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HABIT - HALF-WITTEDNESS
HABIT - adjectives
• HABITUARY †* of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary ...1627
• MALESUETE †* that has contracted an ill habit or custom ...1727
HABIT - nouns
• ACCUSTOM † custom, habit, habituation ...1523
• ACCUSTOMANCE † customary use or practise; custom, habit ...c1384
• AIT a custom, a habit, esp. used of a bad one ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATE a habit, custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIAS accustomed place or direction; also, usual procedure or habit ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DAPS habits, ways, peculiarities ...1825 Eng. dial.
• EET habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ETT habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GATE † way, manner, or method of doing or behaving; a peculiar habit ...c1200
• GEARS †* habits, manners ...c1200
• HANK n propensity; an evil habit ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HAUNT † habit, wont, custom, usage ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ILL-GAIT a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• ILL-GATE a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits ...1725 Sc.
• LAW † custom, customary rule or usage; habit, practice, 'ways' ...c1175
• LEATS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• OLD WUNT a habit more or less objectionable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORDINARY † a prescribed or customary course or procedure; regular custom or wont; habit, usual course ...c1450
• TACHE † 1. a moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit ...c1330
† 2. a distinctive mark, quality, or habit; a trait, a characteristic, good or bad ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAND a hereditary tinge, trace, stain; an inherited bad habit ...1929 Sc.
• TANDER a hereditary trace, stain; a tendency to revert to old failings ...1930 Sc.
• TETCH a habit, a gait ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy ...1896
• UNTUHTLE † a bad habit or custom ...c1205
• VEIN † a particular course of action or conduct; a habit or practice ...1597
HABIT - verbs
• DO A BRODIE to fail, to slip back into bad habits ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A BRODIE to fail, to slip back into bad habits ...L19 sl.
HABITABLE - nouns
• HABITABILITY the quality or fact of being habitable ...1714
HABITATION - adjectives
• HABITATIVE * pert. to habitation or occupancy by inhabitants ...1888
HABITATION - nouns
• BIKE a habitation, a building ...1827 Sc.
• HABIT †* habitation, abode ...1603
• HABITACLE † a dwelling-place, habitation ...a1300
• HABITACULE † a dwelling place, habitation, residence ...c1374
• HABITANCE † a dwelling-place, habitation ...1590
• HA'-HOUSE the manor-house, the habitation of a landed proprietor (ha' = hall) ...1814 Sc.
• MANOR † a mansion, habitation; a country residence; the principal house of an estate ...c1290
HABITUAL - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMABLE † usually practising or practised; habitual, usual, customary, wonted ...1494
• EVEN-DOWN confirmed, habitual ...1823 Sc.
• HABITED † that has become habitual; commonly practised; accustomed ...1605
• HABITUARY †* of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary ...1627
• HABITUATE † made or become habitual; formed into a habit ...1526
HABITUAL - nouns
• ACCUSTOMATION †* the act of rendering habitual; the habitual practice or use ...1605
• HABITUATION † the act of becoming habitual; formation of habit ...c1449
• HABITURE †* habitude; customary or habitual mode of behaviour ...1599
• HAUNT † habitual practice or use of anything ...c1386
HABITUAL - verbs
• ACCUSTOM † to make a thing customary, habitual, usual, or familiar; to practise habitually ...1477
• HABITUALIZE to render habitual ...1768-74
• HAUNT † 1. to practice habitually, familiarly, or frequently ...c1230.
† 2. to use or employ habitually or frequently ...a1340
HABITUALLY - adverbs
• ACCUSTOMABLY customarily, habitually, usually, ordinarily ...c1450 arch.
HABITUATE - verbs
• HABIT † to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate ...1615
• HABITATE † to habituate ...1621
• OCCASIONATE † to give occasion to; to urge or compel by circumstances; also, to do this habitually; hence, to habituate, to accustom ...1545
HABITUATED - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMATE † accustomed, habituated, wonted ...1494
• HANKLED habituated, accustomed to ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUNTED † practiced; used, habituated, or accustomed to a course; wonted ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SITTEN-UP † settled in habit, not easily stirred or moved ...1671
HACK - verbs
• BEHACK † to hack about ...1565
• BEMANGLE to cut about; to hack, to mangle ...1553-87
• CHAMPER OFF to chop, rasp, or hack away bit by bit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to cut, to slice clumsily or unevenly so as to leave a jagged edge; to hack, to mangle ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGLE to mangle with repeated irregular cuts or cutting blows; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate; to bungle ...1599
• HASH to slash, to hack ...1812 Sc.
• HASSEL to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• NAG to nick, notch, or hack with a sharp instrument; to snap, to snatch, to bite, to mark with the teeth ...1887 Sc.
• TO-HACK † to hack to pieces ...c1000
• TO-RACE † to hack, slash, cut, or tear to pieces ...1297
• TO-RANCE † to hack, slash, cut, or tear to pieces ...1297
• TO-RASE † to hack, slash, cut, or tear to pieces ...1297
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
HACKED - adjectives
• HAGGLED mangled, hacked, mutilated ...1894 Sc.
HACKNEYED - adjectives
• DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt ...19C Amer. sl.
• HACK in common or promiscuous use; hackneyed; trite, commonplace ...1781
• HACKNEY † worn out, like a hired horse, by indiscriminate or vulgar use; threadbare, trite, commonplace; hackneyed ...1596
HACKNEYED - nouns
• HACK † anything that is in indiscriminate and everyday use, and is 'hackneyed' or deprived of novelty and interest by such use; a hackneyed sermon, book, quotation, etc. ...1711
HACKY SACK - nouns
• HACK a game of Hacky Sack ...1997 US sl.
HACKY SACK - verbs
• HACK to play with a hacky sack beanbag ...1995 US sl.
HAD - adjectives
• BEFORE-HAD † held previously ...1382
HADDOCK - nouns
• ABERDEEN CUTLET a dried haddock ...1890 Eng. sl.
• BERVIE a haddock split and smoke-dried ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERVIE-HADDOCK a haddock split and smoke-dried ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DICKIE the haddock ...1884 Amer. dial.
• FANNY CRADDOCK a haddock ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HADDIE the haddock ...1683 Sc.
HAEMORRHOIDS - nouns
• ARSE-GRAPES haemorrhoids, piles ...1990s sl.
• BOTTOM-GRAPES haemorrhoids, piles ...1990s sl.
• CHALFONTS haemorrhoids ...1980 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Chalfont St. Giles)
• CHALFONT ST. GILES haemorrhoids ...1980 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• CLEMENT FREUDS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl.
• DUKE, THE haemorrhoids ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Duke of Argyles)
• DUKE OF ARGYLES haemorrhoids ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• EMMA FREUDS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl.
• EMMAS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl. (Emma Freuds)
• FARMER GILES haemorrhoids ...1955 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• FARMERS haemorrhoids ...1955 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Farmer Giles)
• FARTLEBERRIES haemorrhoids ...1989 Royal Navy sl.
• JOHNNY GILES haemorrhoids ...1950s UK & Aust. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• LAUGHS AND SMILES haemorrhoids ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• LILIES-OF-THE-VALLEY. haemorrhoids ...1990s homosexual sl.
• MICHAEL MILES piles ...1990s rhyming sl.
• NOBBYS haemorrhoids ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Nobby Stiles)
• NOBBY STILES haemorrhoids ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• SIEG HEILS haemorrhoids ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• SIGMUND FREUDS haemorrhoids ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• SIGMUNDS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl. on 'Sigmund Freuds'
• VALENTINE DYALLS haemorrhoids ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• VALENTINES haemorrhoids ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Valentine Dyalls)
• X-FILES haemorrhoids ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
HAG - adjectives
• HAGGY of a woman: possessing the attributes of a hag; ugly ...20C US sl.
HAG - nouns, person
• BELDAM a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• HAGGARD † a hag, a witch ...1658
• MACKABROIN †* an old hag ...1546
• MARE † a spectre, a hag ...c1440
• OLD BAG (disparaging) an unattractive, obnoxious, or unpleasant old woman; an old hag, any old woman ...1922 sl., orig. US
HAGGARD - adjectives
• CADAVEROUS haggard and thin ...1620
• GALDROCH † ill-favoured, haggard ...1900 Sc.
• HAG haggard ...1889 Eng. dial.
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OORLICK of persons: miserable-looking from cold, hunger, or illness; pinched, haggard, shivery, out-of-sorts ...1768 Sc.
• RAGGLETIE coarse in appearance, haggard and tawdry ...a1838 Sc.
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
HAGGLE - verbs
• ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words ...1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc.
• BADGER to barter; to beat down in price; to haggle over a bargain ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BANT to beat down in price; to haggle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANTER to cheapen, to haggle ...1793 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BANTER DOWN to beat down in price ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BATE DOWN to haggle, to force the seller to lower his price ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE BARGAIN † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1640
• BEAT THE MARKET † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1655
• BEAT THE PRICE † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1592
• BICKER to haggle, to bargain
• CAFFLE to prevaricate, to argue, to haggle ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CHEW DOWN to haggle or bargain to receive a lower price ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HACK † to hesitate, to haggle ...1587
• HACKER to haggle ...1833 Eng. dial.
• HACKLE to haggle, to chaffer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFT † to use subtlety or deceit; to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, to cavil; to avoid coming to the point, to hold off, to hang back, to hesitate ...1519
• HAG(G) to haggle, to dispute, to argue ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to haggle over a price ...1970 Amer. dial.
• JEW DOWN (derogatory & offensive) to beat someone down in price; to haggle ...1848 sl.
• NAGGLE to gnaw; to nag, to quarrel, to haggle ...1869
• NEEDLE to haggle in making a bargain ...1812 sl.
• PALTER to shuffle or haggle in bargaining; to huckster, bargain, or parley in matters of duty or honour ...1611
• RAGGLE to haggle in bargaining ...a1838 Sc.
• THREAP to beat down in a bargain or argument; to browbeat, to talk down; to haggle over a bargain ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGGLE-TAGGLE † to be a long time making a bargain; to haggle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIG-TAG to continue in reciprocal action; to bicker; to haggle in bargaining ...1643 Sc.
HAGGLER - nouns, person
• HAFTER † a caviller, a wrangler, a haggler, a dodger ...1519
• PALTERER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
HAGGLING - adjectives
• NAFFING chattering; peevish; haggling over a bargain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HAGGLING - nouns
• BANTER a haggling about prices ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANTING haggling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATING haggling, beating down in price ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TIG-TAGGING the act of haggling ...1825 Sc.
HAIL - nouns
• BLATTER a hailstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUT the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FALLING a downfall of snow, rain, or hail; a snowstorm; generally in plural ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GRAUPEL soft hail or snow pellets ...German
• HAGGLE hail; a hailstone ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE-STONE hail; a hailstone ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAG-STONE hail; a hailstone ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAIL PUCKLE a hailstone ...1931 Sc.
• HAILY-BUCKIE a hailstone ...1956 Sc.
• LAMB-BLASTS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMB-SHOWERS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMB-STORMS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NORTHERN NANNY a cold storm of hail and wind from the north ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER a hailstorm ...1870 Sc.
• WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog ...1965 Amer. dial.
HAIL - verbs
• BLATTER to beat on with force and noise like hail ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEGRANDINATE †* to hail much ...1623
• HAGGLE to hail ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HAIL OUT to be ruined by a hailstorm ...1978 Amer. dial.
HAIR - adjectives (also see CURL)
• AFROED wearing an Afro hairstyle ...1930s orig. US Black
• AFRO-STYLE wearing an Afro hairstyle ...1930s orig. US Black
• AURICOMOUS having golden hair ...1864
• BADGERLY greyish-haired, elderly ...1753
• BLONK † of hair: fair, blond
• BLOOD-BOLTERED † clotted, clogged, or smeared with blood; having the hair matted with blood ...1848
• BLOOMY of hair: grey ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRICK-TOPPED red-headed ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEAD of Black people: having tight, curly hair ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEADED of Black people: having tight, curly hair ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CADDIT of hair: matted, tangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAIN-COLOURED † of the reputed colour of the hair of Cain, to whom, as to Judas Iscariot, a 'red' or reddish-yellow beard was attributed ...1598
• CALF-LICKED having hair on the forehead which will not lie flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAPILLATE furnished with hair ...1881
• CAPILLOSE * having much hair, covered with hair, hairy ...19C
• CARROT-HEADED having red hair ...1884 Amer. sl.
• CARROT-TOPPED having red hair ...1889 Amer. sl.
• CARROTTY-HEADED having red hair ...1867 Amer. sl.
