REVERSE DICTIONARY
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BA - BAK
BAAING - adjectives
• BALANT † bleating, baaing ...1702
BABBLE, BABBLING - adjectives
• BABBLATIVE given to babbling; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, prating ...1583
• BABBLY full of babble, chattering, prating, garrulous ...1865
• BLACK-BABBLING babbling maliciously, slanderous ...1624
• BLITHERING senselessly talkative, babbling ...1889
• INANILOQUENT †* full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous ...1656
• INANILOQUOUS † full of empty or idle talk; loquacious, garrulous; speaking inanely, babbling ...1721
• LINGUACIOUS †* full of tongue; talkative, loquacious, babbling ...1652
• LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RABBIN babbling, talkative, garrulous ...1901 Sc.
• SCLORIN babbling, chattering ...c1870 Sc.
• STULTILOQUENT * talking foolishly; given to silly talk; babbling ...1845
babble, babbling - nouns
• BABBLERY † idle talk, chattering, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale ...1532
• BARBLY babble, noise ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• BRABBLE discordant babble ...1861
• GAREY loud, confused talking; a babble, jabbering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HIBBER-GIBBER † a confused repetition or babble of talking; unmeaning sounds or phrases; gibberish ...1592
• INANILOQUENCE † vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking ...1727
• INANILOQUUTION † vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking ...1658
• JANGLERY † idle talk, babbling; wrangling ...c1374
• ONOLOGY †* foolish talking, vain babbling, a talking like an ass ...1674
• TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble ...1866
• VANILOQUENCE * vain talk or babbling ...Bk1623
• VANILOQUY * vain talk or babbling ...Bk1928
babble, babbling - verbs
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
• BLATERATE † to talk or babble vainly or rapidly ...1676
• BRABBLE † to babble ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBLATERATE * to babble much, prate ...1623
• GAFF † to babble, to chatter; to talk loudly and merrily ...1825 Sc.
• GAGGLE † to express with gaggling or cackling; to babble, to prattle ...1577
• GAREY to talk loudly, to babble; to talk at the same time as another ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLAVER to chatter, to babble, to talk foolishly or heedlessly; to gossip ...Bk1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIVER, HAVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JANGLE † to talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, to babble, to prate; also said of birds ...a1300
• MAUNDREL to babble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALTER † to speak indistinctly or idly; to say or recite in an indistinct tone; to mumble, to mutter, to babble ...1538
• PLAY THE MAUNDREL to babble ...1814 Sc.
• RAB to talk nonsense; to babble away ...1898 Sc.
• SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble ...c1870 Sc.
• TWITTLE † to utter idly, to chatter, to babble ...1577
BABBLER - person
• BABBLER 1. a person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer ...1366
2. a person who talks indiscreetly; a teller of secrets; a gossip, a blabber ...1555
• BABELARD - † a babbler; a chatterer; a talkative person ...1678
• BABELAVANT(E) - † an absurd or foolish person; a babbler, a talker of nonsense ...a1400
• BABLATRICE - † a female babbler; a talkative person ...1595 nonce word
• BABLIAMINY - † a babbler, a foolish or idle talker, a chatterer ...1608 nonce word
• BALATRON - †* a babbling, prating fellow - a vain talking fellow - a jester - a buffoon - a rascally base knave - a thief - a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BATTOLOGIST - one who needlessly repeats the same thing; a vain babbler ...1653
• BLAB - an open-mouthed person; one who has not sufficient control over his tongue; a revealer of secrets or of what ought to be kept private; a babbler, a tattler, a telltale; a gossip ...c1374
• BLABBER - one who blabs; one who reveals secrets; a telltale ...1557
• BLADDERSKATE - a silly foolish person; a babbler ...a1680 Sc.
• BLATEROON - † a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster - an idle talker ...c1645
• BLATHERUMSKITE - a babbler - a foolish talker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLATTERFART - † a chatterer - a babbler - a blabber - a tale-teller ...1552
• CLATTERN a gossip; a chatterer; a tattler; a babbler ...1725 Sc.
• GAFFER - † a loquacious, talkative person - a babbler...1802 Sc.
• MAUNDER - a gossip - a babbler ...1870 Sc.
• MAUNDREL - a gossip - a babbler ...1814 Sc.
• SAUNTRELL - †* a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch ...c1440
• TONGUESTER - a talkative person - a great talker - a gossip - a babbler - a chatterer ...1871
• TWATTLE-BASKET - one who does nothing but twattle - an idle chatterer - a chatterbox - a babbler ...1715
• TWITTLE-TWAT - †* a chatterer - one who talks nonsense - a tattler - a babbler ...1662
• WASH-MOUTH - one who blurts out anything he has heard - a babbler - a foul-mouthed person ...1746 Eng. dial.
BABOON - nouns
• ADONIS a nickname used of, or to, a baboon ...Bk1913 S. Afr. 1913
• BABION † a baboon; an ape ...1599
• BABUINA a female baboon ...1882
• DOG-APE a baboon, which has a long doglike snout ...a1616
• MANCOWE † a baboon ...a1400
BABY, BABYHOOD - nouns
• BABBY-CLOUTS clothing or napkins for babies ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BABY-CLOUTS the clothes used for swaddling babies ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BABYDOM * babyhood; infancy ...1864
• BABY-FARMING (derogatory) the lodging and care of babies for payment
• BAIRN-CLOUTS baby clothes, dolls' clothes ...1895 Sc.
• LADY'S TAIL a thatch of matted hair on a newborn child; it was believed that it should not be touched, but allowed to fall out of its own accord; otherwise it was thought to bring misfortune ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies ...1827 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SUCKING-BOTTLE an infant's feeding bottle ...1632
• TITTY-BOTTLE a baby-bottle; a nursing-bottle ...19C Brit. colloq.
• VISIT FROM THE STORK the arrival of a new baby ...L19 UK society sl.
baby, babyhood - person
• ANGEL BABY a baby who has died in the womb or shortly after birth ...1994
• ANGEL-MAKER - a baby-farmer ...B1889 Eng. sl.
• ARM BABY - a baby small enough to be held in the arms - by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BAAYBY - a baby ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• BAB - a baby; a child ...1567 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BABA - a baby; a child; also, a term of endearment ...1841 orig. & chiefly South Asian
• BABAN - † a baby, an infant ...c1230
• BABBLE - baby ...20C sl.
• BABBY - a baby ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• BABE IN ARMS - a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby; an infant ...1731
• BABELET - * a tiny babe; an infant; also, a term of endearment ...1856
• BABI - † baby ...1377
• BABIE - a baby ...1533
• BABY-BUNTING - a baby ...Bk1945 sl.
• BABY BUSTER - one who was born in the period after the 'baby boom' that followed World War II - hence one born during a baby bust ...1980s sl.
• BABY-CHILD - a baby; a child ...1927 US Black sl.
• BABY IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby ...1848
• BABYKINS - a baby - a term of endearment for a baby ...M20
• BAMBINO - a young child, a baby ...1761
• BAND-AID BABY - a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship ...Bk2014 colloq.
• BANTLING - a baby, an infant; a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child ...1593
• BAPPLE - a baby of affluent professional parents ...Bk2006 sl., chiefly UK
• BARLEY-BAIRN - a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-CHILD - a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1879 Eng. dial.
• BASIN OF GRAVY - a baby ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• BAWBY - a baby ...1527 Sc.
• BBA - a baby born in ambulance ...Bk2006 UK medical sl.
• BED BABY - a baby too small to crawl ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BEEBY - a baby ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• BEEF BABY - a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities ...2003 US Black sl.
• BIMBO - a baby ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• BLUNDERBUS - a baby or a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER - a baby, a child, esp. an impish one - a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BUBBELLY - a baby ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BUBBY - a nickname for a baby ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUBELICKS - a term of endearment to a baby ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUG - a baby, a child, esp. an impish one - a term of endearment to a child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN a baby
• BUNCH OF DOG'S MEAT a squalling child in arms ...Bk1890 sl.
• BUNDLE OF JOY a baby ...1924 colloq.
• CHAP a young child, a baby ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHILD IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby ...a1675
• DOE a baby, a child ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• EXPENSE a baby; a child ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FUSSBUDGET someone who fusses all the time, especially a baby
• GAURLAGH a little child, a baby ...Bk1910 Ireland
• GITTSEY a term of endearment to an infant or baby ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HANS IN KELDER † an unborn child ...1690 cant
• INFANT IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby ...1731
• INSECT a crawling baby ...1952 Amer. dial.
• KIDLING a little child; a baby ...1899 sl.
• LAP ORGAN a baby ...1939 Amer. dial. jocular
• LITTLE STRANGER a newborn child ...20C sl.
• MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child...1824 Sc.
• MOP a baby; toddler ...1440
• MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment ...1601
• NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. ...1821 sl.
• ONE NICK - a baby boy ...c1860 printers' sl.
• ONE NITCH - a baby boy ...c1860 printers' sl.
• PACKAGE - a baby ...1969 US sl.
• PACKET FROM PARIS - a baby ...Bk1958 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PARCEL FROM PARIS - a baby ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• PARROCK - a term of endearment for a baby enclosed in its mother's arms ...1880 Sc.
• PRE(E)MIE, PREMY - a premature baby ...1927 N. Amer. sl.
• PUDSY - a term of endearment, esp. to a baby ...sl.
• RABBIT a newborn baby ...c1780 sl.
• RUG-RAT a baby, a toddler ...1964 sl., orig. US
• SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby ...1896 Irish sl.
• SETTING-UP KID a baby old enough to sit alone ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SNORK a baby ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SPLIT-ARSED ONE a baby girl ...L19 sl.
• TENDER a term of endearment to a baby ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TICKSY-WICKSY a baby ...1864
• TWO NICK a baby girl ...c1860 printers' sl.
• TWO NITCH a baby girl ...c1860 printers' sl.
• VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child ...1996 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'wean'
• YARD BABY one who is big enough to play in the yard if someone watches to see that he is all right ...Bk1992 Amer. South
• YUKKER a baby, a toddler ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
baby, babyhood - person - other
• BABY CARRIER - a person employed to carry or transport a baby; later, a woman who carries a child in the womb ...1853
• BABY-MINDER - a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work ...1856
• BABY-MONITOR - a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work ...1914
• BABY-TENDER - a person who takes care of an infant; a baby-minder ...1845
• BERSATRIX - † a rocker of cradles; a babysitter ...Bk1708
baby, babyhood - verbs
• BABIFY to make baby-like or babyish ...M19
• BABYFY to make baby-like or babyish ...M19
• LALLATE †* to speak baby-like ...1623
• PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TOP AND TAIL to wash a baby's face and bottom without immersion in a bath
baby, babyhood - phrases
• BEES SWARM a baby is born ...1953 Amer. dial.
BABY BOOM - nouns
• PIG IN THE PYTHON the baby boom after World War II; hence, any short-term increase or notably large group, viewed statistically ...1974 US
BABY CARRIAGE - nouns
• BABY BUGGY a baby carriage ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BABY CAB a baby carriage ...1901 Amer. dial.
• BABY CART a baby carriage ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BABY COACH a baby carriage ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BABY WAGON a baby carriage ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY a baby carriage ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY CARRIAGE a baby carriage ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY COACH a baby carriage ...1976 Amer. dial.
• GO-CART a stroller or baby buggy ...1902 Amer. dial.
• WAGON a baby-carriage ...1847 US
baby carriage - verbs
• WHEEL to push a baby in its carriage ...1884 Amer. dial.
BABYISH - adjectives
• BABISH babyish, childish, silly; used contemptuously ...1553-87 arch.
• BABISHED †* made babyish or childishly silly ...1535-75
• TIDDY - babyish; tiny ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
babyish - adverbs
• BABISHLY in a babyish fashion ...1567 Sc.
babyish - person
• BABY ASS someone who is babyish ...2003 US teen sl.
BABYISHNESS - nouns
• BABISHNESS † babyishness ...1557
BABYSIT - verbs
• HERD to take care of a child or children, to babysit ...1896 Amer. dial.
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
• FUGUE DUDE, THE J.S. Bach ...20C teen & high school sl.
BACHELOR - nouns
• BACHELOR HALL apartments for bachelors ...1833
• BACHELOR'S FARE bread and cheese and kisses ...L18 sl.
• BACHELORS' HALL a residence of unmarried men ...1746 UK sl.
• BACHELRY † a body of unmarried men ...a1500
• BATCHELOR'S FARE bread and cheese and kisses ...L18 sl.
• CABOOSE a bachelor's quarters ...Bk19C Amer. sl.
• SNAKE RANCH a bachelor's house ...1990 US sl.
bachelor - person
• BACH(E) - a bachelor ...1857 sl.
• BACHELDER - a bachelor ...1739 Amer. dial.
• BATCH - an unmarried man, a bachelor ...1855 US colloq.
• BATCHELDER - a bachelor ...1725 Amer. dial.
• BATCHELOUR - † a single or unmarried man ...Bk1707
• BATTER - a bachelor ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• BAUDY KNIGHT - a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...1680 UK sl.
• BAWDY BACHELOR - a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...1680 UK sl.
• HATTER - a bachelor looking after his own house ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• LAD - an unmarried man, a bachelor ...1825 Sc.
• OLD BACH - a confirmed bachelor ...M19 US sl.
• OLD BACHELOR - a confirmed bachelor - a solitary or reclusive rustic - a hermit ...1867 Amer. dial.
• OLD BATCH - a confirmed bachelor - a solitary or reclusive rustic - a hermit ...1899 Amer. dial.
• OLD BOY - a bachelor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POT O’ ONE - a bachelor, one who lives alone; an eccentric person, one who differs from others ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SHACK a bachelor living alone ...1890s US Black sl.
• SINGLE MAN a bachelor ...c1449
• WANTER one wanting a husband or wife - an unmarried person - a bachelor - a widower ...1723 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG-MAN a bachelor, irrespective of age ...Bk1886 Eng. & Amer. dial.
bachelor - person - other
• MUFFIN a female companion who accompanies a bachelor on his round of social amusements ...M19 Can. & US sl.
bachelor - verbs
• BACH to live alone and cater for oneself as a bachelor ...1879 Aust., NZ & N. Amer.
• BACHELORIZE to live as a bachelor ...M19
• DANCE IN THE HALF-PECK to be left behind as a bachelor, on a brother's marriage ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LIVE BACH(E) to live as a bachelor ...1909 society colloq.
• SHACK of a bachelor: to live alone ...1890s US Black sl.
• TRAIL A LIGHT HARROW to be a bachelor ...1891 Eng. dial.
• WEAR BACHELOR'S BUTTONS to be unmarried; to remain a bachelor ...1857
BACK - nouns
• A-END the back or tail end ...1955 Aust. sl.
• ARSEHOLD the end, the back of anything ...1940s sl.
• ARSEHOLE the end, the back of anything ...1940s sl.
• HAYSTACK the back, the rear ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
BACK (body part) - adjectives
• IN THE BOWFARTS on the back and unable to rise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MACKEREL-BACKED † long-backed ...1785 sl.
• TANGLE-BACKED having a long, lank, flexible back ...1896 Sc.
back (body part) - nouns
• BACK a painful or bad back ...20C sl.
• BACK-BREED the breadth of one's back; hence, a throw, a fall ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOOLIE-BACK a bent back; a humpback ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABOOSE the back ...20C sl.
• CADBURY('S) SNACK one's back ...2000s rhyming sl.
• HAMMER AND TACK the back ...1977 Aust. rhyming sl.
• KEEL the back, the small or middle of the back ...1836 Sc.
• UNION JACK the back ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
BACK (place) - adjectives
• BACKER † farther back, hinder ...1564
• BACKERMORE † farther back; more to the rear ...Bk1888
• BACKERMOST † backmost ...1669 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD † placed towards or at the back or rear ...1610
back (place) - adverbs
• AHIND of place: in the rear, at the back, behind ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKERMARE further back ...1616 Sc.
• BACKLINGS back, backwards ...1785 N. Eng. dial.
• BACKLINS back, backwards ...1785 N. Eng. dial.
back (place) - prepositions
• AHIND of a place: at the back or in the rear of ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BACK AND FORTH - adverbs
• BACK AND TO to and fro; back and forth ...1856 Amer. dial.
back and forth - verbs
• SASHAY to weave, to move back and forth ...1941 Amer. dial.
BACKBITE, BACKBITING - nouns
• NAIL-BOX a centre of backbiting ...Bk19C printers' usage
• NIP-LUG backbiting, squabbling, acrimony ...1883 Sc. DSL online
backbite, backbiting - verbs
• BRASS NAIL to backbite ...Bk19C sl.
• DING OVER to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GIVE GREEN RATS to malign, to slander, to backbite ...B1900 sl.
• NAIL to backbite ...Bk19C sl.
• RAIL OVER to talk over, to backbite ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RECKON UP to slander, to backbite ...19C sl.
BACKBITER - person
• BENBITER a deceitful person; a backbiter ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLACK-BACK a backbiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAT a term of contempt for a person; esp. one who scratches like a cat; a spiteful or backbiting woman ...a1225
• FACE-FLATTERER a backbiter; one who compliments another grossly and to his face ...1859
• MALDISANT an evil speaker; a slanderer; a backbiter ...1598 obs.
