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CHIC - CHIVES
CHIC - adjectives
• AFTERNOONIFIED smart, chic ...L19 sl.
CHICAGO - nouns (also see ILLINOIS)
• BAD LANDS a dangerous slum section of a city, esp. Chicago ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BIG C, THE Chicago, Illinois ...1976 US sl.
• HOGOPOLIS. Chicago ...M19 sl.
• PIGOPOLIS Chicago ...M19 sl.
• PORKOPOLIS Chicago ...M19 sl.
• STATE AND PERVERSION in Chicago, the intersection of State and Division Streets ...1958 US sl.
CHICANERY - nouns
• FINAGLE an instance of wangling or chicanery ...1941 Amer. dial.
CHICKADEE - nouns
• DEE-DEE a chickadee ...1959 Amer. dial.
CHICKEN - nouns
• ALBATROSS chicken – roasted, broiled, or stewed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ANY-BIT the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BALLAST turkey or chicken dressing ...1945 US railroad sl.
• BIDDY a chicken; a fowl ...E17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIDDY COOP a chicken coop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BIDDYKIN a little chicken...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIDDY PEN a chicken coop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BISHOP'S NOSE the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOTSEL the rump of a cooked chicken ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BROODER a chicken coop; a hen house ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROODER COOP a chicken coop; a hen house ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BROODER HOUSE a chicken coop; a hen house ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROODER PEN a chicken coop; a hen house ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTSEL the rump of a cooked chicken ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall ...1941 Amer. military usage
• BUZZARD MEAT chicken or turkey ...1944 Amer. military usage
• CACKLEBIRD a chicken; a hen ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CHICKABIDDY an immature chicken ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CHICK-A-DIDDLE a child's name for a chicken ...1826
• CHICKIE a chicken ...1950s US sl.
• CHICKY a small or young chicken ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIKE † a chick, chicken ...a1430
• CHOOK a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOOKIE a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOOKY a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUCKIE a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUCKY a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CROW a chicken ...WWII Armed Forces usage
• DEACON'S NOSE the flat lobe at the nether end of a chicken, which is like a mammal's tail, base for the tail-feathers ...1967 Can. sl.
• DEEDIE a young chicken ...1885 Amer. dial.
• DEVILS ON HORSEBACK chicken livers wrapped in bacon ...1980 Amer. dial.
• DIB a small chicken ...1946 Amer. dial.
• DIBBY a small chicken ...1946 Amer. dial.
• DIDDLE a duckling or baby chick ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DIDDY a little chicken ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DIP a chicken ...1952 Amer. dial.
• EGG-BAG the uterus of a chicken or other fowl ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FOWL BALLS chicken croquettes ...World War I navy sl.
• GOSPEL BIRD a chicken ...1935 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• GUMP a chicken, esp. a stolen one ...1899 Amer. tramps' sl.
• HEN-FLINT chicken dung ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KATOOCH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1979 Amer. dial.
• KATUSH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAST PART THROUGH THE FENCE the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LONG LEG the drumstick of a chicken ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MABBIERS young hens, chickens ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAUL a chicken leg ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• NIB the rump of a cooked chicken; the pope's nose ...1957 Amer. dial.
• NOODLE the rump of a cooked chicken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END GOING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN FLYING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN HEADING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A SOUTHBOUND CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PARSON'S NOSE the rail or rump of a chicken ...1839 Amer. dial.
• PARSON'S SNOUT the rail or rump of a chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl ...1871 Amer. dial.
• PEEP a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PEEPY a chicken ...1908 Amer. dial.
• POPE'S NOSE. the fatty extremity of a fowl's rump ...1796
• POULT a young chicken ...1913
• SEA GULL a chicken ...World War I navy sl.
• SHORT JOINT a chicken thigh ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SHORT LEG a chicken thigh ...2000 Amer. dial.
• SHORT THIGH a chicken thigh ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END OF A CHICKEN GOING NORTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END OF A HEN GOING NORTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END OF A NORTHBOUND CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TIPPET the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOOT the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOOT BOX the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WEEDELY a young chicken ...1984 Amer. dial.
• WEEDILY a young chicken ...1984 Amer. dial.
• WHEEDLE a baby chick ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WHIDDLE a baby chick ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WIDDIE a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• WIDDY a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• YAP the call or scream of a bird in distress; the plaintive chirping of chickens ...1824 Sc.
• YARDBIRD 1. a chicken ...1956 US sl.
2. fried chicken ...1990s US prison sl.
CHICKEN - nouns, person
• BACKYARDER someone who keeps chickens in their backyard ...1922 Brit. sl.
• CHICKEN GRANNY one who raises chickens for the market; usually applied derisively to 'furriners' ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-LIFTER a chicken thief; thus any petty thief ...L19 US sl.
CHICKEN - interjections
• BEE! come!; used as a call to chickens ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BIE! come!; used as a call to chickens ...1924 Amer. dial.
• CHI-CHI-CHI! a call to chickens ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHICKABIDDY! a call to chickens ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEROO! a call to chickens ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHICKIE! a call to chickens ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CHICKOO! a call to chickens ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PEEPIE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEEP-PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIP! a call to chickens at feeding ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TIPPY! a call to chickens at feeding ...1973 Amer. dial.
• WEEDILY! a call to chickens at feeding time ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WIDDIE! a call to chickens or other domestic fowl ...1902 Amer. dial.
• WIDDY! a call to chickens or other domestic fowl ...1902 Amer. dial.
CHIDE - nouns, person
• CHIDESTER † a woman who chides, scolds, or brawls ...c1386
CHIDE - verbs
• BAN to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear ...1340 Eng. dial.
• BONE to chide, to reprove; to pester ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CHANNER to mutter, grumble, murmur, fret, complain; to scold, not noisily, but constantly; to chide ...c1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELITIGATE †* to scold or chide vehemently ...1623
• GARRE † to growl, to snarl; to chatter, to chide; to chirp, to twitter ...1382
• GATHER † to chide, to reprove ...1577
• ILL-HEAR to chide, to scold ...Bk1905 Sc.
• INCREPATE † to chide, to rebuke, to reprove, to scold, to reprehend ...1570
• KEBBIE to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEBBY to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• OBJURGATE to rebuke severely; to chide, to scold ...1616
• PEEL OUT to scold, to chide ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RALLIE to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to ...1790 Sc.
• RALLY to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to ...1790 Sc.
• RATE to chide, to scold, to reprove vehemently or angrily ...c1386
• RAWLEY to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to ...1790 Sc.
• TAKE OFF to reprove, to rebuke, to chide ...1863 Eng. dial.
• TATTER to scold; to chide; to be furious or cross ...1842 Eng. dial.
• THREAP to scold, to chide, to rebuke ...1681 Eng. dial.
• THREAPEN † to reprove, to rebuke, to chide ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAFF to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically ...1825 Sc.
• YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something ...1811 Sc.
CHIDING - adjective
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• CORREPTORY † conveying reproof, rebuking, chiding, reprehensive ...1659
• INCREPATORY † rebuking, reproving, chiding ...1645
• OBJURGATIVE having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke ...1854
• OBJURGATORY having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke ...1576
• REBUKOUS † given to rebuke, full of rebuke, containing rebuke, rebuking, chiding ...1494
CHIDING - nouns
• CORREPTION † a chiding, reprehension, reproof, reproach, rebuke ...c1380
• OBJURGATION a sharp or severe rebuke; a chiding, a scolding ...1550
• THRAWN † a scolding, a chiding; a sharp reproof ...Bk1905 Ireland
CHIEF - adjectives
• CAPTAIN † chief, principal, leading ...1566
• HEAD best, chief, most able ...1895 Amer. dial.
• HEADEST †* chiefest ...1577
• HEADLY † chief, principal ...971
• MASTER chief, principal; great, best; remarkable ...1750 Eng. dial.
• MASTERPIECE chief, great, wonderful ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PALMARIAN * that bears or is worthy to bear the palm; holding the first or highest place; of supreme or first-rate importance; most important, pre-eminent, principal, chief ...1815
• PALMARY that bears or is worthy to bear the palm; holding the first or highest place; of supreme or first-rate importance; most important, pre-eminent, principal, chief ...1657
CHIEF - nouns, person
• ACE a prominent individual; a big shot, the chief, the boss ...1899 Amer. sl.
• ALII a noble person; a chief ...1938 Amer. dial. (Hawaii)
• BELL-WETHER a chief or leader; chiefly contemptuous usage ...c1430
• BOSS the chief; the person in charge ...L16
• DEAN † a head, chief, or commander of a division of ten ...1388
• ELDERLY MAN † a chief, principal man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• HEADMAN a chief man, chief, leader ...c1000
• HEADSMAN * a chief, leader, head man ...a1400 now
• HONCHO a leader, esp. an assertive leader; a chief ...1945 sl.
• MACGREGOR, THE the leading man, the chief personage ...1929 Sc.
• MACNAB, THE the person in authority, the chief personage ...1840 Sc.
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTERLING † one who has the power of a master; a conqueror, a chief ...c1200
• MASTER-MAN † a chief, a leader ...a1300 chiefly Sc.
• MIDDEN-COCK the chief man of a place ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• QUEEN PIN a woman who heads an institution or arranges an event, the chief woman in an organization or operation ...1960s sl.
• SKULL a leader or chief; an expert ...1880 US & Aust. sl.
• TOP DOG the leader or chief of a group ...colloq.
CHILBLAIN - nouns
• DAG a chilblain ...1883 Eng. dial.
CHILD, CHILDREN - adjectives (also see FAMILY and INFANT)
• BAIRNBUND of a woman: hindered by having a child to take care of ...1908 Sc.
• BAIRN-FOND child-loving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN-PECKED under the rule of a girl; governed by a child ...1786 humorous nonce word
• ILL-MADE-ON of a child: neglected, badly brought up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KIDDIE pert. to or fit for children ...1930s sl.
• KIDDY pert. to or fit for children ...1930s sl.
• LALLEN of a child: hanging about its mother ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAMMY-SICK distressed at being separated from one's mother; used contemptuously ...1836-48
• NATALITIOUS †* concerned with one's children ...1654
• PAEDOTROPHIC relating to the rearing of children ...1889
• PUERILE of or pert. to a child or childhood ...17C
• SET-ALONG of a child: old enough to sit up unaided ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SETTING-LONELY. of a child: old enough to sit up unaided ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SETTING-UP of a child: old enough to sit up unaided ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TRANTY † of children: wise and forward above their age ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CHILD, CHILDREN - nouns
• AERIE a noble stock of children ...1594
• BABYOLATRY child worship ...1846 nonce word
• BAIRN-FOLK children ...1891 Sc.
• BAIRN-TIME 1. the course of time during which a woman can bear children ...1824 Sc.
2. the time when the children are at home, as from school ...1923 Sc.
• BARN-SITE anxiety about children ...1863 N. Eng. dial.
• BOOT the children of a widowed or divorced woman who remarries ...1887 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER a term of endearment to a child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BURDIE-BEETON a fondling term for a little child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KIDDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• KIDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• OLIVE-BRANCHES children ...1677 now humorous
• OLIVE-PLANTS children ...1616
• PAEDOLOGY the study of the nature of children ...1894
• PAEDOTROPHIA the rearing of children ...1857
• PAEDOTROPHY the rearing of children ...1857
• PAIDOLOGY the study of the nature of children ...1894
• PUERILITY the state or quality of being a child; the quality of being childish, foolish, or trivial ...1425
• PUGGY an endearment to a woman or child ...17C colloq.
