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ACADEMIC - ACUTE
ACADEMIC, ACADEMICS
ACADEMIAN
- n. 1593 - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college
ACADEMIC
- n. 1581 - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study
ACCA
- n. 1. 1977 Aust. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
- n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - academics
ACKER
- n. 1. 1984 Aust. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
- n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - academics
BRAIN DERBY
- n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an academic contest (college sl.)
- n. 1593 - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college
ACADEMIC
- n. 1581 - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study
ACCA
- n. 1. 1977 Aust. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
- n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - academics
ACKER
- n. 1. 1984 Aust. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
- n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - academics
BRAIN DERBY
- n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an academic contest (college sl.)
ACADEMY
ACADEMIAN
- n. 1599 obs. rare - a member of an academy; an academic or academician
CADEMY
- n. L19 sl. - an academy
- n. 1599 obs. rare - a member of an academy; an academic or academician
CADEMY
- n. L19 sl. - an academy
ACCELERATE
GUN
- vb. 1920 US sl. - to accelerate a vehicle or rev its engine
HASTE
- vb. a1300 - to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry
JAZZ
- vb. 1919 Amer. sl. - to cause (an engine) to accelerate
- vb. 1920 US sl. - to accelerate a vehicle or rev its engine
HASTE
- vb. a1300 - to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry
JAZZ
- vb. 1919 Amer. sl. - to cause (an engine) to accelerate
ACCENT, ACCENTUATED
ACCENTY
- n. 1600 obs. rare - accent
ACCINATE
- vb. 1652 obs. rare - to accent
BRAID
- adj. Bk1911 Sc. - having a strong dialect language or accent
BUNG IT ON
- vb. 1940s Aust. sl. - to act affectedly; to assume an accent
CANT
- n. 1663 obs. - accent, intonation, tone
DART ACCENT
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin
DORTSPEAK
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin
INACCENTUATED
- adj. 1716 obs. rare - accentuated, emphasized
ROADWATCH ACCENT
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin
THROW THE WORDS
- vb. 1877 Sc. - to speak with an accent; to distort the pronunciation
TONE
- vb. 1683 obs. - to lay the accent or stress upon, to accent a word or syllable
VERGE
- n. 1555 obs. - an accent-mark
WALLOCH
- n. 1898 Sc. - a din, noise, sound; way of speaking, distinctive accent, dialect
YACK; YAK
- n. 1950s US sl. - an accent, a tone of voice
- n. 1600 obs. rare - accent
ACCINATE
- vb. 1652 obs. rare - to accent
BRAID
- adj. Bk1911 Sc. - having a strong dialect language or accent
BUNG IT ON
- vb. 1940s Aust. sl. - to act affectedly; to assume an accent
CANT
- n. 1663 obs. - accent, intonation, tone
DART ACCENT
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin
DORTSPEAK
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin
INACCENTUATED
- adj. 1716 obs. rare - accentuated, emphasized
ROADWATCH ACCENT
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin
THROW THE WORDS
- vb. 1877 Sc. - to speak with an accent; to distort the pronunciation
TONE
- vb. 1683 obs. - to lay the accent or stress upon, to accent a word or syllable
VERGE
- n. 1555 obs. - an accent-mark
WALLOCH
- n. 1898 Sc. - a din, noise, sound; way of speaking, distinctive accent, dialect
YACK; YAK
- n. 1950s US sl. - an accent, a tone of voice
ACCEPT, ACCEPTED
ACCEPTANT
- n. 1596 obs. - one who accepts, or takes what is offered
ACCEPTIVE
- adj. 1601 obs. - having a tendency to accept; ready to accept
ACCEPTRESS
- n. Bk1883 obs. - a female who accepts
ARRIVE
- vb. 20C Amer. sl. - to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group
CALL IT A DAY
- vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A GO
- vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A NIGHT
- vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
EAT UP
- vb. 1908 US sl. - to believe eagerly; to accept unquestioningly
IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT
- phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. - if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it
IF THE HAT FITS, WEAR IT
- phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. - if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT
- phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. - if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it
ONFANG
- vb. c900 obs. - to receive, to accept
SWALLOW
- vb. 1. 1594 sl. - to accept gullibly
- vb. 2. M19 - to be accepted
SWALLOW IT
- vb. 17C - to accept, esp. a false story that one is told
SWALLOW IT WHOLE
- vb. 17C - to accept, esp. a false story that one is told
TAKE
- vb. 20C sl. - to accept, to put up with something or someone
TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL
- vb. 1915 sl. - to accept gullibly; to be swindled
TAKE ON BOARD
- vb. Bk2002 Aust. sl. - to accept and use
TAKE SOMEONE UP ON SOMETHING
- vb. 1910s sl. - to accept a proposal or invitation
TAKE WOODEN MONEY
- vb. 1915 sl. - to accept gullibly; to be swindled
UNDERFO
- vb. c1000 obs. - to receive willingly; to accept
UNDERGO
- vb. c1315 obs. - to accept, to admit, to allow
- n. 1596 obs. - one who accepts, or takes what is offered
ACCEPTIVE
- adj. 1601 obs. - having a tendency to accept; ready to accept
ACCEPTRESS
- n. Bk1883 obs. - a female who accepts
ARRIVE
- vb. 20C Amer. sl. - to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group
CALL IT A DAY
- vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A GO
- vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
CALL IT A NIGHT
- vb. M19 sl. - to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation
EAT UP
- vb. 1908 US sl. - to believe eagerly; to accept unquestioningly
IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT
- phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. - if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it
IF THE HAT FITS, WEAR IT
- phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. - if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT
- phr. Bk1996 Aust. sl. - if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it
ONFANG
- vb. c900 obs. - to receive, to accept
SWALLOW
- vb. 1. 1594 sl. - to accept gullibly
- vb. 2. M19 - to be accepted
SWALLOW IT
- vb. 17C - to accept, esp. a false story that one is told
SWALLOW IT WHOLE
- vb. 17C - to accept, esp. a false story that one is told
TAKE
- vb. 20C sl. - to accept, to put up with something or someone
TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL
- vb. 1915 sl. - to accept gullibly; to be swindled
TAKE ON BOARD
- vb. Bk2002 Aust. sl. - to accept and use
TAKE SOMEONE UP ON SOMETHING
- vb. 1910s sl. - to accept a proposal or invitation
TAKE WOODEN MONEY
- vb. 1915 sl. - to accept gullibly; to be swindled
UNDERFO
- vb. c1000 obs. - to receive willingly; to accept
UNDERGO
- vb. c1315 obs. - to accept, to admit, to allow
ACCEPTABLE
ABOUT EAST
- adj. 1848 Amer. dial. - in proper form; acceptable
ACCEPTATION
- n. 1594 arch. - the state of being acceptable or accepted
ALL RIGHT
- adj. L19 colloq. - a term of measured praise, acceptable, passing muster; satisfactory
A-OK
- adj. 1959 sl. - satisfactory; completely acceptable (chiefly US orig. astronauts’ sl.)
BECOMELY
- adj. c1175 obs. - becoming, fitting, acceptable
CRED
- adj. 1999 UK sl. - acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable
CRICKET
- adj. Bk2006 US sl. - acceptable
DECENT
- adj. 18C - tolerable, fairly good, acceptable
FAIR-TO-MIDDLING
- adj. 1822 - moderately good; reasonable, acceptable
FAVOURSOME
- adj. 1599 obs. rare - that is an object of favour; acceptable, pleasant
HOKEY-DOKEY
- adj. 1930s US sl. - good, fine, acceptable
IN
- adj. 1929 US sl. - socially acceptable; popular
KOSH
- adj. 1994 US sl. - acceptable, agreeable
LIKEFUL
- adj. c1305 obs. - pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable
LIKEWORTH
- adj. c888 obs. - agreeable, acceptable, pleasing
NO SLOUCH
- n. L18 sl. - something or someone good, acceptable, enterprising or energetic
O.K.; OKAY
- adj. 1839 colloq. - in order; quite satisfactory or acceptable; very good; splendid
OKEY
- adj. M19 sl. - good, fine, satisfactory, acceptable
OKEY-DOKE
- adj. 1932 sl. - satisfactory, correct, good, fine, acceptable (orig. US)
OKEY-DOKEY
- adj. c1935 US sl. - acceptable, all right
QUEME
- adj. c1200 obs. - pleasing, agreeable, acceptable to a person
- vb. a1000 obs. - of things: to please, to be acceptable or agreeable to a person
SAFE
- adj. L19 sl. - socially acceptable to a peer group
SHAKE
- n. E19 - a fair or acceptable situation
SILK
- adj. 1920s US sl. - admirable, excellent, acceptable
SUGAR-COAT
- vb. 1870 - to make acceptable or pleasant
VENDIBLE
- adj. 1642 obs. - current, accepted, acceptable
VERY WELL
- adj. M19 sl. - acceptable
- adj. 1848 Amer. dial. - in proper form; acceptable
ACCEPTATION
- n. 1594 arch. - the state of being acceptable or accepted
ALL RIGHT
- adj. L19 colloq. - a term of measured praise, acceptable, passing muster; satisfactory
A-OK
- adj. 1959 sl. - satisfactory; completely acceptable (chiefly US orig. astronauts’ sl.)
BECOMELY
- adj. c1175 obs. - becoming, fitting, acceptable
CRED
- adj. 1999 UK sl. - acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable
CRICKET
- adj. Bk2006 US sl. - acceptable
DECENT
- adj. 18C - tolerable, fairly good, acceptable
FAIR-TO-MIDDLING
- adj. 1822 - moderately good; reasonable, acceptable
FAVOURSOME
- adj. 1599 obs. rare - that is an object of favour; acceptable, pleasant
HOKEY-DOKEY
- adj. 1930s US sl. - good, fine, acceptable
IN
- adj. 1929 US sl. - socially acceptable; popular
KOSH
- adj. 1994 US sl. - acceptable, agreeable
LIKEFUL
- adj. c1305 obs. - pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable
LIKEWORTH
- adj. c888 obs. - agreeable, acceptable, pleasing
NO SLOUCH
- n. L18 sl. - something or someone good, acceptable, enterprising or energetic
O.K.; OKAY
- adj. 1839 colloq. - in order; quite satisfactory or acceptable; very good; splendid
OKEY
- adj. M19 sl. - good, fine, satisfactory, acceptable
OKEY-DOKE
- adj. 1932 sl. - satisfactory, correct, good, fine, acceptable (orig. US)
OKEY-DOKEY
- adj. c1935 US sl. - acceptable, all right
QUEME
- adj. c1200 obs. - pleasing, agreeable, acceptable to a person
- vb. a1000 obs. - of things: to please, to be acceptable or agreeable to a person
SAFE
- adj. L19 sl. - socially acceptable to a peer group
SHAKE
- n. E19 - a fair or acceptable situation
SILK
- adj. 1920s US sl. - admirable, excellent, acceptable
SUGAR-COAT
- vb. 1870 - to make acceptable or pleasant
VENDIBLE
- adj. 1642 obs. - current, accepted, acceptable
VERY WELL
- adj. M19 sl. - acceptable
ACCEPTANCE
ACCEPTATION
- n. 1426 obs. - the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance
ACCEPTION
- n. 1483 obs. - the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception
ADMITTANCE
- n. 1598 obs. - the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction
FAIR DO(S)!
- int. M19 Aust. & NZ - a general statement of agreement, acceptance
FAIR DUES!
- int. M19 Aust. & NZ - a general statement of agreement, acceptance
FAIR ENOUGH!
- int. 1926 UK sl. - used for expressing agreement, acceptance
FAIR SHAKES!
- int. M19 Aust. - a general statement of agreement, acceptance
IF YOU SAY SO
- phr. 1956 UK sl. - used for indicating (grudgingly, or to place) acceptance of what has been said
IT JUST ISN'T YOUR DAY
- phr. 1984 UK sl. - used for expressing a rueful, philosophical acceptance of a day when everything seems to go wrong
WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT
- phr. 1980s US sl. - an expression of acceptance, I agree, you're right (college sl.)
- n. 1426 obs. - the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance
ACCEPTION
- n. 1483 obs. - the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception
ADMITTANCE
- n. 1598 obs. - the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction
FAIR DO(S)!
- int. M19 Aust. & NZ - a general statement of agreement, acceptance
FAIR DUES!
- int. M19 Aust. & NZ - a general statement of agreement, acceptance
FAIR ENOUGH!
- int. 1926 UK sl. - used for expressing agreement, acceptance
FAIR SHAKES!
- int. M19 Aust. - a general statement of agreement, acceptance
IF YOU SAY SO
- phr. 1956 UK sl. - used for indicating (grudgingly, or to place) acceptance of what has been said
IT JUST ISN'T YOUR DAY
- phr. 1984 UK sl. - used for expressing a rueful, philosophical acceptance of a day when everything seems to go wrong
WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT
- phr. 1980s US sl. - an expression of acceptance, I agree, you're right (college sl.)
ACCESS, ACCESSIBLE
ACCESSIVE
- adj. 1609 obs. - capable of access; accessible
ADIBLE
- adj. 1568 obs. rare - accessible
GATE-KEEPER
- n. 1909 - a person who controls access to something
IN, THE
- n. 2003 UK sl. - exclusive and positive access to something
LIVE IN SOMEONE'S POCKET
- vb. 1930s Brit. colloq. - to be constantly accessible and instantly available to one
TOCOME
- n. 1513 Sc. rare - means of access
UNGAIN
- adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road
- adj. 1609 obs. - capable of access; accessible
ADIBLE
- adj. 1568 obs. rare - accessible
GATE-KEEPER
- n. 1909 - a person who controls access to something
IN, THE
- n. 2003 UK sl. - exclusive and positive access to something
LIVE IN SOMEONE'S POCKET
- vb. 1930s Brit. colloq. - to be constantly accessible and instantly available to one
TOCOME
- n. 1513 Sc. rare - means of access
UNGAIN
- adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road
ACCESSORY
ACCESSORIAL
- adj. 1726 - of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary
FOFARRAW; FOOFOORAW
- n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc.
- adj. 1726 - of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary
FOFARRAW; FOOFOORAW
- n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc.
ACCIDENT
ACCIBOUNCE
- n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a minor collision or accident
ACCIDENTED
- adj. 1879 - characterized by accidents
ADVENTURE
- n. a1300 obs. - a chance occurrence; an event, an accident
ANGALUCK
- n. 1866 Sc. - an accident, a disaster
BAM AND SCRAM
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a hit and run accident
BINGLE
- n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - a minor car accident
BEFALL
- n. 1491 obs. - a case, circumstance, incident, accident
BETIDER
- n. 1674 obs. rare - that which befalls; an accident
BUY UP AN ORCHARD
- vb. 1971 Amer. sl. - to have a serious road accident (trucking sl.)
