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FINICAL - FIXED
FINICAL, FINICKING, FINICKY
adjectives
• FALLAL † affected, finicking, foppish ...1748
• FALLALISH * somewhat fallal ...1754
• FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky ...1872 Amer. dial.
• FINICKITY fussy, fastidious, finicky ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HENNY fussy, petty, finicky ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MESSY fidgeting, irritating, finicking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINCY over-particular, finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NACKETY finicky, fond of neatness ...1818 Sc.
• PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
• PERNICKET(T)Y, PERNICKITY, fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY, PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIRLIE difficult to please ...1825 Sc.
• PRICK-ME-DAINTY finicky in dress, language, and behaviour; affectedly dainty; over-precise; conceited ...1820 chiefly Sc.
• SMICKER † of men: finical, effeminate ...B1900
• SNEAKY fussy or finicky about eating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TIMID finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1881 Amer. dial.
finical, finicking, finicky - nouns
• PALAVER a fussy manner of behaving; an ostentatious or finical procedure; a great to-do about nothing; applied to action rather than exclusively to speech ...1892
finical, finicking, finicky - person
• BIRD-EATER a person who eats little or is finicky about food ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FINNICKS one who behaves in a finicking manner; a woman who puts on airs; a tawdrily-dressed woman ...1839 Eng. dial.
• GRANNY a fussy, finicky old person of either sex ...1842 Amer. dial.
• JEMMY † a dandy or fop; a finical fellow ...1753
• PRICK-ME-DAINTY one who is finicky and conceited in dress and carriage; one who affects airs of superiority; a dandy ...a1529 chiefly Sc.
finical, finicking, finicky - verbs
• NIFF-NAFF to trifle; to toy; to take finicking trouble; to talk or act foolishly or aimlessly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner ...1893 UK colloq.
FINISH
adverbs
• ENDWAY to the end or finish; at the end ...1795 Eng. dial.
finish - nouns
• LAST END, THE the conclusion, finish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TOP-UP * a finish or conclusion ...1883
finish - verbs
• ACHIEVE † to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate ...c1385
• BALL OFF to finish quickly, to cease ...1846 Eng. dial.
• BREAK THE NECK OF † to destroy, to finish, to bring to an end ...1576
• LITTLE-UP to finish many half-completed tasks ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PULL THE PLUG to stop; to finish ...1988 UK sl.
• PUT IN THE CAN to finish a project or task ...1954 US sl.
• SAM UP to finish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIN OUT to clean something out; to finish something ...1999 Can. sl.
• WRAP to complete, to finish ...1970s Amer. movies & television usage
• WRAP UP to complete, to finish ...1926 Amer. sl.
FINISHED
adjectives
• ABSQUINCHIATED used up, finished ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ALL DICKEY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL DICKY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL HOLIDAY AT PECKHAM all over, finished, hopeless ...L18 sl.
• ALL OUT finished, used up ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL OVER BAR THE SHOUTING finished for all intents and purposes ...1842 UK
• APAST completed, finished ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BANG-UP finished ...M19 US sl.
• CAPUT finished, over, ruined ...1910s sl.
• CASHED used up; finished ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEAD finished; lost; arrested, captured ...1950s sl.
• DONE AND DUSTED completely finished, down to the last detail ...Bk2002
• DOWN THE RIVER finished, over and done, used up ...L19 sl.
• DOWN THE SWANNY finished, over and done, used up ...L19 sl.
• IN THE CAN completed, finished ...1934 US sl., orig. film jargon
• NAPOO gone; dead; finished ...1919 Amer. sl.
• NAPOO-FINI gone; dead; finished ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TOOTFINNY all finished; (French 'tout finis') ...World War I Amer. sl.
FINISHING
nouns
• DEACTION † a finishing or perfecting ...1656
FINISHING STROKE, FINISHING TOUCH
nouns
• END-ALL an act of completion; a finishing stroke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SHEAF the crowning point, the finishing touch ...1892 Sc.
FINISH OFF
verbs
• MOP UP to finish off, usually by killing, to vanquish; hence, to finish the remainder of a task ...1898 sl.
FINLAND
person
• ROUNDHEAD a Swedish person; a Norwegian; a Polish person; a Finnish person ...1965 Amer. dial.
FIR
nouns
• DEAL a fir tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL-TREE a fir tree ...a1825 Eng. dial.
FIR CONE
nouns
• CLOG † a fir cone; a pine cone ...L16
• DEAL-APPLE a fir cone ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DEALSEY a fir cone ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DELSEED a fir cone ...1810 Eng. dial.
• SCRAB-APPLE a fir cone ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
fir cone - verbs
• APPLE to gather fir cones or 'apples' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
FIRE
adjectives
• ACCENDIBLE capable of being kindled, or set on fire ...1630 obs. rare
• ACCENSED † kindled, set on fire, inflamed ...1573
• BOLD of a fire: great, big ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FLAMMIVOMOUS * vomiting or belching flames of fire, as a volcano ...1663-76
• IGNEO-AQUEOUS due to the agency of both fire and water ...1882
• IGNEOUS of the nature of fire; fiery ...1664
• IGNIBLE †* pert. to fire ...1612
• IGNIFEROUS producing fire; fire-bearing ...1618
• IGNIFIC producing fire ...1753
• IGNIFLUOUS †* flowing with fire ...1623
• IGNIFORM * of the form of fire ...1744
• IGNIGENOUS * produced by fire, or by the action of fire ...1727
• IGNIPAROUS †* productive of fire ...1684
• IGNIPOTENT ruling or having power over fire; mighty by fire ...1656
• IGNITIVE * having the property of igniting or taking fire ...1823
• IGNIVOMOUS vomiting fire ...1603
• IN FULL BLOOM of a fire: burning strong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INGLE-LIGHTED lighted by the fire ...1818 Sc.
• QUICK of fire or flames: burning strongly or briskly ...c1374
• RANTING of a fire: blazing, roaring ...1725 Sc.
• REEVING of a fire: burning brightly ...Bk1904 Sc.
fire - adverbs
• AGATE briskly, as a fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RASH of a fire: fiercely, clearly ...1875 Eng. dial.
fire - nouns
• ACCENDIBILITY capacity of being kindled, set on fire or inflamed ...1859
• AD † a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre ...a900
• AIR OF THE FIRE the heated atmosphere surrounding a fire ...1877 Eng. dial.
• AIZE a large blazing fire ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ANNA MARIA a domestic fire ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. (pronunciation = Mar-eye-a)
• AVE MARIA a domestic fire ...L19 rhyming sl. (pronunciation = Mar-eye-a)
• BALE † 1. a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire ...a1000
2. a signal or beacon fire ...1455 Sc. arch.
• BALE-FIRE 1. a great fire in the open air; a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything; in Old English, the fire of a funeral pile ...a1000
2. a great fire kindled as a signal; a beacon-fire ...1805
3. any great fire; a bonfire ...1800-24
• BARNEY MAGUIRE a fire ...20C Aust. & US rhyming sl.
• BEEK what warms; a basking in the sun or warmth of a fire ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEETING † making a fire, kindling ...1517
• BEVIE a large fire ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAST a small wood-fire in a fireplace ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BURNOUT a particularly destructive fire, esp. one that razes buildings ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DACKER † the fading of the fire when its heat abates ...1813 Sc.
• ELD †* fire ...c1200
• ERIF fire ...M19 back-slang
• FALSE FIRE a fire made to deceive an enemy, or as a night-signal ...1711
• FIRESHINE the light from a fire ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GLEDE a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires ...1847 Amer. dial.
• GLEED a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires ...1847 Amer. dial.
• HAPPERING the snapping or crackling of an ember in a fire ...1881 Eng. dial.
• I DESIRE a fire ...Bk1896 rhyming sl.
• IGNEDUCT †* a vent or passage for fire ...1676
• IGNIPOTENCE †* prevalency against or power over fire ...1727
• IGNIVOMOUSNESS fire vomiting quality, such as that of volcanoes or burning mountains ...1727
• ILDER fire ...1897 Sc.
• INGLE fire, flame; a fire in a room; the furnace of a kiln ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INGLE-LOWE the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...1798 Sc.
• MACINTYRE fire ...1996 UK rhyming sl.
• MONSOON BUCKET a helicopter-borne water container used for aerial bombardment of forest fires ...1997 Can.
• MUD chemical fire retardant dropped from the air ...2000 US sl.
• MUSHROOM a fire that spreads out and downward when reaching a ceiling ...1954 US firefighting usage
• NIST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire ...1886 Sc.
• NOGGIN small pieces of wood used to start a fire ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OBADIAH a fire ...20C rhyming sl.
• PADDY MCGUIRE a fire ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
• PRAIRIE COAL hunks of dried cow dung used as fuel for a fire ...20C US colloq.
• QUENCH-FIRE †* an apparatus, or substance for extinguishing fires ...1667
• RANDON † a rush or stream, as of words, fire ...c1440
• RED-COCK an incendiary fire ...Bk1903 sl.
• REEVER anything large and quickly moving, as a blazing fire, a high wind, a swift boat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCALE-FIRE † a house or town on fire ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEED a burning coal covered with ashes to preserve a fire overnight ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SIPHON † a kind vessel made of tanned hides to carry water in, to quench fire that is raging amongst dwelling houses; a fire-bucket ...1688
• SPUNKIE a small fire ...B1900 Sc.
• TANDLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TANLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWNLE a bonfire; any large fire ...1802 Sc.
• TEND fire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TINDER † fire, a spark ...1570
• TINNY a fire ...E19 sl.
• VLONKERS sparks of fire ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WHITE MAN'S FIRE a campfire that is larger than necessary ...1910 Amer. dial.
fire - person
• ASH-CHAT a person who crouches over the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASH-LURDIN one who crouches over the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASS-CAT a lazy person who crouches over the fire ...1808 Eng. dial.
• AX-WADDLE one who collects and deals in ashes; hence, one who crouches over the fire, a dirty person ...1746 Eng. dial.
• AX-WADDLER one who collects and deals in ashes; hence, one who crouches over the fire, a dirty person ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HEARTH-FELLOW a fireside companion ...1895
• IGNICOLIST a fire worshipper ...1816
• WAIT-GLEED † one who sits lazily watching the fire ...c1310
fire - verbs
• ABER to stir up and make bright, as a fire ...1916 Sc.
• ACCEND † to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire ...1432-50
• BACK to bank a fire ...1905 Sc.
• BAIT of a fire: to feed ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BEEK to warm before the fire; to make warm; to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire ...Bk1911
• BEET † to make, kindle, put on a fire ...c885 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BETINE †* to set fire to ...1659
• BLENT of fire: to flash ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAMP to put out a fire, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARR to poke the fire too much, so that it goes out ...1908 Sc.
• FANG A-FIRE to catch fire ...1873 Eng. dial.
• FIRE-SET to set fire to ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FUFF to puff, to blow: said of a breeze, fire, etc. ...1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAP to make up a fire, to stack or heap it up so as to keep it in ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAL to rake up a fire; to cover a fire ...1691 Eng. dial.
• IGNIFY * to set on fire; to cause to burn ...a1586
• INCENDIATE †* to set fire to; to burn; to make fire of ...a1701
• MEND to tend or add fuel to a fire ...1884 Amer. dial.
• OUTEN to extinguish a fire; to turn off a light ...1878 Amer. dial.
• PASH to stir or poke a fire ...1886 Eng. dial.
• QUENCH † of fire, a burning thing, etc.: to be extinguished, to go out; to cease to burn or shine ...c1290
• QUICK † of a fire: to kindle, to begin to burn ...c1175
• RAKE to bank up a fire, to cover it with a small coal and cinders so that it will burn quietly all night ...1887 Sc.
• RANGE to poke the fire; to clear out the bars of a grate ...1886 Sc.
• RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REST to make up a fire for the night ...1773 Sc.
• RIDDLE to poke up a fire; to clear a grate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALE vb. to stir, to poke, or to rake out a fire; to clear away the ashes ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKARE to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SKEER to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUCCEND † to set on fire, to kindle, to burn ...1432-50
• TAKE WITH to kindle; to catch fire ...1822 Sc.
• TED † to burn wood fires ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEND to kindle, to light, to set fire to ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TEND UP to make up a fire; to add fuel to a fire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to stir a fire slightly ...1589
• TIMBER † to make up or add fuel to a fire ...1486
• TIND † to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOAST † to destroy or disintegrate with fire ...1577
• TORCH to deliberately set fire to something, esp. in order to claim insurance money ...1931 sl., orig. US
• VAMP DOWN to make up a fire that it may burn some time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WARM THE WHOLE OF ONE'S BODY to stand with one's back to the fire ...20C sl.
• WATER OUT to put out a fire with water ...1809 Amer. dial.
FIREARMS - see GUN
FIRE FIGHTER, FIREMAN
nouns
• BAG, THE in the police and fire departments: a uniform ...1944 Amer. sl.
fire fighter, fireman - person
• ASBESTOS JOE an asbestos-suited firefighter aboard an aircraft carrier ...1943 US Navy sl.
• DUCK a firefighter ...1997 New York police sl.
• FIRE EATER a fire fighter ...US Civil War usage
• HYACK in British Columbia: a volunteer fireman ...1959 Can. Chinook jargon
• KINK-CHASER a fireman delegated to straighten out the kinks or bends in hose line ...1944 Amer. Fire Dept. usage
• LOO a police or fire lieutenant ...1960s US sl.
• PAINTER a firefighter assigned to a hook-and-ladder truck ...1954 US sl.
• QUACK a firefighter ...1997 UK police sl.
FIREFIGHTING
nouns
• SPEAR a firefighter's hook ...1954 US sl.
FIREFLY
nouns
• CANDLE BUG a firefly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE FLARE a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE FLY a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE MILLER a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FIRE BOB a firefly, a lightning bug ...1825 Amer. dial.
• FIREBUG a firefly ...1789 Amer. dial.
• FIRELIGHT BUG a firefly ...1939 Amer. dial.
• JACK-O'-LANTERN a firefly, a glowworm ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JACK-O-MY-LANTERN a firefly, a glowworm ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAMP BUG a firefly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAMP FLY a firefly; a glow-worm ...1840
• LIGHT BUG a firefly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTENING BUG n. a firefly ...1778 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTER FLY. a firefly ...1956 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTING BUG. a firefly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTNING BUG a firefly ...1778 Amer. dial.
