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ACADEMIC - ACUTENESS
ACADEMIC - nouns
• BRAIN DERBY an academic contest ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
academic - person
• ACADEMIAN - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college ...1593
• ACADEMIC - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study ...1581
• ACCA an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads ...1977 Aust.
• ACKER an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads ...1984 Aust.
ACADEMICS - nouns
• ACCA, ACKER academics ...1977 Aust. sl.
ACADEMY - nouns
• CADEMY an academy ...L19 sl.
academy - person
• ACADEMIAN †* a member of an academy; an academic or academician ...1599
ACCELERATE - verbs
• GUN to accelerate a vehicle or rev its engine ...1920 US sl.
• HASTE to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry ...a1300
• JAZZ to cause (an engine) to accelerate ...1919 Amer. sl.
ACCENT - adjectives
• BRAID having a strong dialect language or accent ...Bk1911 Sc.
accent - nouns
• ACCENTY †* accent ...1600
• CANT † accent, intonation, tone ...1663
• DART ACCENT an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin ...1990s Irish sl.
• DORTSPEAK an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin ...1990s Irish sl.
• ROADWATCH ACCENT an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin ...1990s Irish sl.
• VERGE † an accent-mark ...1555
• WALLOCH a din, noise, sound; way of speaking, distinctive accent, dialect ...1898 Sc.
• YACK, YAK an accent, a tone of voice ...1950s US sl.
accent - verbs
• ACCINATE †* to accent ...1652
• BUNG IT ON to act affectedly; to assume an accent ...1940s Aust. sl.
• THROW THE WORDS to speak with an accent; to distort the pronunciation ...1877 Sc.
• TONE † to lay the accent or stress upon, to accent a word or syllable ...1683
ACCENTUATED - adjectives
• INACCENTUATED †* - accentuated, emphasized ...1716
ACCEPT - adjectives
• ACCEPTIVE † having a tendency to accept; ready to accept ...1601
accept - person
• ACCEPTANT † one who accepts, or takes what is offered ...1596
• ACCEPTRESS † a female who accepts ...Bk1883
accept - verbs
• CALL IT A DAY to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A GO to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A NIGHT to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• EAT UP to believe eagerly; to accept unquestioningly ...1908 US sl.
• ONFANG † to receive, to accept ...c900
• SWALLOW to accept gullibly ...1594 sl.
• SWALLOW IT to accept, esp. a false story that one is told ...17C
• SWALLOW IT WHOLE to accept, esp. a false story that one is told ...17C
• TAKE to accept, to put up with something or someone ...20C sl.
• TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL to accept gullibly; to be swindled ...1915 sl.
• TAKE ON BOARD to accept and use ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE UP ON SOMETHING to accept a proposal or invitation ...1910s sl.
• TAKE WOODEN MONEY to accept gullibly; to be swindled ...1915 sl.
• UNDERFO † to receive willingly; to accept ...c1000
• UNDERGO † to accept, to admit, to allow ...c1315
accept - phrases
• IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• IF THE HAT FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
ACCEPTABLE - adjectives
• ABOUT EAST in proper form; acceptable ...1848 Amer. dial.
• ALL RIGHT a term of measured praise, acceptable, passing muster; satisfactory ...L19 colloq.
• A-OK satisfactory; completely acceptable ...1959 sl., chiefly US, orig. astronauts’ sl.
• BECOMELY † becoming, fitting, acceptable ...c1175
• CRED acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable ...1999 UK sl.
• DECENT tolerable, fairly good, acceptable ...18C
• FAVOURSOME †* that is an object of favour; acceptable, pleasant ...1599
• HOKEY-DOKEY good, fine, acceptable ...1930s US sl.
• IN socially acceptable; popular ...1929 US sl.
• KOSH acceptable, agreeable ...1994 US sl.
• LIKEFUL † pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable ...c1305
• LIKEWORTH † agreeable, acceptable, pleasing ...c888
• O.K. , OKAY in order; quite satisfactory or acceptable; very good; splendid ...1839 colloq.
• OKEY good, fine, satisfactory, acceptable ...M19 sl.
• OKEY-DOKE satisfactory, correct, good, fine, acceptable ...1932 sl., orig. US
• OKEY-DOKEY acceptable, all right ...c1935 US sl.
• QUEME † pleasing, agreeable, acceptable to a person ...c1200
• SAFE socially acceptable to a peer group ...L19 sl.
• SILK admirable, excellent, acceptable ...1920s US sl.
• VENDIBLE † current, accepted, acceptable ...1642
• VERY WELL acceptable ...M19 sl.
acceptable - nouns
• ACCEPTATION the state of being acceptable or accepted ...1594 arch.
• NO SLOUCH something or someone good, acceptable, enterprising or energetic ...L18 sl.
• SHAKE a fair or acceptable situation ...E19
acceptable - verbs
• QUEME † of things: to please, to be acceptable or agreeable to a person ...a1000
• SUGAR-COAT to make acceptable or pleasant ...1870
ACCEPTANCE - nouns
• ACCEPTATION † the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance ...1426
• ACCEPTION † the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception ...1483
• ADMITTANCE † the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction ...1598
acceptance - interjections/phrases
• FAIR DO(S)! a general statement of agreement, acceptance ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• FAIR DUES! a general statement of agreement, acceptance ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• FAIR ENOUGH! used for expressing agreement, acceptance ...1926 UK sl.
• FAIR SHAKES! a general statement of agreement, acceptance ...M19 Aust.
• IF YOU SAY SO used for indicating (grudgingly, or to place) acceptance of what has been said ...1956 UK sl.
• IT JUST ISN'T YOUR DAY used for expressing a rueful, philosophical acceptance of a day when everything seems to go wrong ...1984 UK sl.
• WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT an expression of acceptance, I agree, you're right ..1980s US college sl.
ACCEPTED
adjectives
• VENDIBLE † current, accepted, acceptable ...1642
accepted - verbs
• ARRIVE to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group ...20C Amer. sl.
• SWALLOW to be accepted ...M19
ACCESS - adjectives
• UNGAIN not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
access - nouns
• IN, THE exclusive and positive access to something ...2003 UK sl.
• TOCOME * means of access ...1513 Sc.
access - person
• GATE-KEEPER - a person who controls access to something ...1909
ACCESSIBLE - adjectives
• ACCESSIVE † capable of access; accessible ...1609
• ADIBLE †* accessible ...1568
accessible - verbs
• LIVE IN SOMEONE'S POCKET to be constantly accessible and instantly available to one ...1930s Brit. colloq.
ACCESSORY - adjectives
• ACCESSORIAL of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary ...1726
accessory - nouns
• FOFARRAW, FOOFOORAW gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc. ..Bk1974 Amer. sl.
ACCIDENT - adjectives
• ACCIDENTED characterized by accidents ...1879
accident - nouns
• ACCIBOUNCE a minor collision or accident ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• ADVENTURE † a chance occurrence; an event, an accident ...a1300
• ANGALUCK an accident, a disaster ...1866 Sc.
• BEFALL † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
• BETIDER †* that which befalls; an accident ...1674
• CASUALITY † chance; a chance or casual occurrence, contingency; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, accident, casualty ...1540
• CASUALTY † chance, accident ...1423
• CHINESE FIRE DRILL (usually offensive) a state or example of utter confusion; an accident scene of great confusion ...1952 Amer. sl.
• CRACK-UP an accident; an accident causing damage that can be repaired ...19C sl.
• FLUKE a fortunate turn of events that is the result of accident rather than skill ...19C colloq.
• HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident ...1842 Eng. dial.
• HAPPEN an accident; an occurrence ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY chance, accident ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance ...c1205
• LAME a hurt, injury, an accident ...1778 Eng. dial.
• MARLOCK an unfortunate accident ...1841 Eng. dial.
• MELANDER a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MIRE-SNIPE an accident, misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MISCASUALTY an unlucky accident ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RACKLIGENCE an unforeseen chance or accident ...1768 Sc.
• TO-FALL † that which befalls or falls to anyone; a chance, accident, casualty ...1562
accident - verbs
• BUY UP AN ORCHARD to have a serious road accident ...1971 Amer. trucking sl.
• COME A CROPPER to fall heavily; to be victim of an accident ...1999 UK
• EAT IT to suffer an accident, esp. a fall ...1982 Hawaiian youth usage
• WRITE ONESELF OFF to have a motor accident ... Aust. sl.
ACCIDENTAL - adjectives
• ADVENTUROUS † occurring or coming by chance; casual, fortuitous, accidental ...c1374
• COME-BY-CHANCE accidental ...19C Eng. dial.
ACCIDENTALLY - adverbs
• ACCIDENTLY † accidentally, casually, by chance ...1611
• ADVENTUROUSLY † by chance, accidentally, casually ...c1460
• CASUALLY † accidentally ...c1386
• HAPLY by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe ...1362 now arch.
ACCLAIM - verbs
• ACCLAMATE †* to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim ...1667
ACCLAMATION - adjectives
• ACCLAMATORY expressing acclamation ...1675
acclamation - nouns
• ÉCLAT conspicuous success; universal applause, acclamation ...1741
acclamation - person
• ACCLAMATOR †* one who joins in acclamation; an applauder ...1651
ACCLIMATED - adjectives
• CLIMATED acclimated ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
ACCLIMATION - nouns
• CLIMATION * the act of inuring to a climate; acclimation ...1846
ACCLIMATIZED - verbs
• EAT ONE'S TOOT to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life ...M19 NZ sl.
• EAT ONE'S TUTU to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life ...M19 NZ sl.
ACCLIVITY - nouns
• BINK a bank, an acclivity ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ACCOMMODATE - verbs
• TILE TO to accommodate oneself to circumstances, esp. if unpleasant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ACCOMMODATING - adjectives
• ACCOMMODANT †* accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances ...1693
• DECENT kind, accommodating, likeable ...L18
accommodating - verbs
• THURRISH to be friendly, kind, or accommodating ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
ACCOMODATINGNESS - nouns
• ELASTICITY capacity for being 'stretched'; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness ...1858
ACCOMMODATION - nouns
• EASEMENT † refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging ...c1400
• EASEMENTS accommodation, either in regard to entertainment or lodgings, buildings, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• UP-PUTTING accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ACCOMPANY - person
• WALKER - a man, often rich, invariably personable and socially acceptable, who accompanies the wives of prominent men to parties, on shopping expeditions, to the theatre, etc. ...1978 sl.
accompany - verbs
• AFFELLOWSHIP †* to be in fellowship with, to accompany, to attend ...1559
• CARRY to escort, to accompany ...1861 Amer. dial.
• COMITATE †* to accompany ...1632
• LUG to bring; to accompany ...1884 UK sl.
• SIDE to accompany, to support or stand by someone ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SUE † to follow as an attendant, companion, or adherent; to accompany, to attend upon ...a1250
ACCOMPANYING - nouns
• SCOTCH CONVOY the act of accompanying a visitor the whole way home ...Bk1904 Sc.
ACCOMPLICE - nouns
• ACCOMPLICESHIP * the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance ...1834
• ACCOMPLICITY * the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance ...Bk1888
accomplice - person
• ACCESSOR - one that joins another, an accomplice ...Bk1795
• ADAM an accomplice ...1696 sl.
• ADAM TILER an accomplice ...1696 sl.
• BACKSTOP - a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on ...1919 Aust. sl.
• BIRD DOG - an unsuspected accomplice to a criminal ...1939 euphemism
• BOWER a close friend; an assistant; an accomplice ...1847 Amer. sl., orig. gambling
• FEDARIE † a confederate, an accomplice ...1603
• GAMMONER one who covers for an accomplice ...E19 sl.
• GEE - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.; a swindler's accomplice planted in a crowd, as to start bidding ...1898 sl.
• GEE-ER - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc. ...1912 Aust. sl.
• HEELER - any form of servant or accomplice ...1899 sl.
• INSIDE - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled ...1926 US criminals' sl.
• INSIDE MAN - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• JOLLY an accomplice ...M19 sl.
• MOLLY - a female accomplice ...1946 Can. criminals' sl.
• MONGREL - an accomplice who helps in a confidence trickster's poses as a poor scholar ...1608 UK criminals' sl.
• MOT - a criminal's accomplice; a female criminal ...1829 UK sl.
• PAL a comrade, mate, chum; an accomplice in crime or dishonesty ...1681-2 colloq.
• PALL, PELL a friend; an accomplice ...M18
• RAM an accomplice in petty crime ...1941 sl., orig. & chiefly Aust.
• SIDEKICK an assistant, a partner, an accomplice ...20C Aust. & US sl.
• SIDEKICKER an assistant; a partner; an accomplice ...1900s Aust. & US sl.
• SIDE-PARTNER an accomplice; an assistant ...L19 US sl.
• YOKE DEVIL - a close companion or accomplice, esp. in a villainous or immoral undertaking; a 'partner in crime'; chiefly in plural ...a1616 arch.
