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COOK - COUNT
COOK, COOKERY, COOKING - adjectives
• BACK-HET † of food: twice heated or cooked ...1911 Sc.
• CAST in cookery: whipped, curded ...1597
• CULINARIOUS * pertaining to cookery ...1838
• MAGIRIC * pert. to cookery ...1853
• MAGIRISTIC pert. to cookery ...1892
• MAGIROLOGICAL skilled in cookery ...1814
• NEAR of food: underdone in cooking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAT of preparations, esp. in cookery: dainty, tasteful ...1611
• SCRIMPT of meat: underdone in cooking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
COOK, COOKERY, COOKING - nouns
• BABBLING cooking ...1962 US sl.
• CABOOSE a cooking shed ...1985 Cayman Islands
• COCTURE †* the act or process of cooking; a product of cooking ...1662
• COQUINATION † a cooking of food ...1658
• FRY-UP a quickly made dish or meal prepared by frying, often of cold cooked food ...1967 sl.
• GASTROLOGY the science of cooking for the stomach; hence, cookery, good eating ...1810
• HASTERY † the process or art of roasting meat; roast meats collectively ...c1420
• HASTINESS † a fanciful name for a 'company' of cooks ...c1491
• MAGIRICS * the art of cooking ...1889
• MAGIROLOGY the art of cookery ...1814
• PAN, THE a frying pan of food; a fry-up ...20C Ulster sl.
• POSH NOSH cordon bleu cookery ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDING-KEN a cook-shop ...19C cant
• PUDDING-SNAMMER a cook-shop ...E19 thieves' sl.
• SCOVIN the crust which adheres to a vessel in which food has been cooked; generally in plural ...Sc.
• SHACKLE-UP an act of preparing food in a pot ...1935 sl.
• SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN something prepared for eating by frying in a pan ...1816 Sc.
• TEX-MEX a style of cooking characteristic of the Texas-Mexico border region ...1949 Amer. sl.
COOK, COOK ASSISTANT - nouns, person
• BAB a cook (Babbling Brook) ...1936 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BABACHY a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BABBLER a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep station, army camp, etc. ...1919 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl. (Babbling Brook)
• BABBLING BROOK a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep station, army camp, etc. ...1904 Aust. rhyming sl.
• BEAN MASTER the cook ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BURGLAR a steward or cook ...1956 Amer. jocular
• BELLY-CHEATER a steward or cook ...1944 Amer. jocular
• BELLY ROBBER a cook or mess sergeant ...US Civil War usage
• BISCUIT ROLLER a cook at a camp or ranch ...1968 Amer. Western usage
• BISCUIT SHOOTER a cook at a camp or ranch ...1893 Amer. Western usage
• BOARDINGHOUSE MAN a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOBACHEE a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BOBARCHEE. a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BOBBERJEE a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BOILER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAN-OPENER a cook ...1918 US sl.
• CHIEF OF THE DISHRAG a cook ...1864 US sl.
• CHOW-SLINGER. a cook ...1917 US military sl.
• CHUCK SPOILER a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOKEE a cook; a cook's helper in the lumber-camps ...1776 sl.
• COOKEY a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
• COOKIE a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
• COOKY a cook ...1776 sl.
• DINERO a cook on a ranch or trail drive ...1920 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR a cook on a ship or at a camp ...1821 sl.
• DOCTOR, THE the men's cook on a station ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DOUGH BEATER a baker; a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOUGH BOXER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUGH-HEAD a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUGH ROLLER a baker; a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DRAININGS a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAINS a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIPPING a cook, esp. a bad one ...c1860 sl.
• FLUNKY an assistant cook in a mining or lumber camp ...20C US sl.
• FOOD BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRESH COOK one who uses little salt ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• GREASEBALL a cook; esp. a bad one ...1930 Amer. dial.
• GREASE BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREASEPOT a cook ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• GREASE SPOT a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREASE SWABBER a cook; esp. a bad one ...1958 Amer. dial.
• GREASY an outback cook, esp. cooking for a number of men ...Aust. sl.
• GRUB-CHOKER a camp cook ...1879 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-SLINGER a cook ...1912 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-SPOILER a cook; a ship's cook ...1883 sl.
• GUT-BURGLAR a cook ...1925 Amer. logging sl.
• GUT-ROBBER a cook, esp. a bad one ...1919 US sl.
• HASH BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HASHER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTERIOR DECORATOR a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KITCHENIST † one who works in a kitchen; a cook ...a1618 nonce word
• KITCHEN MECHANIC a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LADY OF THE FRYING-PAN a cook ...1809 jocular
• MAISTRY a master workman, a foreman; applied also to a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor ...1798 Indian
• MEAT BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MESS BOILER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MESS MOLL the woman cook ...c1928 Amer. stage usage
• MULLIGAN MIXER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• O.C. GREASE the master cook ...c1915 military sl.
• OLD LADY a male cook, as on a ranch or in camp ...1892 US sl.
• OLD WOMAN a male cook, as on a ranch ...1922 US sl.
• POISONER a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep or cattle station ...1905 Aust. & NZ jocular
• POT RASSLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT RASTLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT-RUSTLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT WRESTLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT-WALLOPER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEEN OF THE DRIPPING-PAN a cook ...1809
• SALLY THOMPSON a shearer's cook ...c1910 Aust. rural sl.
• SALMAGUNDY a cook ...18C colloq.
• SALMON-GUNDY a cook ...L18 colloq.
• SHEFFI a cook on a ranch or trail drive ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLER 1. the cook of a logging or construction camp; one who generally fried food ...1925 Amer. dial.
2. an unskilled cook ...1975 US sl.
• SLUM BURNER an army cook ...1930 military sl.
• SLUSHER a ship's cook; any cook ...L19 Aust.
• SLUSHEY a ship's cook, esp. as a nickname; any cook; any unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...1859 sl.
• SLUSHIE orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...1859
• SLUSHY orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...1859
• SPOIL-BROTH a cook ...c1860 colloq.
• STAR CHIEF a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEW BUILDER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEW BUM a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOMACH ROBBER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WATER BURNER a cook ...1950s Aust. sl.
• WHITE MARY a female cook ...Bk1892 Aust. aboriginal usage
• ZOUAVE a cook ...World War I Amer. sl.
COOK, COOKERY - nouns, person, other
• MAGIRIST * an expert in cookery ...1814
• MAGIROLOGIST * an expert in cookery ...1814
COOK, COOKERY - verbs
• BOX UP THE DOUGH to cook ...1907 Amer. loggers' usage
• BURN to cook ...1970 Amer. dial., Black usage
• COQUINATE † to play the cook ...1656
• DECOCT † 1. to prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, to cook ...c1420
† 2. to warm up, as in cooking ...1599
• FARCE † in cookery: to stuff an animal (a piece of meat) with force-meat (ground meat), herbs, etc. ...a1300 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to cook too hastily, to burn, to scorch; applied to badly-made toast or scones baked on an over-heated girdle ...1808 Sc.
• JABBLE to cook badly or with a want of skill ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MAKE MEAT † to prepare food ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MASK in cookery: to cover meat with any rich sauce, ragout, etc. ...1877
• NUKE to cook or warm-up food in a microwave-oven ...Brit. sl.
• PAD to coat with breadcrumbs or batter before frying ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PARCH to toast or roast foodstuffs, esp. nuts, grains, and the like; to pop corn ...1622
• PAT to coat with breadcrumbs or batter before frying ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAZZLE to warm at the fire; to cook meat so that the outside is scorched while the inside remains raw; to dry ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWL to scorch, to cook anything too much ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TEW to overdo in cooking; to make tough ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOIL † in cookery: to stir, to mix by stirring ...c1430
• WHIP UP to speedily prepare a dish or meal ...1849 sl.
COOKED - adjectives
• ENOUGH of food: cooked sufficiently ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SAM-SODDEN † half cooked, half done ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
COOKIE - nouns
• THUMBPRINT COOKIE a cookie with a depression in the centre filled with jam or other sweet substance ...1950 Amer. dial.
COOKING - nouns
• BIKE the hook of the crook from which pots hang over a fire in cooking ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANIDDLING PIE said to put off a child when they ask, "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GUNBOAT a tin can as an improvised cooking utensil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN-TREE, RAN-TREE † the beam over the fire on which pots, kettles, etc., are hung ...Bk1905 Sc.
COOKING UTENSILS - nouns
• BLACK DISHES cooking utensils, by contrast with glass and china ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LADEN 1. a dipper, a ladle ...1936 Amer. dial.
2. a food turner, a spatula ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MARMITE † a cooking utensil; a three-legged iron pot, holding about four quarts, to be hung over the fire ...1758 Sc.
• PALETTE a spatula ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PANCAKE TURNER a spatula; instrument used to turn over frying food ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RIGOUT cooking utensils ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COOL (temperature) - adjectives
• AIRISH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ARRISH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ARSH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SIDE rather cool ...1923 sl.
cool (temperature) - verbs
• ACOLD † to make cold, to cool ...c1230
• ACOOL † to wax cold, to cool ...a1000
• CALLER to freshen, to cool, to refresh ...1817 Sc.
• FRIGITATE †* to freeze, to cool ...1635
• KEEL † 1. to cool; to lose heat; to refresh by cooling ...c825 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. to become cool or cold ...c1420
• QUEEL to cool ...1867 Sc.
COOL (excellent) - adjectives
• COLD-BLOODED striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool ...1969 US Black sl.
• CRIT cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CRITICAL cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEADLY excellent; fantastic; brilliant; cool ...1960s sl. Aust. sl.
• DOE cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DOPEY hip, cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FUNKED-UP excellent; first-rate; splendid; wonderful; cool; sophisticated ...1990s US Black sl.
cool (excellent) - nouns
• BOMB something cool or good ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHERRY something good or cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEFFEST the best; the coolest ...20C teen & high school sl.
cool (excellent) - person
• CHILLY MOST someone who is very cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FUNK someone who thinks he or she is cool but definitely is not ...20C teen & high school sl.
cool (excellent) - verbs
• CHILL to calm down, to become cool; to relax ...20C teen & high school sl.
COOLED - adjectives
• ACOLD cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314 arch.
• Y-COLDED † made cold, cooled ...a1425
COOLER - nouns
• ESKIE, ESKY a portable drinks cooler, popularly filled with beer for cricket watching, etc. ...1950s Aust. sl.
COOLING - adjectives
• QUEELIE cooling; soothing ...1928 Sc.
cooling - nouns
• KEELING † cooling ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEEL a coldness, a cooling down, a chill ...1922 Sc.
COOLNESS - nouns
• QUEELIE coolness ...1928 Sc.
COOPERATE - verbs
• NEIGHBOUR to work together, to cooperate; to act as partners ...1872 Sc.
• NOT TO BUDGE A PEG to make no effort or movement; not to cooperate in the least ...1858 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO MOVE A PEG to make no effort or movement; not to cooperate in the least ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PLAY BALL to cooperate ...1902 US sl.
COPE - verbs
• FACE THE MUSIC to cope bravely with an unexpected emergency ...c1880 colloq.