• THIRD-SHIFT MOSQUITO a firefly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WILL-O'-THE-WISP a firefly; a lightning bug ...1939 Amer. dial.
FIREPLACE - nouns
• INGLE a hearth, fireplace, or fireside; a chimney-corner ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
FIRESIDE - nouns
• HEARTH-STEAD the place of a hearth; fireside; hence, homestead ...c1475
• INGLE a hearth, fireplace, or fireside; a chimney-corner ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...Bk1902 Sc.
FIREWOOD - nouns
• BAVIN brushwood, firewood ...1577
• BILLETING firewood ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUTT a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
• ELDIN any kind of fuel, esp. inflammable material such as peat, sticks, brushwood, etc; firewood ...1724 Sc.
• HAG brushwood, branches of felled trees used for fuel or firewood ...1820 Sc.
• HAG PILE a pile or stack of firewood ...1882 Sc.
• HAG STACK a pile or stack of firewood ...1882 Sc.
• QUERDOOD the small upper branches and loppings of trees, etc., cut into lengths and stacked for sale as firewood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOWS brushwood, firewood ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TANNEL dried twigs or other vegetation used for fuel, firewood ...1887 Sc.
• TENDLE † firewood; dried twigs or furze, etc. used for fuel ...B1900 Sc.
• WOODJAM a container for holding firewood ...1994 Amer. dial.
FIREWOOD - verbs
• RICK to stack in an orderly fashion, esp. firewood ...1899 Amer. dial.
FIREWORKS - nouns
• ASH BOMB a small but relatively powerful firecracker, cylindrically shaped and covered with tinfoil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ASHCAN a small but powerful firecracker, its explosive effects intensified by the layer of tinfoil in which it is wrapped ...1950s US sl.
• BABY GIANT a medium-sized firecracker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BABY-WAKER a firecracker ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BACKRACKETS fireworks ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BANGER a type of firework that explodes loudly
• BLOCKBURSTER a large firecracker or cherry bomb ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKBUSTER a large firecracker or cherry bomb ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BOBBY-BOMB. a kind of firecracker - pull the string on each end and it explodes ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY TRAP a firework that is set off when the strings at each end are pulled ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUNGDUNG a large firecracker ...1920s Aust. sl.
• BUSTER a firecracker ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CANNON a large firecracker ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CANNON-CRACKER a large firecracker ...1871 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY BOMB a large, red, round, powerful firecracker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DAGO BOMB a large firecracker ...1930s US sl.
• FINGER a firecracker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FINGERLING a small firecracker ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FIRE POPPER a firecracker ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FIZZER a firecracker that explodes with a hiss ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FIZZLER a defective firecracker that burns with a hissing sound; one that fails to go off ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• JACKSON CRACKER a firecracker ...1877 Amer. dial.
• LADY-CRACKER a small firecracker ...1940s US sl.
• LADY-FART a small firecracker ...1940s US sl.
• LADY-FINGER a small firecracker ...1944 US sl.
• PACK-RACKET a kind of firework constructed so as to explode with a succession of loud reports; a cracker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PENNY POOPER a small firecracker ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PENNY POPPER a small firecracker ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POP-CRACKER a firecracker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALUTE a noise-making firework ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SHOO-SHOO a failed firecracker that is later broken open and lit ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHOO-SHOO BABY a failed firecracker that is later broken open and lit ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHOOTING CRACKER a firecracker ...1849 Amer. dial.
• SHOOTING POPPER a firecracker ...1849 Amer. dial.
• SISSER a firecracker that is broken open and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SISSLER a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIZZER a firecracker that is broken open and lit to make a hissing noise ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLER a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
FIREWORKS - verbs
• BURN to set off firecrackers ...1972 Amer. dial.
FIRM - adjectives
• FASTREDE †* firm in purpose, inflexible, steadfast ...c888
• NASH firm, stiff, hard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANK * firm, strong ...1848
• SICKER having a firm foundation or support; firm, unshaken ...1297 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SINEWED strong, firm, vigorous, powerful ...1604
FIRMLY - adverbs
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• HARD tightly, firmly, securely ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDLY † firmly ...a1225
• SICKER effectively, strongly, firmly ...c1450 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FIRMNESS - nouns
• IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE, AN rigid firmness accompanied by courtesy, politeness, and gentleness ...1834
FIRMNESS - nouns, person
• JELLYFISH a person who lacks firmness of purpose ...colloq.
FIRST
adjectives
• ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• EARLY-BIRD first of the day, as an early-bird matinee ...20C sl.
• ELDEST earliest, first produced; first, most ancient ...c897 arch.
• ERST first in order ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIRSTEST first ...1905 Amer. dial.
first - adverbs
• UP FRONT first, at the start ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
first - nouns
• HANDSEL, HANSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow ...1573
• HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...c1449
• HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...1582
• VERNALITY † the 'spring-time' of something; the first part, the beginning ...1639
first - person
• BEGINNER † he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead ...c1613
first - verbs
• BEAR THE BELL to take the first place; to have foremost rank or position, to be the best; to excel, to be pre-eminent ...c1374
• HANDSEL, HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• TAKE THE CAKE to carry off the honours, to rank first ...1886
first - phrases
• EGG AND BIRD † in youth and maturity, from beginning to end, first and last ...1711
• FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE as the first step to do anything
FIRST-AID
person
• IODINE in logging: a first aid man ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ZAMBUC, ZAMBUCK, ZAMBUK a first-aider; a St. John Ambulance man or woman, esp. at a sporting event ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
FIRST-CLASS, FIRST-RATE
adjectives
• A1 first-class; excellent; of the best ...c1834 Eng. sl.
• A-1-1 excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A1 AND NO MISTAKE prime; first-class; of the best ...1900 sl.
• A1 COPPER-BOTTOMED prime; first-class; of the best ...1876 sl.
• ABFAB first-rate, very attractive ...1950s sl., orig. Aust. teen usage
• ABOUT PAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ABOVE PAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ACE first-class, excellent ...M20 colloq.
• ACE-DEUCE first-rate, excellent ...1927 Amer. sl.
• ACE-FLAT first-rate, faultless ...1941 Amer. sl.
• ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES first-rate; quite satisfactory; fine; tops ...1901 US. sl.
• ACES AND EIGHTS first-rate, quite satisfactory; fine, tops ...1920 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES UP excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY first-rate, excellent ...1954 Amer. sl.
• ADORABLE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A DOUBLE ONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALAGAZAM excellent; first-rate ...1914 Amer. dial.
• ALAMONAGORGEOUS excellent; first-rate ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ALL-A-HUNKY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL DAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL O' DAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL-ROUND excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL THAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL THE ACES first-rate; excellent ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ALL THERE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL-TIME memorably good; absolutely first-rate; great, fantastic, wonderful...1945 Amer. sl., esp. surfing usage
• ALL TO THE GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL-WOOL first-class ...1864 Amer. sl.
• ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE first-class; genuine ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ALRIGHTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AMUSING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ANGELIFEROUS angelic; splendid; excellent; first-rate; pleasant; delightful ...1840 Amer. dial.
• ANNIE OAKLEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A NUMBER ONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A-ONE excellent, first-class; orig. used of ships, then of persons and things ...1846 US
• AWFUL GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD-DOING first-rate; superior ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAKGAT splendid, first-rate ...1960s S. Afr.
• BALLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BANG OUT first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP very good, first-rate, splendid, excellent ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BANG-UP TO DICK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP TO THE MARK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANGY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BEANER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEAUTIFUL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• BERRIES, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BETTER THAN A KICK IN THE HIND-END excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BETTER THAN A KICK IN THE PANTS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIEN good; excellent; first-rate ...16C sl.
• BIGGER AND BETTER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG-TIME excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAME GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONA excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONNY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONZER excellent; first-rate, good ...1904 Aust. sl.
• BOSS excellent, first-rate; wonderful ...1836 Amer. dial.
• BOURBON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOWMAN excellent, first-rate ...L17 sl.
• BRAG prime, first-rate, surpassingly good ...1836 US
• BRICKY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRIGHT AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• BUENO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• BULLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMPER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUNCOMBE excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUNK excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUNKUM excellent, fine, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1834 Amer. dial.
• BUNKUMSQUINT fine, excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERY first-rate, the best ...2000s US Black sl.
• BY-JOE excellent; first-rate (French 'bijou')...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CASMALA fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CHAMP first-rate ...1930s US sl.
• CHAMPION first-rate, excellent ...L19
• CHEESY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHERRY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIC excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CIVIL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLASS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLASSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEVER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLINKING exceedingly good; excellent; first-rate ...M17 sl.
• CLIPPING first-rate, excellent ...M19 sl.
• COOL first-rate; fine ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COOL BREEZE first-rate, wonderful ...1960s sl., orig. US
• COPA excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPASETIC excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPASETTY excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPESETTE excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPUS excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• CORKING excellent; first-rate ...1895 sl.
• CRACK excellent; first-rate; expert ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• CRACKAJACK excellent, first-class, superlative ...19C sl.
• CRACKERJACK excellent; first-class, superlative ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CRACKING excellent, first-rate ...E19 sl., orig. US
• CREAMY excellent; first-rate ...1889 sl.
• CUNNING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• D excellent, wonderful, first-rate ...E19 sl.
• DAG first-rate; excellent ...c1905 Aust. sl.
• DAISY remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine ...1757 sl.
• DAMN GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAND excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DANDEROO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind ...1792 colloq., orig. US
• DANK excellent, first-rate, brilliant ...1989 sl., orig. US campus
• DARBS, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARBY excellent; wonderful, first-rate; great; good; fine ...1918 US sl.
• DARLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARLINGEST excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARN GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADLY excellent, first-rate ...1940s sl., orig. US Black & college usage
• DEE-LICIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEE-VINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DELICIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DELISH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEUCEDLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEVASTATING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIGGITY DANK excellent, first-rate ...1980s sl., orig. US campus
• DINDY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• DINGERY splendid, just the thing; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITZY admirable, fine, first-class ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DIVINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOGGY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOO-DOO excellent, first-rate ...2000s US Black sl.
• DOOZY excellent; first-rate ...1903 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• DOUBLE-DISTILLED excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUBLE-RIVETED excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DREADFULLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCKO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCKY delightful, pleasing; excellent, first-rate ...1897 Brit. sl.
• DYED IN THE WOOL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EIGHTEEN CARAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELAGAZAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELEGANT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great ...1911 Amer. dial.
• EX superlative, first-rate ...20C sl.
• FAMOUS excellent; first-rate: used as an emphatic expression of approval ...1798 colloq.
• FAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINE AND DANDY excellent; first-rate ...1794 orig. & chiefly US
• FINO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIRST-RATE-AND-A-HALF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIT TO KILL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIZZING excellent, very good, first-rate, splendid ...1885 Eng. dial. sl.
• FLASH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLASHY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLOSSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOUR STAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOXY excellent; first-rate; splendid, good ...1900s US Black sl.
• FROM WAY BACK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRONT-PAGE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRUITY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUNKED-UP excellent, splendid, first-rate ...1990s US Black sl.
• GALLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GALLOUS excellent, first-rate, with criminal overtones ...19C sl.
• GALLOWS very great, excellent, fine, first-rate ...1789 Eng. dial. & sl.
• GALOPSHUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALUPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMEBALL excellent, first-rate ...1910s Irish sl.
• GAMEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANZ GUT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLOBSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOBERSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOBSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOLUPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS ALL GET OUT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS ANYTHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS BLAZES excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS CASH, AS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS EVERYTHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS GOLD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS HECK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS HELL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS I DON'T KNOW WHAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS NOBODY'S BUSINESS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS PIE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS THE DEUCE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS THE DEVIL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS THEY MAKE 'EM, AS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS YOU KNOW WHAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS YOU WOULD DESIRE TO PISS ON, AS excellent, good, first-rate ...L17 sl.
• GRANDO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRANDY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT excellent; first-rate ...E19 colloq.
• GROUSE first-class, excellent ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• GUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIRY excellent, first-rate ...L19 sl.
• HEAVENLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELLISHLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-CLASS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-GRADE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHLY TOUTED excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-TEST excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-TONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HINKY-DINK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HINKY-DINKY excellent, first-rate ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HONKEY-DOOLEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HONKY-DORI excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT absolute first-rate, splendid; good or well; fashionably attractive ...1866 Amer. sl.
• HOT-STUFF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTSY-TOTSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOWLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMDINGER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMGUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HUNK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKIDORY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKUM-BUNKUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1908 Amer. dial.
• HUNKY excellent; first-rate ...1861 sl.
• HUNKY AND DORY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKYDORE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKY-DORUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKYDORY excellent; first-rate ...1861 US sl.
• ILL wonderful, first-rate ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
• IN A CLASS BY ITSELF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTRIGUING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAKE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAM excellent, first-rate, good, satisfactory ...1832 Amer. dial.
• JAMMY first-rate, good, excellent; very lucky or profitable ...1853
• JAM UP excellent, first-rate, good, satisfactory ...1847 Amer. dial.
• JERRY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIM-DANDY excellent; first-rate ...1888 Amer. sl.
• JOLLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOLLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUICY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAYO excellent; first-rate; satisfactory ...1923 sl.
• KEEN excellent; first-rate ...1914 sl., orig. US
• KEENO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KILLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KIPPY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• K.M. AND X. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KOPASETIC excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• KOPASETTE excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• KOSHER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• K.S.O., THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LARRUPING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAST WORD, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LETTER A prime; first-class; of the best ...1833 sl.
• LICKING † first-rate, splendid, excellent ...c1680 sl.
• LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT, A excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOBDOCIOUS excellent; first-rate ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LOOLOO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LULY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LUMMY first-rate; clever; jolly ...1838 sl.
• MAGIC excellent, first-rate; used for showing approval and enthusiasm ...1956 sl.
• MCCOY, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MEAN excellent; first-rate ...1920 sl., orig. US
• MEATY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MESSY good, first-rate ...1930s US Black sl.
• MIGHTY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIGHTY PRIME excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINTY excellent, first-rate ...1990s US college sl.
