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BUBBLE - BURYING
BUBBLE - adjectives
• BEADY full of bubbles, frothy ...1881
• BLOBBY containing or causing bubbles ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOLLY †* covered with bubbles ...1582
bubble - nouns
• BELL a bubble formed in a liquid ...1483
• BLEB a bubble; a small blister or pustule ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBER a bubble ...1899 Amer. dial.
• EBULLITION rapid formation of bubbles; effervescence ...1646
• MONEY a mass of bubbles floating on a hot drink, such as cocoa, sometimes on cold drinks, such as root beer; a lot of bubbles in your cup or glass meant you would soon come into some money ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT-EYES bubbles that form on liquid, as when a bottle is shaken ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SAIP-BELLS soap bubbles ...1720 Sc.
• SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles ...1887 Sc.
bubble - verbs
• BELL † to bubble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELLER † to bubble up ...1827 Sc.
• BLOB to bubble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBER to bubble ...1806 Amer. dial.
• DEBULLIATE † to bubble or boil over ...1656
• EBULLIATE * to boil, to bubble out ...1599
• PRINKLE of a boiling pot: to send up small bubbles ...B1900 Sc.
• QUADDLE to boil and bubble, as water or broth ...1892 Eng. dial.
• REAM to foam, to froth; to bubble; to overflow ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TROTTLE to bubble; to make a bubbling noise ...1821 Sc.
• WALL † of liquids: to bubble up; to well up, to flow abundantly; of the sea, waves: to boil up, to rage ...c893
• WALLOP to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling ...1579
• WALM † to bubble as in boiling; to boil ...1610
BUBBLING - adjectives
• BULLIENT †* boiling, bubbling ...1669
bubbling - nouns
• DEBULLITION † a bubbling or boiling over ...1727
• EBULLITION n. a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over ...1534
• WALLOP † the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point ...1565
• WALM † the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling ...a1000
• WAMBLE † an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point ...1620
BUCHANAN, JAMES
• BACHELOR PRESIDENT James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD BUCK James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAGE OF WHEATLAND James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEN-CENT JIMMY James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BUCKET - nouns
• BLICKEY a pail or bucket ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BLICKIE a pail or bucket ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BLICKY a pail or bucket ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOWIE a small barrel or cask open at one end; a tub; a milk pail; a water bucket or pail with a 'bow-handle' ...Bk1911 Sc.
• VATICK a water pail, a bucket ...1879 Sc.
BUCKLE - nouns
• AITCH-PIECE the catch or tongue of a buckle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANCHOR the chape of a buckle, the part by which it is attached to the belt, strap, etc. ...1788 Eng. dial.
• DALK † a pin, brooch, clasp, buckle ...c1000
• QUEER WEDGE a large belt or shoe buckle ...L18 sl.
• TACK † that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc. ...a1300
• TANG a sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs of a fork; a prong or tine of a stag's horn ...1688 Eng. dial.
BUD - adjectives
• GEMMED † covered with buds ...c1420
bud - nouns
• GEM † a bud, esp. a leaf-bud ...1382
• GEMMOSITY † an exuberance of buds ...1775
bud - verbs
• GEM † to put forth buds; to bud; to put forth a blossom or a fruit ...c1150
BUDDHISM, BUDDHIST - person
• GELUG - a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama ...1979
• GELUGPA - a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama ...1848
• TALAPOIN - a Buddhist monk or priest ...1586
BUDGE - verbs
• VIKE to move, to budge ...1887 Sc.
BUDGET - nouns
• BUDGET CRUNCH a situation where there is not enough money in the budget
• BUDGET SQUEEZE a situation where there is not enough money in the budget
BUFFALO - nouns
• BAND a herd of buffalo ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BUFFLER a buffalo ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HUMPBACK COW a buffalo ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• HUMPBACKED COW...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
BUFFALO BILL - nouns
• YANKEERIES Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which arrived in London in 1887 ...L19 sl.
BUFFET - nouns
• BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc. ...1827 Sc.
• BEFF a stroke, a blow, a buffet ...1768 Sc.
• BLIFFART a stroke, a buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFFERT a blow, a buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SCAT a blow, a buffet; the stroke given by a mass of water ...1777 Eng. dial.
• THUD a heavy, sounding blow; a buffet, a thump; a blow with the fist ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YANK a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a buffet; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash ...1790 Sc.
• YELP a blow; a buffet ...1861 Sc.
buffet - verbs
• BEFT † to beat, to buffet, to slap ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BOUFF to strike, to buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANVAS † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
• CANVASS † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
• NEVEL to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pommel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEVILL vb. to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pummel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUFFET to buffet, to beat ...c1440 Eng. dial.
BUFFETING - nouns
• BILLIZING a thrashing, a buffeting ...1882 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TASSLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
BUFFOON - adjectives
• HARLEQUINADISH of the nature of a harlequinade ...1859 nonce word
buffoon - person
• ANTIC - a clown - a buffoon ...1895 Amer. dial
• BALADINE, BALLADINE - † a theatrical dancer - a mountebank - a buffoon ...1599
• BALATRON, BALATROON, BALLATRON - †* a babbling, prating fellow - a vain talking fellow - a jester - a buffoon - a rascally base knave - a thief - a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BALLITRAUNT - † a foolish person - a buffoon - used as a term of contempt ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAMF - a buffoon - an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth - a fool, or one who wishes to seem so ...1825 Sc.
• GAMFRAL, GAMFRIL - a fool - a buffoon ...20C sl.
• GAMFUL - a fool - a buffoon ...20C sl.
• GAMP - a buffoon - an empty-headed, noisy fellow ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMPH - a fool, a buffoon; an empty fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth ...1825
• GAWMP - a buffoon ...1825 Sc.
• GOMF - a buffoon - an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth - a fool, or one who wishes to seem so ...1825 Sc.
• HARLEQUIN - a buffoon; a fantastic fellow ...1883
• HARLEQUINA - a female harlequin ...1867
• HARLEQUINESS - a female harlequin ...1785
• HARLOT - † an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler - one who tells or does something to raise a laugh ...a1340
• JACK-PUDDING - a buffoon - a clown - a merry-andrew - esp. one attending on a mountebank ...1648 arch.
• JERRY-GO-NIMBLE - an antic - a buffoon ...1884 sl.
• LERICOMPOOP - a buffoon - an oaf ...16C Brit. colloq.
• MACAROON - † a buffoon - a stupid or foolish person - an affected blockhead - a ridiculous or doltish person ...a1631
• MAMAMOUCHI - a pompous-sounding title - one who assumes such a title - a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity - a buffoon ...1672
• MERRY-MAN - a clown - a buffoon - a merry-andrew ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLL-ANDREW - a merry-andrew; a buffoon; a clown; one who entertains people with antics and buffoonery ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• SPAE - a wag; a mimic; a buffoon ...Bk1914 Sc.
• TABARIN - a merry-Andrew, a buffoon, a jester ...Bk1894
• TOM FOOL - a buffoon - also, a butt or a laughingstock ...1650
• TOM TRAM - a buffoon - a jester ...1689
• WAG - a buffoon - a jester - a habitual joker - a merry droll - anyone ludicrously mischievous ...1584
• YUKEL - a buffoon ...Bk1982 Jewish
• ZANY - a comic performer attending on a clown, acrobat, or mountebank, who imitates his master's acts in a ludicrously awkward way; a clown's or mountebank's assistant; a merry-andrew; sometimes a professional jester or buffoon in general ...1596 arch.
buffoon - verbs
• HARLEQUINADE to play the harlequin; to act fantastically ...1788
BUFFOONERY - nouns
• HARLEQUINADE buffoonery; fantastic procedure ...1828
• HARLOTRY † buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour ...c1325
BUG - see INSECT
BUGBEAR - nouns
• BABU an imaginary figure, ugly and old, conjured up to frighten children ...20C W. Indies sl.
• BLACK-BOO a nursery bogey ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACKMAN a nursery bogey ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOCKIE a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BO-COW a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGGART a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOKIE a bogie, a hobgoblin, a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOO an object of terror; a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOODIE-BO a bugbear; an object of dread ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGGERY BOO the bogie-man, a hobgoblin, a bugbear ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CADDY † a ghost; a bugbear ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DICKETY-BOO a ghost; a bugbear ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GAY HORSE † a bugbear or hobgoblin, carried about at plays and public shows, with wide jaws and great teeth ...1483
• OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• PUCKLE † a kind of bugbear ...c1000
• RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children ...1637 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAW-HEELS AND BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear ...1966 Amer. dial.
• REDEYE a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear ...c1966 Amer. dial.
• REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear ...c1966 Amer. dial.
• REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RED MAN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCARE-BOGGART a bogey; a bugbear ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TERRICULAMENT † a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear ...1548
• TOM PO † a nursery bugbear, a bogy ...1744
• TOM POKER a nursery bugbear, a bogy ...a1825
BUGGY - see COACH
BUGLE - nouns
• TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1873
• TARATANTARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1553
• TIRALEE a representation of a bugle note or cadence ...1847
BUGLER - person
• GABRIEL - the bugler ...1940s US Women's Army Corp sl.
BUILD - adjectives
• EDIFYING † that builds ...1662
build - verbs
• BETIMBER † to build ...a1000
• BIG(G) to build; to build a nest ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIGGER to build ...1860 Eng. dial.
• EDIFICATE †* to build ...1623
• EDIFY * to build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials ...a1340
• TIMBER † to build, construct, or make, as a house, ship, etc.; later, to build or construct of wood ...a750 obs. or arch.
BUILDER - person
• BEILDER - a builder ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BIGGAND - † a builder ...c1350
• BIGGAR(E), BIGGER - * a builder ...1307, in later use chiefly Sc.
• BILDER, BILDIR - † a builder ...Bk1795
• CAD - an assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer's labourer, or a builder's assistant ...1835
• EDIFIER - * a builder ...1460
• GINOUR - † a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines ...1265
• HOUSEWRIGHT - * a builder of houses, especially of timber ...1549
• JERRY-BUILDER - a rascally speculating builder ...1883 sl.
• MORTAR-MAN - † a person who makes or uses mortar; a builder ...1544-5
• PADDY - a bricklayer’s labourer who brings him stones or bricks and mortar - a builder's labourer ...1856
• RAISER - a builder ...1607
• RICKLER - a bad architect or builder ...1824 Sc.
• UP-PUTTER - a builder - an erector ...1880 Sc.
builder - person, other
• PADDY a menial or manual labourer; a bricklayer's or builder's labourer ...1856
BUILDING - adjectives
• EDIFICIAL* pert. to building, architectural ...1658
• GABBARD of buildings: large and old, out of repair ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JERRY-BUILT run up in the worst materials ...1883 sl.
• OECODOMICAL †* relating to the building of houses; architectural ...1678
• TAPERED † of a building: high and frail ...1824 Sc.
• VOID of a building: empty, untenanted ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
building - nouns
• BABEL a high building, a lofty structure ...1667
• BACKAGE the back part of a building or row of buildings; the line or outlook of buildings or plots of land on the rear side ...1887
• BACKSIDE back premises of a house or building, including the garden or fields adjoining ...1822 Sc.
• BASILIC orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1727-51 arch.
• BASILICA orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1541
• BASTIMENT † a building, a wall ...1679
• BIGD a building, a house ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIGGING the act of building ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIKE a habitation, a building ...1827 Sc.
• BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• CABOOSE any small cramped building or place within a building ...1839 Amer. dial.
• CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass ...1677
• CASTLE a large building ...1886
• COB-CASTLE 1. a satirical name for any building which overtops those around it; more usually applied to a prison ...a1687
2. a flimsy building; a child's toy house; a thing easily pushed over ...19C Eng. dial.
• DERRY a derelict building ...1968 sl.
• EDIFICATION † 1. a building ...1432-50
* 2. building ...1549
• EDIFICE † the act or process of building or construction ...1580
• EDIFYING † the act or process of building; also, a building ...1432-50
• FABRIC an edifice, a building ...1483
• FALLING a fragment of a building, a ruin ...1382
• GAFF a place of residence; a home, a shop or other place of business; any sort of building ...1932 UK sl.
• HALE a building, esp. a house ...1934 Hawaii
• HALLWAY a space between two buildings ...1939 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE OF WAR † a fortified building or place ...1581
• JAMB † a projecting 'wing' of a building ...1597
• KIP any form of place, building ...1930s sl.
• LARACH the site of a building or habitation ...1705 Sc.
• MIGHTY DOME the US Congress building, or any similar large, institutional edifice ...1930s US Black sl.
• MONKEY-CAGE the steel structure of a modern building ...20C sl., chiefly Cockneys'
• RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMBLE a rambling building full of strange passages and stairs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROCKPILE any tall building ...1940s US Black sl.
• SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SKY-BLOTCH the dark outline of a building against the evening sky ...1879
• TIMBER † 1. a building, structure, edifice, or house ...a750
† 2. the process of building ...c1000
building - verbs
• SNEAK to break into a building ...1949 US sl.
• TIRE † to plaster or decorate a building ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBUILD to destroy or demolish a building or structure ...1607
BUILT - adjectives
• BIGGIT built ...1813 Sc.
• EDIFICATE † built up, constructed, formed, instituted, arranged ...c1470
• PUKKA of a building: solidly built ...L18
• RICKLED loosely built, piled loosely together ...1824 Sc.
• YBULD † built ...c1380
BULGARIA - nouns
• BURGLARIA Bulgaria ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VULGARIA Bulgaria ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Bulgaria - person
• VULGARIAN (derogatory) a nickname for a Bulgarian ...E20 US
BULGE - verbs
• BELL to cause to swell or bulge out ...1870
• BELLY to bulge out, to swell out ...1624
• BUG to bulge out ...1884 US
• PAGGLE † to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle ...c1590
BULGING - adjectives
• BAGGIT bulging, swelled out ...1843 Sc.
• BELLIED made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out ...a1593
• BELLYING swelling, bulging out ...a1700
bulging - nouns
• BELLYING a swelling or bulging out ...1662
BULIMIA - person
• HURLER a person who suffers from bulimia nervosa ...1998 US sl.
BULK - nouns
• BOWK body; bulk ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MICKLEDOM † size, bulk, largeness ...1737 Sc.
• MICKLENESS size, bulk, largeness ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MICKLETH size, bulk, largeness ...1868 Eng. dial.
• MUCHITY †* great bulk or size...1621
BULKY - adjectives
• BELSIZE † bulky, of good size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † roughly massive; bulky; clumsy ...c1325
• BOOZY bulky; plump; stout ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKIE bulky ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKIT large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKSOME bulky, of large size ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKY bulky; obese ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY large, bulky, plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• FALLOCH thick, bulky ...1911 Sc.
• MASSIVE † of person: bulky, large-bodied ...1485
• MASSY of persons and animals: bulky, large-bodied ...c1400
• MASTIFF † massive, solid, bulky ...1495
• SCOUTHIE, SCOWTHIE capacious, roomy, bulky, big ...1866 Sc.
• TALL †* big, large, bulky ...c1430
• THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUSKING large, fine, bulky ...1884 Eng. dial.
• UNFANDRUM † bulky, unmanageable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VOLUMOUS bulky, large ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bulky - nouns
• STRAPPER anything big or bulky ...Bk1904 sl.
• THUSKER anything big or large and bulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bulky - person
• BEEF TO THE HEEL - a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman ...1922 Irish sl.
• TWANKER a large, bulky person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BULL-BAITING - person
• BELLART † the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting ..1796 Eng. dial.
• BELLOT † the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting ..1796 Eng. dial.
• HANKER - † one who takes part in bull-baiting ...1811
BULLDOZER - nouns
• BULLNOZER. a bulldozer ...1951 Amer. dial.