• STRAIN offspring; children ...12C
• TAIL-FRUIT children; offspring ...19C Brit.
• YEAR'S-BAIRNS children born in the same year ...1836 Sc.
CHILD - nouns, person
• AFTERTHOUGHT 1. the youngest child in a family, esp. one born considerably later than the other children ...1914 sl.
2. an unplanned pregnancy; the child of an unplanned pregnancy ...1914 UK sl.
• AMERUGIAN a term of mild reproach for a child, after they have been in mischief ...1983 Amer. dial.
• ANIE a small child ...B1900 Sc.
• ANKLE-BITER a small child ...1950s sl., orig. US
• APRON CHILD a child old enough to stand by holding on to its mother's apron ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ARM BABY a baby small enough to be held in the arms; by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ARMY BRAT a small child of an officer ...Bk1944 service sl.
• AULD MAID'S BAIRN a child according to the pattern or idea of an old maid, such a child as an old maid would have brought up if she had had one ...1899 Sc.
• BABAN † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...c1230
• BABBON † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...1570
• BABY the youngest and most junior of a family or group of persons ...1897
• BABYCHILD the youngest child in the family, even if he or she is 50 years old ...1980 Amer. dial.
• BAG a playful or reproachful designation of a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGISH a woman or a child, used familiarly or playfully ...1778 Eng. dial.
• BAGGIT a contemptuous name for a child ...1879 Sc.
• BAGLIN a misgrown child ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGREL a child ...1808 Sc.
• BAICH † a child ...1808 Sc.
• BAICHE a child ...B1700 Sc.
• BAICHIE a child; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAILCH a brat; a contemptuous term for a child ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAIRNEY a little child ...1874 Sc.
• BAIRNIE a little child ...1874 Sc.
• BAND-AID BABY a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship ...colloq.
• BANTLING a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard' ...1593
• BARLEY-BAIRN a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-CHILD a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATA a child, boy or girl ...1972 Hawaii
• BAWAW a ludicrous term for a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEEBEE the youngest member of a family or brood ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BEGGAR-FACE a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR-LEG a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR-LUG a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BELCH a very fat person or animal; a brat of a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELSHACH a contemptuous term for a child; a brat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILCH a brat; a contemptuous term for a child ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILTER a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLITZ BABY a child born in Britain during the German Blitz ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLUNDERBUS a baby or a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BOOSTER a small child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BROLL † a child, offspring; contemptuously, a brat, a little wretch ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUG a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BUNCH OF DOG'S MEAT a squalling child in arms ...c1825 sl.
• BUNGO-TOUGHY a little child who eats or behaves like a hooligan ...1940s W. Indies & Guyana
• BUN IN THE OVEN a conceived child in the womb ...1951 sl.
• BUSTER a large or well-grown child ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER-PRINT † a child ...1616 sl.
• CABOOSE the last or youngest child in a family ...1950s US sl.
• CACK a small child ...1895 sl.
• CARPET CRAWLER a young child ...1976 US sl.
• CHAP a young child, a baby ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHAPPIE a child, a young person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHAPPY a child, a young person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHICKABIDDY a loved one, esp. a child; a term of endearment to a child ...1848
• CHICKADEE a loved one; a sweetheart; a child; a term of endearment ...1860 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN a child ...a1400
• CHICKO a child ...1950s sl.
• CHICO a child ...1950s sl.
• CHIKE † a child ...18C
• CHILDLING a little child ...1648 arch. rare
• CHILO a child ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• CHIP a child, a youngster ...1698 sl.
• CHITTYPRAT a pet name for a child; a little upstart ...1892 Eng. dial.
• COARSE BAG an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DAB a small child ...1797
• DIGGOT a term of contempt to a child, implying the idea of dishonourable conduct ...19C Sc.
• DILLING † a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DOY a term of endearment for a child; a pet...1884 Eng. dial.
• DOVELING a term of endearment for a small child ...E17
• EESHAN a child, a tiny tot; someone small and puny of any age; often used in a derogatory or playful sense ...1866 Sc.
• FADGE one who trots slowly, a child who toddles along ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAFF a young, frisky child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANT † an infant, a child, a young person ...a1300
• FAUNT † a child; an infant; a young person ...a1300
• FAUNTEKIN † a little child, an infant ...1377
• FAUNTELET † a little child, an infant ...1393
• FELLER a child ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FELLOW a child ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FIGLIA a child ...L19 sl.
• FIGLIA HOMEY a male child ...L19 sl.
• FIGLIA POLONE a female child ...L19 sl.
• FAGGOT a term of reproof or abuse directed at a child ...1873 sl.
• GAISLING † a foolish, inexperienced person; a term of disparagement to a child ...1819 Sc.
• GAITLING a young child; an infant ...1831 Sc.
• GANGREL * a child just beginning to walk ...1768 Sc.
• GAWD FORBID a child ...1909 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• GESCHWISTER children of the same parents, regardless of sex ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOD FORBID a child ...1909 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• GOOBER a small child ...1970s US college sl.
• GRUFFLER a child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GULPIN a young child ...1814 Sc.
• GYTE (derogatory) a child ...c1820 Sc.
• HADDOCK AND COD an affectionate name for a child ...20C rhyming sl. for 'sod'
• HONEY LOVE a child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE APE a small child; an infant ...1980s Amer. sl.
• IMP † offspring, child, usually male ...c1412
• IMPET an imp, a child ...1893 Eng. dial.
• INCUMBRANCES children ...Bk19C sl.
• INFANTRY children ...1623 sl.
• INKERPUNK a child ...1889 Eng. dial.
• INTEPUNK a child ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JACKET 1. a child fathered by a woman's lover rather than by her husband ...20C W. Indies
2. any child who has no 'official' father ...20C W. Indies
• JACK IN THE BOX a child in the womb ...L17 sl.
• JACK IN THE CELLAR a child in the womb ...L17 sl.
• JACK IN THE LOW CELLAR a child in the womb ...L17 sl.
• JOEY any young animal or child ...E19 Aust. & NZ
• JUVEY an older child ...1941 US sl.
• JUVIE an older child ...1941 US sl.
• KACK a small child ...1895 Amer. dial.
• KARRIEWHITCHIT a term of endearment for a child ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KAZOONIE a child ...1950s US prison sl.
• KEIKI a young child ...1938 Hawaii
• KELTIES children ...1808 Sc.
• KID a child ...1690 sl.
• KIDDIE a child ...1889 sl.
• KIDDIEWINKIE a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDDO a child ...1896 sl.
• KIDDY a child ...1858 sl.
• KIDDYWINK a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDDYWINKLE a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDDYWINKY a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDLING a little child; a baby ...1899 sl.
• KINCH a (small) child ...M16 UK criminals’ sl.
• KINCHEN a (small) child ...M16 UK criminals’ sl.
• KINCHIN a (small) child ...M16 UK criminals’ sl.
• KNEE-BAIRN a child that sits on the knee, as not being yet able to walk ...B1900 Sc.
• LAD-BAIRN a male child, a young son ...1776 Sc.
• LADDIE-BAIRN a male child ...1888 Sc.
• LAD-WEAN a male child, a young son ...1810 Sc.
• LALL a lazy, inactive, useless person; a lounger; a dawdling child hanging about its mother ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMBIE a term of endearment for a lamb, and hence for a child or young person ...1718 Sc.
• LAP-FULL an unborn child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAST PEA IN THE DISH the youngest child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEG-BITER a small child or infant ...1980s US college sl.
• LENNO a child ...1882 Sc.
• LID a child ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'kid' (Saucepan Lid)
• LITTLE BAG an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• LITTLE BREECHES a child ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BRITCHES a child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BUCK a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE CACK a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE KACK a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SCUTTER a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TACKER a child, esp. a boy ...1890 Amer. dial.
• LITTLEY a child ...1965 Aust. sl.
• LITTLE YERKER a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE YURKER a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LITTLIES the smaller or younger children ...c1965 colloq.
• LITTLING a little child; a young animal; the smallest pup, etc., of a litter ...c975 Eng. dial.
• MAID a child of either sex ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MAIDEN-CHILD † a female child ...c893
• MAMMOTHREPT † a child brought up by its grandmother; hence, a spoiled child ...1599
• MAN BAIRN a male child, a young son, a boy ...1876 Sc.
• MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child...1824 Sc.
• MARMOSET † a term of endearment or playful reproach to a woman or child ...1526
• MISTAKE an unplanned pregnancy and the child that follows ...1950s sl.
• MITE a small child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MONEY CHILD a child who is reared by someone for a fee ...1947 Amer. dial.
• MOPPET a child ...1601 Brit.
• MOPSY † a term of endearment; a pretty child; a young girl; a darling, a sweetheart ...1582
• MOUSE a child ...1970s US sl.
• MUNCHKIN a child; a small person; a dwarf; an underling ...1950s sl.
• MUSKRAT a child ...1976 US sl.
• NEST-COCK † the youngest child ...1674
• NESTLE-BIRD n. the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAFF a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAFT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLER a nesting bird; also, a little child ...1611
• NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-TRIPE † the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESTLING the youngest child of a family ...1572
• NIPPER a child ...1859 sl., chiefly Brit.
• OGAGOT a pet term for a little child; a jocular name for a very small person or child ...1897 Sc.
ׇ• OLIVE a child ...1803
• ONELIN an only child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONE NICK a male child ...c1860 printers' sl.
• ONE NITCH a male child ...c1860 printers' sl.
• PAILWUR a term of endearment for a child ...1890 Sc.
• PAM-CHILD † a 'knave-child': a male child ...1760 nonce word
• PANGY an affectionate term for a little child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARRICH a term of endearment for an infant or a young child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEANUT a small or insignificant person; also, a term of endearment for a small child ...1915 Amer. dial.
• PHONE BOOTH BABY any child whose father's identity is uncertain ...1960s US Black sl.
• PICCANIN (offensive) a Black African child ...S. Afr.
• PICKANINNY a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states; used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of any colour or race ...1650s US
• PICKNEY a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states; used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of an colour or race ...1650s US
• PIN-BASKET the youngest child in a family; the last child a woman bears ...1730
• PUDDING IN THE OVEN a conceived child in the womb ...1937 sl.
• PUG † a child ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUSILL * a little or weak one, a child ...1884
• PUSSICKIE a fondling name for a child ...B1900 Sc.
• QUEAN-BAIRN a female child ...1868 Sc.
• RUG-RAT a child ...1968 US sl.
• SAUCEPAN a child ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'kid' (Saucepan Lid)
• SAUCEPAN LID a child ...1961 rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• SCOOT a small child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCOOTIE a young child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR-THE-BUGGIE the youngest child of a family ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCUTTER n. a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SEED one's child; children ...1960s US Black sl.
• SET-ALONG CHILD a child big enough to sit on the floor but not walk ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHAVER a youth, a child, a young lad ...L16 now colloq.
• SHITEPOKE a small child; used affectionately ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEESTER a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKOUR-DA-BOGGIE the youngest child of a family ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SOD a child, a kid, a brat ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• SPROG a child ...1945 Brit. sl.
• SPROUT a child ...1934 US sl.
• SQUIRT a child ...1958 US sl.
