REVERSE DICTIONARY B
BAA - BADLZ
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• BAA - BABYSIT
• BACH - BACKWOODS
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• BADGER - BADLY
• BAA - BABYSIT
• BACH - BACKWOODS
• BACON - BAD
• BADGER - BADLY
BAAING
adj. 1702 obs. • BALANT bleating, baaing
BABBLE, BABBLER, BABBLING
adj. 1583 • BABBLATIVE given to babbling; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, prating
adj. 1624 • BLACK-BABBLING babbling maliciously, slanderous
adj. 1652 obs. rare • LINGUACIOUS full of tongue; talkative, loquacious, babbling
adj. 1656 obs. rare • INANILOQUENT full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily
adj. 1721 obs. • INANILOQUOUS full of empty or idle talk; loquacious, garrulous; speaking inanely, babbling
adj. 1845 rare • STULTILOQUENT talking foolishly; given to silly talk; babbling
adj. 1865 • BABBLY full of babble, chattering, prating, garrulous
adj. c1870 Sc. • SCLORIN babbling, chattering
adj. 1889 • BLITHERING senselessly talkative, babbling
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive
adj. 1901 Sc. • RABBIN babbling, talkative, garrulous
n. 1366 • BABBLER a person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer
n. c1374 • BLAB an open-mouthed person; one who has not sufficient control over his tongue; a revealer of secrets or of what ought to be kept private; a babbler, a tattler, a telltale; a gossip
n. c1374 obs. • JANGLERY idle talk, babbling; wrangling
n. a1400 obs. • BABELAVANT an absurd or foolish person; a babbler, a talker of nonsense
n. a1400 obs. • BABELAVANTE (as above)
n. c1440 obs. rare • SAUNTRELL a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch
n. 1532 obs. • BABBLERY idle talk, chattering, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale
n. 1552 obs. • CLATTERFART a chatterer; a babbler; a blabber; a tale-teller
n. 1555 • BABBLER a person who talks indiscreetly; a teller of secrets; a gossip, a blabber
n. 1557 • BLABBER one who blabs; one who reveals secrets; a telltale
n. 1592 obs. • HIBBER-GIBBER a confused repetition or babble of talking; unmeaning sounds or phrases; gibberish
n. 1595 obs. nonce word • BABLATRICE a female babbler; a talkative person
n. 1608 obs. nonce word • BABLIAMINY a babbler, a foolish or idle talker, a chatterer
n. 1623 obs. rare • BALATRON a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester; a buffoon; a rascally base knave; a thief; a contemptible fellow
n. Bk1623 rare • VANILOQUENCE vain talk or babbling
n. c1645 obs. • BLATEROON a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster; an idle talker
n. 1653 • BATTOLOGIST one who needlessly repeats the same thing; a vain babbler
n. 1658 obs. • INANILOQUUTION vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking
n. 1662 obs. rare • TWITTLE-TWAT a chatterer; one who talks nonsense; a tattler; a babbler
n. 1674 obs. rare • ONOLOGY foolish talking, vain babbling, a talking like an ass
n. 1678 obs. • BABELARD a babbler; a chatterer; a talkative person
n. a1680 Sc. • BLADDERSKATE a silly foolish person; a babbler
n. 1715 • TWATTLE-BASKET one who does nothing but twattle; an idle chatterer; a chatterbox; a babbler
n. 1725 Sc. • CLATTERN a gossip; a chatterer; a tattler; a babbler
n. 1727 obs. • INANILOQUENCE vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking
n. 1746 Eng. dial. • WASH-MOUTH one who blurts out anything he has heard; a babbler; a foul-mouthed person
n. 1802 Sc. obs. • GAFFER a loquacious, talkative person; a babbler
n. 1814 Sc. • MAUNDREL a gossip; a babbler
n. 1861 • BRABBLE discordant babble
n. 1866 • TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble
n. 1870 Sc. • MAUNDER a gossip; a babbler
n. 1871 • TONGUESTER a talkative person; a great talker; a gossip; a babbler; a chatterer
n. Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin • BARBLY babble, noise
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER-LUGS a babbler, a telltale
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER-TAIL (as above)
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER-TONGUE (as above)
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • GAREY loud, confused talking; a babble, jabbering
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BLATHERUMSKITE a babbler; a foolish talker
n. Bk1928 rare • VANILOQUY vain talk or babbling
vb. a1300 obs. • JANGLE to talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, to babble, to prate; also said of birds
vb. 1538 obs. • PALTER to speak indistinctly or idly; to say or recite in an indistinct tone; to mumble, to mutter, to babble
vb. 1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BRABBLE to babble
vb. 1577 obs. • GAGGLE to express with gaggling or cackling; to babble, to prattle
vb. 1577 obs. • TWITTLE to utter idly, to chatter, to babble
vb. 1623 rare • DEBLATERATE to babble much, prate
vb. 1676 obs. • BLATERATE to talk or babble vainly or rapidly
vb. 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HAIVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip
vb. 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HAVER (as above)
vb. 1814 Sc. • PLAY THE MAUNDREL to babble
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. • GAFF to babble, to chatter; to talk loudly and merrily
vb. c1870 Sc. • SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble
vb. Bk1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. • GLAVER to chatter, to babble, to talk foolishly or heedlessly; to gossip
vb. 1898 Sc. • RAB to talk nonsense; to babble away
vb. 19C Sc. • BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • GAREY to talk loudly, to babble; to talk at the same time as another
vb. Bk1905 Sc. • MAUNDREL to babble
adj. 1624 • BLACK-BABBLING babbling maliciously, slanderous
adj. 1652 obs. rare • LINGUACIOUS full of tongue; talkative, loquacious, babbling
adj. 1656 obs. rare • INANILOQUENT full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily
adj. 1721 obs. • INANILOQUOUS full of empty or idle talk; loquacious, garrulous; speaking inanely, babbling
adj. 1845 rare • STULTILOQUENT talking foolishly; given to silly talk; babbling
adj. 1865 • BABBLY full of babble, chattering, prating, garrulous
adj. c1870 Sc. • SCLORIN babbling, chattering
adj. 1889 • BLITHERING senselessly talkative, babbling
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive
adj. 1901 Sc. • RABBIN babbling, talkative, garrulous
n. 1366 • BABBLER a person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer
n. c1374 • BLAB an open-mouthed person; one who has not sufficient control over his tongue; a revealer of secrets or of what ought to be kept private; a babbler, a tattler, a telltale; a gossip
n. c1374 obs. • JANGLERY idle talk, babbling; wrangling
n. a1400 obs. • BABELAVANT an absurd or foolish person; a babbler, a talker of nonsense
n. a1400 obs. • BABELAVANTE (as above)
n. c1440 obs. rare • SAUNTRELL a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch
n. 1532 obs. • BABBLERY idle talk, chattering, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale
n. 1552 obs. • CLATTERFART a chatterer; a babbler; a blabber; a tale-teller
n. 1555 • BABBLER a person who talks indiscreetly; a teller of secrets; a gossip, a blabber
n. 1557 • BLABBER one who blabs; one who reveals secrets; a telltale
n. 1592 obs. • HIBBER-GIBBER a confused repetition or babble of talking; unmeaning sounds or phrases; gibberish
n. 1595 obs. nonce word • BABLATRICE a female babbler; a talkative person
n. 1608 obs. nonce word • BABLIAMINY a babbler, a foolish or idle talker, a chatterer
n. 1623 obs. rare • BALATRON a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester; a buffoon; a rascally base knave; a thief; a contemptible fellow
n. Bk1623 rare • VANILOQUENCE vain talk or babbling
n. c1645 obs. • BLATEROON a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster; an idle talker
n. 1653 • BATTOLOGIST one who needlessly repeats the same thing; a vain babbler
n. 1658 obs. • INANILOQUUTION vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking
n. 1662 obs. rare • TWITTLE-TWAT a chatterer; one who talks nonsense; a tattler; a babbler
n. 1674 obs. rare • ONOLOGY foolish talking, vain babbling, a talking like an ass
n. 1678 obs. • BABELARD a babbler; a chatterer; a talkative person
n. a1680 Sc. • BLADDERSKATE a silly foolish person; a babbler
n. 1715 • TWATTLE-BASKET one who does nothing but twattle; an idle chatterer; a chatterbox; a babbler
n. 1725 Sc. • CLATTERN a gossip; a chatterer; a tattler; a babbler
n. 1727 obs. • INANILOQUENCE vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking
n. 1746 Eng. dial. • WASH-MOUTH one who blurts out anything he has heard; a babbler; a foul-mouthed person
n. 1802 Sc. obs. • GAFFER a loquacious, talkative person; a babbler
n. 1814 Sc. • MAUNDREL a gossip; a babbler
n. 1861 • BRABBLE discordant babble
n. 1866 • TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble
n. 1870 Sc. • MAUNDER a gossip; a babbler
n. 1871 • TONGUESTER a talkative person; a great talker; a gossip; a babbler; a chatterer
n. Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin • BARBLY babble, noise
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER-LUGS a babbler, a telltale
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER-TAIL (as above)
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER-TONGUE (as above)
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • GAREY loud, confused talking; a babble, jabbering
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BLATHERUMSKITE a babbler; a foolish talker
n. Bk1928 rare • VANILOQUY vain talk or babbling
vb. a1300 obs. • JANGLE to talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, to babble, to prate; also said of birds
vb. 1538 obs. • PALTER to speak indistinctly or idly; to say or recite in an indistinct tone; to mumble, to mutter, to babble
vb. 1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BRABBLE to babble
vb. 1577 obs. • GAGGLE to express with gaggling or cackling; to babble, to prattle
vb. 1577 obs. • TWITTLE to utter idly, to chatter, to babble
vb. 1623 rare • DEBLATERATE to babble much, prate
vb. 1676 obs. • BLATERATE to talk or babble vainly or rapidly
vb. 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HAIVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip
vb. 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HAVER (as above)
vb. 1814 Sc. • PLAY THE MAUNDREL to babble
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. • GAFF to babble, to chatter; to talk loudly and merrily
vb. c1870 Sc. • SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble
vb. Bk1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. • GLAVER to chatter, to babble, to talk foolishly or heedlessly; to gossip
vb. 1898 Sc. • RAB to talk nonsense; to babble away
vb. 19C Sc. • BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • GAREY to talk loudly, to babble; to talk at the same time as another
vb. Bk1905 Sc. • MAUNDREL to babble
BABOON
n. a1400 obs. • MANCOWE a baboon
n. 1599 obs. • BABION a baboon; an ape
n. a1616 • DOG-APE a baboon, which has a long doglike snout
n. 1882 • BABUINA a female baboon
n. Bk1913 S. Afr. • ADONIS a nickname used of, or to, a baboon
n. 1599 obs. • BABION a baboon; an ape
n. a1616 • DOG-APE a baboon, which has a long doglike snout
n. 1882 • BABUINA a female baboon
n. Bk1913 S. Afr. • ADONIS a nickname used of, or to, a baboon
BABY, BABYHOOD
adj. 1823 Sc. • GURLIE of infants: gurgling, crowing
adj. 1823 Sc. • GURLY (as above)
n. c1230 obs. • BABAN a baby, an infant
n. 1377 obs. • BABI baby
n. 1440 • MOP a baby; toddler
n. 1527 Sc. • BAWBY a baby
n. 1533 • BABIE a baby
n. 1567 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BAB a baby; a child
n. 1593 • BANTLING a baby, an infant; a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child
n. 1601 • MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment
n. 1616 sl. obs. • BUTTER-PRINT an offspring; a baby or a child, specifically a weak or feeble one
n. 1632 • SUCKING-BOTTLE an infant's feeding bottle
n. a1675 • CHILD IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby
n. 1690 cant obs. • HANS IN KELDER an unborn child
n. Bk1708 obs. • BERSATRIX a rocker of cradles; a babysitter
n. 1731 • BABE IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby; an infant
n. 1731 • INFANT IN ARMS (as above)
n. 1761 • BAMBINO a young child, a baby
n. c1780 sl. • RABBIT a newborn baby
n. 1821 sl. • NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc.
