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CAB - CAPTURING
CABBAGE - nouns
• BLIBBANS strips of soft or slimy stuff; generally used of seaweed on rocks at ebb-tide; also, large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth ...1887 Sc.
• BOW-KAIL cabbage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW-STOCK a cabbage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAB a cabbage ...18C sl.
• CABBAGE-RUNT a cabbage stalk ...1923 Sc.
• CABBITCH cabbage ...1924 Sc.
• CALLARDS cabbage; the leaves and shoots of cabbage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASTOCK the stalk or stem of a cabbage ...1398 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VIOLET cabbage ...1920 sl.
CABIN - nouns
• BARRACK † a temporary hut or cabin, as for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. ...1686 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• CABANE a cabin; a hut ...M19 Can. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CABOOSE a hut, a cabin; a poor dwelling ...E19 chiefly N. Amer.
• CABOOSH an office; a small cabin or compartment ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• CAMPODA a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1856 Amer. dial.
• CAMPOODIE a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1869 Amer. dial.
• CAMPOODY a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TAN a temporary tent, hut, or cabin, such as set up by tinkers or gypsies ...1895 Sc.
CABIN FEVER - adjectives
• WOODS QUEER suffering from cabin fever; said of one who acts strangely from having been isolated in the woods too long ...1940 Amer. dial.
CABIN FEVER - nouns
• SHANTY FEVER cabin fever ...1950 Amer. dial.
CABOOSE - see TRAIN
CACKLE, CACKLING - nouns
• KEAK †* a cackle; cackling ...1600
• KECKLE a short, spasmodic laugh; a chuckle; a cackling, chattering ...1820 Sc.
CACKLE - verbs
• CAKE to cackle as a goose, or as a hen wanting to sit ...1788 Eng. dial.
• CANK to cackle as geese; to talk rapidly, to chatter ...1741 Eng. dial.
• GAGGLE to laugh immoderately; to cackle ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEAK †* to cackle ...1545
• KECK 1. of a bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1844
2. to cackle, to laugh ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1513
• KEEK †* to cackle ...1545
• KEKE † to cackle ...1545
CAD - nouns, person
• MUCKER a bounder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MURKER a bounder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PRIG a female cad ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CADAVER - nouns
• CADAVERIE †* a cadaver ...1600
CADAVEROUS - nouns, person
• DEATH UPON PRODS a cadaverous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CADAVEROUS - verbs
• CADAVERIZE to make into a corpse; to make cadaverous ...1841
CADENCE - nouns
• CASURE †* cadence, rhythm ...1565
CADGE - verbs
• BLUDGE to borrow money, etc.; to cadge or scrounge ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BOT to cadge or sponge money ...1921 Aust. sl.
• FANG to demand money; to cadge, to beg for a loan ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GRUB to beg or borrow; to cadge; to beg from ...1887 Amer. sl.
• HUM to cadge or sponge money ...1913 Aust. sl.
• HUSTLE to beg, to cadge ...1902 US beggars' and tramps' sl.
• MOOCH to borrow or cadge money; to beg ...1899 sl.
• NIP to cadge money ...1919 sl., chiefly Aust.
• POLE ON to cadge or sponge money ...1906 Aust. sl.
• PONCE OFF to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• PONCE ON to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• SCADGE to ask for, to cadge ...1898 Sc.
• SCOONGE to go about from place to place like a dog; to cadge for invitations ...1891 Sc.
• SCOUNGE to go about from place to place like a dog; to cadge for invitations ...1891 Sc.
• SCROUNGE to cadge ...M19
CADGER - nouns, person
• AARON, THE a cadger 19C
• BADGER † one who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer who acts as a middleman between producer (farmer, fisherman, etc.) and consumer; a cadger, hawker, or huckster ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BOT a borrower or cadger ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DEADBEAT a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger; a loafer; a worthless idler; one who will not or cannot pay debts ...1871 Amer. sl.
• EAR-BITER a borrower or cadger ...1899 sl., orig. Aust.
• EAR-LUGGER a cadger, a scrounger ...20C Aust. sl.
• HUM a borrower or cadger ...1915 Aust. sl.
• LOAFER * a cadger ...20C
• MOOCH a borrower or cadger ...1914 sl.
• MOOCHER a borrower or cadger ...1857 sl.
• POLER a borrower or cadger ...1938 Aust. sl.
• SCALDY a mean, cadging person ...20C Irish sl.
• SCROUNGER one who cadges from others ...M19
• TAPPER a borrower or cadger ...1930 sl.
CADGING - adjectives
• ON THE MOZZLE cadging, esp. when seeking to borrow something small from a friend or neighbour 1992 UK sl.
• ON THE SCROUNGE begging, cadging ...M19 sl.
• ON THE TAP borrowing, cadging ...1932 sl.
CADGING - nouns
• CADGE the profession of cadging or begging ...1812 sl.
• EAR-BITING cadging, begging ...1900s Aust. sl.
CAESAR, JULIUS
• SALAD DUDE. THE Julius Caesar ...20C teen & high school sl.
CAFÉ - nouns
• CAF(F) a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• CAFFY a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• KAYF a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• QUICK AND DIRTY a cheap cafe ...1960s sl., orig. US
CAFETERIA - nouns
• CAFF a cafeteria ...sl.
CAGE - nouns
• MEW a place in which to confine any living creature; a breeding-cage for canaries, goldfinches, and other small birds ...1861 Eng. dial.
CAJOLE - verbs
• BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLAFLUM to coax, to cajole; to deceive ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLANDANDER to tempt by blandishment; to cajole ...1888 colloq.
• BUZZ to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
• CAHOOLE to cajole ...1851 US students' sl.
• CALLIFUDGE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CAST SALT ON ANYONE'S TAIL to catch; to take advantage of; to cajole; to get the better of ...1721 Sc.
• DWEEDLE † to cajole, to wheedle ...1688 ? obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to cajole, wheedle, flatter ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LARCENY to attempt to cajole with insincere flattery ...1960 US criminals' sl.
• LAY SALT ON ONE'S TAIL to catch; to take advantage of; to cajole; to get the better of ...1836 Sc.
• PALP * to speak fair to, to flatter, to cajole ...1657
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SAWDER UP to flatter, to cajole ...1848 Ireland
• SOAP to flatter and cajole; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1853 sl.
• SUPPARASITE †* to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite ...1623
• VANQUISH to deceive, to cajole, to get round a person ...1866 Sc.
• VEIGLE † to inveigle, to beguile, to cajole ...1745 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAJOLERY, CAJOLING - nouns
• BLANNY ingratiating or flattering speech; cajolery ...1926 Amer. dial.
• DAUBERY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBMENT flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBY-SAUBY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SALVE praise, flattery, cajolery ...1864
• SAUBY-DAUBY cajolery, excessive flattery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SOAP flattery, cajolement ...1854 Amer. sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
CAKE - nouns
• CAKELET a small cake
• CAKERS a cake shop ...Brit. sl.
• CAKERY a cake shop ...Brit. sl.
• DERL a broken piece of bread, cake, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• DERRIL a broken piece of bread, cake, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• DUMB CAKE in Newfoundland: a cake baked and eaten by unmarried women in silence ...1998 Can. sl.
• FARL the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FARLE the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FARREL the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FARTHEL the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FERLE the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• GOOP the icing on top of a cake ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ICENING the sweet covering spread on top of a cake; icing; frosting ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NACKIE a loaf of bread; a small cake ...1788 Sc.
• NEB an edge, a rim; the edge of a cake ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a round slice or paring; a small round cake ...1607
• SCONCE a small cake ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNODDIE a thick cake or bannock baked among hot ashes ...B1900 Sc.
• TABNAB a cake, bun, or pastry; a savoury snack ...1933 nautical sl.
• TEA-CHIT-CHAT cakes, etc. eaten at tea ...1791 Sc.
• WAD food, esp. a bun, cake, or sandwich; in all cases its filling qualities are more important than taste etc. ...1919 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
CAKE - verbs
• CAKATE to serve with cake ...1632 humorous nonce formation
CALAMITOUS - adjectives
• TRAGEDIOUS † full of tragedy; calamitous, tragic ...1494
CALAMITY - nouns
• AATACLAPS a disaster, a calamity ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• AZOTE calamity ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000
• BLACK OX a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ONFALL † an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity; an assault, on onset ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity ...a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CALAMITY - nouns, person
• CALAMITY JANE one who suffers calamity ...1966 Amer. dial.
CALCULATE - verbs
• ACCOUNT † to calculate, to reckon, to compute ...1398
• CALCILATE to calculate; to plan; to intend ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CALC OUT to calculate something ...1999 US sl.
• CALCULE to calculate, to reckon ...1377 obs.
• CALK † to calculate, to reckon, esp. astrologically ...1401
• CAST † to reckon, to calculate, to estimate ...a1300
• CATALOGIZE † to reckon up, to calculate ...1602
• CIPHER vb. to calculate; to think out ...M19
• CYPHER to calculate; to think out ...M19
• RATE * to reckon, to calculate, to estimate the amount or sum of ...1597
CALCULATED - adjectives
• CAST † calculated, planned ...c1400
CALCULATION - adjectives
• CALCULATORY † pert. to calculation or estimate ...1611
CALCULATION - nouns
• CALCUL † calculation; estimate ...1754 Sc.
• CALCULE † calculation ...1601
CALENDAR - adjectives
• CALENDARIAL * pert. to a calendar ...1867
• CALENDARIAN * pert. to a calendar ...1839
• CALENDARY † pert. to the calendar ...1633
• CALENDRIC * of the nature of a calendar ...1878
• CALENDRICAL * of the nature of a calendar ...1863
CALENDAR - nouns
• CALENDARY † a calendar ...c1450
CALENDAR - nouns, person
• CALENDARIAN * a maker of a calendar ...1826
• CALENDARIOGRAPHER †* a calendar maker, an almanac maker ...1683
• CALENDOGRAPHER †* the constructor of a calendar ...a1691
CALIFORNIA - nouns
• AVENUE, THE Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California ...1966 US sl.
• BEAR STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAL California ...L19 US
• CALI California ...1930 US sl.
• CALIFAS California ...1974 US sl.
• CALIFINORIA California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA BANK NOTE a hide used as a medium of currency in pre-Gold Rush California ...1840 Amer. dial. hist.
• CALLY California ...1930 US sl.
• DAGO (derogatory) San Diego, California ...1931 US sl.
• EAST LOS east Los Angeles, California ...1974 US sl.
• EL DORADO California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EL DORADO STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EUREKA STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOLD COAST California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOLDEN POPPY STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOLDEN STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAPE STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRIZZLY BEAR STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIGHT, THE the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood of San Francisco ...1967 US sl.
• HOT FURNACE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KILLIN' FIELDS, THE East Oakland, California ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• L.A. Los Angeles, California ...1901 Amer. sl.
• LAH Los Angeles, California ...1978 US jocular
• LA-LA Los Angeles, California ..1996 US sl.
• LA-LA LAND Los Angeles ...1970s sl., orig. US
• LAND OF FRUIT AND NUTS California ...1940s US sl.
• LAND OF GOLD California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAND OF PERPETUAL SUNSHINE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOTUSLAND Los Angeles, California ...1980 Amer. sl.
• MO the Fillmore area of San Francisco ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• NICKEL SHOT a 5-storey public housing building in the Fillmore area of San Francisco ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• OAKTOWN Oakland, California ...1990 local & rap music usage
• OC Orange County, California ...2001 US sl.
• OLD COUNTRY Beverly Hills, California; used with irony by transplants to the San Fernando Valley ...2004 US sl.
• PANSY PATCH an area in west Hollywood, California, largely populated by homosexual men since the 1960s ...1971 US sl.
• QUIET VILLAGE Venice, California ...1980s US Black sl.
• SAC Sacramento, California ...1930s US tramps' & criminals' sl.
• SAN BERNAGHETTO San Bernadino, California ...2004 US sl.
• S AND M Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California ...1987 US sl.
• SAN FRAN San Francisco ...20C US sl.
• S.C. South Central Los Angeles ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• SUNKIST STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNNY CAL California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNNY CALIFORNIA California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWISH ALPS the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, a homosexual enclave ...1983 US sl.
• TACO TOWN (derogatory) San Jose, US ...1960s US sl.
• TAMALEVILLE (derogatory) San Jose, US ...1960s US sl.
• TINSELTOWN Hollywood, California, as a centre of the movie industry ...1970s colloq.
• WALL CITY San Quentin prison, California ...1930s US criminals' sl.
CALIFORNIAN - adjectives
• CALI Californian ...1990s sl.
CALIFORNIAN - nouns, person
• ANGELENO a resident of Los Angeles, California ...1857 Amer. dial.
• CALIFORNICATOR a Californian, esp. one who has moved to Oregon or Washington state ...1978 US sl.
• CHIP an officer of the California Highway Patrol ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY an officer of the California Highway Patrol ...1977 Amer. sl.
