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FLAB - FLIRTING
FLABBERGAST - verbs
• FLABBERDEGASKY † to astonish greatly; to confound, to flabbergast ...1822 nonce word
FLABBERGASTED - adjectives
• GOB-SMACKED surprised, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement ...1985 Brit. sl.
• GOB-STRUCK astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement, surprised, astonished ...1988 Brit. sl.
FLABBY - adjectives
• CACKY soft, flabby, not firm, over-fat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FADY flabby, as the flesh of a drooping child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALL-ABROAD stout, flabby, fat ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FLOBBER loose, flabby ...19C Eng. dial.
• LENNOW † flabby, flaccid, limp ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PASTY swollen, puffed; flabby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAGGY of the body or flesh: soft, yielding, flabby ...?1600
• QUAVY †* soft, flabby ...1398
• QUOBBY flabby, wanting solidity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FLABBY - nouns
• FLOBBER anything loose and flabby; e.g. the flesh under a cow's neck ...19C Eng. dial.
FLABBY - nouns, person
• FLOP a fat or flabby person ...1909 sl.
FLABBY - verbs
• QUADDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUAIL to grow flabby ...1873 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to make or become soft, limp, or flabby ...1784 Sc.
FLACCID - adjectives
• FAGGED † flaccid, drooping ...1578
• LENNOW † flabby, flaccid, limp ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANGLY long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAIDEN supple, flaccid, wanting firmness ...1866 Sc.
FLAG - nouns
• BANDEROLE a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
• BANDROL a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
• BANNEROL a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
• FANE † a flag, banner, pennant ...a1000
• FANIKIN †* a small flag or banner ...1539
• RAG a flag ...c1700 US sl.
• SUN-FLAG the Japanese flag, bearing an image of the sun ...1905
• WAFF a signal made by waving; a banner, a flag ...1825 Sc.
FLAG - nouns, person
• RAG CARRIER an ensign, charged with carrying the flag ...1785 sl.
FLAG (droop) - verbs
• FAG † to flag, to droop, to decline; to fall off, to swerve from ...1530
FLAG - verbs
• WIGWAG to signal with flags ...World War I Amer. sl.
FLAGRANT - adjectives
• EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive ...1573
FLAGRANTLY - adverbs
• EBERLY † manifestly, flagrantly ...a1300
FLAMBOYANCE - nouns
• CAMP flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
• CAMPING flamboyance, overt exhibitionism ...1920s sl.
FLAMBOYANT - adjectives
• HOT of people: exuberant, flamboyant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild ...1888 Amer. sl.
• QUEENY flamboyant and effeminate; blatantly homosexual ...1936 homosexual sl.
FLAMBOYANT - nouns, person
• CAMP a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
FLAME - adjectives
• ABLAZE in a flame, flaming ...1393
• IGNESCENT * kindling, bursting into flame; firing up ...1828
• LAMBENT of a flame (fire or light) : playing lightly upon or gliding over a surface without burning it, like a 'tongue of fire'; shining with a clear light and without fierce heat ...1647
• QUICK of fire or flames: burning strongly or briskly ...c1374
• SKIRE † of colours, flames, etc.: clear; bright ...a1400-50
FLAME - nouns
• BAWBELL a flame, a blaze ...1891 Eng. dial.
• EFFLAGRATION emission of flames ...1811 rare
• FLAMMULE a small flame
• 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.
• LEAM † light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEVIN lightning; a flash of lightning; also, any bright light or flame ...c1250 arch.
• SCREECH a short, sudden blaze or flame ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
FLAME - verbs
• FLAMBLE †* to be in flames, to flame ...1557
• SUFFLAME †* to rise like flame ...c1530
• WALLOW of flame, smoke, vapour: to surge up ...c1374
FLAMMABLE - adjectives
• STRAWY light, worthless, or flammable as straw ...L16
FLAP - nouns
• FAG † something that hangs loose; a flap ...1486 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAP a shake, a flap; a sweeping or tossing movement ...a1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FLAP - verbs
• BANGLE † to flap, to hang loosely ...1622
• DILL to shake loosely, to flap ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAFFLE to flap gently in the wind ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FALLAP to flap, to blow about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• VAG to flap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAVEL to flutter to and fro in the wind; to flap ...1866 Sc.
• WAFF to flutter, to flap, to sway from side to side ...1813 Sc.
• WAFFLE to wave about, to waver in the air, to flap, to flutter ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAG † to flap the wings ...1496.
• WALLOP to dangle, to flap, to wobble ...1822 chiefly Sc. & colloq.
• WAMFLE to go about with flapping garments; of garments, etc.: to flap, to flutter in the wind ...1808 Sc.
• WAP † of the wind: to blow in gusts; of a cloth: to flap in the wind; of wings: to flap, to beat ...a1300
FLAPPING - adjectives
• FLAPPY loose; flapping
FLAPPING - nouns
• WAFF a flapping, waving movement; a flutter ...1766 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE a flapping, a waving ...c1830 Sc.
FLASH - nouns
• GLIFF † a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment ...1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEAM † light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FLASH - verbs
• EFFULGE to flash forth ...1729 poetic
• GLIFF † to flash, to gleam; to shine suddenly ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LAIT † to flash, to gleam, to lighten ...c1205.
FLASHER - nouns, person
• MEAT-FLASHER an exhibitionist; a man who exposes his penis to public view ...19C Brit. sl.
FLASHING - adjectives
• FULGUROUS full or charged with lightning; flashing like lightning ...1616
• LAMPING flashing, beaming, resplendent ...1590 (Spenser)
• LEAMING † gleaming, flashing, shining ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FLASHING - nouns
• LEAMING † shining, gleaming, flashing of light ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FLASHLIGHT - nouns
• BUG a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BUG-LAMP a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...c1849 Amer. dial.
• BUG-LANTERN a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BUG-LIGHT a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BUG-TORCH a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1932 Amer. dial.
FLASHY - adjectives
• BUTTERFLY of clothes: gaudy, tasteless, flashy ...1900s sl.
• DAMN-MY-EYES flashy; ostentatious ...1849 US nautical sl.
• DANDY fine, gay; flashy, showy ...1813
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• FANTOOSH overdressed, over-ornamented; flashy, showy; ultra-fashionable ...1920 Sc.
• FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy
• JACK flashy, ostentatious ...1980s sl.
• KIDDY well-dressed, fashionable, flashy ...L18 sl.
• LEERY flash; showy of dress and manners ...c1850 sl.
• MACKED OUT orig. (of a man) flashily dressed; hence, stylish; attractive; flashy ...1933 Amer. sl.
• NEW JACK superficial, flashy, meretricious ...1980s US Black sl.
• SLANGY flashy or pretentious ...c1850 sl.
• SPORTY flashy, showy ...1885 colloq.
• TIGERISH loud, flashy ...1831
• TINSELLED having a flashy superficial splendour without intrinsic value ...1651
• VIEWY flashy, showy, attractive ...E19 sl.
• ZAZZY characterized by outward show; flashy ...1961 sl., chiefly US
FLASHY - nouns
• PARAFFIN a smart, flashy appearance, esp. in dress ...1935 Sc. sl.
• PARAFFINELLY a flashy turn-out, an overdressed appearance ...c1900 Sc.
• PARAPHERNALLY a flashy turn-out, an overdressed appearance ...c1900 Sc.
FLASHY - nouns, person
• BUTTERFLY an overdressed, flashy person ...20C US sl.
• GLITTERBAG a flashy female given to shiny clothes, hair piled high with hairspray, and gum chewing ...20C teen & high school sl.
• HOT DOG a highly skilled person who is boastful or flashy ...1900 Amer. sl.
• JAY a showy, ostentatious, or flashy woman ...1598
• KIDDY a flashy young man who is usually a rake or a thief ...1778 Amer. sl., orig. criminals' usage
• LAIR a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1923 Aust. sl.
• LARE a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1923 Aust. sl.
• SPORT a flashy person, one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like ...colloq.
• TINHORN a pretentious or flashy person ...1887 US sl.
FLASK - nouns
• BAT WING a half-pint flask, esp. of bootleg liquor ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THUMB-BOTTLE a vial, a small flask ...1843 Ireland
• TICKLER a liquor flask, esp. one holding a half-pint; a drink of liquor ...1809 Amer. dial.
FLAT - adjectives
• BACKFLAUGHT flat on one's back ...1856 Sc.
• BELLY-FLAUGHTERED thrown flat on the ground ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAD † flat ...1782
• FLAT AS A FLOUNDER very flat indeed ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLAT AS A PANCAKE very flat ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FLAT AS BE BLOWED very flat indeed ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLAT AS ONE'S HAND very flat ...1883
• HANDSMOOTH † level or flat as if smoothed with the hand; smooth to the hand ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PANEL flat-sided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFE † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Eng. dial.
• SKLEFF † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Sc.
• SMACK-SMOOTH † flat; completely smooth; level or even with the ground or surface ...1755 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAVAL prostrate, laid low, flat on one's back and unable to rise; collapsed from insensibility, drink, etc. ...1754 Sc.
• YAVIL prostrate and unable to rise; prone, flat ...1825 Sc.
FLAT - adverbs
• AFLAUGHT lying flat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ALIE in a recumbent position, lying flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-FLAUGHT headlong, stretched flat; face downward ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BELLY-FLAUGHTERED thrown flat on the ground ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCAT flat, 'plump' ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF with a flat light step ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER flat, 'plump ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFF flat, 'plump' ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFFER flat; with a flat light step ...1866 Sc.
FLAT - nouns
• SCONE anything round, flat, and soft, resembling a scone ...1825 Sc.
FLAT (dwelling) - see APARTMENT
FLAT-FOOTED - adjectives
• SCLAFE flat-footed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCONE-FOOTED flat-footed ...1923 Sc.
FLAT-FOOTED - nouns, person
• SCLAFFER a big, clumsy, flat-footed person; a flat foot ...1969 Sc.
• SCLAFFERT a clumsy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
• SCLATCH a shuffling, ungainly walker; a heavy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
FLAT-FOOTED - verbs
• PALMER HOUSE to walk flat-footed ...1930s US Black sl.
• SCLAP to walk in a flat-footed, shuffling manner ...1969 Sc.
• SKLAFF to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1825 Sc.
FLATLY - adverbs
• SCLYTE flatly; suddenly, as with a fall ...1881 Sc.
FLATTEN - verbs
• BAT to press down, to flatten, to compress ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PANCAKE to flatten ...1950s sl.
• PANK to pack or tamp down; to flatten; to crush; often said of sand, snow, hair, etc. ...1937 Amer. dial.
• QUAT to beat or press down; to squash, to flatten, to extinguish ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALLOW DOWN to flatten grass, snow, etc. by or as if by rolling or trampling; to push something over by leaning on it ...1888 Amer. dial.
• YAVAL to lay low, to knock down, to fell, to flatten to the ground ...1825 Sc.
• YOLL to lay low, to knock down, to fell, to flatten to the ground ...1825 Sc.
FLATTER, FLATTERING, FLATTERY - adjectives
• ADULATORIOUS † full of adulation; servilely or fulsomely flattering or praising ...1664
• BLANDILOQUENT * in the language of compliment; smooth-speaking, flattering, fair-spoken ...1599
• BLANDILOQUOUS †* smooth-talking, flattering, fair-spoken ...1615
• BUTTERY susceptible to flattery ...M19 sl.
• CANDIED flattering, glozing ...1602
• CLAWBACK † flattering, sycophantic ...1577
• DAUBING † that bedaubs with flattery ...1655
• FAGEING deceiving, flattering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGEY deceiving, flattering ...1883 Eng. dial.
• FAIR-CALLING plausible, smooth-tongued, flattering, wheedling ...1814 Sc.
• FAIR-FARRAND specious, plausible; flattering, superficially attractive ...1789 Sc.
• FAIR-FASHIONED † specious, plausible; flattering, superficially attractive ...1816 Sc.
• FLATTEROUS flattering ...arch.