• CARROTY red-haired ...1696
• CARROTY-HAIRED red-haired ...1856
• CARROTY-HEADED red-haired ...1840
• CARROTY-POLLED red-haired ...1795
• CONKED of hair: straightened by application of lye or other chemicals ...1940s US Black sl.
• DARK-AVISED having dark hair and eyes; also, dark-complexioned ...1918 Sc.
• DECAPILLATED * having the hair pulled or fallen off ...1727
• DECAPILLATORY pert. to the removal of hair from the head or face ...1839 nonce word
• DETRESSED † of hair: out of 'tress' or plait; hanging loose ...1500-20
• DRAGGLE-HAIRED with hair hanging wet and untidy ...1865 nonce word
• ELF-LOCKED having tangled hair ...1647
• FAXED † having hair, hairy ...891
• FLAVICOMOUS † having yellow hair ...1727 obs.
• FOXY having red hair ...M19 sl.
• FRIED, DRIED, AND SWEPT ASIDE said of bleached hair that suggests straw ...1997 US sl.
• FRIED, DYED, COMBED TO THE SIDE used as a description of a Black person's hair that has been chemically straightened ...1980 US sl.
• FRIED, DYED, SWOOPED TO THE SIDE used as a description of a Black person's hair that has been chemically straightened ...1980 US sl.
• GALLOWS-ROUNDED of hair: cut round like that of a condemned criminal ...1567
• HAIR ABOUT describing the hair when it is changing to grey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIR-DRY without getting your hair wet ...1991 US sl.
• HAIRED having a mixture of white and red or white and black hairs ...Bk1905 Sc.
֩• HAIREN made or consisting of hair ...971 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAIRHEAD long-haired ...1970s sl.
• HAIR-PITCHED having rough, unbrushed hair or coat ...1865 Eng. dial.
• HAIZERT of the hair: grizzled, streaked with grey ...a1838 Sc.
• HASARD † grey-haired, hoary ...1513 Sc.
• HASART † grey-haired, hoary ...1513 Sc..
• HEAVILY CONKED TO THE BONE said of well-groomed hair ...1960s Amer. sl.
• IN ONE'S HAIR with the hair down ...1533
• LANKY † of hair: somewhat lank ...1670
• LIKE A BIRCH-BROOM IN A FIT said of rough, tousled hair ...1872
• LINT-HAIRED having flaxen locks ...1891
• LOCKERED of hair: matted, entangled ...1824 Eng. dial.
• LOCKERED of hair: curled ...B1900 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LUNKERED of the hair: tangled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MADE said of someone who has had their hair straightened; usually of women or girls ...1940s US Black sl.
• MADONNA-BRAIDED of the hair: arranged in smooth braids on each side of the face ...1849 104
• MOPPY of hair: thick, untidy, dishevelled
• NAPPY (often derogatory) of hair: usually of the hair of a Black person: naturally tightly curled, frizzy ...1885 US sl.
• NAPPY-HEADED (sometimes derogatory) having kinky hair ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• NATTY of hair: matted, uncombed; in a condition to be formed into dreadlocks ...1974 Jamaica sl.
• NOTT-HEADED † having the hair cut close ...1611-12
• PACHYTRICHOUS having thick hair ...1857
• PHILOCOMAL characterized by love of or attention to the hair ...1869
• PICK-HAIRED † having thin, sparse hair ...1653
• POISON-PATED red-haired ...1780
• RED having red or ginger hair ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SALT-AND-PEPPER of hair: black and grey/white ...1950s US sl.
• SANDY-POWED sandy-haired ...1866 Eng. dial.
• TAGGED of hair or wool: hanging in matted locks ...1757
• TATTED of hair, wool, etc.: matted, entangled, rough, shaggy, unkempt ...1721 Sc.
• TATTY of hair: tangled, matted ...1513 Sc.
• TAWTY of the hair, etc.: matted, shaggy ...1856 Sc.
• TAWTY-HEADED shaggy-headed ...1831 Sc.
• TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAZZY fuzzy, tangled, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TITIAN of hair colour: red ...1904
• UNBROIDED † of hair: unbraided, loose, dishevelled ...c1374
• UNBROIDEN † of hair: adj. unbraided, loose, dishevelled ...c1374
• VAGRANT of hair: straggling in growth or habit ...1862
• VUZZY of hair: rough, tangled, unkempt ...1899 Eng. dial.
• XANTHOCOMIC yellow-haired ...1861 nonce word
HAIR - nouns (also see HAIR CUT)
• AFRICAN CUE a closely cropped Afro ...1970 Amer. dial.
• AFRO a Black (occasionally White) hairstyle in which normally short, curly hair is allowed to grow out in a bush around the head, supposedly in the style of one's African forebears ...1930s orig. US Black
• AGGERAWATOR a favoured costermongers' hairstyle, consisting of a well-greased lock of hair twisted and pointing either at the corner of an eye or at an ear ...B1836 costermongers' sl.
• AGGRAVATORS the greasy locks of hair in vogue amongst costermongers and other street folk, worn twisted from the temple back towards the ear ...1860 sl.
• ALF GARNETT the hair ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'Barnet'
• BABY-DREADS a short version of the braided hair worn by Rastafarians ...1990s US Black sl.
• BALE OF STRAW blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BALL hair coiled at the back of a woman's head; a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BASON-CROP the method of cutting the hair all round alike ...1648 Eng. dial.
• BEAR-SKIN hair ...L16 sl.
• BEAU-CATCHER a ringlet on the forehead or cheek ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BEE GUM a woman's hair put up on her head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BERGER †* a curl of hair ...1690
• BEVERLEY CROP close-cropped hair ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BIG HAIR long hair teased and lacquered into a large bouffant ...1988 sl., orig. US
• BICKER-CUT hair-cutting by means of a bowl placed on the head ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRSE a bristle; hair; a plume of hair or bristles ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BISCUIT a small bun or roll of hair ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BONNY FAIR the hair ...20C US sl.
• BRICKTOP a person with red hair; the head of hair itself ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BULL † false hair worn formerly by women ...1690 sl.
• BUNG a woman's hair put up on her head in a bunch ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BURLAP HAIR false hair, worn by men ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURLAP TOP false hair, worn by men ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUSH a large, kinky, bushy hairstyle ...1965 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• BUZZ CUT a cutting off of all or most of the hair ...1990s Amer. sl.
• BUZZED HAIR a cutting off of all or most of the hair ...1990s Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE a form of hairdressing resembling a chignon, popular in the late 17th century and early 18th century ...L17 sl.
• CALAMISTRATION curling the hair
• CALF-LICK a tuft of hair on the forehead which will not lie smoothly and evenly ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• CAPILLATURE †* a frizzing of the hair; the bush of hair on the head ...1656
• CARROTS red hair, or one who has such hair ...c1685 humorous or derisive usage
• CHEMICAL HEAD a hairstyle in which curly hair is straightened and smoothed down or lightly waved ...1974 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN SCRATCH short, tightly curled hair ...1950s US Black sl.
• COOTIE GARAGE the hair, esp. when styled elaborately ...1920s US sl.
• CROCKETTS † locks of hair ...19C
• D.A. a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1951 sl., orig. US
• DABBERLOCKS hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks ...1825 Sc.
• DABERLACKS hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks ...1825 Sc.
• DABERLICK the hair of the head when hanging in lank, tangled, and separate locks ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DARTMOOR CROP short-cut hair ...1915 Brit. military sl.
• DASHER a large-toothed comb for the hair ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO a hairstyle ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DOOR-KNOCKER a female hairstyle consisting of two plaits bunched on top of the head ...L19 sl.
• DO-RAG a kerchief or scarf worn on the head to protect the hairdo, esp. after kinky hair has been straightened ...1960 sl.
• DRUGSTORE BLONDE artificially blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCK-ARSE a hairstyle with the hair on the back of the head shaped like a duck's tail, favoured by Teddy boys ...1951 sl.
• DUCK BUTT a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, in which the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1955 US sl.
• DUCK'S ANATOMY a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, esp. among Teddy Boys; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1955 UK euphemism
• DUCK'S ARSE a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, esp. among Teddy Boys; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1955 UK sl.
• DUCK'S ASS same as 'DUCK'S ARSE' ...1955 UK sl.
• DUCK'S BEHIND a hairstyle with the hair on the back of the head shaped like a duck's tail, favoured by Teddy boys ...1951 sl.
• DUCK TAIL a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, in which a boy's hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1943 US sl.
• EARLOCK a curl or lock of hair close to the ear
• EAVESING † the act of trimming the edges of anything; clipping, polling, shearing; also, what is cut off; the clippings of hair ...a800
• ELF-LOCKS tangled masses of hair ...1838 Eng. dial.
• ELF-SWITCHES tangled masses of hair ...1838 Eng. dial.
• EVERY POSTMAN ON HIS BEAT kinky hair that stands up in odd strands or areas of the head ...1930s US Black sl.
• FADE a hairstyle in which the sides of the head are close-cropped and the top hair is shaped into an upright block ...1989 US sl., esp. Black
• FADIE a haircut style in which the sides of the head are closely cut and the top of the head is not ...1989 US sl.
• FANNY BLAIR the hair ...M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• FAVOURITE a curl or lock of hair hanging loose upon the temple: worn in the 17th and 18th centuries ...1690
• FAX † the hair of the head ...c900
• FEAK a dangling curl of hair ...1548
• FRENCH BALL hair coiled at the back of a woman's head; a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRO a hairdo, sometimes worn by American Blacks, where the hair appears to be a large fluffy ball ...1970 Amer. sl.
• GALLOWS-LOCKS hair that hangs like gallows ropes ...1809
• GOLDIE-LOCKS blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRANNY KNOT a woman's hair piled up on her head in a bunch ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE TWIST a kink or snarl in one's hair ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GREEK GOD a hairstyle with short curls all over the head
• HACKLES hair, whiskers ...1882
• HAFFET-LOCKS locks of hair growing on the temples ...1725 Sc.
• HAFFETS locks of hair growing on the temples ...1725 Sc.
• HAGGERAWATOR a favoured costermongers' hairstyle, consisting of a well-greased lock of hair twisted and pointing either at the corner of an eye or at an ear ...M19
• HAIR-BUSH † a bushy head of hair ...1583
• HAIR-DO a style or process of arranging a woman's hair ...1932 colloq. orig. US
• HARIGALDS locks of hair ...1725 Sc.
• HARL hair, wool ...1824 Eng. dial.
• HASSOCK a 'shock' of hair ...1742 Sc.
• HAYCOCK a woman's hairdo, the hair is up on the head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAYSTACK a woman's hairdo, the hair is up on the head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEAD the hair of the head ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAD-THEEAK thick hair which hangs like thatch on the head; a head-covering of any kind ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEARTBREAKER a curl, a love-lock ...1663
• HUMMEL the hair ...2000 Eng. gypsy use
• IDIOT FRINGE a popular hairstyle for girls and young women ...L19 sl.
• ISRO a bushy hairstyle worn by White people, often curly-headed Jews ...1970s US sl.
• IZRO a bushy hairstyle worn by White people, often curly-headed Jews ...1970s US sl.
• KAME a combing of the hair ...1920 Sc.
• LACHTER a lock of hair ...1704 Sc.
• LOAD OF HAY, A long hair; generally said of men ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MACARTHUR SWEEP a combing the hair from the side of the head over a bald spot on top of the head ...1953 US sl.
• MADONNA a mode of dressing a woman's hair, with the parting down the middle, and the hair arranged smoothly on each side ...a1839
• MANE a person's long hair ...c1375
• MANSCAPING the clipping, shaving, shaping of male body hair for aesthetic effect ...2004 US sl.
• MESSY ATTIC hair in need of dressing ...1950s US Black sl.
• MOP a tangle of hair
• MOSS ON THE BOSOM hair growing on the man's chest ...20C US sl.
• MULLET a hairstyle; the hair is worn short at the front and long at the back; it was fashionable in the 1980s and much derided by the fashion-conscious generations that followed ...1997 US sl.
• NAP 1. a tight curl of hair ...1931 Amer. Black usage
2. the short, curly hair of a Black person ...1969 US sl.
3. the hair; your hairstyle ...1996 US sl.
• NAPPY EDGES brittle and broken hair along the hairline ...1870s US Black sl.
• NAPS kinky hair ...1870s sl. US Black sl.
• NATCHIE an untrimmed, natural Black hairstyle ...1960s US Black sl.
• NATTY hair that is knotty or matted, as in Rastafarian dreadlocks ...1974 sl.
• NATURAL hair worn cut and combed but without oils or grease; groomed or ungroomed bushy hair; the hair is usually sculpted in a tall and rounded fashion like a crown ...1965 US Black sl.
