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DIG - verbs
• BEDELVE † to dig round or about ...c1000
• CAST UP † to dig up, to dig ...1660
• EFFODE †* to dig out of the ground, to dig up ...1612
• EFFODIATE †* to dig out of the ground, to dig up ...1612
• EFFODICATE †* to dig out of the ground, to dig up ...1599
• GRABBLE to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...c1770 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEL to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PASTINATE † to dig, to loosen by digging; to dig in a garden ...c1420
• SCRAT to dig; to rake together ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• UMBEDELVE † to dig round ...c1440
• YACK to dig out; to force up by the roots ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK to dig out; to force up by the roots ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DIGEST - verbs
• DECOCT † to digest in the stomach ...1533
DIGESTED - adjectives
• DECOCT † decocted; subjected to heat; digested ...c1420
DIGESTION - nouns
• DECOCTION † digestion ...1533
• DEGESS digestion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGESTER digestion ...1875 Eng. dial.
• INDIGESTER digestion ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SINK(S) OF THE BODY, THE † the organs of digestion and excretion ...1607
DIGESTION - verbs
• BE MAN OF ONE'S MEAT to have a healthy appetite and digestion ...1891 Sc.
DIGGING - adjectives
• EFFODIENT * digging, accustomed to dig ...1847
DIGGING - nouns
• EFFOSSION †* the act of digging out of the ground ...1657
• SUFFOSSION †* digging under or up; an undermining ...1623
DIGNIFIED - adjectives
• DIGNACIOUS dignified ...1837 Ireland
• FARRAND of things: becoming, dignified, pleasant ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FARRANT of things: becoming, dignified, pleasant ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GASH well-dressed and dignified ...1785 Sc.
DIGNIFIED - nouns, person
• OBJECT-MAN a noticeable person; a man of dignified mien and manner ...1884 Eng. dial.
DIGNIFIED - verbs
• NAUNT to assume a dignified or offended air; to bridle up, esp. of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIGNITARY - nouns, person
• DIGNITIES dignitaries ...1843 Sc.
DIGNITY - nouns
• AFFAIR † fortune, rank, dignity ...1480
• MANSHIP † homage, worship; honour, dignity ...a1175
DIGRESS - verbs
• CANCELEER to turn aside, to swerve or digress ...a1697
• CANTON † to sever or separate oneself; to secede, to withdraw; fig. to digress ...1611
• DECLINE † to turn aside from the subject, in speaking or writing; to digress ...1544
• EXTRAVAGE † to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble ...c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
• GO OFF THE RAILS to digress or wander from the point ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SALLY OUT † to make a digression in speech ...1660
DIGRESSION - nouns
• ADIGRESSION †* digression ...1482
• EVAGATION in speech or discussion: a digression ...a1656
• FAR-ABOUT † a digression, a wandering ...1639
• VAGARY † a wandering in speech or writing; a rambling from the subject under consideration; a digression or divagation ...1579
DIGRESSIVE - adjectives
• TANGENTIAL erratic; divergent; digressive ...1867
DILAPIDATE - verbs
• DECAY † to waste or ruin physically; to disintegrate, to dilapidate; to bring to decay or ruin ...1536
• DELABRATE †* to dilapidate, to ruin ...1813
DILAPIDATED - adjectives
• ALL IN of machinery, etc.: run-down, dilapidated ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DILABERDATED dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DILAPILATED dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGY ugly, run-down or dilapidated ...1965 sl.
• JELAPIDATED dilapidated ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAVADATED rickety, dilapidated ...1927 Amer. dial.
• OLD-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1960s US sl.
• RAGGED * of places: dilapidated, broken-down ...1805
• RAGGETY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAGGLY run-down, dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAGGLY-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAGIDY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAMSHACKELDY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKERING rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLETY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated ...1868
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RANSHACKLED rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAP dilapidated, worn-out, ramshackle ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUNCHY dilapidated, old, worn out, used up; cheap, inferior; ugly, dirty; gaudy; corny ...c1950 US teen usage
• RENTS COMING IN dilapidated; ragged ...1708-10 colloq.
• RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN run down, dilapidated ...1916 Amer. dial.
DILAPIDATED - nouns
• BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAP a worn-out, rickety vehicle; anything old and dilapidated; a makeshift contrivance ...1888 Eng. dial.
DILAPIDATION - nouns
• DECAYS † dilapidations; ruined remains, ruins, debris, detritus; rarely in singular ...1582
DILATORY - adjectives
• BACKING AND FILLING irresolute; dilatory; hesitant; shifty ...c1840 Eng. colloq.
• DACKLING slow, dilatory ...1808 Sc.
• DILETERIOUS dilatory ...1875 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OFF-PUTTEN dilatory, delaying, trifling ...1892 Sc.
• OFF-PUTTING dilatory, delaying, trifling ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DILATORY - nouns, person
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
DILATORY - verbs
• BE BEHINDHAND LIKE THE MILLER'S FILLER to be dilatory in keeping appointments ...Bk1905 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.
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REMORAL †* given to delay, dilatory ...a1625
• WHIP THE DEVIL ROUND THE STUMP to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1776 Eng. dial.
DILDO - nouns
• DILL-DOCK a dildo ...1949 US sl.
• FRENCH-TICKLER a dildo or a condom equipped with ridges or larger protuberances designed to increase vaginal stimulation ...M20 US sl.
• MANDRAKE a dildo ...M17 sl.
• POTATO-FINGER a dildo; an artificial penis ...20C sl.
DILEMMA - adjectives
• IN BACK-HOUSE DYKE behindhand, late; in difficulties, in a dilemma ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JACKPOTTED tangled up with a fallen steer or horse; in a predicament or dilemma ...1946 Amer. sl.
DILEMMA - nouns
• DULCARNON † a dilemma ...c1374
• FIX a dilemma ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest ...1887 Amer. sl.
• LANT a dilemma, a standstill ...1866 Sc.
• MANCH a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUANDARY a dilemma; a state of extreme uncertainty ...M16 sl.
• TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity; a fit of petulance or temper; a dilemma; a sorry plight or condition ...1899 Eng. dial.
DILEMMA - nouns, person
• DULCARNON † a person in a dilemma; a person perplexed ...1577
DILEMMA - verbs
• AMPLUSH to place at a disadvantage; to reduce to a dilemma, to confuse in argument ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• BE STONKERED to be in a fix or dilemma ...World War II Aust. & NZ services' sl.
• LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill ...1823 Sc.
DILIGENCE - nouns
• EIDENCE industry, diligence ...1897 Sc.
• EIDENCY diligence, hard work, assiduity ...1834 Sc.
• EYDENCE † diligence, hard work, assiduity ...1834 Sc.
• IMPIGRITY †* quickness, diligence ...1623
• NAVITY †* diligence, stirring, quickness, speed ...1623
• NEGOTIOUSNESS †* busyness; want of leisure; diligence, industriousness ...1642
• OFFICIOUSNESS † readiness in doing god offices, performing one's duty, or discharging any function; eagerness to serve or please; dutifulness; diligence ...1598
• YEARNFULNESS † eagerness, diligence ...c888
DILIGENT - adjectives
• DO-RIGHT righteous, diligent ...1936 US sl.
• EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working ...1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• IDENT diligent, persistent ...1591 Sc.
• IMPIGROUS †* diligent, quick, ready, not slow ...1656
• PAINFUL performed with labour, care, and attention; diligent, assiduous, laborious, careful ...c1380 arch.
DILIGENT - nouns, person
• DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student ...1901 Amer. dial.
• EAGER BEAVER an annoyingly diligent and hard-working person ...1943 US sl.
DILIGENT - verbs
• BONE to apply oneself diligently or determinedly ...1851 US
• SKELT † to hasten; to be diligent ...a1300
DILIGENTLY - adverbs
• EIDENTLY diligently, industriously, attentively ...1838 Sc.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• VREACH carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...a1200
• YERNLY † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...c725
DILLY-DALLY - verbs
• FILLY-FALLY † to idle, to dilly-dally ...B1900 ? obs. or Eng. dial.
• PALTER to play fast and loose with a matter or thing; to dilly-dally, to trifle with ...1814
• POLLYFOX to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss, to quibble or equivocate ...1873 Amer. dial.
• POLLYFOX AROUND to equivocate, to quibble, to procrastinate; to waste time, to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss ...1970 Amer. dial.
DILUTE - verbs
• BLUITER to overdilute with water ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SPLASH to dilute spirits ...1922 sl.
• TAKE DOWN to weaken by dilution ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAPER to diminish the quantity or potency of one's drink; to dilute wines, spirits, etc. ...1869 Eng. dial.
DILUTED - adjectives
• WADDLY thinly diluted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIM - adjectives
• CALIGINOUS misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark ...1548 now arch.
• CREPUSCULOUS of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness; dim, glimmering, dusky, indistinct, obscure ...1646
• DIM-DISCOVERED dimly or faintly seen ...1750
• DIMPSY dark, dim ...1892 Eng. dial.
• OBLITE †* dim, as if partly blotted out; indistinct, obscure ...1650
DIM - verbs
• BEMIST to becloud, to dim ...1598
• BESMIRCH to sully, to dim the lustre of ...1602
• DAMMER †* to make dim or dark ...1610
• DARK 1. to obscure, to cloud, to dim, to sully ...c1374 arch.
† 2. to cloud, to dim, to obscure, to hide something luminous ...c1380
• EFISC †* to obfuscate, to dim ...1656
• OBNUBILATE to darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud; to overcloud; to obscure ...1583
• OPACATE * to render opaque, to dim ...1660
• PALL † 1. to become pale or dim ...1412-20
† 2. to make pale, to dim ...1533
• THESTER † to become dark, to grow dim; to make dark ...a900
DIME - nouns
• DEANER 10 cents, a dime ...1950s US sl.
• DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHORT BIT a dime; the sum of 10 cents ...1854 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY in circus and carnival usage: a ten-cent piece ...1981 US sl.
DIMINISH - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBATE † to abate; to beat down, to bring down, to lower, to reduce, to lessen, to diminish ...c1450
• DECOCT † to diminish, to consume, to waste ...1629
• DEFALK † to diminish by cutting off a part, to reduce by deductions ...1475
• DEQUANTITATE †* to diminish the quantity or amount of; to lessen ...1646
• DISQUANTITY to lessen in quantity, to diminish ...1605
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FAINT †* to make less, to diminish ...1599
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• GO OFF to pass off, to diminish ...1857 Amer. dial.
