REVERSE DICTIONARY
B
BH - BIZ
BHUTAN - person
• BHOTIA a native or inhabitant of Bhutan, a country in the south-east of the Himalayas ...1813
BIAS - verbs
• EARWIG to urge, to importune; to pester with private importunities or admonitions; to influence or bias a person by secret communications ...1837
• TAMPER † to bias, affect, influence, sway a person, his mind, passions, etc.; to disaffect ...1687
BIASED - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † unduly affected, biased, prejudiced, partial ...1530
• AFFECTIONATED † unduly inclined or biased; swayed by affection; partial ...1586
• AFFECTIONED † swayed by affections; biased, partial ...1589
• WRONG FOR biased against ...1970s US criminals' sl.
biased - adverbs
• SINISTERLY † with a bias towards the worst view ...1529
biased - nouns
• AFFECT † biased feeling, partiality ...1557
• AFFECTION † biased feeling, partiality ...1547
BIB - nouns
• DICKY * a child's bib ...1882 Eng. dial.
BIBLE - adjectives
• BIBLE BASHING aggressively expounding or following the Bible ...colloq.
• BIBLE-BANGING aggressively expounding or following the Bible ...colloq.
• BIBLE-POUNDING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner ...1951 sl.
• BIBLE-PUNCHING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner ...1951 sl.
• BIBLE-THUMPING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner ...1951 sl.
Bible - nouns
• BIBLIOCLASM destruction of books, or of the Bible ...1864
• BIBLIOLATRY excessive reverence for the mere letter of the Bible ...1847
• BIBLIOMANCY divination by books, or by verses of the Bible ...1753
• BIBLIOTHECA in Old English: the Scriptures, the Bible ...c1000
• BIBLISM adherence to the Bible as the sole rule of faith ...1879
• CALFSKIN the Bible ...1845 Amer. dial.
Bible - person
• BIBLE-BANGER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in an aggressive way, esp. an evangelical member of the clergy ...1942 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• BIBLE-BASHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1958
• BIBLE-BIGOT a person who is obstinately devoted to the Bible; applied esp. to the Methodists, sometimes contemptuously ...1766
• BIBLE-CLERK a student of the Bible ...1626
• BIBLE-POUNDER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1889 sl.
• BIBLE-PUNCHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1917
• BIBLER † a student or reader of the Bible ...1538
• BIBLE-READER a reader of the Bible; also, one employed to read the Bible from house to house; a clergyman, a preacher ...1548
• BIBLE-STUDENT one who reads the Bible ...1853
• BIBLE-THUMPER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1923 sl.
• BIBLE-WOMAN one employed to read the Bible from house to house ...1859
• BIBLICIST a professed adherent of the letter of the Bible; one well versed in the BIble ...1837
• BIBLIOCLAST a destroyer of books, or of the Bible ...1884
• BIBLIOLATER one who has an extravagant admiration of a book, or excessive reverence for the mere letter of the Bible ...1847
• BIBLIOLATRIST one who pays undue regard to books; a book-worshipper; specificially, one who is supposed to regard the Bible with undue or extravagant respect; a worshipper of the Bible ...1826
• BIBLIST 1. one who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith ...1562
2. a biblical student ...1653
Bible - verbs
• SMACK CALFSKIN to swear on the Bible ...M19 sl.
BICKER, BICKERING - adjectives
• AT LOGGERHEADS in strong disagreement or conflict, at odds, engaged in bickerings or disputes ...1775 Amer. dial.
bicker, bickering - nouns
• BEAR-GARDEN noisy domestic bickering ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BELTER a heavy blow; a succession of blows; bickering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAMMING altercation, bickering, quarrelling ...1868 Eng. dial.
• JANGLE contention, altercation, bickering ...1641
• RAGGLE a wrangle, a dispute ...Bk1905 Sc.
bicker, bickering - verbs
• CAM to cross, to contradict, to bicker, to argue ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FRABBLE * to bicker, wrangle ...1885
• HAGGLE to chatter; to quarrel, to bicker ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• KIM-KAM to bicker, to argue, to retort; to use pert language ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLE to argue, to wrangle, to dispute, to bicker, to banter ...1866 Sc.
• TIG-TAG to continue in reciprocal action; to bicker; to haggle in bargaining ...1643 Sc.
• UMPERLODGE to contradict, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE to quarrel, wrangle, bicker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
BICYCLE - adjectives
• BICYCLIAN * relating to a bicycle; belonging to a person who (habitually) rides a bicycle ...1880
• BICYCLIC * relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling ...1869
• BICYCLICAL relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling ...1869
• BICYCULAR * relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling ...1869
bicycle - adverbs
• AWHEEL on a cycle, cycling ...1888
bicycle - nouns
• APE HANGERS long steering handles on a bicycle or motorcycle ...Amer. sl.
• BICYCLISM * the activity or art of riding a bicycle; cycling ...1870
• BONE-SHAKER the early bicycle ...1865
• CROGGY a ride on a bicycle as a passenger ...Eng. dial.
• CYCLERY an establishment that displays, deals in, or rents out bicycles; a bicycle shop ...1886
• CYCLISM * the use of bicycles or other cycles ...1890
• CYCLO-CROSS cross-country bicycle racing ...1953
• DANDY HORSE 1. a velocipede, a cross between a child's hobby-horse and the most primitive of bicycles ...c1820 society sl.
2. a tricycle or bicycle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEADLY TREADLY a bicycle ...2003 Aust. sl., rhyming elaboration of 'treadly' with the suggestion that it is risky to ride
• DINK a ride on the handlebar of a bicycle; a lift on a bicycle, or, formerly, a horse ...1934 Aust. sl.
• FAIRY CYCLE a child's bicycle, roughly half the size of an adult's ...1930s colloq.
• HIGH MAGGIE an old-fashioned ladies' bicycle ...20C Ireland
• HIGH NELLIE an old-fashioned ladies' bicycle ...20C Ireland
• IRON-HORSE a tricycle or bicycle ...1875 sl.
• JIGGER a bicycle or small motor vehicle or hand-car ...1897 colloq.
• KANGAROO a form of bicycle with sloping backbone, introduced in 1884 early form of the safety bicycle ...1884
• MANGLE a bicycle ...M20 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MOUNT, THE one's bicycle ...c1930 Brit. services' jocular
• QUADRUPLET a bicycle for four riders ...1895
• RATTLER a bicycle ...1922 sl.
• SADDLER a ride on a bicycle's saddle while another person pedals ...1979 UK sl.
• SICKLE n. a bicycle ...Brit. sl.
• VELOCIPEDE an early form of bicycle propelled by pushing along the ground with the feet ...1849-50
bicycle - person
• BICYCLER a person who rides a bicycle ...1869
• BIKER orig. a cyclist, a person who rides a bicycle ...1883 colloq.
• CADS ON CASTORS bicyclists ...1880 sl.
• CYCLE-MAN 1. a man who rides a bicycle, esp. as a sport ...1887
2. a man who repairs or sells bicycles ...1900
• CYCLER a cyclist ...1876
• GUTTER BUNNY a commuter who bicycles to work ...1996 US mountain bikers' sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE WHEEL a cyclist ...1890
• MONKEY ON A GRIDIRON a cyclist ...1911 sl.
• MONKEY ON A WHEEL (derogatory) a bicyclist ...L19 sl.
• SCHLEMIELS ON WHEELS bad or reckless drivers, motorcyclists, or cyclists ...Brit. sl.
• SCORCHER one who cycles or motors furiously ...1885 colloq.
• TANDEMER one who rides a tandem bicycle or tricycle ...1894
• TANDEMIST one who rides a tandem bicycle or tricycle ...1885
• YELLOW JERSEY in a cycling race involving stages, esp. the Tour de France: the winner or wearer of a yellow racing jersey worn each day by the rider who is ahead on time over the whole race to that point; the rider with the shortest overall time is presented with the jersey at the finish of the race ...1991
bicycle - verbs
• BONE-SHAKE to ride one of the early bicycles ...c1867 sl.
• CROG to ride on a bicycle as a passenger ... Eng. dial.
• DINK to give a ride on the handlebar of a bicycle to, or formerly on a horse...1932 Aust. sl.
• DIP to swerve through traffic on a bicycle ...1985 Bermuda sl.
• TOW to give someone a ride on one's bicycle ...1968 Amer. dial.
BIDDING - nouns
• BEHESTING †* bidding, command ...1583
BIG - adjectives
• BAUSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BAWSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BIERLY big, burly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIGASS big, important, or overly important ...1955 US sl.
• BIG-ASSED big ...1945 US sl.
• BIG-COCK big, huge ...1965 US sl.
• BOUNCING exaggerated; excessive, big ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BOUZY big, swelling, distended; fat, overgrown ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSAN very big ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTING very big; splendid ...1847 Amer. sl.
• CALLAWAMPUS big, fine, stout, grand ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• CATAWAMPUS big and fine ...1972 Amer. dial.
• CAWBAWN big ...Bk1892 Aust. bush sl.
• DICK-NAILING extraordinary, amazing, impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DIK heavy, beefy, fat, big, powerfully built ...1970 S. Afr.
• FAIR-SIZED reasonably large; fairly big ...1800
• GALAGANTING, GALLIGANTING large and awkward; awkwardly big, slovenly in gait ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HARD big, strong, robust, well-grown; full-grown ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HAWMERIN big and clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HUSKY said of a man who is big, vigorous, and muscular ...1869 sl., orig. US
• JEEROOSELY mighty, big, enormous ...1914 Amer. dial.
• JEEROOSLY mighty, big, enormous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• JOLLY big, great, plump ...M19
• LAMMING big, large, prodigious ...1956 Amer. dial.
• MAIN great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
• MAMMOTH very big, large, enormous ...1802 Amer. dial.
• MARDEL big, clumsy, fat ...1865 Sc.
• MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTEREST biggest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MASTIFF † burly, big-bodied ...1668
• MASTY † burly, big-bodied ...1665 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MERDAL big, clumsy, fat ...1865 Sc.
• MICKLE great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIGHTY big, large, great; extreme ...1774 Amer. dial.
• MONDO great in size, amount, prominence, or degree; big, huge; hence, extraordinary ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MONGO considerable, substantial, huge, big ...1974 US teen & campus sl.
• MONSTER excellent, very good; impressive, large, big, formidable ...1953 US sl., orig. Black usage
• MUCKLE great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NUI big, large, great ...1938 Hawaii
• ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMING very big, huge ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAWNY of a man: big and awkward; clumsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of things: big and strong, massive ...a1548
• SCOUTHIE, SCOWTHIE capacious, roomy, bulky, big ...1866 Sc.
• SKELPING big, large, stout, lusty ...1785 Eng. dial.
• SKOOKUM strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SLABBA-SLABBA big and fat; slobby, droopy ...20C W. Ind. Rasta usage
• TALL †* big, large, bulky ...c1430
• TEN-CARAT big; impressive; imposing ...Amer. sl.
• THUMPING large, great, big ...1869
• THUNGEING big, heavy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUSKY of a person: big ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
big - adverbs
• BASTIN' BIG very big ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
big - nouns
• BENDER a big or good specimen of its kind; a 'whopper'; anything exceptional or outstanding ...1842 Eng. dial.
• BLINGER something impressively big or large ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLUE ONE anything big ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BOOMER something big, large or notable of its kind ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BOOSTER something impressively big or extraordinary of its kind ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCER a big or large specimen of its kind ...1842
• BUSTER a remarkable person; something remarkable, extraordinary, excellent, or big or large of its kind ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DICK-NAILER anything satisfactory; something impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• JIM-DANDY something impressively big ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KEBROCK anything big and clumsy ...a1838 Sc.
• LARGE ORDER something big, exaggerated, or very difficult ...1930 colloq.
• MAMMOTH something that is very large or impressively big ...1824 Amer. dial.
• MOOSE a big man; an overweight girl; anything big ...M20 US Sl.
• RODGER anything big and ugly of its kind; a big, ugly animal ...B1900 Sc.
• STRAPPER anything big or bulky ...Bk1904 sl.
• THUMP a lump; anything rather big or large of its kind ...1896 Sc.
• THUSKER anything big or large and bulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIKUR anything very big ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPER anything very large; an astounding lie ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHALLOPER something impressively big ...1966 Amer. dial.
big - person
• BAFF a big, clumsy person ...a1868 Sc.
• BARROW WALLAH a big man ...19C Army sl.
• BAUSY a big, fat person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BICKER a person of rude, noisy manners; a big, stupid, bouncing person ...1866 Sc.
• BIG BRUISER a big, strong male, esp. one with a rough appearance or manner ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• BIG CASINO the most important or influential person in a place etc.; a big person ...1893 US sl.
• BIG DADDY a big man; often used as a nickname ...1972 US sl.
• BIGGIE a big person ...2011 US sl.
• BOUFFIN a big, stout person; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUNCER a big, fleshy girl or woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABER a big, coarse, clumsy man ...1925 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CLUMBUNGIE a big, thickset, clumsy person ...1908 Sc.
• DUNDERCLUNK a big, stupid person ...19C Sc.
• GAABRIL a big, uncomely person of an ill-natured disposition ...1866 Sc.
• GALLAYNIEL † a big, gluttonous, ruthless man ...1825 Sc.
• GALLIGANTER a hulking, big woman ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• GALOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, worthless or otherwise objectionable; a big, awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GARPAL a big, stout person ...1929 Sc.
• GILPIN a very big, fat or well-grown person; generally applied to infants or young children ...1825 Sc.