• RAMMACK a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer ...19C Sc.
• SCULPIN a derogatory term for a person; a rascal; a backbiter ...1836 Amer. dial.
BACK DOWN - verbs
• BACKFIRE to back down in an argument ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger ...1993 US sl.
• BOTTLE to lose your nerve, to back down ...1999 UK sl.
• BOTTLE IT to lose your nerve, to back down ...1999 UK sl.
• BOTTLE OUT to lose your nerve ...1979 UK sl.
• DROP ONE'S FEATHERS † to back down from a position ...1843 Amer. dial.
• EAT BOILED CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1877 Amer. dial.
• EAT CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1885 Amer. dial.
• EAT DOG to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1928 Amer. dial.
• EAT TURKEY to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner ...E19 US sl.
• GEEK (IT) to give up, to back down; to lose one's nerve ...1935 US sl.
• GIG to back down ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIG BACK to back down ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT THE BACK DOOR to back down from a confrontation ...1981 US sl.
• HEAD IN to back down or yield in an argument; to keep or become quiet ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S 'ARRIS to lose one's nerve, to chicken out ...c1950 sl.
• LOWER ONE'S FEATHERS † to back down from a position ...1855 Amer. dial.
• PIKE to back down; to fail or refuse to go with the crowd ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PIKE OUT QUICKER THAN A WHIRLYGUST CHASING A STREAK OF LIGHTNING to back down speedily ...1864 Amer. dial.
• RUE BACK to back down from a bargain ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE BACKWATER to change course; to reverse one's position; to retreat; to back down on a brag or dare; to refuse a challenge ...1902 Amer. dial.
• TAKE WATER to retreat, to back down, to take refuge; to retract a statement ...1853 Amer. dial.
• WUSS OUT to lose courage; to back down; to fail to do as promised ...1977 US sl.
BACKER - person
• BANKER - anyone who financially backs a robbery, confidence game, or gambling operation ...1922 criminals' sl.
• BANKROLLER - a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
• BANKROLL GUY - a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
• BANKROLL MAN - a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
• PART-TAKER - a supporter - a partisan - an ally - a backer ...1768 Sc.
BACKGAMMON - nouns
• ACEY-DEUCEY in backgammon: a variant rule under which the game is started in positions other than the standard layout ...1944 US sl.
• BACKGAME backgammon; a game at backgammon ...1718
• GAMMON * the game of backgammon ...1730-46
• PAIR OF TABLES † a backgammon board ...1483
• VERQUERE † an old form of backgammon ...a1700
• SIZE-POINT in backgammon, the sixth point from the inner end of each table ...1552
• TABLE † the 'board' on which chess, draughts, backgammon, or any similar game is played ...c1470
• TABLE-BOARD † a board for backgammon or any similar game ...1483
• TABLEMAN † one of the 'men' or pieces used in any game played on a board, esp. backgammon ...1483
• TABLE-PLAY † play at 'tables' or backgammon ...1550
• TABLER † a backgammon board; hence, the game of backgammon or 'tables'; also, a chess-board ...1303
• TABLES † a backgammon board ...1573
• TABLING † playing at 'tables' or backgammon ...1553
backgammon - person
• GAMMON PLAYER - * a backgammon player ...1814
• TABLE-PLAYER † a player at backgammon ...c1450
• TABLER † a player at backgammon ...1561
BACKGROUND - nouns
• OFFSCAPE † a distant view or prospect; the distant part of a view or prospect, the distance, the background ...1711 now rare or obs.
BACKING - nouns
• BACK † a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing ...1566
• BACK-STAND † backing, support ...1548
BACK OFF, BACK OUT - verbs
• ARSE to back out of fulfilling a promise, etc.; to shuffle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARSLE to back out of a place or situation ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1984 Amer. sl.
• BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1863 Amer. sl.
• CHICKEN OUT to back out, to change one's mind, to lose one's nerve ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COP OUT to avoid one's responsibility; to renege, to back out ...colloq.
• DINGO to back out of, to shirk ...1952 Aust. sl.
• FLUMMOX, FLUMMUX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting ...M19 sl.
• FUNK to cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion ...1746 sl.
• FUNK OUT to back out of something, owing to a lack of courage or spirit; to try to avoid or evade an undertaking, duty etc. ...1859
• GO CHICKEN to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out ...1930s sl., orig. US
• JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JACK UP † to withdraw or back out from a venture or undertaking; to give up, esp. suddenly or abruptly ...1871 colloq.
• JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MUCKLE OUT to renege, to back out ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PIKE to back out; to hold oneself back ...L19 slang
• RENIG to back out ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
back off, back out - person
• QUEEN WEEN someone who backs out of a commitment ...1990s US college sl.
BACKPACK - nouns
• ALICE a military backpack ...1988 US sl.
• KOREAN FORKLIFT an A-frame backpack used by Koreans to carry large and heavy objects ...1982 US Korean war usage
• TUSSOCK a packsack ...1969 Amer. dial.
BACKPACKER - person
• FLASHPACKER a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income ...21C
BACKSLIDE - verbs
• GO BACKWARD † to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide ...c1400
BACKTALK - nouns
• BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner ...1901 UK sl., orig. military
• BACK SLACK backtalk ...1908 Amer. sl.
• BACKWASH insolent or nonsensical talk; backtalk ...1906 Amer. sl.
• CHIN talk, esp. impudent backtalk; impudence...1862 Amer. sl.
• FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast ...1968 sl., orig. US Black
• JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek ...1834 Amer. dial.
• MOUTH backtalk; insults ...1896 UK sl.
• VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk ...1960s sl.
backtalk - verbs
• BACK-LIP to speak insolently to; to backtalk ...1955 Amer. sl.
• LIP to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk ...1898 sl.
• LIP OFF to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SASS OUT to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
BACK-TALKING - adjectives
• SASSY cheeky, spirited, back-talking ...1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
BACK-TO-FRONT - adverbs
• ARSE-FIRST back-to-front ...1962 Aust. sl.
• ARSY-VERSY back to front, upside down; perversely ...1539 UK
BACKWARD (also see BACKWARDS) - adjectives
• AWKWARD backward; back-handed ...1866 Eng. dial.
• BACKASSED pert. to a manner that is backward, awkward, or roundabout ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late ...1849 Eng. dial.
• BAICH backward ...1924 Sc.
• CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS backward, awkward, clumsy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LATESOME * late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious ..a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage
• LATEWARD † late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1538
• LATEWARDLY †* late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1573
• SCLACK backward ...1880 Sc.
• UNBOLD † - lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow ...c897
• UNDERLY backward, behind time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
backward - adverbs
• AREAR † backward, behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKERLY backward, late ...1892 Eng. dial.
BACKWARDNESS - nouns
• BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• IMPROFICIENCE †* lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness ...1605
• IMPROFICIENCY * lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness ...1647
BACKWARDS - adjectives
• BACK-ASSWARD(S) confused, muddled, backwards ...1940s US sl.
• BACK-CAST cast or thrown backwards ...1580
• OFF THE COB backwards ...1930s US sl.
• REFLUENT †* directed backwards ...1741
• RERE †* backwards, in the rear ...Bk1775
• RETORTED 1. twisted or bent backwards ...L16
2. turned or facing backwards ...E18
• RETORTIVE turned backwards ...E18
• RETROVERSE turned or directed backwards, reversed ...M19 rare
backwards - adverbs
• ABACKWARD † backward ...1205
• ABAFT † of direction: backwards ...c1275
• ARSE-END-TO backwards ...1943 Amer. dial.
• ARSELING backwards ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARSELINGS † backwards ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARD backwards, back to front, the wrong way round ...c1386
• ARSEWARD-BACKWARDS backwards, hind-before ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARDS backwards, hind-before ...1648 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWAYS backwards, back to front, the wrong way round ...1938
• ARSEY-VERSEY, ARSIE-VARSIE, ARSEY-VARSEY, ARSY-VARSY, ARSY-VERSY backwards, back to front, the wrong way round ...1545 UK sl.
• ARSY-TARSY backwards ...Brit. sl.
• ASS-BACKWARD(S) backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1937 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END-BACKWARDS backwards ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS END FOREMOST backwards ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END-TO backwards ...1943 Amer. dial.
• ASS-FRONTWARDS backwards ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-SIDE-BEFORE backwards, inside out, in reversed position ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ASSWAYS backwards; askew; upside-down ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BACK-ALONG backwards ...1877 Eng. dial.
• BACKASSWARDS backwards ...1947 Amer. sl.
• BACK-END-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BACK-END-FORE backwards, hind-part foremost ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BACK-END-FOREMOST backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BACK-END-FRONT backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BACK-END-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BACKERTY-WYES backwards ...1932 Sc.
• BACK-FRONT backwards, inside out ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BACKIES backwards ...1923 Sc.
• BACKIEWARDS backwards ...1923 Sc.
• BACKLINGS back, backwards ...1785 N. Eng. dial.
• BACKLINS back, backwards ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BACKRANS † backwards ...1824 Sc.
• BACKS backward ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE OUTWARDS backwards; inside out ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FOREMOST backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FORWARD(S) backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FRONT backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-BEHIND backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-FRONT backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-IN backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-WAY-BEFORE backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWAYS backward ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BACKWITH backwards ...1932 Sc.
• BACKWORTH backwards ...1932 Sc.
• BARSE-ACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BASS-ACKARD(S) backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1931 Amer. colloq.
• BASS-ACKWARD(S) backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels ...1930 Amer. dial. colloq.
• TOTHER-END-FIRST backwards, the wrong way around ...1881 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-END-TO backwards, the wrong way around ...1898 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-SIDE-FORE backwards, the wrong way around ...1944 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-SIDE-FOREMOST backwards, the wrong way around ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-SIDE-TO backwards, the wrong way around ...1868 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-WAY-WHICH backwards, the wrong way around ...1843 Amer. dial.
backwards - verbs
• ARSE to move backwards, to push back ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARSLE to move backwards; to back out of a place or situation ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BACKWARD(S) AND FORWARD(S) - verbs
• HALPER † to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward ...1596
• PAMBERADE to move back and forwards noisily or clumsily; to parade up and down with heavy steps ...1930 Sc.
backward(s) and forward(s) - phrases
• BACK AND FORE backwards and forwards; to and fro ...1653 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FROM WIG TO WALL * from wall to wall; backwards and forwards ...E17 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TO AND AGAIN backwards and forwards ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
BACKWOODS - adjectives
• PINEY dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• TURPENTINE of the backwoods, rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
backwoods - nouns
• BACKBRUSH backwoods ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.
• JILLIKENS backwoods ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS backwoods ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods ...M19 US sl.
backwoods - person
• BACK PEOPLE people who live in the back country ...1770 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-BEATER one accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger ...1809
• BUSHNIPPLE a backwoodsman; a hermit ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUSH RAT a backwoodsman; a woodsman ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACKER a backwoodsman ...1809 Amer. dial.
• CRACKER a backwoods Southern White person regarded as ignorant, brutal, loutish, bigoted, etc.; used contemptuously ...1766 Amer. sl.
• MOSSBACK a person living in the backwoods; a rustic ...colloq.
• MOUNTAINEER * a backwoodsman; a trapper ...1837 US
• MOUNTAIN MAN - a backwoodsman; a trapper; a pioneer ...1847 US
• URIAH - an ignorant, uncouth backwoodsman ...1953 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HICK - a backwoodsman - a hillbilly ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO - an uncouth backwoodsman ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
backwoods - verbs
• BUSHWHACK to live in the backwoods ...1809 Amer. dial.
backwoods - phrases
• FROM HORSE AND BUGGY unsophisticated; from the backwoods ...2000s sl.
BACKYARD - see YARD
BACON - adjectives
• INTERLEAN of bacon: streaky, having layers of lean and fat alternating ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RANDED of bacon: streaked; of two colours ...1866 Sc. & Eng. • dial.
• RANDY'D of bacon: streaked; of two colours ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
bacon - nouns
• AMERICAN LAD in Ireland: unpopular imported US fatty bacon ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• ARKANSAS T-BONE bacon ...1967 Amer. dial. jocular
• BACON-SWORD the rind of bacon ...1859 Eng. dial.
• BAND † a side or flitch of bacon ...c1394
• CHICAGO CHICKEN salt pork of bacon ...L19 Western US sl.
• GAMBONE the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon, including the hind leg; also, a smoked or cured ham ...a1529
• GAMMON(D) the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon, including the hind leg; also, a smoked or cured ham ...a1529
• GIPPO bacon grease; fat ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GRUNT a slice of ham or bacon; also, pork ...1925 Amer. sl.
• GRUNTING PECK pork, bacon, or any pig-meat ...M17 sl.
• JEW FOOD (usually derogatory) ham, bacon, or pork of any kind ...20C sl.
• LARDET †* a small piece of bacon for larding meat ...1598
• LARDLET †* a small piece of bacon for larding meat ...1659
• MIDDLING the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon ...1777 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLING MEAT salt pork, bacon ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NED bacon, salt pork ...1850 Amer. dial.
• NEW YORK TURKEY bacon ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OLD NED salt pork or bacon ...1833 US sl.
• OVERLAND TROUT bacon ...1903 Amer. Western sl.
• RASHER AND A DOORSTEP a rasher of bacon and a thick slice of bread ...L19 sl.
• RASHER AND FINGERS a rasher of bacon and chips ...1930s sl.
• RIB MEAT bacon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RUFF-PECK bacon ...Bk1886 cant
• SAWMILL CHICKEN bacon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAWMILL TURKEY bacon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAWNEY bacon ...1812 sl.
• S.B. bacon (Sour Bosom/Belly) ...L19 US sl.
• SCRAM the hard rind of bacon or cheese ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SEASONING MEAT salt pork or bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SIDEHILL SALMON bacon ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SIDE MEAT meat from the side of a hog, usually salted or smoked; bacon; salt pork ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SOORD the skin of bacon ...Bk1886
• SOW-BELLY side-bacon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STARS AND STRIPES beans with bacon ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TIGER bacon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWO DOTS AND A DASH fried eggs and bacon ...1910s sl.
bacon - person
• BACON-MAN - † a curer of, or dealer in, bacon ...1707
• SAWNEY-HUNTER - one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief...1856 sl.
BAD - adjectives
• ABAA bad ...L19 sl.
• ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• ARRANT thoroughly bad ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASS-HOLE bad, rotten ...20C US
• ATROCIOUS very bad, shocking, execrable ...1885 colloq.
• AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible ...c1786 colloq.
• BAADASS very bad, very dangerous ...1971 US sl.
• BADASS belligerent or intimidating; tough; bad; nasty ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BALD bad; terrible ...Bk1994 teen & high school sl.
• BLACK-HEARTED having a wicked, malicious disposition; morally bad ...1638
• BODGIE inferior, worthless, bad ...Aust. sl.
• BOGUS very bad; unfair; no good, worthless ...Aust. sl.
• BONE-BAD thoroughly bad ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOWSIE, BOWSY bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
• BROTHELY † vile, bad ...c1325
• BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty ...1859 sl., orig. US
• BUTTERY bad ...1990s US campus sl.
• BYSEN † monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful ...c1375
• CRAPPY bad; inferior; junky ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful ...1898 Aust. & NZ
• CRUDDY bad, second-rate, of poor quality; crummy, lousy ...1935 sl.
• D bad ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DAB bad ...c1845 back-slang
• DABHENO bad ...M19 costermonger's back-slang
• DAGO bad ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• DANK inferior, inefficient, bad, unpleasant ...1984 UK sl, orig. military
• DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty ...1980s UK sl.
• D.B. Damned Bad ...1909 theatrical colloq.
• DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful, very bad, utterly unpleasant ...1660 colloq.
• DESPERATE very bad ...20C Irish sl.
• DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• DOOK really bad ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD bad ...1980s US sl.
• DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless ...1953 UK sl.
• DUKE really bad ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DYED IN THE WOOL thoroughly bad ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• ENTETCHED † marked or endowed with bad or good qualities ...c1374
• FACINOROUS † extremely wicked, grossly criminal, villainous, atrocious, vile, infamous, detestably bad ...1548 obs. exc. arch.
• FAKE bad, disappointing, negative ...1990s US campus sl.
• FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FUNKY bad, distasteful, dirty, smelly ...1946 US sl.
• GAMMY bad, unfavourable ...c1740 UK criminals' sl.
• GOSH-BLAMED bad, annoying, undesirable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAIRY bad, difficult, undesirable ...1848 UK sl.
• HANG-DOG low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance; villainous, bad ...1677
• HANG-DOG-LIKE villainous, bad ...1866 Sc.
• HANG-GALLOWS destined or fit for the gallows; villainous, bad ...1790
• HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc. ...1929 Amer. sl.
• ILL bad; noxious; hurtful; insufferable ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-BEST least bad or several poor alternatives ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-CONDITIONED bad; worthless; ill-tempered ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDY given to bad deeds; mischievous ...a1500 Sc.