• GNATHONIC flattering, deceitful, sycophantic, parasitical ...1637
• INHOLDING selfish; fawning, cringing, given to flattery ...1871 Sc.
• OIL-TONGUED having an 'oily' tongue, characterized by smooth or flattering speech ...1631
• OINTUOSE †* unctuous; excessively flattering, oily ...c1400
• SAPONACEOUS evasive; flattering ...1837
• SOAPY insincere in manner; ingratiating, sycophantic, flattering or persuasive ...1854 sl.
• UP EACH OTHER indulging in mutual flattery ...1940s Aust. sl.
FLATTER - nouns
• PALAVER a speech with intention to flatter or deceive ...1744
FLATTER - verbs
• ACE to manoeuvre someone into something, esp. through the use of flattery or deceit ...1929 US criminals' sl.
• BANG EARS to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like; to curry favour ...1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
• BEAR UP OIL † to use flattering speech, to flatter ...1390
• BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEPUFF to puff or blow out; to swell; hence, to flatter, to praise greatly ...1843
• BESLOBBER. to flatter ...1868
• BESPATTER to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt ...1644
• BLANNY to ingratiate oneself, esp. by using flattering speech ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLARNEY to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1803 sl.
• BLAW to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW UP to praise unduly; to flatter ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BONE BOOTLICK to flatter; to curry favour ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOTLICK to flatter; to curry favour ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• BULL to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1907 US sl.
• BULLSHIT to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk; to lie to someone ...1937 sl., orig. US
• BUTTER MOUTH to flatter ...1990s US Black sl.
• BUTTER UP to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1819 sl.
• CALLIFUDGE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CANIFFLE to dissemble; to flatter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• COLLYFOGLE to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRAP to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 US sl.
• DAUB † to put on a false show; to dissemble so as to give a favourable impression to pay court with flattery ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EBLANDISH †* to get by flattery ...1623
• EMPTY THE BUTTER-BOAT to flatter lavishly (and insincerely) ...M19 sl.
• EXPALPATE † to get by flattery ...1623
• FAB to cheat, to deceive, esp. by flattery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAD to deceive, to 'take in' by flattery ...1856 Eng. dial.
• FAGE † to coax, to flatter; to toady; to beguile, to soothe ...c1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAINAIGUE to deceive by flattery; to obtain by improper means, to cheat ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FAIZLE to coax, to flatter ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FILLIBRUSH to flatter; to praise insincerely or ironically ...c1860 colloq.
• FLAM to flatter; to lie; to take in ...Bk1893 colloq.
• FLAMP to flatter; to wheedle ...c1937 Royal Air Force usage
• FLANNEL to talk evasively to; to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1941 Brit. sl.
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• FLUMMER † to deceive by flattery, to humbug ...1764
• GAMMON to stuff with ridiculous nonsense; to flatter, to humbug, to deceive, to hoax ...1812 colloq.
• GREASE to flatter, to fawn upon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOLD IN HALS † to flatter, to beguile, to delude with false professions ...c1560
• HOLD UP OIL † to use flattering speech, to flatter ...1387
• HONEY to talk flatteringly or endearingly to (often followed by 'up') ...colloq.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to cajole, wheedle, flatter ...1856 Amer. dial.
• HONEY-OIL to flatter; to 'butter up' ...1900 Sc.
• HOOK to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• HORSESHIT to lie to; hence, to flatter ...1955 US sl.
• IRON to flatter ...1823 sl.
• LARCENY to attempt to cajole with insincere flattery ...1960 US criminals' sl.
• LAY IT ON THICK WITH A TROWEL to overstate, exaggerate, flatter excessively ...1599
• LOSENGE † to flatter; to compliment unduly; to praise fulsomely ...1422
• MACK to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one's cunning to advantage ...1991 Amer. sl.
• MAG to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• NAMBY-PAMBY to flatter; to pamper ...1812 sl.
• OIL ONE'S LUG to make flattering speeches; to pay compliments ...1875 Sc.
• OIL ONE'S TONGUE to adopt or use flattering speech ...1607
• OLUHNEN † to flatter ...a1225
• PAINT † to talk speciously; to feign; to fawn; to flatter or deceive with specious words ...c1430
• PALAVER to flatter ...1785
• PALP * to speak fair to, to flatter, to cajole ...1657
• POMP UP to pamper, to flatter, to spoil ...1886 Amer. dial.
• ROOSE † to praise, extol, commend, flatter ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SACKER to flatter ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SAWDER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1834
• SAWDER UP to flatter, to cajole ...1848 Ireland
• SCHMEER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SCHMERE to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOZE to flatter or soft-soap ...Brit. sl.
• SHMEER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SHMOOZE to flatter or soft-soap ...Brit. sl.
• SNOW to flatter; to deceive or overwhelm with insincere or flattering talk ...1945 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SNOW-JOB to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk or lies and distortion...1945 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SOAP to flatter and cajole; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1853 sl.
• SOFT-SAWDER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1843 sl.
• SOFT-SOAP to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1840 sl.
• SPREAD IT ON THICK WITH A TROWEL to overstate, exaggerate, flatter excessively ...1599
• STREAK REAM IN ONE'S TEETH to flatter ...1721 Sc. (ream = cream)
• STROKE THE EARS † to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...a1668
• SUGAR to flatter ...1596 sl.
• SUPPARASITE †* to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite ...1623
• SWEETMOUTH to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1948 sl., chiefly US
• SWEET-TALK to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1936 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TEAL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• TEEL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• TEELY to entice, to coax, to wheedle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person ...1866 Sc.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• THUD † to wheedle, to flatter ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLE THE EAR(S) to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...Bk1897
• TOAD-EAT * to flatter, to fawn upon a person; to toady ...1766
• TOADY to flatter or attend to with servility, to curry favour with ...1827
• VOLK to boast; to speak admiringly of any person or thing; to flatter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAKLE to deceive with smooth, flattering talk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLY † to cocker up; to indulge; to stroke the back of an animal gently; to obtain one's end by means of caresses or flattery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WRAP UP to praise, to flatter ...1950s Aust. sl.
FLATTERED - adjectives
• ADULABLE † to be flattered ...1626
• BECLAMED flattered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHUFFED pleased, happy; delighted; flattered; also, displeased, disgruntled ...1957 Brit. sl., orig, services' usage
FLATTERER, FLATTERING - nouns, person
• ADULATRESS † a female adulator; a woman who flatters with servility ...1572
• APPLE-POLISHER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant; a flatterer ...Bk1892 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• BACK SCRATCHER a toady; a flatterer ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BACK SLAPPER an obsequious person; a sycophant; a flatterer; a toady ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BALONEY-BENDER one who habitually flatters or talks nonsense ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BLANDER †* a flatterer ...1340
• BLARNEY a flatterer ...1797 Amer. sl.
• BOOTKISSER a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour ...1849 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICKER a toady; a servile flatterer, one who curries favour ...1846 Brit. sl.
• BULL ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker ...1918 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHIT ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; one who excels at boasting or lying ...1942 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHITTER a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; someone who excels at boasting or lying ...1933 sl., orig. US
• CLAWBACK † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• COGGER a false flatterer or fawner ...1611
• CON-MAN a flatterer ...1900s US sl.
• CRINGELING * a cringing creature; a servile flatterer; a fawner ...a1693
• DAUBER † one who puts a false show on things; a hypocritical flatterer ...1642
• EAR-BANGER a servile flatterer ...1942 US military sl.
• EARWIG † an ear whisperer, a flatterer, a parasite ...1633
• EGG-SUCKER a sycophant; a flatterer ...20C US colloq.
• FAGE a flatterer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGER † a flatterer ...1435
• FAVOUR-CURRIER † a servile flatterer ...1855
• FAWN †* one who fawns, cringes, or flatters; a toady ...1635
• FLANNEL-MOUTH a flatterer; an exaggerated talker ...1881 US sl.
• FLATTERCAP † a flatterer, a wheedler; a wheedling or coaxing child who tries to gain their own little ends by flattery ...1681 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FLOOSTER a flatterer, one given to praising ...1892 Ireland
• GREASE-HORN a flatterer, a sycophant; one who seeks to advance in position or in the esteem of others by servility of manner in words or actions and flattery ...1837 Eng. dial.
• INK-HORN a flatterer, one who curries favour ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LICKSPIT a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady ...1620
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• LIMBERHAM † one who has 'limber hams', a supple-jointed person; fig. a servile flatterer; an obsequious person ...1689
• OIL MERCHANT a flatterer ...1935 Amer. sl.
• PALAVERER one who wheedles and flatters ...M18
• PAPELARD † a flattering parasite; a hypocrite; a sycophant ...1340
• PARASITE one who eats at the table or at the expense of another; always with opprobrious application; one who obtains the hospitality, patronage, or favour of the wealthy or powerful by obsequiousness and flattery; a hanger-on from interested motives; a toady, a servile flatterer ...1539
• PLUME-STRIKER † a parasite or flatterer ...1658
• SARDONIAN † one who flatters with deadly intent ...1609
• SCHMOOZER a flatterer ...Brit. sl.
• SMOOTH-BOOTS † one who uses flattering, ingratiating, or plausible language; a bland or smooth-tongued person ...1599
• SNOW-MAN one who flatters or deceives with plausible words ...1967 US sl.
• STROKER a flatterer; a sycophant ...1632 sl.
• TANTONY a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1659
• TANTONY PIG a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1738
• TOAD a servile flatterer, a toady ...1831
• TOAD-EATER a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1742
• TOADER * a servile flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite, a toady ...1842
• TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant ...1826
FLATTERING - adverbs
• ADULATORIOUSLY † in a flattering manner ...1601
FLATTERING, FLATTERY - nouns
• ABLANDISHMENT †* blandishment ...1728
• ACKAMARACKA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff ...1933 sl., orig. US
• ACKAMARACKUS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; nonsense ...1933 sl., orig. US
• APPLESAUCE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery, suave talk ...1919 US sl.
• ARSY-VERSY deceit, flattery ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASS-LICKING abject and degrading flattery ...1912 Amer. sl.
• BLA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1918 US sl.
• BLAH-BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLANDISH flattery ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLANNY ingratiating or flattering speech; cajolery ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BLARNEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1796
• BLOWING flattery; boasting, bragging ...1873
• BOOSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BOOSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BORAC insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORACK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORAK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORAX insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• B.S. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
• BULL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1902 sl., orig. US
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BULL'S WOOL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWHA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUTTER unctuous flattery ...1823 colloq.
• CARNEY soothing and seductive flattery; language covering a design ...Bk1891 colloq.
• CARNY soothing and seductive flattery; language covering a design; soft, hypocritical language ...1874 colloq.
• CLART nonsense; flattery or cheap talk ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CROCK OF SHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1945 US sl.
• DAUB insincere compliments; flattery; hypocritical affection ...1877 Eng. dial.
• DAUBERY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBING the putting a false show on anything; hypocritical flattery ...1655
• DAUBMENT flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBY-SAUBY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRIP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1919 sl. orig. US
• EAR-BANGING flattery or empty talk ...1942 US sl., esp. military usage
• FAIR WEATHER flattery, coaxing ...1923 Sc.
• FALSENESS flattery ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FAWNERY † the bearing or tricks of a fawner; flattery, sycophancy ...1661
• FLAM nonsense; humbug; flattery; a lie ...1598
• FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense...1927 Brit. sl.
• GAMMON insincere or exaggerated talk, ridiculous nonsense suited to deceive simple persons; humbug or flattery, rubbish, lies ...1781 UK
• GLAVERY †* flattery ...1584
• GREASE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1877 sl.
• GUSH effusive flattery ...1863 sl.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• HUSTLE flattery, deception ...1970s US sl.
• JAZZ insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl., orig. US
• JIVE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1928 sl., orig. US
• KIDSTAKES insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KIDSTEAKS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KISS-ASS flattery; nonsense ...M20 US sl.
• LIP SALVE insincere flattery ...1882 Amer. sl.
