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BOX
n. a1250 obs. - a box, a container BUST
n. 1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a small box; a small compartment in a chest, etc. SKIBBET
n. 1452 obs. - a small box, casket, or closed compartment contained within or forming part of a larger box, chest, or cabinet; sometimes one that could be lifted out, sometimes a drawer in a cabinet or chest of drawers; used for keeping valuables, documents, etc., more safely TILL
n. 1590 obs. rare - a box or case CASSOLE
n. 1597 obs. - a receptacle of any kind; a box, chest, casket, case CAP-CASE
n. 1718 sl. - a box; a till (thieves' usage) LOB
n. 1720 Sc. - a snuff-box; a small box, generally made of horn MILL
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a box BOOST
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a box or chest; a coffin BOIST
n. 1946 Amer. dial. - a cardboard box CARTON-BOX
n. 1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a small box; a small compartment in a chest, etc. SKIBBET
n. 1452 obs. - a small box, casket, or closed compartment contained within or forming part of a larger box, chest, or cabinet; sometimes one that could be lifted out, sometimes a drawer in a cabinet or chest of drawers; used for keeping valuables, documents, etc., more safely TILL
n. 1590 obs. rare - a box or case CASSOLE
n. 1597 obs. - a receptacle of any kind; a box, chest, casket, case CAP-CASE
n. 1718 sl. - a box; a till (thieves' usage) LOB
n. 1720 Sc. - a snuff-box; a small box, generally made of horn MILL
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a box BOOST
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a box or chest; a coffin BOIST
n. 1946 Amer. dial. - a cardboard box CARTON-BOX
BOXER, BOXING
adj. E19 sl. - pert. to boxing or prize-fighting FANCY
adj. L19 - looking like a boxer or a boxer's clothes, etc. (tailors' usage) GYPE
adj. 1915 Amer. sl. - of a boxer: having a concussion caused by repeated blows to the head PUNCH-DRUNK
adj. 1923 - of a boxer: out of practice; below par, esp. after a long absence from professional fighting RING-RUSTY
adj. 1981 Amer. - in boxing: weak in the midsection SOFT DOWNSTAIRS
adj. colloq. - relating to gamblers and followers of boxing and racing FLASH
n. a700 - a big, strong, and brave warrior or athlete - a professional fighter, wrestler, etc.; a champion KEMP
n. c1320 obs. - one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant CAMPION
n. 1662 - one who cuffs; a boxer or fighter CUFFER
n. a1765 obs. rare - a prize-fighter; a professional fighter KEMPERY-MAN
n. c1770 sl. - in boxing: a straight-armed blow DART
n. 1791 Sc. - fisticuffs, boxing, sparring NEIVE
n. 1807 sl. - the world of professional boxers; followers of prizefighting; hence, rowdies or sporting and gaming enthusiasts collectively (orig. boxing usage) THE FANCY
n. 1811 sl. - in boxing: one who is a 'glutton for punishment' GLUTTON
n. 1812 sl. - a prize-fighter BIT OF STUFF
n. 1812 sl. - in boxing: an opponent difficult to tackle or overcome TEASER
n. 1814 colloq. - one who spars or boxes SPARRER
n. 1814 obs. - a boxing glove HAND-MUFF
n. c1815 sl. - a keen follower of boxing Q-IN-THE-CORNER COVE
n. 1818 sl. - in boxing: a knock-out blow TIE-UP
n. 1819 sl. obs. - a boxer GENTLEMAN OF THE FIST
n. 1823 sl. - one who fought in and patronized the Prize Ring; a prize-fighter HITTITE
n. 1823 UK sl. - in boxing: a strong puncher HAMMER
n. Bk1823 sl. - a lumbering boxer, one who fights as if he were moulding clay MOULDER
n. 1824 UK sl. - in boxing: a strong puncher HAMMER MAN
n. 1847-8 - patrons of the cock-pit and the ring FANCY MEN
n. c1850 sl. - in boxing, an abrupt blow with the fist JAB
n. 1851 sl. - in boxing, a knock-down blow RIPPER
n. 1852 sl. - one ready to strip for a fight PEELER
n. 1855 sl. - a prizefighter; a boxer; a pugilist PUG
n. 1857 - a person of more than the average weight; specifically, applied to a rider, boxer, etc., of more than the average weight; a professional boxer weighting at least 200 lb. HEAVY-WEIGHT
n. 1859 US sl. - a boxer, usually a sparring partner SPARRING GILL
n. 1860 - a person responsible for keeping order in a ring at a prizefight RING-KEEPER
n. 1860 sl. obs. - a second or assistant in a prize fight HANDER
n. B1863 Eng. sl. - a pugilist's fist AUCTIONEER
n. 1863 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a knockdown blow AUCTIONEER
n. 1879 - in boxing: the trainer or second of a boxer; a person who assists a boxer between the rounds of a fight HANDLER
n. 1879 UK sl. - a boxer, usually a sparring partner SPARRING BLOKE
n. c1880 sl. - a boxer, a prizefighter HEAD ROBBER
n. 1882 - one who gives, or strikes with, a smashing blow; a pugilist BASHER
n. 1882 sl. - a prize-fight BARNEY
n. 1884 - in boxing: a boxer weighing more than 8 stone, but not more than 8 stone 6 pounds BANTAM WEIGHT
n. 1887 Sc. - a pugilistic fight; also, a quarrel WAP
n. 1888 - skill in boxing or wrestling RINGCRAFT
n. 1888 US sl. - a second-rate boxer BEEFER
n. 1888 US sl. - an incompetent boxer or fighter HAM
n. 1889 - one of the principals concerned in a glove-fight; a promoter of glove-fighting GLOVE-FIGHTER
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a hard or reckless fighter; a good boxer MORGAN RATTLER
n. 1891 Eng. dial. - a boxer BATTLER
n. 1891 Sc. - a prize-fighter; a professional fighter KEMPER
n. Bk1895 Aust. sl. - a boxer, a prizefighter (criminals' usage) MILLING COVE
n. 1899 - a heavyweight boxer HEAVY
n. 19C sl. - the sport of boxing; prize-fighting FANCY-LAY
n. E19 sl. - a boxer skilled at delivering head blows NOBBER
n. M19 sl. - a collection of money, esp. money tossed into a boxing ring after an amateur or boys' fight NOBBINGS
n. M19 sl. - toughs and thieves who attend prize fights RASPING GANG
n. B1900 Sc. - a celebrated boxer; a dexterous young fellow DEVELER
n. 1902 Amer. sl. - a hard swinging blow (boxing usage) HAYMAKER
n. Bk1903 sl. - a boxer giving nothing for what he gets RECEIVER-GENERAL
n. 1904 US sl. - a boxer; a prizefighter JABBER
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - skill in boxing SCIENCE
n. 1906 sl. - one who hits; a boxer BIFFER
n. 1906 US sl. - a boxer MITT PUSHER
n. 1908 - a pugilist employed to keep another in practice while training for a contest SPARRING PARTNER
n. 1910 US sl. - an average or incompetent boxer HAM AND EGGER
n. c1910 Amer. sl. - a White prize fighter who may be good enough to win a championship WHITE HOPE
n. 1911 - a professional boxer weighing not more than 112 lbs (51 kg) FLYWEIGHT
n. 1911 - an amateur boxer weighing 48-51 kg (106-112 pounds) FLYWEIGHT
n. 1911 US sl. - in boxing: a knockout KAYO; KO
n. 1917 sl. - the point of the chin, considered as a target for a punch (boxing usage) BUTTON
n. 1919 US sl. - a second-rate boxer HAMFATTER
n. 1921 Amer. sl. - an inferior prize fighter BALONEY
n. 1923 sl. - a boxer continuously 'dancing about' DANCING-MASTER
n. 1923 US sl. - in boxing: one who loses a bout deliberately DIVER
n. c1925 sl. - an uppercut to the jaw (boxing usage) FACE-LIFTER
n. 1926 Amer. sl. - a boxer BOX FIGHTER
n. 1930s US sl. - a useless boxer who accepts money to lose fights WATERBOY; WATERMAN
n. 1931 US sl. - a third-rater; an unskilled prizefighter; a roving boxer who lives in the past PALOOKA; PALUKA
n. 1934 Amer. sl. - a heavyweight prizefighter SATCHEL FEET
n. 1934 US sl. - in sports: a performer of little promise or ability; a prizefighter or other athlete who lack aggressiveness or spirit in competition DOG
n. Bk1934 US sl. - a boxer from a foreign country WONDER MAN
n. Bk1934 US sl. - a boxing expert WISE GUY
n. 1937 US - a sparring partner SPARMATE
n. 1938 US sl. - a cowardly boxer; one who cannot take the punches UMBRELLA
n. 1939 Amer. sl. - a prize fighter, esp. an inept prize fighter whose face is swollen, bruised, or scarred from severe beatings in the ring SAUSAGE
n. 1940 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a boxer who can easily be knocked out CHINA CHIN
n. 1940 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a lightweight LIGHT
n. 1942 Amer. sl. - in boxing, a knockout blow MONEY PUNCH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a champion boxer BOX KING; CHAMP PUG; FISTIC CHAMPION; KAYO CHAMP; RING CHAMP
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a boxer who does not put his weight into his punches ARM PUNCHER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a boxing sports-writer RING SCRIBE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a heavyweight boxing champion LORD OF THE HEAVIES
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an easy-hitting boxer BUTTERCUP; CAVALIER; CREAM PUFF; ETHEL; FEATHER-DUSTER; HITCHY-COO; LADYFINGER; LEATHER PUSHER; MABEL; POWDER PUFF; POWDER-PUFF HITTER; PRETTY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - champion prize fighters CAULIFLOWER ROW; WHO'S WHO OF FISTIANA
n. 1945 US sl. - in boxing: a boxer who 'catches everything the other guys throws at him' CATCHER
n. Bk1945 sl. - a good prizefighter; one with plenty of gumption (criminals' usage) BEARCAT
n. 1947 sl. - a boxer who intentionally loses fights, usually after accepting money from crooked gamblers (criminals' usage) TANKER
n. 1949 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a boxer noted for cleverness rather than hitting ability FANCY DAN
n. 1949 US sl. - a boxer who evades the opponent rather than engaging him DANCER
n. 1970 US sl. - a boxer who punches mainly to the head and rarely throws a body punch HEADHUNTER
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - an inferior prizefighter, jockey, pool player, etc. PUNK
n. 1975 US sl. - a boxer who is prone to bleeding BLEEDER
n. 1975 US sl. - the member of a boxer's entourage responsible for treating cuts between rounds CUT MAN
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a badly scarred and often beaten prize fighter HAMBURGER
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a boxer BAG-PUNCHER
n. 1977 US sl. - an aggressive boxer BANGER
n. Bk1980 Amer. sl. - a prizefighter GLADIATOR
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a prizefighter's jaw that cannot stand a hard punch CHINA CHIN
n. 20C Brit. sl. - an exceptionally strong, tough fellow; esp. a pugilist MAN-EATER
n. 20C US sl. - a boxer MAULER; MAWLER
n. E20 US sl. - a prizefighter who is knocked out easily ROUNDHEEL
n. US sl. - a tactic in boxing, whereby a boxer rests against the ropes and protects himself with his arms and gloves, goading an opponent to throw tiring ineffective punches ROPE-A-DOPE
phr. 1936 US sl. - in boxing: going backward in the ring to avoid an opponent ON ONE'S BICYCLE
vb. a1700 sl. - to receive severe punishment, esp. in a boxing match NAP IT
vb. 1785 sl. - in boxing: to close up a man's eyes; to give him a black eye DARKEN HIS DAYLIGHTS
vb. 1819 Amer. dial. - to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle FISTICATE
vb. 1845 rare - to knock down (boxing usage) SEND TO THE GRASS
vb. 1849 Eng. dial. - in boxing: to bruise, to cut up HAGGIS
vb. 1874 sl. - to box SCRAP
vb. 1875 Eng. dial. - to box SCIENCE
vb. M19 sl. - in boxing: to jab with the fist DAB THE PAINT
vb. L19 Aust. - in fisticuffs or boxing: to defeat severely (sporting usage) CHOP TO PIECES
vb. 1903 sl. - (tie up) in boxing: to knock out TIE-UP
vb. 1910s sl. - in boxing, or any competition: to deliberately lose a fight (orig. US) TAKE A DIVE
vb. 1922 Amer. sl. - in boxing: to be hit squarely on the chin; hence, to suffer serious reversal, loss, etc. TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
vb. 1922 Amer. sl. - in boxing: to clumsily allow oneself to be knocked down by a blow to the chin; hence, to act foolishly in a way that encourages one's own defeat LEAD WITH ONE'S CHIN
vb. 1940s sl. - of a boxer: to lose deliberately DO A POWDER; TAKE A POWDER
vb. 1949 US sl. - in boxing: to jog backward from an opponent in the ring BICYCLE
vb. 1971 US sl. - in boxing: to batter and injure the face of PUT A FACE ON
vb. 1979 US sl. - to win a boxing match by a decision of the judges as opposed to with a knockout DECISION
