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GRAPE - GROTESQUE
GRAPE - nouns
• DIXIE PUNCH fermented grape juice ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DIXIE WINE fermented grape juice ...1873 Amer. dial.
• RACEMATION † the gleaning or gathering of grapes ...1623
• RAISIN † a cluster of grapes; a grape ...1382
• RAISINS OF THE SUN sun-dried grapes ...1544
• TAG a bunch (of grapes) ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VENDAGE † the harvest of grapes; vintage ...1377
• VENDONGING † grape-picking; the vintage ...1340
• VINDAGE † vintage ...1377
GRAPPLING - nouns
• HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling ...1818 Sc.
• HANDY-GRIPS close quarters, grappling ...1660 Sc.
GRASP - nouns
• BERTH a foothold, a grasp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANG † a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip ...a1400-50
• HANDGRIP grasp, seizure with the hand ...a1300
• HANDGRIPING † grasp, seizure with the hand ...1700
• HANDIGRIPING † grasp, seizure with the hand ...1577
• HANDY-GRIP † a grasp, seizure with the hand ...a1300
• YOKE a grip, a grasp, a hold ...1892 Sc.
GRASP - verbs
• BEFONG † to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch ...a1000
• FANG † to lay hold of; to grasp; to hold; to seize; to clasp. to embrace ...c1200
• FAST-HAND † to grasp tightly ...1632
• GAFFLE to grasp, to seize; to take hold of and carry; to steal, to shoplift, to swindle; to arrest ...1900 Amer. dial.
• GRAFF to grasp ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GRUBBLE to feel; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...L17 Brit. sl.
• GUDDLE to do sexual foreplay; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...E19 Brit. sl.
• HANDFAST † to grasp, to seize with the hand; to take fast hold of ...c1530
• IMPALM * to grasp or take in the palm of the hand ...1611
• LATCH † to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, esp. with the hand or claws; to clasp, to embrace ...c1000
• NAB to catch or grasp a person, usually unawares, esp. to lay hold of or capture a malefactor; to apprehend and place under arrest ...1686 orig. criminals' sl.
• NEVEL to take hold of with the fist; to grasp, to pluck out ...1824 Sc.
• RAUNCH AND SCRAUNCH to snatch greedily; to grasp at ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UMBEGRIP † to grasp ...a1400
GRASPED - adjectives
• HANDFASTED † with hands firmly grasped, hand in hand ...1592
GRASPING - adjectives
• ARBITRARY hard; greedy, grasping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ETTLE stingy, grasping ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GRASPIOUS stingy; grasping ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition ...1626
• GRIPPY grasping, avaricious ...Sc.
• HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ISLE OF WIGHT mean, grasping ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tight'
• LARGE-HANDED † grasping, rapacious ...1607
• MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean ...M19 Aust. sl.
• NABAL greedy, grasping, niggardly, churlish ...1861 Sc.
• NABALISH covetous, grasping ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NARROW-FISTED greedy, grasping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted ...1823 Sc.
• STRAIT-HANDED † close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy ...1600
• TINNY mean, grasping ...1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
GRASPING - nouns, person
• CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
• DRYSIDES a grasping, miserly fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• EARTHWORM a miser; a covetous, grasping person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• HARPY a rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others ...1589
• HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• HOG a slovenly person; a grasping person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NABAL a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1792 Sc.
• NABBLE a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1792 Sc.
• NABBLER a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1911 Sc.
• NAILER a hard, grasping person ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• PIG a grasping person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURSE-LEECH † a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner ...1598
• RAKE a grasping person who is always trying to accumulate money ...1920 Sc.
• TARTAR a covetous, grasping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE-POKE a grasping, avaricious, grasping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWINK a sharp, shrewish, grasping woman ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ZIPPER POCKETS a mean, grasping person ...1970s US sl.
GRASPING - verbs
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPARE THE REEK OFF ONE'S OWN SHIT to be very greedy and grasping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAKE AND SCRAPE to collect everything one can lay one's hands on for one's own advantage; to be over-grasping and avaricious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GRASS - adjectives
• HERBULENT †* full of herbs or grass ...1656
• YARE of grass or pastures: fresh, green ...1691 Eng. dial.
GRASS - nouns
• BONNET-STRINGS long coarse grass ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS a bunch or tuft of grass ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET the grass, the ground ...1897 Amer. sl.
• EDDISH grass (also clover, etc.) which grows again ...1468
• ERNIE MARSH the grass ...20C rhyming sl.
• FAG long, coarse grass; tufts of old grass ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY RING a circular patch of grass on a prairie ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GAIR a strip or patch of green grass, generally on a hillside ...1790 Sc.
• HARBOUR † a grass-plot; a green ...1505
• LAGGER clinging dampness on grass in the morning ...1925 Sc.
• OLD IRON grass ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (old iron and brass)
• OLD IRON AND BRASS grass ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SCAD a tuft of grass; a slab of peat ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VELLY a tuft of grass; a turf ...1889 Eng. dial.
GRASSHOPPER - nouns
• BILLY a grasshopper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BACCO CHEWER a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANADIAN SOLDIER a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHA-CHA a green grasshopper ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHAPULIN a grasshopper ...1932 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HORSE a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S HAWK a grasshopper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S HORNET a grasshopper ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S HORSE a grasshopper ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HAY JUMPER a grasshopper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HOPPERGRASS a grasshopper ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KATTYDID a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDATE a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDEE a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDID a green grasshopper ...1743 Amer. dial.
• KATYDIDDLE a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDIDN'T a green grasshopper ...1846 Amer. dial.
• KITTYDID a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCUST a grasshopper ...1737 Amer. dial.
• MOLASSES HOPPER a grasshopper ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH BUG a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SAWYER the green grasshopper ...1804 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO BUG a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO CHEWER a grasshopper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO EATER a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO SPITTER a grasshopper ...1896 Amer. dial.
GRASSHOPPER - verbs
• CLITTER to emit the sound of a grasshopper or cicada ...1844
GRATE - verbs
• CRAKE † to grate harshly; to creak. as the hinge of a door ...1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPET to creak, to grate, as the ungreased wheel of a barrow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIVER to grate, as potatoes ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SKREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
GRATEFUL DEAD - nouns
• DEAD BOARD an Internet bulletin board system designed by, and for, fans of the Grateful Dead ...1994 US sl.
• DEAD THREADS in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: the layers of clothes worn by a concert-goer ...1994 US sl.
• TOUR CRUD in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a bacterial or viral infection that quickly spreads among those following the band on tour ...1994 US sl.
GRATEFUL DEAD - nouns, person
• DEADHEAD a follower of the Grateful Dead, a band strongly associated with psychedelic drugs, seen by many to epitomise the hippie ideal ...1972 US sl.
• RAILRAT in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a member of the audience who prefers to see the show from as close as possible to the band, right on the rail ...1994 US sl.
• SHOW BUDDY in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a friend with whom you team up for Grateful Dead tours ...1994 US sl.
• TOUR RAT in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a fan who follows the band on tour at all costs ...1994 US sl.
GRATIFICATION - nouns
• PORK CHOPS material or sensual gratification, often referring to sex ...1920s US sl.
• TITILLATION pleasing excitement, gratification ...c1425
GRATIFIED - nouns
• SATIETY † the condition of being filled or fully gratified; full attainment of an object or desire ...1548
GRATIFY - verbs
• AGGRATE † to please, to gratify, to inspire with satisfaction ...1591
• ARRIDE to please well, to gratify, to delight, to content with delight ...1599 arch.
• CLAW ONE'S TOES † to gratify or indulge oneself ...c1460
• QUEME † of persons: to please, to gratify another, esp. a superior; to act so as to please one ...a750
• TITILLATE to excite or stimulate as by tickling; esp. to excite agreeably, to gratify the sense of taste, smell, or touch, the imagination ...1620
• TITULATE to excite or stimulate as by tickling; esp. to excite agreeably, to gratify the sense of taste, smell, or touch, the imagination ...1620
GRATING - adjectives
• RASPY of a rasping nature; harsh, grating ...1838
• YARKING grating, harsh ...1895 Eng. dial.
GRATING - nouns
• WAFFLE IRON a sidewalk or pavement grating ...1910s US sl.
GRATING (sound) - nouns
• RASHING a succession of harsh grating sounds ...1889
• SCREEK a harsh, grating noise ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH a shriek; a shrill cry, esp. of a bird; an urgent, irresistible call; a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKIRR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKREEK a harsh, grating noise ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SKURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
GRATING - verbs
• JAR † to produce a harsh or grating sound on or as on a musical instrument ...1581
• RASP * to utter with a grating sound ...1843
• SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREEK to creak; to make a grating noise ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
• SCRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
• SKRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
GRATIS - adjectives
• IMPENSIBLE †* without reward, gratis ...1623
GRATITUDE - verbs
• AGGRATE † to thank, to express gratitude to ...1633
GRATUITOUS - adjectives
• BON gratuitous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ELEEMOSYNARY given or done as an act of charity; gratuitous ...a1620
GRATUITOUSLY - adverbs
• BUCKSHEE for free, gratuitously ...1921 Army sl.
GRATUITY - nouns
• BACKHANDING giving gratuities ...20C sl.
• BACKSHEE a gratuity, a tip ...M18
• BUCKSHISH a gratuity, a tip ...M18 sl.
• DAB IN THE FIST, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAB IN THE HAND, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GRAVY a gratuity or tip ...1967 sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN MONEY tips or gratuities ...M19 US sl.
• LAGNIAPPE a small gratuity or bonus included with a purchase; anything extra thrown in for good measure ...1849 Amer. dial.
• OBLATION † a present or gratuity ...1433
• PAUCHLE a tip, a gratuity to a porter, etc. ...1923 Sc.
• TOKE a gratuity or tip ...1971 Amer. sl.
• VAIL a gratuity given to a servant or attendant; a tip ...1605 now arch.
GRATUITY - nouns, person
• TIPPEE the receiver of a tip or gratuity ...1897
GRATUITY - verbs
• FAKE to receive a gratuity illegally; to knowingly accept a bribe ...L19 sl.
• FEE to give a gratuity to; to tip ...1925 Amer. dial.
GRAVE - adjectives
• CHARGEFUL † full of responsibility; responsible, grave ...1553
• DEEP † solemn, grave ...a1000
• IMPORTUNATE † burdensome; grievous, grave ...c1540
• VULTUOSOUS † of a grave and solemn countenance; of a heavy and sad look ...1656
GRAVE - nouns
• BARROW † a mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave; a grave-mound, a burial mound; a tumulus ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BED the grave; usually used with some qualification, as 'narrow bed' ...a1300
• BED OF DUST the grave ...1747
• BED OF HONOUR the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle ...1663
• BURY HOLE a grave ...1940 Amer. dial.
• DAD AND DAVE a grave ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DAISY a grave; death ...20C Amer. sl.
• DARBY'S DYKE the grave; death ...19C sl.
• DAVEY'S LOCKER a watery grave; thus death in general ...M18 nautical usage
• DAVID JONESES a watery grave; thus death in general ...M18 nautical usage
• DAVY the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1790 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1751 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES'S CHEST-LID a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S DOCK-YARD a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1774 nautical usage
• DAVY'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1802 nautical usage
• DEAD-HOLE a grave ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-HOUSE a grave ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DEEP SIX a grave ...20C US colloq.
• EARTH-BATH a grave ...1765 sl.
• EARTH-BED the grave ...1637
• EARTH-HOUSE the grave ...a1856
• FAMILY POUND a family grave ...c1870 sl.
• GROUND SWEAT burial in a grave; a grave ...17C sl.
• HEAD STICK a board set up at the head of a grave ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• HEARSE † a bier, a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave ...1601 obs. or arch.
• HONOUR'S BED the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle ...1834
• LAIR † the resting place of a corpse; a grave, a tomb ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAIR-STALL † a grave within a church ...1541
• LAIR-STEAD † a grave within a church ...1559
• LAKE † a pit; a den of lions; also, occasionally, a grave ...c1320
• LAST ABODE the grave; death ...20C US
• LAST HOME the grave; death; a cemetery ...20C US euphemism
• LAY-BED † a grave ...1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LONG HOME the grave; death ...c1725 Amer. dial.
• NARROW HOME the grave ...1936 Amer. dial.
• NARROW HOUSE the grave ...1810
• PARKING SPACE a grave ...1998 UK sl.
• SAM AND DAVE a grave ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• SHELTER HOUSE a roofed structure built over a grave ...1992 Amer. dial.
• UNBLOODY GRAVE that of one who has not died by bloodshed ...1829
GRAVE - nouns, person
• BEARER one who helps to carry a corpse to the grave, or who holds the pall in a funeral procession ...1633
• LAIR-HOLDER the owner of a grave ...1864 Sc.
• LAIR-NEIGHBOUR one who is buried in an adjacent grave ...1824 Sc.
GRAVE - verbs
• PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE to bury, to put into a grave ...1848 Ireland
GRAVEL - nouns
• CHANNER gravel ...19C Sc. & Irish
GRAVELLY - adjectives
• HASKY † dry and stony, as soil; gravelly ...1649 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
GRAVELY - adjectives
• HEAVY † gravely, seriously ...1563
• IMPORTUNATELY † gravely, exceedingly ...1660
GRAVESTONE - nouns
• LAIR-STONE † a gravestone ...1538
GRAVEYARD - see CEMETERY
GRAVY - adjectives
• BOIL-THICKENED said of gravy thickened while boiling by flour stirred in ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SAPPY juicy, full of gravy; savoury ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
GRAVY - nouns
• ARMY AND NAVY gravy ...1910s rhyming sl.
• BREE water in which any article of food is boiled; broth, soup, gravy, sauce, juice ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BRIE gravy, juice ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-EYED GRAVY a gravy made with water and meat drippings ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-EYE GRAVY a gravy made with water and meat drippings ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BULLDOG GRAVY. thickened gravy made with meat juice and flour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BULL FUCK gravy ...1966 Amer. jocular
• BULL GRAVY cream gravy ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DIP gravy, meat drippings ...1846 Amer. dial.
