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GROUCH - GYPSY

GROUCHINESS - nouns
• MILL DAYS days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
GROUCHY - adjectives
• OUT OF ONE'S GEARS † out of sorts; irritable, grouchy ...a1700
 
GROUCHY - nouns, person
• CRAB a grouchy, stingy person ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude ...19C
 
GROUND - adjectives
• EARTHLY † existing or living in or on the ground ...1593
• FALSE † of ground, a foundation, etc: treacherous, insecure ...1590
• QUAGGY of ground: that shakes under foot; full of quags; boggy, soft ...1610
• SCRIMPY of ground: crackling with frost ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
GROUND - nouns
• CARPET the grass, the ground ...1897 Amer. sl.
• DAISY-QUILT the earth, the ground ...1848 Ireland
• DECK the floor, the ground ...M19 sl., orig. US
• GROUNDSIDE the ground; a ground assignment ...1976 Amer. military aviation usage
• PENNY the ground ...20C rhyming sl. (Penny a Pound)
• PENNY A POUND the ground ...20C rhyming sl.
• SAFE the ground ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (safe and sound)
• SAFE AND SOUND the ground ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SCARP a bare piece of ground ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLEEBERIE a piece of ground, esp. one of little arable value ...1911 Sc.
• SCLIBBERIE a piece of ground, esp. one of little arable value ...1911 Sc.
 
GROUND - verbs
• POP AIR to leave the ground ...1992 Amer. sl.
 
GROUNDHOG - nouns
• BULL-BEGGAR the woodchuck, the groundhog ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER a nickname for the groundhog or woodchuck ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER RAT the groundhog or woodchuck ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HEDGEHOG a groundhog ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MONACK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog ...1666 Amer. dial.
• MONAX a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog ...1743 Amer. dial.
• MONK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog ...1961 Amer. dial.
• MOONACK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog ...1876 Amer. dial.
• MOO-NECK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MOONOX a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog ...1805 Amer. dial.
• PIG a marmot; a groundhog ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER HOG a groundhog or woodchuck, esp. one designated to predict the weather on Groundhog Day ...1886 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE HOG a marmot; the woodchuck; a groundhog ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE PIG a marmot; the woodchuck; a groundhog ...1923 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLER a marmot; a groundhog; the woodchuck ...1880 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLING PIG a marmot; the woodchuck; a groundhog ...1923 Amer. dial.
 
GROUNDHOG DAY - nouns
• BEAR DAY Groundhog Day (the black bear looks for his shadow, not the groundhog) ...1932 Amer. dial.
 
GROUP - nouns
• BANG a group, a crowd, a great number ...1727 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BEND † an organized company of men; a band; a party, a faction; a gang; a company ...1475 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• BOUNDARY a collection, a group, as of people ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CANALLY a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
• DAD'S ARMY the Home Guard (1940-1945); hence, any grouping of older men with a united purpose; gently derogatory...1968 UK sl.
• DINGLE a group, a gathering ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GANG any social group (no criminal overtones) ...L16
• GROUPLET a little group ...1837
• KAPOODLE a group; a crowd ...1915 Amer. dial.
• MOB a company or group of associates ...E19 sl.
• OUTLAY the crowd, the lot; a large group of people at a public gathering ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PACK AND BOODLE a crowd, a group ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PARCEL † a small part, company, collection, or assemblage of persons, animals, or things; a group, lot, stet; a drove, flock, herd ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARROCK a group of people, animals, or things closely packed or huddled together; a bustling, stirring crowd, a mob; a conglomeration of objects ...1813 Sc.
• PASSEL a group of people, animal, or things; an indefinite, usually large, number or quantity ...1835 Amer. dial.
• PIP, SQUEAK, AND WILFRED a group of three things ...1920 Brit. sl.
• QUINCURY †* a body of five men ...1632
• QUOTITY a certain number of individuals, etc. ...1837
• SCHOOL a troop or pack of people; an assembly; a swarm, a great number ...1851 Sc.
 
GROUP - nouns, person
• DAD the oldest member of a group ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ONE OF THE CHAPS a member of one's own gang or group ...1950s UK criminals' sl.
 
GROUP - verbs
• GANG to act or move as a group ...1910s US sl.
 
GROUP - phrases
• IN CAHOOTS acting as a group, usually used to suggest a conspiracy ...1862 sl., orig. US
 
GROUSE - nouns
• BIRBECK the call of the moorcock or grouse ...1876 Sc.
• BLUE HOOTER the blue grouse ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
GROUSE - interjections
• QUEE-BECK! the cry of grouse, when startled ...1901 Sc.
 
GROVE - adjectives
• NEMOPHILOUS * fond of frequenting woods or groves, or dwelling in them ...1860
• NEMORAL * pert. to or living in groves or woods ...1656
• NEMORIVAGOUS * wandering in woods or groves ...1721
• NEMOROSE * full of woods or groves; growing in groves ...1721
• NEMOROUS * full of woods, groves, or trees; woody ...1623
 
GROVE - nouns
• BARROW a grove, copse, dingle ...1795 Eng. dial.
• BERWE † a grove, a shady place ...c890
• BLUFF a clump or grove of trees growing in open country ...1796 Amer. dial.
 
GROVEL - verbs
• ARSEHOLE CRAWL to grovel unashamedly; to play the sycophant ...L19 sl.
• ARSEHOLE CREEP to grovel unashamedly; to play the sycophant; to toady ...L19 sl.
• ASSHOLE to grovel, to submit or behave obsequiously ...1940 Amer. sl.
 
GROVELLER, GROVELLING - nouns, person
• DUST-WORM † a 'worm of the dust', a mean, despicable, or grovelling person; a term of reproach ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EARTHWORM a disparaging name for a person, esp. a mean or grovelling person ...1625
• FACE-THE-CLARTS † a low, plausible sneak; a mean, grovelling fellow ...1868 Sc.
• GROVELING †* a groveller ...1708
 
GROVELLING - adverbs
• GROVELLINGWISE † in a grovelling manner ...1561
 
GROW - verbs
• ACCRESCE † to increase, to grow up ...1637
• ACCRUE † to grow, to grow up ...1604
• ECHE † to grow ...1565
• EDIFY † to take form, to grow; also, to prosper, to achieve success ...a1400
• EKE † to increase, to grow ...1535
• RAMP to grow rapidly; of plants: to grow luxuriantly ...1820 Eng. dial.
• RAPPLE UP to grow quickly and rankly; used of humans and vegetation ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAX to grow ...1773 Sc.
• ROPPLE UP to grow quickly and rankly; used of humans and vegetation ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEE † to thrive, to prosper; to grow ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAW † to make rapid growth, esp. used of young people ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRODDEN to thrive; to grow, to increase; to improve by care or cultivation ...1641 Eng. dial.
• UMBEGROW † to grow round, to overgrow ...a1300
• VEGETATE † to cause to grow; to stimulate growth or development in; to animate, to quicken ...1620
 
GROWING - adjectives
• ACCRESCENT growing continuously, ever increasing ...1753
• ADOLENT †* growing, adolescent ...c1420
• RAMPING tall; quickly or luxuriantly growing ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RAXING growing,  increasing ...1892 Sc.
• VEGETATE † endowed with vegetable life; growing as plants ...1574
 
GROWING - nouns
• THRIFT growing pains experienced by young people ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
GROWING - nouns, person
• BRAIRD a young growing fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
GROWL, GROWLING - adjectives
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• GROWLSOME inclined to growl ...1882
• GROWLY subject to moroseness or ill temper expressed in growls ...c1920 colloq.
 
GROWL - nouns
• GROWLERY a place to 'growl' in; jocularly applied to a person's private sitting room ...1852
• HABBER † a snarl or growl; the act of snarling or growling like a dog ...1804 Sc.
• YIRR the growl of a dog ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
GROWL - nouns, person
• YARRER † a person or dog that growls or snarls ...1611 Eng. dial.
 
