G
G - GENIALLY

G  - nouns
• UDGIT the letter 'g' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GABBLE - nouns
• GABBING talk, chatter; gabble ...1774 Sc.
• GAGGLE chatter, gabble ...1668
• SHE-SHE TALK woman's talk, gabble, gossip ...1922 Amer. dial.
• YATTER continuous chatter; rambling and persistent talk, gabble ...1832 Sc.
 
GABBLE - verbs
• GLABBER to chatter, to gabble ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• JABBLE to talk rapidly and indistinctly or unintelligibly; to speak volubly and with little sense; to chatter, to gabble, to prattle ...1570
• RABBLE to utter a torrent of words; to talk or ready hastily and indistinctly, to gabble, to speak nonsensically, to rave ...a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEBLE to read or recite quickly; to gabble ...1872 Sc.
• RIBBLE to read or recite quickly; to gabble ...1872 Sc.
• YABBLE to gabble, to chatter, to talk excessively ...1808 Sc.
 
GAD, GADABOUT - nouns, person
• AUWANA a gadabout; a wanderer ...1938 Hawaii
• GAD a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GADDER a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GALLOPER one who proceeds at great speed; also, one who gads about ...1671
• GALLY-BAGGER a person fond of going about; a gadabout ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LOAFERER a loiterer, a lounger, one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• SCALLYBATCH a woman addicted to spending much time in neighbours' houses; a gadabout gossiping woman ...1911 Sc.
 
GAD - verbs
• BAIVER to gad about; to run after shows, weddings, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly ...1960 Amer. dial.
• CAT to gad about; to fool around ...1938 Amer. dial., chiefly among Blacks
• CAT AROUND to gad about; to fool around ...1938 Amer. dial., chiefly among Blacks
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET to play the flibbertigibbet; to gad about frivolously ...1921
• GAB ABOUT to go from place to place gossiping; to gad about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFLE to gad or constantly go about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALIVANDER to gad about, to jaunt, to go about idly or on pleasure; to gallivant ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GALLIVATE to frisk, gallivant, gad about ...1893 Amer.
• GALRAVIDGE to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc.
• GALRAVITCH to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GANDER-FLANK to lark about, to frolic, to gad about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER-LEG to lark about, to frolic, to gad about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAY-CAT to gad about; to fool around ...1938 Amer. dial., chiefly among Blacks
• HACK AROUND to socialize idly; to gad or fool about; to waste time ...1923 US college sl.
• HACK OFF to idle; to loaf; to lounge; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time ...1888 US sl.
• LALLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1837 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RACK AROUND. to go out a great deal, not to stay at home much ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAM AROUND to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure ...1939 Amer. dial.
• RAMPSE to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SCABER AROUND to gad about ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCAPER AROUND to gad about ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCAVAIG to roam or gad about ...1932 Sc.
• TAVE to hurry along; to gad about ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TROLLOP to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP ABOUT to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP AROUND to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• VAGE to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to gad about ...1701 Sc.
• VAIG to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to stroll; to gad about ...1701 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOCATE † to ramble about idly; to gad about ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
GADDING. GADDING ABOUT - adjectives
• BAIVERING gadding about; taking interest in trifles, finery, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FIDDLE-FOOTED restless, given to wandering, gadding about ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding ...1817
• ON THE RAN-DAN on the loose; gadding about ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
GADFLY - nouns
• BIRS the gadfly ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• HORSE-STINGER the gadfly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAG-LEG † a gadfly ...1585
 
GADGET - nouns (also see THING)
• DICKEY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DICKIE a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DICKY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DINGBAT a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DINGUS a thing; a gadget; a thingummy ...L19
• DOFLICKETY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOODLE any gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DOODLEFLICKER any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEFLICKUS any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEGADGET any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOOFLICKER a gadget ...20C sl., 1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOOFLINKUS any nameless small object, typically some kind of•  gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOOFLOP any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1950s sl.
• DOOLOLLY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1930s sl.
• DOOZANDAZZY a gadget ...E20 US Sl.
• DUDELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUFLICKERTY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack ...1897 sl.
• FIRKIN a gadget ...E20 military sl.
• GISMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GIZMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• HICKEY a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• HICKIE a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• JIGGER a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1874 US sl.
• KNICK-KNACK a gadget ...19C Brit. & US
• MAJIG a thingamajig; a gadget ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGER a thingamajig; a gadget ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGIE a thingamajig; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RINCTUM-DO a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RINKTUM a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1896 Amer. dial.
• UNIT a gadget; a nameless object ...20C US sl.
• WATCHAMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMACALLEM a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DAD a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DADDY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DIDDLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DINGLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DOODLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-GADGET a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-HICKEY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-JIGGER a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHATCHEEMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHATZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WIDGET a gadget; a small manufactured item ...E20 colloq.
• WING-DING. a gadget ...20C US
 
GAELIC - verbs
• HAPPER-GALLICKS to speak the Gaelic tongue ...1787 Sc.
 
GAIETY - adjectives (also SEE GAY)
• JUNKETACEOUS fond of gaiety or junketing ...1760 nonce word
 
GAIETY - nouns
• BAUDERIE † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
• BAUDERY † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
• CAIDGINESS gaiety, sportiveness ...1825 Sc.
• DAFFERY † folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
• DAFFING gaiety, sportiveness, folly ...1787 Sc.
• GALA † festivity, gaiety, rejoicing ...1716
• GALLIARDISE gaiety, mirth, revelry; also, a merry trick ...c1570 arch.
• GALLIARDISM * gaiety, mirth, revelry ...1745
• GAUDS showy ceremonies; gaieties ...1650
• GAWDS showy ceremonies; gaieties ...1650
• GAYITRY. gaiety ...1685
• GAYTRY † gaiety ...1655
• JOLLIMENT † mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety ...1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ZIZZ energy, vigour, vitality, gaiety, liveliness ...1942 sl.
 
GAILY - adverbs
• CADGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAGILY gaily, merrily, cheerfully ...1724 Sc.
• DAFTLY merrily, gaily ...1789 Sc.
• GAY † brightly, showily, gaily ...1415
 
GAIN - adjectives
• GAINFUL * productive of gain or profit; profitable, advantageous ...1555
• GAINY †* profitable, advantageous; of the nature of gain ...1576
• GAIR greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• GARE greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• LUCRIFEROUS † bringing gain; lucrative, profitable ...1648
• LUCRIPETOUS † eager for gain ...1675
• LUCROUS † full of gain or profit ...c1500
• QUAESTUARY connected or concerned with gain; money-making ...1594
• VANTAGEOUS † bringing advantage or gain ...c1566
 
GAIN - nouns
• ACQUIRE †* acquirement or gain ...1592
• ACQUIST the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain ...1613
• ADVANTAGE † pecuniary profit, gain; interest on money lent ...1393
• BEGET † 1. the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage ...c1175
† 2. the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
• BUNCE money; gains; extra profit or gain; bonus; something to the good ...1719 sl.
• EARNINGS † gain, profit ...a1200
• FARTHER-FETCH an ultimate gain, an advantage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• INTAKE gain, profit; anything gathered in or obtained ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SINGULAR † personal or private profit or gain ...1419
• SINGULARITY † private or personal profit or gain ...1426
• VANTAGE advantage, benefit, profit, gain ...a1300 arch.
• VELVET gain, esp. when unexpectedly high; profit ...1901 sl., chiefly US
 
GAIN - nouns, person
• GOLD-DIGGER a woman who marries or forms a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain ...1915 sl., orig. US
• HAND-MAKER † one who makes gain fraudulently ...1549
• QUAESTUARY † one who seeks for gain ...1614
 
GAIN - verbs
• ACQUIST †* to gain for oneself; to acquire ...1598
• ADDLE † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ADVANTAGE † to gain, to profit ...1557
• BAG to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ...1911 Amer. sl.
• BOTTLE TOP to catch, gain, or understand something ...1974 UK rhyming sl. on 'cop'
• CARRY AWAY † to win, to gain for oneself ...1581
• COP A PACKET to gain a great deal, possibly more than one bargained for; this can either be good (more money than expected), or bad (a longer prison sentence than feared) ...1930s sl.
• FALL to have fall to one's share; to obtain, to win, to gain ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GET A PACKET to gain a great deal, possibly more than one bargained for; this can either be good (more money than expected), or bad (a longer prison sentence than feared) ...1930s sl.
• GOLD-DIG of a woman: to marry or form a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HAVE A PACKET to gain a great deal, possibly more than one bargained for; this can either be good (more money than expected), or bad (a longer prison sentence than feared) ...1930s sl.
• IMPORT † to obtain, to gain, to win a victory ...1598
• LUCRATE † to gain, to get, to win ...1623
• NEW-GET to gain afresh ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn ...c1000
• SALLY OUT to walk with an idle, trailing gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN to gather together; to collect in any way; to get hold of; to gain, to catch ...1873 Sc.
• THOLE to advantage, to benefit; to be to one's gain ...1898 Sc.
• VANTAGE † to make gain or profit ...1563
 
GAIN - phrases
• WHAT COMES OVER THE DEVIL'S BACK GOES UNDER HIS BELLY said of ill-gotten gains ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
GAINED - adjectives
• ACQUISITE † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself ...1532
• ACQUISITITIOUS of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate' ...1653
• ADEPTED †* gained, acquired ...c1595
• QUICK-COME-BY easily gained or earned ...1899 Eng. dial.
 
GAINED - nouns
• BOTTLETOP something gained; a thing of some value ...1974 UK rhyming sl. on 'cop' to obtain
 
GAINING - nouns
• ADEPTION † an obtaining, gaining, or attainment ...1548
 
GAIT - adjectives
• DOTTY feeble or unsteady in gait ...colloq.
• GALAGANTING large and awkward; awkwardly big, slovenly in gait ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANTING large and awkward; awkwardly big, slovenly in gait ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HALF-GAITED limping, weak of gait ...1873 Eng. dial.
• LAMPY having a striding gait ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOPLOLLY of gait or dress: careless, slouching ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SAMMY untidy in dress; slovenly in gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPLODGY awkward in gait ...B1900 sl.
• WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait ...Bl1905 Eng. dial.
 
