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HEM - HIPPOPOTAMUS

HEM - nouns
• BORD a broad hem or welt; a ruffle, a frill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• WAIN † a hem, border ...c1440
 
HEMISPHERE - nouns
• HALF-COMPASS † hemisphere ...1587
• HALF-SPHERE † hemisphere ...1611
• HALF-WORLD hemisphere ...1605
 
HEMP - nouns
• GALLOW-GRASS hemp ...M16 sl.
• PANTAGRUELION a humorous name given to hemp, as the source of the hangman's rope ...1857
 
HEN - nouns
• BIDDY-HEN a hen ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BROODER a chicken coop; a hen house ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROODER COOP a chicken coop; a hen house ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BROODER HOUSE a chicken coop; a hen house ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BROODER PEN a chicken coop; a hen house ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUNTIE a tailless hen...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUNTING a tailless hen...1891 Amer. dial.
• BUNTY a tailless hen...1872 Amer. dial.
• CACKLEBIRD a hen ...1966 US sl.
• CACKLER a hen ...1673 sl.
• CACKLER'S-KEN a hen-roost; a fowl-house ...1788 sl.
• CAPLE † a hen ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHICKABIDDY a hen ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CHITTYPRAT a black and white speckled hen ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CLUCK a hen ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• EAROCK a hen of the first year; one that has only just begun to lay; a pullet ...1794 Sc.
• EIRACK a hen of the first year ...1791 Sc.
• ERRACK a hen of the first year; one that has only just begun to lay; a pullet ...1794 Sc.
• EVE a hen roost ...E18 Eng. dial.
• GELINE † in cookery: a hen ...c1430
• HATCH a hen-coop ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HOWDY-TOWDY a young hen; one that has never laid ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KAVE † a hen-coop ...1789 Sc.
• MABBIERS young hens, chickens ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MABYER a young hen, a chicken, a pullet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARGERY PRATER † a fowl, a hen ...1567 cant
• MAWZY a speckled hen ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERGERY-PRATER † a hen ...1567 cant
• SKROCK HEN a setting hen ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SKROOK a setting hen ...1983 Amer. dial.
• TAPPIETOURIE a pet name for a hen with a tuft of feathers ...1826 Sc.
• TAWPENNY a hen with a tuft on its head ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• TEWKIE a hen; frequently used as a nickname ...1892 Sc.
• TUKEY a hen; frequently used as a nickname ...1892 Ireland
• TUKIE a hen; frequently used as a nickname ...1892 Sc.
• TUKIE-HEN a hen; frequently used as a nickname ...1892 Sc.
• WIDDIE a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• WIDDY a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
HEN - nouns, person
• EVESDROPPER a robber of hen-houses ...L18 sl.
 
HEN - verbs
• CAKE to cackle as a goose, or as a hen wanting to sit ...1788 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle ...1513
 
HEN-PECK - verbs
• BIDDY-PECK to nag, to hen-peck ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
HENPECKED - adjectives
• BIDDY-PECKED henpecked ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BREECHLESS of a man: not "wearing the breeches" but being dominated by a woman; henpecked ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRITCHLESS of a man: not "wearing the breeches" but being dominated by a woman; henpecked ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PUSSY-WHIPPED henpecked ...M20 sl.
• WOMAN-TIRED † henpecked ...1611
 
HENPECKED - nouns, person
• EGG a henpecked husband ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HODDY-DODDY † a cuckold; a henpecked man ...1598
• HOMEBIRD a henpecked husband ...M19 sl.
• JERRY-SNEAK a henpecked husband ...1764
• MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband ...1526
• MINNIE'S-MAN a term of contempt for a henpecked husband ...1806 Sc.
• TOM TILER any ordinary man; also, a henpecked husband ...1582
• TOM TYLER any ordinary man; also, a henpecked husband ...1582
 
HENPECKED - verbs
• LIVE AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT'S FOOT to be henpecked ...19C
• LIVE UNDER THE CAT'S FOOT to be henpecked; to live under a wife's control ...B1900
 
HERBS - adjectives
• HERBULENT †* full of herbs or grass ...1656
• OLERACEOUS of the nature of a pot-herb (herb grown for cookery) or vegetable used in cookery; obtained from a pot-herb ...a1682
• OLITORY * pert. to pot-herbs or kitchen vegetables, or to the kitchen garden ...1658
• SIMPLISTIC pert. to a 'simplist' or to 'simples' ...1860
 