• NATIVE SON a White man who is a native of California ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PRUNE PICKER a Californian ...1918 sl.
CALISTHENICS - nouns
• CALIJUMPICS calisthenics ...1944-49 Amer. sl.
CALL - verbs
• ACCITE † to summon, to call ...1506
• NUNCUPATE †* to call, to name, to designate ...1609 obs. rare
CALLED - adjectives
• NUNCUPATE †* called, named ...a1548 obs. rare
• YCLEPED called, named ...c950 arch.
• YCLEPT called, named ...c950 arch.
CALL FOR - verbs
• OFCLEPE † to call for, to summon, to get by calling ...c1000
• OFGREDE †* to call for, to summon ...a1300
CALL FORTH - verbs
• BAN † to call forth, to call for things ...1205
CALLOUS - adjectives
• ARMOUR-PLATED insensitive to attack; callous ...1894
• CALLOUSED callous, indifferent ...1887 Sc.
• CASE-HARDENED made callous or tough by experience ...1769
• DEAD-HEARTED dead in feeling, callous, insensible ...1642
• DEDOLENT † that feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous, hard-hearted ...1633
CALLOUS - nouns
• WARISH † hard skin, a callosity, a callous ...1570
CALLOUS - verbs
• WALK to render hard and callous, as the skin of the hand by hard work ...1641 Sc.
• WARISH † to become hard or callous ...1570
CALLOUSED - adjectives
• HORN-FISTED having hard, calloused hands ...M19 nautical colloq.
• WALKED thickened, rendered calloused by hard work ...1786 Sc.
CALLOUSNESS - nouns
• CALLOSITY a hardened state of mind; callousness ...M17
• DEDOLENCE † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...1606
• DEDOLENCY † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...a1617
CALL OUT - verbs
• YALP-YALP of a person: to call out loudly and shrilly; to whine ...1903 Sc.
• YAWK to call out loudly; to hoot; to shout; to talk quickly and indistinctly ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEIE † to utter in a loud voice; to call out; to announce for sale in a loud voice ...a1225
• YELP † to call out loudly or shrilly, to utter ...c1400
CALLOWAY, CAB
• CABBAGE Cab Calloway's nickname ...Black sl.
CALM - adjectives
• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT calm, peaceful, uneventful ...WWI Amer. sl.
• ANTI-FRANTIC calm, collected ...1983 US sl.
• CALMY characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful ...1587 poetic arch.
• CHILLING calm, cool, laid back ...1987 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• CHILLY calm, cool, or laid back ...1971 US sl.
• COOL AS A CUCUMBER alert and aware; self-possessed; calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOLED OUT calm, unperturbed, in control ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• DISH-CALM perfectly calm ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HALCYDONIAN † calm, quiet, tranquil ...1611
• HALCYON calm, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed ...1578
• HALCYONIAN † calm, quiet, peaceful ...1617
• ICE adj. cool, relaxed, calm, self-contained ...1970s US Black
• IMPASSIONATE * free from, or not governed by passion; calm, dispassionate ...1621
• LOWN calm, quiet ...Amer. dial.
• PACATE † pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil ...1644
• PACIFIC characterized by peace or calm; peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet ...1633
• QUEEM pleasant; calm; smooth ...1824 Sc.
• QUIETFUL †* full of quiet; calm ...c1440
• QUIETSOME † quiet, silent, calm, still, tranquil, undisturbed ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CALM - nouns
• ALYO a condition of calm or safety ...Amer. sl.
• DEAD-WIND a calm ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALCYON † calm, quietude ...1647
• IRISH HURRICANE a dead calm, esp. among sailors ...1945 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S HURRICANE a dead calm, esp. among sailors ...1827 Amer. dial.
• PADDY'S HURRICANE a calm, esp. among sailors ...1821 Amer. nautical
• QUIETUDE quietness; rest, calm, tranquillity ...1597
CALM - nouns, person
• COOL CARD one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL CUSTOMER one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL FISH one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL HAND a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL-HEAD a calm, unflappable person ...M19 sl.
• EASY RIDER a calm, unruffled person ...1971 sl.
CALM, CALM DOWN - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• ASSOPIATE †* to lull, to calm, to assuage; to lay at rest, to put an end to ...a1649
• CHILL to calm down, to become cool; to relax ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHILL OUT to take it easy; to relax; to calm down ...1980 US sl.
• CHILLY DOWN to take it easy, to relax, to calm down ...1986 Amer. sl.
• COOL DOWN to calm down ...1882 sl.
• COOL IT to calm down, to relax, to take it easy ...1953 sl., orig. US
• COOL OFF to calm down ...1887 sl.
• COOL OUT to calm or settle down; to relax
• FAN to calm someone down; to mollify ...1971 US sl.
• GET ONE'S ACT TOGETHER to calm down; to plan sensibly; to state a goal and aim for it ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• HALCYON †* to calm. to tranquillize ...1616
• HOLD ONE'S HORSES to check one's impulsiveness; to be calm ...1842 US sl.
• KEEP ONE'S BRITCHES ON not to become impatient, excited, or angry ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR DOWN to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR ON to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1885 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S SHIRT ON to keep one's composure, to remain calm or relaxed ...1854 sl., orig. US
• LAMB DOWN to calm someone down ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LENIATE † to render mild or soft; to soften, to soothe, to make calm ...1622
• MAINTAIN YOUR COOL to stay calm, poised ...1960s Amer. sl.
• MEASE to soothe, to mitigate, to calm ...1678 Sc.
• PARLAY to calm down, to relax ...1990s US Black sl.
• PEACIFY * to make calm, to pacify; to soothe, quiet, or subdue ...1886
• QUALL of persons: to calm down, to become quiet and peaceful ...1824 Sc.
• QUIETIZE * to make quiet; to calm ...1791
• SAUGHTEL † to become calm or quiet ...a1300
• SIMMER to calm down ...M19 sl.
• SIMMER DOWN to calm down ...1871 US
• STAY LOOSE to remain calm ...1959 US sl.
• TAKE A CHILL PILL to relax, to calm down ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• TAKE IT EASY to act calmly ...M19 sl.
• TRANQUILLITATE †* to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657
CALM - phrases & interjections
• BACK OFF JACKSON! calm down! ...1990s US teen sl.
• SIMMER! an exclamation requesting someone to curb their temper or calm down ...Aust. sl.
• TAKE A MIDOL! relax! calm down! ...1980s US college sl.
• TAKE A PILL! calm down! ...1990s US college & teen sl.
• TAKE IT DOWN A THOUSAND! relax! calm down! ...1980s US college sl.
• TAKE IT EASY relax, don't worry, calm down ...M19 sl.
• TAKE IT LIGHT take it easy, calm down ...1959 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT SLOW calm down, quieten down, relax ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• TAKE THE MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK! calm down! ...L19 sl.
CALMING - adjectives
• CALMATIVE having a calming effect ...1871
CALMING - nouns
• CALMATIVE anything which has a calming effect ...1870
CALMLY - adverbs
• EASILY † without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly ...1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEEMLY calmly, smoothly ...1824 Sc.
CALMNESS - nouns
• LEE † a sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity ...a1300
CALUMNIATE - verbs
• BEBLACKEN to calumniate boldly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BESCUMMER to abuse, to calumniate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BESPATTER to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate ...1653
• BESQUIRT † to slander, to calumniate, to defame ...1682
• BETELL † to calumniate, to deride, to deceive ...a1225
• BLAZE to vilify, to calumniate; to spread rumours ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALUMNIE † to calumniate ...1827 Sc.
• DEHONESTATE †* to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate ...1663
• LACK to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPPROBRIATE to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate ...1649
• SCLAIVE to slander, to calumniate ...1871 Sc.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SKLAVE to slander, to calumniate ...1871 Sc.
CALUMNIATED - adjectives
• BELIED calumniated, falsified, proved false ...1610
CALUMNIATION - nouns
• BELYING telling lies of anyone; calumniation ...1632
CALUMNIATOR - nouns, person
• SUBSTRACTOR †* a detractor, a slanderer, a calumniator ...1601
CALUMNIOUS - adjectives
• BLACK-MOUTHED † having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious ...1595
• DEFAMOUS † of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1557
• DEFAMATIVE † defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1502
• OBTRACTUOUS †* slanderous, calumnious ...1537
CALUMNY - nouns
• DEFAME † defamation, slander, calumny ...a1450
• OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander ...1460
• OBTRACTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• OBTRECTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
CAMBODIA - nouns
• CAMBO Cambodia ...1985 Amer. sl.
CAMBODIAN - adjectives
• CAMBO Cambodian ...1972 Amer. sl.
• CAMBODE Cambodian ...1986 US military sl.
CAMBODIAN - nouns, person
• CAMBO a Cambodian ...1979 Amer. sl.
• CAMBODE a Cambodian ...1964 US military sl.
CAMBRIDGE - adjectives
• CANTABRIGIAN belonging to Cambridge ...1711
CAMBRIDGE - nouns
• BUM-CURTAIN an old name for academical gowns when they were worn scant and short ...1889 Cambridge University sl.
CAMBRIDGE - nouns, person
• CANTAB a student at Cambridge ...1750 colloq.
• CANTABRIGIAN a member of the University of Cambridge ...c1645
• EMPTY BOTTLE at Cambridge University: a fellow-commoner, i.e. a rich or aristocratic undergraduate, with special privileges and a reputation for self-indulgent laziness ...E19 UK college sl.
• JESUIT a graduate or undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge...1771 Cambridge University usage
• TAB a Cantab or Cambridge University man ...c1910 colloq.
• TANQUAM in the University of Cambridge: a person of worth and learning, that is fit company for the Fellows of Colleges, etc. ...a1661
CAMBRIDGE - verbs
• GATE at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: to confine an undergraduate to the precincts of the college, either entirely or after a certain hour ...1835
CAMEL - adjectives
• CAMELINE belonging to a camel ...1865
CAMEL - nouns
• CAMELCADE a train of people on camels; a caravan with camels ...1886 nonce word
• HUMP a camel ...1926 US circus usage
• HUNCHY a camel ...1919 Aust. sl.
• OLFEND † a camel ...971
• OONT a camel ...1862 Indian & Aust. sl.
• UNT a camel ...1862 Indian & Aust. sl.
CAMEL - nouns, person
• CAMELEER a camel-driver ...1808
• CAMELIST a partisan of the camel ...1863 nonce word
• CAMELLER †* a camel-driver ...1615
• CAMEL-PUNCHER a camel-driver ...1910s Aust. sl.
CAMERA - nouns
• BOX a camera ...1918 Amer. photography usage
CAMOUFLAGE - adjectives
• CAMMIE of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
• CAMMY of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
• CAMO of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
CAMOUFLAGE - nouns
• BAFFLE PAINT camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BAFFLE PAINTING camouflage ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CAM camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAMEL FLAGS camouflage ...World War I Amer. sl.
• CAMMIE camouflage ...1987 Amer. military sl.
• CAMMIES a camouflage uniform ...1971 Amer. military sl.
• CAMO camouflage (uniform) ...1970s sl., orig. US military
• CHOCOLATE CHIPS desert camouflage uniforms ...1991 US sl.
• DAZZLE PAINTING camouflage ...World War I Amer. sl.
• DIZZY PAINTING camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DUCK SUIT a brown and tan camouflage suit, not dissimilar to the suit worn by a duck hunter, issued to US special forces in Vietnam ...1959 US sl.
CAMOUFLAGE - nouns, person
• CAMOUFLEUR one who applies or uses camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAMP - adjectives
• CASTRAL belonging to the camp (military) ...1844
• CASTRENSIAL †* pert. to a camp ...1658
• CASTRENSIAN pert. to a camp ...1657
CAMP - nouns
• CASTRAMETATION the art or science of laying out a camp ...1679
CAMP - nouns, person
• CASTROMETER a surveyor of (ancient) camps ...1857 nonce word
CAMP - verbs
• MAROON to camp out for several days on a pleasure party ...1855 US
• SIWASH to camp out or travel with little or no equipment or provisions ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SIWASH IT to camp out or travel with little or no equipment or provisions ...1913 Amer. dial.
CAMPAIGNING - adjectives
• ON THE STUMP campaigning ...1891 sl., orig. US
CAMPUS - nouns
• YARD the campus ...1980s US college sl.
CAN - adjectives
• BENKLED of a tin can: dented ...1891 Sc.
CAN - nouns
• BOX a tin or can with its contents ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CANIKIN a small can or drinking vessel ...1570
• CANNIKIN a small can or drinking vessel ...1570
• GUNBOAT a tin can as an improvised cooking utensil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANADA - adjectives
• ACADIAN native to Nova Scotia ...1876
CANADA - nouns
• ANGLO-AMERICA the United States and Canada ...1846
• ASIA WEST Richmond, in British Columbia ...2002 Can. sl.
• CABBAGETOWN a mixed residential and business area near downtown in Toronto, Canada, whose inhabitants were believed to exist on a diet of cabbage ...1958 Can. sl.
