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BUS - BYWORD
BUS - nouns
• AUTOBUS an automobile omnibus; a motor bus ...1900
• BARGE orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
• CAMERER CUSS a London bus ...1910s rhyming sl.
• DON'T MAKE A FUSS a bus ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• EGGED a bus ...c1942 army sl.
• HAYWAGON a sightseeing bus ...1931 Amer. sl.
• HELTER-SKELTER a bus shelter ...1950s rhyming sl.
• HOUND the bus ...1950s Amer. sl.
• SHORT DOG a local train or bus ...1955 Amer. dial.
bus - nouns, bus stop
• BLUE GOOSE a bus stop, a filling station ...1966 Amer. dial.
bus - person
• ANNIE LAURIE a bus conductress ...1940s sl.
• CLIPPIE a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
• CLIPPY a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
• GEAR JOCKEY - a driver of large vehicles; a truck driver; a bus driver ...1977 US sl.
• RAT a bus inspector ...1900s Aust. sl.
• WHISTLER a bus conductress ...1940s sl.
bus - verbs
• HACK to drive a bus or taxi ...1903 US sl.
BUSH, BUSHY - adjectives
• BOOZY bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY covered with bushes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUZY bushy, wooded; bushy in appearance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSIE bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWZELLY bushy, unkempt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DUMOSOUS * full of bushes ...1623
• SCROG stunted; covered with bushes ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCROGGY stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
bush, bushy - nouns
• QUEACH † a dense growth of bushes; a thicket ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCRAY a bush ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
BUSHMAN - nouns
• BLUEY a bushman's bundle, the outside wrapper of which is generally a blue blanket ...1891 Aust. sl.
bushman - person
• BUSHY a dweller in the bush; a bushman as distinguished from a townsman ...1900 Aust.
BUSHRANGER - person
• RANGER a bushranger ...L19 Aust. sl.
BUSILY - adverbs
• DEEDILY actively, busily ...1813 Eng. dial.
• EIDENTLY assiduously, busily ...1838 Sc.
• OPEROSELY laboriously, busily; elaborately ...1668
• OPEROUSLY † laboriously, busily; elaborately ...1668
• THRANG busily; overpoweringly ...1786 Sc.
• THRONG busily; overpoweringly ...1786 Sc.
BUSINESS - adjectives
• B2B of a business transaction: between two businesses ...1999 US sl.
• DOING DAB doing badly in business ...M19 sl.
• FATHER-AND-SON of a business enterprise: small ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HAGGERIN AND SWAGGERIN having a poor head for business affairs ...1825 Sc.
• MA AND PA of a business: small-scale, family-owned ...1972 US sl.
• NEGOTIOUS †* involving, or given to, occupation or business ...1603
• OVER THE SIDE engaged in private business or sexual liaisons during duty hours ...1970 UK sl., orig. navy
business - nouns
• BESOGNE business, affairs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESOIGNE † business, affair, duties, ado ...1474
• BIDNESS business ...1850s US Black sl.
• BIG BLUE IBM corporation ...1984 US sl.
• BIRD'S-EGGING one's affairs, business ...1854 Amer. dial. arch.
• BIZ(Z) business ...1861 US sl.
• BIZZO business ...1969 Aust. sl.
• DAISY CHAIN in business: a situation where a group of 3 or more companies conspire together at the public's expense ...1970s sl.
• DEAL a business transaction; a trade or a bargain ...1838 US
• DOWNER a downward trend in business or the economy ...1976 sl.
• FEAT † a business transaction ...1588
• FLIER a speculative business transaction ...chiefly US
• FLYER a speculative business transaction ...chiefly US
• GAME a calling, business, or interest ...1877 sl., orig. US
• GEAR † a matter, affair, business ...1545
• GIPSY'S DEAL a business deal that never actually materializes ...1990s US sl.
• GROUP GROPE in business: a usually confused business meeting or similar occasion at which the participants subtly attempt to ascertain one another's ideas or intentions ...1980 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY'S DEAL a business deal that never actually materializes ...1990s US sl.
• LARK a line of business ...19C sl.
• NEEDS † one's errands or business ...c1000
• NEGOCE †* conversation; commerce, business affairs ...1697
• NEGOCY †* business affairs ...1603
• NEGOTIATION † a matter of private occupation or business; a business transaction ...c1580
• OCCASIONS † affairs, business ...1594
• OVERTOWN the business section of a city ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PALAVER business; any activity or business that is complicated or annoying ...1899 UK sl.
• PALAVERMENT business, concern, goings-on ...20C
• POISON PILL any financial stratagem that causes a company to be unattractive to takeover bidders ...M1980s Amer. business & finance usage
• SHIT business ...1994 US sl.
• SKIM money stolen from a business or enterprise, skimmed from the business funds like cream from milk ...1988 sl.
• SKIM MONEY money taken from an enterprise's net proceeds before any accounting of the proceeds ...1981 US sl
• TAFFLE a confused argument or business transaction ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRANG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRIFT work, occupation, employment, business ...1798 Sc.
• THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRADE-RAGE an outburst of enraged hostility within a business environment ...2003 UK sl.
• VAKE a piece of business; a muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
business - person
• ASTRONAUT a 'high-flying' business person; esp. one who remains working in one country (typically in East Asia) after his or her family has emigrated to another and who frequently commutes between the two ...1990 sl.
• BIG SWINGING DICK - an aggressively powerful businessman ...Bk2000 Aust. sl
• BIG WHEEZE - a senior business figure ...1892 US sl.
• BLACK KNIGHT - a person making an unwelcome attempt to takeover another company ...1978 business sl.
• BUSINESS DOCTOR - a man who gives advice upon the proper conduct of business ...1908 US
• CURBSTONER - one who carries on business at the curbstone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DANGLER - a businessman ...1990s US Black sl.
• GAFFLER - a business person; a thief ...2002 US Black sl.
• GANEF, GANOF - one, who, though not a professional thief, will take advantage of another when in a position to do so; an unethical businessman ...1927 Amer. sl.
• HARD MAN - an uncompromising politician or businessman ...1976 UK sl.
• MEN IN SUITS - senior managers, usually those in finance and administration rather than in creative posts ...1980s sl.
• MONEYBAG LORD - an ennobled millionaire or successful businessman ...L19 sl.
• NEGOTIATOR - † a trader - a business man ...1598
• SHERLOCK - a crooked businessman ...1900s sl.
• SHYLOCK - a crooked businessman ...1900s sl.
• SHYSTER - a crooked businessman ...1844 sl.
• SUIT - (derogatory) a business executive, or anyone who wears a business suit at work ...1979 sl., orig. US
business - verbs
• CUT IN to seize a share of a business or enterprise ...1980 US sl.
• EAT in business: to absorb a business loss, expenses, etc. ...1955 US sl.
• FOLD to go out of business owing to lack of funds; to come to an end ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• NEGOTIATE † to do business or trade; to traffic ...1601
BUSTLE - nouns
• BREE a disturbance, a fuss, hurry; bustle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAIRD † motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset, a stir, a bustle...1513 Sc.
• FARRACH a bustle, state of agitation, a to-do, a mix-up ...1898 Sc.
• FEERY-FARRY † a bustle, a tumult; a state of excitement, disorder, confusion ...1535 Sc.
• FERD † a violent onset, a stir, a bustle ...1660 Sc.
• FLUSTRATION confusion; bustle; excitement; flurry ...c1740 sl.
• HALLEGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HARRIAGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HERRIDGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HURRY-BURRY confusion or bustle caused by excitement; tumult ...?a1800 Sc.
• HURRY-DURRY †* tumult, confusion, bustle caused by excitement ...1732
• JOHNNY RUSSELL bustle, hustle ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• ONCARRY a stir, a bustle, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic ...c1850 Sc.
• ONTACK a bustle, a fuss, a stir, a to-do; airs and affectations, assumption ...1900 Sc.
• PARANGLES bustle and confusion; trouble and worry; any bothersome, complicated situation ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REELING turmoil, bustle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REEMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• REMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• SCOUTHER confusion, bustle, disorder ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCOW confusion, bustle, disturbance, esp. confused preparation for an event ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDER confusion, bustle, disorder ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDERING confusion, bustle, turmoil ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDERMENT confusion, bustle, turmoil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STIRABOUT a bustle, a state of confusion ...1905
• THICK OF THE THRANG, THE the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRANG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANGERIE † a bustle; a busy time ...1823 Sc.
• THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONG-DEED excitement; bustle and confusion; any incident of an exciting or busy character ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRRIVEE a commotion, disturbance; a state of excitement; a stir, bustle ...1885 Sc.
• TO-DO a bustle, stir, commotion, a fuss, a great disturbance ...1570
• TOW-ROW to go about in a noisy, disorderly manner; to bustle about ...1840 orig. Eng. dial.
• WALLOCH a flouncing, floundering movement; a to-do, bustle, uproar ..1839 Sc.
bustle - verbs
• BANGLE to ramble without a fixed purpose; to bustle about awkwardly and fruitlessly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BANTER ABOUT to potter about, to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZLE to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BELLIS(E) to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELT to hurry, to hustle ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BIRR to move rapidly, to bustle; to act with energy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOSE to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINGE to plunge rashly forward; to dash carelessly towards; to bustle about noisily in a fit of temper; to use violence ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DO ABOUT to bestir oneself, to get busy, to hurry, to bustle about ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DO AROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DO ROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FAIRD † to bustle; to bandy ill words with ...1818 Sc.
• FOSSLE to bustle; to fuss ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK with about: to make a fuss, to bustle about quickly; to fidget, to irritate ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MASH to do anything in a bustling hurry, to rush about ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to be bustling and stirring about trifles; to be very busy in doing nothing at all ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE † to be uneasy or restless; to fidget; to move or bustle about; to trifle ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCOW to be in confusion, bustle, or disorder ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE to scramble for sweets, etc.; to hurry, to bustle; to slink off hastily; to hurry anything out of sight ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM, SKRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHUCKLE to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TATTER to hurry; to bustle; to go at a great speed ...1862 Eng. dial.
• TEW to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly ...1848 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEW AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle ...1848 Amer. dial.
• TOO, TU to fuss, to fret; to bustle ...1848 Amer. dial.
• TU AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle ...1848 Amer. dial.
• VUSTLE to bustle; to fuss ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WHEW to hurry, to bustle about ...1847 Amer. dial.
• WHEW AROUND vb. to hurry, to bustle about; ...1873 Amer. dial.
• ZOON to hasten, to hurry, to bustle ...1884 Amer. dial.
BUSTLING - adjectives
• BOOSAM busy, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ON THE JOHNNY RUSSELL bustling about ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. (Johnny Russell - bustle, hustle)
• REESHLING forward, bustling, prompt ...1827 Sc.
• TEARING boisterous, blustering; noisy; bustling ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
bustling - adverbs
• ASTEER moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
bustling - nouns
• BOOSAN a moving about, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINGE bustling, angry haste ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FASKING ABOUT bustling or bothering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
bustling - person
• RATTLE-BAG - a noisy, bustling person - one who excites alarm ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STIRABOUT - a bustling person ...1870
• WAP - a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
BUSY - adjectives
• BOOSAM busy, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSIER THAN A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST very busy ...1987 Amer. sl.
• BUSY AS A BASKET OF CHIPS GOING TO A BONFIRE extremely busy ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BUSY AS A BIRD DOG, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A BIRD DOG WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A BIRD DOG WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A NAILER, AS extremely busy ...1879 Ireland
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS BEES IN A BASIN, AS busy with trifling matters ...1834 Eng. dial.
• BUSY AS FORTY BEES IN A TAR-BUCKET very busy ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BUSY AS THE DEVIL IN A GALE OF WIND doing or pretending to do a great deal and making a great fuss about it ...1797
• BUSY AS THROP'S WIFE, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...1868 Eng. dial.
• CLIFTY smart, busy, industriously active ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working ...1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAND-BOUND fully occupied, very busy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• IMPORTUNATE † pressing, urgent; busy ...1542-3
• IMPORTUNE † pressing, urgent; busy ...c1450
• LIKE A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER WITH THE ITCH busy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEGOTIATED † engaged, busy ...1604
• NEGOTIOUS †* fully or constantly occupied or busy ...1642
• OPEROSE of a person: laborious; industrious, busy ...1670
• OVER-THRONGED very busy; over-hurried ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUICK † of places or times: full of activity or business; busy; of trade; brisk ...c1386
• SCOWING busy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIFTY alert; busy; industrious and successful ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SHOVED TO DEATH very busy ...1952 Amer. dial.