n. 1824 Sc. • MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child
n. 1827 chiefly Eng. dial. • PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies
n. Bk1828 Eng. dial. • BABBY a baby
n. 1841 orig. & chiefly South Asian • BABA a baby; a child; also, a term of endearment
n. 1845 • BABY-TENDER a person who takes care of an infant; a baby-minder
n. 1848 • BABY IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby
n. 1853 • BABY CARRIER a person employed to carry or transport a baby; later, a woman who carries a child in the womb
n. 1856 • BABY-MINDER a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work
n. 1856 rare • BABELET a tiny babe; an infant; also, a term of endearment
n. c1860 printers' sl. • ONE NICK a baby boy
n. c1860 printers' sl. • ONE NITCH (as above)
n. c1860 printers' sl. • TWO NICK a baby girl
n. c1860 printers' sl. • TWO NITCH (as above)
n. 1864 • TICKSY-WICKSY a baby
n. 1864 rare • BABYDOM babyhood; infancy
n. 1864 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BABBY-CLOUTS clothing or napkins for babies
n. 1867 derogatory • BABY-FARMING the lodging and care of babies for payment
n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. • BARLEY-BAIRN a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage
n. Bk1879 Eng. dial. • BARLEY-CHILD a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage
n. 1880 Sc. • PARROCK a term of endearment for a baby enclosed in its mother's arms
n. 1883 Amer. dial. • CHAP a young child, a baby
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • BEEBY a baby
n. 1887 Eng. dial. • GITTSEY a term of endearment to an infant or baby
n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. • BAAYBY a baby
n. B1889 Eng. sl. • ANGEL-MAKER a baby-farmer
n. 1889 Amer. dial. • BUBBY a nickname for a baby
n. Bk1890 sl. • BUNCH OF DOG'S MEAT a squalling child in arms
n. 1892 Amer. dial. • BOOGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child
n. 1892 Amer. dial. • BUGGER (as above)
n. 1895 Eng. dial. • TENDER a term of endearment to a baby
n. 1895 Sc. • BAIRN-CLOUTS baby clothes, dolls' clothes
n. 1896 Irish sl. • SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby
n. 1899 Amer. dial. • BABY-CLOUTS the clothes used for swaddling babies
n. 1899 sl. • KIDLING a little child; a baby
n. 19C Brit. colloq. • TITTY-BOTTLE a baby-bottle; a nursing-bottle
n. L19 sl. • SPLIT-ARSED ONE a baby girl
n. L19 UK society sl. • VISIT FROM THE STORK the arrival of a new baby
n. 1904 • FUSSBUDGET someone who fusses all the time, especially a baby
n. 1904 US criminals' sl. • DOE a baby, a child
n. Bk1910 Ireland • GAURLAGH a little child, a baby
n. 1914 • BABY-MONITOR a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work
n. c1920 Amer. sl. • BIMBO a baby
n. 1924 colloq. • BUNDLE OF JOY a baby
n. 1927 N. Amer. sl. • PREEMIE a premature baby
n. 1927 N. Amer. sl. • PREMIE (as above)
n. 1927 N. Amer. sl. • PREMY (as above)
n. 1927 African-American sl. • BABY-CHILD a baby; a child
n. 1930 Amer. dial. • BUBELICKS a term of endearment to a baby
n. 1939 Amer. dial. • BUBBELLY a baby
n. 1939 Amer. dial. • ARM BABY a baby small enough to be held in the arms; by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family
n. 1939 Amer. dial., jocular usage • LAP ORGAN a baby
n. 1941 Aust. & NZ sl. • SNORK a baby
n. Bk1945 sl. • BABY-BUNTING a baby
n. 1950 Amer. dial. • BUG a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child
n. 1952 Amer. dial. • INSECT a crawling baby
n. 1954 Amer. dial. • SETTING-UP KID a baby old enough to sit alone
n. 1954 Amer. dial. • BED BABY a baby too small to crawl
n. Bk1958 Aust. & NZ sl. • PACKET FROM PARIS a baby
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. • BASIN OF GRAVY a baby
n. 1964 sl., orig. US • RUG-RAT a baby, a toddler
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • BLUNDERBUS a baby or a small child
n. 1969 US sl. • PACKAGE a baby
n. 1980s sl. • BABY BUSTER one who was born in the period after the 'baby boom' that followed World War II - hence one born during a baby bust
n. 1981 Amer. dial. • LADY'S TAIL a thatch of matted hair on a newborn child; it was believed that it should not be touched, but allowed to fall out of its own accord; otherwise it was thought to bring misfortune
n. Bk1992 Amer. South usage • YARD BABY one who is big enough to play in the yard if someone watches to see that he is all right
n. 1994 • ANGEL BABY a baby who has died in the womb or shortly after birth
n. 1996 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'wean' • VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child
n. 20C • BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN a baby
n. 20C sl. • LITTLE STRANGER a newborn child
n. 20C sl. • BABBLE baby
n. 20C sl. • PUDSY a term of endearment, esp. to a baby
n. 20C Aust. & NZ sl. • PARCEL FROM PARIS a baby
n. M20 • BABYKINS a baby; a term of endearment for a baby
n. 2001 UK juvenile sl. • YUKKER a baby, a toddler
n. 2003 African-American • BEEF BABY a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities
n. Bk2006 sl., chiefly UK • BAPPLE a baby of affluent professional parents
n. Bk2006 UK medical sl. • BBA a baby born in ambulance
n. Bk2006 US sl. • EXPENSE a baby; a child
n. Bk2014 colloq. • BAND-AID BABY a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship
phr. 1953 Amer. dial. • BEES SWARM a baby is born
vb. 1623 obs. rare • LALLATE to speak baby-like
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. • PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh
vb. M19 • BABIFY to make baby-like or babyish
vb. M19 • BABYFY (as above)
vb. 20C • TOP AND TAIL to wash a baby's face and bottom without immersion in a bath
adj. 1823 Sc. • GURLY (as above)
n. c1230 obs. • BABAN a baby, an infant
n. 1377 obs. • BABI baby
n. 1440 • MOP a baby; toddler
n. 1527 Sc. • BAWBY a baby
n. 1533 • BABIE a baby
n. 1567 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BAB a baby; a child
n. 1593 • BANTLING a baby, an infant; a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child
n. 1601 • MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment
n. 1616 sl. obs. • BUTTER-PRINT an offspring; a baby or a child, specifically a weak or feeble one
n. 1632 • SUCKING-BOTTLE an infant's feeding bottle
n. a1675 • CHILD IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby
n. 1690 cant obs. • HANS IN KELDER an unborn child
n. Bk1708 obs. • BERSATRIX a rocker of cradles; a babysitter
n. 1731 • BABE IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby; an infant
n. 1731 • INFANT IN ARMS (as above)
n. 1761 • BAMBINO a young child, a baby
n. c1780 sl. • RABBIT a newborn baby
n. 1821 sl. • NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc.
n. 1824 Sc. • MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child
n. 1827 chiefly Eng. dial. • PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies
n. Bk1828 Eng. dial. • BABBY a baby
n. 1841 orig. & chiefly South Asian • BABA a baby; a child; also, a term of endearment
n. 1845 • BABY-TENDER a person who takes care of an infant; a baby-minder
n. 1848 • BABY IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby
n. 1853 • BABY CARRIER a person employed to carry or transport a baby; later, a woman who carries a child in the womb
n. 1856 • BABY-MINDER a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work
n. 1856 rare • BABELET a tiny babe; an infant; also, a term of endearment
n. c1860 printers' sl. • ONE NICK a baby boy
n. c1860 printers' sl. • ONE NITCH (as above)
n. c1860 printers' sl. • TWO NICK a baby girl
n. c1860 printers' sl. • TWO NITCH (as above)
n. 1864 • TICKSY-WICKSY a baby
n. 1864 rare • BABYDOM babyhood; infancy
n. 1864 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BABBY-CLOUTS clothing or napkins for babies
n. 1867 derogatory • BABY-FARMING the lodging and care of babies for payment
n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. • BARLEY-BAIRN a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage
n. Bk1879 Eng. dial. • BARLEY-CHILD a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage
n. 1880 Sc. • PARROCK a term of endearment for a baby enclosed in its mother's arms
n. 1883 Amer. dial. • CHAP a young child, a baby
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • BEEBY a baby
n. 1887 Eng. dial. • GITTSEY a term of endearment to an infant or baby
n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. • BAAYBY a baby
n. B1889 Eng. sl. • ANGEL-MAKER a baby-farmer
n. 1889 Amer. dial. • BUBBY a nickname for a baby
n. Bk1890 sl. • BUNCH OF DOG'S MEAT a squalling child in arms
n. 1892 Amer. dial. • BOOGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child
n. 1892 Amer. dial. • BUGGER (as above)
n. 1895 Eng. dial. • TENDER a term of endearment to a baby
n. 1895 Sc. • BAIRN-CLOUTS baby clothes, dolls' clothes
n. 1896 Irish sl. • SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby
n. 1899 Amer. dial. • BABY-CLOUTS the clothes used for swaddling babies
n. 1899 sl. • KIDLING a little child; a baby
n. 19C Brit. colloq. • TITTY-BOTTLE a baby-bottle; a nursing-bottle
n. L19 sl. • SPLIT-ARSED ONE a baby girl
n. L19 UK society sl. • VISIT FROM THE STORK the arrival of a new baby
n. 1904 • FUSSBUDGET someone who fusses all the time, especially a baby
n. 1904 US criminals' sl. • DOE a baby, a child
n. Bk1910 Ireland • GAURLAGH a little child, a baby
n. 1914 • BABY-MONITOR a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work
n. c1920 Amer. sl. • BIMBO a baby
n. 1924 colloq. • BUNDLE OF JOY a baby
n. 1927 N. Amer. sl. • PREEMIE a premature baby
n. 1927 N. Amer. sl. • PREMIE (as above)
n. 1927 N. Amer. sl. • PREMY (as above)
n. 1927 African-American sl. • BABY-CHILD a baby; a child
n. 1930 Amer. dial. • BUBELICKS a term of endearment to a baby
n. 1939 Amer. dial. • BUBBELLY a baby
n. 1939 Amer. dial. • ARM BABY a baby small enough to be held in the arms; by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family
n. 1939 Amer. dial., jocular usage • LAP ORGAN a baby
n. 1941 Aust. & NZ sl. • SNORK a baby
n. Bk1945 sl. • BABY-BUNTING a baby
n. 1950 Amer. dial. • BUG a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child
n. 1952 Amer. dial. • INSECT a crawling baby
n. 1954 Amer. dial. • SETTING-UP KID a baby old enough to sit alone
n. 1954 Amer. dial. • BED BABY a baby too small to crawl
n. Bk1958 Aust. & NZ sl. • PACKET FROM PARIS a baby
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. • BASIN OF GRAVY a baby
n. 1964 sl., orig. US • RUG-RAT a baby, a toddler
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • BLUNDERBUS a baby or a small child
n. 1969 US sl. • PACKAGE a baby
n. 1980s sl. • BABY BUSTER one who was born in the period after the 'baby boom' that followed World War II - hence one born during a baby bust
n. 1981 Amer. dial. • LADY'S TAIL a thatch of matted hair on a newborn child; it was believed that it should not be touched, but allowed to fall out of its own accord; otherwise it was thought to bring misfortune
n. Bk1992 Amer. South usage • YARD BABY one who is big enough to play in the yard if someone watches to see that he is all right
n. 1994 • ANGEL BABY a baby who has died in the womb or shortly after birth
n. 1996 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'wean' • VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child
n. 20C • BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN a baby
n. 20C sl. • LITTLE STRANGER a newborn child
n. 20C sl. • BABBLE baby
n. 20C sl. • PUDSY a term of endearment, esp. to a baby
n. 20C Aust. & NZ sl. • PARCEL FROM PARIS a baby
n. M20 • BABYKINS a baby; a term of endearment for a baby
n. 2001 UK juvenile sl. • YUKKER a baby, a toddler
n. 2003 African-American • BEEF BABY a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities
n. Bk2006 sl., chiefly UK • BAPPLE a baby of affluent professional parents
n. Bk2006 UK medical sl. • BBA a baby born in ambulance
n. Bk2006 US sl. • EXPENSE a baby; a child
n. Bk2014 colloq. • BAND-AID BABY a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship
phr. 1953 Amer. dial. • BEES SWARM a baby is born
vb. 1623 obs. rare • LALLATE to speak baby-like
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. • PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh
vb. M19 • BABIFY to make baby-like or babyish
vb. M19 • BABYFY (as above)
vb. 20C • TOP AND TAIL to wash a baby's face and bottom without immersion in a bath
BABY BOOM
n. 1974 US • PIG IN THE PYTHON the baby boom after World War II; hence, any short-term increase or notably large group, viewed statistically
BABY CARRIAGE
n. 1847 US • WAGON a baby-carriage
n. 1853 Amer. dial. • BABY WAGON a baby carriage
n. 1853 rare • GO-CART a stroller or baby buggy
n. 1862 orig. US • BABY BUGGY a baby carriage
n. 1862 orig. US • BUGGY (as above)
n. 1864 rare • BABY CAB a baby carriage
n. 1866 Amer. dial. • BABY COACH a baby carriage
n. 1940 Amer. dial. • BABY CART a baby carriage
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • BUGGY CARRIAGE a baby carriage
n. 1976 Amer. dial. • BUGGY COACH a baby carriage
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. • WHEEL to push a baby in its carriage
n. 1853 Amer. dial. • BABY WAGON a baby carriage
n. 1853 rare • GO-CART a stroller or baby buggy
n. 1862 orig. US • BABY BUGGY a baby carriage
n. 1862 orig. US • BUGGY (as above)
n. 1864 rare • BABY CAB a baby carriage
n. 1866 Amer. dial. • BABY COACH a baby carriage
n. 1940 Amer. dial. • BABY CART a baby carriage
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • BUGGY CARRIAGE a baby carriage
n. 1976 Amer. dial. • BUGGY COACH a baby carriage
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. • WHEEL to push a baby in its carriage
BABYISH, BABYISHNESS
adj. 1535-75 obs. rare • BABISHED made babyish or childishly silly
adj. 1553-87 arch. • BABISH babyish, childish, silly; used contemptuously
adj. Bk1896 Eng. dial. • TIDDY babyish; tiny
adv. 1567 Sc. • BABISHLY in a babyish fashion
n. 1557 obs. • BABISHNESS babyishness
n. 2003 US teen sl. • BABY ASS someone who is babyish
adj. 1553-87 arch. • BABISH babyish, childish, silly; used contemptuously
adj. Bk1896 Eng. dial. • TIDDY babyish; tiny
adv. 1567 Sc. • BABISHLY in a babyish fashion
n. 1557 obs. • BABISHNESS babyishness
n. 2003 US teen sl. • BABY ASS someone who is babyish
BABYSIT
vb. 1896 Amer. dial. • HERD to take care of a child or children, to babysit
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
n. 20C teen & high school sl. • THE FUGUE DUDE J.S. Bach
BACHELOR
n. c1449 • SINGLE MAN a bachelor
n. a1500 obs. • BACHELRY a body of unmarried men
n. 1680 UK sl. • BAUDY KNIGHT a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status