GAIT - adverbs
• LARGE † with big steps; with ample gait ...1642
• SCASH in a twisted manner; with a waddling, shuffling gait ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WALLACH with a heavy, labouring gait ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
GAIT - nouns
• BUZZARD LOPE an ungainly running gait ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DADDLE gait ...20C Irish sl.
• GATURE †* gait, mien ...1538
• GOOD HICKORY, A a rapid gait ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PADDLING-WALK a gait in which the steps are made very short ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• SHAMBLE an awkward or shuffling gait ...E19
• SPANISH TROT an easy gait; a jog ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WALLOW † a rolling walk or gait ...1676
• WAMBLE an unsteady movement of a person or thing; a roll of the body; a rolling or staggering gait ...1825
 
GAIT - nouns, person
• DATCHEL a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait ...1824 Sc.
 
GAIT - verbs
• SHAMBLE to walk or move along with an awkward or shuffling gait ...L16
• SHAMMOCK to walk with a shambling, awkward, or unsteady gait; to slouch, to dawdle, to idle about ...E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
 
GAITERS - nouns
• GALLIGASKINS leggings, gaiters ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLYSLOPES leggings, gaiters ...L19 sl.
• GAMASHES a kind of leggings or gaiters, worn to protect the legs from mud and wet ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMASHINS † a kind of leggings or gaiters of worsted or other material ...1822 Sc.
• GAMASHONS a kind of leggings or gaiters, worn to protect the legs from mud and wet ...1684 Sc.
• GAMBADERS † a kind of leather gaiters or shield used by horsemen to protect their legs from mud ...1814 Sc.
• GAMBADOES † n. a kind of leather gaiters or shield used by horsemen to protect their legs from mud ...1814 Sc.
• PALANQUINS long gaiters, leggings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEETIKINS gaiters, short leggings ...1871 Sc.
• YANKS gaiters, leggings ...1865 Eng. dial.
• YANTS gaiters, leggings ...1865 Eng. dial.
 
GALE - nouns
• RIPSNORTER a storm, a gale ...M19 colloq. orig. US
 
GALL - nouns
• ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this ...1958 Aust. sl.
 
GALLANT - adjectives
• GALLIANT gallant; gay ...1860 Eng. dial.
• GALLIARD gay, gallant; brisk, lively, active, cheerful ...c1386 arch.
• GALYANT gallant; gay ...1860 Eng. dial.
• PAUGHTY stout-hearted, spirited, gallant; proud ...1773 Sc.
 
GALLANT, GALLANTRY - nouns
• GALLANTISE † gallantry, gallant bearing, courtliness ...c1520
• GALLANTRY † gallants collectively; gentry, fashionable people ...1606
• GALLANTSHIP †* the condition or dignity of a gallant ...1579
• GALLANTURE †* the occupation or behaviour of a gallant ...a1683
• VASSALAGE † a brave or chivalrous act; a noble or gallant exploit ...c1330
 
GALLANT - nouns, person
• AMOROSO † a lover; a gallant ...E17
• BELLSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
• BELLYSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
• BELSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1592
• CHAPERON the professed gallant of a married woman ...M18 sl.
• FEMALIST †* one devoted to the female sex; a courter of women; a gallant ...1613
• FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion ...1571
• JACK AMONG THE MAIDS a gallant; a ladies' man ...1785
• RUTTERKIN † an old crafty fox; a sly old fellow; a swaggering gallant or bully; a term of contempt ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SQUIRE OF DAMES a man very attentive to women and much n their company; a woman's man; a gallant ...1886
• TIKE a gallant, male or female ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TYKE a gallant, male or female ...1899 Eng. dial.
 
GALLANT - verbs
• GALLANTIZE * to play the gallant ...1603
• GALLANTRIZE IT †* to indulge one's propensity for gallantry; to play the gallant ...a1693
• GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GO A GANDERING † of a husband: to gallant during the period of a wife's confinement ...1687
 
GALLANTLY - adverbs
• TOPPINGLY gallantly, splendidly; in excellent condition or health ...a1739
 
GALL BLADDER - nouns
• CHARLES DE GAULLE the gall-bladder ...1970s jocular
 
GALLERY - nouns
• CABINET † a room devoted to the display of works of art; a museum, picture-gallery, etc. ...1676 obs. or arch.
• ORIEL † a portico, corridor, gallery, balcony, etc. ...1385
 
GALLIVANT - nouns, person
• GALLIVASTER † one who gallivants, esp. a boasting, gasconading fellow; including the idea of tallness ...1826 Sc.
 
GALLIVANT - verbs
• BOP AROUND to move or go about energetically; to gallivant; to be lively ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GADDIWANT to gossip; to gallivant ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GADDYWENT to gossip; to gallivant ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GALIVANDER to gad about, to jaunt, to go about idly or on pleasure; to gallivant ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• GALLIHOOT to go gallivanting ...1940s US sl.
• GALLIVATE to frisk, gallivant, gad about ...1893 Amer.
• GALLYHOOT to go gallivanting ...1940s US sl.
• HELL AROUND to gallivant ...1897 Amer. sl.
• RAMPSE to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SCALLYHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SCAMP AROUND to gallivant ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SCHALAHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SKALLYHOOT to go or depart quickly; to gallivant ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TARRYHOOT to rush; to gallivant ...1933 Amer. dial.
 
GALLON - nouns
• DRIVER'S PINT a gallon ...L19 army usage
• GALLOND a gallon ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GAWN † a gallon ...1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
GALLOP - nouns
• CANTERBURY † an easy galloping pace; a hand-gallop ...1631
• CAREER † of a horse: a short gallop at full speed ...1571
• MANAGE † a short gallop at full speed ...1577-87 obs. exc. arch.
• MIDWIFE-GALLOP a full gallop, a great rate ...1892 Sc.
• TANTIVY a rapid gallop; a ride at this pace ...a1658
• TITTUP a horse's canter; a hand-gallop ...1703 chiefly Eng. dial.
• WALLOP a quick movement such as agitates one's clothing; the noise caused by such a movement; a gallop; a dance ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
GALLOP - verbs
• BRAWL to gallop ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANTERBURY †* of a horse: to canter; to move in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore-feet nearly at the same time with a leap or spring ...1673
• CAREER † to take a short gallop ...1594
• TITTUP of a horse or other animal: to canter, to gallop easily ...1844
• WALLOP † of horses: to gallop ...a1400
 
GALLOPING - interjections
• TANTIVY! an imitation of the sound of galloping or scudding feet ...1697
 
GALLOWS see HANG, HANGING
 
GAMBLE, GAMBLING - adjectives
• BAGGED of a race or game of chance: prearranged, with predetermined results, 'in the bag' ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FLASH relating to gamblers and followers of boxing and racing ...colloq.
• ODDS-ON in gambling: having better than an even chance to win ...20C sl.
• SIDEWAYS of a sum of money being gambled: split each way (to win or place) ...1960 UK racing sl.
• TAPPED-OUT out of money, having nothing to use for further betting ...1950s sl.
 
GAMBLE, GAMBLING - nouns
• ACCOMMODATION ARREST a pre-arranged consensual raid of an illegal gambling operation, designed to give the appearance of strict enforcement of laws ...1961 US sl.
• ACTION 1. betting, gambling ...1885 US sl.
2. the amount that a gambler is willing to bet ...1991 US sl.
• AFRICANS gambling tokens worth $100 ...sl.
• AMMUNITION 1. gambling tokens ...sl.
2. a gambler's bankroll ...1983 US sl.
• APRON in gambling: the cloth band worn by dealers around their waist ...sl.
• ARMY ODDS in gambling: the correct odds, as opposed to the adjusted casino odds which favour the house ...sl.
• AX in a gambling operation: the house's cut of the bets ...1974 US sl.
• AXE in a gambling operation: the house's cut of the bets ...1974 US sl.
• BACK an illegal gambling operation ...1973 US sl.
• BANANAS yellow $20 gambling tokens used in baccarat ...sl.
• BARBER POLE a bet made up of tokens of different value and colour ...sl.
• BONE in private poker games or other private gambling: a white betting chip ...1866 US sl.
• DEADWOOD non-playing observers of gambling ...1974 US sl.
• DUCK-SHOVING fighting for status, rank, position, esp. in political terms; in gambling: manipulating, using sleight of hand ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• EDGE in gambling: a statistical advantage, usually expressed as a percentage ...1977 US sl.
• FAST AND LOOSE a gambling and cheating game, often practiced by thimbleriggers, in which a garter is folded and held out to the punter who bets that by pricking with a pin they can hit the place where the material is folded; almost inevitably they fail and lose their money ...L16 sl.
• FAST LIFE the worlds of gambling, drug-dealing, prostitution, etc. ...1960s US sl.
• FLUTTER a gamble ...c1870 colloq.
• GAFF † 1. a meeting of gamblers for the purpose of play ...1812 UK sl.
2. a cheating device in gambling, orig. a small hook set in a ring used by a card-sharp ...E19 sl.
• GAFFLE in street gambling: a protocol under which the winner shares his winnings with other players ...1997 US sl.
• GAFF WHEEL a gambling wheel controlled by the foot of the operator ...20C US sl.
• GAMESTRY † the practice of gaming ...1599
• GAMING † the act or habit of playing at games of change for stakes; gambling ...c1510
• H-17 in casino blackjack gambling: a rule that the dealer must draw a card if he has a 17 made with an ace counting 11 points (H= hit) ...1996 US sl.
• HAZARDRY † the playing at hazard; dicing, gambling ...1297
• LAKING-DO a gambling affair ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MARTINGALE a system in gambling which consists in doubling the stake when losing in the hope of eventually recouping oneself ...1815
• NATURAL in gambling: a winning combination in various gambling games, esp. in craps ...1912 Amer. sl.
• NUMBERS DROP a place where bets on an illegal lottery are turned in or made ...1957 US sl.
• OFFICE † 1. any man's ordinary haunt, as a tavern, ale-house, gaming-house, etc....a1700 sl.
2. any secret signal used by gambling cheats to communicate among themselves ...1950 US sl.
• OLD ARMY GAME, THE any ruthlessly played or unfair gambling game, esp. poker, or the shell game; any swindle  ...1890 US sl.
• OLD GENT in gambling: a card that is slightly longer than the rest of the pack and thus identifiable by cheats ...19C sl.
• OLD GENTLEMAN in gambling: a card that is slightly longer than the rest of the pack and thus identifiable by cheats ...19C sl.
• OLD LADY in gambling: a card that is slightly wider than the rest of the pack and thus identifiable by cheats ...E19 sl.
• PAPER AND PLASTIC in gambling: a combination of cash and betting chips ...1996 US sl.
• PUFF a decoy in a gambling-house ...1731 sl.
• PULLING TIME in an illegal numbers gambling lottery: the time of day when the winning number is drawn or selected ...1949 US sl.
• RAKE-OFF chips or money that a gambling house takes as its percentage from the money bet in a gambling game ...20C Amer. sl.
• SCHOOLING a criminal gambling party ...M19 sl.
• SKIN GAME in gambling: a rigged game that honest players always lose ...1962 US sl.
• SUMMER GAME playing merely for amusement or benefit of another person, but with his money ...1890 US gambling sl.
• TAKE-OFF in a gambling operation: the amount of the bet money taken by a house ...1950 US sl.
• TAP CITY the state of being unable to raise a stake for further betting ...1920s sl.
• TIGER a gambling establishment; the game of faro ...1838 Amer. dial.
• UNDERTAKER'S JOB a horse or greyhound which is deliberately, for the sake of the odds, not meant to win, whatever legitimate gamblers may presume ...1970s gambling sl.
• VELVET gambling winnings ...1974 US sl.
 