vb. 20C sl. - to endure punishment, esp. in a boxing ring TAKE THE GAS
adj. L19 - looking like a boxer or a boxer's clothes, etc. (tailors' usage) GYPE
adj. 1915 Amer. sl. - of a boxer: having a concussion caused by repeated blows to the head PUNCH-DRUNK
adj. 1923 - of a boxer: out of practice; below par, esp. after a long absence from professional fighting RING-RUSTY
adj. 1981 Amer. - in boxing: weak in the midsection SOFT DOWNSTAIRS
adj. colloq. - relating to gamblers and followers of boxing and racing FLASH
n. a700 - a big, strong, and brave warrior or athlete - a professional fighter, wrestler, etc.; a champion KEMP
n. c1320 obs. - one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant CAMPION
n. 1662 - one who cuffs; a boxer or fighter CUFFER
n. a1765 obs. rare - a prize-fighter; a professional fighter KEMPERY-MAN
n. c1770 sl. - in boxing: a straight-armed blow DART
n. 1791 Sc. - fisticuffs, boxing, sparring NEIVE
n. 1807 sl. - the world of professional boxers; followers of prizefighting; hence, rowdies or sporting and gaming enthusiasts collectively (orig. boxing usage) THE FANCY
n. 1811 sl. - in boxing: one who is a 'glutton for punishment' GLUTTON
n. 1812 sl. - a prize-fighter BIT OF STUFF
n. 1812 sl. - in boxing: an opponent difficult to tackle or overcome TEASER
n. 1814 colloq. - one who spars or boxes SPARRER
n. 1814 obs. - a boxing glove HAND-MUFF
n. c1815 sl. - a keen follower of boxing Q-IN-THE-CORNER COVE
n. 1818 sl. - in boxing: a knock-out blow TIE-UP
n. 1819 sl. obs. - a boxer GENTLEMAN OF THE FIST
n. 1823 sl. - one who fought in and patronized the Prize Ring; a prize-fighter HITTITE
n. 1823 UK sl. - in boxing: a strong puncher HAMMER
n. Bk1823 sl. - a lumbering boxer, one who fights as if he were moulding clay MOULDER
n. 1824 UK sl. - in boxing: a strong puncher HAMMER MAN
n. 1847-8 - patrons of the cock-pit and the ring FANCY MEN
n. c1850 sl. - in boxing, an abrupt blow with the fist JAB
n. 1851 sl. - in boxing, a knock-down blow RIPPER
n. 1852 sl. - one ready to strip for a fight PEELER
n. 1855 sl. - a prizefighter; a boxer; a pugilist PUG
n. 1857 - a person of more than the average weight; specifically, applied to a rider, boxer, etc., of more than the average weight; a professional boxer weighting at least 200 lb. HEAVY-WEIGHT
n. 1859 US sl. - a boxer, usually a sparring partner SPARRING GILL
n. 1860 - a person responsible for keeping order in a ring at a prizefight RING-KEEPER
n. 1860 sl. obs. - a second or assistant in a prize fight HANDER
n. B1863 Eng. sl. - a pugilist's fist AUCTIONEER
n. 1863 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a knockdown blow AUCTIONEER
n. 1879 - in boxing: the trainer or second of a boxer; a person who assists a boxer between the rounds of a fight HANDLER
n. 1879 UK sl. - a boxer, usually a sparring partner SPARRING BLOKE
n. c1880 sl. - a boxer, a prizefighter HEAD ROBBER
n. 1882 - one who gives, or strikes with, a smashing blow; a pugilist BASHER
n. 1882 sl. - a prize-fight BARNEY
n. 1884 - in boxing: a boxer weighing more than 8 stone, but not more than 8 stone 6 pounds BANTAM WEIGHT
n. 1887 Sc. - a pugilistic fight; also, a quarrel WAP
n. 1888 - skill in boxing or wrestling RINGCRAFT
n. 1888 US sl. - a second-rate boxer BEEFER
n. 1888 US sl. - an incompetent boxer or fighter HAM
n. 1889 - one of the principals concerned in a glove-fight; a promoter of glove-fighting GLOVE-FIGHTER
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a hard or reckless fighter; a good boxer MORGAN RATTLER
n. 1891 Eng. dial. - a boxer BATTLER
n. 1891 Sc. - a prize-fighter; a professional fighter KEMPER
n. Bk1895 Aust. sl. - a boxer, a prizefighter (criminals' usage) MILLING COVE
n. 1899 - a heavyweight boxer HEAVY
n. 19C sl. - the sport of boxing; prize-fighting FANCY-LAY
n. E19 sl. - a boxer skilled at delivering head blows NOBBER
n. M19 sl. - a collection of money, esp. money tossed into a boxing ring after an amateur or boys' fight NOBBINGS
n. M19 sl. - toughs and thieves who attend prize fights RASPING GANG
n. B1900 Sc. - a celebrated boxer; a dexterous young fellow DEVELER
n. 1902 Amer. sl. - a hard swinging blow (boxing usage) HAYMAKER
n. Bk1903 sl. - a boxer giving nothing for what he gets RECEIVER-GENERAL
n. 1904 US sl. - a boxer; a prizefighter JABBER
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - skill in boxing SCIENCE
n. 1906 sl. - one who hits; a boxer BIFFER
n. 1906 US sl. - a boxer MITT PUSHER
n. 1908 - a pugilist employed to keep another in practice while training for a contest SPARRING PARTNER
n. 1910 US sl. - an average or incompetent boxer HAM AND EGGER
n. c1910 Amer. sl. - a White prize fighter who may be good enough to win a championship WHITE HOPE
n. 1911 - a professional boxer weighing not more than 112 lbs (51 kg) FLYWEIGHT
n. 1911 - an amateur boxer weighing 48-51 kg (106-112 pounds) FLYWEIGHT
n. 1911 US sl. - in boxing: a knockout KAYO; KO
n. 1917 sl. - the point of the chin, considered as a target for a punch (boxing usage) BUTTON
n. 1919 US sl. - a second-rate boxer HAMFATTER
n. 1921 Amer. sl. - an inferior prize fighter BALONEY
n. 1923 sl. - a boxer continuously 'dancing about' DANCING-MASTER
n. 1923 US sl. - in boxing: one who loses a bout deliberately DIVER
n. c1925 sl. - an uppercut to the jaw (boxing usage) FACE-LIFTER
n. 1926 Amer. sl. - a boxer BOX FIGHTER
n. 1930s US sl. - a useless boxer who accepts money to lose fights WATERBOY; WATERMAN
n. 1931 US sl. - a third-rater; an unskilled prizefighter; a roving boxer who lives in the past PALOOKA; PALUKA
n. 1934 Amer. sl. - a heavyweight prizefighter SATCHEL FEET
n. 1934 US sl. - in sports: a performer of little promise or ability; a prizefighter or other athlete who lack aggressiveness or spirit in competition DOG
n. Bk1934 US sl. - a boxer from a foreign country WONDER MAN
n. Bk1934 US sl. - a boxing expert WISE GUY
n. 1937 US - a sparring partner SPARMATE
n. 1938 US sl. - a cowardly boxer; one who cannot take the punches UMBRELLA
n. 1939 Amer. sl. - a prize fighter, esp. an inept prize fighter whose face is swollen, bruised, or scarred from severe beatings in the ring SAUSAGE
n. 1940 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a boxer who can easily be knocked out CHINA CHIN
n. 1940 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a lightweight LIGHT
n. 1942 Amer. sl. - in boxing, a knockout blow MONEY PUNCH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a champion boxer BOX KING; CHAMP PUG; FISTIC CHAMPION; KAYO CHAMP; RING CHAMP
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a boxer who does not put his weight into his punches ARM PUNCHER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a boxing sports-writer RING SCRIBE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a heavyweight boxing champion LORD OF THE HEAVIES
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an easy-hitting boxer BUTTERCUP; CAVALIER; CREAM PUFF; ETHEL; FEATHER-DUSTER; HITCHY-COO; LADYFINGER; LEATHER PUSHER; MABEL; POWDER PUFF; POWDER-PUFF HITTER; PRETTY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - champion prize fighters CAULIFLOWER ROW; WHO'S WHO OF FISTIANA
n. 1945 US sl. - in boxing: a boxer who 'catches everything the other guys throws at him' CATCHER
n. Bk1945 sl. - a good prizefighter; one with plenty of gumption (criminals' usage) BEARCAT
n. 1947 sl. - a boxer who intentionally loses fights, usually after accepting money from crooked gamblers (criminals' usage) TANKER
n. 1949 Amer. sl. - in boxing: a boxer noted for cleverness rather than hitting ability FANCY DAN
n. 1949 US sl. - a boxer who evades the opponent rather than engaging him DANCER
n. 1970 US sl. - a boxer who punches mainly to the head and rarely throws a body punch HEADHUNTER
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - an inferior prizefighter, jockey, pool player, etc. PUNK
n. 1975 US sl. - a boxer who is prone to bleeding BLEEDER
n. 1975 US sl. - the member of a boxer's entourage responsible for treating cuts between rounds CUT MAN
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a badly scarred and often beaten prize fighter HAMBURGER
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a boxer BAG-PUNCHER
n. 1977 US sl. - an aggressive boxer BANGER
n. Bk1980 Amer. sl. - a prizefighter GLADIATOR
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a prizefighter's jaw that cannot stand a hard punch CHINA CHIN
n. 20C Brit. sl. - an exceptionally strong, tough fellow; esp. a pugilist MAN-EATER
n. 20C US sl. - a boxer MAULER; MAWLER
n. E20 US sl. - a prizefighter who is knocked out easily ROUNDHEEL
n. US sl. - a tactic in boxing, whereby a boxer rests against the ropes and protects himself with his arms and gloves, goading an opponent to throw tiring ineffective punches ROPE-A-DOPE
phr. 1936 US sl. - in boxing: going backward in the ring to avoid an opponent ON ONE'S BICYCLE
vb. a1700 sl. - to receive severe punishment, esp. in a boxing match NAP IT
vb. 1785 sl. - in boxing: to close up a man's eyes; to give him a black eye DARKEN HIS DAYLIGHTS
vb. 1819 Amer. dial. - to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle FISTICATE
vb. 1845 rare - to knock down (boxing usage) SEND TO THE GRASS
vb. 1849 Eng. dial. - in boxing: to bruise, to cut up HAGGIS
vb. 1874 sl. - to box SCRAP
vb. 1875 Eng. dial. - to box SCIENCE
vb. M19 sl. - in boxing: to jab with the fist DAB THE PAINT
vb. L19 Aust. - in fisticuffs or boxing: to defeat severely (sporting usage) CHOP TO PIECES
vb. 1903 sl. - (tie up) in boxing: to knock out TIE-UP
vb. 1910s sl. - in boxing, or any competition: to deliberately lose a fight (orig. US) TAKE A DIVE
vb. 1922 Amer. sl. - in boxing: to be hit squarely on the chin; hence, to suffer serious reversal, loss, etc. TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
vb. 1922 Amer. sl. - in boxing: to clumsily allow oneself to be knocked down by a blow to the chin; hence, to act foolishly in a way that encourages one's own defeat LEAD WITH ONE'S CHIN
vb. 1940s sl. - of a boxer: to lose deliberately DO A POWDER; TAKE A POWDER
vb. 1949 US sl. - in boxing: to jog backward from an opponent in the ring BICYCLE
vb. 1971 US sl. - in boxing: to batter and injure the face of PUT A FACE ON
vb. 1979 US sl. - to win a boxing match by a decision of the judges as opposed to with a knockout DECISION
vb. 20C sl. - to endure punishment, esp. in a boxing ring TAKE THE GAS
BOY, BOYHOOD
adj. Bk1947 Amer. sl. - boy-crazy GUY-GOONY; LAP-HAPPY; SLACK-HAPPY
n. 1297 obs. - a lad, a boy, a stripling; hence, generally, a person, a fellow, a chap HIND
n. a1300 obs. - a boy; a youth; a lad PAGE
n. a1438 - a male child MAN-CHILD
n. c1505 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a young fellow; a comrade; a brother; a lover; a boy BILLY
n. 1528 - a lad, a boy; a child, sometimes, a female child YONKER; YOUNKER; YUNKER
n. 1528 obs. - a little younker or child; a lad, a boy YOUNKERKIN
n. a1540 - a youth between man and boy; a young lad between fourteen and twenty-one, neither man nor boy; a clumsy, awkward, or gawky youth HOBBLEDEHOY
n. 1546 - a young lad; a term of endearment (chiefly Sc.) LADDIE
n. 1547 - a little boy; used as a term of endearment BOYKIN
n. 1548 obs. - a man of the common people; a boy, lad, fellow, or chap; esp. a low-bred, ill-mannered, or vulgar fellow; a knave JACK
n. 1572 - a boy who is relatively old or mature; also, a boy who is old enough to look after himself or to cope with adult experiences; also, used ironically of a man BIG BOY
n. 1579 obs. - a young man; a youth; a fellow; a man; a boy IMP
n. 1583 obs. or arch. - a young lad; a little boy; an urchin; rarely a young girl DANDIPRAT
n. 1598 obs. - a flattering word for a young boy; a term of endearment PILLICOCK
n. 1598 obs. rare - a young fellow approaching manhood; a youth, a lad, a stripling SPAUGHT; SPAUT; SPOWT
n. 1599 obs. - a lad or young man TIT
n. L16 - a lad; an underling JOCKEY
n. L16 colloq. - a youth; a child; a young lad SHAVER
n. 1603 obs. - a lad, a youth (chiefly Sc.) GHILLIE
n. 1605 obs. - the age of boyhood LAD-AGE
n. M17 colloq. rare - a man; a lad; a chap ROGER