• GOGMAGOG † a giant; a man of immense stature and strength; a big strong person ...c1580
• HABBERJOCK - a big, stupid person who speaks thickly ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HANGY-BANGY - a big, lazy fellow, a good-for-nothing ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) - a big, coarse, cross-grained person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAWMERER a big, awkwardly built person with clumsy feet - one who works in a rough, noisy fashion ...1866 Sc.
• HEIFER a big, awkward, clumsy person; generally applied to women ...1957 Sc.
• HERCULES one who resembles Hercules in strength; a man of prodigious strength; a big man ...1567
• HUMDUDGEON a big, stupid person of an evil disposition ...B1900 Sc.
• JABB a big, lean, uncomely person ...Bk1866 Scot.
• KEBROCK a big, clumsy person ...a1838 Sc.
• KEELIN a big, awkward person, generally a woman ...1866 Sc.
• KELP a big, raw-boned youth ...1942 Sc.
• KELPIE a big, raw-boned youth ...1826 Sc.
• KILPIE a big, raw-boned youth ...1942 Sc.
• LOPPUS a large, clumsy person - a big, fat, ungraceful person ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MACK a person who is strongest or biggest ...Bk1994 US street sl.
• MANNO a big man ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MELL a big, strong, stupid person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOOSE - a big man - an overweight girl ...M20 US sl.
• PALLION - a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman - a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person - a wretch - a scold ...1920 Sc.
• PULLION - a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman - a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person - a wretch - a scold ...1920 Sc.
• QUILT - † a big, fat, clumsy person ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMAGIECHAN - a big, raw-boned, awkward, impetuous person ...1808 Sc.
• RAMMOCK - a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• REEVER - a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REGULAR HE-UN - a big, strong specimen of man ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR LOMBARD - a big, strong person ...1975 Amer. dial.
• REISKIE - a big person of boorish manners - generally applied to a female ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RODGER a big person of rude manners ...B1900 Sc.
• SCLAFFER a big, clumsy, flat-footed person; a flat foot ...1969 Sc.
• SCLATCH, SKLATCH a bungling, clumsy workman; a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow ...1808 Sc.
• TANKER a big, lean, ugly person ...1866 Sc.
• TARGER a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
• WIDDERER a big, stout, powerful person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WITHERER a big, stout, powerful person; a person of surpassing size ...1781 Eng. dial.
• YERK a big, hefty person ...1921 Sc.
• YIRPO a big, lumpy girl ...1929 Sc.
big - verbs
• BIG to make big, to magnify ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGGEN to grow big, to increase in size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGGER to increase in size; to grow bigger ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BIGAMIST - person
• BIGAM(E) - † a man or woman having two wives or husbands at the same time; one living in bigamy ...a1300
• BIGAMA - †* a woman living in bigamy ...1586
• BIGAMIST - a man or woman living in bigamy ...1633
• BIGAMUS - † one living in bigamy ...1543
• BRIGHAM YOUNG - a bigamist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BIGAMY - nouns
• TWI-WIFING † bigamy by a husband ...c1250
bigamy - verbs
• BIGAMIZE to commit bigamy ...a1861 US
BIGGEST - adjectives
• MASTEREST biggest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BIGOT - person
• ARCHIE BUNKER (derogatory) a man whose background, outlook, and behaviour are likened to those of the television character Archie Bunker, esp. a blue-collar worker having (and vehemently expressing) views considered ignorant or bigoted; also, a person characterized as having ignorant or bigoted views and a vehement, outspoken manner ...1971 US colloq.
• BANBURY MAN - † a Puritan; a bigot; a sour or severe man; a hypocrite ...Bk1889
• YACOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
• YAKOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
BIGOTED - adjectives
• BIGOTICAL † bigoted ...1678
• HIDEBOUND restricted in view or scope; narrow, cramped, bigoted ...E17
• NARROW-MINDED illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced; incapable of broad views ...1625
BIKINI - (see SWIMWEAR)
BILINGUAL - adjectives
• BILINGUOUS † bilingual, speaking two languages ...1730
BILL - adjectives
• WARM of a bill: exorbitant in its charges ...1892 colloq.
bill - nouns
• BAD NEWS the amount charged for service, esp. as stated on a bill or restaurant check ...1910 Amer. sl.
• DAMAGE the cost; the amount of the bill ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DAMPER a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant ...1886 UK society sl.
• GRUNT the bill, for food, drink ...1951 US sl.
• JACK a bill ...1930s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• JACK AND JILL a bill (account) ...c1890 rhyming sl.
• LAY †* a bill, score, reckoning ...a1300
• RECKLIN a reckoning, a bill, account ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SCOT the amount of a bill; an alehouse reckoning ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIP a bill, a reckoning ...1898 Sc.
• TAB the bill, credit, an IOU; used fig. to imply that an action, good, or bad, will be paid for later ...L19 US sl.
bill - person
• BAD PAY a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAD PAYMASTER a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEATER a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• BILL-JUMP a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DARBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. ...1920s US sl.
• DEADHEAD a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DERBY - a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. ...1920s US sl.
• GRABBER - a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HARDMOUTH - one who argues and resists when it is time to repay a load or to pay a bill ...1996 W. Indies sl.
• NO-ACCOUNT - a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR SKATE - one who does not pay his bills ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORT SKATE - one who does not pay his bills ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKINNER - a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TAD - one who attempts to avoid paying a bill ...1845 colloq. orig. & chiefly Amer.
bill - verbs
• CUFF to put a charge on one's bill ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DO THE NEEDFUL to pay a bill ...L18 sl.
• FOOT THE BILL to pay a bill ...19C sl., orig. US
• OK to pay someone's bill ...1940s US sl.
• OKAY to pay someone's bill ...1940s US sl.
• PICK UP THE TAB to pay the bill ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• RETIRE to take up and pay, as a bill when due ...1824 Sc.
• SCONCE OFF to run off without paying a bill ...M17 sl.
• SCONCE THE RECKONING to run off without paying a bill ...19C sl.
• SHOOT THE CROW to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond ...1887 Sc. sl.
BILLIARDS - adjectives
• TIGHT 1. in billiards: of pockets: having a small opening compared with the diameter of the balls ...1909 sl.
2. in billiards: said of balls when they are in contact ...1909 sl.
billiards - nouns
• ACADEMY a billiard room ...19C sl.
• BAT a pool or billiards cue ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BATOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BATTOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CANNON in billiards: a stroke in which the player's ball is made to hit one of the other balls in such a way as to glance from it and strike the second ...1839
• HAZARD † in billiards: one of the holes or pockets in the sides of a billiard table ...1598
• IVORIES billiard balls ...1830 sl.
• JENNY in billiards: a losing hazard into the middle pocket off a ball an inch or two from the side cushion ...Bk1896 billiards' usage
• JIGGER in billiards: the 'bridge' or 'rest' for the cue when a ball is beyond arm's length ...Bk1896 sl.
• LAMBETH WALK the chalk used in billiards ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MACE in billiards: a stick with a flat square head, formerly used for propelling the balls; now superseded by the cue ...1727 104
• MAST † in billiards: a kind of heavy cue, of which the broad end was used for striking ...1731
• MUD a billiard ball ...1993 US sl.
• TACK †* a billiard-cue ...1688
billiards - person
• BANGER - a clumsy, ineffective pool or billiards player ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• BILLIARDIST - a billiard-player ...1865
• BILLIARD-MARKER - a person who marks the 'points' made by each player, and keeps account of the progress of the game ...1775
• BISMARCKER - a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...c1866
• BLACKLEG - one who cheats at cards or billiards ...Bk1891 sl.
• BISMARQUER - a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...c1866
• HEELER - † a partner of a billiards gambler ...1883 criminals' sl.
• HIGH-UP MAN - a billiard player who lives by his wits, putting up 'at the hotel in style ... and busily reducing the bank balance of the local billiard players' ...1941 Aust. sl.
billiards - verbs
• CANNON in billiards: to play one's ball so as to make a 'cannon'; also, of the ball: to strike and rebound ...1844
• HAZARD † in billiards: to 'pocket' a ball ...1679
• STRING in billiards: to cast for play; each player to the top of the table to return to balk, the one nearest the bottom cushion then has the choice ...Bk1904 sl.
BILL OF EXCHANGE - nouns
• DRAUGHT ON THE PUMP AT ALDGATE a worthless bill of exchange ...B1790 Eng. sl.
• RAG MONEY banknotes, bills of exchange, etc. ...c1860 colloq.
• SHAVE an exorbitant premium on a bill of exchange ...M19 US sl.
bill of exchange - verbs
• SHAVE to charge an exorbitant premium on a note of exchange ...M19 US sl.
BILLOW - nouns
• BEAR †* a wave, a billow ...1250
• BERE †* a wave, a billow ...1250
• BIER †* a wave, a billow ...1250
BILL-POSTER - person
• PASTY - a nickname for a bill-poster ...1903 Sc.
BIND - nouns
• ABLIGATION † a tying up from ...1849
• SUBLIGATION † a binding or tying underneath ...1658
bind - verbs
• ABLIGATE † to bind or tie up from ...1731
• BETIE † to tie round, to bind fast ...1578
• BIN(N) to bind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADGE † to fasten, tie, bind, knot ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT 1. to make into a faggot; to bind or tie up in or as in a faggot ...1598
2. † to bind (persons) in couples; also, to bind hand and foot ...1607
• FAGOT to bind or truss, as sticks in a faggot ...17C colloq.
• I-BINDE † to bind ...c1000
• ILLIGATE †* to bind or fetter; to bind with a spell ...1658
• LAY NECK AND HEELS † to confine or bind securely ...1643
• LEAGUE † to bind, to connect, to join ...c1645
• LYE † to bind, to tie ...1621
• OOLD † to tie round with string; to bind, to whip ...1866 Sc.
• OOP to bind with a thread or cord; to splice ...1802 Sc.
• SUBLIGATE † to bind or tie underneath ...1656
• TAG to tie, to bind ...1825 Sc.
• TIE NECK AND HEELS to confine or bind securely ...1701
• TING to tie, to bind, to fasten together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMCAST to bind, to wrap round ...1887 Sc.
• YACKER † to lace or bind tightly so as to constrict; to pull tightly together ...1790 Sc.
• YARK † to draw stitches tight, to twitch, as a shoemaker in sewing; also, to bind tightly with cords ...c1430 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to draw stitches tight, to twitch, as a shoemaker in sewing; also, to bind tightly with cords ...c1430 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
BINDING - adjectives
• OBLIGATORIOUS †* obligatory; binding ...1602
binding - nouns
• BANDING-STUFF binding materials, such as string ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BINGE - nouns
• SKITE a jollification, a spree, a binge ...1869 Sc.
• TOOT a binge or a drinking spree ...L19 US. sl.
BINGO - nouns
• ALL THE FIVES 55 ...1943 UK
• BABY'S DONE IT in bingo: the number 2 ...1940s sl.
• BUTTERED BUN the number one ...1940s bingo usage
• BUTTERED SCONE the number one ...1940s bingo usage
• CHOPSTICKS in bingo, the number six ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
• DAD AT THE DOOR in bingo: the number 24 ...1960s rhyming sl.
• DANNY LA RUE in bingo: the number 52 ...2000s rhyming sl.
• DEAD ALIVE in bingo: the number five ...1981 UK sl.
• HALF-A-CROWN in bingo: the number 26 ...1940s sl.
• HALF-A-TON in bingo: the number 10 ...1960s sl.
• HOLE IN MY SHOE in bingo: the number 82 ...1960s sl.
• LEGS the number eleven in the game of bingo ...1933
• LEGS ELEVEN the number eleven in the game of bingo ...1917
• MONKEY'S COUSIN in bingo: the number 12 ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'dozen'
• OLD-AGE PENSION in bingo: the number 65 ...1940s sl.
• ONE FAT LADY in bingo: the number 8 ...1950s sl.
• POMPEY WHORE in bingo: the number 4 ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SPEED LIMIT in bingo: the number 30 ...1940s bingo usage
• UNCLE BEN in bingo: the number 10 ...1940s rhyming sl.
• UNLUCKY FOR SOME in bingo: the number 13 ...1940 sl.
• UP A TREE in bingo: the number 3 ...1980s rhyming sl.
BINOCULARS - nouns
• BINOCS binoculars ...1943 sl.
• BINS binoculars ...1971 sl.
• DOUBLE-BARRELS opera or field glasses ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BIOGRAPHY - nouns
• PEDIGREE biography ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
biography - person
• BIOGRAPHEE - one whose life has been written; the subject of a biography ...1812
• BIOGRAPHER - a writer of biographies, or of the 'life' of a particular person ...1644
• BIOGRAPHIST - a biographer ...1662
BIOLOGY - nouns
• BUGOLOGY biology ...Bk1904 Amer. college
• BUGS the subject of biology ...1963 school usage
biology - person
• BUGS the professor of biology ...Bk1904 Amer. college
BIRCH - adjectives
• BIRKEN birch, made of birch ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIRKIE abounding with birches ...Bk1898 Sc.
birch - nouns
• BIRK the birch tree ...1815 Sc.
• BIRKEN a birch tree ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRKENSHAW a small wood of birch trees ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRKS a coppice or small wood consisting chiefly of birches ...Bk1898 Sc.
