFUL n. a mouthful ...Irish sl.
• PUSSICKIE n. 1. a kitten ...B1900 Sc.
n. 2. a fondling name for a child ...B1900 Sc.
• PUSSOCK †* n. a term for an old maid, an 'old tabby' ...1622
• PUSSY adj. stout, fat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 1. female genitals ...17C sl.
n. 2. a cat ...1726
n. 3. a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
n. 4. a fur coat ...1937 criminals' sl.
n. 5. a male homosexual; an effeminate man or boy ...1942 sl.
n. 6. a woman considered as a sex object ...1959 sl.
n. 7. sexual intercourse ...1978 sl.
• PUSSY-BUMPING n. lesbian activity ...20C sl.
• PUSSYCAT n. a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSYFOOT vb. to act too warily ...1903 sl.
• PUSSY POSSE n. a police squad, or vice squad dealing with prostitution ...1963 sl.
• PUSSY-SIMPLE adj. obsessed with women sexually ...20C Amer. dial.
• PUSSY'S MEOW n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSSY'S PAJAMAS n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSSY-STRUCK adj. obsessed with women sexually ...20C colloq.
• PUSSY'S TWISTER n. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSSY-WHIPPED adj. henpecked ...M20 sl.
• PUT vb. to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTA n. (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1967 sl.
• PUT A BEATING ON vb. to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUT ABOUT vb. to upset, to distress ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PUT A BUG IN ONE'S EAR vb. to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PUT A CORK IN IT! int. shut up! ...1982 US sl.
• PUT ACROSS vb. to perpetrate a deception ...1913-15 Amer. sl.
• PUT A DAFF ON A PERSON vb. to make anyone afraid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PUT A DAMPER ON vb. to discourage; to dampen the enthusiasm of; to spoil another person's pleasure; to have a depressing effect on ...1748
• PUT A DOWN UPON A MAN vb. to inform against him ...Bk1892 Aust. convicts' sl.
• PUT A FACE ON  vb. in boxing: to batter and injure the face of ...1971 US sl.
• PUT A FINGER ON vb. 1. to betray, esp. to the police ...1930s US sl.
vb. 2. to identify someone, esp. as someone about to die ...1930s sl.
vb. 3. to work out, to identify ...1930s sl.
• PUT A FOOT IN SOMEONE'S ASS vb. to attack someone physically; to treat someone unkindly ...1940s US Black sl.
• PUT A GAG ON vb. to put a stop to someone's activities ...1891 UK sl.
• PUT A GUT ON vb. to put on weight ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• PUT A HAT ON SOMEONE vb. 1. to beat someone, to put them in their place ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
vb. 2. to dislike someone intensely ...1970s US Black sl.
vb. 3. to single someone out for revenge ...1970s US Black sl.
• PUT A HOLE IN vb. to kill someone ...1910s sl.
• PUT A HURTING ON vb. to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUT A HURT ON vb. to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUTAIN † n. a woman of ill fame; a whore, a prostitute, a strumpet ...a1300
• PUT A JERK IN IT vb. to act vigorously, smartly, or quickly ...1910s sl.
• PUT ALL OARS IN THE WATER vb. to make every effort, to do one's utmost ...1925 Sc.
• PUT A MUSTARD-PLASTER ON HIS CHEST phr. applied to a doleful and dismal pallid young man ...c1880 Brit. sl.
• PUT A NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN vb. to do anything that shortens life; spec., to drink ...1836 sl.
• PUT ANOTHER NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN vb. to get drunk ...E19 sl.
• PUT A PASS vb. to ignore, to have no interest ...L19 sl.
• PUT A PERSON'S BACK UP vb. to make a person angry or stubborn ...colloq.
• PUT A PERSON'S QUICK OUT vb. to put an end to his life ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE vb. to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose ...B1900
• PUT A SCOTCH ON ANYTHING vb. to put difficulties in its way ...1868 Eng. dial.
• PUT A SCOTCH ON A PERSON'S WHEEL vb. to check or hinder him ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• PUT A SOCK IN IT! int. be quiet ...1919 Brit. sl.