• THRANG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANG AS THROP'S WIFE WHEN SHE HANGED HERSELF IN HER GARTER, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRANG AS THROP'S WIFE WHEN SHE HANGED HERSELF WITH THE DISH-CLOUT, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing ...1781 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRONG AS A BECK WIFE, AS said of a busy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG AS THROP'S WIFE, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...1868 Eng. dial.
• THRONGED busy; hurried ...1776 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRONGISH rather busy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONGSOM busy, fully employed ...1888 Eng. dial.
• VERSANT concerned, anxious, or busy about, occupied or engaged in or with, something ...1645
• WRAPPED UP busy with something or someone ...20C Amer. sl.
• YERN † earnestly occupied or engaged, busy about something ...a1300
busy - adverbs
• AGAIT, AGATE of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon ...1865 Eng. dial.
busy - nouns
• BUSYTY †* the state of being busy; officiousness; fussiness ...c1511
• MERRY-DAY a busy time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEGOTIOSITY †* constant occupation in affairs; busyness, want of leisure ...1678
• NEGOTIOUSNESS †* busyness; want of leisure; diligence, industriousness ...1642
• THICK OF THE THRANG, THE the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRANG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANGERIE † a bustle; a busy time ...1823 Sc.
• THRANGETTY, THRANGITY the state of being busy ...1873 Sc.
• THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONGISH-DEED busy doings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
busy - person
• BANAG - a busy little woman ...Bk1888 Sc.
• FADDLES - a person who, though always apparently busy, does not progress with their work - generally applied to a woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLER - a person busy about trifles - one who accomplishes little ...Bk1883 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-ARSE, TEAR-ASS a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
• THRUNK-WIFE a person busy over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
busy - verbs
• BAISSLE to rush about in a busied or hurried manner; to busy or exert oneself ...1923 Sc.
• BRIGGLE to fuss about ineffectively; to busy oneself without purpose; to potter ...1889 Amer. dial.
• DO ABOUT to bestir oneself, to get busy, to hurry, to bustle about ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DO AROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DO ROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FAND † to busy oneself ...c1350
• FEAK to flutter, to be officiously busy about trifles, to be idle, to fidget; to be uneasy or anxious ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FOND † to busy oneself ...c1350
• GET CRACKING to get busy, to get going, to begin work...1936 Amer. sl.
• GRAB IN to get busy ...1904 Amer. dial.
• HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HAUL LOOSE to get busy and get some specific job done ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAVE EGGS ON THE SPIT to be very busy and unable to attend to anything else; to have business in hand ...1598
• HAVE IN OCCUPATION † to be occupied or busied with ...a1340
• HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HUM to be busy; to be crowded; to be lively ...1887 US sl.
• NATTER to be busy in a trifling manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to be bustling and stirring about trifles; to be very busy in doing nothing at all ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OCCUPY to employ, to make use of; to be busy with, to employ oneself in ...1774 Sc.
• PAD ON to move around busying oneself at a task ...1925 Sc.
• PAWTLE to trifle away time; to be apparently busy and yet accomplish no work; esp. of a woman ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT ABOUT to potter about; to be busy in a poor, desultory fashion ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THRANG to be busy; to trouble oneself ...1885 Eng. dial.
• THRONG to be busy; to trouble oneself ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TIFF † to be idly employed, to be busy about trifles ...c1440
• TIFFLE † to busy oneself idly; to trifle; to potter about ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALK † to busy oneself; to be active about something ...a1300
• YERK to think hard; to beat one's brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited ...1737 Sc.
BUSYBODY - person
• ARDELIO(N) - † a busybody; meddler ...1621
• BESSY - a busybody, a gossip ...1980 W. Indies
• BUMFIDDLER - a busybody; a fidgety person ...1611
• BUNGO-BESSY - an interfering busybody ...1940s W. Indies
• CLOCK-SETTER - a complainer or busybody ...1856 Amer. nautical sl.
• FACTOTUM - † one who meddles with everything - a busybody ...1592
• FADDLE - a trifling person - a busybody ..19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• GABES - a foolish person; one who acts foolishly; a busybody ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GABES-CHANY - a foolish person; one who acts foolishly; a busybody ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAD - † a person who goes about spreading gossip; a busybody; a newsmonger; a talkative person ...1756 exc. dial.
• GADABOUT - † a gossip, a busybody ...1757
• GADDER - one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip - a gadabout - a busybody - a gossip - a talkative person - an idle woman ... 1550
• GAMP - an interfering busybody; an idle, meddling person; an empty-headed, noisy fellow; a gossip ...1868 sl.
• GIG - a detective, or any intrusive person; one who cannot mind his own business, a nosy or inquisitive person; a busybody; an eavesdropper ...1959 Aust. sl.
• GIL(L) - a nosy, inquisitive, interfering person; a busybody ...1823 UK sl.
• INTERLOPER - a meddler - a busybody ...1690 sl.
• JACK-MEDDLER - a busybody ...Bk1922
• JACK-STICKLER - † a meddlesome or interfering person - a busybody ...1579
• LABICAN - a gossip - a tattler - a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LONGNOSE - a busybody or meddler ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MACO, MAKO - a gossip, a busybody ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEDDLE BOX - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME BOX - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME MATILDY - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME MATTIE - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1946 Amer. dial.
• METICHE - a busybody - a meddler ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MORETON (BAY) - a busybody ...1975 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'gig' (Moreton Bay Fig)
• NEB - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEBBY-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEB-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEBSHIT - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEWSY-BREECHES - a gossip - a busybody - an inquisitive person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIBBER - one who interferes or meddles - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NIBBY-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1980 Amer. dial.
• NIB-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1957 Amer. dial.
• OAR - a busybody - a meddler in other's matters ...1596 sl.
• PANTOPRAGMATIC - a meddling person - a busybody ...1861
• POLYPRAGMATIC - † a meddlesome person - a busybody ...1636
• POLYPRAGMON - † one given to meddling - a busybody - an officious person ...1600
• TEAL - † a busybody - a mean fellow ...1804 Sc.
• TEIL - † a busybody - a mean fellow ...1804 Sc.
• WALK-ABOUT - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALK-A-LEG - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALK-A-PICKY - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALKER-LEG - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALKER-PICKY - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• YENTA - a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female ...1923 US
• YENTCH - a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew ...1923 US
• YENTE - a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman ...1923 US
BUTCHER - adjectives
• LANIARIOUS †* butcher-like ...1651
• LANIONIOUS †* pert. to a butcher ...1656
• MACELLARIOUS † pert. to the butchers row or shambles ...1656
butcher - nouns
• BLOCKER a small piece of meat placed for sale on the butcher's block, as opposed to the 'joints' hung on hooks ...1848 colloq.
• CAD a journeyman shoemaker, butcher, or bricklayer ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT butcher's oddments or 'stickings' ...1859 colloq.
• FAGOT butcher's oddments or 'stickings' ...1859 colloq.
• GUT PLUNGE ON BUTCH an act of scrounging for meat from a butcher's shop by a tramp ...1920s US sl.
• LANIARY † a 'shambles' ( a butcher's slaughter-house) ...1623
• LANIATION † a tearing like a butcher ...1623
• SHACKLES the off-cuts from a butcher's preparing of meat for sale ...1910s sl.
• WRAP-UP a parcel of scraps from the butcher ...1960s Irish sl.
butcher - person
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE - a butcher who dresses in blue to conceal blood-stains ...Bk1894
• BROTHER BLADE - a butcher ...Bk1890 sl.
• CAD - a journeyman shoemaker, butcher, or bricklayer ...1876 Eng. dial.
• CAD-BUTCHER - one who deals in unwholesome meat or carrion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARCASE LORDS - wholesale butchers, who monopolize and forestall the markets ...Bk1890 sl.
• HACK-MEAT - a butcher ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• HAGGARD - an opprobrious epithet for a butcher ...1813 Sc.
• HAGWIFE - † a woman who cuts or prepares meat - a female butcher ...1779 Sc.
• KAD-BUTCHER - a 'ket-butcher' - one who deals in unwholesome meat, or carrion ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• KNIGHT OF THE CLEAVER - a butcher ...1830 sl.
• MEAT MAN - a butcher or retailer of meat ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MUTTON-MONGER - † a great eater of mutton - a butcher - a seller of mutton ...1649 sl.
• PIG-STICKER - a pork butcher ...1886 sl. & Eng. dial.
• PORKY - a pork butcher ...L19 sl.
• TANKY - a butcher ...World War II US Navy sl.
butcher - verbs
• MASSACREE to massacre, to butcher, to kill; to destroy life by accident ...1891 Eng. dial.
BUTCHERLY - adjectives
• CARNIFICIAL belonging to an executioner, or to a butchery; butcherly ...1632
• CARNIFICINE †* of the executioner; butcherly ...1681
BUTCHERY - nouns
• ACELDAMA the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery ...1382
• CARNIFICE †* butchery, murder, torture ...1657
BUTLER - see SERVANT
BUTT - nouns
• DANDRUFF a head-butt ...1950s sl.
• NOSE KISS a head butt ...1999 UK sl.
butt - person
• BUCKER a person who butts with his head ...1939 Amer. dial.
• JACK-A-LENT a figure of a man set up to be pelted; an ancient form of the sport of 'Aunt Sally', practised during Lent; hence, a butt for everyone to throw at ...1598 arch.
butt - verbs
• BOOK to butt; to push with the head or horns ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUNT to butt ...1910 Amer. dial.
• HAKE to beat, batter, drive or knock out of one's way; to butt with the horns or head ...1878 Sc.
• NUT to head-butt someone or hit someone on the head ...1937 sl.
• PUT THE NUT ON to butt someone with the head ...Brit. sl.
• STICK THE NUT ON SOMEONE to butt someone with the head ...Brit. sl.
• VAGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEDGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BUTTER - nouns
• AXLE GREASE margarine or butter ...1883 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• CALCUTTA butter ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• CART-GREASE bad butter ...c1875 sl.
• COW-GREASE butter ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• COW-OIL butter ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• DANNY RUCKER butter ...1930s rhyming sl.
• DAN TUCKER butter ...1859 rhyming sl.
• DRAG butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GREASE butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• HARD OIL butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JOHNNY RUTTER butter ...1930s rhyming sl.
• LARD butter or margarine ...1942 Amer. jocular
• LAY ME IN THE GUTTER butter ...1923 rhyming sl.
• MUTTER AND STUTTER butter ...20C rhyming sl.
• OINTMENT butter ...M19 sl.
• PULL butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PULL DOWN THE SHUTTER butter ...L19 rhyming sl.
• QUART of butter: three pounds ...1796 Eng. dial.
• SALVE butter ...L19 US tramps' sl.
• SKID GREASE butter ...1921 Amer. dial., chiefly logging usage
• SMEAR butter ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SPREAD butter ...1812 sl.
• VASELINE butter or margarine ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
butter - verbs
• LAGGER of butter, etc.: to spread thickly ...1950 Sc.
BUTTERCUP - nouns
• BEGGAR'S BUTTON a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER DAISY a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER ROSE a buttercup ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERFLOWER a buttercup ...1910 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN PEPPER a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S CLAW a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S-GUTS a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FAIR-GRASS the buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOLD BUTTONS a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GOLDCUP a buttercup ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY THREADS a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WEED a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• LANTERN LEAVES a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• MEADOW CUP a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
• PISSABED †* the buttercup ...1640
• QUEEN'S BUTTON a buttercup ...1896 Amer. dial.
• RAM'S CLAWS a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• YELLOW-CUP a buttercup ...1824
• YELLOW DAISY a buttercup ...1829 Amer. dial.
• YELLOWWEED a buttercup ...1790 Amer. dial.
BUTTERFLY - nouns
• ENGLISH coloured snail-shells or butterflies, as distinguished from those that are white ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLEE-FLOWERS butterflies ...19C Eng. dial.
• MEGGY-OWLER a butterfly; a large moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILLER a moth of any kind, esp. a large white moth; also, a white butterfly ...1851 Eng. dial.