n. 1680 UK sl. • BAWDY BACHELOR (as above)
n. Bk1707 obs. • BATCHELOUR a single or unmarried man
n. 1723 Eng. dial. • WANTER one wanting a husband or wife; an unmarried person; a bachelor; a widower
n. 1725 Amer. dial. • BATCHELDER a bachelor
n. 1739 Amer. dial. • BACHELDER a bachelor
n. 1746 UK sl. • BACHELORS' HALL a residence of unmarried men
n. L18 sl. • BACHELOR'S FARE bread and cheese and kisses
n. L18 sl. • BATCHELOR'S FARE (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. • LAD an unmarried man, a bachelor
n. 1833 • BACHELOR HALL apartments for bachelors
n. 1855 US colloq. • BATCH an unmarried man, a bachelor
n. 1857 sl. • BACH a bachelor
n. 1857 sl. • BACHE (as above)
n. 1867 Amer. dial. • OLD BACHELOR a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit
n. Bk1886 Eng. & Amer. dial. • YOUNG-MAN a bachelor, irrespective of age
n. 1890s African-American sl. • SHACK a bachelor living alone
n. Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl. • HATTER a bachelor looking after his own house
n. 1896 Eng. dial. • POT O’ ONE a bachelor, one who lives alone; an eccentric person, one who differs from others
n. 1899 Amer. dial. • OLD BATCH a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit
n. 19C Amer. sl. • CABOOSE a bachelor's quarters
n. M19 Can. & US sl. • MUFFIN a female companion who accompanies a bachelor on his round of social amusements
n. M19 US sl. • OLD BACH a confirmed bachelor
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • OLD BOY a bachelor
n. Bk1971 Boonville California • BATTER a bachelor
n. 1990 US sl. • SNAKE RANCH a bachelor's house
vb. 1857 • WEAR BACHELOR'S BUTTONS to be unmarried; to remain a bachelor
vb. 1879 Aust., NZ & N. Amer. • BACH to live alone and cater for oneself as a bachelor
vb. 1890s African-American sl. • SHACK of a bachelor: to live alone
vb. 1891 Eng. dial. • TRAIL A LIGHT HARROW to be a bachelor
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. • DANCE IN THE HALF-PECK to be left behind as a bachelor, on a brother's marriage
vb. M19 • BACHELORIZE to live as a bachelor
vb. 1909 colloq., society usage • LIVE BACH to live as a bachelor
vb. 1909 colloq., society usage • LIVE BACHE (as above)
n. a1500 obs. • BACHELRY a body of unmarried men
n. 1680 UK sl. • BAUDY KNIGHT a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status
n. 1680 UK sl. • BAWDY BACHELOR (as above)
n. Bk1707 obs. • BATCHELOUR a single or unmarried man
n. 1723 Eng. dial. • WANTER one wanting a husband or wife; an unmarried person; a bachelor; a widower
n. 1725 Amer. dial. • BATCHELDER a bachelor
n. 1739 Amer. dial. • BACHELDER a bachelor
n. 1746 UK sl. • BACHELORS' HALL a residence of unmarried men
n. L18 sl. • BACHELOR'S FARE bread and cheese and kisses
n. L18 sl. • BATCHELOR'S FARE (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. • LAD an unmarried man, a bachelor
n. 1833 • BACHELOR HALL apartments for bachelors
n. 1855 US colloq. • BATCH an unmarried man, a bachelor
n. 1857 sl. • BACH a bachelor
n. 1857 sl. • BACHE (as above)
n. 1867 Amer. dial. • OLD BACHELOR a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit
n. Bk1886 Eng. & Amer. dial. • YOUNG-MAN a bachelor, irrespective of age
n. 1890s African-American sl. • SHACK a bachelor living alone
n. Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl. • HATTER a bachelor looking after his own house
n. 1896 Eng. dial. • POT O’ ONE a bachelor, one who lives alone; an eccentric person, one who differs from others
n. 1899 Amer. dial. • OLD BATCH a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit
n. 19C Amer. sl. • CABOOSE a bachelor's quarters
n. M19 Can. & US sl. • MUFFIN a female companion who accompanies a bachelor on his round of social amusements
n. M19 US sl. • OLD BACH a confirmed bachelor
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • OLD BOY a bachelor
n. Bk1971 Boonville California • BATTER a bachelor
n. 1990 US sl. • SNAKE RANCH a bachelor's house
vb. 1857 • WEAR BACHELOR'S BUTTONS to be unmarried; to remain a bachelor
vb. 1879 Aust., NZ & N. Amer. • BACH to live alone and cater for oneself as a bachelor
vb. 1890s African-American sl. • SHACK of a bachelor: to live alone
vb. 1891 Eng. dial. • TRAIL A LIGHT HARROW to be a bachelor
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. • DANCE IN THE HALF-PECK to be left behind as a bachelor, on a brother's marriage
vb. M19 • BACHELORIZE to live as a bachelor
vb. 1909 colloq., society usage • LIVE BACH to live as a bachelor
vb. 1909 colloq., society usage • LIVE BACHE (as above)
BACK
n. a1000 obs. • AFTWARD the back, the rear part; the end, the latter part
n. 1940s sl. • ARSEHOLD the end, the back of anything
n. 1940s sl. • ARSEHOLE (as above)
n. 1955 Aust. sl. • A-END the back or tail end
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. • HAYSTACK the back, the rear
n. 1940s sl. • ARSEHOLD the end, the back of anything
n. 1940s sl. • ARSEHOLE (as above)
n. 1955 Aust. sl. • A-END the back or tail end
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. • HAYSTACK the back, the rear
BACK (body part)
adj. 1785 sl. obs. • MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed
adj. 1896 Sc. • TANGLE-BACKED having a long, lank, flexible back
adj. Bk1911 Sc. • IN THE BOWFARTS on the back and unable to rise
n. 1836 Sc. • KEEL the back, the small or middle of the back
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BACK-BREED the breadth of one's back; hence, a throw, a fall
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BOOLIE-BACK a bent back; a humpback
n. 1977 Aust. rhyming sl. • HAMMER AND TACK the back
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. • UNION JACK the back
n. 20C sl. • BACK a painful or bad back
n. 20C sl. • CABOOSE the back
n. 2000s rhyming sl. • CADBURY SNACK one's back
n. 2000s rhyming sl. • CADBURY'S SNACK (as above)
adj. 1896 Sc. • TANGLE-BACKED having a long, lank, flexible back
adj. Bk1911 Sc. • IN THE BOWFARTS on the back and unable to rise
n. 1836 Sc. • KEEL the back, the small or middle of the back
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BACK-BREED the breadth of one's back; hence, a throw, a fall
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BOOLIE-BACK a bent back; a humpback
n. 1977 Aust. rhyming sl. • HAMMER AND TACK the back
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. • UNION JACK the back
n. 20C sl. • BACK a painful or bad back
n. 20C sl. • CABOOSE the back
n. 2000s rhyming sl. • CADBURY SNACK one's back
n. 2000s rhyming sl. • CADBURY'S SNACK (as above)
BACK (place)
adj. 1564 obs. • BACKER farther back, hinder
adj. 1610 obs. • BACKWARD placed towards or at the back or rear
adj. 1669 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BACKERMOST backmost
adj. Bk1888 obs. • BACKERMORE farther back; more to the rear
adv. 1616 Sc. • BACKERMARE further back
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINGS back, backwards
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINS (as above)
adv. 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial. • AHIND of place: in the rear, at the back, behind
prep. 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial. • AHIND of a place: at the back or in the rear of
adj. 1610 obs. • BACKWARD placed towards or at the back or rear
adj. 1669 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BACKERMOST backmost
adj. Bk1888 obs. • BACKERMORE farther back; more to the rear
adv. 1616 Sc. • BACKERMARE further back
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINGS back, backwards
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINS (as above)
adv. 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial. • AHIND of place: in the rear, at the back, behind
prep. 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial. • AHIND of a place: at the back or in the rear of
BACK AND FORTH
adv. 1856 Amer. dial. • BACK AND TO to and fro; back and forth
vb. 1941 Amer. dial. • SASHAY to weave, to move back and forth
vb. 1941 Amer. dial. • SASHAY to weave, to move back and forth
BACKBITE, BACKBITER, BACKBITING
n. a1225 • CAT a term of contempt for a person; esp. one who scratches like a cat; a spiteful or backbiting woman
n. 1598 obs. • MALDISANT an evil speaker; a slanderer; a backbiter
n. 1836 Amer. dial., derogatory • SCULPIN a rascal; a backbiter
n. 1859 • FACE-FLATTERER a backbiter; one who compliments another grossly and to his face
n. 1883 Sc. • NIP-LUG backbiting, squabbling, acrimony
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLACK-BACK a backbiter
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BENBITER a deceitful person; a backbiter
n. 19C printers' usage • NAIL-BOX a centre of backbiting
n. 19C Sc. • RAMMACK a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer
vb. 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial. • CANT to gossip; to tell tales, to backbite, to slander; to scold
vb. 1876 Eng. dial. • DING OVER - to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent
vb. 19C sl. • BRASS NAIL to backbite
vb. 19C sl. • NAIL (as above)
vb. 19C sl. • RECKON UP to slander, to backbite
vb. B1900 sl. • GIVE GREEN RATS to malign, to slander, to backbite
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAIL OVER to talk over, to backbite
n. 1598 obs. • MALDISANT an evil speaker; a slanderer; a backbiter
n. 1836 Amer. dial., derogatory • SCULPIN a rascal; a backbiter
n. 1859 • FACE-FLATTERER a backbiter; one who compliments another grossly and to his face
n. 1883 Sc. • NIP-LUG backbiting, squabbling, acrimony
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLACK-BACK a backbiter
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BENBITER a deceitful person; a backbiter
n. 19C printers' usage • NAIL-BOX a centre of backbiting
n. 19C Sc. • RAMMACK a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer
vb. 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial. • CANT to gossip; to tell tales, to backbite, to slander; to scold
vb. 1876 Eng. dial. • DING OVER - to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent
vb. 19C sl. • BRASS NAIL to backbite
vb. 19C sl. • NAIL (as above)
vb. 19C sl. • RECKON UP to slander, to backbite
vb. B1900 sl. • GIVE GREEN RATS to malign, to slander, to backbite
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAIL OVER to talk over, to backbite
BACK DOWN
also see BACK OFF, BACK OUT
vb. 1843 Amer. dial. obs. • DROP ONE'S FEATHERS to back down from a position
vb. 1853 Amer. dial. • TAKE WATER to retreat, to back down, to take refuge; to retract a statement
vb. 1855 Amer. dial. obs. • LOWER ONE'S FEATHERS to back down from a position
vb. 1864 Amer. dial. • PIKE OUT QUICKER THAN A WHIRLYGUST CHASING A STREAK OF LIGHTNING to back down speedily
vb. 1877 Amer. dial. • EAT BOILED CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. 1885 Amer. dial. • EAT CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. E19 US sl. • FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner
vb. 1902 Amer. dial. • TAKE BACK WATER to change course; to reverse one's position; to retreat; to back down on a brag or dare; to refuse a challenge
vb. 1910s US sl. • BACK UP to back down
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GIG to back down
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GIG BACK (as above)
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • RUE BACK to back down from a bargain
vb. 1916 Amer. dial. • PIKE to back down; to fail or refuse to go with the crowd
vb. 1928 Amer. dial. • EAT DOG to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. 1935 US sl. • GEEK to give up, to back down; to lose one's nerve
vb. 1935 US sl. • GEEK IT (as above)
vb. 1949 Amer. dial. • HEAD IN to back down or yield in an argument; to keep or become quiet
vb. c1950 sl. • LOSE ONE'S 'ARRIS to lose one's nerve, to chicken out
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • EAT TURKEY to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. • BACKFIRE to back down in an argument
vb. 1977 US sl. • WUSS OUT to lose courage; to back down; to fail to do as promised
vb. 1979 UK sl. • BOTTLE OUT to lose your nerve
vb. 1981 US sl. • GO OUT THE BACK DOOR to back down from a confrontation
vb. 1993 US sl. • BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger
vb. 1999 UK sl. • BOTTLE to lose your nerve, to back down
vb. 1999 UK sl. • BOTTLE IT (as above)
vb. 1843 Amer. dial. obs. • DROP ONE'S FEATHERS to back down from a position
vb. 1853 Amer. dial. • TAKE WATER to retreat, to back down, to take refuge; to retract a statement
vb. 1855 Amer. dial. obs. • LOWER ONE'S FEATHERS to back down from a position
vb. 1864 Amer. dial. • PIKE OUT QUICKER THAN A WHIRLYGUST CHASING A STREAK OF LIGHTNING to back down speedily
vb. 1877 Amer. dial. • EAT BOILED CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. 1885 Amer. dial. • EAT CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. E19 US sl. • FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner
vb. 1902 Amer. dial. • TAKE BACK WATER to change course; to reverse one's position; to retreat; to back down on a brag or dare; to refuse a challenge
vb. 1910s US sl. • BACK UP to back down
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GIG to back down
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GIG BACK (as above)
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • RUE BACK to back down from a bargain
vb. 1916 Amer. dial. • PIKE to back down; to fail or refuse to go with the crowd
vb. 1928 Amer. dial. • EAT DOG to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. 1935 US sl. • GEEK to give up, to back down; to lose one's nerve
vb. 1935 US sl. • GEEK IT (as above)
vb. 1949 Amer. dial. • HEAD IN to back down or yield in an argument; to keep or become quiet
vb. c1950 sl. • LOSE ONE'S 'ARRIS to lose one's nerve, to chicken out
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. • EAT TURKEY to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. • BACKFIRE to back down in an argument
vb. 1977 US sl. • WUSS OUT to lose courage; to back down; to fail to do as promised
vb. 1979 UK sl. • BOTTLE OUT to lose your nerve
vb. 1981 US sl. • GO OUT THE BACK DOOR to back down from a confrontation
vb. 1993 US sl. • BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger
vb. 1999 UK sl. • BOTTLE to lose your nerve, to back down
vb. 1999 UK sl. • BOTTLE IT (as above)
BACKER
n. 1768 Sc. • PART-TAKER a supporter; a partisan; an ally; a backer
n. 1922 criminals' sl. • BANKER anyone who financially backs a robbery, confidence game, or gambling operation
n. 1930 colloq., orig. US • BANKROLLER a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc.