• LIP-WASH flattery ...1891 sl.
• MADAM insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1927 sl.
• MALAKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MOODY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl.
• MULLARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• OIL unctuous flattery; suavity ...1917 Amer. sl.
• OIL, THE flattery ...1935 US sl.
• OIL OF FOOL † flattery used to befool a person ...1785
• OLD ACKAMARACKUS, THE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1933 sl., orig. US
• OLD OIL flattery, sweet talk ...M19 US sl.
• OLUHNINGE † flattering, flattery ...a1225
• PALAVER flattery, flattering ...1809
• PUFF PIECE a newspaper article, book, film, etc. whose purpose is to praise or flatter ...colloq.
• ROOSE † commendation, praise, flattery ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SALVE praise, flattery, cajolery ...1864
• SAUBY-DAUBY cajolery, excessive flattery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854
• SAWDUST flattery, insincerity ...L19 sl.
• SCHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SCHMERE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SNOW JOB insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SOAP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854 sl.
• SOFT SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1836 sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• SPINACH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 US sl.
• SUGAR sweet or honeyed words; quality of being pleasant, flattery ...c1374
• SWEET TALK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1945 sl., orig. US
• TAFFY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1878 Amer. sl.
• THUD † the act of wheedling or flattering ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VERNILITY † servility, slavishness, flattering behaviour ...1623
• WRAP-UP a flattering account ...1940s Aust. sl.
FLATTERY - adjectives
• ELOZABLE †* readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537
FLATULENCE, FLATULENT - adjectives (also see FART)
• QUAFFING luscious, satisfying; producing flatulence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VENTOSE * windy, flatulent ...1721
• VENTOSITOUS †* affected with flatulence ...1601
• VENTOSOUS †* flatulent ...1639
• VENTUOUS † flatulent, windy ...1398
FLATULENCE - nouns (also see FART)
• BACK-TALK flatulence; a release of intestinal gas ...20C US jocular
• QUAFFING flatulence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAWKING an internal rumbling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUFFLATURE †* flatulence ...1660
• VENTOSENESS † flatulence ...a1425
• VENTOSITY flatulence ...1398
• WAFFLES flatulence ...1973 Sc.
• WINDY BLOWTS flatulence ...Bk1911 Sc.
FLATULENCE - verbs
• QUAWK to rumble internally through flatulency ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAUNT - verbs
• FAN to flaunt one's self ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FAN ONE'S PUSSY of a woman: to flaunt oneself sexually ...1960s US Black sl.
• LAUNCH IT OUT † to flaunt, to make a display ...1622
• VANDYKE to dress flauntingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAUNTING - adjectives
• FLANTITANTING † flaunting ...1596 nonce word
• RANTING † flaunting ...c1685
• TATHERY-OUTERY † tawdry, flaunting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VANDYKE flaunting, careering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAUNTING - nouns, person
• VANDYKE a flaunting figure ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAVOUR - adjectives
• BUCKY having a strong or rank flavour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GAMEY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• GAMY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• SAPIDLESS flavourless ...1821 nonce word
• SAPORIFIC * imparting flavour or taste ...1704
• SAPOROUS pert. to taste; having flavour or taste ...1704
• SIPID * savoury; tasty; full of flavour ...1623
• WABBLE wishy-washy, having a weak and watery flavour ...1866 Sc.
FLAVOUR - nouns
• AFTER-SMATCH the flavour of anything after it is swallowed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANG a twang, an ill taste or flavour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUT-GOÛT † a high or piquant flavour; a strong relish; something that gives a relish, seasoning ...c1645
• NAG a sour taste; an unpleasant flavour; generally said of liquor ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SAPIDITY the quality of having taste and flavour ...1646
• SAPIDNESS † the quality of having taste and flavour ...1649
• SAPOR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SAPOROSITY * that property of a body by which it imparts the sensation of taste; taste, flavour ...1794
• SAPOUR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SCHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SIPIDITY * savour, flavour ...1880
• TACHE †* a slight taste or flavour; a smack ...1607
• TACK † a smack, taste, or flavour of something; esp. a peculiar or ill flavour ...1602
• TARAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TARRAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TATCH an unpleasant flavour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAAM odour, smell, flavour, aroma ...1866 Sc.
• VAMM a flavour, odour, scent ...1899 Sc.
• WAFT † a taste or flavour, esp. an ill taste ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALSHNESS insipidity; want of flavour ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAYGANG a lingering taste or flavour, an aftertaste ...1754 Sc.
FLAVOUR - verbs
• DASH to mingle, infuse flavour; to insert a small quantity of one thing, usually of an inferior quality, into another; generally used of liquids ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARAGE † to have a taste; to have a flavour ...c1407
FLAVOURED - adjectives
• BRACKISH slightly flavoured, sweetish, sourish; not salty ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DASHED flavoured ...1800 Eng. dial.
• SAWCIE † flavoured with or pertaining to sauce; resembling sauce; savoury ...1508
• SAWSY † flavoured with or pertaining to sauce; resembling sauce; savoury ...1508
FLAVOURLESS - adjectives
• PARRY-MARRY worthless, wishy-washy, nondescript, flavourless ...c1794 Sc.
FLAW - nouns
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• FAULT † an unsound or damaged place; a flaw, a crack ...1514
• FLY IN THE OINTMENT a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment ...colloq.
• SCAM a flaw, crack, injury ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TASH a stain, spot, smudge, blemish, or flaw on any object; a spoiling or defacing, damage to clothes, flowers, or the like ...1808 Sc.
• WAIME a flaw, a tear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAWED - adjectives
• CRACKED IN THE RING flawed ...1596 sl.
FLAY - verbs
• BEFLAY † to flay, to strip ...a1000
• UNCASE † to skin or flay an animal or person ...1575.
FLEA - nouns
• ACTIVE CITIZEN a flea ...E19 sl.
• ARKANSAS LIZARD a flea...1910s US sl.
• BED-FLY a flea ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BIDDY a louse; occasionally, a flea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COOTIE a flea or louse. esp. one affecting humans ...1910
• COOTIE CARNIVAL a search for fleas or lice ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CREEPERS body lice, bedbugs, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh ...19C Brit. sl.
• F SHARP † a flea ...c1860 sl.
• LIGHT INFANTRY fleas ...1894 sl.
• LIVE STOCK fleas, body lice, etc. ...1785 sl.
• MECHANIZED DANDRUFF lice or fleas ...1944 US military sl.
• MOBILE DANDRUFF lice or fleas ...1941 US military sl.
• NANCY LEE a flea ...20C rhyming sl.
• PANTS RABBITS pubic lice; body lice; fleas ...1918 US sl., chiefly military usage
• PULICOSITY the condition of being flea-infested ...M17
• SEAM RAT a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SEAM SQUIRREL a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug ...1899 Amer. dial.
• VLEER a flea ...1825 Eng. dial.
FLEA-INFESTED - adjectives
• PULICIOUS flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M19 rare
• PULICOSE flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M18 rare
• PULICOUS flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M17 rare
FLED - adjectives
• YFLED † fled ...c1374
• YFLOWEN † fled ...c1205
FLEE - verbs
• ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATULATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BEFLEE † to flee from, to flee, to avoid, to shun ...c1000
• CABBAGE TREE to flee ...1940s US rhyming sl.
• DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape ...1986 US sl.
• LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly ...1886 US sl., esp. criminals' & police usage
• LAM OUT to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run ...1886 Amer. sl.
• LAMMISTER to abscond; to flee from authorities ...1921 US sl.
• OF-RUN † to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from ...c888
• SCAPEN OFF to scamper, to flee ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCURR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off ...1861 sl., orig US Civil War
• SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1838 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKIP to flee the country ...1884 US colloq.
• SKIRR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• TAKE DARNTON TROD to elude pursuit; to run away to escape punishment; to flee the country ...1834 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly ...1904 US sl., orig. criminals' usage
• TAKE THE SANDS to flee the country; to take safety in flight ...1785 Sc.
FLEEING - adjectives
• FUGIENT † fleeing ...1650
FLEEING - nouns
• LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing ...1759 sl.
FLEETING - adjectives
• CADUKE † fleeting, transitory, perishable, corruptible ...1484
• DECIDUOUS fleeting, transitory; perishing or disappearing after having served its purpose ...1811
• SLIDDERY † changing, uncertain, fleeting ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAFF brief, fleeting, short-lived ...1894 Sc.
FLEETING - nouns
• CADUCITY tendency to fall; quality of being perishable or fleeting; frailty ...1793
FLESH - adjectives
• CARNEOUS consisting of flesh, fleshy ...1578
• CARNIFEROUS * flesh-bearing ...1841
• CARNOSE consisting of or resembling flesh; fleshy ...1562
• CARNOUS consisting of or abounding in flesh; fleshy ...1577
• FLESHFUL † abounding in flesh, fat, plump ...1552
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• OMOPHAGIC eating raw food, esp. raw flesh ...1869
• OMOPHAGOUS eating raw flesh ...1857
• SARCOPHAGAL * eating flesh ...1614
• SARCOPHAGOUS * eating flesh ...1755
FLESH - nouns
• CARNEITY †* the state or quality of being flesh ...1691
• CARNIVORACITY appetite for flesh ...1730 nonce word
• CARNOSITY † fleshiness; flesh or pulp ...1533
• OMOPHAGIA the eating of raw food, esp. raw flesh ...1706
• SARCOPHAGY * the practice of eating flesh ...1650
FLESH - nouns, person
• OMOPHAGIST an eater of raw flesh ...1884
• SARCOPHAGE a flesh-eater, a meat-eater ...1852
• SARCOPHAGIST † a flesh-eater, a meat-eater ...1699
• SARCOPHAGUS a flesh-eating person or animal ...1617
FLESH - verbs
• QUIDDLE to crawl on the flesh ...1909 Amer. dial.
FLESHY - adjectives
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• MOMONA fat; fleshy ...1938 Hawaii
• SCRONCHOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SCRONTIOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• WELL-COVERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
• WELL-UPHOLSTERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
FLESHY - nouns, person
• BOUNCER a big, fleshy girl or woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
FLEXIBILITY - nouns
• ELASTICITY capacity for being 'stretched'; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness ...1858
FLEXIBLE - adjectives
• BAIN † flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEISUM † pliable, flexible, docile ...a1225
• BENDSOME * pliable, yielding, flexible ...1861
• LAINGE subtle; flexible ...1750 Eng. dial.
• LEATHWAKE † having the joints flexible; hence, generally, pliant, soft ...c1000 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• LETHE †* flexible, supple ...c1440
• LIMBERY limber, flexible ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MANIABLE † easy to handle; flexible, pliable, workable ...1484
• SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber ...1808 Sc.
• WITHY like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery ...1822 Amer. dial.
FLEXIBLE - nouns, person
• LIMBER JACK a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...c1930 Amer. dial.
FLICKER - verbs
• BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to shine feebly or with an unsteady flame; to flicker ...1888 Sc.
• FLIMMER * to burn unsteadily; to flicker ...1880
• HAYTY to move up and down; to flicker about ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK of a lamp: to flicker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUITTER †* to flicker, to quiver ...1513 Sc.
FLICKERING - adjectives
• LEVINING † gleaming, glimmering, flickering ...a1340
• SKIMMERING gleaming, glittering, flickering ...c1440
• VENTILOUS † fluttering, flickering, unsteady ...1483
FLIGHT - nouns
• READ-AND-WRITE flight ...Bk1903 rhyming sl.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT - nouns, person
• COW PILOT a stewardess, a flight attendant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEW a female flight attendant ...1970 US sl.
FLIGHTILY - adverbs
• GARISHLY † with lack of self-restraint; flightily ...1606
FLIGHTINESS - nouns
• GARISHNESS † want of self-restraint; flightiness ...1649.
FLIGHTY - adjectives
• BARMY flighty; passionate; irascible ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BARMY-BRAINED foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed ...1824 Sc.
• BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
• BEE-HEADIT harebrained; flighty; eccentric; excitable ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAPER-WITTED flighty, of frivolous or unsteady mind ...1692
• COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty ...1530
• COCKLE-BRAINED whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed ...1824 Sc.
• DIZZY foolish; silly; witless; flighty ...Bk1942 colloq.
• FEATHER-MINDED flighty, capricious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• FLYAWAY frivolous or flighty; giddy
• GARISH † wanting in self-restraint; flighty ...1650
• GIGGISH lively, flighty, wanton, trifling, silly, foolish ...1523
• HAIRY flighty, light-headed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted ...1815 Sc.
• HEN-HEADED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HEN-MINDED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...1892 Amer. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY flighty, whimsically inclined ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE weak in the stomach; flighty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MADDLING foolish, silly, flighty; confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOONISH † influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• RANDOM impulsive, uncontrolled, flighty, careless ...1880 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-BRAINED talkative; flighty; harebrained; silly; stupid; prone to confusion; foolish; unable to concentrate ...1868 Sc.
• RATTLE-HEADED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-NODDLED † characterized by foolish noisy levity of character or conduct; giddy, harebrained, flighty, noisy, wild; rattle-headed ...1661
• RATTLE-SCULLED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1883 Sc.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• SKIP-BRAIN flighty, harebrained ...1603
• SKIPJACK flighty, affected, foppish ...1598
• SKIPJACKLY * flighty, affected, foppish ...1674 NED Murray 1919
• TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish ...1846 Eng. dial.
FLIGHTY - nouns, person
• BARMY-FROTH a flighty, empty-headed fellow; a simpleton ...1599
• BEE-IN-THE-BONNET an eccentric; a flighty person; a foolish person ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEMIREP a flighty woman; a woman of doubtful character ...E18
• DEMY REP a flighty woman; a woman of doubtful character ...E18
• FANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• FANTIGUE a flighty, flirting girl ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf ...1549
• FLING-BRAIN † a person of flighty and hasty character ...1563
• FLIP-FLAP a flighty woman ...18C Brit. sl.
• FLIRTIGIG a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman ...1683 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• FLISKMAHOY a giddy, ostentatious person; a flighty girl; a giddy, gawky girl; a woman who gives herself airs ...1816 Sc.
• FLUTTER-PATE a flighty or light-headed person ...1894
• FLYAWAY a person who is frivolous or flighty
• GIGGLEBY a silly, flighty or giggling girl ...1903 Sc.
• GOOSECAP † a silly fellow; a stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a giddy or flighty young girl ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARRIGOAD a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HARRY-GAUD a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HARUM-SCARUM a reckless, unregulated person; a flighty person; reckless action or behaviour ...1784
• HELLICAT a half-witted, flighty person ...B1900 Sc.
• JACK-O'-WISP † a giddy or flighty person ...1896
• MADDLIN(G) a flighty, extravagant person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PHANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• RATTLEBOX a talkative person; a chatterer; a flighty person ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SILLYPOP a fool; a foolish, flighty woman ...L19 sl.
• SKITTER-WIT a flighty person; a foolish, harebrained fellow; a scatterbrain ...1886 Eng. dial.
FLIGHTY - verbs
• HARRIGOAD to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HARRY-GAUD to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A BEE IN ONE'S BONNET to be eccentric or flighty ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVE A BEE IN ONE'S HEAD to be eccentric or flighty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
FLIMSY - adjectives
• DAFFLING flimsy of texture, limp ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• IMMATERIAL * flimsy, slight ...1606
• LIMPSY limp, flimsy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIMSY miserable and flimsy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAYLY thin, flimsy ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SKETCHY flimsy, insubstantial, vague ...L19 sl.
• SLIMSY flimsy ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TINNY not strong or durable; flimsy, shoddy
• WAFF of things, qualities, etc.: weak, lacking strength or substance, flimsy, shoddy, paltry, of little account ...1810 Sc.
FLIMSY - nouns
• FALDERAL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing ...c1820
• FAL DE ROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing ...c1820
• FOLDEROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing ...c1820
• HAYWIRE flimsy or worthless material ...1928 Amer. sl.
FLINCH - verbs
• FUNK to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK ON to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• JARG † to waver, to flinch ...a1614 Sc.
• KECK to draw back from a bargain; to flinch ...Bk1901 Sc.
• QUINCE † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch ...1530
• QUINCH † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince ...1530 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• RESILE to start back from; to flinch; to withdraw ...1814 Sc.
• SCRINGE to flinch; to cringe; to shrink, as from pain, cold, or fear; to flinch; to wince; to shrivel, as with sharp cold or dry head ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKRINGE to cringe, to flinch, to wince ...1804 Amer. dial.
FLING - nouns
• GOOI a fling, a spree, a party ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• WALLOCH a Highland dance; a fling; a kick ...1871 Sc.
FLING - verbs
• AIN(E) to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DING to strike; to throw, to fling ...1688 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FLAP to toss, fling, slam, etc., abruptly or noisily
• GOOI to throw, to fling, to give someone something; to use something ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• HAIN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HAYNE to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEND to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• LANCE * to fling, to hurl, to throw a dart, etc.; to shoot out the tongue; to put forth blossoms ...a1300 chiefly poetic usage
• PLUG to throw, to fling ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SCARTLE to scatter, to fling about ...1887 Sc.
• SCAT to scatter; to fling or throw down; to bespatter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKEW to throw, to hurl, to cast, to fling ...1824 Eng. dial.
• THONG † to fling or swing round the skirts or tail ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THRING † to thrust or drive with pressure or violence; to cast, throw, or fling violently; to hurl, dash, knock ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALT † to throw, to cast, to toss out, over, etc.; to fling to the ground; to overturn, to upset ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEAN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• YEN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
FLIPPANT - adjectives
• IDLE mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
FLIRT - adjectives
• TOYOUS †* inclined to toy or flirt, coquettish ...1592
FLIRT- nouns
• GAMEY EYE a tendency to flirt ...1995 Irish sl.
FLIRT, FLIRTATIOUS - nouns, person
• BABY VAMP a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• BAGGAGE a playful term for any young woman; a flirtatious young woman ...1672
• BUTTERFLY a flirt ...1940s US campus sl.
• CAKE-EATER a lady's man; a male flirt; a wealthy young man, a playboy ...1910s Amer. sl.
• COKITTEN a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DANGER an aggressive flirt ...1993 Fiji
• EYE GIVER a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• FANTIGUE a flighty, flirting girl ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLIRT-GILL a flirtatious or wanton woman ...Shakespeare usage
• FLIRTIGIG a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman ...1683 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• FLIRTIGIGGS a flirtatious and wanton young woman ...L17 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• GALLANTER a gallivanter, a flirt ...1846 Sc.
• GALLIVANTER an incurable flirt; a boasting fellow ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GARRISON-HACK a woman who flirts indiscriminately with the officers of a garrison ...1876 sl.
• LOLLYGAGGER. one who enjoys flirting ...20C sl.
• MASHER a male flirt; a philanderer ...2C US sl. & colloq.
• PLAYER a person who two-times or flirts ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• QUESTING QUEEN a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• RATTLE-CAP a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-HORN a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-PATE a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-SKULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc. 046 EDD Wright 1904
• SCAMMER a flirt ...1980s US college sl.
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt ...a1529
• SIMPER-THE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt ...a1529
• SPOON a person who flirts or courts ...1882 sl.
• TEEVOO † a male flirt ...1824 Sc.
• VEAL a young woman who flirts maliciously ...1920s US sl.
• VORIANDER a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• WOLF a chaser or seducer of women; a flirt ...E20 US sl.
• WOLFESS a seductress; a female flirt ...M20 US sl.
• WOMAN-CHASER a male flirt or seducer of women ...20C US sl.
• WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger ...L19
FLIRT - verbs
• ACT THE LINNET to flirt ...20C Irish sl.
• BUTTERFLY to flirt, to philander, to dally ...1893
• BUZZ to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
• FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME to flirt, to woo ...1988 US sl.
• GANK to flirt ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GENUFFEL to flirt ...1938 S. Afr. sl.
• GET THE MACK ON to talk seductively; to flirt; spec. as a pimp in order to recruit a prostitute ...1960s US Black sl.
• HUSTLE to flirt, to make a sexual advance ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• JAUL to have an affair with; to flirt; to 'carry on' ...1960s S. Afr.
• JAWL to have an affair with; to flirt; to 'carry on' ...1960s S. Afr.
• JEWLARK to flirt, to court ...1851 Amer. sl.
• JOL to have an affair with; to flirt; to 'carry on' ...1960s S. Afr.
• LALLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love ...1868 US colloq.
• LOLLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love ...1868 US colloq.
• MACK of a pimp: to talk to a woman in a fluently ingratiating way; hence, usually of a man, to speak flirtatiously or make a sexual advance to; to flirt with ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MACK ON to make a verbally forceful attempt to seduce a person; to flirt heavily ...1970s US Black & teen sl.
• MAKE MAC WITH to flirt with; to come on to ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MAKE MARLOCKS AT to make eyes at; to flirt ...1863 Eng. dial.
• MESS AROUND to play sexually; to copulate; to flirt; esp. said of a married person ...20C US sl.
• MUG UP to flirt, to kiss ...1947 US sl.
• PANSY UP of a homosexual: to flirt ...1930s sl.
• PASH OFF to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse ...1920s US & Aust. sl.
• PASH ON to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse ...1920s US & Aust. sl.
• PAVIE of a man: to flirt, to dally with or pay attention to a girl ...1811 Sc.
• SCAM ON to flirt ...1980s US college sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S BEST MACK to flirt in the most seductive manner one can manage ...1970s US Black sl.
• SPOON to flirt with, especially in a foolish or sentimental manner ...1831 sl.
• TACKLE to court; to flirt ...1987 Trinidad and Tobago
• TORQUE to hit on someone ...20C Amer. campus sl.
• VAMP of a woman: to flirt, and otherwise employ an obvious sexuality to attract a male; to play the seductress ...1927 UK sl.
• WOO to flirt, to court, to neck, or persuade to copulate ...c1100
FLIRTATION - nouns
• CANOODLE a dalliance; a flirtation ...1976 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY PARADE the evening promenade up and down a main thoroughfare by young people in search of flirtation ...L19 sl.
• TALKING SHIT any verbal by-play, banter between men, flirtation between a man and a woman, etc. ...1940s US Black sl.
• TALKING TRASH any verbal by-play, banter between men, flirtation between a man and a woman, etc. ...1940s US Black sl.
FLIRTATIOUS - adjectives
• FEISTY acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FICETY acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GALLANTISH of women: flirtatious ...1791 Sc.
FLIRTATIOUS - nouns
• BEDROOM EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-HITHER LOOK a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-ON EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EYE CHATTER a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOO EYES a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOGLY EYES a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• O.O., THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OGLE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
FLIRTATIOUS - verbs
• CARRY ON to be involved in a flirtatious or adulterous relationship ...1856 UK sl.
• CHAT UP to talk flirtatiously ...1898 Brit. sl.
FLIRTATIOUSNESS - nouns
• FOXINESS flirtatiousness ...1990s US sl.
FLIRTING - adjectives
• ON THE MASH engaged in fascinating or flirting with someone ...1888 sl.
FLIRTING - nouns
• BACKCHAT sexual badinage, verbal flirting ...1963 Aust. sl.
• BUTTERFLYING a flirting ...1940s US campus sl.
• JOLLING flirting ...1960s S. Afr.
• LALLYGAG flirting, love-making ...20C sl.
• LOLLYGAG flirting, love-making ...20C sl.
• LOLLYGOG flirting, love-making ...20C sl.
• MASHING courting, flirting ...L19 sl.
• QUEENING courting women or girls; flirting ...E20 US sl.
• FLABBERDEGASKY † to astonish greatly; to confound, to flabbergast ...1822 nonce word
FLABBERGASTED - adjectives
• GOB-SMACKED surprised, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement ...1985 Brit. sl.