• MONSTROUS GOOD. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAILING excellent; first-rate ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NASTY wickedly good, excellent, first-class, esp. in the respect of attractiveness or effectiveness; gorgeous, sexually attractive ...1834 Amer. sl.
• NATE first-rate, excellent ...1899 Ireland
• NATTERLY first-rate; 'rattling' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTLY first-rate; 'rattling' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAT first-rate, excellent ...1899 Ireland
• NEAT AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• NICE AND GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NICE AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• NICKEL-PLATED first-class, thorough ...L19 US sl.
• NIFTIC excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIFTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO END OF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO FLIES ON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT HARD TO TAKE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NUTS, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NUTSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF THE MEAT RACK superlative, first-rate, astonishing, excellent ...2000s US Black sl.
• OFF THE WALL excellent, first-rate ...1950s US college sl.
• O.K. FOR ONE'S DOUGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OO-LA-LA excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT-AND-OUT excellent, first-rate ...M19
• PATSY excellent; first-rate; satisfactory ...1930 US sl.
• PEACHAROONEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERFECTLY KILLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERSKWEE splendid, fine, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLENTY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUMMY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY HOT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY NIFTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY SWELL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRICELESS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTRID excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUIDS IN first-class, excellent ...1950s UK prison & criminals' sl.
• QUITE THE BERRIES excellent; first-rate ...1922 Amer. sl.
• RANK excellent, first-rate, admirable ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use ...1596 colloq.
• RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RATTLING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAVING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• READY excellent, first-rate, mature, fully competent; esp. used of musicians ...1938 US sl.
• REAL FINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAL GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAL JAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAL MCCOY, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAMING excellent, first-rate, capital ...1861 Eng. dial.
• REEMING excellent, first-rate, capital ...1861 Eng. dial.
• REG excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REG'LAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REGULAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RICH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT GOOD AND PROPER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT PROPER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT SLICK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT SMOOTH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-HUMMING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid, great ...1858 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-ROARING excellent, first-rate ...M19 colloq. orig. US
• RIPSNIPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-SNORTING excellent, first-rate ...M19 colloq. orig. US
• ROUSING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROYAL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SA-WELL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALLYWAMPUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCANDALOUS excellent, first-rate ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SCHNOZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORCHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREAMING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREAMY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ֳ• SCRONCHOUS first-rate, excellent ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SCRUM fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, wonderful, excellent, fine, delightful; often but not always used of food ...1910s sl.
• SCRUMDIDDLIUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIFFEROUS very fine, splendid. excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMDOODLE very fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMDUMPISH fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS excellent, fine, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS first-rate, excellent, delightful, fine; ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SICK excellent, first-rate, wonderful ...1980s Aust. & US sl.
• SIMPLY DELISH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY KILLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY SLAYING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY STUNNING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKOOKUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKWUZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAP excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAP-UP excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAYING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLEEK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOBBERGULLIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOPERGOBTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMART excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMART AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• SMOOTH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNATCHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNATCHY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIFTER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIFTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIPTIOUS fine, attractive, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNITCHER first-rate, excellent, attractive ...1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNODGER excellent, first-rate, very good ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNORTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNOTTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SO GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOCKING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANGLORIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING outstanding fine, excellent, first-rate, large, smart, jolly. ...Bk1913 colloq.
• SPIFF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIFFING excellent, first-rate, wonderful, pretty damn good ...1872 sl.
• SPIFFY very fine, attractive, splendid. wonderful, good, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 sl.
• SPLASHING fine, excellent, first-rate ...L19 sl.
• SPLASH-UP first-rate, excellent ...L19 sl.
• SPLASHY fine, excellent, first-rate ...L19 sl.
• SPLENDACEOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDACIOUS splendid, excellent, first-rate ...M19 sl.
• SPLENDATIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDICULAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDICULOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDIOUS † splendid, magnificent, brilliant, excellent, first-rate ...1432-50
• SPLENDIDOUS splendid, excellent, first-rate ...M19 sl.
• SPLENDIDROUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIFEROUS wonderful, excellent, first-rate, perfect, splendid, fine, brilliant ...M19 sl.
• SPONDICULOUS excellent, first-rate, splendid, glorious, enjoyable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPUZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAVING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STELLAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STETSON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE excellent, first-rate ...1960s US teen & Black sl.
• STUNNING remarkable, exceptional, excellent, first-rate, very good, stylish ...1849 sl.
• SUPERBO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUPERLOBGOSHIOUS delicious, first-class, excellent, fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWEET excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWEETO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELEGANT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELL elegant, stylish, first-rate, excellent, of the best quality ...1897 orig. & chiefly US
• SWELLAGAZAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLDIFFEROUS swell, elegant, fine; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWELLDOODLE stylish, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWELLELLEGOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLEROO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLISH elegant, stylish, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWELLO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWILL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWINGEING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWINGING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWUZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKES THE CAKE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALL excellent, good, first-class ...1835-40 US sl.
• TEARING impressive, splendid, first-rate ...M17 sl.
• THERE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THREE BEANS very good; excellent, first-rate (French 'tres bien') ...World War I Amer. sl.
• THUMPING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIPPING first-rate, excellent ...1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TIPPY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIPPY-BOB first-rate, excellent ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIP-TOPPING of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1827
• TIPTOPPISH of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1855
• TIPTOPSOME of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1819
• TONEY, TONY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO PRECIOUS FOR WORDS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO SWEET FOR WORDS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO-TOO DIVINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOP-DRAWER very excellent, first-rate ...1920
• TOP-HOLE first-rate, excellent, splendid ...1905 sl.
• TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others ...1900 sl.
• TOP OF THE BOTTLE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid ...1822 Brit. sl.
• TOPPY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOPS excellent; first-rate, best ...1935 colloq.
• TOPS FOR MY DOUGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOP-SHELF first-rate, excellent, the best ...1882
• TO RIGHTS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TORRID excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRACE BEANS very good; excellent, first-rate (French 'tres bien') ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TRAY BONE excellent; first-rate (French 'tres bon') ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDENIABLE excellent, first-rate...1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UP TO THE HAMMER up to the standard, first-rate, excellent ...1884 colloq.
• WHACKO THE CHOOK excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful ...1970s Aust. sl.
• WHACKO THE DIDDLE-OH excellent, splendid, first-rate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• WHACKO THE GOOSE excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful ...1970s Aust. sl.
• WHALING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHOOPING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHOPPING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WICKED really good, fantastic, excellent, first-rate, wonderful; great; deeply satisfying ...1920 sl., orig. US
• WITHOUT PRICE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WOW excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YUM-YUM first-rate, excellent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
first-class, first-rate - adverbs
• JAM UP in a first-rate manner; excellently ...1845 Amer. dial.
first-class, first-rate - nouns
• BEAUT a first-rate or excellent person or thing; something fine or splendid ...1896 sl.
• CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming ...1818 sl.
• CLINKER an excellent specimen; a thing, animal, or person of the first quality ...M19 sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY anything first-rate or excellent ...1784 UK sl.
• DANDY, THE one that is most attractive, neat, skilful, or stylish; now a stylish or first-class example of anything; precisely the thing needed, esp. if fashionable ...1784 colloq.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• DITZ something first-class or admirable ...1975 Amer. dial.
• GAMMON RASHER a superlative, first-rate, or excellent thing ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'smasher'
• HOME COOKING anything outstanding, wonderful or first-rate ...1930s US Black sl.
• TIP-TOPPER a first-class or excellent person or thing ...1837
• TOP-NOTCHER a first-rate or excellent person or thing ...1902
first-class, first-rate - person
• ACE OF TRUMPS a first-class person ...Brit. sl.
• BEAUT a first-rate or excellent person or thing; something fine or splendid ...1896 sl.
• CHAMP an excellent, first-rate person; often used as a form of address ...1910s sl.
• CLINKER a person of the first quality ...M19 sl.
• CLIPPER a first-rate person ...M19 sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person ...1784 colloq.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• MACKADELIC a first-rate person ...1990s US Black sl.
• TIP-TOPPER a first-class or excellent person or thing ...1837
• TOP-NOTCHER a first-rate or excellent person or thing ...1902
• TOP-SAWYER a first-rate hand at something; a distinguished person; one who excels at something ...1823
first-class, first-rate - interjections/phrases
• COOL BREEZE! exclamation: excellent; wonderful; first-rate ...1960s sl.
• IT'S A PEG it's first-class ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• ULTRA! excellent! first-rate! wonderful! ...1980s sl.
FIRSTLY
adverbs
• FIRST ALONG at first ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FIRST OF IT firstly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ONCE † firstly, in the first place ...1523
FISH - adjectives (also see individual fish, as haddock, herring, etc.)
• BATED of fish: in good condition, plump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLER of fish, vegetables, etc. fresh, in proper season, newly caught or gathered ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GREEN of fish freshly caught: neither salted nor frozen ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ICHTHYIC pert. to fish ...1844
• ICHTHYOGRAPHIC pert. to ichthyography (see nouns) ...Bk1901
• ICHTHYOLATROUS worshipping fish ...Bk1901
• ICHTHYOPHAGIAN characterized by the eating of fish ...1852
• ICHTHYOPHAGOUS fish-eating; feeding on fish ...828
• LABBERED of a fish: mature enough to ripple the stream ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON THE FIN of fish: freshly caught ...1944 Amer. dial.
• PANICHTHYOPHAGOUS eating fish of all kinds ...1854
• PICKED of fish: shredded, flaked ...1886 Amer. dial.
• SAPPY † of meat, fish, etc.: juicy ...1536
• SICK of fish, etc.: in the spawning stage ...1728
• WELL-BATED of fish: in good condition, plump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
FISH, FISHING - nouns
• ALASKA TURKEY salmon ...1948 Amer. dial.
• ALBANY BEEF the flesh of the sturgeon ...1791 Amer. dial.
• ANGLE-ROD † a fishing rod ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ANSWER in fishing: a bite ...B1900 Ireland
• BAGREL a small fish, such as a minnow ...1822 Sc.
• BANKER a vessel or person engaged in fishing for cod off the banks of Newfoundland ...1704 Amer. dial.
• BEAK the long snout of a fish ...1889
• BEAN DAY a day when fishermen catch no fish and must eat beans as a substitute ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BLACK MARIA(H) a fishing net ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CAFF refuse, rubbish of any kind; refuse or unsaleable fish ...1817 Eng. dial.
• CALL-DOG a fish too small for human consumption ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• CAPE COD TURKEY salted cod ...US Civil War usage
• DAB a flat fish of any kind ...19C Brit. colloq.
• DAIRS small unmarketable fish ...19C nautical colloq.
• EYEBAIT pieces of fish used as bait ...1985 Amer. dial.
• FISH BOX a can of salmon, etc.; a can containing fish ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FLATTIE a flounder or other flatfish ...NZ colloq.
• GAD a rod or wand; a fishing rod; also, a stake or stout stick ...1535 Eng. dial.
• GAR the slime on fish ...1929 Sc.
• HAAF in Shetland and Orkney: the deep or main sea; now used only in connection with deep-sea fishing; hence, the part of the deep-sea frequented by fishermen; deep-sea fishing ground or station ...1809
• HADDIE the haddock ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAIL a haul of fish ...1892 Sc.
• HALE a haul of fish ...1892 Sc.
• HALIEUTICS the art or practice of fishing ...1646
• HANDLE fishing tackle or gear ...1892 Sc.
• HANDLIN fishing tackle or gear ...1892 Sc.
• ICHTHYARCHY the domain of fishes; the fish-world in all its orders ...1853 nonce word
• ICHTHYOGRAPHY description of fishes ...1736
• ICHTHYOLATRY fish-worship; the worship of a fish-god, as Dagon ...1853
• ICHTHYOLOGY the natural history of fishes ...1646
• ICHTHYOPHAGY the practice of eating fish ...1656
• ICHTHYOPOLISM the sale of fish ...1853
• JACK BARREL a minnow ...L19 nautical
• JACKET the skin of a seal, fish, etc. ...1613
• JACK-SNAPPER freshwater fish that is not good to sea ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KEEP * a pond or reservoir for fish; a weir or dam for retaining water ...1617
• KELK † the roe of a fish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LABBERING the struggling of a hooked fish ...L19 Brit. nautical
• LILLIAN GISH a fish ...1920s Aust. rhyming sl.
• LOSH a name in Canada and Alaska for the burbot ...1884
• LUNKER an animal, esp. a fish, which is an exceptionally large example of its species ...1912 Amer. sl.
• MAILS †* the scales of a fish ...1484
• MAROON FROLIC † a pleasure party; esp. a hunting or fishing excursion of the nature of a picnic but of longer duration ...1779 US
• MAROON PARTY a pleasure party; esp. a hunting or fishing excursion of the nature of a picnic but of longer duration ...1779 US
• MONKEY FISHING fishing by using an electrical current to stun the fish ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MOSSBACK an old and large fish, as a bass ...angling usage
• NAMELESS CREEK, THE a lucky place whose whereabouts is for that reason untold...Bk1902 anglers' sl.
• NIGGER-FISHING 1. (derogatory) fishing from the bank of a river or pond ...20C US colloq.
2. (derogatory) leisurely fishing for catfish or carp ...1940s US sl.
• OCEAN RAMBLER a herring; a sardine ...1961 UK sl.
• ORTS fish innards ...19C colloq.
• PILLIE a pilchard ...Aust. colloq.
• PUCKER a minnow; a small fish ...Irish sl.
• QUAWK uncooked frozen meat or fish ...1947 Can. sl.
• RAG a lean, scraggy animal or fish ...1898 Sc.
• RAGABANES the skeleton of a fish or animal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RIVIATION †* fishing; in old English law, the use of a river for the purposes of fishing ...a1676
• SAUCEPANS the vertebrae of fish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAG putrid fish, esp. herrings ...1892 Sc.
• SCALES a fish-market ...1871 Eng. dial.
• SCALPIONS salt dried fish, generally whiting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARROW any small fish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHALE the scale of a fish, etc. ...LME
• SIAMESE TWINS fish balls ...M19 US sl.
• SLUMGULLION offal or refuse of fish of any kind; also, the watery refuse mixed with blood and oil which drains from blubber ...1890 Amer.
• TACKLING † fishing tackle ...1548
• TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line ...1925 Sc.