CASUALITY
- n. 1540 obs. - chance; a chance or casual occurrence, contingency; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, accident, casualty
CASUALTY
- n. 1423 obs. - chance, accident
CHINESE FIRE DRILL
- n. 1952 Amer. sl. - (usually offensive) a state or example of utter confusion; an accident scene of great confusion
COME A CROPPER
- vb. 1999 UK - to fall heavily; to be victim of an accident
CRACK-UP
- n. 19C sl. - an accident; an accident causing damage that can be repaired
EAT IT
- vb. 1982 US - to suffer an accident, esp. a fall (Hawaiian youth usage)
FLUKE
- n. 19C colloq. - a fortunate turn of events that is the result of accident rather than skill
HAPMENT
- n. 1842 Eng. dial. - an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident
HAPPEN
- n. 1875 Eng. dial. - an accident; an occurrence
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
- n. 1887 Eng. dial. - chance, accident
HAPS
- n. c1205 - an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance
LAME
- n. 1778 Eng. dial. - a hurt, injury, an accident
MARLOCK
- n. 1841 Eng. dial. - an unfortunate accident
MELANDER
- n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune
MIRE-SNIPE
- n. 1825 Sc. - an accident, misfortune
MISCASUALTY
- n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - an unlucky accident
MISCHANTER
- n. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck
MISHANTER
- n. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck
RACKLIGENCE
- n. 1768 Sc. - an unforeseen chance or accident
TO-FALL
- n. 1562 obs. - that which befalls or falls to anyone; a chance, accident, casualty
WRITE ONESELF OFF
- vb. Aust. sl. - to have a motor accident
- n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a minor collision or accident
ACCIDENTED
- adj. 1879 - characterized by accidents
ADVENTURE
- n. a1300 obs. - a chance occurrence; an event, an accident
ANGALUCK
- n. 1866 Sc. - an accident, a disaster
BAM AND SCRAM
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a hit and run accident
BINGLE
- n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - a minor car accident
BEFALL
- n. 1491 obs. - a case, circumstance, incident, accident
BETIDER
- n. 1674 obs. rare - that which befalls; an accident
BUY UP AN ORCHARD
- vb. 1971 Amer. sl. - to have a serious road accident (trucking sl.)
CASUALITY
- n. 1540 obs. - chance; a chance or casual occurrence, contingency; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, accident, casualty
CASUALTY
- n. 1423 obs. - chance, accident
CHINESE FIRE DRILL
- n. 1952 Amer. sl. - (usually offensive) a state or example of utter confusion; an accident scene of great confusion
COME A CROPPER
- vb. 1999 UK - to fall heavily; to be victim of an accident
CRACK-UP
- n. 19C sl. - an accident; an accident causing damage that can be repaired
EAT IT
- vb. 1982 US - to suffer an accident, esp. a fall (Hawaiian youth usage)
FLUKE
- n. 19C colloq. - a fortunate turn of events that is the result of accident rather than skill
HAPMENT
- n. 1842 Eng. dial. - an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident
HAPPEN
- n. 1875 Eng. dial. - an accident; an occurrence
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
- n. 1887 Eng. dial. - chance, accident
HAPS
- n. c1205 - an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance
LAME
- n. 1778 Eng. dial. - a hurt, injury, an accident
MARLOCK
- n. 1841 Eng. dial. - an unfortunate accident
MELANDER
- n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune
MIRE-SNIPE
- n. 1825 Sc. - an accident, misfortune
MISCASUALTY
- n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - an unlucky accident
MISCHANTER
- n. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck
MISHANTER
- n. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck
RACKLIGENCE
- n. 1768 Sc. - an unforeseen chance or accident
TO-FALL
- n. 1562 obs. - that which befalls or falls to anyone; a chance, accident, casualty
WRITE ONESELF OFF
- vb. Aust. sl. - to have a motor accident
ACCIDENTAL, ACCIDENTALLY
ACCIDENTLY
- adv. 1611 obs. - accidentally, casually, by chance
ADVENTUROUS
- adj. c1374 obs. - occurring or coming by chance; casual, fortuitous, accidental
ADVENTUROUSLY
- adv. c1460 obs. - by chance, accidentally, casually
CASUALLY
- adv. c1386 obs. - accidentally
COME-BY-CHANCE
- adj. 19C Eng. dial. - accidental
HAPLY
- adv. 1362 now arch. - by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe
- adv. 1611 obs. - accidentally, casually, by chance
ADVENTUROUS
- adj. c1374 obs. - occurring or coming by chance; casual, fortuitous, accidental
ADVENTUROUSLY
- adv. c1460 obs. - by chance, accidentally, casually
CASUALLY
- adv. c1386 obs. - accidentally
COME-BY-CHANCE
- adj. 19C Eng. dial. - accidental
HAPLY
- adv. 1362 now arch. - by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe
ACCLAIM, ACCLAMATION
ACCLAMATE
- vb. 1667 obs. rare - to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim
ACCLAMATOR
- n. 1651 obs. rare - one who joins in acclamation; an applauder
ACCLAMATORY
- adj. 1675 - expressing acclamation
ÉCLAT
- n. 1741 - conspicuous success; universal applause, acclamation
- vb. 1667 obs. rare - to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim
ACCLAMATOR
- n. 1651 obs. rare - one who joins in acclamation; an applauder
ACCLAMATORY
- adj. 1675 - expressing acclamation
ÉCLAT
- n. 1741 - conspicuous success; universal applause, acclamation
ACCLIMATED, ACCLIMATION, ACCLIMATIZED
CLIMATED
- adj. Bk1914 Amer. dial. - acclimated
CLIMATION
- n. 1846 rare - the act of inuring to a climate; acclimation
EAT ONE'S TOOT
- vb. M19 NZ sl. - to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life
EAT ONE'S TUTU
- vb. M19 NZ sl. - to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life
- adj. Bk1914 Amer. dial. - acclimated
CLIMATION
- n. 1846 rare - the act of inuring to a climate; acclimation
EAT ONE'S TOOT
- vb. M19 NZ sl. - to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life
EAT ONE'S TUTU
- vb. M19 NZ sl. - to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life
ACCLIVITY
BINK
- n. 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a bank, an acclivity
- n. 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a bank, an acclivity
ACCOMMODATE, ACCOMMODATING, ACCOMMODATINGNESS, ACCOMMODATION
ACCOMMODANT
- adj. 1693 obs. rare - accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances
DECENT
- adj. L18 - kind, accommodating, likeable
EASEMENT
- n. c1400 obs. - refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging
EASEMENTS
- n. 1768 Sc. - accommodation, either in regard to entertainment or lodgings, buildings, etc.
ELASTICITY
- n. 1858 - capacity for being 'stretched'; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness
THURRISH
- vb. Bk1905 N. Ireland - to be friendly, kind, or accommodating
TILE TO
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to accommodate oneself to circumstances, esp. if unpleasant
UP-PUTTING
- n. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. - accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast
- adj. 1693 obs. rare - accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances
DECENT
- adj. L18 - kind, accommodating, likeable
EASEMENT
- n. c1400 obs. - refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging
EASEMENTS
- n. 1768 Sc. - accommodation, either in regard to entertainment or lodgings, buildings, etc.
ELASTICITY
- n. 1858 - capacity for being 'stretched'; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness
THURRISH
- vb. Bk1905 N. Ireland - to be friendly, kind, or accommodating
TILE TO
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to accommodate oneself to circumstances, esp. if unpleasant
UP-PUTTING
- n. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. - accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast
ACCOMPANY, ACCOMPANYING
AFFELLOWSHIP
- vb. 1559 obs. rare - to be in fellowship with, to accompany, to attend
CARRY
- vb. 1861 Amer. dial. - to escort, to accompany
COMITATE
- vb. 1632 obs. rare - to accompany
LUG
- vb. 1884 UK sl. - to bring; to accompany
SCOTCH CONVOY
- n. Bk1904 Sc. - the act of accompanying a visitor the whole way home
SIDE
- vb. 1923 Amer. dial. - to accompany, to support or stand by someone
SUE
- vb. a1250 obs. - to follow as an attendant, companion, or adherent; to accompany, to attend upon
WALKER
- n. 1978 sl. - a man, often rich, invariably personable and socially acceptable, who accompanies the wives of prominent men to parties, on shopping expeditions, to the theatre, etc.
- vb. 1559 obs. rare - to be in fellowship with, to accompany, to attend
CARRY
- vb. 1861 Amer. dial. - to escort, to accompany
COMITATE
- vb. 1632 obs. rare - to accompany
LUG
- vb. 1884 UK sl. - to bring; to accompany
SCOTCH CONVOY
- n. Bk1904 Sc. - the act of accompanying a visitor the whole way home
SIDE
- vb. 1923 Amer. dial. - to accompany, to support or stand by someone
SUE
- vb. a1250 obs. - to follow as an attendant, companion, or adherent; to accompany, to attend upon
WALKER
- n. 1978 sl. - a man, often rich, invariably personable and socially acceptable, who accompanies the wives of prominent men to parties, on shopping expeditions, to the theatre, etc.
ACCOMPLICE
ACCESSOR
- n. Bk1795 - one that joins another, an accomplice
ACCOMPLICESHIP
- n. 1834 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
ACCOMPLICITY
- n. Bk1888 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
ADAM
- n. 1696 sl. - an accomplice
ADAM TILER
- n. 1696 sl. - an accomplice
BACKSTOP
- n. 1919 Aust. sl. - a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on
BIRD DOG
- n. 1939 - an unsuspected accomplice to a criminal (euphemism)
BOWER
- n. 1847 Amer. sl. - a close friend; an assistant; an accomplice (orig. gambling usage)
BUTTON
- n. 1851 UK sl. obs. - a decoy or accomplice, esp. one who lures others into gambling or who poses as a customer to encourage other buyers (criminals' sl.)
CHUM ALONG WITH
- vb. 1910s UK sl. - to work as an accomplice with (criminals' sl.)
FEDARIE
- n. 1603 obs. - a confederate, an accomplice
GAMMONER
- n. E19 sl. - one who covers for an accomplice
GEE
- n. 1898 sl. - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.; a swindler's accomplice planted in a crowd, as to start bidding
GEE-ER
- n. 1912 Aust. sl. - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.
HEELER
- n. 1899 sl. - any form of servant or accomplice
INSIDE
- n. 1926 US sl. - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled (criminals' sl.)
INSIDE MAN
- n. 1931 US sl. - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled (criminals' sl.)
JOLLY
- n. M19 sl. - an accomplice
MOLLY
- n. 1946 Can. sl. - a female accomplice (criminals' sl.)
MONGREL
- n. 1608 UK sl. - an accomplice who helps in a confidence trickster's poses as a poor scholar (criminals' sl.)
MOT
- n. 1829 UK sl. - a criminal's accomplice; a female criminal
PACK
- vb. 1590 obs. - to be an accomplice or confederate in a plot
PAL
- n. 1681-2 colloq. - a comrade, mate, chum; an accomplice in crime or dishonesty
PALL, PELL
- n. M18 - a friend; an accomplice
RAM
- n. 1941 sl. - an accomplice in petty crime (orig. & chiefly Aust.)
SIDEKICK
- n. 20C Aust. & US sl. - an assistant, a partner, an accomplice
SIDEKICKER
- n. 1900s Aust. & US sl. - an assistant; a partner; an accomplice
SIDE-PARTNER
- n. L19 US sl. - an accomplice; an assistant
YOKE DEVIL
- n. a1616 arch. - a close companion or accomplice, esp. in a villainous or immoral undertaking; a 'partner in crime'; chiefly in plural
YUK
- n. Bk1992 US sl. obs. - an accomplice in crime (criminals' sl.)
- n. Bk1795 - one that joins another, an accomplice
ACCOMPLICESHIP
- n. 1834 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
ACCOMPLICITY
- n. Bk1888 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
ADAM
- n. 1696 sl. - an accomplice
ADAM TILER
- n. 1696 sl. - an accomplice
BACKSTOP
- n. 1919 Aust. sl. - a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on
BIRD DOG
- n. 1939 - an unsuspected accomplice to a criminal (euphemism)
BOWER
- n. 1847 Amer. sl. - a close friend; an assistant; an accomplice (orig. gambling usage)
BUTTON
- n. 1851 UK sl. obs. - a decoy or accomplice, esp. one who lures others into gambling or who poses as a customer to encourage other buyers (criminals' sl.)
CHUM ALONG WITH
- vb. 1910s UK sl. - to work as an accomplice with (criminals' sl.)
FEDARIE
- n. 1603 obs. - a confederate, an accomplice
GAMMONER
- n. E19 sl. - one who covers for an accomplice
GEE
- n. 1898 sl. - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.; a swindler's accomplice planted in a crowd, as to start bidding
GEE-ER
- n. 1912 Aust. sl. - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.
HEELER
- n. 1899 sl. - any form of servant or accomplice
INSIDE
- n. 1926 US sl. - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled (criminals' sl.)
INSIDE MAN
- n. 1931 US sl. - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled (criminals' sl.)
JOLLY
- n. M19 sl. - an accomplice
MOLLY
- n. 1946 Can. sl. - a female accomplice (criminals' sl.)
MONGREL
- n. 1608 UK sl. - an accomplice who helps in a confidence trickster's poses as a poor scholar (criminals' sl.)
MOT
- n. 1829 UK sl. - a criminal's accomplice; a female criminal
PACK
- vb. 1590 obs. - to be an accomplice or confederate in a plot
PAL
- n. 1681-2 colloq. - a comrade, mate, chum; an accomplice in crime or dishonesty
PALL, PELL
- n. M18 - a friend; an accomplice
RAM
- n. 1941 sl. - an accomplice in petty crime (orig. & chiefly Aust.)
SIDEKICK
- n. 20C Aust. & US sl. - an assistant, a partner, an accomplice
SIDEKICKER
- n. 1900s Aust. & US sl. - an assistant; a partner; an accomplice
SIDE-PARTNER
- n. L19 US sl. - an accomplice; an assistant
YOKE DEVIL
- n. a1616 arch. - a close companion or accomplice, esp. in a villainous or immoral undertaking; a 'partner in crime'; chiefly in plural
YUK
- n. Bk1992 US sl. obs. - an accomplice in crime (criminals' sl.)