n. 1642 - a young lad LADKIN
n. 1660 Sc. - one not fully grown; a stripling HALFLANG
n. 1668 obs. - a boy or young man COISTREL; CUSTREL
n. 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of endearment for a boy HASH
n. 1700s Sc. - a male child LAD-BAIRN
n. 1708 Sc. - a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work HALF-LONG
n. 1718 Sc. obs. - a young man or boy, esp. a lively, mischievous or impudent one; a roguish boy GILPIE
n. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a boy; a lad; a young man; also used as a term of affection to older persons CALLAN; CALLANT
n. 1768 Sc. - one who is fond of boys LADDIER
n. 1777 Eng. dial. obs. - a youth; a boy INCH
n. 1786 Sc. - a young fellow; a lad CADDIE; CADDY; CADIE
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a youth between man and boy; an overgrown boy HASPENALD; HASPENALD-LAD
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. - a stripling; a youth between man and boy HASPAT
n. 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a half-grown boy; a stripling; a boy employed upon a farm or in a stable; a hobbledehoy HAFFLIN; HAFLIN; HALFLIN; HALFLING; HAWFLIN
n. 18C Sc. - a boy CAWLIE
n. L18 sl. - a boy; a weak or unimportant man LAD OF WAX
n. 1816 Amer. sl. - a young fellow; a chap; a man; a boy KIDDY
n. 1820 Sc. - a stripling HASPIN
n. 1821 Sc. - a boy-child LADDIE-WEAN; LAD-WEAN
n. 1823 Sc. - a young lad GILLIE
n. Bk1823 Eng. dial. - a boy BAW
n. Bk1823 Eng. dial. - a hobbledehoy HIPPEDDEHOY
n. 1824 Sc. - a pet name for a small boy; a toddler MANITOODLIE
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - a lad growing into manhood; one between man and boy; a clumsy or awkward youth; a hobbledehoy HOBBITY-HOY
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - one between a man and a boy HASPAT LAD
n. 1825 Sc. - a young lad; a stripling HASPAN
n. Bk1825 Sc. - a boy YOUNG CALLAND
n. Bk1825 Sc. obs. - a stripling YOUDLIN
n. 1841 Amer. dial. - a nickname or a term of address for a boy or man BUBBY
n. 1843 - the character of a lad (nonce word) LADDISM
n. 1845 Amer. dial. - a very young boy SHIRT-TAIL BOY
n. 1847 sl. - a man or a boy; a general form of address (orig. US) GUY
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - the awkward, ill-mannered age between boyhood and manhood; male adolescence HOG-AGE
n. 1854 colloq. - a young male, a boy; a small, pert boy LITTLE SHAVER; YOUNG SHAVER
n. Bk1855 obs. - a boy BAY
n. 1856 Sc. - boyhood, the days of youth LADDIE-DAYS
n. 1858 - a young boy TIGERLING
n. Bk1859 back slang - a boy; a youth YOB
n. 1869 Eng. dial. - a half-grown boy RAW-GORBIT
n. 1870 Irish-Amer. sl. - a boy; a fellow BOYO
n. 1871 Amer. dial. - a person, usually a boy or child TAD
n. 1871 Amer. dial. - a small boy LITTLE TAD
n. 1874 Amer. dial. - a nickname or term of address for any boy BUD
n. 1876 Sc. - a male child; a young son; a boy MAN BAIRN
n. 1882 Sc. - a little lad; a term of affection for a boy LADDIKIE; LADDOCK
n. 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a little child, especially a small boy TACKER
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. - a playful nickname for a boy or man TANTARABOBUS
n. 1890 Amer. dial. - a child, esp. a boy LITTLE TACKER
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a boy; a hobbledehoy NOTMATOT
n. 1890 Sc. - a young boy LADDOCKIE
n. 1891 Irish - a little boy; a youngster SPALPEEN
n. 1892 Eng. dial. - a boy NAPPER
n. Bk1892 - a boy (Chinese Pidgin) BULL-CHILO
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. - a boy; a youngster, esp. one employed about a household or a regiment CHOKRA; CHUCKOROO
n. 1893 Sc. - boyhood, the days of youth LADDIE-HOOD
n. Bk1893 Eng. dial. - a small boy BIT OF A DODDLER
n. 1894 - one who studies boys PAEDOLOGIST; PAIDOLOGIST
n. 1894 Amer. dial. - a boy BOYZEE
n. 1896 Sc. - a band of troop of boys LADDIE-BAND
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a lad 10 to 17 years of age BAWKEN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a term of contempt applied to boys and young men BEDLAMER
n. 1899 colloq. rare - a small boy SPADGER
n. 1899 Sc. - a young boy; a lad HE-SLIP
n. M19 rare - a youth; a young lad SHAVELING
n. L19 Ireland sl. - a young boy NADGER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a hobbledehoy; a lanky, ungainly fellow GAWKIN
n. 1901 Eng. dial. - a stripling THREAD
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a hobbledehoy, a youth between the time of manhood and boyhood HIPPETY-BOY; HIPPETY-HOY
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a youth; a boy LADDIE-WAX
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - an overgrown boy HASPAL
n. 1905 Aust. sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) MOTHER'S JOY
n. 1905 UK sl. - a small boy YOBLET
n. Bk1905 Amer. dial. - a term of address to a small boy BUB
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a lad, generally one of mischievous disposition NARCHER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a term of reproach for a lad UTICK
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a tall, fast-growing boy RAMLIN-LAD
n. 1906 Amer. dial. - a boy; a brother BOYSIE
n. 1907 Anglo-Irish - a boy; a young fellow GAFFER
n. 1908 Sc. - a lad in his early teens; a hobbledehoy RAGBILD
n. 1912 S. Afr. - a young African boy KWEDINI
n. 1913 Irish sl. - a boy BOUCHAL; BOUGHAL
n. 1914 US sl. - a boy or lad; an inexperienced youth; a foolish, ignorant or eccentric fellow; a naive person GAZOONEY; GAZOONIE; GAZOONY
n. Bk1914 Sc. - a youth, a boy, a young lad BJARTIN
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a pet name for a lad, often carried into adult life BABE
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a young man; a boy; an inexperienced or impertinent fellow (Western usage) BUTTON
n. 1916 Amer. dial. - a little boy; a scamp; a rascal SCUD
n. Bk1919 Aust. sl. - a boy (services' usage) WALLAH
n. Bk1919 Aust. sl. - a boy, garcon (services' usage) GAS-GONG
n. 1922 sl. - orig. a boy, a youth (orig. Brit.) YOBBO
n. 1928 Amer. dial. - a boy BUBE
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a young lad SHORTHORN
n. 1930 UK sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) HIPSY HOY
n. 1933 Sc. - a growing, sturdy, young fellow BILF
n. 1941 Amer. dial. - a person, usually a boy or child TADWHACKER
n. 1949 Amer. dial. - a term of endearment for a male child PAPPY SACK; PA SACK
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - an adolescent boy HAIRY DICK; HARRY DICK
n. 1950s sl. - a beautiful, baby-faced boy (homosexual usage) VENUS WITH A PENIS
n. 1950s W. Indies - a boy BWAI; BWOY
n. 1953 Amer. dial. - a little boy; a scamp; a rascal LITTLE SCUT; SCUT
n. 1960s - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality (homosexual usage) BABY
n. 1960s sl. - a male child too young to be sexually developed and therefore considered neuter (homosexual usage) BIBETTE
n. 1960s sl. - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality (homosexual usage) ZIP GUN
n. 1965 Amer. sl. - a boy; a fellow; usually used affectionately BOYCHIK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a boy BUBBA
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a small child; a boy CHOCH; CHO CHO
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a boy; used as a term of address BUNK
n. 1971 Amer. sl. - a boy; a young man (military in Far East usage) BOY-SAN
n. 1972 sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) SAVELOY
n. Bk1972 sl. - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality (homosexual usage) YOUNG ACTION; YOUNG STUFF
n. 1973 Irish sl. - (often derogatory) a boy GARSOON; GARSUN
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - a boy, youth, or beginner; a child or adolescent of either sex; a youngster PUNK
n. Bk1982 - a young boy (Jewish) YINGEL
n. 1986 Amer. dial. - a child; a small boy HAMMER KNOCKER
n. 1991 Irish sl. - a boy GASOOR
n. 1992 UK sl. - an adolescent boy, esp. a hooligan HIBBER DE HOY
n. Bk1997 Ireland - a young boy; a boy hired as a servant CADDAY
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) MARK FOY
phr. 1848 Amer. dial. - between manhood and boyhood BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS
vb. 1626 obs. - to play the boy, or fool ADOLESCENTURATE
n. 1297 obs. - a lad, a boy, a stripling; hence, generally, a person, a fellow, a chap HIND
n. a1300 obs. - a boy; a youth; a lad PAGE
n. a1438 - a male child MAN-CHILD
n. c1505 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a young fellow; a comrade; a brother; a lover; a boy BILLY
n. 1528 - a lad, a boy; a child, sometimes, a female child YONKER; YOUNKER; YUNKER
n. 1528 obs. - a little younker or child; a lad, a boy YOUNKERKIN
n. a1540 - a youth between man and boy; a young lad between fourteen and twenty-one, neither man nor boy; a clumsy, awkward, or gawky youth HOBBLEDEHOY
n. 1546 - a young lad; a term of endearment (chiefly Sc.) LADDIE
n. 1547 - a little boy; used as a term of endearment BOYKIN
n. 1548 obs. - a man of the common people; a boy, lad, fellow, or chap; esp. a low-bred, ill-mannered, or vulgar fellow; a knave JACK
n. 1572 - a boy who is relatively old or mature; also, a boy who is old enough to look after himself or to cope with adult experiences; also, used ironically of a man BIG BOY
n. 1579 obs. - a young man; a youth; a fellow; a man; a boy IMP
n. 1583 obs. or arch. - a young lad; a little boy; an urchin; rarely a young girl DANDIPRAT
n. 1598 obs. - a flattering word for a young boy; a term of endearment PILLICOCK
n. 1598 obs. rare - a young fellow approaching manhood; a youth, a lad, a stripling SPAUGHT; SPAUT; SPOWT
n. 1599 obs. - a lad or young man TIT
n. L16 - a lad; an underling JOCKEY
n. L16 colloq. - a youth; a child; a young lad SHAVER
n. 1603 obs. - a lad, a youth (chiefly Sc.) GHILLIE
n. 1605 obs. - the age of boyhood LAD-AGE
n. M17 colloq. rare - a man; a lad; a chap ROGER
n. 1642 - a young lad LADKIN
n. 1660 Sc. - one not fully grown; a stripling HALFLANG
n. 1668 obs. - a boy or young man COISTREL; CUSTREL
n. 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of endearment for a boy HASH
n. 1700s Sc. - a male child LAD-BAIRN
n. 1708 Sc. - a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work HALF-LONG
n. 1718 Sc. obs. - a young man or boy, esp. a lively, mischievous or impudent one; a roguish boy GILPIE
n. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a boy; a lad; a young man; also used as a term of affection to older persons CALLAN; CALLANT
n. 1768 Sc. - one who is fond of boys LADDIER
n. 1777 Eng. dial. obs. - a youth; a boy INCH
n. 1786 Sc. - a young fellow; a lad CADDIE; CADDY; CADIE
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a youth between man and boy; an overgrown boy HASPENALD; HASPENALD-LAD
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. - a stripling; a youth between man and boy HASPAT
n. 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a half-grown boy; a stripling; a boy employed upon a farm or in a stable; a hobbledehoy HAFFLIN; HAFLIN; HALFLIN; HALFLING; HAWFLIN
n. 18C Sc. - a boy CAWLIE
n. L18 sl. - a boy; a weak or unimportant man LAD OF WAX
n. 1816 Amer. sl. - a young fellow; a chap; a man; a boy KIDDY
n. 1820 Sc. - a stripling HASPIN
n. 1821 Sc. - a boy-child LADDIE-WEAN; LAD-WEAN
n. 1823 Sc. - a young lad GILLIE
n. Bk1823 Eng. dial. - a boy BAW
n. Bk1823 Eng. dial. - a hobbledehoy HIPPEDDEHOY
n. 1824 Sc. - a pet name for a small boy; a toddler MANITOODLIE
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - a lad growing into manhood; one between man and boy; a clumsy or awkward youth; a hobbledehoy HOBBITY-HOY
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - one between a man and a boy HASPAT LAD
n. 1825 Sc. - a young lad; a stripling HASPAN
n. Bk1825 Sc. - a boy YOUNG CALLAND
n. Bk1825 Sc. obs. - a stripling YOUDLIN
n. 1841 Amer. dial. - a nickname or a term of address for a boy or man BUBBY
n. 1843 - the character of a lad (nonce word) LADDISM
n. 1845 Amer. dial. - a very young boy SHIRT-TAIL BOY
