REVERSE DICTIONARY
B
BO - BON
BOAR - see PIG
BOARD, BOARDING HOUSE - see LODGING
BOARD (wood) - nouns
• TABLE † a board or plank ...1390
• TABULATION †* a fastening together of planks or boards, a making a floor ...1658
• THEAL † a board, a plank, a joist ...1609 Eng. dial.
• THEALE † a board, a plank, a joist ...1609 Eng. dial.
board (wood) - verbs
• TABULATE †* to board a floor or other place; to make thing of boards ...1656
BOARDING SCHOOL - nouns
• TABLING SCHOOL † a boarding-school ...1660
BOAST, BOASTFUL, BOASTING - adjectives
• ALL MOUTH boastful; unable to back up words with deeds ...1996 Barbados
• ALL PISS AND WIND boastful ...1961
• ALL WIND AND PISS boastful; not backing up words with action ...1961 UK sl.
• ALL WIND AND WATER boastful; not backing up words with action ...1961 UK sl.
• AMPULLOUS † inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious ...1622
• BELCHING bragging, boasting, like an empty windbag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGETY, BIGGEDY, BIGGETY, BIGGIDY, BIGGITY, BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BIG-TALK boastful, blustering ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BLOUTERING boasting, bragging ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW-HARD boastful, blustering ...1855 US
• BOASTIVE †* given to boasting, boastful, presumptuous ...a1763
• BOBADILIAN blustering, boasting, swaggering ...1803
• BOBBEROUS boastful, proud ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOUNCEABLE bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRAGGADOCIOUS boastful ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BRAGGAND boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAGGIE boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAGGY bragging, boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAVASHING †* boasting, swaggering, blustering ...1652
• CRAPPY boastful ...Bk1934 college sl.
• FALSE proud, vain, boastful ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANFARON boastful, bragging ...1670-98
• FATMOUTH boastful, noisy, verbose ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• FAT-MOUTHED boastful, noisy, verbose ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• GAUSTERING imperious, boasting ...1824 Eng. dial.
• GLASTRIOUS contentious; boastful ...B1900 Sc.
• HIGH IN TOOTH arrogant, boastful ...L19 sl.
• JACTANT * boastful, boasting ...1839
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MAGNILOQUOUS † magniloquent ...1727
• MASSY self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUCKFOODLE boastful, bragging ...1885 Eng. dial.
• REARING excited; talking loudly and boastingly; mocking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RODOMONT bombastic, boasting, braggart ...1626 arch.
• RODOMONTADE bragging, boastful, ranting ...M18
• RODOMONTADO † bragging, boastful, ranting ...M17
• SEDITTY arrogant, boastful, showing off ...1968 US sl.
• SIDIDY arrogant, boastful, showing off ...1968 US sl.
• SIDITY arrogant, boastful, showing off ...1968 US sl.
• THRASONICAL given to bragging, boasting; exhibiting ostentation ...1564
• TONGUE-DOUGHTY valiant in speech; boasting, bragging ...1671
• TRAPPY loud and boastful, possibly insulting ...19998 UK sl.
• VAINGLORIOUS inordinately boastful or proud of one's own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain ...c1480
• VANDIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANNIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANTIE boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1789 Sc.
• VANTY boastful, proud, vain ...1724 Sc.
• VAPOURING having a fantastical, pretentious, or foolishly boastful character ...1649
• VAUNTFUL boastful ...1590 arch.
• VAUNTIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated; exultant ...1724 Sc.
• VAUNTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1724 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOGEROUS boastful; elated; keen ...1899 Sc.
• VOLAGEOUS boastful, airy-fairy, light ...1880 Sc.
• VOUSTY † given to boasting, vain ...Bk1905 Sc.
boast, boastful, boasting - nouns
• ADVERTISING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• AIR boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BAKED WIND boasting; empty talk; nonsense ...Bk1892 Amer. jocular
• BARNUMISM exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk ...1862
• BARRACKING bragging, boastfulness ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BAUGE a swaggering boastfulness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZOO idle, loud, or boastful talk ...Bk1892 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-COURAGE boasting. brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEOT † a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast ...a1000
• BIG-MOUTH boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BIG TALK boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BIG WIND boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BLAGUE pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting ...1837
• BLAH boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLARNEYFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAST a brag, a boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATHERSKITE boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BLAW a boast; a lie from ostentation ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST a brag, a boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUST a brag, a boasting narration ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOVIATION boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOW boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOWING boasting, bragging ...1873
• BOBANCE † presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity ...c1325
• BOSH boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BOUNCE a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger ...1714
• BOUNCING a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding ...1634
• BOZ-WOZ boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BROADCASTING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• B.S. boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BUCK, BUKH talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk ...1895 sl.
• BULL boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BULLDOCIA boastful and threatening language ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BULLSHIT boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BULL SHOOTING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BULL THROWING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BUSH boasting, bluster, 'tall talk' ...1840 Amer. dial.
• CRACKING boasting ...sl.
• CRAKE † a boast, brag or bluster ...17C
• DOG boastful or pretentious manner or attitude; flashiness ...1871 sl., orig. US
• FACE SHOOTING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• FACING † the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance ...1523
• FANFARONADE boisterous or arrogant language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this ...1652
• FLAMDOODLE nonsense; vain boasting; empty talk ...1833 Amer. sl.
• FLAPDOODLE boasting ...1833 Amer. sl.
• FLASH a boast, brag, or great pretense made by a spendthrift, quack, or pretender to more art or knowledge than he really has ...1748 sl.
• GAFF boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANDY † pert, foolish talk; a brag, a boast ...1866 Sc.
• GANDYING foolish, boasting language; exaggerating, lying ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GANGE † boasting ...1866 Sc.
• GAS boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASCONADE, GASCONNADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1709
• GASCONADO †* extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1809
• GASCONISM a spirit of boastfulness or vaunting ...1807
• GASOLOGUE a boastful conversation; a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASSING boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAUNGE † boasting ...1866 Sc.
• GLORIATION † the act of glorying; boasting; triumphant exaltation ...1504
• HARSTONE-TALK boastful talk, promises made at night and not intended to be kept in the morning ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HOT AIR boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT BLAST boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACTANCE * boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking ...1491
• JACTANCY boasting, boastfulness; vainglory ...1623
• JACTATION boasting, bragging, ostentatious display ...1576
• JACTITATION public or open declaration, esp. of a boastful sort; ostentatious affirmation; boasting, bragging ...1632
• KOMPOLOGY * boasting or vaunting speech ...1854
• LINE-SHOOT boastful talk ...1943 Brit. sl.
• LIP MUSIC bragging, boasting, teasing ...1992 US sl.
• MOUTH boastful but empty talk ...1935 sl., orig. US
• MOUTH SHOOTING boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOISE boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD BUCK boastful talk or insolence ...1895 sl.
• OLD TALK chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• ORAL CALISTHENICS boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PISS AND WIND boastful but empty talk ...1922 sl.
• POP-OFF a brash or boastful statement ...1930s US sl.
• RODOMONTADE a brag; a boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech ...E17
• RODOMONTADO † a brag; a boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech ...L16
• ROOSE † a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SELF BUILD-UP boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SELF-PUFFERY boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SIGNIFYING boasting, insinuating; esp. in the form of a ritual game of testing a rival's emotional strength by insulting their relatives ...1940s US Black sl.
• SIX-SHEETING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SKITE boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress ...1860 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SOUTH WIND. boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SPOOFFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPREAD EAGLE extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SPREAD-EAGLEISM extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SWANK boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress ...1854 sl.
• TALL TALK boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes ...M19 sl., orig. US
• TARANAKI BULLSHIT excessive boasting ...1940s NZ sl.
• TURKEY boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• VAINGLORINESS * vaingloriousness ...1820
• VAINGLORY glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting ...a1300
• VAPOUR † a fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast ...1614
• VAUNTAGE * a boasting, vaunting ...1818
• VAUNTERY 1. † vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show ...1491 obs. or arch.
2. † a boast, a vaunt ...1603
• VAUNTINESS * boastfulness ...1820
• VAUNTING 1. boasting, bragging ...c1340 arch.
2. a boast ...1793 arch.
• VAUNTINGNESS † boastfulness ...1727
• VAUNTISE † a vaunt or boast ...c1477
• VOUST a boast, brag, vaunt ...a1500 Sc.
• WIND boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• YELP † boasting, vainglorious speaking ...c888
• YELPING † boasting; proud or pompous talk ...a1050
boast, boastful, boasting - person (includes boaster)
• AIRJAMMER a big talker; a boaster ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ALLIGATOR MOUTH a boaster; a braggart; someone with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ...1950s US sl.
• ARETALOGER † one who brags or boasts of his own virtue or accomplishments ...1623
• BAG OF WIND (derogatory) a person who speaks or writes at length but says little of substance or value; a pompously verbose speaker; a boaster; also, a loud-mouthed but ineffectual person ...1816 colloq.
• BALLOON a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool ...1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
• BIG BLOW a boaster ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BIG DOING(S) a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully ...1932 US sl.
• BIG INJUN a nickname for a coarse, boastful man ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BIGMOUTH a loud, over-talkative person; a braggart, a boaster ...1834 sl., chiefly & orig. US
• BIGNADUO - a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs ...1943 W. Indies
• BIG SKITE - an arrant boaster ...Bk1995 NZ sl.
• BIG TALKER - a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart ...1902 sl.
• BILGE ARTIST - a braggart; one given to boasting ...1938 Aust. sl.
• BILGE LIZARD - a braggart; one given to boasting ...1960 UK sl.
• BILSH - a boaster, a braggart ...1923 Sc.
• BILSHER - a boastful person, one who brags ...1835 Sc.
• BLABBERSKITE - a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• BLADDERSKATE - a boaster ...1870 Sc.
• BLADDHER - a person who utters vulgarly foolish, boastful talk ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BLASTER - a boaster - one who exaggerates ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATEROON - † a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster - an idle talker ...c1645
• BLOW - a braggart - a boaster ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BLOW BAG - a braggart - a boaster ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLOW BELLY - a braggart - a boaster ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLOW BOY - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOWER - a braggart - a boaster - one who exaggerates ... 1859 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLOWFLY - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW GEORGE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOWGUN - a braggart - a loudmouth - a boaster ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOW GUT - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HAMMER - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HEELS - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HOLE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HORN - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HOT - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HOUSE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-OFF - a boaster - a braggart ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLOW PIPE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW TOP - a braggart - a boaster ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCE a boastful, swaggering fellow ...1819 colloq.
• BOUNCER a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar ...1834
• BRAGGY - a nickname for a braggart or an excessively boastful person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLY-JOCK - a pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow - a stupid boaster ...19C sl.
• BUCKSTICK - a braggart - a boaster ...1924 Anglo-Indian
• BULLSHIT ARTIST - a flatterer - an exaggerated talker - one who excels at boasting or lying ...1942 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHITTER - a flatterer - an exaggerated talker - someone who excels at boasting or lying ...1933 sl., orig. US
• BULLY-HUFF † a boaster who is also a bully ...1680
• BURGULLIAN † a braggadocio; a bully ...1598 nonce word
• FACER † one who puts on a bold face; one who boasts, blusters, or swaggers; one who possesses 'cheek'; a braggart; a bully ...c1515
• FALSE ALARM a braggart; a boaster ...1900s sl.
• FANFARON a bully, blusterer, or swaggerer; an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender ...1622
• FARE-MAKER † a boaster ...c1440
• FATMOUTH a braggart; a boaster; a loquacious talker ...1926 US sl., chiefly Black usage
• GABBER - a person who makes an extravagant boast or 'gab' (an idle boast) ...1869
• GABBLEBLOOTER - a loud talker; a prattler; a gossip; a boaster ...20C N. Ireland sl.
• GALLIVANTER - an incurable flirt; a boasting fellow ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALLIVASTER - † one who gallivants, esp. a gasconading or boasting fellow; including the idea of tallness ...1826 Sc.
• GANDIER - † a vain, boastful person - a bragger ...1868 Sc.
• GANDY - † a bragging, boastful person - a pert talker ...1790 Sc.
• GASBAG - a person who talks at length but says little of value; an empty talker; a long-winded orator; a 'windbag'; a gossip; a boaster, a braggart ...1841 sl.
• GASCON - * a person who resembles a Gascon in character; a braggart; a boaster ...1757
• GASCONADER - a braggart, a boaster ...1709-11
• GASOMETER - † a voluble talker; a boaster ...c1890 sl.
• GASSER - a talkative or boastful person; a chatterer ...1855 colloq., orig. US
• GLADIATHOR - a fine fellow; a roisterer; a fighter, a boastful, quarrelsome fellow; a keeper, one set to watch over anything ...1889 Ireland
• GLASTERER - a boaster, a braggart ...1622 Sc.
• GLORIOSER - † a boaster, a braggart ...c1589
• GLORIOSO - † a boaster; a braggart ...c1599
• GLUGGER - a vain, empty, foolish boaster ...Bk1910 Ireland
• HALF-PINT HERO - a boaster; a swaggerer ...c1930 Royal Air Force usage
• HOT DOG - a highly skilled person who is boastful or flashy ...1900 Amer. sl.
• JACK BRAG - a boaster - a vulgar braggart ...1579 sl.
• JACK BRAGGER - a boaster - a braggart ...1579 sl.
• JACTATOR - †* a boaster or bragger ...1656
• LINE-SHOOTER a boastful talker ...1942 Brit. sl.
• MIGHTY MOUTH a gossip or one who boasts ...1974 sl.
• MOTHER SUPERIOR a blow-hard; a blustering, boastful person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MOUNTEBANK a charlatan, a person who falsely claims knowledge of or skill in some matter, esp. for personal gain; a person who pretends to be something he or she is not, in order to gain prestige, fame, etc.; a boastful pretender ...1589
• MOUTH ARTIST a braggart; an empty boaster ...1927 US sl.
• MOUTHER a person who speaks in a boastful, verbose, declamatory, or foolish way ...1746
• MOUTH-OFF a braggart, a boaster, a chatterer ...1966 sl., orig. US
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER a fraud; a blowhard; a boastful or pompous person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• POP-OFF - a brash or boastful person ...1930s US sl.
• RAP - a disorderly, boasting person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RING-TAILED SCREAMER - a ferocious mythical animal - hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person - a loud-mouthed boaster ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RODOMONT - a great bragger - a vain or blustering boaster - a bully ...1598 arch.
• RODOMONTADO - † a great bragger or boaster ...E17
• SACRIPANT - * a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster ...1830
• SCOG - a braggart - a boaster ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCOGGER - a boaster ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOT a mean and utterly contemptible person; a scamp; a conceited boaster ...1822 Sc.
• SCRAFFLES - an empty boaster - a rascal ...1808 Eng. dial.
• SEGGER - †* a boaster - a braggart - one given to talking ...c1440
• SHITTER a braggart, a boaster ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SIGNIFIER one who boasts or makes insulting remarks ...1930s US Black sl.
• SKITE a braggart; a boastful person; a conceited person ...1897 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SNOLLYGOSTER a pretentious, boastful fellow; a shrewd, unprincipled fellow, especially a politician ...1846 US sl.
• SPANISH ATHLETE one who 'throws the bull'; one who talks nonsense; a braggart, a boaster ...1932 US college sl.
• SWANK a swaggering, showy, or boastful person ...1913 sl.
• SWANKER a swaggering, showy, or boastful person ...a1846 sl.
• SWANKPOT a boastful, self-opinionated person ...1914 Brit. sl.
• TAFFY-HEAD a braggart, a boaster, a 'big-head' ...1975 sl.
• TALL-TALKER a braggart; a boaster ...1867 sl.
• TROMBENICK - a boaster or braggart ...1931 US sl.
• TROMBENIK - a boaster or braggart ...1931 US sl.
• VAINLING - †* a vain or vainglorious person ...1615
• VAUNTER - a boaster or braggart ...1456 arch.
• VAUNTY - a boastful, vain person - a braggadocio ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VOLISHER an ostentatious talker; a boaster ...1825 Sc.
• VOUSTER - † a boaster - a braggart ...1678 Sc.
• WINDBAG a chatterer and a boaster ...20C US sl.