• ILL-GATED to be badly inclined ...Bk1876 Sc.
• ILL-LIVED living a bad or immoral life ...1630
• ILL-MUGGENED malicious, having bad propensities, evil-disposed ...1777 Sc.
• ILL-WILLY of a bad disposition ...a1568 Sc.
• INDUMIOUS very bad ...1898 Sc.
• JERRY bad, defective, and deceptive ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• LAYTHE † bad, loathsome ...Bk1855
• LAZY † bad, naughty, worthless ...1671 Eng. dial.
• LEWD 1. † of things: bad, worthless, poor, sorry ...1362
2. † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• LITHER † bad, wicked ...c893
• LITTLE-WORTH † of worthless, mean, bad, or contemptible character ...c1200 obs. exc. arch. & Sc.
• LOOSE-TAILED † of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint ...1598
• LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible ..c1386
• MANKEY, MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MARVY-GROOVY bad; usually spoken in a sarcastic, saccharine tone ...1967 US sl.
• MAVEIS † bad, wicked ...Bk1855
• MEAN worthless, naughty, of bad character ...1896 Eng dial.
• MISCHANT † bad, mischievous ...Bk1903 Sc.
• MORMAL † bad; dangerous ...1864 (possibly a mistaken infernce for the noun 'mormal - a sore or ulcer)
• MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1896 sl.
• MOXY lousy, very bad ...1999 Ireland
• MULTA, MULTI, MULTIE, MULTY of people and things: bad, unpleasant ...L19 sl.
• MUM AND DAD bad ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
• NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAPH in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable, bad ...1960s sl.
• NATION-SEIZED extremely bad; most unpleasant ...1842 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHT † morally bad; wicked; naughty ...1536
• NAUGHTY † of persons: morally bad, wicked ...1529
• N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) ...1903 sl.
• NINETED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NOWT bad ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• ONKUS unpleasant; deplorable; bad ...1918 Aust. sl.
• OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PAINFUL bad ...1980s US campus sl.
• PECCANT bad, wrong, deficient; guilty, criminal; indisposed, corrupt, injurious to health ...1605
• POPEYED regrettable, bad ...1930s sl.
• POLSY bad, spoilt ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• PRAVITOUS †* characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad ...1648-9
• PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUAD † vile, base, bad ...1887 Sc.
• QUED † evil, wicked, bad, vile, base ...c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc.
• QUEDE † evil, wicked, bad ...c1205-25
• QUEER bad; worthless; counterfeit...1561 thieves' cant
• RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character ...1801
• RAG unpleasant, bad ...1998 NZ sl.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful ...1813 colloq.
• SAD-BAD very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting ...1930s US Black sl.
• SCANDALOUS extremely bad ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SCHICKERY shabby, bad ...M19 sl.
• SCHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SCHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SCHWAG second-rate, inferior, bad ...1990s US campus sl.
• SHICKERY bad; shabby ...Bk1891 US sl.
• SHIT bad; unpleasant; highly displeasing; unskilled; of poor quality, ability, etc. ...1968 sl.
• SHITHOUSE contemptible, bad, disgusting, awful; of poor quality ...1966 sl.
• SHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SLIVING lazy; bad ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNID(E)Y of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• STINKO * of a very low standard; very bad ...1924 sl., orig. US
• TEWLY bad, poor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOROUGH-GONE thoroughly good or bad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE thoroughly good or bad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOTTY of bad character ...Bk1886
• TULY bad, poor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGOOD bad ...1980s US sl.
• UNKED bad looking, having the appearance of evil, betokening bad weather ...Bk1853 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKE bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKELY bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNREAL excellent, exceptionally bad ...1965 US sl.
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACKTIC very bad ...1983 UK sl.
• X-DOUBLE-MINUS very bad ...1968 US sl.
• ZYMOTIC lousy, very bad, disgusting ...1963 teen sl.
• ZYMY lousy, very bad, disgusting ...1963 teen sl.
bad - nouns
• BAD NAIL, A a bad disposition ...Bk1903 sl.
• BADS bad things, qualities, etc. ..1592
• BAD TRIP any bad experience ...M20 US sl.
• BALLS, THE a person or thing that is regarded as extraordinarily good or bad ...1938 US sl.
• BEHAVISHNESS bad behaviour ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BLUTE a bad or foolish action ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACOTOPIA a state, imaginary or otherwise, in which everything is as bad as it can possibly be
• CATEVER anything bad or poor; a queer or singular affair ...Bk1903 sl.
• DABHENO something bad, usually a poor market ...1851 costermongers' back-slang
• DAHEENO something bad, usually a poor market ...M19 costermongers' sl.
• DOWN TRIP any bad experience ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DYSTOPIA an imagined place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible ...1952
• GALLERSGOOD anything considered to be so bad or useless that it is fit only for the gallows ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• GAMMY CHANT a bad situation ...1997 Irish sl.
• GRUNGE anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ILL-JAW bad things spoken with the tongue ...Bk1876 Sc.
• MALEFICE. MALIFICE † a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft ...1721 Sc.
• MISDISPOSITION †* bad disposition or inclination; inclination to evil ...1617
• NAUGHTINESS † the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect ...1550
• PECCANCY a bad quality; sinfulness ...1611
• R.F. extremely bad treatment (Royal Fucking) ...M20 US sl.
• ROYAL FUCKING extremely bad treatment ...M20 US sl.
• SAUCE something bad or inferior ...1990s US campus sl.
• THICK-SPINNING bad conduct ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• UNCOST † bad disposition; evil nature ...c1220
• WORSE THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very bad ...1929 Amer. dial.
bad - person
• ABAA COVE a bad man ...Bk1890 sl.
• BAAD a woman of bad character; a disreputable woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BADDIE, BADDY a bad or wicked person; a scoundrel, a villain, esp. as a character in play, film, etc. ...1934 colloq., orig. US
• BAD APPLE, A a bad person in a group, typically one whose behaviour is likely to have a corrupting influence on the rest; a no-good person, esp. one who is likely to lead others astray ...Bk1988 colloq.
• BAD EGG a bad or worthless person ...1855
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal; a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person ...Bk1975 Amer sl.
• BAD SORT a bad kind of person ...1891
• BAD TRIP a bad person ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life; a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1603
• BAGLE an impudent and disreputable woman; an opprobrious term for a woman of bad character ...Bk1855
• BANDYLAN a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago ...1808 Eng. dial.
• BARNACLE an incorrigible person; a bad or depraved person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUDY-BASKET a cant term for a bad or profligate woman ...Bk1855
• BLACK SHEEP a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character ...1640
• BOCTAIL † a bad woman ...Bk1886
• BUDMASH one following evil courses; a bad character; a villain; a rascal ...1870 orig. Ind. army
• BUNTER a bad child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CACODEMON an evil, malignant, or deprecated person; a person of bad character ...1711
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel; a rascal ...1575
• DABTROS a bad sort; an unpleasant person ...M19 back-slang
• DAMISHELL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition - a damsel ...a1743 Sc.
• DAMOSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character ...a1743
• DAMSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAW a bad woman, a trull ...1825 Sc.
• FAGGOT a bad woman ...1722
• GALLAS - a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS - a person of bad character; a rascal, a rogue; one deserving the gallows ...1598
• HANG-A-BAND a bad character ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG-TRACE a gallows-bird; one ripe for the gallows; a bad character ... Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• HANNIEL a bad fellow ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• HELLCAT a thoroughly bad or coarse person ...1603
• HELL-DAME a bad woman ...1852 Eng. dial.
• HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person ....c1225
• HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate ...c1340
• HELLICAT * a bad, worthless, or foolish person; a wicked or cruel person; a villain ...1816 orig. & chiefly Sc.
• HERO OF THE BLOOD AND THUNDER BOOKS a bad man ...Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
• HISSIE, HIZZIE a woman of bad character ...1790 Sc.
• HIZZY a term of contempt or reproach for a woman or girl; a woman of bad character ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IDLE-PACK a bad woman ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• ILL ONE a bad character ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LITHERBY †* a base or rascally person; a bad, wicked person ...1598
• LITTLE-WORTH a bad or worthless person ...1825 Sc.
• LOOSE-KIRTLE a woman of loose or bad character; a wanton woman; a prostitute (kirtle = woman's gown) ...1855 archaic
• MISWOMAN † a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet ...1528
• NAUGHT one who is bad ...1657
• NAUGHTY-BACK a bad or naughty child or person; a term of general reproof; generally used to children ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY-PACK † a woman of bad character; a wanton ...1530
• NINETY-BIRD - a bad person - one who is given up to evil ways ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NOGOODNIK - a bad person ...Aust. sl.
• PALLIARD - a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person ...1567 arch.
• QUED - † a bad or wicked person ...c1250
• QUEDE - † a bad or wicked person ...c1250
• RACKLE - a thoroughly bad man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAP - a cheat - an impostor - a person of bad character ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• RUMSCULLION - a bad, idle, worthless fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAPE-GALLOWS - a term of reproach for a thoroughly bad fellow ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAPE-THE-GALLOWS - a term of reproach for a thoroughly bad fellow ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOVY - a bad fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKITTAMALINK - (derogatory) a rascal - a bad-acting woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TARGER - a person of bad or eccentric character - a rough fellow - a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITIVIL - † a term of reproach - a bad or vile character - a scoundrel - villain - a worthless knave ...c1420
• TITIVILLER - †* a bad or vile character - a scoundrel - a rogue - a rascal - a knave - a villain ...1500
• WRONGGO, WRONGO a criminal; an undesirable person; a bad person; a wicked person; a villain ...1937 sl., orig. US
• WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person ...L19 sl.
• YELDEN, YELDING a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
bad - verbs
• BUM OUT to have a bad experience
• HAVE A BAD NAIL IN ONE to be of a bad disposition ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HAVE A DIRTY LANE TO GO DOWN to have a bad time before one ...1858 Eng. dial.
• WAIL to behave badly or aggressively ...1960s W. Indies
bad - phrases
• LIKE LETTUCE LIKE LIPS implying that bad things suit each other ...Bk1855
• SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG describes something that is so bad that no creature deserves it
• THINGS ARE CROOK IN MUSWELLBROOK the situation is not good ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THINGS ARE CROOK IN TALLAROOK the situation is not good ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• WOOL IS DOWN times are bad ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
BADGER - adjectives
• BADGER-PIED badger-coloured, tawny ...1845 Eng. dial.
badger - nouns
• BADGET a badger (animal) ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BAGEARD a badger ...Bk1852
• BARROW †* a badger ...1552
• BAUD a badger ...Bk1852
• BAUNSEY a badger ...Bk1852
• BAUSON a badger ...c1325 arch.
• BAWSON a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.
• BAWSTONE a badger ...Bk1852
• BOSSON a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.
• DAS † a badger ...1481
• PAIT, PATE † a badger ...1628
• WARDROBE † the excrement of the badger ...c1400
badger - verbs
• WOOL to badger, to harass ...1864 Amer. sl.
BAD-HUMOURED - adjectives
• ILL-HYMED ill-tempered, crusty, bad-humoured ...1929 Sc.
• ILSKET feigning gaiety, hiding bad humour or discontent ...1908 Sc.
BAD LUCK - see LUCK
BADLY - adverbs
• BAD badly ...1917 Sc.
• CAITIFLY † vilely, basely, despicably, badly ...c1425
• HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS clumsily, awkwardly, badly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ILL-GATE badly, unluckily, contrariwise ...1958 Sc.
• ILLY † in an ill manner; badly ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEWDLY † badly, poorly, ill ...c1386
• LIKE HELL very badly ...20C colloq.
• NAUGHT † badly, wrongly ...1549
• NAUGHTILY † badly, poorly ...1574
• QUEERLY † in a bad or rascally manner ...a1700 cant
• SCHICKERY shabbily, badly ...M19 sl.
• SHITILY badly, unsatisfactorily ...1920s sl.
• SHITTY badly, unsatisfactorily ...1920s sl.
BAD-MANNERED (also see MANNERS) - adjectives
• HAIRY ill-bred, bad-mannered ...1900s sl.
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
bad-mannered - person
• FLASH HARRY - an ostentatious, loudly dressed, and typically bad-mannered man ...1960 Brit. sl.
• GAUKY - an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly ..Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• GLUNDIE, GLUNDY - † a fellow with a sulky look, but not sulky for all; one who deceives by appearance; a bad-mannered, clumsy, surly, or blundering person ...1824 Sc.
BAD-MOUTH - verbs
• BUM to say uncomplimentary things about somebody; to bad-mouth ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAD-MOUTHED - person
• HECKLER - a female brawler or a scold; a bad-mouthed woman ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
BADNESS - nouns
• GALLOWSNESS badness ...1859
• ILL badness, wicked disposition ...1929 Sc.
• ILLNESS 1. † bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness ...c1500
2. † unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness; badness ...1595
• PIACULARITY †* badness; criminality ....1856
• PRAVITY † badness, corruption, malignity ...1620
BAD-TEMPERED (also see ILL-TEMPERED) - adjectives
• ABSTRAKLOUS cross-grained, bad-tempered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ARSEY, ARSY bad-tempered, unpleasant, disagreeable ...1989 UK sl.
• AZZALD bad-tempered, irritable ...1841 Eng. dial.
• BAITY bad-tempered; in a rage ...1921 sl.
• BENEEK bad-tempered, insane ...1960s S. Afr.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, cross-grained ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CANKERY bad-tempered, cross-grained ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CRABBIT bad-tempered, irritable ...Sc. & Irish
• CRABBY bad-tempered ...1776
• CROOK irritable, bad-tempered ,angry ...1911 Aust. & NZ
• CROOKLED bad-tempered ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• CROSS AS THE DEVIL very bad-tempered ...Bk1922
• CROTCHETY bad-tempered ...1825 sl.
• FIGHTING bad-tempered, quick to anger ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FIGHTY inclined or eager to fight; easily angered, bad-tempered; pugnacious ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GROUCHY bad-tempered ...1861 colloq.
• GRUMPY bad-tempered ...1778
• HATELY bad-tempered, hateful; showing hate ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HUNCHT bad-tempered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• ILL-BISTED bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-BISTEN bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-GRITTED of a bad, obstinate temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TWINED bad-tempered, peevish ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLY bad-tempered, spiteful, grudging, disobliging ...a1500 chiefly Sc.
• IN A BAD SKIN out of temper; ill-tempered, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, out of sorts...1796
• KWAAI bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce ...1827 S. Afr.
• LEERY bad-tempered, disagreeable, and cheeky ...20C sl.
• MAGGOTY angry, bad-tempered, furious ...1890 Eng. dial. & Aust. & NZ
• NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NARKY vexed, angry, ill-tempered, bad-tempered ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NAZZLY bad-tempered; rude, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NIGGEDY-NAGGETY irritable, nasty-tempered, bad-tempered ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered ...1960s sl.
• ORNERY AS THE DEVIL, AS mean, bad-tempered ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish ...1721 Sc.
• RANTANKEROUS bad-tempered, unruly; fierce ...1832 Amer. colloq.
• RATTY irritable, annoyed, cross, bad-tempered ...1909 colloq., orig. UK
• REASTY bad-tempered; also, gross, obscene ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RED-NECKED ill-tempered, bad-tempered, angry ...1942 Amer. sl.
• REESTY of a person: obstinate, bad-tempered; stiff ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• SHIRTY angry, annoyed; bad-tempered ...1846 colloq.
• SHITTY bad-tempered ...1960s Aust. sl.
• SHITTY-LIVERED bad-tempered ...1980s NZ sl.
• SNITTY bad-tempered ...1978 US sl.
• SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered ...B1900 colloq.
• SPIKY bad-tempered ...1930 sl.
• STROPPY bad-tempered ...1951 Brit. sl.
• TARF harsh, bad-tempered, rough-spoken ...1887 Sc.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• TOEY bad-tempered ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• UPTIGHT angry, bad-tempered, annoyed ...1934 colloq.
• VIGROUS vigorous; fierce, dangerous, bad-tempered ...1836 Amer. dial.
• VINNED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected ...1834 Eng. dial.
• VINNIED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected ...1834 Eng. dial.
bad-tempered - person
• BALSCAT a shrew; a termagant; a crosspatch; a bad-tempered person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• BANTAM a person with a hot temper ...1924 Aust. sl.
• BESSIE, BESSY an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; a scold, a virago ...1866 Sc.
• BILLY GOAT a rambunctious, cantankerous, or bad-tempered man ...1921 US sl.
• BITCH KITTY an obstinate, disagreeable, or bad-tempered girl or woman; a difficult, irritable, complaining woman ...c1930 Amer. sl.
• BITTER-WEED a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• BORE a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS CAT a virago; a violent or bad-tempered woman ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• CRANK-POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CRUIVLE a sour-tempered person of insignificant appearance ...1923 Sc.
• FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman ...1591
• FEIST (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FICE (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FISTE (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FYST (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• GIRNIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIE-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1890 Sc.
• GIRNIGO a fretful, peevish, grumbling, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIGO-GASH a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting; a petulant child ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIGO-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1788 Sc.