• HACK to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with ...1952 Amer. sl.
• HACK IT to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with ...1952 Amer. sl.
COPIOUS - adjectives
• LARGE † ample in quantity; copious, abundant ...a1225
• RANK † abundant, copious ...1303
• SCOPIOUS copious, plentiful ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
• UBEROUS abundant, copious, full ...1633
COPPER - nouns
• DIKE stolen brass or copper sold as scrap ...1980 US sl.
• VENUS † in alchemy: copper ...c1386
copper - person
• TOSHER a man who steals copper sheathing from ships' bottoms or from dockyard stores ...Bk1892 nautical sl.
COPULATE - see SEX
COPY - nouns
• ECTYPE a copy, a reproduction ...1646
• MEET-MARROW an exact copy or facsimile; a fellow ...1900 Sc.
copy - verbs
• CABBAGE to copy ...1884 Eng. schoolboy sl.
• CHOMP to copy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• SAMPLE † to imitate; to copy ...1613-16
• SIMILIZE † to imitate, to copy ...1605
• TAKE AFTER to copy, to imitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OUT to copy; to write out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XEROX to copy, to imitate ...1990s US Black sl.
COPYCAT - person
• ME-TOO a person who imitates or adopts the behavior of another; a copycat; a tagalong ...1950 Amer. dial.
COQUETTISH - nouns
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET, SIMPER-THE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air ...a1529
coquettish - person
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET, SIMPER-THE-COCKET † a woman having an affected coquettish air; a flirt ...a1529
coquettish - verbs
• FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively ...1931 Amer. dial.
CORD - nouns
• BAND string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BANDING string; cord ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LASH † a string, cord, thong ...c1440
CORDIAL - adjectives
• AFFECTIOUS † earnest, sincere; cordial ...1581
• HEARTLY † showing genuine friendliness or warmth of affection, cordial, affectionate, kindly ...c1385
CORDIALITY - nouns
• HEART * kindly feeling; cordiality, heartiness ...a1656
• HEARTLINESS †* cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling ...1435
CORDIALLY - adverbs
• AFFECTIOUSLY † earnestly, sincerely, cordially, kindly ...1430
• HEARTLY † with the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; heartily ...a1225
CORDUROY - nouns
• BEGGAR'S PLUSH † ? cotton velvet or corduroy ...1688
• WHISTLE BREECHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BRITCHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE TROUSERS corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
corduroy - person
• WHISTLE BREECHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BRITCHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE TROUSERS corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
CORK - nouns
• CLOOP a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1848
• CORK-STOPPLE a cork ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUKE OF YORK a cork ...1931 UK rhyming sl.
cork - verbs
• CLOOP to make a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1872
CORKSCREW - nouns
• BOTTLE-SCREW a corkscrew ...Bk1911 Sc.
CORN - adjectives
• RICKING-RIPE dead ripe; applied to corn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
corn - nouns
• BEARD a corn tassel ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLOOM a corn tassel ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BLOSSOM a corn tassel ...1941 Amer. dial.
• END-PICKLE a head of corn ...1856 Eng. dial.
• HABBEN bread; hence, corn or food ...a1861 Sc. gypsy cant
• HABEN bread; hence, corn or food ...a1861 Sc. gypsy cant
• ICKER an ear of corn ...1523 Sc.
• MILK CORN an ear of corn that is just right for eating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MUTT-EYE corn (as a food) ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MUTT-EYES. corn (as a food) ...1940s Aust. sl.
• QUERN corn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RADICAL roasted corn ...c1820 sl.
• RIBBONS the husks left on an ear of corn ...1947 Amer. dial.
• WHISKY TREES fields of corn ...1939 Amer. dial. jocular
corn - person
• VICTUALLER one who deals in grain; a corn merchant ...1808 Sc.
corn - verbs
• SHOCK to remove an outer covering from; to remove from an outer covering; to open clams or oysters; to husk corn ...1856 Amer. dial.
CORN (growth) - nouns
• AGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGERNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
CORNBREAD, CORNMEAL - nouns
• ARKANSAS WEDDING CAKE cornbread ...1958 Amer. dial. jocular
• ASH BREAD cornbread made in ashes ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• ASHCAKE a cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ...1816 Amer. dial.
• ASHDOG a cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ...1914 Amer. dial.
• ASH PONE a cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ...1816 Amer. dial.
• BATTER BREAD cornbread made with eggs and milk ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BATTERCAKE fried cornmeal ...1833 Amer. dial.
• PAN MUSH fried cornmeal ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCRAPPLE fried cornmeal ...1965 Amer. dial.
CORNED BEEF - nouns
• ARMOURED COW tinned corned beef ...1940s sl.
• BULL IN THE CAN canned corned beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CANNED CATTLE corned beef ...1930s US prison sl.
• CANNED WILLIE corned beef ...1900s US sl.
• COW IN A TIN BARN canned milk; canned corned beef; canned beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOG FOOD corned beef hash ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HORSEMEAT corned beef ...1927 US sl.
• IRISHMAN'S TURKEY corned beef, often with cabbage ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH TURKEY corned beef, often with cabbage ...1926 Amer. dial.
• OLD BILL corned beef ...1910s US sl.
• OLD FRIEND AND SHAMROCK an order of corned beef and cabbage ...L19 US sl.
• RED HORSE corned beef ...1864 sl.
CORNER - nouns
• CANT † a nook, corner in a building; a niche ...1603
• CANTLE † a nook or corner; a corner-piece ...c1350
• CANTLING †* a small part, corner, section, or division ...1674
• CANTON † a corner, an angle; a retreating corner, angle, or nook ...1534
• DINYAN anything very small; a little corner; a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELBOW a forward or outward projection; a corner ...1626
• HALE † a corner, a nook; a secret place ...c897
• HALKE † a corner, recess, hiding-place ...a1300
• JACK HORNER a corner ...20C rhyming sl.
• JAMB † an angular turn or corner in a street or way ...1567
• QUINE a corner; in masonry: the exterior or interior angle of a wall ...1873 Eng. dial.
• QUINIE a corner in general; the external angle formed by the junction of two walls ...1704 Sc.
• QUINYIE † a corner ...1588 Sc.
• QUINZIE a corner ...1742 Sc.
• RAY a corner ...1891 Eng. dial.
• WRAY a corner ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YARRAGE an edge, corner, sharp point ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
corner - verbs
• BAIL UP, BALE UP to trap, to corner ...M19 Aust. sl.
• HEM to corner, to surround, to catch ...1939
• HEM UP to corner, to surround, to catch ...1941
CORNFLAKES - nouns
• ELEPHANT DANDRUFF cornflakes ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CORNY - adjectives
• MICKEY second-rate, corny ...1950s US sl.
CORPSE - adjectives
• CADAVERIC pert. to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse ...1835-6
corpse - nouns
• BONE-HOUSE a charnel-house; a building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled ...1799
• BUZZARD MEAT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1899 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD-BAIT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1851 Amer. sl.
• CARRION † a dead body; a corpse or carcass ...a1225
• COLD MEAT a corpse ...L18 sl.
• COLD MEAT JOB any case that involves a corpse ...20C police jargon
• COLD MUTTON a corpse ...L18 sl.
• DAB the corpse of a drowned impoverished, outcast woman ...c1850 sl.
• DEAD a corpse ...1971 Barbados
• DEADER a dead person; a corpse ...1853 sl.
• DEAD-MEAT a corpse ...19C colloq.
• DEADO a corpse ...1919 US sl.
• DEAD PORK a corpse ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• DECEDENT a deceased person; a corpse ...L16
• DUSTMAN a corpse ...L18 sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD the corpse of one who has been hanged ...M19 sl.
• GHOST † a corpse ...ME
• GROWN the corpse of an adult ...c1870 undertakers' sl.
• HEARSE † a dead body, a corpse ...1530
• INNOCENT a corpse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• MAGGOT BAIT an exposed or buried corpse ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• MAGGOT MEAT an exposed or buried corpse ...1975 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• MORT a corpse ...19C Eng. dial.
• PORK a corpse ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• RAGS AND BONES the corpse of a poor person ...1970s US Black sl.
• SALMON a corpse fished from a river (esp. the Thames) ...M19 cant
• TABLE-HOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1980s sl.
• TABLE-TOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1980s sl.
• WORM-FOOD a dead body; a corpse ...20C sl.
corpse - person
• TABLE-HOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1987 sl.
• TABLE-TOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1987 sl.
corpse - verbs
• CADAVERIZE to make into a corpse; to make cadaverous ...1841
• MAIL SOMEONE HOME to transport a corpse back to the US for burial ...1926 Amer. military usage
• TAG AND BAG to put a name tag on a corpse and place the body in a body bag ...1981 US Vietnam war usage
CORPULENCE - nouns
• BANNOCK-HIVE corpulence induced by eating plentifully; a corpulent person ...1790 Sc.
• VENTROSITY corpulence ...1891
CORPULENT (also see fat, obese, stout) - adjectives
• ABDOMINOUS having a paunch or big belly; corpulent ...1651
• BAGGED having a big belly; corpulent ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGIT having a big belly, corpulent ...1873 Sc.
• BAGGY corpulent, big-bellied ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARREL-BELLIED having a round and protuberant belly; corpulent ...1697
• BAUSY large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEER-BRUSSEN corpulent from drinking ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLIED big-bellied, corpulent ...1532
• BOISTOUS fat, corpulent ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOUKIT large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTIOUS thickset, corpulent, over-fat ...1854 Eng. dial.
• CORSIOUS † corpulent, big-bodied, stout ...1430
• CORSY † corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout ...c1440
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT-FED of a man: full-fleshed ...1607
• GOTCH-GUTTED corpulent, having a pot belly ...1694 Eng. dial.
• PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
• TOT-BELLIED corpulent, pot-bellied ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UNEATHILY hard to move, corpulent, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait ...Bl1905 Eng. dial.
corpulent - person
• BAGGIE a corpulent person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGY a corpulent person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGREL a person or animal that is corpulent and not otherwise well-grown ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BANNOCK-HIVE corpulence induced by eating plentifully; a corpulent person ...1790 Sc.
• BIG BOZO a corpulent man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BIG GUY a corpulent man ...World War II Amer. sl.
corpulent - verbs
• BELLY † to become corpulent or stout ...1641
CORRECT - adjectives
• ABOUT RIGHT correct, adequate ...1850 UK
• AVOIRDUPOIS evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BY THE BOARD correct ...World War II Amer. Army sl.
• CAKE-O all right, correct, safe, suitable, what is required, comfortable ...2001 UK back-slang for 'OK'
• DEAD ON exactly right; correct ...1888 US sl.
• OKEY-DOKE satisfactory, correct, good, fine, acceptable ...1932 sl., orig. US
• OKEY-DOKIE satisfactory, correct, good ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE NOSE correct, right ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• R right, correct ...1900s sl.
• SKEWGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEWVEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SKRUGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SQUEACHY fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1905 Amer. dial.
