REV. - BADM - BANMZ - WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE PAST

REVERSE DICTIONARY B

BADM - BANMZ

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• BAD-MANNERED - BAD-TEMPERED
• BAFFLE - BAHAMAS
• BAIL - BALK
• BALL - BANGLADESH
• BANISH - BANKRUPT

BAD-MANNERED

also see MANNERS

adj. 1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • RAG-MANNERED rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered

adj. 1880 Sc. • MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered

adj. 1900s sl. • HAIRY ill-bred, bad-mannered

n. 1824 Sc. obs. • GLUNDIE a fellow with a sulky look, but not sulky for all; one who deceives by appearance; a bad-mannered, clumsy, surly, or blundering person
n. 1824 Sc. obs. • GLUNDY (as above)
n. Bk1828 Eng. dial. • GAUKY an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly

n. 1960 Brit. sl. • FLASH HARRY an ostentatious, loudly dressed, and typically bad-mannered man

BAD-MOUTH, BAD-MOUTHED

n. Bk1893 Eng. dial. • HECKLER a female brawler or a scold; a bad-mouthed woman

vb. 1970 Amer. dial. • BUM to say uncomplimentary things about somebody; to bad-mouth

BAD-TEMPERED

also see ILL-TEMPERED

adj. a1400 Sc. & Irish • CRABBIT bad-tempered, irritable
adj. a1425 rare • DOGGISH malicious, spiteful, bad-tempered, ill-natured; snappish, snarling; cynical

adj. a1500 chiefly Sc. • ILL-WILLIE bad-tempered, spiteful, grudging, disobliging
adj. a1500 chiefly Sc. • ILL-WILLY (as above)

adj. 1600 obs. • RUBARBATIVE crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured
adj. 1621 obs. exc. Sc. • TETTY easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered

adj. 1715 Sc. & Eng. dial. • REESTY of a person: obstinate, bad-tempered; stiff
adj. 1721 Sc. • RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish
adj. 1721 Sc. • GURLIE surly, cross, crabbed, growly, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, sour-tempered
adj. 1721 Sc. • GURLY (as above)
adj. 1742 Sc. • ATTERY of mood, temper, disposition: bad-tempered, spiteful, quarrelsome, peevish, angry, hot-headed
adj. 1776 • CRABBY bad-tempered
adj. 1778 • GRUMPY bad-tempered
adj. 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial. • CANKERSOME bad-tempered, cross-grained
adj. 1796 • IN A BAD SKIN out of temper; ill-tempered, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, out of sorts

adj. 1825 Eng. dial. • REASTY bad-tempered; also, gross, obscene
adj. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. • NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic
adj. 1825 sl. • CROTCHETY bad-tempered
adj. 1827 S. Afr. • KWAAI bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce
adj. 1832 Amer. colloq. • RANTANKEROUS bad-tempered, unruly; fierce
adj. 1834 Eng. dial. • VINNED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected
adj. 1834 Eng. dial. • VINNIED (as above)
adj. 1836 Amer. dial. • VIGROUS vigorous; fierce, dangerous, bad-tempered
adj. 1841 Eng. dial. • AZZALD bad-tempered, irritable
adj. 1846 colloq. • SHIRTY angry, annoyed; bad-tempered
adj. 1854 Eng. dial. • HATELY bad-tempered, hateful; showing hate
adj. 1857 Amer. dial. • ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant
adj. 1861 colloq. • GROUCHY bad-tempered
adj. 1866 Sc. • ILL-BISTED bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked
adj. 1866 Sc. • ILL-BISTEN (as above)
adj. 1870 Eng. dial. • CANKERY bad-tempered, cross-grained
adj. Bk1875 Eng. dial. • CROOKLED bad-tempered
adj. 1887 Eng. dial. • NIGGEDY-NAGGETY irritable, nasty-tempered, bad-tempered
adj. 1887 Sc. • TARF harsh, bad-tempered, rough-spoken
adj. 1890 Eng. dial. & Aust. & NZ • MAGGOTY angry, bad-tempered, furious
adj. Bk1893 Eng. dial. • ILL-TWINED bad-tempered, peevish
adj. 1895 Eng. dial. • NARKY vexed, angry, ill-tempered, bad-tempered
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • HUNCHT bad-tempered
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • NAZZLY bad-tempered; rude, mischievous
adj. B1900 colloq. • SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered

adj. Bk1903 sl. • TO HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE to be peevish or out of temper
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • ILL-GRITTED of a bad, obstinate temper
adj. Bk1905 Sc. • ABSTRAKLOUS cross-grained, bad-tempered
adj. 1909 colloq., orig. UK • RATTY irritable, annoyed, cross, bad-tempered

adj. 1911 Aust. & NZ • CROOK irritable, bad-tempered, angry

adj. 1921 sl. • BAITY bad-tempered; in a rage
adj. Bk1922 • CROSS AS THE DEVIL very bad-tempered
adj. 1927 Amer. dial. • FIGHTY inclined or eager to fight; easily angered, bad-tempered; pugnacious

adj. 1930 sl. • SPIKY bad-tempered
adj. 1934 colloq. • UPTIGHT angry, bad-tempered, annoyed

adj. 1942 Amer. sl. • RED-NECKED ill-tempered, bad-tempered, angry

adj. 1950 Amer. dial. • OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting

adj. 1951 Brit. sl. • STROPPY bad-tempered

adj. 1960s Aust. sl. • SHITTY bad-tempered
adj. 1960s S. Afr. • BENEEK bad-tempered, insane
adj. 1960s sl. • ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. • FIGHTING bad-tempered, quick to anger
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. • ORNERY AS THE DEVIL mean, bad-tempered

adj. 1978 US sl. • SNITTY bad-tempered

adj. 1980s NZ sl. • SHITTY-LIVERED bad-tempered
adj. 1989 UK sl. • ARSEY bad-tempered, unpleasant, disagreeable
adj. 1989 UK sl. • ARSY (as above)

adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • TOEY bad-tempered

adj. 20C sl. • LEERY bad-tempered, disagreeable, and cheeky

n. 1303 • MARE an unpleasant, despicable, bad-tempered female

n. 1536 • TURK a cruel, hard-hearted, or tyrannical man; a bad-tempered or unmanageable person; a man who treats his wife harshly
n. 1591 • FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman

n. 1603 • HELLCAT an evil person, suggestive of a creature from hell; now usually: a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; a pest, an annoying person; a mischievous young boy
n. 1663 sl. • TARTAR a strong-willed, bad-tempered person

n. 1788 Sc. • GIRNIGO-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting
n. 1798 • GRIMALKIN a term of contempt for a jealous or bossy or bad-tempered, unpleasant old woman