• GOB-STRUCK astounded, flabbergasted, speechless with amazement, surprised, astonished ...1988 Brit. sl.
FLABBY - adjectives
• CACKY soft, flabby, not firm, over-fat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FADY flabby, as the flesh of a drooping child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALL-ABROAD stout, flabby, fat ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FLOBBER loose, flabby ...19C Eng. dial.
• LENNOW † flabby, flaccid, limp ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PASTY swollen, puffed; flabby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAGGY of the body or flesh: soft, yielding, flabby ...?1600
• QUAVY †* soft, flabby ...1398
• QUOBBY flabby, wanting solidity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FLABBY - nouns
• FLOBBER anything loose and flabby; e.g. the flesh under a cow's neck ...19C Eng. dial.
FLABBY - nouns, person
• FLOP a fat or flabby person ...1909 sl.
FLABBY - verbs
• QUADDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUAIL to grow flabby ...1873 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to make or become soft, limp, or flabby ...1784 Sc.
FLACCID - adjectives
• FAGGED † flaccid, drooping ...1578
• LENNOW † flabby, flaccid, limp ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANGLY long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAIDEN supple, flaccid, wanting firmness ...1866 Sc.
FLAG - nouns
• BANDEROLE a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
• BANDROL a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
• BANNEROL a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. ..1562
• FANE † a flag, banner, pennant ...a1000
• FANIKIN †* a small flag or banner ...1539
• RAG a flag ...c1700 US sl.
• SUN-FLAG the Japanese flag, bearing an image of the sun ...1905
• WAFF a signal made by waving; a banner, a flag ...1825 Sc.
FLAG - nouns, person
• RAG CARRIER an ensign, charged with carrying the flag ...1785 sl.
FLAG (droop) - verbs
• FAG † to flag, to droop, to decline; to fall off, to swerve from ...1530
FLAG - verbs
• WIGWAG to signal with flags ...World War I Amer. sl.
FLAGRANT - adjectives
• EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive ...1573
FLAGRANTLY - adverbs
• EBERLY † manifestly, flagrantly ...a1300
FLAMBOYANCE - nouns
• CAMP flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
• CAMPING flamboyance, overt exhibitionism ...1920s sl.
FLAMBOYANT - adjectives
• HOT of people: exuberant, flamboyant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild ...1888 Amer. sl.
• QUEENY flamboyant and effeminate; blatantly homosexual ...1936 homosexual sl.
FLAMBOYANT - nouns, person
• CAMP a flamboyant person of either sex ...1920s sl.
FLAME - adjectives
• ABLAZE in a flame, flaming ...1393
• IGNESCENT * kindling, bursting into flame; firing up ...1828
• LAMBENT of a flame (fire or light) : playing lightly upon or gliding over a surface without burning it, like a 'tongue of fire'; shining with a clear light and without fierce heat ...1647
• QUICK of fire or flames: burning strongly or briskly ...c1374
• SKIRE † of colours, flames, etc.: clear; bright ...a1400-50
FLAME - nouns
• BAWBELL a flame, a blaze ...1891 Eng. dial.
• EFFLAGRATION emission of flames ...1811 rare
• FLAMMULE a small flame
• 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.
• LEAM † light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEVIN lightning; a flash of lightning; also, any bright light or flame ...c1250 arch.
• SCREECH a short, sudden blaze or flame ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
FLAME - verbs
• FLAMBLE †* to be in flames, to flame ...1557
• SUFFLAME †* to rise like flame ...c1530
• WALLOW of flame, smoke, vapour: to surge up ...c1374
FLAMMABLE - adjectives
• STRAWY light, worthless, or flammable as straw ...L16
FLAP - nouns
• FAG † something that hangs loose; a flap ...1486 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAP a shake, a flap; a sweeping or tossing movement ...a1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FLAP - verbs
• BANGLE † to flap, to hang loosely ...1622
• DILL to shake loosely, to flap ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAFFLE to flap gently in the wind ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FALLAP to flap, to blow about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• VAG to flap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAVEL to flutter to and fro in the wind; to flap ...1866 Sc.
• WAFF to flutter, to flap, to sway from side to side ...1813 Sc.
• WAFFLE to wave about, to waver in the air, to flap, to flutter ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAG † to flap the wings ...1496.
• WALLOP to dangle, to flap, to wobble ...1822 chiefly Sc. & colloq.
• WAMFLE to go about with flapping garments; of garments, etc.: to flap, to flutter in the wind ...1808 Sc.
• WAP † of the wind: to blow in gusts; of a cloth: to flap in the wind; of wings: to flap, to beat ...a1300
FLAPPING - adjectives
• FLAPPY loose; flapping
FLAPPING - nouns
• WAFF a flapping, waving movement; a flutter ...1766 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE a flapping, a waving ...c1830 Sc.
FLASH - nouns
• GLIFF † a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment ...1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEAM † light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam ...c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
FLASH - verbs
• EFFULGE to flash forth ...1729 poetic
• GLIFF † to flash, to gleam; to shine suddenly ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LAIT † to flash, to gleam, to lighten ...c1205.
FLASHER - nouns, person
• MEAT-FLASHER an exhibitionist; a man who exposes his penis to public view ...19C Brit. sl.
FLASHING - adjectives
• FULGUROUS full or charged with lightning; flashing like lightning ...1616
• LAMPING flashing, beaming, resplendent ...1590 (Spenser)
• LEAMING † gleaming, flashing, shining ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FLASHING - nouns
• LEAMING † shining, gleaming, flashing of light ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
FLASHLIGHT - nouns
• BUG a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BUG-LAMP a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...c1849 Amer. dial.
• BUG-LANTERN a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BUG-LIGHT a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BUG-TORCH a low-intensity lamp used as a lantern or flashlight ...1932 Amer. dial.
FLASHY - adjectives
• BUTTERFLY of clothes: gaudy, tasteless, flashy ...1900s sl.
• DAMN-MY-EYES flashy; ostentatious ...1849 US nautical sl.
• DANDY fine, gay; flashy, showy ...1813
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• FANTOOSH overdressed, over-ornamented; flashy, showy; ultra-fashionable ...1920 Sc.
• FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy
• JACK flashy, ostentatious ...1980s sl.
• KIDDY well-dressed, fashionable, flashy ...L18 sl.
• LEERY flash; showy of dress and manners ...c1850 sl.
• MACKED OUT orig. (of a man) flashily dressed; hence, stylish; attractive; flashy ...1933 Amer. sl.
• NEW JACK superficial, flashy, meretricious ...1980s US Black sl.
• SLANGY flashy or pretentious ...c1850 sl.
• SPORTY flashy, showy ...1885 colloq.
• TIGERISH loud, flashy ...1831
• TINSELLED having a flashy superficial splendour without intrinsic value ...1651
• VIEWY flashy, showy, attractive ...E19 sl.
• ZAZZY characterized by outward show; flashy ...1961 sl., chiefly US
FLASHY - nouns
• PARAFFIN a smart, flashy appearance, esp. in dress ...1935 Sc. sl.
• PARAFFINELLY a flashy turn-out, an overdressed appearance ...c1900 Sc.
• PARAPHERNALLY a flashy turn-out, an overdressed appearance ...c1900 Sc.
FLASHY - nouns, person
• BUTTERFLY an overdressed, flashy person ...20C US sl.
• GLITTERBAG a flashy female given to shiny clothes, hair piled high with hairspray, and gum chewing ...20C teen & high school sl.
• HOT DOG a highly skilled person who is boastful or flashy ...1900 Amer. sl.
• JAY a showy, ostentatious, or flashy woman ...1598
• KIDDY a flashy young man who is usually a rake or a thief ...1778 Amer. sl., orig. criminals' usage
• LAIR a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1923 Aust. sl.
• LARE a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1923 Aust. sl.
• SPORT a flashy person, one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like ...colloq.
• TINHORN a pretentious or flashy person ...1887 US sl.
FLASK - nouns
• BAT WING a half-pint flask, esp. of bootleg liquor ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THUMB-BOTTLE a vial, a small flask ...1843 Ireland
• TICKLER a liquor flask, esp. one holding a half-pint; a drink of liquor ...1809 Amer. dial.
FLAT - adjectives
• BACKFLAUGHT flat on one's back ...1856 Sc.
• BELLY-FLAUGHTERED thrown flat on the ground ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAD † flat ...1782
• FLAT AS A FLOUNDER very flat indeed ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLAT AS A PANCAKE very flat ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FLAT AS BE BLOWED very flat indeed ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLAT AS ONE'S HAND very flat ...1883
• HANDSMOOTH † level or flat as if smoothed with the hand; smooth to the hand ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PANEL flat-sided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFE † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Eng. dial.
• SKLEFF † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Sc.
• SMACK-SMOOTH † flat; completely smooth; level or even with the ground or surface ...1755 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAVAL prostrate, laid low, flat on one's back and unable to rise; collapsed from insensibility, drink, etc. ...1754 Sc.
• YAVIL prostrate and unable to rise; prone, flat ...1825 Sc.
FLAT - adverbs
• AFLAUGHT lying flat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ALIE in a recumbent position, lying flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-FLAUGHT headlong, stretched flat; face downward ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BELLY-FLAUGHTERED thrown flat on the ground ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCAT flat, 'plump' ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF with a flat light step ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER flat, 'plump ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFF flat, 'plump' ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFFER flat; with a flat light step ...1866 Sc.
FLAT - nouns
• SCONE anything round, flat, and soft, resembling a scone ...1825 Sc.
FLAT (dwelling) - see APARTMENT
FLAT-FOOTED - adjectives
• SCLAFE flat-footed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCONE-FOOTED flat-footed ...1923 Sc.
FLAT-FOOTED - nouns, person
• SCLAFFER a big, clumsy, flat-footed person; a flat foot ...1969 Sc.
• SCLAFFERT a clumsy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
• SCLATCH a shuffling, ungainly walker; a heavy, flat-footed person ...1969 Sc.
FLAT-FOOTED - verbs
• PALMER HOUSE to walk flat-footed ...1930s US Black sl.
• SCLAP to walk in a flat-footed, shuffling manner ...1969 Sc.
• SKLAFF to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking ...1825 Sc.
FLATLY - adverbs
• SCLYTE flatly; suddenly, as with a fall ...1881 Sc.
FLATTEN - verbs
• BAT to press down, to flatten, to compress ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PANCAKE to flatten ...1950s sl.
• PANK to pack or tamp down; to flatten; to crush; often said of sand, snow, hair, etc. ...1937 Amer. dial.
• QUAT to beat or press down; to squash, to flatten, to extinguish ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALLOW DOWN to flatten grass, snow, etc. by or as if by rolling or trampling; to push something over by leaning on it ...1888 Amer. dial.
• YAVAL to lay low, to knock down, to fell, to flatten to the ground ...1825 Sc.
• YOLL to lay low, to knock down, to fell, to flatten to the ground ...1825 Sc.
FLATTER, FLATTERING, FLATTERY - adjectives
• ADULATORIOUS † full of adulation; servilely or fulsomely flattering or praising ...1664
• BLANDILOQUENT * in the language of compliment; smooth-speaking, flattering, fair-spoken ...1599
• BLANDILOQUOUS †* smooth-talking, flattering, fair-spoken ...1615
• BUTTERY susceptible to flattery ...M19 sl.
• CANDIED flattering, glozing ...1602
• CLAWBACK † flattering, sycophantic ...1577
• DAUBING † that bedaubs with flattery ...1655
• FAGEING deceiving, flattering ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGEY deceiving, flattering ...1883 Eng. dial.
• FAIR-CALLING plausible, smooth-tongued, flattering, wheedling ...1814 Sc.
• FAIR-FARRAND specious, plausible; flattering, superficially attractive ...1789 Sc.
• FAIR-FASHIONED † specious, plausible; flattering, superficially attractive ...1816 Sc.
• FLATTEROUS flattering ...arch.
