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COW - CRAZY
COW - adjectives (also see CATTLE)
• BLAZED of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BLAZE-FACED of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BROCKLE-FACED of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1749 Amer. dial.
• BROCKY-FACED of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LADINO of a horse or cow: vicious, unmanageable, wild ...1892 Amer. dial.
• LINE-BACK of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LINE-BACKED of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back ...1841 Amer. dial.
• RACING of a cow: in heat ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANGY lively, unmanageable, apt to break bounds, as a cow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAUNCHY of a cow or horse: rough, dangerous, bad-tempered ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE of a cow: having short horns ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SETTLED of a cow: pregnant ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAGGIE of a cow: having a white tip to its tail ...1825 Sc.
• TEAGIE of a cow: having a white tip to its tail ...1825 Sc.
• VANDIT of a cow: having striped sides ...1929 Sc.
COW - nouns
• AMOO a child's name for a cow ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BAGA a cow, the back of which is of a different colour from the lower part of the body and flanks ...1908 Sc.
• BALD a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDFACE a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEAD a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BALLY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BASSIE a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAWSIE a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BAWSY a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEASLINGS the first milk give by a cow after calving ...1723 Amer. dial.
• BEEFER a calf; a cow or bullock fed for the butcher ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOM a vicious cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESS a cow or calf ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BESSIE a cow or calf ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BETSY a cow or calf ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACKAMOOR a black Angus or Friesian cow ...1956 NZ sl.
• BLAT the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLATE the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLAZE-FACE a face with a white spot or streak on it, usually a horse or cow ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BONAPARTE a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1967 Amer. jocular
• BONE HEAP a bony or poor-looking horse or cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOO-LADY a cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOSS a cow or calf ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOSSIE a cow or calf ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BOSSY a cow or calf ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BRANDIE a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRANNIE a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWNY a brindled bull, cow, or ox ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAST n. the udder of a cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROCKLE FACE a cow having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1665 Amer. dial.
• BUFFALO a cow without horns ...1804 Amer. dial.
• BUM-HEAD a cow that has never had horns ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUNTER a calf or a hornless cow ...1852 Amer. dial.
• BUTTHEAD a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON-HEAD a cow that has had her horns cut off ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-BED the womb of a cow; the placenta of a cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-LYE the womb of the cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAMBER a cow's udder ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN FEEDER a thin or poor-looking horse or cow ...1970 Amer. dial.
• COW-CAKE cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-CLAP cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-CLOD cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• COW-DAB cow dung ...19C US dialect
• COW-FLOP cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-PAT cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-PIE cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• COW-PLAT cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-PUCKY cow dung ...20C colloq.
• COW-SHARD cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-SHARN cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-SHERN cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COWSLIP cow dung, esp. fresh cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• CRITTER a creature, esp. a horse or a cow ...1815 US sl.
• DIDDS the teats of a cow or other animal ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT a fattened cow or bull ready for market ...1888 Aust. sl.
• FENCE CRAWLER a cow or other animal that cannot be held in a fence ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FLOBBER anything loose and flabby; e.g. the flesh under a cow's neck ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAIRIE a striped or streaked cow ...1806 Sc.
• GAIRY † a name given to a striped cow ...1751 Sc.
• HAKE a lean cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATRACK an old, thin cow; a scraggy animal ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HAWKEY a cow, properly one with a white face; often used as a general name for a cow or an affectionate name for a favourite cow ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWKIE a cow, properly one with a white face; often used as a general name for a cow or an affectionate name for a favourite cow ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWKY a white-faced cow; frequently used as a general or pet name for a cow ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAY BALER a horse or cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAYRACK a thin, gaunt horse or cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEAP OF BONES a bony or poor-looking horse or cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT a cow with a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ION a cow a year old ...Bk1902 Sc.
• ITHER the udder of a cow, mare, or goat ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACK a Brahman cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• JADIN the stomach of a cow ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LADY-COW a term of mock dignity for a cow ...1649 nonce use
• LINE BACK a horse or cow having a stripe down the back ...1893 Amer. dial.
• MAILIE a cow without horns ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MAILLIE a pet name for a cow or ewe ...1814 Sc. & Ireland
• MASTER the leader of a herd of cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUD a name for a female mule or donkey; rarely for a cow ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MEALTIDE † the quantity of milk given by a cow at one milking ...1633 obs. exc. Sc.
• MERF cow dung ...c2000 UK playground sl.
• MILK a cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK SACK a cow's udder ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOGGY a pet name for a calf or cow ...c1825 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY a cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COW a hornless cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOO a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOO-COW a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOO-MOO a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOONIE a cow with a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOWER a cow ...c1670 cant
• NELLIE 1. a cow, esp. a weak one ...1935 Amer. dial.
2. a milking cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NODDLE-HEAD a cow that has never had horns ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NO-HORN a cow that has never had horns ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD HELLION a cow with a bad temper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PAD dried cow-dung, formerly collected for fuel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• PASTY a cow-pie; a dropping of cow dung ...1972 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS SCRUB a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POKE a cow's udder ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POLEY a cow's backside ...2000 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER one of the four teats of a cow ...1818 Eng. dial.
• QUEY-LAIKENS cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-A-BONES a thin or bony cow or horse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-CAN a kicking cow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RINER a thin, bony, or poor looking cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RINEY a thin, bony, or poor looking cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SACK a cow's udder ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SCAB a cow or steer less than one year old ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SCARN dung, esp. cow dung ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCARTER † a cow's teat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHELL an old or weak cow or horse ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKATE a bony, decrepit horse or cow ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKIN an old cow ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SKINNER a thin, bony or poor-looking cow or horse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAGGIE a pet name given to a cow having a white tip to its tail ...1761 Sc.
• TANTADLIN-TART cow-dung ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-CAN a termagant; a kicking cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDY COW † a cow giving milk ...1493 Sc.
• VACCARY † 1. a cow pasture ...1613 Eng. dial.
2. a cow-house ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACCICIDE the killing of a cow ...1900
• VACCIMULGENCE milking of cows ...1796
• YAD an old cow ...1863 Sc.
• YADDLE cows' urine ...1846 Eng. dial.
• YELLOWHAMMER a scrawny or otherwise undesirable cow or calf ...1922 Amer. dial.
• YEWER a cow's udder ...1790 Eng. dial.
COW - nouns, person
• BEAST-LEECH a cow-doctor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCARNY a cow-man ...1848 Eng. dial.
COW - verbs
• BAWL of cows: to utter loud noises, usually of distress; to low ...1868 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLARE of cows, and sometimes sheep: to low or bleat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLATE to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MEWTLE of cows and ewes: to make a low, crooning sound over their new-dropped young ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK THE OLD HAT RACK to milk a cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OCKY of a cow: to void ordure ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OOMBLE of a cow: to low discontentedly ...1932 Sc.
• PAIL to milk a cow ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE PIANO to milk a cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAP to milk a cow; to do the milking ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SETTLE of a cow: to become pregnant ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEZE THE HAYBALERS to milk a cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIT to milk a cow ...1916 Amer. dial.
• YIELD of a cow: to give milk ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
COW - interjections
• BAIL UP! a command to cows: stand still! ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAW! come!; used to call cows ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHAY! a call to cows; come! ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAP! a call to cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HOOEE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-HOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOKEY! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOO SOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRUG PRUG! a call to cows to come in for milking ...Irish sl.
• SAW! command to a cow to stand still when she is being milked ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TCHEY! an exclamation used to call or quiet a cow ...1890 Ireland
• WHAY! used as a command to a cow, go, go on! ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOO COW! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEY! a call to cows to come in from the pasture ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1961 Amer. dial.
• WHOO SOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! a call or cows or pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOO-HOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOK-COW! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOKEY! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOO-OO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
COWARD, COWARDLY - adjectives
• BALL-LESS lacking courage or nerve; gutless, cowardly ...1958 US sl.
• BEASTLY † unmanly, cowardly ...1584
• CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFY faint-hearted, timid, cowardly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...1830 Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF vile, wicked, mean, base; despicable; cowardly ...a1300
• CALF-HEARTED timid, cowardly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN afraid, cowardly ...1933 orig. US
• CHICKEN-HEARTED cowardly ...L18
• CHICKEN-LIVERED cowardly ...L19 sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT cowardly, fearful ...1945 sl., orig. US
• COLD-FOOTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COPPER-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COWARDOUS † cowardly; timid; faint-hearted ...1480
• COW-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRAVEN pert. to a person who gives up without a fight ...13C
• DASTARD characterized by mean shrinking from danger; showing base cowardice; cowardly ...c1489
• DASTARDLY † in a cowardly manner ...1552
• FACELESS † of persons: lacking courage; cowardly ...1596
• FAGGOT-ASS weak, cowardly, contemptible ...2000s US Black sl.
• FAGGOTY cowardly, useless, second-rate ...1960s sl.
• FAINT † wanting in courage, spiritless, cowardly ...a1300 obs. or arch.
• FAINTED † rendered cowardly or timid ...c1500
• FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly ...1590
• FAINTLING † faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless ...1712
• FASERT † cowardly, dastardly ...1508
• FAZART † cowardly, dastardly ...1508
• FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GIZZARDLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUTLESS cowardly, feeble, lacking determination ...1900 US sl.
• HEN-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
• IMBELLIOUS † unwarlike, cowardly ...1602
• LILY-LIVERED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIVER-FACED mean and cowardly ...1834
• MEACOCK † effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless ...1587
• MILK-LIVERED cowardly, timid, faint-hearted ...1605
• MILKY cowardly ...1936 sl.
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NIDDERING weak, cowardly, base ...1848
• PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid ...1605
• PIPPIN-HEARTED cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid ...1809
• POOSHEY, POOSHIE, POOSHY cowardly; effeminate ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE cowardly; effeminate ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSILLANIMOUS lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited ...1586
• RABBIT-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RECRAYED † cowardly, craven ...a1330
• SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly ...1800 Amer. dial.
• SOFT adj. cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPUNKLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKY cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHEY-BLOODED † cowardly ...1675
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK DOWN ONE'S BACK cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
• YELLOW cowardly ...1856 sl., orig. US
• YELLOW AS BABY SHIT very cowardly ...1974 US sl.
• YELLOW-BELLIED cowardly ...1924 sl., orig. US
• YELLOW-LIVERED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YELLOW-STREAKED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YELLOW-WYMED yellow-bellied, cowardly ...1824 Sc.
coward, cowardly - adverbs
• FAINTLY † in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly ...1297
• FAT AROUND THE HEART cowardly ...1935 Amer. dial.
coward, cowardly - nouns
• HAGGIS-HEART a soft, cowardly heart ...1812 Sc.
coward, cowardly - person
• ACRES a coward ...1775 sl.
• ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE a coward ...M19 sl.
• BALL-LESS WONDER a cowardly person ...1958 US sl.
• BOG-SCLENT a coward ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTLE MERCHANT a coward, someone who loses nerve ...2000 UK sl.
• BOTTLER a coward, someone who loses nerve ...2000 UK sl.
• BOUCH a coward; a sneak ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABBAGE-GARDEN PATRIOT a coward ...1848 political colloq.
• CAFF a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF a mean, base, despicable or cowardly fellow ...1250 arch.
• CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward ...Ireland
• CALF a timid or cowardly person ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CALF-HEART a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ە CANARY KID a weakling; a coward ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
• CASPAR a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• CASPER MILKTOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPER MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN a coward ...1936 sl.
• CHICKEN-HEART a coward ...L19
• CHICKEN-LIVER a coward ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT a coward ...1947 sl., orig. US
• CHICKIE a timid creature, a coward ...17C sl.
• COWARDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CRAVEN a coward ...L16
• DAFF † one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DAFFHEAD a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAG an unenterprising person; a coward ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• DASTARD one who meanly or basely shrinks from danger; a mean, base, or despicable coward; one who does malicious acts in a cowardly, skulking way, so as not to expose himself to risk ...1526
• DASTARDLING a contemptible dastard ...1800 nonce word
• DAWKIN a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• DOMINICKER a coward ...20C W. Indies
• DOMMERNECKER a coward ...20C W. Indies
• DRUGGLE † a term of contempt or reproach: apparently a heavy, stupid, spiritless or cowardly fellow ...1611
• FAAP a cowardly, hulking fellow ...1907 Sc.
• FAD a fussy, over-particular person; a milksop, an indecisive, cowardly person ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT an effeminate, weak, or cowardly fellow; generally used contemptuously ...1914 Amer. sl.
• FAINT-HEART one who has a faint heart; a coward ...1870
• FAINTLING † one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly ...1614
• FAIZARD † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FASERT † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow ...1721 Sc.
• FAZART † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FRAID-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FRAIDYBUG a timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRAIDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FUNK a coward ...1860 sl.
• FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...M19 sl.
• FUNKSTICK one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...1889 sl., orig. hunting usage
• GARRON a man without mettle, a coward ...1840 Sc.
• GO-EASY a very timid or cowardly person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GUTLESS WONDER a totally insipid and spineless person; a coward ...1937 Amer. sl.
• HAMMIE a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAMMY a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HILDING a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch ...1601 arch.
• KAYNARD † a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal ...1782
• LADYFINGER a weak or effeminate fellow; a cowardly man ...1942 US sl.
• MANGY cowardly, mean ...1896 Eng. dial.
• MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband ...1526
• MEATER a cowardly dog; hence, a cowardly man ...L19 Brit. sl., chiefly Cockneys' usage
• MIDDEN-DAUP a dastardly or cowardly fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MR. MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• MUDGER a coward; a milksop ....E19 Brit. sl.
• NIDDERING a base coward or wretch ...1596
• NIDGING a coward ...B1900
• NIGGET † a coward ...B1900
• PALLAWA a term of contempt for a dastardly fellow, a worthless, dishonourable or despicable man ...1825 Sc.
• PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person ...1936 US sl.
• PAPBROEK a coward, a weakling ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• PIKER a coward; a quitter ...E20 US sl.
• POOSHEY a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHIE a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHY a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUDDING-HEART a coward, a soft-heart, a poltroon ...1834
• PUFF a weak or cowardly person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUSHIE a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• QUAKE BREACH † a coward ...L16
• QUACK-BREECH † one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590
• QUACK-BUTTOCK † one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616
• QUAKE-BREECH † one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590
• QUAKE-BUTTOCK † one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616
• RABBIT a coward; someone who is as timid as a rabbit ...L19 US sl.
• RABBIT FOOT a coward; a timid person ...1920s US Black sl.
• RECREANT a disloyal or cowardly person ...14C
• SACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARDY a child's name for a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARE-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCARED-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCAREDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1930 colloq.
• SCARY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOUK a skulking, cowardly fellow; one with a downcast or dogged look ...1882 Sc.
• SHY-COCK a coward ...L18 Brit. sl.
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
• SKOOK a skulking, cowardly fellow; a sneak; one with a hangdog look ...1882 Sc.
