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CONTENT - CONVIVIAL
CONTENT - adjectives
• FAIN happy, content ...1721 Sc.
• PAID † pleased, satisfied, content ...c1230
• SUFFICED † satisfied, content ...1590
CONTENT - verbs
• ARRIDE to please well, to gratify, to delight, to content with delight ...1599 arch.
• FADGE † to be content or willing; to agree; to make up one's mind to do something ...1592
CONTENTED - adjectives
• HOME ON THE PIG'S BACK very contented, happily or successfully placed, having arrived at a successful conclusion ...L19 Ireland, Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAFF cheerful, contented ...1911 Sc.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
CONTENTED - verbs
• SING O BE EASY to appear contented when one has cause to complain and dares not ...c1785 colloq.
CONTENTION - adjectives
• DEBATEFUL † of things: pertaining to strife or contention ...1580
• MAKEBATE † causing contention or strife ...1582
contention - nouns
• ARGIE-BARGIE a contention, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARGIE-BARGIEMENT a wrangling; contention ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ARGUE argument, assertion; dispute, contention, quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARGUFICATION an argument, a dispute, contention ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-WORD a contention, retort, reply ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BANGLING † petty, frivolous contention; squabbling ...1612
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• BARRACE † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
• BARRAT † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
• BATE † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIRD a point of contention or disagreement ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CERTATION † contention, strife ...1572
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• CRINKIE-WINKIE a contention; a pother, disturbance, commotion, turmoil ...1818 Sc.
• DEBATE strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• DEBATEMENT †* contention, strife, quarrelling ...1590
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIMICATION * the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife ...1623
• JANGLE contention, altercation, bickering ...1641
• JAR discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
• KAS-KAS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• KASS KASS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• LICKING POST. the moment of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...M19 US sl.
• LICK-LOG a point of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...1887 Amer. dial.
• OUTFALLING † a falling out; a quarrel; contention ...a1670 Sc.
• PALAVER an act or instance of contention or strife ...c1740 W. Afr.
• PUGNACITY the condition or character of being pugnacious; inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness ...E17
• RAGGIN the act of reproaching; a scolding; a debate, contention ...1825 Sc.
• SCRAMPING contention; eager strife to obtain anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIMULTY †* a quarrel or contention ...a1637
• SPUTE a dispute, contention ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TANGLING † contention ...1535
• THREAPING-DO a contention, quarrel, dispute ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-THE-MUIR a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1871 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-WUD-LADDIE a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1824 Sc.
• TOIL † verbal contention, dispute, controversy, argument ...a1300
• YED contention, wrangling; strife ...1719 Sc.
contention - person
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-DEBATE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1741
• MAKE-STRIFE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1617
• QUARREL-BREEDER † one who causes quarrels and contention ...1611
contention - verbs
• SOW DRAGONS' TEETH to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war ...1850
• TANGLE † to become involved in contention; to argue ...1535
contention - phrases
• IN THE HUNT in contention ...1957 Aust. sl.
CONTENTIOUS - adjectives
• ARGISOME contentious, inclined to argue or dispute ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGOL-BARGOLOUS quarrelsome, contentious about trifles ...1822 Sc.
• BARRATOUS † contentious, quarrelsome ...1430
• BATEFUL † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
• BATTLEFUL †* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• CAMPING † wrangling, contentious, scolding ...1642
• CAMPRULY † contentious ...1808 Sc.
• CONCERTATIVE † quarrelsome, contentious ...1730
• DEBATEFUL † of persons: full of strife, contentious, quarrelsome ...1491
• DEBATOUS †* quarrelsome, contentious ...1483
• DISCORDFUL * full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious ...1596
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• GLASTRIOUS contentious; boastful ...B1900 Sc.
• OPPOSITIVE * inclined to opposition; contentious ...1865
• PUGNACIOUS disposed to fight; quarrelsome; contentious ...M17
• QUARRELLOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding ...1556
• RIXABUND quarrelsome, contentious ...B1900
• TESTIF † aggressive, contentious, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy ...1526
• THREAPING argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, contradictory ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TOILOUS †* contentious, disputatious, wrangling, argumentative ...c1430
contentious - person
• ARGLE-BARGLER a contentious person; a caviller ...1820 Sc.
• ASS-BREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...c1944 US sl.
• DEBATER † one who contends or strives; a quarrelsome or contentious person ...1388
• DIGLADIATOR a person who contends or fights ...arch., literary
• RAIL a contentious person; a defamer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SQUARER † one who quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow ...1599
• THREAP a contentious or quarrelsome person ...1898 Eng. dial.
• THREAPER a contentious, argumentative person ...1899 Eng. dial.
CONTENTIOUSLY - adverbs
• DEBATEFULLY † with much wrangling, contentiously ...1611
CONTENTMENT - nouns
• SUFFISANCE † satisfaction, contentment ...c1374
CONTENTS - nouns
• GUTS one's insides, the contents; the belly; the intestines ...a1000
CONTEST - nouns
• BANTER a match or contest; a shooting-match ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• BARGAINING † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIMICATION * the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife ...1623
• HAIRLASH a close contest; something just about equal ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † a fight, a contest ...c1400
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
• NAIL-BITER an anxiety-provoking situation, esp. a very close contest ...1971 Amer. sl.
• ODDS-ON the odds-on-favourite in a horserace or other sporting contest ...20C Aust. sl.
• RETURN BOUT a repetition of a contest ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SMACKDOWN a bitter contest or confrontation ...US colloq.
• TILT an encounter, combat, or contest; a debate, a public dispute, a discussion; often applied in the 17th & 18 centuries to a duel ...1567
• YOKING † a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling ...1660 Sc.
contest - verbs
• DEBATE to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel ...c1489 arch.
• TILT to engage in a contest; to combat, to contend with; to strike or thrust at with a weapon ...1588
CONTESTANT - person
• FRONT RUNNER a leading contestant; the contestant most likely to succeed
CONTIGUITY - nouns
• TANGENCY state of contact; contiguity ...1819
CONTIGUOUS - adjectives
• ABORDERING †* bordering, neighbouring, contiguous ...1566
• ADJOINANT † lying next; contiguous ...1494.
• TANGENT touching, contiguous ...1846
contiguous - verbs
ADJOIN † to be or lie close, or in contact; to be contiguous ...1479
• MARCH to adjoin, to border on, to be contiguous to; to bound, form a boundary to ...1819 Sc.
• MEAR to bound, to border; to be contiguous with ...1894 Eng. dial.
CONTINUAL - adjectives
• NEVER-CEASING unceasing, ceaseless; constant, continual ...c1602
CONTINUALLY - adverbs
• AYE always, ever; continually ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAILY-DAY every day, continually, constantly ...1881 Sc.
• EVER AND END forever, continually; for a very long time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVER AND ON forever, continually; for a very long time ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EVERLASTING continually, perpetually ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERLIE constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually ...1829 Sc.
• EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERMORE always, continually ...1928 Amer. dial.
• ON AND ENDWAYS continually ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CONTINUANCE - nouns
• LAST * continuance, duration ...a1300
CONTINUE - verbs
• CHOOGLE to go; to drive; to progress; to continue what has been started ...1970 Amer. sl.
• PLUG AWAY to continue working hard at something, to persevere ...1947 sl.
• PROROGUE † to prolong, to lengthen, to extend in time or duration; to cause to last longer; to continue, to protract ...1425
• ROCK ALONG to continue in typical fashion ...US colloq.
• SUE † to continue, to proceed, to go on ...c1200
CONTINUING - adjectives
• DUREFUL † of long continuance; lasting, enduring, continuing, durable ...1594
CONTINUOUS - adjectives
• EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather ...1786 Sc.
• FOR ENDWAYS endless, without number, continuous ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PERDURANT * lasting, continuous, permanent ...1670
• UNCESSABLE † continuous, without stop ...1596
• UNCHEQUE † without check or stoppage, continuous ...1671
CONTINUOUSLY - adverbs
• ANEND to the end; straight-on; continuously ...1867 Amer. dial.
• AT A STRETCH continuously; at one and the same time ...1885 colloq.
• AT EVERY WHIPSTITCH frequently; continuously; from time to time ...1809 Amer. dial.
• DELAVERLY continuously ...1865 Sc.
• DELIVERLY freely, continuously ...1825 Sc.
• EARLY AND LATE at all hours, continuously, incessantly ...c1330
• ENDLANG consecutively, continuously, without intermission or interruption ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ENDWAY continuously, successively; without end or interruption ...1874 Eng. dial.
• EVEN-ENDWAYS in a straight course, without interruption or obstruction; from end to end, continuously, without intermission ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERY WHIPSTITCH frequently; continuously; from time to time ...1827 Amer. dial.
• HAND-A-RUNNING adv. consecutively, in succession, continuously ...1945 Amer. dial.
• HAND GOING in succession, continuously ...1911 Amer. dial.
• HAND RUNNING consecutively, continuously, in uninterrupted succession ... 1828 Eng. dial. or colloq.
• IN A SUCCESSION † continuously ...a1715
• ODDENLY continuously, without intermission ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON A RANK † on end, continuously ...1574
• ON A STRETCH continuously; at one and the same time ...c1832 colloq.
• RIGHT ALONG continuously ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT HAND-RUNNING in succession; continuously, consecutively ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SITH † continuously or ever from or since that time ...c1205
• SITHEN † continuously, ever since ...a1000
• SITHENCE † continuously, ever since ...1560
• SNUFF AND SNIFTER energetically, continuously ...E19 sl.
• SUCCESSIVELY † continuously or without interruption for a certain period ...1531
continuously - prepositions
• SITH † continuously or ever from a time, etc.; till now; since ...a1325
CONTORTIONIST - person
• LIMBER JACK a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...c1930 Amer. dial.
CONTRACEPTION see BIRTH CONTROL
CONTRACT - nouns
• GIPPO, GYPO, GYPPO. JIPPO contract work done usually on a small scale; part-time work ...1929 Amer. logging usage
• GYPPY contract work, a sub-contractor, a piece-worker ...1929 US sl.
• NOTICE a contract to do a job, esp. an illegal commission ...1970 UK sl.
• PACTION the act of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, pact, contract ...1471 now chiefly Sc.
contract - person
• GIPPO, GYPO, JIPPO a sub-contractor, a piece-worker ...1929 US sl.
• GYPPY a sub-contractor, a piece-worker ...1929 US sl.
contract - verbs
• INDENT † to bind by contract, to pledge, to make a compact ...1660 Sc.
CONTRACT (squeeze) - verbs
• SCROOCH to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) ...1851 Amer. dial.