• NEWGATE-KNOCKER a lock of hair like the figure 6, twisted from the temple towards the ear; chiefly in vogue 1840-50 ...1851 sl.
• NOB-THATCH the hair ...1865 sl.
• OOGA-TOOGA scanty hair on a person's head ...1947 Sc.
• PATH a part in the hair ...1973 Amer. dial.
• PEROXIDE BLONDE artificially blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POLLY a hair bun or ponytail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POLLY-WAD a hair bun or ponytail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUEUE-PEE the curls of hair on the top of a child's head ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACK coarse hair ...M19 Irish sl.
• RAT a hair-pad with tapering ends used as the base of the elaborate pompadour hairstyles affected by women in the late 19th century ...L19 US sl.
• RAT-TAILS long unkempt locks of hair ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RIB a single hair ...1888 Ireland
• RED-TOPPIN red hair ...1898 Eng. dial.
• ROACH the cowlick (of hair) ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCARBOROUGH FAIR hair ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• SCOLDING LOCKS hair or curls that do not stay in place ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SCORE the parting of the hair on the head ...1910 Sc.
• SHAGGING a rumpling of the hair ...Bk1913 Amer dial.
• SHODE a hair parting
• SIDE COMB hair parted on the side ...1982 Hawaiian youth usage
• SIDE-LEVERS hair growing down the cheek at the side of the ear ...20C sl.
• SILKY-STRAIGHT any hairstyle with artificially straightened hair ...1981 US sl.
• SKIFFLE a very short hairstyle ...1999 Jamaica
• SOAP LOCK a hairstyle favoured by the New York gangs of the period; a lock of hair was carefully curled then covered with soap to make it lie flat ...M19 US sl.
• SOUL PATCH a single tuft of hair worn beneath the lower lip ...1990s sl., orig. US Black
• SPONGE HAIR hair that resists combing ...1930s US Black sl.
• STROMMEL hair ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUIT OF HAIR a full head of hair ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAIL a twisted or braided tress of hair; a pigtail ...1799
• TAIT 1. a lock of hair ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
2. an untidy head of hair ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a lock of hair ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TAPITOORIE a topknot of hair, a bun ...1872 Sc.
• TAPPIETOURIE a topknot of hair, a bun ...1872 Sc.
• TAT a tuft of hair, wool, etc.; a matted mass ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAUT a tangled matted tuft or lock of wool, hair, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• TAZZ a tangle; esp. used of a rough head of hair; a heap of knots and loose ends ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TAZZLE a tangle; a state of disorder; esp. used of the hair ...1893 Eng. dial.
• THATCH. a head of hair ...1900 Eng. dial.
• TIE a knot of hair; a pigtail ...1728
• TONSURE the act of clipping the hair, or shaving the head; the state of being shorn ...1390
• TOP † the hair on the summit or crown of the head; the hair of the head ...c1205 obs. exc. Sc.
• TOPPING † 1. a high head-dress or coiffure ...c1690
2. a crest or topknot of hair, e.g. of a hairstyle adopted by men in the first half of the 19th century, in which the hair was combed up to form a crest or ridge on the top of the head ...c1800 Sc.
• TOQUE † a cushion or pad worn by women to raise up the hair ...1817
• TOWER false hair ...L17
• TRAMMELETS †* n. braids, tresses ...1654
• TROLLEY BUN a woman's bun up on her head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• UNDERGROWTH the short hair about the nape of the neck ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPWARD DRAG a hairstyle for men in which the hair is brushed forward over the forehead and cut in a straight line from ear to ear ...L19 sl.
• WAD a compact coil of hair at the top or back of a woman's head ...1870 Amer. dial.
• WATERFALL false hair ...M19 sl.
• WITCH KNOT a tangled knot of hair ...1830 Amer. dial.
• WITCH'S KNOT a tangled knot of hair ...1952 Amer. dial.
HAIR - nouns, person
• ACE OF SPADES a black-haired woman ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACERSECOMIC † one whose hair was never cut ...1612
• ACROCOMIC † one having long hair ...1626
• AEROPLANE BLONDE a woman who is not a natural blonde ...1990s. Brit. sl.
• AIRPLANE BLONDE a woman with dyed blonde hair ...1990s sl.
• BALE OF HAY a blonde person ...1947 US sl.
• BALE OF STRAW a blonde person ...c1928 US sl.
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• BLUE a nickname for a red-haired person ...1932 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUEY a nickname for a red-haired person ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BOTTLE BABY a woman with dyed blonde hair ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOTTLE BLONDE a person whose blonde hair is the result of bleach, not nature ...1972 US sl.
• BOXIE a bleached blonde ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BRICKTOP a person with red hair; the head of hair itself ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BRICKYARD BLONDE a woman with red hair ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• BROWNETTA † a brunette ...1582
• CALAMIST † 'one having his haire turning upwards' ...1623
• CARROTHEAD a red-headed person ...1867 Amer. sl.
• CARROTS red hair, or one who has such hair ...c1685 humorous or derisive usage
• CARROT-TOP a red-headed person ...1889 US sl.
• CARROTTY-POLL a nickname for a person with red hair ...1825 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN'S HEAD 1. a woman with little or no hair ...1980s US Black sl.
2. a woman with unruly, unkempt hair ...1980s US Black sl.
• COPPER-KNOB a red-headed person ...L19 sl.
• COPPER-NOB a red-headed person ...L19 sl.
• CURL a form of address for a bald man or one with curly hair ...1984 Aust. sl.
• DAG-LOCKS a man with long, curling hair, or whose beard is unkempt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANE a red-haired man, a term of reproach ...1865 Eng. dial.
• DARK a nickname for those with dark hair or complexion ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DARKEY a person with dark hair ...1930s sl.
• DARKIE a person with dark hair ...1930s sl.
• DARKY a person with dark hair ...1930s sl.
• FAIRY a blonde-haired woman ...20C NZ sl.
• FLAMER a redhead ...E19 sl.
• FLAMES a red-haired person; also, a term of address ...1823 colloq.
• GAS-HEAD a person with chemically straightened hair ...1968 US sl.
• HAIRHEAD a long-haired man; one who poses as a hipster ...1970s US sl.
• HAIR-HOPPER a woman who frequently changes her hairstyle ...1980s US sl.
• HAIR-MAN a man who dresses or makes up hair ...1689
• HAIRTREE a man who wears his hair long and styled as a fashion statement ...1996 US sl.
• HANDKERCHIEF HEAD one who wears a rag on his head to preserve his expensively processed hair-do ...1970 Amer. Black dial.
• HASARD † a grey-haired man ...1513 Sc.
• HASART † a grey-haired man ...1513 Sc..
• JASEY a man with an enormous quantity of hair upon his head and face ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JAZEY a man with an enormous quantity of hair upon his head and face ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• KINKY one who has kinky hair, thus, usually a Black person ...1920s US sl.
• MOPHEAD a person with thick, shaggy hair
• MOPTOP a youth or a young man who wears his hair in a fringed style popularized by the Beatles in the early 1960s ...1964 Brit. sl.
• NAPPY-HEAD (sometimes derogatory) someone with kinky hair; a Black person ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NATTY a wearer of dreadlocks, esp. a Rastafarian ...1976 Jamaica sl.
• RED a red-headed person, esp. as a nickname or direct address ...L19 sl.
• SANDY PATE a person having light or red hair ...a1700
• SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby ...20C Irish sl.
• SHAVELING * a person with a shaved head ...E17
• SILVER-WIG a grey-haired man ...1923 sl.
• SNOW a blond-haired weakling ...1960s Aust. school sl.
• SORREL-TOP a red-haired person ...1863 US
• STYLIE a White person wearing traditionally Black dreadlocks ...1980s sl.
• SUICIDE BLONDE a woman with hair dyed blonde, esp. rather inexpertly or garishly ...1942 jocular
• TRICHOTOMIST a hair-cutter ...1875 nonce-word
HAIR - verbs
• AFRO to grow one's hair into an Afro hairstyle ...1970s orig. US
• AXLE-GREASE to grease one's hair down ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BALL to put up one's hair in a bun ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALL UP to put up one's hair in a bun ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALTER † of hair: to tangle, to 'mat' ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALAMISTRATE †* to curl, crisp, or frizzle the hair ...1621
• CONK to straighten curly hair ...1944 sl., orig. US Black usage
• DECURTATE † to shave, to trim the hair ...1599
• FAKE to dress the hair; to make up the face or dress up ...1797 sl.
• FAKE UP to dress the hair; to make up or dress up ...1885 sl.
• FALL DOWNSTAIRS to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. sl.
• FALL DOWN THE STEPS to get a haircut ...1980 Amer. dial.
• FLUMMOX to titivate one's hair ...M19 US sl.
• FRY to straighten curly hair ...1968 US Black sl.
• GET ONE'S EARS LOWERED to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS SET BACK to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS SET DOWN to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS SET OUT to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GOOP to smear with something sticky; esp. to apply an oily or greasy preparation to the hair ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GET YOUR EARS RAISED to have your hair cut ...1954 US sl.
• GIVE UP ONE'S FIDDLE to get one's hair cut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S STRUMMEL FAKED IN TWIG to have it dressed in style (strummel - hair) ...1834 sl.
• INANULATE †* to curl, to form ringlets ...1592
• KEMB † to disentangle and smooth hair by drawing a comb through it; to curry a horse ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KHYFER to dress one's hair ...L19 sl.
• KONK to straighten curly hair ...1944 sl., orig. US Black usage
• KYPHER to dress one's hair ...L19 sl.
• LASH vb. to comb the hair ...1863 Eng. dial.
• LUG THE HAIR to pull the hair ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOP THE HAIR to wash the hair ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MOW THE LAWN to cut one's hair ...1930s US Black sl.
• RACK to comb the hair ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RADDLE to ruffle or rub up the hair ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAVEL of hair: to displace, to dishevel ...1895 Sc.
• REDD to dress or comb the hair ...1721 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• REDD THE TOPPIN to pull the hair ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROACH to comb the hair so that it stays fixed ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SHAMP to trim hair ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SHINGLE to cut; to clip hair ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STRUBBLE to put the hair in disorder...1916 Amer. dial.
• TONSE † to cut the hair of ...1555
• TONSURE to clip or shave the hair of ...1793
• TOP † to cut off the hair of the head ...c1330
• WOOL to pull the hair of, to drag around by the hair; to beat, to get the better of ...1843 Amer. dial.
• ZUG UP to cut a man's or boy's hair in an amateurish, raggedy manner ...20C W. Indies
HAIR - phrases
• CARPET AND DRAPES THAT MATCH applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed ...1999 US sl.
• GROWING ONE'S FEATHERS letting one's hair and beard grow ...c1870 prison sl.
• MATCHING CARPET AND DRAPES applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed ...1999 US sl.
HAIR CURLER - nouns
• CRACKERS hair curlers ...20C Cockneys' sl.
HAIR CUT - nouns
• APACHE a type of men's haircut; a Mohawk ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BALDY a haircut, typically given to military recruits, in which the hair is clipped as short as possible; a shaved or bald head ...1941 US sl.
• BASIN CROP a close haircut ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BAZZER a haircut ...2000s Irish sl.
• B.B.B. CROP a very short haircut (Bad Borstal Boy) ...1940s UK prison sl.
• BONEHEAD an extreme skinhead haircut ...1981 UK sl.
• BRUSH a crew-cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH CUT. a crew-cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BULLDOG a kind of men's haircut - it stands straight up all over about an inch long ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURR a man's very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEAD a man's very short haircut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTCH a haircut in which the hair is clipped very short ...1949 US colloq.
• BUZZ a close haircut given with electric clippers ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CAESAR a type of men's haircut; it resembles the hairstyle seen on typical busts of Julius Caesar ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CALABASH CUT a haircut in which the hair is cut on a line equidistant from the top of the head ...1990 Trinidad and Tobago
• CAMEO a type of haircut popular among young Black males; the hair is trimmed short on the side and flat or angular on top ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CAMEO CUT a short-cropped Black haircut, pioneered by the hip-hop culture ...1980s US Black sl.
• CHESTNUT BURR a man's very short haircut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHILI-BOWL a haircut that leaves the hair too short and untapered, as if the barber had placed a bowl over the head and shaved around it ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHOPTOP a crew-cut haircut ...1959 US sl.
• CROCK CUT a haircut which gives the appearance of having been achieved by placing a bowl over the subject's head ...1947 US sl.
• DARK SHADOW a tightly-cropped hair cut that stops short of absolute baldness ...1999 UK sl.