• WINDJAMMER a big talker; a boaster; a braggart ...1887 Amer. dial.
• WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WINNISTER a 'windbag', a braggart, a boastful person ...1931 Sc.
• WINNOWSTER a 'windbag', a braggart, a boastful person ...1931 Sc.
• WOOFER a person who 'woofs' or talks idly; a senseless chatterer or boaster ...1934 US Black sl.
• YELPER † a boaster ...1340
boast, boastful, boasting - verbs
• ABOAST †* to address boastfully or haughtily ...1377
• ADVANCE † to extol, to magnify in words; to boast ...1413
• ADVANT † to vaunt, to boast ...1541
• AIR ONE'S PAUNCH to boast, to brag ...1928 US sl., chiefly Western usage
• BARGE to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARK to boast, to 'crow' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARRACK to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BAUGE to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE BREEZE to talk, to boast ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BE JOHN AT NIGHT AND JACK IN THE MORNING to boast of one's intentions overnight and leave them unfulfilled next day ...1883 Eng. dial.
• BEOTE † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BEOTEN † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BEYELP † to talk loudly of, to boast of, to glory in ...c1330
• BLAST to brag, to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUST to brag, to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW ONE'S BAZOO to boast ...1877 Amer. dial.
• BOOST to boast, to laud ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BRAG ON to praise or boast about someone or something ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BRAIG to brag, to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACK to boast, to brag, esp. of one's good fortune ...B1900 Eng. dial. & US Black sl.
• CACKLE ONE'S FAT to brag, to boast; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view ...1940s sl.
• COCKERATE to boast, to brag ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACK ON to talk incessantly; to boast ...colloq.
• CRAKE † to boast, brag; to gossip ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CROW to exult loudly, to boast, to swagger ...a1529
• CRY ROAST MEAT † to announce to others a piece of private luck or good fortune; to boast about one's situation ...1638 now rare or obs
• EXTOL † to raise too high, to make too much of; to exaggerate, to boast of ...1504
• FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast ...1968 sl., orig. US Black
• FLING THE MELL to boast, to brag, to exaggerate ...1900 Sc.
• FRATCH to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAB to boast, to brag ...1825 arch.
• GAM to boast, to show off ...1920s US Black sl.
• GANDY † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GANGE to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib ...1866 Sc.
• GANIE † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GANNIE UPON to boast about ...c1915 Sc.
• GAS to indulge in empty talk; to talk idly or boastfully ...1852 sl., orig. US
• GASCONADE to boast extravagantly ...1727
• GAUNGE to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib ...1866 Sc.
• GAUSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GLORY to boast about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• GOWSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GOYSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• KEB †* to boast, to brag ...c1315
• KEEP A SWANNERY to boast; to boost one's own achievements ...L18 sl.
• KVELL to boast, to brag ...1967 US sl.
• LAIR to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast ...1920s Aust. sl.
• LAIRIZE to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast ...1920s Aust. sl.
• LARE UP to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast ...1920s Aust. sl.
• LINE-SHOOT to boast, to brag ...1942 Brit. sl.
• MAKE A VAUNT 8 to boast or brag ...1530
• MAKE BRAGS to brag, to boast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MANG to speak or talk, hence to boast ...1812 sl.
• OSTENTATE † to boast ...1670
• POP OFF to brag, to boast ...1960s sl.
• POP OFF AT THE MOUTH vb. to brag, to boast ...1960s sl.
• POP SHIT to boast; to talk nonsense ...1960s sl.
• RAIL †* to brag, to boast ...1530
• RAP to boast, to brag ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP OUT to speak angrily and quickly; to use bad language; to boast; to speak plainly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REAR to boast ...1898 Eng. dial.
• RODOMONTADE to boast; to brag; to rant ...L17
• ROOSE † to boast or be proud of something ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCAWT to boast, to give oneself airs; to walk arrogantly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOG to boast, to brag; to be self-important ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROG to boast; to praise ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL A WOLF to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie ...1970s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOLF TICKET to boast; to brag ...1960s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOOF to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie ...1970s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOOF TICKET to boast; to brag ...1960s US Black sl.
• SHOOT A LINE to boast, to brag ...1941 Brit. sl.
• SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly or at length, to assert one's opinions; to boast or brag ...1864 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SHOVEL THE SHIT to lie or boast excessively ...E20 US sl.
• SIG to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses ...1920s US Black sl.
• SIGNIFY to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses ...1920s US Black sl.
• SING to cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something ...c1386
• SKITE to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1857 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STACK IT to brag, to boast ...1999 NZ prison sl.
• STUMP to boast; to swagger ...1748 sl.
• SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off ...1809 sl.
• SWING THE LEAD to boast; to exaggerate ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TALK BIG to talk boastfully; to brag; to indulge in inflated language ...1699 colloq.
• TALK LARGE to boast; to talk big ...1833 Amer. sl.
• TALK TALL to talk boastfully; to indulge in inflated language ...1888 colloq.
• TAPER † to talk loftily, to boast ...1683
• TELL A WINDY to tell a boastful story ...1925 Amer. dial.
• THRASONIZE † to boast, to brag ...1619
• VAINGLORY † to exalt or make much of oneself unduly; to indulge in vainglory ...a1637
• VAMP to boast, to brag, to vaunt ...1877 Eng. dial.
• VAMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• VAPER to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1628
• VAUNT to boast or brag; to use boastful or bragging language ...1400s now arch.
• VOLK to boast; to speak admiringly of any person or thing; to flatter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VOMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• VOOST † to brag, to boast, to vaunt ...1790 Sc.
• VOUST to boast, brag, vaunt ...1513 Sc.
• WINDJAM to boast, to brag, to talk big ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WOOF to engage in behaviour, esp. speech, intended to impress, to boast, esp. menacingly, intimidate, or provoke; to bluff, to kid ...1931 Amer. dial.
• YELP † to boast; to speak vaingloriously ...c888
boast, boastful, boasting - interjections/phrases
• ARBROATH! a Scottish sporting catchphrase to anyone boasting ...1885 Sc.
• HE'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A CANARY ASS said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ...1950s US sl.
• HE'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A HUMMINGBIRD ASS said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ...1950s US sl.
• LIKE MALACHI'S CHILD, CHOKEFULL OF SENSE said of anyone who boasts of himself or of his children ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S MONEY WHERE ONE'S MOUTH IS to back one's boasting with suitable action ...1940s sl., orig. US
BOASTED - adjectives
• BRAGGABLE fit to be boasted about ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GLORIABLE † that may be gloried in or boasted of ...c1640
• OSTENTATE †* boasted, vaingloriously displayed ...1615
BOASTFULLY - adverbs
• BOUNCINGLY boastfully, blusteringly ...a1677
• VAUNTFUL * boastfully ...a1814
BOAT - adjectives
• NAVICULAR † pert. to or connected with boats ...1656
• NAVIGAL †* navigable; affording passage for ships or boats ...c1470
• RANK of a boat: top-heavy ...1898 Sc.
• TICKLISH of a boat: easily capsized ...1687
boat - nouns
• AGUN-BOAT a steamer ...1853 Anglo-Indian
• ARK any old, clumsy boat ...1965 Amer. dial. jocular
• BARGE † a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat ...1470-85
• BARK a rowing boat; formerly a large flat boat, a barge ...1598 now poetic
• BATELLE † a small boat, a skiff ...1330
• BOILING WATER a boat's wake ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOY DROWNDER an unsafe old boat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CANALLER a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
• CATTLE BOAT a party boat ...1970 US commercial fishermen's jargon
• COW TROFT an old, clumsy boat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DINKEY a small rowboat; an old, clumsy boat ...1849 Amer. dial.
• DINKY a small rowboat; an old, clumsy boat ...1849 Amer. dial.
• FAIR † a boat, in fishermen's tabu language ...1894 Sc.
• FAIRLOCK † a boat, in fishermen's tabu language ...1866 Sc.
• FAR a boat ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FARR a boat ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GUN a large surfboat for riding big waves ...Aust. sl.
• HACK an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship ...1916 Amer. sl.
• HAG-BOAT an old, clumsy boat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HANK the leeside of a boat ...1899 Sc.
• I'M AFLOAT a boat ...Bk19C rhyming sl.
• LARK a boat ...c1785 cant
• LET-BOAT a rental boat ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MUTTERBOAT a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NACELLE †* a small boat ...1483
• NANNY a boat ...1930s rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
• NANNY GOAT a boat ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NOVIE BOAT a large, low-cost lobster boat built in Nova Scotia ...1888 US sl.
• PUTT-PUTT a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAM the keel of a boat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEVER anything large and quickly moving, as a blazing fire, a high wind, a swift boat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIGGER a racing boat ...Bk1903 Durham School usage
• SCOUT † a small boat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SEA SLED a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHANTY a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old, clumsy boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY-BOAT a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old clumsy, boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
• SKERRY † a small boat ...1540-1
• SKIPPET † a small boat or skiff ...1590
• SPEED BURNER a speedboat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAIL † the stern of a ship or boat ...1553
• TILT an awning over a boat ...1611
• TINNIE, TINNY a small aluminium boat ...1960s Aust. sl.
• WAFTAGE conveyance across water by ship or boat ...1590
• WALNUT-SHELL a light, fragile boat ...1614
• WUSSER a canal boat ..1880s
• YIRKIN the side of a boat ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
boat - person
• BARCAROLE an Italian boatman ...1854
• BATWARD a boatman; literally, a boatkeeper ...1825 Sc.
• BEACH-COMBER in the Pacific any kind of sailor adventurer; a river boatman ...Bk1890 sl.
• BIRTHMAN † a boatman ...1767 Sc.
• CANALLER one who lives on a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
• JACK - an attendant at a boat-house ...Bk1896
• MOTOR-BOATIST - * a person who uses a motor boat ...1908
• PADDLER - a person who paddles a boat, canoe, etc. ...1770
boat - verbs
• ANDOO to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide ...1866 Sc.
• CHOMP of a boat: to move vigorously forward ...1890 Amer. dial.
• LANCE † to launch a boat ...c1515
• LEAD † to guide or steer a boat; to guide or drive a carriage ...1377
• MOVE UNDER AN ASHEN SAIL to row a boat ...1975 Can.
• OIL-CAN of a boat: to make a hollow booming sound striking the water ...1990 US sl.
• SALLY to move or run from side to side; to sway a boat ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE DOWN to launch a boat ...1887 Sc.
• TITTUP of a boat: to toss with abrupt jerky movements ...1881
• WAG of a boat or ship: to rock ...1377
• WALK to move a boat sideways ...1989 US sl.
BOATHOUSE - person
• JACK IN THE WATER a handy man at a boat-house or landing-stage; a waterman's attendant, who helps passengers on and off boats ...c1835 colloq.
BOAT RACE - nouns
• FACE a boat race. esp. the Oxford and Cambridge ...L19 rhyming sl.
BOATSWAIN - person
• BAT-SWAIN - † an Anglo-Saxon expression for boatswain; a sailor ...Bk1855
BODY - adjectives
• APPLE-SHAPED characterized by a tendency to store fat around the abdomen, rather than on the hips or thighs ...1779
• CONSTRUCTED having an attractive body; generously built ...1950s Amer. sl.
• CUT-UP WELL looking good naked; having a good body ...19C Brit. sl.
• IN LUST attracted to another's body ...1963 Amer. sl.
• LONG-GEARED long-bodied ...1894 Amer. dial.
• MASTIFF † burly, big-bodied ...1668
• MASTY † burly, big-bodied ...1665
• PUT-TOGETHER well-built; usually said of a woman ...1960s Amer. sl.
• QUAGGY of the body or flesh: soft, yielding, flabby ...?1600
• SLAMMOCKY, SLAWMECKY, SLOMMACHY, SLOMMACKY, SLUMMACKY, SLUMMOCKY, SLUMMUCKY of a person's body: soft and flabby, out of shape ...1861 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• SMOOTH of a man's body: hairless ...1997 US sl.
• TIGHT of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely ...1697 arch. or Eng. dial.
body - nouns
• ABLACH a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition ...1875 Sc.
• ANATOMY one's body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks ...20C US
• APPLE-CART the human body ...B1790 sl.
• ARMOR a female's figure ...1997 US sl.
• ARSE (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ARTILLERY attractive female breasts; a shapely female figure ...1929 Amer. sl.
• ASS (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ASSHOLE one's body, person, or self ...1973 Amer. sl.
• BACKWARD † the hinder part of the body ...1627
• BELLY † the body ...c1275
• BOD a body ...Aust. sl.
• BONE-HOUSE the human body ...1870
• BONES the skeleton; the body; the mortal remains ...OE
• BONE WAGON one's body ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BOODY the female body ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOSS the front of the body from chest to loins ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDDY the body ...1990s W. Indies/UK Black teen sl.
• CAGE the body ...1973 US sl.
• CARCASE the trunk, the body ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CARCASS one's body; one's buttocks ...1957 Amer. dial.
• CARRION the human body, living or dead ...19C Brit. sl.
• CASE the body ...1547-64
• CHASSIS the female figure; the body ...1930s sl.
• CHOAD,CHODE the perineum; the flesh between the genitals region and the anus ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CLASSY CHASSIS an attractive figure ...1930s sl.
• COKE FRAME a curvaceous figure...1930s US Black sl.
• COTTON †* down or soft hair growing on the body ...1615
• EARTH the body ...a1600
• EAST AND WEST the breast or the chest; hence the upper body ...1923 UK rhyming sl.
• EUROPEAN ACCENTUATION a tapered body with jutting buttocks ...1950s gay sl.
• FIELD ARTILLERY attractive female breasts; a shapely female figure ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FREE SHOW a peek at a woman's breasts, thighs, or pelvic area allowed on purpose or by accidental circumstances ...20C US colloq.
• HABIT † the outer part, surface, or external appearance of the body ...1652
• HIDE AND HUE † skin and complexion; the visible outer part of the body
• HOT BEEF an expanse of exposed female flesh ...M20 US sl.
• HOT MEAT an expanse of exposed female flesh ...M20 US sl.
• HOT MUTTON an expanse of exposed female flesh ...M20 US sl.
• MAN-CASE † the body; physique ...1655 nonce word
• MUTTON one's person, self, body, or flesh ...L18 US sl.
• OUTWARD ADAM one's body, exterior, appearance ...1837 Amer. dial.
• PAN a woman's body ...20C US sl.
• PARK a woman's body considered as a source of pleasure for men
• QUARREN a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARROM a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARROME a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARROMES † the body ...1567 cant
• QUARROMS a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARRON † the body ...1641 cant
• QUARRONS a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• SOUL-CASE the body ...1699 sl.
• TOM NODDY a body, i.e. a corpse ...20C US rhyming sl.
• WORM-FOOD a dead body; a corpse ...20C sl.
body - person
• BUTTERFACE a female whose body is very attractive, but who has an unattractive face ...2000s US Black sl.
• FATTY CAKE a young woman with a plump, well-rounded figure ...20C sl.
• HARDBODY - a person with a physically toned body, typically as the result of exercise; a physically trim, muscular, sexually attractive person ...1980 colloq., orig. US
• ODD BOD a person with an odd body; a strange body ...20C US sl.
body - verbs
• QUETCH, QUITCH † of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir; in later use, to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STRUT ONE'S STUFF to show off one's body ...Bk1995 US sl.
body - phrases
• AROUND THE WORLD the oral stimulation of all parts of a partner's body ...1951 US sl.
BODY BAG - nouns
• BAGGIE a body bag ...1973 Amer. military sl.
BODYBUILDER - adjectives
• CARVED UP of a bodybuilder: without fat ...1984 US sl.
bodybuilder - person
• BB - a Body-Builder ...2005 US homosexual sl.
• BIG BOY - a massive bodybuilder ...Bk1997 weightlifters' usage
• HARDBODY - a female bodybuilder in excellent shape, with very good muscle tone ...Bk2006 bodybuilders' usage
• HULK an unusually large bodybuilder ...1980 US sl.
• MUSCLE MARY a homosexual man devoted to body-building and the resultant musculature ...1980s homosexual usage
BODYBUILDING - nouns
• MEAT-MARKET a body-building gymnasium ...M20 US sl.