• TACKER a little child, especially a small boy ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TAD a person, usually a boy or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• TADPOLE a child ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TADWHACKER a person, usually a boy or child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAUSHENT the youngest child in a family ...1802 Amer. dial.
• TAWDY † a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TETNIT a child born of elderly parents ...1924 Amer. dial.
• THING a term of endearment for a child or girl ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIBBY-LAMB a term of endearment applied pitifully to a child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TIN LID a child ...1905 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• TINY a very small child; a tiny one; an infant ...1863
• TOAD a small child, used affectionately ...1836 Amer. dial.
• TODDLE a toddling child, an infant ...1825
• TODDLEKINS a toddling child, an infant ...1879
• TODDLES a toddling child, an infant ...1825
• TODDLESKIN a toddling child, an infant ...1890
• TODIE † a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TORSHENT the youngest child in a family ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TORTIENCE the youngest child in a family ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TOSSANCE the youngest child in a family ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TOSSIANCE the youngest child in a family ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TOWDY † a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TRICK a small child; a woman, esp. a small or attractive one ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TWO NICK a female child...c1860 printers' sl.
• TWO NITCH a female child...c1860 printers' sl.
• UNDERSTRAPPER a child, in contradistinction to an adult ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UTERINES † children or offspring of the same mother ...1432-50
• VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child ...1996 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'wean'
• VEGEMITE a child, esp. one who is well-behaved ...Aust. colloq.
• WEANIE a very young or little child ...1785 Eng. dial.
• WEENY a child ...1844 N. Amer. sl.
• WIBBET a very small child ...Bk1869 Eng. dial. (Lancashire)
• WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YEARNLING a young child over which one yearns; a beloved child ...1829 nonce word
• YONKER a boy; a child ...1845 Amer. dial.
• YOUNGERN a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNGIN a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG ONE a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG 'UN a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNKER a boy; a child ...1845 Amer. dial.
• YOWUN a child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• YOWWEN n. a child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• YOWWUN n. a child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• ZILL a child ...B1900 Sc.
CHILD - nouns, person, other
• BABY-HERDER a nursemaid ...c1888 Amer. sl.
• BAIRNSWOMAN a child's maid or nurse ...1823 Sc.
• DA a child's Black nurse ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DAH a child's Black nurse ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MISOPEDIST * one who dislikes children; a child-hater ...1895
• NATICIDE * one who kills his or her child ...1855
• PAEDOTROPHIST one skilled in rearing children ...1889
CHILD - verbs
• BAFFLE of children or animals: to manage capriciously; to bring up badly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BE IN LEADING-STRINGS to be still a child ...1677
• TAKE WITH to acknowledge as one's own, esp. to acknowledge a child ...1882 Sc.
CHILD - phrases
• WEAR A JACKET FOR for a husband to accept a child fathered by his wife's lover ...20C W. Indies
CHILD-BEARING - nouns
• BAIRN-TIME the time of life for child-bearing ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VENTER † a single occasion of child-bearing ...1657
CHILDBIRTH - adjectives (also see BIRTH, MIDWIFE)
• BROUGHT TO STRAW pregnant; in childbed ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CALLED TO STRAW pert. to a woman who has gone into labour; pregnant; in childbed ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DEAD BORN stillborn; pert. to a child born dead ... c1330 now chiefly Eng. dial.
• NATALITIOUS † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1646
• OBSTETRICATORY †* pert. to the office of a midwife ...1640
• OBSTETRICIOUS † pert. to a midwife; assisting childbirth ...a1645
• ON THE GANDER-HILL said of a husband when his wife is confined ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SICK in labour; confined to childbed; pregnant ...1805 Amer. dial.
• TEEMING of a woman: child-bearing; apt to bear children ...1703 Eng. dial.
CHILDBIRTH - nouns
• ACCOUCHEMENT delivery in child-bed ...1809
• ACCUBATION childbirth; accouchement ...1879
• AFTER-BURDEN the afterbirth ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BABBY-JOB a midwifery case ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BABY BLUES postnatal depression ...colloq.
• BED a women's confinement ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEND † confinement at childbirth ...1297
• BIGGENNG the recovery of a woman after confinement ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLITHEMEAT food, bread and cheese, partaken of by visitors at the birth of a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BORNING birth, delivery of a child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CANNY MOMENT moment of childbirth ...1810 Sc.
• GANDER MONTH the month immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a husband temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity ...1636
• GANDER-MOON the period immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a man temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity ...L18 sl.
• GRANNY SCRAPE childbirth ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY TROUBLE childbirth ...1974 Amer. dial.
• I-BORENESSE † birth ...a1225
• INCREASE the birth of a child; an addition to a family by the birth of a child ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INCREASEMENT the pains of labour ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INLYING a lying-in, confinement in childbed ...1734 Sc.
• LAUNCH childbirth, esp. the actual labour ...L18 sl.
• NETTLE-BED where male babies come from ...1875 children's usage
• OBSTETRICATION †* the action or office of a midwife; delivery ...a1615
• OBSTETRICOGRAPHY * the scientific description of midwifery ...1828
• OBSTETRICY * midwifery; the practice of obstetrics ...1841
• OUR LADY'S BANDS † 'confinement' at childbirth; accouchement ...1495
• PAINS-OF-PEG labour pains ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSLEY-BED where female babies come from ...1875 children's usage
• RABBIT-PULLING obstetrics ...L19 medical students' usage
• RANGELING the premonitory pains of childbirth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SHOW a small mass of blood-tinged mucus indicating the onset of labour ...16C colloq.
• TEEMING-TIME the time of parturition ...1790 Eng. dial.
CHILDBIRTH - nouns, person (also see MIDWIFE)
• ACCOUCHEUR n. properly, a man who assists women in childbirth, a man-midwife; until the adoption of 'accoucheuse' it was used of both sexes ...1759
• ACCOUCHEUSE a midwife ...1847
• BREEDER one who produces many children ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DOULA a person, typically an experienced mother, who provides emotional support, practical help, and advice to a woman during pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks after birth ...M20
• LADY IN THE STRAW a woman in childbed ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MAN-MIDWIFE * a man assists women in childbirth; an accoucheur ...1625
• OBSTETRIX * a midwife; a woman obstetrician; a woman who renders professional aid to women in labour ...1839
CHILDBIRTH - verbs
• ACCOUCHE to assist or deliver women in childbirth; to act as a midwife or accoucheur ...1867
• BE SICK to have a baby ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BESTOW to put a woman to bed in childbirth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETEEM * to give birth to ...1855
• BIGGEN to recover strength after lying-in ...1811 Eng. dial.
• BREED to be pregnant; to give birth ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BRING to give birth to; to assist at the birth of ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BRING A-BED † to deliver of a child ...1523
• CAST † to give birth to; to bear young; to lay eggs, to deposit spawn ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CATCH to assist in the delivery of a baby ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FALL ABOUT of a woman: to be confined ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALL BY to be sick or affected with any ailment; to be confined in child-bed ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FALL IN TWO † to give birth to a child ...1788 Sc.
• FALL TO PIECES † to go into labour; to give birth to a child ...1781 Sc.
• FIND to give birth to; used esp. of animals, but also occasionally of people ...1902 Amer. dial. euphemism
• GO DOWN to take to childbed ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY to perform the services of a midwife; to act as a midwife for; to assist in the delivery of a child or, occasionally, an animal ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY-WIFE to perform the services of a midwife; to act as a midwife for; to assist in the delivery of a child or, occasionally, an animal ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HANAU to give birth ...1967 Hawaii
• HATCH 1. to be brought to bed for childbirth ...19C Brit. sl.
2. to give birth; to give birth to; to carry an unborn child; to be born ...19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HATCH OUT to give birth; to give birth to; to carry an unborn child; to be born ...1929 Amer. dial.
• HAVE to give birth to ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S BED † to give birth to a child, to 'lie in' ...1848
• KEN † to engender, to beget; to conceive; to give birth to ...c1000
• LIE DOWN to be brought to bed for childbirth ...L16 euphemism
• MAKE † of a mother: to give birth to young; of a father: to beget ...1362
• OBSTETRICATE † to act as midwife; to aid in childbirth ...1623
• OWN to give birth to ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PART WITH PATRICK to give birth to prematurely; to abort ...1883 Eng. dial.
• PISS BONES to be brought to childbed ...19C colloq.
• PISS CHILDREN to be brought to childbed ...19C colloq.
• PISS HARD to be brought to childbed ...19C colloq.
• RUN THE PADFOOT RACE to run and fetch the doctor when a woman is taken in labour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHILDBIRTH - phrases
• ABOUT TO FIND PUPS pregnant; about to give birth ...20C US sl.
• IN THE STRAW in childbed ...1705 sl.
CHILDHOOD - adjectives
• BAIRNLY child-like; in childhood ...1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHILDHOOD - nouns
• BAIRNHEID † childhood, infancy ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• BAIRNHOOD childhood ...1866 Sc.
• BAIRN-TIME childhood ...1830 Sc.
• BARNAGE † childhood, infancy ...c1325
• CAP AND FEATHER DAYS the time of childhood ...1821
CHILDISH - adjectives
• BABBISH childish, puerile ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABISH babyish, childish, silly; used contemptuously ...1553-87 arch.
• BABY-ASS childish ...1990s US Black sl.
• BAIRNIE childish ...1908 Sc.
• BAIRNISH childish; silly ...1826 Eng. dial.
• BAIRN-LIKE childish; weak-minded ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BAIRNLY childish ...1533 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BAIRNLY-LIKE childish ...1895 Sc.
• BESSY-BAB(S) childish, foolish ...19C Eng. dial.
• CHILD-GEARED † having childish manners, silly ...c1340
• DESIPIENT * foolish, silly, childish, playful; playing the fool; idly trifling ...1727
• DOITY silly; feeble, childish ...19C Eng. dial.
• MAY-GEMMIN frolicsome, silly, childish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-CRATTY foolish, weak-minded, childish; of small account; generally used of persons, but also of a conversation or work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NINNY-NONNY foolish, weak-minded, childish; uncertain, of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TID childish, silly, affecting simplicity ...1856 Eng. dial.
CHILDISH - nouns
• BABISM †* a childish practice ...1653
• GAY † childish amusement ...1582
• PUERILITY the state or quality of being a child; the quality of being childish, foolish, or trivial ...1425
CHILDISH - nouns, person
• BABE a childish, inexperienced, or guileless person ...1526
• BABY an unduly childish person ...E17
• BAIRN a weak-minded or childish person ...1898 Sc.
• BAIRNIE a soft character, having very childish perceptions ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUBLE † a childish or foolish person; a silly trifler ...a1606
• BESSY-BAB(S) one given to childish amusements or silly talk ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOOB a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead; a silly or childish person ...1909 sl.
• BOOBY a silly, stupid, or childish person ...E17
• DOBBIE a stupid fellow; a blockhead, a fool, a simpleton, a dolt; a childish old man, a dotard; an awkward fellow, a clown ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAP-MOUTH a soft, effeminate man; a childish boy or girl ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PETTY-BAB a person who acts childishly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CHILDISH - verbs
• JACK AROUND. to mess about; to waste time; to act childishly; to be ineffective ...1960s sl.