• DIPPING gravy, meat drippings ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIPPY gravy, meat drippings ...1896 Amer. dial.
• DIP-SOP a sweet sauce; gravy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ESSENCE gravy ...1957 Amer. dial.
• GIPPO any greasy gravy or sauce ...1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GIPPY any greasy gravy or sauce ...1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GOOGLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GOOP gravy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE anything more or lose of the consistency of thickened gravy ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GYPO any greasy gravy or sauce ... 1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GYPOO any greasy gravy or sauce ... 1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GYPPO any greasy gravy or sauce ... 1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• JIPPER gravy ...Bk1896 nautical sl.
• KITE PASTE thick gravy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LICK-DAB gravy ...1911 Amer. dial.
• LIFE EVERLASTING gravy ...1984 Amer. dial.
• LIFESAVERS gravy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOBLOLLY a thick gruel, stew, or gravy ...1637 Amer. dial.
• LOLLY gravy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LONG GRAVY a thin gravy, esp. one diluted to increase the quantity ...1952 Amer. dial.
• LOOSE GRAVY unthickened gravy ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MADE GRAVY a gravy artificially compounded, as opposed to one consisting only of the juices exuding from meat in cooking ...1796
• MOCKY gravy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OOSE † juice, gravy ...1821 Eng. dial.
• PAPERHANGER'S PASTE thick gravy ...1966 Amer. dial.
•.PASTE thick gravy ...1905 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN'S GRAVY a meatless gravy of flour, milk, or water, and fat, when available ...1930 Amer. dial.
• RAISED GRAVY a gravy usually made from the drippings and scraps left in the pan after frying meat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISING GRAVY a gravy usually made from the drippings and scraps left in the pan after frying meat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED-EYE GRAVY a reddish, usually unthickened, gravy made from the drippings of ham or other cured meat ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RED GRAVY a reddish, usually unthickened, gravy made from the drippings of ham or other cured meat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SAP † juice or fluid of any kind; gravy ...1527 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SAUCE gravy, the juice of meat ...1787 Sc.
• SAWMILL GRAVY thick gravy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SKILLEY gravy ...1927 US prison sl.
• WALLPAPER PASTE thick gravy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHITE SOP gravy made from white meat ...1852 Amer. dial.
GRAZE - nouns
• SCRAZE a scratch, a graze; a slight incision ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STRAWBERRY a graze on the skin ...1921 N. Amer. sl.
GRAZE - verbs
• BARK to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade ...1850
• RAISE † to graze, to touch ...1591
• RASE † to scrape in passing; to graze ...1609
• SCALP to graze, to mark in passing; to scrape ...1863 Sc. & 1902 Amer. dial.
• SCAMP to graze, to strike slightly, to touch lightly in passing, to deliver a glancing blow to ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SCAPE to graze, to mark slightly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCRAGE to graze ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
GRAZE (as in pasture) - verbs
• LEASOW † to pasture, to graze ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PICK of a horse or cow: to graze ...1902 Amer. dial.
GREASE - nouns
• FATNESS † a greasy or oily substance, fat ...c1000
• FATTINESS † grease ...1601
• GRUNGE grease, grime, or filth; also, anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
GREASY - adjectives
• BACON FED fat, greasy ...L16 sl.
• FATTISH † somewhat greasy or unctuous ...1589
• OLEAGINOUS containing oil or an oily substance; oily, fatty, greasy ...1634
• ŐLLIE oily, greasy ...1898 Sc.
• SALVY greasy, oily, soapy ...1897 Eng. dial.
GREASY - nouns
• LAGGER anything sticky or greasy, such as porridge or mud ...20C Ireland
GREAT - adjectives
• ACE expert; hence, outstanding, great ...1930 Amer. sl.
• AGGRO great; good ...20C teen & high school sl.
• ALL-TIME memorably good; absolutely first-rate; great, fantastic, wonderful ...1945 Amer. sl., esp. surfing usage
• ALMIGHTY great, impressive ...1824 UK sl.
• AWESOME exceptionally good; wonderful; great, excellent ...1975 US sl.
• AWFUL great or remarkable in degree, quality, duration, etc. ...1818 colloq.
• BIG great, important; of high position or standing ...1597 colloq.
• BITCHEN-TWITCHEN excellent; great; classy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COOL excellent, great, fine ...1933 sl., orig. US Black
• CURL A MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• CURL THE MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DARB highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great ...1930 US sl.
• DARBY excellent; wonderful, first-rate; great; good; fine ...1918 US sl.
• DESPERATE great, excessive ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING-DANG great, startling, extraordinary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• DOPE great, superb; a common rap term ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EGREGIOUS of things: remarkably good or great; of events and utterances: striking, significant ...1547-64
• EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FADE † of a thing: great, large ..c1400
• FANTABULOUS wonderful, marvellous, really great ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FANTIDILYSASTIC great ...1960s NZ teen sl.
• FRESH excellent; fine; very good; great, superb ...1984 sl., orig. US rap musician’s usage
• GALACTIC great, wonderful, amazing ...1998 US sl.
• GALLOWS very great, excellent, fine, first-rate ...1789 Eng. dial. & sl.
• GALLUS very great, excellent, fine, absolute ...M16
• GRACIOUS very large, great ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDIFIC †* making great; doing great things ...1727
• JOLLY big, great, plump ...M19
• KEY excellent, great ...1980 US sl.
• LAMMING huge, great, violent ...1816 Eng. dial.
• LINGIN great, remarkable ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MAGNIFICATE †* made unduly great, exaggerated ...a1592
• MAGNITUDINOUS involving greatness of scale; great, magnificent, imposing ...1803
• MAIN 1. great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
2. great, excellent; notable ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MASTER great, outstanding, large; greatest ...1750 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MASTERPIECE chief, great, wonderful ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MASTROUS great, extreme, wonderful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEGA great, successful, excellent, special ...1969 UK sl.
• MICKLE 1. great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. eminent, distinguished by birth or wealth; great; important ...1821 Sc.
• MIGHTY big, large, great; extreme ...1774 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE 1. great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. eminent, distinguished by birth or wealth; great; important ...1821 Sc.
• NAILING excellent; of superior quality; of large size; great ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NATION very large, very great; impressive ...1765 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NERVOUS great, thrilling ...1920s US sl., orig. jazz
• NIFTY BEANS absolutely splendid, great, wonderful; admirable ...1971 Amer. sl.
• NIFTY-KEEN absolutely splendid, great, wonderful; admirable ...1971 Amer. sl.
• NUI big, large, great ...1938 Hawaii
• ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful ...1825 Sc.
• OLD an intensifier; great, abundant, famous, fine ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLISH very great, extraordinary ....1785 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS very great, extraordinary ....1785 Eng. dial.
• PEACHY excellent, wonderful; great, fine, splendid ...1900 Amer. sl.
• PEACHY-KEEN excellent, wonderful; great ...1955 Amer. sl.
• RANK † 1. excessively great or large; esp. swollen, puffed up, grossly fat, too highly fed ...c1330
2. strong, great, formidable ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use ...1596 colloq.
• RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RENCING strong; great, robust ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid, great ...1858 Amer. sl.
• SAIR * of something pleasant: great, tremendous ...1877 Sc.
• SAMMIN adj. very great ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNODGER great, excellent ...1917 Aust. sl.
• STRAMMER great, large, thumping ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STRAMMING huge, great ...Bk1904 colloq.
• SUPERBAGNAMIOUS excellent, very fine, great ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEARING very great, excessive ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THUMPING large, great, big ...1869
• UNCO remarkable, notable, extraordinary, great, large ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VADY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VENGEABLE † very great, severe, strong, intense ...1532
• VENGEANCE † very great or large ...1602
• WAPPING unusually large or great ...17C
• WHAPPING unusually large or great ...18C
• WHOPPING unusually large or great ...19C
• WICKED really good, fantastic, excellent, first-rate, wonderful; great; deeply satisfying ...1920 sl., orig. US
• WOPPING unusually large or great ...M19
GREAT - nouns
• BUSTER something great ...c1850 sl., chiefly US
• MAGNALE † a great or wonderful thing ...1623
• MAGNALIA † great or wonderful works; wonders ...c1645
• MAGNALITY † a great or wonderful thing ...1646
• NADS something great or exciting ...1980s US college sl.
• RARE DEED great, fine, or extraordinary doings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASPER anything great, remarkable or extraordinary in its own way; an excellent thing ...1844
• ROUSER something very exciting or very great ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCREAMER an extraordinary person, animal or thing; something very great, excellent or exciting ...1818 Amer. dial.
• STRAMMER anything very large, great or exceptional ...1856 Eng. dial.
GREAT - nouns, person
• TRITON OF THE MINNOWS, A one who appears great by contrast with the insignificance of all those around him; a man who appears big because his companions are so small ...1607
GREAT - interjections
• SINGULAR! great! ...1992 US sl.
• TITS! an exclamation; Great! ...20C US sl.
GREAT BRITAIN - see BRITAIN
GREATER - adjectives
• BETTER greater, more higher in price ...Bk1911 Sc.
GREATER - nouns
• BIG-END the greater part ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DINT † the greater part or portion ...1855 Eng. dial.
GREATER - verbs
• MAGNOPERATE † to make greater; to cause a great increase of ...1610
• MAJORATE †* to make greater; to cause to increase or develop ...1656
GREATEST - adjectives
• MASTEREST greatest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
GREATEST - nouns
• ALL-TIMER the supreme example of, the greatest version ...1973 sl.
• APOGEE the best; the greatest ...Bk1998 sl.
GREATLY - adverbs
• BIG conspicuously; notably; also, with great success, to a great extent ...1865
• FAIR TREAT to a great extent ...1940s Aust. & NZ sl.
• FAR-ABOUT by far, very much, greatly ...1848
• FAR FORTHLY † to a great or definite extent; also, entirely, excellently ...1362
• FATLY to a great extent; largely; extensively ...1866
• FOR AFRICA hugely, greatly, in large amounts ...1970 S. Afr. sl.
• IMPENSELY † exceedingly, greatly ...1657
• IMPENSIVELY † exceedingly, greatly, immensely ...1620
• LIKE OLD HARRY to a great extent ...M17 sl.
• MAINLY † in a great degree; greatly, considerably, very much, a great deal ...c1400-50
• MAUNTLY greatly; very much ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MICKLE-WELL very much, greatly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTILY † greatly, very much, considerably ...1796 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTLY greatly, very much ...1744 Amer. dial.
• MIGHTY very, greatly; often used ironically ...1715 UK
• MUCKLE much, greatly ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODIOUSLY in an extraordinary manner or degree, very much, greatly ...1877 Sc.
• ON A BUST enthusiastically, to a great extent ...M19 US sl.
• OUT THE ASS emphatically well; to a great degree ...1971 Amer. sl.
• QUEINTLY greatly, very much ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADLIES sadly; to a great degree ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SADLINS sadly; greatly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SODLIES sadly; to a great degree ...Bk1904 Sc.
• UP TO ONE'S ARMPITS to a great extent; completely; thoroughly; having a large amount of ...1958 Amer. sl.
• VEHEMENTLY * to a very great extent; in a very high degree ...a1513
• VENGEABLE † exceedingly, greatly, very, extremely; excessively ...1542
• VENGEABLY exceedingly, greatly, very ...c1550 arch.
• WITH A VENGEANCE to a great degree, very much ...1568 UK
GREATNESS - nouns
• MAGNIFICIE †* greatness, importance ...1570
• MAGNITY †* greatness of character, rank or position ...1790
GREAT-AUNT, GREAT-UNCLE - see AUNT, UNCLE
GREECE - see GREEK
GREED - nouns
• GAIR covetousness, greed ...1821 Sc.
• IKEYNESS Jewishness and the derogatory stereotypes associated with it, i.e. artfulness, craftiness, greed, financial chicanery, etc. ...L19 sl.
• LONG-EYE greed, covetousness ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SCARTING miserly saving or greed ...1887 Sc.
GREEDILY - adverbs
• GAIRLY greedily, rapaciously ...1787 Sc.
• YEVERLY † greedily, quickly ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
GREEDINESS - nouns
• AVARITION †* the quality of being avaricious; greediness of wealth ...1622
• WANGA-GUT greediness or jealousy ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• WONGA-GUT greediness or jealousy ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• YEVERNESS † greediness, gluttony, voracity ...c888 obs. exc. Sc.
GREEDY - adjectives
• ABER eager, greedy ...1899 Sc.
• ARBITRARY hard; greedy, grasping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AVAROUS † avaricious, covetous, greedy ...1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AVERISH greedy, avaricious ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AVIDIOUS * avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy ...1534
• AVIDULOUS † somewhat greedy ...1731
• BAGGITY greedy ...c1779 Sc.
• BEDDY greedy, covetous of trifles ...1721 Sc.
• BIG EYE greedy; covetous ...1650s sl.
• BIG-EYED greedy, covetous ...1947 Amer. Black usage
• CUPIDINOUS * full of desire or cupidity, covetous, desirous, greedy ...1656
• EATING † greedy, voracious ...1483
• EDACIOUS 1. devoted to eating; voracious; ravenous, greedy ...1829
2. greedy, eager ...1865
• EGERNE † greedy ...c1200
• FAST-BUCK greedy, 'get rich quick' ...1960s US sl.
• GAIR greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• GAIR-GATHERED accumulated by greed ...1847 Sc.
• GAIR-GAUN rapacious, greedy ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GARE greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• GASTROLATROUS † belly-worshipping; gluttonous, greedy, voracious ...1694
• GRABALICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
• GRABBY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAB-GUTTED greedy, selfish ...1902 Amer. dial.
• GRABILICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
• GREEDY AS THE GRAVE, AS very greedy indeed ...1703
• GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition ...1626
• GUTSY greedy; very hungry ...c1920 Royal Air Force usage
• HAINISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HAIVERY miserly, greedy of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAWKY greedy as a hawk, voracious ...1732
• HAYNISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HOG FOR, A avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOGGY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOKEM-SNIVEY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INGLUVIOUS † greedy, gluttonous ...1569
• LICKERISH greedy; longing ...arch.