• MEAT-RACK a body-building gymnasium .,..M20 US sl.
bodybuilding - verbs
• CHEAT in bodybuilding: to use muscles others than those designed for use in a particular exercise ...1984 US sl.
• GARBAGE UP in bodybuilding: to eat food that is not in your regular diet ...1984 US sl.
• GET VEINS in bodybuilding: to achieve definition, or well-developed and sculpted muscles ...1984 US sl.
BODYGUARD - person
• ANIMAL an athletic or muscular man, esp. a bodyguard or hired thug ...1921 Amer. sl.
• BABYSISTER a bodyguard, often for a witness under police protection ...Bk1992 police sl.
• BABYSITTER a bodyguard, esp. of a witness, under police or federal protection ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
• BACK a bodyguard ...1995 US Black sl.
• ENFORCER a bully; a thug or bodyguard ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HACK a bodyguard ...1989 UK sl.
• HAMMER a bodyguard; a thug; a gangster ...1928 sl.
• HANCHMAN † a personal attendant or 'right-hand man' of a Highland chief; a trusty follower or bodyguard ...c1730 Sc.
• HANDLER a person employed to advise or protect a politician, celebrity, etc.; esp. a publicity agent or bodyguard; usually used in the plural ...1909 orig. U.S.
• HEAVIES bodyguards; people employed for their strength; bouncers, strong-arm men; men with authority employed to keep the peace, such as police, or to use violence if necessary, such as a criminal's hench-men ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• HEAVY MAN - an armed guard or bodyguard ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• MINDER - a bodyguard hired to protect a criminal ...1924 sl.
• SIDEWINDER - a thug, esp. a gangster's bodyguard ...1940s sl.
• TRIGGER MAN - a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• WARDECORPS - † a body-guard - an armed personal attendant ...a1330
BODY-SNATCHER - person
• PATCHMAN - a body-snatcher ...1890 Eng. dial.
• RESURRECTION-COVE a body-snatcher ...Bk1903 sl.
• RESURRECTIONIST a body-snatcher ...1862 sl.
• RESURRECTION-MAN a body-snatcher ...1821 sl.
• RESURRECTION-WOMAN a body-snatcher ...1814 sl.
• RESURRECTOR a body-snatcher, a resurrectionist ...1863 Sc.
BODY-SNATCHING - nouns
• RESURRECTON-RIG body-snatching ...Bk1903 sl.
BOG, BOGGY - adjectives
• BUTTERMILK having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAIRY boggy, miry, swampy ...1700s
• QUAGGY of ground: that shakes under foot; full of quags; boggy, soft ...1610
• QUEACHY † of ground: swampy, boggy ...1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEECHY of land: wet, boggy, marshy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOBBY marshy, boggy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SANKY boggy, spongy ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy ...1823 orig. Eng. dial.
• SUMPY boggy, miry, swampy ...1829 Eng. dial.
• VOGGY boggy, swampy ...B1900 Sc.
• WAUCHIE † swampy, boggy ...1825 Sc.
bog, boggy - nouns
• BABANQUA a quaking bog, a quagmire ...1837 Sc.
• BOBBINQUA a quaking bog ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• LAIR a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LAIR-HOLE a boggy spot; a muddy hole ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog ...1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOON SHIT n. boggy land ...1987 Can. sl.
• MIMMAM a bog ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MUSKEG a marsh or bog ...1890 Amer. dial.
• QUAB † a marshy spot; a bog ...1627 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAG a marshy or boggy spot ...1589
• QUAGGINESS a quaggy condition ...1653
• QUAMIRE † a quagmire, a bog ...1555
• QUAW a bog, a quagmire, a marsh ...1535 Sc.
• QUEACHY wet, boggy land which requires draining ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SANCOME a quagmire, a bog; a flat, spongy piece of ground ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SANCOMMY † bog land ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SLUMP a marsh; a swamp; a muddy or boggy place ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SOG a piece of boggy land ...Eng. dial.
• SUG † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...1578
• SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass ...c1425
• SUMPT † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...c1425
• VOG a bog; a swamp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
• WUGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
• YARF a peat-bog, a swamp ...1897 Sc.
bog, boggy - verbs
• IMBOG † to engulf as in a bog ...1812 Sc.
• LAIR to stick or sink in mire or bog; to become bogged ...a1572
• LARE to stick or sink in mire or bog ...a1572
• QUAIL of wet, boggy land: to tremble under foot ...1777 Eng. dial.
BOGEY, BOGIE, BOGY - nouns
• BOLLY † a bogy, a hobgoblin ...1724 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUGGER a bogie ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAG † an object of terror; a bogey ...1611
• OLD BILLY the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1894
• OLD BILLY HELL the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAW-HEAD a bogey used to frighten children ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children ...1637 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRATTY a hobgoblin or bogey ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPA-WILLIPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• WILLIPUS-WAMPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman ...1921 Amer. dial.
BOGUS - adjectives
• BOGUE phony, fake, bogus ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOGUISH phony, fake, bogus ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CRANK bogus; false; phony ...Bk2006 US sl.
• MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false ...1891
• SHNIDE, SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand; mean; nasty, esp. in an insinuating way ...1859 UK
• SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
BOHEMIAN - adjectives
• BOHO unconventional, bohemian ...1958 US sl.
Bohemian - person
• BOCK (derogatory) a Bohemian ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOHAWK a member of the Bohemian counterculture ...1952 US sl.
• BOHEMIE a Bohemian ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOHO a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person ...1958 US sl.
• BOHUNK (often derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1924 Amer. dial.
• CARP (derogatory) a Bohemian ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHESKY a Czech or Bohemian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CZEZSKI a Czech or Bohemian ...1964 Amer. dial.
• HAUTE BOHÈME - members of any fast or high-class Bohemian set ...1925
• HEEGAN, HEGAN - a Bohemian or Czech ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LARIKIN a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LARRY a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LURCHER a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for social convention ...20C Aust. sl.
• TALENT a rascal, a villain, a Bohemian, one who acts without regard for conventions ...1880 Aust. sl.
BOIL (swelling) - nouns
• ALLER a boil, a carbuncle ...1790 Eng. dial. (Grose)
• ALLERNBATCH a boil, a carbuncle; an old sore ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BEAL † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEALING † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BLUSH a blister, a boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHIN a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHION a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGAN a boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGGAN a boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOILER a furuncle, a boil ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BOLGAN a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMP a boil ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CAN OF OIL a boil ...20C rhyming sl.
• CONAN (DOYLE) a boil ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• KYLE † a sore, an ulcer, a boil ...1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOMMA the head of a boil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MRS DOYLE a boil ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• NESSCOCK a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESSCOCKLE a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NISTIE-COCK † a small suppurating pimple or boil ...1866 Sc.
• PET a boil, pimple, mole, or wart ...1902 Amer. dial.
• QUAT † a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUILT a pimple; a boil, a small blister ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOT a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye ...1691 Eng. dial.
• RAISING a boil, an abscess, or other swelling ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TANNER the root of a corn, boil, etc. ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOLCANOES pimples or boils ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BOIL (liquids) - adjectives
• TAIVERT overboiled; boiled to rags ...Bk1905 Sc.
boil (liquids) - adverbs
• ABOIL in a boiling state ...1858
boil (liquids) - verbs
• AESTUATE † to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide ...1620
• BELK † to boil, to heave like a boiling fluid; to throb ...1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BILE to boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOIL A FEW WALLOPS to bring to a hard, rolling boil for a short time, as water for a pot of tea ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BOIL A WALLOP † to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling ...1565
• BOWL to boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREE to pour water on articles of food to be boiled; to drain solids that have been boiled ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CORROBOREE to boil ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DANCE to boil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEBULLIATE † to bubble or boil over ...1656
• DECOCT 1. † to prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, to cook ...c1420
2. † to boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling ...1538
• EBULLATE †* to boil, to be in a state of ebullition ...1623
• EBULLIATE * to boil, to bubble out ...1599
• ESTUATE † to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide ...1620
• GALLOP † to boil ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PABBLE to make a sound like that of boiling liquid ...1832 Sc.
• QUADDLE to boil and bubble, as water or broth ...1892 Eng. dial.
• QUADLE † to boil ...1633
• QUOBBLE of water: to make a noise in boiling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE to boil; to make a noise while boiling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMP to boil vigorously ...1901 Sc.
• SEETHE A WALLOP † to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling ...1565
• SIEDE † to boil ...1481
• WAFF to puff in the act of boiling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALL † of a liquid: to boil; also, of a person: to be in boiling liquid ...c1000
• WALLOP to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling ...1579
• WALM † to bubble as in boiling; to boil ...1610
• WAMBLE † of water, the blood: to seethe, to boil ...1636
BOILED - adjectives
• DECOCTIBLE * capable of being decocted; easy to be boiled ...1656
• TAIVERED boiled to shreds ...1825 Sc.
• TAIVERT boiled to shreds ...1825 Sc.
• YBOYLID † boiled ...c1430
boiled - verbs
• TEEM to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled ...1890 Eng. dial.
BOILING - adjectives
• AESTUANT †* boiling; heaving with heat ...1633
• AESTUATING † boiling; heaving with heat ...1674
• BULLIENT †* boiling, bubbling ...1669
• EBULLIENT that boils; boiling; agitated, as if boiling ...1599
• WALLING † of liquids, molten metal, etc.: boiling ...c1000
boiling - nouns
• AESTUATION † feverish disturbance, boiling up, ebullition ...1605
• BINNER the boiling-point ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEBULLITION † a bubbling or boiling over ...1727
• DECOCTION † reduction by evaporation in boiling, boiling down; reduction ...1650
• EBULLITION n. 1. a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over ...1534
2. the process of boiling, or keeping a liquid at the boiling point by the application of heat ...1594
• ESTUATION † feverish disturbance, boiling up, ebullition ...1605
• WALLOP † the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point ...1565
• WALM † the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling ...a1000
• WAMBLE † an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point ...1620
boiling - verbs
• SCLENCH to check water at boiling point by dashing cold water into it ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
BOISTEROUS, BOISTEROUSNESS - adjectives
• BOASTEROUS boisterous ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOISTART boisterous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOISTOUS † rough, loud, or violent in sound; noisy, boisterous ...c1430
• BOUSTEOUS boisterous; fierce ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSTEROUS boisterous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALLITHUMPIAN noisy, boisterous, discordant ...1851 Amer. dial.
• CHAFFEY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CHAFFY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• GALEY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMSIN' romping, boisterous ...1908 Sc.
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT wild, unmanageable, boisterous ...1819 Sc.
• JANGLESOME boisterous; noisy; quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LALEEKING boisterous ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLOCKING boisterous ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MALEDDY in high spirits, boisterous, elated ...1923 Sc.
• OVERITIOUS boisterous, violent, headstrong, impetuous ...B1900 Sc.
• RACKETING noisy, boisterous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKETTY boisterous, noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKLESOME boisterous, noisy, reckless ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAKUSSING noisy, boisterous, obstreperous ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNCTIOUS energetic, vigorous, lively, boisterous ...1830 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1866 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous ...1853
• RAMMISH of children: boisterous, romping ...1825 Sc.
• RAMP riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent ...1715 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS * lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous ...1837
• RAMPAGEOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly ...1822
• RAMPAGEROUS boisterous, noisy, disorderly ...1890 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous ...1822 Sc.
• RAMPAGIOUS violent; unruly; boisterous ...1822
• RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS † rough and strong; boisterous in manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDIE boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLING riotous, boisterous ...1876 Eng. dial.
• RANTY-MAD raving, noisy, boisterous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAPSICAL thoughtless; funny; boisterous, esp. when lightly intoxicated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIP-ROARING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy ...1834 colloq., orig. US
• RIPROARIOUS vigorous, boisterous; violent ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• RIPRORIOUS vigorous, boisterous ...1830 sl., orig. US
• RIP-SNORTING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy ...1846 colloq., orig. US
• ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ...a1548
• ROISTERING boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• ROISTEROUS boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• ROOTIN' TOOTIN' noisy; boisterous; rip-roaring; lively ...sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• RORITORIOUS noisy, boisterous, uproarious ...1821
• RORTY boisterous or noisy, rowdy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic ...1882 sl.
• RORY-CUM-TORY †* noisy, boisterous ...1893
• RORY-TORY loud, noisy, boisterous ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RUFFATORY boisterous, rude ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• RUMBUNCTIOUS energetic, vigorous, lively, boisterous ...1830 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SHANDY wild, boisterous ...L17 Eng. dial.
• STREPEROUS † noisy, harsh-sounding, loud, boisterous ...1637
• TEAR-BRASS rowdy, boisterous ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TEARING boisterous, blustering; noisy; bustling ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEARING-DOWN of a person or occasion: boisterous, rollicking, rip-roaring ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TORY-RORY † boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild ...1678
boisterous, boisterousness - nouns
• AMMERGAG a boisterous noise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• FANDANGO a rowdy or boisterous social gathering ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GALLAFER noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth ...1898 Sc.
• HAMMERGAG a boisterous noise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDY FUNERAL any boisterous occasion, not necessarily a wake ...20C sl.
• PADDY'S FUNERAL any boisterous occasion, not necessarily a wake ...20C sl.
• RAMP a spree, a boisterous good time ...L19 sl.
• RAMPLOSITY a boisterousness, roving disposition ...1887 Sc.
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• SHIVOO a boisterous celebration, a party ...M19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• TEARATION romping; noisy, boisterous play ...B1900 Eng. dial.
boisterous, boisterousness - person
• 'ARRIET a boisterous or jovial young Cockney woman, typically the notional wife or girlfriend of 'Arry ...1879 UK colloq.
• 'ARRY a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man ...1874 UK colloq.
• BALAHU a noisy, boisterous person ...1943 W. Indies
• BARGE a cantankerous, argumentative woman; a scold; a passionate, boisterous, imperious woman ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• GAPESAWMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SIMON a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPESORMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAY GREEK * a merry, boisterous or dissolute person; a roisterer; a person of loose habits ...1536
• GLUFFIS, GLUFFUS a boisterous brawling person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HEIGHTY TOITY † a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden ...1785 sl.
• HELL-RAISER a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild, boisterous, or outrageous behaviour; a spirited, outspoken, fast-acting person; esp. such a person who does not observe common propriety; a rowdy person; one who lives recklessly ...1882 colloq.
• HEMP a boisterous or mischievous boy; a rough, troublesome fellow; one fit for the gallows ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HEMPY a mischievous or boisterous boy; a giddy, wild, romping girl ...1818
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden ...1699 cant
• MAD GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• MERRY GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl, a romp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMACKS a romp; a boisterous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMPADGEON a furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGER a restless, romping person; one who prances about furiously; a boisterous or quarrelsome person ...1879 Sc.
• RAMPS a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...18C
• RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• RIPSTICK a romping, boisterous child; a harum-scarum or rough person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RIPSTITCH a romping, boisterous, irrepressible child who is always ‘ripping his stitches,’ i.e., tearing his clothes; a wild, reckless person ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• RUFFATORY a rude, boisterous boy; one who is fond of horseplay, knocking and shoving his playfellows about at all risks ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RUGGY-DUGGY a rough, boisterous person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUMPULLION a boisterous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-AWAY one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner; a rebellious and unruly young person; an uncontrollable, boisterous person; a rascal ...1891
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp; one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY - † a rude, boisterous, or forward boy ...a1553
boisterous, boisterousness - verbs
• BIRTLE to behave boisterously ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BREAK DOWN to dance riotously; to be boisterously convivial ...c1870 colloq.
• CUT A SHINE to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1830 Amer. dial.
• CUT SHINES to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GALDER to laugh in a loud, noisy manner; to talk or sing boisterously or noisily ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAUSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GOWSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GOYSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK to act boisterously ...1896 Amer. dial.
• MALAHACK to act boisterously; to rough-house ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RAFF to be full of mirth or fun; to abound with boisterous good spirits ...1824 Sc.
• RAISE CAIN to behave in a boisterous manner
• RAISE HELL to celebrate wildly; to enjoy oneself in a wild, boisterous manner, usually with much noise and whisky; to be drunk and boisterous ...20C Amer. colloq.
• RAISE SAND to celebrate wildly; to enjoy oneself in a wild, boisterous manner, usually with much noise and whisky; to be drunk and boisterous ...20C Amer. colloq.