• YUK - † an accomplice in crime ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
accomplice - verbs
• CHUM ALONG WITH to work as an accomplice with ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
• PACK † to be an accomplice or confederate in a plot ...1590
ACCOMPLISH - adjectives
• ACCOMPLETIVE * having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish ...1839
• RAKING quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much ...Bk1905 Sc.
accomplish - person
• WANGLER one who uses a variety of irregular means to accomplish a purpose ...1910s US sl.
accomplish - verbs
• ACQUIT † to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish ...c1530
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A (or THE) STUMP to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
• BE HEART AND HAND FOR A THING to be eagerly bent on accomplishing or obtaining a thing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• BURN UP ANYBODY'S MILL POND to accomplish a great feat; to 'set the world on fire' ...1898 Amer. dial.
• EAT ANOTHER PECK OF SALT to gain additional strength or ability to accomplish anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• EFFECT † to have an effect, to be effectual; to accomplish its purpose ...1592
• GET IT BY THE TAIL AND A DOWN-HILL PULL ON IT to be able to accomplish easily ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HACK (IT) to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with ...1952 Amer. sl.
• HACK THE COURSE to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed ...1966 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force
• HACK THE JIMSON to achieve, to accomplish something ...1952 Amer. sl.
• PULL IT OFF to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous ..Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULL OFF to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous; to succeed in doing or effecting something ...1887 UK sl.
• SCOPE to accomplish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH † to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish two ends at once ...1546
ACCOMPLISHED - adjectives
• ADDRESSED † well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished ...1475
accomplished - person
• BIRD an exceptionally smart or accomplished person; a first-rate animal or thing ...1842 US sl.
• MISS-WOMAN a refined, accomplished young woman, either married or single ...1953 Amer. dial.
accomplished - verbs
• KEN †* to have skill; to be accomplished in ...1362
ACCOMPLISHMENT - nouns
• ACHEVISAUNCE † achieving, accomplishment ...c1430
• CREDIT an achievement or accomplishment ...1992 US sl.
• EFFECTION † accomplishment, performance ...1652
• IMPLETION fulfilment, accomplishment ...1615
• TALENT † an accomplishment ...1600
ACCORD - nouns
• ONEHEAD † oneness or unity of spirit, mind, or feeling; agreement, accord, concord ...1340
• ONEMENT † union of mind or feeling; agreement, accord, concord; reconciliation ...a1450
ACCORDINGLY - nouns
• SUINGLY † accordingly, consequently ...c1380
ACCORDION - nouns
• BOX an accordion or concertina ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DAGO'S PIANO an accordion ...20C US sl.
• HARKAUDIENCE an accordion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LAP ORGAN an accordion ...1892 Amer. dial.
ACCOST - adjectives
• ACCOSTABLE † ready to accost, courteous ...1622
accost - verbs
• ABORD † to accost ...1611 obs. or arch.
• BECLEPE † to call upon, to address, to accost ...c1220
• BUZZ to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
ACCOUNT - nouns
• AC(C)OMPTER † account, reckoning ...1483
• DECOMPT † account, reckoning ...1584 Sc.
• RECKLIN a reckoning, a bill, account ...1886 Eng. dial.
• RECKONING a balancing of accounts ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• TAIL † account, reckoning ...c1330
• TAILLIE, TAILYE, TAILZIE † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
• TALE † an account, a reckoning of numbers of money given and received, etc. ...1401
• TALLY † 1. the record of an amount due; a score or shot, an account ...1573 obs.
* 2. reckoning, score, account ...1614
• TICK a debit account; an account, reckoning ...1681
account - person
• ACCOUNTER † one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account ...1303
account - verbs
• EQUAL-AQUAL to balance accounts, to make all equal ...1818 Sc.
• SALD † to balance an account, etc. ...1588
• SALT to misrepresent the contents of an account by adding ghost entries, falsifying details etc. ..1882 sl.
• TAILYE, TAILZIE † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
• TALE † to account, to reckon ...c897
ACCOUNTABLE - adjectives
• ACCOUNTANT † giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible ...1494
accountable - adverbs
• UNACCOMPTABLY † not responsible or accountable ...a1677
accountable - person
• ACCOMPTANT - † one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible ...1453
• ACCOUNTANT - * one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible ...1449
accountable - verbs
• BRING TO BOOK to call to account
• SUMMON †* to call to account ...1654-66
ACCOUNTANT - person
• ABACIST one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, accountant, or calculator ...1387
• ACCOMPTANT † one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
• ACCOUNT CASTER † a person who casts or reckons up accounts ...1580
• ACCOUNTANT one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
• BEAN-COUNTER an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician ...1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• PUFF-ADDER an accountant ...c1930 RAF usage, chiefly officers'
• RATIONAL †* in Roman Antiquity: an accountant or auditor ...1610
ACCUMULATE - verbs
• ACCUMULE †* to accumulate ...1490
• BING to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
• RACK BACK to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
• RACK UP to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
• SCART to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
• SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together ...1825 Sc.
ACCUMULATED - adjectives
• GAIR-GATHERED accumulated by greed ...1847 Sc.
ACCUMULATION - nouns
• ACERVATION * the act of heaping up, accumulation ...1676
• GADDERY, GEDDERY an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
• MIRD an accumulation; a close-packed and confused crowd; a muddle ...1895 Sc.
• RAKE an accumulation, what has been gathered together; a hoard ...1851 Sc.
ACCURATE - adjectives
• APTISH skilful, useful, accurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-ON accurate ...1888 UK sl.
• EXACCURATE careful, exact and accurate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAL † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAT fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAT-OFF fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
• PERQUIRE † accurate, exact ...1742 Sc.
accurate - verbs
• CALL THE TURN to make an accurate statement or prediction ...1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
• SPEAK BY THE CARD to speak with great exactness, or with the utmost accuracy; to be careful with one's words ...1596
ACCURATELY - adverbs
• BANG ON with absolute accuracy ...Brit. colloq.
• DAMN TOOTIN' certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
• LEAL † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• PERQUIRE † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
• TO A COCK'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A FROG'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TO A TITTLE with minute exactness; to the smallest particular; precisely, accurately ...1607
• TO THE LAST HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS to the last detail, accurately ...1954 Amer. dial.
ACCURSED - adjectives
• FACOCKTA accursed; wretched ...1990s Amer. sl.
• GODDAM accursed, damnable ...E20 colloq.
• MALEDICT accursed ...1867 arch.
• MALEDICTED accursed; evil-spoken of ...1727
• MALEDIGHT † cursed, accursed ...a1300
accursed - person
• MALEDICT an accursed person ...a1550 arch.
ACCUSATION - nouns
• ACCRIMINATION †* accusation of crime ...1655
• ACCUSE †* the act of accusing or charging with crime; charge, accusation ...1593
• ACCUSEMENT † the act of accusing or charging with an offense; an accusing; an accusation, a charge ...c1374
• ACOUPEMENT †* accusation ...a1300
• BAWL-OUT a criticism, an accusation, a scolding ...1915 US sl.
• DELATION an accusation ...1792 Sc.
• HUMBLE a false criminal accusation or charge ...1940 US sl.
• IMPOSITION † imputation, accusation, charge ...1611
• IMPUTE †* an accusation, charge ...1649
• INCUSATION blaming, accusation ...1623 (394 Cockeram, 1647)
• ONSAW † a charge against a person, an accusation; reproach, opprobrious language ...c1000
• TAINTURE † accusation, charge ...1621
ACCUSATORY - adjectives
• ACCUSATIVE †* pert. to accusation; accusatory ...a1400
ACCUSE - verbs
• ACCRIMINATE †* to accuse of a crime ...1655
• ACOUP(E) † to accuse ...1297
• ADWITE † to reproach, to accuse ...c1430
• BACKDOOR to accuse; to inform ...1960s sl.
• BECALL † to accuse of ...c1250
• BECLEPE † to complain against; to indict, to accuse ...c1030
• BECRY † to cry at, to accuse ...c1440
• BEGREDE † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
• BESPEAK † to speak against; to charge, to accuse; to oppose ...a1000
• BEWRAY † to accuse, to malign, to speak evil of ...c1330
• BUM-RAP to accuse someone of something falsely ...Bk20C
• CAST IN ONE'S DISH to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
• CAST THE FIRST STONE to be first to accuse or criticize, though not oneself blameless ...Bk1999
• DECRIMINATE †* to denounce as a criminal, to accuse ...1670
• DING IN SOMEONE'S TEETH to bring up old offenses, to charge, to accuse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• GAB † to reproach; to accuse ...c1200
• IMPUGN * to find fault with, to accuse ...1377
• IMPUTE to accuse of, to charge with ...1596
• INCULP † to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
• LAY IN ONE'S DISH to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
• POINT THE FINGER to accuse or vilify ...1829 Amer. sl.
• REDARGUE to accuse, to blame ...1768 Sc.
• TAG to blame, to accuse ...1950s sl.
• TAINT † to accuse of crime or dishonour ...a1619
ACCUSED - adjectives
• UP ON ONE of a police officer: on a charge, standing accused ...1974 UK sl.
accused - verbs
• RAP to stand accused, to appear guilty ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
ACCUSER - person
• ACCUSANT * one who accuses, an accuser...1611
• ACCUSATOR † an accuser ...1382
• ACCUSATRIX †* a female accuser ...1655
• ACCUSERESS - † she who accuses ...Bk1867
• ACCUSER-GENERAL - a chief prosecutor or accuser ...1770
• ACCUSOR † an accuser ...1340
• DELATOR an informer, an accuser ...1616 Sc.
• SUGGESTER † one who accuses, or brings a charge against another ...1450
• TAGGY - an accuser; a hostile witness ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
• TAINTOR † one who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, an informer ...1451
• TAXER - † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
ACCUSING - adjectives
• ACCUSANT † accusing ...1611
• IMPUTATIVE involved in accusing; given to making imputations ...1824
ACCUSTOM - verbs
• HABIT † to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate ...1615
• HEAF to accustom or reconcile oneself to a place; to settle down, to make oneself at home ...1873 Eng. dial.
• OCCASIONATE † to give occasion to; to urge or compel by circumstances; also, to do this habitually; hence, to habituate, to accustom ...1545
• USEN to accustom one to something ...1845 Amer. dial.
ACCUSTOMED - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMATE † accustomed, habituated, wonted ...1494
• HABITED † familiarized, accustomed, practised, used to ...1615
• HANKLED habituated, accustomed to ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUNTED † practiced; used, habituated, or accustomed to a course; wonted ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATURALIZED accustomed ...1924 Amer. dial.
• OCCASIONED † accustomed ...1576
accustomed - nouns
• ASSUEFACTION † the state of being accustomed, or the act of accustoming; use; habituation ...1644
accustomed - verbs
• HAUNT † to be wont or accustomed ...a1300
• TUMBLE TO THE RACKET to understand; to perceive; to comprehend; to get accustomed to a thing ...1883 Eng. dial.
ACHE, ACHING - adjectives
• ACH(E)Y suffering from aches ...1878
• ACHY-BREAKY aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending ...1992 colloq.
• DIRLING aching, quivering, tingling ...1853 Sc.
• MISERISH aching; painful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAGGY aching with a dull pain ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
ache, aching - nouns
• ACHAGE an aching state ...1878 humorous rare
• MISERY an ache or pain ...1827 Amer. dial.
• MISERY, THE an ache or pain ...1832 Amer. dial.
• WARCH, WARK † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ache, aching - verbs
• FARE to ache, to throb ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GEAL, GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GILVER to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
• NAG to keep up a dull gnawing pain; to ache persistently ...1836
• NANG of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NIGG to ache with pain ...1928 Sc. DSL online
• NIP to ache, to smart, to tingle with cold ...1736 Sc. DSL online
• NIRL of pain: to ache continuously, to gnaw ...1947 Sc. DSL online
• PANG * to pierce or penetrate with acute physical or mental pain; to pain, to hurt, to ache ...c1502
• RAGE of a tooth or sore: to ache violently ...1567
• TAKE ON to ache, to be painful ...1893 Eng. dial.
• WARCH, WARK † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAIK to ache ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAUK to ache ...1898 Sc.
• YAW to ache ...1887 Sc.
ACHIEVE - verbs
• BAG to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ..1911 Amer. sl.
• BANT to conquer, to achieve, to manage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• DO IT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
• DO ON ONE'S NAPPER to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
• DO ON ONE'S NOB to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
• DO ON YOUR HEAD to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
• HACK IT to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1952 US sl.
• HACK THE JIMSON to achieve, to accomplish something ...1952 Amer. sl.
• HACK UP to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1950s US sl.
• MAKE A STRIKE to achieve, to succeed or be lucky ...Bk1904 colloq.
• NOTCH UP to achieve ...1837 UK sl.
• PACK THE GEAR to achieve a given standard ...1970s US sl.
• PULL to achieve, to pull off ...c1920 Army sl.