• IMMINISH † to diminish; to belittle ...a1400
• INLESS †* to make less, to diminish ...1515
• LESS † to make less, to lessen, to diminish ...a1300
• MILL IN to shrink; to wither; to diminish in quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINIFY to diminish in estimated size or importance; to regard or represent something as smaller than it really is ...1676
• MINORATE † to lessen, to diminish, to depreciate ...1534
• MINUATE †* to make less, to diminish ...1657
• RAPE to diminish the effects of; to reduce someone's pleasure ...1980s sl.
• RAPE SOMEONE'S BUZZ of a person or thing: to put a damper on someone's pleasure ...1980s US college sl.
• RETUND † to weaken physically; to diminish the strength or effect of ...M17
• TAKE OFF to diminish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIN to lessen in numbers, to diminish ...1791 Sc.
• TIRE † to fail, to cease (as a supply, etc.); to diminish; to give out, to come to an end ...c725
• WADE AWAY to diminish gradually; to cause to diminish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANZE † to diminish, to waste; later, to render lean ...a1121
• WELK † to become less, to diminish, to shrink ...1390
DIMINISHED - adjectives
• DEFALCATE † curtailed, diminished ...1531
• IMMINUTE † diminished, lessened ...a1681
DIMINISHING - adjectives
• TAPER of resources: diminishing, becoming more and more 'slender'; at an end, nearly exhausted ...1851 sl. or colloq.
DIMINUTION - nouns
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• BATEMENT reduction, lessening, diminution ...1677 arch.
• BATING a falling off, diminution ...1875 Eng. dial.
• DECESS * decrease, diminution ...1854
• DECESSION * departure, withdrawal; secession; deviation from a given standard; decrease, diminution ...1606
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• DECREMENT the fact of decreasing or growing gradually less; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss ...1621
• DECRETION † decrease, diminution ...1635
• DEFALCATION † diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment ...1476
• IMMINUTION † diminution, lessening, decrease ...1590
• INDRINK a diminution, shrinkage ...1842 Sc.
• LESSING † lessening, diminution; abatement ...c1340
• RABATE †* diminution; lessening, drawing in ...1589
• RABBATE †* diminution; lessening, drawing in ...1589
DIMINUTIVE - adjectives
• ACAMY diminutive, undersized, infirm ...1845 Sc.
• EENABIE small, diminutive for one's age ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender ...1651
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• PUMIL †* dwarf, dwarfish, diminutive ...1776
• SCRANKIT shrunken, diminutive ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TINE † very small, tiny, diminutive ...a1400-50
DIMINUTIVE - nouns
• ACAMY a diminutive thing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.082
• BABY a tiny or diminutive animal or thing; a small version of something generally larger ...1859
DIMINUTIVE - nouns, person
• ARSE-WORM a little diminutive fellow ...L17 sl.
• BODACH a diminutive person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANCE-IN-MY-LIFE a very diminutive or small person ...1825 Sc.
• DIMINITY a diminutive person or animal ...1859 Eng. dial.
• EEMOCK a person of diminutive stature; a fairy ...1914 Sc.
• EEREPI a jocular name for a very small person or child; a diminutive person ...1905 Sc.
• EFA a small, diminutive person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HOMUNCULE a little or diminutive man; a dwarf ...1656
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1530
• JACKANAPES anybody at once ugly (or diminutive), showy, and impudent ...Bk1896 sl.
• MANKIN a diminutive or puny man ...1820
• MESSET a term of contempt for a diminutive person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDGE a person of diminutive stature; anything very small ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOPSY a diminutive or small person; a doll ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NATOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person a small thin 'slip of a fellow ...1863 Eng. dial.
• OOMACH an odd-looking diminutive person ...1946 Sc.
• OOMIT an odd-looking diminutive person ...1923 Sc.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PIZZIE a small, diminutive person ...1873 Sc.
• PUMILIO †* a dwarf; a diminutive person or plant ...1576
• SCRADEEN a diminutive, worthless fellow ...1867 Ireland
• SHRIMP a diminutive person, esp. a child ...colloq.
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
DIMLY - adverbs
• AT HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...1625
• BY HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...a1711
DIMMED - adjectives
• NEBULATED * clouded, dimmed ...1874
DIMPLE - nouns
• BENKLE a dimple ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GELASIN † a dimple in the cheek, produced by smiling ...1630
DIMPLE - verbs
• BENKLE to dent, to dimple ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DIMP to mark with dimples or ripples ...1821 Eng. dial.
• DIPPLE to dimple ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DIM-WITTED - adjectives
• DEFECTED dim-witted, not normal ...1967 Amer. dial.
DIM-WITTED - nouns, person
• CABRON a guy, especially a brutish or dim-witted one ...1974 Mexican-American use
• DILDO a despicable, offensive, or dim-witted person ...1960 US sl.
• LINTBRAIN a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• PUMPKIN HEAD a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce ...1775 Amer.
• SIMP a fool, a simpleton, an oaf, a stupid or dull person; a dim-witted or backward person ...c1910 sl., orig. US
DIN - adjectives
• DINSOME full of din, noisy ...1787 Sc.
DIN - nouns
• BALDARE †* din, uproarious noise ...1583
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DEAN a din, noise; a sound ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEEN a din, noise; a sound ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DENE a din, noise; a sound ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FILLALOO a din, an uproar ...1923 sl.
• GARBEL † a brawl, an uproar, din, noise ...1936 Sc.
• LEDEN noise, din. chatter ...1674 Eng. dial.
• LIDDEN noise, din. chatter ...1674 Eng. dial.
• OINK a great din, a squealing or screaming ...1915 Sc.
• RALLION a din, clatter ...1790 Sc.
• RAN-DAN a loud knocking; a noise, din ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAN-TAN a word expressive of a loud banging noise; a sudden, violent sound; a noise, a din ...c1640 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TAIRDY a din, clamour, hullabaloo ...1930 Sc.
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
DIN - verbs
• ADIN †* to din; to deafen, to stun with noise ...a1250
• BEME † to make a loud din or noise ...a1225
• BERATTLE †* to fill with rattling noise or din; also, to rattle away at, to assail with din ...1553
• DEAN to din, to make a noise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEN to din, to make a noise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DENE to din, to make a noise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DINE - verbs
• BAG OUT to dine away from home ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DINNER to dine ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WRESTLE THE CHUCK to dine ...M19 US sl.
• WRESTLE THE HASH to dine ...M19 US sl.
DINED - adjectives
• YDYNED † dined ...1393
DINGY - adjectives
• DIN dingy-coloured, dun, sallow, tawny ...1794 Sc.
DINING - nouns
• CENATION † meal-taking; dining, supping ...1599
DINING - nouns, person
• DEIPNOSOPHIST a master of the art of dining ...1656
DINING ROOM - nouns
• GRUBBERY a dining-room ...c1830 sl.
DINNER - adjectives (also see MEAL)
• CENATICAL * pertaining to dinner or supper ...1725
• CENATORY †* pertaining to dinner or supper ...1650
• DINNERISH hungry, ready for dinner ...1888 Eng. dial.
DINNER - nouns (also see POTLUCK)
• BLOW-UP a dinner, supper, or other entertainment for which an abundant supply of food and drink is provided or at which it is consumed; a feast ...1807-8 chiefly US
• DIENEN a meal, dinner; sufficient for a meal ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIN-DIN dinner; a meal ...1905 UK children's vocabulary
• DIN-DINS dinner; a meal ...1920 UK children's vocabulary
• DINE dinner ...1787 Sc.
• DINNERING dining, having dinner ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINNER-PIECE dinner, food for dinner ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINNER-WHILE dinner-time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GREASE a meal, dinner ...1975 Amer. college sl.
• GRUNT a meal, dinner ...1972 US Black sl.
• INSIDE-LINING food; a dinner ...1851 Eng. dial.
• JIMMY SKINNER a dinner ...Bk1896 rhyming sl.
• KAIL a main meal, dinner ...1807 Sc.
• KAIL-BELL a call to dinner ...1740 Sc.
• KAIL-TIME dinner-time, the time of dinner ...1790 Sc.
• KALE dinner, food ...1794 Sc.
• KALE-BELL the dinner-bell ...a1776 Sc.
• KALE-TIME dinner-time ...1787 Sc.
• LILLEY AND SKINNER dinner ...1920s rhyming sl.
• MESS a meal, a dinner; an allowance of food ...1813 Sc.
• MICHAEL WINNER dinner ...1990s rhyming sl.
• 'NER dinner ...1969 US sl.
• PACKING dinner ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SAINT AND SINNER dinner ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DINNER - verbs
• DINE WITH DUKE HUMPHREY to go without dinner or a meal ...1746
• HAVE TWINS to take dinner and tea at one meal ...B1900 Amer. sl.
• SADDLE THE SPIT to host a dinner or supper ...L18 sl.
DINNER PARTY - nouns
• DINING DAY a dinner party ...1805 Amer. dial.
DINT - nouns
• BASH a dint caused by a blow ...Bk1898 Sc.
DINTED - adjectives
• BASHED bruised, dinted ...1856 Eng. dial.
DIP - verbs
• DEMBLE to dip or plunge in liquid; to splash ...B1900 Sc.
• TAINT †* to dip, to bathe ...1594
DIPHTHERIA - nouns
• DIP diphtheria ...1961 UK medical usage
• DIPHTHEROBIA * diphtheria ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DIPTREE diphtheria ...1970 Amer. dial.
DIPHTHERIA - nouns, person
• DIP diphtheria; a person suffering from diphtheria ...1961 UK medical usage
DIPLOMA - nouns
• SHEEPSKIN a parchment diploma ...Bk1905 Amer. colloq.
DIPLOMAT - nouns, person
• COOKIE-PUSHER (derogatory) a diplomat devoting more attention to protocol or social engagements than to work ...1943 US sl.
DIPPED - adjectives
• YDEPT † dipped ...1340
DIRE - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
DIRECT - adjectives
• BAIN direct; near, short ...1864 N. Eng. dial.
• EVEN-DOWN direct, plain, without reserve or qualification ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEEN straight, direct ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF THE STICK END direct, straight away ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ORDINANT † able to order or direct ...c1400
DIRECT - nouns, person
• ADDRESSERESS †* a female who directs or sets right ...1495
• ORDINATOR † one who orders, regulates, directs, or governs ...1615
DIRECT - verbs
• ADDRESS † to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct; to aim (a missile) ...c1374
• ART to point out the way to any place; to direct; to turn in a certain direction ...1789 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEN † to direct, to guide, to show the way to ...c1200
• MANUDUCE † to lead, to guide, to direct ...1657
• ORDAIN † to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct ...c1300 exc.
• ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct ...1595 rare or obs.
• RECT to direct ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TEACH to guide, to direct ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WAFT † to guide or direct the course of a vessel, swimmer, etc. ...1591
DIRECTED - adjectives
• ORDERABLE * capable of being ordered or directed; amenable to direction or control ...1641
DIRECTING - adjectives
• HAWING guiding, directing ...1805 Sc.
• MANUDUCENT †* guiding, directing ...1677
DIRECTION - adjectives
• MULTIVIOUS having many ways or roads; going or leading in many directions; manifold ...1656
• QUAQUAVERSAL turned or pointing in every direction ...1728
• VARIOUS † turning different ways; going in different directions ...1621
DIRECTION - adverbs
• ALLWAYS in all directions ...1838
• HELL-BENT AND CROOKED into confusion, in all directions ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION in all directions, helter-skelter ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR SUNDAY in all directions, helter-skelter ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-ELECTION in all directions, helter-skelter ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WEST AND CROOKED into confusion, in all directions ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WESTERN CROOKED into confusion, in all directions ...1898 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WESTERN CROOKEDY into confusion, in all directions ...1962 Amer. dial.
• REETWAYS in the right direction ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REETWISE in the right direction ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAME-WAYS in the same direction ...1887
• YONDER WAY over there, in that direction ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YONDERWAYS over there, in that direction ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YONNAWAY that way, in that direction ...1884 Amer. dial.
• YONNERWAYS over there, in that direction ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YONWAY that way, in that direction ...1884 Amer. dial.
• YONWAYS that way, in that direction ...1884 Amer. dial.
DIRECTION - prepositions
• TILWARD †* in the direction of, toward ...a1300
DIRECTION - nouns
• ADDRESSION †* the direction of one's course ...1596
• ART a direction, way; locality, district ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARTAN direction; placing towards a certain quarter of the heavens ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GAN course, direction, way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LEAD †* leading, direction, guidance ...a1300
• LEARNING † information or direction ...c1386
• MAGISTRATION †* command, direction ...1490
• MANAGE † the action or manner of managing; management; conduct of affairs; administration, direction, control ...1581
• MANUDUCTION the act of leading, guiding, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction ...1502
• ORDINANCE the act of ordering or regulating; regulation, direction, management; authoritative appointment or dispensation; control ...c1330 arch.
• SITUATION † direction, course ...1509
• SUING † a course, direction ...c1410
DIRECTION - verbs
• DO A B1 to go somewhere else; to change direction ...1988 Sc.
• DO A BEE WAN to go somewhere else; to change direction ...1988 Sc.
• JAG to make a change in direction ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TURN ONE'S TOE to set off in another direction ...1902 Sc.
DIRECTION - phrases
• THAT-A-ROAD that way, that direction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIRECTLY - adverbs
• ABOUT EAST directly, completely, properly, regularly ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BELIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BILIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BLIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BY BIRD by the most direct route, as the crow flies ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BY THE BIRD by the most direct route, as the crow flies ...1982 Amer. dial.
• DRECKLY directly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DRECKLY MINUTE directly; instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GATELINGS † directly ...1768 Sc.
• GATEWARDS † by the direct road, directly ...1630-56
• ON THE BUTTON directly; exactly ...1903 Amer. colloq.
• RECKLEYS directly, instantly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RECKLINS directly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• RIGHT AWAY directly ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT OFF directly ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SUDDENLY † without delay, forthwith, promptly, immediately, directly, at once ...c1330
• THE-RECKLIES corruption of directly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• THERECKLY corruption of directly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † quickly, without delay, immediately, directly, soon ...c1320
DIRECTOR - nouns, person
• EARL † a director, a superintendent ...1483
• MANUDUCENT †* a guide, a director ...1615
• MANUDUCTOR † a guide, a director ...1657
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• ORDAINER † one who puts or keeps in order; a manager, a director, a ruler ...c1290
DIRT - adjectives
• CAGGED caked, ingrained, as with dirt ...1895 Eng. dial.
DIRT, DIRTINESS - nouns
• BAGGAGE † rubbish, refuse, dirt ...1549
• BATTER soft, moist dirt; filth ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAWD sticky dirt, as black cart-grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAWDINESS † dirtiness; dirt, filth ...1552
• BAWDRY † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
• BINKER a heap of stones or dirt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLISH-BLASH sloppy dirt ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLUITER. mud; any dirty stuff ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABBER a ring of dirt around the neck ...20C Irish sl.
• CACK rubbish, dirt, filth ...1990s sl.
• CRUD dirt; dirty material; filth ...1948 sl., orig. US
• DUMMOCK a small heap of soil or dirt ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK dirt, filthiness, laziness ...19C Eng. dial.
• GACH dirt or filth ...1851 Eng. dial.
• GOM state of uncleanness from dirt, oil, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck ...1932 Amer. sl.
• GRONK dirt which collects between the toes; also, any dirt ...M20 US sl.
• GROT dirt, dirty material, filth ...1971 Brit. sl.
• GUNK an unidentified and unpleasant substance; any nasty, messy stuff, dirt, slime; any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, etc. ...1932 US sl.
• HACK filth, dirt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KAARM a mass of dirt ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEECH dirt ...Bk1901 Sc.
• MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. ...13C
• MUNG dirt, muck; anything filthy or distasteful ...L1970s teenagers' & students' usage
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
• NAST dirt, filth, foulness ...1789 Eng. dial.
• ORDURE filth, dirt ...a1300 arch.
• PRUT dirt, as the sweepings from a floor, deck, or the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
• SCRIOG a hard crust of dirt ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER the dung of a dog or fox; hence, filth, dirt ...1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUNGE dirt, dirty material, filth ...1975 sl.
• SHMUTZ dirt, filth ...1968 sl., chiefly US
• SKANK filth, dirtiness, malevolence ...1980s US sl.
• SKIT * dirt, trash ...c1330
• VAEDIK a splash or streak of dirt on the face; dirty marks left by a cursory wash ...1908 Sc.
• VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish ...1891 Sc.
DIRT - verbs
• BARK of dirt: to clot, to harden, to encrust, to adhere ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARKEN of blood or dirt: to clot, to become hardened, or encrusted ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARKLE of dirt: to cake, to encrust, to adhere ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BELUTE to cover with mud or dirt ...1760
• BEMOIL † to encumber with dirt and mire; to bemire ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BESPATTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESPOTTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAB to clog with dirt; to soil by handling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ETTER of dirt: to eat into, to become engrained into the skin ...1874 Eng. dial.
DIRT - phrases
• GIVE IT AN IRISH WASH turn the table-cloth or a garment, etc. around so the dust or dirt doesn't show ...1966 Amer. dial.
DIRTIED - adjectives
• DEET dirtied, soiled ...1740 Eng. dial.
• DEETED dirtied, soiled ...1864 Eng. dial.
• DIRTEN befouled, dirtied ...1721 Sc.
• DIRTEN-IN befouled, dirtied ...1721 Sc.
• LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud ...1849 Eng. dial.
DIRTILY - adverbs
• DIRTENLY in a dirty manner ...1721 Sc.
• MAWKINLY dirtily ...1740 Eng. dial.
DIRTY - adjectives
• ALL MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL OVER DIRT dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAISTLY dirty; like a beast ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BAWDY † soiled, dirty, filthy ...1377
• BAWTRY dirty, dauby ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BEASTLY dirty, soiled ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BECLAMED smeared over with dirt or grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDEET dirtied, covered with dirt ...1845 Eng. dial.
• BEDRITTEN befouled or soiled with ordure; dirty ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEMUCKED † soiled, made dirty ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BLACKLIE ill-coloured; dirty; badly washed ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUTTER dirty, unclean ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BUMMY dirty and ragged; dishevelled ...1990s US Black sl.
• CABAGGED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABAGGLED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABBLED dirty, soiled by handling ...19C Eng. dial.
• CABBY sticky, adhesive, dirty, muddy; used also of weather ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CACKY covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous ...19C sl.
• CHEESY dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUDDY dirty, filthy ...1877 sl.
• CRUMBY dirty; filthy; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUMMY dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUSTY dirty, mean, contemptible ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CUCKY of children and animals: dirty ...15C
• DAGGED † clogged with dirt ...1484
• DAGGLED wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant ...1967 Aust. sl.
• DAUBING wet, dirty ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBY sticky, clammy, dirty, untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DICHTY dirty, foul ...1887 Sc.
• DINGY dirty, soiled ...M18 Eng. dial.
• DIRTY AS THUMP O' DOLLY very dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• DOOKIE dirty ...1920s sl.
• DOOKY dirty ...1920s sl.
• GAGGLED daggled, wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAITED marked with dirt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOMMED UP dirty ...1982 US sl.
• GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking ...1964 Amer. sl.
• GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• GRUBBED UP dirtied; dirty ...1961 Amer. dial.
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGED-OUT filthy, dirty, messy; unappetizing, unappealing ...1986 US sl.
• GRUNGEY dirty, messy, unappetizing, unappealing ...1960s sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, filthy, messy, unappetizing, unappealing ...1965 sl.
• HASKY coarse, dirty, slovenly ...1808 Sc.
• HUNDRED TO THIRTY dirty ...1974 UK rhyming sl.
• IN A RARE PASS in a mess; dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KAKKER in nursery language: dirty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEECHIE dirty ...Bk1901 Sc.
• KUCKY of children and animals: dirty ...15C
• LAGGERY miry, dirty ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MAGGOTISH dirty, disgusting ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOTTY dirty, disgusting ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOTY dirty, disgusting ...20C Irish sl.
• MANGY contemptible; dirty ...1896
• MANKEY dirty, filthy ...1971 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MANKY dirty, filthy ...1971 Brit. sl.
• MAWKINLY slovenly, dirty ...1857 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY dirty; white and sickly-looking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIDDENED UP covered or smothered with dirt or rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONGIE dirty; evil-smelling; nasty ...1970s Eng. sl.
• MUCKED UP dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUCKY dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTIED UP dirty ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-ASS of a place: dirty, disgusting ...1960s US sl.
• OCKY dirty, nasty: generally used of or by children ...B1900 Ireland
• OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OHRISH wet, dirty, muddy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OOZLIE slovenly, untidy, unkempt, dirty ...1824 Sc.
• PAIXY untidy; dirty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PASHY wet, dirty, rainy ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PUGGY damp and sticky from perspiration; clammy, sweaty, dirty, grimy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RANCHY dirty, disgusting, indecent ...E19 US sl.
• RAUNCHY 1. dirty, sloppy, and bad-smelling ...M20 US sl.
2. dilapidated, old, worn out, used up; cheap, inferior; ugly, dirty; gaudy; corny ...c1950 US teen usage
• REECHY smoky, begrimed with smoke; also, dirty, unwashed ...1854 Eng. dial.
• REEVED of linen (clothes or sheets originally made of linen): streaked with dirt ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUSTY-FUSTY-DUSTY excessively dirty; begrimed with dust and filth ...1630
• SAUCY dirty, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBY dirty, shabby; worthless; mean, stingy; contemptible ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SCRIMY dirty, contemptible, mean ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGY dirty, filthy ...1949 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SCRUMPLED untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCUZZY dirty, filthy ...1969 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SHANK-ASS dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SKANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1975 sl., orig. US Black Cassells
• SHITTY dirty with excrement ...1935 sl.
• SKID unattractive, dirty, dishevelled ...1990s sl.
• SLACKER THAN DISHWATER untidy, dirty, slovenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOPPED UP dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLUTTISH dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...LME
• SLUTTY dirty, slovenly ...LME
• SOUDLY † soiled, dirty ...c1470 Sc.
• STERQUILINIOUS †* pertaining to a dunghill; hence, dirty, mean, paltry ...c1645
• SUDDLY † soiled, dirty ...c1470 Sc.
• SUDLY † soiled, dirty ...c1470 Sc.
• UDDER-MUCKING untidy, slovenly, dirty, muddling ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WALY-DRAIGLING weak and worthless; dirty ...1856 Sc.
• YAUGH † dirty, nasty, filthy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIRTY - nouns
• AGGLE a mess; a confused or dirty state ...1902 Sc.
• ATTERIL a shapeless, dirty, or entangled mass; a complete wreck ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ATTRIL a shapeless, dirty, or entangled mass; a complete wreck ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BLAD a dirty spot, a discoloration ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAB a sticky mass; anything dirty, wet, or clammy; a cold sweat ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAIR a dirty streak or stain on clothes ...1953 Sc.
• GRUNGE dirt; filth; rubbish; sticky, dirty unpleasant substances ...1960 sl.
• GRUNCH sticky, dirty, unpleasant substances ...1960s sl.
• GRUNGEHOLE a dirty room or place ...1980s US sl.
• GUNGE an unidentifiable or disgusting dirty, messy, or sticky substance; general filth ...1965 colloq.
• GUNK any unpleasant, dirty, sticky material ...colloq.
• LAG a dirty mess or smear or coating of mud on the bottom of a dress, etc. ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MARTYR a spoilt or dirty condition or appearance; a mess; anything that causes such a condition ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MESSMENT a mess; a confused, disorderly, or dirty condition; a muddle, a confusion; anything unpalatable ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PIGSTY a dirty or untidy place ...1820 sl.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a very dirty, filthy, untidy room ...c1880 colloq.
• SAVOURY RISSOLE anywhere dirty or unpleasant ...20C rhyming sl. for 'pisshole'
• STATE a dirty, ill-kempt, or poorly preserved condition ...1879 UK sl.
• VARG messiness, dirty or disgusting work or conditions ...1908 Sc.
DIRTY - nouns, person
• ASH-CAT a dirty or dishevelled person, esp. a child; hence, a general insult irrespective of age...1854 Amer. sl.
• ASH-CAT-SAM a dirty or dishevelled person, esp. a child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• ASHIEPATTLE a dirty child that lounges about the hearth; also applied to animals ...1892 Sc.
• ASHIEPELT a dirty child that lounges about the hearth; also applied to animals ...1892 Ireland
• ASHYPET a dirty, lazy child or animal that lounges about the hearth ...Bk1898 Ireland
• ASSIPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASSYPET an idle or slatternly woman; a dirty little creature ...1870 Sc. & Ireland
• ASSYPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BAIGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BEAGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BLUTTER a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Sc.
• CALLET a prostitute, a trull; a drab, dirty woman ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
• DABBY-NOINTER a dirty person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• DALLACKS a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWGOS † a dirty, slatternly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DAWPS a slattern; a dirty, untidy woman ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DISH-CLOUT a dirty slattern ...L18 sl.
• DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut ...1581
• FEAGUE a dirty, sluttish, idle person ...1664 Eng. dial.
• FEAK a dirty, sluttish, idle person ...1664 Eng. dial.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIN-BOTTLE a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death ...1909 sl.
• GRUB a dirty and slovenly person, generally elderly ...c1890 colloq.
• GRUNGE a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person ...1960s sl., orig US
• HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAG a violent, ill-tempered woman; a scold; an ugly, dirty woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JACK A LENT a dirty, slovenly person ...1886 Eng. dial.
• JACK-NASTY-FACE a dirty fellow ...1823 sl.
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300.
• LADRONE a sloven, a dirty fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• MALLY-MOP a dirty wench ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAULMAS a fat woman in dirty finery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSEL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSIL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MEFF a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MEFFER a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MIDDEN a term of contempt for a woman; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife ...1845 Sc.
• MUCK-SUCKLE a filthy, dirty, slatternly, or very untidy woman ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• MUCKY PUP a dirty or untidy child; a term of disapproval ...1984 Brit. sl.
• PIG any dirty or slovenly person ...20C US colloq.
• PUG-NASTY a dirty slut ...L17 coll.
• QUEAN a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUEEN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
• QUEER MORT a woman suffering from venereal disease; a dirty drab; a jilting wench ...M17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAGAMUFF †* a ragged, dirty, disreputable man or boy ...1591
• RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RUBBACROCK a dirty, filthy slattern, that is as black as if she were continually rubbing herself against a boiler or kettle ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SALOP a dirty, grubby person, esp. a woman or child ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SCARNY-HOUGHS a dirty drab ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLYOG † a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person ...1882 Sc.
• SCODGE a dirty little person ...1923 Sc.
• SINGED CAT a dirty or dishevelled person, esp. a child ...1836 Amer. dial.
• SKAMP an unattractive, dirty, and promiscuous woman ...2000s US Black sl.
• SKANKY BOX an unpleasant, dirty (physically and ethically) woman ...1980s US sl.
• SKID one who likes to go out at night; an ill-dressed, dirty, dishevelled person ...1990s sl.
• SLAMMERKIN a dirty, slovenly female; a slattern, a slut ...1785 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness - a fat person ...1861 sl.
• SLOTTERBUG † a dirty or filthy person ...c1440
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
• SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUSH a slovenly or dirty person ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SQUAWP a dirty or peevish child ...B1900
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAINT a very dirty slattern or slut...19C Brit.
• TARGLE a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARLACK a dirty female tatterdemalion ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TARLOCH a dirty female tatterdemalion ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TUG a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• WARB a dirty, unkempt person ...1930s Aust. sl.
• WEAN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG GRUB a dirty little child ...1888 Amer. sl.
DIRTY - verbs
• BAISLE to make dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUD † to befoul or dirty ...c1529
• BAWD † to befoul or dirty, to soil ...c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BAWDY † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
• BECLART to be dirty ...c1230 Eng. dial.
• BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
• BEDEET to dirty or foul ...1845 Eng. dial.
• BEDIZEN to dirty, to cover with dirt ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BEDRABBLE to make wet and dirty with rain and mud ...c1440
• BEDRITE to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty ...1721 Sc.
• BEFILE † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
• BEMOIL of persons: to be made dirty by work, to be daubed with mud ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENASTY to soil, to make dirty; to befoul; to degrade ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BERAY † to disfigure, to dirty, to defile, to befoul with dirt, filth, ordure ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BESMUT to dirty, to begrime ...1656
• BESPATTLE † to bespatter with anything dirty ...1546
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• CAGGLE to draggle, to dirty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CLART to make dirty or to smear with any sticky substance ...13C
• DAG † to clog with dirt; to bemire, to bedraggle ...1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DERSE to defile, to dirty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT to dirty, to soil, used ironically ...1740 Eng. dial.
• DINGE to soil or dirty ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRT to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement ...c1860 Eng. dial.
• FLOBBER †* to dirty, soil ...1377
• FUSSOCK to be dirty or lazy ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAIR † to streak, to become streaked or dirty; of animal's coat or cloth: to be striped ...1810 Sc.
• GOM to dirty ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRUB-SHITE to befoul; hence, to make very dirty ...c1780 sl.
• GUNGE UP to make filthy; to clog with dirty viscous material ...1976 Brit. sl.
• HAMPER to infest with vermin; to choke with dirt ...1883 Eng. dial.
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• JAVEL to bemire, to dirty, to befoul ...B1900
• KAGGLE to draggle, to dirty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOOK LIKE THE OLD SCRATCH to look dishevelled and dirty ...1915 Amer. dial.
• MAMMOCK to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MARTYR to bedaub, to bespatter, to dirty ...1864 Sc.
• MAWKS to mess, to dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to mess, to make dirty ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• NASTY † to soil or make dirty or nasty ...1728 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAIR to dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUG to dirty by excessive handling ...L19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SLURRY † to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLUT to make dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...E17
• TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty ...1880 Eng. dial.
• BEDELVE † to dig round or about ...c1000
• CAST UP † to dig up, to dig ...1660
• EFFODE †* to dig out of the ground, to dig up ...1612
• EFFODIATE †* to dig out of the ground, to dig up ...1612
• EFFODICATE †* to dig out of the ground, to dig up ...1599
• GRABBLE to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...c1770 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEL to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PASTINATE † to dig, to loosen by digging; to dig in a garden ...c1420
• SCRAT to dig; to rake together ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• UMBEDELVE † to dig round ...c1440
• YACK to dig out; to force up by the roots ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK to dig out; to force up by the roots ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DIGEST - verbs
• DECOCT † to digest in the stomach ...1533
DIGESTED - adjectives
• DECOCT † decocted; subjected to heat; digested ...c1420
DIGESTION - nouns
• DECOCTION † digestion ...1533
• DEGESS digestion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGESTER digestion ...1875 Eng. dial.
• INDIGESTER digestion ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SINK(S) OF THE BODY, THE † the organs of digestion and excretion ...1607
DIGESTION - verbs
• BE MAN OF ONE'S MEAT to have a healthy appetite and digestion ...1891 Sc.
DIGGING - adjectives
• EFFODIENT * digging, accustomed to dig ...1847
DIGGING - nouns
• EFFOSSION †* the act of digging out of the ground ...1657
• SUFFOSSION †* digging under or up; an undermining ...1623
DIGNIFIED - adjectives
• DIGNACIOUS dignified ...1837 Ireland
• FARRAND of things: becoming, dignified, pleasant ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FARRANT of things: becoming, dignified, pleasant ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GASH well-dressed and dignified ...1785 Sc.
DIGNIFIED - nouns, person
• OBJECT-MAN a noticeable person; a man of dignified mien and manner ...1884 Eng. dial.
DIGNIFIED - verbs
• NAUNT to assume a dignified or offended air; to bridle up, esp. of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIGNITARY - nouns, person
• DIGNITIES dignitaries ...1843 Sc.
DIGNITY - nouns
• AFFAIR † fortune, rank, dignity ...1480
• MANSHIP † homage, worship; honour, dignity ...a1175
DIGRESS - verbs
• CANCELEER to turn aside, to swerve or digress ...a1697
• CANTON † to sever or separate oneself; to secede, to withdraw; fig. to digress ...1611
• DECLINE † to turn aside from the subject, in speaking or writing; to digress ...1544
• EXTRAVAGE † to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble ...c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
• GO OFF THE RAILS to digress or wander from the point ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SALLY OUT † to make a digression in speech ...1660
DIGRESSION - nouns
• ADIGRESSION †* digression ...1482
• EVAGATION in speech or discussion: a digression ...a1656
• FAR-ABOUT † a digression, a wandering ...1639
• VAGARY † a wandering in speech or writing; a rambling from the subject under consideration; a digression or divagation ...1579
DIGRESSIVE - adjectives
• TANGENTIAL erratic; divergent; digressive ...1867
DILAPIDATE - verbs
• DECAY † to waste or ruin physically; to disintegrate, to dilapidate; to bring to decay or ruin ...1536
• DELABRATE †* to dilapidate, to ruin ...1813
DILAPIDATED - adjectives
• ALL IN of machinery, etc.: run-down, dilapidated ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DILABERDATED dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DILAPILATED dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGY ugly, run-down or dilapidated ...1965 sl.
• JELAPIDATED dilapidated ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAVADATED rickety, dilapidated ...1927 Amer. dial.
• OLD-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1960s US sl.
• RAGGED * of places: dilapidated, broken-down ...1805
• RAGGETY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAGGLY run-down, dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAGGLY-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAGIDY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAMSHACKELDY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKERING rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLETY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated ...1868
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RANSHACKLED rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAP dilapidated, worn-out, ramshackle ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUNCHY dilapidated, old, worn out, used up; cheap, inferior; ugly, dirty; gaudy; corny ...c1950 US teen usage
• RENTS COMING IN dilapidated; ragged ...1708-10 colloq.
• RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN run down, dilapidated ...1916 Amer. dial.
DILAPIDATED - nouns
• BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
• RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAP a worn-out, rickety vehicle; anything old and dilapidated; a makeshift contrivance ...1888 Eng. dial.
DILAPIDATION - nouns
• DECAYS † dilapidations; ruined remains, ruins, debris, detritus; rarely in singular ...1582
DILATORY - adjectives
• BACKING AND FILLING irresolute; dilatory; hesitant; shifty ...c1840 Eng. colloq.
• DACKLING slow, dilatory ...1808 Sc.
• DILETERIOUS dilatory ...1875 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OFF-PUTTEN dilatory, delaying, trifling ...1892 Sc.
• OFF-PUTTING dilatory, delaying, trifling ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DILATORY - nouns, person
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
DILATORY - verbs
• BE BEHINDHAND LIKE THE MILLER'S FILLER to be dilatory in keeping appointments ...Bk1905 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.
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REMORAL †* given to delay, dilatory ...a1625
• WHIP THE DEVIL ROUND THE STUMP to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1776 Eng. dial.
DILDO - nouns
• DILL-DOCK a dildo ...1949 US sl.
• FRENCH-TICKLER a dildo or a condom equipped with ridges or larger protuberances designed to increase vaginal stimulation ...M20 US sl.
• MANDRAKE a dildo ...M17 sl.
• POTATO-FINGER a dildo; an artificial penis ...20C sl.
DILEMMA - adjectives
• IN BACK-HOUSE DYKE behindhand, late; in difficulties, in a dilemma ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JACKPOTTED tangled up with a fallen steer or horse; in a predicament or dilemma ...1946 Amer. sl.
DILEMMA - nouns
• DULCARNON † a dilemma ...c1374
• FIX a dilemma ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest ...1887 Amer. sl.
• LANT a dilemma, a standstill ...1866 Sc.
• MANCH a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUANDARY a dilemma; a state of extreme uncertainty ...M16 sl.
• TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity; a fit of petulance or temper; a dilemma; a sorry plight or condition ...1899 Eng. dial.
DILEMMA - nouns, person
• DULCARNON † a person in a dilemma; a person perplexed ...1577
DILEMMA - verbs
• AMPLUSH to place at a disadvantage; to reduce to a dilemma, to confuse in argument ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• BE STONKERED to be in a fix or dilemma ...World War II Aust. & NZ services' sl.
• LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill ...1823 Sc.
DILIGENCE - nouns
• EIDENCE industry, diligence ...1897 Sc.
• EIDENCY diligence, hard work, assiduity ...1834 Sc.
• EYDENCE † diligence, hard work, assiduity ...1834 Sc.
• IMPIGRITY †* quickness, diligence ...1623
• NAVITY †* diligence, stirring, quickness, speed ...1623
• NEGOTIOUSNESS †* busyness; want of leisure; diligence, industriousness ...1642
• OFFICIOUSNESS † readiness in doing god offices, performing one's duty, or discharging any function; eagerness to serve or please; dutifulness; diligence ...1598
• YEARNFULNESS † eagerness, diligence ...c888
DILIGENT - adjectives
• DO-RIGHT righteous, diligent ...1936 US sl.
• EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working ...1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• IDENT diligent, persistent ...1591 Sc.
• IMPIGROUS †* diligent, quick, ready, not slow ...1656
• PAINFUL performed with labour, care, and attention; diligent, assiduous, laborious, careful ...c1380 arch.
DILIGENT - nouns, person
• DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student ...1901 Amer. dial.
• EAGER BEAVER an annoyingly diligent and hard-working person ...1943 US sl.
DILIGENT - verbs
• BONE to apply oneself diligently or determinedly ...1851 US
• SKELT † to hasten; to be diligent ...a1300
DILIGENTLY - adverbs
• EIDENTLY diligently, industriously, attentively ...1838 Sc.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• VREACH carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...a1200
• YERNLY † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...c725
DILLY-DALLY - verbs
• FILLY-FALLY † to idle, to dilly-dally ...B1900 ? obs. or Eng. dial.
• PALTER to play fast and loose with a matter or thing; to dilly-dally, to trifle with ...1814
• POLLYFOX to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss, to quibble or equivocate ...1873 Amer. dial.
• POLLYFOX AROUND to equivocate, to quibble, to procrastinate; to waste time, to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss ...1970 Amer. dial.
DILUTE - verbs
• BLUITER to overdilute with water ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SPLASH to dilute spirits ...1922 sl.
• TAKE DOWN to weaken by dilution ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAPER to diminish the quantity or potency of one's drink; to dilute wines, spirits, etc. ...1869 Eng. dial.
DILUTED - adjectives
• WADDLY thinly diluted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIM - adjectives
• CALIGINOUS misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark ...1548 now arch.
• CREPUSCULOUS of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness; dim, glimmering, dusky, indistinct, obscure ...1646
• DIM-DISCOVERED dimly or faintly seen ...1750
• DIMPSY dark, dim ...1892 Eng. dial.
• OBLITE †* dim, as if partly blotted out; indistinct, obscure ...1650
DIM - verbs
• BEMIST to becloud, to dim ...1598
• BESMIRCH to sully, to dim the lustre of ...1602
• DAMMER †* to make dim or dark ...1610
• DARK 1. to obscure, to cloud, to dim, to sully ...c1374 arch.
† 2. to cloud, to dim, to obscure, to hide something luminous ...c1380
• EFISC †* to obfuscate, to dim ...1656
• OBNUBILATE to darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud; to overcloud; to obscure ...1583
• OPACATE * to render opaque, to dim ...1660
• PALL † 1. to become pale or dim ...1412-20
† 2. to make pale, to dim ...1533
• THESTER † to become dark, to grow dim; to make dark ...a900
DIME - nouns
• DEANER 10 cents, a dime ...1950s US sl.
• DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHORT BIT a dime; the sum of 10 cents ...1854 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY in circus and carnival usage: a ten-cent piece ...1981 US sl.
DIMINISH - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBATE † to abate; to beat down, to bring down, to lower, to reduce, to lessen, to diminish ...c1450
• DECOCT † to diminish, to consume, to waste ...1629
• DEFALK † to diminish by cutting off a part, to reduce by deductions ...1475
• DEQUANTITATE †* to diminish the quantity or amount of; to lessen ...1646
• DISQUANTITY to lessen in quantity, to diminish ...1605
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FAINT †* to make less, to diminish ...1599
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• GO OFF to pass off, to diminish ...1857 Amer. dial.
• IMMINISH † to diminish; to belittle ...a1400
• INLESS †* to make less, to diminish ...1515
• LESS † to make less, to lessen, to diminish ...a1300
• MILL IN to shrink; to wither; to diminish in quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINIFY to diminish in estimated size or importance; to regard or represent something as smaller than it really is ...1676
• MINORATE † to lessen, to diminish, to depreciate ...1534
• MINUATE †* to make less, to diminish ...1657
• RAPE to diminish the effects of; to reduce someone's pleasure ...1980s sl.
• RAPE SOMEONE'S BUZZ of a person or thing: to put a damper on someone's pleasure ...1980s US college sl.
• RETUND † to weaken physically; to diminish the strength or effect of ...M17
• TAKE OFF to diminish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIN to lessen in numbers, to diminish ...1791 Sc.
• TIRE † to fail, to cease (as a supply, etc.); to diminish; to give out, to come to an end ...c725
• WADE AWAY to diminish gradually; to cause to diminish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANZE † to diminish, to waste; later, to render lean ...a1121
• WELK † to become less, to diminish, to shrink ...1390
DIMINISHED - adjectives
• DEFALCATE † curtailed, diminished ...1531
• IMMINUTE † diminished, lessened ...a1681
DIMINISHING - adjectives
• TAPER of resources: diminishing, becoming more and more 'slender'; at an end, nearly exhausted ...1851 sl. or colloq.
DIMINUTION - nouns
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• BATEMENT reduction, lessening, diminution ...1677 arch.
• BATING a falling off, diminution ...1875 Eng. dial.
• DECESS * decrease, diminution ...1854
• DECESSION * departure, withdrawal; secession; deviation from a given standard; decrease, diminution ...1606
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• DECREMENT the fact of decreasing or growing gradually less; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss ...1621
• DECRETION † decrease, diminution ...1635
• DEFALCATION † diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment ...1476
• IMMINUTION † diminution, lessening, decrease ...1590
• INDRINK a diminution, shrinkage ...1842 Sc.
• LESSING † lessening, diminution; abatement ...c1340
• RABATE †* diminution; lessening, drawing in ...1589
• RABBATE †* diminution; lessening, drawing in ...1589
DIMINUTIVE - adjectives
• ACAMY diminutive, undersized, infirm ...1845 Sc.
• EENABIE small, diminutive for one's age ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender ...1651
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• PUMIL †* dwarf, dwarfish, diminutive ...1776
• SCRANKIT shrunken, diminutive ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TINE † very small, tiny, diminutive ...a1400-50
DIMINUTIVE - nouns
• ACAMY a diminutive thing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.082
• BABY a tiny or diminutive animal or thing; a small version of something generally larger ...1859
DIMINUTIVE - nouns, person
• ARSE-WORM a little diminutive fellow ...L17 sl.
• BODACH a diminutive person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANCE-IN-MY-LIFE a very diminutive or small person ...1825 Sc.
• DIMINITY a diminutive person or animal ...1859 Eng. dial.
• EEMOCK a person of diminutive stature; a fairy ...1914 Sc.
• EEREPI a jocular name for a very small person or child; a diminutive person ...1905 Sc.
• EFA a small, diminutive person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HOMUNCULE a little or diminutive man; a dwarf ...1656
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1530
• JACKANAPES anybody at once ugly (or diminutive), showy, and impudent ...Bk1896 sl.
• MANKIN a diminutive or puny man ...1820
• MESSET a term of contempt for a diminutive person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDGE a person of diminutive stature; anything very small ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOPSY a diminutive or small person; a doll ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NATOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person a small thin 'slip of a fellow ...1863 Eng. dial.
• OOMACH an odd-looking diminutive person ...1946 Sc.
• OOMIT an odd-looking diminutive person ...1923 Sc.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PIZZIE a small, diminutive person ...1873 Sc.
• PUMILIO †* a dwarf; a diminutive person or plant ...1576
• SCRADEEN a diminutive, worthless fellow ...1867 Ireland
• SHRIMP a diminutive person, esp. a child ...colloq.
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
DIMLY - adverbs
• AT HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...1625
• BY HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...a1711
DIMMED - adjectives
• NEBULATED * clouded, dimmed ...1874
DIMPLE - nouns
• BENKLE a dimple ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GELASIN † a dimple in the cheek, produced by smiling ...1630
DIMPLE - verbs
• BENKLE to dent, to dimple ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DIMP to mark with dimples or ripples ...1821 Eng. dial.
• DIPPLE to dimple ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DIM-WITTED - adjectives
• DEFECTED dim-witted, not normal ...1967 Amer. dial.
DIM-WITTED - nouns, person
• CABRON a guy, especially a brutish or dim-witted one ...1974 Mexican-American use
• DILDO a despicable, offensive, or dim-witted person ...1960 US sl.
• LINTBRAIN a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1990 US sl.
• LINTHEAD a foolish, dim-witted, or ignorant person ...1960 US sl.
• PUMPKIN HEAD a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce ...1775 Amer.
• SIMP a fool, a simpleton, an oaf, a stupid or dull person; a dim-witted or backward person ...c1910 sl., orig. US
DIN - adjectives
• DINSOME full of din, noisy ...1787 Sc.
DIN - nouns
• BALDARE †* din, uproarious noise ...1583
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DEAN a din, noise; a sound ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEEN a din, noise; a sound ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DENE a din, noise; a sound ...1691 Eng. dial.
• FILLALOO a din, an uproar ...1923 sl.
• GARBEL † a brawl, an uproar, din, noise ...1936 Sc.
• LEDEN noise, din. chatter ...1674 Eng. dial.
• LIDDEN noise, din. chatter ...1674 Eng. dial.
• OINK a great din, a squealing or screaming ...1915 Sc.
• RALLION a din, clatter ...1790 Sc.
• RAN-DAN a loud knocking; a noise, din ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAN-TAN a word expressive of a loud banging noise; a sudden, violent sound; a noise, a din ...c1640 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TAIRDY a din, clamour, hullabaloo ...1930 Sc.
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
DIN - verbs
• ADIN †* to din; to deafen, to stun with noise ...a1250
• BEME † to make a loud din or noise ...a1225
• BERATTLE †* to fill with rattling noise or din; also, to rattle away at, to assail with din ...1553
• DEAN to din, to make a noise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEEN to din, to make a noise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DENE to din, to make a noise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DINE - verbs
• BAG OUT to dine away from home ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DINNER to dine ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WRESTLE THE CHUCK to dine ...M19 US sl.
• WRESTLE THE HASH to dine ...M19 US sl.
DINED - adjectives
• YDYNED † dined ...1393
DINGY - adjectives
• DIN dingy-coloured, dun, sallow, tawny ...1794 Sc.
DINING - nouns
• CENATION † meal-taking; dining, supping ...1599
DINING - nouns, person
• DEIPNOSOPHIST a master of the art of dining ...1656
DINING ROOM - nouns
• GRUBBERY a dining-room ...c1830 sl.
DINNER - adjectives (also see MEAL)
• CENATICAL * pertaining to dinner or supper ...1725
• CENATORY †* pertaining to dinner or supper ...1650
• DINNERISH hungry, ready for dinner ...1888 Eng. dial.
DINNER - nouns (also see POTLUCK)
• BLOW-UP a dinner, supper, or other entertainment for which an abundant supply of food and drink is provided or at which it is consumed; a feast ...1807-8 chiefly US
• DIENEN a meal, dinner; sufficient for a meal ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIN-DIN dinner; a meal ...1905 UK children's vocabulary
• DIN-DINS dinner; a meal ...1920 UK children's vocabulary
• DINE dinner ...1787 Sc.
• DINNERING dining, having dinner ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINNER-PIECE dinner, food for dinner ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINNER-WHILE dinner-time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GREASE a meal, dinner ...1975 Amer. college sl.
• GRUNT a meal, dinner ...1972 US Black sl.
• INSIDE-LINING food; a dinner ...1851 Eng. dial.
• JIMMY SKINNER a dinner ...Bk1896 rhyming sl.
• KAIL a main meal, dinner ...1807 Sc.
• KAIL-BELL a call to dinner ...1740 Sc.
• KAIL-TIME dinner-time, the time of dinner ...1790 Sc.
• KALE dinner, food ...1794 Sc.
• KALE-BELL the dinner-bell ...a1776 Sc.
• KALE-TIME dinner-time ...1787 Sc.
• LILLEY AND SKINNER dinner ...1920s rhyming sl.
• MESS a meal, a dinner; an allowance of food ...1813 Sc.
• MICHAEL WINNER dinner ...1990s rhyming sl.
• 'NER dinner ...1969 US sl.
• PACKING dinner ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SAINT AND SINNER dinner ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
DINNER - verbs
• DINE WITH DUKE HUMPHREY to go without dinner or a meal ...1746
• HAVE TWINS to take dinner and tea at one meal ...B1900 Amer. sl.
• SADDLE THE SPIT to host a dinner or supper ...L18 sl.
DINNER PARTY - nouns
• DINING DAY a dinner party ...1805 Amer. dial.
DINT - nouns
• BASH a dint caused by a blow ...Bk1898 Sc.
DINTED - adjectives
• BASHED bruised, dinted ...1856 Eng. dial.
DIP - verbs
• DEMBLE to dip or plunge in liquid; to splash ...B1900 Sc.
• TAINT †* to dip, to bathe ...1594
DIPHTHERIA - nouns
• DIP diphtheria ...1961 UK medical usage
• DIPHTHEROBIA * diphtheria ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DIPTREE diphtheria ...1970 Amer. dial.
DIPHTHERIA - nouns, person
• DIP diphtheria; a person suffering from diphtheria ...1961 UK medical usage
DIPLOMA - nouns
• SHEEPSKIN a parchment diploma ...Bk1905 Amer. colloq.
DIPLOMAT - nouns, person
• COOKIE-PUSHER (derogatory) a diplomat devoting more attention to protocol or social engagements than to work ...1943 US sl.
DIPPED - adjectives
• YDEPT † dipped ...1340
DIRE - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
DIRECT - adjectives
• BAIN direct; near, short ...1864 N. Eng. dial.