• PUT A THRAW IN A NECK vb. to wring it ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PUTATORY †* adj. belonging to cutting, dressing, or pruning of trees ...1656
• PUT A TUCK IN ONE'S TAIL vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT AWAY vb. 1. to send to prison ...1872 sl.
vb. 2. to eat ...1878 sl.
vb. 3. to please ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PUT BACK vb. to consume food or drink heartily ...1974 Amer. sl.
• PUT BEANS IN ONE'S EAR vb. to do something stupid after being warned not to ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PUT BEANS UP ONE'S NOSE vb. to do something stupid after being warned not to ...1979 Amer. dial.
• PUT BESIDE THE SADDLE † vb. to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80
• PUT BEYOND ONESELF vb. to render conceited ...1848 Ireland
• PUT BIRDIE vb. to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT DAYLIGHT THROUGH vb. to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• PUT DOTS ON ONE vb. to bore, to tire ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PUTDOWN n. a snub or humiliation ...sl.
vb. (usually as 'put down') to snub, humiliate or belittle; to disparage ...1950s sl.
• PUT DOWN SOME HAIR vb. of a man: to have sexual intercourse ...M19 sl.
• PUT FAT ON ONE'S RIBS vb. to make happy ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• PUT FOR TALL TIMBER vb. to run off ...M19 sl.
• PUT HAIR ON YOUR CHEST phr. a quality ascribed to an alcoholic drink or, when encouraging a child to eat, used of food, esp. crusts and Brussels sprouts; also applied to robust or challenging questions of aesthetic taste or preference ...1964 UK sl.
• PUT IN vb. to incriminate ...1922 sl.
• PUT IN A BAG adj. killed, wrapped in a shroud ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PUT IN ADVENTURE vb. to put in jeopardy, to imperil, to risk, to stake ...1297
• PUT IN COLD STORAGE vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT IN ONE'S BEST LICKS vb. to work hard; to do one's best ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PUT IN ONE'S LICKS vb. to work hard; to do one's best ...1847 Amer. dial.
• PUT IN ONE'S NICKEL'S WORTH vb. to intrude in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT IN ONE'S OAR vb. to interfere; to voice an unwanted opinion ...1730 sl.
• PUT IN ONE'S POCKET vb. to convert into money ...1857 Amer. dial.
• PUT IN THE ACID vb. to inform on, to tell tales about, to poison someone's mind against ...1900s sl.
• PUT IN THE AIR vb. to rob someone ...1911 US criminals' sl.
• PUT IN THE CAN vb. to finish a project or task ...1954 US sl.
• PUT IN THE FANGS vb. to beg ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PUT IT ALL OVER (ON) vb. to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT IT WHERE THE MONKEY PUTS THE NUT vb. to stick it up one's anus; used as a vulgar retort ...1922 Amer. sl.
• PUT LEAD IN ONE'S PENCIL vb. to enable one to have an erection ...1941 sl.
• PUT LIPSTICK ON HIS DIPSTICK vb. of a woman: to perform penilingus ...M20 US sl.
• PUT-OFF n. delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. (as 'put off')
vb. 1. to distribute counterfeit money ...M18 Aust. & US criminals sl.
vb. 2. to disconcert ...20C sl.
vb. 3. to lay off from work; to dismiss ...1930s Aust. sl.
vb. 4. to kill; to murder ...1990s Aust. sl.
• PUT-ON adj. affected, pretentious ...L19 US sl.
n. 1. one who affects airs ...E18 sl.
n. 2. a joke, a hoax ...M19 sl.
n. 3. an old female beggar who specializes in 'putting on' a look that makes her look as pitiful as possible ...L19 sl.
n. 4. a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
vb. (usually as 'put on')
vb. 1. to affect airs ...E18 sl.
vb. 2. to inform; to let someone know ...M19 UK & US criminals' sl.
vb. 3. to tease; to joke with ; to deceive for one's own gain ...M19 sl.
vb. 4. to get dressed ...20C Ulster sl.
vb. 5. to arrest and/or charge on the basis of concocted evidence; to 'frame up' ...1910s Aust. criminals' sl.
vb. 6. to eat ...1930s sl.
vb. 7. to annoy; to irritate ...1960s sl.
vb. 8. to do, to make happen to ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
vb. 9. to request ...1960s sl.