• VERIMENT † veritable, true, correct ...c1590
• VERISIMILITUDINARY † of persons: having a show of being correct in opinion or judgement ...1675
• VERITABLE genuine, real, true; not counterfeit, false, or spurious; correctly or properly so called ...1483
CORRECT - adverbs
• HOBBLE-DE-POISE evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CORRECT - nouns
• CARD, THE the correct thing; the 'ticket' ...1851 colloq.
• CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming ...1818 sl.
• CHESHIRE, THE the correct or best thing or person ...1841 US sl.
• DANDY, THE the 'correct' thing'; 'the ticket' ...1784 sl. or colloq.
• SUMPSIMUS a correct expression taking the place of an incorrect but popular one ...1545
• TICKET, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...1836
• TICKET FOR SOUP, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERITABILITY * a truth or verity; a true statement, correct account ...1864
• VERITY a true statement, a correct account, truth ...1533
CORRECT - verbs
• BEET † to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALIBRATE to correct someone's information or opinion ...2003 US sl.
• CORRECTIFY † to correct, to set right ...a1625 nonce word
• FIND OUT THE SCORE to get the correct information ...World War II Amer. sl.
• LISTEN O.K. to sound correct ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ORDER † to bring into order or submission to lawful authority; hence, to inflict disciplinary punishment on; to correct, to chastise, to punish ...1526
• READY to correct; to set a person right who is wrong ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REDD to correct, to set right; to rebuke, to scold; to sum up the faults of, to criticize ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIGHTIFY to rectify; to correct ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL to correct, to rebuke, to scold, to chastise ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CORRECT - interjections
• HOLE IN ONE! absolutely correct! ...1970s sl.
CORRECT - phrases
• THAT'S THE TICKET it's the correct thing, what is wanted, expected or fashionable ...1838 sl.
CORRECTION - nouns
• CASTIGATION † chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening ...c1397
• DICHELS reproof, correction; a beating, a drubbing ...1794 Sc.
• GRINDING-HOUSE a house of correction ...17C sl.
• HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling ...1818 Sc.
• PARADIORTHOSIS †* a false correction ...1658
CORRECTION - verbs
• NEED BOILING DOWN to need correction or rebuke ...1884 Amer. dial.
CORRECTIVE - adjectives
• CASTIGATIVE * chastising, corrective, punitive ...1641
• CASTIGATORY chastising, corrective, punitive ...1613
CORRECTLY - adverbs
• ACCORDING TO COCKER properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules ...1850 sl.
• ACCORDING TO GUNTER properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules ...:L19 US sl.
• ACCORDING TO HOYLE properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules ...20C sl.
• BY THE BOOK according to correct procedures; as one should under regulations, law, contract, etc. ...1840s Amer.
• PUKKA correctly, properly ...1920s sl.
• SINCERELY † without falsification or perversion; in a proper or correct manner ...1535
CORRECTNESS - nouns
• ELEGANCE † correctness of taste ...1660
• SINCERITY † n. freedom from falsification, adulteration, or alloy; purity,. correctness ...1546
CORRESPOND - verbs
• EFFEIR to be becoming, appropriate, to pertain, relate, correspond ...1705 Sc.
• MAT to fit; to correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAN to fit, to tally, to correspond, to agree ...1571 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANGE ALONG OF A THING to match or correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• READ to match, to correspond ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CORRESPONDENT - person
• EPISTOLIST † a writer of epistles or letters; a correspondent ...1743
CORRESPONDING - adjectives
• MARROW similar, corresponding, like, equal ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SUIT-LIKE † corresponding, matching ...1570
corresponding - adverbs
• A-MARROWS alike, equal, corresponding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CORRIDOR - nouns
• ORIEL † a portico, corridor, gallery, balcony, etc. ...1385
• PASS an indoor passage or corridor ...1818 Sc.
CORROBORATE - verbs
• ROBORATE † to confirm, to ratify, to corroborate (a charter, league, etc.) ...1432-50 obs. exc. Sc.
CORRODE - adjectives
• SUCCORROSIVE †* tending to corrode ...1541
corrode - verbs
• CANKER † to corrode, to rust, to tarnish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CORRODED - adjectives
• CANKERED † rusted, corroded; tarnished ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERFRET † corroded with rust ...1603
• CANKERY † rusty; affected as if with rust; corroded ...1744
CORROSION - nouns
• CANKERFRET † corrosion by rust ...1618
CORRUPT - adjectives
• BASTARDLY † degenerate, debased, corrupt ...1587
• BENT dishonest, corrupt ...1914 sl., orig. US
• CANKERED infected with evil; corrupt, depraved ...c1440
• CARRIONLY † corrupt, vile, loathsome ...1547-64
• CRONK obtained by fraud; dishonest, corrupt ...1889 Aust. sl.
• CROOK dishonest, corrupt ...1898 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CROOKED dishonest; corrupt ...1859 sl.
• FAST illegal, corrupt; hedonistic ...E19 sl.
• FUNNY corrupt; fraudulent; of playing cards: tampered with ...20C sl.
• JACKIE TRENT corrupt, untrustworthy ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bent'
• MANKIT defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled ...1928 Sc.
• PORK-BARREL corrupt ...L19 US sl.
• RANK corrupt, foul; festering ...1579
• SAD mischievous, troublesome, corrupt ...17C sl.
• SCALLYWAGGING acting in a corrupt manner ...L19 sl.
• SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent ...M19 US sl.
• SICK † corrupt through sin or wrongdoing ...c960
• SINISTROUS † underhand; dishonest; corrupt ...1600
• TAINT †* infected, corrupt ...1620
• TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1823
• TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1818
• TOUCHED WITH THE SAME TAR-BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1895
• UNDER THE BED clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
• UNDER THE TABLE clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
corrupt - nouns
• ABUSION † anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ...c1374
• BAGGAGE corrupt or foul matter ...B1700 Sc.
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
• GRAFT dishonest or corrupt activity ...1865 sl., orig. US
• GRIFT dishonest or corrupt activity ...1914 US sl.
• HANKY-PANKY jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing; dishonest or corrupt activity; deceit ...1841 sl.
• MALVERSATION corrupt behaviour in an office, commission, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this ...1549
• SHENANIGANS dishonest or corrupt activity ...1855 sl., orig. US
• SHENNANIGANS dishonest or corrupt activity ...1855 sl., orig. US
• VENAL connected or associated with sordid and unprincipled bargaining; subject to mercenary or corrupt influences ...1718
corrupt - person
• ADULTERER †* one who adulterates, corrupts, or debases ...1650
• CROOK a dishonest or corrupt person; a professional criminal ...1877 sl., orig. US
• GRAFTER a dishonest or corrupt person; a politician, official, etc. who uses his or her position in order to obtain dishonest gain or advantage ...1896 sl., orig. US
• LURKMAN a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who lives by sharp practice ...1945 Aust. sl.
• SCABBY SHEEP a person who has been in questionable society or under unholy influence, and become tainted; a corrupt person ...M19 sl.
• SHYSTER a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods ...1844
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
corrupt - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• ADULTER † to corrupt, to debase ...1382
• BEND 1. to pervert; to corrupt. to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor ...19C sl.
2. to allow oneself to be corrupted ...19C sl.
• BESHREW † to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt ...c1325
• DEBOISE † to corrupt morally; to deprave by sensuality ...1654
• DIVICIATE †* to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity ...c1470
• FADE † to deprive of freshness or vigour; to corrupt, to taint ...c1400
• FALSE † to falsify; to make untrue; to introduce falsehood into; to corrupt ...c1380
• GRAFT to act dishonestly or corruptly ...1859 sl., orig US
• GRIFT to act dishonestly or corruptly ...1915 US sl.
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MALVERSE †* to act corruptly in a position of trust ...1671
• NERONIZE to deprave, to corrupt ...1675
• NOBBLE to induce to behave corruptly; to induce a jury to return a corrupt verdict ...1856 Brit. sl.
• RORT to engage in corrupt practices ...1919 Aust. sl.
• SUBVERT * to undermine the character, loyalty, or faith of; to corrupt, to pervert a person ...c1375
• VENOM to infect with moral evil; to corrupt; to deprave ...a1300
CORRUPTED - adjectives
• ADULTERED † corrupted, debased ...1624
• VENAL easily bribed or corrupted
CORRUPTING - adjectives
• ADULTERING † corrupting, debasing, adulterating ...1599
CORRUPTION - adjectives
• BOODLEISTIC addicted to bribery and corruption ...1898 sl.
corruption - nouns
• ADULTERY † adulteration; debasement, corruption ...1609
• BOODLE counterfeit money; money illegally or dishonestly acquired or used; proceeds of corruption ...1858 Amer. dial.
• BOODLEISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1894 sl.
• BOODLERISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1887 sl.
• BOODLERY bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1887 sl.
• BOODLING bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1890 sl.
• SINK a receptacle or gathering-place of vice, corruption, etc. ...1526
corruption - person
• BOODLER one who practices bribery and corruption ...1894 sl.
• MR. CLEAN someone who makes a point of portraying themselves (sincerely or otherwise) as free of corruption, esp. in politics, business, sport or other forms of public life in which a proclaimed moral stance is useful ...1970s sl., orig. US
CORRUPTLY - adverbs
• DEBOISTLY † debauchedly; corruptly ...1604
• SINISTROUSLY corruptly; by underhand means ...1817
COSILY - adverbs
• BEENLIE, BEINLY pleasantly, comfortably, cosily ...c1450 Sc.
COSMETICS (also see make-up) - nouns
• ADDITION paint or rouge or powder for the face; make-up, cosmetics ...c1690 society sl.
• FACE a cosmetics kit; thus, make-up ...1946 US sl.
• FAKEMS cosmetics ...20C sl.
• GREASEPAINT theatrical make-up
• PAINT make-up; cosmetics ...1660 UK
• SPLASH make-up, cosmetics, esp. poudre de riz used to whiten the complexion ...M19 sl.
• TINCTURE † a colouring matter, dye, pigment; a dye used as a cosmetic ...c1400
• WARPAINT cosmetics, make-up ...1869 sl.
cosmetics - person
• APACHE a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
• COMANCHE a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
cosmetics - verbs
• PUT THE FAKEMS ON to apply cosmetics ...20C sl.
COSMETIC SURGERY - nouns
• FACE JOB cosmetic surgery designed to alter your appearance ...1982 US sl.
COSSET - verbs
• SUGAR-PLUM to reward or pacify with sweetmeats; hence, to pet, to cosset ...1788
COST - adjectives
• DEAR-BOUGHT bought at a high price, obtained at great cost ...c1384
• ON A SHOESTRING at very small expense ...1904 sl., orig. US
cost - nouns
• ANTE the charge or cost ...Amer. sl.
• ARM AND A LEG, AN a large amount of money; the cost of something ...1956 sl.
• BADGERING beating down the cost ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DAMAGE cost, expense ...1755 sl.
• DAMAGE, THE cost; price ...1755 sl.
• EARTH, THE the cost of something ...1924 sl.
• ONCOST extra or additional cost or expense ...1725 Sc.
