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EXCLAMATION MARK - EXPERIMENTAL
EXCLAMATION MARK - nouns (also see PUNCTUATION)
• NOTE OF ADMIRATION an exclamation point (!) ...1611
• WOW an exclamation mark (!) ...1983 US sl.
EXCLUDE - verbs
• ABJECTATE † to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject ...c1475
• ACE OUT to exclude someone ...1964 US sl.
• BACK-DOOR to bypass something; to exclude something ...1993 Can. sl.
• BESHUT † to shut out, to exclude ...c1330
• DEAL SOMEONE OUT to exclude in an undertaking, often a criminal one, to not give someone a share ...1940s sl., orig. US
• IMMURE † to shut off, to exclude, to seclude from ...1616
• SACK to ostracize; to exclude from a group ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
EXCLUDED - nouns
• NON SPEAKS a state of having been excluded from society ...1977 UK sl.
EXCLUSIVE - nouns
• EXCLUSIVITY something exclusive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
EXCLUSIVE - nouns, person
• WHITE BRAHMINS ‘excessively exclusive persons’ ...c1880 among Europeans in India
EXCREMENT - adjectives
• BEDIRTIN soiled with excrement ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDRITTEN soiled with excrement ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACKY covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous ...19C sl.
• FAECICAL † faecal ...1594
• FECULENT of the nature of faeces or dregs; abounding with sediment or impurities; laden or polluted with filth; foul, fetid ...1471
• ORDURED † defiled with ordure, polluted ...c1595
• SCARNY dungy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHITTY dirty with excrement ...1935 sl.
EXCREMENT - nouns
• ADMIRAL BROWNING human excrement ...20C sl., orig. nautical
• ALI OOP excrement ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'poop'
• ALLEZ OOP poop, excrement ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BAKKIE human excrement ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BARKER'S EGG dog excrement, esp. when very old ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
• BARKER'S NEST a pile of dog excrement ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
• BONDI CIGAR in Sydney: a piece of excrement floating in the surf ...1996 Aust. sl.
• BOWELS faeces ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BULL-PUCKY bull dung ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUM CRUMB a small lump of excrement that clings to the anal hair ...2003 UK sl.
• CACA excrement; faeces, dung...L19 sl.
• CACATION excretion
• CACK excrement; faeces, dung ...E15 sl.
• CACKEY human excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CACKIE human excrement ...L19 sl.
• CACKY human excrement ...1899 sl.
• CAG-MIRE human dung ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAK excrement ...1972 Aust. sl.
• CAKKA-MANAH human dung ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING CARD excrement ...1980s Irish euphemism
• CAPOOP dung ...20C Amer. dial.
• CHUFF-NUTS fecal matter clinging to anal or pubic hairs ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• CLART faeces ...20C Amer. dial.
• CLINKER fecal or seminal matter adhering to the anal or pubic hairs ...19C Brit. sl.
• CLINKERBALLS balls of dried dung in sheep's wool ...19C Eng. dial.
• COCKEY human excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CRAP excrement ...1889 sl.
• CUCK excrement ...E15
• DACHSHUND a large piece of excrement ...20C Brit. sl.
• DAFF excrement ...1961 Irish sl.
• DAFFY excrement ...1950s Irish sl.
• DAGS pieces of excrement adhering to the anus ...L19 Aust. sl.
• DANGLEBERRIES pieces of dried faecal matter clinging to the hairs surrounding the anus ...1984 sl.
• DANNA human or other excrement ...L18 sl.
• DARKEY excrement; a stool; a turd ...20C Aust. sl.
• DARKIE a piece of excrement ...1972 Aust. sl.
• DARKY excrement; a stool; a turd ...20C Aust. sl.
• DARN excrement ...1866 Sc.
• DEAD SOLDIER a formed lump of excrement ...20C sl.
• DEPOSIT an act of defecation; dung; faeces ...20C US sl.
• DILBERRIES excreta that cling to anal or pubic hair ...1811 UK sl.
• DILLBERRIES excreta that cling to anal or pubic hair ...1811 UK sl.
• DINGBAT the small lumps of excrement clinging to wool on the hindquarters of sheep ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBERRIES excrement on cattle and sheep ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBERRY a glob of dried faeces accumulated on anal hairs ...1938 sl., orig. US
• DIRT excrement; no applied mainly to animal excrement ...a1300 euphemism, orig. a standard term
• DO excrement ...1972 chiefly a children's word or euphemism
• DO-DO feces ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOG DO dog faeces ...1979 US sl.
• DOG DOODY dog excrement ...2001 US euphemism
• DOINGS excrement ...1967 Brit. euphemism
• DOO excrement ...1972 chiefly a children's word or euphemism
• DOO-DOO feces ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOOKY excrement ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EARTHA excrement ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Eartha Kitt)
• EARTHA KITT excrement ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EASINGS the dropped dung of animals on the pasture ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EGESTION excrement ...1607
• FAECALITY † faecal matter ...1653
• FARTLEBERRIES excrement hanging about the anus ...1785 sl.
• FART-O-BERRIES small pieces of faeces clinging to anal hairs ...1785 UK sl.
• FECALITY † faecal matter ...1653
• FECULENCE faeces ...1733
• FLYING PASTY human dung wrapped in paper and thrown about as an act of vandalism ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FRESH dung, recently excreted dung, esp. cattle or dog dung ...20C US euphemism
• GAME OF NAP an act of defecation; excrement ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• GINGER MARKS excrement stains on underpants and knickers ...Brit. sl.
• GIPSY'S GINGER a pile of human excrement found out of doors ...20C sl.
• GRUNT excrement ...1947 US sl.
• GYPSY'S GINGER a pile of human excrement found out of doors ...20C sl.
• HINDER-FALLINGS † excrements ...1530
• HOCKEY excrement, both human and animal ...19C sl.
• HOCKIE excrement, both human and animal ...19C sl.
• HOCKY excrement, both human and animal ...19C sl.
• HOOEY excrement ...1980s US sl.
• HORSE APPLE a ball of horse dung ...1929-31 US sl.
• IT-SHAY dung ...20C US Pig Latin for 'shit'
• JAKES human excrement; filth ...1847 Eng. dial.
• JANK excrement; human excrement ...19C Brit. sl.
• KACK excrement ...1972 Aust. sl.
• KACKY human excrement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• KADES sheep dung ....Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAKA excrement ...1952 US sl.
• KAKKER-BOOSAH prematurely voided excrement ...19C sl.
• KEECH excrement ...1970s sl.
• KEEK excrement ...1970s sl.
• LEMON a piece of excrement ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd' (Lemon Curd)
• LEMON CURD a piece of excrement ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• LESSES † the dung of a 'ravenous' animal, as a wild boar, wolf, or bear ...a1400 hunting usage
• LOG a turd ...1973 US sl.
• MACA excrement ...1974 UK sl. rhyming sl. (reduced form of 'macaroni')
• MACARONI excrement ...1974 UK sl. rhyming sl. for 'pony' (reduced form of 'pony and trap' for crap, excrement)
• MAN-TRAP a piece of excrement ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• MARDO dung, manure ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MEADOW MUFFIN a lump of manure; a cow pie ...1976 Amer. dial.
• MESS excrement; chiefly applied to animal excrement ...1903 euphemism
• MOCKINGBIRD a piece of excrement ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. ...13C
• MUD excrement ...1993 Aust. sl.
• MUD BABY faeces ...2003 US sl.
• MUFFIN-BAKER excrement long retained ...1859 Cockney rhyming sl. for 'quaker'
• MUFFIN-PUNCHER excrement long retained ...1909 Cockney sl.
• MY WORD dung ...20C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• NEST a mass of dung ...L17 Brit. sl.
• NUGGET a hard knob of faeces ...Aust. sl.
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS the dry droppings of animals ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORTS the dry droppings of animals ...1873 Eng. dial.
• OFFICE † the function or action of discharging excrement, etc.; excretion ...c1386
• OILY SOIL human excrement ...2000s sl.
• OLD GOLD human excrement ...L18 sl.
• OWL SHIT excrement ...1862 Amer. sl.
• PARTLES the globular droppings of sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASTY a cow-pie; a dropping of cow dung ...1972 Amer. dial.
• PILGRIM'S SALVE human excrement ...17C Brit. sl.
• PILL a pellet of animal dung ...1938 Amer. dial.
• POO excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOH excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOH-POOH excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOP excrement ...1948 sl.
• POOPIE excrement ...1955 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POO-POO excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOPY excrement ...1955 sl., chiefly a children's word
• QUAKER a hard, and possibly lengthy, piece of excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRD a lump of excrement ...1866 Sc.
• QURD a lump of excrement ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICHARD a piece of excrement; thus, an unpleasant person ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'turd' (Richard the Third)
• RICHARD THE THIRD a piece of excrement; thus, an unpleasant person ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• ROAD APPLES horse droppings ...1942 N. Amer. euphemism
• SCARN dung, esp. cow dung ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCHARN excrement ...1910s sl.
• SCHISM a frivolous excuse; roundabout reasoning; a nice distinction; an unnecessary apology; a foolish fancy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTER TRACKS faecal stains in underwear ...1989 US sl.
• SCUMBER † the dung of a dog or fox; hence, filth, dirt ...1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUMMER excrement ...17C
• SHEEP-DUMPLING a pellet of sheep dung ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP MARBLES sheep manure ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SHIT excrement ...a1585 sl.
• SHITE excrement ...a1585 sl.
• SIEGE † excrement, ordure ...1515
• SIR-REVERENCE † human excrement; a piece or lump of this ...1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKAT a formed mass of faeces ...20C US
• SKIDDIES faecal marks in underwear ...1999 UK sl.
• SKID MARK a faecal stain on a toilet bowl or underwear ...1971 Aust. sl.
• TAGNUTS small pieces of excrement adhering to the anal hairs ...1990s sl.
• TANTADLIN † a lump of excrement; a turd ...1654
• TANTADLIN TART † a lump of excrement; a turd ...1785
• TANTOBLIN † a lump of excrement; a turd ...1654
• TANTOBLIN TART a piece of excrement ...M17
• TATA † excrement; filth ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TAUNTY human excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEEDEE a lump of excrement ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THOST † dung ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TOM-TIT dung ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• TROTTLE † a small round pellet of sheep's or goat's dung; generally used in the plural ...1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TURD a piece of excrement ...c1000 sl.
• UCK-SHE-BAH human excrement ...B1900 Eng. dial.
EXCREMENT - nouns, person
• SANNO someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SANNO MAN someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SANO someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SANO MAN someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SHIT-SHARK a night-soil collector ...M19 sl.
• SHIT-SHOD one who has trodden in excrement ...L19 sl.
• SHIT-SHOE one who has trodden in excrement ...L19 sl.
• TOM TURDMAN the man who hauls away excrement; a cleaner of privies ...L18 Brit. sl.
• TURDMAN the man who hauls away excrement; a cleaner of privies ...L18 Brit. sl.
EXCREMENT - verbs (also see DEFECATE)
• BECACK † to deposit ordure on ...1598
• BEDO † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
• BEDRITE to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty ...1721 Sc.
• BERAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BESHIT to deposit ordure on ...a1000
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BOG to exonerate the bowels; also, to defile with excrement ...colloq.
• CACK † to void excrement; to defecate...1436 obs. or Eng. dial.
• CACKEY to void excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CACKIE to void excrement ...L19 sl.
• CACKY to void excrement ...1886 Amer. sl.
• COCKEY to void excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DIRT to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement ...c1860 Eng. dial.
• DRITE † to void or drop excrement ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• EXCREMENTIZE †* to ease oneself, to void excrement ...c1670
• HOCKEY to excrete ...19C sl.
• HOCKIE to excrete ...19C sl.
• HOCKY to excrete ...19C sl.
• KACKY to void excrement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• RAY to defile, to soil; to pollute with dung ...1828 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † to void ordure; also, to produce something foul; to foul with dirty liquid; to daub with soft dirt ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
EXCRETE - verbs
• VENT † of persons, animals, or their organs: to cast out, expel, or discharge, esp. by natural evacuation; to evacuate urine, etc.; to excrete ...1607
EXCRETION - nouns
• SINK(S) OF THE BODY, THE † the organs of digestion and excretion ...1607
EXCURSION - nouns
• CAMPAIGN an expedition or excursion into the country; a summer's trip or sojourn ...1748
• JAUNT an excursion, trip, or journey, esp. one taken for pleasure ...1678
• OFF an outing, an excursion, a day off ...1892 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GATE an excursion from home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASEAR a walk or stroll; often used figuratively to describe something more substantial, as a trek across mountains; an excursion, a trip ...M19 US sl.
• RAID an outing, a jaunt, an excursion, esp. one about which a fuss has been made ...1823 Sc.
• RAKE a journey, excursion, esp. a journey to and fro to fetch anything ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RUNAROUND a short trip, an excursion ...1950s orig. US
• SASHAY a walk; an excursion ...1900 Amer. dial.
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
EXCURSION - verbs
• JAUNT to make a short journey, trip, or excursion; to take a jaunt for pleasure ...1647
EXCUSABLE - adjectives
• VENIABLE †* venial, excusable, pardonable ...1646
• VENIAL of an error or fault: that may be excused or overlooked; of a light, unimportant, or trivial nature; excusable ...1581
EXCUSABLE - nouns
• VENIALITY † the quality of being excusable ...1628
EXCUSABLY - adverbs
• VENIABLY † excusably ...1646
• VENIALLY pardonably, excusably ...a1340
EXCUSE - adjectives
• ATWIXT AND ATWEEN shuffling, full of excuses ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DOWF † of an excuse: unconvincing, feeble ...L18
EXCUSE - nouns
• ALIBI a weak excuse ...1899 US sl.
• AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BACKSET an excuse, a colourable pretext ...1862 Eng. dial.
• BLUFF an excuse, a pretense; talk intended to mystify or deceive ...M19
• CAKEY BAR an excuse; a 'tale' ...sl.
• ESSOIN an excuse or exemption
• FAIRY STORY a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY TALE a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; an unbelievable lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FALDERAL an idle fancy; conceit, nonsense; a trifling excuse; a falsehood ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FALDERUMDAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse ...1866 Sc.
• FIMBLE-FAMBLE a poor excuse or an unsatisfactory answer ...19C sl.
• HAIR TO MAKE A TETHER OF, A a slight pretext of which to make a great deal; a fuss about nothing, a trifle used as an excuse ...1727
• IFING-AND-BUTTINGS invalid excuses; hesitation combined with unwillingness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LAME TALE an excuse; a false story; a misrepresentation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAKE-SHIFT an excuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDGE-GO-MORRAH hesitation, doubt, excuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING HEADACHE an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OFFCOME a way of 'getting off'; an excuse ...a1700 Sc.
• OFF-PUT an excuse, an evasion, a pretext, a reason for delay ...1730 Sc.
• OFF-SET an excuse, pretense ...1768 Sc.
• OFF-TIME JIVE a weak excuse ...1930s US Black sl.
• ONE an excuse ...1950s sl.
• SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY a short walk; also, ironically, an excuse for not stirring ...B1900
• SALVE † a solution of a difficulty; also, a sophistical excuse or evasion ...a1628
• SALVO † a solution, explanation of a difficulty; an answer to an objection; an excuse or evasion ...1659
• SAUNTER a foolish scruple, an excuse, a shilly-shally ...1837 Sc.
• SCONCE a pretext; an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1940s US sl.
EXCUSE - nouns, person
• CAFFLER a shuffler, an excuse maker ...1892 Eng. dial.
EXCUSE - verbs
• ALIBI to excuse oneself speciously; usually with 'out' or 'away' ...1917 Amer. dial.
• COVER ONESELF WITH A WET SACK † to make vain excuses ...a1651
• FAIK to excuse, to let go with impunity ...1789 Sc.
• FALDERAL to make trifling excuses; to behave in a giddy, pedantic manner ...1866 Sc.
• FIND FISH ON ONE'S FINGERS to find and/or allege an excuse ...L16 colloq.
• LET SOMEONE OFF THE HOOK to excuse someone from punishment ...1960s sl.
• PLEAD THE BABY ACT to attempt to excuse excessive or feigned ignorance or stupidity on the ground of inexperience; to enter a plea that one is not legally responsible by reason of youth or inexperience ...1868 Amer.
EXCUSE - phrases
• BLONDE BOUND held up by a woman; an excuse for being late on the job ...1958 Amer. logging usage
• EXCUSES ARE LIKE ASSHOLES, EVERYONE HAS ONE AND THEY ALL STINK said of a poor excuse ...1985 Amer. sl.
• PARDON MY FRENCH a phrase signifying 'please excuse my use of swear words or taboo words' ...20C Brit. & US colloq.
EXCUSED - adjectives
• VENIAL easily excused or forgiven ...13C
EXCUSING - adjectives
• CAFFLING prevaricating, excusing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
EXECUTE - verbs
• BAKE to execute in the electric chair ...1950s US prison sl.
• BURN 1. to die by electrocution in the electric chair ...Bk1990 Amer. criminal sl.
2. to execute someone in the electric chair ...Bk1990 Amer. criminal sl.
• CLIP to murder, to execute ...US sl.
• GAROTTE to execute by means of the garrotte (the apparatus for inflicting Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation) ...1851
• GARROTTE to execute by means of the garrotte ...1851
• GAUNCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
• TAKE OFF to execute ...M19 US Black & criminals' sl.
EXECUTED - verbs
• TAKE THE ELECTRIC CURE to be executed in the electric chair ...1920s US prison & criminals' sl.
EXECUTION - nouns
• BEHEADAL beheading, execution by decapitation ...1859
• CARNIFICINE †* the place of execution, the office of hangman ...1656
• GANCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GAROTTING execution by means of the Spanish garrotte ...1890
• GARROTTING execution by means of the Spanish garrotte ...1890
• GAUNCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• HEAD-HILL † the hill of execution, the spot where criminals were beheaded ...1685 Sc.
• NEEDLE a lethal injection, as used in legal executions ...1990s US prison sl.
• SALT CREEK execution in the electric chair ...1910s US criminals' sl.
• SUFFERING † the act of suffering death; execution, martyrdom ...1651
• TOILET preparation for execution ...1885
• WALM † killing, execution ...c1205
EXECUTION - verbs
• GANCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
EXECUTIONER - adjectives
• CARNIFICIAL belonging to an executioner, or to a butchery; butcherly ...1632
• CARNIFICINE †* of the executioner; butcherly ...1681
EXECUTIONER - nouns
• VERDUGOSHIP † the personality of an executioner ...1610
EXECUTIONER - nouns, person
• BASARE † an executioner ...c1375
• BASER † an executioner ...c1375
• BOURRIAU an executioner ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOURRIER n. an executioner ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARNIFEX † an executioner ...1561
• DEATHSMAN a man who puts another to death; an executioner ...1589 arch.
• HALS-MAN † an executioner; a headsman ...a1659
• HEADER † one who beheads; a headsman, an executioner ...1432-50
• HEADMAN †* a headsman, an executioner ...1673
• HEADSMAN one who beheads; an executioner ...1601
• JACK KETCH the common executioner or hangman ...1673
• JACK KITCH a hangman or executioner ...1676 sl.
• MANQUELLER † an executioner ...c1300 obs. exc. arch.
• MANSLAYER †* an executioner ...c1380
• MAN'S QUELLER † an executioner ...c1450
• NECK-CUTTER an executioner ...1883 Sc.
• OFFICER † a jailer; an executioner ...a1600
• SCOURGING-HYRE † an executioner ...1861 Sc.
• VERDUGO †* a hangman or executioner; also, a term of abuse ...a1616
EXECUTIVE - nouns, person
• TOPSIDER a top-ranking executive ...1960s US sl.
EXEMPLAR - nouns
• PARADIGM a pattern, exemplar, example ...1483
EXEMPLARY - adjectives
• PARADIGMATIC serving as a pattern; exemplary ...1793
• PARADIGMATICAL † serving as a pattern; exemplary ...1577
EXEMPLARY - nouns, person
• MAN, THE an exemplary person ...1990s sl.
EXEMPLIFY - verbs
• PARAGON † to serve as a paragon or model of; to typify, to exemplify ...1617
• PARAGONIZE † to serve as a model of; to typify, to exemplify ...1586
EXEMPT - adjectives
• IMMUNE † free from liability; exempt ...c1420
EXERCISE - adjectives
• HANAHANA heated, as with exercise ...1967 Hawaii
EXERCISE - nouns
• ACTIVITY † physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics ...1552
• DAILY DOZEN a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks ...1919 sl.
• DEAD MAN'S PULL-UPS an exercise in which a person hangs with their arms extended from a bar, lifts their chin over the bar, and then lowers themself to the full arm-extended position ...1996 sl.
• DEAMBULATORY a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1430
• DEAMBULATOUR † a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1513 Sc.
• ECCER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• ECCKER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• ECKER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• EKKER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• MONKEY MOTIONS physical exercises ...Amer. World War I sl.
• WORKOUT a session of strenuous physical exercises, practice of athletic efforts, etc. ...1909 Amer. sl.
EXERCISE - nouns, person
• GYM RAT an athlete; a sports enthusiast; a person who frequents gymnasiums; an exercise fanatic; anyone fanatically pursuing a course of activity, a career, etc. ...1978 Amer. sl.
EXERCISE - verbs
• CLEAN OUT THE RUST to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KICK THE FROST OUT to exercise; to limber up ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PREP to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHARPEN UP to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRETCH THE LEGS to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A STRETCH to exercise; usually to exercise a horse ...L19 Aust. sl.
• TAKE THE DOGS FOR A WALK to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WAAS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• WASS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• WHIP INTO TRIM to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WORK OUT to do strenuous exercises; to have a hard session of physical conditioning ...1909 Amer. sl.
EXERT - verbs
• ABRAID † to exert oneself ...1530
• BAISSLE to rush about in a busied or hurried manner; to busy or exert oneself ...1923 Sc.
• BELABOUR † to labour at, to work at; to exert one's strength or ability upon ...1604
• BESTIR ONE'S STUMPS † to move one's limbs actively, to exert oneself ...1549
• BREAK ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1966 US sl.
• BUST ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1944 US sl.
• CRACK ONE'S BUTT to strain oneself; to exert oneself to the limit ...1938 Amer. sl.
• DO ONE'S ENDEAVOR BEST to exert oneself to the utmost ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DO ONE'S ENDEAVORS to exert oneself to the utmost ...1841 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS BACK to exert oneself to the limit ...1891 Amer. sl.
• GREASE to exert or overtax oneself ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HANDLE to hurry, to exert oneself ...B1900 N. Ireland
• HEAVE TO to hurry, to exert oneself energetically, to start working very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight ...a1000
• LAY IN to exert oneself, to work hard ...1929 Amer. dial.
• LAY ONE'S EARS BACK to exert oneself to the limit ...1883 Amer. sl.
• NAIT †* to exert oneself ...a1400-50
• PUMP to exert yourself in a labour ...1992 US sl.
• PUT THE LICKS IN to exert oneself ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH GRAVEL to hurry; to work hard; to exert oneself ...1834 Amer. dial.
• TILL † to strive, to exert oneself, to labour, to work ...c897
• TIMMER UP to set about anything with energy, esp. any work requiring continued exertion ...1812 Sc.
• WAKE † to be active, alert, stirring, vigilant; also, to be diligent, to exert oneself to do something ...1352
EXERTION - nouns
• FAUCHT a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• FAUGHT † a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• HEAVE AND SHOVE † great exertion or effort ...1600
• HUSTLE effort, exertion, desire ...1898 US sl.
• NORWEGIAN STEAM brute physical exertion ...1944 US sl.
• SARKFUL OF SORE BONES, A the effect of fatigue or severe bodily exertion; a severe beating ...1815 Sc.
• TANT † the utmost exertion or effort ...c1920 Sc.
• TIFTER a struggle, hard endeavour; anything requiring muscular exertion or effort ...1899 Eng. dial.
EXERTION - verbs
• BROOFLE to be in a great hurry; to be overheated by exertion ...19C Sc.
• QUICKEN to stimulate; to urge to greater speed or exertion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
EXHAUST - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• BAKE to exhaust, to tire ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BEAT OUT to overpower completely; to exhaust ...Bk1888
• DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour ...1552
• DO IN to tire; to exhaust ...1917 sl.
• DO ONE'S DASH to reach one's limit; to exhaust one's energies; to lose one's opportunity, and suffer accordingly ...1910s Aust. sl.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FAG OUT to fatigue, to exhaust ...1930 Amer. sl.
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FINISH to tire, to exhaust; often followed by 'off' ...1816 sl.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust ...1790 Sc.
• JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAMPH to tire, to fatigue; to exhaust by toil ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KILL OUT ONESELF to exhaust oneself ...20C W. Indies
• KNACKER to tire, to exhaust ...1946 sl.
• KNOCK IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAGGLE to tire out, to exhaust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAISIN to fatigue, to weary, to exhaust ...a1850 Sc.
• PALL to exhaust physically, to wear out, to drain of energy ...1965 Sc.
• POOP to tire; to exhaust; often followed by 'out' ...1932 sl., orig. US
• RAMFEEZLE to exhaust oneself with work; to wear oneself out ...1885 Sc.
• RANDLE to knock up, to exhaust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SEW UP to tire, to exhaust ...1837 sl.
• SUCK DRY to exhaust ...1593
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to deprive of toughness, courage, or strength; to exhaust, to dispirit ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOIL OUT to tire out, to exhaust with toil ...1610 arch.
• TUCKER to tire, to exhaust ...c1840 US sl.
• UNBOWEL † to exhaust oneself; to expend one's strength or means ...1647
• VANQUISH to exhaust, to tire out ...1905 Sc.
EXHAUSTED - adjectives
• ALL IN exhausted ...B1912 Eng. sl.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S BOOT-STRAPS exhausted, very tired ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOELACES exhausted, very tired ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOESTRINGS exhausted, very tired ...1940 Amer. dial.
• ALL OUT exhausted, lacking energy ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER THE FLOOR tired, exhausted ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL SHOT exhausted, worn out ...L19 sl., orig. military
• ASS-WHIPPED physically exhausted ...1974 Amer. sl.
• AYLESBURY'ED exhausted ...1990s rhyming sl. (Aylesbury ducked - fucked)
• BAGGED fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BAKED exhausted, tired out ...c1800 Eng. sl.
• BAUCH weak, tired out, exhausted ...1819 Sc.
• BEAT OUT 1. tired, exhausted ...1746 Amer. dial.
2. mentally or nervously exhausted; at one's wits end ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BEAT-UP damaged; worn out; of unimpressive appearance; completely exhausted ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEAZLED tired out, exhausted ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BELLOWSED exhausted, out of breath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLOWS TO MEND out of breath, exhausted ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BET beaten, exhausted ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• BETIMED exhausted by fatigue ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• BRAIN-FAGGED exhausted by prolonged mental strain ...1902
• BROKE DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUSHED tired, exhausted ...L19 colloq. orig. N. Amer.
• CABBAGED mentally and physically exhausted; brain-dead from overwork ...1992 UK sl.
• CAMPED exhausted ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CAULKED exhausted ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CHARVERED exhausted, tired out ...20C sl.
• CHINESE extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered' (Chinese Lacquered)
• CHINESE LACQUERED extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered'
• CREAM CRACKERED exhausted ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'knackered'
• DAISKET exhausted, worn-out ...1888 Sc.
• DAISKIT exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEAD tired to exhaustion ...1813 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BEAT completely exhausted ...1821 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ON ONE'S FEET tired to exhaustion ...c1890 Amer. sl.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus ...1899 sl.
• DEFEAT † exhausted from the effects of sickness or fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• DESKIT exhausted, worn-out ...1888 Sc.
• DILVERED exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue, drowsy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DOG-TIRED exhausted ...colloq.
• DONE IN physically exhausted ...colloq.
• DONE UP physically exhausted ...colloq.
• DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DUNG exhausted, overpowered by fatigue, infirmity ,etc. ...1766 Sc.
• EAT UP tired out, exhausted ...1970s US college sl.
• EUCHRED exhausted, destitute, faulty ...L19 Aust. sl.
• FAGGED OUT exhausted, tired, fatigued ...1785 colloq.
• FAINTED † become weak or exhausted ...c1500
• FAIR AND BET completely beaten, exhausted ...1865 Eng. dial.
• FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FANTIGUED tired, exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAR GONE exhausted, worn-out ...M19 sl.
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATIGATED † fatigued, exhausted, weary ...1552
• FAZZLED tired, exhausted ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FIT TO DROP worn out, exhausted
• FLY-BLOWN exhausted ...c1880 sl.
• FRIED mentally exhausted ...1980 US sl.
• GIVED OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GIVEN OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GRUB-STRUCK exhausted by hunger ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• HACKED OFF exhausted; tired ...L19 sl., orig. US
• HAD-IT exhausted, completely worn out ...1981 US sl.
• HAGGED OUT exhausted ...1968 US sl.
• HARD tired, exhausted ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HATTERED badly treated; exhausted, wearied ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JADED worn out or exhausted; fatigued ...1693
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAGGED exhausted, very tired ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAMMOCKED worn out, exhausted ...1876 Eng. dial.
• JIGGERED UP exhausted; used up ...1862 sl.
• KABUSH very tired, exhausted ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LARBAR † lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 chiefly Sc.
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP used to denote extreme exhaustion or tiredness ...1939 sl.
• LIMBER AS A DISHRAG limp, weak, exhausted ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER AS A GREASY RAG limp, weak, exhausted ...1866 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER AS A RAG limp, weak, exhausted ...1818 Amer. dial.
• MAGGED tired out, exhausted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANKIT worn out, exhausted ...1866 Sc.
• MARCID † weak, feeble, exhausted ...1656
• MARCIDIOUS †* rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted ...1656
• MASHED-UP exhausted, overcome ...1888 Eng. dial.
• MATED-OUT exhausted with fatigue ...Bk1905 Sc.
• METHEFUL † weary, exhausted ...a1300 obs.
• MONKEYED exhausted, esp. by heat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MULFERED AND FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• OF-FOUGHT exhausted with fighting ...c1320 obs.
• OF-WALKED †* exhausted or fatigued with walking ...1377
• ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1888 Amer. dial.
• ONWEEDY soon finished, soon exhausted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OORIE-LIKE having a languid, exhausted appearance, having the appearance of being much fatigued ...1808 Sc.
• OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• PAKIT-LIKE having the appearance of a prostitute; having a shabby, exhausted appearance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANCROCKED exhausted ...20C Irish sl.
• PARTIED OUT exhausted from excessive party-going ...1992 US sl.
• PAUCHLED worn-out, exhausted, drained of all energy ...1937 Sc.
• PEGGED OUT exhausted, tired, worn out ...1868 Amer. dial.
• PERISHED exhausted, esp. by exposure to heat or cold; wasted, withered ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PLUMB FAGGED completely tired or exhausted ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PLUMB TUCKERED OUT completely tired or exhausted ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POGGLED exhausted; in a state of collapse; completely drunk ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
• POLLUTED tired, exhausted, without energy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• POOHED OUT fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1930 Amer. dial.
• POWFAGGED exhausted ...N. Eng,. dial.
• PUGGLED exhausted; fatigued; in a state of collapse ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
• PUNCH-DRUNK groggy, dazed, or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RACKED tired out, exhausted ...1960s sl.
• RACKED-OUT completely exhausted ...1870
• RAKED emotionally or intellectually exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• RAMFEEZLED exhausted, fatigued, worn out; overworked ...1785 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• RATTY of a person: run-down, exhausted ...1960s US sl.
• READY TO DROP worn out, exhausted
• STONKERED completely exhausted or beaten; whacked ...20C sl.
• TAFFLED exhausted with fatigue ...1825 Sc.
• TAINT †* exhausted, weary ...c1380
• TAIVERT wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued ...1879 Sc.
• TAPPED-OUT exhausted ...1980s US sl.
• TOILED exhausted with toil; worn-out, weary ...1592 arch.
• TOLD OUT played out, spun out, exhausted, weary ...1861 colloq.
• TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary ...1886 Eng. dial.
• VEGGED exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• VEGGED OUT exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• WABBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective ...1822 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective ...1822 Sc.
• WALL-FALLING exhausted, tired out ...1970s Irish sl.
• WANKED exhausted, worn-out ...1990s sl.
• WANKED OUT exhausted ...1970s sl.
• WANKERED exhausted, worn-out ...1990s sl.
• WAPPIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAY-GONE exhausted by travelling ...1831
• WHACKED absolutely exhausted ...L19 sl.
• WHACKED TO THE WIDE absolutely exhausted ...L19 sl.
• WHIPPED fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired; sometimes followed by 'up' ...1940 US sl.
• WHIPPED DOWN fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPED OUT fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1906 Amer. dial.
• WHITE-EYED exhausted, worn-out, greatly fatigued ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WOZZED exhausted ...1998 NZ sl.
• WRECKED exhausted ...2000s sl.
• WRUNG OUT exhausted ...1950s sl., orig. US
• WRUNG OUT LIKE A DISHCLOTH exhausted ...1950s sl., orig. US
• WUBBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• ZONED exhausted, burned out ...1970s sl.
• ZONED OUT exhausted, burned out ...1970s sl.
• ZONKED tired, completely exhausted ...1972 sl.
• ZONKED OUT completely exhausted ...1972 sl.
• ZONKERS completely exhausted, tired ...1960s sl.
EXHAUSTED - nouns
• FAG END an exhausted condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRAZZLE an exhausted condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
EXHAUSTED - nouns, person
• DEADER an utterly exhausted person ...1895 Amer. sl.
• WRECK an exhausted or dissipated person; a human ruin ...1795
EXHAUSTED - verbs
• CONK OUT to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted ...1920s Amer. sl.
• CRACK UP to be exhausted; to break down whether physically or mentally ...c1850 colloq.
• FADE to become tired, to feel increasingly exhausted ...1980s US campus sl.
• FALL OUT OF ONE'S STANDING to collapse from exhaustion ...1990s Irish sl.
• FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LOOK LIKE ONE WAS SENT FOR AND COULDN'T COME to look indisposed, out of sorts, or exhausted ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TALM † to become exhausted; to fail, to tire, to faint, to swoon ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAP OUT to be exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• TIFFLE to grow weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out ...1703 Eng. dial.
• TIFLE to grow weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out ...1703 Eng. dial.
EXHAUSTEDLY - adverbs
• LIMBERLY exhaustedly, weakly ...1909 Amer. dial.
EXHAUSTING - adjectives
• ASS-BUSTING exhausting; usually considered vulgar ...1973 Amer. sl.
• BALL-BREAKING troublesome, difficult, very irritating, physically demanding, exhausting ...1959 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING troublesome, difficult; irritating; physically demanding, exhausting ...1944 US sl.
• FAGGING exhausting ...L19 sl.
• HARLIN difficult, close; exhausting, severe ...1807 Eng. dial.
• JABBIN' exhausting ...1925 Sc.
• SUCKING † tending to drain or exhaust ...c1440
• TEARING of work: exhausting ...1920s sl.
EXHAUSTING - nouns
• FAGGING the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work; an exhausting experience ...1777
• NIGGER-DRIVING (now derogatory or offensive) exhausting with work ...1880 colloq.
• SKINNING impoverishing, exhausting ...1888
• WORKOUT a hard job; an exhausting effort ...20C Amer. sl.
EXHAUSTION - adverbs
• BALDHEADED to the point of frustration or exhaustion ...1889 US sl.
EXHAUSTION - nouns
• BONK a level of exhaustion that makes a cyclist or runner unable to go further ...M20 sl.
• BRAIN-FAG exhaustion of the brain by prolonged mental strain ...1851
• EFFETENESS exhaustion, worn-out condition ...1862
• FANTATION ravenous hunger; exhaustion from want of food ...1898 Sc.
• GONENESS a sinking feeling; weakness, faintness, exhaustion; great depression ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• TALM † faintness, exhaustion ...c1375
• WIDE EYE severe exhaustion ...1990 Amer. dial.
EXHIBIT - verbs
• BARNUMIZE to exhibit with a lavish display of puffing advertisements ...1851
• NAIL TO THE BARN-DOOR to exhibit after the manner of dead vermin ...1894
• VENDITATE † to set out as if for sale; to put forward or display in a favourable light or in a specious manner; to exhibit ostentatiously ...1600
EXHIBITION - nouns
• GAFF a show, an exhibition ...19C sl.
• HAZE-GAZE a show in the sense of an exhibition of oneself; a wonder ...1818 Eng. dial.
EXHIBITION - nouns, person
• POPPY SHOW one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves ...20C W. Indies sl.
EXHIBITIONISM - nouns
• CAMP flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
• CAMPING flamboyance, overt exhibitionism ...1920s sl.
• DANGLE a nickname for an act of male exhibitionism ...20C US sl.
EXHIBITIONIST - nouns, person
• DANGLER an exhibitionist of the penis; a flasher ...1927 US sl.
• MEAT-FLASHER an exhibitionist; a man who exposes his penis to public view ...19C Brit. sl.
• WANDA WANDWAVER an exhibitionist ...1960s homosexual sl.
EXHIBITIONIST - verbs
• ADVERTISE to show off, to act in an exhibitionist manner, and thus draw un-needed attraction to oneself ...1930s sl., orig. US
EXHILARATE - verbs
• EFFERVESCE * to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively ...1866
• HILARATE †* to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate ...1623
EXHILARATED - adjectives
• JACKED excited, exhilarated ...1930s sl.
• JACKED UP excited, exhilarated ...1930s sl.
• NAPPY slightly intoxicated, exhilarated by drink ...1776 Sc.
• SET UP proud; exhilarated; enlivened by drink; drunk ...1875 Amer. dial.
EXHILARATED - verbs
• KILL OUT to feel good; to be exhilarated ...1930s US Black sl.
• POP OFF to feel exhilarated ...1950s sl., orig. US
• POP ONE'S NUT to feel exhilarated ...1950s sl., orig. US
• POP ONE'S NUTS to feel exhilarated ...1920s sl., orig. US
EXHILARATING - adjectives
• TITILLATING pleasantly exciting, exhilarating, stimulating ...1712-14
EXHILARATION - nouns
• ALL-OVERNESS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1820 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1895 Amer. dial.
• EBRIOSITY * exhilaration; physical excitement ...1859
• WARMTH * excitement, exhilaration ...1749
EXHILARATION - interjections
• COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave ...1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
EXHORT - verbs
• PARAENESIZE †* to exhort, to advise, to counsel ...1716
EXHORTATION - nouns
• PARAENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
• PARENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
EXHUMATION - nouns
• UNBURIAL disinterment; exhumation ...1872
EXILE - adjectives
• ABROADED living in exile somewhere other than the UK ...M19 UK society usage
• EXULANT †* living in exile ...1636
EXILE - nouns
• EJECTION †* the state of being banished, exile ...1655-60
EXILE - nouns, person
• EXULANT †* one living in exile ...
• OUTFLEME †* one who is banished; a fugitive from his country; an exile ...a1300
EXILE - verbs
• ABAND † to exile, to banish ...1559
• DISTERR †* to banish from one's country; to exile ...c1645
EXILE - phrases
• ONE'S BACK IS AT THE WALL one is in a state of trouble or financial embarrassment; one is in exile or in hiding ...1825 Sc.
EXILED - adjectives
• YFLEMED † put to flight; exiled ...c893
EXIST - nouns
• QUODAMMODOTATIVE † a thing that exists in a certain way ...1656
EXIST - nouns, person
• BEER †* one who is or exists ...1382
EXISTED - adjectives
• OLD-STANDING that has stood or existed long; long-standing ...1608-9
• QUONDAM that formerly was or existed ...1586
EXISTENCE - adjectives
• NAISSANT * coming into existence, or being produced ...1885
• NASCENT coming into existence; just beginning to be; commencing to form, grow, develop, etc. ...1741
• UNBEENED † deprived of existence ...1642
EXISTENCE - nouns
• BEING † livelihood, living, subsistence, existence, maintenance ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
EXISTENCE - verbs
• EFFIRM † to assert the existence of ...1549 Sc.
EXISTING - adjectives
• QUODAMMODOTATIVE † existing in a certain manner ...1656
• SUBSISTENT † existing substantially or really; existing of or by itself ...1617 now rare or obs.
EXISTING - nouns
• BEINGNESS † the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
EXIT - adjectives
• EGRESSIVE going out, coming out ...1691
EXIT - nouns
• BREAKS any place of exit where throngs of people pour through en stream, as from a theatre, a convention, or other popular gathering ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
• CRUSH a forcible entry or exit ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• EGRESS 1. a going out, or issuing forth, from an enclosed or confined place ...1538
2. a means of exit ...1677
• EGRESSION the act of going out from any enclosed place or specified limits ...a1529
EXIT - verbs
• EGRESS to go out ...1578
• GAP IT to make a quick exit ...2000 S. Africa
• HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit ...1950s sl.
• POP OFF THE HOOKS to exit; to vanish ...1930s US sl.
• SCAPA FLOW to go, to make a hasty exit...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'go'
EXORBITANT - adjectives
• SIBYLLINE excessive, exorbitant ...1859
EXPAND - verbs
• MOVE OUT to expand, to bloom ...1920s NZ sl.
• PATULICATE †* to be opened, or made wide; to become open, to expand ...1656
EXPECT - verbs
• AIM to suppose, to conjecture; to anticipate, to forecast, to expect ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CALCULATE to think, to expect, to believe ...1830 US colloq.
• INTEND to expect ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SPEC to expect ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
EXPECTANT - adjectives
• ALL ON END eager, expectant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
EXPECTATION - adverbs
• TO ONE'S NOTION to one's liking, up to one's expectations or standards ...1909 Amer. dial.
EXPECTATION - nouns
• BEHOPES hope, expectation ...Bk1898 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• ESPERANCE hope or expectation ...15C arch.
• NINNY-WATCH a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ONHING patient waiting or expectation; the act of meanly and lazily staying in a place; tedious delay ...1866 Sc.
• OPINION † the thought of what is likely to happen; expectation; apprehension ...a1548
• TO-HOPE † hope, expectation ...c888
EXPECTATION - verbs
• COME UP TO CHALK to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
• COME UP TO THE CHALK to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
• CUT THE MUSTARD to come up to expectations
• NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE well below expectations ...E19
EXPECTED - adjectives
• SPERATORY † resting in hope or expectation; hoped for, hopeful, expected ...1629
EXPECTED - nouns
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LIES an occasion or day close at hand ...1824 Sc.
EXPEDIENT - adjectives
• BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
EXPEDIENT - nouns
• TIDEFULNESS † a fit or expedient season; time of need ...a1340
EXPEDITION - nouns
• FARE † an expedition ...a1000
• GUY a walk; hence, an expedition or journey ...1889 rhyming sl. for 'Guy Fawkes', a walk
• VAIGE a journey, trip, outing, or expedition ...1825 Sc.
EXPEDITIOUS - adjectives
• HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden ...c1340 arch.
• RIDSOME ready, expert; expeditious, quickly dispatched ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUDDEN † of persons: swift in action, quick to perform, prompt, expeditious ...1591
• THROUGH active, expeditious ...Bk1905 Sc.
EXPEDITIOUS - verbs
• RAP OFF A THING to do it expeditiously ...Bk1905 Sc.
EXPEL - verbs
• ABSQUATULIZE to drive away, to expel ...1839 Amer. sl.
• BUST OUT to expel or be expelled from school because of academic failure ...1939 US sl.
• CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment ...1905 Amer. sl.
• DEBOUT † to thrust out, to expel, to oust ...1619
• FIRE OUT to eject, to kick out, to expel or order from a classroom ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SACK to expel from school or university ...c1880 sl.
• VANQUISH † to expel or banish from a place ...1536
• VENT † to eject or expel people out of a country...1609
EXPELLED - adjectives
• OUT ON YOUR ARSE ejected, evicted, expelled ...1998 UK sl.
EXPELLED - nouns, person
• FLUNKEE one who is expelled, due to failing examinations ...1920s sl.
• FLUNKEY one who is expelled, due to failing examinations ...1920s sl.
• FLUNKY one who is expelled, due to failing examinations ...1920s sl.
EXPELLED - verbs
• BUNK to be expelled from (public) school ...L19 sl.
• GET THE GRAND BOUNCE to be expelled ...Bk1904 Amer. college
EXPEND - verbs
• IMPEND † to pay to someone; to spend, to expend; to apply money; to bestow ...c1486
• LAY FORTH † to spend, to expend ...1584
• MEISLE to waste imperceptibly; to disappear gradually; to expend in a trifling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
EXPENDITURE - adjectives
• SUMPTUARY pert. to or regulating expenditure ...1600
EXPENDITURE - nouns
• DIGS-AN-DRAKES wasteful expenditure ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LARGESSE † lavish expenditure ...1614
• LAVISH † profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness ...1483
• ON-WAUR expenditure, outlay, trouble, labour ...1898 Sc.
• SUMPT †* expenditure, expenses ...a1560
• SUMPTUOSITY lavishness or extravagance of expenditure; magnificence or luxuriousness of living, equipment, decoration, or the like; sumptuousness; squandering, prodigality ...1559
EXPENDITURE - nouns, person
• SUMPTUARY † one responsible for expenditure ...1789
EXPENDITURE - verbs
• AXE to lessen expenditure ...1923 Eng. sl.
EXPENSE(S) - adjectives
• ON A SHOESTRING at very small expense ...1904 sl., orig. US
• SUMPTUOUS † of charges, expenses, etc.: involving a great outlay of money ...1485
EXPENSE(S) - nouns
• ABLIGURITION † prodigal expense on meat and drink ...1742
• DAMAGE cost, expense ...1755 sl.
• EARTH, THE a great expense ...1924 UK sl.
• EXES expenses ...1864 sl.
• EX'S expenses ...1864 sl.
• NECESSARIES †* necessary expenses ...c1449
• NUT a regular and recurring expense ...1909 US sl.
• ONCOST extra or additional cost or expense ...1725 Sc.
• SUMPT †* expenditure, expenses ...a1560
• SUMPTURE †* expense ...1727
• SWINDLE SHEET a document making fraudulent claims, esp. on an expense account ...1923 sl., chiefly US
• WALK-ABOUT MONEY daily expenses, petty cash rather than a large amount that needs investing or depositing ...1930s sl.
• X'S expenses ...M19 sl.
EXPENSE(S) - verbs
• ARKANSAW to share expenses, esp. of a meal ...1950s US sl.
• EAT IN DUTCH STREET to share expenses ...1910s sl.
• SUMPTIFY †* to make great expenses or cost ...1656
EXPENSIVE - adjectives
• BIG-BUCK expensive ...1990s US Black sl.
• CHARGEFUL † onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly ...c1529
• COSTING expensive ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COSTIOUS † expensive, costly ...1340
• DEAR AS SAFFRON, AS excessively dear, expensive ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DEARTHFUL † adj. costly, expensive; high in price ...1786 nonce word obs. exc. Sc.
• DEEP † said of things involving heavy expenditure or liability; expensive; heavy ...1614
• DIGGING † dear, expensive, costly ...1837 Amer. dial.
• DISPENDIOUS costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous ...1727
• MAN very expensive ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEGABUCK very expensive ...1992 US sl.
• PRICEY expensive ...1932 sl.
• PRICY expensive ...1932 sl.
• SALT of expense, cost: excessive in amount; costly, expensive, high in price. dear ...1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALTY expensive, costly, dear ...1974 Amer. dial.
• STEEP expensive; chiefly applied to a price ...1856 sl.
• STIFF expensive; chiefly applied to a price ...1824 sl.
• SUMPTUOUS † costly or expensive to practise or maintain ...1551-2 chiefly Sc.
EXPENSIVE - nouns
• CAMAC anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose ...19C Irish sl.
• LICKPENNY † something that makes the money go; something expensive ...a1400
EXPENSIVE - verbs
• BREAK THE BANK to be expensive ...1612
• COST to be expensive ...1895 sl.
• DEAR †* to make dear or expensive; to raise the price of ...1424 Sc.
• KNOCK BACK to cost, as in 'that will knock you back a bit'; to be expensive ...1946 sl.
ò SET BACK to cost; to be expensive ...1896 Amer. sl.
EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCED - adjectives
• BEATEN † of persons: inured to anything, experienced ...a1593
• BONE-SEASONED experienced ...1968 Amer. cowmen's usage
• DOWN THE TRACK experienced ...1980s sl.
• DRY BACK OF THE EARS experienced, mature ...1914 Amer.sl.
• DRY BEHIND THE EARS experienced; mature ...1911 Amer. sl.
• ROCKING-CHAIR lacking or not involving first-hand experience ...US
• SALT † of experience, etc.: bitter, vexatious ...c1500
• SALTED of persons: experienced in some business or occupation ...1889 colloq.
• SEASONED experienced, as a soldier, etc. ...1643
• VERSANT * of persons: skilled, versed, or experienced in a subject, practice, etc., as the result of having been occupied with it ...1766
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
EXPERIENCE - nouns
• COP an experience ...1910s Aust. sl.
• FAND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• FOND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• HANDSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow ...1573
• UNIVERSITY OF LIFE. a 'college' attended by those who claim personal experience as infinitely superior to academic knowledge ...20C sl.
EXPERIENCE - verbs
• COP to experience, to undergo; to receive ...M19 sl.
• DA to live, to experience ...1866 Sc.
• FALL DOWN (ON) to experience, to enjoy ...1960s US sl.
• HEAR THE OWL HOOT to have many and varied experiences ...1936 Amer. Western sl.
• JACKAROO to pick up experience ...L19 Aust. sl.
• JACKEROO to pick up experience ...M19 Aust. sl.
• PASS THE BONE to share experience, to pass on information ...1990s US college sl.
• SEE THE BIG ANIMAL to see or experience all that one can endure ...1848 Amer. sl.
• SEE THE ELEPHANT to see what there is to see; to experience something to the end; to become jaded or disappointed ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE SHIT WITH THE SUGAR to accept that one must have both bad and good experiences ...1990s Aust.
• THINK † to feel, to experience ...1796 Sc.
• VIBE to experience, to enjoy ...1960s US sl.
• WADE THE WATER to go through a certain experience, 'to take the plunge' ...1857 Sc.
EXPERIENCED - adjectives
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1896 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1889 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE of a person: tough, experienced ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SAVEY wise, sagacious, experienced ...1771 Sc.
• STREET-WISE experienced in or possessing the necessary qualities for urban survival ...1981 US
• VET veteran, experienced ...1930s US sl.
EXPERIENCED - nouns, person
• FLAG UNFURLED a man of the world ...Bk1893 rhyming sl.
• MAN OF THE WORLD a man who is instructed and experienced in the ways of the world and is prepared to accept its conventions ...1778
• OLD BIRD an experienced, knowing person ...c1887 colloq.
• OLD ROBIN an experienced person ...L18 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER an experienced, but somewhat cunning man ...E18 sl.
• OLD STAGER an experienced person ...M16
• OLDSTER one who is no longer a 'youngster'; an elderly person; an old person, or a more experienced person ...1848
• OLD-TIMER one whose residence, membership, or experience dates from long ago ...Aust. sl.
• VET an old-timer, an ageing or experienced person ...1910s sl.
EXPERIMENT - nouns
• FANDING † a trying to do or find out something; an attempt, an experiment ...a1000
• FONDING † a trying to do or find out something; an attempt, an experiment ...a1000
• MAXIM a plan, contrivance; an experiment; a fad; a crotchet ...1882 Eng. dial.
EXPERIMENT - verbs
• OFFER to hold up or display for the purpose of testing the appearance of anything; to try; to experiment with ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NOTE OF ADMIRATION an exclamation point (!) ...1611
• WOW an exclamation mark (!) ...1983 US sl.
EXCLUDE - verbs
• ABJECTATE † to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject ...c1475
• ACE OUT to exclude someone ...1964 US sl.
• BACK-DOOR to bypass something; to exclude something ...1993 Can. sl.
• BESHUT † to shut out, to exclude ...c1330
• DEAL SOMEONE OUT to exclude in an undertaking, often a criminal one, to not give someone a share ...1940s sl., orig. US
• IMMURE † to shut off, to exclude, to seclude from ...1616
• SACK to ostracize; to exclude from a group ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
EXCLUDED - nouns
• NON SPEAKS a state of having been excluded from society ...1977 UK sl.
EXCLUSIVE - nouns
• EXCLUSIVITY something exclusive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
EXCLUSIVE - nouns, person
• WHITE BRAHMINS ‘excessively exclusive persons’ ...c1880 among Europeans in India
EXCREMENT - adjectives
• BEDIRTIN soiled with excrement ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDRITTEN soiled with excrement ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACKY covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous ...19C sl.
• FAECICAL † faecal ...1594
• FECULENT of the nature of faeces or dregs; abounding with sediment or impurities; laden or polluted with filth; foul, fetid ...1471
• ORDURED † defiled with ordure, polluted ...c1595
• SCARNY dungy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHITTY dirty with excrement ...1935 sl.
EXCREMENT - nouns
• ADMIRAL BROWNING human excrement ...20C sl., orig. nautical
• ALI OOP excrement ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'poop'
• ALLEZ OOP poop, excrement ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BAKKIE human excrement ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BARKER'S EGG dog excrement, esp. when very old ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
• BARKER'S NEST a pile of dog excrement ...1980s sl., orig. Aust.
• BONDI CIGAR in Sydney: a piece of excrement floating in the surf ...1996 Aust. sl.
• BOWELS faeces ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BULL-PUCKY bull dung ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUM CRUMB a small lump of excrement that clings to the anal hair ...2003 UK sl.
• CACA excrement; faeces, dung...L19 sl.
• CACATION excretion
• CACK excrement; faeces, dung ...E15 sl.
• CACKEY human excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CACKIE human excrement ...L19 sl.
• CACKY human excrement ...1899 sl.
• CAG-MIRE human dung ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAK excrement ...1972 Aust. sl.
• CAKKA-MANAH human dung ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING CARD excrement ...1980s Irish euphemism
• CAPOOP dung ...20C Amer. dial.
• CHUFF-NUTS fecal matter clinging to anal or pubic hairs ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• CLART faeces ...20C Amer. dial.
• CLINKER fecal or seminal matter adhering to the anal or pubic hairs ...19C Brit. sl.
• CLINKERBALLS balls of dried dung in sheep's wool ...19C Eng. dial.
• COCKEY human excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CRAP excrement ...1889 sl.
• CUCK excrement ...E15
• DACHSHUND a large piece of excrement ...20C Brit. sl.
• DAFF excrement ...1961 Irish sl.
• DAFFY excrement ...1950s Irish sl.
• DAGS pieces of excrement adhering to the anus ...L19 Aust. sl.
• DANGLEBERRIES pieces of dried faecal matter clinging to the hairs surrounding the anus ...1984 sl.
• DANNA human or other excrement ...L18 sl.
• DARKEY excrement; a stool; a turd ...20C Aust. sl.
• DARKIE a piece of excrement ...1972 Aust. sl.
• DARKY excrement; a stool; a turd ...20C Aust. sl.
• DARN excrement ...1866 Sc.
• DEAD SOLDIER a formed lump of excrement ...20C sl.
• DEPOSIT an act of defecation; dung; faeces ...20C US sl.
• DILBERRIES excreta that cling to anal or pubic hair ...1811 UK sl.
• DILLBERRIES excreta that cling to anal or pubic hair ...1811 UK sl.
• DINGBAT the small lumps of excrement clinging to wool on the hindquarters of sheep ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBERRIES excrement on cattle and sheep ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBERRY a glob of dried faeces accumulated on anal hairs ...1938 sl., orig. US
• DIRT excrement; no applied mainly to animal excrement ...a1300 euphemism, orig. a standard term
• DO excrement ...1972 chiefly a children's word or euphemism
• DO-DO feces ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOG DO dog faeces ...1979 US sl.
• DOG DOODY dog excrement ...2001 US euphemism
• DOINGS excrement ...1967 Brit. euphemism
• DOO excrement ...1972 chiefly a children's word or euphemism
• DOO-DOO feces ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOOKY excrement ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EARTHA excrement ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Eartha Kitt)
• EARTHA KITT excrement ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EASINGS the dropped dung of animals on the pasture ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EGESTION excrement ...1607
• FAECALITY † faecal matter ...1653
• FARTLEBERRIES excrement hanging about the anus ...1785 sl.
• FART-O-BERRIES small pieces of faeces clinging to anal hairs ...1785 UK sl.
• FECALITY † faecal matter ...1653
• FECULENCE faeces ...1733
• FLYING PASTY human dung wrapped in paper and thrown about as an act of vandalism ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FRESH dung, recently excreted dung, esp. cattle or dog dung ...20C US euphemism
• GAME OF NAP an act of defecation; excrement ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• GINGER MARKS excrement stains on underpants and knickers ...Brit. sl.
• GIPSY'S GINGER a pile of human excrement found out of doors ...20C sl.
• GRUNT excrement ...1947 US sl.
• GYPSY'S GINGER a pile of human excrement found out of doors ...20C sl.
• HINDER-FALLINGS † excrements ...1530
• HOCKEY excrement, both human and animal ...19C sl.
• HOCKIE excrement, both human and animal ...19C sl.
• HOCKY excrement, both human and animal ...19C sl.
• HOOEY excrement ...1980s US sl.
• HORSE APPLE a ball of horse dung ...1929-31 US sl.
• IT-SHAY dung ...20C US Pig Latin for 'shit'
• JAKES human excrement; filth ...1847 Eng. dial.
• JANK excrement; human excrement ...19C Brit. sl.
• KACK excrement ...1972 Aust. sl.
• KACKY human excrement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• KADES sheep dung ....Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAKA excrement ...1952 US sl.
• KAKKER-BOOSAH prematurely voided excrement ...19C sl.
• KEECH excrement ...1970s sl.
• KEEK excrement ...1970s sl.
• LEMON a piece of excrement ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd' (Lemon Curd)
• LEMON CURD a piece of excrement ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• LESSES † the dung of a 'ravenous' animal, as a wild boar, wolf, or bear ...a1400 hunting usage
• LOG a turd ...1973 US sl.
• MACA excrement ...1974 UK sl. rhyming sl. (reduced form of 'macaroni')
• MACARONI excrement ...1974 UK sl. rhyming sl. for 'pony' (reduced form of 'pony and trap' for crap, excrement)
• MAN-TRAP a piece of excrement ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• MARDO dung, manure ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MEADOW MUFFIN a lump of manure; a cow pie ...1976 Amer. dial.
• MESS excrement; chiefly applied to animal excrement ...1903 euphemism
• MOCKINGBIRD a piece of excrement ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. ...13C
• MUD excrement ...1993 Aust. sl.
• MUD BABY faeces ...2003 US sl.
• MUFFIN-BAKER excrement long retained ...1859 Cockney rhyming sl. for 'quaker'
• MUFFIN-PUNCHER excrement long retained ...1909 Cockney sl.
• MY WORD dung ...20C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• NEST a mass of dung ...L17 Brit. sl.
• NUGGET a hard knob of faeces ...Aust. sl.
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS the dry droppings of animals ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORTS the dry droppings of animals ...1873 Eng. dial.
• OFFICE † the function or action of discharging excrement, etc.; excretion ...c1386
• OILY SOIL human excrement ...2000s sl.
• OLD GOLD human excrement ...L18 sl.
• OWL SHIT excrement ...1862 Amer. sl.
• PARTLES the globular droppings of sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASTY a cow-pie; a dropping of cow dung ...1972 Amer. dial.
• PILGRIM'S SALVE human excrement ...17C Brit. sl.
• PILL a pellet of animal dung ...1938 Amer. dial.
• POO excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOH excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOH-POOH excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOP excrement ...1948 sl.
• POOPIE excrement ...1955 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POO-POO excrement ...1960 sl., chiefly a children's word
• POOPY excrement ...1955 sl., chiefly a children's word
• QUAKER a hard, and possibly lengthy, piece of excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRD a lump of excrement ...1866 Sc.
• QURD a lump of excrement ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICHARD a piece of excrement; thus, an unpleasant person ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'turd' (Richard the Third)
• RICHARD THE THIRD a piece of excrement; thus, an unpleasant person ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• ROAD APPLES horse droppings ...1942 N. Amer. euphemism
• SCARN dung, esp. cow dung ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCHARN excrement ...1910s sl.
• SCHISM a frivolous excuse; roundabout reasoning; a nice distinction; an unnecessary apology; a foolish fancy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTER TRACKS faecal stains in underwear ...1989 US sl.
• SCUMBER † the dung of a dog or fox; hence, filth, dirt ...1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUMMER excrement ...17C
• SHEEP-DUMPLING a pellet of sheep dung ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP MARBLES sheep manure ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SHIT excrement ...a1585 sl.
• SHITE excrement ...a1585 sl.
• SIEGE † excrement, ordure ...1515
• SIR-REVERENCE † human excrement; a piece or lump of this ...1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKAT a formed mass of faeces ...20C US
• SKIDDIES faecal marks in underwear ...1999 UK sl.
• SKID MARK a faecal stain on a toilet bowl or underwear ...1971 Aust. sl.
• TAGNUTS small pieces of excrement adhering to the anal hairs ...1990s sl.
• TANTADLIN † a lump of excrement; a turd ...1654
• TANTADLIN TART † a lump of excrement; a turd ...1785
• TANTOBLIN † a lump of excrement; a turd ...1654
• TANTOBLIN TART a piece of excrement ...M17
• TATA † excrement; filth ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TAUNTY human excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEEDEE a lump of excrement ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THOST † dung ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TOM-TIT dung ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• TROTTLE † a small round pellet of sheep's or goat's dung; generally used in the plural ...1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TURD a piece of excrement ...c1000 sl.
• UCK-SHE-BAH human excrement ...B1900 Eng. dial.
EXCREMENT - nouns, person
• SANNO someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SANNO MAN someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SANO someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SANO MAN someone who collects excrement from unsewered areas ...1959 Aust. sl.
• SHIT-SHARK a night-soil collector ...M19 sl.
• SHIT-SHOD one who has trodden in excrement ...L19 sl.
• SHIT-SHOE one who has trodden in excrement ...L19 sl.
• TOM TURDMAN the man who hauls away excrement; a cleaner of privies ...L18 Brit. sl.
• TURDMAN the man who hauls away excrement; a cleaner of privies ...L18 Brit. sl.
EXCREMENT - verbs (also see DEFECATE)
• BECACK † to deposit ordure on ...1598
• BEDO † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
• BEDRITE to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty ...1721 Sc.
• BERAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BESHIT to deposit ordure on ...a1000
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BOG to exonerate the bowels; also, to defile with excrement ...colloq.
• CACK † to void excrement; to defecate...1436 obs. or Eng. dial.
• CACKEY to void excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CACKIE to void excrement ...L19 sl.
• CACKY to void excrement ...1886 Amer. sl.
• COCKEY to void excrement ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DIRT to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement ...c1860 Eng. dial.
• DRITE † to void or drop excrement ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• EXCREMENTIZE †* to ease oneself, to void excrement ...c1670
• HOCKEY to excrete ...19C sl.
• HOCKIE to excrete ...19C sl.
• HOCKY to excrete ...19C sl.
• KACKY to void excrement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• RAY to defile, to soil; to pollute with dung ...1828 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † to void ordure; also, to produce something foul; to foul with dirty liquid; to daub with soft dirt ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
EXCRETE - verbs
• VENT † of persons, animals, or their organs: to cast out, expel, or discharge, esp. by natural evacuation; to evacuate urine, etc.; to excrete ...1607
EXCRETION - nouns
• SINK(S) OF THE BODY, THE † the organs of digestion and excretion ...1607
EXCURSION - nouns
• CAMPAIGN an expedition or excursion into the country; a summer's trip or sojourn ...1748
• JAUNT an excursion, trip, or journey, esp. one taken for pleasure ...1678
• OFF an outing, an excursion, a day off ...1892 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GATE an excursion from home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASEAR a walk or stroll; often used figuratively to describe something more substantial, as a trek across mountains; an excursion, a trip ...M19 US sl.
• RAID an outing, a jaunt, an excursion, esp. one about which a fuss has been made ...1823 Sc.
• RAKE a journey, excursion, esp. a journey to and fro to fetch anything ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RUNAROUND a short trip, an excursion ...1950s orig. US
• SASHAY a walk; an excursion ...1900 Amer. dial.
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
EXCURSION - verbs
• JAUNT to make a short journey, trip, or excursion; to take a jaunt for pleasure ...1647
EXCUSABLE - adjectives
• VENIABLE †* venial, excusable, pardonable ...1646
• VENIAL of an error or fault: that may be excused or overlooked; of a light, unimportant, or trivial nature; excusable ...1581
EXCUSABLE - nouns
• VENIALITY † the quality of being excusable ...1628
EXCUSABLY - adverbs
• VENIABLY † excusably ...1646
• VENIALLY pardonably, excusably ...a1340
EXCUSE - adjectives
• ATWIXT AND ATWEEN shuffling, full of excuses ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DOWF † of an excuse: unconvincing, feeble ...L18
EXCUSE - nouns
• ALIBI a weak excuse ...1899 US sl.
• AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BACKSET an excuse, a colourable pretext ...1862 Eng. dial.
• BLUFF an excuse, a pretense; talk intended to mystify or deceive ...M19
• CAKEY BAR an excuse; a 'tale' ...sl.
• ESSOIN an excuse or exemption
• FAIRY STORY a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY TALE a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; an unbelievable lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FALDERAL an idle fancy; conceit, nonsense; a trifling excuse; a falsehood ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FALDERUMDAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse ...1866 Sc.
• FIMBLE-FAMBLE a poor excuse or an unsatisfactory answer ...19C sl.
• HAIR TO MAKE A TETHER OF, A a slight pretext of which to make a great deal; a fuss about nothing, a trifle used as an excuse ...1727
• IFING-AND-BUTTINGS invalid excuses; hesitation combined with unwillingness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LAME TALE an excuse; a false story; a misrepresentation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAKE-SHIFT an excuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDGE-GO-MORRAH hesitation, doubt, excuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING HEADACHE an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY SICKNESS an imaginary illness used as an excuse to avoid work or school ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OFFCOME a way of 'getting off'; an excuse ...a1700 Sc.
• OFF-PUT an excuse, an evasion, a pretext, a reason for delay ...1730 Sc.
• OFF-SET an excuse, pretense ...1768 Sc.
• OFF-TIME JIVE a weak excuse ...1930s US Black sl.
• ONE an excuse ...1950s sl.
• SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY a short walk; also, ironically, an excuse for not stirring ...B1900
• SALVE † a solution of a difficulty; also, a sophistical excuse or evasion ...a1628
• SALVO † a solution, explanation of a difficulty; an answer to an objection; an excuse or evasion ...1659
• SAUNTER a foolish scruple, an excuse, a shilly-shally ...1837 Sc.
• SCONCE a pretext; an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1940s US sl.
EXCUSE - nouns, person
• CAFFLER a shuffler, an excuse maker ...1892 Eng. dial.
EXCUSE - verbs
• ALIBI to excuse oneself speciously; usually with 'out' or 'away' ...1917 Amer. dial.
• COVER ONESELF WITH A WET SACK † to make vain excuses ...a1651
• FAIK to excuse, to let go with impunity ...1789 Sc.
• FALDERAL to make trifling excuses; to behave in a giddy, pedantic manner ...1866 Sc.
• FIND FISH ON ONE'S FINGERS to find and/or allege an excuse ...L16 colloq.
• LET SOMEONE OFF THE HOOK to excuse someone from punishment ...1960s sl.
• PLEAD THE BABY ACT to attempt to excuse excessive or feigned ignorance or stupidity on the ground of inexperience; to enter a plea that one is not legally responsible by reason of youth or inexperience ...1868 Amer.
EXCUSE - phrases
• BLONDE BOUND held up by a woman; an excuse for being late on the job ...1958 Amer. logging usage
• EXCUSES ARE LIKE ASSHOLES, EVERYONE HAS ONE AND THEY ALL STINK said of a poor excuse ...1985 Amer. sl.
• PARDON MY FRENCH a phrase signifying 'please excuse my use of swear words or taboo words' ...20C Brit. & US colloq.
EXCUSED - adjectives
• VENIAL easily excused or forgiven ...13C
EXCUSING - adjectives
• CAFFLING prevaricating, excusing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
EXECUTE - verbs
• BAKE to execute in the electric chair ...1950s US prison sl.
• BURN 1. to die by electrocution in the electric chair ...Bk1990 Amer. criminal sl.
2. to execute someone in the electric chair ...Bk1990 Amer. criminal sl.
• CLIP to murder, to execute ...US sl.
• GAROTTE to execute by means of the garrotte (the apparatus for inflicting Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation) ...1851
• GARROTTE to execute by means of the garrotte ...1851
• GAUNCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
• TAKE OFF to execute ...M19 US Black & criminals' sl.
EXECUTED - verbs
• TAKE THE ELECTRIC CURE to be executed in the electric chair ...1920s US prison & criminals' sl.
EXECUTION - nouns
• BEHEADAL beheading, execution by decapitation ...1859
• CARNIFICINE †* the place of execution, the office of hangman ...1656
• GANCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GAROTTING execution by means of the Spanish garrotte ...1890
• GARROTTING execution by means of the Spanish garrotte ...1890
• GAUNCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• HEAD-HILL † the hill of execution, the spot where criminals were beheaded ...1685 Sc.
• NEEDLE a lethal injection, as used in legal executions ...1990s US prison sl.
• SALT CREEK execution in the electric chair ...1910s US criminals' sl.
• SUFFERING † the act of suffering death; execution, martyrdom ...1651
• TOILET preparation for execution ...1885
• WALM † killing, execution ...c1205
EXECUTION - verbs
• GANCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
EXECUTIONER - adjectives
• CARNIFICIAL belonging to an executioner, or to a butchery; butcherly ...1632
• CARNIFICINE †* of the executioner; butcherly ...1681
EXECUTIONER - nouns
• VERDUGOSHIP † the personality of an executioner ...1610
EXECUTIONER - nouns, person
• BASARE † an executioner ...c1375
• BASER † an executioner ...c1375
• BOURRIAU an executioner ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOURRIER n. an executioner ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARNIFEX † an executioner ...1561
• DEATHSMAN a man who puts another to death; an executioner ...1589 arch.
• HALS-MAN † an executioner; a headsman ...a1659
• HEADER † one who beheads; a headsman, an executioner ...1432-50
• HEADMAN †* a headsman, an executioner ...1673
• HEADSMAN one who beheads; an executioner ...1601
• JACK KETCH the common executioner or hangman ...1673
• JACK KITCH a hangman or executioner ...1676 sl.
• MANQUELLER † an executioner ...c1300 obs. exc. arch.
• MANSLAYER †* an executioner ...c1380
• MAN'S QUELLER † an executioner ...c1450
• NECK-CUTTER an executioner ...1883 Sc.
• OFFICER † a jailer; an executioner ...a1600
• SCOURGING-HYRE † an executioner ...1861 Sc.
• VERDUGO †* a hangman or executioner; also, a term of abuse ...a1616
EXECUTIVE - nouns, person
• TOPSIDER a top-ranking executive ...1960s US sl.
EXEMPLAR - nouns
• PARADIGM a pattern, exemplar, example ...1483
EXEMPLARY - adjectives
• PARADIGMATIC serving as a pattern; exemplary ...1793
• PARADIGMATICAL † serving as a pattern; exemplary ...1577
EXEMPLARY - nouns, person
• MAN, THE an exemplary person ...1990s sl.
EXEMPLIFY - verbs
• PARAGON † to serve as a paragon or model of; to typify, to exemplify ...1617
• PARAGONIZE † to serve as a model of; to typify, to exemplify ...1586
EXEMPT - adjectives
• IMMUNE † free from liability; exempt ...c1420
EXERCISE - adjectives
• HANAHANA heated, as with exercise ...1967 Hawaii
EXERCISE - nouns
• ACTIVITY † physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics ...1552
• DAILY DOZEN a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks ...1919 sl.
• DEAD MAN'S PULL-UPS an exercise in which a person hangs with their arms extended from a bar, lifts their chin over the bar, and then lowers themself to the full arm-extended position ...1996 sl.
• DEAMBULATORY a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1430
• DEAMBULATOUR † a place to walk in for exercise; esp. a covered walk or cloister ...1513 Sc.
• ECCER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• ECCKER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• ECKER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• EKKER physical exercise ...L19 sl.
• MONKEY MOTIONS physical exercises ...Amer. World War I sl.
• WORKOUT a session of strenuous physical exercises, practice of athletic efforts, etc. ...1909 Amer. sl.
EXERCISE - nouns, person
• GYM RAT an athlete; a sports enthusiast; a person who frequents gymnasiums; an exercise fanatic; anyone fanatically pursuing a course of activity, a career, etc. ...1978 Amer. sl.
EXERCISE - verbs
• CLEAN OUT THE RUST to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KICK THE FROST OUT to exercise; to limber up ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PREP to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHARPEN UP to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRETCH THE LEGS to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A STRETCH to exercise; usually to exercise a horse ...L19 Aust. sl.
• TAKE THE DOGS FOR A WALK to exercise by walking ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WAAS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• WASS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• WHIP INTO TRIM to exercise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WORK OUT to do strenuous exercises; to have a hard session of physical conditioning ...1909 Amer. sl.
EXERT - verbs
• ABRAID † to exert oneself ...1530
• BAISSLE to rush about in a busied or hurried manner; to busy or exert oneself ...1923 Sc.
• BELABOUR † to labour at, to work at; to exert one's strength or ability upon ...1604
• BESTIR ONE'S STUMPS † to move one's limbs actively, to exert oneself ...1549
• BREAK ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1966 US sl.
• BUST ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1944 US sl.
• CRACK ONE'S BUTT to strain oneself; to exert oneself to the limit ...1938 Amer. sl.
• DO ONE'S ENDEAVOR BEST to exert oneself to the utmost ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DO ONE'S ENDEAVORS to exert oneself to the utmost ...1841 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS BACK to exert oneself to the limit ...1891 Amer. sl.
• GREASE to exert or overtax oneself ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HANDLE to hurry, to exert oneself ...B1900 N. Ireland
• HEAVE TO to hurry, to exert oneself energetically, to start working very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight ...a1000
• LAY IN to exert oneself, to work hard ...1929 Amer. dial.
• LAY ONE'S EARS BACK to exert oneself to the limit ...1883 Amer. sl.
• NAIT †* to exert oneself ...a1400-50
• PUMP to exert yourself in a labour ...1992 US sl.
• PUT THE LICKS IN to exert oneself ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH GRAVEL to hurry; to work hard; to exert oneself ...1834 Amer. dial.
• TILL † to strive, to exert oneself, to labour, to work ...c897
• TIMMER UP to set about anything with energy, esp. any work requiring continued exertion ...1812 Sc.
• WAKE † to be active, alert, stirring, vigilant; also, to be diligent, to exert oneself to do something ...1352
EXERTION - nouns
• FAUCHT a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• FAUGHT † a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• HEAVE AND SHOVE † great exertion or effort ...1600
• HUSTLE effort, exertion, desire ...1898 US sl.
• NORWEGIAN STEAM brute physical exertion ...1944 US sl.
• SARKFUL OF SORE BONES, A the effect of fatigue or severe bodily exertion; a severe beating ...1815 Sc.
• TANT † the utmost exertion or effort ...c1920 Sc.
• TIFTER a struggle, hard endeavour; anything requiring muscular exertion or effort ...1899 Eng. dial.
EXERTION - verbs
• BROOFLE to be in a great hurry; to be overheated by exertion ...19C Sc.
• QUICKEN to stimulate; to urge to greater speed or exertion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
EXHAUST - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• BAKE to exhaust, to tire ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BEAT OUT to overpower completely; to exhaust ...Bk1888
• DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour ...1552
• DO IN to tire; to exhaust ...1917 sl.
• DO ONE'S DASH to reach one's limit; to exhaust one's energies; to lose one's opportunity, and suffer accordingly ...1910s Aust. sl.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FAG OUT to fatigue, to exhaust ...1930 Amer. sl.
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FINISH to tire, to exhaust; often followed by 'off' ...1816 sl.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust ...1790 Sc.
• JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAMPH to tire, to fatigue; to exhaust by toil ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KILL OUT ONESELF to exhaust oneself ...20C W. Indies
• KNACKER to tire, to exhaust ...1946 sl.
• KNOCK IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAGGLE to tire out, to exhaust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAISIN to fatigue, to weary, to exhaust ...a1850 Sc.
• PALL to exhaust physically, to wear out, to drain of energy ...1965 Sc.
• POOP to tire; to exhaust; often followed by 'out' ...1932 sl., orig. US
• RAMFEEZLE to exhaust oneself with work; to wear oneself out ...1885 Sc.
• RANDLE to knock up, to exhaust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SEW UP to tire, to exhaust ...1837 sl.
• SUCK DRY to exhaust ...1593
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to deprive of toughness, courage, or strength; to exhaust, to dispirit ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOIL OUT to tire out, to exhaust with toil ...1610 arch.
• TUCKER to tire, to exhaust ...c1840 US sl.
• UNBOWEL † to exhaust oneself; to expend one's strength or means ...1647
• VANQUISH to exhaust, to tire out ...1905 Sc.
EXHAUSTED - adjectives
• ALL IN exhausted ...B1912 Eng. sl.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S BOOT-STRAPS exhausted, very tired ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOELACES exhausted, very tired ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOESTRINGS exhausted, very tired ...1940 Amer. dial.
• ALL OUT exhausted, lacking energy ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER THE FLOOR tired, exhausted ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL SHOT exhausted, worn out ...L19 sl., orig. military
• ASS-WHIPPED physically exhausted ...1974 Amer. sl.
• AYLESBURY'ED exhausted ...1990s rhyming sl. (Aylesbury ducked - fucked)
• BAGGED fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BAKED exhausted, tired out ...c1800 Eng. sl.
• BAUCH weak, tired out, exhausted ...1819 Sc.
• BEAT OUT 1. tired, exhausted ...1746 Amer. dial.
2. mentally or nervously exhausted; at one's wits end ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BEAT-UP damaged; worn out; of unimpressive appearance; completely exhausted ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEAZLED tired out, exhausted ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BELLOWSED exhausted, out of breath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLOWS TO MEND out of breath, exhausted ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BET beaten, exhausted ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• BETIMED exhausted by fatigue ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• BRAIN-FAGGED exhausted by prolonged mental strain ...1902
• BROKE DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUSHED tired, exhausted ...L19 colloq. orig. N. Amer.
• CABBAGED mentally and physically exhausted; brain-dead from overwork ...1992 UK sl.
• CAMPED exhausted ...L19 Aust. sl.
• CAULKED exhausted ...1936 Amer. dial.
• CHARVERED exhausted, tired out ...20C sl.
• CHINESE extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered' (Chinese Lacquered)
• CHINESE LACQUERED extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered'
• CREAM CRACKERED exhausted ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'knackered'
• DAISKET exhausted, worn-out ...1888 Sc.
• DAISKIT exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEAD tired to exhaustion ...1813 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BEAT completely exhausted ...1821 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ON ONE'S FEET tired to exhaustion ...c1890 Amer. sl.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus ...1899 sl.
• DEFEAT † exhausted from the effects of sickness or fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• DESKIT exhausted, worn-out ...1888 Sc.
• DILVERED exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue, drowsy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DOG-TIRED exhausted ...colloq.
• DONE IN physically exhausted ...colloq.
• DONE UP physically exhausted ...colloq.
• DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DUNG exhausted, overpowered by fatigue, infirmity ,etc. ...1766 Sc.
• EAT UP tired out, exhausted ...1970s US college sl.
• EUCHRED exhausted, destitute, faulty ...L19 Aust. sl.
• FAGGED OUT exhausted, tired, fatigued ...1785 colloq.
• FAINTED † become weak or exhausted ...c1500
• FAIR AND BET completely beaten, exhausted ...1865 Eng. dial.
• FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FANTIGUED tired, exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAR GONE exhausted, worn-out ...M19 sl.
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATIGATED † fatigued, exhausted, weary ...1552
• FAZZLED tired, exhausted ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FIT TO DROP worn out, exhausted
• FLY-BLOWN exhausted ...c1880 sl.
• FRIED mentally exhausted ...1980 US sl.
• GIVED OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GIVEN OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GRUB-STRUCK exhausted by hunger ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• HACKED OFF exhausted; tired ...L19 sl., orig. US
• HAD-IT exhausted, completely worn out ...1981 US sl.
• HAGGED OUT exhausted ...1968 US sl.
• HARD tired, exhausted ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HATTERED badly treated; exhausted, wearied ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JADED worn out or exhausted; fatigued ...1693
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAGGED exhausted, very tired ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAMMOCKED worn out, exhausted ...1876 Eng. dial.
• JIGGERED UP exhausted; used up ...1862 sl.
• KABUSH very tired, exhausted ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LARBAR † lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 chiefly Sc.
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP used to denote extreme exhaustion or tiredness ...1939 sl.
• LIMBER AS A DISHRAG limp, weak, exhausted ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER AS A GREASY RAG limp, weak, exhausted ...1866 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER AS A RAG limp, weak, exhausted ...1818 Amer. dial.
• MAGGED tired out, exhausted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANKIT worn out, exhausted ...1866 Sc.
• MARCID † weak, feeble, exhausted ...1656
• MARCIDIOUS †* rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted ...1656
• MASHED-UP exhausted, overcome ...1888 Eng. dial.
• MATED-OUT exhausted with fatigue ...Bk1905 Sc.
• METHEFUL † weary, exhausted ...a1300 obs.
• MONKEYED exhausted, esp. by heat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MULFERED AND FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• OF-FOUGHT exhausted with fighting ...c1320 obs.
• OF-WALKED †* exhausted or fatigued with walking ...1377
• ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted ...1888 Amer. dial.
• ONWEEDY soon finished, soon exhausted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OORIE-LIKE having a languid, exhausted appearance, having the appearance of being much fatigued ...1808 Sc.
• OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• PAKIT-LIKE having the appearance of a prostitute; having a shabby, exhausted appearance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANCROCKED exhausted ...20C Irish sl.
• PARTIED OUT exhausted from excessive party-going ...1992 US sl.
• PAUCHLED worn-out, exhausted, drained of all energy ...1937 Sc.
• PEGGED OUT exhausted, tired, worn out ...1868 Amer. dial.
• PERISHED exhausted, esp. by exposure to heat or cold; wasted, withered ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PLUMB FAGGED completely tired or exhausted ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PLUMB TUCKERED OUT completely tired or exhausted ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POGGLED exhausted; in a state of collapse; completely drunk ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
• POLLUTED tired, exhausted, without energy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• POOHED OUT fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1930 Amer. dial.
• POWFAGGED exhausted ...N. Eng,. dial.
• PUGGLED exhausted; fatigued; in a state of collapse ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
• PUNCH-DRUNK groggy, dazed, or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RACKED tired out, exhausted ...1960s sl.
• RACKED-OUT completely exhausted ...1870
• RAKED emotionally or intellectually exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• RAMFEEZLED exhausted, fatigued, worn out; overworked ...1785 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• RATTY of a person: run-down, exhausted ...1960s US sl.
• READY TO DROP worn out, exhausted
• STONKERED completely exhausted or beaten; whacked ...20C sl.
• TAFFLED exhausted with fatigue ...1825 Sc.
• TAINT †* exhausted, weary ...c1380
• TAIVERT wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued ...1879 Sc.
• TAPPED-OUT exhausted ...1980s US sl.
• TOILED exhausted with toil; worn-out, weary ...1592 arch.
• TOLD OUT played out, spun out, exhausted, weary ...1861 colloq.
• TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary ...1886 Eng. dial.
• VEGGED exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• VEGGED OUT exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• WABBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective ...1822 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective ...1822 Sc.
• WALL-FALLING exhausted, tired out ...1970s Irish sl.
• WANKED exhausted, worn-out ...1990s sl.
• WANKED OUT exhausted ...1970s sl.
• WANKERED exhausted, worn-out ...1990s sl.
• WAPPIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAY-GONE exhausted by travelling ...1831
• WHACKED absolutely exhausted ...L19 sl.
• WHACKED TO THE WIDE absolutely exhausted ...L19 sl.
• WHIPPED fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired; sometimes followed by 'up' ...1940 US sl.
• WHIPPED DOWN fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPED OUT fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1906 Amer. dial.
• WHITE-EYED exhausted, worn-out, greatly fatigued ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WOZZED exhausted ...1998 NZ sl.
• WRECKED exhausted ...2000s sl.
• WRUNG OUT exhausted ...1950s sl., orig. US
• WRUNG OUT LIKE A DISHCLOTH exhausted ...1950s sl., orig. US
• WUBBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• ZONED exhausted, burned out ...1970s sl.
• ZONED OUT exhausted, burned out ...1970s sl.
• ZONKED tired, completely exhausted ...1972 sl.
• ZONKED OUT completely exhausted ...1972 sl.
• ZONKERS completely exhausted, tired ...1960s sl.
EXHAUSTED - nouns
• FAG END an exhausted condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRAZZLE an exhausted condition ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
EXHAUSTED - nouns, person
• DEADER an utterly exhausted person ...1895 Amer. sl.
• WRECK an exhausted or dissipated person; a human ruin ...1795
EXHAUSTED - verbs
• CONK OUT to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted ...1920s Amer. sl.
• CRACK UP to be exhausted; to break down whether physically or mentally ...c1850 colloq.
• FADE to become tired, to feel increasingly exhausted ...1980s US campus sl.
• FALL OUT OF ONE'S STANDING to collapse from exhaustion ...1990s Irish sl.
• FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1892 Amer. dial.
• FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LOOK LIKE ONE WAS SENT FOR AND COULDN'T COME to look indisposed, out of sorts, or exhausted ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TALM † to become exhausted; to fail, to tire, to faint, to swoon ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAP OUT to be exhausted ...1980s US college sl.
• TIFFLE to grow weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out ...1703 Eng. dial.
• TIFLE to grow weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out ...1703 Eng. dial.
EXHAUSTEDLY - adverbs
• LIMBERLY exhaustedly, weakly ...1909 Amer. dial.
EXHAUSTING - adjectives
• ASS-BUSTING exhausting; usually considered vulgar ...1973 Amer. sl.
• BALL-BREAKING troublesome, difficult, very irritating, physically demanding, exhausting ...1959 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING troublesome, difficult; irritating; physically demanding, exhausting ...1944 US sl.
• FAGGING exhausting ...L19 sl.
• HARLIN difficult, close; exhausting, severe ...1807 Eng. dial.
• JABBIN' exhausting ...1925 Sc.
• SUCKING † tending to drain or exhaust ...c1440
• TEARING of work: exhausting ...1920s sl.
EXHAUSTING - nouns
• FAGGING the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work; an exhausting experience ...1777
• NIGGER-DRIVING (now derogatory or offensive) exhausting with work ...1880 colloq.
• SKINNING impoverishing, exhausting ...1888
• WORKOUT a hard job; an exhausting effort ...20C Amer. sl.
EXHAUSTION - adverbs
• BALDHEADED to the point of frustration or exhaustion ...1889 US sl.
EXHAUSTION - nouns
• BONK a level of exhaustion that makes a cyclist or runner unable to go further ...M20 sl.
• BRAIN-FAG exhaustion of the brain by prolonged mental strain ...1851
• EFFETENESS exhaustion, worn-out condition ...1862
• FANTATION ravenous hunger; exhaustion from want of food ...1898 Sc.
• GONENESS a sinking feeling; weakness, faintness, exhaustion; great depression ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• TALM † faintness, exhaustion ...c1375
• WIDE EYE severe exhaustion ...1990 Amer. dial.
EXHIBIT - verbs
• BARNUMIZE to exhibit with a lavish display of puffing advertisements ...1851
• NAIL TO THE BARN-DOOR to exhibit after the manner of dead vermin ...1894
• VENDITATE † to set out as if for sale; to put forward or display in a favourable light or in a specious manner; to exhibit ostentatiously ...1600
EXHIBITION - nouns
• GAFF a show, an exhibition ...19C sl.
• HAZE-GAZE a show in the sense of an exhibition of oneself; a wonder ...1818 Eng. dial.
EXHIBITION - nouns, person
• POPPY SHOW one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves ...20C W. Indies sl.
EXHIBITIONISM - nouns
• CAMP flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
• CAMPING flamboyance, overt exhibitionism ...1920s sl.
• DANGLE a nickname for an act of male exhibitionism ...20C US sl.
EXHIBITIONIST - nouns, person
• DANGLER an exhibitionist of the penis; a flasher ...1927 US sl.
• MEAT-FLASHER an exhibitionist; a man who exposes his penis to public view ...19C Brit. sl.
• WANDA WANDWAVER an exhibitionist ...1960s homosexual sl.
EXHIBITIONIST - verbs
• ADVERTISE to show off, to act in an exhibitionist manner, and thus draw un-needed attraction to oneself ...1930s sl., orig. US
EXHILARATE - verbs
• EFFERVESCE * to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively ...1866
• HILARATE †* to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate ...1623
EXHILARATED - adjectives
• JACKED excited, exhilarated ...1930s sl.
• JACKED UP excited, exhilarated ...1930s sl.
• NAPPY slightly intoxicated, exhilarated by drink ...1776 Sc.
• SET UP proud; exhilarated; enlivened by drink; drunk ...1875 Amer. dial.
EXHILARATED - verbs
• KILL OUT to feel good; to be exhilarated ...1930s US Black sl.
• POP OFF to feel exhilarated ...1950s sl., orig. US
• POP ONE'S NUT to feel exhilarated ...1950s sl., orig. US
• POP ONE'S NUTS to feel exhilarated ...1920s sl., orig. US
EXHILARATING - adjectives
• TITILLATING pleasantly exciting, exhilarating, stimulating ...1712-14
EXHILARATION - nouns
• ALL-OVERNESS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1820 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1895 Amer. dial.
• EBRIOSITY * exhilaration; physical excitement ...1859
• WARMTH * excitement, exhilaration ...1749
EXHILARATION - interjections
• COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave ...1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
EXHORT - verbs
• PARAENESIZE †* to exhort, to advise, to counsel ...1716
EXHORTATION - nouns
• PARAENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
• PARENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition ...1604
EXHUMATION - nouns
• UNBURIAL disinterment; exhumation ...1872
EXILE - adjectives
• ABROADED living in exile somewhere other than the UK ...M19 UK society usage
• EXULANT †* living in exile ...1636
EXILE - nouns
• EJECTION †* the state of being banished, exile ...1655-60
EXILE - nouns, person
• EXULANT †* one living in exile ...