HERBS - nouns
• OLERICULTURE * the cultivation of pot-herbs or other esculent vegetables ...1888
• OLITORY † 1. a pot-herb. a culinary vegetable ...1696
† 2. a kitchen-garden (herbs) ...1706
• ORCHARD † a garden for herbs and fruit-trees ...c1000
• SALADING herbs and vegetables for a salad ...1664
• SIMPLE a plant or herb employed for medical purposes; chiefly used in the plural ...1539 now arch.
• SIMPLING † the gathering or study of 'simples' or medicinal plants ...1597
• WARMTH † of herbs: aphrodisiac quality ...1697
 
HERBS - nouns, person
• DOCTOR LADY a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR WOMAN a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine ...c1943 Amer. dial.
• HERBSTER a herb doctor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIMPLER one who collects or studies 'simples'; a herbalist ...1591 now arch.
• SIMPLICIST †* one who has a knowledge of medical 'simples'; a herbalist ...1594
• SIMPLIFIER † a maker of 'simples' ...1594
• SIMPLIST * one who studies 'simples' or medicinal plants; a herbalist ...1597
 
HERBS - verbs
• GO (A) SIMPLING to seek or gather 'simples' or medicinal herbs ...1648 now arch.
• SIMPLE to seek for or gather 'simples' or medicinal herbs ...1643 now arch.
 
HERD - nouns
• PARCEL † a small part, company, collection, or assemblage of persons, animals, or things; a group, lot, stet; a drove, flock, herd ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
HERD - verbs
• BAND to form into a herd or flock ...1878 Amer. dial.
 
HERDSMAN, HERDSWOMAN - nouns, person
• KEEP †* a herdsman or herdswoman ...1641
 
HERE - adverbs
• YAHSO here, in or to this place ...1995 Jamaica
 
HEREDITARY - adjectives
• HEREDITARIOUS †* hereditary ...1527
• SUCCESSIVE † hereditary; descending or transmitted by succession or inheritance ...1432-50
• SUCCESSORY † succeeding by inheritance; hereditary ...1610
 
HEREDITARY - nouns
• 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.
 
HERMAPHRODITE - adjectives
• HALF-AND-HALF hermaphroditic ...1944 Amer. sl.
 
HERMAPHRODITE - nouns, person
• ANISEED ROBIN a hermaphrodite; later, a prostitute ...L17
• ANNISEED ROBIN a hermaphrodite; later, a prostitute ...L17
• HALF-AND-HALF a person with the characteristics of both a man and a woman; a hermaphrodite ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MAN-WOMAN † a hermaphrodite ...1587
• MEG-HARRY an hermaphrodite ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MOFF a hermaphrodite ...20C Brit. sl.
• MORF a hermaphrodite ...E20 US sl.
• MORPHODITE a hermaphrodite ...20C Amer. dial.
• MORPHYDITE a hermaphrodite ...20C Amer. dial.
• PEACHES a hermaphrodite ...1960s US Black sl.
• PEACH TREE a hermaphrodite ...1960s US Black sl.
• SCART a hermaphrodite; esp. a female hermaphrodite sheep ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a hermaphrodite ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WILL-JILL a hermaphrodite ...19C Eng. dial.
 
HERMIT - nouns, person
• BUSHNIPPLE a backwoodsman; a hermit ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OLD BACHELOR a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit  ...1867 Amer. dial.
• OLD BATCH a confirmed bachelor; a solitary or reclusive rustic; a hermit  ...1899 Amer. dial.
 
HERO - nouns, person
• ACE a close or best friend; one's hero or idol ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BERNE † a warrior, a hero, a man of valour; in later use, a poetic word for 'man' ...937
• C.H. a conquering hero ...1882 colloq.
• MAIN MAN one's hero ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MANNE DIE a local hero, esp. in a school or college ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
 
HEROIC - adjectives
• CAMPIE of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
• CAMPY of persons: bold, brave, heroic ...1882 Sc.
 
HERON - nouns
• JAMMY the heron, Ardea cinera ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LADY OF THE WATERS Louisiana heron ...1916 Amer. dial.
 