n. 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial. • TERRIER a man of bad temper and character - a pugnacious fellow
n. 1825 Sc. • GIRNIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting
n. 1825 Sc. • GIRNIGO (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. • GIRNIGO-GASH (as above)
n. 1841 • CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person
n. 1848 sl., chiefly Amer. • SORE-HEAD a bad-tempered or discontented person
n. 1866 Sc. • NITTIE a cheeky little girl; a bad-tempered child
n. 1866 Sc. • BESSIE an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; a scold, a virago
n. 1866 Sc. • BESSY (as above)
n. 1868 Sc. • ILL-WILLIE a person of a morose or bad-tempered disposition
n. 1868 Sc. • ILL-WILLY (as above)
n. 1872 Eng. dial. • GLEID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl
n. 1872 Sc. • GIRNY-GIB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster
n. 1874 Sc. • NETTERCAP a bad-tempered person
n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. • BALSCAT a shrew; a termagant; a crosspatch; a bad-tempered person
n. Bk1882 Eng. dial. • BITTER-WEED a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person
n. 1890 Sc. • GIRNIE-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting
n. 1890 Sc. • GIRNY-GIBBIE (as above)
n. 1890 Sc. • GIRNY-GO-GABBY (as above)
n. 1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • PARTAN a term of abuse or ridicule; an ugly or bad-tempered person; a stupid person
n. 1899 Ireland • NADGER a sulky, bad-tempered or ill-tempered person

n. 1900 sl. • GROUCH a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person
n. 1900 sl. • GRUMP (as above)
n. 1903 now chiefly Amer. • PISS-ANT a mean, bad-tempered, or contemptible person; an unimportant person
n. 1909 Amer. dial. • OLD RIP a bad-tempered man; a reprobate

n. 1915 Amer. dial., derogatory • FEIST a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered
n. 1915 Amer. dial., derogatory • FICE (as above)
n. 1915 Amer. dial., derogatory • FISTE (as above)
n. 1915 Amer. dial., derogatory • FYST (as above)
n. 1915 Amer. dial. • CATAWAMPUS CAT a virago; a violent or bad-tempered woman
n. 1915 Amer. dial. • WAMPUS CAT (as above)

n. 1921 US sl. • BILLY GOAT a rambunctious, cantankerous, or bad-tempered man
n. Bk1922 • MISS CROSS-STICKS a cross or bad-tempered woman
n. Bk1922 • MRS. CROSS-STICKS (as above)
n. 1923 Sc. • CRUIVLE a sour-tempered person of insignificant appearance
n. 1924 Aust. sl. • BANTAM a person with a hot temper

n. c1930 Amer. sl. • BITCH KITTY an obstinate, disagreeable, or bad-tempered girl or woman; a difficult, irritable, complaining woman

n. 1954 Sc. • GIRNY-GUB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster

n. 1960 Amer. dial. • GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer
n. 1960s African-American sl. • TALKING HEAD one who is in a bad temper and on the verge of fighting
n. 1965 Amer. dial. • BORE a mean, bad-tempered person
n. 1965 Amer. dial. • CRANK-POT (as above)
n. 1965 Amer. dial. • ORNERY CUSS (as above)
n. 1965 Amer. dial. • PISS-POT (as above)
n. 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory • GRUNT an ill-tempered, grouchy person; a mean, bad-tempered person
n. 1968 Amer. dial. • OLD POT a mean, bad-tempered person
n. 1968 Amer. dial. • POT (as above)
n. 1968 Amer. dial. • GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • OLD HATCHEL (as above)

n. 1986 US sl. • GRUMPUS a bad-tempered person
n. 1986 Amer. sl. • MISS GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered woman
n. 1988 Sc. sl. • WICK an irritating or bad-tempered person

n. 2002 UK doctor's shorthand • SIG a bad-tempered, thoroughly objectionable person - a medical initialism for Stroppy (bad-tempered) Ignorant Git (objectionable person)

vb. 1787 Sc. • TAKE THE TID to be ill-humoured or bad-tempered

vb. 1837 colloq. • CUT UP ROUGH to become angry or bad-tempered
vb. 1846 Eng. dial. • BLEWZE to look bad-tempered or sulky
vb. 1896 • GIVE ONE THE PIP to annoy or irritate; to make angry, bad-tempered, or dispirited
vb. 19C colloq. • GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE to rise peevish or bad-tempered
vb. 19C colloq. • GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED (as above)

BAFFLE, BAFFLED, BAFFLING

adj. 1821 sl. • ALL ABROAD uncertain, at a loss, in great confusion; perplexed; baffled; bewildered
adj. 1825 • DUMBFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. • BOFFLED baffled, confused, rendered stupid
adj. M19 sl. • IN A BOX in difficulties, in a confused state of mind, in a quandary; bewildered; perplexed; baffled

adj. Bk1904 sl. • UP A STUMP bewildered; perplexed; baffled

adj. Bk1942 Amer. colloq. • IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused
adj. Bk1942 Amer. colloq. • BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE without a satisfactory alternative; in difficulty; bewildered; perplexed; baffled
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ALL FUSSED ABOUT (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ALL FUSSED UP ABOUT (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ALL HOT AND BOTHERED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ALL IN THE WIND (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • BEAT (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • COMFOOZLED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • CONFLUMMOXED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • FLOORED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • FLUMMIXED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • FLUMMOXED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • FLUMMUXED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • FOGGED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GOING (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GRAVELED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HARD PUT (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HARD PUT TO IT (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HOT AND BOTHERED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • IN A CORNER (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • IN A HOLE (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • IN A PUCKER (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • IN A TIGHT BOX (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • IN THE FOG (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • IN THE WOODS (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • JAMMED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • LICKED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ON ONE'S BEAM ENDS (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ON THE FENCE (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • QUEERED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • STALLED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • STUCK (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • STUMPED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • SUNK (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • TREED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • TURNED AROUND (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • TWISTED (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • UP A TREE (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • UP AGAINST THE WALL (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • UP IN THE AIR (as above)

adj. Bk1996 Aust. sl. • UP A GUMTREE baffled, perplexed

n. 20C Aust. & NZ sl. • FAIR NARK someone or something inexpressibly tedious or baffling

vb. 1832 Sc. & Eng. dial. • PALL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle
vb. 1832 Sc. & Eng. dial. • PAUL (as above)
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BOFFLE to baffle, to confuse, to perplex, to worry, to annoy
vb. M19 sl. • BEAT to defeat intellectually; to baffle, to confuse

vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • MAWK to baffle, to tease, to torment

vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BLAICK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BLAIK (as above)
vb. 1914 Amer. dial. • LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE to look embarrassed or unhappy; to look chagrined, baffled, sorrowful, discouraged, or ashamed; to submit to someone

vb. 1944 US sl. • EAT UP to get the better of; to baffle, to foil

BAG

n. c950 obs. • BELLY a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk

n. c1205 • MAIL a bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag

n. c1386 • WALLET a bag for holding provisions, clothing, books, etc., esp. on a journey either on foot or on horseback; a knapsack, a peddler's pack, etc.

n. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • SACKET a small sack or bag

n. a1568 Sc. • PADDLE a small leather bag used by peddlers for their smaller articles of trade; a folder, a wallet; also, a flat leather receptacle or pouch used by country housewives for holding household oddments, worn at the right side and suspended by tapes round the waist
n. a1568 Sc. • PAIDLE (as above)

n. 1612 obs. rare • MALLET a little bag or portmanteau

n. 1806 Amer. dial. • POKE a bag or sack, esp. a small one; now usually a paper bag
n. 1806 Amer. dial. • POCKET a small bag or sack
n. 1808 Sc. obs. • GABERLUNZIE a wallet or bag carried by beggars
n. 1812 criminals' sl. • POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet
n. 1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • JAG a leather bag or wallet
n. 1825 Sc. obs. • TANGHAL a bag or satchel
n. 1828 • TIDY a bag or other receptacle in which to keep scraps, odds and ends, etc.
n. 1843 Eng. & Amer. dial. • RIDICULE a reticule; a bag in which women carry gloves, handkerchiefs, etc.
n. 1864 Amer. dial. • WAR BAG a drawstring bag or sack used for carrying one's personal effects; a duffle bag; the contents of such a bag
n. 1885 • BAGLET a small bag
n. 1888 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage • TURKEY a bag used especially to carry clothes, bedding, and other personal possessions; a bedroll; a suitcase
n. 1890 Amer. dial. • TOOT a usually small paper cone or bag used as a container, as at grocers
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • DILLY-BAG a bag, generally small, for carrying odds and ends
n. 1898 Sc. • SATCHEL-BAGGIE a bag for holding provisions, esp. when travelling
n. E19 sl. • INDISPENSIBLE a small satchel or bag worn by a woman
n. M19 sl. • SCRAN-BAG a beggar's receptacle for the scraps of food they solicit
n. M19 sl. • SCRAN-BAG any form of bag into which bits of food can be placed
n. L19 sl. • GRAB-ALL a bag to carry odds and ends

n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • FAINTY-BAG a lady's fancy bag
n. 1908 Amer. dial., esp. travelling performer's usage • GROUCH BAG a small pouch or bag worn esp. beneath clothing and containing emergency funds

n. 1917 Amer. dial. • GRITCHEL a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase

n. 1925 Amer. dial. • YANNIGAN a bag for transporting one's personal belongings; a haversack; a trunk
n. 1927 Amer. dial. • GO-'WAY BAG a travelling bag or suitcase

n. 1950s US sl. • FANNY FLASK a small pouch-like bag around the wearer's waist
n. 1950s US sl. • FANNY PACK (as above)
n. 1952 Amer. dial. • GO-POKE a travelling bag or knapsack
n. 1952 US sl. • ASS PACK a fanny pack; a small pouch on a belt, for money and other valuables, worn round the waist or hips
n. 1956 US sl. • AWOL BAG in the Korea and Vietnam wars: an overnight bag

n. 2000 Ireland • WITCHES' KNICKERS plastic bags caught up in trees or shrubs

vb. 1611 obs. rare • IMPOUCH to put into a pouch, bag, or pocket

BAGGAGE

n. c1205 obs. exc. Sc. & US • MAILS baggage

n. a1300 arch. • FARDELS baggage of a company of men
n. a1300 obs. • HARNESS the baggage or portable equipment of an army, a party of travellers, etc.
n. 1398 obs. • CARRIAGE baggage or luggage carried with one on a journey, etc.

n. 1558 obs. • TACKLING gear, furnishings, fittings, accoutrements, outfit, baggage, etc.
n. 1577 obs. • CAP-CASE a travelling-case, bag, or wallet (representing the later portmanteau or carpet-bag)

n. 1600 • IMPEDIMENTA things which impede or encumber progress; baggage; travelling equipment
n. 1620 obs. rare • SUMPTERY baggage
n. 1668 sl., orig. criminals' usage, latterly taxi-drivers' sl. • PETER a portmanteau or trunk; any bundle or piece of luggage

n. 1794 • IMPERIAL a case or trunk for luggage, fitted on, or adapted for, the roof of a coach or carriage; also, the roof or top of a carriage itself
n. E18 UK criminals' sl. • PETER LAY the stealing of baggage and boxes

n. 1805 Amer. dial. • PLUNDER baggage, gear; personal property
n. 1814 Sc. • GILLIE-TRUSHHARNISH a baggage-man
n. 1834 sl., orig. naval usage • DUNNAGE the clothing and other personal belongings carried by a sailor, soldier, or woodsman; generally, baggage or equipment with which a person travels
n. 1851 Amer. sl. • BAGGAGE-SMASHER one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter
n. 1851 Eng. dial. • PAFFALDIN baggage; also, a quantity of unnecessary and heavy clothing
n. Bk1855 obs. • BAGWALETOUR a carrier of baggage
n. 1856 Amer. sl. • BAGGAGE-SMASHER a baggage thief
n. 1882 US sl. • KEESTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box
n. 1882 US sl. • KEISTER
n. 1882 US sl. • KEYSTER
n. 1885 Amer. sl. • BAGGAGE-BOUNCER one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter
n. 19C UK criminals' sl. • PETER-HUNTING the stealing of baggage and boxes
n. L19 Aust. sl. • BLUEY any form of luggage

n. 1909 • TALLY a tie-label, tab, or tag for luggage, etc.

n. 1917 Amer. dial. • GRITCHEL a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase

n. 1928 sl. • PICK-UP MAN someone who steals luggage

n. 1944 Amer. dial. • SANKY POKE a travelling bag

n. 1977 US sl. • LUG luggage

vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • HUMP THE SWAG to carry one's luggage on one's back

BAGPIPE

adj. 1824 Sc. quasi-arch. • SACK-DOODLING that plays on the bagpipes

n. c1275 obs., poetic usage • BAGS bagpipes

n. 1542 • TOODLE-LOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute
n. a1566 obs. • TOODLE-TOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute

n. L18 Sc. • DOODLE-SACK a bagpipe

n. 1860 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • SKIRL the sound of the bagpipe
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLADDER a bagpipe
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BLETHER (as above)

vb. a1665 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • SKIRL of the bagpipe: to produce the shrill sounds by which it is characterized

vb. 1819 Sc. • ROAR of bagpipes: to make a loud droning noise
vb. 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • SKIRL to play the bagpipe

vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BLAST to play the bagpipe
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BLAW (as above)

BAHAMAS

n. M19 W. Indies • CONCH a native of the Bahamas

BAIL

n. L17 sl. • BROOMSTICK BAIL fraudulent bail

n. 1785 sl. • JEW BAIL insufficient bail
n. L18 sl. • QUEER BAIL fraudulent bail

n. E19 sl. • BROOMSTICK a person who puts up fraudulent bail

n. 1920s rhyming sl. • DAILY (MAIL) bail

n. 1991 colloq. • BAIL BANDIT someone who commits a crime while on bail awaiting trial

vb. L19 sl. • TAKE A HOLIDAY to jump bail

vb. 1920s African-American sl. • SPRING to bail someone out of jail; to obtain the release of a person from prison
vb. 1920s US sl. • BUY NEW SHOES to jump bail

vb. 1973 US sl. • RAISE to bail someone out of jail

BAILIFF

adj. 1854 • BALIVAL pert. to a bailiff or his office

n. c1000 obs. • BEADLE a messenger of justice, a warrant officer; an under-bailiff

n. 1297 obs. • BAILIE a bailiff

n. c1305 obs. • BAILLIE the jurisdiction, authority, charge, or office of a bailie or bailiff; jurisdiction or charge committed to an officer, delegated authority; stewardship
n. c1305 obs. • BAILLY (as above)
n. a1325 obs. • CACHEREL a catchpoll; a beagle; a bailiff; an inferior officer of justice
n. a1325 obs. • CACHERELE (as above)
n. 1382 obs. • FARMER one who cultivates land for the owner; a bailiff; a steward

n. 1495 • HIND a bailiff or steward on a farm (in some parts of England)