• PADGE any large butterfly or moth, the colours of which are variegated with white and not brilliant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN ANNE a coloured butterfly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAMMY-NID-NOD the chrysalis of the butterfly, from the jerking motion of its head ...1923 Sc.
butterfly - person
• LEPIDOPTERIST one who studies butterflies and moths ...1826
BUTTERMILK - nouns
• ARIZONA buttermilk ...1946 US sl.
• BARNEY CLAPPER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BLEDDOCH buttermilk ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONNY CLABBE sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNY CLABBER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNYCLABER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNY CLABO sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNY-CLAPPER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONY-CLABBER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• CLABBER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• CLAVA sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
BUTTOCKS - adjectives
• ARSE-BARE with bare buttocks ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BARE-ASSED immature; pert. to a young male whose buttocks are not hairy ...20C US sl.
• BAZZIL-ARSED. having fat buttocks ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAMY broad, wide, usually of a person having a big backside ...1974 Amer. dial.
• BROAD ACROSS THE BEAM, BROAD IN THE BEAM having large hips or buttocks...1929 sl., euphemistic
• CALLIPYGIAN having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks...a1800
• CALLIPYGOUS having well-shaped buttocks ...E20
• DASYPYGAL having hairy buttocks, as an ape ...1875
• DOUBLE-ASSED wide in the posteriors ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAT-ARSE fat, large-buttocked; also, of objects: large ...18C sl.
• FAT-ARSED fat, large-buttocked; also, of objects: large ...18C sl.
• FAT-ASSED with very large or fat buttocks ...19C sl.
• HIPPY wide in the posteriors ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOPPER-HIPPED having large buttocks ...1672
• LARD-ASSED having fat buttocks; fat ...1946 Amer. sl.
• NATAL pert. to the nates or buttocks ...1870
• NATIFORM resembling or having the form of buttocks ...1681
• RIBEY-ASSED having skinny buttocks ...2000 Amer. dial.
• SHINGLE-BUTTED having flat buttocks ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHORT AND THICK, LIKE A WELSHMAN'S PRICK said of a short person very broad in the beam ...M19 sl.
• STEATOPYGOUS having fat buttocks ...1871
• TALLOW-BREECHED having a large bottom ...B1900 sl.
• T. AND A. 'tits and ass'; pert. to magazines or any publicly available material showing exposed or prominent breasts and buttocks ...M20 US sl.
buttocks - nouns
• ACHER the backside ...1938 Aust. sl.
• ACRE the backside ...1938 Aust. sl.
• ADA the buttocks ...2000s S. Afr. gay sl.
• AFTERNOON the buttocks, esp. when large and female ...1990s W. Indies & Barbados sl.
• ALA the buttocks, the behind ...1990s sl.
• AMPERSAND the rump; the buttocks ...1838 Amer. jocular
• AMPUS-END the buttocks ...19C sl.
• AM-PUSSY-AND the buttocks ...19C sl.
• ANATOMY one's body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks ...20C US
• AND-PUSSY-AND the buttocks ...19C sl.
• ANKER OF RUM the buttocks, the posterior ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• ARIS the backside; the buttocks; the anus ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle - Bottle - Bottle and Glass - arse
• ARISTOTLE the buttocks, the behind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'bottle and glass' = 'arse'
• 'ARRIS the backside; the buttocks; the anus ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle - Bottle - Bottle and Glass - arse
• ARSE the buttocks ...c1000
• ARSE CHEEKS the buttocks ...1865
• ARSE CLEAVAGE the cleft between the buttocks when partially displayed above a slipped-down trouser waistband ...2002 Brit. sl.
• ARSE-END the buttocks, the backside ...1937 sl.
• ARSE-ENDS † the buttocks ...a1000
• ARSEHOLE CLEAVAGE the cleft between the buttocks when partially displayed above a slipped-down trouser waistband ...2002 Brit. sl.
• A-S the arse, the posteriors; the anus ...M18 Brit. sl.
• ASH CAN the buttocks (euphemism) ...1930s sl.
• ASS a person's buttocks, the backside; also, the anus; the rectum ...a1672 sl.
• ASSBONE the rump ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ASS CHEEKS the buttocks ...1951
• ASS END the back end; the buttocks ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ASSEROONIE the posteriors; the anus ...M20 US sl.
• ASSET parts of the body regarded sexually or as being sexually attractive, esp. the breasts or buttocks of a woman ...1947 colloq.
• ASS-FAULT the crease between one's buttocks ...1990s US campus sl.
• ASS LIKE THE BACK OF A HACK a broad bottom ...1916 Amer. sl.
• ASSTERIORS the buttocks ...20C US sl.
• ASTRONAUT the buttocks; the anus ...2003 US sl.
• AXE HANDLE an imprecise unit of measurement, esp. when applied to the breadth of a man's shoulders or woman's buttocks ...1947 US sl.
• AXLE the ass; the buttocks, rectum, and anus ...1934 Amer. euphemism
• AZZ the buttocks ...2002 US sl.
• B.A. an act of exposing one's buttocks, esp. from the window of an automobile, as an obscene prank; mooning (Bare Ass) ...1970 US college sl.
• BAANA the buttocks ...20C W. Indies sl.
• BABOON BUTT the red, sore buttocks of someone riding as a passenger on a motorcycle ...1988 US sl.
• BACK the posterior, the buttocks ...1993 US Black teen sl.
• BACKBODY the posteriors ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK BOTTOM the rump or posterior ...2001 Aust. sl.
• BACK-LAND the buttocks ...17C
• BACK OF THE LAP the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BACK-PARTS the buttocks ...19C US euphemism
• BACK PORCH the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• BACKSIDE the buttocks ...c1500 sl.
• BAHAKAS the buttocks, behind ...1950s US sl.
• BAIN the buttocks ...1910s W. Indies
• BALCONY protruding buttocks ...20C US sl.
• BARGE-ARSE markedly protruding buttocks ...19C Brit. sl.
• BATI the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
• BATTY the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
• BAZOO the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAZOOKAS the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BAZOON the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BEAM the buttocks ...1929 sl.
• BEER AND SARSE the buttocks ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• BEHIND the buttocks ...1786 colloq.
• BEHINDS the posteriors ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEHINTEN the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BERUMPUS the buttocks ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BESETTER the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEWSCHERS † the buttocks ...a1400
• BIM the buttocks ...1935 sl.
• BINKY the buttocks ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BIRD DOG the buttocks ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• BISCUIT the buttocks ...1965 Amer. jocular
• BISCUITS the buttocks ...1965 Amer. jocular
• BLIND-CHEEKS the posteriors ...1687 sl.
• BODDOM the buttocks; the bottom ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOHIND the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNK the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS the buttocks ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BOMBOSITY the buttocks ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BOO-DOCK the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOODY the buttocks ...1967 Amer. jocular
• BOOMPIE the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOT the buttocks, the bottom ...1961 UK sl.
• BOTT the buttocks, the bottom ...1961 UK sl.
• BOTTIE the human bottom ...1874 UK sl.
• BOTTLE AND GLASS the backside; the anus ...1930 UK rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• BOTTOM the buttocks ...1794 colloq.
• BOTTY the human bottom ...1874 UK sl.
• BOUNKY the buttocks ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BOX the buttocks ...1965 US Black sl.
• BRONZA the buttocks ...1959 Aust. sl.
• BRONZE the buttocks ...1959 Aust. sl.
• BRONZO the buttocks ...1959 Aust. sl.
• B.T. EMPTEM. the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• B.T.M. the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET the buttocks ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BUM the buttocks ...1387 sl., chiefly British
• BUMBA the buttocks ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMBASTO the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUMBOSITY the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUMP the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUMPA the buttocks ...1984 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUMPITY the buttocks ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPY the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUN the buttocks ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BUNGHOLE the buttocks ...1960s US sl.
• BUNGKAJEENIS the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUNK the buttocks ...1966 Amer. euphemism
• BUNKUM the buttocks ...1966 Amer. euphemism
• BUNKY the buttocks ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BUNS the buttocks ...1877 US sl.
• BUSKY the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUSTLE the rump, the buttocks ...1928 US sl.
• BUTT the buttocks ...c1450 sl., chiefly US
• BUTTINSKI the buttocks ...1972 Amer. jocular
• BUTTINSKY the buttocks ...1972 Amer. jocular
• BUTTONHOLE the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTTRICKS the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTTY the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE the buttocks ...1919 US sl.
• CAKES the buttocks, esp. female buttocks ...1960s US sl.
• CAMERA OBSCURA the buttocks; the anus ...L19 sl.
• CAN the buttocks ...1914 US & Can. sl.
• CARCASS one's body; one's buttocks ...1957 Amer. dial.
• CATASTROPHE † the posteriors ...1597 humorous
• CHEEKS the buttocks ...a1600 sl.
• CHUFF the buttocks ...1945 sl.
• CLACKER the backside; the anus ...1960 Aust. sl.
• CLEAVAGE a crease at the top of the buttocks, the upper part of the gluteal furrow ...20C US colloq.
• COIT the buttocks ...1941 Aust. sl.
• COOLER the female buttocks ...E19 sl.
• CORYBUNGUS the posteriors ...1860 pugilistic sl.
• CRACKER the backside ...M17 cant
• DAILY a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL the buttocks; the rectum ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail'
• DANIEL the buttocks ...1930s US sl.
• DANIELS the buttocks ...1973 US sl.
• DATE the buttocks; the anus ...1919 Aust. sl.
• DATE AND PLUM the bum; the anus ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• DEAD ASS the seated rump; usually considered vulgar ...1950 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BUTT the seated rump; usually considered vulgar ...1959 Amer. sl.
• DEAF AND DUMB the buttocks, the backside; the anus ...1992 rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• DERRIÈRE the posteriors ...20C US colloq.
• DIASTICURIOUS the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIASTICUTIS the buttocks ...1937 Amer. dial.
• DIFFERENTIAL the posteriors; the rear end ...M20 US sl.
• DING the buttocks ...1957 Aust. sl.
• DINGER the buttocks or anus ...1943 Aust. sl.
• DOCKSY the buttocks ...19C Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE JUGGS the buttocks ...1621 sl.
• DOUP the buttocks ...M17 Sc.
• DRIDDLES the buttocks ...19C Sc.
• DRODDUM the buttocks, the posterior ...M19 Sc.
• DUFF the buttocks ...c1835 US sl.
• DUMMOCK the buttocks ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUSTER the buttocks, the posterior ...1940s US Black sl.
• DUSTY BEHIND the buttocks, the posterior ...1980s US Black sl.
• EARS the buttocks; the anus ...1920s euphemism
• END the buttocks, the posterior ...L18 sl.
• EUROPEAN ACCENTUATION a tapered body with jutting buttocks ...1950s gay sl.
• FALSIES false buttocks or other body padding designed to make one's body more sexually attractive ...E20 US colloq.
• FANNIE the buttocks ...1910s US sl.
• FANNY the buttocks ...1919 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• FART-BOX the anus or rectum; the buttocks ...1966 Amer. sl.
• FAT CAN the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FESSES the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLANKEY the posteriors ...1848 sl.
• FLESHY PART OF THE THIGH the posteriors ...L19 Brit. & US euphemism
• FUN the anus; the posteriors ...17C Brit. sl.
• FUNDAMENT the anus; the posteriors ...13C
• FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES the posteriors ...1818 colloq.
• FUNKEY the buttocks ...1960s US Black sl.
• GAAR the buttocks ...1987 Trinidad and Tobago
• GAIVLE the hind parts, the posterior, the buttocks ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIVLE-END the hind parts, the posterior, the buttocks ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOGO the buttocks ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPER the buttocks ...1972 US sl.
• GUSSET OF THE ARSE the inner side of the buttocks ...L18 sl.
• HAMS the buttocks ...E18 colloq.
• HANGOVER large buttocks which hang over the chair ...20C US sl.
• HARRIS the backside; the buttocks; the anus ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle - Bottle - Bottle and Glass - arse
• HEINIE the buttocks ...1982 US sl.
• HINEY the buttocks ...1982 US sl.
• HOCKEY BOX the buttocks ...1970s US sl.
• HURDIES the buttocks; the hips and adjoining parts ...1535 Sc.