• RACK BACK to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
• RACK UP to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
• STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH † to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish or achieve two ends at once ...1546
• WALTZ to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use ...1960s sl.
• WORK THINGS to achieve something, not necessarily though usually dishonest, or, at best, dubious ...L19 colloq.
ACHIEVED - adjectives
• SACKED as good as secured, achieved ...1940s US sl.
ACHIEVEMENT - nouns
• ACHEVISAUNCE † achieving, accomplishment ...c1430
• ACHIEVANCE † achievement, performance ...1531
• BABY a person's invention or achievement ...1890
• CREDIT an achievement or accomplishment ...1992 US sl.
• DAGS a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
• DIRD a mighty achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIRDUM a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LAYOUT an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
• MASTERPIECE a person's greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability ...1605
achievement - phrases
• LIKE A BIG DOG having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
• LIKE A MOOSE having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
ACHIEVING - adjectives
• AWAY LAUGHING in a good position, esp. when embarking on a new venture; achieving with ease ...1965 NZ sl.
ACHILLES TENDON - nouns
• HEEL STRING the Achilles tendon ...1938 Amer. dial.
ACID - adjectives
• EAGER † sour, acid, tart ...c1350
• EAGER-DULCE † acid and sweet ...1548
• EAGER-SWEET † acid and sweet ...1616
• YARRISH harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARRY harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...1841 Eng. dial.
ACIDITY - nouns
• EAGERNESS † pungency of taste; acidity, sourness ...1490
ACKNOWLEDGE - verbs
• ACK to acknowledge a letter, etc. ...1984 Brit. clerical usage, orig. Civil Service
• A(C)KNOW † to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000
• BEKNOW † to admit one's knowledge of; to acknowledge, to confess; to know, to understand ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEKNOWLEDGE † to acknowledge ...1340
• FESS to acknowledge, to profess ...1953 Amer. dial.
• KEN † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
• MISCOGNIZE †* to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand ...1603
• SHELL DOWN THE CORN to acknowledge one's error ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TAKE TO to own, to acknowledge; to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to a bargain ..1790 Eng. dial.
• YATE † to acknowledge, to confess ...c1200
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - nouns
• BEKNOWLEDGING † acknowledgement, confession ...1340
• BETHANK thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement ...1826 Sc.
• DAP credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness ...1970s US Black sl.
ACNE - nouns
• ACCA, ACKER acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
• ACK acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
• BLOSSOM a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FACE LIKE A FESTERING PICKLE, A a face that is covered in severe acne ...2000s NZ sl.
• GUBERS acne; facial pimples ...M20 US sl.
• JACK BUMPS acne, allegedly caused by masturbation ...1960s US sl.
• JERK BUMPS acne ...1936 Amer. dial.
• ROSY-DROP acne; pimples ...E19
• WHORE BOIL adolescent acne; small infected pimples on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHORE PIMPLE adolescent acne ...1949 Amer. dial.
acne - person
• ZIT-FEATURES a general term of abuse to one who has acne ...1990s sl.
• ZITTY a person with acne ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
ACORN - nouns
• ACERS acorns ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LADLE † the cup of an acorn ...1599
• MASTICK an acorn, the fruit of the oak, Quercus robur ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NACKEREL an acorn ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• OAK-ATCHERN an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-BERRY an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-MASS, OAK-MAST an acorn ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SHACK nuts and acorns that have fallen to the ground ...1828 Amer. dial.
• YACCORN, YACKRAN, YAKRON an acorn ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YACKER, YAKKER an acorn ...1885 Eng. dial.
ACQUAINT - verbs
• QUAINT † to acquaint ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ACQUAINTANCE - nouns
• ACQUAINTANCY * the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge ...1859
• ACQUAINTATION †* acquaintance ...1468
• QUAINTANCE † acquaintance ...c1300
acquaintance - person
• ACQUAINT † an acquaintance ...c1386
• ACQUAINTANCE - orig. a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion; later, a person one knows slightly or on a less intimate basis than friendship ...c1405
• ACQUAINTANT † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...1611
• ACQUAINTED - † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...c1566
• BUDDY a friend; an acquaintance ...M19 orig. US
• EAM - † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; intimate acquaintance ...1681 Scot. & Eng. dial.
• EME a friend; an intimate acquaintance ...1674 Eng. dial.
• HABITUDE †* a person with whom one is familiar; an associate, an acquaintance ...1676
ACQUAINTED - adjectives
• ACQUAINT acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of ...1297 arch.
• ACQUAINTABLE † easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar ...c1400
• AWAKE knowing, acquainted with, aware of, or knowing what is going on ...Bk1890 sl.
• BAKONT known, acquainted ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BEKNOWN known, acquainted, familiar ...1429 arch.
• FAMILARY familiar, acquainted, intimate, friendly ...c1450
acquainted - verbs
• KEN to know a thing; to have knowledge of or about; to be acquainted with ...a1300 now chiefly Sc.
• KNOW ONE'S ONIONS to be fully acquainted with a subject ...Brit. sl.
ACQUIRE - person
• ACQUISITOR * one who acquires ...Bk1888
• ACQUISTER †* one who acquires ...1613
acquire - verbs
• ACCROACH to draw to oneself; to catch, to attract, to acquire ...c1325
• ACQUIST †* to gain for oneself; to acquire ...1598
• ADDLE † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEGET † to get, to acquire, usually by effort ...a1000
• CLOCK to acquire; to earn. to 'rack up' ...1990 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• COP of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire ...M19 sl.
• ETTLE to earn, to acquire by labour ...1851 Eng. dial.
• FALL INTO to acquire by chance or without effort ...1946 US sl.
ACQUIRED - adjectives
• ACQUISITE † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself ...1532
• ACQUISITED † acquired ...1613
• ACQUISITITIOUS of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate' ...1653
• ACQUISITIVE † that has been acquired ...1637
• ACQUISTED † acquired ...1613
• ADEPTED † gained, acquired ...c1595
• GAIR-GATHERED ill-got ...1870 Sc.
• YCONQUEST † acquired ...1513
• YFET † brought, carried, fetched; acquired ...c893
acquired - nouns
• ACQUIST † the thing acquired ...M17
• BEGET † the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
• EFFECT † something which is attained or acquired by an action ...1602
ACQUIREMENT - nouns
• ACQUIRE †* acquirement or gain ...1592
• ACQUIRY † the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
• LEARNING † an acquirement ...1602
ACQUIRING - nouns
• ACQUEST † the act of acquiring ...1613
• ACQUIST the act of acquiring ...E17
ACQUISITION - nouns
• ACQUEST a thing acquired, an acquisition ...1622
• ACQUIRY † the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
• ACQUIST 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain ...1613
† 2. a thing acquired; an acquisition ...1635
• BEGET † 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage ...c1175
† 2. the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
• COP an acquisition ...1950s US sl.
ACQUISITIVE - adjectives
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
acquisitive - person
• ACCUMULATOR - a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer...1611
• GIMME - an acquisitive, greedy woman ...1930 Aust. sl.
• SCRAPER a greedy, acquisitive person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
acquisitive - verbs
• SCART to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
ACQUIT - verbs
• SKERE † to free a person from blame or accusation; to acquit one of a penalty or charge, to clear, to exculpate ...a1225
ACQUITTAL - adjectives
• ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
acquittal - nouns
• ACQUIT † the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal ...1475
• QUITTAL † acquittal ...1592
• QUITTANCE † acquittal ...a1225
ACQUITTANCE - nouns
• QUITMENT an acquittance; a discharge; a receipt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ACQUITTED - adjectives
• ACQUIT acquitted, cleared, set free ...1393 arch.
ACRE - adjectives
• ACREABLE * of an acre; per acre ...1792
acre - nouns
• FARDINGALE † the fourth part of an acre ...1865 Eng. dial.
• FARREN half an acre ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARTHINGDEAL † the fourth part of an acre; a rood ...1542
• YACKER † an acre ...1825 Sc.
ACRID - adjectives
• ACRIOUS † acrid ...1675
• BASK † bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EAGER † pungent, acrid, keen to the taste or other senses ...1574
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, pungent, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
ACROBAT - nouns
• ACROBATISM the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats ...1864
acrobat - person
• BALANCER - one who balances himself in difficult positions; a tumbler, an acrobat ...c1510
• BENDER - a contortionist; an acrobat ...1873 circus sl.
• HAND BALANCER - an acrobat or entertainer who performs feats whilst balancing on his or her hands ...1886
• SALAMANDER - a street acrobat and juggler who eats fire ...1859 sl.
• TOPPLER - a tumbler; an acrobat ...a1825 Eng. dial.
ACROBATIC - nouns
• ACRO acrobatic manoeuvres ...1967 Amer. aviation usage
ACRONYM - nouns
• ALPHABET SOUP initialisms and acronyms in general ...Amer. sl.
ACROSS - adverbs
• AQUART across, athwart ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATHART, ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT across, crosswise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATHURTENS athwart, across ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• QUART across ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWARTOUR across, athwart ...Bk1905 Sc.
across - prepositions
• ASKLENT across ...1808 Sc.
• ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT of position or motion: across, over ...1806 Eng. dial.
• AT-OWER of position or motion: across, over ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ACT - nouns
• ACTURIENCE desire to act ...a1880
verbs
• FARE † to behave or conduct oneself, to act ...a1300
• MAKE to act, to pretend, to feign ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTION - adjectives
• PARASTATIC † having the function of impelling to action ...1656
action - nouns
• ACTURE †* the process of acting; action, doing ...1593
• AFFAIR †* doing, action, performance ...c1500
• FAKEMENT any action or problem ...L19 sl.
• FARE † a proceeding, action; 'doings'; hence, fighting ...1340-70
• FASHIONS * actions, gestures, 'ways' ...1569
• FEAT † 1. action in general; overt action; deeds, as opposed to words ...1362
† 2. an action, deed, course of conduct ...c1420
• LATES † looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on ... c1205
• OPERANCE * the act of operating; operation, action ...
• OPERATION † action, performance, work, deed ...c1386
• TICKET the program or plan of action; that which is to be done ...1842
action - verbs
• ALACRIATE †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden ...1657
• CALL THE PLAYS to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
• CALL THE SHOTS to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
• FIGHT IT OUT OF THIS LINE to adopt a course of action and thought and to continue with it to the end ...US Civil War usage
• PUT ONESELF ABOUT to go into action ...1970s sl.
• SAIL INTO to launch oneself headlong on a course of action ...M19 sl.
action - interjections/phrases
• SHOOT, LUKE, OR GIVE UP THE GUN you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SHOOT, OR GIVE YOUR GUN you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
• WAKE IT! an exhortation to action; get with it! ...1980s US college sl.
ACTIVE - adjectives
• ACTABLE active, capable of lively activity ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ACTIOUS † abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk ...1592
• ACTUAL † abounding in action; active, energetic ...1470-85
• ACTUOSE † full of activity; abounding in action; very active ...1677
• ALACRIOUS † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
• ALIVEO alert, active ...L19 sl.
• AMPED very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ANTIC frisky, lively, active, spry ,,,1903 Amer. dial.
• BALLING excitingly active; wonderfully alive ...1952 US sl.
• BIGHTSOM light, active ...1790 Sc.
• BOBBISH smart, active, clever ...19C
• BOOSIN active, bouncing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH active, quick ...1887 US
• BRISKY brisk, lively, active, energetic ...1590
• CADDY spry, agile, active, lively ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CALEEVERING energetic, flying wildly or actively about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANTY cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CATTY spry, agile, active, lively ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DAPPER of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly ...E17
• DARTER active ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DARTY sharp, quick, active ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DEEDFUL brisk, active ...1834
• DEEDIE, DEEDY full of deeds or activity; active, brisk; ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
• EDGIE, EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
• GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GAINFUL active ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLIARD gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
• HAFTY handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAND-RACKLE careless, acting without consideration; active, ready ...1822 Sc.
• HEFTY handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HUMMING of extraordinary activity, intensity or magnitude; vigorous, striking ...M17 colloq
• HYPER extraordinarily active, energetic, or highly strung ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• IN AND OUT LIKE A FIDDLER'S ELBOW extremely active without actually achieving anything ...20C Aust. sl.
• KASK † active, vigorous ...c1300
• KEDGE brisk, active, lively ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• KIDGE brisk, active, lively ...1790 Eng. dial.
• KIDGY brisk, active, sprightly ...1812 Eng. dial.
• LARGE-SIZED † of an activity or period of time: fine, very enjoyable, exciting; very active ...1874 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTFOOT light-footed, nimble of foot; active ...c1440 poetic
• METTLE spirited; active; capable of enduring fatigue ...1806 Sc.