n. 1513 Sc. obs. • CACHEKOW a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder; hence, generally, a bailiff; a cow-stealer
n. 1559 • BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy; an informer; a constable; a sheriff's officer; a bailiff; a beadle
n. 1561 obs. exc. Sc. • FACTOR one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate; the manager of a landed estate who collects the rents, lets the lands, etc.; a bailiff; a land-agent or land-steward
n. 1570 obs. • BAILIRIC bailiwick; a district or place under the jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff
n. c1570 • DAVY DEBET a bailiff
n. c1570 • DAVY DEBT (as above)
n. c1591 sl. • ADAM a bailiff, a sergeant

n. 1605 rare • SAFFO a bailiff
n. 1605 UK sl. • BANDOG a bailiff or bailiff's assistant
n. 1675 obs. • BUMMER a bum-bailiff; a bailiff empowered to execute writs and warrants, esp. to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment
n. 1699 sl. obs. • MOABITE a bailiff; a constable

n. 1700 • BANDOG-BAILIFF a bailiff or bailiff's assistant
n. 1706 Eng. dial. • MOOR a bailiff of a farm
n. Bk1717 obs. • CACHEPOLLUS a sergeant, bailiff or any that arrests upon an action
n. 1721 obs. • BAILIVATE the office of a bailiff
n. 1780 sl. • NABBING-CULL a bailiff; a constable; a police officer
n. 1785 sl. • HAWK a bailiff or watchman; a police officer; also, a prison guard
n. 1796 UK sl. • TAPPER a court bailiff
n. 18C sl. • LURCHER the lowest rank of bailiff, a 'bum bailiff'
n. 18C sl. • LURCHER OF THE LAW (as above)

n. 1810 sl. • NABBER one who 'nabs'; hence, a bailiff or constable; a police officer
n. 1825 • BAILY a superintendent of an estate; a bailiff; a steward; a sheriff’s officer
n. 1825 Eng. dial. • TOPSMAN a head man; a bailiff; a principal servant; the chief drover in charge of a herd of cattle on the road
n. 1834 Eng. dial. • BAILIER a bailiff or sheriff's officer
n. 1835 jocular usage • LEGALIST an officer of the law; a bailiff
n. Bk1855 obs. • BALY a bailiff
n. Bk1855 obs. • BAYLE (as above)
n. 1863 • CANDY-MAN in the north of England a bum-bailiff or process-server; orig. a seller of candy; 'in the great strike of coal miners in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from the cottages, there were recognized among them some well-known sellers of 'dandy candy' from the Newcastle streets, whose appellation was transferred to persons employed in the unpopular office'
n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. • WAR-HAWK a bailiff or summons server
n. Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl. • BIFFS bailiffs
n. E19 Anglo-Irish • RAM SKIN a bailiff

n. Bk2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'brokers' • ENGINEERS AND STOKERS bailiffs

BAIT

n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. • PEECHER bait; an allurement

BAKED, BAKING

adj. c1325 arch. • BAKEN baked, as bread or meat

n. 1440 obs. • BATCH the process of baking

BAKED BEANS

also see BEANS

n. 1975 US sl. • SNAPPER the mythical ingredient in baked beans that can be removed to prevent flatulence

n. 1988 Brit. sl. • MUSICAL VEGETABLES baked beans

n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage • BEANTOWN SPECIAL Boston baked beans

BAKER

n. a1000 • BAKER one who bakes; one whose business it is to make bread
n. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BAXTER a baker, without distinction of sex

n. c1250 obs. • BREAD-WRIGHT a bread maker; a baker
n. 1297 obs. • PANTER a word originally meaning 'baker', but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry; the controller of the bread in a large establishment

n. 1390 obs. • BAXTER a female baker

n. a1400 obs. • PANTERER a word originally meaning 'baker', but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry; the controller of the bread in a large establishment
n. a1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • FURNER one who has charge of an oven; a baker
n. 1486 obs. • PANTERER an alleged term for a company of bakers

n. 1519 obs. • BACKSTRESS a female baker; a woman who bakes bread

n. 1601 obs. rare • FURNITOR one who has charge of an oven; a baker

n. 1721 • BACKSTER a baker; also, occasionally, a female baker
n. 1764 sl. • DEAD MAN a baker; 'properly speaking, it is an extra loaf smuggled into the basket by the man who carries it out, to the loss of the master'

n. 1827 Sc. • BAXTER-CHAP a baker's boy or apprentice
n. 1831 sl. • MASTER OF THE ROLLS a baker
n. 1837 rare • BAKERESS a female baker
n. 1843 Sc. • BATCHIE a baker; a baker's man
n. 1843 Sc. • BATCHY (as above)
n. Bk1872 • BACHARES a baker
n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. • BAKESTER a baker; orig. a female baker
n. Bk1898 Sc. • BAPPER a vulgar name for a baker

n. 1903 Amer. dial. • GORK baked stuff; in general, the baker's product

n. Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. • DOUGH PUNCHER a baker

n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • DOUGH BOY a baker
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage • DOUGH BEATER a baker; a cook
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage • DOUGH ROLLER (as above)

BAKING SODA

n. 1837 Amer. dial. • SALERATUS baking soda (potassium or sodium bicarbonate), esp. when used as a leavening agent

n. 1954 Amer. dial. • BALE a box of baking soda

BALACLAVA

adj. 2000 UK sl. • 'CLAVAED UP wearing a balaclava helmet

BALANCE, BALANCED

adj. 1601 • TICKLISH unstably balanced or poised; easily unbalanced or upset; unsteady

adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • AVOIRDUPOIS evenly balanced; straight, correct

adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • HOBBLE-DE-POISE evenly balanced; straight, correct

n. 1590 obs. rare • LAUNCE a scale, balance

vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • ODDS to balance an account
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TITE-TITY to balance on the hand

BALCONY

n. 1385 obs. • ORIEL a portico, corridor, gallery, balcony, etc.

n. 1635 obs. rare • BALCON a balcony

n. 1876 • BALCONETTE a miniature balcony

BALD, BALDNESS

adj. a1000 obs. • CALLOW bald, without hair

adj. 1568 obs. • BELLED bald

adj. 1603 • BALD-PATED bald

adj. 1790 Eng. dial. • SCAWPY bald, without hair on the head

adj. 1855 • TONSURED bald or partially bald
adj. 1881 Eng. dial. • BARE AS A BALCHIN bald (balchin = an unfledged bird)
adj. 1882 rare • EGG-BALD completely bald; smooth as an egg
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BALCH of persons: bald
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BALCH-HEADED (as above)

adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HAIR-PITCHED bald

adj. 1910s Aust. sl. • BALD AS A BANDICOOT totally bald
adj. B1913 • BALD AS A COOT perfectly bald

adj. 1931 Sc. • SCALK bald
adj. 1936 Amer. dial. • LONG-FACED bald; balding

adj. 1940s US sl. • EGG-HEADED bald

adj. 1958 Amer. dial. • BARKED bald

adj. 1960 Amer. sl. • BALD AS A BABY'S ASS completely bald

adj. 1990s rhyming sl. • MADAME TUSSAUD bald
adj. 1992 UK imperfect rhyming sl. • CYRIL LORD bald
adj. 1992 UK rhyming sl. • OH MY GAWD bald
adj. 1992 UK rhyming sl. • OH MY GOOD GAWD extremely bald
adj. 1992 UK sl. • NANTE PILE ON THE CARPET bald
adj. Bk1995 US sl. • BALD AS AN EAGLE very bald