HERRING - nouns
• ALLIGATOR a herring ...M19 sl.
• ATLANTIC RANGER a herring ...B1883 Eng. sl.
• BALL a large and compact shoal of herrings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALIFORNIAN a red, hard-dried herring ...c1850
• CAPON a red herring ...c1640 sl.
• DIGBY CHICKEN a dried herring ...Can. colloq.
• EYEBAIT a small herring ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HERRING-FARE † a voyage to catch herrings ...1530
• KENNEBEC TURKEY a smoked herring; sometimes a mackerel ...1975 Amer. dial.
• LANK n. a lean creature; a spent herring ...1861 Sc.
• MAGISTRATE a red herring ...1895 Sc.
• MALE five hundred herrings ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MATIE an immature herring; a fat herring ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OCEAN RAMBLER  a herring; a sardine ...1961 UK sl.
• OLD SOLDIER a red herring ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLDWIFE a herring ...1588 Amer. dial.
• PINCERS a herring ...1896 Amer. dial.
• PROTESTANT HERRING orig. applied to a bad or stale herring; anything of an inferior quality ...Irish sl.
• QUIBLIN a small or inferior kind of herring ...1921 Sc.
• RED a smoked herring ...19C sl.
• SCAG putrid fish, esp. herrings ...1892 Sc.
• SILE young herring ...1769 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAUNTON TURKEY herring ...1817 Amer. dial.
• YARMOUTH CAPON † a red-herring ...a1661
• YAULIN a young herring ...1758
• YAWLING a young herring ...1758
 
HESITANCY - nouns
• HESITUDE †* doubtfulness, hesitancy ...1623
 
HESITANT - adjectives
• BACKING AND FILLING irresolute; dilatory; hesitant; shifty ...c1840 Eng. colloq.
• HAGGLY hesitant, stumbling, lacking fluency ...1866 Sc.
 
HESITATE - nouns, person
• HAIVER hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAIVERS n. hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HANG-BACK one who hangs back or hesitates ...1866
• HANGER † one who hesitates or wavers ...1536
• HAVERS hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates ...Bk1902 Sc.
• WAFFLE-BAGS one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLES one who hesitates or vacillates; a trifling, undecided person; a loafer, an idle sauntering person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
HESITATE - verbs
• ARGH to be timid or fearful; to feel reluctant from timidity, to hesitate ...1725 Sc.
• BACK AND FILL to move hesitantly, to hesitate, to be irresolute ...B1840 sl. orig. Eng. nautical
• BALANCE to waver, to deliberate, to hesitate ...1655
• BE ON THE BALANCE to hesitate, to be undecided ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to hesitate ....1825 Sc.
• DILLDALLY to delay, to loiter, to hesitate ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DUBITATE * to doubt, to hesitate, to waver ...1837
• GALAY to hesitate, to speak or act indecisively ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HACK † to hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer; to stutter ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACKER 1. to hesitate in speech; to stammer, to stutter ...1787 Eng. dial.
2. to shuffle, to hesitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKSLAVER to hesitate in speech; to stammer and splutter ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFER to speak stammeringly or hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE to hesitate; to speak confusedly; to falter; to stammer; to prevaricate, to quibble ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE AND CAFFLE to shilly-shally ...1896 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
• HAGGLE to hesitate, to stumble ...1731 Sc.
• HAIVER to hesitate and make much ado about doing anything; to be lazy at work ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HALT to hesitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER to stammer; to hesitate in speaking ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMP to stammer, to speak or read hesitatingly ...1796 Sc.
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE ARSE to hesitate timorously ...17C colloq.
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter  ...1577-87
• HANG THE WING † to hesitate, to show timidity ...1632
• HANKER to hesitate, to ponder, esp. to hesitate in speaking ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HAWK to hesitate, to hum and haw; to make much ado before doing anything ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HEM-HAW AROUND to speak hesitatingly; to avoid giving a clear answer; to be indecisive ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LAIT to look for a word, to hesitate in speech ...1804 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLE to stammer, to hesitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to hesitate; to be undecided; to waver in determination ...1350 Eng. dial.
• PALTER to hesitate, to prevaricate; to play fast and loose ...1671 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STICK IN ONE'S THROAT to be difficult of expression; to cause to hesitate
• TARROW to tarry, to delay, to linger, to hesitate, to show reluctance ...c1375 Sc.
• TARROW AT to feel or display reluctance; to show disdain or hesitation, to be pettishly unwilling to accept, to spurn, to refuse ...1768 Sc.
• TARTLE † to hesitate, esp. to hesitate in recognizing a person ...1737 Sc.
• THRIMBLE to fumble; to hesitate, to trifle ...1781 Eng. dial.
• UM AND AH to hesitate, to be uncertain ...2000 UK sl.
• VAREEZ to be doubtful, to hesitate ...1908 Sc.
• VARY † to be uncertain, to hesitate ...c1477
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
 
