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DAPPER - DEADLY
DAPPER - adjectives
• DAP dapper; well-dressed; stylish, fashionable ...1956 US Black
• NUNTY precise in dress, neat, trim, dapper ...1856 Eng. dial.
DAPPER - nouns, person
• DAPPERLING a little dapper fellow ...1611
DAPPLED - adjectives
• DAPPLEDY dappled ...1886 Eng. dial.
DARE, DAREDEVIL, DARING - nouns
• BANTER a challenge, dare ...1840 Amer. dial.
• DAG a feat of skill; a daring act ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DARE † daring, boldness ...1595
• DARE-DEVILTRY a daredevil spirit ...1886 Sc.
• DASHING a daring or brilliant action; a showy liveliness in manner, dress, behaviour ...c1800 colloq.
• DASHY a daring or brilliant action; a showy liveliness in manner, dress, behaviour ...c1820 colloq.
• HARDIMENT 1. boldness, courage, daring, hardihood ...c1374 arch.
† 2. a deed of daring; a bold exploit ...1375
• JEOPARDY † a deed involving peril; a daring exploit ...a1300
• SCOOGER a challenge to a feat of daring ...1921 Sc.
DARE, DAREDEVIL - nouns, person
• DARE-ALL one who dares all ...1840
• DARE-THE-DEIL † one who fears nothing, and who will attempt anything ...1814 Sc.
• JACK IN THE BEAN STACK an adventurous, daredevil person ...1950s US Black sl.
• SCATTER-WILLIE a reckless, devil-may-care person; a scatterbrain ...1960 Sc.
DARE - verbs
• BACK ONE OUT to challenge one, to dare ...1840 Amer. dial.
• BANNER to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BANTER to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1810 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN ONE OUT to dare someone to prove he is not a coward ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DACKER to dare, to challenge, to provoke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUNT to dare, to challenge; to provoke to some hazardous deed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO BANDIES to do something regarded as a physical feat; to do such and dare others to do the same or to excel ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FASHION to dare, to presume, to venture; to have the face to ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GO A-DAMMERING † to go about daring others to perform hazardous feats ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PULL A FAST ONE to do something daring (often a criminal act) and hope to get away with it by being smarter, faster, and more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick...1943 UK sl., orig. military
• PULL A STROKE to do something daring (often a criminal act) and get away with it by being smarter, faster, and more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick ...1970 UK sl.
• SCADDLE to dare one to do anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DARING - adjectives
• AUDACULOUS † a little bold or daring ...1603
• AUNTERSOME bold, daring, adventurous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAIROUS † bold, daring ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAREFUL †* full of daring or defiance; adventurous ...1605
• DAROUS † daring, bold ... Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERF † 1. bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1200
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• HOT of people: exuberant, flamboyant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild...1888 Amer. sl.
• JEOPARDOUS addicted to risks; venturesome, daring ...1494
• KEEN † brave, bold, valiant, daring ...c897
• NERVY daring, audacious, pushing one's luck ...1897, orig. US
• STALWORTH † brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty ...a1225 obs. exc. arch.
• VENTORIOUS † characterized by venturesomeness; adventurous, bold, daring ...1640
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
DARING - phrases
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON BEACH used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN FOY AND GIBSON'S used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN HARRODS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1970s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN MYERS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
DARINGLY - adverbs
• ADVENTURELY †* adventurously, daringly ...c1435
• BANDONLY †* recklessly, daringly ...c1470
• HARDLY † boldly, daringly, hardily ...a1225
DARK, DARKENED - adjectives
• ACHERONTIC belonging to Acheron, infernal; hence, dark, gloomy; also, waiting to cross the river of death, tottering on the brink of the grave, moribund ...1600
• BASE † deep-coloured, dark ...1533
• CALIGINOUS misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark ...1548 now arch.
• BENIGHTED overtaken by darkness ...1805 Amer. dial.
• DARK AS A BAG extremely dark ...19C colloq.
• DARK AS A BOOT, AS very dark indeed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS AN ABO'S ARSEHOLE very dark ...1960s Aust. sl.
• DARK AS A NIGGER'S POCKET (now offensive) very dark ...M19 Aust. sl.
• DARK AS A POCKET extremely dark ...19C nautical sl.
• DARK AS BELLOWS completely dark ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS BLACK HOGS, AS very dark indeed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS DUNGEON, AS very dark indeed ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS NEWGATE KNOCKER, AS very dark indeed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW exceptionally dark ...1871 US sl.
• DARK AS THREE FEET UP A BULL'S ASS completely dark ...1984 Amer. dial.
• DARKER THAN THE INSIDE OF A BLACK COW'S ASS exceptionally dark ...1964 US sl.
• DARKFUL * full of darkness, dark ...a1050
• DARKLIN(G) dark, gloomy; happening in the dark ...a1763
• DARKLY dark, gloomy ...1821 Eng. dial.
• DARKSOME 1. characterized by darkness; somewhat dark or gloomy ...1530
2. somewhat dark in shade or colour ...1615
3. morally of dark character ...1880
• DARK-WISE rather dark ...1896 Sc.
• DAVE CLARK dark ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• DAYLESS devoid of the light of day; dark ...1816
• DECEMBERLY † resembling December in dreariness and darkness ...1765
• DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIMITY dark, dusk ...1884 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSY dark, dim ...1892 Eng. dial.
• EBON † of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre ...1607
• EBONINE dark, sombre ...1881
• ELEELE dark; black ...1938 Hawaii
• GLUMMY † dark, gloomy, dismal for want of light ...1580
• HEAVISOME † of heavy mood, doleful, sad, dejected; dull, gloomy, dark ...1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ILLUMINOUS * non-luminous, opaque, dark, without light ...1656
• MOKE hazy, dark ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OBFUSCATE † darkened, obscured ...1531 rare or obs.
• OBFUSCOUS * dark in colour or aspect; dusky ...1822-34
• OBNUBILATE † covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured ...1560
• OBSCURATE † obscured; darkened ...1471
• OBSCURATIVE †* tending or serving to obscure or render dark ...1664
• OBSCUROUS †* dark, gloomy, obscure ...1491
• OBUMBRATE †* overshadowed, darkened ...1513
• OFFUSC †* dark, dusky ...1849
• SIGHTLESS invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision ...1589
• SULLIED † made gloomy or dark ...c1600
• TARKY † dark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TENEBRICOSE * full of darkness; very dark, obscure; gloomy ...1730-6
• TENEBROUS full of darkness, dark ...c1420
• THARK † dark ...1682 Eng. dial.
• THARKY † dark, dusky ...1691 Eng. dial.
• THARRY † dark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THESTER † dark, obscure ...a900
• THURCK † dark ...1682 Eng. dial.
• UMBRATILE † of colour: shaded, dark ...1678
• WAN † lacking light or lustre; dark-hued, dusky, gloomy, dark ...c1230 chiefly poetic
DARK, DARKLY - adverbs
• A-DUSK in gloom; gloomy, dark ...1856
• DARKLING in the dark; in darkness ...a1450
• DARKLINGS * in the dark ...a1656
• DARKLINS in the dark ...1786 Sc.
• DARKLONG † in the dark ...1561
DARK - nouns
• DIMMERY a dark, ill-lighted room or passage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OWL-LIGHT the cloud of the night, the dark ...1599
DARK (wicked, evil) - nouns
• DARKSHIP † the personality of one who is dark ...1707 nonce word
DARK, DARKEN - verbs
• BECLOUD to make obscure; to darken, to hide ...1619
• BENIGHT to involve in darkness, to darken, to cloud ...a1631
• COME DARK OVER to become dark ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAMMER †* to make dim or dark ...1610
• DARK † to grow dark; to darken; to cloud with something evil ... c1340
• DARKEN IN to grow dark or dusk in the evening ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARKLE 1. to grow dark or dusk; to look dark ...1823
2. to render dark or obscure ...1884
• OBFUSCATE * to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1650
• OBFUSK † to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1490
• OBNUBILATE to darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud; to overcloud; to obscure ...1583
• OBTENEBRATE to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1611
• OBTENEBRIZE † to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1653
• OBUMBRATE * to overshadow; to shade, to darken; to obscure ...1526
• OFFUSCATE * to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1656
• OFFUSQUE †* to darken, to obscure ...a1751
• PINK IN of the day: to grow dark ...1939 Amer. dial.
• THESTER † to become dark, to grow dim; to make dark ...a900
• TO-DARKEN † to darken greatly ...1382
• WAN † to become dark, discoloured, or livid ...c1000
DARK, DARK-COMPLEXIONED, DARK-SKINNED - nouns, person
• BRUNE a dark-complexioned girl or woman; a brunette ...1870
• BRUNET a dark-complexioned person ...1888
• DARKLING a child of darkness; one dark in nature or character ...1773 nonce word
• MOKE (usually contemptuous and offensive) a dark-skinned person of any race ...1871 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY (usually offensive and contemptuous) a non-White or dark-complexioned person, esp. a person of African or Asian descent; in World War II, a Japanese person ...1839-40 Amer. sl.
• NAGO a very stupid, ugly, or notably dark-complexioned person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
DARK-COMPLEXIONED - adjectives
• BRUNET dark-complexioned ...1890
DARKENED - adjectives
• ADNUBILATED † darkened or clouded ...1731
• OFFUSCATE * darkened, obscured ...1603
• OPACOUS † lying in shadow; not illuminated, darkened, obscure ...1621-3
• OPAQUE † lying in shadow; not illuminated, darkened, obscure ...c1420
DARKENING - adjectives
• OBUMBRATORY * having the quality of darkening ...1799
DARKENING - nouns
• GLUMMERIN a darkening ...1902 Amer. dial.
• OBFUSCATION a darkening, obscuration ...1608
• OBFUSCITY * a darkening, obscuration ...1832
• OBNUBILATION the act of darkening or fact of being darkened as with a cloud; obscuration ...1610
• OBTENEBRATION the act of overshadowing or the condition of being overshadowed; a darkening ...1626
• OFFUSCATION * a darkening, obscuration ...1502
DARKNESS - adjectives
• DARKFUL * full of darkness ...a1050
• TENEBRIFICOUS † causing or producing darkness ...1714
• TENEBROUS † full of darkness ...c1450
DARKNESS - nouns
• BENIGHTMENT physical, intellectual, or moral darkness ...1651
• CAN'T the darkness before sunrise and after sunset ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAN'T SEE the darkness before sunrise and after sunset ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DARKHEDE † darkness ...1297
• DARKSOMENESS darkness, obscurity ...1571
• DERN darkness, secrecy ...1856 Sc.
• GOOD DARK as dark as it will get; real darkness rather than twilight or dusky dark ...1929 Amer. dial.
• THESTER † darkness ...c897
DARLING - nouns, person
• BABY darling, sweetheart; esp. used in direct address ...1869 Amer. sl.
• BABYCAKES darling, sweetheart; usually in direct address ...1967 Amer. sl.
• BABY-DOLL an attractive young woman; in direct address: darling, sweetheart ...1908 Amer. sl.
• BOOPSIE a sweetheart, a darling ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DALLY-LAW a spoiled child, a darling ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc.
• DANDLING † a dandled child, a darling ...E17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc.
• DAWTY a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1676 Sc.
• DEARING † a darling ...1601
• DEARLING † a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1715
• DILLING † a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FANT † a darling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEDDLE † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite, a darling ...a1400-50
• HONEY a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling ...colloq.
• HONEY BUN a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling ...1895 colloq.
• HONEY BUNCH a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling ...1900 colloq.
• MOPSY a term of endearment; a pretty child; a young girl; a darling, a sweetheart ...1582 ? obs.
• NOBS †* a term of endearment applied to a woman; one's dear or darling ...a1529
• ONING †* an only one; a darling ...a1300
• PIGSNEY one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) ...c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
• PRECIOUS a dearly beloved or loved one; a sweetheart; a darling ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• TIDLING † a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOOTS darling, sweetheart ...colloq., chiefly US
• TOOTSIE darling, sweetheart ...colloq., chiefly US
• TOOTSY darling, sweetheart ...colloq., chiefly US
DARN - verbs
• RANTER to sew up a rent, or apply a patch with invisible stitches; to darn, to mend ...1673-88 Eng. dial.
DARNED - adjectives
• RANTER-DRAWED † darned ...1655
DART (missile) - nouns
• BEGGAR-BOLTS darts; missiles of stone ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GAVELOCK † a spear for throwing; a dart, a javelin ...c1000
• HARPOON † a barbed dart or spear ...1625 obs.
DART - verbs
• DARTLE * to dart or shoot forth repeatedly ...1855
• ELANCE † to shoot, to dart, to glance ...1729 obs. or arch.
• GOUGE to lunge, to dart ...1863 Amer. dial.
• JACULATE * to dart, to hurl; to dart forward; to move swiftly and suddenly ...1623
• LAUNCH † to throw (a person); to hurl oneself; to dart, to rush ...a1300
• SKIRM † to dart about, to move rapidly ...a1300
• SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SKRIM to skirmish; to dart ...1375 Sc.
DARTING - adjectives
• JACULATORIAL * having the faculty of darting ...1856-8
• LAUNCHANT † darting, leaping ...c1400
DARTING - nouns
• JACULATION * the act of darting, hurling, or throwing; a hurl, a throw ...1608
DARTS (game) - adjectives
• CRACKED to be in need of 99 points ...c1930 dart-players' sl.
DARTS (game) - nouns
• ARROW a dart ...c1880 darts-players' sl.
• RASHER AND BUBBLE in darts: a 'double' ...1970s rhyming sl.
• SHANGHAI a variation of the game of darts, in which players amass points by throwing three darts at each number in succession, players failing to score during a round being eliminated or ‘shanghaied’; a winning shot or score of a single, double, and treble of a number ...1930
DARTS (game) - interjections
• HOPS! an exclamation for a winning throw in darts ...c1930 darts players' sl.
DASH (style) - nouns
• FLASHERY inferior or vulgar elegance, dash, distinction, display ...Bk1893 sl.
• SNAP energy; vim; dash ...1865 Amer. sl.
• SPLASH style, dash ...M18 sl.
DASH (sudden onset, attempt, etc.) - nouns
• BINNER a quick movement, a noisy dash ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LANCE † a leap, bound, dash ...1375
• RATTLE a quick pace; speed; impetus; a dash ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DASH (sudden onset, attempt, etc.) - verbs
• BAZZ to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDASH to dash against, to dash about ...1609
• BRANGE to dash forward impetuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BINNER to move swiftly, to dash, to rush; to work with noise and energy ...1803 Sc. & N. Ireland
• DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...a1855 Amer. dial.
• DIRD to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash ...1871 Sc.
• GO BALD-HEADED to dash or charge forward, to go in great without heeding danger or obstacles ...1846-48 colloq.
• LASH to move swiftly and suddenly; to make a sudden movement, to dash, to rush ...c1330
• PIROOT to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIROOT AROUND to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• RASH † to dash or rush hastily or violently ...a1400 chiefly Sc. rare or obs.
• SCABER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCAPER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCLAP to dash, pitch with violence to one side or another ...1866 Sc.
• SCLATCH to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry ...1852
• SKIVE to move lightly and quickly; to dart ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SKLATCH to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WALLOP to dash with swinging force ...Bk1905 Sc.
DASH (hit) - verbs
• BESWAK † to dash, to strike ...c1505 Sc.
• DAWL to dash, to beat, to strike ...1886 Eng. dial.
DASHING - adjectives
• HANKY-SPANKY of persons: dashing ...B1900 Amer.
• PARLISH of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RORITORIOUS showy, dashing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RORY-TORY having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; gaudy, tawdry, showy, dashing; generally used of colour in dress ...1874 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SPANKY showy, smart, dashing, well-dressed ...1789 Sc.
• VARMENT natty, fashionable, dashing ...1823 sl., now Eng. dial.
DASHING - nouns
• DASHER a brilliant or dashing attempt or motion ...1884 colloq.
DASHING - nouns, person
• BUCK-A-DANDY a young, dashing, or virile man; a fop ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER a dashing fellow ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DASHER a fashionable, attractive person who often attends parties, dances, etc.; a dashing young man ...1790 sl.
• LAD a dashing fellow ...L19 colloq.
• NERVE a dashing man about town ...M18 sl.
• TOM ASTONER a dashing fellow ...1706
DATA - nouns
• DOPE information, data, news ...1899 sl., orig. horse-racing usage
DATE - adjectives
• DATAL * of or pert. to date; chronological ...1882
DATE, DATING - adjectives
• ON dating ...1945 Aust. sl.
• OUT OF THE GAME married, engaged, or dating only one person ...2001 US sl.
• SHAFTED stood up by one's date ...1950s sl.
DATE - nouns
• DATARY †* an expert in dates; a chronologer ...1655
DATE, DATING - nouns
• BABY-SNATCHING of either sex: marrying or having an affair with someone much younger than oneself ...1920s sl.
• BIMBO DOUGH money for a date ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLIND FLYING a date with an unseen girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CRUISING searching for a date ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DATE BAIT something that will entice a member of the opposite sex to accept the offer of a date ...1986 US students' sl.
• DUAL a date accompanied by a chaperone ...World War II Amer. sl.
• NIGHT MANOEUVRES a social date ...1962 US sl.
• V.B.D. an unsatisfactory evening with a member of the opposite sex ...1960s US Black sl. (Very Bad Date)
DATE, DATING - nouns, person
• DATE BAIT an attractive person of either sex who is sought after as a date ...1944 US sl.
• DATE MATE a partner of the same sex to accompany one on a double date ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FAUST a blind date ...1930s US Black sl.
• FRESH VEGETABLE a young man who is dating an older woman ...1990s W. Indies
• STAG at a social function: a man without a date ...1905 US sl.
DATE, DATING - verbs
• BABYSIT to date someone who is substantially younger than you ...1990 US sl.
• BAIL ON to break a date ...1960s US teen sl.
• BALE ON to break a date ...1960s US teen sl.
• BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE to be stood up, as on a date ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUZZ to court, to have a date ...1928 Amer. dial.
• CHILL to stand up for a date; common in rap music lyrics ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEAL vb. to make dates frequently ...1980s US college sl.
• DO A LINE to make an amorous approach; to date ...1934 Aust. sl.
• DRAG AN ANCHOR to have a blind date with an ugly or dull woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLAKE to miss an appointment or not show for a date ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GET YOUR CAKE to date your girlfriend ...2001 US sl.
• GREYHOUND to date a White person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SHOOT DOWN to terminate a dating relationship ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SNUFF to ignore or to break a date ...1960s Amer. sl.
• WALK OUT WITH † of a man: to go out socially with; to date; to court a woman ...obs. or Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WALK WITH of a man: to go out socially with; to date; to court a woman ...1827 Amer. dial.
DAUB - adjectives
• GAUMY * of the nature of a daub or smear ...1881
DAUB - verbs (also see BEDAUB)
• BESMATTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt; bespatter, to foul ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BESTRIKE †* to overspread, to do over, to anoint, to smear, to daub, to rub over with ...1527
• DAWK to daub, to bemire ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DECHE † to daub; to smear ...a1000
• DIGGER to cluster, to daub, to fasten ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAUM to smear with a sticky substance; to daub something sticky on a surface ...a1796
• GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HEAL to besmear or daub with dirt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABBER to besmear, esp. with mud; to daub; to lubricate ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † to void ordure; also, to produce something foul; to foul with dirty liquid; to daub with soft dirt ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLURRY † to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty ...1880 Eng. dial.
DAUBY - adjectives
• DAWKY dauby ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAUGHTER - adjectives
• DAUGHTERFUL full of daughters ...1830 nonce word
DAUGHTER - nouns, person
• BOTTLE OF WATER a daughter ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• CADETTE a younger daughter or sister ...1679
• DAFTER a daughter ...1894 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DAIRTER a daughter ...1837 Amer. dial.
• DARTER a daughter ...1808 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DATER a daughter ...1843 Amer. dial.
• DATTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DAUGHTERKIN. a little daughter ...1858 nonce word
• DAUGHTERLING a little daughter ...1853 nonce word
• DORTER a daughter ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DORTHER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOTHER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUGHTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWTHER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWTOR a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FILLY a daughter ...19C sl.
• HOLY WATER a daughter ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAIDEN a title given to the eldest or only daughter of a landowner or farmer ...1825 Sc.
• QUEAN a daughter ...1916 Sc.
• QUINE a daughter ...1916 Sc.
• QUINIE a daughter ...1916 Sc.
• SOAP AND WATER a daughter ...20C rhyming sl.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE the youngest bird in the nest; hence, the youngest daughter ...1826 Sc.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - nouns, person
• DAUGHTER-A-LAW a daughter-in-law ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUGHTER-LAW a daughter-in-law ...1877 Eng. dial.
• DAUGHTER-O'-LAW a daughter-in-law ...1860 Eng. dial
• LAW-DAUGHTER † a daughter-in-law ...1583
DAUNT - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• ADAW † to subdue, to daunt ...1557
• BASH † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAFF to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
• DARE † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAW †* to daunt, to subdue, to frighten ...1616
• HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PALL † to make faint or feeble; to enfeeble, to weaken; to daunt, to appal ...1690
• QUAY †* to depress, to subdue, to daunt ...1590
DAUNTED - adjectives
• BASHFUL † wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed ...1552
• DAFT timid, daunted ...c1000 Eng. dial.
DAUNTED - verbs
• CAFF to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward ...1841 Eng. dial.
DAUNTLESSLY - adverbs
• UNABASEDLY † dauntlessly, boldly ...1375 Sc.
DAWDLE - verbs
• AIR ONE'S HEELS to loiter about, to dawdle ...M19 sl.
• BROWSE to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE AROUND to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1884 Amer. dial.
• DACKLE to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
• DADDLE to walk or work slowly; to dawdle, saunter, trifle ...1787 Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE-DADDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DILLY-DALLY to dawdle; hence to waste time ...1741 UK sl.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to loiter, to dawdle ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DRAG ANCHOR to move slowly; to dawdle; to drift mentally; to do less than one's best ...1923 Amer. sl.
• DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger ...1801 Sc.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUTTLE to dawdle, to waste time, to trifle ...19C Scot
• FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1910s sl.
• FART ALONG to do something very slowly or without conviction; to dawdle ...1998 UK sl.
• FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1931 sl.
• FART-ARSE to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1975 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1972 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FILL-THE-DOOTSY to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIRTLE to trifle, to dawdle, to appear busy and do little; to fidget, to move about distractedly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time ...1892 sl.
• FRIG to dawdle, to waste time ...18C Brit. sl.
• GAMMER to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER ABOUT to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER AWAY to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• JAKE to trifle, to delay, to dawdle ...1568 Sc.
• JAUK to trifle, to delay, to dawdle ...1568 Sc.
• LADLE to dawdle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLIGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about ...L19 US sl.
• LALLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or design; to fool about ...1862 US sl.
• LOLLIGAG. to dawdle, to dally, to fool about ...L19 US sl.
• LOLLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about; to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or malicious design ...1862 US sl.
• MARDLE to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MESS to dawdle or putter; to fool around; to kid around, to tease ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NATTLE to work slowly, to dawdle, to trifle ...1908 Sc.
• PARRY to trifle, to waste time, to dawdle or delay in order to avoid action, to equivocate ...1883 Sc.
• PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PISS-ANT AROUND to waste time, to dawdle ...20C Aust. sl.
• SAIG to dawdle; to walk in a slow, aimless manner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUNTER † to loiter over one's work, to dawdle ...1673
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEATLE to dawdle, to trifle; to idle away time ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TIFFY-TAFFY to dawdle, to trifle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TROTTLE to dawdle, to idle, to waste one's time ...1921 Sc.
• VAIPER to saunter, to stroll about aimlessly, to dawdle about ...1866 Sc.
DAWDLER - nouns, person
• AGTEROS a plodder, a dawdler, one who lags behind ...L19 S. Afr. sl.
• DIDDLER a dawdler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE a dawdler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLER a dawdler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAUNDERER an idler, a dawdler ...1872 Sc.
• POKE a slow or lazy animal; a stupid, boring, slow, or plodding person; a lazy person; a dawdler; a bore; a worthless fellow ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SAUNTERER † a dawdler, a trifler ...1688
• TAIGLE an idle, lounging person; a dawdling slut ...1930 Sc.
• TIFFY-TAFFY a trifler, a dawdler; one who works in an idle, trifling fashion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DAWDLING - adjectives
• DAIDLEY dawdling ...1903 Sc.
• HAMMER-TACKING dawdling; working in a half-hearted manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LALLEN dawdling; of a child: hanging about its mother ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• POKEY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
DAWDLING - nouns
• SAUNTERING † dawdling, trifling ...1678
DAWN - nouns
• CHICKEN CROW dawn, early morning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN CROWING TIME dawn, early morning ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HOLLERING TIME dawn, early morning ...1902 Amer. dial.
• DAGALI daybreak, dawn ...1866 Sc.
• DAGGRI dawn ...1908 Sc.
• DAGLIE the dawn of day ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DARK-THIRTY a time shortly before dawn ...1985 military jocular
• DAW dawn ...1856 Sc.
• DAWING † dawn, daybreak; morning twilight ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAWN-DARKLE the darkness just before sunrise ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DAWNIN the dawn ...1859 Eng. dial.
• DAWNING the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...1297, now poetic or rhetorical
• DAY-BREAKING † the breaking of the day; dawn ...1598
• DAY-BUST daybreak; dawn ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DAY-DAW the dawn of day ...1887 Sc.
• DAY-DAWN the dawn of day, daybreak ...1813 chiefly poetic
• DAYENING † dawning, dawn ...c1250
• DAYING † the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...c1420
• DAY-PEEP peep of day; earliest dawn ...1606
• DAY-RAWE † the first streak of day, the dawn ...c1200
• DAY-RED † the red of the break of day; the rosy dawn ...c1000
• DAY-REWE † the first streak of day, the dawn ...c1200
• DAY-RIM † the 'rim' or border of the coming day; the dawn ...c1000
• DAY-SPRING daybreak, early dawn ...c1300 now chiefly poetic or figurative
• DAY-STREAK streak of dawn ...1850
• EARLY BEAM dawn, the early morning ...1930s US Black sl.
• FIRST DAWN dawn ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FIRST DAYLIGHT dawn ...1887 Amer. dial.
• FIRST LIGHT dawn ...1938 Amer. dial.
• GOO-GOO WATCH dawn and the period just preceding it ...1930s US Black sl.
• GREKING † break of day, dawn ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• NEB the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• NEB OF THE MORNING the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• OACHENIN the early dawn, the part of the night before daybreak ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OCHENIN dawning, the time at or just before daybreak ...1903 Sc.
• ORIENT † rising of the sun, or the daylight; sunrise, dayspring, dawn ...1582 rare or obs.
• PEEP OF DAY dawn, sunrise ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCREECH OF DAY the break of day, cock-crow ...1868 Sc.
• SCREEK OF DAY break of dawn, cock-crow ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREEK OF DAYLIGHT break of dawn, cock-crow ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH OF DAY the break of day, cock-crow ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH the break of day, dawn ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH OF DAWN the break of day, cock-crow ...1893 Sc.
• SUN-BREAK sunrise, dawn ...1850
• SUN-DAWN n. dawn, daybreak ...1835 poetic
• SUN-SPRING † sunrise, dawn ...1900 obs. or arch.
DAWN - verbs
• DAW † to dawn ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAWKEN to dawn ...1905 Sc.
• DAY † to dawn ...c1205
• DAYN † to dawn ...c1250
DAWNING - adverbs
• ADAWN dawning, gleaming with new light ...1881
DAY, DAILY - adjectives/adverbs
• A-DAY † 1. in or on the day (in opposition to the night; by day ...a1250
2. on each day; daily ...c1500
• A-DAYS † by day, during the day, in the daytime ...1377
• COTIDIALLY † day by day ...c1430
• DAILY-DAY every day, continually, constantly ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DATELY daily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAY AN' DAILY constantly, every day ...Bk1900 Sc. & Ireland
• DAYISH †* pert. to day; diurnal ...1398
• DAYLESS not divided into days ...1839
• DAYWARD towards the day ...1597-1602
• FROM SUN TO SUN † from sunrise to sunset, all day ...a1400
• HEBDOMADAL † consisting of or lasting seven days ...1613
• HEBDOMATICAL †* weekly; consisting of seven days ...a1659
• HODIERN † of this day; belonging to the present day ...1500-20
• NUDIUSTERTIAN †* of the day before yesterday ...1647
• POSTRIDUAN †* done the next day after ...1651
• PRIDIAN * pertaining to the previous day; relating to yesterday ...1656
• QUATRIDUAL †* lasting for four days ...1646
• QUOTIDIAL † daily ...1502
• SEPTUARY † consisting of seven; of seven days ...1604
• TAPLY † at break of day, early in the morning; privately; quickly ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TRIDUAN lasting for three days; occurring every third day ...1597
• WANING of the day: drawing to a close ...1767
DAY - nouns
• DAY-FALLING the close of day ...1872 Eng. dial.
• FAR-DAY † the latter part of the day ...1655
• LATTER LAMMAS (DAY) † a day that will never come ...1576
• LIGHTMANS the day, or daybreak ...1567 thieves' cant
• QUADRANT † a quarter of a day; six hours ...1398
• SENNIGHT a week; the space of seven days and nights ...a1000 now arch.
• SEPTIMANE †* the space of seven days; a week ...1603
• SEPTUARY † a group of seven days; a week ...1646
• SET OF SEVEN BRIGHTS a week; seven days ...1930s US Black sl.
• TIDE † any definite time in the course of the day. as noon-tide, etc.; the point at which any hour is completed ...a700
• TO-FALL OF THE DAY the close of day ...1749 Sc.
• WEEKY-DAY a weekday ...1837 Amer. dial.
DAY - nouns, person
• DAY-LIVER † one who lives for a day, or for the day ...1630
DAY - verbs
• PINK IN of the day: to grow dark ...1939 Amer. dial.
DAYBREAK - nouns
• DAGALI daybreak, dawn ...1866 Sc.
• DAWING † dawn, daybreak; morning twilight ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAWNING the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...1297, now poetic or rhetorical
• DAY-BUST daybreak; dawn ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DAY CLEAN daybreak, full day ...1867 Amer. dial.
• DAY-DAWN the dawn of day, daybreak ...1813 chiefly poetic
• DAYING † the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...c1420
• DAY-LIGHTENING morning, twilight, daybreak ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DELLIT daylight, daybreak ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DISCERNING OF DAY daybreak; the first appearance of day ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GREKING † break of day, dawn ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• LIGHTMANS the day, or daybreak ...1567 thieves' cant
• SCREIGH OF DAY the break of day, cock-crow ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH the break of day, dawn ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH OF DAWN the break of day, cock-crow ...1893 Sc.
• SPARROW-FART(S) break of day, very early morning ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SUN-DAWN n. dawn, daybreak ...1835 poetic
• UGHTEN † the part of the night immediately before daybreak; early morning ...971
DAYDREAM - adjectives
• CASTLE-BUILT of the nature of daydreams ...1841
DAYDREAM - nouns
• CASTLE IN THE AIR a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy ...c1400
DAYDREAM - verbs
• DAZE to daydream ...1970s US campus sl.
• GAP OUT to daydream and miss something from lack of attention ...1993 Can. sl.
DAY-DREAMER - nouns, person
• CASTLE-BUILDER one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1711
• CASTLE-HUNTER † one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1752
• UNCONSCIOUS a day-dreamer ...1920s sl.
DAY-DREAMING - adjectives
• AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES day-dreaming, possibly drug-intoxicated, mentally deranged ...1996 Ireland sl.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming ...20C sl., orig. US
• BUILDING ECCLES IN THE AIR phr. building castles in the air ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded ...20C sl., orig. US
• IN A ZONE out of touch with reality; daydreaming; drunk ...1980s US college sl.
• OUT TO THE WIDE unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming ...20C sl., orig. US
DAYLIGHT - adjectives
• DAYLIGHTY full of daylight, as a picture ...1880 nonce word
• ORIENT rising as the sun or daylight ...1598
DAYLIGHT - nouns
• BIG DAY broad daylight ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BIG DAYLIGHT broad daylight ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BROAD-OPEN DAYLIGHT full daylight ...1933 Amer. dial.
• CALM OF DAY daylight ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DAWNING the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...1297, now poetic or rhetorical
• DAY-DAWZZLE the brightness of full daylight ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT DOWN the end of daylight; the beginning of darkness after sunset ...1769 Amer. dial.
• DAY-SHINE daylight ...c1822
• DAY-SKY daylight ...1838 Eng. dial.
• DAY-TIDE daytime ...1818 poetic
• DELLIT daylight, daybreak ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FAIR DAY broad daylight ...1698 Sc.
• FAIR DAYLIGHT broad daylight ...1698 Sc.
• FAIR-FOOR-DAYS broad daylight as contrasted with night ...1742 Sc.
• FAIR-TRO-DAYS daylight ...1864 Eng. dial.
• FIRST DAY broad daylight in the morning ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GOOD DAY broad daylight ...1990 Amer. dial.
• GOOD DAYLIGHT broad daylight ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ORIENT † rising of the sun, or the daylight; sunrise, dayspring, dawn ...1582 rare or obs.
DAYLIGHT - verbs
• TAKE OFF of the daylight: to shorten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - nouns
• FAST TIME daylight saving time ...1937 Amer. dial.
DAZE - verbs
• BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEDAZE to daze, to stupefy ...a1605
• BEMAZE to astonish, to bewilder, to daze ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DAMP † to stifle the faculties with noxious 'fumes'; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze ...1570
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• DAUNT † to daze, to stupefy; to stun ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAWSEL to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIZ to make dizzy; to daze ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DORSLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
• MAZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MILVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
DAZED - adjectives
• BEDAZED dazed, stupefied; besotted ...a1605
• BEMUSED dazed, stupefied with drink, astonishment, anger, etc. ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BUZZED OUT dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, dazed ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DAISKET stupid, dazed, slow ...1880 Sc.
• DAMP † showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied ...1590 obs. or arch.
• DANDERED wandering, dazed, stupefied ...1826 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAZY * in a dazed condition ...1880
• DOITRIFIED stupefied, dazed; used to denote the effects of sleep, intoxicating liquor, or anything else that causes stupefaction ...1827 Sc.
• IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• IN THE OZONE in a dazed or drowsy state, such a state induced by drugs or drink ..1971 Amer. sl.
• LEARY dazed, bewildered; foolish, half-witted ...1911 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLED half asleep, dazed ...1920 Sc.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED dazed, absent-minded ...B1900 sl.
• PUNCH-DRUNK befuddled; dazed; mentally or emotionally exhausted ...1915 Amer.
• PUNCHY punch-drunk ...20C sl.
• RAMISED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• YBLENT † blinded; dazed ...a1125-1450
DAZED, DAZEDNESS - nouns
• DAMP † a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor ...1542
• DAZEMENT * the state of being dazed ...1855
• DAZINESS †* dazedness, dizziness ...1554
DAZED - nouns, person
• DASART †* a dazed, stupefied, or inert person; a dullard ...a1400
DAZED - verbs
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAZED - phrases
• LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME, THE said of a person who is dazed, stupid, or unaware ..1983 Amer. sl
DAZZLE - verbs
• ABLEND † to dazzle, to take away the sight temporarily; to blind the moral vision ...c1000
• BENIGHT to blind, to dazzle; to deprive of vision ...1621
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• DAURE to dazzle, to stun ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK CUCKOO to knock out; to make unconscious; hence, to dazzle an audience ...1927 US sl.
• RAZZLE-DAZZLE to dazzle ...c1895 sl., orig US
DAZZLED - adjectives
• ADASED † stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled ...a1500
• DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAZZLING - adjectives
• DAZZLY dazzling ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy
• QUICK * of colour: vivid, bright, dazzling ...1664
DAZZLING - nouns
• ÉCLAT † brilliancy, radiance, dazzling effect ...1676
DEACON - nouns, person
• DEAC a deacon ...1742 Amer. sl.
• DEKE a deacon ...1742 Amer. sl.
• IMPROVER a deacon; one who is learning the profession of a clergyman ...1885 Eng. dial.
DEAD - adjectives (also see DEATH)
• ABRAHAM'S BOSOM dead and gone to heaven ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACROSS THE RIVER dead ...1949 US sl.
• AGED IN WOOD dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL AMORT dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected ...L16 arch.
• ALL BETS OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL U.P. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL WASHED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP IN JESUS dead ...L19 US euphemism
• ASLEEP IN THE DEEP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASSED OUT dead, killed ...1980s US Black sl.
• AWAY mad; unconscious; dead ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKED dead ...L17 sl.
• BASKETED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEHIND THE SCENES dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY-UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BENEATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOOEY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOTTO dead ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLUEY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONG dead ...Bk1892 Aust. Aboriginal
• BOUND FOR GLORY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOX CITY dead ...1981 Amer. sl.
• BOXED dead ...1966 Amer. sl.
• BOXED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROWN BREAD dead ...1973 Brit. rhyming sl.
• BUNG dead ...1882 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUTTERED BREAD dead ...1990s rhyming sl.
• BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
• CADAVERIC pert. to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse ...1835-6
• CALLED HOME dead ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CEASED deceased, dead ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CHECKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN GONE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLUMMOXED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONTENT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING DAISY ROOTS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING WORMS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROAKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT ADRIFT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAISY-PUSHING dead ...1915 army sl.
• DEAD AND GONE dead and buried ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND GONE BACK dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND HAPPED UP dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND LOW LAID dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AS A BED-POST dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS A DOOR-NAIL completely or certainly dead; absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless ...c1350
• DEAD AS A DOOR-POST quite dead ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A HAMMER quite dead ...1866 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A HATCHET quite dead ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A HERRING completely or certainly dead ...1598
• DEAD AS A LOG dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS A MACKEREL quite dead ...1853 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A MAGGOT, AS quite dead ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AS A MAWK, AS quite dead ...1805 Sc.
• DEAD AS A MELL, AS 'as dead as a door-nail'; quite dead ...1798 Sc.
• DEAD AS A MOA long dead; outmoded ...1955 NZ sl.
• DEAD AS A NIT quite dead ...1883 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A PICKLED HERRING quite dead ...1852 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A RAG, AS quite dead ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AS A SMELT quite dead ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A WOODEN INDIAN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS BILLY-BE-DAMNED very dead ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS CHOPPED SAUSAGE quite dead ...1843 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS DISCO completely dead ...1995 US sl.
• DEAD AS DOGSHIT absolutely dead ...1980s sl.
• DEAD AS JULIUS CAESAR dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS HANNAH EMERSON quite dead ...1907 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS HECTOR quite dead ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS KELSEY'S NUTS very definitely dead; out of favour ...1930s US sl.
• DEAD-BEAT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN A HERRING dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN A PELCHER quite dead ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DEADER THAN A WOODEN INDIAN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN KELSEY'S NUTS very definitely dead; out of favour ...1930s US sl.
• DEAD FOR ADO dead and done with ...16C colloq.
• DEADISH * somewhat dead ...a1450
• DEADO dead ...L19 sl.
• DEADOH dead ...L19 sl.
• DEATH-STRUCK dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISHED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOG TAG ON FILE dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DONE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE FOR dead or almost dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE ON TOAST dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE UNDER. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUBLED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUSED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWN FOR THE LONG COUNT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWSED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DROPPED OFF THE HOOKS dead ...1873 Amer. sl.
• EASY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ERASED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINISHED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTENED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTENED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMOXED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUXED. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUNKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLDED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLDED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAFFLED dead ...1990s US Black sl.
• GONE COLD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE HOME IN A BOX. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE PFFT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE PHUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE THE WAY OF ALL FLESH dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO BED dead ...1992 UK sl.
• GONE TO GLORY dead ...1851 Amer. dial.
• GONE TO GRASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO KINGDOM COME dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO POT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE UNDER dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE UP SALT RIVER dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE WEST dead ...1917 Amer. dial.
• GROUNDED FOR GOOD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. aeronautical sl.
• HEAD-LAPPED dead and laid out for burial ...1893 Eng. dial.
• IN ABRAHAM'S-BOSOM dead and gone to heaven ...1599
• IN COLD STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INSTALLED IN FURNACE NO. 10 adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE DUSTBIN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAPUT dead, finished ...1910s sl.
• KICKED OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KICKED THE BUCKET dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED OFF. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED OVER dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• K.O.'D. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAID BY THE WALL dead but not buried ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAID-OUT dead; pert. to a corpse arranged for a wake
• LATE dead, as in 'the late Mr. Smith' ...15C
• LETHED †* dead, defunct ...1623
• LICKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIQUIDATED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOAF OF BREAD dead ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• MEMALOOSE dead ...1938 Chinook jargon
• MISSING dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MULLERED dead ...2000 Brit. sl.
• NAPOO(H) dead ...1919 sl.
• NAPOO-FINI gone; dead; finished ...Amer. World War I sl.
• NECRODIALOGISTICAL consisting of dialogues of the dead ...1715 nonce word
• NECROGENIC arising from or produced by contact with dead bodies ...1899
• NOW PICKING AT THE COVERLET dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF dead, dying ...1990s Aust. criminals' sl.
• OFFED dead; killed ...World War I sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS dead ...1840 sl.
• ONE-EIGHT-SEVEN murdered, dead ...1990s US sl.
• ONE'S GOOSE IS COOKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S HASH IS SETTLED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S RACE IS RUN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE SHELF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT COLD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUTED dead; killed ...World War I sl.
• OUT FOR THE LONG COUNT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT LIKE A LIGHT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF IT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S MISERY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE GAME dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE PICTURE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE RUNNING dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE WAY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OVERBOARD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAN BREAD dead ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
• PAST IT dead ...1950s sl.
• PEGGED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERISHED OUT dead ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PETERED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIFFED dead; killed ...20C US sl.
• PIFTED dead; killed ...20C US sl.
• PLANTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOPED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPPED OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPPED OFF THE HOOKS dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING DAISIES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING THE CLOUDS AROUND dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING UP DAISIES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT OUT FOR THE LONG COUNT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAN THE GOOD RACE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REMOVED dead ...1800 Sc.
• RESTING EASY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUBBED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN DOWN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED dead ...20C US sl.
• SALTED AWAY dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED DOWN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEWED IN A BLANKET dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SEWED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLED CLEAN OUT OF THE DECK dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLED OUT OF THE DECK dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIX FEET UNDER dead and buried ...1942 sl.
• SNUFFED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOUL ALOFT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STIFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STONE-DEAD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING A GROUND SWEAT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING AN EARTH BATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THROWN FOR A LOSS dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOES UP lying dead ...1851
• TRUMPED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER-BOARD dead, but not yet buried ...1836 Ireland
• UNDER GLASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER HATCHES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER THE DAISIES dead and buried ...1866 sl.
• UNDER THE HATCHES in trouble, dead, in jail ...M16 sl.
• UP THE FLUE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• USED-UP dead; killed in battle ...World War I US sl.
• WASHED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WENT WEST dead ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WEST dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WINKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A GARDEN ON THE STOMACH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YDEAD † dead ...1387
DEAD - adverbs
• A-DEAD dead ...1879
DEAD, DEADNESS - nouns
• CADAVERIETY †* deadness ...1651
• CARRION † a dead body; a corpse or carcass ...a1225
• DB a dead body ...1973 US sl.
• DEADLIHEAD †* dead condition; the state of the dead ...1612
• DEADLIHOOD †* dead condition; the state of the dead ...1659
• GREAT MAJORITY, THE the dead
• NECROLATRY worship of or excessive reverence displayed towards the dead ...1826
• NECROLOGY 1. the history of the dead ...1830
2. a list of persons who have died within a certain time; a death-roll ...1854
• NECROMANCY the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead; generally, magic, enchantment, conjuration ...a1300
• NECROMANTY †* the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead; generally, magic, enchantment, conjuration ...1560
• NECROPHILISM a morbid fancy for the dead, or for contact with dead bodies ...1864
• NECROPHOBIA a horror of death or dead bodies ...1849
• QUARRY † a heap of dead men; a pile of dead bodies ...1589
• SETTING UP a wake for the dead ...1880s US Black sl.
DEAD - nouns, person
• BUZZARD-BAIT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1851 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD MEAT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1899 Amer. sl.
• CROAKER a dying person, or one who has just died ...1873 UK sl.
• DAISY-PUSHER a dead person ...1919 US Army sl.
• DAISY-SHOVER a dead person ...1928 US Army sl.
• DD a person who is Deaf and Dumb ...1926 US sl.
• DEADBEATER a dead person ...20C Amer. sl.
• DEADER a dead person; a corpse ...1853 sl.
• DEADIE a dead person ...1970s sl.
• DEAD ONE someone or something that is doomed, on the verge of death or actually dead ...1900s US sl.
• DECEASED, THE a dead person ...L15 euphemism
• DECEDENT a deceased person; a corpse ...L16
• FLATLINER a person whose cardiac or brain activity registers as a flatline, and who is therefore dead ...colloq.
• FLOATER a dead body found floating in water ...1890 US sl.
• GONE GOSLING a dead person ...Bk1912 Amer. dial.
• GONER a person who has died ...1847 sl.
• LANDOWNER a dead person; someone who 'owns' and occupies a grave ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• MADONNA someone who as died or is unavoidably doomed to die very soon ...2004 UK rhyming sl. for 'goner'
• MAGGOT MEAT a dead person, or one about to be killed ...1970s US sl.
• NECROMANCER one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...a1300
• NECROMANCIEN † one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...1303
• NECROMANT † one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...1598
• NECROMANTIC † one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...1574
• NECROMANTIST †* one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...a1607
• NECROPHILE one having a morbid fancy for the dead ...1895
• STIFF a person who has died ...1859 sl.
DEAD - verbs
• ACT POSSUM to play dead ...M19 sl.
• BE A DEADER to be recently dead ...20C sl., orig. US
• BE GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• LAY A CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LAY CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PUSH UP DAISIES to be dead and buried ...a1918 sl.
• SLEEP WITH ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• THIR † to frighten out of the senses; to hurt; to strike dead ...1746 Eng. dial.
DEAD - phrases
• D.O.A. dead on arrival; a notation indicating that a person was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital ...20C US
• PUT TO ONE'S FATHERS † to be dead and buried ...a1440
DEADEN - verbs
• ADEADEN † to kill, to put to death; to deaden, to mortify ...c1000
• NARCOTIZE to dull or deaden ...1864
• OBTUND to blunt, to deaden, to dull, to deprive of sharpness or vigour, to render obtuse ...c1400
DEADENED - adjectives
• BEDEADED † deadened ...1656
DEADENING - adjectives
• OBTUNDING †* deadening, deafening ...1645
DEADLINE - nouns
• ALL-NIGHTER any task worked on all night long, esp. to meet a deadline for the following day ...1966 Aust. sl.
DEADLINESS - nouns
• LETHALITY * the condition of being lethal; ability to cause death; deadliness ...1656
DEADLOCK - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
DEADLY - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• CAPITAL † of an enemy or enmity: deadly, mortal ...1375
• DEATHFUL full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
• DEATHLIKE † deadly, fatal, mortal ...1548
• EXITIOUS † destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous ...1563
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
• LETHIFEROUS that causes or results in death, deadly ...1651
• WAN † sad, dismal; also, awful, deadly, cruel, wicked ...c1400 poetic
DEADLY - adverbs
• DEADLILY * in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively ...1621
• DAP dapper; well-dressed; stylish, fashionable ...1956 US Black
• NUNTY precise in dress, neat, trim, dapper ...1856 Eng. dial.
DAPPER - nouns, person
• DAPPERLING a little dapper fellow ...1611
DAPPLED - adjectives
• DAPPLEDY dappled ...1886 Eng. dial.
DARE, DAREDEVIL, DARING - nouns
• BANTER a challenge, dare ...1840 Amer. dial.
• DAG a feat of skill; a daring act ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DARE † daring, boldness ...1595
• DARE-DEVILTRY a daredevil spirit ...1886 Sc.
• DASHING a daring or brilliant action; a showy liveliness in manner, dress, behaviour ...c1800 colloq.
• DASHY a daring or brilliant action; a showy liveliness in manner, dress, behaviour ...c1820 colloq.
• HARDIMENT 1. boldness, courage, daring, hardihood ...c1374 arch.
† 2. a deed of daring; a bold exploit ...1375
• JEOPARDY † a deed involving peril; a daring exploit ...a1300
• SCOOGER a challenge to a feat of daring ...1921 Sc.
DARE, DAREDEVIL - nouns, person
• DARE-ALL one who dares all ...1840
• DARE-THE-DEIL † one who fears nothing, and who will attempt anything ...1814 Sc.
• JACK IN THE BEAN STACK an adventurous, daredevil person ...1950s US Black sl.
• SCATTER-WILLIE a reckless, devil-may-care person; a scatterbrain ...1960 Sc.
DARE - verbs
• BACK ONE OUT to challenge one, to dare ...1840 Amer. dial.
• BANNER to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BANTER to challenge, to dare; to goad ...1810 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN ONE OUT to dare someone to prove he is not a coward ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DACKER to dare, to challenge, to provoke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUNT to dare, to challenge; to provoke to some hazardous deed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO BANDIES to do something regarded as a physical feat; to do such and dare others to do the same or to excel ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FASHION to dare, to presume, to venture; to have the face to ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GO A-DAMMERING † to go about daring others to perform hazardous feats ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PULL A FAST ONE to do something daring (often a criminal act) and hope to get away with it by being smarter, faster, and more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick...1943 UK sl., orig. military
• PULL A STROKE to do something daring (often a criminal act) and get away with it by being smarter, faster, and more deceitful than those set to prevent you; to play a dirty trick ...1970 UK sl.
• SCADDLE to dare one to do anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DARING - adjectives
• AUDACULOUS † a little bold or daring ...1603
• AUNTERSOME bold, daring, adventurous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAIROUS † bold, daring ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAREFUL †* full of daring or defiance; adventurous ...1605
• DAROUS † daring, bold ... Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERF † 1. bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1200
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• HOT of people: exuberant, flamboyant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild...1888 Amer. sl.
• JEOPARDOUS addicted to risks; venturesome, daring ...1494
• KEEN † brave, bold, valiant, daring ...c897
• NERVY daring, audacious, pushing one's luck ...1897, orig. US
• STALWORTH † brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty ...a1225 obs. exc. arch.
• VENTORIOUS † characterized by venturesomeness; adventurous, bold, daring ...1640
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
DARING - phrases
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BRIGHTON BEACH used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1980s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN FOY AND GIBSON'S used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN HARRODS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1970s sl.
• MORE FRONT THAN MYERS used of one who is very cheeky, daring, or outspoken ...1950s Aust. sl.
DARINGLY - adverbs
• ADVENTURELY †* adventurously, daringly ...c1435
• BANDONLY †* recklessly, daringly ...c1470
• HARDLY † boldly, daringly, hardily ...a1225
DARK, DARKENED - adjectives
• ACHERONTIC belonging to Acheron, infernal; hence, dark, gloomy; also, waiting to cross the river of death, tottering on the brink of the grave, moribund ...1600
• BASE † deep-coloured, dark ...1533
• CALIGINOUS misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark ...1548 now arch.
• BENIGHTED overtaken by darkness ...1805 Amer. dial.
• DARK AS A BAG extremely dark ...19C colloq.
• DARK AS A BOOT, AS very dark indeed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS AN ABO'S ARSEHOLE very dark ...1960s Aust. sl.
• DARK AS A NIGGER'S POCKET (now offensive) very dark ...M19 Aust. sl.
• DARK AS A POCKET extremely dark ...19C nautical sl.
• DARK AS BELLOWS completely dark ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS BLACK HOGS, AS very dark indeed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS DUNGEON, AS very dark indeed ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS NEWGATE KNOCKER, AS very dark indeed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW exceptionally dark ...1871 US sl.
• DARK AS THREE FEET UP A BULL'S ASS completely dark ...1984 Amer. dial.
• DARKER THAN THE INSIDE OF A BLACK COW'S ASS exceptionally dark ...1964 US sl.
• DARKFUL * full of darkness, dark ...a1050
• DARKLIN(G) dark, gloomy; happening in the dark ...a1763
• DARKLY dark, gloomy ...1821 Eng. dial.
• DARKSOME 1. characterized by darkness; somewhat dark or gloomy ...1530
2. somewhat dark in shade or colour ...1615
3. morally of dark character ...1880
• DARK-WISE rather dark ...1896 Sc.
• DAVE CLARK dark ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• DAYLESS devoid of the light of day; dark ...1816
• DECEMBERLY † resembling December in dreariness and darkness ...1765
• DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIMITY dark, dusk ...1884 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSY dark, dim ...1892 Eng. dial.
• EBON † of the colour of ebony; black, dark, sombre ...1607
• EBONINE dark, sombre ...1881
• ELEELE dark; black ...1938 Hawaii
• GLUMMY † dark, gloomy, dismal for want of light ...1580
• HEAVISOME † of heavy mood, doleful, sad, dejected; dull, gloomy, dark ...1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ILLUMINOUS * non-luminous, opaque, dark, without light ...1656
• MOKE hazy, dark ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OBFUSCATE † darkened, obscured ...1531 rare or obs.
• OBFUSCOUS * dark in colour or aspect; dusky ...1822-34
• OBNUBILATE † covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured ...1560
• OBSCURATE † obscured; darkened ...1471
• OBSCURATIVE †* tending or serving to obscure or render dark ...1664
• OBSCUROUS †* dark, gloomy, obscure ...1491
• OBUMBRATE †* overshadowed, darkened ...1513
• OFFUSC †* dark, dusky ...1849
• SIGHTLESS invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision ...1589
• SULLIED † made gloomy or dark ...c1600
• TARKY † dark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TENEBRICOSE * full of darkness; very dark, obscure; gloomy ...1730-6
• TENEBROUS full of darkness, dark ...c1420
• THARK † dark ...1682 Eng. dial.
• THARKY † dark, dusky ...1691 Eng. dial.
• THARRY † dark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THESTER † dark, obscure ...a900
• THURCK † dark ...1682 Eng. dial.
• UMBRATILE † of colour: shaded, dark ...1678
• WAN † lacking light or lustre; dark-hued, dusky, gloomy, dark ...c1230 chiefly poetic
DARK, DARKLY - adverbs
• A-DUSK in gloom; gloomy, dark ...1856
• DARKLING in the dark; in darkness ...a1450
• DARKLINGS * in the dark ...a1656
• DARKLINS in the dark ...1786 Sc.
• DARKLONG † in the dark ...1561
DARK - nouns
• DIMMERY a dark, ill-lighted room or passage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OWL-LIGHT the cloud of the night, the dark ...1599
DARK (wicked, evil) - nouns
• DARKSHIP † the personality of one who is dark ...1707 nonce word
DARK, DARKEN - verbs
• BECLOUD to make obscure; to darken, to hide ...1619
• BENIGHT to involve in darkness, to darken, to cloud ...a1631
• COME DARK OVER to become dark ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAMMER †* to make dim or dark ...1610
• DARK † to grow dark; to darken; to cloud with something evil ... c1340
• DARKEN IN to grow dark or dusk in the evening ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARKLE 1. to grow dark or dusk; to look dark ...1823
2. to render dark or obscure ...1884
• OBFUSCATE * to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1650
• OBFUSK † to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1490
• OBNUBILATE to darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud; to overcloud; to obscure ...1583
• OBTENEBRATE to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1611
• OBTENEBRIZE † to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1653
• OBUMBRATE * to overshadow; to shade, to darken; to obscure ...1526
• OFFUSCATE * to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1656
• OFFUSQUE †* to darken, to obscure ...a1751
• PINK IN of the day: to grow dark ...1939 Amer. dial.
• THESTER † to become dark, to grow dim; to make dark ...a900
• TO-DARKEN † to darken greatly ...1382
• WAN † to become dark, discoloured, or livid ...c1000
DARK, DARK-COMPLEXIONED, DARK-SKINNED - nouns, person
• BRUNE a dark-complexioned girl or woman; a brunette ...1870
• BRUNET a dark-complexioned person ...1888
• DARKLING a child of darkness; one dark in nature or character ...1773 nonce word
• MOKE (usually contemptuous and offensive) a dark-skinned person of any race ...1871 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY (usually offensive and contemptuous) a non-White or dark-complexioned person, esp. a person of African or Asian descent; in World War II, a Japanese person ...1839-40 Amer. sl.
• NAGO a very stupid, ugly, or notably dark-complexioned person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
DARK-COMPLEXIONED - adjectives
• BRUNET dark-complexioned ...1890
DARKENED - adjectives
• ADNUBILATED † darkened or clouded ...1731
• OFFUSCATE * darkened, obscured ...1603
• OPACOUS † lying in shadow; not illuminated, darkened, obscure ...1621-3
• OPAQUE † lying in shadow; not illuminated, darkened, obscure ...c1420
DARKENING - adjectives
• OBUMBRATORY * having the quality of darkening ...1799
DARKENING - nouns
• GLUMMERIN a darkening ...1902 Amer. dial.
• OBFUSCATION a darkening, obscuration ...1608
• OBFUSCITY * a darkening, obscuration ...1832
• OBNUBILATION the act of darkening or fact of being darkened as with a cloud; obscuration ...1610
• OBTENEBRATION the act of overshadowing or the condition of being overshadowed; a darkening ...1626
• OFFUSCATION * a darkening, obscuration ...1502
DARKNESS - adjectives
• DARKFUL * full of darkness ...a1050
• TENEBRIFICOUS † causing or producing darkness ...1714
• TENEBROUS † full of darkness ...c1450
DARKNESS - nouns
• BENIGHTMENT physical, intellectual, or moral darkness ...1651
• CAN'T the darkness before sunrise and after sunset ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAN'T SEE the darkness before sunrise and after sunset ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DARKHEDE † darkness ...1297
• DARKSOMENESS darkness, obscurity ...1571
• DERN darkness, secrecy ...1856 Sc.
• GOOD DARK as dark as it will get; real darkness rather than twilight or dusky dark ...1929 Amer. dial.
• THESTER † darkness ...c897
DARLING - nouns, person
• BABY darling, sweetheart; esp. used in direct address ...1869 Amer. sl.
• BABYCAKES darling, sweetheart; usually in direct address ...1967 Amer. sl.
• BABY-DOLL an attractive young woman; in direct address: darling, sweetheart ...1908 Amer. sl.
• BOOPSIE a sweetheart, a darling ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DALLY-LAW a spoiled child, a darling ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc.
• DANDLING † a dandled child, a darling ...E17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc.
• DAWTY a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1676 Sc.
• DEARING † a darling ...1601
• DEARLING † a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1715
• DILLING † a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FANT † a darling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEDDLE † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite, a darling ...a1400-50
• HONEY a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling ...colloq.
• HONEY BUN a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling ...1895 colloq.
• HONEY BUNCH a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling ...1900 colloq.
• MOPSY a term of endearment; a pretty child; a young girl; a darling, a sweetheart ...1582 ? obs.
• NOBS †* a term of endearment applied to a woman; one's dear or darling ...a1529
• ONING †* an only one; a darling ...a1300
• PIGSNEY one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) ...c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
• PRECIOUS a dearly beloved or loved one; a sweetheart; a darling ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• TIDLING † a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOOTS darling, sweetheart ...colloq., chiefly US
• TOOTSIE darling, sweetheart ...colloq., chiefly US
• TOOTSY darling, sweetheart ...colloq., chiefly US
DARN - verbs
• RANTER to sew up a rent, or apply a patch with invisible stitches; to darn, to mend ...1673-88 Eng. dial.
DARNED - adjectives
• RANTER-DRAWED † darned ...1655
DART (missile) - nouns
• BEGGAR-BOLTS darts; missiles of stone ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GAVELOCK † a spear for throwing; a dart, a javelin ...c1000
• HARPOON † a barbed dart or spear ...1625 obs.
DART - verbs
• DARTLE * to dart or shoot forth repeatedly ...1855
• ELANCE † to shoot, to dart, to glance ...1729 obs. or arch.
• GOUGE to lunge, to dart ...1863 Amer. dial.
• JACULATE * to dart, to hurl; to dart forward; to move swiftly and suddenly ...1623
• LAUNCH † to throw (a person); to hurl oneself; to dart, to rush ...a1300
• SKIRM † to dart about, to move rapidly ...a1300
• SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SKRIM to skirmish; to dart ...1375 Sc.
DARTING - adjectives
• JACULATORIAL * having the faculty of darting ...1856-8
• LAUNCHANT † darting, leaping ...c1400
DARTING - nouns
• JACULATION * the act of darting, hurling, or throwing; a hurl, a throw ...1608
DARTS (game) - adjectives
• CRACKED to be in need of 99 points ...c1930 dart-players' sl.
DARTS (game) - nouns
• ARROW a dart ...c1880 darts-players' sl.
• RASHER AND BUBBLE in darts: a 'double' ...1970s rhyming sl.
• SHANGHAI a variation of the game of darts, in which players amass points by throwing three darts at each number in succession, players failing to score during a round being eliminated or ‘shanghaied’; a winning shot or score of a single, double, and treble of a number ...1930
DARTS (game) - interjections
• HOPS! an exclamation for a winning throw in darts ...c1930 darts players' sl.
DASH (style) - nouns
• FLASHERY inferior or vulgar elegance, dash, distinction, display ...Bk1893 sl.
• SNAP energy; vim; dash ...1865 Amer. sl.
• SPLASH style, dash ...M18 sl.
DASH (sudden onset, attempt, etc.) - nouns
• BINNER a quick movement, a noisy dash ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LANCE † a leap, bound, dash ...1375
• RATTLE a quick pace; speed; impetus; a dash ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DASH (sudden onset, attempt, etc.) - verbs
• BAZZ to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDASH to dash against, to dash about ...1609
• BRANGE to dash forward impetuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BINNER to move swiftly, to dash, to rush; to work with noise and energy ...1803 Sc. & N. Ireland
• DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...a1855 Amer. dial.
• DIRD to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash ...1871 Sc.
• GO BALD-HEADED to dash or charge forward, to go in great without heeding danger or obstacles ...1846-48 colloq.
• LASH to move swiftly and suddenly; to make a sudden movement, to dash, to rush ...c1330
• PIROOT to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIROOT AROUND to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• RASH † to dash or rush hastily or violently ...a1400 chiefly Sc. rare or obs.
• SCABER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCAPER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCLAP to dash, pitch with violence to one side or another ...1866 Sc.
• SCLATCH to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry ...1852
• SKIVE to move lightly and quickly; to dart ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SKLATCH to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WALLOP to dash with swinging force ...Bk1905 Sc.
DASH (hit) - verbs
• BESWAK † to dash, to strike ...c1505 Sc.
• DAWL to dash, to beat, to strike ...1886 Eng. dial.
DASHING - adjectives
• HANKY-SPANKY of persons: dashing ...B1900 Amer.
• PARLISH of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS of persons: clever, acute, shrewd; bold, dashing ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RORITORIOUS showy, dashing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RORY-TORY having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; gaudy, tawdry, showy, dashing; generally used of colour in dress ...1874 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SPANKY showy, smart, dashing, well-dressed ...1789 Sc.
• VARMENT natty, fashionable, dashing ...1823 sl., now Eng. dial.
DASHING - nouns
• DASHER a brilliant or dashing attempt or motion ...1884 colloq.
DASHING - nouns, person
• BUCK-A-DANDY a young, dashing, or virile man; a fop ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER a dashing fellow ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DASHER a fashionable, attractive person who often attends parties, dances, etc.; a dashing young man ...1790 sl.
• LAD a dashing fellow ...L19 colloq.
• NERVE a dashing man about town ...M18 sl.
• TOM ASTONER a dashing fellow ...1706
DATA - nouns
• DOPE information, data, news ...1899 sl., orig. horse-racing usage
DATE - adjectives
• DATAL * of or pert. to date; chronological ...1882
DATE, DATING - adjectives
• ON dating ...1945 Aust. sl.
• OUT OF THE GAME married, engaged, or dating only one person ...2001 US sl.
• SHAFTED stood up by one's date ...1950s sl.
DATE - nouns
• DATARY †* an expert in dates; a chronologer ...1655
DATE, DATING - nouns
• BABY-SNATCHING of either sex: marrying or having an affair with someone much younger than oneself ...1920s sl.
• BIMBO DOUGH money for a date ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLIND FLYING a date with an unseen girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CRUISING searching for a date ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DATE BAIT something that will entice a member of the opposite sex to accept the offer of a date ...1986 US students' sl.
• DUAL a date accompanied by a chaperone ...World War II Amer. sl.
• NIGHT MANOEUVRES a social date ...1962 US sl.
• V.B.D. an unsatisfactory evening with a member of the opposite sex ...1960s US Black sl. (Very Bad Date)
DATE, DATING - nouns, person
• DATE BAIT an attractive person of either sex who is sought after as a date ...1944 US sl.
• DATE MATE a partner of the same sex to accompany one on a double date ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FAUST a blind date ...1930s US Black sl.
• FRESH VEGETABLE a young man who is dating an older woman ...1990s W. Indies
• STAG at a social function: a man without a date ...1905 US sl.
DATE, DATING - verbs
• BABYSIT to date someone who is substantially younger than you ...1990 US sl.
• BAIL ON to break a date ...1960s US teen sl.
• BALE ON to break a date ...1960s US teen sl.
• BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE to be stood up, as on a date ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUZZ to court, to have a date ...1928 Amer. dial.
• CHILL to stand up for a date; common in rap music lyrics ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEAL vb. to make dates frequently ...1980s US college sl.
• DO A LINE to make an amorous approach; to date ...1934 Aust. sl.
• DRAG AN ANCHOR to have a blind date with an ugly or dull woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLAKE to miss an appointment or not show for a date ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GET YOUR CAKE to date your girlfriend ...2001 US sl.
• GREYHOUND to date a White person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SHOOT DOWN to terminate a dating relationship ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SNUFF to ignore or to break a date ...1960s Amer. sl.
• WALK OUT WITH † of a man: to go out socially with; to date; to court a woman ...obs. or Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WALK WITH of a man: to go out socially with; to date; to court a woman ...1827 Amer. dial.
DAUB - adjectives
• GAUMY * of the nature of a daub or smear ...1881
DAUB - verbs (also see BEDAUB)
• BESMATTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt; bespatter, to foul ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BESTRIKE †* to overspread, to do over, to anoint, to smear, to daub, to rub over with ...1527
• DAWK to daub, to bemire ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DECHE † to daub; to smear ...a1000
• DIGGER to cluster, to daub, to fasten ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAUM to smear with a sticky substance; to daub something sticky on a surface ...a1796
• GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HEAL to besmear or daub with dirt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABBER to besmear, esp. with mud; to daub; to lubricate ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † to void ordure; also, to produce something foul; to foul with dirty liquid; to daub with soft dirt ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLURRY † to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty ...1880 Eng. dial.
DAUBY - adjectives
• DAWKY dauby ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAUGHTER - adjectives
• DAUGHTERFUL full of daughters ...1830 nonce word
DAUGHTER - nouns, person
• BOTTLE OF WATER a daughter ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• CADETTE a younger daughter or sister ...1679
• DAFTER a daughter ...1894 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DAIRTER a daughter ...1837 Amer. dial.
• DARTER a daughter ...1808 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DATER a daughter ...1843 Amer. dial.
• DATTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DAUGHTERKIN. a little daughter ...1858 nonce word
• DAUGHTERLING a little daughter ...1853 nonce word
• DORTER a daughter ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DORTHER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOTHER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUGHTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWTER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWTHER a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWTOR a daughter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FILLY a daughter ...19C sl.
• HOLY WATER a daughter ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAIDEN a title given to the eldest or only daughter of a landowner or farmer ...1825 Sc.
• QUEAN a daughter ...1916 Sc.
• QUINE a daughter ...1916 Sc.
• QUINIE a daughter ...1916 Sc.
• SOAP AND WATER a daughter ...20C rhyming sl.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE the youngest bird in the nest; hence, the youngest daughter ...1826 Sc.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - nouns, person
• DAUGHTER-A-LAW a daughter-in-law ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUGHTER-LAW a daughter-in-law ...1877 Eng. dial.
• DAUGHTER-O'-LAW a daughter-in-law ...1860 Eng. dial
• LAW-DAUGHTER † a daughter-in-law ...1583
DAUNT - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• ADAW † to subdue, to daunt ...1557
• BASH † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAFF to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
• DARE † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAW †* to daunt, to subdue, to frighten ...1616
• HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PALL † to make faint or feeble; to enfeeble, to weaken; to daunt, to appal ...1690
• QUAY †* to depress, to subdue, to daunt ...1590
DAUNTED - adjectives
• BASHFUL † wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed ...1552
• DAFT timid, daunted ...c1000 Eng. dial.
DAUNTED - verbs
• CAFF to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward ...1841 Eng. dial.
DAUNTLESSLY - adverbs
• UNABASEDLY † dauntlessly, boldly ...1375 Sc.
DAWDLE - verbs
• AIR ONE'S HEELS to loiter about, to dawdle ...M19 sl.
• BROWSE to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE AROUND to wander about idly; to loaf, to dawdle ...1884 Amer. dial.
• DACKLE to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
• DADDLE to walk or work slowly; to dawdle, saunter, trifle ...1787 Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE-DADDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DILLY-DALLY to dawdle; hence to waste time ...1741 UK sl.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to loiter, to dawdle ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DRAG ANCHOR to move slowly; to dawdle; to drift mentally; to do less than one's best ...1923 Amer. sl.
• DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger ...1801 Sc.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUTTLE to dawdle, to waste time, to trifle ...19C Scot
• FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1910s sl.
• FART ALONG to do something very slowly or without conviction; to dawdle ...1998 UK sl.
• FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1931 sl.
• FART-ARSE to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1975 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1972 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FILL-THE-DOOTSY to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIRTLE to trifle, to dawdle, to appear busy and do little; to fidget, to move about distractedly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time ...1892 sl.
• FRIG to dawdle, to waste time ...18C Brit. sl.
• GAMMER to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER ABOUT to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER AWAY to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• JAKE to trifle, to delay, to dawdle ...1568 Sc.
• JAUK to trifle, to delay, to dawdle ...1568 Sc.
• LADLE to dawdle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLIGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about ...L19 US sl.
• LALLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or design; to fool about ...1862 US sl.
• LOLLIGAG. to dawdle, to dally, to fool about ...L19 US sl.
• LOLLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about; to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or malicious design ...1862 US sl.
• MARDLE to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MESS to dawdle or putter; to fool around; to kid around, to tease ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NATTLE to work slowly, to dawdle, to trifle ...1908 Sc.
• PARRY to trifle, to waste time, to dawdle or delay in order to avoid action, to equivocate ...1883 Sc.
• PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PISS-ANT AROUND to waste time, to dawdle ...20C Aust. sl.
• SAIG to dawdle; to walk in a slow, aimless manner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUNTER † to loiter over one's work, to dawdle ...1673
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEATLE to dawdle, to trifle; to idle away time ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TIFFY-TAFFY to dawdle, to trifle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TROTTLE to dawdle, to idle, to waste one's time ...1921 Sc.
• VAIPER to saunter, to stroll about aimlessly, to dawdle about ...1866 Sc.
DAWDLER - nouns, person
• AGTEROS a plodder, a dawdler, one who lags behind ...L19 S. Afr. sl.
• DIDDLER a dawdler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE a dawdler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLER a dawdler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAUNDERER an idler, a dawdler ...1872 Sc.
• POKE a slow or lazy animal; a stupid, boring, slow, or plodding person; a lazy person; a dawdler; a bore; a worthless fellow ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SAUNTERER † a dawdler, a trifler ...1688
• TAIGLE an idle, lounging person; a dawdling slut ...1930 Sc.
• TIFFY-TAFFY a trifler, a dawdler; one who works in an idle, trifling fashion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DAWDLING - adjectives
• DAIDLEY dawdling ...1903 Sc.
• HAMMER-TACKING dawdling; working in a half-hearted manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LALLEN dawdling; of a child: hanging about its mother ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• POKEY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
DAWDLING - nouns
• SAUNTERING † dawdling, trifling ...1678
DAWN - nouns
• CHICKEN CROW dawn, early morning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN CROWING TIME dawn, early morning ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HOLLERING TIME dawn, early morning ...1902 Amer. dial.
• DAGALI daybreak, dawn ...1866 Sc.
• DAGGRI dawn ...1908 Sc.
• DAGLIE the dawn of day ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DARK-THIRTY a time shortly before dawn ...1985 military jocular
• DAW dawn ...1856 Sc.
• DAWING † dawn, daybreak; morning twilight ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAWN-DARKLE the darkness just before sunrise ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DAWNIN the dawn ...1859 Eng. dial.
• DAWNING the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...1297, now poetic or rhetorical
• DAY-BREAKING † the breaking of the day; dawn ...1598
• DAY-BUST daybreak; dawn ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DAY-DAW the dawn of day ...1887 Sc.
• DAY-DAWN the dawn of day, daybreak ...1813 chiefly poetic
• DAYENING † dawning, dawn ...c1250
• DAYING † the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...c1420
• DAY-PEEP peep of day; earliest dawn ...1606
• DAY-RAWE † the first streak of day, the dawn ...c1200
• DAY-RED † the red of the break of day; the rosy dawn ...c1000
• DAY-REWE † the first streak of day, the dawn ...c1200
• DAY-RIM † the 'rim' or border of the coming day; the dawn ...c1000
• DAY-SPRING daybreak, early dawn ...c1300 now chiefly poetic or figurative
• DAY-STREAK streak of dawn ...1850
• EARLY BEAM dawn, the early morning ...1930s US Black sl.
• FIRST DAWN dawn ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FIRST DAYLIGHT dawn ...1887 Amer. dial.
• FIRST LIGHT dawn ...1938 Amer. dial.
• GOO-GOO WATCH dawn and the period just preceding it ...1930s US Black sl.
• GREKING † break of day, dawn ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• NEB the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• NEB OF THE MORNING the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• OACHENIN the early dawn, the part of the night before daybreak ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OCHENIN dawning, the time at or just before daybreak ...1903 Sc.
• ORIENT † rising of the sun, or the daylight; sunrise, dayspring, dawn ...1582 rare or obs.
• PEEP OF DAY dawn, sunrise ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCREECH OF DAY the break of day, cock-crow ...1868 Sc.
• SCREEK OF DAY break of dawn, cock-crow ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREEK OF DAYLIGHT break of dawn, cock-crow ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH OF DAY the break of day, cock-crow ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH the break of day, dawn ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH OF DAWN the break of day, cock-crow ...1893 Sc.
• SUN-BREAK sunrise, dawn ...1850
• SUN-DAWN n. dawn, daybreak ...1835 poetic
• SUN-SPRING † sunrise, dawn ...1900 obs. or arch.
DAWN - verbs
• DAW † to dawn ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAWKEN to dawn ...1905 Sc.
• DAY † to dawn ...c1205
• DAYN † to dawn ...c1250
DAWNING - adverbs
• ADAWN dawning, gleaming with new light ...1881
DAY, DAILY - adjectives/adverbs
• A-DAY † 1. in or on the day (in opposition to the night; by day ...a1250
2. on each day; daily ...c1500
• A-DAYS † by day, during the day, in the daytime ...1377
• COTIDIALLY † day by day ...c1430
• DAILY-DAY every day, continually, constantly ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DATELY daily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAY AN' DAILY constantly, every day ...Bk1900 Sc. & Ireland
• DAYISH †* pert. to day; diurnal ...1398
• DAYLESS not divided into days ...1839
• DAYWARD towards the day ...1597-1602
• FROM SUN TO SUN † from sunrise to sunset, all day ...a1400
• HEBDOMADAL † consisting of or lasting seven days ...1613
• HEBDOMATICAL †* weekly; consisting of seven days ...a1659
• HODIERN † of this day; belonging to the present day ...1500-20
• NUDIUSTERTIAN †* of the day before yesterday ...1647
• POSTRIDUAN †* done the next day after ...1651
• PRIDIAN * pertaining to the previous day; relating to yesterday ...1656
• QUATRIDUAL †* lasting for four days ...1646
• QUOTIDIAL † daily ...1502
• SEPTUARY † consisting of seven; of seven days ...1604
• TAPLY † at break of day, early in the morning; privately; quickly ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TRIDUAN lasting for three days; occurring every third day ...1597
• WANING of the day: drawing to a close ...1767
DAY - nouns
• DAY-FALLING the close of day ...1872 Eng. dial.
• FAR-DAY † the latter part of the day ...1655
• LATTER LAMMAS (DAY) † a day that will never come ...1576
• LIGHTMANS the day, or daybreak ...1567 thieves' cant
• QUADRANT † a quarter of a day; six hours ...1398
• SENNIGHT a week; the space of seven days and nights ...a1000 now arch.
• SEPTIMANE †* the space of seven days; a week ...1603
• SEPTUARY † a group of seven days; a week ...1646
• SET OF SEVEN BRIGHTS a week; seven days ...1930s US Black sl.
• TIDE † any definite time in the course of the day. as noon-tide, etc.; the point at which any hour is completed ...a700
• TO-FALL OF THE DAY the close of day ...1749 Sc.
• WEEKY-DAY a weekday ...1837 Amer. dial.
DAY - nouns, person
• DAY-LIVER † one who lives for a day, or for the day ...1630
DAY - verbs
• PINK IN of the day: to grow dark ...1939 Amer. dial.
DAYBREAK - nouns
• DAGALI daybreak, dawn ...1866 Sc.
• DAWING † dawn, daybreak; morning twilight ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAWNING the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...1297, now poetic or rhetorical
• DAY-BUST daybreak; dawn ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DAY CLEAN daybreak, full day ...1867 Amer. dial.
• DAY-DAWN the dawn of day, daybreak ...1813 chiefly poetic
• DAYING † the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...c1420
• DAY-LIGHTENING morning, twilight, daybreak ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DELLIT daylight, daybreak ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DISCERNING OF DAY daybreak; the first appearance of day ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GREKING † break of day, dawn ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• LIGHTMANS the day, or daybreak ...1567 thieves' cant
• SCREIGH OF DAY the break of day, cock-crow ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH the break of day, dawn ...1802 Sc.
• SKREIGH OF DAWN the break of day, cock-crow ...1893 Sc.
• SPARROW-FART(S) break of day, very early morning ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SUN-DAWN n. dawn, daybreak ...1835 poetic
• UGHTEN † the part of the night immediately before daybreak; early morning ...971
DAYDREAM - adjectives
• CASTLE-BUILT of the nature of daydreams ...1841
DAYDREAM - nouns
• CASTLE IN THE AIR a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy ...c1400
DAYDREAM - verbs
• DAZE to daydream ...1970s US campus sl.
• GAP OUT to daydream and miss something from lack of attention ...1993 Can. sl.
DAY-DREAMER - nouns, person
• CASTLE-BUILDER one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1711
• CASTLE-HUNTER † one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1752
• UNCONSCIOUS a day-dreamer ...1920s sl.
DAY-DREAMING - adjectives
• AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES day-dreaming, possibly drug-intoxicated, mentally deranged ...1996 Ireland sl.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming ...20C sl., orig. US
• BUILDING ECCLES IN THE AIR phr. building castles in the air ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded ...20C sl., orig. US
• IN A ZONE out of touch with reality; daydreaming; drunk ...1980s US college sl.
• OUT TO THE WIDE unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming ...20C sl., orig. US
DAYLIGHT - adjectives
• DAYLIGHTY full of daylight, as a picture ...1880 nonce word
• ORIENT rising as the sun or daylight ...1598
DAYLIGHT - nouns
• BIG DAY broad daylight ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BIG DAYLIGHT broad daylight ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BROAD-OPEN DAYLIGHT full daylight ...1933 Amer. dial.
• CALM OF DAY daylight ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DAWNING the beginning of daylight; dawn, daybreak ...1297, now poetic or rhetorical
• DAY-DAWZZLE the brightness of full daylight ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT DOWN the end of daylight; the beginning of darkness after sunset ...1769 Amer. dial.
• DAY-SHINE daylight ...c1822
• DAY-SKY daylight ...1838 Eng. dial.
• DAY-TIDE daytime ...1818 poetic
• DELLIT daylight, daybreak ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FAIR DAY broad daylight ...1698 Sc.
• FAIR DAYLIGHT broad daylight ...1698 Sc.
• FAIR-FOOR-DAYS broad daylight as contrasted with night ...1742 Sc.
• FAIR-TRO-DAYS daylight ...1864 Eng. dial.
• FIRST DAY broad daylight in the morning ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GOOD DAY broad daylight ...1990 Amer. dial.
• GOOD DAYLIGHT broad daylight ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ORIENT † rising of the sun, or the daylight; sunrise, dayspring, dawn ...1582 rare or obs.
DAYLIGHT - verbs
• TAKE OFF of the daylight: to shorten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - nouns
• FAST TIME daylight saving time ...1937 Amer. dial.
DAZE - verbs
• BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEDAZE to daze, to stupefy ...a1605
• BEMAZE to astonish, to bewilder, to daze ...1890 Eng. dial.
• DAMP † to stifle the faculties with noxious 'fumes'; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze ...1570
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• DAUNT † to daze, to stupefy; to stun ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAWSEL to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIZ to make dizzy; to daze ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DORSLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
• MAZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MILVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
DAZED - adjectives
• BEDAZED dazed, stupefied; besotted ...a1605
• BEMUSED dazed, stupefied with drink, astonishment, anger, etc. ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BUZZED OUT dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, dazed ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DAISKET stupid, dazed, slow ...1880 Sc.
• DAMP † showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied ...1590 obs. or arch.
• DANDERED wandering, dazed, stupefied ...1826 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAZY * in a dazed condition ...1880
• DOITRIFIED stupefied, dazed; used to denote the effects of sleep, intoxicating liquor, or anything else that causes stupefaction ...1827 Sc.
• IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• IN THE OZONE in a dazed or drowsy state, such a state induced by drugs or drink ..1971 Amer. sl.
• LEARY dazed, bewildered; foolish, half-witted ...1911 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLED half asleep, dazed ...1920 Sc.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED dazed, absent-minded ...B1900 sl.
• PUNCH-DRUNK befuddled; dazed; mentally or emotionally exhausted ...1915 Amer.
• PUNCHY punch-drunk ...20C sl.
• RAMISED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• YBLENT † blinded; dazed ...a1125-1450
DAZED, DAZEDNESS - nouns
• DAMP † a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor ...1542
• DAZEMENT * the state of being dazed ...1855
• DAZINESS †* dazedness, dizziness ...1554
DAZED - nouns, person
• DASART †* a dazed, stupefied, or inert person; a dullard ...a1400
DAZED - verbs
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DAZED - phrases
• LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY'S HOME, THE said of a person who is dazed, stupid, or unaware ..1983 Amer. sl
DAZZLE - verbs
• ABLEND † to dazzle, to take away the sight temporarily; to blind the moral vision ...c1000
• BENIGHT to blind, to dazzle; to deprive of vision ...1621
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• DAURE to dazzle, to stun ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK CUCKOO to knock out; to make unconscious; hence, to dazzle an audience ...1927 US sl.
• RAZZLE-DAZZLE to dazzle ...c1895 sl., orig US
DAZZLED - adjectives
• ADASED † stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled ...a1500
• DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DAZZLING - adjectives
• DAZZLY dazzling ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy
• QUICK * of colour: vivid, bright, dazzling ...1664
DAZZLING - nouns
• ÉCLAT † brilliancy, radiance, dazzling effect ...1676
DEACON - nouns, person
• DEAC a deacon ...1742 Amer. sl.
• DEKE a deacon ...1742 Amer. sl.
• IMPROVER a deacon; one who is learning the profession of a clergyman ...1885 Eng. dial.
DEAD - adjectives (also see DEATH)
• ABRAHAM'S BOSOM dead and gone to heaven ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACROSS THE RIVER dead ...1949 US sl.
• AGED IN WOOD dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL AMORT dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected ...L16 arch.
• ALL BETS OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL U.P. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL WASHED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP IN JESUS dead ...L19 US euphemism
• ASLEEP IN THE DEEP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASSED OUT dead, killed ...1980s US Black sl.
• AWAY mad; unconscious; dead ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKED dead ...L17 sl.
• BASKETED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEHIND THE SCENES dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY-UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BENEATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOOEY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOTTO dead ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLUEY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONG dead ...Bk1892 Aust. Aboriginal
• BOUND FOR GLORY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOX CITY dead ...1981 Amer. sl.
• BOXED dead ...1966 Amer. sl.
• BOXED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROWN BREAD dead ...1973 Brit. rhyming sl.
• BUNG dead ...1882 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUTTERED BREAD dead ...1990s rhyming sl.
• BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
• CADAVERIC pert. to dead bodies; characteristic of a corpse ...1835-6
• CALLED HOME dead ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CEASED deceased, dead ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CHECKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN GONE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COLD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLUMMOXED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONTENT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING DAISY ROOTS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTING WORMS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROAKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT ADRIFT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAISY-PUSHING dead ...1915 army sl.
• DEAD AND GONE dead and buried ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND GONE BACK dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND HAPPED UP dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AND LOW LAID dead and buried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AS A BED-POST dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS A DOOR-NAIL completely or certainly dead; absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless ...c1350
• DEAD AS A DOOR-POST quite dead ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A HAMMER quite dead ...1866 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A HATCHET quite dead ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A HERRING completely or certainly dead ...1598
• DEAD AS A LOG dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS A MACKEREL quite dead ...1853 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A MAGGOT, AS quite dead ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AS A MAWK, AS quite dead ...1805 Sc.
• DEAD AS A MELL, AS 'as dead as a door-nail'; quite dead ...1798 Sc.
• DEAD AS A MOA long dead; outmoded ...1955 NZ sl.
• DEAD AS A NIT quite dead ...1883 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A PICKLED HERRING quite dead ...1852 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A RAG, AS quite dead ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD AS A SMELT quite dead ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS A WOODEN INDIAN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS BILLY-BE-DAMNED very dead ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS CHOPPED SAUSAGE quite dead ...1843 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS DISCO completely dead ...1995 US sl.
• DEAD AS DOGSHIT absolutely dead ...1980s sl.
• DEAD AS JULIUS CAESAR dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD AS HANNAH EMERSON quite dead ...1907 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS HECTOR quite dead ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DEAD AS KELSEY'S NUTS very definitely dead; out of favour ...1930s US sl.
• DEAD-BEAT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN A HERRING dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN A PELCHER quite dead ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DEADER THAN A WOODEN INDIAN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADER THAN KELSEY'S NUTS very definitely dead; out of favour ...1930s US sl.
• DEAD FOR ADO dead and done with ...16C colloq.
• DEADISH * somewhat dead ...a1450
• DEADO dead ...L19 sl.
• DEADOH dead ...L19 sl.
• DEATH-STRUCK dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISHED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOG TAG ON FILE dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DONE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE FOR dead or almost dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE ON TOAST dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE UNDER. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONE UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUBLED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUSED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWN FOR THE LONG COUNT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWSED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DROPPED OFF THE HOOKS dead ...1873 Amer. sl.
• EASY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ERASED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINISHED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTENED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTENED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMOXED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUXED. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUNKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLDED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLDED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAFFLED dead ...1990s US Black sl.
• GONE COLD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE HOME IN A BOX. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE PFFT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE PHUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE THE WAY OF ALL FLESH dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO BED dead ...1992 UK sl.
• GONE TO GLORY dead ...1851 Amer. dial.
• GONE TO GRASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO KINGDOM COME dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO POT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE UNDER dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE UP SALT RIVER dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE WEST dead ...1917 Amer. dial.
• GROUNDED FOR GOOD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. aeronautical sl.
• HEAD-LAPPED dead and laid out for burial ...1893 Eng. dial.
• IN ABRAHAM'S-BOSOM dead and gone to heaven ...1599
• IN COLD STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INSTALLED IN FURNACE NO. 10 adj. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN STORAGE dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE DUSTBIN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAPUT dead, finished ...1910s sl.
• KICKED OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KICKED THE BUCKET dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED OFF. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCKED OVER dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• K.O.'D. dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAID BY THE WALL dead but not buried ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAID-OUT dead; pert. to a corpse arranged for a wake
• LATE dead, as in 'the late Mr. Smith' ...15C
• LETHED †* dead, defunct ...1623
• LICKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIQUIDATED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOAF OF BREAD dead ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• MEMALOOSE dead ...1938 Chinook jargon
• MISSING dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MULLERED dead ...2000 Brit. sl.
• NAPOO(H) dead ...1919 sl.
• NAPOO-FINI gone; dead; finished ...Amer. World War I sl.
• NECRODIALOGISTICAL consisting of dialogues of the dead ...1715 nonce word
• NECROGENIC arising from or produced by contact with dead bodies ...1899
• NOW PICKING AT THE COVERLET dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF dead, dying ...1990s Aust. criminals' sl.
• OFFED dead; killed ...World War I sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS dead ...1840 sl.
• ONE-EIGHT-SEVEN murdered, dead ...1990s US sl.
• ONE'S GOOSE IS COOKED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S HASH IS SETTLED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S RACE IS RUN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE SHELF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT COLD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUTED dead; killed ...World War I sl.
• OUT FOR THE LONG COUNT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT LIKE A LIGHT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF IT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S MISERY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE GAME dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE PICTURE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE RUNNING dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE WAY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OVERBOARD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED UP dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAN BREAD dead ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
• PAST IT dead ...1950s sl.
• PEGGED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERISHED OUT dead ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PETERED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIFFED dead; killed ...20C US sl.
• PIFTED dead; killed ...20C US sl.
• PLANTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOPED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPPED OFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPPED OFF THE HOOKS dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTTED dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING DAISIES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING THE CLOUDS AROUND dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSHING UP DAISIES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT OUT FOR THE LONG COUNT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAN THE GOOD RACE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REMOVED dead ...1800 Sc.
• RESTING EASY dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUBBED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN DOWN dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED dead ...20C US sl.
• SALTED AWAY dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALTED DOWN dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEWED IN A BLANKET dead and buried ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SEWED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLED CLEAN OUT OF THE DECK dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLED OUT OF THE DECK dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIX FEET UNDER dead and buried ...1942 sl.
• SNUFFED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOUL ALOFT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STIFF dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STONE-DEAD dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING A GROUND SWEAT dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING AN EARTH BATH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THROWN FOR A LOSS dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOES UP lying dead ...1851
• TRUMPED dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER-BOARD dead, but not yet buried ...1836 Ireland
• UNDER GLASS dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER HATCHES dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER THE DAISIES dead and buried ...1866 sl.
• UNDER THE HATCHES in trouble, dead, in jail ...M16 sl.
• UP THE FLUE dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• USED-UP dead; killed in battle ...World War I US sl.
• WASHED UP dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WENT WEST dead ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WEST dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WINKED OUT dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A GARDEN ON THE STOMACH dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YDEAD † dead ...1387
DEAD - adverbs
• A-DEAD dead ...1879
DEAD, DEADNESS - nouns
• CADAVERIETY †* deadness ...1651
• CARRION † a dead body; a corpse or carcass ...a1225
• DB a dead body ...1973 US sl.
• DEADLIHEAD †* dead condition; the state of the dead ...1612
• DEADLIHOOD †* dead condition; the state of the dead ...1659
• GREAT MAJORITY, THE the dead
• NECROLATRY worship of or excessive reverence displayed towards the dead ...1826
• NECROLOGY 1. the history of the dead ...1830
2. a list of persons who have died within a certain time; a death-roll ...1854
• NECROMANCY the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead; generally, magic, enchantment, conjuration ...a1300
• NECROMANTY †* the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead; generally, magic, enchantment, conjuration ...1560
• NECROPHILISM a morbid fancy for the dead, or for contact with dead bodies ...1864
• NECROPHOBIA a horror of death or dead bodies ...1849
• QUARRY † a heap of dead men; a pile of dead bodies ...1589
• SETTING UP a wake for the dead ...1880s US Black sl.
DEAD - nouns, person
• BUZZARD-BAIT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1851 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD MEAT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1899 Amer. sl.
• CROAKER a dying person, or one who has just died ...1873 UK sl.
• DAISY-PUSHER a dead person ...1919 US Army sl.
• DAISY-SHOVER a dead person ...1928 US Army sl.
• DD a person who is Deaf and Dumb ...1926 US sl.
• DEADBEATER a dead person ...20C Amer. sl.
• DEADER a dead person; a corpse ...1853 sl.
• DEADIE a dead person ...1970s sl.
• DEAD ONE someone or something that is doomed, on the verge of death or actually dead ...1900s US sl.
• DECEASED, THE a dead person ...L15 euphemism
• DECEDENT a deceased person; a corpse ...L16
• FLATLINER a person whose cardiac or brain activity registers as a flatline, and who is therefore dead ...colloq.
• FLOATER a dead body found floating in water ...1890 US sl.
• GONE GOSLING a dead person ...Bk1912 Amer. dial.
• GONER a person who has died ...1847 sl.
• LANDOWNER a dead person; someone who 'owns' and occupies a grave ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• MADONNA someone who as died or is unavoidably doomed to die very soon ...2004 UK rhyming sl. for 'goner'
• MAGGOT MEAT a dead person, or one about to be killed ...1970s US sl.
• NECROMANCER one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...a1300
• NECROMANCIEN † one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...1303
• NECROMANT † one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...1598
• NECROMANTIC † one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...1574
• NECROMANTIST †* one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer ...a1607
• NECROPHILE one having a morbid fancy for the dead ...1895
• STIFF a person who has died ...1859 sl.
DEAD - verbs
• ACT POSSUM to play dead ...M19 sl.
• BE A DEADER to be recently dead ...20C sl., orig. US
• BE GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• LAY A CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LAY CORPSE to lie dead; to be laid out for burial ...1981 Amer. dial.
• PUSH UP DAISIES to be dead and buried ...a1918 sl.
• SLEEP WITH ONE'S FATHERS to be dead and buried ...1382
• THIR † to frighten out of the senses; to hurt; to strike dead ...1746 Eng. dial.
DEAD - phrases
• D.O.A. dead on arrival; a notation indicating that a person was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital ...20C US
• PUT TO ONE'S FATHERS † to be dead and buried ...a1440
DEADEN - verbs
• ADEADEN † to kill, to put to death; to deaden, to mortify ...c1000
• NARCOTIZE to dull or deaden ...1864
• OBTUND to blunt, to deaden, to dull, to deprive of sharpness or vigour, to render obtuse ...c1400
DEADENED - adjectives
• BEDEADED † deadened ...1656
DEADENING - adjectives
• OBTUNDING †* deadening, deafening ...1645
DEADLINE - nouns
• ALL-NIGHTER any task worked on all night long, esp. to meet a deadline for the following day ...1966 Aust. sl.
DEADLINESS - nouns
• LETHALITY * the condition of being lethal; ability to cause death; deadliness ...1656
DEADLOCK - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
DEADLY - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• CAPITAL † of an enemy or enmity: deadly, mortal ...1375
• DEATHFUL full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
• DEATHLIKE † deadly, fatal, mortal ...1548
• EXITIOUS † destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous ...1563
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
• LETHIFEROUS that causes or results in death, deadly ...1651
• WAN † sad, dismal; also, awful, deadly, cruel, wicked ...c1400 poetic
DEADLY - adverbs
• DEADLILY * in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively ...1621