• SNEAKSBY * a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak ...1580
• SOOK a coward ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SQUIB a coward ...1945 Aust. sl.
• VILIACO † a vile or contemptible person; a villain, a scoundrel, a coward ...1599
• WINDY a coward ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOMAN-JESSIE a cowardly man...1934 Amer. dial.
• YATTY a cowardly man ...2000s UK Black sl.
• YELDEN a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
• YELDING a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
• YELLOW-BELLY a coward ...1930 sl., orig. US
• ZACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
coward, cowardly - verbs
• ACCOWARD † to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted ...1530
• ACCOWARDIZE † to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted ...1480
• CAFF to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward ...1841 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN ONE OUT to dare someone to prove he is not a coward ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHICKENSHIT to act in a cowardly or otherwise distasteful manner ...1960s sl., orig. US
• DINGO to behave in a treacherous or cowardly manner ...1935 Aust.
• FUNK to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK ON to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK OUT to back out in a cowardly manner ...Bk1905 Amer.
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to be cowardly; to loiter ...1596
• HAVE CRAP IN ONE'S BLOOD to be a coward ...1956 US sl.
• HAVE THE BALLS OF A BUTTERFLY to be cowardly ...1971 US sl.
• HAVE THE BALLS OF A HUMMINGBIRD. to be cowardly ...1970 US sl.
• RAG OUT to show the white flag or feather ...c1880 sl.
• TURN CHARLIE to turn coward or become frightened ....c1930 sl.
COWARDICE - adjectives
• BACK-OUT cowardice; a disposition to retreat from an opponent ...1828 Amer. dial.
• DASTARDICE † mean or base cowardice ...1603
• DASTARDLINESS mean or base cowardliness ...1561
• DASTARDNESS † base cowardice, dastardliness ...1519
• DASTARDY the quality of a dastard; base or mean cowardice ...1588 arch.
• FAINTISE † feebleness, weakness of body or mind; want of energy, cowardice ..1297
• FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear ...1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
• LASHNESS † remissness; also, cowardice ...c1477
• MANLESSNESS † cowardice ...1667
• MICROPSYCHY † cowardice, feeble courage, faintness of heart, pusillanimity ...1651
• MUTTON cowardice ...1960s US sl.
• NESHNESS † lack of courage ...c897
• TRENCH HORRORS fear and cowardice, or fear of same ...World War I Amer. sl.
• UMBRELLA cowardice ...1930s sl.
cowardice - verbs
• FIND A WHITE FEATHER IN ONE'S TAIL to perceive signs of cowardice ...1825
• WASH THE MILK OFF ONE'S LIVER † to purge oneself of cowardice ...1732
COWBOY - nouns
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a cowboy film, story, or song ...1946 US sl.
• OAT OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• SPAG a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
cowboy - person
• ARBUCKLE a greenhorn cowboy ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BABY CROCKETT a fake cowboy ...1970s homosexual sl.
• BACCARO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BACQUERO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAKHARA one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1827 Amer. dial.
• BAQUERO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BILL-SHOW COWBOY a show-off cowboy of the Buffalo Bill show type ...1944 Amer. Western usage
• BRUSH BUSTER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH HAND a cowboy who works in brush country ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BRUSHPOPPER a cowboy, esp. one who works in the brush ...1925 Western US
• BRUSH THUMPER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH WHACKER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BUCCAHRO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUCCAROO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1925 Amer. dial.
• BUCHARO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1861 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAREE one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAROO a bronco-buster, a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAYRO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUCKER one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEROO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET MAN (derogatory) a cowboy ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BUCKHARA one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUKKARER one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1862 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER a cowboy ...1874 Amer. dial.
• BULL-WHACKER a driver of cattle; a cowboy ...1859 US
• COW KICKER a cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• COW PUNCHER a cowboy ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• COW-WADDY a cowboy; a ranch hand ...1928 Amer. West usage
• DABSTER HAND a cowboy expert at his work ...1968 Amer. Western sl.
• FLASH-RIDER a bronco-buster ... Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• HAYSHAKER a cowboy; used derisively ...1945 Amer. railroad usage
• IRON MAN the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons ...1933 Amer. dial.
• IRON TENDER the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons ...1961 Amer. dial.
• KICKER a cowboy, or a would-be cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK a real roughened cowboy of many trail accomplishments ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-POUNDER a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LIMB-SKINNER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1936 US West. sl.
• LONGHORN. an experienced cowboy ...1903 US West. sl.
• MAIL-ORDER COWBOY a would-be cowboy ...1926 Amer. dial.
• MAN-AT-THE-POT the first cowboy to pick up the coffee pot when out with the chuck wagons; it becomes his duty to pour coffee for the outfit ...1940 Amer. Western dial.
• MONKEY WARD COWBOY a would-be cowboy, who has the clothes but is otherwise spurious ...1910s US sl.
• MOSS HORN an aged cowboy ...1880 Western US
• MOSSY HORN an aged cowboy ...1880 Western US
• OATER a movie, television show, radio show, or book about cowboys; a Western ...1946 Amer. entertainment industry
• PANIOLA a cowboy ...1938 Hawaii
• PANIOLO a cowboy ...1892 Hawaii
• PEELER a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster ...1894 Amer. dial.
• POKE a cowboy ...1928 Amer. sl.
• PORK-AND-BEANER a cowboy ...1920s US sl.
• PUNCHER a cowboy ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RANAHAN an experienced cowhand; a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RANNY (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANNYCAVOO (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy, esp. an experienced one ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE BUM an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...c1936 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE STIFF an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE TRAMP an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SCREW a cowboy ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SHADOW RIDER a cowboy who spends most of his time showing off, watching his shadow ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TOP SCREW the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1920 Amer. dial.
• TOP WADDY the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1902 Amer. dial.
• WADDIE a cattle rustler; also, a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand ...1897 US sl.
• WEED-BENDER a cowboy ...1945 US railroaders' usage
cowboy - verbs
• BUCKAROO to work as a cowboy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUNCH to work as a cowboy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE of a cowboy: to camp out alone in search of stray cattle ...1936 Amer. dial.
COWED - adjectives
• HACKED OFF embarrassed, cowed, flustered ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OOLED downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• OOLT downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
cowed - verbs
• HANG ONE'S EARS † to be cowed or discouraged ...1678
COWER - verbs
• CALL to crouch, to cower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• OOR to creep, to crouch, to cower; to move slowly and feebly; to droop ...1866 Sc.
• SCREEDLE to cower or huddle over the fire ...1746 Eng. dial.
COWERING - adjectives
• RABBITY timid, cowering ...1937 Amer. dial.
COWLICK - adjectives
• CALF-LICKED having hair on the forehead which will not lie flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
cowlick - nouns
• CALF-LICK a tuft of hair growing on the human forehead, which will not part or lie flat; a cowlick ...1892 Eng. dial.
COXCOMB - nouns, person
• AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb ...1611
• BACCALARE a self-conceited fellow, a coxcomb ...E19
• FEATHER-COCK † a coxcomb ...1612
• JACK-A-DANDY a little fop; a coxcomb ...1632 sl.
• JACKANAPES a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
• JACK-A-NIPS a conceited coxcomb; an affected, puppyish young man ...1839 Eng. dial.
• JACK-DANDY a little fop; a coxcomb ...1632 sl.
• NAB † a coxcomb; a fop ...a1700 sl.
• NABE a coxcomb, a fop ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• PHYSBUTTOCKE † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• PRINCOCK † a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAG-FEATHER † a silly swaggerer; a swaggering coxcomb ...1611
COY - adjectives
• CUTESY affectedly cute or coy ...colloq., chiefly US
• SKEIGH of persons, esp. women: shy, coy, disdainful, proud ...c1560 Sc.
• SKITTISH inclined to show coyness or reserve ...1648
• VERECUND modest, bashful; shy, coy ...c1550
• VERECUNDIOUS † accompanied by modesty; modest, bashful, shy, coy ...a1639
coy - verbs
• MAIDEN IT † to act like a maiden; to be coy ...1597-8
COYOTE - nouns
• BARKING WOLF † a coyote ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH WOLF a coyote ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LOBO a coyote ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MEDICINE WOLF a coyote ...1837 Amer. dial.
• OTIE a coyote ...1931 Amer. dial.
• PRAIRIE LAWYER a coyote ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
COZEN - verbs
• FINNEGAN to cozen, to persuade artfully ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
CRAB - nouns
• BITER the claw of a crab ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1879 US sl.
• CANCER a crab ...1562
• CART the carapace of a crab ...M19
• DEAD MAN the inedible gills of a crab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DEADMAN'S FINGERS the gills or lungs of a crab, considered poisonous ...1880s US Black sl.
• DEVIL CRAB a king crab ...1970 Amer. dial.
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a hermit crab ...Bk1901 US fishing usage
• PARTAN a crab, esp. the common crab, Cancer pagurus; the shore crab, Carcinus moenas ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PARTAN BREE crab soup ...1909 Sc.
• PARTAN-CAGE a crab trap ...1899 Sc.
• PARTAN'S-TAE a crab's claw ...1822 Sc.
• PENNYWINKLE a hermit crab ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SAND-BAG the stomach of a crab ...1895
• WHALE a very large crab ...1981 Amer. dial.
• WHALE CRAB a very large crab ...1965 Amer. dial.
CRABBED - adjectives
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-humoured, surly, rude ...1790 Sc.
• CANKERED malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed ...1513
• CANKERLY † malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered,, crabbed ...1580
• CANKEROUS ill-humoured, crabbed ...1580
• CANKERY ill-humoured, crabbed ...1786 Sc.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained ...1855 Sc.
• CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• GNATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERIE, NITTERY peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• TARN'D ill-natured, fierce, crabbed ...1805 Eng. dial.
• TEETHY ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRISSLY, THRISTLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WRAW † peevish, crabbed, perverse ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ZOWER-ZAPPED adj. ill-natured, crabbed, sour in temper: usually applied to women ...B1900 Eng. dial.
crabbed - nouns
• CANKEREDNESS malice, spite; ill-humour; crabbed temper ...1538
crabbed - person
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• NATTER a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer ...1908 Sc.
• NATTEREL a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer ...1919 Sc.
• SOUR-SOP a cross, crabbed, or ill-natured person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TARRANT a crabbed, ill-natured person ...1703 Eng. dial.
CRABBING - person
• CHICKEN NECKER (derogatory) in crabbing: an amateur who interlopes on professional crabbers ...1976 Amer. dial.
CRABBY - adjectives
• HAZLED crabby, surly, sour ...Bk2002 Eng. Dial.
• SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby ...1855 Eng. dial.
CRACK - nouns
• FAULT † an unsound or damaged place; a flaw, a crack ...1514
• GAIG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HACK a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost ...1808 Sc.
• OPEMENT an opening, a crack ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion ...1866 Sc.
• SCORE a crack, crevice, fissure ...1825 Sc.
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
crack - verbs
• GAIG to crack, to break into chinks in consequence of heat ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAPE of wounds, material objects, etc.: to split, to crack, to part asunder ...1577
• GEG † to crack, in consequence of heat or drought ...1825 Sc.
• HACK of the skin: to chap or crack; to make or become rough ...c1779 Sc.
• HAPPEN to rattle, to make a cracking sound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAIL to crack; to spill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG to crack or split; used esp. of wood ...1856 Eng. dial.
• LEAP † to burst, to crack ...1477
• RAIRD to make a loud noise; to shout, to roar; to make a cracking sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANE to cause to crack or split; to crack, to split ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rustle; to make a clattering, cracking sound ...1826 Sc.
• SCAM to injure, to crack; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way, esp. of clothing ...1866 Sc.
• TO-CRACK † to crack to pieces, to shatter ...a1300
• YACK to make a snapping sound, to snap, to crack ...1873
CRACK COCAINE - see DRUGS COCAINE
CRACKED - adjectives
• ASLAT of an earthen vessel, piece of furniture, etc.: cracked, split ...1790 Eng. dial.
CRACKER - see FIREWORKS
CRACKING - nouns
• CRICK-CRACK a noise of cracking; a representation of a repeated sharp sound ...1565-73
• YACK a snapping or cracking sound ...1861
CRACKLE - verbs
• BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CREPITATE to crackle, to make a crackling sound ...1853
• HAPPER † to crackle, to snap ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to make a light rattling, crackling, or tapping noise ...1825 N. Eng. dial.
• NEESTER, NEISTER to throw off sparks; to crackle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RATTLE to make a rustling or crackling noise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAP to crackle by fire or by weight ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRINGE, SKRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
CRACKLING - adjectives
• HAPPERY crackling; apt to snap or crackle ...1886 Eng. dial.
crackling, adverbs
• REESHLE with a rustling, crackling sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
crackling - nouns
• GRATON crackling; a crisp piece of skin or other tissue remaining after fat (usually of a pig) has been rendered, used as food or in making soap ...1967 Amer. dial.
CRADLE - nouns
• BABY-TROUGH a children's cradle or playpen ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BEE-BAW a child's cradle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEIJO a cradle ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BRANLE a hammock-like cradle; it consisted of a strong circular piece of cloth, securely but slackly fastened to a large, stout hoop that was suspended by three light cords to a hook in a rafter of the gallery ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BYO a cradle ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CADER a cradle ...1750 Eng. dial.
• KEATHER a cradle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• REWTAUTER a child's swing; a cradle ...1867 Eng. dial.
• REWTRATTER a child's swing; a cradle ...1867 Eng. dial.
cradle - person
• BERSATRIX † a rocker of children in a cradle ...17C
CRAFT - nouns
• DEEPTH craft, subtlety ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CRAFTILY - adverbs
• FAKENLICHE † craftily ...c1000
• OLD craftily, knowingly; distrustfully, askance; angrily ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SUBTILELY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY † with craft or guile; craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously ...c1325
• YEPLY † cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously ...a900
CRAFTINESS - nouns
• CALLIDITY * craftiness, cunning ...1524
• IKEYNESS Jewishness and the derogatory stereotypes associated with it, i.e. artfulness, craftiness, greed, financial chicanery, etc. ...L19 sl.
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• SUBTILENESS † cunning, craftiness, slyness ...1474
• SUBTILITY † cunning, craftiness ...1375
• SUBTILTY † cunning, craftiness, guile ...c1374
craftiness - verbs
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
CRAFTSMAN - adjectives
• SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous ...a1300 arch.
CRAFTY - adjectives
• ASTUCIOUS astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd ...1823
• AULD-MOU'D sagacious, crafty ...1768 Sc.
• CAGEY shrewd, cunning, crafty, cautious, wary ...1920s
• CAGY wary, cautious, crafty, cunning, reticent, non-committal ...1893 US colloq.
• CALLENT † crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience ...1656
• CALLID †* crafty, cunning ...1656
• CAPTIOUS † crafty ...1590
• CAUTELOUS † deceitful, crafty, sly, cunning, artful, wily ...1380s obs. or arch.