• LIQUORISH greedy; longing ...arch.
• MEECHY greedy in money matters; miserly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MENSELESS greedy, covetous; selfish, inhospitable ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NABAL greedy, grasping, niggardly, churlish ...1861 Sc.
• NABALISH covetous, greedy ...1825 Sc.
• NARROW-CHINED niggardly, greedy ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-FISTED greedy, grasping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEWIS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON THE MAKE said of someone intent on profit; avaricious; greedy ...1869 orig. US
• ORAFU' gluttonous, greedy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PHILARGYROUS † loving money, greedy of gain, covetous, avaricious ...1665
• PIGGY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAVISABLE † ravenous, greedy ...c1400
• SCADLY greedy, greedy of; destructive ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEL voracious, greedy ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCHY stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOTTISH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNOEP mean, greedy, selfish, stingy ...1960s S. Afr.
• YAMSE greedy, eager to get, covetous ...1908 Sc.
• YERN † eager, earnestly or keenly desirous; also, greedy, covetous ...c893
• YEVER † greedy, covetous ...c888 obs. exc. Sc.
• YEVERY greedy, voracious ...1536 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YEVEY greedy, voracious, clamorous for food ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YEVRISOME ravenously greedy ...1825 Sc.
GREEDY - nouns, person
• BAGWAME a silly, greedy fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT a person who saves in a mean way, or is greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLOCKER a greedy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-GUT a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person ...1540
• BIG PIG a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters; a stingy person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DRAFFSACK † a big paunch; a lazy glutton; a gross greedy fellow ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EATNELL † a greedy eater ...1611
• GALDROCH † a greedy, long-necked, ill-shaped person ...1824 Sc.
• GRAB a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ALL a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ASS a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRABBER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GRABENHEIMER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAND-PAUNCH † a greedy fellow; a glutton, a gourmand ...1601
• GRASP-ALL one who clutches at everything; a greedy person ...1802 nonce word
• GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GUT-ACHE a greedy person ...1950s UK juvenile sl.
• GUTS-ACHE a greedy person ...1950s UK juvenile sl.
• GUTSER a glutton; a greedy person ...1910s sl.
• GUTZER a greedy person; a glutton ...1910s sl.
• GUZZLE GUTS a glutton; a greedy person ...1788 sl.
֩• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• HANNIEL a covetous, greedy person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HASPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HESPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics ...1904 Amer. dial.
• LICKPENNY † one who 'licks up' the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner ...a1400
• MONEY-CORMORANT one greedy for money ...1840
• MONEY DOG a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MONEY HOUND a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person ...1604
• NABBLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person; a churlish person ...B1900 Sc.
• NABLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person ...1824 Sc.
• NAGAS a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NEEDMORE an avaricious or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person ...1951 Amer. dial.
• PURSE-LEECH † a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner ...1598
• RABIATOR * a violent, noisy, greedy person ...a1814 Sc.
• RAZOR-FACE a sharp-featured person, esp. one who is close-fisted and greedy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REACHER a greedy person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEBLE a greedy person or animal ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SAG-KITE an overgrown, greedy person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-SCRAN one whose greediness grudges others their food ... Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH a stingy person; one who is greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPER a greedy, acquisitive person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPIE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAT-PENNY a greedy, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKINNER a stingy person; one who is greedy in money manners ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SLAPSAUCE † one who is fond of good eating; a greedy or gluttonous person ...1576
• TICK one who is greedy or selfish ...1975 Amer. sl.
• WEASEL a mean, greedy or sneaking fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YARKER an eager eater; a greedy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GREEDY - verbs
• EAT ALONE to be greedy ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• GREASE ONE'S ROOTS. to be greedy ...1957 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE BIG EYE to be greedy or covetous ...1903 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPARE THE REEK OFF ONE'S OWN SHIT to be very greedy and grasping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• O.D. to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy ...1970s sl.
• OH-DEE to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy ...1970s sl.
GREEK - adjectives
• ARGIVE Grecian, Greek ...1598
• DAGO (derogatory) Greek ...M19 Aust. sl.
• PANHELLENIC of or representing all men of Greek race ...1847
GREEK - nouns
• GRAIOMANIA a passion for things Greek ...1855
• PANHELLENISM the idea or plan of a political union of all Greeks ...1860
GREEK nouns, person
• ARGIVE a Greek ...1675
• BUBBLE (derogatory) a Greek ...1938 Brit. rhyming sl. 'bubble and squeak'
• BUBBLE AND SQUEAK (derogatory) a Greek ...1938 Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAGO (derogatory) a Greek ...19C Aust. sl.
• DING (derogatory) an Italian; a Greek ...1940 Aust. sl.
• GREEKESS * a female Greek ...M19
• GREEKLING * a little Greek; a degenerate contemptible Greek ...M17
• OIL SLICK a Spaniard; a Greek ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'spic'
• ZORBA a Greek ...1980s Aust. sl.
GREEN - adjectives
• BERYL clear pale green ...1501
• CAESIOUS bluish or greyish green
• GAUDY-GREEN † green dyed with weld, yellowish green ...a1300
• GOURDY green ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LEEKISH † resembling a leek in colour, green ...1576
• LEEKY † resembling a leek in colour, green ...1552
• OLIVACEOUS of a dusky green colour with a touch of yellow, like the unripe olive; olive-green, olive ...1776
• SALT-GREEN † green like the sea
• VARLEY-GRASSEY gone green, as copper or brass ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERDANT of a green colour or hue; green ...1581
• VERD-AZURE * of a bluish-green colour; sea-green ...1876
• VERDAZURINE † bluish-green; sea-green ...1681
• VERDURANT † green, verdant ...1583
• VERNANT † freshly green; verdant ...1594 now rare or obs.
• VERT green ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GREEN - nouns
• BERYL pale sea-green, the colour of beryl ...1834
• VERD green; greenness ...1915 poetic
GREEN - verbs
• VERDOY † to become green ...1480
GREENGROCER - see GROCER
GREENHORN - nouns, person
• BLAN-BEC a greenhorn ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BLANC-BEC a greenhorn ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BOOT a novice, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOOTSTRAPPER a novice, a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUCK FARMER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEAT a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEATER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CHIPPY a novice, a beginner; a greenhorn ...1899 Amer. sl.
• FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FLAT a greenhorn; a gull ...1762 colloq.
• FLAT-HEAD a greenhorn ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GREENASS an inexperienced person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1966 US sl.
• GREENER a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person; a newcomer; a naive person ...1877 Amer. dial.
• GREEN HAND an inexperienced person; a greenhorn ...1808 Amer. dial.
• GREENHEAD an inexperienced person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1948 US sl.
• GREENY a naive or inexperienced person; a greenhorn; a simpleton; a dull and stupid person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFIN a greenhorn; a newcomer ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• JABONEY a greenhorn; a newly-arrived foreigner; an inept, stupid or inexperienced person; a guy or fellow ...1931 Amer. dial.
• JAKE a greenhorn ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JEHU a greenhorn; a country fellow ...1906 Amer. dial.
• JOHN a greenhorn; a newcomer to the army ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LABRICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a stranger; a naive or foolish person; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. sl.
• LAVERICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a naive person; a stranger; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LENT a greenhorn ...1920 Amer. dial.
• PALOUSER a novice or greenhorn; a country bumpkin ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• POOR FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• PUNKER a greenhorn ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SAFT-HORN a novice; an inexperienced person; a greenhorn ...1836 Sc.
• SUCKER a greenhorn, a dupe; a mean, low fellow ...1758 sl.
• TENDERFOOT an inexperienced newcomer or visitor in a frontier or rural area; a greenhorn; a naive or inexperienced person ...1866 Amer. dial.
GREENHOUSE - nouns
• HIBERNACULUM † a greenhouse for wintering plants ...L17
GREENLAND - nouns
• MALLEMAROKING the visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships ...1867 nautical usage
GREENNESS - nouns
• VERD green; greenness ...1915 poetic
• VERDANCY the quality or condition of being verdant; greenness ...1631
• VERDANTNESS * greenness ...1727
• VERDOUR † fresh greenness of vegetation; fig. fresh or flourishing condition ...1447
• VERDURE the fresh green colour characteristic of flourishing vegetation; greenness, viridity ...a1300
• VERNANCY † a flourishing state; greenness ...1669
GREEN ONION - nouns
• JACOB'S ONION a green onion ...1975 Amer. dial.
GREET - verbs
• DAP to greet another with a ritualistic handshake; to show respect in greeting ...1973 US sl.
• GRATULATE to greet joyously ...arch.
• HAIL to salute, to greet; to receive with expressions of gladness, to welcome ...c1200
• HAILSE † to greet, to salute ...a1300
• HALCH † to hail, to salute, to greet ...1515
• HALSE † to hail, to salute, to greet ...1375
• HIGH FIVE to greet someone by raising the arm and ritualistically slapping the other's palm ...1980s sl.
• HOWDY DOODY to greet ...1987 Amer. sl.
• KEEP † to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome ...1340
• PUDSY to greet affectionately or with familiarity ...19C colloq.
• WISH to greet someone ...1979 India sl.
GREETING - nouns
• BEL-ACCOIL † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• BEL-ACCOYLE † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• FACE a general term of greeting, e.g. 'Hello, face' ...L19 sl.
• GLAD HAND, THE a cordial handshake or other greeting ...1895 orig. US
• HAILSING † greeting, salutation ...a1300
• HIGH FIVE a greeting or celebratory gesture that takes the form of raising the arm and ritualistically slapping each other's palm ...1980s sl.
• MY MAN a term of greeting for a very good friend ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PASSWORD a greeting ...1914 Amer. dial.
GREETING - interjections/phrases
• ALL RIGHT? a general phrase of greeting; a question mark is assumed; often answered by 'all right' or 'not so bad' ...1960s
• A'MONLAR a greeting ...1960s US Black sl.
• AYO! used as a greeting ...1995 US sl.
• EASY used as a greeting ...2003 sl.
• HAIL! an exclamation of greeting or salutation ...c1200
• HI-DE-HI greeting, encouraging, or expressing enthusiasm, esp. in a dance band, holiday camp, etc. ; frequently answered with 'ho-de-ho' ...M20
• HOW'S YOUR ASS? used as a greeting ...c1960 Amer. sl.
• PASS THE TIME O' DAY to exchange greetings, as between neighbours ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUE PASA? a greeting, what's happening? ...1980s US college sl.
• TALK OF THE DEVIL! said of a person who, while being spoken of, arrives unexpectedly; hence, an ungracious, though not necessarily unfriendly, greeting to that person ...1666 UK sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU KNOW? a greeting, 'hello and how are you?', 'what have you been doing' ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT GIVES? a general greeting ...1940s
• WHAT HO! a general exclamation of greeting ...M19
• WHAT IS IT? a greeting ...1970s US college sl.
• WHAT IT IS! a friendly greeting, hello, how are you? ...1980s US Black
• WHAT'S GIVING? a general greeting ...1940s
• YAGA-YAGA! a greeting, a means of attracting attention to oneself ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• YA HEY! used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter ...1934 Amer. dial.
• YA HEY DERE! used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter ...1934 Amer. dial.
• YAH HEY! used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter ...1934 Amer. dial.
• YASSOO! used as a greeting among troops who have served in Cyprus ...1984 UK sl.
• YO used as a greeting ...1966 orig. & chiefly US
GREMLIN - nouns
• LINCOLNSHIRE GREMLIN. a sharp-toothed gremlin, fond of biting the control wires ...1940 Royal Air Force sl.
GRENADE - nouns
• CHICAGO PINEAPPLE a small bomb or grenade ...20C Amer. sl.
• FISH TAIL a grenade ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GUT-RIPPER an antipersonnel grenade that explodes at waist level ...1991 US sl.
• NADE a grenade ...1987 US military sl.
• PILL a hand-grenade ...1919 sl.
• PINEAPPLE a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• PINEAPPLE BOMB a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• RED DEVIL a type of Italian hand-grenade ...1944 sl.
• TICKLER a hand grenade ...World War I Amer. sl.
GREY - adjectives
• CANOUS †* grey, hoary ...1513
• FAUCHIE pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour ...1911 Sc.
• FEACHY † pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour ...1911 Sc.
• ISET of a bluish-grey colour ...1897 Sc.
• ISET-GRAY of a bluish-grey colour ...1897 Sc.
• KENNET-COLOUR † grey-coloured ...1530
• NIGHT AND DAY grey ...20C rhyming sl.
• OOMSKIT dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour ...1866 Sc.
• PARSON-GREY dark grey ...1828 Sc.
GREY - nouns
• ELEPHANT'S BREATH a shade of colour, light steel grey ...1884
• PARSON GRAY a dark shade of grey, charcoal grey ...1821 Sc.
• QUAKER-COLOUR a drab or grey colour ...1818
GREYHOUND RACING - nouns
• BOILOVER a win by long-priced entrant in horse or greyhound race ...Aust. sl.
GRIEF, GRIEF-STRICKEN - adjectives
• BEDOLED stupefied with pain or grief ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BUSTED UP grief-stricken; depressed ...1892 US sl.
• CAREFUL † full of grief; mournful, sorrowful ...a1000
• CROCODILIAN † making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful ...1632
• DUMB-COMPLAINING showing sadness or grief in the face, but not expressing it in words ...1810
• MAIZLED † lost or bewildered in grief ...1919 Sc.
• TAME-GRIEF that subdues grief ...1605
GRIEF - adverbs
• HEAVILY † with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously ...c1000 obs. or arch.
GRIEF - nouns
• BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief ...c1325
• BARRAT † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
• CARE † mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble ...c1250
• EARNING † longing desire; poignant grief or compassion ...1631
• EGRIMONY †* great sorrow, grief, sadness ...1626
• GRAME † grief, sorrow; harm ...c1000 obs. exc. arch.
