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CHEAP - CHEWING GUM
CHEAP - adjectives
• BASE †* of price: low, cheap ...1599
• CHEAP AS A SARDINIAN, AS very cheap ...B1862
• CHEAP AS DIRT very cheap ...a1817
• CHEAP AS NECK-BEEF very cheap ...1687
• CHEAPIE cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl.
• CHEESY low-grade, inferior, worthless; cheap, stingy ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHINCY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1970 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1959 Amer. sl.
• DAGGER-CHEAP † very cheap, dirt cheap ...1592
• DIRT CHEAP very cheap ...1821 sl.
• EL CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl., orig. US
• FOR A SONG cheap ...1601
• GAIN cheap, at a low price, inexpensive; of persons: stingy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• KABA-KABA of animals and things: cheap, worthless ...20C W. Indies sl.
• KRESS cheap, inexpensive ...1947 US sl.
• LOW-END relatively cheap or inexpensive of its kind ...colloq.
• MEXICAN (derogatory) cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal ...1912 Amer. dial.
• MODEL-T cheap, outdated; obsolete ...1938 Amer. sl.
• NIGGER (derogatory) cheap; inferior; makeshift ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OF EASY RATE † cheaply purchased ...1596
• ON THE CHEAP cheap ...1859 sl.
• PENNY cheap ...M19 Can. & US sl.
• POOR BOY cheap, makeshift, improvised ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAUNCHY inferior, cheap ...1940s US teen sl.
• SKANKY ugly, cheap, nasty ...1975 US sl.
• TACKEY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TINHORN cheap and insignificant; small-time...1880 sl.
• TINNY cheap, second-rate ...1920s sl.
• TIN-POT resembling a tin pot in quality or sound; hence, contemptuously, without solid worth, shabby, poor, cheap ...1765
• UNDEAR † of little value or estimation; worthless, cheap ...c897
• WARA-WARA cheap, of inferior quality, esp. of clothing ...20C W. Indies & Guyana
cheap - nouns
• CHEAPIE something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN cheap goods; something inexpensive, inferior, or in poor taste ...1855 Amer. dial.
• CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1972 sl.
• CHEAPY something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• EL CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1977 sl., orig. US
• NECK-BEEF anything inferior or cheap ...1687
• SCHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SNIP something cheap ...1926 Brit. sl.
• STEAL something cheap or made available at a cheaper cost ...1944 US sl.
• TACK something tacky or cheap and seedy or vulgar; rubbish, junk ...L20 colloq.
CHEAPEN - verbs
• BEAT THE BARGAIN † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1640
• BEAT THE MARKET † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1655
• BEAT THE PRICE † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1592
CHEAPER - adjectives
• BETTER-CHEAP adj. cheaper, at a less price ...Bk1911 Sc.
CHEAP-LOOKING - adjectives
• SCANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANK-ASS dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
CHEAPLY - adverbs
• BASELY † at small value or esteem, meanly; cheaply ...1584
• CHAUNCHY in a cheap, tawdry manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EATHLY † at an easy price, cheaply ...c1225
CHEAPSKATE - person
• CHEAPWAD a cheapskate, a stingy person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SHORT SKATE a cheapskate, a stingy person ...1953 Amer. sl.
cheapskate - verbs
• SHORT SKATE to act like a cheapskate, to be stingy ...1909 Amer. dial.
CHEAT, CHEATING - adjectives
• BILPERING cheating; dishonest ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CONY-CATCHING cheating, swindling ...L16 cant
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• FAINAIGING cheating, deceiving ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GYP cheating, deceitful ...1920s sl.
• INTAKING fraudulent, cheating ...1880 Sc.
• MISCHIEVOUS cheating, tricky, dishonest ...1773 Sc.
• TIME-TAKING shuffling, cheating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRICKSY inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded ...1766
cheat, cheating - nouns
• BARNEY humbug, cheating ...1865 sl.
• BEGINK a cheat; a jilting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BESWIKING † cheating, deception ...1340
• BRACE GAME a game in which there is concerted cheating ...1902 US sl.
• BURN a deception; an instance of being cheated ...Bk20C Amer. sl.
• CAB a cheat, a 'crib' ...M19 sl.
• CABBAGE a 'crib' or other form of cheat used by schoolchildren ...M19 sl.
• CHISEL a method of cheating or swindling ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CONY-CATCHING trickery; cheating; swindling ...L16 cant
• CUNNY-CATCHING trickery, cheating, swindling ...L16 sl.
• DAISY BEAT a cheat or swindle or minor crime ...1889 rhyming sl.
• FAKING cheating, as at a card game ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FARO-BANK a form of cheating whereby the victim is allowed to win, but never as much as he loses ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• FAST STUFF cheating, swindling ...1930s sl.
• FUBBERY †* the act of cheating; deception, deceit ...1604
• G a cheating device ...1940s US sl.
• GABBERY †* wily deceits; cheating ...1627
• GAFF a cheating device ...1893 US sl.
• GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax ...1805 sl.
• GANG CHEATS two or more people working as confederates in a cheating scheme ...1988 US sl.
• GYPPING a cheating on a test ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HANKY-PANKYING humbugging, cheating, tricking ...1868 Eng. dial.
• HOSING a cheating; a deception ...20C US sl.
• HYPE originally applied specifically to the deliberate giving of short change, and hence to any cheating or trickery ...1926 sl., orig. US
• IMPOSTERY †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1656
• IMPOSTORISM †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1652
• IMPOSTORY †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1653
• IMPOSTRY imposture, cheating, fraud ...1585
• IMPOSTURAGE †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1654
• IMPOSTURISM †* the practice of imposture; cheating, fraud ...a1640
• IMPOSTURY †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1615
• INTAKE a fraud, deception, swindle, cheat ...1808 Sc.
• JAPE † a trick, a device to deceive or cheat ...a1300
• LONG CON any confidence trick or cheat that is carefully planned for perfect execution ...1930s sl., orig. US criminals' usage
• MACING cheating, esp. at the 3-card trick ...19C sl.
• NICKERY cheating, deceit ...1890 Sc.
• PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
• QUEER FUN a cheat or trick that does not work out as intended ...L7 UK criminals' sl.
• RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud ...1830
• RIG anything dubious, as a knockout, a cross fight, a cheat, confidence trick ...Bk1903
• SCONCING cheating, fraud ...1774 Sc.
• SCREW a dishonest trick; an imposture; a cheat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL a cheat; a practical joke; something that disappoints expectations ...1838 sl.
• SUCK a cheat; a trick ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick ...1856 sl.
• TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud ...1778 colloq.
• TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering ...1821 Sc.
• VINCENT'S LAW cheating for profit at bowls and, later, cards ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• YANKEE an act of cheating ...1900s sl.
• YANKEE-TRICK an act of cheating ...1900s sl.
cheat, cheating - person
• ALONE PLAYER a card cheat who works alone ...1961 US sl.
• BAMBOOZLER - one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper ...1702
• BEARER-UP - a gambling cheat; a decoy-duck at cards who induces strangers to play with sharpers by persuasion or by seeing him win ...1873 UK sl.
• BEATER - a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• BENDER - a thief, a cheat ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• BESTER - * one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater ...1856 sl.
• BILK - a person who bilks or cheats; a crooked gambler; a cheat; a swindler; often applied to persons who cheat cabmen of their fares, or prostitutes of their earnings ...1790 UK criminals' sl.
• BILKER - one who practises cheating ...1717 sl.
• BISMARCKER, BISMARQUER - a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...20C sl.
• BITE - † a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, an impostor ...Bk1698
• BLINDFOLDER - a deceiver - a fraud - a cheat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCER one who cheats by laying wages ...1862 thieves' sl.
• BRONZE - † a gull - a cheat ...1817 sl.
• BUG - an unreliable person - a cheat ...1885 Amer. dial.
• BUNCOER - a swindler - a cheat ...1904 US sl.
• BUNCOIST - a swindler - a cheat ...1894 US sl.
• BURN ARTIST - someone who cheats or harms someone else - an informer ...Bk20C Amer. criminal sl.
• BUTTON - a thimble-rigger’s accomplice acting as a decoy ...19C criminals’ sl.
• CHEATERBUG - a person who cheats ...2002 Singapore
• CHEESE-EATER - one who cheats, double-crosses, or informs - a 'rat' ...1960 Amer. dial.
• CHISELLER - one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices ...1918 sl.
• CHISLER - one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices ...1926 Amer. sl.
• COGGER - a sharper, cheat, deceiver, or swindler - one who beguiles ...1580
• CONY-DOG - one who assists in cheating or swindling ...L17 cant
• CUNNING MAN - a cheat, who pretends by his skill in astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods ...1788 sl.
• DEADBEAT - an impostor or pretender - a fraud - a cheat ...1873 Amer. sl.
• DEADHEAD - a cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEAD-NAP - a cheat - a downright rogue ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIPSY - a gambling cheat ...1950 US sl.
• DUKE PLAYER - a person who cheats at cards or checkers ...1937 US criminals' sl.
• FACTOR - a cheat or impostor - a fraudulent fortune-teller ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• FAINAIGUER - a cheat - a deceiver ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAITOUR - † an impostor - a cheat - a vagrant who shams illness or pretends to tell fortunes ...a1340 obs . exc. arch.
• FATER, FAYTER - a cheat or impostor - a fraudulent fortune-teller ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• FEATHER MERCHANT - a shirker - a cheat - a lazy person - one who is given a position without having worked for it ...1784 Amer. dial.
• FUNK - a cheat - a swindler ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• GAGGER - a confidence trickster; a cheat, esp. when telling 'sob stories' or posing as a deaf mute; a charlatan; a fraudster ...1781 sl.
• GAMBLER - a cheating card-player or dice-player ...1796 sl.
• GAUGER - a swindler, a cheat ...1819 sl.
• GIELANGER, GILAINGER, GILENYER, GILEYNOU, GILLENYER, GILLEYNOUR - † a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser ...1590 Sc.
• GILL-WHEEP - a cheat ...1790 Sc.
• GIP - a swindler; a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GIP ARTIST - a short-changer or other swindler; a confidence man; a professional crook; a skilful cheat ...1935 Amer. sl.
• GIPPER - a cheat, a swindler ...1898 US sl.
• GRAND RASCAL - a scoundrel - a cheat - a confidence man ...1929 Amer. dial.
• GREEK - a cunning or wily person - a cheat - a card sharper ...E16 archaic
• GYP - (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler - one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services - a cheat - a crook ...1859 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GYP ARTIST - a short-changer or other swindler - a cheat - a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GYPSTER - a swindler - a cheat - a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• HAND MUCKER - a cheater at playing cards, who reaches into his own supply of good and bad cards during a game ...1979 US gambling sl.
• HAWK - one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• HIGHBINDER - a swindler, a cheat, esp. a confidence man ...1890 New York sl.
• INTAKE - a person who cheats - a swindler ...1808 Sc.
• JACK-IN-A-BOX - † a sharper or cheat - a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX - † a sharper or cheat - a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• JEREMY DIDDLER - a cheat - a confidence trickster - a shabby swindling borrower ...1803 sl.
• JEW - a cheat - a hard bargainer - a sharking usurer ...1659 colloq.
• JIP - a swindler - a cheat - a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• JOCKEY - * a fraudulent bargainer - a cheat ...L17
• KAE - a chatterbox - a thief or cheat - a thievish, mischievous person - an unlucky or ill-omened person ...1789 Sc.
• LOSEL - a worthless person - a scoundrel - a cheat ...1806 Amer. dial.
• MACE-COVE - a confidence trickster - a swindler - a sharper - a cheat ...1823 sl.
• MECHANIC - in gambling: a cheat who manipulates the cards or dice ...1909 US sl.
• MITT MAN - in gambling: a cheat who switches cards ...1997 US sl.
• MOUNCH PRESENT - † a 'maunche present'; a term of contempt for: a slanderer; a cheat; an impostor; a glutton ...1440
• NAIL - a gambler or cheat who runs into debt without intending to pay ...Bk1823 sl.
• NAIL NICKER - in gambling: a cheat who marks cards by nicking them with his fingernails ...1997 US sl.
• NAPPER - † a cheat or thief ...a1700 sl.
• NICKER - a thief - a cheat - a confidence trickster ...L17 sl.
• OPERATOR 1. a cheat - an impostor - a quacksalver ...1611
† 2. a card-sharper - a cheat at cards ...1731
• PALMER - one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc. - a cheat who palms cards, dice, etc. - one who practices sleight of hand ...1671
• PALMERY - † one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc. - one who practices sleight of hand ...c1290
• PARDONER - † a term of reproach - a scoundrel - a villain - a cheat ...c1700
• QUACK - one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant - a charlatan - a fraudster - a cheat ...1638
• QUACKSALVER - one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant - a charlatan - a fraudster - a cheat ...1611
• QUIRK - a cheat - an impostor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP - a cheat - an impostor - a person of bad character ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• RING-DROPPER - one who pretends to have found a ring, and asks some simple-looking fellow if it's good gold, as it's only just picked up, they then get the fellow to buy ...1851-61 sl.
• RING-FALLER - one who pretends to have found a ring, and asks some simple-looking fellow if it's good gold, as it's only just picked up, they then get the fellow to buy ...1851-61 sl.
• SCALER - a fraudster or cheat; a swindler; someone who 'scales' a train or tram (avoids paying one's fare) ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP - a cheat, a swindler ...1821 sl.
• SHARPER - a person who habitually cheats, swindles, or tricks another - often applied to a fraudulent card player or other gambler ...1681 colloq.