GAMBLE, GAMBLING - verbs
• ACE-DEUCE in gambling: to sustain heavy losses ...sl.
• BANG UP in gambling: to close a game or table ...sl.
• BIRL THE BAWBEE to make the money fly, to gamble or spend in drink ...1776 Sc.
• BUCK THE GAME to enter upon any hazard with a purpose to win ...1859  Amer. dial.
• BUCK THE TIGER 1. to gamble, to play cards ...1851 US sl.
2. to play against a gambling establishment, esp. at faro ...1857 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON to entice another to gamble ...1857 criminals’ sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S HAND in gambling: to challenge openly; to call someone's bluff ...1857 Amer. colloq.
• CAP to act as a confederate in a gambling game ...E19 sl.
• CRACK THE NUT in gambling: to make enough money to meet the day's expenses ...1961 US sl.
• DECORATE THE MAHOGANY to put money on the table; hence, to pay out money or to gamble ...1912 Amer. dial.
• FADE in gambling: to bet against another gambler (usually the shooter in craps); also, to match another's wager in full or in part ...1890 US sl.
• FAIRBANK in a gambling cheating scheme: to let a victim win at first, increasing his confidence before cheating him ...1961 US sl.
• FANCY of a gambler: to select as worthy of a bet, usually of a horse or dog ...1920s sl.
• FIGHT THE TIGER to play against a gambling establishment, esp. at faro; to gamble, to play at cards ...1837 Amer. dial.
• FLUTTER to gamble ...c1870 sl.
• FLY THE MAGS to gamble ...B1812 sl.
• GAFF 1. to gamble with cards, dice, etc. ...1812 sl.
2. to make a game crooked or dishonest, typically to tamper with a fruit machine or roulette wheel ...1934 US gambling sl.
• GAME to gamble ...1897 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A RAISE in gambling: to fund a peer who has lost all his money ...M19 US gambling sl.
• MARTINGALE in gambling: to double stakes constantly until luck repays all ..1823
• PIKE to gamble, esp. in a small way; to play cautiously and for small amounts ...1889 Amer. dial.
• RACK UP in a casino or gambling establishment: to have your chips placed in a chip rack to be cashed in ...1982 US sl.
• RAKE DOWN to win money at gambling, esp. cards ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SHUT OUT to prevent from gambling, or playing, usually by refusing to take a person's bet ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKIN to separate someone from all his money in a gambling game ...Brit. sl.
• STEAM in gambling: to bet increasingly larger amounts of money in a losing effort to recoup recurring losses ...1985 US sl.
• TOUCH THE MOPUSSES to win money at gambling ...L18 sl.
• WACK OUT in gambling: to lose all one's money ...1950s US gambling sl.
• WHACK OUT in gambling: to lose all one's money ...1950s US gambling sl.
• WONG in casino blackjack, to play several hands at a table where the count of cards played favours the player, and then to move on to another table ...1991 US sl.
 
GAMBLER, GAMBLING, GAMESTER - nouns, person
• ACTION PLAYER a gambler who bets heavily and, often,  unwisely ...sl.
• AMBIDEXTER in gambling: a house player ...16C gambling sl.
• BACKER a gambler who finances a game without playing himself ...sl.
• BAD RACK a gambler who does not pay his debts to a casino ...sl.
• BAGGAGE in gambling: a person who stands near a game but does not gamble; a non-playing observer of card or dice game ...1950 US sl.
• BALD-COOT an old man who has lost all his money gambling ...E19 sl.
• BALL TEAM a group of gambling cheats who work in casinos ...1987 US sl.
• BASEBALL TEAM a group of gambling cheats who work in casinos ...1987 US sl.
• BATTLER a gambler who tries to make a living by gambling; a habitual punter who is always struggling; also, a struggling horse owner-trainer ...1895 Aust. sl.
• BUCKER a gambler ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BUTTONER one who entices another to gamble ...1839 criminals’ sl.
• CARD MECHANIC in gambling: a person, as a crooked gambler, who is skilled at manipulating playing cards; a cardsharp ...1906 US sl.
• CHIPPY in gambling: an inexperienced player ...1961 Amer. sl.
• C-NOTE CHARLIE in a casino: a gambler who insists on betting wit $100 notes, not betting chips ...1949 US sl.
• CUB a tyro gamester ...L17 sl.
• DEAD FISH a gambler who places small bets to prolong the inevitable ...1963 US sl.
• DEADHEAD a non-playing observer of gambling ...1974 US sl.
• DEAD NAIL a gambler who cheats and/or refuses to pay his losses ...E19 sl.
• DIPSY a gambling cheat ...1950 US sl.
• DUDLEY a beginner gambler ...2003 US sl.
• EAGLE † the winning gamester ...1725 cant
• FACE in racecourse gambling: a bettor who is believed to have useful information regarding the likely outcome of a race ...2001 UK bookmakers' usage
• FAULKENER one who lures an innocent player into a crooked gambling game ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• FAULKNER one who lures an innocent player into a crooked gambling game ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• GAFFER one who tosses up coins in a gambling game based on guessing heads or tails ...E19 sl.
• GALTER a racehorse swindler; a gambler ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• GALTERS † a racehorse swindler; a gambler ...1848 UK criminals' sl.
• GAM a gambler ...1903 UK sl.
• GAMB a gambler ...L19 US sl.
• GAMBOLIER a gambler ...M19 US sl.
• GAMENER † a gamester, a player, a gambler ...1509.
• GAMESTRESS a female gamester or gambler ...1651
• GAMMER a gambler ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMNER † a gamester, a player, a gambler ...1509.
• HIGH JINKS a gambler who drinks with his victim in order to render the latter more malleable ...L17 sl.
• HIGH ROLLER a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly ...sl., chiefly US & Can.
• MAGSMAN a card-sharp or other cheating gamester ...M19 sl.
• MOVER in casino gambling: a dice cheat who places his bet after a roll has started ...1962 US sl.
• MUCK-SNIPE a ruined person, esp. a gambler ...c1850 Brit. sl.
• MUG PUNTER a gambler, viewed as inherently stupid ...1943 Aust. sl.
• NAIL a gambler who cheats and/or refuses to pay his losses ...E19 sl.
• NAILING RASCAL a gambler who cheats and/or refuses to pay his losses ...E19 sl.
• NAIL NICKER in gambling: a cheat who marks cards by nicking them with his fingernails ...1997 US sl.
• NAILS a gambler who cheats and/or refuses to pay his losses ...E19 sl.
• NONPRODUCER a professional gambler who cannot be counted on to lose a great deal of money while gambling in a casino ...1963 US sl.
• NUMBERS BANKER the operator of an illegal numbers racket or lottery ...1959 US sl.
• NUMEROLOGIST a person who claims to have devised a winning system for an illegal numbers gambling lottery ...1949 US sl.
• PALOOKA a dishonest gambler or gangster ...1934 US criminals' sl.
• PATENT GENTRY cheating gamblers ...M19 US sl.
• PERCENTAGE PLAYER a  gambler who appreciates odds and percentages, absorbing losses in the belief that the odds will ultimately favour him ...1961 US sl.
• PHEASANT in a gambling, cheating scheme, a victim ...1974 US sl.
• PIKER a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; a person who takes no chances...1889 Amer. dial.
• PUNTER a gambler, a speculator ...Brit. sl.
• SHARP a swindler; often applied to a fraudulent card player or other gambler ...1797 colloq.
• SHARPER a person who habitually cheats, swindles, or tricks another; often applied to a fraudulent card player or other gambler ...1681 colloq.
• SHERK a cheating gamester ...M17 sl.
• SHIRK a cheating gamester ...M17 sl.
• SPIELER a swindler; a fraudulent gambler ...1886 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• STEAMER a gambler who increases the size of his bets after losing ...1968 US sl.
• TABLEMAN † a gamester; applied in contempt ...1608
• TIGER-HUNTER a gambler ...1896 US sl.
• TUG a swindler; a fraudulent card player or other gambler ...1896 Aust. sl.
• WOOD in a casino or other gambling establishment: a person who watches without playing ...1950 US sl.
• WORKMAN a professional gambler ...c1800 gambling usage
 
GAMBLING - nouns
• LAYOUT the table, dice, cards, etc. required for setting up a gambling club, whether legitimate or as a prop for a confidence trick ...M19 sl.
 
