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CROAK - CRYSTAL BALL
CROAK - verbs
• CRONK to croak; to make the harsh note of a raven or frog ...19C Eng. dial.
• QUARK to croak ...1860
• QUERK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUEST †* to frogs: to croak ...1607
• QUIRK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YAP of a person: to croak, as the voice ...1790 Eng. dial.
CROAKING - nouns
• CRONK a croaking; a prating ...1790 Eng. dial.
CROCHET - verbs
• PEG to crochet ...1898 Amer. dial.
CROCKERY - nouns
• DAFFER small crockery-ware ..1810 Eng. dial.
• DELF earthenware, crockery ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELFWARE earthenware, crockery ...1874 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELPH earthenware, crockery ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAME 1. earthenware, china; a dish, crockery, dishes ...1708 Sc.
2. a piece of broken crockery, esp. one used as a plaything ...1861 Sc.
• PANCHES broken pieces of crockery ...1852 Eng. dial.
• PANSHARD a piece of broken crockery ...1851 Eng. dial.
crockery - person
• BOWL-MAN a male hawker of crockery ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWL-WIFE a female hawker of crockery ...Bk1911 Sc.
CROCODILE - nouns
• CROC a crocodile ...1884 sl.
• FLAT DOG a crocodile ...Aust.
• FRESHIE, FRESHY a freshwater crocodile ...1964 Aust. sl.
• RIVER-DRAGON † a crocodile ...1667
֩• SALTIE a salt-water crocodile ...1951 Aust. sl.
• SCALY a crocodile ...1930s Aust. sl.
CROOK - person
• DARBY-RINGER a scamp; a petty crook ...c1795 sl.
• FAKER a swindler; a charlatan; broadly, a crook ...1881 sl.
• GANDY DANCER a petty crook; a tramp ...1910s US sl.
• GANEF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GIP a swindler, a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GONIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GONNIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GUNNIF a thief, a crook ...2000 UK sl.
• GYP (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook ...1859 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GYP ARTIST a short-changer or other swindler; a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GYPSTER a swindler, a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• JIP a swindler, a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
CROOKED (out of shape) - adjectives
• ADUNCOUS hooked, bent inward, incurved, crooked downwards ...1656
• AGEE crooked, uneven, awry ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AJEE crooked, uneven, awry ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AKIMBO crooked, out of alignment ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLIN askew, slanting, crooked ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ANTISIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BOOLIE crooked, bent, deformed ...19C Sc.
• BOSS-EYED oblique, crooked, one-sided ...1898 Eng. dial.
• BOWLIE crooked, bent ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWLTEST the most bent or crooked ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW'T bowed, bent; crooked ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAM † crooked, twisted, bent from the straight ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAMMED crooked, awry ...1864 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED AS A DOG'S LEG crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED AS A WISKET crooked (wisket = basket) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMELT crooked ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAMMEREL crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHO crooked ...Sc.
• CAMSHOCH crooked, distorted, awry; deformed ...1513 Sc.
• CRINKLETY-CRANKLETY very crooked; zigzag ...19C Eng. dial.
• CROOKED AS DICK'S HATBAND very crooked ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAM lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME lame, crippled, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GOLLY-WOBBLED askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOLLY-WOP askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GUCKY crooked ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KAA-WAA crooked, twisted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KAW-WAW crooked, twisted, distorted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KIRKED † crooked, bent; turning upwards ...c1400
• LOPLOLLY askew, crooked, catty-cornered ...1981 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER-JAWED askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NORTH-CRAWLEY awry, crooked ...1854 Eng. dial.
• OBUNCOUS †* very crooked ...1656
• ONE-EYED of a person: crooked, dishonest ...M19 US sl.
• OOGH crooked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTIAL inclining more to one side than another; crooked ...L18 sl.
• SCREW-AWED askew, crooked ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-EYED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SIDEDYWRY crooked ...L18 sl.
• SIEBEGODLIN deformed, crooked, one-sided ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SI-WANKERT lopsided; crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SI-WICHRERED lopsided; crooked ...1982 Amer. dial.
• SIWICKERIN lopsided; crooked ...1976 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-DADDLIN askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEF crooked, off-beat ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• SKEEHAW askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWAMPUS askew, crooked ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWHONKED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWINKLE twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEWAGGY twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-BALLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEWGEE askew, squinting, crooked ...L19
• SKEW-GODLIN askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-HAW askew, crooked ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-RAW askew, crooked ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEWVOW askew, out of true, crooked ...L18 sl.
• SKEW-WAMPUS askew, crooked ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKEW-WIFF askew, crooked, awry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WOGGLY twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WOTTEMUS twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-YANK twisted, askew, crooked ...2001 Amer. dial.
• SKI-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKIWAMPUS askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKIWIFT awry, askew; crooked, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKWEE-WAB twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-BOTTLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1995 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GODLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOG crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOGGLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WADDLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WAMPUS askew, crooked ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEHAWED askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-JAWED crooked, askew, irregular ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-WAMPUS askew, crooked ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-WOBBLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SQUIGGED crooked ...B1900 Sc.
• SQUIOGLING askew, crooked, oblique ...1896 Amer. dial.
• TANTABOMING faulty; crooked; out of place ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANTERBOMING faulty; crooked; out of place ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THRAWART twisted, crooked ...1814 Sc.
• UNKIND rough, crooked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAP-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1911 Amer. dial.
• WAPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1890 Amer. dial.
• WAPPY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1884 Amer. dial.
• WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WEEWAWED askew, crooked ...1890 Amer. dial.
• WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHICHAWAY askew, awry, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, out of shape ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHOCKER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPA-SIDED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPER-JAWED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPER-SIDED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPNY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHONKER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHONKY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WHOPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1856 Amer. dial.
• WHOPPY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOLLY-GOBBLE askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOMPER-SIDED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WONKY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOPAJAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1934 Amer. dial.
• WOP-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WOPPY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WRIGGLETY-WRY crooked, awry, all on one side ...B1900 Eng. dial.
crooked (out of shape) - adverbs
• ASQUIN awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• ASWINT awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GALLEY-WEST askew, crooked, scattered in all directions, disorderly, in confusion ...19C US sl.
crooked (out of shape) - nouns
• CAMMOCK a crooked stick or piece of wood ...c1450
• RAINBOW something that is curved or crooked...1938 Amer. dial.
crooked (out of shape) - person
• BILCH a little, crooked, insignificant person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOWSIE a term of contempt for a crooked person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ZAD a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person ...1725 sl.
crooked - verbs
• CAM to make crooked; to tread shoes out of shape ...1856 Eng. dial.
• TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CROOKED (dishonest) - adjectives
• BENT crooked, larcenous ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• KINKY dishonest, crooked, criminal ...1903 Amer. criminal sl.
• LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit ...M20 US colloq.
• OUT OF THE STRAIGHT dishonest, crooked ...Bk1904 sl.
• SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent ...M19 US sl.
• SINUOUS deviating from the right; not straightforward or direct; morally crooked ...1850
• WONKY crooked ...1919 Brit. sl.
CROOKEDLY - adverbs
• ACROOK in a bend or curve; awry, crookedly ...1480
• CAM awkwardly, crookedly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED perversely, crookedly ...1750 Eng. dial.
• CATTY-WEST crookedly ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CRINGLE-CRANGLE † zigzag, in a meandering, crooked manner ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ONE-SIDED diagonally, crookedly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ON THE BEND by means that are not straightforward; 'crookedly' ...1863
• WEEWAW crookedly, unevenly ...1894 Amer. dial.
CROOKEDNESS - nouns
• ADUNCITY † crookedness; flexure inward; hookedness ...1589
CROON - verbs
• TEEDLE † to sing a song without words; to croon ...1824 Sc.
• THRUM to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone ...1865 Sc.
CROP - nouns
• WARE † field-produce, crops, vegetables ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
crop - verbs
• BENOTTE †* to crop or cut close ...1594
CROQUET - nouns
• AMISH GOLF croquet ...1969 Amer. sl.
• TICE a stroke at croquet or cricket, which tempts or entices the opponent to take aim ...1874
croquet - person
• AUNT EMMA in croquet: a cautious, conservative, dull player ...1977 US sl.
• CROSS - adjectives
• BISSY cross, ill-tempered, angry; easily provoked to anger, excitable ...1887 Sc.
• CAINGY irritable, cross, peevish, ill-tempered ...1778 Eng. dial.
• CAM perverse, obstinate, cross ...a1600 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED cross, ill-tempered ...1854 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHACKLE angry, cross, quarrelsome ...1808 Sc.
• CRAB perverse; ill-humoured, mean, cross ...1961 UK sl.
• CROSS AS SAM PATCH, AS very cross ...1892 Amer. dial.
• CRUMPSY cross, grumpy, ill-tempered ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAIN cross, irritable ...1896 Eng. dial.
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• FAUSTY, FEISTY, FICETY, FISTY, FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FRAB cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRABBY cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRAMPOLD ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• GARMUNSHACH † cross, ill-humoured ...1825 Sc.
• GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky ...1861 colloq.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• KNAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; irritable; sarcastic ...1840 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAWDY of a child: cross, peevish ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NAGGIE cross-tempered, touchy, ill-natured ...1838 Sc.
• NAGGLY cross-tempered, touchy, ill-natured ...1887 Sc.
• NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NATTLE quick to take offense; touchy; irritable; cross ...1868 Eng. dial.
• NATTLED cross, ill-tempered, irritable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable, cross; low-spirited ...1878 Eng. dial.
• NEPPERED cross, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWKY cross, ill-tempered, ill to deal with ...1875 Eng. dial.
• NOOKY cross, ill-tempered, ill to deal with ...1875 Eng. dial.
• NUNTY of persons: ill-tempered, cross, sulky ...1894 Eng. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PATCHY cross, irritable, testy, uncertain in temper ...1883 Eng. dial.
• PEEVED annoyed, upset; cross ...1908 colloq.
• RAGGY cross, ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REMUCE † cross, ill-tempered ...Bk1904
• TANKERSOME † fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TATCHY touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TATTER scolding, cross, peevish, ill-tempered, grumblingly discontented ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERY cross, peevish, ill-natured, ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTY testy, cross ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEATY, TEETY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEDY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc.
• TEETHY ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TESSY angry, fractious, cross, testy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWART cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric ...1899 Sc.
• TWORT cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• UNKED cross, out of temper; silent, sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• X annoyed, irritated, angry, cross ...1962 UK sl.
• YAPPY sharp and unpleasant of speech; cross, irritable; usually applied to old people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cross - nouns
• PAPIST-CROSS a cross; a ludicrous term that was used by young people ...Bk1905 Sc.
cross - person
• CAINGEL a cross, peevish person ...1684 Eng. dial.
• CAINJER a cross, peevish person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HANNIER † a cross, teasing person ...1775 Eng. dial.
• MRS. CROSS-STICKS a cross or bad-tempered woman ...B1900
• NATTI a cross-tempered, malicious or pert fellow ...1908 Sc.
• NEDDARCAP an ill-natured, cross person, esp. a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWKY a cross child ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SOUR-SOP a cross, crabbed, or ill-natured person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-BODY a cross person ...1895 Sc.
• THWART a cross, ill-tempered person ...1852 Eng. dial.
• YAP a cross, peevish person; a troublesome, crying child ...Bk1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
cross - verbs
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE to be peevish, cross and ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTER to scold; to chide; to be furious or cross ...1842 Eng. dial.