GROWL - verbs
• ARR of dogs: to snarl, to growl ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRUZZ † to growl as a bear (only used in vbl. noun 'bruzzing') ...1693
• GARRE † to growl, to snarl; to chatter, to chide; to chirp, to twitter ...1382
• GIVE A STEADY ONE to growl and curse ...Amer. World War I sl.
• HABBER to snarl; to growl; to make an inarticulate sound; to gobble, as of turkeys ...1903 Sc.
• HUBBER to snarl, to growl; to make an inarticulate sound; to gobble, as of turkeys ...1903 Sc.
• MARB to growl or grumble; to complain; to condemn unceasingly ...1936 Amer. dial.
• NARR † of a dog: to snarl, to growl ...1509 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASE † to be furious, to rage; of dogs: to growl or bark in rage ...a1300
• ROIN † to growl ...LME
• WAFFLE † to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WEFFLE to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHAFFLE † to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHEFFLE to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGER of an animal: to growl threateningly ...1901 Amer. dial.
• YAR † to snarl or growl as or like a dog ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YARR † to snarl or growl as or like a dog ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YIRR to snarl or growl as a dog ...1820 Sc.
 
GROWLING - nouns
• GROWLERY a growling, rumbling, or grumbling ...1830
• HABBER † a snarl or growl; the act of snarling or growling like a dog ...1804 Sc.
• OGGANNITION †* snarling, growling, grumbling ...1625
• RASING † growling ...c1440
 
GROWN - adjectives
• OPEN-GROWN grown in the open air or ground ...1894
 
GROWN-UP - adjectives
• MAN-BIG grown to manhood ...1880 Ireland & Sc.
• MAN-GROWN mature, grown-up, adult ...1883 Sc.
• MAN-MUCKLE at the full stature of manhood, fully grown ...1812 Sc.
• MUCKLE grown-up, adult ...1882 Sc.
• WOMAN-GROWN having reached womanhood; grown-up ...1865 Amer. dial.
• WOMAN-MUCKLE grown up to be a woman, having arrived at womanhood ...1898 Sc.
 
GROWTH - adjectives
• WANTON profuse in growth, luxuriant, rank ...1590 poetic
 
GROWTH - nouns
• ACME † the period of full growth, the flower or full-bloom of life ...1620
• ELATION †* growth ...c1420
• SHORT GROWTH failure of growth in a child ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
GROWTH - verbs
• PROPERATE † to quicken the growth of ...1675
 
GRUBBINESS - nouns
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
 
GRUBBY - adjectives
• SCROUNGY inferior, second-rate, grubby ...20C US sl.
 
GRUBBY - nouns, person
• SALOP a dirty, grubby person, esp. a woman or child ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
GRUDGE - nouns
• AMBITION malice; vindictiveness; grudge; hatred; irascibility; a quick temper ...1826 Amer. dial.
• ARR a grudge; ill feeling ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GALL bitterness, spite, malice; a grudge ...1768 Sc.
• GREDGE a grudge ...1913 Amer. dial.
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• GRUTCH a grudge ...1175 Eng. dial.
• HEART-BURNINGS grudges ...1605
• NIFF a quarrel, grudge, or spite; also dislike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RANCOUR inveterate and bitter ill-feeling, grudge, or animosity; malignant hatred or spitefulness; bitterness ...a1300
• SNITCH a grudge; hostility; bad feeling ...1940s NZ sl.
• SNITCHER a dislike; a grudge; hostility; bad feeling ...1940s NZ sl.
 
GRUDGE - verbs
• BEAR A BULL'S NECK to bear a grudge ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEAR AT HAND to resent, to bear a grudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAR HARD † to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against ...c1400
• BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN † to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against ...1629
• BEMUCH to grudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETHINK † to regret, to repent, to grudge ...1682
• CHOOWOW to grumble, to grudge ...1825 Sc.
• GRUTCH to grudge...1175 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A PICK AT SOMEONE to hold a grudge against one; to feel enmity or ill will towards one; to give one a hard time ...1834 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT IN FOR to bear a grudge; to feel hostile towards ...E19 sl.
 
GRUDGING - adjectives
• ILL-WILLY bad-tempered, spiteful, grudging, disobliging ...a1500 chiefly Sc.
• INVIDIOUS † envious; grudging; jealous ...M17 now rare or obs.
 
GRUDGINGLY - adverbs
• ILL-WILLY grudgingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP sparingly, grudgingly ...1873
 
GRUEL - nouns
• LOBLOLLY a thick gruel, stew, or gravy ...1637 Amer. dial.
• PAPES bread and milk; a sort of gruel made by boiling flour and water together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SKILLEY a gruel or stew, usually thickened with bread or meal ...1834 Amer. dial.
• SKILLIGALEE a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses ...1819
• SKILLY a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses ...1839
• SKILLYGALEE a gruel or stew, usually thickened with bread or meal ...1951 Amer. dial.
 
GRUESOME - adjectives
• OGGLESOME * fearful, horrible, gruesome ...1864
• UGGLESOME * fearful, horrible, gruesome ...1561
 
GRUFF - adjectives
• HACKSEY-LOOKED having a coarse visage, gruff ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
GRUFF - verbs
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• CARL † to talk with a gruff, snarling voice; to snarl ...1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRUFFLE to speak gruffly in a muffled way ...1825 sl.
 
GRUMBLE, GRUMBLING - adjectives
• ERPING grumbling, repining ...1897 Sc.
• GRANKY complaining, grumbling, ill-tempered ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRUMBLY inclined to grumble ...1858 colloq.
• GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen, inclined to grumbling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NANGLY grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUERKETY given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUERKING given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUERKY given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKING given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TARLOCH weak, peevish, grumbling ...1811 Sc.
 
GRUMBLE, GRUMBLING - nouns
• CRAKE a murmuring, a grumbling ...1838 Eng. dial.
• GROUSE a grumble or complaint; a reason for grumbling ...c1890 orig. soldiers'
• GROWLERY a growling, rumbling, or grumbling ...1830
• HARMING fretfulness, peevishness; grumbling ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MUSSITATION a speaking in a low tone; a grumbling, mumbling, muttering, murmuring ...1649
• NARG continual grumbling, importuning, or fault-finding; peevish wrangling ...1866 Sc.
• OGGANNITION †* snarling, growling, grumbling ...1625
• OLD WIVES' PATERNOSTER grumbling, nagging ...L16 sl.
• YAMMER a cry of lamentation, a wail; a loud outcry, shout, yell; lamentation, querulous utterance; a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining; grumbling ...1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YATTER noisy or angry talk; brawling, scolding, grumbling, continual railing or carping ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
GRUMBLE - verbs
• BELLOCK to complain, to grumble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BE ON ABOUT to grumble; to complain, especially loudly; to talk on a subject for far too long ...1863 UK
• CAGMAG to nag, to grumble at ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAINGE to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLET to scold, to rail, to wrangle, to grumble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANGE to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARKY to fret, to complain, grumble ...19C Eng. dial.
• CHANNER to mutter, grumble, murmur, fret, complain; to scold, not noisily, but constantly; to chide ...c1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CHEW IT OVER to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance ...20C Aust.
• CHEW THE FAT to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to sulk, to be resentful ...c1880 military sl.
• CHEW THE GREASE to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance ...c1880 military sl.
• CHEW THE RAG to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to argue endlessly or without hope of a definite agreement  ...c1880 military sl.
• CHOOWOW to grumble, to grudge ...1825 Sc.
• CRIB to grumble ...colloq.
• CRONK to grumble ...19C Eng. dial.
• ERP to grumble, to repine ...1898 Sc.
• FIND FAULT WITH A FAT GOOSE to grumble without cause ...L17 colloq.
• FRATCH to worry about trifles; to fret, to grumble ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GO ON ABOUT to grumble; to complain, especially loudly; to talk on a subject for far too long ...1863 UK
• GROUCE to grumble ...1887 sl., orig. army
• GROUCH to sulk or grumble; to mope ...1916 colloq.
• GROUSE to grumble ...c1850 sl.
• GROUT to grumble, to sulk ...1848 US
• HACKLE to look angry or indignant; to grumble, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARM to fret, to grumble; to be peevish or ill-tempered ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JAMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Ireland
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• MARB to growl or grumble; to complain; to condemn unceasingly ...1936 Amer. dial.
• MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEECH to whimper, to grumble ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NARG to keep grumbling and finding fault; to be peevish; to argue snappishly; to nag, to taunt ...1824 Sc.
• NATTER to grumble; to fret; to scold; to speak in a querulous or peevish manner ...1829 Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to grumble, to nag, to carp ...1900 Sc.
• ORP to fret, to grumble, to murmur discontentedly, to complain in a peevish, nagging manner ...1725 Sc.
• QUADDLE to grumble; to complain of ill health ...1897 Eng. dial.
• QUERK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RABBIT ON to chatter; to grumble; to mumble; to complain ...1941 sl.
• RAISE A KITE to grumble, to make a fuss ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• RICK to grumble, to scold ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YALE to cry; to howl; to fret like a sick child; to grumble ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMMER to murmur, to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMOUR to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YARM to scold; to speak ill-naturedly; to find fault, to grumble ...1790 Eng. dial.
• YARP † to 'harp' fretfully; to grumble, to carp, to complain, to whine ...1827 Sc.
• YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something ...1811 Sc.
• YEATTLE to snarl; to grumble ...1825 Sc.
• YEDDLE to fret, to grumble; to talk in an irritating manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YERP to fret, grumble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YIMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 N. Ireland
• YIRN to whine, to complain; to grumble ...1824 Sc. & N. Ireland
• YOMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YURN to whine, to complain; to grumble ...1824 Sc.
 