n. 1930 colloq., orig. US • BANKROLL GUY (as above)
n. 1930 colloq., orig. US • BANKROLL MAN (as above)
n. 1922 criminals' sl. • BANKER anyone who financially backs a robbery, confidence game, or gambling operation
n. 1930 colloq., orig. US • BANKROLLER a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc.
n. 1930 colloq., orig. US • BANKROLL GUY (as above)
n. 1930 colloq., orig. US • BANKROLL MAN (as above)
BACKGAMMON
n. 1303 obs. • TABLER a backgammon board; hence, the game of backgammon or 'tables'; also, a chess-board
n. c1450 obs. • TABLE-PLAYER a player at backgammon
n. c1470 obs. • TABLE the 'board' on which chess, draughts, backgammon, or any similar game is played
n. 1483 obs. • PAIR OF TABLES a backgammon board
n. 1483 obs. • TABLE-BOARD a board for backgammon or any similar game
n. 1483 obs. • TABLEMAN one of the 'men' or pieces used in any game played on a board, esp. backgammon
n. 1550 obs. • TABLE-PLAY play at 'tables' or backgammon
n. 1552 • SIZE-POINT in backgammon, the sixth point from the inner end of each table
n. 1553 obs. • TABLING playing at 'tables' or backgammon
n. 1561 obs. • TABLER a player at backgammon
n. 1573 obs. • TABLES a backgammon board
n. a1700 obs. • VERQUERE an old form of backgammon
n. 1718 • BACKGAME backgammon; a game at backgammon
n. 1730-46 rare • GAMMON the game of backgammon
n. 1814 rare • GAMMON PLAYER a backgammon player
n. 1944 US sl. • ACEY-DEUCEY in backgammon: a variant rule under which the game is started in positions other than the standard layout
n. c1450 obs. • TABLE-PLAYER a player at backgammon
n. c1470 obs. • TABLE the 'board' on which chess, draughts, backgammon, or any similar game is played
n. 1483 obs. • PAIR OF TABLES a backgammon board
n. 1483 obs. • TABLE-BOARD a board for backgammon or any similar game
n. 1483 obs. • TABLEMAN one of the 'men' or pieces used in any game played on a board, esp. backgammon
n. 1550 obs. • TABLE-PLAY play at 'tables' or backgammon
n. 1552 • SIZE-POINT in backgammon, the sixth point from the inner end of each table
n. 1553 obs. • TABLING playing at 'tables' or backgammon
n. 1561 obs. • TABLER a player at backgammon
n. 1573 obs. • TABLES a backgammon board
n. a1700 obs. • VERQUERE an old form of backgammon
n. 1718 • BACKGAME backgammon; a game at backgammon
n. 1730-46 rare • GAMMON the game of backgammon
n. 1814 rare • GAMMON PLAYER a backgammon player
n. 1944 US sl. • ACEY-DEUCEY in backgammon: a variant rule under which the game is started in positions other than the standard layout
BACKGROUND
n. 1711 rare or obs. • OFFSCAPE a distant view or prospect; the distant part of a view or prospect, the distance, the background
BACKING
n. 1548 obs. • BACK-STAND backing, support
n. 1566 obs. • BACK a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing
n. 1566 obs. • BACK a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing
BACK OFF, BACK OUT
also see BACK DOWN
n. 1990s US college sl. • QUEEN WEEN someone who backs out of a commitment
vb. 1746 sl. • FUNK to cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion
vb. 1859 • FUNK OUT to back out of something, owing to a lack of courage or spirit; to try to avoid or evade an undertaking, duty etc.
vb. 1863 Amer. sl. • BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat
vb. 1871 colloq. obs. • JACK UP to withdraw or back out from a venture or undertaking; to give up, esp. suddenly or abruptly
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JAG (as above)
vb. 1883 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DUFF to change one's mind, to withdraw or back out from a venture or undertaking; to 'chicken out'
vb. Bk1898 Sc. • ARSE to back out of fulfilling a promise, etc.; to shuffle
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. • ARSLE to back out of a place or situation
vb. L19 sl. • PIKE to back out; to hold oneself back
vb. M19 sl. • FLUMMOX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting
vb. M19 sl. • FLUMMUX (as above)
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • RENIG to back out
vb. 1930s sl., orig. US • GO CHICKEN to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. colloq. • COP OUT to avoid one's responsibility; to renege, to back out
vb. 1943 Amer. dial. • CHICKEN OUT to back out, to change one's mind, to lose one's nerve
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. • MUCKLE OUT to renege, to back out
vb. 1952 Aust. sl. • DINGO to back out of, to shirk
vb. 1984 Amer. sl. • BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat
n. 1990s US college sl. • QUEEN WEEN someone who backs out of a commitment
vb. 1746 sl. • FUNK to cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion
vb. 1859 • FUNK OUT to back out of something, owing to a lack of courage or spirit; to try to avoid or evade an undertaking, duty etc.
vb. 1863 Amer. sl. • BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat
vb. 1871 colloq. obs. • JACK UP to withdraw or back out from a venture or undertaking; to give up, esp. suddenly or abruptly
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JAG (as above)
vb. 1883 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DUFF to change one's mind, to withdraw or back out from a venture or undertaking; to 'chicken out'
vb. Bk1898 Sc. • ARSE to back out of fulfilling a promise, etc.; to shuffle
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. • ARSLE to back out of a place or situation
vb. L19 sl. • PIKE to back out; to hold oneself back
vb. M19 sl. • FLUMMOX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting
vb. M19 sl. • FLUMMUX (as above)
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • RENIG to back out
vb. 1930s sl., orig. US • GO CHICKEN to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. colloq. • COP OUT to avoid one's responsibility; to renege, to back out
vb. 1943 Amer. dial. • CHICKEN OUT to back out, to change one's mind, to lose one's nerve
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. • MUCKLE OUT to renege, to back out
vb. 1952 Aust. sl. • DINGO to back out of, to shirk
vb. 1984 Amer. sl. • BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat
BACKPACK, BACKPACKER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • TUSSOCK a packsack
n. 1982 US, Korean war usage • KOREAN FORKLIFT an A-frame backpack used by Koreans to carry large and heavy objects
n. 1988 US sl. • ALICE a military backpack
n. 21C • FLASHPACKER a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
n. 1982 US, Korean war usage • KOREAN FORKLIFT an A-frame backpack used by Koreans to carry large and heavy objects
n. 1988 US sl. • ALICE a military backpack
n. 21C • FLASHPACKER a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
BACKSLIDE
vb. c1400 obs. • GO BACKWARD to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide
BACKTALK, BACKTALKING
adj. 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US • SASSY cheeky, spirited, back-talking
n. 1834 Amer. dial. • JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek
n. 1862 Amer. sl. • CHIN talk, esp. impudent backtalk; impudence
n. 1896 UK sl. • MOUTH backtalk; insults
n. 1901 UK sl., orig. military usage • BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner
n. 1906 Amer. sl. • BACKWASH insolent or nonsensical talk; backtalk
n. 1908 Amer. sl. • BACK SLACK backtalk
n. 1960s sl. • VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk
vb. 1898 sl. • LIP to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk
vb. M19 US sl. • SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease
vb. M19 US sl. • SASS OUT (as above)
vb. 1943 Amer. dial. • LIP OFF to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk
vb. 1955 Amer. sl. • BACK-LIP to speak insolently to; to backtalk
vb. 1968 sl., orig. African-American • FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast
n. 1834 Amer. dial. • JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek
n. 1862 Amer. sl. • CHIN talk, esp. impudent backtalk; impudence
n. 1896 UK sl. • MOUTH backtalk; insults
n. 1901 UK sl., orig. military usage • BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner
n. 1906 Amer. sl. • BACKWASH insolent or nonsensical talk; backtalk
n. 1908 Amer. sl. • BACK SLACK backtalk
n. 1960s sl. • VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk
vb. 1898 sl. • LIP to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk
vb. M19 US sl. • SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease
vb. M19 US sl. • SASS OUT (as above)
vb. 1943 Amer. dial. • LIP OFF to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk
vb. 1955 Amer. sl. • BACK-LIP to speak insolently to; to backtalk
vb. 1968 sl., orig. African-American • FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast
BACK-TO-FRONT
adv. 1539 UK • ARSY-VERSY back to front, upside down; perversely
adv. 1962 Aust. sl. • ARSE-FIRST back-to-front
adv. 1962 Aust. sl. • ARSE-FIRST back-to-front
BACK-UP
n. 1990s sl. • ASSIST back-up, usually in the form of physical power
n. 1990s sl. • ASSIST the person drawn in to provide back-up
vb. 1970s US sl. • BACK SOMEONE'S PLAY to support one's own statement or action, or back up those of another person
n. 1990s sl. • ASSIST the person drawn in to provide back-up
vb. 1970s US sl. • BACK SOMEONE'S PLAY to support one's own statement or action, or back up those of another person
BACKWARD, BACKWARDNESS
(also see BACKWARDS)
adj. c897 obs. • UNBOLD lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow
adj. a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. • LATESOME late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious
adj. 1538 obs. • LATEWARD late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year
adj. 1573 obs. rare • LATEWARDLY late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year
adj. 1849 Eng. dial. • BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late
adj. 1866 Eng. dial. • AWKWARD backward; back-handed
adj. 1880 Sc. • SCLACK backward
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNDERLY backward, behind time
adj. 1924 Sc. • BAICH backward
adj. 1969 Amer. dial. • HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS backward, awkward, clumsy
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • BACKASSED pert. to a manner that is backward, awkward, or roundabout
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated
adv. 1892 Eng. dial. • BACKERLY backward, late
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. • AREAR backward, behind
n. 1605 obs. rare • IMPROFICIENCE lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness
n. 1647 rare • IMPROFICIENCY lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity
adj. c897 obs. • UNBOLD lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow
adj. a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. • LATESOME late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious
adj. 1538 obs. • LATEWARD late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year
adj. 1573 obs. rare • LATEWARDLY late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year
adj. 1849 Eng. dial. • BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late
adj. 1866 Eng. dial. • AWKWARD backward; back-handed
adj. 1880 Sc. • SCLACK backward
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNDERLY backward, behind time
adj. 1924 Sc. • BAICH backward
adj. 1969 Amer. dial. • HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS backward, awkward, clumsy
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • BACKASSED pert. to a manner that is backward, awkward, or roundabout
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated
adv. 1892 Eng. dial. • BACKERLY backward, late
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. • AREAR backward, behind
n. 1605 obs. rare • IMPROFICIENCE lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness
n. 1647 rare • IMPROFICIENCY lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity
BACKWARDS
adj. 1580 • BACK-CAST cast or thrown backwards
adj. L16 • RETORTED twisted or bent backwards
adj. 1741 obs. rare • REFLUENT directed backwards
adj. Bk1775 obs. rare • RERE backwards, in the rear
adj. E18 • RETORTIVE turned backwards
adj. E18 • RETORTED turned or facing backwards
adj. M19 rare • RETROVERSE turned or directed backwards, reversed
adj. 1930s US sl. • OFF THE COB backwards
adj. 1940s US sl. • BACK-ASSWARD confused, muddled, backwards
adj. 1940s US sl. • BACK-ASSWARDS (as above)
adv. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • ARSELINGS backwards
adv. 1205 obs. • ABACKWARD backward
adv. c1275 obs. • ABAFT of direction: backwards
adv. c1386 • ARSEWARD backwards, back to front, the wrong way round
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSEY-VERSEY backwards, back to front, the wrong way round
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSIE-VARSIE (as above)
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSEY-VARSEY (as above)
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSY-VARSY (as above)
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSY-VERSY (as above)
adv. 1648 Eng. dial. • ARSEWARDS backwards, hind-before
adv. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ARSELING backwards
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINGS back, backwards
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINS (as above)
adv. 1824 Sc. obs. • BACKRANS backwards
adv. 1843 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-SIDE-FOREMOST backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1843 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-WAY-WHICH (as above)
adv. 1868 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-SIDE-TO backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1877 Eng. dial. • BACK-ALONG backwards
adv. 1881 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-END-FIRST backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1886 Eng. dial. • BACK-END-FORE backwards, hind-part foremost
adv. 1898 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-END-TO backwards, the wrong way around
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • ARSEWARD-BACKWARDS backwards, hind-before