CROSS (lie or pass across) - verbs
• DECUSS * to cross, to intersect, to lie across, so as to form a figure like the letter X ...1782
• DECUSSATE to cross, to intersect, to lie across, so as to form a figure like the letter X ...1658
• SCALE to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
• SKAIL to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
CROSS (sign of the cross) - verbs
• MARK † to make the sign of the cross upon one's breast, etc.; to cross oneself ...c1175
CROSS-BONES - nouns
• MARROWBONES cross-bones ...1832
• MARROWS cross-bones ...1832
CROSSBOW - nouns
• BALISTER †* an arbalest, a crossbow ...1697
• TITTUP †* the trigger of a crossbow ...1536
CROSSBOWMAN - person
• BALESTER † an arbalester, a crossbowman ...1489
• BALISTER † an arbalester, a crossbowman ...1489
• BALISTRIER †* a crossbowman ...1440
CROSS-COUNTRY - nouns
• BUNION DERBY a cross-country marathon ...1920s US sl.
CROSS-DRESSING - nouns
• X-DRESSING cross-dressing ...2003 UK sl.
CROSSED - adjectives
• ACROSTIC crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag ...1602
• DECUSSATIVE †* crossed over each other, intersecting, cross-shaped ...1658
• YCROST † crossed ...1603
CROSS-EXAMINATION - nouns
• ACT cross-examination of a prisoner ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• BACK-SPEERIN questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination ...1827 Sc.
• BACK-SPEIRIN questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination ...1827 Sc.
• BACK-SPIERING questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination ...1827 Sc.
cross-examination - verbs
• ACE to resist interrogation or cross-examination tenaciously and successfully ...1929 US criminals' sl.
CROSS-EXAMINE - verbs
• BACKSPEER to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter ...1808 Sc.
• BACKSPEIR to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter ...1808 Sc.
• BACKSPIER to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter ...1808 Sc.
• TAIRGE to question closely, to cross-examine ...1786 Sc.
• TARGE to question closely, to cross-examine ...1786 Sc.
CROSS-EYED - adjectives
• ACE-DEUCE cross-eyed ...1955 US sl.
• BLINK-EYE cross-eyed ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLINK-EYED. cross-eyed ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY cross-eyed ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON WEDNESDAY LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY cross-eyed ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BOSS-EYED having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed ...1860 sl.
• BUNG-EYED cross-eyed...M19 sl.
• SKELLER-EYED cross-eyed ...1927 Amer. dial.
• TANGLE-EYED having squint eyes; cross-eyed ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TWY-EYED cross-eyed, squinting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAW-SIGHTED cross-eyed, squinting ...1751 nautical sl.
cross-eyed - nouns
• QUEER OGLES cross eyes ...E19 UK criminals; sl.
cross-eyed - person
• TANGLE-EYE a person with squint eyes; a cross-eyed person ...1939 Amer. dial.
CROSSFIRE - person
• MUSHROOM an innocent bystander killed in crossfire ...1988 US sl.
CROSS-GRAINED - adjectives
• ABSTRAKLOUS cross-grained, bad-tempered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained ...1855 Sc.
• CANTANKEROUS showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
• CANTANKERSOME cross-grained, ill-humoured ...1835 Amer. sl.
• HACKLED peevish, cross-grained, angry ...Bk1905 Eng, & Amer. dial.
• ILL-MAIRED cross-grained, intractable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KAA-WAA ill-natured, cross-grained ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KAW-WAW ill-natured, cross-grained ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MAGGY cross-grained, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANGLY grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NURLY ill-tempered, cross-grained ...1871 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RILY cross-grained ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong ...1737 Sc.
cross-grained - nouns
• CANTANKER † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
cross-grained - person
• CATAMARAN a cross-grained or quarrelsome person, esp. a woman ...1833 colloq.
• CROOKED STICK a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person; a dishonest person ...1846-8
• DIZZERWITCH a cross-grained person, one given to opposition ...19C Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person; a rough field-labourer ...1824 Sc.
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• NEDDERCAP an ill-natured, cross-grained person, especially a child ...B1900 Sc.
• OFF-OX a stubborn or headstrong person; an unmanageable, cross-grained fellow ...1848 Amer. dial.
cross-grained - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
CROSS-LEGGED - verbs
• TAILORIZE to sit cross-legged like a tailor ...1829
CROSSLY - adverbs
• THRAWN angrily, crossly ...1889 Sc.
• THRAWNLY crossly ...1899 Sc.
CROSS-QUESTION - verbs
• CROSS-HACKLE to cross-question vexatiously or persistently ...1826
• QUIZ to interrogate, to cross-question; to ask inquisitive question; to make prying inquiries ...1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CROSSROAD (also see road) - nouns
• FOUR-THROWS a point where four roads meet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GATESHODEL † a parting of the ways; a crossway, a fork of a road ...c1375
• QUARFOXE † a carfax; crossroads ...1483
• RELEET a place where different roads meet; a crossroads ...1839 Eng. dial.
CROSSWISE - adjectives
• ACROSSED †* crosswise, crossed ...1548
• ACROSTIC crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag ...1602
• CATAWAMPUS crosswise, diagonal ...1911 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPERED crosswise, diagonal ...1911 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPUS crosswise, diagonal ...1911 Amer. dial.
crosswise - adverbs
• ANTLE-BEER crosswise, irregular ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ARISE crosswise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASKEW crosswise, diagonally ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATHART, ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT across, crosswise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWART crosswise, obliquely ...1900 Sc.
• TWARTLINS crosswise ...1899 Sc.
CROSSWORD - nouns
• CRISS-CROSS. a crossword puzzle; crosswords in general ...c1935 sl.
CROTCH - nouns
• FORK the crotch; hence, the penis ...L19 sl.
• LORD SUTCH the crotch ...1960s rhyming sl.
• QUEER'S LUNCH BOX the male crotch ...1964 US sl.
• RABBIT HUTCH the crutch or crotch ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
CROTCHET - nouns
• FANDANGLEMENT a whim, crotchet; a gewgaw ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FANTAD, FANTOD a crotchety way of acting; a fad ...1867
• FANTASTICALITY something that is fantastical; a crotchet, a whim ...1631
• MAGGOT a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet ...a1625
• MAXIM a plan, contrivance; an experiment; a fad; a crotchet ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NEW FANGLE * a new fashion or crotchet; a novelty, a new invention; always used in a contemptuous sense ...1548
CROTCHETY - adjectives
• CRANKY queer, crotchety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTISH † crotchety; full of whims or perverse fancies ...a1700
• MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOT(T)Y full of whims or fancies, capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1678
• MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1894 Sc.
• MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PERNICKET(T)Y, PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKE(R)TY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SANSHACH precise, pettish, crotchety ...1825 Sc.
• TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric ...1899 Sc.
• TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety ...1875 Eng. dial.
crotchety - person
• MAGGOT-MONGER † a crotcheteer; a whimsical person ...1660
• MAGGOTY-POW a whimsical, crotchety person ...1887 Sc.
• OLD WIGSBY a crotchety, narrow-minded, elderly man who snappishly can see no good in any modern thing ...1842
crotchety - verbs
• HAVE MAGGOTS IN THE HEAD to be eccentric, crotchety ...L19 colloq.
CROUCH - verbs
• CALL to crouch, to cower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRONK to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way ...1847 Eng. dial.
• DARE † to lie motionless (generally with the sense of fear), to lie appalled; to crouch ...c1220
• DERE † to be afraid, to shake with fear; to crouch, to hide, to lie hid ...1808 Sc.
• GO QUAT to squat down; to crouch ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• MIMP to crouch, to sit huddled up or crouched together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OOR to creep, to crouch, to cower; to move slowly and feebly; to droop ...1866 Sc.
• QUAT † to crouch down or lie close, as an animal in hiding; to squat ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUATTY to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• QUOT to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SCHROOCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to seat oneself; to crouch, resting on the limbs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCH to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH DOWN to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH UP to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOPY to crouch, to stoop down upon the haunches ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOT DOWN to crouch down, to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCOUCH to crouch, to stoop, to bend down ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCOUT to crouch in a corner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFF to shrink together; to crouch; to huddle together ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCRINCH to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH DOWN to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH UP to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH DOWN to crouch down ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SCROONCH to crouch, to hunch; to shrink or squeeze oneself into a small space ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCH to crouch, to hunch, to draw oneself in ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to crouch, to stoop down ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to crouch, to hunch down ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCRUCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNCH to stoop or crouch; to drop down low by bending at the knees ...1900s US Black sl.
• SCRUTCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKOODLE to squat or crouch down ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKROOTCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKRUTCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKUTCH DOWN. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1931 Amer. dial.
CROUCHED - adjectives
• BENT † levelled or aimed as a weapon; braced or wound up for action; crouched for a spring ...c1330
CROUCHING - adjectives
• BENDIT ready to spring, crouching ...Bk1898 Sc.
CROW - nouns
• AMEN-PREACHER the carrion crow ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• BLACKNEB carrion crow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CRAKE a crow or raven ...c1320 N. Eng. dial.
crow - verbs
• CRAKE of a crow, quail, etc.: to utter a harsh, grating cry ...c1386
• KAAK † of a crow: to caw ...1605
• QUAWK to caw as a crow ...1821 Eng. dial.
CROWBAR (also see burgular, tools) - nouns
• BAL-IRE a crowbar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAR a crowbar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESS a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• BETTY a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• CROW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• DOG a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• GABLOCK an iron crowbar ...c1746 Eng. dial.
• GAFF a crowbar ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GRANNY BAR a crowbar ...1919 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY TOOL a crowbar ...1919 Amer. dial.
• JACK a crowbar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JAMES a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1819 sl.
• JEMMY a short crowbar used by burglars, generally made in sections screwing together ...1752
• JENNY a small crowbar; also, the hook on the end of a stick ...1690 thieves' sl.
• JILT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JIMMY a short crowbar, usually made in sections screwing together, used by housebreakers ...1752 sl.
• LORD-MAYOR a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PERSUADING PLATE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PIG'S-FOOT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• SCREW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• STICK, THE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1879 criminals' sl.
• TIVVILL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIRL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIST a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
CROWD, CROWDED - adjectives
• ASS-TO-ELBOW extremely crowded ...1980s US sl.
• BUNCHED UP TIGHTER THAN A DONKEY'S ASSHOLE gathered together, crowded together ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CELEBRIOUS † of a place or assembly: crowded, thronged, frequented ...1627
• COBBY crowded, confined, closely packed ...19C Eng. dial.
• GREGARIAN † pert. to flocks or crowds, common ...M17 rare or obs.
• HUNCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL very crowded; very closely packed together ...1704
• LIKE SARDINES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE SARDINES IN A TIN crowded, huddled ...M19 colloq.
• LINED popular, full of people ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES crowded, huddled ...M19 colloq.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANG of persons: crowded together, thronging ...1827 Sc.
• RANK † in close array, crowded together; thick, dense ...a1400-50 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SCROOCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCROOCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS A DOZEN IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1868 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS FIVE IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1855 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS FLIES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS FOUR IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS HOPS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS SIX IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS THIEVES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS THREE IN A BED of people: very friendly, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1844 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THICK-THRANG thickly crowded ...1892 Sc.
• THRANG crowded; pressed for space; numerous, thick ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANGED crowded ...1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAPT-FULL excessively crowded ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG crowded; pressed for space; numerous, thick, busy, occupied with work ...1781 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRONGED crowded ...1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONGED-UP crowded ...1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMELT crowded, confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN crowded, confined; incommoded by want of space or pressure of business ...1899 Eng. dial.
crowd, crowded - adverbs
• TAG-RAG † all to tags and rags; in a mingled crowd or heap ...1582
crowd, crowded - nouns
• ANGERIE a crowd, a multitude ...1866 Sc.
• ARGERIE a crowd, a multitude ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AUCTION a dirty or untidy place or room; a disorderly crowd ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BAINGIE a crowd ...1933 Sc.
• BANG a group, a crowd, a great number ...1727 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BANYEL a crowd of people ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDRIP a crowd; orig. a band of harvesters ...1893 Ireland
• BEE-DROVE a crowd or 'swarm' of men or animals ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BING a heap, a pile; also, a crowd ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BOODLE a crowd, pack, lot ...E17 sl., chiefly US
• BRAENGEL a confused crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK a large number; a crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABOODLE a crowd ...1858 sl.