• HARM † grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction ...a1000
• HEAVINESS † sadness, grief ...c1275
• ILL CHEER grief ...1876 Eng. dial.
• JEREMIAD a tale of grief; a doleful story
• LEVATION † an easing or diminishing of grief or pain ...1656
• OFTHINKING † displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow ...a1225
• SAIR sorrow, grief ...1736 Sc.
• SITE † care or sorrow; grief, trouble of any kind ...c1200
• TAKE a state of excitement, grief, fluster, etc. ...1896 Sc.
• TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TALL WEEPING intense grief ...L19 US sl.
• TAME-GRIEF that which subdues grief ...1605
• TEAN sorrow, grief ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEN sorrow, grief ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble ...1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANDREME †* distress, grief ...c1450
• YAMMERING † a cry of grief; a wailing ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
GRIEF - verbs
• DEDOLEATE † to end one's sorrow or grief ...1623
• EAT ONE'S HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1596
• EAT ONE'S OWN HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1879
• HEAVY † to become heavy through weariness or grief ...a1000
• OFTHINK † to cause one grief or regret ...c1000
• TANG † to pierce with grief or compunction ...a1400-50
GRIEF - interjections
• AY-LA! an exclamation of surprise or grief ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LACKADAISY expressing surprise, regret, or grief ...M18
• LACKADAY expressing surprise, regret, or grief ...L17 arch.
• LACKANEE! † an exclamation of grief; alas! ...1813 Sc.
• SARS-O-MINE! † an exclamation, esp. of grief ...1864 Eng. dial.
GRIEF-STRICKEN - adjectives
• SAIR of the heart, etc. aching, grief-stricken, sorrowful ...1739 Sc.
GRIEVANCE - nouns
• CRABFEST an exchange of grievances ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAVINESS † a grievance ...c950
• MOAN a grievance, a complaint ...1910s sl., orig. military
• SCAB a grievance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SOBFEST an exchange of grievances ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
GRIEVE - verbs
• ADOLORATE †* to vex, to grieve ...1598
• CAG to grieve ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CARE † to sorrow or grieve ...a1000
• CONTRISTATE † to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve ...1616
• DARE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DERE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• GIVE ONESELF ILL † to distress or trouble oneself; to grieve ...a1300
• GRAME † to be vexed or displeased; to fret; to anger, grieve, vex, annoy ...c1320
• GREET to weep, cry, lament, grieve ...OE
• HEAVY † to weigh down; to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress ...c897
• KAG to grieve, to vex ...1866 Sc.
• KEG to annoy, to vex, to insult, to give sharp offense; to grieve ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAR † to confuse, to bewilder; to perplex, to trouble; to grieve, to distress ...a1300
• OFTHINK † to seem not good; to displease, to vex, to grieve ...c888
• RATIFY to grieve, to mortify ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SIT † to distress, to vex, to grieve ...c1230
• SITE † to grieve ...a1300
• TAKE ON 1. to grieve, to lament ...1876 Sc.
2. to cry, to mourn, to grieve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OUT to grieve over ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY to grieve, to mourn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VEX to feel sorry, to be distressed, to grieve ...1825 Sc.
• YEARN † to mourn, to grieve ...1562
GRIEVED - adjectives
• CAGGED irritated, angry, annoyed, vexed, offended; grieved ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FASHED troubled in mind, sorry, grieved; weary ...1597 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GRAME † grieved, sorrowful ...c1000
• HEAVY-HEARTED grieved, sad, melancholy ...c1400
• ILL grieved, sorrowful ...BK1905 Sc.
GRIEVING - adjectives
• CARKING † burdening, distressing, grieving, fretting ...c1565 obs. or arch.
GRIEVING - nouns
• CARKING † grieving, being anxious; trouble, solicitude; anxious toil ...1583 obs. or arch.
GRIEVOUS - adjectives
• DEAR hard, severe, heavy, grievous; dire, fell ...a1000 arch.
• DERE hard, severe, heavy, grievous; dire, fell ...a1000 arch.
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• IMPORTABLE † too grievous or painful to be borne; unbearable, unendurable ...c1386
• IMPORTUNABLE † burdensome, onerous, grievous, heavy ...1482
• IMPORTUNATE † burdensome; grievous, grave ...c1540
• IMPORTUNE † troublesome, burdensome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting ...c1400
• NOISANT †* harmful, troublesome, grievous ...a1440
• VENGIBLE † grievous, severe ...1601
• VEXSOME sorrowful, full of vexation; grievous, sad ...1852 Sc.
GRIEVOUSLY - adverbs
• DERELY grievously, extremely ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DERF † grievously, terribly ...c1325
• HEAVILY † with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously ...c1000 obs. or arch.
• IMPORTUNATELY † in a burdensome or grievous way; grievously, troublesomely ...1564
• IMPORTUNELY † grievously, troublesomely ...a1656
GRIM - adjectives
• ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly ...1742 Sc.
• ATRY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered ...1742 Sc.
• ATTERY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOOT-FACED grim, expressionless
• GAUNT of inanimate things: grim or desolate of aspect ...1840
• MALAGRUGROUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGROBOLOUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGRUGROUS grim, ghastly; discontented-looking ...1742 Sc.
• MALLAGRUGOUS grim, ghastly; discontented-looking ...1742 Sc.
GRIM - nouns, person
• GRIMSIR † an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
GRIM - verbs
• HAVE A FACE LIKE A COASTGUARD STATION to look stony and grim ...c1940 sl.
GRIMACE - nouns
• BOWING-CHAFFS distortion of the face by grimaces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FACE a grimace ...L16 sl.
• FIT OF THE FACE † a grimace; a twist or contortion of the face ...1773
• MAGOWFIN a grimace ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEE-MAW an antic or grotesque action or expression of face, a grimace; dumb show; an affected manner, affectation ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEGRIMS antics, tricks; gesticulations; grimaces ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MIMMY-MAWKS wry faces, grimaces ...B1900 Eng. dial.
GRIMACE - verbs
• GANSH † to grimace ...1825 Sc.
• MAKE MOWS to make grimaces or mocking faces ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEE-MAW to make signs or grimaces; to be affected; to do anything affectedly ...1874 Eng. dial.
• MOP to make a grimace or sad expression
• MOP AND MOW to make a grimace or sad expression
• PULL A FACE to distort one's features, to grimace
• THRAW ONE'S GAB to grimace, to make a face, as an expression of discontent or annoyance ....1728 Sc.
• THROW THE MOUTH to make a grimace ...1826 Sc.
• YIRN to distort the face; to make grimaces ...Bk1905 Sc.
GRIMACING - adjectives
• MIMMOCKING grimacing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIMMY-MANCKING grimacing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GRIME - nouns
• GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck ...1932 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGE grease, grime, or filth; also, anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
GRIMLY - adverbs
• MALAGRUGROUSLY grimly, gloomily ...1818 Sc.
GRIMY - adjectives
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGED-OUT filthy, dirty, grimy ...1986 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PUGGY damp and sticky from perspiration; clammy, sweaty, dirty, grimy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRUNGY grimy, shabby ...1974 sl., chiefly US
GRIN - nouns
• CHICKEN a foolish or sheepish grin ...1943 US Black college sl.
GRIN - nouns, person
• GRINSHEEP a person who grins sheepishly ...1906 Amer. dial.
GRIN - verbs
• FLASH ONE'S IVORIES to show one's teeth; to grin ...1825 sl.
• FLASH THE IVORY to grin, to smile ...1860 sl.
• GANGE to show the gums; hence, to grin ...1925 Sc.
• GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face ...1830s colloq.
• INTERGERN †* to exchange grins or snarls ...1608
• SKIN TEETH to smile; to grin ...1994 Jamaica
• SMICKER † to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin ...1802 Sc.
GRIND - verbs
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
GRINDING - nouns
• SCRANCH a sharp, grinding noise; the noise made by crunching anything ...1881 Eng. dial.
GRINDING - verbs
• SCRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
GRINDSTONE - nouns
• GRINDING ROCK a grindstone ...1913 Amer. dial.
• GRINDLESTONE a grindstone ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GRIND ROCK a grindstone ...1895 Amer. dial.
GRINNING - adjectives
• RIDENT * radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning ...1609
GRINNING - nouns, person
• GRINAGOG † a stupid, grinning fellow; one who grins without reason or who is always grinning ...1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf ...1818 Eng. dial.
GRIP - nouns
• FANG † a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip ...a1400-50
• HANDFAST † firm hold or grip with the hands ...1545
• TAIL HOLD a firm grip ...1874 Amer. dial.
• YOKE a grip, a grasp, a hold ...1892 Sc.
GRIP - verbs
• BECLIP † to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip; to catch, to overtake ...c1380
• NEIVE to catch with the hands, to pinch, to grip ...1824 Sc.
• TACKLE to grip, to lay hold of ...E19 sl.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
GRIPING - nouns, person
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
GRIPPING - adjectives
• FAST † gripping, tenacious ...c1510
GRITTY - adjectives
• GREETY gritty, full of grit ...B1900 Eng. dial.
GROAN - nouns
• YOAN a groan ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GROAN - verbs
• QUERK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• VENT * to give, heave, or utter a groan, sigh, etc. ...1602 rare or poetical
GROANING - adjectives
• GEMENT † groaning, lamenting ...1656
GROCER - nouns, person
• BADGER 1. one who keeps a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold ...1856 Eng. dial.
2. a wholesale grocer; one who buys and sells in batches ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABBAGE-GELDER a greengrocer or market-gardener ...1866 sl.
• FIGGINS a grocer ...c1870 colloq.
• FIGS a grocer ...c1870 colloq.
• KAIL-WIFE a woman who sells vegetables and herbs; a female greengrocer ...a1779 Sc.
• KALE-SELLER a greengrocer ...1792 Sc.
• LACHANOPOLIST †* a greengrocer; a seller of herbs ...1656
• LACHANOPOLL †* a greengrocer ...1623
• SPLIT FIG a grocer ...L17 sl.
• VEGETABLE JOHN a Chinese greengrocer ...1920s Aust. sl.
GROCERIES - nouns
• BADGE a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold, generally on credit ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HANDBAG a paper bag for bringing groceries home from the store ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PACKAGE a paper bag for groceries ...1967 Amer. dial.
GROCERY STORE - nouns
• PAD OF DRY SCARFS a grocery store ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
GROGGY - adjectives
• PUNCH-DRUNK groggy, dazed, or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNCHY punch-drunk ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
GROIN - nouns
• GUNGE an irritation of the groin area ...Amer. sl.
GROOM - nouns, person
• MAFOO a groom; hence, a coachman ...Bk1910 Anglo-Chinese
• PALFRENIER † a man having charge of horses; a groom ...c1489
• PALFRER † a man having charge of horses; a groom ...1300
• PALFREYOUR † a man having charge of horses; a groom ...1300
• SWIPE a groom or stable-boy ...1929 US sl.
• VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1456 now arch.
• VARLETTO † a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1598
GROPE - verbs
• CRAWL to grope and fondle a woman ...sl.
• FAM to feel, to handle; to grope a woman ...M18 sl.
• FATHOM ABOUT †* to try what the arms will take in; to grope about ...a1300
• SCRAVVLE to scramble, to scrawl; to grope with the hands ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAWM to scramble awkwardly; to grope about with outstretched arms; to sprawl; to spread or stretch out in a straggling manner ...1895 Eng. dial.
• STROKE to grope ...Bk1904 sl.
• THRUMBLE to fumble, grope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
GROPING - adjectives
• FRISKING petting or groping ...20C US sl.
GROPING - nouns
• BIT OF CALICO sexual groping ...M19 US sl.
• LING-GRAPPLING groping or feeling a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• THRUMBLE the act of handling overmuch or of groping or fumbling ...Bk1905 Sc.
GROSS - adjectives
• EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive ...1573
• LARGE † of speech, etc.: free, unrestrained; in bad sense, lax, licentious, improper, gross ...c1374
• MINGIN(G) smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross ...playground sl.
• RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
• REASTY bad-tempered; also, gross, obscene ...1825 Eng. dial.
GROSS - nouns, person
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GROSSER a gross or unattractive person ...1979 Amer. student sl.
• PORKNELL †* one as fat as a pig; a fat, gross person ...c1400
GROSSLY - adverbs
• EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully ...a1555
GROTESQUE - adjectives
• FANTASTICAL † having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment ...1599
• GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking ...1964 Amer. sl.
GROTESQUE, GROTESQUENESS - nouns
• BABERY † grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity ...c1384
• BABOONERY † grotesque ornamentation ...1383
• CREEPSHOW horrible or grotesque; used to describe a situation or person that fits the bill ...Brit. sl.
• FANTASTICALITY eccentricity, grotesqueness, oddity ...1592
• MARMOSET † a grotesque figure in a building ...1687
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd thing
• SAUCE-CROON a ridiculous or grotesque object ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANTILEIRUM a big grotesque object or erection ...1827 Sc.
• UFRONGIE a grotesque object; a person of forbidding aspect ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UFRUNGIE a grotesque object; a person of forbidding aspect ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UG an object of disgust; a bad or grotesque appearance; a person of disagreeable, disgusting manners ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
GROTESQUE - nouns, person
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a person resembling the character so called in Scott's 'Kenilworth': a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin ...1826
• GUY a grotesque-looking, ill-dressed, ugly, or ridiculous person, esp. an old man; hence, a person who is an object of ridicule or derision; broadly, a fool ...1823 Amer. sl.
• MUPPET a retarded, incapacitated or grotesque person; generally applied to hospital inmates, mentally deranged prisoners, or to unattractive teenagers by their peers ...Brit. sl.
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd person
• DIXIE PUNCH fermented grape juice ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DIXIE WINE fermented grape juice ...1873 Amer. dial.