• EDGE-UP a haircut which neatens the lines without changing the style; a trim ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ENGLISH a style of men's haircut: the hair rides back from the temples, rests comfortably on top of the ears, and keeps moving to the rear, like Laurence Olivier's ...1957 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S HAIRCUT a closely trimmed cut which leaves a band of light skin contrasting with the tanned portions of neck and face, especially above the ears ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FLAT-TOP a man's short flat haircut ...1956 sl.
• GUMBY a slanted box haircut ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
• HALF-CUT a man's haircut, thin on the edges, thick on top ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEINIE a very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HINEY a very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IROQUOIS a Mohawk haircut ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOHAWK a haircut in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running down the centre of the scalp ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MOHICAN a haircut in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running down the centre of the scalp ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NANA CUT a haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved ...1940s Aust. sl.
• NEW YORKER a style of haircut; the top was a brush cut, the rest long and combed into a 'duck's ass' ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIG SHAVE a crew-cut or other very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PINEAPPLE a close haircut, short all over ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PINEAPPLE CLIP a close haircut, short all over ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PINEAPPLE SHAVE a close haircut, short all over ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAT BACK CLIP a short haircut ...M19 sl.
• SAB a haircut in which the back of the hair is rounded rather than tapered ...1950s W. Indies
• SCALPING a short haircut ...Brit. sl.
• SHORT BACK AND SIDES a short haircut ...colloq.
• SKINNY a haircut in which all of the hair is cut off or shaved ...1970 Amer, dial., chiefly Black usage
• TEDDY a type of men's haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEDDY-BEAR a type of men's haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEDDY-BEAR CUT. a type of men's haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back ...1943 Amer. dial.
• VICTORY a style of haircut that gave a man's hair a V-shape at the back ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• WHIFFLE a crew cut ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WHIFFLER a crew cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPLE a crew cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITE SIDEWALLS the visible scalp on the side of the head after a short haircut, esp. a military haircut ...1968 US sl.
HAIR CUT - nouns, person
• NATURE BOY a boy in need of a haircut ...1955 US sl.
HAIR CUT - verbs
• BUTCHER to give an extremely close haircut to ...1942 US military sl.
HAIRDRESSER - nouns, person
• COODER a hairdresser ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
• CRIMPER a hairdresser ...1968 Brit. sl.
• HAIR BENDER 1. a homosexual male hairdresser ...1960s US homosexual sl.
2. a hair stylist ...1964 US sl.
• HAIRBURGER a homosexual male hairdresser ...M20 US homosexual sl.
• HAIRBURNER 1. a homosexual male hairdresser ...1960s US homosexual sl.
2. a hair stylist ...1964 US sl.
• HAIR-KAIMER a hairdresser ...1773 Sc.
HAIRDRESSING - nouns
• BARBING † shaving, hairdressing; clipping ...1485
• TOILET †* a towel or cloth thrown over the shoulders during hairdressing; also, a shawl ...1684
HAIR-NET - nouns
• KELL † a woman's hair-net, cap, or head-dress ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
HAIR OIL - nouns
• SALAD OIL hair oil ...1910s sl.
HAIRPIECE - see WIG
HAIRPIN - nouns
• HAIR-NEEDLE † a hairpin ...B1900
HAIR PRODUCT - nouns
• AXLE GREASE any particularly thick and sticky hair pomade ...1943 Aust. sl.
• HAIR-SIT a scented mucilaginous preparation for keeping the hair in place ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POND SKUM grease on hair ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• SLICKUM hair oil ...20C US sl.
HAIR-SPLITTING - adjectives
• HAIR-SLITTING † hair-splitting; making over-nice distinctions ...1683
HAIR-SPLITTING - verbs
• DIVIDE THE HAIR to make fine or cavilling distinctions; to 'split hairs' ...1652
HAIRY - adjectives
• BOOZY bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSIE bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FASH hairy ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FAXED † having hair, hairy ...891
• MOSSY hairy ...19C colloq.
• OOZLING hairy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGED † shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGY shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
HAIRY - nouns
• CAPILLATION †* the state or condition of being hairy or hair-like ...1646
HAIRY - nouns, person
• CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
• HAIRY a long-haired, bearded individual ...1976 UK sl.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
HALE - adjectives
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• HAIL † free from injury, infirmity, or disease; sound, unhurt, safe; healthy, robust; hale ...c1205
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HALF - adjectives
• DIMIDIATE divided into two equal parts; halved, half ...1768-74
• HAFFEN half ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HAFFLINS half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• HALFEN †* half ...1590
• HALFENDEAL † half ...a1300
• HALFLIN half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• HALFLY † half ...c1375
• HALVELINGS in half ...1846
• HALVENDEAL † half, by half ...1387
• HALVERT cut in two; divided in half ...1875 Sc.
HALF - adverbs
• HAFFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HALF-DEAL † a half, a half part ...1399
• HALFENDEAL † a half, a half part ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALFING † half ...c897
• HALFLING † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINGS † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLENS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HAVLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HOAFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Eng. dial.
HALF - nouns
• FLATCH a half ...Bk1893 back-slang
• HAFFEN a half ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HALFENDEAL a half part of anything; a moiety ...1852 Eng. dial.
• HALFINGS half shares ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HALF-PART † half ...1398
• HALVENDEAL † a half, a half part ...c1000
• HALVER a half, an equal share or portion, generally in plural ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MADZA half ...M19 sl.
• MEDZA half ...M19 sl.
• MEDZER half ...M19 sl.
• MIDZER half ...M19 sl.
HALF - verbs
• HALFEN †* to make into a half; to sever as a half from the whole ...1677
HALF - phrases
• HALF A-TWO almost in two pieces, cracked, in half ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALF-GROWN - adjectives
• HAFFLIN half-grown, youthful ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLINS half-grown, young ...1824 Sc.
• HALFLIN half-grown, young ...1824 Sc.
• HALFLIN half-grown, youthful ...1787 Sc.
• HALFLING youthful, adolescent, half-grown ...1815 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HALF-LONG half-grown, adolescent ...1805 Sc.
• HALF-WAXED half-grown ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALF-GROWN - nouns, person
• HALFLING a half-grown boy, an adolescent youth; often applied to a lad engaged in farm work ...1794 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HALF-LONG a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work ...1708 Sc.
HALF-HEARTED - adjectives
• HALF-ARSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted ...1933 US sl.
• HALF-ASSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted ...1933 US sl.
• HAMMER-TACKING dawdling; working in a half-hearted manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALF-HEARTEDLY - adverbs
• FAINTLY † with hesitation, not actively or energetically, coldly, half-heartedly ...c1440
• HAFFLINS-WISE partly, in a slight measure; reluctantly, half-heartedly ...1785 Sc.
HALF-HEARTEDLY - nouns
• HALF-LAUGH any action done by halves, or half-heartedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALFPENCE, HALFPENNY - nouns
• BUNGTOWN COPPER a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin ...1787 US
• CAMDEN TOWN halfpenny ...1859 rhyming sl. for 'brown'
• FLATCH halfpence ... c1866 sl.
• FLATCH-YENNEP a half-penny ...Bk1893 back-slang
• HA'D a halfpenny (pronounced 'hay-dee') ...c1870 sl.
• HA-DEE a halfpenny (pronounced 'hay-dee') ...c1870 sl.
• HAPE a halfpenny ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MADZA SALTEE a halfpenny ...M19 sl.
• MAG a halfpenny ...1781 sl.
• MAGG a halfpenny ...M18 sl.
• AGGIE RAB a bad halfpenny ...19C Sc.
• MAGGIE ROB a bad halfpenny ...19C Sc.
• MAGGIE ROBB a bad halfpenny ...19C Sc.
• MAGPIE a halfpenny ...1838 sl.
• MAIL † a halfpenny ...1415
• MAKE a halfpenny ...a1547 sl. & Eng. dial.
• MEAG a halfpenny ...M18 sl.
• MEG a halfpenny ...1781 sl.
• MOPPUS a halfpenny ...L17 sl.
• MOPUS a halfpenny ...L17 sl.
• OAT a penny; a halfpenny; the smallest amount of money ...L19 sl.
• OB a halfpenny ...1449 Sc.
• OBB a halfpenny ...1449 Sc.
• ODDIE a halfpenny ...1900s Aust. sl.
• ODDY a halfpenny ...1900s Aust. sl.
• POST halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• RAP a counterfeit coin, worth about half a farthing, which passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the 18th century, owing to the scarcity of genuine money ...1724
• SCURRICK a halfpenny ...E19, chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• SKERRICK a halfpenny ...E19, chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• SKIRRACH a halfpenny ...E19, chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• TANYOK a halfpenny ...18C sl.
• TONIC halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• WATERLOO a halfpenny ...L19 sl.
HALF-WAY - adjectives
• HALF-ROADS half-way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALF-SEAS-OVER halfway towards a goal or destination; half through with a matter; halfway between one state and another ...1697
HALF-WAY - adverbs
• HAFFLINS half-way; mid-way; in equals shares ...1789 Sc.
• HALF-GAIT half-way ...1820 Sc.
• HALF-GATE(S) half-way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALFLIN half-way; mid-way; in equals shares ...1789 Sc.
• HALLENS half-way; mid-way; in equals shares ...1789 Sc.
HALF-WITTED - adjectives
• BABBLE half-witted; idiotic ...1835 Sc.
• BARMY silly, weak-minded, half-witted ...1879 sl.
• CAKEY stupid, foolish, daft; half-witted ...L19 sl.
• DAFT silly, stupid, foolish, half-witted, mad ...c1325 Sc., Ireland, and Eng. dial.
• HALF AND HALF half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF-BAKED foolish, silly, half-witted, weak of intellect; raw, inexperienced ...1855 Eng. dial.
• HALF-FOOL stupid, ignorant, half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF-HUNG-TEE half-witted, not all there ...1956 Sc.
• HALF-JACK half-witted ...1905 Sc.
• HALF-ROCKED half-witted, silly, foolish, oafish ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HALF-SAVED half-witted, foolish, silly, weak of intellect ...1871 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• HAVEREL foolish, silly, half-witted, nonsensical, talking foolishly ...1685 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted ...1815 Sc.
• INNOCENT half-witted, silly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAE-WITTED harebrained, half-witted ...1793 Sc.
• KAY-WITTED half-witted, harebrained, scatterbrained ...1853 Sc.
• LEARY dazed, bewildered; foolish, half-witted ...1911 Amer. dial.
• OAF-ROCK'D half-witted, stupid, foolish, silly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• THORTY thoughtless, half-witted, stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-WITTED adj. weak in intellect; of inferior understanding; half-witted, silly ...1683
HALF-WITTED - nouns, person
• ADDLE-BRAIN a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard ...1880
• HAIVEREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a half-wit, a simpleton ...c1779 Sc.
• HAIVREL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool ...1801 Sc.
• HALFLIN a half-witted person; a fool ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALFLING a half-witted person; a fool ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALF-ROCK a foolish or half-witted fellow ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HALF-WIT a half-witted person ...1755
• HALFY a fool; a half-witted person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVEREL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool; one who talks without sense ...c1779 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVERIL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool ...1801 Sc.
• HAVREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a stupid, half-witted person, a simpleton ...c1779 Sc.
• HAWFLIN a half-witted person; a fool ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT a half-witted, flighty person ...B1900 Sc.
• JACOB † a simpleton; a fool; a half-witted fellow; an oaf ...1785 sl.
• NATURAL a half-witted person; one naturally deficient in intellect; an idiot; a simpleton ...1533
• OAF-ROCK a half-witted, weak-minded person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SOFTHEAD a half-witted or silly person
• TOM FOOL † a man mentally deficient; a half-witted person ...1565
HALF-WITTED - verbs
• BE BURIED IN A NAPKIN to be half-witted ...Bk1902 sl.
• COME OUT WITH THE CAKES to be silly or half-witted ...1874 Eng. dial.
HALF-WITTEDNESS - nouns
• YORNEYISHNESS simplicity, foolishness, half-wittedness ...1885 Eng. dial.
• YORNEYISM simplicity, foolishness, half-wittedness ...1884 Eng. dial.
• HABITUARY †* of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary ...1627
• MALESUETE †* that has contracted an ill habit or custom ...1727
HABIT - nouns
• ACCUSTOM † custom, habit, habituation ...1523
• ACCUSTOMANCE † customary use or practise; custom, habit ...c1384
• AIT a custom, a habit, esp. used of a bad one ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATE a habit, custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIAS accustomed place or direction; also, usual procedure or habit ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DAPS habits, ways, peculiarities ...1825 Eng. dial.