HESITATING - adjectives
• ARGH hesitating, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DUBITATIVE inclined or given to doubt; expressing doubt or hesitancy; doubting, uncertain ...1727
• HAFFLING hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLY hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEIVY-KEIVY uncertain, doubtful, wavering, hesitating ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HESITATIOUS †* characterized by hesitation ...1657
• IFING-AND-ANDING hesitating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IFFING-AND-OFFING in a state of indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMMERING † hesitating ...1581
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TITUBANT * uncertain, doubting, hesitating, wavering ...1880
• VACILLANT uncertain, hesitating, wavering ...1521
• WAFFLING indecisive, hesitating, vacillating, shilly-shallying ...1847 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY hesitating, undecided, vacillating; weak ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
HESITATING - nouns
• BOGGLING delaying, unnecessarily hesitating ...1815 Amer. dial.
• CAFFLING hesitating, shilly-shallying ...1886 Eng. dial.
 
HESITATINGLY - adverbs
• FEARFULLY † in a state of apprehension or uneasiness; anxiously; cautiously, with hesitation ...1586
• TITTER-TOTTER hesitatingly, waveringly ...1725
 
HESITATION - adverbs
• FAINTLY † with hesitation, not actively or energetically, coldly, half-heartedly ...c1440
 
HESITATION - nouns
• ANTRIMS doubts, hesitations ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BACK-DRAWING reluctance, objection, hesitation ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BALANCE † subjective uncertainty; hesitation, wavering, doubt ...1297
• DACKER † 1. uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
2. a hesitating step ...1923 Sc.
• HABBERGAW hesitation, suspense, objection ...1808 Sc.
• HACK hesitation in speech ...1660
• HAFFLE hesitation ...1863 Eng. dial.
• HAFTING † subtle dealing, dodging, cavilling; holding off, hesitation, demur ...1519
• HAIVER hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAIVERS n. hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HANG-BACK hesitation; a hanging back ...1898 Eng. dial.
• HANKER hesitation, doubt, regret ...1862 Eng. dial.
• HAVERS hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HIFFLE-HAFFLE hesitancy, prevarication ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-ANDING hesitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-BUTTINGS invalid excuses; hesitation combined with unwillingness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMMERING † a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity ...1532
• MAMMERY †* a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity; vacillation ...1578
• MANK a moment's uncertainty, a hesitation; a pother, a fuss, a to-do ...1808 Sc.
• MIDGE-GO-MORRAH hesitation, doubt, excuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARTLE † a hesitation in the recognition of a person or thing ...1825 Sc.
• TAWEN † hesitation; reluctance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TITTERING hesitation, vacillation ...c1374
• VACILLANCY * vacillation ...1668
• VARY † a hesitation or vacillation ...1739
 
HESITATION - interjections
• HAW! utterance marking hesitation ...1679
• HAW-HAW! an expression of hesitation uttered repeatedly in an affected tone ...1834
• UMPH! expressive of hesitation, doubt, or dissatisfaction ...a1568
 
HETEROSEXUAL - adjectives
• NAFF heterosexual ...1965 Brit. homosexual sl.
• STRAIGHT heterosexual ...1941 sl., orig. US
 
HETEROSEXUAL - nouns, person
• BABY-MAKER a heterosexual ...1970s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• B.M. a heterosexual (Baby-Maker) ...1970s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• NAFF OMEE a heterosexual ...1960s homosexual sl.
• ONE-WAY STREET a heterosexual person who will not participate in homosexual activities ...M20 US sl.
• PANCAKE a heterosexual woman ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• QUEEN a heterosexual ...1960s homosexual sl.
• QUEEN BEE a heterosexual woman who seeks out the company of homosexual men ...1957 US sl.
• QUEER BIRD a heterosexual who dabbles in homosexuality ...1960s US homosexual sl.
• STRAIGHT a heterosexual ...1941 sl., orig. US
 
HEW - verbs
• HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• TO-CUT † to cut to pieces; to hew asunder; to cut greatly ...1382
• TO-HEW † to hew to pieces ...c1000
• YAW to hew; to strike with something sharp ...a1529 Eng. dial.
 