• SKINNER - a cheat - a swindler - a dishonest person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SKIRT-FOIST - † a female cheat ...a1652
• SLICKSTER - a cheat - a smooth talker - a hustler ...1950s sl. orig. US Black
• SNIDE, SNYDE - a cheat or swindler ...1919 sl.
• TAKE - a thief; a villain, esp. a cheat at cards ...1968 Aust. sl.
• TAKE-DOWN - a deceiver or cheat; a thief; a swindler; a confidence man ...1926 Aust. sl.
• TAKE-IN - a cheat; a deceiver; a swindler ...1779 sl.
• TAP-MAN - a cheat, a swindler ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• TIDDLYWINKER - a cheat - a trifler ...1893 sl.
• TIME-TAKER - a shuffling, cheating fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOPPER - †* a cheat at dice-playing ...1671
• TWICER - a cheat or a deceitful or cunning person ...1924 sl.
• WANGLER - one who contrives; one who deceives; a cheat or confidence trickster ...1920 colloq.
• WORM - a cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YANK - a cheater, a swindler ...1866 sl.
• YANKEE - a cheater, a swindler ...1905 US sl.
• YENTZER - a cheater; a swindler; one who cannot be trusted ...1934 criminals' sl.
• YORKSHIRE BITE - a sharp overreaching person; a cheating fellow from that county ...1795
cheat, cheating - verbs
• ANKY-PRANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ARKANSAW to cheat, to take advantage of ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BAFFLE † to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of ...c1590
• BAMBOZZLE to cheat ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BANTER to impose upon a person, orig, in jest; to delude, to cheat, to trick, to bamboozle ...a1688 arch.
• BEAT to cheat; to swindle; to bilk; to trick ...1849 Amer. sl.
• BEAT ONE'S WAY to get along by sponging, cheating, or swindling ...1873 Amer. sl.
• BEAT SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING to swindle, to cheat ...1849 US sl.
• BECATCH † to take by craft; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive ...c1200
• BEGINK to delude, to play a deceving trick on; to take in, to cheat ...1821 Sc.
• BEGUILE † to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil ...1483 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGUNK to delude, to play a deceiving trick on, to 'take in'; to cheat, do deceive; to jilt...1821 Sc.
• BEJUGGLE to get over by jugglery, to cheat ...1680
• BELIRT † to deceive, to beguile, to cheat, to befool; to jilt ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
• BELPER to cheat; to overreach ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BEST to take advantage of, to overreach, to cheat ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BESWEIK to cheat, to deceive ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESWIKE † to betray, to cheat, to deceive ...971
• BETRAY † to cheat, to disappoint ...1588
• BETRUMP †* to deceive, to cheat; to elude, to slip from ...1513
• B.F. to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
• BILK to cheat, to refuse to pay; to frustrate, to disappoint ...1820 Eng. sl.
• BORE to cheat ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BOW-WOW to bully, to cheat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFFALO to cheat; to bamboozle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUG to cheat or deceive; to get an advantage over somebody by tricky means ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BUILD PIGPENS to deceive someone, to cheat a customer ...1936 Amer. dial.
• BUNCO orig. to cheat someone at bunco; to swindle, to cheat ...1875 US sl.
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BUNKO orig. to cheat someone at bunco; to swindle, to cheat ...1875 US sl.
• BURN to swindle, to cheat ...1808 sl.
• BUSHWHACK to beat someone to something, esp. by using secretive methods; to cheat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-BANG to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
• BUTTFUCK to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
• CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly ...1895 Sc. sl.
• CABBAGE to use a 'crib' ...M19 sl.
• CAFFLE to cheat in a game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUDGE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CARVE SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat ...1933 Brit. sl.
• CHISEL to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1808 sl.
• CHIZZLE to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1858 Amer. sl.
• CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating ...sl.
• COD to cheat, to defraud ...18C sl.
• COLLIFOBBLE to cheat ...19C Eng. dial.
• COLLYFOGLE to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
• COME YANKEE OVER to cheat, to drive a hard bargain ...19C sl.
• CONY-CATCH to cheat, to trick, to deceive ...L16 cant
• COON to steal something; to cheat someone ...1964 US sl.
• DAISY BEAT to cheat, to swindle ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAUB to cheat, to deceive, to trick ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT to cheat ...L19 US sl.
• DECEIVE † to cheat, to overreach; to defraud ...c1330
• DICK to cheat or deceive ...L19 sl.
• DIDDLE to swindle, to deceive; to cheat; generally denotes petty cheating ...1806 sl., chiefly Brit.
• DIG to cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DISH to cheat or deceive ...L19 Amer. dial.
• DO to swindle, to cheat, to deceive ...1641
• DOODLE to cheat or deceive ...19C Brit. sl.
• EUCHRE to defeat; to outwit; to swindle; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• EUCHRE OUT to defeat; to outwit; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• FAB to cheat, to deceive, esp. by flattery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADANGLE to cheat, to do wrong ...2000s US Black sl.
• FAIL † to deceive, to cheat ...1590 nonce use
• FAINAIGUE to deceive by flattery; to obtain by improper means, to cheat ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FAKE to trick, to fool; to cheat; to swindle; to deceive ...1859 sl.
• FAKE THE BROADS to 'stack' the cards; to cheat, to work a three-card trick ...c1840 criminals' sl.
• FAKE THE DUCK to adulterate drink; to swindle, to cheat ...c1830 criminals' sl.
• FIDDLE to swindle, to cheat ...1604 sl.
• FLAM to cheat or deceive ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• FLEECE to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge ...1772 sl.
• FLIMP to cheat or deceive ...E19 US criminals' sl.
• FLUX to cozen, to cheat, to outwit ...L18 sl.
• FOB to cheat ...15C arch.
• FRATCH to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FUCK to cheat, to deceive, or ruin ...M20
• FUCK OVER to cheat or deceive someone ...M20 US sl.
• FUN to cheat; to deceive ...L17 sl.
• FUNK to cheat ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• FUTZ to cheat or deceive ...M20 US sl.
• GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle ...1811 sl.
• GAG to cheat, to act fraudulently, to deceive ...1781 sl.
• GAMDIDDLE to cheat ...L19 sl.
• GAMMON † to cheat at play in some particular way ...1700
• GASUMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GAZOOMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMP to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GECK to mock, to deceive, to cheat ...1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GET FAST in a criminal enterprise: to cheat a partner out of money or goods ...1987 US sl.
• GET ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• GEZUMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GIG to cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GOLD-BRICK to swindle, to cheat ...1902 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GOUGE to cheat ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• GREEK to cheat at cards ...E19 only, sl.
• GUM to dupe, cheat, deceive ...US sl.
• GYP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GYPPO to cheat, to swindle; to exploit for one's labour ...1925 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• HAND SOMEONE A LEMON to take advantage of; to cheat ...1860s Amer. sl.
• HANKY-PANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAVE to get the better of, to outwit, to take in, to cheat or deceive ...1805 sl.
• HENKY-PENKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to dupe, deceive, cheat, swindle; to act in an underhand manner in order to deceive ...1829 Amer. dial.
• HORNSWOGGLE to swindle, to cheat ...1829 sl., orig. US
• HOSE to cheat or deceive ...E20 US sl.
• HUMP to cheat ...M20 US criminals’ sl.
• IKE (offensive) to swindle, to cheat ...1932 US sl.
• IKEY (offensive) to swindle, to cheat ...1932 US sl.
• IKY (offensive) to swindle, to cheat ...1932 US sl.
• ILLUDE † to cheat out of something ...1541
• IMPOSTURE † to practise imposture; to impose upon, to deceive; to act fraudulently, to cheat ...1622
• IMPOSTURIZE † to practice imposture; to act fraudulently, to cheat ...1603
• INFANG † to cheat, to gull, to 'take in' ...1793 Sc.
• ISSUE to cheat; to sell fake drugs ...1990s US drugs sl.
• JACKET to cheat; to swindle; to betray ...1819 sl.
• JAPE to cheat or deceive ...20C sl.
• JEW to cheat ...c1871 sl.
• JIG to cheat; to delude; to impose upon ...1876 sl.
• JIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• JIPPO to cheat, to swindle ...1920s Amer. sl.
• JUMP to cheat, to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• KIMBAW to trick, cheat, or cozen ...1865 sl.
• LANT to cheat, to leave one with some awkward responsibility; to leave on in the lurch ...1780 Sc.
• LOO to cheat; to defraud ...E19 US sl.
• MACE 1. to swindle; to defraud; to cheat ...1790 UK sl.
2. to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick ...1977 UK sl.
• MAG to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• MUMP to cheat, to cheat out of; to deceive ...M17 sl.
• NAB to cheat, to trick; to cheat with dice ...L17 sl.
• NAIL † to cheat or overcharge; to get the better of ...1812
• NIB to catch someone out, esp. if cheating ...L18 sl.
• NIBBLE to cheat ...Bk1902 sl.
• NICK to cheat, to trick, to thwart, to get the better of ...1617 sl.
• NIP to get the better of in bargaining; to outsmart, to cheat ...1964 Sc.
• NOSE WIPE to cheat, to deceive ...E17 sl.
• ODD MAN to cheat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade ...L19 sl.
• OOTCH to cheat or trick ...1940s US sl.
• OOTZ to cheat or trick ...1940s US sl.
• OUT-DUGAN to outwit, to get the better of, to cheat ...1923 Amer. dial.
• OZARK to cheat, to defraud ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PACK CARDS WITH † to make a cheating arrangement with ...1606
• PALM † to play a trick, to cheat; to impose upon a person ...1686
• PIN to swindle, to cheat ...1934 Aust. sl.
• PLAY THE QUEER to hoodwink, to cheat ...M18 sl.
• PLAY UPON ADVANTAGE † to cheat ...1592
• PLAY YANKEE WITH to cheat, to drive a hard bargain ...19C sl.
• PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
• PUT IT ALL OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT SOMETHING OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE FUN UPON to trick; to cheat ...L17 sl.
• QUEER to impose on, to swindle, to cheat ...1797 sl.
• QUIRK to cheat, to overreach; to elude by stratagem; to play a trick or prank ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RADDLE to cheat ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMP to swindle, to cheat ...1812 sl.
• RANK to cheat ...M19 sl.
• REAM to swindle, to cheat ...1914 US sl.
• RIM to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to treat dishonestly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously ...1841 Amer. dial.
• ROOK to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge ...1590 sl.
• RUN A SANDY ON to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1914 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY OVER to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SAM to cheat, to deceive ...1960s sl.
• SANDBAG to cheat ...L19 US sl.
• SCALE to swindle, to cheat; to fail to pay what is owed ...1904 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAM to swindle, to cheat ...1963 sl., orig. US
• SCAMP to cheat, to steal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to extort, to cheat; to trick out of ...1796 Sc.
• SCOONIE to cheat, to defraud ...1950 Sc.
• SCROUGE to encroach on, to take advantage of, to cheat ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SCREW to swindle, to cheat ...1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SELL to deceive, to cheat, to trick ...1849 sl.
• SELL OUT to deceive, to cheat, to trick ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SEW SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat ...1838 sl.
• SHAFT to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to abuse ...1970s US Black sl.
• SHARP to cheat, swindle or trick a person, esp. at cards ...L17 colloq.
• SHORT POT to cheat or deceive someone; to give less than the expected amount ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SHUCK to cheat, to deceive, to trick, to mislead someone ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SKANK to cheat, to 'stab in the back' ...1980s sl.
• SKELDER † to swindle, to cheat, to defraud a person; also, to obtain money by cheating ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
• SKIN to cheat or swindle; to victimize ...1819 Amer. sl.
• SKINCH OUT to short, to cheat ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKIN ONE OUT OF HIS EYE TEETH to cheat, to swindle ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK to swindle, to cheat ...1890 sl.
• SLIP ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SLUR † to cheat or trick a person ...M17
• SMOU(T)CH to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1840 Amer. dial.
• SMOUGE to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1855 Amer. dial.
• SNEAK ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SNOOKER to trick, to cheat ...1910s sl.
• STICK UP to deceive, to cheat, to disappoint ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STIFF to cheat or defraud someone, esp. by failing to pay them ...1950 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• STRING ALONG to deceive, cheat, trick ...colloq.
• STUN to cheat ...Bk1904 thieves' sl.
• SUCK IN to take in, to cheat, to deceive ...1842 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TAKE to swindle, to cheat, to deceive, to extort money from; to victimize ...M19 sl.
• TAKE DOWN to cheat, to swindle, to rob ...M19 sl., orig. Aust.
• TAKE IN to deceive, to cheat, to trick, to impose upon, to hoax ...1740 colloq.
• TAKE THE NEAR CUT OF ONE to cheat ...1953 Sc.
• TAP to defraud, to cheat ...1920s sl.
• TAP UP to defraud, to cheat ...1920s sl.
• TONY †* to make a fool of; to fool, to cheat, to swindle ...a1652
• TOP † to cheat, to trick a person ...a1700
• TWO-TIME to swindle, to cheat ...1959 sl.
• UNCLE † to cheat or swindle of something ...a1592
• VAGE to deceive; to cheat ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VERNEUK to cheat, to humbug, to swindle ...1871 S. Afr. sl.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• W to cheat, to swindle ...1900s sl.
• WALK AROUND to cheat ...M19 US sl.
• WALK INTO to cheat, to defraud ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• WALK ROUND to cheat ...M19 US sl.
• WHIP-SAW to cheat or be cheated in two ways at once or by the joint action of two others ...1873 US sl.