• EET habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ETT habit, custom ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GATE † way, manner, or method of doing or behaving; a peculiar habit ...c1200
• GEARS †* habits, manners ...c1200
• HANK n propensity; an evil habit ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HAUNT † habit, wont, custom, usage ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ILL-GAIT a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• ILL-GATE a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits ...1725 Sc.
• LAW † custom, customary rule or usage; habit, practice, 'ways' ...c1175
• LEATS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs ...1725 Sc.
• OLD WUNT a habit more or less objectionable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORDINARY † a prescribed or customary course or procedure; regular custom or wont; habit, usual course ...c1450
• TACHE † 1. a moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit ...c1330
† 2. a distinctive mark, quality, or habit; a trait, a characteristic, good or bad ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAND a hereditary tinge, trace, stain; an inherited bad habit ...1929 Sc.
• TANDER a hereditary trace, stain; a tendency to revert to old failings ...1930 Sc.
• TETCH a habit, a gait ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy ...1896
• UNTUHTLE † a bad habit or custom ...c1205
• VEIN † a particular course of action or conduct; a habit or practice ...1597
HABIT - verbs
• DO A BRODIE to fail, to slip back into bad habits ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A BRODIE to fail, to slip back into bad habits ...L19 sl.
HABITABLE - nouns
• HABITABILITY the quality or fact of being habitable ...1714
HABITATION - adjectives
• HABITATIVE * pert. to habitation or occupancy by inhabitants ...1888
HABITATION - nouns
• BIKE a habitation, a building ...1827 Sc.
• HABIT †* habitation, abode ...1603
• HABITACLE † a dwelling-place, habitation ...a1300
• HABITACULE † a dwelling place, habitation, residence ...c1374
• HABITANCE † a dwelling-place, habitation ...1590
• HA'-HOUSE the manor-house, the habitation of a landed proprietor (ha' = hall) ...1814 Sc.
• MANOR † a mansion, habitation; a country residence; the principal house of an estate ...c1290
HABITUAL - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMABLE † usually practising or practised; habitual, usual, customary, wonted ...1494
• EVEN-DOWN confirmed, habitual ...1823 Sc.
• HABITED † that has become habitual; commonly practised; accustomed ...1605
• HABITUARY †* of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary ...1627
• HABITUATE † made or become habitual; formed into a habit ...1526
HABITUAL - nouns
• ACCUSTOMATION †* the act of rendering habitual; the habitual practice or use ...1605
• HABITUATION † the act of becoming habitual; formation of habit ...c1449
• HABITURE †* habitude; customary or habitual mode of behaviour ...1599
• HAUNT † habitual practice or use of anything ...c1386
HABITUAL - verbs
• ACCUSTOM † to make a thing customary, habitual, usual, or familiar; to practise habitually ...1477
• HABITUALIZE to render habitual ...1768-74
• HAUNT † 1. to practice habitually, familiarly, or frequently ...c1230.
† 2. to use or employ habitually or frequently ...a1340
HABITUALLY - adverbs
• ACCUSTOMABLY customarily, habitually, usually, ordinarily ...c1450 arch.
HABITUATE - verbs
• HABIT † to accustom, to familiarize, to habituate ...1615
• HABITATE † to habituate ...1621
• OCCASIONATE † to give occasion to; to urge or compel by circumstances; also, to do this habitually; hence, to habituate, to accustom ...1545
HABITUATED - adjectives
• ACCUSTOMATE † accustomed, habituated, wonted ...1494
• HANKLED habituated, accustomed to ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAUNTED † practiced; used, habituated, or accustomed to a course; wonted ...a1325 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SITTEN-UP † settled in habit, not easily stirred or moved ...1671
HACK - verbs
• BEHACK † to hack about ...1565
• BEMANGLE to cut about; to hack, to mangle ...1553-87
• CHAMPER OFF to chop, rasp, or hack away bit by bit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACKER to hack in cutting; to cut or chop small ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to cut, to slice clumsily or unevenly so as to leave a jagged edge; to hack, to mangle ...1866 Sc.
• HAGGLE to mangle with repeated irregular cuts or cutting blows; to cut clumsily with uneven jagged edges; to hack, to mangle, to mutilate; to bungle ...1599
• HASH to slash, to hack ...1812 Sc.
• HASSEL to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to hack at; to cut with blunt knife and with a sawing motion ...1878 Eng. dial.
• NAG to nick, notch, or hack with a sharp instrument; to snap, to snatch, to bite, to mark with the teeth ...1887 Sc.
• TO-HACK † to hack to pieces ...c1000
• TO-RACE † to hack, slash, cut, or tear to pieces ...1297
• TO-RANCE † to hack, slash, cut, or tear to pieces ...1297
• TO-RASE † to hack, slash, cut, or tear to pieces ...1297
• YARK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
• YERK to break; to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack ...1827 Sc.
HACKED - adjectives
• HAGGLED mangled, hacked, mutilated ...1894 Sc.
HACKNEYED - adjectives
• DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt ...19C Amer. sl.
• HACK in common or promiscuous use; hackneyed; trite, commonplace ...1781
• HACKNEY † worn out, like a hired horse, by indiscriminate or vulgar use; threadbare, trite, commonplace; hackneyed ...1596
HACKNEYED - nouns
• HACK † anything that is in indiscriminate and everyday use, and is 'hackneyed' or deprived of novelty and interest by such use; a hackneyed sermon, book, quotation, etc. ...1711
HACKY SACK - nouns
• HACK a game of Hacky Sack ...1997 US sl.
HACKY SACK - verbs
• HACK to play with a hacky sack beanbag ...1995 US sl.
HAD - adjectives
• BEFORE-HAD † held previously ...1382
HADDOCK - nouns
• ABERDEEN CUTLET a dried haddock ...1890 Eng. sl.
• BERVIE a haddock split and smoke-dried ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERVIE-HADDOCK a haddock split and smoke-dried ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DICKIE the haddock ...1884 Amer. dial.
• FANNY CRADDOCK a haddock ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HADDIE the haddock ...1683 Sc.
HAEMORRHOIDS - nouns
• ARSE-GRAPES haemorrhoids, piles ...1990s sl.
• BOTTOM-GRAPES haemorrhoids, piles ...1990s sl.
• CHALFONTS haemorrhoids ...1980 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Chalfont St. Giles)
• CHALFONT ST. GILES haemorrhoids ...1980 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• CLEMENT FREUDS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl.
• DUKE, THE haemorrhoids ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Duke of Argyles)
• DUKE OF ARGYLES haemorrhoids ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• EMMA FREUDS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl.
• EMMAS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl. (Emma Freuds)
• FARMER GILES haemorrhoids ...1955 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• FARMERS haemorrhoids ...1955 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Farmer Giles)
• FARTLEBERRIES haemorrhoids ...1989 Royal Navy sl.
• JOHNNY GILES haemorrhoids ...1950s UK & Aust. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• LAUGHS AND SMILES haemorrhoids ...20C Aust. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• LILIES-OF-THE-VALLEY. haemorrhoids ...1990s homosexual sl.
• MICHAEL MILES piles ...1990s rhyming sl.
• NOBBYS haemorrhoids ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Nobby Stiles)
• NOBBY STILES haemorrhoids ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• SIEG HEILS haemorrhoids ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• SIGMUND FREUDS haemorrhoids ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• SIGMUNDS haemorrhoids ...1990s rhyming sl. on 'Sigmund Freuds'
• VALENTINE DYALLS haemorrhoids ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
• VALENTINES haemorrhoids ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles' (Valentine Dyalls)
• X-FILES haemorrhoids ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
HAG - adjectives
• HAGGY of a woman: possessing the attributes of a hag; ugly ...20C US sl.
HAG - nouns, person
• BELDAM a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• HAGGARD † a hag, a witch ...1658
• MACKABROIN †* an old hag ...1546
• MARE † a spectre, a hag ...c1440
• OLD BAG (disparaging) an unattractive, obnoxious, or unpleasant old woman; an old hag, any old woman ...1922 sl., orig. US
HAGGARD - adjectives
• CADAVEROUS haggard and thin ...1620
• GALDROCH † ill-favoured, haggard ...1900 Sc.
• HAG haggard ...1889 Eng. dial.
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OORLICK of persons: miserable-looking from cold, hunger, or illness; pinched, haggard, shivery, out-of-sorts ...1768 Sc.
• RAGGLETIE coarse in appearance, haggard and tawdry ...a1838 Sc.
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
HAGGLE - verbs
• ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words ...1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc.
• BADGER to barter; to beat down in price; to haggle over a bargain ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BANT to beat down in price; to haggle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANTER to cheapen, to haggle ...1793 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BANTER DOWN to beat down in price ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BATE DOWN to haggle, to force the seller to lower his price ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE BARGAIN † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1640
• BEAT THE MARKET † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1655
• BEAT THE PRICE † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1592
• BICKER to haggle, to bargain
• CAFFLE to prevaricate, to argue, to haggle ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CHEW DOWN to haggle or bargain to receive a lower price ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HACK † to hesitate, to haggle ...1587
• HACKER to haggle ...1833 Eng. dial.
• HACKLE to haggle, to chaffer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFT † to use subtlety or deceit; to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, to cavil; to avoid coming to the point, to hold off, to hang back, to hesitate ...1519
• HAG(G) to haggle, to dispute, to argue ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to haggle over a price ...1970 Amer. dial.
• JEW DOWN (derogatory & offensive) to beat someone down in price; to haggle ...1848 sl.
• NAGGLE to gnaw; to nag, to quarrel, to haggle ...1869
• NEEDLE to haggle in making a bargain ...1812 sl.
• PALTER to shuffle or haggle in bargaining; to huckster, bargain, or parley in matters of duty or honour ...1611
• RAGGLE to haggle in bargaining ...a1838 Sc.
• THREAP to beat down in a bargain or argument; to browbeat, to talk down; to haggle over a bargain ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGGLE-TAGGLE † to be a long time making a bargain; to haggle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIG-TAG to continue in reciprocal action; to bicker; to haggle in bargaining ...1643 Sc.
HAGGLER - nouns, person
• HAFTER † a caviller, a wrangler, a haggler, a dodger ...1519
• PALTERER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
HAGGLING - adjectives
• NAFFING chattering; peevish; haggling over a bargain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HAGGLING - nouns
• BANTER a haggling about prices ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANTING haggling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATING haggling, beating down in price ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TIG-TAGGING the act of haggling ...1825 Sc.
HAIL - nouns
• BLATTER a hailstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUT the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FALLING a downfall of snow, rain, or hail; a snowstorm; generally in plural ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GRAUPEL soft hail or snow pellets ...German
• HAGGLE hail; a hailstone ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE-STONE hail; a hailstone ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAG-STONE hail; a hailstone ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HAIL PUCKLE a hailstone ...1931 Sc.
• HAILY-BUCKIE a hailstone ...1956 Sc.
• LAMB-BLASTS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMB-SHOWERS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMB-STORMS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NORTHERN NANNY a cold storm of hail and wind from the north ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER a hailstorm ...1870 Sc.
• WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog ...1965 Amer. dial.
HAIL - verbs
• BLATTER to beat on with force and noise like hail ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEGRANDINATE †* to hail much ...1623
• HAGGLE to hail ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HAIL OUT to be ruined by a hailstorm ...1978 Amer. dial.
HAIR - adjectives (also see CURL)
• AFROED wearing an Afro hairstyle ...1930s orig. US Black
• AFRO-STYLE wearing an Afro hairstyle ...1930s orig. US Black
• AURICOMOUS having golden hair ...1864
• BADGERLY greyish-haired, elderly ...1753
• BLONK † of hair: fair, blond
• BLOOD-BOLTERED † clotted, clogged, or smeared with blood; having the hair matted with blood ...1848
• BLOOMY of hair: grey ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRICK-TOPPED red-headed ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEAD of Black people: having tight, curly hair ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEADED of Black people: having tight, curly hair ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CADDIT of hair: matted, tangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAIN-COLOURED † of the reputed colour of the hair of Cain, to whom, as to Judas Iscariot, a 'red' or reddish-yellow beard was attributed ...1598
• CALF-LICKED having hair on the forehead which will not lie flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAPILLATE furnished with hair ...1881
• CAPILLOSE * having much hair, covered with hair, hairy ...19C
• CARROT-HEADED having red hair ...1884 Amer. sl.
• CARROT-TOPPED having red hair ...1889 Amer. sl.
• CARROTTY-HEADED having red hair ...1867 Amer. sl.