• PUT ON A BOSS vb. to affect a squint in order to make oneself look more threatening ...L19 sl.
• PUT ON A CIGAR vb. to smoke a cigar in order to make oneself seem smarter than one is ...L19 sl.
• PUT ON A CRUMB ACT vb. to impose on another person ...1950s Aust. sl.
• PUT ON A FACE vb. to change one's expression ...L19 sl.
• PUT ON AN ACT vb. to show off, to talk for display, to behave insincerely ...1934 sl.
• PUT ON A QUEUE vb. of a woman: to have sex with a line of partners, one after the other ...1970 Aust. sl.
• PUT-ON ARTIST n. a hoaxer, a tease ...1930s US sl.
• PUT ON A SLAB vb. to fight in private to settle a score ...20C prison sl.
• PUT ON A SMOKE vb. to light a pipe or cigarette ...L19 sl.
• PUT ON BEEF vb. to put on weight ...M19 sl.
• PUT ON DAWG vb. to 'put on side'; to behave arrogantly ...20C sl.
• PUT ON DOG vb. 1. to show off; to put on airs; to something energetically or noisily ...M19 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to have sexual intercourse ...1970s sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE BACK vb. to cost ...1896 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE DOWN vb. to humiliate someone ...1958 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE FLASH TO ANYTHING vb. to put him on his guard; to inform ...Bk1893 sl.
• PUT ONE HYP vb. to put one 'wise to'; to inform ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE IN vb. to shoot dead ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE IN HIS PLACE vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE IN THE HEAD OF vb. to remind one; to cause one to recollect ...1750 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE INTO A TAPTOO † vb. to excite one's wrath; to produce violent passion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PUT ONE ON SOMEONE vb. to hit, to punch ...1980s sl.
• PUT ONE OUT ON HIS EAR vb. to suddenly embarrass one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE OVER (ON) vb. to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE'S ASS ON THE LINE vb. to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S BACK INTO vb. to use all one's efforts or strength in a particular endeavour
• PUT ONE'S BACK UP vb. to make annoyed ...c1800 colloq.
• PUT ONE'S BALLS ON THE LINE vb. to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S BEARD IN A BLAZE vb. to be in a great rage ...1817 Sc.
• PUT ONE'S BEST SIDE TOWARDS LONDON vb. to make the best of things ...L19 sl.
• PUT ONE'S BONES UP vb. to get ready to fight ...L19 sl.
• PUT ONE'S CHECKS IN THE RACK vb. to die ...1930s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S CUE IN THE RACK vb. 1. to die ...1980s sl.
vb. 2. to retire ...1980s sl.
• PUT ONE'S EARS OUT vb. to listen for news; to gather information ...1990s sl.
• PUT ONESELF ABOUT vb. 1. to go into action ...1970s sl.
vb. 2. to lead an active social or sexual life ...1970s sl.
• PUT ONESELF AWAY vb. to pretend; to hoax ...1930s sl.
• PUT ONESELF OUT vb. to make an effort that involves some inconvenience to oneself ...1861 sl.
• PUT ONE'S EYE ON vb. to become obsessed with at first sight and thus to desire to possess immediately ...20C W. Indies
• PUT ONE'S FACE ON vb. usually of women: to put on makeup ...1950s sl.
• PUT ONE'S FEET UP vb. to take a rest ...colloq.
• PUT ONE'S FIST TO vb. to sign ...M19 sl.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN vb. 1. to insist; to be adamant; to make a firm decision, usually against something ...M19 sl.
vb. 2. to curtail, to restrict ...1910s sl.
vb. 3. to accelerate and drive a vehicle fast ...1930s sl.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT IN IT vb. to spoil something by some tactless blunder or remark; to make an error ...L18 sl.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT IN ONE'S MOUTH vb. to make an embarrassing verbal mistake, discomfiting oneself as well as the hearer ...1940s sl.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT IN SOMEONE'S ASS vb. to attack someone physically; to treat someone unkindly ...1940s US Black sl.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT ON THE FLOOR vb. to accelerate a motorcar ...1920s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HAND DOWN vb. to pay, to stand one's turn ...20C sl.