• RAM AROUND to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure ...1939 Amer. dial.
• RANK to move in a boisterous manner ...1870 Eng. dial.
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
• ROIST † to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ...M16
• ROUGH IT UP to behave boisterously, aggressively, or violently ...1897
• ROUNCE * to bounce about; to flounce, to behave in an agitated, boisterous, or noisy manner ...a1500
• TEAR OFF THE SHINGLES to be noisy or boisterous ...1966 Amer. dial.
BOISTEROUSLY - adverbs
• TORY-RORY † in a roaring, wild, or uproarious manner; boisterously, wildly ...1664
BOLD, BOLDNESS - adjectives
• ANIMOUS †* spirited, courageous, bold ...1620
• ASPERANT bold, proud, haughty ...E19
• AUDACULOUS † a little bold or daring ...1603
• AUNTERSOME bold, daring, adventurous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNTY of persons: ready, bold, venturesome, high-spirited ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARDIE bold, fierce, turbulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARDY bold, fierce, turbulent ...1788 Sc.
• BASHLESS † unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold ...1578
• BEAZEN bold ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEND adj. bold ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOLD AS BRASS very bold or impudent; brazen-faced ...1789
• BRAISANT brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASS-VISAGED bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced ...1816
• CAMPIE of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
• CAMPY of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
• CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAIROUS † bold, daring ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAROUS † daring, bold ... Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAR † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERE † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERF 1. † bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1175
2. † in a bad sense: bold, audacious, daringly wicked ...a1400
• FACIE bold, ready to face danger ...1825 Sc.
• FACING † bold, audacious ...1566
• FACY bold, ready to face danger ...1825 Sc.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• FUNKY-ASS lively; bold; sassy ...1970 US sl.
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• HAUTAIN † of exalted courage; courageous, bold ...c1450
• HEARTSOME † courageous, spirited, bold ...1567
• HEARTY † courageous, bold ...c1380
• KEEN 1. † brave, bold, valiant, daring ...c897
2. † bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous ...1297
• KEENLY †* bold, courageous ...c1205
• MAKINT confident, assured, bold, brazen ...1808 Sc.
• MALAPERT † presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty ...c1420 obs. exc. arch.
• MANNISH bold, forward; said of both sexes and of children ...1930 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• OBERFU bold, forward ...1929 Sc.
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• OUDACIOUS audacious, bold ...1891 Amer. dial.
• OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PAUKY, PAWKY proud, conceited, impudent, bold, precocious, forward, inquisitive; esp. used of children ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMGUMPTIOUS shrewd, bold, rash ...B1900 sl.
• RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits ...1713 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR of a woman: bold, masculine ...a1838 Sc.
• RUDAS bold, masculine ...B1900 Sc.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SASSY impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish ... 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• STALWORTH † brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty ...a1225 obs. exc. arch.
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TAUNTRIL † bold, impudent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEMERARIOUS unreasonably adventurous; reckless, heedless, careless, rash, bold, headstrong ...1532 now only literary
• VENTORIOUS † characterized by venturesomeness; adventurous, bold, daring ...1640
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
bold, boldness - nouns
• AFFORCE force, boldness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this ...1958 Aust. sl.
• BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DARE † daring, boldness ...1595
• DAREDNESS boldness, audacity ...1874 Eng. dial.
• ENERGY boldness, assertiveness, forwardness; bravery; ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FACE great confidence; insolent boldness; effrontery, nerve ...1537 colloq.
• HARDIESSE hardihood, boldness ...1340
• HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity ...1579 arch.
• HARDIMENT 1. † a deed of daring; a bold exploit ...1375
2. boldness, courage, daring, hardihood ...c1374 arch.
• INSURANCE assurance, great boldness, impudence ...1893 Amer. dial.
• IRISH-ASSURANCE bold forward behaviour; shamelessness ...L18 sl.
• KEENSHIP †* boldness, fierceness ...c1205
• OATS boldness, assertiveness ...1970 Amer. dial.
bold, boldness - person
• BARD a bold, noisy woman; a scolding woman ...1825 Sc.
• FACER † one who puts on a bold face; one who boasts or swaggers; a braggart; a bully ...c1515
• GILKIE * (sometimes derogatory) a young girl, esp. a lively, bold, or forward one ...1720 Sc. & Irish English
• GILPEY, GILPIE, GILPY * (sometimes derogatory) a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy ...1720 Sc. & Irish English
• GLOWBASON a bold, impudent person ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HARDEN-FACE a bold, brazen-faced person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDY a bold or saucy young scamp ...Bk1868
• KEMPIE, KEMPY a bold or pugnacious person; an energetic, lively child ...1822 Sc.
• LIMMER a wild, undisciplined girl; a bold, impudent girl or woman; a jade; a hussy ...1786 Sc.
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade; a hussy; a harlot; a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy; a slut ...1720 Sc.
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANNIGAL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a bold or immodest woman ...1579
bold, boldness - verbs (also see EMBOLDEN)
• BE IN ARMOUR to be pot-valiant (bold or courageous under the influence of alcohol) ...L17 sl.
• BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BRAG IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN † to brag, to put on a bold front ...1542
• FACE IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN † to brag, to put on a bold front ...1542
• GAB to speak boldly or impertinently; to assail or answer with impertinent language; to jeer at ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDISS †* to make hardy, to embolden ...1297
• HARDY 1. † to make hardy or bold; to encourage ...a1225
2. † to become bold ...1823 nonce use
• HAVE BRASS BALLS to be foolhardy, over-bold ...20C Amer.
• HAVE BRASS ON ONE'S FACE to be forward, bold, or over-confident ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAVE CAST-IRON BALLS to be foolhardy, over-bold ...20C Amer.
• IMPER to be bold or impudent ...1899 Sc.
• PIPE UP to start speaking boldly ...1889 sl.
• PUSH A FACE † to exhibit a bold front ...1758-65
• SHOW A FACE † to exhibit a bold front ...1827
bold, boldness - phrases
• YOUR SAUCE-PAN RUNS OVER you are exceeding bold ...a1700
BOLDLY - adverbs
• BODACIOUSLY unceremoniously, boldly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BODIACIOUSLY unceremoniously, boldly ...1884 Amer. dial.
• CANTLY † boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily ...1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DERFLY boldly, fiercely, vigorously ...1809 Sc.
• EYELESSLY † without fear or reverence; boldly and presumptuously ...a1000
• HARDLY † boldly, daringly, hardily ...a1225
• HAUTAINLY † boldly, courageously ...1513
• KEENLY † fiercely, boldly ...c1000
• LARGE † freely, unrestrainedly, boldly ...a1400
• LIKE A HATTER vigorously, boldly ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNABASEDLY † dauntlessly, boldly ...1375 Sc.
BOLOGNA - nouns
• HORSECOCK sausage, esp. bologna or salami ...1942 US sl., esp. navy usage
• NORTH END ROUND bologna ...1987 Can. sl.
BOLT - verbs
• OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key ...1623
BOLTING - nouns
• OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up ...1658
BOMB, BOMBING - nouns
• A-BOMB an atomic bomb ...Amer. sl.
• AIR CAN a bomb when dropped from an aircraft ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASHCAN an aerial bomb ...1919 US army sl.
• BIG COUGH a bomb ...1929 US criminals' sl.
• BREAD-BASKET a large bomb containing smaller bombs ...1940 Brit. sl.
• BUZZ BOMB a German World War II V-1 winged robot bomb powered by a ramjet engine ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE a bomb ...WWII Royal Air Force usage
• CAN a bomb ...1929 US sl.
• CHICAGO PINEAPPLE a small bomb or grenade ...20C Amer. sl.
• CLOBBERING a heavy bombing ...1948 Air Force sl.
• COOKIE an explosive device; a bomb ...1942 US military sl.
• DAISY-CLIPPER an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1918 US Army sl.
• DAISY-CUTTER 1. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1917 US military sl.
2. a 10,000 to 15,000 pound bomb used to clear jungle and create an instant landing zone in Vietnam ...1967 US sl.
• DOODLE a German V-1 flying bomb ...1944 sl.
• DOODLEBUG a German V-1 flying bomb ...1944 sl.
• DUMB BOMB a bomb that must be dropped accurately ...1991 US sl.
• EAGLE a bomb ...World War II Amer. sl.
• EGG a bomb; a mine; a depth charge ...1917 sl.
• INCOMING MAIL artillery fire; also, bombs ...1919 US Army and Marine Corps usage
• ITALIAN FOOTBALL a bomb ...Bk1934 sl.
• LAZY DOG a type of fragmentation bomb designed to explode in mid air and scatter steel pellets at high velocity over the target area ...1965 US sl.
• MAIL artillery fire; also, bombs ...1919 US Army and Marine Corps usage
• MICKEY a type of radar-assisted bombsight ...1944 US sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE a type of electrical bomb release ...1941 sl.
• MINNIE, MINNY a German trench-mortar, or the bomb discharged by it ...1917 sl.
• MOANING MINNIE a German trench-mortar, or the bomb discharged by it ...1941 sl.
• MOLOTOFF BREADBASKET a cluster of incendiary bombs ...1940 military usage, now hist.
• MOLOTOV BREADBASKET a cluster of incendiary bombs ...1940 military usage, now hist.
• MOLOTOV COCKTAIL a makeshift bomb typically consisting of a bottle of gasoline and a rag that serves as a wick and is ignited before throwing ...1939 Amer. sl., orig. journalist usage
• OIL CAN a German trench-mortar bomb in World War I ...1917 sl.
• OUTGOING MAIL artillery fire; also, bombs ...1919 US Army and Marine Corps usage
• PILL a bomb ...1921 sl.
• PINEAPPLE a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• PINEAPPLE BOMB a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• PLUM-PUDDING a type of trench-mortar bomb ...1925 sl.
• PRANG a bombing raid ...1945 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
• RHUBARB a low-level strafing raid ...1943 sl.
• RUM-JAR a German trench-mortar bomb ...1916 sl.
• SACK OF TATERS a stick of small bombs, as incendiaries ...1939 Royal Air Force sl.
• SAUSAGE a type of German trench-mortar bomb ...1915 sl.
• SCREAMER a type of bomb that makes a screaming sound as it falls ...1942 sl.
• STONK a concentrated artillery bombardment ...1944 sl.
• TOC EMMA a trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• TOCH EMMA a trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• TOCK EMMA a trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
bomb, bombing - person
• BALL TOSSER a bomb thrower ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
bomb, bombing - verbs
• LAY AN EGG to drop a bomb from an aircraft ...1918 sl.
• PLASTER to bomb or shell heavily ...1915 sl.
• PRANG to bomb a target successfully from the air ...1942 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
• SMEAR to destroy a place by bombing ...1935 sl.
• STONK to bombard with concentrated artillery fire ...1944 sl.
BOMBARDMENT - nouns
• CHATTER OF THE GUNS gunfire; a bombardment ...World War II Amer. sl.
BOMBAST - nouns
• ALL GAS AND GAITERS nonsense, rubbish, pomposity, bombast ...1920s sl.
• FLUBDUB bombastic or inept language; nonsense, balderdash ...1888 Amer. dial.
• GAS empty or boastful talk; showy pretense, bombast; humbug, nonsense ...1847 sl.
• PISS AND WIND empty talk, bombast ...1922 sl.
• TARATANTARA † high-flown, loud, extravagant, or pretentious talk; bombast ...1599
• TARATANTARO † high-flown, loud, extravagant, or pretentious talk; bombast ...1670
• VENTOSITY pomposity, vanity, bombast ...c1550
• WIND AND PISH empty talk, bombast ...1992 sl.
BOMBASTIC - adjectives
• BRAGGAND boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAGGIE, BRAGGY boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FUSTIAN ridiculously lofty in expression; bombastic, high-flown, inflated, pompous ...1592
• HYBOLIC pompous, bombastic ...1972 Hawaii youth usage
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• ORIFICIAL †* mouthmaking; hence, high-sounding, bombastic, inflated ...1594
• PUFFY bombastic
• RODOMONT bombastic, boasting, braggart ...1626 arch.
• TAFFETA florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1588
• TAFFETY florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular ...1719
• TIFFETY-TAFFETY † florid, bombastic; overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1595 nonce word
bombastic - person
• STUMPER a bombastic speaker ...Bk1904 sl.
• STUMP ORATOR a bombastic speaker ...Bk1904 sl.
• STUMP-SPEAKER a bombastic speaker ...Bk1904 sl.
• TARTARIN a bombastic fellow ...1903
BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
• BONESAPART Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEY Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BONEY Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAP Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAPPY Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT, DEAD DUDE, THE Napoleon ...20C teen & high school sl.
BOND (something that binds) - nouns
• BEND † a band, bond, or fetter ...c890
• NECESSITY †* a bond or tie between persons ...1595
bond (something that binds) - verbs
• BEND † to put in bonds, to fetter ...1036
BOND (finance) - nouns
• WAR BABY a bond that is sold during wartime with the presumption that it will 'grow' in value ...1910s US sl.
BONDAGE - nouns
• THRALLAGE bondage; pecuniary difficulty; perplexity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bondage - person
• NATIVE one born in bondage ...c1450 now Hist.
• NEIF one born in a state of bondage or serfdom; sometimes, a female serf, a bondwoman ...1547 now Hist.
bondage - verbs
• MANUMISE † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMISS † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMIT to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1432-50
BONDMAN, BONDSMAN, BOND-WOMAN - person
• BAIL 'EM FROM SALEM a bondsman ...Bk1945 jive usage
• BANSMAN a bondsman, a servant ...1879 Sc.
• CARL, CARLE † a bondman; a villain ...a1300
• HELOT a serf, a bondsman ...1823
• MAN'S-BOND † a slave - a bondsman ...c1330
• MANUMIT † a freed bondman ...1615
• NAIF in Old English Law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bond-woman ...Bk1856
BONE, BONY - adjectives
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• ILL-BONED † having diseased or injured bones ...1645
• RAWBONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAWBONY having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...a1930 Amer. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY-BONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1868 Amer. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
bone, bony - nouns
• DAVID JONES bones ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• RACKS bones ...c1890 slaughterers' usage
• RAME † the bones or skeleton of a human being or animal; generally plural ...1497 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
bone, bony - person
• AMATON a thin bony person ...B1900 Sc.
• BALD-RIB a lean bony person ...1621
• BEDFELLOW OF BONES a skinny, bony bedfellow ...Bk1891 al.
• BEDFUL OF BONES an emaciated person; a very thin person; a skinny, bony bedfellow ...1832 Sc.
• BONE BANGER an orthopaedist ...1994 US sl.
• BONE CRUSHER an orthopaedist ...1994 US sl.
• GIBLETS an ironical name for a thin, lanky, bony person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• HERRING-RIBS a lanky, bony person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RAWBONES a very thin, bony person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE an emaciated person; a very thin, bony person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SCOW somebody who is tall, thin, and bony ...1866 Sc.
bone, bony - verbs
• BRASH to assault, to bruise; to break bones ...Bk1911 Sc.
BONFIRE - nouns
• BALE † a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire ...a1000
• BALE-BLEEZE a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALE-FIRE any great fire; a bonfire ...1800-24
• BALLY-BLEEZE a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALTIORUM riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLA a bonfire ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONNER a bonfire ...1898 Eng. university sl.
• EASTER FIRE a bonfire ...1940 Amer. dial.
• NEED-FIRE a beacon or bonfire ...1805
• TANDLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TANLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWNLE a bonfire; any large fire ...1802 Sc.
BONNET - see HAT
BONUS - nouns
• BOUNTITH something given in reward for service, over and above wages; a bonus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCE money; gains; extra profit or gain; bonus; something to the good ...1719 sl.
• LAGNIAPPE a small gratuity or bonus included with a purchase; anything extra thrown in for good measure ...1849 Amer. dial.
• LUNCH a bonus, a profit ...2000s sl.
• SKEWINGS extras, bonuses; any form of money, esp. when gained for nothing ...M19 sl.
bonus - verbs
• BONIFY to give a bonus to ...1905
bonus - phrases
• EGG IN YOUR BEER a bonus, something for nothing ...1930s US sl.
BOARD, BOARDING HOUSE - see LODGING
BOARD (wood) - nouns
• TABLE † a board or plank ...1390
• TABULATION †* a fastening together of planks or boards, a making a floor ...1658
• THEAL † a board, a plank, a joist ...1609 Eng. dial.