ACCOMPLISH, ACCOMPLISHED, ACCOMPLISHMENT
ACCOMPLETIVE
- adj. 1839 rare - having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish
ACQUIT
- vb. c1530 obs. - to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish
ACHEVISAUNCE
- n. c1430 obs. - achieving, accomplishment
ADDRESSED
- adj. 1475 obs. - well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH
- vb. 1908 Eng. dial. - to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A (or THE) STUMP
- vb. 1908 Eng. dial. - to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory
BE HEART AND HAND FOR A THING
- vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - to be eagerly bent on accomplishing or obtaining a thing
BIRD
- n. 1842 US sl. - an exceptionally smart or accomplished person; a first-rate animal or thing
BURN UP ANYBODY'S MILL POND
- vb. 1898 Amer. dial. - to accomplish a great feat; to 'set the world on fire'
CREDIT
- n. 1992 US sl. - an achievement or accomplishment
EAT ANOTHER PECK OF SALT
- vb. Bk1904 Sc. - to gain additional strength or ability to accomplish anything
EFFECT
- vb. 1592 obs. - to have an effect, to be effectual; to accomplish its purpose
EFFECTION
- n. 1652 obs. - accomplishment, performance
FURNISH
- vb. 1477 obs. - to accomplish, to complete, to fulfil
GET IT BY THE TAIL AND A DOWN-HILL PULL ON IT
- vb. 1906 Amer. dial. - to be able to accomplish easily
HACK (IT)
- vb. 1952 Amer. sl. - to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with
HACK THE COURSE
- vb. 1966 Amer. sl. - to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed (chiefly US Air Force usage)
HACK THE JIMSON
- vb. 1952 Amer. sl. - to achieve, to accomplish something
IMPLETION
- n. 1615 - fulfilment, accomplishment
KEN
- n. 1362 obs. rare - to have skill; to be accomplished in
MISS-WOMAN
- n. 1953 Amer. dial. - a refined, accomplished young woman, either married or single
PULL IT OFF
- vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous
PULL OFF
- vb. 1887 UK sl. - to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous; to succeed in doing or effecting something
RAKING
- adj. Bk1905 Sc. - quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much
SCOPE
- vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to accomplish
STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH
- vb. 1546 obs. - to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish two ends at once
TALENT
- n. 1600 obs. - an accomplishment
WANGLER
- n. 1910s US sl. - one who uses a variety of irregular means to accomplish a purpose
- adj. 1839 rare - having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish
ACQUIT
- vb. c1530 obs. - to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish
ACHEVISAUNCE
- n. c1430 obs. - achieving, accomplishment
ADDRESSED
- adj. 1475 obs. - well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH
- vb. 1908 Eng. dial. - to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A (or THE) STUMP
- vb. 1908 Eng. dial. - to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory
BE HEART AND HAND FOR A THING
- vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - to be eagerly bent on accomplishing or obtaining a thing
BIRD
- n. 1842 US sl. - an exceptionally smart or accomplished person; a first-rate animal or thing
BURN UP ANYBODY'S MILL POND
- vb. 1898 Amer. dial. - to accomplish a great feat; to 'set the world on fire'
CREDIT
- n. 1992 US sl. - an achievement or accomplishment
EAT ANOTHER PECK OF SALT
- vb. Bk1904 Sc. - to gain additional strength or ability to accomplish anything
EFFECT
- vb. 1592 obs. - to have an effect, to be effectual; to accomplish its purpose
EFFECTION
- n. 1652 obs. - accomplishment, performance
FURNISH
- vb. 1477 obs. - to accomplish, to complete, to fulfil
GET IT BY THE TAIL AND A DOWN-HILL PULL ON IT
- vb. 1906 Amer. dial. - to be able to accomplish easily
HACK (IT)
- vb. 1952 Amer. sl. - to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with
HACK THE COURSE
- vb. 1966 Amer. sl. - to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed (chiefly US Air Force usage)
HACK THE JIMSON
- vb. 1952 Amer. sl. - to achieve, to accomplish something
IMPLETION
- n. 1615 - fulfilment, accomplishment
KEN
- n. 1362 obs. rare - to have skill; to be accomplished in
MISS-WOMAN
- n. 1953 Amer. dial. - a refined, accomplished young woman, either married or single
PULL IT OFF
- vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous
PULL OFF
- vb. 1887 UK sl. - to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous; to succeed in doing or effecting something
RAKING
- adj. Bk1905 Sc. - quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much
SCOPE
- vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to accomplish
STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH
- vb. 1546 obs. - to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish two ends at once
TALENT
- n. 1600 obs. - an accomplishment
WANGLER
- n. 1910s US sl. - one who uses a variety of irregular means to accomplish a purpose
ACCORD
ONEHEAD
- n. 1340 obs. - oneness or unity of spirit, mind, or feeling; agreement, accord, concord
ONEMENT
- n. a1450 obs. - union of mind or feeling; agreement, accord, concord; reconciliation
- n. 1340 obs. - oneness or unity of spirit, mind, or feeling; agreement, accord, concord
ONEMENT
- n. a1450 obs. - union of mind or feeling; agreement, accord, concord; reconciliation
ACCORDINGLY
SUINGLY
- adv. c1380 obs. - accordingly, consequently
- adv. c1380 obs. - accordingly, consequently
ACCORDION
BOX
- n. 1980 Amer. sl. - an accordion or concertina
DAGO'S PIANO
- n. 20C US sl. - an accordion
HARKAUDIENCE
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an accordion
LAP ORGAN
- n. 1892 Amer. dial. - an accordion
- n. 1980 Amer. sl. - an accordion or concertina
DAGO'S PIANO
- n. 20C US sl. - an accordion
HARKAUDIENCE
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an accordion
LAP ORGAN
- n. 1892 Amer. dial. - an accordion
ACCOST
ABORD
vb. † to accost ...1611 obs. or arch.
ACCOSTABLE
adj. † ready to accost, courteous ...1622
BECLEPE
vb. † to call upon, to address, to accost ...c1220
BUTTON-HOLD
vb. * to accost a person and detain him or her in conversation as if by taking hold of a buttonhole on his or her clothing, frequently so as to persuade or influence him or her ...1838
BUTTONHOLE
vb. to accost a person and detain him or her in conversation as if by taking hold of a buttonhole on his or her clothing ...1848
BUZZ
vb. to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
ACCOUNT
AC(C)OMPTER
n. † account, reckoning ...1483
ACCOUNTER
n. † one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account ...1303
DECOMPT
n. † account, reckoning ...1584 Sc.
EQUAL-AQUAL
vb. to balance accounts, to make all equal ...1818 Sc.
RECKLIN
n. a reckoning, a bill, account ...1886 Eng. dial.
RECKONING
n. a balancing of accounts ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
SALD
vb. † to balance an account, etc. ...1588
SALT
vb. to misrepresent the contents of an account by adding ghost entries, falsifying details etc. ..1882 sl.
TAIL
n. † account, reckoning ...c1330
TAILLIE
n. † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
TAILYE
n. † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
vb. † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
TAILZIE
n. † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
vb. † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
TALE
n. † an account, a reckoning of numbers of money given and received, etc. ...1401
vb. † to account, to reckon ...c897
TALLY
n. 1. † the record of an amount due; a score or shot, an account ...1573
n. 2. * reckoning, score, account ...1614
TICK
n. a debit account; an account, reckoning ...1681
ACCOUNTABLE
ACCOMPTANT
n. † one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible ...1453
ACCOUNTANT
adj. † giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible ...1494
n. * one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible ...1449
BRING TO BOOK
vb. to call to account
SUMMON
vb. †* to call to account ...1654-66
UNACCOMPTABLY
adv. † not responsible or accountable ...a1677
ACCOUNTANT
ABACIST
n. one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, accountant, or calculator ...1387
ACCOMPTANT
n. † one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
ACCOUNT CASTER
n. † a person who casts or reckons up accounts ...1580
ACCOUNTANT
n. one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
BEAN-COUNTER
n. an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician ...1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
PUFF-ADDER
n. an accountant ...c1930 RAF usage, chiefly officers'
RATIONAL
n. †* in Roman Antiquity: an accountant or auditor ...1610
ACCUMULATE, ACCUMULATED, ACCUMULATION
ACCUMULE
vb. †* to accumulate ...1490
ACERVATION
n. * the act of heaping up, accumulation ...1676
BING
vb. to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
GADDERY, GEDDERY
n. an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
GAIR-GATHERED
adj. accumulated by greed ...1847 Sc.
MIRD
n. an accumulation; a close-packed and confused crowd; a muddle ...1895 Sc.
RACK BACK
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
RACK UP
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
RAKE
n. an accumulation, what has been gathered together; a hoard ...1851 Sc.
SCART
vb. to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
SCARTLE
vb. to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together ...1825 Sc.
ACCURATE, ACCURATELY
APTISH
adj. skilful, useful, accurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG ON
adv. with absolute accuracy ...Brit. colloq.
CALL THE TURN
vb. to make an accurate statement or prediction ...1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
DAMN TOOTIN'
adv. certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
DEAD-ON
adj. accurate ...1888 UK sl.
EXACCURATE
adj. careful, exact and accurate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
LEAL
adj. † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
PAT
adj. fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAT-OFF
adj. fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PERJINKETY
adj. exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
PERQUIRE
adj. † accurate, exact ...1742 Sc.
adv. † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
RIGHT AS MY LEG
adj. † in good condition, in good order; correct, accurate, true ...1636
SPEAK BY THE CARD
vb. to speak with great exactness, or with the utmost accuracy; to be careful with one's words ...1596
TO A COCK'S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
TO A FROG'S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
TO A GNAT'S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1940 Amer. dial.
TO A TITTLE
adv. with minute exactness; to the smallest particular; precisely, accurately ...1607
TO THE LAST HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1954 Amer. dial.
ACCURSED
FACOCKTA
adj. accursed; wretched ...1990s Amer. sl.
GODDAM
adj. accursed, damnable ...E20 colloq.
MALEDICT
adj. accursed ...1867 arch.
n. an accursed person ...a1550 arch.
MALEDICTED
adj. accursed; evil-spoken of ...1727
MALEDIGHT
adj. † cursed, accursed ...a1300
ACCUSATION, ACCUSATORY, ACCUSE, ACCUSED, ACCUSER, ACCUSING
ACCRIMINATE
vb. †* to accuse of a crime ...1655
ACCRIMINATION
n. †* accusation of crime ...1655
ACCUSANT
adj. † accusing ...1611
n. * one who accuses, an accuser...1611
ACCUSATIVE
adj. †* pert. to accusation; accusatory ...a1400
ACCUSATOR
n. † an accuser ...1382
ACCUSATRIX
n. †* a female accuser ...1655
ACCUSE
n. †* the act of accusing or charging with crime; charge, accusation ...1593
ACCUSEMENT
n. † the act of accusing or charging with an offense; an accusing; an accusation, a charge ...c1374
ACCUSERESS
n. † she who accuses ...Bk1867
ACCUSER-GENERAL
n. a chief prosecutor or accuser ...1770
ACCUSOR
n. † an accuser ...1340
ACOUP(E)
vb. † to accuse ...1297
ACOUPEMENT
n. †* accusation ...a1300
ADWITE
vb. † to reproach, to accuse ...c1430
BACKDOOR
vb. to accuse; to inform ...1960s sl.
BAWL-OUT
n. a criticism, an accusation, a scolding ...1915 US sl.
BECALL
vb. † to accuse of ...c1250
BECLEPE
vb. † to complain against; to indict, to accuse ...c1030
BECRY
vb. † to cry at, to accuse ...c1440
BEGREDE
vb. † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
BESPEAK
vb. † to speak against; to charge, to accuse; to oppose ...a1000
BEWRAY
vb. † to accuse, to malign, to speak evil of ...c1330
BUM-RAP
vb. to accuse someone of something falsely ...20C
CAST IN ONE'S DISH
vb. to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
CAST THE FIRST STONE
vb. to be first to accuse or criticize, though not oneself blameless ...Bk1999
DECRIMINATE
vb. †* to denounce as a criminal, to accuse ...1670
DELATION
n. an accusation ...1792 Sc.
DELATOR
n. an informer, an accuser ...1616 Sc.
DING IN SOMEONE'S TEETH
vb. to bring up old offenses, to charge, to accuse ...1897 Eng. dial.
GAB
vb. † to reproach; to accuse ...c1200
HUMBLE
n. a false criminal accusation or charge ...1940 US sl.
IMPOSITION
n. † imputation, accusation, charge ...1611
IMPUGN
vb. * to find fault with, to accuse ...1377
IMPUTATIVE
adj. involved in accusing; given to making imputations ...1824
IMPUTE
n. †* an accusation, charge ...1649
vb. to accuse of, to charge with ...1596
INCULP
vb. † to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
INCUSATION
n. blaming, accusation ...1623 (394 Cockeram, 1647)
LAY IN ONE'S DISH
vb. to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
ONSAW
n. † a charge against a person, an accusation; reproach, opprobrious language ...c1000
POINT THE BONE AT
vb. to predict or will the failure of an enterprise; to bring defeat or failure on a person; later, to accuse, to blame, to condemn a person ...1923 Aust. colloq.
POINT THE FINGER
vb. to accuse or vilify ...1829 Amer. sl.
RAP
vb. to stand accused, to appear guilty ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
REDARGUE
vb. to accuse, to blame ...1768 Sc.
SUGGESTER
n. † one who accuses, or brings a charge against another ...1450
TAG
vb. to blame, to accuse ...1950s sl.
TAGGY
n. an accuser; a hostile witness ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
TAINT
vb. † to accuse of crime or dishonour ...a1619
TAINTOR
n. † one who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, an informer ...1451
TAINTURE
n. † accusation, charge ...1621
TAXER
n. † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
UP ON ONE
adj. of a police officer: on a charge, standing accused ...1974 UK sl.
ACCUSTOM, ACCUSTOMED
ACCUSTOMATE
adj. † accustomed, habituated, wonted ...1494
ASSUEFACTION
n. † the state of being accustomed, or the act of accustoming; use; habituation ...1644
CUSTOMER
adj. † accustomed to do something; of an action: customary, habitual ...a1393
HABIT
vb. † to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate ...1615
HABITED
adj. † familiarized, accustomed, practised, used to ...1615
HANKLED
adj. habituated, accustomed to ...B1900 Eng. dial.
HAUNT
vb. † to be wont or accustomed ...a1300
HAUNTED
adj. † practiced; used, habituated, or accustomed to a course; wonted ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
HEAF
vb. to accustom or reconcile oneself to a place; to settle down, to make oneself at home ...1873 Eng. dial.
NATURALIZED
adj. accustomed ...1924 Amer. dial.
OCCASIONATE
vb. † to give occasion to; to urge or compel by circumstances; also, to do this habitually; hence, to habituate, to accustom ...1545
OCCASIONED
adj. † accustomed ...1576
TUMBLE TO THE RACKET
vb. to understand; to perceive; to comprehend; to get accustomed to a thing ...1883 Eng. dial.
USEN
vb. to accustom one to something ...1845 Amer. dial.
ACHE, ACHING
ACHAGE
n. an aching state ...1878 humorous rare
ACH(E)Y
adj. suffering from aches ...1878
ACHY-BREAKY
adj. aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending ...1992 colloq.
DIRLING
adj. aching, quivering, tingling ...1853 Sc.
FARE
vb. to ache, to throb ...1781 Eng. dial.
GEAL, GELL
vb. to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
GILVER
vb. to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
MISERISH
adj. aching; painful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MISERY
n. an ache or pain ...1827 Amer. dial.
MISERY, THE
n. an ache or pain ...1832 Amer. dial.
NAG
vb. to keep up a dull gnawing pain; to ache persistently ...1836
NAGGY
adj. aching with a dull pain ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
NANG
vb. of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching ...1882 Eng. dial.