• WIDGEON † to make a 'widgeon' of; to cheat, to befool ...a1596
• WIPE ANOTHER'S NOSE † to cheat or defraud one ...1614
• XEROX to cheat on a test ...1960s US college sl.
• YANK to cheat; to trick ...US Civil War usage
• YANKEE * to deal cunningly with like a Yankee, to cheat ...1837
• YENTZ to swindle, to cheat, to deceive ...1930 US sl.
cheat, cheating - phrases
• CROOKED AS A BARREL OF SNAKES, AS said of a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1967 Amer. dial.
CHEATED - adjectives
• BEGUNKED disappointed, cheated ...Bk1898 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BIT cheated ...1834 Amer. dial.
• BURNED cheated; betrayed ...Bk20C Amer. sl.
• DICKED cheated, 'screwed' ...M20 US sl.
• IMPOSABLE * capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable ...a1734
• LAID, RELAID AND PARLAYED deceived, cheated ...1950s US sl.
• MADE cheated, tricked ...1950s US sl.
• SCABBED cheated in a deal ...1960s drugs sl.
• SNOOKERED cheated, hoaxed, trapped in a difficult position ...1910s sl.
• STUNG cheated ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TANDIDDLED imposed upon; bewildered; cheated ...1876 Eng. dial.
cheated - person
• BUB † one that is cheated ...1690 sl.
• CARAVAN a dupe; a gull; one who is cheated; a subject of plunder ...1676 sl.
• HONEST JOHN a man so trusting and innocent that he may be easily cheated or deceived ...1930 colloq.
• LAIN, LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LAMB a simpleton, an oaf; one who is cheated; esp. one who speculates and loses his money ...1668
• MOOCH a sucker, a chump, an easy mark; one easily cheated, deceived, or imposed upon ...1927 Amer. sl.
cheated - verbs
• GET THE NEEDLE to be completely cheated ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAKE A HOSING to be cheated or badly treated ...1940s US sl.
CHECK - adjectives
• AWE-BOUND † under restraint or discipline so as to be orderly, obedient; bound by authority; held in check or submissiveness by awe or fear mingled with reverence or respect ...1631 obs. or Eng. dial.
CHECK - nouns
• AWE-BAND a check, restraint ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune ...1721
• BAFFLE † confusion, discomfiture, check ...1628
• BALK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• DAMP a check, discouragement ...1587
• DAUNT † the act of daunting; dispiriting; intimidation; discouragement; a check ...a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FACER a sudden check, problem or obstacle ...c1820 colloq.
• HANK * a restraining or curbing hold; a power of check or restraint ...1613 now rare or Eng. dial.
check - verbs
• ACHECK † to check, to bring to a sudden stop ...c1384
• CLIP THE WINGS OF to put a check on the ambitions of ...Bk1999
• COHIBIT * to restrain, check, hinder; to restrict ...1544
• DAMP to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject, to discourage, to check ...1548
• FORFEND † to check, to refrain, to withhold ...1382
• HAP to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk ...1777 Eng. dial.
• HOLD ONE'S HORSES to check one's impulsiveness; to be calm ...1842 US sl.
• LET † to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain ...c1374
• OBROGATE † to check or interrupt one in his tale; to gainsay ...1656
• OPPONE † to set against by way of hindrance, check, or resistance; to place as an obstacle ...1570
• PUT A SCOTCH ON A PERSON'S WHEEL to check or hinder him ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAP ONE'S FINGERS to check or punish smartly ...a1677
• RAP ONE'S KNUCKLES to check or punish smartly ...1824
• REFRENATE †* to check, to restrain ...1599
• SALT to snub; to put down; to check; to have revenge upon ...1863 Sc.
• SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCALP to check ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIT UPON to squash, to check, to snub; to overcome or rebuke; to express contempt for a man in a marked manner ...1865 sl.
• TAKE to check, to 'pull up', to interrupt ...1637 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP † to arrest the action or progress of; to check, to stop, to 'pull up' ...1631
CHECK - see CHEQUE
CHECKED - adjectives
• GARLED † spotted, checked; chiefly used of cattle ...1501 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CHECKERED - adjectives
• CHECKEDY checkered ...1917 Amer. dial.
CHECKERS - nouns
• CHECK a piece used in the game of checkers ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CHECKER the game of checkers ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHECKS 1. a piece used in the game of checkers ...1844 Amer. dial.
2. the game of checkers ...1954 Amer. dial.
• DAM † each of the pieces in the game of draughts or checkers ...1580 obs., chiefly Sc. usage
• DAMS † the game of draughts or checkers ...1580 obs.
checkers - person
• DUKE PLAYER - a person who cheats at cards or checkers ...1937 US criminals' sl.
CHEEK (part of the face) adjectives
• BUCCULENT †* fat-cheeked, wide-mouthed ...1656
• CHUFFY † fat; swollen or puffed out with fat, especially of the cheeks; plump-cheeked, round-faced; chubby ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANTLING of the cheeks: becoming suffused with heightened colour ...1707
cheek (part of the face) - nouns
• FACE-BONE † cheek-bone ...1801
• HAFFET the side of the head above and in front of the head; the temple; the cheek ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANG † the cheek ...c975
CHEEK (impudence) - nouns
• ACID cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm ...1910s sl.
• BACKCHAT cheek, impudence ...1901 sl.
• CHAT cheek, impudence ...L19 sl.
• FAAS impudence, cheek ...1930s W. Indies sl.
• FACE cheek, brazenness ...1537
• FASS impudence, cheek ...20C W. Indies sl.
• GUTS cheek, audacity, nerve ...1910s sl.
• JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek ...1834 Amer. dial.
• LEER † the cheek ...c1000
• NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek ...1887
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONCE vigour, energy, cheek ...L19 sl.
• ONCE A WEEK cheek, impudence, audacity ...20C rhyming sl.
• RABBIT audacity, cheek ...1940s sl.
• SASS sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
• SASS-TALKING talking in a cheeky manner ...2000s US sl.
• SAUCE cheek, impudence ...L16
cheek (impudence) - verbs
• SAUCE to cheek, to be impudent, to tease ...M19
CHEEKY - adjectives
• BOUNCEABLE bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant ...1943 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• FACEY cheeky, rude, impudent ...E17
• FACIE impudent, cheeky ...1825 Sc.
• FACY † cheeky, rude, impudent ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAST-FAST MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST-MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST WITH cheeky, impertinent ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• IKEY impertinent, cheeky ...L19 US sl.
• IKY impertinent, impudent, cheeky ...1906 Amer. dial.
• LAIRY knowing, conceited, cheeky ...M19 sl.
• LARY knowing, conceited, cheeky ...M19 sl.
• LEERY bad-tempered, disagreeable, and cheeky ...20C sl.
• NEBBIE cheeky, impertinent ...1888 Sc.
• RANK impertinent, extremely cheeky ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SASSY impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish ... 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• UPPITY brash; cheeky; arrogant; snobbish; refusing to accept one's place in society ...1880 US sl., orig. Black usage
• UPPITY-ASS cheeky, arrogant ...L19 sl., orig. US
cheeky - person
• BISIM, BISOM - a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1951 Ulster sl.
• BIT OF A LAD - a cheeky, self-possessed youth who fancies himself ...1939 UK sl.
• BIZZUM - a term of contempt applied to a person, generally a woman; sometimes to a woman of loose character, and sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl; an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman; a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1808 Sc. & Ireland
• HARD CASE - an amusing, cheeky, or eccentric person; a 'character'; typically one who is tough and adventurous ...1892 Aust. & NZ
• NASHIN - a loquacious or cheeky person ...1923 Sc.
• NITTIE a cheeky little girl; a bad-tempered child ...1866 Sc.
• PIET - a talkative or cheeky person ...L16 now Sc. & N. Eng.
• SASS-BOX - a cheeky or impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SAUCY JACK - a cheeky, impudent man ...M16 sl.
• YIP - a cheeky, pert person; an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
cheeky - verbs
• EAT RAZOR SOUP to say something cheeky or impertinent ...1939 US sl.
• FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast ...1968 sl., orig. US Black
• LIP OFF to talk rudely, cheekily, or provocatively ...1950s US sl.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SASS OUT to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SMART-MOUTH to be cheeky to someone or be witty at their expense ...1976 US sl.
cheeky - phrases
• MORE ASS THAN A PADDOCK OF COWS said of one who is very cheeky ...1990s Aust. sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON BEACH used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN FOY AND GIBSON'S used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN HARRODS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1970s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN MYERS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
CHEEP - verbs
• QUEAK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep; to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
CHEER - adjectives
• LAETIFICATIVE † adapted to cheer ...1657
cheer - nouns
• HEARTING the imparting of courage; encouragement, animation, cheer ...c1250
• JOLLY a cheer, a shout ...1871
• SKY-ROCKET. an enthusiastic cheer, raised especially by college students ...1867 US sl.
cheer - person
• GLADDER - † one who cheers or makes glad ...c1405
• HEAR-HEARER - one who acclaims with shouts of hear! hear!; a cheerer ...1868
• HEARTENER - one who heartens, encourages, or cheers ...1601
cheer - verbs (includes cheer up)
• ACHEER † to cheer, to cheer up ...1607
• BIRK UP to cheer up; to brisk up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCK UP to cheer up ...1844 sl.
• HARPEN ON to encourage; to cheer on to fight ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEARTEN UP to animate, to cheer up ...1590
• HELP UP to encourage, to cheer up ...1883 Amer. dial.
• JOLLY to cheer ...L19 sl.
• JOSH to give a cheer or shout ...1845 Amer. sl.
• LAETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice ...1623
• LETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice ...1547
• MAGNANIMATE †* to imbue with steadfast courage; to inspire with greatness of mind; to render high-souled; to cheer, to inspirit ...1640
• PERK UP to cheer up ...a1656
• RELEVATE † to raise the spirits of a person; to restore to cheerfulness ...1597
• ROOT FOR to cheer or applaud (a sports team, etc.); to support ...L19 colloq. orig. US
• UPCHEER †* to cheer up; to brighten, enliven, encourage ...c1586
CHEERED - adjectives
• BUCKED cheered, encouraged, elated ...1907 sl.
• EMMOISED †* comforted, cheered ...c1400
CHEERFUL - adjectives
• AIRY lively, sprightly; cheerful, vivacious ...1654
• ALACRIOUS † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
• CADGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry ...1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CAGEY in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CAGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CANTY cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CHERRY-MERRY cheerful, merry, especially from conviviality; slightly inebriated ...1775 sl.
• CHIRPY said of someone who is cheerful or merry ...1837 sl.
• CHIRPY AS A CRICKET lively and cheerful ...Bk1999
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• COMFORTATIVE †* cheering, cheerful ...1377
• ECKLE-FECKLE † cheerful, merry, gay; also applied to one who possesses a sound and penetrating judgement ...1825 Sc.
• EFFERVESCENT vivacious, enthusiastic, cheerful ...1833
• EUPHORIOUS cheerful or patient in life ...1904
• FACETE facetious, witty, humorous, pleasant, cheerful, gay ...1603 arch.
• GALLERY cheerful, lively ...20C Irish sl.
• GALLEY cheerful, lively ...20C Irish sl.
• GALLIARD gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
• GANSING-GAY cheerful, lively ...1894 Eng. dial.
• GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry ...a1310
• GAYSOME * full of gaiety; blithe, buoyant, cheerful ...1610
• HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial ...1724 chiefly Sc.
• HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful ...1664 Eng. dial.
• IN A GOOD SKIN good-humoured, cheerful ...M18 sl.
• IN A WHOLE SKIN good-humoured, cheerful ...M18 sl.
• IN HIGH FEATHER in good condition of health, spirits, etc., very cheerful; rich ...1844
• INNERLY pleasant, cheerful, sociable, of a neighbourly disposition, intimate; kindly, sympathetic, affectionate, friendly, compassionate ...1825 Sc.
• IN THE GALES in a good state of mind; very cheerful ...Bk1997 Amer. dial.
• JAUNTY light-hearted, cheerful ...1672
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining ...a1366
• NAPPY of a place: bright, cheerful ...1894 Sc.
• OLITE † eager, ready, willing, cheerful, sprightly ...1825 Sc.
• PEETY cheerful ...18C cant
• RAFF cheerful, contented ...1911 Sc.
• RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay ...1567
• RIDENT * radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning ...1609
• SAPPY addicted to drinking; made cheerful by drinking; lively ...1826 Sc.
• SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous ...1593
• SUNSHINE-SHOWERY of a disposition that is cheerful in the midst of trouble; cheerfully optimistic ...1830 nonce word
• TAIT † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
• VAUDIE cheerful, merry, gay, elated, delighted ...c1720 Sc.
• VAUDY elated, cheerful, gay, merry, delighted ...c1720 Sc.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
• VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy ...c1715 Sc.
• WADDIE< WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
cheerful - person
• BRIGHT SPARK a cheerful, energetic person ...2002 NZ sl.
cheerful - verbs
• ALACRIATE †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden ...1657
• ALACRIFY * to make cheerful; to rouse to action; to excite ...1864
• BUCK UP to become cheerful or lively ...Bk1999
• EFFERVESCE * to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively ...1866
• FACE UP to keep one's chin up, to be brave or cheerful ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HILARATE †* to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate ...1623
• KEEP THE TAMBOURINE A-ROLLING to keep things cheerful or lively ...M19 sl.
• PEARTEN 1. to make lively or cheerful; to enliven ...1827 Amer. dial.