• PUT ONE'S HAND IN AN EMPTY CORN-JAR vb. to marry a poor woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• PUT ONE'S HAND UP vb. to confess ...1970s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HANDS UP vb. to surrender; to give in; to confess ...1980s Brit. police & criminals' sl. to hit, to punch ...1980s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD ON THE BLOCK vb. to declare oneself openly; to take a risk or stand that may be dangerous ...1950s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD OUT vb. to murder ...2000s US Black gang sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD UNDER THE KNIFE vb. to declare oneself openly; to take a risk or stand that may be dangerous ...1950s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HOOF IN IT vb. to make an error ...L18 sl.
• PUT ONE'S LIGHTS OUT vb. to kill one; to knock one out or down ...1866 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE'S LIP IN vb. to intrude in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S LONG EYE ON vb. to covet, to desire for oneself ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• PUT ONE'S MONEY WHERE ONE'S MOUTH IS vb. to back one's boasting with suitable action ...1940s sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE'S MOUTH IN vb. to intrude in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S MOUTH IN ONE'S POCKET vb. to be forced to make a heavy payment after losing a libel suit ...20C W. Indies sl.
• PUT ONE'S MOUTH ON vb. to denigrate, to slander ...20C W. Indies sl.
• PUT ONE'S NAME IN THE POT vb. to count on in planning a meal ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S OAR IN vb. to interfere, to meddle ...c1730 colloq.
• PUT ONE'S PEN TO THE WIND vb. of a prisoner: to tell an officer to file disciplinary report; of an officer: to tell a prisoner to file a grievance ...2000s US prison sl.
• PUT ONE'S PIPE OUT vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S SHIRT ON vb. to bet all one's money on, esp. a horse in a race ...1892
• PUT ONE'S SOCKS ON vb. to bet heavily ...L19 gambling sl.
• PUT ONE'S THUMB ON IT vb. to keep secret, to conceal; to remain silent ...1905 Sc.
• PUT ONE'S TIME IN vb. to spend time; to occupy one's time ...L19 sl.
• PUT ONE'S WEIGHT ON IT vb. to dance energetically ...2000s US Black sl.
• PUT ONE'S WEIGHTS UP vb. to cause trouble deliberately ...1920s NZ sl.
• PUT (ONE) THROUGH A COURSE OF SPROUTS vb. 1. to thrash; to castigate; to give one a good drubbing ...19C Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to subject to hard work; to make one do certain hard things; to subject to hard discipline ...19C Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE TOGETHER vb. to plan a crime ...1970s UK criminals' sl.
• PUT ONE UNDER HACK vb. to embarrass, to tease ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE WHERE HE BELONGS vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON ICE vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON JAM vb. to give oneself airs ...1882 Aust. sl.
• PUT ON LUGS vb. to put on airs ...1889 US sl.
• PUT ON ONE'S FACE vb. usually of women: to put on makeup ...1950s sl.
• PUT ON ONE SIDE vb. to decline, to reject; to throw over ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON PARTS vb. to give oneself airs ...1893 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON SIDE vb. to give oneself airs ...1878 sl.
• PUT ON THE AGONY vb. 1. to complain, to moan; the implication is that the problems are not wholly genuine; hence, to exaggerate ...M19 sl.
vb. 2. to dress according to the latest fashion; to overdress ...1906 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON THE ARSE BIT vb. to indignantly tell someone what you think of him or her ...1975 Aust. sl.
• PUT ON THE BAG vb. to dine ...1924 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE CHILL vb. to act coldly toward a person; to snub ...20C Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE COAT vb. to place someone in a position of disfavour ...1940s Aust. sl.
• PUT ON THE DOG vb. to behave or dress in an ostentatious or showy manner; to show off; to put on airs; to something energetically or noisily ...1865 sl., orig. US
• PUT ON THE EXTINGUISHER vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE FAN vb. to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON THE FEED BAG vb. to eat a meal ...1987 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON THE FIE-FIE vb. to make a fuss; to upbraid ...L19 sl.