n. c1305 obs. • CALLOW one who is bald
n. 1382 obs. • BALLARD a bald-headed person

n. c1440 obs. • SCALLARD one who has the ‘scall’; a bald person

n. 1535 • BALD-HEAD one who has a bald head

n. 1601 • BALD-PATE one who has a bald head
n. 1623 rare • CALVITY baldness
n. 1650 obs. • DECALVATION a making bald by removal of hair

n. 1823 • BALD-COOT one who has a bald head
n. 1828 Sc. • BELL-POW a bald head
n. 1833 colloq. • BALDIE a bald-headed person; a nickname for a bald-headed man
n. 1833 colloq. • BALDY (as above)
n. 1833 colloq. • BAULDY (as above)
n. 1848 • BALDICOOT one who has a bald head
n. 1856 US sl. • OLD BALDY a bald or partly bald person or thing
n. 1864 sl. • BALDFACED STAG a bald man
n. Bk1864 UK sl., derogatory • BLADDER OF LARD a bald-headed man
n. 1867 Eng. dial. • BAREFOOT-HEAD a baldheaded man
n. 1875 sl. • FLY-RINK a bald head
n. 1896 Irish sl. • SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby
n. M19 sl. • MARQUIS OF GRANBY a bald-headed man
n. L19 sl. • FLIES' SKATING RINK a bald head
n. L19 sl. • SKATING RINK (as above)

n. Bk1905 Sc. • BARE PASH a bald head
n. 1907 US sl. • EGGHEAD a bald person; used derisively

n. 1936 Sc. • SCALK baldness, hairlessness

n. c1945 Aust. sl. • EGG-SHELL BLONDE any bald person
n. Bk1947 US Army sl. • SKINHEAD a bald person

n. 1957 Black British sl. • BALLHEAD a bald person

n. 1972 Amer. sl. • MARBLEHEAD a bald man; used derisively

n. 1981 UK sl. • BONEHEAD a bald-headed person; a skinhead; hence, an extreme skinhead haircut
n. 1984 Aust. sl. • CURL a form of address for a bald man or one with curly hair
n. 1984 UK sl. • BACON-BONCE one who is partially bald
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. • BALD EAGLE a bald person

n. 1990 Brit. sl. • SLAPHEAD a bald person
n. 1995 UK jocular usage • SOLAR-PANEL ON A SEX-MACHINE a man's bald spot

n. 20C sl. • EGGHEAD a bald head

n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. • BALDIST one who will not date bald men
n. Bk2006 US sl. • CURLY a bald person

vb. 1602 • BALD to make bald, to deprive of hair

vb. 1876 • TONSURE to make bald-headed
vb. L19 US sl. • PART ONE'S HEAD WITH A TOWEL to be bald

BALEFUL

adj. 1676 obs. • SULLEN baleful, malignant

BALK

n. 1887 Amer. dial. • BUCKER a person who balks or rebels

vb. 1777 Eng. dial. • HAP to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk

vb. 1895 Eng. dial. • BAFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. • BOFFLE (as above)
vb. Bk1898 Sc. • ARSE to balk, to defeat

BALL

n. c1420 obs. rare • BAY a small ball, a globule

n. 1610 obs. • ORBICLE a small orb, globe, or ball

n. 1832 Sc. • PALLET a ball of any kind, a glove
n. 1835 obs. • DAP a bounce of a ball; a hop of a stone on the water
n. 1865 • BALLING the throwing of balls or snowballs
n. 1896 sl. • PILL a ball or disc

n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • FAD a coloured ball

n. 1934 sl. • COBBLER a ball

vb. E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare • DOWF to bounce a ball

BALL (dance)

n. 1514 rare • MASQUE a masquerade, a masked ball
n. 1597 • MASQUERADE an assembly of people wearing masks and others disguises (often of a rich or fantastic kind) and diverting themselves with dancing and other amusements; a masked ball

BALLAD

also see SONG

adj. 1615 obs. • BALLADICAL pert. to ballads

adj. 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BALLANT a ballad, a song
adj. 1881 • BALLADIC pert. to ballads

n. 1589 • BALLADER a writer of ballads or scurrilous verses
n. 1589 • BALLETTER (as above)
n. 1592 • BALLAD SINGER one who strolls about singing ballads
n. 1598 depreciative • BALLAD-MONGER a maker or seller of ballads; spec., one who writes or deals in cheap or slanderous verse

n. 1603 obs. • CANTO a song, a ballad
n. 1604 obs. • BALADINE a ballad-maker or singer
n. 1604 obs. • BALLADINE (as above)
n. 1637 obs. • BALLADIER a street ballad-singer; a singer or writer of ballads

n. 1714 • BALLADEER a person who sings or composes ballads
n. 1781 cant • CHAUNTER-CULL a writer of street ballads, carols, songs, last dying speeches, etc. for ad hoc consumption; generally to be found in a pub
n. 1798 nonce word • BALLADLING a little ballad

n. 1811 • BALLADIST a maker or singer of ballads
n. 1834 rare • CANTABANK a singer on a stage or platform; hence, a common ballad-singer; used contemptuously
n. 1866 Eng. & Amer. dial. • BALLET a song, a ballad
n. 1867 • CANTILENA a ballad
n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. • GABERLILTIE a ballad-singer

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • YOWPER a yelper; a street-crier; a ballad-singer

vb. M19 sl. • PAPER-FAKE to sell ballads on the street

BALL AND CHAIN

n. 1954 US prison sl. • BABY a ball and chain

BALLAST

n. c1440 obs. • LASTAGE the ballast of a ship

vb. 1583 obs. rare • BALANCE to ballast

BALLET

n. 1483 obs. • HARLOT a female juggler, dancing-girl, ballet-dancer, or actress

n. 1789 • BALLERINA a female ballet dancer, esp. one who undertakes a leading role in classical ballet

n. 1830 • HIGH-KICKER a person who performs high kicks, esp. a dancer who performs high kicks simultaneously with other dancers in a row; a chorus girl; a ballet dancer
n. 1854 sl. • LEG PIECE a theatrical performance in which dance is prominent; specifically, a ballet
n. 1867 sl., orig. US • LEG BUSINESS ballet dancing, esp. as a profession
n. c1880 theatrical usage • SCENE-RAT a supernumerary in ballet or pantomime

n. 1919 • BALLETOMANE a ballet enthusiast

n. 1934 chiefly US • BALLERINO a male ballet dancer

n. 1952 UK sl. • SALAD PARADE a group of ballet dancers

n. 20C ballet dancers' usage • CAB-HORSE KNEES the effect produced but the wrinkling at the knees of a ballet dancer's tights when on