2. to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SIMPER LIKE A FRUMETY-KETTLE to smile; to look cheerful ...1668 colloq.
• SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE to smile; to look merry or cheerful ...18C colloq.
• SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT'S READY TO RUN OVER vb. to smile; to look merry or cheerful ...1631 colloq.
CHEERFULLY - adverbs
• CADGILY cheerfully, merrily ...a1724 Sc.
• CADGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• CAGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully ...1724 Sc.
• CAIGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• CANTILY cheerfully, blithely, cheerily ...1721 Sc.
• HEARTSOMELY cheerfully, merrily, heartily ...1766 Sc.
• RAKISHLY jauntily, cheerfully, light-heartedly ...1838
CHEERFULNESS - nouns
• CADGINESS sportiveness, cheerfulness ...Bk1888 Sc.
• CANTINESS cheerfulness ...Bk1888 Sc.
• HEARTSOMENESS cheerfulness ...Bk1902 N. Ireland
• SUNSHINE happiness or cheerfulness of mind or heart; sunny disposition ...1742
CHEERILY - adverbs
• CANTILY cheerfully, blithely, cheerily ...1721 Sc.
• CANTLY † boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily ...1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEARTSOMELY cheerily, merrily, joyously, blithely ...1732 Sc.
CHEERING - adjectives
• BRIGHT hopeful, encouraging, cheering ...1860
• COMFORTATIVE †* cheering, cheerful ...1377
• HEARTSOME encouraging, inspiring, cheering the heart ...1881 Sc.
• SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous ...1593
CHEERLESS - adjectives
• ELENGELY † solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected ...c1305
• GABBERNY comfortless, cheerless ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad ...1660 Sc.
• UNHEARTY disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad ...1845 Sc.
CHEERY - adjectives
• GAYSOME * inspiring with gaiety; cheery; pleasant ...1633
• HEARTFUL in high spirits, cheery ...1876 Eng. dial.
CHEESE - adjectives
• CASEOUS abounding in cheese; fond of cheese ...1807 humorous usage
• FADED of cheese: tainted, mouldy ...1891 Eng. dial.
• GAMMOTTY of cheese: ill-flavoured ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAIRED of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...1777 Eng. dial.
• PAIRY of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cheese - nouns
• ANNIE LOUISE cheese ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• BEESWAX cheese ...Bk1890 sl.
• BELLY BINDER cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY CEMENT cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY GLUE cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY GUM cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BENDED KNEES a cheese ...20C rhyming sl.
• BINDER cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUNGHOLE cheese ...1910s sl., orig. military
• CAFFAN cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CASS cheese ...16C
• CASSAM cheese ...16C
• CASSAN † cheese ...1567 thieves' cant
• CASSIN cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CASSOM cheese ...16C
• CASSON cheese ...16C
• CASUM cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CASUN cheese ...16C
• CAZ cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CHOKER cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COSAN cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• COUGH-AND-SNEEZE cheese ...c1880 rhyming sl.
• ENDGATE cheese ...1956 Amer. logging usage
• GUT CONCRETE cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FADE mould on cheese ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk ...1742 Sc.
• GAMMELOST † old cheese ...1866 Sc.
• HEEL the remains or end part of anything, as a crust of a loaf, the rind of a cheese, etc. ...LME
• KEBBUCK † a whole cheese; generally one of great size ...c1470 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEBBUCK-END the last remnants of a cheese ...1868 Sc.
• KEBBUCK-HEEL the last remnants of a cheese ...1785 Sc.
• KEBBUCK-STUMP the last remnants of a cheese ...1827 Sc.
• KIBBOCK † a cheese ...c1470
• MAGGOT cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASSEY-HARRIS cheese ...20C Can. sl.
• MOUSETRAP any strong or inferior hard cheese ...1947 UK sl.
• OLD PEG 'poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk' ...L18 Eng. dial.
• RAT CHEESE cheddar cheese, esp. that with a strong odour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• RAT-TRAP CHEESE cheddar cheese, esp. that with a strong odour ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SCRAM the hard rind of bacon or cheese ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLES cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT COCK cheese ...1904 UK sl.
• WADGE a thick slice of bread, cheese, etc. ...1923 Sc.
• WALL of cheese: the crust, esp. that round the width ...Bk1905 Sc.
cheese - person
• SAWNEY-HUNTER - one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief...1856 sl.
cheese - verbs
• PAIR to grow mouldy; esp. used of cheese ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALE to test cheese by taking a sample ...1733 Sc.
CHEETAH - nouns
• PAPION † the cheetah ...a1375
• SPOTTED TIGER † the cheetah ...1784
• TIGER OF CHASE † the cheetah ...1784
CHEF - see COOK
CHEMISE - nouns
• SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt ...a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
chemise - verbs
• SARK to clothe in a sark ...1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHEMIST - person
• HERMETIC - one skilled in hermetic art or science; an alchemist or chemist ...1684
• LABORANT † a laboratory workman; a chemist's assistant; a working chemist ...1665
• LABORATORIAN * a chemist who works in a laboratory ...1860
CHEMISTRY - adjectives
• MAGO-CHEMICAL †* pert. to magic and chemistry ...1652
chemistry - nouns
• STINKS chemistry ...1869 Brit. sl.
chemistry - person
• LAB a chemistry student ...1866 Amer. college sl.
CHEQUE - nouns
• BAD PAPER - a cheque for which there are no funds in the bank ...Bk2004 Amer. sl.
• BUM CHECK a bad cheque; a forged cheque ...Bk20C Amer. sl.
• BUTTERFLY a worthless cheque which 'flutters away' ...1929 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CHICKEN’S NECK a cheque ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• DUCHESS a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (Duchess of Teck)
• DUCHESS OF TECK a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• DUCK'S NECK a cheque ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• DUKE a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (Duke of Teck)
• DUKE OF TECK a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• FALSE FLAP a bad cheque ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• HOT CHEQUE a forged cheque or one intentionally drawn with insufficient funds to cover payment ...1972 US sl.
• I'M A WRECK a cheque ...1940s rhyming sl.
• KITE a blank, dud, or forged cheque ...1927 sl.
• KITE-FLYING the juggling of cheques between accounts so as to create a sham balance of funds on which to draw
• NERVOUS WRECK a cheque ...1940s rhyming sl.
• PAIN a cheque ...1990s rhyming sl. (pain in the neck)
• PAIN IN THE NECK a cheque ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• PAPER a forged or useless cheque or other financial instrument ...1972 US sl.
• PAPER-HANGING passing bad cheques ...E19 US criminals' sl.
• P.L. a forged personal cheque ...1920s forgers' sl.
• STUMER, STUMOR a counterfeit coin or banknote; a worthless cheque ...1890 sl.
• TOTAL WRECK a cheque ...1940s rhyming sl.
cheque - person
• BUTTERFLY MAN a person who passes worthless cheques ...1920s US sl.
• PAPER-HANGER someone who passes forged or fraudulent cheques ...1914 sl., orig. US
• PAPER-LAYER one who habitually passes bad cheques ...E19 US criminals' sl.
cheque - verbs
• CALL OUT to use a stolen cheque ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• CRACK to change money; to cash a cheque ...1927 Amer. sl.
• KITE to write a cheque before one has sufficient money in one's bank to cover it ...colloq.
• PAPER to defraud someone by passing a forged cheque ...1925 sl.
• RAISE to forge cheques ...1940s UK criminals' sl.
• SAUSAGE to cash (a cheque) ...1920s rhyming sl. based on 'sausage and mash'
• SAUSAGE A GOOSE'S to cash a cheque ...1920s sl.
• WRITE to pass dud cheques ...1960s sl.
CHERISH - verbs
• ALIE to pet, to cherish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FEDDLE †* to make much of; to pamper, to cherish ...1611
• INGLE to fondle, to cherish, to caress ...1599 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CHERISHED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † fondly held, cherished; entertained of choice, intentional ...1589
cherished - person
• APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, THE a greatly cherished person ...c1350
• PIGSNEY one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) ...c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
CHERRY - nouns
• BONE a cherry seed ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PAIP, PAPE the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. ...1721 Sc.
• PEP the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. ...1721 Sc.
• PITH the hard centre of a cherry ...1966 Amer. dial.
CHESS - adjectives
• CHESSY characteristic of good play at chess ...1883 colloq.
• LEAP-SKIP † applied to the knight's move in chess ...a1649 nonce word.
chess - nouns
• DAME † the queen at chess ...1574
• JEOPARDY † in chess, etc.: a problem ...c1369
• LADY † a queen at chess ...c1489
• NECK † in chess: a move to cover check ...a1547
• QUEK(E) †* a chess-board ...1426
• RANK in chess: one of the lines of squares stretching across the board from side to side ...1597
• TABLE † the 'board' on which chess, draughts, backgammon, or any similar game is played ...c1470
• TABLER † a chess-board ...1303
• TABLIER †* a chess-board ...1474
• WHORE the queen in chess and playing cards
• YEOMEN †* the pawns at chess ...1523-34
chess - person
• BLACK - in chess and draughts: the player using the black or coloured pieces ...1750
• CHESSNER †* a chess player ...1624
• POTZER - an inferior chess-player ...1948 sl.
• WOOD-PUSHER a chess player, esp. an unskilled one ...1950s Amer. sl.
chess - verbs
• NECK †* to cover check in chess ...a1585
CHEST (container) - nouns
• ARK a receptacle, usually a large wooden chest, made to contain flour, corn, fruit, clothes, etc. ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOIST a box or chest; a coffin ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAP-CASE † a receptacle of any kind; a box, chest, casket, case ...1597
• CAPSE †* a coffer, chest ...1447
• CASSON † a chest ...1613 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• EAST AND WEST the breast or the chest; hence the upper body ...1923 UK rhyming sl.
• GARDEVIANCE † a chest for holding valuables ...c1460
• SCOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKIBBET † a small box; a small compartment in a chest, etc. ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
CHEST (body) - nouns
• BRISKET the human breast or chest ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLE PIECE the chest ...c1800 Brit. boxing sl.
• MOSS ON THE BOSOM hair growing on the man's chest ...20C US sl.
CHESTNUT - adjectives
• CASTANEAN pert. to the chestnut ...1728
• CASTANEOUS chestnut-coloured ...1688
chestnut - nouns
• CASTANE † a chestnut ...1398
• CASTANIE † a chestnut ...1398
• CASTAYNE † a chestnut ...1398
• CHESTER TREE a chestnut tree ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCUTCHING knocking chestnuts off a tree ...1930 Amer. dial.
CHEW - verbs
• CHANK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1895 Amer. dial.
• CHAUNK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CHAW to chew ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CHAWNK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CHEW WET to chew succulent vegetables, or other food, with the mouth open so that a clacking sound escapes ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CHONK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1844 Amer. dial.
• MANCH to chew; to eat; to munch ...1829 Eng. dial.
• MANDUCATE to chew, to eat ...1623
• MASTICATE to grind food to a pulp with the teeth; to chew ...1649
• MAUNGE † to munch, to chew, to masticate; to eat greedily ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAG to gnaw, to keep chewing at ...1908 Sc.
• NAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1923 Sc.
• NATTLE to nibble; to chew with difficulty; to gnaw; to nip ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIGG to gnaw, to chew with difficulty ...1928 Sc.
• NYAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1922 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• NYIM-NYAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1923 Sc.
• QUIDDLE to suck food in the mouth; to chew ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAMSH to eat voraciously and noisily; to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RANSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RUNSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• TO-CHEW † to chew to pieces; to tear with the teeth ...c1000
• WAFFLE to chew and swallow with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YACKLE to gnaw, to chew (confused with 'yaggle') ...1880 Sc.
• YAGGLE to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel ...1929 Sc.
• YAM to eat greedily and with noise; to chew ...1791 Eng. dial.
CHEWED - adjectives
• MANDIBLE †* capable of being chewed or eaten ...1656
• MANDUCABLE †* capable of being manducated or chewed or eaten; eatable ...1614
• MASTICABLE * that may be masticated or chewed ...1846
chewed - nouns
• MASTICABILITY the capability of being masticated or chewed ...1849
CHEWING - adjectives
• MASTICATORY pert. to mastication, chewing, champing ...1611
chewing - nouns
• CHANK a noisy or forceful act of chewing or biting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MANDUCATION the act of chewing ...1650
• MASTICATION the act of chewing ...1565
• RAMSH a munch, a single act of chewing coarse or rank food, as raw vegetables ...1825 Sc.
CHEWING GUM - adjectives
• ABC of a piece of chewing gum: already been chewed ...2004 US sl.
chewing gum - nouns
• ABC GUM gum that has already been chewed ...Amer. sl.
• BLOCK a package of chewing gum ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOW GUM bubble gum ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CHEW-BUBBLE bubble-gum ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• CHEWEY chewing gum ...c1944 Aust. juvenile sl.
• CHEWIE chewing gum ...1924 Aust. sl.
• CHEWIN' INDIA chewing gum ...1902 Sc.
• CHEWING WAX chewing gum ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHEWY chewing gum ...1924 Aust. sl.
• CHUDDIE chewing gum ...1984 UK teen sl.
• CHUDDY chewing gum ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUTTY chewing gum ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SPIJ chewing gum ...L1980s UK playground sl.
• WAX chewing gum ...1903 Amer. dial.
CHEWING TOBACCO - see TOBACCO
• BASE †* of price: low, cheap ...1599
• CHEAP AS A SARDINIAN, AS very cheap ...B1862
• CHEAP AS DIRT very cheap ...a1817
• CHEAP AS NECK-BEEF very cheap ...1687
• CHEAPIE cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl.