• CALFDOZER a small bulldozer ...WWII usage
• DOZER a bulldozer ...1942 US sl.
bulldozer - verbs
• DOZE to clear or excavate with a bulldozer ...1945 Amer. sl.
BULLET - adjectives
• GROOVED having a surface bullet wound ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAD POISONED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPPED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP THE SPOUT of a bullet or cartridge: loaded and ready for firing ...1943 sl.
bullet - nouns
• BALL a bullet ...M18 US sl.
• BLUE PILL a bullet ...1834 Amer. dial.
• BLUE PLUM a bullet ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BLUE WHISTLER a bullet ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CAP a bullet, a shot ...M19 US sl.
• CATOOCH a cartridge box ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHESTNUTS bullets ...WWI army sl.
• COLD LEAD a bullet ...19C sl.
• CONFETTI machine-gun bullets ...1940 sl.
• DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile ...1877 Amer. dial.
• FATAL PILL a bullet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GUT SHOT a bullet wound in the stomach, painful and often fatal ...1992 US sl.
• GUT-WINDER a bullet wound in the abdomen ...1865 Amer. sl.
• HARICOT BEAN a bullet ...Amer. World War I sl.
• KENTUCKY PILL a bullet ...1861 Amer. dial.
• LEADEN TONIC a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1882 Amer. West jocular
• LEAD PILL a bullet ...1850 Amer. jocular
• LEAD PLUM a bullet ...1922 Amer. West jocular
• LEAD POISONING a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1883 Amer. jocular
• LEAD SANDWICH a bullet ...1978 US jocular
• LEAD TOWEL a bullet ...E19 sl.
• LIGHT a tracer bullet ...1965 US sl.
• LOVE LETTER a bullet ...1940s US Black sl.
• MEAT SHOT a bullet wound in a muscle, not involving a bone or organ damage ...1992 US sl.
• MESSENGER a bullet ...1962 US sl.
• ONE a bullet; a gunshot ...1910s sl.
• PACKET a bullet or missile ...1910s sl., orig. military
• PILL a bullet, shell, or in early use, a cannonball ...c1626
• RICCO a ricocheting bullet ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ROCKETS bullets ...1990s US Black sl.
• SCAT anything burst or broken open; the sound of a rent; the sharp sound as of a bullet ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIN COMPLAINT a bullet wound ...1982 US sl.
• TACK a bullet ...1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
• WAD CUTTER a flat-nosed bullet ...1962 US sl.
• WHUTT a bullet ...World War I Amer. sl.
bullet - verbs
• KEYHOLE of a bullet: to enter a target sideways ...1957 US sl.
• PINK to strike with a bullet ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SKIP of a bullet: to graze ...1937 Amer. dial.
BULLFIGHTER - person
• BANDERILLERO - a bull-fighter who uses 'banderillas', little darts ornamented with a banderole (long, narrow flag), which bullfighters stick into the neck and shoulders of the bull ...1797
• BUTCHER - a bullfighter ...1848 US sl.
• MONO - in bullfighting: a picador's assistant, a 'monosabio' ...1924
• MONOSABIO - in bullfighting: a picador's assistant in the ring ...1897
• MOZO - a bullfighter's attendant ...1926
• TAURICIDE - a bull-slayer; a matador ...1852
• TAURIDORE - † one who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback; a toreador, a bullfighter ...1618
• TAURIRO - a (Spanish) bullfighter (on foot) ...1728
• TAUROMACHIAN - * a bull-fighter ...1845
• TAWRIDORE - † a toreador, a bullfighter ...1618
• TOREADOR - one who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback ...1618
• TORERO - a (Spanish) bullfighter (on foot) ...1728
BULL-HEADED - adjectives
• BUTT-HEADED headstrong, obstinate, bull-headed ..1908 Amer. dial.
BULLIED - nouns
• HOT CORNER a position in which one is threatened or bullied ...1854 sl.
bullied - person
• UNDHERLOOT one who is befooled, bullied, or made game of ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BULLOCK - see CATTLE
BULL'S-EYE - nouns
• MARK'S POINT † the bull's-eye of a target ...1553
• MARK-WHITE † the bull's-eye of a target ...1596
BULLY, BULLYING - adjectives
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTHED coarse, vulgar, or profane in speech; blustering, bullying ...1892 Eng. dial.
• IGNORANT arrogant, ill-natured, bullying ...1940s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
bully, bullying - nouns
• BOOKOOING loud talking, bullying ...1935 Amer. dial.
• NOOGIE a rubbing of the knuckles harshly across someone's head, esp. used by children as a form of punishment or bullying ...Aust. sl.
• VAPOUR bullying; exulting in actions and words ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bully, bullying - person
• ARSE-KICKER, ASS-KICKER a person who habitually employs physical violence as a form of coercion - a tough disciplinarian - a bully ...1967 Amer. sl.
• BAD-ASS - an unpleasant, aggressive, intimidating, or uncompromising person; a dangerous, browbeating individual; a bully ...1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BALLOON - a bully, a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool ...1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
• BANGISTER, BANGSTER - † a burly, rough, violent fellow - a bully - a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARGAINER - † a quarreller - a wrangler - a bully ...c1500 Sc.
• BARGANER - a fighter; a bully ...1825 Sc.
• BARRATER, BARRATOR - † one who fights; esp. a hired bully ...a1400
• BELLSWAGGER, BELSWAGGER - † a swaggering gallant, a noisy braggart, a bully ...1639
• BELLY-SWAGGER - † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1775
• BEMBE - a bully; a large strong person of either sex ...1996 W. Indies
• BIG DOING - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully ...Bk1994 US sl.
• BIG DOINGS - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully ...1932 US sl.
• BILBO-LORD - a swaggerer, a bully ...1621
• BLADDER-HEAD - a coarse, brutal bully...Bk1886 Eng dial.
• BOGART - a strong, physically aggressive or bullying person - a brawler ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BUCKO - a blustering or domineering person - a bully ...1899 nautical sl.
• BULLDOSER, BULLDOZER - a bully - a thug ...L19 US sl.
• BURGULLIAN - † a braggadocio - a bully ...1598 nonce word
• CACAFOGO, CACAFUEGO, CACAFUGO, CACOFUEGO - a cacafuego - a spitfire - a furious, fierce fellow - a braggart - a blusterer - a noisy bully - a very difficult or devilish person - one with a fiery temper ...1625
• CAPTAIN HACKUM - a hectoring bully ...Bk1891 sl.
• DEADENER - a bully - one who prefers to settle arguments through violence ...1930s Aust. sl.
• DRAWCANSIR - a blustering, bullying fellow - a pot-valiant braggart ...1672
• FACER - † one who puts on a bold face - one who boasts, blusters, or swaggers - one who possesses 'cheek' - a braggart - a bully ...c1515
• FANFARON - a bully, blusterer, or swaggerer - an empty boaster or braggart - a vain pretender ...1622
• GANGALII - a bully ...1943 W. Indies
• GAZOONY - a bully or strong-arm man ...Bk1995 Amer. criminals' sl.
• HACKER - † a violent thug; a murderer; a cutthroat; a bully ...1576
• HACKUM - a bravo; a blustering bully; a braggart ...c1698 UK sl.
• HAWCUBITE - one of a band of dissolute young men who infested the streets of London in the beginning of the 18th century - a street-bully - a ruffian ...1712
• HEAVY - an intimidating, rough, bullying, or coercive person ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• HECK - †* a hector; a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully ...1706
• HECTOR - a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully, a thug; a bouncer, esp. of a brothel ...1631
• HIREN - a roaring bully ...Bk1905 sl.
• MUD-CRUSHER - an extreme form of bully whose aim is to crush everyone into the ground ...1970s US Black sl.
• NIGHTCAP - a bully who specializes in finding victims at night ...E17 sl.
• RABIATOR - * a violent, noisy, greedy person - a lout - a boor - a violent or ruthless bully - a robber - a spoiler - a plunderer...c1745 Sc.
• ROARER - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-BLADE - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-BOY - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-GIRL - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-LAD - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-RUFFIAN - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROBIATOR - a plunderer - a violent, ruthless person - a lout - a boor - a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RODOMONT - a vain or blustering boaster - a bully ...1598 arch.
• RUBIATOR - a plunderer - a violent, ruthless person - a lout - a boor - a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• SACRIPANT - * a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster ...1830
• STREET-HOUND - a rough - a bully - a loafer ...1872 Amer. sl.
• TAWNIE, TAWNY - a bully ...1898 Sc. sl.
• TEAR-CAT - one who causes a disturbance or trouble; a bully, swaggerer, a blustering person; a thug; a fierce or destructive person...1611
• TEARER - a person who tears or rushes along or about; a blustering or violent person; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, thug, or bully ...1664
• TUSH HOG - a tough, aggressive person - a bully - a rowdy ...1919 Amer. dial.
• VALIENTON - † a bully - a braggart ...1681
bully, bullying - verbs
• BAFFLE to insult, to bully, to tease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAM to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BIG-BOY to take advantage of someone; to bully or tease ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCE to talk big at; to bully; to blow up, to scold roundly ...1640
• BOW-WOW to bully, to cheat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK to tease, to worry, to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAZE to subject to cruel horseplay, as practiced by students; to bully, to treat cruelly ...1850 US
• HECTOR to play the bully; to brag, to bluster; to domineer ...M17
• HORSE to bully or tyrannize into hard work or extra effort ...1867 US sl., esp. nautical usage
• KIMBAW to beat or to bully ...19C sl.
• LOUD-TALK to bully, impress, or convince someone by using assertive speech or double-talk; to argue in coarse strident tones ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MAJOR to bully, to domineer over ...1829 Eng. dial.
• OOL to treat harshly, to ill-use, to bully; to wreck the health or spirits of ...1832 Sc.
• PECK ON to take advantage of; to impose on; to bully ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage ...1808 UK sl.
• RAUNCH to swagger, to bully, to intimidate ...c1939 Amer. dial.
• UNDHERLOOD to make game of; to banter; to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDHERLUDE to make game of; to banter; to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• VAPER to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1628
• VOMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• YEWN to bully ...1882 Eng. dial.
bully, bullying - phrases
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster, to defy, to bully verbally ...16C sl.
BULWARK - nouns
• BAR † a defensive barrier; a bulwark ...1603
BUMP - nouns
• BOMF a bump, shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUM a bump; a lump from a sharp blow or knock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUNG a bump; a knot on the head; a lump on the head from a sharp blow or knock ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EGGS bumps on the hinder parts given with the knee ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOONEY a knot or bump on the head from a sharp blow or knock ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NALLION a lump, a bump ...20C Irish sl.
• POPKNOT a bump or swelling, esp. one on the head caused by a blow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POTATO a bump on the head from a sharp blow or knock ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WHELP a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite; a bruise; a welt ...1895 Amer. dial.
bump - verbs
• BLOTZ to bounce or bump ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLUTZ to bounce or bump ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BONK to hit resoundingly; to bang, to bump ...1938 sl.
• BUNK to cause something to bump; to suffer injury to a part of the body by striking it against something ...1877 Amer. dial.
• DERRY to move noisily, to collide, to bump ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DERRYBOUNDER to move noisily; to bump, to collide ... 19C Eng. dial.
• JAG to move with a sharp jerking motion; to bump ...1866 Sc.
• JOLLOCK to jolt, to bump ...19C Eng. dial.
BUMPKIN - person
• AG - a country bumpkin ...1910s US sl.
• AGGIE - a country bumpkin ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE KNOCKER a yokel or bumpkin; an ignorant or naive person ...1902 US colloq.
• ARKIE, ARKY (often derogatory) a native or inhabitant of Arkansas; hence, a simpleton, a country bumpkin ...1927 US colloq.
• AUBUCK a clumsy fellow; a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• BACON a country bumpkin; a rustic oaf ...Shakespeare usage
• BIRSEY a patronizing term for a farmer or country yokel; someone who looks depressed or unwell ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person; a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• CABBAGE-GELDER - a country bumpkin ...19C
• CHUFF - a churl - an oaf - a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLODHOPPER - a country bumpkin - a clumsy, awkward person ...L17 rural colloq.
• CLODPOLE, CLODPOLL a blockhead; a bumpkin; a lout ...a1616
• CLOWN - a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
• CLUMPERTON - † a bumpkin or rustic ...c1534
• CLUNCH - a bumpkin or a boor ...E17 Brit. colloq.
• COUNTRY JAKE - an oaf - a bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• COUNTRY SAGER - a rustic - a country bumpkin - a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• GAGGER - a rustic old man - an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• GAKEY - a left-handed person; an awkward, ungainly, clumsy person; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin ...1726
• GARVIE - a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant ...1963 S. Afr. sl.
• GAWIE - a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant ...1963 S. Afr. sl.
• GAWK - an awkward, clumsy, stupid person; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin, an uncultivated person; a dupe ...1685
• GAWKIE, GAWKY - a left-handed person; an awkward, ungainly, clumsy person; a foolish, gaping person; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin ...1726
• GEESKIN - a country bumpkin; a yokel; a farm worker; a casual labourer ...1825 Sc.
• GOOBER - an idiot - a fool - an incompetent - a country bumpkin ...M19 sl.
• HAINT - a country bumpkin; a backward ignorant person ...Bk2006 Amer. college & university sl.
• HAWBUCK - an ungainly or clumsy person; an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a rude, ignorant rustic; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1787
• HAWBUCKER - a tomboy - an awkward or unmannerly person - an ignorant country fellow - a bumpkin - a lout ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HAYSEED - a country bumpkin ...1834 sl.
• HAYSHAGGER - a rustic - a countrified person - a bumpkin - an unsophisticated person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAKER - a farmer; a rustic; a countrified person; a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HICK - a country bumpkin, an unsophisticated person ...1565
• HICK JOP - a country bumpkin; a fool ...1809 sl.
• HIRAM - an uncouth country fellow; a bumpkin; a rustic; a peasant; also, a contemptuous term of address ...1912 US sl.
• HOBUCK, HOE-BUCK - a clumsy fellow - a lout - a country bumpkin - a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• JAAP - (offensive) a simpleton or country bumpkin ...Bk2014 S. Afr.
• JAKE - (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person - a lout - an oaf - a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JASPER - (derogatory) a male person - a fellow - a country bumpkin ...1896 US sl.
• JOSKIN - a country bumpkin ...1811 Amer. sl.
• LOBCOCK - † a country bumpkin - a clown - a lout - a boor - a dull, stupid, sluggish person - a clumsy, lubberly fellow - a blundering fool - a blockhead - a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOEGIE, MOEGOE, MOGGOE, MOGO - (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• OLD GAFFER - a rustic old man - an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• PALOUSER - a novice or greenhorn - a country bumpkin ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PEA PICKER - a rustic or countrified person - a bumpkin - an unskilled labourer ...1927 Amer. dial.
• QUANDONG - a country bumpkin ...1914 Aust. sl.
• QUASHEE, QUASHIE - a country bumpkin - a peasant - a stupid person ...M19 sl.
• QUAW - a stupid, ugly person - a peasant or bumpkin ...M19 W. Indies sl.
• QUAWY - a stupid, ugly person - a peasant or bumpkin ...M19 W. Indies sl.
• RALPH - a country bumpkin - a simpleton ...M17 sl.
• SAGER - a rustic - a country bumpkin - a poor White person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SHOON - a fool - a bumpkin - a lout ...19C cant
• SHORTWOODARD - a rustic person - a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SHORTWOODS - a rustic person - a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THUMPKIN - † a clown or bumpkin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHICKERBILL - a worthless oaf or bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• WOOL HAT - a rural person - a bumpkin ...1828 Amer. sl.
• YAP - a fool - an oaf - a hillbilly or bumpkin ...20C Amer. dial.