• CARROTY red-haired ...1696
• CARROTY-HAIRED red-haired ...1856
• CARROTY-HEADED red-haired ...1840
• CARROTY-POLLED red-haired ...1795
• CONKED of hair: straightened by application of lye or other chemicals ...1940s US Black sl.
• DARK-AVISED having dark hair and eyes; also, dark-complexioned ...1918 Sc.
• DECAPILLATED * having the hair pulled or fallen off ...1727
• DECAPILLATORY pert. to the removal of hair from the head or face ...1839 nonce word
• DETRESSED † of hair: out of 'tress' or plait; hanging loose ...1500-20
• DRAGGLE-HAIRED with hair hanging wet and untidy ...1865 nonce word
• ELF-LOCKED having tangled hair ...1647
• FAXED † having hair, hairy ...891
• FLAVICOMOUS † having yellow hair ...1727 obs.
• FOXY having red hair ...M19 sl.
• FRIED, DRIED, AND SWEPT ASIDE said of bleached hair that suggests straw ...1997 US sl.
• FRIED, DYED, COMBED TO THE SIDE used as a description of a Black person's hair that has been chemically straightened ...1980 US sl.
• FRIED, DYED, SWOOPED TO THE SIDE used as a description of a Black person's hair that has been chemically straightened ...1980 US sl.
• GALLOWS-ROUNDED of hair: cut round like that of a condemned criminal ...1567
• HAIR ABOUT describing the hair when it is changing to grey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIR-DRY without getting your hair wet ...1991 US sl.
• HAIRED having a mixture of white and red or white and black hairs ...Bk1905 Sc.
֩• HAIREN made or consisting of hair ...971 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAIRHEAD long-haired ...1970s sl.
• HAIR-PITCHED having rough, unbrushed hair or coat ...1865 Eng. dial.
• HAIZERT of the hair: grizzled, streaked with grey ...a1838 Sc.
• HASARD † grey-haired, hoary ...1513 Sc.
• HASART † grey-haired, hoary ...1513 Sc..
• HEAVILY CONKED TO THE BONE said of well-groomed hair ...1960s Amer. sl.
• IN ONE'S HAIR with the hair down ...1533
• LANKY † of hair: somewhat lank ...1670
• LIKE A BIRCH-BROOM IN A FIT said of rough, tousled hair ...1872
• LINT-HAIRED having flaxen locks ...1891
• LOCKERED of hair: matted, entangled ...1824 Eng. dial.
• LOCKERED of hair: curled ...B1900 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LUNKERED of the hair: tangled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MADE said of someone who has had their hair straightened; usually of women or girls ...1940s US Black sl.
• MADONNA-BRAIDED of the hair: arranged in smooth braids on each side of the face ...1849 104
• MOPPY of hair: thick, untidy, dishevelled
• NAPPY (often derogatory) of hair: usually of the hair of a Black person: naturally tightly curled, frizzy ...1885 US sl.
• NAPPY-HEADED (sometimes derogatory) having kinky hair ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• NATTY of hair: matted, uncombed; in a condition to be formed into dreadlocks ...1974 Jamaica sl.
• NOTT-HEADED † having the hair cut close ...1611-12
• PACHYTRICHOUS having thick hair ...1857
• PHILOCOMAL characterized by love of or attention to the hair ...1869
• PICK-HAIRED † having thin, sparse hair ...1653
• POISON-PATED red-haired ...1780
• RED having red or ginger hair ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SALT-AND-PEPPER of hair: black and grey/white ...1950s US sl.
• SANDY-POWED sandy-haired ...1866 Eng. dial.
• TAGGED of hair or wool: hanging in matted locks ...1757
• TATTED of hair, wool, etc.: matted, entangled, rough, shaggy, unkempt ...1721 Sc.
• TATTY of hair: tangled, matted ...1513 Sc.
• TAWTY of the hair, etc.: matted, shaggy ...1856 Sc.
• TAWTY-HEADED shaggy-headed ...1831 Sc.
• TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAZZY fuzzy, tangled, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TITIAN of hair colour: red ...1904
• UNBROIDED † of hair: unbraided, loose, dishevelled ...c1374
• UNBROIDEN † of hair: adj. unbraided, loose, dishevelled ...c1374
• VAGRANT of hair: straggling in growth or habit ...1862
• VUZZY of hair: rough, tangled, unkempt ...1899 Eng. dial.
• XANTHOCOMIC yellow-haired ...1861 nonce word
HAIR - nouns (also see HAIR CUT)
• AFRICAN CUE a closely cropped Afro ...1970 Amer. dial.
• AFRO a Black (occasionally White) hairstyle in which normally short, curly hair is allowed to grow out in a bush around the head, supposedly in the style of one's African forebears ...1930s orig. US Black
• AGGERAWATOR a favoured costermongers' hairstyle, consisting of a well-greased lock of hair twisted and pointing either at the corner of an eye or at an ear ...B1836 costermongers' sl.
• AGGRAVATORS the greasy locks of hair in vogue amongst costermongers and other street folk, worn twisted from the temple back towards the ear ...1860 sl.
• ALF GARNETT the hair ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'Barnet'
• BABY-DREADS a short version of the braided hair worn by Rastafarians ...1990s US Black sl.
• BALE OF STRAW blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BALL hair coiled at the back of a woman's head; a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BASON-CROP the method of cutting the hair all round alike ...1648 Eng. dial.
• BEAR-SKIN hair ...L16 sl.
• BEAU-CATCHER a ringlet on the forehead or cheek ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BEE GUM a woman's hair put up on her head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BERGER †* a curl of hair ...1690
• BEVERLEY CROP close-cropped hair ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BIG HAIR long hair teased and lacquered into a large bouffant ...1988 sl., orig. US
• BICKER-CUT hair-cutting by means of a bowl placed on the head ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRSE a bristle; hair; a plume of hair or bristles ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BISCUIT a small bun or roll of hair ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BONNY FAIR the hair ...20C US sl.
• BRICKTOP a person with red hair; the head of hair itself ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BULL † false hair worn formerly by women ...1690 sl.
• BUNG a woman's hair put up on her head in a bunch ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BURLAP HAIR false hair, worn by men ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURLAP TOP false hair, worn by men ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUSH a large, kinky, bushy hairstyle ...1965 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• BUZZ CUT a cutting off of all or most of the hair ...1990s Amer. sl.
• BUZZED HAIR a cutting off of all or most of the hair ...1990s Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE a form of hairdressing resembling a chignon, popular in the late 17th century and early 18th century ...L17 sl.
• CALAMISTRATION curling the hair
• CALF-LICK a tuft of hair on the forehead which will not lie smoothly and evenly ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• CAPILLATURE †* a frizzing of the hair; the bush of hair on the head ...1656
• CARROTS red hair, or one who has such hair ...c1685 humorous or derisive usage
• CHEMICAL HEAD a hairstyle in which curly hair is straightened and smoothed down or lightly waved ...1974 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN SCRATCH short, tightly curled hair ...1950s US Black sl.
• COOTIE GARAGE the hair, esp. when styled elaborately ...1920s US sl.
• CROCKETTS † locks of hair ...19C
• D.A. a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1951 sl., orig. US
• DABBERLOCKS hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks ...1825 Sc.
• DABERLACKS hair hanging in lank, tangled and separate locks ...1825 Sc.
• DABERLICK the hair of the head when hanging in lank, tangled, and separate locks ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DARTMOOR CROP short-cut hair ...1915 Brit. military sl.
• DASHER a large-toothed comb for the hair ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO a hairstyle ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DOOR-KNOCKER a female hairstyle consisting of two plaits bunched on top of the head ...L19 sl.
• DO-RAG a kerchief or scarf worn on the head to protect the hairdo, esp. after kinky hair has been straightened ...1960 sl.
• DRUGSTORE BLONDE artificially blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCK-ARSE a hairstyle with the hair on the back of the head shaped like a duck's tail, favoured by Teddy boys ...1951 sl.
• DUCK BUTT a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, in which the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1955 US sl.
• DUCK'S ANATOMY a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, esp. among Teddy Boys; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1955 UK euphemism
• DUCK'S ARSE a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, esp. among Teddy Boys; the hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1955 UK sl.
• DUCK'S ASS same as 'DUCK'S ARSE' ...1955 UK sl.
• DUCK'S BEHIND a hairstyle with the hair on the back of the head shaped like a duck's tail, favoured by Teddy boys ...1951 sl.
• DUCK TAIL a hairstyle popular in the early 1950s, in which a boy's hair was tapered and curled on the nape of the neck like the feathers of a duck's tail ...1943 US sl.
• EARLOCK a curl or lock of hair close to the ear
• EAVESING † the act of trimming the edges of anything; clipping, polling, shearing; also, what is cut off; the clippings of hair ...a800
• ELF-LOCKS tangled masses of hair ...1838 Eng. dial.
• ELF-SWITCHES tangled masses of hair ...1838 Eng. dial.
• EVERY POSTMAN ON HIS BEAT kinky hair that stands up in odd strands or areas of the head ...1930s US Black sl.
• FADE a hairstyle in which the sides of the head are close-cropped and the top hair is shaped into an upright block ...1989 US sl., esp. Black
• FADIE a haircut style in which the sides of the head are closely cut and the top of the head is not ...1989 US sl.
• FANNY BLAIR the hair ...M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• FAVOURITE a curl or lock of hair hanging loose upon the temple: worn in the 17th and 18th centuries ...1690
• FAX † the hair of the head ...c900
• FEAK a dangling curl of hair ...1548
• FRENCH BALL hair coiled at the back of a woman's head; a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRO a hairdo, sometimes worn by American Blacks, where the hair appears to be a large fluffy ball ...1970 Amer. sl.
• GALLOWS-LOCKS hair that hangs like gallows ropes ...1809
• GOLDIE-LOCKS blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRANNY KNOT a woman's hair piled up on her head in a bunch ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAPE TWIST a kink or snarl in one's hair ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GREEK GOD a hairstyle with short curls all over the head
• HACKLES hair, whiskers ...1882
• HAFFET-LOCKS locks of hair growing on the temples ...1725 Sc.
• HAFFETS locks of hair growing on the temples ...1725 Sc.
• HAGGERAWATOR a favoured costermongers' hairstyle, consisting of a well-greased lock of hair twisted and pointing either at the corner of an eye or at an ear ...M19
• HAIR-BUSH † a bushy head of hair ...1583
• HAIR-DO a style or process of arranging a woman's hair ...1932 colloq. orig. US
• HARIGALDS locks of hair ...1725 Sc.
• HARL hair, wool ...1824 Eng. dial.
• HASSOCK a 'shock' of hair ...1742 Sc.
• HAYCOCK a woman's hairdo, the hair is up on the head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAYSTACK a woman's hairdo, the hair is up on the head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEAD the hair of the head ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAD-THEEAK thick hair which hangs like thatch on the head; a head-covering of any kind ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEARTBREAKER a curl, a love-lock ...1663
• HUMMEL the hair ...2000 Eng. gypsy use
• IDIOT FRINGE a popular hairstyle for girls and young women ...L19 sl.
• ISRO a bushy hairstyle worn by White people, often curly-headed Jews ...1970s US sl.
• IZRO a bushy hairstyle worn by White people, often curly-headed Jews ...1970s US sl.
• KAME a combing of the hair ...1920 Sc.
• LACHTER a lock of hair ...1704 Sc.
• LOAD OF HAY, A long hair; generally said of men ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MACARTHUR SWEEP a combing the hair from the side of the head over a bald spot on top of the head ...1953 US sl.
• MADONNA a mode of dressing a woman's hair, with the parting down the middle, and the hair arranged smoothly on each side ...a1839
• MANE a person's long hair ...c1375
• MANSCAPING the clipping, shaving, shaping of male body hair for aesthetic effect ...2004 US sl.
• MESSY ATTIC hair in need of dressing ...1950s US Black sl.
• MOP a tangle of hair
• MOSS ON THE BOSOM hair growing on the man's chest ...20C US sl.
• MULLET a hairstyle; the hair is worn short at the front and long at the back; it was fashionable in the 1980s and much derided by the fashion-conscious generations that followed ...1997 US sl.
• NAP 1. a tight curl of hair ...1931 Amer. Black usage
2. the short, curly hair of a Black person ...1969 US sl.
3. the hair; your hairstyle ...1996 US sl.
• NAPPY EDGES brittle and broken hair along the hairline ...1870s US Black sl.
• NAPS kinky hair ...1870s sl. US Black sl.
• NATCHIE an untrimmed, natural Black hairstyle ...1960s US Black sl.