• RACEMATION † the gleaning or gathering of grapes ...1623
• RAISIN † a cluster of grapes; a grape ...1382
• RAISINS OF THE SUN sun-dried grapes ...1544
• TAG a bunch (of grapes) ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VENDAGE † the harvest of grapes; vintage ...1377
• VENDONGING † grape-picking; the vintage ...1340
• VINDAGE † vintage ...1377
GRAPPLING - nouns
• HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling ...1818 Sc.
• HANDY-GRIPS close quarters, grappling ...1660 Sc.
GRASP - nouns
• BERTH a foothold, a grasp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANG † a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip ...a1400-50
• HANDGRIP grasp, seizure with the hand ...a1300
• HANDGRIPING † grasp, seizure with the hand ...1700
• HANDIGRIPING † grasp, seizure with the hand ...1577
• HANDY-GRIP † a grasp, seizure with the hand ...a1300
• YOKE a grip, a grasp, a hold ...1892 Sc.
GRASP - verbs
• BEFONG † to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch ...a1000
• FANG † to lay hold of; to grasp; to hold; to seize; to clasp. to embrace ...c1200
• FAST-HAND † to grasp tightly ...1632
• GAFFLE to grasp, to seize; to take hold of and carry; to steal, to shoplift, to swindle; to arrest ...1900 Amer. dial.
• GRAFF to grasp ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GRUBBLE to feel; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...L17 Brit. sl.
• GUDDLE to do sexual foreplay; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...E19 Brit. sl.
• HANDFAST † to grasp, to seize with the hand; to take fast hold of ...c1530
• IMPALM * to grasp or take in the palm of the hand ...1611
• LATCH † to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, esp. with the hand or claws; to clasp, to embrace ...c1000
• NAB to catch or grasp a person, usually unawares, esp. to lay hold of or capture a malefactor; to apprehend and place under arrest ...1686 orig. criminals' sl.
• NEVEL to take hold of with the fist; to grasp, to pluck out ...1824 Sc.
• RAUNCH AND SCRAUNCH to snatch greedily; to grasp at ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UMBEGRIP † to grasp ...a1400
GRASPED - adjectives
• HANDFASTED † with hands firmly grasped, hand in hand ...1592
GRASPING - adjectives
• ARBITRARY hard; greedy, grasping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ETTLE stingy, grasping ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GRASPIOUS stingy; grasping ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition ...1626
• GRIPPY grasping, avaricious ...Sc.
• HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ISLE OF WIGHT mean, grasping ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tight'
• LARGE-HANDED † grasping, rapacious ...1607
• MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean ...M19 Aust. sl.
• NABAL greedy, grasping, niggardly, churlish ...1861 Sc.
• NABALISH covetous, grasping ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NARROW-FISTED greedy, grasping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted ...1823 Sc.
• STRAIT-HANDED † close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy ...1600
• TINNY mean, grasping ...1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
GRASPING - nouns, person
• CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
• DRYSIDES a grasping, miserly fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• EARTHWORM a miser; a covetous, grasping person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• HARPY a rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others ...1589
• HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• HOG a slovenly person; a grasping person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NABAL a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1792 Sc.
• NABBLE a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1792 Sc.
• NABBLER a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1911 Sc.
• NAILER a hard, grasping person ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• PIG a grasping person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURSE-LEECH † a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner ...1598
• RAKE a grasping person who is always trying to accumulate money ...1920 Sc.
• TARTAR a covetous, grasping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE-POKE a grasping, avaricious, grasping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWINK a sharp, shrewish, grasping woman ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ZIPPER POCKETS a mean, grasping person ...1970s US sl.
GRASPING - verbs
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPARE THE REEK OFF ONE'S OWN SHIT to be very greedy and grasping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAKE AND SCRAPE to collect everything one can lay one's hands on for one's own advantage; to be over-grasping and avaricious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GRASS - adjectives
• HERBULENT †* full of herbs or grass ...1656
• YARE of grass or pastures: fresh, green ...1691 Eng. dial.
GRASS - nouns
• BONNET-STRINGS long coarse grass ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS a bunch or tuft of grass ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET the grass, the ground ...1897 Amer. sl.
• EDDISH grass (also clover, etc.) which grows again ...1468
• ERNIE MARSH the grass ...20C rhyming sl.
• FAG long, coarse grass; tufts of old grass ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY RING a circular patch of grass on a prairie ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GAIR a strip or patch of green grass, generally on a hillside ...1790 Sc.
• HARBOUR † a grass-plot; a green ...1505
• LAGGER clinging dampness on grass in the morning ...1925 Sc.
• OLD IRON grass ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (old iron and brass)
• OLD IRON AND BRASS grass ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SCAD a tuft of grass; a slab of peat ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VELLY a tuft of grass; a turf ...1889 Eng. dial.
GRASSHOPPER - nouns
• BILLY a grasshopper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BACCO CHEWER a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANADIAN SOLDIER a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHA-CHA a green grasshopper ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHAPULIN a grasshopper ...1932 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HORSE a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S HAWK a grasshopper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S HORNET a grasshopper ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S HORSE a grasshopper ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HAY JUMPER a grasshopper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HOPPERGRASS a grasshopper ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KATTYDID a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDATE a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDEE a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDID a green grasshopper ...1743 Amer. dial.
• KATYDIDDLE a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KATYDIDN'T a green grasshopper ...1846 Amer. dial.
• KITTYDID a green grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOCUST a grasshopper ...1737 Amer. dial.
• MOLASSES HOPPER a grasshopper ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH BUG a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SAWYER the green grasshopper ...1804 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO BUG a grasshopper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO CHEWER a grasshopper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO EATER a grasshopper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO SPITTER a grasshopper ...1896 Amer. dial.
GRASSHOPPER - verbs
• CLITTER to emit the sound of a grasshopper or cicada ...1844
GRATE - verbs
• CRAKE † to grate harshly; to creak. as the hinge of a door ...1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPET to creak, to grate, as the ungreased wheel of a barrow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIVER to grate, as potatoes ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SKREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
GRATEFUL DEAD - nouns
• DEAD BOARD an Internet bulletin board system designed by, and for, fans of the Grateful Dead ...1994 US sl.
• DEAD THREADS in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: the layers of clothes worn by a concert-goer ...1994 US sl.
• TOUR CRUD in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a bacterial or viral infection that quickly spreads among those following the band on tour ...1994 US sl.
GRATEFUL DEAD - nouns, person
• DEADHEAD a follower of the Grateful Dead, a band strongly associated with psychedelic drugs, seen by many to epitomise the hippie ideal ...1972 US sl.
• RAILRAT in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a member of the audience who prefers to see the show from as close as possible to the band, right on the rail ...1994 US sl.
• SHOW BUDDY in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a friend with whom you team up for Grateful Dead tours ...1994 US sl.
• TOUR RAT in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a fan who follows the band on tour at all costs ...1994 US sl.
GRATIFICATION - nouns
• PORK CHOPS material or sensual gratification, often referring to sex ...1920s US sl.
• TITILLATION pleasing excitement, gratification ...c1425
GRATIFIED - nouns
• SATIETY † the condition of being filled or fully gratified; full attainment of an object or desire ...1548
GRATIFY - verbs
• AGGRATE † to please, to gratify, to inspire with satisfaction ...1591
• ARRIDE to please well, to gratify, to delight, to content with delight ...1599 arch.
• CLAW ONE'S TOES † to gratify or indulge oneself ...c1460
• QUEME † of persons: to please, to gratify another, esp. a superior; to act so as to please one ...a750
• TITILLATE to excite or stimulate as by tickling; esp. to excite agreeably, to gratify the sense of taste, smell, or touch, the imagination ...1620
• TITULATE to excite or stimulate as by tickling; esp. to excite agreeably, to gratify the sense of taste, smell, or touch, the imagination ...1620
GRATING - adjectives
• RASPY of a rasping nature; harsh, grating ...1838
• YARKING grating, harsh ...1895 Eng. dial.
GRATING - nouns
• WAFFLE IRON a sidewalk or pavement grating ...1910s US sl.
GRATING (sound) - nouns
• RASHING a succession of harsh grating sounds ...1889
• SCREEK a harsh, grating noise ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH a shriek; a shrill cry, esp. of a bird; an urgent, irresistible call; a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKIRR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKREEK a harsh, grating noise ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SKURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
GRATING - verbs
• JAR † to produce a harsh or grating sound on or as on a musical instrument ...1581
• RASP * to utter with a grating sound ...1843
• SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREEK to creak; to make a grating noise ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
• SCRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
• SKRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
GRATIS - adjectives
• IMPENSIBLE †* without reward, gratis ...1623
GRATITUDE - verbs
• AGGRATE † to thank, to express gratitude to ...1633
GRATUITOUS - adjectives
• BON gratuitous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ELEEMOSYNARY given or done as an act of charity; gratuitous ...a1620
GRATUITOUSLY - adverbs
• BUCKSHEE for free, gratuitously ...1921 Army sl.
GRATUITY - nouns
• BACKHANDING giving gratuities ...20C sl.
• BACKSHEE a gratuity, a tip ...M18
• BUCKSHISH a gratuity, a tip ...M18 sl.
• DAB IN THE FIST, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAB IN THE HAND, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GRAVY a gratuity or tip ...1967 sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN MONEY tips or gratuities ...M19 US sl.
• LAGNIAPPE a small gratuity or bonus included with a purchase; anything extra thrown in for good measure ...1849 Amer. dial.
• OBLATION † a present or gratuity ...1433
• PAUCHLE a tip, a gratuity to a porter, etc. ...1923 Sc.
• TOKE a gratuity or tip ...1971 Amer. sl.
• VAIL a gratuity given to a servant or attendant; a tip ...1605 now arch.
GRATUITY - nouns, person
• TIPPEE the receiver of a tip or gratuity ...1897
GRATUITY - verbs
• FAKE to receive a gratuity illegally; to knowingly accept a bribe ...L19 sl.
• FEE to give a gratuity to; to tip ...1925 Amer. dial.
GRAVE - adjectives
• CHARGEFUL † full of responsibility; responsible, grave ...1553
• DEEP † solemn, grave ...a1000
• IMPORTUNATE † burdensome; grievous, grave ...c1540
• VULTUOSOUS † of a grave and solemn countenance; of a heavy and sad look ...1656
GRAVE - nouns
• BARROW † a mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave; a grave-mound, a burial mound; a tumulus ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BED the grave; usually used with some qualification, as 'narrow bed' ...a1300
• BED OF DUST the grave ...1747
• BED OF HONOUR the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle ...1663
• BURY HOLE a grave ...1940 Amer. dial.
• DAD AND DAVE a grave ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DAISY a grave; death ...20C Amer. sl.
• DARBY'S DYKE the grave; death ...19C sl.
• DAVEY'S LOCKER a watery grave; thus death in general ...M18 nautical usage
• DAVID JONESES a watery grave; thus death in general ...M18 nautical usage
• DAVY the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1790 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1751 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES'S CHEST-LID a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S DOCK-YARD a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1774 nautical usage
• DAVY'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1802 nautical usage
• DEAD-HOLE a grave ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-HOUSE a grave ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DEEP SIX a grave ...20C US colloq.
• EARTH-BATH a grave ...1765 sl.
• EARTH-BED the grave ...1637
• EARTH-HOUSE the grave ...a1856
• FAMILY POUND a family grave ...c1870 sl.
• GROUND SWEAT burial in a grave; a grave ...17C sl.
• HEAD STICK a board set up at the head of a grave ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• HEARSE † a bier, a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave ...1601 obs. or arch.
• HONOUR'S BED the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle ...1834
• LAIR † the resting place of a corpse; a grave, a tomb ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAIR-STALL † a grave within a church ...1541
• LAIR-STEAD † a grave within a church ...1559
• LAKE † a pit; a den of lions; also, occasionally, a grave ...c1320
• LAST ABODE the grave; death ...20C US
• LAST HOME the grave; death; a cemetery ...20C US euphemism
• LAY-BED † a grave ...1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LONG HOME the grave; death ...c1725 Amer. dial.
• NARROW HOME the grave ...1936 Amer. dial.
• NARROW HOUSE the grave ...1810
• PARKING SPACE a grave ...1998 UK sl.
• SAM AND DAVE a grave ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• SHELTER HOUSE a roofed structure built over a grave ...1992 Amer. dial.
• UNBLOODY GRAVE that of one who has not died by bloodshed ...1829
GRAVE - nouns, person
• BEARER one who helps to carry a corpse to the grave, or who holds the pall in a funeral procession ...1633
• LAIR-HOLDER the owner of a grave ...1864 Sc.
• LAIR-NEIGHBOUR one who is buried in an adjacent grave ...1824 Sc.
GRAVE - verbs
• PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE to bury, to put into a grave ...1848 Ireland
GRAVEL - nouns
• CHANNER gravel ...19C Sc. & Irish
GRAVELLY - adjectives
• HASKY † dry and stony, as soil; gravelly ...1649 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
GRAVELY - adjectives
• HEAVY † gravely, seriously ...1563
• IMPORTUNATELY † gravely, exceedingly ...1660
GRAVESTONE - nouns
• LAIR-STONE † a gravestone ...1538
GRAVEYARD - see CEMETERY
GRAVY - adjectives
• BOIL-THICKENED said of gravy thickened while boiling by flour stirred in ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SAPPY juicy, full of gravy; savoury ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
GRAVY - nouns
• ARMY AND NAVY gravy ...1910s rhyming sl.
• BREE water in which any article of food is boiled; broth, soup, gravy, sauce, juice ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BRIE gravy, juice ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-EYED GRAVY a gravy made with water and meat drippings ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-EYE GRAVY a gravy made with water and meat drippings ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BULLDOG GRAVY. thickened gravy made with meat juice and flour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BULL FUCK gravy ...1966 Amer. jocular
• BULL GRAVY cream gravy ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DIP gravy, meat drippings ...1846 Amer. dial.
• DIPPING gravy, meat drippings ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIPPY gravy, meat drippings ...1896 Amer. dial.
• DIP-SOP a sweet sauce; gravy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ESSENCE gravy ...1957 Amer. dial.