n. 1847 sl. - a man or a boy; a general form of address (orig. US) GUY
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - the awkward, ill-mannered age between boyhood and manhood; male adolescence HOG-AGE
n. 1854 colloq. - a young male, a boy; a small, pert boy LITTLE SHAVER; YOUNG SHAVER
n. Bk1855 obs. - a boy BAY
n. 1856 Sc. - boyhood, the days of youth LADDIE-DAYS
n. 1858 - a young boy TIGERLING
n. Bk1859 back slang - a boy; a youth YOB
n. 1869 Eng. dial. - a half-grown boy RAW-GORBIT
n. 1870 Irish-Amer. sl. - a boy; a fellow BOYO
n. 1871 Amer. dial. - a person, usually a boy or child TAD
n. 1871 Amer. dial. - a small boy LITTLE TAD
n. 1874 Amer. dial. - a nickname or term of address for any boy BUD
n. 1876 Sc. - a male child; a young son; a boy MAN BAIRN
n. 1882 Sc. - a little lad; a term of affection for a boy LADDIKIE; LADDOCK
n. 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a little child, especially a small boy TACKER
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. - a playful nickname for a boy or man TANTARABOBUS
n. 1890 Amer. dial. - a child, esp. a boy LITTLE TACKER
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a boy; a hobbledehoy NOTMATOT
n. 1890 Sc. - a young boy LADDOCKIE
n. 1891 Irish - a little boy; a youngster SPALPEEN
n. 1892 Eng. dial. - a boy NAPPER
n. Bk1892 - a boy (Chinese Pidgin) BULL-CHILO
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. - a boy; a youngster, esp. one employed about a household or a regiment CHOKRA; CHUCKOROO
n. 1893 Sc. - boyhood, the days of youth LADDIE-HOOD
n. Bk1893 Eng. dial. - a small boy BIT OF A DODDLER
n. 1894 - one who studies boys PAEDOLOGIST; PAIDOLOGIST
n. 1894 Amer. dial. - a boy BOYZEE
n. 1896 Sc. - a band of troop of boys LADDIE-BAND
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a lad 10 to 17 years of age BAWKEN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a term of contempt applied to boys and young men BEDLAMER
n. 1899 colloq. rare - a small boy SPADGER
n. 1899 Sc. - a young boy; a lad HE-SLIP
n. M19 rare - a youth; a young lad SHAVELING
n. L19 Ireland sl. - a young boy NADGER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a hobbledehoy; a lanky, ungainly fellow GAWKIN
n. 1901 Eng. dial. - a stripling THREAD
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a hobbledehoy, a youth between the time of manhood and boyhood HIPPETY-BOY; HIPPETY-HOY
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a youth; a boy LADDIE-WAX
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - an overgrown boy HASPAL
n. 1905 Aust. sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) MOTHER'S JOY
n. 1905 UK sl. - a small boy YOBLET
n. Bk1905 Amer. dial. - a term of address to a small boy BUB
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a lad, generally one of mischievous disposition NARCHER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a term of reproach for a lad UTICK
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a tall, fast-growing boy RAMLIN-LAD
n. 1906 Amer. dial. - a boy; a brother BOYSIE
n. 1907 Anglo-Irish - a boy; a young fellow GAFFER
n. 1908 Sc. - a lad in his early teens; a hobbledehoy RAGBILD
n. 1912 S. Afr. - a young African boy KWEDINI
n. 1913 Irish sl. - a boy BOUCHAL; BOUGHAL
n. 1914 US sl. - a boy or lad; an inexperienced youth; a foolish, ignorant or eccentric fellow; a naive person GAZOONEY; GAZOONIE; GAZOONY
n. Bk1914 Sc. - a youth, a boy, a young lad BJARTIN
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a pet name for a lad, often carried into adult life BABE
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a young man; a boy; an inexperienced or impertinent fellow (Western usage) BUTTON
n. 1916 Amer. dial. - a little boy; a scamp; a rascal SCUD
n. Bk1919 Aust. sl. - a boy (services' usage) WALLAH
n. Bk1919 Aust. sl. - a boy, garcon (services' usage) GAS-GONG
n. 1922 sl. - orig. a boy, a youth (orig. Brit.) YOBBO
n. 1928 Amer. dial. - a boy BUBE
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a young lad SHORTHORN
n. 1930 UK sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) HIPSY HOY
n. 1933 Sc. - a growing, sturdy, young fellow BILF
n. 1941 Amer. dial. - a person, usually a boy or child TADWHACKER
n. 1949 Amer. dial. - a term of endearment for a male child PAPPY SACK; PA SACK
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - an adolescent boy HAIRY DICK; HARRY DICK
n. 1950s sl. - a beautiful, baby-faced boy (homosexual usage) VENUS WITH A PENIS
n. 1950s W. Indies - a boy BWAI; BWOY
n. 1953 Amer. dial. - a little boy; a scamp; a rascal LITTLE SCUT; SCUT
n. 1960s - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality (homosexual usage) BABY
n. 1960s sl. - a male child too young to be sexually developed and therefore considered neuter (homosexual usage) BIBETTE
n. 1960s sl. - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality (homosexual usage) ZIP GUN
n. 1965 Amer. sl. - a boy; a fellow; usually used affectionately BOYCHIK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a boy BUBBA
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a small child; a boy CHOCH; CHO CHO
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a boy; used as a term of address BUNK
n. 1971 Amer. sl. - a boy; a young man (military in Far East usage) BOY-SAN
n. 1972 sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) SAVELOY
n. Bk1972 sl. - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality (homosexual usage) YOUNG ACTION; YOUNG STUFF
n. 1973 Irish sl. - (often derogatory) a boy GARSOON; GARSUN
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - a boy, youth, or beginner; a child or adolescent of either sex; a youngster PUNK
n. Bk1982 - a young boy (Jewish) YINGEL
n. 1986 Amer. dial. - a child; a small boy HAMMER KNOCKER
n. 1991 Irish sl. - a boy GASOOR
n. 1992 UK sl. - an adolescent boy, esp. a hooligan HIBBER DE HOY
n. Bk1997 Ireland - a young boy; a boy hired as a servant CADDAY
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - a boy (rhyming sl.) MARK FOY
phr. 1848 Amer. dial. - between manhood and boyhood BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS
vb. 1626 obs. - to play the boy, or fool ADOLESCENTURATE
BOYFRIEND
n. 1589 - a lover, a male sweetheart; a boyfriend, a fiancé YOUNG MAN
n. 1728 Sc. - a male sweetheart; a boyfriend LADDIE
n. 1829 - a beau; a boyfriend GENTLEMAN FRIEND
n. 1851 sl. - a male person; a fellow; a boyfriend or male lover (now chiefly Brit.) BLOKE
n. 1859 US sl. - a boyfriend BILLY GOAT
n. 1893 sl. - a sweetheart, a boyfriend, a husband (orig. US) BEST BOY
n. 1897 US sl. - a steady boyfriend or girlfriend STEADY
n. 1912 US sl. - a young woman's boyfriend or lover, esp. one with money DADDY
n. 1918 US sl. - a girlfriend; a boyfriend; an important date (college usage) HEAVY
n. 1920s sl. - a boyfriend POPPA; POPPER
n. 1922 US sl. - one's boyfriend or girlfriend (teen usage) SNUGGLE-PUP
n. 1925 US sl. - a boyfriend (college usage) B.F.
n. 1926 colloq. - a person who arouses romantic feelings; also, one's romantic partner; one's girlfriend or boyfriend; an attractive male celebrity (orig. US) HEART-THROB
n. 1926 sl. - one's boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse (orig. African-American usage) MAIN SQUEEZE
n. 1931 Amer. dial. - a close friend, esp. one's girlfriend or boyfriend JELLY
n. 1933 US sl. - one's husband or wife; a boyfriend or girlfriend; a loved one; a sweetheart HEADACHE
n. 1940s Amer. sl. - a woman's boyfriend, fiancé, husband, lover etc. GUY
n. 1940s Aust. sl. - a regular boyfriend SATURDAY NIGHT SECURITY
n. 1940s US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend (African-American usage) DATE BAIT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a girl's boyfriend; a beau HE-PAL
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a boyfriend (Prince Charming) P.C.
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a boyfriend ONE'S HUNK OF A MAN; TALL, DARK AND HANDY
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a girl who does not have a boyfriend LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a girl with more than one boyfriend HOARDER
n. Bk1942 US sl. - another boyfriend RELIEF MAN
n. Bk1942 US sl. - the boyfriend BEAU BOY
n. 1944 US sl. - a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband DADDIO; DADDY-O; DADIO
n. c1945 Amer. sl. - a boyfriend (teen usage) PASSION RATION
n. Bk1945 - a boyfriend (jive usage) BIG TIME OPERATOR
n. Bk1945 - your fellow, a boyfriend (jive usage) TARZAN
n. Bk1945 sl. - the boyfriend (jive usage) HEAVY HEART
n. 1956 Aust. sl. - a girlfriend or boyfriend TAG-A-LONG
n. 1966 US sl. - a boyfriend or lover, regardless of age OLD MAN
n. 1966 US sl. - a close friend, esp. a girlfriend or boyfriend GELLY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a boyfriend or girlfriend MILK
n. 1970s sl. - a boyfriend, esp. the father of one's child, although not one's legal husband (British Black & African-American usage) BABY-POPPA
n. 1971 Amer. sl. - a favourite boyfriend MAIN MAN
n. Bk1975 Amer. colloq. - a girl's sweetheart; one's beau BEST FELLOW
n. 1976 US sl. - a boyfriend; young male YM
n. 1981 UK sl. - a boyfriend CREDIT CARD
n. 1987 Jamaica - a woman's boyfriend, live-in lover, or unmarried partner, esp. when the father of her child BABY DADDY; BABY FATHER
n. 1989 US sl. - a boyfriend (college usage) BEAU
n. Bk1989 US sl. - a boyfriend (college usage) BEAUHUNK
n. 1990 US sl. - used by Hispanic inmates for the new boyfriend/lover who takes one's place while one is incarcerated (prison usage) SANCHO
n. 1992 US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend ACCESSORY
n. 1996 US sl. - one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend (African-American usage, chiefly Southern/Midwest) ACE-LOVER
n. 1998 sl. - a fellow, usually a husband, boyfriend, or lover (rhyming sl.) UMBRELLA
n. 20C sl. - one's real boyfriend or girlfriend; one with 'roots' (teen & high school usage) BUSH
n. 20C sl. - the imaginary perfect boyfriend, the one who does everything right; usually used when the flesh-and-blood boyfriend seems inadequate (teen & high school usage) FRED SMITH
n. L20 US sl. - a person's boyfriend or girlfriend BOO
n. 2003 UK sl. - a boyfriend (teen usage) HANKIE-PANKIE; HANKY-PANKY
n. 2003 UK sl. - a rich boyfriend; a rich homosexual boyfriend HEAVY HANDBAG
n. Bk2004 Brit. sl. - a woman's younger boyfriend HIMBO
n. 2005 US sl. - a boyfriend (African-American usage) GEORGE
vb. 1905 sl. - to have a regular boyfriend or girlfriend (orig. US) GO STEADY
n. 1728 Sc. - a male sweetheart; a boyfriend LADDIE
n. 1829 - a beau; a boyfriend GENTLEMAN FRIEND
n. 1851 sl. - a male person; a fellow; a boyfriend or male lover (now chiefly Brit.) BLOKE
n. 1859 US sl. - a boyfriend BILLY GOAT
n. 1893 sl. - a sweetheart, a boyfriend, a husband (orig. US) BEST BOY
n. 1897 US sl. - a steady boyfriend or girlfriend STEADY
n. 1912 US sl. - a young woman's boyfriend or lover, esp. one with money DADDY
n. 1918 US sl. - a girlfriend; a boyfriend; an important date (college usage) HEAVY
n. 1920s sl. - a boyfriend POPPA; POPPER
n. 1922 US sl. - one's boyfriend or girlfriend (teen usage) SNUGGLE-PUP
n. 1925 US sl. - a boyfriend (college usage) B.F.
n. 1926 colloq. - a person who arouses romantic feelings; also, one's romantic partner; one's girlfriend or boyfriend; an attractive male celebrity (orig. US) HEART-THROB
n. 1926 sl. - one's boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse (orig. African-American usage) MAIN SQUEEZE
n. 1931 Amer. dial. - a close friend, esp. one's girlfriend or boyfriend JELLY
n. 1933 US sl. - one's husband or wife; a boyfriend or girlfriend; a loved one; a sweetheart HEADACHE
n. 1940s Amer. sl. - a woman's boyfriend, fiancé, husband, lover etc. GUY
n. 1940s Aust. sl. - a regular boyfriend SATURDAY NIGHT SECURITY
n. 1940s US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend (African-American usage) DATE BAIT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a girl's boyfriend; a beau HE-PAL
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a boyfriend (Prince Charming) P.C.