• YOCKER - a foolish person or bumpkin ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
• YOKEL - a bumpkin - an oaf ...19C sl.
BUMPTIOUS - adjectives
• BEGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BIGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BOUNCEABLE bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
bumptious - person
• BIGNADUO - a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs ...1943 W. Indies
• GAMPHREL - a bumptious, foolish person ...1728 Sc.
• JACK STROP - a conceited man who fancies himself a dashing buccaneer, but is better at boasting than acting - a bumptious or opinionated man ...1945 nautical sl.
• PUNK - a bumptious but insignificant or contemptible person ...19C sl.
bumptious - verbs
• BUCK, BUKH to swagger, to talk big or bumptiously, to brag ...1880 sl.
BUNCH - nouns
• BOB a bunch ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOYTACH a bunch, a bundle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FASCICLE a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• FASICKLE † a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• TASS a large bunch; a cluster of flowers ...Bk1905 Sc.
bunch - verbs
• RALLY to crowd, to press round, to bunch together; to romp around together ...1866 Sc.
BUNDLE - adjectives
• FASCICULAR † belonging to a bundle ...1656
bundle - nouns
• BAGHLE a bundle ...1931 Sc.
• BALLOT a bundle, a package ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNIEL, BANYEL a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
• BOYTACH a bunch, a bundle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDGET a pouch or wallet; a package, a bundle ...1818 Amer. dial.
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FANG a burden, a heavy bundle, esp. when carried in the arms ...1900 Sc.
• FARDEL, FARDLE a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• FARDELET, FARDLET † a little bundle ...1413
• FARGIS a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKAGE a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKEL † a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FASCICLE a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• FASICKLE † a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• FAUD, FAWD a bundle ...1641 Eng. dial.
• FERKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FUSSOCK an untidy bundle ...M19 Sc.
• PACKALD † a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
• PACKLE a bundle, a small load, a burden, a pack-load ...1743 Sc.
• PAD a small pack or bundle ...1846 Eng. dial.
• VISKLE a bundle; a wisp ...1899 Sc.
• WADGE a large loose bundle ...1860 Eng. dial.
• WADGEOCK, WADJOCK a loose bundle; a burden ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANTEL † a bundle, a burden, a pack ...1599
bundle - verbs
• FARDEL † to make into a bundle ...1594
• FARDLE † to make into a bundle ...1594
• FASCICULATE † to tie up into a bundle or 'fascicle' ...1656
BUNGEE CORD - nouns
• OCTOPUS an elastic cord with hooks on either end, used to strap things in place; a bungee cord ...1981 Amer. dial.
BUNGLE, BUNGLED, BUNGLER, BUNGLING - adjectives
• ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1948 UK sl.
• BUNGERLY † unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly ...1580
• BUNGERSOME awkward, clumsy, bungling, unwieldy ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FERDUTZT spoiled, botched, bungled ...1985 Amer. dial.
• FUDGY botched, bungling, awkward ...1872 US
• LEAD-FOOTED clumsy, bungling, slow ...1957 Amer. sl.
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• MAGGLED botched, bungled, disorganized ...1713 Sc.
• MALADROIT wanting in adroitness or dexterity; awkward, bungling, clumsy ...1685
• MUFFED bungled; clumsily spoilt, missed ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• PALMERING awkward, bungling, clumsy, rude ...1866 Sc.
• TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
bungle, bungled, bungler, bungling - nouns
• BOGGLE-DE-BOTCH a complete bungle, a mess ...1834 colloq.
• BOGGLEDY BOTCH a complete bungle, a mess ...1834 colloq.
• DOG'S BREAKFAST, A something that is messy or bungled
• DOG'S DINNER, A something that is messy or bungled
• HAGGLE a botch, a bungle, a tangle ...1929 Sc.
• MAFFLING procrastination, bungling ...1835 Sc.
• SCLATCH a mess of any kind, a botch, a bungle ...1969 Sc.
bungle, bungled, bungler, bungling - person
• ADDLE-BRAIN - one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard ...1799
• ADDLE-COVE - a stupid bungler; a dullard ...1580
• ADDLE-HEAD - one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person ...1592
• ADDLE-PATE - a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe ...1601
• BATIE-BRIM - a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
• BATIE-BRIMMIL - a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
• BATIE-BUM - † (derogatory) a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler ...1572 Sc.
• BATIE-BUMMIL - † an inactive helpless fellow - a useless bungler - a simpleton - a fool...a1550 Sc.
• BITCHER - a botcher, bungler, muddler ...1825 Sc.
• BLAITIE BUM - † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler; a simpleton, a fool, a bungler; a sheepish fellow ...1540 Sc.
• BLUNKER - a bungler ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUTCHER - a clumsy incompetent - a bungler ...1954 US sl.
• DROMEDARY - a stupid bungling person ...M16 now Eng. dial.
• DUFFER - an incompetent person - a person of no ability - a foolish oaf - a bungler ...c1730 UK sl.
• EIGHT BALL - a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit ...1933 US sl.
• FAUCHLE - a slow, inept worker - a bungler - a small, weak person unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it ...1866 Sc.
• GOOF-UP - a blunderer, a bungler ...1957 US sl.
• HAGGLER - † a clumsy, awkward workman - a bungler ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALF-ASS - a stupid, incompetent person; a blockhead or bungler ...1934 US sl.
• KLOTZ - an oaf - a clod or a bungler ...M20 US sl.
• KLUTZ - an oaf - a clod or a bungler - an idiot - an awkward, stupid person ...M20 US sl.
• LEADFOOT - a bungling, clumsy person ...1955 Amer. sl.
• MESSER - a bungler - a muddler ...c1905 Brit. colloq.
• MUCKER-UPPER - a bungler ...1942 UK sl.
• NANNICK - a bungler ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEVISON - a bungler - anyone awkward at doing anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAUCHLER - a clumsy, unskilful person - a bungler ...1949 Sc.
• POTTERMENT - † a bungler; an inexperienced workman ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• SCLATCH. SKLATCH - a bungling, clumsy workman - a botcher - a big, lubberly fellow ...1808 Sc.
• TINKER - an unskilful or clumsy worker - a bungler
• WALLY - a stupid, foolish or inept person; an ineffectual person; a bungler; a moron ...1969 UK sl.
bungle, bungled, bungler, bungling - verbs
• ARSE UP to mess up; to botch, to bungle ...1951
• ASS UP to mess up; to botch, to bungle ...1932 US sl.
• BAGGERPLET to make a clumsy job; to bungle a thing ...1914 Sc.
• BALLOCKS to perform badly; to do a poor job; to botch, to bungle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BALTER to do anything in a bungling way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUNK to bungle; to spoil a thing; to mismanage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBLE to bungle, to botch, to spoil ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOGGLE to bungle; to do something badly; to blunder; to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BOLLIX to perform badly; to do a poor job; to botch, to bungle ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BOMBELL to bungle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOSS to bungle, to make a mess of ...1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BOUTCH to botch, to bungle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COCK UP to ruin by incompetence; to bungle ...Bk1999
• FALL THROUGH to bungle, to blunder; to spoil, to prevent by mismanagement ...1766 Sc.
• FAUCHLE to work lazily or listlessly, to work with difficulty, to work in a helpless, bungling fashion ...1824 Sc.
• FOOZLE to bungle ...1892 colloq.
• FUTZ UP to bungle ...1947 US sl.
• GAGGLE to bungle, to mess up; to work with something messy ...1929 Sc.
• HAG to bungle, to mangle any business ...1727 Sc.
• HAGGLE to mangle with repeated irregular cuts or cutting blows; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate; to bungle ...1599
• JACK UP to do for, to ruin; to bungle something; to foul up ...1873 colloq.
• MAFFLE † to blunder; to bungle ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARGULLIE † to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse; to mar any business; to bungle ...1721 Sc.
• MARTYR to bungle, to mismanage, to confuse, to spoil; to work in a dirty and clumsy manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MASH † to bungle, to make a 'hash' of ...1642
• MISCOOK to mismanage any business, to bungle ...1825 Sc.
• SAND-GROPE to bungle ...L19 Aust. sl.
• YAGGLE to work in a slow bungling or laboriously way, to toil and moil, to labour ...1924 Sc.
BUNGLINGLY - adverbs
• ALL OF A FLARE bunglingly ...1839 sl.
BUNION - nouns
• AGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGERNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ONION † a bunion ...1785
• OORKAN a bunion ...1964 Sc.
• SPANISH ONION a bunion ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
BUNK - nouns
• FLEA CIRCUS a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLEA PASTURE a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLEA TRAP a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
BUNKHOUSE - nouns
• RAM PASTURE a bunkhouse or dormitory for men ...1934 Amer. dial.
BUOY - nouns
• GROANER a whistling buoy or foghorn ...1903 Amer. dial.
BUOYANT - adjectives
• CORKY light, trifling, frivolous; buoyant, lively, springy; hence, skittish, ticklish, restive ...1601 colloq.
• GAYSOME * full of gaiety; blithe, buoyant, cheerful ...1610
BURDEN - adjectives
• ONERARY * fitted for the carriage of burdens ...1658
• SARCINARIOUS † belonging to packs, etc.; serving to carry burdens or loads ...1656
• SUMPTERY †* that bears a burden; pert. to sumpter animals ...1546
burden - nouns
• BACK-BIRN a burden carried on the back ...1768 Sc.
• BADGE a large ill-shaped burden ...1825 Sc.
• BALLAST † load, burden, freight ...1620
• BIRN a burden; a load carried on the back ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARRIAGE † something carried; a burden, a load ...1458
• CAST † a burden cast or laid upon people; an impost, a charge ...1597
• ELEPHANT an excessive task or burden ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FANG a burden, a heavy bundle, esp. when carried in the arms ...1900 Sc.
• HANDFUL a great deal to manage; a burdensome task ...1887 Amer. sl.
• HEAVY CHARGE a heavy burden or trial; the maintenance of a number of young children ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY HANDFUL a heavy burden or trial; the maintenance of a number of young children ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LADEN † a load, a burden ...1773 Sc.
• LAST † a load, burden, weight carried ...c1000
• LAST STRAW, THE a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable
• LAST STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK, THE a slight addition to a burden ordifficulty that makes it finally unbearable
• LAZY-MAN'S LOAD an awkwardly large load carried to avoid making two trips; an inconveniently large burden ...1811 sl. Amer. dial.
• MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK a burden or great disadvantage; a source of emotional pressure ...1959 Amer. colloq.
• ON-CAST a misfortune, burden ...1897 Sc.
• ON-LIG a burden, a heavy imposition or responsibility ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPPRESSION the act of pressing or weighing down; pressure, weight, burden ...1490 chiefly poetic
• PACKALD † a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
• PACKLE a bundle, a small load, a burden, a pack-load ...1743 Sc.
• THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble ...1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANTEL † a bundle, a burden, a pack ...1599
burden - verbs
• ABURDEN †* to burden, to oppress ...1620
• ACCLOY to overfill, to overload, to burden, to oppress ...1611
• BALLAST to load, to burden, to weigh down ...1566 arch.
• BOWDEN to fill; to burden ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARK † to load, to burden ...a1300
• HEAVY † to weigh down; to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress ...c897
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
• LABE to heap on; to place upon in great quantities; to lay on a burden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST †* to load, to burden ...a1300
• ONER †* to burden ...1545
• ONERATE † to load, to burden, to oppress ...c1535
• RIDE to be a burden to; to hang oneself upon another ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SNOW UNDER to burden or assail with excessive demands, work, etc. ...1880 Amer. sl.
• YOKE to burden; to bind down; to fasten; to oppress ...1773 Sc.
BURDENED - adjectives
• BELAST † burdened, charged, bound ...1441
• BOWDEN burdened, provided ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ONUST †* laden, loaded, burdened ...1604
• ONUSTED †* loaded, burdened ...1657
• YCARKED † loaded, burdened ...1340
burdened - verbs
• BE LEFT CARRYING THE CAN to be made the scapegoat, to be burdened with (usually unwanted) responsibility, or both ...M20 colloq.
BURDENING - adjectives
• CARKING † burdening, distressing, grieving, fretting ...c1565 obs. or arch.
burdening - nouns
• ONERATION †* the act of loading or burdening; loading or filling the stomach, taking of food ...1651
BURDENSOME - adjectives
• CARESOME † troublesome, burdensome ...1535
• CHARGEFUL † onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly ...c1529
• HONEROUS † burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ...c1400
• IMPORTUNABLE † burdensome, onerous, grievous, heavy ...1482
• IMPORTUNATE † burdensome; grievous, grave ...c1540
• IMPORTUNE † troublesome, burdensome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting ...c1400
• IMPORTUNOUS †* burdensome, pestering ...1598
• NIMIOUS excessive, vexatiously burdensome ...1777 Sc.
• ONERABLE †* burdensome; oppressive, troublesome ...1432-50
• ONERARIOUS †* onerous, burdensome, troublesome ...a1548
• ONEROSE † burdensome; oppressive, troublesome ...c1450
• ONEROUS † burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ...c1400
• UNCHARGEANT † not onerous or burdensome ...c1380
burdensome - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † in a burdensome or grievous way; grievously, troublesomely ...1564
burdensome - nouns
• IMPORTUNITY † burdensomeness, trouble ...1475
• ONEROSITY * the quality of being burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome ...1874
burdensome - verbs
• HEAVY † to make heavy, burdensome, or oppressive ...c825
BURDENSOMELY - adverbs
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
BUREAUCRACY - nouns
• FLAN red tape ...20C Royal Navy usage
BUREAUCRAT - person
• PAPER-PUSHER - a bureaucrat - in the military: anyone with a desk job and not in combat ...1980 US sl.
BUREAUCRATIC - adjectives
• TAPE-TIED bound by 'red-tape', restricted by officialism, bureaucratic ...1900
BURGH - nouns
• BORROW a burgh or town ...Bk1911 Sc.
BURGLAR, BURGLARY - adjectives
• BURGLARIOUS addicted to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary; burglar-like ...1769
• ON THE PROWL working as a housebreaker, committing or planning a robbery; living on one's wits ...1930s US criminals' sl.
burglar, burglary - nouns
• BLACK ART † lock-picking, burglary ...1591 thieves' sl.
• BUST a burglary ...1859 sl.
• CRACK-LAY, THE † house-breaking ...c1785 criminals' sl.
• DEAD LURK breaking into houses while the occupiers are at church ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• EFFRACTION breaking open a house; burglary ...1840
• FAGGOT AND STALL the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• FAGGOT AND STORM the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• GIN AND JAGUAR BELT, THE the upper-class districts of (esp.) Surrey, and a fruitful area for worthwhile housebreaking ...c1955 sl.
• JACK IN THE BOX breaking and entering a house or apartment ...20C US criminals' sl.
• MILL LAY breaking and entering for the purpose of robbery ...L17 sl.
• NIGHT CLOTHES dark, close-fitting clothes used when committing a burglary at night ...20C US criminals' sl.
• PANNEY, PANNY a burglary ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• PANNEY-LAY, PANNY-LAY burglary, house-breaking ...E19 sl.
• PARLOUR-JUMPING the robbing of private rooms or houses ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• SNEAK JOB housebreaking ...1996 UK sl.
• STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly ...1930 sl., chiefly US
burglar, burglary - nouns, burglary tools (also see crowbar)
• AMERICAN TWEEZERS any specialty tool used by a burglar ...1982 US sl.
• BESS a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• BETTY a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• CALEBS a burglar's device for unlocking doors ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• CRACKING TOOLS implements of house-breaking ...B1823 cant
• CROW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• DOG a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• DUB a key used by a burglar ...a1700 sl.
• FAKEMENT burglar's tools ...1910s US criminals' sl.