• CALECHE in Quebec: a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage ...1963 Can.
• DAFT a nickname for Nova Scotia's Department of Fisheries and Oceans ...2002 Can. sl.
• EDMONCHUK the city of Edmonton, Alberta ...1998 Can. sl.
• MAC McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario ...20C Can. sl.
• MOUNT, THE Montreal ...20C Can. tramps' sl.
• MUDDY YORK York, a suburb of Toronto ...2002 Can. sl.
• QUEEN'S COWBOYS the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...1989 Can. sl.
• REVENGE OF THE CRADLE Quebec's high birthrate, perceived as being in retaliation for the loss of the province to England by France ...1964 Can. sl.
• REVENGE OF THE NURSERY Quebec's high birthrate, perceived as being in retaliation for the loss of the province to England by France ...1964 Can. sl.
• TICKLE a name given on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador to a narrow difficult strait or passage ...1770
• TILT 1. in Newfoundland: a pier on which fishermen unload and dress their fish ...1891
2. in Labrador and Newfoundland: a fisherman's or wood-cutter's hut ...1895
• TOONIE a Canadian two-dollar coin ...Can. colloq.
• TRANCE CANADA the Trans-Canada highway ...2001 Can, sl.
• TWONIE a Canadian two-dollar coin ...Can. colloq.
• VAN Vancouver, British Columbia ...2002 Can. sl.
• VANGROOVY Vancouver, British Columbia ...2002 Can. sl.
CANADIAN - nouns, person
• ACADIAN a native of Nova Scotia ...1790
• ANGLO-AMERICAN an American of English origin; an English settler or colonist in North America; spec. a Canadian ...1781-2
• ARI-STOCK-RAT a Canadian person of mixed Indian and French ancestry ...1962 Can. sl.
• BLUE NOSE (sometimes derogatory) a native of eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, and sometimes New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island ...1830 Amer. dial.
• BLUE NOSER (sometimes derogatory) a native of eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, and sometimes New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CANACK a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• CANNACKER a Canadian ...1846 Amer. dial.
• CANUCK (sometimes derogatory in the US) a Canadian ...1835 sl.
• CANUCKER a Canadian ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CHENUK a Canadian ...1892 Amer. dial.
• CUNNUCK a Canadian ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FRENCHIE (derogatory) a French person, or French Canadian ...1883 sl.
• FRENCHY (derogatory) a French person, or French Canadian ...1883 sl.
• HAGGIS MCBAGPIPE British Columbia radio and television personality, Jack Webster ...1989 Can. sl.
• HERRING-CHOKER a native or inhabitant of the Maritime provinces ...1899 Can. sl.
• JOE a French-Canadian ...1963 Can. sl.
• JOHNNY CRAPAUD a Frenchman; a French Canadian ...colloq. arch.
• JOHNNY CRAPEAU a Frenchman; a French Canadian ...colloq. arch.
• KANUCK a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• KANUK a Canadian ...1835 Amer. dial.
• KNUCK a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTIE a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...1914 colloq.
• NITCHIE (usually derogatory) a Native American ...1850 Can. sl.
• OATMEAL CHINAMAN in mining in the Cariboo: a Canadian ...1963 Can. sl.
• PEA-EYE a Prince Edward Islander; broadly, anyone from any of the Canadian Maritime Provinces ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PEA-SOUP (derogatory) a French-Canadian; the French-Canadian patois ...1896 N. Amer. sl.
• PEA SOUPER (derogatory) a person of French background or heritage, esp. a French Canadian ...1930 Amer. dial.
• P.I. a Prince Edward Islander; broadly, anyone from any of the Canadian Maritime Provinces ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SPUD ISLANDER a native or inhabitant of Prince Edward Island ...1957 Can. sl.
• ZOMBIE (derisive) a man conscripted for home defense in World War II ...1943 Can. sl.
CANAL - nouns
• CANALAGE * the construction of canals; canal-work ...1854
• DITCH a canal, as Panama, Suez, etc. ...L19 US sl.
• NAVIGATION † a canal or other artificial waterway ...1761 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAVVY an artificial waterway; a canal ...1864 Eng. dial.
CANARY - nouns
• DICKY-BIRD the canary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SUGAR-BIRD † a canary ...1688
CANCEL - verbs
• ABROGATE to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel ...1526
• AX to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject ...1922 sl.
• AXE to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject ...1922 sl.
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAN to dispose of as garbage; hence, to cancel a project or the like ...1930 Amer. sl.
• CANCELLATE †* to strike out, to cancel ...1647
• DINGO to cancel, especially to cancel a date or romantic assignation ...2003 UK teenage sl.
• ICE to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme ...1980s sl.
• QUITTANCE † to give up, to cancel ...1592
• SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN to cancel or ignore the past and start again ...L19 US sl.
• UNABLE †* to annul or cancel ...1611
• UNAPPOINT to cancel ...1682
• UNBESPEAK † to countermand; to cancel an order or request for ...1661
• VACUATE † to annul, to cancel, to abrogate, to set aside ...1654
CANCELLATION - nouns
• CANCELMENT cancellation ...1621
• CASSATION the act of making null or void; cancellation, abrogation ...c1425
• CHOP, THE dismissal; also, sudden curtailment or cancellation ...1945 Brit. sl.
CANCELLED - adjectives
• ABROGATE repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority ...1460 arch.
• OFF cancelled; not going to happen ...1882 US sl.
CANCER - nouns
• BAD LAD cancer ...20C Irish euphemism
• BIG C cancer ...1964 euphemism
• BIG CASINO anything terminal or fatal, esp. a disease, as cancer; also syphilis ...1930s US sl.
• DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• DISCO DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• FAKE cancer ...20C Ulster
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
• JACK THE DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• JIMMY DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• LAD, THE cancer or tuberculosis ...1997 Ireland
• SPANISH DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. rhyming sl
• TAP DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
CANCER - nouns, person
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
CANDID - adjectives
• CANDY candid ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TAM-PLAIN frank, candid ...1828 Sc.
CANDID - nouns, person
• REAL PEOPLE an honest, sincere, candid person ...1960s Amer. sl.
CANDID - verbs
• LET IT ALL HANG OUT to speak candidly ...1970 sl., orig. US
• SHOOT THE WORKS to speak candidly ...1946 sl., orig. US
CANDIDATE - nouns, person
• CANDLESTICK a humorous corruption of 'candidate' ...1870 Winchester College usage
• DARK 'UN a candidate or competitor of whom little is known ...c1860 sl.
CANDLE - nouns
• BALLARAT LANTERN a candle stuck in the neck of a bottle, the bottom of which has been knocked off ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BARK a box or receptacle, formerly made of bark, used for holding candles or candle-ends ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEETER †* a little wax candle ...1578
• CANDLE-LIGHT the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
• CANDLE-QUENCHER † an extinguisher ...1382
• CANDLE-SHEARS † snuffers; candle extinguisher ...1483
• CANDLE-SNOT the burnt wick of a candle ...19C Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
• CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
• CANDLE-WASTER a small bit of burning wick that falls upon the substance of the candle and causes it to run ...Bk1888
• DOUP the end or last part of anything, as a candle ...E18 Sc.
• FATSTICK a candle ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GAUDY † a taper ...1531
• GAWDY † a taper ...1531
• JACK RANDALL a candle ...Bk1896 rhyming sl.
• MAKE-WEIGHT a comparatively small quantity added to make up a certain weight; spec. a small candle ...1695
• MATCH † the wick of a candle or lamp ...1377
• MICKEY a farthing candle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALACE ENDS remnants of the candles put, on big occasions, in the chandeliers at Buckingham Palace ...L19 colloq.
• PIGTAIL a small candle ...E19 Eng. dial.
• PISSING-CANDLE the smallest candle in the pound put in to make up the weight ...1695 Eng. dial.
• QUARION † a 'quarrier'' a large square candle ...1512
• QUARRIER † a large square candle ...c1550
• QUARRY †* a square candle ...1526
• SLUT a makeshift candle, esp. one made from a piece of rag dipped in lard or fat ...E17
• SNUFFER an instrument used for snuffing candles, etc. ...1465
• SNUFT the burnt wick of a candle ...1657 Eng. dial.
• SPALE a curl of wax on a burning candle ...L18
• TALLOW-JACK a candle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAPER orig., a wax candle, in early times used chiefly for devotional or penitential purposes; later, a long wick coated with wax for temporary use as a spill, etc. ...c897
• THIEF an imperfection in the wick of a candle which causes it to gutter and waste ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAKE the wick of a candle; a candle; a form of 'wick' ...1865 Eng. dial.
CANDLE - nouns, person
• MAGGOT BOILER a tallow chandler ...L18 sl.
• SNUFFER one who snuffs candles ...1611
CANDLE - verbs
• BURN DAYLIGHT to light candles before there is need ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DAFF to extinguish a candle ...1677 Eng. dial.
• METCH to crop the snuff of a candle; to snuff ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MICK to crop the snuff of a candle, to snuff ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUENCH to put out, to extinguish, as a candle ...c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUINCH to put out, to extinguish, as a candle ...Bk1905 Ireland
• SNUFT to snuff a candle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOP THE GLIM to snuff a candle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANDLESTICK - nouns
• CANDLE-STAFF † a candlestick; the main stem or shaft of a branched candlestick ...c1000
• CANSTICK † a candlestick ...1562
• TANDER a candlestick ...c1881 Sc.
CANDY see SWEETS
CANE - nouns
• CAKE a stroke with a cane ...19C Christ's Hospital School usage
• JEMMY †* a light cane, a switch ...1753
• LIMBER JACK a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1860 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SIMON a cane ...c1850 Brit. school usage
• SIXER six strokes of the cane ...1927 school sl.
• WHANGEE a cane ...L18
CANE - verbs
• CAKE to cane ...19C Christ's Hospital School usage
CANING - adjectives
• BACULINE pert. to the rod or to punishment by caning or flogging ...1710
CANNABIS - see DRUGS
CANNIBAL - adjectives
• CANNIBALEAN * pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1602
• CANNIBALIC pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1837
CANNIBAL - nouns, person
• LESTRIGON † an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person ...1591
• LESTRIGONIAN an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person ...a1887
• MAN-HUNTER a term of contempt for a cannibal, slave-dealer, brigand, or the like ...1555
• WARLOCK † a savage or monstrous creature (hostile to men); applied to giants, cannibals, mythical beasts, etc. ...a1000
CANNIBALISM - nouns
• CANNIBALITY * cannibalism; the practice of eating the flesh of one's fellow creatures ...1796
• ENDOPHAGY cannibalism within the same group or tribe
CANNON - nouns
• AMAZON ANNIE a cannon deigned to fire atomic shells ...1958 US sl.
• BARK the sound of cannon-firing ...1871
• BARKER a cannon ...1842 sl.
• BASE † the smallest kind of cannon used in the 16th-17th centuries; diameter of bore 1.25 in., weight 200 lb., weight of shot 0.5lb ...1544
• BASILISK a large cannon, generally made of brass, and throwing a shot of about 200 pounds weight ...1577
• BOMBARD a cannon ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOMBARD-SHOT cannon-shot ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIME-NICKEL a 105mm wheeled cannon capable of shooting
shells at a high angle ...1991 US sl.
• GROWLER a cannon ...1860 Amer. sl.
• YETLING † a small cannon ...1566 Sc.
CANNONBALL - nouns
• DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile ...1877 Amer. dial.
• FATAL PILL a cannonball ...Amer. World War I sl.
• NIGGER BABIES (derogatory) cannonballs ...M19 US sl.
• PILL a bullet, shell, or in early use, a cannonball ...c1626
CANOE - verbs
• CANOODLE to paddle or propel a canoe ...1879 Oxford University usage
CAN OPENER - nouns
• CHURCH KEY a can opener ...1960s Amer. sl.
• P-38 the small can-opener included with individual field rations ...Vietnam War usage
CANOPY - nouns
• HEAVEN a canopy; the covering over a stage ...1486
• PALL a rich cloth spread upon or over something; a coverlet, canopy, etc. ...a1300 arch.
• SILOUR † a canopy ...1394
CANT - see SLANG
CANTALOUPE - nouns
• LOPE a cantaloupe ...1969 Amer. dial.
CANTANKEROUS - adjectives
• BRABAGIOUS said of a quarrelsome woman; cantankerous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• ETTEN cantankerous, crusty, peevish ...1911 Sc.
• GNATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERY peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• TANKEROUS cantankerous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CANTANKEROUS - nouns, person
• CROOKED STICK a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person; a dishonest person ...1846-8
• HORNET a disagreeable, cantankerous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial
• NETHER'S NEB a cantankerous person ...1939 Sc.
• OLD COOT a foolish or cantankerous old person; also used affectionately ...M18 sl.
• PICK-QUARREL † one ready to pick quarrels; a quarrelsome person; a cantankerous person ...1530
• SAUERKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SAUERKRAUTER a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SOURCROUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SOURKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• TACKLE a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman ...1980s Irish sl.