• LALL to say 'lal, lal'; to speak childishly ...1878
• LALLATE †* to speak baby-like ...1623
• SMELL OF THE BABY to be childish ...1618
CHILDISHNESS - nouns
• BAIRNHEID † childishness ...c1505
• BAIRNISHNESS childishness; weakmindedness ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BAIRNLINESS childishness ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FAUNTELTE † childishness ...1377
CHILDLESS - adjectives
• ORB † bereaved, childless ...1607
CHILDLESS - nouns, person
• GALE a childless man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
CHILDLESSNESS - nouns
• ORBITUDE †* the condition of being bereaved; bereavement, esp. of child; also, childlessness ...1623
• ORBITY † the condition of being bereaved; bereavement, esp. of child; also, childlessness ...1597
CHILI - nouns
• BOWL OF RED chili con carne ...Bk1998 sl.
• RED chili ...20C US sl.
CHILL - nouns
• ICE-BOLT a 'bolt' or dart of ice; hence, fig. a cold, piercing sensation; a sudden deadly chill ...1789
• QUEEL a coldness, a cooling down, a chill ...1922 Sc.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UNDER-COLD a chill generally affecting the lower parts, occasioned by the wind blowing up under the clothes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHILLED, CHILLING, CHILLY - adjectives
• ACHILL in a state of chill; chilly ...1870
• ACOLD cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314 arch.
• AIRISH chilly, breezy ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARRISH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ARSH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• DAZY chill, chilling, benumbing with cold ...1825 Sc.
• DEAD-FLESHED having a chilly sensation like dead flesh ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• NESH of the weather: chilly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OFCALEN † affected with cold, chilled, frozen ...c1000
• OORIE cold, chilly, shivering ...1802 Sc.
• OORLICH cold, chilly ...1826 Sc.
• OURIE adj. of weather: dull and chilly, raw, black ...c1850
• OWRIE chilly, shivering ...1802 Sc.
• PARKY of the weather: chilly, cold, very cold ...1895 UK sl.
• PINCHY of the weather: cold, chilly ...1984 Amer. dial.
• UNCLE WILLIE chilly ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
CHILLINESS - nouns
• NEB of the air: chilliness; the sharp tang of early morning ...1824 Sc.
• OORIENESS chilliness, a shivering ...1825 Sc.
• OORINESS chilliness, a tendency to shivering ...Bk1905 Sc.
CHIMING - adverbs
• ACHIME chiming, ringing ...1860
CHIMNEY - nouns
• CAN a chimney pot ...1833
• EASINGS sparks from a chimney ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• REEK a house having a chimney ...1822 Sc.
• VENT a chimney ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHIMNEY - verbs
• VENT of a chimney: to draw, to smoke ...1816 Sc.
CHIMNEY SWEEP - nouns, person
• CHUMMY a chimney sweep or his assistant ...M19 sl.
• DEACON a chimney-sweep's scraper ...19C chimney-sweeps' usage
• GUMBLER a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering his services ...M19 sl.
• KNULLER a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering his services ...M19 sl.
• LOOF-FAKER a chimney sweep ...M19 sl.
• QUERIER a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering their services ...1861 sl.
• RAMONEUR a chimney-sweep ...1859
• SCOUR-THE-HUDDIE a chimney-sweep ...1857 Sc.
CHIMNEY SWEEP - verbs
• QUERY to solicit work as a chimney-sweep ...1851 Eng. dial.
CHIMPANZEE - nouns
• CHIMP a chimpanzee ...1877
• JOCKO a chimpanzee or other ape ...L18
CHIN - adjectives
• EGG-CHINNED double-chinned, or having an egg-shaped chin ...1625
• GASH-GABBIT having a projecting chin ...1721 Sc.
• RASPY-WHITE of the chin: rough and white ...1901 Eng. dial.
CHIN - nouns
• ANDY GUMP CHIN a conspicuously receding chin; an unusual chin or jaw, or ironically, a person with a prominent jaw ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANDY MAGINN the chin ...1934 Amer. rhyming sl.
• BAIRDIE the rubbing of a man's rough chin against the face of someone else, or squeeze another's chin with the hand ...1872 Sc.
• BUTTON in boxing: the point of the chin ...1920 Amer. sl.
• ERROL FLYNN the chin ...1940s rhyming sl.
• FATHER O'FLYNN the chin ...1960s rhyming sl.
• GUNGA the chin ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Gunga Din)
• GUNGA DIN the chin ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• OUT AND IN the chin ...1920s US rhyming sl.
• SAVING CHIN a projecting chin ...c1776 colloq.
• UGLY-FAT a double chin ...1881 Eng. dial.
• VERA the chin ...1940s Aust. & Brit. rhyming sl. (Vera Lynn)
• VERA LYNN the chin ...1940s Aust. & Brit. rhyming sl.
CHIN - nouns, person
• ANDY GUMP a person with a small chin and a prominent nose ...World War II Amer. sl.
CHINA (dishes) - adjectives
• WALLY made of porcelain, china, glazed ...1904 Sc.
CHINA (dishes) - nouns
• EQUIPAGE † utensils of all kinds, but especially of china, glass, or earthenware ...1822 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LAME earthenware, china; a dish, crockery, dishes ...1708 Sc.
• WALLIE porcelain, china, glazed earthenware ...1890 Sc.
CHINA - nouns, person
• GRIFFIN a person resident in China under three years ...Bk1892 Anglo-Chinese
CHINESE - adjectives
• CHINEE (usually contemptuous) Chinese ...1925 Amer. sl.
• CHINK (contemptuous) Chinese ...1908 Amer. sl.
• CHINKY (derogatory) pert. to a Chinese, or any Oriental ...L19 sl.
• PAKE (sometimes derogatory) Chinese ...1938 Hawaii
• SINÆAN * Chinese ...1667
• SINAIC * Chinese ...1872
• SINESIAN pert. to the Chinese and kindred races, or to those parts of Asia inhabited by them ...1899
• SINETIC Chinese ...1893
• SINIC Chinese ...1662
• SINITIC pert. to the Chinese, or other peoples of the Yellow Race ...1895
• SINOLOGICAL relating to the Chinese language or literature ...1879
• SINOPHIL fond of the Chinese ...1894
CHINESE - nouns
• CHINK (contemptuous) the Chinese language ...1936 Amer. sl.
• CHINKS (usually offensive) Chinese cuisine; Chinese food ...1948 Amer. sl.
• SINICISM Chinese manners, customs, or principles ...1891
• SINICIZATION the action of Sinicizing (investing with Chinese character) ...1898
• SINIFICATION the action of Sinicizing (investing with Chinese character) ...1900
• SINOGRAM a Chinese written character ...1898
• SINOLOGY the study of things Chinese ...1882
CHINESE - nouns, person
• ABC an American-born Chinese ...1984 US sl.
• AH CABBAGE a nickname for a Chinese immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• AH SIN a Chinese person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CANARY a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CATAIAN † a man of Cathay or China ...1577
• CHINABOY (usually contemptuous) a Chinese man ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CHINAT a Nationalist Chinese ...1961 Amer. military usage
• CHINEE (usually contemptuous) a Chinese person ...1853 Amer. sl.
• CHING a Chinese person ...1900 Amer. sl.
• CHING-CHING a Chinese person ...1898 Amer. sl.
• CHINK (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1891 sl.
• CHINKEY (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINKIE (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINKY (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINO (derogatory) a nickname for a Chinese ...1898 US sl., esp. military
• CHOW (derogatory) a Chinese person ...1864 sl., chiefly Aust.
• CHOW-CHOW (derogatory) a nickname for a Chinese ...M19 Aust. sl.
• CHUPPIE a Chinese yuppie ...1988 sl., orig. & chiefly N. Amer.
• COOLIE an immigrant Chinese labourer ...M19 US usage
• DINGBAT a Chinese ...20C Aust. & Brit. sl.
• DINK (derogatory) an Oriental; a Chinese ...1938 sl.
• HASHER a Chinese person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEATHEN CHINEE a Chinese person, esp. one regarded as devious and cunning ...1870 Amer. dial.
• HEATHEN CHINESE a Chinese person, esp. one regarded as devious and cunning ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KWANG a Chinese person ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LAUNDRYMAN a Chinese man; broadly, an Asian man; used contemptuously ...1884 US sl.
• MONGOL a Chinese immigrant to Australia, or the United States ...M19 Aust. sl.
• MONGOLIAN a Chinese immigrant to Australia, or the United States ...M19 Aust. sl.
• MONK (contemptuous) a Chinese person ...1903 Amer. sl.
• MOWLAH a Chinese ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MUSHE a Syrian or a Chinese ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• PADDY a Chinese person ...1900s Aust. sl.
• PAKE (sometimes derogatory) a Chinese person ...1938 Hawaii
• PAT a Chinese ...20C Aust.
• PIGTAIL (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1858 sl., orig. Aust.
• PONG (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1906 Aust. sl.
• RICEMAN (derogatory) a Chinese or other Oriental person ...20C US sl.
• SINOLOGER one versed in the Chinese language, or in the customs and history of China ...1857
• SINOLOGIST one versed in the Chinese language, or in the customs and history of China ...1884
• SINOLOGUE one versed in the Chinese language, or in the customs and history of China ...1856
• SKIBBY (derogatory) a Japanese, a Chinese, or any Oriental ...1920s US sl.
• SLANT-EYE(S) (derogatory or offensive) anyone from East Asia; anyone of a race with slanting eyes ...1929 sl., orig. US
• WEE WILLIE WINKY (derogatory) a Chinese person ...1990s sl.
• WOCK JOCK a Chinese person ...Brit. sl.
• WOCKY a Chinese person ...Brit. sl.
• WOK JOCKEY a Chinese person ...Brit. sl.
• YAP a Chinese person ...1950s W. Indies
CHINESE - verbs
• MOVE THE LAUNDRY to smuggle illegal Chinese immigrants ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• SINICIZE to invest with a Chinese character ...1889
• SINIFY to invest with a Chinese character ...1900
CHIPMUNK - nouns
• FAIRYDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FANCY MOUSE a chipmunk ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FENCE MOUSE a chipmunk ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FERRIDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER a chipmunk ...1887 Amer. dial.
• GRINNIE a chipmunk ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HACKEE a chipmunk ...1838 Amer. dial.
• HACKIE a chipmunk ...1961 Amer. dial.
• HACKY a chipmunk ...1842 Amer. dial.
CHIPS - nouns
• NIGGER'S LIPS (derogatory) potato chips ...1970s rhyming sl.
CHIROPRACTOR - nouns, person
• NOACH DOCTOR a chiropractor ...1963 Amer. dial.
CHIRP - verbs
• GARRE † to growl, to snarl; to chatter, to chide; to chirp, to twitter ...1382
• YAP of birds: to chirp in a plaintive manner ...1802 Sc.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YIRM † to chirp as a bird ...1824 Sc.
CHIVALROUS ACT, CHIVALRY - nouns
• GALLANTHOOD * 'gallants' collectively, chivalry ...1881
• VASSALAGE † a brave or chivalrous act; a noble or gallant exploit ...c1330
CHIVES - nouns
• ONION GRASS chives ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLACH chives ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLOCK chives ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLOF chives ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITTLAUCH chives ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHIVES chives ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SITHES * chives ...1573
• SIVES † chives ...c1440
• THIVES chives ...1950 Amer. dial.
• AFTERNOONIFIED smart, chic ...L19 sl.
CHICAGO - nouns (also see ILLINOIS)
• BAD LANDS a dangerous slum section of a city, esp. Chicago ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BIG C, THE Chicago, Illinois ...1976 US sl.