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a boyfriend ONE'S HUNK OF A MAN; TALL, DARK AND HANDY
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a girl who does not have a boyfriend LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a girl with more than one boyfriend HOARDER
n. Bk1942 US sl. - another boyfriend RELIEF MAN
n. Bk1942 US sl. - the boyfriend BEAU BOY
n. 1944 US sl. - a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband DADDIO; DADDY-O; DADIO
n. c1945 Amer. sl. - a boyfriend (teen usage) PASSION RATION
n. Bk1945 - a boyfriend (jive usage) BIG TIME OPERATOR
n. Bk1945 - your fellow, a boyfriend (jive usage) TARZAN
n. Bk1945 sl. - the boyfriend (jive usage) HEAVY HEART
n. 1956 Aust. sl. - a girlfriend or boyfriend TAG-A-LONG
n. 1966 US sl. - a boyfriend or lover, regardless of age OLD MAN
n. 1966 US sl. - a close friend, esp. a girlfriend or boyfriend GELLY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a boyfriend or girlfriend MILK
n. 1970s sl. - a boyfriend, esp. the father of one's child, although not one's legal husband (British Black & African-American usage) BABY-POPPA
n. 1971 Amer. sl. - a favourite boyfriend MAIN MAN
n. Bk1975 Amer. colloq. - a girl's sweetheart; one's beau BEST FELLOW
n. 1976 US sl. - a boyfriend; young male YM
n. 1981 UK sl. - a boyfriend CREDIT CARD
n. 1987 Jamaica - a woman's boyfriend, live-in lover, or unmarried partner, esp. when the father of her child BABY DADDY; BABY FATHER
n. 1989 US sl. - a boyfriend (college usage) BEAU
n. Bk1989 US sl. - a boyfriend (college usage) BEAUHUNK
n. 1990 US sl. - used by Hispanic inmates for the new boyfriend/lover who takes one's place while one is incarcerated (prison usage) SANCHO
n. 1992 US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend ACCESSORY
n. 1996 US sl. - one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend (African-American usage, chiefly Southern/Midwest) ACE-LOVER
n. 1998 sl. - a fellow, usually a husband, boyfriend, or lover (rhyming sl.) UMBRELLA
n. 20C sl. - one's real boyfriend or girlfriend; one with 'roots' (teen & high school usage) BUSH
n. 20C sl. - the imaginary perfect boyfriend, the one who does everything right; usually used when the flesh-and-blood boyfriend seems inadequate (teen & high school usage) FRED SMITH
n. L20 US sl. - a person's boyfriend or girlfriend BOO
n. 2003 UK sl. - a boyfriend (teen usage) HANKIE-PANKIE; HANKY-PANKY
n. 2003 UK sl. - a rich boyfriend; a rich homosexual boyfriend HEAVY HANDBAG
n. Bk2004 Brit. sl. - a woman's younger boyfriend HIMBO
n. 2005 US sl. - a boyfriend (African-American usage) GEORGE
vb. 1905 sl. - to have a regular boyfriend or girlfriend (orig. US) GO STEADY
BOYISH
adj. 1884 Eng. dial. - boyish LADDISH
adj. 1886 Sc. - boyish LADDIE-PADDIE
adj. 1895 Sc. - boyish LAUD-LIKE
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - boyish, masculine LAD-LIKE
adj. 1886 Sc. - boyish LADDIE-PADDIE
adj. 1895 Sc. - boyish LAUD-LIKE
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - boyish, masculine LAD-LIKE
BRA - see BRASSIERE
BRACELET
also see JEWELLERY
n. a1382 obs. - a bracelet; an armlet ARM CIRCLE
n. a1382 obs. - a bracelet; an armlet ARM CIRCLE
BRACES (dental)
n. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - dental braces RAILROAD TRACKS
BRACES - see SUSPENDERS
BRACKEN
n. Bk1905 Sc. - bracken RANNOCH
BRACKISH, BRACKISHNESS
adj. 1657 obs. - impregnated with salt; brackish SALSUGINOUS
n. a1693 obs. rare - saltness, brackishness SALSITUDE
n. a1693 obs. rare - saltness, brackishness SALSITUDE
BRAG, BRAGGART, BRAGGING
adj. 1564 - given to bragging, boasting; exhibiting ostentation THRASONICAL
adj. 1626 arch. - bombastic, boasting, braggart RODOMONT
adj. 1645 obs. - bragging, boastful, ranting RODOMONTADO
adj. 1660 - bragging, boastful, ranting RODOMONTADE
adj. 1670-98 - boastful, bragging FANFARON
adj. 1671 - valiant in speech; boasting, bragging TONGUE-DOUGHTY
adj. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. - self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging MASSY
adj. 1838 Amer. dial. - excellent or superlative; worth bragging about BRAG
adj. 1867 - pompous, bragging, vaunting VENTOSE
adj. 1885 Eng. dial. - boastful, bragging MUCKFOODLE
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bragging, boasting, like an empty windbag BELCHING
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - boasting, bragging BLOUTERING
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bragging, boastful; bombastic BRAGGY
n. c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ROOSE
n. c1340 arch. - boasting, bragging VAUNTING
n. c1440 arch. - stormy breath; noisy bluster; loud talking; bragging talk BLORE
n. c1440 obs. rare - a boaster; a braggart; one given to talking SEGGER
n. 1456 arch. - a boaster or braggart VAUNTER
n. a1500 Sc. - a boast, brag, vaunt VOUST
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. 1535 Sc. obs. - a loud, rude talker; a braggart, a bully BYSTOUR
n. c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart; a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug BANGISTER; BANGSTER
n. 1576 - boasting, bragging, ostentatious display JACTATION
n. 1579 sl. - a boaster; a vulgar braggart JACK BRAG; JACK BRAGGER
n. 1583 obs. - a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense; a braggart; a hector; a blustering person HUFF-SNUFF
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
n. 1598 obs. - a braggadocio; a bully (nonce word) BURGULLIAN
n. 1599 - a term of contempt for an empty braggart PUCKFIST
n. c1599 obs. - a boaster; a braggart GLORIOSO
n. 1609 obs. - a great bragger or boaster RODOMONTADO
n. 1614 obs. - a fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast VAPOUR
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 obs. - one who brags or boasts of his own virtue or accomplishments ARETALOGER
n. 1625 sl. - a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart; a blusterer; a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper CACAFOGO; CACAFUEGO; CACAFUGO; CACOFUEGO
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. 1639 obs. - a swaggering gallant, a noisy braggart, a bully BELLSWAGGER; BELSWAGGER
n. 1652 - boisterous or arrogant language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this FANFARONADE
n. 1653 - a bragging, grandiloquent, or fantastical talker VAPOURER
n. 1656 obs. rare - a boaster or bragger JACTATOR
n. a1670 obs. - a liar; a lying braggart BUGIARD
n. 1671 - a braggart, a boaster BRAG
n. 1672 - a blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart DRAWCANSIR
n. 1678 Sc. obs. - a boaster; a braggart VOUSTER
n. 1681 obs. - a bully; a braggart VALIENTON
n. 1683 obs. - a boaster, a braggart RODOMONTADE
n. c1698 UK sl. - a bravo; a blustering bully; a braggart HACKUM
n. 17C obs. - a boast, brag or bluster CRAKE
n. M17 - a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully, a thug; a bouncer, esp. of a brothel HECTOR
n. 1706 obs. rare - a hector; a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully HECK
n. 1709-11 - a braggart, a boaster GASCONADER
n. 1730 rare - a braggart RODOMONTADER
n. 1737 - an idle vaunt; a piece of brag or bravado GAB
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. 1800 - a braggart (nonce word) TONGUE-HERO
n. 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of contempt applied to both men and women; a braggadocia SCOOT; SKOOT
n. 1825 Sc. - a braggart, a bully; a violent and disorderly person who regards no law but his own will BANGEISTER
n. 1825 Sc. - a vain, vaunting, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio VAUNTIE; VAUNTY
n. 1825 Sc. obs. - blustering, empty talk; braggadocio SCOWF
n. Bk1825 Sc. - a vain, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio VANDIE
n. 1827 - one who hectors, brags, blusters, or domineers; one who plays the hector or bully HECTORER
n. 1830 rare - a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster SACRIPANT
n. 1834 - a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar BOUNCER
n. 1835 Sc. - a boastful person, one who brags BILSHER
n. 1841 colloq. - a person given to ostentatious behaviour; a braggart SHOW-OFF
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. 1848 US sl. - a talkative person; a braggart GASMAN
n. 1857 US - a blustering person; a braggart BLOW-HARD
n. 1859 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster; one who exaggerates BLOWER
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. 1873 - boasting, bragging BLOWING
n. 1876 Eng. dial. - a braggart; a boaster SCOG
n. 1887 Amer. dial. - a big talker; a boaster, a braggart WINDJAMMER
n. Bk1889 sl. - a loud, over-talkative person; a braggart, a boaster (chiefly & orig. US) BIGMOUTH
n. 1895 sl. - talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk BUCK; BUKH
n. 1896 Eng. dial. - a swaggerer; a braggart, a blusterer GAUSTERER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a bragging, idle fellow BLETHER-BREEKS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - boasting. brag BELLY-COURAGE
n. Bk1898 N. Ireland - a braggart BARRACKER
n. Bk1898 N. Ireland - bragging, boastfulness BARRACKING
n. 19C Amer. sl. - a braggart agitator FLAPDOODLER
n. M19 sl. - a braggart, a show-off SWANKER
n. M19 sl. - boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes (orig. US) TALL TALK
n. L19 sl. - a dogmatic know-all JACK STROP'S OLD WOMAN
n. 1900s sl. - a braggart; a boaster FALSE ALARM
n. 1900s sl. - a show-off, a braggart SWANK
n. 1902 sl. - a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart BIG TALKER
n. Bk1904 sl. - a braggart STUMPER
n. 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq. - a braggart; a boastful person; a conceited person SKITE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a brag, a boast; a boasting narration BLAST; BLOST; BLOUST
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a stentorian braggart SNORTER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - one who brags BALLOONATIC
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BIG BLOW; BLOW
n. Bk1922 - a braggart BASILISCO
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. 1930s US sl. - a boaster; a braggart (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 DOINGS
n. 1932 US sl. - one who 'throws the bull'; one who talks nonsense; a braggart, a boaster (college usage) SPANISH ATHLETE
n. 1934 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a braggart or an excessively boastful person BRAGGY
n. 1934 US sl. - a braggart or loudmouth; an important person or one who regards himself as important LOUDSPEAKER
n. Bk1934 US sl. - a braggart (cinema usage) WIND SUCKER
n. 1938 Aust. sl. - a braggart; one given to boasting BILGE ARTIST
n. 1940s sl. - a braggart, a boaster (orig. African-American usage) BUTTON-BUSTER
n. 1945 US sl. - a mass of lies; bragging; nonsense; 'bullshit' CROCK OF SHIT
n. Bk1945 - a bragger (jive usage) BIG SNORT FROM BRIDGEPORT
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. 1950s US sl. - a braggart FARTKNOCKER
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a show-off; a braggart; a loud, self-assertive person SHOW-OUT
n. 1960 UK sl. - a braggart; one given to boasting BILGE LIZARD
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a conceited person SELF-BRAG
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BIG BRAG; BLOW BOY; BLOWFLY; BLOW GEORGE; BLOW GUT; BLOW HAMMER; BLOW HEELS; BLOW HOLE; BLOW HORN; BLOW HOT; BLOW HOUSE; BLOW PIPE; BRAG-ABOUT; BRAG-ASS; BRAG-BOX; BRAG-HARD; BRAG-HEAD; BRAG-POT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a person who likes to brag BRAGGADOSHA; BRAGGADOSHE; BRAGGADOSHOO; GAS-POT; PRICKHEAD
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - an important or consequential person; a braggart HOT SHIT ON A STICK; SHIT ON A STICK; SHIT ON A STICK BUT HE AIN'T FART ON A SPLINTER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a braggart HARDBLOW
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a conceited person SELF-BRAGGER
n. 1966 sl. - a braggart, a boaster, a chatterer (orig. US) MOUTH-OFF
n. Bk1966 sl. - a braggart, a show-off (Yiddish) BARIMER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a person who likes to brag BRAGGADOE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - an important or self-important person; a person who likes to brag BIG I, LITTLE YOU