HEWING - nouns
• HAG a cutting, hewing, or felling ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
HEX - nouns
• HEEBIE a spell or hex ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
HEX - verbs
• DEVIL to bewitch, to hex ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
HEXAGON - adjectives
• SIX-SQUARE † having six sides; hexagonal ...c1530
 
HEXAGON - nouns
• SISEANGLE †* a hexagon ...1551
• SIX-SQUARE † a hexagon ...1680
 
HIBERNATE - nouns
• HIBERNACULUM the place or nest where an animal hibernates ...L18
 
HIBERNATE - verbs
• DEN UP to retire; to hibernate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIEMATE * to pass the winter, to hibernate ...1623
• HYEMATE * to winter; to hibernate ...E17
 
HIBERNATING - adjectives
• LATITANT of an animal: hibernating ...1646
 
HIBERNATION - nouns
• LATITANCY of an animal: hibernation ...1646
 
HICCUP, HICCUPING - adjectives
• SINGULTOUS * affected with hiccups ...1851
• SINGULTUOUS † characterized by hiccuping ...1575
 
HICCUP, HICCUPING - nouns
• BELKUPPING hiccupping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-GULP a hiccup ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN TROUBLE hiccups ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HEEBIE-JEEBIES the hiccups ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HICK * a hiccup; also a hesitation in speech ...E17
• HICKET † a hiccup ...1544 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HICKOCK † a hiccup ...1538
• SINGULTURE † the hiccups, hiccuping ...1657
• SINGULTUS hiccups, hiccuping ...1754-64
• SNICK-UP a hiccup ...1829 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEACUPS the hiccups ..1969 Amer. dial.
• YASK a hiccup ...1879 Eng. dial.
• YEKE a hiccup; generally used in plural ...1750 Eng. dial.
• YESK † a hiccup or the hiccups ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YESKING † hiccuping ...1398 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEX † a hiccup or the hiccups ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEXING † hiccuping ...1398 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOKE a hiccup; generally used in plural ...1750 Eng. dial.
• YOX † a hiccup or the hiccups ...1776 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
HICCUP - verbs
• HICK * to hiccup ...E17
• HICKET † to hiccup ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HICKOCK † to hiccup ...1598
• SNICK-UP to hiccup ...B1900 Amer. dial.
• YEAP'M † to hiccup; to belch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YECK to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Sc.
• YEKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Eng. dial.
• YESK † to hiccup ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YEX † to hiccup ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOX † to hiccup ...1721 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
HICKEY - nouns
• BUMP a hickey ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BURN a mark on the skin where someone has sucked it hard and brought blood to the surface; a hickey ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S ASS a hickey ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY a hickey ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOVE BITE a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOVE MARK a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-BITE n. a mark left, often on the shoulder, by amorous biting; a hickey ...c1930 Can. sl.
• MOOCH SPOT a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OCTOPUS BITE a hickey; a mark on the skin where somebody has sucked it hard and brought the blood to the surface ...1970 Amer. dial.
• PASSION BITE a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASSION BLISTER a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASSION BUMP a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASSION KISS a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASSION MARK a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASSION PIMPLE a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASSION SPOT a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
HID - adjectives
• LATITANT that lies concealed or hid; lurking ...1650
• QUIET † acting or living quietly; remaining hid or secret; fast asleep ...1533 Sc.
 
HID - nouns
• LATITANCY the state of lying concealed or hid ...1701
 
HID - verbs
• LATITATE †* to lurk; to lie hid ...1623
• LUSK † to lie hid; to lie idly or at ease; to indulge in laziness; to skulk ...c1330
 