GRUMBLER - nouns, person
• 'APPY DAY a pessimistic and inveterate grumbler ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• GROUSER one who grumbles or complains ...1885
• GROWL a grumbler ...1841 Amer. nautical sl.
• GRUMBLE-BELLY a peevish, discontented person; a confirmed grumbler ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRUMBLEDORY †* a grumbler ...1599
• GRUMBLE-GUTS an inveterate grumbler ...19C colloq.
• GRUMBLETONIAN a constant grumbler, esp. as regards the 'state of the country'; a discontented person; a scolder ...c1710 colloq.
• GRUNTER a constant grumbler ...c1870 tailors’ sl.
• JILL-HOOTER an old man or woman given to grumbling or complaining ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAUNDERER a grumbler; one who talks in his sleep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NARG a grumbling, criticizing, nagging person ...1824 Sc.
• NARGIE a grumbling, discontented person ...1963 Sc.
• QUADDLE a grumbler, a complainer of ill health; a disagreeable person ...1891 Eng. dial.
• SMELLFUNGUS a discontented person; a grumbler; a faultfinder ...1807-8
 
GRUMPY - adjectives
• CRUMPSY cross, grumpy, ill-tempered ...19C Eng. dial.
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky ...1861 colloq.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HACKED grumpy, bored ...1950s sl., orig. US
• HACKED OFF grumpy, bored ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SCALY grumpy, ill-tempered ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WRONG grumpy, unfriendly ...1980s US college sl.
 
GRUMPY - nouns, person
• GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered person ...1986 Amer. sl.
• MISS GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered woman ...1986 Amer. sl.
 
GRUMPY - verbs
• SNARK to act grumpily or nastily ...1997 US sl.
 
GRUNT - nouns
• PIG WHISPER a grunt ...19C colloq.
• PIG'S WHISPER a low whisper; a grunt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
GRUNT - verbs
• QUERK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to grunt, to groan; to grumble ...1746 Eng. dial.
 
G-STRING - nouns
• G a G-string ...1992 US sl.
• GADGET a G-string or similar female article of clothing ...1980 US sl.
 
GUARANTEE - nouns
• OKLAHOMA GUARANTEE no guarantee ...1960s US sl.
 
GUARANTEE - verbs
• CINCH to seize on or make sure of; to guarantee ...colloq.
• GABOUND to guarantee, to warrant ...1949 Sc.
• GALANTEE to guarantee, to warrant ...1894 Eng. dial.
• GALLANTEE to guarantee, to warrant ...1894 Eng. dial.
• INSURE to assure, to pledge one's word; to make sure; to guarantee ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
 
GUARD - nouns
• WAIT † a body of guards ...1704
• WARD * a company of watchmen or guards ...c1000
 
GUARD - nouns, person
• AIREDALE a guard or watchman ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• HAWK a guard, a watchman ...1942 Amer. sl.
• WARD † a watchman, a guard, a keeper, a warden ...a680
• WARDEN † one who guards, protects, or defends ...a1225
 
GUARD - verbs
• BEVAAR to protect, to guard ...Bk1898 Sc.
• LAY † to set watch or guard in a place; to search a place for ...1560
• LOOK A LITTLE OUT to be on guard; to be careful ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to guard, to protect; to take up a position of security; to keep off, to turn aside ...1861 Sc.
• UMSTAND † to stand round, to guard ...a1300
• WAKE † to stay awake for the purpose of watching or tending; to keep watch while others sleep, to be on guard at night ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of; to defend, to protect ...a1035 arch.
• WARE † to guard oneself, to be careful, to take care ...a1000
• WARISH † to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue ...c1350
• YEME † to take care of, to keep; to have charge of, to have in keeping; to guard, to protect, to preserve from injury ...a900
 
GUARDED - adjectives
• WARE † careful or guarded in action ...a1240
 
GUARDHOUSE - adjectives
• IN THE MILL in a guardhouse ...Amer. World War I sl.
 
GUARDHOUSE, GUARDROOM - nouns
• CROSSBAR HOTEL a guardhouse ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DOPEY-DOG a guardhouse ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JAWBONE TIME time spent in the guardhouse pending trial and sentence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MILL a guardhouse ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MUSH a guardroom or cell ...1917 sl.
• SPUDHOLE a guardroom ...Amer. World War I sl.
 
GUARDIAN, GUARDIANSHIP - nouns
• WARDAGE * the function of a sentinel or guardian ...1878
• WARDENSHIP * guardianship, safe-keeping ...a1300
 
GUARDIAN - nouns, person
• GODFATHER a guardian ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GODMOTHER a guardian ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TAKER-UP † one who takes another under his charge or protection; a patron, a guardian, a protector ...1388
• YEMER † a keeper, a guardian; a ruler ...c1320
 
GUARDIAN - verbs
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
 
GUARDING - adjectives
• CUSTODIENT †* guarding, protecting ...1657
 
GUERRILLA - nouns, person
• JAY-HAWKER a name given to members of the bands who carried on irregular warfare in and around eastern Kansas, in the free soil conflict, and the early part of the American civil war, and who combined pillage with guerilla fighting; hence, generally, a raiding guerilla or irregular soldier ...1865 US
• TERR a guerrilla fighting to overthrow the White minority government ...1976 Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) before independence usage
 
GUESS - nouns
• BAD SHOT a wrong guess ...1845
• HALSEN a guess ...1877 Eng. dial.
• LIKE AIM, A a shrewd guess ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SHOT IN THE DARK a very general attempt; a wild guess
 
GUESS - verbs
• ETTLE to suppose, to conjecture, to imagine, to guess; to reckon, to compute, to count on ...1889 Sc.
• GO IT BLIND to guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARIOLE † to divine, to guess ...1833 nonce word
• HARP AT † to guess at ...1611
• HAVE A SHOT AT to make an attempt; to guess ...1878 sl.
• INKLE to form notions, guesses, or projects ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JALOOSE to suspect, to be suspicious of; to guess, to imagine, to suppose ...1816 Sc.
• JALOUSE to suspect, to be suspicious of; to guess, to imagine, to suppose ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JUMP AT to guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEVEL † to guess at ...1580
• MAKE A BLIND STAB to make a wild guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A HAZARD to make a guess or venture ...1850
• MAKE A STAB AT to make an attempt; to guess ...1895 sl., orig. US
• PSYCH OUT to guess correctly the intentions of another; to outguess ...colloq.
• RACK to judge of, to guess ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• STAB to guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A JUMP AT to guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A POTSHOT to make a wild guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A SHOT AT to guess ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIP A WRONG 'UN to prophesy wrongly; to make a bad guess ...1935 sl.
• VIEW to consider, to guess, to be of the opinion ...1891 Sc.
 
GUESSWORK - nouns
• AIMATION guesswork ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLINDSIGHT guesswork ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
GUEST - nouns, person
• BAD NEWS an unwelcome guest; something undesirable ...sl.
• GUST † a guest ...c1905 jocular
• HOSPITICIDE * one who kills his guest ...1656
• UMBRA an uninvited guest accompanying one who is invited ...1696
 
GUEST - verbs
• EAT ONE'S SALT to be one's guest, and hence under one's protection for the time being ...Bk1895
 
GUEST - phrases
• ABOVE THE SALT at the upper part of the table; i.e. among the more honoured guests ...1597
• FANG † to receive as a guest; to welcome ...c1275
 
GUFFAW - nouns
• GAFF a loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw ...1500-20 Sc.
 
GUFFAW - verbs
• GAFF to laugh loudly and immoderately, to guffaw ...1719 Sc.
• GAFFAW † to laugh heartily or boisterously, to guffaw ...1721 Sc.
 