CONTRACTED - adjectives
• SCRIMPISH contracted in dimensions ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CONTRADICT - verbs
• ABRENOUNCE † to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict ...1537
• ABRENUNCIATE †* to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict ...1618
• BANNEE to contradict rudely ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CALL AGAIN to contradict ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAM to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel ...1875 Eng. dial.
• GAINSAY to speak against, to contradict ...c1340
• NAY † to express dissent or contradiction ...c1325
• NAY-SAY to refuse, to deny; to contradict ...1773 Eng. dial. & arch.
• NEGATIVE to deny, to contradict ...1812
• NEGE †* to deny; to contradict ...1624
• OMPERLODGE † to contradict ...1809 Eng dial.
• THREAP to contradict ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWARTLE † to speak or act in contradiction ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMPERLODGE to contradict, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CONTRADICTION - adjectives
• GAINSAYING given to contradiction; stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority ...1489
• QUARRELSOME faultfinding, given to contradiction, litigious ...Bk1905 Sc.
CONTRADICTION - nouns
• ANTILOQUY † contradiction; a speaking against ...1656
• CALLDOWN a reprimand; a scolding; contradiction ...1895 Amer. sl.
• CAM contradiction, perverse argument ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GAIN-SAW † contradiction ...a1300
• GAINSAY contradiction ...1601
• IMPLICANCY †* entanglement, confusion; contradiction of terms ...1638
• NAY-SAY contradiction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAY-SAYING denial, contradiction ...1535
• OBLOQUITY †* opposition or contradiction in speech or writing ...1620
CONTRADICTOR - nouns, person
• OBLOCUTOR † a gainsayer, a contradictor; a detractor, a slanderer ...1603
CONTRADICTORY - adjectives
• BACK-SPOKEN adj. contradictory, gainsaying ...1889 Sc.
• CONTRADICTORIOUS † contradictory ...1608
• OPPOSIVE †* inclined to oppose, contradictory ...1676
• QUAARTISH contradictious and quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-GABBIT peevish, ill-tempered, quarrelsome; contradictory ...1897 Sc.
• THREAPING argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, contradictory ...1877 Eng. dial.
CONTRARIETY - nouns
• ADVERSITY † the state of being contrary or opposed; opposition, contrariety ...1382
• OPPUGNANCY opposition, antagonism, contrariety, conflict ...1606
CONTRARINESS - nouns
• ADVERSITY † contrariness of nature; perversity ...1489
• THRAWNNESS perverseness, obstinacy, contrariness ...1890 Sc.
CONTRARIWISE - adverbs
• ECONTRARY †* contrariwise, vice versa ...1512
CONTRARY - adjectives
• ADVERSABLE † that is adverse or contrary to ...1731
• ARSY-VERSY contrary, disobedient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENEEK contrary, impossible ...1960s S. Afr.
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• KICKY disagreeable, contrary ...1930 Amer. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTTY capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1846 Sc.
• OBVERSANT † standing over against, opposite, contrary; also, placed in front of; hence, familiar, well-known ...1579
• OPPONENT antagonistic, adverse, contrary, opposed ...1647
• OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant ...1513
• THIRTOVER, THURTIFER, THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWART cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TWORT cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• UDDERWAYS contrary, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACENTRARY, VASSENTARY subject to fits; contrary, perverse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• WRONG irritating, contrary ...1960s US Black & college sl.
contrary - adverbs
• ARSY-FARCY contrary, disobedient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IN OPPOSITE † on the contrary, on the other hand, besides, also, furthermore ...1549
• KIM-KAM † crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
contrary - prepositions
• TO-GAINS † towards with hostile intent; in opposition or hostility to, contrary to ...a1000
• TO-GAINST † towards with hostile intent; in opposition or hostility to, contrary to ...a1000
contrary - nouns
• OPPOSITION † that which is opposite or contrary; that which contrasts or counterbalances ...1596
contrary - verbs
• OPPOSE † of a thing: to be repugnant or contrary to ...1605
• QUART to thwart, to go contrary to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WORK BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET to take two contrary positions at once ...1930s US political usage
CONTRIBUTE - verbs
• ANTE UP to contribute money one is responsible for is expected to give ...1800s Amer. sl.
• CHIP IN to contribute money ...1861 Amer. colloq.
• DOB IN to contribute to a fund for a special purpose ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SHELL OUT to hand over money; to contribute; to pay ...1801 colloq.
• WHACK UP to make a contribution, a donation ...L19 US sl.
CONTRIBUTION - nouns
• RAISE a tip or monetary contribution, whether given voluntarily or extorted ...M19 sl.
CONTRIVANCE - nouns
• CAST † a contrivance, device, artifice, trick ...c1340
• FANGLEMENT something fashioned or made; an invention; a contrivance ...a1670
• GALLITRAP a badly-made tool, implement, etc.; a contrivance ...1885 Eng. dial.
• IMAGINEMENT †* contrivance, subtlety ...c1470
• MAXIM a plan, contrivance; an experiment; a fad; a crotchet ...1882 Eng. dial.
• ORDINANCE † the arrangement of plans; devising, contriving, planning; a device, contrivance, plan ...a1330
CONTRIVE - person
• ETTLER a manager, a contriver ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MACHINATOR one who contrives or schemes; a contriver, intriguer, plotter, schemer; usually in a bad sense ...1611
contrive - verbs
• BEFIND † to invent, to contrive ...1297
• BETHINK † to devise, to contrive, to plan, to arrange ...a1225
• CAST † to machinate, to contrive, to devise, to scheme ...c1325
• COOK UP to concoct, to contrive, often dishonestly ...colloq.
• ETTLE to plan, to arrange for, to contrive to the greatest advantage; to deal out in small quantities, to use sparingly and stingily ...1843 Eng. dial.
• FASHION † to contrive, to manage ...c1540.
• FRAME UP to contrive fraudulently ...1899 US sl.
• LAY † to contrive, to arrange ...1627
• LAY ABOUT † to contrive, to plan, to take measures to do something; to look out or make a search for ...a1618
• MACHINATE to lay plots; to intrigue; to scheme; to contrive; to plot; to plan ...1600
• MACHINE † to contrive, to plot; to devise schemes (against a person) ...c1450
• ODDS to fit, to make even; to manage, to contrive ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORDAIN † to plan, to devise, to contrive ...1340
• SCHEME to arrange, to contrive, to manage ...1879 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT † to prepare, to get ready; to devise, to contrive ...a1300
• TRIGGER to scheme, to contrive, to lay plans ...1888 Amer. dial.
• VAND to arrange, to contrive, shape, put together properly; to fit or adapt one thing to another ...1914 Sc.
CONTRIVED - adjectives
• BETHOUGHT † of a thing: intended, purposed, contrived ...c1200
• COOKED-UP specially contrived; expedient and dishonest ...1940s Amer. sl.
CONTRIVING - adverbs
• ABOUTWARD † orig, striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going ...c1400
contriving - nouns
• HAMMERING † a devising, contriving, or constructing ...1589
• MACHINATION the act or process of contriving or planning; contrivance, intrigue, plotting; an intrigue, plot, scheme ...1549
CONTROL - adjectives
• ALL OVER IT in complete control ...2002 US sl.
• COOLED OUT calm, unperturbed, in control ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• FRANTIC without poise or control ...1950s Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED under control; at one's mercy ...19C sl.
• SUBACT † subdued, reduced; brought under control or discipline ...1432-50
• TIPPIN' adj full control; on top of one's game ...1970s US Black sl.
• TOPSIDE in charge, in control ...L19 sl.
• UNDER THE YARD † under the rule, control, or discipline of ...c1386
• UNGLUED unstable, emotional, lacking control ...1950s
• WIRED certain and secure; totally under control; assured ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WIRED UP certain and secure; totally under control; assured ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WRAPPED under control, in hand ...1980s Amer. sl.
control - nouns
• ACKBAND control ...1929 Sc.
• BANDON † jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with ...c1230
• DEADWOOD an advantage or control over someone, the thing a member of the underworld fears most, usually arrest or being caught in the act ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• MASTERDOM † the condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, rule, ascendancy, control ...1588
• ORDINANCE the act of ordering or regulating; regulation, direction, management; authoritative appointment or dispensation; control ...c1330 arch.
• UNIWEALD † lack of control ...c1200
• WALD command, control ...1908 Sc.
control - verbs
• BOSS AROUND to direct or control someone in an offensively authoritarian way ...1850s Amer. sl.
• DAUNT † to bring into subjection, to subdue, to tame; to hold in subjection; to control ...1303
• EAT UP to take control of, to 'consume' ...1930s sl.
• FALL OUT to lose control of a situation ...1940s sl.
• GET IT TOGETHER to take control of one's personal condition; to get one's mind and emotions under control; to become organized ...1973 US sl.
• GET ONE'S ACT TOGETHER to take control of one's personal condition; to get one's mind and emotions under control; to become organized ...1973 US sl.
• GO OFF ONE'S NUT to lose self-control from vexation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO OFF THE HANDLE to lose self-control from vexation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO UP IN THE AIR to lose self-control from vexation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A CALF to lose control; to have an emotional fit; to have a fit of astonishment or anger; to become emotionally overwrought ...c1960 US sl.
• HAVE BY THE BALLS to have at one's mercy; to have in one's control ...1918 US sl.
• HAVE HOLD OF THE JERK LINE to be in control of the situation ...Bk1942 Amer. West. sl.
• HAVE IN LEASH vb. to have control over, to keep in bondage ...1560
• HAVE IT COVERED to have a situation well under control ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
• HAVE IT KNOCKED to have a problem, and esp. life in general, absolutely under control ...L19 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S ACT DOWN to be in full control of a situation, whether emotional, social, sexual, financial, etc. ...1960s sl. orig. US Black
• HAVE ONE'S LEG OVER THE HARROWS to be out of control ...1816
• HAVE THE DEADWOOD ON ONE to have advantage or control, esp. incriminating evidence ...1851 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE TAIL OVER THE LINES to be hard to control; to be stubborn or unmanageable ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HOLD ACES to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD ALL THE ACES to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD AN ACE FULL to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD EVERY ACE to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD IN LEASH to have control over, to keep in bondage ...1842
• LOSE ONE'S DOG to lose control of a situation ...1910s US sl.
• ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct ...1595 rare or obs.
• SAM TOGETHER to pull oneself together, to collect one's thoughts ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A DROP ON to take control; to 'get a grip' ...L19 US sl.
• YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control ...c1000
control - phrases
• HE OWNS THE LOCK he has control over the situation ...1960s Amer. sl.
• TAIL WAGGING THE DOG, THE a situation in which the less important element or factor controls or influences the more important ...colloq.
CONTROLLED - adjectives
• UNDER HACK controlled and ordered by another ...1899 Amer. dial. online
controlled - person
• COOL HAND a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
CONTROLS - nouns
• BITS AND TITS the controls ...1962 Aust. sl.