• NATTY hair that is knotty or matted, as in Rastafarian dreadlocks ...1974 sl.
• NATURAL hair worn cut and combed but without oils or grease; groomed or ungroomed bushy hair; the hair is usually sculpted in a tall and rounded fashion like a crown ...1965 US Black sl.
• NEWGATE-KNOCKER a lock of hair like the figure 6, twisted from the temple towards the ear; chiefly in vogue 1840-50 ...1851 sl.
• NOB-THATCH the hair ...1865 sl.
• OOGA-TOOGA scanty hair on a person's head ...1947 Sc.
• PATH a part in the hair ...1973 Amer. dial.
• PEROXIDE BLONDE artificially blonde hair ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POLLY a hair bun or ponytail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POLLY-WAD a hair bun or ponytail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUEUE-PEE the curls of hair on the top of a child's head ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACK coarse hair ...M19 Irish sl.
• RAT a hair-pad with tapering ends used as the base of the elaborate pompadour hairstyles affected by women in the late 19th century ...L19 US sl.
• RAT-TAILS long unkempt locks of hair ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RIB a single hair ...1888 Ireland
• RED-TOPPIN red hair ...1898 Eng. dial.
• ROACH the cowlick (of hair) ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCARBOROUGH FAIR hair ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• SCOLDING LOCKS hair or curls that do not stay in place ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SCORE the parting of the hair on the head ...1910 Sc.
• SHAGGING a rumpling of the hair ...Bk1913 Amer dial.
• SHODE a hair parting
• SIDE COMB hair parted on the side ...1982 Hawaiian youth usage
• SIDE-LEVERS hair growing down the cheek at the side of the ear ...20C sl.
• SILKY-STRAIGHT any hairstyle with artificially straightened hair ...1981 US sl.
• SKIFFLE a very short hairstyle ...1999 Jamaica
• SOAP LOCK a hairstyle favoured by the New York gangs of the period; a lock of hair was carefully curled then covered with soap to make it lie flat ...M19 US sl.
• SOUL PATCH a single tuft of hair worn beneath the lower lip ...1990s sl., orig. US Black
• SPONGE HAIR hair that resists combing ...1930s US Black sl.
• STROMMEL hair ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUIT OF HAIR a full head of hair ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAIL a twisted or braided tress of hair; a pigtail ...1799
• TAIT 1. a lock of hair ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
2. an untidy head of hair ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a lock of hair ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TAPITOORIE a topknot of hair, a bun ...1872 Sc.
• TAPPIETOURIE a topknot of hair, a bun ...1872 Sc.
• TAT a tuft of hair, wool, etc.; a matted mass ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAUT a tangled matted tuft or lock of wool, hair, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• TAZZ a tangle; esp. used of a rough head of hair; a heap of knots and loose ends ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TAZZLE a tangle; a state of disorder; esp. used of the hair ...1893 Eng. dial.
• THATCH. a head of hair ...1900 Eng. dial.
• TIE a knot of hair; a pigtail ...1728
• TONSURE the act of clipping the hair, or shaving the head; the state of being shorn ...1390
• TOP † the hair on the summit or crown of the head; the hair of the head ...c1205 obs. exc. Sc.
• TOPPING † 1. a high head-dress or coiffure ...c1690
2. a crest or topknot of hair, e.g. of a hairstyle adopted by men in the first half of the 19th century, in which the hair was combed up to form a crest or ridge on the top of the head ...c1800 Sc.
• TOQUE † a cushion or pad worn by women to raise up the hair ...1817
• TOWER false hair ...L17
• TRAMMELETS †* n. braids, tresses ...1654
• TROLLEY BUN a woman's bun up on her head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
• UNDERGROWTH the short hair about the nape of the neck ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPWARD DRAG a hairstyle for men in which the hair is brushed forward over the forehead and cut in a straight line from ear to ear ...L19 sl.
• WAD a compact coil of hair at the top or back of a woman's head ...1870 Amer. dial.
• WATERFALL false hair ...M19 sl.
• WITCH KNOT a tangled knot of hair ...1830 Amer. dial.
• WITCH'S KNOT a tangled knot of hair ...1952 Amer. dial.
HAIR - nouns, person
• ACE OF SPADES a black-haired woman ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACERSECOMIC † one whose hair was never cut ...1612
• ACROCOMIC † one having long hair ...1626
• AEROPLANE BLONDE a woman who is not a natural blonde ...1990s. Brit. sl.
• AIRPLANE BLONDE a woman with dyed blonde hair ...1990s sl.
• BALE OF HAY a blonde person ...1947 US sl.
• BALE OF STRAW a blonde person ...c1928 US sl.
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• BLUE a nickname for a red-haired person ...1932 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUEY a nickname for a red-haired person ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BOTTLE BABY a woman with dyed blonde hair ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOTTLE BLONDE a person whose blonde hair is the result of bleach, not nature ...1972 US sl.
• BOXIE a bleached blonde ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BRICKTOP a person with red hair; the head of hair itself ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BRICKYARD BLONDE a woman with red hair ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• BROWNETTA † a brunette ...1582
• CALAMIST † 'one having his haire turning upwards' ...1623
• CARROTHEAD a red-headed person ...1867 Amer. sl.
• CARROTS red hair, or one who has such hair ...c1685 humorous or derisive usage
• CARROT-TOP a red-headed person ...1889 US sl.
• CARROTTY-POLL a nickname for a person with red hair ...1825 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN'S HEAD 1. a woman with little or no hair ...1980s US Black sl.
2. a woman with unruly, unkempt hair ...1980s US Black sl.
• COPPER-KNOB a red-headed person ...L19 sl.
• COPPER-NOB a red-headed person ...L19 sl.
• CURL a form of address for a bald man or one with curly hair ...1984 Aust. sl.
• DAG-LOCKS a man with long, curling hair, or whose beard is unkempt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANE a red-haired man, a term of reproach ...1865 Eng. dial.
• DARK a nickname for those with dark hair or complexion ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DARKEY a person with dark hair ...1930s sl.
• DARKIE a person with dark hair ...1930s sl.
• DARKY a person with dark hair ...1930s sl.
• FAIRY a blonde-haired woman ...20C NZ sl.
• FLAMER a redhead ...E19 sl.
• FLAMES a red-haired person; also, a term of address ...1823 colloq.
• GAS-HEAD a person with chemically straightened hair ...1968 US sl.
• HAIRHEAD a long-haired man; one who poses as a hipster ...1970s US sl.
• HAIR-HOPPER a woman who frequently changes her hairstyle ...1980s US sl.
• HAIR-MAN a man who dresses or makes up hair ...1689
• HAIRTREE a man who wears his hair long and styled as a fashion statement ...1996 US sl.
• HANDKERCHIEF HEAD one who wears a rag on his head to preserve his expensively processed hair-do ...1970 Amer. Black dial.
• HASARD † a grey-haired man ...1513 Sc.
• HASART † a grey-haired man ...1513 Sc..
• JASEY a man with an enormous quantity of hair upon his head and face ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JAZEY a man with an enormous quantity of hair upon his head and face ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• KINKY one who has kinky hair, thus, usually a Black person ...1920s US sl.
• MOPHEAD a person with thick, shaggy hair
• MOPTOP a youth or a young man who wears his hair in a fringed style popularized by the Beatles in the early 1960s ...1964 Brit. sl.
• NAPPY-HEAD (sometimes derogatory) someone with kinky hair; a Black person ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NATTY a wearer of dreadlocks, esp. a Rastafarian ...1976 Jamaica sl.
• RED a red-headed person, esp. as a nickname or direct address ...L19 sl.
• SANDY PATE a person having light or red hair ...a1700
• SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby ...20C Irish sl.
• SHAVELING * a person with a shaved head ...E17
• SILVER-WIG a grey-haired man ...1923 sl.
• SNOW a blond-haired weakling ...1960s Aust. school sl.
• SORREL-TOP a red-haired person ...1863 US
• STYLIE a White person wearing traditionally Black dreadlocks ...1980s sl.
• SUICIDE BLONDE a woman with hair dyed blonde, esp. rather inexpertly or garishly ...1942 jocular
• TRICHOTOMIST a hair-cutter ...1875 nonce-word
HAIR - verbs
• AFRO to grow one's hair into an Afro hairstyle ...1970s orig. US
• AXLE-GREASE to grease one's hair down ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BALL to put up one's hair in a bun ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALL UP to put up one's hair in a bun ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALTER † of hair: to tangle, to 'mat' ...1693 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALAMISTRATE †* to curl, crisp, or frizzle the hair ...1621
• CONK to straighten curly hair ...1944 sl., orig. US Black usage
• DECURTATE † to shave, to trim the hair ...1599
• FAKE to dress the hair; to make up the face or dress up ...1797 sl.
• FAKE UP to dress the hair; to make up or dress up ...1885 sl.
• FALL DOWNSTAIRS to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. sl.
• FALL DOWN THE STEPS to get a haircut ...1980 Amer. dial.
• FLUMMOX to titivate one's hair ...M19 US sl.
• FRY to straighten curly hair ...1968 US Black sl.
• GET ONE'S EARS LOWERED to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS SET BACK to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS SET DOWN to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S EARS SET OUT to get a haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GOOP to smear with something sticky; esp. to apply an oily or greasy preparation to the hair ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GET YOUR EARS RAISED to have your hair cut ...1954 US sl.
• GIVE UP ONE'S FIDDLE to get one's hair cut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S STRUMMEL FAKED IN TWIG to have it dressed in style (strummel - hair) ...1834 sl.
• INANULATE †* to curl, to form ringlets ...1592
• KEMB † to disentangle and smooth hair by drawing a comb through it; to curry a horse ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KHYFER to dress one's hair ...L19 sl.
• KONK to straighten curly hair ...1944 sl., orig. US Black usage
• KYPHER to dress one's hair ...L19 sl.
• LASH vb. to comb the hair ...1863 Eng. dial.
• LUG THE HAIR to pull the hair ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOP THE HAIR to wash the hair ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MOW THE LAWN to cut one's hair ...1930s US Black sl.
• RACK to comb the hair ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RADDLE to ruffle or rub up the hair ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAVEL of hair: to displace, to dishevel ...1895 Sc.
• REDD to dress or comb the hair ...1721 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• REDD THE TOPPIN to pull the hair ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROACH to comb the hair so that it stays fixed ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SHAMP to trim hair ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SHINGLE to cut; to clip hair ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STRUBBLE to put the hair in disorder...1916 Amer. dial.
• TONSE † to cut the hair of ...1555
• TONSURE to clip or shave the hair of ...1793
• TOP † to cut off the hair of the head ...c1330
• WOOL to pull the hair of, to drag around by the hair; to beat, to get the better of ...1843 Amer. dial.
• ZUG UP to cut a man's or boy's hair in an amateurish, raggedy manner ...20C W. Indies
HAIR - phrases
• CARPET AND DRAPES THAT MATCH applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed ...1999 US sl.
• GROWING ONE'S FEATHERS letting one's hair and beard grow ...c1870 prison sl.
• MATCHING CARPET AND DRAPES applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed ...1999 US sl.
HAIR CURLER - nouns
• CRACKERS hair curlers ...20C Cockneys' sl.
HAIR CUT - nouns
• APACHE a type of men's haircut; a Mohawk ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BALDY a haircut, typically given to military recruits, in which the hair is clipped as short as possible; a shaved or bald head ...1941 US sl.
• BASIN CROP a close haircut ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BAZZER a haircut ...2000s Irish sl.
• B.B.B. CROP a very short haircut (Bad Borstal Boy) ...1940s UK prison sl.
• BONEHEAD an extreme skinhead haircut ...1981 UK sl.
• BRUSH a crew-cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH CUT. a crew-cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BULLDOG a kind of men's haircut - it stands straight up all over about an inch long ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURR a man's very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEAD a man's very short haircut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTCH a haircut in which the hair is clipped very short ...1949 US colloq.
• BUZZ a close haircut given with electric clippers ...1977 Amer. sl.
• CAESAR a type of men's haircut; it resembles the hairstyle seen on typical busts of Julius Caesar ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CALABASH CUT a haircut in which the hair is cut on a line equidistant from the top of the head ...1990 Trinidad and Tobago
• CAMEO a type of haircut popular among young Black males; the hair is trimmed short on the side and flat or angular on top ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CAMEO CUT a short-cropped Black haircut, pioneered by the hip-hop culture ...1980s US Black sl.
• CHESTNUT BURR a man's very short haircut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHILI-BOWL a haircut that leaves the hair too short and untapered, as if the barber had placed a bowl over the head and shaved around it ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHOPTOP a crew-cut haircut ...1959 US sl.