• TAIL in fishing usage: a fish ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAMLIN-COD a young cod-fish ...1871 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLER any small fish, often specifically the minnow or stickleback ...1885 sl.
• WAITH † the act or practice of hunting or fishing; chiefly, unlawful taking of game; also, the right to hunt game ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAITHING † fishing; a catch of fish ...c1470 Sc.
• WALTONIZING angling ...1841
• WAND a fishing-rod ...1565 now chiefly Sc.
• WATER HOG the common carp ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WHALE AND WHITEWASH fish in white sauce ...1920s tramps' sl.
FISH, FISHERMAN, FISHING - nouns, person
• BANKER a person engaged in fishing for cod off the banks of Newfoundland ...1704 Amer. dial.
• BLACK-FISHER a night poacher of fish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADGER an itinerant dealer in fish ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CASHMARIE † one who brings fish from the sea-coast to market in the inland country ...a1600 Sc.
• FAG a young female fish seller ...L18 sl.
• HAAFMAN a deep-sea fisherman ...1899 Sc.
• HAYFIELD LOBSTERMAN one who is both farmer and fisherman by season ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HEBBERMAN † one who fishes on the Thames ...1715
• ICHTHYOGRAPHER a writer on fishes ...1677
• ICHTHYOLOGIST one versed in ichthyology; a student of the natural history of fishes ...1727
• ICHTHYOPHAGAN †* a fish-eater ...1607
• ICHTHYOPHAGI fish-eaters ...1555
• ICHTHYOPHAGIST a fish-eater ...1727
• ICHTHYOPHAGITE a fish-eater ...1835
• ICHTHYOPHILE a lover of fish or fishes ...1845
• ICHTHYOPHILIST a lover of fish or fishes ...1852
• ICHTHYOPOLIST a seller of fish, a fishmonger ...1853
• IN AND OUTER a fisherman who does not venture out in stormy weather ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MEAT FISHERMAN 1. one who fishes with live bait rather than artificial flies or lures ...1949 Amer. dial.
2. one who fishes for food rather than purely for sport ...1993 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW one who hunts or fishes illegally ...1954 Amer. dial.
• PISCICAPTURIST a catcher of fish ...1881 humorous
• RED-FISHER a salmon-fisher ...1856 Eng. dial.
• ROCKHOPPER a fisherman who fishes from the rocks on the sea coast ...Aust. colloq.
• ROD an angler ...L19
• RODMAN an angler
• RODSTER * an angler ...L19
• SALTCHUCKER a saltwater angler ...20C Can. colloq.
• WALTONIAN a disciple of Izaak Walton, author of "The Compleat Angler" (1653); an angler ...1832
• WATERMAN one who makes a living on the water, esp. by fishing, crabbing, or oystering ...1854 Amer. dial.
• YAGGER one who buys up fish on the sly in order to corner the market, a forestaller of fish ...1785 Sc.
• YELLOW BEAL a person who has gone out fishing and caught nothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FISH, FISHING - verbs
• ANSWER of a fish: to bite ...B1900 Ireland
• CAFFLE to deal in 'caff' or rubbish; to deal in unsaleable fish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CUND to say or determine which way a shoal of fish is going ...M19 nautical colloq.
• EXPISCATE to exhaust of fish ...1858 nonce use
• FANG † to catch fish; to take in a snare ...c900 obs. exc. arch.
• GARBAGE † to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish ...1542
• GARBIDGE † to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish ...1542
• GARBISH † to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish ...1542
• GRAB to fish with one's hands; to fish by hand for ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRABBLE to fish with one's hands; to fish by hand for ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GRAPPLE to fish with one's hands; to fish by hand for ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HANG † to hook a fish ...1674
• HARL to troll for fish ...c1730 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HORSE to haul; in fishing: to attempt to haul in a hooked fish through violent effort ...1905 US sl.
• ICHTHYOPHAGIZE to eat fish ...1853 nonce word
• KAP to take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish ...1898 Sc.
• KAPP to take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish ...1898 Sc.
• MAKE † to prepare fish for the market by curing or packing ...1555
• MARBLE † to pickle fish ...1661
• OUTLAW to hunt or fish illegally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PICK to shred or flake fish ...1847 Amer. dial.
• PICK UP to shred or flake fish ...1890 Amer. dial.
• POINT in fishing: to bait a hook ...1988 Amer. dial.
• RAND † to cut fish into long slices ...1630
• SIDE to fillet a fish ...1985 Amer. dial.
• THIN to pick out the bones of a fish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRIMBLE to catch fish by clutching them in the hand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WADE of fish: to appear on the surface or leap out of the water ...a1838 Sc.
FISH AND CHIPS - nouns
• CHIPPIE a fish and chip shop ...1961 Brit. sl.
• CHIPPY a fish and chip shop ...1961 Brit. sl.
• GREASIES fish and chips ...NZ colloq.
• ONE-AND-ONE a portion of fish and chips ...1910s Irish sl.
FISHERMAN - adjectives
• UNFISKALEE unlike a practical fisherman ...Bk1905 Sc.
FISHING - adjectives
• HAAF pert. to or employed in the haaf or deep-sea fishing ...1793
• HALIEUTIC belonging to fishing ...1854
• HALIEUTICAL belonging to fishing ...1851
FISH POND - nouns
• VIVER a fish-pond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FISSURE - nouns
• SCORE a crack, crevice, fissure ...1825 Sc.
FIST
fist - adjectives
• CUNNY-THUMBED given to closing the fist, as a woman does, with the thumb turned inwards under the first three fingers ...L18 colloq.
• MUCKLE-NEEVED large-fisted ...1899 Sc.
fist - nouns
• AUCTIONEER a pugilist's fist ...B1863 Eng. sl.
• BONES the fist ...Bk1904 Amer. college
• BUNCH OF FIVES the clenched fist; also, the hand ...1825 boxing sl.
• CLOTTYMOLES clenched fists ...1866 Eng. dial.
• CLUB-FIST † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
• CLUNCHFIST † a clenched fist ...1662
• CLUTCH-FIST a very large fist
• CUFFER † the fist ...1694
• DADDLE a hand or fist ...1773 Eng. dial. & criminals' sl.
• DOOKS the fists ...M19 sl.
• DOUBLE NEIVE the clenched hand ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FLY-DUSTERS fists ...c1880 sl.
• GUNS the fists ...1981 US sl.
• HAMMER the fist; a blow with the fist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER O' DEATH the fist; a blow with the fist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMOCK the fist; a blow with the fist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD FIST an ungloved fist ...1887
• MALLET the fist ...1821 sl.
• MARROWBONES fists, as weapons ...a1625 sl.
• MARROWS fists, as weapons ...a1625 sl.
• MAULER the hand; the fist ...1820 sl.
• MAULEY, MAULIE, MAWLEY a fist, a hand ...1780 sl.
• MAWLER the hand, the fist ...E19 sl.
• MEATHOOK the hand or fist; usually plural ...1919 Amer. sl.
• MELL a heavy fist ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MITT a hand, fist, or palm ...1893 US sl.
• MORLEY the hand, a fist ...L18 sl.
• NEIVE the fist, the closed hand; the hand ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEIVE-SHAKING the shaking of the fist, threatening ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NIEVE the fist, the closed hand; the hand ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLIVER (TWIST) a fist ...c1865 rhyming sl.
• SAMPSON, SAMSON the fist ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VICE a fist ...1869 Eng. dial.
FIT
adjectives
• ALL JIMMY exactly; fit; suitable ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• FADGING † that fits, suits, etc.; well-matched ...c1611
• FARRANTLY of a thing: becoming, fit, proper ...c1750 N. Eng. dial.
• FAY † to fit, adapt, or join; to put together, add, compose; to fix or fasten in position ...a1000
• FIT AS A PUDDING FOR A FRIAR'S MOUTH very fit or suitable, appropriate, welcome ...1827
• HABILE † fitted, suited; fit, suitable; competent to do something ...c1425 obs., chiefly Sc.
• HAGHER † skilful, clever, dexterous; apt, fit ...c1200
• IDONEOUS * apt, fit, or suitable ...a1615
• I-METE † moderate; meet, fit, appropriate ...c1175
• MEETEN'D made fit; prepared, or adapted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPPORTUNATE † fit, suitable, proper, opportune ...1541
• PAT fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAT-OFF fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUEEM close-fitting, filled up to an even level; neat, fit ...1820 Sc.
• QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
fit - nouns
• TIDEFULNESS † a fit or expedient season; time of need ...a1340
fit - verbs
• ACKLE to fit or function properly ...1961 Brit. sl.
• BESIT † to sit properly upon, as a dress; to fit, to suit, to become ...c1449
• BETEEM † to think fit or proper; to vouchsafe, to grant, to consent ...1565
• BEVEL to fit, to apply, to suit ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAPACIFY †* to render capable; to qualify, to fit ...a1677
• EFFEIR † to pertain to, to fall by right, to be proper or fit ...1631 Sc.
• FADGE † 1. of things: to fit, to suit, to be suitable; to agree, to go down with a person ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to fit the parts of together ...1674
• FAIT † to arrange; to construct; to fit ...1635-6
• FAY to fit, to fit in, to agree; to fill in (a gap) ...1847 Amer. dial.
• FEAT † to equip, to furnish, to make fit ...a1400-50
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• GEE to fit, to suit, etc.; used in negative phrases ...a1700 sl.
• HABILLE † to fit, to adapt ...1430-40
• HANDSOME † to fit, to adapt; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn ...1555
• MAT to fit; to correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDS to fit, to make even; to manage, to contrive ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAN to fit, to tally, to correspond, to agree ...1571 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• QUEEM to make something fit, to fall into place ...1825 Sc.
• VANDT to become a person, to fit, to suit ...Bk1905 Sc.
fit - phrases
• JUST THE TATY just the thing, exact, fit, suitable ...1843 Eng. dial.
FIT (healthy)
adjectives
• FIT AS A MALLEE BULL extremely fit and healthy ...1960 Aust. sl.
FITFUL
adjectives
• CATCHY occurring in snatches, fitful, spasmodic ...1872 colloq.
FITFULNESS
nouns
• VINNIDNESS fitfulness, peevishness ...1842 Eng. dial.
FITLY
adverbs
• DIGHT properly, fitly ...1806 Sc.
• FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly ...a1300 arch.
• GAINLY † suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † fitly, appropriately, aptly ...1553
FITNESS
nouns
• BECOMENESS †* becomingness; fitness, suitability ...1656
• DECENCY † appropriateness or fitness to the circumstances or requirements of the case; fitness, seemliness, propriety ...1567
• DECOROUSNESS † seemliness, fitness, suitability, appropriateness ...1678
• HANDSOMENESS † convenience, handiness; fitness ...1530
• IDONEITY fitness, suitableness or aptitude ...1617
• IDONEOUSNESS fitness, suitableness ...1727
• OPPORTUNITY † fitness, aptitude, competency ...c1374
FITS (as clothes)
phrases
• FITS LIKE A SHIRT ON A BEANPOLE fits very badly...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
FITTING
adjectives
• ACCOMMODATE † suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit ...1525
• AFTERGAIT seemly or fitting ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BECOMELY † becoming, fitting, acceptable ...c1175
• BEFALLING † appertaining, appropriate, fitting ...1542
• FACEABLE fit to be seen, pretty, fitting ...1894 Sc.
• FEAT † fitting, suitable, proper ...c1325 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• QUEME fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SUING † fitting, according to ...c1380
• SUITING † fitting, suitable ...1641
• SUITY † appropriate, fitting ...1609
fitting - nouns
• DECORUM † a fitting or appropriate act ...1601
• NEED-TIME a fitting time; a suitable opportunity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fitting - verbs
• BEHOVE to be fitting, proper, required ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FALL † to appertain or belong; to be applicable, fitting, or proper ...1297
• QUADRATE * to be fitting, suitable, or consistent; of two things: to harmonize with each other ...1664
• QUEME †* to be suitable or fitting for ...c1400
• SIT † to be suitable, fitting, proper, or seemly ...c1330
FITTINGLY
adverbs
• DECENTLY † suitably; fittingly ...1552
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SITTINGLY † in a befitting or becoming manner; fittingly, suitably ...a1300
• SUITINGLY † fittingly ...1540
• SUITLY † fittingly, suitably ...1388
FITTINGNESS
nouns
• BESEEMLINESS * fittingness, propriety ...1647
FIVE
adjectives
• PAM the number 5, esp. used in children's counting rhymes ...1915 Sc.
• QUINARY pert. to the number five; consisting of five things or parts ...1603
• QUINQUENARY * pert. to the number five; consisting of five things or parts ...1690
• QUINT * pert. to the number five; consisting of five things or parts ...1881
• QUINTUPLICATE * five times repeated; consisting of five things, parts etc. ...1656
five - nouns
• EVIF the number 5 ...M19 back-slang
• EWIF the number 5 ...M19 back-slang
• MAN ALIVE the number 5 ...20C rhyming sl.
• QUINARY * a set of five; a compound consisting of five things ...1651
• QUINQUESECTION section into five parts ...1684
• QUINQUITY * a set of five things ...1849
• QUINTARY †* a multiple of five ...1729
• QUINTUPLICATE * a set of five; one of a set of five similar things ...1851
• SAKES ALIVE the number five ...1990s rhyming sl.
five - verbs
• QUINQUESECT to cut into five (equal) parts ...1697
• QUINQUIPLICATE †* to multiply by five...Bk1656
FIVEFOLD
adjectives
• QUINCUPLE †* fivefold; multiplied by five; consisting of five things or parts ...1774
• QUINIBLE †* fivefold; quintuple ...1398
fivefold - adverbs
• QUINTUPLY * in a fivefold manner ...1870
fivefold - nouns
• QUINIBLE †* a fivefold amount ...a1400
FIVE HUNDRED
adjectives
• QUINGENARIOUS †* of five hundred, or weighing five hundred pound ...Bk1656
FIX
verbs
• RAMPIRE †* to fix or establish firmly ...1555
FIXED
nouns
• STANDPATTER something fixed or permanent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adjectives
• FALLAL † affected, finicking, foppish ...1748
• FALLALISH * somewhat fallal ...1754
• FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky ...1872 Amer. dial.
• FINICKITY fussy, fastidious, finicky ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HENNY fussy, petty, finicky ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MESSY fidgeting, irritating, finicking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINCY over-particular, finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NACKETY finicky, fond of neatness ...1818 Sc.
• PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
• PERNICKET(T)Y, PERNICKITY, fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY, PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIRLIE difficult to please ...1825 Sc.
• PRICK-ME-DAINTY finicky in dress, language, and behaviour; affectedly dainty; over-precise; conceited ...1820 chiefly Sc.
• SMICKER † of men: finical, effeminate ...B1900
• SNEAKY fussy or finicky about eating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TIMID finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1881 Amer. dial.
finical, finicking, finicky - nouns
• PALAVER a fussy manner of behaving; an ostentatious or finical procedure; a great to-do about nothing; applied to action rather than exclusively to speech ...1892
finical, finicking, finicky - person
• BIRD-EATER a person who eats little or is finicky about food ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FINNICKS one who behaves in a finicking manner; a woman who puts on airs; a tawdrily-dressed woman ...1839 Eng. dial.
• GRANNY a fussy, finicky old person of either sex ...1842 Amer. dial.
• JEMMY † a dandy or fop; a finical fellow ...1753
• PRICK-ME-DAINTY one who is finicky and conceited in dress and carriage; one who affects airs of superiority; a dandy ...a1529 chiefly Sc.
finical, finicking, finicky - verbs
• NIFF-NAFF to trifle; to toy; to take finicking trouble; to talk or act foolishly or aimlessly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner ...1893 UK colloq.
FINISH
adverbs
• ENDWAY to the end or finish; at the end ...1795 Eng. dial.
finish - nouns
• LAST END, THE the conclusion, finish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TOP-UP * a finish or conclusion ...1883
finish - verbs
• ACHIEVE † to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate ...c1385
• BALL OFF to finish quickly, to cease ...1846 Eng. dial.
• BREAK THE NECK OF † to destroy, to finish, to bring to an end ...1576
• LITTLE-UP to finish many half-completed tasks ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PULL THE PLUG to stop; to finish ...1988 UK sl.
• PUT IN THE CAN to finish a project or task ...1954 US sl.
• SAM UP to finish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIN OUT to clean something out; to finish something ...1999 Can. sl.
• WRAP to complete, to finish ...1970s Amer. movies & television usage
• WRAP UP to complete, to finish ...1926 Amer. sl.
FINISHED
adjectives
• ABSQUINCHIATED used up, finished ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ALL DICKEY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL DICKY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL HOLIDAY AT PECKHAM all over, finished, hopeless ...L18 sl.
• ALL OUT finished, used up ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL OVER BAR THE SHOUTING finished for all intents and purposes ...1842 UK
• APAST completed, finished ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BANG-UP finished ...M19 US sl.
• CAPUT finished, over, ruined ...1910s sl.
• CASHED used up; finished ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEAD finished; lost; arrested, captured ...1950s sl.
• DONE AND DUSTED completely finished, down to the last detail ...Bk2002
• DOWN THE RIVER finished, over and done, used up ...L19 sl.
• DOWN THE SWANNY finished, over and done, used up ...L19 sl.
• IN THE CAN completed, finished ...1934 US sl., orig. film jargon
• NAPOO gone; dead; finished ...1919 Amer. sl.
• NAPOO-FINI gone; dead; finished ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TOOTFINNY all finished; (French 'tout finis') ...World War I Amer. sl.
FINISHING
nouns
• DEACTION † a finishing or perfecting ...1656
FINISHING STROKE, FINISHING TOUCH
nouns
• END-ALL an act of completion; a finishing stroke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SHEAF the crowning point, the finishing touch ...1892 Sc.
FINISH OFF
verbs
• MOP UP to finish off, usually by killing, to vanquish; hence, to finish the remainder of a task ...1898 sl.
FINLAND
person
• ROUNDHEAD a Swedish person; a Norwegian; a Polish person; a Finnish person ...1965 Amer. dial.
FIR
nouns
• DEAL a fir tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL-TREE a fir tree ...a1825 Eng. dial.
FIR CONE
nouns
• CLOG † a fir cone; a pine cone ...L16
• DEAL-APPLE a fir cone ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DEALSEY a fir cone ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DELSEED a fir cone ...1810 Eng. dial.
• SCRAB-APPLE a fir cone ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
fir cone - verbs
• APPLE to gather fir cones or 'apples' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
FIRE
adjectives
• ACCENDIBLE capable of being kindled, or set on fire ...1630 obs. rare
• ACCENSED † kindled, set on fire, inflamed ...1573
• BOLD of a fire: great, big ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FLAMMIVOMOUS * vomiting or belching flames of fire, as a volcano ...1663-76
• IGNEO-AQUEOUS due to the agency of both fire and water ...1882
• IGNEOUS of the nature of fire; fiery ...1664
• IGNIBLE †* pert. to fire ...1612
• IGNIFEROUS producing fire; fire-bearing ...1618
• IGNIFIC producing fire ...1753
• IGNIFLUOUS †* flowing with fire ...1623
• IGNIFORM * of the form of fire ...1744
• IGNIGENOUS * produced by fire, or by the action of fire ...1727
• IGNIPAROUS †* productive of fire ...1684
• IGNIPOTENT ruling or having power over fire; mighty by fire ...1656
• IGNITIVE * having the property of igniting or taking fire ...1823
• IGNIVOMOUS vomiting fire ...1603
• IN FULL BLOOM of a fire: burning strong ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INGLE-LIGHTED lighted by the fire ...1818 Sc.
• QUICK of fire or flames: burning strongly or briskly ...c1374
• RANTING of a fire: blazing, roaring ...1725 Sc.
• REEVING of a fire: burning brightly ...Bk1904 Sc.
fire - adverbs
• AGATE briskly, as a fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RASH of a fire: fiercely, clearly ...1875 Eng. dial.
fire - nouns
• ACCENDIBILITY capacity of being kindled, set on fire or inflamed ...1859
• AD † a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre ...a900
• AIR OF THE FIRE the heated atmosphere surrounding a fire ...1877 Eng. dial.
• AIZE a large blazing fire ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ANNA MARIA a domestic fire ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. (pronunciation = Mar-eye-a)
• AVE MARIA a domestic fire ...L19 rhyming sl. (pronunciation = Mar-eye-a)
• BALE † 1. a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire ...a1000
2. a signal or beacon fire ...1455 Sc. arch.
• BALE-FIRE 1. a great fire in the open air; a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything; in Old English, the fire of a funeral pile ...a1000
2. a great fire kindled as a signal; a beacon-fire ...1805
3. any great fire; a bonfire ...1800-24
• BARNEY MAGUIRE a fire ...20C Aust. & US rhyming sl.
• BEEK what warms; a basking in the sun or warmth of a fire ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEETING † making a fire, kindling ...1517
• BEVIE a large fire ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAST a small wood-fire in a fireplace ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BURNOUT a particularly destructive fire, esp. one that razes buildings ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DACKER † the fading of the fire when its heat abates ...1813 Sc.
• ELD †* fire ...c1200
• ERIF fire ...M19 back-slang
• FALSE FIRE a fire made to deceive an enemy, or as a night-signal ...1711
• FIRESHINE the light from a fire ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GLEDE a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires ...1847 Amer. dial.
• GLEED a red hot coal carried on a small tongs from one pioneer cabin to another to start fires ...1847 Amer. dial.
• HAPPERING the snapping or crackling of an ember in a fire ...1881 Eng. dial.
• I DESIRE a fire ...Bk1896 rhyming sl.
• IGNEDUCT †* a vent or passage for fire ...1676
• IGNIPOTENCE †* prevalency against or power over fire ...1727
• IGNIVOMOUSNESS fire vomiting quality, such as that of volcanoes or burning mountains ...1727
• ILDER fire ...1897 Sc.
• INGLE fire, flame; a fire in a room; the furnace of a kiln ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INGLE-LOWE the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...1798 Sc.
• MACINTYRE fire ...1996 UK rhyming sl.
• MONSOON BUCKET a helicopter-borne water container used for aerial bombardment of forest fires ...1997 Can.
• MUD chemical fire retardant dropped from the air ...2000 US sl.
• MUSHROOM a fire that spreads out and downward when reaching a ceiling ...1954 US firefighting usage
• NIST a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire ...1886 Sc.
• NOGGIN small pieces of wood used to start a fire ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OBADIAH a fire ...20C rhyming sl.
• PADDY MCGUIRE a fire ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
• PRAIRIE COAL hunks of dried cow dung used as fuel for a fire ...20C US colloq.
• QUENCH-FIRE †* an apparatus, or substance for extinguishing fires ...1667
• RANDON † a rush or stream, as of words, fire ...c1440
• RED-COCK an incendiary fire ...Bk1903 sl.
• REEVER anything large and quickly moving, as a blazing fire, a high wind, a swift boat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCALE-FIRE † a house or town on fire ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEED a burning coal covered with ashes to preserve a fire overnight ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SIPHON † a kind vessel made of tanned hides to carry water in, to quench fire that is raging amongst dwelling houses; a fire-bucket ...1688
• SPUNKIE a small fire ...B1900 Sc.
• TANDLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TANLE a large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAWNLE a bonfire; any large fire ...1802 Sc.
• TEND fire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TINDER † fire, a spark ...1570
• TINNY a fire ...E19 sl.
• VLONKERS sparks of fire ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WHITE MAN'S FIRE a campfire that is larger than necessary ...1910 Amer. dial.
fire - person
• ASH-CHAT a person who crouches over the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASH-LURDIN one who crouches over the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASS-CAT a lazy person who crouches over the fire ...1808 Eng. dial.
• AX-WADDLE one who collects and deals in ashes; hence, one who crouches over the fire, a dirty person ...1746 Eng. dial.
• AX-WADDLER one who collects and deals in ashes; hence, one who crouches over the fire, a dirty person ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HEARTH-FELLOW a fireside companion ...1895
• IGNICOLIST a fire worshipper ...1816
• WAIT-GLEED † one who sits lazily watching the fire ...c1310
fire - verbs
• ABER to stir up and make bright, as a fire ...1916 Sc.
• ACCEND † to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire ...1432-50
• BACK to bank a fire ...1905 Sc.
• BAIT of a fire: to feed ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BEEK to warm before the fire; to make warm; to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire ...Bk1911
• BEET † to make, kindle, put on a fire ...c885 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BETINE †* to set fire to ...1659
• BLENT of fire: to flash ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAMP to put out a fire, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARR to poke the fire too much, so that it goes out ...1908 Sc.
• FANG A-FIRE to catch fire ...1873 Eng. dial.
• FIRE-SET to set fire to ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FUFF to puff, to blow: said of a breeze, fire, etc. ...1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAP to make up a fire, to stack or heap it up so as to keep it in ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAL to rake up a fire; to cover a fire ...1691 Eng. dial.
• IGNIFY * to set on fire; to cause to burn ...a1586
• INCENDIATE †* to set fire to; to burn; to make fire of ...a1701
• MEND to tend or add fuel to a fire ...1884 Amer. dial.
• OUTEN to extinguish a fire; to turn off a light ...1878 Amer. dial.
• PASH to stir or poke a fire ...1886 Eng. dial.
• QUENCH † of fire, a burning thing, etc.: to be extinguished, to go out; to cease to burn or shine ...c1290
• QUICK † of a fire: to kindle, to begin to burn ...c1175
• RAKE to bank up a fire, to cover it with a small coal and cinders so that it will burn quietly all night ...1887 Sc.
• RANGE to poke the fire; to clear out the bars of a grate ...1886 Sc.
• RANT to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REST to make up a fire for the night ...1773 Sc.
• RIDDLE to poke up a fire; to clear a grate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALE vb. to stir, to poke, or to rake out a fire; to clear away the ashes ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKARE to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SKEER to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUCCEND † to set on fire, to kindle, to burn ...1432-50
• TAKE WITH to kindle; to catch fire ...1822 Sc.
• TED † to burn wood fires ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEND to kindle, to light, to set fire to ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TEND UP to make up a fire; to add fuel to a fire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to stir a fire slightly ...1589
• TIMBER † to make up or add fuel to a fire ...1486
• TIND † to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOAST † to destroy or disintegrate with fire ...1577
• TORCH to deliberately set fire to something, esp. in order to claim insurance money ...1931 sl., orig. US
• VAMP DOWN to make up a fire that it may burn some time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WARM THE WHOLE OF ONE'S BODY to stand with one's back to the fire ...20C sl.
• WATER OUT to put out a fire with water ...1809 Amer. dial.
FIREARMS - see GUN
FIRE FIGHTER, FIREMAN
nouns
• BAG, THE in the police and fire departments: a uniform ...1944 Amer. sl.
fire fighter, fireman - person
• ASBESTOS JOE an asbestos-suited firefighter aboard an aircraft carrier ...1943 US Navy sl.
• DUCK a firefighter ...1997 New York police sl.
• FIRE EATER a fire fighter ...US Civil War usage
• HYACK in British Columbia: a volunteer fireman ...1959 Can. Chinook jargon
• KINK-CHASER a fireman delegated to straighten out the kinks or bends in hose line ...1944 Amer. Fire Dept. usage
• LOO a police or fire lieutenant ...1960s US sl.
• PAINTER a firefighter assigned to a hook-and-ladder truck ...1954 US sl.
• QUACK a firefighter ...1997 UK police sl.
FIREFIGHTING
nouns
• SPEAR a firefighter's hook ...1954 US sl.
FIREFLY
nouns
• CANDLE BUG a firefly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE FLARE a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE FLY a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE MILLER a firefly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FIRE BOB a firefly, a lightning bug ...1825 Amer. dial.
• FIREBUG a firefly ...1789 Amer. dial.
• FIRELIGHT BUG a firefly ...1939 Amer. dial.
• JACK-O'-LANTERN a firefly, a glowworm ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JACK-O-MY-LANTERN a firefly, a glowworm ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAMP BUG a firefly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAMP FLY a firefly; a glow-worm ...1840
• LIGHT BUG a firefly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTENING BUG n. a firefly ...1778 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTER FLY. a firefly ...1956 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTING BUG. a firefly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTNING BUG a firefly ...1778 Amer. dial.
• THIRD-SHIFT MOSQUITO a firefly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WILL-O'-THE-WISP a firefly; a lightning bug ...1939 Amer. dial.