• CABOOSH a crowd ...1929 Sc.
• CALABOSH the entire crowd; all ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CAPOOT a large group of things or people; a crowd; the whole lot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAPUSH a group of people or things; a crowd; the whole lot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CREW a gang, company or crew ...colloq.
• CRUSH a group or crowd of people ...1904 sl., orig. US
• DEVIL-RACKET the noise or commotion made by a crowd ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL-ROUTER the noise or commotion made by a crowd ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE a crowd, a throng ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FERKISHIN a large amount; a crowd, a seething mob ...1856 Sc.
• HATTER a jumble, a confused crowd; a knot or tangle ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAM a crowd; a crush ...1812 colloq.
• KADABBLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KADOODLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KAPOODLE the whole lot; a group; a crowd ...1915 Amer. dial.
• LAYOUT a company of people; an organization, an 'outfit'; a crowd; a gang or team ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MAGAZINE a crowd, a gathering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMPUS a great number; a crowd ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MANZY a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENYIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENZIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MERDIL, MERDLE a confused crowd of people or animals; a numerous family of little children; a huddle of small animals ...1882 Sc.
• MESS an indefinite quantity, amount or number, usually a large one; a crowd ...1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MOTHERS AND LOVERS a very small crowd at a competition ...1989 Aust. sl.
• OUTFIT a crowd of people ...1883 sl., orig. US
• OUTLAY the crowd, the lot; a large group of people at a public gathering ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PACK the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze ...1928 Sc.
• PACK AND BOODLE a crowd, a group ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PARROCK a group of people, animals, or things closely packed or huddled together; a bustling, stirring crowd, a mob; a conglomeration of objects ...1813 Sc.
• PUISSANCE † an armed force; also, a number or crowd of people ...LME
• PUSH a crowd of people ...1884 sl., chiefly Aust.
• RABBLEMENT a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLE ROUT a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble ...1599
• RABBLE-ROUTER a confused crowd of disorderly people; the noise of such a rabble ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBLETY a small rabble or crowd ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF a large number, a crowd ...a1677 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAFT a large collection; a crowd; a lot; used disparagingly ...1833 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RALLY a disorderly crowd; a boisterous assembly of people; a great gathering ...1815 Sc.
• RAMJAM a crowd ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RAMMATREK a rabble; a frolicsome, mischievous crowd, esp. of children ...1866 Sc.
• RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd ...1935 Sc. sl.
• RANDIGAL a concourse of people ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RANGEL, RANGLE a crowd ...1742 Sc.
• RASH a crowd ...B1900 Sc.
• REPAIR a concourse of people; a resorting, gathering ...1895 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBILL a disorderly crowd, rabble; a great confusion ...1771 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• RORT a crowd ...c1912 Aust. sl.
• SCAD a hurry, flurry, fluster, haste, a bustling crowd ...1897 Sc.
• SCOOT a rabble, a disorderly crowd ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAE a crowd, multitude, swarm ...1899 Sc.
• SIGHT a multitude, a crowd; a large amount or number; a great many, a lot ...1809 Amer. dial.
• SKRAE a crowd, multitude, swarm ...1899 Sc.
• TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEW a quantity or crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THICK † a crowd, a mass of people ...1828 Sc.
• THICK OF THE THRANG, THE the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRAP a crowd ...1851 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Eng. dial.
• THRING † a crowd or throng of people ...c1205
• THROCK † a crowd, a throng ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRONGNESS a crowded state ...1724-32 Sc.
• THROW pressure; a press, crowd; a rush ...1868 Sc.
• TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc.
• VERMIN a large quantity or number; a swarm, a crowd, multitude ...1745 Sc.
• WALLER a confused crowd of living things, esp. when in motion ...1825 Sc.
• WHOLE BOODLE, THE (sometimes derogatory) collection, crowd; a large amount ...1833 Amer. dial.
• WHOLE CABOODLE, THE a crowd ...1858 sl.
• WHOLE CABOOSE, THE a crowd ...1870 sl.
crowd, crowded - person
• OCHLOPHOBIST * one who has an aversion to a crowd ...1867
crowd, crowded - verbs
• BANYEL to crowd, to move in a confused crowd ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BE THRONG IN THE REED to be too much crowded ...1853-62 Ireland
• BIKE to swarm like bees; also, to gather, to assemble, to crowd ...1790 Sc.
• HATTER to gather, to collect in crowds ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HUM to be busy; to be crowded; to be lively ...1887 US sl.
• MENYIE to crowd, to mix confusedly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOB to move around with or act in a crowd ...L17 sl.
• MOB IT to move around with or act in a crowd ...L17 sl.
• OONTZ OUT to crowd something out ...1947 Amer. dial.
• OPPRESS † to press injuriously upon or against; to subject to pressure with hurtful or overpowering effect; to press down by force; to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd ...1382
• PARROCK to crowd together in a confused manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RABBIT to crowd together like rabbits ...1892
• RALLY to crowd, to press round, to bunch together; to romp around together ...1866 Sc.
• RAM to fill up, to crowd ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RAMIFY to choke; to crowd up ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAM-JAM to crowd, to pack closely together ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAM UP to fill up, to crowd ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE to crowd in great confusion ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RISE A BARNEY to collect a crowd ...Bk1903 showmen's jargon
• SCHROWD to crowd ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH DOWN to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH UP to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE † to squeeze violently; to press down; to crowd together ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH UP to huddle up, to crowd together ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCH to squeeze in, to crowd together ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCROWD to crowd ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCRUDGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKROUD to crowd ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• THRAG to throng, to crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THRAP to crowd ...1814 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE to throng, to crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle ...1774 Sc.
• THRING † to press, to crowd, to throng; to move or gather in a crowd; to assemble; to crowd around, to throng a person ...a800
• THROCK † to throng, to crowd...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together ...1874 Eng. dial.
CROWDING - nouns
• RALLY the act of crowding together in a disorderly manner ...1815 Sc.
CROWN - nouns
• GARLAND † a royal crown or diadem ...c1330
CRUCIAL - adjectives
• SHOWDOWN crucial, determining ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
crucial - nouns
• MONEY a crucial element ...1960 Amer. sl.
• NICK a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NICK OF TIME a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NITTY-GRITTY, THE the most crucial or basic aspects of something ...1963 sl., orig. US
• SCRATCH, THE a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIME OF NICK a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZERO HOUR a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
crucial - phrases
• WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN applied to a crucial or decisive moment ...1945 sl., orig. US
CRUCIFIX - nouns
• PAPIST-STROKE a jocular name for a crucifix ...1825 Sc.
CRUDE - adjectives
• HALF-CUT crude, uncultivated ...1843 Amer. dial.
• NOBROW exceptionally crude or tasteless ...1995 Amer. sl.
• NOT EVEN WRAPPED-UP crudely expressed ...L19 colloq.
• OIKISH unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually used of a youth ...1930s sl.
• SALTY unpleasant, uncouth, crude; of language: obscene ...1920s US teen sl.
crude - nouns
• QUAB a crude or shapeless thing ...1628
crude - person
• AMARUGIAN, AMERUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANAROOGIAN, ANNARUGIAN same as 'AMARUGIAN' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BOZO a large, crude individual ...1930 Amer. college sl.
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person, a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica Green
• OBNO an obnoxious, loud, crude person ...1979 Amer. campus sl.
• OBNOC a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OBNOXO a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
CRUEL - adjectives
• ATTERN of persons: cruel, fierce; ill-natured ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAD profligate, tyrannical, and cruel in conduct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BEASTLY † inhuman, brutally cruel ...1558
• BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized ...c1400
• CROCODILIAN † making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful ...1632
• CRUENT †* bloody; figuratively, cruel ...1524
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• DESPITEOUS spiteful, malevolent, malicious, cruel; passing gradually into the sense: pitiless, merciless ...c1510
• DOG-EAT-DOG ruthlessly competitive and often cruel ...1850s Amer. sl.
• EFFEROUS †* extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent ...1614
• EVIL unpleasant, cruel ...1930s sl.
• FAROUCHIE † savage, cruel, ferocious ...1825 Sc.
• HAGER fierce, cruel, evil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATEL † full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter ...a850
• IMMANE monstrous in character; inhumanly cruel or savage ...1602 arch.
• IRON-FACE stern, obdurate, cruel, severe ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• KEEN † fierce, savage (chiefly used of animals); cruel; harsh (to a person) ...a1000
• MEAN-HAIR unpleasant, cruel ...1960s homosexual sl.
• MEDIEVAL barbaric, illiberal, cruel ...L19 sl.
• NERONIAN exhibiting the tyranny, cruelty, or moral depravity of Nero; cruel, savage ...1598
• ORELESS † void of reverence, mercy or pity; merciless, cruel ...a1000
• PEBBLE-HEARTED hard-hearted; cruel; unfeeling ...1887
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• SANGUINOLENT * bloodthirsty; cruel; merciless; eager to kill ...1577-87
• SANGUINOUS † bloodthirsty; attended by bloodshed; cruel; merciless, eager to kill ...1755
• SANGUISUGOUS † bloodthirsty, cruel, eager to kill ...1615
• SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1822
• SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1823
• SAVAGED †* savage, barbarous, uncivilized; also, rendered savage or cruel ...1611
• SEVIDICAL † speaking fiercely, using cruel language; threatening ...1630
• TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel ...1809
• TIGERANTIC † of the nature of a tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...a1704
• TIGERISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1573
• TIGERLY * tigerish; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1633
• TIGEROCIOUS having the qualities of the tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ... 1874 nonce word
• TIGEROUS †* cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1532
• TIGERY * cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1859
• TIGRISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1573
• TIGROUS †* cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1532
• TRUCULENT characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous ...c1540
• VENGEABLE † characterized by or arising from vengeance or revenge; cruel, dreadful ...c1430
• VESANOUS † mad, furious, raging, cruel, outrageous ...1656
• WAN † sad, dismal; also, awful, deadly, cruel, wicked ...c1400 poetic
cruel - nouns
• ASS-FUCK an instance of cruel victimization ...1977 Amer. sl.
• SHAFTING unfair or cruel treatment ...1970s US sl.
cruel - person
• HAZER one who hazes or practices cruel horseplay on another ...1887 US
• HELLICAT a wicked or cruel person; a villain ...1816 Sc.
• HELL-KITE a kite of hell; a person of hellish cruelty ...1605
• MALISON a person who is cruel to animals ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTHERESS a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman ...1868
• SIMON LEGREE a cruel overseer or employer ...20C US Black sl.
• TIGER a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage ...1500-20
• TIGRESS a fierce, cruel, or tiger-like woman ...1700
• TURK any cruel and overbearing man ...L18 sl.
• VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner ...1741
cruel - verbs
• ACHARNE †* to become greedy of flesh, to thirst for blood, to become cruel ...c1400
• ENFELON † to make furious, to infuriate, to make fierce or cruel ...1475 obs. or arch.
• HAZE to subject to cruel horseplay, as practiced by students; to bully, to treat cruelly ...1850 US
• SAVAGE †* to indulge in cruel or barbarous deeds ...1563
• SAVAGIZE * to render savage or cruel ...1848
CRUELLY - adverbs
• HARAGEOUSLY † cruelly ...c1440
• HARD AND SHARP cruelly, harshly ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANKINDLY † cruelly, ferociously ...1606
• VENGEABLY vindictively; cruelly; pitilessly ...1412-20 arch.
CRUELTY - nouns
• BARBARISM † barbarous cruelty, barbarity ...1603
• CRUDELITY † cruelty ...1483
• FERITY the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition ...c1534
• HAZING cruelty practiced on college freshmen ...a1860 US
• IMMANITY † monstrous cruelty; atrocious savagery ...1557
cruelty - verbs
• INASPERATE †* to provoke to cruelty or bitterness; to exasperate, to embitter ...1599
CRUISE - nouns
• CAMPAIGN † a voyage or cruise ...1708
CRUMB - nouns
• MILLIN a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food; a bit of anything ...1900 Sc.