HIDDEN - adjectives
• ABDITE †* hidden away; put out of the way ...1635
• ABSCOND †* hidden from view ...1719
• ABSTRUSE † concealed, hidden, secret ...1602
• ABSTRUSED †* concealed, hidden, remote ...1607
• BALKED UP hidden, screened from sight ...1892 Eng. dial.
• BEDILT †* hidden, covered ...1660
• DATCHIE hidden, secret ...19C Sc.   
• DELITESCENT lying hid, concealed, or obscured ...1684
• DOWN SOUTH hidden, buried; in one's pocket ...1910s Aust. sl.
• HIDDENMOST most hidden or secret ...L19
• HIDLINGS hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• INVOLUTE hidden, obscure ...M17
• LATESCENT becoming hidden or obscure ...1836
• OCCULT † hidden from sight; concealed; not exposed to view ...1567 now rare or obs.
• OCCULTED † hidden, concealed ...1597  
• OPERTANEOUS †* of secret, hidden, or covert nature; done in private, hidden from view, concealed ...1656
• SCOUSED secluded, hidden ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAPISED † hidden, concealed ...1621
• TAPIST † hidden, concealed ...1621
• VELATED † covered over; veiled, hidden ...1542
 
HIDDEN - adverbs
• SKOOK in a hidden manner, secretly, furtively, with a gloomy, scowling mien ...1866 Sc.
 
HIDDEN - nouns
• ABDITORY a hidden or withdrawn place; a concealed repository ...1658
• HEAL a hidden spot; an unseen place; shelter ...1691 Eng. dial.
• OCCULT †* something hidden or secret ...1656
• STASH something hidden ...1914 sl.
 
HIDDEN - verbs
• LIE DOGGO to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed ...1893 sl.
• STAY DOGGO to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed ...1893 sl.
• TAPIS † to lie close to the ground, to lie low so as to be hid; to lurk, to skulk, to lie hid ...c1330 obs. or arch.
• TAPISH † to lie close to the ground, to lie low so as to be hid; to lurk, to skulk, to lie hid ...c1330 obs. or arch.
• TAPPY †* to lie hid ...1706
 
HIDE, HIDING - adjectives (also see HIDING PLACE)
• ABDITIVE † having the power or quality of hiding ...1731
• HIDELING given to hiding or concealment ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial.
• LATEBROUS †* full of dens or hiding holes ...1656
• ON THE CAT in hiding ...1940s US Black sl.
• ON THE LAM in flight or in hiding from authorities ...1928 US sl.
• ON THE SCOUT eluding arrest, hiding out ...1891 Amer. dial.
• QUAT † squatted, close, still, quiet, in hiding ...c1450
 
HIDE, HIDING - nouns (also see HIDING PLACE)
• ABSCONDMENT †* state of concealment; hiding ...1658
• ABSCONSION † hiding, concealment ...Bk1658
• BACK-HOOD † a hiding behind cover ...c1450
• ILLATEBRATION † a hiding, or seeking of corners ...1656
• LATITATION the fact of lying concealed; hiding, lurking ...1623
• OBVELATION * a veiling over; a hiding or concealing ...1664
• OCCULTATION † hiding, concealment ...1432-50
• TAPINAGE † hiding, concealment, secrecy ...a1300
 
HIDE, HIDING - nouns, person
• HEALER one who hides or conceals anything; a receiver of stolen goods; a thief's confederate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HIDEAWAY a person who hides himself or herself away; a fugitive ...L19
• HIDELING a person or thing in the habit of hiding ...L19 chiefly Eng. dial.
• LATITANT one who is in hiding ...1887
• SHY-COCK one who hides from the bailiff ...M18 sl.
 