• FALSE KEY a skeleton key, a picklock ...1701
• IRON a jemmy used in housebreaking ...1941 sl.
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JAMES a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1819 sl.
• JEMMY a short crowbar used by burglars, generally made in sections screwing together ...1752
• JENNY a small crowbar; also, the hook on the end of a stick ...1690 thieves' sl.
• JILT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JILTS housebreaking tools generally ...Bk1896 thieves' sl.
• JIMMY a short crowbar, usually made in sections screwing together, used by housebreakers ...1752 sl.
• KATE a picklock ...M17 sl.
• KEESTER, KEISTER, KEYSTER a burglar's tool case ...1882 US sl.
• LORD-MAYOR a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PERSUADING PLATE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PIG'S-FOOT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• SCREW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• STICK, THE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1879 criminals' sl.
• TIVVILL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIRL 1. a skeleton key used by a burglar ...1879 sl.
2. a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIRLER a skeleton key used by a burglar ...1921 sl.
• TWIST a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• WREST a picklock (the thieves' tool) ...L16 cant
• WRESTER a picklock (the thieves' tool) ...L16 cant
burglar, burglary - person
• BACKSMAN - a burglar ...1834 US sl.
• BILL SIKES, BILL SYKES - a burglar ...Bk1891 sl.
• BLACK ARTIST - an individual engaged in the professions of burglary or lock-picking ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• BUDGE AND SNUDGE - a housebreaker and their accomplice ...L17 criminal sl.
• BURGALIZER - a burglar ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BURSTER - a burglar ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
• BUSTER - a burglar ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CLIMBER - a cat burglar ...criminals' sl.
• CRACKSMAN - a burglar ...c1810 cant
• CREEPER - a thief, esp. a burglar who specialises in robbing hotels or brothels ...Brit. sl.
• CROOKED MAN a thief; a burglar ...1899 US tramps' sl.
• DANCER - a housebreaker, esp. one who enters through the roof of a building - a cat burglar - a sneak thief ...M19 arch. sl.
• DANCING-MASTER - a 'cat' burglar ...c1860 sl.
• EVESDROPPER - a burglar who lurks outside a house waiting for the chance to break in while the owners are absent - thus, a petty thief ...E18 sl.
• FAGGOT AND STALL - a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• FAGGOT AND STORM - a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• GAME 'UN - a person, esp. a man, living dishonestly, as a burglar, swindler, etc. ...c1840 UK sl.
• GARRETER - a burglar who roams rooftops, entering victims' homes or stores through attic windows or skylights ...Bk1864 UK criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT - the member of a bank-burglar gang whose business it is to enter a bank as a crippled beggar, or the like, in order to ascertain if the bank is protected by burglar alarms, etc.; a burglar’s ‘pathfinder’ ...Bk1891 thieves sl.
• GILT - † a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief ...1620 sl.
• GILT DUBBER - a burglar or thief who is artful at picking locks ...1785 criminals' sl.
• GILTER - †* a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief; a housebreaker who uses a skeleton key ...1663 sl.
• GLAZIER - † one who burgles houses by entering through a window; a thief who breaks into shops by smashing the shop window ...1661 UK criminals' sl.
• HEAVY MAN - † a burglar who specializes in robbing banks or safe-breaking ...1924 criminals' sl.
• HEAVY WORKER - a burglar ...1904 criminals' sl.
• HEAVYWEIGHT - a desperate thief or burglar; a hold-up man ...1914 US criminals' sl.
• HEEL - * an opportunistic burglar; a sneak thief; a pickpocket; a petty criminal ...1902 US criminals' sl.
• HIRAM - an initiate into criminality; a thief; a burglar ...Bk1914 US criminals' sl.
• HOUSEMAN - a burglar ...1904 US sl.
• IN-AND-OUT BOY - a burglar ...1937 UK criminals' sl.
• IN-AND-OUT MAN - an opportunist thief or burglar ...1957 UK 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.
• INSIDER - the inside worker in a gang of burglars ...1857 US criminals' sl.
• INSIDE WORKER - the inside worker in a gang of burglars ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• JACOB - † a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder ...1712 sl.
• LITTLE SNAKESMAN - a small boy in a gang of burglars who is put through a narrow opening into a house, then lets the gang in ...L18 UK criminals’ sl.
• MACE-COVE - a housebreaker ...L19 Aust. criminals' sl.
• MIDNIGHT SHOPPER - a burglar ...1976 US sl.
• MILKEN - a house-breaker ...M17 sl.
• MILL-KEN - a house-breaker ...M17 sl.
• MOONLIGHTER - a thief or burglar who operates at night; in Ireland, usually a cattle thief ...1883 UK criminals' sl.
• OILER - a burglar addicted to the use of nitroglycerin ...1925 US sl.
• PANNYMAN - a burglar - a house-breaker ...19C sl.
• PARLOUR-JUMPER - a housebreaker ...1898 sl.
• PORCH CLIMBER - a burglar ...20C US sl.
• RAFFLES - a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar ...19C sl.
• SCAMP - a burglar ...1821 Brit. criminals' sl.
• SCREWER - a thief or housebreaker ...1932 sl.
• SCREWSMAN - a thief or housebreaker ...1812 sl.
• SECOND-STOR(E)Y MAN - a cat-burglar ...1886 Amer. sl.
• SIFTER - a housebreaker - a burglar ...M19 sl.
• SPARK - a cunning burglar ...Bk1992 sl.
• TAXI-MAN - a burglar who takes a taxi to and from a job ...1923 UK criminals' & police sl.
• WINDOW CLIMBER - a burglar ...20C US sl.
• YEGG - a thief, a burglar or safe-breaker ...1903 US
• YEGGMAN - a thief, a burglar or safe-breaker ...1906 US
burglar, burglary - verbs
• BREAK to burgle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK UP to break into, as a burglar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURGALIZE to burgle ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CRACK to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• CRACK A CRIB to break into a building ...criminal sl.
• CRACK A KEN to break into a house ...1791 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CRACK THE JOINT to break out of a place or into it ...1943 Amer. sl.
• CRACK UP to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• DEAD-LURK to break into a house when the occupants are away, esp. when they are at church on a Sunday ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• DO to burgle or rob a place ...1774 sl.
• DO A PANNY to rob a house ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• EAT A FIG to commit burglary, to rob a house ...M19 rhyming sl. for 'crack a crib'
• KNOCK OVER to rob; to burgle; to commit a planned crime of robbery ...1928 US criminals' sl.
• MILL THE GLAZE to break a window, esp. as a means of entering a house ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• STRIP to rob or gut a house; to rob a person ...c1696 sl.
• STRIP THE KEN to rob a house ...c1696 sl.
• TAKE OFF to rob someone or burgle or hold up a place ...1970 US Black sl.
• TICKLE to rob or burgle ...1945 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
burglar, burglary - phrases
• ON THE GAME said of someone actively engaged in burglary ...1739 sl., chiefly Brit.
• ON THE MOVE about to commit a crime, esp. a burglary ...1996 UK sl.
BURGLAR ALARM - adjectives
• ALIVE attached to a burglar alarm ...1950s UK criminals' sl.
burglar alarm - nouns
• DINGER a burglar alarm, especially an intentionally visible one ...1931 US sl.
BURIAL - nouns
• BACK-BREED a burial allotment ...a1890 Sc.
• DEAD YARD a ceremony after burial in the deceased's yard ...2003 Jamaica
• EARTHING burial ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GROUND SWEAT burial in a grave; a grave ...17C sl.
• HAPPING-UP a burial ...1864 Eng. dial.
• YIRDING burial, interment ...1895 Sc.
burial - person
• MEAT MAN the person who prepares a dead body for burial ...1965 Amer. dial.
burial - verbs
• LAY A CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LAY CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1981 Amer. dial.
BURIAL GROUND, PLACE - see CEMETERY
BURIED - adjectives
• AGED IN WOOD dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BASKETED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BENEATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOXED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING DAISY ROOTS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING WORMS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AND GONE dead and buried ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND GONE BACK dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND HAPPED UP dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND LOW LAID dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOG TAG ON FILE dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOWN SOUTH hidden, buried; in one's pocket ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GONE TO GRASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO POT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN COLD STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE DUSTBIN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLANTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING UP DAISIES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED AWAY dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED DOWN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEWED IN A BLANKET dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TAKING A GROUND SWEAT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING AN EARTH BATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER GLASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER HATCHES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A GARDEN ON THE STOMACH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YERD, YIRD buried ...1821 Sc.
buried - nouns
• EARTHING † the state of being buried ...a1300
buried - verbs
• BE GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• BE PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL to be buried ...1858 N. Ireland
• BE UNDER THE DAISY-MORES to be under the ground, to be buried ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LIE UNDERSOD to be buried ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SLEEP WITH ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• TAKE A DIRT NAP to be buried ...1990s US Black sl.
• TAKE A GROUND SWEAT to be buried ...17C sl.
buried - phrases
• PUT TO ONE'S FATHERS † to be dead and buried ...a1440
BURLESQUE - adjectives
• HARLEQUIN having the characteristics of a harlequin or his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured ...1779
BURLY - adjectives
• BIERLY big, burly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULL-BUILT husky, burly ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MASTIFF † burly, big-bodied ...1668
• MASTY † burly, big-bodied ...1665
• SUBSTANTIAL † of persons, their constitution, etc.: sturdy, strong, burly ...c1400
burly - person
• BANGISTER † a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BURN - adjectives
• FAGGOTY-MINDED disposed to use faggots, inclined to burn opponents ...1856
burn - nouns
• BIRN a burnt mark ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HORRIBLECTOMY treatment for severe burns ...a1987 Amer. medical usage
• SCAM a burn, singe, scorch, or the mark of such ...1808 Sc.
• SCAUM a burn, scorch; a mark caused by burning or singeing ...1813 Sc.
• SCOUDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc.
• SCOUTHER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc.
• SCOWDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOWTHER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc.
burn - person
• CRISPY BATTER a person who has suffered burns or actually burned to death ...1993 UK sl.
• CRISPY CRITTER a badly burnt hospital patient ...1989 US sl.
burn - verbs
• ADURE † to burn completely; to scorch, to parch ...c1420
• ADUST † to burn, to scorch, to scar; to dry up with heat ...1550
• BIRN to burn ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALCINE to burn to ashes, to consume ...1641
• FLIMMER * to burn unsteadily; to flicker ...1880
• HAISTER to cook too hastily, to burn, to scorch; applied to badly-made toast or scones baked on an over-heated girdle ...1808 Sc.
• IGNIFY * to set on fire; to cause to burn ...a1586
• INCENDIATE †* to set fire to; to burn; to make fire of ...a1701
• LAY IN ASHES to burn to the ground, to destroy utterly ...1553
• NEAL † to burn ...1673
• QUICK † of a fire: to kindle, to begin to burn ...c1175
• RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASH to burn in cooking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEVE to burn with a strong, bright flame ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAM of cloth, skin, cakes, etc.: to burn slightly; to scorch, to singe with dry heat ...1746 Sc.
• SCAUM to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1838 Sc.
• SCOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc.
• SCOUDER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUL to burn fiercely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUTHER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc.
• SCOWDER to burn, to scorch, to singe, to over-roast or over-toast bread or the like ...1746 Sc.
• SCOWTHER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc.
• SCRAP to burn, to scorch ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SCRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SIZZ † to burn, to brand ...a1700
• SKOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SKRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SQUARKEN †* to burn or scorch; to burn in roasting ...1530
• SUCCEND † to set on fire, to kindle, to burn ...1432-50
• TAKE to burn brightly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TENDER †* to become enflamed, to glow, to burn ...c1230
• TINDER †* to become enflamed, to glow, to burn ...c1230
• TO-BRENN † to burn up. to consume or destroy by burning; to burn, to be 'burning hot' ...a1300
BURNING - adjectives
• ADURENT †* burning, hot and dry ...1626
• ADUSTIVE † burning, scorching, fiery ...1633
• AESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
burning - nouns
• ADUSTION † the act of burning, scorching, heating to dryness, or parching ...1594
• CALCINATION a burning to ashes; complete combustion ...1616
• SCOUGE † a sharp singe or touch of burning ...1880 Sc.
BURNT - adjectives
• ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTED † scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTIBLE † capable of being burnt, or dried with fire ...1611
• RAZZENED of food: burnt in the oven rather than thoroughly baked ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YBRENT † burnt ...1297
burnt - nouns
• ADUSTION † the state of being burnt, or scorched; parched dryness ...1559
burnt - verbs
• FRY A FAGGOT † to be burnt alive ...1621
burnt - phrases
• BISHOP HAS SET HIS FOOT IN IT, THE the contents of the dish have been burnt while being cooked; originally said of milk ...1738
BURP - see BELCH
BURR - nouns
• JAGGER a thorn or burr ...1923 Amer. dial.
• PICKER a burr, a bramble, a prickle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PICKY a burr, a bramble, a prickle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TUZZY-MUZZY a burr ...1842 Eng. dial.
BURRITO - nouns
• BURRO a burrito ...1971 Amer. dial.
BURRO (also see donkey) - nouns
• DESERT CANARY a burro ...1936 Amer. dial.
• DESERT CANARY BIRD a burro ...1971 Amer. dial.
BURROW - nouns
• VERGEN a burrow of a fox, rabbit, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YED a burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEDDER a creature that burrows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
burrow - verbs
• BERREY to animals: to burrow, to dig a hole in the ground ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• YED to burrow underground as a rabbit or mole; also used of miners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YERD to burrow underground as a rabbit or mole; also used of miners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BURST - adjectives
• BUSTED burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined ...1881 US colloq.
• BUSTED-UP burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined ...a1909 US colloq.
burst - nouns
• SCAT anything burst or broken open; the sound of a rent; the sharp sound as of a bullet ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
burst - verbs
• ABREAK † to break forth; to burst out ...1205
• BRAIST to burst ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GO BANG to burst, shut, etc., with a loud noise
• LEAP † to burst, to crack ...1477
• NAP to burst ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
• TO-BURST † to burst asunder; to be shattered ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-CHINE † to split asunder or open; to be burst or cloven ...c725
• TO-DASH † to split or burst asunder ...c1305
• TO-DRIVE † to be splintered or shattered; to burst ...c1205
• TO-SLENT † to split, to burst ...c1380
BURSTING - adjectives
• OBRUMPENT †* breaking or bursting ...1656
bursting - adverbs
• ABURST bursting; in a bursting condition ...1876
BURY (also see burial) - verbs
• BEBURY † to entomb, to bury ...c1000
• BEDELVE † to bury ...a1000
• BEGRAVE † to bury a corpse, treasure, etc. ...a1000
• BESTOW to put away carefully, to dispose of; to bury ...1787 Eng. dial.
• BIDELVE † to bury ...a1000
• BRING ONE TO THE EARTH † to bury ...1387
• DEEP SIX to kill someone or bury someone or something; to throw something away ...M20 US
• EARTH † to commit a corpse to the earth; to bury ...1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAIR to bury ...1773 Sc.
• LAY AWAY to bury ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LAY TO BED † to put in the last resting-place, to bury ...1340-70
• LAY TO SLEEP to put in the last resting-place, to bury ...a1300
• LAY UP † to bury ...1581
• OBRUTE †* to overwhelm,; to bury; to cover over ...1541
• PLANT to bury ...1855 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE to bury, to put into a grave ...1848 Ireland
• TEAL to bury in the earth; to bury ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TEEL to bury in the earth; to bury ...1854 Eng. dial.
