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GORE - GRANTING
GORE - verbs
• OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death ...c893
GORGE - nouns
• SHUT-IN a gorge, a canyon ...1913 Amer. dial.
• THRUTCH a narrow passage or gorge; a thick, dense growth of underwood, etc. through which it is difficult to push a way ...1872 Eng. dial.
GORGE - verbs
• WAD to stuff with food; to gorge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GORGEOUS - adjectives
• ALAMONAGORGEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEE-YOO-TIFUL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE-U-TIFUL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DASHY showy, gorgeous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DAZZLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEVASTATING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIVINE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELEGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIT TO KILL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GORGE gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GORGIS gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUDJUS gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUST TOO KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTY wickedly good, excellent, first-class, esp. in the respect of attractiveness or effectiveness; gorgeous, sexually attractive ...1834 Amer. sl.
• PERFECTLY KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTRID resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAVING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RED-HOT resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPSNIPTIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIDLIUMPTOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIFFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDOODLE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDUMPISH resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPTIOUS stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome ...1881 sl., orig. US
• SENSATIONAL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY STUNNING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANGLORIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDACEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDACIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDATIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDESCENT splendid, gorgeous ...1848
• SPLENDICULAR resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDICULOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLAGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLDIFFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLDOODLE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO-TOO DIVINE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
GORMANDIZER - nouns, person
• GABIATOR a gormandizer, one who takes great pleasure in eating and drinking ...1831 Sc.
• GLUBBER † a glutton, a gormandizer; one who eats or drinks gluttonously ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GULIST † one who pampers his appetite; a glutton, a gormandizer ...1632
GORMANDIZING - nouns
• BELLY-RACK an act of gormandizing ...Bk1898 Sc.
GOSPEL - nouns
• BASE lines sung by the chorus in gospel singing ...1863 Amer. dial.
• VANGEL † gospel ...a1340
GOSPEL - nouns, person
• BASER in gospel singing: a member of the chorus; also, lines sung by the chorus ...1867 Amer. dial.
GOSSIP - adjectives
• BUZZWORTHY worthy of attention and gossip ...Amer. sl.
• MACOCIOUS inclined to gossip ...1977 Trinidad and Tobago
• NEWSFU' full of gossip ...1812 Sc.
• NEWSY talkative; full of gossip; scandal-loving; inquisitive, nosy ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
• TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing ...c1200
• TART of gossip, etc.: stinging, striking ...1901 Sc.
GOSSIP, GOSSIPING - nouns
• ABBA-DABBA chatter, gossip ...1961 US sl.
• BABBLE an idle, foolish story; gossip ...1855 Eng. dial.
• BABBLES AND SAUNTERS gossiping tales and repetitions ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BACKTALKING gossiping conversation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAD MOUTH malicious gossip or criticism ...N. Amer. sl.
• BATCH a bout or turn of drinking, card-playing, gossip, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLABBER-FEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BLAB-FEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUTTER a great deal of nonsensical gossip ...Bk1866 Sc.
• CABAL a group of people met together for gossip or drinking ...1704 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CABALLING gossiping, chattering ...1891 Eng. dial.
• CADDLEMENT fuss, confusion; gossip, chatter ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING gossiping, idle chattering ...L19 Ireland
• CAG an argument; a dispute; gossip ...L18 sl.
• CAGMAG chatter, idle talk; gossip; an unsettled argument ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAILEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CAL talk, gossip ...1841 Eng. dial.
• CALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CALL-HOIL a place for gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING gossip, scandal, idling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING-HOIL a place for gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING-SHOP a place for gossip ...1868 Eng. dial.
• CAMPLE talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation ...1867 Eng. dial.
• CAYLEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CHATTERMAG chatter, talk, gossip ...19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CHIN FEST a session of idle talk and gossip; a discussion ...20C US sl.
• CLISH-CLASH idle gossip ...L17 Sc.
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
• CRAKE a talk; gossip, tale-telling, generally of an ill-natured kind ...19C Eng. dial.
• CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice ...1862 Ireland
• DIDDLE tittle-tattle; a gossiping tale ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIRT filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip ...1926 sl.
• FAT-CHEWING a gabfest; a spirited conversation; gossip ...1957 Amer. dial.
• GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip ...1897 sl., orig. US
• GADDINGS gossiping visits ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFF news, gossip ...1940s Irish sl.
• GAMMOCKING gossiping, idling ...1839 Eng. dial.
• GANGE pert, foolish speaking; a gossiping tongue ...1866 Sc.
• GUP gossip; scandal; silly talk ...1883 Anglo-Indian colloq.
• GUP-GUP gossip; scandal ...1809 Anglo-Indian colloq.
• HAIVER a gossip, a desultory chat ...1842 Sc.
• HAIVERS nonsense, foolish talk, gossip, chatter ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HASH nonsense; gossip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HAVER a gossip, a desultory chat ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVERING chatter, gossip, nonsense ...c1800 Sc.
• HOB-GOB silly, empty talk; gossip, chat ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JABBER gossip ...1930s sl.
• JAYBIRD GOSSIP the petty gossip of the backyard, malicious and amusing like the raucous chatter of the jays ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• KALY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• KALYIN gossiping ...1954 Sc.
• LABRISH gossip, chatter ...1940s W. Indies
• LAIG idle, silly talk; gossip ...1844 Sc.
• LATRINE WIRELESS the exchange of gossip at a latrine ...World War II Brit. usage
• LICKMOUTH cheap, nasty gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LONG-TAILED WHISTLE the spreading of gossip ...1822 Sc.
• MAG prattle, chatter; a talk, gossip, chat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARDLE a gossip; a long talk ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MILL-HOUSE STORY a piece of doubtful gossip ...1871 Eng. dial.
• NANTLING gossiping or trifling matters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWS gossip; talk, conversation; the subject of talk ...1844 Sc.
• NEWSING gossiping ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NIGGERGRAM (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIGGER-MOUTH (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIGGER NEWS (derogatory) gossip ...1859 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER TALK (derogatory) chatter; irresponsible gossip ...M19 US sl.
• ODD TALK chatter, gossip, trifling dialogue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD TALK chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PIG HASH nonsense; gossip ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1847 nonce word
• QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1804 nonce word
• RAKE a gossiping meeting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROAD TALK gossip, a rumour ...1982 Bahamas
• SCANMAG chatter, gossip, scandal ...E18 sl.
• SCHMOOSE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOZE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCLAIVER a piece of scandal; idle or slanderous gossip ...1921 Sc.
• SCUTTLEBUTT gossip ...US Civil War usage
• SEH-SEH SEH-SEH gossip ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• SHE-SHE TALK woman's talk, gabble, gossip ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SKINDER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• SKINDERING an act of gossiping ...1981 S. Afr.
• SKINNER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• TALE-IDLE a false report; gossip ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TALING * telling of tales, talking, gossiping; also, a tale ...1382
• TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news ...1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE talk, chatter, prattle; esp. empty or trifling talk about trivial matters; petty gossip ...a1529
• TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble ...1866
• TWITTLE-TWATTLE † idle talk, chatter, gossip, tittle-tattle ...1556
• VICEVERSATION a conversation about others' vices; malicious gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WAFFLE twaddle, nonsense, gossip ...1888 printers' sl.
• YAG gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip ...1866 Sc.
• YAMMLOCH a social gathering, chiefly for the exchange of gossip ...1900 Sc.
• YAPE gossip ...1894 Eng. dial.
GOSSIP - nouns, person
• BABBLER a gossip, or teller of secrets ...L16
• BABBLING BROOK a gossip, a chatty person ...1913 US sl.
• BAG-PUNCHER a complainer; one who talks at length, gossips, or chats ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BARBER'S CAT a gossip, a chatterer, one who prefers talk to action ...1910s sl.
• BELL-WETHER a clamorous person; one ready to give mouth; a gossiping woman; a fretful child ...c1460
• BIDDY a woman, often used disparagingly, esp. of an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman ...L18
• BLAB-BLAB a too-ready talker; a gossip; a blabmouth ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BLATHERGAB a gossip, a chatterer ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BLUTTER a person much addicted to gossip; a rash, noisy talker ...Bk1866 Sc.
• BONE CARRIER a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BUSY-LICKUM a gossip, a tattletale ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAL a gossip, an idler ...1888 Eng. dial.
• CALIK a gossip ...1935 Sc.
• CALLER a gossip, an idler ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLETER a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAT a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies
• CHATTERMAG a chatterbox, a talkative woman, a gossip ...19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CLAPPER-TONGUE a loud, noisy tongue; incessant talk; a female who is loud in speech or much given to gossip ...1822 Sc.
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S PACK-PEDDLER a gossiper ...1939 Amer. dial.
• EAR DUSTER a gossipy person ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EAR HUSTLER a gossip; an eavesdropper ...1990s US Black sl.
• EARWIG † a malicious gossip or flatterer ...1633
• FARGE a gossip; an intruder, a spy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf ...1549
• FLITTERTIGIBBET a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper ...M16
• FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude ...19C
• GAB-BAG a gossip ...1940s Aust. sl.
• GABBER a talkative, loquacious person; a chatterer; a gossip ...1793
• GABBLE a chatterer, a gossip ...19C
• GABBLE-GRINDER a gossip, a voluble talker ...B1900 sl.
• GABBY a gossip; a talebearer ...1915 US sl.
• GAD a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ... 1550
• GATEMOUTH a gossip ...1944 US sl.
• GOSSIP FAB a gossip ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GROLL † a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer ...1637
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LABA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABA-LABA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABICAN a gossip, a tattler, a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIG a person given to gossip ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• MACO a gossip, a busybody ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MACO-MAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome man ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MACO-WOMAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MAKO a gossip, a busybody ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MARDLE one who gossips; a lounging, idle woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MARDLER a gossip; one given to gossiping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDER a gossip; a babbler ...1870 Sc.
• MAUNDREL a gossip; a babbler ...1814 Sc.
• MIGHTY MOUTH a gossip or one who boasts ...1950s sl.
• MISS LASHEY a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies
• NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB a pert or gossiping person ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEWS-BAG a gossiping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWS BUG a gossip ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• NEWSER a gossip, a retailer of news ...1900 Sc.
• NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWS PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1983 Amer. dial.
• NEWS-POAK a gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWSY-BREECHES a gossip; a busybody; an inquisitive person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOSY ROSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 colloq.
• OLD WIFE a talkative, gossiping person ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PASSA a scandal-monger, a gossip, a telltale; always of a woman ...1908 Sc.