CONTROVERSIAL - adjectives
• CONTROVERTISTICAL † controversial ...1704
• DEBATEFUL † of things: controversial, contentious, uncertain, questionable ...1587 obs.
• ERISTIC of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious ...1637
CONTROVERSY - nouns
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• CONTROVERSE † controversy ...16C
• DEBATEMENT † debate, controversy, discussion, deliberation, disputation, argument ...1536
• HEEKACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HEEKYAK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HICK-HACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PARL an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PARLE an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SHITSTORM a very great controversy, uproar, or fuss ...sl.
• THROW opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy ...1788 Sc.
• TOIL † verbal contention, dispute, controversy, argument ...a1300
• VELITATION * a wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, a debate, an argument, a dispute not carried to extremes ...1607
controversy - person
• ERISTIC one given to disputation; a controversialist ...1659
controvery - verbs
• CONTROVERSE † to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with ...1602
• VENTILATE † to carry on, to take part in a controversy ...1607
CONTROVERT - verbs
• REJAG † to controvert, to refute; to reply smartly ...c1440 obs. rare exc. Sc.
CONTUSION - nouns
• BIRSE a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
CONUNDRUM - nouns
• CARWITCHET a pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum ...1614
• GUESSING-STORY a conundrum, a riddle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUINOMBROM † a conundrum ...1659
• REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLEUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDLESS a conundrum, a riddle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
CONVALESCENT - adjectives
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAY in good health; well, convalescent ...1855 Eng. dial.
• KIDGED convalescent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ON THE LIFT convalescent, getting better after an illness ...1892 Amer. dial.
• ON THE MENDING HAND improving, recovering health; recovering from sickness or injury; convalescent ...1675 Eng. & Amer. dial.
CONVENIENCE - nouns
• EASEMENT † advantage, convenience, comfort, consolation, relief; furtherance, assistance; formerly also, gratification, enjoyment ...c1400
• HANDSOMENESS † convenience, handiness; fitness ...1530
• OPPORTUNITY † convenience or advantageousness of site or position ...1555
CONVENIENCES - nouns
• MOD CONS modern conveniences ...1930s sl.
CONVENIENT - adjectives
• EFTEST soonest, quickest, most convenient ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAIN † of things: available, handy, useful, convenient ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGLI orderly, tidy, careful, convenient ...1928 Sc.
• HAND-PAT ready at hand, convenient; off-hand, fluent ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † handy, ready at hand, convenient, suitable ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANTY † convenient, handy ...1725 Sc.
• MACK † apt, convenient ...c1440
• NECESSARY †* commodious, convenient ...1540-1
• NESSARY † near, convenient ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NUNTY handy, convenient ...1879 Eng. dial.
• QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
convenient - verbs
• SUIT ONE'S BOOK to be convenient to one
CONVENIENTLY - adverbs
• GAINLY † suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † conveniently, handily, readily ...1547-64
CONVENT - nouns
• CABIN † a cell, as in a convent or prison ...1362
• PARADISE † the garden of a convent ...1875
CONVENTION - nouns
• FANCOM a convention put on by fans ...1976 US sl.
CONVENTIONAL - adjectives
• BROMIDIC commonplace or conventional ...1906 sl.
• BURBED-OUT conventional ...1970s US middle-class usage
• CHICKEN strictly conventional in conduct; following rules too closely, esp. Army; misusing authority; petty, mean ...20C US sl.
• SQUARE conventional, conservative ...1946 sl., orig. US
• STARCHY said of someone who is very stiff or conventional ...1823 sl., orig. US
• STICK-IN-THE-MUDDISH conventional, conservative ...1936 sl.
• STODGY excessively formal and conventional ...colloq.
• STRAIGHT conventional, conservative ...1960 sl., orig. US
• WAY-IN conventional, conservative ...1960 sl.
• WONDER BREAD conventional ...1980s Amer. sl.
CONVENTIONAL - nouns
• CUBESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1959 sl., orig. US
• GAME a conventional attitude ...1967 UK sl.
• SQUARESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
• SQUAREVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
CONVENTIONAL - nouns, person
• BROMIDE a person whose thoughts and conversation are conventional and commonplace ...1909 sl., orig. US
• CUBE an extremely conventional or conservative person ...1957 sl., orig. US
• DUSTY BREAD a conventional, conservative woman ...1970s US Black sl.
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• ICKY a stupid person, a person who is conventional ...1930s US Black sl.
• MIDDLEBROW a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person ...1920 colloq
• MOSSBACK a conventional person ...1878 chiefly N. Amer.
• MOSSY-BACK a conventional person ...1878 chiefly N. Amer.
• NATURAL a conventional person ...1967 Brit. beatniks' usage
• NORM a normal person; a dully conventional person ...1983 US sl.
• NORMAL a normal person; a dully conventional person ...1983 US sl.
• SQUARE a conventional person ...1944 sl. orig. US jazz sl.
• SQUARE JOHN a conventional person ...1934 sl. N. Amer.
• STICK-IN-THE-MUD a conventional person; someone unprogressive or unadventurous ...1733
CONVENTIONAL - verbs
• HOLD CLOSE TO THE WILLOWS to act cautiously and conservatively; to be conventional, conservative, or modest ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NORM to behave in an unremarkable or conventional manner ...2001 UK sl.
CONVERSANT - adjectives
• VERSANT versed in or conversant with a subject, etc.; familiar with; knowing the ways of ...1711 Sc.
CONVERSATION - adjectives
• COLLOQUACIOUS given to colloquy, discourse, or conversation ...1837 humorous nonce word
conversation - adverbs
• TEATABELLICALLY † at the tea-table, in familiar conversation at tea ...1768 nonce word
conversation - nouns
• AUGURING talking, conversation ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BACK-AND-FORTH conversation ...1976 US sl.
• BELCH worthless or obscene conversation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLABFEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip; a conversation; a discussion...1942 Amer. sl.
• BLARNEYFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOW-BOW a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUCK talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk ...1895 sl.
• BUKH talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk ...1895 sl.
• BULLFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL FIGHT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL SESSION talk, conversation, esp. a conversation among a group of males ...1920 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BULL-SHOOT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL SHOOTING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL SHOVELLING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL THROWING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUTT-END a fragmentary part of a speech or conversation that one might overhear, just as it tails off ...E19
• BUZZ chatter, conversation ...1930 Amer. sl.
• BUZZOLOGUE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAMPLE talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation ...1867 Eng. dial.
• CHAT-CHAT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHATFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHATOLOGUE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAW a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAWFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAW-ROUND a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN a conversation, a discussion ...1894 Amer. sl.
• CHIN-CHIN a conversation; discussion; talk ...1877 Amer. sl.
• CHIN-IN an intrusion in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN-JAW idle talk; social conversation ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN MUSIC talk; conversation ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINWAG a chat, a conversation ...1879 sl.
• COLLOQUIALS informal conversation ...L19 UK society usage
• CONFAB a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFABULATION a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse; a chat ...c1450
• CONFIDENTIAL a private conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLAB conversation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CONVERSASHE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONVERSATING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONVO a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRICK-CRACK a talk, a conversation, a chat ...1856 Sc.
• CUDDLE-MUDDLE a secret conversation, often, with evil intent ...19C Sc.
• CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice ...1862 Ireland
• CUT-IN an intrusion in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAFF † dallying, indelicate toying; loose conversation, smutty language ...1721 Sc.
• DALLIANCE † talk, confabulation, converse, chat, usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion ...c1340
• D AND M a serious conversation, generally relating to personal relationships (Deep and Meaningful) ...1996 Aust. sl.
• EARBASH a conversation; an unwanted lecture; a tirade ...1944 Aust. sl.
• EARWIGGING a private conversation; a rebuke in private; a scolding or harangue ...1842 colloq.
• EXCHANGE OF CRACKS a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FACE-TO-FACE a face-to-face meeting, esp. a frank private conversation between two persons ...1986 Amer. sl.
• FANNING BEE a conversation, a discussion ...1928 Amer. sl.
• FAT-CHEWING a gabfest; a spirited conversation; gossip ...1957 Amer. dial.
• FEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAB the act of gabbing or talking; conversation, prattle, talk, twaddle ...1790
• GAB BEE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABBLEFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAB DISHING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABFEAST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip ...1897 sl., orig. US
• GAB SESSION a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation ...L19 sl., orig. US
• GAM a talk; conversation, discussion ...1931 US sl.
• GASFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASOLOGUE a boastful conversation; a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HASHFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HASH PARTY a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUDDLE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUZZLECOO a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation ...L19 sl., orig. US
• JAM SESSION a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAWBATION a general 'confab'; a conversation ...Bk1896 colloq.
• JAWFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIVE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIVE SESSION a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KEGMEG an intimate conversation ...L19 sl.
• LEMON-SHOOT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOBS talk, conversation ...M19 UK tramps' sl.
• LOCUTORY a room or place for conversation; esp. a room in a monastery, or, in later use, a convent, where monks were allowed to converse ...1483
• MAG talk, chatter, conversation ...1778 sl.
• MAG-PIE speech, conversation ...L19 sl.
• MEG talk, conversation ...1778 sl.
• MOUTH-SHOOT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOUTH-TO-MOUTH TALK a private conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NATTER aimless conversation; incessantly complaining talk ...1866 orig. Eng. dial.
• NEWS gossip; talk, conversation; the subject of talk ...1844 Sc.
• ONTACK a discussion, a conversation ...1964 Sc.
• PADDY O'ROURKE talk, conversation ...1990s rhyming sl.
• PALAVER chat, talk, conversation ...1748
• PARL a talk, conversation ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLE a talk, conversation ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLEY a talk; a long conversation ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIAMENTING discussion, conversation, talk ...1830 Sc.
• PERLAVER chat, talk, conversation ...M18
• PIPE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPEFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT talk, conversation ...c1930 rhyming sl. for 'jaw' (rabbit's paw)
• RABBIT'S PAW talk, conversation ...c1930 rhyming sl. for 'jaw'
• RAG-CHEW a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAG CHEWING talking, esp. chatting or arguing; a conversation, discussion ...1885 US sl.
• RAP speech or conversation, esp. the spontaneous wise-cracking repartee of street life ...1920s sl.
• RAP SESSION an intense conversation ...1970s sl.
• RIFF the theme or gist of a conversation ...2000 UK sl.
• ROSE-PARLEY † pleasant conversation or discourse ...1582
• SAUCE talk, conversation ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAY a speech; a remark, a thing to say; conversation, discussion ...1844 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• SCHMOOS a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOSE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOZE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCHMUSS a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRIEVE a lengthy, familiar conversation; a learned dissertation ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SERMOCINATION † talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon; speech-making ...1514
• SKULL SESSION talk, conversation ...1959 US sl.
• SPOOFFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALE † the act of telling, relating, or saying; discourse, conversation, talk ...c1000
• TALKATHON an extended conversation ...20C jocular
• TALKIE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALKING-HOUSE a house where people meet for conversation ...1681
• TALK-OUT-LOUD a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALK-STUFF † matter for conversation ...1598
• TALK-TALK a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news ...1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TELLING a story, narrative; talk, conversation; news; anything worth revealing or telling ...1660 Scot & Eng. dial.
• TETRALOGUE †* a conversation between four persons or parties ...1649
• THRUM close and loving conversation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOGETHER-SPEAKING † a conversation ...c1425 nonce word
• TONGUE-WAG a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIALOGUE a dialogue, discussion, or conversation between three persons ...1532
• VERBAL a conversation ...1960s sl.
• VERBALS a conversation, a talk ...1997 UK sl.
• VISIT talk, conversation ...1988 US sl.
• WHITTER-WHATTER † chatter; loquacity; trifling conversation ... 1808 Sc. obs. or obsolescent
• YABBER speech, language, talk, chatter, a conversation; applied to the speech of the Australian aborigines ...1855 Aust.
• YABBERING talk, conversation ...1847 Aust. sl.
• YADDA YADDA YADDA predictable, repetitive, essentially meaningless chatter or conversation ...1993 US sl.
• YAP a conversation or chat ...1930 sl.
• YARN a chat, a talk, a conversation ...1852 Aust. sl.
conversation - person
• ANNIE NO RATTLE one who pipes up at the end of a conversation ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• YEA AND NAY MAN a simpleton, capable of answering only 'yes' or 'no'; hence, a poor conversationalist, a monosyllabic person ...L17 sl.
CONVERSE - verbs
• AUGER, AUGUR to talk, to converse, to chat ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BE AT BAT to have a turn in conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIRK to give a sharp answer; to converse in a lively manner ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOW-WOW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ-BUZZ to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAFFLE to perplex, to entangle a person in conversation ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CALL THE CRACK to keep the conversation going ...1785 Sc.
• CHAT-CHAT to converse; to gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW to talk, to converse, to gossip ...c1920 sl.
• CHEW OVER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW THE CUD to argue, to carry on a long-winded conversation ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE NAG to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW THE RAG to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW WORDS WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN to talk; to converse ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHIN-CHIN to talk; to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHITTER AND CHATTER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CO-EDUCATE to converse with the opposite sex ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CONFAB to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFABULATE to talk easily together; to chat, to converse ...1613
• CONVERSATE to socialize and chat; to converse with another ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DALLY † to talk or converse lightly or idly; to chat ...c1300
• D AND M to have a deep and meaningful conversation ...20C Aust. sl.
• DIALOGUIZE † to take part in dialogue; to converse ...1599
• DISH THE GAB to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISH THE HASH to talk, to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT A PECK OF SALT WITH ANYONE to have familiar conversation with ...1737 Sc.
• EXCHANGE CRACKS to talk, to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FABLE †* to speak, to talk, to converse ...1382
• FAN to converse, to chat ...1905 Amer. sl.
• FLIP THE GAB to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAM to engage in conversation; to make a call; to have a chat ...1851 US sl.
• GASH to talk, to converse, to gossip ...a1774 Sc.
• HAVE A BULLFEST to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE A CHATFEST to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE A CHIN WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE A FEW LAUGHS to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAZE THE TALK to turn the conversation to another subject ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLD TAG † to keep a person engaged in conversation ...1567
• INTERLOCUTE †* to talk with, to hold conversation with ...1621
• NATTER to engage in aimless conversation; to chat ...1943 UK
• PALAVER to chat, to talk, to converse, to argue ...1733 UK sl.
• PALLABER to talk, to converse ...M18
• PARL to talk, to converse ...1709-31 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLANCE to speak, to have a conversation ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PARLE to talk, to converse ...1709-31 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLEY to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIAMENT to parley, to treat, to confer, to converse; to talk for the sake of talking ...1610 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIE to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc.
• PASS A WORD WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASS THE BUCK to converse informally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PASS WORDS to converse briefly; to hold a short conversation ...1906 Amer. dial.
• PIPE to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PITCH PALAVER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POP ONE'S COLLAR to have a conversation ...2000s US Black sl.
• POWWOW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAG-CHEW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAP to talk, to converse ...L19 sl.
• ROLL THE GUFF to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT THE BREEZE to converse ...1941 US sl.
• SHOOT THE GIFT to talk in rhyme or rhythm; to converse; to rap ...1980s US Black sl.
• SHOOT THE LEMON to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOVEPIPE to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL to talk, to converse ...1955 Amer. dial.
• TOSS WORDS to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRADE CHATTER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YARN to converse, to chat, to talk ...1847 sl.
CONVERSELY - adverbs
• ECONVERSE †* conversely ...1547
• OPPOSITELY † on the contrary, conversely ...1681
CONVEY - verbs
• LACE to carry, to convey ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• VEHICULATE * to carry or convey in a vehicle; to travel or ride or drive in a vehicle ...1660
• WAIN † to carry, to bring, to convey ...a1300
CONVEYANCE - nouns
• CARRIAGE † means of conveyance ...c1450
• CARRIAGE-TRADE † the trade of conveyance, carrying-trade ... 1719
• VEHICULATION conveyance by means of a vehicle or vehicles; vehicular activity or traffic ...1834
CONVEYED - adjectives
• VECTITATION * the act of carrying or conveying; the fact of being carried or conveyed ...1656
CONVEYING - adjectives
• VECTITORY * of the nature of carrying or conveying ...
• VECTORIAL † capable of carrying or conveying ...1715
conveying - nouns
• VECTITATION * the act of carrying or conveying; the fact of being carried or conveyed ...1656
• VECTURE † carrying, conveyance ...1625
CONVICT - adjectives
• ABROAD of convicts: transported to a penal colony ...L18 sl.
• ABROADED transported to a penal colony ...M19 sl.
• ABS-LAGGY transported ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
convict - nouns
• LAGGING n. a sentence of transportation ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• LAGGING AND A LIFER transportation for life ...c1835 cant
• LAG-SHIP a convict transport ...c1810 cant
• YARD PATROL a group of convicts ...20C US prison sl.
convict - person (also see PRISONER)
• ABSENTEE a convict ...c1810 UK sl.
• BARROW-MAN a convict under sentence of transportation ...E19 sl.
• CAFFER a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped ...L19 Irish sl.
• CANARY a convict ...Aust. hist.
• CON a prisoner; a convict ...1888 sl.
• CON-MAN a former convict ...1930s US sl.
• DERWENTER a convict ...Aust.
(so called from the River Derwent in Tasmania, which, like New South Wales and West Australia, was originally a convict settlement)
• EX-CON an ex-convict ...1906 sl.
• FLAPMAN a convict promoted for good behaviour to first or second class ...Bk1893 prison sl.
• HIGH POWER a convict who, on the grounds of good behaviour and trustworthiness, is allotted a privileged position in prison ...1970s Aust., UK, & US prison sl.
• INNOCENT a convict ...1859 Amer. sl.
• JACK a convict ...1904 Amer. prison sl.
• KAFFIR a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped ...L19 Irish sl.
• LAG 1. a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude ...1812 cant
2. a convict who has finished his sentence or has been released on parole ...E19 sl.
3. any convict ...M19 sl.
• LAGE a convict ...2002 UK sl.
• LAGGER 1. a convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude ...1819 cant
2. an ex-convict ...1930s sl.
• LIFER a convict serving a life sentence ...1830 Amer. prison sl.
• LONG-LAGGER a convict serving a long sentence ...E19 sl.
• MAGPIE convict clothing (coloured yellow and black); hence, the convict who wears it ...M19 Aust. & UK prison sl.
• MAINLINER a convict who is part of the main prison population, rather than those held in punishment cells ...1940s US prison sl.
• OGRE a liberated convict who kept a house of refuge for thieves ...1843 criminals' sl.
• OLD HAND a transported convict; one who has been a convict ...1865
• OLD LAG an ex-convict or habitual convict ...1812 sl.
• PAPER MAN a convict holding a ticket of leave ...M19 Aust. sl.
• RABBIT FOOT an escaped convict ...1920s US sl.
• STAR a convict serving a first prison sentence ...1903 Brit. sl.
• SYDNEY-SIDER a convict ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• T'OTHER-SIDER a convict ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• VIC a convict; a 'victim' of justice ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• X an ex-convict ...1920s US prison sl.
• YARDBIRD a prisoner, a convict ...1956 US sl.
convict - verbs
• CAST † to find or declare guilty; to convict ...1536
• FALL to arrest or convict ...1873 sl.
• KANGAROO to convict unjustly, orig. as in a 'kangaroo court' ...20C US sl.
• SPIKE to get possession of; hence, to convict ...L19 US campus sl.
• TAG to catch someone; to convict someone of a crime ...1966 US sl.
• TAINT † to convict, to prove guilty ...c1375
• VANQUISH † to convict of some offense ...1502.
convict - phrases
• LAGGING DUES WILL BE CONCERNED this person is liable to be transported ...E19 sl.
CONVICTED - adjectives
• DOWN TO LARKING wrongly convicted ...c1945 cant
• TAINT †* convicted, condemned ...c1330
convicted - verbs
• FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned ...1873 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TAKE A FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned ...1928 sl.
CONVICTION - nouns
• BIG BITCH a conviction under any crime that carries a mandatory life sentence, or a sentence so long that it is an equivalent ...1960s US prison sl.
• BITCH a conviction under any crime that carries a mandatory life sentence, or a sentence so long that it is an equivalent ...1960s US prison sl.
• FALL an arrest and/or conviction ..1893 US sl.
• TAINT † a conviction; the conviction of a jury for having given a false verdict ...1530
• VERBAL a statement, usually untrue, by a policeman, designed to ensure the conviction of a suspect ...1960s sl.
CONVINCE - person
• HARD NUT TO CRACK, A a person who is difficult to convince, understand, or know ...Aust. sl.
convince - verbs
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
CONVINCED - adjectives
• SICKER having confident or certain knowledge; fully assured or convinced ...c1200 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
convinced - verbs
• SUP UP † to take in, to 'swallow' a story, to be convinced ...1579
CONVINCING - adjectives
• CONCLUDENT † that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
CONVIVIAL - adjectives
• BOON convivial, jolly, genial ...M16
• BREAK-DOWN riotously dancing, noisily convivial ...c1870 colloq.
convivial - verbs
• BREAK DOWN to dance in a vigorous or boisterous fashion; to be boisterously convivial ...1838 Amer. dial.
• FAIN happy, content ...1721 Sc.