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FORE (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FOREMOST (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FORWARD (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FORWARDS (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FRONT (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-TO (as above)
adv. 1923 Sc. • BACKIES backwards
adv. 1923 Sc. • BACKIEWARDS (as above)
adv. 1926 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out
adv. 1930 Amer. dial. colloq. • BASS-ACKWARD backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels
adv. 1930 Amer. dial. colloq. • BASS-ACKWARDS (as above)
adv. 1930s Amer. sl. • ASS-TO AND EVERY WHICHAWAY backwards; askew; upside-down
adv. 1931 Amer. colloq. • BASS-ACKARD backwards; in reversed position or confused order
adv. 1931 Amer. colloq. • BASS-ACKARDS (as above)
adv. 1932 Sc. • BACKERTY-WYES backwards
adv. 1932 Sc. • BACKWITH (as above)
adv. 1932 Sc. • BACKWORTH (as above)
adv. 1934 Amer. sl. • ASSWAYS backwards; askew; upside-down
adv. 1937 Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE OUTWARDS backwards; inside out
adv. 1937 Amer. sl. • ASS-BACKWARD backwards; in reversed position or confused order
adv. 1937 Amer. sl. • ASS-BACKWARDS (as above)
adv. 1938 • ARSEWAYS backwards, back to front, the wrong way round
adv. 1942 Amer. sl. • ASS END FOREMOST backwards
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. • ARSE-END-TO backwards
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. • ASS-END-TO (as above)
adv. 1944 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-SIDE-FORE backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1947 Amer. sl. • BACKASSWARDS backwards
adv. 1950 Amer. dial. • BACK-FRONT backwards, inside out
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-FOREMOST (as above)
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-FRONT (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • ASS-END-BACKWARDS backwards
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • ASS-FRONTWARDS (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKS backward
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-BEHIND backwards; inside out
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-FRONT (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-IN (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-WAY-BEFORE (as above)
adv. 1968 Amer. dial. • BACKWAYS backward
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. • ASS-SIDE-BEFORE backwards, inside out, in reversed position
adv. 1975 Amer. dial. • BARSE-ACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order
adv. 20C Brit. sl. • ARSY-TARSY backwards
vb. Bk1898 Sc. • ARSE to move backwards, to push back
vb. Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. • ARSLE to move backwards; to back out of a place or situation
adj. L16 • RETORTED twisted or bent backwards
adj. 1741 obs. rare • REFLUENT directed backwards
adj. Bk1775 obs. rare • RERE backwards, in the rear
adj. E18 • RETORTIVE turned backwards
adj. E18 • RETORTED turned or facing backwards
adj. M19 rare • RETROVERSE turned or directed backwards, reversed
adj. 1930s US sl. • OFF THE COB backwards
adj. 1940s US sl. • BACK-ASSWARD confused, muddled, backwards
adj. 1940s US sl. • BACK-ASSWARDS (as above)
adv. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • ARSELINGS backwards
adv. 1205 obs. • ABACKWARD backward
adv. c1275 obs. • ABAFT of direction: backwards
adv. c1386 • ARSEWARD backwards, back to front, the wrong way round
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSEY-VERSEY backwards, back to front, the wrong way round
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSIE-VARSIE (as above)
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSEY-VARSEY (as above)
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSY-VARSY (as above)
adv. 1545 UK sl. • ARSY-VERSY (as above)
adv. 1648 Eng. dial. • ARSEWARDS backwards, hind-before
adv. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ARSELING backwards
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINGS back, backwards
adv. 1785 N. Eng. dial. • BACKLINS (as above)
adv. 1824 Sc. obs. • BACKRANS backwards
adv. 1843 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-SIDE-FOREMOST backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1843 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-WAY-WHICH (as above)
adv. 1868 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-SIDE-TO backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1877 Eng. dial. • BACK-ALONG backwards
adv. 1881 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-END-FIRST backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1886 Eng. dial. • BACK-END-FORE backwards, hind-part foremost
adv. 1898 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-END-TO backwards, the wrong way around
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • ARSEWARD-BACKWARDS backwards, hind-before
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FORE (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FOREMOST (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FORWARD (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FORWARDS (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-FRONT (as above)
adv. 1920s Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE-TO (as above)
adv. 1923 Sc. • BACKIES backwards
adv. 1923 Sc. • BACKIEWARDS (as above)
adv. 1926 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out
adv. 1930 Amer. dial. colloq. • BASS-ACKWARD backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels
adv. 1930 Amer. dial. colloq. • BASS-ACKWARDS (as above)
adv. 1930s Amer. sl. • ASS-TO AND EVERY WHICHAWAY backwards; askew; upside-down
adv. 1931 Amer. colloq. • BASS-ACKARD backwards; in reversed position or confused order
adv. 1931 Amer. colloq. • BASS-ACKARDS (as above)
adv. 1932 Sc. • BACKERTY-WYES backwards
adv. 1932 Sc. • BACKWITH (as above)
adv. 1932 Sc. • BACKWORTH (as above)
adv. 1934 Amer. sl. • ASSWAYS backwards; askew; upside-down
adv. 1937 Amer. dial. • BACKSIDE OUTWARDS backwards; inside out
adv. 1937 Amer. sl. • ASS-BACKWARD backwards; in reversed position or confused order
adv. 1937 Amer. sl. • ASS-BACKWARDS (as above)
adv. 1938 • ARSEWAYS backwards, back to front, the wrong way round
adv. 1942 Amer. sl. • ASS END FOREMOST backwards
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. • ARSE-END-TO backwards
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. • ASS-END-TO (as above)
adv. 1944 Amer. dial. • TOTHER-SIDE-FORE backwards, the wrong way around
adv. 1947 Amer. sl. • BACKASSWARDS backwards
adv. 1950 Amer. dial. • BACK-FRONT backwards, inside out
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-FOREMOST (as above)
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • BACK-END-FRONT (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • ASS-END-BACKWARDS backwards
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • ASS-FRONTWARDS (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKS backward
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-BEHIND backwards; inside out
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-FRONT (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-IN (as above)
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • BACKWARDS-WAY-BEFORE (as above)
adv. 1968 Amer. dial. • BACKWAYS backward
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. • ASS-SIDE-BEFORE backwards, inside out, in reversed position
adv. 1975 Amer. dial. • BARSE-ACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order
adv. 20C Brit. sl. • ARSY-TARSY backwards
vb. Bk1898 Sc. • ARSE to move backwards, to push back
vb. Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. • ARSLE to move backwards; to back out of a place or situation
BACKWARD(S) AND FORWARD(S)
phr. 1653 arch. or Eng. dial. • BACK AND FORE backwards and forwards; to and fro
phr. E17 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare • FROM WIG TO WALL from wall to wall; backwards and forwards
phr. Bk1828 Eng. dial. • TO AND AGAIN backwards and forwards
vb. 1596 obs. • HALPER to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward
vb. 1930 Sc. • PAMBERADE to move back and forwards noisily or clumsily; to parade up and down with heavy steps
phr. E17 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare • FROM WIG TO WALL from wall to wall; backwards and forwards
phr. Bk1828 Eng. dial. • TO AND AGAIN backwards and forwards
vb. 1596 obs. • HALPER to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward
vb. 1930 Sc. • PAMBERADE to move back and forwards noisily or clumsily; to parade up and down with heavy steps
BACKWOODS
adj. 1809 Amer. dial. • PINEY dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive
adj. 1809 Amer. dial. • PINEY-WOOD (as above)
adj. 1958 Amer. dial. • TURPENTINE of the backwoods, rustic
n. 1766 Amer. sl. • CRACKER a backwoods Southern White person regarded as ignorant, brutal, loutish, bigoted, etc.; used contemptuously
n. 1770 Amer. dial. • BACK PEOPLE people who live in the back country
n. 1809 • BUSH-BEATER one accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger
n. 1809 Amer. dial. • BUSHWHACKER a backwoodsman
n. 1837 US rare • MOUNTAINEER a backwoodsman; a trapper
n. 1847 US • MOUNTAIN MAN a backwoodsman; a trapper; a pioneer
n. 1873 colloq. • MOSSBACK a person living in the backwoods; a rustic
n. M19 US sl. • TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods
n. 1909 Amer. dial. • PINEY WOODS backwoods
n. 1911 Amer. dial. • WOOD HICK a backwoodsman; a hillbilly
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • YAHOO an uncouth backwoodsman
n. 1930 Amer. dial. • BUSHNIPPLE a backwoodsman; a hermit
n. 1934 Amer. dial. • BACKBRUSH backwoods
n. 1935 Amer. dial. • BUSH RAT a backwoodsman; a woodsman
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place
n. 1953 Amer. dial. • BOONDOCKS an ignorant, uncouth backwoodsman
n. 1953 Amer. dial. • JILLIKENS backwoods
n. 1956 Amer. dial. • BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place
phr. 2000s sl. • FROM HORSE AND BUGGY unsophisticated; from the backwoods
vb. 1809 Amer. dial. • BUSHWHACK to live in the backwoods
adj. 1809 Amer. dial. • PINEY-WOOD (as above)
adj. 1958 Amer. dial. • TURPENTINE of the backwoods, rustic
n. 1766 Amer. sl. • CRACKER a backwoods Southern White person regarded as ignorant, brutal, loutish, bigoted, etc.; used contemptuously
n. 1770 Amer. dial. • BACK PEOPLE people who live in the back country
n. 1809 • BUSH-BEATER one accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger
n. 1809 Amer. dial. • BUSHWHACKER a backwoodsman
n. 1837 US rare • MOUNTAINEER a backwoodsman; a trapper
n. 1847 US • MOUNTAIN MAN a backwoodsman; a trapper; a pioneer
n. 1873 colloq. • MOSSBACK a person living in the backwoods; a rustic
n. M19 US sl. • TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods
n. 1909 Amer. dial. • PINEY WOODS backwoods
n. 1911 Amer. dial. • WOOD HICK a backwoodsman; a hillbilly
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • YAHOO an uncouth backwoodsman
n. 1930 Amer. dial. • BUSHNIPPLE a backwoodsman; a hermit
n. 1934 Amer. dial. • BACKBRUSH backwoods
n. 1935 Amer. dial. • BUSH RAT a backwoodsman; a woodsman
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place
n. 1953 Amer. dial. • BOONDOCKS an ignorant, uncouth backwoodsman
n. 1953 Amer. dial. • JILLIKENS backwoods
n. 1956 Amer. dial. • BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place
phr. 2000s sl. • FROM HORSE AND BUGGY unsophisticated; from the backwoods
vb. 1809 Amer. dial. • BUSHWHACK to live in the backwoods
BACKYARD - see YARD
BACON
. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. • RANDED of bacon: streaked; of two colours
adj. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. • RANDY'D (as above)
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. • INTERLEAN of bacon: streaky, having layers of lean and fat alternating
n. c1394 obs. • BAND a side or flitch of bacon
n. a1529 • GAMBONE the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon, including the hind leg; also, a smoked or cured ham
n. a1529 • GAMMON (as above)
n. a1529 • GAMMOND (as above)
n. 1598 obs. rare • LARDET a small piece of bacon for larding meat
n. 1659 obs. rare • LARDLET a small piece of bacon for larding meat
n. M17 sl. • GRUNTING PECK pork, bacon, or any pig-meat
n. 1707 obs. • BACON-MAN a curer of, or dealer in, bacon
n. 1777 Amer. dial. • MIDDLING the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon
n. 1812 sl. • SAWNEY bacon
n. 1833 US sl. • OLD NED salt pork or bacon
n. 1850 Amer. dial. • NED bacon, salt pork
n. 1856 sl. • SAWNEY-HUNTER one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief
n. 1859 Eng. dial. • BACON-SWORD the rind of bacon
n. 1868 Amer. dial. • SIDE MEAT meat from the side of a hog, usually salted or smoked; bacon; salt pork
n. 1881 Eng. dial. • SCRAM the hard rind of bacon or cheese
n. Bk1886 • SOORD the skin of bacon
n. Bk1886 cant • RUFF-PECK bacon
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLACK MEAT cured bacon or ham
n. L19 sl. • RASHER AND A DOORSTEP a rasher of bacon and a thick slice of bread
n. L19 US sl. • S.B. bacon (Sour Bosom/Belly)
n. L19 US West, sl. • CHICAGO CHICKEN salt pork of bacon
n. 1903 Amer. West. sl. • OVERLAND TROUT bacon
n. 1905 Amer. dial. • NEW YORK TURKEY bacon
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TIGER bacon
n. 1909 Amer. dial. • MIDDLING MEAT salt pork, bacon
n. 1910s sl. • TWO DOTS AND A DASH fried eggs and bacon
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • SOW-BELLY side-bacon
n. 1925 Amer. sl. • GRUNT a slice of ham or bacon; also, pork
n. 1930s sl. • RASHER AND FINGERS a rasher of bacon and chips
n. 1944 Amer. cowboys' sl. • CHUCK-WAGON CHICKEN fried bacon
n. 1958 Amer. dial. • SIDEHILL SALMON bacon
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • SEASONING MEAT salt pork or bacon
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon
n. 1967 Amer. dial., jocular usage • ARKANSAS T-BONE bacon
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • RIB MEAT bacon