HIDE, HIDING - verbs
• ABSCONCE †* to hide, to conceal ...1572
• ABSCOND † to hide away; to conceal anything ...1612 obs. or arch.
• AMBUSH to hide oneself ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BEHIDE † to hide away, to conceal ...c1000
• BELLY THROUGH THE BRUSH to hide and dodge the law ...1968 Amer. cowboy's usage
• BUSH UP to hide, esp. in dense shrubbery or woods ...1926 Amer. dial.
• DARE † to lie hid, to be hid; to lurk ...a1225  
• DARK † 1. to lie in the dark; to lie hid or unseen ...a1300
† 2. to cloud, to dim, to obscure, to hide something luminous ...c1380
3. to hide, to take shelter ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DECULT † to hide privily ...1623
• DERE † to be afraid, to shake with fear; to crouch, to hide, to lie hid ...1808 Sc.
• DERN to conceal, to hide ...1817 Sc.
• DITCH to hide something ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• ECLIPSE † to hide, to screen from; also, to extinguish life ...1591
• FEAL to hide, to conceal ...c1325 N. Eng. dial.
• FLY LOW to hide from justice ...c1870 sl.
• HAP to hide, to conceal, to cover away; to hide oneself ...1847 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAL to hide, to conceal; to keep secret ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HIDE ONE'S HEAD to keep out of sight; to hide from shame
• ICE to hide ...1990s sl.
• KEG UP to hide stuff away for a rainy day; to stay put in one place, as in a hunting shack in rough weather ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ILLATEBRATE †* vb. to hide in corners ...1623
• IMBOSK † to hide or conceal oneself ...1562
• LAIN † to conceal, to hide; to be silent about, to disguise a fact ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• LATIBULATE †* to hide oneself in a corner ...1623
• LAY OUT to hide ...1958 Amer. dial.
• LIE LOW to be in hiding; to behave in a manner that ought not to attract attention ...1880 UK
• MAKE ONESELF SCARCE to slip away, to hide ...L18 sl.
• OBNUBILATE to darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud; to overcloud; to obscure ...1583
• OBSCURE † to conceal, to hide ...1721 Sc.
• OBSCURIFY †* to make obscure; to hide ...1622
• PALLIATE † to hide, to conceal, to disguise ...1598
• PUG to hide; to stash secretly ...20C sl.
• PUG AWAY to stash secretly ...Brit. sl.
• PUG UP to hide something ...2001 UK sl.
• QUATTY to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• QUOT to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SCOG to shelter; to take shelter; to secrete, to hide ...1822 Sc.
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SCOUT to elude arrest, to hide out ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SHADE to hide, to conceal ...1980s US Black sl.
• SIDE to hide away ...c1920 police usage
• SILE † to cover, to hide, to conceal; to deceive ...c1480 chiefly Sc.
• SNOOKER to hide ...1960s Aust. sl.
• STEAL OUT to hide ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE AWAY to hide from view ...1901 Sc.
• TAPIS to hide, to conceal ...a1660 arch.
• TUCK AWAY to place in a concealed or secluded place ...1912 sl.
• WALK TO JERICHO to go into hiding; to conceal oneself ...B1900
 
HIDE-AND-SEEK - nouns
• ALL HID † the children's game of hide-and-seek
• BICKY the game of hide and seek ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIND in the game of hide-and-seek: the place where the seeker waits while the other players hide ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLIND POST in the game of hide-and-seek: the place where the seeker waits while the other players hide ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOGILL-ABOUT-THE-BUSH the game of hide and seek ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGLE a game of hide and seek ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-BUSH the game of hide and seek ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-STACKS the game of hide and seek played in a full stackyard (a farmyard or enclosure where stacks of hay, straw, or grain in sheaf are stored) ... ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGLE-CATCH-THE-FAIRY the game of hide and seek ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DALE the base or 'home' in hide-and-seek ...1873 Sc.
• HEADY-PEEP the game of hide and seek ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HIDE-AND-COOP hide-and-seek ...US
• HIDE-AND-GO-SEEK hide-and-seek
• HOOP AND HIDE hide and seek ...1822 Amer. dial.
• HOOP-HIDE hide and seek ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOPY HIDE hide and seek ...1940 Amer. dial.
• HOOT-AND-HIDE hide and seek ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JACKY the game of hide and seek ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEEK-BOGLE hide-and-seek ...Bk1901 Sc.
• LAMB-PIE-SOTE-IT the game of hide and seek ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LARKIE the game of hide and seek ...1927 Sc.
• LOCK-EYE the game of hide and seek ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MAY HIDE the children's hiding game, hide-and-seek ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MEEPY-MOPPY the game of 'hide and seek' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIXTY the game of hide and seek ...1916 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP AND HIDE hide and seek ...1822 Amer. dial.
• WHOOPIN' HIDE hide and seek ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WHOOPY HIDE hide and seek ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
HIDE-AND-SEEK - verbs
• BICKY in the game of hide and seek: to hide one's eyes in order not to see where the others go to conceal themselves ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BLIND in the game of hide-and-seek: to go to the 'blind' (see noun), and close one's eyes ...1982 Amer. dial.
 
HIDE-AND-SEEK - interjections
• ALL NOT HID CAN'T HIDE OVER in the children's game of hide-and-seek, a phrase called out by the seeker ('it') before or after he has caught the first hider ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BEE BEE BUMBLEBEE, ALL COME IN FREE in the game of hide and seek: when the first person in hiding is caught, the player who is 'it' calls this out to others ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
HIDEAWAY - nouns
• LURK a hideaway, a meeting place ...M19 sl.
 
