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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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BOA  -  BOKZ


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• BOAR  -  BOARDING
• BOAST  -  BOASTING  Part 1  Adjectives, Interjections, & Nouns to 1899
• BOAST  -  BOASTING  Part 2  Nouns from 1900 onwards, & Phrases & Verbs

• BOAT  -  BODYGUARD
• BODY-SNATCHER  -  BOIL
• BOISTEROUS  -  BOISTEROUSNESS

BOAR - see PIG

BOARD,  BOARDING HOUSE - see LODGING
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BOARD (wood)

n. 1390 obs. - a board or plank TABLE 
 
n. 1609 Eng. dial. obs. - a board, a plank, a joist THEAL;  THEALE
 
n. 1658 obs. rare - a fastening together of planks or boards, a making a floor TABULATION 
 
vb. 1656 obs. rare - to board a floor or other place; to make thing of boards TABULATE
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BOARDING SCHOOL

n. 1660 obs. - a boarding-school TABLING SCHOOL
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BOAST,  BOASTED,  BOASTER,  BOASTFUL,  BOASTFULLY,  BOASTING

Part 1  Adjectives, Interjections, & Nouns to 1899

adj. c1480 - inordinately boastful or proud of one's own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain VAINGLORIOUS 
 
adj. 1564 - given to bragging, boasting; exhibiting ostentation THRASONICAL 
 
adj. 1590 arch. - boastful VAUNTFUL 
 
adj. 1615 obs. rare - boasted, vaingloriously displayed OSTENTATE
 
adj. 1622 obs. - inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious AMPULLOUS
 
adj. 1626 arch. - bombastic, boasting, braggart RODOMONT 
 
adj. c1640 obs. - that may be gloried in or boasted of GLORIABLE 
 
adj. 1645 obs. - bragging, boastful, ranting RODOMONTADO 
 
adj. 1649 - having a fantastical, pretentious, or foolishly boastful character VAPOURING 
 
adj. 1652 obs. rare - boasting, swaggering, blustering BRAVASHING 
 
adj. 1656 - lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful MAGNILOQUENT 
 
adj. 1660 - bragging, boastful, ranting RODOMONTADE 
 
adj. 1670-98 - boastful, bragging FANFARON 
 
adj. 1671 - valiant in speech; boasting, bragging TONGUE-DOUGHTY 
 
adj. 1724 - boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy (chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.) VAUNTIE;  VAUNTY 
 
adj. 1724 Sc. - boastful, proud, vain VANTIE;  VANTY 
 
adj. 1724 Sc. obs. - of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated VANDIE;  VANNIE
 
adj. 1727 obs. - magniloquent MAGNILOQUOUS
 
adj. 1746 Eng. dial. - excited; talking loudly and boastingly; mocking REARING 
 
adj. a1763 obs. rare - given to boasting, boastful, presumptuous BOASTIVE
 
adj. 1803 - blustering, boasting, swaggering BOBADILIAN 
 
adj. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. - talkative, foolish, boastful BLATHERING;  BLETHERING
 
adj. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. - self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging MASSY 
adj. 1824 Eng. dial. - imperious, boasting GAUSTERING 
 
adj. 1824 Sc. - blustering, boasting BLAZING
 
adj. 1839 rare - boastful, boasting JACTANT
 
adj. 1855 US  - boastful, blustering BLOW-HARD 
 
adj. 1880 Amer. dial. - conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful BIGETY;  BIGGEDY;  BIGGETY;  BIGGIDY;  BIGGITY;  BIGGOTY 
 
adj. 1880 Sc. - boastful, airy-fairy, light VOLAGEOUS 
 
adj. 1885 Eng. dial. - boastful, bragging MUCKFOODLE 
 
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bragging, boasting, like an empty windbag BELCHING 
 
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting BOUNCEABLE 
 
adj. 1899 Sc. - boastful; elated; keen VOGEROUS 
 
adj. 19C Eng. dial. - boastful, proud BOBBEROUS 
 
adj. L19 sl. - arrogant, boastful HIGH IN TOOTH 
 
adj. B1900 Sc. - contentious; boastful GLASTRIOUS 
 
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - proud, vain, boastful FALSE 
 
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty BIGOTED 
 
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. - given to boasting, vain VOUSTY
 
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - boastful; bombastic BRAGGAND;  BRAGGIE;  BRAGGY 
 
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - boasting, bragging BLOUTERING 
 
adj. Bk1934 sl. - boastful (college usage) CRAPPY 
 
adj. 1935 Amer. dial. - boastful, blustering BIG-TALK 
 
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. - boastful BRAGGADOCIOUS 
 
adj. 1960 Amer. dial. - fit to be boasted about BRAGGABLE 
 
adj. c1960 Amer. dial. - conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic BIGIFIED 
 
adj. 1960s sl. - boastful, noisy, verbose (orig. African-American usage) FATMOUTH;  FAT-MOUTHED 
 
adj. 1961 - boastful ALL PISS AND WIND 
 
adj. 1961 sl. - engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance FULL OF SHIT AND STICKS
 
adj. 1961 UK sl. - boastful; not backing up words with action ALL WIND AND PISS;  ALL WIND AND WATER 
 
adj. 1968 US sl. - arrogant, boastful, showing off SEDITTY;  SIDIDY;  SIDITY 
 
adj. 1989 UK sl. - said of a person who makes empty promises; engaging in empty, boastful talk; all talk and no substance ALL FART AND NO SHIT
 
adj. 1996 Barbados  - boastful; unable to back up words with deeds ALL MOUTH 
 
adj. 1998 UK sl. - loud and boastful, possibly insulting TRAPPY 
 
adv. a1677 - boastfully, blusteringly BOUNCINGLY 
 
adv. a1814 rare - boastfully VAUNTFUL 
 
int. 1885 Sc. - a Scottish sporting catchphrase to anyone boasting ARBROATH! 
 
n. c888 obs. - boasting, vainglorious speaking YELP
 
n. a1000 obs. - a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast BEOT 
 
n. a1050 obs. - boasting; proud or pompous talk YELPING
 
n. c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ROOSE 
 
n. a1300 - glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting VAINGLORY 
 
n. c1325 obs. - presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity BOBANCE 
 
n. 1340 obs. - a boaster YELPER 
 
n. c1340 arch. - boasting, bragging VAUNTING 
 
n. c1440  obs. rare - a boaster; a braggart; one given to talking SEGGER 
 
n. c1440 obs. - a boaster FARE-MAKER 
 
n. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - boasting CRACKING 
 
n. 1456 arch. - a boaster or braggart VAUNTER 
 
n. c1477 obs. - a vaunt or boast VAUNTISE 
 
n. 1491 obs. or arch. - vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show VAUNTERY 
 
n. 1491 rare - boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking JACTANCE 
 
n. a1500 Sc. - a boast, brag, vaunt VOUST 
 
n. 1504 obs. - the act of glorying; boasting; triumphant exaltation GLORIATION 
 
n. c1515 obs. - one who puts on a bold face; one who boasts, blusters, or swaggers; one who possesses 'cheek'; a braggart; a bully FACER 
 
n. 1523 obs. - the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance FACING 
 
n. 1576 - boasting, bragging, ostentatious display JACTATION 
 
n. 1579 sl. - a boaster; a vulgar braggart JACK BRAG;  JACK BRAGGER
 
n. 1589 - a charlatan, a person who falsely claims knowledge of or skill in some matter, esp. for personal gain; a person who pretends to be something he or she is not, in order to gain prestige, fame, etc.; a boastful pretender MOUNTEBANK 
 
n. c1589 obs. - a boaster, a braggart GLORIOSER 
 
n. 1591 - a brag; a boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech RODOMONTADE 
 
n. 1598 - a brag; a boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech RODOMONTADO 
 