• MINCH a small piece of anything; a crumb ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCHIN a mite or crumb of anything; a small piece of food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINGIN a mite or crumb of anything; a small piece of food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OF-FALLINGS crumbs or scraps that fall from the table ...1636 Sc.
• OFFALS † fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants ...1563-87
• OFFE †* a small piece, a morsel, a crumb ...c1420
• OFF-FALLINGS scraps, crumbs, rejects, things thrown aside ...1660 Sc.
• SCREED a shred, a fragment, a crumb; a long thin strip of material, paper, land, etc.; a narrow plantation or belt of wood ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIM a small piece of anything edible; a fragment, a crumb ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YATTER crumbs or remnants of food left by rats and mice ...1925 Sc.
CRUMBLE - verbs
• MAMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to shred; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MEISLE to eat little and slowly; to crumble up in eating ...1824 Sc.
• MOMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• OFFE †* to break into bits, to crumble ...c1420
• SUFFRIATE †* to crumble bread ...1623
• THRIMBLE to crumble bread between the fingers ...1854 Eng. dial.
CRUMBLING - adjectives
• SMOPPLE brittle, crisp, crumbling, as 'smopple' wood, or a 'smopple' pie crust ...1731 Eng. dial.
CRUMPLE - verbs
• CRIMPLE † to wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, curl ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE to crumple ...c1728
• SCRIMPLE †* to crumple, to crinkle ...1535
• SCRINKLE to screw up; to shrivel, to crumple ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUMPLE to crumple ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SQUIZZEN to squeeze; to crush, to crumple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WOB to wad up; to crumple; to form into a clump or clumps ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WOB UP to wad up; to crumple; to form into a clump or clumps ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WRIMPLE †* to wrinkle, to crumple ...1611
CRUMPLED - adjectives
• CRUMPELTY crumpled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUMPLETY crumpled, rumpled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPLED crumpled by squeezing ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WABBLED UP † crumpled up ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WOBBLED UP † crumpled up ...1854 Amer. dial.
CRUNCH - verbs
• RAMSH to eat voraciously and noisily; to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RANSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RUNSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRONCH to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
CRUNCHING - nouns
• SCRANCH a sharp, grinding noise; the noise made by crunching anything ...1881 Eng. dial.
CRUSH - nouns
• JAM a crush; a crowd ...1812 colloq.
• PACK the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze ...1928 Sc.
crush - person
• HAMMER a person or agency that beats down or crushes, as with blows of a hammer ...1382
crush - verbs
• ACCUMBER † to encumber; to overload; to oppress; to overwhelm; to crush ...c1314
• BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESNANG to crush, to batter, to beat in ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRSE to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEBRUISE † to break down, to break in pieces, to crush, to smash ...1297
• FORBREAK † to break in pieces, to crush ...c1000
• GRAUNCH to crush or destroy ...19C
• HIT UP INTO MASH-MORTAR to hit into small pieces, to crush utterly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAB to crush, to squeeze ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAMMOCK to squeeze, to press; to beat, to crush, to trample into a soft mass ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MALLYGRUGGLE to spoil or crush ...1919 Sc.
• MANCH to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MANG to break in pieces; to bruise, to crush; to overpower ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASH to apply an injurious blow or pressure to; to crush, to smash, to suffer crushing of some part of the body ...1832 Amer. dial.
• OPPRESS † to press injuriously upon or against; to subject to pressure with hurtful or overpowering effect; to press down by force; to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd ...1382
• OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PANK to pack or tamp down; to flatten; to crush; often said of sand, snow, hair, etc. ...1937 Amer. dial.
• QUAT † to flatten down, to squeeze flat, to crush ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUENCH * to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush ...c1200
• QUEST †* to crush ...1647
• RAM IN to crush, to burst in ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SCASH † to beat, to batter; to crush or press roughly or carelessly ...1801 Sc.
• SCASS † to beat, to batter; to crush or press roughly or carelessly ...1801 Sc.
• SCON to crush flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAM to crush, to squeeze ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRONCH to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH to crush, to push ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SKON to crush flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SKRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SQUIZZEN to squeeze; to crush, to crumple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRING † to press together, to squeeze, to compress; to crush, to bruise ...a1300
• TO-BRUISE † to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely ...c1000
• TO-CRUSH † to crush to pieces; to be crushed, to break to pieces under pressure ...c1300
• TO-GNIDE † to crush to fragments ...a1300
CRUSHED - adjectives
• PAKARU broken, smashed, crushed ...World War I NZ services' sl.
CRUTCHES - nouns
• ARM PROPS crutches ...c1820 sl.
• PROPS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAPS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRITCH a crutch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STICKS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STILTS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SYMPATHY STICKS. a beggar's crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
crutches - verbs
• BILT to go lame; to walk with crutches ...Bk1898 Sc.
CRY, CRYING - adjectives
• LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
• MEWLING crying, whining ...1895 Sc.
• VAGIENT † of infants: crying, squalling, wailing ...1628
• YAMMERING † crying with grief, wailing ...1536 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAUPING crying in despair, lamenting ...1787 Eng. dial.
cry, crying - adverbs
• A-CRY † in a cry, crying ...1593
cry, crying - nouns
• BELDERING a resounding cry; the bellowing of a bull ...1841 Ireland & Eg. dial.
• BELDERMENT a loud continuous crying or shouting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLING † noisy crying, shouting or roaring of human beings ...1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELLOCK a loud cry, a roar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVER the quivering of the under-lip, which precedes crying ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAIR a loud sound; a cry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GAGRISH a loud cry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MEOWLING a crying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEAK, QUEEK a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• RAISING the noise made in crying or sobbing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• RAME a cry; a continuous repetition of the same words or sound ...1808 Sc.
• RAMIN a persistent crying for something, as of a sick child ...1901 Sc.
• RANE * a prolonged cry or utterance; a long string of words; a rigmarole...c1425 Sc.
• REAM a cry, esp. a reiterated cry; also, repetition, reiteration ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREIGH a shriek; a shrill cry, esp. of a bird; an urgent, irresistible call; a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss ...1790 Sc.
• VAGIT † a cry, lamentation, wail ...1627
• YAMMERING † a cry of grief; a wailing ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAP the short, noisy cry of a peevish child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWL a cry; the act of crying ...1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking; foolish talk ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEI † a cry, a wail ...a1225
• YELLOCH a yell; a shrill cry ...1513 Sc.
• YERR † a loud or harsh cry; a yell, a howl ...a1225
• YOOP a word expressing the sound made by convulsive sobbing ...1848
• YOP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
• YOWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking ...1889 Eng. dial.
cry, crying - person (includes crybaby)
• BAWLBABY a crybaby; a tattletale ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BESSY-BAB(S) a petted, spoiled child; a child who cries for little cause ...1842 Eng. dial.
• MOTHER SUCKER a crybaby ...1954 Amer. sl.
• SCREEL-POKE a crying child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIDDY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• TITTY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• WATER-BONSE a cry-baby ...L19 sl.
• YAP a cross, peevish person; a troublesome, crying child ...Bk1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
cry, crying - verbs
• BEGREDE † to cry about, to weep for ...c1300
• BELDER of persons, esp. children: to cry noisily, to roar; to shout ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BELGE to cry aloud, to bellow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BELL to bellow, to roar, to shout out, to cry, to make a loud noise ...a1000
• BELLICK of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BELLOCH to bellow; to cry loudly, to roar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELLOCK of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BELVER to roar, to bluster, to cry loudly ...1872 Eng. dial.
• BERE † to cry, to roar ...c1225
• BIBBLE to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLAE to cry as a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIR to make a noise; to cry aloud ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLORE † to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLUB to weep, to cry ...1873
• BOOHOO to weep or cry loudly, to bawl ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CRAKE to shout or cry ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAURE † to shout or cry ...1530
• GREET to weep, cry, lament, grieve ...OE
• GROAK to whimper, to cry for anything ...1894 Sc.
• JAMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Ireland
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S FACE to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER CORNER OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LAY IN to shed or 'turn on' tears ...1809
• LET FALL to shed tears ...1816
• MEWL to cry, as an infant or young animal ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAB THE BIB to cry ...Bk1902 sl.
• NANG to complain; to cry like a fretful child; to worry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPEN OUT to expose ill deeds; to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper ...1525 now Sc. & literary
• QUEAK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep; to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...1887 Sc.
• RAIN to shed tears copiously ...1588
• RAME † to shout, to cry aloud; to scream ...c1470
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROAR to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1741 Sc.
• ROAR AND GREET to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1772 Sc.
• RUMATIZE † to bring tears to the eyes; to shed tears ...1613
• SANNICK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREED † to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings ...1706 Sc.
• SCREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SIKE to sob or cry ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SIMPER to whimper; to cry; to begin to cry as a spoiled child does ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SING THE BLACK PSALM to cry; generally said of children ...1705
• SKREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SNOOP to cry ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Snoop and Pry)
• SNOOP AND PRY to cry ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SONNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY to weep or cry; to fret, as a child ...1847
• TAKE A PIPE to cry ...L19 sl.
• TAKE ON to cry, to mourn, to grieve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TURN ON THE WATERWORKS to start to cry ...1647 sl.
• WALLACH to cry as a child out of humour; to wail; to scream ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WATER-CART to weep, to cry ...M19 sl.
• WATER ONE'S PLANTS † to shed tears; to weep; to cry ...1542 jocular
• WHINDLE to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1770 Amer. dial.
• WHINNEL to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1886 Amer. dial.
• YALE to cry; to howl; to fret like a sick child; to grumble ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMMER to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMOUR to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper ...1825 Sc.
• YAR to cry; to shout; to speak loudly ...1902 Eng. dial.
• YARR to cry; to shout; to speak loudly ...1902 Eng. dial.
• YAUP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWN to howl like a dog; to cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc.
• YELLOP to howl, to cry; to bark as a dog, to yelp ...1866 Eng. dial.
• YELP † to lift up one's voice; to cry aloud; to sing loud or on a high note ...c1450
• YIMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 N. Ireland
• YOBBIN to cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YOPE to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YOWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Eng. dial.
cry, crying - phrases
• MY RIGHT EYE ITCHES I shall cry ...1708-10 sl.
• TEARS WERE RUNNING DOWN HIS CHEEKS LIKE BEETLES UP A HILL, THE said in ridicule of a child who is crying for nothing ...B1900 N. Ireland
CRY, CRY OUT (shout) - nouns
• HALLOW a loud shout or cry to attract attention, etc. ...c1440
cry, cry out (shout) - verbs
• BAWK to cry out, to shout ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BLORE † to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CRACK UP to cry out ...US Civil War usage
• HAIL to shout; to roar; to cry ...1858 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALL to sing or shout loudly; to cry out; to quarrel ...1884 Eng. dial.
• QUICH to cry out as a baby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to cry out; to squeal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWL † to cry out loudly from pain, grief, or distress; also said of the howling of dogs, the 'wauling' of cats, the screaming of peacocks ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEIE † to cry out, to shout ...c1175
• YERR † to make a harsh noise, to creak, to roar, to rattle; to cry out loudly, to shout out, to yell, to howl ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CRYSTAL BALL - nouns
• MADBALL a crystal ball used by a fortune-teller ...1948 Amer. carnival usage
• CRONK to croak; to make the harsh note of a raven or frog ...19C Eng. dial.
• QUARK to croak ...1860
• QUERK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUEST †* to frogs: to croak ...1607
• QUIRK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YAP of a person: to croak, as the voice ...1790 Eng. dial.
CROAKING - nouns
• CRONK a croaking; a prating ...1790 Eng. dial.
CROCHET - verbs
• PEG to crochet ...1898 Amer. dial.
CROCKERY - nouns
• DAFFER small crockery-ware ..1810 Eng. dial.
• DELF earthenware, crockery ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELFWARE earthenware, crockery ...1874 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELPH earthenware, crockery ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAME 1. earthenware, china; a dish, crockery, dishes ...1708 Sc.
2. a piece of broken crockery, esp. one used as a plaything ...1861 Sc.
• PANCHES broken pieces of crockery ...1852 Eng. dial.
• PANSHARD a piece of broken crockery ...1851 Eng. dial.
crockery - person
• BOWL-MAN a male hawker of crockery ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWL-WIFE a female hawker of crockery ...Bk1911 Sc.
CROCODILE - nouns
• CROC a crocodile ...1884 sl.
• FLAT DOG a crocodile ...Aust.
• FRESHIE, FRESHY a freshwater crocodile ...1964 Aust. sl.
• RIVER-DRAGON † a crocodile ...1667
֩• SALTIE a salt-water crocodile ...1951 Aust. sl.
• SCALY a crocodile ...1930s Aust. sl.
CROOK - person
• DARBY-RINGER a scamp; a petty crook ...c1795 sl.
• FAKER a swindler; a charlatan; broadly, a crook ...1881 sl.
• GANDY DANCER a petty crook; a tramp ...1910s US sl.
• GANEF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GIP a swindler, a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GONIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GONNIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GUNNIF a thief, a crook ...2000 UK sl.
• GYP (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook ...1859 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GYP ARTIST a short-changer or other swindler; a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• GYPSTER a swindler, a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
• JIP a swindler, a cheat; a crook ...1889 Amer. sl.
CROOKED (out of shape) - adjectives
• ADUNCOUS hooked, bent inward, incurved, crooked downwards ...1656
• AGEE crooked, uneven, awry ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AJEE crooked, uneven, awry ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AKIMBO crooked, out of alignment ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLIN askew, slanting, crooked ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ANTISIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BOOLIE crooked, bent, deformed ...19C Sc.
• BOSS-EYED oblique, crooked, one-sided ...1898 Eng. dial.
• BOWLIE crooked, bent ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWLTEST the most bent or crooked ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW'T bowed, bent; crooked ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAM † crooked, twisted, bent from the straight ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAMMED crooked, awry ...1864 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED AS A DOG'S LEG crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED AS A WISKET crooked (wisket = basket) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMELT crooked ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAMMEREL crooked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHO crooked ...Sc.
• CAMSHOCH crooked, distorted, awry; deformed ...1513 Sc.
• CRINKLETY-CRANKLETY very crooked; zigzag ...19C Eng. dial.
• CROOKED AS DICK'S HATBAND very crooked ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAM lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME lame, crippled, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GOLLY-WOBBLED askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOLLY-WOP askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GUCKY crooked ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KAA-WAA crooked, twisted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KAW-WAW crooked, twisted, distorted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KIRKED † crooked, bent; turning upwards ...c1400
• LOPLOLLY askew, crooked, catty-cornered ...1981 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER-JAWED askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NORTH-CRAWLEY awry, crooked ...1854 Eng. dial.
• OBUNCOUS †* very crooked ...1656
• ONE-EYED of a person: crooked, dishonest ...M19 US sl.
• OOGH crooked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTIAL inclining more to one side than another; crooked ...L18 sl.
• SCREW-AWED askew, crooked ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-EYED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SIDEDYWRY crooked ...L18 sl.
• SIEBEGODLIN deformed, crooked, one-sided ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SI-WANKERT lopsided; crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SI-WICHRERED lopsided; crooked ...1982 Amer. dial.
• SIWICKERIN lopsided; crooked ...1976 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-DADDLIN askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEF crooked, off-beat ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• SKEEHAW askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWAMPUS askew, crooked ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWHONKED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWINKLE twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEWAGGY twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-BALLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEWGEE askew, squinting, crooked ...L19
• SKEW-GODLIN askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-HAW askew, crooked ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-RAW askew, crooked ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEWVOW askew, out of true, crooked ...L18 sl.
• SKEW-WAMPUS askew, crooked ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKEW-WIFF askew, crooked, awry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WOGGLY twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WOTTEMUS twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-YANK twisted, askew, crooked ...2001 Amer. dial.
• SKI-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKIWAMPUS askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKIWIFT awry, askew; crooked, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKWEE-WAB twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-BOTTLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1995 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GODLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOG crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOGGLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WADDLIN crooked, lopsided, irregular ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WAMPUS askew, crooked ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEHAWED askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-JAWED crooked, askew, irregular ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-WAMPUS askew, crooked ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-WOBBLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SQUIGGED crooked ...B1900 Sc.
• SQUIOGLING askew, crooked, oblique ...1896 Amer. dial.
• TANTABOMING faulty; crooked; out of place ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANTERBOMING faulty; crooked; out of place ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THRAWART twisted, crooked ...1814 Sc.
• UNKIND rough, crooked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAP-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1911 Amer. dial.
• WAPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1890 Amer. dial.
• WAPPY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1884 Amer. dial.
• WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WEEWAWED askew, crooked ...1890 Amer. dial.
• WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHICHAWAY askew, awry, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, out of shape ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHOCKER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPA-SIDED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPER-JAWED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPER-SIDED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPNY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHONKER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHONKY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WHOPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1856 Amer. dial.
• WHOPPY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOLLY-GOBBLE askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOMPER-SIDED crooked, askew, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WONKY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, uneven, lopsided, out of shape ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOPAJAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1934 Amer. dial.
• WOP-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOPPER-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WOPPY-JAWED crooked, askew, awry, lopsided, out of shape ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WRIGGLETY-WRY crooked, awry, all on one side ...B1900 Eng. dial.
crooked (out of shape) - adverbs
• ASQUIN awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• ASWINT awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GALLEY-WEST askew, crooked, scattered in all directions, disorderly, in confusion ...19C US sl.
crooked (out of shape) - nouns
• CAMMOCK a crooked stick or piece of wood ...c1450
• RAINBOW something that is curved or crooked...1938 Amer. dial.
crooked (out of shape) - person
• BILCH a little, crooked, insignificant person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOWSIE a term of contempt for a crooked person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ZAD a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person ...1725 sl.
crooked - verbs
• CAM to make crooked; to tread shoes out of shape ...1856 Eng. dial.
• TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
CROOKED (dishonest) - adjectives
• BENT crooked, larcenous ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• KINKY dishonest, crooked, criminal ...1903 Amer. criminal sl.
• LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit ...M20 US colloq.
• OUT OF THE STRAIGHT dishonest, crooked ...Bk1904 sl.
• SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent ...M19 US sl.
• SINUOUS deviating from the right; not straightforward or direct; morally crooked ...1850
• WONKY crooked ...1919 Brit. sl.
CROOKEDLY - adverbs
• ACROOK in a bend or curve; awry, crookedly ...1480
• CAM awkwardly, crookedly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED perversely, crookedly ...1750 Eng. dial.
• CATTY-WEST crookedly ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CRINGLE-CRANGLE † zigzag, in a meandering, crooked manner ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ONE-SIDED diagonally, crookedly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ON THE BEND by means that are not straightforward; 'crookedly' ...1863
• WEEWAW crookedly, unevenly ...1894 Amer. dial.
CROOKEDNESS - nouns
• ADUNCITY † crookedness; flexure inward; hookedness ...1589
CROON - verbs
• TEEDLE † to sing a song without words; to croon ...1824 Sc.
• THRUM to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone ...1865 Sc.
CROP - nouns
• WARE † field-produce, crops, vegetables ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
crop - verbs
• BENOTTE †* to crop or cut close ...1594
CROQUET - nouns
• AMISH GOLF croquet ...1969 Amer. sl.
• TICE a stroke at croquet or cricket, which tempts or entices the opponent to take aim ...1874
croquet - person
• AUNT EMMA in croquet: a cautious, conservative, dull player ...1977 US sl.
• CROSS - adjectives
• BISSY cross, ill-tempered, angry; easily provoked to anger, excitable ...1887 Sc.
• CAINGY irritable, cross, peevish, ill-tempered ...1778 Eng. dial.
• CAM perverse, obstinate, cross ...a1600 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED cross, ill-tempered ...1854 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHACKLE angry, cross, quarrelsome ...1808 Sc.
• CRAB perverse; ill-humoured, mean, cross ...1961 UK sl.
• CROSS AS SAM PATCH, AS very cross ...1892 Amer. dial.
• CRUMPSY cross, grumpy, ill-tempered ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAIN cross, irritable ...1896 Eng. dial.
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• FAUSTY, FEISTY, FICETY, FISTY, FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FRAB cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRABBY cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRAMPOLD ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• GARMUNSHACH † cross, ill-humoured ...1825 Sc.
• GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky ...1861 colloq.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• KNAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; irritable; sarcastic ...1840 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAWDY of a child: cross, peevish ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NAGGIE cross-tempered, touchy, ill-natured ...1838 Sc.
• NAGGLY cross-tempered, touchy, ill-natured ...1887 Sc.
• NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NATTLE quick to take offense; touchy; irritable; cross ...1868 Eng. dial.
• NATTLED cross, ill-tempered, irritable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable, cross; low-spirited ...1878 Eng. dial.
• NEPPERED cross, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWKY cross, ill-tempered, ill to deal with ...1875 Eng. dial.
• NOOKY cross, ill-tempered, ill to deal with ...1875 Eng. dial.
• NUNTY of persons: ill-tempered, cross, sulky ...1894 Eng. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PATCHY cross, irritable, testy, uncertain in temper ...1883 Eng. dial.
• PEEVED annoyed, upset; cross ...1908 colloq.
• RAGGY cross, ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REMUCE † cross, ill-tempered ...Bk1904
• TANKERSOME † fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TATCHY touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TATTER scolding, cross, peevish, ill-tempered, grumblingly discontented ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERY cross, peevish, ill-natured, ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTY testy, cross ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEATY, TEETY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEDY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc.
• TEETHY ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TESSY angry, fractious, cross, testy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWART cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric ...1899 Sc.
• TWORT cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• UNKED cross, out of temper; silent, sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• X annoyed, irritated, angry, cross ...1962 UK sl.
• YAPPY sharp and unpleasant of speech; cross, irritable; usually applied to old people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
cross - nouns
• PAPIST-CROSS a cross; a ludicrous term that was used by young people ...Bk1905 Sc.
cross - person
• CAINGEL a cross, peevish person ...1684 Eng. dial.
• CAINJER a cross, peevish person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HANNIER † a cross, teasing person ...1775 Eng. dial.
• MRS. CROSS-STICKS a cross or bad-tempered woman ...B1900
• NATTI a cross-tempered, malicious or pert fellow ...1908 Sc.
• NEDDARCAP an ill-natured, cross person, esp. a child ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWKY a cross child ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SOUR-SOP a cross, crabbed, or ill-natured person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-BODY a cross person ...1895 Sc.
• THWART a cross, ill-tempered person ...1852 Eng. dial.
• YAP a cross, peevish person; a troublesome, crying child ...Bk1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
cross - verbs
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE to be peevish, cross and ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTER to scold; to chide; to be furious or cross ...1842 Eng. dial.
CROSS (lie or pass across) - verbs
• DECUSS * to cross, to intersect, to lie across, so as to form a figure like the letter X ...1782
• DECUSSATE to cross, to intersect, to lie across, so as to form a figure like the letter X ...1658
• SCALE to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
• SKAIL to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
CROSS (sign of the cross) - verbs
• MARK † to make the sign of the cross upon one's breast, etc.; to cross oneself ...c1175
CROSS-BONES - nouns
• MARROWBONES cross-bones ...1832
• MARROWS cross-bones ...1832
CROSSBOW - nouns
• BALISTER †* an arbalest, a crossbow ...1697
• TITTUP †* the trigger of a crossbow ...1536
CROSSBOWMAN - person
• BALESTER † an arbalester, a crossbowman ...1489
• BALISTER † an arbalester, a crossbowman ...1489
• BALISTRIER †* a crossbowman ...1440
CROSS-COUNTRY - nouns
• BUNION DERBY a cross-country marathon ...1920s US sl.
CROSS-DRESSING - nouns
• X-DRESSING cross-dressing ...2003 UK sl.
CROSSED - adjectives
• ACROSTIC crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag ...1602
• DECUSSATIVE †* crossed over each other, intersecting, cross-shaped ...1658
• YCROST † crossed ...1603
CROSS-EXAMINATION - nouns
• ACT cross-examination of a prisoner ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• BACK-SPEERIN questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination ...1827 Sc.
• BACK-SPEIRIN questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination ...1827 Sc.
• BACK-SPIERING questioning, generally inquisitive cross-examination ...1827 Sc.
cross-examination - verbs
• ACE to resist interrogation or cross-examination tenaciously and successfully ...1929 US criminals' sl.
CROSS-EXAMINE - verbs
• BACKSPEER to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter ...1808 Sc.
• BACKSPEIR to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter ...1808 Sc.
• BACKSPIER to question, to cross-examine, to inquire into a matter ...1808 Sc.
• TAIRGE to question closely, to cross-examine ...1786 Sc.
• TARGE to question closely, to cross-examine ...1786 Sc.
CROSS-EYED - adjectives
• ACE-DEUCE cross-eyed ...1955 US sl.
• BLINK-EYE cross-eyed ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLINK-EYED. cross-eyed ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY cross-eyed ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BORN ON WEDNESDAY LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY cross-eyed ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BOSS-EYED having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed ...1860 sl.
• BUNG-EYED cross-eyed...M19 sl.
• SKELLER-EYED cross-eyed ...1927 Amer. dial.
• TANGLE-EYED having squint eyes; cross-eyed ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TWY-EYED cross-eyed, squinting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAW-SIGHTED cross-eyed, squinting ...1751 nautical sl.
cross-eyed - nouns
• QUEER OGLES cross eyes ...E19 UK criminals; sl.
cross-eyed - person
• TANGLE-EYE a person with squint eyes; a cross-eyed person ...1939 Amer. dial.
CROSSFIRE - person
• MUSHROOM an innocent bystander killed in crossfire ...1988 US sl.
CROSS-GRAINED - adjectives
• ABSTRAKLOUS cross-grained, bad-tempered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained ...1855 Sc.
• CANTANKEROUS showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
• CANTANKERSOME cross-grained, ill-humoured ...1835 Amer. sl.
• HACKLED peevish, cross-grained, angry ...Bk1905 Eng, & Amer. dial.
• ILL-MAIRED cross-grained, intractable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KAA-WAA ill-natured, cross-grained ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KAW-WAW ill-natured, cross-grained ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MAGGY cross-grained, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANGLY grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NURLY ill-tempered, cross-grained ...1871 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RILY cross-grained ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong ...1737 Sc.
cross-grained - nouns
• CANTANKER † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
cross-grained - person
• CATAMARAN a cross-grained or quarrelsome person, esp. a woman ...1833 colloq.
• CROOKED STICK a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person; a dishonest person ...1846-8
• DIZZERWITCH a cross-grained person, one given to opposition ...19C Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person; a rough field-labourer ...1824 Sc.
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• NEDDERCAP an ill-natured, cross-grained person, especially a child ...B1900 Sc.
• OFF-OX a stubborn or headstrong person; an unmanageable, cross-grained fellow ...1848 Amer. dial.
cross-grained - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
CROSS-LEGGED - verbs
• TAILORIZE to sit cross-legged like a tailor ...1829
CROSSLY - adverbs
• THRAWN angrily, crossly ...1889 Sc.
• THRAWNLY crossly ...1899 Sc.
CROSS-QUESTION - verbs
• CROSS-HACKLE to cross-question vexatiously or persistently ...1826
• QUIZ to interrogate, to cross-question; to ask inquisitive question; to make prying inquiries ...1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
CROSSROAD (also see road) - nouns
• FOUR-THROWS a point where four roads meet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GATESHODEL † a parting of the ways; a crossway, a fork of a road ...c1375
• QUARFOXE † a carfax; crossroads ...1483
• RELEET a place where different roads meet; a crossroads ...1839 Eng. dial.
CROSSWISE - adjectives
• ACROSSED †* crosswise, crossed ...1548
• ACROSTIC crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag ...1602
• CATAWAMPUS crosswise, diagonal ...1911 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPERED crosswise, diagonal ...1911 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPUS crosswise, diagonal ...1911 Amer. dial.
crosswise - adverbs
• ANTLE-BEER crosswise, irregular ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ARISE crosswise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASKEW crosswise, diagonally ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATHART, ATHIRT, ATHORT, ATHURT across, crosswise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THWART crosswise, obliquely ...1900 Sc.
• TWARTLINS crosswise ...1899 Sc.
CROSSWORD - nouns
• CRISS-CROSS. a crossword puzzle; crosswords in general ...c1935 sl.
CROTCH - nouns
• FORK the crotch; hence, the penis ...L19 sl.
• LORD SUTCH the crotch ...1960s rhyming sl.
• QUEER'S LUNCH BOX the male crotch ...1964 US sl.
• RABBIT HUTCH the crutch or crotch ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
CROTCHET - nouns
• FANDANGLEMENT a whim, crotchet; a gewgaw ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FANTAD, FANTOD a crotchety way of acting; a fad ...1867
• FANTASTICALITY something that is fantastical; a crotchet, a whim ...1631
• MAGGOT a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet ...a1625
• MAXIM a plan, contrivance; an experiment; a fad; a crotchet ...1882 Eng. dial.
• NEW FANGLE * a new fashion or crotchet; a novelty, a new invention; always used in a contemptuous sense ...1548
CROTCHETY - adjectives
• CRANKY queer, crotchety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTISH † crotchety; full of whims or perverse fancies ...a1700
• MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOT(T)Y full of whims or fancies, capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1678
• MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1894 Sc.
• MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PERNICKET(T)Y, PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKE(R)TY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SANSHACH precise, pettish, crotchety ...1825 Sc.
• TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric ...1899 Sc.
• TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety ...1875 Eng. dial.
crotchety - person
• MAGGOT-MONGER † a crotcheteer; a whimsical person ...1660
• MAGGOTY-POW a whimsical, crotchety person ...1887 Sc.
• OLD WIGSBY a crotchety, narrow-minded, elderly man who snappishly can see no good in any modern thing ...1842
crotchety - verbs
• HAVE MAGGOTS IN THE HEAD to be eccentric, crotchety ...L19 colloq.
CROUCH - verbs
• CALL to crouch, to cower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRONK to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way ...1847 Eng. dial.
• DARE † to lie motionless (generally with the sense of fear), to lie appalled; to crouch ...c1220
• DERE † to be afraid, to shake with fear; to crouch, to hide, to lie hid ...1808 Sc.
• GO QUAT to squat down; to crouch ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• MIMP to crouch, to sit huddled up or crouched together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OOR to creep, to crouch, to cower; to move slowly and feebly; to droop ...1866 Sc.
• QUAT † to crouch down or lie close, as an animal in hiding; to squat ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUATTY to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• QUOT to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SCHROOCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to seat oneself; to crouch, resting on the limbs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCH to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH DOWN to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH UP to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOPY to crouch, to stoop down upon the haunches ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOT DOWN to crouch down, to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCOUCH to crouch, to stoop, to bend down ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCOUT to crouch in a corner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFF to shrink together; to crouch; to huddle together ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCRINCH to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH DOWN to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH UP to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH DOWN to crouch down ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SCROONCH to crouch, to hunch; to shrink or squeeze oneself into a small space ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCH to crouch, to hunch, to draw oneself in ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to crouch, to stoop down ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to crouch, to hunch down ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCRUCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNCH to stoop or crouch; to drop down low by bending at the knees ...1900s US Black sl.
• SCRUTCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKOODLE to squat or crouch down ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKROOTCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKRUTCH to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKUTCH DOWN. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1931 Amer. dial.
CROUCHED - adjectives
• BENT † levelled or aimed as a weapon; braced or wound up for action; crouched for a spring ...c1330
CROUCHING - adjectives
• BENDIT ready to spring, crouching ...Bk1898 Sc.
CROW - nouns
• AMEN-PREACHER the carrion crow ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• BLACKNEB carrion crow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CRAKE a crow or raven ...c1320 N. Eng. dial.
crow - verbs
• CRAKE of a crow, quail, etc.: to utter a harsh, grating cry ...c1386
• KAAK † of a crow: to caw ...1605
• QUAWK to caw as a crow ...1821 Eng. dial.
CROWBAR (also see burgular, tools) - nouns
• BAL-IRE a crowbar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAR a crowbar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESS a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• BETTY a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• CROW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• DOG a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• GABLOCK an iron crowbar ...c1746 Eng. dial.
• GAFF a crowbar ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GRANNY BAR a crowbar ...1919 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY TOOL a crowbar ...1919 Amer. dial.
• JACK a crowbar ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JAMES a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1819 sl.
• JEMMY a short crowbar used by burglars, generally made in sections screwing together ...1752
• JENNY a small crowbar; also, the hook on the end of a stick ...1690 thieves' sl.
• JILT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• JIMMY a short crowbar, usually made in sections screwing together, used by housebreakers ...1752 sl.
• LORD-MAYOR a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PERSUADING PLATE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• PIG'S-FOOT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• SCREW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• STICK, THE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...1879 criminals' sl.
• TIVVILL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIRL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWIST a short crowbar, used by housebreakers ...Bk1896 sl.
CROWD, CROWDED - adjectives
• ASS-TO-ELBOW extremely crowded ...1980s US sl.
• BUNCHED UP TIGHTER THAN A DONKEY'S ASSHOLE gathered together, crowded together ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CELEBRIOUS † of a place or assembly: crowded, thronged, frequented ...1627
• COBBY crowded, confined, closely packed ...19C Eng. dial.
• GREGARIAN † pert. to flocks or crowds, common ...M17 rare or obs.
• HUNCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL very crowded; very closely packed together ...1704
• LIKE SARDINES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE SARDINES IN A TIN crowded, huddled ...M19 colloq.
• LINED popular, full of people ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES crowded, huddled ...M19 colloq.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANG of persons: crowded together, thronging ...1827 Sc.
• RANK † in close array, crowded together; thick, dense ...a1400-50 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SCROOCHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCROOCHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED TOGETHER crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASHED UP crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS A DOZEN IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1868 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS FIVE IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1855 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS FLIES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS FOUR IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS HOPS crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS SIX IN A BED of people: very close, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS THIEVES crowded, packed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THICK AS THREE IN A BED of people: very friendly, intimate; crowded, in crowded conditions ...1844 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THICK-THRANG thickly crowded ...1892 Sc.
• THRANG crowded; pressed for space; numerous, thick ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRANGED crowded ...1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAPT-FULL excessively crowded ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG crowded; pressed for space; numerous, thick, busy, occupied with work ...1781 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRONGED crowded ...1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRONGED-UP crowded ...1845 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMELT crowded, confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN crowded, confined; incommoded by want of space or pressure of business ...1899 Eng. dial.
crowd, crowded - adverbs
• TAG-RAG † all to tags and rags; in a mingled crowd or heap ...1582
crowd, crowded - nouns
• ANGERIE a crowd, a multitude ...1866 Sc.
• ARGERIE a crowd, a multitude ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AUCTION a dirty or untidy place or room; a disorderly crowd ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BAINGIE a crowd ...1933 Sc.
• BANG a group, a crowd, a great number ...1727 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BANYEL a crowd of people ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDRIP a crowd; orig. a band of harvesters ...1893 Ireland
• BEE-DROVE a crowd or 'swarm' of men or animals ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BING a heap, a pile; also, a crowd ...1860 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BOODLE a crowd, pack, lot ...E17 sl., chiefly US
• BRAENGEL a confused crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK a large number; a crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABOODLE a crowd ...1858 sl.
• CABOOSH a crowd ...1929 Sc.
• CALABOSH the entire crowd; all ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CAPOOT a large group of things or people; a crowd; the whole lot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAPUSH a group of people or things; a crowd; the whole lot ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CREW a gang, company or crew ...colloq.
• CRUSH a group or crowd of people ...1904 sl., orig. US
• DEVIL-RACKET the noise or commotion made by a crowd ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL-ROUTER the noise or commotion made by a crowd ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE a crowd, a throng ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FERKISHIN a large amount; a crowd, a seething mob ...1856 Sc.
• HATTER a jumble, a confused crowd; a knot or tangle ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAM a crowd; a crush ...1812 colloq.
• KADABBLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KADOODLE caboodle, a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people; crowd, lot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KAPOODLE the whole lot; a group; a crowd ...1915 Amer. dial.
• LAYOUT a company of people; an organization, an 'outfit'; a crowd; a gang or team ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MAGAZINE a crowd, a gathering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMPUS a great number; a crowd ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MANZY a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENYIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENZIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MERDIL, MERDLE a confused crowd of people or animals; a numerous family of little children; a huddle of small animals ...1882 Sc.
• MESS an indefinite quantity, amount or number, usually a large one; a crowd ...1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MOTHERS AND LOVERS a very small crowd at a competition ...1989 Aust. sl.
• OUTFIT a crowd of people ...1883 sl., orig. US
• OUTLAY the crowd, the lot; a large group of people at a public gathering ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PACK the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze ...1928 Sc.
• PACK AND BOODLE a crowd, a group ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PARROCK a group of people, animals, or things closely packed or huddled together; a bustling, stirring crowd, a mob; a conglomeration of objects ...1813 Sc.
• PUISSANCE † an armed force; also, a number or crowd of people ...LME
• PUSH a crowd of people ...1884 sl., chiefly Aust.
• RABBLEMENT a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLE ROUT a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble ...1599
• RABBLE-ROUTER a confused crowd of disorderly people; the noise of such a rabble ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBLETY a small rabble or crowd ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF a large number, a crowd ...a1677 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAFT a large collection; a crowd; a lot; used disparagingly ...1833 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RALLY a disorderly crowd; a boisterous assembly of people; a great gathering ...1815 Sc.
• RAMJAM a crowd ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RAMMATREK a rabble; a frolicsome, mischievous crowd, esp. of children ...1866 Sc.
• RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd ...1935 Sc. sl.
• RANDIGAL a concourse of people ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RANGEL, RANGLE a crowd ...1742 Sc.
• RASH a crowd ...B1900 Sc.
• REPAIR a concourse of people; a resorting, gathering ...1895 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBILL a disorderly crowd, rabble; a great confusion ...1771 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• RORT a crowd ...c1912 Aust. sl.
• SCAD a hurry, flurry, fluster, haste, a bustling crowd ...1897 Sc.
• SCOOT a rabble, a disorderly crowd ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAE a crowd, multitude, swarm ...1899 Sc.
• SIGHT a multitude, a crowd; a large amount or number; a great many, a lot ...1809 Amer. dial.
• SKRAE a crowd, multitude, swarm ...1899 Sc.
• TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEW a quantity or crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THICK † a crowd, a mass of people ...1828 Sc.
• THICK OF THE THRANG, THE the midst of the bustle or crowd; the busiest part or time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRAP a crowd ...1851 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Eng. dial.
• THRING † a crowd or throng of people ...c1205
• THROCK † a crowd, a throng ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRONGNESS a crowded state ...1724-32 Sc.
• THROW pressure; a press, crowd; a rush ...1868 Sc.
• TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc.
• VERMIN a large quantity or number; a swarm, a crowd, multitude ...1745 Sc.
• WALLER a confused crowd of living things, esp. when in motion ...1825 Sc.
• WHOLE BOODLE, THE (sometimes derogatory) collection, crowd; a large amount ...1833 Amer. dial.
• WHOLE CABOODLE, THE a crowd ...1858 sl.
• WHOLE CABOOSE, THE a crowd ...1870 sl.
crowd, crowded - person
• OCHLOPHOBIST * one who has an aversion to a crowd ...1867
crowd, crowded - verbs
• BANYEL to crowd, to move in a confused crowd ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BE THRONG IN THE REED to be too much crowded ...1853-62 Ireland
• BIKE to swarm like bees; also, to gather, to assemble, to crowd ...1790 Sc.
• HATTER to gather, to collect in crowds ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HUM to be busy; to be crowded; to be lively ...1887 US sl.
• MENYIE to crowd, to mix confusedly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOB to move around with or act in a crowd ...L17 sl.
• MOB IT to move around with or act in a crowd ...L17 sl.
• OONTZ OUT to crowd something out ...1947 Amer. dial.
• OPPRESS † to press injuriously upon or against; to subject to pressure with hurtful or overpowering effect; to press down by force; to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd ...1382
• PARROCK to crowd together in a confused manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RABBIT to crowd together like rabbits ...1892
• RALLY to crowd, to press round, to bunch together; to romp around together ...1866 Sc.
• RAM to fill up, to crowd ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RAMIFY to choke; to crowd up ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAM-JAM to crowd, to pack closely together ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAM UP to fill up, to crowd ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE to crowd in great confusion ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RISE A BARNEY to collect a crowd ...Bk1903 showmen's jargon
• SCHROWD to crowd ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH DOWN to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH UP to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE † to squeeze violently; to press down; to crowd together ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH UP to huddle up, to crowd together ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCH to squeeze in, to crowd together ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCROWD to crowd ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCRUDGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKROUD to crowd ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• THRAG to throng, to crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THRAP to crowd ...1814 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE to throng, to crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle ...1774 Sc.
• THRING † to press, to crowd, to throng; to move or gather in a crowd; to assemble; to crowd around, to throng a person ...a800
• THROCK † to throng, to crowd...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together ...1874 Eng. dial.
CROWDING - nouns
• RALLY the act of crowding together in a disorderly manner ...1815 Sc.
CROWN - nouns
• GARLAND † a royal crown or diadem ...c1330
CRUCIAL - adjectives
• SHOWDOWN crucial, determining ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
crucial - nouns
• MONEY a crucial element ...1960 Amer. sl.
• NICK a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NICK OF TIME a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NITTY-GRITTY, THE the most crucial or basic aspects of something ...1963 sl., orig. US
• SCRATCH, THE a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIME OF NICK a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZERO HOUR a crucial moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
crucial - phrases
• WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN applied to a crucial or decisive moment ...1945 sl., orig. US
CRUCIFIX - nouns
• PAPIST-STROKE a jocular name for a crucifix ...1825 Sc.
CRUDE - adjectives
• HALF-CUT crude, uncultivated ...1843 Amer. dial.
• NOBROW exceptionally crude or tasteless ...1995 Amer. sl.
• NOT EVEN WRAPPED-UP crudely expressed ...L19 colloq.
• OIKISH unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually used of a youth ...1930s sl.
• SALTY unpleasant, uncouth, crude; of language: obscene ...1920s US teen sl.
crude - nouns
• QUAB a crude or shapeless thing ...1628
crude - person
• AMARUGIAN, AMERUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANAROOGIAN, ANNARUGIAN same as 'AMARUGIAN' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BOZO a large, crude individual ...1930 Amer. college sl.
• BUNGO a crude, boorish, ignorant Black person, a country bumpkin ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica Green
• OBNO an obnoxious, loud, crude person ...1979 Amer. campus sl.
• OBNOC a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OBNOXO a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
CRUEL - adjectives
• ATTERN of persons: cruel, fierce; ill-natured ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAD profligate, tyrannical, and cruel in conduct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BEASTLY † inhuman, brutally cruel ...1558
• BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized ...c1400
• CROCODILIAN † making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful ...1632
• CRUENT †* bloody; figuratively, cruel ...1524
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• DESPITEOUS spiteful, malevolent, malicious, cruel; passing gradually into the sense: pitiless, merciless ...c1510
• DOG-EAT-DOG ruthlessly competitive and often cruel ...1850s Amer. sl.
• EFFEROUS †* extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent ...1614
• EVIL unpleasant, cruel ...1930s sl.
• FAROUCHIE † savage, cruel, ferocious ...1825 Sc.
• HAGER fierce, cruel, evil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATEL † full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter ...a850
• IMMANE monstrous in character; inhumanly cruel or savage ...1602 arch.
• IRON-FACE stern, obdurate, cruel, severe ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• KEEN † fierce, savage (chiefly used of animals); cruel; harsh (to a person) ...a1000
• MEAN-HAIR unpleasant, cruel ...1960s homosexual sl.
• MEDIEVAL barbaric, illiberal, cruel ...L19 sl.
• NERONIAN exhibiting the tyranny, cruelty, or moral depravity of Nero; cruel, savage ...1598
• ORELESS † void of reverence, mercy or pity; merciless, cruel ...a1000
• PEBBLE-HEARTED hard-hearted; cruel; unfeeling ...1887
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• SANGUINOLENT * bloodthirsty; cruel; merciless; eager to kill ...1577-87
• SANGUINOUS † bloodthirsty; attended by bloodshed; cruel; merciless, eager to kill ...1755
• SANGUISUGOUS † bloodthirsty, cruel, eager to kill ...1615
• SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1822
• SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1823
• SAVAGED †* savage, barbarous, uncivilized; also, rendered savage or cruel ...1611
• SEVIDICAL † speaking fiercely, using cruel language; threatening ...1630
• TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel ...1809
• TIGERANTIC † of the nature of a tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...a1704
• TIGERISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1573
• TIGERLY * tigerish; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1633
• TIGEROCIOUS having the qualities of the tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ... 1874 nonce word
• TIGEROUS †* cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1532
• TIGERY * cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1859
• TIGRISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1573
• TIGROUS †* cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless ...1532
• TRUCULENT characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous ...c1540
• VENGEABLE † characterized by or arising from vengeance or revenge; cruel, dreadful ...c1430
• VESANOUS † mad, furious, raging, cruel, outrageous ...1656
• WAN † sad, dismal; also, awful, deadly, cruel, wicked ...c1400 poetic
cruel - nouns
• ASS-FUCK an instance of cruel victimization ...1977 Amer. sl.
• SHAFTING unfair or cruel treatment ...1970s US sl.
cruel - person
• HAZER one who hazes or practices cruel horseplay on another ...1887 US
• HELLICAT a wicked or cruel person; a villain ...1816 Sc.
• HELL-KITE a kite of hell; a person of hellish cruelty ...1605
• MALISON a person who is cruel to animals ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTHERESS a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman ...1868
• SIMON LEGREE a cruel overseer or employer ...20C US Black sl.
• TIGER a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage ...1500-20
• TIGRESS a fierce, cruel, or tiger-like woman ...1700
• TURK any cruel and overbearing man ...L18 sl.
• VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner ...1741
cruel - verbs
• ACHARNE †* to become greedy of flesh, to thirst for blood, to become cruel ...c1400
• ENFELON † to make furious, to infuriate, to make fierce or cruel ...1475 obs. or arch.
• HAZE to subject to cruel horseplay, as practiced by students; to bully, to treat cruelly ...1850 US
• SAVAGE †* to indulge in cruel or barbarous deeds ...1563
• SAVAGIZE * to render savage or cruel ...1848
CRUELLY - adverbs
• HARAGEOUSLY † cruelly ...c1440
• HARD AND SHARP cruelly, harshly ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANKINDLY † cruelly, ferociously ...1606
• VENGEABLY vindictively; cruelly; pitilessly ...1412-20 arch.