BIRD (also see various names, as woodpecker, etc) - adjectives
• BALCH of birds: unfledged, bare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALD of birds: unfledged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLOW of birds: unfledged, without feathers ...1603
• DAP of birds: fledged, feathered ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GARRULOUS of birds or inanimate things: chattering or babbling ...1854
• HAGGARD †* of birds: in disordered or ragged plumage ...1615
• IMPLUME †* of a bird: unfeathered, unfledged ...1536
• RAGGED * of birds: having the feathers broken or irregularly disposed ...1508
• YAUPY of birds: having a loud, inharmonious cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bird - nouns
• AERIE the brood in the nest; the young of a bird of prey ...1594
• ALARM a cry of a bird or animal ...Bk1898 Ireland
• ALARM-NOTE the note of a bird when startled ...1879 Ireland
• ARGLE-BARGLE the sound made by seabirds ...1988 Can. sl.
• BALCHER a young bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALCHIN a young, unfledged bird ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BARE-BUB an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GOLLIN a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GOLLOCK a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GOLLY a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GORP an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATCHING an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAL the nose; a bird's bill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBBLIN a nearly fledged chick of any bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRDEEN a young bird ...1895
• BIRDIE an affectionate or child's term for any (small) bird ...1792
• BIRD-KEEPING frightening birds off the crops ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-STARVING frightening birds off grain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-TENTING driving away birds from crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUEBEAK a young bird ...1898
• BOLCHIN a young, unfledged bird ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BOLSHIN a young, unfledged bird ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BRANCHER a young bird unable to fly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABINET the bed or nest of a beast or bird ...Shakespeare
• CAGELING a bird kept in a cage ...1859
• CALLOW † an unfledged nestling ...a1667
• CALLOW-WABLIN an unfledged bird ...1825 Eng. dial.
• COCKYOLLY-BIRD a nursery or pet name for a bird ...1837
• DANCER of a bird: one which moves about ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWN the first feathering of young birds; the hair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft feathery hairs of some seeds; anything fluffy ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DICK(E)Y a tame (caged) bird ...1844
• DICK(E)Y-BIRD a pet name for a little bird ...1854
• DRIFT † a flight of birds ...1486
• EASING-BIRDS sparrows and other birds which build their nests under the eaves of a house ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEATHER a feathered animal; a bird ...1601
• FEATHERDOM the realm of feathered creatures ...1885
• FILLILOO BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FLAGS * the long feathers on the leg of a hawk or falcon
• GAIBLICK an unfledged bird ...1923 Sc.
• GATE † of a bird, esp. a hawk: flight ...1340
• GIBLICK an unfledged bird ...1923 Sc.
• GOLLY-WOPPER BIRD an imaginary bird ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GOOFUS BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HACKLE the long shining feathers on the neck of certain birds, as the domestic cock, peacock, pigeon, etc. ...a1450
• HAPPY FAMILY a collection of birds and animals of different natures and propensities living together in harmony in one cage ...1844
• JARGON the inarticulate utterance of birds, or a vocal sound resembling it; twittering, chattering ...c1386
• JERK † of a bird: a short abrupt series of notes ...1766
• KEET a parakeet ...M19 Aust. sl.
• KILLYLOO a bird that can't be identified ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MARROW of animals or birds: a mate ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTER-PEN the chief feather of a bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUTE liquid bird dung; the dung of hawks ...16C colloq.
• NAKED GULL any unfledged bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEB the beak or bill of a bird ...c725 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NESCOCK an unfledged bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESCOOK an unfledged bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTCOCK † an unfledged bird ...1611
• NEST-BUB a young unfledged bird; also, the smallest bird in the nest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEST-COCKLE † the last-hatched bird in a nest ...1611
• NEST-GULP the smallest and weakest of a brood of nestlings ...1893 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BIRD the smallest bird of a brood or nest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the smallest bird of a brood or nest ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK † the last-hatched bird, or weakling of a brood ...1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESTLER a nesting bird; also, a little child ...1611
• NESTLING 1. a little bird brought up by hand ...c1696
2. the smallest and weakest bird of the nest ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIB the human nose; the beak of a bird ...1754 Sc.
• OOLOGY 1. the study or description of birds' eggs ...1831-7
2. the practice of collecting birds' eggs ...1883
• ORNITHON a place in which birds are kept; a poultry house; an aviary ...1870
• PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies ...1827 chiefly Eng. dial.
• PAIK, PAKE a female domesticated animal or bird; always used with an adj., as in 'auld paik' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PULLUS a young bird; a chick ...1765
• QUAWK of a bird: a caw, a squawk ...1899 Amer. dial.
• QUILLER † an unfledged bird ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFT a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals ...1718
• RAIK a flock of migrating birds ...1888 Sc.
• RAMAGE † the song or cry of birds ...1616
• RAPTORIAL a bird of prey ...1882
• RAW-GORBIT an unfledged bird; a half-grown boy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAW-GORLIN an unfledged bird ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RAW-GUTTLIN an unfledged bird ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RAW-POOT an unfledged bird ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• RENTERFUGE a rendezvous, esp. a place haunted by birds ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RICHARD a bird ...1960s rhyming sl. (Richard the Third)
• RICHARD THE THIRD a bird ...1960s rhyming sl.
• SCALDACHAN an unfeathered nestling ...1899 Sc.
• SCALDIE an unfledged young bird, a nestling ...1903 Sc.
• SCALDY an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTIE an unfledged bird ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUDDY an unfledged bird ...1865 Sc.
• SKALLEY an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLEY-BAULCHER an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLEY-BAULCHIN an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKEIN a flight of wild fowl ...1851
• TALENTER †* a bird of prey with talons, as a hawk ...1620
• TENT an engagement to look after animals or birds ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VAMP the flapping sound made by a bird in beating its wings ...1912 Sc.
• VOLLIERE †* a large bird cage; an aviary ...1638
• WALLIDRAG the youngest of a family; the youngest bird in a nest ...1808 Sc.
• WALLIDRAGGLE, WALLYDRAGGLE the smallest, weakest, or youngest bird in the nest ...1788 Sc.
• WANTON † a sportive or roguish animal, bird, etc. ...1605
• WHIFFLE-BIRD an imaginary bird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHUTTER the sound of the flapping of the wings of a large bird, or of a flight of birds ...1831
• YAMMER † the cry of a bird ...1776 Sc.
• YANK an American bird ...1977 UK bird-watching sl.
• YAP the call or scream of a bird in distress; the plaintive chirping of chickens ...1824 Sc.
• YAUP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
• YAWP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
• YOP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
bird - person
• ACCIPITRARY a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey ...1633 arch. & hist.
• AVICULTURIST a bird-fancier ...1904
• BAT-FOWLER one who catches birds at night by dazing them with a light, and knocking them down or netting them with a large folding net on long poles, called a batfowling net ...c1440
• BIRD-BOY a boy who frightens birds from grain ...1850
• BIRD-DUFFER a bird-seller ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BIRDER 1. † a bird-catcher, a fowler ...1481-90
2. a breeder of birds ...1827
3. a bird-watcher, usually someone who knows a bit about birds and doesn't mind a little inconvenience in the cause of seeing them ...1945 orig. US
• BIRD-FANCIER one who takes pleasure in rearing birds ...1774
• BIRDICIDE a person who kills a bird ...1866
• BIRD-KEEPER a boy employed to keep birds off the crops ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-MAN 1. a man concern with birds; an ornithologist ...1697
2. a birdcatcher; a man that deals in birds ...Bk1795
• BIRD-MINDER one who frightens birds away from a crop ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CROW-HERD a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks ...1805
• CROW-KEEPER † a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks; also, a scarecrow ...1562
• CROW-MINDER a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks ...1805
• CROW-STARVER a boy employed to keep the crows from the crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CROW-TENTER a boy employed to keep the crows from the crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACKIE - one who robs a bird's nest ...1923 Sc.
• HERRIER - a plunderer, a rifler of birds' nests ...1715 Sc.
• OOLOGIST 1. one skilled in the study of birds' eggs ...1863
2. a collector of birds' eggs ...1891
• ORNITHOPHILITE - a lover of birds ...1876
• ROCKMAN - a bird-catcher: from the hazardous nature of his employment, being often suspended from the top of a perpendicular rock ...1798 Sc.
• TENT-BOY - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TENTER - a person engaged to look after animals or drive away birds ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TENTING-LAD - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YABOW - in bird watching: a non-birder who scares all the birds off ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
bird - verbs
• BAT of a bird: to beat the wings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATHER of birds: to take a dust bath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BILL of a bird: to strike with the beak ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BIRD-KEEP to frighten birds off new-sown corn and crops ...1863 Eng. dial.
• CAMP of birds: to flock together, gyrate in the air ...1879 Eng. dial.
• CAROL of a bird: to warble ...1595
• CARP † to sing or recite, as a minstrel; to sing, as a bird ...c1425
• FAN † of a bird: to flutter ...c1400
• GAKE UP of a bird: to ruffle the feathers ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GALE of birds: to circle about, as before a gale ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOW * of a bird: to cluck, to scream ...1825
• JERK † of a bird: to utter a short sharp abrupt series of notes ...1766
• KECK of a bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1844
• KECKLE of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1513
• LAAV of a bird: to hover in the air ...1898 Sc.
• OOLOGIZE * to collect eggs; to take the eggs from a nest ...1870
• QUARK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. dial.
• QUAWK of a bird: to caw, to squawk ...1821 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RACE †* of a parent bird: to impart its nature to its offspring ...1727-41
• SALLY of a bird: to glide through the air on motionless wings ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALE of a bird: to glide ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SCOOVE of a bird: to poise on the wings; to fly equably and smoothly ...1885 Sc.
• SCOVE of a bird: to poise on the wings; to fly equably and smoothly ...1885 Sc.
• SCUMBER of a bird: to discharge excrement ...1679 Eng. dial.
• SUM † of a bird: to complete its plumage ...1667 nonce use
• TAILOR to shoot badly at birds so as to wound rather than actually kill them ...L19 sl.
• TENT to attend to; to look after; to take care of; to watch or mind animals; to watch birds to drive them away ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAPE to kill small birds ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBER of a bird: to build its nest ...c897
• TWINK of a bird: to utter with a shrill metallic note ...1615
• WAFF of a bird; to move the wings in flight ...1834 chiefly Sc.
• WAFT † of a bird, winged insect: to pass by flying ...1682
• YALP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YAMMER of a bird: to utter a shrill cry; to sing loudly ...1838 Sc.
• YAP 1. to cheep, as a young bird ...1777 Ireland & Eng. dial.
2. of birds: to chirp in a plaintive manner ...1802 Sc.
• YARK of birds: to rise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAUP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YAWP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YIRM † to chirp as a bird ...1824 Sc.
• YOLP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YOPE to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
BIRD WATCHING - verbs
• DIP OUT in bird-watching: to fail to see the object of the quest ...1977 UK
BIRTH (also see CHILDBIRTH) - adjectives
• NATALITIAL † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1611
birth - nouns
• GRANNY FROLIC a party of adult womenfolk to celebrate the birth of a grandchild ...1984 Amer. dial.
• NAISSANCE †* origin, birth ...1490
• NASCENCE * birth ...1570
• NASCENCY the process or fact of being born or brought into existence; birth ...1682
• NATAL HOUR the hour or day of one's birth; birthday ...1704
• NATALITY * birth ...1483
• NATITIAL †* nativity, birth ...1612
BIRTH CONTROL - prepositions
• ON using the contraceptive pill ...1960s US college sl.
birth control - nouns (also see CONDOM)
• BACKSTOP a diaphragm (birth control) ...1938 Amer. sl.
• BAG a contraceptive diaphragm ...20C US sl.
• C contraception ...1997 US sl.
• CATCHER'S MITT a contraceptive diaphragm ...1984 US sl.
• FANNY HILL a pill, esp. the contraceptive pill ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• JACK, THE a birth control pill ...1970s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• LEMON DROP a contraceptive pill ...1970s US teen sl.
• RACK a card holding bubble-packed birth control pills; a one-month supply of birth control pills ...1970s US sl.
• PLAY ROOM a diaphragm ...1960s Amer. sl.
• ROMAN ROULETTE contraception using no other system than the 'rhythm method' as ordained by conservative popes ...1960s sl.
• RUBBER RING a contraceptive diaphragm ...20C US
• SHOWER-CAP a birth control diaphragm ...M20 US sl.
• TABLET a contraceptive tablet; the pill ...M20 euphemism
• VATICAN ROULETTE applied to the rhythm method of birth control, as permitted by the Roman Catholic Church ...1962 jocular
BIRTH DATE - nouns
• VINTAGE the year of one's birth ...L19 sl., orig. US
BIRTHDAY - adjectives
• NATAL † presiding over birthdays or nativities ...c1374
• NATALITIAL † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1611
• NATALITIOUS † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1646
birthday - nouns
• BIRTHNIGHT SUPPER a social gathering to celebrate someone's birthday ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GOLDEN BIRTHDAY the birthday on which your age and the date are the same, as celebrating a 10th birthday on the 10th ...1981 Amer. dial.
• NATAL † a birthday-feast ...1484
• NATAL HOUR the hour or day of one's birth; birthday ...1704
• NATALITIAL † a birthday celebration ...1652
• NATALS † birthday celebrations ...1597
• NATIVE DAY † natal day, birthday ...1546
• QUINCEANERA a young woman's fifteenth birthday celebration; a coming-out-party ...1989 Amer. Spanish settlements usage
birthday - verbs
• YEAR ONESELF to reach a birthday ...1964 Amer. dial.