GUIDANCE - nouns
• LEAD †* leading, direction, guidance ...a1300
• LEADANCE †* the act of leading; guidance ...1682
• MANUDUCTION the act of leading, guiding, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction ...1502
 
GUIDE - nouns
• CALENDAR a guide, a directory; an example, model ...c1385
• COOKBOOK any guide, manual, protocol, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
 
GUIDE - nouns, person
• AARON a beggar mountain-guide ...Bk1909 cant
• FADE a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• FAID † a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• LEADSMAN † a guide ...c1510
• MANUDUCENT †* a guide, a director ...1615
• MANUDUCTOR † a guide, a director ...1657
• MARON † a mountain guide ...1506
• SIGHTSMAN one who points out sights or objects of interest; a local guide ...a1700
• WAY-LEADER † one who conducts or guides a traveller ...1655
• XENAGOGUE † one who conducts strangers; a guide ...1570-6
• ZENAGOGUE † one who conducts strangers; a guide ...1674
 
GUIDE - verbs
• BEACON to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
• BOOST to guide in a particular direction ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KEN † to direct, to guide, to show the way to ...c1200
• LERE † to show the way, to lead, to guide ...c1320
• MANUDUCE † to lead, to guide, to direct ...1657
• MANUDUCT †* to lead or guide by the hand ...1641
• SIGHT to point or show the way ...1952 Amer. dial.
• TEACH to guide, to direct ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WAFT † to guide or direct the course of a vessel, swimmer, etc. ...1591
 
GUIDE BOOK - nouns
• XENAGOGY † conduction of strangers; used as the title of a guide-book, as the Xenagogy of America ...1583
 
GUIDEPOST - see SIGNPOST
 
GUIDING - adjectives
• HAWING guiding, directing ...1805 Sc.
• MANUDUCENT †* guiding, directing ...1677
 
GUILE - nouns
• FAKEN † fraud, guile; wickedness, crime ...c924
• FALLAX † deception; guile, trickery; fallacy ...1530
• FALLAXITY † deception, guile, trickery; fallacy ...c1640
• HAVELON †* cunning, as of a fox; wile, guile; double-dealing ...c1330
• MALENGIN † evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile ...1390
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
• SUBTILTY † cunning, craftiness, guile ...c1374
• VAIDIE † subtlety, guileful cunning ...c1325
 
GUILE - nouns, person
• BANDULU a bandit, a criminal, one who lives by guile ...20C W. Indies Rasta
 
GUILEFUL - adjectives
• BAUTIE guileful ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEGUILEFUL guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1530
• BEGUILOUS †* guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1483
• GINNOUS †* crafty, guileful, cunning ...c1425
 
GUILELESS - adjectives
• NATURAL affable, familiar, gentle; guileless ...1894 Sc.
• ONEFOLD simple in character; simple-minded; single-minded; free from duplicity; artless; guileless ...1882
• SAKELESS of persons, animals, or things: inoffensive, harmless, guileless ...1768 Sc.
• UNFAKEN † guileless, innocent ...c1200
 
GUILELESS - nouns, person
• BABE a childish, inexperienced, or guileless person ...1526
 
GUILELESSNESS - nouns
• SIMPLESSE † absence of duplicity or guile; innocence, integrity, guilelessness ...1390 obs. exc. arch.
 
GUILT, GUILTY - adjectives
• DEAD-BANG GUILTY absolutely guilty ...1987 Amer. sl.
• FAULTY † that has committed a fault, error, or offense; guilty of wrong-doing ...a1300
• SHILDY † guilty ...c1000
• UNFORGULT † not affected with guilt ...a1225
 
GUILT - nouns
• FACT † actual guilt, as opposed to suspicion ...1631
 
GUILT - verbs
• RANK to say or do anything that discloses another's guilt in a crime; to deal in innuendo...20C Amer. sl.
 
GUILTLESS - adjectives
• SACKLESS without blame or accusation; guiltless, innocent ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
GUILTY - verbs
• BEGUILTY †* to render guilty ...a1653
• CAST † to find or declare guilty; to convict ...1536
• COP A PLEA to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for the dropping of a greater one ...1930s, sl. orig. US
• NOD ONE'S HEAD to plead guilty ...Aust. prison sl.
• NOD THE NUT to plead guilty ...1975 Aust. sl.
• RAP to stand accused, to appear guilty ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAINT † to convict, to prove guilty ...c1375
 
GUILTY - phrases
• NO NAMES - NO PACK DRILL the guilty party (or parties) will not be named and, therefore, cannot be punished ...1923 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
 
GUINEA - nouns
• CANARY formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign ....1842 sl.
• CANARY-BIRD formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign ....1785 sl.
• HADDOCK STUFF'D WITH BEANS a purse full of guineas ...E19 sl.
• HALF-A-JOB a half-guinea ...L17 sl.
• HALF A NED half a guinea ...Bk1902 sl.
• NED a guinea ...1754 sl.
• NEDDY a guinea ...1754 sl.
• NEW-HAT a guinea ...1876 sl.
• RAINBOW a golden guinea ...18C sl.
• WUFFLER a guinea-piece; a sovereign ...L19 UK sl.
• YELLOW † a guinea-coin ...1821 Sc.
• YELLOW BEEL † a guinea ...1746 Eng. dial.
• YELLOW-BOY a gold coin; a guinea or sovereign ...1662 sl.
 
GUINEA-FOWL - nouns
• GALANY a guinea-fowl ...L18 sl.
• GALEENY a guinea-fowl ...L18 sl.
• GALENY a guinea-fowl ...L18 sl.
 
GUITAR - nouns
• AIR GUITAR imaginary guitar played along with real music or without ...20C teen & high school sl.
• AX a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which 'chops' (musical figures) are played ...1955 US jazz sl.
• AXE a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which 'chops' (musical figures) are played ...1955 US jazz sl.
• BOX a guitar ...1911 Amer. sl.
• BELLY FIDDLE a guitar ...20C US Black sl.
• EAR a tuning peg, as on a fiddle or guitar ...c1938 US Black sl.
• EASY RIDER a guitar ...1946 US Black sl.
• MANCHE the neck of a violin, guitar, etc. ...1876
• SAY-CORDI BOX a guitar; 'six-cord box' ...1940s sl.
 
GUITAR - nouns, person
• AXE GOD a popular electric-guitar player who inspires hero-worship with his musical technique ...1999 Brit. sl.
• AXE HERO a popular electric-guitar player who inspires hero-worship with his musical technique ...1996 Brit. sl.
• AXE MAN an electric guitarist; rarely, any musician ...1976 Brit. sl.
• AXMAN a musician, esp. a guitarist ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• GIT-BOXER a guitar player ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GIT-FIDDLER a guitar player ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GITTER PLINKER a guitar player ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLINK-PLONKER a guitar player ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUNKER BOY a guitar player ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
GUITAR - verbs
• FUM † to strum on a guitar ...17C
• GIT-BOX a guitar ...1937 Amer. jazz sl.
• GIT-BUCKET a guitar ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GIT-FIDDLE a guitar ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GIT-FLIP a guitar ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SPANK THE BABY of a guitar player: to slap the guitar box with two fingers or the heel of his hand as, in the same motion, he brushes the strings ...1970 US sl.
• THRUMBLE †* to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum ...1685
 
GULF - nouns
• ABYSM any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss ...1495
• DALE † a hole in the ground; a hollow, a pit, a gulf ...a800
• SINE †* a gulf or bay ...1591
• SINUS † a bay, gulf, or arm of the sea ...1684
 
GULL - nouns
• ANCIENT MARINERS seagulls (said to possess the souls of dead seamen) ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ANNET the common gull, Larus Canus ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-BIRD the common gull, Larus canus ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-SOWER the common gull, Larus canus ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BLOCKHEAD the seagull ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUE-MAA the common gull ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAM EWES seagulls ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMOSE † a sea-gull ...1538-46
• MAUL a gull ...1898 Eng. dial.
• OLD LIGHTHOUSE SHITTER a gull (bird) ...1945 Amer. dial.
• SCAURIE the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
• SCOREY the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
• SCORIE the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
• SCOURIE the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
• SCOWRY the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
• SHITASS a gull ...1945 Amer. dial.
• SKORRIE the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
• SKORY the young of any kind of gull ...1805 Sc.
 
GULL, GULLED - nouns, person
• GULPIN one who will swallow anything; one easily gulled; a credulous simpleton; a fool ...1802
• JACKANAPES a clownish fellow; one easily gulled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
GULL - verbs
• BAFFLE † to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of ...c1590
• BEGECK † to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt ...a1513 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGULL † to gull, to impose upon ...1605
• INFANG † to cheat, to gull, to 'take in' ...1793 Sc.
 