FIREPLACE - nouns
• INGLE a hearth, fireplace, or fireside; a chimney-corner ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
FIRESIDE - nouns
• HEARTH-STEAD the place of a hearth; fireside; hence, homestead ...c1475
• INGLE a hearth, fireplace, or fireside; a chimney-corner ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INGLE-GLEED the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside ...Bk1902 Sc.
FIREWOOD - nouns
• BAVIN brushwood, firewood ...1577
• BILLETING firewood ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUTT a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
• ELDIN any kind of fuel, esp. inflammable material such as peat, sticks, brushwood, etc; firewood ...1724 Sc.
• HAG brushwood, branches of felled trees used for fuel or firewood ...1820 Sc.
• HAG PILE a pile or stack of firewood ...1882 Sc.
• HAG STACK a pile or stack of firewood ...1882 Sc.
• QUERDOOD the small upper branches and loppings of trees, etc., cut into lengths and stacked for sale as firewood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOWS brushwood, firewood ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TANNEL dried twigs or other vegetation used for fuel, firewood ...1887 Sc.
• TENDLE † firewood; dried twigs or furze, etc. used for fuel ...B1900 Sc.
• WOODJAM a container for holding firewood ...1994 Amer. dial.
FIREWOOD - verbs
• RICK to stack in an orderly fashion, esp. firewood ...1899 Amer. dial.
FIREWORKS - nouns
• ASH BOMB a small but relatively powerful firecracker, cylindrically shaped and covered with tinfoil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ASHCAN a small but powerful firecracker, its explosive effects intensified by the layer of tinfoil in which it is wrapped ...1950s US sl.
• BABY GIANT a medium-sized firecracker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BABY-WAKER a firecracker ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BACKRACKETS fireworks ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BANGER a type of firework that explodes loudly
• BLOCKBURSTER a large firecracker or cherry bomb ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKBUSTER a large firecracker or cherry bomb ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BOBBY-BOMB. a kind of firecracker - pull the string on each end and it explodes ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY TRAP a firework that is set off when the strings at each end are pulled ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUNGDUNG a large firecracker ...1920s Aust. sl.
• BUSTER a firecracker ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CANNON a large firecracker ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CANNON-CRACKER a large firecracker ...1871 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY BOMB a large, red, round, powerful firecracker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DAGO BOMB a large firecracker ...1930s US sl.
• FINGER a firecracker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FINGERLING a small firecracker ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FIRE POPPER a firecracker ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FIZZER a firecracker that explodes with a hiss ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FIZZLER a defective firecracker that burns with a hissing sound; one that fails to go off ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• JACKSON CRACKER a firecracker ...1877 Amer. dial.
• LADY-CRACKER a small firecracker ...1940s US sl.
• LADY-FART a small firecracker ...1940s US sl.
• LADY-FINGER a small firecracker ...1944 US sl.
• PACK-RACKET a kind of firework constructed so as to explode with a succession of loud reports; a cracker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PENNY POOPER a small firecracker ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PENNY POPPER a small firecracker ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POP-CRACKER a firecracker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALUTE a noise-making firework ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SHOO-SHOO a failed firecracker that is later broken open and lit ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHOO-SHOO BABY a failed firecracker that is later broken open and lit ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHOOTING CRACKER a firecracker ...1849 Amer. dial.
• SHOOTING POPPER a firecracker ...1849 Amer. dial.
• SISSER a firecracker that is broken open and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SISSLER a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIZZER a firecracker that is broken open and lit to make a hissing noise ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLER a firecracker that is broken up and lit to make a hissing noise ...1965 Amer. dial.
FIREWORKS - verbs
• BURN to set off firecrackers ...1972 Amer. dial.
FIRM - adjectives
• FASTREDE †* firm in purpose, inflexible, steadfast ...c888
• NASH firm, stiff, hard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANK * firm, strong ...1848
• SICKER having a firm foundation or support; firm, unshaken ...1297 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SINEWED strong, firm, vigorous, powerful ...1604
FIRMLY - adverbs
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• HARD tightly, firmly, securely ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDLY † firmly ...a1225
• SICKER effectively, strongly, firmly ...c1450 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FIRMNESS - nouns
• IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE, AN rigid firmness accompanied by courtesy, politeness, and gentleness ...1834
FIRMNESS - nouns, person
• JELLYFISH a person who lacks firmness of purpose ...colloq.
FIRST
adjectives
• ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• EARLY-BIRD first of the day, as an early-bird matinee ...20C sl.
• ELDEST earliest, first produced; first, most ancient ...c897 arch.
• ERST first in order ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIRSTEST first ...1905 Amer. dial.
first - adverbs
• UP FRONT first, at the start ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
first - nouns
• HANDSEL, HANSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow ...1573
• HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...c1449
• HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...1582
• VERNALITY † the 'spring-time' of something; the first part, the beginning ...1639
first - person
• BEGINNER † he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead ...c1613
first - verbs
• BEAR THE BELL to take the first place; to have foremost rank or position, to be the best; to excel, to be pre-eminent ...c1374
• HANDSEL, HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• TAKE THE CAKE to carry off the honours, to rank first ...1886
first - phrases
• EGG AND BIRD † in youth and maturity, from beginning to end, first and last ...1711
• FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE as the first step to do anything
FIRST-AID
person
• IODINE in logging: a first aid man ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ZAMBUC, ZAMBUCK, ZAMBUK a first-aider; a St. John Ambulance man or woman, esp. at a sporting event ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
FIRST-CLASS, FIRST-RATE
adjectives
• A1 first-class; excellent; of the best ...c1834 Eng. sl.
• A-1-1 excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A1 AND NO MISTAKE prime; first-class; of the best ...1900 sl.
• A1 COPPER-BOTTOMED prime; first-class; of the best ...1876 sl.
• ABFAB first-rate, very attractive ...1950s sl., orig. Aust. teen usage
• ABOUT PAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ABOVE PAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ACE first-class, excellent ...M20 colloq.
• ACE-DEUCE first-rate, excellent ...1927 Amer. sl.
• ACE-FLAT first-rate, faultless ...1941 Amer. sl.
• ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES first-rate; quite satisfactory; fine; tops ...1901 US. sl.
• ACES AND EIGHTS first-rate, quite satisfactory; fine, tops ...1920 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES UP excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY first-rate, excellent ...1954 Amer. sl.
• ADORABLE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A DOUBLE ONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALAGAZAM excellent; first-rate ...1914 Amer. dial.
• ALAMONAGORGEOUS excellent; first-rate ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ALL-A-HUNKY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL DAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL O' DAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL-ROUND excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL THAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL THE ACES first-rate; excellent ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ALL THERE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL-TIME memorably good; absolutely first-rate; great, fantastic, wonderful...1945 Amer. sl., esp. surfing usage
• ALL TO THE GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL-WOOL first-class ...1864 Amer. sl.
• ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE first-class; genuine ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ALRIGHTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AMUSING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ANGELIFEROUS angelic; splendid; excellent; first-rate; pleasant; delightful ...1840 Amer. dial.
• ANNIE OAKLEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A NUMBER ONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• A-ONE excellent, first-class; orig. used of ships, then of persons and things ...1846 US
• AWFUL GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD-DOING first-rate; superior ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BAKGAT splendid, first-rate ...1960s S. Afr.
• BALLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BANG OUT first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP very good, first-rate, splendid, excellent ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BANG-UP TO DICK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANG-UP TO THE MARK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish ...E19 sl.
• BANGY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BEANER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEAUTIFUL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• BERRIES, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BETTER THAN A KICK IN THE HIND-END excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BETTER THAN A KICK IN THE PANTS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIEN good; excellent; first-rate ...16C sl.
• BIGGER AND BETTER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG-TIME excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAME GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONA excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONNY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONZER excellent; first-rate, good ...1904 Aust. sl.
• BOSS excellent, first-rate; wonderful ...1836 Amer. dial.
• BOURBON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOWMAN excellent, first-rate ...L17 sl.
• BRAG prime, first-rate, surpassingly good ...1836 US
• BRICKY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRIGHT AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• BUENO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• BULLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMPER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUNCOMBE excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUNK excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUNKUM excellent, fine, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1834 Amer. dial.
• BUNKUMSQUINT fine, excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERY first-rate, the best ...2000s US Black sl.
• BY-JOE excellent; first-rate (French 'bijou')...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CASMALA fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CHAMP first-rate ...1930s US sl.
• CHAMPION first-rate, excellent ...L19
• CHEESY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHERRY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHIC excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CIVIL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLASS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLASSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEVER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLINKING exceedingly good; excellent; first-rate ...M17 sl.
• CLIPPING first-rate, excellent ...M19 sl.
• COOL first-rate; fine ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COOL BREEZE first-rate, wonderful ...1960s sl., orig. US
• COPA excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPASETIC excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPASETTY excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPESETTE excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• COPUS excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• CORKING excellent; first-rate ...1895 sl.
• CRACK excellent; first-rate; expert ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• CRACKAJACK excellent, first-class, superlative ...19C sl.
• CRACKERJACK excellent; first-class, superlative ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CRACKING excellent, first-rate ...E19 sl., orig. US
• CREAMY excellent; first-rate ...1889 sl.
• CUNNING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• D excellent, wonderful, first-rate ...E19 sl.
• DAG first-rate; excellent ...c1905 Aust. sl.
• DAISY remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine ...1757 sl.
• DAMN GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAND excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DANDEROO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind ...1792 colloq., orig. US
• DANK excellent, first-rate, brilliant ...1989 sl., orig. US campus
• DARBS, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARBY excellent; wonderful, first-rate; great; good; fine ...1918 US sl.
• DARLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARLINGEST excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARN GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEADLY excellent, first-rate ...1940s sl., orig. US Black & college usage
• DEE-LICIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEE-VINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DELICIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DELISH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEUCEDLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEVASTATING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIGGITY DANK excellent, first-rate ...1980s sl., orig. US campus
• DINDY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• DINGERY splendid, just the thing; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITZY admirable, fine, first-class ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DIVINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOGGY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOO-DOO excellent, first-rate ...2000s US Black sl.
• DOOZY excellent; first-rate ...1903 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• DOUBLE-DISTILLED excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUBLE-RIVETED excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DREADFULLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCKO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCKY delightful, pleasing; excellent, first-rate ...1897 Brit. sl.
• DYED IN THE WOOL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EIGHTEEN CARAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELAGAZAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELEGANT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great ...1911 Amer. dial.
• EX superlative, first-rate ...20C sl.
• FAMOUS excellent; first-rate: used as an emphatic expression of approval ...1798 colloq.
• FAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINE AND DANDY excellent; first-rate ...1794 orig. & chiefly US
• FINO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIRST-RATE-AND-A-HALF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIT TO KILL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIZZING excellent, very good, first-rate, splendid ...1885 Eng. dial. sl.
• FLASH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLASHY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLOSSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOUR STAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOXY excellent; first-rate; splendid, good ...1900s US Black sl.
• FROM WAY BACK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRONT-PAGE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRUITY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUNKED-UP excellent, splendid, first-rate ...1990s US Black sl.
• GALLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GALLOUS excellent, first-rate, with criminal overtones ...19C sl.
• GALLOWS very great, excellent, fine, first-rate ...1789 Eng. dial. & sl.
• GALOPSHUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALUPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMEBALL excellent, first-rate ...1910s Irish sl.
• GAMEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANZ GUT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLOBSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOBERSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOBSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ... Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOLUPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS ALL GET OUT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS ANYTHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS BLAZES excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS CASH, AS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS EVERYTHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS GOLD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS HECK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS HELL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS I DON'T KNOW WHAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS NOBODY'S BUSINESS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS PIE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS THE DEUCE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS THE DEVIL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS THEY MAKE 'EM, AS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS YOU KNOW WHAT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD AS YOU WOULD DESIRE TO PISS ON, AS excellent, good, first-rate ...L17 sl.
• GRANDO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRANDY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT excellent; first-rate ...E19 colloq.
• GROUSE first-class, excellent ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• GUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIRY excellent, first-rate ...L19 sl.
• HEAVENLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELLISHLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-CLASS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-GRADE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHLY TOUTED excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-TEST excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-TONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HINKY-DINK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HINKY-DINKY excellent, first-rate ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HONKEY-DOOLEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HONKY-DORI excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT absolute first-rate, splendid; good or well; fashionably attractive ...1866 Amer. sl.
• HOT-STUFF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTSY-TOTSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOWLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMDINGER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMGUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HUNK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKIDORY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKUM-BUNKUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1908 Amer. dial.
• HUNKY excellent; first-rate ...1861 sl.
• HUNKY AND DORY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKYDORE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKY-DORUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKYDORY excellent; first-rate ...1861 US sl.
• ILL wonderful, first-rate ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
• IN A CLASS BY ITSELF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTRIGUING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAKE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAM excellent, first-rate, good, satisfactory ...1832 Amer. dial.
• JAMMY first-rate, good, excellent; very lucky or profitable ...1853
• JAM UP excellent, first-rate, good, satisfactory ...1847 Amer. dial.
• JERRY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIM-DANDY excellent; first-rate ...1888 Amer. sl.
• JOLLY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOLLY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUICY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAYO excellent; first-rate; satisfactory ...1923 sl.
• KEEN excellent; first-rate ...1914 sl., orig. US
• KEENO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KILLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KIPPY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• K.M. AND X. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KOPASETIC excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• KOPASETTE excellent, first-rate, satisfactory ...1910s US sl.
• KOSHER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• K.S.O., THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LARRUPING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAST WORD, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LETTER A prime; first-class; of the best ...1833 sl.
• LICKING † first-rate, splendid, excellent ...c1680 sl.
• LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT, A excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOBDOCIOUS excellent; first-rate ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LOOLOO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LULY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LUMMY first-rate; clever; jolly ...1838 sl.
• MAGIC excellent, first-rate; used for showing approval and enthusiasm ...1956 sl.
• MCCOY, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MEAN excellent; first-rate ...1920 sl., orig. US
• MEATY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MESSY good, first-rate ...1930s US Black sl.
• MIGHTY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIGHTY PRIME excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINTY excellent, first-rate ...1990s US college sl.