• GNATHONIC flattering, deceitful, sycophantic, parasitical ...1637
• INHOLDING selfish; fawning, cringing, given to flattery ...1871 Sc.
• OIL-TONGUED having an 'oily' tongue, characterized by smooth or flattering speech ...1631
• OINTUOSE †* unctuous; excessively flattering, oily ...c1400
• SAPONACEOUS evasive; flattering ...1837
• SOAPY insincere in manner; ingratiating, sycophantic, flattering or persuasive ...1854 sl.
• UP EACH OTHER indulging in mutual flattery ...1940s Aust. sl.
FLATTER - nouns
• PALAVER a speech with intention to flatter or deceive ...1744
FLATTER - verbs
• ACE to manoeuvre someone into something, esp. through the use of flattery or deceit ...1929 US criminals' sl.
• BANG EARS to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like; to curry favour ...1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
• BEAR UP OIL † to use flattering speech, to flatter ...1390
• BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEPUFF to puff or blow out; to swell; hence, to flatter, to praise greatly ...1843
• BESLOBBER. to flatter ...1868
• BESPATTER to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt ...1644
• BLANNY to ingratiate oneself, esp. by using flattering speech ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLARNEY to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1803 sl.
• BLAW to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW UP to praise unduly; to flatter ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BONE BOOTLICK to flatter; to curry favour ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOTLICK to flatter; to curry favour ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• BULL to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1907 US sl.
• BULLSHIT to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk; to lie to someone ...1937 sl., orig. US
• BUTTER MOUTH to flatter ...1990s US Black sl.
• BUTTER UP to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1819 sl.
• CALLIFUDGE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CANIFFLE to dissemble; to flatter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• COLLYFOGLE to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRAP to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 US sl.
• DAUB † to put on a false show; to dissemble so as to give a favourable impression to pay court with flattery ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EBLANDISH †* to get by flattery ...1623
• EMPTY THE BUTTER-BOAT to flatter lavishly (and insincerely) ...M19 sl.
• EXPALPATE † to get by flattery ...1623
• FAB to cheat, to deceive, esp. by flattery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAD to deceive, to 'take in' by flattery ...1856 Eng. dial.
• FAGE † to coax, to flatter; to toady; to beguile, to soothe ...c1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAINAIGUE to deceive by flattery; to obtain by improper means, to cheat ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FAIZLE to coax, to flatter ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FILLIBRUSH to flatter; to praise insincerely or ironically ...c1860 colloq.
• FLAM to flatter; to lie; to take in ...Bk1893 colloq.
• FLAMP to flatter; to wheedle ...c1937 Royal Air Force usage
• FLANNEL to talk evasively to; to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1941 Brit. sl.
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• FLUMMER † to deceive by flattery, to humbug ...1764
• GAMMON to stuff with ridiculous nonsense; to flatter, to humbug, to deceive, to hoax ...1812 colloq.
• GREASE to flatter, to fawn upon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOLD IN HALS † to flatter, to beguile, to delude with false professions ...c1560
• HOLD UP OIL † to use flattering speech, to flatter ...1387
• HONEY to talk flatteringly or endearingly to (often followed by 'up') ...colloq.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to cajole, wheedle, flatter ...1856 Amer. dial.
• HONEY-OIL to flatter; to 'butter up' ...1900 Sc.
• HOOK to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• HORSESHIT to lie to; hence, to flatter ...1955 US sl.
• IRON to flatter ...1823 sl.
• LARCENY to attempt to cajole with insincere flattery ...1960 US criminals' sl.
• LAY IT ON THICK WITH A TROWEL to overstate, exaggerate, flatter excessively ...1599
• LOSENGE † to flatter; to compliment unduly; to praise fulsomely ...1422
• MACK to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one's cunning to advantage ...1991 Amer. sl.
• MAG to cheat by flattery or insincere talk; to swindle ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• NAMBY-PAMBY to flatter; to pamper ...1812 sl.
• OIL ONE'S LUG to make flattering speeches; to pay compliments ...1875 Sc.
• OIL ONE'S TONGUE to adopt or use flattering speech ...1607
• OLUHNEN † to flatter ...a1225
• PAINT † to talk speciously; to feign; to fawn; to flatter or deceive with specious words ...c1430
• PALAVER to flatter ...1785
• PALP * to speak fair to, to flatter, to cajole ...1657
• POMP UP to pamper, to flatter, to spoil ...1886 Amer. dial.
• ROOSE † to praise, extol, commend, flatter ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SACKER to flatter ...1841 Eng. dial.
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SAWDER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1834
• SAWDER UP to flatter, to cajole ...1848 Ireland
• SCHMEER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SCHMERE to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOZE to flatter or soft-soap ...Brit. sl.
• SHMEER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SHMOOZE to flatter or soft-soap ...Brit. sl.
• SNOW to flatter; to deceive or overwhelm with insincere or flattering talk ...1945 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SNOW-JOB to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk or lies and distortion...1945 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SOAP to flatter and cajole; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1853 sl.
• SOFT-SAWDER to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1843 sl.
• SOFT-SOAP to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1840 sl.
• SPREAD IT ON THICK WITH A TROWEL to overstate, exaggerate, flatter excessively ...1599
• STREAK REAM IN ONE'S TEETH to flatter ...1721 Sc. (ream = cream)
• STROKE THE EARS † to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...a1668
• SUGAR to flatter ...1596 sl.
• SUPPARASITE †* to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite ...1623
• SWEETMOUTH to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1948 sl., chiefly US
• SWEET-TALK to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1936 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TEAL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• TEEL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• TEELY to entice, to coax, to wheedle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person ...1866 Sc.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• THUD † to wheedle, to flatter ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLE THE EAR(S) to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax ...Bk1897
• TOAD-EAT * to flatter, to fawn upon a person; to toady ...1766
• TOADY to flatter or attend to with servility, to curry favour with ...1827
• VOLK to boast; to speak admiringly of any person or thing; to flatter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAKLE to deceive with smooth, flattering talk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLY † to cocker up; to indulge; to stroke the back of an animal gently; to obtain one's end by means of caresses or flattery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WRAP UP to praise, to flatter ...1950s Aust. sl.
FLATTERED - adjectives
• ADULABLE † to be flattered ...1626
• BECLAMED flattered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHUFFED pleased, happy; delighted; flattered; also, displeased, disgruntled ...1957 Brit. sl., orig, services' usage
FLATTERER, FLATTERING - nouns, person
• ADULATRESS † a female adulator; a woman who flatters with servility ...1572
• APPLE-POLISHER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant; a flatterer ...Bk1892 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• BACK SCRATCHER a toady; a flatterer ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BACK SLAPPER an obsequious person; a sycophant; a flatterer; a toady ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BALONEY-BENDER one who habitually flatters or talks nonsense ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BLANDER †* a flatterer ...1340
• BLARNEY a flatterer ...1797 Amer. sl.
• BOOTKISSER a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour ...1849 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICKER a toady; a servile flatterer, one who curries favour ...1846 Brit. sl.
• BULL ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker ...1918 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHIT ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; one who excels at boasting or lying ...1942 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHITTER a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; someone who excels at boasting or lying ...1933 sl., orig. US
• CLAWBACK † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• COGGER a false flatterer or fawner ...1611
• CON-MAN a flatterer ...1900s US sl.
• CRINGELING * a cringing creature; a servile flatterer; a fawner ...a1693
• DAUBER † one who puts a false show on things; a hypocritical flatterer ...1642
• EAR-BANGER a servile flatterer ...1942 US military sl.
• EARWIG † an ear whisperer, a flatterer, a parasite ...1633
• EGG-SUCKER a sycophant; a flatterer ...20C US colloq.
• FAGE a flatterer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGER † a flatterer ...1435
• FAVOUR-CURRIER † a servile flatterer ...1855
• FAWN †* one who fawns, cringes, or flatters; a toady ...1635
• FLANNEL-MOUTH a flatterer; an exaggerated talker ...1881 US sl.
• FLATTERCAP † a flatterer, a wheedler; a wheedling or coaxing child who tries to gain their own little ends by flattery ...1681 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FLOOSTER a flatterer, one given to praising ...1892 Ireland
• GREASE-HORN a flatterer, a sycophant; one who seeks to advance in position or in the esteem of others by servility of manner in words or actions and flattery ...1837 Eng. dial.
• INK-HORN a flatterer, one who curries favour ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LICKSPIT a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady ...1620
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• LIMBERHAM † one who has 'limber hams', a supple-jointed person; fig. a servile flatterer; an obsequious person ...1689
• OIL MERCHANT a flatterer ...1935 Amer. sl.
• PALAVERER one who wheedles and flatters ...M18
• PAPELARD † a flattering parasite; a hypocrite; a sycophant ...1340
• PARASITE one who eats at the table or at the expense of another; always with opprobrious application; one who obtains the hospitality, patronage, or favour of the wealthy or powerful by obsequiousness and flattery; a hanger-on from interested motives; a toady, a servile flatterer ...1539
• PLUME-STRIKER † a parasite or flatterer ...1658
• SARDONIAN † one who flatters with deadly intent ...1609
• SCHMOOZER a flatterer ...Brit. sl.
• SMOOTH-BOOTS † one who uses flattering, ingratiating, or plausible language; a bland or smooth-tongued person ...1599
• SNOW-MAN one who flatters or deceives with plausible words ...1967 US sl.
• STROKER a flatterer; a sycophant ...1632 sl.
• TANTONY a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1659
• TANTONY PIG a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1738
• TOAD a servile flatterer, a toady ...1831
• TOAD-EATER a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1742
• TOADER * a servile flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite, a toady ...1842
• TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant ...1826
FLATTERING - adverbs
• ADULATORIOUSLY † in a flattering manner ...1601
FLATTERING, FLATTERY - nouns
• ABLANDISHMENT †* blandishment ...1728
• ACKAMARACKA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff ...1933 sl., orig. US
• ACKAMARACKUS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; nonsense ...1933 sl., orig. US
• APPLESAUCE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery, suave talk ...1919 US sl.
• ARSY-VERSY deceit, flattery ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASS-LICKING abject and degrading flattery ...1912 Amer. sl.
• BLA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1918 US sl.
• BLAH-BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLANDISH flattery ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLANNY ingratiating or flattering speech; cajolery ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BLARNEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1796
• BLOWING flattery; boasting, bragging ...1873
• BOOSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BOOSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BORAC insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORACK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORAK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BORAX insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• B.S. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
• BULL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1902 sl., orig. US
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BULL'S WOOL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWHA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUTTER unctuous flattery ...1823 colloq.
• CARNEY soothing and seductive flattery; language covering a design ...Bk1891 colloq.
• CARNY soothing and seductive flattery; language covering a design; soft, hypocritical language ...1874 colloq.
• CLART nonsense; flattery or cheap talk ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CROCK OF SHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1945 US sl.
• DAUB insincere compliments; flattery; hypocritical affection ...1877 Eng. dial.
• DAUBERY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBING the putting a false show on anything; hypocritical flattery ...1655
• DAUBMENT flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUBY-SAUBY flattery, cajolery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRIP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1919 sl. orig. US
• EAR-BANGING flattery or empty talk ...1942 US sl., esp. military usage
• FAIR WEATHER flattery, coaxing ...1923 Sc.
• FALSENESS flattery ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FAWNERY † the bearing or tricks of a fawner; flattery, sycophancy ...1661
• FLAM nonsense; humbug; flattery; a lie ...1598
• FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense...1927 Brit. sl.
• GAMMON insincere or exaggerated talk, ridiculous nonsense suited to deceive simple persons; humbug or flattery, rubbish, lies ...1781 UK
• GLAVERY †* flattery ...1584
• GREASE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1877 sl.
• GUSH effusive flattery ...1863 sl.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• HUSTLE flattery, deception ...1970s US sl.
• JAZZ insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl., orig. US
• JIVE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1928 sl., orig. US
• KIDSTAKES insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KIDSTEAKS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KISS-ASS flattery; nonsense ...M20 US sl.