n. 1967 Aust, sl. - a show-off, a braggart who uses money to impress others; one who consistently draws attention to their own success, wealth, etc. BIG NOTER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a loudmouth; a boaster BLOWGUN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a person who likes to brag BIG ME
n. 1970 US sl. - a show-off; a braggart one who sees themself as cleverer than they really are ACT-ASS
n. 1970s sl. - a braggart, a boaster (orig. US) SHITTER
n. 1975 sl. - a braggart, a boaster, a 'big-head' TAFFY-HEAD
n. Bk1980 Amer. sl. - a braggart EAR HANGER
n. Bk1984 sl. - a braggart, esp. concerning alleged sums of money he possesses BIG-NOTE ARTIST
n. 1986 S. Afr. sl. - a self-important person, a braggart BIG BOK
n. 1990s UK sl. - a general insult; a fool; a braggart (British Black usage) CHIEF
n. 1992 US sl. - bragging, boasting, teasing LIP MUSIC
n. Bk1994 US sl. - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully BIG DOING
n. 1998 UK sl. - a braggart MOUTH AND TROUSERS
n. 20C sl. - a boaster, a braggart SWANKPOT
n. M20 US sl. - a bragger; a teller of lies and nonsense CRAPPER
n. Bk2006 US sl. - (derogatory) a braggart CROCK OF SHIT
phr. 1819 sl. - to talk, to swagger, to brag FLASH ONE'S GAB
phr. 1940s Aust. & NZ sl. - used of a blusterer or braggart ALL PISS AND WIND LIKE THE BARBER'S DOG
phr. 1940s sl. - to brag, to boast; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view CACKLE ONE'S FAT
phr. 1940s US sl. - to brag, to aggrandize oneself PUT UP PAPER FOR ONESELF
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
phr. 1960s US sl. - to brag, to attack verbally (African-American usage) GET ABOVE ONESELF
phr. 2004 US - used for demonstrating that the speaker understands that he is bragging I AIN'T HERE TO BRAG
vb. c1315 obs. rare - to boast, to brag KEB
vb. 1400s now arch. - to boast or brag; to use boastful or bragging language VAUNT
vb. 1513 Sc. - to boast, brag, vaunt VOUST
vb. 1524 - to talk foolishly; to talk nonsense; to brag, to tell tales (orig. Eng. dial.) BLATHER; BLETHER; BLITHER
vb. 1530 obs. rare - to brag, to boast RAIL
vb. 1530 rare - to boast or brag MAKE A VAUNT
vb. 1542 obs. - to brag, to put on a bold front BRAG IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN; FACE IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN
vb. 1619 obs. - to boast, to brag THRASONIZE
vb. 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to boast, brag; to gossip CRAKE
vb. 1628 - to talk fantastically, grandiloquently, or boastingly; to brag or bluster VAPOUR
vb. 1661 - to play the bully; to brag, to bluster; to domineer HECTOR
vb. 1663 obs. rare - to treat in a boastful manner RODOMONTADO
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. 1699 colloq. - to talk boastfully; to brag; to indulge in inflated language TALK BIG
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 Sc. obs. - to brag, to boast, to vaunt VOOST
vb. 1808 Sc. obs. - to talk foolishly, to brag, to boast; to chatter in a pert manner GANDY
vb. 1825 arch. - to boast, to brag GAB
vb. 1841 Amer. dial. - (show out) to make a display of oneself; to behave extravagantly, esp. in order to drawn attention to oneself; to brag, to show off SHOW-OUT
vb. 1857 Aust. & NZ colloq. - to brag, to boast 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 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag, to vaunt VAMP
vb. 1880 sl. - to swagger, to talk big or bumptiously, to brag BUCK; BUKH
vb. 1881 Eng. dial. - to brag QUIVER
vb. 1888 sl. - to brag, to talk nonsense TALK FLAPDOODLE
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag BARGE; BAUGE
vb. Bk1898 N. Ireland - to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers BARRACK
vb. 19C - to brag BLOW
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. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag RAP
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bluster, to brag BLAZE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag, to boast BLAST; BRAIG
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag, to boast; to bluster BLOUST
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag; to exaggerate from ostentation BLAW
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to brag, to boast MAKE BRAGS
vb. 1914 US colloq. - to rant; to criticize; to brag (World War I usage) POP OFF
vb. 1915 Amer. dial. - to boast, to brag, to talk big WINDJAM
vb. 1920s Aust. sl. - to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast LAIR; LAIRIZE; LARE UP
vb. 1920s US sl. - to boast, to brag, or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses (African-American usage) SIGNIFY
vb. 1928 US sl. - to boast, to brag (chiefly Western usage) AIR ONE'S PAUNCH
vb. 1940s US sl. - to brag (African-American usage) BULLSKATE
vb. 1941 Brit. sl. - to boast, to brag SHOOT A LINE
vb. 1942 Brit. sl. - to boast, to brag LINE-SHOOT
vb. c1950 Amer. dial. - to brag BREAK ONE'S ARM
vb. 1958 US - to brag MOUTH OFF
vb. 1960s sl. - to brag, to boast POP OFF AT THE MOUTH
vb. 1960s US sl. - to boast; to brag (African-American usage) SELL A WOOF TICKET; SELL A WOLF TICKET
vb. 1967 US sl. - to boast, to brag KVELL
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. 1990 US sl. - to brag; to lie RIFF
vb. 1999 NZ sl. - to brag, to boast (prison usage) STACK IT
adj. 1626 arch. - bombastic, boasting, braggart RODOMONT
adj. 1645 obs. - bragging, boastful, ranting RODOMONTADO
adj. 1660 - bragging, boastful, ranting RODOMONTADE
adj. 1670-98 - boastful, bragging FANFARON
adj. 1671 - valiant in speech; boasting, bragging TONGUE-DOUGHTY
adj. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. - self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging MASSY
adj. 1838 Amer. dial. - excellent or superlative; worth bragging about BRAG
adj. 1867 - pompous, bragging, vaunting VENTOSE
adj. 1885 Eng. dial. - boastful, bragging MUCKFOODLE
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bragging, boasting, like an empty windbag BELCHING
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - boasting, bragging BLOUTERING
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bragging, boastful; bombastic BRAGGY
n. c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ROOSE
n. c1340 arch. - boasting, bragging VAUNTING
n. c1440 arch. - stormy breath; noisy bluster; loud talking; bragging talk BLORE
n. c1440 obs. rare - a boaster; a braggart; one given to talking SEGGER
n. 1456 arch. - a boaster or braggart VAUNTER
n. a1500 Sc. - a boast, brag, vaunt VOUST
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. 1535 Sc. obs. - a loud, rude talker; a braggart, a bully BYSTOUR
n. c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart; a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug BANGISTER; BANGSTER
n. 1576 - boasting, bragging, ostentatious display JACTATION
n. 1579 sl. - a boaster; a vulgar braggart JACK BRAG; JACK BRAGGER
n. 1583 obs. - a conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offense; a braggart; a hector; a blustering person HUFF-SNUFF
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
n. 1598 obs. - a braggadocio; a bully (nonce word) BURGULLIAN
n. 1599 - a term of contempt for an empty braggart PUCKFIST
n. c1599 obs. - a boaster; a braggart GLORIOSO
n. 1609 obs. - a great bragger or boaster RODOMONTADO
n. 1614 obs. - a fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast VAPOUR
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 obs. - one who brags or boasts of his own virtue or accomplishments ARETALOGER
n. 1625 sl. - a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart; a blusterer; a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper CACAFOGO; CACAFUEGO; CACAFUGO; CACOFUEGO
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. 1639 obs. - a swaggering gallant, a noisy braggart, a bully BELLSWAGGER; BELSWAGGER
n. 1652 - boisterous or arrogant language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this FANFARONADE
n. 1653 - a bragging, grandiloquent, or fantastical talker VAPOURER
n. 1656 obs. rare - a boaster or bragger JACTATOR
n. a1670 obs. - a liar; a lying braggart BUGIARD
n. 1671 - a braggart, a boaster BRAG
n. 1672 - a blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart DRAWCANSIR
n. 1678 Sc. obs. - a boaster; a braggart VOUSTER
n. 1681 obs. - a bully; a braggart VALIENTON
n. 1683 obs. - a boaster, a braggart RODOMONTADE
n. c1698 UK sl. - a bravo; a blustering bully; a braggart HACKUM
n. 17C obs. - a boast, brag or bluster CRAKE
n. M17 - a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully, a thug; a bouncer, esp. of a brothel HECTOR
n. 1706 obs. rare - a hector; a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully HECK
n. 1709-11 - a braggart, a boaster GASCONADER
n. 1730 rare - a braggart RODOMONTADER
n. 1737 - an idle vaunt; a piece of brag or bravado GAB
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. 1800 - a braggart (nonce word) TONGUE-HERO
n. 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of contempt applied to both men and women; a braggadocia SCOOT; SKOOT
n. 1825 Sc. - a braggart, a bully; a violent and disorderly person who regards no law but his own will BANGEISTER
n. 1825 Sc. - a vain, vaunting, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio VAUNTIE; VAUNTY
n. 1825 Sc. obs. - blustering, empty talk; braggadocio SCOWF
n. Bk1825 Sc. - a vain, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio VANDIE
n. 1827 - one who hectors, brags, blusters, or domineers; one who plays the hector or bully HECTORER
n. 1830 rare - a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster SACRIPANT
n. 1834 - a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar BOUNCER
n. 1835 Sc. - a boastful person, one who brags BILSHER
n. 1841 colloq. - a person given to ostentatious behaviour; a braggart SHOW-OFF
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. 1848 US sl. - a talkative person; a braggart GASMAN
n. 1857 US - a blustering person; a braggart BLOW-HARD
n. 1859 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster; one who exaggerates BLOWER
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. 1873 - boasting, bragging BLOWING
n. 1876 Eng. dial. - a braggart; a boaster SCOG
n. 1887 Amer. dial. - a big talker; a boaster, a braggart WINDJAMMER
n. Bk1889 sl. - a loud, over-talkative person; a braggart, a boaster (chiefly & orig. US) BIGMOUTH
n. 1895 sl. - talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk BUCK; BUKH
n. 1896 Eng. dial. - a swaggerer; a braggart, a blusterer GAUSTERER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a bragging, idle fellow BLETHER-BREEKS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - boasting. brag BELLY-COURAGE
n. Bk1898 N. Ireland - a braggart BARRACKER
n. Bk1898 N. Ireland - bragging, boastfulness BARRACKING
n. 19C Amer. sl. - a braggart agitator FLAPDOODLER
n. M19 sl. - a braggart, a show-off SWANKER
n. M19 sl. - boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes (orig. US) TALL TALK
n. L19 sl. - a dogmatic know-all JACK STROP'S OLD WOMAN
n. 1900s sl. - a braggart; a boaster FALSE ALARM
n. 1900s sl. - a show-off, a braggart SWANK
n. 1902 sl. - a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart BIG TALKER
n. Bk1904 sl. - a braggart STUMPER
n. 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq. - a braggart; a boastful person; a conceited person SKITE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a brag, a boast; a boasting narration BLAST; BLOST; BLOUST
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a stentorian braggart SNORTER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - one who brags BALLOONATIC
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BIG BLOW; BLOW
n. Bk1922 - a braggart BASILISCO
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. 1930s US sl. - a boaster; a braggart (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 DOINGS
n. 1932 US sl. - one who 'throws the bull'; one who talks nonsense; a braggart, a boaster (college usage) SPANISH ATHLETE
n. 1934 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a braggart or an excessively boastful person BRAGGY
n. 1934 US sl. - a braggart or loudmouth; an important person or one who regards himself as important LOUDSPEAKER
n. Bk1934 US sl. - a braggart (cinema usage) WIND SUCKER
n. 1938 Aust. sl. - a braggart; one given to boasting BILGE ARTIST
n. 1940s sl. - a braggart, a boaster (orig. African-American usage) BUTTON-BUSTER
n. 1945 US sl. - a mass of lies; bragging; nonsense; 'bullshit' CROCK OF SHIT