• JACKSIE, JACKSY the buttocks ...1896 sl.
• JACKSY-PARDO the posteriors ...Bk1896 sl.
• JACKSY-PARDY the posteriors ...Bk1896 sl.
• JAXEY, JAXIE the buttocks ...1896 sl.
• JIBS the buttocks ...1972 Amer. dial.
• JUBILEE the buttocks ...1967 US sl.
• KAZOO the anus; the buttocks ...1960s sl.
• KEECHTER the posterior, the buttocks ...1990s sl.
• KEEL the posteriors ...19C Sc.
• KEESTER the buttocks ...1931 US sl.
• KEISTER the buttocks ...1931 US sl.
• KEYSTER the buttocks ...1931 US sl.
• KHYBER (PASS) the buttocks ...1943 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• KIESTER the posteriors; the anus ...M20 US sl.
• KISTER the posteriors; the anus ...M20 US sl.
• LABONZA the buttocks ...1954 US sl.
• LALA the buttocks ...1974 US sl.
• LATTER-END the posteriors ..19C Brit. colloq.
• LENDS † the loins; also, the buttocks ...c975
• LOOKING GLASS the buttocks ...1966 Amer. rhyming sl. for 'ass'
• MOON the buttocks ...1756 sl.
• MONEY-MAKER (usually offensive) the buttocks, usually of a woman ...a1972 Amer. sl.
• MONO-RUMP the buttocks formed into a single mass by a garment ...1974 US sl.
• NAF(F) the buttocks ...M19 sl.
• NAGE †* the buttock ...c1320
• NALLY a nursery term or a child's buttocks ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANCY the breech ...1823 sl.
• NATES the buttocks, haunches ...1706
• NATTY the buttocks, esp. of children ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NETHER-END the posteriors ...1789 Sc.
• NOCK the posteriors; the anus ...16C colloq.
• NOCKANDRO †* the buttocks, the seat ...1611
• NOOK AND CRANNY the buttocks, the backside ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'fanny'
• OIL BAGS the buttocks ...1960s US Black sl.
• OILED BEHIND the buttocks after a beating ...1930s US Black sl.
• OKOLE the anus, the buttocks, the rear end ...1938 Hawaii
• ORT the buttocks ...1952 Aust. sl.
• PACKAGE the female posterior ...2001 US sl.
• PADDIES the buttocks ...1970s US gay sl.
• PANTS the buttocks ...1920s sl.
• PARTS BEHIND the buttocks ...19C Brit. euphemism
• PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the human posteriors ...20C US colloq.
• PATOOTIE the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PATTIES the buttocks ...1970s US gay sl.
• PEACHES the buttocks ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• POPO the buttocks ...1950s US sl.
• PORCH the buttocks ...1967 US sl.
• POSTERIOR the buttocks ...1936 sl.
• POSTERN the posteriors; the anus ...18C Brit. sl.
• PRAT the buttocks ...1567 sl. orig. criminals'
• QUEEN MUM the buttocks ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• QUINCE the buttocks ...1990s Aust. sl.
• QUOIT the anus; the backside ...1919 Aust. sl.
• RAAS, RASS the buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RAASHOLE, RASSHOLE the buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RARSE the buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• REAR the buttocks ...1796 sl.
• RUSTY DUSTY the buttocks ...1942 US sl.
• SATCHEL the anus or buttocks ...1940s US sl.
• SEATER the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SETTER the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SIT the seat of the body ...1903
• SIT-DOWN the posterior, the buttocks ...1915 Amer. dial.
• SIT-DOWN PIECE the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIT-DOWN PLACE the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SITDOWNSKI the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SITTER(S) the buttocks ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SITTING-DOWN PLACE the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SITTING-PLACE † the posteriors, the rump ...1545
• SIT-UPON the buttocks; the posterior ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SIT-UPONS the buttocks; the posterior ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SLATS the buttocks ...1935 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• SNATCH the posteriors ...20C sl.
• SUNDAY FACE the posteriors; the naked posteriors ...M19 colloq.
• SWITCH the buttocks ...1949 US sl.
• TAIL the buttocks, the backside ...1303
• TAILBONE the buttocks ...20C US sl.
• TEA-CAKE a child's seat or fundament ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEE-HIND the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-HINDER the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-HINEY the buttocks ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TEE-HINEY-HOO the buttocks ...2009 Amer. dial.
• TE-HINDER the buttocks ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TETHER-END the posteriors ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER BOX the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TIB the fundament; the anus ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOBY the posteriors, the buttocks ...1681 sl.
• TOCHAS, TOCHESS, TOCHUS, TOCUS, TOKUS, TUCHAS, TUCHUS the buttocks ...1914 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• TUSH the buttocks ...1962 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• TUSHIE, TUSHY the buttocks ...1962 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• ULTIMATUM † the hinder parts, the buttocks ...1823 sl.
• UNDERPASS the posterior; the buttocks; the anus ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• UNDER-SIDE the posteriors, the bottom ...19C colloq.
• WRIGLEY'S GUM the bum ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ZATCH the buttocks ...1950 sl.
buttocks - person
• ARSE MAN, ASS-MAN a male who esteems and enjoys a female's bottom as her most attractive physical characteristic; a man who is sexually aroused by shapely feminine buttocks ...c1955 sl.
• ASS QUEEN - one whose primary area of sexual interest is the buttocks ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• BARGE-ARSE - one who has fat buttocks ...1842 sl.
• BARGEY - a term of ridicule applied to a very corpulent man or woman of large posterior development ...Bk1890 sl.
• BELLUS-ERSE - a person with protuberant posteriors ...1933 Sc.
• DUCK-BUTT - a short person, esp. someone with large posteriors ...1939 US sl.
• FATTY BUM-BUM - a fat person, esp. a woman with large buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & Trinidad
• LARD-ASS - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LARD BLOSSOM - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person - used derisively ...1976 US sl.
• LARD-BUTT - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1968 Amer. sl.
• LARD-CAN - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1928 Amer. sl.
• MOONER - a person who exposes his or her buttocks ...1974 sl.
• SATCHED ARSED - a broad beamed person ...Bk1916 sl.
• SHUTTLE-BUTT - a female with extremely large posteriors ...M20 US sl.
• TP - a woman with large breasts and large buttocks (a Total Package) ...2000 US sl.
buttocks - verbs
• B.A. to expose one's buttocks for the purpose of evoking shock and/or amusement (Bare Ass) ...1970s US college sl.
• BACKHAND DRIVE to poke someone between the buttocks ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• DATE to caress the buttocks; to goose, i.e. to stick a thumb or finger into someone's anus ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• FAN ONE'S ASS to move one's buttocks in an exaggerated manner with the deliberate intention of attracting one's audience sexually; usually used of homosexuals ...1960s US Black sl.
• GAUCHO to moon; to expose the buttocks, usually in the window of a car, as an insult to someone ...M20 US sl.
• HANG A B.A. to hang a 'bare ass'; to moon; to expose the buttocks for shock or insult ...1970 US sl.
• PODICATE to slide or move along on one's buttocks ...1853 nonce word
• PULL A TRAILER to possess large buttocks ...1988 US sl.
• TICKLE ONE'S TOBY to spank or beat on the buttocks ...1858 sl.
buttocks - phrases
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE just below the small of the back; thus a euphemism for the buttocks ...L19 US sl.
• BABY'S GOT BACK used to remark favourably on a woman's posterior ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• NO MORE ASS THAN A SODA CRACKER said of a woman with flat buttocks ...1916 Amer. sl.
• V.B.C. having the outline of one's buttocks showing through one's trousers, or revealing the top of one's buttocks due to wearing one's trousers lower than the waist ...1980s US campus sl. (Visible Butt Crack)
• YOU'RE GETTING A TV BEHIND addressed to a broad-beamed woman ...c1956
BUTTON - nouns
• BACHELOR'S BUTTON a substitute for a button; a wooden peg used as a button; a gripper, a fastener ...1908 Amer. dial.
BUXOM - adjectives
• THROUGHLY portly; strongly-built; buxom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
buxom - person
• ALL JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl ...Bk1896 sl.
• BLOSS a term of endearment applied to a buxom young woman ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GLAMOURLOVELY - a beautiful, buxom girl ...1949
• JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl ...Bk1896 sl.
BUY, BUYING - adjectives
• ON THE BUY actively buying ...1929 US
buy, buying - nouns
• ACATE † buying, purchasing, purchase ...c1374
• ACHATE † the act of purchasing or buying; purchase; contract, bargain ...c1374
• EMACITY * a fondness or desire for buying ...1656
• FACTORAGE the action or professional service of a factor; the act of buying or selling goods on commission ...1670
• MART † buying and selling; traffic; bargaining; also, a bargain ...1568
• VENUNDATION † a selling and buying ...1623
buy, buying - verbs
• ABY(E) † to buy, to purchase, to pay for ...c1175
• BADGE † to deal as a 'badger'; to hawk for sale; to buy up provisions for the purpose of selling again elsewhere ...1552
• BIDGE to buy ...1388 Eng. dial.
• BUY A CAT IN THE SACK † to buy an article without first inspecting it ...c1380
• BUY AT DEAR HAND to buy in small quantities at retail prices ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• COP AND BLOW to make a purchase (of fast food, drugs, prostitutes, etc.) and then leave ...1970s US teen sl.
• FADE to buy part of something ...2004 US sl.
• GAIN-BUY † to buy back, to redeem ...1435
• MAKE A RUN to go out to buy a commodity, esp. drugs, but also groceries, liquor, etc. ...1950s sl.
• MAKE MARKET † to trade, to buy and sell ...1340
• NUNDINATE † to buy and sell at fairs or markets ...1623
• VENUNDATE † to buy and sell ...1613
BUYER - person
• BIGGERE - † a buyer ...Bk1888
• GAZUNDERER - a buyer who lowers the amount of an offer made to the seller for a property, esp. just before exchange of contracts ...1988 Brit. sl.
• MERCHANT - a buyer - a purchaser - a customer ...1831 Sc.
• TAKER - a potential buyer for something; one who accepts an offer ...Bk1988 sl.
BUZZ, BUZZING - adjectives
• BOMBYLIOUS † buzzing, humming, like a large bee ...1713
• MUTTEROUS †* full of muttering sound, murmuring, buzzing ...1582
buzz, buzzing - nouns
• BEMING † noisy buzzing ...1513
• BIM the act of humming or buzzing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIMMER anything that hums or buzzes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DING noise, confusion; a buzzing noise in the ear ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGING noise; a buzzing sound in the ears ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VUNG † a buzzing or humming sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
buzz, buzzing - verbs
• BIM to hum, to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BINNER to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound; also, to whirr, to buzz ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOMBILATE * to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning ...1854
• REAM to buzz, to keep buzzing ...1890 Sc.
• SIZZ to hiss, to sizzle, to buzz ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TEE of bees: to buzz ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VUNG † to move swiftly with a buzzing sound ...1790 Sc.
• ZOON to make a humming or buzzing sounds; to cause to make such a sound ...1880 Amer. dial.
BUZZARD - nouns
• BONE-PICKER the buzzard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHARLESTON EAGLE the buzzard ...1870 Amer. dial.
BY-AND-BY - adverbs
• BAMBY presently, soon; by-and-by ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BELIVE immediately, soon; presently, by-and-by ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIMEBY by and by ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BINE-BINE, BINNE-BINNE by and by ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUMBY by and by, presently ...1786 Amer. dial.
• BY-AM-BY by and by, presently ...1825 Amer. dial.
• BYMEBY by and by, presently ...1825 Amer. dial.
• ENOW shortly, very soon, in a moment, presently, by and by ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BYPASS - verbs
• BACK-DOOR to bypass something; to exclude something ...1993 Can. sl.
BYPATH - nouns
• NIGH CUT a short-cut; a bypath ...1848 Amer. dial.
• NIGH WAY a short-cut; a bypath ...1939 Amer. dial.
BYWORD - nouns
• BEQUEATH † a byword, proverb ...c1000
• NAYWORD a byword, a proverb ...1601
• AUTOBUS an automobile omnibus; a motor bus ...1900
• BARGE orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
• CAMERER CUSS a London bus ...1910s rhyming sl.
• DON'T MAKE A FUSS a bus ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• EGGED a bus ...c1942 army sl.