• THEALE † a board, a plank, a joist ...1609 Eng. dial.
board (wood) - verbs
• TABULATE †* to board a floor or other place; to make thing of boards ...1656
BOARDING SCHOOL - nouns
• TABLING SCHOOL † a boarding-school ...1660
BOAST, BOASTFUL, BOASTING - adjectives
• ALL MOUTH boastful; unable to back up words with deeds ...1996 Barbados
• ALL PISS AND WIND boastful ...1961
• ALL WIND AND PISS boastful; not backing up words with action ...1961 UK sl.
• ALL WIND AND WATER boastful; not backing up words with action ...1961 UK sl.
• AMPULLOUS † inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious ...1622
• BELCHING bragging, boasting, like an empty windbag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGETY, BIGGEDY, BIGGETY, BIGGIDY, BIGGITY, BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BIG-TALK boastful, blustering ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BLOUTERING boasting, bragging ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW-HARD boastful, blustering ...1855 US
• BOASTIVE †* given to boasting, boastful, presumptuous ...a1763
• BOBADILIAN blustering, boasting, swaggering ...1803
• BOBBEROUS boastful, proud ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOUNCEABLE bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRAGGADOCIOUS boastful ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BRAGGAND boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAGGIE boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAGGY bragging, boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAVASHING †* boasting, swaggering, blustering ...1652
• CRAPPY boastful ...Bk1934 college sl.
• FALSE proud, vain, boastful ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANFARON boastful, bragging ...1670-98
• FATMOUTH boastful, noisy, verbose ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• FAT-MOUTHED boastful, noisy, verbose ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• GAUSTERING imperious, boasting ...1824 Eng. dial.
• GLASTRIOUS contentious; boastful ...B1900 Sc.
• HIGH IN TOOTH arrogant, boastful ...L19 sl.
• JACTANT * boastful, boasting ...1839
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MAGNILOQUOUS † magniloquent ...1727
• MASSY self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUCKFOODLE boastful, bragging ...1885 Eng. dial.
• REARING excited; talking loudly and boastingly; mocking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RODOMONT bombastic, boasting, braggart ...1626 arch.
• RODOMONTADE bragging, boastful, ranting ...M18
• RODOMONTADO † bragging, boastful, ranting ...M17
• SEDITTY arrogant, boastful, showing off ...1968 US sl.
• SIDIDY arrogant, boastful, showing off ...1968 US sl.
• SIDITY arrogant, boastful, showing off ...1968 US sl.
• THRASONICAL given to bragging, boasting; exhibiting ostentation ...1564
• TONGUE-DOUGHTY valiant in speech; boasting, bragging ...1671
• TRAPPY loud and boastful, possibly insulting ...19998 UK sl.
• VAINGLORIOUS inordinately boastful or proud of one's own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain ...c1480
• VANDIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANNIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANTIE boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1789 Sc.
• VANTY boastful, proud, vain ...1724 Sc.
• VAPOURING having a fantastical, pretentious, or foolishly boastful character ...1649
• VAUNTFUL boastful ...1590 arch.
• VAUNTIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated; exultant ...1724 Sc.
• VAUNTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1724 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOGEROUS boastful; elated; keen ...1899 Sc.
• VOLAGEOUS boastful, airy-fairy, light ...1880 Sc.
• VOUSTY † given to boasting, vain ...Bk1905 Sc.
boast, boastful, boasting - nouns
• ADVERTISING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• AIR boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BAKED WIND boasting; empty talk; nonsense ...Bk1892 Amer. jocular
• BARNUMISM exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk ...1862
• BARRACKING bragging, boastfulness ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BAUGE a swaggering boastfulness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZOO idle, loud, or boastful talk ...Bk1892 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-COURAGE boasting. brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEOT † a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast ...a1000
• BIG-MOUTH boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BIG TALK boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BIG WIND boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BLAGUE pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting ...1837
• BLAH boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLARNEYFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAST a brag, a boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATHERSKITE boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BLAW a boast; a lie from ostentation ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST a brag, a boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUST a brag, a boasting narration ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOVIATION boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOW boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOWING boasting, bragging ...1873
• BOBANCE † presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity ...c1325
• BOSH boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BOUNCE a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger ...1714
• BOUNCING a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding ...1634
• BOZ-WOZ boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BROADCASTING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• B.S. boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BUCK, BUKH talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk ...1895 sl.
• BULL boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BULLDOCIA boastful and threatening language ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BULLSHIT boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BULL SHOOTING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BULL THROWING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BUSH boasting, bluster, 'tall talk' ...1840 Amer. dial.
• CRACKING boasting ...sl.
• CRAKE † a boast, brag or bluster ...17C
• DOG boastful or pretentious manner or attitude; flashiness ...1871 sl., orig. US
• FACE SHOOTING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• FACING † the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance ...1523
• FANFARONADE boisterous or arrogant language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this ...1652
• FLAMDOODLE nonsense; vain boasting; empty talk ...1833 Amer. sl.
• FLAPDOODLE boasting ...1833 Amer. sl.
• FLASH a boast, brag, or great pretense made by a spendthrift, quack, or pretender to more art or knowledge than he really has ...1748 sl.
• GAFF boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANDY † pert, foolish talk; a brag, a boast ...1866 Sc.
• GANDYING foolish, boasting language; exaggerating, lying ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GANGE † boasting ...1866 Sc.
• GAS boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASCONADE, GASCONNADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1709
• GASCONADO †* extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1809
• GASCONISM a spirit of boastfulness or vaunting ...1807
• GASOLOGUE a boastful conversation; a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASSING boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAUNGE † boasting ...1866 Sc.
• GLORIATION † the act of glorying; boasting; triumphant exaltation ...1504
• HARSTONE-TALK boastful talk, promises made at night and not intended to be kept in the morning ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HOT AIR boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT BLAST boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACTANCE * boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking ...1491
• JACTANCY boasting, boastfulness; vainglory ...1623
• JACTATION boasting, bragging, ostentatious display ...1576
• JACTITATION public or open declaration, esp. of a boastful sort; ostentatious affirmation; boasting, bragging ...1632
• KOMPOLOGY * boasting or vaunting speech ...1854
• LINE-SHOOT boastful talk ...1943 Brit. sl.
• LIP MUSIC bragging, boasting, teasing ...1992 US sl.
• MOUTH boastful but empty talk ...1935 sl., orig. US
• MOUTH SHOOTING boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOISE boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD BUCK boastful talk or insolence ...1895 sl.
• OLD TALK chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• ORAL CALISTHENICS boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• PISS AND WIND boastful but empty talk ...1922 sl.
• POP-OFF a brash or boastful statement ...1930s US sl.
• RODOMONTADE a brag; a boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech ...E17
• RODOMONTADO † a brag; a boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech ...L16
• ROOSE † a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SELF BUILD-UP boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SELF-PUFFERY boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SIGNIFYING boasting, insinuating; esp. in the form of a ritual game of testing a rival's emotional strength by insulting their relatives ...1940s US Black sl.
• SIX-SHEETING boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SKITE boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress ...1860 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SOUTH WIND. boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SPOOFFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPREAD EAGLE extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SPREAD-EAGLEISM extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SWANK boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress ...1854 sl.
• TALL TALK boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes ...M19 sl., orig. US
• TARANAKI BULLSHIT excessive boasting ...1940s NZ sl.
• TURKEY boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• VAINGLORINESS * vaingloriousness ...1820
• VAINGLORY glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting ...a1300
• VAPOUR † a fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast ...1614
• VAUNTAGE * a boasting, vaunting ...1818
• VAUNTERY 1. † vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show ...1491 obs. or arch.
2. † a boast, a vaunt ...1603
• VAUNTINESS * boastfulness ...1820
• VAUNTING 1. boasting, bragging ...c1340 arch.
2. a boast ...1793 arch.
• VAUNTINGNESS † boastfulness ...1727
• VAUNTISE † a vaunt or boast ...c1477
• VOUST a boast, brag, vaunt ...a1500 Sc.
• WIND boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• YELP † boasting, vainglorious speaking ...c888
• YELPING † boasting; proud or pompous talk ...a1050
boast, boastful, boasting - person (includes boaster)
• AIRJAMMER a big talker; a boaster ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ALLIGATOR MOUTH a boaster; a braggart; someone with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ...1950s US sl.
• ARETALOGER † one who brags or boasts of his own virtue or accomplishments ...1623
• BAG OF WIND (derogatory) a person who speaks or writes at length but says little of substance or value; a pompously verbose speaker; a boaster; also, a loud-mouthed but ineffectual person ...1816 colloq.
• BALLOON a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool ...1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
• BIG BLOW a boaster ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BIG DOING(S) a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully ...1932 US sl.
• BIG INJUN a nickname for a coarse, boastful man ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BIGMOUTH a loud, over-talkative person; a braggart, a boaster ...1834 sl., chiefly & orig. US
• BIGNADUO - a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs ...1943 W. Indies
• BIG SKITE - an arrant boaster ...Bk1995 NZ sl.
• BIG TALKER - a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart ...1902 sl.
• BILGE ARTIST - a braggart; one given to boasting ...1938 Aust. sl.
• BILGE LIZARD - a braggart; one given to boasting ...1960 UK sl.
• BILSH - a boaster, a braggart ...1923 Sc.
• BILSHER - a boastful person, one who brags ...1835 Sc.
• BLABBERSKITE - a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• BLADDERSKATE - a boaster ...1870 Sc.
• BLADDHER - a person who utters vulgarly foolish, boastful talk ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BLASTER - a boaster - one who exaggerates ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATEROON - † a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster - an idle talker ...c1645
• BLOW - a braggart - a boaster ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BLOW BAG - a braggart - a boaster ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLOW BELLY - a braggart - a boaster ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLOW BOY - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOWER - a braggart - a boaster - one who exaggerates ... 1859 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLOWFLY - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW GEORGE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOWGUN - a braggart - a loudmouth - a boaster ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOW GUT - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HAMMER - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HEELS - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HOLE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HORN - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HOT - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW HOUSE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-OFF - a boaster - a braggart ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BLOW PIPE - a braggart - a boaster ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW TOP - a braggart - a boaster ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCE a boastful, swaggering fellow ...1819 colloq.
• BOUNCER a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar ...1834
• BRAGGY - a nickname for a braggart or an excessively boastful person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLY-JOCK - a pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow - a stupid boaster ...19C sl.
• BUCKSTICK - a braggart - a boaster ...1924 Anglo-Indian
• BULLSHIT ARTIST - a flatterer - an exaggerated talker - one who excels at boasting or lying ...1942 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHITTER - a flatterer - an exaggerated talker - someone who excels at boasting or lying ...1933 sl., orig. US
• BULLY-HUFF † a boaster who is also a bully ...1680
• BURGULLIAN † a braggadocio; a bully ...1598 nonce word
• FACER † one who puts on a bold face; one who boasts, blusters, or swaggers; one who possesses 'cheek'; a braggart; a bully ...c1515
• FALSE ALARM a braggart; a boaster ...1900s sl.
• FANFARON a bully, blusterer, or swaggerer; an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender ...1622
• FARE-MAKER † a boaster ...c1440
• FATMOUTH a braggart; a boaster; a loquacious talker ...1926 US sl., chiefly Black usage
• GABBER - a person who makes an extravagant boast or 'gab' (an idle boast) ...1869
• GABBLEBLOOTER - a loud talker; a prattler; a gossip; a boaster ...20C N. Ireland sl.
• GALLIVANTER - an incurable flirt; a boasting fellow ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALLIVASTER - † one who gallivants, esp. a gasconading or boasting fellow; including the idea of tallness ...1826 Sc.
• GANDIER - † a vain, boastful person - a bragger ...1868 Sc.
• GANDY - † a bragging, boastful person - a pert talker ...1790 Sc.
• GASBAG - a person who talks at length but says little of value; an empty talker; a long-winded orator; a 'windbag'; a gossip; a boaster, a braggart ...1841 sl.
• GASCON - * a person who resembles a Gascon in character; a braggart; a boaster ...1757
• GASCONADER - a braggart, a boaster ...1709-11
• GASOMETER - † a voluble talker; a boaster ...c1890 sl.
• GASSER - a talkative or boastful person; a chatterer ...1855 colloq., orig. US
• GLADIATHOR - a fine fellow; a roisterer; a fighter, a boastful, quarrelsome fellow; a keeper, one set to watch over anything ...1889 Ireland
• GLASTERER - a boaster, a braggart ...1622 Sc.
• GLORIOSER - † a boaster, a braggart ...c1589
• GLORIOSO - † a boaster; a braggart ...c1599
• GLUGGER - a vain, empty, foolish boaster ...Bk1910 Ireland
• HALF-PINT HERO - a boaster; a swaggerer ...c1930 Royal Air Force usage
• HOT DOG - a highly skilled person who is boastful or flashy ...1900 Amer. sl.
• JACK BRAG - a boaster - a vulgar braggart ...1579 sl.
• JACK BRAGGER - a boaster - a braggart ...1579 sl.
• JACTATOR - †* a boaster or bragger ...1656
• LINE-SHOOTER a boastful talker ...1942 Brit. sl.
• MIGHTY MOUTH a gossip or one who boasts ...1974 sl.
• MOTHER SUPERIOR a blow-hard; a blustering, boastful person ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• MOUNTEBANK a charlatan, a person who falsely claims knowledge of or skill in some matter, esp. for personal gain; a person who pretends to be something he or she is not, in order to gain prestige, fame, etc.; a boastful pretender ...1589
• MOUTH ARTIST a braggart; an empty boaster ...1927 US sl.
• MOUTHER a person who speaks in a boastful, verbose, declamatory, or foolish way ...1746
• MOUTH-OFF a braggart, a boaster, a chatterer ...1966 sl., orig. US
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER a fraud; a blowhard; a boastful or pompous person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• POP-OFF - a brash or boastful person ...1930s US sl.
• RAP - a disorderly, boasting person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RING-TAILED SCREAMER - a ferocious mythical animal - hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person - a loud-mouthed boaster ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RODOMONT - a great bragger - a vain or blustering boaster - a bully ...1598 arch.
• RODOMONTADO - † a great bragger or boaster ...E17
• SACRIPANT - * a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster ...1830
• SCOG - a braggart - a boaster ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCOGGER - a boaster ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOT a mean and utterly contemptible person; a scamp; a conceited boaster ...1822 Sc.
• SCRAFFLES - an empty boaster - a rascal ...1808 Eng. dial.
• SEGGER - †* a boaster - a braggart - one given to talking ...c1440
• SHITTER a braggart, a boaster ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SIGNIFIER one who boasts or makes insulting remarks ...1930s US Black sl.
• SKITE a braggart; a boastful person; a conceited person ...1897 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SNOLLYGOSTER a pretentious, boastful fellow; a shrewd, unprincipled fellow, especially a politician ...1846 US sl.
• SPANISH ATHLETE one who 'throws the bull'; one who talks nonsense; a braggart, a boaster ...1932 US college sl.
• SWANK a swaggering, showy, or boastful person ...1913 sl.
• SWANKER a swaggering, showy, or boastful person ...a1846 sl.
• SWANKPOT a boastful, self-opinionated person ...1914 Brit. sl.
• TAFFY-HEAD a braggart, a boaster, a 'big-head' ...1975 sl.
• TALL-TALKER a braggart; a boaster ...1867 sl.
• TROMBENICK - a boaster or braggart ...1931 US sl.
• TROMBENIK - a boaster or braggart ...1931 US sl.
• VAINLING - †* a vain or vainglorious person ...1615
• VAUNTER - a boaster or braggart ...1456 arch.
• VAUNTY - a boastful, vain person - a braggadocio ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VOLISHER an ostentatious talker; a boaster ...1825 Sc.
• VOUSTER - † a boaster - a braggart ...1678 Sc.
• WINDBAG a chatterer and a boaster ...20C US sl.
• WINDJAMMER a big talker; a boaster; a braggart ...1887 Amer. dial.
• WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WINNISTER a 'windbag', a braggart, a boastful person ...1931 Sc.