• NUT the cost of a venture ...1912 US sl.
• TAX the cost ..1929 Amer. dial.
cost - verbs
• DO DAMAGE to cost a lot ...1997 US sl.
• EAT ITS HEAD OFF of a person or thing: to cost more than it is worth ...18C sl.
• EAT ONE'S HEAD OFF of a person or thing: to cost more than it is worth ...18C sl.
• KNOCK BACK to cost, as in 'that will knock you back a bit'; to be expensive ...1946 sl.
• LET DOWN to cost, to 'set one back' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PICK UP THE BILL to bear the cost of something ...1945 sl., orig. US
• PICK UP THE CHECK to bear the cost of something ...1945 sl., orig. US
• PICK UP THE TAB to bear the cost of something ...1945 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE BACK to cost ...1896 Amer. sl.
• SET BACK to cost; to be expensive ...1896 Amer. sl.
• SIT †* to cost one so much ...1377
• SUMPTIFY †* to make great expenses or cost ...1656
• TAX to charge, to make a claim upon one for an amount; to set the price, to cost ..1848 Amer. dial.
cost - phrases
• WHAT'S THE DAMAGE? how much is the bill? what's the cost? ...L17 sl.
COSTERMONGER (street seller of fruits and vegetables) - person
(street seller of fruits and vegetables)
• BARROW-BUNTER † one employed in wheeling a barrow; a female costermonger ...1771
• ILLEGITIMATE a poor class of costermonger looked down on by the mainstream costers, selling pea soup, sweetmeats, spice-cakes, etc. ...M19 sl.
• SPLIT ASUNDER a costermonger ...M19 rhyming sl.
COSTLINESS - nouns
• DEARTH † dearness, costliness, high price ...1632
COSTLY - adjectives
• CHARGEFUL † onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly ...c1529
• COSTIOUS † expensive, costly ...1340
• DAPATICAL † sumptuous, costly ...1623
• DEARTHFUL † adj. costly, expensive; high in price ...1786 nonce word obs. exc. Sc.
• DEARWORTH † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c888
• DEARWORTHY † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c1430
• DIGGING † dear, expensive, costly ...1837 Amer. dial.
• DISPENDIOUS costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous ...1727
• SALT of expense, cost: excessive in amount; costly, expensive, high in price. dear ...1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALTY expensive, costly, dear ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SUMPTUOUS † costly or expensive to practise or maintain ...1551-2 chiefly Sc.
costly - phrases
• IT'S LIKE EATING MONEY this is a costly business ...1887 colloq.
COSTA RICA - person
• TICO a person from Costa Rica ...1905 sl., chiefly US
COSTUME - nouns
• AGONY IN RED a vermilion costume ...L19 sl.
• GARNITURE apparel, costume, dress ...1827
• MASKEN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
• MASQUIN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
• TOILET manner or style of dressing; dress, costume, 'get-up'; also, a dress or costume, a gown ...1821
costume - person
• BLACKCOAT a man that is not wearing a mask at a costume ball ...1916 Amer. dial.
COSY - adjectives
• BIEN snug, comfortable, cosy ...1725 Sc.
• CANNY quiet, easy, snug, comfortable, pleasant, cosy ...a1758 Sc.
cosy - nouns
• SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet ...1815
COTTAGE - nouns
• BACH a farm-worker's cottage ...1920s NZ sl.
• BACH a vacation cottage ...1984 NZ sl.
• BAY one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland
• BEY a room of a cottage or house ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOTHIE a cottage in common for farm servants ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTHY a cottage in common for farm servants ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUT the outer room of a house, esp. of a two-roomed cottage ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUT-AND-BEN a two-roomed cottage ..1937 Amer. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• END a room in a cottage, esp. the parlour or sitting-room ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALL a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLAN 1. a partition wall in a cottage; particularly, that between the door and the fireplace, which shelters the room from the draught of the door; also, the inside porch formed by this partition ...1490-91 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. a house, a dwelling, a cottage ...1827 Sc.
• RENTS house or cottage property ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THACKY a thatched cottage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THALTHAN, THOLTHAN a half-ruined cottage ...1889 Eng. dial.
cottage - person
• BOWMAN a cottager; a ploughman; a cattleman on a farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
COTTAGE CHEESE - nouns
• BONNYCLABBER CHEESE cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BONNYCLAPPER CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUNG CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERMILK CHEESE cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• JACKASS CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MILK CHEESE cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN'S CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• POT-CHEESE cottage cheese ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUICK CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
COTTON - adjectives
• XILINOUS †* of cotton ...1656
cotton - nouns
• ALABAMA WOOL cotton ...1958 US sl.
• FUSSOCK a fluffy mass (of cotton) ...1881 Sc.
COTTON MILL - person
• LINTHEAD (derogatory) a cotton-mill worker; hence, a low-class White person; a hillbilly; an insignificant person ...1933 Amer. dial.
COTTON WOOL - nouns
• CADDIS shreds, rags of any material; cotton wool, lint ...1708 Sc. & Eng. dial.
COUCH - nouns
• BAKING-PLACE a sofa or couch ...1859 Eng. dial. sl.
• DAVENANT a couch, usually small ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DAVENET a couch, usually small ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DAVENETTE a couch, usually small ...1951 Amer. dial.
• DAVENO an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed ...c1955 Amer. dial.
• DAVENPORT an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed ...1902 Amer. dial.
• DAVINETTE a couch, usually small ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DAVVY a sofa or couch ...1997 US sl.
• DAY-PORT an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FEAST-BED † a couch for reclining at meals, a triclinium ...a1661
• LAIR that whereon one lies down to sleep; a bed, a couch ...a1000 obs.
• LOP a couch or sofa on which one can stretch out to rest ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SET a sofa, a couch ...1957 Amer. dial.
COUGAR - nouns
• BABY a cougar ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CATAMOUNT a puma, cougar, or mountain lion ...1794 US
• DEER-TIGER the puma or cougar ...Bk1897
• INDIAN DEVIL a mountain lion, a cougar ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PAINTER the American panther or cougar ...1823
• TIMBER CAT a cougar ...1967 Amer. dial.
COUGH - adjectives
• CHESTY of a patient: coughing ...L19 hospital nurses' usage
• HACKETING of a cough: dry, hard, hacking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKLING of a cough: dry, hard, hacking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HASK of a cough: dry, husky ...a1722 Eng. dial.
• HICKETTY of a cough: short, dry, hacking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cough - nouns
• BARBER'S BREAKFAST a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
• BARK a cough ...1871 colloq.
• BOICH a short, difficult cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFF a noisy cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHOCCY a cough after chocolate has been in the mouth ...2003 UK sl.
• CHURCHYARD COUGH a cough that is likely to terminate in death ...Bk1890 sl.
• DARREN GOUGH a cough ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• EPIZOOTIC a severe cough and difficult breathing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEYARD COUGH a severe cough, esp. one associated with tuberculosis ...1873 Amer. dial.
• HACKET a short, dry wearying cough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HASK a hoarse, dry cough ...1757 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KANI a bad cough, usually with a temperature ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• KECHT a consumptive cough ...1824 Sc.
• KIFFLE a troublesome or tickling cough ...B1900 Sc.
• ON AND OFF a cough ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• YASK a loud cough to clear the throat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAUP a cough ...Bk1905 Sc.
cough - person
• BARKER a cougher ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLOICHUM a person troubled by a cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOICHER one having a short, difficult cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KANI a person who has a bad cough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
cough - verbs
• BAFF to cough, to hack ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAICHIE to cough ...1808 Sc.
• BARK to cough ...1871 colloq.
• BASK to cough asthmatically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEIGH to cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELL to cough hoarsely ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOCHER to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOICH to cough with difficulty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFF to cough noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HACKER to cough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKET to cough in a hardy, dry manner; to hack ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARK to cough ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HARP to cough; to hack ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HASK to emit a short, dry cough; to clear the throat; to make noise as a dog does when anything sticks in its throat ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HATCH † to cough ...1733
• KECHER to cough continuously ...1896 Sc.
• KECK to choke; to make a choking noise in the throat; to cough ...1878 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE to cough, to choke; to make a noise in the throat while swallowing ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KIFFLE to cough when caused by a tickling sensation in the throat ...B1900 Sc.
• TUSSICATE †* to cough ...1598
• YAUP to cough ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YECK, YEKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Sc.
• YESK † to belch; to hawk; to cough, to clear the throat, to expectorate ...c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEX † to belch; to hawk; to cough, to clear the throat, to expectorate ...c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
COUGHING - nouns
• BARKING harsh coughing ...1813
• BOUFFIN continued coughing ...Bk1911 Sc.
COUGH UP - verbs
• GOB to expectorate, to spit, to cough up ...L19
COUNSEL - adjectives
• ADVICEFUL † full of counsel; skilful as an adviser ...1600
counsel - nouns
• ADVISAL * advising, advice, counsel ...1850
• ADVISEMENT advice, counsel ...c1440 arch.
• ADVISO † an advice, counsel, suggestion ...1591
• AVISE advice, counsel; opinion ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARAENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
• PARENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
• RAAD advice, counsel ...1822 Sc.
• RAD advice, counsel ...1822 Sc.
• RATHE † counsel, advice; help ...c1200
• READ advice, counsel, warning ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
counsel - verbs
• ACCOUNSEL † to counsel, to advise ...c1420
• BEREDE † to advise, to inform, to counsel; to plan ...a1225
• CAST HEADS TOGETHER † to consult or take counsel together ...1526
• DRAW HEADS TOGETHER † to consult or take counsel together ...c1381
• LAY HEADS TOGETHER to consult or take counsel together ...1551
• OFREDE †* to outdo in counsel; to outwit ...c1275
• PARAENESIZE †* to exhort, to advise, to counsel ...1716
• RATHE † to counsel, to advise ...c1200
• READ to advise, to counsel; to warn ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUN HEADS TOGETHER † to consult or take counsel together ...1523
• TAKE ADVISEMENT † to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve ...1375
COUNSELLED - adjectives
• YCONSAYLED † counselled ...1387
COUNSELLING - adjectives
• ADVISIVE †* supplying advice, advising, counselling ...1648
• CONSILIATIVE †* counselling, advisory ...1656
• PARAENETIC advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1656
• PARAENETICAL * advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1598
• PARENETIC advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1656
• PARENETICAL * advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1598
COUNSELLOR - person
• EAR-WORM a secret counsellor ...a1670
COUNT - person
• TELLER a counter, one who counts ...1895 Eng. dial.
count - verbs
• ACCOUNT † to count, to count up, to enumerate ...1303
• CLOCK to count up or evaluate ...1961 Amer. sl.
• QUINT * to count ...1911 Sc.
• TELL to count, to reckon up ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TENT to compare; to count, to tally; to take account ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BACK-HET † of food: twice heated or cooked ...1911 Sc.