GULL (bird) - verbs
• MEW of a gull: to cry, to scream ...1900 Eng. dial.
 
GULLET - nouns
• CACKER the gullet; the windpipe ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GARGIL †* the gullet ...1558-68
• GARGLE †* the gullet ...1558-68
• GO-FETCH-'ER the throat as a whole; the gullet, the windpipe, the Adam's apple ...c1940 Amer. dial.
• GO-FETCH-IT the throat as a whole; the gullet, the windpipe, the Adam's apple ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOOZEM PIPE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck ...1883 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLEM the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE PIPE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLER the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GUTTER-LANE † the throat; the gullet ...a1700 sl.
• HALSE † the throat, the gullet; the windpipe ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAUSE the throat, the gullet, the windpipe ...1721 Sc.
• KECKCORN the gullet; the windpipe ...1790 Eng. dial.
• KECKER the gullet; the windpipe ...1790 Eng. dial.
• KEEKHORN the gullet; the windpipe ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws ...1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUILL the throat, the gullet ...1827 Sc.
• RED ROAD the throat, the gullet ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WEZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WIZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WOOZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WOZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
 
GULLIBILITY - nouns
• VERDURE signs of gullibility ...1861
 
GULLIBLE - adjectives
• BOOF-HEADED gullible; foolish; stupid ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• BUBBLEABLE †* capable of being duped, gullible ...1669
• CHUMP stupid, gullible ...20C sl.
• CHUMP-ASS stupid, gullible ...20C sl.
• CHUMPISH stupid, gullible ...20C sl.
• CULLIBLE † easily made a fool of or deceived; gullible ...1822
• EASY easily taken advantage of or imposed upon; gullible ..1698
• IMPOSABLE * capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable ...a1734
• SIMPY foolish, gullible ...1940s sl.
• VERDANT of persons: green, inexperienced, gullible ...1824
 
GULLIBLE - nouns, person
• AIREDALE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALVIN a gullible fellow, esp. a countryman; a naive, easily cheated person ...1942-49 Amer. carnival usage
• APSAY a gullible person; a dupe; an oaf, a dullard ...Bk1942 Amer. Pig Latin for 'sap'
• ARBUCKLE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BABE IN THE WOODS a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BATTERLASH a small-witted person; a foolish or gullible person ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BOOB a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BOOFHEAD a fool; a very gullible person ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• CASPAR a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHUMP a fool; anyone gullible or easily taken in ..1682 sl.
• CHUMPIE a fool; anyone gullible or easily taken in ..L19 sl.
• CINCH a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUCK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUNK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUNKS a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME-ON TYPE, THE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUNTRY BOOBOO a naive, gullible person ...1996 British Virgin Islands
• CULL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAISY one who is credulous or gullible ...M19 US campus sl.
• DIZZY FLAT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRY-LAND SUCKER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCK an unrelentingly gullible and trusting person; an odd person ...1848 US prison sl.
• DUCK SOUP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMB OTIG a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY a soft or gullible person; an easy mark ...1903 US sl.
• EASY MARK someone or something overcome, mastered, or persuaded without difficulty; a gullible person; anything achieved with ease ...1845 sl.
• EASY PICKIN'S a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY TOUCH one who can be easily solicited for money or favours; a gullible person, esp. someone easily induced to part with money ...1930s sl.
• FALL GUY a gullible person ...1906 sl., orig. US
• FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FLATTY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLY-FLAT a gullible person who thinks himself clever ...1864 criminals' sl.
• FRUIT a gullible person; a dupe ...1894 sl., orig. US
• FUZZTAIL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GILL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GILLIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GILLY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLASS JAW a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOAT a gullible person; a fool; one who could easily become a scapegoat ...US Civil War usage
• GO-FOR a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONEY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD LAY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOONEY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREENER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREENIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ICK a fool, a gullible or easily deceived person ...1930s US Black sl.
• ICKAROO a fool, a gullible or easily deceived person ...1930s US Black sl.
• JABONEY a gullible person; a dupe ...1931 Amer. sl.
• JAW a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JELLY BEAN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHNNY SAP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOSKIN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUGGINS a dolt; a fool; a soft-head; gullible person; a dupe ...1682
• LEAD-PIPE CINCH a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEMON a gullible person ...1908 sl.
• LIVE ONE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOLLYPOP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOGAN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOGIN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LUKEN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MANMANPOUL a gullible fool ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MARK a gullible person; a dupe ...1845 sl.
• MEAT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MR. BLOCK a gullible person ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• MUG a gullible person ...1859 Brit. sl.
• MUGGINS a gullible person; used to refer self-deprecatingly to oneself as someone easily fooled or imposed on ...1973 sl.
• MULLET a gullible person ...1955 US sl.
• NIBBLER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOSE OF WAX a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• O'SULLIVAN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OTIG a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PATSY a gullible person ...1903 sl., orig. US
• PIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIGEON a gullible person; a dupe ...1593 sl.
• POOR FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• PULL-OVER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH-OVER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPE SUCK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROUND-HEELER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUMMY a gullible person; a dupe ...1912 US sl.
• SAP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAPEROO a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAPPO a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAUSAGE someone foolish or gullible; used as a gently reproving term of address ...1982 UK sl.
• SCHLEMIEL a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person; an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1892 sl., chiefly US
• SCHLEMIHL a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person ...M19 sl.
• SCHNOOK a gullible person ...1948 US sl.
• SCISSORBILL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCISSORSBILL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SETUP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHLEMIEL a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person ...M19 sl.
• SHNOOK a gullible person ...1948 US sl.
• SIMON a silly fellow; a credulous gullible person; a simpleton ...1785 sl.
• SIMPLE SIMON a silly fellow; a credulous gullible person; a fool, a simpleton ...1785 sl.
• SNIPE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFTIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT MARK a gullible person; a dupe ...1845 sl.
• SOFT SUGAR a person of wealth who is easily fleeced ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT TOUCH a gullible person, esp. someone easily induced to part with money ...1940 sl.
• SOFTY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPRUCE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEAMER a gullible person ...1932 US sl., from rhyming sl. 'steam tug' for 'mug'
• STEAM TUG a gullible person ...1932 rhyming sl. for 'mug'
• SUCK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCKER a gullible person; a dupe ...1758 sl.
• SUCKER BAIT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWEENEY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWINDLE FOOD a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UCKERSAY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. Pig Latin for 'sucker'
• UMPCHAY gullible person; a dupe ...1920s Pig Latin for 'chump'
• VERIGREEN a very simple or gullible person ...1854 US sl.
• WOODCOCK a gullible fool; an oaf ...15C
• WRAP-UP a gullible person who has been successfully tricked ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• YAP in circus and carnival usage: a naive, gullible local resident ...1981 US sl.
• YARD DOG a fool; a gullible person ...1930s US Black sl.
 
GULLIBLE - verbs
• SWALLOW to accept gullibly ...1594 sl.
• TAKE A STINK FOR A NOSEGAY to be extremely gullible; to mistake egregiously ...B1900
• TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL to accept gullibly; to be swindled ...1915 sl.
• TAKE WOODEN MONEY to accept gullibly; to be swindled ...1915 sl.
 
GULLY - nouns
• BARRANCA a deep gully or ravine ...1836 Amer. dial.
• LAKE-RIFT † a gully made by a stream ...1300s
• SCOOP a narrow gully ...1871 Eng. dial.
• SIKE a gully; a dip or hollow ...1859 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SYKE a gully; a dip or hollow ...1859 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
GULP - nouns
• BELVE a gulp, a draught ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HABBLE a convulsive gulp, a gobble ...1894 Sc.
 
GULP - verbs
• BOLT to swallow hastily and without chewing; to swallow whole or with a single effort, to gulp down ...1794 colloq.
• GAMF to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMP to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMPH to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAUMP † to eat or drink greedily; to devour hurriedly; to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GOLLOP to gulp; to swallow greedily; to eat hurriedly and with great gusto ...1834 Amer. dial. & sl.
• GULLOP to gulp; to swallow greedily ...1834 Amer. dial.
• SCOFF to eat noisily and greedily; to swallow food or drink quickly; to devour; to gulp down, to toss off ...1826 Sc.
• SCOGGEL to eat voraciously; to gulp down ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUFF to swallow food or drink quickly; to gulp down, to toss off ...1826 Sc.
• YOCKEN to gulp; to swallow greedily or noisily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YORKEN to gulp; to swallow greedily or noisily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GUM - nouns
• GAMS the gums ...1721 Sc.
• GANS † the gums; also, the jaws ...1824 Sc.
 