GAMBLING, GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT - nouns  (also see CASINO)
• CARPET JOINT a carpeted and well-furnished or well-equipped gambling casino ...1961 Amer. sl.
• DEADFALL a low drinking or gaming-place ...Bk1897 US
• DIME STORE a small casino or gambling establishment with low-stakes games ...1953 US sl.
• GAFF a crooked casino or similar place designed to fleece innocent victims ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• SAWDUST JOINT a down-market restaurant or bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• SAWDUST PARLOR a down-market restaurant or bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• SAWDUST PLACE a down-market restaurant or bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• SAWDUST SALOON a down-market bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• TABLING-DEN † a low-class gambling-house ...1886
• TABLING-HOUSE † a house of resort for playing 'tables' or other games; a gambling-house ...1577
• TAKE JOINT a dishonest cabaret; a crooked gambling-den ...1933 US criminals' sl.
 
GAMBLING - interjections
• BANCO a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank ...18C
• FAIR GO, SPINNER! in the gambling game two-up, used as a call signifying that the coins are to be tossed ...1945 Aust. sl.
 
GAMBLING - phrases
• ALL-IN in gambling: betting all of one's chips ...sl.
• ALL JOKES, NO TOKES there is a lot of banter at the gambling table, but not much tipping of the dealer ...sl.
• ALL OUT in gambling: betting up to the house limit ...sl.
• ALL THE WAY IN ONE PLAY in gambling: a bet of all of one's chips ...sl.
• OBE of a bettor in debt: Owes Bookies Everywhere ...1989 Aust. sl.
• ON THE EDGE in gambling: out of funds, broke ...1963 US sl.
• OVER THE HUMP while gambling, having won enough to be gambling now with the house's money ...1950 US sl.
 
GAMBOL - nouns
• MARLOCK a frolic, a gambol, a piece of fun; a sportive gesture ...c1746 Eng. dial.
 
GAMBOL - verbs
• CAIL to move awkwardly and uncertainly; to gambol, to throw out the heels like a colt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GAMOND † a gambol, or leaping movement in dancing ...1500-20 Sc.
• MARLOCK to play, to frolic, to gambol, to romp ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PIROOT to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIROOT AROUND to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PITCHPOLE to be upended, to turn a somersault; to gambol ...1857 Amer. dial.
 
GAME - nouns
• ARMY GAME any game of chance played in an aggressive and/or dishonest fashion ...1890 US sl.
• CALEEVER a caper, frolic, antic; a hubbub, a noisy game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAD a game, a joke ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMMET fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAMMOCK a game, jest, piece of fun; also, fun, frolic, foolish spot ...1819 Eng. dial.
• GAMUT fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAUD † a trick, a prank; often, a device to deceive, a piece of trickery, a pretense; also, a game, sport, or pastime ...a1300
• GAWD † a trick, a prank; often, a device to deceive, a piece of trickery, a pretense; also, a game, sport, or pastime ...a1300
• LAKE play, amusement, fun; a game ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LARK a game; a piece of merriment or mischief; a trick ...1802 colloq.
• RAPS sports, games, merrymakings ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTREMS pranks, games, jollification ...M19 sl.
• YOKE a game, a match; a trial of skill ...1812 Sc.
 
GAME - nouns, person
• BASEKEEPER in various children's games: "it"; the person who must chase or catch the other players ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BASEMAN in various children's games: "it"; the person who must chase or catch the other players ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GAMSTER † a player in a game ...1721 Sc.
 
GAME - verbs
• KILL THE CLOCK in a game governed by time: to delay the game near the end when winning ...1970 US sl.
 
GAME - interjections
• BARLEY! in children's game: time out! ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BARLEY ME! in children's games: that's mine! ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BARLEY OUT! in children's games: a call for truce ...1917 Amer. dial.
• PARLEY! in children's games: time out! ...1901 Amer. dial.
• PARLEY OUT! in children's games: time out! ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
GAMEKEEPER - nouns, person
• GAME-WATCHER a gamekeeper ...1894 Sc.
• GAMEY a familiar name for a gamekeeper ...1866 Sc.
• GAMIE a gamekeeper ...1842 Sc.
• GEMMIE a familiar name for a gamekeeper ...1866 Sc.
• LOBS an under-gamekeeper ...M19 sl.
• VELVETEEN a gamekeeper, who commonly wore velveteen clothes ...1857
• WALKER † a keeper or ranger who  had a specified 'walk' in the forest; a gamekeeper ...1481-90
 
GAMENESS - nouns, person
• GAM † gameness, pluck ...1888 sl.
 
GAMESTER - nouns, person
• ADVENTURER † one who plays at games of chance, or adventures his money in such games; a gamester ...1474
• EAGLE † the winning gamester ...1725 cant
• ELBOW-SHAKER a gamester or sharper ...1725
• GAMENER † a gamester, a player, a gambler ...1509
• GAMNER † a gamester, a player, a gambler ...1509
 
GANG - adjectives
• MOB related to a criminal gang or its culture and lifestyle ...1940s US sl.
• MOB-HANDED used to denote that someone is part of or accompanied by a large gang ...1934 sl. 1998
• ON A MISSION searching for, in pursuit of, performing any gang-related activity, esp. killing members of a rival gang or simply penetrating their territory ...1980s US Black gang usage
 
GANG - nouns
• ANIMAL GANG a violent street gang ...1936 Irish sl.
• ARMSHOUSE armed gang warfare; a gang fight ...1990s UK Black & teen sl.
• BENGAL LANCERS razor gangs ...1930s Aust. sl.
• BLOCKBUSTING an attack by one gang who move out of their own territory to invade that of another ...1980s US Black sl.
• CARVE-UP a fight; a battle; a gang war ...1961 UK sl.
• GANGBANG a fight between youth gangs ...1967 US sl.
• HUMBUG a fight, esp. between youth gangs ...1962 US sl.
• IN'IT a teenage gang ...1990s UK Asian sl.
• LARRIKIN PUSH a street gang ...L19 sl., orig. US
• MOB a criminal gang; a gang of ruffians or thugs ...L18 sl., orig. US
• NEST a gang, as of thieves ...1604 sl.
• PACK a gang ...17C cant
• PATCH any form of insignia as worn by criminal or youth gangs, as the Hell's Angels, US prison gangs, street gangs, etc. ...1950s sl., orig. US
• POSSE a gang of Black (esp. Jamaican) youths involved in organized or violent crime, often drug-related ...1986 sl., chiefly US
• PULLING a challenge from a gang, or from one of its members ...1959 UK Teddy Boys' sl.
• PUSH a gang of larrikins ...1880s Aust. sl.
• RUB-OUT an assassination in gang warfare ...1927 sl., orig. US
• SIGNS hand signals showing youth gang affiliation ...1993 US sl.
• SKIN FIGHTING a fight between members of rival gangs in which weapons or at least lethal weapons are forbidden ...1967 US sl.
• STEAMING youth gang activity involving robbing and escaping en masse ...1987 UK sl.
• THIRTEEN a nickname for the Mexican Mafia prison gang ...2000 US sl.
• V-8 GANG a youth gang that uses large American cards ...1984 NZ sl.
• WIPE-OUT an assassination in gang warfare ...1968 sl., orig. US
 
GANG - nouns, person (also see CRIME)
• AARON, THE a criminal, esp. a gang leader ...17C sl.
• ACEMAN a leader of a street gang ...1953 US sl.
• BABY GANGSTER 1. a young member of a youth gang ...1989 US sl.
2. a gang member who has yet to commit a murder ...2000s US Black & teen sl.
• BIG SQUEEZE an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHUMP a disloyal gang member ...1970s US Black sl.
• COOLIE any youth unaffiliated to a street gang ...1950s US teen sl.
• DAMBER a man belonging to a criminal gang ...M17 criminals' sl.
• DAWG a fellow youth gang member ...2003 US sl.
• DEAD RAG a dead gang member ...1980s US Black gang usage
• DEB a female member of a street gang ...1940s US teen sl.
• DROOG a young ruffian or an accomplice or henchman of a gang-leader; a thug; a gangster...1962 sl.
• DUCHESS a female member of a youth gang ...1993 US sl.
• GANGBANGER a youth gang member ...1969 US sl.
• GANGSTA a young Black member of a (criminal) gang ...1998 US sl.
• GANGSTA-LETTE a female gang member ...2001 US sl.
• GANGSTER BITCH a female who associates with youth gang members ...2001 US sl.
• GIRL-DEB a female member of a street gang ...1940s US teen sl.
• HEAD SQUEEZE an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HOMEBOY a young Black or Hispanic member of a street gang ...1970s US Black sl.
• MAIN SQUEEZE an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1896 Amer. sl.
• MOBSTER a member of a criminal gang ...1917 sl., orig. US
• NAN NAN one of a gang of youths who sported straw hats (a nan nan)  as their 'colours' ...L19 Aust. sl.
• ONE OF THE CHAPS a member of one's own gang or group ...1950s UK criminals' sl.
• RAG a gang member ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAGGASTANI a member of a British Indian (Hindi) urban youth gang or subculture ...2006 UK sl.
• RAJAMUFFIN a member of a British Indian (Hindi) urban youth gang or subculture ...2006 UK sl.
• SCHOOLMAN a fellow member of a gang ...M19 sl.
• SKINHEAD a member of a youth fashion and gang movement, characterized by close-cropped or shaven scalp, and smart utilitarian wear, associated with football hooliganism, racist violence, and neo-Nazism ...1969 UK
• SKOLLIE a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• SKOLLY a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• STEAMER a member of a youth gang taking part in a steaming attack ...1987 UK sl.
• TINY a very young member of a youth gang ...1981 US sl.
• TINY GANGSTER a young member of a youth gang ...1989 US sl.
• VATO a member of a Mexican teen gang ...1970s US Hispanic usage
• VETERANO an experienced, respected gang member ...1975 US sl.
• WARLORD a street-gang leader ...1950s US Black & teen sl.
 