BALLOON

n. 1783 • BALLOONER one who makes balloon ascents or travels in a balloon; an aeronaut
n. 1784 • AEROSTAT a balloon or other machine capable of supporting weight in the air
n. 1784 • BALLOONIST an aeronaut; a traveller in a hot-air balloon
n. 1784 • AERONAUT one who sails through the air, or who makes balloon ascents; a balloonist
n. 1784 • AEROSTATION the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air

n. 1817 • AIR-SHIP an air balloon
n. 1834 rare • AIR SAILOR a balloonist, an aeronaut
n. 1838 • BALLOON DRIVER an aeronaut; one who pilots a hot-air balloon
n. 1847 obs. rare • AERONAUTISM the art or practice of balloon flight
n. 1849 Sc. • BAG LUNARDI a balloon
n. 1861 rare • AERONEF a lighter-than-air flying machine, a balloon, esp. a dirigible balloon, an airship
n. 1870 • AEROSTAT an aeronaut or balloonist
n. 1874 US sl. • GAS-BAGGER a balloonist

n. 1931 Amer. sl. • BAG in the circus: a toy balloon

n. Bk1945 criminals' sl. • BAG GUY a vendor of toy balloons

n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage • FAT FRIEND a balloon
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage • FLOATING ELEPHANT a military balloon

BAMBOO

n. 1662 obs. • MAMBU the bamboo
n. 1662 obs. • MOMBU (as above)

BAMBOOZLE, BAMBOOZLED, BAMBOOZLING

adj. 1897 sl. • ON A LINE hoaxed, bamboozled
adj. 1897 sl. • ON A STRING (as above)

adj. 1905 Amer. dial. • CHAWSWIZZLED bamboozled, confounded

n. 1709 arch. • BANTERER one who imposes on, or bamboozles

n. 1825 Sc. • TAISLE a bamboozling with persistent questions

vb. a1688 arch. • BANTER to impose upon a person, orig. in jest; to delude, to cheat, to trick, to bamboozle

vb. 1725 chiefly Sc. • BUMBAZE to amaze, confound, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle; to look aghast, confounded, stupefied

vb. 1821 sl. • COME THE PADDY OVER to bamboozle, to humbug
vb. 1866 Eng. dial. • GALLY-FUGGLE to deceive, to take in, to bamboozle
vb. 1874 Sc. • TAIGLE to confound or get the better of in an argument; to quiz; to bamboozle, to outsmart; to perplex
vb. 1891 Amer. dial. • BUFFALO to frighten, to intimidate, esp. by bluff; to confuse, to bamboozle, to tease

vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BOGLE to bewitch, to bamboozle; to terrify

vb. 1931 Sc. • RAVEL to nonplus, to bamboozle, to outwit

vb. 1950 Sc. • TAFFLE to puzzle, to bamboozle, to outwit

vb. 1960s African-American sl. • RUN A GAME ON to bamboozle, to deceive, to seduce, to confuse, to obtain money by trickery

BAN, BANNED

vb. 1928 Amer. sl. • GET THE AXE IN THE IOWAYS to be banned by rural moralists

vb. 1961 UK sl. • PUT A BLOCK ON to veto, to ban, to embargo something

BANAL

adj. 1929 sl., orig. US • CORN-FED said of something banal or provincial

BANANA

n. 1588 rare • ADAM'S APPLE a banana or plantain

n. 1867 Amer. dial. • BANNANNER a banana
n. 1893 • LADY'S FINGER a banana
n. L19 sl. • NANNY a banana

n. 1929 Amer. dial. • 'NANNER a banana
n. 1929 Amer. dial. • NANA (as above)

n. 1930s sl. • CANARIES bananas

n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. • RAJPUTANA a banana

n. 20C Brit. back-slang • ANNANAB a banana

BAND

n. 1475 obs. exc. Amer. dial. • BEND an organized company of men; a band; a party, a faction; a gang; a company

n. 1942 US sl. • MONKEY the leader of a band or orchestra; it was customary in most bands for the leader only to be dressed in a 'monkey suit' or tuxedo
n. 1944 US rhyming sl. • IF AND AND a band (musical)

BANDAGE, BANDAGED, BAND-AID

adj. L19 sl. • MENDED bandaged

n. c1000 obs. • BEND a ribbon, strap, band, used for ornament or as part of a dress; a sash, hat-band, bandage

n. a1382 obs. rare • BUNDLE that which binds; a bandage

n. 1504 Sc. obs. • WHIP a bandage; something that surrounds a wound, etc.
n. 1578 rare • OBVOLUTION the wrapping or folding of a bandage round a limb; also, a fold, twist, or turn of something coiled

n. 1650 • FASCIATION the binding up of a limb, etc. with bandages
n. 1658 obs. • FASCIATION a bandage

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BANDISH a bandage

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • THUMMEL-POKE a cloth bandage to protect a sore finger, made like a glove and tied with strings around the wrist
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UVVIL a piece of rag protecting an injured finger; a finger-stall
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • TETHERMENT a wrapping or bandage of any kind

n. 1970 Amer. dial. • HEALING TAPE a band-aid

vb. 1577 obs. • GARTER to bandage tightly

vb. 1825 Eng. dial. • FANG to bind a limb so tightly as to stop the flow of blood
vb. M19 Brit. colloq. • MEND to bandage

vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • STAY UP to bandage
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. • BAND UP to bandage

BANDANNA

also see KERCHIEF

n. 1960s sl. • RAG a bandanna
n. 1960s African-American sl. • RAG-HEAD one who wears a scarf or bandanna tied around their head

n. Bk2006 US street sl. • FLAG a headcloth or bandana, esp. one that shows gang identity

BANDED

adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • LISTED striped, banded

BANDIT

n. 1398 obs. • BANISHED MAN an outlaw; a bandit

n. 1594 • BANDIT one who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand; usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infested the mountainous districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Turkey; also, in modern use: a gangster, a member of a criminal gang, esp. one involved in organized crime

n. 1651 rare • MOSS-TROOPER a bandit or raider, in Scotland beyond the Borders, or elsewhere; a member of an undisciplined or renegade group
n. 1690 • RAPPAREE an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92; hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter; any ruffianly vagabond

n. 20C W. Indies Rasta • BANDULU a bandit; a criminal; one who lives by guile

vb. 1896 • TAKE TO THE HEATHER to become an outlaw or bandit

BANDY-LEGGED - see LEG

BANDYING

n. 1761 obs. • JACTITATION discussion; bandying to and fro

vb. 1596 obs. • BALK to meet arguments with objections; to quibble, to bandy words
vb. 1596 obs. • BAULK (as above)

vb. 1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc. • ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words

vb. 1818 Sc. obs. • FAIRD to bustle; to bandy ill words with
vb. 1885 Sc. • ARGUY-BARGUY to argue, to bandy words, to dispute
vb. Bk1898 Sc. • BARGLE to bandy words, to wrangle, to carry on a useless controversy

vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • PARLEY to quarrel, to bandy words, to argue

vb. 1915 Sc. • EIKSUPICKSY to argue, to bandy words

BANG, BANGING

n. 1440 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DUNCH a loud noise; a bang, a crash

n. c1640 Eng. dial. & sl. • RAN-TAN a word expressive of a loud banging noise; a sudden, violent sound; a noise, a din

n. 1806 Eng. dial. • THWANG a severe blow; a bang, a thump

n. 1914 colloq. • BING-BANG expressing a repeated heavy thump or a continued banging noise

n. 1940s sl. • KABOOM a loud bang or noise

vb. 1674 Eng. dial. • BANSEL to drive, to know about; to bang, to beat
vb. 1674 Eng. dial. • BENSEL (as above)
vb. 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BENSIL to thrash, to beat soundly; to bang; to drive away

vb. 1825 Eng. dial. • THUNGE to knock heavily; to thump, to bang; to strike a violent blow
vb. 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DANG to throw violently; to knock, to bang
vb. 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DENG (as above)
vb. 1894 Sc. • BLAFF to bang

vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. • FANG to bang

vb. 1938 sl. • BONK to hit resoundingly; to bang, to bump

BANGLADESH

n. 1971 • BANGLADESHI a native or inhabitant of the People's Republic of Bangladesh formed in 1971, formerly the province of East Pakistan