GUM - verbs
• GANGE to show the gums; hence, to grin ...1925 Sc.
 
GUMBOOT - see BOOTS
 
GUMPTION - nouns
• ARSE boldness, gall, gumption. impudence; hence, luck as a result of this ...1958 Aust. sl.
• ODOCITY ability, gumption; spirit, energy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GUN - adjectives
• FAST-ROD said of one who is quick to use a gun ...1960s US sl.
• NAKED without a gun; without possessions or money; generally at a disadvantage ...20C US Black sl.
• PACKING carrying a gun or knife ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SHAM-DAMN * of a firearm: of inferior quality; shoddy ...M19
• TOOLED UP equipped with a weapon, esp. a gun ...sl.
 
GUN - nouns
• ACK-ACK a machine gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
• ACTION a revolver ...1960s US sl.
• ACTION PIECE a pistol, a revolver, a shotgun ...1960s US Black sl.
• AK the AK-47 automatic or semi-automatic assault weapon ...1970s US Black sl.
• ALLEY-CLEANER a riot gun, usually a shotgun with a wide blast and thus used to disperse a mob ...1950s US sl.
• ANGEL-MAKER a device that can inflict death, such as a dangerous vehicle or a gun ...1934 Amer. sl.
• ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN a machine gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
• ARCHIE in World War I: an anti-aircraft gun firing shrapnel; originally applied to those used by the Germans ...1915
• ARTILLERY a handgun or handguns; firearms of any kind; broadly, weapons of any kind ...1821 Amer. sl.
• AUTO-GETEM the setting on a rifle for fully automatic fire; automatic weapons fire; 'automatic fire gets 'em ...1972 US military sl.
• BAD NEWS a shotgun or revolver ...1920s sl., orig. US
• BALLAST a gun ...1900s US sl.
• BARKER 1. a pistol ...1815 sl.
  2. a big artillery gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BARKING IRON a pistol ...1791 Ireland cant
• BARNDOOK a gun; a rifle ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BEANSHOOTER a shotgun; a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELLY-BUSTER a shotgun ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY GUN a small gun that is most effective when fired at short range, esp. when aimed at a victim's abdomen ...1920s sl., orig. US
• BESSIE a shotgun or rifle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BESSY a gun; often applied to one's favourite gun ...1832 sl., orig. US
• BETSEY a gun; often applied to one's favourite gun ...1832 sl., orig. US
• BETSY a gun; often applied to one's favourite gun ...1832 sl., orig. US
• BIG BOY 1. a large gun, generally of an eight-inch bore or more ...Amer. World War I sl.
  2. a shotgun ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BIG ROD a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG STICK a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG TOTER a shotgun ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLACK-EYED SUSAN a revolver ...1889 US sl.
• BLOOMERS gun covers ...World War II Amer. navy sl.
• BLOTTER MACHINE a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLOWER a shotgun ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLOWGUN a short-barrelled shotgun or a large-barrelled pistol ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOWPIPE a rifle ...1921 Amer. dial.
• BLUE LIGHTNING a revolver ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BLUNDERBUSS a sawed-off shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOM the sound caused by the discharge of a gun, less deep and sonorous than a 'boom' ...1906
• BONDOOK a rifle ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BONE-CRUSHER a heavy rifle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOM BOOM any small arm ...Bk1944 Amer. services sl.
• BRITCH the breech of a gun ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BRITCH-LOADER a shotgun ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BROOMSTICK a gun or rifle ...L19 Can. sl.
• BUBBLE GUN a shotgun ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUFFER a pistol ...1812 sl.
• BULLDOSER a large pistol ...L19 US sl.
• BULLDOZER a large pistol ...L19 US sl.
• BUNDOOK a rifle ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BURP GUN an automatic pistol ...US colloq.
• BUSTER a shotgun ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CANE OF FIRE † a gun or firearm ...1550
• CANISTER a firearm ...Bk1914 criminals' sl. 
• CANNON a revolver ...Bk1914 criminals' sl. 
• CAT-AND-RAT RIFLE a small-calibre rifle ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHATTERBOX a machine gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CHATTERER a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHATTERGUN a machinegun or sub-machinegun ...1930s sl.
• CHICAGO ATOMIZER an automatic rifle ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO BANJO a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO BLOTTER a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO CHATTERBOX a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO CHOPPER a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO COFFEE-GRINDER a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO GRIND-ORGAN a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO MOWING-MACHINE a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO RIVETER a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO TOMMY a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO TYPEWRITER a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICAGO VIOLIN a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHILLER a gun ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHOPPER a tommy gun or machine gun ...1929 Amer. sl.
• COFFEE GRINDER a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COFFEE MILL a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUGHING CLARA a heavy artillery gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRACKER a pistol ...18C sl.
• DAG a gun or pistol, a handgun ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
• DEATH ORGAN a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEVIL'S PIANO a machine gun ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DEWEY a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISSOLVER a revolver ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DOOEY a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• E-DEUCE an M-14 automatic rifle ...1977 US sl.
• EMMA GEE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FALSE FIRE † a blank discharge of firearms ...1633
• FIREFIGHT a gun battle, esp. on the streets or in an alley; used in rap songs ...1990s US Black sl.
• FIRE-IRON a gun ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FIRE STICK a rifle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIRING IRON a rifle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIRING STICK a rifle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FLAMER a gun ...1990s US Black sl.
• FLUTE a pistol ...c1840 sl.
• GAS-PIPE 1. a jocular term for a gun of inferior quality ...1897
2. a rifle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAT a gun, esp. a pistol; in the Royal Air Force, a rifle ...1897 US sl.
• GATT a revolver or pistol ...1897 sl., orig. US
• GONG a gun ...1995 US sl.
• GOOSE GUN a sawed-off shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOSSIPING LAD a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRIND-ORGAN a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRUEL-STICK a rifle ...E20 military sl.
• HEAT a gun ...1929 sl., orig. US
• HEATER a gun ...1929 sl., orig. US
• HIPE a rifle ...1917 army sl.
• HOGLEG a six-chambered firearm, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOSE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTLOAD a powerful firearm cartridge ...1970s US sl.
• HULL an empty pistol cartridge case ...1957 US sl.
• HUSH-EM a silencer attached to a handgun ...1949 US sl.
• HUSH PUPPY a Smith and Wesson 9 mm pistol; the silencer attached to the pistol ...1982 US sl.
• IRISH KARATE the use of a shotgun ...1990s Aust. sl.
• IRON a pistol ...1836 sl.
• IRONMONGER firearms collectively ...1902 sl.
• JANIE a nickname for a shotgun ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JOHN ROSCOE a gun, esp. a pistol or revolver ...1938 US sl.
• LADY FROM BRISTOL a pistol ..1968 rhyming sl.
• LADY OF BRISTOL a pistol ...20C rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
• LAWN MOWER a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAD-PUSHER a pistol ...1922 US West. sl.
• LEAD-SPITTER a firearm ...1927 Amer. sl.
• LEAD TOWEL a pistol ...M18 sl.
• LEVEL † the 'sight' of a gun ...1611
• LIGHTNING STOCK a rifle ...1850 US sl.
• LONEY GUN a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG a rifle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-CUT-SHORT a sawed-off shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG ROD a rifle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG TOM 1. a long-barrelled gun, esp. one with a large bore ...1849 Amer. dial.
  2. a French 155-mm rifle ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MAC a Mac-10 machine pistol ...1990s sl.
• MACHINE a machine gun ...1995 US sl.
• MACHINE GAT a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACHINERY a revolver, a pistol ...1990s sl.
• MA DEUCE a Browning M-2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun ...a1982 Amer. sl.
• MAD MOLLY the M-60 machine gun ...1982 Amer. Army sl.
• MAG a magnum pistol ...1970-71 Amer. sl.
• MAGGIE 1. an automatic pistol ...1910s US criminals' sl.
  2. any revolver that fires a cartridge that is more powerful than standard ammunition ...1957 US sl.
• MAHOSKA, THE anything illicit or necessarily secret; anything conferring power; a weapon or an item of contraband; a pistol or revolver ...1943 Amer. sl.
• MAHOSKER, THE anything illicit or necessarily secret; anything conferring power; a weapon or an item of contraband; a pistol or revolver ...1943 Amer. sl.
• M AND M a 9mm pistol ...1999 US sl.
• MANNING-PIECE a gun ...1834 jocular
• MEAT-GETTER a rifle; a shotgun ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEAT-GUN a rifle or shotgun ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MEAT-IN-THE-POT a nickname for a firearm ...1869 Amer. dial.
• METAL a pistol, a revolver, a gun ...2000s sl.
• M.G. a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINCING MACHINE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSQUITO a musket ...1845 Amer. jocular
• MOWING MACHINE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUCK-STICK a musket, a rifle ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• NAIL the trigger of a gun ...1787 Sc.
• NEB the muzzle-point of a gun ...1838 Sc.
• NOISE a gun ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• NOISE TOOL a firearm ...1922 Amer. jocular
• OLD BESS a gun ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD BESSIE a shotgun or rifle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD BESSY a gun ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD BETSY one's favourite gun; a shotgun or rifle ...1832 sl., orig. US
• OLD EMILY a gun ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD MEAT-IN-THE-POT a nickname for a firearm ...1907 Amer. dial.
• OLD SMOKY a pistol ...1959 US sl.
• OLD WOMAN a swivel-mounted deck gun ...1823 US Navy sl.
• ONE-EYED SCRIBE a revolver, a pistol ...M19 US sl.
• ORGAN † firearms of more or less elaborate construction, machine-guns, etc. ...a1548
• OSCAR a handgun ...1949 US sl.
• OWLHEAD a kind of usually inexpensive revolver frequently having a finger hole in the grip allowing it to be used in addition as a 'knuckle duster' ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OWL'S HEAD a kind of usually inexpensive revolver frequently having a finger hole in the grip allowing it to be used in addition as a 'knuckle duster' ...1927 Amer. sl.
• P-38 a police-issue .38 calibre revolver ...1976 US sl.
• PAIR OF NOSTRILS a sawn-off shotgun ...2002 UK sl.
• PEA-SHOOTER a rifle; a firearm, esp. one so called by a person who scorns its small calibre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PENNY-NICKLE-NICKLE an M-114 155-mm howitzer ...1990 US sl.
• PEPPER-GUN a shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEPPER POT a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIECE a gun ...16C
• PHIL a gun ...1992 UK rhyming slang for 'Phil the fluter; 'shooter'
• PHIL THE FLUTER a gun ...1992 UK rhyming slang for 'shooter'
• PLINKER an airgun or other cheap low-calibre firearm ...1982 sl.
• POKE STALK a shotgun or rifle ...1936 Amer. dial.
• POLK STALK a shotgun or rifle ...1936 Amer. dial.
• POM-POM 1. a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
2. a pump-action shotgun ...1970s US criminals’ sl.
• POP NINE a 9mm pistol ...1990s sl.
• POP-OFF the act of reaching for a firearm ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• POPPER a pistol, a gun ...M18 sl.
• POP-POP 1. a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
2. the noise of a gun being fired ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• POPS pocket-pistols ...M19 sl.
• POP-SQUIRT any kind of squirt gun ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PRUT * the sound of a rifle shot ...1898
• PUFF BOX a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUTT-PUTT a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUAD-FIFTY a quadruple mount .50 calibre machine gun, a devastating truck-drawn trailer-mounted weapon ...1953 US sl.
• QUAKER GUN a dummy gun in a ship or fort ...1809 US
• QUEEN ANNE an old-fashioned gun; a long barrel, big bore gun ...1833 Sc.
• QWASHA a homemade gun, made from piping, springs, and rubber tubing ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
• RAG MOUTH a muzzle-loading rifle ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAINCOAT an Ingram Mac-10 machine pistol ...1990s UK criminals' sl.
• RAM AND DAM a muzzle-loading gun ...M19 sl.
• RAM AND DAMN a muzzle-loading gun ...M19 sl.
• RAT-A-TAT a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RATCH † the lock of a musket ...1796 Sc.
• RATTLE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RATTLEBOX a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RATTLER a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RATTLESNAKE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REPORTER a duelling pistol ...1827 Irish sl.
• REVULVER a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIVETER a machine gun ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ROD a pistol, a revolver ...1903 sl., chiefly US
• ROSCOE a gun, esp. a pistol or revolver ...1914 US sl.
• SALVE † a discharge of firearms ...1577-87
• SATURDAY NIGHT PISTOL a cheap handgun of the type used by petty criminals ...1929 sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL a cheap handgun of the type used by petty criminals ...1929 sl.
• SAW a saw-handled pistol ...M19 US sl.
• SAWED-OFF a sawn-off shotgun ...1920s US sl.
• SAW-HANDLE a saw-handled pistol ...M19 US sl.
• SAWYER a sawn-off shotgun ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SCATTER-BARREL a shotgun ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCATTER-GUN a shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAPE-FIRE a flintlock firearm ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP LEG a handgun ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP'S LEG a handgun ...1951 Amer. dial.
• SHOOTER a revolver ...1840 sl.
• SHOOTING-IRON a rifle or revolver ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SHOOTING STICK a rifle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHO-SHO a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOT GUN a machine gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
• SHOTTIE a shotgun ...1980 NZ sl.
• SHOULDER-BUSTER a shotgun ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SILENT PERCY a type of German high-velocity gun, and its shell ...WWI military usage
• SILENT SUSAN a type of German high-velocity gun, and its shell ...WWI military usage
• SIXER a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIX-GUN. a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIX-SHOOTER a revolver with six chambers ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SIX-SHOT. a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMITHY a firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• SMOKE-POLE a gun ...1929 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SMOKE-STICK a gun ...1927 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SMOKE-WAGON a gun ...1891 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SNAPHANCE 1. an early form of flint-lock used in muskets and pistols ...1588
  2. a musket, gun, etc. fitted with a lock of this kind, used in the 16th-17th centuries ...1590 Hist.
• SNUBBIE a cheap, short-barrelled revolver ...1960s US sl.
• SNUBBY a cheap, short-barrelled revolver ...1960s US sl.
• SNUG a small revolver that can be concealed easily ...20C US criminal sl.
• SPEAKEASY a sawed-off shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPUTTERER a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEEL a pistol ...1993 US sl.
• STEPPING SAM a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICK a rifle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUTTERER a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUB-GUN a sub-machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARGET a small-bore rifle ...1923 Amer. dial.
• TA-TA a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TATTOO NEEDLE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THUNGE a loud, hollow sound; the report of a gun, or of a loud peal of thunder; a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound ...1849 Eng. dial.
• TOMMY a sub-machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOMMY-GUN a sub-machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOOL a weapon, esp. a gun ...1938 criminals' sl.
• TRENCH BROOM a machine gun ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TWO-PIPE SCATTER-GUN a double-barrelled shotgun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TYPER a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TYPEWRITER a machinegun ...1915 sl.
• UKELELE a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VENTILATOR a machine gun ...1962 US sl.
• VIOLIN a machine gun ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIZZY the sight on the barrel of a gun ...1824 Sc.
• WAGON a revolver ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• WOODPECKER a machinegun ...1898 Aust. & US military sl.
• YAGER a rifle ...1840 US
 