BURYING GROUND - see CEMETERY
• BEADY full of bubbles, frothy ...1881
• BLOBBY containing or causing bubbles ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOLLY †* covered with bubbles ...1582
bubble - nouns
• BELL a bubble formed in a liquid ...1483
• BLEB a bubble; a small blister or pustule ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBER a bubble ...1899 Amer. dial.
• EBULLITION rapid formation of bubbles; effervescence ...1646
• MONEY a mass of bubbles floating on a hot drink, such as cocoa, sometimes on cold drinks, such as root beer; a lot of bubbles in your cup or glass meant you would soon come into some money ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT-EYES bubbles that form on liquid, as when a bottle is shaken ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SAIP-BELLS soap bubbles ...1720 Sc.
• SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles ...1887 Sc.
bubble - verbs
• BELL † to bubble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELLER † to bubble up ...1827 Sc.
• BLOB to bubble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBER to bubble ...1806 Amer. dial.
• DEBULLIATE † to bubble or boil over ...1656
• EBULLIATE * to boil, to bubble out ...1599
• PRINKLE of a boiling pot: to send up small bubbles ...B1900 Sc.
• QUADDLE to boil and bubble, as water or broth ...1892 Eng. dial.
• REAM to foam, to froth; to bubble; to overflow ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TROTTLE to bubble; to make a bubbling noise ...1821 Sc.
• WALL † of liquids: to bubble up; to well up, to flow abundantly; of the sea, waves: to boil up, to rage ...c893
• WALLOP to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling ...1579
• WALM † to bubble as in boiling; to boil ...1610
BUBBLING - adjectives
• BULLIENT †* boiling, bubbling ...1669
bubbling - nouns
• DEBULLITION † a bubbling or boiling over ...1727
• EBULLITION n. a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over ...1534
• WALLOP † the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point ...1565
• WALM † the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling ...a1000
• WAMBLE † an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point ...1620
BUCHANAN, JAMES
• BACHELOR PRESIDENT James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD BUCK James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAGE OF WHEATLAND James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEN-CENT JIMMY James Buchanan, 15th US president ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BUCKET - nouns
• BLICKEY a pail or bucket ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BLICKIE a pail or bucket ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BLICKY a pail or bucket ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOWIE a small barrel or cask open at one end; a tub; a milk pail; a water bucket or pail with a 'bow-handle' ...Bk1911 Sc.
• VATICK a water pail, a bucket ...1879 Sc.
BUCKLE - nouns
• AITCH-PIECE the catch or tongue of a buckle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANCHOR the chape of a buckle, the part by which it is attached to the belt, strap, etc. ...1788 Eng. dial.
• DALK † a pin, brooch, clasp, buckle ...c1000
• QUEER WEDGE a large belt or shoe buckle ...L18 sl.
• TACK † that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc. ...a1300
• TANG a sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs of a fork; a prong or tine of a stag's horn ...1688 Eng. dial.
BUD - adjectives
• GEMMED † covered with buds ...c1420
bud - nouns
• GEM † a bud, esp. a leaf-bud ...1382
• GEMMOSITY † an exuberance of buds ...1775
bud - verbs
• GEM † to put forth buds; to bud; to put forth a blossom or a fruit ...c1150
BUDDHISM, BUDDHIST - person
• GELUG - a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama ...1979
• GELUGPA - a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama ...1848
• TALAPOIN - a Buddhist monk or priest ...1586
BUDGE - verbs
• VIKE to move, to budge ...1887 Sc.
BUDGET - nouns
• BUDGET CRUNCH a situation where there is not enough money in the budget
• BUDGET SQUEEZE a situation where there is not enough money in the budget
BUFFALO - nouns
• BAND a herd of buffalo ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BUFFLER a buffalo ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HUMPBACK COW a buffalo ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• HUMPBACKED COW...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
BUFFALO BILL - nouns
• YANKEERIES Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which arrived in London in 1887 ...L19 sl.
BUFFET - nouns
• BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc. ...1827 Sc.
• BEFF a stroke, a blow, a buffet ...1768 Sc.
• BLIFFART a stroke, a buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFFERT a blow, a buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SCAT a blow, a buffet; the stroke given by a mass of water ...1777 Eng. dial.
• THUD a heavy, sounding blow; a buffet, a thump; a blow with the fist ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YANK a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a buffet; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash ...1790 Sc.
• YELP a blow; a buffet ...1861 Sc.
buffet - verbs
• BEFT † to beat, to buffet, to slap ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BOUFF to strike, to buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANVAS † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
• CANVASS † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
• NEVEL to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pommel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEVILL vb. to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pummel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUFFET to buffet, to beat ...c1440 Eng. dial.
BUFFETING - nouns
• BILLIZING a thrashing, a buffeting ...1882 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TASSLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
BUFFOON - adjectives
• HARLEQUINADISH of the nature of a harlequinade ...1859 nonce word
buffoon - person
• ANTIC - a clown - a buffoon ...1895 Amer. dial
• BALADINE, BALLADINE - † a theatrical dancer - a mountebank - a buffoon ...1599
• BALATRON, BALATROON, BALLATRON - †* a babbling, prating fellow - a vain talking fellow - a jester - a buffoon - a rascally base knave - a thief - a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BALLITRAUNT - † a foolish person - a buffoon - used as a term of contempt ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAMF - a buffoon - an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth - a fool, or one who wishes to seem so ...1825 Sc.
• GAMFRAL, GAMFRIL - a fool - a buffoon ...20C sl.
• GAMFUL - a fool - a buffoon ...20C sl.
• GAMP - a buffoon - an empty-headed, noisy fellow ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMPH - a fool, a buffoon; an empty fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth ...1825
• GAWMP - a buffoon ...1825 Sc.
• GOMF - a buffoon - an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth - a fool, or one who wishes to seem so ...1825 Sc.
• HARLEQUIN - a buffoon; a fantastic fellow ...1883
• HARLEQUINA - a female harlequin ...1867
• HARLEQUINESS - a female harlequin ...1785
• HARLOT - † an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler - one who tells or does something to raise a laugh ...a1340
• JACK-PUDDING - a buffoon - a clown - a merry-andrew - esp. one attending on a mountebank ...1648 arch.
• JERRY-GO-NIMBLE - an antic - a buffoon ...1884 sl.
• LERICOMPOOP - a buffoon - an oaf ...16C Brit. colloq.
• MACAROON - † a buffoon - a stupid or foolish person - an affected blockhead - a ridiculous or doltish person ...a1631
• MAMAMOUCHI - a pompous-sounding title - one who assumes such a title - a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity - a buffoon ...1672
• MERRY-MAN - a clown - a buffoon - a merry-andrew ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLL-ANDREW - a merry-andrew; a buffoon; a clown; one who entertains people with antics and buffoonery ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• SPAE - a wag; a mimic; a buffoon ...Bk1914 Sc.
• TABARIN - a merry-Andrew, a buffoon, a jester ...Bk1894
• TOM FOOL - a buffoon - also, a butt or a laughingstock ...1650
• TOM TRAM - a buffoon - a jester ...1689
• WAG - a buffoon - a jester - a habitual joker - a merry droll - anyone ludicrously mischievous ...1584
• YUKEL - a buffoon ...Bk1982 Jewish
• ZANY - a comic performer attending on a clown, acrobat, or mountebank, who imitates his master's acts in a ludicrously awkward way; a clown's or mountebank's assistant; a merry-andrew; sometimes a professional jester or buffoon in general ...1596 arch.
buffoon - verbs
• HARLEQUINADE to play the harlequin; to act fantastically ...1788
BUFFOONERY - nouns
• HARLEQUINADE buffoonery; fantastic procedure ...1828
• HARLOTRY † buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour ...c1325
BUG - see INSECT
BUGBEAR - nouns
• BABU an imaginary figure, ugly and old, conjured up to frighten children ...20C W. Indies sl.
• BLACK-BOO a nursery bogey ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACKMAN a nursery bogey ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOCKIE a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BO-COW a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGGART a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOKIE a bogie, a hobgoblin, a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOO an object of terror; a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOODIE-BO a bugbear; an object of dread ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGGERY BOO the bogie-man, a hobgoblin, a bugbear ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CADDY † a ghost; a bugbear ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DICKETY-BOO a ghost; a bugbear ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GAY HORSE † a bugbear or hobgoblin, carried about at plays and public shows, with wide jaws and great teeth ...1483
• OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• PUCKLE † a kind of bugbear ...c1000
• RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children ...1637 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAW-HEELS AND BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear ...1966 Amer. dial.
• REDEYE a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear ...c1966 Amer. dial.
• REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear ...c1966 Amer. dial.
• REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RED MAN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCARE-BOGGART a bogey; a bugbear ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TERRICULAMENT † a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear ...1548
• TOM PO † a nursery bugbear, a bogy ...1744
• TOM POKER a nursery bugbear, a bogy ...a1825
BUGGY - see COACH
BUGLE - nouns
• TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1873
• TARATANTARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1553
• TIRALEE a representation of a bugle note or cadence ...1847
BUGLER - person
• GABRIEL - the bugler ...1940s US Women's Army Corp sl.
BUILD - adjectives
• EDIFYING † that builds ...1662
build - verbs
• BETIMBER † to build ...a1000
• BIG(G) to build; to build a nest ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIGGER to build ...1860 Eng. dial.
• EDIFICATE †* to build ...1623
• EDIFY * to build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials ...a1340
• TIMBER † to build, construct, or make, as a house, ship, etc.; later, to build or construct of wood ...a750 obs. or arch.
BUILDER - person
• BEILDER - a builder ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BIGGAND - † a builder ...c1350
• BIGGAR(E), BIGGER - * a builder ...1307, in later use chiefly Sc.
• BILDER, BILDIR - † a builder ...Bk1795
• CAD - an assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer's labourer, or a builder's assistant ...1835
• EDIFIER - * a builder ...1460
• GINOUR - † a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines ...1265
• HOUSEWRIGHT - * a builder of houses, especially of timber ...1549
• JERRY-BUILDER - a rascally speculating builder ...1883 sl.
• MORTAR-MAN - † a person who makes or uses mortar; a builder ...1544-5
• PADDY - a bricklayer’s labourer who brings him stones or bricks and mortar - a builder's labourer ...1856
• RAISER - a builder ...1607
• RICKLER - a bad architect or builder ...1824 Sc.
• UP-PUTTER - a builder - an erector ...1880 Sc.
builder - person, other
• PADDY a menial or manual labourer; a bricklayer's or builder's labourer ...1856
BUILDING - adjectives
• EDIFICIAL* pert. to building, architectural ...1658
• GABBARD of buildings: large and old, out of repair ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JERRY-BUILT run up in the worst materials ...1883 sl.
• OECODOMICAL †* relating to the building of houses; architectural ...1678
• TAPERED † of a building: high and frail ...1824 Sc.
• VOID of a building: empty, untenanted ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
building - nouns
• BABEL a high building, a lofty structure ...1667
• BACKAGE the back part of a building or row of buildings; the line or outlook of buildings or plots of land on the rear side ...1887
• BACKSIDE back premises of a house or building, including the garden or fields adjoining ...1822 Sc.
• BASILIC orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1727-51 arch.
• BASILICA orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly ...1541
• BASTIMENT † a building, a wall ...1679
• BIGD a building, a house ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIGGING the act of building ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIKE a habitation, a building ...1827 Sc.
• BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• CABOOSE any small cramped building or place within a building ...1839 Amer. dial.
• CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass ...1677
• CASTLE a large building ...1886
• COB-CASTLE 1. a satirical name for any building which overtops those around it; more usually applied to a prison ...a1687
2. a flimsy building; a child's toy house; a thing easily pushed over ...19C Eng. dial.
• DERRY a derelict building ...1968 sl.
• EDIFICATION † 1. a building ...1432-50
* 2. building ...1549
• EDIFICE † the act or process of building or construction ...1580
• EDIFYING † the act or process of building; also, a building ...1432-50
• FABRIC an edifice, a building ...1483
• FALLING a fragment of a building, a ruin ...1382
• GAFF a place of residence; a home, a shop or other place of business; any sort of building ...1932 UK sl.
• HALE a building, esp. a house ...1934 Hawaii
• HALLWAY a space between two buildings ...1939 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE OF WAR † a fortified building or place ...1581
• JAMB † a projecting 'wing' of a building ...1597
• KIP any form of place, building ...1930s sl.
• LARACH the site of a building or habitation ...1705 Sc.
• MIGHTY DOME the US Congress building, or any similar large, institutional edifice ...1930s US Black sl.
• MONKEY-CAGE the steel structure of a modern building ...20C sl., chiefly Cockneys'
• RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMBLE a rambling building full of strange passages and stairs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROCKPILE any tall building ...1940s US Black sl.
• SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SKY-BLOTCH the dark outline of a building against the evening sky ...1879
• TIMBER † 1. a building, structure, edifice, or house ...a750
† 2. the process of building ...c1000
building - verbs
• SNEAK to break into a building ...1949 US sl.
• TIRE † to plaster or decorate a building ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBUILD to destroy or demolish a building or structure ...1607
BUILT - adjectives
• BIGGIT built ...1813 Sc.
• EDIFICATE † built up, constructed, formed, instituted, arranged ...c1470
• PUKKA of a building: solidly built ...L18
• RICKLED loosely built, piled loosely together ...1824 Sc.
• YBULD † built ...c1380
BULGARIA - nouns
• BURGLARIA Bulgaria ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VULGARIA Bulgaria ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Bulgaria - person
• VULGARIAN (derogatory) a nickname for a Bulgarian ...E20 US
BULGE - verbs
• BELL to cause to swell or bulge out ...1870
• BELLY to bulge out, to swell out ...1624
• BUG to bulge out ...1884 US
• PAGGLE † to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle ...c1590
BULGING - adjectives
• BAGGIT bulging, swelled out ...1843 Sc.
• BELLIED made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out ...a1593
• BELLYING swelling, bulging out ...a1700
bulging - nouns
• BELLYING a swelling or bulging out ...1662
BULIMIA - person
• HURLER a person who suffers from bulimia nervosa ...1998 US sl.
BULK - nouns
• BOWK body; bulk ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MICKLEDOM † size, bulk, largeness ...1737 Sc.
• MICKLENESS size, bulk, largeness ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MICKLETH size, bulk, largeness ...1868 Eng. dial.
• MUCHITY †* great bulk or size...1621
BULKY - adjectives
• BELSIZE † bulky, of good size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † roughly massive; bulky; clumsy ...c1325
• BOOZY bulky; plump; stout ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKIE bulky ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKIT large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKSOME bulky, of large size ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUKY bulky; obese ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY large, bulky, plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• FALLOCH thick, bulky ...1911 Sc.
• MASSIVE † of person: bulky, large-bodied ...1485
• MASSY of persons and animals: bulky, large-bodied ...c1400
• MASTIFF † massive, solid, bulky ...1495
• SCOUTHIE, SCOWTHIE capacious, roomy, bulky, big ...1866 Sc.
• TALL †* big, large, bulky ...c1430
• THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUSKING large, fine, bulky ...1884 Eng. dial.
• UNFANDRUM † bulky, unmanageable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VOLUMOUS bulky, large ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bulky - nouns
• STRAPPER anything big or bulky ...Bk1904 sl.
• THUSKER anything big or large and bulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bulky - person
• BEEF TO THE HEEL - a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman ...1922 Irish sl.
• TWANKER a large, bulky person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BULL-BAITING - person
• BELLART † the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting ..1796 Eng. dial.
• BELLOT † the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting ..1796 Eng. dial.
• HANKER - † one who takes part in bull-baiting ...1811
BULLDOZER - nouns
• BULLNOZER. a bulldozer ...1951 Amer. dial.
• CALFDOZER a small bulldozer ...WWII usage
• DOZER a bulldozer ...1942 US sl.
bulldozer - verbs
• DOZE to clear or excavate with a bulldozer ...1945 Amer. sl.