BIRTHMARK - nouns
• BIRTHSCALD a birthmark ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER'S MARK a birthmark ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NATIVE NOTES †* birthmarks ...1658
• NATURE SPOT a birthmark, mole, or wart ...Bk1982 euphemism
• SIGNATURE † a naevus, a birthmark ...1682
• STRAWBERRY a birthmark ...c1866 sl.
BIRTHPLACE - nouns
• ARRIVANCE origin, birthplace ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BORNING GROUND the country of one's birth; one's native soil ...1889 Amer. dial.
• CALF-GROUND a place of birth, native place ...1864 Sc.
• CALF-YARD the birthplace or home of one's youth ...1818 Eng. dial.
• NATIVE the district of one's birth ...1818 Sc.
BISCUIT - adjectives
• HARD AS THE HOBS OF HELL said of 'hardtack' biscuits ...Bk2004 Amer. sl. Spanish-American War era
biscuit - nouns
• BAKE a biscuit ...1785 Sc.
• CATHEAD a biscuit, esp. a large one ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CLINKER a hard biscuit ...1900s US sl.
• PANTILE a hard biscuit, sometimes with jam spread on it ...M19 sl.
BISEXUAL - adjectives
• AC/DC bisexual ...1930s sl.
• ACE-DEUCE bisexual ...1970s US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY sexually active with or attracted to both males and females; bisexual ...1971 US sl.
• AMBIDEXTROUS bisexual ...1930s sl.
• AMBISEXTROUS bisexual ...1926 sl.
• AM-FM bisexual ...1987 Amer. sl.
• BI bisexual ...1956 sl.
• CHERRY COKE bisexual ...2001 UK sl.
• HALF AND HALF bisexual ...1975 US sl.
• KIKI bisexual ...1970 US sl.
• VERSATILE bisexual ...1959 euphemism
bisexual - person
• AC/DC - a bisexual person ...1930s sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY - a bisexual ...1980 US sl.
• ALL ROUNDER - a bisexual ...Brit. sl.
• AMBIDEXTROUS a bisexual ...Brit. sl.
• BEACH CHICK a bisexual girl associated with the beat generation ...1958
• BEAR a large, hirsute homosexual or bisexual man ...1989 orig. & chiefly homosexual usage
• BI a bisexual person ...1957 colloq.
• BICYCLE a bisexual ...1962 US sl.
• BICYCLE RIDER a bisexual male ..Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BIF a bisexual female ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• BI-GUY a bisexual male ...1973 sl.
• BIM a bisexual male ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• BIPE a bisexual ...1983 US sl.
• C. & A. a bisexual man - one who will have a stab at 'cunts and arseholes' ...Brit. sl.
• GATE-SWINGER a bisexual male ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• GILLETTE BLADE a bisexual woman ...1960s homosexual sl.
• GLB a Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual ...1992
• GLBT a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered person ...2004
• HALF-AND-HALF a bisexual ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
• HALF DYKE a bisexual woman ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• HALF-HET a bisexual ...1995 US sl.
• HALF-IRON a bisexual ...1989 sl.
• HAPPY SHOPPER a bisexual, one who shops on both sides of the street ...1999 sl.
• QUEEB a bisexual ...1988 US sl.
• SWITCHER a bisexual ...1966 US sl.
• SWITCH-HITTER a bisexual ...1960 US euphemism
bisexual - verbs
• GO BOTH WAYS to be bisexual ...1988 US sl.
• SWING BOTH WAYS to be bisexual ...1972 sl.
• SWITCH to act upon bisexual impulses ...1970 US sl.
BISHOP - person
• ABBA FATHER a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches ...1611
• APRON AND GAITERS a bishop ...B1912 Eng. sl.
• BISH a bishop; a chaplain ...1875 humorous
• BISHOPLET a little or petty bishop ...1878
• BISHOPLING a little or petty bishop ...Bk1888
• BISP † a bishop ...a1300
• BITE-SHEEP † a once-favourite pun upon 'bishop', as if = one who bites the sheep which he ought to feed ...1570
• GAITERS a bishop; a dean ...L19 sl.
• GIG-BISHOP a bishop who rides in a gig instead of a carriage ...1852
• LAWN-MAN † a bishop - used derisively ...1795
• LAWN-SLEEVES a bishop ...c1640
• MAGPIE † a derisive term for an Anglican bishop, from the black chimere and white rochet forming his ordinary ceremonial attire ...1664
• PAIR OF LAWN SLEEVES - a bishop ...M19 sl.
• SILK - a bishop ...L19 ecclesiastical usage
bishop - person, other
• BISHOPESS - 1. the wife of a bishop ...1672-5
2. a female bishop ...1853
BISON - nouns
• BOSS the American bison ...1848 US
BIT - nouns
• ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment ...1825 Sc.
• BABBYRAGGS small bits ...1902 Sc.
• BAT † a lump, a piece, a bit ...c1340
• BINDLE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BITTY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANCH a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DABLET a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIDGEN a very small bit of anything ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIDJAN a very small bit of anything ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAB a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABBIT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GABBOCK † a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1706 Sc.
• GABBOT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GAIBLOCH a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GLIM a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAIN a whit, a bit ...1884 Amer. dial.
• GROMMET a small particle, a little bit ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HALFPENNY † a small fragment, bit, or piece ...1599
• JAG a bit of anything ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.
• LICK a small amount; a bit; the smallest amount of something ...1853 Amer. dial.
• LICK AND A PROMISE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICK AND A SMELL a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOK a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALHAVELINS small matters, bits and pieces; odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; typically used of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANABLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAROLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVILINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MENTION a trifle; a little bit ...1892 Sc.
• MILLIN a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food; a bit of anything ...1900 Sc.
• NIDD a little bit or pinch of anything, as of bread, butter, etc., a tuft of hair, or the like ...1908 Sc.
• NIMMIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1808 Sc.
• NIMP a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1808 Sc.
• NIMPIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1915 Sc.
• NIMSH a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment ...1910 Sc.
• NIMSHIE a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment ...1919 Sc.
• NOT ENOUGH TO DUST A FIDDLE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SCOW a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles ...1882 Sc.
• SCRANATION a small bit of anything ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRID a piece, a scrap, a bit ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SHIVER a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SINGSONG SUM a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKOSH a little bit ...1940s orig. US military usage
• SKRID a small piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SMATTER a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMIDGEN a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITCH a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITCHEL a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITHER a bit, a fragment ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SNACK a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIFF a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIPPET a bit ...M17
• SNITCH a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPURT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUID a piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SUSPICION a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE a portion, an extract, a bit ...1930s US sl.
• TASTE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIDDY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINE † a very little space, time, or amount; a bit ...c1420
• WARA-WARA bits and pieces ...20C W. Indies
• WIBBET a little piece, a wee bit ...Bk1869 Eng. dial. (Lancashire)
• WIDDY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITTY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRINKLE a bit, a small amount ...M19 US sl.
BITCHY - person
• DOG'S MOTHER a bitchy person ...Bk2006 US euphemism
BITE - nouns
• FANG a bite ...1988 Aust. sl.
• GAFS a snap, a pretended bite of a dog ...1931 Sc.
• HANCH a voracious snap or snatch; an attempt to bite from behind ...1808-18 & N. Ireland
• MONKEY BITE a hickey, a mark made on the skin by amorous biting ...1942 Amer. sl.
• NAG a bite, snap ...1887 Sc.
• NIB a nibble, a cautious bite ...1909 Amer. dial.
bite - verbs
• ABITE † to bite, to nip, to taste ...c1000
• GANCH to snap with the teeth; to snarl, to bite, to gnash the teeth ...1891 Sc.
• HANCH to snatch, to snap at or bite with violent or noisy action of the jaws; said of large dogs, wild beasts, cannibals, or greedy men ...a1400-50 now chiefly Sc.
• KNABBLE † to bite, to gnaw, to nibble ...1567
• KNUB † to bite something gently; to nibble ...a1652
• NAB to bite gently; to nibble ...1678 Eng. dial.
• NAG to bite; to snap; to mark with the teeth; to seize ...1887 Sc.
• NESP to bite, to snap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-BITE † to bite severely ...1382
• YAGGLE to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel ...1929 Sc.
• YARK to bite greedily; to drink ...1901 Sc.
BITING - adjectives
• TEETHY having many or large teeth; biting; given to biting ...1835 Sc.
BITTER, BITTERNESS - adjectives
• ACERBIC * of a sour, harsh, or severe character; bitter and sharp, esp. in speech, manner, or temper ...1865
• ACRIMONIOUS bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid ...1612 arch.
• ACROAMARE †* pungently bitter ...1657
• APPLE FRITTER emotionally bitter ...2000s rhyming sl.
• BASK bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERED cross, querulous; ill-tempered, spiteful, bitter ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ELLER sour, bitter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLFUL †* full of gall; bitter, malignant ...1596
• GARGIE bitter ...1916 Sc.
• HASK bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HASKY harsh, bitter ...1878 Eng. dial.
• RANCOROUS having, or partaking of, the nature of rancour; bitter, resentful, spiteful ...1590
• RANCOURING making bitter ...a1814
• SALTY bitter ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1638
• SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1859
• VITIOUS spiteful, revengeful, bitter, implacable ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VITRID angry, malicious, vicious, bitter ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VITRIT angry, malicious, vicious, bitter ...1885 Eng. dial.
bitter, bitterness - nouns
• ACERBITUDE † sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness ...1731
• ACERBITY 1. of men, their words and actions: sharpness mingled with bitterness, keen harshness ...1572
2. sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste ...1611
• ACID rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness ...1768
• ACRIMONY sharp or irritating bitterness of temper or manner ...1618
• ACRITUDE †* bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity ...1675
• EAGERNESS † bitterness, irritability ...1475
• GALL bitterness, spite, malice; a grudge ...1768 Sc.
• GLYCYPICRON † something composed of sweet and bitter ...1599
• NEEDLE resentment, bitterness, irritation ...L19 sl.
• RANCOROUSNESS long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; bitterness ...1727
• RANCOUR inveterate and bitter ill-feeling, grudge, or animosity; malignant hatred or spitefulness; bitterness ...a1300
• RANKLE * rankling thought or feeling; an instant bitterness ...1795
• SOUR-SOP a bitter remark ...B1900 Eng. dial.
bitter, bitterness - verbs
• HAVE A WORM IN ONE'S TONGUE to be bitter in speech; to be cantankerous; to snarl and bite like a mad dog ...1759
• RANCOUR † to have rancorous feelings; to rankle, to be bitter ...1530 now rare or obs.
• SAUCE † to make bitter ...1614
BITTERLY - adverbs
• EAGERLY † angrily, fiercely, bitterly, malignantly ...1377
• HATELY † fiercely, bitterly; scornfully, hatefully ...c1000
• RANCOROUSLY bitterly, spitefully ...1767
BITTER-TEMPERED - adjectives
• ACRIMONIOUS. bitter and irritating in disposition or manner; bitter-tempered ...1775
BIZARRE - adjectives
• BIZARRO bizarre ...1971 US sl.
• BIZZURD bizarre, absurd ...2003 UK sl.
• FAR OUT bizarre, eccentric, strange ...1920s sl.
• FREAKY odd, bizarre ...1895 US sl.
• FUNNY-TIME strange, bizarre ...1950s US Black sl.
• GOOEY bizarre, strange ...1900s US college sl.
• GONZO crazed; having a bizarre style ...1971 US sl.
• GONZOID crazed; having a bizarre style ...1979 US sl.
• ILK unpleasant, bizarre, distasteful ...2000s US Black sl.
• ILL bizarre, surprising ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• KINKY 1. odd, bizarre, eccentric ...M19 US sl.
2. attractive or provocative in a bizarre way ...colloq.
• LIKE A MONKEY ON A STICK behaving in an eccentric, bizarre manner ...L19 sl.
• MENTAL used as an intensifier meaning wonderful, bizarre, terrifying according to context ...1990s sl.
• OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• OFF-THE-WALL bizarre, unusual ...1937 sl.
• RANDOM eccentric, bizarre, odd ...1980s US college & teen sl.
• SICK of poor quality, unfashionable, unappealing, weak, bizarre ...M19 US campus sl.
• SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
bizarre - person
• BIZARRO - a bizarre person ...1980 US sl.
• DOOFLUS - a bizarre, eccentric person ...1930s US Black & teen sl.
• DOUFAS - a bizarre, eccentric person ...1930s US Black & teen sl.
• DOUFUS - a bizarre, eccentric person ...1930s US Black & teen sl.
• HEADCASE - a person whose behaviour is violent and unpredictable, bizarre, or markedly eccentric; such a person characterized as mentally ill or unstable ...1965 sl.
• HEADER - a psychotic; a mentally deranged person; an unstable or bizarre person ...1965 sl.
• KINK - a person having bizarre tastes or ideas, esp. one habituated to unconventional sexual practices ...1964 Amer. sl.
• ODDBALL - a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless ...1940 Amer. colloq.
• SNAP CASE - a bizarre person ...1960s Amer. sl.
• ZOMBIE - a weird and frightening person; a weird or bizarre looking person; a person exhibiting eccentric behaviour; a character...c1940 Amer. student sl.
bizarre - verbs
• FREAK OUT to make someone feel unsettled, astonished, or bizarre ...1964 US sl.
bizarre - interjections
• WHAT A TRIP! how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! ...1960s sl.