GUN, GUNMAN - nouns, person
• BLASTER a gun; a gunman ...1935 Amer. sl.
• CHOPPER a gunman who uses a machine gun ...1929 Amer. criminals' sl.
• GUNNY a gun enthusiast; a proponent of gun possession ...1957 US sl.
• GUNSEL a gunman ...1943 US sl.
• GUNSHEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUN-SLINGER a western gunfighter; an armed criminal ...1928 sl., chiefly US
• GUNTZEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNZEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNZL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• PAPER-PUNCHER a handgun target shooter ...1957 US sl.
• PISTOL-TOTER one who habitually carries a pistol ...1905 Amer. dial.
• POPPER a gunman ...2000s sl.
• RODMAN a gunman ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• SHUTTER a gunman ...2002 UK prison sl.
• TORPEDO a professional gunman ...1929 US sl.
• TRIGGER MAN a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard ...1930 sl., chiefly US
 
GUN - verbs
• ARCHIE to fire at with an anti-aircraft gun ...1917
• BEND to cock a gun ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFFALO to strike on the head with the barrel of a gun ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BUILD A SMOKE to produce smoke when firing a gun ...1953 Amer. dial.
• CAP to fire a gun ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• CAP-BANG of a gun: to explode slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CARRY to carry a firearm ...1971 US sl.
• COP to place a percussion cup in a musket so that it can be fired without delay ...US Civil War usage
• FAN to strike the hammer of a revolver repeatedly and rapidly with the side of the free hand so as to fire several shots quickly; to fire a pistol in this manner ...1891 Amer. sl.
• FLASH ONE'S STICKS to expose one's pistols ...1812 sl.
• FLASH THE MUZZLE to produce a pistol ...c1823 sl.
• PACK to carry a weapon, usually a gun or knife ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PACK A HEATER to carry a gun ...1920s US sl.
• PACK A ROD to carry a gun ...1920s US sl.
• PACK HEAT to carry a gun ...1920s US sl.
• RACK to load a gun ...1997 US sl.
• RAISE THE REEK to fire a gun ...1833 Sc.
• ROD UP to arm oneself with a gun ...1929 US sl.
• ROOSTER to cock a gun ...20C US jocular euphemism for 'cock'
• SCALE of a gun: to discharge it ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAKE A POP AT to fire a gun, to shoot at ...M19 sl.
 