• PAID † pleased, satisfied, content ...c1230
• SUFFICED † satisfied, content ...1590
CONTENT - verbs
• ARRIDE to please well, to gratify, to delight, to content with delight ...1599 arch.
• FADGE † to be content or willing; to agree; to make up one's mind to do something ...1592
CONTENTED - adjectives
• HOME ON THE PIG'S BACK very contented, happily or successfully placed, having arrived at a successful conclusion ...L19 Ireland, Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAFF cheerful, contented ...1911 Sc.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
CONTENTED - verbs
• SING O BE EASY to appear contented when one has cause to complain and dares not ...c1785 colloq.
CONTENTION - adjectives
• DEBATEFUL † of things: pertaining to strife or contention ...1580
• MAKEBATE † causing contention or strife ...1582
contention - nouns
• ARGIE-BARGIE a contention, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARGIE-BARGIEMENT a wrangling; contention ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ARGUE argument, assertion; dispute, contention, quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARGUFICATION an argument, a dispute, contention ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-WORD a contention, retort, reply ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BANGLING † petty, frivolous contention; squabbling ...1612
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• BARRACE † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
• BARRAT † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
• BATE † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIRD a point of contention or disagreement ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CERTATION † contention, strife ...1572
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• CRINKIE-WINKIE a contention; a pother, disturbance, commotion, turmoil ...1818 Sc.
• DEBATE strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• DEBATEMENT †* contention, strife, quarrelling ...1590
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIMICATION * the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife ...1623
• JANGLE contention, altercation, bickering ...1641
• JAR discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
• KAS-KAS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• KASS KASS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• LICKING POST. the moment of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...M19 US sl.
• LICK-LOG a point of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...1887 Amer. dial.
• OUTFALLING † a falling out; a quarrel; contention ...a1670 Sc.
• PALAVER an act or instance of contention or strife ...c1740 W. Afr.
• PUGNACITY the condition or character of being pugnacious; inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness ...E17
• RAGGIN the act of reproaching; a scolding; a debate, contention ...1825 Sc.
• SCRAMPING contention; eager strife to obtain anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIMULTY †* a quarrel or contention ...a1637
• SPUTE a dispute, contention ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TANGLING † contention ...1535
• THREAPING-DO a contention, quarrel, dispute ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-THE-MUIR a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1871 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-WUD-LADDIE a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1824 Sc.
• TOIL † verbal contention, dispute, controversy, argument ...a1300
• YED contention, wrangling; strife ...1719 Sc.
contention - person
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-DEBATE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1741
• MAKE-STRIFE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1617
• QUARREL-BREEDER † one who causes quarrels and contention ...1611
contention - verbs
• SOW DRAGONS' TEETH to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war ...1850
• TANGLE † to become involved in contention; to argue ...1535
contention - phrases
• IN THE HUNT in contention ...1957 Aust. sl.
CONTENTIOUS - adjectives
• ARGISOME contentious, inclined to argue or dispute ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGOL-BARGOLOUS quarrelsome, contentious about trifles ...1822 Sc.
• BARRATOUS † contentious, quarrelsome ...1430
• BATEFUL † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
• BATTLEFUL †* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• CAMPING † wrangling, contentious, scolding ...1642
• CAMPRULY † contentious ...1808 Sc.
• CONCERTATIVE † quarrelsome, contentious ...1730
• DEBATEFUL † of persons: full of strife, contentious, quarrelsome ...1491
• DEBATOUS †* quarrelsome, contentious ...1483
• DISCORDFUL * full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious ...1596
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• GLASTRIOUS contentious; boastful ...B1900 Sc.
• OPPOSITIVE * inclined to opposition; contentious ...1865
• PUGNACIOUS disposed to fight; quarrelsome; contentious ...M17
• QUARRELLOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding ...1556
• RIXABUND quarrelsome, contentious ...B1900
• TESTIF † aggressive, contentious, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy ...1526
• THREAPING argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, contradictory ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TOILOUS †* contentious, disputatious, wrangling, argumentative ...c1430
contentious - person
• ARGLE-BARGLER a contentious person; a caviller ...1820 Sc.
• ASS-BREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...c1944 US sl.
• DEBATER † one who contends or strives; a quarrelsome or contentious person ...1388
• DIGLADIATOR a person who contends or fights ...arch., literary
• RAIL a contentious person; a defamer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SQUARER † one who quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow ...1599
• THREAP a contentious or quarrelsome person ...1898 Eng. dial.
• THREAPER a contentious, argumentative person ...1899 Eng. dial.
CONTENTIOUSLY - adverbs
• DEBATEFULLY † with much wrangling, contentiously ...1611
CONTENTMENT - nouns
• SUFFISANCE † satisfaction, contentment ...c1374
CONTENTS - nouns
• GUTS one's insides, the contents; the belly; the intestines ...a1000
CONTEST - nouns
• BANTER a match or contest; a shooting-match ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• BARGAINING † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIMICATION * the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife ...1623
• HAIRLASH a close contest; something just about equal ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † a fight, a contest ...c1400
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
• NAIL-BITER an anxiety-provoking situation, esp. a very close contest ...1971 Amer. sl.
• ODDS-ON the odds-on-favourite in a horserace or other sporting contest ...20C Aust. sl.
• RETURN BOUT a repetition of a contest ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SMACKDOWN a bitter contest or confrontation ...US colloq.
• TILT an encounter, combat, or contest; a debate, a public dispute, a discussion; often applied in the 17th & 18 centuries to a duel ...1567
• YOKING † a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling ...1660 Sc.
contest - verbs
• DEBATE to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel ...c1489 arch.
• TILT to engage in a contest; to combat, to contend with; to strike or thrust at with a weapon ...1588
CONTESTANT - person
• FRONT RUNNER a leading contestant; the contestant most likely to succeed
CONTIGUITY - nouns
• TANGENCY state of contact; contiguity ...1819
CONTIGUOUS - adjectives
• ABORDERING †* bordering, neighbouring, contiguous ...1566
• ADJOINANT † lying next; contiguous ...1494.
• TANGENT touching, contiguous ...1846
contiguous - verbs
ADJOIN † to be or lie close, or in contact; to be contiguous ...1479
• MARCH to adjoin, to border on, to be contiguous to; to bound, form a boundary to ...1819 Sc.
• MEAR to bound, to border; to be contiguous with ...1894 Eng. dial.
CONTINUAL - adjectives
• NEVER-CEASING unceasing, ceaseless; constant, continual ...c1602
CONTINUALLY - adverbs
• AYE always, ever; continually ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAILY-DAY every day, continually, constantly ...1881 Sc.
• EVER AND END forever, continually; for a very long time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVER AND ON forever, continually; for a very long time ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EVERLASTING continually, perpetually ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERLIE constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually ...1829 Sc.
• EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERMORE always, continually ...1928 Amer. dial.
• ON AND ENDWAYS continually ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CONTINUANCE - nouns
• LAST * continuance, duration ...a1300
CONTINUE - verbs
• CHOOGLE to go; to drive; to progress; to continue what has been started ...1970 Amer. sl.
• PLUG AWAY to continue working hard at something, to persevere ...1947 sl.
• PROROGUE † to prolong, to lengthen, to extend in time or duration; to cause to last longer; to continue, to protract ...1425
• ROCK ALONG to continue in typical fashion ...US colloq.
• SUE † to continue, to proceed, to go on ...c1200
CONTINUING - adjectives
• DUREFUL † of long continuance; lasting, enduring, continuing, durable ...1594
CONTINUOUS - adjectives
• EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather ...1786 Sc.
• FOR ENDWAYS endless, without number, continuous ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PERDURANT * lasting, continuous, permanent ...1670
• UNCESSABLE † continuous, without stop ...1596
• UNCHEQUE † without check or stoppage, continuous ...1671
CONTINUOUSLY - adverbs
• ANEND to the end; straight-on; continuously ...1867 Amer. dial.
• AT A STRETCH continuously; at one and the same time ...1885 colloq.
• AT EVERY WHIPSTITCH frequently; continuously; from time to time ...1809 Amer. dial.
• DELAVERLY continuously ...1865 Sc.
• DELIVERLY freely, continuously ...1825 Sc.
• EARLY AND LATE at all hours, continuously, incessantly ...c1330
• ENDLANG consecutively, continuously, without intermission or interruption ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ENDWAY continuously, successively; without end or interruption ...1874 Eng. dial.
• EVEN-ENDWAYS in a straight course, without interruption or obstruction; from end to end, continuously, without intermission ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERY WHIPSTITCH frequently; continuously; from time to time ...1827 Amer. dial.
• HAND-A-RUNNING adv. consecutively, in succession, continuously ...1945 Amer. dial.
• HAND GOING in succession, continuously ...1911 Amer. dial.
• HAND RUNNING consecutively, continuously, in uninterrupted succession ... 1828 Eng. dial. or colloq.
• IN A SUCCESSION † continuously ...a1715
• ODDENLY continuously, without intermission ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON A RANK † on end, continuously ...1574
• ON A STRETCH continuously; at one and the same time ...c1832 colloq.
• RIGHT ALONG continuously ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT HAND-RUNNING in succession; continuously, consecutively ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SITH † continuously or ever from or since that time ...c1205
• SITHEN † continuously, ever since ...a1000
• SITHENCE † continuously, ever since ...1560
• SNUFF AND SNIFTER energetically, continuously ...E19 sl.
• SUCCESSIVELY † continuously or without interruption for a certain period ...1531
continuously - prepositions
• SITH † continuously or ever from a time, etc.; till now; since ...a1325
CONTORTIONIST - person
• LIMBER JACK a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...c1930 Amer. dial.
CONTRACEPTION see BIRTH CONTROL
CONTRACT - nouns
• GIPPO, GYPO, GYPPO. JIPPO contract work done usually on a small scale; part-time work ...1929 Amer. logging usage
• GYPPY contract work, a sub-contractor, a piece-worker ...1929 US sl.
• NOTICE a contract to do a job, esp. an illegal commission ...1970 UK sl.
• PACTION the act of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, pact, contract ...1471 now chiefly Sc.
contract - person
• GIPPO, GYPO, JIPPO a sub-contractor, a piece-worker ...1929 US sl.
• GYPPY a sub-contractor, a piece-worker ...1929 US sl.
contract - verbs
• INDENT † to bind by contract, to pledge, to make a compact ...1660 Sc.
CONTRACT (squeeze) - verbs
• SCROOCH to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) ...1851 Amer. dial.
CONTRACTED - adjectives
• SCRIMPISH contracted in dimensions ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CONTRADICT - verbs
• ABRENOUNCE † to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict ...1537
• ABRENUNCIATE †* to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict ...1618
• BANNEE to contradict rudely ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CALL AGAIN to contradict ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAM to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel ...1875 Eng. dial.