• PRITTLE-PRATTLE * a silly chatterer, a gossip ...1725 now rare or Eng. dial.
• QUACK a great gossip ...1896 Eng. dial.
• QUIDNUNC one who is constantly asking: 'What now?' 'What's the news?'; one who is curious to know everything; one who pretends to know all that is going on; hence, an inquisitive person; a gossip, a newsmonger ...1709
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• 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.
• ROSY NOSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUN-ABOUT a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SACK MOUTH a chatterer, a gossip ...1980s US Black sl.
• SCALLYBATCH a woman addicted to spending much time in neighbours' houses; a gadabout gossiping woman ...1911 Sc.
• SCANDALMONGER a person who spreads scandal or gossip ...1715
• SCLAIVER a gossip, a rumour-monger, a slanderer ...1920 Sc.
• SCLAVE a gossip; one who tittle-tattles; a scandal-monger ...1969 Sc.
• SHIT-DISTURBER a malicious gossip ...20C sl.
• SKINDERER a gossip ...1993 S. Afr.
• TABBY a spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler ...1748
• TAGUE FOR THE TONGUE, A an interminable talker, a gossip, a chatterbox ...c1850 Sc.
• TAGUE FOR TONGUEING, A an interminable talker, a gossip, a chatterbox ...c1850 Sc.
• TALE-HEARER a willing listener to scandal or gossip ...1647
• TALE PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TATTLE-BOX a chatterbox; a prating gossip ...1911 sl.
• THRUMP a gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE † a habitual tattler; one given up to gossip; esp. a woman so addicted ...1580
• TITTLE-TATTLER one addicted to tattling; an idle talker, a gossip ...1600
• TONGUESTER a talkative person; a great talker; a gossip, a babbler, a chatterer ...1871
• TRIDDLER a woman gossiper ...1936 Amer. dial.
• UNCUS-POKE a gossip; a very talkative person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VITCHER a visitor; one who goes the rounds with gossip ...1899 Sc.
• WALK-ABOUT of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALK-A-LEG of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALK-A-PICKY of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALKER-LEG of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALKER-PICKY of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• YAAGER one given to gossip ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YACKER a gossip, a loquacious talker ...1959 Aust. sl.
• YAG gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip ...1866 Sc.
• YATTER an incessant talker; a gossip ...1825 Sc.
GOSSIP - verbs
• BATSHIT to gossip, to chatter inconsequentially ...1960s US sl.
• BEAT THE BREEZE to gossip, to chat ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BULL to gossip, to chat ...1974 Amer. sl.
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
• CABIN-HUNT to go about from house to house to gossip ...1920 Ireland
• CADDLE to gossip, to chatter ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLE to gossip and make mischief ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAG to chatter, to gossip ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG to chat idly; to gossip ...Eng. dial.
• CAILEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• CALEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL CLASHES to spread malicious reports, to gossip, to tattle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CALLET to gossip, to talk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANAIVE to gossip, usually maliciously ...1925 Sc.
• CARRY NEWS to gossip ...1970 Trinidad and Tobago
• CAYLEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• CHAT-CHAT to converse; to gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAT SOMEONE'S NAME to gossip maliciously about an absent third party ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica
• CHAT UP to gossip, to talk familiarly ...20C W. Indies
• CHEW to talk, to converse, to gossip ...c1920 sl.
• CHEW THE FAT to talk; to gossip; to chat at length, esp. about trivial matters ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHIN to talk, to chat; to gossip ...1872 Amer. sl.
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER to indulge in idle talk, gossip, etc. ...1821 Sc.
• CRACK to chat; to gossip ...Sc.
• CRAKE † to boast, brag; to gossip ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CRONK 1. to prate, to gossip in a malicious way ...1790 Eng. dial.
2. to lounge, to sit about gossiping ...1870 Eng. dial.
• DEAL DIRT to gossip; to malign ...1970s US Black sl.
• DEAL IN DIRT to gossip; to malign ...1970s US Black sl.
• DIDDLE to tattle, to gossip ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DING OVER to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent ...1876 Eng. dial.
• DISH to engage in gossip; to dish out gossip ...M20 US homosexual usage
• EARWAG to gossip ...1980s NZ sl.
• EARWIG to gossip, esp. maliciously; to feed another with unpleasant rumours ...19C sl.
• EAT UP THE DIRT to listen to gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAFF ABOUT to make a fuss, to waste one's energies in empty breath; to gossip ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FAN THE AIR to chatter; to gossip ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FAN THE BREEZE to chatter, to gossip ...1946 Amer. dial.
• FAN THE FIRE to chatter, to gossip ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAB ABOUT to go from place to place gossiping; to gad about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GADDIWANT to gossip; to gallivant ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GADDYWENT to gossip; to gallivant ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GAD UP AND DOWN to go out gossiping ...L17 sl.
• GAMMER to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER ABOUT to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER AWAY to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GANGE to prate tediously; to chatter; to gossip ...1825 Sc.
• GASH to talk, to converse, to gossip ...a1774 Sc.
• HAIVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE ITCHING EARS to be eager to hear news or gossip ...Bk1897
• HAVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWSE to gossip ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• JABBER to gossip ...M19 sl.
• KAILIE to gossip ...1931 Sc.
• KALEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• KALY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• KNABBLE to chatter; to gossip; to idle about ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• LABA-LABA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LABRISH to tell tales, to gossip ...1940s W. Indies
• LAIG to talk loudly and foolishly; to gossip, to talk idly ...1871 Sc.
• LALDER to gossip ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLACK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLOCK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MACO to gossip scandalously ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• MAG to chatter, prattle, talk continuously; to gossip, chat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKO to gossip scandalously ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• MANK to prank, to romp; to play tricks; to pretend to work, to gossip ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MARDLE to gossip; to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• NABBLE to chatter; to gossip ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR to associate with; to be on intimate terms; to visit; to go about gossiping ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEWS to tell as news; to chat; to gossip ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NORATE to talk of as a piece of gossip ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLD TALK to chatter, to gossip, to make empty promises ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PALAVER to flatter; to gossip ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLEY to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIE to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc.
• PASS to pass on gossip, to tell tales, to betray confidences ...1908 Sc.
• POP JUNK to gossip ...1940s US sl.
• PUNCH THE BAG to complain; to talk at length, to gossip, to chat ...1901 Amer. sl.
• QUACK to chatter; to talk for the sake of talking; to gossip; to be noisy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUILL to be very friendly and spend time gossiping ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAG to gossip ...1970s US sl.
• RANNEL to talk in a rambling, gossiping way ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE ON to talk aimlessly; to gossip ...20C US sl.
• RUN-ABOUT to go gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCANMAG to chatter; to gossip ...E18 sl.
• SCHMOOSE to have a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1897 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOZE to have a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1897 sl., orig. US
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble ...c1870 Sc.
• SHAKE A MEAN LIP to tell irresponsible stories; to gossip ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SIDEBUST to gossip, to tell tales ...1990s US Black sl.
• SIGNIFY to use language in a cunning, indirect, and often malicious way; to make a sly verbal attack; broadly, to engage in deceptive, manipulative or mocking behaviour; to gossip; to stir up trouble ...1929 Amer. dial. Black usage
• SKINDER to gossip ...1942 S. Afr.
• SKINNER to gossip ...1942 S. Afr.
• TALE † to discourse, to talk, to chatter; to gossip; to tell tales ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TALK SMACK to gossip maliciously ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
• TALK STORY to gossip; to engage in idle conversation ...1981 US teen sl.
• TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAT to gossip, to tattle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• THRUMP to gossip ...1824 Eng. dial.
• TITTLE to speak in a whisper or in a low voice, to whisper; also, to tell or utter by way of tattle or gossip; to tell a person confidentially ...1399 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TITTLE-TATTLE to chatter, to prate; to talk idly; to gossip ...1583
• TOTE to pass on news or gossip, esp. with malicious intent ...1867 Amer. dial.
• VITCH to visit, esp. to call on one's friends to exchange news or gossip; to make a prolonged stay ...a1838 Sc.
• WAB to chatter; to gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to go about gossiping ...1701 Eng. dial.
• WAG ONE'S CHIN to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• WAG ONE'S CHOPS to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• WAG ONE'S JAW to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• WAG ONE'S TONGUE to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• YABBLE to talk in a voluble or excited way; to chatter, to gossip ...1808 Sc.
• YACKER to talk, to chatter, to gossip ...1950s Aust. sl.
• YAFFLE ABOUT to gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAG to gossip, to chatter, to prate ...1866 Sc.
• YAKKER to talk loquaciously; to chatter; to gossip ...1961 sl.
• YAPE to gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GOSSIP, GOSSIPING - phrases
• GIVE WITH THE BUZZ tell me the gossip, dish the dirt ...1944 Amer. sl.
GOSSIPING - adjectives
• CADDLING gossiping, untruthful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLETING pert, saucy, gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING gossiping, idling ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GADLY inclined to go about gossiping ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLING AND JAFFLING chattering, gossiping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIKIN' wandering, idle, worthless; gossiping from house to house ...1836 Sc.
• HAVERING chattering, nonsensical, gossiping, garrulous ...1721 Sc.
• LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NAFFLING AND SHAFFLING ABOUT gossiping ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NASH-GABBIT talkative, gossiping ...1873 Sc.
• RATTLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous, gossiping ...1876 Amer. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE addicted to tattling; gossiping ...1719
• TWIT-TWAT † addicted to chatter, gossiping ...1677
• WAFFLY given to chattering and gossiping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GOSSIPY - adjectives
• LABRISH talkative, gossipy ...1940s W. Indies
• MACO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MAKO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NEWSY of a person: news-loving; inquisitive, prying, nosy, gossipy ...1899 Amer. dial.
• TALKIFIED talkative, chatty, gossipy ...1938 Amer. dial.
GO UP - verbs
• AMOUNT † to go up; to ascend; to mount ...ME
GOURMAND - nouns, person
• GORREL a glutton, a gourmand ...1888 Eng. dial.
• GRAND-PAUNCH † a greedy fellow; a glutton, a gourmand ...1601
GOURMET - nouns, person
• GASTRONOME one skilled in what goes into the belly; a judge of good eating; a gourmet, an epicure ...1823
GOUT - adjectives
• OEDIPODIC † swollen-footed, gouty ...1694 nonce word
GOUT - nouns
• HAND-EVIL † gout in the hands ...1562.