• TAE a cantankerous person ...1921 Sc.
CANTANKEROUS - verbs
• HAVE A WORM IN ONE'S TONGUE to be bitter in speech; to be cantankerous; to snarl and bite like a mad dog ...1759
CANTEEN - nouns
• CAFÉ DE MOVE-ON a small mobile canteen catering for workers at their place of work ...1920s S. Afr. sl.
CANTER - adverbs
• WITH A TITTUP at a canter ...a1764
CANTER - nouns
• HAND-CANTER a quick canter ...1892 Sc.
• THREE HALFPENCE AND TWO PENCE a slow, ambling canter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CANVASS - verbs
• RAND to go round soliciting votes, to canvass ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RANDY †* to canvass ...a1720
CANYON - nouns
• SHUT-IN a gorge, a canyon ...1913 Amer. dial.
CAP - see HAT
CAPABLE - adjectives
• ABLE strong, capable, courageous ...1980 Can.
• BASTANT † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
• BIONIC highly skilled or capable ...1976 sl.
• CAPAX † of capacity: able and ready to take or receive; capable ...1432-50
• CAPYOUS † capable ...c1430
• GREAT highly skilled or capable ...1784
• HAIRY clever, sharp, capable; cunning ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• LIKELY able-bodied, competent, capable ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUSTARD highly skilled or capable ...1925 sl.
• NIFTY highly skilled or capable ...1907 sl., orig. US
• OMNIPOTENT capable of anything; unparalleled; huge ...1596 humorous
• ON THE BALL alert, capable, or efficient; acting effectively ...1939 US sl.
• PIE ON highly skilled or capable ...1941 NZ sl.
• SHIT-HOT highly skilled or capable ...1961 sl.
• SUFFICIENT † qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able ...c1385
• SUFFISANT † competent, able. capable ...c1385
• TIGHT † of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful; alert, smart; lively, vigorous, stout ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAPABLE - nouns, person
• BOY a smart, clever, capable fellow; used in derision as well as praise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEACON a master of his craft; a thoroughly capable man ...1790 Sc.
• HORSE a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1808 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1845 Amer. sl.
• PISS-CUTTER a remarkable or capable person; a clever person; an expert ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PISS-RIPPER a very capable and energetic person who gets things done ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SUFFICIENCE † a capable or competent person ...1607
CAPABLE - verbs
• CAPABILITATE † to make capable; to indicate the capabilities of ...1780
• CAPACIFY †* to render capable; to qualify, to fit ...a1677
• FART THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER to do everything that is required and more; to be super-capable ...1998 US sl.
• HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BALL to be especially capable, alert, efficient, etc. ...1936 US sl.
• SUFFICE † to be capable of ...1390
CAPACIOUS - adjectives
• CAPABLE † able to hold much; roomy, capacious ...1594
• LARGE † allowing plenty of room; spacious, roomy, capacious ...a1225
• SCOUTHIE capacious, of large size ...Bk1904 Sc.
CAPACITATE verbs
• HABILITATE * to clothe, to dress ...1885
CAPACITATED - adjectives
• HABILITATE † endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified ...1622
CAPACITY - adjectives
• CAPABLE † able to take in, receive, contain, or hold; having room or capacity for ...1571
CAPACITY - nouns
• BIND capacity, ability, power ...1824 Sc.
• FACTIVITY † capacity; range of activity ...a1643
• HABILIMENT † mental equipment or qualification; capacity ...1633
• HABILITATION the act of enabling or endowing with ability or fitness; capacitation, qualification ...1612
• NERVE power, capacity ...1822 Sc.
• SUFFICIENCE † capacity; ability; competence ...1382
CAPE - nouns
• NESS a promontory, headland, or cape ...956
CAPER - adjectives
• ANTIC clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ANTIC AS A JAYBIRD clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful ...1917 Amer. dial.
CAPER - nouns
• BRANK a prance; a toss of the head, a caper ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALEER a caper, a jump; frolic ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALEEVER a caper, frolic, antic; a hubbub, a noisy game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAPRICCIO a sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper ...1665
• DINGDO a caper, a prank, a trick ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FANDANGLES ornaments, trinkets; antics, capers, as in dancing about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMBADE a prank, caper ...1821 Sc.
• GAMBADO a fantastic movement, as in dancing or leaping about; a caper ...1859
• GANSPEL a trick, caper ...1929 Sc.
• KEDIDOES capers, pranks, tricks ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PANT a prank, a frolic, a 'lark', a piece of fun, a caper, a piece of boyish mischief ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILLY a prank, freak; a caper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• SHINE a caper, a prank, a trick ...1836 Amer. dial.
• VAPOUR a caper; a leap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CAPER - verbs
• CALEER to caper, to jump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAPRIOLE to leap, to skip, to caper; also said of horses and their riders ...1580
• CUT THE SHORT DOG. to caper and frisk around when tipsy ...1888 Amer. dial.
• DANDER to caper ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GAMBADO to prance, to caper ...1829
• RANCE to caper about rowdily ...1856 Sc.
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• VAPOUR to caper; to frisk about ...1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CAPERING - adjectives
• PALAVERIN capering, ostentatious ...1880 Sc.
CAPERING - nouns
• ONCARRY a stir, a bustle, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic ...c1850 Sc.
• ONCARRYING a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour ...1835 Sc.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - nouns, person
• STATE ELECTRICIAN the executioner in a state using electrocution in the electric chair for capital punishment ...1982 US sl.
CAPITULATE - verbs
• CRY CALF-ROPE to give in; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games ...1942 Amer. dial.
CAPRICE, CAPRICIOUS - nouns
• ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOT a whim, fancy, caprice ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural ...1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAGARITY * capricious irregularity or variability ...1886 rare
• VAGARY a capricious, fantastic, or eccentric action or piece of conduct ...1629
• VARIORUM † a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss ...1857 Sc.
• WANTONNESS † caprice, whim ...1595
CAPRICIOUS - adjectives
• FANCICAL fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1671 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FANCICLE fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FANSICLE fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FANTASIOUS †* adj. full of fancies, capricious ...c1489
• FEATHER-MINDED flighty, capricious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GERFUL † changeable; capricious ...c1374
• HEN-HEADED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HEN-MINDED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...1892 Amer. dial.
• KITTLE difficult to deal with, esp. because touchy, obstinate, or intractable; fickle, capricious ...Sc.
• MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTTY capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1846 Sc.
• MAGGOTY full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1678
• MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1894 Sc.
• MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MIFFY apt to take offense, touchy, capricious ...1750 Eng. dial.
• MOONISH † acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical ...1827
• VAGARISOME vagarious, capricious
• WANTON † capricious, frivolous, giddy ...1538 obs.
CAPRICIOUS - nouns, person
• GOOGEEN a fidgety, capricious person; generally used of a woman ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOT a whimsical or capricious person ...1681
CAPRICIOUSNESS - nouns
• FEATHERINESS lightness, fickleness, capriciousness ...1689
CAPSIZE - verbs
• RAMVERSE † to capsize, to upset ...1593 obs.
CAPSIZING - nouns
• CAPSIZAL the act of capsizing; an upset ...1881
CAPTAIN - nouns, person
• BREAK-BULK † a captain that appropriates a portion of his cargo ...17C sl.
• CAP captain ...M19 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• CAPER † a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair ...1657 obs. exc. hist.
• CAPTAINESS a female captain or commander ...1465
• COP a captain ...US Civil War usage
• DRIVER a captain notorious for crowding-on all possible sail ...M19 nautical
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• MASTER KNOB, THE the ship's captain ...19C Brit. sl.
• OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship's captain; hence, one's employer or superior ...1830 sl.
• QUINQUAGENARIAN †* a captain of fifty men ...1569
• QUINQUAGENARY †* a captain of fifty men ...1382
• RAG-DRAGGER the captain of a sailing ship ...20C nautical sl.
• SKIP a skipper (a captain, leader, etc.) ...1830 UK
• SKIPPER 1. the captain of a sports team ...1830 sl.
2. a commanding officer in the army or the captain of an aircraft or squadron ...1906 services' sl.
CAPTAIN - nouns, person, other
• TIGER a captain's personal steward ...1929 nautical sl.
CAPTIOUS - adjectives
• BOW-WOW captious, snarling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAVILLOUS † unfair in argument; full of objections; apt to object or criticize without good reason; captious, quibbling ...1572
• ERISTIC of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious ...1637
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KAMPSJIOUS captious, disposed to catch at faults ...1914 Sc.
• QUEER ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult ...1885 Eng. dial.
• QUIDIFICAL †* quibbling, captious; triflingly subtle ...1542
• SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered ...B1900 colloq.
• TASH † fretful, captious, hard to please; ill-natured; forward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• YATTERIN captious, fretful, querulous, scolding ...a1838 Sc.
• YATTERY captious, fretful, querulous, scolding ...a1838 Sc.
CAPTIOUS - nouns, person
• ATTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP † an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EDDERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person; a shrewish woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ETHERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1725 Eng. dial.
• ETTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1820 Sc.
• NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NATTER-CROP a peevish person; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAPTIVATE - verbs
• CAPTIVE to captivate, to enthrall ...1528 arch.
• FANG to captivate ...1807 Sc.
• FANKLE to captivate ...1924 Sc.
• HOOK to make helplessly enamoured; to captivate ...1927 Amer. sl.
• YARR † to quarrel, to be captious and troublesome ...1778 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAPTIVATED - adjectives
• HOOKED filled with love for; captivated ...1927 Amer. sl.
CAPTIVATED - verbs
• FALL FOR to be greatly attracted by, esp. a member of the opposite sex; to become charmed or captivated by; to fall in love with ...1903 colloq.
CAPTIVATING - adjectives
• CATCHING attractive, captivating ...1654
• TAKEFUL-LOOKING attractive; captivating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKY that takes the fancy or affection; capable of captivating or charming; designed to attract notice and please; alluring, fascinating, attractive, appealing ...1854 colloq.
CAPTIVATING - nouns
• TAKE * 'taking' or captivating quality, charm ...1794
CAPTIVE - adjectives
• CAITIFF † captive ...1382
• CAITIVE captive, subject
• CAPTIVABLE †* that can be taken captive ...1675
CAPTIVE - nouns
• CAPTIVEMENT †* a taking captive, captivity ...1714
CAPTIVE - nouns, person
• CAITIFF † orig.: a captive, a prisoner ...1330
• CAPTIVITY † those who are in captivity; captives collectively ...1526
CAPTIVE - verbs
• CAITIVE † to make captive ...1382
• CAPTIVATE † to make captive, to take prisoner; to capture ...c1555 obs. or arch.
• CAPTIVE to take captive, to bring into captivity ...c1430 arch.
CAPTIVITY - nouns
• CAITIFDOM † captivity ...1382
• CAITIFTY † captivity ...a1300
• CAPTIVANCE †* captivation, captivity ...1596
• CAPTIVEMENT †* a taking captive, captivity ...1714
CAPTOR - nouns, person
• CAPER † a captor, a seizer ...1759 Sc.
• CAPTIVER † one who takes captive; a captor ...1613
• CAPTRESS * a female captor ...1867
CAPTURE - nouns
• APPLE CUCUMBER a ploy to kill or capture one's target by using a friend to get close to the target's friend, which will eventually bring the target into view ...1990s Aust. criminals' sl.
• CAPTION * a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
• FANG † a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip ...a1400-50
CAPTURE - nouns, person
• FANGER † one who catches or captures ...a1300
CAPTURE - verbs
• BAG in the military: to take prisoner; to capture ...1861 military sl.
• BETAKE to overtake, to capture, to recover ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAPTIVATE † to make captive, to take prisoner; to capture ...c1555 obs. or arch.
• CAST SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails
• CATCH † to take forcible possession of, to capture a town, castle, ship, country, etc. ...c1205
• COB of people: to capture, to catch, to catch out ...E19 sl.
• FANG † to seize upon booty; to catch, to apprehend, to get into one's power; to capture a city; to seize lands or possessions ...1016
• HAWK to capture, to catch, to pounce upon ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LATCH † to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods ...c950
• LAY SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails
• NAB vb. to catch or capture a person unawares; to apprehend and arrest; to catch, in the sense of to hit ...1686 UK criminals' sl.
• PUT SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails
• TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE to attempt to capture, assault, or seduce someone ...20C US sl.
• TAKE IN † to capture, to take prisoner, to conquer in war ...1387
• TAKE TO to capture, to arrest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CAPTURED - adjectives
• DEAD finished; lost; arrested, captured ...1950s sl.
CAPTURING - adjectives
• TAKEFUL capturing, arresting ...1901 Eng. dial.
• BLIBBANS strips of soft or slimy stuff; generally used of seaweed on rocks at ebb-tide; also, large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth ...1887 Sc.
• BOW-KAIL cabbage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW-STOCK a cabbage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAB a cabbage ...18C sl.