BULLET - adjectives
• GROOVED having a surface bullet wound ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAD POISONED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPPED wounded by a bullet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP THE SPOUT of a bullet or cartridge: loaded and ready for firing ...1943 sl.
bullet - nouns
• BALL a bullet ...M18 US sl.
• BLUE PILL a bullet ...1834 Amer. dial.
• BLUE PLUM a bullet ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BLUE WHISTLER a bullet ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CAP a bullet, a shot ...M19 US sl.
• CATOOCH a cartridge box ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHESTNUTS bullets ...WWI army sl.
• COLD LEAD a bullet ...19C sl.
• CONFETTI machine-gun bullets ...1940 sl.
• DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile ...1877 Amer. dial.
• FATAL PILL a bullet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GUT SHOT a bullet wound in the stomach, painful and often fatal ...1992 US sl.
• GUT-WINDER a bullet wound in the abdomen ...1865 Amer. sl.
• HARICOT BEAN a bullet ...Amer. World War I sl.
• KENTUCKY PILL a bullet ...1861 Amer. dial.
• LEADEN TONIC a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1882 Amer. West jocular
• LEAD PILL a bullet ...1850 Amer. jocular
• LEAD PLUM a bullet ...1922 Amer. West jocular
• LEAD POISONING a serious, esp. fatal, bullet wound ...1883 Amer. jocular
• LEAD SANDWICH a bullet ...1978 US jocular
• LEAD TOWEL a bullet ...E19 sl.
• LIGHT a tracer bullet ...1965 US sl.
• LOVE LETTER a bullet ...1940s US Black sl.
• MEAT SHOT a bullet wound in a muscle, not involving a bone or organ damage ...1992 US sl.
• MESSENGER a bullet ...1962 US sl.
• ONE a bullet; a gunshot ...1910s sl.
• PACKET a bullet or missile ...1910s sl., orig. military
• PILL a bullet, shell, or in early use, a cannonball ...c1626
• RICCO a ricocheting bullet ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ROCKETS bullets ...1990s US Black sl.
• SCAT anything burst or broken open; the sound of a rent; the sharp sound as of a bullet ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIN COMPLAINT a bullet wound ...1982 US sl.
• TACK a bullet ...1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
• WAD CUTTER a flat-nosed bullet ...1962 US sl.
• WHUTT a bullet ...World War I Amer. sl.
bullet - verbs
• KEYHOLE of a bullet: to enter a target sideways ...1957 US sl.
• PINK to strike with a bullet ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SKIP of a bullet: to graze ...1937 Amer. dial.
BULLFIGHTER - person
• BANDERILLERO - a bull-fighter who uses 'banderillas', little darts ornamented with a banderole (long, narrow flag), which bullfighters stick into the neck and shoulders of the bull ...1797
• BUTCHER - a bullfighter ...1848 US sl.
• MONO - in bullfighting: a picador's assistant, a 'monosabio' ...1924
• MONOSABIO - in bullfighting: a picador's assistant in the ring ...1897
• MOZO - a bullfighter's attendant ...1926
• TAURICIDE - a bull-slayer; a matador ...1852
• TAURIDORE - † one who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback; a toreador, a bullfighter ...1618
• TAURIRO - a (Spanish) bullfighter (on foot) ...1728
• TAUROMACHIAN - * a bull-fighter ...1845
• TAWRIDORE - † a toreador, a bullfighter ...1618
• TOREADOR - one who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback ...1618
• TORERO - a (Spanish) bullfighter (on foot) ...1728
BULL-HEADED - adjectives
• BUTT-HEADED headstrong, obstinate, bull-headed ..1908 Amer. dial.
BULLIED - nouns
• HOT CORNER a position in which one is threatened or bullied ...1854 sl.
bullied - person
• UNDHERLOOT one who is befooled, bullied, or made game of ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BULLOCK - see CATTLE
BULL'S-EYE - nouns
• MARK'S POINT † the bull's-eye of a target ...1553
• MARK-WHITE † the bull's-eye of a target ...1596
BULLY, BULLYING - adjectives
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTHED coarse, vulgar, or profane in speech; blustering, bullying ...1892 Eng. dial.
• IGNORANT arrogant, ill-natured, bullying ...1940s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
bully, bullying - nouns
• BOOKOOING loud talking, bullying ...1935 Amer. dial.
• NOOGIE a rubbing of the knuckles harshly across someone's head, esp. used by children as a form of punishment or bullying ...Aust. sl.
• VAPOUR bullying; exulting in actions and words ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
bully, bullying - person
• ARSE-KICKER, ASS-KICKER a person who habitually employs physical violence as a form of coercion - a tough disciplinarian - a bully ...1967 Amer. sl.
• BAD-ASS - an unpleasant, aggressive, intimidating, or uncompromising person; a dangerous, browbeating individual; a bully ...1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BALLOON - a bully, a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool ...1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
• BANGISTER, BANGSTER - † a burly, rough, violent fellow - a bully - a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARGAINER - † a quarreller - a wrangler - a bully ...c1500 Sc.
• BARGANER - a fighter; a bully ...1825 Sc.
• BARRATER, BARRATOR - † one who fights; esp. a hired bully ...a1400
• BELLSWAGGER, BELSWAGGER - † a swaggering gallant, a noisy braggart, a bully ...1639
• BELLY-SWAGGER - † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1775
• BEMBE - a bully; a large strong person of either sex ...1996 W. Indies
• BIG DOING - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully ...Bk1994 US sl.
• BIG DOINGS - a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully ...1932 US sl.
• BILBO-LORD - a swaggerer, a bully ...1621
• BLADDER-HEAD - a coarse, brutal bully...Bk1886 Eng dial.
• BOGART - a strong, physically aggressive or bullying person - a brawler ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BUCKO - a blustering or domineering person - a bully ...1899 nautical sl.
• BULLDOSER, BULLDOZER - a bully - a thug ...L19 US sl.
• BURGULLIAN - † a braggadocio - a bully ...1598 nonce word
• CACAFOGO, CACAFUEGO, CACAFUGO, CACOFUEGO - a cacafuego - a spitfire - a furious, fierce fellow - a braggart - a blusterer - a noisy bully - a very difficult or devilish person - one with a fiery temper ...1625
• CAPTAIN HACKUM - a hectoring bully ...Bk1891 sl.
• DEADENER - a bully - one who prefers to settle arguments through violence ...1930s Aust. sl.
• DRAWCANSIR - a blustering, bullying fellow - a pot-valiant braggart ...1672
• FACER - † one who puts on a bold face - one who boasts, blusters, or swaggers - one who possesses 'cheek' - a braggart - a bully ...c1515
• FANFARON - a bully, blusterer, or swaggerer - an empty boaster or braggart - a vain pretender ...1622
• GANGALII - a bully ...1943 W. Indies
• GAZOONY - a bully or strong-arm man ...Bk1995 Amer. criminals' sl.
• HACKER - † a violent thug; a murderer; a cutthroat; a bully ...1576
• HACKUM - a bravo; a blustering bully; a braggart ...c1698 UK sl.
• HAWCUBITE - one of a band of dissolute young men who infested the streets of London in the beginning of the 18th century - a street-bully - a ruffian ...1712
• HEAVY - an intimidating, rough, bullying, or coercive person ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• HECK - †* a hector; a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully ...1706
• HECTOR - a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully, a thug; a bouncer, esp. of a brothel ...1631
• HIREN - a roaring bully ...Bk1905 sl.
• MUD-CRUSHER - an extreme form of bully whose aim is to crush everyone into the ground ...1970s US Black sl.
• NIGHTCAP - a bully who specializes in finding victims at night ...E17 sl.
• RABIATOR - * a violent, noisy, greedy person - a lout - a boor - a violent or ruthless bully - a robber - a spoiler - a plunderer...c1745 Sc.
• ROARER - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-BLADE - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-BOY - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-GIRL - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-LAD - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-RUFFIAN - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROBIATOR - a plunderer - a violent, ruthless person - a lout - a boor - a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RODOMONT - a vain or blustering boaster - a bully ...1598 arch.
• RUBIATOR - a plunderer - a violent, ruthless person - a lout - a boor - a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• SACRIPANT - * a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster ...1830
• STREET-HOUND - a rough - a bully - a loafer ...1872 Amer. sl.
• TAWNIE, TAWNY - a bully ...1898 Sc. sl.
• TEAR-CAT - one who causes a disturbance or trouble; a bully, swaggerer, a blustering person; a thug; a fierce or destructive person...1611
• TEARER - a person who tears or rushes along or about; a blustering or violent person; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, thug, or bully ...1664
• TUSH HOG - a tough, aggressive person - a bully - a rowdy ...1919 Amer. dial.
• VALIENTON - † a bully - a braggart ...1681
bully, bullying - verbs
• BAFFLE to insult, to bully, to tease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAM to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BIG-BOY to take advantage of someone; to bully or tease ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCE to talk big at; to bully; to blow up, to scold roundly ...1640
• BOW-WOW to bully, to cheat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK to tease, to worry, to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAZE to subject to cruel horseplay, as practiced by students; to bully, to treat cruelly ...1850 US
• HECTOR to play the bully; to brag, to bluster; to domineer ...M17
• HORSE to bully or tyrannize into hard work or extra effort ...1867 US sl., esp. nautical usage
• KIMBAW to beat or to bully ...19C sl.
• LOUD-TALK to bully, impress, or convince someone by using assertive speech or double-talk; to argue in coarse strident tones ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MAJOR to bully, to domineer over ...1829 Eng. dial.
• OOL to treat harshly, to ill-use, to bully; to wreck the health or spirits of ...1832 Sc.
• PECK ON to take advantage of; to impose on; to bully ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage ...1808 UK sl.
• RAUNCH to swagger, to bully, to intimidate ...c1939 Amer. dial.
• UNDHERLOOD to make game of; to banter; to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDHERLUDE to make game of; to banter; to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• VAPER to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1628
• VOMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully ...1781 Eng. dial.
• YEWN to bully ...1882 Eng. dial.
bully, bullying - phrases
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster, to defy, to bully verbally ...16C sl.
BULWARK - nouns
• BAR † a defensive barrier; a bulwark ...1603
BUMP - nouns
• BOMF a bump, shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUM a bump; a lump from a sharp blow or knock ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUNG a bump; a knot on the head; a lump on the head from a sharp blow or knock ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EGGS bumps on the hinder parts given with the knee ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOONEY a knot or bump on the head from a sharp blow or knock ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NALLION a lump, a bump ...20C Irish sl.
• POPKNOT a bump or swelling, esp. one on the head caused by a blow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POTATO a bump on the head from a sharp blow or knock ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WHELP a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite; a bruise; a welt ...1895 Amer. dial.
bump - verbs
• BLOTZ to bounce or bump ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLUTZ to bounce or bump ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BONK to hit resoundingly; to bang, to bump ...1938 sl.
• BUNK to cause something to bump; to suffer injury to a part of the body by striking it against something ...1877 Amer. dial.
• DERRY to move noisily, to collide, to bump ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DERRYBOUNDER to move noisily; to bump, to collide ... 19C Eng. dial.
• JAG to move with a sharp jerking motion; to bump ...1866 Sc.
• JOLLOCK to jolt, to bump ...19C Eng. dial.
BUMPKIN - person
• AG - a country bumpkin ...1910s US sl.
• AGGIE - a country bumpkin ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE KNOCKER a yokel or bumpkin; an ignorant or naive person ...1902 US colloq.
• ARKIE, ARKY (often derogatory) a native or inhabitant of Arkansas; hence, a simpleton, a country bumpkin ...1927 US colloq.
• AUBUCK a clumsy fellow; a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• BACON a country bumpkin; a rustic oaf ...Shakespeare usage
• BIRSEY a patronizing term for a farmer or country yokel; someone who looks depressed or unwell ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person; a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• CABBAGE-GELDER - a country bumpkin ...19C
• CHUFF - a churl - an oaf - a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLODHOPPER - a country bumpkin - a clumsy, awkward person ...L17 rural colloq.
• CLODPOLE, CLODPOLL a blockhead; a bumpkin; a lout ...a1616
• CLOWN - a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
• CLUMPERTON - † a bumpkin or rustic ...c1534
• CLUNCH - a bumpkin or a boor ...E17 Brit. colloq.
• COUNTRY JAKE - an oaf - a bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• COUNTRY SAGER - a rustic - a country bumpkin - a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• GAGGER - a rustic old man - an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• GAKEY - a left-handed person; an awkward, ungainly, clumsy person; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin ...1726
• GARVIE - a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant ...1963 S. Afr. sl.
• GAWIE - a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant ...1963 S. Afr. sl.
• GAWK - an awkward, clumsy, stupid person; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin, an uncultivated person; a dupe ...1685
• GAWKIE, GAWKY - a left-handed person; an awkward, ungainly, clumsy person; a foolish, gaping person; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin ...1726
• GEESKIN - a country bumpkin; a yokel; a farm worker; a casual labourer ...1825 Sc.
• GOOBER - an idiot - a fool - an incompetent - a country bumpkin ...M19 sl.
• HAINT - a country bumpkin; a backward ignorant person ...Bk2006 Amer. college & university sl.
• HAWBUCK - an ungainly or clumsy person; an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a rude, ignorant rustic; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1787
• HAWBUCKER - a tomboy - an awkward or unmannerly person - an ignorant country fellow - a bumpkin - a lout ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HAYSEED - a country bumpkin ...1834 sl.
• HAYSHAGGER - a rustic - a countrified person - a bumpkin - an unsophisticated person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAKER - a farmer; a rustic; a countrified person; a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HICK - a country bumpkin, an unsophisticated person ...1565
• HICK JOP - a country bumpkin; a fool ...1809 sl.
• HIRAM - an uncouth country fellow; a bumpkin; a rustic; a peasant; also, a contemptuous term of address ...1912 US sl.
• HOBUCK, HOE-BUCK - a clumsy fellow - a lout - a country bumpkin - a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• JAAP - (offensive) a simpleton or country bumpkin ...Bk2014 S. Afr.
• JAKE - (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person - a lout - an oaf - a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JASPER - (derogatory) a male person - a fellow - a country bumpkin ...1896 US sl.
• JOSKIN - a country bumpkin ...1811 Amer. sl.
• LOBCOCK - † a country bumpkin - a clown - a lout - a boor - a dull, stupid, sluggish person - a clumsy, lubberly fellow - a blundering fool - a blockhead - a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOEGIE, MOEGOE, MOGGOE, MOGO - (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• OLD GAFFER - a rustic old man - an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• PALOUSER - a novice or greenhorn - a country bumpkin ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PEA PICKER - a rustic or countrified person - a bumpkin - an unskilled labourer ...1927 Amer. dial.
• QUANDONG - a country bumpkin ...1914 Aust. sl.
• QUASHEE, QUASHIE - a country bumpkin - a peasant - a stupid person ...M19 sl.
• QUAW - a stupid, ugly person - a peasant or bumpkin ...M19 W. Indies sl.
• QUAWY - a stupid, ugly person - a peasant or bumpkin ...M19 W. Indies sl.
• RALPH - a country bumpkin - a simpleton ...M17 sl.
• SAGER - a rustic - a country bumpkin - a poor White person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SHOON - a fool - a bumpkin - a lout ...19C cant
• SHORTWOODARD - a rustic person - a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SHORTWOODS - a rustic person - a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THUMPKIN - † a clown or bumpkin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHICKERBILL - a worthless oaf or bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• WOOL HAT - a rural person - a bumpkin ...1828 Amer. sl.
• YAP - a fool - an oaf - a hillbilly or bumpkin ...20C Amer. dial.