• GIPPO any greasy gravy or sauce ...1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GIPPY any greasy gravy or sauce ...1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GOOGLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GOOP gravy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE anything more or lose of the consistency of thickened gravy ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GYPO any greasy gravy or sauce ... 1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GYPOO any greasy gravy or sauce ... 1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• GYPPO any greasy gravy or sauce ... 1914 sl., chiefly services' usage
• JIPPER gravy ...Bk1896 nautical sl.
• KITE PASTE thick gravy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LICK-DAB gravy ...1911 Amer. dial.
• LIFE EVERLASTING gravy ...1984 Amer. dial.
• LIFESAVERS gravy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOBLOLLY a thick gruel, stew, or gravy ...1637 Amer. dial.
• LOLLY gravy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LONG GRAVY a thin gravy, esp. one diluted to increase the quantity ...1952 Amer. dial.
• LOOSE GRAVY unthickened gravy ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MADE GRAVY a gravy artificially compounded, as opposed to one consisting only of the juices exuding from meat in cooking ...1796
• MOCKY gravy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OOSE † juice, gravy ...1821 Eng. dial.
• PAPERHANGER'S PASTE thick gravy ...1966 Amer. dial.
•.PASTE thick gravy ...1905 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN'S GRAVY a meatless gravy of flour, milk, or water, and fat, when available ...1930 Amer. dial.
• RAISED GRAVY a gravy usually made from the drippings and scraps left in the pan after frying meat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAISING GRAVY a gravy usually made from the drippings and scraps left in the pan after frying meat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED-EYE GRAVY a reddish, usually unthickened, gravy made from the drippings of ham or other cured meat ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RED GRAVY a reddish, usually unthickened, gravy made from the drippings of ham or other cured meat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SAP † juice or fluid of any kind; gravy ...1527 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SAUCE gravy, the juice of meat ...1787 Sc.
• SAWMILL GRAVY thick gravy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SKILLEY gravy ...1927 US prison sl.
• WALLPAPER PASTE thick gravy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHITE SOP gravy made from white meat ...1852 Amer. dial.
GRAZE - nouns
• SCRAZE a scratch, a graze; a slight incision ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STRAWBERRY a graze on the skin ...1921 N. Amer. sl.
GRAZE - verbs
• BARK to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade ...1850
• RAISE † to graze, to touch ...1591
• RASE † to scrape in passing; to graze ...1609
• SCALP to graze, to mark in passing; to scrape ...1863 Sc. & 1902 Amer. dial.
• SCAMP to graze, to strike slightly, to touch lightly in passing, to deliver a glancing blow to ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SCAPE to graze, to mark slightly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCRAGE to graze ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
GRAZE (as in pasture) - verbs
• LEASOW † to pasture, to graze ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PICK of a horse or cow: to graze ...1902 Amer. dial.
GREASE - nouns
• FATNESS † a greasy or oily substance, fat ...c1000
• FATTINESS † grease ...1601
• GRUNGE grease, grime, or filth; also, anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
GREASY - adjectives
• BACON FED fat, greasy ...L16 sl.
• FATTISH † somewhat greasy or unctuous ...1589
• OLEAGINOUS containing oil or an oily substance; oily, fatty, greasy ...1634
• ŐLLIE oily, greasy ...1898 Sc.
• SALVY greasy, oily, soapy ...1897 Eng. dial.
GREASY - nouns
• LAGGER anything sticky or greasy, such as porridge or mud ...20C Ireland
GREAT - adjectives
• ACE expert; hence, outstanding, great ...1930 Amer. sl.
• AGGRO great; good ...20C teen & high school sl.
• ALL-TIME memorably good; absolutely first-rate; great, fantastic, wonderful ...1945 Amer. sl., esp. surfing usage
• ALMIGHTY great, impressive ...1824 UK sl.
• AWESOME exceptionally good; wonderful; great, excellent ...1975 US sl.
• AWFUL great or remarkable in degree, quality, duration, etc. ...1818 colloq.
• BIG great, important; of high position or standing ...1597 colloq.
• BITCHEN-TWITCHEN excellent; great; classy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• COOL excellent, great, fine ...1933 sl., orig. US Black
• CURL A MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• CURL THE MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DARB highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great ...1930 US sl.
• DARBY excellent; wonderful, first-rate; great; good; fine ...1918 US sl.
• DESPERATE great, excessive ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING-DANG great, startling, extraordinary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• DOPE great, superb; a common rap term ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EGREGIOUS of things: remarkably good or great; of events and utterances: striking, significant ...1547-64
• EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FADE † of a thing: great, large ..c1400
• FANTABULOUS wonderful, marvellous, really great ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FANTIDILYSASTIC great ...1960s NZ teen sl.
• FRESH excellent; fine; very good; great, superb ...1984 sl., orig. US rap musician’s usage
• GALACTIC great, wonderful, amazing ...1998 US sl.
• GALLOWS very great, excellent, fine, first-rate ...1789 Eng. dial. & sl.
• GALLUS very great, excellent, fine, absolute ...M16
• GRACIOUS very large, great ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDIFIC †* making great; doing great things ...1727
• JOLLY big, great, plump ...M19
• KEY excellent, great ...1980 US sl.
• LAMMING huge, great, violent ...1816 Eng. dial.
• LINGIN great, remarkable ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MAGNIFICATE †* made unduly great, exaggerated ...a1592
• MAGNITUDINOUS involving greatness of scale; great, magnificent, imposing ...1803
• MAIN 1. great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
2. great, excellent; notable ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MASTER great, outstanding, large; greatest ...1750 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MASTERPIECE chief, great, wonderful ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MASTROUS great, extreme, wonderful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEGA great, successful, excellent, special ...1969 UK sl.
• MICKLE 1. great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. eminent, distinguished by birth or wealth; great; important ...1821 Sc.
• MIGHTY big, large, great; extreme ...1774 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE 1. great, large, big in size ...1600 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. eminent, distinguished by birth or wealth; great; important ...1821 Sc.
• NAILING excellent; of superior quality; of large size; great ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NATION very large, very great; impressive ...1765 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NERVOUS great, thrilling ...1920s US sl., orig. jazz
• NIFTY BEANS absolutely splendid, great, wonderful; admirable ...1971 Amer. sl.
• NIFTY-KEEN absolutely splendid, great, wonderful; admirable ...1971 Amer. sl.
• NUI big, large, great ...1938 Hawaii
• ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful ...1825 Sc.
• OLD an intensifier; great, abundant, famous, fine ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARLISH very great, extraordinary ....1785 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS very great, extraordinary ....1785 Eng. dial.
• PEACHY excellent, wonderful; great, fine, splendid ...1900 Amer. sl.
• PEACHY-KEEN excellent, wonderful; great ...1955 Amer. sl.
• RANK † 1. excessively great or large; esp. swollen, puffed up, grossly fat, too highly fed ...c1330
2. strong, great, formidable ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use ...1596 colloq.
• RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RENCING strong; great, robust ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid, great ...1858 Amer. sl.
• SAIR * of something pleasant: great, tremendous ...1877 Sc.
• SAMMIN adj. very great ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNODGER great, excellent ...1917 Aust. sl.
• STRAMMER great, large, thumping ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STRAMMING huge, great ...Bk1904 colloq.
• SUPERBAGNAMIOUS excellent, very fine, great ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEARING very great, excessive ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THUMPING large, great, big ...1869
• UNCO remarkable, notable, extraordinary, great, large ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VADY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VENGEABLE † very great, severe, strong, intense ...1532
• VENGEANCE † very great or large ...1602
• WAPPING unusually large or great ...17C
• WHAPPING unusually large or great ...18C
• WHOPPING unusually large or great ...19C
• WICKED really good, fantastic, excellent, first-rate, wonderful; great; deeply satisfying ...1920 sl., orig. US
• WOPPING unusually large or great ...M19
GREAT - nouns
• BUSTER something great ...c1850 sl., chiefly US
• MAGNALE † a great or wonderful thing ...1623
• MAGNALIA † great or wonderful works; wonders ...c1645
• MAGNALITY † a great or wonderful thing ...1646
• NADS something great or exciting ...1980s US college sl.
• RARE DEED great, fine, or extraordinary doings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASPER anything great, remarkable or extraordinary in its own way; an excellent thing ...1844
• ROUSER something very exciting or very great ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCREAMER an extraordinary person, animal or thing; something very great, excellent or exciting ...1818 Amer. dial.
• STRAMMER anything very large, great or exceptional ...1856 Eng. dial.
GREAT - nouns, person
• TRITON OF THE MINNOWS, A one who appears great by contrast with the insignificance of all those around him; a man who appears big because his companions are so small ...1607
GREAT - interjections
• SINGULAR! great! ...1992 US sl.
• TITS! an exclamation; Great! ...20C US sl.
GREAT BRITAIN - see BRITAIN
GREATER - adjectives
• BETTER greater, more higher in price ...Bk1911 Sc.
GREATER - nouns
• BIG-END the greater part ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DINT † the greater part or portion ...1855 Eng. dial.
GREATER - verbs
• MAGNOPERATE † to make greater; to cause a great increase of ...1610
• MAJORATE †* to make greater; to cause to increase or develop ...1656
GREATEST - adjectives
• MASTEREST greatest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
GREATEST - nouns
• ALL-TIMER the supreme example of, the greatest version ...1973 sl.
• APOGEE the best; the greatest ...Bk1998 sl.
GREATLY - adverbs
• BIG conspicuously; notably; also, with great success, to a great extent ...1865
• FAIR TREAT to a great extent ...1940s Aust. & NZ sl.
• FAR-ABOUT by far, very much, greatly ...1848
• FAR FORTHLY † to a great or definite extent; also, entirely, excellently ...1362
• FATLY to a great extent; largely; extensively ...1866
• FOR AFRICA hugely, greatly, in large amounts ...1970 S. Afr. sl.
• IMPENSELY † exceedingly, greatly ...1657
• IMPENSIVELY † exceedingly, greatly, immensely ...1620
• LIKE OLD HARRY to a great extent ...M17 sl.
• MAINLY † in a great degree; greatly, considerably, very much, a great deal ...c1400-50
• MAUNTLY greatly; very much ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MICKLE-WELL very much, greatly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTILY † greatly, very much, considerably ...1796 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTLY greatly, very much ...1744 Amer. dial.
• MIGHTY very, greatly; often used ironically ...1715 UK
• MUCKLE much, greatly ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODIOUSLY in an extraordinary manner or degree, very much, greatly ...1877 Sc.
• ON A BUST enthusiastically, to a great extent ...M19 US sl.
• OUT THE ASS emphatically well; to a great degree ...1971 Amer. sl.
• QUEINTLY greatly, very much ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADLIES sadly; to a great degree ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SADLINS sadly; greatly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SODLIES sadly; to a great degree ...Bk1904 Sc.
• UP TO ONE'S ARMPITS to a great extent; completely; thoroughly; having a large amount of ...1958 Amer. sl.
• VEHEMENTLY * to a very great extent; in a very high degree ...a1513
• VENGEABLE † exceedingly, greatly, very, extremely; excessively ...1542
• VENGEABLY exceedingly, greatly, very ...c1550 arch.
• WITH A VENGEANCE to a great degree, very much ...1568 UK
GREATNESS - nouns
• MAGNIFICIE †* greatness, importance ...1570
• MAGNITY †* greatness of character, rank or position ...1790
GREAT-AUNT, GREAT-UNCLE - see AUNT, UNCLE
GREECE - see GREEK
GREED - nouns
• GAIR covetousness, greed ...1821 Sc.
• IKEYNESS Jewishness and the derogatory stereotypes associated with it, i.e. artfulness, craftiness, greed, financial chicanery, etc. ...L19 sl.
• LONG-EYE greed, covetousness ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SCARTING miserly saving or greed ...1887 Sc.
GREEDILY - adverbs
• GAIRLY greedily, rapaciously ...1787 Sc.
• YEVERLY † greedily, quickly ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
GREEDINESS - nouns
• AVARITION †* the quality of being avaricious; greediness of wealth ...1622
• WANGA-GUT greediness or jealousy ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• WONGA-GUT greediness or jealousy ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• YEVERNESS † greediness, gluttony, voracity ...c888 obs. exc. Sc.
GREEDY - adjectives
• ABER eager, greedy ...1899 Sc.
• ARBITRARY hard; greedy, grasping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AVAROUS † avaricious, covetous, greedy ...1303 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AVERISH greedy, avaricious ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AVIDIOUS * avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy ...1534
• AVIDULOUS † somewhat greedy ...1731
• BAGGITY greedy ...c1779 Sc.
• BEDDY greedy, covetous of trifles ...1721 Sc.
• BIG EYE greedy; covetous ...1650s sl.
• BIG-EYED greedy, covetous ...1947 Amer. Black usage
• CUPIDINOUS * full of desire or cupidity, covetous, desirous, greedy ...1656
• EATING † greedy, voracious ...1483
• EDACIOUS 1. devoted to eating; voracious; ravenous, greedy ...1829
2. greedy, eager ...1865
• EGERNE † greedy ...c1200
• FAST-BUCK greedy, 'get rich quick' ...1960s US sl.
• GAIR greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• GAIR-GATHERED accumulated by greed ...1847 Sc.
• GAIR-GAUN rapacious, greedy ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GARE greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• GASTROLATROUS † belly-worshipping; gluttonous, greedy, voracious ...1694
• GRABALICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
• GRABBY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAB-GUTTED greedy, selfish ...1902 Amer. dial.
• GRABILICIOUS greedy, grabby, covetous ...1970s W. Indies Rasta & UK Black sl.
• GREEDY AS THE GRAVE, AS very greedy indeed ...1703
• GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition ...1626
• GUTSY greedy; very hungry ...c1920 Royal Air Force usage
• HAINISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HAIVERY miserly, greedy of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAWKY greedy as a hawk, voracious ...1732
• HAYNISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HOG FOR, A avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOGGY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOKEM-SNIVEY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INGLUVIOUS † greedy, gluttonous ...1569
• LICKERISH greedy; longing ...arch.