• BHOTIA a native or inhabitant of Bhutan, a country in the south-east of the Himalayas ...1813
BIAS - verbs
• EARWIG to urge, to importune; to pester with private importunities or admonitions; to influence or bias a person by secret communications ...1837
• TAMPER † to bias, affect, influence, sway a person, his mind, passions, etc.; to disaffect ...1687
BIASED - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † unduly affected, biased, prejudiced, partial ...1530
• AFFECTIONATED † unduly inclined or biased; swayed by affection; partial ...1586
• AFFECTIONED † swayed by affections; biased, partial ...1589
• WRONG FOR biased against ...1970s US criminals' sl.
biased - adverbs
• SINISTERLY † with a bias towards the worst view ...1529
biased - nouns
• AFFECT † biased feeling, partiality ...1557
• AFFECTION † biased feeling, partiality ...1547
BIB - nouns
• DICKY * a child's bib ...1882 Eng. dial.
BIBLE - adjectives
• BIBLE BASHING aggressively expounding or following the Bible ...colloq.
• BIBLE-BANGING aggressively expounding or following the Bible ...colloq.
• BIBLE-POUNDING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner ...1951 sl.
• BIBLE-PUNCHING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner ...1951 sl.
• BIBLE-THUMPING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner ...1951 sl.
Bible - nouns
• BIBLIOCLASM destruction of books, or of the Bible ...1864
• BIBLIOLATRY excessive reverence for the mere letter of the Bible ...1847
• BIBLIOMANCY divination by books, or by verses of the Bible ...1753
• BIBLIOTHECA in Old English: the Scriptures, the Bible ...c1000
• BIBLISM adherence to the Bible as the sole rule of faith ...1879
• CALFSKIN the Bible ...1845 Amer. dial.
Bible - person
• BIBLE-BANGER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in an aggressive way, esp. an evangelical member of the clergy ...1942 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• BIBLE-BASHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1958
• BIBLE-BIGOT a person who is obstinately devoted to the Bible; applied esp. to the Methodists, sometimes contemptuously ...1766
• BIBLE-CLERK a student of the Bible ...1626
• BIBLE-POUNDER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1889 sl.
• BIBLE-PUNCHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1917
• BIBLER † a student or reader of the Bible ...1538
• BIBLE-READER a reader of the Bible; also, one employed to read the Bible from house to house; a clergyman, a preacher ...1548
• BIBLE-STUDENT one who reads the Bible ...1853
• BIBLE-THUMPER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman ...1923 sl.
• BIBLE-WOMAN one employed to read the Bible from house to house ...1859
• BIBLICIST a professed adherent of the letter of the Bible; one well versed in the BIble ...1837
• BIBLIOCLAST a destroyer of books, or of the Bible ...1884
• BIBLIOLATER one who has an extravagant admiration of a book, or excessive reverence for the mere letter of the Bible ...1847
• BIBLIOLATRIST one who pays undue regard to books; a book-worshipper; specificially, one who is supposed to regard the Bible with undue or extravagant respect; a worshipper of the Bible ...1826
• BIBLIST 1. one who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith ...1562
2. a biblical student ...1653
Bible - verbs
• SMACK CALFSKIN to swear on the Bible ...M19 sl.
BICKER, BICKERING - adjectives
• AT LOGGERHEADS in strong disagreement or conflict, at odds, engaged in bickerings or disputes ...1775 Amer. dial.
bicker, bickering - nouns
• BEAR-GARDEN noisy domestic bickering ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BELTER a heavy blow; a succession of blows; bickering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAMMING altercation, bickering, quarrelling ...1868 Eng. dial.
• JANGLE contention, altercation, bickering ...1641
• RAGGLE a wrangle, a dispute ...Bk1905 Sc.
bicker, bickering - verbs
• CAM to cross, to contradict, to bicker, to argue ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FRABBLE * to bicker, wrangle ...1885
• HAGGLE to chatter; to quarrel, to bicker ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• KIM-KAM to bicker, to argue, to retort; to use pert language ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLE to argue, to wrangle, to dispute, to bicker, to banter ...1866 Sc.
• TIG-TAG to continue in reciprocal action; to bicker; to haggle in bargaining ...1643 Sc.
• UMPERLODGE to contradict, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE to quarrel, wrangle, bicker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
BICYCLE - adjectives
• BICYCLIAN * relating to a bicycle; belonging to a person who (habitually) rides a bicycle ...1880
• BICYCLIC * relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling ...1869
• BICYCLICAL relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling ...1869
• BICYCULAR * relating to a bicycle or to the activity of cycling ...1869
bicycle - adverbs
• AWHEEL on a cycle, cycling ...1888
bicycle - nouns
• APE HANGERS long steering handles on a bicycle or motorcycle ...Amer. sl.
• BICYCLISM * the activity or art of riding a bicycle; cycling ...1870
• BONE-SHAKER the early bicycle ...1865
• CROGGY a ride on a bicycle as a passenger ...Eng. dial.
• CYCLERY an establishment that displays, deals in, or rents out bicycles; a bicycle shop ...1886
• CYCLISM * the use of bicycles or other cycles ...1890
• CYCLO-CROSS cross-country bicycle racing ...1953
• DANDY HORSE 1. a velocipede, a cross between a child's hobby-horse and the most primitive of bicycles ...c1820 society sl.
2. a tricycle or bicycle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEADLY TREADLY a bicycle ...2003 Aust. sl., rhyming elaboration of 'treadly' with the suggestion that it is risky to ride
• DINK a ride on the handlebar of a bicycle; a lift on a bicycle, or, formerly, a horse ...1934 Aust. sl.
• FAIRY CYCLE a child's bicycle, roughly half the size of an adult's ...1930s colloq.
• HIGH MAGGIE an old-fashioned ladies' bicycle ...20C Ireland
• HIGH NELLIE an old-fashioned ladies' bicycle ...20C Ireland
• IRON-HORSE a tricycle or bicycle ...1875 sl.
• JIGGER a bicycle or small motor vehicle or hand-car ...1897 colloq.
• KANGAROO a form of bicycle with sloping backbone, introduced in 1884 early form of the safety bicycle ...1884
• MANGLE a bicycle ...M20 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MOUNT, THE one's bicycle ...c1930 Brit. services' jocular
• QUADRUPLET a bicycle for four riders ...1895
• RATTLER a bicycle ...1922 sl.
• SADDLER a ride on a bicycle's saddle while another person pedals ...1979 UK sl.
• SICKLE n. a bicycle ...Brit. sl.
• VELOCIPEDE an early form of bicycle propelled by pushing along the ground with the feet ...1849-50
bicycle - person
• BICYCLER a person who rides a bicycle ...1869
• BIKER orig. a cyclist, a person who rides a bicycle ...1883 colloq.
• CADS ON CASTORS bicyclists ...1880 sl.
• CYCLE-MAN 1. a man who rides a bicycle, esp. as a sport ...1887
2. a man who repairs or sells bicycles ...1900
• CYCLER a cyclist ...1876
• GUTTER BUNNY a commuter who bicycles to work ...1996 US mountain bikers' sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE WHEEL a cyclist ...1890
• MONKEY ON A GRIDIRON a cyclist ...1911 sl.
• MONKEY ON A WHEEL (derogatory) a bicyclist ...L19 sl.
• SCHLEMIELS ON WHEELS bad or reckless drivers, motorcyclists, or cyclists ...Brit. sl.
• SCORCHER one who cycles or motors furiously ...1885 colloq.
• TANDEMER one who rides a tandem bicycle or tricycle ...1894
• TANDEMIST one who rides a tandem bicycle or tricycle ...1885
• YELLOW JERSEY in a cycling race involving stages, esp. the Tour de France: the winner or wearer of a yellow racing jersey worn each day by the rider who is ahead on time over the whole race to that point; the rider with the shortest overall time is presented with the jersey at the finish of the race ...1991
bicycle - verbs
• BONE-SHAKE to ride one of the early bicycles ...c1867 sl.
• CROG to ride on a bicycle as a passenger ... Eng. dial.
• DINK to give a ride on the handlebar of a bicycle to, or formerly on a horse...1932 Aust. sl.
• DIP to swerve through traffic on a bicycle ...1985 Bermuda sl.
• TOW to give someone a ride on one's bicycle ...1968 Amer. dial.
BIDDING - nouns
• BEHESTING †* bidding, command ...1583
BIG - adjectives
• BAUSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BAWSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BIERLY big, burly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIGASS big, important, or overly important ...1955 US sl.
• BIG-ASSED big ...1945 US sl.
• BIG-COCK big, huge ...1965 US sl.
• BOUNCING exaggerated; excessive, big ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BOUZY big, swelling, distended; fat, overgrown ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSAN very big ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTING very big; splendid ...1847 Amer. sl.
• CALLAWAMPUS big, fine, stout, grand ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• CATAWAMPUS big and fine ...1972 Amer. dial.
• CAWBAWN big ...Bk1892 Aust. bush sl.
• DICK-NAILING extraordinary, amazing, impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DIK heavy, beefy, fat, big, powerfully built ...1970 S. Afr.
• FAIR-SIZED reasonably large; fairly big ...1800
• GALAGANTING, GALLIGANTING large and awkward; awkwardly big, slovenly in gait ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HARD big, strong, robust, well-grown; full-grown ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HAWMERIN big and clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HUSKY said of a man who is big, vigorous, and muscular ...1869 sl., orig. US
• JEEROOSELY mighty, big, enormous ...1914 Amer. dial.
• JEEROOSLY mighty, big, enormous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• JOLLY big, great, plump ...M19
• LAMMING big, large, prodigious ...1956 Amer. dial.
• MAIN great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
• MAMMOTH very big, large, enormous ...1802 Amer. dial.
• MARDEL big, clumsy, fat ...1865 Sc.
• MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTEREST biggest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MASTIFF † burly, big-bodied ...1668
• MASTY † burly, big-bodied ...1665 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MERDAL big, clumsy, fat ...1865 Sc.
• MICKLE great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIGHTY big, large, great; extreme ...1774 Amer. dial.
• MONDO great in size, amount, prominence, or degree; big, huge; hence, extraordinary ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MONGO considerable, substantial, huge, big ...1974 US teen & campus sl.
• MONSTER excellent, very good; impressive, large, big, formidable ...1953 US sl., orig. Black usage
• MUCKLE great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NUI big, large, great ...1938 Hawaii
• ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMING very big, huge ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAWNY of a man: big and awkward; clumsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of things: big and strong, massive ...a1548
• SCOUTHIE, SCOWTHIE capacious, roomy, bulky, big ...1866 Sc.
• SKELPING big, large, stout, lusty ...1785 Eng. dial.
• SKOOKUM strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SLABBA-SLABBA big and fat; slobby, droopy ...20C W. Ind. Rasta usage
• TALL †* big, large, bulky ...c1430
• TEN-CARAT big; impressive; imposing ...Amer. sl.
• THUMPING large, great, big ...1869
• THUNGEING big, heavy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUSKY of a person: big ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
big - adverbs
• BASTIN' BIG very big ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
big - nouns
• BENDER a big or good specimen of its kind; a 'whopper'; anything exceptional or outstanding ...1842 Eng. dial.
• BLINGER something impressively big or large ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLUE ONE anything big ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BOOMER something big, large or notable of its kind ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BOOSTER something impressively big or extraordinary of its kind ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCER a big or large specimen of its kind ...1842
• BUSTER a remarkable person; something remarkable, extraordinary, excellent, or big or large of its kind ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DICK-NAILER anything satisfactory; something impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• JIM-DANDY something impressively big ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KEBROCK anything big and clumsy ...a1838 Sc.
• LARGE ORDER something big, exaggerated, or very difficult ...1930 colloq.
• MAMMOTH something that is very large or impressively big ...1824 Amer. dial.
• MOOSE a big man; an overweight girl; anything big ...M20 US Sl.
• RODGER anything big and ugly of its kind; a big, ugly animal ...B1900 Sc.
• STRAPPER anything big or bulky ...Bk1904 sl.
• THUMP a lump; anything rather big or large of its kind ...1896 Sc.
• THUSKER anything big or large and bulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIKUR anything very big ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPER anything very large; an astounding lie ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHALLOPER something impressively big ...1966 Amer. dial.
big - person
• BAFF a big, clumsy person ...a1868 Sc.
• BARROW WALLAH a big man ...19C Army sl.
• BAUSY a big, fat person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BICKER a person of rude, noisy manners; a big, stupid, bouncing person ...1866 Sc.
• BIG BRUISER a big, strong male, esp. one with a rough appearance or manner ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• BIG CASINO the most important or influential person in a place etc.; a big person ...1893 US sl.
• BIG DADDY a big man; often used as a nickname ...1972 US sl.
• BIGGIE a big person ...2011 US sl.
• BOUFFIN a big, stout person; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUNCER a big, fleshy girl or woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABER a big, coarse, clumsy man ...1925 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CLUMBUNGIE a big, thickset, clumsy person ...1908 Sc.
• DUNDERCLUNK a big, stupid person ...19C Sc.
• GAABRIL a big, uncomely person of an ill-natured disposition ...1866 Sc.
• GALLAYNIEL † a big, gluttonous, ruthless man ...1825 Sc.
• GALLIGANTER a hulking, big woman ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• GALOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, worthless or otherwise objectionable; a big, awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GARPAL a big, stout person ...1929 Sc.
• GILPIN a very big, fat or well-grown person; generally applied to infants or young children ...1825 Sc.