GANG  - verbs
• CALL IT ON vb. to challenge another gang to a gang fight ...1955 US sl.
• EARN ONE'S STRIPES of a young gang member: to commit a crime to advance his status ...1990s US Black gang & teen sl.
• GANGBANG. to be an active part of a gang; to battle another gang ...1968 US sl.
• GO ON LINE to become part of a gang (criminal or street) ...2005 UK sl.
• PATCH UP to become a full gang member ...1970s NZ sl.
• SAWEER of a gang member: to keep watch ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• SCALP to capture the insignia or 'patch' of a rival gang member ...1990s NZ sl.
 
GANGRENE - adjectives
• CANCRENATED †* affected with gangrene ...1582
• GANGRENATE †* in a state of gangrene ...1634
 
GANGRENE - nouns
• GANGRENATION †* a condition of gangrene or mortification ...1597
 
GANGRENE - verbs
• GANGER † to gangrene, to mortify ...1685
 
GANGRENED - adjectives
• GANGRENATED † gangrened ...1582
 
GANGRENOUS - adjectives
• GANGRENESCENT becoming gangrenous ...1828
 
GANGRENOUS - verbs
• GANGRENATE † to become gangrenous ...1753
• GANGRENATE † to make gangrenous ...1660
• GANGRENIZE †* to become gangrenous ...1597
 
GANGSTER - nouns, person
• B.G. a Baby Gangster, one who is a member of a gang, but has yet to shoot or kill anyone ...1980s sl., orig. US Black & teen sl.
• GANGSTA a person in a gang ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CADET a junior gangster ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• DROOG a young ruffian or an accomplice or henchman of a gang-leader; a thug; a gangster...1962 sl.
• DROOGIE a thug, a gangster ...1970s sl.
• G a gangster ...1980s US Black sl.
• GANGSTAMUTHAFUCKA a gangster, esp. one who is considered powerful ...1997 UK sl.
• GOODFELLA a gangster ...2003 US sl.
• GOOMBAH a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia ...1960s US sl.
• GUMBA a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia ...1960s US sl.
• GUN MOLL an armed female thief or other criminal; the female companion of a male gunman or gangster ...1908 US sl.
• OFF-BRAND a rival gangster ...1990s US Black gang sl.
• O.G. n. a veteran male member of a street gang, esp. one who commands much respect (Original Gangster) ...1988 US criminals' sl.
• O.G.B.. a real gangster (Original Ghetto Blood) ...1980s US Black gang sl.
• PALOOKA a dishonest gambler or gangster ...1934 US criminals' sl.
• RAGGAGANGSTA a West Indian/UK Black gangster ...1997 UK sl.
• RAGGAGANSTA a West Indian/UK Black gangster ...1997 UK sl.
• RANK a criminal, a gangster ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• SATURDAY GANGSTER a wannabe gangster ...1990s Aust. criminals' sl.
• TEARAWAY a minor gangster; a small-time villain ...1930s sl.
 
GANGSTER - nouns, person, other
• QUACKTAIL the girlfriend of a township gangster ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
 
GANGSTER - verbs
• SIDE VALVE to act the gangster ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
 
GAP - nouns
• CAB a gap ...1929 Sc.
• GACK † a gap, as in a hedge ...1825 Sc.
• LACUNA a gap, an empty space, spot, or cavity ...1872
• LACUNE a gap, an empty space, spot, or cavity ...1846
• OPEN an opening, a gap ...1606 Sc.
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANT †* a gap, a hole, a hollow ...1663 obs. rare exc. Eng. dial.
 
GAPE - adjectives
• GAPISH * having a tendency to gape, open-mouthed ...1850
 
GAPE - nouns
• GANT a yawn, a gape; gaping ...1513 Sc.
• GAUNT a yawn, a gape; gaping ...1513 Sc.
 
GAPE - verbs
• GALP † to gape, to yawn ...a1300
• GAMF to gape ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMP † to gape widely ...1746 Sc.
• GAMPH † to gape widely ...1746 Sc.
• GANE † to open the mouth wide, to gape or yawn ...c1000
• GAUK to stare or gape stupidly ...1785
• GANT to yawn, to gape ...1513 Sc.
• GAUNT to yawn, to gape ...1513 Sc.
• GAUP to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment ...1682
• GAURE † to stare, to gape, to gaze in wonder or astonishment ...c1374
• GAW † to gape, to stare; to look intently ...c1200
• GAWK to stare or gape stupidly ...1785
• GAWP to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment ...1682
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAUP to gape, to yawn; to yawn audibly ...1836 Eng. dial.
• YAWK to gape ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWM to move about awkwardly or slowly; to stand gaping or idling; to saunter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN to open the mouth wide from surprise or the like; to gape ...1604 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWP to gape, to yawn; to yawn audibly ...1836 Sc.
 
GAPING - adjectives
• GAMPY gaping ...1925 Sc.
• GAP-WIDE † gaping wide open ...1583
• GAWISH † staring, gaping; showy, gaudy ...1567
• OSCITANT † gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness ...1625 rare or obs.
• YAWN-MOUTHED gaping, wide open ...1861
 
GAPING - nouns
• GANCH the act of gaping wide; a snatch at anything; generally applied to a dog ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GANING † a gaping or yawning ...c1000
• GANT a yawn, a gape; gaping ...1513 Sc.
• GAUNT a yawn, a gape; gaping ...1513 Sc.
 
GAPING - nouns, person
• GAPIE a stupid, gaping, or irresponsible person; a fool ...1908 Sc.
• GAPPY a stupid, gaping, or irresponsible person; a fool ...1908 Sc.
 
GARAGE - nouns
• BOWSER a petrol garage that also sells food and drink ...1950s NZ sl.
• CAR HOUSE a garage ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CAR SHED a garage ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CAT HOUSE a garage for a tractor or similar vehicle ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
GARBAGE - see RUBBISH
 
GARBAGE CAN - nouns
• DIRT BOX a garbage can ...1983 Amer. dial.
 
GARBLE - verbs
• GELD † to garble; to remove the best part from ...1637
 
GARBLED - verbs
• YABBER to say or utter in a confused or garbled manner; to rattle off ...1808 Sc.
• YABBLE to say or utter in a confused or garbled manner; to rattle off ...1808 Sc.
 
GARDEN - adjectives
• GARDENESQUE partaking of the character of a garden; somewhat resembling a garden or what belongs to a garden ...1838
• GARDENLY * appropriate to a garden ...a1819
• HORTICOLOUS * inhabiting or growing in the garden ...1854
• HORTULANARY †* of a garden or gardening ...1715
 
GARDEN, GARDENING - nouns
• ADAM'S PROFESSION gardening ...1602 sl.
• BEG YOUR PARDON a garden ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• CALE-GARTH † a cabbage garden, a kale yard ...1483
• CALGARTH † a cabbage garden, a kale yard ...1483
• DOLLY VARDEN the garden ...L19 rhyming sl.
• GARDENAGE † 1. the practice or employment of cultivating a garden; horticulture ...1601
† 2. the produce of a garden ...1733
• GARDENERSHIP † the art and practice of gardening ...1711
• GARDENERY * the office or department of a gardener ...1892
• GARDENHOOD garden-like character ...1769 nonce word
• GARDEN-STEAD † a plot of land used as a garden ...1609
• GARDEN-THINGS † produce of a garden ...1772
• GARDEN-WARE † produce of a garden ...1707
• HALL † a space in a garden or grove enclosed by trees or hedges ...1712
• HEATH † part of a garden left more or less in the wild state ...1625
• KAIL-YARD a cabbage-garden, kitchen-garden, such as is commonly attached to a small cottage ...1725 Sc.
• KALE-GARTH a kitchen-garden, a small cottage garden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KALE-YARD a cabbage-garden, kitchen-garden, such as is commonly attached to a small cottage ...1725 Sc.
• LEIGHTON † a garden ...c950 exc. Eng. dial.
• LITEN a garden ...1775 Eng. dial.
• MAIL-GARDEN a garden the products of which are raised for sale ...1660 Sc.
• OLITORY † a kitchen-garden (herbs) ...1706
• ONE AND ELEVENPENCE THREE FARDEN a garden ...L19 rhyming sl.
• ORCHARD † a garden for herbs and fruit-trees ...c1000
• PALISADE † in gardening: a light fence or trellis-work on which trees or shrubs are trained; an espalier; hence, a row of trees or shrubs so trained, or a row of trees or shrubs forming a close hedge ...1658
• PALISADO † in gardening: a light fence or trellis-work on which trees or shrubs are trained; an espalier; hence, a row of trees or shrubs so trained, or a row of trees or shrubs forming a close hedge ...1604
• PANE a section or plot of ground in a garden, orchard, etc. ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PARADISE † 1. a pleasure-garden in general ...1610
† 2. the garden of a convent ...1875
• SAUCE-GARDEN a garden in which vegetables are grown for the table ...1837
• SMELLING CHEAT † a garden or orchard ...1567 cant
• TABLE GARDEN a vegetable garden for home consumption ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TALLY in market-gardening: five dozen (cabbages, bunches of turnips, etc.) ...1851
• TRUCK GARDEN a vegetable garden ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TRUCK PATCH a vegetable garden ...1812 Amer. dial.
• VERGER † a garden or orchard; a pleasure-garden ...a1300
• YAIRDIN a garden ...1887 Sc.
• YARD † a kitchen-garden or cottage-garden ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARD-DIKE † a garden wall ...1595
• YARD-DYKE a garden wall ...1714 Sc.
• YARD-FOOT the lower end of a garden ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARD-HEAD the upper end of a garden ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YELVE a garden-fork ...1688 Eng. dial.
 