• LIQUORISH greedy; longing ...arch.
• MEECHY greedy in money matters; miserly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MENSELESS greedy, covetous; selfish, inhospitable ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NABAL greedy, grasping, niggardly, churlish ...1861 Sc.
• NABALISH covetous, greedy ...1825 Sc.
• NARROW-CHINED niggardly, greedy ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-FISTED greedy, grasping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEWIS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON THE MAKE said of someone intent on profit; avaricious; greedy ...1869 orig. US
• ORAFU' gluttonous, greedy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PHILARGYROUS † loving money, greedy of gain, covetous, avaricious ...1665
• PIGGY avaricious, greedy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAVISABLE † ravenous, greedy ...c1400
• SCADLY greedy, greedy of; destructive ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEL voracious, greedy ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCHY stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOTTISH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNOEP mean, greedy, selfish, stingy ...1960s S. Afr.
• YAMSE greedy, eager to get, covetous ...1908 Sc.
• YERN † eager, earnestly or keenly desirous; also, greedy, covetous ...c893
• YEVER † greedy, covetous ...c888 obs. exc. Sc.
• YEVERY greedy, voracious ...1536 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YEVEY greedy, voracious, clamorous for food ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YEVRISOME ravenously greedy ...1825 Sc.
GREEDY - nouns, person
• BAGWAME a silly, greedy fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT a person who saves in a mean way, or is greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLOCKER a greedy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-GUT a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person ...1540
• BIG PIG a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters; a stingy person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DRAFFSACK † a big paunch; a lazy glutton; a gross greedy fellow ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EATNELL † a greedy eater ...1611
• GALDROCH † a greedy, long-necked, ill-shaped person ...1824 Sc.
• GRAB a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ALL a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ASS a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRABBER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GRABENHEIMER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAND-PAUNCH † a greedy fellow; a glutton, a gourmand ...1601
• GRASP-ALL one who clutches at everything; a greedy person ...1802 nonce word
• GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GUT-ACHE a greedy person ...1950s UK juvenile sl.
• GUTS-ACHE a greedy person ...1950s UK juvenile sl.
• GUTSER a glutton; a greedy person ...1910s sl.
• GUTZER a greedy person; a glutton ...1910s sl.
• GUZZLE GUTS a glutton; a greedy person ...1788 sl.
֩• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• HANNIEL a covetous, greedy person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HASPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HESPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics ...1904 Amer. dial.
• LICKPENNY † one who 'licks up' the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner ...a1400
• MONEY-CORMORANT one greedy for money ...1840
• MONEY DOG a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MONEY HOUND a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person ...1604
• NABBLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person; a churlish person ...B1900 Sc.
• NABLE a narrow-minded, greedy, laborious person ...1824 Sc.
• NAGAS a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NEEDMORE an avaricious or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person ...1951 Amer. dial.
• PURSE-LEECH † a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner ...1598
• RABIATOR * a violent, noisy, greedy person ...a1814 Sc.
• RAZOR-FACE a sharp-featured person, esp. one who is close-fisted and greedy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REACHER a greedy person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEBLE a greedy person or animal ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SAG-KITE an overgrown, greedy person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-SCRAN one whose greediness grudges others their food ... Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH a stingy person; one who is greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPER a greedy, acquisitive person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPIE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAT-PENNY a greedy, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKINNER a stingy person; one who is greedy in money manners ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SLAPSAUCE † one who is fond of good eating; a greedy or gluttonous person ...1576
• TICK one who is greedy or selfish ...1975 Amer. sl.
• WEASEL a mean, greedy or sneaking fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YARKER an eager eater; a greedy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GREEDY - verbs
• EAT ALONE to be greedy ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• GREASE ONE'S ROOTS. to be greedy ...1957 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE BIG EYE to be greedy or covetous ...1903 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPARE THE REEK OFF ONE'S OWN SHIT to be very greedy and grasping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• O.D. to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy ...1970s sl.
• OH-DEE to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy ...1970s sl.
GREEK - adjectives
• ARGIVE Grecian, Greek ...1598
• DAGO (derogatory) Greek ...M19 Aust. sl.
• PANHELLENIC of or representing all men of Greek race ...1847
GREEK - nouns
• GRAIOMANIA a passion for things Greek ...1855
• PANHELLENISM the idea or plan of a political union of all Greeks ...1860
GREEK nouns, person
• ARGIVE a Greek ...1675
• BUBBLE (derogatory) a Greek ...1938 Brit. rhyming sl. 'bubble and squeak'
• BUBBLE AND SQUEAK (derogatory) a Greek ...1938 Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAGO (derogatory) a Greek ...19C Aust. sl.
• DING (derogatory) an Italian; a Greek ...1940 Aust. sl.
• GREEKESS * a female Greek ...M19
• GREEKLING * a little Greek; a degenerate contemptible Greek ...M17
• OIL SLICK a Spaniard; a Greek ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'spic'
• ZORBA a Greek ...1980s Aust. sl.
GREEN - adjectives
• BERYL clear pale green ...1501
• CAESIOUS bluish or greyish green
• GAUDY-GREEN † green dyed with weld, yellowish green ...a1300
• GOURDY green ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LEEKISH † resembling a leek in colour, green ...1576
• LEEKY † resembling a leek in colour, green ...1552
• OLIVACEOUS of a dusky green colour with a touch of yellow, like the unripe olive; olive-green, olive ...1776
• SALT-GREEN † green like the sea
• VARLEY-GRASSEY gone green, as copper or brass ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERDANT of a green colour or hue; green ...1581
• VERD-AZURE * of a bluish-green colour; sea-green ...1876
• VERDAZURINE † bluish-green; sea-green ...1681
• VERDURANT † green, verdant ...1583
• VERNANT † freshly green; verdant ...1594 now rare or obs.
• VERT green ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GREEN - nouns
• BERYL pale sea-green, the colour of beryl ...1834
• VERD green; greenness ...1915 poetic
GREEN - verbs
• VERDOY † to become green ...1480
GREENGROCER - see GROCER
GREENHORN - nouns, person
• BLAN-BEC a greenhorn ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BLANC-BEC a greenhorn ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BOOT a novice, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOOTSTRAPPER a novice, a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUCK FARMER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEAT a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEATER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CHIPPY a novice, a beginner; a greenhorn ...1899 Amer. sl.
• FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FLAT a greenhorn; a gull ...1762 colloq.
• FLAT-HEAD a greenhorn ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GREENASS an inexperienced person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1966 US sl.
• GREENER a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person; a newcomer; a naive person ...1877 Amer. dial.
• GREEN HAND an inexperienced person; a greenhorn ...1808 Amer. dial.
• GREENHEAD an inexperienced person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1948 US sl.
• GREENY a naive or inexperienced person; a greenhorn; a simpleton; a dull and stupid person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFIN a greenhorn; a newcomer ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• JABONEY a greenhorn; a newly-arrived foreigner; an inept, stupid or inexperienced person; a guy or fellow ...1931 Amer. dial.
• JAKE a greenhorn ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JEHU a greenhorn; a country fellow ...1906 Amer. dial.
• JOHN a greenhorn; a newcomer to the army ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LABRICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a stranger; a naive or foolish person; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. sl.
• LAVERICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a naive person; a stranger; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LENT a greenhorn ...1920 Amer. dial.
• PALOUSER a novice or greenhorn; a country bumpkin ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• POOR FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• PUNKER a greenhorn ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SAFT-HORN a novice; an inexperienced person; a greenhorn ...1836 Sc.
• SUCKER a greenhorn, a dupe; a mean, low fellow ...1758 sl.
• TENDERFOOT an inexperienced newcomer or visitor in a frontier or rural area; a greenhorn; a naive or inexperienced person ...1866 Amer. dial.
GREENHOUSE - nouns
• HIBERNACULUM † a greenhouse for wintering plants ...L17
GREENLAND - nouns
• MALLEMAROKING the visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships ...1867 nautical usage
GREENNESS - nouns
• VERD green; greenness ...1915 poetic
• VERDANCY the quality or condition of being verdant; greenness ...1631
• VERDANTNESS * greenness ...1727
• VERDOUR † fresh greenness of vegetation; fig. fresh or flourishing condition ...1447
• VERDURE the fresh green colour characteristic of flourishing vegetation; greenness, viridity ...a1300
• VERNANCY † a flourishing state; greenness ...1669
GREEN ONION - nouns
• JACOB'S ONION a green onion ...1975 Amer. dial.
GREET - verbs
• DAP to greet another with a ritualistic handshake; to show respect in greeting ...1973 US sl.
• GRATULATE to greet joyously ...arch.
• HAIL to salute, to greet; to receive with expressions of gladness, to welcome ...c1200
• HAILSE † to greet, to salute ...a1300
• HALCH † to hail, to salute, to greet ...1515
• HALSE † to hail, to salute, to greet ...1375
• HIGH FIVE to greet someone by raising the arm and ritualistically slapping the other's palm ...1980s sl.
• HOWDY DOODY to greet ...1987 Amer. sl.
• KEEP † to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome ...1340
• PUDSY to greet affectionately or with familiarity ...19C colloq.
• WISH to greet someone ...1979 India sl.
GREETING - nouns
• BEL-ACCOIL † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• BEL-ACCOYLE † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• FACE a general term of greeting, e.g. 'Hello, face' ...L19 sl.
• GLAD HAND, THE a cordial handshake or other greeting ...1895 orig. US
• HAILSING † greeting, salutation ...a1300
• HIGH FIVE a greeting or celebratory gesture that takes the form of raising the arm and ritualistically slapping each other's palm ...1980s sl.
• MY MAN a term of greeting for a very good friend ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PASSWORD a greeting ...1914 Amer. dial.
GREETING - interjections/phrases
• ALL RIGHT? a general phrase of greeting; a question mark is assumed; often answered by 'all right' or 'not so bad' ...1960s
• A'MONLAR a greeting ...1960s US Black sl.
• AYO! used as a greeting ...1995 US sl.
• EASY used as a greeting ...2003 sl.
• HAIL! an exclamation of greeting or salutation ...c1200
• HI-DE-HI greeting, encouraging, or expressing enthusiasm, esp. in a dance band, holiday camp, etc. ; frequently answered with 'ho-de-ho' ...M20
• HOW'S YOUR ASS? used as a greeting ...c1960 Amer. sl.
• PASS THE TIME O' DAY to exchange greetings, as between neighbours ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUE PASA? a greeting, what's happening? ...1980s US college sl.
• TALK OF THE DEVIL! said of a person who, while being spoken of, arrives unexpectedly; hence, an ungracious, though not necessarily unfriendly, greeting to that person ...1666 UK sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU KNOW? a greeting, 'hello and how are you?', 'what have you been doing' ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT GIVES? a general greeting ...1940s
• WHAT HO! a general exclamation of greeting ...M19
• WHAT IS IT? a greeting ...1970s US college sl.
• WHAT IT IS! a friendly greeting, hello, how are you? ...1980s US Black
• WHAT'S GIVING? a general greeting ...1940s
• YAGA-YAGA! a greeting, a means of attracting attention to oneself ...1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• YA HEY! used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter ...1934 Amer. dial.
• YA HEY DERE! used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter ...1934 Amer. dial.
• YAH HEY! used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter ...1934 Amer. dial.
• YASSOO! used as a greeting among troops who have served in Cyprus ...1984 UK sl.
• YO used as a greeting ...1966 orig. & chiefly US
GREMLIN - nouns
• LINCOLNSHIRE GREMLIN. a sharp-toothed gremlin, fond of biting the control wires ...1940 Royal Air Force sl.
GRENADE - nouns
• CHICAGO PINEAPPLE a small bomb or grenade ...20C Amer. sl.
• FISH TAIL a grenade ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GUT-RIPPER an antipersonnel grenade that explodes at waist level ...1991 US sl.
• NADE a grenade ...1987 US military sl.
• PILL a hand-grenade ...1919 sl.
• PINEAPPLE a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• PINEAPPLE BOMB a hand-grenade or light trench-mortar ...1916 sl.
• RED DEVIL a type of Italian hand-grenade ...1944 sl.
• TICKLER a hand grenade ...World War I Amer. sl.
GREY - adjectives
• CANOUS †* grey, hoary ...1513
• FAUCHIE pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour ...1911 Sc.
• FEACHY † pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour ...1911 Sc.
• ISET of a bluish-grey colour ...1897 Sc.
• ISET-GRAY of a bluish-grey colour ...1897 Sc.
• KENNET-COLOUR † grey-coloured ...1530
• NIGHT AND DAY grey ...20C rhyming sl.
• OOMSKIT dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour ...1866 Sc.
• PARSON-GREY dark grey ...1828 Sc.
GREY - nouns
• ELEPHANT'S BREATH a shade of colour, light steel grey ...1884
• PARSON GRAY a dark shade of grey, charcoal grey ...1821 Sc.
• QUAKER-COLOUR a drab or grey colour ...1818
GREYHOUND RACING - nouns
• BOILOVER a win by long-priced entrant in horse or greyhound race ...Aust. sl.
GRIEF, GRIEF-STRICKEN - adjectives
• BEDOLED stupefied with pain or grief ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BUSTED UP grief-stricken; depressed ...1892 US sl.
• CAREFUL † full of grief; mournful, sorrowful ...a1000
• CROCODILIAN † making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful ...1632
• DUMB-COMPLAINING showing sadness or grief in the face, but not expressing it in words ...1810
• MAIZLED † lost or bewildered in grief ...1919 Sc.
• TAME-GRIEF that subdues grief ...1605
GRIEF - adverbs
• HEAVILY † with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously ...c1000 obs. or arch.
GRIEF - nouns
• BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief ...c1325
• BARRAT † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
• CARE † mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble ...c1250
• EARNING † longing desire; poignant grief or compassion ...1631
• EGRIMONY †* great sorrow, grief, sadness ...1626
• GRAME † grief, sorrow; harm ...c1000 obs. exc. arch.