• NIMBER † active, nimble ...1849
• OLIGHT, OLITE † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
• OLIVED active, lively, energetic; the reverse of lazy ...1892 Ireland
• OMNIACTIVE active in all things or everywhere; working in all places ...1846
• ON THE SHACK on the go ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PLUMB PERT very lively or active ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUEME †* skilled, clever; smart, active ...c1400
• QUERTY, QUIRTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• QUICK * of persons: full of vigour, energy or activity ...a1300
• QUIVER † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAD † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• REDD active, able to accomplish much ...1866 Sc.
• RED-HANDED active, neat ...1820 Sc.
• RESOLUTE strong, active ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKEET † swift, active ...c1400
• SKITTISH spirited, active, lively; frolicsome ...a1592
• SMART healthy; chipper, spry, lively, active ...1788 Amer. dial.
• TAIT † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
• TALL †* quick, prompt, ready, active ...1530-1600
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
• TEARING active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRODDY active, energetic, able to get through much work ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH active, expeditious ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANGING active, having a great deal of action ...1814 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING active, energetic; persevering ...1822 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING active, energetic; persevering ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLE-HEELED † having nimble or active heels ...1737
• TIMBERSOME light, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPON TICK in a state of activity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VEGETE * healthy and active; flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1639
• VERTY energetic, active, esp. at an early hour of the day, early rising ...1804 Sc.
• VOGEROUS keen, eager; brisk, active, strong, lusty ...1892 Sc.
• WACKER active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WA(D)DEN, WADDIN young and vigorous, alert, active ...a1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YANK active, vigorous ...1790 Sc.
• YANKING active, forward, pushing ...1824 Sc.
• YANKY nimble, agile, active ...1870 Sc.
• YAP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPE eager, keen, ready, active ...1739 Sc.
• YARE alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YASP active, brisk, energetic ...1898 Sc.
• YAUL(D) active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
• YEPPER brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
• YERN † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
• YIPPER brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
active - adverbs
• ASTEER moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
active - person
• ACTIVE - a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person ...a1425
• BIRKIE, BIRKY a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.
• DAPPERLING a little, active dapper fellow ...E17
• DAPPERWIT a lively, active, spruce little man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARTER a quick, active person ...1808 Eng. dial.
• DAY PERSON one who prefers to be active during the daytime ...20C Amer. sl.
• DIRLER a light-footed, active person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAY-CAT - an active, jovial, lusty person who enjoys life; a ladies' man; a dude; one who, with or without the help of narcotics, is never worried or troubled but who takes life as it comes without being concerned or bothered ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• GISTRA - a sturdy, active old man ...Bk1910 Ireland
• HUMMER a person characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
• IZZER one that is alive and active ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JIGGER a very lively, active old person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NATTLER one who is active with hands, feet, or tongue; an expert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEANERFLEE † one who has the appearance of lightness and activity ...1824 Sc.
• REEVER a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIP-SNORTER - an active, dashing person ...1842 colloq., orig. US
• SCOPPERIL. SKOPERIL a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal ...1874 Eng.
dial.
• SPANKER a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels ...1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SPANKY a tall, well-made, active person ...B1900 Sc.
• TARGER - a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
• TEAR-ARSE, TEAR-ASS a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
• WALDING-MAN - an active, stirring man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANDY BODY - a person one would consider stout, but who is well-made and active ...Bk1876
• YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
• ZOONER an active person, a go-getter ...1887 Amer. dial.
active - verbs
• BEAR A BOB to be brisk or active ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BOOSE to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COOK to be full of activity and excitement ...sl.
• FLY AROUND to stir about; to be active ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GET YOUR A INTO G to stop idling; to apply yourself into an activity; to start doing something useful ...2002 NZ sl.
• INACTUATE to make active, to put in action, to stir into activity ...1651 arch.
• PEARTEN to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OFF to be suddenly successful or very active ...1930s US sl.
• WAKE † to be active, alert, stirring, vigilant; also, to be diligent, to exert oneself to do something ...1352
• WALK † to busy oneself; to be active about something ...a1300
ACTIVELY - adverbs
• ACTUALLY † actively, energetically ...1470-85
• DEEDFULLY actively, effectively ...1615
• DEEDILY actively, busily ...1813 Eng. dial.
• QUIVERLY † actively, quickly, smartly ...c960
• TIGHTLY promptly, quickly; actively, smartly ...1873 Sc.
• VREACH carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WIGHT † actively, energetically ...ME obs. exc. Sc.
• YAPLY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPPELY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTIVIST - person
• HACKTIVIST a cultural activist and skilled computer-user who invades a corporate website to leave subversive messages ...2001 UK sl.
• POT-STIRRER - an anti-establishment activist ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
ACTIVITY - nouns
• ACTION activity, esp. of the kind or arouse interest or excitement ...1951 US sl.
• ACTUALITY † capacity of action, activity ...1398
• ACTUALNESS † active working or operation, activity ...1398
• ACTUOSITY † abounding activity ...1660
• CARRY-ON any continuing activity or catalogue of details ...2001 UK sl.
• DACITY activity, energy ...1636 Eng. dial.
• DOIN'S any form of activity ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAKEMENT activity ...L19 sl.
• FEEROCHRIE ability, activity, agility ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HUMMER a thing characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
• INACTUATION a bringing into activity; the condition of activity ...1662
• LAYOUT an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
• LEAPING TIME the time of activity, youth ...1611
• LICK a brief or brisk stroke of activity or energy ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MAIN KICK one's favourite activity ...1930s US Black sl.
• MEETHS activity, bodily energy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MUCK IN a communal activity ...1910s sl.
• OMNIVORACITY an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1889
• OMNIVOROSITY an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1896
• OMNIVOROUSNESS an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1727
• QUIVERNESS † activity ...1538
• RACKET in weak use, any form of activity ...1920s US sl.
• RIFF an activity or experience ...1975 US sl.
• SHARP END the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
• TAB a project, a line of activity, a program ...1930s US sl.
• THROUGH-PUT activity, expedition in doing anything ...1845 Sc.
• VIR vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
• WHET a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time ...1834 Amer. dial.
activity - phrases
• I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFER indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
• I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFOO VALVE indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
ACTOR/ACTRESS - adjectives
• DEAD LETTER PERFECT of an actor: absolutely certain of your lines ...1952 UK sl.
actor, actress - person
• ACTING LADY - an incapable or inferior actress ...1883 theatrical colloq.
• ACTORINE an actress ...1896 Amer. sl.
• ACTOR-MAN - † a male theatrical actor ...1774
• ACTORVIST - a politically involved actor ...1995 Amer. political sl.
• ACTRICE - † an actress ...1589
• ARK-FLOATER a veteran actor ...L19 sl.
• BARNSTORMER an actor ...19C theatrical
• BIG TIMER - one who participates in big time activity, such as a Broadway actor, a major league baseball player, etc. ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
• BIT PLAYER - an actor with a very small acting role with few lines to speak; a person with a very small part in something ...1936
• BOOT-JACK an actor of utility parts ...1895 theatrical sl.
• CABOTIN - a low-class actor - a charlatan ...1903
• CACKLE-FAKER an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
• CACKLER an actor or showman who has a talking part ...c1840 circus and showmen's
• CACKLING-COVE an actor ...c1830 theatrical
• CHEST-PLASTER a young actor ...1883 theatrical sl.
• COMEDY MERCHANT an actor ...19C theatrical
• DAY PLAYER an actor who is called for a single day's work on a television program or film set ...1988 US sl.
• FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, THE an actor or actress cut out of a picture because, after the picture has been completed, it is found that the role is superfluous ...c1920 film industry
• FAKIR an actor ...L19 US sl.
• GAGGER a player, an actor ...1823 UK sl.
• GAME-PLAYER † an athlete or actor ...1552
• GAMESTER †* an actor ...1596
• GEORGE SPELVIN - a pseudonym used to hide the identity of an actor; also, a name given to a hypothetical average or ordinary man ...1908 chiefly US
• GESTICULATOR one who gesticulates; one who uses gestures or gesticulations; an actor ...1693
• GESTURER - one who gestures; an actor ...1576
• GLAMOUR GIRL - a glamorous, attractive young woman, esp. a model or film star ...1935 colloq.
• GLAM TOAST FROM GOLD COAST - a movie star ...Bk1945 jive usage
• HAM an incompetent informer, esp. an actor who overacts ...1882 sl.
• HAM ACTOR - an ineffective or over-emphatic actor; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
• HAM ACTRESS - an ineffective or over-emphatic actress; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
• HAMBO - an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1926 US sl.
• HAMBONE - an inferior or amateur actor, esp. one who speaks in a spurious Black accent ...1949 US sl.
• HAMFATTER - an ineffective actor or performer ...1880 US sl.
• HAMFATTO - an ineffective actor or performer ...1911 US sl.
• HAMOLA - an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1941 US theatrical sl.
• HAM-SLINGER - a second-rate actor ...1930 US sl.
• HAND - an artist, musician, writer, actor, etc., as the performer or originator of a work ...1587
• HEAVY - an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama; occasionally used of an actress ...1877 US sl.
• HEAVY MAN - an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...1859 US sl.
• HEAVY MERCHANT - an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...Bk1909 sl.
• HISTRIO - a stage-player, an actor ...1589
• HISTRION - a stage-player, an actor (now usually contemptuous) ...1566
• HISTRIONIAN - * an actor ...1607
• HISTRIONIC - † a stage-player, an actor; also, a person who behaves in a theatrical or stagy manner ...1647
• JAY an amateur; a poor actor ...Bk1896 theatrical sl.
• LAKER a player; an actor ...1808 Eng. dial.
• LUVVIE, LUVVIE-DARLING, LUVVY (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• MONOLOGIST a person who performs monologues (a long speech by one actor in a play, film, etc.); an actor in a monologue ...1858
• MOVIE QUEEN a successful or glamorous film actress ...1914
• MUG-FAKER an actor ...19C theatrical
• MUGGER an actor who makes free play with his face ...19C theatrical
• MUMMER an actor ...19C theatrical
• MUMMERY-COVE an actor ...19C theatrical
• PRO an actor ...19C theatrical
• RAG-AND-STICK a contemptuous epithet applied to an actor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUMPOT HAM an actor ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCAFFOLD-PLAYER † an actor in a scaffold-play (mystery play) ...1559
• SPEAR-CARRIER an actor who appears in the background or only plays minor roles ...1984 UK sl.
• STROLLER an actor ...19C theatrical
• SURF an actor ...19C theatrical
• TAG an actor ...M19 sl.
• TALENT, THE - in the entertainment industry: the actors - the performers ...1991 US sl.
• TEAR BUCKET - a dramatic actress ...Bk1945 jive usage
• TEAR-JERKER - an actor or speaker able to elicit sympathy from his audience ...1935 Amer. sl.
• TEAR-MOUTH - † a ranting actor ...1601
• TEAR-THROAT - † a ranting actor ...1654
• TRAGEDY MERCHANT an actor ...19C theatrical
• WALKING GENTLEMAN an actor playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but with little or nothing to say ...1831 theatrical usage
• WALKING LADY - an actress playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but with little or nothing to say ...1860 theatrical usage
actor, actress - verbs
• GET THE (BIG) BIRD of an actor: to be hissed by the audience; hence, to be dismissed ...1865 sl.
actor, actress - phrases
• ON THE ACT working as an actor ...L19 sl.
ACTUAL - adjectives
• DEEDY †* actual, real ...1781
• FAIR DINKUM real, actual ...1937 Aust. sl.
• LEAL † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTUALITY - nouns
• BEINGNESS † the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
• VERINESS † actuality, reality, truth ...1574
• VERITY reality, real existence, actuality ...a1633
ACTUALLY - adverbs
• ACKWALLY actually ...1877 Sc.
• FAIR truly, really, actually; used as an intensifier ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAILUMLY, HALUMLIE, HELIMLY † certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly ...1768 Sc.
• LEALLY † truly, really, actually ...c1350
ACTUATED - nouns
• ACTUABILITY †* capability of being acted upon or actuated ...1689
ACUPUNCTURE - nouns
• ACUPUNCTUATION acupuncture ...1832
• ACUPUNCTURATION acupuncture ...1743
ACUTE - adjectives
• FILTHY extreme, acute ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PARLISH of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
ACUTENESS - adverbs
• SUBTILELY † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
acuteness - nouns
• SUBTILITY acuteness, perspicacity, subtlety ...1388
• SUBTILTY † acuteness; penetration; perspicacity ...c1386
• BRAIN DERBY an academic contest ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
academic - person
• ACADEMIAN - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college ...1593
• ACADEMIC - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study ...1581
• ACCA an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads ...1977 Aust.
• ACKER an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads ...1984 Aust.
ACADEMICS - nouns
• ACCA, ACKER academics ...1977 Aust. sl.
ACADEMY - nouns
• CADEMY an academy ...L19 sl.
academy - person
• ACADEMIAN †* a member of an academy; an academic or academician ...1599
ACCELERATE - verbs
• GUN to accelerate a vehicle or rev its engine ...1920 US sl.