• HOGOPOLIS. Chicago ...M19 sl.
• PIGOPOLIS Chicago ...M19 sl.
• PORKOPOLIS Chicago ...M19 sl.
• STATE AND PERVERSION in Chicago, the intersection of State and Division Streets ...1958 US sl.
CHICANERY - nouns
• FINAGLE an instance of wangling or chicanery ...1941 Amer. dial.
CHICKADEE - nouns
• DEE-DEE a chickadee ...1959 Amer. dial.
CHICKEN - nouns
• ALBATROSS chicken – roasted, broiled, or stewed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ANY-BIT the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BALLAST turkey or chicken dressing ...1945 US railroad sl.
• BIDDY a chicken; a fowl ...E17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIDDY COOP a chicken coop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BIDDYKIN a little chicken...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIDDY PEN a chicken coop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BISHOP'S NOSE the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOTSEL the rump of a cooked chicken ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BROODER a chicken coop; a hen house ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROODER COOP a chicken coop; a hen house ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BROODER HOUSE a chicken coop; a hen house ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROODER PEN a chicken coop; a hen house ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTSEL the rump of a cooked chicken ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall ...1941 Amer. military usage
• BUZZARD MEAT chicken or turkey ...1944 Amer. military usage
• CACKLEBIRD a chicken; a hen ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CHICKABIDDY an immature chicken ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CHICK-A-DIDDLE a child's name for a chicken ...1826
• CHICKIE a chicken ...1950s US sl.
• CHICKY a small or young chicken ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIKE † a chick, chicken ...a1430
• CHOOK a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOOKIE a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHOOKY a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUCKIE a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUCKY a chicken or other domestic fowl ...1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CROW a chicken ...WWII Armed Forces usage
• DEACON'S NOSE the flat lobe at the nether end of a chicken, which is like a mammal's tail, base for the tail-feathers ...1967 Can. sl.
• DEEDIE a young chicken ...1885 Amer. dial.
• DEVILS ON HORSEBACK chicken livers wrapped in bacon ...1980 Amer. dial.
• DIB a small chicken ...1946 Amer. dial.
• DIBBY a small chicken ...1946 Amer. dial.
• DIDDLE a duckling or baby chick ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DIDDY a little chicken ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DIP a chicken ...1952 Amer. dial.
• EGG-BAG the uterus of a chicken or other fowl ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FOWL BALLS chicken croquettes ...World War I navy sl.
• GOSPEL BIRD a chicken ...1935 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• GUMP a chicken, esp. a stolen one ...1899 Amer. tramps' sl.
• HEN-FLINT chicken dung ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KATOOCH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1979 Amer. dial.
• KATUSH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAST PART THROUGH THE FENCE the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LONG LEG the drumstick of a chicken ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MABBIERS young hens, chickens ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAUL a chicken leg ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• NIB the rump of a cooked chicken; the pope's nose ...1957 Amer. dial.
• NOODLE the rump of a cooked chicken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END GOING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN FLYING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A CHICKEN HEADING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NORTH END OF A SOUTHBOUND CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PARSON'S NOSE the rail or rump of a chicken ...1839 Amer. dial.
• PARSON'S SNOUT the rail or rump of a chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl ...1871 Amer. dial.
• PEEP a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PEEPY a chicken ...1908 Amer. dial.
• POPE'S NOSE. the fatty extremity of a fowl's rump ...1796
• POULT a young chicken ...1913
• SEA GULL a chicken ...World War I navy sl.
• SHORT JOINT a chicken thigh ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SHORT LEG a chicken thigh ...2000 Amer. dial.
• SHORT THIGH a chicken thigh ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END OF A CHICKEN GOING NORTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END OF A HEN GOING NORTH the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUTH END OF A NORTHBOUND CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TIPPET the rump of a cooked chicken ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOOT the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOOT BOX the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WEEDELY a young chicken ...1984 Amer. dial.
• WEEDILY a young chicken ...1984 Amer. dial.
• WHEEDLE a baby chick ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WHIDDLE a baby chick ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WIDDIE a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• WIDDY a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• YAP the call or scream of a bird in distress; the plaintive chirping of chickens ...1824 Sc.
• YARDBIRD 1. a chicken ...1956 US sl.
2. fried chicken ...1990s US prison sl.
CHICKEN - nouns, person
• BACKYARDER someone who keeps chickens in their backyard ...1922 Brit. sl.
• CHICKEN GRANNY one who raises chickens for the market; usually applied derisively to 'furriners' ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-LIFTER a chicken thief; thus any petty thief ...L19 US sl.
CHICKEN - interjections
• BEE! come!; used as a call to chickens ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BIE! come!; used as a call to chickens ...1924 Amer. dial.
• CHI-CHI-CHI! a call to chickens ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHICKABIDDY! a call to chickens ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEROO! a call to chickens ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHICKIE! a call to chickens ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CHICKOO! a call to chickens ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PEEPIE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEEP-PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIP! a call to chickens at feeding ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TIPPY! a call to chickens at feeding ...1973 Amer. dial.
• WEEDILY! a call to chickens at feeding time ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WIDDIE! a call to chickens or other domestic fowl ...1902 Amer. dial.
• WIDDY! a call to chickens or other domestic fowl ...1902 Amer. dial.
CHIDE - nouns, person
• CHIDESTER † a woman who chides, scolds, or brawls ...c1386
CHIDE - verbs
• BAN to scold; to chide; to address with angry and maledictory language, to curse, to swear ...1340 Eng. dial.
• BONE to chide, to reprove; to pester ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CHANNER to mutter, grumble, murmur, fret, complain; to scold, not noisily, but constantly; to chide ...c1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELITIGATE †* to scold or chide vehemently ...1623
• GARRE † to growl, to snarl; to chatter, to chide; to chirp, to twitter ...1382
• GATHER † to chide, to reprove ...1577
• ILL-HEAR to chide, to scold ...Bk1905 Sc.
• INCREPATE † to chide, to rebuke, to reprove, to scold, to reprehend ...1570
• KEBBIE to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEBBY to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• OBJURGATE to rebuke severely; to chide, to scold ...1616
• PEEL OUT to scold, to chide ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RALLIE to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to ...1790 Sc.
• RALLY to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to ...1790 Sc.
• RATE to chide, to scold, to reprove vehemently or angrily ...c1386
• RAWLEY to scold, to chide, to speak angrily to ...1790 Sc.
• TAKE OFF to reprove, to rebuke, to chide ...1863 Eng. dial.
• TATTER to scold; to chide; to be furious or cross ...1842 Eng. dial.
• THREAP to scold, to chide, to rebuke ...1681 Eng. dial.
• THREAPEN † to reprove, to rebuke, to chide ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAFF to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically ...1825 Sc.
• YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something ...1811 Sc.
CHIDING - adjective
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• CORREPTORY † conveying reproof, rebuking, chiding, reprehensive ...1659
• INCREPATORY † rebuking, reproving, chiding ...1645
• OBJURGATIVE having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke ...1854
• OBJURGATORY having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke ...1576
• REBUKOUS † given to rebuke, full of rebuke, containing rebuke, rebuking, chiding ...1494
CHIDING - nouns
• CORREPTION † a chiding, reprehension, reproof, reproach, rebuke ...c1380
• OBJURGATION a sharp or severe rebuke; a chiding, a scolding ...1550
• THRAWN † a scolding, a chiding; a sharp reproof ...Bk1905 Ireland
CHIEF - adjectives
• CAPTAIN † chief, principal, leading ...1566
• HEAD best, chief, most able ...1895 Amer. dial.
• HEADEST †* chiefest ...1577
• HEADLY † chief, principal ...971
• MASTER chief, principal; great, best; remarkable ...1750 Eng. dial.
• MASTERPIECE chief, great, wonderful ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PALMARIAN * that bears or is worthy to bear the palm; holding the first or highest place; of supreme or first-rate importance; most important, pre-eminent, principal, chief ...1815
• PALMARY that bears or is worthy to bear the palm; holding the first or highest place; of supreme or first-rate importance; most important, pre-eminent, principal, chief ...1657
CHIEF - nouns, person
• ACE a prominent individual; a big shot, the chief, the boss ...1899 Amer. sl.
• ALII a noble person; a chief ...1938 Amer. dial. (Hawaii)
• BELL-WETHER a chief or leader; chiefly contemptuous usage ...c1430
• BOSS the chief; the person in charge ...L16
• DEAN † a head, chief, or commander of a division of ten ...1388
• ELDERLY MAN † a chief, principal man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• HEADMAN a chief man, chief, leader ...c1000
• HEADSMAN * a chief, leader, head man ...a1400 now
• HONCHO a leader, esp. an assertive leader; a chief ...1945 sl.
• MACGREGOR, THE the leading man, the chief personage ...1929 Sc.
• MACNAB, THE the person in authority, the chief personage ...1840 Sc.
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTERLING † one who has the power of a master; a conqueror, a chief ...c1200
• MASTER-MAN † a chief, a leader ...a1300 chiefly Sc.
• MIDDEN-COCK the chief man of a place ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• QUEEN PIN a woman who heads an institution or arranges an event, the chief woman in an organization or operation ...1960s sl.
• SKULL a leader or chief; an expert ...1880 US & Aust. sl.
• TOP DOG the leader or chief of a group ...colloq.
CHILBLAIN - nouns
• DAG a chilblain ...1883 Eng. dial.
CHILD, CHILDREN - adjectives (also see FAMILY and INFANT)
• BAIRNBUND of a woman: hindered by having a child to take care of ...1908 Sc.
• BAIRN-FOND child-loving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN-PECKED under the rule of a girl; governed by a child ...1786 humorous nonce word
• ILL-MADE-ON of a child: neglected, badly brought up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KIDDIE pert. to or fit for children ...1930s sl.
• KIDDY pert. to or fit for children ...1930s sl.
• LALLEN of a child: hanging about its mother ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAMMY-SICK distressed at being separated from one's mother; used contemptuously ...1836-48
• NATALITIOUS †* concerned with one's children ...1654
• PAEDOTROPHIC relating to the rearing of children ...1889
• PUERILE of or pert. to a child or childhood ...17C
• SET-ALONG of a child: old enough to sit up unaided ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SETTING-LONELY. of a child: old enough to sit up unaided ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SETTING-UP of a child: old enough to sit up unaided ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TRANTY † of children: wise and forward above their age ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CHILD, CHILDREN - nouns
• AERIE a noble stock of children ...1594
• BABYOLATRY child worship ...1846 nonce word
• BAIRN-FOLK children ...1891 Sc.
• BAIRN-TIME 1. the course of time during which a woman can bear children ...1824 Sc.
2. the time when the children are at home, as from school ...1923 Sc.
• BARN-SITE anxiety about children ...1863 N. Eng. dial.
• BOOT the children of a widowed or divorced woman who remarries ...1887 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER a term of endearment to a child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BURDIE-BEETON a fondling term for a little child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KIDDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• KIDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• OLIVE-BRANCHES children ...1677 now humorous
• OLIVE-PLANTS children ...1616
• PAEDOLOGY the study of the nature of children ...1894
• PAEDOTROPHIA the rearing of children ...1857
• PAEDOTROPHY the rearing of children ...1857
• PAIDOLOGY the study of the nature of children ...1894
• PUERILITY the state or quality of being a child; the quality of being childish, foolish, or trivial ...1425
• PUGGY an endearment to a woman or child ...17C colloq.