• YOCKER - a foolish person or bumpkin ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
• YOKEL - a bumpkin - an oaf ...19C sl.
BUMPTIOUS - adjectives
• BEGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BIGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BOUNCEABLE bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
bumptious - person
• BIGNADUO - a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs ...1943 W. Indies
• GAMPHREL - a bumptious, foolish person ...1728 Sc.
• JACK STROP - a conceited man who fancies himself a dashing buccaneer, but is better at boasting than acting - a bumptious or opinionated man ...1945 nautical sl.
• PUNK - a bumptious but insignificant or contemptible person ...19C sl.
bumptious - verbs
• BUCK, BUKH to swagger, to talk big or bumptiously, to brag ...1880 sl.
BUNCH - nouns
• BOB a bunch ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOYTACH a bunch, a bundle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FASCICLE a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• FASICKLE † a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• TASS a large bunch; a cluster of flowers ...Bk1905 Sc.
bunch - verbs
• RALLY to crowd, to press round, to bunch together; to romp around together ...1866 Sc.
BUNDLE - adjectives
• FASCICULAR † belonging to a bundle ...1656
bundle - nouns
• BAGHLE a bundle ...1931 Sc.
• BALLOT a bundle, a package ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNIEL, BANYEL a bundle, a package ...1858 Sc.
• BOYTACH a bunch, a bundle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDGET a pouch or wallet; a package, a bundle ...1818 Amer. dial.
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FANG a burden, a heavy bundle, esp. when carried in the arms ...1900 Sc.
• FARDEL, FARDLE a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• FARDELET, FARDLET † a little bundle ...1413
• FARGIS a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKAGE a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKEL † a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FASCICLE a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• FASICKLE † a bunch, a bundle ...1622
• FAUD, FAWD a bundle ...1641 Eng. dial.
• FERKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FUSSOCK an untidy bundle ...M19 Sc.
• PACKALD † a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
• PACKLE a bundle, a small load, a burden, a pack-load ...1743 Sc.
• PAD a small pack or bundle ...1846 Eng. dial.
• VISKLE a bundle; a wisp ...1899 Sc.
• WADGE a large loose bundle ...1860 Eng. dial.
• WADGEOCK, WADJOCK a loose bundle; a burden ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANTEL † a bundle, a burden, a pack ...1599
bundle - verbs
• FARDEL † to make into a bundle ...1594
• FARDLE † to make into a bundle ...1594
• FASCICULATE † to tie up into a bundle or 'fascicle' ...1656
BUNGEE CORD - nouns
• OCTOPUS an elastic cord with hooks on either end, used to strap things in place; a bungee cord ...1981 Amer. dial.
BUNGLE, BUNGLED, BUNGLER, BUNGLING - adjectives
• ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1948 UK sl.
• BUNGERLY † unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly ...1580
• BUNGERSOME awkward, clumsy, bungling, unwieldy ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FERDUTZT spoiled, botched, bungled ...1985 Amer. dial.
• FUDGY botched, bungling, awkward ...1872 US
• LEAD-FOOTED clumsy, bungling, slow ...1957 Amer. sl.
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• MAGGLED botched, bungled, disorganized ...1713 Sc.
• MALADROIT wanting in adroitness or dexterity; awkward, bungling, clumsy ...1685
• MUFFED bungled; clumsily spoilt, missed ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• PALMERING awkward, bungling, clumsy, rude ...1866 Sc.
• TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
bungle, bungled, bungler, bungling - nouns
• BOGGLE-DE-BOTCH a complete bungle, a mess ...1834 colloq.
• BOGGLEDY BOTCH a complete bungle, a mess ...1834 colloq.
• DOG'S BREAKFAST, A something that is messy or bungled
• DOG'S DINNER, A something that is messy or bungled
• HAGGLE a botch, a bungle, a tangle ...1929 Sc.
• MAFFLING procrastination, bungling ...1835 Sc.
• SCLATCH a mess of any kind, a botch, a bungle ...1969 Sc.
bungle, bungled, bungler, bungling - person
• ADDLE-BRAIN - one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard ...1799
• ADDLE-COVE - a stupid bungler; a dullard ...1580
• ADDLE-HEAD - one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person ...1592
• ADDLE-PATE - a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe ...1601
• BATIE-BRIM - a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
• BATIE-BRIMMIL - a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow ...Bk1891 sl.
• BATIE-BUM - † (derogatory) a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler ...1572 Sc.
• BATIE-BUMMIL - † an inactive helpless fellow - a useless bungler - a simpleton - a fool...a1550 Sc.
• BITCHER - a botcher, bungler, muddler ...1825 Sc.
• BLAITIE BUM - † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler; a simpleton, a fool, a bungler; a sheepish fellow ...1540 Sc.
• BLUNKER - a bungler ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUTCHER - a clumsy incompetent - a bungler ...1954 US sl.
• DROMEDARY - a stupid bungling person ...M16 now Eng. dial.
• DUFFER - an incompetent person - a person of no ability - a foolish oaf - a bungler ...c1730 UK sl.
• EIGHT BALL - a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit ...1933 US sl.
• FAUCHLE - a slow, inept worker - a bungler - a small, weak person unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it ...1866 Sc.
• GOOF-UP - a blunderer, a bungler ...1957 US sl.
• HAGGLER - † a clumsy, awkward workman - a bungler ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALF-ASS - a stupid, incompetent person; a blockhead or bungler ...1934 US sl.
• KLOTZ - an oaf - a clod or a bungler ...M20 US sl.
• KLUTZ - an oaf - a clod or a bungler - an idiot - an awkward, stupid person ...M20 US sl.
• LEADFOOT - a bungling, clumsy person ...1955 Amer. sl.
• MESSER - a bungler - a muddler ...c1905 Brit. colloq.
• MUCKER-UPPER - a bungler ...1942 UK sl.
• NANNICK - a bungler ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEVISON - a bungler - anyone awkward at doing anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAUCHLER - a clumsy, unskilful person - a bungler ...1949 Sc.
• POTTERMENT - † a bungler; an inexperienced workman ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• SCLATCH. SKLATCH - a bungling, clumsy workman - a botcher - a big, lubberly fellow ...1808 Sc.
• TINKER - an unskilful or clumsy worker - a bungler
• WALLY - a stupid, foolish or inept person; an ineffectual person; a bungler; a moron ...1969 UK sl.
bungle, bungled, bungler, bungling - verbs
• ARSE UP to mess up; to botch, to bungle ...1951
• ASS UP to mess up; to botch, to bungle ...1932 US sl.
• BAGGERPLET to make a clumsy job; to bungle a thing ...1914 Sc.
• BALLOCKS to perform badly; to do a poor job; to botch, to bungle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BALTER to do anything in a bungling way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUNK to bungle; to spoil a thing; to mismanage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBLE to bungle, to botch, to spoil ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOGGLE to bungle; to do something badly; to blunder; to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BOLLIX to perform badly; to do a poor job; to botch, to bungle ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BOMBELL to bungle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOSS to bungle, to make a mess of ...1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BOUTCH to botch, to bungle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COCK UP to ruin by incompetence; to bungle ...Bk1999
• FALL THROUGH to bungle, to blunder; to spoil, to prevent by mismanagement ...1766 Sc.
• FAUCHLE to work lazily or listlessly, to work with difficulty, to work in a helpless, bungling fashion ...1824 Sc.
• FOOZLE to bungle ...1892 colloq.
• FUTZ UP to bungle ...1947 US sl.
• GAGGLE to bungle, to mess up; to work with something messy ...1929 Sc.
• HAG to bungle, to mangle any business ...1727 Sc.
• HAGGLE to mangle with repeated irregular cuts or cutting blows; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate; to bungle ...1599
• JACK UP to do for, to ruin; to bungle something; to foul up ...1873 colloq.
• MAFFLE † to blunder; to bungle ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARGULLIE † to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse; to mar any business; to bungle ...1721 Sc.
• MARTYR to bungle, to mismanage, to confuse, to spoil; to work in a dirty and clumsy manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MASH † to bungle, to make a 'hash' of ...1642
• MISCOOK to mismanage any business, to bungle ...1825 Sc.
• SAND-GROPE to bungle ...L19 Aust. sl.
• YAGGLE to work in a slow bungling or laboriously way, to toil and moil, to labour ...1924 Sc.
BUNGLINGLY - adverbs
• ALL OF A FLARE bunglingly ...1839 sl.
BUNION - nouns
• AGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGERNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ONION † a bunion ...1785
• OORKAN a bunion ...1964 Sc.
• SPANISH ONION a bunion ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
BUNK - nouns
• FLEA CIRCUS a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLEA PASTURE a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLEA TRAP a bed; a bunk ...World War II Amer. sl.
BUNKHOUSE - nouns
• RAM PASTURE a bunkhouse or dormitory for men ...1934 Amer. dial.
BUOY - nouns
• GROANER a whistling buoy or foghorn ...1903 Amer. dial.
BUOYANT - adjectives
• CORKY light, trifling, frivolous; buoyant, lively, springy; hence, skittish, ticklish, restive ...1601 colloq.
• GAYSOME * full of gaiety; blithe, buoyant, cheerful ...1610
BURDEN - adjectives
• ONERARY * fitted for the carriage of burdens ...1658
• SARCINARIOUS † belonging to packs, etc.; serving to carry burdens or loads ...1656
• SUMPTERY †* that bears a burden; pert. to sumpter animals ...1546
burden - nouns
• BACK-BIRN a burden carried on the back ...1768 Sc.
• BADGE a large ill-shaped burden ...1825 Sc.
• BALLAST † load, burden, freight ...1620
• BIRN a burden; a load carried on the back ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARRIAGE † something carried; a burden, a load ...1458
• CAST † a burden cast or laid upon people; an impost, a charge ...1597
• ELEPHANT an excessive task or burden ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FANG a burden, a heavy bundle, esp. when carried in the arms ...1900 Sc.
• HANDFUL a great deal to manage; a burdensome task ...1887 Amer. sl.
• HEAVY CHARGE a heavy burden or trial; the maintenance of a number of young children ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY HANDFUL a heavy burden or trial; the maintenance of a number of young children ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LADEN † a load, a burden ...1773 Sc.
• LAST † a load, burden, weight carried ...c1000
• LAST STRAW, THE a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable
• LAST STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK, THE a slight addition to a burden ordifficulty that makes it finally unbearable
• LAZY-MAN'S LOAD an awkwardly large load carried to avoid making two trips; an inconveniently large burden ...1811 sl. Amer. dial.
• MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK a burden or great disadvantage; a source of emotional pressure ...1959 Amer. colloq.
• ON-CAST a misfortune, burden ...1897 Sc.
• ON-LIG a burden, a heavy imposition or responsibility ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPPRESSION the act of pressing or weighing down; pressure, weight, burden ...1490 chiefly poetic
• PACKALD † a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet ...c1440
• PACKLE a bundle, a small load, a burden, a pack-load ...1743 Sc.
• THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble ...1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANTEL † a bundle, a burden, a pack ...1599
burden - verbs
• ABURDEN †* to burden, to oppress ...1620
• ACCLOY to overfill, to overload, to burden, to oppress ...1611
• BALLAST to load, to burden, to weigh down ...1566 arch.
• BOWDEN to fill; to burden ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARK † to load, to burden ...a1300
• HEAVY † to weigh down; to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress ...c897
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
• LABE to heap on; to place upon in great quantities; to lay on a burden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAST †* to load, to burden ...a1300
• ONER †* to burden ...1545
• ONERATE † to load, to burden, to oppress ...c1535
• RIDE to be a burden to; to hang oneself upon another ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SNOW UNDER to burden or assail with excessive demands, work, etc. ...1880 Amer. sl.
• YOKE to burden; to bind down; to fasten; to oppress ...1773 Sc.
BURDENED - adjectives
• BELAST † burdened, charged, bound ...1441
• BOWDEN burdened, provided ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ONUST †* laden, loaded, burdened ...1604
• ONUSTED †* loaded, burdened ...1657
• YCARKED † loaded, burdened ...1340
burdened - verbs
• BE LEFT CARRYING THE CAN to be made the scapegoat, to be burdened with (usually unwanted) responsibility, or both ...M20 colloq.
BURDENING - adjectives
• CARKING † burdening, distressing, grieving, fretting ...c1565 obs. or arch.
burdening - nouns
• ONERATION †* the act of loading or burdening; loading or filling the stomach, taking of food ...1651
BURDENSOME - adjectives
• CARESOME † troublesome, burdensome ...1535
• CHARGEFUL † onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly ...c1529
• HONEROUS † burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ...c1400
• IMPORTUNABLE † burdensome, onerous, grievous, heavy ...1482
• IMPORTUNATE † burdensome; grievous, grave ...c1540
• IMPORTUNE † troublesome, burdensome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting ...c1400
• IMPORTUNOUS †* burdensome, pestering ...1598
• NIMIOUS excessive, vexatiously burdensome ...1777 Sc.
• ONERABLE †* burdensome; oppressive, troublesome ...1432-50
• ONERARIOUS †* onerous, burdensome, troublesome ...a1548
• ONEROSE † burdensome; oppressive, troublesome ...c1450
• ONEROUS † burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ...c1400
• UNCHARGEANT † not onerous or burdensome ...c1380
burdensome - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † in a burdensome or grievous way; grievously, troublesomely ...1564
burdensome - nouns
• IMPORTUNITY † burdensomeness, trouble ...1475
• ONEROSITY * the quality of being burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome ...1874
burdensome - verbs
• HEAVY † to make heavy, burdensome, or oppressive ...c825
BURDENSOMELY - adverbs
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
BUREAUCRACY - nouns
• FLAN red tape ...20C Royal Navy usage
BUREAUCRAT - person
• PAPER-PUSHER - a bureaucrat - in the military: anyone with a desk job and not in combat ...1980 US sl.
BUREAUCRATIC - adjectives
• TAPE-TIED bound by 'red-tape', restricted by officialism, bureaucratic ...1900
BURGH - nouns
• BORROW a burgh or town ...Bk1911 Sc.
BURGLAR, BURGLARY - adjectives
• BURGLARIOUS addicted to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary; burglar-like ...1769
• ON THE PROWL working as a housebreaker, committing or planning a robbery; living on one's wits ...1930s US criminals' sl.
burglar, burglary - nouns
• BLACK ART † lock-picking, burglary ...1591 thieves' sl.
• BUST a burglary ...1859 sl.
• CRACK-LAY, THE † house-breaking ...c1785 criminals' sl.
• DEAD LURK breaking into houses while the occupiers are at church ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• EFFRACTION breaking open a house; burglary ...1840
• FAGGOT AND STALL the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• FAGGOT AND STORM the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• GIN AND JAGUAR BELT, THE the upper-class districts of (esp.) Surrey, and a fruitful area for worthwhile housebreaking ...c1955 sl.
• JACK IN THE BOX breaking and entering a house or apartment ...20C US criminals' sl.
• MILL LAY breaking and entering for the purpose of robbery ...L17 sl.
• NIGHT CLOTHES dark, close-fitting clothes used when committing a burglary at night ...20C US criminals' sl.
• PANNEY, PANNY a burglary ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• PANNEY-LAY, PANNY-LAY burglary, house-breaking ...E19 sl.
• PARLOUR-JUMPING the robbing of private rooms or houses ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• SNEAK JOB housebreaking ...1996 UK sl.
• STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly ...1930 sl., chiefly US
burglar, burglary - nouns, burglary tools (also see crowbar)
• AMERICAN TWEEZERS any specialty tool used by a burglar ...1982 US sl.
• BESS a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• BETTY a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• CALEBS a burglar's device for unlocking doors ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• CRACKING TOOLS implements of house-breaking ...B1823 cant
• CROW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• DOG a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• DUB a key used by a burglar ...a1700 sl.