• WINNOWSTER a 'windbag', a braggart, a boastful person ...1931 Sc.
• WOOFER a person who 'woofs' or talks idly; a senseless chatterer or boaster ...1934 US Black sl.
• YELPER † a boaster ...1340
boast, boastful, boasting - verbs
• ABOAST †* to address boastfully or haughtily ...1377
• ADVANCE † to extol, to magnify in words; to boast ...1413
• ADVANT † to vaunt, to boast ...1541
• AIR ONE'S PAUNCH to boast, to brag ...1928 US sl., chiefly Western usage
• BARGE to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARK to boast, to 'crow' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARRACK to brag, to be boastful of one's fighting powers ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BAUGE to boast, to brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE BREEZE to talk, to boast ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BE JOHN AT NIGHT AND JACK IN THE MORNING to boast of one's intentions overnight and leave them unfulfilled next day ...1883 Eng. dial.
• BEOTE † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BEOTEN † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BEYELP † to talk loudly of, to boast of, to glory in ...c1330
• BLAST to brag, to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOST to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUST to brag, to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW ONE'S BAZOO to boast ...1877 Amer. dial.
• BOOST to boast, to laud ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BRAG ON to praise or boast about someone or something ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BRAIG to brag, to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACK to boast, to brag, esp. of one's good fortune ...B1900 Eng. dial. & US Black sl.
• CACKLE ONE'S FAT to brag, to boast; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view ...1940s sl.
• COCKERATE to boast, to brag ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACK ON to talk incessantly; to boast ...colloq.
• CRAKE † to boast, brag; to gossip ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CROW to exult loudly, to boast, to swagger ...a1529
• CRY ROAST MEAT † to announce to others a piece of private luck or good fortune; to boast about one's situation ...1638 now rare or obs
• EXTOL † to raise too high, to make too much of; to exaggerate, to boast of ...1504
• FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast ...1968 sl., orig. US Black
• FLING THE MELL to boast, to brag, to exaggerate ...1900 Sc.
• FRATCH to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAB to boast, to brag ...1825 arch.
• GAM to boast, to show off ...1920s US Black sl.
• GANDY † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GANGE to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib ...1866 Sc.
• GANIE † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GANNIE UPON to boast about ...c1915 Sc.
• GAS to indulge in empty talk; to talk idly or boastfully ...1852 sl., orig. US
• GASCONADE to boast extravagantly ...1727
• GAUNGE to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib ...1866 Sc.
• GAUSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GLORY to boast about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• GOWSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GOYSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• KEB †* to boast, to brag ...c1315
• KEEP A SWANNERY to boast; to boost one's own achievements ...L18 sl.
• KVELL to boast, to brag ...1967 US sl.
• LAIR to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast ...1920s Aust. sl.
• LAIRIZE to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast ...1920s Aust. sl.
• LARE UP to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast ...1920s Aust. sl.
• LINE-SHOOT to boast, to brag ...1942 Brit. sl.
• MAKE A VAUNT 8 to boast or brag ...1530
• MAKE BRAGS to brag, to boast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MANG to speak or talk, hence to boast ...1812 sl.
• OSTENTATE † to boast ...1670
• POP OFF to brag, to boast ...1960s sl.
• POP OFF AT THE MOUTH vb. to brag, to boast ...1960s sl.
• POP SHIT to boast; to talk nonsense ...1960s sl.
• RAIL †* to brag, to boast ...1530
• RAP to boast, to brag ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP OUT to speak angrily and quickly; to use bad language; to boast; to speak plainly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REAR to boast ...1898 Eng. dial.
• RODOMONTADE to boast; to brag; to rant ...L17
• ROOSE † to boast or be proud of something ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCAWT to boast, to give oneself airs; to walk arrogantly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOG to boast, to brag; to be self-important ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROG to boast; to praise ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL A WOLF to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie ...1970s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOLF TICKET to boast; to brag ...1960s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOOF to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie ...1970s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOOF TICKET to boast; to brag ...1960s US Black sl.
• SHOOT A LINE to boast, to brag ...1941 Brit. sl.
• SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly or at length, to assert one's opinions; to boast or brag ...1864 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SHOVEL THE SHIT to lie or boast excessively ...E20 US sl.
• SIG to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses ...1920s US Black sl.
• SIGNIFY to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses ...1920s US Black sl.
• SING to cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something ...c1386
• SKITE to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1857 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STACK IT to brag, to boast ...1999 NZ prison sl.
• STUMP to boast; to swagger ...1748 sl.
• SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off ...1809 sl.
• SWING THE LEAD to boast; to exaggerate ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TALK BIG to talk boastfully; to brag; to indulge in inflated language ...1699 colloq.
• TALK LARGE to boast; to talk big ...1833 Amer. sl.
• TALK TALL to talk boastfully; to indulge in inflated language ...1888 colloq.
• TAPER † to talk loftily, to boast ...1683
• TELL A WINDY to tell a boastful story ...1925 Amer. dial.
• THRASONIZE † to boast, to brag ...1619
• VAINGLORY † to exalt or make much of oneself unduly; to indulge in vainglory ...a1637
• VAMP to boast, to brag, to vaunt ...1877 Eng. dial.
• VAMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• VAPER to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1628
• VAUNT to boast or brag; to use boastful or bragging language ...1400s now arch.
• VOLK to boast; to speak admiringly of any person or thing; to flatter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VOMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• VOOST † to brag, to boast, to vaunt ...1790 Sc.
• VOUST to boast, brag, vaunt ...1513 Sc.
• WINDJAM to boast, to brag, to talk big ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WOOF to engage in behaviour, esp. speech, intended to impress, to boast, esp. menacingly, intimidate, or provoke; to bluff, to kid ...1931 Amer. dial.
• YELP † to boast; to speak vaingloriously ...c888
boast, boastful, boasting - interjections/phrases
• ARBROATH! a Scottish sporting catchphrase to anyone boasting ...1885 Sc.
• HE'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A CANARY ASS said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ...1950s US sl.
• HE'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A HUMMINGBIRD ASS said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words ...1950s US sl.
• LIKE MALACHI'S CHILD, CHOKEFULL OF SENSE said of anyone who boasts of himself or of his children ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S MONEY WHERE ONE'S MOUTH IS to back one's boasting with suitable action ...1940s sl., orig. US
BOASTED - adjectives
• BRAGGABLE fit to be boasted about ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GLORIABLE † that may be gloried in or boasted of ...c1640
• OSTENTATE †* boasted, vaingloriously displayed ...1615
BOASTFULLY - adverbs
• BOUNCINGLY boastfully, blusteringly ...a1677
• VAUNTFUL * boastfully ...a1814
BOAT - adjectives
• NAVICULAR † pert. to or connected with boats ...1656
• NAVIGAL †* navigable; affording passage for ships or boats ...c1470
• RANK of a boat: top-heavy ...1898 Sc.
• TICKLISH of a boat: easily capsized ...1687
boat - nouns
• AGUN-BOAT a steamer ...1853 Anglo-Indian
• ARK any old, clumsy boat ...1965 Amer. dial. jocular
• BARGE † a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat ...1470-85
• BARK a rowing boat; formerly a large flat boat, a barge ...1598 now poetic
• BATELLE † a small boat, a skiff ...1330
• BOILING WATER a boat's wake ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOY DROWNDER an unsafe old boat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CANALLER a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
• CATTLE BOAT a party boat ...1970 US commercial fishermen's jargon
• COW TROFT an old, clumsy boat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DINKEY a small rowboat; an old, clumsy boat ...1849 Amer. dial.
• DINKY a small rowboat; an old, clumsy boat ...1849 Amer. dial.
• FAIR † a boat, in fishermen's tabu language ...1894 Sc.
• FAIRLOCK † a boat, in fishermen's tabu language ...1866 Sc.
• FAR a boat ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FARR a boat ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GUN a large surfboat for riding big waves ...Aust. sl.
• HACK an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship ...1916 Amer. sl.
• HAG-BOAT an old, clumsy boat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HANK the leeside of a boat ...1899 Sc.
• I'M AFLOAT a boat ...Bk19C rhyming sl.
• LARK a boat ...c1785 cant
• LET-BOAT a rental boat ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MUTTERBOAT a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NACELLE †* a small boat ...1483
• NANNY a boat ...1930s rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
• NANNY GOAT a boat ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NOVIE BOAT a large, low-cost lobster boat built in Nova Scotia ...1888 US sl.
• PUTT-PUTT a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAM the keel of a boat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEVER anything large and quickly moving, as a blazing fire, a high wind, a swift boat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIGGER a racing boat ...Bk1903 Durham School usage
• SCOUT † a small boat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SEA SLED a motor boat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHANTY a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old, clumsy boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY-BOAT a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old clumsy, boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
• SKERRY † a small boat ...1540-1
• SKIPPET † a small boat or skiff ...1590
• SPEED BURNER a speedboat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAIL † the stern of a ship or boat ...1553
• TILT an awning over a boat ...1611
• TINNIE, TINNY a small aluminium boat ...1960s Aust. sl.
• WAFTAGE conveyance across water by ship or boat ...1590
• WALNUT-SHELL a light, fragile boat ...1614
• WUSSER a canal boat ..1880s
• YIRKIN the side of a boat ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
boat - person
• BARCAROLE an Italian boatman ...1854
• BATWARD a boatman; literally, a boatkeeper ...1825 Sc.
• BEACH-COMBER in the Pacific any kind of sailor adventurer; a river boatman ...Bk1890 sl.
• BIRTHMAN † a boatman ...1767 Sc.
• CANALLER one who lives on a canal boat ...M19 sl., orig. US
• JACK - an attendant at a boat-house ...Bk1896
• MOTOR-BOATIST - * a person who uses a motor boat ...1908
• PADDLER - a person who paddles a boat, canoe, etc. ...1770
boat - verbs
• ANDOO to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide ...1866 Sc.
• CHOMP of a boat: to move vigorously forward ...1890 Amer. dial.
• LANCE † to launch a boat ...c1515
• LEAD † to guide or steer a boat; to guide or drive a carriage ...1377
• MOVE UNDER AN ASHEN SAIL to row a boat ...1975 Can.
• OIL-CAN of a boat: to make a hollow booming sound striking the water ...1990 US sl.
• SALLY to move or run from side to side; to sway a boat ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE DOWN to launch a boat ...1887 Sc.
• TITTUP of a boat: to toss with abrupt jerky movements ...1881
• WAG of a boat or ship: to rock ...1377
• WALK to move a boat sideways ...1989 US sl.
BOATHOUSE - person
• JACK IN THE WATER a handy man at a boat-house or landing-stage; a waterman's attendant, who helps passengers on and off boats ...c1835 colloq.
BOAT RACE - nouns
• FACE a boat race. esp. the Oxford and Cambridge ...L19 rhyming sl.
BOATSWAIN - person
• BAT-SWAIN - † an Anglo-Saxon expression for boatswain; a sailor ...Bk1855
BODY - adjectives
• APPLE-SHAPED characterized by a tendency to store fat around the abdomen, rather than on the hips or thighs ...1779
• CONSTRUCTED having an attractive body; generously built ...1950s Amer. sl.
• CUT-UP WELL looking good naked; having a good body ...19C Brit. sl.
• IN LUST attracted to another's body ...1963 Amer. sl.
• LONG-GEARED long-bodied ...1894 Amer. dial.
• MASTIFF † burly, big-bodied ...1668
• MASTY † burly, big-bodied ...1665
• PUT-TOGETHER well-built; usually said of a woman ...1960s Amer. sl.
• QUAGGY of the body or flesh: soft, yielding, flabby ...?1600
• SLAMMOCKY, SLAWMECKY, SLOMMACHY, SLOMMACKY, SLUMMACKY, SLUMMOCKY, SLUMMUCKY of a person's body: soft and flabby, out of shape ...1861 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• SMOOTH of a man's body: hairless ...1997 US sl.
• TIGHT of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely ...1697 arch. or Eng. dial.
body - nouns
• ABLACH a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition ...1875 Sc.
• ANATOMY one's body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks ...20C US
• APPLE-CART the human body ...B1790 sl.
• ARMOR a female's figure ...1997 US sl.
• ARSE (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ARTILLERY attractive female breasts; a shapely female figure ...1929 Amer. sl.
• ASS (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ASSHOLE one's body, person, or self ...1973 Amer. sl.
• BACKWARD † the hinder part of the body ...1627
• BELLY † the body ...c1275
• BOD a body ...Aust. sl.
• BONE-HOUSE the human body ...1870
• BONES the skeleton; the body; the mortal remains ...OE
• BONE WAGON one's body ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BOODY the female body ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOSS the front of the body from chest to loins ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDDY the body ...1990s W. Indies/UK Black teen sl.
• CAGE the body ...1973 US sl.
• CARCASE the trunk, the body ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CARCASS one's body; one's buttocks ...1957 Amer. dial.
• CARRION the human body, living or dead ...19C Brit. sl.
• CASE the body ...1547-64
• CHASSIS the female figure; the body ...1930s sl.
• CHOAD,CHODE the perineum; the flesh between the genitals region and the anus ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CLASSY CHASSIS an attractive figure ...1930s sl.
• COKE FRAME a curvaceous figure...1930s US Black sl.
• COTTON †* down or soft hair growing on the body ...1615
• EARTH the body ...a1600
• EAST AND WEST the breast or the chest; hence the upper body ...1923 UK rhyming sl.
• EUROPEAN ACCENTUATION a tapered body with jutting buttocks ...1950s gay sl.
• FIELD ARTILLERY attractive female breasts; a shapely female figure ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FREE SHOW a peek at a woman's breasts, thighs, or pelvic area allowed on purpose or by accidental circumstances ...20C US colloq.
• HABIT † the outer part, surface, or external appearance of the body ...1652
• HIDE AND HUE † skin and complexion; the visible outer part of the body
• HOT BEEF an expanse of exposed female flesh ...M20 US sl.
• HOT MEAT an expanse of exposed female flesh ...M20 US sl.
• HOT MUTTON an expanse of exposed female flesh ...M20 US sl.
• MAN-CASE † the body; physique ...1655 nonce word
• MUTTON one's person, self, body, or flesh ...L18 US sl.
• OUTWARD ADAM one's body, exterior, appearance ...1837 Amer. dial.
• PAN a woman's body ...20C US sl.
• PARK a woman's body considered as a source of pleasure for men
• QUARREN a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARROM a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARROME a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARROMES † the body ...1567 cant
• QUARROMS a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• QUARRON † the body ...1641 cant
• QUARRONS a body ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• SOUL-CASE the body ...1699 sl.
• TOM NODDY a body, i.e. a corpse ...20C US rhyming sl.
• WORM-FOOD a dead body; a corpse ...20C sl.
body - person
• BUTTERFACE a female whose body is very attractive, but who has an unattractive face ...2000s US Black sl.
• FATTY CAKE a young woman with a plump, well-rounded figure ...20C sl.
• HARDBODY - a person with a physically toned body, typically as the result of exercise; a physically trim, muscular, sexually attractive person ...1980 colloq., orig. US
• ODD BOD a person with an odd body; a strange body ...20C US sl.
body - verbs
• QUETCH, QUITCH † of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir; in later use, to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STRUT ONE'S STUFF to show off one's body ...Bk1995 US sl.
body - phrases
• AROUND THE WORLD the oral stimulation of all parts of a partner's body ...1951 US sl.
BODY BAG - nouns
• BAGGIE a body bag ...1973 Amer. military sl.
BODYBUILDER - adjectives
• CARVED UP of a bodybuilder: without fat ...1984 US sl.
bodybuilder - person
• BB - a Body-Builder ...2005 US homosexual sl.
• BIG BOY - a massive bodybuilder ...Bk1997 weightlifters' usage
• HARDBODY - a female bodybuilder in excellent shape, with very good muscle tone ...Bk2006 bodybuilders' usage
• HULK an unusually large bodybuilder ...1980 US sl.
• MUSCLE MARY a homosexual man devoted to body-building and the resultant musculature ...1980s homosexual usage
BODYBUILDING - nouns
• MEAT-MARKET a body-building gymnasium ...M20 US sl.
• MEAT-RACK a body-building gymnasium .,..M20 US sl.
bodybuilding - verbs
• CHEAT in bodybuilding: to use muscles others than those designed for use in a particular exercise ...1984 US sl.