• ENGINOUS † clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful ...c1325
• GINNOUS †* crafty, guileful, cunning ...c1425
• IKEY-MO artful, crafty, knowing ...L19 sl.
• OLD sly, crafty, cunning, clever ...1722
• QUAINT † cunning, crafty, given to scheming or plotting ...a1225
• RUTTERKIN † swaggering; crafty; sly ...1594
• SANSHACH wily, crafty; shrewd; sarcastically clever ...1808 Sc.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLIVERLY * cunning, crafty, deceitful, knavish, artful ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUBDOLOUS * somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, artful, deceitful ...1588
• SUBTILE crafty, artful, sly, cunning ...c1385
• SUBTLE † crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily ...1357
• TODLY †* foxy, crafty ...1571
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
• VERSUTILOQUENT talking cunningly or craftily ...1727
• VERSUTIOUS † cunning, crafty, wily ...1660
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
• VULPINARY † crafty, wily, artful, cunning, sly ...1721
• WRENCHFUL †* artful, crafty, deceitful ...a1225
• YEPE † cunning, crafty, sly, wily ...c1000
crafty - nouns
• ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SUBTILITY † a cunning of crafty scheme; an artifice, a dodge ...1390
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• WANLACE † a crafty device, a plot ...1303
crafty - person
• ANOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• CAWDEY a shrewd, crafty little boy ...1924 Ireland
• NINETER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• OLD ONE a sly or crafty person ...1847-49 Amer. sl.
• OLD SHOT an old, crafty person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• RUTTERKIN † an old crafty fox; a sly old fellow; a swaggering gallant or bully; a term of contempt ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIM SUBTLE † a subtle or crafty person ...1581
• SLY-BOOTS a sly, cunning, or crafty person ...a1700 colloq.
• TOD a person likened to a fox; a crafty or sly person ...1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VERSUTILOQUENT a crafty talker; one using words craftily ...1656
• WILY-PIE † a crafty or cunning fellow; a sly rogue ...c1450
crafty - verbs
• CARRY A LOT UNDER ONE'S HAT to be crafty, sly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
CRAG - nouns
• BANKS precipitous rocks or crags ...Bk1898 Sc.
• HAG † a break, gap, or chasm in a crag or cliff ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CRAM - verbs
• FARCE † to cram full of; to pack ...c1386
• FARCINATE † to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food ...1634
• PAG to cram, to pack tightly, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANG to pack a receptacle tight, to cram full, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAM JAM to fill up, to cram ...19C Eng. dial.
CRAMMED - adjectives
• PANG packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...c1560 Sc.
• PANG-FULL full, packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...1842 Sc.
• RAMJAM absolutely crammed ...1895 UK sl.
• RAMMED crammed, stuffed full ...1996 UK sl.
CRAMP - nouns
• CHARLEY-HORSE a cramp in the arm or leg ...1888 N. Amer.
• CRICK a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp. in the neck or back ...15C colloq.
• RISING DAMP a cramp ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
cramp - verbs
• CRICK to cause a crick in the neck, back, etc. ...15C colloq.
• SCRAMP to cramp, to pinch; to stint of food, money, etc. ...1880 Sc.
• SCRIM, SKRIM to cramp; to benumb ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CRAMPED - adjectives
• SCRAM benumbed; withered; stiff, cramped ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMMY cramped, confined ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CRANBERRY - nouns
• MARSH WHORTS † cranberries ...1578
CRANE FLY - nouns
• ALLY-LONG-LEGS the 'daddy-long-legs' or crane-fly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FATHER-LONG-LEGS a daddy-long-legs; a long-legged spider; the crane-fly ...1796
• HARRY-LONG-LEGS the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs ...1781
• JENNY-SPINNER the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs ...1817
• TAILOR-TARTAN a daddy-long-legs or crane-fly ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TOMMY-NODDY-HEAD the crane-fly ...1923 Sc.
CRANKY - adjectives
• DILLY queer, cranky ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKETY disagreeable, cranky, crotchety; obstinate ...1905 Amer. dial.
cranky - person
• OLD BUZZARD a cranky old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CRAPS - nouns
• ABYSSINIAN POLO the game of craps ...1942 Amer. jocular
• ACE-DOUCHE in craps: a first roll of three ...1999 US sl.
• ACES IN BOTH PLACES in craps: a roll of two ...1999 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY 1. 3, esp. in craps dice ...1920s US Black sl.
2. in craps: a roll of a one and a two ...1974 US sl.
• ACTION gambling activity; bets and wagers; a crap game or other game of chance ...Amer. sl.
• ADA FROM DECATUR in craps: the point eight ...1918 Amer. sl.
• ADA ROSS the eight point in craps dice ...1918 US sl.
• ADA ROSS THE STABLE BOSS the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
• ADA ROSS THE STABLE HOSS the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
• AFRICAN BONES the game of craps dice ...1920s US sl.
• AFRICAN DOMINOES dice; specifically the game of craps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• AFRICAN GOLF the game of craps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• AFRICAN PILLS the game of craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• AFRICAN POOL (usually offensive) the game of craps ...1919 Amer. jocular
• ANNIE FROM ARKANSAS in craps: an eight ...1993 US sl.
• APOSTLES, THE in craps: a roll of twelve ...1999 US sl.
• ALL DAY in craps: said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven ...1983 US sl.
• ARMY CRAPS a game of craps in which the shooter serves as the banker ...1984 US sl.
• AUNT JEMIMA in craps: a particular point, perhaps three ...1909 US sl.
• AUSTRALIAN YO in craps, a roll of three; a roll of three is rarely a good thing, and is usually best face-down; if a three is face-down, an eleven is face-up; eleven is 'yo' with the three thus 'down-under the yo' ...1999 US sl.
• BAD NEWS the losing throw of 3 in craps dice ...1930s sl., orig. US
• BASEBALL BUM in craps: the number nine ...1949 US sl.
• BIG BEN in craps: the point ten ...1962 US sl.
• BOTH WAYS a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose ...1950 US sl.
• BOXCARS in craps: a throw of 12 on the dice ...1909 Amer. sl.
• CARPS the game of craps ...1901 Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYES in craps: a three ...1968 US sl.
• DANGLE ROLL a losing throw of the dice in craps ...1990s US Black sl.
• DOUBLE NICKELS in craps: a roll of ten made with a pair of fives ...1999 US sl.
• E AND T in craps: a one-roll bet on eleven and twelve ...1983 US sl.
• EASY in craps: a point made by a combination other than a matched pair ...1996 US sl.
• EASY SIX the point of 6 in craps dice ...20C US gambling sl.
• EASY WAY of an even-numbered point in craps: scored in any fashion other than a pair ...1974 US sl.
• EIGHTER FROM DECATUR the point of 8 in craps dice ...1910s US gambling usage
• GAG in craps: a bet that the shooter will make his even-numbered point in pairs ...1950 US sl.
• HORSES in craps: misspotted dice used for cheating ...1894 Amer. sl.
• JOE COTTON the point of 8 in craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• LITTLE DICK in craps dice: the point of 4 ...1930s US gambling usage
• LITTLE FOUR. the point of 4 in craps dice ...20C US gambling sl.
• MANNA FROM HEAVEN in craps: the throw of 11 ...2000s US sl.
• MISSISSIPPI MARBLES dice; a game of dice, esp. craps ...1920 Amer. jocular
• MISSISSIPPI MULE dice, or the game of craps ...1920s US sl.
• NATURAL 1. in gambling: a winning combination in various gambling games, esp. in craps ...1912 Amer. sl.
2. in craps: a winning roll of seven on the first toss ...1962 US sl.
• NIGGER GOLF (derogatory) the game of craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• QUAIL a twenty-five cent betting token used in craps ...1983 US sl.
• QUININE in craps: the number nine ...1950 US sl.
• RABBIT TRACKS in craps: a six rolled with a pair of threes ...1985 US sl.
• SICE in craps: the point and number six ...1950 US sl.
• SKINNY DUGAN in craps: any combination of seven ...1985 US sl.
• SNAKE EYES in craps: the point or the roll of two ...1929 Amer. sl.
• WRONG in craps: a bet against the shooter ...1974 US sl.
craps - person
• AFRICAN GOLFER a crap-shooter ...1910s US sl.
• GUNNER the person shooting the dice in craps ...1930s US sl.
• RACK MAN an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc. ...1930s sl.
• WRONGLE in craps: someone who bets against the shooter ...1974 US sl.
craps - verbs
• ACE-DEUCE in craps: to sustain a heavy loss ...1987 US sl.
• FADE in craps: to take one's bet; to cover one's offered bet ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HORSE in craps: to shoot dice idly for no stakes ...1946 US sl.
craps - interjections
• BABY NEEDS A PAIR OF SHOES! a traditional exclamation of crapshooters, suggesting that one has expenses to meet; used to summon good luck ...1918 US sl.
• MAN OVERBOARD!. in craps, in American casinos: used for announcing that the dice or a die are off the table ...1985 US sl.
CRASH - nouns
• DEVESHER a heavy fall; a crash ...1850 Eng. dial.
• HORIZONTAL a bad crash ...World War I sl.
• PARDOOS a thump, a crash; a violent fall; a resounding blow, a whack ...1866 Sc.
• PASH a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PIE-UP a crash; a smash ... Amer. World War I sl.
• RACK † 1. a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
† 2. a crash as of something breaking ...1671
• RASH a crash or clash ...c1470 Sc.
• SAUSAGE AND MASH a crash; a collision ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• VELLYE a crash, a heavy fall or thud ...1973 Sc.
crash - verbs
• BRATTLE to make a loud rattling or crashing sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EAT ASPHALT to crash while riding a motorcycle, bicycling, or taking part in an recreational activity on the street ...2002 US sl.
• PLAY WALLOP to come down with a crash ...1820 Sc.
• STACK to crash a vehicle ...1971 Aust. sl.
• WRAP AROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object ....1950 UK sl.
• WRAP ROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object ....1950 UK sl.
CRASHING - verbs
• YELL † of an inanimate thing: to make a strident or crashing noise ...a1000
CRAVAT - see TIE
CRAVE, CRAVING - adjectives
• GAGGING desperately craving something, as a cigarette, drink, or sex ...1997 UK sl.
• HAINISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HANKLING desirous of, having a craving or desire for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAYNISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TITILLATING itching, tingling; craving, hankering ...1858
crave, craving - nouns
• HANKLING a hankering, a craving after ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLING an 'itching' to do something; an uneasy desire, craving, hankering ...1553
crave, craving - verbs
• GALLA to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CRAWFISH - nouns
• CRAWDAD a crawfish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITCHBUG crawfish; freshwater crayfish ...1968 Amer. dial.
CRAWL - nouns
• SCRAUCHLE a clamber, a crawl ...Bk1904 Sc.
crawl - verbs
• CAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HARL ABOUT to move about feebly; to crawl, to creep ...1871 Sc.
• KAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MEACH to slink, to skulk, to crawl, to cringe, to look ashamed ...1833 Amer. dial.
• OAG to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle ...1892 Sc.
• OG to creep, to crawl, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMP †* to creep or crawl on the ground ...1390
• SCAAVLE to crawl, to scramble ...1921 Sc.
• SCRABBLE to crawl about on hands and knees; to scramble; to climb; to procure with difficulty ...1864 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLE to walk with difficulty; to bend the legs stiffly; to become stiff; to crawl about feebly, as a sick man ...1898 Eng. dial.
• SCRAUCHLE to scramble, to creep, to crawl; to move with difficulty ...1885 Sc.
• SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl ...1747 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SINUATE * to creep or crawl in a winding course ...1848
• YCRAUL † to crawl ...1594
CRAWLING - adjectives
• RAMPING †* creeping, crawling ...c1440
crawling - nouns
• LIZARD a crawling movement - moving first an arm, then the opposite leg, then the other arm, then the other leg ...1989 Amer. military sl.
CRAYFISH - nouns
• BUSTER in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1879 US sl.
• DITCHBUG crawfish; freshwater crayfish ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHEAR CRAB small, freshwater crayfish ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORTIE an undersized crayfish ...1980s NZ sl.
CRAZE - nouns
• BOGIE a craze, an infatuation; a hobby ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG an obsessive enthusiasm or craze; an obsession or urge ...1902 sl., orig. US
• LATEST HOT DROP, THE the latest fad or fashion; the latest craze of any kind ...c1950 Aust. sl.
• MAROTTE a pet notion, a craze ...1852
craze - verbs
• LOCO to craze, to derange, to frenzy ...1884 Amer. dial.
CRAZED - adjectives
• ACRAZED † mentally affected; crazed ...1576
• BEE-BONNETED having a bee in one's bonnet; somewhat crazed ...1856
• GONZO crazed; having a bizarre style ...1971 US sl.
• GONZOID crazed; having a bizarre style ...1979 US sl.
• LOCOED crazed, or crazy mad ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MANGED confused, muddled, crazed ...1825 Sc.
• MAZED crazed, mad, lunatic, distraught, insane ...1836 Eng. dial.
• RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous ...1824 Sc.
• RAMMISH furious, crazed with rage or hunger ...1825 Sc.
crazed - verbs
• FREAK OUT to behave in a crazed manner as a response to an emotional stimulus ...1966 US sl.
• MANG to become confused or distressed to the point of losing control of oneself; to become frantic or crazed with emotion, love, rage, etc. ...1766 Sc.
CRAZINESS - nouns
• CRACKINESS extreme eccentricity; craziness ...c1860 colloq.
• LIGHT insanity, craziness ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• OOPERZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness ...L19 sl.
• OOPIZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness ...L19 sl.
CRAZY - adjectives
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE crazy ...1900s sl.
• ABLE SUGAR crazy or out of order; haywire ...US military sl.
• ABRAM insane, crazy ...M16 sl.
• ADDLE unsound, crazy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• AG crazy, fun ...1990s US college sl.
• APARTMENT TO LET unhinged, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• AROUND THE BEND crazy, beyond sanity ...Amer. sl.
• ASIATIC crazy; wild; eccentric ...World War II United States Navy usage
• ATTIC TO LET unhinged, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• AWAY crazy ...1988 Sc. sl.
• BAD LUCK TOP END defective in mental powers, slightly crazy ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BALMY crazy; giddy and aloof ...1851 colloq.
• BALMY IN THE CRUMPET mad, crazy ...1891 UK sl.
• BARKING MAD absolutely crazy, highly eccentric ...1900s sl.
• BARMY crazy, eccentric ...1851 colloq.
• BARMY IN THE CRUMPET crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
• BAT-HOUSE crazy, mad, insane ...20C sl.
• BATS crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree ...1911 UK sl.
• BATSHIT crazy, out of control, angry ...1970 US sl.
• BATSO crazy, eccentric ...1970s US sl.
• BATTY eccentric, odd, insane, crazy ...1903 US sl.
• BEANY mentally defective, feeble-minded, insane, crazy ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical ...1879
• BEGIGGED infatuated, crazy; possessed ...1888 Amer.