• PUT ON THE GYVER vb. to behave or speak affectedly ...1864 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• PUT ON THE HIGH PAN vb. to speak in an affected pseudo-English manner ...1949 Sc.
• PUT ON THE NOSE-BAG vb. to eat ...1874 jocular
• PUT ON THE RACK vb. to strain to the utmost ...1818
• PUT ON THE SHAM vb. to carry out a lie or hoax ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE SPOT vb. to arrange for someone to be killed ...1929 US sl.
• PUT ON YOUR HAPPY FEET vb. to prepare to dance up a storm ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PUT OUT adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. of a woman: to offer oneself for sexual intercourse ...1947 US sl.
• PUT OUT FOR THE LONG COUNT adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT OUT OF SIGHT vb. to eat ...c1870 colloq.
• PUT OUT THE MILLER'S EYE vb. to add too much water or milk to any mixture ...1839 Eng. dial.
• PUTREDINOUS † adj. 1. characterized by putrefaction; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten ...1641
† adj. 2. fig. filthy, abominable ...1711
• PUTRID adj. 1. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT SALT ON THE TAIL OF vb. to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails ...Bk1895
• PUT SOMEONE AWAY vb. to kill ...Brit. criminals' sl.
• PUT SOMEONE IN THE HOLE vb. to defraud someone ...1812 sl.
• PUT SOMEONE ON vb. to tease, to mock or deceive someone ...sl.
• PUT SOMEONE'S LIGHTS OUT vb. 1. to kill someone ...1602 sl.
vb. 2. to knock someone unconscious ...1866 Amer. sl.
• PUT SOMEONE'S MONKEY UP vb. to make someone angry ...1833 sl.
• PUT SOMEONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT vb. to annoy; to upset the plans of; to inconvenience; to disconcert ...1576 UK
• PUT SOMEONE WISE TO vb. to give information ...1913 sl., orig. US
• PUT SOMETHING AGAINST A MAN'S BEARD † vb. to taunt him with it ...1387
• PUT SOMETHING OVER (ON) vb. to cheat; to deceive; to dupe ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE ACID IN vb. to inform on, to tell tales about, to poison someone's mind against ...1900s sl.
• PUT THE ACID ON vb. 1. to render impoverished ...1900s sl.
vb. 2. to request money of ...1906 Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to exert a pressure which is difficult to resist; to exert such pressure on a person, etc. ...1906 Aust.
vb. 4. to ask for some favour ...20C sl.
vb. 5. to confirm ...1910s sl.
vb. 6. to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
vb. 7. to test out a person or a statement ...1910s sl.
vb. 8. to pressure someone sexually ...1939 Aust. sl.
• PUT THE ARM ON SOMEONE vb. 1. to ask for, demand, or borrow money from ...20C Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to detain or restrain by physical force; spec. to arrest ...20C Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to hit with the fist; to beat up ...20C Amer. sl.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON vb. 1. to put a curse or spell on ...1853 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
vb. 2. to say uncomplimentary things about someone; to disparage; to malign ...1966 US sl.
• PUT THE BAG ON vb. 1. to participate in a raucous party ...1929 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to have a drinking bout and get drunk ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE BEAD ON vb. to put pressure on somebody to do something he ought to have done but hasn't ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE BEE ON vb. to borrow money, etc. ...1914 sl., chiefly US
• PUT THE BEE ON SOMEONE vb. to pressure someone, often to make or repay a loan ...1918 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE BITCH ON vb. to file charges against a criminal as a habitual offender ...1960s US prison sl.
• PUT THE BITE ON vb. to pressurize someone, esp. for a loan or repayment of money owed, or as part of a campaign of intimidation ...E20 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE BLACK ON vb. to blackmail ...1924 sl.
• PUT THE BLAST ON vb. 1. to scold or criticize harshly or vociferously ...1929 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to shoot with a gun, esp. to shoot dead ...1940 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE B ON vb. to ask for money for sex after giving the appearance of being seduced ...1954 US sl.