NIGG
vb. to ache with pain ...1928 Sc. DSL online
NIP
vb. to ache, to smart, to tingle with cold ...1736 Sc. DSL online
NIRL
vb. of pain: to ache continuously, to gnaw ...1947 Sc. DSL online
PANG
vb. * to pierce or penetrate with acute physical or mental pain; to pain, to hurt, to ache ...c1502
RAGE
vb. of a tooth or sore: to ache violently ...1567
TAKE ON
vb. to ache, to be painful ...1893 Eng. dial.
WARCH, WARK
n. † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
YAIK
vb. to ache ...Bk1905 Sc.
YAUK
vb. to ache ...1898 Sc.
YAW
vb. to ache ...1887 Sc.
ACHIEVE, ACHIEVED, ACHIEVEMENT, ACHIEVING
ACHEVISAUNCE
n. † achieving, accomplishment ...c1430
ACHIEVANCE
n. † achievement, performance ...1531
AWAY LAUGHING
adj. in a good position, esp. when embarking on a new venture; achieving with ease ...1965 NZ sl.
BABY
n. a person's invention or achievement ...1890
BAG
vb. to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ..1911 Amer. sl.
BANT
vb. to conquer, to achieve, to manage ...1875 Eng. dial.
CREDIT
n. an achievement or accomplishment ...1992 US sl.
DAGS
n. a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
DIRD
n. a mighty achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
DIRDUM
n. a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
DO IT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD
vb. to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
DO ON ONE'S NAPPER
vb. to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
DO ON ONE'S NOB
vb. to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
DO ON YOUR HEAD
vb. to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
FINAGLE
vb. to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
HACK IT
vb. to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1952 US sl.
HACK THE JIMSON
vb. to achieve, to accomplish something ...1952 Amer. sl.
HACK UP
vb. to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1950s US sl.
HAVE SHOT ONE'S BOLT
vb. to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability, or strength to do and be unable to do more ...a1100
LAYOUT
n. an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
LIKE A BIG DOG
phr. having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
LIKE A MOOSE
phr. having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
MAKE A STRIKE
vb. to achieve, to succeed or be lucky ...Bk1904 colloq.
MASTERPIECE
n. a person's greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability ...1605
NOTCH UP
vb. to achieve ...1837 UK sl.
PACK THE GEAR
vb. to achieve a given standard ...1970s US sl.
PULL
vb. to achieve, to pull off ...c1920 Army sl.
RACK BACK
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
RACK UP
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
SACKED
adj. as good as secured, achieved ...1940s US sl.
STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH
vb. † to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish or achieve two ends at once ...1546
WALTZ
vb. to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use ...1960s sl.
WHITE TWO WALLS WITH ONE BRUSH
vb. † to achieve two aims at once ...1596
WORK THINGS
vb. to achieve something, not necessarily though usually dishonest, or, at best, dubious ...L19 colloq.
ACHILLES HEEL, ACHILLES TENDON
HEEL STRING
n. the Achilles tendon ...1938 Amer. dial.
KRYPTONITE
n. in the fictional world of the comic book hero Superman: a substance that renders Superman weak and powerless; hence in figurative or allusive use: something that can weaken or damage a particular person or thing; an Achilles heel ...1943
ACID, ACIDITY
EAGER
adj. † sour, acid, tart ...c1350
EAGER-DULCE
adj. † acid and sweet ...1548
EAGERNESS
n. † pungency of taste; acidity, sourness ...1490
EAGER-SWEET
adj. † acid and sweet ...1616
YARRISH
adj. harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
YARRY
adj. harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...1841 Eng. dial.
ACKNOWLEDGE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ACK
vb. to acknowledge a letter, etc. ...1984 Brit. clerical usage, orig. Civil Service
A(C)KNOW
vb. † to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000
BEKNOW
vb. † to admit one's knowledge of; to acknowledge, to confess; to know, to understand ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BEKNOWLEDGE
vb. † to acknowledge ...1340
BEKNOWLEDGING
n. † acknowledgement, confession ...1340
BETHANK
n. thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement ...1826 Sc.
DAP
n. credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness ...1970s US Black sl.
FESS
vb. to acknowledge, to profess ...1953 Amer. dial.
KEN
vb. † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
KNOWLEDGE
vb. † to admit to knowledge of; to accept or admit the existence or truth of; to acknowledge ...c1225
KNOWLEDGEMENT
n. † acknowledgement ...1574
KNOWLEDGER
n. † a person who acknowledges or recognizes someone or something ...a1382
KNOWLEDGING
n. † acknowledgement, confession; formal acknowledgement ...c1225
KNOWNESS
n. †* acknowledgement ...a1200
MISCOGNIZE
vb. †* to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand ...1603
SHELL DOWN THE CORN
vb. to acknowledge one's error ...1869 Amer. dial.
TAKE TO
vb. to own, to acknowledge; to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to a bargain ..1790 Eng. dial.
YATE
vb. † to acknowledge, to confess ...c1200
ACNE
ACCA, ACKER
n. acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
ACK n. acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
BLOSSOM
n. a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish ...1942 Amer. dial.
CRATER
n. an acne scar ...Bk2006 US sl.
CRATER-FACE
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
FACE LIKE A FESTERING PICKLE, A
n. a face that is covered in severe acne ...2000s NZ sl.
GUBERS
n. acne; facial pimples ...M20 US sl.
JACK BUMPS
n. acne, allegedly caused by masturbation ...1960s US sl.
JERK BUMPS
n. acne ...1936 Amer. dial.
PIZZA-FACE
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
PIZZA-PUSS
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
ROSY-DROP
n. acne; pimples ...E19
WHORE BOIL
n. adolescent acne; small infected pimples on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
WHORE PIMPLE
n. adolescent acne ...1949 Amer. dial.
ZIT-FACE
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
ZIT-FEATURES
n. a general term of abuse to one who has acne ...1990s sl.
ZITTY
n. a person with acne ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
ACORN
ACERS
n. acorns ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LADLE
n. † the cup of an acorn ...1599
MASTICK
n. an acorn, the fruit of the oak, Quercus robur ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NACKEREL
n. an acorn ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
OAK-ATCHERN
n. an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OAK-BERRY
n. an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OAK-MASS, OAK-MAST
n. an acorn ...1842 Eng. dial.
SHACK
n. nuts and acorns that have fallen to the ground ...1828 Amer. dial.
YACCORN, YACKRAN, YAKRON
n. an acorn ...1790 Eng. dial.
YACKER, YAKKER
n. an acorn ...1885 Eng. dial.
ACQUAINT, ACQUAINTANCE, ACQUAINTED
ACQUAINT
adj. acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of ...1297 arch.
n. † an acquaintance ...c1386
ACQUAINTABLE
adj. † easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar ...c1400
ACQUAINTANCE
n. orig. a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion; later, a person one knows slightly or on a less intimate basis than friendship ...c1405
ACQUAINTANCY
n. * the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge ...1859
ACQUAINTANT
n. † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...1611
ACQUAINTATION
n. †* acquaintance ...1468
ACQUAINTED
n. † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...c1566
AWAKE
adj. knowing, acquainted with, aware of, or knowing what is going on ...Bk1890 sl.
BAKONT
adj. known, acquainted ...1939 Amer. dial.
BEKNOWN
adj. known, acquainted, familiar ...1429 arch.
BUDDY
n. a friend; an acquaintance ...M19 orig. US
EAM
n. † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; intimate acquaintance ...1681 Scot. & Eng. dial.
EME
n. a friend; an intimate acquaintance ...1674 Eng. dial.
FAMILARY
adj. familiar, acquainted, intimate, friendly ...c1450
HABITUDE
n. †* a person with whom one is familiar; an associate, an acquaintance ...1676
KEN
vb. to know a thing; to have knowledge of or about; to be acquainted with ...a1300 now chiefly Sc.
KENNING
n. recognition, acquaintance ...1826 Sc.
KNOWLEDGE
n. † personal acquaintance; friendship, intimacy ...1389
KNOW ONE'S ONIONS
vb. to be fully acquainted with a subject ...Brit. sl.
MISS GOOCH
n. a nickname for a close acquaintance ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
MISS GUNCH
n. a nickname for a close acquaintance ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
QUAINT
vb. † to acquaint ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUAINTANCE
n. † acquaintance ...c1300
ACQUIRE, ACQUIRED, ACQUIREMENT, ACQUIRING, ACQUISITION, ACQUISITIVE
ACCROACH
vb. to draw to oneself; to catch, to attract, to acquire ...c1325
ACCUMULATOR
n. a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer...1611
ACQUEST
n. 1. † the act of acquiring ...1613
n. 2. a thing acquired, an acquisition ...1622
ACQUIRE
n. †* acquirement or gain ...1592
ACQUIRY
n. † the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
ACQUISITE
adj. † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself ...1532
ACQUISITED
adj. † acquired ...1613
ACQUISITITIOUS
adj. of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate' ...1653
ACQUISITIVE
adj. † that has been acquired ...1637
ACQUISITOR
n. * one who acquires ...Bk1888
ACQUIST
n. 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain ...1613
n. 2. † a thing acquired; an acquisition ...1635
vb. †* to gain for oneself; to acquire ...1598
ACQUISTED
adj. † acquired ...1613
ACQUISTER
n. †* one who acquires ...1613
ADDLE
vb. † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ADEPTED
adj. † gained, acquired ...c1595
BEGET
n. 1. † the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage ...c1175
n. 2. † the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
vb. † to get, to acquire, usually by effort ...a1000
CLOCK
vb. to acquire; to earn. to 'rack up' ...1990 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
COFF
vb. † to acquire, to get ...1559 Sc.
COP
n. an acquisition ...1950s US sl.
vb. of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire ...M19 sl.
COUGH
vb. † to purchase, to acquire, to get ...1550
EFFECT
n. † something which is attained or acquired by an action ...1602
ETTLE
vb. to earn, to acquire by labour ...1851 Eng. dial.
FALL INTO
vb. to acquire by chance or without effort ...1946 US sl.
GAIR-GATHERED
adj. ill-got ...1870 Sc.
GIMME
n. an acquisitive, greedy woman ...1930 Aust. sl.
HAVING
adj. † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LEARNING
n. † an acquirement ...1602
SCART
vb. to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
SCRAPER
n. a greedy, acquisitive person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SNAFFLE
vb. to acquire something for your own ...1902 UK sl.
YCONQUEST
adj. † acquired ...1513
YFET
adj. † brought, carried, fetched; acquired ...c893
ACQUIT, ACQUITTAL, ACQUITTANCE, ACQUITTED
ABSOLVATORY
adj. pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
ACQUIT
adj. acquitted, cleared, set free ...1393 arch.
n. † the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal ...1475
QUITMENT
n. an acquittance; a discharge; a receipt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUITTAL
n. † acquittal ...1592
QUITTANCE
n. † acquittal ...a1225
SKERE
vb. † to free a person from blame or accusation; to acquit one of a penalty or charge, to clear, to exculpate ...a1225
ACRE
ACREABLE
adj. * of an acre; per acre ...1792
FARDINGALE
n. † the fourth part of an acre ...1865 Eng. dial.
FARREN
n. half an acre ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
FARTHINGDEAL
n. † the fourth part of an acre; a rood ...1542
FURLONG
n. † the eighth part of an acre ...1617
YACKER
n. † an acre ...1825 Sc.
ACRID
ACRIOUS
adj. † acrid ...1675
BASK
adj. † bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
EAGER
adj. † pungent, acrid, keen to the taste or other senses ...1574
RAMMISH
adj. † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, pungent, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TARF
adj. coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
ACROBAT, ACROBATIC
ACRO
adj. acrobatic manoeuvres ...1967 Amer. aviation usage
ACROBATISM
n. the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats ...1864
BALANCER
n. one who balances himself in difficult positions; a tumbler, an acrobat ...c1510
BENDER
n. a contortionist; an acrobat ...1873 circus sl.
HAND BALANCER
n. an acrobat or entertainer who performs feats whilst balancing on his or her hands ...1886
SALAMANDER
n. a street acrobat and juggler who eats fire ...1859 sl.
TOPPLER
n. a tumbler; an acrobat ...a1825 Eng. dial.
ACRONYM
ALPHABET SOUP
n. initialisms and acronyms in general ...Amer. sl.
ACROSS
AQUART
adv. across, athwart ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ASKLENT
prep. across ...1808 Sc.
ATHART, ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT
adv. across, crosswise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
prep. of position or motion: across, over ...1806 Eng. dial.
ATHURTENS
adv. athwart, across ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
AT-OWER
prep. of position or motion: across, over ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
QUART
adv. across ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWARTOUR
adv. across, athwart ...Bk1905 Sc.
ACT
ACTURIENCE
n. desire to act ...a1880
FARE
vb. † to behave or conduct oneself, to act ...a1300
MAKE
vb. to act, to pretend, to feign ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTION
ACTURE
n. †* the process of acting; action, doing ...1593
AFFAIR
n. †* doing, action, performance ...c1500
ALACRIATE
vb. †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden ...1657
CALL THE PLAYS
vb. to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
CALL THE SHOTS
vb. to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
FAKEMENT
n. any action or problem ...L19 sl.
FARE
n. † a proceeding, action; 'doings'; hence, fighting ...1340-70
FASHIONS
n. * actions, gestures, 'ways' ...1569
FEAT
n. 1. † action in general; overt action; deeds, as opposed to words ...1362
n. 2. † an action, deed, course of conduct ...c1420
FIGHT IT OUT OF THIS LINE
vb. to adopt a course of action and thought and to continue with it to the end ...US Civil War usage
GO FOR THE DOCTOR
vb. to take action of any sort ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
HELL'S-A-POPPIN'; HELLZAPOPPIN'
adj. hectic, chaotic; extremely eventful, action-packed, exciting; ostentatious, flashy ...1945 colloq., orig. US
LATES
n. † looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on ... c1205
OPERANCE
n. * the act of operating; operation, action ...
OPERATION
n. † action, performance, work, deed ...c1386
PARASTATIC
adj. † having the function of impelling to action ...1656
PUT ONESELF ABOUT
vb. to go into action ...1970s sl.
SAIL INTO
vb. to launch oneself headlong on a course of action ...M19 sl.
SHOOT, LUKE, OR GIVE UP THE GUN
phr. you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
SHOOT, OR GIVE YOUR GUN
phr. you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
TICKET
n. the program or plan of action; that which is to be done ...1842
WAKE IT!
int. an exhortation to action; get with it! ...1980s US college sl.
ACTIVE, ACTIVELY
ACTABLE
adj. active, capable of lively activity ...1966 Amer. dial.
ACTIOUS
adj. † abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk ...1592
ACTIVE
n. a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person ...a1425
ACTUAL
adj. † abounding in action; active, energetic ...1470-85
ACTUALLY
adv. † actively, energetically ...1470-85
ACTUOSE
adj. † full of activity; abounding in action; very active ...1677
ALACRIOUS
adj. † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
ALIVEO
adj. alert, active ...L19 sl.