• CHEESY low-grade, inferior, worthless; cheap, stingy ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHINCY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1970 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1959 Amer. sl.
• DAGGER-CHEAP † very cheap, dirt cheap ...1592
• DIRT CHEAP very cheap ...1821 sl.
• EL CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl., orig. US
• FOR A SONG cheap ...1601
• GAIN cheap, at a low price, inexpensive; of persons: stingy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• KABA-KABA of animals and things: cheap, worthless ...20C W. Indies sl.
• KRESS cheap, inexpensive ...1947 US sl.
• LOW-END relatively cheap or inexpensive of its kind ...colloq.
• MEXICAN (derogatory) cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal ...1912 Amer. dial.
• MODEL-T cheap, outdated; obsolete ...1938 Amer. sl.
• NIGGER (derogatory) cheap; inferior; makeshift ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OF EASY RATE † cheaply purchased ...1596
• ON THE CHEAP cheap ...1859 sl.
• PENNY cheap ...M19 Can. & US sl.
• POOR BOY cheap, makeshift, improvised ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAUNCHY inferior, cheap ...1940s US teen sl.
• SKANKY ugly, cheap, nasty ...1975 US sl.
• TACKEY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TINHORN cheap and insignificant; small-time...1880 sl.
• TINNY cheap, second-rate ...1920s sl.
• TIN-POT resembling a tin pot in quality or sound; hence, contemptuously, without solid worth, shabby, poor, cheap ...1765
• UNDEAR † of little value or estimation; worthless, cheap ...c897
• WARA-WARA cheap, of inferior quality, esp. of clothing ...20C W. Indies & Guyana
cheap - nouns
• CHEAPIE something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN cheap goods; something inexpensive, inferior, or in poor taste ...1855 Amer. dial.
• CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1972 sl.
• CHEAPY something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• EL CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1977 sl., orig. US
• NECK-BEEF anything inferior or cheap ...1687
• SCHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SNIP something cheap ...1926 Brit. sl.
• STEAL something cheap or made available at a cheaper cost ...1944 US sl.
• TACK something tacky or cheap and seedy or vulgar; rubbish, junk ...L20 colloq.
CHEAPEN - verbs
• BEAT THE BARGAIN † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1640
• BEAT THE MARKET † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1655
• BEAT THE PRICE † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1592
CHEAPER - adjectives
• BETTER-CHEAP adj. cheaper, at a less price ...Bk1911 Sc.
CHEAP-LOOKING - adjectives
• SCANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANK-ASS dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
CHEAPLY - adverbs
• BASELY † at small value or esteem, meanly; cheaply ...1584
• CHAUNCHY in a cheap, tawdry manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EATHLY † at an easy price, cheaply ...c1225
CHEAPSKATE - person
• CHEAPWAD a cheapskate, a stingy person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SHORT SKATE a cheapskate, a stingy person ...1953 Amer. sl.
cheapskate - verbs
• SHORT SKATE to act like a cheapskate, to be stingy ...1909 Amer. dial.
CHEAT, CHEATING - adjectives
• BILPERING cheating; dishonest ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CONY-CATCHING cheating, swindling ...L16 cant
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• FAINAIGING cheating, deceiving ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GYP cheating, deceitful ...1920s sl.
• INTAKING fraudulent, cheating ...1880 Sc.
• MISCHIEVOUS cheating, tricky, dishonest ...1773 Sc.
• TIME-TAKING shuffling, cheating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRICKSY inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded ...1766
cheat, cheating - nouns
• BARNEY humbug, cheating ...1865 sl.
• BEGINK a cheat; a jilting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BESWIKING † cheating, deception ...1340
• BRACE GAME a game in which there is concerted cheating ...1902 US sl.
• BURN a deception; an instance of being cheated ...Bk20C Amer. sl.
• CAB a cheat, a 'crib' ...M19 sl.
• CABBAGE a 'crib' or other form of cheat used by schoolchildren ...M19 sl.
• CHISEL a method of cheating or swindling ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CONY-CATCHING trickery; cheating; swindling ...L16 cant
• CUNNY-CATCHING trickery, cheating, swindling ...L16 sl.
• DAISY BEAT a cheat or swindle or minor crime ...1889 rhyming sl.
• FAKING cheating, as at a card game ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FARO-BANK a form of cheating whereby the victim is allowed to win, but never as much as he loses ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• FAST STUFF cheating, swindling ...1930s sl.
• FUBBERY †* the act of cheating; deception, deceit ...1604
• G a cheating device ...1940s US sl.
• GABBERY †* wily deceits; cheating ...1627
• GAFF a cheating device ...1893 US sl.
• GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax ...1805 sl.
• GANG CHEATS two or more people working as confederates in a cheating scheme ...1988 US sl.
• GYPPING a cheating on a test ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HANKY-PANKYING humbugging, cheating, tricking ...1868 Eng. dial.
• HOSING a cheating; a deception ...20C US sl.
• HYPE originally applied specifically to the deliberate giving of short change, and hence to any cheating or trickery ...1926 sl., orig. US
• IMPOSTERY †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1656
• IMPOSTORISM †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1652
• IMPOSTORY †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1653
• IMPOSTRY imposture, cheating, fraud ...1585
• IMPOSTURAGE †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1654
• IMPOSTURISM †* the practice of imposture; cheating, fraud ...a1640
• IMPOSTURY †* imposture, cheating, fraud ...1615
• INTAKE a fraud, deception, swindle, cheat ...1808 Sc.
• JAPE † a trick, a device to deceive or cheat ...a1300
• LONG CON any confidence trick or cheat that is carefully planned for perfect execution ...1930s sl., orig. US criminals' usage
• MACING cheating, esp. at the 3-card trick ...19C sl.
• NICKERY cheating, deceit ...1890 Sc.
• PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
• QUEER FUN a cheat or trick that does not work out as intended ...L7 UK criminals' sl.
• RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud ...1830
• RIG anything dubious, as a knockout, a cross fight, a cheat, confidence trick ...Bk1903
• SCONCING cheating, fraud ...1774 Sc.
• SCREW a dishonest trick; an imposture; a cheat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL a cheat; a practical joke; something that disappoints expectations ...1838 sl.
• SUCK a cheat; a trick ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick ...1856 sl.
• TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud ...1778 colloq.
• TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering ...1821 Sc.
• VINCENT'S LAW cheating for profit at bowls and, later, cards ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• YANKEE an act of cheating ...1900s sl.
• YANKEE-TRICK an act of cheating ...1900s sl.
cheat, cheating - person
• ALONE PLAYER a card cheat who works alone ...1961 US sl.
• BAMBOOZLER - one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper ...1702
• BEARER-UP - a gambling cheat; a decoy-duck at cards who induces strangers to play with sharpers by persuasion or by seeing him win ...1873 UK sl.
• BEATER - a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• BENDER - a thief, a cheat ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• BESTER - * one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater ...1856 sl.
• BILK - a person who bilks or cheats; a crooked gambler; a cheat; a swindler; often applied to persons who cheat cabmen of their fares, or prostitutes of their earnings ...1790 UK criminals' sl.
• BILKER - one who practises cheating ...1717 sl.
• BISMARCKER, BISMARQUER - a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...20C sl.
• BITE - † a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, an impostor ...Bk1698
• BLINDFOLDER - a deceiver - a fraud - a cheat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCER one who cheats by laying wages ...1862 thieves' sl.
• BRONZE - † a gull - a cheat ...1817 sl.
• BUG - an unreliable person - a cheat ...1885 Amer. dial.
• BUNCOER - a swindler - a cheat ...1904 US sl.
• BUNCOIST - a swindler - a cheat ...1894 US sl.
• BURN ARTIST - someone who cheats or harms someone else - an informer ...Bk20C Amer. criminal sl.
• BUTTON - a thimble-rigger’s accomplice acting as a decoy ...19C criminals’ sl.
• CHEATERBUG - a person who cheats ...2002 Singapore
• CHEESE-EATER - one who cheats, double-crosses, or informs - a 'rat' ...1960 Amer. dial.
• CHISELLER - one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices ...1918 sl.
• CHISLER - one who cheats, swindles, or uses unethical practices ...1926 Amer. sl.
• COGGER - a sharper, cheat, deceiver, or swindler - one who beguiles ...1580
• CONY-DOG - one who assists in cheating or swindling ...L17 cant
• CUNNING MAN - a cheat, who pretends by his skill in astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods ...1788 sl.
• DEADBEAT - an impostor or pretender - a fraud - a cheat ...1873 Amer. sl.
• DEADHEAD - a cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEAD-NAP - a cheat - a downright rogue ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIPSY - a gambling cheat ...1950 US sl.
• DUKE PLAYER - a person who cheats at cards or checkers ...1937 US criminals' sl.
• FACTOR - a cheat or impostor - a fraudulent fortune-teller ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• FAINAIGUER - a cheat - a deceiver ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAITOUR - † an impostor - a cheat - a vagrant who shams illness or pretends to tell fortunes ...a1340 obs . exc. arch.
• FATER, FAYTER - a cheat or impostor - a fraudulent fortune-teller ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• FEATHER MERCHANT - a shirker - a cheat - a lazy person - one who is given a position without having worked for it ...1784 Amer. dial.
• FUNK - a cheat - a swindler ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• GAGGER - a confidence trickster; a cheat, esp. when telling 'sob stories' or posing as a deaf mute; a charlatan; a fraudster ...1781 sl.
• GAMBLER - a cheating card-player or dice-player ...1796 sl.
• GAUGER - a swindler, a cheat ...1819 sl.
• GIELANGER, GILAINGER, GILENYER, GILEYNOU, GILLENYER, GILLEYNOUR - † a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser ...1590 Sc.
• GILL-WHEEP - a cheat ...1790 Sc.
• GIP - a swindler; a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GIP ARTIST - a short-changer or other swindler; a confidence man; a professional crook; a skilful cheat ...1935 Amer. sl.
• GIPPER - a cheat, a swindler ...1898 US sl.
• GRAND RASCAL - a scoundrel - a cheat - a confidence man ...1929 Amer. dial.
• GREEK - a cunning or wily person - a cheat - a card sharper ...E16 archaic
• GYP - (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler - one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services - a cheat - a crook ...1859 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GYP ARTIST - a short-changer or other swindler - a cheat - a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GYPSTER - a swindler - a cheat - a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• HAND MUCKER - a cheater at playing cards, who reaches into his own supply of good and bad cards during a game ...1979 US gambling sl.
• HAWK - one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• HIGHBINDER - a swindler, a cheat, esp. a confidence man ...1890 New York sl.
• INTAKE - a person who cheats - a swindler ...1808 Sc.
• JACK-IN-A-BOX - † a sharper or cheat - a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX - † a sharper or cheat - a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• JEREMY DIDDLER - a cheat - a confidence trickster - a shabby swindling borrower ...1803 sl.
• JEW - a cheat - a hard bargainer - a sharking usurer ...1659 colloq.
• JIP - a swindler - a cheat - a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• JOCKEY - * a fraudulent bargainer - a cheat ...L17
• KAE - a chatterbox - a thief or cheat - a thievish, mischievous person - an unlucky or ill-omened person ...1789 Sc.
• LOSEL - a worthless person - a scoundrel - a cheat ...1806 Amer. dial.
• MACE-COVE - a confidence trickster - a swindler - a sharper - a cheat ...1823 sl.
• MECHANIC - in gambling: a cheat who manipulates the cards or dice ...1909 US sl.
• MITT MAN - in gambling: a cheat who switches cards ...1997 US sl.
• MOUNCH PRESENT - † a 'maunche present'; a term of contempt for: a slanderer; a cheat; an impostor; a glutton ...1440
• NAIL - a gambler or cheat who runs into debt without intending to pay ...Bk1823 sl.
• NAIL NICKER - in gambling: a cheat who marks cards by nicking them with his fingernails ...1997 US sl.
• NAPPER - † a cheat or thief ...a1700 sl.
• NICKER - a thief - a cheat - a confidence trickster ...L17 sl.
• OPERATOR 1. a cheat - an impostor - a quacksalver ...1611
† 2. a card-sharper - a cheat at cards ...1731
• PALMER - one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc. - a cheat who palms cards, dice, etc. - one who practices sleight of hand ...1671
• PALMERY - † one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc. - one who practices sleight of hand ...c1290
• PARDONER - † a term of reproach - a scoundrel - a villain - a cheat ...c1700
• QUACK - one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant - a charlatan - a fraudster - a cheat ...1638
• QUACKSALVER - one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant - a charlatan - a fraudster - a cheat ...1611
• QUIRK - a cheat - an impostor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP - a cheat - an impostor - a person of bad character ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• RING-DROPPER - one who pretends to have found a ring, and asks some simple-looking fellow if it's good gold, as it's only just picked up, they then get the fellow to buy ...1851-61 sl.
• RING-FALLER - one who pretends to have found a ring, and asks some simple-looking fellow if it's good gold, as it's only just picked up, they then get the fellow to buy ...1851-61 sl.
• SCALER - a fraudster or cheat; a swindler; someone who 'scales' a train or tram (avoids paying one's fare) ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP - a cheat, a swindler ...1821 sl.
• SHARPER - a person who habitually cheats, swindles, or tricks another - often applied to a fraudulent card player or other gambler ...1681 colloq.