• GAINSAY to speak against, to contradict ...c1340
• NAY † to express dissent or contradiction ...c1325
• NAY-SAY to refuse, to deny; to contradict ...1773 Eng. dial. & arch.
• NEGATIVE to deny, to contradict ...1812
• NEGE †* to deny; to contradict ...1624
• OMPERLODGE † to contradict ...1809 Eng dial.
• THREAP to contradict ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWARTLE † to speak or act in contradiction ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMPERLODGE to contradict, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CONTRADICTION - adjectives
• GAINSAYING given to contradiction; stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority ...1489
• QUARRELSOME faultfinding, given to contradiction, litigious ...Bk1905 Sc.
CONTRADICTION - nouns
• ANTILOQUY † contradiction; a speaking against ...1656
• CALLDOWN a reprimand; a scolding; contradiction ...1895 Amer. sl.
• CAM contradiction, perverse argument ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GAIN-SAW † contradiction ...a1300
• GAINSAY contradiction ...1601
• IMPLICANCY †* entanglement, confusion; contradiction of terms ...1638
• NAY-SAY contradiction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAY-SAYING denial, contradiction ...1535
• OBLOQUITY †* opposition or contradiction in speech or writing ...1620
CONTRADICTOR - nouns, person
• OBLOCUTOR † a gainsayer, a contradictor; a detractor, a slanderer ...1603
CONTRADICTORY - adjectives
• BACK-SPOKEN adj. contradictory, gainsaying ...1889 Sc.
• CONTRADICTORIOUS † contradictory ...1608
• OPPOSIVE †* inclined to oppose, contradictory ...1676
• QUAARTISH contradictious and quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-GABBIT peevish, ill-tempered, quarrelsome; contradictory ...1897 Sc.
• THREAPING argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, contradictory ...1877 Eng. dial.
CONTRARIETY - nouns
• ADVERSITY † the state of being contrary or opposed; opposition, contrariety ...1382
• OPPUGNANCY opposition, antagonism, contrariety, conflict ...1606
CONTRARINESS - nouns
• ADVERSITY † contrariness of nature; perversity ...1489
• THRAWNNESS perverseness, obstinacy, contrariness ...1890 Sc.
CONTRARIWISE - adverbs
• ECONTRARY †* contrariwise, vice versa ...1512
CONTRARY - adjectives
• ADVERSABLE † that is adverse or contrary to ...1731
• ARSY-VERSY contrary, disobedient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENEEK contrary, impossible ...1960s S. Afr.
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• KICKY disagreeable, contrary ...1930 Amer. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTTY capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1846 Sc.
• OBVERSANT † standing over against, opposite, contrary; also, placed in front of; hence, familiar, well-known ...1579
• OPPONENT antagonistic, adverse, contrary, opposed ...1647
• OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant ...1513
• THIRTOVER, THURTIFER, THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWART cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TWORT cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• UDDERWAYS contrary, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACENTRARY, VASSENTARY subject to fits; contrary, perverse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• WRONG irritating, contrary ...1960s US Black & college sl.
contrary - adverbs
• ARSY-FARCY contrary, disobedient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IN OPPOSITE † on the contrary, on the other hand, besides, also, furthermore ...1549
• KIM-KAM † crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
contrary - prepositions
• TO-GAINS † towards with hostile intent; in opposition or hostility to, contrary to ...a1000
• TO-GAINST † towards with hostile intent; in opposition or hostility to, contrary to ...a1000
contrary - nouns
• OPPOSITION † that which is opposite or contrary; that which contrasts or counterbalances ...1596
contrary - verbs
• OPPOSE † of a thing: to be repugnant or contrary to ...1605
• QUART to thwart, to go contrary to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WORK BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET to take two contrary positions at once ...1930s US political usage
CONTRIBUTE - verbs
• ANTE UP to contribute money one is responsible for is expected to give ...1800s Amer. sl.
• CHIP IN to contribute money ...1861 Amer. colloq.
• DOB IN to contribute to a fund for a special purpose ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SHELL OUT to hand over money; to contribute; to pay ...1801 colloq.
• WHACK UP to make a contribution, a donation ...L19 US sl.
CONTRIBUTION - nouns
• RAISE a tip or monetary contribution, whether given voluntarily or extorted ...M19 sl.
CONTRIVANCE - nouns
• CAST † a contrivance, device, artifice, trick ...c1340
• FANGLEMENT something fashioned or made; an invention; a contrivance ...a1670
• GALLITRAP a badly-made tool, implement, etc.; a contrivance ...1885 Eng. dial.
• IMAGINEMENT †* contrivance, subtlety ...c1470
• MAXIM a plan, contrivance; an experiment; a fad; a crotchet ...1882 Eng. dial.
• ORDINANCE † the arrangement of plans; devising, contriving, planning; a device, contrivance, plan ...a1330
CONTRIVE - person
• ETTLER a manager, a contriver ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MACHINATOR one who contrives or schemes; a contriver, intriguer, plotter, schemer; usually in a bad sense ...1611
contrive - verbs
• BEFIND † to invent, to contrive ...1297
• BETHINK † to devise, to contrive, to plan, to arrange ...a1225
• CAST † to machinate, to contrive, to devise, to scheme ...c1325
• COOK UP to concoct, to contrive, often dishonestly ...colloq.
• ETTLE to plan, to arrange for, to contrive to the greatest advantage; to deal out in small quantities, to use sparingly and stingily ...1843 Eng. dial.
• FASHION † to contrive, to manage ...c1540.
• FRAME UP to contrive fraudulently ...1899 US sl.
• LAY † to contrive, to arrange ...1627
• LAY ABOUT † to contrive, to plan, to take measures to do something; to look out or make a search for ...a1618
• MACHINATE to lay plots; to intrigue; to scheme; to contrive; to plot; to plan ...1600
• MACHINE † to contrive, to plot; to devise schemes (against a person) ...c1450
• ODDS to fit, to make even; to manage, to contrive ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORDAIN † to plan, to devise, to contrive ...1340
• SCHEME to arrange, to contrive, to manage ...1879 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT † to prepare, to get ready; to devise, to contrive ...a1300
• TRIGGER to scheme, to contrive, to lay plans ...1888 Amer. dial.
• VAND to arrange, to contrive, shape, put together properly; to fit or adapt one thing to another ...1914 Sc.
CONTRIVED - adjectives
• BETHOUGHT † of a thing: intended, purposed, contrived ...c1200
• COOKED-UP specially contrived; expedient and dishonest ...1940s Amer. sl.
CONTRIVING - adverbs
• ABOUTWARD † orig, striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going ...c1400
contriving - nouns
• HAMMERING † a devising, contriving, or constructing ...1589
• MACHINATION the act or process of contriving or planning; contrivance, intrigue, plotting; an intrigue, plot, scheme ...1549
CONTROL - adjectives
• ALL OVER IT in complete control ...2002 US sl.
• COOLED OUT calm, unperturbed, in control ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• FRANTIC without poise or control ...1950s Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED under control; at one's mercy ...19C sl.
• SUBACT † subdued, reduced; brought under control or discipline ...1432-50
• TIPPIN' adj full control; on top of one's game ...1970s US Black sl.
• TOPSIDE in charge, in control ...L19 sl.
• UNDER THE YARD † under the rule, control, or discipline of ...c1386
• UNGLUED unstable, emotional, lacking control ...1950s
• WIRED certain and secure; totally under control; assured ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WIRED UP certain and secure; totally under control; assured ...1950s Amer. sl.
• WRAPPED under control, in hand ...1980s Amer. sl.
control - nouns
• ACKBAND control ...1929 Sc.
• BANDON † jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with ...c1230
• DEADWOOD an advantage or control over someone, the thing a member of the underworld fears most, usually arrest or being caught in the act ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• MASTERDOM † the condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, rule, ascendancy, control ...1588
• ORDINANCE the act of ordering or regulating; regulation, direction, management; authoritative appointment or dispensation; control ...c1330 arch.
• UNIWEALD † lack of control ...c1200
• WALD command, control ...1908 Sc.
control - verbs
• BOSS AROUND to direct or control someone in an offensively authoritarian way ...1850s Amer. sl.
• DAUNT † to bring into subjection, to subdue, to tame; to hold in subjection; to control ...1303
• EAT UP to take control of, to 'consume' ...1930s sl.
• FALL OUT to lose control of a situation ...1940s sl.
• GET IT TOGETHER to take control of one's personal condition; to get one's mind and emotions under control; to become organized ...1973 US sl.
• GET ONE'S ACT TOGETHER to take control of one's personal condition; to get one's mind and emotions under control; to become organized ...1973 US sl.
• GO OFF ONE'S NUT to lose self-control from vexation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO OFF THE HANDLE to lose self-control from vexation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO UP IN THE AIR to lose self-control from vexation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A CALF to lose control; to have an emotional fit; to have a fit of astonishment or anger; to become emotionally overwrought ...c1960 US sl.
• HAVE BY THE BALLS to have at one's mercy; to have in one's control ...1918 US sl.
• HAVE HOLD OF THE JERK LINE to be in control of the situation ...Bk1942 Amer. West. sl.
• HAVE IN LEASH vb. to have control over, to keep in bondage ...1560
• HAVE IT COVERED to have a situation well under control ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
• HAVE IT KNOCKED to have a problem, and esp. life in general, absolutely under control ...L19 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S ACT DOWN to be in full control of a situation, whether emotional, social, sexual, financial, etc. ...1960s sl. orig. US Black
• HAVE ONE'S LEG OVER THE HARROWS to be out of control ...1816
• HAVE THE DEADWOOD ON ONE to have advantage or control, esp. incriminating evidence ...1851 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE TAIL OVER THE LINES to be hard to control; to be stubborn or unmanageable ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HOLD ACES to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD ALL THE ACES to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD AN ACE FULL to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD EVERY ACE to effectively control a situation ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HOLD IN LEASH to have control over, to keep in bondage ...1842
• LOSE ONE'S DOG to lose control of a situation ...1910s US sl.
• ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct ...1595 rare or obs.
• SAM TOGETHER to pull oneself together, to collect one's thoughts ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A DROP ON to take control; to 'get a grip' ...L19 US sl.
• YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control ...c1000
control - phrases
• HE OWNS THE LOCK he has control over the situation ...1960s Amer. sl.
• TAIL WAGGING THE DOG, THE a situation in which the less important element or factor controls or influences the more important ...colloq.
CONTROLLED - adjectives
• UNDER HACK controlled and ordered by another ...1899 Amer. dial. online
controlled - person
• COOL HAND a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
CONTROLS - nouns
• BITS AND TITS the controls ...1962 Aust. sl.