BANISH, BANISHED, BANISHMENT

n. a1300 obs. rare • OUTFLEME one who is banished; a fugitive from his country; an exile

n. 1535 obs. rare • EXULATION banishment, exile
n. 1573 obs. • EXUL a banished person; one living in exile

n. 1615 rare • ABLEGATION dispatch, expulsion, banishment; dismissal
n. 1635 sl. • JERICHO a place of concealment or banishment; later, a prison
n. a1644 obs. • BANNITION banishment, expulsion, esp. from a university
n. 1655-60 obs. rare • EJECTION the state of being banished, exile
n. 1656 obs. • ABANNITION a banishment for one or two years for manslaughter

n. Bk1708 obs. • BANNITUS an outlaw, or banished man, an exile

vb. a1000 obs. • ADRIVE to banish, to expel
vb. a1000 obs. • AFLEME to drive away, to banish, to expel; to dispel
vb. a1000 obs. • AFLEY (as above)
vb. a1000 obs. • ADREVE to drive out or away, to banish, to expel

vb. 1377 obs. • WAIVE to remove, to put away, to banish

vb. a1400 obs. • SHOOT FORTH to drive out or away, to banish, to expel

vb. 1535 obs. rare • EXULATE to banish, to exile; to go into exile; to be in exile
vb. 1536 obs. • VANQUISH to expel or banish from a place
vb. 1559 obs. • ABAND to banish
vb. 1568 obs. rare • EXUL to force a person to go into exile, to banish
vb. 1592 obs. • BANDON to banish

vb. 1603 • CASHIER to discard, to get rid off, to banish a thing
vb. 1611 obs. • BANDIT to banish, to outlaw
vb. 1621 obs. rare • ABLEGATE to send abroad or to a distance; to banish
vb. 1634 obs. • EXTERMINE to force or person a thing from the boundaries or limits; to drive away; to banish; to put to flight
vb. c1645 obs. rare • DISTERR to banish from one's country; to exile

vb. 1940s US tramps' sl. • WALK to banish, to eject from a place

BANJO

n. 1880 • BANJOIST one who plays a banjo

n. 1905 Amer. dial. • BANJER a banjo
n. 1909 sl. • BANJOEY a banjo player

n. 1930s US sl. • AFRICAN HARP a banjo
n. 1936 Amer. sl. • BOX a banjo

n. 1941 Amer. dial. • BANJA a banjo

n. 1951 Amer. dial. • BANGER a banjo
n. 1951 Amer. dial. • BUNGER (as above)

BANK (land)

n. 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial. • BINK a bank, an acclivity

n. 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial • MARGENT a margin, beach, bank
n. 1894 Eng. dial. • SCRAPE a bare place on a steep hillside or bank

n. Bk1905 Sc. • OFFER a projecting or overhanging bank

BANK, BANKER, BANKING (money)

n. 1577 obs. • MONEY-MASTER a person who possesses large funds for doing business; a banker, a money-lender
n. 1598 • SARAF a banker or money-changer in the East

n. c1618 obs. • BANK-MASTER the manager or proprietor of a bank
n. 1628 obs. • XARAFFE a 'saraf'; a banker or money-changer in the East
n. 1668 obs. • BANKERING occupation as a banker, banking
n. 1673 obs. • CANTORE office, banking house
n. 1690 • RAG-MERCHANT a dealer in rags; also, in contempt, a banker or draper

n. 1814 obs. • BANK MONGER one who conducts banking business
n. 1816 rare • ACTUARY a senior official in a savings bank, esp. one who manages the deposits
n. 1821 • RAGMAN a term of contempt for a banker
n. 1825 obs. • BANKERESS a banker's wife
n. 1837 • BANCOMANIA a craze for establishing banks
n. 1848 US sl. • JUG a bank
n. 1860 sl. • RAG-SHOP a bank
n. c1865 sl. • RAG-SHOP BOSS a banker
n. c1865 sl. • RAG-SHOP COVE a banker; a cashier
n. 1883 rare • BANKERESS a female banker
n. 1885 colloq., society usage • MONEY-BAG LORD an ennobled banker
n. 1893 US obs., humorous usage • BANKSTER a nickname for a person employed in banking or associated with managing money
n. 19C rhyming sl. for 'Arthur Rank' • ARTHUR a bank (money)
n. M19 US sl. • PAPER MILL a small, unstable bank
n. L19 rhyming sl. • TIN TANK a bank

n. 1924 criminals' sl. • BANKER a dishonest bank employee

n. 1930s US criminals' sl. • DAMPER PAD a bank book
n. 1930s US criminals' sl. • V a bank vault
n. 1931 orig. & chiefly US, derogatory • BANKSTER a banker seen as profiteering or dishonest; a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
n. 1932 US criminals' sl. • DAMPER a bank or money depository; a treasury

n. 1940s financial rhyming sl. • J. ARTHUR RANK a bank

n. 1950s rhyming sl. • CAB RANK a bank

n. 1970s sl. • TANK a bank

n. 1994 UK rhyming sl. • HAM SHANK a bank

n. 2002 UK sl. • WUNCH a group of bankers (bunch of wankers)

vb. a1845 sl. • OVERDRAW ONE'S BADGER to overdraw one's banking account

BANKNOTE, BANKROLL

n. 1780 Amer. sl. • BOY a coin or banknote
n. a1794 Amer. • OBLONG a banknote
n. L18 sl. • ABRAHAM NEWLAND a banknote

n. 1817 sl. • RAG a banknote, paper money; usually in plural
n. 1826 • BILL a banknote
n. 1843 sl. • RAG-TRADE the purchasing of false banknotes, which are then palmed off on strangers
n. c1860 colloq. • RAG MONEY banknotes, bills of exchange, etc.
n. 1889 sl. • BITS OF STIFF banknotes
n. 19C UK criminals' sl. • QUEER SCREENS forged banknotes

n. 1903 sl., orig. US • CABBAGE money, banknotes, paper money, cash

n. 1910s sl., orig. military usage • AKKA money, whether change or notes
n. 1910s US sl. • MICHIGAN a fake bankroll, a note of a high denomination around a large number of notes of smaller denomination
n. 1910s US sl. • MICHIGAN BANKROLL (as above)
n. 1910s US sl. • MICHIGAN ROLL (as above)
n. 1910s US sl. • MICHIGAN STAKE (as above)

n. 1920s US sl. • MINT LEAF a banknote; money

n. 1930s African-American sl. • GLORY ROLL a large bankroll, produced as often as possible in order to impress one's acquaintances
n. 1930s US sl. • CABBAGE LEAF paper currency; money, banknotes
n. 1930s US sl. • CABBAGE LEAVES (as above)