• GOGMAGOG † a giant; a man of immense stature and strength; a big strong person ...c1580
• HABBERJOCK - a big, stupid person who speaks thickly ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HANGY-BANGY - a big, lazy fellow, a good-for-nothing ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) - a big, coarse, cross-grained person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAWMERER a big, awkwardly built person with clumsy feet - one who works in a rough, noisy fashion ...1866 Sc.
• HEIFER a big, awkward, clumsy person; generally applied to women ...1957 Sc.
• HERCULES one who resembles Hercules in strength; a man of prodigious strength; a big man ...1567
• HUMDUDGEON a big, stupid person of an evil disposition ...B1900 Sc.
• JABB a big, lean, uncomely person ...Bk1866 Scot.
• KEBROCK a big, clumsy person ...a1838 Sc.
• KEELIN a big, awkward person, generally a woman ...1866 Sc.
• KELP a big, raw-boned youth ...1942 Sc.
• KELPIE a big, raw-boned youth ...1826 Sc.
• KILPIE a big, raw-boned youth ...1942 Sc.
• LOPPUS a large, clumsy person - a big, fat, ungraceful person ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MACK a person who is strongest or biggest ...Bk1994 US street sl.
• MANNO a big man ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MELL a big, strong, stupid person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOOSE - a big man - an overweight girl ...M20 US sl.
• PALLION - a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman - a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person - a wretch - a scold ...1920 Sc.
• PULLION - a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman - a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person - a wretch - a scold ...1920 Sc.
• QUILT - † a big, fat, clumsy person ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMAGIECHAN - a big, raw-boned, awkward, impetuous person ...1808 Sc.
• RAMMOCK - a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• REEVER - a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REGULAR HE-UN - a big, strong specimen of man ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR LOMBARD - a big, strong person ...1975 Amer. dial.
• REISKIE - a big person of boorish manners - generally applied to a female ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RODGER a big person of rude manners ...B1900 Sc.
• SCLAFFER a big, clumsy, flat-footed person; a flat foot ...1969 Sc.
• SCLATCH, SKLATCH a bungling, clumsy workman; a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow ...1808 Sc.
• TANKER a big, lean, ugly person ...1866 Sc.
• TARGER a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
• WIDDERER a big, stout, powerful person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WITHERER a big, stout, powerful person; a person of surpassing size ...1781 Eng. dial.
• YERK a big, hefty person ...1921 Sc.
• YIRPO a big, lumpy girl ...1929 Sc.
big - verbs
• BIG to make big, to magnify ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGGEN to grow big, to increase in size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGGER to increase in size; to grow bigger ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BIGAMIST - person
• BIGAM(E) - † a man or woman having two wives or husbands at the same time; one living in bigamy ...a1300
• BIGAMA - †* a woman living in bigamy ...1586
• BIGAMIST - a man or woman living in bigamy ...1633
• BIGAMUS - † one living in bigamy ...1543
• BRIGHAM YOUNG - a bigamist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BIGAMY - nouns
• TWI-WIFING † bigamy by a husband ...c1250
bigamy - verbs
• BIGAMIZE to commit bigamy ...a1861 US
BIGGEST - adjectives
• MASTEREST biggest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BIGOT - person
• ARCHIE BUNKER (derogatory) a man whose background, outlook, and behaviour are likened to those of the television character Archie Bunker, esp. a blue-collar worker having (and vehemently expressing) views considered ignorant or bigoted; also, a person characterized as having ignorant or bigoted views and a vehement, outspoken manner ...1971 US colloq.
• BANBURY MAN - † a Puritan; a bigot; a sour or severe man; a hypocrite ...Bk1889
• YACOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
• YAKOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
BIGOTED - adjectives
• BIGOTICAL † bigoted ...1678
• HIDEBOUND restricted in view or scope; narrow, cramped, bigoted ...E17
• NARROW-MINDED illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced; incapable of broad views ...1625
BIKINI - (see SWIMWEAR)
BILINGUAL - adjectives
• BILINGUOUS † bilingual, speaking two languages ...1730
BILL - adjectives
• WARM of a bill: exorbitant in its charges ...1892 colloq.
bill - nouns
• BAD NEWS the amount charged for service, esp. as stated on a bill or restaurant check ...1910 Amer. sl.
• DAMAGE the cost; the amount of the bill ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DAMPER a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant ...1886 UK society sl.
• GRUNT the bill, for food, drink ...1951 US sl.
• JACK a bill ...1930s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• JACK AND JILL a bill (account) ...c1890 rhyming sl.
• LAY †* a bill, score, reckoning ...a1300
• RECKLIN a reckoning, a bill, account ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SCOT the amount of a bill; an alehouse reckoning ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIP a bill, a reckoning ...1898 Sc.
• TAB the bill, credit, an IOU; used fig. to imply that an action, good, or bad, will be paid for later ...L19 US sl.
bill - person
• BAD PAY a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAD PAYMASTER a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEATER a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• BILL-JUMP a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DARBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. ...1920s US sl.
• DEADHEAD a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DERBY - a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. ...1920s US sl.
• GRABBER - a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HARDMOUTH - one who argues and resists when it is time to repay a load or to pay a bill ...1996 W. Indies sl.
• NO-ACCOUNT - a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR SKATE - one who does not pay his bills ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORT SKATE - one who does not pay his bills ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKINNER - a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TAD - one who attempts to avoid paying a bill ...1845 colloq. orig. & chiefly Amer.
bill - verbs
• CUFF to put a charge on one's bill ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DO THE NEEDFUL to pay a bill ...L18 sl.
• FOOT THE BILL to pay a bill ...19C sl., orig. US
• OK to pay someone's bill ...1940s US sl.
• OKAY to pay someone's bill ...1940s US sl.
• PICK UP THE TAB to pay the bill ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• RETIRE to take up and pay, as a bill when due ...1824 Sc.
• SCONCE OFF to run off without paying a bill ...M17 sl.
• SCONCE THE RECKONING to run off without paying a bill ...19C sl.
• SHOOT THE CROW to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond ...1887 Sc. sl.
BILLIARDS - adjectives
• TIGHT 1. in billiards: of pockets: having a small opening compared with the diameter of the balls ...1909 sl.
2. in billiards: said of balls when they are in contact ...1909 sl.
billiards - nouns
• ACADEMY a billiard room ...19C sl.
• BAT a pool or billiards cue ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BATOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BATTOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CANNON in billiards: a stroke in which the player's ball is made to hit one of the other balls in such a way as to glance from it and strike the second ...1839
• HAZARD † in billiards: one of the holes or pockets in the sides of a billiard table ...1598
• IVORIES billiard balls ...1830 sl.
• JENNY in billiards: a losing hazard into the middle pocket off a ball an inch or two from the side cushion ...Bk1896 billiards' usage
• JIGGER in billiards: the 'bridge' or 'rest' for the cue when a ball is beyond arm's length ...Bk1896 sl.
• LAMBETH WALK the chalk used in billiards ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MACE in billiards: a stick with a flat square head, formerly used for propelling the balls; now superseded by the cue ...1727 104
• MAST † in billiards: a kind of heavy cue, of which the broad end was used for striking ...1731
• MUD a billiard ball ...1993 US sl.
• TACK †* a billiard-cue ...1688
billiards - person
• BANGER - a clumsy, ineffective pool or billiards player ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• BILLIARDIST - a billiard-player ...1865
• BILLIARD-MARKER - a person who marks the 'points' made by each player, and keeps account of the progress of the game ...1775
• BISMARCKER - a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...c1866
• BLACKLEG - one who cheats at cards or billiards ...Bk1891 sl.
• BISMARQUER - a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...c1866
• HEELER - † a partner of a billiards gambler ...1883 criminals' sl.
• HIGH-UP MAN - a billiard player who lives by his wits, putting up 'at the hotel in style ... and busily reducing the bank balance of the local billiard players' ...1941 Aust. sl.
billiards - verbs
• CANNON in billiards: to play one's ball so as to make a 'cannon'; also, of the ball: to strike and rebound ...1844
• HAZARD † in billiards: to 'pocket' a ball ...1679
• STRING in billiards: to cast for play; each player to the top of the table to return to balk, the one nearest the bottom cushion then has the choice ...Bk1904 sl.
BILL OF EXCHANGE - nouns
• DRAUGHT ON THE PUMP AT ALDGATE a worthless bill of exchange ...B1790 Eng. sl.
• RAG MONEY banknotes, bills of exchange, etc. ...c1860 colloq.
• SHAVE an exorbitant premium on a bill of exchange ...M19 US sl.
bill of exchange - verbs
• SHAVE to charge an exorbitant premium on a note of exchange ...M19 US sl.
BILLOW - nouns
• BEAR †* a wave, a billow ...1250
• BERE †* a wave, a billow ...1250
• BIER †* a wave, a billow ...1250
BILL-POSTER - person
• PASTY - a nickname for a bill-poster ...1903 Sc.
BIND - nouns
• ABLIGATION † a tying up from ...1849
• SUBLIGATION † a binding or tying underneath ...1658
bind - verbs
• ABLIGATE † to bind or tie up from ...1731
• BETIE † to tie round, to bind fast ...1578
• BIN(N) to bind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADGE † to fasten, tie, bind, knot ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT 1. to make into a faggot; to bind or tie up in or as in a faggot ...1598
2. † to bind (persons) in couples; also, to bind hand and foot ...1607
• FAGOT to bind or truss, as sticks in a faggot ...17C colloq.
• I-BINDE † to bind ...c1000
• ILLIGATE †* to bind or fetter; to bind with a spell ...1658
• LAY NECK AND HEELS † to confine or bind securely ...1643
• LEAGUE † to bind, to connect, to join ...c1645
• LYE † to bind, to tie ...1621
• OOLD † to tie round with string; to bind, to whip ...1866 Sc.
• OOP to bind with a thread or cord; to splice ...1802 Sc.
• SUBLIGATE † to bind or tie underneath ...1656
• TAG to tie, to bind ...1825 Sc.
• TIE NECK AND HEELS to confine or bind securely ...1701
• TING to tie, to bind, to fasten together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMCAST to bind, to wrap round ...1887 Sc.
• YACKER † to lace or bind tightly so as to constrict; to pull tightly together ...1790 Sc.
• YARK † to draw stitches tight, to twitch, as a shoemaker in sewing; also, to bind tightly with cords ...c1430 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to draw stitches tight, to twitch, as a shoemaker in sewing; also, to bind tightly with cords ...c1430 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
BINDING - adjectives
• OBLIGATORIOUS †* obligatory; binding ...1602
binding - nouns
• BANDING-STUFF binding materials, such as string ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BINGE - nouns
• SKITE a jollification, a spree, a binge ...1869 Sc.
• TOOT a binge or a drinking spree ...L19 US. sl.
BINGO - nouns
• ALL THE FIVES 55 ...1943 UK
• BABY'S DONE IT in bingo: the number 2 ...1940s sl.
• BUTTERED BUN the number one ...1940s bingo usage
• BUTTERED SCONE the number one ...1940s bingo usage
• CHOPSTICKS in bingo, the number six ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
• DAD AT THE DOOR in bingo: the number 24 ...1960s rhyming sl.
• DANNY LA RUE in bingo: the number 52 ...2000s rhyming sl.
• DEAD ALIVE in bingo: the number five ...1981 UK sl.
• HALF-A-CROWN in bingo: the number 26 ...1940s sl.
• HALF-A-TON in bingo: the number 10 ...1960s sl.
• HOLE IN MY SHOE in bingo: the number 82 ...1960s sl.
• LEGS the number eleven in the game of bingo ...1933
• LEGS ELEVEN the number eleven in the game of bingo ...1917
• MONKEY'S COUSIN in bingo: the number 12 ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'dozen'
• OLD-AGE PENSION in bingo: the number 65 ...1940s sl.
• ONE FAT LADY in bingo: the number 8 ...1950s sl.
• POMPEY WHORE in bingo: the number 4 ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SPEED LIMIT in bingo: the number 30 ...1940s bingo usage
• UNCLE BEN in bingo: the number 10 ...1940s rhyming sl.
• UNLUCKY FOR SOME in bingo: the number 13 ...1940 sl.
• UP A TREE in bingo: the number 3 ...1980s rhyming sl.
BINOCULARS - nouns
• BINOCS binoculars ...1943 sl.
• BINS binoculars ...1971 sl.
• DOUBLE-BARRELS opera or field glasses ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BIOGRAPHY - nouns
• PEDIGREE biography ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
biography - person
• BIOGRAPHEE - one whose life has been written; the subject of a biography ...1812
• BIOGRAPHER - a writer of biographies, or of the 'life' of a particular person ...1644
• BIOGRAPHIST - a biographer ...1662
BIOLOGY - nouns
• BUGOLOGY biology ...Bk1904 Amer. college
• BUGS the subject of biology ...1963 school usage
biology - person
• BUGS the professor of biology ...Bk1904 Amer. college
BIRCH - adjectives
• BIRKEN birch, made of birch ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIRKIE abounding with birches ...Bk1898 Sc.
birch - nouns
• BIRK the birch tree ...1815 Sc.
• BIRKEN a birch tree ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRKENSHAW a small wood of birch trees ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRKS a coppice or small wood consisting chiefly of birches ...Bk1898 Sc.