• PUT THE BOOT IN vb. to kick brutally, to take decisive action ...1916 sl.
• PUT THE BREEZE UP vb. to frighten ...1925 sl.
• PUT THE BUCK vb. to shift responsibility onto another ...M19 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE BUG ON vb. 1. to trick or hoax; to get an advantage over somebody by tricky means ...1848 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to put pressure on somebody to do something he ought to have done ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE CAP ON SOMEONE vb. to fool them ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE vb. to reverse the usual order, whether of things or of ideas ...c1500 colloq.
• PUT THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS vb. to cause trouble ...1976 sl.
• PUT THE CHILL ON SOMEONE vb. to kill someone ...20C Amer. sl.
• PUT THE COLLAR ON SOMEONE vb. to arrest ...1865 US sl.
• PUT THE CRAB ON vb. to ruin or spoil ...1930 US sl.
• PUT THE CRIMP ON vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE vb. to bury, to put into a grave ...1848 Ireland
• PUT THE DING ON vb. among beggars: to beg from ...1936 US sl.
• PUT THE EARS ON vb. to attempt a controlled roll of the dice ...1963 US sl.
• PUT THE FAKEMS ON vb. 1. to apply cosmetics ...20C sl.
vb. 2. to disguise defects ...20C sl.
vb. 3. to offer trash for sale as valuable merchandise ...20C sl.
• PUT THE FANG ON vb. to beg ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PUT THE FANGS IN vb. to ask for a loan of money ...1919 Aust. sl.
• PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO vb. to terrify someone ...1905 sl.
• PUT THE FINGER ON vb. to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate ...1924 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE FINISHER ON vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FREEZE ON vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE vb. to menace, threaten, or intimidate ...1958 Brit. police & criminals' sl.
• PUT THE FUN UPON vb. to trick; to cheat ...L17 sl.
• PUT THE GAFF INTO vb. to deliver criticism ...L19 sl.
• PUT THE GAS ON vb. 1. to exert pressure on a person for a loan, a favour, sexual compliance, etc. ...1900s Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to put a stop to ...1900s Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to test out a person or a statement ...1900s Aust. sl.
• PUT THE HAND BETWEEN THE BARK AND THE TREE vb. to interfere or meddle in matters which do not concern one, especially between husband and wife ...19C
• PUT THE HIGH GAME ON vb. to rob; to pick someone's pocket ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• PUT THE HURT ON vb. 1. to reject in love ...1960s Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to inflict pain ...2001 UK sl.
• PUT THE IG ON vb. to ignore somebody; to snub ...1977 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE KIBOSH ON ONE vb. 1. to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize ...1830s sl.
vb. 2. to beat badly; to prove one's superiority over one ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE KYBOSH ON vb. to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize ...1830s sl.
• PUT THE LICKS IN vb. to exert oneself ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE LISTEN ON vb. to listen ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE MAKE ON vb. to attempt to seduce; to make sexual advances towards ...1956 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON vb. 1. to frustrate or jeopardize someone's plans; to bring bad luck to ...E20 sl.
vb. 2. to put a stop to; to ruin, thwart or jinx ...E20 sl.
• PUT THE MOVE ON vb. to make sexual advances ...1987 US sl.
• PUT THE MOVES ON vb. to seduce ...1960s sl., orig. US
• PUT THE NIPS IN vb. to borrow money, etc. ...1917 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PUT THE NIPS INTO vb. to borrow money, etc. ...1917 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PUT THE NUT ON vb. to butt someone with the head ...Brit. sl.
• PUT THE OLIVER ON IT vb. to handle or work something dishonestly ...c1910 cant
• PUT THE QUILT ON vb. to thrash, to beat, to flog ...E19 sl.
• PUT THE ROLLERS UNDER vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SADDLE ON THE WRONG HORSE vb. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE vb. to fix the blame upon the true offender ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUT THE SETTLER ON vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKID UNDER vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKIDS UNDER vb. 1. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. of a person or circumstances: to ensure the imminent dismissal of someone; to dismiss someone from employment ...1948 UK sl.