• STRAIN offspring; children ...12C
• TAIL-FRUIT children; offspring ...19C Brit.
• YEAR'S-BAIRNS children born in the same year ...1836 Sc.
CHILD - nouns, person
• AFTERTHOUGHT 1. the youngest child in a family, esp. one born considerably later than the other children ...1914 sl.
2. an unplanned pregnancy; the child of an unplanned pregnancy ...1914 UK sl.
• AMERUGIAN a term of mild reproach for a child, after they have been in mischief ...1983 Amer. dial.
• ANIE a small child ...B1900 Sc.
• ANKLE-BITER a small child ...1950s sl., orig. US
• APRON CHILD a child old enough to stand by holding on to its mother's apron ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ARM BABY a baby small enough to be held in the arms; by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ARMY BRAT a small child of an officer ...Bk1944 service sl.
• AULD MAID'S BAIRN a child according to the pattern or idea of an old maid, such a child as an old maid would have brought up if she had had one ...1899 Sc.
• BABAN † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...c1230
• BABBON † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...1570
• BABY the youngest and most junior of a family or group of persons ...1897
• BABYCHILD the youngest child in the family, even if he or she is 50 years old ...1980 Amer. dial.
• BAG a playful or reproachful designation of a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGISH a woman or a child, used familiarly or playfully ...1778 Eng. dial.
• BAGGIT a contemptuous name for a child ...1879 Sc.
• BAGLIN a misgrown child ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGREL a child ...1808 Sc.
• BAICH † a child ...1808 Sc.
• BAICHE a child ...B1700 Sc.
• BAICHIE a child; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAILCH a brat; a contemptuous term for a child ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAIRNEY a little child ...1874 Sc.
• BAIRNIE a little child ...1874 Sc.
• BAND-AID BABY a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship ...colloq.
• BANTLING a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of 'bastard' ...1593
• BARLEY-BAIRN a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-CHILD a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATA a child, boy or girl ...1972 Hawaii
• BAWAW a ludicrous term for a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEEBEE the youngest member of a family or brood ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BEGGAR-FACE a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR-LEG a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR-LUG a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BELCH a very fat person or animal; a brat of a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELSHACH a contemptuous term for a child; a brat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILCH a brat; a contemptuous term for a child ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILTER a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLITZ BABY a child born in Britain during the German Blitz ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLUNDERBUS a baby or a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BOOSTER a small child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BROLL † a child, offspring; contemptuously, a brat, a little wretch ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUG a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BUNCH OF DOG'S MEAT a squalling child in arms ...c1825 sl.
• BUNGO-TOUGHY a little child who eats or behaves like a hooligan ...1940s W. Indies & Guyana
• BUN IN THE OVEN a conceived child in the womb ...1951 sl.
• BUSTER a large or well-grown child ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUTTER-PRINT † a child ...1616 sl.
• CABOOSE the last or youngest child in a family ...1950s US sl.
• CACK a small child ...1895 sl.
• CARPET CRAWLER a young child ...1976 US sl.
• CHAP a young child, a baby ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHAPPIE a child, a young person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHAPPY a child, a young person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CHICKABIDDY a loved one, esp. a child; a term of endearment to a child ...1848
• CHICKADEE a loved one; a sweetheart; a child; a term of endearment ...1860 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN a child ...a1400
• CHICKO a child ...1950s sl.
• CHICO a child ...1950s sl.
• CHIKE † a child ...18C
• CHILDLING a little child ...1648 arch. rare
• CHILO a child ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• CHIP a child, a youngster ...1698 sl.
• CHITTYPRAT a pet name for a child; a little upstart ...1892 Eng. dial.
• COARSE BAG an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DAB a small child ...1797
• DIGGOT a term of contempt to a child, implying the idea of dishonourable conduct ...19C Sc.
• DILLING † a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DOY a term of endearment for a child; a pet...1884 Eng. dial.
• DOVELING a term of endearment for a small child ...E17
• EESHAN a child, a tiny tot; someone small and puny of any age; often used in a derogatory or playful sense ...1866 Sc.
• FADGE one who trots slowly, a child who toddles along ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAFF a young, frisky child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANT † an infant, a child, a young person ...a1300
• FAUNT † a child; an infant; a young person ...a1300
• FAUNTEKIN † a little child, an infant ...1377
• FAUNTELET † a little child, an infant ...1393
• FELLER a child ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FELLOW a child ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FIGLIA a child ...L19 sl.
• FIGLIA HOMEY a male child ...L19 sl.
• FIGLIA POLONE a female child ...L19 sl.
• FAGGOT a term of reproof or abuse directed at a child ...1873 sl.
• GAISLING † a foolish, inexperienced person; a term of disparagement to a child ...1819 Sc.
• GAITLING a young child; an infant ...1831 Sc.
• GANGREL * a child just beginning to walk ...1768 Sc.
• GAWD FORBID a child ...1909 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• GESCHWISTER children of the same parents, regardless of sex ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOD FORBID a child ...1909 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• GOOBER a small child ...1970s US college sl.
• GRUFFLER a child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GULPIN a young child ...1814 Sc.
• GYTE (derogatory) a child ...c1820 Sc.
• HADDOCK AND COD an affectionate name for a child ...20C rhyming sl. for 'sod'
• HONEY LOVE a child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE APE a small child; an infant ...1980s Amer. sl.
• IMP † offspring, child, usually male ...c1412
• IMPET an imp, a child ...1893 Eng. dial.
• INCUMBRANCES children ...Bk19C sl.
• INFANTRY children ...1623 sl.
• INKERPUNK a child ...1889 Eng. dial.
• INTEPUNK a child ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JACKET 1. a child fathered by a woman's lover rather than by her husband ...20C W. Indies
2. any child who has no 'official' father ...20C W. Indies
• JACK IN THE BOX a child in the womb ...L17 sl.
• JACK IN THE CELLAR a child in the womb ...L17 sl.
• JACK IN THE LOW CELLAR a child in the womb ...L17 sl.
• JOEY any young animal or child ...E19 Aust. & NZ
• JUVEY an older child ...1941 US sl.
• JUVIE an older child ...1941 US sl.
• KACK a small child ...1895 Amer. dial.
• KARRIEWHITCHIT a term of endearment for a child ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KAZOONIE a child ...1950s US prison sl.
• KEIKI a young child ...1938 Hawaii
• KELTIES children ...1808 Sc.
• KID a child ...1690 sl.
• KIDDIE a child ...1889 sl.
• KIDDIEWINKIE a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDDO a child ...1896 sl.
• KIDDY a child ...1858 sl.
• KIDDYWINK a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDDYWINKLE a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDDYWINKY a child ...1957 sl.
• KIDLING a little child; a baby ...1899 sl.
• KINCH a (small) child ...M16 UK criminals’ sl.
• KINCHEN a (small) child ...M16 UK criminals’ sl.
• KINCHIN a (small) child ...M16 UK criminals’ sl.
• KNEE-BAIRN a child that sits on the knee, as not being yet able to walk ...B1900 Sc.
• LAD-BAIRN a male child, a young son ...1776 Sc.
• LADDIE-BAIRN a male child ...1888 Sc.
• LAD-WEAN a male child, a young son ...1810 Sc.
• LALL a lazy, inactive, useless person; a lounger; a dawdling child hanging about its mother ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMBIE a term of endearment for a lamb, and hence for a child or young person ...1718 Sc.
• LAP-FULL an unborn child ...19C Brit. sl.
• LAST PEA IN THE DISH the youngest child ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEG-BITER a small child or infant ...1980s US college sl.
• LENNO a child ...1882 Sc.
• LID a child ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'kid' (Saucepan Lid)
• LITTLE BAG an epithet applied to a child, playfully or as a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Sc.
• LITTLE BREECHES a child ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BRITCHES a child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BUCK a small child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE CACK a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE KACK a small child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SCUTTER a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TACKER a child, esp. a boy ...1890 Amer. dial.
• LITTLEY a child ...1965 Aust. sl.
• LITTLE YERKER a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE YURKER a small child ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LITTLIES the smaller or younger children ...c1965 colloq.
• LITTLING a little child; a young animal; the smallest pup, etc., of a litter ...c975 Eng. dial.
• MAID a child of either sex ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MAIDEN-CHILD † a female child ...c893
• MAMMOTHREPT † a child brought up by its grandmother; hence, a spoiled child ...1599
• MAN BAIRN a male child, a young son, a boy ...1876 Sc.
• MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child...1824 Sc.
• MARMOSET † a term of endearment or playful reproach to a woman or child ...1526
• MISTAKE an unplanned pregnancy and the child that follows ...1950s sl.
• MITE a small child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MONEY CHILD a child who is reared by someone for a fee ...1947 Amer. dial.
• MOPPET a child ...1601 Brit.
• MOPSY † a term of endearment; a pretty child; a young girl; a darling, a sweetheart ...1582
• MOUSE a child ...1970s US sl.
• MUNCHKIN a child; a small person; a dwarf; an underling ...1950s sl.
• MUSKRAT a child ...1976 US sl.
• NEST-COCK † the youngest child ...1674
• NESTLE-BIRD n. the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAFF a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAFT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLER a nesting bird; also, a little child ...1611
• NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-TRIPE † the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESTLING the youngest child of a family ...1572
• NIPPER a child ...1859 sl., chiefly Brit.
• OGAGOT a pet term for a little child; a jocular name for a very small person or child ...1897 Sc.
ׇ• OLIVE a child ...1803
• ONELIN an only child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONE NICK a male child ...c1860 printers' sl.
• ONE NITCH a male child ...c1860 printers' sl.
• PAILWUR a term of endearment for a child ...1890 Sc.
• PAM-CHILD † a 'knave-child': a male child ...1760 nonce word
• PANGY an affectionate term for a little child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARRICH a term of endearment for an infant or a young child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEANUT a small or insignificant person; also, a term of endearment for a small child ...1915 Amer. dial.
• PHONE BOOTH BABY any child whose father's identity is uncertain ...1960s US Black sl.
• PICCANIN (offensive) a Black African child ...S. Afr.
• PICKANINNY a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states; used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of any colour or race ...1650s US
• PICKNEY a common word for any small Black child in the old slave states; used in the West Indies to refer to any small child of an colour or race ...1650s US
• PIN-BASKET the youngest child in a family; the last child a woman bears ...1730
• PUDDING IN THE OVEN a conceived child in the womb ...1937 sl.
• PUG † a child ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUSILL * a little or weak one, a child ...1884
• PUSSICKIE a fondling name for a child ...B1900 Sc.
• QUEAN-BAIRN a female child ...1868 Sc.
• RUG-RAT a child ...1968 US sl.
• SAUCEPAN a child ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'kid' (Saucepan Lid)
• SAUCEPAN LID a child ...1961 rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• SCOOT a small child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCOOTIE a young child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR-THE-BUGGIE the youngest child of a family ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCUTTER n. a small child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SEED one's child; children ...1960s US Black sl.
• SET-ALONG CHILD a child big enough to sit on the floor but not walk ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHAVER a youth, a child, a young lad ...L16 now colloq.
• SHITEPOKE a small child; used affectionately ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEESTER a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKOUR-DA-BOGGIE the youngest child of a family ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SOD a child, a kid, a brat ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• SPROG a child ...1945 Brit. sl.
• SPROUT a child ...1934 US sl.
• SQUIRT a child ...1958 US sl.