• HAYWAGON a sightseeing bus ...1931 Amer. sl.
• HELTER-SKELTER a bus shelter ...1950s rhyming sl.
• HOUND the bus ...1950s Amer. sl.
• SHORT DOG a local train or bus ...1955 Amer. dial.
bus - nouns, bus stop
• BLUE GOOSE a bus stop, a filling station ...1966 Amer. dial.
bus - person
• ANNIE LAURIE a bus conductress ...1940s sl.
• CLIPPIE a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
• CLIPPY a bus conductress ...1941 Brit. sl.
• GEAR JOCKEY - a driver of large vehicles; a truck driver; a bus driver ...1977 US sl.
• RAT a bus inspector ...1900s Aust. sl.
• WHISTLER a bus conductress ...1940s sl.
bus - verbs
• HACK to drive a bus or taxi ...1903 US sl.
BUSH, BUSHY - adjectives
• BOOZY bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY covered with bushes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUZY bushy, wooded; bushy in appearance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSIE bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWZELLY bushy, unkempt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DUMOSOUS * full of bushes ...1623
• SCROG stunted; covered with bushes ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCROGGY stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
bush, bushy - nouns
• QUEACH † a dense growth of bushes; a thicket ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCRAY a bush ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
BUSHMAN - nouns
• BLUEY a bushman's bundle, the outside wrapper of which is generally a blue blanket ...1891 Aust. sl.
bushman - person
• BUSHY a dweller in the bush; a bushman as distinguished from a townsman ...1900 Aust.
BUSHRANGER - person
• RANGER a bushranger ...L19 Aust. sl.
BUSILY - adverbs
• DEEDILY actively, busily ...1813 Eng. dial.
• EIDENTLY assiduously, busily ...1838 Sc.
• OPEROSELY laboriously, busily; elaborately ...1668
• OPEROUSLY † laboriously, busily; elaborately ...1668
• THRANG busily; overpoweringly ...1786 Sc.
• THRONG busily; overpoweringly ...1786 Sc.
BUSINESS - adjectives
• B2B of a business transaction: between two businesses ...1999 US sl.
• DOING DAB doing badly in business ...M19 sl.
• FATHER-AND-SON of a business enterprise: small ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HAGGERIN AND SWAGGERIN having a poor head for business affairs ...1825 Sc.
• MA AND PA of a business: small-scale, family-owned ...1972 US sl.
• NEGOTIOUS †* involving, or given to, occupation or business ...1603
• OVER THE SIDE engaged in private business or sexual liaisons during duty hours ...1970 UK sl., orig. navy
business - nouns
• BESOGNE business, affairs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESOIGNE † business, affair, duties, ado ...1474
• BIDNESS business ...1850s US Black sl.
• BIG BLUE IBM corporation ...1984 US sl.
• BIRD'S-EGGING one's affairs, business ...1854 Amer. dial. arch.
• BIZ(Z) business ...1861 US sl.
• BIZZO business ...1969 Aust. sl.
• DAISY CHAIN in business: a situation where a group of 3 or more companies conspire together at the public's expense ...1970s sl.
• DEAL a business transaction; a trade or a bargain ...1838 US
• DOWNER a downward trend in business or the economy ...1976 sl.
• FEAT † a business transaction ...1588
• FLIER a speculative business transaction ...chiefly US
• FLYER a speculative business transaction ...chiefly US
• GAME a calling, business, or interest ...1877 sl., orig. US
• GEAR † a matter, affair, business ...1545
• GIPSY'S DEAL a business deal that never actually materializes ...1990s US sl.
• GROUP GROPE in business: a usually confused business meeting or similar occasion at which the participants subtly attempt to ascertain one another's ideas or intentions ...1980 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY'S DEAL a business deal that never actually materializes ...1990s US sl.
• LARK a line of business ...19C sl.
• NEEDS † one's errands or business ...c1000
• NEGOCE †* conversation; commerce, business affairs ...1697
• NEGOCY †* business affairs ...1603
• NEGOTIATION † a matter of private occupation or business; a business transaction ...c1580
• OCCASIONS † affairs, business ...1594
• OVERTOWN the business section of a city ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PALAVER business; any activity or business that is complicated or annoying ...1899 UK sl.
• PALAVERMENT business, concern, goings-on ...20C
• POISON PILL any financial stratagem that causes a company to be unattractive to takeover bidders ...M1980s Amer. business & finance usage
• SHIT business ...1994 US sl.
• SKIM money stolen from a business or enterprise, skimmed from the business funds like cream from milk ...1988 sl.
• SKIM MONEY money taken from an enterprise's net proceeds before any accounting of the proceeds ...1981 US sl
• TAFFLE a confused argument or business transaction ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRANG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRIFT work, occupation, employment, business ...1798 Sc.
• THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRADE-RAGE an outburst of enraged hostility within a business environment ...2003 UK sl.
• VAKE a piece of business; a muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
business - person
• ASTRONAUT a 'high-flying' business person; esp. one who remains working in one country (typically in East Asia) after his or her family has emigrated to another and who frequently commutes between the two ...1990 sl.
• BIG SWINGING DICK - an aggressively powerful businessman ...Bk2000 Aust. sl
• BIG WHEEZE - a senior business figure ...1892 US sl.
• BLACK KNIGHT - a person making an unwelcome attempt to takeover another company ...1978 business sl.
• BUSINESS DOCTOR - a man who gives advice upon the proper conduct of business ...1908 US
• CURBSTONER - one who carries on business at the curbstone ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DANGLER - a businessman ...1990s US Black sl.
• GAFFLER - a business person; a thief ...2002 US Black sl.
• GANEF, GANOF - one, who, though not a professional thief, will take advantage of another when in a position to do so; an unethical businessman ...1927 Amer. sl.
• HARD MAN - an uncompromising politician or businessman ...1976 UK sl.
• MEN IN SUITS - senior managers, usually those in finance and administration rather than in creative posts ...1980s sl.
• MONEYBAG LORD - an ennobled millionaire or successful businessman ...L19 sl.
• NEGOTIATOR - † a trader - a business man ...1598
• SHERLOCK - a crooked businessman ...1900s sl.
• SHYLOCK - a crooked businessman ...1900s sl.
• SHYSTER - a crooked businessman ...1844 sl.
• SUIT - (derogatory) a business executive, or anyone who wears a business suit at work ...1979 sl., orig. US
business - verbs
• CUT IN to seize a share of a business or enterprise ...1980 US sl.
• EAT in business: to absorb a business loss, expenses, etc. ...1955 US sl.
• FOLD to go out of business owing to lack of funds; to come to an end ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• NEGOTIATE † to do business or trade; to traffic ...1601
BUSTLE - nouns
• BREE a disturbance, a fuss, hurry; bustle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAIRD † motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset, a stir, a bustle...1513 Sc.
• FARRACH a bustle, state of agitation, a to-do, a mix-up ...1898 Sc.
• FEERY-FARRY † a bustle, a tumult; a state of excitement, disorder, confusion ...1535 Sc.
• FERD † a violent onset, a stir, a bustle ...1660 Sc.
• FLUSTRATION confusion; bustle; excitement; flurry ...c1740 sl.
• HALLEGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HARRIAGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HERRIDGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HURRY-BURRY confusion or bustle caused by excitement; tumult ...?a1800 Sc.
• HURRY-DURRY †* tumult, confusion, bustle caused by excitement ...1732
• JOHNNY RUSSELL bustle, hustle ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• ONCARRY a stir, a bustle, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic ...c1850 Sc.
• ONTACK a bustle, a fuss, a stir, a to-do; airs and affectations, assumption ...1900 Sc.
• PARANGLES bustle and confusion; trouble and worry; any bothersome, complicated situation ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REELING turmoil, bustle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REEMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• REMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• SCOUTHER confusion, bustle, disorder ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCOW confusion, bustle, disturbance, esp. confused preparation for an event ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDER confusion, bustle, disorder ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDERING confusion, bustle, turmoil ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDERMENT confusion, bustle, turmoil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STIRABOUT a bustle, a state of confusion ...1905
• THICK OF THE THRANG, THE the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRANG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANGERIE † a bustle; a busy time ...1823 Sc.
• THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONG-DEED excitement; bustle and confusion; any incident of an exciting or busy character ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRRIVEE a commotion, disturbance; a state of excitement; a stir, bustle ...1885 Sc.
• TO-DO a bustle, stir, commotion, a fuss, a great disturbance ...1570
• TOW-ROW to go about in a noisy, disorderly manner; to bustle about ...1840 orig. Eng. dial.
• WALLOCH a flouncing, floundering movement; a to-do, bustle, uproar ..1839 Sc.
bustle - verbs
• BANGLE to ramble without a fixed purpose; to bustle about awkwardly and fruitlessly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BANTER ABOUT to potter about, to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZLE to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BELLIS(E) to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELT to hurry, to hustle ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BIRR to move rapidly, to bustle; to act with energy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOSE to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINGE to plunge rashly forward; to dash carelessly towards; to bustle about noisily in a fit of temper; to use violence ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DO ABOUT to bestir oneself, to get busy, to hurry, to bustle about ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DO AROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DO ROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FAIRD † to bustle; to bandy ill words with ...1818 Sc.
• FOSSLE to bustle; to fuss ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK with about: to make a fuss, to bustle about quickly; to fidget, to irritate ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MASH to do anything in a bustling hurry, to rush about ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to be bustling and stirring about trifles; to be very busy in doing nothing at all ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE † to be uneasy or restless; to fidget; to move or bustle about; to trifle ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCOW to be in confusion, bustle, or disorder ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE to scramble for sweets, etc.; to hurry, to bustle; to slink off hastily; to hurry anything out of sight ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM, SKRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHUCKLE to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TATTER to hurry; to bustle; to go at a great speed ...1862 Eng. dial.
• TEW to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly ...1848 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEW AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle ...1848 Amer. dial.
• TOO, TU to fuss, to fret; to bustle ...1848 Amer. dial.
• TU AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle ...1848 Amer. dial.
• VUSTLE to bustle; to fuss ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WHEW to hurry, to bustle about ...1847 Amer. dial.
• WHEW AROUND vb. to hurry, to bustle about; ...1873 Amer. dial.
• ZOON to hasten, to hurry, to bustle ...1884 Amer. dial.
BUSTLING - adjectives
• BOOSAM busy, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ON THE JOHNNY RUSSELL bustling about ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. (Johnny Russell - bustle, hustle)
• REESHLING forward, bustling, prompt ...1827 Sc.
• TEARING boisterous, blustering; noisy; bustling ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
bustling - adverbs
• ASTEER moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
bustling - nouns
• BOOSAN a moving about, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINGE bustling, angry haste ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FASKING ABOUT bustling or bothering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
bustling - person
• RATTLE-BAG - a noisy, bustling person - one who excites alarm ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STIRABOUT - a bustling person ...1870
• WAP - a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
BUSY - adjectives
• BOOSAM busy, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSIER THAN A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST very busy ...1987 Amer. sl.
• BUSY AS A BASKET OF CHIPS GOING TO A BONFIRE extremely busy ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BUSY AS A BIRD DOG, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A BIRD DOG WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A BIRD DOG WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A NAILER, AS extremely busy ...1879 Ireland
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST WITH AN ITCH, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST WITH HIVES, AS extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
• BUSY AS BEES IN A BASIN, AS busy with trifling matters ...1834 Eng. dial.
• BUSY AS FORTY BEES IN A TAR-BUCKET very busy ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• BUSY AS THE DEVIL IN A GALE OF WIND doing or pretending to do a great deal and making a great fuss about it ...1797
• BUSY AS THROP'S WIFE, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...1868 Eng. dial.
• CLIFTY smart, busy, industriously active ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working ...1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAND-BOUND fully occupied, very busy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• IMPORTUNATE † pressing, urgent; busy ...1542-3
• IMPORTUNE † pressing, urgent; busy ...c1450
• LIKE A ONE-ARMED PAPERHANGER WITH THE ITCH busy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEGOTIATED † engaged, busy ...1604
• NEGOTIOUS †* fully or constantly occupied or busy ...1642
• OPEROSE of a person: laborious; industrious, busy ...1670
• OVER-THRONGED very busy; over-hurried ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUICK † of places or times: full of activity or business; busy; of trade; brisk ...c1386
• SCOWING busy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIFTY alert; busy; industrious and successful ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SHOVED TO DEATH very busy ...1952 Amer. dial.