• LIP SALVE insincere flattery ...1882 Amer. sl.
• LIP-WASH flattery ...1891 sl.
• MADAM insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1927 sl.
• MALAKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MOODY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl.
• MULLARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• OIL unctuous flattery; suavity ...1917 Amer. sl.
• OIL, THE flattery ...1935 US sl.
• OIL OF FOOL † flattery used to befool a person ...1785
• OLD ACKAMARACKUS, THE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1933 sl., orig. US
• OLD OIL flattery, sweet talk ...M19 US sl.
• OLUHNINGE † flattering, flattery ...a1225
• PALAVER flattery, flattering ...1809
• PUFF PIECE a newspaper article, book, film, etc. whose purpose is to praise or flatter ...colloq.
• ROOSE † commendation, praise, flattery ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SALVE praise, flattery, cajolery ...1864
• SAUBY-DAUBY cajolery, excessive flattery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854
• SAWDUST flattery, insincerity ...L19 sl.
• SCHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SCHMERE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SNOW JOB insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SOAP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854 sl.
• SOFT SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1836 sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• SPINACH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 US sl.
• SUGAR sweet or honeyed words; quality of being pleasant, flattery ...c1374
• SWEET TALK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1945 sl., orig. US
• TAFFY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1878 Amer. sl.
• THUD † the act of wheedling or flattering ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VERNILITY † servility, slavishness, flattering behaviour ...1623
• WRAP-UP a flattering account ...1940s Aust. sl.
FLATTERY - adjectives
• ELOZABLE †* readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537
FLATULENCE, FLATULENT - adjectives (also see FART)
• QUAFFING luscious, satisfying; producing flatulence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VENTOSE * windy, flatulent ...1721
• VENTOSITOUS †* affected with flatulence ...1601
• VENTOSOUS †* flatulent ...1639
• VENTUOUS † flatulent, windy ...1398
FLATULENCE - nouns (also see FART)
• BACK-TALK flatulence; a release of intestinal gas ...20C US jocular
• QUAFFING flatulence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAWKING an internal rumbling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUFFLATURE †* flatulence ...1660
• VENTOSENESS † flatulence ...a1425
• VENTOSITY flatulence ...1398
• WAFFLES flatulence ...1973 Sc.
• WINDY BLOWTS flatulence ...Bk1911 Sc.
FLATULENCE - verbs
• QUAWK to rumble internally through flatulency ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAUNT - verbs
• FAN to flaunt one's self ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FAN ONE'S PUSSY of a woman: to flaunt oneself sexually ...1960s US Black sl.
• LAUNCH IT OUT † to flaunt, to make a display ...1622
• VANDYKE to dress flauntingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAUNTING - adjectives
• FLANTITANTING † flaunting ...1596 nonce word
• RANTING † flaunting ...c1685
• TATHERY-OUTERY † tawdry, flaunting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VANDYKE flaunting, careering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAUNTING - nouns, person
• VANDYKE a flaunting figure ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAVOUR - adjectives
• BUCKY having a strong or rank flavour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GAMEY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• GAMY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• SAPIDLESS flavourless ...1821 nonce word
• SAPORIFIC * imparting flavour or taste ...1704
• SAPOROUS pert. to taste; having flavour or taste ...1704
• SIPID * savoury; tasty; full of flavour ...1623
• WABBLE wishy-washy, having a weak and watery flavour ...1866 Sc.
FLAVOUR - nouns
• AFTER-SMATCH the flavour of anything after it is swallowed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANG a twang, an ill taste or flavour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUT-GOÛT † a high or piquant flavour; a strong relish; something that gives a relish, seasoning ...c1645
• NAG a sour taste; an unpleasant flavour; generally said of liquor ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SAPIDITY the quality of having taste and flavour ...1646
• SAPIDNESS † the quality of having taste and flavour ...1649
• SAPOR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SAPOROSITY * that property of a body by which it imparts the sensation of taste; taste, flavour ...1794
• SAPOUR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SCHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SIPIDITY * savour, flavour ...1880
• TACHE †* a slight taste or flavour; a smack ...1607
• TACK † a smack, taste, or flavour of something; esp. a peculiar or ill flavour ...1602
• TARAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TARRAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TATCH an unpleasant flavour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAAM odour, smell, flavour, aroma ...1866 Sc.
• VAMM a flavour, odour, scent ...1899 Sc.
• WAFT † a taste or flavour, esp. an ill taste ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALSHNESS insipidity; want of flavour ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAYGANG a lingering taste or flavour, an aftertaste ...1754 Sc.
FLAVOUR - verbs
• DASH to mingle, infuse flavour; to insert a small quantity of one thing, usually of an inferior quality, into another; generally used of liquids ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARAGE † to have a taste; to have a flavour ...c1407
FLAVOURED - adjectives
• BRACKISH slightly flavoured, sweetish, sourish; not salty ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DASHED flavoured ...1800 Eng. dial.
• SAWCIE † flavoured with or pertaining to sauce; resembling sauce; savoury ...1508
• SAWSY † flavoured with or pertaining to sauce; resembling sauce; savoury ...1508
FLAVOURLESS - adjectives
• PARRY-MARRY worthless, wishy-washy, nondescript, flavourless ...c1794 Sc.
FLAW - nouns
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• FAULT † an unsound or damaged place; a flaw, a crack ...1514
• FLY IN THE OINTMENT a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment ...colloq.
• SCAM a flaw, crack, injury ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TASH a stain, spot, smudge, blemish, or flaw on any object; a spoiling or defacing, damage to clothes, flowers, or the like ...1808 Sc.
• WAIME a flaw, a tear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
FLAWED - adjectives
• CRACKED IN THE RING flawed ...1596 sl.
FLAY - verbs
• BEFLAY † to flay, to strip ...a1000
• UNCASE † to skin or flay an animal or person ...1575.
FLEA - nouns
• ACTIVE CITIZEN a flea ...E19 sl.
• ARKANSAS LIZARD a flea...1910s US sl.
• BED-FLY a flea ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BIDDY a louse; occasionally, a flea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COOTIE a flea or louse. esp. one affecting humans ...1910
• COOTIE CARNIVAL a search for fleas or lice ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CREEPERS body lice, bedbugs, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh ...19C Brit. sl.
• F SHARP † a flea ...c1860 sl.
• LIGHT INFANTRY fleas ...1894 sl.
• LIVE STOCK fleas, body lice, etc. ...1785 sl.
• MECHANIZED DANDRUFF lice or fleas ...1944 US military sl.
• MOBILE DANDRUFF lice or fleas ...1941 US military sl.
• NANCY LEE a flea ...20C rhyming sl.
• PANTS RABBITS pubic lice; body lice; fleas ...1918 US sl., chiefly military usage
• PULICOSITY the condition of being flea-infested ...M17
• SEAM RAT a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SEAM SQUIRREL a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug ...1899 Amer. dial.
• VLEER a flea ...1825 Eng. dial.
FLEA-INFESTED - adjectives
• PULICIOUS flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M19 rare
• PULICOSE flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M18 rare
• PULICOUS flea-infested; flea-bitten; caused by or resembling a flea-bite ...M17 rare
FLED - adjectives
• YFLED † fled ...c1374
• YFLOWEN † fled ...c1205
FLEE - verbs
• ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATULATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BEFLEE † to flee from, to flee, to avoid, to shun ...c1000
• CABBAGE TREE to flee ...1940s US rhyming sl.
• DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape ...1986 US sl.
• LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly ...1886 US sl., esp. criminals' & police usage
• LAM OUT to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run ...1886 Amer. sl.
• LAMMISTER to abscond; to flee from authorities ...1921 US sl.
• OF-RUN † to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from ...c888
• SCAPEN OFF to scamper, to flee ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCURR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off ...1861 sl., orig US Civil War
• SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1838 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKIP to flee the country ...1884 US colloq.
• SKIRR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• TAKE DARNTON TROD to elude pursuit; to run away to escape punishment; to flee the country ...1834 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly ...1904 US sl., orig. criminals' usage
• TAKE THE SANDS to flee the country; to take safety in flight ...1785 Sc.
FLEEING - adjectives
• FUGIENT † fleeing ...1650
FLEEING - nouns
• LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing ...1759 sl.
FLEETING - adjectives
• CADUKE † fleeting, transitory, perishable, corruptible ...1484
• DECIDUOUS fleeting, transitory; perishing or disappearing after having served its purpose ...1811
• SLIDDERY † changing, uncertain, fleeting ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAFF brief, fleeting, short-lived ...1894 Sc.
FLEETING - nouns
• CADUCITY tendency to fall; quality of being perishable or fleeting; frailty ...1793
FLESH - adjectives
• CARNEOUS consisting of flesh, fleshy ...1578
• CARNIFEROUS * flesh-bearing ...1841
• CARNOSE consisting of or resembling flesh; fleshy ...1562
• CARNOUS consisting of or abounding in flesh; fleshy ...1577
• FLESHFUL † abounding in flesh, fat, plump ...1552
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• OMOPHAGIC eating raw food, esp. raw flesh ...1869
• OMOPHAGOUS eating raw flesh ...1857
• SARCOPHAGAL * eating flesh ...1614
• SARCOPHAGOUS * eating flesh ...1755
FLESH - nouns
• CARNEITY †* the state or quality of being flesh ...1691
• CARNIVORACITY appetite for flesh ...1730 nonce word
• CARNOSITY † fleshiness; flesh or pulp ...1533
• OMOPHAGIA the eating of raw food, esp. raw flesh ...1706
• SARCOPHAGY * the practice of eating flesh ...1650
FLESH - nouns, person
• OMOPHAGIST an eater of raw flesh ...1884
• SARCOPHAGE a flesh-eater, a meat-eater ...1852
• SARCOPHAGIST † a flesh-eater, a meat-eater ...1699
• SARCOPHAGUS a flesh-eating person or animal ...1617
FLESH - verbs
• QUIDDLE to crawl on the flesh ...1909 Amer. dial.
FLESHY - adjectives
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• MOMONA fat; fleshy ...1938 Hawaii
• SCRONCHOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SCRONTIOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• WELL-COVERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
• WELL-UPHOLSTERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
FLESHY - nouns, person
• BOUNCER a big, fleshy girl or woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
FLEXIBILITY - nouns
• ELASTICITY capacity for being 'stretched'; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness ...1858
FLEXIBLE - adjectives
• BAIN † flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEISUM † pliable, flexible, docile ...a1225
• BENDSOME * pliable, yielding, flexible ...1861
• LAINGE subtle; flexible ...1750 Eng. dial.
• LEATHWAKE † having the joints flexible; hence, generally, pliant, soft ...c1000 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• LETHE †* flexible, supple ...c1440
• LIMBERY limber, flexible ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MANIABLE † easy to handle; flexible, pliable, workable ...1484
• SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber ...1808 Sc.
• WITHY like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery ...1822 Amer. dial.
FLEXIBLE - nouns, person
• LIMBER JACK a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist ...c1930 Amer. dial.
FLICKER - verbs
• BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to shine feebly or with an unsteady flame; to flicker ...1888 Sc.
• FLIMMER * to burn unsteadily; to flicker ...1880
• HAYTY to move up and down; to flicker about ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK of a lamp: to flicker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUITTER †* to flicker, to quiver ...1513 Sc.
FLICKERING - adjectives
• LEVINING † gleaming, glimmering, flickering ...a1340
• SKIMMERING gleaming, glittering, flickering ...c1440
• VENTILOUS † fluttering, flickering, unsteady ...1483
FLIGHT - nouns
• READ-AND-WRITE flight ...Bk1903 rhyming sl.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT - nouns, person
• COW PILOT a stewardess, a flight attendant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEW a female flight attendant ...1970 US sl.
FLIGHTILY - adverbs
• GARISHLY † with lack of self-restraint; flightily ...1606
FLIGHTINESS - nouns
• GARISHNESS † want of self-restraint; flightiness ...1649.