AMPED
adj. very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up ...1972 Amer. sl.
ANTIC
adj. frisky, lively, active, spry ,,,1903 Amer. dial.
ASTEER
adv. moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
BALLING
adj. excitingly active; wonderfully alive ...1952 US sl.
BEAR A BOB
vb. to be brisk or active ...1890 Eng. dial.
BIGHTSOM
adj. light, active ...1790 Sc.
BIRKIE, BIRKY
n. a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.
BOBBISH
adj. smart, active, clever ...19C
BOOSE
vb. to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.
BOOSIN
adj. active, bouncing ...Bk1911 Sc.
BRASH
adj. active, quick ...1887 US
BRISKY
adj. brisk, lively, active, energetic ...1590
BUZZY
adj. of a person: excited, euphoric, experiencing a buzz; active, lively, over-stimulated ...1978
CADDY
adj. spry, agile, active, lively ...1938 Amer. dial.
CALEEVERING
adj. energetic, flying wildly or actively about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANTY
adj. cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CATTY
adj. spry, agile, active, lively ...1939 Amer. dial.
COOK
vb. to be full of activity and excitement ...sl.
DAPPER
adj. of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly ...E17
DAPPERLING
n. a little, active dapper fellow ...E17
DAPPERWIT
n. a lively, active, spruce little man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DARTER
adj. active ...1851 Eng. dial.
n. a quick, active person ...1808 Eng. dial.
DARTY
adj. sharp, quick, active ...1869 Eng. dial.
DAY PERSON
n. one who prefers to be active during the daytime ...20C Amer. sl.
DEEDFUL
adj. brisk, active ...1834
DEEDFULLY
adv. actively, effectively ...1615
DEEDIE, DEEDY
adj. full of deeds or activity; active, brisk; ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
DEEDILY
adv. actively, busily ...1813 Eng. dial.
DIRLER
n. a light-footed, active person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DYNAMIC
adj. active, potent, energetic, effective, forceful ...1856
EDGIE, EDGY
adj. quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
FERDY
adj. strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
FLINK
adj. nimble, agile, active ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to be agile, nimble, active ...1895 Eng. dial.
FLY AROUND
vb. to stir about; to be active ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD
adj. full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
GAIN
adj. smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
GAINFUL
adj. active ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
GALLIARD
adj. gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
GAY-CAT
n. an active, jovial, lusty person who enjoys life; a ladies' man; a dude; one who, with or without the help of narcotics, is never worried or troubled but who takes life as it comes without being concerned or bothered ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
GET YOUR A INTO G
vb. to stop idling; to apply yourself into an activity; to start doing something useful ...2002 NZ sl.
GISTRA
n. a sturdy, active old man ...Bk1910 Ireland
GYMNASTIC
adj. * physically active, athletic ...1785
HAFTY
adj. handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HAND-RACKLE
adj. careless, acting without consideration; active, ready ...1822 Sc.
HEFTY
adj. handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HUMMER
n. a person characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
HUMMING
adj. of extraordinary activity, intensity or magnitude; vigorous, striking ...M17 colloq
HYPER
adj. extraordinarily active, energetic, or highly strung ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
INACTUATE
vb. to make active, to put in action, to stir into activity ...1651 arch.
IN AND OUT LIKE A FIDDLER'S ELBOW
adj. extremely active without actually achieving anything ...20C Aust. sl.
IZZER
n. one that is alive and active ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
JIGGER
n. a very lively, active old person ...1967 Amer. dial.
KASK
adj. † active, vigorous ...c1300
KEDGE
adj. brisk, active, lively ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
KEDGY
adj. brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
KIDGE
adj. brisk, active, lively ...1790 Eng. dial.
KIDGY
adj. brisk, active, sprightly ...1812 Eng. dial.
LARGE-SIZED
adj. † of an activity or period of time: fine, very enjoyable, exciting; very active ...1874 Amer. sl.
LIGHTFOOT
adj. light-footed, nimble of foot; active ...c1440 poetic
LUSTY
adj. † valiant, courageous, active ...c1374
METTLE
adj. spirited; active; capable of enduring fatigue ...1806 Sc.
NATTLER
n. one who is active with hands, feet, or tongue; an expert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NIMBER
adj. † active, nimble ...1849
OLIGHT, OLITE
adj. † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
OLIVED
adj. active, lively, energetic; the reverse of lazy ...1892 Ireland
OMNIACTIVE
adj. active in all things or everywhere; working in all places ...1846
ON THE SHACK
adj. on the go ...1969 Amer. dial.
PAINFUL
adj. painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PEANERFLEE
n. † one who has the appearance of lightness and activity ...1824 Sc.
PEARTEN
vb. to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten ...1851 Amer. dial.
PLUMB PERT
adj. very lively or active ...1965 Amer. dial.
QUEME
adj. †* skilled, clever; smart, active ...c1400
QUERTY, QUIRTY
adj. † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
QUICK
adj. * of persons: full of vigour, energy or activity ...a1300
QUIVER
adj. † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUIVERLY
adv. † actively, quickly, smartly ...c960
RAD
adj. † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
RAMPTIOUS
adj. violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
RASH
adj. active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
REDD
adj. active, able to accomplish much ...1866 Sc.
RED-HANDED
adj. active, neat ...1820 Sc.
REEVER
n. a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
RESOLUTE
adj. strong, active ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RIP-SNORTER
n. an active, dashing person ...1842 colloq., orig. US
RUNNING
adj. † rapidly changing from one thought or interest to another; easily distracted; flighty, changeable; active, lively ...c1449
SCOPPERIL, SKOPERIL
n. a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal ...1874 Eng. dial.
SKEET
adj. † swift, active ...c1400
SKITTISH
adj. spirited, active, lively; frolicsome ...a1592
SMART
adj. healthy; chipper, spry, lively, active ...1788 Amer. dial.
SPANKER
n. a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels ...1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
SPANKY
n. a tall, well-made, active person ...B1900 Sc.
TAIT
adj. † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
TAKE OFF
vb. to be suddenly successful or very active ...1930s US sl.
TALL
adj. †* quick, prompt, ready, active ...1530-1600
TALL OF HIS HANDS
adj. † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
TARGER
n. a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
TEAR-ARSE, TEAR-ASS
n. a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
TEARING
adj. active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THRODDY
adj. active, energetic, able to get through much work ...1884 Eng. dial.
THROUGH
adj. active, expeditious ...Bk1905 Sc.
THROUGH-GANGING
adj. active, having a great deal of action ...1814 Sc.
THROUGH-GOING
adj. active, energetic; persevering ...1822 Sc.
THROUGH-PUTTING
adj. active, energetic; persevering ...Bk1905 Sc.
TICKLE-HEELED
adj. † having nimble or active heels ...1737
TIGHTLY
adv. promptly, quickly; actively, smartly ...1873 Sc.
TIMBERSOME
adj. light, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UPON TICK
adj. in a state of activity ...Bk1905 Sc.
VEGETE
adj. * healthy and active; flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1639
VERTY
adj. energetic, active, esp. at an early hour of the day, early rising ...1804 Sc.
VOGEROUS
adj. keen, eager; brisk, active, strong, lusty ...1892 Sc.
VREACH
adv. carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
WACKER
adj. active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WA(D)DEN, WADDIN
adj. young and vigorous, alert, active ...a1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAKE
vb. † to be active, alert, stirring, vigilant; also, to be diligent, to exert oneself to do something ...1352
WALDING-MAN
n. an active, stirring man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WALK
vb. † to busy oneself; to be active about something ...a1300
WANDY BODY
n. a person one would consider stout, but who is well-made and active ...Bk1876
WIGHT
adv. † actively, energetically ...ME obs. exc. Sc.
WIGHT MAN
n. a sturdy, active man ...1828 Sc.
YALD
adj. active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YANK
adj. active, vigorous ...1790 Sc.
YANKING
adj. active, forward, pushing ...1824 Sc.
YANKY
adj. nimble, agile, active ...1870 Sc.
YAP
adj. clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAPE
adj. eager, keen, ready, active ...1739 Sc.
YAPLY
adv. actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAPPELY
adv. actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YARD APE
n. an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
YARE
adj. alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
YASP
adj. active, brisk, energetic ...1898 Sc.
YAUL(D)
adj. active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAUP
adj. clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAWL
adj. active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YELD
adj. alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
YEPE
adj. † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
YEPPER
adj. brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
YERN
adj. † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
YIPPER
adj. brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
ZOONER
n. an active person, a go-getter ...1887 Amer. dial.
ACTIVIST
HACKTIVIST
n. a cultural activist and skilled computer-user who invades a corporate website to leave subversive messages ...2001 UK sl.
POT-STIRRER
n. an anti-establishment activist ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
ACTIVITY
ACTION
n. activity, esp. of the kind or arouse interest or excitement ...1951 US sl.
ACTUALITY
n. † capacity of action, activity ...1398
ACTUALNESS
n. † active working or operation, activity ...1398
ACTUOSITY
n. † abounding activity ...1660
CARRY-ON
n. any continuing activity or catalogue of details ...2001 UK sl.
DACITY
n. activity, energy ...1636 Eng. dial.
DOIN'S
n. any form of activity ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
FAKEMENT
n. activity ...L19 sl.
FEEROCHRIE
n. ability, activity, agility ...Bk1900 Sc.
HUMMER
n. a thing characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
INACTUATION
n. a bringing into activity; the condition of activity ...1662
I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFER
phr. indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFOO VALVE
phr. indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
LAYOUT
n. an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
LEAPING TIME
n. the time of activity, youth ...1611
LICK
n. a brief or brisk stroke of activity or energy ...1835 Amer. dial.
LUSTINESS
n. † energy, activity ...c1325
MAIN KICK
n. one's favourite activity ...1930s US Black sl.
MEETHS
n. activity, bodily energy ...Bk1905 Sc.
MUCK IN
n. a communal activity ...1910s sl.
OMNIVORACITY
n. an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1889
OMNIVOROSITY
n. an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1896
OMNIVOROUSNESS
n. an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1727
QUIVERNESS
n. † activity ...1538
RACKET
n. in weak use, any form of activity ...1920s US sl.
RIFF
n. an activity or experience ...1975 US sl.
SHARP END
n. the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
TAB
n. a project, a line of activity, a program ...1930s US sl.
THROUGH-PUT
n. activity, expedition in doing anything ...1845 Sc.
VIR
n. vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
WHET
n. a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time ...1834 Amer. dial.
ACTOR/ACTRESS
ACTING LADY
n. an incapable or inferior actress ...1883 theatrical colloq.
ACTORINE
n. an actress ...1896 Amer. sl.
ACTOR-MAN
n. † a male theatrical actor ...1774
ACTORVIST
n. a politically involved actor ...1995 Amer. political sl.
ACTRICE
n. † an actress ...1589
ARK-FLOATER
n. a veteran actor ...L19 sl.
BARNSTORMER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
BIG TIMER
n. one who participates in big time activity, such as a Broadway actor, a major league baseball player, etc. ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
BIT PLAYER
n. an actor with a very small acting role with few lines to speak; a person with a very small part in something ...1936
BOOT-JACK
n. an actor of utility parts ...1895 theatrical sl.
CABOTIN
n. a low-class actor - a charlatan ...1903
CACKLE-FAKER
n. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
CACKLER
n. an actor or showman who has a talking part ...c1840 circus and showmen's
CACKLING-COVE
n. an actor ...c1830 theatrical
CHEST-PLASTER
n. a young actor ...1883 theatrical sl.
COMEDY MERCHANT
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
DAY PLAYER
n. an actor who is called for a single day's work on a television program or film set ...1988 US sl.
DEAD LETTER PERFECT
adj. of an actor: absolutely certain of your lines ...1952 UK sl.
FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, THE
n. an actor or actress cut out of a picture because, after the picture has been completed, it is found that the role is superfluous ...c1920 film industry
FAKIR
n. an actor ...L19 US sl.
GAGGER
n. a player, an actor ...1823 UK sl.
GAME-PLAYER
n. † an athlete or actor ...1552
GAMESTER
n. †* an actor ...1596
GEORGE SPELVIN
n. a pseudonym used to hide the identity of an actor; also, a name given to a hypothetical average or ordinary man ...1908 chiefly US
GESTICULATOR
n. one who gesticulates; one who uses gestures or gesticulations; an actor ...1693
GESTURER
n. one who gestures; an actor ...1576
GET THE (BIG) BIRD
vb. of an actor: to be hissed by the audience; hence, to be dismissed ...1865 sl.
GLAMOUR GIRL
n. a glamorous, attractive young woman, esp. a model or film star ...1935 colloq.
GLAM TOAST FROM GOLD COAST
n. a movie star ...Bk1945 jive usage
HAM
n. an incompetent informer, esp. an actor who overacts ...1882 sl.
HAM ACTOR
n. an ineffective or over-emphatic actor; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
HAM ACTRESS
n. an ineffective or over-emphatic actress; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
HAMBO
n. an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1926 US sl.
HAMBONE
n. an inferior or amateur actor, esp. one who speaks in a spurious Black accent ...1949 US sl.
HAMFATTER
n. an ineffective actor or performer ...1880 US sl.
HAMFATTO
n. an ineffective actor or performer ...1911 US sl.
HAMOLA
n. an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1941 US theatrical sl.
HAM-SLINGER
n. a second-rate actor ...1930 US sl.
HAND
n. an artist, musician, writer, actor, etc., as the performer or originator of a work ...1587
HEAVY
n. an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama; occasionally used of an actress ...1877 US sl.
HEAVY MAN
n. an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...1859 US sl.
HEAVY MERCHANT
n. an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...Bk1909 sl.
HISTRIO
n. a stage-player, an actor ...1589
HISTRION
n. a stage-player, an actor (now usually contemptuous) ...1566
HISTRIONIAN
n. * an actor ...1607
HISTRIONIC
n. † a stage-player, an actor; also, a person who behaves in a theatrical or stagy manner ...1647
JAY
n. an amateur; a poor actor ...Bk1896 theatrical sl.
LAKER
n. a player; an actor ...1808 Eng. dial.
LUVVIE, LUVVY
n. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1988 UK colloq.
LUVVIE-DARLING
n. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1988 UK colloq.
MILK MAN
n. in Vaudeville: an actor who steals more bows than the applause warranted at the finish ...1926 US sl.
MONOLOGIST
n. a person who performs monologues (a long speech by one actor in a play, film, etc.); an actor in a monologue ...1858
MOVIE QUEEN
n. a successful or glamorous film actress ...1914
MUG-FAKER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
MUGGER
n. an actor who makes free play with his face ...19C theatrical
MUMMER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
MUMMERY-COVE
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
ON THE ACT
phr. working as an actor ...L19 sl.
PASH FLAP
n. a young girl with a sentimental admiration for actors ...Bk1934 US theatre sl.