• SKINNER - a cheat - a swindler - a dishonest person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SKIRT-FOIST - † a female cheat ...a1652
• SLICKSTER - a cheat - a smooth talker - a hustler ...1950s sl. orig. US Black
• SNIDE, SNYDE - a cheat or swindler ...1919 sl.
• TAKE - a thief; a villain, esp. a cheat at cards ...1968 Aust. sl.
• TAKE-DOWN - a deceiver or cheat; a thief; a swindler; a confidence man ...1926 Aust. sl.
• TAKE-IN - a cheat; a deceiver; a swindler ...1779 sl.
• TAP-MAN - a cheat, a swindler ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• TIDDLYWINKER - a cheat - a trifler ...1893 sl.
• TIME-TAKER - a shuffling, cheating fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOPPER - †* a cheat at dice-playing ...1671
• TWICER - a cheat or a deceitful or cunning person ...1924 sl.
• WANGLER - one who contrives; one who deceives; a cheat or confidence trickster ...1920 colloq.
• WORM - a cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YANK - a cheater, a swindler ...1866 sl.
• YANKEE - a cheater, a swindler ...1905 US sl.
• YENTZER - a cheater; a swindler; one who cannot be trusted ...1934 criminals' sl.
• YORKSHIRE BITE - a sharp overreaching person; a cheating fellow from that county ...1795
cheat, cheating - verbs
• ANKY-PRANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ARKANSAW to cheat, to take advantage of ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BAFFLE † to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of ...c1590
• BAMBOZZLE to cheat ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BANTER to impose upon a person, orig, in jest; to delude, to cheat, to trick, to bamboozle ...a1688 arch.
• BEAT to cheat; to swindle; to bilk; to trick ...1849 Amer. sl.
• BEAT ONE'S WAY to get along by sponging, cheating, or swindling ...1873 Amer. sl.
• BEAT SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING to swindle, to cheat ...1849 US sl.
• BECATCH † to take by craft; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive ...c1200
• BEGINK to delude, to play a deceving trick on; to take in, to cheat ...1821 Sc.
• BEGUILE † to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil ...1483 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGUNK to delude, to play a deceiving trick on, to 'take in'; to cheat, do deceive; to jilt...1821 Sc.
• BEJUGGLE to get over by jugglery, to cheat ...1680
• BELIRT † to deceive, to beguile, to cheat, to befool; to jilt ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
• BELPER to cheat; to overreach ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BEST to take advantage of, to overreach, to cheat ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BESWEIK to cheat, to deceive ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESWIKE † to betray, to cheat, to deceive ...971
• BETRAY † to cheat, to disappoint ...1588
• BETRUMP †* to deceive, to cheat; to elude, to slip from ...1513
• B.F. to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
• BILK to cheat, to refuse to pay; to frustrate, to disappoint ...1820 Eng. sl.
• BORE to cheat ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BOW-WOW to bully, to cheat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFFALO to cheat; to bamboozle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUG to cheat or deceive; to get an advantage over somebody by tricky means ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BUILD PIGPENS to deceive someone, to cheat a customer ...1936 Amer. dial.
• BUNCO orig. to cheat someone at bunco; to swindle, to cheat ...1875 US sl.
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BUNKO orig. to cheat someone at bunco; to swindle, to cheat ...1875 US sl.
• BURN to swindle, to cheat ...1808 sl.
• BUSHWHACK to beat someone to something, esp. by using secretive methods; to cheat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-BANG to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
• BUTTFUCK to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
• CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly ...1895 Sc. sl.
• CABBAGE to use a 'crib' ...M19 sl.
• CAFFLE to cheat in a game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUDGE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CARVE SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat ...1933 Brit. sl.
• CHISEL to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1808 sl.
• CHIZZLE to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1858 Amer. sl.
• CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating ...sl.
• COD to cheat, to defraud ...18C sl.
• COLLIFOBBLE to cheat ...19C Eng. dial.
• COLLYFOGLE to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
• COME YANKEE OVER to cheat, to drive a hard bargain ...19C sl.
• CONY-CATCH to cheat, to trick, to deceive ...L16 cant
• COON to steal something; to cheat someone ...1964 US sl.
• DAISY BEAT to cheat, to swindle ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAUB to cheat, to deceive, to trick ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT to cheat ...L19 US sl.
• DECEIVE † to cheat, to overreach; to defraud ...c1330
• DICK to cheat or deceive ...L19 sl.
• DIDDLE to swindle, to deceive; to cheat; generally denotes petty cheating ...1806 sl., chiefly Brit.
• DIG to cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DISH to cheat or deceive ...L19 Amer. dial.
• DO to swindle, to cheat, to deceive ...1641
• DOODLE to cheat or deceive ...19C Brit. sl.
• EUCHRE to defeat; to outwit; to swindle; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• EUCHRE OUT to defeat; to outwit; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• FAB to cheat, to deceive, esp. by flattery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADANGLE to cheat, to do wrong ...2000s US Black sl.
• FAIL † to deceive, to cheat ...1590 nonce use
• FAINAIGUE to deceive by flattery; to obtain by improper means, to cheat ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FAKE to trick, to fool; to cheat; to swindle; to deceive ...1859 sl.
• FAKE THE BROADS to 'stack' the cards; to cheat, to work a three-card trick ...c1840 criminals' sl.
• FAKE THE DUCK to adulterate drink; to swindle, to cheat ...c1830 criminals' sl.
• FIDDLE to swindle, to cheat ...1604 sl.
• FLAM to cheat or deceive ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• FLEECE to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge ...1772 sl.
• FLIMP to cheat or deceive ...E19 US criminals' sl.
• FLUX to cozen, to cheat, to outwit ...L18 sl.
• FOB to cheat ...15C arch.
• FRATCH to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FUCK to cheat, to deceive, or ruin ...M20
• FUCK OVER to cheat or deceive someone ...M20 US sl.
• FUN to cheat; to deceive ...L17 sl.
• FUNK to cheat ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• FUTZ to cheat or deceive ...M20 US sl.
• GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle ...1811 sl.
• GAG to cheat, to act fraudulently, to deceive ...1781 sl.
• GAMDIDDLE to cheat ...L19 sl.
• GAMMON † to cheat at play in some particular way ...1700
• GASUMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GAZOOMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMP to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GECK to mock, to deceive, to cheat ...1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GET FAST in a criminal enterprise: to cheat a partner out of money or goods ...1987 US sl.
• GET ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• GEZUMPH to swindle, to cheat ...1928 Brit. sl.
• GIG to cheat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GOLD-BRICK to swindle, to cheat ...1902 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GOUGE to cheat ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• GREEK to cheat at cards ...E19 only, sl.
• GUM to dupe, cheat, deceive ...US sl.
• GYP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GYPPO to cheat, to swindle; to exploit for one's labour ...1925 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• HAND SOMEONE A LEMON to take advantage of; to cheat ...1860s Amer. sl.
• HANKY-PANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAVE to get the better of, to outwit, to take in, to cheat or deceive ...1805 sl.
• HENKY-PENKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to dupe, deceive, cheat, swindle; to act in an underhand manner in order to deceive ...1829 Amer. dial.
• HORNSWOGGLE to swindle, to cheat ...1829 sl., orig. US
• HOSE to cheat or deceive ...E20 US sl.
• HUMP to cheat ...M20 US criminals’ sl.
• IKE (offensive) to swindle, to cheat ...1932 US sl.
• IKEY (offensive) to swindle, to cheat ...1932 US sl.
• IKY (offensive) to swindle, to cheat ...1932 US sl.
• ILLUDE † to cheat out of something ...1541
• IMPOSTURE † to practise imposture; to impose upon, to deceive; to act fraudulently, to cheat ...1622
• IMPOSTURIZE † to practice imposture; to act fraudulently, to cheat ...1603
• INFANG † to cheat, to gull, to 'take in' ...1793 Sc.
• ISSUE to cheat; to sell fake drugs ...1990s US drugs sl.
• JACKET to cheat; to swindle; to betray ...1819 sl.
• JAPE to cheat or deceive ...20C sl.
• JEW to cheat ...c1871 sl.
• JIG to cheat; to delude; to impose upon ...1876 sl.
• JIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• JIPPO to cheat, to swindle ...1920s Amer. sl.
• JUMP to cheat, to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• KIMBAW to trick, cheat, or cozen ...1865 sl.
• LANT to cheat, to leave one with some awkward responsibility; to leave on in the lurch ...1780 Sc.
• LOO to cheat; to defraud ...E19 US sl.
• MACE 1. to swindle; to defraud; to cheat ...1790 UK sl.
2. to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick ...1977 UK sl.
• MAG to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• MUMP to cheat, to cheat out of; to deceive ...M17 sl.
• NAB to cheat, to trick; to cheat with dice ...L17 sl.
• NAIL † to cheat or overcharge; to get the better of ...1812
• NIB to catch someone out, esp. if cheating ...L18 sl.
• NIBBLE to cheat ...Bk1902 sl.
• NICK to cheat, to trick, to thwart, to get the better of ...1617 sl.
• NIP to get the better of in bargaining; to outsmart, to cheat ...1964 Sc.
• NOSE WIPE to cheat, to deceive ...E17 sl.
• ODD MAN to cheat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade ...L19 sl.
• OOTCH to cheat or trick ...1940s US sl.
• OOTZ to cheat or trick ...1940s US sl.
• OUT-DUGAN to outwit, to get the better of, to cheat ...1923 Amer. dial.
• OZARK to cheat, to defraud ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PACK CARDS WITH † to make a cheating arrangement with ...1606
• PALM † to play a trick, to cheat; to impose upon a person ...1686
• PIN to swindle, to cheat ...1934 Aust. sl.
• PLAY THE QUEER to hoodwink, to cheat ...M18 sl.
• PLAY UPON ADVANTAGE † to cheat ...1592
• PLAY YANKEE WITH to cheat, to drive a hard bargain ...19C sl.
• PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
• PUT IT ALL OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT SOMETHING OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PUT THE FUN UPON to trick; to cheat ...L17 sl.
• QUEER to impose on, to swindle, to cheat ...1797 sl.
• QUIRK to cheat, to overreach; to elude by stratagem; to play a trick or prank ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RADDLE to cheat ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMP to swindle, to cheat ...1812 sl.
• RANK to cheat ...M19 sl.
• REAM to swindle, to cheat ...1914 US sl.
• RIM to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to treat dishonestly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously ...1841 Amer. dial.
• ROOK to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge ...1590 sl.
• RUN A SANDY ON to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1914 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY OVER to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SAM to cheat, to deceive ...1960s sl.
• SANDBAG to cheat ...L19 US sl.
• SCALE to swindle, to cheat; to fail to pay what is owed ...1904 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAM to swindle, to cheat ...1963 sl., orig. US
• SCAMP to cheat, to steal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to extort, to cheat; to trick out of ...1796 Sc.
• SCOONIE to cheat, to defraud ...1950 Sc.
• SCROUGE to encroach on, to take advantage of, to cheat ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SCREW to swindle, to cheat ...1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SELL to deceive, to cheat, to trick ...1849 sl.
• SELL OUT to deceive, to cheat, to trick ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SEW SOMEONE UP to swindle, to cheat ...1838 sl.
• SHAFT to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to abuse ...1970s US Black sl.
• SHARP to cheat, swindle or trick a person, esp. at cards ...L17 colloq.
• SHORT POT to cheat or deceive someone; to give less than the expected amount ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SHUCK to cheat, to deceive, to trick, to mislead someone ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SKANK to cheat, to 'stab in the back' ...1980s sl.
• SKELDER † to swindle, to cheat, to defraud a person; also, to obtain money by cheating ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
• SKIN to cheat or swindle; to victimize ...1819 Amer. sl.
• SKINCH OUT to short, to cheat ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKIN ONE OUT OF HIS EYE TEETH to cheat, to swindle ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK to swindle, to cheat ...1890 sl.
• SLIP ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SLUR † to cheat or trick a person ...M17
• SMOU(T)CH to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1840 Amer. dial.
• SMOUGE to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1855 Amer. dial.
• SNEAK ONE OVER (ON) to cheat; to deceive ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SNOOKER to trick, to cheat ...1910s sl.
• STICK UP to deceive, to cheat, to disappoint ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STIFF to cheat or defraud someone, esp. by failing to pay them ...1950 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• STRING ALONG to deceive, cheat, trick ...colloq.
• STUN to cheat ...Bk1904 thieves' sl.
• SUCK IN to take in, to cheat, to deceive ...1842 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TAKE to swindle, to cheat, to deceive, to extort money from; to victimize ...M19 sl.
• TAKE DOWN to cheat, to swindle, to rob ...M19 sl., orig. Aust.
• TAKE IN to deceive, to cheat, to trick, to impose upon, to hoax ...1740 colloq.
• TAKE THE NEAR CUT OF ONE to cheat ...1953 Sc.
• TAP to defraud, to cheat ...1920s sl.
• TAP UP to defraud, to cheat ...1920s sl.
• TONY †* to make a fool of; to fool, to cheat, to swindle ...a1652
• TOP † to cheat, to trick a person ...a1700
• TWO-TIME to swindle, to cheat ...1959 sl.
• UNCLE † to cheat or swindle of something ...a1592
• VAGE to deceive; to cheat ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VERNEUK to cheat, to humbug, to swindle ...1871 S. Afr. sl.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• W to cheat, to swindle ...1900s sl.
• WALK AROUND to cheat ...M19 US sl.
• WALK INTO to cheat, to defraud ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• WALK ROUND to cheat ...M19 US sl.