• THRANG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANG AS THROP'S WIFE WHEN SHE HANGED HERSELF IN HER GARTER, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRANG AS THROP'S WIFE WHEN SHE HANGED HERSELF WITH THE DISH-CLOUT, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing ...1781 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRONG AS A BECK WIFE, AS said of a busy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG AS THROP'S WIFE, AS used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles ...1868 Eng. dial.
• THRONGED busy; hurried ...1776 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRONGISH rather busy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONGSOM busy, fully employed ...1888 Eng. dial.
• VERSANT concerned, anxious, or busy about, occupied or engaged in or with, something ...1645
• WRAPPED UP busy with something or someone ...20C Amer. sl.
• YERN † earnestly occupied or engaged, busy about something ...a1300
busy - adverbs
• AGAIT, AGATE of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon ...1865 Eng. dial.
busy - nouns
• BUSYTY †* the state of being busy; officiousness; fussiness ...c1511
• MERRY-DAY a busy time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEGOTIOSITY †* constant occupation in affairs; busyness, want of leisure ...1678
• NEGOTIOUSNESS †* busyness; want of leisure; diligence, industriousness ...1642
• THICK OF THE THRANG, THE the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRANG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANGERIE † a bustle; a busy time ...1823 Sc.
• THRANGETTY, THRANGITY the state of being busy ...1873 Sc.
• THRONG business; pressure of work; a busy time; bustle; confusion; the state of being busy ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONGISH-DEED busy doings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
busy - person
• BANAG - a busy little woman ...Bk1888 Sc.
• FADDLES - a person who, though always apparently busy, does not progress with their work - generally applied to a woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLER - a person busy about trifles - one who accomplishes little ...Bk1883 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-ARSE, TEAR-ASS a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
• THRUNK-WIFE a person busy over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
busy - verbs
• BAISSLE to rush about in a busied or hurried manner; to busy or exert oneself ...1923 Sc.
• BRIGGLE to fuss about ineffectively; to busy oneself without purpose; to potter ...1889 Amer. dial.
• DO ABOUT to bestir oneself, to get busy, to hurry, to bustle about ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DO AROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DO ROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FAND † to busy oneself ...c1350
• FEAK to flutter, to be officiously busy about trifles, to be idle, to fidget; to be uneasy or anxious ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FOND † to busy oneself ...c1350
• GET CRACKING to get busy, to get going, to begin work...1936 Amer. sl.
• GRAB IN to get busy ...1904 Amer. dial.
• HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HAUL LOOSE to get busy and get some specific job done ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAVE EGGS ON THE SPIT to be very busy and unable to attend to anything else; to have business in hand ...1598
• HAVE IN OCCUPATION † to be occupied or busied with ...a1340
• HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HUM to be busy; to be crowded; to be lively ...1887 US sl.
• NATTER to be busy in a trifling manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to be bustling and stirring about trifles; to be very busy in doing nothing at all ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OCCUPY to employ, to make use of; to be busy with, to employ oneself in ...1774 Sc.
• PAD ON to move around busying oneself at a task ...1925 Sc.
• PAWTLE to trifle away time; to be apparently busy and yet accomplish no work; esp. of a woman ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT ABOUT to potter about; to be busy in a poor, desultory fashion ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THRANG to be busy; to trouble oneself ...1885 Eng. dial.
• THRONG to be busy; to trouble oneself ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TIFF † to be idly employed, to be busy about trifles ...c1440
• TIFFLE † to busy oneself idly; to trifle; to potter about ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALK † to busy oneself; to be active about something ...a1300
• YERK to think hard; to beat one's brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited ...1737 Sc.
BUSYBODY - person
• ARDELIO(N) - † a busybody; meddler ...1621
• BESSY - a busybody, a gossip ...1980 W. Indies
• BUMFIDDLER - a busybody; a fidgety person ...1611
• BUNGO-BESSY - an interfering busybody ...1940s W. Indies
• CLOCK-SETTER - a complainer or busybody ...1856 Amer. nautical sl.
• FACTOTUM - † one who meddles with everything - a busybody ...1592
• FADDLE - a trifling person - a busybody ..19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• GABES - a foolish person; one who acts foolishly; a busybody ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GABES-CHANY - a foolish person; one who acts foolishly; a busybody ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAD - † a person who goes about spreading gossip; a busybody; a newsmonger; a talkative person ...1756 exc. dial.
• GADABOUT - † a gossip, a busybody ...1757
• GADDER - one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip - a gadabout - a busybody - a gossip - a talkative person - an idle woman ... 1550
• GAMP - an interfering busybody; an idle, meddling person; an empty-headed, noisy fellow; a gossip ...1868 sl.
• GIG - a detective, or any intrusive person; one who cannot mind his own business, a nosy or inquisitive person; a busybody; an eavesdropper ...1959 Aust. sl.
• GIL(L) - a nosy, inquisitive, interfering person; a busybody ...1823 UK sl.
• INTERLOPER - a meddler - a busybody ...1690 sl.
• JACK-MEDDLER - a busybody ...Bk1922
• JACK-STICKLER - † a meddlesome or interfering person - a busybody ...1579
• LABICAN - a gossip - a tattler - a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LONGNOSE - a busybody or meddler ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MACO, MAKO - a gossip, a busybody ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEDDLE BOX - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME BOX - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME MATILDY - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME MATTIE - an interfering nosy person - a busybody ...1946 Amer. dial.
• METICHE - a busybody - a meddler ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MORETON (BAY) - a busybody ...1975 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'gig' (Moreton Bay Fig)
• NEB - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEBBY-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEB-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEBSHIT - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEWSY-BREECHES - a gossip - a busybody - an inquisitive person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIBBER - one who interferes or meddles - a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NIBBY-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1980 Amer. dial.
• NIB-NOSE - a busybody - a person who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1957 Amer. dial.
• OAR - a busybody - a meddler in other's matters ...1596 sl.
• PANTOPRAGMATIC - a meddling person - a busybody ...1861
• POLYPRAGMATIC - † a meddlesome person - a busybody ...1636
• POLYPRAGMON - † one given to meddling - a busybody - an officious person ...1600
• TEAL - † a busybody - a mean fellow ...1804 Sc.
• TEIL - † a busybody - a mean fellow ...1804 Sc.
• WALK-ABOUT - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALK-A-LEG - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALK-A-PICKY - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALKER-LEG - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• WALKER-PICKY - of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...1996 W. Indies
• YENTA - a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female ...1923 US
• YENTCH - a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew ...1923 US
• YENTE - a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman ...1923 US
BUTCHER - adjectives
• LANIARIOUS †* butcher-like ...1651
• LANIONIOUS †* pert. to a butcher ...1656
• MACELLARIOUS † pert. to the butchers row or shambles ...1656
butcher - nouns
• BLOCKER a small piece of meat placed for sale on the butcher's block, as opposed to the 'joints' hung on hooks ...1848 colloq.
• CAD a journeyman shoemaker, butcher, or bricklayer ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT butcher's oddments or 'stickings' ...1859 colloq.
• FAGOT butcher's oddments or 'stickings' ...1859 colloq.
• GUT PLUNGE ON BUTCH an act of scrounging for meat from a butcher's shop by a tramp ...1920s US sl.
• LANIARY † a 'shambles' ( a butcher's slaughter-house) ...1623
• LANIATION † a tearing like a butcher ...1623
• SHACKLES the off-cuts from a butcher's preparing of meat for sale ...1910s sl.
• WRAP-UP a parcel of scraps from the butcher ...1960s Irish sl.
butcher - person
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE - a butcher who dresses in blue to conceal blood-stains ...Bk1894
• BROTHER BLADE - a butcher ...Bk1890 sl.
• CAD - a journeyman shoemaker, butcher, or bricklayer ...1876 Eng. dial.
• CAD-BUTCHER - one who deals in unwholesome meat or carrion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARCASE LORDS - wholesale butchers, who monopolize and forestall the markets ...Bk1890 sl.
• HACK-MEAT - a butcher ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• HAGGARD - an opprobrious epithet for a butcher ...1813 Sc.
• HAGWIFE - † a woman who cuts or prepares meat - a female butcher ...1779 Sc.
• KAD-BUTCHER - a 'ket-butcher' - one who deals in unwholesome meat, or carrion ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• KNIGHT OF THE CLEAVER - a butcher ...1830 sl.
• MEAT MAN - a butcher or retailer of meat ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MUTTON-MONGER - † a great eater of mutton - a butcher - a seller of mutton ...1649 sl.
• PIG-STICKER - a pork butcher ...1886 sl. & Eng. dial.
• PORKY - a pork butcher ...L19 sl.
• TANKY - a butcher ...World War II US Navy sl.
butcher - verbs
• MASSACREE to massacre, to butcher, to kill; to destroy life by accident ...1891 Eng. dial.
BUTCHERLY - adjectives
• CARNIFICIAL belonging to an executioner, or to a butchery; butcherly ...1632
• CARNIFICINE †* of the executioner; butcherly ...1681
BUTCHERY - nouns
• ACELDAMA the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery ...1382
• CARNIFICE †* butchery, murder, torture ...1657
BUTLER - see SERVANT
BUTT - nouns
• DANDRUFF a head-butt ...1950s sl.
• NOSE KISS a head butt ...1999 UK sl.
butt - person
• BUCKER a person who butts with his head ...1939 Amer. dial.
• JACK-A-LENT a figure of a man set up to be pelted; an ancient form of the sport of 'Aunt Sally', practised during Lent; hence, a butt for everyone to throw at ...1598 arch.
butt - verbs
• BOOK to butt; to push with the head or horns ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUNT to butt ...1910 Amer. dial.
• HAKE to beat, batter, drive or knock out of one's way; to butt with the horns or head ...1878 Sc.
• NUT to head-butt someone or hit someone on the head ...1937 sl.
• PUT THE NUT ON to butt someone with the head ...Brit. sl.
• STICK THE NUT ON SOMEONE to butt someone with the head ...Brit. sl.
• VAGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEDGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BUTTER - nouns
• AXLE GREASE margarine or butter ...1883 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• CALCUTTA butter ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• CART-GREASE bad butter ...c1875 sl.
• COW-GREASE butter ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• COW-OIL butter ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• DANNY RUCKER butter ...1930s rhyming sl.
• DAN TUCKER butter ...1859 rhyming sl.
• DRAG butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GREASE butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• HARD OIL butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JOHNNY RUTTER butter ...1930s rhyming sl.
• LARD butter or margarine ...1942 Amer. jocular
• LAY ME IN THE GUTTER butter ...1923 rhyming sl.
• MUTTER AND STUTTER butter ...20C rhyming sl.
• OINTMENT butter ...M19 sl.
• PULL butter ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PULL DOWN THE SHUTTER butter ...L19 rhyming sl.
• QUART of butter: three pounds ...1796 Eng. dial.
• SALVE butter ...L19 US tramps' sl.
• SKID GREASE butter ...1921 Amer. dial., chiefly logging usage
• SMEAR butter ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SPREAD butter ...1812 sl.
• VASELINE butter or margarine ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
butter - verbs
• LAGGER of butter, etc.: to spread thickly ...1950 Sc.
BUTTERCUP - nouns
• BEGGAR'S BUTTON a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER DAISY a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER ROSE a buttercup ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERFLOWER a buttercup ...1910 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN PEPPER a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S CLAW a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S-GUTS a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FAIR-GRASS the buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOLD BUTTONS a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GOLDCUP a buttercup ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY THREADS a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WEED a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• LANTERN LEAVES a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• MEADOW CUP a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
• PISSABED †* the buttercup ...1640
• QUEEN'S BUTTON a buttercup ...1896 Amer. dial.
• RAM'S CLAWS a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
• YELLOW-CUP a buttercup ...1824
• YELLOW DAISY a buttercup ...1829 Amer. dial.
• YELLOWWEED a buttercup ...1790 Amer. dial.
BUTTERFLY - nouns
• ENGLISH coloured snail-shells or butterflies, as distinguished from those that are white ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLEE-FLOWERS butterflies ...19C Eng. dial.