• FAKEMENT burglar's tools ...1910s US criminals' sl.
• FALSE KEY a skeleton key, a picklock ...1701
• IRON a jemmy used in housebreaking ...1941 sl.
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JAMES a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1819 sl.
• JEMMY a short crowbar used by burglars, generally made in sections screwing together ...1752
• JENNY a small crowbar; also, the hook on the end of a stick ...1690 thieves' sl.
• JILT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JILTS housebreaking tools generally ...Bk1896 thieves' sl.
• JIMMY a short crowbar, usually made in sections screwing together, used by housebreakers ...1752 sl.
• KATE a picklock ...M17 sl.
• KEESTER, KEISTER, KEYSTER a burglar's tool case ...1882 US sl.
• LORD-MAYOR a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PERSUADING PLATE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PIG'S-FOOT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• SCREW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• STICK, THE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1879 criminals' sl.
• TIVVILL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIRL 1. a skeleton key used by a burglar ...1879 sl.
2. a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIRLER a skeleton key used by a burglar ...1921 sl.
• TWIST a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• WREST a picklock (the thieves' tool) ...L16 cant
• WRESTER a picklock (the thieves' tool) ...L16 cant
burglar, burglary - person
• BACKSMAN - a burglar ...1834 US sl.
• BILL SIKES, BILL SYKES - a burglar ...Bk1891 sl.
• BLACK ARTIST - an individual engaged in the professions of burglary or lock-picking ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• BUDGE AND SNUDGE - a housebreaker and their accomplice ...L17 criminal sl.
• BURGALIZER - a burglar ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BURSTER - a burglar ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
• BUSTER - a burglar ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CLIMBER - a cat burglar ...criminals' sl.
• CRACKSMAN - a burglar ...c1810 cant
• CREEPER - a thief, esp. a burglar who specialises in robbing hotels or brothels ...Brit. sl.
• CROOKED MAN a thief; a burglar ...1899 US tramps' sl.
• DANCER - a housebreaker, esp. one who enters through the roof of a building - a cat burglar - a sneak thief ...M19 arch. sl.
• DANCING-MASTER - a 'cat' burglar ...c1860 sl.
• EVESDROPPER - a burglar who lurks outside a house waiting for the chance to break in while the owners are absent - thus, a petty thief ...E18 sl.
• FAGGOT AND STALL - a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• FAGGOT AND STORM - a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• GAME 'UN - a person, esp. a man, living dishonestly, as a burglar, swindler, etc. ...c1840 UK sl.
• GARRETER - a burglar who roams rooftops, entering victims' homes or stores through attic windows or skylights ...Bk1864 UK criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT - the member of a bank-burglar gang whose business it is to enter a bank as a crippled beggar, or the like, in order to ascertain if the bank is protected by burglar alarms, etc.; a burglar’s ‘pathfinder’ ...Bk1891 thieves sl.
• GILT - † a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief ...1620 sl.
• GILT DUBBER - a burglar or thief who is artful at picking locks ...1785 criminals' sl.
• GILTER - †* a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief; a housebreaker who uses a skeleton key ...1663 sl.
• GLAZIER - † one who burgles houses by entering through a window; a thief who breaks into shops by smashing the shop window ...1661 UK criminals' sl.
• HEAVY MAN - † a burglar who specializes in robbing banks or safe-breaking ...1924 criminals' sl.
• HEAVY WORKER - a burglar ...1904 criminals' sl.
• HEAVYWEIGHT - a desperate thief or burglar; a hold-up man ...1914 US criminals' sl.
• HEEL - * an opportunistic burglar; a sneak thief; a pickpocket; a petty criminal ...1902 US criminals' sl.
• HIRAM - an initiate into criminality; a thief; a burglar ...Bk1914 US criminals' sl.
• HOUSEMAN - a burglar ...1904 US sl.
• IN-AND-OUT BOY - a burglar ...1937 UK criminals' sl.
• IN-AND-OUT MAN - an opportunist thief or burglar ...1957 UK 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.
• INSIDER - the inside worker in a gang of burglars ...1857 US criminals' sl.
• INSIDE WORKER - the inside worker in a gang of burglars ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• JACOB - † a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder ...1712 sl.
• LITTLE SNAKESMAN - a small boy in a gang of burglars who is put through a narrow opening into a house, then lets the gang in ...L18 UK criminals’ sl.
• MACE-COVE - a housebreaker ...L19 Aust. criminals' sl.
• MIDNIGHT SHOPPER - a burglar ...1976 US sl.
• MILKEN - a house-breaker ...M17 sl.
• MILL-KEN - a house-breaker ...M17 sl.
• MOONLIGHTER - a thief or burglar who operates at night; in Ireland, usually a cattle thief ...1883 UK criminals' sl.
• OILER - a burglar addicted to the use of nitroglycerin ...1925 US sl.
• PANNYMAN - a burglar - a house-breaker ...19C sl.
• PARLOUR-JUMPER - a housebreaker ...1898 sl.
• PORCH CLIMBER - a burglar ...20C US sl.
• RAFFLES - a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar ...19C sl.
• SCAMP - a burglar ...1821 Brit. criminals' sl.
• SCREWER - a thief or housebreaker ...1932 sl.
• SCREWSMAN - a thief or housebreaker ...1812 sl.
• SECOND-STOR(E)Y MAN - a cat-burglar ...1886 Amer. sl.
• SIFTER - a housebreaker - a burglar ...M19 sl.
• SPARK - a cunning burglar ...Bk1992 sl.
• TAXI-MAN - a burglar who takes a taxi to and from a job ...1923 UK criminals' & police sl.
• WINDOW CLIMBER - a burglar ...20C US sl.
• YEGG - a thief, a burglar or safe-breaker ...1903 US
• YEGGMAN - a thief, a burglar or safe-breaker ...1906 US
burglar, burglary - verbs
• BREAK to burgle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK UP to break into, as a burglar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURGALIZE to burgle ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CRACK to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• CRACK A CRIB to break into a building ...criminal sl.
• CRACK A KEN to break into a house ...1791 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CRACK THE JOINT to break out of a place or into it ...1943 Amer. sl.
• CRACK UP to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• DEAD-LURK to break into a house when the occupants are away, esp. when they are at church on a Sunday ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• DO to burgle or rob a place ...1774 sl.
• DO A PANNY to rob a house ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• EAT A FIG to commit burglary, to rob a house ...M19 rhyming sl. for 'crack a crib'
• KNOCK OVER to rob; to burgle; to commit a planned crime of robbery ...1928 US criminals' sl.
• MILL THE GLAZE to break a window, esp. as a means of entering a house ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• STRIP to rob or gut a house; to rob a person ...c1696 sl.
• STRIP THE KEN to rob a house ...c1696 sl.
• TAKE OFF to rob someone or burgle or hold up a place ...1970 US Black sl.
• TICKLE to rob or burgle ...1945 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
burglar, burglary - phrases
• ON THE GAME said of someone actively engaged in burglary ...1739 sl., chiefly Brit.
• ON THE MOVE about to commit a crime, esp. a burglary ...1996 UK sl.
BURGLAR ALARM - adjectives
• ALIVE attached to a burglar alarm ...1950s UK criminals' sl.
burglar alarm - nouns
• DINGER a burglar alarm, especially an intentionally visible one ...1931 US sl.
BURIAL - nouns
• BACK-BREED a burial allotment ...a1890 Sc.
• DEAD YARD a ceremony after burial in the deceased's yard ...2003 Jamaica
• EARTHING burial ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GROUND SWEAT burial in a grave; a grave ...17C sl.
• HAPPING-UP a burial ...1864 Eng. dial.
• YIRDING burial, interment ...1895 Sc.
burial - person
• MEAT MAN the person who prepares a dead body for burial ...1965 Amer. dial.
burial - verbs
• LAY A CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LAY CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1981 Amer. dial.
BURIAL GROUND, PLACE - see CEMETERY
BURIED - adjectives
• AGED IN WOOD dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BASKETED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BENEATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOXED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING DAISY ROOTS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING WORMS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AND GONE dead and buried ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND GONE BACK dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND HAPPED UP dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND LOW LAID dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOG TAG ON FILE dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOWN SOUTH hidden, buried; in one's pocket ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GONE TO GRASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO POT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN COLD STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE DUSTBIN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLANTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING UP DAISIES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED AWAY dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED DOWN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEWED IN A BLANKET dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TAKING A GROUND SWEAT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING AN EARTH BATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER GLASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER HATCHES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A GARDEN ON THE STOMACH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YERD, YIRD buried ...1821 Sc.
buried - nouns
• EARTHING † the state of being buried ...a1300
buried - verbs
• BE GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• BE PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL to be buried ...1858 N. Ireland
• BE UNDER THE DAISY-MORES to be under the ground, to be buried ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LIE UNDERSOD to be buried ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SLEEP WITH ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• TAKE A DIRT NAP to be buried ...1990s US Black sl.
• TAKE A GROUND SWEAT to be buried ...17C sl.
buried - phrases
• PUT TO ONE'S FATHERS † to be dead and buried ...a1440
BURLESQUE - adjectives
• HARLEQUIN having the characteristics of a harlequin or his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured ...1779
BURLY - adjectives
• BIERLY big, burly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULL-BUILT husky, burly ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MASTIFF † burly, big-bodied ...1668
• MASTY † burly, big-bodied ...1665
• SUBSTANTIAL † of persons, their constitution, etc.: sturdy, strong, burly ...c1400
burly - person
• BANGISTER † a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
BURN - adjectives
• FAGGOTY-MINDED disposed to use faggots, inclined to burn opponents ...1856
burn - nouns
• BIRN a burnt mark ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HORRIBLECTOMY treatment for severe burns ...a1987 Amer. medical usage
• SCAM a burn, singe, scorch, or the mark of such ...1808 Sc.
• SCAUM a burn, scorch; a mark caused by burning or singeing ...1813 Sc.
• SCOUDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc.
• SCOUTHER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc.
• SCOWDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOWTHER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting ...1773 Sc.
burn - person
• CRISPY BATTER a person who has suffered burns or actually burned to death ...1993 UK sl.
• CRISPY CRITTER a badly burnt hospital patient ...1989 US sl.
burn - verbs
• ADURE † to burn completely; to scorch, to parch ...c1420
• ADUST † to burn, to scorch, to scar; to dry up with heat ...1550
• BIRN to burn ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALCINE to burn to ashes, to consume ...1641
• FLIMMER * to burn unsteadily; to flicker ...1880
• HAISTER to cook too hastily, to burn, to scorch; applied to badly-made toast or scones baked on an over-heated girdle ...1808 Sc.
• IGNIFY * to set on fire; to cause to burn ...a1586
• INCENDIATE †* to set fire to; to burn; to make fire of ...a1701
• LAY IN ASHES to burn to the ground, to destroy utterly ...1553
• NEAL † to burn ...1673
• QUICK † of a fire: to kindle, to begin to burn ...c1175
• RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASH to burn in cooking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEVE to burn with a strong, bright flame ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAM of cloth, skin, cakes, etc.: to burn slightly; to scorch, to singe with dry heat ...1746 Sc.
• SCAUM to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1838 Sc.
• SCOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc.
• SCOUDER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUL to burn fiercely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUTHER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc.
• SCOWDER to burn, to scorch, to singe, to over-roast or over-toast bread or the like ...1746 Sc.
• SCOWTHER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc.
• SCRAP to burn, to scorch ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SCRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SIZZ † to burn, to brand ...a1700
• SKOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SKRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SQUARKEN †* to burn or scorch; to burn in roasting ...1530
• SUCCEND † to set on fire, to kindle, to burn ...1432-50
• TAKE to burn brightly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TENDER †* to become enflamed, to glow, to burn ...c1230
• TINDER †* to become enflamed, to glow, to burn ...c1230
• TO-BRENN † to burn up. to consume or destroy by burning; to burn, to be 'burning hot' ...a1300
BURNING - adjectives
• ADURENT †* burning, hot and dry ...1626
• ADUSTIVE † burning, scorching, fiery ...1633
• AESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
burning - nouns
• ADUSTION † the act of burning, scorching, heating to dryness, or parching ...1594
• CALCINATION a burning to ashes; complete combustion ...1616
• SCOUGE † a sharp singe or touch of burning ...1880 Sc.
BURNT - adjectives
• ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTED † scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTIBLE † capable of being burnt, or dried with fire ...1611
• RAZZENED of food: burnt in the oven rather than thoroughly baked ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YBRENT † burnt ...1297
burnt - nouns
• ADUSTION † the state of being burnt, or scorched; parched dryness ...1559
burnt - verbs
• FRY A FAGGOT † to be burnt alive ...1621
burnt - phrases
• BISHOP HAS SET HIS FOOT IN IT, THE the contents of the dish have been burnt while being cooked; originally said of milk ...1738
BURP - see BELCH
BURR - nouns
• JAGGER a thorn or burr ...1923 Amer. dial.
• PICKER a burr, a bramble, a prickle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PICKY a burr, a bramble, a prickle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TUZZY-MUZZY a burr ...1842 Eng. dial.
BURRITO - nouns
• BURRO a burrito ...1971 Amer. dial.
BURRO (also see donkey) - nouns
• DESERT CANARY a burro ...1936 Amer. dial.
• DESERT CANARY BIRD a burro ...1971 Amer. dial.
BURROW - nouns
• VERGEN a burrow of a fox, rabbit, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YED a burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEDDER a creature that burrows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
burrow - verbs
• BERREY to animals: to burrow, to dig a hole in the ground ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• YED to burrow underground as a rabbit or mole; also used of miners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YERD to burrow underground as a rabbit or mole; also used of miners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BURST - adjectives
• BUSTED burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined ...1881 US colloq.
• BUSTED-UP burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined ...a1909 US colloq.
burst - nouns
• SCAT anything burst or broken open; the sound of a rent; the sharp sound as of a bullet ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
burst - verbs
• ABREAK † to break forth; to burst out ...1205
• BRAIST to burst ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GO BANG to burst, shut, etc., with a loud noise
• LEAP † to burst, to crack ...1477
• NAP to burst ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
• TO-BURST † to burst asunder; to be shattered ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-CHINE † to split asunder or open; to be burst or cloven ...c725
• TO-DASH † to split or burst asunder ...c1305
• TO-DRIVE † to be splintered or shattered; to burst ...c1205
• TO-SLENT † to split, to burst ...c1380
BURSTING - adjectives
• OBRUMPENT †* breaking or bursting ...1656
bursting - adverbs
• ABURST bursting; in a bursting condition ...1876
BURY (also see burial) - verbs
• BEBURY † to entomb, to bury ...c1000
• BEDELVE † to bury ...a1000
• BEGRAVE † to bury a corpse, treasure, etc. ...a1000
• BESTOW to put away carefully, to dispose of; to bury ...1787 Eng. dial.
• BIDELVE † to bury ...a1000
• BRING ONE TO THE EARTH † to bury ...1387
• DEEP SIX to kill someone or bury someone or something; to throw something away ...M20 US
• EARTH † to commit a corpse to the earth; to bury ...1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAIR to bury ...1773 Sc.
• LAY AWAY to bury ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LAY TO BED † to put in the last resting-place, to bury ...1340-70
• LAY TO SLEEP to put in the last resting-place, to bury ...a1300
• LAY UP † to bury ...1581
• OBRUTE †* to overwhelm,; to bury; to cover over ...1541
• PLANT to bury ...1855 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE to bury, to put into a grave ...1848 Ireland
• TEAL to bury in the earth; to bury ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TEEL to bury in the earth; to bury ...1854 Eng. dial.
BURYING GROUND - see CEMETERY