FLIGHTY - adjectives
• BARMY flighty; passionate; irascible ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BARMY-BRAINED foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed ...1824 Sc.
• BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
• BEE-HEADIT harebrained; flighty; eccentric; excitable ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAPER-WITTED flighty, of frivolous or unsteady mind ...1692
• COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty ...1530
• COCKLE-BRAINED whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed ...1824 Sc.
• DIZZY foolish; silly; witless; flighty ...Bk1942 colloq.
• FEATHER-MINDED flighty, capricious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• FLYAWAY frivolous or flighty; giddy
• GARISH † wanting in self-restraint; flighty ...1650
• GIGGISH lively, flighty, wanton, trifling, silly, foolish ...1523
• HAIRY flighty, light-headed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted ...1815 Sc.
• HEN-HEADED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HEN-MINDED brainless, flighty, capricious; foolish, silly, witless ...1892 Amer. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY flighty, whimsically inclined ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE weak in the stomach; flighty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MADDLING foolish, silly, flighty; confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOONISH † influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• RANDOM impulsive, uncontrolled, flighty, careless ...1880 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-BRAINED talkative; flighty; harebrained; silly; stupid; prone to confusion; foolish; unable to concentrate ...1868 Sc.
• RATTLE-HEADED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-NODDLED † characterized by foolish noisy levity of character or conduct; giddy, harebrained, flighty, noisy, wild; rattle-headed ...1661
• RATTLE-SCULLED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1883 Sc.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• SKIP-BRAIN flighty, harebrained ...1603
• SKIPJACK flighty, affected, foppish ...1598
• SKIPJACKLY * flighty, affected, foppish ...1674 NED Murray 1919
• TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish ...1846 Eng. dial.
FLIGHTY - nouns, person
• BARMY-FROTH a flighty, empty-headed fellow; a simpleton ...1599
• BEE-IN-THE-BONNET an eccentric; a flighty person; a foolish person ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEMIREP a flighty woman; a woman of doubtful character ...E18
• DEMY REP a flighty woman; a woman of doubtful character ...E18
• FANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• FANTIGUE a flighty, flirting girl ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf ...1549
• FLING-BRAIN † a person of flighty and hasty character ...1563
• FLIP-FLAP a flighty woman ...18C Brit. sl.
• FLIRTIGIG a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman ...1683 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• FLISKMAHOY a giddy, ostentatious person; a flighty girl; a giddy, gawky girl; a woman who gives herself airs ...1816 Sc.
• FLUTTER-PATE a flighty or light-headed person ...1894
• FLYAWAY a person who is frivolous or flighty
• GIGGLEBY a silly, flighty or giggling girl ...1903 Sc.
• GOOSECAP † a silly fellow; a stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a giddy or flighty young girl ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARRIGOAD a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HARRY-GAUD a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HARUM-SCARUM a reckless, unregulated person; a flighty person; reckless action or behaviour ...1784
• HELLICAT a half-witted, flighty person ...B1900 Sc.
• JACK-O'-WISP † a giddy or flighty person ...1896
• MADDLIN(G) a flighty, extravagant person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PHANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• RATTLEBOX a talkative person; a chatterer; a flighty person ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SILLYPOP a fool; a foolish, flighty woman ...L19 sl.
• SKITTER-WIT a flighty person; a foolish, harebrained fellow; a scatterbrain ...1886 Eng. dial.
FLIGHTY - verbs
• HARRIGOAD to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HARRY-GAUD to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A BEE IN ONE'S BONNET to be eccentric or flighty ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVE A BEE IN ONE'S HEAD to be eccentric or flighty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
FLIMSY - adjectives
• DAFFLING flimsy of texture, limp ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• IMMATERIAL * flimsy, slight ...1606
• LIMPSY limp, flimsy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIMSY miserable and flimsy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAYLY thin, flimsy ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SKETCHY flimsy, insubstantial, vague ...L19 sl.
• SLIMSY flimsy ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TINNY not strong or durable; flimsy, shoddy
• WAFF of things, qualities, etc.: weak, lacking strength or substance, flimsy, shoddy, paltry, of little account ...1810 Sc.
FLIMSY - nouns
• FALDERAL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing ...c1820
• FAL DE ROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing ...c1820
• FOLDEROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing ...c1820
• HAYWIRE flimsy or worthless material ...1928 Amer. sl.
FLINCH - verbs
• FUNK to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK ON to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• JARG † to waver, to flinch ...a1614 Sc.
• KECK to draw back from a bargain; to flinch ...Bk1901 Sc.
• QUINCE † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch ...1530
• QUINCH † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince ...1530 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• RESILE to start back from; to flinch; to withdraw ...1814 Sc.
• SCRINGE to flinch; to cringe; to shrink, as from pain, cold, or fear; to flinch; to wince; to shrivel, as with sharp cold or dry head ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKRINGE to cringe, to flinch, to wince ...1804 Amer. dial.
FLING - nouns
• GOOI a fling, a spree, a party ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• WALLOCH a Highland dance; a fling; a kick ...1871 Sc.
FLING - verbs
• AIN(E) to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DING to strike; to throw, to fling ...1688 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FLAP to toss, fling, slam, etc., abruptly or noisily
• GOOI to throw, to fling, to give someone something; to use something ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• HAIN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HAYNE to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEND to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• LANCE * to fling, to hurl, to throw a dart, etc.; to shoot out the tongue; to put forth blossoms ...a1300 chiefly poetic usage
• PLUG to throw, to fling ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SCARTLE to scatter, to fling about ...1887 Sc.
• SCAT to scatter; to fling or throw down; to bespatter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKEW to throw, to hurl, to cast, to fling ...1824 Eng. dial.
• THONG † to fling or swing round the skirts or tail ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THRING † to thrust or drive with pressure or violence; to cast, throw, or fling violently; to hurl, dash, knock ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALT † to throw, to cast, to toss out, over, etc.; to fling to the ground; to overturn, to upset ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEAN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• YEN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
FLIPPANT - adjectives
• IDLE mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
FLIRT - adjectives
• TOYOUS †* inclined to toy or flirt, coquettish ...1592
FLIRT- nouns
• GAMEY EYE a tendency to flirt ...1995 Irish sl.
FLIRT, FLIRTATIOUS - nouns, person
• BABY VAMP a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• BAGGAGE a playful term for any young woman; a flirtatious young woman ...1672
• BUTTERFLY a flirt ...1940s US campus sl.
• CAKE-EATER a lady's man; a male flirt; a wealthy young man, a playboy ...1910s Amer. sl.
• COKITTEN a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DANGER an aggressive flirt ...1993 Fiji
• EYE GIVER a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• FANTIGUE a flighty, flirting girl ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLIRT-GILL a flirtatious or wanton woman ...Shakespeare usage
• FLIRTIGIG a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman ...1683 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• FLIRTIGIGGS a flirtatious and wanton young woman ...L17 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• GALLANTER a gallivanter, a flirt ...1846 Sc.
• GALLIVANTER an incurable flirt; a boasting fellow ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GARRISON-HACK a woman who flirts indiscriminately with the officers of a garrison ...1876 sl.
• LOLLYGAGGER. one who enjoys flirting ...20C sl.
• MASHER a male flirt; a philanderer ...2C US sl. & colloq.
• PLAYER a person who two-times or flirts ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• QUESTING QUEEN a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• RATTLE-CAP a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-HORN a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-PATE a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-SKULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc. 046 EDD Wright 1904
• SCAMMER a flirt ...1980s US college sl.
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt ...a1529
• SIMPER-THE-COCKET † an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt ...a1529
• SPOON a person who flirts or courts ...1882 sl.
• TEEVOO † a male flirt ...1824 Sc.
• VEAL a young woman who flirts maliciously ...1920s US sl.
• VORIANDER a flirt ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• WOLF a chaser or seducer of women; a flirt ...E20 US sl.
• WOLFESS a seductress; a female flirt ...M20 US sl.
• WOMAN-CHASER a male flirt or seducer of women ...20C US sl.
• WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger ...L19
FLIRT - verbs
• ACT THE LINNET to flirt ...20C Irish sl.
• BUTTERFLY to flirt, to philander, to dally ...1893
• BUZZ to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
• FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME to flirt, to woo ...1988 US sl.
• GANK to flirt ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GENUFFEL to flirt ...1938 S. Afr. sl.
• GET THE MACK ON to talk seductively; to flirt; spec. as a pimp in order to recruit a prostitute ...1960s US Black sl.
• HUSTLE to flirt, to make a sexual advance ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• JAUL to have an affair with; to flirt; to 'carry on' ...1960s S. Afr.
• JAWL to have an affair with; to flirt; to 'carry on' ...1960s S. Afr.
• JEWLARK to flirt, to court ...1851 Amer. sl.
• JOL to have an affair with; to flirt; to 'carry on' ...1960s S. Afr.
• LALLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love ...1868 US colloq.
• LOLLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love ...1868 US colloq.
• MACK of a pimp: to talk to a woman in a fluently ingratiating way; hence, usually of a man, to speak flirtatiously or make a sexual advance to; to flirt with ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MACK ON to make a verbally forceful attempt to seduce a person; to flirt heavily ...1970s US Black & teen sl.
• MAKE MAC WITH to flirt with; to come on to ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MAKE MARLOCKS AT to make eyes at; to flirt ...1863 Eng. dial.
• MESS AROUND to play sexually; to copulate; to flirt; esp. said of a married person ...20C US sl.
• MUG UP to flirt, to kiss ...1947 US sl.
• PANSY UP of a homosexual: to flirt ...1930s sl.
• PASH OFF to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse ...1920s US & Aust. sl.
• PASH ON to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse ...1920s US & Aust. sl.
• PAVIE of a man: to flirt, to dally with or pay attention to a girl ...1811 Sc.
• SCAM ON to flirt ...1980s US college sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S BEST MACK to flirt in the most seductive manner one can manage ...1970s US Black sl.
• SPOON to flirt with, especially in a foolish or sentimental manner ...1831 sl.
• TACKLE to court; to flirt ...1987 Trinidad and Tobago
• TORQUE to hit on someone ...20C Amer. campus sl.
• VAMP of a woman: to flirt, and otherwise employ an obvious sexuality to attract a male; to play the seductress ...1927 UK sl.
• WOO to flirt, to court, to neck, or persuade to copulate ...c1100
FLIRTATION - nouns
• CANOODLE a dalliance; a flirtation ...1976 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY PARADE the evening promenade up and down a main thoroughfare by young people in search of flirtation ...L19 sl.
• TALKING SHIT any verbal by-play, banter between men, flirtation between a man and a woman, etc. ...1940s US Black sl.
• TALKING TRASH any verbal by-play, banter between men, flirtation between a man and a woman, etc. ...1940s US Black sl.
FLIRTATIOUS - adjectives
• FEISTY acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FICETY acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GALLANTISH of women: flirtatious ...1791 Sc.
FLIRTATIOUS - nouns
• BEDROOM EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-HITHER LOOK a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-ON EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EYE CHATTER a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOO EYES a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOGLY EYES a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• O.O., THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OGLE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
FLIRTATIOUS - verbs
• CARRY ON to be involved in a flirtatious or adulterous relationship ...1856 UK sl.
• CHAT UP to talk flirtatiously ...1898 Brit. sl.
FLIRTATIOUSNESS - nouns
• FOXINESS flirtatiousness ...1990s US sl.
FLIRTING - adjectives
• ON THE MASH engaged in fascinating or flirting with someone ...1888 sl.
FLIRTING - nouns
• BACKCHAT sexual badinage, verbal flirting ...1963 Aust. sl.
• BUTTERFLYING a flirting ...1940s US campus sl.
• JOLLING flirting ...1960s S. Afr.
• LALLYGAG flirting, love-making ...20C sl.
• LOLLYGAG flirting, love-making ...20C sl.
• LOLLYGOG flirting, love-making ...20C sl.
• MASHING courting, flirting ...L19 sl.
• QUEENING courting women or girls; flirting ...E20 US sl.