• SALMON gout ...1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT gout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• SALMON TROUT gout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
GOVERN - nouns, person
• ORDINATOR † one who orders, regulates, directs, or governs ...1615
GOVERN - verbs
• IMPERATE † to command, to rule, to govern ...1599
• LEAD † to conduct affairs; to manage, to govern ...c1200
• ORDAIN † to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct ...c1300 exc.
• ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct ...1595 rare or obs.
• RATE to rule, to govern ...1854 Eng. dial.
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
• YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control ...c1000
GOVERNING - adjectives
• PANARCHIC † all-ruling, all-governing ...1610 nonce word
• REGITIVE †* ruling, governing ...a1412
GOVERNMENT - adjectives
• HAMACRATIC pert. to government based on mutual action ...1838
• OCHLOCRATIC pert. to ochlocracy (see nouns) ...1835
• OCHLOCRATORIC †* pert. to a ruler of the multitude ...1647
• OLIGARCHAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy ...1787
• OLIGARCHIC pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy ...a1649
• OLIGARCHICAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy ...1586
GOVERNMENT - adverbs
• OLIGARCHICALLY in an oligarchical manner ...1850
GOVERNMENT - nouns
• ANDROCRACY the rule of man or the male; male supremacy ...1903
• AUTONOMISM the principle or system of autonomy or self-government ...1874
• BARBAROCRACY government or rule by barbarians, as that of Italy by the German emperors ...1866
• CANNONARCHY government by cannon; usurpation supported by cannon ...1841
• DECADARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten ...1849
• ECCLESIARCHY government by the church ...1878
• ENDARCHY central government
• G, THE the US government ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• HAGIOCRACY a government or sovereignty of persons esteemed holy ...1846
• HAMARCHY government by a cooperative body of parts ...1838
• IDIOCRACY personal rule or government ...1878 nonce word
• INLER † one who is in office; the Government and its party ...1791 Sc.
• KAKISTOCRACY the government of a state by the worse citizens ...1829
• KLEPTOCRACY a government by thieves; a thieves' regime; a country with such a government; a body or order of thieves
• LAIRDOCRACY lairds as forming a ruling class ...1848 Sc.
• LANDOCRACY the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property ...1848 jocular
• LEADING † government, rule ...c1375
• MALGOVERNANCE †* bad government ...1673
• OCHLOCRACY government by the mob or the lowest of the people; mob rule ...1584
• OCTARCHY a government by eight rulers; an aggregate of eight tribal or petty kingdoms each under its own ruler; applied by some historians to the eight kingdoms reckoned by them to have been established by the Angles and Saxons in Britain ...1799-1805
• OLD GANG, THE. the uncompromising Tories ...c1870 Brit. political usage
• OLIGARCHISM n. oligarchy as a principle or system ...1866
• OLIGARCHY government by the few; a form of government in which the power is confined to a few persons or families; also, the body of persons composing such a government ...1577
• OMPHALISM * centralization in government ...1868
• OPTIMACY * government or a government by the nobles or upper classes in a state; aristocracy; also, a state so governed ...1594
• PAEDARCHY rule or government by a child or children ...1830
• PAEDOCRACY government by children ...1647
• PAIDOCRACY government by children ...1647
• PANTARCHY a state in which the rule is vested in the whole people ...1899
• PANTISOCRACY a form of social organization in which all are equal in rank and social position; a Utopian community in which all are equal and all rule ...1794
• PAPARCHY * papal rule or sovereignty; government by the pope ...1839
• PAPYROCRACY government by paper, i.e. by newspapers or literature ...1843
• PEDOCRACY government by children ...1647
• QUINGENTUMVIRATE †* a government consisting of five hundred men ...1642
• SIGNORITY †* lordship, government ...a1529
• STRATOCRACY government or political control by the army; military rule ...M17
• STRUMPETOCRACY government by the privities ...c1857 sl.
• TIMARCHY † timocracy ...c1643
• TIMOCRACY 1. a form of government in which possession of property is required in order to hold office ...1586
2. a form of government in which rulers are motivated by ambition or love of honour ...1656
• TOPARCHY the small district or territory under the rule of a toparch ...1601
• UNCLE SAM the US federal government ...1950 US sl.
• VAMPIRARCHY a set of ruling persons comparable to vampires ...1823
GOVERNMENT - nouns, person
• BELTWAY BANDIT one of the horde of businesses, consultants, lobbyists, etc. who cluster about the federal government ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DECARCH in Greek antiquity: one of a ruling body of ten ...1656
• DECARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten ...a1638
• G GUY a government agent ...1925 US sl.
• G MAN a government agent ...1922 US sl.
• LANDOCRAT a member of the landocracy ...1893 jocular
• OCHLOCRAT an advocate of ochlocracy (see nouns) ...1880
• OLIGARCH a member of an oligarchy (government by the few); one of a few holding power in a state ...a1610
• OLIGARCHIST * an advocate or supporter of oligarchy (government by the few) ...1659
• RED-TAPIST a government clerk; an excessively bureaucratic government official ...19C sl.
GOVERNMENT - verbs
• OLIGARCHIZE to convert into an oligarchy; to subject to an oligarchy ...1850
GOVERNOR - nouns, person
• G.V. a governor ...1900s sl.
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTER-MAN an overlooker, a ruler, a governor ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALDEND † a ruler, a governor ...c888
• WARDEN † the governor of a town, province, or district; the commander of a fortress ...1297
GRAB - nouns
• MONKEY BITE a hand grab, as just above the knee, no bruise ...1967 Amer. dial.
GRAB - nouns, person
• SCRABBER who snatches, grabs, or takes by force ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
GRAB - verbs
• BAG to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1818 sl.
• BAG ONTO to grab; hence, to pay attention to ...1948 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE to grab ...M19 US sl.
• CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CAP to take; to grab hold of ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• COP to grab for oneself, esp. unfairly ...M19 US sl.
• FILE ON TO to grab, to take ...1932 Can. sl.
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE to grab, to seize, to lay hold of ...1849 Amer. dial.
• LOP ONTO to grab, to get hold of, to latch on to ...1934 Amer. dial.
• MITT to grab, to seize ...1915 US sl.
• MITTEN ON TO to seize, to grab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NAB to obtain for oneself; to grab ...M19 US sl.
• NAIL to grab, to seize ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NAM to seize quickly and rather violently; to grab ...1825 Sc.
• SCRAB † to grab, to snatch; to steal ...1890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF to grab by the scruff of the neck ...M19 Aust. sl.
• SMUSS † to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force ...1736 obs.
• SNAFFLE to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1902 sl.
• SNARF to take or grab ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SNAVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNAVVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal ...1866 Amer. dial.
GRABBY - adjectives
• GRABALICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
• GRABILICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
GRACE (elegance) - nouns
• DECORE † grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment ...1513
• DECORUM † beauty arising from fitness, or from absence of the incongruous; comeliness; grace; gracefulness ...1613
• GARB † grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance ...1591
• GARBE † grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance ...1591
• ORE † grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency ...a1000
• WANGRACE † lack of grace, want of propriety ...1513 Sc.
GRACE - nouns
• BENEDICTION grace before or after meals ...1671
• BENISON † grace before a meal ...a1300
GRACE - verbs
• BEGIN to say grace before a meal ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAG ONE'S POTATOES to say grace at table ...1949 Amer. dial.
• COUNT ONE'S POTATOES to say grace at table ...1928 Amer. dial.
• READ OFF THE PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1966 Amer. dial.
• READ ON THE PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1858 Amer. dial.
• READ ONE'S PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1858 Amer. dial.
• READ THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S PLATE to say grace before a meal ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• RETURN THANKS to say grace before a meal ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TALK TO ONE'S FOOD to say grace before a meal ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TALK TO ONE'S PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1911 Amer. dial.
• WAIT ON THE TABLE to say grace before a meal ...1911 Amer. dial.
GRACE (elegance) - verbs
• DECORATE † to adorn, to beautify, to embellish; to grace, to honour ...1530 obs. or arch.
• UNHIGHT † to deprive of grace or beauty ...1387
GRACEFUL - adjectives
• FACETE † elegant, graceful, polished ...a1635
• FEAT † of movements: dexterous, graceful ...1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FEATLY graceful; of a dress: neat, well-fitting ...1801 arch.
• GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GAINLY of conduct: graceful, tactful; of bodily form or movement: graceful, shapely ...1855
• LEGGIADROUS †* graceful, elegant ...1648
• PULCHRITUDINOUS beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent ...1912 US
• STREAM-LINE of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
• STREAM-LINED. of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
• VENUST † handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance ...1513
GRACEFUL - nouns, person
• FAIRY a small graceful woman or child ...1838
GRACEFULNESS - nouns
• DECORUM † beauty arising from fitness, or from absence of the incongruous; comeliness; grace; gracefulness ...1613
• FEATLINESS gracefulness, elegance ...1843 arch.
GRACELESS - adjectives
• OBZOCKY lacking grace and coordination ...1956 Trinidad & Tobago
GRACELESS - nouns, person
• SCANT-O'-GRACE a graceless fellow; a good-for-nothing ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
GRACES - nouns
• SIGN OF THE FEATHERS, THE a woman's best good graces ...M19
GRACIOUS - adjectives
• BENIGN of a kind disposition, gracious, kindly ...c1320
• BENIGNANT cherishing or exhibiting kindly feeling towards inferiors or dependants; gracious, kind, benevolent ...a1782
• BENIGNATE †* of a kindly disposition, gracious, kindly ...1533
• BENIGNED †* of a kindly disposition, gracious, kindly ...1470
• BESEKANDLIK † kind, gracious ...a1300
• DEBONAIR † of gentle disposition, mild, meek; gracious, kindly; courteous, affable ...a1225
• FAVOURABLE † of a superior: gracious; kindly, obliging ...1502 obs. exc. arch.
• GAINLY † ready to help, kindly, gracious ...a1300
• QUEMEFUL † pleasing, pleasant, agreeable; kind. gracious ...a1340
GRACIOUS - nouns, person
• DEBONAIR † a kind, gracious person ...c1366
GRACIOUSLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY kindly, graciously ...c1380
GRACIOUSNESS - nouns
• BENISON † disposition to bless; graciousness, grace, kindness ...c1450
• DEBONAIR † graciousness of manner ...1697
• DEBONAIRSHIP †* debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1240
• DEBONAIRTY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• DEBONARITY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• HANDSOMENESS † graciousness, courtesy ...a1616
• VENIALITY an instance or act of graciousness ...1654
GRADUAL - adjectives
• SOFTLY-SOFTLY gradual, cautious, and discreet
GRADUALLY - adverbs
• BY A LITTLE gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BY LITTLES gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BY THE LITTLES gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EASILY † without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly ...1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † carefully; without haste, gently, gradually ...1550 obs. exc. nautical usage
• MAN-MAN slowly, gradually, little by little ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• QUIETLY gradually ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SILENTLY † gradually, imperceptibly ...1668
GRADUATE - verbs
• GRADJATE to graduate ...1891 Amer. dial.
• MANUMIT † to graduate or defer a degree upon ...1607 Sc.
GRAFFITI - nouns
• AD a graffito offering sexual services, as found on a public lavatory wall ...1970s US gay sl.
• TAG a stylized signature often confused with graffiti ...1997 US sl.
• TAGGING CREW a group of graffiti artists ...1989 US sl.
• WALLBANGING painting graffiti on walls, esp. gang slogans or gang nicknames ...1980s US gang sl.
• WRITING graffiti ...1990s sl.
GRAFFITI - nouns, person
• TAGGER a graffiti artist who writes their 'tag' or personal label on walls and other visible sites ...1980s sl.
• TOY an inexperienced or incompetent graffiti artist ...1990 US sl.
• WRITER a graffiti artist ...1980s US sl.
GRAFFITI - verbs
• BATTLE to compete in graffiti skills ...2000 US sl.
• BOMB to spray a train, etc., with graffiti ...Aust. sl.
• KILL to cover with graffiti ...1997 US sl.
• TAG of graffiti artists: to affix one's name to a picture, a wall, etc. ...1980s sl., orig. US
• TAG UP of graffiti artists: to affix one's name to a picture, a wall, etc. ...1980s sl., orig. US
• WRITE to create graffiti art ...1997 US sl.
GRAMMAR - nouns
• GRAMMATICALS † the subjects taught in a grammar-school; grammar ...1691 obs. exc. Sc.
GRAMMAR - nouns, person
• GRAMMATICASTER a petty or inferior grammarian; a pretender to the knowledge of grammar; one who insists upon the minutest grammatic niceties (used in contempt) ...1601
GRAMOPHONE - see RECORD PLAYER
GRAND - adjectives
• AUGUSTIOUS †* grand, magnificent, majestic, august ...a1670
• BRAWLY grand, splendid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLY fine, capital, grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CALLAWAMPUS big, fine, stout, grand ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FAMOUS excellent, grand, magnificent, splendid; used as an emphatic expression of approval ...1798 colloq.
• FLIPPERCANORIOUS fine, grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GALLANT * excellent, splendid, fine, grand ...1539
• GRANDACIOUS fine, very grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDIFEROUS grand, splendid, glorious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDIFICENT grand and magnificent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDILIOUS splendid, fine, grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LUPERGLOBSLOPCIOUS grand, splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MAGNIFICAL grand, fine, magnificent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGNIFICO magnificent, grand ...1654
• MAGNIFICOUS * magnificent, grand, pompous ...17C
• MAGNOLIOUS grand, splendid ...1865 Amer. sl.
• RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use ...1596 colloq.
• TALL † lofty, grand, eminent ...1655
• TOPGALLANT excellent, grand, fine ...1613
• VOGIE of things: imposing, grand, ostentatious ...1722 Sc.
GRAND - nouns
• STUNNER anything grand or astounding ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
GRAND - verbs
• MAGNOPERATE to act in a grand manner...E20
GRANDCHILD - nouns
• GRANNY FROLIC a party of adult womenfolk to celebrate the birth of a grandchild ...1984 Amer. dial.
GRANDCHILD, GREAT-GRANDCHILD - nouns, person
• BAIRN-BAIRN a grandchild ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAIRN'S-BAIRN a grandchild ...1932 Sc.
• BELCHILD † a grandchild ...19C
• GRAND a grandchild ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GREAT a great-grandchild ...1955 Amer. dial.
• HEIR-OYE a great-grandchild ...1701 Sc.
• IER-OE a great-grandchild ...1701 Sc.
• OE a grandchild; an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents ...1704 Sc.
GRANDEUR - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
GRANDFATHER, GREAT-GRANDFATHER - nouns, person
• AULD-FATHER a grandfather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BABA a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAMPA a grandfather ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BAMPAW a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAMPI a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAPA a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BAW-PA a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEAYELL †* a grandfather's father, a great grandfather ...c1400
• BELFATHER † a grandfather ...c1440
• BELGRANDFATHER a great-great-grandfather ...19C
• BELSIER † a grandfather; an ancestor ...1377
• BELSIRE † a grandfather; an ancestor ...1377
• BESAILE † a grandfather's father; a great-grandfather ...c1400
• BESAYLE † a grandfather's father; a great-grandfather ...c1400
• BIG DAD one's grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG DADDY one's grandfather ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BIG PA one's grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG PAPA one's grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOBBY a grandfather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUBBA a grandfather ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER one's grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPS one's grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUSHA a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DADDY one's grandfather; an older man ...1883 Amer. dial.
• DADDY-GRAND one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DADDY-PAW one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ELDFATHER † a grandfather; a forefather in general, an ancestor ...c1000
• GABBIE a grandfather ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFER a grandfather ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAFFIE a grandfather ...1942 Sc.
• GOMPY grandfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR one's grandfather, or husband ...1888 Amer. dial.
• GRAMP a grandfather ...1898 sl.
• GRAMPAP grandfather ...1919 Amer. dial.
• GRAMPS a grandfather ...1898 sl.
• GRAMPY grandfather ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDAD a grandfather ...1819 sl.
• GRANDADDY a grandfather ...1769 sl.
• GRAND-DAD a grandfather ...1819 sl.
• GRAND-DADDY a grandfather ...1769 sl.
• GRANDPA a grandfather ...1862 sl.
• GRANDPAN grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANDPAPPY a grandfather ...1919 sl.
• GRANDPAW grandfather ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GRANDPOP a grandfather ...1890 sl.
• GRANDPOPS one's grandfather ...1920s sl.
• GRANDY grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANKY grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANTHER a grandfather ...1828 Amer. dial.
• GREAT PAPPY a grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPS grandfather ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPY grandfather ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GUTCHER † a grandfather ...B1900 Sc.
• MEE-POP a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NANU a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD DADDY one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FATHER a grandfather ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD MASTER grandfather ...1970 Amer. dial.
• OLD PAP one's grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD PAPPY a grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD POP one's grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OPA one's grandfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• OPI one's grandfather ...1995 Amer. dial.
• PA grandfather ...1956 Amer. dial. online
• PAP a grandfather; an old man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PAPA a grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PA-PAP a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAP-PAP a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAPPY a grandfather; occasionally, a great-uncle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• PU-PAP a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAE a child's term for father; also, a paternal or maternal grandfather ...1972 Sc.
GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER - nouns, person
• AUNT a grandmother ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNT GRANDMOTHER a grandmother ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABA a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BABAN a grandmother ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BAH-MA a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAMMA a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAWBEE a wise and compassionate grandmother ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BELDAM † 1. a father or mother's mother; a grandmother ...c1440
† 2. a great-grandmother, or still remote ancestress ...1679
• BELDAME † 1. a father or mother's mother; a grandmother ...c1440
† 2. a great-grandmother, or still remote ancestress ...1679
• BIG MAMA one's grandmother ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BIG MAMMA one's grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG MOTHER one's grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG NANA one's grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOBBY a grandmother; also used as a term of address ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUBBA a grandmother; also used as a term of address ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUBBE a grandmother; also used as a term of address ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUSHA a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUSHI a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ELDMOTHER † a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAMAR an old woman; a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMY a grandmother ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GANNY a child's word for a grandmother ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRAMMA grandmother ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GRAMMY grandmother ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRAN a grandmother ...1863 sl.
• GRANDMA a grandmother ...1867 sl.
• GRANDMA'AM grandmother ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMAMMY grandmother ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOMMA grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANMAMMA grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY a grandmother ...1663 sl.
• GUMMER a grandmother ...20C US sl.
• LITTLE MAMMA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LUCKY-MINNIE a grandmother ...1867 Sc.
• MA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM a grandmother ...1576
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAM a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA-TWO a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAMMERE a grandmother ...1994 Amer. dial.
• MAMMY a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MA-MOM a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MAMMA a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MAW a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MEE a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MO a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MÉMÈRE a grandmother ...1961 Amer. dial.
• MÈRE a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MIMA a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMAW a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMI a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMMY a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMO a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MOM a grandmother ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MOMMA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOM-MOM a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOMMY a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NAN a grandmother ...1940 sl.
• NANA a grandmother; rarely, an aunt; also, used as a term of address ...1844
• NANNA a grandmother ...1844 sl.
• NAN-NAN a grandmother ...1959 sl.
• NANNIE a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NANNO a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NANNY a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NANU a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NIN a grandmother ...1958 sl.
• OLD MA one's grandmother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAMMA one's grandmother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MOM one's grandmother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OMA one's grandmother ...1962 Amer. dial.
• TUTU a grandparent, esp. a grandmother ...1938 Hawaii
GRANDPARENT - adjectives
• AVAL relating to grandparents ...1884
GRANDPARENT - nouns, person
• GRANDFOLKS grandparents ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TUTU a grandparent, esp. a grandmother ...1938 Hawaii
GRANDSON - nouns, person
• GRANDBOY a grandson ...1933 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE-SON † a grandson ...1579
• NEPHEW † a grandson (common in the 17th century) ...1297
• NEPOS †* a grandson ...1535
• NEPOTE †* a grandson ...1533
• NEVE † a grandson ...c1440
• PRONEPHEW † a great-grandson ...c1425 Sc.
GRANT - verbs
• BAITHE †* to grant; to agree, to consent ...c1300
• BETEEM † 1. to think fit or proper; to vouchsafe, to grant, to consent ...1565
† 2. to vouchsafe, to accord, to grant, to concede ...1590
• TITHE † to grant, to concede, to bestow ...c893
• YARK † to grant, to bestow ...a1300
• YATE † to grant, to bestow, to concede ...a1122
GRANTED - nouns
• TITHING † thing granted, reward ...c1275
GRANTED (take for...) - phrases
• PART OF THE FURNITURE a person or thing taken for granted ...colloq.
GRANTING - nouns
• TITHE † a granting; a concession, boon ...a900
• YATING † granting, consent ...a1225
• OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death ...c893
GORGE - nouns
• SHUT-IN a gorge, a canyon ...1913 Amer. dial.
• THRUTCH a narrow passage or gorge; a thick, dense growth of underwood, etc. through which it is difficult to push a way ...1872 Eng. dial.
GORGE - verbs
• WAD to stuff with food; to gorge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GORGEOUS - adjectives
• ALAMONAGORGEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEE-YOO-TIFUL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE-U-TIFUL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DASHY showy, gorgeous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DAZZLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEVASTATING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIVINE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELEGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIT TO KILL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GORGE gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GORGIS gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUDJUS gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUST TOO KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTY wickedly good, excellent, first-class, esp. in the respect of attractiveness or effectiveness; gorgeous, sexually attractive ...1834 Amer. sl.
• PERFECTLY KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTRID resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAVING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RED-HOT resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPSNIPTIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIDLIUMPTOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDIFFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDOODLE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMDUMPISH resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRUMPTIOUS stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome ...1881 sl., orig. US
• SENSATIONAL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY STUNNING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANGLORIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDACEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDACIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDATIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDESCENT splendid, gorgeous ...1848
• SPLENDICULAR resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDICULOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIDROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLENDIFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLAGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLDIFFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWELLDOODLE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOO-TOO DIVINE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
GORMANDIZER - nouns, person
• GABIATOR a gormandizer, one who takes great pleasure in eating and drinking ...1831 Sc.
• GLUBBER † a glutton, a gormandizer; one who eats or drinks gluttonously ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GULIST † one who pampers his appetite; a glutton, a gormandizer ...1632
GORMANDIZING - nouns
• BELLY-RACK an act of gormandizing ...Bk1898 Sc.
GOSPEL - nouns
• BASE lines sung by the chorus in gospel singing ...1863 Amer. dial.
• VANGEL † gospel ...a1340
GOSPEL - nouns, person
• BASER in gospel singing: a member of the chorus; also, lines sung by the chorus ...1867 Amer. dial.
GOSSIP - adjectives
• BUZZWORTHY worthy of attention and gossip ...Amer. sl.
• MACOCIOUS inclined to gossip ...1977 Trinidad and Tobago
• NEWSFU' full of gossip ...1812 Sc.
• NEWSY talkative; full of gossip; scandal-loving; inquisitive, nosy ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
• TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing ...c1200
• TART of gossip, etc.: stinging, striking ...1901 Sc.
GOSSIP, GOSSIPING - nouns
• ABBA-DABBA chatter, gossip ...1961 US sl.
• BABBLE an idle, foolish story; gossip ...1855 Eng. dial.
• BABBLES AND SAUNTERS gossiping tales and repetitions ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BACKTALKING gossiping conversation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAD MOUTH malicious gossip or criticism ...N. Amer. sl.
• BATCH a bout or turn of drinking, card-playing, gossip, etc. ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLABBER-FEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BLAB-FEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUTTER a great deal of nonsensical gossip ...Bk1866 Sc.
• CABAL a group of people met together for gossip or drinking ...1704 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CABALLING gossiping, chattering ...1891 Eng. dial.
• CADDLEMENT fuss, confusion; gossip, chatter ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING gossiping, idle chattering ...L19 Ireland
• CAG an argument; a dispute; gossip ...L18 sl.
• CAGMAG chatter, idle talk; gossip; an unsettled argument ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAILEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CAL talk, gossip ...1841 Eng. dial.
• CALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CALL-HOIL a place for gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING gossip, scandal, idling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING-HOIL a place for gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING-SHOP a place for gossip ...1868 Eng. dial.
• CAMPLE talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation ...1867 Eng. dial.
• CAYLEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CHATTERMAG chatter, talk, gossip ...19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CHIN FEST a session of idle talk and gossip; a discussion ...20C US sl.
• CLISH-CLASH idle gossip ...L17 Sc.
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
• CRAKE a talk; gossip, tale-telling, generally of an ill-natured kind ...19C Eng. dial.
• CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice ...1862 Ireland
• DIDDLE tittle-tattle; a gossiping tale ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DIRT filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip ...1926 sl.
• FAT-CHEWING a gabfest; a spirited conversation; gossip ...1957 Amer. dial.
• GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip ...1897 sl., orig. US
• GADDINGS gossiping visits ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFF news, gossip ...1940s Irish sl.
• GAMMOCKING gossiping, idling ...1839 Eng. dial.
• GANGE pert, foolish speaking; a gossiping tongue ...1866 Sc.
• GUP gossip; scandal; silly talk ...1883 Anglo-Indian colloq.
• GUP-GUP gossip; scandal ...1809 Anglo-Indian colloq.
• HAIVER a gossip, a desultory chat ...1842 Sc.
• HAIVERS nonsense, foolish talk, gossip, chatter ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HASH nonsense; gossip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HAVER a gossip, a desultory chat ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVERING chatter, gossip, nonsense ...c1800 Sc.
• HOB-GOB silly, empty talk; gossip, chat ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JABBER gossip ...1930s sl.
• JAYBIRD GOSSIP the petty gossip of the backyard, malicious and amusing like the raucous chatter of the jays ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• KALY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• KALYIN gossiping ...1954 Sc.
• LABRISH gossip, chatter ...1940s W. Indies
• LAIG idle, silly talk; gossip ...1844 Sc.
• LATRINE WIRELESS the exchange of gossip at a latrine ...World War II Brit. usage
• LICKMOUTH cheap, nasty gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LONG-TAILED WHISTLE the spreading of gossip ...1822 Sc.
• MAG prattle, chatter; a talk, gossip, chat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARDLE a gossip; a long talk ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MILL-HOUSE STORY a piece of doubtful gossip ...1871 Eng. dial.
• NANTLING gossiping or trifling matters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWS gossip; talk, conversation; the subject of talk ...1844 Sc.
• NEWSING gossiping ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NIGGERGRAM (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIGGER-MOUTH (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIGGER NEWS (derogatory) gossip ...1859 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER TALK (derogatory) chatter; irresponsible gossip ...M19 US sl.
• ODD TALK chatter, gossip, trifling dialogue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD TALK chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PIG HASH nonsense; gossip ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1847 nonce word
• QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1804 nonce word
• RAKE a gossiping meeting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROAD TALK gossip, a rumour ...1982 Bahamas
• SCANMAG chatter, gossip, scandal ...E18 sl.
• SCHMOOSE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOZE a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1939 sl., orig. US
• SCLAIVER a piece of scandal; idle or slanderous gossip ...1921 Sc.
• SCUTTLEBUTT gossip ...US Civil War usage
• SEH-SEH SEH-SEH gossip ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• SHE-SHE TALK woman's talk, gabble, gossip ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SKINDER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• SKINDERING an act of gossiping ...1981 S. Afr.
• SKINNER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• TALE-IDLE a false report; gossip ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TALING * telling of tales, talking, gossiping; also, a tale ...1382
• TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news ...1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE talk, chatter, prattle; esp. empty or trifling talk about trivial matters; petty gossip ...a1529
• TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble ...1866
• TWITTLE-TWATTLE † idle talk, chatter, gossip, tittle-tattle ...1556
• VICEVERSATION a conversation about others' vices; malicious gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WAFFLE twaddle, nonsense, gossip ...1888 printers' sl.
• YAG gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip ...1866 Sc.
• YAMMLOCH a social gathering, chiefly for the exchange of gossip ...1900 Sc.
• YAPE gossip ...1894 Eng. dial.
GOSSIP - nouns, person
• BABBLER a gossip, or teller of secrets ...L16
• BABBLING BROOK a gossip, a chatty person ...1913 US sl.
• BAG-PUNCHER a complainer; one who talks at length, gossips, or chats ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BARBER'S CAT a gossip, a chatterer, one who prefers talk to action ...1910s sl.
• BELL-WETHER a clamorous person; one ready to give mouth; a gossiping woman; a fretful child ...c1460
• BIDDY a woman, often used disparagingly, esp. of an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman ...L18
• BLAB-BLAB a too-ready talker; a gossip; a blabmouth ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BLATHERGAB a gossip, a chatterer ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BLUTTER a person much addicted to gossip; a rash, noisy talker ...Bk1866 Sc.
• BONE CARRIER a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BUSY-LICKUM a gossip, a tattletale ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAL a gossip, an idler ...1888 Eng. dial.
• CALIK a gossip ...1935 Sc.
• CALLER a gossip, an idler ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLETER a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAT a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies
• CHATTERMAG a chatterbox, a talkative woman, a gossip ...19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CLAPPER-TONGUE a loud, noisy tongue; incessant talk; a female who is loud in speech or much given to gossip ...1822 Sc.
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S PACK-PEDDLER a gossiper ...1939 Amer. dial.
• EAR DUSTER a gossipy person ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EAR HUSTLER a gossip; an eavesdropper ...1990s US Black sl.
• EARWIG † a malicious gossip or flatterer ...1633
• FARGE a gossip; an intruder, a spy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf ...1549
• FLITTERTIGIBBET a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper ...M16
• FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude ...19C
• GAB-BAG a gossip ...1940s Aust. sl.
• GABBER a talkative, loquacious person; a chatterer; a gossip ...1793
• GABBLE a chatterer, a gossip ...19C
• GABBLE-GRINDER a gossip, a voluble talker ...B1900 sl.
• GABBY a gossip; a talebearer ...1915 US sl.
• GAD a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman ... 1550
• GATEMOUTH a gossip ...1944 US sl.
• GOSSIP FAB a gossip ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GROLL † a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer ...1637
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LABA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABA-LABA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person ...1950s W. Indies
• LABICAN a gossip, a tattler, a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIG a person given to gossip ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• MACO a gossip, a busybody ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MACO-MAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome man ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MACO-WOMAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MAKO a gossip, a busybody ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MARDLE one who gossips; a lounging, idle woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MARDLER a gossip; one given to gossiping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDER a gossip; a babbler ...1870 Sc.
• MAUNDREL a gossip; a babbler ...1814 Sc.
• MIGHTY MOUTH a gossip or one who boasts ...1950s sl.
• MISS LASHEY a male gossip ...1950s W. Indies
• NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB a pert or gossiping person ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEWS-BAG a gossiping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWS BUG a gossip ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• NEWSER a gossip, a retailer of news ...1900 Sc.
• NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWS PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1983 Amer. dial.
• NEWS-POAK a gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWSY-BREECHES a gossip; a busybody; an inquisitive person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOSY ROSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 colloq.
• OLD WIFE a talkative, gossiping person ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PASSA a scandal-monger, a gossip, a telltale; always of a woman ...1908 Sc.
• PRITTLE-PRATTLE * a silly chatterer, a gossip ...1725 now rare or Eng. dial.
• QUACK a great gossip ...1896 Eng. dial.
• QUIDNUNC one who is constantly asking: 'What now?' 'What's the news?'; one who is curious to know everything; one who pretends to know all that is going on; hence, an inquisitive person; a gossip, a newsmonger ...1709
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• 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.
• ROSY NOSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUN-ABOUT a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SACK MOUTH a chatterer, a gossip ...1980s US Black sl.
• SCALLYBATCH a woman addicted to spending much time in neighbours' houses; a gadabout gossiping woman ...1911 Sc.
• SCANDALMONGER a person who spreads scandal or gossip ...1715
• SCLAIVER a gossip, a rumour-monger, a slanderer ...1920 Sc.
• SCLAVE a gossip; one who tittle-tattles; a scandal-monger ...1969 Sc.
• SHIT-DISTURBER a malicious gossip ...20C sl.
• SKINDERER a gossip ...1993 S. Afr.
• TABBY a spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler ...1748
• TAGUE FOR THE TONGUE, A an interminable talker, a gossip, a chatterbox ...c1850 Sc.
• TAGUE FOR TONGUEING, A an interminable talker, a gossip, a chatterbox ...c1850 Sc.
• TALE-HEARER a willing listener to scandal or gossip ...1647
• TALE PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TATTLE-BOX a chatterbox; a prating gossip ...1911 sl.
• THRUMP a gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE † a habitual tattler; one given up to gossip; esp. a woman so addicted ...1580
• TITTLE-TATTLER one addicted to tattling; an idle talker, a gossip ...1600
• TONGUESTER a talkative person; a great talker; a gossip, a babbler, a chatterer ...1871
• TRIDDLER a woman gossiper ...1936 Amer. dial.
• UNCUS-POKE a gossip; a very talkative person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VITCHER a visitor; one who goes the rounds with gossip ...1899 Sc.
• WALK-ABOUT of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALK-A-LEG of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALK-A-PICKY of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALKER-LEG of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• WALKER-PICKY of a woman: a busybody, a gossip ...20C W. Indies
• YAAGER one given to gossip ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YACKER a gossip, a loquacious talker ...1959 Aust. sl.
• YAG gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip ...1866 Sc.
• YATTER an incessant talker; a gossip ...1825 Sc.
GOSSIP - verbs
• BATSHIT to gossip, to chatter inconsequentially ...1960s US sl.
• BEAT THE BREEZE to gossip, to chat ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BULL to gossip, to chat ...1974 Amer. sl.
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
• CABIN-HUNT to go about from house to house to gossip ...1920 Ireland
• CADDLE to gossip, to chatter ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLE to gossip and make mischief ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAG to chatter, to gossip ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG to chat idly; to gossip ...Eng. dial.
• CAILEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• CALEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL CLASHES to spread malicious reports, to gossip, to tattle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CALLET to gossip, to talk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANAIVE to gossip, usually maliciously ...1925 Sc.
• CARRY NEWS to gossip ...1970 Trinidad and Tobago
• CAYLEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• CHAT-CHAT to converse; to gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHAT SOMEONE'S NAME to gossip maliciously about an absent third party ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica
• CHAT UP to gossip, to talk familiarly ...20C W. Indies
• CHEW to talk, to converse, to gossip ...c1920 sl.
• CHEW THE FAT to talk; to gossip; to chat at length, esp. about trivial matters ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHIN to talk, to chat; to gossip ...1872 Amer. sl.
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER to indulge in idle talk, gossip, etc. ...1821 Sc.
• CRACK to chat; to gossip ...Sc.
• CRAKE † to boast, brag; to gossip ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CRONK 1. to prate, to gossip in a malicious way ...1790 Eng. dial.
2. to lounge, to sit about gossiping ...1870 Eng. dial.
• DEAL DIRT to gossip; to malign ...1970s US Black sl.
• DEAL IN DIRT to gossip; to malign ...1970s US Black sl.
• DIDDLE to tattle, to gossip ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DING OVER to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent ...1876 Eng. dial.
• DISH to engage in gossip; to dish out gossip ...M20 US homosexual usage
• EARWAG to gossip ...1980s NZ sl.
• EARWIG to gossip, esp. maliciously; to feed another with unpleasant rumours ...19C sl.
• EAT UP THE DIRT to listen to gossip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAFF ABOUT to make a fuss, to waste one's energies in empty breath; to gossip ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FAN THE AIR to chatter; to gossip ...1929 Amer. sl.
• FAN THE BREEZE to chatter, to gossip ...1946 Amer. dial.
• FAN THE FIRE to chatter, to gossip ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAB ABOUT to go from place to place gossiping; to gad about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GADDIWANT to gossip; to gallivant ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GADDYWENT to gossip; to gallivant ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GAD UP AND DOWN to go out gossiping ...L17 sl.
• GAMMER to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER ABOUT to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER AWAY to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GANGE to prate tediously; to chatter; to gossip ...1825 Sc.
• GASH to talk, to converse, to gossip ...a1774 Sc.
• HAIVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE ITCHING EARS to be eager to hear news or gossip ...Bk1897
• HAVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWSE to gossip ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• JABBER to gossip ...M19 sl.
• KAILIE to gossip ...1931 Sc.
• KALEY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• KALY to chat, to gossip ...1892 Ireland
• KNABBLE to chatter; to gossip; to idle about ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• LABA-LABA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LABRISH to tell tales, to gossip ...1940s W. Indies
• LAIG to talk loudly and foolishly; to gossip, to talk idly ...1871 Sc.
• LALDER to gossip ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLACK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLOCK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MACO to gossip scandalously ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• MAG to chatter, prattle, talk continuously; to gossip, chat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKO to gossip scandalously ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• MANK to prank, to romp; to play tricks; to pretend to work, to gossip ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MARDLE to gossip; to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• NABBLE to chatter; to gossip ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR to associate with; to be on intimate terms; to visit; to go about gossiping ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEWS to tell as news; to chat; to gossip ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NORATE to talk of as a piece of gossip ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLD TALK to chatter, to gossip, to make empty promises ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PALAVER to flatter; to gossip ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLEY to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLIE to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip ...1836 Sc.
• PASS to pass on gossip, to tell tales, to betray confidences ...1908 Sc.
• POP JUNK to gossip ...1940s US sl.
• PUNCH THE BAG to complain; to talk at length, to gossip, to chat ...1901 Amer. sl.
• QUACK to chatter; to talk for the sake of talking; to gossip; to be noisy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUILL to be very friendly and spend time gossiping ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAG to gossip ...1970s US sl.
• RANNEL to talk in a rambling, gossiping way ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE ON to talk aimlessly; to gossip ...20C US sl.
• RUN-ABOUT to go gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCANMAG to chatter; to gossip ...E18 sl.
• SCHMOOSE to have a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1897 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOZE to have a lengthy gossipy conversation ...1897 sl., orig. US
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble ...c1870 Sc.
• SHAKE A MEAN LIP to tell irresponsible stories; to gossip ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SIDEBUST to gossip, to tell tales ...1990s US Black sl.
• SIGNIFY to use language in a cunning, indirect, and often malicious way; to make a sly verbal attack; broadly, to engage in deceptive, manipulative or mocking behaviour; to gossip; to stir up trouble ...1929 Amer. dial. Black usage
• SKINDER to gossip ...1942 S. Afr.
• SKINNER to gossip ...1942 S. Afr.
• TALE † to discourse, to talk, to chatter; to gossip; to tell tales ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TALK SMACK to gossip maliciously ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
• TALK STORY to gossip; to engage in idle conversation ...1981 US teen sl.
• TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAT to gossip, to tattle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• THRUMP to gossip ...1824 Eng. dial.
• TITTLE to speak in a whisper or in a low voice, to whisper; also, to tell or utter by way of tattle or gossip; to tell a person confidentially ...1399 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TITTLE-TATTLE to chatter, to prate; to talk idly; to gossip ...1583
• TOTE to pass on news or gossip, esp. with malicious intent ...1867 Amer. dial.
• VITCH to visit, esp. to call on one's friends to exchange news or gossip; to make a prolonged stay ...a1838 Sc.
• WAB to chatter; to gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to go about gossiping ...1701 Eng. dial.
• WAG ONE'S CHIN to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• WAG ONE'S CHOPS to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• WAG ONE'S JAW to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• WAG ONE'S TONGUE to talk, to gossip, to complain ...E18 sl.
• YABBLE to talk in a voluble or excited way; to chatter, to gossip ...1808 Sc.
• YACKER to talk, to chatter, to gossip ...1950s Aust. sl.
• YAFFLE ABOUT to gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAG to gossip, to chatter, to prate ...1866 Sc.
• YAKKER to talk loquaciously; to chatter; to gossip ...1961 sl.
• YAPE to gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GOSSIP, GOSSIPING - phrases
• GIVE WITH THE BUZZ tell me the gossip, dish the dirt ...1944 Amer. sl.
GOSSIPING - adjectives
• CADDLING gossiping, untruthful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLETING pert, saucy, gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLING gossiping, idling ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GADLY inclined to go about gossiping ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLING AND JAFFLING chattering, gossiping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIKIN' wandering, idle, worthless; gossiping from house to house ...1836 Sc.
• HAVERING chattering, nonsensical, gossiping, garrulous ...1721 Sc.
• LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NAFFLING AND SHAFFLING ABOUT gossiping ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NASH-GABBIT talkative, gossiping ...1873 Sc.
• RATTLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous, gossiping ...1876 Amer. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE addicted to tattling; gossiping ...1719
• TWIT-TWAT † addicted to chatter, gossiping ...1677
• WAFFLY given to chattering and gossiping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GOSSIPY - adjectives
• LABRISH talkative, gossipy ...1940s W. Indies
• MACO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MAKO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NEWSY of a person: news-loving; inquisitive, prying, nosy, gossipy ...1899 Amer. dial.
• TALKIFIED talkative, chatty, gossipy ...1938 Amer. dial.
GO UP - verbs
• AMOUNT † to go up; to ascend; to mount ...ME
GOURMAND - nouns, person
• GORREL a glutton, a gourmand ...1888 Eng. dial.
• GRAND-PAUNCH † a greedy fellow; a glutton, a gourmand ...1601
GOURMET - nouns, person
• GASTRONOME one skilled in what goes into the belly; a judge of good eating; a gourmet, an epicure ...1823
GOUT - adjectives
• OEDIPODIC † swollen-footed, gouty ...1694 nonce word
GOUT - nouns
• HAND-EVIL † gout in the hands ...1562.
• SALMON gout ...1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT gout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• SALMON TROUT gout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
GOVERN - nouns, person
• ORDINATOR † one who orders, regulates, directs, or governs ...1615
GOVERN - verbs
• IMPERATE † to command, to rule, to govern ...1599
• LEAD † to conduct affairs; to manage, to govern ...c1200
• ORDAIN † to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct ...c1300 exc.
• ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct ...1595 rare or obs.
• RATE to rule, to govern ...1854 Eng. dial.
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
• YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control ...c1000
GOVERNING - adjectives
• PANARCHIC † all-ruling, all-governing ...1610 nonce word
• REGITIVE †* ruling, governing ...a1412
GOVERNMENT - adjectives
• HAMACRATIC pert. to government based on mutual action ...1838
• OCHLOCRATIC pert. to ochlocracy (see nouns) ...1835
• OCHLOCRATORIC †* pert. to a ruler of the multitude ...1647
• OLIGARCHAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy ...1787
• OLIGARCHIC pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy ...a1649
• OLIGARCHICAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy ...1586
GOVERNMENT - adverbs
• OLIGARCHICALLY in an oligarchical manner ...1850
GOVERNMENT - nouns
• ANDROCRACY the rule of man or the male; male supremacy ...1903
• AUTONOMISM the principle or system of autonomy or self-government ...1874
• BARBAROCRACY government or rule by barbarians, as that of Italy by the German emperors ...1866
• CANNONARCHY government by cannon; usurpation supported by cannon ...1841
• DECADARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten ...1849
• ECCLESIARCHY government by the church ...1878
• ENDARCHY central government
• G, THE the US government ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• HAGIOCRACY a government or sovereignty of persons esteemed holy ...1846
• HAMARCHY government by a cooperative body of parts ...1838
• IDIOCRACY personal rule or government ...1878 nonce word
• INLER † one who is in office; the Government and its party ...1791 Sc.
• KAKISTOCRACY the government of a state by the worse citizens ...1829
• KLEPTOCRACY a government by thieves; a thieves' regime; a country with such a government; a body or order of thieves
• LAIRDOCRACY lairds as forming a ruling class ...1848 Sc.
• LANDOCRACY the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property ...1848 jocular
• LEADING † government, rule ...c1375
• MALGOVERNANCE †* bad government ...1673
• OCHLOCRACY government by the mob or the lowest of the people; mob rule ...1584
• OCTARCHY a government by eight rulers; an aggregate of eight tribal or petty kingdoms each under its own ruler; applied by some historians to the eight kingdoms reckoned by them to have been established by the Angles and Saxons in Britain ...1799-1805
• OLD GANG, THE. the uncompromising Tories ...c1870 Brit. political usage
• OLIGARCHISM n. oligarchy as a principle or system ...1866
• OLIGARCHY government by the few; a form of government in which the power is confined to a few persons or families; also, the body of persons composing such a government ...1577
• OMPHALISM * centralization in government ...1868
• OPTIMACY * government or a government by the nobles or upper classes in a state; aristocracy; also, a state so governed ...1594
• PAEDARCHY rule or government by a child or children ...1830
• PAEDOCRACY government by children ...1647
• PAIDOCRACY government by children ...1647
• PANTARCHY a state in which the rule is vested in the whole people ...1899
• PANTISOCRACY a form of social organization in which all are equal in rank and social position; a Utopian community in which all are equal and all rule ...1794
• PAPARCHY * papal rule or sovereignty; government by the pope ...1839
• PAPYROCRACY government by paper, i.e. by newspapers or literature ...1843
• PEDOCRACY government by children ...1647
• QUINGENTUMVIRATE †* a government consisting of five hundred men ...1642
• SIGNORITY †* lordship, government ...a1529
• STRATOCRACY government or political control by the army; military rule ...M17
• STRUMPETOCRACY government by the privities ...c1857 sl.
• TIMARCHY † timocracy ...c1643
• TIMOCRACY 1. a form of government in which possession of property is required in order to hold office ...1586
2. a form of government in which rulers are motivated by ambition or love of honour ...1656
• TOPARCHY the small district or territory under the rule of a toparch ...1601
• UNCLE SAM the US federal government ...1950 US sl.
• VAMPIRARCHY a set of ruling persons comparable to vampires ...1823
GOVERNMENT - nouns, person
• BELTWAY BANDIT one of the horde of businesses, consultants, lobbyists, etc. who cluster about the federal government ...1980 Amer. sl.
• DECARCH in Greek antiquity: one of a ruling body of ten ...1656
• DECARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten ...a1638
• G GUY a government agent ...1925 US sl.
• G MAN a government agent ...1922 US sl.
• LANDOCRAT a member of the landocracy ...1893 jocular
• OCHLOCRAT an advocate of ochlocracy (see nouns) ...1880
• OLIGARCH a member of an oligarchy (government by the few); one of a few holding power in a state ...a1610
• OLIGARCHIST * an advocate or supporter of oligarchy (government by the few) ...1659
• RED-TAPIST a government clerk; an excessively bureaucratic government official ...19C sl.
GOVERNMENT - verbs
• OLIGARCHIZE to convert into an oligarchy; to subject to an oligarchy ...1850
GOVERNOR - nouns, person
• G.V. a governor ...1900s sl.
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTER-MAN an overlooker, a ruler, a governor ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALDEND † a ruler, a governor ...c888
• WARDEN † the governor of a town, province, or district; the commander of a fortress ...1297
GRAB - nouns
• MONKEY BITE a hand grab, as just above the knee, no bruise ...1967 Amer. dial.
GRAB - nouns, person
• SCRABBER who snatches, grabs, or takes by force ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
GRAB - verbs
• BAG to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1818 sl.
• BAG ONTO to grab; hence, to pay attention to ...1948 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE to grab ...M19 US sl.
• CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CAP to take; to grab hold of ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• COP to grab for oneself, esp. unfairly ...M19 US sl.
• FILE ON TO to grab, to take ...1932 Can. sl.
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE to grab, to seize, to lay hold of ...1849 Amer. dial.
• LOP ONTO to grab, to get hold of, to latch on to ...1934 Amer. dial.
• MITT to grab, to seize ...1915 US sl.
• MITTEN ON TO to seize, to grab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NAB to obtain for oneself; to grab ...M19 US sl.
• NAIL to grab, to seize ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NAM to seize quickly and rather violently; to grab ...1825 Sc.
• SCRAB † to grab, to snatch; to steal ...1890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF to grab by the scruff of the neck ...M19 Aust. sl.
• SMUSS † to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force ...1736 obs.
• SNAFFLE to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1902 sl.
• SNARF to take or grab ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SNAVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNAVVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal ...1866 Amer. dial.
GRABBY - adjectives
• GRABALICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
• GRABILICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
GRACE (elegance) - nouns
• DECORE † grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment ...1513
• DECORUM † beauty arising from fitness, or from absence of the incongruous; comeliness; grace; gracefulness ...1613
• GARB † grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance ...1591
• GARBE † grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance ...1591
• ORE † grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency ...a1000
• WANGRACE † lack of grace, want of propriety ...1513 Sc.
GRACE - nouns
• BENEDICTION grace before or after meals ...1671
• BENISON † grace before a meal ...a1300
GRACE - verbs
• BEGIN to say grace before a meal ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAG ONE'S POTATOES to say grace at table ...1949 Amer. dial.
• COUNT ONE'S POTATOES to say grace at table ...1928 Amer. dial.
• READ OFF THE PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1966 Amer. dial.
• READ ON THE PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1858 Amer. dial.
• READ ONE'S PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1858 Amer. dial.
• READ THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S PLATE to say grace before a meal ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• RETURN THANKS to say grace before a meal ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TALK TO ONE'S FOOD to say grace before a meal ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TALK TO ONE'S PLATE to say grace before a meal ...1911 Amer. dial.
• WAIT ON THE TABLE to say grace before a meal ...1911 Amer. dial.
GRACE (elegance) - verbs
• DECORATE † to adorn, to beautify, to embellish; to grace, to honour ...1530 obs. or arch.
• UNHIGHT † to deprive of grace or beauty ...1387
GRACEFUL - adjectives
• FACETE † elegant, graceful, polished ...a1635
• FEAT † of movements: dexterous, graceful ...1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FEATLY graceful; of a dress: neat, well-fitting ...1801 arch.
• GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GAINLY of conduct: graceful, tactful; of bodily form or movement: graceful, shapely ...1855
• LEGGIADROUS †* graceful, elegant ...1648
• PULCHRITUDINOUS beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent ...1912 US
• STREAM-LINE of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
• STREAM-LINED. of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
• VENUST † handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance ...1513
GRACEFUL - nouns, person
• FAIRY a small graceful woman or child ...1838
GRACEFULNESS - nouns
• DECORUM † beauty arising from fitness, or from absence of the incongruous; comeliness; grace; gracefulness ...1613
• FEATLINESS gracefulness, elegance ...1843 arch.
GRACELESS - adjectives
• OBZOCKY lacking grace and coordination ...1956 Trinidad & Tobago
GRACELESS - nouns, person
• SCANT-O'-GRACE a graceless fellow; a good-for-nothing ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
GRACES - nouns
• SIGN OF THE FEATHERS, THE a woman's best good graces ...M19
GRACIOUS - adjectives
• BENIGN of a kind disposition, gracious, kindly ...c1320
• BENIGNANT cherishing or exhibiting kindly feeling towards inferiors or dependants; gracious, kind, benevolent ...a1782
• BENIGNATE †* of a kindly disposition, gracious, kindly ...1533
• BENIGNED †* of a kindly disposition, gracious, kindly ...1470
• BESEKANDLIK † kind, gracious ...a1300
• DEBONAIR † of gentle disposition, mild, meek; gracious, kindly; courteous, affable ...a1225
• FAVOURABLE † of a superior: gracious; kindly, obliging ...1502 obs. exc. arch.
• GAINLY † ready to help, kindly, gracious ...a1300
• QUEMEFUL † pleasing, pleasant, agreeable; kind. gracious ...a1340
GRACIOUS - nouns, person
• DEBONAIR † a kind, gracious person ...c1366
GRACIOUSLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY kindly, graciously ...c1380
GRACIOUSNESS - nouns
• BENISON † disposition to bless; graciousness, grace, kindness ...c1450
• DEBONAIR † graciousness of manner ...1697
• DEBONAIRSHIP †* debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1240
• DEBONAIRTY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• DEBONARITY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• HANDSOMENESS † graciousness, courtesy ...a1616
• VENIALITY an instance or act of graciousness ...1654
GRADUAL - adjectives
• SOFTLY-SOFTLY gradual, cautious, and discreet
GRADUALLY - adverbs
• BY A LITTLE gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BY LITTLES gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BY THE LITTLES gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EASILY † without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly ...1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † carefully; without haste, gently, gradually ...1550 obs. exc. nautical usage
• MAN-MAN slowly, gradually, little by little ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• QUIETLY gradually ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SILENTLY † gradually, imperceptibly ...1668
GRADUATE - verbs
• GRADJATE to graduate ...1891 Amer. dial.
• MANUMIT † to graduate or defer a degree upon ...1607 Sc.
GRAFFITI - nouns
• AD a graffito offering sexual services, as found on a public lavatory wall ...1970s US gay sl.
• TAG a stylized signature often confused with graffiti ...1997 US sl.
• TAGGING CREW a group of graffiti artists ...1989 US sl.
• WALLBANGING painting graffiti on walls, esp. gang slogans or gang nicknames ...1980s US gang sl.
• WRITING graffiti ...1990s sl.
GRAFFITI - nouns, person
• TAGGER a graffiti artist who writes their 'tag' or personal label on walls and other visible sites ...1980s sl.
• TOY an inexperienced or incompetent graffiti artist ...1990 US sl.
• WRITER a graffiti artist ...1980s US sl.
GRAFFITI - verbs
• BATTLE to compete in graffiti skills ...2000 US sl.
• BOMB to spray a train, etc., with graffiti ...Aust. sl.
• KILL to cover with graffiti ...1997 US sl.
• TAG of graffiti artists: to affix one's name to a picture, a wall, etc. ...1980s sl., orig. US
• TAG UP of graffiti artists: to affix one's name to a picture, a wall, etc. ...1980s sl., orig. US
• WRITE to create graffiti art ...1997 US sl.
GRAMMAR - nouns
• GRAMMATICALS † the subjects taught in a grammar-school; grammar ...1691 obs. exc. Sc.
GRAMMAR - nouns, person
• GRAMMATICASTER a petty or inferior grammarian; a pretender to the knowledge of grammar; one who insists upon the minutest grammatic niceties (used in contempt) ...1601
GRAMOPHONE - see RECORD PLAYER
GRAND - adjectives
• AUGUSTIOUS †* grand, magnificent, majestic, august ...a1670
• BRAWLY grand, splendid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLY fine, capital, grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CALLAWAMPUS big, fine, stout, grand ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FAMOUS excellent, grand, magnificent, splendid; used as an emphatic expression of approval ...1798 colloq.
• FLIPPERCANORIOUS fine, grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GALLANT * excellent, splendid, fine, grand ...1539
• GRANDACIOUS fine, very grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDIFEROUS grand, splendid, glorious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDIFICENT grand and magnificent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDILIOUS splendid, fine, grand ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LUPERGLOBSLOPCIOUS grand, splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MAGNIFICAL grand, fine, magnificent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGNIFICO magnificent, grand ...1654
• MAGNIFICOUS * magnificent, grand, pompous ...17C
• MAGNOLIOUS grand, splendid ...1865 Amer. sl.
• RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use ...1596 colloq.
• TALL † lofty, grand, eminent ...1655
• TOPGALLANT excellent, grand, fine ...1613
• VOGIE of things: imposing, grand, ostentatious ...1722 Sc.
GRAND - nouns
• STUNNER anything grand or astounding ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
GRAND - verbs
• MAGNOPERATE to act in a grand manner...E20
GRANDCHILD - nouns
• GRANNY FROLIC a party of adult womenfolk to celebrate the birth of a grandchild ...1984 Amer. dial.
GRANDCHILD, GREAT-GRANDCHILD - nouns, person
• BAIRN-BAIRN a grandchild ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAIRN'S-BAIRN a grandchild ...1932 Sc.
• BELCHILD † a grandchild ...19C
• GRAND a grandchild ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GREAT a great-grandchild ...1955 Amer. dial.
• HEIR-OYE a great-grandchild ...1701 Sc.
• IER-OE a great-grandchild ...1701 Sc.
• OE a grandchild; an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents ...1704 Sc.
GRANDEUR - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
GRANDFATHER, GREAT-GRANDFATHER - nouns, person
• AULD-FATHER a grandfather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BABA a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAMPA a grandfather ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BAMPAW a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAMPI a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAPA a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BAW-PA a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEAYELL †* a grandfather's father, a great grandfather ...c1400
• BELFATHER † a grandfather ...c1440
• BELGRANDFATHER a great-great-grandfather ...19C
• BELSIER † a grandfather; an ancestor ...1377
• BELSIRE † a grandfather; an ancestor ...1377
• BESAILE † a grandfather's father; a great-grandfather ...c1400
• BESAYLE † a grandfather's father; a great-grandfather ...c1400
• BIG DAD one's grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG DADDY one's grandfather ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BIG PA one's grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG PAPA one's grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOBBY a grandfather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUBBA a grandfather ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER one's grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPS one's grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUSHA a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DADDY one's grandfather; an older man ...1883 Amer. dial.
• DADDY-GRAND one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DADDY-PAW one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ELDFATHER † a grandfather; a forefather in general, an ancestor ...c1000
• GABBIE a grandfather ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFER a grandfather ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAFFIE a grandfather ...1942 Sc.
• GOMPY grandfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR one's grandfather, or husband ...1888 Amer. dial.
• GRAMP a grandfather ...1898 sl.
• GRAMPAP grandfather ...1919 Amer. dial.
• GRAMPS a grandfather ...1898 sl.
• GRAMPY grandfather ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRANDAD a grandfather ...1819 sl.
• GRANDADDY a grandfather ...1769 sl.
• GRAND-DAD a grandfather ...1819 sl.
• GRAND-DADDY a grandfather ...1769 sl.
• GRANDPA a grandfather ...1862 sl.
• GRANDPAN grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANDPAPPY a grandfather ...1919 sl.
• GRANDPAW grandfather ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GRANDPOP a grandfather ...1890 sl.
• GRANDPOPS one's grandfather ...1920s sl.
• GRANDY grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANKY grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY a grandfather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANTHER a grandfather ...1828 Amer. dial.
• GREAT PAPPY a grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPS grandfather ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPY grandfather ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GUTCHER † a grandfather ...B1900 Sc.
• MEE-POP a grandfather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NANU a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD DADDY one's grandfather; an older man ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FATHER a grandfather ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD MASTER grandfather ...1970 Amer. dial.
• OLD PAP one's grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD PAPPY a grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD POP one's grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OPA one's grandfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• OPI one's grandfather ...1995 Amer. dial.
• PA grandfather ...1956 Amer. dial. online
• PAP a grandfather; an old man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PAPA a grandfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PA-PAP a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAP-PAP a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAPPY a grandfather; occasionally, a great-uncle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• PU-PAP a grandfather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAE a child's term for father; also, a paternal or maternal grandfather ...1972 Sc.
GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER - nouns, person
• AUNT a grandmother ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNT GRANDMOTHER a grandmother ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABA a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BABAN a grandmother ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BAH-MA a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAMMA a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAWBEE a wise and compassionate grandmother ...1982 Amer. dial.
• BELDAM † 1. a father or mother's mother; a grandmother ...c1440
† 2. a great-grandmother, or still remote ancestress ...1679
• BELDAME † 1. a father or mother's mother; a grandmother ...c1440
† 2. a great-grandmother, or still remote ancestress ...1679
• BIG MAMA one's grandmother ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BIG MAMMA one's grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG MOTHER one's grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BIG NANA one's grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOBBY a grandmother; also used as a term of address ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUBBA a grandmother; also used as a term of address ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUBBE a grandmother; also used as a term of address ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUSHA a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUSHI a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ELDMOTHER † a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAMAR an old woman; a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GAMMER a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMY a grandmother ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GANNY a child's word for a grandmother ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRAMMA grandmother ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GRAMMY grandmother ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRAN a grandmother ...1863 sl.
• GRANDMA a grandmother ...1867 sl.
• GRANDMA'AM grandmother ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMAMMY grandmother ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOMMA grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANMAMMA grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY a grandmother ...1663 sl.
• GUMMER a grandmother ...20C US sl.
• LITTLE MAMMA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LUCKY-MINNIE a grandmother ...1867 Sc.
• MA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM a grandmother ...1576
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAM a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA-TWO a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAMMERE a grandmother ...1994 Amer. dial.
• MAMMY a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MA-MOM a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MAMMA a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MAW a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MEE a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MO a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MÉMÈRE a grandmother ...1961 Amer. dial.
• MÈRE a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MIMA a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMAW a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMI a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMMY a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMO a grandmother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MOM a grandmother ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MOMMA a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOM-MOM a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOMMY a grandmother ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NAN a grandmother ...1940 sl.
• NANA a grandmother; rarely, an aunt; also, used as a term of address ...1844
• NANNA a grandmother ...1844 sl.
• NAN-NAN a grandmother ...1959 sl.
• NANNIE a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NANNO a grandmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NANNY a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NANU a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NIN a grandmother ...1958 sl.
• OLD MA one's grandmother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAMMA one's grandmother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD MOM one's grandmother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OMA one's grandmother ...1962 Amer. dial.
• TUTU a grandparent, esp. a grandmother ...1938 Hawaii
GRANDPARENT - adjectives
• AVAL relating to grandparents ...1884
GRANDPARENT - nouns, person
• GRANDFOLKS grandparents ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TUTU a grandparent, esp. a grandmother ...1938 Hawaii
GRANDSON - nouns, person
• GRANDBOY a grandson ...1933 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE-SON † a grandson ...1579
• NEPHEW † a grandson (common in the 17th century) ...1297
• NEPOS †* a grandson ...1535
• NEPOTE †* a grandson ...1533
• NEVE † a grandson ...c1440
• PRONEPHEW † a great-grandson ...c1425 Sc.
GRANT - verbs
• BAITHE †* to grant; to agree, to consent ...c1300
• BETEEM † 1. to think fit or proper; to vouchsafe, to grant, to consent ...1565
† 2. to vouchsafe, to accord, to grant, to concede ...1590
• TITHE † to grant, to concede, to bestow ...c893
• YARK † to grant, to bestow ...a1300
• YATE † to grant, to bestow, to concede ...a1122
GRANTED - nouns
• TITHING † thing granted, reward ...c1275
GRANTED (take for...) - phrases
• PART OF THE FURNITURE a person or thing taken for granted ...colloq.
GRANTING - nouns
• TITHE † a granting; a concession, boon ...a900
• YATING † granting, consent ...a1225