GARDEN, GARDENER - nouns, person
• ADAMIST * one who tends a garden ...1630
• CABBAGE-GELDER a greengrocer or market-gardener ...1866 sl.
• DIGGUMS a gardener ...19C sl.
• GARDENERESS a female gardener; a gardener's wife ...1647
• GARDENIST a garden designer ...1762-71 nonce word
• LEIGHTONWARD † a gardener ...c1000
• MAIL-GARDENER a market gardener ...1795 Sc.
• MALLEE one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener ...1759 Anglo-Indian
• MALLEY a gardener ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• MALLIE one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener ...1759 Anglo-Indian
• MAULLY one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener ...1759 Anglo-Indian
• MOLLIE one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener ...1759 Anglo-Indian
• MOLLY one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener ...1759 Anglo-Indian
• ORTOLAN †* a gardener ...1526
• TOPIARIST one skilled in landscape-gardening ...1910
• TOPIARIUS one skilled in landscape-gardening ...1706
• TRUCKER one who grows garden produce for sale ...1856 Amer. dial.
• TRUCK GARDENER one who grows garden produce for sale ...1844 Amer. dial.
 
GARDEN - verbs
• GARDENIZE * to act as a gardener; to render like a garden ...1830
• PASTINATE † to dig, to loosen by digging; to dig in a garden ...c1420
 
GARGLE - nouns
• GARGARISE † a gargle for the throat ...1533
• GARGARISM † a gargle for the throat ...1398
 
GARGLE - verbs
• GARGALIZE †* to gargle ...1605
• GARGARIZE † to gargle; to wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor ...1533
• HAWK to gargle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• YOCKEN to gargle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GARISH - adjectives
• SAGA fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SAGGER fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed ...1950s W. Indies sl.
 
GARLIC - nouns
• ITALIAN PERFUME garlic ...E20 US sl.
• TOE a clove of garlic ...1921 Amer. dial.
 
GARMENT - adjectives (also see CLOTHES)
• AMICTED † clothed or covered with a garment ...1656
• HABILATORY * pertaining to clothing or garments; having reference to dressing; wearing clothes ...1827
• SALTY of a garment: well-worn, 'lived-in' ...1980s sl.
• SITTING †* of garments or articles of apparel: fitting well or closely to the body ...a1200
• SUCCINCT of garments: not ample or full; close-fitting, scant ...1712-14 arch. or poetic
 
GARMENT - nouns
• ABULZIEMENTS garments ...1719 Sc.
• BOLUMENTS other garments, generally of a ragged or ridiculous type ...1928 Sc.
• BULEMENTS garments ...1701 Sc.
• CASES † clothes, garments ...1593
• DRAPE a garment ...1938 sl. orig. US jazz usage
• GOMMUX garments ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HABILIMENTS the apparel, vestments, or garments appropriate to any office or occasion; also applied jocularly or grandiloquently to ordinary clothes ...1491
• HABIT a garment; a gown or robe ...1724 arch.
• HABITS clothes, garments ...c1477
• HABS clothes, garments ...1873 Sc.
• HACKLE † a cloak, mantle, outer garment ...c893
• HAVINGS dress, garments ...1768 Sc.
• HAP a covering or wrap of any kind; a coverlet, a rug; a thick outer garment, dress, clothing ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARNESS clothing, dress, garments; esp. a uniform ...1853 Amer. dial.
• HATER † a garment, a vestment ...a1225
• LACKIE a clout, a rag; a contemptuous name for a garment ...1892 Sc.
• LAPPET a loose or overlapping part of a garment, forming a flap or fold ...1573
• LURRIES † clothes, garments ...1676 sl.
• NUMBER a garment; an article of clothing ...1894 sl.
• ON-DRAW a garment worn only on occasions, or to go out of doors ...1928 Sc.
• OVERSLOP † an outer garment; a loose, upper garment; a cassock or gown ...c950
• PALLION a big, unwieldy article of cloth or clothing; a clumsy, old-fashioned garment; a bundle of clothes; one who is wears a lot of clothes ...1930 Sc.
• RAG ALLEY the garment industry ...M19 sl.
• RAG FAIR the garment industry ...M19 sl.
• RAG TRADE the garment industry ...M19 sl.
• RAIL † a garment, dress, mantle, cloak ...a700
• RAIMENT † an article of clothing, a garment, a dress ...1483
• TAILOR-MADE a personally tailored garment ...L19 US sl.
• TAPERLAURICHAN † any odd or grotesque garment or piece of apparel ...1890 Sc.
• TATTERWALLOPS rags, tatters, torn, flapping clothing; shreds in general; a ragged garment ...1801 Sc.
• TIREMENTS † articles of attire; garments, or ornaments as a whole ...1553
• VENT the wrist of a shirt; any opening in a garment ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WAFTURE the waving or undulation of a garment ...1880
• WALGAN an ill-fitting garment, frequently dirty ...1866 Sc.
• WAT an outer garment ...B1900 Sc.
 
GARMENT - verbs
• VENT †* to trim the openings or slits of a garment ...1547
• WAMFLE to go about with flapping garments; of garments, etc.: to flap, to flutter in the wind ...1808 Sc.
 
GARNISH - nouns
• EYEWASH a garnish on food, such as raisin sauce on plain white cake ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
GARNISH - verbs
• BEDO † to adorn, to ornament, to garnish ...a1500
• SAUCE to garnish; to adorn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
GARRET - nouns
• VANCE-ROOF a garret ...1655
 
GARRULOUS - adjectives
• BABBLATIVE given to babbling; talkative, loquacious, garrulous, prating ...1583
• BABBLY full of babble, chattering, prating, garrulous ...1865
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE chattering, garrulous; quarrelling ...1665 obs.
• CHINNY talkative; garrulous ...1883
• GABBIE garrulous, chatty, talkative; fluent in speech ...1719 Sc.
• GABBY garrulous, talkative ...1719 Sc.
• GAGGLING garrulous, chattering ...1553
• HAVERING chattering, nonsensical, gossiping, garrulous ...1721 Sc.
• INANILOQUENT †* full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous ...1656
• INANILOQUOUS † full of empty or idle talk; loquacious, garrulous; speaking inanely, babbling ...1721
• POLYLOQUENT †* talking much, very talkative, loquacious, garrulous ...1656 
• RABBIN babbling, talkative, garrulous ...1901 Sc.
• RATTLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous, gossiping ...1876 Amer. dial.
• TICKLE-TONGUED † loose of tongue; talkative; garrulous ...1577
• TONGUE-RIPE † garrulous, loquacious, talkative, voluble, glib ...1610
• YATTERIN endlessly talking, garrulous ...1923 Sc.
 
GARRULOUS - nouns, person
• CLACK-BOX a garrulous person; a chatterbox ...19C Eng. dial.
• EAR-BENDER a talkative or garrulous bore ...1934 US sl.
• FAG-MA-FUFF a garrulous old woman ...19C Sc.
• HAIVER a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIVEREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a half-wit, a simpleton ...c1779 Sc.
• HAIVREL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool ...1801 Sc.
• HAVEREL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool; one who talks without sense ...c1779 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVERIL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool ...1801 Sc.
• HAVERS a stupid, chattering person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a stupid, half-witted person, a simpleton ...c1779 Sc.
• JOHNNY WALKER a garrulous person ...20C rhyming sl. for 'talker'
• MAG a chatterer; a chatterbox; a talkative, garrulous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEHEAD a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLEMOUTH a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-TONGUE a garrulous or gossiping person ...1876 Amer. dial.
• RATTLETRAP a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person; a lively giddy girl ...Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHACK-ROUSER a nickname for a garrulous person ...1957 Amer. dial.
• SHACK-ROUSTER a nickname for a garrulous person ...1957 Amer. dial.
• YABBLE a garrulous person; a chatterbox ...1880 Sc.
 
GAS, GASOLINE - see FUEL
 
GAS - verbs
• BE GASPHYXIATED to be asphyxiated by gas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
GASH - nouns
• GANCH a gash or wound made by a boar's tusk ...1818 arch.
• GAP † a gash or wound in the body ...a1500
• GARSE † a cut, incision, gash ...a1225
• GAUNCH a gash or wound made by a boar's tusk ...1818 arch.
 
GASH - verbs
• GANCH † of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk ...1621
• GAUNCH † of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk ...1621
 
GAS MASK - nouns
• ANTI-GAS HEATER a gas mask ...World War II Amer. army sl.
• BEAK COVER a gas mask ...Amer. World War I sl.
• CANARY a gas mask ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FACE MUFFLER a gas mask ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FACE-WELLY a gas mask ...2002 UK Royal Air Force usage
• GAS GOGGLES a gas mask ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GASPIRATOR a gas mask ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MUFFLER a gas mask ...Amer. World War I sl.
• NOSE-BAG a gas mask ...1915 Brit. sl.
• NOSE CAP a gas mask ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PIG NOSE a French gas mask ... Amer. World War I sl.
• SNUFF-BOX a gas mask ...1940s sl.
 
GASP - verbs
• FETCH AT THE THROPPLE † to gasp ...Bk1905 Sc.
• GANT to gasp, to open the mouth wide for breath ...1886 Sc.
• GAPE † to gasp from pain, heat, etc.; also, of the dead: to have the mouth open ...1352
• KAW to gasp for breath ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KECK to become short of breath; to catch one's breath; to gasp ...1721
• THRATCH † to gasp convulsively, as in the death-agony ...1806 Sc.
 