• MEGGY-OWLER a butterfly; a large moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILLER a moth of any kind, esp. a large white moth; also, a white butterfly ...1851 Eng. dial.
• PADGE any large butterfly or moth, the colours of which are variegated with white and not brilliant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN ANNE a coloured butterfly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAMMY-NID-NOD the chrysalis of the butterfly, from the jerking motion of its head ...1923 Sc.
butterfly - person
• LEPIDOPTERIST one who studies butterflies and moths ...1826
BUTTERMILK - nouns
• ARIZONA buttermilk ...1946 US sl.
• BARNEY CLAPPER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BLEDDOCH buttermilk ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONNY CLABBE sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNY CLABBER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNYCLABER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNY CLABO sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONNY-CLAPPER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• BONY-CLABBER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• CLABBER sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
• CLAVA sour buttermilk ...17C sl.
BUTTOCKS - adjectives
• ARSE-BARE with bare buttocks ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BARE-ASSED immature; pert. to a young male whose buttocks are not hairy ...20C US sl.
• BAZZIL-ARSED. having fat buttocks ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAMY broad, wide, usually of a person having a big backside ...1974 Amer. dial.
• BROAD ACROSS THE BEAM, BROAD IN THE BEAM having large hips or buttocks...1929 sl., euphemistic
• CALLIPYGIAN having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks...a1800
• CALLIPYGOUS having well-shaped buttocks ...E20
• DASYPYGAL having hairy buttocks, as an ape ...1875
• DOUBLE-ASSED wide in the posteriors ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAT-ARSE fat, large-buttocked; also, of objects: large ...18C sl.
• FAT-ARSED fat, large-buttocked; also, of objects: large ...18C sl.
• FAT-ASSED with very large or fat buttocks ...19C sl.
• HIPPY wide in the posteriors ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOPPER-HIPPED having large buttocks ...1672
• LARD-ASSED having fat buttocks; fat ...1946 Amer. sl.
• NATAL pert. to the nates or buttocks ...1870
• NATIFORM resembling or having the form of buttocks ...1681
• RIBEY-ASSED having skinny buttocks ...2000 Amer. dial.
• SHINGLE-BUTTED having flat buttocks ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHORT AND THICK, LIKE A WELSHMAN'S PRICK said of a short person very broad in the beam ...M19 sl.
• STEATOPYGOUS having fat buttocks ...1871
• TALLOW-BREECHED having a large bottom ...B1900 sl.
• T. AND A. 'tits and ass'; pert. to magazines or any publicly available material showing exposed or prominent breasts and buttocks ...M20 US sl.
buttocks - nouns
• ACHER the backside ...1938 Aust. sl.
• ACRE the backside ...1938 Aust. sl.
• ADA the buttocks ...2000s S. Afr. gay sl.
• AFTERNOON the buttocks, esp. when large and female ...1990s W. Indies & Barbados sl.
• ALA the buttocks, the behind ...1990s sl.
• AMPERSAND the rump; the buttocks ...1838 Amer. jocular
• AMPUS-END the buttocks ...19C sl.
• AM-PUSSY-AND the buttocks ...19C sl.
• ANATOMY one's body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks ...20C US
• AND-PUSSY-AND the buttocks ...19C sl.
• ANKER OF RUM the buttocks, the posterior ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• ARIS the backside; the buttocks; the anus ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle - Bottle - Bottle and Glass - arse
• ARISTOTLE the buttocks, the behind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'bottle and glass' = 'arse'
• 'ARRIS the backside; the buttocks; the anus ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle - Bottle - Bottle and Glass - arse
• ARSE the buttocks ...c1000
• ARSE CHEEKS the buttocks ...1865
• ARSE CLEAVAGE the cleft between the buttocks when partially displayed above a slipped-down trouser waistband ...2002 Brit. sl.
• ARSE-END the buttocks, the backside ...1937 sl.
• ARSE-ENDS † the buttocks ...a1000
• ARSEHOLE CLEAVAGE the cleft between the buttocks when partially displayed above a slipped-down trouser waistband ...2002 Brit. sl.
• A-S the arse, the posteriors; the anus ...M18 Brit. sl.
• ASH CAN the buttocks (euphemism) ...1930s sl.
• ASS a person's buttocks, the backside; also, the anus; the rectum ...a1672 sl.
• ASSBONE the rump ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ASS CHEEKS the buttocks ...1951
• ASS END the back end; the buttocks ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ASSEROONIE the posteriors; the anus ...M20 US sl.
• ASSET parts of the body regarded sexually or as being sexually attractive, esp. the breasts or buttocks of a woman ...1947 colloq.
• ASS-FAULT the crease between one's buttocks ...1990s US campus sl.
• ASS LIKE THE BACK OF A HACK a broad bottom ...1916 Amer. sl.
• ASSTERIORS the buttocks ...20C US sl.
• ASTRONAUT the buttocks; the anus ...2003 US sl.
• AXE HANDLE an imprecise unit of measurement, esp. when applied to the breadth of a man's shoulders or woman's buttocks ...1947 US sl.
• AXLE the ass; the buttocks, rectum, and anus ...1934 Amer. euphemism
• AZZ the buttocks ...2002 US sl.
• B.A. an act of exposing one's buttocks, esp. from the window of an automobile, as an obscene prank; mooning (Bare Ass) ...1970 US college sl.
• BAANA the buttocks ...20C W. Indies sl.
• BABOON BUTT the red, sore buttocks of someone riding as a passenger on a motorcycle ...1988 US sl.
• BACK the posterior, the buttocks ...1993 US Black teen sl.
• BACKBODY the posteriors ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK BOTTOM the rump or posterior ...2001 Aust. sl.
• BACK-LAND the buttocks ...17C
• BACK OF THE LAP the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BACK-PARTS the buttocks ...19C US euphemism
• BACK PORCH the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• BACKSIDE the buttocks ...c1500 sl.
• BAHAKAS the buttocks, behind ...1950s US sl.
• BAIN the buttocks ...1910s W. Indies
• BALCONY protruding buttocks ...20C US sl.
• BARGE-ARSE markedly protruding buttocks ...19C Brit. sl.
• BATI the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
• BATTY the buttocks ...1935 Jamaica sl.
• BAZOO the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAZOOKAS the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BAZOON the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BEAM the buttocks ...1929 sl.
• BEER AND SARSE the buttocks ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• BEHIND the buttocks ...1786 colloq.
• BEHINDS the posteriors ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEHINTEN the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BERUMPUS the buttocks ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BESETTER the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEWSCHERS † the buttocks ...a1400
• BIM the buttocks ...1935 sl.
• BINKY the buttocks ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BIRD DOG the buttocks ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• BISCUIT the buttocks ...1965 Amer. jocular
• BISCUITS the buttocks ...1965 Amer. jocular
• BLIND-CHEEKS the posteriors ...1687 sl.
• BODDOM the buttocks; the bottom ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOHIND the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNK the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS the buttocks ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BOMBOSITY the buttocks ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BOO-DOCK the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOODY the buttocks ...1967 Amer. jocular
• BOOMPIE the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOT the buttocks, the bottom ...1961 UK sl.
• BOTT the buttocks, the bottom ...1961 UK sl.
• BOTTIE the human bottom ...1874 UK sl.
• BOTTLE AND GLASS the backside; the anus ...1930 UK rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• BOTTOM the buttocks ...1794 colloq.
• BOTTY the human bottom ...1874 UK sl.
• BOUNKY the buttocks ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BOX the buttocks ...1965 US Black sl.
• BRONZA the buttocks ...1959 Aust. sl.
• BRONZE the buttocks ...1959 Aust. sl.
• BRONZO the buttocks ...1959 Aust. sl.
• B.T. EMPTEM. the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• B.T.M. the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET the buttocks ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BUM the buttocks ...1387 sl., chiefly British
• BUMBA the buttocks ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMBASTO the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUMBOSITY the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUMP the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUMPA the buttocks ...1984 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUMPITY the buttocks ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPY the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUN the buttocks ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BUNGHOLE the buttocks ...1960s US sl.
• BUNGKAJEENIS the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUNK the buttocks ...1966 Amer. euphemism
• BUNKUM the buttocks ...1966 Amer. euphemism
• BUNKY the buttocks ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BUNS the buttocks ...1877 US sl.
• BUSKY the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUSTLE the rump, the buttocks ...1928 US sl.
• BUTT the buttocks ...c1450 sl., chiefly US
• BUTTINSKI the buttocks ...1972 Amer. jocular
• BUTTINSKY the buttocks ...1972 Amer. jocular
• BUTTONHOLE the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTTRICKS the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTTY the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE the buttocks ...1919 US sl.
• CAKES the buttocks, esp. female buttocks ...1960s US sl.
• CAMERA OBSCURA the buttocks; the anus ...L19 sl.
• CAN the buttocks ...1914 US & Can. sl.
• CARCASS one's body; one's buttocks ...1957 Amer. dial.
• CATASTROPHE † the posteriors ...1597 humorous
• CHEEKS the buttocks ...a1600 sl.
• CHUFF the buttocks ...1945 sl.
• CLACKER the backside; the anus ...1960 Aust. sl.
• CLEAVAGE a crease at the top of the buttocks, the upper part of the gluteal furrow ...20C US colloq.
• COIT the buttocks ...1941 Aust. sl.
• COOLER the female buttocks ...E19 sl.
• CORYBUNGUS the posteriors ...1860 pugilistic sl.
• CRACKER the backside ...M17 cant
• DAILY a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL the buttocks; the rectum ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'tail'
• DANIEL the buttocks ...1930s US sl.
• DANIELS the buttocks ...1973 US sl.
• DATE the buttocks; the anus ...1919 Aust. sl.
• DATE AND PLUM the bum; the anus ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• DEAD ASS the seated rump; usually considered vulgar ...1950 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BUTT the seated rump; usually considered vulgar ...1959 Amer. sl.
• DEAF AND DUMB the buttocks, the backside; the anus ...1992 rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• DERRIÈRE the posteriors ...20C US colloq.
• DIASTICURIOUS the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIASTICUTIS the buttocks ...1937 Amer. dial.
• DIFFERENTIAL the posteriors; the rear end ...M20 US sl.
• DING the buttocks ...1957 Aust. sl.
• DINGER the buttocks or anus ...1943 Aust. sl.
• DOCKSY the buttocks ...19C Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE JUGGS the buttocks ...1621 sl.
• DOUP the buttocks ...M17 Sc.
• DRIDDLES the buttocks ...19C Sc.
• DRODDUM the buttocks, the posterior ...M19 Sc.
• DUFF the buttocks ...c1835 US sl.
• DUMMOCK the buttocks ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUSTER the buttocks, the posterior ...1940s US Black sl.
• DUSTY BEHIND the buttocks, the posterior ...1980s US Black sl.
• EARS the buttocks; the anus ...1920s euphemism
• END the buttocks, the posterior ...L18 sl.
• EUROPEAN ACCENTUATION a tapered body with jutting buttocks ...1950s gay sl.
• FALSIES false buttocks or other body padding designed to make one's body more sexually attractive ...E20 US colloq.
• FANNIE the buttocks ...1910s US sl.
• FANNY the buttocks ...1919 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• FART-BOX the anus or rectum; the buttocks ...1966 Amer. sl.
• FAT CAN the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FESSES the buttocks ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLANKEY the posteriors ...1848 sl.
• FLESHY PART OF THE THIGH the posteriors ...L19 Brit. & US euphemism
• FUN the anus; the posteriors ...17C Brit. sl.
• FUNDAMENT the anus; the posteriors ...13C
• FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES the posteriors ...1818 colloq.
• FUNKEY the buttocks ...1960s US Black sl.
• GAAR the buttocks ...1987 Trinidad and Tobago
• GAIVLE the hind parts, the posterior, the buttocks ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIVLE-END the hind parts, the posterior, the buttocks ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOGO the buttocks ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPER the buttocks ...1972 US sl.
• GUSSET OF THE ARSE the inner side of the buttocks ...L18 sl.
• HAMS the buttocks ...E18 colloq.
• HANGOVER large buttocks which hang over the chair ...20C US sl.
• HARRIS the backside; the buttocks; the anus ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle - Bottle - Bottle and Glass - arse
• HEINIE the buttocks ...1982 US sl.
• HINEY the buttocks ...1982 US sl.