n. 1598 arch. - a great bragger; a vain or blustering boaster; a bully RODOMONT 
 
n. 1598 obs. - a braggadocio; a bully (nonce word) BURGULLIAN 
 
n. c1599 obs. - a boaster; a braggart GLORIOSO 
 
n. 1603 obs. - a boast, a vaunt VAUNTERY 
 
n. 1609 obs. - a great bragger or boaster RODOMONTADO 
 
n. 1614 obs. - a fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast VAPOUR
 
n. 1615 obs. rare - a vain or vainglorious person VAINLING 
 
n. 1622 - a bully, blusterer, or swaggerer; an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender FANFARON 
 
n. 1622 Sc. - a boaster, a braggart GLASTERER 
 
n. 1623 - boasting, boastfulness; vainglory JACTANCY 
 
n. 1623 obs. - one who brags or boasts of his own virtue or accomplishments ARETALOGER 
 
n. 1632 - public or open declaration, esp. of a boastful sort; ostentatious affirmation; boasting, bragging JACTITATION 
 
n. 1634 - a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding BOUNCING 
 
n. c1645 obs. - a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster; an idle talker BLATEROON 
 
n. 1652 - boisterous or arrogant language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this FANFARONADE 
 
n. 1656 obs. rare - a boaster or bragger JACTATOR 
 
n. 1678 Sc. obs. - a boaster; a braggart VOUSTER 
 
n. 1680 obs. - a boaster who is also a bully BULLY-HUFF
 
n. 1683 obs. - a boaster; a braggart RODOMONTADE
 
n. 17C obs. - a boast, brag or bluster CRAKE
 
n. 1709 - extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction GASCONADE;  GASCONNADE 
 
n. 1709-11 - a braggart, a boaster GASCONADER 
 
n. 1714 - a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger BOUNCE 
 
n. 1727 obs. - boastfulness VAUNTINGNESS 
 
n. 1746 - a person who speaks in a boastful, verbose, declamatory, or foolish way MOUTHER 
 
n. 1748 sl. - a boast, brag, or great pretense made by a spendthrift, quack, or pretender to more art or knowledge than he really has FLASH 
 
n. 1757 rare - a person who resembles a Gascon in character; a braggart; a boaster GASCON 
 
n. 1790 Sc. obs. - a bragging, boastful person; a pert talker GANDY
 
n. 1793 arch. - a boast VAUNTING 
 
n. 1807 - a spirit of boastfulness or vaunting GASCONISM 
 
n. 1808 Eng. dial. - an empty boaster; a rascal SCRAFFLES 
 
n. 1809 obs. rare - extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction GASCONADO 
 
n. 1816 colloq. - (derogatory) a person who speaks or writes at length but says little of substance or value; a pompously verbose speaker; a boaster; also, a loud-mouthed but ineffectual person BAG OF WIND 
 
n. 1818 rare - a boasting, vaunting VAUNTAGE
 
n. 1819 colloq. - a boastful, swaggering fellow BOUNCE 
 
n. 1820 rare - boastfulness VAUNTINESS 
 
n. 1820 rare - vaingloriousness VAINGLORINESS 
 
n. 1822 Sc. - a mean and utterly contemptible person; a scamp; a conceited boaster SCOOT 
 
n. 1825 Sc. - an ostentatious talker; a boaster VOLISHER 
 
n. 1826 Sc. obs. - one who gallivants, esp. a gasconading or boasting fellow; including the idea of tallness GALLIVASTER 
 
n. 1830 rare - a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster SACRIPANT 
 
n. 1833 Amer. sl. - boasting FLAPDOODLE 
 
n. 1833 Amer. sl. - nonsense; vain boasting; empty talk FLAMDOODLE 
 
n. 1834 - a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar BOUNCER 
 
n. 1834 sl. - a loud, over-talkative person; a braggart, a boaster (chiefly & orig. US) BIGMOUTH 
 
n. 1835 Sc. - a boastful person, one who brags BILSHER 
 
n. 1837 - pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting BLAGUE 
 
n. 1840 Amer. dial. - boasting, bluster, 'tall talk' BUSH 
 
n. 1841 sl. - a person who talks at length but says little of value; an empty talker; a long-winded orator; a 'windbag'; a gossip; a boaster, a braggart GASBAG 
 
n. 1846 US sl. - a pretentious, boastful fellow; a shrewd, unprincipled fellow, especially a politician SNOLLYGOSTER
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n. a1846 sl. - a swaggering, showy, or boastful person SWANKER 
 
n. 1854 obs. - boasting or vaunting speech KOMPOLOGY 
 
n. 1854 sl. - boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress SWANK 
 
n. 1855 colloq. - a talkative or boastful person; a chatterer (orig. US) GASSER 
 
n. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster WINDY-WALLETS 
 
n. 1859 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster; one who exaggerates BLOWER 
 
n. 1860 Aust. & NZ sl. - boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress SKITE 
 
n. 1862 - exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk BARNUMISM 
 
n. 1866 Sc. obs. - boasting GANGE;  GAUNGE
 
n. 1866 Sc. obs. - pert, foolish talk; a brag, a boast GANDY
 
n. 1867 sl. - a braggart; a boaster TALL-TALKER 
 
n. 1868 Sc. obs. - a vain, boastful person; a bragger GANDIER 
 
n. 1869 - a person who makes an extravagant boast or 'gab' (an idle boast) GABBER 
 
n. 1870 Sc. - a boaster BLADDERSKATE 
 
n. 1871 sl. - boastful or pretentious manner or attitude; flashiness (orig. US) DOG 
 
n. 1873 - boasting, bragging BLOWING 
 
n. 1876 Eng. dial. - a braggart; a boaster SCOG 
 
n. Bk1878 Eng. dial. - a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person BLABBERSKITE 
 
n. 1887 Amer. dial. - a big talker; a boaster; a braggart WINDJAMMER 
 
n. 1889 Ireland - a fine fellow; a roisterer; a fighter, a boastful, quarrelsome fellow; a keeper, one set to watch over anything GLADIATHOR 
 
n. c1890 sl. obs. - a voluble talker; a boaster GASOMETER 
 
n. Bk1892 Amer. dial. - idle, loud, or boastful talk BAZOO 
 
n. 1895 sl. - boastful talk or insolence OLD BUCK 
 
n. 1895 sl. - talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk BUCK;  BUKH 
 
n. 1897 Aust. & NZ colloq. - a braggart; a boastful person; a conceited person SKITE 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a swaggering boastfulness BAUGE 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - boasting. brag BELLY-COURAGE 
 
n. Bk1898 N. Ireland - bragging, boastfulness BARRACKING 
 
n. 19C sl. - a pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow; a stupid boaster BUBBLY-JOCK 
 
n. M19 sl. - boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes (orig. US) TALL TALK
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BOAST,  BOASTED,  BOASTER,  BOASTFUL,  BOASTFULLY,  BOASTING

Part 2  Nouns from 1900 onwards, & Phrases, & Verbs

n. 1900 Amer. sl. - a highly skilled person who is boastful or flashy HOT DOG 
 
n. Bk1900 Sc. - foolish, boasting language; exaggerating, lying GANDYING 
 
n. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. - an incurable flirt; a boasting fellow GALLIVANTER 
 
n. 1900s sl. - a braggart; a boaster FALSE ALARM 
 
n. 1902 sl. - a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart BIG TALKER 
 
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - boastful talk, promises made at night and not intended to be kept in the morning HARSTONE-TALK 
 
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a boaster SCOGGER 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a disorderly, boasting person RAP 
 