CONTROVERSIAL - adjectives
• CONTROVERTISTICAL † controversial ...1704
• DEBATEFUL † of things: controversial, contentious, uncertain, questionable ...1587 obs.
• ERISTIC of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious ...1637
CONTROVERSY - nouns
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• CONTROVERSE † controversy ...16C
• DEBATEMENT † debate, controversy, discussion, deliberation, disputation, argument ...1536
• HEEKACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HEEKYAK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HICK-HACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PARL an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PARLE an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SHITSTORM a very great controversy, uproar, or fuss ...sl.
• THROW opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy ...1788 Sc.
• TOIL † verbal contention, dispute, controversy, argument ...a1300
• VELITATION * a wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, a debate, an argument, a dispute not carried to extremes ...1607
controversy - person
• ERISTIC one given to disputation; a controversialist ...1659
controvery - verbs
• CONTROVERSE † to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with ...1602
• VENTILATE † to carry on, to take part in a controversy ...1607
CONTROVERT - verbs
• REJAG † to controvert, to refute; to reply smartly ...c1440 obs. rare exc. Sc.
CONTUSION - nouns
• BIRSE a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
CONUNDRUM - nouns
• CARWITCHET a pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum ...1614
• GUESSING-STORY a conundrum, a riddle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUINOMBROM † a conundrum ...1659
• REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLEUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDLESS a conundrum, a riddle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
CONVALESCENT - adjectives
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAY in good health; well, convalescent ...1855 Eng. dial.
• KIDGED convalescent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ON THE LIFT convalescent, getting better after an illness ...1892 Amer. dial.
• ON THE MENDING HAND improving, recovering health; recovering from sickness or injury; convalescent ...1675 Eng. & Amer. dial.
CONVENIENCE - nouns
• EASEMENT † advantage, convenience, comfort, consolation, relief; furtherance, assistance; formerly also, gratification, enjoyment ...c1400
• HANDSOMENESS † convenience, handiness; fitness ...1530
• OPPORTUNITY † convenience or advantageousness of site or position ...1555
CONVENIENCES - nouns
• MOD CONS modern conveniences ...1930s sl.
CONVENIENT - adjectives
• EFTEST soonest, quickest, most convenient ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAIN † of things: available, handy, useful, convenient ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGLI orderly, tidy, careful, convenient ...1928 Sc.
• HAND-PAT ready at hand, convenient; off-hand, fluent ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † handy, ready at hand, convenient, suitable ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANTY † convenient, handy ...1725 Sc.
• MACK † apt, convenient ...c1440
• NECESSARY †* commodious, convenient ...1540-1
• NESSARY † near, convenient ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NUNTY handy, convenient ...1879 Eng. dial.
• QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
convenient - verbs
• SUIT ONE'S BOOK to be convenient to one
CONVENIENTLY - adverbs
• GAINLY † suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † conveniently, handily, readily ...1547-64
CONVENT - nouns
• CABIN † a cell, as in a convent or prison ...1362
• PARADISE † the garden of a convent ...1875
CONVENTION - nouns
• FANCOM a convention put on by fans ...1976 US sl.
CONVENTIONAL - adjectives
• BROMIDIC commonplace or conventional ...1906 sl.
• BURBED-OUT conventional ...1970s US middle-class usage
• CHICKEN strictly conventional in conduct; following rules too closely, esp. Army; misusing authority; petty, mean ...20C US sl.
• SQUARE conventional, conservative ...1946 sl., orig. US
• STARCHY said of someone who is very stiff or conventional ...1823 sl., orig. US
• STICK-IN-THE-MUDDISH conventional, conservative ...1936 sl.
• STODGY excessively formal and conventional ...colloq.
• STRAIGHT conventional, conservative ...1960 sl., orig. US
• WAY-IN conventional, conservative ...1960 sl.
• WONDER BREAD conventional ...1980s Amer. sl.
CONVENTIONAL - nouns
• CUBESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1959 sl., orig. US
• GAME a conventional attitude ...1967 UK sl.
• SQUARESVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
• SQUAREVILLE a conventional place or institution ...1956 sl., orig. US
CONVENTIONAL - nouns, person
• BROMIDE a person whose thoughts and conversation are conventional and commonplace ...1909 sl., orig. US
• CUBE an extremely conventional or conservative person ...1957 sl., orig. US
• DUSTY BREAD a conventional, conservative woman ...1970s US Black sl.
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• ICKY a stupid person, a person who is conventional ...1930s US Black sl.
• MIDDLEBROW a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person ...1920 colloq
• MOSSBACK a conventional person ...1878 chiefly N. Amer.
• MOSSY-BACK a conventional person ...1878 chiefly N. Amer.
• NATURAL a conventional person ...1967 Brit. beatniks' usage
• NORM a normal person; a dully conventional person ...1983 US sl.
• NORMAL a normal person; a dully conventional person ...1983 US sl.
• SQUARE a conventional person ...1944 sl. orig. US jazz sl.
• SQUARE JOHN a conventional person ...1934 sl. N. Amer.
• STICK-IN-THE-MUD a conventional person; someone unprogressive or unadventurous ...1733
CONVENTIONAL - verbs
• HOLD CLOSE TO THE WILLOWS to act cautiously and conservatively; to be conventional, conservative, or modest ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NORM to behave in an unremarkable or conventional manner ...2001 UK sl.
CONVERSANT - adjectives
• VERSANT versed in or conversant with a subject, etc.; familiar with; knowing the ways of ...1711 Sc.
CONVERSATION - adjectives
• COLLOQUACIOUS given to colloquy, discourse, or conversation ...1837 humorous nonce word
conversation - adverbs
• TEATABELLICALLY † at the tea-table, in familiar conversation at tea ...1768 nonce word
conversation - nouns
• AUGURING talking, conversation ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BACK-AND-FORTH conversation ...1976 US sl.
• BELCH worthless or obscene conversation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLABFEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip; a conversation; a discussion...1942 Amer. sl.
• BLARNEYFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOW-BOW a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUCK talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk ...1895 sl.
• BUKH talk, conversation; boastful, bragging talk ...1895 sl.
• BULLFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL FIGHT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL SESSION talk, conversation, esp. a conversation among a group of males ...1920 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BULL-SHOOT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL SHOOTING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL SHOVELLING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL THROWING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUTT-END a fragmentary part of a speech or conversation that one might overhear, just as it tails off ...E19
• BUZZ chatter, conversation ...1930 Amer. sl.
• BUZZOLOGUE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAMPLE talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation ...1867 Eng. dial.
• CHAT-CHAT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHATFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHATOLOGUE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAW a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAWFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAW-ROUND a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN a conversation, a discussion ...1894 Amer. sl.
• CHIN-CHIN a conversation; discussion; talk ...1877 Amer. sl.
• CHIN-IN an intrusion in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN-JAW idle talk; social conversation ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN MUSIC talk; conversation ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINWAG a chat, a conversation ...1879 sl.
• COLLOQUIALS informal conversation ...L19 UK society usage
• CONFAB a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFABULATION a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse; a chat ...c1450
• CONFIDENTIAL a private conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLAB conversation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CONVERSASHE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONVERSATING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONVO a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRICK-CRACK a talk, a conversation, a chat ...1856 Sc.
• CUDDLE-MUDDLE a secret conversation, often, with evil intent ...19C Sc.
• CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice ...1862 Ireland
• CUT-IN an intrusion in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAFF † dallying, indelicate toying; loose conversation, smutty language ...1721 Sc.
• DALLIANCE † talk, confabulation, converse, chat, usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion ...c1340
• D AND M a serious conversation, generally relating to personal relationships (Deep and Meaningful) ...1996 Aust. sl.
• EARBASH a conversation; an unwanted lecture; a tirade ...1944 Aust. sl.
• EARWIGGING a private conversation; a rebuke in private; a scolding or harangue ...1842 colloq.
• EXCHANGE OF CRACKS a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FACE-TO-FACE a face-to-face meeting, esp. a frank private conversation between two persons ...1986 Amer. sl.
• FANNING BEE a conversation, a discussion ...1928 Amer. sl.
• FAT-CHEWING a gabfest; a spirited conversation; gossip ...1957 Amer. dial.
• FEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAB the act of gabbing or talking; conversation, prattle, talk, twaddle ...1790
• GAB BEE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABBLEFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAB DISHING a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABFEAST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip ...1897 sl., orig. US
• GAB SESSION a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation ...L19 sl., orig. US
• GAM a talk; conversation, discussion ...1931 US sl.
• GASFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASOLOGUE a boastful conversation; a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HASHFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HASH PARTY a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUDDLE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUZZLECOO a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation ...L19 sl., orig. US
• JAM SESSION a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAWBATION a general 'confab'; a conversation ...Bk1896 colloq.
• JAWFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIVE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIVE SESSION a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KEGMEG an intimate conversation ...L19 sl.
• LEMON-SHOOT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOBS talk, conversation ...M19 UK tramps' sl.
• LOCUTORY a room or place for conversation; esp. a room in a monastery, or, in later use, a convent, where monks were allowed to converse ...1483
• MAG talk, chatter, conversation ...1778 sl.
• MAG-PIE speech, conversation ...L19 sl.
• MEG talk, conversation ...1778 sl.
• MOUTH-SHOOT a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOUTH-TO-MOUTH TALK a private conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NATTER aimless conversation; incessantly complaining talk ...1866 orig. Eng. dial.
• NEWS gossip; talk, conversation; the subject of talk ...1844 Sc.
• ONTACK a discussion, a conversation ...1964 Sc.
• PADDY O'ROURKE talk, conversation ...1990s rhyming sl.
• PALAVER chat, talk, conversation ...1748
• PARL a talk, conversation ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLE a talk, conversation ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLEY a talk; a long conversation ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIAMENTING discussion, conversation, talk ...1830 Sc.
• PERLAVER chat, talk, conversation ...M18
• PIPE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPEFEST a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT talk, conversation ...c1930 rhyming sl. for 'jaw' (rabbit's paw)
• RABBIT'S PAW talk, conversation ...c1930 rhyming sl. for 'jaw'
• RAG-CHEW a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAG CHEWING talking, esp. chatting or arguing; a conversation, discussion ...1885 US sl.
• RAP speech or conversation, esp. the spontaneous wise-cracking repartee of street life ...1920s sl.
• RAP SESSION an intense conversation ...1970s sl.
• RIFF the theme or gist of a conversation ...2000 UK sl.
• ROSE-PARLEY † pleasant conversation or discourse ...1582
• SAUCE talk, conversation ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAY a speech; a remark, a thing to say; conversation, discussion ...1844 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• SCHMOOS a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOSE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOZE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCHMUSS a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRIEVE a lengthy, familiar conversation; a learned dissertation ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SERMOCINATION † talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon; speech-making ...1514
• SKULL SESSION talk, conversation ...1959 US sl.
• SPOOFFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALE † the act of telling, relating, or saying; discourse, conversation, talk ...c1000
• TALKATHON an extended conversation ...20C jocular
• TALKIE a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALKING-HOUSE a house where people meet for conversation ...1681
• TALK-OUT-LOUD a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALK-STUFF † matter for conversation ...1598
• TALK-TALK a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news ...1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TELLING a story, narrative; talk, conversation; news; anything worth revealing or telling ...1660 Scot & Eng. dial.
• TETRALOGUE †* a conversation between four persons or parties ...1649
• THRUM close and loving conversation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOGETHER-SPEAKING † a conversation ...c1425 nonce word
• TONGUE-WAG a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIALOGUE a dialogue, discussion, or conversation between three persons ...1532
• VERBAL a conversation ...1960s sl.
• VERBALS a conversation, a talk ...1997 UK sl.
• VISIT talk, conversation ...1988 US sl.
• WHITTER-WHATTER † chatter; loquacity; trifling conversation ... 1808 Sc. obs. or obsolescent
• YABBER speech, language, talk, chatter, a conversation; applied to the speech of the Australian aborigines ...1855 Aust.
• YABBERING talk, conversation ...1847 Aust. sl.
• YADDA YADDA YADDA predictable, repetitive, essentially meaningless chatter or conversation ...1993 US sl.
• YAP a conversation or chat ...1930 sl.
• YARN a chat, a talk, a conversation ...1852 Aust. sl.
conversation - person
• ANNIE NO RATTLE one who pipes up at the end of a conversation ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• YEA AND NAY MAN a simpleton, capable of answering only 'yes' or 'no'; hence, a poor conversationalist, a monosyllabic person ...L17 sl.
CONVERSE - verbs
• AUGER, AUGUR to talk, to converse, to chat ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BE AT BAT to have a turn in conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIRK to give a sharp answer; to converse in a lively manner ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOW-WOW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ-BUZZ to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAFFLE to perplex, to entangle a person in conversation ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CALL THE CRACK to keep the conversation going ...1785 Sc.
• CHAT-CHAT to converse; to gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW to talk, to converse, to gossip ...c1920 sl.
• CHEW OVER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW THE CUD to argue, to carry on a long-winded conversation ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE NAG to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW THE RAG to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHEW WORDS WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIN to talk; to converse ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHIN-CHIN to talk; to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHITTER AND CHATTER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CO-EDUCATE to converse with the opposite sex ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CONFAB to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFABULATE to talk easily together; to chat, to converse ...1613
• CONVERSATE to socialize and chat; to converse with another ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DALLY † to talk or converse lightly or idly; to chat ...c1300
• D AND M to have a deep and meaningful conversation ...20C Aust. sl.
• DIALOGUIZE † to take part in dialogue; to converse ...1599
• DISH THE GAB to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISH THE HASH to talk, to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT A PECK OF SALT WITH ANYONE to have familiar conversation with ...1737 Sc.
• EXCHANGE CRACKS to talk, to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FABLE †* to speak, to talk, to converse ...1382
• FAN to converse, to chat ...1905 Amer. sl.
• FLIP THE GAB to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAM to engage in conversation; to make a call; to have a chat ...1851 US sl.
• GASH to talk, to converse, to gossip ...a1774 Sc.
• HAVE A BULLFEST to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE A CHATFEST to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE A CHIN WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE A FEW LAUGHS to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAZE THE TALK to turn the conversation to another subject ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLD TAG † to keep a person engaged in conversation ...1567
• INTERLOCUTE †* to talk with, to hold conversation with ...1621
• NATTER to engage in aimless conversation; to chat ...1943 UK
• PALAVER to chat, to talk, to converse, to argue ...1733 UK sl.
• PALLABER to talk, to converse ...M18
• PARL to talk, to converse ...1709-31 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLANCE to speak, to have a conversation ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PARLE to talk, to converse ...1709-31 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLEY to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIAMENT to parley, to treat, to confer, to converse; to talk for the sake of talking ...1610 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIE to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc.
• PASS A WORD WITH to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASS THE BUCK to converse informally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PASS WORDS to converse briefly; to hold a short conversation ...1906 Amer. dial.
• PIPE to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PITCH PALAVER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POP ONE'S COLLAR to have a conversation ...2000s US Black sl.
• POWWOW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAG-CHEW to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAP to talk, to converse ...L19 sl.
• ROLL THE GUFF to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT THE BREEZE to converse ...1941 US sl.
• SHOOT THE GIFT to talk in rhyme or rhythm; to converse; to rap ...1980s US Black sl.
• SHOOT THE LEMON to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOVEPIPE to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL to talk, to converse ...1955 Amer. dial.
• TOSS WORDS to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRADE CHATTER to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YARN to converse, to chat, to talk ...1847 sl.
CONVERSELY - adverbs
• ECONVERSE †* conversely ...1547
• OPPOSITELY † on the contrary, conversely ...1681
CONVEY - verbs
• LACE to carry, to convey ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• VEHICULATE * to carry or convey in a vehicle; to travel or ride or drive in a vehicle ...1660
• WAIN † to carry, to bring, to convey ...a1300
CONVEYANCE - nouns
• CARRIAGE † means of conveyance ...c1450
• CARRIAGE-TRADE † the trade of conveyance, carrying-trade ... 1719
• VEHICULATION conveyance by means of a vehicle or vehicles; vehicular activity or traffic ...1834
CONVEYED - adjectives
• VECTITATION * the act of carrying or conveying; the fact of being carried or conveyed ...1656
CONVEYING - adjectives
• VECTITORY * of the nature of carrying or conveying ...
• VECTORIAL † capable of carrying or conveying ...1715
conveying - nouns
• VECTITATION * the act of carrying or conveying; the fact of being carried or conveyed ...1656
• VECTURE † carrying, conveyance ...1625
CONVICT - adjectives
• ABROAD of convicts: transported to a penal colony ...L18 sl.
• ABROADED transported to a penal colony ...M19 sl.
• ABS-LAGGY transported ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
convict - nouns
• LAGGING n. a sentence of transportation ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• LAGGING AND A LIFER transportation for life ...c1835 cant
• LAG-SHIP a convict transport ...c1810 cant
• YARD PATROL a group of convicts ...20C US prison sl.
convict - person (also see PRISONER)
• ABSENTEE a convict ...c1810 UK sl.
• BARROW-MAN a convict under sentence of transportation ...E19 sl.
• CAFFER a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped ...L19 Irish sl.
• CANARY a convict ...Aust. hist.
• CON a prisoner; a convict ...1888 sl.
• CON-MAN a former convict ...1930s US sl.
• DERWENTER a convict ...Aust.
(so called from the River Derwent in Tasmania, which, like New South Wales and West Australia, was originally a convict settlement)
• EX-CON an ex-convict ...1906 sl.
• FLAPMAN a convict promoted for good behaviour to first or second class ...Bk1893 prison sl.
• HIGH POWER a convict who, on the grounds of good behaviour and trustworthiness, is allotted a privileged position in prison ...1970s Aust., UK, & US prison sl.
• INNOCENT a convict ...1859 Amer. sl.
• JACK a convict ...1904 Amer. prison sl.
• KAFFIR a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped ...L19 Irish sl.
• LAG 1. a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude ...1812 cant
2. a convict who has finished his sentence or has been released on parole ...E19 sl.
3. any convict ...M19 sl.
• LAGE a convict ...2002 UK sl.
• LAGGER 1. a convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude ...1819 cant
2. an ex-convict ...1930s sl.
• LIFER a convict serving a life sentence ...1830 Amer. prison sl.
• LONG-LAGGER a convict serving a long sentence ...E19 sl.
• MAGPIE convict clothing (coloured yellow and black); hence, the convict who wears it ...M19 Aust. & UK prison sl.
• MAINLINER a convict who is part of the main prison population, rather than those held in punishment cells ...1940s US prison sl.
• OGRE a liberated convict who kept a house of refuge for thieves ...1843 criminals' sl.
• OLD HAND a transported convict; one who has been a convict ...1865
• OLD LAG an ex-convict or habitual convict ...1812 sl.
• PAPER MAN a convict holding a ticket of leave ...M19 Aust. sl.
• RABBIT FOOT an escaped convict ...1920s US sl.
• STAR a convict serving a first prison sentence ...1903 Brit. sl.
• SYDNEY-SIDER a convict ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• T'OTHER-SIDER a convict ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• VIC a convict; a 'victim' of justice ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• X an ex-convict ...1920s US prison sl.
• YARDBIRD a prisoner, a convict ...1956 US sl.
convict - verbs
• CAST † to find or declare guilty; to convict ...1536
• FALL to arrest or convict ...1873 sl.
• KANGAROO to convict unjustly, orig. as in a 'kangaroo court' ...20C US sl.
• SPIKE to get possession of; hence, to convict ...L19 US campus sl.
• TAG to catch someone; to convict someone of a crime ...1966 US sl.
• TAINT † to convict, to prove guilty ...c1375
• VANQUISH † to convict of some offense ...1502.
convict - phrases
• LAGGING DUES WILL BE CONCERNED this person is liable to be transported ...E19 sl.
CONVICTED - adjectives
• DOWN TO LARKING wrongly convicted ...c1945 cant
• TAINT †* convicted, condemned ...c1330
convicted - verbs
• FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned ...1873 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TAKE A FALL to be arrested or convicted; to be imprisoned ...1928 sl.
CONVICTION - nouns
• BIG BITCH a conviction under any crime that carries a mandatory life sentence, or a sentence so long that it is an equivalent ...1960s US prison sl.
• BITCH a conviction under any crime that carries a mandatory life sentence, or a sentence so long that it is an equivalent ...1960s US prison sl.
• FALL an arrest and/or conviction ..1893 US sl.
• TAINT † a conviction; the conviction of a jury for having given a false verdict ...1530
• VERBAL a statement, usually untrue, by a policeman, designed to ensure the conviction of a suspect ...1960s sl.
CONVINCE - person
• HARD NUT TO CRACK, A a person who is difficult to convince, understand, or know ...Aust. sl.
convince - verbs
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
CONVINCED - adjectives
• SICKER having confident or certain knowledge; fully assured or convinced ...c1200 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
convinced - verbs
• SUP UP † to take in, to 'swallow' a story, to be convinced ...1579
CONVINCING - adjectives
• CONCLUDENT † that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
CONVIVIAL - adjectives
• BOON convivial, jolly, genial ...M16
• BREAK-DOWN riotously dancing, noisily convivial ...c1870 colloq.
convivial - verbs
• BREAK DOWN to dance in a vigorous or boisterous fashion; to be boisterously convivial ...1838 Amer. dial.