BIRD (also see various names, as woodpecker, etc) - adjectives
• BALCH of birds: unfledged, bare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALD of birds: unfledged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLOW of birds: unfledged, without feathers ...1603
• DAP of birds: fledged, feathered ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GARRULOUS of birds or inanimate things: chattering or babbling ...1854
• HAGGARD †* of birds: in disordered or ragged plumage ...1615
• IMPLUME †* of a bird: unfeathered, unfledged ...1536
• RAGGED * of birds: having the feathers broken or irregularly disposed ...1508
• YAUPY of birds: having a loud, inharmonious cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bird - nouns
• AERIE the brood in the nest; the young of a bird of prey ...1594
• ALARM a cry of a bird or animal ...Bk1898 Ireland
• ALARM-NOTE the note of a bird when startled ...1879 Ireland
• ARGLE-BARGLE the sound made by seabirds ...1988 Can. sl.
• BALCHER a young bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALCHIN a young, unfledged bird ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BARE-BUB an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GOLLIN a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GOLLOCK a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GOLLY a newly hatched featherless bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARE-GORP an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATCHING an unfledged bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAL the nose; a bird's bill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBBLIN a nearly fledged chick of any bird ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRDEEN a young bird ...1895
• BIRDIE an affectionate or child's term for any (small) bird ...1792
• BIRD-KEEPING frightening birds off the crops ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-STARVING frightening birds off grain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-TENTING driving away birds from crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUEBEAK a young bird ...1898
• BOLCHIN a young, unfledged bird ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BOLSHIN a young, unfledged bird ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BRANCHER a young bird unable to fly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABINET the bed or nest of a beast or bird ...Shakespeare
• CAGELING a bird kept in a cage ...1859
• CALLOW † an unfledged nestling ...a1667
• CALLOW-WABLIN an unfledged bird ...1825 Eng. dial.
• COCKYOLLY-BIRD a nursery or pet name for a bird ...1837
• DANCER of a bird: one which moves about ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWN the first feathering of young birds; the hair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft feathery hairs of some seeds; anything fluffy ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DICK(E)Y a tame (caged) bird ...1844
• DICK(E)Y-BIRD a pet name for a little bird ...1854
• DRIFT † a flight of birds ...1486
• EASING-BIRDS sparrows and other birds which build their nests under the eaves of a house ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEATHER a feathered animal; a bird ...1601
• FEATHERDOM the realm of feathered creatures ...1885
• FILLILOO BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FLAGS * the long feathers on the leg of a hawk or falcon
• GAIBLICK an unfledged bird ...1923 Sc.
• GATE † of a bird, esp. a hawk: flight ...1340
• GIBLICK an unfledged bird ...1923 Sc.
• GOLLY-WOPPER BIRD an imaginary bird ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GOOFUS BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HACKLE the long shining feathers on the neck of certain birds, as the domestic cock, peacock, pigeon, etc. ...a1450
• HAPPY FAMILY a collection of birds and animals of different natures and propensities living together in harmony in one cage ...1844
• JARGON the inarticulate utterance of birds, or a vocal sound resembling it; twittering, chattering ...c1386
• JERK † of a bird: a short abrupt series of notes ...1766
• KEET a parakeet ...M19 Aust. sl.
• KILLYLOO a bird that can't be identified ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MARROW of animals or birds: a mate ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTER-PEN the chief feather of a bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUTE liquid bird dung; the dung of hawks ...16C colloq.
• NAKED GULL any unfledged bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEB the beak or bill of a bird ...c725 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NESCOCK an unfledged bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESCOOK an unfledged bird ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTCOCK † an unfledged bird ...1611
• NEST-BUB a young unfledged bird; also, the smallest bird in the nest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEST-COCKLE † the last-hatched bird in a nest ...1611
• NEST-GULP the smallest and weakest of a brood of nestlings ...1893 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BIRD the smallest bird of a brood or nest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the smallest bird of a brood or nest ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK † the last-hatched bird, or weakling of a brood ...1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESTLER a nesting bird; also, a little child ...1611
• NESTLING 1. a little bird brought up by hand ...c1696
2. the smallest and weakest bird of the nest ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIB the human nose; the beak of a bird ...1754 Sc.
• OOLOGY 1. the study or description of birds' eggs ...1831-7
2. the practice of collecting birds' eggs ...1883
• ORNITHON a place in which birds are kept; a poultry house; an aviary ...1870
• PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies ...1827 chiefly Eng. dial.
• PAIK, PAKE a female domesticated animal or bird; always used with an adj., as in 'auld paik' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PULLUS a young bird; a chick ...1765
• QUAWK of a bird: a caw, a squawk ...1899 Amer. dial.
• QUILLER † an unfledged bird ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFT a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals ...1718
• RAIK a flock of migrating birds ...1888 Sc.
• RAMAGE † the song or cry of birds ...1616
• RAPTORIAL a bird of prey ...1882
• RAW-GORBIT an unfledged bird; a half-grown boy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAW-GORLIN an unfledged bird ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RAW-GUTTLIN an unfledged bird ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RAW-POOT an unfledged bird ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• RENTERFUGE a rendezvous, esp. a place haunted by birds ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RICHARD a bird ...1960s rhyming sl. (Richard the Third)
• RICHARD THE THIRD a bird ...1960s rhyming sl.
• SCALDACHAN an unfeathered nestling ...1899 Sc.
• SCALDIE an unfledged young bird, a nestling ...1903 Sc.
• SCALDY an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTIE an unfledged bird ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUDDY an unfledged bird ...1865 Sc.
• SKALLEY an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLEY-BAULCHER an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLEY-BAULCHIN an unfledged bird; a fledgeling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKEIN a flight of wild fowl ...1851
• TALENTER †* a bird of prey with talons, as a hawk ...1620
• TENT an engagement to look after animals or birds ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VAMP the flapping sound made by a bird in beating its wings ...1912 Sc.
• VOLLIERE †* a large bird cage; an aviary ...1638
• WALLIDRAG the youngest of a family; the youngest bird in a nest ...1808 Sc.
• WALLIDRAGGLE, WALLYDRAGGLE the smallest, weakest, or youngest bird in the nest ...1788 Sc.
• WANTON † a sportive or roguish animal, bird, etc. ...1605
• WHIFFLE-BIRD an imaginary bird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHUTTER the sound of the flapping of the wings of a large bird, or of a flight of birds ...1831
• YAMMER † the cry of a bird ...1776 Sc.
• YANK an American bird ...1977 UK bird-watching sl.
• YAP the call or scream of a bird in distress; the plaintive chirping of chickens ...1824 Sc.
• YAUP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
• YAWP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
• YOP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
bird - person
• ACCIPITRARY a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey ...1633 arch. & hist.
• AVICULTURIST a bird-fancier ...1904
• BAT-FOWLER one who catches birds at night by dazing them with a light, and knocking them down or netting them with a large folding net on long poles, called a batfowling net ...c1440
• BIRD-BOY a boy who frightens birds from grain ...1850
• BIRD-DUFFER a bird-seller ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BIRDER 1. † a bird-catcher, a fowler ...1481-90
2. a breeder of birds ...1827
3. a bird-watcher, usually someone who knows a bit about birds and doesn't mind a little inconvenience in the cause of seeing them ...1945 orig. US
• BIRD-FANCIER one who takes pleasure in rearing birds ...1774
• BIRDICIDE a person who kills a bird ...1866
• BIRD-KEEPER a boy employed to keep birds off the crops ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-MAN 1. a man concern with birds; an ornithologist ...1697
2. a birdcatcher; a man that deals in birds ...Bk1795
• BIRD-MINDER one who frightens birds away from a crop ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CROW-HERD a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks ...1805
• CROW-KEEPER † a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks; also, a scarecrow ...1562
• CROW-MINDER a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks ...1805
• CROW-STARVER a boy employed to keep the crows from the crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CROW-TENTER a boy employed to keep the crows from the crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACKIE - one who robs a bird's nest ...1923 Sc.
• HERRIER - a plunderer, a rifler of birds' nests ...1715 Sc.
• OOLOGIST 1. one skilled in the study of birds' eggs ...1863
2. a collector of birds' eggs ...1891
• ORNITHOPHILITE - a lover of birds ...1876
• ROCKMAN - a bird-catcher: from the hazardous nature of his employment, being often suspended from the top of a perpendicular rock ...1798 Sc.
• TENT-BOY - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TENTER - a person engaged to look after animals or drive away birds ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TENTING-LAD - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YABOW - in bird watching: a non-birder who scares all the birds off ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
bird - verbs
• BAT of a bird: to beat the wings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATHER of birds: to take a dust bath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BILL of a bird: to strike with the beak ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BIRD-KEEP to frighten birds off new-sown corn and crops ...1863 Eng. dial.
• CAMP of birds: to flock together, gyrate in the air ...1879 Eng. dial.
• CAROL of a bird: to warble ...1595
• CARP † to sing or recite, as a minstrel; to sing, as a bird ...c1425
• FAN † of a bird: to flutter ...c1400
• GAKE UP of a bird: to ruffle the feathers ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GALE of birds: to circle about, as before a gale ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOW * of a bird: to cluck, to scream ...1825
• JERK † of a bird: to utter a short sharp abrupt series of notes ...1766
• KECK of a bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1844
• KECKLE of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1513
• LAAV of a bird: to hover in the air ...1898 Sc.
• OOLOGIZE * to collect eggs; to take the eggs from a nest ...1870
• QUARK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. dial.
• QUAWK of a bird: to caw, to squawk ...1821 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RACE †* of a parent bird: to impart its nature to its offspring ...1727-41
• SALLY of a bird: to glide through the air on motionless wings ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALE of a bird: to glide ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SCOOVE of a bird: to poise on the wings; to fly equably and smoothly ...1885 Sc.
• SCOVE of a bird: to poise on the wings; to fly equably and smoothly ...1885 Sc.
• SCUMBER of a bird: to discharge excrement ...1679 Eng. dial.
• SUM † of a bird: to complete its plumage ...1667 nonce use
• TAILOR to shoot badly at birds so as to wound rather than actually kill them ...L19 sl.
• TENT to attend to; to look after; to take care of; to watch or mind animals; to watch birds to drive them away ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAPE to kill small birds ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBER of a bird: to build its nest ...c897
• TWINK of a bird: to utter with a shrill metallic note ...1615
• WAFF of a bird; to move the wings in flight ...1834 chiefly Sc.
• WAFT † of a bird, winged insect: to pass by flying ...1682
• YALP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YAMMER of a bird: to utter a shrill cry; to sing loudly ...1838 Sc.
• YAP 1. to cheep, as a young bird ...1777 Ireland & Eng. dial.
2. of birds: to chirp in a plaintive manner ...1802 Sc.
• YARK of birds: to rise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAUP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YAWP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YIRM † to chirp as a bird ...1824 Sc.
• YOLP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YOPE to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
BIRD WATCHING - verbs
• DIP OUT in bird-watching: to fail to see the object of the quest ...1977 UK
BIRTH (also see CHILDBIRTH) - adjectives
• NATALITIAL † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1611
birth - nouns
• GRANNY FROLIC a party of adult womenfolk to celebrate the birth of a grandchild ...1984 Amer. dial.
• NAISSANCE †* origin, birth ...1490
• NASCENCE * birth ...1570
• NASCENCY the process or fact of being born or brought into existence; birth ...1682
• NATAL HOUR the hour or day of one's birth; birthday ...1704
• NATALITY * birth ...1483
• NATITIAL †* nativity, birth ...1612
BIRTH CONTROL - prepositions
• ON using the contraceptive pill ...1960s US college sl.
birth control - nouns (also see CONDOM)
• BACKSTOP a diaphragm (birth control) ...1938 Amer. sl.
• BAG a contraceptive diaphragm ...20C US sl.
• C contraception ...1997 US sl.
• CATCHER'S MITT a contraceptive diaphragm ...1984 US sl.
• FANNY HILL a pill, esp. the contraceptive pill ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• JACK, THE a birth control pill ...1970s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• LEMON DROP a contraceptive pill ...1970s US teen sl.
• RACK a card holding bubble-packed birth control pills; a one-month supply of birth control pills ...1970s US sl.
• PLAY ROOM a diaphragm ...1960s Amer. sl.
• ROMAN ROULETTE contraception using no other system than the 'rhythm method' as ordained by conservative popes ...1960s sl.
• RUBBER RING a contraceptive diaphragm ...20C US
• SHOWER-CAP a birth control diaphragm ...M20 US sl.
• TABLET a contraceptive tablet; the pill ...M20 euphemism
• VATICAN ROULETTE applied to the rhythm method of birth control, as permitted by the Roman Catholic Church ...1962 jocular
BIRTH DATE - nouns
• VINTAGE the year of one's birth ...L19 sl., orig. US
BIRTHDAY - adjectives
• NATAL † presiding over birthdays or nativities ...c1374
• NATALITIAL † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1611
• NATALITIOUS † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1646
birthday - nouns
• BIRTHNIGHT SUPPER a social gathering to celebrate someone's birthday ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GOLDEN BIRTHDAY the birthday on which your age and the date are the same, as celebrating a 10th birthday on the 10th ...1981 Amer. dial.
• NATAL † a birthday-feast ...1484
• NATAL HOUR the hour or day of one's birth; birthday ...1704
• NATALITIAL † a birthday celebration ...1652
• NATALS † birthday celebrations ...1597
• NATIVE DAY † natal day, birthday ...1546
• QUINCEANERA a young woman's fifteenth birthday celebration; a coming-out-party ...1989 Amer. Spanish settlements usage
birthday - verbs
• YEAR ONESELF to reach a birthday ...1964 Amer. dial.