• CAST in cookery: whipped, curded ...1597
• CULINARIOUS * pertaining to cookery ...1838
• MAGIRIC * pert. to cookery ...1853
• MAGIRISTIC pert. to cookery ...1892
• MAGIROLOGICAL skilled in cookery ...1814
• NEAR of food: underdone in cooking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAT of preparations, esp. in cookery: dainty, tasteful ...1611
• SCRIMPT of meat: underdone in cooking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
COOK, COOKERY, COOKING - nouns
• BABBLING cooking ...1962 US sl.
• CABOOSE a cooking shed ...1985 Cayman Islands
• COCTURE †* the act or process of cooking; a product of cooking ...1662
• COQUINATION † a cooking of food ...1658
• FRY-UP a quickly made dish or meal prepared by frying, often of cold cooked food ...1967 sl.
• GASTROLOGY the science of cooking for the stomach; hence, cookery, good eating ...1810
• HASTERY † the process or art of roasting meat; roast meats collectively ...c1420
• HASTINESS † a fanciful name for a 'company' of cooks ...c1491
• MAGIRICS * the art of cooking ...1889
• MAGIROLOGY the art of cookery ...1814
• PAN, THE a frying pan of food; a fry-up ...20C Ulster sl.
• POSH NOSH cordon bleu cookery ...Brit. sl.
• PUDDING-KEN a cook-shop ...19C cant
• PUDDING-SNAMMER a cook-shop ...E19 thieves' sl.
• SCOVIN the crust which adheres to a vessel in which food has been cooked; generally in plural ...Sc.
• SHACKLE-UP an act of preparing food in a pot ...1935 sl.
• SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN something prepared for eating by frying in a pan ...1816 Sc.
• TEX-MEX a style of cooking characteristic of the Texas-Mexico border region ...1949 Amer. sl.
COOK, COOK ASSISTANT - nouns, person
• BAB a cook (Babbling Brook) ...1936 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BABACHY a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BABBLER a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep station, army camp, etc. ...1919 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl. (Babbling Brook)
• BABBLING BROOK a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep station, army camp, etc. ...1904 Aust. rhyming sl.
• BEAN MASTER the cook ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BURGLAR a steward or cook ...1956 Amer. jocular
• BELLY-CHEATER a steward or cook ...1944 Amer. jocular
• BELLY ROBBER a cook or mess sergeant ...US Civil War usage
• BISCUIT ROLLER a cook at a camp or ranch ...1968 Amer. Western usage
• BISCUIT SHOOTER a cook at a camp or ranch ...1893 Amer. Western usage
• BOARDINGHOUSE MAN a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOBACHEE a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BOBARCHEE. a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BOBBERJEE a male cook ...1810 Anglo-Indian
• BOILER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAN-OPENER a cook ...1918 US sl.
• CHIEF OF THE DISHRAG a cook ...1864 US sl.
• CHOW-SLINGER. a cook ...1917 US military sl.
• CHUCK SPOILER a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOKEE a cook; a cook's helper in the lumber-camps ...1776 sl.
• COOKEY a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
• COOKIE a cook or cook's helper ...1776 sl.
• COOKY a cook ...1776 sl.
• DINERO a cook on a ranch or trail drive ...1920 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR a cook on a ship or at a camp ...1821 sl.
• DOCTOR, THE the men's cook on a station ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DOUGH BEATER a baker; a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOUGH BOXER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUGH-HEAD a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUGH ROLLER a baker; a cook ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DRAININGS a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAINS a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIPPING a cook, esp. a bad one ...c1860 sl.
• FLUNKY an assistant cook in a mining or lumber camp ...20C US sl.
• FOOD BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRESH COOK one who uses little salt ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• GREASEBALL a cook; esp. a bad one ...1930 Amer. dial.
• GREASE BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREASEPOT a cook ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• GREASE SPOT a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREASE SWABBER a cook; esp. a bad one ...1958 Amer. dial.
• GREASY an outback cook, esp. cooking for a number of men ...Aust. sl.
• GRUB-CHOKER a camp cook ...1879 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-SLINGER a cook ...1912 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-SPOILER a cook; a ship's cook ...1883 sl.
• GUT-BURGLAR a cook ...1925 Amer. logging sl.
• GUT-ROBBER a cook, esp. a bad one ...1919 US sl.
• HASH BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HASHER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTERIOR DECORATOR a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KITCHENIST † one who works in a kitchen; a cook ...a1618 nonce word
• KITCHEN MECHANIC a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LADY OF THE FRYING-PAN a cook ...1809 jocular
• MAISTRY a master workman, a foreman; applied also to a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor ...1798 Indian
• MEAT BURNER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MESS BOILER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MESS MOLL the woman cook ...c1928 Amer. stage usage
• MULLIGAN MIXER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• O.C. GREASE the master cook ...c1915 military sl.
• OLD LADY a male cook, as on a ranch or in camp ...1892 US sl.
• OLD WOMAN a male cook, as on a ranch ...1922 US sl.
• POISONER a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep or cattle station ...1905 Aust. & NZ jocular
• POT RASSLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT RASTLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT-RUSTLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT WRESTLER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POT-WALLOPER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEEN OF THE DRIPPING-PAN a cook ...1809
• SALLY THOMPSON a shearer's cook ...c1910 Aust. rural sl.
• SALMAGUNDY a cook ...18C colloq.
• SALMON-GUNDY a cook ...L18 colloq.
• SHEFFI a cook on a ranch or trail drive ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLER 1. the cook of a logging or construction camp; one who generally fried food ...1925 Amer. dial.
2. an unskilled cook ...1975 US sl.
• SLUM BURNER an army cook ...1930 military sl.
• SLUSHER a ship's cook; any cook ...L19 Aust.
• SLUSHEY a ship's cook, esp. as a nickname; any cook; any unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...1859 sl.
• SLUSHIE orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...1859
• SLUSHY orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...1859
• SPOIL-BROTH a cook ...c1860 colloq.
• STAR CHIEF a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEW BUILDER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEW BUM a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOMACH ROBBER a cook ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WATER BURNER a cook ...1950s Aust. sl.
• WHITE MARY a female cook ...Bk1892 Aust. aboriginal usage
• ZOUAVE a cook ...World War I Amer. sl.
COOK, COOKERY - nouns, person, other
• MAGIRIST * an expert in cookery ...1814
• MAGIROLOGIST * an expert in cookery ...1814
COOK, COOKERY - verbs
• BOX UP THE DOUGH to cook ...1907 Amer. loggers' usage
• BURN to cook ...1970 Amer. dial., Black usage
• COQUINATE † to play the cook ...1656
• DECOCT † 1. to prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, to cook ...c1420
† 2. to warm up, as in cooking ...1599
• FARCE † in cookery: to stuff an animal (a piece of meat) with force-meat (ground meat), herbs, etc. ...a1300 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to cook too hastily, to burn, to scorch; applied to badly-made toast or scones baked on an over-heated girdle ...1808 Sc.
• JABBLE to cook badly or with a want of skill ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MAKE MEAT † to prepare food ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MASK in cookery: to cover meat with any rich sauce, ragout, etc. ...1877
• NUKE to cook or warm-up food in a microwave-oven ...Brit. sl.
• PAD to coat with breadcrumbs or batter before frying ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PARCH to toast or roast foodstuffs, esp. nuts, grains, and the like; to pop corn ...1622
• PAT to coat with breadcrumbs or batter before frying ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAZZLE to warm at the fire; to cook meat so that the outside is scorched while the inside remains raw; to dry ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWL to scorch, to cook anything too much ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TEW to overdo in cooking; to make tough ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOIL † in cookery: to stir, to mix by stirring ...c1430
• WHIP UP to speedily prepare a dish or meal ...1849 sl.
COOKED - adjectives
• ENOUGH of food: cooked sufficiently ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SAM-SODDEN † half cooked, half done ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
COOKIE - nouns
• THUMBPRINT COOKIE a cookie with a depression in the centre filled with jam or other sweet substance ...1950 Amer. dial.
COOKING - nouns
• BIKE the hook of the crook from which pots hang over a fire in cooking ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANIDDLING PIE said to put off a child when they ask, "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GUNBOAT a tin can as an improvised cooking utensil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN-TREE, RAN-TREE † the beam over the fire on which pots, kettles, etc., are hung ...Bk1905 Sc.
COOKING UTENSILS - nouns
• BLACK DISHES cooking utensils, by contrast with glass and china ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LADEN 1. a dipper, a ladle ...1936 Amer. dial.
2. a food turner, a spatula ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MARMITE † a cooking utensil; a three-legged iron pot, holding about four quarts, to be hung over the fire ...1758 Sc.
• PALETTE a spatula ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PANCAKE TURNER a spatula; instrument used to turn over frying food ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RIGOUT cooking utensils ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
COOL (temperature) - adjectives
• AIRISH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ARRISH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ARSH chilly, cool ...1878 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SIDE rather cool ...1923 sl.
cool (temperature) - verbs
• ACOLD † to make cold, to cool ...c1230
• ACOOL † to wax cold, to cool ...a1000
• CALLER to freshen, to cool, to refresh ...1817 Sc.
• FRIGITATE †* to freeze, to cool ...1635
• KEEL † 1. to cool; to lose heat; to refresh by cooling ...c825 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. to become cool or cold ...c1420
• QUEEL to cool ...1867 Sc.
COOL (excellent) - adjectives
• COLD-BLOODED striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool ...1969 US Black sl.
• CRIT cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CRITICAL cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEADLY excellent; fantastic; brilliant; cool ...1960s sl. Aust. sl.
• DOE cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DOPEY hip, cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FUNKED-UP excellent; first-rate; splendid; wonderful; cool; sophisticated ...1990s US Black sl.
cool (excellent) - nouns
• BOMB something cool or good ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHERRY something good or cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEFFEST the best; the coolest ...20C teen & high school sl.
cool (excellent) - person
• CHILLY MOST someone who is very cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FUNK someone who thinks he or she is cool but definitely is not ...20C teen & high school sl.
cool (excellent) - verbs
• CHILL to calm down, to become cool; to relax ...20C teen & high school sl.
COOLED - adjectives
• ACOLD cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314 arch.
• Y-COLDED † made cold, cooled ...a1425
COOLER - nouns
• ESKIE, ESKY a portable drinks cooler, popularly filled with beer for cricket watching, etc. ...1950s Aust. sl.
COOLING - adjectives
• QUEELIE cooling; soothing ...1928 Sc.
cooling - nouns
• KEELING † cooling ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEEL a coldness, a cooling down, a chill ...1922 Sc.
COOLNESS - nouns
• QUEELIE coolness ...1928 Sc.
COOPERATE - verbs
• NEIGHBOUR to work together, to cooperate; to act as partners ...1872 Sc.
• NOT TO BUDGE A PEG to make no effort or movement; not to cooperate in the least ...1858 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO MOVE A PEG to make no effort or movement; not to cooperate in the least ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PLAY BALL to cooperate ...1902 US sl.
COPE - verbs
• FACE THE MUSIC to cope bravely with an unexpected emergency ...c1880 colloq.
• HACK to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with ...1952 Amer. sl.
• HACK IT to accomplish or manage successfully; to cope with ...1952 Amer. sl.