• GARBAGE UP in bodybuilding: to eat food that is not in your regular diet ...1984 US sl.
• GET VEINS in bodybuilding: to achieve definition, or well-developed and sculpted muscles ...1984 US sl.
BODYGUARD - person
• ANIMAL an athletic or muscular man, esp. a bodyguard or hired thug ...1921 Amer. sl.
• BABYSISTER a bodyguard, often for a witness under police protection ...Bk1992 police sl.
• BABYSITTER a bodyguard, esp. of a witness, under police or federal protection ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
• BACK a bodyguard ...1995 US Black sl.
• ENFORCER a bully; a thug or bodyguard ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HACK a bodyguard ...1989 UK sl.
• HAMMER a bodyguard; a thug; a gangster ...1928 sl.
• HANCHMAN † a personal attendant or 'right-hand man' of a Highland chief; a trusty follower or bodyguard ...c1730 Sc.
• HANDLER a person employed to advise or protect a politician, celebrity, etc.; esp. a publicity agent or bodyguard; usually used in the plural ...1909 orig. U.S.
• HEAVIES bodyguards; people employed for their strength; bouncers, strong-arm men; men with authority employed to keep the peace, such as police, or to use violence if necessary, such as a criminal's hench-men ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• HEAVY MAN - an armed guard or bodyguard ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• MINDER - a bodyguard hired to protect a criminal ...1924 sl.
• SIDEWINDER - a thug, esp. a gangster's bodyguard ...1940s sl.
• TRIGGER MAN - a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• WARDECORPS - † a body-guard - an armed personal attendant ...a1330
BODY-SNATCHER - person
• PATCHMAN - a body-snatcher ...1890 Eng. dial.
• RESURRECTION-COVE a body-snatcher ...Bk1903 sl.
• RESURRECTIONIST a body-snatcher ...1862 sl.
• RESURRECTION-MAN a body-snatcher ...1821 sl.
• RESURRECTION-WOMAN a body-snatcher ...1814 sl.
• RESURRECTOR a body-snatcher, a resurrectionist ...1863 Sc.
BODY-SNATCHING - nouns
• RESURRECTON-RIG body-snatching ...Bk1903 sl.
BOG, BOGGY - adjectives
• BUTTERMILK having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAIRY boggy, miry, swampy ...1700s
• QUAGGY of ground: that shakes under foot; full of quags; boggy, soft ...1610
• QUEACHY † of ground: swampy, boggy ...1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEECHY of land: wet, boggy, marshy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOBBY marshy, boggy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SANKY boggy, spongy ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy ...1823 orig. Eng. dial.
• SUMPY boggy, miry, swampy ...1829 Eng. dial.
• VOGGY boggy, swampy ...B1900 Sc.
• WAUCHIE † swampy, boggy ...1825 Sc.
bog, boggy - nouns
• BABANQUA a quaking bog, a quagmire ...1837 Sc.
• BOBBINQUA a quaking bog ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• LAIR a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LAIR-HOLE a boggy spot; a muddy hole ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog ...1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOON SHIT n. boggy land ...1987 Can. sl.
• MIMMAM a bog ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MUSKEG a marsh or bog ...1890 Amer. dial.
• QUAB † a marshy spot; a bog ...1627 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAG a marshy or boggy spot ...1589
• QUAGGINESS a quaggy condition ...1653
• QUAMIRE † a quagmire, a bog ...1555
• QUAW a bog, a quagmire, a marsh ...1535 Sc.
• QUEACHY wet, boggy land which requires draining ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SANCOME a quagmire, a bog; a flat, spongy piece of ground ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SANCOMMY † bog land ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SLUMP a marsh; a swamp; a muddy or boggy place ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SOG a piece of boggy land ...Eng. dial.
• SUG † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...1578
• SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass ...c1425
• SUMPT † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...c1425
• VOG a bog; a swamp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
• WUGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
• YARF a peat-bog, a swamp ...1897 Sc.
bog, boggy - verbs
• IMBOG † to engulf as in a bog ...1812 Sc.
• LAIR to stick or sink in mire or bog; to become bogged ...a1572
• LARE to stick or sink in mire or bog ...a1572
• QUAIL of wet, boggy land: to tremble under foot ...1777 Eng. dial.
BOGEY, BOGIE, BOGY - nouns
• BOLLY † a bogy, a hobgoblin ...1724 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUGGER a bogie ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAG † an object of terror; a bogey ...1611
• OLD BILLY the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1894
• OLD BILLY HELL the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAW-HEAD a bogey used to frighten children ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children ...1637 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRATTY a hobgoblin or bogey ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPA-WILLIPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• WILLIPUS-WAMPUS a fictitious animal; a bogeyman ...1921 Amer. dial.
BOGUS - adjectives
• BOGUE phony, fake, bogus ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOGUISH phony, fake, bogus ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CRANK bogus; false; phony ...Bk2006 US sl.
• MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false ...1891
• SHNIDE, SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand; mean; nasty, esp. in an insinuating way ...1859 UK
• SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
BOHEMIAN - adjectives
• BOHO unconventional, bohemian ...1958 US sl.
Bohemian - person
• BOCK (derogatory) a Bohemian ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOHAWK a member of the Bohemian counterculture ...1952 US sl.
• BOHEMIE a Bohemian ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOHO a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person ...1958 US sl.
• BOHUNK (often derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1924 Amer. dial.
• CARP (derogatory) a Bohemian ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHESKY a Czech or Bohemian ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CZEZSKI a Czech or Bohemian ...1964 Amer. dial.
• HAUTE BOHÈME - members of any fast or high-class Bohemian set ...1925
• HEEGAN, HEGAN - a Bohemian or Czech ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LARIKIN a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LARRY a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LURCHER a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for social convention ...20C Aust. sl.
• TALENT a rascal, a villain, a Bohemian, one who acts without regard for conventions ...1880 Aust. sl.
BOIL (swelling) - nouns
• ALLER a boil, a carbuncle ...1790 Eng. dial. (Grose)
• ALLERNBATCH a boil, a carbuncle; an old sore ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BEAL † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEALING † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BLUSH a blister, a boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHIN a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHION a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGAN a boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGGAN a boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOILER a furuncle, a boil ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BOLGAN a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMP a boil ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CAN OF OIL a boil ...20C rhyming sl.
• CONAN (DOYLE) a boil ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• KYLE † a sore, an ulcer, a boil ...1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOMMA the head of a boil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MRS DOYLE a boil ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• NESSCOCK a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESSCOCKLE a small boil or pimple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NISTIE-COCK † a small suppurating pimple or boil ...1866 Sc.
• PET a boil, pimple, mole, or wart ...1902 Amer. dial.
• QUAT † a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUILT a pimple; a boil, a small blister ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOT a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye ...1691 Eng. dial.
• RAISING a boil, an abscess, or other swelling ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TANNER the root of a corn, boil, etc. ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOLCANOES pimples or boils ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BOIL (liquids) - adjectives
• TAIVERT overboiled; boiled to rags ...Bk1905 Sc.
boil (liquids) - adverbs
• ABOIL in a boiling state ...1858
boil (liquids) - verbs
• AESTUATE † to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide ...1620
• BELK † to boil, to heave like a boiling fluid; to throb ...1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BILE to boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOIL A FEW WALLOPS to bring to a hard, rolling boil for a short time, as water for a pot of tea ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BOIL A WALLOP † to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling ...1565
• BOWL to boil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREE to pour water on articles of food to be boiled; to drain solids that have been boiled ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CORROBOREE to boil ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DANCE to boil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEBULLIATE † to bubble or boil over ...1656
• DECOCT 1. † to prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, to cook ...c1420
2. † to boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling ...1538
• EBULLATE †* to boil, to be in a state of ebullition ...1623
• EBULLIATE * to boil, to bubble out ...1599
• ESTUATE † to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide ...1620
• GALLOP † to boil ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PABBLE to make a sound like that of boiling liquid ...1832 Sc.
• QUADDLE to boil and bubble, as water or broth ...1892 Eng. dial.
• QUADLE † to boil ...1633
• QUOBBLE of water: to make a noise in boiling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE to boil; to make a noise while boiling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMP to boil vigorously ...1901 Sc.
• SEETHE A WALLOP † to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling ...1565
• SIEDE † to boil ...1481
• WAFF to puff in the act of boiling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALL † of a liquid: to boil; also, of a person: to be in boiling liquid ...c1000
• WALLOP to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling ...1579
• WALM † to bubble as in boiling; to boil ...1610
• WAMBLE † of water, the blood: to seethe, to boil ...1636
BOILED - adjectives
• DECOCTIBLE * capable of being decocted; easy to be boiled ...1656
• TAIVERED boiled to shreds ...1825 Sc.
• TAIVERT boiled to shreds ...1825 Sc.
• YBOYLID † boiled ...c1430
boiled - verbs
• TEEM to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled ...1890 Eng. dial.
BOILING - adjectives
• AESTUANT †* boiling; heaving with heat ...1633
• AESTUATING † boiling; heaving with heat ...1674
• BULLIENT †* boiling, bubbling ...1669
• EBULLIENT that boils; boiling; agitated, as if boiling ...1599
• WALLING † of liquids, molten metal, etc.: boiling ...c1000
boiling - nouns
• AESTUATION † feverish disturbance, boiling up, ebullition ...1605
• BINNER the boiling-point ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEBULLITION † a bubbling or boiling over ...1727
• DECOCTION † reduction by evaporation in boiling, boiling down; reduction ...1650
• EBULLITION n. 1. a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over ...1534
2. the process of boiling, or keeping a liquid at the boiling point by the application of heat ...1594
• ESTUATION † feverish disturbance, boiling up, ebullition ...1605
• WALLOP † the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point ...1565
• WALM † the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling ...a1000
• WAMBLE † an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point ...1620
boiling - verbs
• SCLENCH to check water at boiling point by dashing cold water into it ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
BOISTEROUS, BOISTEROUSNESS - adjectives
• BOASTEROUS boisterous ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOISTART boisterous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOISTOUS † rough, loud, or violent in sound; noisy, boisterous ...c1430
• BOUSTEOUS boisterous; fierce ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSTEROUS boisterous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALLITHUMPIAN noisy, boisterous, discordant ...1851 Amer. dial.
• CHAFFEY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CHAFFY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• GALEY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMSIN' romping, boisterous ...1908 Sc.
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT wild, unmanageable, boisterous ...1819 Sc.
• JANGLESOME boisterous; noisy; quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LALEEKING boisterous ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLOCKING boisterous ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MALEDDY in high spirits, boisterous, elated ...1923 Sc.
• OVERITIOUS boisterous, violent, headstrong, impetuous ...B1900 Sc.
• RACKETING noisy, boisterous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKETTY boisterous, noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKLESOME boisterous, noisy, reckless ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAKUSSING noisy, boisterous, obstreperous ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNCTIOUS energetic, vigorous, lively, boisterous ...1830 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1866 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous ...1853
• RAMMISH of children: boisterous, romping ...1825 Sc.
• RAMP riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent ...1715 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS * lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous ...1837
• RAMPAGEOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly ...1822
• RAMPAGEROUS boisterous, noisy, disorderly ...1890 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous ...1822 Sc.
• RAMPAGIOUS violent; unruly; boisterous ...1822
• RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS † rough and strong; boisterous in manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDIE boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLING riotous, boisterous ...1876 Eng. dial.
• RANTY-MAD raving, noisy, boisterous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAPSICAL thoughtless; funny; boisterous, esp. when lightly intoxicated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIP-ROARING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy ...1834 colloq., orig. US
• RIPROARIOUS vigorous, boisterous; violent ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• RIPRORIOUS vigorous, boisterous ...1830 sl., orig. US
• RIP-SNORTING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy ...1846 colloq., orig. US
• ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ...a1548
• ROISTERING boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• ROISTEROUS boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• ROOTIN' TOOTIN' noisy; boisterous; rip-roaring; lively ...sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• RORITORIOUS noisy, boisterous, uproarious ...1821
• RORTY boisterous or noisy, rowdy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic ...1882 sl.
• RORY-CUM-TORY †* noisy, boisterous ...1893
• RORY-TORY loud, noisy, boisterous ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RUFFATORY boisterous, rude ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• RUMBUNCTIOUS energetic, vigorous, lively, boisterous ...1830 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SHANDY wild, boisterous ...L17 Eng. dial.
• STREPEROUS † noisy, harsh-sounding, loud, boisterous ...1637
• TEAR-BRASS rowdy, boisterous ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TEARING boisterous, blustering; noisy; bustling ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEARING-DOWN of a person or occasion: boisterous, rollicking, rip-roaring ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TORY-RORY † boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild ...1678
boisterous, boisterousness - nouns
• AMMERGAG a boisterous noise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• FANDANGO a rowdy or boisterous social gathering ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GALLAFER noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth ...1898 Sc.
• HAMMERGAG a boisterous noise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDY FUNERAL any boisterous occasion, not necessarily a wake ...20C sl.
• PADDY'S FUNERAL any boisterous occasion, not necessarily a wake ...20C sl.
• RAMP a spree, a boisterous good time ...L19 sl.
• RAMPLOSITY a boisterousness, roving disposition ...1887 Sc.
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• SHIVOO a boisterous celebration, a party ...M19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• TEARATION romping; noisy, boisterous play ...B1900 Eng. dial.
boisterous, boisterousness - person
• 'ARRIET a boisterous or jovial young Cockney woman, typically the notional wife or girlfriend of 'Arry ...1879 UK colloq.
• 'ARRY a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man ...1874 UK colloq.
• BALAHU a noisy, boisterous person ...1943 W. Indies
• BARGE a cantankerous, argumentative woman; a scold; a passionate, boisterous, imperious woman ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• GAPESAWMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SIMON a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPESORMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAY GREEK * a merry, boisterous or dissolute person; a roisterer; a person of loose habits ...1536
• GLUFFIS, GLUFFUS a boisterous brawling person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HEIGHTY TOITY † a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden ...1785 sl.
• HELL-RAISER a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild, boisterous, or outrageous behaviour; a spirited, outspoken, fast-acting person; esp. such a person who does not observe common propriety; a rowdy person; one who lives recklessly ...1882 colloq.
• HEMP a boisterous or mischievous boy; a rough, troublesome fellow; one fit for the gallows ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HEMPY a mischievous or boisterous boy; a giddy, wild, romping girl ...1818
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden ...1699 cant
• MAD GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• MERRY GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl, a romp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMACKS a romp; a boisterous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMPADGEON a furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGER a restless, romping person; one who prances about furiously; a boisterous or quarrelsome person ...1879 Sc.
• RAMPS a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...18C
• RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• RIPSTICK a romping, boisterous child; a harum-scarum or rough person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RIPSTITCH a romping, boisterous, irrepressible child who is always ‘ripping his stitches,’ i.e., tearing his clothes; a wild, reckless person ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• RUFFATORY a rude, boisterous boy; one who is fond of horseplay, knocking and shoving his playfellows about at all risks ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RUGGY-DUGGY a rough, boisterous person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUMPULLION a boisterous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-AWAY one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner; a rebellious and unruly young person; an uncontrollable, boisterous person; a rascal ...1891
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp; one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY - † a rude, boisterous, or forward boy ...a1553
boisterous, boisterousness - verbs
• BIRTLE to behave boisterously ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BREAK DOWN to dance riotously; to be boisterously convivial ...c1870 colloq.
• CUT A SHINE to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1830 Amer. dial.
• CUT SHINES to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GALDER to laugh in a loud, noisy manner; to talk or sing boisterously or noisily ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAUSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GOWSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GOYSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily ...1674 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK to act boisterously ...1896 Amer. dial.
• MALAHACK to act boisterously; to rough-house ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RAFF to be full of mirth or fun; to abound with boisterous good spirits ...1824 Sc.
• RAISE CAIN to behave in a boisterous manner
• RAISE HELL to celebrate wildly; to enjoy oneself in a wild, boisterous manner, usually with much noise and whisky; to be drunk and boisterous ...20C Amer. colloq.
• RAISE SAND to celebrate wildly; to enjoy oneself in a wild, boisterous manner, usually with much noise and whisky; to be drunk and boisterous ...20C Amer. colloq.