PRO
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
RAG-AND-STICK
n. a contemptuous epithet applied to an actor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUMPOT HAM
n. an actor ...1930 Amer. dial.
SCAFFOLD-PLAYER
n. † an actor in a scaffold-play (mystery play) ...1559
SPEAR-CARRIER
n. an actor who appears in the background or only plays minor roles ...1984 UK sl.
STROLLER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
SURF
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
TAG
n. an actor ...M19 sl.
TALENT, THE
n. in the entertainment industry: the actors - the performers ...1991 US sl.
TEAR BUCKET
n. a dramatic actress ...Bk1945 jive usage
TEAR-JERKER
n. an actor or speaker able to elicit sympathy from his audience ...1935 Amer. sl.
TEAR-MOUTH
n. † a ranting actor ...1601
TEAR-THROAT
n. † a ranting actor ...1654
TRAGEDY MERCHANT
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
WALKING GENTLEMAN
n. an actor playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but th little or nothing to say ...1831 theatrical usage
WALKING LADY
n. an actress playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but with little or nothing to say ...1860 theatrical usage
ACTUAL
DEEDY
adj. †* actual, real ...1781
FAIR DINKUM
adj. real, actual ...1937 Aust. sl.
LEAL
adj. † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTUALITY
BEINGNESS
n. † the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
VERINESS
n. † actuality, reality, truth ...1574
VERITY
n. reality, real existence, actuality ...a1633
ACTUALLY
ACKWALLY
adv. actually ...1877 Sc.
FAIR
adv. truly, really, actually; used as an intensifier ...1870 Eng. dial.
HAILUMLY, HALUMLIE, HELIMLY
adv. † certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly ...1768 Sc.
LEALLY
adv. † truly, really, actually ...c1350
ACTUATED
ACTUABILITY
n. †* capability of being acted upon or actuated ...1689
ACUMEN
COCUM, COKUM, KOCUM, KOKUM
n. * good sense; acumen; judgement ...1848 sl.
ACUPUNCTURE
ACUPUNCTUATION
n. acupuncture ...1832
ACUPUNCTURATION
n. acupuncture ...1743
ACUTE, ACUTENESS
FILTHY
adj. extreme, acute ...1966 Amer. dial.
PARLISH
adj. of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
PARLOUS
adj. of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
SUBTILELY
adv. † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
SUBTILITY
n. acuteness, perspicacity, subtlety ...1388
SUBTILTY
n. † acuteness; penetration; perspicacity ...c1386
ABORD
vb. † to accost ...1611 obs. or arch.
ACCOSTABLE
adj. † ready to accost, courteous ...1622
BECLEPE
vb. † to call upon, to address, to accost ...c1220
BUTTON-HOLD
vb. * to accost a person and detain him or her in conversation as if by taking hold of a buttonhole on his or her clothing, frequently so as to persuade or influence him or her ...1838
BUTTONHOLE
vb. to accost a person and detain him or her in conversation as if by taking hold of a buttonhole on his or her clothing ...1848
BUZZ
vb. to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
ACCOUNT
AC(C)OMPTER
n. † account, reckoning ...1483
ACCOUNTER
n. † one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account ...1303
DECOMPT
n. † account, reckoning ...1584 Sc.
EQUAL-AQUAL
vb. to balance accounts, to make all equal ...1818 Sc.
RECKLIN
n. a reckoning, a bill, account ...1886 Eng. dial.
RECKONING
n. a balancing of accounts ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
SALD
vb. † to balance an account, etc. ...1588
SALT
vb. to misrepresent the contents of an account by adding ghost entries, falsifying details etc. ..1882 sl.
TAIL
n. † account, reckoning ...c1330
TAILLIE
n. † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
TAILYE
n. † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
vb. † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
TAILZIE
n. † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
vb. † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
TALE
n. † an account, a reckoning of numbers of money given and received, etc. ...1401
vb. † to account, to reckon ...c897
TALLY
n. 1. † the record of an amount due; a score or shot, an account ...1573
n. 2. * reckoning, score, account ...1614
TICK
n. a debit account; an account, reckoning ...1681
ACCOUNTABLE
ACCOMPTANT
n. † one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible ...1453
ACCOUNTANT
adj. † giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible ...1494
n. * one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible ...1449
BRING TO BOOK
vb. to call to account
SUMMON
vb. †* to call to account ...1654-66
UNACCOMPTABLY
adv. † not responsible or accountable ...a1677
ACCOUNTANT
ABACIST
n. one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, accountant, or calculator ...1387
ACCOMPTANT
n. † one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
ACCOUNT CASTER
n. † a person who casts or reckons up accounts ...1580
ACCOUNTANT
n. one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
BEAN-COUNTER
n. an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician ...1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
PUFF-ADDER
n. an accountant ...c1930 RAF usage, chiefly officers'
RATIONAL
n. †* in Roman Antiquity: an accountant or auditor ...1610
ACCUMULATE, ACCUMULATED, ACCUMULATION
ACCUMULE
vb. †* to accumulate ...1490
ACERVATION
n. * the act of heaping up, accumulation ...1676
BING
vb. to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
GADDERY, GEDDERY
n. an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
GAIR-GATHERED
adj. accumulated by greed ...1847 Sc.
MIRD
n. an accumulation; a close-packed and confused crowd; a muddle ...1895 Sc.
RACK BACK
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
RACK UP
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
RAKE
n. an accumulation, what has been gathered together; a hoard ...1851 Sc.
SCART
vb. to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
SCARTLE
vb. to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together ...1825 Sc.
ACCURATE, ACCURATELY
APTISH
adj. skilful, useful, accurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BANG ON
adv. with absolute accuracy ...Brit. colloq.
CALL THE TURN
vb. to make an accurate statement or prediction ...1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
DAMN TOOTIN'
adv. certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
DEAD-ON
adj. accurate ...1888 UK sl.
EXACCURATE
adj. careful, exact and accurate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
LEAL
adj. † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
PAT
adj. fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PAT-OFF
adj. fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PERJINKETY
adj. exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
PERQUIRE
adj. † accurate, exact ...1742 Sc.
adv. † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
RIGHT AS MY LEG
adj. † in good condition, in good order; correct, accurate, true ...1636
SPEAK BY THE CARD
vb. to speak with great exactness, or with the utmost accuracy; to be careful with one's words ...1596
TO A COCK'S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
TO A FROG'S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
TO A GNAT'S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1940 Amer. dial.
TO A TITTLE
adv. with minute exactness; to the smallest particular; precisely, accurately ...1607
TO THE LAST HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS
adv. to the last detail, accurately ...1954 Amer. dial.
ACCURSED
FACOCKTA
adj. accursed; wretched ...1990s Amer. sl.
GODDAM
adj. accursed, damnable ...E20 colloq.
MALEDICT
adj. accursed ...1867 arch.
n. an accursed person ...a1550 arch.
MALEDICTED
adj. accursed; evil-spoken of ...1727
MALEDIGHT
adj. † cursed, accursed ...a1300
ACCUSATION, ACCUSATORY, ACCUSE, ACCUSED, ACCUSER, ACCUSING
ACCRIMINATE
vb. †* to accuse of a crime ...1655
ACCRIMINATION
n. †* accusation of crime ...1655
ACCUSANT
adj. † accusing ...1611
n. * one who accuses, an accuser...1611
ACCUSATIVE
adj. †* pert. to accusation; accusatory ...a1400
ACCUSATOR
n. † an accuser ...1382
ACCUSATRIX
n. †* a female accuser ...1655
ACCUSE
n. †* the act of accusing or charging with crime; charge, accusation ...1593
ACCUSEMENT
n. † the act of accusing or charging with an offense; an accusing; an accusation, a charge ...c1374
ACCUSERESS
n. † she who accuses ...Bk1867
ACCUSER-GENERAL
n. a chief prosecutor or accuser ...1770
ACCUSOR
n. † an accuser ...1340
ACOUP(E)
vb. † to accuse ...1297
ACOUPEMENT
n. †* accusation ...a1300
ADWITE
vb. † to reproach, to accuse ...c1430
BACKDOOR
vb. to accuse; to inform ...1960s sl.
BAWL-OUT
n. a criticism, an accusation, a scolding ...1915 US sl.
BECALL
vb. † to accuse of ...c1250
BECLEPE
vb. † to complain against; to indict, to accuse ...c1030
BECRY
vb. † to cry at, to accuse ...c1440
BEGREDE
vb. † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
BESPEAK
vb. † to speak against; to charge, to accuse; to oppose ...a1000
BEWRAY
vb. † to accuse, to malign, to speak evil of ...c1330
BUM-RAP
vb. to accuse someone of something falsely ...20C
CAST IN ONE'S DISH
vb. to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
CAST THE FIRST STONE
vb. to be first to accuse or criticize, though not oneself blameless ...Bk1999
DECRIMINATE
vb. †* to denounce as a criminal, to accuse ...1670
DELATION
n. an accusation ...1792 Sc.
DELATOR
n. an informer, an accuser ...1616 Sc.
DING IN SOMEONE'S TEETH
vb. to bring up old offenses, to charge, to accuse ...1897 Eng. dial.
GAB
vb. † to reproach; to accuse ...c1200
HUMBLE
n. a false criminal accusation or charge ...1940 US sl.
IMPOSITION
n. † imputation, accusation, charge ...1611
IMPUGN
vb. * to find fault with, to accuse ...1377
IMPUTATIVE
adj. involved in accusing; given to making imputations ...1824
IMPUTE
n. †* an accusation, charge ...1649
vb. to accuse of, to charge with ...1596
INCULP
vb. † to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
INCUSATION
n. blaming, accusation ...1623 (394 Cockeram, 1647)
LAY IN ONE'S DISH
vb. to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
ONSAW
n. † a charge against a person, an accusation; reproach, opprobrious language ...c1000
POINT THE BONE AT
vb. to predict or will the failure of an enterprise; to bring defeat or failure on a person; later, to accuse, to blame, to condemn a person ...1923 Aust. colloq.
POINT THE FINGER
vb. to accuse or vilify ...1829 Amer. sl.
RAP
vb. to stand accused, to appear guilty ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
REDARGUE
vb. to accuse, to blame ...1768 Sc.
SUGGESTER
n. † one who accuses, or brings a charge against another ...1450
TAG
vb. to blame, to accuse ...1950s sl.
TAGGY
n. an accuser; a hostile witness ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
TAINT
vb. † to accuse of crime or dishonour ...a1619
TAINTOR
n. † one who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, an informer ...1451
TAINTURE
n. † accusation, charge ...1621
TAXER
n. † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
UP ON ONE
adj. of a police officer: on a charge, standing accused ...1974 UK sl.
ACCUSTOM, ACCUSTOMED
ACCUSTOMATE
adj. † accustomed, habituated, wonted ...1494
ASSUEFACTION
n. † the state of being accustomed, or the act of accustoming; use; habituation ...1644
CUSTOMER
adj. † accustomed to do something; of an action: customary, habitual ...a1393
HABIT
vb. † to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate ...1615
HABITED
adj. † familiarized, accustomed, practised, used to ...1615
HANKLED
adj. habituated, accustomed to ...B1900 Eng. dial.
HAUNT
vb. † to be wont or accustomed ...a1300
HAUNTED
adj. † practiced; used, habituated, or accustomed to a course; wonted ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
HEAF
vb. to accustom or reconcile oneself to a place; to settle down, to make oneself at home ...1873 Eng. dial.
NATURALIZED
adj. accustomed ...1924 Amer. dial.
OCCASIONATE
vb. † to give occasion to; to urge or compel by circumstances; also, to do this habitually; hence, to habituate, to accustom ...1545
OCCASIONED
adj. † accustomed ...1576
TUMBLE TO THE RACKET
vb. to understand; to perceive; to comprehend; to get accustomed to a thing ...1883 Eng. dial.
USEN
vb. to accustom one to something ...1845 Amer. dial.
ACHE, ACHING
ACHAGE
n. an aching state ...1878 humorous rare
ACH(E)Y
adj. suffering from aches ...1878
ACHY-BREAKY
adj. aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending ...1992 colloq.
DIRLING
adj. aching, quivering, tingling ...1853 Sc.
FARE
vb. to ache, to throb ...1781 Eng. dial.
GEAL, GELL
vb. to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
GILVER
vb. to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
MISERISH
adj. aching; painful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MISERY
n. an ache or pain ...1827 Amer. dial.
MISERY, THE
n. an ache or pain ...1832 Amer. dial.
NAG
vb. to keep up a dull gnawing pain; to ache persistently ...1836
NAGGY
adj. aching with a dull pain ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
NANG
vb. of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching ...1882 Eng. dial.
NIGG
vb. to ache with pain ...1928 Sc. DSL online
NIP
vb. to ache, to smart, to tingle with cold ...1736 Sc. DSL online
NIRL
vb. of pain: to ache continuously, to gnaw ...1947 Sc. DSL online
PANG
vb. * to pierce or penetrate with acute physical or mental pain; to pain, to hurt, to ache ...c1502
RAGE
vb. of a tooth or sore: to ache violently ...1567
TAKE ON
vb. to ache, to be painful ...1893 Eng. dial.
WARCH, WARK
n. † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
YAIK
vb. to ache ...Bk1905 Sc.
YAUK
vb. to ache ...1898 Sc.
YAW
vb. to ache ...1887 Sc.
ACHIEVE, ACHIEVED, ACHIEVEMENT, ACHIEVING
ACHEVISAUNCE
n. † achieving, accomplishment ...c1430
ACHIEVANCE
n. † achievement, performance ...1531
AWAY LAUGHING
adj. in a good position, esp. when embarking on a new venture; achieving with ease ...1965 NZ sl.
BABY
n. a person's invention or achievement ...1890
BAG
vb. to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ..1911 Amer. sl.
BANT
vb. to conquer, to achieve, to manage ...1875 Eng. dial.
CREDIT
n. an achievement or accomplishment ...1992 US sl.
DAGS
n. a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
DIRD
n. a mighty achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
DIRDUM
n. a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
DO IT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD
vb. to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
DO ON ONE'S NAPPER
vb. to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
DO ON ONE'S NOB
vb. to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
DO ON YOUR HEAD
vb. to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
FINAGLE
vb. to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
HACK IT
vb. to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1952 US sl.
HACK THE JIMSON
vb. to achieve, to accomplish something ...1952 Amer. sl.
HACK UP
vb. to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1950s US sl.
HAVE SHOT ONE'S BOLT
vb. to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability, or strength to do and be unable to do more ...a1100
LAYOUT
n. an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
LIKE A BIG DOG
phr. having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
LIKE A MOOSE
phr. having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
MAKE A STRIKE
vb. to achieve, to succeed or be lucky ...Bk1904 colloq.
MASTERPIECE
n. a person's greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability ...1605
NOTCH UP
vb. to achieve ...1837 UK sl.
PACK THE GEAR
vb. to achieve a given standard ...1970s US sl.
PULL
vb. to achieve, to pull off ...c1920 Army sl.