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a boastful, vain person; a braggadocio VAUNTY 
 
n. 1907 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a coarse, boastful man BIG INJUN 
 
n. Bk1910 Ireland - a person who utters vulgarly foolish, boastful talk BLADDHER
 
n. Bk1910 Ireland - a vain, empty, foolish boaster GLUGGER 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a boast; a lie from ostentation BLAW 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a boaster; one who exaggerates BLASTER 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a brag, a boast BLAST;  BLOST 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a brag, a boasting narration BLOUST 
 
n. 1913 sl. - a swaggering, showy, or boastful person SWANK 
 
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a boaster BIG BLOW 
 
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. sl. - an egotist; a boasting know-all (navy usage) ADMIRAL'S MATE
 
n. 1914 Brit. sl. - a boastful, self-opinionated person SWANKPOT 
 
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BLOW 
 
n. 1915 sl. - rubbish, nonsense; boasting BULLSHIT
 
n. 1922 sl. - boastful but empty talk PISS AND WIND 
 
n. 1923 Sc. - a boaster, a braggart BILSH 
 
n. 1924 Anglo-Indian - a braggart; a boaster BUCKSTICK 
 
n. 1926 US sl. - a braggart; a boaster; a loquacious talker (chiefly African-American usage) FATMOUTH 
 
n. 1927 US sl. - a braggart; an empty boaster MOUTH ARTIST 
 
n. c1930 - a boaster; a swaggerer (Royal Air Force usage) HALF-PINT HERO 
 
n. 1930s US sl. - a brash or boastful person POP-OFF 
 
n. 1930s US sl. - a brash or boastful statement POP-OFF 
 
n. 1930s US sl. - one who boasts or makes insulting remarks (African-American usage) SIGNIFIER 
 
n. 1931 Sc. - a 'windbag', a braggart, a boastful person WINNISTER;  WINNOWSTER 
 
n. 1931 US sl. - a boaster or braggart TROMBENICK;  TROMBENIK 
 
n. 1932 US sl. - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully BIG DOING(S) 
 
n. 1932 US sl. - one who 'throws the bull'; one who talks nonsense; a braggart, a boaster (college usage) SPANISH ATHLETE 
 
n. 1933 sl. - a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; someone who excels at boasting or lying (orig. US) BULLSHITTER 
 
n. 1934 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a braggart or an excessively boastful person BRAGGY 
 
n. 1934 Amer. dial. - boastful and threatening language BULLDOCIA 
 
n. 1934 US sl. - a person who 'woofs' or talks idly; a senseless chatterer or boaster (African-American usage) WOOFER 
 
n. 1935 sl. - boastful but empty talk (orig. US) MOUTH 
 
n. 1938 Aust. sl. - a braggart; one given to boasting BILGE ARTIST 
 
n. 1940s NZ sl. - excessive boasting TARANAKI BULLSHIT 
 
n. 1940s sl. - a braggart, a boaster (orig. African-American usage) BUTTON-BUSTER
 
n. 1940s US sl. - boasting, insinuating; esp. in the form of a ritual game of testing a rival's emotional strength by insulting their relatives (African-American usage) SIGNIFYING 
 
n. 1942 Brit. sl. - a boastful talker LINE-SHOOTER 
 
n. 1942 sl. - a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; one who excels at boasting or lying (orig. US) BULLSHIT ARTIST 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. - boasting; empty talk; nonsense (jocular usage) BAKED WIND 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a boastful conversation; a conversation; discussion GASOLOGUE 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk BLARNEYFEST;  SPOOFFEST 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - boasting ADVERTISING;  AIR;  B.S.;  BIG WIND;  BIGMOUTH;  BIG-TALK;  BLAH;  BLATHERSKITE;  BLOVIATION;  BLOW;  BOSH;  BOZ-WOZ;  BROADCASTING;  BULL;  BULL SHOOTING;  BULL THROWING;  FACE SHOOTING;  GAFF;  GAS;  GASSING;  HOT AIR;  HOT BLAST;  MOUTH SHOOTING;  NOISE;  ORAL CALISTHENICS;  SELF BUILD-UP;  SELF-PUFFERY;  SIX-SHEETING;  SOUTH WIND;  TROMBENICK;  TROMBENIK;  WIND 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. SPREAD EAGLE;  SPREAD-EAGLEISM 
 
n. 1943 Brit. sl. - boastful talk LINE-SHOOT 
 
n. 1943 W. Indies - a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs BIGNADUO 
 
n. 1947 Amer. dial. - a fraud; a blowhard; a boastful or pompous person POCATELLO YARDMASTER 
 
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BLOW BAG;  BLOW BELLY;  BLOW-OFF;  BLOW TOP 
 
n. 1950s US sl. - a boaster; a braggart; someone with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ALLIGATOR MOUTH 
 
n. 1959 Amer. dial. - a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; a loud-mouthed boaster RING-TAILED SCREAMER 
 
n. 1960 UK sl. - a braggart; one given to boasting BILGE LIZARD 
 
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BLOW BOY;  BLOWFLY;  BLOW GEORGE;  BLOW GUT;  BLOW HAMMER;  BLOW HEELS;  BLOW HOLE;  BLOW HORN;  BLOW HOT;  BLOW HOUSE;  BLOW PIPE 
 
n. 1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq. - a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool BALLOON 
 
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a big talker; a boaster AIRJAMMER 
 
n. 1966 sl. - a braggart, a boaster, a chatterer (orig. US) MOUTH-OFF 
 
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a loudmouth; a boaster BLOWGUN 
 
n. 1970s sl. - a braggart, a boaster (orig. US) SHITTER 
 
n. Bk1972 sl. - a blow-hard; a blustering, boastful person (homosexual usage) MOTHER SUPERIOR 
 
n. 1974 sl. - a gossip or one who boasts  MIGHTY MOUTH 
 
n. 1975 sl. - a braggart, a boaster, a 'big-head' TAFFY-HEAD 
 
n. 1992 US sl. - bragging, boasting, teasing LIP MUSIC 
 
n. Bk1995 NZ sl. - an arrant boaster BIG SKITE 
 
n. 20C N. Ireland sl. - a loud talker; a prattler; a gossip; a boaster GABBLEBLOOTER 
 
n. 20C US sl. - a chatterer and a boaster WINDBAG 
 
n. 20C W. Indies - chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting (also British Black usage) OLD TALK 
 
phr. 1865 Eng. dial. - said of anyone who boasts of himself or of his children LIKE MALACHI'S CHILD, CHOKEFULL OF SENSE 
 
phr. 1950s US sl. - said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words HE'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A CANARY ASS;  HE'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A HUMMINGBIRD ASS 
 
vb. c888 obs. - to boast; to speak vaingloriously YELP
 
vb. a1000 obs. - to boast, to threaten BEOTE;  BEOTEN 
 
vb. c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - to boast or be proud of something  ROOSE 
 
vb. c1315 obs. rare - to boast, to brag KEB 
 
vb. c1330 obs. - to talk loudly of, to boast of, to glory in BEYELP
 
vb. 1377 - to address boastfully or haughtily ABOAST 
 
vb. c1386 - to cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something SING 
 
vb. 1400s arch. - to boast or brag; to use boastful or bragging language VAUNT 
 
vb. 1413 obs. - to extol, to magnify in words; to boast ADVANCE 
 
vb. 1504 obs. - to raise too high, to make too much of; to exaggerate, to boast of EXTOL
 
vb. 1513 Sc. - to boast, brag, vaunt VOUST 
 
vb. a1529 - to exult loudly, to boast, to swagger CROW 
 
vb. 1530 - to boast or brag MAKE A VAUNT
 
vb. 1530 obs. rare - to brag, to boast RAIL 
 
vb. 1541 obs. - to vaunt, to boast ADVANT 
 
vb. 1619 obs. - to boast, to brag THRASONIZE 
 
vb. 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to boast, brag; to gossip CRAKE
 
vb. 1628 - to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence VAPOUR
 
vb. a1637 obs. - to exalt or make much of oneself unduly; to indulge in vainglory VAINGLORY 
 
vb. 1638 rare or obs. - to announce to others a piece of private luck or good fortune; to boast about one's situation CRY ROAST MEAT
 
vb. 1663 obs. rare - to treat in a boastful manner RODOMONTADO
 
vb. 1670 obs. - to boast OSTENTATE
 
vb. 1674 Eng. dial. - to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily GAUSTER;  GOWSTER;  GOYSTER 
 
vb. 1681 - to boast; to brag; to rant RODOMONTADE 
 
vb. 1683 obs. - to talk loftily, to boast TAPER
 
vb. 1699 colloq. - to talk boastfully; to brag; to indulge in inflated language TALK BIG 
 