• BEJINGOED † crazy, out of one's senses ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEREFT crazy ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BONKERS crazy; insane ...M20 sl.
• BONZO eccentric, crazy ...1980s sl.
• BOZO crazy ...1983 Amer. sl.
• BUGGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY AS A BEDBUG crazy, insane ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY AS POTATO VINES crazy, insane ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BUGHOUSE crazy ...1895 US sl.
• BUGS foolish, silly, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CADAZY mad, crazy ...1980s UK Black sl.
• CRACK-BRAINED crazy, eccentric ...1634
• CRACKED crazy, insane, mentally unbalanced ...1692 sl.
• CRACKED IN THE FILBERT slightly or very eccentric or insane; crazy ...c1880 Cockneys' sl.
• CRACKERS crazy, eccentric ...1928 sl., orig. Brit.
• CRACKPOT 1. crazy ...sl.
2. of ideas, schemes: crazy, unworkable, fantastic ...20C colloq.
• CRACKY crazy; senseless ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• CRAZIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR very crazy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS extremely crazy ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS A HOOT OWL very crazy ...1971 Amer. sl.
• CRAZY AS A LAUGHING FARM completely crazy ...1965 Amer. sl.
• CRAZY AS A SHITEPOKE very crazy ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH extremely crazy ...1940s Aust. sl.
• CUCKOO crazy, eccentric ...1906 sl., orig. US
• CUCKOOED crazy, eccentric ...1918 sl., orig. US
• DAD'S ARMY barmy, crazy ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAFFY daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish ...1884 US sl.
• DAFT of unsound mind, crazy, insane, mad ...1536 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAFT AS A BRUSH, AS extremely stupid; very silly; crazy ...1945 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• DAMP foolish, stupid; crazy ...L19 sl.
• DANGBATTED crazy ...1960s US sl.
• DING-A-LING foolish, crazy ...1959 US sl.
• DINGBATS crazy, eccentric ...1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DINGBATTY half crazy, imbecile ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy; confused, mixed up ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINKY wildly enthusiastic; crazy ...1969 US sl.
• DINKY DAU crazy ...1965 Vietnam war usage
• DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented ...1899 US sl.
• DOTTY crazy, eccentric ...1805 colloq.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• FANTI crazy, insane ...1910s sl.
• FERRICKED quite crazy, deranged ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FEW PICKLES SHORT OF BARREL, A stupid; crazy, eccentric ...1941 sl.
• FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC, A stupid; crazy, eccentric ...20C sl.
• FLAKEY crazy, eccentric ...1953 sl., orig. US
• FLAKY crazy, eccentric ...1953 sl., orig. US
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• FRUITY crazy, eccentric ...1929 US sl.
• FUNNY insane, crazy ...1950s sl.
• GARE-BRAINED † crazy, harebrained ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIZIE muddled; crazy, weak in understanding ...1836 Sc.
• HALLOCK crazy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• HALOKIT giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy ...1724 Sc.
• HAYWIRE mentally deranged, crazy ...1926 Amer. sl.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY slightly crazy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IDLE-HEADED † of little understanding or intellect; silly, foolish; crazy ...1598
• LOCO crazy, insane, mentally deranged, out of one's mind; obsessed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• LOCOED crazy, mad, deranged ...1884 Amer, dial.
• LOLO insane, crazy; foolish, dull, stupid ...1938 Hawaii
• LOONEY crazy, eccentric ...1872 sl.
• LOONY extremely erratic; mildly crazy ...1841 US sl.
• LOOPED demented, crazy ...1960s US sl.
• LOOPED UP demented, crazy ...1960s US sl.
• LOOPY crazy, eccentric ...1925 sl.
• MAD AS A BRUSH crazy, stupid ...1945 UK sl.
• MAD AS A HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad ...L14
• MAD AS A MAGGOT, AS very crazy, extremely eccentric; hence, egregiously foolish ...20C NZ sl.
• MAD AS A MARCH HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad ...16C
• MAD AS A MEAT AXE, AS completely insane; dangerously crazy ...1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAD AS A WEAVER, AS very crazy ...17C sl.
• MADBALL crazy ...1967 Amer. sl.
• MADMEN crazy, absurd ...1960s sl.
• MAD-UP crazy ...1970s UK Black sl.
• MAGGOTISH crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGGOTTY crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGGOTY crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGNOON crazy, eccentric ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAGNUNE crazy, eccentric ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MASHUGGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MAZE mad, crazy, lunatic; uneasy, over-anxious ...1842 Eng. dial.
• MENTAL insane, crazy, out of one's mind ...L19 sl.
• MENTLER crazy, insane ...1990s sl.
• MESHUGA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGINER crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MISHOOGENA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MOONY crazy; foolish; silly, esp. in demonstrating affection ...Bk1942 sl.
• NERTS crazy, foolish ...1910s US sl.
• NERTZ crazy, foolish ...1910s US sl.
• NOT ALL THERE eccentric, insane, crazy ...1864 sl.
• NOT QUITE THERE eccentric, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• NOT RIGHT UPSTAIRS insane, crazy ...1932 sl.
• NOT THE FULL QUID stupid, crazy, eccentric ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NUTS insane, crazy, out of one's senses ...1846 Amer. sl.
• NUTSEY crazy, eccentric ...a1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• NUTSO crazy, eccentric ...1975 sl., chiefly US
• NUTSY crazy, insane ...1923 Amer. sl.
• NUTTIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD PIG very crazy ...1992 Amer. dial.
• NUTTY crazy, eccentric ...1898 sl.
• NUTTY AS A CUCKOO crazy, demented, insane ...1922 Amer. dial.
• NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE crazy, eccentric ...1898 sl.
• ODDBALL crazy, eccentric ...1957 sl., orig. US
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BAP crazy, insane ...1980s sl.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S BEAN insane, eccentric, crazy; demented ...1940s sl.
• OFF ONE'S BLOCK insane, crazy ...1910s sl., orig. military
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S CAKE crazy, insane ...1980s sl.
• OFF ONE'S CHOMP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...M19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S CHUMP crazy; demented ...1877 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S COCONUT insane, crazy ...19C
• OFF ONE'S CONK mad, crazy, eccentric, insane; demented ...1870 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S DIP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S DIPPER mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S DOT insane, crazy ...19C
• OFF ONE'S DOTTY mad, eccentric, insane, crazy ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S FACE crazy ...1960s sl.
• OFF ONE'S GOURD crazy; deluded ...1945 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S HEAD insane, crazy, demented ...c1845 sl.
• OFF ONE'S JUMP crazy, insane ...1950s Irish sl.
• OFF ONE'S KADOOVA insane, crazy ...c1870 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S KERBASE slightly crazy ...1895 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S NANNY mad, crazy ...L18 UK sl.
• OFF ONE'S NOODLE crazy; deluded ...1945 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S NUT crazy; foolish ...1873 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ONION insane, crazy ...1890 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PANNICAN insane, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PANNIKIN mad, crazy ...1894 chiefly Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PULLEY insane, eccentric, mad, crazy ...1990s sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCK crazy, insane, eccentric, mad ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCKER crazy, demented ...1897 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCKET crazy, eccentric, mad ...1910s sl.
• OFF ONE'S SAUCER mad, insane, eccentric, crazy ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TILE insane, crazy ...1959 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TOP insane, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TOP TRAVERSE mad, insane, eccentric, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TROLLEY crazy, eccentric ...L19 sl.
• OFFSHORE crazy; silly; outlandish ...1994 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE BEAM crazy, eccentric ...1941 sl., orig. US
• OFF THE HOOKS in a state of madness or intense excitement; crazy, angry, or vexed; in an ill mood or out of humour ...1612 sl.
• OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless ...1937 US sl.
• OFF YOUR NANA crazy, insane ...1966 Aust. sl.
• ON A TRIP crazy, temporarily insane ...1960s sl.
• ON ONE behaving crazily ...1990s sl.
• OUT OF HIS TREE crazy ...1960s Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S ASS crazy ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATE-SORE crazy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl.
• POTTY crazy, eccentric ...1920 sl.
• PUGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl.
• QUEER crazy, eccentric ...1508
• RADIO insane, crazy, mad ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental' (radio rental)
• RADIO RENTAL wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• RADIO RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• RAMMIST * mad, crazy, frantic ...1456 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS crazy, eccentric ...M19 sl.
• RED-EYED crazy, furious, angry, mad ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REE crazy, delirious; rude, wild; unmanageable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• ROUND THE BEND insane, mad, crazy ...1929 sl.
• SALVATION ARMY crazy, mad, eccentric ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'barmy'
• SCRANNY crazy, mad, distracted; simple, foolish; bewildered ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREWBALL crazy, eccentric ...1936 sl., chiefly US
• SCREWY crazy, eccentric ...1887 sl., orig. US
• SHANDY empty-headed, half-crazy ...L17 Eng. dial.
• SHORT OF A SHEET crazy; mentally deficient; stupid ...B1900 sl.
• SICK-ASS unpleasant, crazy ...1990s US sl.
• TECHED crazy or slightly crazy ...E17
• TICKLE in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate, sensitive ...1515
• TONTO crazy, eccentric ...1982 sl., orig. US
• TOUCHED crazy, eccentric ...1893 sl.
• TWO APPLES SHORT OF A BISCUIT not completely sane, crazy, stupid ...1992 UK sl.
• TWO BRICKS SHORT OF A LOAD stupid; crazy, eccentric ...20C sl.
• UP IN THE AIR crazy ...L19 US sl.
• WACKED OUT crazy, eccentric, mad ...1968 US sl.
• WACKED UP crazy, odd, irrational ...1947 US sl.
• WACKO crazy, eccentric ...1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
• WACKY crazy, eccentric ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WALL-HUGGING crazed, eccentric ...1980s sl.
• WANTING IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, crazy ...1959 sl.
• WEIRDO crazy, eccentric ...1962 sl.
• WHACKO crazy, eccentric ...1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
• WHACKY crazy, eccentric ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WIGGING stressing, going crazy ...20C campus sl.
• WIGGY crazy or eccentric ...1810 sl.
• WRONG IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, eccentric, crazy ...M19 sl.
crazy - person
• BANANA CAKE a crazy or eccentric person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• BEE-HEAD a crazy person ...1657
• CLUCKEY a crazy, weak-minded person ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACKBRAIN a crazy person ...c1570 sl.
• CRACKPOT a crazy or eccentric person ...1883 sl.
• DAG a crazy or eccentric person ...1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• DINGBAT a crazy or eccentric person ...1879 US & Aust. sl.
• DING-DING a crazy person ...1970 US sl.
• EARWIG-BRAIN † one who has a 'maggot' or craze in his brain ...1599
• FIG NEWTON a silly, crazy, or eccentric person ...1974 Amer. sl.
• FILBERT a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person ...1915 Amer. sl.
• FLAKE a crazy, eccentric, or unreliable person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• FLIP a crazy or eccentric person ...1952 sl.
• FRUIT a crazy or eccentric person ...1959 US sl.
• FRUITCAKE a crazy or eccentric person ...1945 sl., orig. US
• LOCO (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed; a crazy or insane person ...1852 Amer. dial.
• LOCO BLOSSOM (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed; a crazy or insane person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LOLO a crazy person; a dull, stupid person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOON a crazy or eccentric person; a simpleton ...1885 sl.
• LOONEY TUNE. a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOONY TUNE. a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOOPER a crazy, disturbed person ...1980s sl.
• MAD HADDOCK a very eccentric, crazy, or foolish person ...20C Aust. sl.
• MAN IN THE MOON a fool, an eccentric or crazy person ...20C rhyming sl. for 'loon'
• MAZED-ANTIC a wild, foolish, crazy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENTLER a crazy person ...1990s sl.
• NUT a crazy or insane person; an eccentric; a foolish person ...1908 sl.
• NUTCAKE an eccentric or crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• NUT-CASE a crazy or eccentric person ...1959 sl.
• NUTSO a crazy or eccentric person; also a derisive form of address ...1975 sl., chiefly US
• NUTSY a crazy person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• ODDBALL a crazy or eccentric person ...1948 sl., orig. US
• POGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
• PUGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
• QUARTER-CLEFT a slightly crazed person; a crazy person ...1831 chiefly Eng. dial.
• QUARTER-CLIFT a crazy person ...1856 Ireland
• SCREWBALL a crazy or eccentric person ...1933 sl., chiefly US
• SICKIE anyone considered to be 'sick in the head', insane, or crazy ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SICKY anyone considered to be 'sick in the head', insane, or crazy ...1960s sl., orig. US
• TONTO a crazy or eccentric person ...1973 sl., orig. US
• WACK a crazy or eccentric person ...1938 sl., orig. US
• WACKO a crazy or eccentric person ...1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WEIRDIE a crazy or eccentric person ...1894 sl.
• WEIRDO a crazy or eccentric person ...1955 sl.
• WEIRDY a crazy or eccentric person ...1894 sl.
• WHACK a crazy or eccentric person ...1938 sl., orig. US
• WHACKO a crazy or eccentric person ...1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WONK a crazy, eccentric person ...Brit. sl.
• ZIGGERBOO a nutty, crazy person ...1947 Black college sl.
crazy - verbs
• BE SHORT OF A SHEET to be slightly crazy or idiotic ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DO ONE'S FRUIT to lose one's temper; to go crazy ...1970s sl.
• DRIVE UP THE WALL to cause to become crazy or furious; to infuriate ...1951 sl.
• GO BATSHIT to become insane, to act crazily ...1960s sl.
• GO FANTI to go crazy, to run amok ...1910s sl.
• GO UP THE WALL to become angry; to become crazy or furious ...1951 sl.
• HAVE A FEW BUTTONS MISSING to be crazy, eccentric, stupid, or less intelligent than average ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A GAD-BEE IN ONE'S BRAINS † to be crazy ...1682
• HAVE AN ANGLE-TWITCH IN THE BONNET to be not quite sane (angle-twitch = worm) ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A SHINGLE SHORT to be slightly crazy or idiotic ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• HAVE BATS IN THE BELFRY to be crazy or eccentric ...1911
• HAVE FEATHERS IN THE HAIR to be a bit crazy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HAVE KANGAROOS IN ONE'S TOP PADDOCK to be crazy or very silly ...E20 Aust. sl.
• HAVE ONLY FIFTY CARDS IN ONE'S DECK to be stupid or crazy ...1929 US sl.
• ILL to act crazily, aggressively, or wildly ...1980s US Black teen sl.
• MADDLE † to be or become crazy; to become confused in mind; to be dotingly fond of; to craze; to confused in mind; to bewilder ...c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NOT HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS to be insane, crazy, or unstable ...1860 sl.
• SNAP to go crazy; to freak out ...1970s Amer. sl.
crazy - phrases
• NEED ONE'S HEAD EXAMINED used jocularly to suggest that someone is crazy ...1949 sl.
• YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR TINY MIND you're crazy, foolish, mad ...1970 UK sl.