RACK BACK
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
RACK UP
vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
SACKED
adj. as good as secured, achieved ...1940s US sl.
STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH
vb. † to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish or achieve two ends at once ...1546
WALTZ
vb. to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use ...1960s sl.
WHITE TWO WALLS WITH ONE BRUSH
vb. † to achieve two aims at once ...1596
WORK THINGS
vb. to achieve something, not necessarily though usually dishonest, or, at best, dubious ...L19 colloq.
ACHILLES HEEL, ACHILLES TENDON
HEEL STRING
n. the Achilles tendon ...1938 Amer. dial.
KRYPTONITE
n. in the fictional world of the comic book hero Superman: a substance that renders Superman weak and powerless; hence in figurative or allusive use: something that can weaken or damage a particular person or thing; an Achilles heel ...1943
ACID, ACIDITY
EAGER
adj. † sour, acid, tart ...c1350
EAGER-DULCE
adj. † acid and sweet ...1548
EAGERNESS
n. † pungency of taste; acidity, sourness ...1490
EAGER-SWEET
adj. † acid and sweet ...1616
YARRISH
adj. harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
YARRY
adj. harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...1841 Eng. dial.
ACKNOWLEDGE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ACK
vb. to acknowledge a letter, etc. ...1984 Brit. clerical usage, orig. Civil Service
A(C)KNOW
vb. † to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000
BEKNOW
vb. † to admit one's knowledge of; to acknowledge, to confess; to know, to understand ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BEKNOWLEDGE
vb. † to acknowledge ...1340
BEKNOWLEDGING
n. † acknowledgement, confession ...1340
BETHANK
n. thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement ...1826 Sc.
DAP
n. credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness ...1970s US Black sl.
FESS
vb. to acknowledge, to profess ...1953 Amer. dial.
KEN
vb. † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
KNOWLEDGE
vb. † to admit to knowledge of; to accept or admit the existence or truth of; to acknowledge ...c1225
KNOWLEDGEMENT
n. † acknowledgement ...1574
KNOWLEDGER
n. † a person who acknowledges or recognizes someone or something ...a1382
KNOWLEDGING
n. † acknowledgement, confession; formal acknowledgement ...c1225
KNOWNESS
n. †* acknowledgement ...a1200
MISCOGNIZE
vb. †* to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand ...1603
SHELL DOWN THE CORN
vb. to acknowledge one's error ...1869 Amer. dial.
TAKE TO
vb. to own, to acknowledge; to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to a bargain ..1790 Eng. dial.
YATE
vb. † to acknowledge, to confess ...c1200
ACNE
ACCA, ACKER
n. acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
ACK n. acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
BLOSSOM
n. a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish ...1942 Amer. dial.
CRATER
n. an acne scar ...Bk2006 US sl.
CRATER-FACE
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
FACE LIKE A FESTERING PICKLE, A
n. a face that is covered in severe acne ...2000s NZ sl.
GUBERS
n. acne; facial pimples ...M20 US sl.
JACK BUMPS
n. acne, allegedly caused by masturbation ...1960s US sl.
JERK BUMPS
n. acne ...1936 Amer. dial.
PIZZA-FACE
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
PIZZA-PUSS
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
ROSY-DROP
n. acne; pimples ...E19
WHORE BOIL
n. adolescent acne; small infected pimples on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
WHORE PIMPLE
n. adolescent acne ...1949 Amer. dial.
ZIT-FACE
n. (derogatory) a person with acne or many acne scars ...Bk2006 US sl.
ZIT-FEATURES
n. a general term of abuse to one who has acne ...1990s sl.
ZITTY
n. a person with acne ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
ACORN
ACERS
n. acorns ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LADLE
n. † the cup of an acorn ...1599
MASTICK
n. an acorn, the fruit of the oak, Quercus robur ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NACKEREL
n. an acorn ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
OAK-ATCHERN
n. an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OAK-BERRY
n. an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OAK-MASS, OAK-MAST
n. an acorn ...1842 Eng. dial.
SHACK
n. nuts and acorns that have fallen to the ground ...1828 Amer. dial.
YACCORN, YACKRAN, YAKRON
n. an acorn ...1790 Eng. dial.
YACKER, YAKKER
n. an acorn ...1885 Eng. dial.
ACQUAINT, ACQUAINTANCE, ACQUAINTED
ACQUAINT
adj. acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of ...1297 arch.
n. † an acquaintance ...c1386
ACQUAINTABLE
adj. † easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar ...c1400
ACQUAINTANCE
n. orig. a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion; later, a person one knows slightly or on a less intimate basis than friendship ...c1405
ACQUAINTANCY
n. * the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge ...1859
ACQUAINTANT
n. † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...1611
ACQUAINTATION
n. †* acquaintance ...1468
ACQUAINTED
n. † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...c1566
AWAKE
adj. knowing, acquainted with, aware of, or knowing what is going on ...Bk1890 sl.
BAKONT
adj. known, acquainted ...1939 Amer. dial.
BEKNOWN
adj. known, acquainted, familiar ...1429 arch.
BUDDY
n. a friend; an acquaintance ...M19 orig. US
EAM
n. † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; intimate acquaintance ...1681 Scot. & Eng. dial.
EME
n. a friend; an intimate acquaintance ...1674 Eng. dial.
FAMILARY
adj. familiar, acquainted, intimate, friendly ...c1450
HABITUDE
n. †* a person with whom one is familiar; an associate, an acquaintance ...1676
KEN
vb. to know a thing; to have knowledge of or about; to be acquainted with ...a1300 now chiefly Sc.
KENNING
n. recognition, acquaintance ...1826 Sc.
KNOWLEDGE
n. † personal acquaintance; friendship, intimacy ...1389
KNOW ONE'S ONIONS
vb. to be fully acquainted with a subject ...Brit. sl.
MISS GOOCH
n. a nickname for a close acquaintance ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
MISS GUNCH
n. a nickname for a close acquaintance ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
QUAINT
vb. † to acquaint ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUAINTANCE
n. † acquaintance ...c1300
ACQUIRE, ACQUIRED, ACQUIREMENT, ACQUIRING, ACQUISITION, ACQUISITIVE
ACCROACH
vb. to draw to oneself; to catch, to attract, to acquire ...c1325
ACCUMULATOR
n. a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer...1611
ACQUEST
n. 1. † the act of acquiring ...1613
n. 2. a thing acquired, an acquisition ...1622
ACQUIRE
n. †* acquirement or gain ...1592
ACQUIRY
n. † the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
ACQUISITE
adj. † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself ...1532
ACQUISITED
adj. † acquired ...1613
ACQUISITITIOUS
adj. of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate' ...1653
ACQUISITIVE
adj. † that has been acquired ...1637
ACQUISITOR
n. * one who acquires ...Bk1888
ACQUIST
n. 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain ...1613
n. 2. † a thing acquired; an acquisition ...1635
vb. †* to gain for oneself; to acquire ...1598
ACQUISTED
adj. † acquired ...1613
ACQUISTER
n. †* one who acquires ...1613
ADDLE
vb. † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ADEPTED
adj. † gained, acquired ...c1595
BEGET
n. 1. † the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage ...c1175
n. 2. † the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
vb. † to get, to acquire, usually by effort ...a1000
CLOCK
vb. to acquire; to earn. to 'rack up' ...1990 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
COFF
vb. † to acquire, to get ...1559 Sc.
COP
n. an acquisition ...1950s US sl.
vb. of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire ...M19 sl.
COUGH
vb. † to purchase, to acquire, to get ...1550
EFFECT
n. † something which is attained or acquired by an action ...1602
ETTLE
vb. to earn, to acquire by labour ...1851 Eng. dial.
FALL INTO
vb. to acquire by chance or without effort ...1946 US sl.
GAIR-GATHERED
adj. ill-got ...1870 Sc.
GIMME
n. an acquisitive, greedy woman ...1930 Aust. sl.
HAVING
adj. † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LEARNING
n. † an acquirement ...1602
SCART
vb. to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
SCRAPER
n. a greedy, acquisitive person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SNAFFLE
vb. to acquire something for your own ...1902 UK sl.
YCONQUEST
adj. † acquired ...1513
YFET
adj. † brought, carried, fetched; acquired ...c893
ACQUIT, ACQUITTAL, ACQUITTANCE, ACQUITTED
ABSOLVATORY
adj. pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
ACQUIT
adj. acquitted, cleared, set free ...1393 arch.
n. † the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal ...1475
QUITMENT
n. an acquittance; a discharge; a receipt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUITTAL
n. † acquittal ...1592
QUITTANCE
n. † acquittal ...a1225
SKERE
vb. † to free a person from blame or accusation; to acquit one of a penalty or charge, to clear, to exculpate ...a1225
ACRE
ACREABLE
adj. * of an acre; per acre ...1792
FARDINGALE
n. † the fourth part of an acre ...1865 Eng. dial.
FARREN
n. half an acre ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
FARTHINGDEAL
n. † the fourth part of an acre; a rood ...1542
FURLONG
n. † the eighth part of an acre ...1617
YACKER
n. † an acre ...1825 Sc.
ACRID
ACRIOUS
adj. † acrid ...1675
BASK
adj. † bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
EAGER
adj. † pungent, acrid, keen to the taste or other senses ...1574
RAMMISH
adj. † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, pungent, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TARF
adj. coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
ACROBAT, ACROBATIC
ACRO
adj. acrobatic manoeuvres ...1967 Amer. aviation usage
ACROBATISM
n. the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats ...1864
BALANCER
n. one who balances himself in difficult positions; a tumbler, an acrobat ...c1510
BENDER
n. a contortionist; an acrobat ...1873 circus sl.
HAND BALANCER
n. an acrobat or entertainer who performs feats whilst balancing on his or her hands ...1886
SALAMANDER
n. a street acrobat and juggler who eats fire ...1859 sl.
TOPPLER
n. a tumbler; an acrobat ...a1825 Eng. dial.
ACRONYM
ALPHABET SOUP
n. initialisms and acronyms in general ...Amer. sl.
ACROSS
AQUART
adv. across, athwart ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ASKLENT
prep. across ...1808 Sc.
ATHART, ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT
adv. across, crosswise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
prep. of position or motion: across, over ...1806 Eng. dial.
ATHURTENS
adv. athwart, across ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
AT-OWER
prep. of position or motion: across, over ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
QUART
adv. across ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWARTOUR
adv. across, athwart ...Bk1905 Sc.
ACT
ACTURIENCE
n. desire to act ...a1880
FARE
vb. † to behave or conduct oneself, to act ...a1300
MAKE
vb. to act, to pretend, to feign ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTION
ACTURE
n. †* the process of acting; action, doing ...1593
AFFAIR
n. †* doing, action, performance ...c1500
ALACRIATE
vb. †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden ...1657
CALL THE PLAYS
vb. to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
CALL THE SHOTS
vb. to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
FAKEMENT
n. any action or problem ...L19 sl.
FARE
n. † a proceeding, action; 'doings'; hence, fighting ...1340-70
FASHIONS
n. * actions, gestures, 'ways' ...1569
FEAT
n. 1. † action in general; overt action; deeds, as opposed to words ...1362
n. 2. † an action, deed, course of conduct ...c1420
FIGHT IT OUT OF THIS LINE
vb. to adopt a course of action and thought and to continue with it to the end ...US Civil War usage
GO FOR THE DOCTOR
vb. to take action of any sort ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
HELL'S-A-POPPIN'; HELLZAPOPPIN'
adj. hectic, chaotic; extremely eventful, action-packed, exciting; ostentatious, flashy ...1945 colloq., orig. US
LATES
n. † looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on ... c1205
OPERANCE
n. * the act of operating; operation, action ...
OPERATION
n. † action, performance, work, deed ...c1386
PARASTATIC
adj. † having the function of impelling to action ...1656
PUT ONESELF ABOUT
vb. to go into action ...1970s sl.
SAIL INTO
vb. to launch oneself headlong on a course of action ...M19 sl.
SHOOT, LUKE, OR GIVE UP THE GUN
phr. you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
SHOOT, OR GIVE YOUR GUN
phr. you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
TICKET
n. the program or plan of action; that which is to be done ...1842
WAKE IT!
int. an exhortation to action; get with it! ...1980s US college sl.
ACTIVE, ACTIVELY
ACTABLE
adj. active, capable of lively activity ...1966 Amer. dial.
ACTIOUS
adj. † abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk ...1592
ACTIVE
n. a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person ...a1425
ACTUAL
adj. † abounding in action; active, energetic ...1470-85
ACTUALLY
adv. † actively, energetically ...1470-85
ACTUOSE
adj. † full of activity; abounding in action; very active ...1677
ALACRIOUS
adj. † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
ALIVEO
adj. alert, active ...L19 sl.
AMPED
adj. very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up ...1972 Amer. sl.
ANTIC
adj. frisky, lively, active, spry ,,,1903 Amer. dial.
ASTEER
adv. moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
BALLING
adj. excitingly active; wonderfully alive ...1952 US sl.
BEAR A BOB
vb. to be brisk or active ...1890 Eng. dial.
BIGHTSOM
adj. light, active ...1790 Sc.
BIRKIE, BIRKY
n. a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.
BOBBISH
adj. smart, active, clever ...19C
BOOSE
vb. to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.
BOOSIN
adj. active, bouncing ...Bk1911 Sc.
BRASH
adj. active, quick ...1887 US
BRISKY
adj. brisk, lively, active, energetic ...1590
BUZZY
adj. of a person: excited, euphoric, experiencing a buzz; active, lively, over-stimulated ...1978
CADDY
adj. spry, agile, active, lively ...1938 Amer. dial.
CALEEVERING
adj. energetic, flying wildly or actively about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CANTY
adj. cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CATTY
adj. spry, agile, active, lively ...1939 Amer. dial.
COOK
vb. to be full of activity and excitement ...sl.
DAPPER
adj. of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly ...E17
DAPPERLING
n. a little, active dapper fellow ...E17
DAPPERWIT
n. a lively, active, spruce little man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DARTER
adj. active ...1851 Eng. dial.
n. a quick, active person ...1808 Eng. dial.
DARTY
adj. sharp, quick, active ...1869 Eng. dial.
DAY PERSON
n. one who prefers to be active during the daytime ...20C Amer. sl.
DEEDFUL
adj. brisk, active ...1834
DEEDFULLY
adv. actively, effectively ...1615
DEEDIE, DEEDY
adj. full of deeds or activity; active, brisk; ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
DEEDILY
adv. actively, busily ...1813 Eng. dial.
DIRLER
n. a light-footed, active person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DYNAMIC
adj. active, potent, energetic, effective, forceful ...1856
EDGIE, EDGY
adj. quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
FERDY
adj. strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
FLINK
adj. nimble, agile, active ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to be agile, nimble, active ...1895 Eng. dial.