vb. 1727 - to boast extravagantly GASCONADE;  GASCONNADE 
 
vb. 1748 sl. - to boast; to swagger  STUMP 
 
vb. 1781 Eng. dial. - to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully VAMPER;  VOMPER 
 
vb. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence VAPER 
 
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. - to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly FRATCH 
 
vb. 1790 Sc. obs. - to brag, to boast, to vaunt VOOST
 
vb. 1808 Sc. obs. - to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion GANDY;  GANIE
 
vb. 1809 sl. - to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off SWANK 
 
vb. 1812 sl. - to speak or talk, hence to boast MANG 
 
vb. 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to bluster, to brag, to boast BLAZE
 
vb. 1825 arch. - to boast, to brag GAB 
 
vb. 1833 Amer. sl. - to boast; to talk big TALK LARGE 
 
vb. 1850 Amer. dial. - to praise or boast about someone or something BRAG ON 
 
vb. 1852 sl. - to indulge in empty talk; to talk idly or boastfully (orig. US) GAS 
 
vb. 1857 Aust. & NZ sl. - to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously SKITE 
 
vb. 1864 sl. - to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly or at length, to assert one's opinions; to boast or brag SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH 
 
vb. 1866 Sc. - to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib GANGE;  GAUNGE
 
vb. 1877 Amer. dial. - to boast BLOW ONE'S BAZOO 
 
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag, to vaunt  VAMP 
 
vb. 1883 Eng. dial. - to boast of one's intentions overnight and leave them unfulfilled next day BE JOHN AT NIGHT AND JACK IN THE MORNING 
 
vb. 1888 colloq. - to talk boastfully; to indulge in inflated language TALK TALL 
 
vb. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to speak angrily and quickly; to use bad language; to boast; to speak plainly RAP OUT 
 
vb. 1896 sl. - to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously (orig. US) SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF 
 
vb. 1898 Eng. dial. - to boast REAR 
 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag BARGE;  BAUGE 
 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to boast, to 'crow' BARK 
 
vb. Bk1898 N. Ireland - to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers BARRACK 
 
vb. 19C Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag COCKERATE 
 
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag, esp. of one's good fortune (also African-American usage) CACK 
 
vb. 1900 Sc. - to boast, to brag, to exaggerate  FLING THE MELL 
 
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag; to be self-important SCOG 
 
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to boast, to give oneself airs; to walk arrogantly SCAWT 
 
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to boast; to praise SCROG 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag RAP 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to boast; to speak admiringly of any person or thing; to flatter VOLK 
 
vb. 1906 Amer. dial. - to boast, to laud BOOST 
 
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag, to boast BLAST;  BLOST;  BRAIG 
 
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag, to boast; to bluster BLOUST 
 
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster BLEEZE 
 
vb. 1913 Amer. dial. - to boast about GLORY 
 
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to brag, to boast  MAKE BRAGS 
 
vb. 1915 Amer. dial. - to boast, to brag, to talk big WINDJAM 
 
vb. c1915 Sc. - to boast about GANNIE UPON 
 
vb. 1917 Amer. sl. - to boast; to exaggerate (World War I usage) SWING THE LEAD 
 
vb. 1917 Amer. sl. - to talk, to boast (World War II usage) BEAT THE BREEZE 
 
vb. 1920s Aust. sl. - to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast LAIR;  LAIRIZE;  LARE UP 
 
vb. 1920s sl. - to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses (African-American usage) SIG;  SIGNIFY 
 
vb. 1920s US sl. - to boast, to show off (African-American usage) GAM 
 
vb. 1925 Amer. dial. - to tell a boastful story TELL A WINDY 
 
vb. 1928 US sl. - to boast, to brag (chiefly Western usage) AIR ONE'S PAUNCH 
 
vb. 1931 Amer. dial. - to engage in behaviour, esp. speech, intended to impress, to boast, esp. menacingly, intimidate, or provoke; to bluff, to kid WOOF 
 
vb. 1940s sl. - to back one's boasting with suitable action (orig. US) PUT ONE'S MONEY WHERE ONE'S MOUTH IS 
 
vb. 1940s sl. - to brag, to boast; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view CACKLE ONE'S FAT 
 
vb. 1941 Brit. sl. - to boast, to brag SHOOT A LINE 
 
vb. 1942 Brit. sl. - to boast, to brag  LINE-SHOOT 
 
vb. 1960s sl. - to boast; to talk nonsense POP SHIT 
 
vb. 1960s sl. - to brag, to boast POP-OFF;  POP OFF AT THE MOUTH
 
vb. 1960s US sl. - to boast; to brag (African-American usage) SELL A WOLF TICKET;  SELL A WOOF TICKET 
 
vb. 1967 US sl. - to boast, to brag KVELL 
 
vb. 1968 sl. - to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast (orig. African-American
usage) FATMOUTH 
 
vb. 1970s US sl. - to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie (African-American usage) SELL A WOLF;  SELL A WOOF 
 
vb. 1999 NZ sl. - to brag, to boast (prison usage) STACK IT 
 
vb. 20C colloq. - to talk incessantly; to boast CRACK ON 
 
vb. 20C - to boast; to boost one's own achievements KEEP A SWANNERY 
 
vb. E20 US sl. - to lie or boast excessively SHOVEL THE SHIT 
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BOAT

​adj. c1470 obs. rare - navigable; affording passage for ships or boats NAVIGAL 
 
adj. 1656 obs. - pert. to or connected with boats NAVICULAR 
 
adj. 1687 - of a boat: easily capsized TICKLISH 
 
adj. 1898 Sc. - of a boat: top-heavy RANK 
 
n. 1330 obs. - a small boat, a skiff BATELLE 
 
n. 1470-85 obs. - a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat BARGE 
 
n. 1483 obs. rare - a small boat NACELLE 
 
n. 1540-1 obs. - a small boat SKERRY 
 
n. 1553 obs. - the stern of a ship or boat TAIL 
 
n. 1590 - conveyance across water by ship or boat WAFTAGE 
 
n. 1590 obs. - a small boat or skiff SKIPPET 
 
n. 1598 - a rowing boat; formerly a large flat boat, a barge (poetic usage) BARK 
 
n. 1611 - an awning over a boat TILT 
 
n. 1614 - a light, fragile boat WALNUT-SHELL 
 
n. 1767 Sc. obs. - a boatman BIRTHMAN 
 
n. 1770 - a person who paddles a boat, canoe, etc. PADDLER 
 
n. c1785 cant - a boat LARK 
 
n. 1825 Sc. - a boatman; literally, a boatkeeper BATWARD 
 
n. 1849 Amer. dial. - a small rowboat; an old, clumsy boat DINKEY;  DINKY 
 
n. 1853 Anglo-Indian - a steamer AGUN-BOAT 
 
n. 1854 - an Italian boatman BARCAROLE 
 
n. 1866 Sc. obs. - a boat, in fishermen's tabu language FAIRLOCK
 
n. 1879 Amer. dial. - a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old, clumsy boat SHANTY;  SHANTY-BOAT 
 
n. 1880s  - a canal boat WUSSER 
 
n. 1888 US sl. - a large, low-cost lobster boat built in Nova Scotia NOVIE BOAT 
 
n. Bk1890 sl. - in the Pacific any kind of sailor adventurer; a river boatman BEACH-COMBER 
 
n. Bk1896 - an attendant at a boat-house JACK 
 
n. 1894 Sc. obs. - a boat, in fishermen's tabu language FAIR
 
n. 1899 Sc. - the leeside of a boat HANK 
 
n. 19C sl. - a boat (rhyming sl.) I'M AFLOAT 
 
n. M19 sl. - a canal boat (orig. US) CANALLER 
 
n. M19 sl. - one who lives on a canal boat (orig. US) CANALLER 
 
n. Bk1900 Sc. - a boat FAR;  FARR 
 
n. 1903 Amer. dial. - a rental boat LET-BOAT 
 
n. Bk1903 - a racing boat (Durham School usage) RIGGER 
 
n. Bk1904 Sc. - anything large and quickly moving, as a blazing fire, a high wind, a swift boat REEVER 
 
n. Bk1904 Sc. obs. - a small boat SCOUT 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - the keel of a boat RAM 
 
n. Bk1905 N. Ireland - the side of a boat YIRKIN 
 
n. 1908 rare - a person who uses a motor boat MOTOR-BOATIST 
 
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship HACK 
 
n. 1930s sl. - a boat (rhyming sl.) NANNY (GOAT)
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a motor boat MUTTERBOAT;  PUTT-PUTT;  SEA SLED
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a speedboat SPEED BURNER 
 
n. 1960s Aust. sl. - a small aluminium boat TINNIE;  TINNY 
 
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a boat's wake BOILING WATER 
 
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - any old, clumsy boat (jocular usage) ARK 
 