• BLAZED of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BLAZE-FACED of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BROCKLE-FACED of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1749 Amer. dial.
• BROCKY-FACED of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LADINO of a horse or cow: vicious, unmanageable, wild ...1892 Amer. dial.
• LINE-BACK of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LINE-BACKED of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back ...1841 Amer. dial.
• RACING of a cow: in heat ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANGY lively, unmanageable, apt to break bounds, as a cow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAUNCHY of a cow or horse: rough, dangerous, bad-tempered ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE of a cow: having short horns ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SETTLED of a cow: pregnant ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAGGIE of a cow: having a white tip to its tail ...1825 Sc.
• TEAGIE of a cow: having a white tip to its tail ...1825 Sc.
• VANDIT of a cow: having striped sides ...1929 Sc.
COW - nouns
• AMOO a child's name for a cow ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BAGA a cow, the back of which is of a different colour from the lower part of the body and flanks ...1908 Sc.
• BALD a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDFACE a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEAD a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BALLY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BASSIE a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAWSIE a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BAWSY a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEASLINGS the first milk give by a cow after calving ...1723 Amer. dial.
• BEEFER a calf; a cow or bullock fed for the butcher ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOM a vicious cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESS a cow or calf ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BESSIE a cow or calf ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BETSY a cow or calf ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACKAMOOR a black Angus or Friesian cow ...1956 NZ sl.
• BLAT the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLATE the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLAZE-FACE a face with a white spot or streak on it, usually a horse or cow ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BONAPARTE a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1967 Amer. jocular
• BONE HEAP a bony or poor-looking horse or cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOO-LADY a cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOSS a cow or calf ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOSSIE a cow or calf ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BOSSY a cow or calf ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BRANDIE a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRANNIE a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWNY a brindled bull, cow, or ox ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAST n. the udder of a cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROCKLE FACE a cow having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1665 Amer. dial.
• BUFFALO a cow without horns ...1804 Amer. dial.
• BUM-HEAD a cow that has never had horns ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUNTER a calf or a hornless cow ...1852 Amer. dial.
• BUTTHEAD a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON-HEAD a cow that has had her horns cut off ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-BED the womb of a cow; the placenta of a cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-LYE the womb of the cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAMBER a cow's udder ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN FEEDER a thin or poor-looking horse or cow ...1970 Amer. dial.
• COW-CAKE cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-CLAP cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-CLOD cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• COW-DAB cow dung ...19C US dialect
• COW-FLOP cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-PAT cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-PIE cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• COW-PLAT cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-PUCKY cow dung ...20C colloq.
• COW-SHARD cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-SHARN cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-SHERN cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COWSLIP cow dung, esp. fresh cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• CRITTER a creature, esp. a horse or a cow ...1815 US sl.
• DIDDS the teats of a cow or other animal ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT a fattened cow or bull ready for market ...1888 Aust. sl.
• FENCE CRAWLER a cow or other animal that cannot be held in a fence ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FLOBBER anything loose and flabby; e.g. the flesh under a cow's neck ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAIRIE a striped or streaked cow ...1806 Sc.
• GAIRY † a name given to a striped cow ...1751 Sc.
• HAKE a lean cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATRACK an old, thin cow; a scraggy animal ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HAWKEY a cow, properly one with a white face; often used as a general name for a cow or an affectionate name for a favourite cow ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWKIE a cow, properly one with a white face; often used as a general name for a cow or an affectionate name for a favourite cow ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWKY a white-faced cow; frequently used as a general or pet name for a cow ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAY BALER a horse or cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAYRACK a thin, gaunt horse or cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEAP OF BONES a bony or poor-looking horse or cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT a cow with a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ION a cow a year old ...Bk1902 Sc.
• ITHER the udder of a cow, mare, or goat ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACK a Brahman cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• JADIN the stomach of a cow ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LADY-COW a term of mock dignity for a cow ...1649 nonce use
• LINE BACK a horse or cow having a stripe down the back ...1893 Amer. dial.
• MAILIE a cow without horns ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MAILLIE a pet name for a cow or ewe ...1814 Sc. & Ireland
• MASTER the leader of a herd of cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUD a name for a female mule or donkey; rarely for a cow ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MEALTIDE † the quantity of milk given by a cow at one milking ...1633 obs. exc. Sc.
• MERF cow dung ...c2000 UK playground sl.
• MILK a cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK SACK a cow's udder ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOGGY a pet name for a calf or cow ...c1825 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY a cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COW a hornless cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOO a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOO-COW a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOO-MOO a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOONIE a cow with a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOWER a cow ...c1670 cant
• NELLIE 1. a cow, esp. a weak one ...1935 Amer. dial.
2. a milking cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NODDLE-HEAD a cow that has never had horns ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NO-HORN a cow that has never had horns ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD HELLION a cow with a bad temper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PAD dried cow-dung, formerly collected for fuel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• PASTY a cow-pie; a dropping of cow dung ...1972 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS SCRUB a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POKE a cow's udder ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POLEY a cow's backside ...2000 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER one of the four teats of a cow ...1818 Eng. dial.
• QUEY-LAIKENS cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-A-BONES a thin or bony cow or horse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-CAN a kicking cow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RINER a thin, bony, or poor looking cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RINEY a thin, bony, or poor looking cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SACK a cow's udder ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SCAB a cow or steer less than one year old ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SCARN dung, esp. cow dung ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCARTER † a cow's teat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHELL an old or weak cow or horse ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKATE a bony, decrepit horse or cow ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKIN an old cow ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SKINNER a thin, bony or poor-looking cow or horse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAGGIE a pet name given to a cow having a white tip to its tail ...1761 Sc.
• TANTADLIN-TART cow-dung ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-CAN a termagant; a kicking cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDY COW † a cow giving milk ...1493 Sc.
• VACCARY † 1. a cow pasture ...1613 Eng. dial.
2. a cow-house ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACCICIDE the killing of a cow ...1900
• VACCIMULGENCE milking of cows ...1796
• YAD an old cow ...1863 Sc.
• YADDLE cows' urine ...1846 Eng. dial.
• YELLOWHAMMER a scrawny or otherwise undesirable cow or calf ...1922 Amer. dial.
• YEWER a cow's udder ...1790 Eng. dial.
COW - nouns, person
• BEAST-LEECH a cow-doctor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCARNY a cow-man ...1848 Eng. dial.
COW - verbs
• BAWL of cows: to utter loud noises, usually of distress; to low ...1868 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLARE of cows, and sometimes sheep: to low or bleat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLATE to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MEWTLE of cows and ewes: to make a low, crooning sound over their new-dropped young ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK THE OLD HAT RACK to milk a cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OCKY of a cow: to void ordure ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OOMBLE of a cow: to low discontentedly ...1932 Sc.
• PAIL to milk a cow ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE PIANO to milk a cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAP to milk a cow; to do the milking ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SETTLE of a cow: to become pregnant ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEZE THE HAYBALERS to milk a cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIT to milk a cow ...1916 Amer. dial.
• YIELD of a cow: to give milk ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
COW - interjections
• BAIL UP! a command to cows: stand still! ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAW! come!; used to call cows ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHAY! a call to cows; come! ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAP! a call to cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HOOEE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-HOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOKEY! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOO SOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRUG PRUG! a call to cows to come in for milking ...Irish sl.
• SAW! command to a cow to stand still when she is being milked ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TCHEY! an exclamation used to call or quiet a cow ...1890 Ireland
• WHAY! used as a command to a cow, go, go on! ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOO COW! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEY! a call to cows to come in from the pasture ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1961 Amer. dial.
• WHOO SOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! a call or cows or pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOO-HOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOK-COW! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOKEY! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOO-OO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
COWARD, COWARDLY - adjectives
• BALL-LESS lacking courage or nerve; gutless, cowardly ...1958 US sl.
• BEASTLY † unmanly, cowardly ...1584
• CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFY faint-hearted, timid, cowardly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...1830 Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF vile, wicked, mean, base; despicable; cowardly ...a1300
• CALF-HEARTED timid, cowardly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN afraid, cowardly ...1933 orig. US
• CHICKEN-HEARTED cowardly ...L18
• CHICKEN-LIVERED cowardly ...L19 sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT cowardly, fearful ...1945 sl., orig. US
• COLD-FOOTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COPPER-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COWARDOUS † cowardly; timid; faint-hearted ...1480
• COW-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRAVEN pert. to a person who gives up without a fight ...13C
• DASTARD characterized by mean shrinking from danger; showing base cowardice; cowardly ...c1489
• DASTARDLY † in a cowardly manner ...1552
• FACELESS † of persons: lacking courage; cowardly ...1596
• FAGGOT-ASS weak, cowardly, contemptible ...2000s US Black sl.
• FAGGOTY cowardly, useless, second-rate ...1960s sl.
• FAINT † wanting in courage, spiritless, cowardly ...a1300 obs. or arch.
• FAINTED † rendered cowardly or timid ...c1500
• FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly ...1590
• FAINTLING † faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless ...1712
• FASERT † cowardly, dastardly ...1508
• FAZART † cowardly, dastardly ...1508
• FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GIZZARDLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUTLESS cowardly, feeble, lacking determination ...1900 US sl.
• HEN-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
• IMBELLIOUS † unwarlike, cowardly ...1602
• LILY-LIVERED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIVER-FACED mean and cowardly ...1834
• MEACOCK † effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless ...1587
• MILK-LIVERED cowardly, timid, faint-hearted ...1605
• MILKY cowardly ...1936 sl.
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NIDDERING weak, cowardly, base ...1848
• PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid ...1605
• PIPPIN-HEARTED cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid ...1809
• POOSHEY, POOSHIE, POOSHY cowardly; effeminate ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE cowardly; effeminate ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSILLANIMOUS lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited ...1586
• RABBIT-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RECRAYED † cowardly, craven ...a1330
• SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly ...1800 Amer. dial.
• SOFT adj. cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPUNKLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKY cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHEY-BLOODED † cowardly ...1675
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK DOWN ONE'S BACK cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
• YELLOW cowardly ...1856 sl., orig. US
• YELLOW AS BABY SHIT very cowardly ...1974 US sl.
• YELLOW-BELLIED cowardly ...1924 sl., orig. US
• YELLOW-LIVERED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YELLOW-STREAKED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YELLOW-WYMED yellow-bellied, cowardly ...1824 Sc.
coward, cowardly - adverbs
• FAINTLY † in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly ...1297
• FAT AROUND THE HEART cowardly ...1935 Amer. dial.
coward, cowardly - nouns
• HAGGIS-HEART a soft, cowardly heart ...1812 Sc.
coward, cowardly - person
• ACRES a coward ...1775 sl.
• ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE a coward ...M19 sl.
• BALL-LESS WONDER a cowardly person ...1958 US sl.
• BOG-SCLENT a coward ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTLE MERCHANT a coward, someone who loses nerve ...2000 UK sl.
• BOTTLER a coward, someone who loses nerve ...2000 UK sl.
• BOUCH a coward; a sneak ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABBAGE-GARDEN PATRIOT a coward ...1848 political colloq.
• CAFF a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF a mean, base, despicable or cowardly fellow ...1250 arch.
• CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward ...Ireland
• CALF a timid or cowardly person ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CALF-HEART a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ە CANARY KID a weakling; a coward ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
• CASPAR a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• CASPER MILKTOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPER MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN a coward ...1936 sl.
• CHICKEN-HEART a coward ...L19
• CHICKEN-LIVER a coward ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT a coward ...1947 sl., orig. US
• CHICKIE a timid creature, a coward ...17C sl.
• COWARDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CRAVEN a coward ...L16
• DAFF † one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DAFFHEAD a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAG an unenterprising person; a coward ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• DASTARD one who meanly or basely shrinks from danger; a mean, base, or despicable coward; one who does malicious acts in a cowardly, skulking way, so as not to expose himself to risk ...1526
• DASTARDLING a contemptible dastard ...1800 nonce word
• DAWKIN a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• DOMINICKER a coward ...20C W. Indies
• DOMMERNECKER a coward ...20C W. Indies
• DRUGGLE † a term of contempt or reproach: apparently a heavy, stupid, spiritless or cowardly fellow ...1611
• FAAP a cowardly, hulking fellow ...1907 Sc.
• FAD a fussy, over-particular person; a milksop, an indecisive, cowardly person ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT an effeminate, weak, or cowardly fellow; generally used contemptuously ...1914 Amer. sl.
• FAINT-HEART one who has a faint heart; a coward ...1870
• FAINTLING † one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly ...1614
• FAIZARD † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FASERT † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow ...1721 Sc.
• FAZART † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FRAID-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FRAIDYBUG a timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRAIDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FUNK a coward ...1860 sl.
• FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...M19 sl.
• FUNKSTICK one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...1889 sl., orig. hunting usage
• GARRON a man without mettle, a coward ...1840 Sc.
• GO-EASY a very timid or cowardly person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GUTLESS WONDER a totally insipid and spineless person; a coward ...1937 Amer. sl.
• HAMMIE a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAMMY a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HILDING a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch ...1601 arch.
• KAYNARD † a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal ...1782
• LADYFINGER a weak or effeminate fellow; a cowardly man ...1942 US sl.
• MANGY cowardly, mean ...1896 Eng. dial.
• MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband ...1526
• MEATER a cowardly dog; hence, a cowardly man ...L19 Brit. sl., chiefly Cockneys' usage
• MIDDEN-DAUP a dastardly or cowardly fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MR. MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• MUDGER a coward; a milksop ....E19 Brit. sl.
• NIDDERING a base coward or wretch ...1596
• NIDGING a coward ...B1900
• NIGGET † a coward ...B1900
• PALLAWA a term of contempt for a dastardly fellow, a worthless, dishonourable or despicable man ...1825 Sc.
• PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person ...1936 US sl.
• PAPBROEK a coward, a weakling ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• PIKER a coward; a quitter ...E20 US sl.
• POOSHEY a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHIE a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHY a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUDDING-HEART a coward, a soft-heart, a poltroon ...1834
• PUFF a weak or cowardly person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUSHIE a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• QUAKE BREACH † a coward ...L16
• QUACK-BREECH † one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590
• QUACK-BUTTOCK † one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616
• QUAKE-BREECH † one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590
• QUAKE-BUTTOCK † one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616
• RABBIT a coward; someone who is as timid as a rabbit ...L19 US sl.
• RABBIT FOOT a coward; a timid person ...1920s US Black sl.
• RECREANT a disloyal or cowardly person ...14C
• SACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARDY a child's name for a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARE-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCARED-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCAREDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1930 colloq.
• SCARY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOUK a skulking, cowardly fellow; one with a downcast or dogged look ...1882 Sc.
• SHY-COCK a coward ...L18 Brit. sl.
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
• SKOOK a skulking, cowardly fellow; a sneak; one with a hangdog look ...1882 Sc.
• SNEAKSBY * a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak ...1580
• SOOK a coward ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SQUIB a coward ...1945 Aust. sl.