GUN - interjections
• PRUT! * representing the sound of a rifle shot ...1899
 
GUNFIRE - nouns
• CAPPING gunfire ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• CHATTER OF THE GUNS gunfire; a bombardment ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
GUNPOWDER - nouns
• DAVY'S DUST gunpowder ...c1830 UK criminals' sl.
• SULPHUR † thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. ...1607
 
GURGLE - verbs
• GAGGER to make a sound in the throat as of one mad with thirst ...1891 Sc.
• RUTTLE to gurgle, to make a gurgling sound ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
GURGLING - nouns
• GAGGER a rough, gurgling sound in the throat ...c1930 Sc.
 
GURKHA - nouns, person
• JOHNNY GURK a Gurkha soldier ...c1915 army sl.
• JOHNNY GURKHA a Gurkha soldier ...c1915 army sl.
 
GUSH - nouns
• PASH a sudden rush or flow of water; a gush ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
GUSH - verbs
• PASH of rain or water: to come down suddenly and heavily; to gush out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOOT to eject liquid forcibly; to squirt; to flow or gush forth ...1897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YET † to gush forth or flow in a stream, as water, tears, blood ...a900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
GUSSET - nouns
• GAIR a strip or triangular piece of cloth, a gusset in a garment ...1765 Sc.
 
GUSTO - nouns
• VIR vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
• VIRR vigour, energy, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
 
GUSTY - adjectives
• BLADDIN breezy, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLASTFUL full of or exposed to blasts of wind; windy, gusty ...1883
• BLASTIE gusty, blustering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAFFY gusty, apt to blow about ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PUFFY gusty 
• RAGGLISH erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change; of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain ...1804 Sc.
• YEASTY gusty, stormy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
GUTTER - adjectives
• KENNELLED lying in the gutter ...1794
• KENNELLY such as is found in a gutter ...1803
 
GUTTER - nouns
• CANEL † the gutter or surface watercourse in a street, or by a road ...c1380
• CANNEL † the gutter or surface watercourse in a street, or by a road ...c1380
• KENELL the surface drain of a street; the gutter ...1582
• KENNEL the surface drain of a street; the gutter ...1582
• KENNELAGE † gutters collectively ...1612
• LAUNDER a rain-water gutter ...1891
• RICKET a narrow gutter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VALLEY any small channel or hollow as a drain or gutter in a roof ...1787 Eng. dial.
• VENNEL an open drain or gutter; a sewer ...1641 N. Eng. dial.
 
GUZZLE - verbs
• GOOZLE to swallow, to guzzle, to drink too fast ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LAP to drink liquor greedily; to guzzle ...a1889 US sl.
• LAP UP to drink liquor greedily; to guzzle ...1908 US sl.
 
GYMNASIUM - nouns
• GYM a gymnasium ...1866 Amer. colloq.
• MEAT-MARKET a body-building gymnasium ...M20 US sl.
• MEAT-RACK a body-building gymnasium .,..1976 US sl.
• PALAESTRA a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium ...1412-20
• PALESTRA a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium ...1412-20
 
GYMNASIUM - nouns, person
• GYM BUNNY someone who makes regular use of a gymnasium ...2001 UK sl.
• GYM CAD † a gymnasium instructor ...c1870 Royal Military Academy usage
• GYMHEAD someone who exercises obsessively and therefore spends a great deal of time in a gymnasium ...2002 UK sl.
• GYM JUNKIE a person who visits the gym an inordinate amount ...Aust. sl.
• GYM QUEEN a man who spends a great deal of time at a gym ...1994 US sl.
• GYM RAT an athlete; a sports enthusiast; a person who frequents gymnasiums; an exercise fanatic; anyone fanatically pursuing a course of activity, a career, etc.  ...1978 Amer. sl.
 
GYMNASIUM - verbs
• GET ONE'S A to pass a certain standard in the gymnasium ...Bk1909 Harrow usage
 
GYMNASTICS - nouns
• ACTIVITY † physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics ...1552
• GYM NASTY TRICKS gymnastics ...20C Brit. schoolboys' sl.
• GYMMY gymnastics ...M19 Brit. schoolboys' sl.
 
GYNAECOLOGIST - nouns, person
• CANOE INSPECTOR a gynecologist ...1965 US sl.
• FANNY QUACK a gynaecologist ...1999 UK sl.
• GYKE a gynaecologist ...c1950 sl.
• GYNAE a gynaecologist ...1933 UK sl.
• GYNIE gynaecology; a gynaecologist ...1933 sl.
• GYNO gynaecology; a gynaecologist ...1933. sl.
 
GYNAECOLOGY - nouns
• GYNIE 1. gynaecology; a gynaecologist ...1933 sl.
  2. a gynaecological examination ...1995 UK sl.
• GYNO gynaecology; a gynaecologist ...1933. sl.
 
GYPSY - adjectives
• EGYPTIAN gypsy ...1749 humorous
• GIPPO pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture ...1930s sl.
• GIPPY pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture ...1930s sl.
 
GYPSY - nouns
• CAMPROL a gypsy spell ...1925 Sc.
• FAIR-GANG, THE gypsies ...c1830 colloq.
• FAW-GANG a gang of gypsies, rogues, or beggars ...1777
• GYPO-BASHING racially motivated physical attacks on gypsies ...2000 UK sl.
 
​GYPSY - nouns, person
• BEDOUIN one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy ...1863
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a tramp, a sturdy beggar ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDAKAI a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• DIDDEKAI a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• DIDDICOY a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• DIDEKEI a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• DIDICOI a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• DIDICOY a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• DIDYCOY a gypsy ...1853 sl.
• EGYPTIAN a gypsy ...1514
• FAW a gypsy ...1756
• GIPPO (usually derogatory) a gypsy ...L19 sl.
• GIPPY a gypsy ...1913 sl.
• GYP (usually offensive) a Gypsy ...a1840
• GYPO (derogatory, casually racist) a gypsy ...L19 UK sl.
• GYPPER (derogatory, casually racist) a gypsy ...L19 UK sl.
• GYPPIE a gypsy ...1913 sl.
• GYPPO (derogatory, casually racist) a gypsy ...L19 UK sl.
• GYPPY (usually derogatory) a gypsy ...L19 sl.
• JIPPO (usually derogatory) a gypsy ...L19 sl.
• KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• LAND-PIRATE a highwayman; a wandering thief; a gypsy ...1609 sl.
• MAN'S MAN a gypsy ...17C Brit. sl.
• MITCHAM GYPSY a person who wishes to be or pretends to be a gypsy ...2000 Brit. sl.
• MOON-MAN a gypsy ...17C Brit. sl.
• MUMPER a half-breed gypsy, a 'second-rate' gypsy, i.e. one who has no van ...M19 sl.
• PIKER a vagrant, a tramp; a Gypsy ...M19 sl.
• PIKEY a Gypsy or member of a travelling people; more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable (now regarded as offensive) ...1847 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAG-HEAD a gypsy ...20C US sl.
• ROMANY RYE a gentleman that talks and associates with gypsies ...M19 colloq.
• ROSSIE (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; a woman who travels or wanders about; a female Gypsy ...E20 Irish
• STROLLER a vagabond, itinerant, man of no settled abode; a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. ...c1696 sl.
• TANTRIL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TINKER in Scotland and north of Ireland, the ordinary name for a gypsy ...1561
• TINKLER a tinker; a worker in metal; in Scotland, north of England, and Ireland, a gypsy or other itinerant mender of pots, pans, and metal-work ...c1175 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TRANTRELL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.