• HASTE to cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, or press on; to quicken, to accelerate, to hurry ...a1300
• JAZZ to cause (an engine) to accelerate ...1919 Amer. sl.
ACCENT - adjectives
• BRAID having a strong dialect language or accent ...Bk1911 Sc.
accent - nouns
• ACCENTY †* accent ...1600
• CANT † accent, intonation, tone ...1663
• DART ACCENT an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin ...1990s Irish sl.
• DORTSPEAK an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin ...1990s Irish sl.
• ROADWATCH ACCENT an affectedly quasi-British accent, adopted by the middle-class in and around Dublin ...1990s Irish sl.
• VERGE † an accent-mark ...1555
• WALLOCH a din, noise, sound; way of speaking, distinctive accent, dialect ...1898 Sc.
• YACK, YAK an accent, a tone of voice ...1950s US sl.
accent - verbs
• ACCINATE †* to accent ...1652
• BUNG IT ON to act affectedly; to assume an accent ...1940s Aust. sl.
• THROW THE WORDS to speak with an accent; to distort the pronunciation ...1877 Sc.
• TONE † to lay the accent or stress upon, to accent a word or syllable ...1683
ACCENTUATED - adjectives
• INACCENTUATED †* - accentuated, emphasized ...1716
ACCEPT - adjectives
• ACCEPTIVE † having a tendency to accept; ready to accept ...1601
accept - person
• ACCEPTANT † one who accepts, or takes what is offered ...1596
• ACCEPTRESS † a female who accepts ...Bk1883
accept - verbs
• CALL IT A DAY to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A GO to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A NIGHT to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• EAT UP to believe eagerly; to accept unquestioningly ...1908 US sl.
• ONFANG † to receive, to accept ...c900
• SWALLOW to accept gullibly ...1594 sl.
• SWALLOW IT to accept, esp. a false story that one is told ...17C
• SWALLOW IT WHOLE to accept, esp. a false story that one is told ...17C
• TAKE to accept, to put up with something or someone ...20C sl.
• TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL to accept gullibly; to be swindled ...1915 sl.
• TAKE ON BOARD to accept and use ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE UP ON SOMETHING to accept a proposal or invitation ...1910s sl.
• TAKE WOODEN MONEY to accept gullibly; to be swindled ...1915 sl.
• UNDERFO † to receive willingly; to accept ...c1000
• UNDERGO † to accept, to admit, to allow ...c1315
accept - phrases
• IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• IF THE HAT FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
ACCEPTABLE - adjectives
• ABOUT EAST in proper form; acceptable ...1848 Amer. dial.
• ALL RIGHT a term of measured praise, acceptable, passing muster; satisfactory ...L19 colloq.
• A-OK satisfactory; completely acceptable ...1959 sl., chiefly US, orig. astronauts’ sl.
• BECOMELY † becoming, fitting, acceptable ...c1175
• CRED acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable ...1999 UK sl.
• DECENT tolerable, fairly good, acceptable ...18C
• FAVOURSOME †* that is an object of favour; acceptable, pleasant ...1599
• HOKEY-DOKEY good, fine, acceptable ...1930s US sl.
• IN socially acceptable; popular ...1929 US sl.
• KOSH acceptable, agreeable ...1994 US sl.
• LIKEFUL † pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable ...c1305
• LIKEWORTH † agreeable, acceptable, pleasing ...c888
• O.K. , OKAY in order; quite satisfactory or acceptable; very good; splendid ...1839 colloq.
• OKEY good, fine, satisfactory, acceptable ...M19 sl.
• OKEY-DOKE satisfactory, correct, good, fine, acceptable ...1932 sl., orig. US
• OKEY-DOKEY acceptable, all right ...c1935 US sl.
• QUEME † pleasing, agreeable, acceptable to a person ...c1200
• SAFE socially acceptable to a peer group ...L19 sl.
• SILK admirable, excellent, acceptable ...1920s US sl.
• VENDIBLE † current, accepted, acceptable ...1642
• VERY WELL acceptable ...M19 sl.
acceptable - nouns
• ACCEPTATION the state of being acceptable or accepted ...1594 arch.
• NO SLOUCH something or someone good, acceptable, enterprising or energetic ...L18 sl.
• SHAKE a fair or acceptable situation ...E19
acceptable - verbs
• QUEME † of things: to please, to be acceptable or agreeable to a person ...a1000
• SUGAR-COAT to make acceptable or pleasant ...1870
ACCEPTANCE - nouns
• ACCEPTATION † the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance ...1426
• ACCEPTION † the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception ...1483
• ADMITTANCE † the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction ...1598
acceptance - interjections/phrases
• FAIR DO(S)! a general statement of agreement, acceptance ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• FAIR DUES! a general statement of agreement, acceptance ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• FAIR ENOUGH! used for expressing agreement, acceptance ...1926 UK sl.
• FAIR SHAKES! a general statement of agreement, acceptance ...M19 Aust.
• IF YOU SAY SO used for indicating (grudgingly, or to place) acceptance of what has been said ...1956 UK sl.
• IT JUST ISN'T YOUR DAY used for expressing a rueful, philosophical acceptance of a day when everything seems to go wrong ...1984 UK sl.
• WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT an expression of acceptance, I agree, you're right ..1980s US college sl.
ACCEPTED
adjectives
• VENDIBLE † current, accepted, acceptable ...1642
accepted - verbs
• ARRIVE to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group ...20C Amer. sl.
• SWALLOW to be accepted ...M19
ACCESS - adjectives
• UNGAIN not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
access - nouns
• IN, THE exclusive and positive access to something ...2003 UK sl.
• TOCOME * means of access ...1513 Sc.
access - person
• GATE-KEEPER - a person who controls access to something ...1909
ACCESSIBLE - adjectives
• ACCESSIVE † capable of access; accessible ...1609
• ADIBLE †* accessible ...1568
accessible - verbs
• LIVE IN SOMEONE'S POCKET to be constantly accessible and instantly available to one ...1930s Brit. colloq.
ACCESSORY - adjectives
• ACCESSORIAL of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary ...1726
accessory - nouns
• FOFARRAW, FOOFOORAW gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc. ..Bk1974 Amer. sl.
ACCIDENT - adjectives
• ACCIDENTED characterized by accidents ...1879
accident - nouns
• ACCIBOUNCE a minor collision or accident ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• ADVENTURE † a chance occurrence; an event, an accident ...a1300
• ANGALUCK an accident, a disaster ...1866 Sc.
• BEFALL † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
• BETIDER †* that which befalls; an accident ...1674
• CASUALITY † chance; a chance or casual occurrence, contingency; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, accident, casualty ...1540
• CASUALTY † chance, accident ...1423
• CHINESE FIRE DRILL (usually offensive) a state or example of utter confusion; an accident scene of great confusion ...1952 Amer. sl.
• CRACK-UP an accident; an accident causing damage that can be repaired ...19C sl.
• FLUKE a fortunate turn of events that is the result of accident rather than skill ...19C colloq.
• HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident ...1842 Eng. dial.
• HAPPEN an accident; an occurrence ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY chance, accident ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance ...c1205
• LAME a hurt, injury, an accident ...1778 Eng. dial.
• MARLOCK an unfortunate accident ...1841 Eng. dial.
• MELANDER a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MIRE-SNIPE an accident, misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MISCASUALTY an unlucky accident ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RACKLIGENCE an unforeseen chance or accident ...1768 Sc.
• TO-FALL † that which befalls or falls to anyone; a chance, accident, casualty ...1562
accident - verbs
• BUY UP AN ORCHARD to have a serious road accident ...1971 Amer. trucking sl.
• COME A CROPPER to fall heavily; to be victim of an accident ...1999 UK
• EAT IT to suffer an accident, esp. a fall ...1982 Hawaiian youth usage
• WRITE ONESELF OFF to have a motor accident ... Aust. sl.
ACCIDENTAL - adjectives
• ADVENTUROUS † occurring or coming by chance; casual, fortuitous, accidental ...c1374
• COME-BY-CHANCE accidental ...19C Eng. dial.
ACCIDENTALLY - adverbs
• ACCIDENTLY † accidentally, casually, by chance ...1611
• ADVENTUROUSLY † by chance, accidentally, casually ...c1460
• CASUALLY † accidentally ...c1386
• HAPLY by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe ...1362 now arch.
ACCLAIM - verbs
• ACCLAMATE †* to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim ...1667
ACCLAMATION - adjectives
• ACCLAMATORY expressing acclamation ...1675
acclamation - nouns
• ÉCLAT conspicuous success; universal applause, acclamation ...1741
acclamation - person
• ACCLAMATOR †* one who joins in acclamation; an applauder ...1651
ACCLIMATED - adjectives
• CLIMATED acclimated ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
ACCLIMATION - nouns
• CLIMATION * the act of inuring to a climate; acclimation ...1846
ACCLIMATIZED - verbs
• EAT ONE'S TOOT to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life ...M19 NZ sl.
• EAT ONE'S TUTU to become acclimatized, esp. to colonial life ...M19 NZ sl.
ACCLIVITY - nouns
• BINK a bank, an acclivity ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ACCOMMODATE - verbs
• TILE TO to accommodate oneself to circumstances, esp. if unpleasant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ACCOMMODATING - adjectives
• ACCOMMODANT †* accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances ...1693
• DECENT kind, accommodating, likeable ...L18
accommodating - verbs
• THURRISH to be friendly, kind, or accommodating ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
ACCOMODATINGNESS - nouns
• ELASTICITY capacity for being 'stretched'; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness ...1858
ACCOMMODATION - nouns
• EASEMENT † refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging ...c1400
• EASEMENTS accommodation, either in regard to entertainment or lodgings, buildings, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• UP-PUTTING accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ACCOMPANY - person
• WALKER - a man, often rich, invariably personable and socially acceptable, who accompanies the wives of prominent men to parties, on shopping expeditions, to the theatre, etc. ...1978 sl.
accompany - verbs
• AFFELLOWSHIP †* to be in fellowship with, to accompany, to attend ...1559
• CARRY to escort, to accompany ...1861 Amer. dial.
• COMITATE †* to accompany ...1632
• LUG to bring; to accompany ...1884 UK sl.
• SIDE to accompany, to support or stand by someone ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SUE † to follow as an attendant, companion, or adherent; to accompany, to attend upon ...a1250
ACCOMPANYING - nouns
• SCOTCH CONVOY the act of accompanying a visitor the whole way home ...Bk1904 Sc.
ACCOMPLICE - nouns
• ACCOMPLICESHIP * the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance ...1834
• ACCOMPLICITY * the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance ...Bk1888
accomplice - person
• ACCESSOR - one that joins another, an accomplice ...Bk1795
• ADAM an accomplice ...1696 sl.
• ADAM TILER an accomplice ...1696 sl.
• BACKSTOP - a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on ...1919 Aust. sl.
• BIRD DOG - an unsuspected accomplice to a criminal ...1939 euphemism
• BOWER a close friend; an assistant; an accomplice ...1847 Amer. sl., orig. gambling
• FEDARIE † a confederate, an accomplice ...1603
• GAMMONER one who covers for an accomplice ...E19 sl.
• GEE - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc.; a swindler's accomplice planted in a crowd, as to start bidding ...1898 sl.
• GEE-ER - the accomplice of a cheapjack or showman; one who 'gees up' the potential customers into a sideshow, strip-club, confidence trick, etc. ...1912 Aust. sl.
• HEELER - any form of servant or accomplice ...1899 sl.
• INSIDE - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled ...1926 US criminals' sl.
• INSIDE MAN - an accomplice inside a place that is to be burgled ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• JOLLY an accomplice ...M19 sl.
• MOLLY - a female accomplice ...1946 Can. criminals' sl.
• MONGREL - an accomplice who helps in a confidence trickster's poses as a poor scholar ...1608 UK criminals' sl.
• MOT - a criminal's accomplice; a female criminal ...1829 UK sl.
• PAL a comrade, mate, chum; an accomplice in crime or dishonesty ...1681-2 colloq.
• PALL, PELL a friend; an accomplice ...M18
• RAM an accomplice in petty crime ...1941 sl., orig. & chiefly Aust.
• SIDEKICK an assistant, a partner, an accomplice ...20C Aust. & US sl.
• SIDEKICKER an assistant; a partner; an accomplice ...1900s Aust. & US sl.
• SIDE-PARTNER an accomplice; an assistant ...L19 US sl.
• YOKE DEVIL - a close companion or accomplice, esp. in a villainous or immoral undertaking; a 'partner in crime'; chiefly in plural ...a1616 arch.