n. Bk1945 - a bragger (jive usage) BIG SNORT FROM BRIDGEPORT
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. 1950s US sl. - a braggart FARTKNOCKER
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a show-off; a braggart; a loud, self-assertive person SHOW-OUT
n. 1960 UK sl. - a braggart; one given to boasting BILGE LIZARD
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a conceited person SELF-BRAG
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a boaster BIG BRAG; BLOW BOY; BLOWFLY; BLOW GEORGE; BLOW GUT; BLOW HAMMER; BLOW HEELS; BLOW HOLE; BLOW HORN; BLOW HOT; BLOW HOUSE; BLOW PIPE; BRAG-ABOUT; BRAG-ASS; BRAG-BOX; BRAG-HARD; BRAG-HEAD; BRAG-POT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a person who likes to brag BRAGGADOSHA; BRAGGADOSHE; BRAGGADOSHOO; GAS-POT; PRICKHEAD
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - an important or consequential person; a braggart HOT SHIT ON A STICK; SHIT ON A STICK; SHIT ON A STICK BUT HE AIN'T FART ON A SPLINTER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a braggart HARDBLOW
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a conceited person SELF-BRAGGER
n. 1966 sl. - a braggart, a boaster, a chatterer (orig. US) MOUTH-OFF
n. Bk1966 sl. - a braggart, a show-off (Yiddish) BARIMER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a person who likes to brag BRAGGADOE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - an important or self-important person; a person who likes to brag BIG I, LITTLE YOU
n. 1967 Aust, sl. - a show-off, a braggart who uses money to impress others; one who consistently draws attention to their own success, wealth, etc. BIG NOTER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a braggart; a loudmouth; a boaster BLOWGUN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a person who likes to brag BIG ME
n. 1970 US sl. - a show-off; a braggart one who sees themself as cleverer than they really are ACT-ASS
n. 1970s sl. - a braggart, a boaster (orig. US) SHITTER
n. 1975 sl. - a braggart, a boaster, a 'big-head' TAFFY-HEAD
n. Bk1980 Amer. sl. - a braggart EAR HANGER
n. Bk1984 sl. - a braggart, esp. concerning alleged sums of money he possesses BIG-NOTE ARTIST
n. 1986 S. Afr. sl. - a self-important person, a braggart BIG BOK
n. 1990s UK sl. - a general insult; a fool; a braggart (British Black usage) CHIEF
n. 1992 US sl. - bragging, boasting, teasing LIP MUSIC
n. Bk1994 US sl. - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully BIG DOING
n. 1998 UK sl. - a braggart MOUTH AND TROUSERS
n. 20C sl. - a boaster, a braggart SWANKPOT
n. M20 US sl. - a bragger; a teller of lies and nonsense CRAPPER
n. Bk2006 US sl. - (derogatory) a braggart CROCK OF SHIT
phr. 1819 sl. - to talk, to swagger, to brag FLASH ONE'S GAB
phr. 1940s Aust. & NZ sl. - used of a blusterer or braggart ALL PISS AND WIND LIKE THE BARBER'S DOG
phr. 1940s sl. - to brag, to boast; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view CACKLE ONE'S FAT
phr. 1940s US sl. - to brag, to aggrandize oneself PUT UP PAPER FOR ONESELF
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
phr. 1960s US sl. - to brag, to attack verbally (African-American usage) GET ABOVE ONESELF
phr. 2004 US - used for demonstrating that the speaker understands that he is bragging I AIN'T HERE TO BRAG
vb. c1315 obs. rare - to boast, to brag KEB
vb. 1400s now arch. - to boast or brag; to use boastful or bragging language VAUNT
vb. 1513 Sc. - to boast, brag, vaunt VOUST
vb. 1524 - to talk foolishly; to talk nonsense; to brag, to tell tales (orig. Eng. dial.) BLATHER; BLETHER; BLITHER
vb. 1530 obs. rare - to brag, to boast RAIL
vb. 1530 rare - to boast or brag MAKE A VAUNT
vb. 1542 obs. - to brag, to put on a bold front BRAG IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN; FACE IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN
vb. 1619 obs. - to boast, to brag THRASONIZE
vb. 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to boast, brag; to gossip CRAKE
vb. 1628 - to talk fantastically, grandiloquently, or boastingly; to brag or bluster VAPOUR
vb. 1661 - to play the bully; to brag, to bluster; to domineer HECTOR
vb. 1663 obs. rare - to treat in a boastful manner RODOMONTADO
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. 1699 colloq. - to talk boastfully; to brag; to indulge in inflated language TALK BIG
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 Sc. obs. - to brag, to boast, to vaunt VOOST
vb. 1808 Sc. obs. - to talk foolishly, to brag, to boast; to chatter in a pert manner GANDY
vb. 1825 arch. - to boast, to brag GAB
vb. 1841 Amer. dial. - (show out) to make a display of oneself; to behave extravagantly, esp. in order to drawn attention to oneself; to brag, to show off SHOW-OUT
vb. 1857 Aust. & NZ colloq. - to brag, to boast 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 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag, to vaunt VAMP
vb. 1880 sl. - to swagger, to talk big or bumptiously, to brag BUCK; BUKH
vb. 1881 Eng. dial. - to brag QUIVER
vb. 1888 sl. - to brag, to talk nonsense TALK FLAPDOODLE
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag BARGE; BAUGE
vb. Bk1898 N. Ireland - to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers BARRACK
vb. 19C - to brag BLOW
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. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to boast, to brag RAP
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bluster, to brag BLAZE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag, to boast BLAST; BRAIG
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag, to boast; to bluster BLOUST
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to brag; to exaggerate from ostentation BLAW
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to brag, to boast MAKE BRAGS
vb. 1914 US colloq. - to rant; to criticize; to brag (World War I usage) POP OFF
vb. 1915 Amer. dial. - to boast, to brag, to talk big WINDJAM
vb. 1920s Aust. sl. - to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast LAIR; LAIRIZE; LARE UP
vb. 1920s US sl. - to boast, to brag, or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses (African-American usage) SIGNIFY
vb. 1928 US sl. - to boast, to brag (chiefly Western usage) AIR ONE'S PAUNCH
vb. 1940s US sl. - to brag (African-American usage) BULLSKATE
vb. 1941 Brit. sl. - to boast, to brag SHOOT A LINE
vb. 1942 Brit. sl. - to boast, to brag LINE-SHOOT
vb. c1950 Amer. dial. - to brag BREAK ONE'S ARM
vb. 1958 US - to brag MOUTH OFF
vb. 1960s sl. - to brag, to boast POP OFF AT THE MOUTH
vb. 1960s US sl. - to boast; to brag (African-American usage) SELL A WOOF TICKET; SELL A WOLF TICKET
vb. 1967 US sl. - to boast, to brag KVELL
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. 1990 US sl. - to brag; to lie RIFF
vb. 1999 NZ sl. - to brag, to boast (prison usage) STACK IT
BRAID
n. 1654 obs. rare - braids, tresses TRAMMELETS
BRAIN
n. a1154 obs. exc. Sc. - brain; brains HARN
n. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - the skull, the brain-pan HARN-PAN
n. 1588 - the head, as seat of the intellect; brain, understanding, intellect HEAD-PIECE
n. M16 sl. - the head, the brain SCONCE; SKONCE
n. 1755 sl. - the head; the brain KNOWLEDGE BOX
n. 1785 sl. - the brain, the head, knowledge IDEA BOX; IDEA POT
n. 1803 UK sl. - the head; the brain; intelligence NOODLE
n. 1822 sl. obs. rare - the head; the brain KNOWLEDGE-CASKET
n. 1886 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINKER
n. 1888 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINK TANK
n. 1892 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINK BOX
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - the brain, the intellectual faculties FACULTIES OF THE HEAD
n. Bk1904 Sc. - the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability SCOLLE
n. 1940s sl. - the brain BACON-BONCE
n. 1947 US sl. - the brain CLOCKWORKS
n. 1949 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINK PIECE
n. 1960s sl. - the human brains (rhyming sl.) DOWN THE DRAINS
n. 1980s Amer. - the human brain (computing usage) WETWARE
n. 20C sl. - the head; the brain FUSE BOX
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - the brain; hence, intelligence KIDNEY
phr. 1946 Amer. dial. - advice to use your brain MAKE YOUR HEAD SAVE YOUR HEELS
n. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - the skull, the brain-pan HARN-PAN
n. 1588 - the head, as seat of the intellect; brain, understanding, intellect HEAD-PIECE
n. M16 sl. - the head, the brain SCONCE; SKONCE
n. 1755 sl. - the head; the brain KNOWLEDGE BOX
n. 1785 sl. - the brain, the head, knowledge IDEA BOX; IDEA POT
n. 1803 UK sl. - the head; the brain; intelligence NOODLE
n. 1822 sl. obs. rare - the head; the brain KNOWLEDGE-CASKET
n. 1886 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINKER
n. 1888 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINK TANK
n. 1892 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINK BOX
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - the brain, the intellectual faculties FACULTIES OF THE HEAD
n. Bk1904 Sc. - the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability SCOLLE
n. 1940s sl. - the brain BACON-BONCE
n. 1947 US sl. - the brain CLOCKWORKS
n. 1949 Amer. dial. - the brain, the mind THINK PIECE
n. 1960s sl. - the human brains (rhyming sl.) DOWN THE DRAINS
n. 1980s Amer. - the human brain (computing usage) WETWARE
n. 20C sl. - the head; the brain FUSE BOX
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - the brain; hence, intelligence KIDNEY
phr. 1946 Amer. dial. - advice to use your brain MAKE YOUR HEAD SAVE YOUR HEELS
BRAIN DAMAGE
n. 1978 US sl. - irreparable brain damage NO SQUASH
n. 1987 sl. - someone incapacitated through brain damage or brain malfunction CABBAGE
n. 1987 sl. - someone incapacitated through brain damage or brain malfunction CABBAGE
BRAINLESS
adj. 1526 - wanting in brains or intellect; brainless HEADLESS
adj. 1647 - empty-headed, harebrained, silly, brainless FEATHER-HEADED
adj. 1727 obs. - wanting brains, brainless EXCEREBROSE
adj. 1892 Amer. dial. - brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless HEN-MINDED
adj. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - brainless HARNLESS
adj. B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. - brainless, foolish HEN-HEADED
adj. 1911 sl. - exceedingly stupid; brainless; habitually tongue-tied DEAD FROM THE NECK UP
adj. 1970s sl. - stupid, brainless SHIT-BRAINED
adj. 1970s US sl. - brainless; very stupid (college usage) VEGETABLE
adj. M20 - brainless; unintelligent; unthinking ACEREBRAL
int. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - insult indicating that someone is brainless DON'T PICK YOUR NOSE OR YOUR HEAD WILL CAVE IN!
n. 1596 - one who is destitute of sense or brains; one wanting in wit; a stupid, empty-headed fellow; a fool LACK-BRAIN
n. 1682 sl. - a brainless fellow; a stupid person; a soft-headed or witless person; a blockhead, dolt, oaf, fool, or simpleton; a thickhead; a silly person CABBAGE-HEAD
n. Bk1914 Amer. dial. - a conceited or brainless person YOUNG SQUIRT
n. 1955 US sl. - a stupid or worthless person; a fool; one who has no more brains than a hamburger HAMBURGERHEAD
phr. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - said of one without brains or sense HAIR AND HEAD, AN' THAT'S ALL
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - brainless GOT SPACE TO SELL BETWEEN THE EARS
vb. c1810 - to be brainless, or stupid, or at the least very dull BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE WHEN THE BRAINS WERE GIVEN AWAY
adj. 1647 - empty-headed, harebrained, silly, brainless FEATHER-HEADED
adj. 1727 obs. - wanting brains, brainless EXCEREBROSE
adj. 1892 Amer. dial. - brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless HEN-MINDED
adj. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - brainless HARNLESS
adj. B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. - brainless, foolish HEN-HEADED
adj. 1911 sl. - exceedingly stupid; brainless; habitually tongue-tied DEAD FROM THE NECK UP
adj. 1970s sl. - stupid, brainless SHIT-BRAINED
adj. 1970s US sl. - brainless; very stupid (college usage) VEGETABLE
adj. M20 - brainless; unintelligent; unthinking ACEREBRAL
int. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - insult indicating that someone is brainless DON'T PICK YOUR NOSE OR YOUR HEAD WILL CAVE IN!