• CABBAGE-RUNT a cabbage stalk ...1923 Sc.
• CABBITCH cabbage ...1924 Sc.
• CALLARDS cabbage; the leaves and shoots of cabbage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASTOCK the stalk or stem of a cabbage ...1398 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VIOLET cabbage ...1920 sl.
CABIN - nouns
• BARRACK † a temporary hut or cabin, as for the use of soldiers during a siege, etc. ...1686 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• CABANE a cabin; a hut ...M19 Can. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CABOOSE a hut, a cabin; a poor dwelling ...E19 chiefly N. Amer.
• CABOOSH an office; a small cabin or compartment ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• CAMPODA a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1856 Amer. dial.
• CAMPOODIE a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1869 Amer. dial.
• CAMPOODY a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TAN a temporary tent, hut, or cabin, such as set up by tinkers or gypsies ...1895 Sc.
CABIN FEVER - adjectives
• WOODS QUEER suffering from cabin fever; said of one who acts strangely from having been isolated in the woods too long ...1940 Amer. dial.
CABIN FEVER - nouns
• SHANTY FEVER cabin fever ...1950 Amer. dial.
CABOOSE - see TRAIN
CACKLE, CACKLING - nouns
• KEAK †* a cackle; cackling ...1600
• KECKLE a short, spasmodic laugh; a chuckle; a cackling, chattering ...1820 Sc.
CACKLE - verbs
• CAKE to cackle as a goose, or as a hen wanting to sit ...1788 Eng. dial.
• CANK to cackle as geese; to talk rapidly, to chatter ...1741 Eng. dial.
• GAGGLE to laugh immoderately; to cackle ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEAK †* to cackle ...1545
• KECK 1. of a bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1844
2. to cackle, to laugh ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1513
• KEEK †* to cackle ...1545
• KEKE † to cackle ...1545
CAD - nouns, person
• MUCKER a bounder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MURKER a bounder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PRIG a female cad ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
CADAVER - nouns
• CADAVERIE †* a cadaver ...1600
CADAVEROUS - nouns, person
• DEATH UPON PRODS a cadaverous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CADAVEROUS - verbs
• CADAVERIZE to make into a corpse; to make cadaverous ...1841
CADENCE - nouns
• CASURE †* cadence, rhythm ...1565
CADGE - verbs
• BLUDGE to borrow money, etc.; to cadge or scrounge ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BOT to cadge or sponge money ...1921 Aust. sl.
• FANG to demand money; to cadge, to beg for a loan ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GRUB to beg or borrow; to cadge; to beg from ...1887 Amer. sl.
• HUM to cadge or sponge money ...1913 Aust. sl.
• HUSTLE to beg, to cadge ...1902 US beggars' and tramps' sl.
• MOOCH to borrow or cadge money; to beg ...1899 sl.
• NIP to cadge money ...1919 sl., chiefly Aust.
• POLE ON to cadge or sponge money ...1906 Aust. sl.
• PONCE OFF to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• PONCE ON to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• SCADGE to ask for, to cadge ...1898 Sc.
• SCOONGE to go about from place to place like a dog; to cadge for invitations ...1891 Sc.
• SCOUNGE to go about from place to place like a dog; to cadge for invitations ...1891 Sc.
• SCROUNGE to cadge ...M19
CADGER - nouns, person
• AARON, THE a cadger 19C
• BADGER † one who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer who acts as a middleman between producer (farmer, fisherman, etc.) and consumer; a cadger, hawker, or huckster ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BOT a borrower or cadger ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DEADBEAT a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger; a loafer; a worthless idler; one who will not or cannot pay debts ...1871 Amer. sl.
• EAR-BITER a borrower or cadger ...1899 sl., orig. Aust.
• EAR-LUGGER a cadger, a scrounger ...20C Aust. sl.
• HUM a borrower or cadger ...1915 Aust. sl.
• LOAFER * a cadger ...20C
• MOOCH a borrower or cadger ...1914 sl.
• MOOCHER a borrower or cadger ...1857 sl.
• POLER a borrower or cadger ...1938 Aust. sl.
• SCALDY a mean, cadging person ...20C Irish sl.
• SCROUNGER one who cadges from others ...M19
• TAPPER a borrower or cadger ...1930 sl.
CADGING - adjectives
• ON THE MOZZLE cadging, esp. when seeking to borrow something small from a friend or neighbour 1992 UK sl.
• ON THE SCROUNGE begging, cadging ...M19 sl.
• ON THE TAP borrowing, cadging ...1932 sl.
CADGING - nouns
• CADGE the profession of cadging or begging ...1812 sl.
• EAR-BITING cadging, begging ...1900s Aust. sl.
CAESAR, JULIUS
• SALAD DUDE. THE Julius Caesar ...20C teen & high school sl.
CAFÉ - nouns
• CAF(F) a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• CAFFY a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• KAYF a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• QUICK AND DIRTY a cheap cafe ...1960s sl., orig. US
CAFETERIA - nouns
• CAFF a cafeteria ...sl.
CAGE - nouns
• MEW a place in which to confine any living creature; a breeding-cage for canaries, goldfinches, and other small birds ...1861 Eng. dial.
CAJOLE - verbs
• BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLAFLUM to coax, to cajole; to deceive ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLANDANDER to tempt by blandishment; to cajole ...1888 colloq.
• BUZZ to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
• CAHOOLE to cajole ...1851 US students' sl.
• CALLIFUDGE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CAST SALT ON ANYONE'S TAIL to catch; to take advantage of; to cajole; to get the better of ...1721 Sc.
• DWEEDLE † to cajole, to wheedle ...1688 ? obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to cajole, wheedle, flatter ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LARCENY to attempt to cajole with insincere flattery ...1960 US criminals' sl.
• LAY SALT ON ONE'S TAIL to catch; to take advantage of; to cajole; to get the better of ...1836 Sc.
• PALP * to speak fair to, to flatter, to cajole ...1657
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SAWDER UP to flatter, to cajole ...1848 Ireland
• SOAP to flatter and cajole; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1853 sl.
• SUPPARASITE †* to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite ...1623
• VANQUISH to deceive, to cajole, to get round a person ...1866 Sc.
• VEIGLE † to inveigle, to beguile, to cajole ...1745 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAJOLERY, CAJOLING - nouns
• BLANNY ingratiating or flattering speech; cajolery ...1926 Amer. dial.
• DAUBERY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBMENT flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBY-SAUBY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SALVE praise, flattery, cajolery ...1864
• SAUBY-DAUBY cajolery, excessive flattery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SOAP flattery, cajolement ...1854 Amer. sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
CAKE - nouns
• CAKELET a small cake
• CAKERS a cake shop ...Brit. sl.
• CAKERY a cake shop ...Brit. sl.
• DERL a broken piece of bread, cake, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• DERRIL a broken piece of bread, cake, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• DUMB CAKE in Newfoundland: a cake baked and eaten by unmarried women in silence ...1998 Can. sl.
• FARL the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FARLE the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FARREL the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FARTHEL the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• FERLE the fourth part of a thin circular cake, generally made of oatmeal; a segment of cake; a cake ...1721 Sc.
• GOOP the icing on top of a cake ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ICENING the sweet covering spread on top of a cake; icing; frosting ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NACKIE a loaf of bread; a small cake ...1788 Sc.
• NEB an edge, a rim; the edge of a cake ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE † a round slice or paring; a small round cake ...1607
• SCONCE a small cake ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNODDIE a thick cake or bannock baked among hot ashes ...B1900 Sc.
• TABNAB a cake, bun, or pastry; a savoury snack ...1933 nautical sl.
• TEA-CHIT-CHAT cakes, etc. eaten at tea ...1791 Sc.
• WAD food, esp. a bun, cake, or sandwich; in all cases its filling qualities are more important than taste etc. ...1919 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
CAKE - verbs
• CAKATE to serve with cake ...1632 humorous nonce formation
CALAMITOUS - adjectives
• TRAGEDIOUS † full of tragedy; calamitous, tragic ...1494
CALAMITY - nouns
• AATACLAPS a disaster, a calamity ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• AZOTE calamity ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000
• BLACK OX a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ONFALL † an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity; an assault, on onset ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity ...a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CALAMITY - nouns, person
• CALAMITY JANE one who suffers calamity ...1966 Amer. dial.
CALCULATE - verbs
• ACCOUNT † to calculate, to reckon, to compute ...1398
• CALCILATE to calculate; to plan; to intend ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CALC OUT to calculate something ...1999 US sl.
• CALCULE to calculate, to reckon ...1377 obs.
• CALK † to calculate, to reckon, esp. astrologically ...1401
• CAST † to reckon, to calculate, to estimate ...a1300
• CATALOGIZE † to reckon up, to calculate ...1602
• CIPHER vb. to calculate; to think out ...M19
• CYPHER to calculate; to think out ...M19
• RATE * to reckon, to calculate, to estimate the amount or sum of ...1597
CALCULATED - adjectives
• CAST † calculated, planned ...c1400
CALCULATION - adjectives
• CALCULATORY † pert. to calculation or estimate ...1611
CALCULATION - nouns
• CALCUL † calculation; estimate ...1754 Sc.
• CALCULE † calculation ...1601
CALENDAR - adjectives
• CALENDARIAL * pert. to a calendar ...1867
• CALENDARIAN * pert. to a calendar ...1839
• CALENDARY † pert. to the calendar ...1633
• CALENDRIC * of the nature of a calendar ...1878
• CALENDRICAL * of the nature of a calendar ...1863
CALENDAR - nouns
• CALENDARY † a calendar ...c1450
CALENDAR - nouns, person
• CALENDARIAN * a maker of a calendar ...1826
• CALENDARIOGRAPHER †* a calendar maker, an almanac maker ...1683
• CALENDOGRAPHER †* the constructor of a calendar ...a1691
CALIFORNIA - nouns
• AVENUE, THE Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California ...1966 US sl.
• BEAR STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAL California ...L19 US
• CALI California ...1930 US sl.
• CALIFAS California ...1974 US sl.
• CALIFINORIA California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA BANK NOTE a hide used as a medium of currency in pre-Gold Rush California ...1840 Amer. dial. hist.
• CALLY California ...1930 US sl.
• DAGO (derogatory) San Diego, California ...1931 US sl.
• EAST LOS east Los Angeles, California ...1974 US sl.
• EL DORADO California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EL DORADO STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EUREKA STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOLD COAST California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOLDEN POPPY STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOLDEN STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAPE STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRIZZLY BEAR STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIGHT, THE the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood of San Francisco ...1967 US sl.
• HOT FURNACE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KILLIN' FIELDS, THE East Oakland, California ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• L.A. Los Angeles, California ...1901 Amer. sl.
• LAH Los Angeles, California ...1978 US jocular
• LA-LA Los Angeles, California ..1996 US sl.
• LA-LA LAND Los Angeles ...1970s sl., orig. US
• LAND OF FRUIT AND NUTS California ...1940s US sl.
• LAND OF GOLD California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAND OF PERPETUAL SUNSHINE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOTUSLAND Los Angeles, California ...1980 Amer. sl.
• MO the Fillmore area of San Francisco ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• NICKEL SHOT a 5-storey public housing building in the Fillmore area of San Francisco ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• OAKTOWN Oakland, California ...1990 local & rap music usage
• OC Orange County, California ...2001 US sl.
• OLD COUNTRY Beverly Hills, California; used with irony by transplants to the San Fernando Valley ...2004 US sl.
• PANSY PATCH an area in west Hollywood, California, largely populated by homosexual men since the 1960s ...1971 US sl.
• QUIET VILLAGE Venice, California ...1980s US Black sl.
• SAC Sacramento, California ...1930s US tramps' & criminals' sl.
• SAN BERNAGHETTO San Bernadino, California ...2004 US sl.
• S AND M Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California ...1987 US sl.
• SAN FRAN San Francisco ...20C US sl.
• S.C. South Central Los Angeles ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• SUNKIST STATE California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNNY CAL California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNNY CALIFORNIA California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWISH ALPS the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, a homosexual enclave ...1983 US sl.
• TACO TOWN (derogatory) San Jose, US ...1960s US sl.
• TAMALEVILLE (derogatory) San Jose, US ...1960s US sl.
• TINSELTOWN Hollywood, California, as a centre of the movie industry ...1970s colloq.
• WALL CITY San Quentin prison, California ...1930s US criminals' sl.
CALIFORNIAN - adjectives
• CALI Californian ...1990s sl.
CALIFORNIAN - nouns, person
• ANGELENO a resident of Los Angeles, California ...1857 Amer. dial.
• CALIFORNICATOR a Californian, esp. one who has moved to Oregon or Washington state ...1978 US sl.
• CHIP an officer of the California Highway Patrol ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY an officer of the California Highway Patrol ...1977 Amer. sl.
• NATIVE SON a White man who is a native of California ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PRUNE PICKER a Californian ...1918 sl.