• RAM AROUND to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure ...1939 Amer. dial.
• RANK to move in a boisterous manner ...1870 Eng. dial.
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
• ROIST † to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ...M16
• ROUGH IT UP to behave boisterously, aggressively, or violently ...1897
• ROUNCE * to bounce about; to flounce, to behave in an agitated, boisterous, or noisy manner ...a1500
• TEAR OFF THE SHINGLES to be noisy or boisterous ...1966 Amer. dial.
BOISTEROUSLY - adverbs
• TORY-RORY † in a roaring, wild, or uproarious manner; boisterously, wildly ...1664
BOLD, BOLDNESS - adjectives
• ANIMOUS †* spirited, courageous, bold ...1620
• ASPERANT bold, proud, haughty ...E19
• AUDACULOUS † a little bold or daring ...1603
• AUNTERSOME bold, daring, adventurous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNTY of persons: ready, bold, venturesome, high-spirited ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARDIE bold, fierce, turbulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARDY bold, fierce, turbulent ...1788 Sc.
• BASHLESS † unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold ...1578
• BEAZEN bold ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEND adj. bold ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOLD AS BRASS very bold or impudent; brazen-faced ...1789
• BRAISANT brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASS-VISAGED bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced ...1816
• CAMPIE of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
• CAMPY of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
• CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAIROUS † bold, daring ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAROUS † daring, bold ... Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAR † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERE † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERF 1. † bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1175
2. † in a bad sense: bold, audacious, daringly wicked ...a1400
• FACIE bold, ready to face danger ...1825 Sc.
• FACING † bold, audacious ...1566
• FACY bold, ready to face danger ...1825 Sc.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• FUNKY-ASS lively; bold; sassy ...1970 US sl.
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• HAUTAIN † of exalted courage; courageous, bold ...c1450
• HEARTSOME † courageous, spirited, bold ...1567
• HEARTY † courageous, bold ...c1380
• KEEN 1. † brave, bold, valiant, daring ...c897
2. † bold, proud, forward, insolent, heinous ...1297
• KEENLY †* bold, courageous ...c1205
• MAKINT confident, assured, bold, brazen ...1808 Sc.
• MALAPERT † presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty ...c1420 obs. exc. arch.
• MANNISH bold, forward; said of both sexes and of children ...1930 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• OBERFU bold, forward ...1929 Sc.
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• OUDACIOUS audacious, bold ...1891 Amer. dial.
• OUTDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OWDACIOUS impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PAUKY, PAWKY proud, conceited, impudent, bold, precocious, forward, inquisitive; esp. used of children ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMGUMPTIOUS shrewd, bold, rash ...B1900 sl.
• RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits ...1713 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR of a woman: bold, masculine ...a1838 Sc.
• RUDAS bold, masculine ...B1900 Sc.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SASSY impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish ... 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• STALWORTH † brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty ...a1225 obs. exc. arch.
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TAUNTRIL † bold, impudent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEMERARIOUS unreasonably adventurous; reckless, heedless, careless, rash, bold, headstrong ...1532 now only literary
• VENTORIOUS † characterized by venturesomeness; adventurous, bold, daring ...1640
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
bold, boldness - nouns
• AFFORCE force, boldness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this ...1958 Aust. sl.
• BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DARE † daring, boldness ...1595
• DAREDNESS boldness, audacity ...1874 Eng. dial.
• ENERGY boldness, assertiveness, forwardness; bravery; ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FACE great confidence; insolent boldness; effrontery, nerve ...1537 colloq.
• HARDIESSE hardihood, boldness ...1340
• HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity ...1579 arch.
• HARDIMENT 1. † a deed of daring; a bold exploit ...1375
2. boldness, courage, daring, hardihood ...c1374 arch.
• INSURANCE assurance, great boldness, impudence ...1893 Amer. dial.
• IRISH-ASSURANCE bold forward behaviour; shamelessness ...L18 sl.
• KEENSHIP †* boldness, fierceness ...c1205
• OATS boldness, assertiveness ...1970 Amer. dial.
bold, boldness - person
• BARD a bold, noisy woman; a scolding woman ...1825 Sc.
• FACER † one who puts on a bold face; one who boasts or swaggers; a braggart; a bully ...c1515
• GILKIE * (sometimes derogatory) a young girl, esp. a lively, bold, or forward one ...1720 Sc. & Irish English
• GILPEY, GILPIE, GILPY * (sometimes derogatory) a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy ...1720 Sc. & Irish English
• GLOWBASON a bold, impudent person ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HARDEN-FACE a bold, brazen-faced person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDY a bold or saucy young scamp ...Bk1868
• KEMPIE, KEMPY a bold or pugnacious person; an energetic, lively child ...1822 Sc.
• LIMMER a wild, undisciplined girl; a bold, impudent girl or woman; a jade; a hussy ...1786 Sc.
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade; a hussy; a harlot; a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy; a slut ...1720 Sc.
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANNIGAL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a bold or immodest woman ...1579
bold, boldness - verbs (also see EMBOLDEN)
• BE IN ARMOUR to be pot-valiant (bold or courageous under the influence of alcohol) ...L17 sl.
• BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BRAG IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN † to brag, to put on a bold front ...1542
• FACE IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN † to brag, to put on a bold front ...1542
• GAB to speak boldly or impertinently; to assail or answer with impertinent language; to jeer at ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDISS †* to make hardy, to embolden ...1297
• HARDY 1. † to make hardy or bold; to encourage ...a1225
2. † to become bold ...1823 nonce use
• HAVE BRASS BALLS to be foolhardy, over-bold ...20C Amer.
• HAVE BRASS ON ONE'S FACE to be forward, bold, or over-confident ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAVE CAST-IRON BALLS to be foolhardy, over-bold ...20C Amer.
• IMPER to be bold or impudent ...1899 Sc.
• PIPE UP to start speaking boldly ...1889 sl.
• PUSH A FACE † to exhibit a bold front ...1758-65
• SHOW A FACE † to exhibit a bold front ...1827
bold, boldness - phrases
• YOUR SAUCE-PAN RUNS OVER you are exceeding bold ...a1700
BOLDLY - adverbs
• BODACIOUSLY unceremoniously, boldly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BODIACIOUSLY unceremoniously, boldly ...1884 Amer. dial.
• CANTLY † boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily ...1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DERFLY boldly, fiercely, vigorously ...1809 Sc.
• EYELESSLY † without fear or reverence; boldly and presumptuously ...a1000
• HARDLY † boldly, daringly, hardily ...a1225
• HAUTAINLY † boldly, courageously ...1513
• KEENLY † fiercely, boldly ...c1000
• LARGE † freely, unrestrainedly, boldly ...a1400
• LIKE A HATTER vigorously, boldly ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNABASEDLY † dauntlessly, boldly ...1375 Sc.
BOLOGNA - nouns
• HORSECOCK sausage, esp. bologna or salami ...1942 US sl., esp. navy usage
• NORTH END ROUND bologna ...1987 Can. sl.
BOLT - verbs
• OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key ...1623
BOLTING - nouns
• OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up ...1658
BOMB, BOMBING - nouns
• A-BOMB an atomic bomb ...Amer. sl.
• AIR CAN a bomb when dropped from an aircraft ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASHCAN an aerial bomb ...1919 US army sl.
• BIG COUGH a bomb ...1929 US criminals' sl.
• BREAD-BASKET a large bomb containing smaller bombs ...1940 Brit. sl.
• BUZZ BOMB a German World War II V-1 winged robot bomb powered by a ramjet engine ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE a bomb ...WWII Royal Air Force usage
• CAN a bomb ...1929 US sl.
• CHICAGO PINEAPPLE a small bomb or grenade ...20C Amer. sl.
• CLOBBERING a heavy bombing ...1948 Air Force sl.
• COOKIE an explosive device; a bomb ...1942 US military sl.
• DAISY-CLIPPER an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1918 US Army sl.
• DAISY-CUTTER 1. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb that explodes slightly above ground level ...1917 US military sl.
2. a 10,000 to 15,000 pound bomb used to clear jungle and create an instant landing zone in Vietnam ...1967 US sl.
• DOODLE a German V-1 flying bomb ...1944 sl.
• DOODLEBUG a German V-1 flying bomb ...1944 sl.
• DUMB BOMB a bomb that must be dropped accurately ...1991 US sl.
• EAGLE a bomb ...World War II Amer. sl.
• EGG a bomb; a mine; a depth charge ...1917 sl.
• INCOMING MAIL artillery fire; also, bombs ...1919 US Army and Marine Corps usage
• ITALIAN FOOTBALL a bomb ...Bk1934 sl.
• LAZY DOG a type of fragmentation bomb designed to explode in mid air and scatter steel pellets at high velocity over the target area ...1965 US sl.
• MAIL artillery fire; also, bombs ...1919 US Army and Marine Corps usage
• MICKEY a type of radar-assisted bombsight ...1944 US sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE a type of electrical bomb release ...1941 sl.
• MINNIE, MINNY a German trench-mortar, or the bomb discharged by it ...1917 sl.
• MOANING MINNIE a German trench-mortar, or the bomb discharged by it ...1941 sl.
• MOLOTOFF BREADBASKET a cluster of incendiary bombs ...1940 military usage, now hist.
• MOLOTOV BREADBASKET a cluster of incendiary bombs ...1940 military usage, now hist.
• MOLOTOV COCKTAIL a makeshift bomb typically consisting of a bottle of gasoline and a rag that serves as a wick and is ignited before throwing ...1939 Amer. sl., orig. journalist usage
• OIL CAN a German trench-mortar bomb in World War I ...1917 sl.
• OUTGOING MAIL artillery fire; also, bombs ...1919 US Army and Marine Corps usage
• PILL a bomb ...1921 sl.
• PINEAPPLE a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• PINEAPPLE BOMB a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• PLUM-PUDDING a type of trench-mortar bomb ...1925 sl.
• PRANG a bombing raid ...1945 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
• RHUBARB a low-level strafing raid ...1943 sl.
• RUM-JAR a German trench-mortar bomb ...1916 sl.
• SACK OF TATERS a stick of small bombs, as incendiaries ...1939 Royal Air Force sl.
• SAUSAGE a type of German trench-mortar bomb ...1915 sl.
• SCREAMER a type of bomb that makes a screaming sound as it falls ...1942 sl.
• STONK a concentrated artillery bombardment ...1944 sl.
• TOC EMMA a trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• TOCH EMMA a trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• TOCK EMMA a trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
bomb, bombing - person
• BALL TOSSER a bomb thrower ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
bomb, bombing - verbs
• LAY AN EGG to drop a bomb from an aircraft ...1918 sl.
• PLASTER to bomb or shell heavily ...1915 sl.
• PRANG to bomb a target successfully from the air ...1942 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
• SMEAR to destroy a place by bombing ...1935 sl.
• STONK to bombard with concentrated artillery fire ...1944 sl.
BOMBARDMENT - nouns
• CHATTER OF THE GUNS gunfire; a bombardment ...World War II Amer. sl.
BOMBAST - nouns
• ALL GAS AND GAITERS nonsense, rubbish, pomposity, bombast ...1920s sl.
• FLUBDUB bombastic or inept language; nonsense, balderdash ...1888 Amer. dial.
• GAS empty or boastful talk; showy pretense, bombast; humbug, nonsense ...1847 sl.
• PISS AND WIND empty talk, bombast ...1922 sl.
• TARATANTARA † high-flown, loud, extravagant, or pretentious talk; bombast ...1599
• TARATANTARO † high-flown, loud, extravagant, or pretentious talk; bombast ...1670
• VENTOSITY pomposity, vanity, bombast ...c1550
• WIND AND PISH empty talk, bombast ...1992 sl.
BOMBASTIC - adjectives
• BRAGGAND boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAGGIE, BRAGGY boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FUSTIAN ridiculously lofty in expression; bombastic, high-flown, inflated, pompous ...1592
• HYBOLIC pompous, bombastic ...1972 Hawaii youth usage
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• ORIFICIAL †* mouthmaking; hence, high-sounding, bombastic, inflated ...1594
• PUFFY bombastic
• RODOMONT bombastic, boasting, braggart ...1626 arch.
• TAFFETA florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1588
• TAFFETY florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular ...1719
• TIFFETY-TAFFETY † florid, bombastic; overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1595 nonce word
bombastic - person
• STUMPER a bombastic speaker ...Bk1904 sl.
• STUMP ORATOR a bombastic speaker ...Bk1904 sl.
• STUMP-SPEAKER a bombastic speaker ...Bk1904 sl.
• TARTARIN a bombastic fellow ...1903
BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
• BONESAPART Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEY Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BONEY Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAP Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAPPY Napoleon Bonaparte ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT, DEAD DUDE, THE Napoleon ...20C teen & high school sl.
BOND (something that binds) - nouns
• BEND † a band, bond, or fetter ...c890
• NECESSITY †* a bond or tie between persons ...1595
bond (something that binds) - verbs
• BEND † to put in bonds, to fetter ...1036
BOND (finance) - nouns
• WAR BABY a bond that is sold during wartime with the presumption that it will 'grow' in value ...1910s US sl.
BONDAGE - nouns
• THRALLAGE bondage; pecuniary difficulty; perplexity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bondage - person
• NATIVE one born in bondage ...c1450 now Hist.
• NEIF one born in a state of bondage or serfdom; sometimes, a female serf, a bondwoman ...1547 now Hist.
bondage - verbs
• MANUMISE † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMISS † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMIT to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1432-50
BONDMAN, BONDSMAN, BOND-WOMAN - person
• BAIL 'EM FROM SALEM a bondsman ...Bk1945 jive usage
• BANSMAN a bondsman, a servant ...1879 Sc.
• CARL, CARLE † a bondman; a villain ...a1300
• HELOT a serf, a bondsman ...1823
• MAN'S-BOND † a slave - a bondsman ...c1330
• MANUMIT † a freed bondman ...1615
• NAIF in Old English Law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bond-woman ...Bk1856
BONE, BONY - adjectives
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• ILL-BONED † having diseased or injured bones ...1645
• RAWBONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAWBONY having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...a1930 Amer. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY-BONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1868 Amer. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
bone, bony - nouns
• DAVID JONES bones ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• RACKS bones ...c1890 slaughterers' usage
• RAME † the bones or skeleton of a human being or animal; generally plural ...1497 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
bone, bony - person
• AMATON a thin bony person ...B1900 Sc.
• BALD-RIB a lean bony person ...1621
• BEDFELLOW OF BONES a skinny, bony bedfellow ...Bk1891 al.
• BEDFUL OF BONES an emaciated person; a very thin person; a skinny, bony bedfellow ...1832 Sc.
• BONE BANGER an orthopaedist ...1994 US sl.
• BONE CRUSHER an orthopaedist ...1994 US sl.
• GIBLETS an ironical name for a thin, lanky, bony person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• HERRING-RIBS a lanky, bony person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RAWBONES a very thin, bony person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE an emaciated person; a very thin, bony person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SCOW somebody who is tall, thin, and bony ...1866 Sc.
bone, bony - verbs
• BRASH to assault, to bruise; to break bones ...Bk1911 Sc.
BONFIRE - nouns
• BALE † a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire ...a1000
• BALE-BLEEZE a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALE-FIRE any great fire; a bonfire ...1800-24
• BALLY-BLEEZE a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALTIORUM riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLA a bonfire ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONNER a bonfire ...1898 Eng. university sl.
• EASTER FIRE a bonfire ...1940 Amer. dial.
• NEED-FIRE a beacon or bonfire ...1805
• TANDLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TANLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWNLE a bonfire; any large fire ...1802 Sc.
BONNET - see HAT
BONUS - nouns
• BOUNTITH something given in reward for service, over and above wages; a bonus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCE money; gains; extra profit or gain; bonus; something to the good ...1719 sl.
• LAGNIAPPE a small gratuity or bonus included with a purchase; anything extra thrown in for good measure ...1849 Amer. dial.
• LUNCH a bonus, a profit ...2000s sl.
• SKEWINGS extras, bonuses; any form of money, esp. when gained for nothing ...M19 sl.
bonus - verbs
• BONIFY to give a bonus to ...1905
bonus - phrases
• EGG IN YOUR BEER a bonus, something for nothing ...1930s US sl.