• WHIP-SAW to cheat or be cheated in two ways at once or by the joint action of two others ...1873 US sl.
• WIDGEON † to make a 'widgeon' of; to cheat, to befool ...a1596
• WIPE ANOTHER'S NOSE † to cheat or defraud one ...1614
• XEROX to cheat on a test ...1960s US college sl.
• YANK to cheat; to trick ...US Civil War usage
• YANKEE * to deal cunningly with like a Yankee, to cheat ...1837
• YENTZ to swindle, to cheat, to deceive ...1930 US sl.
cheat, cheating - phrases
• CROOKED AS A BARREL OF SNAKES, AS said of a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1967 Amer. dial.
CHEATED - adjectives
• BEGUNKED disappointed, cheated ...Bk1898 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BIT cheated ...1834 Amer. dial.
• BURNED cheated; betrayed ...Bk20C Amer. sl.
• DICKED cheated, 'screwed' ...M20 US sl.
• IMPOSABLE * capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable ...a1734
• LAID, RELAID AND PARLAYED deceived, cheated ...1950s US sl.
• MADE cheated, tricked ...1950s US sl.
• SCABBED cheated in a deal ...1960s drugs sl.
• SNOOKERED cheated, hoaxed, trapped in a difficult position ...1910s sl.
• STUNG cheated ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TANDIDDLED imposed upon; bewildered; cheated ...1876 Eng. dial.
cheated - person
• BUB † one that is cheated ...1690 sl.
• CARAVAN a dupe; a gull; one who is cheated; a subject of plunder ...1676 sl.
• HONEST JOHN a man so trusting and innocent that he may be easily cheated or deceived ...1930 colloq.
• LAIN, LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LAMB a simpleton, an oaf; one who is cheated; esp. one who speculates and loses his money ...1668
• MOOCH a sucker, a chump, an easy mark; one easily cheated, deceived, or imposed upon ...1927 Amer. sl.
cheated - verbs
• GET THE NEEDLE to be completely cheated ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAKE A HOSING to be cheated or badly treated ...1940s US sl.
CHECK - adjectives
• AWE-BOUND † under restraint or discipline so as to be orderly, obedient; bound by authority; held in check or submissiveness by awe or fear mingled with reverence or respect ...1631 obs. or Eng. dial.
CHECK - nouns
• AWE-BAND a check, restraint ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune ...1721
• BAFFLE † confusion, discomfiture, check ...1628
• BALK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• DAMP a check, discouragement ...1587
• DAUNT † the act of daunting; dispiriting; intimidation; discouragement; a check ...a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FACER a sudden check, problem or obstacle ...c1820 colloq.
• HANK * a restraining or curbing hold; a power of check or restraint ...1613 now rare or Eng. dial.
check - verbs
• ACHECK † to check, to bring to a sudden stop ...c1384
• CLIP THE WINGS OF to put a check on the ambitions of ...Bk1999
• COHIBIT * to restrain, check, hinder; to restrict ...1544
• DAMP to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject, to discourage, to check ...1548
• FORFEND † to check, to refrain, to withhold ...1382
• HAP to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk ...1777 Eng. dial.
• HOLD ONE'S HORSES to check one's impulsiveness; to be calm ...1842 US sl.
• LET † to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain ...c1374
• OBROGATE † to check or interrupt one in his tale; to gainsay ...1656
• OPPONE † to set against by way of hindrance, check, or resistance; to place as an obstacle ...1570
• PUT A SCOTCH ON A PERSON'S WHEEL to check or hinder him ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAP ONE'S FINGERS to check or punish smartly ...a1677
• RAP ONE'S KNUCKLES to check or punish smartly ...1824
• REFRENATE †* to check, to restrain ...1599
• SALT to snub; to put down; to check; to have revenge upon ...1863 Sc.
• SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCALP to check ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIT UPON to squash, to check, to snub; to overcome or rebuke; to express contempt for a man in a marked manner ...1865 sl.
• TAKE to check, to 'pull up', to interrupt ...1637 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP † to arrest the action or progress of; to check, to stop, to 'pull up' ...1631
CHECK - see CHEQUE
CHECKED - adjectives
• GARLED † spotted, checked; chiefly used of cattle ...1501 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CHECKERED - adjectives
• CHECKEDY checkered ...1917 Amer. dial.
CHECKERS - nouns
• CHECK a piece used in the game of checkers ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CHECKER the game of checkers ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHECKS 1. a piece used in the game of checkers ...1844 Amer. dial.
2. the game of checkers ...1954 Amer. dial.
• DAM † each of the pieces in the game of draughts or checkers ...1580 obs., chiefly Sc. usage
• DAMS † the game of draughts or checkers ...1580 obs.
checkers - person
• DUKE PLAYER - a person who cheats at cards or checkers ...1937 US criminals' sl.
CHEEK (part of the face) adjectives
• BUCCULENT †* fat-cheeked, wide-mouthed ...1656
• CHUFFY † fat; swollen or puffed out with fat, especially of the cheeks; plump-cheeked, round-faced; chubby ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANTLING of the cheeks: becoming suffused with heightened colour ...1707
cheek (part of the face) - nouns
• FACE-BONE † cheek-bone ...1801
• HAFFET the side of the head above and in front of the head; the temple; the cheek ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANG † the cheek ...c975
CHEEK (impudence) - nouns
• ACID cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm ...1910s sl.
• BACKCHAT cheek, impudence ...1901 sl.
• CHAT cheek, impudence ...L19 sl.
• FAAS impudence, cheek ...1930s W. Indies sl.
• FACE cheek, brazenness ...1537
• FASS impudence, cheek ...20C W. Indies sl.
• GUTS cheek, audacity, nerve ...1910s sl.
• JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek ...1834 Amer. dial.
• LEER † the cheek ...c1000
• NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek ...1887
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONCE vigour, energy, cheek ...L19 sl.
• ONCE A WEEK cheek, impudence, audacity ...20C rhyming sl.
• RABBIT audacity, cheek ...1940s sl.
• SASS sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
• SASS-TALKING talking in a cheeky manner ...2000s US sl.
• SAUCE cheek, impudence ...L16
cheek (impudence) - verbs
• SAUCE to cheek, to be impudent, to tease ...M19
CHEEKY - adjectives
• BOUNCEABLE bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant ...1943 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• FACEY cheeky, rude, impudent ...E17
• FACIE impudent, cheeky ...1825 Sc.
• FACY † cheeky, rude, impudent ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAST-FAST MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST-MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST WITH cheeky, impertinent ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• IKEY impertinent, cheeky ...L19 US sl.
• IKY impertinent, impudent, cheeky ...1906 Amer. dial.
• LAIRY knowing, conceited, cheeky ...M19 sl.
• LARY knowing, conceited, cheeky ...M19 sl.
• LEERY bad-tempered, disagreeable, and cheeky ...20C sl.
• NEBBIE cheeky, impertinent ...1888 Sc.
• RANK impertinent, extremely cheeky ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SASSY impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish ... 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• UPPITY brash; cheeky; arrogant; snobbish; refusing to accept one's place in society ...1880 US sl., orig. Black usage
• UPPITY-ASS cheeky, arrogant ...L19 sl., orig. US
cheeky - person
• BISIM, BISOM - a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1951 Ulster sl.
• BIT OF A LAD - a cheeky, self-possessed youth who fancies himself ...1939 UK sl.
• BIZZUM - a term of contempt applied to a person, generally a woman; sometimes to a woman of loose character, and sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl; an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman; a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1808 Sc. & Ireland
• HARD CASE - an amusing, cheeky, or eccentric person; a 'character'; typically one who is tough and adventurous ...1892 Aust. & NZ
• NASHIN - a loquacious or cheeky person ...1923 Sc.
• NITTIE a cheeky little girl; a bad-tempered child ...1866 Sc.
• PIET - a talkative or cheeky person ...L16 now Sc. & N. Eng.
• SASS-BOX - a cheeky or impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SAUCY JACK - a cheeky, impudent man ...M16 sl.
• YIP - a cheeky, pert person; an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
cheeky - verbs
• EAT RAZOR SOUP to say something cheeky or impertinent ...1939 US sl.
• FATMOUTH to argue, to answer back, to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively, to boast ...1968 sl., orig. US Black
• LIP OFF to talk rudely, cheekily, or provocatively ...1950s US sl.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SASS OUT to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SMART-MOUTH to be cheeky to someone or be witty at their expense ...1976 US sl.
cheeky - phrases
• MORE ASS THAN A PADDOCK OF COWS said of one who is very cheeky ...1990s Aust. sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON BEACH used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN FOY AND GIBSON'S used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN HARRODS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1970s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN MYERS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
CHEEP - verbs
• QUEAK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep; to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
CHEER - adjectives
• LAETIFICATIVE † adapted to cheer ...1657
cheer - nouns
• HEARTING the imparting of courage; encouragement, animation, cheer ...c1250
• JOLLY a cheer, a shout ...1871
• SKY-ROCKET. an enthusiastic cheer, raised especially by college students ...1867 US sl.
cheer - person
• GLADDER - † one who cheers or makes glad ...c1405
• HEAR-HEARER - one who acclaims with shouts of hear! hear!; a cheerer ...1868
• HEARTENER - one who heartens, encourages, or cheers ...1601
cheer - verbs (includes cheer up)
• ACHEER † to cheer, to cheer up ...1607
• BIRK UP to cheer up; to brisk up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCK UP to cheer up ...1844 sl.
• HARPEN ON to encourage; to cheer on to fight ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEARTEN UP to animate, to cheer up ...1590
• HELP UP to encourage, to cheer up ...1883 Amer. dial.
• JOLLY to cheer ...L19 sl.
• JOSH to give a cheer or shout ...1845 Amer. sl.
• LAETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice ...1623
• LETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice ...1547
• MAGNANIMATE †* to imbue with steadfast courage; to inspire with greatness of mind; to render high-souled; to cheer, to inspirit ...1640
• PERK UP to cheer up ...a1656
• RELEVATE † to raise the spirits of a person; to restore to cheerfulness ...1597
• ROOT FOR to cheer or applaud (a sports team, etc.); to support ...L19 colloq. orig. US
• UPCHEER †* to cheer up; to brighten, enliven, encourage ...c1586
CHEERED - adjectives
• BUCKED cheered, encouraged, elated ...1907 sl.
• EMMOISED †* comforted, cheered ...c1400
CHEERFUL - adjectives
• AIRY lively, sprightly; cheerful, vivacious ...1654
• ALACRIOUS † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
• CADGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry ...1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CAGEY in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CAGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CANTY cheerful, lively, brisk, active, gladsome ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CHERRY-MERRY cheerful, merry, especially from conviviality; slightly inebriated ...1775 sl.
• CHIRPY said of someone who is cheerful or merry ...1837 sl.
• CHIRPY AS A CRICKET lively and cheerful ...Bk1999
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• COMFORTATIVE †* cheering, cheerful ...1377
• ECKLE-FECKLE † cheerful, merry, gay; also applied to one who possesses a sound and penetrating judgement ...1825 Sc.
• EFFERVESCENT vivacious, enthusiastic, cheerful ...1833
• EUPHORIOUS cheerful or patient in life ...1904
• FACETE facetious, witty, humorous, pleasant, cheerful, gay ...1603 arch.
• GALLERY cheerful, lively ...20C Irish sl.
• GALLEY cheerful, lively ...20C Irish sl.
• GALLIARD gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
• GANSING-GAY cheerful, lively ...1894 Eng. dial.
• GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry ...a1310
• GAYSOME * full of gaiety; blithe, buoyant, cheerful ...1610
• HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial ...1724 chiefly Sc.
• HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful ...1664 Eng. dial.
• IN A GOOD SKIN good-humoured, cheerful ...M18 sl.
• IN A WHOLE SKIN good-humoured, cheerful ...M18 sl.
• IN HIGH FEATHER in good condition of health, spirits, etc., very cheerful; rich ...1844
• INNERLY pleasant, cheerful, sociable, of a neighbourly disposition, intimate; kindly, sympathetic, affectionate, friendly, compassionate ...1825 Sc.
• IN THE GALES in a good state of mind; very cheerful ...Bk1997 Amer. dial.
• JAUNTY light-hearted, cheerful ...1672
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining ...a1366
• NAPPY of a place: bright, cheerful ...1894 Sc.
• OLITE † eager, ready, willing, cheerful, sprightly ...1825 Sc.
• PEETY cheerful ...18C cant
• RAFF cheerful, contented ...1911 Sc.
• RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay ...1567
• RIDENT * radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning ...1609
• SAPPY addicted to drinking; made cheerful by drinking; lively ...1826 Sc.
• SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous ...1593
• SUNSHINE-SHOWERY of a disposition that is cheerful in the midst of trouble; cheerfully optimistic ...1830 nonce word
• TAIT † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
• VAUDIE cheerful, merry, gay, elated, delighted ...c1720 Sc.
• VAUDY elated, cheerful, gay, merry, delighted ...c1720 Sc.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
• VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy ...c1715 Sc.
• WADDIE< WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
cheerful - person
• BRIGHT SPARK a cheerful, energetic person ...2002 NZ sl.
cheerful - verbs
• ALACRIATE †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden ...1657
• ALACRIFY * to make cheerful; to rouse to action; to excite ...1864
• BUCK UP to become cheerful or lively ...Bk1999
• EFFERVESCE * to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively ...1866
• FACE UP to keep one's chin up, to be brave or cheerful ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HILARATE †* to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate ...1623
• KEEP THE TAMBOURINE A-ROLLING to keep things cheerful or lively ...M19 sl.