• HARM † grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction ...a1000
• HEAVINESS † sadness, grief ...c1275
• ILL CHEER grief ...1876 Eng. dial.
• JEREMIAD a tale of grief; a doleful story
• LEVATION † an easing or diminishing of grief or pain ...1656
• OFTHINKING † displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow ...a1225
• SAIR sorrow, grief ...1736 Sc.
• SITE † care or sorrow; grief, trouble of any kind ...c1200
• TAKE a state of excitement, grief, fluster, etc. ...1896 Sc.
• TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TALL WEEPING intense grief ...L19 US sl.
• TAME-GRIEF that which subdues grief ...1605
• TEAN sorrow, grief ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEN sorrow, grief ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble ...1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANDREME †* distress, grief ...c1450
• YAMMERING † a cry of grief; a wailing ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
GRIEF - verbs
• DEDOLEATE † to end one's sorrow or grief ...1623
• EAT ONE'S HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1596
• EAT ONE'S OWN HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1879
• HEAVY † to become heavy through weariness or grief ...a1000
• OFTHINK † to cause one grief or regret ...c1000
• TANG † to pierce with grief or compunction ...a1400-50
GRIEF - interjections
• AY-LA! an exclamation of surprise or grief ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LACKADAISY expressing surprise, regret, or grief ...M18
• LACKADAY expressing surprise, regret, or grief ...L17 arch.
• LACKANEE! † an exclamation of grief; alas! ...1813 Sc.
• SARS-O-MINE! † an exclamation, esp. of grief ...1864 Eng. dial.
GRIEF-STRICKEN - adjectives
• SAIR of the heart, etc. aching, grief-stricken, sorrowful ...1739 Sc.
GRIEVANCE - nouns
• CRABFEST an exchange of grievances ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAVINESS † a grievance ...c950
• MOAN a grievance, a complaint ...1910s sl., orig. military
• SCAB a grievance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SOBFEST an exchange of grievances ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
GRIEVE - verbs
• ADOLORATE †* to vex, to grieve ...1598
• CAG to grieve ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CARE † to sorrow or grieve ...a1000
• CONTRISTATE † to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve ...1616
• DARE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DERE to pain, to grieve, to hurt ...1684 Eng. dial.
• GIVE ONESELF ILL † to distress or trouble oneself; to grieve ...a1300
• GRAME † to be vexed or displeased; to fret; to anger, grieve, vex, annoy ...c1320
• GREET to weep, cry, lament, grieve ...OE
• HEAVY † to weigh down; to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress ...c897
• KAG to grieve, to vex ...1866 Sc.
• KEG to annoy, to vex, to insult, to give sharp offense; to grieve ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAR † to confuse, to bewilder; to perplex, to trouble; to grieve, to distress ...a1300
• OFTHINK † to seem not good; to displease, to vex, to grieve ...c888
• RATIFY to grieve, to mortify ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SIT † to distress, to vex, to grieve ...c1230
• SITE † to grieve ...a1300
• TAKE ON 1. to grieve, to lament ...1876 Sc.
2. to cry, to mourn, to grieve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OUT to grieve over ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY to grieve, to mourn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VEX to feel sorry, to be distressed, to grieve ...1825 Sc.
• YEARN † to mourn, to grieve ...1562
GRIEVED - adjectives
• CAGGED irritated, angry, annoyed, vexed, offended; grieved ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FASHED troubled in mind, sorry, grieved; weary ...1597 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GRAME † grieved, sorrowful ...c1000
• HEAVY-HEARTED grieved, sad, melancholy ...c1400
• ILL grieved, sorrowful ...BK1905 Sc.
GRIEVING - adjectives
• CARKING † burdening, distressing, grieving, fretting ...c1565 obs. or arch.
GRIEVING - nouns
• CARKING † grieving, being anxious; trouble, solicitude; anxious toil ...1583 obs. or arch.
GRIEVOUS - adjectives
• DEAR hard, severe, heavy, grievous; dire, fell ...a1000 arch.
• DERE hard, severe, heavy, grievous; dire, fell ...a1000 arch.
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• IMPORTABLE † too grievous or painful to be borne; unbearable, unendurable ...c1386
• IMPORTUNABLE † burdensome, onerous, grievous, heavy ...1482
• IMPORTUNATE † burdensome; grievous, grave ...c1540
• IMPORTUNE † troublesome, burdensome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting ...c1400
• NOISANT †* harmful, troublesome, grievous ...a1440
• VENGIBLE † grievous, severe ...1601
• VEXSOME sorrowful, full of vexation; grievous, sad ...1852 Sc.
GRIEVOUSLY - adverbs
• DERELY grievously, extremely ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DERF † grievously, terribly ...c1325
• HEAVILY † with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously ...c1000 obs. or arch.
• IMPORTUNATELY † in a burdensome or grievous way; grievously, troublesomely ...1564
• IMPORTUNELY † grievously, troublesomely ...a1656
GRIM - adjectives
• ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly ...1742 Sc.
• ATRY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered ...1742 Sc.
• ATTERY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOOT-FACED grim, expressionless
• GAUNT of inanimate things: grim or desolate of aspect ...1840
• MALAGRUGROUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGROBOLOUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGRUGROUS grim, ghastly; discontented-looking ...1742 Sc.
• MALLAGRUGOUS grim, ghastly; discontented-looking ...1742 Sc.
GRIM - nouns, person
• GRIMSIR † an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
GRIM - verbs
• HAVE A FACE LIKE A COASTGUARD STATION to look stony and grim ...c1940 sl.
GRIMACE - nouns
• BOWING-CHAFFS distortion of the face by grimaces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FACE a grimace ...L16 sl.
• FIT OF THE FACE † a grimace; a twist or contortion of the face ...1773
• MAGOWFIN a grimace ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEE-MAW an antic or grotesque action or expression of face, a grimace; dumb show; an affected manner, affectation ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEGRIMS antics, tricks; gesticulations; grimaces ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MIMMY-MAWKS wry faces, grimaces ...B1900 Eng. dial.
GRIMACE - verbs
• GANSH † to grimace ...1825 Sc.
• MAKE MOWS to make grimaces or mocking faces ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEE-MAW to make signs or grimaces; to be affected; to do anything affectedly ...1874 Eng. dial.
• MOP to make a grimace or sad expression
• MOP AND MOW to make a grimace or sad expression
• PULL A FACE to distort one's features, to grimace
• THRAW ONE'S GAB to grimace, to make a face, as an expression of discontent or annoyance ....1728 Sc.
• THROW THE MOUTH to make a grimace ...1826 Sc.
• YIRN to distort the face; to make grimaces ...Bk1905 Sc.
GRIMACING - adjectives
• MIMMOCKING grimacing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIMMY-MANCKING grimacing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GRIME - nouns
• GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck ...1932 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGE grease, grime, or filth; also, anything nasty or inferior; a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
GRIMLY - adverbs
• MALAGRUGROUSLY grimly, gloomily ...1818 Sc.
GRIMY - adjectives
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGED-OUT filthy, dirty, grimy ...1986 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PUGGY damp and sticky from perspiration; clammy, sweaty, dirty, grimy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRUNGY grimy, shabby ...1974 sl., chiefly US
GRIN - nouns
• CHICKEN a foolish or sheepish grin ...1943 US Black college sl.
GRIN - nouns, person
• GRINSHEEP a person who grins sheepishly ...1906 Amer. dial.
GRIN - verbs
• FLASH ONE'S IVORIES to show one's teeth; to grin ...1825 sl.
• FLASH THE IVORY to grin, to smile ...1860 sl.
• GANGE to show the gums; hence, to grin ...1925 Sc.
• GRIN LIKE A STREET KNOCKER to grin like a Cheshire cat; to have a broad fixed smile on one’s face ...1830s colloq.
• INTERGERN †* to exchange grins or snarls ...1608
• SKIN TEETH to smile; to grin ...1994 Jamaica
• SMICKER † to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin ...1802 Sc.
GRIND - verbs
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
GRINDING - nouns
• SCRANCH a sharp, grinding noise; the noise made by crunching anything ...1881 Eng. dial.
GRINDING - verbs
• SCRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
GRINDSTONE - nouns
• GRINDING ROCK a grindstone ...1913 Amer. dial.
• GRINDLESTONE a grindstone ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GRIND ROCK a grindstone ...1895 Amer. dial.
GRINNING - adjectives
• RIDENT * radiantly cheerful; laughing, smiling, grinning ...1609
GRINNING - nouns, person
• GRINAGOG † a stupid, grinning fellow; one who grins without reason or who is always grinning ...1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf ...1818 Eng. dial.
GRIP - nouns
• FANG † a capture, a catch; also, a tight grasp, a grip ...a1400-50
• HANDFAST † firm hold or grip with the hands ...1545
• TAIL HOLD a firm grip ...1874 Amer. dial.
• YOKE a grip, a grasp, a hold ...1892 Sc.
GRIP - verbs
• BECLIP † to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip; to catch, to overtake ...c1380
• NEIVE to catch with the hands, to pinch, to grip ...1824 Sc.
• TACKLE to grip, to lay hold of ...E19 sl.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
GRIPING - nouns, person
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
GRIPPING - adjectives
• FAST † gripping, tenacious ...c1510
GRITTY - adjectives
• GREETY gritty, full of grit ...B1900 Eng. dial.
GROAN - nouns
• YOAN a groan ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GROAN - verbs
• QUERK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• VENT * to give, heave, or utter a groan, sigh, etc. ...1602 rare or poetical
GROANING - adjectives
• GEMENT † groaning, lamenting ...1656
GROCER - nouns, person
• BADGER 1. one who keeps a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold ...1856 Eng. dial.
2. a wholesale grocer; one who buys and sells in batches ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABBAGE-GELDER a greengrocer or market-gardener ...1866 sl.
• FIGGINS a grocer ...c1870 colloq.
• FIGS a grocer ...c1870 colloq.
• KAIL-WIFE a woman who sells vegetables and herbs; a female greengrocer ...a1779 Sc.
• KALE-SELLER a greengrocer ...1792 Sc.
• LACHANOPOLIST †* a greengrocer; a seller of herbs ...1656
• LACHANOPOLL †* a greengrocer ...1623
• SPLIT FIG a grocer ...L17 sl.
• VEGETABLE JOHN a Chinese greengrocer ...1920s Aust. sl.
GROCERIES - nouns
• BADGE a small shop where groceries and provisions are sold, generally on credit ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HANDBAG a paper bag for bringing groceries home from the store ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PACKAGE a paper bag for groceries ...1967 Amer. dial.
GROCERY STORE - nouns
• PAD OF DRY SCARFS a grocery store ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
GROGGY - adjectives
• PUNCH-DRUNK groggy, dazed, or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNCHY punch-drunk ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
GROIN - nouns
• GUNGE an irritation of the groin area ...Amer. sl.
GROOM - nouns, person
• MAFOO a groom; hence, a coachman ...Bk1910 Anglo-Chinese
• PALFRENIER † a man having charge of horses; a groom ...c1489
• PALFRER † a man having charge of horses; a groom ...1300
• PALFREYOUR † a man having charge of horses; a groom ...1300
• SWIPE a groom or stable-boy ...1929 US sl.
• VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1456 now arch.
• VARLETTO † a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1598
GROPE - verbs
• CRAWL to grope and fondle a woman ...sl.
• FAM to feel, to handle; to grope a woman ...M18 sl.
• FATHOM ABOUT †* to try what the arms will take in; to grope about ...a1300
• SCRAVVLE to scramble, to scrawl; to grope with the hands ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAWM to scramble awkwardly; to grope about with outstretched arms; to sprawl; to spread or stretch out in a straggling manner ...1895 Eng. dial.
• STROKE to grope ...Bk1904 sl.
• THRUMBLE to fumble, grope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
GROPING - adjectives
• FRISKING petting or groping ...20C US sl.
GROPING - nouns
• BIT OF CALICO sexual groping ...M19 US sl.
• LING-GRAPPLING groping or feeling a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• THRUMBLE the act of handling overmuch or of groping or fumbling ...Bk1905 Sc.
GROSS - adjectives
• EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive ...1573
• LARGE † of speech, etc.: free, unrestrained; in bad sense, lax, licentious, improper, gross ...c1374
• MINGIN(G) smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross ...playground sl.
• RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
• REASTY bad-tempered; also, gross, obscene ...1825 Eng. dial.
GROSS - nouns, person
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GROSSER a gross or unattractive person ...1979 Amer. student sl.
• PORKNELL †* one as fat as a pig; a fat, gross person ...c1400
GROSSLY - adverbs
• EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully ...a1555
GROTESQUE - adjectives
• FANTASTICAL † having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment ...1599
• GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking ...1964 Amer. sl.
GROTESQUE, GROTESQUENESS - nouns
• BABERY † grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity ...c1384
• BABOONERY † grotesque ornamentation ...1383
• CREEPSHOW horrible or grotesque; used to describe a situation or person that fits the bill ...Brit. sl.
• FANTASTICALITY eccentricity, grotesqueness, oddity ...1592
• MARMOSET † a grotesque figure in a building ...1687
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd thing
• SAUCE-CROON a ridiculous or grotesque object ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANTILEIRUM a big grotesque object or erection ...1827 Sc.
• UFRONGIE a grotesque object; a person of forbidding aspect ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UFRUNGIE a grotesque object; a person of forbidding aspect ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UG an object of disgust; a bad or grotesque appearance; a person of disagreeable, disgusting manners ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
GROTESQUE - nouns, person
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a person resembling the character so called in Scott's 'Kenilworth': a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin ...1826
• GUY a grotesque-looking, ill-dressed, ugly, or ridiculous person, esp. an old man; hence, a person who is an object of ridicule or derision; broadly, a fool ...1823 Amer. sl.
• MUPPET a retarded, incapacitated or grotesque person; generally applied to hospital inmates, mentally deranged prisoners, or to unattractive teenagers by their peers ...Brit. sl.
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd person