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FAR - FASTING
FAR - adjectives
• ABACK-O'-BEHIND far away, remote ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-A-BUSH far away, deep in the country, in the 'back of beyond' ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BACK OF GOD SPEED very far away ...20C Irish sl.
• BEHIND AND BEYOND far away; in the distance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEHIND GOD SPEED very far away ...20C Irish sl.
• FAR-FET † brought from far ...1579
• FAR-FETCHED brought from far ...1583 arch.
• LONGINQUE † distant; far ...1614
• SIDE †* far-off, distant; going far ...1399
FAR - adverbs
• BACK-ALONG of position: far in the rear; a long way off ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAR-FORTH † to a great distance or extent; far, far on ...c1470
• FARLY † far, to a great extent or distance ...c1460
FAR - nouns
• • BACK OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK OF BURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• B.F.A. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Africa) ...1980s US college sl.
• B.F.E. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Egypt) ...1980s US college sl.
• EYEREACH an expanse of country which extends as far as the eye can see ...1903 Amer. dial.
• FAIR DEAL an honest transaction; a fair bargain; an honest and equitable usage ...1876, orig. US
FARCE, FARCICAL - adjectives
• FARCIC †* farcical; of the nature of a farce ...1763
• FARCIFUL †* ludicrous, farcical ...1731
FARCE - nouns
• FARCEDOM farcical spirit or style ...1842 nonce word
FARCE - verbs
• FARCIFY to turn into a farce ...1834
FARE - nouns
• TOLL † a charge made for passage in a ship, fare ...c1000
FAREWELL - adjectives
• VALEDATORY † uttered in bidding or taking farewell obs.
• VALEDICTORY uttered in bidding or taking farewell ...1651
FAREWELL - nouns
• BONAILLIE farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONALLY farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABMAN'S FAREWELL any form of farewell that is essentially a curse ...1940s sl.
• DAY-DAY a gesture of farewell ...1950 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage online
• FARWEDDLE farewell ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LEAVE-NIMING † the taking leave of a person; saying farewell ...1340
• VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking ...1580-3
• VALEDICTION 1. the act of saying farewell to a person, etc.; a farewell or leave-taking ...1614
2. an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1619
• VALE-DICTUM †* an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1638
• WRITE-OFF a farewell, a termination ...1970s sl., orig. military
FAREWELL - verbs
• VALEDICT * to bid farewell ...1721
FAREWELL - interjections/phrases
• ABCING YOU used as a farewell ...1947 US sl.
• ADIOS AMOEBAS a farewell ...1980s US campus sl.
• BE GOOD TO YOURSELF used with humour as a farewell ...1950 US sl.
• DAY-DAY goodbye; a gesture of farewell ...1901 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage online
• DIG YOU LATER used as a farewell ...1947 US sl.
• EASY used as a farewell ...1972 Hawaiian youth usage
• LATRONIC used as a farewell; 'later on' ...1991 US sl.
• MAY ALL YOUR CONSEQUENCES BE HAPPY ONES used as a humorous farewell ...1962 US sl.
• MY FEET ARE STAYING a farewell ...1980s US college sl.
• SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL a humorous farewell ...1966 US sl.
• SAYONARA farewell, goodbye ...1870 Japanese
• SEE YOU IN CHURCH! used as an expression of farewell ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STAY UP used as a farewell ...1998 US sl.
• VALE! farewell; goodbye ...1550
FAR-FETCHED - adjectives
• FAR-FAUGHT far-fetched ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAR-FET † of an argument, notion, etc: studiously sought out; not easily or natural introduced; strained; far-fetched, unlikely and unconvincing ...1533
• FAR-FETCH † far-fetched; unlikely and unconvincing ...1603
FAR-FETCHED - nouns
• FAR-FETCH † fondness for far-fetched ideas ...1813
FAR-FETCHED - verbs
• FAR-FETCH † to derive in a far-fetched manner ...1639
FARM - adjectives
• OFF-HAND of a farm: owned by a tenant who does not reside there ...1898 Eng. dial.
• OFF-HANDED of a farm: owned by a tenant who does not reside there ...1898 Eng. dial.
FARM, FARMING - nouns
• BACK HELP assistance given reciprocally, as among farmers ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BARGAIN † a small farm-holding ...1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARTON a large farm, esp. the demesne lands of a manor; a farmhouse ..1790 Eng. dial.
• BOARDER an unproductive farm animal not worth its keep ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BONANZA FARM a very large and productive farm ...1878 Amer. dial.
• DIJEY a small farm or homestead ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ESTATE a farm belonging to the occupier ...1890 Eng. dial.
• FARMERING farming, the occupation of a farmer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FARMERY 1. the buildings, yards, etc. belonging to a farm ...1656
2. the business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.; agriculture, farming ...1801
• FARMHOLD a quantity of land held and cultivated as a farm ...1449
• FARMLET * a little farm ...1881
• GAINERY † a farm ...1424
• GARBAGE farm produce ...1976 US sl.
• HA † a farmhouse, the main dwelling of a farm; a house, esp. on a farm, occupied by the farmed himself as opposed to the cottar houses ...1721 Sc.
• LABOURING a farm ...1798 Sc.
• MAILING 1. a rented farm ...1452 Sc.
2. the rent paid for a farm ...1725
• MAINS the farm attached to a mansion house; a home farm ...1533 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OFF-FARM a farm held by a tenant who does not reside on it ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON-GEAR the stock on a farm; the dwellings and other appurtenances ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONSTEADING the houses and buildings forming a farm-stead; a cluster of farm-workers' houses or the like ...1830 Sc.
• PADDOCK a small farm ...1824 Sc.
• TILTH labour or work in the cultivation of the soil; tillage, agricultural work, husbandry ...c1000
• TILTURE †* tilth, tillage, agriculture ...1573
• YOKELET an old name for a little farm or manor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FARM, FARMING - verbs
• FARMER to practise the trade or operation of farming ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARMERY to practise the trade or operation of farming ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MANISH to work a farm in a prosperous manner; to apply manure ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TILTH † to till, to cultivate ...1495 obs. or rare
FARM, FARMER, FARMHAND, FARM LABOURER - nouns, person
• ACREMAN † a cultivator of the ground; a husbandman, or ploughman ...c1000
• AFTERNOON FARMER a procrastinating one; hence a lazy person ...B1874 .Eng. sl.
• AGREGADO a farmhand or a man allowed to work for himself on part of the landowner's soil ...1871 Amer. dial.
• ALL-WORKS a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER 1. (often derogatory) an itinerant farm labourer ...1941 Amer. dial.
2. among loggers: a farmer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• APRON-STRING FARMER an effeminate town-bred farmer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARKIE any poor Southern farmer, esp. a sharecropper ...20C US sl.
• ARKY any poor Southern farmer, esp. a sharecropper ...20C US sl.
• BACK-BREAKER the leader of a gang of farm-labourers ...1867
• BACK-DOOR BOY a boy employed in a farm house for domestic purposes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKWOODS JOCKEY a farmer ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BAILIE a man, boy or girl in charge of the cows on a farm ...1880 Sc.
• BAILLIE LOON a lad in charge of the cattle ...1916 Sc.
• BANGSTRAW one who threshes with a flail; also, a thatcher or any farm-servant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOO-MAN the cattleman on a large farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTHIER a farm servant living in a 'bothie' (cottage) ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWER the manager of a dairy on a dairy-farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWMAN a cottager; a ploughman; a cattleman on a farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONNET-LAIRD a yeoman, one who farms his own land; one who farmed land as tenant, in its natural state and at a nominal rent, for a long lease, sometimes of 99 years ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIAR HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HEISTER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER a rough farmer from the back country; a rustic ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CADET a young man learning sheep-farming ...M19 NZ
• CARL(E) a man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman ...1375 arch.
• CEDAR SAVAGE (derogatory) a farmer; a rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CLODBUSTER a farmer ...1950 US sl.
• CLOVER-KICKER a yokel; a rustic; a farmer ...1918 US sl.
• COCKATOO a small farmer ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• COCKY a small farmer ...1872 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CORNCRACKER a poor White farmer; a rustic ...M19 US sl.
• COW-SPANKER a dairy farmer or stockman ...1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DAIRY QUEEN a homosexual farmer ...1960s US gay sl.
• DAME a wife, esp. the wife of a farmer or yeoman ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRT FARMER one who grows root vegetables, esp. a potato farmer with over 200 acres of potatoes ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FARMER 1. the eldest son of the occupier of a farm ...a1825 Eng. dial.
2. a recently arrived Southern farm worker who persists in his country ways despite the pressing sophistication of the Northern cities ...1940s US Black sl.
• FARMER ARTERNOON a slovenly farmer, one who is always behindhand ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARMERESS a woman who farms land; a farmer's wife ...1672
• FREE SELECTOR a farmer ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• GAFFMAN the bailiff or superintendent of a farm ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GRANGER a farmer ...1877 Amer. dial.
• GREEN FARMER one who raises no stock, only crops ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAB (derogatory) a share-cropper; a tenant farmer ...20C Can.
• HAGGLER the upper servant of a farm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALFER a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HALF FARMER a farmer who shares his crop with landowner half and half ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF HAND a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-LONG a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work ...1708 Sc.
• HALF MAN a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-RENTER a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAND MAN a man who is employed to help with work on a farm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAY BARBER one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAYFIELD LOBSTERMAN one who is both farmer and fisherman by season ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HAYFOOT a farmer; a rustic; used derisively ...1901 Amer. sl.
• HAY JOHN one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a farmer, a rustic...1847 Amer. sl., esp. nautical
• HAYPITCHER a farmer, a rustic ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HAYRAKER a farmer; a rustic ...1954 Amer. sl.
• HAY RUBE a farmer; an ignorant rustic ...1900 Amer. sl.
• HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HAYTOSSER a farmer, a rustic ...1904-11 Amer. sl.
• HEAD-MAN the chief labourer on a farm ...1819 Eng. dial.
• HEAD'S-MAN the chief labourer on a farm ...1819 Eng. dial.
• HEN WRANGLER a chore boy on a farm or ranch ...1944 Amer. dial.
• IDLE-MAN a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JASPER (often derogatory) a fellow, a guy; a rustic, a countrified person, a farmer, a stranger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• KAIL-BAILLIE † the servant who stays home on the farm on Sunday to prepare dinner and feed and water the cattle ...a1838 Sc.
• LAD a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm ...1721 Sc.
• LEATHER-NECK an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station ...1898 Aust. sl.
• MAIDEN the title given to the eldest daughter of a farmer ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAN ON THE LAND a farmer or other rural worker ...1911 Aust. sl.
• MASTER an employer; the head of a shop or works; the name given to a farmer by the farm labourers ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLESKIN SQUATTER a working man who has come to own a small sheep run ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MONTH HAND a temporary farm worker hired by the month ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MONTHLY HAND a temporary farm worker hired by the month ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE-MAN the head labourer on a farm ...1790 Sc.
• ODD LADDIE a youth who acts as a spare hand or odd-job man on a farm ...1947 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODD LADDY a boy kept on farms to do odd jobs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD MAN a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs; a workman who does odd jobs ...1750 Eng. dial.
• O'SULLIVAN a farmer; a rustic ...1933 sl.
• PAFFLER one who occupies a small farm ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PLOUGH-JOCKEY a farmer, a rustic ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PLOWBOY a farmer, a rustic ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PLOW JOCK a farmer, a rustic ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PLOW-JOCKEY a farmer, a rustic ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PLOW-PUSHER a farmer, a rustic ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PODDY † a farmer ...1831 Eng. dial.
• PUMPKIN-ROLLER a farmer ...c1905 Amer. sl.
• PUNKIN-ROLLER a farmer ...c1905 Amer. sl.
• QUARTER HAND a tenant farmer who pays usually one fourth of the crop as rent ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUEEN STREET BUSHIE a businessman who owns a farm as an investment ...1950s NZ sl.
• QUEEN STREET COCKY n. a businessman who owns a farm as an investment ...1950s NZ sl.
• QUEEN STREET FARMER n. a businessman who owns a farm as an investment ...1950s NZ sl.
• QUOTTER a woman worker on a farm without male relations with her in the same employment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RABBITCHOKER a farmer; unsophisticated peasant ...1950s US sl.
• RAILSPLITTER a farmer; an unsophisticated rustic ...1867 Amer. dial.
• REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RURICOLIST * a husbandman, farmer ...1730
• SCODGE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCODGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCOGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCUDGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SODBUSTER a farmer who works the soil ...1885
• SPALPEEN a common workman or labourer; a farm worker or harvester; a migratory agricultural labourer ...1780 Irish
• STUBBLE-JUMPER a prairie farmer ...1961 sl., chiefly Can.
• SWEDE-BASHER (derogatory) a farm worker; hence, any rustic ...1943 sl.
• TACKHEAD a stupid person; a rural farmer ...20S US sl.
• TACKY a stupid person, a rural farmer ...20C US sl.
• TACKYHEAD a stupid person; a rural farmer ...20C US sl.
• TAKE THE WHISKERS OFF to work for a farmer gathering the harvest ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• TILIE † one who tills or cultivates the soil; a husbandman ...c1000
• TILLMAN † a man employed in tillage; a farmer, husbandman; a ploughman, a peasant; a tiller of the soil ...940
• TILLSMAN † a 'tillman' ...1561-2
• UNDER-LOUT a drudge; an underling; the lowest boy on a farm; a lazy servant-boy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• WAGONER the head among a farmer's yearly servants; a carter; a head ploughman ...1796 Eng. dial.
• WOOL HAT BOY a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WOOL HATTER a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1986 Amer. dial.
FARMER - adjectives
• FARMERLY † like a farmer ...a1674
• FARMERY like a farmer ...1861
FARMHOUSE - nouns
• BARTON a large farm, esp. the demesne lands of a manor; a farmhouse ..1790 Eng. dial.
• BOO a manor-house; a farmhouse; a village ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW a house; the principal farmhouse on an estate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HALL 1. the kitchen of a farm-house; the principal living-room ...1774 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALL-HOUSE † 1. the principal living-room in a farm-house ...1564 obs, exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. the farm-house, as distinguished from the cottages on the farm ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FARMING - adjectives
• FARMERIC farming, farmer-like; countrified ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FARMERING farming, engaged in farming ...1892 Eng. dial.
FARMSTEAD - nouns
• ONSET a farm-house, with its outhouses; a farmstead ...1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ONSTEAD a farmhouse with its attached stables, cowshed, and other offices; a farmstead; later sometimes specifically the offices, as distinct from the farmer's house ...1715 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FARMYARD - nouns
• BARKEN an enclosed space or yard; a farmyard ...1671 Eng. dial.
• BARTON a farmyard; the outbuildings at the back of a farmhouse ...1552
• FAND-GARTH a farmyard ...1790 Eng. dial.
FARRIER - nouns
• FARRING farriering, the work or trade of a farrier ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARYERING farriering, the work or trade of a farrier ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
FARRIER - nouns, person
• PLATER in horse racing: a farrier ...1976 US sl.
• VICARANT-SURGEON a farrier; a corruption of 'veterinary surgeon' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FARRIER - verbs
• FARRY † to treat an animal as a farrier does ...1807
FAR-SEEING - adjectives
• FAR-LEUKIT far-seeing, penetrating, prudent ...1787 Sc.
• FAR-SEEN far-seeing, penetrating, prudent ...1785 Sc.
• NIS-WISE quick in perception; far-seeing ...1790 Sc.
FART - adjectives
• FARTY flatulence-inducing ...1975 UK sl.
• FULL-FLAVOURED pert. to a very bad-smelling release of intestinal gas ...sl.
• SILENT BUT DEADLY applied to the unpleasant smell that hangs in the air as the result of a silent fart ...1950s sl.
• VENTOSITOUS †* affected with flatulence ...1601
• VENTOSOUS †* flatulent ...1639
• VENTUOUS † flatulent, windy ...1398
FART, FARTING - nouns
• ANAL APPLAUSE the release of intestinal gas ...Amer. sl.
• APPLE TART a breaking of wind; a fart ...20C Aust. & Irish rhyming sl.
• ARSE BISCUIT a fart ...2003 Brit. sl.
• ARTHUR FOWLER a fart ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'growler'
• ATOMIC ATMOSPHERE the stink created by someone's having recently broken wind ...1980s US college sl.
• BACK-DOOR TRUMPET the anus considered as a musical instrument in the breaking of wind ...M19 Brit. sl.
• BACK-TALK flatulence; a release of intestinal gas ...20C US jocular
• BARKING SPIDER the audible breaking of wind ...1980s US college sl.
• BOTTOM BURP a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• BOTTY BANGER a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• BOTTY BURP a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• BREEZER a fart ...1973 Aust. sl.
• BUGLING breaking wind from the bowels ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURP a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• FART an act of breaking wind ...c1386
• FARTICK a small fart ...19C Brit. sl.
• FARTKIN a small fart ...19C Brit. sl.
• FARTS, THE an attack of flatulence ...1998 UK sl.
• FAT-ONE an extremely loud and bad-smelling breaking of wind ...19C Brit. sl.
• FAT-UN an extremely loud and bad-smelling breaking of wind ...19C Brit. sl.
• FIB an expulsion of gas from the intestines; a fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FOIST a breaking of wind ...sl.
• FOOPS a fart ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• GURK an audible release of intestinal gas; a fart ...E20 Aust. sl.
• HOT AIR gas from the intestines ...E20 colloq.
• LEMON TART a breaking of wind; a fart ...20C Aust. & Irish sl.
• LOUD ONE a noisy breaking of wind ...M19
• MUFFY a breaking wind ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• ONE-CHEEK SQUEEK an instance of breaking wind ...1990s sl.
• ORGAN MUSIC the audible release of intestinal gas ...20C US colloq.
• ORGAN RECITAL the audible release of intestinal gas ...20C US colloq.
• POCKET-THUNDER the breaking of wind; a fart ...19C sl.
• POOP the act of breaking wind; a fart ...1899 Amer. dial.
• POP a breaking of wind ...1736 Sc.
• PUMP a breaking of wind; a fart ...19C Brit. sl.
• QUACK an act of breaking wind ...1990s sl.
• QUAFFING flatulence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIRD the noise made by eructation; a backward breaking of wind ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RARZER an act of breaking wind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'fart' (Raspberry Tart)
• RARZO n. an act of breaking wind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'fart' (Raspberry Tart)
• RASPBERRY TART a fart ...1892 rhyming sl.
• RASPER a very noisy breaking of wind ...20C sl.
• RAZZO an act of breaking wind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'fart' (Raspberry Tart)
• ROUSER a very loud release of intestinal gas ...E18 sl.
• S.B.D. the breaking of wind silently and with a foul smell (Silent But Deadly) ...1960s sl.
• SILENT BUT VIOLENT a silent, but very smelly, breaking of wind ...1950s sl.
• SILENT HORROR a quiet but pungent fart ...Brit. sl.
• SILENT TERROR a quiet but pungent fart ...Brit. sl.
• SILENT VIOLENT an unpleasantly aromatic fart that pollutes without warning; a silent fart ...2003 UK sl.
• SNEEZE a release of intestinal gas, esp. if forceful ...20C US euphemism
• SUFFLATURE †* flatulence ...1660
• TAIL-SHOT a fart ...17C Brit.
• THEEF an escape of wind, flatulence ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOOT a fart; the act of breaking wind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TREACLE TART the act of breaking wind; a fart ...1990s rhyming sl.
• VENTOSENESS † flatulence ...a1425
• VENTOSITY 1. flatulence ...1398
2. a fart; a belch ...1513
• WAFFLES flatulence ...1973 Sc.
• WET FART a strong breaking of wind containing fecal matter ...19C Brit. sl.
• WET ONE a strong breaking of wind containing fecal matter ...19C Brit. sl.
• WHIFFER a bad-smelling breaking of wind ...20C US sl.
• WINDER a breaking of wind ...20C US sl.
• WINDY BLOWTS flatulence ...Bk1911 Sc.
• WINDY-PUFFS flatulence ...20C Brit. colloq.
• WOODEN HEART a fart ...1960s Brit. sl.
FART - nouns, person
• FARTER one who breaks wind in a noticeable and ostentatious manner ...c1440
• FIZZLER † one who breaks wind without noise ...1582
• FLATOPHILE a lover of 'flatulence'; someone who gets pleasure out of creating, hearing, or smelling flatulence; a person fascinated by loud releases of intestinal gas ...E20 jocular
• PUFF-ADDER one who farts in the bath, and then counts the bubbles ...M20 schoolboys' jocular
• WIND-CHEATER one who breaks wind frequently ...20C Brit. sl.
• WINDY-WALLETS a ludicrous term for a person given to break wind behind ...B1900 Sc.
FART - verbs
• APPLE-TART to fart ...20C Aust. & Irish sl.
• BREAK-OFF to discharge wind from the stomach ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURCH to fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BURK to fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHUFF to fart ...1998 UK sl.
• CREPITATE † to break wind, to fart ...1623
• CUT A FINGER to break wind ...L19 euphemism
• CUT ONE to release intestinal gas, perhaps loudly ...20C US colloq.
• CUT ONE'S FINGER to break wind ...1899 US sl.
• CUT THE CHEESE to break wind ...20C US sl.
• CUT THE MUSTARD to break wind ...20C US sl.
• DO ONE'S NO-MANNERS to break wind ...1980s sl.
• DROP ONE'S GUTS to fart ...20C sl.
• FART to break wind ...c1250
• FLUFF to release intestinal gas ...20C Aust. sl.
• GURK to release intestinal gas audibly; to fart ...E20 Aust. sl.
• LET A FART to release intestinal gas, usually audibly
• LET FLEE A FART † to break wind ...c1386
• LET FLY to break wind ...20C US sl.
• LET FLY A FART to release intestinal gas ...14C colloq.
• LET ONE to release intestinal gas (the 'one' is euphemistic for 'fart') ...M20 US colloq.
• MAKE WIND to break wind ...20C US sl.
• MASH FROGS to break wind ...1970 Amer. dial. jocular
• MINK to fart ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PANTYPOP to fart ...2003 US sl.
• PASS AIR to fart ...20C US euphemism
• PASS GAS to fart ...20C US colloq.
• PASS WIND to fart ...20C US euphemism
• POOP to break wind; to fart ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PUFF to break wind, to release intestinal gas, to fart ...19C colloq.
• PUMP to fart ...1937 Brit. sl.
• QUACK to break wind noisily ...1990s sl.
• RAIRD to make a noise by eructation; to break wind ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDY-RUET to break wind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEZE BEHIND † to fart ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIFT to break wind ...19C
• TEAR A SHEET to pass wind ...1979 Amer. dial.
• TOOT to break wind, to fart ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TRAF to fart ...1998 Aust. back-slang
• VENT to break wind ...17C sl.
FART - phrases
• BROTHER ROUND-MOUTH SPEAKS he has broken wind; he has farted ...?1785 sl.
• EMPTY HOUSE IS BETTER THAN A BAD TENANT, AN used after breaking wind in public ...1930s NZ sl.
• LOST THE KEY uttered upon smelling a fecal odour or intestinal gas ...20C US sl.
• SPEAK UP BROWN - YOU'RE THROUGH! said, as if on a telephone, as a comment on an audible fart ...1961 UK sl.
• SPEAK UP GINGER - YOU'RE ALMOST THROUGH! said, as if on a telephone, as a comment on an audible fart ...1961 UK sl.
FARTHER - adverbs
• AYONT of place: farther, beyond ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LENGER †* farther ...c1425
FARTHING - nouns
• COVENT-GARDEN a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• DADLA a farthing ...1900s sl.
• DADLER a farthing ...1900s sl.
• FA'D a farthing ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• FA-DEE a farthing ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• FADGE a farthing ...1789 sl.
• FADGER a farthing ...L19 Cockneys'
• FAR-DEE a farthing ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• FARDEL a farthing ...L19 Irish sl.
• FARDEN a farthing ...M18 sl.
• FARDENER a thing worth or costing a farthing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARDETH a farthing's worth ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIDDLER a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GENNITRAF a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GIGG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GRIG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• HARRINGTON a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• JACK a farthing ...a1700 sl.
• JIG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• MOPPUS a farthing ...L17 sl.
• MOPUS a farthing ...L17 sl.
• QUARTER † a farthing ...1641 Eng. dial.
• QUARTEREEN a farthing ...M19 sl.
• QUATRIN † a small piece of money; a farthing ...c1400
• RAG † a farthing ...1590 cant
• SCROPE a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
FASCINATE - verbs
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• EFFACINATE † to fascinate, to bewitch ...1616
• MASH to fascinate or excite sentimental admiration in one of the opposite sex ...1882 sl.
• ZOOM SOMEONE OUT to amaze; to fascinate; to surprise ...1960s sl.
FASCINATED - adjectives
• DEAD SET ON fascinated by, obsessed with, in love with, determined ...L19 sl.
• HUNG fascinated or obsessed with ...1950 US sl.
FASCINATING - adjectives
• KILLING fascinating, very interesting, wonderful ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SIRENIC * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...a1704
• SIRENICAL * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...1599
• TAKY that takes the fancy or affection; capable of captivating or charming; designed to attract notice and please; alluring, fascinating, attractive, appealing ...1854 colloq.
FASCINATION - nouns
• EFFASCINATION † fascination ...1624
• SIRENY †* allurement, fascination ...1600
FASCINATION - interjections
• SPEED THE WOMBATS! an exclamation of surprise, alarm, fascination, etc. ...1920s Aust. sl.
FASHION, FASHIONABLE - adjectives
• ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, JUST LIKE NEW YORK fashionable; sophisticated ...1930s US Black sl.
• ALL THE GO in the height of fashion ...1793 UK sl.
• ALL THE WEAR fashionable ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABY FEMME of a fashion style: suggesting both youthful innocence and sexual abandon ...1995 US sl.
• BANGED-UP stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
• BANG OUT first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
• BANG-UP TO DICK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP TO THE MARK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BENDY extremely fashionable, smart, 'cool' ...1990s US teen sl.
• CADDY stylish; well-dressed; sharp, fashionable ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CRED acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable ...1999 UK sl.
• DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind ...1792 colloq., orig. US
• DASHY showy, ostentatiously fashionable; stylish ...1822 colloq.
• DIKEY ultra-fashionable ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DOLLED-UP said of one dressed in the latest fashion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWN THE ROAD stylish, fashionable ...M19 sl.
• FANTOOSH overdressed, over-ornamented; flashy, showy; ultra-fashionable ...1920 Sc.
• FARBULOUS 'far out' and fabulous; used of up-to-the-moment followers of fashion and the trendy clothes they wear ...2005 UK sl.
• FASH fashionable ...1988 Aust. sl.
• FASHIONAL † of a good fashion or appearance; stylish, fashionable ...1618
• FASHIONED fashionable, in the fashion ...1811 Sc.
• FASSY smart, fine, fashionable ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHION-MONGING † following fashion ...1599
• FUNKY fashionable, 'with it' ...1960s sl.
• FUNKY-ASS fashionable, 'with it' ...1960s sl.
• GALLANT † suited to fashionable society; indulging in social gaiety or display; attractive in manners, polished, courtier-like ...1500-20
• IN A MOD BAG fashionable ...1960s sl.
• IN THE TIP OF THE MODE † in the height of fashion ...1709
• KIDDY well-dressed, fashionable, flashy ...L18 sl.
• KILLING fashionable, stylish ...M18 sl.
• KNOBBY stylish; smart, elegant, fashionable, good, capital ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAHDEE smart, fashionable ...1930s sl.
• LAHDI smart, fashionable ...1930s sl.
• MACKADOCIOUS extremely stylish or fashionable ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• MACKERLY shapely, fashionable, tolerable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MOD stylish, fashionable ...1964 Amer. sl.
• MODE fashionable, modish ...1984 Amer. students' sl.
• MOVIN' good; pleasurable; fashionable; popular ...1997 US sl.
• NATTY fashionable, spruce ...1789 sl.
• NOBBY stylish; smart, elegant, fashionable, good, capital ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOW fashionable, in style, current ...1955 US colloq.
• ON sophisticated, informed, at an advantage, fashionable ...L19 sl.
• PUKKA excellent, of the very best, fashionable ...L20 colloq.
• QUAINT † of dress: fine, fashionable, elegant ...?a1366
• RAGGIN' dressed in fashionable and expensive clothing ...1987 US sl.
• RAKISH smart, fashionable ...1847
• RITZY classy, stylish, fashionable..1920 US sl.
• SAGA fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SAGGER fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SASSY smart, fashionable ...L19 sl.
• SCENEY fashionable; up to the minute in appearance, habits, practices ...1968 UK sl.
• SHARP of clothes or their wearer: stylish, neatly fashionable, smart ...M20 colloq.
• SILKED dressed in the height of fashion ...1940s US Black sl.
• SILKED TO THE BONE dressed in the height of fashion ...1940s US Black sl.
• SIMP fashionable ...1965 US sl.
• SNAZZY elegant; stylish; smart and fashionable; clever and desirable ...1932 Amer. sl.
• SNITCHER a member of a set of fashionable young men or 'bloods' ...L18 sl.
• SPLASH elegant, fashionable, distinguished ...M19 sl.
• STYLING ostentatious, fashionable ...1990s US Black sl.
• SWITCHED ON in fashion: up-to-date and well-informed ...1964 UK sl.
• TIMISH †* belonging to the time; in the style of the times, modish, fashionable ...1676
• TIPPY † in the height of fashion; smart, fine, fashionable ...1810
• TONISH * fashionable, modish, stylish ...1778
• TONNISH * fashionable, modish, stylish ...1778
• TONY having a high or fashionable tone; high-toned, stylish, smart, neat ...1886 US colloq.
• TOPPY showy, stylish, fashionable, smart ...1905 colloq.
• VARMENT natty, fashionable, dashing ...1823 sl., now Eng. dial.
• VERY À LA absolutely in fashion; generally contemptuous, disparaging, or ironic in tone ...1984 UK sl.
• ZIPPY fashionable ...1920s US sl.
FASHION - nouns
• AGONY style, fashion ...1900s sl.
• ALL THE RAGE the current or latest fashion ...1785 colloq.
• CHALK, THE the fashion ...1840 US sl.
• CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming ...1818 sl.
• DANDY, THE the very thing; the fashion ...1784 sl. or colloq.
• FASH PACK a loose categorization of pre-eminent people in the fashion industry ...2002 UK sl.
• GAIT manner, fashion, way, profession ...1859 US sl.
• GRUNGE the fashion style that developed out of the rock music epitomized by the work of the Seattle band Nirvana, but first used in relation to the New York Dolls, c1973 ...1980s sl.
• HAUT TON high fashion; people of high fashion ...1801
• RAGE the current fashion ...1785 sl.
• TIPPY, THE † the height of fashion; the fashionable thing ...1794
• TON * 1. the fashion, the vogue, the mode; fashionable air or style ...1769
* 2. people of fashion; fashionable society; the fashionable world ...1815
FASHION - nouns, person
• FASH HAG a follower of fashion ...2003 UK sl.
• FASHION CASUALTY someone in the thrall of clothes-designers' more ridiculous excesses ...1999 UK sl.
• FASHION CRIMINAL one whose style is considered outside the bounds of acceptable fashion ...1980s US college sl.
• FASHIONIST 1. a follower of the fashions; one who conforms to the prevailing style of dress; a fashion-monger ...1616
* 2. one who prescribes or sets the fashions ...1815
• FASHIONISTA someone who dictates, or is in the vanguard of, trendiness ...2001 UK sl.
• FASHION-MONGER one who studies and follows the fashion or fashions ...1599
• FASHION MUTANT one whose style is considered outside the bounds of acceptable fashion ...1980s US college sl.
• FASHION VICTIM someone in the thrall of fashion designers' more ridiculous excesses; often applied, loosely, to someone who is conspicuously expensively dressed ...1984 UK sl.
• GALLIARD a gay fellow, a man of fashion ...1828 arch.
• RAILDOG a backstage technician who works with set rigging on a catwalk ...1991 US sl.
• ULTRA one who goes to the extreme of fashion ...1819
FASHION - verbs
• EFFORM to make into a certain form; to shape, to fashion ...1578
• FASHIONIZE * to make a garment fashionable; to alter clothes according to the fashion ...1824
• IMMODELIZE †* to model, to mould, to fashion ...1649
FASHIONABLE - adjectives
• O.K. very fashionable or stylish; socially correct ...1869
• OKAY very fashionable or stylish; socially correct ...1869
• ORGANIC fashionable ...1970s US college sl.
FASHIONABLE - nouns
• BEAU-MONDE the fashionable world, 'society' ...1714
• FASHIONABLEDOM * the fashionable world ...1859
• GALLANTRY † gallants collectively; gentry, fashionable people ...1606
• GLITTERATI the fashionable set of literary or show-business people ...1940 sl., orig. US
FASHIONABLE - nouns, person
• ABERCROMBIE a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style ...2004 US sl.
• BANG-UP a man of fashion ...1811
• BUCK a fashionable young man ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CACK-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• CACKLE-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• DANDY a man who dresses fashionably and ostentatiously; a fop ...c1780
• DASHER a fashionable, attractive person who often attends parties, dances, etc.; a dashing young man ...1790 sl.
• FASHIONABLE a fashionable person; chiefly in plural ...a1800
• ELEGANTE a fashionable lady ...1806
• FASHION-FLY a fashionable person ...1868
• FILBERT a very fashionable man about town ...c1900 society sl.
• GALLANT 1. a man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman ...1388 arch.
† 2. of a woman: a fashionably attired beauty ...c1550
• GATE a jazz musician; hence, a fashionable man ...1936 US sl.
• GREGORY †* a gentleman of fashion ...L16
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• KNUT a dandy; a very well-dressed, fashionable (if not overly intelligent) young man ...1910s sl,
• MOD a member of a 1960s youth cult characterized by an obsessive interest in fashionable clothing, in the riding of motor-scooters, and in listening and dancing to soul and ska music ...1960s Brit. sl.
• NICEBICE †* a dainty, fine, or fashionable girl or woman ...1595
• NUT a dandy; a very well-dressed, fashionable (if not overly intelligent) young man ...1910s sl,
• PHYSBUTTOCKE † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• RAINBOW a young man about town ...M19 sl.
• SAPPER a man about town, a 'gay dog' ...M19 sl.
• SCENESTER a person who is part of contemporary fashionable society ...2003 US sl.
• SLOANE a fashionable and conventional upper-middle-class young person (usually female), esp. living in London ...1975 Brit. sl.
• SLOANE RANGER a fashionable and conventional upper-middle-class young person (usually female), esp. living in London ...1975 Brit. sl.
• SLOANIE a 'Sloane Ranger' ...1982 Brit. sl.
• SPARK * a fashionable or gallant young man ...16C
• TIPPY-BOB a smart, fashionably-dressed person, a fop ...B1900 Eng. dial.
FASHIONABLE - verbs
• PATCH UP to dress fashionably; to apply make-up ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• RAGE to look fashionable ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
• TONIFY † to impart a good 'ton' to; to make fashionable or stylish ...1786 obs.
FASHIONABLE - phrases
• QUARTER FLASH AND THREE PARTS FOOLISH describing a fool who claims to have a small degree of fashionable worldliness ...E19 sl.
• QUARTER FLASH AND THREE PARTS STUPID describing a fool who claims to have a small degree of fashionable worldliness ...E19 sl.
• THAT'S THE TICKET it's the correct thing, what is wanted, expected or fashionable ...1838 sl.
FASHIONABLENESS - nouns
• FASHIONABILITY fashionableness ...1839
FAST - adjectives
• BALLIN' going fast ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CALICO-BALLY somewhat fast ...c1890 sl.
• CLIPPING fast ...colloq.
• CRACKING of speed, etc.: very fast; exceedingly vigorous ...19C sl.
• DING-DANG fast, speedy ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG fast, speedy ...1897 Eng. dial.
• FAST AS DIKE-WATER very fast ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAST AS LIGHTNING OVER CUBA very fast ...1985 Cayman Islands
• FAST-ASS fast, quick ...1930s US sl.
• FASTER THAN THE MILL-TAILS OF HELL moving very, very fast ...1999 Can. sl.
• FAST-FAST very fast ...20C W. Indies sl.
• FAST-GATED going at a rapid rate ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION unshakably determined; reckless; fast, furious ...1899 Amer. sl.
• HELL-FOR-LEATHER fast-moving, rip-roaring ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SET very fast, energetic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT very fast, energetic ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HOT fast; having or conferring unusual speed, power, or performance, esp. if also requiring unusual skill in operation ...1934 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL extremely fast ...E20 US colloq.
• LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS very fast ...colloq.
• LIKE FIVE HUNDRED very fast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFF LIKE A BRIDE'S NIGHTIE leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A PROM DRESS leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s US college sl.
• PACEY fast, speedy ...1906 UK sl.
• PACY fast, speedy ...1906 UK sl.
• PELL-MELL FOR A CAT-RACE very fast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PELL-MELL FOR KITT'RY very fast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUICK AS BUNNY FUCKS very fast ...1990s sl.
• RAKING fast-going, quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much ...1862
• RAMBLING fast, speedy ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• RANK vigorous, fast ...1883 Amer. dial.
• VELOCIOUS * rapid, speedy, fast ...1680
• WIKIWIKI quick, fast, speedy ...1967 Hawaii
• ZIPPY fast, speedy ...1920s sl.
• ZOOMY fast, high-flying ...1970s US sl.
FAST - adverbs
• BELLITY-SPLIT at top speed ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GOING NINETY TO NOTHING going very fast ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• HARD quickly, very fast ...1889 Eng. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR BREAKFAST very fast, at top speed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER very fast, at top speed, in great haste ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-LEATHER very fast, at top speed, in great haste ...1939 Amer. dial.
• HELL-THRASHING RATS very fast, at top speed, in great haste ...1989 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT FOR BOSTON very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-TOOT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY SPLIT very fast ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A BANDIT enthusiastically, very, fast, very successfully ...1970s US sl.
• LIKE A BLUE-ARSED BABOON headlong, very fast ...1950s sl.
• LIKE A BOMB very fast ...1950s sl., orig. US
• LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER quickly, fast; with long, rapid strides ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A STRIPED-ASS APE headlong, very fast ...1950s sl.
• LIKE A WHITEHEAD very fast or vigorously ...1826 Amer. dial.
• LIKE THE DEVIL BEATING TANBARK very fast, vigorously, severely ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LIKE THE MILLTAILS OF HELL in a fast and violent manner, swiftly ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LIVE briskly, fast ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NINETY TO NOTHING very fast ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• QUICKSVILLE fast, quickly ...1960s US sl.
• TAPPY-LAPPY as fast as possible; at top speed; anyhow; generally used of running ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TIELEDDER at a great pace, running very fast ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER BREEZE very fast ...20C W. Indies sl.
• WHOOPITY SCOOT rapidly, speedily, recklessly fast, vigorously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• YERNE † quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, briskly, at a great rate ...a1023
FAST (abstaining from food) - nouns
• IRISHMAN'S-DINNER a fast ...Bk1896 sl.
FAST (speed) - nouns
• CHAIN LIGHTNING something that moves at great speed ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PACER anything (esp. a horse) that goes at a great pace ...1890 colloq.
• RAKE † speed; a swift pace ...1768 Sc.
• RAKER an extremely fast pace ...1895 colloq.
FAST - nouns, person
• BIRD a fast man, woman, or horse ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BREEZY a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAST ALEC anyone who moves fast ...1935 US Black sl.
• FAST ALECK anyone who moves fast ...1935 US Black sl.
• HOT SHOT a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTNING a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MERCURY a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEED BALL a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEEDY a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEEDY GONZALES a person who moves, works, or operates very fast ...20C US sl.
FAST - verbs
• ACE to move or drive fast ...1940s US sl.
• BALL IT OFF to travel at a fast rate ...1847 US sl.
• BALL THE JACK to move rapidly or swiftly; to make haste; to go fast (said esp. of a railroad train); to work swiftly or energetically ...1913 Amer. sl.
• BAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BREEZE to travel with great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEND A BEND to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEND A CORNER to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEND 'ER to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLUE-STREAK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOK to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BOOK IT to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BREEZE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREEZE ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREEZE IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BURN THE BREEZE to run or travel very fast ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE EARTH LIKE A CANNED DOG to run or travel very fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE PRAIRIE to run or travel very fast ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE WIND to run or travel very fast ...1910 Amer. dial.
• BURN UP THE TRACK to run or travel very fast ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER to hurry; to travel quickly ...1988 US military sl.
• BUST THE WIND to run or travel fast ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BUZZ to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLIP IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLIP IT OFF to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME A-CALLYHOOTIN' to move very fast or rapidly and noisily ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• COVER GROUND to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT LOOSE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DECK to press down the accelerator pedal of a car; hence, to go fast ...1960s sl.
• DRAG ASS to move fast, hurry, leave ...M20 sl.
• DUST to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP THE LANDSCAPE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAG to go fast ...1920 Amer. sl.
• FANG to do something fast, to send something quickly ...1960s Aust. sl.
• FLICKER to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLICKER ALONG. to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET A SKATE ON to go fast, to hurry up ...M19 sl.
• GO AT A RATTLING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SLASHING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SMACKING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SPANKING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SPLITTING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO DOUBLE-QUICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR THE DOCTOR to make a great effort, or move very fast esp. in a horse race ...1949 Aust. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT FOR LEXINGTON to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL FOR LEATHER to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELLITY-HOOP to go or run fast ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GO IN HIGH GEAR to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO KITING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LICKETY-CUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LICKETY-SPLIT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LICKETY-SWITCH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BAT THROUGH HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BLUE STREAK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A DINGBAT to go fast ...1967 UK sl.
• GO LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A HOUSE AFIRE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER to go quickly; to walk fast ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GO LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A SHOT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A SHOT OUT OF HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A SHOT THROUGH HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A STREAK to go fast ...Bk1904 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE ALL GET OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE ALL POSSESSED to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE ANYTHING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE BILLY HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE EVERYTHING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE HECK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE OLD BILLY HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE DEUCE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE DEVIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE HEEL FLIES ARE AFTER YOU to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE OLD NICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE VERY DEUCE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE VERY DEVIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE TWO-FORTY to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE TWO-FORTY ON A SHELL ROAD to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE WINKING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ON HIGH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ON THE DOUBLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ON THE DOUBLE-QUICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO SOME to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO STRONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE BAND to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE CARS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE DEUCE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE DEVIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE DUTCH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO TOWN to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARE IT to move or run with great speed ...E20
• HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAVE LEGS to be fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHBALL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHBALL IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIKE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIKE OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT IT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT OFF to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE BREEZE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE HIGH SPOTS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE TRAIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT UP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACK OFF to move up and down fast ...1940s sl.
• LARRUP to go fast; to move in an awkward, noisy fashion ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP ALONG to go fast; to hurtle along; to move in an awkward, noisy fashion ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP AROUND to go fast; to hurtle along; to move in an awkward, noisy fashion ...a1874 Amer. dial.
• LET OUT THE KINKS to go at top speed ...1870 Amer. sl.
• LICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKETY-CUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKETY-SPLIT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKETY-TOOT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICK IT to move fast ...1850 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-CLIP. to go fast ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LICKSPLIT to go as fast as possible ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MAKE KNOTS to move fast ... World War I navy sl.
• MAKE TIME to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOBILE to run or move fast ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MOTOR to go at a great speed ...1980 Amer. sl.
• PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PIKE † to hasten off, go away quickly; to go fast ...LME sl.
• PUSH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAILROAD to go fast, to hurry unduly or excessively, to rush somewhere; to deal with something quickly or hastily ...1884 sl.
• RAMBLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMBLE ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN HELL-BENT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN OFF WITH THE HARROWS to go too fast; to carry things too far ...1843 Sc.
• SAIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCOOT to run; to go fast ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCOPE to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• SCORCH THE HIGHWAY to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORCH THE PAVEMENT to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORCH to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIFT to go very fast ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SIFT DIRT to go very fast ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKAWP to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• SKEDADDLE to rush off, to go fast ...1861 sl., orig. US Civil War usage
• SKEDOODLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIDADDLE to rush off, to go fast ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIN to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIN ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIN OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIP ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKYHOOT to go fast or quickly; to depart hurriedly; to scoot; to skyrocket ..1900 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIN to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIN ALONG to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT to walk or run at great speed; to go fast ...L18 sl.
• SPLIT ALONG to move fast ...19C sl.
• SPLIT THE AIR to travel at great speed ...1870 US sl.
• SPLIT THE BREEZE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT THE WIND to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAVE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEAM to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go fast or with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• STREAK IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK IT OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWISH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAIL OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AWAY to go fast; to make straight for ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IT ON HIGH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE WING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TATTER to hurry; to bustle; to go at a great speed ...1862 Eng. dial.
• TEAR to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEAR ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOP COTTON to be very excited or agitated; to go very fast ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TOP THE COTTON to be very excited or agitated; to go very fast ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast ...1893 Amer. dial.
• TURN ON THE STEAM to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALLOP to move fast, generally with much agitation of the body or clothes; to dance ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHIZ to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIZ ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIP ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIZZ to move fast ...1930s US sl.
• ZOOM to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZOOM AROUND to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM OFF to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
FASTEN - verbs
• ADENT † to fasten ...1708
• BAIL UP to tie up, to fasten ...1883 Sc.
• CADGE † to fasten, tie, bind, knot ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CATCH †* to fasten, to attach ...c1400
• DIGGER to cluster, to daub, to fasten ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAY † to fit, adapt, or join; to put together, add, compose; to fix or fasten in position ...a1000
• GAD to affix, to fasten ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALCH † to fasten, to tie, to knot ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HAMPER UP † to fasten up, to make fast ...c1590
• HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE † to fasten lightly ...1621
• HASP † to fasten together; to unite firmly ...1362
• MAKE to fasten, to secure, to make fast ...1804 Eng. dial.
• RACKLE to fasten up with a chain ...1866 Sc.
• RAIL †* to tie or fasten in a string or row ...1622
• RAP TO to fasten a door, etc. ...1810 Sc.
• SAM † to join or fasten together; to amass, to hoard up ...c1000
• SUBNECT †* to fasten underneath ...1710
• TACHE † to fasten, to attach, to fix, to secure a person or thing ...a1310 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TACK † to attach, to fasten one thing to another ...1387
• TAG † to fasten, stitch, or tack together; to join ...1681
• TAW to tie, to fasten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YOKE to burden; to bind down; to fasten; to oppress ...1773 Sc.
FASTENED - adjectives
• HASPED fastened up, secured ...1891 Eng. dial.
• SICKER securely fastened or held ...a1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FASTENER - nouns
• BACHELOR'S BUTTON a substitute for a button; a wooden peg used as a button; a gripper, a fastener ...1908 Amer. dial.
• TACK † that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc. ...a1300
• TASH a clasp; a buckle, ribbon, or fastening for clothes; a pendant ...1772 Sc.
• TATCH a clasp; a buckle, ribbon, or fastening for clothes; a pendant ...1772 Sc.
FASTENING - nouns
• FASTENMENT a fastening of any kind ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FASTNESS † a fastening ...1676
FASTER - verbs
• MEND ONE'S GAIT to quicken one's steps; to move or travel faster ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MEND ONE'S LICKS to go faster; to quicken one's steps ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SNAP INTO IT to hurry; to go faster ...1967 Amer. sl.
• SNAP IT UP to hurry; to act faster ...1940s Amer. sl.
• SNAP TO IT to hurry; to go faster ...1967 Amer. sl.
FASTIDIOUS - adjectives
• BELLY-PROUD fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLE dainty, fastidious ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING dainty, fastidious, delicate, accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAINSHACH fastidious, particular; fussy about food ...1920 Sc.
• DAINTY-CHAPPED † fastidious or particular as to eating and food ...19C
• DANGEROUS † difficult to please; particular, ticklish; fastidious, nice, dainty, delicate ...c1386
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DENCH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DENSH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DENSH-GOBBED of a dainty fastidious taste or appetite; affected in speaking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DENSH-STOMACHED of a dainty fastidious taste or appetite ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DENTICAL dainty, fastidious ...1894 Eng. dial.
• FADDLING trifling, over-particular, fastidious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHIOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FASTIDIOSE † fastidious ...1727
• FEAT † affected, excessively dainty or fastidious ...1540 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular ...1873 Amer. dial.
• FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky ...1872 Amer. dial.
• FINICKITY fussy, fastidious, finicky ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious ...1912 Amer. dial.
• HINKY snobbish; haughty; conceited; aloof; fastidious ...1967 Amer. sl., orig. Black usage
• KECKEN-HEARTED squeamish; loathing the sight of food; dainty; over-fastidious; faint-hearted ...Bk1901 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAISK prim, fastidious; applied esp. to one who has to be coaxed to eat ...1929 Sc.
• MARCHPANE dainty, fastidious ...1598
• MEALY-MOUTHED dainty, fastidious in eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEESK prim, fastidious; applied esp. to one who has to be coaxed to eat ...1929 Sc.
• MIMPSY-PIMSY dainty, fastidious, fanciful, affected ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MINCY over-particular, finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-CLEAN overly tidy; excessively fastidious ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous ...1839 Eng. dial.
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NIFFNAFFY fastidious; trifling ...1785 sl.
• OGERTFUL dainty, affected, fastidious, affecting delicacy of taste, squeamish ...1754 Sc.
• PENSY † of appetite: fastidious, delicate ...1866 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUAINT † dainty, fastidious, nice; prim ...1483
• QUAUNCH squeamish, fastidious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEM prim, affectedly nice; over-fastidious ...1924 Sc.
• QUINTY like an old maid; fussy, fastidious ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SAUCY dainty, fastidious as to food ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SCHLECKERIG fastidious in the choice of food ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, nice, fastidious; particular, excellent, fine, delightful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS fastidious, particular; hard to please ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIG † fastidious ...a1300
• SNIFFY scornful, disdainful; haughtily fastidious; fault-finding ...1871 sl.
• SNIFTY disdainful; haughtily fastidious; fault-finding ...1871 Amer. sl.
• TAFFETA florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1588
• TAFFETY florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular ...1719
• TICKLE fastidious, dainty, squeamish; easily upset or disordered ...c1456 now Eng. dial.
• TIFFETY-TAFFETY † florid, bombastic; overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1595 nonce word
• TIMID finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1881 Amer. dial.
• WANTON † fastidious or dainty in appetite ...1530
• WEAMISH † squeamish, fastidious ...1571
• YEOVERY fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YUVVERY fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FASTIDIOUS - nouns, person
• ABDELI a hypocrite, a canting preacher; a fastidious or false zealot ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• FADDLE a fanciful person, either fastidious in trifles or devoted to some particular hobby ...19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• MAWK a person who is squeamish and fastidious ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MIMMOCK a person with a dainty and fastidious appetite or manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICELING † a very fastidious or overnice person or critic; a hair-splitter ...1549
• NICE NELLIE a respectable or fastidious person, not necessarily a woman; also used ironically ...1930s US sl.
• OLD MAID (derogatory) a person with the alleged characteristics of an elderly spinster, such as primness, prudery, fastidiousness, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• QUIDDLE a fussy, over-particular, or fastidious person; one hard to satisfy in trifling matters of diet, etc.; one who wastes his energy about trifles ...1856 Eng. & Amer. dial.
FASTIDIOUS - verbs
• KECK to refuse with disdain; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKEN to decline with loathing, aversion, or disgust, as offered food; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• TAIVER to eat sparingly and without appetite; to toy with one's food; to be fastidious about eating ...1929 Sc.
FASTIDIOUS - phrases
• MARRY COME UP, MY DIRTY COUSIN an expression used to those who are very fastidious or who assume a distinction to which they have no claim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MITTENED CAT CATCHES NO MICE, A too much fastidiousness retards success ...B1900 Eng. dial.
FASTIDIOUSNESS - nouns
• DAINTY † daintiness; fastidiousness ...1590
• FADDLE fussiness, fastidiousness ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FASTIDIOSITY * fastidiousness ...1704
FASTING - adjectives
• BLACK-FASTING practising severe fasting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• JEJUNE † without food, fasting; hungry ...a1619
• LENTED †* that shows traces of Lent or fasting; emaciated ...1594
FASTING - nouns
• FASTEN † fasting; an act of fasting ...c825
• JEJUNATION † fasting, abstinence from food ...1623
• JEJUNERY fasting; jejune writing ...1846 nonce word
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
FASTING - nouns, person
• JEJUNATOR * a faster ...1858
• ABACK-O'-BEHIND far away, remote ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-A-BUSH far away, deep in the country, in the 'back of beyond' ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BACK OF GOD SPEED very far away ...20C Irish sl.
• BEHIND AND BEYOND far away; in the distance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEHIND GOD SPEED very far away ...20C Irish sl.
• FAR-FET † brought from far ...1579
• FAR-FETCHED brought from far ...1583 arch.
• LONGINQUE † distant; far ...1614
• SIDE †* far-off, distant; going far ...1399
FAR - adverbs
• BACK-ALONG of position: far in the rear; a long way off ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAR-FORTH † to a great distance or extent; far, far on ...c1470
• FARLY † far, to a great extent or distance ...c1460
FAR - nouns
• • BACK OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK OF BURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• B.F.A. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Africa) ...1980s US college sl.
• B.F.E. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Egypt) ...1980s US college sl.
• EYEREACH an expanse of country which extends as far as the eye can see ...1903 Amer. dial.
• FAIR DEAL an honest transaction; a fair bargain; an honest and equitable usage ...1876, orig. US
FARCE, FARCICAL - adjectives
• FARCIC †* farcical; of the nature of a farce ...1763
• FARCIFUL †* ludicrous, farcical ...1731
FARCE - nouns
• FARCEDOM farcical spirit or style ...1842 nonce word
FARCE - verbs
• FARCIFY to turn into a farce ...1834
FARE - nouns
• TOLL † a charge made for passage in a ship, fare ...c1000
FAREWELL - adjectives
• VALEDATORY † uttered in bidding or taking farewell obs.
• VALEDICTORY uttered in bidding or taking farewell ...1651
FAREWELL - nouns
• BONAILLIE farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONALLY farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABMAN'S FAREWELL any form of farewell that is essentially a curse ...1940s sl.
• DAY-DAY a gesture of farewell ...1950 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage online
• FARWEDDLE farewell ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LEAVE-NIMING † the taking leave of a person; saying farewell ...1340
• VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking ...1580-3
• VALEDICTION 1. the act of saying farewell to a person, etc.; a farewell or leave-taking ...1614
2. an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1619
• VALE-DICTUM †* an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1638
• WRITE-OFF a farewell, a termination ...1970s sl., orig. military
FAREWELL - verbs
• VALEDICT * to bid farewell ...1721
FAREWELL - interjections/phrases
• ABCING YOU used as a farewell ...1947 US sl.
• ADIOS AMOEBAS a farewell ...1980s US campus sl.
• BE GOOD TO YOURSELF used with humour as a farewell ...1950 US sl.
• DAY-DAY goodbye; a gesture of farewell ...1901 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage online
• DIG YOU LATER used as a farewell ...1947 US sl.
• EASY used as a farewell ...1972 Hawaiian youth usage
• LATRONIC used as a farewell; 'later on' ...1991 US sl.
• MAY ALL YOUR CONSEQUENCES BE HAPPY ONES used as a humorous farewell ...1962 US sl.
• MY FEET ARE STAYING a farewell ...1980s US college sl.
• SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL a humorous farewell ...1966 US sl.
• SAYONARA farewell, goodbye ...1870 Japanese
• SEE YOU IN CHURCH! used as an expression of farewell ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STAY UP used as a farewell ...1998 US sl.
• VALE! farewell; goodbye ...1550
FAR-FETCHED - adjectives
• FAR-FAUGHT far-fetched ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAR-FET † of an argument, notion, etc: studiously sought out; not easily or natural introduced; strained; far-fetched, unlikely and unconvincing ...1533
• FAR-FETCH † far-fetched; unlikely and unconvincing ...1603
FAR-FETCHED - nouns
• FAR-FETCH † fondness for far-fetched ideas ...1813
FAR-FETCHED - verbs
• FAR-FETCH † to derive in a far-fetched manner ...1639
FARM - adjectives
• OFF-HAND of a farm: owned by a tenant who does not reside there ...1898 Eng. dial.
• OFF-HANDED of a farm: owned by a tenant who does not reside there ...1898 Eng. dial.
FARM, FARMING - nouns
• BACK HELP assistance given reciprocally, as among farmers ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BARGAIN † a small farm-holding ...1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARTON a large farm, esp. the demesne lands of a manor; a farmhouse ..1790 Eng. dial.
• BOARDER an unproductive farm animal not worth its keep ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BONANZA FARM a very large and productive farm ...1878 Amer. dial.
• DIJEY a small farm or homestead ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ESTATE a farm belonging to the occupier ...1890 Eng. dial.
• FARMERING farming, the occupation of a farmer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FARMERY 1. the buildings, yards, etc. belonging to a farm ...1656
2. the business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.; agriculture, farming ...1801
• FARMHOLD a quantity of land held and cultivated as a farm ...1449
• FARMLET * a little farm ...1881
• GAINERY † a farm ...1424
• GARBAGE farm produce ...1976 US sl.
• HA † a farmhouse, the main dwelling of a farm; a house, esp. on a farm, occupied by the farmed himself as opposed to the cottar houses ...1721 Sc.
• LABOURING a farm ...1798 Sc.
• MAILING 1. a rented farm ...1452 Sc.
2. the rent paid for a farm ...1725
• MAINS the farm attached to a mansion house; a home farm ...1533 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OFF-FARM a farm held by a tenant who does not reside on it ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON-GEAR the stock on a farm; the dwellings and other appurtenances ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONSTEADING the houses and buildings forming a farm-stead; a cluster of farm-workers' houses or the like ...1830 Sc.
• PADDOCK a small farm ...1824 Sc.
• TILTH labour or work in the cultivation of the soil; tillage, agricultural work, husbandry ...c1000
• TILTURE †* tilth, tillage, agriculture ...1573
• YOKELET an old name for a little farm or manor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FARM, FARMING - verbs
• FARMER to practise the trade or operation of farming ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARMERY to practise the trade or operation of farming ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MANISH to work a farm in a prosperous manner; to apply manure ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TILTH † to till, to cultivate ...1495 obs. or rare
FARM, FARMER, FARMHAND, FARM LABOURER - nouns, person
• ACREMAN † a cultivator of the ground; a husbandman, or ploughman ...c1000
• AFTERNOON FARMER a procrastinating one; hence a lazy person ...B1874 .Eng. sl.
• AGREGADO a farmhand or a man allowed to work for himself on part of the landowner's soil ...1871 Amer. dial.
• ALL-WORKS a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER 1. (often derogatory) an itinerant farm labourer ...1941 Amer. dial.
2. among loggers: a farmer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• APRON-STRING FARMER an effeminate town-bred farmer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARKIE any poor Southern farmer, esp. a sharecropper ...20C US sl.
• ARKY any poor Southern farmer, esp. a sharecropper ...20C US sl.
• BACK-BREAKER the leader of a gang of farm-labourers ...1867
• BACK-DOOR BOY a boy employed in a farm house for domestic purposes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKWOODS JOCKEY a farmer ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BAILIE a man, boy or girl in charge of the cows on a farm ...1880 Sc.
• BAILLIE LOON a lad in charge of the cattle ...1916 Sc.
• BANGSTRAW one who threshes with a flail; also, a thatcher or any farm-servant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOO-MAN the cattleman on a large farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTHIER a farm servant living in a 'bothie' (cottage) ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWER the manager of a dairy on a dairy-farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWMAN a cottager; a ploughman; a cattleman on a farm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONNET-LAIRD a yeoman, one who farms his own land; one who farmed land as tenant, in its natural state and at a nominal rent, for a long lease, sometimes of 99 years ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIAR HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HEISTER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER a rough farmer from the back country; a rustic ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CADET a young man learning sheep-farming ...M19 NZ
• CARL(E) a man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman ...1375 arch.
• CEDAR SAVAGE (derogatory) a farmer; a rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CLODBUSTER a farmer ...1950 US sl.
• CLOVER-KICKER a yokel; a rustic; a farmer ...1918 US sl.
• COCKATOO a small farmer ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• COCKY a small farmer ...1872 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CORNCRACKER a poor White farmer; a rustic ...M19 US sl.
• COW-SPANKER a dairy farmer or stockman ...1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DAIRY QUEEN a homosexual farmer ...1960s US gay sl.
• DAME a wife, esp. the wife of a farmer or yeoman ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRT FARMER one who grows root vegetables, esp. a potato farmer with over 200 acres of potatoes ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FARMER 1. the eldest son of the occupier of a farm ...a1825 Eng. dial.
2. a recently arrived Southern farm worker who persists in his country ways despite the pressing sophistication of the Northern cities ...1940s US Black sl.
• FARMER ARTERNOON a slovenly farmer, one who is always behindhand ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARMERESS a woman who farms land; a farmer's wife ...1672
• FREE SELECTOR a farmer ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• GAFFMAN the bailiff or superintendent of a farm ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GRANGER a farmer ...1877 Amer. dial.
• GREEN FARMER one who raises no stock, only crops ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAB (derogatory) a share-cropper; a tenant farmer ...20C Can.
• HAGGLER the upper servant of a farm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALFER a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HALF FARMER a farmer who shares his crop with landowner half and half ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF HAND a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-LONG a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work ...1708 Sc.
• HALF MAN a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-RENTER a sharecropper or tenant farmer ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAND MAN a man who is employed to help with work on a farm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAY BARBER one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAYFIELD LOBSTERMAN one who is both farmer and fisherman by season ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HAYFOOT a farmer; a rustic; used derisively ...1901 Amer. sl.
• HAY JOHN one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a farmer, a rustic...1847 Amer. sl., esp. nautical
• HAYPITCHER a farmer, a rustic ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HAYRAKER a farmer; a rustic ...1954 Amer. sl.
• HAY RUBE a farmer; an ignorant rustic ...1900 Amer. sl.
• HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HAYTOSSER a farmer, a rustic ...1904-11 Amer. sl.
• HEAD-MAN the chief labourer on a farm ...1819 Eng. dial.
• HEAD'S-MAN the chief labourer on a farm ...1819 Eng. dial.
• HEN WRANGLER a chore boy on a farm or ranch ...1944 Amer. dial.
• IDLE-MAN a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JASPER (often derogatory) a fellow, a guy; a rustic, a countrified person, a farmer, a stranger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• KAIL-BAILLIE † the servant who stays home on the farm on Sunday to prepare dinner and feed and water the cattle ...a1838 Sc.
• LAD a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm ...1721 Sc.
• LEATHER-NECK an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station ...1898 Aust. sl.
• MAIDEN the title given to the eldest daughter of a farmer ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAN ON THE LAND a farmer or other rural worker ...1911 Aust. sl.
• MASTER an employer; the head of a shop or works; the name given to a farmer by the farm labourers ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLESKIN SQUATTER a working man who has come to own a small sheep run ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MONTH HAND a temporary farm worker hired by the month ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MONTHLY HAND a temporary farm worker hired by the month ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE-MAN the head labourer on a farm ...1790 Sc.
• ODD LADDIE a youth who acts as a spare hand or odd-job man on a farm ...1947 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODD LADDY a boy kept on farms to do odd jobs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD MAN a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs; a workman who does odd jobs ...1750 Eng. dial.
• O'SULLIVAN a farmer; a rustic ...1933 sl.
• PAFFLER one who occupies a small farm ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PLOUGH-JOCKEY a farmer, a rustic ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PLOWBOY a farmer, a rustic ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PLOW JOCK a farmer, a rustic ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PLOW-JOCKEY a farmer, a rustic ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PLOW-PUSHER a farmer, a rustic ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PODDY † a farmer ...1831 Eng. dial.
• PUMPKIN-ROLLER a farmer ...c1905 Amer. sl.
• PUNKIN-ROLLER a farmer ...c1905 Amer. sl.
• QUARTER HAND a tenant farmer who pays usually one fourth of the crop as rent ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUEEN STREET BUSHIE a businessman who owns a farm as an investment ...1950s NZ sl.
• QUEEN STREET COCKY n. a businessman who owns a farm as an investment ...1950s NZ sl.
• QUEEN STREET FARMER n. a businessman who owns a farm as an investment ...1950s NZ sl.
• QUOTTER a woman worker on a farm without male relations with her in the same employment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RABBITCHOKER a farmer; unsophisticated peasant ...1950s US sl.
• RAILSPLITTER a farmer; an unsophisticated rustic ...1867 Amer. dial.
• REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RURICOLIST * a husbandman, farmer ...1730
• SCODGE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCODGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCOGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCUDGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SODBUSTER a farmer who works the soil ...1885
• SPALPEEN a common workman or labourer; a farm worker or harvester; a migratory agricultural labourer ...1780 Irish
• STUBBLE-JUMPER a prairie farmer ...1961 sl., chiefly Can.
• SWEDE-BASHER (derogatory) a farm worker; hence, any rustic ...1943 sl.
• TACKHEAD a stupid person; a rural farmer ...20S US sl.
• TACKY a stupid person, a rural farmer ...20C US sl.
• TACKYHEAD a stupid person; a rural farmer ...20C US sl.
• TAKE THE WHISKERS OFF to work for a farmer gathering the harvest ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• TILIE † one who tills or cultivates the soil; a husbandman ...c1000
• TILLMAN † a man employed in tillage; a farmer, husbandman; a ploughman, a peasant; a tiller of the soil ...940
• TILLSMAN † a 'tillman' ...1561-2
• UNDER-LOUT a drudge; an underling; the lowest boy on a farm; a lazy servant-boy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• WAGONER the head among a farmer's yearly servants; a carter; a head ploughman ...1796 Eng. dial.
• WOOL HAT BOY a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WOOL HATTER a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1986 Amer. dial.
FARMER - adjectives
• FARMERLY † like a farmer ...a1674
• FARMERY like a farmer ...1861
FARMHOUSE - nouns
• BARTON a large farm, esp. the demesne lands of a manor; a farmhouse ..1790 Eng. dial.
• BOO a manor-house; a farmhouse; a village ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW a house; the principal farmhouse on an estate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HALL 1. the kitchen of a farm-house; the principal living-room ...1774 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALL-HOUSE † 1. the principal living-room in a farm-house ...1564 obs, exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. the farm-house, as distinguished from the cottages on the farm ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FARMING - adjectives
• FARMERIC farming, farmer-like; countrified ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FARMERING farming, engaged in farming ...1892 Eng. dial.
FARMSTEAD - nouns
• ONSET a farm-house, with its outhouses; a farmstead ...1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ONSTEAD a farmhouse with its attached stables, cowshed, and other offices; a farmstead; later sometimes specifically the offices, as distinct from the farmer's house ...1715 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FARMYARD - nouns
• BARKEN an enclosed space or yard; a farmyard ...1671 Eng. dial.
• BARTON a farmyard; the outbuildings at the back of a farmhouse ...1552
• FAND-GARTH a farmyard ...1790 Eng. dial.
FARRIER - nouns
• FARRING farriering, the work or trade of a farrier ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARYERING farriering, the work or trade of a farrier ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
FARRIER - nouns, person
• PLATER in horse racing: a farrier ...1976 US sl.
• VICARANT-SURGEON a farrier; a corruption of 'veterinary surgeon' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FARRIER - verbs
• FARRY † to treat an animal as a farrier does ...1807
FAR-SEEING - adjectives
• FAR-LEUKIT far-seeing, penetrating, prudent ...1787 Sc.
• FAR-SEEN far-seeing, penetrating, prudent ...1785 Sc.
• NIS-WISE quick in perception; far-seeing ...1790 Sc.
FART - adjectives
• FARTY flatulence-inducing ...1975 UK sl.
• FULL-FLAVOURED pert. to a very bad-smelling release of intestinal gas ...sl.
• SILENT BUT DEADLY applied to the unpleasant smell that hangs in the air as the result of a silent fart ...1950s sl.
• VENTOSITOUS †* affected with flatulence ...1601
• VENTOSOUS †* flatulent ...1639
• VENTUOUS † flatulent, windy ...1398
FART, FARTING - nouns
• ANAL APPLAUSE the release of intestinal gas ...Amer. sl.
• APPLE TART a breaking of wind; a fart ...20C Aust. & Irish rhyming sl.
• ARSE BISCUIT a fart ...2003 Brit. sl.
• ARTHUR FOWLER a fart ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'growler'
• ATOMIC ATMOSPHERE the stink created by someone's having recently broken wind ...1980s US college sl.
• BACK-DOOR TRUMPET the anus considered as a musical instrument in the breaking of wind ...M19 Brit. sl.
• BACK-TALK flatulence; a release of intestinal gas ...20C US jocular
• BARKING SPIDER the audible breaking of wind ...1980s US college sl.
• BOTTOM BURP a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• BOTTY BANGER a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• BOTTY BURP a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• BREEZER a fart ...1973 Aust. sl.
• BUGLING breaking wind from the bowels ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURP a fart ...1984 UK sl.
• FART an act of breaking wind ...c1386
• FARTICK a small fart ...19C Brit. sl.
• FARTKIN a small fart ...19C Brit. sl.
• FARTS, THE an attack of flatulence ...1998 UK sl.
• FAT-ONE an extremely loud and bad-smelling breaking of wind ...19C Brit. sl.
• FAT-UN an extremely loud and bad-smelling breaking of wind ...19C Brit. sl.
• FIB an expulsion of gas from the intestines; a fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FOIST a breaking of wind ...sl.
• FOOPS a fart ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• GURK an audible release of intestinal gas; a fart ...E20 Aust. sl.
• HOT AIR gas from the intestines ...E20 colloq.
• LEMON TART a breaking of wind; a fart ...20C Aust. & Irish sl.
• LOUD ONE a noisy breaking of wind ...M19
• MUFFY a breaking wind ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• ONE-CHEEK SQUEEK an instance of breaking wind ...1990s sl.
• ORGAN MUSIC the audible release of intestinal gas ...20C US colloq.
• ORGAN RECITAL the audible release of intestinal gas ...20C US colloq.
• POCKET-THUNDER the breaking of wind; a fart ...19C sl.
• POOP the act of breaking wind; a fart ...1899 Amer. dial.
• POP a breaking of wind ...1736 Sc.
• PUMP a breaking of wind; a fart ...19C Brit. sl.
• QUACK an act of breaking wind ...1990s sl.
• QUAFFING flatulence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIRD the noise made by eructation; a backward breaking of wind ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RARZER an act of breaking wind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'fart' (Raspberry Tart)
• RARZO n. an act of breaking wind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'fart' (Raspberry Tart)
• RASPBERRY TART a fart ...1892 rhyming sl.
• RASPER a very noisy breaking of wind ...20C sl.
• RAZZO an act of breaking wind ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'fart' (Raspberry Tart)
• ROUSER a very loud release of intestinal gas ...E18 sl.
• S.B.D. the breaking of wind silently and with a foul smell (Silent But Deadly) ...1960s sl.
• SILENT BUT VIOLENT a silent, but very smelly, breaking of wind ...1950s sl.
• SILENT HORROR a quiet but pungent fart ...Brit. sl.
• SILENT TERROR a quiet but pungent fart ...Brit. sl.
• SILENT VIOLENT an unpleasantly aromatic fart that pollutes without warning; a silent fart ...2003 UK sl.
• SNEEZE a release of intestinal gas, esp. if forceful ...20C US euphemism
• SUFFLATURE †* flatulence ...1660
• TAIL-SHOT a fart ...17C Brit.
• THEEF an escape of wind, flatulence ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOOT a fart; the act of breaking wind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TREACLE TART the act of breaking wind; a fart ...1990s rhyming sl.
• VENTOSENESS † flatulence ...a1425
• VENTOSITY 1. flatulence ...1398
2. a fart; a belch ...1513
• WAFFLES flatulence ...1973 Sc.
• WET FART a strong breaking of wind containing fecal matter ...19C Brit. sl.
• WET ONE a strong breaking of wind containing fecal matter ...19C Brit. sl.
• WHIFFER a bad-smelling breaking of wind ...20C US sl.
• WINDER a breaking of wind ...20C US sl.
• WINDY BLOWTS flatulence ...Bk1911 Sc.
• WINDY-PUFFS flatulence ...20C Brit. colloq.
• WOODEN HEART a fart ...1960s Brit. sl.
FART - nouns, person
• FARTER one who breaks wind in a noticeable and ostentatious manner ...c1440
• FIZZLER † one who breaks wind without noise ...1582
• FLATOPHILE a lover of 'flatulence'; someone who gets pleasure out of creating, hearing, or smelling flatulence; a person fascinated by loud releases of intestinal gas ...E20 jocular
• PUFF-ADDER one who farts in the bath, and then counts the bubbles ...M20 schoolboys' jocular
• WIND-CHEATER one who breaks wind frequently ...20C Brit. sl.
• WINDY-WALLETS a ludicrous term for a person given to break wind behind ...B1900 Sc.
FART - verbs
• APPLE-TART to fart ...20C Aust. & Irish sl.
• BREAK-OFF to discharge wind from the stomach ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURCH to fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BURK to fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHUFF to fart ...1998 UK sl.
• CREPITATE † to break wind, to fart ...1623
• CUT A FINGER to break wind ...L19 euphemism
• CUT ONE to release intestinal gas, perhaps loudly ...20C US colloq.
• CUT ONE'S FINGER to break wind ...1899 US sl.
• CUT THE CHEESE to break wind ...20C US sl.
• CUT THE MUSTARD to break wind ...20C US sl.
• DO ONE'S NO-MANNERS to break wind ...1980s sl.
• DROP ONE'S GUTS to fart ...20C sl.
• FART to break wind ...c1250
• FLUFF to release intestinal gas ...20C Aust. sl.
• GURK to release intestinal gas audibly; to fart ...E20 Aust. sl.
• LET A FART to release intestinal gas, usually audibly
• LET FLEE A FART † to break wind ...c1386
• LET FLY to break wind ...20C US sl.
• LET FLY A FART to release intestinal gas ...14C colloq.
• LET ONE to release intestinal gas (the 'one' is euphemistic for 'fart') ...M20 US colloq.
• MAKE WIND to break wind ...20C US sl.
• MASH FROGS to break wind ...1970 Amer. dial. jocular
• MINK to fart ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PANTYPOP to fart ...2003 US sl.
• PASS AIR to fart ...20C US euphemism
• PASS GAS to fart ...20C US colloq.
• PASS WIND to fart ...20C US euphemism
• POOP to break wind; to fart ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PUFF to break wind, to release intestinal gas, to fart ...19C colloq.
• PUMP to fart ...1937 Brit. sl.
• QUACK to break wind noisily ...1990s sl.
• RAIRD to make a noise by eructation; to break wind ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDY-RUET to break wind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEZE BEHIND † to fart ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIFT to break wind ...19C
• TEAR A SHEET to pass wind ...1979 Amer. dial.
• TOOT to break wind, to fart ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TRAF to fart ...1998 Aust. back-slang
• VENT to break wind ...17C sl.
FART - phrases
• BROTHER ROUND-MOUTH SPEAKS he has broken wind; he has farted ...?1785 sl.
• EMPTY HOUSE IS BETTER THAN A BAD TENANT, AN used after breaking wind in public ...1930s NZ sl.
• LOST THE KEY uttered upon smelling a fecal odour or intestinal gas ...20C US sl.
• SPEAK UP BROWN - YOU'RE THROUGH! said, as if on a telephone, as a comment on an audible fart ...1961 UK sl.
• SPEAK UP GINGER - YOU'RE ALMOST THROUGH! said, as if on a telephone, as a comment on an audible fart ...1961 UK sl.
FARTHER - adverbs
• AYONT of place: farther, beyond ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LENGER †* farther ...c1425
FARTHING - nouns
• COVENT-GARDEN a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• DADLA a farthing ...1900s sl.
• DADLER a farthing ...1900s sl.
• FA'D a farthing ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• FA-DEE a farthing ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• FADGE a farthing ...1789 sl.
• FADGER a farthing ...L19 Cockneys'
• FAR-DEE a farthing ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• FARDEL a farthing ...L19 Irish sl.
• FARDEN a farthing ...M18 sl.
• FARDENER a thing worth or costing a farthing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARDETH a farthing's worth ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIDDLER a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GENNITRAF a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GIGG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GRIG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• HARRINGTON a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• JACK a farthing ...a1700 sl.
• JIG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• MOPPUS a farthing ...L17 sl.
• MOPUS a farthing ...L17 sl.
• QUARTER † a farthing ...1641 Eng. dial.
• QUARTEREEN a farthing ...M19 sl.
• QUATRIN † a small piece of money; a farthing ...c1400
• RAG † a farthing ...1590 cant
• SCROPE a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
FASCINATE - verbs
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• EFFACINATE † to fascinate, to bewitch ...1616
• MASH to fascinate or excite sentimental admiration in one of the opposite sex ...1882 sl.
• ZOOM SOMEONE OUT to amaze; to fascinate; to surprise ...1960s sl.
FASCINATED - adjectives
• DEAD SET ON fascinated by, obsessed with, in love with, determined ...L19 sl.
• HUNG fascinated or obsessed with ...1950 US sl.
FASCINATING - adjectives
• KILLING fascinating, very interesting, wonderful ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SIRENIC * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...a1704
• SIRENICAL * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...1599
• TAKY that takes the fancy or affection; capable of captivating or charming; designed to attract notice and please; alluring, fascinating, attractive, appealing ...1854 colloq.
FASCINATION - nouns
• EFFASCINATION † fascination ...1624
• SIRENY †* allurement, fascination ...1600
FASCINATION - interjections
• SPEED THE WOMBATS! an exclamation of surprise, alarm, fascination, etc. ...1920s Aust. sl.
FASHION, FASHIONABLE - adjectives
• ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, JUST LIKE NEW YORK fashionable; sophisticated ...1930s US Black sl.
• ALL THE GO in the height of fashion ...1793 UK sl.
• ALL THE WEAR fashionable ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABY FEMME of a fashion style: suggesting both youthful innocence and sexual abandon ...1995 US sl.
• BANGED-UP stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
• BANG OUT first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP stylish, in the pink of fashion ...1812 sl.
• BANG-UP TO DICK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP TO THE MARK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BENDY extremely fashionable, smart, 'cool' ...1990s US teen sl.
• CADDY stylish; well-dressed; sharp, fashionable ...1966 Amer. sl.
• CRED acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable ...1999 UK sl.
• DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind ...1792 colloq., orig. US
• DASHY showy, ostentatiously fashionable; stylish ...1822 colloq.
• DIKEY ultra-fashionable ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DOLLED-UP said of one dressed in the latest fashion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWN THE ROAD stylish, fashionable ...M19 sl.
• FANTOOSH overdressed, over-ornamented; flashy, showy; ultra-fashionable ...1920 Sc.
• FARBULOUS 'far out' and fabulous; used of up-to-the-moment followers of fashion and the trendy clothes they wear ...2005 UK sl.
• FASH fashionable ...1988 Aust. sl.
• FASHIONAL † of a good fashion or appearance; stylish, fashionable ...1618
• FASHIONED fashionable, in the fashion ...1811 Sc.
• FASSY smart, fine, fashionable ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHION-MONGING † following fashion ...1599
• FUNKY fashionable, 'with it' ...1960s sl.
• FUNKY-ASS fashionable, 'with it' ...1960s sl.
• GALLANT † suited to fashionable society; indulging in social gaiety or display; attractive in manners, polished, courtier-like ...1500-20
• IN A MOD BAG fashionable ...1960s sl.
• IN THE TIP OF THE MODE † in the height of fashion ...1709
• KIDDY well-dressed, fashionable, flashy ...L18 sl.
• KILLING fashionable, stylish ...M18 sl.
• KNOBBY stylish; smart, elegant, fashionable, good, capital ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAHDEE smart, fashionable ...1930s sl.
• LAHDI smart, fashionable ...1930s sl.
• MACKADOCIOUS extremely stylish or fashionable ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• MACKERLY shapely, fashionable, tolerable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MOD stylish, fashionable ...1964 Amer. sl.
• MODE fashionable, modish ...1984 Amer. students' sl.
• MOVIN' good; pleasurable; fashionable; popular ...1997 US sl.
• NATTY fashionable, spruce ...1789 sl.
• NOBBY stylish; smart, elegant, fashionable, good, capital ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOW fashionable, in style, current ...1955 US colloq.
• ON sophisticated, informed, at an advantage, fashionable ...L19 sl.
• PUKKA excellent, of the very best, fashionable ...L20 colloq.
• QUAINT † of dress: fine, fashionable, elegant ...?a1366
• RAGGIN' dressed in fashionable and expensive clothing ...1987 US sl.
• RAKISH smart, fashionable ...1847
• RITZY classy, stylish, fashionable..1920 US sl.
• SAGA fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SAGGER fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SASSY smart, fashionable ...L19 sl.
• SCENEY fashionable; up to the minute in appearance, habits, practices ...1968 UK sl.
• SHARP of clothes or their wearer: stylish, neatly fashionable, smart ...M20 colloq.
• SILKED dressed in the height of fashion ...1940s US Black sl.
• SILKED TO THE BONE dressed in the height of fashion ...1940s US Black sl.
• SIMP fashionable ...1965 US sl.
• SNAZZY elegant; stylish; smart and fashionable; clever and desirable ...1932 Amer. sl.
• SNITCHER a member of a set of fashionable young men or 'bloods' ...L18 sl.
• SPLASH elegant, fashionable, distinguished ...M19 sl.
• STYLING ostentatious, fashionable ...1990s US Black sl.
• SWITCHED ON in fashion: up-to-date and well-informed ...1964 UK sl.
• TIMISH †* belonging to the time; in the style of the times, modish, fashionable ...1676
• TIPPY † in the height of fashion; smart, fine, fashionable ...1810
• TONISH * fashionable, modish, stylish ...1778
• TONNISH * fashionable, modish, stylish ...1778
• TONY having a high or fashionable tone; high-toned, stylish, smart, neat ...1886 US colloq.
• TOPPY showy, stylish, fashionable, smart ...1905 colloq.
• VARMENT natty, fashionable, dashing ...1823 sl., now Eng. dial.
• VERY À LA absolutely in fashion; generally contemptuous, disparaging, or ironic in tone ...1984 UK sl.
• ZIPPY fashionable ...1920s US sl.
FASHION - nouns
• AGONY style, fashion ...1900s sl.
• ALL THE RAGE the current or latest fashion ...1785 colloq.
• CHALK, THE the fashion ...1840 US sl.
• CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming ...1818 sl.
• DANDY, THE the very thing; the fashion ...1784 sl. or colloq.
• FASH PACK a loose categorization of pre-eminent people in the fashion industry ...2002 UK sl.
• GAIT manner, fashion, way, profession ...1859 US sl.
• GRUNGE the fashion style that developed out of the rock music epitomized by the work of the Seattle band Nirvana, but first used in relation to the New York Dolls, c1973 ...1980s sl.
• HAUT TON high fashion; people of high fashion ...1801
• RAGE the current fashion ...1785 sl.
• TIPPY, THE † the height of fashion; the fashionable thing ...1794
• TON * 1. the fashion, the vogue, the mode; fashionable air or style ...1769
* 2. people of fashion; fashionable society; the fashionable world ...1815
FASHION - nouns, person
• FASH HAG a follower of fashion ...2003 UK sl.
• FASHION CASUALTY someone in the thrall of clothes-designers' more ridiculous excesses ...1999 UK sl.
• FASHION CRIMINAL one whose style is considered outside the bounds of acceptable fashion ...1980s US college sl.
• FASHIONIST 1. a follower of the fashions; one who conforms to the prevailing style of dress; a fashion-monger ...1616
* 2. one who prescribes or sets the fashions ...1815
• FASHIONISTA someone who dictates, or is in the vanguard of, trendiness ...2001 UK sl.
• FASHION-MONGER one who studies and follows the fashion or fashions ...1599
• FASHION MUTANT one whose style is considered outside the bounds of acceptable fashion ...1980s US college sl.
• FASHION VICTIM someone in the thrall of fashion designers' more ridiculous excesses; often applied, loosely, to someone who is conspicuously expensively dressed ...1984 UK sl.
• GALLIARD a gay fellow, a man of fashion ...1828 arch.
• RAILDOG a backstage technician who works with set rigging on a catwalk ...1991 US sl.
• ULTRA one who goes to the extreme of fashion ...1819
FASHION - verbs
• EFFORM to make into a certain form; to shape, to fashion ...1578
• FASHIONIZE * to make a garment fashionable; to alter clothes according to the fashion ...1824
• IMMODELIZE †* to model, to mould, to fashion ...1649
FASHIONABLE - adjectives
• O.K. very fashionable or stylish; socially correct ...1869
• OKAY very fashionable or stylish; socially correct ...1869
• ORGANIC fashionable ...1970s US college sl.
FASHIONABLE - nouns
• BEAU-MONDE the fashionable world, 'society' ...1714
• FASHIONABLEDOM * the fashionable world ...1859
• GALLANTRY † gallants collectively; gentry, fashionable people ...1606
• GLITTERATI the fashionable set of literary or show-business people ...1940 sl., orig. US
FASHIONABLE - nouns, person
• ABERCROMBIE a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style ...2004 US sl.
• BANG-UP a man of fashion ...1811
• BUCK a fashionable young man ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CACK-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• CACKLE-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman ...1940s US Black sl.
• DANDY a man who dresses fashionably and ostentatiously; a fop ...c1780
• DASHER a fashionable, attractive person who often attends parties, dances, etc.; a dashing young man ...1790 sl.
• FASHIONABLE a fashionable person; chiefly in plural ...a1800
• ELEGANTE a fashionable lady ...1806
• FASHION-FLY a fashionable person ...1868
• FILBERT a very fashionable man about town ...c1900 society sl.
• GALLANT 1. a man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman ...1388 arch.
† 2. of a woman: a fashionably attired beauty ...c1550
• GATE a jazz musician; hence, a fashionable man ...1936 US sl.
• GREGORY †* a gentleman of fashion ...L16
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• KNUT a dandy; a very well-dressed, fashionable (if not overly intelligent) young man ...1910s sl,
• MOD a member of a 1960s youth cult characterized by an obsessive interest in fashionable clothing, in the riding of motor-scooters, and in listening and dancing to soul and ska music ...1960s Brit. sl.
• NICEBICE †* a dainty, fine, or fashionable girl or woman ...1595
• NUT a dandy; a very well-dressed, fashionable (if not overly intelligent) young man ...1910s sl,
• PHYSBUTTOCKE † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• RAINBOW a young man about town ...M19 sl.
• SAPPER a man about town, a 'gay dog' ...M19 sl.
• SCENESTER a person who is part of contemporary fashionable society ...2003 US sl.
• SLOANE a fashionable and conventional upper-middle-class young person (usually female), esp. living in London ...1975 Brit. sl.
• SLOANE RANGER a fashionable and conventional upper-middle-class young person (usually female), esp. living in London ...1975 Brit. sl.
• SLOANIE a 'Sloane Ranger' ...1982 Brit. sl.
• SPARK * a fashionable or gallant young man ...16C
• TIPPY-BOB a smart, fashionably-dressed person, a fop ...B1900 Eng. dial.
FASHIONABLE - verbs
• PATCH UP to dress fashionably; to apply make-up ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• RAGE to look fashionable ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
• TONIFY † to impart a good 'ton' to; to make fashionable or stylish ...1786 obs.
FASHIONABLE - phrases
• QUARTER FLASH AND THREE PARTS FOOLISH describing a fool who claims to have a small degree of fashionable worldliness ...E19 sl.
• QUARTER FLASH AND THREE PARTS STUPID describing a fool who claims to have a small degree of fashionable worldliness ...E19 sl.
• THAT'S THE TICKET it's the correct thing, what is wanted, expected or fashionable ...1838 sl.
FASHIONABLENESS - nouns
• FASHIONABILITY fashionableness ...1839
FAST - adjectives
• BALLIN' going fast ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CALICO-BALLY somewhat fast ...c1890 sl.
• CLIPPING fast ...colloq.
• CRACKING of speed, etc.: very fast; exceedingly vigorous ...19C sl.
• DING-DANG fast, speedy ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG fast, speedy ...1897 Eng. dial.
• FAST AS DIKE-WATER very fast ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAST AS LIGHTNING OVER CUBA very fast ...1985 Cayman Islands
• FAST-ASS fast, quick ...1930s US sl.
• FASTER THAN THE MILL-TAILS OF HELL moving very, very fast ...1999 Can. sl.
• FAST-FAST very fast ...20C W. Indies sl.
• FAST-GATED going at a rapid rate ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION unshakably determined; reckless; fast, furious ...1899 Amer. sl.
• HELL-FOR-LEATHER fast-moving, rip-roaring ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SET very fast, energetic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT very fast, energetic ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HOT fast; having or conferring unusual speed, power, or performance, esp. if also requiring unusual skill in operation ...1934 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL extremely fast ...E20 US colloq.
• LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS very fast ...colloq.
• LIKE FIVE HUNDRED very fast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFF LIKE A BRIDE'S NIGHTIE leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A PROM DRESS leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s US college sl.
• PACEY fast, speedy ...1906 UK sl.
• PACY fast, speedy ...1906 UK sl.
• PELL-MELL FOR A CAT-RACE very fast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PELL-MELL FOR KITT'RY very fast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUICK AS BUNNY FUCKS very fast ...1990s sl.
• RAKING fast-going, quick, speedy; energetic, accomplishing much ...1862
• RAMBLING fast, speedy ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• RANK vigorous, fast ...1883 Amer. dial.
• VELOCIOUS * rapid, speedy, fast ...1680
• WIKIWIKI quick, fast, speedy ...1967 Hawaii
• ZIPPY fast, speedy ...1920s sl.
• ZOOMY fast, high-flying ...1970s US sl.
FAST - adverbs
• BELLITY-SPLIT at top speed ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GOING NINETY TO NOTHING going very fast ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• HARD quickly, very fast ...1889 Eng. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR BREAKFAST very fast, at top speed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER very fast, at top speed, in great haste ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-LEATHER very fast, at top speed, in great haste ...1939 Amer. dial.
• HELL-THRASHING RATS very fast, at top speed, in great haste ...1989 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT FOR BOSTON very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-TOOT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY SPLIT very fast ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A BANDIT enthusiastically, very, fast, very successfully ...1970s US sl.
• LIKE A BLUE-ARSED BABOON headlong, very fast ...1950s sl.
• LIKE A BOMB very fast ...1950s sl., orig. US
• LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER quickly, fast; with long, rapid strides ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A STRIPED-ASS APE headlong, very fast ...1950s sl.
• LIKE A WHITEHEAD very fast or vigorously ...1826 Amer. dial.
• LIKE THE DEVIL BEATING TANBARK very fast, vigorously, severely ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LIKE THE MILLTAILS OF HELL in a fast and violent manner, swiftly ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LIVE briskly, fast ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NINETY TO NOTHING very fast ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• QUICKSVILLE fast, quickly ...1960s US sl.
• TAPPY-LAPPY as fast as possible; at top speed; anyhow; generally used of running ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TIELEDDER at a great pace, running very fast ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER BREEZE very fast ...20C W. Indies sl.
• WHOOPITY SCOOT rapidly, speedily, recklessly fast, vigorously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• YERNE † quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, briskly, at a great rate ...a1023
FAST (abstaining from food) - nouns
• IRISHMAN'S-DINNER a fast ...Bk1896 sl.
FAST (speed) - nouns
• CHAIN LIGHTNING something that moves at great speed ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PACER anything (esp. a horse) that goes at a great pace ...1890 colloq.
• RAKE † speed; a swift pace ...1768 Sc.
• RAKER an extremely fast pace ...1895 colloq.
FAST - nouns, person
• BIRD a fast man, woman, or horse ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BREEZY a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAST ALEC anyone who moves fast ...1935 US Black sl.
• FAST ALECK anyone who moves fast ...1935 US Black sl.
• HOT SHOT a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIGHTNING a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MERCURY a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEED BALL a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEEDY a nickname for a fast or energetic person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEEDY GONZALES a person who moves, works, or operates very fast ...20C US sl.
FAST - verbs
• ACE to move or drive fast ...1940s US sl.
• BALL IT OFF to travel at a fast rate ...1847 US sl.
• BALL THE JACK to move rapidly or swiftly; to make haste; to go fast (said esp. of a railroad train); to work swiftly or energetically ...1913 Amer. sl.
• BAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BREEZE to travel with great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEND A BEND to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEND A CORNER to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEND 'ER to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLUE-STREAK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOK to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BOOK IT to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BREEZE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREEZE ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREEZE IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BURN THE BREEZE to run or travel very fast ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE EARTH LIKE A CANNED DOG to run or travel very fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE PRAIRIE to run or travel very fast ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE WIND to run or travel very fast ...1910 Amer. dial.
• BURN UP THE TRACK to run or travel very fast ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER to hurry; to travel quickly ...1988 US military sl.
• BUST THE WIND to run or travel fast ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BUZZ to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLIP IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLIP IT OFF to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME A-CALLYHOOTIN' to move very fast or rapidly and noisily ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• COVER GROUND to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT LOOSE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DECK to press down the accelerator pedal of a car; hence, to go fast ...1960s sl.
• DRAG ASS to move fast, hurry, leave ...M20 sl.
• DUST to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP THE LANDSCAPE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAG to go fast ...1920 Amer. sl.
• FANG to do something fast, to send something quickly ...1960s Aust. sl.
• FLICKER to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLICKER ALONG. to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET A SKATE ON to go fast, to hurry up ...M19 sl.
• GO AT A RATTLING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SLASHING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SMACKING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SPANKING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SPLITTING PACE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO DOUBLE-QUICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR THE DOCTOR to make a great effort, or move very fast esp. in a horse race ...1949 Aust. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL-BENT FOR LEXINGTON to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELL FOR LEATHER to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO HELLITY-HOOP to go or run fast ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GO IN HIGH GEAR to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO KITING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LICKETY-CUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LICKETY-SPLIT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LICKETY-SWITCH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BAT THROUGH HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A BLUE STREAK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A DINGBAT to go fast ...1967 UK sl.
• GO LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A HOUSE AFIRE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER to go quickly; to walk fast ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GO LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A SHOT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A SHOT OUT OF HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A SHOT THROUGH HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE A STREAK to go fast ...Bk1904 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE ALL GET OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE ALL POSSESSED to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE ANYTHING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE BILLY HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE EVERYTHING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE HECK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE OLD BILLY HELL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE DEUCE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE DEVIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE HEEL FLIES ARE AFTER YOU to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE OLD NICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE VERY DEUCE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE THE VERY DEVIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE TWO-FORTY to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE TWO-FORTY ON A SHELL ROAD to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE WINKING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ON HIGH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ON THE DOUBLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO ON THE DOUBLE-QUICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO SOME to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO STRONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE BAND to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE CARS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE DEUCE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE DEVIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO BEAT THE DUTCH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO TO TOWN to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARE IT to move or run with great speed ...E20
• HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAVE LEGS to be fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHBALL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHBALL IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIKE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIKE OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT IT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT OFF to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE BREEZE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE HIGH SPOTS to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE TRAIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT UP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACK OFF to move up and down fast ...1940s sl.
• LARRUP to go fast; to move in an awkward, noisy fashion ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP ALONG to go fast; to hurtle along; to move in an awkward, noisy fashion ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP AROUND to go fast; to hurtle along; to move in an awkward, noisy fashion ...a1874 Amer. dial.
• LET OUT THE KINKS to go at top speed ...1870 Amer. sl.
• LICK to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKETY-CUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKETY-SPLIT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKETY-TOOT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICK IT to move fast ...1850 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-CLIP. to go fast ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LICKSPLIT to go as fast as possible ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MAKE KNOTS to move fast ... World War I navy sl.
• MAKE TIME to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOBILE to run or move fast ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MOTOR to go at a great speed ...1980 Amer. sl.
• PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PIKE † to hasten off, go away quickly; to go fast ...LME sl.
• PUSH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAILROAD to go fast, to hurry unduly or excessively, to rush somewhere; to deal with something quickly or hastily ...1884 sl.
• RAMBLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMBLE ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN HELL-BENT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUN OFF WITH THE HARROWS to go too fast; to carry things too far ...1843 Sc.
• SAIL to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCOOT to run; to go fast ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCOPE to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• SCORCH THE HIGHWAY to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORCH THE PAVEMENT to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORCH to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIFT to go very fast ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SIFT DIRT to go very fast ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKAWP to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• SKEDADDLE to rush off, to go fast ...1861 sl., orig. US Civil War usage
• SKEDOODLE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIDADDLE to rush off, to go fast ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIN to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIN ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIN OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIP ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKYHOOT to go fast or quickly; to depart hurriedly; to scoot; to skyrocket ..1900 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIN to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIN ALONG to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT to walk or run at great speed; to go fast ...L18 sl.
• SPLIT ALONG to move fast ...19C sl.
• SPLIT THE AIR to travel at great speed ...1870 US sl.
• SPLIT THE BREEZE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT THE WIND to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAVE to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEAM to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go fast or with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• STREAK IT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK IT OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWISH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAIL OUT to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AWAY to go fast; to make straight for ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IT ON HIGH to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE WING to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TATTER to hurry; to bustle; to go at a great speed ...1862 Eng. dial.
• TEAR to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEAR ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOP COTTON to be very excited or agitated; to go very fast ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TOP THE COTTON to be very excited or agitated; to go very fast ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast ...1893 Amer. dial.
• TURN ON THE STEAM to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALLOP to move fast, generally with much agitation of the body or clothes; to dance ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHIZ to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIZ ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIP to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIP ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIZZ to move fast ...1930s US sl.
• ZOOM to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM ALONG to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZOOM AROUND to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM OFF to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
FASTEN - verbs
• ADENT † to fasten ...1708
• BAIL UP to tie up, to fasten ...1883 Sc.
• CADGE † to fasten, tie, bind, knot ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CATCH †* to fasten, to attach ...c1400
• DIGGER to cluster, to daub, to fasten ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAY † to fit, adapt, or join; to put together, add, compose; to fix or fasten in position ...a1000
• GAD to affix, to fasten ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALCH † to fasten, to tie, to knot ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HAMPER UP † to fasten up, to make fast ...c1590
• HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE † to fasten lightly ...1621
• HASP † to fasten together; to unite firmly ...1362
• MAKE to fasten, to secure, to make fast ...1804 Eng. dial.
• RACKLE to fasten up with a chain ...1866 Sc.
• RAIL †* to tie or fasten in a string or row ...1622
• RAP TO to fasten a door, etc. ...1810 Sc.
• SAM † to join or fasten together; to amass, to hoard up ...c1000
• SUBNECT †* to fasten underneath ...1710
• TACHE † to fasten, to attach, to fix, to secure a person or thing ...a1310 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TACK † to attach, to fasten one thing to another ...1387
• TAG † to fasten, stitch, or tack together; to join ...1681
• TAW to tie, to fasten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YOKE to burden; to bind down; to fasten; to oppress ...1773 Sc.
FASTENED - adjectives
• HASPED fastened up, secured ...1891 Eng. dial.
• SICKER securely fastened or held ...a1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FASTENER - nouns
• BACHELOR'S BUTTON a substitute for a button; a wooden peg used as a button; a gripper, a fastener ...1908 Amer. dial.
• TACK † that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc. ...a1300
• TASH a clasp; a buckle, ribbon, or fastening for clothes; a pendant ...1772 Sc.
• TATCH a clasp; a buckle, ribbon, or fastening for clothes; a pendant ...1772 Sc.
FASTENING - nouns
• FASTENMENT a fastening of any kind ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FASTNESS † a fastening ...1676
FASTER - verbs
• MEND ONE'S GAIT to quicken one's steps; to move or travel faster ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MEND ONE'S LICKS to go faster; to quicken one's steps ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SNAP INTO IT to hurry; to go faster ...1967 Amer. sl.
• SNAP IT UP to hurry; to act faster ...1940s Amer. sl.
• SNAP TO IT to hurry; to go faster ...1967 Amer. sl.
FASTIDIOUS - adjectives
• BELLY-PROUD fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLE dainty, fastidious ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING dainty, fastidious, delicate, accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAINSHACH fastidious, particular; fussy about food ...1920 Sc.
• DAINTY-CHAPPED † fastidious or particular as to eating and food ...19C
• DANGEROUS † difficult to please; particular, ticklish; fastidious, nice, dainty, delicate ...c1386
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DENCH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DENSH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DENSH-GOBBED of a dainty fastidious taste or appetite; affected in speaking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DENSH-STOMACHED of a dainty fastidious taste or appetite ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DENTICAL dainty, fastidious ...1894 Eng. dial.
• FADDLING trifling, over-particular, fastidious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHIOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FASTIDIOSE † fastidious ...1727
• FEAT † affected, excessively dainty or fastidious ...1540 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular ...1873 Amer. dial.
• FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky ...1872 Amer. dial.
• FINICKITY fussy, fastidious, finicky ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious ...1912 Amer. dial.
• HINKY snobbish; haughty; conceited; aloof; fastidious ...1967 Amer. sl., orig. Black usage
• KECKEN-HEARTED squeamish; loathing the sight of food; dainty; over-fastidious; faint-hearted ...Bk1901 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAISK prim, fastidious; applied esp. to one who has to be coaxed to eat ...1929 Sc.
• MARCHPANE dainty, fastidious ...1598
• MEALY-MOUTHED dainty, fastidious in eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEESK prim, fastidious; applied esp. to one who has to be coaxed to eat ...1929 Sc.
• MIMPSY-PIMSY dainty, fastidious, fanciful, affected ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MINCY over-particular, finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-CLEAN overly tidy; excessively fastidious ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous ...1839 Eng. dial.
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NIFFNAFFY fastidious; trifling ...1785 sl.
• OGERTFUL dainty, affected, fastidious, affecting delicacy of taste, squeamish ...1754 Sc.
• PENSY † of appetite: fastidious, delicate ...1866 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUAINT † dainty, fastidious, nice; prim ...1483
• QUAUNCH squeamish, fastidious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEM prim, affectedly nice; over-fastidious ...1924 Sc.
• QUINTY like an old maid; fussy, fastidious ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SAUCY dainty, fastidious as to food ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SCHLECKERIG fastidious in the choice of food ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, nice, fastidious; particular, excellent, fine, delightful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS fastidious, particular; hard to please ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIG † fastidious ...a1300
• SNIFFY scornful, disdainful; haughtily fastidious; fault-finding ...1871 sl.
• SNIFTY disdainful; haughtily fastidious; fault-finding ...1871 Amer. sl.
• TAFFETA florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1588
• TAFFETY florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular ...1719
• TICKLE fastidious, dainty, squeamish; easily upset or disordered ...c1456 now Eng. dial.
• TIFFETY-TAFFETY † florid, bombastic; overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious ...1595 nonce word
• TIMID finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1881 Amer. dial.
• WANTON † fastidious or dainty in appetite ...1530
• WEAMISH † squeamish, fastidious ...1571
• YEOVERY fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YUVVERY fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FASTIDIOUS - nouns, person
• ABDELI a hypocrite, a canting preacher; a fastidious or false zealot ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• FADDLE a fanciful person, either fastidious in trifles or devoted to some particular hobby ...19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• MAWK a person who is squeamish and fastidious ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MIMMOCK a person with a dainty and fastidious appetite or manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICELING † a very fastidious or overnice person or critic; a hair-splitter ...1549
• NICE NELLIE a respectable or fastidious person, not necessarily a woman; also used ironically ...1930s US sl.
• OLD MAID (derogatory) a person with the alleged characteristics of an elderly spinster, such as primness, prudery, fastidiousness, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• QUIDDLE a fussy, over-particular, or fastidious person; one hard to satisfy in trifling matters of diet, etc.; one who wastes his energy about trifles ...1856 Eng. & Amer. dial.
FASTIDIOUS - verbs
• KECK to refuse with disdain; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKEN to decline with loathing, aversion, or disgust, as offered food; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• TAIVER to eat sparingly and without appetite; to toy with one's food; to be fastidious about eating ...1929 Sc.
FASTIDIOUS - phrases
• MARRY COME UP, MY DIRTY COUSIN an expression used to those who are very fastidious or who assume a distinction to which they have no claim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MITTENED CAT CATCHES NO MICE, A too much fastidiousness retards success ...B1900 Eng. dial.
FASTIDIOUSNESS - nouns
• DAINTY † daintiness; fastidiousness ...1590
• FADDLE fussiness, fastidiousness ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FASTIDIOSITY * fastidiousness ...1704
FASTING - adjectives
• BLACK-FASTING practising severe fasting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• JEJUNE † without food, fasting; hungry ...a1619
• LENTED †* that shows traces of Lent or fasting; emaciated ...1594
FASTING - nouns
• FASTEN † fasting; an act of fasting ...c825
• JEJUNATION † fasting, abstinence from food ...1623
• JEJUNERY fasting; jejune writing ...1846 nonce word
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
FASTING - nouns, person
• JEJUNATOR * a faster ...1858