• CROCK CUT a haircut which gives the appearance of having been achieved by placing a bowl over the subject's head ...1947 US sl.
• DARK SHADOW a tightly-cropped hair cut that stops short of absolute baldness ...1999 UK sl.
• EDGE-UP a haircut which neatens the lines without changing the style; a trim ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ENGLISH a style of men's haircut: the hair rides back from the temples, rests comfortably on top of the ears, and keeps moving to the rear, like Laurence Olivier's ...1957 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S HAIRCUT a closely trimmed cut which leaves a band of light skin contrasting with the tanned portions of neck and face, especially above the ears ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FLAT-TOP a man's short flat haircut ...1956 sl.
• GUMBY a slanted box haircut ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
• HALF-CUT a man's haircut, thin on the edges, thick on top ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEINIE a very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HINEY a very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IROQUOIS a Mohawk haircut ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOHAWK a haircut in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running down the centre of the scalp ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MOHICAN a haircut in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running down the centre of the scalp ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NANA CUT a haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved ...1940s Aust. sl.
• NEW YORKER a style of haircut; the top was a brush cut, the rest long and combed into a 'duck's ass' ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIG SHAVE a crew-cut or other very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PINEAPPLE a close haircut, short all over ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PINEAPPLE CLIP a close haircut, short all over ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PINEAPPLE SHAVE a close haircut, short all over ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAT BACK CLIP a short haircut ...M19 sl.
• SAB a haircut in which the back of the hair is rounded rather than tapered ...1950s W. Indies
• SCALPING a short haircut ...Brit. sl.
• SHORT BACK AND SIDES a short haircut ...colloq.
• SKINNY a haircut in which all of the hair is cut off or shaved ...1970 Amer, dial., chiefly Black usage
• TEDDY a type of men's haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEDDY-BEAR a type of men's haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEDDY-BEAR CUT. a type of men's haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back ...1943 Amer. dial.
• VICTORY a style of haircut that gave a man's hair a V-shape at the back ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• WHIFFLE a crew cut ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WHIFFLER a crew cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPLE a crew cut ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITE SIDEWALLS the visible scalp on the side of the head after a short haircut, esp. a military haircut ...1968 US sl.
HAIR CUT - nouns, person
• NATURE BOY a boy in need of a haircut ...1955 US sl.
HAIR CUT - verbs
• BUTCHER to give an extremely close haircut to ...1942 US military sl.
HAIRDRESSER - nouns, person
• COODER a hairdresser ...2003 UK homosexual sl.
• CRIMPER a hairdresser ...1968 Brit. sl.
• HAIR BENDER 1. a homosexual male hairdresser ...1960s US homosexual sl.
2. a hair stylist ...1964 US sl.
• HAIRBURGER a homosexual male hairdresser ...M20 US homosexual sl.
• HAIRBURNER 1. a homosexual male hairdresser ...1960s US homosexual sl.
2. a hair stylist ...1964 US sl.
• HAIR-KAIMER a hairdresser ...1773 Sc.
HAIRDRESSING - nouns
• BARBING † shaving, hairdressing; clipping ...1485
• TOILET †* a towel or cloth thrown over the shoulders during hairdressing; also, a shawl ...1684
HAIR-NET - nouns
• KELL † a woman's hair-net, cap, or head-dress ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
HAIR OIL - nouns
• SALAD OIL hair oil ...1910s sl.
HAIRPIECE - see WIG
HAIRPIN - nouns
• HAIR-NEEDLE † a hairpin ...B1900
HAIR PRODUCT - nouns
• AXLE GREASE any particularly thick and sticky hair pomade ...1943 Aust. sl.
• HAIR-SIT a scented mucilaginous preparation for keeping the hair in place ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POND SKUM grease on hair ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• SLICKUM hair oil ...20C US sl.
HAIR-SPLITTING - adjectives
• HAIR-SLITTING † hair-splitting; making over-nice distinctions ...1683
HAIR-SPLITTING - verbs
• DIVIDE THE HAIR to make fine or cavilling distinctions; to 'split hairs' ...1652
HAIRY - adjectives
• BOOZY bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSIE bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FASH hairy ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FAXED † having hair, hairy ...891
• MOSSY hairy ...19C colloq.
• OOZLING hairy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGED † shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGY shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
HAIRY - nouns
• CAPILLATION †* the state or condition of being hairy or hair-like ...1646
HAIRY - nouns, person
• CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
• HAIRY a long-haired, bearded individual ...1976 UK sl.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
HALE - adjectives
• CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CANT bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• HAIL † free from injury, infirmity, or disease; sound, unhurt, safe; healthy, robust; hale ...c1205
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HALF - adjectives
• DIMIDIATE divided into two equal parts; halved, half ...1768-74
• HAFFEN half ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HAFFLINS half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• HALFEN †* half ...1590
• HALFENDEAL † half ...a1300
• HALFLIN half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• HALFLY † half ...c1375
• HALVELINGS in half ...1846
• HALVENDEAL † half, by half ...1387
• HALVERT cut in two; divided in half ...1875 Sc.
HALF - adverbs
• HAFFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HALF-DEAL † a half, a half part ...1399
• HALFENDEAL † a half, a half part ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALFING † half ...c897
• HALFLING † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINGS † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLENS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HAVLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HOAFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Eng. dial.
HALF - nouns
• FLATCH a half ...Bk1893 back-slang
• HAFFEN a half ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HALFENDEAL a half part of anything; a moiety ...1852 Eng. dial.
• HALFINGS half shares ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HALF-PART † half ...1398
• HALVENDEAL † a half, a half part ...c1000
• HALVER a half, an equal share or portion, generally in plural ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MADZA half ...M19 sl.
• MEDZA half ...M19 sl.
• MEDZER half ...M19 sl.
• MIDZER half ...M19 sl.
HALF - verbs
• HALFEN †* to make into a half; to sever as a half from the whole ...1677
HALF - phrases
• HALF A-TWO almost in two pieces, cracked, in half ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALF-GROWN - adjectives
• HAFFLIN half-grown, youthful ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLINS half-grown, young ...1824 Sc.
• HALFLIN half-grown, young ...1824 Sc.
• HALFLIN half-grown, youthful ...1787 Sc.
• HALFLING youthful, adolescent, half-grown ...1815 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HALF-LONG half-grown, adolescent ...1805 Sc.
• HALF-WAXED half-grown ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALF-GROWN - nouns, person
• HALFLING a half-grown boy, an adolescent youth; often applied to a lad engaged in farm work ...1794 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HALF-LONG a half-grown lad; one engaged in farm work ...1708 Sc.
HALF-HEARTED - adjectives
• HALF-ARSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted ...1933 US sl.
• HALF-ASSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted ...1933 US sl.
• HAMMER-TACKING dawdling; working in a half-hearted manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALF-HEARTEDLY - adverbs
• FAINTLY † with hesitation, not actively or energetically, coldly, half-heartedly ...c1440
• HAFFLINS-WISE partly, in a slight measure; reluctantly, half-heartedly ...1785 Sc.
HALF-HEARTEDLY - nouns
• HALF-LAUGH any action done by halves, or half-heartedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HALFPENCE, HALFPENNY - nouns
• BUNGTOWN COPPER a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin ...1787 US
• CAMDEN TOWN halfpenny ...1859 rhyming sl. for 'brown'
• FLATCH halfpence ... c1866 sl.
• FLATCH-YENNEP a half-penny ...Bk1893 back-slang
• HA'D a halfpenny (pronounced 'hay-dee') ...c1870 sl.
• HA-DEE a halfpenny (pronounced 'hay-dee') ...c1870 sl.
• HAPE a halfpenny ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MADZA SALTEE a halfpenny ...M19 sl.
• MAG a halfpenny ...1781 sl.
• MAGG a halfpenny ...M18 sl.
• AGGIE RAB a bad halfpenny ...19C Sc.
• MAGGIE ROB a bad halfpenny ...19C Sc.
• MAGGIE ROBB a bad halfpenny ...19C Sc.
• MAGPIE a halfpenny ...1838 sl.
• MAIL † a halfpenny ...1415
• MAKE a halfpenny ...a1547 sl. & Eng. dial.
• MEAG a halfpenny ...M18 sl.
• MEG a halfpenny ...1781 sl.
• MOPPUS a halfpenny ...L17 sl.
• MOPUS a halfpenny ...L17 sl.
• OAT a penny; a halfpenny; the smallest amount of money ...L19 sl.
• OB a halfpenny ...1449 Sc.
• OBB a halfpenny ...1449 Sc.
• ODDIE a halfpenny ...1900s Aust. sl.
• ODDY a halfpenny ...1900s Aust. sl.
• POST halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• RAP a counterfeit coin, worth about half a farthing, which passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the 18th century, owing to the scarcity of genuine money ...1724
• SCURRICK a halfpenny ...E19, chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• SKERRICK a halfpenny ...E19, chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• SKIRRACH a halfpenny ...E19, chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• TANYOK a halfpenny ...18C sl.
• TONIC halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• WATERLOO a halfpenny ...L19 sl.
HALF-WAY - adjectives
• HALF-ROADS half-way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALF-SEAS-OVER halfway towards a goal or destination; half through with a matter; halfway between one state and another ...1697
HALF-WAY - adverbs
• HAFFLINS half-way; mid-way; in equals shares ...1789 Sc.
• HALF-GAIT half-way ...1820 Sc.
• HALF-GATE(S) half-way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALFLIN half-way; mid-way; in equals shares ...1789 Sc.
• HALLENS half-way; mid-way; in equals shares ...1789 Sc.
HALF-WITTED - adjectives
• BABBLE half-witted; idiotic ...1835 Sc.
• BARMY silly, weak-minded, half-witted ...1879 sl.
• CAKEY stupid, foolish, daft; half-witted ...L19 sl.
• DAFT silly, stupid, foolish, half-witted, mad ...c1325 Sc., Ireland, and Eng. dial.
• HALF AND HALF half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF-BAKED foolish, silly, half-witted, weak of intellect; raw, inexperienced ...1855 Eng. dial.
• HALF-FOOL stupid, ignorant, half-witted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF-HUNG-TEE half-witted, not all there ...1956 Sc.
• HALF-JACK half-witted ...1905 Sc.
• HALF-ROCKED half-witted, silly, foolish, oafish ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HALF-SAVED half-witted, foolish, silly, weak of intellect ...1871 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• HAVEREL foolish, silly, half-witted, nonsensical, talking foolishly ...1685 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted ...1815 Sc.
• INNOCENT half-witted, silly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAE-WITTED harebrained, half-witted ...1793 Sc.
• KAY-WITTED half-witted, harebrained, scatterbrained ...1853 Sc.
• LEARY dazed, bewildered; foolish, half-witted ...1911 Amer. dial.
• OAF-ROCK'D half-witted, stupid, foolish, silly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• THORTY thoughtless, half-witted, stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-WITTED adj. weak in intellect; of inferior understanding; half-witted, silly ...1683
HALF-WITTED - nouns, person
• ADDLE-BRAIN a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard ...1880
• HAIVEREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a half-wit, a simpleton ...c1779 Sc.
• HAIVREL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool ...1801 Sc.
• HALFLIN a half-witted person; a fool ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALFLING a half-witted person; a fool ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALF-ROCK a foolish or half-witted fellow ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HALF-WIT a half-witted person ...1755
• HALFY a fool; a half-witted person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVEREL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool; one who talks without sense ...c1779 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVERIL a stupid, half-witted person; a talkative, garrulous person; a fool ...1801 Sc.
• HAVREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a stupid, half-witted person, a simpleton ...c1779 Sc.
• HAWFLIN a half-witted person; a fool ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELLICAT a half-witted, flighty person ...B1900 Sc.
• JACOB † a simpleton; a fool; a half-witted fellow; an oaf ...1785 sl.
• NATURAL a half-witted person; one naturally deficient in intellect; an idiot; a simpleton ...1533
• OAF-ROCK a half-witted, weak-minded person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SOFTHEAD a half-witted or silly person
• TOM FOOL † a man mentally deficient; a half-witted person ...1565
HALF-WITTED - verbs
• BE BURIED IN A NAPKIN to be half-witted ...Bk1902 sl.
• COME OUT WITH THE CAKES to be silly or half-witted ...1874 Eng. dial.
HALF-WITTEDNESS - nouns
• YORNEYISHNESS simplicity, foolishness, half-wittedness ...1885 Eng. dial.
• YORNEYISM simplicity, foolishness, half-wittedness ...1884 Eng. dial.