• PUT THE SLEEVE ON vb. 1. to arrest ...1930 US sl.
vb. 2. to borrow money, etc. ...1931 US sl.
• PUT THE SQUASHER ON vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUASH ON vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUELCHER ON vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUELCH ON vb. to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE STUNNERS ON vb. to perplex, to confound, to astonish ...Bk1904 sl.
• PUT THE WIND UP vb. to frighten; to make afraid; to make nervous ...1916 sl.
• PUT THE WOOD IN THE HOLE vb. to shut the door ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL adj. 1. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. so drunk that one cannot return home and go to bed by oneself, but must be assisted ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUT-TOGETHER adj. well-built; usually said of a woman ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PUT TO ONE'S FATHERS phr. to be dead and buried ...a1440 obs.
• PUT TO ONE'S STUMPS adj. poor, hard-up ...Bk1904 sl.
• PUT TOO MUCH OF ONE'S MONEY DOWN THE RED LANE phr. drank too much ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUT TO SCIENCE adj. at one's wits' end; perplexed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• PUT TO SHAME vb. 1. to bring into disgrace, bring disgrace on, esp. publicly
vb. 2. to outshine by virtue of superior qualities or a more praiseworthy action
• PUT TO SILENCE † vb. to put to death ...1502
• PUT TO THE GAZE † vb. to puzzle, to nonplus ...1646
• PUTT-PUTT n. 1. a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTTY n. a ship's painter ...1946 naval sl.
• PUTTY-FACED adj. having a colourless and expressionless face; white-faced: used contemptuously ...1826
• PUTTY-HEAD n. a fool; a stupid person ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PUT UNDER adj. dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to render drunk ...1930s sl.
• PUT UNDER THE TABLE vb. to remain sober while one's drinking companions collapse into insensibility ...1921 sl.
• PUT UP vb. to affect airs ...E18 sl.
• PUT UP A POOR MOUTH vb. to complain, usually in an exaggerated way, of poverty or other misfortune ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PUT-UP JOB n. something pre-arranged in an underhanded way ...1838 Brit. sl.
• PUT UP ONE'S FORKS vb. to get ready to fight ...L19 sl.
• PUT UP ONE'S PIPES vb. to cease from an action; to stop talking ...M16 sl.
• PUT UP OR SHUT UP! phr. a challenge meaning back your big talk with genuine commitment ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT UP PAPER FOR ONESELF vb. to brag, to aggrandize oneself ...1940s US sl.
• PUT UP THE CARDS vb. to prepare cards for cheating purposes ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• PUT UP THE DOOKS vb. 1. to prepare to fight ...M19 sl.
vb. 2. to thieve, esp. to pickpocket (dook = hand) ...M19 sl.
• PUT UP THE FLAG n. a plate of macaroni ...1900s US sl.
• PUT UP THE SHUTTERS vb. to stop trading for the day, or permanently; to announce oneself a bankrupt ...1888
• PUT YOUR FOOT IN IT vb. to do something tactless, to blunder ...1823 UK sl.
• PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE vb. to start studying hard, working hard ...1828 UK Partridge
• PUT YOUR OAR IN vb. to interfere in someone else' s business ...1730 UK sl.
• PUT YOURSELF LEVEL ON A CHAIR phr. an hospitable invitation to be seated ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PUTZ n. 1. the penis ...1934 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. a foolish, clumsy, or unfortunate person ...1964 sl., chiefly US
• PUZZLE A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER vb. to be very perplexing ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• PUZZLE-HEAD n. one who is perplexed or confused over things that are clear and simple to others ...1888
• PYE-EYED adj. intoxicated with alcohol ...L19 US sl.
• PYGOSTOLE n. a coat ...Bk1891 sl.
• PYKIE n. a day labourer; one employed in forestry ...1911 Sc.
• PYOCK n. 1. a poor, unhealthy-looking person ...Irish sl.
n. 2. a supercilious person ...Irish sl.
• PYRGOPOLINIZE † vb. to swagger, to hector ...1605 nonce word
• PYRO n. a pyromaniac ...1977 sl.
• PYSMATIC †* adj. interrogatory, questioning, inquiring ...1652