• MONSTROUS GOOD. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAILING excellent; first-rate ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NASTY wickedly good, excellent, first-class, esp. in the respect of attractiveness or effectiveness; gorgeous, sexually attractive ...1834 Amer. sl.
• NATE first-rate, excellent ...1899 Ireland
• NATTERLY first-rate; 'rattling' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTLY first-rate; 'rattling' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAT first-rate, excellent ...1899 Ireland
• NEAT AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• NICE AND GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NICE AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• NICKEL-PLATED first-class, thorough ...L19 US sl.
• NIFTIC excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIFTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO END OF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO FLIES ON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT HARD TO TAKE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NUTS, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NUTSY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF THE MEAT RACK superlative, first-rate, astonishing, excellent ...2000s US Black sl.
• OFF THE WALL excellent, first-rate ...1950s US college sl.
• O.K. FOR ONE'S DOUGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OO-LA-LA excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT-AND-OUT excellent, first-rate ...M19
• PATSY excellent; first-rate; satisfactory ...1930 US sl.
• PEACHAROONEY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERFECTLY KILLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERSKWEE splendid, fine, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLENTY GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUMMY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY HOT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY NIFTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRETTY SWELL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRICELESS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTRID excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUIDS IN first-class, excellent ...1950s UK prison & criminals' sl.
• QUITE THE BERRIES excellent; first-rate ...1922 Amer. sl.
• RANK excellent, first-rate, admirable ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use ...1596 colloq.
• RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RATTLING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAVING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• READY excellent, first-rate, mature, fully competent; esp. used of musicians ...1938 US sl.
• REAL FINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAL GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAL JAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAL MCCOY, THE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REAMING excellent, first-rate, capital ...1861 Eng. dial.
• REEMING excellent, first-rate, capital ...1861 Eng. dial.
• REG excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REG'LAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REGULAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RICH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT GOOD AND PROPER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT PROPER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT SLICK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT SMOOTH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-HUMMING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid, great ...1858 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-ROARING excellent, first-rate ...M19 colloq. orig. US
• RIPSNIPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-SNORTING excellent, first-rate ...M19 colloq. orig. US
• ROUSING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROYAL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SA-WELL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALLYWAMPUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCANDALOUS excellent, first-rate ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SCHNOZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORCHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREAMING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREAMY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ֳ• SCRONCHOUS first-rate, excellent ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SCRUM fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, wonderful, excellent, fine, delightful; often but not always used of food ...1910s sl.
• SCRUMDIDDLIUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIFFEROUS very fine, splendid. excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMDOODLE very fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMDUMPISH fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS excellent, fine, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS first-rate, excellent, delightful, fine; ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SICK excellent, first-rate, wonderful ...1980s Aust. & US sl.
• SIMPLY DELISH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY KILLING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY SLAYING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY STUNNING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKOOKUM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKWUZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAP excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAP-UP excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAYING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLEEK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOBBERGULLIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOPERGOBTIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACK excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMART excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMART AS A NEW PIN first-class ...1893 sl.
• SMOOTH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNATCHING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNATCHY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIFTER excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIFTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNIPTIOUS fine, attractive, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNITCHER first-rate, excellent, attractive ...1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNODGER excellent, first-rate, very good ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNORTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNOTTY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SO GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOCKING GOOD excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANGLORIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING outstanding fine, excellent, first-rate, large, smart, jolly. ...Bk1913 colloq.
• SPIFF excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIFFING excellent, first-rate, wonderful, pretty damn good ...1872 sl.
• SPIFFY very fine, attractive, splendid. wonderful, good, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 sl.
• SPLASHING fine, excellent, first-rate ...L19 sl.
• SPLASH-UP first-rate, excellent ...L19 sl.
• SPLASHY fine, excellent, first-rate ...L19 sl.
• SPLENDACEOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDACIOUS splendid, excellent, first-rate ...M19 sl.
• SPLENDATIOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDICULAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDICULOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDIOUS † splendid, magnificent, brilliant, excellent, first-rate ...1432-50
• SPLENDIDOUS splendid, excellent, first-rate ...M19 sl.
• SPLENDIDROUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIFEROUS wonderful, excellent, first-rate, perfect, splendid, fine, brilliant ...M19 sl.
• SPONDICULOUS excellent, first-rate, splendid, glorious, enjoyable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPUZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAVING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STELLAR excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STETSON excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE excellent, first-rate ...1960s US teen & Black sl.
• STUNNING remarkable, exceptional, excellent, first-rate, very good, stylish ...1849 sl.
• SUPERBO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUPERLOBGOSHIOUS delicious, first-class, excellent, fine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWEET excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWEETO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELEGANT excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELL elegant, stylish, first-rate, excellent, of the best quality ...1897 orig. & chiefly US
• SWELLAGAZAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLDIFFEROUS swell, elegant, fine; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWELLDOODLE stylish, splendid, excellent, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWELLELLEGOUS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLEROO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLISH elegant, stylish, first-rate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SWELLO excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWILL excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWINGEING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWINGING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWUZZY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKES THE CAKE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALL excellent, good, first-class ...1835-40 US sl.
• TEARING impressive, splendid, first-rate ...M17 sl.
• THERE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THREE BEANS very good; excellent, first-rate (French 'tres bien') ...World War I Amer. sl.
• THUMPING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIPPING first-rate, excellent ...1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TIPPY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIPPY-BOB first-rate, excellent ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIP-TOPPING of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1827
• TIPTOPPISH of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1855
• TIPTOPSOME of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1819
• TONEY, TONY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO PRECIOUS FOR WORDS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO SWEET FOR WORDS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO-TOO DIVINE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOP-DRAWER very excellent, first-rate ...1920
• TOP-HOLE first-rate, excellent, splendid ...1905 sl.
• TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others ...1900 sl.
• TOP OF THE BOTTLE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid ...1822 Brit. sl.
• TOPPY excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOPS excellent; first-rate, best ...1935 colloq.
• TOPS FOR MY DOUGH excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOP-SHELF first-rate, excellent, the best ...1882
• TO RIGHTS excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TORRID excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRACE BEANS very good; excellent, first-rate (French 'tres bien') ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TRAY BONE excellent; first-rate (French 'tres bon') ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDENIABLE excellent, first-rate...1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UP TO THE HAMMER up to the standard, first-rate, excellent ...1884 colloq.
• WHACKO THE CHOOK excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful ...1970s Aust. sl.
• WHACKO THE DIDDLE-OH excellent, splendid, first-rate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• WHACKO THE GOOSE excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful ...1970s Aust. sl.
• WHALING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHAM excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHOOPING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHOPPING excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WICKED really good, fantastic, excellent, first-rate, wonderful; great; deeply satisfying ...1920 sl., orig. US
• WITHOUT PRICE excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WOW excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YUM-YUM first-rate, excellent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
first-class, first-rate - adverbs
• JAM UP in a first-rate manner; excellently ...1845 Amer. dial.
first-class, first-rate - nouns
• BEAUT a first-rate or excellent person or thing; something fine or splendid ...1896 sl.
• CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming ...1818 sl.
• CLINKER an excellent specimen; a thing, animal, or person of the first quality ...M19 sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY anything first-rate or excellent ...1784 UK sl.
• DANDY, THE one that is most attractive, neat, skilful, or stylish; now a stylish or first-class example of anything; precisely the thing needed, esp. if fashionable ...1784 colloq.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• DITZ something first-class or admirable ...1975 Amer. dial.
• GAMMON RASHER a superlative, first-rate, or excellent thing ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'smasher'
• HOME COOKING anything outstanding, wonderful or first-rate ...1930s US Black sl.
• TIP-TOPPER a first-class or excellent person or thing ...1837
• TOP-NOTCHER a first-rate or excellent person or thing ...1902
first-class, first-rate - person
• ACE OF TRUMPS a first-class person ...Brit. sl.
• BEAUT a first-rate or excellent person or thing; something fine or splendid ...1896 sl.
• CHAMP an excellent, first-rate person; often used as a form of address ...1910s sl.
• CLINKER a person of the first quality ...M19 sl.
• CLIPPER a first-rate person ...M19 sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person ...1784 colloq.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• MACKADELIC a first-rate person ...1990s US Black sl.
• TIP-TOPPER a first-class or excellent person or thing ...1837
• TOP-NOTCHER a first-rate or excellent person or thing ...1902
• TOP-SAWYER a first-rate hand at something; a distinguished person; one who excels at something ...1823
first-class, first-rate - interjections/phrases
• COOL BREEZE! exclamation: excellent; wonderful; first-rate ...1960s sl.
• IT'S A PEG it's first-class ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• ULTRA! excellent! first-rate! wonderful! ...1980s sl.
FIRSTLY
adverbs
• FIRST ALONG at first ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FIRST OF IT firstly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ONCE † firstly, in the first place ...1523
FISH - adjectives (also see individual fish, as haddock, herring, etc.)
• BATED of fish: in good condition, plump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLER of fish, vegetables, etc. fresh, in proper season, newly caught or gathered ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GREEN of fish freshly caught: neither salted nor frozen ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ICHTHYIC pert. to fish ...1844
• ICHTHYOGRAPHIC pert. to ichthyography (see nouns) ...Bk1901
• ICHTHYOLATROUS worshipping fish ...Bk1901
• ICHTHYOPHAGIAN characterized by the eating of fish ...1852
• ICHTHYOPHAGOUS fish-eating; feeding on fish ...828
• LABBERED of a fish: mature enough to ripple the stream ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON THE FIN of fish: freshly caught ...1944 Amer. dial.
• PANICHTHYOPHAGOUS eating fish of all kinds ...1854
• PICKED of fish: shredded, flaked ...1886 Amer. dial.
• SAPPY † of meat, fish, etc.: juicy ...1536
• SICK of fish, etc.: in the spawning stage ...1728
• WELL-BATED of fish: in good condition, plump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
FISH, FISHING - nouns
• ALASKA TURKEY salmon ...1948 Amer. dial.
• ALBANY BEEF the flesh of the sturgeon ...1791 Amer. dial.
• ANGLE-ROD † a fishing rod ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ANSWER in fishing: a bite ...B1900 Ireland
• BAGREL a small fish, such as a minnow ...1822 Sc.
• BANKER a vessel or person engaged in fishing for cod off the banks of Newfoundland ...1704 Amer. dial.
• BEAK the long snout of a fish ...1889
• BEAN DAY a day when fishermen catch no fish and must eat beans as a substitute ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BLACK MARIA(H) a fishing net ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CAFF refuse, rubbish of any kind; refuse or unsaleable fish ...1817 Eng. dial.
• CALL-DOG a fish too small for human consumption ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• CAPE COD TURKEY salted cod ...US Civil War usage
• DAB a flat fish of any kind ...19C Brit. colloq.
• DAIRS small unmarketable fish ...19C nautical colloq.
• EYEBAIT pieces of fish used as bait ...1985 Amer. dial.
• FISH BOX a can of salmon, etc.; a can containing fish ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FLATTIE a flounder or other flatfish ...NZ colloq.
• GAD a rod or wand; a fishing rod; also, a stake or stout stick ...1535 Eng. dial.
• GAR the slime on fish ...1929 Sc.
• HAAF in Shetland and Orkney: the deep or main sea; now used only in connection with deep-sea fishing; hence, the part of the deep-sea frequented by fishermen; deep-sea fishing ground or station ...1809
• HADDIE the haddock ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAIL a haul of fish ...1892 Sc.
• HALE a haul of fish ...1892 Sc.
• HALIEUTICS the art or practice of fishing ...1646
• HANDLE fishing tackle or gear ...1892 Sc.
• HANDLIN fishing tackle or gear ...1892 Sc.
• ICHTHYARCHY the domain of fishes; the fish-world in all its orders ...1853 nonce word
• ICHTHYOGRAPHY description of fishes ...1736
• ICHTHYOLATRY fish-worship; the worship of a fish-god, as Dagon ...1853
• ICHTHYOLOGY the natural history of fishes ...1646
• ICHTHYOPHAGY the practice of eating fish ...1656
• ICHTHYOPOLISM the sale of fish ...1853
• JACK BARREL a minnow ...L19 nautical
• JACKET the skin of a seal, fish, etc. ...1613
• JACK-SNAPPER freshwater fish that is not good to sea ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KEEP * a pond or reservoir for fish; a weir or dam for retaining water ...1617
• KELK † the roe of a fish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LABBERING the struggling of a hooked fish ...L19 Brit. nautical
• LILLIAN GISH a fish ...1920s Aust. rhyming sl.
• LOSH a name in Canada and Alaska for the burbot ...1884
• LUNKER an animal, esp. a fish, which is an exceptionally large example of its species ...1912 Amer. sl.
• MAILS †* the scales of a fish ...1484
• MAROON FROLIC † a pleasure party; esp. a hunting or fishing excursion of the nature of a picnic but of longer duration ...1779 US
• MAROON PARTY a pleasure party; esp. a hunting or fishing excursion of the nature of a picnic but of longer duration ...1779 US
• MONKEY FISHING fishing by using an electrical current to stun the fish ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MOSSBACK an old and large fish, as a bass ...angling usage
• NAMELESS CREEK, THE a lucky place whose whereabouts is for that reason untold...Bk1902 anglers' sl.
• NIGGER-FISHING 1. (derogatory) fishing from the bank of a river or pond ...20C US colloq.
2. (derogatory) leisurely fishing for catfish or carp ...1940s US sl.
• OCEAN RAMBLER a herring; a sardine ...1961 UK sl.
• ORTS fish innards ...19C colloq.
• PILLIE a pilchard ...Aust. colloq.
• PUCKER a minnow; a small fish ...Irish sl.
• QUAWK uncooked frozen meat or fish ...1947 Can. sl.
• RAG a lean, scraggy animal or fish ...1898 Sc.
• RAGABANES the skeleton of a fish or animal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RIVIATION †* fishing; in old English law, the use of a river for the purposes of fishing ...a1676
• SAUCEPANS the vertebrae of fish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAG putrid fish, esp. herrings ...1892 Sc.
• SCALES a fish-market ...1871 Eng. dial.
• SCALPIONS salt dried fish, generally whiting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARROW any small fish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHALE the scale of a fish, etc. ...LME
• SIAMESE TWINS fish balls ...M19 US sl.