n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • CALIFORNIA BANKROLL a show bankroll in which 1 large-denomination note is exhibited on the outside, concealing a quantity of small bills
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • CALIFORNIA ROLL (as above)
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • KANSAS CITY BANKROLL (as above)
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • KANSAS CITY ROLL (as above)
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • PHILADELPHIA BANKROLL (as above)
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • PHILLY BANKROLL (as above)
n. 1940s African-American & gambling sl. • CALIFORNIA ROLLER one who carries a 'California bankroll'

n. 1951 US sl. • NUT a bankroll

n. 1970s African-American sl. • FAT KNOT a substantial roll of dollar bills

n. 1986 US sl. • GAMBLER'S BANKROLL a bankroll consisting of a large-denomination note on the outside of a number small-denomination notes
n. 1986 US sl. • GAMBLER'S ROLL (as above)

n. 1990 US sl. • ARMY a large bankroll

n. 20C S. Afr. • CABBAGE a 10-rand banknote
n. 20C sl., orig. US • HAPPY CABBAGE cash, banknotes
n. 20C Brit. sl. • CRINKLE banknotes; therefore, money
n. M20 cant • CRACKLE bank notes; five pounds and upwards
n. M20 sl., orig. military usage • ACKERS coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres

n. Bk2006 US sl. • FEDERAL DIPLOMA a U.S. bank note

vb. L18 sl. • SHAM ABRAHAM NEWLAND to forge banknotes

BANKRUPT, BANKRUPTCY, BANKRUPTED

adj. 1529 obs. • DECOCT bankrupt
adj. E16 • CRACKED ruined; bankrupt

adj. L18 sl. • BROKEN-KNEED bankrupt

adj. 1818 UK sl. • ALL UP bankrupt, defeated, doomed to die
adj. 1818 UK sl. • ALL UP WITH (as above)
adj. 1842 Amer. colloq. • DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute
adj. 1853 sl. • QUISBY bankrupt, poverty-stricken
adj. 1854 sl. • UP THE SPOUT bankrupt
adj. 1854 US sl. • LAME bankrupted by speculation or gambling
adj. 1857 sl. • STRAPPED penniless, bankrupt
adj. 1881 US colloq. • BUSTED burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined
adj. 1893 Aust. sl. • BUNG bankrupt
adj. 1897 Amer. sl. • ON THE CARPET near or at the point of defeat, bankruptcy, or the like
adj. 1898 Aust. sl. • MOTHERLESS BROKE penniless, completely broke, bankrupt, destitute
adj. M19 sl. • USED UP bankrupt

adj. 1900s sl. • UP THE GARGOYLE bankrupt
adj. 1901 Amer. dial. • GONE TO SHUCKS gone to pieces financially, failed
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCROGGED bankrupt, 'cleared out'
adj. Bk1905 Sc. • UPDORRUCK bankrupt
adj. a1909 US colloq. • BUSTED-UP burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined

adj. 1918 • BROKE TO THE WORLD ruined financially, bankrupt; penniless

adj. 1954 Amer. dial. • BANKRUPTURE bankrupt

adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. • UP KING STREET bankrupt

n. 1507 Sc. obs. • DYVOUR a bankrupt; hence, one in debt; a beggar
n. 1597 Sc. obs. • DYVOURY bankruptcy; beggary

n. 1606 obs. • BANKRUPTISM bankruptcy
n. 1609 Sc. obs. • BARE-MAN a bankrupt who gives up all his goods to his creditors
n. 1617 obs. rare • BANKRUPTURE bankruptcy
n. 1656 obs. rare • BANKRUPTSHIP bankruptcy

n. 1700 Sc. obs. • ABBEY LAIRD a jocular name for a bankrupt; a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880
n. 1733 Sc. obs. • LAIRD IN THE ABBEY a jocular name for a bankrupt; a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880
n. 1761 orig. stock market usage • LAME DUCK a person bankrupted by stockjobbing or financial speculation

n. 1825 • BANKROUT a bankrupt
n. 1826 Eng. dial. • BROSIER a bankrupt
n. 1826 Eng. dial. • BROZIER (as above)
n. Bk1849 Eng. dial. • BANKEROUT a bankrupt
n. c1880 financiers' and brokers' usage • ABANDONMENT bankruptcy of a railway company
n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. • BANKROPE a bankrupt
n. Bk1880 obs. • BANQUEROUT a bankrupt
n. 1881 Eng. dial. • BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy
n. 1885 Eng. dial. • BANKER one who becomes bankrupt
n. Bk1894 • YELLOW-BOY a bankrupt
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BEGGAR'S STAFF a state of bankruptcy or beggary
n. L19 sl. • DEAD 'UN a bankrupt company
n. L19 sl., orig. US • CADAVER a bankrupt; a bankruptcy

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HAGWESH ruin, bankruptcy

n. Bk1911 Sc. • BREAK failure; bankruptcy

n. 1954 US sl. • WRINGER a bankruptcy petition

n. 1967 sl. • BUST-OUT an instance of bankruptcy which has been engineered with the intent to defraud creditors

vb. c1570 colloq. • FLY UP WITH JACKSON'S HENS to become bankrupt

vb. 1670 obs. • SWALLOW A SPIDER to go bankrupt
vb. 1683 obs. • MARCH OFF to become bankrupt
vb. 17C colloq. • BREAK ONE’S BACK to become bankrupt
vb. L17 sl. • SHUT UP SHOP to go bankrupt
vb. L17 sl. • SHUT UP SHOP-WINDOWS (as above)

vb. 1790 Eng. dial. • BANK to become bankrupt, to fail
vb. 1796 Eng. dial. • BROSIER to be bankrupt
vb. 1796 Eng. dial. • BROZIER (as above)

vb. 1800 Sc. & Amer. dial. • BREAK to become bankrupt
vb. 1834 Sc. • BANKROPE to become bankrupt
vb. 1865 • BURST UP to become bankrupt
vb. 1870 Eng. dial. • JACK UP to become bankrupt or insolvent
vb. 1875 • GO BUST to become insolvent or bankrupt
vb. 1882 Aust. & NZ sl. • GO BUNG to die; to fail; to go bankrupt
vb. 1885 Eng. dial. • SCAT ABROAD to become bankrupt
vb. 1885 Eng. dial. • BANK to make bankrupt
vb. 1888 • PUT UP THE SHUTTERS to stop trading for the day, or permanently; to announce oneself a bankrupt
vb. 1890 Amer. dial. • FAIL UP to become impoverished; to go bankrupt
vb. 19C • WEAR A GREEN BONNET to be bankrupt
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. • HANG THE BAKER to become bankrupt; to be out of materials for work

vb. Bk1903 sl. • GO THROUGH THE RING to go bankrupt
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • GO SCAT to fail; to become bankrupt, to collapse
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCAT (as above)
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • HAVE GONE THROUGH SAINT-PATRICK'S NEEDLE to have been in the Bankruptcy Court
vb. Bk1905 Sc. • TAKE DOWN to reduce in circumstances; to lessen; to make bankrupt

vb. 1928 Amer. sl. • GO MAHULA to go bankrupt or otherwise come to grief

vb. 1950s Aust. sl. • GO UP KING STREET to become bankrupt

vb. 1962 US sl., esp. gambling usage • BUST OUT to ruin financially, to bankrupt; to go bankrupt

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