COPIOUS - adjectives
• LARGE † ample in quantity; copious, abundant ...a1225
• RANK † abundant, copious ...1303
• SCOPIOUS copious, plentiful ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
• UBEROUS abundant, copious, full ...1633
COPPER - nouns
• DIKE stolen brass or copper sold as scrap ...1980 US sl.
• VENUS † in alchemy: copper ...c1386
copper - person
• TOSHER a man who steals copper sheathing from ships' bottoms or from dockyard stores ...Bk1892 nautical sl.
COPULATE - see SEX
COPY - nouns
• ECTYPE a copy, a reproduction ...1646
• MEET-MARROW an exact copy or facsimile; a fellow ...1900 Sc.
copy - verbs
• CABBAGE to copy ...1884 Eng. schoolboy sl.
• CHOMP to copy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• SAMPLE † to imitate; to copy ...1613-16
• SIMILIZE † to imitate, to copy ...1605
• TAKE AFTER to copy, to imitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OUT to copy; to write out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XEROX to copy, to imitate ...1990s US Black sl.
COPYCAT - person
• ME-TOO a person who imitates or adopts the behavior of another; a copycat; a tagalong ...1950 Amer. dial.
COQUETTISH - nouns
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET, SIMPER-THE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air ...a1529
coquettish - person
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET, SIMPER-THE-COCKET † a woman having an affected coquettish air; a flirt ...a1529
coquettish - verbs
• FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively ...1931 Amer. dial.
CORD - nouns
• BAND string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BANDING string; cord ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LASH † a string, cord, thong ...c1440
CORDIAL - adjectives
• AFFECTIOUS † earnest, sincere; cordial ...1581
• HEARTLY † showing genuine friendliness or warmth of affection, cordial, affectionate, kindly ...c1385
CORDIALITY - nouns
• HEART * kindly feeling; cordiality, heartiness ...a1656
• HEARTLINESS †* cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling ...1435
CORDIALLY - adverbs
• AFFECTIOUSLY † earnestly, sincerely, cordially, kindly ...1430
• HEARTLY † with the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; heartily ...a1225
CORDUROY - nouns
• BEGGAR'S PLUSH † ? cotton velvet or corduroy ...1688
• WHISTLE BREECHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BRITCHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE TROUSERS corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
corduroy - person
• WHISTLE BREECHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BRITCHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE TROUSERS corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
CORK - nouns
• CLOOP a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1848
• CORK-STOPPLE a cork ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUKE OF YORK a cork ...1931 UK rhyming sl.
cork - verbs
• CLOOP to make a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1872
CORKSCREW - nouns
• BOTTLE-SCREW a corkscrew ...Bk1911 Sc.
CORN - adjectives
• RICKING-RIPE dead ripe; applied to corn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
corn - nouns
• BEARD a corn tassel ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLOOM a corn tassel ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BLOSSOM a corn tassel ...1941 Amer. dial.
• END-PICKLE a head of corn ...1856 Eng. dial.
• HABBEN bread; hence, corn or food ...a1861 Sc. gypsy cant
• HABEN bread; hence, corn or food ...a1861 Sc. gypsy cant
• ICKER an ear of corn ...1523 Sc.
• MILK CORN an ear of corn that is just right for eating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MUTT-EYE corn (as a food) ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MUTT-EYES. corn (as a food) ...1940s Aust. sl.
• QUERN corn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RADICAL roasted corn ...c1820 sl.
• RIBBONS the husks left on an ear of corn ...1947 Amer. dial.
• WHISKY TREES fields of corn ...1939 Amer. dial. jocular
corn - person
• VICTUALLER one who deals in grain; a corn merchant ...1808 Sc.
corn - verbs
• SHOCK to remove an outer covering from; to remove from an outer covering; to open clams or oysters; to husk corn ...1856 Amer. dial.
CORN (growth) - nouns
• AGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGERNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NANGNAIL a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail ...1790 Eng. dial.
CORNBREAD, CORNMEAL - nouns
• ARKANSAS WEDDING CAKE cornbread ...1958 Amer. dial. jocular
• ASH BREAD cornbread made in ashes ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• ASHCAKE a cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ...1816 Amer. dial.
• ASHDOG a cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ...1914 Amer. dial.
• ASH PONE a cornmeal bread baked in hot ashes ...1816 Amer. dial.
• BATTER BREAD cornbread made with eggs and milk ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BATTERCAKE fried cornmeal ...1833 Amer. dial.
• PAN MUSH fried cornmeal ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCRAPPLE fried cornmeal ...1965 Amer. dial.
CORNED BEEF - nouns
• ARMOURED COW tinned corned beef ...1940s sl.
• BULL IN THE CAN canned corned beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CANNED CATTLE corned beef ...1930s US prison sl.
• CANNED WILLIE corned beef ...1900s US sl.
• COW IN A TIN BARN canned milk; canned corned beef; canned beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOG FOOD corned beef hash ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HORSEMEAT corned beef ...1927 US sl.
• IRISHMAN'S TURKEY corned beef, often with cabbage ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH TURKEY corned beef, often with cabbage ...1926 Amer. dial.
• OLD BILL corned beef ...1910s US sl.
• OLD FRIEND AND SHAMROCK an order of corned beef and cabbage ...L19 US sl.
• RED HORSE corned beef ...1864 sl.
CORNER - nouns
• CANT † a nook, corner in a building; a niche ...1603
• CANTLE † a nook or corner; a corner-piece ...c1350
• CANTLING †* a small part, corner, section, or division ...1674
• CANTON † a corner, an angle; a retreating corner, angle, or nook ...1534
• DINYAN anything very small; a little corner; a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELBOW a forward or outward projection; a corner ...1626
• HALE † a corner, a nook; a secret place ...c897
• HALKE † a corner, recess, hiding-place ...a1300
• JACK HORNER a corner ...20C rhyming sl.
• JAMB † an angular turn or corner in a street or way ...1567
• QUINE a corner; in masonry: the exterior or interior angle of a wall ...1873 Eng. dial.
• QUINIE a corner in general; the external angle formed by the junction of two walls ...1704 Sc.
• QUINYIE † a corner ...1588 Sc.
• QUINZIE a corner ...1742 Sc.
• RAY a corner ...1891 Eng. dial.
• WRAY a corner ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YARRAGE an edge, corner, sharp point ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
corner - verbs
• BAIL UP, BALE UP to trap, to corner ...M19 Aust. sl.
• HEM to corner, to surround, to catch ...1939
• HEM UP to corner, to surround, to catch ...1941
CORNFLAKES - nouns
• ELEPHANT DANDRUFF cornflakes ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CORNY - adjectives
• MICKEY second-rate, corny ...1950s US sl.
CORPSE - adjectives
• CADAVERIC pert. to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse ...1835-6
corpse - nouns
• BONE-HOUSE a charnel-house; a building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled ...1799
• BUZZARD MEAT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1899 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD-BAIT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1851 Amer. sl.
• CARRION † a dead body; a corpse or carcass ...a1225
• COLD MEAT a corpse ...L18 sl.
• COLD MEAT JOB any case that involves a corpse ...20C police jargon
• COLD MUTTON a corpse ...L18 sl.
• DAB the corpse of a drowned impoverished, outcast woman ...c1850 sl.
• DEAD a corpse ...1971 Barbados
• DEADER a dead person; a corpse ...1853 sl.
• DEAD-MEAT a corpse ...19C colloq.
• DEADO a corpse ...1919 US sl.
• DEAD PORK a corpse ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• DECEDENT a deceased person; a corpse ...L16
• DUSTMAN a corpse ...L18 sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD the corpse of one who has been hanged ...M19 sl.
• GHOST † a corpse ...ME
• GROWN the corpse of an adult ...c1870 undertakers' sl.
• HEARSE † a dead body, a corpse ...1530
• INNOCENT a corpse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• MAGGOT BAIT an exposed or buried corpse ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• MAGGOT MEAT an exposed or buried corpse ...1975 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• MORT a corpse ...19C Eng. dial.
• PORK a corpse ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• RAGS AND BONES the corpse of a poor person ...1970s US Black sl.
• SALMON a corpse fished from a river (esp. the Thames) ...M19 cant
• TABLE-HOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1980s sl.
• TABLE-TOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1980s sl.
• WORM-FOOD a dead body; a corpse ...20C sl.
corpse - person
• TABLE-HOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1987 sl.
• TABLE-TOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1987 sl.
corpse - verbs
• CADAVERIZE to make into a corpse; to make cadaverous ...1841
• MAIL SOMEONE HOME to transport a corpse back to the US for burial ...1926 Amer. military usage
• TAG AND BAG to put a name tag on a corpse and place the body in a body bag ...1981 US Vietnam war usage
CORPULENCE - nouns
• BANNOCK-HIVE corpulence induced by eating plentifully; a corpulent person ...1790 Sc.
• VENTROSITY corpulence ...1891
CORPULENT (also see fat, obese, stout) - adjectives
• ABDOMINOUS having a paunch or big belly; corpulent ...1651
• BAGGED having a big belly; corpulent ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGIT having a big belly, corpulent ...1873 Sc.
• BAGGY corpulent, big-bellied ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARREL-BELLIED having a round and protuberant belly; corpulent ...1697
• BAUSY large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEER-BRUSSEN corpulent from drinking ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLIED big-bellied, corpulent ...1532
• BOISTOUS fat, corpulent ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOUKIT large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTIOUS thickset, corpulent, over-fat ...1854 Eng. dial.
• CORSIOUS † corpulent, big-bodied, stout ...1430
• CORSY † corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout ...c1440
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT-FED of a man: full-fleshed ...1607
• GOTCH-GUTTED corpulent, having a pot belly ...1694 Eng. dial.
• PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
• TOT-BELLIED corpulent, pot-bellied ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UNEATHILY hard to move, corpulent, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait ...Bl1905 Eng. dial.
corpulent - person
• BAGGIE a corpulent person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGY a corpulent person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGREL a person or animal that is corpulent and not otherwise well-grown ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BANNOCK-HIVE corpulence induced by eating plentifully; a corpulent person ...1790 Sc.
• BIG BOZO a corpulent man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BIG GUY a corpulent man ...World War II Amer. sl.
corpulent - verbs
• BELLY † to become corpulent or stout ...1641
CORRECT - adjectives
• ABOUT RIGHT correct, adequate ...1850 UK
• AVOIRDUPOIS evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BY THE BOARD correct ...World War II Amer. Army sl.
• CAKE-O all right, correct, safe, suitable, what is required, comfortable ...2001 UK back-slang for 'OK'
• DEAD ON exactly right; correct ...1888 US sl.
• OKEY-DOKE satisfactory, correct, good, fine, acceptable ...1932 sl., orig. US
• OKEY-DOKIE satisfactory, correct, good ...1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE NOSE correct, right ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• R right, correct ...1900s sl.
• SKEWGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEWVEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SKRUGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SQUEACHY fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right ...1905 Amer. dial.
• VERIMENT † veritable, true, correct ...c1590
• VERISIMILITUDINARY † of persons: having a show of being correct in opinion or judgement ...1675
• VERITABLE genuine, real, true; not counterfeit, false, or spurious; correctly or properly so called ...1483
CORRECT - adverbs
• HOBBLE-DE-POISE evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
CORRECT - nouns
• CARD, THE the correct thing; the 'ticket' ...1851 colloq.
• CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming ...1818 sl.
• CHESHIRE, THE the correct or best thing or person ...1841 US sl.
• DANDY, THE the 'correct' thing'; 'the ticket' ...1784 sl. or colloq.
• SUMPSIMUS a correct expression taking the place of an incorrect but popular one ...1545
• TICKET, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...1836
• TICKET FOR SOUP, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERITABILITY * a truth or verity; a true statement, correct account ...1864
• VERITY a true statement, a correct account, truth ...1533
CORRECT - verbs
• BEET † to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALIBRATE to correct someone's information or opinion ...2003 US sl.
• CORRECTIFY † to correct, to set right ...a1625 nonce word
• FIND OUT THE SCORE to get the correct information ...World War II Amer. sl.
• LISTEN O.K. to sound correct ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ORDER † to bring into order or submission to lawful authority; hence, to inflict disciplinary punishment on; to correct, to chastise, to punish ...1526
• READY to correct; to set a person right who is wrong ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REDD to correct, to set right; to rebuke, to scold; to sum up the faults of, to criticize ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIGHTIFY to rectify; to correct ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL to correct, to rebuke, to scold, to chastise ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CORRECT - interjections
• HOLE IN ONE! absolutely correct! ...1970s sl.
CORRECT - phrases
• THAT'S THE TICKET it's the correct thing, what is wanted, expected or fashionable ...1838 sl.
CORRECTION - nouns
• CASTIGATION † chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening ...c1397
• DICHELS reproof, correction; a beating, a drubbing ...1794 Sc.
• GRINDING-HOUSE a house of correction ...17C sl.
• HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling ...1818 Sc.
• PARADIORTHOSIS †* a false correction ...1658
CORRECTION - verbs
• NEED BOILING DOWN to need correction or rebuke ...1884 Amer. dial.
CORRECTIVE - adjectives
• CASTIGATIVE * chastising, corrective, punitive ...1641
• CASTIGATORY chastising, corrective, punitive ...1613
CORRECTLY - adverbs
• ACCORDING TO COCKER properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules ...1850 sl.
• ACCORDING TO GUNTER properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules ...:L19 US sl.
• ACCORDING TO HOYLE properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules ...20C sl.
• BY THE BOOK according to correct procedures; as one should under regulations, law, contract, etc. ...1840s Amer.
• PUKKA correctly, properly ...1920s sl.
• SINCERELY † without falsification or perversion; in a proper or correct manner ...1535
CORRECTNESS - nouns
• ELEGANCE † correctness of taste ...1660
• SINCERITY † n. freedom from falsification, adulteration, or alloy; purity,. correctness ...1546
CORRESPOND - verbs
• EFFEIR to be becoming, appropriate, to pertain, relate, correspond ...1705 Sc.
• MAT to fit; to correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAN to fit, to tally, to correspond, to agree ...1571 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANGE ALONG OF A THING to match or correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• READ to match, to correspond ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CORRESPONDENT - person
• EPISTOLIST † a writer of epistles or letters; a correspondent ...1743
CORRESPONDING - adjectives
• MARROW similar, corresponding, like, equal ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SUIT-LIKE † corresponding, matching ...1570
corresponding - adverbs
• A-MARROWS alike, equal, corresponding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CORRIDOR - nouns
• ORIEL † a portico, corridor, gallery, balcony, etc. ...1385
• PASS an indoor passage or corridor ...1818 Sc.
CORROBORATE - verbs
• ROBORATE † to confirm, to ratify, to corroborate (a charter, league, etc.) ...1432-50 obs. exc. Sc.
CORRODE - adjectives
• SUCCORROSIVE †* tending to corrode ...1541
corrode - verbs
• CANKER † to corrode, to rust, to tarnish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CORRODED - adjectives
• CANKERED † rusted, corroded; tarnished ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERFRET † corroded with rust ...1603
• CANKERY † rusty; affected as if with rust; corroded ...1744
CORROSION - nouns
• CANKERFRET † corrosion by rust ...1618
CORRUPT - adjectives
• BASTARDLY † degenerate, debased, corrupt ...1587
• BENT dishonest, corrupt ...1914 sl., orig. US
• CANKERED infected with evil; corrupt, depraved ...c1440
• CARRIONLY † corrupt, vile, loathsome ...1547-64
• CRONK obtained by fraud; dishonest, corrupt ...1889 Aust. sl.
• CROOK dishonest, corrupt ...1898 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CROOKED dishonest; corrupt ...1859 sl.
• FAST illegal, corrupt; hedonistic ...E19 sl.
• FUNNY corrupt; fraudulent; of playing cards: tampered with ...20C sl.
• JACKIE TRENT corrupt, untrustworthy ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bent'
• MANKIT defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled ...1928 Sc.
• PORK-BARREL corrupt ...L19 US sl.
• RANK corrupt, foul; festering ...1579
• SAD mischievous, troublesome, corrupt ...17C sl.
• SCALLYWAGGING acting in a corrupt manner ...L19 sl.
• SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent ...M19 US sl.
• SICK † corrupt through sin or wrongdoing ...c960
• SINISTROUS † underhand; dishonest; corrupt ...1600
• TAINT †* infected, corrupt ...1620
• TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1823
• TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1818
• TOUCHED WITH THE SAME TAR-BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1895
• UNDER THE BED clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
• UNDER THE TABLE clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
corrupt - nouns
• ABUSION † anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ...c1374
• BAGGAGE corrupt or foul matter ...B1700 Sc.
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
• GRAFT dishonest or corrupt activity ...1865 sl., orig. US
• GRIFT dishonest or corrupt activity ...1914 US sl.
• HANKY-PANKY jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing; dishonest or corrupt activity; deceit ...1841 sl.
• MALVERSATION corrupt behaviour in an office, commission, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this ...1549
• SHENANIGANS dishonest or corrupt activity ...1855 sl., orig. US
• SHENNANIGANS dishonest or corrupt activity ...1855 sl., orig. US
• VENAL connected or associated with sordid and unprincipled bargaining; subject to mercenary or corrupt influences ...1718
corrupt - person
• ADULTERER †* one who adulterates, corrupts, or debases ...1650
• CROOK a dishonest or corrupt person; a professional criminal ...1877 sl., orig. US
• GRAFTER a dishonest or corrupt person; a politician, official, etc. who uses his or her position in order to obtain dishonest gain or advantage ...1896 sl., orig. US
• LURKMAN a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who lives by sharp practice ...1945 Aust. sl.
• SCABBY SHEEP a person who has been in questionable society or under unholy influence, and become tainted; a corrupt person ...M19 sl.
• SHYSTER a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods ...1844
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
corrupt - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• ADULTER † to corrupt, to debase ...1382
• BEND 1. to pervert; to corrupt. to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor ...19C sl.
2. to allow oneself to be corrupted ...19C sl.
• BESHREW † to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt ...c1325
• DEBOISE † to corrupt morally; to deprave by sensuality ...1654
• DIVICIATE †* to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity ...c1470
• FADE † to deprive of freshness or vigour; to corrupt, to taint ...c1400
• FALSE † to falsify; to make untrue; to introduce falsehood into; to corrupt ...c1380
• GRAFT to act dishonestly or corruptly ...1859 sl., orig US
• GRIFT to act dishonestly or corruptly ...1915 US sl.
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MALVERSE †* to act corruptly in a position of trust ...1671
• NERONIZE to deprave, to corrupt ...1675
• NOBBLE to induce to behave corruptly; to induce a jury to return a corrupt verdict ...1856 Brit. sl.
• RORT to engage in corrupt practices ...1919 Aust. sl.
• SUBVERT * to undermine the character, loyalty, or faith of; to corrupt, to pervert a person ...c1375
• VENOM to infect with moral evil; to corrupt; to deprave ...a1300
CORRUPTED - adjectives
• ADULTERED † corrupted, debased ...1624
• VENAL easily bribed or corrupted
CORRUPTING - adjectives
• ADULTERING † corrupting, debasing, adulterating ...1599
CORRUPTION - adjectives
• BOODLEISTIC addicted to bribery and corruption ...1898 sl.
corruption - nouns
• ADULTERY † adulteration; debasement, corruption ...1609
• BOODLE counterfeit money; money illegally or dishonestly acquired or used; proceeds of corruption ...1858 Amer. dial.
• BOODLEISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1894 sl.
• BOODLERISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1887 sl.
• BOODLERY bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1887 sl.
• BOODLING bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1890 sl.
• SINK a receptacle or gathering-place of vice, corruption, etc. ...1526
corruption - person
• BOODLER one who practices bribery and corruption ...1894 sl.
• MR. CLEAN someone who makes a point of portraying themselves (sincerely or otherwise) as free of corruption, esp. in politics, business, sport or other forms of public life in which a proclaimed moral stance is useful ...1970s sl., orig. US
CORRUPTLY - adverbs
• DEBOISTLY † debauchedly; corruptly ...1604
• SINISTROUSLY corruptly; by underhand means ...1817
COSILY - adverbs
• BEENLIE, BEINLY pleasantly, comfortably, cosily ...c1450 Sc.
COSMETICS (also see make-up) - nouns
• ADDITION paint or rouge or powder for the face; make-up, cosmetics ...c1690 society sl.
• FACE a cosmetics kit; thus, make-up ...1946 US sl.
• FAKEMS cosmetics ...20C sl.
• GREASEPAINT theatrical make-up
• PAINT make-up; cosmetics ...1660 UK
• SPLASH make-up, cosmetics, esp. poudre de riz used to whiten the complexion ...M19 sl.
• TINCTURE † a colouring matter, dye, pigment; a dye used as a cosmetic ...c1400
• WARPAINT cosmetics, make-up ...1869 sl.
cosmetics - person
• APACHE a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
• COMANCHE a man who uses cosmetics ...1980s US homosexual use
cosmetics - verbs
• PUT THE FAKEMS ON to apply cosmetics ...20C sl.
COSMETIC SURGERY - nouns
• FACE JOB cosmetic surgery designed to alter your appearance ...1982 US sl.
COSSET - verbs
• SUGAR-PLUM to reward or pacify with sweetmeats; hence, to pet, to cosset ...1788
COST - adjectives
• DEAR-BOUGHT bought at a high price, obtained at great cost ...c1384
• ON A SHOESTRING at very small expense ...1904 sl., orig. US
cost - nouns
• ANTE the charge or cost ...Amer. sl.
• ARM AND A LEG, AN a large amount of money; the cost of something ...1956 sl.
• BADGERING beating down the cost ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DAMAGE cost, expense ...1755 sl.
• DAMAGE, THE cost; price ...1755 sl.
• EARTH, THE the cost of something ...1924 sl.
• ONCOST extra or additional cost or expense ...1725 Sc.
• NUT the cost of a venture ...1912 US sl.
• TAX the cost ..1929 Amer. dial.
cost - verbs
• DO DAMAGE to cost a lot ...1997 US sl.
• EAT ITS HEAD OFF of a person or thing: to cost more than it is worth ...18C sl.
• EAT ONE'S HEAD OFF of a person or thing: to cost more than it is worth ...18C sl.
• KNOCK BACK to cost, as in 'that will knock you back a bit'; to be expensive ...1946 sl.
• LET DOWN to cost, to 'set one back' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PICK UP THE BILL to bear the cost of something ...1945 sl., orig. US
• PICK UP THE CHECK to bear the cost of something ...1945 sl., orig. US
• PICK UP THE TAB to bear the cost of something ...1945 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE BACK to cost ...1896 Amer. sl.
• SET BACK to cost; to be expensive ...1896 Amer. sl.
• SIT †* to cost one so much ...1377
• SUMPTIFY †* to make great expenses or cost ...1656
• TAX to charge, to make a claim upon one for an amount; to set the price, to cost ..1848 Amer. dial.
cost - phrases
• WHAT'S THE DAMAGE? how much is the bill? what's the cost? ...L17 sl.
COSTERMONGER (street seller of fruits and vegetables) - person
(street seller of fruits and vegetables)
• BARROW-BUNTER † one employed in wheeling a barrow; a female costermonger ...1771
• ILLEGITIMATE a poor class of costermonger looked down on by the mainstream costers, selling pea soup, sweetmeats, spice-cakes, etc. ...M19 sl.
• SPLIT ASUNDER a costermonger ...M19 rhyming sl.
COSTLINESS - nouns
• DEARTH † dearness, costliness, high price ...1632
COSTLY - adjectives
• CHARGEFUL † onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly ...c1529
• COSTIOUS † expensive, costly ...1340
• DAPATICAL † sumptuous, costly ...1623
• DEARTHFUL † adj. costly, expensive; high in price ...1786 nonce word obs. exc. Sc.
• DEARWORTH † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c888
• DEARWORTHY † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c1430
• DIGGING † dear, expensive, costly ...1837 Amer. dial.
• DISPENDIOUS costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous ...1727
• SALT of expense, cost: excessive in amount; costly, expensive, high in price. dear ...1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALTY expensive, costly, dear ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SUMPTUOUS † costly or expensive to practise or maintain ...1551-2 chiefly Sc.
costly - phrases
• IT'S LIKE EATING MONEY this is a costly business ...1887 colloq.
COSTA RICA - person
• TICO a person from Costa Rica ...1905 sl., chiefly US
COSTUME - nouns
• AGONY IN RED a vermilion costume ...L19 sl.
• GARNITURE apparel, costume, dress ...1827
• MASKEN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
• MASQUIN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
• TOILET manner or style of dressing; dress, costume, 'get-up'; also, a dress or costume, a gown ...1821
costume - person
• BLACKCOAT a man that is not wearing a mask at a costume ball ...1916 Amer. dial.
COSY - adjectives
• BIEN snug, comfortable, cosy ...1725 Sc.
• CANNY quiet, easy, snug, comfortable, pleasant, cosy ...a1758 Sc.
cosy - nouns
• SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet ...1815
COTTAGE - nouns
• BACH a farm-worker's cottage ...1920s NZ sl.
• BACH a vacation cottage ...1984 NZ sl.
• BAY one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland
• BEY a room of a cottage or house ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOTHIE a cottage in common for farm servants ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTHY a cottage in common for farm servants ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUT the outer room of a house, esp. of a two-roomed cottage ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUT-AND-BEN a two-roomed cottage ..1937 Amer. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• END a room in a cottage, esp. the parlour or sitting-room ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALL a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLAN 1. a partition wall in a cottage; particularly, that between the door and the fireplace, which shelters the room from the draught of the door; also, the inside porch formed by this partition ...1490-91 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. a house, a dwelling, a cottage ...1827 Sc.
• RENTS house or cottage property ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THACKY a thatched cottage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THALTHAN, THOLTHAN a half-ruined cottage ...1889 Eng. dial.
cottage - person
• BOWMAN a cottager; a ploughman; a cattleman on a farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
COTTAGE CHEESE - nouns
• BONNYCLABBER CHEESE cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BONNYCLAPPER CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUNG CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERMILK CHEESE cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• JACKASS CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MILK CHEESE cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN'S CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
• POT-CHEESE cottage cheese ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUICK CHEESE cottage cheese ...1941 Amer. dial.
COTTON - adjectives
• XILINOUS †* of cotton ...1656
cotton - nouns
• ALABAMA WOOL cotton ...1958 US sl.
• FUSSOCK a fluffy mass (of cotton) ...1881 Sc.
COTTON MILL - person
• LINTHEAD (derogatory) a cotton-mill worker; hence, a low-class White person; a hillbilly; an insignificant person ...1933 Amer. dial.
COTTON WOOL - nouns
• CADDIS shreds, rags of any material; cotton wool, lint ...1708 Sc. & Eng. dial.
COUCH - nouns
• BAKING-PLACE a sofa or couch ...1859 Eng. dial. sl.
• DAVENANT a couch, usually small ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DAVENET a couch, usually small ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DAVENETTE a couch, usually small ...1951 Amer. dial.
• DAVENO an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed ...c1955 Amer. dial.
• DAVENPORT an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed ...1902 Amer. dial.
• DAVINETTE a couch, usually small ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DAVVY a sofa or couch ...1997 US sl.
• DAY-PORT an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FEAST-BED † a couch for reclining at meals, a triclinium ...a1661
• LAIR that whereon one lies down to sleep; a bed, a couch ...a1000 obs.
• LOP a couch or sofa on which one can stretch out to rest ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SET a sofa, a couch ...1957 Amer. dial.
COUGAR - nouns
• BABY a cougar ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CATAMOUNT a puma, cougar, or mountain lion ...1794 US
• DEER-TIGER the puma or cougar ...Bk1897
• INDIAN DEVIL a mountain lion, a cougar ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PAINTER the American panther or cougar ...1823
• TIMBER CAT a cougar ...1967 Amer. dial.
COUGH - adjectives
• CHESTY of a patient: coughing ...L19 hospital nurses' usage
• HACKETING of a cough: dry, hard, hacking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKLING of a cough: dry, hard, hacking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HASK of a cough: dry, husky ...a1722 Eng. dial.
• HICKETTY of a cough: short, dry, hacking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cough - nouns
• BARBER'S BREAKFAST a cough or dry retch, a glass of water and a cigarette ...1960s NZ sl.
• BARK a cough ...1871 colloq.
• BOICH a short, difficult cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFF a noisy cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHOCCY a cough after chocolate has been in the mouth ...2003 UK sl.
• CHURCHYARD COUGH a cough that is likely to terminate in death ...Bk1890 sl.
• DARREN GOUGH a cough ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• EPIZOOTIC a severe cough and difficult breathing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEYARD COUGH a severe cough, esp. one associated with tuberculosis ...1873 Amer. dial.
• HACKET a short, dry wearying cough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HASK a hoarse, dry cough ...1757 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KANI a bad cough, usually with a temperature ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• KECHT a consumptive cough ...1824 Sc.
• KIFFLE a troublesome or tickling cough ...B1900 Sc.
• ON AND OFF a cough ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• YASK a loud cough to clear the throat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAUP a cough ...Bk1905 Sc.
cough - person
• BARKER a cougher ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLOICHUM a person troubled by a cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOICHER one having a short, difficult cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KANI a person who has a bad cough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
cough - verbs
• BAFF to cough, to hack ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAICHIE to cough ...1808 Sc.
• BARK to cough ...1871 colloq.
• BASK to cough asthmatically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEIGH to cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELL to cough hoarsely ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOCHER to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOICH to cough with difficulty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFF to cough noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HACKER to cough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKET to cough in a hardy, dry manner; to hack ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARK to cough ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HARP to cough; to hack ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HASK to emit a short, dry cough; to clear the throat; to make noise as a dog does when anything sticks in its throat ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HATCH † to cough ...1733
• KECHER to cough continuously ...1896 Sc.
• KECK to choke; to make a choking noise in the throat; to cough ...1878 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE to cough, to choke; to make a noise in the throat while swallowing ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KIFFLE to cough when caused by a tickling sensation in the throat ...B1900 Sc.
• TUSSICATE †* to cough ...1598
• YAUP to cough ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YECK, YEKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Sc.
• YESK † to belch; to hawk; to cough, to clear the throat, to expectorate ...c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEX † to belch; to hawk; to cough, to clear the throat, to expectorate ...c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
COUGHING - nouns
• BARKING harsh coughing ...1813
• BOUFFIN continued coughing ...Bk1911 Sc.
COUGH UP - verbs
• GOB to expectorate, to spit, to cough up ...L19
COUNSEL - adjectives
• ADVICEFUL † full of counsel; skilful as an adviser ...1600
counsel - nouns
• ADVISAL * advising, advice, counsel ...1850
• ADVISEMENT advice, counsel ...c1440 arch.
• ADVISO † an advice, counsel, suggestion ...1591
• AVISE advice, counsel; opinion ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARAENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
• PARENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
• RAAD advice, counsel ...1822 Sc.
• RAD advice, counsel ...1822 Sc.
• RATHE † counsel, advice; help ...c1200
• READ advice, counsel, warning ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
counsel - verbs
• ACCOUNSEL † to counsel, to advise ...c1420
• BEREDE † to advise, to inform, to counsel; to plan ...a1225
• CAST HEADS TOGETHER † to consult or take counsel together ...1526
• DRAW HEADS TOGETHER † to consult or take counsel together ...c1381
• LAY HEADS TOGETHER to consult or take counsel together ...1551
• OFREDE †* to outdo in counsel; to outwit ...c1275
• PARAENESIZE †* to exhort, to advise, to counsel ...1716
• RATHE † to counsel, to advise ...c1200
• READ to advise, to counsel; to warn ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUN HEADS TOGETHER † to consult or take counsel together ...1523
• TAKE ADVISEMENT † to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve ...1375
COUNSELLED - adjectives
• YCONSAYLED † counselled ...1387
COUNSELLING - adjectives
• ADVISIVE †* supplying advice, advising, counselling ...1648
• CONSILIATIVE †* counselling, advisory ...1656
• PARAENETIC advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1656
• PARAENETICAL * advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1598
• PARENETIC advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1656
• PARENETICAL * advisory, hortatory, counselling ...1598
COUNSELLOR - person
• EAR-WORM a secret counsellor ...a1670
COUNT - person
• TELLER a counter, one who counts ...1895 Eng. dial.
count - verbs
• ACCOUNT † to count, to count up, to enumerate ...1303
• CLOCK to count up or evaluate ...1961 Amer. sl.
• QUINT * to count ...1911 Sc.
• TELL to count, to reckon up ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TENT to compare; to count, to tally; to take account ...1876 Eng. dial.