• TACKER a little child, especially a small boy ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TAD a person, usually a boy or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• TADPOLE a child ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TADWHACKER a person, usually a boy or child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAUSHENT the youngest child in a family ...1802 Amer. dial.
• TAWDY † a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TETNIT a child born of elderly parents ...1924 Amer. dial.
• THING a term of endearment for a child or girl ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIBBY-LAMB a term of endearment applied pitifully to a child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TIN LID a child ...1905 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• TINY a very small child; a tiny one; an infant ...1863
• TOAD a small child, used affectionately ...1836 Amer. dial.
• TODDLE a toddling child, an infant ...1825
• TODDLEKINS a toddling child, an infant ...1879
• TODDLES a toddling child, an infant ...1825
• TODDLESKIN a toddling child, an infant ...1890
• TODIE † a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TORSHENT the youngest child in a family ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TORTIENCE the youngest child in a family ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TOSSANCE the youngest child in a family ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TOSSIANCE the youngest child in a family ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TOWDY † a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TRICK a small child; a woman, esp. a small or attractive one ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TWO NICK a female child...c1860 printers' sl.
• TWO NITCH a female child...c1860 printers' sl.
• UNDERSTRAPPER a child, in contradistinction to an adult ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UTERINES † children or offspring of the same mother ...1432-50
• VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child ...1996 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'wean'
• VEGEMITE a child, esp. one who is well-behaved ...Aust. colloq.
• WEANIE a very young or little child ...1785 Eng. dial.
• WEENY a child ...1844 N. Amer. sl.
• WIBBET a very small child ...Bk1869 Eng. dial. (Lancashire)
• WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YEARNLING a young child over which one yearns; a beloved child ...1829 nonce word
• YONKER a boy; a child ...1845 Amer. dial.
• YOUNGERN a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNGIN a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG ONE a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG 'UN a child or adolescent ...1832 Amer. dial.
• YOUNKER a boy; a child ...1845 Amer. dial.
• YOWUN a child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• YOWWEN n. a child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• YOWWUN n. a child ...1919 Amer. dial.
• ZILL a child ...B1900 Sc.
CHILD - nouns, person, other
• BABY-HERDER a nursemaid ...c1888 Amer. sl.
• BAIRNSWOMAN a child's maid or nurse ...1823 Sc.
• DA a child's Black nurse ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DAH a child's Black nurse ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MISOPEDIST * one who dislikes children; a child-hater ...1895
• NATICIDE * one who kills his or her child ...1855
• PAEDOTROPHIST one skilled in rearing children ...1889
CHILD - verbs
• BAFFLE of children or animals: to manage capriciously; to bring up badly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BE IN LEADING-STRINGS to be still a child ...1677
• TAKE WITH to acknowledge as one's own, esp. to acknowledge a child ...1882 Sc.
CHILD - phrases
• WEAR A JACKET FOR for a husband to accept a child fathered by his wife's lover ...20C W. Indies
CHILD-BEARING - nouns
• BAIRN-TIME the time of life for child-bearing ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VENTER † a single occasion of child-bearing ...1657
CHILDBIRTH - adjectives (also see BIRTH, MIDWIFE)
• BROUGHT TO STRAW pregnant; in childbed ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CALLED TO STRAW pert. to a woman who has gone into labour; pregnant; in childbed ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DEAD BORN stillborn; pert. to a child born dead ... c1330 now chiefly Eng. dial.
• NATALITIOUS † belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday ...1646
• OBSTETRICATORY †* pert. to the office of a midwife ...1640
• OBSTETRICIOUS † pert. to a midwife; assisting childbirth ...a1645
• ON THE GANDER-HILL said of a husband when his wife is confined ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SICK in labour; confined to childbed; pregnant ...1805 Amer. dial.
• TEEMING of a woman: child-bearing; apt to bear children ...1703 Eng. dial.
CHILDBIRTH - nouns
• ACCOUCHEMENT delivery in child-bed ...1809
• ACCUBATION childbirth; accouchement ...1879
• AFTER-BURDEN the afterbirth ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BABBY-JOB a midwifery case ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BABY BLUES postnatal depression ...colloq.
• BED a women's confinement ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEND † confinement at childbirth ...1297
• BIGGENNG the recovery of a woman after confinement ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLITHEMEAT food, bread and cheese, partaken of by visitors at the birth of a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BORNING birth, delivery of a child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CANNY MOMENT moment of childbirth ...1810 Sc.
• GANDER MONTH the month immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a husband temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity ...1636
• GANDER-MOON the period immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a man temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity ...L18 sl.
• GRANNY SCRAPE childbirth ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY TROUBLE childbirth ...1974 Amer. dial.
• I-BORENESSE † birth ...a1225
• INCREASE the birth of a child; an addition to a family by the birth of a child ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INCREASEMENT the pains of labour ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INLYING a lying-in, confinement in childbed ...1734 Sc.
• LAUNCH childbirth, esp. the actual labour ...L18 sl.
• NETTLE-BED where male babies come from ...1875 children's usage
• OBSTETRICATION †* the action or office of a midwife; delivery ...a1615
• OBSTETRICOGRAPHY * the scientific description of midwifery ...1828
• OBSTETRICY * midwifery; the practice of obstetrics ...1841
• OUR LADY'S BANDS † 'confinement' at childbirth; accouchement ...1495
• PAINS-OF-PEG labour pains ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSLEY-BED where female babies come from ...1875 children's usage
• RABBIT-PULLING obstetrics ...L19 medical students' usage
• RANGELING the premonitory pains of childbirth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SHOW a small mass of blood-tinged mucus indicating the onset of labour ...16C colloq.
• TEEMING-TIME the time of parturition ...1790 Eng. dial.
CHILDBIRTH - nouns, person (also see MIDWIFE)
• ACCOUCHEUR n. properly, a man who assists women in childbirth, a man-midwife; until the adoption of 'accoucheuse' it was used of both sexes ...1759
• ACCOUCHEUSE a midwife ...1847
• BREEDER one who produces many children ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DOULA a person, typically an experienced mother, who provides emotional support, practical help, and advice to a woman during pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks after birth ...M20
• LADY IN THE STRAW a woman in childbed ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MAN-MIDWIFE * a man assists women in childbirth; an accoucheur ...1625
• OBSTETRIX * a midwife; a woman obstetrician; a woman who renders professional aid to women in labour ...1839
CHILDBIRTH - verbs
• ACCOUCHE to assist or deliver women in childbirth; to act as a midwife or accoucheur ...1867
• BE SICK to have a baby ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BESTOW to put a woman to bed in childbirth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETEEM * to give birth to ...1855
• BIGGEN to recover strength after lying-in ...1811 Eng. dial.
• BREED to be pregnant; to give birth ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BRING to give birth to; to assist at the birth of ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BRING A-BED † to deliver of a child ...1523
• CAST † to give birth to; to bear young; to lay eggs, to deposit spawn ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CATCH to assist in the delivery of a baby ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FALL ABOUT of a woman: to be confined ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALL BY to be sick or affected with any ailment; to be confined in child-bed ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FALL IN TWO † to give birth to a child ...1788 Sc.
• FALL TO PIECES † to go into labour; to give birth to a child ...1781 Sc.
• FIND to give birth to; used esp. of animals, but also occasionally of people ...1902 Amer. dial. euphemism
• GO DOWN to take to childbed ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY to perform the services of a midwife; to act as a midwife for; to assist in the delivery of a child or, occasionally, an animal ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY-WIFE to perform the services of a midwife; to act as a midwife for; to assist in the delivery of a child or, occasionally, an animal ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HANAU to give birth ...1967 Hawaii
• HATCH 1. to be brought to bed for childbirth ...19C Brit. sl.
2. to give birth; to give birth to; to carry an unborn child; to be born ...19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HATCH OUT to give birth; to give birth to; to carry an unborn child; to be born ...1929 Amer. dial.
• HAVE to give birth to ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S BED † to give birth to a child, to 'lie in' ...1848
• KEN † to engender, to beget; to conceive; to give birth to ...c1000
• LIE DOWN to be brought to bed for childbirth ...L16 euphemism
• MAKE † of a mother: to give birth to young; of a father: to beget ...1362
• OBSTETRICATE † to act as midwife; to aid in childbirth ...1623
• OWN to give birth to ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PART WITH PATRICK to give birth to prematurely; to abort ...1883 Eng. dial.
• PISS BONES to be brought to childbed ...19C colloq.
• PISS CHILDREN to be brought to childbed ...19C colloq.
• PISS HARD to be brought to childbed ...19C colloq.
• RUN THE PADFOOT RACE to run and fetch the doctor when a woman is taken in labour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHILDBIRTH - phrases
• ABOUT TO FIND PUPS pregnant; about to give birth ...20C US sl.
• IN THE STRAW in childbed ...1705 sl.
CHILDHOOD - adjectives
• BAIRNLY child-like; in childhood ...1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CHILDHOOD - nouns
• BAIRNHEID † childhood, infancy ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• BAIRNHOOD childhood ...1866 Sc.
• BAIRN-TIME childhood ...1830 Sc.
• BARNAGE † childhood, infancy ...c1325
• CAP AND FEATHER DAYS the time of childhood ...1821
CHILDISH - adjectives
• BABBISH childish, puerile ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABISH babyish, childish, silly; used contemptuously ...1553-87 arch.
• BABY-ASS childish ...1990s US Black sl.
• BAIRNIE childish ...1908 Sc.
• BAIRNISH childish; silly ...1826 Eng. dial.
• BAIRN-LIKE childish; weak-minded ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BAIRNLY childish ...1533 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BAIRNLY-LIKE childish ...1895 Sc.
• BESSY-BAB(S) childish, foolish ...19C Eng. dial.
• CHILD-GEARED † having childish manners, silly ...c1340
• DESIPIENT * foolish, silly, childish, playful; playing the fool; idly trifling ...1727
• DOITY silly; feeble, childish ...19C Eng. dial.
• MAY-GEMMIN frolicsome, silly, childish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-CRATTY foolish, weak-minded, childish; of small account; generally used of persons, but also of a conversation or work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NINNY-NONNY foolish, weak-minded, childish; uncertain, of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TID childish, silly, affecting simplicity ...1856 Eng. dial.
CHILDISH - nouns
• BABISM †* a childish practice ...1653
• GAY † childish amusement ...1582
• PUERILITY the state or quality of being a child; the quality of being childish, foolish, or trivial ...1425
CHILDISH - nouns, person
• BABE a childish, inexperienced, or guileless person ...1526
• BABY an unduly childish person ...E17
• BAIRN a weak-minded or childish person ...1898 Sc.
• BAIRNIE a soft character, having very childish perceptions ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUBLE † a childish or foolish person; a silly trifler ...a1606
• BESSY-BAB(S) one given to childish amusements or silly talk ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOOB a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead; a silly or childish person ...1909 sl.
• BOOBY a silly, stupid, or childish person ...E17
• DOBBIE a stupid fellow; a blockhead, a fool, a simpleton, a dolt; a childish old man, a dotard; an awkward fellow, a clown ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAP-MOUTH a soft, effeminate man; a childish boy or girl ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PETTY-BAB a person who acts childishly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CHILDISH - verbs
• JACK AROUND. to mess about; to waste time; to act childishly; to be ineffective ...1960s sl.