• YUK - † an accomplice in crime ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
accomplice - verbs
• CHUM ALONG WITH to work as an accomplice with ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
• PACK † to be an accomplice or confederate in a plot ...1590
ACCOMPLISH - adjectives
• ACCOMPLETIVE * having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish ...1839
• RAKING quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much ...Bk1905 Sc.
accomplish - person
• WANGLER one who uses a variety of irregular means to accomplish a purpose ...1910s US sl.
accomplish - verbs
• ACQUIT † to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish ...c1530
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A (or THE) STUMP to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
• BE HEART AND HAND FOR A THING to be eagerly bent on accomplishing or obtaining a thing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• BURN UP ANYBODY'S MILL POND to accomplish a great feat; to 'set the world on fire' ...1898 Amer. dial.
• EAT ANOTHER PECK OF SALT to gain additional strength or ability to accomplish anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• EFFECT † to have an effect, to be effectual; to accomplish its purpose ...1592
• GET IT BY THE TAIL AND A DOWN-HILL PULL ON IT to be able to accomplish easily ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HACK (IT) to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with ...1952 Amer. sl.
• HACK THE COURSE to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed ...1966 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force
• HACK THE JIMSON to achieve, to accomplish something ...1952 Amer. sl.
• PULL IT OFF to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous ..Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PULL OFF to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous; to succeed in doing or effecting something ...1887 UK sl.
• SCOPE to accomplish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH † to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish two ends at once ...1546
ACCOMPLISHED - adjectives
• ADDRESSED † well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished ...1475
accomplished - person
• BIRD an exceptionally smart or accomplished person; a first-rate animal or thing ...1842 US sl.
• MISS-WOMAN a refined, accomplished young woman, either married or single ...1953 Amer. dial.
accomplished - verbs
• KEN †* to have skill; to be accomplished in ...1362
ACCOMPLISHMENT - nouns
• ACHEVISAUNCE † achieving, accomplishment ...c1430
• CREDIT an achievement or accomplishment ...1992 US sl.
• EFFECTION † accomplishment, performance ...1652
• IMPLETION fulfilment, accomplishment ...1615
• TALENT † an accomplishment ...1600
ACCORD - nouns
• ONEHEAD † oneness or unity of spirit, mind, or feeling; agreement, accord, concord ...1340
• ONEMENT † union of mind or feeling; agreement, accord, concord; reconciliation ...a1450
ACCORDINGLY - nouns
• SUINGLY † accordingly, consequently ...c1380
ACCORDION - nouns
• BOX an accordion or concertina ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DAGO'S PIANO an accordion ...20C US sl.
• HARKAUDIENCE an accordion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LAP ORGAN an accordion ...1892 Amer. dial.
ACCOST - adjectives
• ACCOSTABLE † ready to accost, courteous ...1622
accost - verbs
• ABORD † to accost ...1611 obs. or arch.
• BECLEPE † to call upon, to address, to accost ...c1220
• BUZZ to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
ACCOUNT - nouns
• AC(C)OMPTER † account, reckoning ...1483
• DECOMPT † account, reckoning ...1584 Sc.
• RECKLIN a reckoning, a bill, account ...1886 Eng. dial.
• RECKONING a balancing of accounts ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• TAIL † account, reckoning ...c1330
• TAILLIE, TAILYE, TAILZIE † an account or reckoning ...1497 Sc.
• TALE † an account, a reckoning of numbers of money given and received, etc. ...1401
• TALLY † 1. the record of an amount due; a score or shot, an account ...1573 obs.
* 2. reckoning, score, account ...1614
• TICK a debit account; an account, reckoning ...1681
account - person
• ACCOUNTER † one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account ...1303
account - verbs
• EQUAL-AQUAL to balance accounts, to make all equal ...1818 Sc.
• SALD † to balance an account, etc. ...1588
• SALT to misrepresent the contents of an account by adding ghost entries, falsifying details etc. ..1882 sl.
• TAILYE, TAILZIE † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
• TALE † to account, to reckon ...c897
ACCOUNTABLE - adjectives
• ACCOUNTANT † giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible ...1494
accountable - adverbs
• UNACCOMPTABLY † not responsible or accountable ...a1677
accountable - person
• ACCOMPTANT - † one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible ...1453
• ACCOUNTANT - * one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible ...1449
accountable - verbs
• BRING TO BOOK to call to account
• SUMMON †* to call to account ...1654-66
ACCOUNTANT - person
• ABACIST one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, accountant, or calculator ...1387
• ACCOMPTANT † one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
• ACCOUNT CASTER † a person who casts or reckons up accounts ...1580
• ACCOUNTANT one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts ...1539
• BEAN-COUNTER an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician ...1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• PUFF-ADDER an accountant ...c1930 RAF usage, chiefly officers'
• RATIONAL †* in Roman Antiquity: an accountant or auditor ...1610
ACCUMULATE - verbs
• ACCUMULE †* to accumulate ...1490
• BING to pile in a heap; to accumulate ...1804 Sc. & N. Ireland
• RACK BACK to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
• RACK UP to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
• SCART to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
• SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together ...1825 Sc.
ACCUMULATED - adjectives
• GAIR-GATHERED accumulated by greed ...1847 Sc.
ACCUMULATION - nouns
• ACERVATION * the act of heaping up, accumulation ...1676
• GADDERY, GEDDERY an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
• MIRD an accumulation; a close-packed and confused crowd; a muddle ...1895 Sc.
• RAKE an accumulation, what has been gathered together; a hoard ...1851 Sc.
ACCURATE - adjectives
• APTISH skilful, useful, accurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-ON accurate ...1888 UK sl.
• EXACCURATE careful, exact and accurate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAL † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAT fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAT-OFF fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
• PERQUIRE † accurate, exact ...1742 Sc.
accurate - verbs
• CALL THE TURN to make an accurate statement or prediction ...1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
• SPEAK BY THE CARD to speak with great exactness, or with the utmost accuracy; to be careful with one's words ...1596
ACCURATELY - adverbs
• BANG ON with absolute accuracy ...Brit. colloq.
• DAMN TOOTIN' certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
• LEAL † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• PERQUIRE † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
• TO A COCK'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A FROG'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TO A TITTLE with minute exactness; to the smallest particular; precisely, accurately ...1607
• TO THE LAST HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS to the last detail, accurately ...1954 Amer. dial.
ACCURSED - adjectives
• FACOCKTA accursed; wretched ...1990s Amer. sl.
• GODDAM accursed, damnable ...E20 colloq.
• MALEDICT accursed ...1867 arch.
• MALEDICTED accursed; evil-spoken of ...1727
• MALEDIGHT † cursed, accursed ...a1300
accursed - person
• MALEDICT an accursed person ...a1550 arch.
ACCUSATION - nouns
• ACCRIMINATION †* accusation of crime ...1655
• ACCUSE †* the act of accusing or charging with crime; charge, accusation ...1593
• ACCUSEMENT † the act of accusing or charging with an offense; an accusing; an accusation, a charge ...c1374
• ACOUPEMENT †* accusation ...a1300
• BAWL-OUT a criticism, an accusation, a scolding ...1915 US sl.
• DELATION an accusation ...1792 Sc.
• HUMBLE a false criminal accusation or charge ...1940 US sl.
• IMPOSITION † imputation, accusation, charge ...1611
• IMPUTE †* an accusation, charge ...1649
• INCUSATION blaming, accusation ...1623 (394 Cockeram, 1647)
• ONSAW † a charge against a person, an accusation; reproach, opprobrious language ...c1000
• TAINTURE † accusation, charge ...1621
ACCUSATORY - adjectives
• ACCUSATIVE †* pert. to accusation; accusatory ...a1400
ACCUSE - verbs
• ACCRIMINATE †* to accuse of a crime ...1655
• ACOUP(E) † to accuse ...1297
• ADWITE † to reproach, to accuse ...c1430
• BACKDOOR to accuse; to inform ...1960s sl.
• BECALL † to accuse of ...c1250
• BECLEPE † to complain against; to indict, to accuse ...c1030
• BECRY † to cry at, to accuse ...c1440
• BEGREDE † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
• BESPEAK † to speak against; to charge, to accuse; to oppose ...a1000
• BEWRAY † to accuse, to malign, to speak evil of ...c1330
• BUM-RAP to accuse someone of something falsely ...Bk20C
• CAST IN ONE'S DISH to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
• CAST THE FIRST STONE to be first to accuse or criticize, though not oneself blameless ...Bk1999
• DECRIMINATE †* to denounce as a criminal, to accuse ...1670
• DING IN SOMEONE'S TEETH to bring up old offenses, to charge, to accuse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• GAB † to reproach; to accuse ...c1200
• IMPUGN * to find fault with, to accuse ...1377
• IMPUTE to accuse of, to charge with ...1596
• INCULP † to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
• LAY IN ONE'S DISH to object to something in a person; to accuse of ...M16 Brit. colloq.
• POINT THE FINGER to accuse or vilify ...1829 Amer. sl.
• REDARGUE to accuse, to blame ...1768 Sc.
• TAG to blame, to accuse ...1950s sl.
• TAINT † to accuse of crime or dishonour ...a1619
ACCUSED - adjectives
• UP ON ONE of a police officer: on a charge, standing accused ...1974 UK sl.
accused - verbs
• RAP to stand accused, to appear guilty ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
ACCUSER - person
• ACCUSANT * one who accuses, an accuser...1611
• ACCUSATOR † an accuser ...1382
• ACCUSATRIX †* a female accuser ...1655
• ACCUSERESS - † she who accuses ...Bk1867
• ACCUSER-GENERAL - a chief prosecutor or accuser ...1770
• ACCUSOR † an accuser ...1340
• DELATOR an informer, an accuser ...1616 Sc.
• SUGGESTER † one who accuses, or brings a charge against another ...1450
• TAGGY - an accuser; a hostile witness ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
• TAINTOR † one who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, an informer ...1451
• TAXER - † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
ACCUSING - adjectives
• ACCUSANT † accusing ...1611
• IMPUTATIVE involved in accusing; given to making imputations ...1824
ACCUSTOM - verbs
• HABIT † to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate ...1615
• HEAF to accustom or reconcile oneself to a place; to settle down, to make oneself at home ...1873 Eng. dial.
• OCCASIONATE † to give occasion to; to urge or compel by circumstances; also, to do this habitually; hence, to habituate, to accustom ...1545
• USEN to accustom one to something ...1845 Amer. dial.
ACCUSTOMED - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMATE † accustomed, habituated, wonted ...1494
• HABITED † familiarized, accustomed, practised, used to ...1615
• HANKLED habituated, accustomed to ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUNTED † practiced; used, habituated, or accustomed to a course; wonted ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATURALIZED accustomed ...1924 Amer. dial.
• OCCASIONED † accustomed ...1576
accustomed - nouns
• ASSUEFACTION † the state of being accustomed, or the act of accustoming; use; habituation ...1644
accustomed - verbs
• HAUNT † to be wont or accustomed ...a1300
• TUMBLE TO THE RACKET to understand; to perceive; to comprehend; to get accustomed to a thing ...1883 Eng. dial.
ACHE, ACHING - adjectives
• ACH(E)Y suffering from aches ...1878
• ACHY-BREAKY aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending ...1992 colloq.
• DIRLING aching, quivering, tingling ...1853 Sc.
• MISERISH aching; painful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAGGY aching with a dull pain ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
ache, aching - nouns
• ACHAGE an aching state ...1878 humorous rare
• MISERY an ache or pain ...1827 Amer. dial.
• MISERY, THE an ache or pain ...1832 Amer. dial.
• WARCH, WARK † a pain, an ache ...c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ache, aching - verbs
• FARE to ache, to throb ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GEAL, GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GILVER to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
• NAG to keep up a dull gnawing pain; to ache persistently ...1836
• NANG of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NIGG to ache with pain ...1928 Sc. DSL online
• NIP to ache, to smart, to tingle with cold ...1736 Sc. DSL online
• NIRL of pain: to ache continuously, to gnaw ...1947 Sc. DSL online
• PANG * to pierce or penetrate with acute physical or mental pain; to pain, to hurt, to ache ...c1502
• RAGE of a tooth or sore: to ache violently ...1567
• TAKE ON to ache, to be painful ...1893 Eng. dial.
• WARCH, WARK † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAIK to ache ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAUK to ache ...1898 Sc.
• YAW to ache ...1887 Sc.
ACHIEVE - verbs
• BAG to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ..1911 Amer. sl.
• BANT to conquer, to achieve, to manage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• DO IT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
• DO ON ONE'S NAPPER to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
• DO ON ONE'S NOB to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
• DO ON YOUR HEAD to achieve with ease ...1896 UK sl.
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
• HACK IT to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1952 US sl.
• HACK THE JIMSON to achieve, to accomplish something ...1952 Amer. sl.
• HACK UP to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1950s US sl.
• MAKE A STRIKE to achieve, to succeed or be lucky ...Bk1904 colloq.
• NOTCH UP to achieve ...1837 UK sl.
• PACK THE GEAR to achieve a given standard ...1970s US sl.
• PULL to achieve, to pull off ...c1920 Army sl.
• RACK BACK to accumulate; to register; to achieve ...1960s US sl.
• RACK UP to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points ..1961 US sl.
• STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH † to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish or achieve two ends at once ...1546
• WALTZ to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use ...1960s sl.
• WORK THINGS to achieve something, not necessarily though usually dishonest, or, at best, dubious ...L19 colloq.
ACHIEVED - adjectives
• SACKED as good as secured, achieved ...1940s US sl.
ACHIEVEMENT - nouns
• ACHEVISAUNCE † achieving, accomplishment ...c1430
• ACHIEVANCE † achievement, performance ...1531
• BABY a person's invention or achievement ...1890
• CREDIT an achievement or accomplishment ...1992 US sl.
• DAGS a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
• DIRD a mighty achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIRDUM a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LAYOUT an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
• MASTERPIECE a person's greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability ...1605
achievement - phrases
• LIKE A BIG DOG having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
• LIKE A MOOSE having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
ACHIEVING - adjectives
• AWAY LAUGHING in a good position, esp. when embarking on a new venture; achieving with ease ...1965 NZ sl.
ACHILLES TENDON - nouns
• HEEL STRING the Achilles tendon ...1938 Amer. dial.
ACID - adjectives
• EAGER † sour, acid, tart ...c1350
• EAGER-DULCE † acid and sweet ...1548
• EAGER-SWEET † acid and sweet ...1616
• YARRISH harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARRY harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...1841 Eng. dial.
ACIDITY - nouns
• EAGERNESS † pungency of taste; acidity, sourness ...1490
ACKNOWLEDGE - verbs
• ACK to acknowledge a letter, etc. ...1984 Brit. clerical usage, orig. Civil Service
• A(C)KNOW † to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000
• BEKNOW † to admit one's knowledge of; to acknowledge, to confess; to know, to understand ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEKNOWLEDGE † to acknowledge ...1340
• FESS to acknowledge, to profess ...1953 Amer. dial.
• KEN † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
• MISCOGNIZE †* to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand ...1603
• SHELL DOWN THE CORN to acknowledge one's error ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TAKE TO to own, to acknowledge; to answer for the truth of anything; to stand to a bargain ..1790 Eng. dial.
• YATE † to acknowledge, to confess ...c1200
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - nouns
• BEKNOWLEDGING † acknowledgement, confession ...1340
• BETHANK thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement ...1826 Sc.
• DAP credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness ...1970s US Black sl.
ACNE - nouns
• ACCA, ACKER acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
• ACK acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
• BLOSSOM a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FACE LIKE A FESTERING PICKLE, A a face that is covered in severe acne ...2000s NZ sl.
• GUBERS acne; facial pimples ...M20 US sl.
• JACK BUMPS acne, allegedly caused by masturbation ...1960s US sl.
• JERK BUMPS acne ...1936 Amer. dial.
• ROSY-DROP acne; pimples ...E19
• WHORE BOIL adolescent acne; small infected pimples on the face ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHORE PIMPLE adolescent acne ...1949 Amer. dial.
acne - person
• ZIT-FEATURES a general term of abuse to one who has acne ...1990s sl.
• ZITTY a person with acne ...1950s sl., orig. US teen
ACORN - nouns
• ACERS acorns ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LADLE † the cup of an acorn ...1599
• MASTICK an acorn, the fruit of the oak, Quercus robur ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NACKEREL an acorn ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• OAK-ATCHERN an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-BERRY an acorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-MASS, OAK-MAST an acorn ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SHACK nuts and acorns that have fallen to the ground ...1828 Amer. dial.
• YACCORN, YACKRAN, YAKRON an acorn ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YACKER, YAKKER an acorn ...1885 Eng. dial.
ACQUAINT - verbs
• QUAINT † to acquaint ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ACQUAINTANCE - nouns
• ACQUAINTANCY * the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge ...1859
• ACQUAINTATION †* acquaintance ...1468
• QUAINTANCE † acquaintance ...c1300
acquaintance - person
• ACQUAINT † an acquaintance ...c1386
• ACQUAINTANCE - orig. a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion; later, a person one knows slightly or on a less intimate basis than friendship ...c1405
• ACQUAINTANT † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...1611
• ACQUAINTED - † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...c1566
• BUDDY a friend; an acquaintance ...M19 orig. US
• EAM - † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; intimate acquaintance ...1681 Scot. & Eng. dial.
• EME a friend; an intimate acquaintance ...1674 Eng. dial.
• HABITUDE †* a person with whom one is familiar; an associate, an acquaintance ...1676
ACQUAINTED - adjectives
• ACQUAINT acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of ...1297 arch.
• ACQUAINTABLE † easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar ...c1400
• AWAKE knowing, acquainted with, aware of, or knowing what is going on ...Bk1890 sl.
• BAKONT known, acquainted ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BEKNOWN known, acquainted, familiar ...1429 arch.
• FAMILARY familiar, acquainted, intimate, friendly ...c1450
acquainted - verbs
• KEN to know a thing; to have knowledge of or about; to be acquainted with ...a1300 now chiefly Sc.
• KNOW ONE'S ONIONS to be fully acquainted with a subject ...Brit. sl.
ACQUIRE - person
• ACQUISITOR * one who acquires ...Bk1888
• ACQUISTER †* one who acquires ...1613
acquire - verbs
• ACCROACH to draw to oneself; to catch, to attract, to acquire ...c1325
• ACQUIST †* to gain for oneself; to acquire ...1598
• ADDLE † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEGET † to get, to acquire, usually by effort ...a1000
• CLOCK to acquire; to earn. to 'rack up' ...1990 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• COP of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire ...M19 sl.
• ETTLE to earn, to acquire by labour ...1851 Eng. dial.
• FALL INTO to acquire by chance or without effort ...1946 US sl.
ACQUIRED - adjectives
• ACQUISITE † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself ...1532
• ACQUISITED † acquired ...1613
• ACQUISITITIOUS of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate' ...1653
• ACQUISITIVE † that has been acquired ...1637
• ACQUISTED † acquired ...1613
• ADEPTED † gained, acquired ...c1595
• GAIR-GATHERED ill-got ...1870 Sc.
• YCONQUEST † acquired ...1513
• YFET † brought, carried, fetched; acquired ...c893
acquired - nouns
• ACQUIST † the thing acquired ...M17
• BEGET † the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
• EFFECT † something which is attained or acquired by an action ...1602
ACQUIREMENT - nouns
• ACQUIRE †* acquirement or gain ...1592
• ACQUIRY † the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
• LEARNING † an acquirement ...1602
ACQUIRING - nouns
• ACQUEST † the act of acquiring ...1613
• ACQUIST the act of acquiring ...E17
ACQUISITION - nouns
• ACQUEST a thing acquired, an acquisition ...1622
• ACQUIRY † the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
• ACQUIST 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain ...1613
† 2. a thing acquired; an acquisition ...1635
• BEGET † 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage ...c1175
† 2. the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
• COP an acquisition ...1950s US sl.
ACQUISITIVE - adjectives
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
acquisitive - person
• ACCUMULATOR - a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer...1611
• GIMME - an acquisitive, greedy woman ...1930 Aust. sl.
• SCRAPER a greedy, acquisitive person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
acquisitive - verbs
• SCART to scrape together in a heap; to accumulate in a penurious, niggardly way, to be excessively acquisitive in small things ...1887 Sc.
ACQUIT - verbs
• SKERE † to free a person from blame or accusation; to acquit one of a penalty or charge, to clear, to exculpate ...a1225
ACQUITTAL - adjectives
• ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
acquittal - nouns
• ACQUIT † the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal ...1475
• QUITTAL † acquittal ...1592
• QUITTANCE † acquittal ...a1225
ACQUITTANCE - nouns
• QUITMENT an acquittance; a discharge; a receipt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ACQUITTED - adjectives
• ACQUIT acquitted, cleared, set free ...1393 arch.
ACRE - adjectives
• ACREABLE * of an acre; per acre ...1792
acre - nouns
• FARDINGALE † the fourth part of an acre ...1865 Eng. dial.
• FARREN half an acre ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARTHINGDEAL † the fourth part of an acre; a rood ...1542
• YACKER † an acre ...1825 Sc.
ACRID - adjectives
• ACRIOUS † acrid ...1675
• BASK † bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EAGER † pungent, acrid, keen to the taste or other senses ...1574
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, pungent, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
ACROBAT - nouns
• ACROBATISM the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats ...1864
acrobat - person
• BALANCER - one who balances himself in difficult positions; a tumbler, an acrobat ...c1510
• BENDER - a contortionist; an acrobat ...1873 circus sl.
• HAND BALANCER - an acrobat or entertainer who performs feats whilst balancing on his or her hands ...1886
• SALAMANDER - a street acrobat and juggler who eats fire ...1859 sl.
• TOPPLER - a tumbler; an acrobat ...a1825 Eng. dial.
ACROBATIC - nouns
• ACRO acrobatic manoeuvres ...1967 Amer. aviation usage
ACRONYM - nouns
• ALPHABET SOUP initialisms and acronyms in general ...Amer. sl.
ACROSS - adverbs
• AQUART across, athwart ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATHART, ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT across, crosswise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATHURTENS athwart, across ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• QUART across ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWARTOUR across, athwart ...Bk1905 Sc.
across - prepositions
• ASKLENT across ...1808 Sc.
• ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT of position or motion: across, over ...1806 Eng. dial.
• AT-OWER of position or motion: across, over ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ACT - nouns
• ACTURIENCE desire to act ...a1880
verbs
• FARE † to behave or conduct oneself, to act ...a1300
• MAKE to act, to pretend, to feign ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTION - adjectives
• PARASTATIC † having the function of impelling to action ...1656
action - nouns
• ACTURE †* the process of acting; action, doing ...1593
• AFFAIR †* doing, action, performance ...c1500
• FAKEMENT any action or problem ...L19 sl.
• FARE † a proceeding, action; 'doings'; hence, fighting ...1340-70
• FASHIONS * actions, gestures, 'ways' ...1569
• FEAT † 1. action in general; overt action; deeds, as opposed to words ...1362
† 2. an action, deed, course of conduct ...c1420
• LATES † looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on ... c1205
• OPERANCE * the act of operating; operation, action ...
• OPERATION † action, performance, work, deed ...c1386
• TICKET the program or plan of action; that which is to be done ...1842
action - verbs
• ALACRIATE †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden ...1657
• CALL THE PLAYS to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
• CALL THE SHOTS to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen ...1930s sl.
• FIGHT IT OUT OF THIS LINE to adopt a course of action and thought and to continue with it to the end ...US Civil War usage
• PUT ONESELF ABOUT to go into action ...1970s sl.
• SAIL INTO to launch oneself headlong on a course of action ...M19 sl.
action - interjections/phrases
• SHOOT, LUKE, OR GIVE UP THE GUN you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SHOOT, OR GIVE YOUR GUN you must act or give up the attempt; do something or give somebody else the opportunity ...1903 Amer. dial.
• WAKE IT! an exhortation to action; get with it! ...1980s US college sl.
ACTIVE - adjectives
• ACTABLE active, capable of lively activity ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ACTIOUS † abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk ...1592
• ACTUAL † abounding in action; active, energetic ...1470-85
• ACTUOSE † full of activity; abounding in action; very active ...1677
• ALACRIOUS † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
• ALIVEO alert, active ...L19 sl.
• AMPED very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ANTIC frisky, lively, active, spry ,,,1903 Amer. dial.
• BALLING excitingly active; wonderfully alive ...1952 US sl.
• BIGHTSOM light, active ...1790 Sc.
• BOBBISH smart, active, clever ...19C
• BOOSIN active, bouncing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH active, quick ...1887 US
• BRISKY brisk, lively, active, energetic ...1590
• CADDY spry, agile, active, lively ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CALEEVERING energetic, flying wildly or actively about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANTY cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CATTY spry, agile, active, lively ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DAPPER of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly ...E17
• DARTER active ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DARTY sharp, quick, active ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DEEDFUL brisk, active ...1834
• DEEDIE, DEEDY full of deeds or activity; active, brisk; ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
• EDGIE, EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
• GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GAINFUL active ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLIARD gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
• HAFTY handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAND-RACKLE careless, acting without consideration; active, ready ...1822 Sc.
• HEFTY handy, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HUMMING of extraordinary activity, intensity or magnitude; vigorous, striking ...M17 colloq
• HYPER extraordinarily active, energetic, or highly strung ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• IN AND OUT LIKE A FIDDLER'S ELBOW extremely active without actually achieving anything ...20C Aust. sl.
• KASK † active, vigorous ...c1300
• KEDGE brisk, active, lively ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• KIDGE brisk, active, lively ...1790 Eng. dial.
• KIDGY brisk, active, sprightly ...1812 Eng. dial.
• LARGE-SIZED † of an activity or period of time: fine, very enjoyable, exciting; very active ...1874 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTFOOT light-footed, nimble of foot; active ...c1440 poetic
• METTLE spirited; active; capable of enduring fatigue ...1806 Sc.