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • SAWMILL CHICKEN (as above)
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • SAWMILL TURKEY (as above)
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. • AMERICAN LAD in Ireland: unpopular imported US fatty bacon
n. 20C sl., usually derogatory • JEW FOOD ham, bacon, or pork of any kind
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • GIPPO bacon grease; fat
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • STARS AND STRIPES beans with bacon
adj. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. • RANDY'D (as above)
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. • INTERLEAN of bacon: streaky, having layers of lean and fat alternating
n. c1394 obs. • BAND a side or flitch of bacon
n. a1529 • GAMBONE the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon, including the hind leg; also, a smoked or cured ham
n. a1529 • GAMMON (as above)
n. a1529 • GAMMOND (as above)
n. 1598 obs. rare • LARDET a small piece of bacon for larding meat
n. 1659 obs. rare • LARDLET a small piece of bacon for larding meat
n. M17 sl. • GRUNTING PECK pork, bacon, or any pig-meat
n. 1707 obs. • BACON-MAN a curer of, or dealer in, bacon
n. 1777 Amer. dial. • MIDDLING the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon
n. 1812 sl. • SAWNEY bacon
n. 1833 US sl. • OLD NED salt pork or bacon
n. 1850 Amer. dial. • NED bacon, salt pork
n. 1856 sl. • SAWNEY-HUNTER one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief
n. 1859 Eng. dial. • BACON-SWORD the rind of bacon
n. 1868 Amer. dial. • SIDE MEAT meat from the side of a hog, usually salted or smoked; bacon; salt pork
n. 1881 Eng. dial. • SCRAM the hard rind of bacon or cheese
n. Bk1886 • SOORD the skin of bacon
n. Bk1886 cant • RUFF-PECK bacon
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLACK MEAT cured bacon or ham
n. L19 sl. • RASHER AND A DOORSTEP a rasher of bacon and a thick slice of bread
n. L19 US sl. • S.B. bacon (Sour Bosom/Belly)
n. L19 US West, sl. • CHICAGO CHICKEN salt pork of bacon
n. 1903 Amer. West. sl. • OVERLAND TROUT bacon
n. 1905 Amer. dial. • NEW YORK TURKEY bacon
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TIGER bacon
n. 1909 Amer. dial. • MIDDLING MEAT salt pork, bacon
n. 1910s sl. • TWO DOTS AND A DASH fried eggs and bacon
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • SOW-BELLY side-bacon
n. 1925 Amer. sl. • GRUNT a slice of ham or bacon; also, pork
n. 1930s sl. • RASHER AND FINGERS a rasher of bacon and chips
n. 1944 Amer. cowboys' sl. • CHUCK-WAGON CHICKEN fried bacon
n. 1958 Amer. dial. • SIDEHILL SALMON bacon
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • SEASONING MEAT salt pork or bacon
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon
n. 1967 Amer. dial., jocular usage • ARKANSAS T-BONE bacon
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • RIB MEAT bacon
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • SAWMILL CHICKEN (as above)
n. 1967 Amer. dial. • SAWMILL TURKEY (as above)
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. • AMERICAN LAD in Ireland: unpopular imported US fatty bacon
n. 20C sl., usually derogatory • JEW FOOD ham, bacon, or pork of any kind
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • GIPPO bacon grease; fat
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • STARS AND STRIPES beans with bacon
BAD, BADNESS
adj. c893 obs. • LITHER bad, wicked
adj. c1200 obs. exc. arch. & Sc. • LITTLE-WORTH of worthless, mean, bad, or contemptible character
adj. c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc. • QUED evil, wicked, bad, vile, base
adj. c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc. • QUEDE (as above)
adj. c1325 obs. • BROTHELY vile, bad
adj. 1362 obs. • LEWD of things: bad, worthless, poor, sorry
adj. c1374 obs. • ENTETCHED marked or endowed with bad or good qualities
adj. c1375 obs. • BYSEN monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful
adj. c1386 • LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible
adj. c1386 obs. • LEWD of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless
adj. a1500 Sc. • ILL-DEEDY given to bad deeds; mischievous
adj. 1529 obs. • NAUGHTY of persons: morally bad, wicked
adj. 1536 obs. • NAUGHT morally bad; wicked; naughty
adj. 1548 obs. exc. arch. • FACINOROUS extremely wicked, grossly criminal, villainous, atrocious, vile, infamous, detestably bad
adj. 1561 thieves' cant • QUEER bad; worthless; counterfeit
adj. a1568 Sc. • ILL-WILLY of a bad disposition
adj. 1598 obs. • LOOSE-TAILED of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint
adj. 1605 • PECCANT bad, wrong, deficient; guilty, criminal; indisposed, corrupt, injurious to health
adj. 1630 • ILL-LIVED living a bad or immoral life
adj. 1638 • BLACK-HEARTED having a wicked, malicious disposition; morally bad
adj. 1648-9 obs. rare • PRAVITOUS characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad
adj. 1660 colloq. • DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful, very bad, utterly unpleasant
adj. 1671 Eng. dial. obs. • LAZY bad, naughty, worthless
adj. 1677 • HANG-DOG low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance; villainous, bad
adj. 1714 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ILL bad; noxious; hurtful; insufferable
adj. c1740 UK criminals' sl. • GAMMY bad, unfavourable
adj. 1777 Sc. • ILL-MUGGENED malicious, having bad propensities, evil-disposed
adj. c1786 colloq. • AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible
adj. 1790 • HANG-GALLOWS destined or fit for the gallows; villainous, bad
adj. 1801 • RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character
adj. 1813 colloq. • ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful
adj. 1824 Sc. • ILL-BEST least bad or several poor alternatives
adj. c1832 US colloq. • RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad
adj. 1842 Eng. dial. • NATION-SEIZED extremely bad; most unpleasant
adj. c1845 back-slang • DAB bad
adj. 1847 Aust. & NZ sl. • NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory
adj. 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. 1848 UK sl. • HAIRY bad, difficult, undesirable
adj. Bk1853 Eng. dial. • UNKED bad looking, having the appearance of evil, betokening bad weather
adj. Bk1855 obs. • LAYTHE bad, loathsome
adj. Bk1855 obs. • MAVEIS bad, wicked
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. • ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. • NINETED (as above)
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. • NOINTED (as above)
adj. 1859 sl., orig. US • BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty
adj. 1864 obs. • MORMAL bad; dangerous (possibly a mistaken infernce for the noun 'mormal - a sore or ulcer)
adj. 1866 Sc. • HANG-DOG-LIKE villainous, bad
adj. Bk1875 Eng. dial. • NOWT bad
adj. Bk1875 Eng. dial. • JERRY bad, defective, and deceptive
adj. Bk1876 Sc. • ILL-GATED to be badly inclined
adj. Bk1877 Eng. dial. • POLSY bad, spoilt
adj. 1885 colloq. • ATROCIOUS very bad, shocking, execrable
adj. 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. Bk1886 • TOTTY of bad character
adj. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • SLIVING lazy; bad
adj. 1887 Sc. obs. • QUAD vile, base, bad
adj. Bk1888 Eng. dial. • ILL-CONDITIONED bad; worthless; ill-tempered
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDE (as above)
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDEY (as above)
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDY (as above)
adj. 1896 Eng. dial. • MEAN worthless, naughty, of bad character
adj. 1896 sl. • MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory
adj. 1898 Aust. & NZ • CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful
adj. 1898 Sc. • INDUMIOUS very bad
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • ARRANT thoroughly bad
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BONE-BAD (as above)
adj. Bk1891 US sl. • SHICKERY bad; shabby
adj. 19C Aust. sl. • BOGUS very bad; unfair; no good, worthless
adj. M19 back-slang, costermongers' usage • DABHENO bad
adj. M19 sl. • SCHICKERY shabby, bad
adj. L19 sl. • ABAA bad
adj. L19 sl. • MULTA of people and things: bad, unpleasant
adj. L19 sl. • MULTI (as above)
adj. L19 sl. • MULTIE (as above)
adj. L19 sl. • MULTY (as above)
adj. 1902 Brit. sl. • NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory
adj. 1902 Brit. sl. • NOT MUCH COP (as above)
adj. 1903 sl. • N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good)
adj. Bk1903 Sc. obs. • MISCHANT bad, mischievous
adj. 1904 • ABYSMAL of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; extremely bad, appalling
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SAD-BAD very bad
adj. Bk1905 Amer. dial. • DYED IN THE WOOL thoroughly bad
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNLIKE bad, displeasing
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNLIKELY (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TEWLY bad, poor
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TULY (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THOROUGH-GONE thoroughly good or bad
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE (as above)
adj. 1907 Amer. dial. • FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe
adj. 1909 colloq., theatrical usage • D.B. Damned Bad
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GOSH-BLAMED bad, annoying, undesirable
adj. 1914 Irish sl. • BOWSIE bad, evil, malicious
adj. 1914 Irish sl. • BOWSY (as above)
adj. 1915 sl. • SCHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment
adj. 1915 sl. • SHLOCK (as above)
adj. 1918 Aust. sl. • ONKUS unpleasant; deplorable; bad
adj. 1924 sl. rare, orig. US • STINKO of a very low standard; very bad
adj. 1929 Amer. dial. • WORSE THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very bad
adj. 1929 Amer. sl. • HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc.
adj. 1930s sl. • POPEYED regrettable, bad
adj. 1930s African-American sl. • SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting
adj. 1934 S. Afr. sl., offensive • KAFFIR of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable
adj. 1935 sl. • CRUDDY bad, second-rate, of poor quality; crummy, lousy
adj. 1940s W. Indies sl. • DAGO bad
adj. 1946 US sl. • FUNKY bad, distasteful, dirty, smelly
adj. 1950s Aust. sl. • BODGIE inferior, worthless, bad
adj. 1953 UK sl. • DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless
adj. 1958 Eng. dial. & colloq. • MANKEY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory
adj. 1958 Eng. dial. & colloq. • MANKY (as above)
adj. 1958 sl. • DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory
adj. 1960s sl. • NAPH in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable, bad
adj. 1963 teen sl. • ZYMOTIC lousy, very bad, disgusting
adj. 1963 teen sl. • ZYMY (as above)
adj. 1965 US sl. • UNREAL excellent, exceptionally bad
adj. 1966 sl. • SHITHOUSE contemptible, bad, disgusting, awful; of poor quality
adj. 1967 US sl. • MARVY-GROOVY bad; usually spoken in a sarcastic, saccharine tone
adj. 1968 sl. • SHIT bad; unpleasant; highly displeasing; unskilled; of poor quality, ability, etc.
adj. 1968 sl. • SCHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment
adj. 1968 sl. • SHLOCKY (as above)
adj. 1968 US sl. • X-DOUBLE-MINUS very bad
adj. 1969 sl., chiefly Brit. • NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory
adj. 1971 US sl. • BAADASS very bad, very dangerous
adj. Bk1974 Amer. sl. • PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell
adj. 1980s sl., orig. African-American • SCANDALOUS extremely bad
adj. 1980s UK sl. • DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty
adj. 1980s US students' sl. • PAINFUL bad
adj. 1980s US sl. • DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD bad
adj. 1980s US sl. • UNGOOD (as above)
adj. 1980s US students' sl. • SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird
adj. 1980s US students' sl. • SKETCHED OUT (as above)
adj. 1983 UK sl. • WACKTIC very bad
adj. 1984 UK sl., orig. military usage • DANK inferior, inefficient, bad, unpleasant
adj. 1984 African-American sl. • WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad
adj. 1990s US students' sl. • BUTTERY bad
adj. 1990s US students' sl. • FAKE bad, disappointing, negative
adj. 1990s US students' sl. • SCHWAG second-rate, inferior, bad
adj. 1992 Brit. sl. • NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely
adj. 1992 Brit. sl. • NAFFETTE (as above)
adj. Bk1994 teen & high school sl. • BALD bad; terrible
adj. 1998 NZ sl. • RAG unpleasant, bad
adj. 1999 Ireland • MOXY lousy, very bad
adj. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. • MUM AND DAD bad
adj. 20C Irish sl. • DESPERATE very bad
adj. 20C teen & high school sl. • D bad
adj. 20C US • ASS-HOLE bad, rotten
adj. M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US • BADASS belligerent or intimidating; tough; bad; nasty
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • CRAPPY bad; inferior; junky
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • DOOK really bad
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • DUKE (as above)
n. c1220 obs. • UNCOST bad disposition; evil nature
n. c1225 • HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person
n. c1250 obs. • QUED a bad or wicked person
n. c1250 obs. • QUEDE (as above)
n. c1340 • HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate
n. c1420 obs. • TITIVIL a term of reproach; a bad or vile character; a scoundrel; villain; a worthless knave
n. 1500 obs. rare • TITIVILLER a bad or vile character; a scoundrel; a rogue; a rascal; a knave; a villain
n. c1500 obs. • ILLNESS bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness
n. 1528 obs. • MISWOMAN a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet
n. 1530 obs. • NAUGHTY-PACK a woman of bad character; a wanton
n. 1550 obs. • NAUGHTINESS the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect
n. 1567 arch. • PALLIARD a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person
n. 1575 obs. • CULLION a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel; a rascal
n. 1592 • BADS bad things, qualities, etc.