• LALL to say 'lal, lal'; to speak childishly ...1878
• LALLATE †* to speak baby-like ...1623
• SMELL OF THE BABY to be childish ...1618
CHILDISHNESS - nouns
• BAIRNHEID † childishness ...c1505
• BAIRNISHNESS childishness; weakmindedness ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BAIRNLINESS childishness ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FAUNTELTE † childishness ...1377
CHILDLESS - adjectives
• ORB † bereaved, childless ...1607
CHILDLESS - nouns, person
• GALE a childless man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
CHILDLESSNESS - nouns
• ORBITUDE †* the condition of being bereaved; bereavement, esp. of child; also, childlessness ...1623
• ORBITY † the condition of being bereaved; bereavement, esp. of child; also, childlessness ...1597
CHILI - nouns
• BOWL OF RED chili con carne ...Bk1998 sl.
• RED chili ...20C US sl.
CHILL - nouns
• ICE-BOLT a 'bolt' or dart of ice; hence, fig. a cold, piercing sensation; a sudden deadly chill ...1789
• QUEEL a coldness, a cooling down, a chill ...1922 Sc.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UNDER-COLD a chill generally affecting the lower parts, occasioned by the wind blowing up under the clothes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CHILLED, CHILLING, CHILLY - adjectives
• ACHILL in a state of chill; chilly ...1870
• ACOLD cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314 arch.
• AIRISH chilly, breezy ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARRISH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ARSH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• DAZY chill, chilling, benumbing with cold ...1825 Sc.
• DEAD-FLESHED having a chilly sensation like dead flesh ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• NESH of the weather: chilly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OFCALEN † affected with cold, chilled, frozen ...c1000
• OORIE cold, chilly, shivering ...1802 Sc.
• OORLICH cold, chilly ...1826 Sc.
• OURIE adj. of weather: dull and chilly, raw, black ...c1850
• OWRIE chilly, shivering ...1802 Sc.
• PARKY of the weather: chilly, cold, very cold ...1895 UK sl.
• PINCHY of the weather: cold, chilly ...1984 Amer. dial.
• UNCLE WILLIE chilly ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
CHILLINESS - nouns
• NEB of the air: chilliness; the sharp tang of early morning ...1824 Sc.
• OORIENESS chilliness, a shivering ...1825 Sc.
• OORINESS chilliness, a tendency to shivering ...Bk1905 Sc.
CHIMING - adverbs
• ACHIME chiming, ringing ...1860
CHIMNEY - nouns
• CAN a chimney pot ...1833
• EASINGS sparks from a chimney ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• REEK a house having a chimney ...1822 Sc.
• VENT a chimney ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CHIMNEY - verbs
• VENT of a chimney: to draw, to smoke ...1816 Sc.
CHIMNEY SWEEP - nouns, person
• CHUMMY a chimney sweep or his assistant ...M19 sl.
• DEACON a chimney-sweep's scraper ...19C chimney-sweeps' usage
• GUMBLER a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering his services ...M19 sl.
• KNULLER a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering his services ...M19 sl.
• LOOF-FAKER a chimney sweep ...M19 sl.
• QUERIER a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering their services ...1861 sl.
• RAMONEUR a chimney-sweep ...1859
• SCOUR-THE-HUDDIE a chimney-sweep ...1857 Sc.
CHIMNEY SWEEP - verbs
• QUERY to solicit work as a chimney-sweep ...1851 Eng. dial.
CHIMPANZEE - nouns
• CHIMP a chimpanzee ...1877
• JOCKO a chimpanzee or other ape ...L18
CHIN - adjectives
• EGG-CHINNED double-chinned, or having an egg-shaped chin ...1625
• GASH-GABBIT having a projecting chin ...1721 Sc.
• RASPY-WHITE of the chin: rough and white ...1901 Eng. dial.
CHIN - nouns
• ANDY GUMP CHIN a conspicuously receding chin; an unusual chin or jaw, or ironically, a person with a prominent jaw ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANDY MAGINN the chin ...1934 Amer. rhyming sl.
• BAIRDIE the rubbing of a man's rough chin against the face of someone else, or squeeze another's chin with the hand ...1872 Sc.
• BUTTON in boxing: the point of the chin ...1920 Amer. sl.
• ERROL FLYNN the chin ...1940s rhyming sl.
• FATHER O'FLYNN the chin ...1960s rhyming sl.
• GUNGA the chin ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Gunga Din)
• GUNGA DIN the chin ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• OUT AND IN the chin ...1920s US rhyming sl.
• SAVING CHIN a projecting chin ...c1776 colloq.
• UGLY-FAT a double chin ...1881 Eng. dial.
• VERA the chin ...1940s Aust. & Brit. rhyming sl. (Vera Lynn)
• VERA LYNN the chin ...1940s Aust. & Brit. rhyming sl.
CHIN - nouns, person
• ANDY GUMP a person with a small chin and a prominent nose ...World War II Amer. sl.
CHINA (dishes) - adjectives
• WALLY made of porcelain, china, glazed ...1904 Sc.
CHINA (dishes) - nouns
• EQUIPAGE † utensils of all kinds, but especially of china, glass, or earthenware ...1822 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LAME earthenware, china; a dish, crockery, dishes ...1708 Sc.
• WALLIE porcelain, china, glazed earthenware ...1890 Sc.
CHINA - nouns, person
• GRIFFIN a person resident in China under three years ...Bk1892 Anglo-Chinese
CHINESE - adjectives
• CHINEE (usually contemptuous) Chinese ...1925 Amer. sl.
• CHINK (contemptuous) Chinese ...1908 Amer. sl.
• CHINKY (derogatory) pert. to a Chinese, or any Oriental ...L19 sl.
• PAKE (sometimes derogatory) Chinese ...1938 Hawaii
• SINÆAN * Chinese ...1667
• SINAIC * Chinese ...1872
• SINESIAN pert. to the Chinese and kindred races, or to those parts of Asia inhabited by them ...1899
• SINETIC Chinese ...1893
• SINIC Chinese ...1662
• SINITIC pert. to the Chinese, or other peoples of the Yellow Race ...1895
• SINOLOGICAL relating to the Chinese language or literature ...1879
• SINOPHIL fond of the Chinese ...1894
CHINESE - nouns
• CHINK (contemptuous) the Chinese language ...1936 Amer. sl.
• CHINKS (usually offensive) Chinese cuisine; Chinese food ...1948 Amer. sl.
• SINICISM Chinese manners, customs, or principles ...1891
• SINICIZATION the action of Sinicizing (investing with Chinese character) ...1898
• SINIFICATION the action of Sinicizing (investing with Chinese character) ...1900
• SINOGRAM a Chinese written character ...1898
• SINOLOGY the study of things Chinese ...1882
CHINESE - nouns, person
• ABC an American-born Chinese ...1984 US sl.
• AH CABBAGE a nickname for a Chinese immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• AH SIN a Chinese person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CANARY a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CATAIAN † a man of Cathay or China ...1577
• CHINABOY (usually contemptuous) a Chinese man ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CHINAT a Nationalist Chinese ...1961 Amer. military usage
• CHINEE (usually contemptuous) a Chinese person ...1853 Amer. sl.
• CHING a Chinese person ...1900 Amer. sl.
• CHING-CHING a Chinese person ...1898 Amer. sl.
• CHINK (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1891 sl.
• CHINKEY (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINKIE (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINKY (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1878 sl.
• CHINO (derogatory) a nickname for a Chinese ...1898 US sl., esp. military
• CHOW (derogatory) a Chinese person ...1864 sl., chiefly Aust.
• CHOW-CHOW (derogatory) a nickname for a Chinese ...M19 Aust. sl.
• CHUPPIE a Chinese yuppie ...1988 sl., orig. & chiefly N. Amer.
• COOLIE an immigrant Chinese labourer ...M19 US usage
• DINGBAT a Chinese ...20C Aust. & Brit. sl.
• DINK (derogatory) an Oriental; a Chinese ...1938 sl.
• HASHER a Chinese person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEATHEN CHINEE a Chinese person, esp. one regarded as devious and cunning ...1870 Amer. dial.
• HEATHEN CHINESE a Chinese person, esp. one regarded as devious and cunning ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KWANG a Chinese person ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LAUNDRYMAN a Chinese man; broadly, an Asian man; used contemptuously ...1884 US sl.
• MONGOL a Chinese immigrant to Australia, or the United States ...M19 Aust. sl.
• MONGOLIAN a Chinese immigrant to Australia, or the United States ...M19 Aust. sl.
• MONK (contemptuous) a Chinese person ...1903 Amer. sl.
• MOWLAH a Chinese ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MUSHE a Syrian or a Chinese ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• PADDY a Chinese person ...1900s Aust. sl.
• PAKE (sometimes derogatory) a Chinese person ...1938 Hawaii
• PAT a Chinese ...20C Aust.
• PIGTAIL (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1858 sl., orig. Aust.
• PONG (derogatory or offensive) a Chinese person ...1906 Aust. sl.
• RICEMAN (derogatory) a Chinese or other Oriental person ...20C US sl.
• SINOLOGER one versed in the Chinese language, or in the customs and history of China ...1857
• SINOLOGIST one versed in the Chinese language, or in the customs and history of China ...1884
• SINOLOGUE one versed in the Chinese language, or in the customs and history of China ...1856
• SKIBBY (derogatory) a Japanese, a Chinese, or any Oriental ...1920s US sl.
• SLANT-EYE(S) (derogatory or offensive) anyone from East Asia; anyone of a race with slanting eyes ...1929 sl., orig. US
• WEE WILLIE WINKY (derogatory) a Chinese person ...1990s sl.
• WOCK JOCK a Chinese person ...Brit. sl.
• WOCKY a Chinese person ...Brit. sl.
• WOK JOCKEY a Chinese person ...Brit. sl.
• YAP a Chinese person ...1950s W. Indies
CHINESE - verbs
• MOVE THE LAUNDRY to smuggle illegal Chinese immigrants ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• SINICIZE to invest with a Chinese character ...1889
• SINIFY to invest with a Chinese character ...1900
CHIPMUNK - nouns
• FAIRYDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FANCY MOUSE a chipmunk ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FENCE MOUSE a chipmunk ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FERRIDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER a chipmunk ...1887 Amer. dial.
• GRINNIE a chipmunk ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HACKEE a chipmunk ...1838 Amer. dial.
• HACKIE a chipmunk ...1961 Amer. dial.
• HACKY a chipmunk ...1842 Amer. dial.
CHIPS - nouns
• NIGGER'S LIPS (derogatory) potato chips ...1970s rhyming sl.
CHIROPRACTOR - nouns, person
• NOACH DOCTOR a chiropractor ...1963 Amer. dial.
CHIRP - verbs
• GARRE † to growl, to snarl; to chatter, to chide; to chirp, to twitter ...1382
• YAP of birds: to chirp in a plaintive manner ...1802 Sc.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YIRM † to chirp as a bird ...1824 Sc.
CHIVALROUS ACT, CHIVALRY - nouns
• GALLANTHOOD * 'gallants' collectively, chivalry ...1881
• VASSALAGE † a brave or chivalrous act; a noble or gallant exploit ...c1330
CHIVES - nouns
• ONION GRASS chives ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLACH chives ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLOCK chives ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLOF chives ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITTLAUCH chives ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHIVES chives ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SITHES * chives ...1573
• SIVES † chives ...c1440
• THIVES chives ...1950 Amer. dial.