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - an old, clumsy boat COW TROFT 
 
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - an old, clumsy boat HAG-BOAT 
 
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - an unsafe old boat BOY DROWNDER 
 
n. 1970 US - a party boat (commercial fishermen's usage) CATTLE BOAT 
 
n. Aust. sl. - a large surfboat for riding big waves GUN 
 
vb. 1377 - of a boat or ship: to rock WAG 
 
vb. 1377 obs. - to guide or steer a boat; to guide or drive a carriage LEAD 
 
vb. c1515 obs. - to launch a boat LANCE 
 
vb. 1866 Sc. - to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide ANDOO 
 
vb. 1881 - of a boat: to toss with abrupt jerky movements TITTUP 
 
vb. 1887 Sc. - to launch a boat TAKE DOWN 
 
vb. 1890 Amer. dial. - of a boat: to move vigorously forward CHOMP 
 
vb. Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to move or run from side to side; to sway a boat SALLY 
 
vb. 1975 Can. - to row a boat MOVE UNDER AN ASHEN SAIL 
 
vb. 1989 US sl. - to move a boat sideways WALK 
 
vb. 1990 US sl. - of a boat: to make a hollow booming sound striking the water OIL-CAN 
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BOATHOUSE

n. c1835 colloq. - a handy man at a boat-house or landing-stage; a waterman's attendant, who helps passengers on and off boats JACK IN THE WATER
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BOAT RACE

n. L19 sl. - a boat race. esp. the Oxford and Cambridge (rhyming sl.) FACE 
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BOATSWAIN

n. Bk1855 obs. - an Anglo-Saxon expression for boatswain; a sailor BAT-SWAIN

BODY

​adj. 1600 - of the body or flesh: soft, yielding, flabby QUAGGY 
 
adj. 1665 obs. - burly, big-bodied MASTY 
 
adj. 1668 obs. - burly, big-bodied MASTIFF 
 
adj. 1697 arch. or Eng. dial. - of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely TIGHT 
 
adj. 1779 - characterized by a tendency to store fat around the abdomen, rather than on the hips or thighs APPLE-SHAPED 
 
adj. 1861 colloq. & Eng. dial. - of a person's body: soft and flabby, out of shape SLAMMOCKY;  SLAWMECKY;  SLOMMACHY;  SLOMMACKY;  SLUMMACKY;  SLUMMOCKY;  SLUMMUCKY 
 
adj. 1894 Amer. dial. - long-bodied LONG-GEARED 
 
adj. 19C Brit. sl. - looking good naked; having a good body CUT-UP WELL 
 
adj. 1950s Amer. sl. - having an attractive body; generously built CONSTRUCTED 
 
adj. 1960s Amer. sl. - well-built; usually said of a woman PUT-TOGETHER 
 
adj. 1963 Amer. sl. - attracted to another's body IN LUST 
 
adj. 1997 US sl. - of a man's body: hairless SMOOTH 
 
n. a1000 - the skeleton; the body; the mortal remains BONES 
 
n. c1275 obs. - the body BELLY 
 
n. c1330 obs. - skin and complexion; the visible outer part of the body HIDE AND HUE 
 
n. 1547-64 - the body CASE 
 
n. 1567 cant obs. - a body (criminals' usage) QUARROM;  QUARROME;  QUARROMES;  QUARREN;  QUARROMS;  QUARRON;  QUARRONS 
 
n. a1600 - the body EARTH 
 
n. 1615 obs. rare - down or soft hair growing on the body COTTON
 
n. 1627 obs. - the hinder part of the body BACKWARD 
 
n. 1652 obs. - the outer part, surface, or external appearance of the body HABIT 
 
n. 1655 obs. - the body; physique (nonce word) MAN-CASE 
 
n. 1698 - (one's) body, person, or self ARSE;  ASS 
 
n. 1699 sl. - the body SOUL-CASE 
 
n. 1788 sl. - a body BOD 
 
n. B1790 sl. - the human body APPLE-CART 
 
n. L18 US sl. - one's person, self, body, or flesh MUTTON 
 
n. 1837 Amer. dial. - one's body, exterior, appearance OUTWARD ADAM 
 
n. 1870 - the human body BONE-HOUSE 
 
n. 1875 Sc. - a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition ABLACH 
 
n. 1899 Amer. dial. - the trunk, the body CARCASE 
 
n. 19C Brit. sl. - the human body, living or dead CARRION 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - the front of the body from chest to loins BOSS 
 
n. 1923 UK sl. - the breast or the chest; hence the upper body (rhyming sl.) EAST AND WEST 
 
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - attractive female breasts; a shapely female figure ARTILLERY;  FIELD ARTILLERY 
 
n. 1930s sl. - an attractive figure CLASSY CHASSIS 
 
n. 1930s sl. - the female figure; the body CHASSIS 
 
n. 1930s US sl. - a curvaceous figure (African-American usage) COKE FRAME 
 
n. 1937 Amer. dial. - one's body BONE WAGON 
 
n. 1950s sl. - a tapered body with jutting buttocks (homosexual usage) EUROPEAN ACCENTUATION 
 
n. 1954 - oneself; one's body BUTT
 
n. 1957 Amer. dial. - one's body; one's buttocks CARCASS 
 
n. 1970 Amer. dial. - the female body BOODY 
 
n. 1973 Amer. sl. - one's body, person, or self ASSHOLE 
 
n. 1973 US sl. - the body CAGE 
 
n. 1980 colloq. - a person with a physically toned body, typically as the result of exercise; a physically trim, muscular, sexually attractive person  (orig. US) HARDBODY 
 
n. 1990s W. Indies  - the body (also Black British usage) BUDDY 
 
n. 1997 US sl. - a female's figure ARMOR 
 
n. 20C sl. - a dead body; a corpse WORM-FOOD 
 
n. 20C sl. - a young woman with a plump, well-rounded figure FATTY CAKE 
 
n. 20C US - one's body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks ANATOMY 
 
n. 20C US colloq. - a peek at a woman's breasts, thighs, or pelvic area allowed on purpose or by accidental circumstances FREE SHOW 
 
n. 20C US sl. - a body, i.e. a corpse (rhyming sl.) TOM NODDY 
 
n. 20C US sl. - a person with an odd body; a strange body ODD BOD 
 
n. 20C US sl. - a woman's body PAN 
 
n. M20 US sl. - an expanse of exposed female flesh HOT BEEF;  HOT MEAT;  HOT MUTTON 
 
n. 2000s US sl. - a female whose body is very attractive, but who has an unattractive face (African-American usage) BUTTERFACE 
 
n. Bk2006 US sl. -  the perineum; the flesh between the genitals region and the anus CHOAD;  CHODE 
 
n. - a woman's body considered as a source of pleasure for men PARK 
 
phr. 1951 US sl. - the oral stimulation of all parts of a partner's body AROUND THE WORLD 
 
vb. c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir; in later use, to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses QUETCH;  QUITCH 
 
vb. Bk1995 US sl. - to show off one's body STRUT ONE'S STUFF
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BODY BAG

n. 1973 Amer. sl. - a body bag (military usage) BAGGIE
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BODYBUILDER,  BODYBUILDING