• SLUMGULLION offal or refuse of fish of any kind; also, the watery refuse mixed with blood and oil which drains from blubber ...1890 Amer.
• TACKLING † fishing tackle ...1548
• TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line ...1925 Sc.
• TAIL in fishing usage: a fish ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAMLIN-COD a young cod-fish ...1871 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLER any small fish, often specifically the minnow or stickleback ...1885 sl.
• WAITH † the act or practice of hunting or fishing; chiefly, unlawful taking of game; also, the right to hunt game ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAITHING † fishing; a catch of fish ...c1470 Sc.
• WALTONIZING angling ...1841
• WAND a fishing-rod ...1565 now chiefly Sc.
• WATER HOG the common carp ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WHALE AND WHITEWASH fish in white sauce ...1920s tramps' sl.
FISH, FISHERMAN, FISHING - nouns, person
• BANKER a person engaged in fishing for cod off the banks of Newfoundland ...1704 Amer. dial.
• BLACK-FISHER a night poacher of fish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADGER an itinerant dealer in fish ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CASHMARIE † one who brings fish from the sea-coast to market in the inland country ...a1600 Sc.
• FAG a young female fish seller ...L18 sl.
• HAAFMAN a deep-sea fisherman ...1899 Sc.
• HAYFIELD LOBSTERMAN one who is both farmer and fisherman by season ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HEBBERMAN † one who fishes on the Thames ...1715
• ICHTHYOGRAPHER a writer on fishes ...1677
• ICHTHYOLOGIST one versed in ichthyology; a student of the natural history of fishes ...1727
• ICHTHYOPHAGAN †* a fish-eater ...1607
• ICHTHYOPHAGI fish-eaters ...1555
• ICHTHYOPHAGIST a fish-eater ...1727
• ICHTHYOPHAGITE a fish-eater ...1835
• ICHTHYOPHILE a lover of fish or fishes ...1845
• ICHTHYOPHILIST a lover of fish or fishes ...1852
• ICHTHYOPOLIST a seller of fish, a fishmonger ...1853
• IN AND OUTER a fisherman who does not venture out in stormy weather ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MEAT FISHERMAN 1. one who fishes with live bait rather than artificial flies or lures ...1949 Amer. dial.
2. one who fishes for food rather than purely for sport ...1993 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW one who hunts or fishes illegally ...1954 Amer. dial.
• PISCICAPTURIST a catcher of fish ...1881 humorous
• RED-FISHER a salmon-fisher ...1856 Eng. dial.
• ROCKHOPPER a fisherman who fishes from the rocks on the sea coast ...Aust. colloq.
• ROD an angler ...L19
• RODMAN an angler
• RODSTER * an angler ...L19
• SALTCHUCKER a saltwater angler ...20C Can. colloq.
• WALTONIAN a disciple of Izaak Walton, author of "The Compleat Angler" (1653); an angler ...1832
• WATERMAN one who makes a living on the water, esp. by fishing, crabbing, or oystering ...1854 Amer. dial.
• YAGGER one who buys up fish on the sly in order to corner the market, a forestaller of fish ...1785 Sc.
• YELLOW BEAL a person who has gone out fishing and caught nothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FISH, FISHING - verbs
• ANSWER of a fish: to bite ...B1900 Ireland
• CAFFLE to deal in 'caff' or rubbish; to deal in unsaleable fish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CUND to say or determine which way a shoal of fish is going ...M19 nautical colloq.
• EXPISCATE to exhaust of fish ...1858 nonce use
• FANG † to catch fish; to take in a snare ...c900 obs. exc. arch.
• GARBAGE † to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish ...1542
• GARBIDGE † to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish ...1542
• GARBISH † to disembowel; to remove the offal from; to gut fish ...1542
• GRAB to fish with one's hands; to fish by hand for ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRABBLE to fish with one's hands; to fish by hand for ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GRAPPLE to fish with one's hands; to fish by hand for ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HANG † to hook a fish ...1674
• HARL to troll for fish ...c1730 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HORSE to haul; in fishing: to attempt to haul in a hooked fish through violent effort ...1905 US sl.
• ICHTHYOPHAGIZE to eat fish ...1853 nonce word
• KAP to take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish ...1898 Sc.
• KAPP to take off the heads and remove the entrails of fish ...1898 Sc.
• MAKE † to prepare fish for the market by curing or packing ...1555
• MARBLE † to pickle fish ...1661
• OUTLAW to hunt or fish illegally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PICK to shred or flake fish ...1847 Amer. dial.
• PICK UP to shred or flake fish ...1890 Amer. dial.
• POINT in fishing: to bait a hook ...1988 Amer. dial.
• RAND † to cut fish into long slices ...1630
• SIDE to fillet a fish ...1985 Amer. dial.
• THIN to pick out the bones of a fish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRIMBLE to catch fish by clutching them in the hand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WADE of fish: to appear on the surface or leap out of the water ...a1838 Sc.
FISH AND CHIPS - nouns
• CHIPPIE a fish and chip shop ...1961 Brit. sl.
• CHIPPY a fish and chip shop ...1961 Brit. sl.
• GREASIES fish and chips ...NZ colloq.
• ONE-AND-ONE a portion of fish and chips ...1910s Irish sl.
FISHERMAN - adjectives
• UNFISKALEE unlike a practical fisherman ...Bk1905 Sc.
FISHING - adjectives
• HAAF pert. to or employed in the haaf or deep-sea fishing ...1793
• HALIEUTIC belonging to fishing ...1854
• HALIEUTICAL belonging to fishing ...1851
FISH POND - nouns
• VIVER a fish-pond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FISSURE - nouns
• SCORE a crack, crevice, fissure ...1825 Sc.
FIST
fist - adjectives
• CUNNY-THUMBED given to closing the fist, as a woman does, with the thumb turned inwards under the first three fingers ...L18 colloq.
• MUCKLE-NEEVED large-fisted ...1899 Sc.
fist - nouns
• AUCTIONEER a pugilist's fist ...B1863 Eng. sl.
• BONES the fist ...Bk1904 Amer. college
• BUNCH OF FIVES the clenched fist; also, the hand ...1825 boxing sl.
• CLOTTYMOLES clenched fists ...1866 Eng. dial.
• CLUB-FIST † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
• CLUNCHFIST † a clenched fist ...1662
• CLUTCH-FIST a very large fist
• CUFFER † the fist ...1694
• DADDLE a hand or fist ...1773 Eng. dial. & criminals' sl.
• DOOKS the fists ...M19 sl.
• DOUBLE NEIVE the clenched hand ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FLY-DUSTERS fists ...c1880 sl.
• GUNS the fists ...1981 US sl.
• HAMMER the fist; a blow with the fist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER O' DEATH the fist; a blow with the fist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMOCK the fist; a blow with the fist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD FIST an ungloved fist ...1887
• MALLET the fist ...1821 sl.
• MARROWBONES fists, as weapons ...a1625 sl.
• MARROWS fists, as weapons ...a1625 sl.
• MAULER the hand; the fist ...1820 sl.
• MAULEY, MAULIE, MAWLEY a fist, a hand ...1780 sl.
• MAWLER the hand, the fist ...E19 sl.
• MEATHOOK the hand or fist; usually plural ...1919 Amer. sl.
• MELL a heavy fist ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MITT a hand, fist, or palm ...1893 US sl.
• MORLEY the hand, a fist ...L18 sl.
• NEIVE the fist, the closed hand; the hand ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEIVE-SHAKING the shaking of the fist, threatening ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NIEVE the fist, the closed hand; the hand ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLIVER (TWIST) a fist ...c1865 rhyming sl.
• SAMPSON, SAMSON the fist ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VICE a fist ...1869 Eng. dial.
FIT
adjectives
• ALL JIMMY exactly; fit; suitable ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• FADGING † that fits, suits, etc.; well-matched ...c1611
• FARRANTLY of a thing: becoming, fit, proper ...c1750 N. Eng. dial.
• FAY † to fit, adapt, or join; to put together, add, compose; to fix or fasten in position ...a1000
• FIT AS A PUDDING FOR A FRIAR'S MOUTH very fit or suitable, appropriate, welcome ...1827
• HABILE † fitted, suited; fit, suitable; competent to do something ...c1425 obs., chiefly Sc.
• HAGHER † skilful, clever, dexterous; apt, fit ...c1200
• IDONEOUS * apt, fit, or suitable ...a1615
• I-METE † moderate; meet, fit, appropriate ...c1175
• MEETEN'D made fit; prepared, or adapted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPPORTUNATE † fit, suitable, proper, opportune ...1541
• PAT fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAT-OFF fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUEEM close-fitting, filled up to an even level; neat, fit ...1820 Sc.
• QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
fit - nouns
• TIDEFULNESS † a fit or expedient season; time of need ...a1340
fit - verbs
• ACKLE to fit or function properly ...1961 Brit. sl.
• BESIT † to sit properly upon, as a dress; to fit, to suit, to become ...c1449
• BETEEM † to think fit or proper; to vouchsafe, to grant, to consent ...1565
• BEVEL to fit, to apply, to suit ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAPACIFY †* to render capable; to qualify, to fit ...a1677
• EFFEIR † to pertain to, to fall by right, to be proper or fit ...1631 Sc.
• FADGE † 1. of things: to fit, to suit, to be suitable; to agree, to go down with a person ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to fit the parts of together ...1674
• FAIT † to arrange; to construct; to fit ...1635-6
• FAY to fit, to fit in, to agree; to fill in (a gap) ...1847 Amer. dial.
• FEAT † to equip, to furnish, to make fit ...a1400-50
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• GEE to fit, to suit, etc.; used in negative phrases ...a1700 sl.
• HABILLE † to fit, to adapt ...1430-40
• HANDSOME † to fit, to adapt; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn ...1555
• MAT to fit; to correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDS to fit, to make even; to manage, to contrive ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAN to fit, to tally, to correspond, to agree ...1571 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• QUEEM to make something fit, to fall into place ...1825 Sc.
• VANDT to become a person, to fit, to suit ...Bk1905 Sc.
fit - phrases
• JUST THE TATY just the thing, exact, fit, suitable ...1843 Eng. dial.
FIT (healthy)
adjectives
• FIT AS A MALLEE BULL extremely fit and healthy ...1960 Aust. sl.
FITFUL
adjectives
• CATCHY occurring in snatches, fitful, spasmodic ...1872 colloq.
FITFULNESS
nouns
• VINNIDNESS fitfulness, peevishness ...1842 Eng. dial.
FITLY
adverbs
• DIGHT properly, fitly ...1806 Sc.
• FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly ...a1300 arch.
• GAINLY † suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † fitly, appropriately, aptly ...1553
FITNESS
nouns
• BECOMENESS †* becomingness; fitness, suitability ...1656
• DECENCY † appropriateness or fitness to the circumstances or requirements of the case; fitness, seemliness, propriety ...1567
• DECOROUSNESS † seemliness, fitness, suitability, appropriateness ...1678
• HANDSOMENESS † convenience, handiness; fitness ...1530
• IDONEITY fitness, suitableness or aptitude ...1617
• IDONEOUSNESS fitness, suitableness ...1727
• OPPORTUNITY † fitness, aptitude, competency ...c1374
FITS (as clothes)
phrases
• FITS LIKE A SHIRT ON A BEANPOLE fits very badly...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
FITTING
adjectives
• ACCOMMODATE † suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit ...1525
• AFTERGAIT seemly or fitting ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BECOMELY † becoming, fitting, acceptable ...c1175
• BEFALLING † appertaining, appropriate, fitting ...1542
• FACEABLE fit to be seen, pretty, fitting ...1894 Sc.
• FEAT † fitting, suitable, proper ...c1325 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• QUEME fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SUING † fitting, according to ...c1380
• SUITING † fitting, suitable ...1641
• SUITY † appropriate, fitting ...1609
fitting - nouns
• DECORUM † a fitting or appropriate act ...1601
• NEED-TIME a fitting time; a suitable opportunity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fitting - verbs
• BEHOVE to be fitting, proper, required ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FALL † to appertain or belong; to be applicable, fitting, or proper ...1297
• QUADRATE * to be fitting, suitable, or consistent; of two things: to harmonize with each other ...1664
• QUEME †* to be suitable or fitting for ...c1400
• SIT † to be suitable, fitting, proper, or seemly ...c1330
FITTINGLY
adverbs
• DECENTLY † suitably; fittingly ...1552
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SITTINGLY † in a befitting or becoming manner; fittingly, suitably ...a1300
• SUITINGLY † fittingly ...1540
• SUITLY † fittingly, suitably ...1388
FITTINGNESS
nouns
• BESEEMLINESS * fittingness, propriety ...1647
FIVE
adjectives
• PAM the number 5, esp. used in children's counting rhymes ...1915 Sc.
• QUINARY pert. to the number five; consisting of five things or parts ...1603
• QUINQUENARY * pert. to the number five; consisting of five things or parts ...1690
• QUINT * pert. to the number five; consisting of five things or parts ...1881
• QUINTUPLICATE * five times repeated; consisting of five things, parts etc. ...1656
five - nouns
• EVIF the number 5 ...M19 back-slang
• EWIF the number 5 ...M19 back-slang
• MAN ALIVE the number 5 ...20C rhyming sl.
• QUINARY * a set of five; a compound consisting of five things ...1651
• QUINQUESECTION section into five parts ...1684
• QUINQUITY * a set of five things ...1849
• QUINTARY †* a multiple of five ...1729
• QUINTUPLICATE * a set of five; one of a set of five similar things ...1851
• SAKES ALIVE the number five ...1990s rhyming sl.
five - verbs
• QUINQUESECT to cut into five (equal) parts ...1697
• QUINQUIPLICATE †* to multiply by five...Bk1656
FIVEFOLD
adjectives
• QUINCUPLE †* fivefold; multiplied by five; consisting of five things or parts ...1774
• QUINIBLE †* fivefold; quintuple ...1398
fivefold - adverbs
• QUINTUPLY * in a fivefold manner ...1870
fivefold - nouns
• QUINIBLE †* a fivefold amount ...a1400
FIVE HUNDRED
adjectives
• QUINGENARIOUS †* of five hundred, or weighing five hundred pound ...Bk1656
FIX
verbs
• RAMPIRE †* to fix or establish firmly ...1555
FIXED
nouns
• STANDPATTER something fixed or permanent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.