CALISTHENICS - nouns
• CALIJUMPICS calisthenics ...1944-49 Amer. sl.
CALL - verbs
• ACCITE † to summon, to call ...1506
• NUNCUPATE †* to call, to name, to designate ...1609 obs. rare
CALLED - adjectives
• NUNCUPATE †* called, named ...a1548 obs. rare
• YCLEPED called, named ...c950 arch.
• YCLEPT called, named ...c950 arch.
CALL FOR - verbs
• OFCLEPE † to call for, to summon, to get by calling ...c1000
• OFGREDE †* to call for, to summon ...a1300
CALL FORTH - verbs
• BAN † to call forth, to call for things ...1205
CALLOUS - adjectives
• ARMOUR-PLATED insensitive to attack; callous ...1894
• CALLOUSED callous, indifferent ...1887 Sc.
• CASE-HARDENED made callous or tough by experience ...1769
• DEAD-HEARTED dead in feeling, callous, insensible ...1642
• DEDOLENT † that feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous, hard-hearted ...1633
CALLOUS - nouns
• WARISH † hard skin, a callosity, a callous ...1570
CALLOUS - verbs
• WALK to render hard and callous, as the skin of the hand by hard work ...1641 Sc.
• WARISH † to become hard or callous ...1570
CALLOUSED - adjectives
• HORN-FISTED having hard, calloused hands ...M19 nautical colloq.
• WALKED thickened, rendered calloused by hard work ...1786 Sc.
CALLOUSNESS - nouns
• CALLOSITY a hardened state of mind; callousness ...M17
• DEDOLENCE † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...1606
• DEDOLENCY † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...a1617
CALL OUT - verbs
• YALP-YALP of a person: to call out loudly and shrilly; to whine ...1903 Sc.
• YAWK to call out loudly; to hoot; to shout; to talk quickly and indistinctly ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEIE † to utter in a loud voice; to call out; to announce for sale in a loud voice ...a1225
• YELP † to call out loudly or shrilly, to utter ...c1400
CALLOWAY, CAB
• CABBAGE Cab Calloway's nickname ...Black sl.
CALM - adjectives
• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT calm, peaceful, uneventful ...WWI Amer. sl.
• ANTI-FRANTIC calm, collected ...1983 US sl.
• CALMY characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful ...1587 poetic arch.
• CHILLING calm, cool, laid back ...1987 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• CHILLY calm, cool, or laid back ...1971 US sl.
• COOL AS A CUCUMBER alert and aware; self-possessed; calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOLED OUT calm, unperturbed, in control ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• DISH-CALM perfectly calm ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HALCYDONIAN † calm, quiet, tranquil ...1611
• HALCYON calm, quiet, peaceful, undisturbed ...1578
• HALCYONIAN † calm, quiet, peaceful ...1617
• ICE adj. cool, relaxed, calm, self-contained ...1970s US Black
• IMPASSIONATE * free from, or not governed by passion; calm, dispassionate ...1621
• LOWN calm, quiet ...Amer. dial.
• PACATE † pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil ...1644
• PACIFIC characterized by peace or calm; peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet ...1633
• QUEEM pleasant; calm; smooth ...1824 Sc.
• QUIETFUL †* full of quiet; calm ...c1440
• QUIETSOME † quiet, silent, calm, still, tranquil, undisturbed ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CALM - nouns
• ALYO a condition of calm or safety ...Amer. sl.
• DEAD-WIND a calm ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALCYON † calm, quietude ...1647
• IRISH HURRICANE a dead calm, esp. among sailors ...1945 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S HURRICANE a dead calm, esp. among sailors ...1827 Amer. dial.
• PADDY'S HURRICANE a calm, esp. among sailors ...1821 Amer. nautical
• QUIETUDE quietness; rest, calm, tranquillity ...1597
CALM - nouns, person
• COOL CARD one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL CUSTOMER one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL FISH one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL HAND a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL-HEAD a calm, unflappable person ...M19 sl.
• EASY RIDER a calm, unruffled person ...1971 sl.
CALM, CALM DOWN - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• ASSOPIATE †* to lull, to calm, to assuage; to lay at rest, to put an end to ...a1649
• CHILL to calm down, to become cool; to relax ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHILL OUT to take it easy; to relax; to calm down ...1980 US sl.
• CHILLY DOWN to take it easy, to relax, to calm down ...1986 Amer. sl.
• COOL DOWN to calm down ...1882 sl.
• COOL IT to calm down, to relax, to take it easy ...1953 sl., orig. US
• COOL OFF to calm down ...1887 sl.
• COOL OUT to calm or settle down; to relax
• FAN to calm someone down; to mollify ...1971 US sl.
• GET ONE'S ACT TOGETHER to calm down; to plan sensibly; to state a goal and aim for it ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• HALCYON †* to calm. to tranquillize ...1616
• HOLD ONE'S HORSES to check one's impulsiveness; to be calm ...1842 US sl.
• KEEP ONE'S BRITCHES ON not to become impatient, excited, or angry ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR DOWN to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR ON to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1885 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S SHIRT ON to keep one's composure, to remain calm or relaxed ...1854 sl., orig. US
• LAMB DOWN to calm someone down ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LENIATE † to render mild or soft; to soften, to soothe, to make calm ...1622
• MAINTAIN YOUR COOL to stay calm, poised ...1960s Amer. sl.
• MEASE to soothe, to mitigate, to calm ...1678 Sc.
• PARLAY to calm down, to relax ...1990s US Black sl.
• PEACIFY * to make calm, to pacify; to soothe, quiet, or subdue ...1886
• QUALL of persons: to calm down, to become quiet and peaceful ...1824 Sc.
• QUIETIZE * to make quiet; to calm ...1791
• SAUGHTEL † to become calm or quiet ...a1300
• SIMMER to calm down ...M19 sl.
• SIMMER DOWN to calm down ...1871 US
• STAY LOOSE to remain calm ...1959 US sl.
• TAKE A CHILL PILL to relax, to calm down ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• TAKE IT EASY to act calmly ...M19 sl.
• TRANQUILLITATE †* to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657
CALM - phrases & interjections
• BACK OFF JACKSON! calm down! ...1990s US teen sl.
• SIMMER! an exclamation requesting someone to curb their temper or calm down ...Aust. sl.
• TAKE A MIDOL! relax! calm down! ...1980s US college sl.
• TAKE A PILL! calm down! ...1990s US college & teen sl.
• TAKE IT DOWN A THOUSAND! relax! calm down! ...1980s US college sl.
• TAKE IT EASY relax, don't worry, calm down ...M19 sl.
• TAKE IT LIGHT take it easy, calm down ...1959 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT SLOW calm down, quieten down, relax ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• TAKE THE MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK! calm down! ...L19 sl.
CALMING - adjectives
• CALMATIVE having a calming effect ...1871
CALMING - nouns
• CALMATIVE anything which has a calming effect ...1870
CALMLY - adverbs
• EASILY † without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly ...1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEEMLY calmly, smoothly ...1824 Sc.
CALMNESS - nouns
• LEE † a sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity ...a1300
CALUMNIATE - verbs
• BEBLACKEN to calumniate boldly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BESCUMMER to abuse, to calumniate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BESPATTER to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate ...1653
• BESQUIRT † to slander, to calumniate, to defame ...1682
• BETELL † to calumniate, to deride, to deceive ...a1225
• BLAZE to vilify, to calumniate; to spread rumours ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALUMNIE † to calumniate ...1827 Sc.
• DEHONESTATE †* to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate ...1663
• LACK to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPPROBRIATE to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate ...1649
• SCLAIVE to slander, to calumniate ...1871 Sc.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SKLAVE to slander, to calumniate ...1871 Sc.
CALUMNIATED - adjectives
• BELIED calumniated, falsified, proved false ...1610
CALUMNIATION - nouns
• BELYING telling lies of anyone; calumniation ...1632
CALUMNIATOR - nouns, person
• SUBSTRACTOR †* a detractor, a slanderer, a calumniator ...1601
CALUMNIOUS - adjectives
• BLACK-MOUTHED † having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious ...1595
• DEFAMOUS † of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1557
• DEFAMATIVE † defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1502
• OBTRACTUOUS †* slanderous, calumnious ...1537
CALUMNY - nouns
• DEFAME † defamation, slander, calumny ...a1450
• OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander ...1460
• OBTRACTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• OBTRECTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
CAMBODIA - nouns
• CAMBO Cambodia ...1985 Amer. sl.
CAMBODIAN - adjectives
• CAMBO Cambodian ...1972 Amer. sl.
• CAMBODE Cambodian ...1986 US military sl.
CAMBODIAN - nouns, person
• CAMBO a Cambodian ...1979 Amer. sl.
• CAMBODE a Cambodian ...1964 US military sl.
CAMBRIDGE - adjectives
• CANTABRIGIAN belonging to Cambridge ...1711
CAMBRIDGE - nouns
• BUM-CURTAIN an old name for academical gowns when they were worn scant and short ...1889 Cambridge University sl.
CAMBRIDGE - nouns, person
• CANTAB a student at Cambridge ...1750 colloq.
• CANTABRIGIAN a member of the University of Cambridge ...c1645
• EMPTY BOTTLE at Cambridge University: a fellow-commoner, i.e. a rich or aristocratic undergraduate, with special privileges and a reputation for self-indulgent laziness ...E19 UK college sl.
• JESUIT a graduate or undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge...1771 Cambridge University usage
• TAB a Cantab or Cambridge University man ...c1910 colloq.
• TANQUAM in the University of Cambridge: a person of worth and learning, that is fit company for the Fellows of Colleges, etc. ...a1661
CAMBRIDGE - verbs
• GATE at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: to confine an undergraduate to the precincts of the college, either entirely or after a certain hour ...1835
CAMEL - adjectives
• CAMELINE belonging to a camel ...1865
CAMEL - nouns
• CAMELCADE a train of people on camels; a caravan with camels ...1886 nonce word
• HUMP a camel ...1926 US circus usage
• HUNCHY a camel ...1919 Aust. sl.
• OLFEND † a camel ...971
• OONT a camel ...1862 Indian & Aust. sl.
• UNT a camel ...1862 Indian & Aust. sl.
CAMEL - nouns, person
• CAMELEER a camel-driver ...1808
• CAMELIST a partisan of the camel ...1863 nonce word
• CAMELLER †* a camel-driver ...1615
• CAMEL-PUNCHER a camel-driver ...1910s Aust. sl.
CAMERA - nouns
• BOX a camera ...1918 Amer. photography usage
CAMOUFLAGE - adjectives
• CAMMIE of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
• CAMMY of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
• CAMO of uniforms: camouflage ...1970s sl., orig. US military
CAMOUFLAGE - nouns
• BAFFLE PAINT camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BAFFLE PAINTING camouflage ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CAM camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAMEL FLAGS camouflage ...World War I Amer. sl.
• CAMMIE camouflage ...1987 Amer. military sl.
• CAMMIES a camouflage uniform ...1971 Amer. military sl.
• CAMO camouflage (uniform) ...1970s sl., orig. US military
• CHOCOLATE CHIPS desert camouflage uniforms ...1991 US sl.
• DAZZLE PAINTING camouflage ...World War I Amer. sl.
• DIZZY PAINTING camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DUCK SUIT a brown and tan camouflage suit, not dissimilar to the suit worn by a duck hunter, issued to US special forces in Vietnam ...1959 US sl.
CAMOUFLAGE - nouns, person
• CAMOUFLEUR one who applies or uses camouflage ...World War II Amer. sl.
CAMP - adjectives
• CASTRAL belonging to the camp (military) ...1844
• CASTRENSIAL †* pert. to a camp ...1658
• CASTRENSIAN pert. to a camp ...1657
CAMP - nouns
• CASTRAMETATION the art or science of laying out a camp ...1679
CAMP - nouns, person
• CASTROMETER a surveyor of (ancient) camps ...1857 nonce word
CAMP - verbs
• MAROON to camp out for several days on a pleasure party ...1855 US
• SIWASH to camp out or travel with little or no equipment or provisions ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SIWASH IT to camp out or travel with little or no equipment or provisions ...1913 Amer. dial.
CAMPAIGNING - adjectives
• ON THE STUMP campaigning ...1891 sl., orig. US
CAMPUS - nouns
• YARD the campus ...1980s US college sl.
CAN - adjectives
• BENKLED of a tin can: dented ...1891 Sc.
CAN - nouns
• BOX a tin or can with its contents ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CANIKIN a small can or drinking vessel ...1570
• CANNIKIN a small can or drinking vessel ...1570
• GUNBOAT a tin can as an improvised cooking utensil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANADA - adjectives
• ACADIAN native to Nova Scotia ...1876
CANADA - nouns
• ANGLO-AMERICA the United States and Canada ...1846
• ASIA WEST Richmond, in British Columbia ...2002 Can. sl.
• CABBAGETOWN a mixed residential and business area near downtown in Toronto, Canada, whose inhabitants were believed to exist on a diet of cabbage ...1958 Can. sl.
• CALECHE in Quebec: a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage ...1963 Can.
• DAFT a nickname for Nova Scotia's Department of Fisheries and Oceans ...2002 Can. sl.
• EDMONCHUK the city of Edmonton, Alberta ...1998 Can. sl.
• MAC McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario ...20C Can. sl.
• MOUNT, THE Montreal ...20C Can. tramps' sl.
• MUDDY YORK York, a suburb of Toronto ...2002 Can. sl.
• QUEEN'S COWBOYS the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...1989 Can. sl.
• REVENGE OF THE CRADLE Quebec's high birthrate, perceived as being in retaliation for the loss of the province to England by France ...1964 Can. sl.
• REVENGE OF THE NURSERY Quebec's high birthrate, perceived as being in retaliation for the loss of the province to England by France ...1964 Can. sl.
• TICKLE a name given on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador to a narrow difficult strait or passage ...1770
• TILT 1. in Newfoundland: a pier on which fishermen unload and dress their fish ...1891
2. in Labrador and Newfoundland: a fisherman's or wood-cutter's hut ...1895
• TOONIE a Canadian two-dollar coin ...Can. colloq.
• TRANCE CANADA the Trans-Canada highway ...2001 Can, sl.
• TWONIE a Canadian two-dollar coin ...Can. colloq.
• VAN Vancouver, British Columbia ...2002 Can. sl.
• VANGROOVY Vancouver, British Columbia ...2002 Can. sl.
CANADIAN - nouns, person
• ACADIAN a native of Nova Scotia ...1790
• ANGLO-AMERICAN an American of English origin; an English settler or colonist in North America; spec. a Canadian ...1781-2
• ARI-STOCK-RAT a Canadian person of mixed Indian and French ancestry ...1962 Can. sl.
• BLUE NOSE (sometimes derogatory) a native of eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, and sometimes New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island ...1830 Amer. dial.
• BLUE NOSER (sometimes derogatory) a native of eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, and sometimes New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CANACK a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• CANNACKER a Canadian ...1846 Amer. dial.
• CANUCK (sometimes derogatory in the US) a Canadian ...1835 sl.
• CANUCKER a Canadian ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CHENUK a Canadian ...1892 Amer. dial.
• CUNNUCK a Canadian ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FRENCHIE (derogatory) a French person, or French Canadian ...1883 sl.
• FRENCHY (derogatory) a French person, or French Canadian ...1883 sl.
• HAGGIS MCBAGPIPE British Columbia radio and television personality, Jack Webster ...1989 Can. sl.
• HERRING-CHOKER a native or inhabitant of the Maritime provinces ...1899 Can. sl.
• JOE a French-Canadian ...1963 Can. sl.
• JOHNNY CRAPAUD a Frenchman; a French Canadian ...colloq. arch.
• JOHNNY CRAPEAU a Frenchman; a French Canadian ...colloq. arch.
• KANUCK a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• KANUK a Canadian ...1835 Amer. dial.
• KNUCK a Canadian ...1891 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTIE a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ...1914 colloq.
• NITCHIE (usually derogatory) a Native American ...1850 Can. sl.
• OATMEAL CHINAMAN in mining in the Cariboo: a Canadian ...1963 Can. sl.
• PEA-EYE a Prince Edward Islander; broadly, anyone from any of the Canadian Maritime Provinces ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PEA-SOUP (derogatory) a French-Canadian; the French-Canadian patois ...1896 N. Amer. sl.
• PEA SOUPER (derogatory) a person of French background or heritage, esp. a French Canadian ...1930 Amer. dial.
• P.I. a Prince Edward Islander; broadly, anyone from any of the Canadian Maritime Provinces ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SPUD ISLANDER a native or inhabitant of Prince Edward Island ...1957 Can. sl.
• ZOMBIE (derisive) a man conscripted for home defense in World War II ...1943 Can. sl.
CANAL - nouns
• CANALAGE * the construction of canals; canal-work ...1854
• DITCH a canal, as Panama, Suez, etc. ...L19 US sl.
• NAVIGATION † a canal or other artificial waterway ...1761 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAVVY an artificial waterway; a canal ...1864 Eng. dial.
CANARY - nouns
• DICKY-BIRD the canary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SUGAR-BIRD † a canary ...1688
CANCEL - verbs
• ABROGATE to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel ...1526
• AX to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject ...1922 sl.
• AXE to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject ...1922 sl.
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAN to dispose of as garbage; hence, to cancel a project or the like ...1930 Amer. sl.
• CANCELLATE †* to strike out, to cancel ...1647
• DINGO to cancel, especially to cancel a date or romantic assignation ...2003 UK teenage sl.
• ICE to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme ...1980s sl.
• QUITTANCE † to give up, to cancel ...1592
• SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN to cancel or ignore the past and start again ...L19 US sl.
• UNABLE †* to annul or cancel ...1611
• UNAPPOINT to cancel ...1682
• UNBESPEAK † to countermand; to cancel an order or request for ...1661
• VACUATE † to annul, to cancel, to abrogate, to set aside ...1654
CANCELLATION - nouns
• CANCELMENT cancellation ...1621
• CASSATION the act of making null or void; cancellation, abrogation ...c1425
• CHOP, THE dismissal; also, sudden curtailment or cancellation ...1945 Brit. sl.
CANCELLED - adjectives
• ABROGATE repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority ...1460 arch.
• OFF cancelled; not going to happen ...1882 US sl.
CANCER - nouns
• BAD LAD cancer ...20C Irish euphemism
• BIG C cancer ...1964 euphemism
• BIG CASINO anything terminal or fatal, esp. a disease, as cancer; also syphilis ...1930s US sl.
• DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• DISCO DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• FAKE cancer ...20C Ulster
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
• JACK THE DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• JIMMY DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. sl.
• LAD, THE cancer or tuberculosis ...1997 Ireland
• SPANISH DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. rhyming sl
• TAP DANCER cancer ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
CANCER - nouns, person
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
CANDID - adjectives
• CANDY candid ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TAM-PLAIN frank, candid ...1828 Sc.
CANDID - nouns, person
• REAL PEOPLE an honest, sincere, candid person ...1960s Amer. sl.
CANDID - verbs
• LET IT ALL HANG OUT to speak candidly ...1970 sl., orig. US
• SHOOT THE WORKS to speak candidly ...1946 sl., orig. US
CANDIDATE - nouns, person
• CANDLESTICK a humorous corruption of 'candidate' ...1870 Winchester College usage
• DARK 'UN a candidate or competitor of whom little is known ...c1860 sl.
CANDLE - nouns
• BALLARAT LANTERN a candle stuck in the neck of a bottle, the bottom of which has been knocked off ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BARK a box or receptacle, formerly made of bark, used for holding candles or candle-ends ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEETER †* a little wax candle ...1578
• CANDLE-LIGHT the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
• CANDLE-QUENCHER † an extinguisher ...1382
• CANDLE-SHEARS † snuffers; candle extinguisher ...1483
• CANDLE-SNOT the burnt wick of a candle ...19C Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
• CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
• CANDLE-WASTER a small bit of burning wick that falls upon the substance of the candle and causes it to run ...Bk1888
• DOUP the end or last part of anything, as a candle ...E18 Sc.
• FATSTICK a candle ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GAUDY † a taper ...1531
• GAWDY † a taper ...1531
• JACK RANDALL a candle ...Bk1896 rhyming sl.
• MAKE-WEIGHT a comparatively small quantity added to make up a certain weight; spec. a small candle ...1695
• MATCH † the wick of a candle or lamp ...1377
• MICKEY a farthing candle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALACE ENDS remnants of the candles put, on big occasions, in the chandeliers at Buckingham Palace ...L19 colloq.
• PIGTAIL a small candle ...E19 Eng. dial.
• PISSING-CANDLE the smallest candle in the pound put in to make up the weight ...1695 Eng. dial.
• QUARION † a 'quarrier'' a large square candle ...1512
• QUARRIER † a large square candle ...c1550
• QUARRY †* a square candle ...1526
• SLUT a makeshift candle, esp. one made from a piece of rag dipped in lard or fat ...E17
• SNUFFER an instrument used for snuffing candles, etc. ...1465
• SNUFT the burnt wick of a candle ...1657 Eng. dial.
• SPALE a curl of wax on a burning candle ...L18
• TALLOW-JACK a candle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAPER orig., a wax candle, in early times used chiefly for devotional or penitential purposes; later, a long wick coated with wax for temporary use as a spill, etc. ...c897
• THIEF an imperfection in the wick of a candle which causes it to gutter and waste ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAKE the wick of a candle; a candle; a form of 'wick' ...1865 Eng. dial.
CANDLE - nouns, person
• MAGGOT BOILER a tallow chandler ...L18 sl.
• SNUFFER one who snuffs candles ...1611
CANDLE - verbs
• BURN DAYLIGHT to light candles before there is need ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DAFF to extinguish a candle ...1677 Eng. dial.
• METCH to crop the snuff of a candle; to snuff ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MICK to crop the snuff of a candle, to snuff ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUENCH to put out, to extinguish, as a candle ...c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUINCH to put out, to extinguish, as a candle ...Bk1905 Ireland
• SNUFT to snuff a candle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOP THE GLIM to snuff a candle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CANDLESTICK - nouns
• CANDLE-STAFF † a candlestick; the main stem or shaft of a branched candlestick ...c1000
• CANSTICK † a candlestick ...1562
• TANDER a candlestick ...c1881 Sc.
CANDY see SWEETS
CANE - nouns
• CAKE a stroke with a cane ...19C Christ's Hospital School usage
• JEMMY †* a light cane, a switch ...1753
• LIMBER JACK a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1860 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SIMON a cane ...c1850 Brit. school usage
• SIXER six strokes of the cane ...1927 school sl.
• WHANGEE a cane ...L18
CANE - verbs
• CAKE to cane ...19C Christ's Hospital School usage
CANING - adjectives
• BACULINE pert. to the rod or to punishment by caning or flogging ...1710
CANNABIS - see DRUGS
CANNIBAL - adjectives
• CANNIBALEAN * pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1602
• CANNIBALIC pert. to or characteristic of a cannibal ...1837
CANNIBAL - nouns, person
• LESTRIGON † an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person ...1591
• LESTRIGONIAN an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person ...a1887
• MAN-HUNTER a term of contempt for a cannibal, slave-dealer, brigand, or the like ...1555
• WARLOCK † a savage or monstrous creature (hostile to men); applied to giants, cannibals, mythical beasts, etc. ...a1000
CANNIBALISM - nouns
• CANNIBALITY * cannibalism; the practice of eating the flesh of one's fellow creatures ...1796
• ENDOPHAGY cannibalism within the same group or tribe
CANNON - nouns
• AMAZON ANNIE a cannon deigned to fire atomic shells ...1958 US sl.
• BARK the sound of cannon-firing ...1871
• BARKER a cannon ...1842 sl.
• BASE † the smallest kind of cannon used in the 16th-17th centuries; diameter of bore 1.25 in., weight 200 lb., weight of shot 0.5lb ...1544
• BASILISK a large cannon, generally made of brass, and throwing a shot of about 200 pounds weight ...1577
• BOMBARD a cannon ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOMBARD-SHOT cannon-shot ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIME-NICKEL a 105mm wheeled cannon capable of shooting
shells at a high angle ...1991 US sl.
• GROWLER a cannon ...1860 Amer. sl.
• YETLING † a small cannon ...1566 Sc.
CANNONBALL - nouns
• DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile ...1877 Amer. dial.
• FATAL PILL a cannonball ...Amer. World War I sl.
• NIGGER BABIES (derogatory) cannonballs ...M19 US sl.
• PILL a bullet, shell, or in early use, a cannonball ...c1626
CANOE - verbs
• CANOODLE to paddle or propel a canoe ...1879 Oxford University usage
CAN OPENER - nouns
• CHURCH KEY a can opener ...1960s Amer. sl.
• P-38 the small can-opener included with individual field rations ...Vietnam War usage
CANOPY - nouns
• HEAVEN a canopy; the covering over a stage ...1486
• PALL a rich cloth spread upon or over something; a coverlet, canopy, etc. ...a1300 arch.
• SILOUR † a canopy ...1394
CANT - see SLANG
CANTALOUPE - nouns
• LOPE a cantaloupe ...1969 Amer. dial.
CANTANKEROUS - adjectives
• BRABAGIOUS said of a quarrelsome woman; cantankerous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• ETTEN cantankerous, crusty, peevish ...1911 Sc.
• GNATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERY peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• TANKEROUS cantankerous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CANTANKEROUS - nouns, person
• CROOKED STICK a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person; a dishonest person ...1846-8
• HORNET a disagreeable, cantankerous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial
• NETHER'S NEB a cantankerous person ...1939 Sc.
• OLD COOT a foolish or cantankerous old person; also used affectionately ...M18 sl.