GASPING - adjectives
• GASPANT gasping ...1831 nonce word
 
GASPING - nouns
• TIFT a state of gasping or panting; a condition of breathlessness from exertion ...1853 Eng. dial.
 
GAS STATION - nouns
• BLUE GOOSE a bus stop, a filling station ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OIL STATION a gas station ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
GAS STATION - nouns, person
• GAS PUMP JOCK in the days before self-service, a petrol (gas) station attendant ...1986 US sl.
 
GATE - adjectives
• AGEE of a door or gate: half-open, ajar ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AJEE of a door or gate: half-open, ajar ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
GATE - nouns
• BAR 1. the gate of a town or city ...1695 Eng. dial.
  2. a gate across a road, generally for the purpose of collecting tolls ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CLICKET † the latch of a gate or door ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAR(R) the upright part of a gate or door to which the hinges are fastened ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HATCHET a low garden gate ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VARDLE the bottom hinge of a gate ...1787 Eng. dial.
• YETT-CHEEK † the side or post of a gate ...1792 Sc.
 
GATE - verbs
• GIRG † of a door or gate: to make a creaking noise, to grate, to jar, to vibrate ...1513 chiefly Sc.
 
GATECRASH - verbs
• LIG to freeload, esp. by gatecrashing ...1981 Brit. sl.
 
GATECRASHER - nouns, person
• LIGGER someone who gatecrashes parties; a freeloader ...1977 Brit. sl.
• WALK-IN one who gatecrashes parties ...1920s US sl.
 
GATEKEEPER - nouns, person
• GATE-WARD a gate-keeper ...c1000 arch.
• WARDEN * a gatekeeper, a porter, a sentinel ...a1225
 
GATHER - verbs
• ACCOIL † to gather together, to collect ...1596
• ACCRUE † to gather up, to collect ...1594
• BIKE to swarm like bees; also, to gather, to assemble, to crowd ...1790 Sc.
• DINGLE to draw together, to gather ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HATTER to gather, to collect in crowds ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JARG † of a door or gate: to make a creaking noise, to grate, to jar, to vibrate ...1513 chiefly Sc.
• MEECH to gather up by picking or begging ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RAMASH † to gather together ...1589
• RAMASS † to gather together ...1589
• SAM(M) to gather or scrape together; to collect; to pick up; generally used with 'together' or 'up' ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMB † to pull or rake together with the hands; to gather a handful of anything from the ground ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN to gather together; to collect in any way; to get hold of; to gain, to catch ...1873 Sc.
• SCRAP † to gather together; to pick up ...1810 Sc.
• SCRAWL to scrape up; to gather together; to toss about in a confused, disorderly manner ...1866 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWM to gather hastily together; to rake together; to seek after greedily ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP to collect, to gather up ...1884 Eng. dial.
 
GATHERING - adjectives
• CLUSTEROUS †* in a cluster, thronging, gathering close together ...1583
• RANDY fond of attending social gatherings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GATHERING - nouns
• AIK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• BAKE a social gathering at which a meal, esp. of baked food, is served ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BAMBACHE a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BAMBOCHE a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-RIVE a great feast; a social gathering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIG DOINGS a celebration, a party; a formal social ceremony or gathering ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BIG TIME a convivial party or celebration; a social gathering; an enjoyable time ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BIKE a gathering, an assembly of people ...1785 Sc.
• BREAK-DOWN a convivial gathering ...20C colloq.
• CABAL a group of people met together for gossip or drinking ...1704 Sc.
• DING-DONG a wild party or gathering ...1936 UK sl.
• DINGLE a group, a gathering ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DITTY a social gathering ...1906 Amer. dial.
• EARTH-QUAKE a social gathering ...1820 Eng. dial. 
• FANDANGO a rowdy or boisterous social gathering ...1848 Amer. dial.
• FEAST † a gathering for pleasure or sports ...1485
• GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip ...1897 sl., orig. US
• GANDER-PARTY a social gathering consisting of men only ...1856
• GANGBANG a social gathering ...1977 UK sl.
• HACK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAIKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering ...1820 Sc.
• HEAD † a body of people gathered ...1588
• HENFEST a women's gathering or party ...1942 Amer. sl.
• INGETTING † the act of gathering in or receiving ...1721 Sc.
• KAILIE a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening's informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit ...1840 Sc.
• KALEY a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening's informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit ...1840 Sc.
• KEALIE a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening's informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit ...1840 Sc.
• KENSINGTON a social gathering ...1931 Amer. dial.
• KENSON a social gathering ...1948 Amer. dial.
• KICKUP a social gathering with games and dancing ...1778 Amer. dial.
• KNEES-UP a wild party or similar gathering, typically featuring energetic dancing ...1963 Brit. sl.
• LEVEE a formal or fashionable social event, often held in someone's honour; a less formal social gathering, often held as a fundraiser ...1766 Amer. dial.
• LICKING POST a gathering place ...M19 US sl.
• LICK-LOG a gathering place ...1898 Amer. dial.
• MAGAZINE a crowd, a gathering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEST a collection, gathering of any kind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OMNIGATHERUM † omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley  ...a1400
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• PERCOLATOR a social gathering, usually with music, for the purpose of raising money for rent ...1946 Amer. dial.
• QUELET †* a gathering, collection; congregation ...1382
• QUORUM a gathering, esp. of friends for social purposes; a company ...c1760 Sc., chiefly poetic usage
• RALLY a disorderly crowd; a boisterous assembly of people; a great gathering ...1815 Sc.
• RAM-SAMMY a family quarrel; a noisy gathering ...1891 Eng. dial.
• RAVE a lively party or rowdy gathering ...1960 sl.
• RAVE-UP a lively party or rowdy gathering ...1967 sl.
• REPAIR a concourse of people; a resorting, gathering ...1895 Sc.
• SAMENING † a gathering, an assembly ...c950
• SANS SOUCI † a free-and-easy social gathering ...1781
• SAUSAGE FEST a mostly male gathering ...1990s U S college sl.
• SAUSAGE PARTY a mostly male gathering ...1990s U S college sl.
• SHINDY a party or gathering, esp. a noisy one with dancing; a spree, a frolic, a shindig ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SKULK † a number, company, or gathering of person or animals given to skulking, as a 'skulk of foxes', a 'skulk of heretics' ...c1450
• THROUGH-GANGINGS social gatherings, jollifications ...1846 Eng. dial.
 
GATHERING - verbs
• MAKE THE SCENE vb. to arrive and participate in a social gathering ...1958 US sl.
 
GAUCHE - adjectives
• OUT OF THE WAY unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche ...1976 Amer. dial.
• RAW AS ROPES doltish, gauche, uncouth ...1880 Sc.
 
GAUCHE - nouns, person
• DAG a gauche, socially awkward adolescent ...2000s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MANEEN a little man; a gauche young man ...1910s Irish sl.
 
GAUDINESS - nouns
• GAUDISHNESS gaudiness, showiness ...1583
 
GAUDY - adjectives
• BINKIE gaudy, trimly-dressed, smart ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BONT gaudy, lurid; colourful ...1970s S. Afr.
• BRANKIE finely dressed, gaudy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAW-WARLD showy, gaudy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUTTERFLY of clothes: gaudy, tasteless, flashy ...1900s sl.
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• FLAMBUSTIOUS gaudy, showy ...1868 Amer. sl.
• FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy  
• FLASH characterized by outward show; gaudy, showy, smart, flashy ...1785
• GAIRIE of bright or variegated colour, gaudy ...1804 Sc.
• GAIRY of bright or variegated colour, gaudy ...1804 Sc.
• GALLIERT brightly coloured, gaudy ...1915 Sc.
• GAUDISH † gaudy, showy ...1538
• GAWISH † staring, gaping; showy, gaudy ...1567
• RAUNCHY dilapidated, old, worn out, used up; cheap, inferior; ugly, dirty; gaudy; corny ...c1950 US teen usage
• RORY loud in colour, gaudy, glaring ...1866 Sc.
• RORY-TORY having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; gaudy, tawdry, showy, dashing; generally used of colour in dress ...1874 Eng. & Amer. dial.  
• SCAUMY gaudy, showy in dress ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SNAZZY gaudy and meretricious ...1970s Amer. sl.
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACK-O-RAMA completely tacky or tasteless, gaudy ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TINSELLY cheap and gaudy ...1805
• TIPPY-BOB gaudy, smart, dandified, showy in dress ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
GAUDY - nouns
• BEDIZENMENT vulgar or gaudy attire ...1837
• FALLALERY tawdry finery; gaudy ornament ...1833
• FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; a gewgaw; something pretty and of little value ...1580 arch.
• FOFARRAW gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc. ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FOOFOORAW gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc. ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GAUD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw ...c1430  
• GAUDERY gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery ...1597-8
• GAWD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw ...c1430 
• GEWGAW a gaudy plaything or ornament ...ME
 
GAUDY - nouns, person
• RAINBOW one who dresses in gaudy bad taste ...1970s US Black sl.
• SANTA CLAUS a vulgar, gaudy, and tasteless dresser ...1980s US sl.
 