BIRTHMARK - nouns
• BIRTHSCALD a birthmark ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER'S MARK a birthmark ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NATIVE NOTES †* birthmarks ...1658
• NATURE SPOT a birthmark, mole, or wart ...Bk1982 euphemism
• SIGNATURE † a naevus, a birthmark ...1682
• STRAWBERRY a birthmark ...c1866 sl.
BIRTHPLACE - nouns
• ARRIVANCE origin, birthplace ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BORNING GROUND the country of one's birth; one's native soil ...1889 Amer. dial.
• CALF-GROUND a place of birth, native place ...1864 Sc.
• CALF-YARD the birthplace or home of one's youth ...1818 Eng. dial.
• NATIVE the district of one's birth ...1818 Sc.
BISCUIT - adjectives
• HARD AS THE HOBS OF HELL said of 'hardtack' biscuits ...Bk2004 Amer. sl. Spanish-American War era
biscuit - nouns
• BAKE a biscuit ...1785 Sc.
• CATHEAD a biscuit, esp. a large one ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CLINKER a hard biscuit ...1900s US sl.
• PANTILE a hard biscuit, sometimes with jam spread on it ...M19 sl.
BISEXUAL - adjectives
• AC/DC bisexual ...1930s sl.
• ACE-DEUCE bisexual ...1970s US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY sexually active with or attracted to both males and females; bisexual ...1971 US sl.
• AMBIDEXTROUS bisexual ...1930s sl.
• AMBISEXTROUS bisexual ...1926 sl.
• AM-FM bisexual ...1987 Amer. sl.
• BI bisexual ...1956 sl.
• CHERRY COKE bisexual ...2001 UK sl.
• HALF AND HALF bisexual ...1975 US sl.
• KIKI bisexual ...1970 US sl.
• VERSATILE bisexual ...1959 euphemism
bisexual - person
• AC/DC - a bisexual person ...1930s sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY - a bisexual ...1980 US sl.
• ALL ROUNDER - a bisexual ...Brit. sl.
• AMBIDEXTROUS a bisexual ...Brit. sl.
• BEACH CHICK a bisexual girl associated with the beat generation ...1958
• BEAR a large, hirsute homosexual or bisexual man ...1989 orig. & chiefly homosexual usage
• BI a bisexual person ...1957 colloq.
• BICYCLE a bisexual ...1962 US sl.
• BICYCLE RIDER a bisexual male ..Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BIF a bisexual female ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• BI-GUY a bisexual male ...1973 sl.
• BIM a bisexual male ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• BIPE a bisexual ...1983 US sl.
• C. & A. a bisexual man - one who will have a stab at 'cunts and arseholes' ...Brit. sl.
• GATE-SWINGER a bisexual male ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• GILLETTE BLADE a bisexual woman ...1960s homosexual sl.
• GLB a Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual ...1992
• GLBT a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered person ...2004
• HALF-AND-HALF a bisexual ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
• HALF DYKE a bisexual woman ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• HALF-HET a bisexual ...1995 US sl.
• HALF-IRON a bisexual ...1989 sl.
• HAPPY SHOPPER a bisexual, one who shops on both sides of the street ...1999 sl.
• QUEEB a bisexual ...1988 US sl.
• SWITCHER a bisexual ...1966 US sl.
• SWITCH-HITTER a bisexual ...1960 US euphemism
bisexual - verbs
• GO BOTH WAYS to be bisexual ...1988 US sl.
• SWING BOTH WAYS to be bisexual ...1972 sl.
• SWITCH to act upon bisexual impulses ...1970 US sl.
BISHOP - person
• ABBA FATHER a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches ...1611
• APRON AND GAITERS a bishop ...B1912 Eng. sl.
• BISH a bishop; a chaplain ...1875 humorous
• BISHOPLET a little or petty bishop ...1878
• BISHOPLING a little or petty bishop ...Bk1888
• BISP † a bishop ...a1300
• BITE-SHEEP † a once-favourite pun upon 'bishop', as if = one who bites the sheep which he ought to feed ...1570
• GAITERS a bishop; a dean ...L19 sl.
• GIG-BISHOP a bishop who rides in a gig instead of a carriage ...1852
• LAWN-MAN † a bishop - used derisively ...1795
• LAWN-SLEEVES a bishop ...c1640
• MAGPIE † a derisive term for an Anglican bishop, from the black chimere and white rochet forming his ordinary ceremonial attire ...1664
• PAIR OF LAWN SLEEVES - a bishop ...M19 sl.
• SILK - a bishop ...L19 ecclesiastical usage
bishop - person, other
• BISHOPESS - 1. the wife of a bishop ...1672-5
2. a female bishop ...1853
BISON - nouns
• BOSS the American bison ...1848 US
BIT - nouns
• ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment ...1825 Sc.
• BABBYRAGGS small bits ...1902 Sc.
• BAT † a lump, a piece, a bit ...c1340
• BINDLE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BITTY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANCH a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DABLET a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIDGEN a very small bit of anything ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIDJAN a very small bit of anything ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAB a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABBIT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GABBOCK † a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1706 Sc.
• GABBOT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GAIBLOCH a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GLIM a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAIN a whit, a bit ...1884 Amer. dial.
• GROMMET a small particle, a little bit ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HALFPENNY † a small fragment, bit, or piece ...1599
• JAG a bit of anything ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.
• LICK a small amount; a bit; the smallest amount of something ...1853 Amer. dial.
• LICK AND A PROMISE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICK AND A SMELL a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOK a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALHAVELINS small matters, bits and pieces; odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; typically used of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANABLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAROLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVILINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MANAVLINS small matters, odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; bits and pieces, typically of food or small change ...1865 sl.
• MENTION a trifle; a little bit ...1892 Sc.
• MILLIN a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food; a bit of anything ...1900 Sc.
• NIDD a little bit or pinch of anything, as of bread, butter, etc., a tuft of hair, or the like ...1908 Sc.
• NIMMIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1808 Sc.
• NIMP a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1808 Sc.
• NIMPIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment ...1915 Sc.
• NIMSH a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment ...1910 Sc.
• NIMSHIE a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment ...1919 Sc.
• NOT ENOUGH TO DUST A FIDDLE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SCOW a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles ...1882 Sc.
• SCRANATION a small bit of anything ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRID a piece, a scrap, a bit ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SHIVER a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SINGSONG SUM a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKOSH a little bit ...1940s orig. US military usage
• SKRID a small piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SMATTER a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMIDGEN a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITCH a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITCHEL a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITHER a bit, a fragment ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SNACK a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIFF a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIPPET a bit ...M17
• SNITCH a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPURT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUID a piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SUSPICION a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE a portion, an extract, a bit ...1930s US sl.
• TASTE a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIDDY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINE † a very little space, time, or amount; a bit ...c1420
• WARA-WARA bits and pieces ...20C W. Indies
• WIBBET a little piece, a wee bit ...Bk1869 Eng. dial. (Lancashire)
• WIDDY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITTY-BIT a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRINKLE a bit, a small amount ...M19 US sl.
BITCHY - person
• DOG'S MOTHER a bitchy person ...Bk2006 US euphemism
BITE - nouns
• FANG a bite ...1988 Aust. sl.
• GAFS a snap, a pretended bite of a dog ...1931 Sc.
• HANCH a voracious snap or snatch; an attempt to bite from behind ...1808-18 & N. Ireland
• MONKEY BITE a hickey, a mark made on the skin by amorous biting ...1942 Amer. sl.
• NAG a bite, snap ...1887 Sc.
• NIB a nibble, a cautious bite ...1909 Amer. dial.
bite - verbs
• ABITE † to bite, to nip, to taste ...c1000
• GANCH to snap with the teeth; to snarl, to bite, to gnash the teeth ...1891 Sc.
• HANCH to snatch, to snap at or bite with violent or noisy action of the jaws; said of large dogs, wild beasts, cannibals, or greedy men ...a1400-50 now chiefly Sc.
• KNABBLE † to bite, to gnaw, to nibble ...1567
• KNUB † to bite something gently; to nibble ...a1652
• NAB to bite gently; to nibble ...1678 Eng. dial.
• NAG to bite; to snap; to mark with the teeth; to seize ...1887 Sc.
• NESP to bite, to snap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-BITE † to bite severely ...1382
• YAGGLE to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel ...1929 Sc.
• YARK to bite greedily; to drink ...1901 Sc.
BITING - adjectives
• TEETHY having many or large teeth; biting; given to biting ...1835 Sc.
BITTER, BITTERNESS - adjectives
• ACERBIC * of a sour, harsh, or severe character; bitter and sharp, esp. in speech, manner, or temper ...1865
• ACRIMONIOUS bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid ...1612 arch.
• ACROAMARE †* pungently bitter ...1657
• APPLE FRITTER emotionally bitter ...2000s rhyming sl.
• BASK bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERED cross, querulous; ill-tempered, spiteful, bitter ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ELLER sour, bitter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLFUL †* full of gall; bitter, malignant ...1596
• GARGIE bitter ...1916 Sc.
• HASK bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HASKY harsh, bitter ...1878 Eng. dial.
• RANCOROUS having, or partaking of, the nature of rancour; bitter, resentful, spiteful ...1590
• RANCOURING making bitter ...a1814
• SALTY bitter ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1638
• SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1859
• VITIOUS spiteful, revengeful, bitter, implacable ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VITRID angry, malicious, vicious, bitter ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VITRIT angry, malicious, vicious, bitter ...1885 Eng. dial.
bitter, bitterness - nouns
• ACERBITUDE † sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness ...1731
• ACERBITY 1. of men, their words and actions: sharpness mingled with bitterness, keen harshness ...1572
2. sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste ...1611
• ACID rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness ...1768
• ACRIMONY sharp or irritating bitterness of temper or manner ...1618
• ACRITUDE †* bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity ...1675
• EAGERNESS † bitterness, irritability ...1475
• GALL bitterness, spite, malice; a grudge ...1768 Sc.
• GLYCYPICRON † something composed of sweet and bitter ...1599
• NEEDLE resentment, bitterness, irritation ...L19 sl.
• RANCOROUSNESS long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; bitterness ...1727
• RANCOUR inveterate and bitter ill-feeling, grudge, or animosity; malignant hatred or spitefulness; bitterness ...a1300
• RANKLE * rankling thought or feeling; an instant bitterness ...1795
• SOUR-SOP a bitter remark ...B1900 Eng. dial.
bitter, bitterness - verbs
• HAVE A WORM IN ONE'S TONGUE to be bitter in speech; to be cantankerous; to snarl and bite like a mad dog ...1759
• RANCOUR † to have rancorous feelings; to rankle, to be bitter ...1530 now rare or obs.
• SAUCE † to make bitter ...1614
BITTERLY - adverbs
• EAGERLY † angrily, fiercely, bitterly, malignantly ...1377
• HATELY † fiercely, bitterly; scornfully, hatefully ...c1000
• RANCOROUSLY bitterly, spitefully ...1767
BITTER-TEMPERED - adjectives
• ACRIMONIOUS. bitter and irritating in disposition or manner; bitter-tempered ...1775
BIZARRE - adjectives
• BIZARRO bizarre ...1971 US sl.
• BIZZURD bizarre, absurd ...2003 UK sl.
• FAR OUT bizarre, eccentric, strange ...1920s sl.
• FREAKY odd, bizarre ...1895 US sl.
• FUNNY-TIME strange, bizarre ...1950s US Black sl.
• GOOEY bizarre, strange ...1900s US college sl.
• GONZO crazed; having a bizarre style ...1971 US sl.
• GONZOID crazed; having a bizarre style ...1979 US sl.
• ILK unpleasant, bizarre, distasteful ...2000s US Black sl.
• ILL bizarre, surprising ...1990s US Black & teen sl.
• KINKY 1. odd, bizarre, eccentric ...M19 US sl.
2. attractive or provocative in a bizarre way ...colloq.
• LIKE A MONKEY ON A STICK behaving in an eccentric, bizarre manner ...L19 sl.
• MENTAL used as an intensifier meaning wonderful, bizarre, terrifying according to context ...1990s sl.
• OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• OFF-THE-WALL bizarre, unusual ...1937 sl.
• RANDOM eccentric, bizarre, odd ...1980s US college & teen sl.
• SICK of poor quality, unfashionable, unappealing, weak, bizarre ...M19 US campus sl.
• SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
bizarre - person
• BIZARRO - a bizarre person ...1980 US sl.
• DOOFLUS - a bizarre, eccentric person ...1930s US Black & teen sl.
• DOUFAS - a bizarre, eccentric person ...1930s US Black & teen sl.
• DOUFUS - a bizarre, eccentric person ...1930s US Black & teen sl.
• HEADCASE - a person whose behaviour is violent and unpredictable, bizarre, or markedly eccentric; such a person characterized as mentally ill or unstable ...1965 sl.
• HEADER - a psychotic; a mentally deranged person; an unstable or bizarre person ...1965 sl.
• KINK - a person having bizarre tastes or ideas, esp. one habituated to unconventional sexual practices ...1964 Amer. sl.
• ODDBALL - a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless ...1940 Amer. colloq.
• SNAP CASE - a bizarre person ...1960s Amer. sl.
• ZOMBIE - a weird and frightening person; a weird or bizarre looking person; a person exhibiting eccentric behaviour; a character...c1940 Amer. student sl.
bizarre - verbs
• FREAK OUT to make someone feel unsettled, astonished, or bizarre ...1964 US sl.
bizarre - interjections
• WHAT A TRIP! how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! ...1960s sl.