• PICK-QUARREL † one ready to pick quarrels; a quarrelsome person; a cantankerous person ...1530
• SAUERKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SAUERKRAUTER a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SOURCROUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SOURKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• TACKLE a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman ...1980s Irish sl.
• TAE a cantankerous person ...1921 Sc.
CANTANKEROUS - verbs
• HAVE A WORM IN ONE'S TONGUE to be bitter in speech; to be cantankerous; to snarl and bite like a mad dog ...1759
CANTEEN - nouns
• CAFÉ DE MOVE-ON a small mobile canteen catering for workers at their place of work ...1920s S. Afr. sl.
CANTER - adverbs
• WITH A TITTUP at a canter ...a1764
CANTER - nouns
• HAND-CANTER a quick canter ...1892 Sc.
• THREE HALFPENCE AND TWO PENCE a slow, ambling canter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CANVASS - verbs
• RAND to go round soliciting votes, to canvass ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RANDY †* to canvass ...a1720
CANYON - nouns
• SHUT-IN a gorge, a canyon ...1913 Amer. dial.
CAP - see HAT
CAPABLE - adjectives
• ABLE strong, capable, courageous ...1980 Can.
• BASTANT † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
• BIONIC highly skilled or capable ...1976 sl.
• CAPAX † of capacity: able and ready to take or receive; capable ...1432-50
• CAPYOUS † capable ...c1430
• GREAT highly skilled or capable ...1784
• HAIRY clever, sharp, capable; cunning ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• LIKELY able-bodied, competent, capable ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUSTARD highly skilled or capable ...1925 sl.
• NIFTY highly skilled or capable ...1907 sl., orig. US
• OMNIPOTENT capable of anything; unparalleled; huge ...1596 humorous
• ON THE BALL alert, capable, or efficient; acting effectively ...1939 US sl.
• PIE ON highly skilled or capable ...1941 NZ sl.
• SHIT-HOT highly skilled or capable ...1961 sl.
• SUFFICIENT † qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able ...c1385
• SUFFISANT † competent, able. capable ...c1385
• TIGHT † of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful; alert, smart; lively, vigorous, stout ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAPABLE - nouns, person
• BOY a smart, clever, capable fellow; used in derision as well as praise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEACON a master of his craft; a thoroughly capable man ...1790 Sc.
• HORSE a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1808 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1845 Amer. sl.
• PISS-CUTTER a remarkable or capable person; a clever person; an expert ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PISS-RIPPER a very capable and energetic person who gets things done ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SUFFICIENCE † a capable or competent person ...1607
CAPABLE - verbs
• CAPABILITATE † to make capable; to indicate the capabilities of ...1780
• CAPACIFY †* to render capable; to qualify, to fit ...a1677
• FART THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER to do everything that is required and more; to be super-capable ...1998 US sl.
• HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BALL to be especially capable, alert, efficient, etc. ...1936 US sl.
• SUFFICE † to be capable of ...1390
CAPACIOUS - adjectives
• CAPABLE † able to hold much; roomy, capacious ...1594
• LARGE † allowing plenty of room; spacious, roomy, capacious ...a1225
• SCOUTHIE capacious, of large size ...Bk1904 Sc.
CAPACITATE verbs
• HABILITATE * to clothe, to dress ...1885
CAPACITATED - adjectives
• HABILITATE † endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified ...1622
CAPACITY - adjectives
• CAPABLE † able to take in, receive, contain, or hold; having room or capacity for ...1571
CAPACITY - nouns
• BIND capacity, ability, power ...1824 Sc.
• FACTIVITY † capacity; range of activity ...a1643
• HABILIMENT † mental equipment or qualification; capacity ...1633
• HABILITATION the act of enabling or endowing with ability or fitness; capacitation, qualification ...1612
• NERVE power, capacity ...1822 Sc.
• SUFFICIENCE † capacity; ability; competence ...1382
CAPE - nouns
• NESS a promontory, headland, or cape ...956
CAPER - adjectives
• ANTIC clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful ...1902 Amer. dial.
• ANTIC AS A JAYBIRD clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful ...1917 Amer. dial.
CAPER - nouns
• BRANK a prance; a toss of the head, a caper ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALEER a caper, a jump; frolic ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALEEVER a caper, frolic, antic; a hubbub, a noisy game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAPRICCIO a sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper ...1665
• DINGDO a caper, a prank, a trick ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FANDANGLES ornaments, trinkets; antics, capers, as in dancing about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMBADE a prank, caper ...1821 Sc.
• GAMBADO a fantastic movement, as in dancing or leaping about; a caper ...1859
• GANSPEL a trick, caper ...1929 Sc.
• KEDIDOES capers, pranks, tricks ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PANT a prank, a frolic, a 'lark', a piece of fun, a caper, a piece of boyish mischief ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILLY a prank, freak; a caper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• SHINE a caper, a prank, a trick ...1836 Amer. dial.
• VAPOUR a caper; a leap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CAPER - verbs
• CALEER to caper, to jump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAPRIOLE to leap, to skip, to caper; also said of horses and their riders ...1580
• CUT THE SHORT DOG. to caper and frisk around when tipsy ...1888 Amer. dial.
• DANDER to caper ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GAMBADO to prance, to caper ...1829
• RANCE to caper about rowdily ...1856 Sc.
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• VAPOUR to caper; to frisk about ...1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CAPERING - adjectives
• PALAVERIN capering, ostentatious ...1880 Sc.
CAPERING - nouns
• ONCARRY a stir, a bustle, a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour, merriment, frolic ...c1850 Sc.
• ONCARRYING a to-do, a capering about, rowdy behaviour ...1835 Sc.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - nouns, person
• STATE ELECTRICIAN the executioner in a state using electrocution in the electric chair for capital punishment ...1982 US sl.
CAPITULATE - verbs
• CRY CALF-ROPE to give in; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games ...1942 Amer. dial.
CAPRICE, CAPRICIOUS - nouns
• ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOT a whim, fancy, caprice ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural ...1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAGARITY * capricious irregularity or variability ...1886 rare
• VAGARY a capricious, fantastic, or eccentric action or piece of conduct ...1629
• VARIORUM † a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss ...1857 Sc.
• WANTONNESS † caprice, whim ...1595
CAPRICIOUS - adjectives
• FANCICAL fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1671 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FANCICLE fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FANSICLE fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FANTASIOUS †* adj. full of fancies, capricious ...c1489
• FEATHER-MINDED flighty, capricious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GERFUL † changeable; capricious ...c1374
• HEN-HEADED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HEN-MINDED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...1892 Amer. dial.
• KITTLE difficult to deal with, esp. because touchy, obstinate, or intractable; fickle, capricious ...Sc.
• MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTTY capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1846 Sc.
• MAGGOTY full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1678
• MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1894 Sc.
• MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MIFFY apt to take offense, touchy, capricious ...1750 Eng. dial.
• MOONISH † acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical ...1827
• VAGARISOME vagarious, capricious
• WANTON † capricious, frivolous, giddy ...1538 obs.
CAPRICIOUS - nouns, person
• GOOGEEN a fidgety, capricious person; generally used of a woman ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOT a whimsical or capricious person ...1681
CAPRICIOUSNESS - nouns
• FEATHERINESS lightness, fickleness, capriciousness ...1689
CAPSIZE - verbs
• RAMVERSE † to capsize, to upset ...1593 obs.
CAPSIZING - nouns
• CAPSIZAL the act of capsizing; an upset ...1881
CAPTAIN - nouns, person
• BREAK-BULK † a captain that appropriates a portion of his cargo ...17C sl.
• CAP captain ...M19 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• CAPER † a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair ...1657 obs. exc. hist.
• CAPTAINESS a female captain or commander ...1465
• COP a captain ...US Civil War usage
• DRIVER a captain notorious for crowding-on all possible sail ...M19 nautical
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• MASTER KNOB, THE the ship's captain ...19C Brit. sl.
• OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship's captain; hence, one's employer or superior ...1830 sl.
• QUINQUAGENARIAN †* a captain of fifty men ...1569
• QUINQUAGENARY †* a captain of fifty men ...1382
• RAG-DRAGGER the captain of a sailing ship ...20C nautical sl.
• SKIP a skipper (a captain, leader, etc.) ...1830 UK
• SKIPPER 1. the captain of a sports team ...1830 sl.
2. a commanding officer in the army or the captain of an aircraft or squadron ...1906 services' sl.
CAPTAIN - nouns, person, other
• TIGER a captain's personal steward ...1929 nautical sl.
CAPTIOUS - adjectives
• BOW-WOW captious, snarling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAVILLOUS † unfair in argument; full of objections; apt to object or criticize without good reason; captious, quibbling ...1572
• ERISTIC of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious ...1637
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KAMPSJIOUS captious, disposed to catch at faults ...1914 Sc.
• QUEER ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult ...1885 Eng. dial.
• QUIDIFICAL †* quibbling, captious; triflingly subtle ...1542
• SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered ...B1900 colloq.
• TASH † fretful, captious, hard to please; ill-natured; forward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• YATTERIN captious, fretful, querulous, scolding ...a1838 Sc.
• YATTERY captious, fretful, querulous, scolding ...a1838 Sc.
CAPTIOUS - nouns, person
• ATTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ATTERCOP † an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EDDERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person; a shrewish woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ETHERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1725 Eng. dial.
• ETTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...1820 Sc.
• NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NATTER-CROP a peevish person; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CAPTIVATE - verbs
• CAPTIVE to captivate, to enthrall ...1528 arch.
• FANG to captivate ...1807 Sc.
• FANKLE to captivate ...1924 Sc.
• HOOK to make helplessly enamoured; to captivate ...1927 Amer. sl.
• YARR † to quarrel, to be captious and troublesome ...1778 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CAPTIVATED - adjectives
• HOOKED filled with love for; captivated ...1927 Amer. sl.
CAPTIVATED - verbs
• FALL FOR to be greatly attracted by, esp. a member of the opposite sex; to become charmed or captivated by; to fall in love with ...1903 colloq.
CAPTIVATING - adjectives
• CATCHING attractive, captivating ...1654
• TAKEFUL-LOOKING attractive; captivating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKY that takes the fancy or affection; capable of captivating or charming; designed to attract notice and please; alluring, fascinating, attractive, appealing ...1854 colloq.
CAPTIVATING - nouns
• TAKE * 'taking' or captivating quality, charm ...1794
CAPTIVE - adjectives
• CAITIFF † captive ...1382
• CAITIVE captive, subject
• CAPTIVABLE †* that can be taken captive ...1675
CAPTIVE - nouns
• CAPTIVEMENT †* a taking captive, captivity ...1714
CAPTIVE - nouns, person
• CAITIFF † orig.: a captive, a prisoner ...1330
• CAPTIVITY † those who are in captivity; captives collectively ...1526
CAPTIVE - verbs
• CAITIVE † to make captive ...1382
• CAPTIVATE † to make captive, to take prisoner; to capture ...c1555 obs. or arch.
• CAPTIVE to take captive, to bring into captivity ...c1430 arch.
CAPTIVITY - nouns
• CAITIFDOM † captivity ...1382
• CAITIFTY † captivity ...a1300
• CAPTIVANCE †* captivation, captivity ...1596
• CAPTIVEMENT †* a taking captive, captivity ...1714
CAPTOR - nouns, person
• CAPER † a captor, a seizer ...1759 Sc.
• CAPTIVER † one who takes captive; a captor ...1613
• CAPTRESS * a female captor ...1867
CAPTURE - nouns
• APPLE CUCUMBER a ploy to kill or capture one's target by using a friend to get close to the target's friend, which will eventually bring the target into view ...1990s Aust. criminals' sl.
• CAPTION * a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
• FANG † a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip ...a1400-50
CAPTURE - nouns, person
• FANGER † one who catches or captures ...a1300
CAPTURE - verbs
• BAG in the military: to take prisoner; to capture ...1861 military sl.
• BETAKE to overtake, to capture, to recover ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAPTIVATE † to make captive, to take prisoner; to capture ...c1555 obs. or arch.
• CAST SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails
• CATCH † to take forcible possession of, to capture a town, castle, ship, country, etc. ...c1205
• COB of people: to capture, to catch, to catch out ...E19 sl.
• FANG † to seize upon booty; to catch, to apprehend, to get into one's power; to capture a city; to seize lands or possessions ...1016
• HAWK to capture, to catch, to pounce upon ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LATCH † to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods ...c950
• LAY SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails
• NAB vb. to catch or capture a person unawares; to apprehend and arrest; to catch, in the sense of to hit ...1686 UK criminals' sl.
• PUT SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails
• TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE to attempt to capture, assault, or seduce someone ...20C US sl.
• TAKE IN † to capture, to take prisoner, to conquer in war ...1387
• TAKE TO to capture, to arrest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CAPTURED - adjectives
• DEAD finished; lost; arrested, captured ...1950s sl.
CAPTURING - adjectives
• TAKEFUL capturing, arresting ...1901 Eng. dial.