• GIRNY-GIB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1872 Sc.
• GIRNY-GIBBIE a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1890 Sc.
• GIRNY-GO-GABBY a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GIRNY-GUB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1954 Sc.
• GLEID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GRIMALKIN a term of contempt for a jealous or bossy or bad-tempered, unpleasant old woman ...1798
• GROUCH a bad-tempered or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRUMP a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• GRUMPUS a bad-tempered person ...1986 US sl.
• GRUNT (derogatory) an ill-tempered, grouchy person; a mean, bad-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT an evil person, suggestive of a creature from hell; now usually: a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; a pest, an annoying person; a mischievous young boy ...1603
• ILL-WILLIE a person of a morose or bad-tempered disposition ...1868 Sc.
• MARE an unpleasant, despicable, bad-tempered female ...1303
• MISS CROSS-STICKS, MRS. CROSS-STICKS a cross or bad-tempered woman ...Bk1922
• MISS GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered woman ...1986 Amer. sl.
• NADGER a sulky, bad-tempered or ill-tempered person ...1899 Ireland
• NETTERCAP a bad-tempered person ...1874 Sc.
• NITTIE a cheeky little girl; a bad-tempered child ...1866 Sc.
• OLD HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD RIP a bad-tempered man; a reprobate ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY CUSS a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PARTAN a term of abuse or ridicule; an ugly or bad-tempered person; a stupid person ...1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PISS-ANT a mean, bad-tempered, or contemptible person - an unimportant person ...1903 now chiefly Amer.
• PISS-POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIG a bad-tempered, thoroughly objectionable person - a medical initialism for Stroppy (bad-tempered) Ignorant Git (objectionable person) ...2002 UK doctors' shorthand
• SORE-HEAD a bad-tempered or discontented person ...1848 sl., chiefly Amer.
• TALKING HEAD one who is in a bad temper and on the verge of fighting ...1960s US Black sl.
• TARTAR a strong-willed, bad-tempered person ...1663 sl.
• TERRIER a man of bad temper and character - a pugnacious fellow ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TURK a cruel, hard-hearted, or tyrannical man; a bad-tempered or unmanageable person; a man who treats his wife harshly ...1536
• WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person' a violent or bad-tempered woman ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WICK an irritating or bad-tempered person ...1988 Sc. sl.
bad-tempered - verbs
• BLEWZE to look bad-tempered or sulky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CUT UP ROUGH to become angry or bad-tempered ...Brit. colloq.
• GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE to rise peevish or bad-tempered ...19C colloq.
• GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED to rise peevish or bad-tempered ...19C colloq.
• GIVE ONE THE PIP to annoy or irritate; to make angry, bad-tempered, or dispirited ...1896
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE, TO to be peevish or out of temper ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAKE THE TID to be ill-humoured or bad-tempered ...1787 Sc.
BAFFLE - verbs
• BLAICK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOFFLE to baffle, to confuse, to perplex, to worry, to annoy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAT UP to get the better of; to baffle, to foil ...1944 US sl.
• MAWK to baffle, to tease, to torment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALL, PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BAFFLED - adjectives
• AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ABROAD uncertain, at a loss, in great confusion; perplexed; baffled; bewildered ...1821 sl.
• ALL FUSSED ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL FUSSED UP ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN THE WIND bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEAT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE without a satisfactory alternative; in difficulty; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• BOFFLED baffled, confused, rendered stupid ...1876 Eng. dial.
• COMFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLUMMOXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMBFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...1825
• FLOORED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMIXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMOXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOING bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAVELED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD PUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD PUT TO IT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A BOX in difficulties, in a confused state of mind, in a quandary; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...M19 sl.
• IN A CORNER bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• IN A HOLE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A PUCKER bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A TIGHT BOX adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE WOODS bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAMMED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON ONE'S BEAM ENDS bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE FENCE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STALLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUCK bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUMPED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNK bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TREED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURNED AROUND bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWISTED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP A GUMTREE baffled, perplexed ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP A STUMP bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1904 sl.
• UP A TREE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP IN THE AIR bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
baffled - verbs
• LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE to look embarrassed or unhappy; to look chagrined, baffled, sorrowful, discouraged, or ashamed; to submit to someone ...1914 Amer. dial.
BAFFLING - nouns
• FAIR NARK something inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
baffling - person
• FAIR NARK someone inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
BAG - nouns
• ASS PACK a fanny pack; a small pouch on a belt, for money and other valuables, worn round the waist or hips ...1952 US sl.
• AWOL BAG in the Korea and Vietnam wars: an overnight bag ...1956 US sl.
• BAGLET a small bag ...1885
• BELLY † a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk ...c950
• DILLY-BAG a bag, generally small, for carrying odds and ends ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• FAINTY-BAG a lady's fancy bag ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANNY FLASK a small pouch-like bag around the wearer's waist ...1950s US sl.
• FANNY PACK a small pouch-like bag around the wearer's waist ...1950s US sl.
• GABERLUNZIE † a wallet or bag carried by beggars ...1808 Sc.
• GO-POKE a travelling bag or knapsack ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GO-'WAY BAG a travelling bag or suitcase ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ALL a bag to carry odds and ends ...L19 sl.
• GRITCHEL a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase ...1917 Amer. dial.
• GROUCH BAG a small pouch or bag worn esp. beneath clothing and containing emergency funds (esp. used among travelling performers) ...1908 Amer. dial.
• INDISPENSIBLE a small satchel or bag worn by a woman ...E19 sl.
• JAG a leather bag or wallet...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAIL a bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag ...c1205
• MALLET †* a little bag or portmanteau ...1612
• PADDLE, PAIDLE a small leather bag used by peddlers for their smaller articles of trade; a folder, a wallet; also, a flat leather receptacle or pouch used by country housewives for holding household oddments, worn at the right side and suspended by tapes round the waist ...a1568 Sc.
• POCKET a small bag or sack ...1806 Amer. dial.
• POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet ...1812 criminals' sl.
• POKE a bag or sack, esp. a small one; now usually a paper bag ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIDICULE a reticule; a bag in which women carry gloves, handkerchiefs, etc. ...1843 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SACKET † a small sack or bag ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SATCHEL-BAGGIE a bag for holding provisions, esp. when travelling ...1898 Sc.
• SCRAN-BAG 1. a beggar's receptacle for the scraps of food they solicit ...M19 sl.
2. any form of bag into which bits of food can be placed ...M19 sl.
• TANGHAL † a bag or satchel ...1825 Sc.
• TIDY a bag or other receptacle in which to keep scraps, odds and ends, etc. ...1828
• TOOT a usually small paper cone or bag used as a container, as at grocers ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY a bag used especially to carry clothes, bedding, and other personal possessions; a bedroll; a suitcase ...1888 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage
• WALLET a bag for holding provisions, clothing, books, etc., esp. on a journey either on foot or on horseback; a knapsack, a peddler's pack, etc. ...c1386
• WAR BAG a drawstring bag or sack used for carrying one's personal effects; a duffle bag; the contents of such a bag ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WITCHES' KNICKERS plastic bags caught up in trees or shrubs ...2000 Ireland
• YANNIGAN a bag for transporting one's personal belongings; a haversack; a trunk ...1925 Amer. dial.
bag - verbs
• IMPOUCH †* to put into a pouch, bag, or pocket ...1611
BAGGAGE - nouns
• BLUEY any form of luggage ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CAP-CASE † a travelling-case, bag, or wallet (representing the later portmanteau or carpet-bag) ...1577
• CARRIAGE † baggage or luggage carried with one on a journey, etc. ...1398
• DUNNAGE the clothing and other personal belongings carried by a sailor, soldier, or woodsman; generally, baggage or equipment with which a person travels ...1834 sl., orig. naval usage
• FARDELS baggage of a company of men ...a1300 arch.
• GRITCHEL a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase ...1917 Amer. dial.
• HARNESS † the baggage or portable equipment of an army, a party of travellers, etc. ...a1300
• IMPEDIMENTA things which impede or encumber progress; baggage; travelling equipment ...1600
• IMPERIAL a case or trunk for luggage, fitted on, or adapted for, the roof of a coach or carriage; also, the roof or top of a carriage itself ...1794
• KEESTER, KEISTER, KEYSTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box ...1882 US sl.
• LUG luggage ...1977 US sl.
• MAILS † baggage ...c1205 obs. exc. Sc. & US
• PAFFALDIN baggage; also, a quantity of unnecessary and heavy clothing ...1851 Eng. dial.
• PETER a portmanteau or trunk; any bundle or piece of luggage ...1668 sl., orig. criminals' usage, latterly taxi-drivers' sl.
• PETER-HUNTING the stealing of baggage and boxes ...19C UK criminals' sl.
• PETER LAY the stealing of baggage and boxes ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• PLUNDER baggage, gear; personal property ...1805 Amer. dial.
• SANKY POKE a travelling bag ...1944 Amer. dial.
• SUMPTERY †* baggage ...1620
• TACKLING † gear, furnishings, fittings, accoutrements, outfit, baggage, etc. ...1558
• TALLY a tie-label, tab, or tag for luggage, etc. ...1909
baggage - person
• BAGGAGE-BOUNCER one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter ...1885 Amer. sl.
• BAGGAGE-SMASHER 1. one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter ...1851 Amer. sl.
2. a baggage thief ...1856 Amer. sl.
• BAGWALETOUR - † a carrier of baggage ...Bk1855
• GILLIE-TRUSHHARNISH - a baggage-man ...1814 Sc.
• PICK-UP MAN - someone who steals luggage ...1928 sl.
baggage - verbs
• HUMP THE SWAG to carry one's luggage on one's back ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
BAGPIPE - adjectives
• SACK-DOODLING that plays on the bagpipes ...1824 Sc. quasi-arch.
bagpipe - nouns
• BAGS † bagpipes ...c1275 poetic
• DOODLE-SACK a bagpipe ...L18 Sc.
• SKIRL the sound of the bagpipe ...1860 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOODLE-LOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute ...1542
• TOODLE-TOODLE † an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute ...a1566
bagpipe - verbs
• BLAST to play the bagpipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAW to play the bagpipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ROAR of bagpipes: to make a loud droning noise ...1819 Sc.
• SKIRL 1. of the bagpipe: to produce the shrill sounds by which it is characterized ...a1665 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to play the bagpipe ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
BAHAMAS - person
• CONCH a native of the Bahamas ...M19 W. Indies
BAIL - nouns
• BROOMSTICK BAIL fraudulent bail ...L17 sl.
• DAILY bail ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL bail ...1920s rhyming sl.
• JEW BAIL insufficient bail ...1785 sl.
• QUEER BAIL fraudulent bail ...L18 sl.
bail - person
• BAIL BANDIT - someone who commits a crime while on bail awaiting trial ...1991 colloq.
• BROOMSTICK a person who puts up fraudulent bail ...E19 sl.
bail - verbs
• RAISE to bail someone out of jail ...1973 US sl.
• SPRING to bail someone out of jail; to obtain the release of a person from prison ...1920s US Black sl.
• TAKE A HOLIDAY to jump bail ...L19 sl.
BAILIFF - adjectives
• BALIVAL pert. to a bailiff or his office ...1854
bailiff - nouns
• BAILIRIC † bailiwick; a district or place under the jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff ...1570
• BAILIVATE † the office of a bailiff ...1721
• BAILLIE, BAILLY † the jurisdiction, authority, charge, or office of a bailie or bailiff; jurisdiction or charge committed to an officer, delegated authority; stewardship ...c1305
• CANDY-MAN in the north of England a bum-bailiff or process-server; 'in the great strike of coal miners in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from the cottages, there were recognized among them some well-known sellers of 'dandy candy' from the Newcastle streets, whose appellation was transferred to persons employed in the unpopular office ...1863
bailiff - person
• ADAM a bailiff, a sergeant ...c1591 sl.
• BAILIE † a bailiff ...1297
• BAILIER a bailiff or sheriff's officer ...1834 Eng. dial.
• BAILY a superintendent of an estate; a bailiff; a steward; a sheriff’s officer ...1825
• BALY † a bailiff ...Bk1855
• BANDOG a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1605 UK sl.
• BANDOG-BAILIFF a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1700
• BAYLE † a bailiff ...Bk1855
• BEADLE † a messenger of justice, a warrant officer; an under-bailiff ...c1000
• BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy; an informer; a constable; a sheriff's officer; a bailiff; a beadle ...1559
• BIFFS bailiffs ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
bailiff person • BUMMER † a bum-bailiff; a bailiff empowered to execute writs and warrants, esp. to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment ...1675
• CACHEKOW - † a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder - hence, generally, a bailiff - a cow-stealer ...1513 Sc.
• CACHEPOLLUS - † a sergeant, bailiff or any that arrests upon an action ...Bk1717
• CACHEREL(E) - † a catchpoll - a beagle - a bailiff - an inferior officer of justice ...a1325
• CANDYMAN - a bailiff or process server - orig. a seller of candy ...1863 sl.
• DAVY DEBET - a bailiff ...c1570
• DAVY DEBT - a bailiff ...c1570
• ENGINEERS AND STOKERS bailiffs ...Bk2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'brokers'
• FACTOR - † one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate - the manager of a landed estate who collects the rents, lets the lands, etc. - a bailiff - a land-agent or land-steward ...1561 obs. exc. Sc.
• FARMER - † one who cultivates land for the owner - a bailiff - steward ...1382
• HAWK - a bailiff or watchman; a police officer; also, a prison guard ...1785 sl.
• HIND - a bailiff or steward on a farm (in some parts of England) ...1495
• LEGALIST - an officer of the law - a bailiff ...1835 jocular
• LURCHER the lowest rank of bailiff, a 'bum bailiff'...18C sl.
• LURCHER OF THE LAW the lowest rank of bailiff, a 'bum bailiff'...18C sl.
• MOABITE † a bailiff; a constable ...1699 sl.
• MOOR a bailiff of a farm ...1706 Eng. dial.
• NABBER one who 'nabs'; hence, a bailiff or constable; a police officer ...1810 sl.
• NABBING-CULL a bailiff; a constable; a police officer ...1780 sl.
• RAM SKIN a bailiff ...E19 Anglo-Irish
• SAFFO * a bailiff ...1605
• TAPPER a court bailiff ...1796 UK sl.
• TOPSMAN a head man; a bailiff; a principal servant; the chief drover in charge of a herd of cattle on the road ...1825 Eng. dial.
• WAR-HAWK a bailiff or summons server ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
BAIT - nouns
• PEECHER bait; an allurement ...Bk1903 Eng. dial. EDD Wright 1903
BAKED - adjectives
• BAKEN baked, as bread or meat ...c1325 arch.
BAKED BEANS - nouns
• BEANTOWN SPECIAL Boston baked beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MUSICAL VEGETABLES baked beans ...1988 Brit. sl.
• SNAPPER the mythical ingredient in baked beans that can be removed to prevent flatulence ...1975 US sl.
BAKER - nouns
• GORK baked stuff; in general, the baker's product ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TABERNACLE † an alleged term for a company of bakers ...1486
baker - person
• BACHARES a baker ...Bk1872
• BACKSTER a baker; also, occasionally, a female baker ...1721
• BACKSTRESS † a female baker; a woman who bakes bread ...1519
• BAKER one who bakes; one whose business it is to make bread ...a1000
• BAKERESS * a female baker ...1837
• BAKESTER a baker; orig. a female baker ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BAPPER a vulgar name for a baker ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATCHIE, BATCHY a baker; a baker's man ...1843 Sc.
• BAXTER 1. † a baker, without distinction of sex ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. † a female baker ...1390
• BAXTER-CHAP a baker's boy or apprentice ...1827 Sc.
• BREAD-WRIGHT † a bread maker - a baker ...c1250
• DEAD MAN a baker; 'properly speaking, it is an extra loaf smuggled into the basket by the man who carries it out, to the loss of the master' ...1764 sl.
• DOUGH BEATER a baker; a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOUGH BOY - a baker ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOUGH PUNCHER - a baker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• DOUGH ROLLER - a baker - a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FURNER † one who has charge of an oven; a baker ...a1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FURNITOR †* one who has charge of an oven; a baker ...1601
• MASTER OF THE ROLLS - a baker ...1831 sl.
• PANTER - † a word originally meaning 'baker', but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry - the controller of the bread in a large establishment ...1297
• PANTERER - † a word originally meaning 'baker', but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry - the controller of the bread in a large establishment ...a1400
BAKING - nouns
• BATCH † the process of baking ...1440
BAKING SODA - nouns
• BALE a box of baking soda ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SALERATUS baking soda (potassium or sodium bicarbonate), esp. when used as a leavening agent ...1837 Amer. dial.
• BALANT † bleating, baaing ...1702
BABBLE, BABBLING - adjectives
• BABBLATIVE given to babbling; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, prating ...1583
• BABBLY full of babble, chattering, prating, garrulous ...1865
• BLACK-BABBLING babbling maliciously, slanderous ...1624
• BLITHERING senselessly talkative, babbling ...1889
• INANILOQUENT †* full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous ...1656
• INANILOQUOUS † full of empty or idle talk; loquacious, garrulous; speaking inanely, babbling ...1721
• LINGUACIOUS †* full of tongue; talkative, loquacious, babbling ...1652
• LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RABBIN babbling, talkative, garrulous ...1901 Sc.
• SCLORIN babbling, chattering ...c1870 Sc.
• STULTILOQUENT * talking foolishly; given to silly talk; babbling ...1845
babble, babbling - nouns
• BABBLERY † idle talk, chattering, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale ...1532
• BARBLY babble, noise ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• BRABBLE discordant babble ...1861
• GAREY loud, confused talking; a babble, jabbering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HIBBER-GIBBER † a confused repetition or babble of talking; unmeaning sounds or phrases; gibberish ...1592
• INANILOQUENCE † vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking ...1727
• INANILOQUUTION † vain talk, foolish babbling, idle speaking ...1658
• JANGLERY † idle talk, babbling; wrangling ...c1374
• ONOLOGY †* foolish talking, vain babbling, a talking like an ass ...1674
• TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble ...1866
• VANILOQUENCE * vain talk or babbling ...Bk1623
• VANILOQUY * vain talk or babbling ...Bk1928
babble, babbling - verbs
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
• BLATERATE † to talk or babble vainly or rapidly ...1676
• BRABBLE † to babble ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBLATERATE * to babble much, prate ...1623
• GAFF † to babble, to chatter; to talk loudly and merrily ...1825 Sc.
• GAGGLE † to express with gaggling or cackling; to babble, to prattle ...1577
• GAREY to talk loudly, to babble; to talk at the same time as another ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLAVER to chatter, to babble, to talk foolishly or heedlessly; to gossip ...Bk1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIVER, HAVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JANGLE † to talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, to babble, to prate; also said of birds ...a1300
• MAUNDREL to babble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALTER † to speak indistinctly or idly; to say or recite in an indistinct tone; to mumble, to mutter, to babble ...1538
• PLAY THE MAUNDREL to babble ...1814 Sc.
• RAB to talk nonsense; to babble away ...1898 Sc.
• SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble ...c1870 Sc.
• TWITTLE † to utter idly, to chatter, to babble ...1577
BABBLER - person
• BABBLER 1. a person who talks foolishly or at great length, esp. to little purpose; a chatterer ...1366
2. a person who talks indiscreetly; a teller of secrets; a gossip, a blabber ...1555
• BABELARD - † a babbler; a chatterer; a talkative person ...1678
• BABELAVANT(E) - † an absurd or foolish person; a babbler, a talker of nonsense ...a1400
• BABLATRICE - † a female babbler; a talkative person ...1595 nonce word
• BABLIAMINY - † a babbler, a foolish or idle talker, a chatterer ...1608 nonce word
• BALATRON - †* a babbling, prating fellow - a vain talking fellow - a jester - a buffoon - a rascally base knave - a thief - a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BATTOLOGIST - one who needlessly repeats the same thing; a vain babbler ...1653
• BLAB - an open-mouthed person; one who has not sufficient control over his tongue; a revealer of secrets or of what ought to be kept private; a babbler, a tattler, a telltale; a gossip ...c1374
• BLABBER - one who blabs; one who reveals secrets; a telltale ...1557
• BLADDERSKATE - a silly foolish person; a babbler ...a1680 Sc.
• BLATEROON - † a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster - an idle talker ...c1645
• BLATHERUMSKITE - a babbler - a foolish talker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLATTERFART - † a chatterer - a babbler - a blabber - a tale-teller ...1552
• CLATTERN a gossip; a chatterer; a tattler; a babbler ...1725 Sc.
• GAFFER - † a loquacious, talkative person - a babbler...1802 Sc.
• MAUNDER - a gossip - a babbler ...1870 Sc.
• MAUNDREL - a gossip - a babbler ...1814 Sc.
• SAUNTRELL - †* a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch ...c1440
• TONGUESTER - a talkative person - a great talker - a gossip - a babbler - a chatterer ...1871
• TWATTLE-BASKET - one who does nothing but twattle - an idle chatterer - a chatterbox - a babbler ...1715
• TWITTLE-TWAT - †* a chatterer - one who talks nonsense - a tattler - a babbler ...1662
• WASH-MOUTH - one who blurts out anything he has heard - a babbler - a foul-mouthed person ...1746 Eng. dial.
BABOON - nouns
• ADONIS a nickname used of, or to, a baboon ...Bk1913 S. Afr. 1913
• BABION † a baboon; an ape ...1599
• BABUINA a female baboon ...1882
• DOG-APE a baboon, which has a long doglike snout ...a1616
• MANCOWE † a baboon ...a1400
BABY, BABYHOOD - nouns
• BABBY-CLOUTS clothing or napkins for babies ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BABY-CLOUTS the clothes used for swaddling babies ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BABYDOM * babyhood; infancy ...1864
• BABY-FARMING (derogatory) the lodging and care of babies for payment
• BAIRN-CLOUTS baby clothes, dolls' clothes ...1895 Sc.
• LADY'S TAIL a thatch of matted hair on a newborn child; it was believed that it should not be touched, but allowed to fall out of its own accord; otherwise it was thought to bring misfortune ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies ...1827 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SUCKING-BOTTLE an infant's feeding bottle ...1632
• TITTY-BOTTLE a baby-bottle; a nursing-bottle ...19C Brit. colloq.
• VISIT FROM THE STORK the arrival of a new baby ...L19 UK society sl.
baby, babyhood - person
• ANGEL BABY a baby who has died in the womb or shortly after birth ...1994
• ANGEL-MAKER - a baby-farmer ...B1889 Eng. sl.
• ARM BABY - a baby small enough to be held in the arms - by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BAAYBY - a baby ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• BAB - a baby; a child ...1567 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BABA - a baby; a child; also, a term of endearment ...1841 orig. & chiefly South Asian
• BABAN - † a baby, an infant ...c1230
• BABBLE - baby ...20C sl.
• BABBY - a baby ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• BABE IN ARMS - a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby; an infant ...1731
• BABELET - * a tiny babe; an infant; also, a term of endearment ...1856
• BABI - † baby ...1377
• BABIE - a baby ...1533
• BABY-BUNTING - a baby ...Bk1945 sl.
• BABY BUSTER - one who was born in the period after the 'baby boom' that followed World War II - hence one born during a baby bust ...1980s sl.
• BABY-CHILD - a baby; a child ...1927 US Black sl.
• BABY IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby ...1848
• BABYKINS - a baby - a term of endearment for a baby ...M20
• BAMBINO - a young child, a baby ...1761
• BAND-AID BABY - a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship ...Bk2014 colloq.
• BANTLING - a baby, an infant; a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard', an illegitimate child ...1593
• BAPPLE - a baby of affluent professional parents ...Bk2006 sl., chiefly UK
• BARLEY-BAIRN - a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-CHILD - a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1879 Eng. dial.
• BASIN OF GRAVY - a baby ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• BAWBY - a baby ...1527 Sc.
• BBA - a baby born in ambulance ...Bk2006 UK medical sl.
• BED BABY - a baby too small to crawl ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BEEBY - a baby ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• BEEF BABY - a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities ...2003 US Black sl.
• BIMBO - a baby ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• BLUNDERBUS - a baby or a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER - a baby, a child, esp. an impish one - a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BUBBELLY - a baby ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BUBBY - a nickname for a baby ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUBELICKS - a term of endearment to a baby ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUG - a baby, a child, esp. an impish one - a term of endearment to a child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN a baby
• BUNCH OF DOG'S MEAT a squalling child in arms ...Bk1890 sl.
• BUNDLE OF JOY a baby ...1924 colloq.
• CHAP a young child, a baby ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHILD IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby ...a1675
• DOE a baby, a child ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• EXPENSE a baby; a child ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FUSSBUDGET someone who fusses all the time, especially a baby
• GAURLAGH a little child, a baby ...Bk1910 Ireland
• GITTSEY a term of endearment to an infant or baby ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HANS IN KELDER † an unborn child ...1690 cant
• INFANT IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby ...1731
• INSECT a crawling baby ...1952 Amer. dial.
• KIDLING a little child; a baby ...1899 sl.
• LAP ORGAN a baby ...1939 Amer. dial. jocular
• LITTLE STRANGER a newborn child ...20C sl.
• MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child...1824 Sc.
• MOP a baby; toddler ...1440
• MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment ...1601
• NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. ...1821 sl.
• ONE NICK - a baby boy ...c1860 printers' sl.
• ONE NITCH - a baby boy ...c1860 printers' sl.
• PACKAGE - a baby ...1969 US sl.
• PACKET FROM PARIS - a baby ...Bk1958 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PARCEL FROM PARIS - a baby ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• PARROCK - a term of endearment for a baby enclosed in its mother's arms ...1880 Sc.
• PRE(E)MIE, PREMY - a premature baby ...1927 N. Amer. sl.
• PUDSY - a term of endearment, esp. to a baby ...sl.
• RABBIT a newborn baby ...c1780 sl.
• RUG-RAT a baby, a toddler ...1964 sl., orig. US
• SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby ...1896 Irish sl.
• SETTING-UP KID a baby old enough to sit alone ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SNORK a baby ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SPLIT-ARSED ONE a baby girl ...L19 sl.
• TENDER a term of endearment to a baby ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TICKSY-WICKSY a baby ...1864
• TWO NICK a baby girl ...c1860 printers' sl.
• TWO NITCH a baby girl ...c1860 printers' sl.
• VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child ...1996 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'wean'
• YARD BABY one who is big enough to play in the yard if someone watches to see that he is all right ...Bk1992 Amer. South
• YUKKER a baby, a toddler ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
baby, babyhood - person - other
• BABY CARRIER - a person employed to carry or transport a baby; later, a woman who carries a child in the womb ...1853
• BABY-MINDER - a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work ...1856
• BABY-MONITOR - a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work ...1914
• BABY-TENDER - a person who takes care of an infant; a baby-minder ...1845
• BERSATRIX - † a rocker of cradles; a babysitter ...Bk1708
baby, babyhood - verbs
• BABIFY to make baby-like or babyish ...M19
• BABYFY to make baby-like or babyish ...M19
• LALLATE †* to speak baby-like ...1623
• PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TOP AND TAIL to wash a baby's face and bottom without immersion in a bath
baby, babyhood - phrases
• BEES SWARM a baby is born ...1953 Amer. dial.
BABY BOOM - nouns
• PIG IN THE PYTHON the baby boom after World War II; hence, any short-term increase or notably large group, viewed statistically ...1974 US
BABY CARRIAGE - nouns
• BABY BUGGY a baby carriage ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BABY CAB a baby carriage ...1901 Amer. dial.
• BABY CART a baby carriage ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BABY COACH a baby carriage ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BABY WAGON a baby carriage ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY a baby carriage ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY CARRIAGE a baby carriage ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY COACH a baby carriage ...1976 Amer. dial.
• GO-CART a stroller or baby buggy ...1902 Amer. dial.
• WAGON a baby-carriage ...1847 US
baby carriage - verbs
• WHEEL to push a baby in its carriage ...1884 Amer. dial.
BABYISH - adjectives
• BABISH babyish, childish, silly; used contemptuously ...1553-87 arch.
• BABISHED †* made babyish or childishly silly ...1535-75
• TIDDY - babyish; tiny ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
babyish - adverbs
• BABISHLY in a babyish fashion ...1567 Sc.
babyish - person
• BABY ASS someone who is babyish ...2003 US teen sl.
BABYISHNESS - nouns
• BABISHNESS † babyishness ...1557
BABYSIT - verbs
• HERD to take care of a child or children, to babysit ...1896 Amer. dial.
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
• FUGUE DUDE, THE J.S. Bach ...20C teen & high school sl.
BACHELOR - nouns
• BACHELOR HALL apartments for bachelors ...1833
• BACHELOR'S FARE bread and cheese and kisses ...L18 sl.
• BACHELORS' HALL a residence of unmarried men ...1746 UK sl.
• BACHELRY † a body of unmarried men ...a1500
• BATCHELOR'S FARE bread and cheese and kisses ...L18 sl.
• CABOOSE a bachelor's quarters ...Bk19C Amer. sl.
• SNAKE RANCH a bachelor's house ...1990 US sl.
bachelor - person
• BACH(E) - a bachelor ...1857 sl.
• BACHELDER - a bachelor ...1739 Amer. dial.
• BATCH - an unmarried man, a bachelor ...1855 US colloq.
• BATCHELDER - a bachelor ...1725 Amer. dial.
• BATCHELOUR - † a single or unmarried man ...Bk1707
• BATTER - a bachelor ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• BAUDY KNIGHT - a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...1680 UK sl.
• BAWDY BACHELOR - a bachelor who has no intention of altering his status ...1680 UK sl.
• HATTER - a bachelor looking after his own house ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• LAD - an unmarried man, a bachelor ...1825 Sc.
• OLD BACH - a confirmed bachelor ...M19 US sl.
• OLD BACHELOR - a confirmed bachelor - a solitary or reclusive rustic - a hermit ...1867 Amer. dial.
• OLD BATCH - a confirmed bachelor - a solitary or reclusive rustic - a hermit ...1899 Amer. dial.
• OLD BOY - a bachelor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POT O’ ONE - a bachelor, one who lives alone; an eccentric person, one who differs from others ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SHACK a bachelor living alone ...1890s US Black sl.
• SINGLE MAN a bachelor ...c1449
• WANTER one wanting a husband or wife - an unmarried person - a bachelor - a widower ...1723 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG-MAN a bachelor, irrespective of age ...Bk1886 Eng. & Amer. dial.
bachelor - person - other
• MUFFIN a female companion who accompanies a bachelor on his round of social amusements ...M19 Can. & US sl.
bachelor - verbs
• BACH to live alone and cater for oneself as a bachelor ...1879 Aust., NZ & N. Amer.
• BACHELORIZE to live as a bachelor ...M19
• DANCE IN THE HALF-PECK to be left behind as a bachelor, on a brother's marriage ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LIVE BACH(E) to live as a bachelor ...1909 society colloq.
• SHACK of a bachelor: to live alone ...1890s US Black sl.
• TRAIL A LIGHT HARROW to be a bachelor ...1891 Eng. dial.
• WEAR BACHELOR'S BUTTONS to be unmarried; to remain a bachelor ...1857
BACK - nouns
• A-END the back or tail end ...1955 Aust. sl.
• ARSEHOLD the end, the back of anything ...1940s sl.
• ARSEHOLE the end, the back of anything ...1940s sl.
• HAYSTACK the back, the rear ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
BACK (body part) - adjectives
• IN THE BOWFARTS on the back and unable to rise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MACKEREL-BACKED † long-backed ...1785 sl.
• TANGLE-BACKED having a long, lank, flexible back ...1896 Sc.
back (body part) - nouns
• BACK a painful or bad back ...20C sl.
• BACK-BREED the breadth of one's back; hence, a throw, a fall ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOOLIE-BACK a bent back; a humpback ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABOOSE the back ...20C sl.
• CADBURY('S) SNACK one's back ...2000s rhyming sl.
• HAMMER AND TACK the back ...1977 Aust. rhyming sl.
• KEEL the back, the small or middle of the back ...1836 Sc.
• UNION JACK the back ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
BACK (place) - adjectives
• BACKER † farther back, hinder ...1564
• BACKERMORE † farther back; more to the rear ...Bk1888
• BACKERMOST † backmost ...1669 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD † placed towards or at the back or rear ...1610
back (place) - adverbs
• AHIND of place: in the rear, at the back, behind ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKERMARE further back ...1616 Sc.
• BACKLINGS back, backwards ...1785 N. Eng. dial.
• BACKLINS back, backwards ...1785 N. Eng. dial.
back (place) - prepositions
• AHIND of a place: at the back or in the rear of ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BACK AND FORTH - adverbs
• BACK AND TO to and fro; back and forth ...1856 Amer. dial.
back and forth - verbs
• SASHAY to weave, to move back and forth ...1941 Amer. dial.
BACKBITE, BACKBITING - nouns
• NAIL-BOX a centre of backbiting ...Bk19C printers' usage
• NIP-LUG backbiting, squabbling, acrimony ...1883 Sc. DSL online
backbite, backbiting - verbs
• BRASS NAIL to backbite ...Bk19C sl.
• DING OVER to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GIVE GREEN RATS to malign, to slander, to backbite ...B1900 sl.
• NAIL to backbite ...Bk19C sl.
• RAIL OVER to talk over, to backbite ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RECKON UP to slander, to backbite ...19C sl.
BACKBITER - person
• BENBITER a deceitful person; a backbiter ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLACK-BACK a backbiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAT a term of contempt for a person; esp. one who scratches like a cat; a spiteful or backbiting woman ...a1225
• FACE-FLATTERER a backbiter; one who compliments another grossly and to his face ...1859
• MALDISANT an evil speaker; a slanderer; a backbiter ...1598 obs.
• RAMMACK a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer ...19C Sc.
• SCULPIN a derogatory term for a person; a rascal; a backbiter ...1836 Amer. dial.
BACK DOWN - verbs
• BACKFIRE to back down in an argument ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger ...1993 US sl.
• BOTTLE to lose your nerve, to back down ...1999 UK sl.
• BOTTLE IT to lose your nerve, to back down ...1999 UK sl.
• BOTTLE OUT to lose your nerve ...1979 UK sl.
• DROP ONE'S FEATHERS † to back down from a position ...1843 Amer. dial.
• EAT BOILED CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1877 Amer. dial.
• EAT CROW to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1885 Amer. dial.
• EAT DOG to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1928 Amer. dial.
• EAT TURKEY to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner ...E19 US sl.
• GEEK (IT) to give up, to back down; to lose one's nerve ...1935 US sl.
• GIG to back down ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIG BACK to back down ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT THE BACK DOOR to back down from a confrontation ...1981 US sl.
• HEAD IN to back down or yield in an argument; to keep or become quiet ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S 'ARRIS to lose one's nerve, to chicken out ...c1950 sl.
• LOWER ONE'S FEATHERS † to back down from a position ...1855 Amer. dial.
• PIKE to back down; to fail or refuse to go with the crowd ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PIKE OUT QUICKER THAN A WHIRLYGUST CHASING A STREAK OF LIGHTNING to back down speedily ...1864 Amer. dial.
• RUE BACK to back down from a bargain ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE BACKWATER to change course; to reverse one's position; to retreat; to back down on a brag or dare; to refuse a challenge ...1902 Amer. dial.
• TAKE WATER to retreat, to back down, to take refuge; to retract a statement ...1853 Amer. dial.
• WUSS OUT to lose courage; to back down; to fail to do as promised ...1977 US sl.
BACKER - person
• BANKER - anyone who financially backs a robbery, confidence game, or gambling operation ...1922 criminals' sl.
• BANKROLLER - a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
• BANKROLL GUY - a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
• BANKROLL MAN - a person who provides the funding for an enterprise, project, etc. ...1930 colloq., orig. US
• PART-TAKER - a supporter - a partisan - an ally - a backer ...1768 Sc.
BACKGAMMON - nouns
• ACEY-DEUCEY in backgammon: a variant rule under which the game is started in positions other than the standard layout ...1944 US sl.
• BACKGAME backgammon; a game at backgammon ...1718
• GAMMON * the game of backgammon ...1730-46
• PAIR OF TABLES † a backgammon board ...1483
• VERQUERE † an old form of backgammon ...a1700
• SIZE-POINT in backgammon, the sixth point from the inner end of each table ...1552
• TABLE † the 'board' on which chess, draughts, backgammon, or any similar game is played ...c1470
• TABLE-BOARD † a board for backgammon or any similar game ...1483
• TABLEMAN † one of the 'men' or pieces used in any game played on a board, esp. backgammon ...1483
• TABLE-PLAY † play at 'tables' or backgammon ...1550
• TABLER † a backgammon board; hence, the game of backgammon or 'tables'; also, a chess-board ...1303
• TABLES † a backgammon board ...1573
• TABLING † playing at 'tables' or backgammon ...1553
backgammon - person
• GAMMON PLAYER - * a backgammon player ...1814
• TABLE-PLAYER † a player at backgammon ...c1450
• TABLER † a player at backgammon ...1561
BACKGROUND - nouns
• OFFSCAPE † a distant view or prospect; the distant part of a view or prospect, the distance, the background ...1711 now rare or obs.
BACKING - nouns
• BACK † a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing ...1566
• BACK-STAND † backing, support ...1548
BACK OFF, BACK OUT - verbs
• ARSE to back out of fulfilling a promise, etc.; to shuffle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARSLE to back out of a place or situation ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1984 Amer. sl.
• BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1863 Amer. sl.
• CHICKEN OUT to back out, to change one's mind, to lose one's nerve ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COP OUT to avoid one's responsibility; to renege, to back out ...colloq.
• DINGO to back out of, to shirk ...1952 Aust. sl.
• FLUMMOX, FLUMMUX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting ...M19 sl.
• FUNK to cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion ...1746 sl.
• FUNK OUT to back out of something, owing to a lack of courage or spirit; to try to avoid or evade an undertaking, duty etc. ...1859
• GO CHICKEN to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out ...1930s sl., orig. US
• JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JACK UP † to withdraw or back out from a venture or undertaking; to give up, esp. suddenly or abruptly ...1871 colloq.
• JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MUCKLE OUT to renege, to back out ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PIKE to back out; to hold oneself back ...L19 slang
• RENIG to back out ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
back off, back out - person
• QUEEN WEEN someone who backs out of a commitment ...1990s US college sl.
BACKPACK - nouns
• ALICE a military backpack ...1988 US sl.
• KOREAN FORKLIFT an A-frame backpack used by Koreans to carry large and heavy objects ...1982 US Korean war usage
• TUSSOCK a packsack ...1969 Amer. dial.
BACKPACKER - person
• FLASHPACKER a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income ...21C
BACKSLIDE - verbs
• GO BACKWARD † to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide ...c1400
BACKTALK - nouns
• BACKCHAT impudent replies; backtalk; answering back in an insolent manner ...1901 UK sl., orig. military
• BACK SLACK backtalk ...1908 Amer. sl.
• BACKWASH insolent or nonsensical talk; backtalk ...1906 Amer. sl.
• CHIN talk, esp. impudent backtalk; impudence...1862 Amer. sl.
• FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast ...1968 sl., orig. US Black
• JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek ...1834 Amer. dial.
• MOUTH backtalk; insults ...1896 UK sl.
• VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk ...1960s sl.
backtalk - verbs
• BACK-LIP to speak insolently to; to backtalk ...1955 Amer. sl.
• LIP to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk ...1898 sl.
• LIP OFF to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SASS OUT to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
BACK-TALKING - adjectives
• SASSY cheeky, spirited, back-talking ...1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
BACK-TO-FRONT - adverbs
• ARSE-FIRST back-to-front ...1962 Aust. sl.
• ARSY-VERSY back to front, upside down; perversely ...1539 UK
BACKWARD (also see BACKWARDS) - adjectives
• AWKWARD backward; back-handed ...1866 Eng. dial.
• BACKASSED pert. to a manner that is backward, awkward, or roundabout ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late ...1849 Eng. dial.
• BAICH backward ...1924 Sc.
• CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS backward, awkward, clumsy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LATESOME * late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious ..a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage
• LATEWARD † late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1538
• LATEWARDLY †* late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1573
• SCLACK backward ...1880 Sc.
• UNBOLD † - lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow ...c897
• UNDERLY backward, behind time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
backward - adverbs
• AREAR † backward, behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKERLY backward, late ...1892 Eng. dial.
BACKWARDNESS - nouns
• BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• IMPROFICIENCE †* lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness ...1605
• IMPROFICIENCY * lack of proficiency; unskilfulness, backwardness ...1647
BACKWARDS - adjectives
• BACK-ASSWARD(S) confused, muddled, backwards ...1940s US sl.
• BACK-CAST cast or thrown backwards ...1580
• OFF THE COB backwards ...1930s US sl.
• REFLUENT †* directed backwards ...1741
• RERE †* backwards, in the rear ...Bk1775
• RETORTED 1. twisted or bent backwards ...L16
2. turned or facing backwards ...E18
• RETORTIVE turned backwards ...E18
• RETROVERSE turned or directed backwards, reversed ...M19 rare
backwards - adverbs
• ABACKWARD † backward ...1205
• ABAFT † of direction: backwards ...c1275
• ARSE-END-TO backwards ...1943 Amer. dial.
• ARSELING backwards ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARSELINGS † backwards ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARD backwards, back to front, the wrong way round ...c1386
• ARSEWARD-BACKWARDS backwards, hind-before ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARDS backwards, hind-before ...1648 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWAYS backwards, back to front, the wrong way round ...1938
• ARSEY-VERSEY, ARSIE-VARSIE, ARSEY-VARSEY, ARSY-VARSY, ARSY-VERSY backwards, back to front, the wrong way round ...1545 UK sl.
• ARSY-TARSY backwards ...Brit. sl.
• ASS-BACKWARD(S) backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1937 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END-BACKWARDS backwards ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS END FOREMOST backwards ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END-TO backwards ...1943 Amer. dial.
• ASS-FRONTWARDS backwards ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-SIDE-BEFORE backwards, inside out, in reversed position ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ASSWAYS backwards; askew; upside-down ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BACK-ALONG backwards ...1877 Eng. dial.
• BACKASSWARDS backwards ...1947 Amer. sl.
• BACK-END-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BACK-END-FORE backwards, hind-part foremost ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BACK-END-FOREMOST backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BACK-END-FRONT backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BACK-END-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BACKERTY-WYES backwards ...1932 Sc.
• BACK-FRONT backwards, inside out ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BACKIES backwards ...1923 Sc.
• BACKIEWARDS backwards ...1923 Sc.
• BACKLINGS back, backwards ...1785 N. Eng. dial.
• BACKLINS back, backwards ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BACKRANS † backwards ...1824 Sc.
• BACKS backward ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE OUTWARDS backwards; inside out ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-BEFORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FORE backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FOREMOST backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FORWARD(S) backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-FRONT backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKSIDE-TO backwards; in reversed position; inside out ...1920s Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-BEHIND backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-FRONT backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-IN backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWARDS-WAY-BEFORE backwards; inside out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACKWAYS backward ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BACKWITH backwards ...1932 Sc.
• BACKWORTH backwards ...1932 Sc.
• BARSE-ACKWARDS backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BASS-ACKARD(S) backwards; in reversed position or confused order ...1931 Amer. colloq.
• BASS-ACKWARD(S) backwards; in reversed position or confused order; head over heels ...1930 Amer. dial. colloq.
• TOTHER-END-FIRST backwards, the wrong way around ...1881 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-END-TO backwards, the wrong way around ...1898 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-SIDE-FORE backwards, the wrong way around ...1944 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-SIDE-FOREMOST backwards, the wrong way around ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-SIDE-TO backwards, the wrong way around ...1868 Amer. dial.
• TOTHER-WAY-WHICH backwards, the wrong way around ...1843 Amer. dial.
backwards - verbs
• ARSE to move backwards, to push back ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARSLE to move backwards; to back out of a place or situation ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BACKWARD(S) AND FORWARD(S) - verbs
• HALPER † to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward ...1596
• PAMBERADE to move back and forwards noisily or clumsily; to parade up and down with heavy steps ...1930 Sc.
backward(s) and forward(s) - phrases
• BACK AND FORE backwards and forwards; to and fro ...1653 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FROM WIG TO WALL * from wall to wall; backwards and forwards ...E17 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TO AND AGAIN backwards and forwards ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
BACKWOODS - adjectives
• PINEY dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• TURPENTINE of the backwoods, rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
backwoods - nouns
• BACKBRUSH backwoods ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.
• JILLIKENS backwoods ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS backwoods ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods ...M19 US sl.
backwoods - person
• BACK PEOPLE people who live in the back country ...1770 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-BEATER one accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger ...1809
• BUSHNIPPLE a backwoodsman; a hermit ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUSH RAT a backwoodsman; a woodsman ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACKER a backwoodsman ...1809 Amer. dial.
• CRACKER a backwoods Southern White person regarded as ignorant, brutal, loutish, bigoted, etc.; used contemptuously ...1766 Amer. sl.
• MOSSBACK a person living in the backwoods; a rustic ...colloq.
• MOUNTAINEER * a backwoodsman; a trapper ...1837 US
• MOUNTAIN MAN - a backwoodsman; a trapper; a pioneer ...1847 US
• URIAH - an ignorant, uncouth backwoodsman ...1953 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HICK - a backwoodsman - a hillbilly ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO - an uncouth backwoodsman ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
backwoods - verbs
• BUSHWHACK to live in the backwoods ...1809 Amer. dial.
backwoods - phrases
• FROM HORSE AND BUGGY unsophisticated; from the backwoods ...2000s sl.
BACKYARD - see YARD
BACON - adjectives
• INTERLEAN of bacon: streaky, having layers of lean and fat alternating ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RANDED of bacon: streaked; of two colours ...1866 Sc. & Eng. • dial.
• RANDY'D of bacon: streaked; of two colours ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
bacon - nouns
• AMERICAN LAD in Ireland: unpopular imported US fatty bacon ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• ARKANSAS T-BONE bacon ...1967 Amer. dial. jocular
• BACON-SWORD the rind of bacon ...1859 Eng. dial.
• BAND † a side or flitch of bacon ...c1394
• CHICAGO CHICKEN salt pork of bacon ...L19 Western US sl.
• GAMBONE the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon, including the hind leg; also, a smoked or cured ham ...a1529
• GAMMON(D) the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon, including the hind leg; also, a smoked or cured ham ...a1529
• GIPPO bacon grease; fat ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GRUNT a slice of ham or bacon; also, pork ...1925 Amer. sl.
• GRUNTING PECK pork, bacon, or any pig-meat ...M17 sl.
• JEW FOOD (usually derogatory) ham, bacon, or pork of any kind ...20C sl.
• LARDET †* a small piece of bacon for larding meat ...1598
• LARDLET †* a small piece of bacon for larding meat ...1659
• MIDDLING the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon ...1777 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLING MEAT salt pork, bacon ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NED bacon, salt pork ...1850 Amer. dial.
• NEW YORK TURKEY bacon ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OLD NED salt pork or bacon ...1833 US sl.
• OVERLAND TROUT bacon ...1903 Amer. Western sl.
• RASHER AND A DOORSTEP a rasher of bacon and a thick slice of bread ...L19 sl.
• RASHER AND FINGERS a rasher of bacon and chips ...1930s sl.
• RIB MEAT bacon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RUFF-PECK bacon ...Bk1886 cant
• SAWMILL CHICKEN bacon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAWMILL TURKEY bacon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAWNEY bacon ...1812 sl.
• S.B. bacon (Sour Bosom/Belly) ...L19 US sl.
• SCRAM the hard rind of bacon or cheese ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SEASONING MEAT salt pork or bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SIDEHILL SALMON bacon ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SIDE MEAT meat from the side of a hog, usually salted or smoked; bacon; salt pork ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SOORD the skin of bacon ...Bk1886
• SOW-BELLY side-bacon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STARS AND STRIPES beans with bacon ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TIGER bacon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWO DOTS AND A DASH fried eggs and bacon ...1910s sl.
bacon - person
• BACON-MAN - † a curer of, or dealer in, bacon ...1707
• SAWNEY-HUNTER - one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief...1856 sl.
BAD - adjectives
• ABAA bad ...L19 sl.
• ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• ARRANT thoroughly bad ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASS-HOLE bad, rotten ...20C US
• ATROCIOUS very bad, shocking, execrable ...1885 colloq.
• AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible ...c1786 colloq.
• BAADASS very bad, very dangerous ...1971 US sl.
• BADASS belligerent or intimidating; tough; bad; nasty ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BALD bad; terrible ...Bk1994 teen & high school sl.
• BLACK-HEARTED having a wicked, malicious disposition; morally bad ...1638
• BODGIE inferior, worthless, bad ...Aust. sl.
• BOGUS very bad; unfair; no good, worthless ...Aust. sl.
• BONE-BAD thoroughly bad ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOWSIE, BOWSY bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
• BROTHELY † vile, bad ...c1325
• BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty ...1859 sl., orig. US
• BUTTERY bad ...1990s US campus sl.
• BYSEN † monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful ...c1375
• CRAPPY bad; inferior; junky ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful ...1898 Aust. & NZ
• CRUDDY bad, second-rate, of poor quality; crummy, lousy ...1935 sl.
• D bad ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DAB bad ...c1845 back-slang
• DABHENO bad ...M19 costermonger's back-slang
• DAGO bad ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• DANK inferior, inefficient, bad, unpleasant ...1984 UK sl, orig. military
• DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty ...1980s UK sl.
• D.B. Damned Bad ...1909 theatrical colloq.
• DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful, very bad, utterly unpleasant ...1660 colloq.
• DESPERATE very bad ...20C Irish sl.
• DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• DOOK really bad ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD bad ...1980s US sl.
• DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless ...1953 UK sl.
• DUKE really bad ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DYED IN THE WOOL thoroughly bad ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• ENTETCHED † marked or endowed with bad or good qualities ...c1374
• FACINOROUS † extremely wicked, grossly criminal, villainous, atrocious, vile, infamous, detestably bad ...1548 obs. exc. arch.
• FAKE bad, disappointing, negative ...1990s US campus sl.
• FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FUNKY bad, distasteful, dirty, smelly ...1946 US sl.
• GAMMY bad, unfavourable ...c1740 UK criminals' sl.
• GOSH-BLAMED bad, annoying, undesirable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAIRY bad, difficult, undesirable ...1848 UK sl.
• HANG-DOG low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance; villainous, bad ...1677
• HANG-DOG-LIKE villainous, bad ...1866 Sc.
• HANG-GALLOWS destined or fit for the gallows; villainous, bad ...1790
• HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc. ...1929 Amer. sl.
• ILL bad; noxious; hurtful; insufferable ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-BEST least bad or several poor alternatives ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-CONDITIONED bad; worthless; ill-tempered ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDY given to bad deeds; mischievous ...a1500 Sc.
• ILL-GATED to be badly inclined ...Bk1876 Sc.
• ILL-LIVED living a bad or immoral life ...1630
• ILL-MUGGENED malicious, having bad propensities, evil-disposed ...1777 Sc.
• ILL-WILLY of a bad disposition ...a1568 Sc.
• INDUMIOUS very bad ...1898 Sc.
• JERRY bad, defective, and deceptive ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• LAYTHE † bad, loathsome ...Bk1855
• LAZY † bad, naughty, worthless ...1671 Eng. dial.
• LEWD 1. † of things: bad, worthless, poor, sorry ...1362
2. † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• LITHER † bad, wicked ...c893
• LITTLE-WORTH † of worthless, mean, bad, or contemptible character ...c1200 obs. exc. arch. & Sc.
• LOOSE-TAILED † of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint ...1598
• LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible ..c1386
• MANKEY, MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MARVY-GROOVY bad; usually spoken in a sarcastic, saccharine tone ...1967 US sl.
• MAVEIS † bad, wicked ...Bk1855
• MEAN worthless, naughty, of bad character ...1896 Eng dial.
• MISCHANT † bad, mischievous ...Bk1903 Sc.
• MORMAL † bad; dangerous ...1864 (possibly a mistaken infernce for the noun 'mormal - a sore or ulcer)
• MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1896 sl.
• MOXY lousy, very bad ...1999 Ireland
• MULTA, MULTI, MULTIE, MULTY of people and things: bad, unpleasant ...L19 sl.
• MUM AND DAD bad ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
• NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAPH in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable, bad ...1960s sl.
• NATION-SEIZED extremely bad; most unpleasant ...1842 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHT † morally bad; wicked; naughty ...1536
• NAUGHTY † of persons: morally bad, wicked ...1529
• N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) ...1903 sl.
• NINETED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NOWT bad ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• ONKUS unpleasant; deplorable; bad ...1918 Aust. sl.
• OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PAINFUL bad ...1980s US campus sl.
• PECCANT bad, wrong, deficient; guilty, criminal; indisposed, corrupt, injurious to health ...1605
• POPEYED regrettable, bad ...1930s sl.
• POLSY bad, spoilt ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• PRAVITOUS †* characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad ...1648-9
• PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUAD † vile, base, bad ...1887 Sc.
• QUED † evil, wicked, bad, vile, base ...c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc.
• QUEDE † evil, wicked, bad ...c1205-25
• QUEER bad; worthless; counterfeit...1561 thieves' cant
• RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character ...1801
• RAG unpleasant, bad ...1998 NZ sl.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful ...1813 colloq.
• SAD-BAD very bad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting ...1930s US Black sl.
• SCANDALOUS extremely bad ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SCHICKERY shabby, bad ...M19 sl.
• SCHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SCHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SCHWAG second-rate, inferior, bad ...1990s US campus sl.
• SHICKERY bad; shabby ...Bk1891 US sl.
• SHIT bad; unpleasant; highly displeasing; unskilled; of poor quality, ability, etc. ...1968 sl.
• SHITHOUSE contemptible, bad, disgusting, awful; of poor quality ...1966 sl.
• SHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SLIVING lazy; bad ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNID(E)Y of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• STINKO * of a very low standard; very bad ...1924 sl., orig. US
• TEWLY bad, poor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOROUGH-GONE thoroughly good or bad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE thoroughly good or bad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOTTY of bad character ...Bk1886
• TULY bad, poor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGOOD bad ...1980s US sl.
• UNKED bad looking, having the appearance of evil, betokening bad weather ...Bk1853 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKE bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKELY bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNREAL excellent, exceptionally bad ...1965 US sl.
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACKTIC very bad ...1983 UK sl.
• X-DOUBLE-MINUS very bad ...1968 US sl.
• ZYMOTIC lousy, very bad, disgusting ...1963 teen sl.
• ZYMY lousy, very bad, disgusting ...1963 teen sl.
bad - nouns
• BAD NAIL, A a bad disposition ...Bk1903 sl.
• BADS bad things, qualities, etc. ..1592
• BAD TRIP any bad experience ...M20 US sl.
• BALLS, THE a person or thing that is regarded as extraordinarily good or bad ...1938 US sl.
• BEHAVISHNESS bad behaviour ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BLUTE a bad or foolish action ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACOTOPIA a state, imaginary or otherwise, in which everything is as bad as it can possibly be
• CATEVER anything bad or poor; a queer or singular affair ...Bk1903 sl.
• DABHENO something bad, usually a poor market ...1851 costermongers' back-slang
• DAHEENO something bad, usually a poor market ...M19 costermongers' sl.
• DOWN TRIP any bad experience ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DYSTOPIA an imagined place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible ...1952
• GALLERSGOOD anything considered to be so bad or useless that it is fit only for the gallows ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• GAMMY CHANT a bad situation ...1997 Irish sl.
• GRUNGE anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ILL-JAW bad things spoken with the tongue ...Bk1876 Sc.
• MALEFICE. MALIFICE † a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft ...1721 Sc.
• MISDISPOSITION †* bad disposition or inclination; inclination to evil ...1617
• NAUGHTINESS † the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect ...1550
• PECCANCY a bad quality; sinfulness ...1611
• R.F. extremely bad treatment (Royal Fucking) ...M20 US sl.
• ROYAL FUCKING extremely bad treatment ...M20 US sl.
• SAUCE something bad or inferior ...1990s US campus sl.
• THICK-SPINNING bad conduct ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• UNCOST † bad disposition; evil nature ...c1220
• WORSE THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very bad ...1929 Amer. dial.
bad - person
• ABAA COVE a bad man ...Bk1890 sl.
• BAAD a woman of bad character; a disreputable woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BADDIE, BADDY a bad or wicked person; a scoundrel, a villain, esp. as a character in play, film, etc. ...1934 colloq., orig. US
• BAD APPLE, A a bad person in a group, typically one whose behaviour is likely to have a corrupting influence on the rest; a no-good person, esp. one who is likely to lead others astray ...Bk1988 colloq.
• BAD EGG a bad or worthless person ...1855
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal; a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person ...Bk1975 Amer sl.
• BAD SORT a bad kind of person ...1891
• BAD TRIP a bad person ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life; a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1603
• BAGLE an impudent and disreputable woman; an opprobrious term for a woman of bad character ...Bk1855
• BANDYLAN a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago ...1808 Eng. dial.
• BARNACLE an incorrigible person; a bad or depraved person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUDY-BASKET a cant term for a bad or profligate woman ...Bk1855
• BLACK SHEEP a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character ...1640
• BOCTAIL † a bad woman ...Bk1886
• BUDMASH one following evil courses; a bad character; a villain; a rascal ...1870 orig. Ind. army
• BUNTER a bad child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CACODEMON an evil, malignant, or deprecated person; a person of bad character ...1711
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel; a rascal ...1575
• DABTROS a bad sort; an unpleasant person ...M19 back-slang
• DAMISHELL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition - a damsel ...a1743 Sc.
• DAMOSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character ...a1743
• DAMSEL a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAW a bad woman, a trull ...1825 Sc.
• FAGGOT a bad woman ...1722
• GALLAS - a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS - a person of bad character; a rascal, a rogue; one deserving the gallows ...1598
• HANG-A-BAND a bad character ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG-TRACE a gallows-bird; one ripe for the gallows; a bad character ... Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• HANNIEL a bad fellow ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• HELLCAT a thoroughly bad or coarse person ...1603
• HELL-DAME a bad woman ...1852 Eng. dial.
• HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person ....c1225
• HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate ...c1340
• HELLICAT * a bad, worthless, or foolish person; a wicked or cruel person; a villain ...1816 orig. & chiefly Sc.
• HERO OF THE BLOOD AND THUNDER BOOKS a bad man ...Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
• HISSIE, HIZZIE a woman of bad character ...1790 Sc.
• HIZZY a term of contempt or reproach for a woman or girl; a woman of bad character ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IDLE-PACK a bad woman ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• ILL ONE a bad character ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LITHERBY †* a base or rascally person; a bad, wicked person ...1598
• LITTLE-WORTH a bad or worthless person ...1825 Sc.
• LOOSE-KIRTLE a woman of loose or bad character; a wanton woman; a prostitute (kirtle = woman's gown) ...1855 archaic
• MISWOMAN † a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet ...1528
• NAUGHT one who is bad ...1657
• NAUGHTY-BACK a bad or naughty child or person; a term of general reproof; generally used to children ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY-PACK † a woman of bad character; a wanton ...1530
• NINETY-BIRD - a bad person - one who is given up to evil ways ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NOGOODNIK - a bad person ...Aust. sl.
• PALLIARD - a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person ...1567 arch.
• QUED - † a bad or wicked person ...c1250
• QUEDE - † a bad or wicked person ...c1250
• RACKLE - a thoroughly bad man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAP - a cheat - an impostor - a person of bad character ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• RUMSCULLION - a bad, idle, worthless fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAPE-GALLOWS - a term of reproach for a thoroughly bad fellow ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAPE-THE-GALLOWS - a term of reproach for a thoroughly bad fellow ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOVY - a bad fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKITTAMALINK - (derogatory) a rascal - a bad-acting woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TARGER - a person of bad or eccentric character - a rough fellow - a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITIVIL - † a term of reproach - a bad or vile character - a scoundrel - villain - a worthless knave ...c1420
• TITIVILLER - †* a bad or vile character - a scoundrel - a rogue - a rascal - a knave - a villain ...1500
• WRONGGO, WRONGO a criminal; an undesirable person; a bad person; a wicked person; a villain ...1937 sl., orig. US
• WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person ...L19 sl.
• YELDEN, YELDING a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
bad - verbs
• BUM OUT to have a bad experience
• HAVE A BAD NAIL IN ONE to be of a bad disposition ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HAVE A DIRTY LANE TO GO DOWN to have a bad time before one ...1858 Eng. dial.
• WAIL to behave badly or aggressively ...1960s W. Indies
bad - phrases
• LIKE LETTUCE LIKE LIPS implying that bad things suit each other ...Bk1855
• SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG describes something that is so bad that no creature deserves it
• THINGS ARE CROOK IN MUSWELLBROOK the situation is not good ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THINGS ARE CROOK IN TALLAROOK the situation is not good ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• WOOL IS DOWN times are bad ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
BADGER - adjectives
• BADGER-PIED badger-coloured, tawny ...1845 Eng. dial.
badger - nouns
• BADGET a badger (animal) ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BAGEARD a badger ...Bk1852
• BARROW †* a badger ...1552
• BAUD a badger ...Bk1852
• BAUNSEY a badger ...Bk1852
• BAUSON a badger ...c1325 arch.
• BAWSON a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.
• BAWSTONE a badger ...Bk1852
• BOSSON a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.
• DAS † a badger ...1481
• PAIT, PATE † a badger ...1628
• WARDROBE † the excrement of the badger ...c1400
badger - verbs
• WOOL to badger, to harass ...1864 Amer. sl.
BAD-HUMOURED - adjectives
• ILL-HYMED ill-tempered, crusty, bad-humoured ...1929 Sc.
• ILSKET feigning gaiety, hiding bad humour or discontent ...1908 Sc.
BAD LUCK - see LUCK
BADLY - adverbs
• BAD badly ...1917 Sc.
• CAITIFLY † vilely, basely, despicably, badly ...c1425
• HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS clumsily, awkwardly, badly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ILL-GATE badly, unluckily, contrariwise ...1958 Sc.
• ILLY † in an ill manner; badly ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEWDLY † badly, poorly, ill ...c1386
• LIKE HELL very badly ...20C colloq.
• NAUGHT † badly, wrongly ...1549
• NAUGHTILY † badly, poorly ...1574
• QUEERLY † in a bad or rascally manner ...a1700 cant
• SCHICKERY shabbily, badly ...M19 sl.
• SHITILY badly, unsatisfactorily ...1920s sl.
• SHITTY badly, unsatisfactorily ...1920s sl.
BAD-MANNERED (also see MANNERS) - adjectives
• HAIRY ill-bred, bad-mannered ...1900s sl.
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
bad-mannered - person
• FLASH HARRY - an ostentatious, loudly dressed, and typically bad-mannered man ...1960 Brit. sl.
• GAUKY - an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly ..Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• GLUNDIE, GLUNDY - † a fellow with a sulky look, but not sulky for all; one who deceives by appearance; a bad-mannered, clumsy, surly, or blundering person ...1824 Sc.
BAD-MOUTH - verbs
• BUM to say uncomplimentary things about somebody; to bad-mouth ...1970 Amer. dial.
BAD-MOUTHED - person
• HECKLER - a female brawler or a scold; a bad-mouthed woman ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
BADNESS - nouns
• GALLOWSNESS badness ...1859
• ILL badness, wicked disposition ...1929 Sc.
• ILLNESS 1. † bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness ...c1500
2. † unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness; badness ...1595
• PIACULARITY †* badness; criminality ....1856
• PRAVITY † badness, corruption, malignity ...1620
BAD-TEMPERED (also see ILL-TEMPERED) - adjectives
• ABSTRAKLOUS cross-grained, bad-tempered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ARSEY, ARSY bad-tempered, unpleasant, disagreeable ...1989 UK sl.
• AZZALD bad-tempered, irritable ...1841 Eng. dial.
• BAITY bad-tempered; in a rage ...1921 sl.
• BENEEK bad-tempered, insane ...1960s S. Afr.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, cross-grained ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CANKERY bad-tempered, cross-grained ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CRABBIT bad-tempered, irritable ...Sc. & Irish
• CRABBY bad-tempered ...1776
• CROOK irritable, bad-tempered ,angry ...1911 Aust. & NZ
• CROOKLED bad-tempered ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• CROSS AS THE DEVIL very bad-tempered ...Bk1922
• CROTCHETY bad-tempered ...1825 sl.
• FIGHTING bad-tempered, quick to anger ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FIGHTY inclined or eager to fight; easily angered, bad-tempered; pugnacious ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GROUCHY bad-tempered ...1861 colloq.
• GRUMPY bad-tempered ...1778
• HATELY bad-tempered, hateful; showing hate ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HUNCHT bad-tempered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• ILL-BISTED bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-BISTEN bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-GRITTED of a bad, obstinate temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TWINED bad-tempered, peevish ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLY bad-tempered, spiteful, grudging, disobliging ...a1500 chiefly Sc.
• IN A BAD SKIN out of temper; ill-tempered, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, out of sorts...1796
• KWAAI bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce ...1827 S. Afr.
• LEERY bad-tempered, disagreeable, and cheeky ...20C sl.
• MAGGOTY angry, bad-tempered, furious ...1890 Eng. dial. & Aust. & NZ
• NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NARKY vexed, angry, ill-tempered, bad-tempered ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NAZZLY bad-tempered; rude, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NIGGEDY-NAGGETY irritable, nasty-tempered, bad-tempered ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered ...1960s sl.
• ORNERY AS THE DEVIL, AS mean, bad-tempered ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish ...1721 Sc.
• RANTANKEROUS bad-tempered, unruly; fierce ...1832 Amer. colloq.
• RATTY irritable, annoyed, cross, bad-tempered ...1909 colloq., orig. UK
• REASTY bad-tempered; also, gross, obscene ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RED-NECKED ill-tempered, bad-tempered, angry ...1942 Amer. sl.
• REESTY of a person: obstinate, bad-tempered; stiff ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• SHIRTY angry, annoyed; bad-tempered ...1846 colloq.
• SHITTY bad-tempered ...1960s Aust. sl.
• SHITTY-LIVERED bad-tempered ...1980s NZ sl.
• SNITTY bad-tempered ...1978 US sl.
• SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered ...B1900 colloq.
• SPIKY bad-tempered ...1930 sl.
• STROPPY bad-tempered ...1951 Brit. sl.
• TARF harsh, bad-tempered, rough-spoken ...1887 Sc.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• TOEY bad-tempered ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• UPTIGHT angry, bad-tempered, annoyed ...1934 colloq.
• VIGROUS vigorous; fierce, dangerous, bad-tempered ...1836 Amer. dial.
• VINNED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected ...1834 Eng. dial.
• VINNIED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected ...1834 Eng. dial.
bad-tempered - person
• BALSCAT a shrew; a termagant; a crosspatch; a bad-tempered person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• BANTAM a person with a hot temper ...1924 Aust. sl.
• BESSIE, BESSY an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; a scold, a virago ...1866 Sc.
• BILLY GOAT a rambunctious, cantankerous, or bad-tempered man ...1921 US sl.
• BITCH KITTY an obstinate, disagreeable, or bad-tempered girl or woman; a difficult, irritable, complaining woman ...c1930 Amer. sl.
• BITTER-WEED a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• BORE a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS CAT a virago; a violent or bad-tempered woman ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• CRANK-POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CRUIVLE a sour-tempered person of insignificant appearance ...1923 Sc.
• FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman ...1591
• FEIST (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FICE (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FISTE (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FYST (derogatory) a person who is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• GIRNIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIE-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1890 Sc.
• GIRNIGO a fretful, peevish, grumbling, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIGO-GASH a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting; a petulant child ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIGO-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1788 Sc.
• GIRNY-GIB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1872 Sc.
• GIRNY-GIBBIE a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1890 Sc.
• GIRNY-GO-GABBY a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GIRNY-GUB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1954 Sc.
• GLEID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GRIMALKIN a term of contempt for a jealous or bossy or bad-tempered, unpleasant old woman ...1798
• GROUCH a bad-tempered or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRUMP a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• GRUMPUS a bad-tempered person ...1986 US sl.
• GRUNT (derogatory) an ill-tempered, grouchy person; a mean, bad-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT an evil person, suggestive of a creature from hell; now usually: a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; a pest, an annoying person; a mischievous young boy ...1603
• ILL-WILLIE a person of a morose or bad-tempered disposition ...1868 Sc.
• MARE an unpleasant, despicable, bad-tempered female ...1303
• MISS CROSS-STICKS, MRS. CROSS-STICKS a cross or bad-tempered woman ...Bk1922
• MISS GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered woman ...1986 Amer. sl.
• NADGER a sulky, bad-tempered or ill-tempered person ...1899 Ireland
• NETTERCAP a bad-tempered person ...1874 Sc.
• NITTIE a cheeky little girl; a bad-tempered child ...1866 Sc.
• OLD HATCHEL a mean, bad-tempered person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD RIP a bad-tempered man; a reprobate ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY CUSS a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PARTAN a term of abuse or ridicule; an ugly or bad-tempered person; a stupid person ...1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PISS-ANT a mean, bad-tempered, or contemptible person - an unimportant person ...1903 now chiefly Amer.
• PISS-POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POT a mean, bad-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIG a bad-tempered, thoroughly objectionable person - a medical initialism for Stroppy (bad-tempered) Ignorant Git (objectionable person) ...2002 UK doctors' shorthand
• SORE-HEAD a bad-tempered or discontented person ...1848 sl., chiefly Amer.
• TALKING HEAD one who is in a bad temper and on the verge of fighting ...1960s US Black sl.
• TARTAR a strong-willed, bad-tempered person ...1663 sl.
• TERRIER a man of bad temper and character - a pugnacious fellow ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TURK a cruel, hard-hearted, or tyrannical man; a bad-tempered or unmanageable person; a man who treats his wife harshly ...1536
• WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person' a violent or bad-tempered woman ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WICK an irritating or bad-tempered person ...1988 Sc. sl.
bad-tempered - verbs
• BLEWZE to look bad-tempered or sulky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CUT UP ROUGH to become angry or bad-tempered ...Brit. colloq.
• GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE to rise peevish or bad-tempered ...19C colloq.
• GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED to rise peevish or bad-tempered ...19C colloq.
• GIVE ONE THE PIP to annoy or irritate; to make angry, bad-tempered, or dispirited ...1896
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE, TO to be peevish or out of temper ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAKE THE TID to be ill-humoured or bad-tempered ...1787 Sc.
BAFFLE - verbs
• BLAICK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOFFLE to baffle, to confuse, to perplex, to worry, to annoy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAT UP to get the better of; to baffle, to foil ...1944 US sl.
• MAWK to baffle, to tease, to torment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALL, PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BAFFLED - adjectives
• AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ABROAD uncertain, at a loss, in great confusion; perplexed; baffled; bewildered ...1821 sl.
• ALL FUSSED ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL FUSSED UP ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN THE WIND bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEAT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE without a satisfactory alternative; in difficulty; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• BOFFLED baffled, confused, rendered stupid ...1876 Eng. dial.
• COMFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLUMMOXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMBFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...1825
• FLOORED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMIXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMOXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOING bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAVELED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD PUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD PUT TO IT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A BOX in difficulties, in a confused state of mind, in a quandary; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...M19 sl.
• IN A CORNER bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• IN A HOLE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A PUCKER bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A TIGHT BOX adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE WOODS bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAMMED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON ONE'S BEAM ENDS bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE FENCE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STALLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUCK bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUMPED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNK bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TREED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURNED AROUND bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWISTED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP A GUMTREE baffled, perplexed ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP A STUMP bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1904 sl.
• UP A TREE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP IN THE AIR bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
baffled - verbs
• LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE to look embarrassed or unhappy; to look chagrined, baffled, sorrowful, discouraged, or ashamed; to submit to someone ...1914 Amer. dial.
BAFFLING - nouns
• FAIR NARK something inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
baffling - person
• FAIR NARK someone inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
BAG - nouns
• ASS PACK a fanny pack; a small pouch on a belt, for money and other valuables, worn round the waist or hips ...1952 US sl.
• AWOL BAG in the Korea and Vietnam wars: an overnight bag ...1956 US sl.
• BAGLET a small bag ...1885
• BELLY † a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk ...c950
• DILLY-BAG a bag, generally small, for carrying odds and ends ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• FAINTY-BAG a lady's fancy bag ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANNY FLASK a small pouch-like bag around the wearer's waist ...1950s US sl.
• FANNY PACK a small pouch-like bag around the wearer's waist ...1950s US sl.
• GABERLUNZIE † a wallet or bag carried by beggars ...1808 Sc.
• GO-POKE a travelling bag or knapsack ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GO-'WAY BAG a travelling bag or suitcase ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ALL a bag to carry odds and ends ...L19 sl.
• GRITCHEL a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase ...1917 Amer. dial.
• GROUCH BAG a small pouch or bag worn esp. beneath clothing and containing emergency funds (esp. used among travelling performers) ...1908 Amer. dial.
• INDISPENSIBLE a small satchel or bag worn by a woman ...E19 sl.
• JAG a leather bag or wallet...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAIL a bag, pack, or wallet; a travelling bag ...c1205
• MALLET †* a little bag or portmanteau ...1612
• PADDLE, PAIDLE a small leather bag used by peddlers for their smaller articles of trade; a folder, a wallet; also, a flat leather receptacle or pouch used by country housewives for holding household oddments, worn at the right side and suspended by tapes round the waist ...a1568 Sc.
• POCKET a small bag or sack ...1806 Amer. dial.
• POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet ...1812 criminals' sl.
• POKE a bag or sack, esp. a small one; now usually a paper bag ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIDICULE a reticule; a bag in which women carry gloves, handkerchiefs, etc. ...1843 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SACKET † a small sack or bag ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SATCHEL-BAGGIE a bag for holding provisions, esp. when travelling ...1898 Sc.
• SCRAN-BAG 1. a beggar's receptacle for the scraps of food they solicit ...M19 sl.
2. any form of bag into which bits of food can be placed ...M19 sl.
• TANGHAL † a bag or satchel ...1825 Sc.
• TIDY a bag or other receptacle in which to keep scraps, odds and ends, etc. ...1828
• TOOT a usually small paper cone or bag used as a container, as at grocers ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY a bag used especially to carry clothes, bedding, and other personal possessions; a bedroll; a suitcase ...1888 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage
• WALLET a bag for holding provisions, clothing, books, etc., esp. on a journey either on foot or on horseback; a knapsack, a peddler's pack, etc. ...c1386
• WAR BAG a drawstring bag or sack used for carrying one's personal effects; a duffle bag; the contents of such a bag ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WITCHES' KNICKERS plastic bags caught up in trees or shrubs ...2000 Ireland
• YANNIGAN a bag for transporting one's personal belongings; a haversack; a trunk ...1925 Amer. dial.
bag - verbs
• IMPOUCH †* to put into a pouch, bag, or pocket ...1611
BAGGAGE - nouns
• BLUEY any form of luggage ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CAP-CASE † a travelling-case, bag, or wallet (representing the later portmanteau or carpet-bag) ...1577
• CARRIAGE † baggage or luggage carried with one on a journey, etc. ...1398
• DUNNAGE the clothing and other personal belongings carried by a sailor, soldier, or woodsman; generally, baggage or equipment with which a person travels ...1834 sl., orig. naval usage
• FARDELS baggage of a company of men ...a1300 arch.
• GRITCHEL a piece of hand luggage; a travelling bag, a suitcase ...1917 Amer. dial.
• HARNESS † the baggage or portable equipment of an army, a party of travellers, etc. ...a1300
• IMPEDIMENTA things which impede or encumber progress; baggage; travelling equipment ...1600
• IMPERIAL a case or trunk for luggage, fitted on, or adapted for, the roof of a coach or carriage; also, the roof or top of a carriage itself ...1794
• KEESTER, KEISTER, KEYSTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box ...1882 US sl.
• LUG luggage ...1977 US sl.
• MAILS † baggage ...c1205 obs. exc. Sc. & US
• PAFFALDIN baggage; also, a quantity of unnecessary and heavy clothing ...1851 Eng. dial.
• PETER a portmanteau or trunk; any bundle or piece of luggage ...1668 sl., orig. criminals' usage, latterly taxi-drivers' sl.
• PETER-HUNTING the stealing of baggage and boxes ...19C UK criminals' sl.
• PETER LAY the stealing of baggage and boxes ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• PLUNDER baggage, gear; personal property ...1805 Amer. dial.
• SANKY POKE a travelling bag ...1944 Amer. dial.
• SUMPTERY †* baggage ...1620
• TACKLING † gear, furnishings, fittings, accoutrements, outfit, baggage, etc. ...1558
• TALLY a tie-label, tab, or tag for luggage, etc. ...1909
baggage - person
• BAGGAGE-BOUNCER one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter ...1885 Amer. sl.
• BAGGAGE-SMASHER 1. one who handles baggage as an occupation; a porter ...1851 Amer. sl.
2. a baggage thief ...1856 Amer. sl.
• BAGWALETOUR - † a carrier of baggage ...Bk1855
• GILLIE-TRUSHHARNISH - a baggage-man ...1814 Sc.
• PICK-UP MAN - someone who steals luggage ...1928 sl.
baggage - verbs
• HUMP THE SWAG to carry one's luggage on one's back ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
BAGPIPE - adjectives
• SACK-DOODLING that plays on the bagpipes ...1824 Sc. quasi-arch.
bagpipe - nouns
• BAGS † bagpipes ...c1275 poetic
• DOODLE-SACK a bagpipe ...L18 Sc.
• SKIRL the sound of the bagpipe ...1860 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOODLE-LOODLE an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute ...1542
• TOODLE-TOODLE † an imitation of the sound of a bagpipe or flute ...a1566
bagpipe - verbs
• BLAST to play the bagpipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAW to play the bagpipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ROAR of bagpipes: to make a loud droning noise ...1819 Sc.
• SKIRL 1. of the bagpipe: to produce the shrill sounds by which it is characterized ...a1665 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to play the bagpipe ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
BAHAMAS - person
• CONCH a native of the Bahamas ...M19 W. Indies
BAIL - nouns
• BROOMSTICK BAIL fraudulent bail ...L17 sl.
• DAILY bail ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL bail ...1920s rhyming sl.
• JEW BAIL insufficient bail ...1785 sl.
• QUEER BAIL fraudulent bail ...L18 sl.
bail - person
• BAIL BANDIT - someone who commits a crime while on bail awaiting trial ...1991 colloq.
• BROOMSTICK a person who puts up fraudulent bail ...E19 sl.
bail - verbs
• RAISE to bail someone out of jail ...1973 US sl.
• SPRING to bail someone out of jail; to obtain the release of a person from prison ...1920s US Black sl.
• TAKE A HOLIDAY to jump bail ...L19 sl.
BAILIFF - adjectives
• BALIVAL pert. to a bailiff or his office ...1854
bailiff - nouns
• BAILIRIC † bailiwick; a district or place under the jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff ...1570
• BAILIVATE † the office of a bailiff ...1721
• BAILLIE, BAILLY † the jurisdiction, authority, charge, or office of a bailie or bailiff; jurisdiction or charge committed to an officer, delegated authority; stewardship ...c1305
• CANDY-MAN in the north of England a bum-bailiff or process-server; 'in the great strike of coal miners in 1844, when a large number of extempore bailiffs were employed to eject the miners wholesale from the cottages, there were recognized among them some well-known sellers of 'dandy candy' from the Newcastle streets, whose appellation was transferred to persons employed in the unpopular office ...1863
bailiff - person
• ADAM a bailiff, a sergeant ...c1591 sl.
• BAILIE † a bailiff ...1297
• BAILIER a bailiff or sheriff's officer ...1834 Eng. dial.
• BAILY a superintendent of an estate; a bailiff; a steward; a sheriff’s officer ...1825
• BALY † a bailiff ...Bk1855
• BANDOG a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1605 UK sl.
• BANDOG-BAILIFF a bailiff or bailiff's assistant ...1700
• BAYLE † a bailiff ...Bk1855
• BEADLE † a messenger of justice, a warrant officer; an under-bailiff ...c1000
• BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy; an informer; a constable; a sheriff's officer; a bailiff; a beadle ...1559
• BIFFS bailiffs ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
bailiff person • BUMMER † a bum-bailiff; a bailiff empowered to execute writs and warrants, esp. to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment ...1675
• CACHEKOW - † a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder - hence, generally, a bailiff - a cow-stealer ...1513 Sc.
• CACHEPOLLUS - † a sergeant, bailiff or any that arrests upon an action ...Bk1717
• CACHEREL(E) - † a catchpoll - a beagle - a bailiff - an inferior officer of justice ...a1325
• CANDYMAN - a bailiff or process server - orig. a seller of candy ...1863 sl.
• DAVY DEBET - a bailiff ...c1570
• DAVY DEBT - a bailiff ...c1570
• ENGINEERS AND STOKERS bailiffs ...Bk2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'brokers'
• FACTOR - † one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate - the manager of a landed estate who collects the rents, lets the lands, etc. - a bailiff - a land-agent or land-steward ...1561 obs. exc. Sc.
• FARMER - † one who cultivates land for the owner - a bailiff - steward ...1382
• HAWK - a bailiff or watchman; a police officer; also, a prison guard ...1785 sl.
• HIND - a bailiff or steward on a farm (in some parts of England) ...1495
• LEGALIST - an officer of the law - a bailiff ...1835 jocular
• LURCHER the lowest rank of bailiff, a 'bum bailiff'...18C sl.
• LURCHER OF THE LAW the lowest rank of bailiff, a 'bum bailiff'...18C sl.
• MOABITE † a bailiff; a constable ...1699 sl.
• MOOR a bailiff of a farm ...1706 Eng. dial.
• NABBER one who 'nabs'; hence, a bailiff or constable; a police officer ...1810 sl.
• NABBING-CULL a bailiff; a constable; a police officer ...1780 sl.
• RAM SKIN a bailiff ...E19 Anglo-Irish
• SAFFO * a bailiff ...1605
• TAPPER a court bailiff ...1796 UK sl.
• TOPSMAN a head man; a bailiff; a principal servant; the chief drover in charge of a herd of cattle on the road ...1825 Eng. dial.
• WAR-HAWK a bailiff or summons server ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
BAIT - nouns
• PEECHER bait; an allurement ...Bk1903 Eng. dial. EDD Wright 1903
BAKED - adjectives
• BAKEN baked, as bread or meat ...c1325 arch.
BAKED BEANS - nouns
• BEANTOWN SPECIAL Boston baked beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MUSICAL VEGETABLES baked beans ...1988 Brit. sl.
• SNAPPER the mythical ingredient in baked beans that can be removed to prevent flatulence ...1975 US sl.
BAKER - nouns
• GORK baked stuff; in general, the baker's product ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TABERNACLE † an alleged term for a company of bakers ...1486
baker - person
• BACHARES a baker ...Bk1872
• BACKSTER a baker; also, occasionally, a female baker ...1721
• BACKSTRESS † a female baker; a woman who bakes bread ...1519
• BAKER one who bakes; one whose business it is to make bread ...a1000
• BAKERESS * a female baker ...1837
• BAKESTER a baker; orig. a female baker ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BAPPER a vulgar name for a baker ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATCHIE, BATCHY a baker; a baker's man ...1843 Sc.
• BAXTER 1. † a baker, without distinction of sex ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. † a female baker ...1390
• BAXTER-CHAP a baker's boy or apprentice ...1827 Sc.
• BREAD-WRIGHT † a bread maker - a baker ...c1250
• DEAD MAN a baker; 'properly speaking, it is an extra loaf smuggled into the basket by the man who carries it out, to the loss of the master' ...1764 sl.
• DOUGH BEATER a baker; a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOUGH BOY - a baker ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOUGH PUNCHER - a baker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• DOUGH ROLLER - a baker - a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FURNER † one who has charge of an oven; a baker ...a1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FURNITOR †* one who has charge of an oven; a baker ...1601
• MASTER OF THE ROLLS - a baker ...1831 sl.
• PANTER - † a word originally meaning 'baker', but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry - the controller of the bread in a large establishment ...1297
• PANTERER - † a word originally meaning 'baker', but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry - the controller of the bread in a large establishment ...a1400
BAKING - nouns
• BATCH † the process of baking ...1440
BAKING SODA - nouns
• BALE a box of baking soda ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SALERATUS baking soda (potassium or sodium bicarbonate), esp. when used as a leavening agent ...1837 Amer. dial.