• OUTFLEME †* one who is banished; a fugitive from his country; an exile ...a1300
EXILE - verbs
• ABAND † to exile, to banish ...1559
• DISTERR †* to banish from one's country; to exile ...c1645
EXILE - phrases
• ONE'S BACK IS AT THE WALL one is in a state of trouble or financial embarrassment; one is in exile or in hiding ...1825 Sc.
EXILED - adjectives
• YFLEMED † put to flight; exiled ...c893
EXIST - nouns
• QUODAMMODOTATIVE † a thing that exists in a certain way ...1656
EXIST - nouns, person
• BEER †* one who is or exists ...1382
EXISTED - adjectives
• OLD-STANDING that has stood or existed long; long-standing ...1608-9
• QUONDAM that formerly was or existed ...1586
EXISTENCE - adjectives
• NAISSANT * coming into existence, or being produced ...1885
• NASCENT coming into existence; just beginning to be; commencing to form, grow, develop, etc. ...1741
• UNBEENED † deprived of existence ...1642
EXISTENCE - nouns
• BEING † livelihood, living, subsistence, existence, maintenance ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
EXISTENCE - verbs
• EFFIRM † to assert the existence of ...1549 Sc.
EXISTING - adjectives
• QUODAMMODOTATIVE † existing in a certain manner ...1656
• SUBSISTENT † existing substantially or really; existing of or by itself ...1617 now rare or obs.
EXISTING - nouns
• BEINGNESS † the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
EXIT - adjectives
• EGRESSIVE going out, coming out ...1691
EXIT - nouns
• BREAKS any place of exit where throngs of people pour through en stream, as from a theatre, a convention, or other popular gathering ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl.
• CRUSH a forcible entry or exit ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• EGRESS 1. a going out, or issuing forth, from an enclosed or confined place ...1538
2. a means of exit ...1677
• EGRESSION the act of going out from any enclosed place or specified limits ...a1529
EXIT - verbs
• EGRESS to go out ...1578
• GAP IT to make a quick exit ...2000 S. Africa
• HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit ...1950s sl.
• POP OFF THE HOOKS to exit; to vanish ...1930s US sl.
• SCAPA FLOW to go, to make a hasty exit...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'go'
EXORBITANT - adjectives
• SIBYLLINE excessive, exorbitant ...1859
EXPAND - verbs
• MOVE OUT to expand, to bloom ...1920s NZ sl.
• PATULICATE †* to be opened, or made wide; to become open, to expand ...1656
EXPECT - verbs
• AIM to suppose, to conjecture; to anticipate, to forecast, to expect ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CALCULATE to think, to expect, to believe ...1830 US colloq.
• INTEND to expect ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SPEC to expect ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
EXPECTANT - adjectives
• ALL ON END eager, expectant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
EXPECTATION - adverbs
• TO ONE'S NOTION to one's liking, up to one's expectations or standards ...1909 Amer. dial.
EXPECTATION - nouns
• BEHOPES hope, expectation ...Bk1898 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• ESPERANCE hope or expectation ...15C arch.
• NINNY-WATCH a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ONHING patient waiting or expectation; the act of meanly and lazily staying in a place; tedious delay ...1866 Sc.
• OPINION † the thought of what is likely to happen; expectation; apprehension ...a1548
• TO-HOPE † hope, expectation ...c888
EXPECTATION - verbs
• COME UP TO CHALK to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
• COME UP TO THE CHALK to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory ...1836 US sl.
• CUT THE MUSTARD to come up to expectations
• NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE well below expectations ...E19
EXPECTED - adjectives
• SPERATORY † resting in hope or expectation; hoped for, hopeful, expected ...1629
EXPECTED - nouns
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LIES an occasion or day close at hand ...1824 Sc.
EXPEDIENT - adjectives
• BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
EXPEDIENT - nouns
• TIDEFULNESS † a fit or expedient season; time of need ...a1340
EXPEDITION - nouns
• FARE † an expedition ...a1000
• GUY a walk; hence, an expedition or journey ...1889 rhyming sl. for 'Guy Fawkes', a walk
• VAIGE a journey, trip, outing, or expedition ...1825 Sc.
EXPEDITIOUS - adjectives
• HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden ...c1340 arch.
• RIDSOME ready, expert; expeditious, quickly dispatched ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUDDEN † of persons: swift in action, quick to perform, prompt, expeditious ...1591
• THROUGH active, expeditious ...Bk1905 Sc.
EXPEDITIOUS - verbs
• RAP OFF A THING to do it expeditiously ...Bk1905 Sc.
EXPEL - verbs
• ABSQUATULIZE to drive away, to expel ...1839 Amer. sl.
• BUST OUT to expel or be expelled from school because of academic failure ...1939 US sl.
• CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment ...1905 Amer. sl.
• DEBOUT † to thrust out, to expel, to oust ...1619
• FIRE OUT to eject, to kick out, to expel or order from a classroom ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SACK to expel from school or university ...c1880 sl.
• VANQUISH † to expel or banish from a place ...1536
• VENT † to eject or expel people out of a country...1609
EXPELLED - adjectives
• OUT ON YOUR ARSE ejected, evicted, expelled ...1998 UK sl.
EXPELLED - nouns, person
• FLUNKEE one who is expelled, due to failing examinations ...1920s sl.
• FLUNKEY one who is expelled, due to failing examinations ...1920s sl.
• FLUNKY one who is expelled, due to failing examinations ...1920s sl.
EXPELLED - verbs
• BUNK to be expelled from (public) school ...L19 sl.
• GET THE GRAND BOUNCE to be expelled ...Bk1904 Amer. college
EXPEND - verbs
• IMPEND † to pay to someone; to spend, to expend; to apply money; to bestow ...c1486
• LAY FORTH † to spend, to expend ...1584
• MEISLE to waste imperceptibly; to disappear gradually; to expend in a trifling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
EXPENDITURE - adjectives
• SUMPTUARY pert. to or regulating expenditure ...1600
EXPENDITURE - nouns
• DIGS-AN-DRAKES wasteful expenditure ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LARGESSE † lavish expenditure ...1614
• LAVISH † profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness ...1483
• ON-WAUR expenditure, outlay, trouble, labour ...1898 Sc.
• SUMPT †* expenditure, expenses ...a1560
• SUMPTUOSITY lavishness or extravagance of expenditure; magnificence or luxuriousness of living, equipment, decoration, or the like; sumptuousness; squandering, prodigality ...1559
EXPENDITURE - nouns, person
• SUMPTUARY † one responsible for expenditure ...1789
EXPENDITURE - verbs
• AXE to lessen expenditure ...1923 Eng. sl.
EXPENSE(S) - adjectives
• ON A SHOESTRING at very small expense ...1904 sl., orig. US
• SUMPTUOUS † of charges, expenses, etc.: involving a great outlay of money ...1485
EXPENSE(S) - nouns
• ABLIGURITION † prodigal expense on meat and drink ...1742
• DAMAGE cost, expense ...1755 sl.
• EARTH, THE a great expense ...1924 UK sl.
• EXES expenses ...1864 sl.
• EX'S expenses ...1864 sl.
• NECESSARIES †* necessary expenses ...c1449
• NUT a regular and recurring expense ...1909 US sl.
• ONCOST extra or additional cost or expense ...1725 Sc.
• SUMPT †* expenditure, expenses ...a1560
• SUMPTURE †* expense ...1727
• SWINDLE SHEET a document making fraudulent claims, esp. on an expense account ...1923 sl., chiefly US
• WALK-ABOUT MONEY daily expenses, petty cash rather than a large amount that needs investing or depositing ...1930s sl.
• X'S expenses ...M19 sl.
EXPENSE(S) - verbs
• ARKANSAW to share expenses, esp. of a meal ...1950s US sl.
• EAT IN DUTCH STREET to share expenses ...1910s sl.
• SUMPTIFY †* to make great expenses or cost ...1656
EXPENSIVE - adjectives
• BIG-BUCK expensive ...1990s US Black sl.
• CHARGEFUL † onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly ...c1529
• COSTING expensive ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COSTIOUS † expensive, costly ...1340
• DEAR AS SAFFRON, AS excessively dear, expensive ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DEARTHFUL † adj. costly, expensive; high in price ...1786 nonce word obs. exc. Sc.
• DEEP † said of things involving heavy expenditure or liability; expensive; heavy ...1614
• DIGGING † dear, expensive, costly ...1837 Amer. dial.
• DISPENDIOUS costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous ...1727
• MAN very expensive ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEGABUCK very expensive ...1992 US sl.
• PRICEY expensive ...1932 sl.
• PRICY expensive ...1932 sl.
• SALT of expense, cost: excessive in amount; costly, expensive, high in price. dear ...1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALTY expensive, costly, dear ...1974 Amer. dial.
• STEEP expensive; chiefly applied to a price ...1856 sl.
• STIFF expensive; chiefly applied to a price ...1824 sl.
• SUMPTUOUS † costly or expensive to practise or maintain ...1551-2 chiefly Sc.
EXPENSIVE - nouns
• CAMAC anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose ...19C Irish sl.
• LICKPENNY † something that makes the money go; something expensive ...a1400
EXPENSIVE - verbs
• BREAK THE BANK to be expensive ...1612
• COST to be expensive ...1895 sl.
• DEAR †* to make dear or expensive; to raise the price of ...1424 Sc.
• KNOCK BACK to cost, as in 'that will knock you back a bit'; to be expensive ...1946 sl.
ò SET BACK to cost; to be expensive ...1896 Amer. sl.
EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCED - adjectives
• BEATEN † of persons: inured to anything, experienced ...a1593
• BONE-SEASONED experienced ...1968 Amer. cowmen's usage
• DOWN THE TRACK experienced ...1980s sl.
• DRY BACK OF THE EARS experienced, mature ...1914 Amer.sl.
• DRY BEHIND THE EARS experienced; mature ...1911 Amer. sl.
• ROCKING-CHAIR lacking or not involving first-hand experience ...US
• SALT † of experience, etc.: bitter, vexatious ...c1500
• SALTED of persons: experienced in some business or occupation ...1889 colloq.
• SEASONED experienced, as a soldier, etc. ...1643
• VERSANT * of persons: skilled, versed, or experienced in a subject, practice, etc., as the result of having been occupied with it ...1766
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
EXPERIENCE - nouns
• COP an experience ...1910s Aust. sl.
• FAND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• FOND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• HANDSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow ...1573
• UNIVERSITY OF LIFE. a 'college' attended by those who claim personal experience as infinitely superior to academic knowledge ...20C sl.
EXPERIENCE - verbs
• COP to experience, to undergo; to receive ...M19 sl.
• DA to live, to experience ...1866 Sc.
• FALL DOWN (ON) to experience, to enjoy ...1960s US sl.
• HEAR THE OWL HOOT to have many and varied experiences ...1936 Amer. Western sl.
• JACKAROO to pick up experience ...L19 Aust. sl.
• JACKEROO to pick up experience ...M19 Aust. sl.
• PASS THE BONE to share experience, to pass on information ...1990s US college sl.
• SEE THE BIG ANIMAL to see or experience all that one can endure ...1848 Amer. sl.
• SEE THE ELEPHANT to see what there is to see; to experience something to the end; to become jaded or disappointed ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE SHIT WITH THE SUGAR to accept that one must have both bad and good experiences ...1990s Aust.
• THINK † to feel, to experience ...1796 Sc.
• VIBE to experience, to enjoy ...1960s US sl.
• WADE THE WATER to go through a certain experience, 'to take the plunge' ...1857 Sc.
EXPERIENCED - adjectives
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1896 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1889 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE of a person: tough, experienced ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SAVEY wise, sagacious, experienced ...1771 Sc.
• STREET-WISE experienced in or possessing the necessary qualities for urban survival ...1981 US
• VET veteran, experienced ...1930s US sl.
EXPERIENCED - nouns, person
• FLAG UNFURLED a man of the world ...Bk1893 rhyming sl.
• MAN OF THE WORLD a man who is instructed and experienced in the ways of the world and is prepared to accept its conventions ...1778
• OLD BIRD an experienced, knowing person ...c1887 colloq.
• OLD ROBIN an experienced person ...L18 sl.
• OLD SOLDIER an experienced, but somewhat cunning man ...E18 sl.
• OLD STAGER an experienced person ...M16
• OLDSTER one who is no longer a 'youngster'; an elderly person; an old person, or a more experienced person ...1848
• OLD-TIMER one whose residence, membership, or experience dates from long ago ...Aust. sl.
• VET an old-timer, an ageing or experienced person ...1910s sl.
EXPERIMENT - nouns
• FANDING † a trying to do or find out something; an attempt, an experiment ...a1000
• FONDING † a trying to do or find out something; an attempt, an experiment ...a1000
• MAXIM a plan, contrivance; an experiment; a fad; a crotchet ...1882 Eng. dial.
EXPERIMENT - verbs
• OFFER to hold up or display for the purpose of testing the appearance of anything; to try; to experiment with ...1892 Eng. dial.