• EVEN-DOWN direct, plain, without reserve or qualification ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEEN straight, direct ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF THE STICK END direct, straight away ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ORDINANT † able to order or direct ...c1400
DIRECT - nouns, person
• ADDRESSERESS †* a female who directs or sets right ...1495
• ORDINATOR † one who orders, regulates, directs, or governs ...1615
DIRECT - verbs
• ADDRESS † to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct; to aim (a missile) ...c1374
• ART to point out the way to any place; to direct; to turn in a certain direction ...1789 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEN † to direct, to guide, to show the way to ...c1200
• MANUDUCE † to lead, to guide, to direct ...1657
• ORDAIN † to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct ...c1300 exc.
• ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct ...1595 rare or obs.
• RECT to direct ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TEACH to guide, to direct ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WAFT † to guide or direct the course of a vessel, swimmer, etc. ...1591
DIRECTED - adjectives
• ORDERABLE * capable of being ordered or directed; amenable to direction or control ...1641
DIRECTING - adjectives
• HAWING guiding, directing ...1805 Sc.
• MANUDUCENT †* guiding, directing ...1677
DIRECTION - adjectives
• MULTIVIOUS having many ways or roads; going or leading in many directions; manifold ...1656
• QUAQUAVERSAL turned or pointing in every direction ...1728
• VARIOUS † turning different ways; going in different directions ...1621
DIRECTION - adverbs
• ALLWAYS in all directions ...1838
• HELL-BENT AND CROOKED into confusion, in all directions ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION in all directions, helter-skelter ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR SUNDAY in all directions, helter-skelter ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-ELECTION in all directions, helter-skelter ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WEST AND CROOKED into confusion, in all directions ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WESTERN CROOKED into confusion, in all directions ...1898 Amer. dial.
• HELL-WESTERN CROOKEDY into confusion, in all directions ...1962 Amer. dial.
• REETWAYS in the right direction ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REETWISE in the right direction ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAME-WAYS in the same direction ...1887
• YONDER WAY over there, in that direction ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YONDERWAYS over there, in that direction ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YONNAWAY that way, in that direction ...1884 Amer. dial.
• YONNERWAYS over there, in that direction ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YONWAY that way, in that direction ...1884 Amer. dial.
• YONWAYS that way, in that direction ...1884 Amer. dial.
DIRECTION - prepositions
• TILWARD †* in the direction of, toward ...a1300
DIRECTION - nouns
• ADDRESSION †* the direction of one's course ...1596
• ART a direction, way; locality, district ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARTAN direction; placing towards a certain quarter of the heavens ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GAN course, direction, way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LEAD †* leading, direction, guidance ...a1300
• LEARNING † information or direction ...c1386
• MAGISTRATION †* command, direction ...1490
• MANAGE † the action or manner of managing; management; conduct of affairs; administration, direction, control ...1581
• MANUDUCTION the act of leading, guiding, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction ...1502
• ORDINANCE the act of ordering or regulating; regulation, direction, management; authoritative appointment or dispensation; control ...c1330 arch.
• SITUATION † direction, course ...1509
• SUING † a course, direction ...c1410
DIRECTION - verbs
• DO A B1 to go somewhere else; to change direction ...1988 Sc.
• DO A BEE WAN to go somewhere else; to change direction ...1988 Sc.
• JAG to make a change in direction ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TURN ONE'S TOE to set off in another direction ...1902 Sc.
DIRECTION - phrases
• THAT-A-ROAD that way, that direction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIRECTLY - adverbs
• ABOUT EAST directly, completely, properly, regularly ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BELIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BILIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BLIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BY BIRD by the most direct route, as the crow flies ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BY THE BIRD by the most direct route, as the crow flies ...1982 Amer. dial.
• DRECKLY directly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DRECKLY MINUTE directly; instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GATELINGS † directly ...1768 Sc.
• GATEWARDS † by the direct road, directly ...1630-56
• ON THE BUTTON directly; exactly ...1903 Amer. colloq.
• RECKLEYS directly, instantly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RECKLINS directly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• RIGHT AWAY directly ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT OFF directly ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SUDDENLY † without delay, forthwith, promptly, immediately, directly, at once ...c1330
• THE-RECKLIES corruption of directly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• THERECKLY corruption of directly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † quickly, without delay, immediately, directly, soon ...c1320
DIRECTOR - nouns, person
• EARL † a director, a superintendent ...1483
• MANUDUCENT †* a guide, a director ...1615
• MANUDUCTOR † a guide, a director ...1657
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• ORDAINER † one who puts or keeps in order; a manager, a director, a ruler ...c1290
DIRT - adjectives
• CAGGED caked, ingrained, as with dirt ...1895 Eng. dial.
DIRT, DIRTINESS - nouns
• BAGGAGE † rubbish, refuse, dirt ...1549
• BATTER soft, moist dirt; filth ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAWD sticky dirt, as black cart-grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAWDINESS † dirtiness; dirt, filth ...1552
• BAWDRY † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
• BINKER a heap of stones or dirt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLISH-BLASH sloppy dirt ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLUITER. mud; any dirty stuff ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABBER a ring of dirt around the neck ...20C Irish sl.
• CACK rubbish, dirt, filth ...1990s sl.
• CRUD dirt; dirty material; filth ...1948 sl., orig. US
• DUMMOCK a small heap of soil or dirt ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK dirt, filthiness, laziness ...19C Eng. dial.
• GACH dirt or filth ...1851 Eng. dial.
• GOM state of uncleanness from dirt, oil, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck ...1932 Amer. sl.
• GRONK dirt which collects between the toes; also, any dirt ...M20 US sl.
• GROT dirt, dirty material, filth ...1971 Brit. sl.
• GUNK an unidentified and unpleasant substance; any nasty, messy stuff, dirt, slime; any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, etc. ...1932 US sl.
• HACK filth, dirt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KAARM a mass of dirt ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEECH dirt ...Bk1901 Sc.
• MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. ...13C
• MUNG dirt, muck; anything filthy or distasteful ...L1970s teenagers' & students' usage
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
• NAST dirt, filth, foulness ...1789 Eng. dial.
• ORDURE filth, dirt ...a1300 arch.
• PRUT dirt, as the sweepings from a floor, deck, or the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
• SCRIOG a hard crust of dirt ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER the dung of a dog or fox; hence, filth, dirt ...1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUNGE dirt, dirty material, filth ...1975 sl.
• SHMUTZ dirt, filth ...1968 sl., chiefly US
• SKANK filth, dirtiness, malevolence ...1980s US sl.
• SKIT * dirt, trash ...c1330
• VAEDIK a splash or streak of dirt on the face; dirty marks left by a cursory wash ...1908 Sc.
• VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish ...1891 Sc.
DIRT - verbs
• BARK of dirt: to clot, to harden, to encrust, to adhere ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARKEN of blood or dirt: to clot, to become hardened, or encrusted ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARKLE of dirt: to cake, to encrust, to adhere ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BELUTE to cover with mud or dirt ...1760
• BEMOIL † to encumber with dirt and mire; to bemire ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BESPATTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESPOTTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAB to clog with dirt; to soil by handling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ETTER of dirt: to eat into, to become engrained into the skin ...1874 Eng. dial.
DIRT - phrases
• GIVE IT AN IRISH WASH turn the table-cloth or a garment, etc. around so the dust or dirt doesn't show ...1966 Amer. dial.
DIRTIED - adjectives
• DEET dirtied, soiled ...1740 Eng. dial.
• DEETED dirtied, soiled ...1864 Eng. dial.
• DIRTEN befouled, dirtied ...1721 Sc.
• DIRTEN-IN befouled, dirtied ...1721 Sc.
• LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud ...1849 Eng. dial.
DIRTILY - adverbs
• DIRTENLY in a dirty manner ...1721 Sc.
• MAWKINLY dirtily ...1740 Eng. dial.
DIRTY - adjectives
• ALL MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL OVER DIRT dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAISTLY dirty; like a beast ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BAWDY † soiled, dirty, filthy ...1377
• BAWTRY dirty, dauby ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BEASTLY dirty, soiled ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BECLAMED smeared over with dirt or grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDEET dirtied, covered with dirt ...1845 Eng. dial.
• BEDRITTEN befouled or soiled with ordure; dirty ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEMUCKED † soiled, made dirty ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BLACKLIE ill-coloured; dirty; badly washed ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUTTER dirty, unclean ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BUMMY dirty and ragged; dishevelled ...1990s US Black sl.
• CABAGGED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABAGGLED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABBLED dirty, soiled by handling ...19C Eng. dial.
• CABBY sticky, adhesive, dirty, muddy; used also of weather ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CACKY covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous ...19C sl.
• CHEESY dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUDDY dirty, filthy ...1877 sl.
• CRUMBY dirty; filthy; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUMMY dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUSTY dirty, mean, contemptible ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CUCKY of children and animals: dirty ...15C
• DAGGED † clogged with dirt ...1484
• DAGGLED wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant ...1967 Aust. sl.
• DAUBING wet, dirty ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBY sticky, clammy, dirty, untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DICHTY dirty, foul ...1887 Sc.
• DINGY dirty, soiled ...M18 Eng. dial.
• DIRTY AS THUMP O' DOLLY very dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• DOOKIE dirty ...1920s sl.
• DOOKY dirty ...1920s sl.
• GAGGLED daggled, wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAITED marked with dirt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOMMED UP dirty ...1982 US sl.
• GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking ...1964 Amer. sl.
• GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• GRUBBED UP dirtied; dirty ...1961 Amer. dial.
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGED-OUT filthy, dirty, messy; unappetizing, unappealing ...1986 US sl.
• GRUNGEY dirty, messy, unappetizing, unappealing ...1960s sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, filthy, messy, unappetizing, unappealing ...1965 sl.
• HASKY coarse, dirty, slovenly ...1808 Sc.
• HUNDRED TO THIRTY dirty ...1974 UK rhyming sl.
• IN A RARE PASS in a mess; dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KAKKER in nursery language: dirty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEECHIE dirty ...Bk1901 Sc.
• KUCKY of children and animals: dirty ...15C
• LAGGERY miry, dirty ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MAGGOTISH dirty, disgusting ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOTTY dirty, disgusting ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOTY dirty, disgusting ...20C Irish sl.
• MANGY contemptible; dirty ...1896
• MANKEY dirty, filthy ...1971 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MANKY dirty, filthy ...1971 Brit. sl.
• MAWKINLY slovenly, dirty ...1857 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY dirty; white and sickly-looking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIDDENED UP covered or smothered with dirt or rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONGIE dirty; evil-smelling; nasty ...1970s Eng. sl.
• MUCKED UP dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUCKY dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTIED UP dirty ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-ASS of a place: dirty, disgusting ...1960s US sl.
• OCKY dirty, nasty: generally used of or by children ...B1900 Ireland
• OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OHRISH wet, dirty, muddy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OOZLIE slovenly, untidy, unkempt, dirty ...1824 Sc.
• PAIXY untidy; dirty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PASHY wet, dirty, rainy ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PUGGY damp and sticky from perspiration; clammy, sweaty, dirty, grimy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RANCHY dirty, disgusting, indecent ...E19 US sl.
• RAUNCHY 1. dirty, sloppy, and bad-smelling ...M20 US sl.
2. dilapidated, old, worn out, used up; cheap, inferior; ugly, dirty; gaudy; corny ...c1950 US teen usage
• REECHY smoky, begrimed with smoke; also, dirty, unwashed ...1854 Eng. dial.
• REEVED of linen (clothes or sheets originally made of linen): streaked with dirt ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUSTY-FUSTY-DUSTY excessively dirty; begrimed with dust and filth ...1630
• SAUCY dirty, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBY dirty, shabby; worthless; mean, stingy; contemptible ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SCRIMY dirty, contemptible, mean ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGY dirty, filthy ...1949 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SCRUMPLED untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCUZZY dirty, filthy ...1969 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SHANK-ASS dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SKANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1975 sl., orig. US Black Cassells
• SHITTY dirty with excrement ...1935 sl.
• SKID unattractive, dirty, dishevelled ...1990s sl.
• SLACKER THAN DISHWATER untidy, dirty, slovenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOPPED UP dirty; soiled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLUTTISH dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...LME
• SLUTTY dirty, slovenly ...LME
• SOUDLY † soiled, dirty ...c1470 Sc.
• STERQUILINIOUS †* pertaining to a dunghill; hence, dirty, mean, paltry ...c1645
• SUDDLY † soiled, dirty ...c1470 Sc.
• SUDLY † soiled, dirty ...c1470 Sc.
• UDDER-MUCKING untidy, slovenly, dirty, muddling ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WALY-DRAIGLING weak and worthless; dirty ...1856 Sc.
• YAUGH † dirty, nasty, filthy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DIRTY - nouns
• AGGLE a mess; a confused or dirty state ...1902 Sc.
• ATTERIL a shapeless, dirty, or entangled mass; a complete wreck ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ATTRIL a shapeless, dirty, or entangled mass; a complete wreck ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BLAD a dirty spot, a discoloration ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAB a sticky mass; anything dirty, wet, or clammy; a cold sweat ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAIR a dirty streak or stain on clothes ...1953 Sc.
• GRUNGE dirt; filth; rubbish; sticky, dirty unpleasant substances ...1960 sl.
• GRUNCH sticky, dirty, unpleasant substances ...1960s sl.
• GRUNGEHOLE a dirty room or place ...1980s US sl.
• GUNGE an unidentifiable or disgusting dirty, messy, or sticky substance; general filth ...1965 colloq.
• GUNK any unpleasant, dirty, sticky material ...colloq.
• LAG a dirty mess or smear or coating of mud on the bottom of a dress, etc. ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MARTYR a spoilt or dirty condition or appearance; a mess; anything that causes such a condition ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MESSMENT a mess; a confused, disorderly, or dirty condition; a muddle, a confusion; anything unpalatable ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PIGSTY a dirty or untidy place ...1820 sl.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a very dirty, filthy, untidy room ...c1880 colloq.
• SAVOURY RISSOLE anywhere dirty or unpleasant ...20C rhyming sl. for 'pisshole'
• STATE a dirty, ill-kempt, or poorly preserved condition ...1879 UK sl.
• VARG messiness, dirty or disgusting work or conditions ...1908 Sc.
DIRTY - nouns, person
• ASH-CAT a dirty or dishevelled person, esp. a child; hence, a general insult irrespective of age...1854 Amer. sl.
• ASH-CAT-SAM a dirty or dishevelled person, esp. a child ...1910 Amer. dial.
• ASHIEPATTLE a dirty child that lounges about the hearth; also applied to animals ...1892 Sc.
• ASHIEPELT a dirty child that lounges about the hearth; also applied to animals ...1892 Ireland
• ASHYPET a dirty, lazy child or animal that lounges about the hearth ...Bk1898 Ireland
• ASSIPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASSYPET an idle or slatternly woman; a dirty little creature ...1870 Sc. & Ireland
• ASSYPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BAIGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BEAGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BLUTTER a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Sc.
• CALLET a prostitute, a trull; a drab, dirty woman ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
• DABBY-NOINTER a dirty person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• DALLACKS a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWGOS † a dirty, slatternly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DAWPS a slattern; a dirty, untidy woman ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DISH-CLOUT a dirty slattern ...L18 sl.
• DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut ...1581
• FEAGUE a dirty, sluttish, idle person ...1664 Eng. dial.
• FEAK a dirty, sluttish, idle person ...1664 Eng. dial.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIN-BOTTLE a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death ...1909 sl.
• GRUB a dirty and slovenly person, generally elderly ...c1890 colloq.
• GRUNGE a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person ...1960s sl., orig US
• HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAG a violent, ill-tempered woman; a scold; an ugly, dirty woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JACK A LENT a dirty, slovenly person ...1886 Eng. dial.
• JACK-NASTY-FACE a dirty fellow ...1823 sl.
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300.
• LADRONE a sloven, a dirty fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• MALLY-MOP a dirty wench ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAULMAS a fat woman in dirty finery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSEL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSIL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MEFF a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MEFFER a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MIDDEN a term of contempt for a woman; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife ...1845 Sc.
• MUCK-SUCKLE a filthy, dirty, slatternly, or very untidy woman ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• MUCKY PUP a dirty or untidy child; a term of disapproval ...1984 Brit. sl.
• PIG any dirty or slovenly person ...20C US colloq.
• PUG-NASTY a dirty slut ...L17 coll.
• QUEAN a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUEEN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
• QUEER MORT a woman suffering from venereal disease; a dirty drab; a jilting wench ...M17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAGAMUFF †* a ragged, dirty, disreputable man or boy ...1591
• RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RUBBACROCK a dirty, filthy slattern, that is as black as if she were continually rubbing herself against a boiler or kettle ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SALOP a dirty, grubby person, esp. a woman or child ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SCARNY-HOUGHS a dirty drab ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLYOG † a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person ...1882 Sc.
• SCODGE a dirty little person ...1923 Sc.
• SINGED CAT a dirty or dishevelled person, esp. a child ...1836 Amer. dial.
• SKAMP an unattractive, dirty, and promiscuous woman ...2000s US Black sl.
• SKANKY BOX an unpleasant, dirty (physically and ethically) woman ...1980s US sl.
• SKID one who likes to go out at night; an ill-dressed, dirty, dishevelled person ...1990s sl.
• SLAMMERKIN a dirty, slovenly female; a slattern, a slut ...1785 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness - a fat person ...1861 sl.
• SLOTTERBUG † a dirty or filthy person ...c1440
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
• SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUSH a slovenly or dirty person ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SQUAWP a dirty or peevish child ...B1900
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAINT a very dirty slattern or slut...19C Brit.
• TARGLE a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARLACK a dirty female tatterdemalion ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TARLOCH a dirty female tatterdemalion ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TUG a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• WARB a dirty, unkempt person ...1930s Aust. sl.
• WEAN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG GRUB a dirty little child ...1888 Amer. sl.
DIRTY - verbs
• BAISLE to make dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUD † to befoul or dirty ...c1529
• BAWD † to befoul or dirty, to soil ...c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BAWDY † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
• BECLART to be dirty ...c1230 Eng. dial.
• BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
• BEDEET to dirty or foul ...1845 Eng. dial.
• BEDIZEN to dirty, to cover with dirt ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BEDRABBLE to make wet and dirty with rain and mud ...c1440
• BEDRITE to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty ...1721 Sc.
• BEFILE † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
• BEMOIL of persons: to be made dirty by work, to be daubed with mud ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENASTY to soil, to make dirty; to befoul; to degrade ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BERAY † to disfigure, to dirty, to defile, to befoul with dirt, filth, ordure ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BESMUT to dirty, to begrime ...1656
• BESPATTLE † to bespatter with anything dirty ...1546
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• CAGGLE to draggle, to dirty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CLART to make dirty or to smear with any sticky substance ...13C
• DAG † to clog with dirt; to bemire, to bedraggle ...1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DERSE to defile, to dirty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT to dirty, to soil, used ironically ...1740 Eng. dial.
• DINGE to soil or dirty ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRT to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement ...c1860 Eng. dial.
• FLOBBER †* to dirty, soil ...1377
• FUSSOCK to be dirty or lazy ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAIR † to streak, to become streaked or dirty; of animal's coat or cloth: to be striped ...1810 Sc.
• GOM to dirty ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRUB-SHITE to befoul; hence, to make very dirty ...c1780 sl.
• GUNGE UP to make filthy; to clog with dirty viscous material ...1976 Brit. sl.
• HAMPER to infest with vermin; to choke with dirt ...1883 Eng. dial.
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• JAVEL to bemire, to dirty, to befoul ...B1900
• KAGGLE to draggle, to dirty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOOK LIKE THE OLD SCRATCH to look dishevelled and dirty ...1915 Amer. dial.
• MAMMOCK to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MARTYR to bedaub, to bespatter, to dirty ...1864 Sc.
• MAWKS to mess, to dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to mess, to make dirty ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• NASTY † to soil or make dirty or nasty ...1728 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAIR to dirty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUG to dirty by excessive handling ...L19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SLURRY † to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLUT to make dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...E17
• TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty ...1880 Eng. dial.