GAUDY - verbs
• BETAWDER † to bedizen with tawdry finery, to adorn gaudily ...a1689
 
GAUNT - adjectives
• GANCE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANSE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANT † in a favourable or neutral sense: slim, slender, not fat; gaunt ...c1440
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAW-BONE † raw-boned; very lean or gaunt ...1593
• THIRDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THIRL of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THURDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
 
GAUNT - nouns, person
• ASH-CAT a gaunt Black person ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BARROW-TRAM a raw-boned person; a gaunt person ...1815 Sc.
• RAW-BONE † a very lean or gaunt person; a mere skeleton ...1638
• SCRAMMEL a lean, gaunt, ill-favoured person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
GAUZY - adjectives
• VAPOROUS of fabrics or garments: gauzy, filmy ...1863
 
GAWKY - adjectives
• GAMALEERIE † of clumsy build, tall, raw-boned, lean, and long-necked; hence, awkward, gawky ...1808 Sc.
• GAWKWARD gawky ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUAWING clumsy, awkward, gawky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GAWKY - nouns, person
• AWPS a stupid, clumsy, gawky person ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FLISKMAHOY a giddy, ostentatious person; a flighty girl; a giddy, gawky girl; a woman who gives herself airs ...1816 Sc.
• GANDER a dull or stupid person; a fool, a simpleton; a gawky person ...1553
• HOBBLEDEHOY a youth between man and boy; a young lad between fourteen and twenty-one, neither man nor boy; a clumsy, awkward, or gawky youth ...a1540
 
GAY (light-hearted) - adjectives
• ALACRIOUS † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful ...1602
• BAUDE †* joyous, gay ...c1400
• BRANKIN lively, gay; showy, ostentatious; prancing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CAGEY in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• CAGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton ...1725 Sc.
• DAFT thoughtless or giddy in one's mirth; madly gay or frolicsome ...c1575 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DANDY fine, gay; flashy, showy ...1813
• DASHIE making a great show; showy, gay, proud ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ECKLE-FECKLE † cheerful, merry, gay; also applied to one who possesses a sound and penetrating judgement ...1825 Sc.
• FACETE facetious, witty, humorous, pleasant, cheerful, gay ...1603 arch.
• FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful ...1654
• GALLANTISH gay, fond of display ...1802 Sc.
• GALLIANT gallant; gay ...1860 Eng. dial.
• GALLIARD lively, brisk, gay, full of high spirits ...c1386 arch.
• GALYANT gallant; gay ...1860 Eng. dial.
• GAY † in a gay mood, joyously ...1500-20
• GLEESOME merry, gay, joyous, gleeful, lively ...1603 archaic or Eng. dial.
• JOCANT † mirthful, merry, gay, jocund ...c1440
• JOVY † jovial, merry, gay ...1426
• LIFESOME full of life or animation; lively, gay, sprightly, animated ...1688 
• MIGHTY very fine or gay ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUIVER † active, nimble, brisk, smart, gay, lively; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RACKETY noisy, gay, fond of excitement ...1773
• RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay ...1567
• RICOCHET gay; splendid ...Bk1903 American cadet usage
• SMICKER † gay, spruce ...1589
• VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• VAUDIE 1. cheerful, merry, gay, elated, delighted ...c1720 Sc.
2. gay or fine in appearance, showy ..,1805 Sc.
• VAUDY elated, cheerful, gay, merry, delighted ...c1720 Sc.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
• VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy ...c1715 Sc.
• VOUDIE adj. proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• WADDIE proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
 
GAY (light-hearted) - nouns, person
• AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb ...1611
• FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion ...1571
• GALLIARD a gay, lively youth or young man; a man of fashion; a dissipated man ...1802 Sc.
• RACKETER * a gay or noisy person ...1661
• RAMPLOR a gay, roving fellow ...1822 Sc.
• SHIRLEY a gay man ...1980s US sl.
 
GAY (light-hearted) - verbs
• HILARATE †* to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate ...1623
• LAITCH to be gay; to laugh, to titter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LIVE IT UP to enjoy oneself; to have fun; to lead a gay, extravagant life ...1951 sl., orig. US
• RACKET to live a gay life, to take part in social excitement ...1760
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
 
GAZE - adjectives
• GAZEFUL † that gazes intently ...1595
 
GAZE - nouns
• GAPE an open-mouthed stare; a gaze of wonder or curiosity ...1660
• GAZING † something to gaze at; a spectacle ...1548
• GAZING-STOCK an object of the people's gaze; a person on whom others gaze or stare; an object of ridicule ...1535
• VEESY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
 
GAZE - nouns, person
• GAPER one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...a1637
• GAPERESS † a female who stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...1660
• KEEKER a peeper, a gazer ...Bk1902 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOOTER † one who gazes; a watchman; a peeper ...1382
 
GAZE - verbs
• DARE † to gaze fixedly or stupidly; to stare as one terrified, amazed, or fascinated ...a1225
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAN to stare, to gaze vacantly ...1880 Sc.
• GANDER to stretch the neck like a gander; to stand gazing, to look foolish; to use conceited airs and gestures ...1822 Sc.
• GAPE-GAZE to gaze with open mouth, or with eagerness ...1863
• GAUP to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment ...1682
• GAURE † to stare, to gape, to gaze in wonder or astonishment ...c1374
• GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAWP to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment ...1682
• GLOP † to stare, to gaze in alarm or wonder ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAUVE to stare, to gaze vacantly or in astonishment ...1877 Eng. dial.
• KEEK † to glance, to gaze ...c1386 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOOK BABIES to gaze into another's eyes
• MAUSE to ponder upon; to gaze at; to admire ...1790 Eng. dial. obs.
• TOISE * to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot, to stare, to gaze at ...1889
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
GAZED - nouns
• GAURING-STOCK † a gazing-stock; a thing or person gazed or stared at ...1559
• GAZE † that which is gazed or stared at ...1542
 
GAZING - adjectives
• GAZY * given to gazing ...1745
 
GEAR - nouns
• CLOBBER clothing; gear, equipment ...L19 sl.
• DUFFLE gear; small personal property; trash ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
GEEGAW - see GEWGAW
 
GELD - verbs
• UNGEAR † to castrate, to geld ...1788 Sc.
 
GELDING - nouns
• GOW a gelding ...1930 Amer. dial.
 
GEM - adjectives (also see JEWEL)
• GEMMARY † concerned with or skilled in gems ...1382
• GEMMEOUS pert. to a gem ...1605
• GEMMIFEROUS producing gems ...1656
• ORIENT applied to pearls and precious stones of superior value and brilliancy, as coming anciently from the East; precious, excellent; brilliant, lustrous, sparkling ...c1400
• ORIENTAL applied to pearls and precious stones ...c1385
 
GEM - nouns
• GEMMERY * gems as an object of connoisseurship ...1840
• GEMMOLOGY n. the science of gems ...1811
• GEMMOSITY † the quality of being a jewel; an abundance of precious stones ...1656
• ORIENTAL † an oriental pearl or other gem ...1377
 
GEM - nouns, person
• GEMMARY † an engraver of gems; a jeweller ...1382
 
GENEALOGY - nouns
• ETION † kindred, lineage; descent, genealogy ...1742 Sc.
 
GENERAL - adjectives
• PANIC † universal, general ...a1661 nonce use
• SUMMARY † general, not detailed ...1529
 
GENERAL - adverbs
• IMPERATORIOUSLY † as a commander or general ...1620
 
GENERAL - nouns
• BUTTON a general's star ...a1984 US Army usage
 
GENERALLY - adverbs
• BY A SLUMP as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
• BY SLUMP as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
• BY THE SLUMP as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
• IN A SLUMP as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
• IN SLUMP as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
• IN THE SLUMP as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
• MAINLY-WHAT for the most part, generally ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VERY MOST generally ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GENERATION - nouns
• RACE †* a generation ...1549-62
• SUCCESSIONS †  (future or successive) generations ...c1430
 
GENEROUS - adjectives
• BIG-HEARTED generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROADGAUGED generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEVER generous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DAP of a person: pleasant; generous ...1956 US Black sl.
• FREE-AND-EASY generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FREE-HANDED generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GIVEY generous ...1963 Amer. dial.
• GOOD-HANDED generous ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GREAT-HEARTED having a noble or generous spirit ...LME
• HANDSOME generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LARGE † liberal in giving; generous; bountiful, munificent; open-handed; also, liberal in expenditure, prodigal, lavish ...c1175
• LARGE-HANDED generous, liberal, open-handed ...a1628
• LARGIFICAL †* bestowing bountifully; generous, liberal, bountiful, ample ...1656
• MAGNANIMOUS generous in feeling or conduct; not petty ...M16
• MANLY † humane, charitable; generous ...1377
• MANNERLY generous; pleasant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL hospitable; generous, liberal ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPEN generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RACIAL generous, open-handed ...1940s W. Indies usage
• RAFFIE abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY abundant, generous, liberal, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• ROOM-HANDED † liberal, generous ...c1200
• SPORTY generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPUNKIE generous ...1892 Sc.
• WHITE generous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAPPY over-generous ...1990s US college sl.
 
GENEROUS - nouns
• NATURESSE † natural affection or feeling; a generous act ...a1412
 
GENEROUS - nouns, person
• NATURAL a clever, quick-witted, generous man ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• PARTER a generous person, one who pays up without complaint ...M19 sl.
• SANTA CLAUS a generous benefactor ...20C US sl.
• TIPPET a generous person; someone who treats their companions ...16C
 
GENEROUS - verbs
• MAKE A BIG FELLER OF ONESELF to give the impression that one is generous or forgiving ...c1945 Aust. sl.
• OPEN ONE'S HEART to be generous; usually used in irony ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
GENEROUS - phrases
• NOT GIVE THE STEAM OF YOUR PISS expresses an absolute refusal to give or be generous ...2000 UK sl.
• NOT GIVE THE STEAM OFF YOUR TURDS expresses an absolute refusal to give or be generous ...2000 UK sl.
 
GENEROUSLY - adverbs
• LARGE † liberally, generously ...1477
• LARGELY liberally, generously, bountifully ...c1230 now arch.
• MANLY † like a human being; humanely, courteously; generously ...1377
 
GENIAL - adjectives
• BEIN † pleasant, genial, kindly ...a1200
• BOON convivial, jolly, genial ...M16
• HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial ...1724 chiefly Sc.
• SANSHACH pleasant, agreeable, genial ...1969 Sc.
• SUNBEAMED † as bright as the sun; genial, kind ...1588
• SUNBEAMY kind, genial ...1890
 
GENIALLY - adverbs
• BEIN † pleasantly, genially, kindly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• BENIGNLY of things: genially, favourably, auspiciously ...a1687