FLY AROUND
vb. to stir about; to be active ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD
adj. full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
GAIN
adj. smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
GAINFUL
adj. active ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
GALLIARD
adj. gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
GAY-CAT
n. an active, jovial, lusty person who enjoys life; a ladies' man; a dude; one who, with or without the help of narcotics, is never worried or troubled but who takes life as it comes without being concerned or bothered ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
GET YOUR A INTO G
vb. to stop idling; to apply yourself into an activity; to start doing something useful ...2002 NZ sl.
GISTRA
n. a sturdy, active old man ...Bk1910 Ireland
GYMNASTIC
adj. * physically active, athletic ...1785
HAFTY
adj. handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HAND-RACKLE
adj. careless, acting without consideration; active, ready ...1822 Sc.
HEFTY
adj. handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HUMMER
n. a person characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
HUMMING
adj. of extraordinary activity, intensity or magnitude; vigorous, striking ...M17 colloq
HYPER
adj. extraordinarily active, energetic, or highly strung ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
INACTUATE
vb. to make active, to put in action, to stir into activity ...1651 arch.
IN AND OUT LIKE A FIDDLER'S ELBOW
adj. extremely active without actually achieving anything ...20C Aust. sl.
IZZER
n. one that is alive and active ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
JIGGER
n. a very lively, active old person ...1967 Amer. dial.
KASK
adj. † active, vigorous ...c1300
KEDGE
adj. brisk, active, lively ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
KEDGY
adj. brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
KIDGE
adj. brisk, active, lively ...1790 Eng. dial.
KIDGY
adj. brisk, active, sprightly ...1812 Eng. dial.
LARGE-SIZED
adj. † of an activity or period of time: fine, very enjoyable, exciting; very active ...1874 Amer. sl.
LIGHTFOOT
adj. light-footed, nimble of foot; active ...c1440 poetic
LUSTY
adj. † valiant, courageous, active ...c1374
METTLE
adj. spirited; active; capable of enduring fatigue ...1806 Sc.
NATTLER
n. one who is active with hands, feet, or tongue; an expert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NIMBER
adj. † active, nimble ...1849
OLIGHT, OLITE
adj. † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
OLIVED
adj. active, lively, energetic; the reverse of lazy ...1892 Ireland
OMNIACTIVE
adj. active in all things or everywhere; working in all places ...1846
ON THE SHACK
adj. on the go ...1969 Amer. dial.
PAINFUL
adj. painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PEANERFLEE
n. † one who has the appearance of lightness and activity ...1824 Sc.
PEARTEN
vb. to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten ...1851 Amer. dial.
PLUMB PERT
adj. very lively or active ...1965 Amer. dial.
QUEME
adj. †* skilled, clever; smart, active ...c1400
QUERTY, QUIRTY
adj. † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
QUICK
adj. * of persons: full of vigour, energy or activity ...a1300
QUIVER
adj. † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUIVERLY
adv. † actively, quickly, smartly ...c960
RAD
adj. † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
RAMPTIOUS
adj. violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
RASH
adj. active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
REDD
adj. active, able to accomplish much ...1866 Sc.
RED-HANDED
adj. active, neat ...1820 Sc.
REEVER
n. a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
RESOLUTE
adj. strong, active ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RIP-SNORTER
n. an active, dashing person ...1842 colloq., orig. US
RUNNING
adj. † rapidly changing from one thought or interest to another; easily distracted; flighty, changeable; active, lively ...c1449
SCOPPERIL, SKOPERIL
n. a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal ...1874 Eng. dial.
SKEET
adj. † swift, active ...c1400
SKITTISH
adj. spirited, active, lively; frolicsome ...a1592
SMART
adj. healthy; chipper, spry, lively, active ...1788 Amer. dial.
SPANKER
n. a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels ...1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
SPANKY
n. a tall, well-made, active person ...B1900 Sc.
TAIT
adj. † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
TAKE OFF
vb. to be suddenly successful or very active ...1930s US sl.
TALL
adj. †* quick, prompt, ready, active ...1530-1600
TALL OF HIS HANDS
adj. † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
TARGER
n. a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
TEAR-ARSE, TEAR-ASS
n. a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
TEARING
adj. active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THRODDY
adj. active, energetic, able to get through much work ...1884 Eng. dial.
THROUGH
adj. active, expeditious ...Bk1905 Sc.
THROUGH-GANGING
adj. active, having a great deal of action ...1814 Sc.
THROUGH-GOING
adj. active, energetic; persevering ...1822 Sc.
THROUGH-PUTTING
adj. active, energetic; persevering ...Bk1905 Sc.
TICKLE-HEELED
adj. † having nimble or active heels ...1737
TIGHTLY
adv. promptly, quickly; actively, smartly ...1873 Sc.
TIMBERSOME
adj. light, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UPON TICK
adj. in a state of activity ...Bk1905 Sc.
VEGETE
adj. * healthy and active; flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1639
VERTY
adj. energetic, active, esp. at an early hour of the day, early rising ...1804 Sc.
VOGEROUS
adj. keen, eager; brisk, active, strong, lusty ...1892 Sc.
VREACH
adv. carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
WACKER
adj. active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WA(D)DEN, WADDIN
adj. young and vigorous, alert, active ...a1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WAKE
vb. † to be active, alert, stirring, vigilant; also, to be diligent, to exert oneself to do something ...1352
WALDING-MAN
n. an active, stirring man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WALK
vb. † to busy oneself; to be active about something ...a1300
WANDY BODY
n. a person one would consider stout, but who is well-made and active ...Bk1876
WIGHT
adv. † actively, energetically ...ME obs. exc. Sc.
WIGHT MAN
n. a sturdy, active man ...1828 Sc.
YALD
adj. active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YANK
adj. active, vigorous ...1790 Sc.
YANKING
adj. active, forward, pushing ...1824 Sc.
YANKY
adj. nimble, agile, active ...1870 Sc.
YAP
adj. clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAPE
adj. eager, keen, ready, active ...1739 Sc.
YAPLY
adv. actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAPPELY
adv. actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YARD APE
n. an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
YARE
adj. alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
YASP
adj. active, brisk, energetic ...1898 Sc.
YAUL(D)
adj. active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAUP
adj. clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YAWL
adj. active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
YELD
adj. alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
YEPE
adj. † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
YEPPER
adj. brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
YERN
adj. † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
YIPPER
adj. brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
ZOONER
n. an active person, a go-getter ...1887 Amer. dial.
ACTIVIST
HACKTIVIST
n. a cultural activist and skilled computer-user who invades a corporate website to leave subversive messages ...2001 UK sl.
POT-STIRRER
n. an anti-establishment activist ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
ACTIVITY
ACTION
n. activity, esp. of the kind or arouse interest or excitement ...1951 US sl.
ACTUALITY
n. † capacity of action, activity ...1398
ACTUALNESS
n. † active working or operation, activity ...1398
ACTUOSITY
n. † abounding activity ...1660
CARRY-ON
n. any continuing activity or catalogue of details ...2001 UK sl.
DACITY
n. activity, energy ...1636 Eng. dial.
DOIN'S
n. any form of activity ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
FAKEMENT
n. activity ...L19 sl.
FEEROCHRIE
n. ability, activity, agility ...Bk1900 Sc.
HUMMER
n. a thing characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
INACTUATION
n. a bringing into activity; the condition of activity ...1662
I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFER
phr. indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFOO VALVE
phr. indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
LAYOUT
n. an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
LEAPING TIME
n. the time of activity, youth ...1611
LICK
n. a brief or brisk stroke of activity or energy ...1835 Amer. dial.
LUSTINESS
n. † energy, activity ...c1325
MAIN KICK
n. one's favourite activity ...1930s US Black sl.
MEETHS
n. activity, bodily energy ...Bk1905 Sc.
MUCK IN
n. a communal activity ...1910s sl.
OMNIVORACITY
n. an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1889
OMNIVOROSITY
n. an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1896
OMNIVOROUSNESS
n. an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1727
QUIVERNESS
n. † activity ...1538
RACKET
n. in weak use, any form of activity ...1920s US sl.
RIFF
n. an activity or experience ...1975 US sl.
SHARP END
n. the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
TAB
n. a project, a line of activity, a program ...1930s US sl.
THROUGH-PUT
n. activity, expedition in doing anything ...1845 Sc.
VIR
n. vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
WHET
n. a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time ...1834 Amer. dial.
ACTOR/ACTRESS
ACTING LADY
n. an incapable or inferior actress ...1883 theatrical colloq.
ACTORINE
n. an actress ...1896 Amer. sl.
ACTOR-MAN
n. † a male theatrical actor ...1774
ACTORVIST
n. a politically involved actor ...1995 Amer. political sl.
ACTRICE
n. † an actress ...1589
ARK-FLOATER
n. a veteran actor ...L19 sl.
BARNSTORMER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
BIG TIMER
n. one who participates in big time activity, such as a Broadway actor, a major league baseball player, etc. ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
BIT PLAYER
n. an actor with a very small acting role with few lines to speak; a person with a very small part in something ...1936
BOOT-JACK
n. an actor of utility parts ...1895 theatrical sl.
CABOTIN
n. a low-class actor - a charlatan ...1903
CACKLE-FAKER
n. an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
CACKLER
n. an actor or showman who has a talking part ...c1840 circus and showmen's
CACKLING-COVE
n. an actor ...c1830 theatrical
CHEST-PLASTER
n. a young actor ...1883 theatrical sl.
COMEDY MERCHANT
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
DAY PLAYER
n. an actor who is called for a single day's work on a television program or film set ...1988 US sl.
DEAD LETTER PERFECT
adj. of an actor: absolutely certain of your lines ...1952 UK sl.
FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, THE
n. an actor or actress cut out of a picture because, after the picture has been completed, it is found that the role is superfluous ...c1920 film industry
FAKIR
n. an actor ...L19 US sl.
GAGGER
n. a player, an actor ...1823 UK sl.
GAME-PLAYER
n. † an athlete or actor ...1552
GAMESTER
n. †* an actor ...1596
GEORGE SPELVIN
n. a pseudonym used to hide the identity of an actor; also, a name given to a hypothetical average or ordinary man ...1908 chiefly US
GESTICULATOR
n. one who gesticulates; one who uses gestures or gesticulations; an actor ...1693
GESTURER
n. one who gestures; an actor ...1576
GET THE (BIG) BIRD
vb. of an actor: to be hissed by the audience; hence, to be dismissed ...1865 sl.
GLAMOUR GIRL
n. a glamorous, attractive young woman, esp. a model or film star ...1935 colloq.
GLAM TOAST FROM GOLD COAST
n. a movie star ...Bk1945 jive usage
HAM
n. an incompetent informer, esp. an actor who overacts ...1882 sl.
HAM ACTOR
n. an ineffective or over-emphatic actor; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
HAM ACTRESS
n. an ineffective or over-emphatic actress; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
HAMBO
n. an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1926 US sl.
HAMBONE
n. an inferior or amateur actor, esp. one who speaks in a spurious Black accent ...1949 US sl.
HAMFATTER
n. an ineffective actor or performer ...1880 US sl.
HAMFATTO
n. an ineffective actor or performer ...1911 US sl.
HAMOLA
n. an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1941 US theatrical sl.
HAM-SLINGER
n. a second-rate actor ...1930 US sl.
HAND
n. an artist, musician, writer, actor, etc., as the performer or originator of a work ...1587
HEAVY
n. an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama; occasionally used of an actress ...1877 US sl.
HEAVY MAN
n. an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...1859 US sl.
HEAVY MERCHANT
n. an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...Bk1909 sl.
HISTRIO
n. a stage-player, an actor ...1589
HISTRION
n. a stage-player, an actor (now usually contemptuous) ...1566
HISTRIONIAN
n. * an actor ...1607
HISTRIONIC
n. † a stage-player, an actor; also, a person who behaves in a theatrical or stagy manner ...1647
JAY
n. an amateur; a poor actor ...Bk1896 theatrical sl.
LAKER
n. a player; an actor ...1808 Eng. dial.
LUVVIE, LUVVY
n. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1988 UK colloq.
LUVVIE-DARLING
n. (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1988 UK colloq.
MILK MAN
n. in Vaudeville: an actor who steals more bows than the applause warranted at the finish ...1926 US sl.
MONOLOGIST
n. a person who performs monologues (a long speech by one actor in a play, film, etc.); an actor in a monologue ...1858
MOVIE QUEEN
n. a successful or glamorous film actress ...1914
MUG-FAKER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
MUGGER
n. an actor who makes free play with his face ...19C theatrical
MUMMER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
MUMMERY-COVE
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
ON THE ACT
phr. working as an actor ...L19 sl.
PASH FLAP
n. a young girl with a sentimental admiration for actors ...Bk1934 US theatre sl.
PRO
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
RAG-AND-STICK
n. a contemptuous epithet applied to an actor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUMPOT HAM
n. an actor ...1930 Amer. dial.
SCAFFOLD-PLAYER
n. † an actor in a scaffold-play (mystery play) ...1559
SPEAR-CARRIER
n. an actor who appears in the background or only plays minor roles ...1984 UK sl.
STROLLER
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
SURF
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
TAG
n. an actor ...M19 sl.
TALENT, THE
n. in the entertainment industry: the actors - the performers ...1991 US sl.
TEAR BUCKET
n. a dramatic actress ...Bk1945 jive usage
TEAR-JERKER
n. an actor or speaker able to elicit sympathy from his audience ...1935 Amer. sl.
TEAR-MOUTH
n. † a ranting actor ...1601
TEAR-THROAT
n. † a ranting actor ...1654
TRAGEDY MERCHANT
n. an actor ...19C theatrical
WALKING GENTLEMAN
n. an actor playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but th little or nothing to say ...1831 theatrical usage
WALKING LADY
n. an actress playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but with little or nothing to say ...1860 theatrical usage
ACTUAL
DEEDY
adj. †* actual, real ...1781
FAIR DINKUM
adj. real, actual ...1937 Aust. sl.
LEAL
adj. † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTUALITY
BEINGNESS
n. † the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
VERINESS
n. † actuality, reality, truth ...1574
VERITY
n. reality, real existence, actuality ...a1633
ACTUALLY
ACKWALLY
adv. actually ...1877 Sc.
FAIR
adv. truly, really, actually; used as an intensifier ...1870 Eng. dial.
HAILUMLY, HALUMLIE, HELIMLY
adv. † certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly ...1768 Sc.
LEALLY
adv. † truly, really, actually ...c1350
ACTUATED
ACTUABILITY
n. †* capability of being acted upon or actuated ...1689
ACUMEN
COCUM, COKUM, KOCUM, KOKUM
n. * good sense; acumen; judgement ...1848 sl.
ACUPUNCTURE
ACUPUNCTUATION
n. acupuncture ...1832
ACUPUNCTURATION
n. acupuncture ...1743
ACUTE, ACUTENESS
FILTHY
adj. extreme, acute ...1966 Amer. dial.
PARLISH
adj. of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
PARLOUS
adj. of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
SUBTILELY
adv. † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
SUBTILITY
n. acuteness, perspicacity, subtlety ...1388
SUBTILTY
n. † acuteness; penetration; perspicacity ...c1386