• NIMBER † active, nimble ...1849
• OLIGHT, OLITE † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
• OLIVED active, lively, energetic; the reverse of lazy ...1892 Ireland
• OMNIACTIVE active in all things or everywhere; working in all places ...1846
• ON THE SHACK on the go ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PLUMB PERT very lively or active ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUEME †* skilled, clever; smart, active ...c1400
• QUERTY, QUIRTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• QUICK * of persons: full of vigour, energy or activity ...a1300
• QUIVER † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAD † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• REDD active, able to accomplish much ...1866 Sc.
• RED-HANDED active, neat ...1820 Sc.
• RESOLUTE strong, active ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKEET † swift, active ...c1400
• SKITTISH spirited, active, lively; frolicsome ...a1592
• SMART healthy; chipper, spry, lively, active ...1788 Amer. dial.
• TAIT † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
• TALL †* quick, prompt, ready, active ...1530-1600
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
• TEARING active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRODDY active, energetic, able to get through much work ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH active, expeditious ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANGING active, having a great deal of action ...1814 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING active, energetic; persevering ...1822 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING active, energetic; persevering ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLE-HEELED † having nimble or active heels ...1737
• TIMBERSOME light, active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPON TICK in a state of activity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VEGETE * healthy and active; flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1639
• VERTY energetic, active, esp. at an early hour of the day, early rising ...1804 Sc.
• VOGEROUS keen, eager; brisk, active, strong, lusty ...1892 Sc.
• WACKER active ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WA(D)DEN, WADDIN young and vigorous, alert, active ...a1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YANK active, vigorous ...1790 Sc.
• YANKING active, forward, pushing ...1824 Sc.
• YANKY nimble, agile, active ...1870 Sc.
• YAP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPE eager, keen, ready, active ...1739 Sc.
• YARE alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YASP active, brisk, energetic ...1898 Sc.
• YAUL(D) active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
• YEPPER brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
• YERN † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
• YIPPER brisk, active, in good spirits ...1893 Eng. dial.
active - adverbs
• ASTEER moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
active - person
• ACTIVE - a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person ...a1425
• BIRKIE, BIRKY a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.
• DAPPERLING a little, active dapper fellow ...E17
• DAPPERWIT a lively, active, spruce little man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARTER a quick, active person ...1808 Eng. dial.
• DAY PERSON one who prefers to be active during the daytime ...20C Amer. sl.
• DIRLER a light-footed, active person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAY-CAT - an active, jovial, lusty person who enjoys life; a ladies' man; a dude; one who, with or without the help of narcotics, is never worried or troubled but who takes life as it comes without being concerned or bothered ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• GISTRA - a sturdy, active old man ...Bk1910 Ireland
• HUMMER a person characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
• IZZER one that is alive and active ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JIGGER a very lively, active old person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NATTLER one who is active with hands, feet, or tongue; an expert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEANERFLEE † one who has the appearance of lightness and activity ...1824 Sc.
• REEVER a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIP-SNORTER - an active, dashing person ...1842 colloq., orig. US
• SCOPPERIL. SKOPERIL a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal ...1874 Eng.
dial.
• SPANKER a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels ...1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SPANKY a tall, well-made, active person ...B1900 Sc.
• TARGER - a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
• TEAR-ARSE, TEAR-ASS a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
• WALDING-MAN - an active, stirring man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANDY BODY - a person one would consider stout, but who is well-made and active ...Bk1876
• YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
• ZOONER an active person, a go-getter ...1887 Amer. dial.
active - verbs
• BEAR A BOB to be brisk or active ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BOOSE to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COOK to be full of activity and excitement ...sl.
• FLY AROUND to stir about; to be active ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GET YOUR A INTO G to stop idling; to apply yourself into an activity; to start doing something useful ...2002 NZ sl.
• INACTUATE to make active, to put in action, to stir into activity ...1651 arch.
• PEARTEN to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OFF to be suddenly successful or very active ...1930s US sl.
• WAKE † to be active, alert, stirring, vigilant; also, to be diligent, to exert oneself to do something ...1352
• WALK † to busy oneself; to be active about something ...a1300
ACTIVELY - adverbs
• ACTUALLY † actively, energetically ...1470-85
• DEEDFULLY actively, effectively ...1615
• DEEDILY actively, busily ...1813 Eng. dial.
• QUIVERLY † actively, quickly, smartly ...c960
• TIGHTLY promptly, quickly; actively, smartly ...1873 Sc.
• VREACH carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WIGHT † actively, energetically ...ME obs. exc. Sc.
• YAPLY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPPELY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTIVIST - person
• HACKTIVIST a cultural activist and skilled computer-user who invades a corporate website to leave subversive messages ...2001 UK sl.
• POT-STIRRER - an anti-establishment activist ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
ACTIVITY - nouns
• ACTION activity, esp. of the kind or arouse interest or excitement ...1951 US sl.
• ACTUALITY † capacity of action, activity ...1398
• ACTUALNESS † active working or operation, activity ...1398
• ACTUOSITY † abounding activity ...1660
• CARRY-ON any continuing activity or catalogue of details ...2001 UK sl.
• DACITY activity, energy ...1636 Eng. dial.
• DOIN'S any form of activity ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAKEMENT activity ...L19 sl.
• FEEROCHRIE ability, activity, agility ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HUMMER a thing characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. ...L17 colloq.
• INACTUATION a bringing into activity; the condition of activity ...1662
• LAYOUT an achievement, an activity ...M19 sl.
• LEAPING TIME the time of activity, youth ...1611
• LICK a brief or brisk stroke of activity or energy ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MAIN KICK one's favourite activity ...1930s US Black sl.
• MEETHS activity, bodily energy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MUCK IN a communal activity ...1910s sl.
• OMNIVORACITY an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1889
• OMNIVOROSITY an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1896
• OMNIVOROUSNESS an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits ...1727
• QUIVERNESS † activity ...1538
• RACKET in weak use, any form of activity ...1920s US sl.
• RIFF an activity or experience ...1975 US sl.
• SHARP END the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
• TAB a project, a line of activity, a program ...1930s US sl.
• THROUGH-PUT activity, expedition in doing anything ...1845 Sc.
• VIR vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
• WHET a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time ...1834 Amer. dial.
activity - phrases
• I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFER indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
• I'VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFOO VALVE indication that you have overdone the physical activity ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
ACTOR/ACTRESS - adjectives
• DEAD LETTER PERFECT of an actor: absolutely certain of your lines ...1952 UK sl.
actor, actress - person
• ACTING LADY - an incapable or inferior actress ...1883 theatrical colloq.
• ACTORINE an actress ...1896 Amer. sl.
• ACTOR-MAN - † a male theatrical actor ...1774
• ACTORVIST - a politically involved actor ...1995 Amer. political sl.
• ACTRICE - † an actress ...1589
• ARK-FLOATER a veteran actor ...L19 sl.
• BARNSTORMER an actor ...19C theatrical
• BIG TIMER - one who participates in big time activity, such as a Broadway actor, a major league baseball player, etc. ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
• BIT PLAYER - an actor with a very small acting role with few lines to speak; a person with a very small part in something ...1936
• BOOT-JACK an actor of utility parts ...1895 theatrical sl.
• CABOTIN - a low-class actor - a charlatan ...1903
• CACKLE-FAKER an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
• CACKLER an actor or showman who has a talking part ...c1840 circus and showmen's
• CACKLING-COVE an actor ...c1830 theatrical
• CHEST-PLASTER a young actor ...1883 theatrical sl.
• COMEDY MERCHANT an actor ...19C theatrical
• DAY PLAYER an actor who is called for a single day's work on a television program or film set ...1988 US sl.
• FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, THE an actor or actress cut out of a picture because, after the picture has been completed, it is found that the role is superfluous ...c1920 film industry
• FAKIR an actor ...L19 US sl.
• GAGGER a player, an actor ...1823 UK sl.
• GAME-PLAYER † an athlete or actor ...1552
• GAMESTER †* an actor ...1596
• GEORGE SPELVIN - a pseudonym used to hide the identity of an actor; also, a name given to a hypothetical average or ordinary man ...1908 chiefly US
• GESTICULATOR one who gesticulates; one who uses gestures or gesticulations; an actor ...1693
• GESTURER - one who gestures; an actor ...1576
• GLAMOUR GIRL - a glamorous, attractive young woman, esp. a model or film star ...1935 colloq.
• GLAM TOAST FROM GOLD COAST - a movie star ...Bk1945 jive usage
• HAM an incompetent informer, esp. an actor who overacts ...1882 sl.
• HAM ACTOR - an ineffective or over-emphatic actor; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
• HAM ACTRESS - an ineffective or over-emphatic actress; one who rants or overacts ...1911 sl.
• HAMBO - an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1926 US sl.
• HAMBONE - an inferior or amateur actor, esp. one who speaks in a spurious Black accent ...1949 US sl.
• HAMFATTER - an ineffective actor or performer ...1880 US sl.
• HAMFATTO - an ineffective actor or performer ...1911 US sl.
• HAMOLA - an untalented actor or variety performer, esp. one given to overacting ...1941 US theatrical sl.
• HAM-SLINGER - a second-rate actor ...1930 US sl.
• HAND - an artist, musician, writer, actor, etc., as the performer or originator of a work ...1587
• HEAVY - an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama; occasionally used of an actress ...1877 US sl.
• HEAVY MAN - an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...1859 US sl.
• HEAVY MERCHANT - an actor playing a serious or tragic part in a melodrama ...Bk1909 sl.
• HISTRIO - a stage-player, an actor ...1589
• HISTRION - a stage-player, an actor (now usually contemptuous) ...1566
• HISTRIONIAN - * an actor ...1607
• HISTRIONIC - † a stage-player, an actor; also, a person who behaves in a theatrical or stagy manner ...1647
• JAY an amateur; a poor actor ...Bk1896 theatrical sl.
• LAKER a player; an actor ...1808 Eng. dial.
• LUVVIE, LUVVIE-DARLING, LUVVY (gently derogatory) an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work ...1990 UK sl.
• MONOLOGIST a person who performs monologues (a long speech by one actor in a play, film, etc.); an actor in a monologue ...1858
• MOVIE QUEEN a successful or glamorous film actress ...1914
• MUG-FAKER an actor ...19C theatrical
• MUGGER an actor who makes free play with his face ...19C theatrical
• MUMMER an actor ...19C theatrical
• MUMMERY-COVE an actor ...19C theatrical
• PRO an actor ...19C theatrical
• RAG-AND-STICK a contemptuous epithet applied to an actor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUMPOT HAM an actor ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCAFFOLD-PLAYER † an actor in a scaffold-play (mystery play) ...1559
• SPEAR-CARRIER an actor who appears in the background or only plays minor roles ...1984 UK sl.
• STROLLER an actor ...19C theatrical
• SURF an actor ...19C theatrical
• TAG an actor ...M19 sl.
• TALENT, THE - in the entertainment industry: the actors - the performers ...1991 US sl.
• TEAR BUCKET - a dramatic actress ...Bk1945 jive usage
• TEAR-JERKER - an actor or speaker able to elicit sympathy from his audience ...1935 Amer. sl.
• TEAR-MOUTH - † a ranting actor ...1601
• TEAR-THROAT - † a ranting actor ...1654
• TRAGEDY MERCHANT an actor ...19C theatrical
• WALKING GENTLEMAN an actor playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but with little or nothing to say ...1831 theatrical usage
• WALKING LADY - an actress playing a part requiring gentlemanlike appearance, but with little or nothing to say ...1860 theatrical usage
actor, actress - verbs
• GET THE (BIG) BIRD of an actor: to be hissed by the audience; hence, to be dismissed ...1865 sl.
actor, actress - phrases
• ON THE ACT working as an actor ...L19 sl.
ACTUAL - adjectives
• DEEDY †* actual, real ...1781
• FAIR DINKUM real, actual ...1937 Aust. sl.
• LEAL † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
ACTUALITY - nouns
• BEINGNESS † the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
• VERINESS † actuality, reality, truth ...1574
• VERITY reality, real existence, actuality ...a1633
ACTUALLY - adverbs
• ACKWALLY actually ...1877 Sc.
• FAIR truly, really, actually; used as an intensifier ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAILUMLY, HALUMLIE, HELIMLY † certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly ...1768 Sc.
• LEALLY † truly, really, actually ...c1350
ACTUATED - nouns
• ACTUABILITY †* capability of being acted upon or actuated ...1689
ACUPUNCTURE - nouns
• ACUPUNCTUATION acupuncture ...1832
• ACUPUNCTURATION acupuncture ...1743
ACUTE - adjectives
• FILTHY extreme, acute ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PARLISH of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
ACUTENESS - adverbs
• SUBTILELY † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
acuteness - nouns
• SUBTILITY acuteness, perspicacity, subtlety ...1388
• SUBTILTY † acuteness; penetration; perspicacity ...c1386