• VILIACO † a vile or contemptible person; a villain, a scoundrel, a coward ...1599
• WINDY a coward ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOMAN-JESSIE a cowardly man...1934 Amer. dial.
• YATTY a cowardly man ...2000s UK Black sl.
• YELDEN a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
• YELDING a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
• YELLOW-BELLY a coward ...1930 sl., orig. US
• ZACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
coward, cowardly - verbs
• ACCOWARD † to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted ...1530
• ACCOWARDIZE † to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted ...1480
• CAFF to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward ...1841 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN ONE OUT to dare someone to prove he is not a coward ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHICKENSHIT to act in a cowardly or otherwise distasteful manner ...1960s sl., orig. US
• DINGO to behave in a treacherous or cowardly manner ...1935 Aust.
• FUNK to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK ON to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK OUT to back out in a cowardly manner ...Bk1905 Amer.
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to be cowardly; to loiter ...1596
• HAVE CRAP IN ONE'S BLOOD to be a coward ...1956 US sl.
• HAVE THE BALLS OF A BUTTERFLY to be cowardly ...1971 US sl.
• HAVE THE BALLS OF A HUMMINGBIRD. to be cowardly ...1970 US sl.
• RAG OUT to show the white flag or feather ...c1880 sl.
• TURN CHARLIE to turn coward or become frightened ....c1930 sl.
COWARDICE - adjectives
• BACK-OUT cowardice; a disposition to retreat from an opponent ...1828 Amer. dial.
• DASTARDICE † mean or base cowardice ...1603
• DASTARDLINESS mean or base cowardliness ...1561
• DASTARDNESS † base cowardice, dastardliness ...1519
• DASTARDY the quality of a dastard; base or mean cowardice ...1588 arch.
• FAINTISE † feebleness, weakness of body or mind; want of energy, cowardice ..1297
• FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear ...1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
• LASHNESS † remissness; also, cowardice ...c1477
• MANLESSNESS † cowardice ...1667
• MICROPSYCHY † cowardice, feeble courage, faintness of heart, pusillanimity ...1651
• MUTTON cowardice ...1960s US sl.
• NESHNESS † lack of courage ...c897
• TRENCH HORRORS fear and cowardice, or fear of same ...World War I Amer. sl.
• UMBRELLA cowardice ...1930s sl.
cowardice - verbs
• FIND A WHITE FEATHER IN ONE'S TAIL to perceive signs of cowardice ...1825
• WASH THE MILK OFF ONE'S LIVER † to purge oneself of cowardice ...1732
COWBOY - nouns
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a cowboy film, story, or song ...1946 US sl.
• OAT OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• SPAG a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
cowboy - person
• ARBUCKLE a greenhorn cowboy ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BABY CROCKETT a fake cowboy ...1970s homosexual sl.
• BACCARO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BACQUERO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAKHARA one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1827 Amer. dial.
• BAQUERO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BILL-SHOW COWBOY a show-off cowboy of the Buffalo Bill show type ...1944 Amer. Western usage
• BRUSH BUSTER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH HAND a cowboy who works in brush country ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BRUSHPOPPER a cowboy, esp. one who works in the brush ...1925 Western US
• BRUSH THUMPER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH WHACKER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BUCCAHRO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUCCAROO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1925 Amer. dial.
• BUCHARO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1861 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAREE one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAROO a bronco-buster, a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAYRO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUCKER one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEROO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET MAN (derogatory) a cowboy ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BUCKHARA one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUKKARER one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1862 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER a cowboy ...1874 Amer. dial.
• BULL-WHACKER a driver of cattle; a cowboy ...1859 US
• COW KICKER a cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• COW PUNCHER a cowboy ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• COW-WADDY a cowboy; a ranch hand ...1928 Amer. West usage
• DABSTER HAND a cowboy expert at his work ...1968 Amer. Western sl.
• FLASH-RIDER a bronco-buster ... Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• HAYSHAKER a cowboy; used derisively ...1945 Amer. railroad usage
• IRON MAN the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons ...1933 Amer. dial.
• IRON TENDER the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons ...1961 Amer. dial.
• KICKER a cowboy, or a would-be cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK a real roughened cowboy of many trail accomplishments ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-POUNDER a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LIMB-SKINNER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1936 US West. sl.
• LONGHORN. an experienced cowboy ...1903 US West. sl.
• MAIL-ORDER COWBOY a would-be cowboy ...1926 Amer. dial.
• MAN-AT-THE-POT the first cowboy to pick up the coffee pot when out with the chuck wagons; it becomes his duty to pour coffee for the outfit ...1940 Amer. Western dial.
• MONKEY WARD COWBOY a would-be cowboy, who has the clothes but is otherwise spurious ...1910s US sl.
• MOSS HORN an aged cowboy ...1880 Western US
• MOSSY HORN an aged cowboy ...1880 Western US
• OATER a movie, television show, radio show, or book about cowboys; a Western ...1946 Amer. entertainment industry
• PANIOLA a cowboy ...1938 Hawaii
• PANIOLO a cowboy ...1892 Hawaii
• PEELER a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster ...1894 Amer. dial.
• POKE a cowboy ...1928 Amer. sl.
• PORK-AND-BEANER a cowboy ...1920s US sl.
• PUNCHER a cowboy ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RANAHAN an experienced cowhand; a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RANNY (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANNYCAVOO (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy, esp. an experienced one ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE BUM an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...c1936 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE STIFF an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE TRAMP an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SCREW a cowboy ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SHADOW RIDER a cowboy who spends most of his time showing off, watching his shadow ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TOP SCREW the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1920 Amer. dial.
• TOP WADDY the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1902 Amer. dial.
• WADDIE a cattle rustler; also, a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand ...1897 US sl.
• WEED-BENDER a cowboy ...1945 US railroaders' usage
cowboy - verbs
• BUCKAROO to work as a cowboy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUNCH to work as a cowboy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE of a cowboy: to camp out alone in search of stray cattle ...1936 Amer. dial.
COWED - adjectives
• HACKED OFF embarrassed, cowed, flustered ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OOLED downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• OOLT downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
cowed - verbs
• HANG ONE'S EARS † to be cowed or discouraged ...1678
COWER - verbs
• CALL to crouch, to cower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• OOR to creep, to crouch, to cower; to move slowly and feebly; to droop ...1866 Sc.
• SCREEDLE to cower or huddle over the fire ...1746 Eng. dial.
COWERING - adjectives
• RABBITY timid, cowering ...1937 Amer. dial.
COWLICK - adjectives
• CALF-LICKED having hair on the forehead which will not lie flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
cowlick - nouns
• CALF-LICK a tuft of hair growing on the human forehead, which will not part or lie flat; a cowlick ...1892 Eng. dial.
COXCOMB - nouns, person
• AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb ...1611
• BACCALARE a self-conceited fellow, a coxcomb ...E19
• FEATHER-COCK † a coxcomb ...1612
• JACK-A-DANDY a little fop; a coxcomb ...1632 sl.
• JACKANAPES a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
• JACK-A-NIPS a conceited coxcomb; an affected, puppyish young man ...1839 Eng. dial.
• JACK-DANDY a little fop; a coxcomb ...1632 sl.
• NAB † a coxcomb; a fop ...a1700 sl.
• NABE a coxcomb, a fop ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• PHYSBUTTOCKE † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• PRINCOCK † a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAG-FEATHER † a silly swaggerer; a swaggering coxcomb ...1611
COY - adjectives
• CUTESY affectedly cute or coy ...colloq., chiefly US
• SKEIGH of persons, esp. women: shy, coy, disdainful, proud ...c1560 Sc.
• SKITTISH inclined to show coyness or reserve ...1648
• VERECUND modest, bashful; shy, coy ...c1550
• VERECUNDIOUS † accompanied by modesty; modest, bashful, shy, coy ...a1639
coy - verbs
• MAIDEN IT † to act like a maiden; to be coy ...1597-8
COYOTE - nouns
• BARKING WOLF † a coyote ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH WOLF a coyote ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LOBO a coyote ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MEDICINE WOLF a coyote ...1837 Amer. dial.
• OTIE a coyote ...1931 Amer. dial.
• PRAIRIE LAWYER a coyote ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
COZEN - verbs
• FINNEGAN to cozen, to persuade artfully ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
CRAB - nouns
• BITER the claw of a crab ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1879 US sl.
• CANCER a crab ...1562
• CART the carapace of a crab ...M19
• DEAD MAN the inedible gills of a crab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DEADMAN'S FINGERS the gills or lungs of a crab, considered poisonous ...1880s US Black sl.
• DEVIL CRAB a king crab ...1970 Amer. dial.
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a hermit crab ...Bk1901 US fishing usage
• PARTAN a crab, esp. the common crab, Cancer pagurus; the shore crab, Carcinus moenas ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PARTAN BREE crab soup ...1909 Sc.
• PARTAN-CAGE a crab trap ...1899 Sc.
• PARTAN'S-TAE a crab's claw ...1822 Sc.
• PENNYWINKLE a hermit crab ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SAND-BAG the stomach of a crab ...1895
• WHALE a very large crab ...1981 Amer. dial.
• WHALE CRAB a very large crab ...1965 Amer. dial.
CRABBED - adjectives
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-humoured, surly, rude ...1790 Sc.
• CANKERED malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed ...1513
• CANKERLY † malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered,, crabbed ...1580
• CANKEROUS ill-humoured, crabbed ...1580
• CANKERY ill-humoured, crabbed ...1786 Sc.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained ...1855 Sc.
• CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• GNATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERIE, NITTERY peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• TARN'D ill-natured, fierce, crabbed ...1805 Eng. dial.
• TEETHY ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRISSLY, THRISTLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WRAW † peevish, crabbed, perverse ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ZOWER-ZAPPED adj. ill-natured, crabbed, sour in temper: usually applied to women ...B1900 Eng. dial.
crabbed - nouns
• CANKEREDNESS malice, spite; ill-humour; crabbed temper ...1538
crabbed - person
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• NATTER a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer ...1908 Sc.
• NATTEREL a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer ...1919 Sc.
• SOUR-SOP a cross, crabbed, or ill-natured person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TARRANT a crabbed, ill-natured person ...1703 Eng. dial.
CRABBING - person
• CHICKEN NECKER (derogatory) in crabbing: an amateur who interlopes on professional crabbers ...1976 Amer. dial.
CRABBY - adjectives
• HAZLED crabby, surly, sour ...Bk2002 Eng. Dial.
• SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby ...1855 Eng. dial.
CRACK - nouns
• FAULT † an unsound or damaged place; a flaw, a crack ...1514
• GAIG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HACK a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost ...1808 Sc.
• OPEMENT an opening, a crack ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion ...1866 Sc.
• SCORE a crack, crevice, fissure ...1825 Sc.
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
crack - verbs
• GAIG to crack, to break into chinks in consequence of heat ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAPE of wounds, material objects, etc.: to split, to crack, to part asunder ...1577
• GEG † to crack, in consequence of heat or drought ...1825 Sc.
• HACK of the skin: to chap or crack; to make or become rough ...c1779 Sc.
• HAPPEN to rattle, to make a cracking sound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAIL to crack; to spill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG to crack or split; used esp. of wood ...1856 Eng. dial.
• LEAP † to burst, to crack ...1477
• RAIRD to make a loud noise; to shout, to roar; to make a cracking sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANE to cause to crack or split; to crack, to split ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rustle; to make a clattering, cracking sound ...1826 Sc.
• SCAM to injure, to crack; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way, esp. of clothing ...1866 Sc.
• TO-CRACK † to crack to pieces, to shatter ...a1300
• YACK to make a snapping sound, to snap, to crack ...1873
CRACK COCAINE - see DRUGS COCAINE
CRACKED - adjectives
• ASLAT of an earthen vessel, piece of furniture, etc.: cracked, split ...1790 Eng. dial.
CRACKER - see FIREWORKS
CRACKING - nouns
• CRICK-CRACK a noise of cracking; a representation of a repeated sharp sound ...1565-73
• YACK a snapping or cracking sound ...1861
CRACKLE - verbs
• BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CREPITATE to crackle, to make a crackling sound ...1853
• HAPPER † to crackle, to snap ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to make a light rattling, crackling, or tapping noise ...1825 N. Eng. dial.
• NEESTER, NEISTER to throw off sparks; to crackle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RATTLE to make a rustling or crackling noise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAP to crackle by fire or by weight ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRINGE, SKRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
CRACKLING - adjectives
• HAPPERY crackling; apt to snap or crackle ...1886 Eng. dial.
crackling, adverbs
• REESHLE with a rustling, crackling sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
crackling - nouns
• GRATON crackling; a crisp piece of skin or other tissue remaining after fat (usually of a pig) has been rendered, used as food or in making soap ...1967 Amer. dial.
CRADLE - nouns
• BABY-TROUGH a children's cradle or playpen ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BEE-BAW a child's cradle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEIJO a cradle ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BRANLE a hammock-like cradle; it consisted of a strong circular piece of cloth, securely but slackly fastened to a large, stout hoop that was suspended by three light cords to a hook in a rafter of the gallery ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BYO a cradle ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CADER a cradle ...1750 Eng. dial.
• KEATHER a cradle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• REWTAUTER a child's swing; a cradle ...1867 Eng. dial.
• REWTRATTER a child's swing; a cradle ...1867 Eng. dial.
cradle - person
• BERSATRIX † a rocker of children in a cradle ...17C
CRAFT - nouns
• DEEPTH craft, subtlety ...B1900 Eng. dial.
CRAFTILY - adverbs
• FAKENLICHE † craftily ...c1000
• OLD craftily, knowingly; distrustfully, askance; angrily ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SUBTILELY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY † with craft or guile; craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously ...c1325
• YEPLY † cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously ...a900
CRAFTINESS - nouns
• CALLIDITY * craftiness, cunning ...1524
• IKEYNESS Jewishness and the derogatory stereotypes associated with it, i.e. artfulness, craftiness, greed, financial chicanery, etc. ...L19 sl.
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• SUBTILENESS † cunning, craftiness, slyness ...1474
• SUBTILITY † cunning, craftiness ...1375
• SUBTILTY † cunning, craftiness, guile ...c1374
craftiness - verbs
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
CRAFTSMAN - adjectives
• SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous ...a1300 arch.
CRAFTY - adjectives
• ASTUCIOUS astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd ...1823
• AULD-MOU'D sagacious, crafty ...1768 Sc.
• CAGEY shrewd, cunning, crafty, cautious, wary ...1920s
• CAGY wary, cautious, crafty, cunning, reticent, non-committal ...1893 US colloq.
• CALLENT † crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience ...1656
• CALLID †* crafty, cunning ...1656
• CAPTIOUS † crafty ...1590
• CAUTELOUS † deceitful, crafty, sly, cunning, artful, wily ...1380s obs. or arch.
• ENGINOUS † clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful ...c1325
• GINNOUS †* crafty, guileful, cunning ...c1425
• IKEY-MO artful, crafty, knowing ...L19 sl.
• OLD sly, crafty, cunning, clever ...1722
• QUAINT † cunning, crafty, given to scheming or plotting ...a1225
• RUTTERKIN † swaggering; crafty; sly ...1594
• SANSHACH wily, crafty; shrewd; sarcastically clever ...1808 Sc.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLIVERLY * cunning, crafty, deceitful, knavish, artful ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUBDOLOUS * somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, artful, deceitful ...1588
• SUBTILE crafty, artful, sly, cunning ...c1385
• SUBTLE † crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily ...1357
• TODLY †* foxy, crafty ...1571
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
• VERSUTILOQUENT talking cunningly or craftily ...1727
• VERSUTIOUS † cunning, crafty, wily ...1660
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
• VULPINARY † crafty, wily, artful, cunning, sly ...1721
• WRENCHFUL †* artful, crafty, deceitful ...a1225
• YEPE † cunning, crafty, sly, wily ...c1000
crafty - nouns
• ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SUBTILITY † a cunning of crafty scheme; an artifice, a dodge ...1390
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• WANLACE † a crafty device, a plot ...1303
crafty - person
• ANOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• CAWDEY a shrewd, crafty little boy ...1924 Ireland
• NINETER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• OLD ONE a sly or crafty person ...1847-49 Amer. sl.
• OLD SHOT an old, crafty person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• RUTTERKIN † an old crafty fox; a sly old fellow; a swaggering gallant or bully; a term of contempt ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIM SUBTLE † a subtle or crafty person ...1581
• SLY-BOOTS a sly, cunning, or crafty person ...a1700 colloq.
• TOD a person likened to a fox; a crafty or sly person ...1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VERSUTILOQUENT a crafty talker; one using words craftily ...1656
• WILY-PIE † a crafty or cunning fellow; a sly rogue ...c1450
crafty - verbs
• CARRY A LOT UNDER ONE'S HAT to be crafty, sly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
CRAG - nouns
• BANKS precipitous rocks or crags ...Bk1898 Sc.
• HAG † a break, gap, or chasm in a crag or cliff ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
CRAM - verbs
• FARCE † to cram full of; to pack ...c1386
• FARCINATE † to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food ...1634
• PAG to cram, to pack tightly, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANG to pack a receptacle tight, to cram full, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAM JAM to fill up, to cram ...19C Eng. dial.
CRAMMED - adjectives
• PANG packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...c1560 Sc.
• PANG-FULL full, packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...1842 Sc.
• RAMJAM absolutely crammed ...1895 UK sl.
• RAMMED crammed, stuffed full ...1996 UK sl.
CRAMP - nouns
• CHARLEY-HORSE a cramp in the arm or leg ...1888 N. Amer.
• CRICK a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp. in the neck or back ...15C colloq.
• RISING DAMP a cramp ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
cramp - verbs
• CRICK to cause a crick in the neck, back, etc. ...15C colloq.
• SCRAMP to cramp, to pinch; to stint of food, money, etc. ...1880 Sc.
• SCRIM, SKRIM to cramp; to benumb ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CRAMPED - adjectives
• SCRAM benumbed; withered; stiff, cramped ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMMY cramped, confined ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
CRANBERRY - nouns
• MARSH WHORTS † cranberries ...1578
CRANE FLY - nouns
• ALLY-LONG-LEGS the 'daddy-long-legs' or crane-fly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FATHER-LONG-LEGS a daddy-long-legs; a long-legged spider; the crane-fly ...1796
• HARRY-LONG-LEGS the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs ...1781
• JENNY-SPINNER the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs ...1817
• TAILOR-TARTAN a daddy-long-legs or crane-fly ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TOMMY-NODDY-HEAD the crane-fly ...1923 Sc.
CRANKY - adjectives
• DILLY queer, cranky ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKETY disagreeable, cranky, crotchety; obstinate ...1905 Amer. dial.
cranky - person
• OLD BUZZARD a cranky old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
CRAPS - nouns
• ABYSSINIAN POLO the game of craps ...1942 Amer. jocular
• ACE-DOUCHE in craps: a first roll of three ...1999 US sl.
• ACES IN BOTH PLACES in craps: a roll of two ...1999 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY 1. 3, esp. in craps dice ...1920s US Black sl.
2. in craps: a roll of a one and a two ...1974 US sl.
• ACTION gambling activity; bets and wagers; a crap game or other game of chance ...Amer. sl.
• ADA FROM DECATUR in craps: the point eight ...1918 Amer. sl.
• ADA ROSS the eight point in craps dice ...1918 US sl.
• ADA ROSS THE STABLE BOSS the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
• ADA ROSS THE STABLE HOSS the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
• AFRICAN BONES the game of craps dice ...1920s US sl.
• AFRICAN DOMINOES dice; specifically the game of craps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• AFRICAN GOLF the game of craps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• AFRICAN PILLS the game of craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• AFRICAN POOL (usually offensive) the game of craps ...1919 Amer. jocular
• ANNIE FROM ARKANSAS in craps: an eight ...1993 US sl.
• APOSTLES, THE in craps: a roll of twelve ...1999 US sl.
• ALL DAY in craps: said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven ...1983 US sl.
• ARMY CRAPS a game of craps in which the shooter serves as the banker ...1984 US sl.
• AUNT JEMIMA in craps: a particular point, perhaps three ...1909 US sl.
• AUSTRALIAN YO in craps, a roll of three; a roll of three is rarely a good thing, and is usually best face-down; if a three is face-down, an eleven is face-up; eleven is 'yo' with the three thus 'down-under the yo' ...1999 US sl.
• BAD NEWS the losing throw of 3 in craps dice ...1930s sl., orig. US
• BASEBALL BUM in craps: the number nine ...1949 US sl.
• BIG BEN in craps: the point ten ...1962 US sl.
• BOTH WAYS a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose ...1950 US sl.
• BOXCARS in craps: a throw of 12 on the dice ...1909 Amer. sl.
• CARPS the game of craps ...1901 Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYES in craps: a three ...1968 US sl.
• DANGLE ROLL a losing throw of the dice in craps ...1990s US Black sl.
• DOUBLE NICKELS in craps: a roll of ten made with a pair of fives ...1999 US sl.
• E AND T in craps: a one-roll bet on eleven and twelve ...1983 US sl.
• EASY in craps: a point made by a combination other than a matched pair ...1996 US sl.
• EASY SIX the point of 6 in craps dice ...20C US gambling sl.
• EASY WAY of an even-numbered point in craps: scored in any fashion other than a pair ...1974 US sl.
• EIGHTER FROM DECATUR the point of 8 in craps dice ...1910s US gambling usage
• GAG in craps: a bet that the shooter will make his even-numbered point in pairs ...1950 US sl.
• HORSES in craps: misspotted dice used for cheating ...1894 Amer. sl.
• JOE COTTON the point of 8 in craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• LITTLE DICK in craps dice: the point of 4 ...1930s US gambling usage
• LITTLE FOUR. the point of 4 in craps dice ...20C US gambling sl.
• MANNA FROM HEAVEN in craps: the throw of 11 ...2000s US sl.
• MISSISSIPPI MARBLES dice; a game of dice, esp. craps ...1920 Amer. jocular
• MISSISSIPPI MULE dice, or the game of craps ...1920s US sl.
• NATURAL 1. in gambling: a winning combination in various gambling games, esp. in craps ...1912 Amer. sl.
2. in craps: a winning roll of seven on the first toss ...1962 US sl.
• NIGGER GOLF (derogatory) the game of craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• QUAIL a twenty-five cent betting token used in craps ...1983 US sl.
• QUININE in craps: the number nine ...1950 US sl.
• RABBIT TRACKS in craps: a six rolled with a pair of threes ...1985 US sl.
• SICE in craps: the point and number six ...1950 US sl.
• SKINNY DUGAN in craps: any combination of seven ...1985 US sl.
• SNAKE EYES in craps: the point or the roll of two ...1929 Amer. sl.
• WRONG in craps: a bet against the shooter ...1974 US sl.
craps - person
• AFRICAN GOLFER a crap-shooter ...1910s US sl.
• GUNNER the person shooting the dice in craps ...1930s US sl.
• RACK MAN an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc. ...1930s sl.
• WRONGLE in craps: someone who bets against the shooter ...1974 US sl.
craps - verbs
• ACE-DEUCE in craps: to sustain a heavy loss ...1987 US sl.
• FADE in craps: to take one's bet; to cover one's offered bet ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HORSE in craps: to shoot dice idly for no stakes ...1946 US sl.
craps - interjections
• BABY NEEDS A PAIR OF SHOES! a traditional exclamation of crapshooters, suggesting that one has expenses to meet; used to summon good luck ...1918 US sl.
• MAN OVERBOARD!. in craps, in American casinos: used for announcing that the dice or a die are off the table ...1985 US sl.
CRASH - nouns
• DEVESHER a heavy fall; a crash ...1850 Eng. dial.
• HORIZONTAL a bad crash ...World War I sl.
• PARDOOS a thump, a crash; a violent fall; a resounding blow, a whack ...1866 Sc.
• PASH a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PIE-UP a crash; a smash ... Amer. World War I sl.
• RACK † 1. a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
† 2. a crash as of something breaking ...1671
• RASH a crash or clash ...c1470 Sc.
• SAUSAGE AND MASH a crash; a collision ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• VELLYE a crash, a heavy fall or thud ...1973 Sc.
crash - verbs
• BRATTLE to make a loud rattling or crashing sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EAT ASPHALT to crash while riding a motorcycle, bicycling, or taking part in an recreational activity on the street ...2002 US sl.
• PLAY WALLOP to come down with a crash ...1820 Sc.
• STACK to crash a vehicle ...1971 Aust. sl.
• WRAP AROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object ....1950 UK sl.
• WRAP ROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object ....1950 UK sl.
CRASHING - verbs
• YELL † of an inanimate thing: to make a strident or crashing noise ...a1000
CRAVAT - see TIE
CRAVE, CRAVING - adjectives
• GAGGING desperately craving something, as a cigarette, drink, or sex ...1997 UK sl.
• HAINISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HANKLING desirous of, having a craving or desire for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAYNISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TITILLATING itching, tingling; craving, hankering ...1858
crave, craving - nouns
• HANKLING a hankering, a craving after ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLING an 'itching' to do something; an uneasy desire, craving, hankering ...1553
crave, craving - verbs
• GALLA to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CRAWFISH - nouns
• CRAWDAD a crawfish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITCHBUG crawfish; freshwater crayfish ...1968 Amer. dial.
CRAWL - nouns
• SCRAUCHLE a clamber, a crawl ...Bk1904 Sc.
crawl - verbs
• CAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HARL ABOUT to move about feebly; to crawl, to creep ...1871 Sc.
• KAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MEACH to slink, to skulk, to crawl, to cringe, to look ashamed ...1833 Amer. dial.
• OAG to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle ...1892 Sc.
• OG to creep, to crawl, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMP †* to creep or crawl on the ground ...1390
• SCAAVLE to crawl, to scramble ...1921 Sc.
• SCRABBLE to crawl about on hands and knees; to scramble; to climb; to procure with difficulty ...1864 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLE to walk with difficulty; to bend the legs stiffly; to become stiff; to crawl about feebly, as a sick man ...1898 Eng. dial.
• SCRAUCHLE to scramble, to creep, to crawl; to move with difficulty ...1885 Sc.
• SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl ...1747 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SINUATE * to creep or crawl in a winding course ...1848
• YCRAUL † to crawl ...1594
CRAWLING - adjectives
• RAMPING †* creeping, crawling ...c1440
crawling - nouns
• LIZARD a crawling movement - moving first an arm, then the opposite leg, then the other arm, then the other leg ...1989 Amer. military sl.
CRAYFISH - nouns
• BUSTER in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1879 US sl.
• DITCHBUG crawfish; freshwater crayfish ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHEAR CRAB small, freshwater crayfish ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORTIE an undersized crayfish ...1980s NZ sl.
CRAZE - nouns
• BOGIE a craze, an infatuation; a hobby ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG an obsessive enthusiasm or craze; an obsession or urge ...1902 sl., orig. US
• LATEST HOT DROP, THE the latest fad or fashion; the latest craze of any kind ...c1950 Aust. sl.
• MAROTTE a pet notion, a craze ...1852
craze - verbs
• LOCO to craze, to derange, to frenzy ...1884 Amer. dial.
CRAZED - adjectives
• ACRAZED † mentally affected; crazed ...1576
• BEE-BONNETED having a bee in one's bonnet; somewhat crazed ...1856
• GONZO crazed; having a bizarre style ...1971 US sl.
• GONZOID crazed; having a bizarre style ...1979 US sl.
• LOCOED crazed, or crazy mad ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MANGED confused, muddled, crazed ...1825 Sc.
• MAZED crazed, mad, lunatic, distraught, insane ...1836 Eng. dial.
• RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous ...1824 Sc.
• RAMMISH furious, crazed with rage or hunger ...1825 Sc.
crazed - verbs
• FREAK OUT to behave in a crazed manner as a response to an emotional stimulus ...1966 US sl.
• MANG to become confused or distressed to the point of losing control of oneself; to become frantic or crazed with emotion, love, rage, etc. ...1766 Sc.
CRAZINESS - nouns
• CRACKINESS extreme eccentricity; craziness ...c1860 colloq.
• LIGHT insanity, craziness ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• OOPERZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness ...L19 sl.
• OOPIZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness ...L19 sl.
CRAZY - adjectives
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE crazy ...1900s sl.
• ABLE SUGAR crazy or out of order; haywire ...US military sl.
• ABRAM insane, crazy ...M16 sl.
• ADDLE unsound, crazy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• AG crazy, fun ...1990s US college sl.
• APARTMENT TO LET unhinged, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• AROUND THE BEND crazy, beyond sanity ...Amer. sl.
• ASIATIC crazy; wild; eccentric ...World War II United States Navy usage
• ATTIC TO LET unhinged, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• AWAY crazy ...1988 Sc. sl.
• BAD LUCK TOP END defective in mental powers, slightly crazy ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BALMY crazy; giddy and aloof ...1851 colloq.
• BALMY IN THE CRUMPET mad, crazy ...1891 UK sl.
• BARKING MAD absolutely crazy, highly eccentric ...1900s sl.
• BARMY crazy, eccentric ...1851 colloq.
• BARMY IN THE CRUMPET crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
• BAT-HOUSE crazy, mad, insane ...20C sl.
• BATS crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree ...1911 UK sl.
• BATSHIT crazy, out of control, angry ...1970 US sl.
• BATSO crazy, eccentric ...1970s US sl.
• BATTY eccentric, odd, insane, crazy ...1903 US sl.
• BEANY mentally defective, feeble-minded, insane, crazy ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical ...1879
• BEGIGGED infatuated, crazy; possessed ...1888 Amer.