• HOCKEY BOX the buttocks ...1970s US sl.
• HURDIES the buttocks; the hips and adjoining parts ...1535 Sc.
• JACKSIE, JACKSY the buttocks ...1896 sl.
• JACKSY-PARDO the posteriors ...Bk1896 sl.
• JACKSY-PARDY the posteriors ...Bk1896 sl.
• JAXEY, JAXIE the buttocks ...1896 sl.
• JIBS the buttocks ...1972 Amer. dial.
• JUBILEE the buttocks ...1967 US sl.
• KAZOO the anus; the buttocks ...1960s sl.
• KEECHTER the posterior, the buttocks ...1990s sl.
• KEEL the posteriors ...19C Sc.
• KEESTER the buttocks ...1931 US sl.
• KEISTER the buttocks ...1931 US sl.
• KEYSTER the buttocks ...1931 US sl.
• KHYBER (PASS) the buttocks ...1943 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• KIESTER the posteriors; the anus ...M20 US sl.
• KISTER the posteriors; the anus ...M20 US sl.
• LABONZA the buttocks ...1954 US sl.
• LALA the buttocks ...1974 US sl.
• LATTER-END the posteriors ..19C Brit. colloq.
• LENDS † the loins; also, the buttocks ...c975
• LOOKING GLASS the buttocks ...1966 Amer. rhyming sl. for 'ass'
• MOON the buttocks ...1756 sl.
• MONEY-MAKER (usually offensive) the buttocks, usually of a woman ...a1972 Amer. sl.
• MONO-RUMP the buttocks formed into a single mass by a garment ...1974 US sl.
• NAF(F) the buttocks ...M19 sl.
• NAGE †* the buttock ...c1320
• NALLY a nursery term or a child's buttocks ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANCY the breech ...1823 sl.
• NATES the buttocks, haunches ...1706
• NATTY the buttocks, esp. of children ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NETHER-END the posteriors ...1789 Sc.
• NOCK the posteriors; the anus ...16C colloq.
• NOCKANDRO †* the buttocks, the seat ...1611
• NOOK AND CRANNY the buttocks, the backside ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'fanny'
• OIL BAGS the buttocks ...1960s US Black sl.
• OILED BEHIND the buttocks after a beating ...1930s US Black sl.
• OKOLE the anus, the buttocks, the rear end ...1938 Hawaii
• ORT the buttocks ...1952 Aust. sl.
• PACKAGE the female posterior ...2001 US sl.
• PADDIES the buttocks ...1970s US gay sl.
• PANTS the buttocks ...1920s sl.
• PARTS BEHIND the buttocks ...19C Brit. euphemism
• PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the human posteriors ...20C US colloq.
• PATOOTIE the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PATTIES the buttocks ...1970s US gay sl.
• PEACHES the buttocks ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• POPO the buttocks ...1950s US sl.
• PORCH the buttocks ...1967 US sl.
• POSTERIOR the buttocks ...1936 sl.
• POSTERN the posteriors; the anus ...18C Brit. sl.
• PRAT the buttocks ...1567 sl. orig. criminals'
• QUEEN MUM the buttocks ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• QUINCE the buttocks ...1990s Aust. sl.
• QUOIT the anus; the backside ...1919 Aust. sl.
• RAAS, RASS the buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RAASHOLE, RASSHOLE the buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RARSE the buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• REAR the buttocks ...1796 sl.
• RUSTY DUSTY the buttocks ...1942 US sl.
• SATCHEL the anus or buttocks ...1940s US sl.
• SEATER the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SETTER the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SIT the seat of the body ...1903
• SIT-DOWN the posterior, the buttocks ...1915 Amer. dial.
• SIT-DOWN PIECE the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIT-DOWN PLACE the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SITDOWNSKI the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SITTER(S) the buttocks ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SITTING-DOWN PLACE the posterior, the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SITTING-PLACE † the posteriors, the rump ...1545
• SIT-UPON the buttocks; the posterior ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SIT-UPONS the buttocks; the posterior ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SLATS the buttocks ...1935 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• SNATCH the posteriors ...20C sl.
• SUNDAY FACE the posteriors; the naked posteriors ...M19 colloq.
• SWITCH the buttocks ...1949 US sl.
• TAIL the buttocks, the backside ...1303
• TAILBONE the buttocks ...20C US sl.
• TEA-CAKE a child's seat or fundament ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEE-HIND the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-HINDER the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-HINEY the buttocks ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TEE-HINEY-HOO the buttocks ...2009 Amer. dial.
• TE-HINDER the buttocks ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TETHER-END the posteriors ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER BOX the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TIB the fundament; the anus ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOBY the posteriors, the buttocks ...1681 sl.
• TOCHAS, TOCHESS, TOCHUS, TOCUS, TOKUS, TUCHAS, TUCHUS the buttocks ...1914 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• TUSH the buttocks ...1962 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• TUSHIE, TUSHY the buttocks ...1962 sl., chiefly N. Amer.
• ULTIMATUM † the hinder parts, the buttocks ...1823 sl.
• UNDERPASS the posterior; the buttocks; the anus ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'arse'
• UNDER-SIDE the posteriors, the bottom ...19C colloq.
• WRIGLEY'S GUM the bum ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ZATCH the buttocks ...1950 sl.
buttocks - person
• ARSE MAN, ASS-MAN a male who esteems and enjoys a female's bottom as her most attractive physical characteristic; a man who is sexually aroused by shapely feminine buttocks ...c1955 sl.
• ASS QUEEN - one whose primary area of sexual interest is the buttocks ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• BARGE-ARSE - one who has fat buttocks ...1842 sl.
• BARGEY - a term of ridicule applied to a very corpulent man or woman of large posterior development ...Bk1890 sl.
• BELLUS-ERSE - a person with protuberant posteriors ...1933 Sc.
• DUCK-BUTT - a short person, esp. someone with large posteriors ...1939 US sl.
• FATTY BUM-BUM - a fat person, esp. a woman with large buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & Trinidad
• LARD-ASS - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LARD BLOSSOM - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person - used derisively ...1976 US sl.
• LARD-BUTT - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1968 Amer. sl.
• LARD-CAN - a person with fat buttocks - a grossly fat person ...1928 Amer. sl.
• MOONER - a person who exposes his or her buttocks ...1974 sl.
• SATCHED ARSED - a broad beamed person ...Bk1916 sl.
• SHUTTLE-BUTT - a female with extremely large posteriors ...M20 US sl.
• TP - a woman with large breasts and large buttocks (a Total Package) ...2000 US sl.
buttocks - verbs
• B.A. to expose one's buttocks for the purpose of evoking shock and/or amusement (Bare Ass) ...1970s US college sl.
• BACKHAND DRIVE to poke someone between the buttocks ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• DATE to caress the buttocks; to goose, i.e. to stick a thumb or finger into someone's anus ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• FAN ONE'S ASS to move one's buttocks in an exaggerated manner with the deliberate intention of attracting one's audience sexually; usually used of homosexuals ...1960s US Black sl.
• GAUCHO to moon; to expose the buttocks, usually in the window of a car, as an insult to someone ...M20 US sl.
• HANG A B.A. to hang a 'bare ass'; to moon; to expose the buttocks for shock or insult ...1970 US sl.
• PODICATE to slide or move along on one's buttocks ...1853 nonce word
• PULL A TRAILER to possess large buttocks ...1988 US sl.
• TICKLE ONE'S TOBY to spank or beat on the buttocks ...1858 sl.
buttocks - phrases
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE just below the small of the back; thus a euphemism for the buttocks ...L19 US sl.
• BABY'S GOT BACK used to remark favourably on a woman's posterior ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• NO MORE ASS THAN A SODA CRACKER said of a woman with flat buttocks ...1916 Amer. sl.
• V.B.C. having the outline of one's buttocks showing through one's trousers, or revealing the top of one's buttocks due to wearing one's trousers lower than the waist ...1980s US campus sl. (Visible Butt Crack)
• YOU'RE GETTING A TV BEHIND addressed to a broad-beamed woman ...c1956
BUTTON - nouns
• BACHELOR'S BUTTON a substitute for a button; a wooden peg used as a button; a gripper, a fastener ...1908 Amer. dial.
BUXOM - adjectives
• THROUGHLY portly; strongly-built; buxom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
buxom - person
• ALL JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl ...Bk1896 sl.
• BLOSS a term of endearment applied to a buxom young woman ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GLAMOURLOVELY - a beautiful, buxom girl ...1949
• JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl ...Bk1896 sl.
BUY, BUYING - adjectives
• ON THE BUY actively buying ...1929 US
buy, buying - nouns
• ACATE † buying, purchasing, purchase ...c1374
• ACHATE † the act of purchasing or buying; purchase; contract, bargain ...c1374
• EMACITY * a fondness or desire for buying ...1656
• FACTORAGE the action or professional service of a factor; the act of buying or selling goods on commission ...1670
• MART † buying and selling; traffic; bargaining; also, a bargain ...1568
• VENUNDATION † a selling and buying ...1623
buy, buying - verbs
• ABY(E) † to buy, to purchase, to pay for ...c1175
• BADGE † to deal as a 'badger'; to hawk for sale; to buy up provisions for the purpose of selling again elsewhere ...1552
• BIDGE to buy ...1388 Eng. dial.
• BUY A CAT IN THE SACK † to buy an article without first inspecting it ...c1380
• BUY AT DEAR HAND to buy in small quantities at retail prices ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• COP AND BLOW to make a purchase (of fast food, drugs, prostitutes, etc.) and then leave ...1970s US teen sl.
• FADE to buy part of something ...2004 US sl.
• GAIN-BUY † to buy back, to redeem ...1435
• MAKE A RUN to go out to buy a commodity, esp. drugs, but also groceries, liquor, etc. ...1950s sl.
• MAKE MARKET † to trade, to buy and sell ...1340
• NUNDINATE † to buy and sell at fairs or markets ...1623
• VENUNDATE † to buy and sell ...1613
BUYER - person
• BIGGERE - † a buyer ...Bk1888
• GAZUNDERER - a buyer who lowers the amount of an offer made to the seller for a property, esp. just before exchange of contracts ...1988 Brit. sl.
• MERCHANT - a buyer - a purchaser - a customer ...1831 Sc.
• TAKER - a potential buyer for something; one who accepts an offer ...Bk1988 sl.
BUZZ, BUZZING - adjectives
• BOMBYLIOUS † buzzing, humming, like a large bee ...1713
• MUTTEROUS †* full of muttering sound, murmuring, buzzing ...1582
buzz, buzzing - nouns
• BEMING † noisy buzzing ...1513
• BIM the act of humming or buzzing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIMMER anything that hums or buzzes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DING noise, confusion; a buzzing noise in the ear ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGING noise; a buzzing sound in the ears ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VUNG † a buzzing or humming sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
buzz, buzzing - verbs
• BIM to hum, to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BINNER to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound; also, to whirr, to buzz ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOMBILATE * to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning ...1854
• REAM to buzz, to keep buzzing ...1890 Sc.
• SIZZ to hiss, to sizzle, to buzz ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TEE of bees: to buzz ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VUNG † to move swiftly with a buzzing sound ...1790 Sc.
• ZOON to make a humming or buzzing sounds; to cause to make such a sound ...1880 Amer. dial.
BUZZARD - nouns
• BONE-PICKER the buzzard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHARLESTON EAGLE the buzzard ...1870 Amer. dial.
BY-AND-BY - adverbs
• BAMBY presently, soon; by-and-by ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BELIVE immediately, soon; presently, by-and-by ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIMEBY by and by ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BINE-BINE, BINNE-BINNE by and by ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUMBY by and by, presently ...1786 Amer. dial.
• BY-AM-BY by and by, presently ...1825 Amer. dial.
• BYMEBY by and by, presently ...1825 Amer. dial.
• ENOW shortly, very soon, in a moment, presently, by and by ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BYPASS - verbs
• BACK-DOOR to bypass something; to exclude something ...1993 Can. sl.
BYPATH - nouns
• NIGH CUT a short-cut; a bypath ...1848 Amer. dial.
• NIGH WAY a short-cut; a bypath ...1939 Amer. dial.
BYWORD - nouns
• BEQUEATH † a byword, proverb ...c1000
• NAYWORD a byword, a proverb ...1601