​adj. 1984 US sl. - of a bodybuilder: without fat CARVED UP 
 
n. 1980 US sl. - an unusually large bodybuilder HULK 
 
n. 1980s - a homosexual man devoted to body-building and the resultant musculature (homosexual usage) MUSCLE MARY 
 
n. Bk1997 - a massive bodybuilder (weightlifters' usage) BIG BOY 
 
n. M20 US sl. - a body-building gymnasium MEAT-MARKET;  MEAT-RACK 
 
n. 2005 US sl. - a Body-Builder (homosexual usage) BB 
 
n. Bk2006 - a female bodybuilder in excellent shape, with very good muscle tone HARDBODY 
 
vb. 1984 US sl. - in bodybuilding: to achieve definition, or well-developed and sculpted muscles GET VEINS 
 
vb. 1984 US sl. - in bodybuilding: to eat food that is not in your regular diet GARBAGE UP 
 
vb. 1984 US sl. - in bodybuilding: to use muscles others than those designed for use in a particular exercise CHEAT
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BODYGUARD

n. a1330 obs. - a body-guard; an armed personal attendant WARDECORPS 
 
n. c1730 Sc. obs. - a personal attendant or 'right-hand man' of a Highland chief; a trusty follower or bodyguard HANCHMAN 
 
n. 1909 - a person employed to advise or protect a politician, celebrity, etc.; esp. a publicity agent or bodyguard; usually used in the plural (orig. U.S.) HANDLER 
 
n. 1921 Amer. sl. - an athletic or muscular man, esp. a bodyguard or hired thug ANIMAL 
 
n. 1924 sl. - a bodyguard hired to protect a criminal MINDER 
 
n. 1928 sl. - a bodyguard; a thug; a gangster HAMMER 
 
n. 1930 sl. - a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard (chiefly US) TRIGGER MAN 
 
n. 1933 US sl. - an armed guard or bodyguard (criminals' usage) HEAVY MAN 
 
n. 1940s sl. - a thug, esp. a gangster's bodyguard SIDEWINDER 
 
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. - bodyguards; people employed for their strength; bouncers, strong-arm men; men with authority employed to keep the peace, such as police, or to use violence if necessary, such as a criminal's hench-men HEAVIES 
 
n. 1989 UK sl. - a bodyguard HACK 
 
n. Bk1992 - a bodyguard, often for a witness under police protection (police usage) BABYSISTER 
 
n. 1995 US sl. - a bodyguard (African-American usage) BACK 
 
n. Bk2002 sl. - a bodyguard, esp. of a witness, under police or federal protection (criminals' usage) BABYSITTER 
 
n. Bk2006 US sl. - a bully; a thug or bodyguard ENFORCER
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BODY-SNATCHER,  BODY-SNATCHING

n. 1814 sl. - a body-snatcher RESURRECTION-WOMAN 
 
n. 1821 sl. - a body-snatcher RESURRECTION-MAN 
 
n. 1862 sl. - a body-snatcher RESURRECTIONIST 
 
n. 1863 Sc. - a body-snatcher, a resurrectionist  RESURRECTOR 
 
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a body-snatcher PATCHMAN 
 
n. E19 sl. - a body-snatcher; a resurrectionist ALL-NIGHT MAN
 
n. Bk1903 sl. - a body-snatcher RESURRECTION-COVE 
 
n. Bk1903 sl. - body-snatching RESURRECTON-RIG
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BOG,  BOGGY

​adj. 1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - of ground: swampy, boggy QUEACHY 
 
adj. 1610 - of ground: that shakes under foot; full of quags; boggy, soft QUAGGY 
 
adj. 1700s - boggy, miry, swampy LAIRY 
 
adj. 1823 - marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy (orig. Eng. dial.) SLUMPY 
 
adj. 1825 Sc. obs. - swampy, boggy WAUCHIE
 
adj. 1829 Eng. dial. - boggy, miry, swampy SUMPY 
 
adj. 1841 Eng. dial. - boggy, spongy SANKY 
 
adj. 1843 Amer. dial. - having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy BUTTERMILK 
 
adj. 1881 Eng. dial. - marshy, boggy QUOBBY 
 
adj. B1900 Sc. - boggy, swampy VOGGY 
 
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - of land: wet, boggy, marshy QUEECHY 
 
n. 1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog LETCH 
 
n. c1330 Eng. dial. - a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground CARR 
 
n. c1425 - a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass SUMP 
 
n. c1425 obs. - a marsh, a bog, a swamp SUMPT
 
n. 1535 Sc. - a bog, a quagmire, a marsh QUAW 
 
n. 1555 obs. - a quagmire, a bog QUAMIRE 
 
n. 1578 obs. - a marsh, a bog, a swamp SUG 
 
n. 1589 - a marshy or boggy spot QUAG 
 
n. 1627 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a marshy spot; a bog QUAB 
 
n. 1653 - a quaggy condition QUAGGINESS 
 
n. 1762 Sc. - a marsh, a bog, a pool WAGGLE;  WUGGLE 
 
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a bog MIMMAM 
 
n. 1837 Sc. - a quaking bog, a quagmire BABANQUA 
 
n. 1841 Eng. dial. - a quagmire, a bog; a flat, spongy piece of ground SANCOME 
 
n. 1841 Eng. dial. obs. - bog land SANCOMMY 
 
n. 1876 Eng. dial. - a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand QUOB 
 
n. 1889 Eng. dial. - a boggy spot; a muddy hole LAIR-HOLE 
 
n. 1890 Amer. dial. - a marsh or bog MUSKEG 
 
n. 1897 Sc. - a peat-bog, a swamp YARF 
 
n. 19C Eng. dial. - a piece of boggy land SOG 
 
n. E19 Eng. dial. - a marsh; a swamp; a muddy or boggy place SLUMP 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a bog; a swamp VOG 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - wet, boggy land which requires draining QUEACHY 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a quaking bog BOBBINQUA 
 
n. a1976 Sc. - a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire LAIR;  LARE 
 
n. 1987 Can. sl. - boggy land  LOON SHIT 
 
vb. a1572 - to stick or sink in mire or bog; to become bogged LAIR;  LARE 
 
vb. 1777 Eng. dial. - of wet, boggy land: to tremble under foot QUAIL 
 
vb. 1812 Sc. obs. - to engulf as in a bog IMBOG
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BOGEY,  BOGEYMAN,  BOGIE,  BOGY

n. 1611 obs. - an object of terror; a bogey HAG 
 
n. 1637 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES 
 
n. 1724 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a bogy, a hobgoblin BOLLY 
 
n. 1856 Eng. dial. - a nursery bogy BLACK BOGGLE;  BLACK BOGY
 
n. 1892 Amer. dial. - a fictitious animal; a bogeyman WALLOPA-WILLIPUS;  WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS 
 
n. 1894 - the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman OLD BILLY 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a bogey used to frighten children RAW-HEAD 
 
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a hobgoblin or bogey SCRATTY 
 
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a bogie BUGGER 
 
n. 1921 Amer. dial. - a fictitious animal; a bogeyman WILLIPUS-WAMPUS 
 
n. 1969 Amer. dial. - the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman OLD BILLY HELL
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BOGUS

adj. 1859 UK - false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand; mean; nasty, esp. in an insinuating way SHNIDE;  SNIDE;  SNIDEY 
 
adj. 1891 - sham, bogus, falsified, false MARGARINE 
 
adj. 1935 Amer. dial. - phony, fake, bogus BOGUISH 
 
adj. 1953 Amer. dial. - phony, fake, bogus BOGUE 
 
adj. Bk2006 US sl. - bogus; false; phony CRANK
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BOHEMIAN

adj. 1958 US sl. - unconventional, bohemian BOHO 
 
n. 1880 Aust. sl. - a rascal, a villain, a Bohemian, one who acts without regard for conventions TALENT 
 
n. L19 sl. - a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions (orig. Aust.) LARIKIN;  LARRY 
 
n. 1903 Amer. dial. - (often derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner BOHUNK 
 
n. 1916 Amer. dial. - a Bohemian or Czech HEEGAN;  HEGAN 
 
n. 1924 Amer. dial. - (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner BOHUNKUS 
 
n. 1925 - members of any fast or high-class Bohemian set HAUTE BOHÈME 
 
n. 1945 Amer. dial. - a Czech or Bohemian CHESKY 
 
n. 1952 US sl. - a member of the Bohemian counterculture BOHAWK 
 
n. 1958 US sl. - a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person BOHO 
 
n. 1964 Amer. dial. - a Czech or Bohemian CZEZSKI 
 
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - (derogatory) a Bohemian BOCK 
 
n. 1968 Amer. dial.  - (derogatory) a Bohemian CARP 
 
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a Bohemian BOHEMIE 
 
n. 20C Aust. sl. - a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for social convention LURCHER
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BOIL (swelling)