• PEARTEN 1. to make lively or cheerful; to enliven ...1827 Amer. dial.
2. to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SIMPER LIKE A FRUMETY-KETTLE to smile; to look cheerful ...1668 colloq.
• SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE to smile; to look merry or cheerful ...18C colloq.
• SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT'S READY TO RUN OVER vb. to smile; to look merry or cheerful ...1631 colloq.
CHEERFULLY - adverbs
• CADGILY cheerfully, merrily ...a1724 Sc.
• CADGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• CAGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully ...1724 Sc.
• CAIGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• CANTILY cheerfully, blithely, cheerily ...1721 Sc.
• HEARTSOMELY cheerfully, merrily, heartily ...1766 Sc.
• RAKISHLY jauntily, cheerfully, light-heartedly ...1838
CHEERFULNESS - nouns
• CADGINESS sportiveness, cheerfulness ...Bk1888 Sc.
• CANTINESS cheerfulness ...Bk1888 Sc.
• HEARTSOMENESS cheerfulness ...Bk1902 N. Ireland
• SUNSHINE happiness or cheerfulness of mind or heart; sunny disposition ...1742
CHEERILY - adverbs
• CANTILY cheerfully, blithely, cheerily ...1721 Sc.
• CANTLY † boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily ...1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEARTSOMELY cheerily, merrily, joyously, blithely ...1732 Sc.
CHEERING - adjectives
• BRIGHT hopeful, encouraging, cheering ...1860
• COMFORTATIVE †* cheering, cheerful ...1377
• HEARTSOME encouraging, inspiring, cheering the heart ...1881 Sc.
• SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous ...1593
CHEERLESS - adjectives
• ELENGELY † solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected ...c1305
• GABBERNY comfortless, cheerless ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad ...1660 Sc.
• UNHEARTY disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad ...1845 Sc.
CHEERY - adjectives
• GAYSOME * inspiring with gaiety; cheery; pleasant ...1633
• HEARTFUL in high spirits, cheery ...1876 Eng. dial.
CHEESE - adjectives
• CASEOUS abounding in cheese; fond of cheese ...1807 humorous usage
• FADED of cheese: tainted, mouldy ...1891 Eng. dial.
• GAMMOTTY of cheese: ill-flavoured ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAIRED of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...1777 Eng. dial.
• PAIRY of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cheese - nouns
• ANNIE LOUISE cheese ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• BEESWAX cheese ...Bk1890 sl.
• BELLY BINDER cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY CEMENT cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY GLUE cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY GUM cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BENDED KNEES a cheese ...20C rhyming sl.
• BINDER cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUNGHOLE cheese ...1910s sl., orig. military
• CAFFAN cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CASS cheese ...16C
• CASSAM cheese ...16C
• CASSAN † cheese ...1567 thieves' cant
• CASSIN cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CASSOM cheese ...16C
• CASSON cheese ...16C
• CASUM cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CASUN cheese ...16C
• CAZ cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• CHOKER cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COSAN cheese ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• COUGH-AND-SNEEZE cheese ...c1880 rhyming sl.
• ENDGATE cheese ...1956 Amer. logging usage
• GUT CONCRETE cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FADE mould on cheese ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk ...1742 Sc.
• GAMMELOST † old cheese ...1866 Sc.
• HEEL the remains or end part of anything, as a crust of a loaf, the rind of a cheese, etc. ...LME
• KEBBUCK † a whole cheese; generally one of great size ...c1470 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEBBUCK-END the last remnants of a cheese ...1868 Sc.
• KEBBUCK-HEEL the last remnants of a cheese ...1785 Sc.
• KEBBUCK-STUMP the last remnants of a cheese ...1827 Sc.
• KIBBOCK † a cheese ...c1470
• MAGGOT cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASSEY-HARRIS cheese ...20C Can. sl.
• MOUSETRAP any strong or inferior hard cheese ...1947 UK sl.
• OLD PEG 'poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk' ...L18 Eng. dial.
• RAT CHEESE cheddar cheese, esp. that with a strong odour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• RAT-TRAP CHEESE cheddar cheese, esp. that with a strong odour ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SCRAM the hard rind of bacon or cheese ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLES cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT COCK cheese ...1904 UK sl.
• WADGE a thick slice of bread, cheese, etc. ...1923 Sc.
• WALL of cheese: the crust, esp. that round the width ...Bk1905 Sc.
cheese - person
• SAWNEY-HUNTER - one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief...1856 sl.
cheese - verbs
• PAIR to grow mouldy; esp. used of cheese ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALE to test cheese by taking a sample ...1733 Sc.
CHEETAH - nouns
• PAPION † the cheetah ...a1375
• SPOTTED TIGER † the cheetah ...1784
• TIGER OF CHASE † the cheetah ...1784
CHEF - see COOK
CHEMISE - nouns
• SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt ...a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
chemise - verbs
• SARK to clothe in a sark ...1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHEMIST - person
• HERMETIC - one skilled in hermetic art or science; an alchemist or chemist ...1684
• LABORANT † a laboratory workman; a chemist's assistant; a working chemist ...1665
• LABORATORIAN * a chemist who works in a laboratory ...1860
CHEMISTRY - adjectives
• MAGO-CHEMICAL †* pert. to magic and chemistry ...1652
chemistry - nouns
• STINKS chemistry ...1869 Brit. sl.
chemistry - person
• LAB a chemistry student ...1866 Amer. college sl.
CHEQUE - nouns
• BAD PAPER - a cheque for which there are no funds in the bank ...Bk2004 Amer. sl.
• BUM CHECK a bad cheque; a forged cheque ...Bk20C Amer. sl.
• BUTTERFLY a worthless cheque which 'flutters away' ...1929 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CHICKEN’S NECK a cheque ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• DUCHESS a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (Duchess of Teck)
• DUCHESS OF TECK a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• DUCK'S NECK a cheque ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• DUKE a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (Duke of Teck)
• DUKE OF TECK a cheque ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• FALSE FLAP a bad cheque ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• HOT CHEQUE a forged cheque or one intentionally drawn with insufficient funds to cover payment ...1972 US sl.
• I'M A WRECK a cheque ...1940s rhyming sl.
• KITE a blank, dud, or forged cheque ...1927 sl.
• KITE-FLYING the juggling of cheques between accounts so as to create a sham balance of funds on which to draw
• NERVOUS WRECK a cheque ...1940s rhyming sl.
• PAIN a cheque ...1990s rhyming sl. (pain in the neck)
• PAIN IN THE NECK a cheque ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• PAPER a forged or useless cheque or other financial instrument ...1972 US sl.
• PAPER-HANGING passing bad cheques ...E19 US criminals' sl.
• P.L. a forged personal cheque ...1920s forgers' sl.
• STUMER, STUMOR a counterfeit coin or banknote; a worthless cheque ...1890 sl.
• TOTAL WRECK a cheque ...1940s rhyming sl.
cheque - person
• BUTTERFLY MAN a person who passes worthless cheques ...1920s US sl.
• PAPER-HANGER someone who passes forged or fraudulent cheques ...1914 sl., orig. US
• PAPER-LAYER one who habitually passes bad cheques ...E19 US criminals' sl.
cheque - verbs
• CALL OUT to use a stolen cheque ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• CRACK to change money; to cash a cheque ...1927 Amer. sl.
• KITE to write a cheque before one has sufficient money in one's bank to cover it ...colloq.
• PAPER to defraud someone by passing a forged cheque ...1925 sl.
• RAISE to forge cheques ...1940s UK criminals' sl.
• SAUSAGE to cash (a cheque) ...1920s rhyming sl. based on 'sausage and mash'
• SAUSAGE A GOOSE'S to cash a cheque ...1920s sl.
• WRITE to pass dud cheques ...1960s sl.
CHERISH - verbs
• ALIE to pet, to cherish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FEDDLE †* to make much of; to pamper, to cherish ...1611
• INGLE to fondle, to cherish, to caress ...1599 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CHERISHED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † fondly held, cherished; entertained of choice, intentional ...1589
cherished - person
• APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, THE a greatly cherished person ...c1350
• PIGSNEY one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) ...c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
CHERRY - nouns
• BONE a cherry seed ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PAIP, PAPE the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. ...1721 Sc.
• PEP the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. ...1721 Sc.
• PITH the hard centre of a cherry ...1966 Amer. dial.
CHESS - adjectives
• CHESSY characteristic of good play at chess ...1883 colloq.
• LEAP-SKIP † applied to the knight's move in chess ...a1649 nonce word.
chess - nouns
• DAME † the queen at chess ...1574
• JEOPARDY † in chess, etc.: a problem ...c1369
• LADY † a queen at chess ...c1489
• NECK † in chess: a move to cover check ...a1547
• QUEK(E) †* a chess-board ...1426
• RANK in chess: one of the lines of squares stretching across the board from side to side ...1597
• TABLE † the 'board' on which chess, draughts, backgammon, or any similar game is played ...c1470
• TABLER † a chess-board ...1303
• TABLIER †* a chess-board ...1474
• WHORE the queen in chess and playing cards
• YEOMEN †* the pawns at chess ...1523-34
chess - person
• BLACK - in chess and draughts: the player using the black or coloured pieces ...1750
• CHESSNER †* a chess player ...1624
• POTZER - an inferior chess-player ...1948 sl.
• WOOD-PUSHER a chess player, esp. an unskilled one ...1950s Amer. sl.
chess - verbs
• NECK †* to cover check in chess ...a1585
CHEST (container) - nouns
• ARK a receptacle, usually a large wooden chest, made to contain flour, corn, fruit, clothes, etc. ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOIST a box or chest; a coffin ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAP-CASE † a receptacle of any kind; a box, chest, casket, case ...1597
• CAPSE †* a coffer, chest ...1447
• CASSON † a chest ...1613 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• EAST AND WEST the breast or the chest; hence the upper body ...1923 UK rhyming sl.
• GARDEVIANCE † a chest for holding valuables ...c1460
• SCOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKIBBET † a small box; a small compartment in a chest, etc. ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
CHEST (body) - nouns
• BRISKET the human breast or chest ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLE PIECE the chest ...c1800 Brit. boxing sl.
• MOSS ON THE BOSOM hair growing on the man's chest ...20C US sl.
CHESTNUT - adjectives
• CASTANEAN pert. to the chestnut ...1728
• CASTANEOUS chestnut-coloured ...1688
chestnut - nouns
• CASTANE † a chestnut ...1398
• CASTANIE † a chestnut ...1398
• CASTAYNE † a chestnut ...1398
• CHESTER TREE a chestnut tree ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCUTCHING knocking chestnuts off a tree ...1930 Amer. dial.
CHEW - verbs
• CHANK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1895 Amer. dial.
• CHAUNK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CHAW to chew ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CHAWNK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CHEW WET to chew succulent vegetables, or other food, with the mouth open so that a clacking sound escapes ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CHONK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1844 Amer. dial.
• MANCH to chew; to eat; to munch ...1829 Eng. dial.
• MANDUCATE to chew, to eat ...1623
• MASTICATE to grind food to a pulp with the teeth; to chew ...1649
• MAUNGE † to munch, to chew, to masticate; to eat greedily ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAG to gnaw, to keep chewing at ...1908 Sc.
• NAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1923 Sc.
• NATTLE to nibble; to chew with difficulty; to gnaw; to nip ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIGG to gnaw, to chew with difficulty ...1928 Sc.
• NYAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1922 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• NYIM-NYAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1923 Sc.
• QUIDDLE to suck food in the mouth; to chew ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAMSH to eat voraciously and noisily; to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RANSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RUNSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• TO-CHEW † to chew to pieces; to tear with the teeth ...c1000
• WAFFLE to chew and swallow with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YACKLE to gnaw, to chew (confused with 'yaggle') ...1880 Sc.
• YAGGLE to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel ...1929 Sc.
• YAM to eat greedily and with noise; to chew ...1791 Eng. dial.
CHEWED - adjectives
• MANDIBLE †* capable of being chewed or eaten ...1656
• MANDUCABLE †* capable of being manducated or chewed or eaten; eatable ...1614
• MASTICABLE * that may be masticated or chewed ...1846
chewed - nouns
• MASTICABILITY the capability of being masticated or chewed ...1849
CHEWING - adjectives
• MASTICATORY pert. to mastication, chewing, champing ...1611
chewing - nouns
• CHANK a noisy or forceful act of chewing or biting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MANDUCATION the act of chewing ...1650
• MASTICATION the act of chewing ...1565
• RAMSH a munch, a single act of chewing coarse or rank food, as raw vegetables ...1825 Sc.
CHEWING GUM - adjectives
• ABC of a piece of chewing gum: already been chewed ...2004 US sl.
chewing gum - nouns
• ABC GUM gum that has already been chewed ...Amer. sl.
• BLOCK a package of chewing gum ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOW GUM bubble gum ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CHEW-BUBBLE bubble-gum ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• CHEWEY chewing gum ...c1944 Aust. juvenile sl.
• CHEWIE chewing gum ...1924 Aust. sl.
• CHEWIN' INDIA chewing gum ...1902 Sc.
• CHEWING WAX chewing gum ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHEWY chewing gum ...1924 Aust. sl.
• CHUDDIE chewing gum ...1984 UK teen sl.
• CHUDDY chewing gum ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUTTY chewing gum ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SPIJ chewing gum ...L1980s UK playground sl.
• WAX chewing gum ...1903 Amer. dial.
CHEWING TOBACCO - see TOBACCO