n. 1595 obs. • ILLNESS unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness; badness
n. 1598 • GALLOWS a person of bad character; a rascal, a rogue; one deserving the gallows
n. 1598 obs. rare • LITHERBY a base or rascally person; a bad, wicked person
n. 1603 • HELLCAT a thoroughly bad or coarse person
n. 1603 • BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life; a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children
n. 1611 • PECCANCY bad quality; sinfulness
n. 1617 obs. rare • MISDISPOSITION bad disposition or inclination; inclination to evil
n. 1620 obs. • PRAVITY badness, corruption, malignity
n. 1640 • BLACK SHEEP a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character
n. 1657 • NAUGHT one who is bad
n. 1711 • CACODEMON an evil, malignant, or deprecated person; a person of bad character
n. 1721 Sc. obs. • MALEFICE a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft
n. 1721 Sc. obs. • MALIFICE (as above)
n. 1722 • FAGGOT a bad woman
n. a1743 • DAMOSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character
n. a1743 Sc. • DAMISHELL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition - a damsel
n. 1790 Sc. • HISSIE a woman of bad character
n. 1790 Sc. • HIZZIE (as above)
n. 18C UK criminals' sl. • GALLERSGOOD anything considered to be so bad or useless that it is fit only for the gallows
n. 1808 Eng. dial. • BANDYLAN a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago
n. 1813 Sc. & Eng. dial. • HIZZY a term of contempt or reproach for a woman or girl; a woman of bad character
n. 1816 rare, orig. & chiefly Sc. • HIZZY a bad, worthless, or foolish person; a wicked or cruel person; a villain
n. 1818 • CACOTOPIA a state, imaginary or otherwise, in which everything is as bad as it can possibly be
n. 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial. • SCAPE-GALLOWS a term of reproach for a thoroughly bad fellow
n. 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial. • SCAPE-THE-GALLOWS (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. • LITTLE-WORTH a bad or worthless person
n. 1825 Sc. • DAW a bad woman, a trull
n. 1843 Anglo-Indian • BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal; a scoundrel
n. 1848 Sc. & Ireland • RAP a cheat; an impostor; a person of bad character
n. 1851 back-slang, costermongers' usage • DABHENO something bad, usually a poor market
n. 1852 Eng. dial. • HELL-DAME a bad woman
n. 1853 Eng. dial. • YELDEN a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character
n. 1853 Eng. dial. • YELDING (as above)
n. 1855 • BAD EGG a bad or worthless person
n. 1855 arch. • LOOSE-KIRTLE a woman of loose or bad character; a wanton woman; a prostitute (kirtle = woman's gown)
n. Bk1855 • BAUDY-BASKET a cant term for a bad or profligate woman
n. Bk1855 • BAGLE an impudent and disreputable woman; an opprobrious term for a woman of bad character
n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. • BAAD a woman of bad character; a disreputable woman
n. 1856 obs. rare • PIACULARITY badness; criminality
n. 1859 • GALLOWSNESS badness
n. 1867 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DAMSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition
n. 1870 orig. Ind. Army usage • BUDMASH one following evil courses; a bad character; a villain; a rascal
n. Bk1876 Sc. • ILL-JAW bad things spoken with the tongue
n. Bk1877 Eng. dial. • HANG-TRACE a gallows-bird; one ripe for the gallows; a bad character
n. Bk1878 Eng. dial. • GALLAS a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • HANNIEL a bad fellow
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • THICK-SPINNING bad conduct
n. Bk1886 obs. • BOCTAIL a bad woman
n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. • IDLE-PACK a bad woman
n. Bk1890 sl. • ABAA COVE a bad man
n. 1891 • BAD SORT a bad kind of person
n. 1897 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ILL ONE a bad character
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BARNACLE an incorrigible person; a bad or depraved person
n. M19 back-slang • DABTROS a bad sort; an unpleasant person back-slang
n. M19 costermongers' sl. • DAHEENO something bad, usually a poor market
n. L19 sl. • WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person
n. B1900 Eng. dial. • NINETY-BIRD a bad person; one who is given up to evil ways
n. B1900 Eng. dial. • RUMSCULLION a bad, idle, worthless fellow
n. Bk1903 sl. • A BAD NAIL a bad disposition
n. Bk1903 sl. • CATEVER anything bad or poor; a queer or singular affair
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCOVY a bad fellow
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • RACKLE a thoroughly bad man
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HANG-A-BAND a bad character
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • NAUGHTY-BACK a bad or naughty child or person; a term of general reproof; generally used to children
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person
n. Bk1910 Ireland • BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow
n. 1910s Irish sl. • BAKE anything bad
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BLUTE a bad or foolish action
n. Bk1913 Western Can. sl. • HERO OF THE BLOOD AND THUNDER BOOKS a bad man
n. 1919 Amer. dial. • BUNTER a bad child
n. 1928 Amer. dial. • BEHAVISHNESS bad behaviour
n. 1929 Sc. • ILL badness, wicked disposition
n. 1934 colloq., orig. US • BADDIE a bad or wicked person; a scoundrel, a villain, esp. as a character in play, film, etc.
n. 1934 colloq., orig. US • BADDY (as above)
n. 1936 colloq., orig. US • NOGOODNIK a bad person
n. 1937 sl., orig. US • WRONGGO a criminal; an undesirable person; a bad person; a wicked person; a villain
n. 1937 sl., orig. US • WRONGO (as above)
n. 1938 US sl. • THE BALLS a person or thing that is regarded as extraordinarily good or bad
n. 1952 • DYSTOPIA an imagined place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible
n. 1960s US teen sl. • BADDIWAD something that is bad
n. 1966 Amer. dial., derogatory • SKITTAMALINK a rascal; a bad-acting woman
n. 1968 Amer. sl. • GRUNGE anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. • BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person
n. Bk1988 colloq. • A BAD APPLE a bad person in a group, typically one whose behaviour is likely to have a corrupting influence on the rest; a no-good person, esp. one who is likely to lead others astray
n. 1990s US students' sl. • SAUCE something bad or inferior
n. Bk1995 Amer. sl. • BAD TRIP a bad person
n. 1997 Irish sl. • GAMMY CHANT a bad situation
n. M20 US sl. • BAD TRIP any bad experience
n. M20 US sl. • R.F extremely bad treatment (Royal Fucking)
n. M20 US sl. • ROYAL FUCKING (as above)
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DOWN TRIP any bad experience
phr. Bk1855 • LIKE LETTUCE LIKE LIPS implying that bad things suit each other
phr. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • WOOL IS DOWN times are bad
phr. 1943 • SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG describes something that is so bad that no creature deserves it
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • THINGS ARE CROOK IN MUSWELLBROOK the situation is not good
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • THINGS ARE CROOK IN TALLAROOK (as above)
vb. 1858 Eng. dial. • HAVE A DIRTY LANE TO GO DOWN to have a bad time before one
vb. Bk1866 Sc. • HAVE A BAD NAIL IN ONE to be of a bad disposition
vb. 1960s W. Indies • WAIL to behave badly or aggressively
vb. 20C • BUM OUT to have a bad experience
adj. c1200 obs. exc. arch. & Sc. • LITTLE-WORTH of worthless, mean, bad, or contemptible character
adj. c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc. • QUED evil, wicked, bad, vile, base
adj. c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc. • QUEDE (as above)
adj. c1325 obs. • BROTHELY vile, bad
adj. 1362 obs. • LEWD of things: bad, worthless, poor, sorry
adj. c1374 obs. • ENTETCHED marked or endowed with bad or good qualities
adj. c1375 obs. • BYSEN monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful
adj. c1386 • LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible
adj. c1386 obs. • LEWD of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless
adj. a1500 Sc. • ILL-DEEDY given to bad deeds; mischievous
adj. 1529 obs. • NAUGHTY of persons: morally bad, wicked
adj. 1536 obs. • NAUGHT morally bad; wicked; naughty
adj. 1548 obs. exc. arch. • FACINOROUS extremely wicked, grossly criminal, villainous, atrocious, vile, infamous, detestably bad
adj. 1561 thieves' cant • QUEER bad; worthless; counterfeit
adj. a1568 Sc. • ILL-WILLY of a bad disposition
adj. 1598 obs. • LOOSE-TAILED of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint
adj. 1605 • PECCANT bad, wrong, deficient; guilty, criminal; indisposed, corrupt, injurious to health
adj. 1630 • ILL-LIVED living a bad or immoral life
adj. 1638 • BLACK-HEARTED having a wicked, malicious disposition; morally bad
adj. 1648-9 obs. rare • PRAVITOUS characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad
adj. 1660 colloq. • DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful, very bad, utterly unpleasant
adj. 1671 Eng. dial. obs. • LAZY bad, naughty, worthless
adj. 1677 • HANG-DOG low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance; villainous, bad
adj. 1714 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ILL bad; noxious; hurtful; insufferable
adj. c1740 UK criminals' sl. • GAMMY bad, unfavourable
adj. 1777 Sc. • ILL-MUGGENED malicious, having bad propensities, evil-disposed
adj. c1786 colloq. • AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible
adj. 1790 • HANG-GALLOWS destined or fit for the gallows; villainous, bad
adj. 1801 • RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character
adj. 1813 colloq. • ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful
adj. 1824 Sc. • ILL-BEST least bad or several poor alternatives
adj. c1832 US colloq. • RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad
adj. 1842 Eng. dial. • NATION-SEIZED extremely bad; most unpleasant
adj. c1845 back-slang • DAB bad
adj. 1847 Aust. & NZ sl. • NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory
adj. 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. 1848 UK sl. • HAIRY bad, difficult, undesirable
adj. Bk1853 Eng. dial. • UNKED bad looking, having the appearance of evil, betokening bad weather
adj. Bk1855 obs. • LAYTHE bad, loathsome
adj. Bk1855 obs. • MAVEIS bad, wicked
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. • ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. • NINETED (as above)
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. • NOINTED (as above)
adj. 1859 sl., orig. US • BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty
adj. 1864 obs. • MORMAL bad; dangerous (possibly a mistaken infernce for the noun 'mormal - a sore or ulcer)
adj. 1866 Sc. • HANG-DOG-LIKE villainous, bad
adj. Bk1875 Eng. dial. • NOWT bad
adj. Bk1875 Eng. dial. • JERRY bad, defective, and deceptive
adj. Bk1876 Sc. • ILL-GATED to be badly inclined
adj. Bk1877 Eng. dial. • POLSY bad, spoilt
adj. 1885 colloq. • ATROCIOUS very bad, shocking, execrable
adj. 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial. • OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking
adj. Bk1886 • TOTTY of bad character
adj. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • SLIVING lazy; bad
adj. 1887 Sc. obs. • QUAD vile, base, bad
adj. Bk1888 Eng. dial. • ILL-CONDITIONED bad; worthless; ill-tempered
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDE (as above)
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDEY (as above)
adj. 1890 sl. • SNIDY (as above)
adj. 1896 Eng. dial. • MEAN worthless, naughty, of bad character
adj. 1896 sl. • MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory
adj. 1898 Aust. & NZ • CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful
adj. 1898 Sc. • INDUMIOUS very bad
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • ARRANT thoroughly bad
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BONE-BAD (as above)
adj. Bk1891 US sl. • SHICKERY bad; shabby
adj. 19C Aust. sl. • BOGUS very bad; unfair; no good, worthless
adj. M19 back-slang, costermongers' usage • DABHENO bad
adj. M19 sl. • SCHICKERY shabby, bad
adj. L19 sl. • ABAA bad
adj. L19 sl. • MULTA of people and things: bad, unpleasant
adj. L19 sl. • MULTI (as above)
adj. L19 sl. • MULTIE (as above)
adj. L19 sl. • MULTY (as above)
adj. 1902 Brit. sl. • NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory
adj. 1902 Brit. sl. • NOT MUCH COP (as above)
adj. 1903 sl. • N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good)
adj. Bk1903 Sc. obs. • MISCHANT bad, mischievous
adj. 1904 • ABYSMAL of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; extremely bad, appalling
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SAD-BAD very bad
adj. Bk1905 Amer. dial. • DYED IN THE WOOL thoroughly bad
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNLIKE bad, displeasing
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UNLIKELY (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TEWLY bad, poor
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TULY (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THOROUGH-GONE thoroughly good or bad
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE (as above)
adj. 1907 Amer. dial. • FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe
adj. 1909 colloq., theatrical usage • D.B. Damned Bad
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • GOSH-BLAMED bad, annoying, undesirable
adj. 1914 Irish sl. • BOWSIE bad, evil, malicious
adj. 1914 Irish sl. • BOWSY (as above)
adj. 1915 sl. • SCHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment
adj. 1915 sl. • SHLOCK (as above)
adj. 1918 Aust. sl. • ONKUS unpleasant; deplorable; bad
adj. 1924 sl. rare, orig. US • STINKO of a very low standard; very bad
adj. 1929 Amer. dial. • WORSE THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very bad
adj. 1929 Amer. sl. • HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc.
adj. 1930s sl. • POPEYED regrettable, bad
adj. 1930s African-American sl. • SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting
adj. 1934 S. Afr. sl., offensive • KAFFIR of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable
adj. 1935 sl. • CRUDDY bad, second-rate, of poor quality; crummy, lousy
adj. 1940s W. Indies sl. • DAGO bad
adj. 1946 US sl. • FUNKY bad, distasteful, dirty, smelly
adj. 1950s Aust. sl. • BODGIE inferior, worthless, bad
adj. 1953 UK sl. • DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless
adj. 1958 Eng. dial. & colloq. • MANKEY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory
adj. 1958 Eng. dial. & colloq. • MANKY (as above)
adj. 1958 sl. • DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory
adj. 1960s sl. • NAPH in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable, bad
adj. 1963 teen sl. • ZYMOTIC lousy, very bad, disgusting
adj. 1963 teen sl. • ZYMY (as above)
adj. 1965 US sl. • UNREAL excellent, exceptionally bad
adj. 1966 sl. • SHITHOUSE contemptible, bad, disgusting, awful; of poor quality
adj. 1967 US sl. • MARVY-GROOVY bad; usually spoken in a sarcastic, saccharine tone
adj. 1968 sl. • SHIT bad; unpleasant; highly displeasing; unskilled; of poor quality, ability, etc.