​n. 1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a sore, an ulcer, a boil KYLE 
 
n. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - a pustule or boil; an abscess BEAL 
 
n. 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye QUAT 
 
n. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - suppuration; a boil, an abscess BEALING 
 
n. 1691 Eng. dial. - a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye QUOT 
 
n. 1746 Eng. dial. - a boil, a carbuncle; an old sore ALLERNBATCH 
 
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a boil, a carbuncle ALLER 
 
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. - a little boil BLAID
 
n. 1866 Sc. obs. - a small suppurating pimple or boil NISTIE-COCK
 
n. 1902 Amer. dial. - a boil, pimple, mole, or wart PET 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a pimple; a boil, a small blister QUILT 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a small boil or pimple NESSCOCK;  NESSCOCKLE 
 
n. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. - the root of a corn, boil, etc. TANNER 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter BLUSHIN;  BLUSHION 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blister, a boil BLUSH 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a boil BOGAN;  BOGGAN 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple BOLGAN 
 
n. 1932 UK sl. - a boil (rhyming sl.) CONAN (DOYLE) 
 
n. 1942 Amer. dial. - an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear BEEAL 
 
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - a boil BUMP 
 
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - a furuncle, a boil BOILER 
 
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a boil, an abscess, or other swelling RAISING 
 
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - the head of a boil MOMMA 
 
n. 1998 UK sl. - a boil (rhyming sl.) MRS DOYLE 
 
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - pimples or boils VOLCANOES 
 
n. 20C sl. - a boil (rhyming sl.) CAN OF OIL
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BOIL,  BOILED,  BOILING (liquids)

adj. c1000 obs. - of liquids, molten metal, etc.: boiling WALLING 
 
adj. c1430 obs. - boiled YBOYLID
 
adj. 1599 - that boils; boiling; agitated, as if boiling EBULLIENT 
 
adj. 1633 obs. rare - boiling; heaving with heat AESTUANT 
 
adj. 1656 rare - capable of being decocted; easy to be boiled DECOCTIBLE
 
adj. 1669 obs. rare - boiling, bubbling BULLIENT 
 
adj. 1674 obs. - boiling; heaving with heat AESTUATING 
 
adj. 1825 Sc. - boiled to shreds TAIVERED;  TAIVERT 
 
adv. 1858 - in a boiling state ABOIL 
 
n. a1000 obs. - the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling WALM 
 
n. 1534 - a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over EBULLITION 
 
n. 1565 obs. - the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point WALLOP 
 
n. 1594 - the process of boiling, or keeping a liquid at the boiling point by the application of heat EBULLITION 
 
n. 1605 obs. - feverish disturbance, boiling up, ebullition AESTUATION;  ESTUATION
 
n. 1620 obs. - an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point WAMBLE 
 
n. 1650 obs. - reduction by evaporation in boiling, boiling down; reduction DECOCTION
 
n. 1727 obs. - a bubbling or boiling over DEBULLITION 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - the boiling-point BINNER 
 
vb. c1000 obs. - of a liquid: to boil; also, of a person: to be in boiling liquid WALL 
 
vb. c1420 obs. - to prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, to cook DECOCT 
 
vb. 1481 obs. - to boil SIEDE
 
vb. 1538 obs. - to boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling DECOCT 
 
vb. 1565 obs. - to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling BOIL A WALLOP;  SEETHE A WALLOP 
 
vb. 1579 - to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling WALLOP 
 
vb. 1599 rare - to boil, to bubble out EBULLIATE 
 
vb. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to boil GALLOP 
 
vb. 1610 obs. - to bubble as in boiling; to boil WALM 
 
vb. 1620 obs. - to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide AESTUATE;  ESTUATE
 
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to boil, to be in a state of ebullition EBULLATE 
 
vb. 1633 obs. - to boil QUADLE 
 
vb. 1636 obs. - of water, the blood: to seethe, to boil WAMBLE 
 
vb. 1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to boil, to heave like a boiling fluid; to throb BELK 
 
vb. 1656 obs. - to bubble or boil over DEBULLIATE 
 
vb. 1832 Sc. - to make a sound like that of boiling liquid PABBLE 
 
vb. 1890 Eng. dial. - to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled TEEM 
 
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. - to boil and bubble, as water or broth QUADDLE 
 
vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. - to boil CORROBOREE 
 
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - to boil DANCE 
 
vb. 1901 Sc. - to boil vigorously RAMP 
 
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to check water at boiling point by dashing cold water into it SCLENCH 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - of water: to make a noise in boiling QUOBBLE;  QUODDLE 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to puff in the act of boiling WAFF 
 
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to boil BILE;  BOWL 
 
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to pour water on articles of food to be boiled; to drain solids that have been boiled BREE 
 
vb. 1975 Amer. dial. - to bring to a hard, rolling boil for a short time, as water for a pot of tea BOIL A FEW WALLOPS
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BOISTEROUS,  BOISTEROUSLY,  BOISTEROUSNESS

​adj. c1430 obs. - rough, loud, or violent in sound; noisy, boisterous BOISTOUS
 
adj. a1548 - boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ROBUSTIOUS 
 
adj. 1575 - boisterous, uproarious ROISTERING;  ROISTEROUS 
 
adj. 1606 obs. - rude, rough; boisterous; impudent RUFTY-TUFTY
 
adj. 1637 obs. - noisy, harsh-sounding, loud, boisterous STREPEROUS 
 
adj. 1678 obs. - boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild TORY-RORY
 
adj. 1683 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - loud, noisy, boisterous ​RORY-TORY
 
adj. L17 Eng. dial. - wild, boisterous SHANDY 
 
adj. 1715 Sc. - riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent RAMP 
 
adj. 1718 Sc. - boisterous, stormy, rough GURLIE;  GURLY
 
adj. 1778 colloq. - careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious RUMBUSTIOUS 
 
adj. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. - boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable RANDIE;  RANDY
 
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. - pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous RUMGUMPTIOUS 
 
adj. 1795 Eng. dial. & colloq. - fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous;  rude, overbearing, violent RUMBUSTICAL 
 
adj. 1819 Sc. - wild, unmanageable, boisterous HELLICAT 
 
adj. 1821 - noisy, boisterous, uproarious RORITORIOUS 
 
adj. 1822 - violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly RAMPAGEOUS;  RAMPAGIOUS
 
adj. 1822 Sc. - furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous RAMPAGINOUS 
 
adj. 1825 Sc. - of children: boisterous, romping RAMMISH 
 
adj. 1825 Sc. - uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner RAMBASKIOUS;  RAMBASKISH;  RAMBUSTEOUS 
 
adj. 1830 colloq. - energetic, vigorous, lively, boisterous (orig. & chiefly US) RAMBUNCTIOUS;  RUMBUNCTIOUS 
 
adj. 1830 colloq. - vigorous, boisterous; violent (orig. US) RIPROARIOUS;  RIPRORIOUS
 
adj. 1834 colloq. - vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy (orig. US) RIP-ROARING 
 
adj. 1837 rare - lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous RAMPACIOUS 
 
adj. 1845 Amer. dial. - of a person or occasion: boisterous, rollicking, rip-roaring TEARING-DOWN 
 
adj. 1846 colloq. - vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy (orig. US) RIP-SNORTING 
 
adj. 1851 Amer. dial. - noisy, boisterous, discordant CALLITHUMPIAN 
 
adj. 1853 - spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous RAMBUSTIOUS 
 
adj. 1859 Amer. dial. - boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering CHAFFEY;  CHAFFY 
 
adj. 1864 Sc. - rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome RAMSTOUGAR;  RAMSTOUGEROUS;  RAMSTUGEROUS 
 
adj. 1866 Amer. dial. - noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous RAMBUNKSHUS 
 
