REVERSE DICTIONARY B
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
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
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
BOARDING SCHOOL
n. 1660 obs. - a boarding-school TABLING SCHOOL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
BOAT RACE
n. L19 sl. - a boat race. esp. the Oxford and Cambridge (rhyming sl.) FACE
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
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
BODY BAG
n. 1973 Amer. sl. - a body bag (military usage) BAGGIE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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