• BEJINGOED † crazy, out of one's senses ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEREFT crazy ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BONKERS crazy; insane ...M20 sl.
• BONZO eccentric, crazy ...1980s sl.
• BOZO crazy ...1983 Amer. sl.
• BUGGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY AS A BEDBUG crazy, insane ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY AS POTATO VINES crazy, insane ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BUGHOUSE crazy ...1895 US sl.
• BUGS foolish, silly, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CADAZY mad, crazy ...1980s UK Black sl.
• CRACK-BRAINED crazy, eccentric ...1634
• CRACKED crazy, insane, mentally unbalanced ...1692 sl.
• CRACKED IN THE FILBERT slightly or very eccentric or insane; crazy ...c1880 Cockneys' sl.
• CRACKERS crazy, eccentric ...1928 sl., orig. Brit.
• CRACKPOT 1. crazy ...sl.
2. of ideas, schemes: crazy, unworkable, fantastic ...20C colloq.
• CRACKY crazy; senseless ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• CRAZIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR very crazy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS extremely crazy ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS A HOOT OWL very crazy ...1971 Amer. sl.
• CRAZY AS A LAUGHING FARM completely crazy ...1965 Amer. sl.
• CRAZY AS A SHITEPOKE very crazy ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH extremely crazy ...1940s Aust. sl.
• CUCKOO crazy, eccentric ...1906 sl., orig. US
• CUCKOOED crazy, eccentric ...1918 sl., orig. US
• DAD'S ARMY barmy, crazy ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAFFY daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish ...1884 US sl.
• DAFT of unsound mind, crazy, insane, mad ...1536 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAFT AS A BRUSH, AS extremely stupid; very silly; crazy ...1945 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• DAMP foolish, stupid; crazy ...L19 sl.
• DANGBATTED crazy ...1960s US sl.
• DING-A-LING foolish, crazy ...1959 US sl.
• DINGBATS crazy, eccentric ...1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DINGBATTY half crazy, imbecile ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy; confused, mixed up ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINKY wildly enthusiastic; crazy ...1969 US sl.
• DINKY DAU crazy ...1965 Vietnam war usage
• DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented ...1899 US sl.
• DOTTY crazy, eccentric ...1805 colloq.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• FANTI crazy, insane ...1910s sl.
• FERRICKED quite crazy, deranged ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FEW PICKLES SHORT OF BARREL, A stupid; crazy, eccentric ...1941 sl.
• FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC, A stupid; crazy, eccentric ...20C sl.
• FLAKEY crazy, eccentric ...1953 sl., orig. US
• FLAKY crazy, eccentric ...1953 sl., orig. US
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• FRUITY crazy, eccentric ...1929 US sl.
• FUNNY insane, crazy ...1950s sl.
• GARE-BRAINED † crazy, harebrained ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIZIE muddled; crazy, weak in understanding ...1836 Sc.
• HALLOCK crazy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• HALOKIT giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy ...1724 Sc.
• HAYWIRE mentally deranged, crazy ...1926 Amer. sl.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY slightly crazy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IDLE-HEADED † of little understanding or intellect; silly, foolish; crazy ...1598
• LOCO crazy, insane, mentally deranged, out of one's mind; obsessed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• LOCOED crazy, mad, deranged ...1884 Amer, dial.
• LOLO insane, crazy; foolish, dull, stupid ...1938 Hawaii
• LOONEY crazy, eccentric ...1872 sl.
• LOONY extremely erratic; mildly crazy ...1841 US sl.
• LOOPED demented, crazy ...1960s US sl.
• LOOPED UP demented, crazy ...1960s US sl.
• LOOPY crazy, eccentric ...1925 sl.
• MAD AS A BRUSH crazy, stupid ...1945 UK sl.
• MAD AS A HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad ...L14
• MAD AS A MAGGOT, AS very crazy, extremely eccentric; hence, egregiously foolish ...20C NZ sl.
• MAD AS A MARCH HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad ...16C
• MAD AS A MEAT AXE, AS completely insane; dangerously crazy ...1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAD AS A WEAVER, AS very crazy ...17C sl.
• MADBALL crazy ...1967 Amer. sl.
• MADMEN crazy, absurd ...1960s sl.
• MAD-UP crazy ...1970s UK Black sl.
• MAGGOTISH crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGGOTTY crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGGOTY crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGNOON crazy, eccentric ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAGNUNE crazy, eccentric ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MASHUGGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MAZE mad, crazy, lunatic; uneasy, over-anxious ...1842 Eng. dial.
• MENTAL insane, crazy, out of one's mind ...L19 sl.
• MENTLER crazy, insane ...1990s sl.
• MESHUGA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGINER crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MISHOOGENA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MOONY crazy; foolish; silly, esp. in demonstrating affection ...Bk1942 sl.
• NERTS crazy, foolish ...1910s US sl.
• NERTZ crazy, foolish ...1910s US sl.
• NOT ALL THERE eccentric, insane, crazy ...1864 sl.
• NOT QUITE THERE eccentric, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• NOT RIGHT UPSTAIRS insane, crazy ...1932 sl.
• NOT THE FULL QUID stupid, crazy, eccentric ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NUTS insane, crazy, out of one's senses ...1846 Amer. sl.
• NUTSEY crazy, eccentric ...a1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• NUTSO crazy, eccentric ...1975 sl., chiefly US
• NUTSY crazy, insane ...1923 Amer. sl.
• NUTTIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD PIG very crazy ...1992 Amer. dial.
• NUTTY crazy, eccentric ...1898 sl.
• NUTTY AS A CUCKOO crazy, demented, insane ...1922 Amer. dial.
• NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE crazy, eccentric ...1898 sl.
• ODDBALL crazy, eccentric ...1957 sl., orig. US
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BAP crazy, insane ...1980s sl.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S BEAN insane, eccentric, crazy; demented ...1940s sl.
• OFF ONE'S BLOCK insane, crazy ...1910s sl., orig. military
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S CAKE crazy, insane ...1980s sl.
• OFF ONE'S CHOMP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...M19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S CHUMP crazy; demented ...1877 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S COCONUT insane, crazy ...19C
• OFF ONE'S CONK mad, crazy, eccentric, insane; demented ...1870 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S DIP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S DIPPER mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S DOT insane, crazy ...19C
• OFF ONE'S DOTTY mad, eccentric, insane, crazy ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S FACE crazy ...1960s sl.
• OFF ONE'S GOURD crazy; deluded ...1945 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S HEAD insane, crazy, demented ...c1845 sl.
• OFF ONE'S JUMP crazy, insane ...1950s Irish sl.
• OFF ONE'S KADOOVA insane, crazy ...c1870 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S KERBASE slightly crazy ...1895 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S NANNY mad, crazy ...L18 UK sl.
• OFF ONE'S NOODLE crazy; deluded ...1945 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S NUT crazy; foolish ...1873 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ONION insane, crazy ...1890 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PANNICAN insane, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PANNIKIN mad, crazy ...1894 chiefly Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PULLEY insane, eccentric, mad, crazy ...1990s sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCK crazy, insane, eccentric, mad ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCKER crazy, demented ...1897 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCKET crazy, eccentric, mad ...1910s sl.
• OFF ONE'S SAUCER mad, insane, eccentric, crazy ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TILE insane, crazy ...1959 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TOP insane, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TOP TRAVERSE mad, insane, eccentric, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TROLLEY crazy, eccentric ...L19 sl.
• OFFSHORE crazy; silly; outlandish ...1994 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE BEAM crazy, eccentric ...1941 sl., orig. US
• OFF THE HOOKS in a state of madness or intense excitement; crazy, angry, or vexed; in an ill mood or out of humour ...1612 sl.
• OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless ...1937 US sl.
• OFF YOUR NANA crazy, insane ...1966 Aust. sl.
• ON A TRIP crazy, temporarily insane ...1960s sl.
• ON ONE behaving crazily ...1990s sl.
• OUT OF HIS TREE crazy ...1960s Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S ASS crazy ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATE-SORE crazy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl.
• POTTY crazy, eccentric ...1920 sl.
• PUGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl.
• QUEER crazy, eccentric ...1508
• RADIO insane, crazy, mad ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental' (radio rental)
• RADIO RENTAL wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• RADIO RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• RAMMIST * mad, crazy, frantic ...1456 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS crazy, eccentric ...M19 sl.
• RED-EYED crazy, furious, angry, mad ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REE crazy, delirious; rude, wild; unmanageable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• ROUND THE BEND insane, mad, crazy ...1929 sl.
• SALVATION ARMY crazy, mad, eccentric ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'barmy'
• SCRANNY crazy, mad, distracted; simple, foolish; bewildered ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREWBALL crazy, eccentric ...1936 sl., chiefly US
• SCREWY crazy, eccentric ...1887 sl., orig. US
• SHANDY empty-headed, half-crazy ...L17 Eng. dial.
• SHORT OF A SHEET crazy; mentally deficient; stupid ...B1900 sl.
• SICK-ASS unpleasant, crazy ...1990s US sl.
• TECHED crazy or slightly crazy ...E17
• TICKLE in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate, sensitive ...1515
• TONTO crazy, eccentric ...1982 sl., orig. US
• TOUCHED crazy, eccentric ...1893 sl.
• TWO APPLES SHORT OF A BISCUIT not completely sane, crazy, stupid ...1992 UK sl.
• TWO BRICKS SHORT OF A LOAD stupid; crazy, eccentric ...20C sl.
• UP IN THE AIR crazy ...L19 US sl.
• WACKED OUT crazy, eccentric, mad ...1968 US sl.
• WACKED UP crazy, odd, irrational ...1947 US sl.
• WACKO crazy, eccentric ...1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
• WACKY crazy, eccentric ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WALL-HUGGING crazed, eccentric ...1980s sl.
• WANTING IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, crazy ...1959 sl.
• WEIRDO crazy, eccentric ...1962 sl.
• WHACKO crazy, eccentric ...1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
• WHACKY crazy, eccentric ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WIGGING stressing, going crazy ...20C campus sl.
• WIGGY crazy or eccentric ...1810 sl.
• WRONG IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, eccentric, crazy ...M19 sl.
crazy - person
• BANANA CAKE a crazy or eccentric person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• BEE-HEAD a crazy person ...1657
• CLUCKEY a crazy, weak-minded person ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACKBRAIN a crazy person ...c1570 sl.
• CRACKPOT a crazy or eccentric person ...1883 sl.
• DAG a crazy or eccentric person ...1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• DINGBAT a crazy or eccentric person ...1879 US & Aust. sl.
• DING-DING a crazy person ...1970 US sl.
• EARWIG-BRAIN † one who has a 'maggot' or craze in his brain ...1599
• FIG NEWTON a silly, crazy, or eccentric person ...1974 Amer. sl.
• FILBERT a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person ...1915 Amer. sl.
• FLAKE a crazy, eccentric, or unreliable person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• FLIP a crazy or eccentric person ...1952 sl.
• FRUIT a crazy or eccentric person ...1959 US sl.
• FRUITCAKE a crazy or eccentric person ...1945 sl., orig. US
• LOCO (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed; a crazy or insane person ...1852 Amer. dial.
• LOCO BLOSSOM (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed; a crazy or insane person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LOLO a crazy person; a dull, stupid person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOON a crazy or eccentric person; a simpleton ...1885 sl.
• LOONEY TUNE. a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOONY TUNE. a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOOPER a crazy, disturbed person ...1980s sl.
• MAD HADDOCK a very eccentric, crazy, or foolish person ...20C Aust. sl.
• MAN IN THE MOON a fool, an eccentric or crazy person ...20C rhyming sl. for 'loon'
• MAZED-ANTIC a wild, foolish, crazy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENTLER a crazy person ...1990s sl.
• NUT a crazy or insane person; an eccentric; a foolish person ...1908 sl.
• NUTCAKE an eccentric or crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• NUT-CASE a crazy or eccentric person ...1959 sl.
• NUTSO a crazy or eccentric person; also a derisive form of address ...1975 sl., chiefly US
• NUTSY a crazy person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• ODDBALL a crazy or eccentric person ...1948 sl., orig. US
• POGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
• PUGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
• QUARTER-CLEFT a slightly crazed person; a crazy person ...1831 chiefly Eng. dial.
• QUARTER-CLIFT a crazy person ...1856 Ireland
• SCREWBALL a crazy or eccentric person ...1933 sl., chiefly US
• SICKIE anyone considered to be 'sick in the head', insane, or crazy ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SICKY anyone considered to be 'sick in the head', insane, or crazy ...1960s sl., orig. US
• TONTO a crazy or eccentric person ...1973 sl., orig. US
• WACK a crazy or eccentric person ...1938 sl., orig. US
• WACKO a crazy or eccentric person ...1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WEIRDIE a crazy or eccentric person ...1894 sl.
• WEIRDO a crazy or eccentric person ...1955 sl.
• WEIRDY a crazy or eccentric person ...1894 sl.
• WHACK a crazy or eccentric person ...1938 sl., orig. US
• WHACKO a crazy or eccentric person ...1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WONK a crazy, eccentric person ...Brit. sl.
• ZIGGERBOO a nutty, crazy person ...1947 Black college sl.
crazy - verbs
• BE SHORT OF A SHEET to be slightly crazy or idiotic ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DO ONE'S FRUIT to lose one's temper; to go crazy ...1970s sl.
• DRIVE UP THE WALL to cause to become crazy or furious; to infuriate ...1951 sl.
• GO BATSHIT to become insane, to act crazily ...1960s sl.
• GO FANTI to go crazy, to run amok ...1910s sl.
• GO UP THE WALL to become angry; to become crazy or furious ...1951 sl.
• HAVE A FEW BUTTONS MISSING to be crazy, eccentric, stupid, or less intelligent than average ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A GAD-BEE IN ONE'S BRAINS † to be crazy ...1682
• HAVE AN ANGLE-TWITCH IN THE BONNET to be not quite sane (angle-twitch = worm) ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A SHINGLE SHORT to be slightly crazy or idiotic ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• HAVE BATS IN THE BELFRY to be crazy or eccentric ...1911
• HAVE FEATHERS IN THE HAIR to be a bit crazy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HAVE KANGAROOS IN ONE'S TOP PADDOCK to be crazy or very silly ...E20 Aust. sl.
• HAVE ONLY FIFTY CARDS IN ONE'S DECK to be stupid or crazy ...1929 US sl.
• ILL to act crazily, aggressively, or wildly ...1980s US Black teen sl.
• MADDLE † to be or become crazy; to become confused in mind; to be dotingly fond of; to craze; to confused in mind; to bewilder ...c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NOT HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS to be insane, crazy, or unstable ...1860 sl.
• SNAP to go crazy; to freak out ...1970s Amer. sl.
crazy - phrases
• NEED ONE'S HEAD EXAMINED used jocularly to suggest that someone is crazy ...1949 sl.
• YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR TINY MIND you're crazy, foolish, mad ...1970 UK sl.