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. - riotous, boisterous RANTIPOLING 
 
adj. 1879 Eng. dial. - noisy, boisterous, obstreperous RAKUSSING 
 
adj. 1880 Eng. dial. - rowdy, boisterous TEAR-BRASS 
 
adj. 1882 sl. - boisterous or noisy, rowdy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic RORTY 
 
adj. 1890 Eng. dial. - boisterous, noisy, disorderly RAMPAGEROUS 
 
adj. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. - boisterous, blustering; noisy; bustling TEARING 
 
adj. 1893 obs. rare - noisy, boisterous RORY-CUM-TORY 
 
adj. 19C Eng. dial. - boisterous, noisy, reckless RACKETING;  RACKLESOME;  RACKETTY 
 
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. - boisterous, rude RUFFATORY 
 
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. - boisterous; noisy; quarrelsome JANGLESOME 
 
adj. B1900 Sc. - boisterous, violent, headstrong, impetuous OVERITIOUS 
 
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - boisterous, stormy GALEY;  GALY
 
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - boisterous LALEEKING;  LALLOCKING 
 
adj. 1904 Amer. dial. - noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous RAMBUNKSIOUS 
 
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - raving, noisy, boisterous RANTY-MAD 
 
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude HALLOCKING 
 
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - thoughtless; funny; boisterous, esp. when lightly intoxicated RAPSICAL 
 
adj. Bk1905 Sc. - rough, boisterous RAGGLISH;  RAGLISH 
 
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. - rough and strong; boisterous in manner RAMSTUGIOUS
 
adj. 1908 Sc. - romping, boisterous GAMSIN' 
 
adj. 1911 Amer. dial. - noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous RAMBUMPTIOUS 
 
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - boisterous BOISTART;  BOUSTEROUS 
 
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - boisterous; fierce BOUSTEOUS 
 
adj. 1913 colloq. - noisy; boisterous; rip-roaring; lively (chiefly N. Amer.) ROOTIN' TOOTIN' 
 
adj. 1923 Sc. - in high spirits, boisterous, elated  MALEDDY 
 
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. - boisterous BOASTEROUS 
 
adj. 20C W. Indies sl. - noisy, boisterous, obstreperous BALLAHOO
 
adv. 1664 obs. - in a roaring, wild, or uproarious manner; boisterously, wildly TORY-RORY
 
n. 1536 rare - a merry, boisterous or dissolute person; a roisterer; a person of loose habits GAY GREEK 
 
n. a1553 obs. - a rude, boisterous, or forward boy TOMBOY 
 
n. M16 rare - a boisterous or dissolute person MAD GREEK;  MERRY GREEK 
 
n. 1699 cant obs. - a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden HIGHTY-TIGHTY 
 
n. 1785 sl. obs. - a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden HEIGHTY TOITY 
 
n. 18C - a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person RANTIPOLE 
 
n. 1807 Eng. dial. - a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person RANTIPOW 
 
n. 1818 - a mischievous or boisterous boy; a giddy, wild, romping girl HEMPY 
 
n. 1830 Eng. dial. - a rude, boisterous boy; one who is fond of horseplay, knocking and shoving his playfellows about at all risks RUFFATORY 
 
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - a rowdy or boisterous social gathering FANDANGO 
 
n. Bk1862 Eng. dial. - a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow GAPESORMAN;  GAPESAWMAN;  GAPE-SIMON 
 
n. Bk1866 Sc. - a boisterous brawling person GLUFFIS;  GLUFFUS 
 
n. 1872 - a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ROWDY-DOW 
 
n. 1874 UK colloq. - a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man 'ARRY 
 
n. Bk1875 Eng. dial. - a romping, boisterous, irrepressible child who is always ‘ripping his stitches,’ i.e., tearing his clothes; a wild, reckless person RIPSTITCH 
 
n. 1879 Sc. - a restless, romping person; one who prances about furiously; a boisterous or quarrelsome person RAMPAGER 
 
n. 1879 UK colloq. - a boisterous or jovial young Cockney woman, typically the notional wife or girlfriend of 'Arry 'ARRIET 
 
n. 1880 Sc. & Ireland - a cantankerous, argumentative woman; a scold; a passionate, boisterous, imperious woman BARGE 
 
n. 1882 colloq. - a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild, boisterous, or outrageous behaviour; a spirited, outspoken, fast-acting person; esp. such a person who does not observe common propriety; a rowdy person; one who lives recklessly HELL-RAISER 
 
n. 1887 Sc. - a boisterousness, roving disposition RAMPLOSITY 
 
n. 1891 - one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner; a rebellious and unruly young person; an uncontrollable, boisterous person; a rascal TEAR-AWAY 
 
n. Bk1893 Eng. dial. - a boisterous or mischievous boy; a rough, troublesome fellow; one fit for the gallows HEMP 
 
n. 1898 Sc. - noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth GALLAFER 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a romping, boisterous child; a harum-scarum or rough person RIPSTICK 
 
n. 19C Eng. dial. - a romp; a boisterous child RAMMACKS 
 
n. M19 Aust. & NZ colloq. - a boisterous celebration, a party SHIVOO 
 
n. L19 sl. - a spree, a boisterous good time RAMP 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a boisterous person RUMPULLION 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a rude, boisterous child; a romp; one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes TEAR-RAG 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - romping; noisy, boisterous play TEARATION 
 
n. B1900 Sc. - a rough, boisterous person RUGGY-DUGGY 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a boisterous noise AMMERGAG;  HAMMERGAG 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow RAMPADGEON 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl, a romp MOLLY-HAWN 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow RAMPS 
 
n. 1943 W. Indies  - a noisy, boisterous person BALAHU 
 
n. 20C sl. - any boisterous occasion, not necessarily a wake PADDY FUNERAL;  PADDY'S FUNERAL 
 
vb. a1500 rare - to bounce about; to flounce, to behave in an agitated, boisterous, or noisy manner ROUNCE
 
vb. 1563 obs. - to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ROIST 
 
vb. 1598 - to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly RANT 
 
vb. 1674 Eng. dial. - to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily GAUSTER;  GOWSTER;  GOYSTER 
 
vb. 1824 Sc. - to be full of mirth or fun; to abound with boisterous good spirits RAFF 
 
vb. 1830 Amer. dial. - to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself CUT A SHINE 
 
vb. 1840 colloq. - to behave in a boisterous manner RAISE CAIN 
 
vb. 1848 Amer. dial. - to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself CUT SHINES 
 
vb. 1870 Eng. dial. - to move in a boisterous manner RANK 
 
vb. c1870 colloq. - to dance riotously; to be boisterously convivial BREAK DOWN 
 
vb. 1896 Amer. dial. - to act boisterously HAWBUCK 
 
vb. 1897 - to behave boisterously, aggressively, or violently ROUGH IT UP 
 
vb. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to laugh in a loud, noisy manner; to talk or sing boisterously or noisily GALDER 
 
vb. 1901 Amer. dial. - to act boisterously; to rough-house MALAHACK 
 
vb. 1939 Amer. dial. - to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure RAM AROUND 
 
vb. 1952 Amer. dial. - to behave boisterously BIRTLE 
 
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to be noisy or boisterous TEAR OFF THE SHINGLES 
 
vb. 20C Amer. colloq. - to celebrate wildly; to enjoy oneself in a wild, boisterous manner, usually with much noise and whisky; to be drunk and boisterous RAISE HELL;  RAISE SAND 
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