n. 1596 - one who is destitute of sense or brains; one wanting in wit; a stupid, empty-headed fellow; a fool LACK-BRAIN
n. 1682 sl. - a brainless fellow; a stupid person; a soft-headed or witless person; a blockhead, dolt, oaf, fool, or simpleton; a thickhead; a silly person CABBAGE-HEAD
n. Bk1914 Amer. dial. - a conceited or brainless person YOUNG SQUIRT
n. 1955 US sl. - a stupid or worthless person; a fool; one who has no more brains than a hamburger HAMBURGERHEAD
phr. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - said of one without brains or sense HAIR AND HEAD, AN' THAT'S ALL
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - brainless GOT SPACE TO SELL BETWEEN THE EARS
vb. c1810 - to be brainless, or stupid, or at the least very dull BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE WHEN THE BRAINS WERE GIVEN AWAY
BRAINS, BRAINWORK
adj. c1614 obs. - not deprived of brains UNBRAINED
adj. 1902 - exhausted by prolonged mental strain BRAIN-FAGGED
n. 1656 - a man possessed of brains; a man of intellect HEAD-PIECE
n. 1809 - intelligence, brains GREY MATTER
n. 1846 Brit. colloq. - the head; hence, brains, intelligence NUT
n. 1877 Eng. dial. - brains, mental power HEAD-FILLIN'
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability HEAD-GEAR
n. 1910s US sl. - brainwork DOMEWORK
n. 1984 US sl. - a brainstorming session BOUNCE
n. 2002 UK sl. - brains, intelligence NOODLES
adj. 1902 - exhausted by prolonged mental strain BRAIN-FAGGED
n. 1656 - a man possessed of brains; a man of intellect HEAD-PIECE
n. 1809 - intelligence, brains GREY MATTER
n. 1846 Brit. colloq. - the head; hence, brains, intelligence NUT
n. 1877 Eng. dial. - brains, mental power HEAD-FILLIN'
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability HEAD-GEAR
n. 1910s US sl. - brainwork DOMEWORK
n. 1984 US sl. - a brainstorming session BOUNCE
n. 2002 UK sl. - brains, intelligence NOODLES
BRAMBLE
adj. 1721 obs. - full of brambles VEPRECOSE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blackberry; a bramble BLACK-BLUTTER
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a burr, a bramble, a prickle PICKER; PICKY
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blackberry; a bramble BLACK-BLUTTER
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a burr, a bramble, a prickle PICKER; PICKY
BRANCH
adj. 1656 - belonging to twigs or branches SARMENTITIOUS
adj. 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial. - stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood SCROGGY
adj. 1819 rare - bearing branches RAMIFEROUS
n. c950 obs. - a straight slender shoot or branch of a tree; a twig, a stick YARD
n. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. - a slender stem of a shrub or tree; a slender branch or twig WAND
n. 1300s obs. rare - a small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit TINE
n. a1398 - a branch of a tree, esp. a main branch ARM
n. c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - small, crooked, or rubbishy branches, esp. from trees which have been felled and trimmed RAMMEL
n. 1578 rare - a branch of a tree or shrub RAME
n. 1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - the stump of a branch SKEG
n. 1652 obs. rare - a small branch, a twig RAMELET
n. 1656 arch. - the collective branches of a tree or trees RAMAGE
n. 1677 obs. - a small branch RAMUSCLE
n. 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a stunted or crooked tree, shrub, or branch; a stump of a tree-trunk; a thorn-bush; underwood, 'scrub' SCROG
n. 1715 - a root or fang of a tooth; a root or branch of a tree (chiefly Eng. dial.) TANG
n. 1825 Sc. - the branch of a tree; a bough QUIBOW
n. 1859 Eng. dial. - a branch or bough of a tree BEUGH
n. 1863 Eng. dial. - a small projecting stump of a branch DAG
n. 1872 Eng. dial. - large branches cut from trees LEG-WOOD
n. 1875 Eng. dial. - the cut branch of a tree, the larger piece of wood in a faggot BANGLE
n. 1882 Sc. - a stick; a small branch or twig SCOW
n. 1899 Amer. dial. - a tree or branch that has fallen on or is likely to fall on or snap back at a person; a dangerous hanging limb WIDOW-MAKER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a fork or branch of a tree FANG
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a crooked, forked branch of a tree; a broken bough SCRAG
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - the natural fork of a tree or branch; a pole with a natural fork at the end of it SCRATCH
n. 1910 - a small branch BRANCHLING
n. 1914 Sc. - a rod, a small branch of a tree RAE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - an offshoot, a separate branch OFF-FALL
n. 1988 NZ sl. - a horizontal branch that needs to be removed from trees destined for timber COATHANGER
adj. 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial. - stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood SCROGGY
adj. 1819 rare - bearing branches RAMIFEROUS
n. c950 obs. - a straight slender shoot or branch of a tree; a twig, a stick YARD
n. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. - a slender stem of a shrub or tree; a slender branch or twig WAND
n. 1300s obs. rare - a small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit TINE
n. a1398 - a branch of a tree, esp. a main branch ARM
n. c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - small, crooked, or rubbishy branches, esp. from trees which have been felled and trimmed RAMMEL
n. 1578 rare - a branch of a tree or shrub RAME
n. 1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - the stump of a branch SKEG
n. 1652 obs. rare - a small branch, a twig RAMELET
n. 1656 arch. - the collective branches of a tree or trees RAMAGE
n. 1677 obs. - a small branch RAMUSCLE
n. 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a stunted or crooked tree, shrub, or branch; a stump of a tree-trunk; a thorn-bush; underwood, 'scrub' SCROG
n. 1715 - a root or fang of a tooth; a root or branch of a tree (chiefly Eng. dial.) TANG
n. 1825 Sc. - the branch of a tree; a bough QUIBOW
n. 1859 Eng. dial. - a branch or bough of a tree BEUGH
n. 1863 Eng. dial. - a small projecting stump of a branch DAG
n. 1872 Eng. dial. - large branches cut from trees LEG-WOOD
n. 1875 Eng. dial. - the cut branch of a tree, the larger piece of wood in a faggot BANGLE
n. 1882 Sc. - a stick; a small branch or twig SCOW
n. 1899 Amer. dial. - a tree or branch that has fallen on or is likely to fall on or snap back at a person; a dangerous hanging limb WIDOW-MAKER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - a fork or branch of a tree FANG
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a crooked, forked branch of a tree; a broken bough SCRAG
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - the natural fork of a tree or branch; a pole with a natural fork at the end of it SCRATCH
n. 1910 - a small branch BRANCHLING
n. 1914 Sc. - a rod, a small branch of a tree RAE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - an offshoot, a separate branch OFF-FALL
n. 1988 NZ sl. - a horizontal branch that needs to be removed from trees destined for timber COATHANGER
BRANCH OUT
vb. 1844 rare - to branch out RAMIFICATE
BRAND, BRANDED, BRANDING
adj. 1705 obs. - branded BURNT-MARKED
adj. 18C cant - branded on the hand CHARACTERED
adj. 18C UK sl. - branded on the hand (criminals' usage) LETTERED
n. c1485 - a branding-iron BURN-IRON
vb. a1700 obs. - to burn, to brand SIZZ
adj. 18C cant - branded on the hand CHARACTERED
adj. 18C UK sl. - branded on the hand (criminals' usage) LETTERED
n. c1485 - a branding-iron BURN-IRON
vb. a1700 obs. - to burn, to brand SIZZ
BRANDISH
vb. c825 obs. - to shake; to brandish; to drive, to chase QUETCH; QUITCH
vb. 1510 obs. - to shake or cause to vibrate; to brandish WARBLE
vb. 1577 obs. rare - to brandish VAMBRASH
vb. 1790 Sc. - to manage, handle, manipulate a weapon; to brandish, to aim WALD
vb. 1864 Sc. - to shake in a threatening manner; to brandish WADGE
vb. 1865 Eng. dial. - to brandish, to flourish; to clench the fists; to make a feint of striking QUAVER
vb. 1923 Sc. - to brandish, to wave about one's arms, a stick, etc. WAIRPISH
vb. 1510 obs. - to shake or cause to vibrate; to brandish WARBLE
vb. 1577 obs. rare - to brandish VAMBRASH
vb. 1790 Sc. - to manage, handle, manipulate a weapon; to brandish, to aim WALD
vb. 1864 Sc. - to shake in a threatening manner; to brandish WADGE
vb. 1865 Eng. dial. - to brandish, to flourish; to clench the fists; to make a feint of striking QUAVER
vb. 1923 Sc. - to brandish, to wave about one's arms, a stick, etc. WAIRPISH
BRANDY
adj. 1886 sl. - of whisky or brandy: of superior potency REVERENT
n. 1647-50 colloq. obs. - brandy or rum, or newly-made rum KILL-DEVIL
n. 1691 sl. - brandy NANTZ
n. c1698 UK sl. - a great drinker or lover of brandy BINGO-BOY
n. ? 17C - a humorous name for a cask of brandy (Robert, fourth Viscount Kenmure, c.1650 was an energetic loyalist who commanded a troop of horse, and was in the habit of having a cask of brandy conveyed at the head of his troop, which became known as “Kenmure's Drum”) KENMURE'S DRUM
n. 1725 sl. - brandy RED TAPE
n. 1725 sl. obs. - a female drunkard; a female lover of brandy BINGO-MORT
n. 1815 sl. - rum; brandy; whisky; liquor in general O-BE-JOYFUL; OH-BE-CHEERFUL; OH-BE-JOYFUL
n. 1816 sl. - a strong mixture of brandy and water MAHOGANY
n. 1821 sl. - a glass of brandy BALL OF FIRE
n. 1823 sl. - brandy; gin EYE-WATER
n. 1836 US sl. - brandy (eau-de-vie) O.D.V.
n. 1844 US - a small drink of alcoholic liquor; hence, a brandy glass; generally, a glass for spirits SNIFTER
n. 1850 Amer. dial. - strong drink, often whisky, brandy AWERDENTY
n. 1857 sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) JACK DANDY
n. 1860 Anglo-Indian - a drink, esp. of brandy and soda water PEG
n. c1860 sl. - white spirits, esp. gin; loosely, brandy and rum CLEAR CRYSTAL
n. 1861 sl. - brandy BINGO
n. 1864 Sc. - a small glass of brandy SHORT-LENGTH
n. 1871 Amer. sl. - cider brandy JERSEY-LIGHTNING
n. 1872 Amer. dial. - peach brandy BOOF
n. Bk1890 sl. - a glass of brandy CLAP OF THUNDER
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. - brandy EGGSHAW
n. Bk1896 sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) JACK-A-DANDY
n. 19C sl. - a drink, esp. of brandy DROP OF THE OLD AUTHOR
n. E19 US sl. - brandy made from apples APPLE-JACK
n. M19 Aust. sl. - Australian-distilled, dark, very strong brandy DARK
n. M19 back-slang - brandy YADNAB; YADNARB
n. M19 sl. - brandy (eau-de-vie) O.D.
n. M19 sl. - brandy and soda B AND S
n. M19 sl. - brandy PALE
n. M19 UK sl. - gin or brandy and soda water (criminals' usage) COCKNEY BREAKFAST
n. L19 back-slang - brandy YARDNARB
n. L19 sl. - a champagne cocktail, champagne mixed with brandy KING'S PEG
n. Bk1903 sl. - brandy RED-RIBBON
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a drink made of brandy, cider, sugar, and a little water SAMSON
n. Bk1904 sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) SUGAR-CANDY
n. 1908 - apricot brandy ABRICOTINE
n. 1909 US - a drink made by mixing brandy with crushed ice and putting a few sprigs of mint in the glass BRANDY-SMASH
n. 1921 US sl. - home-distilled brandy JACKASS BRANDY
n. 1921 US sl. - home-distilled liquor, such as brandy or corn whisky JACKASS
n. 1933 Aust. & NZ sl. - brandy LUNATIC SOUP
n. 1940s - brandy (rhyming sl.) NICE AND HANDY
n. 1950s Aust. sl. - brandy MADMAN'S BROTH
n. 1960s S. Afr. Black sl. - brandy MAHOG; MAHOGA
n. 1974 UK sl. - brandy, shandy (rhyming sl.) AMOS AND ANDY
n. 1980s S. Afr. - brandy (township usage) UBROWN
n. 1980s S. Afr. sl. - brandy plus Coca-Cola or some other sweet fizzy drink KAFFIR TAXI
n. 1993 Irish sl. - a small glass of brandy WHACKER
n. 19C sl. - a drink, esp. of brandy LEAF OF THE OLD AUTHOR
n. 20C sl. - a stiff drink of spirits, esp. brandy, whisky, or bourbon JOLT
n. 20C sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) MAHATMA GANDHI
n. 20C Brit. sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) ANDY PANDY
n. 1647-50 colloq. obs. - brandy or rum, or newly-made rum KILL-DEVIL
n. 1691 sl. - brandy NANTZ
n. c1698 UK sl. - a great drinker or lover of brandy BINGO-BOY
n. ? 17C - a humorous name for a cask of brandy (Robert, fourth Viscount Kenmure, c.1650 was an energetic loyalist who commanded a troop of horse, and was in the habit of having a cask of brandy conveyed at the head of his troop, which became known as “Kenmure's Drum”) KENMURE'S DRUM
n. 1725 sl. - brandy RED TAPE
n. 1725 sl. obs. - a female drunkard; a female lover of brandy BINGO-MORT
n. 1815 sl. - rum; brandy; whisky; liquor in general O-BE-JOYFUL; OH-BE-CHEERFUL; OH-BE-JOYFUL
n. 1816 sl. - a strong mixture of brandy and water MAHOGANY
n. 1821 sl. - a glass of brandy BALL OF FIRE
n. 1823 sl. - brandy; gin EYE-WATER
n. 1836 US sl. - brandy (eau-de-vie) O.D.V.
n. 1844 US - a small drink of alcoholic liquor; hence, a brandy glass; generally, a glass for spirits SNIFTER
n. 1850 Amer. dial. - strong drink, often whisky, brandy AWERDENTY
n. 1857 sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) JACK DANDY
n. 1860 Anglo-Indian - a drink, esp. of brandy and soda water PEG
n. c1860 sl. - white spirits, esp. gin; loosely, brandy and rum CLEAR CRYSTAL
n. 1861 sl. - brandy BINGO
n. 1864 Sc. - a small glass of brandy SHORT-LENGTH
n. 1871 Amer. sl. - cider brandy JERSEY-LIGHTNING
n. 1872 Amer. dial. - peach brandy BOOF
n. Bk1890 sl. - a glass of brandy CLAP OF THUNDER
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. - brandy EGGSHAW
n. Bk1896 sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) JACK-A-DANDY
n. 19C sl. - a drink, esp. of brandy DROP OF THE OLD AUTHOR
n. E19 US sl. - brandy made from apples APPLE-JACK
n. M19 Aust. sl. - Australian-distilled, dark, very strong brandy DARK
n. M19 back-slang - brandy YADNAB; YADNARB
n. M19 sl. - brandy (eau-de-vie) O.D.
n. M19 sl. - brandy and soda B AND S
n. M19 sl. - brandy PALE
n. M19 UK sl. - gin or brandy and soda water (criminals' usage) COCKNEY BREAKFAST
n. L19 back-slang - brandy YARDNARB
n. L19 sl. - a champagne cocktail, champagne mixed with brandy KING'S PEG
n. Bk1903 sl. - brandy RED-RIBBON
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a drink made of brandy, cider, sugar, and a little water SAMSON
n. Bk1904 sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) SUGAR-CANDY
n. 1908 - apricot brandy ABRICOTINE
n. 1909 US - a drink made by mixing brandy with crushed ice and putting a few sprigs of mint in the glass BRANDY-SMASH
n. 1921 US sl. - home-distilled brandy JACKASS BRANDY
n. 1921 US sl. - home-distilled liquor, such as brandy or corn whisky JACKASS
n. 1933 Aust. & NZ sl. - brandy LUNATIC SOUP
n. 1940s - brandy (rhyming sl.) NICE AND HANDY
n. 1950s Aust. sl. - brandy MADMAN'S BROTH
n. 1960s S. Afr. Black sl. - brandy MAHOG; MAHOGA
n. 1974 UK sl. - brandy, shandy (rhyming sl.) AMOS AND ANDY
n. 1980s S. Afr. - brandy (township usage) UBROWN
n. 1980s S. Afr. sl. - brandy plus Coca-Cola or some other sweet fizzy drink KAFFIR TAXI
n. 1993 Irish sl. - a small glass of brandy WHACKER
n. 19C sl. - a drink, esp. of brandy LEAF OF THE OLD AUTHOR
n. 20C sl. - a stiff drink of spirits, esp. brandy, whisky, or bourbon JOLT
n. 20C sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) MAHATMA GANDHI
n. 20C Brit. sl. - brandy (rhyming sl.) ANDY PANDY