adj. 1968 sl. • SCHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment
adj. 1968 sl. • SHLOCKY (as above)
adj. 1968 US sl. • X-DOUBLE-MINUS very bad
adj. 1969 sl., chiefly Brit. • NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory
adj. 1971 US sl. • BAADASS very bad, very dangerous
adj. Bk1974 Amer. sl. • PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell
adj. 1980s sl., orig. African-American • SCANDALOUS extremely bad
adj. 1980s UK sl. • DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty
adj. 1980s US students' sl. • PAINFUL bad
adj. 1980s US sl. • DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD bad
adj. 1980s US sl. • UNGOOD (as above)
adj. 1980s US students' sl. • SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird
adj. 1980s US students' sl. • SKETCHED OUT (as above)
adj. 1983 UK sl. • WACKTIC very bad
adj. 1984 UK sl., orig. military usage • DANK inferior, inefficient, bad, unpleasant
adj. 1984 African-American sl. • WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad
adj. 1990s US students' sl. • BUTTERY bad
adj. 1990s US students' sl. • FAKE bad, disappointing, negative
adj. 1990s US students' sl. • SCHWAG second-rate, inferior, bad
adj. 1992 Brit. sl. • NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely
adj. 1992 Brit. sl. • NAFFETTE (as above)
adj. Bk1994 teen & high school sl. • BALD bad; terrible
adj. 1998 NZ sl. • RAG unpleasant, bad
adj. 1999 Ireland • MOXY lousy, very bad
adj. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. • MUM AND DAD bad
adj. 20C Irish sl. • DESPERATE very bad
adj. 20C teen & high school sl. • D bad
adj. 20C US • ASS-HOLE bad, rotten
adj. M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US • BADASS belligerent or intimidating; tough; bad; nasty
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • CRAPPY bad; inferior; junky
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • DOOK really bad
adj. Bk2006 US sl. • DUKE (as above)
n. c1220 obs. • UNCOST bad disposition; evil nature
n. c1225 • HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person
n. c1250 obs. • QUED a bad or wicked person
n. c1250 obs. • QUEDE (as above)
n. c1340 • HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate
n. c1420 obs. • TITIVIL a term of reproach; a bad or vile character; a scoundrel; villain; a worthless knave
n. 1500 obs. rare • TITIVILLER a bad or vile character; a scoundrel; a rogue; a rascal; a knave; a villain
n. c1500 obs. • ILLNESS bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness
n. 1528 obs. • MISWOMAN a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet
n. 1530 obs. • NAUGHTY-PACK a woman of bad character; a wanton
n. 1550 obs. • NAUGHTINESS the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect
n. 1567 arch. • PALLIARD a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person
n. 1575 obs. • CULLION a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel; a rascal
n. 1592 • BADS bad things, qualities, etc.
n. 1595 obs. • ILLNESS unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness; badness
n. 1598 • GALLOWS a person of bad character; a rascal, a rogue; one deserving the gallows
n. 1598 obs. rare • LITHERBY a base or rascally person; a bad, wicked person
n. 1603 • HELLCAT a thoroughly bad or coarse person
n. 1603 • BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life; a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children
n. 1611 • PECCANCY bad quality; sinfulness
n. 1617 obs. rare • MISDISPOSITION bad disposition or inclination; inclination to evil
n. 1620 obs. • PRAVITY badness, corruption, malignity
n. 1640 • BLACK SHEEP a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character
n. 1657 • NAUGHT one who is bad
n. 1711 • CACODEMON an evil, malignant, or deprecated person; a person of bad character
n. 1721 Sc. obs. • MALEFICE a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft
n. 1721 Sc. obs. • MALIFICE (as above)
n. 1722 • FAGGOT a bad woman
n. a1743 • DAMOSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character
n. a1743 Sc. • DAMISHELL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition - a damsel
n. 1790 Sc. • HISSIE a woman of bad character
n. 1790 Sc. • HIZZIE (as above)
n. 18C UK criminals' sl. • GALLERSGOOD anything considered to be so bad or useless that it is fit only for the gallows
n. 1808 Eng. dial. • BANDYLAN a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago
n. 1813 Sc. & Eng. dial. • HIZZY a term of contempt or reproach for a woman or girl; a woman of bad character
n. 1816 rare, orig. & chiefly Sc. • HIZZY a bad, worthless, or foolish person; a wicked or cruel person; a villain
n. 1818 • CACOTOPIA a state, imaginary or otherwise, in which everything is as bad as it can possibly be
n. 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial. • SCAPE-GALLOWS a term of reproach for a thoroughly bad fellow
n. 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial. • SCAPE-THE-GALLOWS (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. • LITTLE-WORTH a bad or worthless person
n. 1825 Sc. • DAW a bad woman, a trull
n. 1843 Anglo-Indian • BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal; a scoundrel
n. 1848 Sc. & Ireland • RAP a cheat; an impostor; a person of bad character
n. 1851 back-slang, costermongers' usage • DABHENO something bad, usually a poor market
n. 1852 Eng. dial. • HELL-DAME a bad woman
n. 1853 Eng. dial. • YELDEN a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character
n. 1853 Eng. dial. • YELDING (as above)
n. 1855 • BAD EGG a bad or worthless person
n. 1855 arch. • LOOSE-KIRTLE a woman of loose or bad character; a wanton woman; a prostitute (kirtle = woman's gown)
n. Bk1855 • BAUDY-BASKET a cant term for a bad or profligate woman
n. Bk1855 • BAGLE an impudent and disreputable woman; an opprobrious term for a woman of bad character
n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. • BAAD a woman of bad character; a disreputable woman
n. 1856 obs. rare • PIACULARITY badness; criminality
n. 1859 • GALLOWSNESS badness
n. 1867 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DAMSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition
n. 1870 orig. Ind. Army usage • BUDMASH one following evil courses; a bad character; a villain; a rascal
n. Bk1876 Sc. • ILL-JAW bad things spoken with the tongue
n. Bk1877 Eng. dial. • HANG-TRACE a gallows-bird; one ripe for the gallows; a bad character
n. Bk1878 Eng. dial. • GALLAS a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • HANNIEL a bad fellow
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. • THICK-SPINNING bad conduct
n. Bk1886 obs. • BOCTAIL a bad woman
n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. • IDLE-PACK a bad woman
n. Bk1890 sl. • ABAA COVE a bad man
n. 1891 • BAD SORT a bad kind of person
n. 1897 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ILL ONE a bad character
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BARNACLE an incorrigible person; a bad or depraved person
n. M19 back-slang • DABTROS a bad sort; an unpleasant person back-slang
n. M19 costermongers' sl. • DAHEENO something bad, usually a poor market
n. L19 sl. • WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person
n. B1900 Eng. dial. • NINETY-BIRD a bad person; one who is given up to evil ways
n. B1900 Eng. dial. • RUMSCULLION a bad, idle, worthless fellow
n. Bk1903 sl. • A BAD NAIL a bad disposition
n. Bk1903 sl. • CATEVER anything bad or poor; a queer or singular affair
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCOVY a bad fellow
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • RACKLE a thoroughly bad man
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HANG-A-BAND a bad character
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • NAUGHTY-BACK a bad or naughty child or person; a term of general reproof; generally used to children
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person
n. Bk1910 Ireland • BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow
n. 1910s Irish sl. • BAKE anything bad
n. Bk1911 Sc. • BLUTE a bad or foolish action
n. Bk1913 Western Can. sl. • HERO OF THE BLOOD AND THUNDER BOOKS a bad man
n. 1919 Amer. dial. • BUNTER a bad child
n. 1928 Amer. dial. • BEHAVISHNESS bad behaviour
n. 1929 Sc. • ILL badness, wicked disposition
n. 1934 colloq., orig. US • BADDIE a bad or wicked person; a scoundrel, a villain, esp. as a character in play, film, etc.
n. 1934 colloq., orig. US • BADDY (as above)
n. 1936 colloq., orig. US • NOGOODNIK a bad person
n. 1937 sl., orig. US • WRONGGO a criminal; an undesirable person; a bad person; a wicked person; a villain
n. 1937 sl., orig. US • WRONGO (as above)
n. 1938 US sl. • THE BALLS a person or thing that is regarded as extraordinarily good or bad
n. 1952 • DYSTOPIA an imagined place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible
n. 1960s US teen sl. • BADDIWAD something that is bad
n. 1966 Amer. dial., derogatory • SKITTAMALINK a rascal; a bad-acting woman
n. 1968 Amer. sl. • GRUNGE anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. • BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person
n. Bk1988 colloq. • A BAD APPLE a bad person in a group, typically one whose behaviour is likely to have a corrupting influence on the rest; a no-good person, esp. one who is likely to lead others astray
n. 1990s US students' sl. • SAUCE something bad or inferior
n. Bk1995 Amer. sl. • BAD TRIP a bad person
n. 1997 Irish sl. • GAMMY CHANT a bad situation
n. M20 US sl. • BAD TRIP any bad experience
n. M20 US sl. • R.F extremely bad treatment (Royal Fucking)
n. M20 US sl. • ROYAL FUCKING (as above)
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DOWN TRIP any bad experience
phr. Bk1855 • LIKE LETTUCE LIKE LIPS implying that bad things suit each other
phr. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • WOOL IS DOWN times are bad
phr. 1943 • SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG describes something that is so bad that no creature deserves it
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • THINGS ARE CROOK IN MUSWELLBROOK the situation is not good
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • THINGS ARE CROOK IN TALLAROOK (as above)
vb. 1858 Eng. dial. • HAVE A DIRTY LANE TO GO DOWN to have a bad time before one
vb. Bk1866 Sc. • HAVE A BAD NAIL IN ONE to be of a bad disposition
vb. 1960s W. Indies • WAIL to behave badly or aggressively
vb. 20C • BUM OUT to have a bad experience
BADGER
adj. 1845 Eng. dial. • BADGER-PIED badger-coloured, tawny
n. c1325 arch. • BAUSON a badger
n. c1400 obs. • WARDROBE the excrement of the badger
n. 1481 obs. • DAS a badger
n. 1552 obs. rare • BARROW a badger
n. 1617 Eng. dial. • BAWSON a badger
n. 1617 Eng. dial. • BOSSON (as above)
n. 1628 obs. • PAIT a badger
n. 1628 obs. • PATE (as above)
n. Bk1852 • BAGEARD a badger
n. Bk1852 • BAUD (as above)
n. Bk1852 • BAUNSEY (as above)
n. Bk1852 • BAWSTONE (as above)
n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. • BADGET a badger (animal)
vb. 1864 Amer. sl. • WOOL to badger, to harass
n. c1325 arch. • BAUSON a badger
n. c1400 obs. • WARDROBE the excrement of the badger
n. 1481 obs. • DAS a badger
n. 1552 obs. rare • BARROW a badger
n. 1617 Eng. dial. • BAWSON a badger
n. 1617 Eng. dial. • BOSSON (as above)
n. 1628 obs. • PAIT a badger
n. 1628 obs. • PATE (as above)
n. Bk1852 • BAGEARD a badger
n. Bk1852 • BAUD (as above)
n. Bk1852 • BAUNSEY (as above)
n. Bk1852 • BAWSTONE (as above)
n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. • BADGET a badger (animal)
vb. 1864 Amer. sl. • WOOL to badger, to harass
BAD-HUMOURED
adj. 1908 Sc. • ILSKET feigning gaiety, hiding bad humour or discontent
adj. 1929 Sc. • ILL-HYMED ill-tempered, crusty, bad-humoured
adj. 1929 Sc. • ILL-HYMED ill-tempered, crusty, bad-humoured
BAD LUCK - see LUCK
BADLY
adv. c1386 obs. • LEWDLY badly, poorly, ill
adv. c1425 obs. • CAITIFLY vilely, basely, despicably, badly
adv. 1549 obs. • NAUGHT badly, wrongly
adv. 1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • ILLY in an ill manner; badly
adv. 1574 obs. • NAUGHTILY badly, poorly
adv. a1700 cant obs. • QUEERLY in a bad or rascally manner
adv. M19 sl. • SCHICKERY shabbily, badly
adv. 1917 Sc. • BAD badly
adv. 1920s sl. • SHITILY badly, unsatisfactorily
adv. 1920s sl. • SHITTY (as above)
adv. 1958 Sc. • ILL-GATE badly, unluckily, contrariwise
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. • HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS clumsily, awkwardly, badly
adv. 20C colloq. • LIKE HELL very badly
adv. c1425 obs. • CAITIFLY vilely, basely, despicably, badly
adv. 1549 obs. • NAUGHT badly, wrongly
adv. 1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • ILLY in an ill manner; badly
adv. 1574 obs. • NAUGHTILY badly, poorly
adv. a1700 cant obs. • QUEERLY in a bad or rascally manner
adv. M19 sl. • SCHICKERY shabbily, badly
adv. 1917 Sc. • BAD badly
adv. 1920s sl. • SHITILY badly, unsatisfactorily
adv. 1920s sl. • SHITTY (as above)
adv. 1958 Sc. • ILL-GATE badly, unluckily, contrariwise
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. • HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS clumsily, awkwardly, badly
adv. 20C colloq. • LIKE HELL very badly