CRUELTY - nouns
• BARBARISM † barbarous cruelty, barbarity ...1603
• CRUDELITY † cruelty ...1483
• FERITY the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition ...c1534
• HAZING cruelty practiced on college freshmen ...a1860 US
• IMMANITY † monstrous cruelty; atrocious savagery ...1557
cruelty - verbs
• INASPERATE †* to provoke to cruelty or bitterness; to exasperate, to embitter ...1599
CRUISE - nouns
• CAMPAIGN † a voyage or cruise ...1708
CRUMB - nouns
• MILLIN a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food; a bit of anything ...1900 Sc.
• MINCH a small piece of anything; a crumb ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCHIN a mite or crumb of anything; a small piece of food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINGIN a mite or crumb of anything; a small piece of food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OF-FALLINGS crumbs or scraps that fall from the table ...1636 Sc.
• OFFALS † fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants ...1563-87
• OFFE †* a small piece, a morsel, a crumb ...c1420
• OFF-FALLINGS scraps, crumbs, rejects, things thrown aside ...1660 Sc.
• SCREED a shred, a fragment, a crumb; a long thin strip of material, paper, land, etc.; a narrow plantation or belt of wood ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIM a small piece of anything edible; a fragment, a crumb ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YATTER crumbs or remnants of food left by rats and mice ...1925 Sc.
CRUMBLE - verbs
• MAMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to shred; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MEISLE to eat little and slowly; to crumble up in eating ...1824 Sc.
• MOMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• OFFE †* to break into bits, to crumble ...c1420
• SUFFRIATE †* to crumble bread ...1623
• THRIMBLE to crumble bread between the fingers ...1854 Eng. dial.
CRUMBLING - adjectives
• SMOPPLE brittle, crisp, crumbling, as 'smopple' wood, or a 'smopple' pie crust ...1731 Eng. dial.
CRUMPLE - verbs
• CRIMPLE † to wrinkle, crumple, crinkle, curl ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE to crumple ...c1728
• SCRIMPLE †* to crumple, to crinkle ...1535
• SCRINKLE to screw up; to shrivel, to crumple ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUMPLE to crumple ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SQUIZZEN to squeeze; to crush, to crumple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WOB to wad up; to crumple; to form into a clump or clumps ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WOB UP to wad up; to crumple; to form into a clump or clumps ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WRIMPLE †* to wrinkle, to crumple ...1611
CRUMPLED - adjectives
• CRUMPELTY crumpled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUMPLETY crumpled, rumpled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPLED crumpled by squeezing ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WABBLED UP † crumpled up ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WOBBLED UP † crumpled up ...1854 Amer. dial.
CRUNCH - verbs
• RAMSH to eat voraciously and noisily; to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RANSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RUNSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRONCH to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
CRUNCHING - nouns
• SCRANCH a sharp, grinding noise; the noise made by crunching anything ...1881 Eng. dial.
CRUSH - nouns
• JAM a crush; a crowd ...1812 colloq.
• PACK the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze ...1928 Sc.
crush - person
• HAMMER a person or agency that beats down or crushes, as with blows of a hammer ...1382
crush - verbs
• ACCUMBER † to encumber; to overload; to oppress; to overwhelm; to crush ...c1314
• BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESNANG to crush, to batter, to beat in ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRSE to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEBRUISE † to break down, to break in pieces, to crush, to smash ...1297
• FORBREAK † to break in pieces, to crush ...c1000
• GRAUNCH to crush or destroy ...19C
• HIT UP INTO MASH-MORTAR to hit into small pieces, to crush utterly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAB to crush, to squeeze ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAMMOCK to squeeze, to press; to beat, to crush, to trample into a soft mass ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MALLYGRUGGLE to spoil or crush ...1919 Sc.
• MANCH to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MANG to break in pieces; to bruise, to crush; to overpower ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASH to apply an injurious blow or pressure to; to crush, to smash, to suffer crushing of some part of the body ...1832 Amer. dial.
• OPPRESS † to press injuriously upon or against; to subject to pressure with hurtful or overpowering effect; to press down by force; to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd ...1382
• OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PANK to pack or tamp down; to flatten; to crush; often said of sand, snow, hair, etc. ...1937 Amer. dial.
• QUAT † to flatten down, to squeeze flat, to crush ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUENCH * to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush ...c1200
• QUEST †* to crush ...1647
• RAM IN to crush, to burst in ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SCASH † to beat, to batter; to crush or press roughly or carelessly ...1801 Sc.
• SCASS † to beat, to batter; to crush or press roughly or carelessly ...1801 Sc.
• SCON to crush flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAM to crush, to squeeze ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRONCH to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH to crush, to push ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SKON to crush flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SKRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SQUIZZEN to squeeze; to crush, to crumple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRING † to press together, to squeeze, to compress; to crush, to bruise ...a1300
• TO-BRUISE † to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely ...c1000
• TO-CRUSH † to crush to pieces; to be crushed, to break to pieces under pressure ...c1300
• TO-GNIDE † to crush to fragments ...a1300
CRUSHED - adjectives
• PAKARU broken, smashed, crushed ...World War I NZ services' sl.
CRUTCHES - nouns
• ARM PROPS crutches ...c1820 sl.
• PROPS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAPS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRITCH a crutch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STICKS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STILTS crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SYMPATHY STICKS. a beggar's crutches ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
crutches - verbs
• BILT to go lame; to walk with crutches ...Bk1898 Sc.
CRY, CRYING - adjectives
• LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
• MEWLING crying, whining ...1895 Sc.
• VAGIENT † of infants: crying, squalling, wailing ...1628
• YAMMERING † crying with grief, wailing ...1536 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAUPING crying in despair, lamenting ...1787 Eng. dial.
cry, crying - adverbs
• A-CRY † in a cry, crying ...1593
cry, crying - nouns
• BELDERING a resounding cry; the bellowing of a bull ...1841 Ireland & Eg. dial.
• BELDERMENT a loud continuous crying or shouting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLING † noisy crying, shouting or roaring of human beings ...1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELLOCK a loud cry, a roar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVER the quivering of the under-lip, which precedes crying ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAIR a loud sound; a cry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GAGRISH a loud cry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MEOWLING a crying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEAK, QUEEK a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• RAISING the noise made in crying or sobbing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• RAME a cry; a continuous repetition of the same words or sound ...1808 Sc.
• RAMIN a persistent crying for something, as of a sick child ...1901 Sc.
• RANE * a prolonged cry or utterance; a long string of words; a rigmarole...c1425 Sc.
• REAM a cry, esp. a reiterated cry; also, repetition, reiteration ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREIGH a shriek; a shrill cry, esp. of a bird; an urgent, irresistible call; a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss ...1790 Sc.
• VAGIT † a cry, lamentation, wail ...1627
• YAMMERING † a cry of grief; a wailing ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAP the short, noisy cry of a peevish child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWL a cry; the act of crying ...1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking; foolish talk ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEI † a cry, a wail ...a1225
• YELLOCH a yell; a shrill cry ...1513 Sc.
• YERR † a loud or harsh cry; a yell, a howl ...a1225
• YOOP a word expressing the sound made by convulsive sobbing ...1848
• YOP a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird ...1824
• YOWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking ...1889 Eng. dial.
cry, crying - person (includes crybaby)
• BAWLBABY a crybaby; a tattletale ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BESSY-BAB(S) a petted, spoiled child; a child who cries for little cause ...1842 Eng. dial.
• MOTHER SUCKER a crybaby ...1954 Amer. sl.
• SCREEL-POKE a crying child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIDDY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• TITTY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• WATER-BONSE a cry-baby ...L19 sl.
• YAP a cross, peevish person; a troublesome, crying child ...Bk1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
cry, crying - verbs
• BEGREDE † to cry about, to weep for ...c1300
• BELDER of persons, esp. children: to cry noisily, to roar; to shout ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BELGE to cry aloud, to bellow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BELL to bellow, to roar, to shout out, to cry, to make a loud noise ...a1000
• BELLICK of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BELLOCH to bellow; to cry loudly, to roar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELLOCK of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BELVER to roar, to bluster, to cry loudly ...1872 Eng. dial.
• BERE † to cry, to roar ...c1225
• BIBBLE to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLAE to cry as a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIR to make a noise; to cry aloud ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLORE † to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLUB to weep, to cry ...1873
• BOOHOO to weep or cry loudly, to bawl ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CRAKE to shout or cry ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAURE † to shout or cry ...1530
• GREET to weep, cry, lament, grieve ...OE
• GROAK to whimper, to cry for anything ...1894 Sc.
• JAMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Ireland
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S FACE to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER CORNER OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LAY IN to shed or 'turn on' tears ...1809
• LET FALL to shed tears ...1816
• MEWL to cry, as an infant or young animal ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAB THE BIB to cry ...Bk1902 sl.
• NANG to complain; to cry like a fretful child; to worry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPEN OUT to expose ill deeds; to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper ...1525 now Sc. & literary
• QUEAK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep; to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...1887 Sc.
• RAIN to shed tears copiously ...1588
• RAME † to shout, to cry aloud; to scream ...c1470
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROAR to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1741 Sc.
• ROAR AND GREET to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1772 Sc.
• RUMATIZE † to bring tears to the eyes; to shed tears ...1613
• SANNICK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREED † to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings ...1706 Sc.
• SCREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SIKE to sob or cry ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SIMPER to whimper; to cry; to begin to cry as a spoiled child does ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SING THE BLACK PSALM to cry; generally said of children ...1705
• SKREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SNOOP to cry ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Snoop and Pry)
• SNOOP AND PRY to cry ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SONNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY to weep or cry; to fret, as a child ...1847
• TAKE A PIPE to cry ...L19 sl.
• TAKE ON to cry, to mourn, to grieve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TURN ON THE WATERWORKS to start to cry ...1647 sl.
• WALLACH to cry as a child out of humour; to wail; to scream ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WATER-CART to weep, to cry ...M19 sl.
• WATER ONE'S PLANTS † to shed tears; to weep; to cry ...1542 jocular
• WHINDLE to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1770 Amer. dial.
• WHINNEL to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1886 Amer. dial.
• YALE to cry; to howl; to fret like a sick child; to grumble ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMMER to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMOUR to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper ...1825 Sc.
• YAR to cry; to shout; to speak loudly ...1902 Eng. dial.
• YARR to cry; to shout; to speak loudly ...1902 Eng. dial.
• YAUP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWN to howl like a dog; to cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc.
• YELLOP to howl, to cry; to bark as a dog, to yelp ...1866 Eng. dial.
• YELP † to lift up one's voice; to cry aloud; to sing loud or on a high note ...c1450
• YIMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 N. Ireland
• YOBBIN to cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YOPE to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird ...a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YOWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Eng. dial.
cry, crying - phrases
• MY RIGHT EYE ITCHES I shall cry ...1708-10 sl.
• TEARS WERE RUNNING DOWN HIS CHEEKS LIKE BEETLES UP A HILL, THE said in ridicule of a child who is crying for nothing ...B1900 N. Ireland
CRY, CRY OUT (shout) - nouns
• HALLOW a loud shout or cry to attract attention, etc. ...c1440
cry, cry out (shout) - verbs
• BAWK to cry out, to shout ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BLORE † to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CRACK UP to cry out ...US Civil War usage
• HAIL to shout; to roar; to cry ...1858 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALL to sing or shout loudly; to cry out; to quarrel ...1884 Eng. dial.
• QUICH to cry out as a baby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to cry out; to squeal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWL † to cry out loudly from pain, grief, or distress; also said of the howling of dogs, the 'wauling' of cats, the screaming of peacocks ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEIE † to cry out, to shout ...c1175
• YERR † to make a harsh noise, to creak, to roar, to rattle; to cry out loudly, to shout out, to yell, to howl ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
CRYSTAL BALL - nouns
• MADBALL a crystal ball used by a fortune-teller ...1948 Amer. carnival usage