HIDEOUS - adjectives
• ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc.
• LAIDLY † offensive, hideous, repulsive ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & arch.
• UGLESOME † hideous, ugly ...1561
• UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly ...c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNRUDE † rude; hideous, horrible ...1773 Sc.
 
HIDEOUS - nouns
• MAHOUND † a monster; a hideous creature ...c1400
 
HIDEOUS - nouns, person
• FAIRY a jaded, debauched and hideous old woman ...19C Brit. sl.
 
HIDEOUS - verbs
• UGLIFY to make hideous, ugly, or repulsive in appearance; to disfigure ...1576
 
HIDES - nouns, person
• SKINS a tanner ...1785 sl.
• SKINSTER † a woman who skins hides ...1270
 
HIDING - adjectives
• IN SMOKE in hiding ...1908 sl., chiefly Aust.
• PALLIATIVE † serving to cloak or conceal, hiding, covering ...1611
 
HIDING PLACE - adjectives
• LATEBRICOLE * inhabiting a hiding place, as some spiders, crabs, etc. ...1889
 
HIDING PLACE - nouns
• CRAN a hiding place for stolen goods ...2003 UK sl.
• DARKING-HOLE a hiding-place; a place of shelter ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FUNKHOLE anywhere one can hide ...1910s sl., orig. military
• HALKE † a corner, recess, hiding-place ...a1300
• HELING a hiding-place, cover, a sheltered spot ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HELLHOLE a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HIDEY-HOLE a hiding place ...E19 colloq., orig. Sc.
• HIDLINGS hiding places, secret places ...E16
• LATIBULE †* a hiding place ...1623
• LEIND † a hiding-place, a refuge ...a1300
• LEND † a hiding-place, a refuge ...a1300
• MERRY-NEST -place for eatables or delicacies for one's own private delectation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ֽ• NAAVO a secret hiding place ...1999 Ireland
• STASH a hiding place ...1927 sl.
• TOD-HOLE a secret hiding-place ...1844
 
HIDING PLACE - verbs
• DARK to rush suddenly to or from a hiding-place ...1897 Eng. dial.
• LATIBULIZE * to retire into a hiding place or retreat for the winter ...1802
• LAY UP to remain in one's bed, nest, or hiding place ...1883 Amer. dial.
 
HIGH - adjectives
• ALTITUDINOUS high, lofty ...1808
• HAUGHT † high ...c1460
• HAUGHTY † high, lofty ...1570
• HAUT † high, lofty, haughty ...1430-1648
• HIGHFUL † high ...1297
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• TOPFUL †* high, lofty, towering ...c1611
• TOPLESS immensely or immeasurably high; unbounded ...1589
• TOPPING † that exceeds in height; very high ...1681
 
HIGH - adverbs
• ACOP †* on the top; on high ...1610
• AHEIGHT on high, aloft ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
HIGH - nouns
• TAPPILOORIE † anything raised high on a slight or tottering foundation ...1808 Sc.
 
HIGH - verbs
• TAIT to lift up, to raise; to get into a high position ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HIGH-CLASS - adjectives
• DICTY stylish, high-class; snobbish, haughty, conceited, uppity ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SADDITY elegant, high-class, sophisticated ...1960s US Black sl.
• SEDDITY elegant, high-class, sophisticated ...1960s US Black sl.
• SIDDITY elegant, high-class, sophisticated ...1960s US Black sl.
• SIDITY elegant, high-class, sophisticated ...1960s US Black sl.
• WRIST-WATCH high class; aristocratic ...c1905 military usage
 
HIGH CLASS - nouns
• BETTER END the higher classes; a superior kind; the greater part, majority ...1848 Eng. dial.
• TOP members of the highest social class ...1887
• TOP-SHELF the highest class ...1808
• TOP-SHELFER a person or thing of the highest class; a member of the upper class ...1882
 
HIGH CLASS - nouns, person
• BLUE HEN'S CHICK an important or high-class person, or one who pretends to be ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BLUE HEN'S CHICKEN an important or high-class person, or one who pretends to be ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TOP-SHELFER a person or thing of the highest class; a member of the upper class ...1882
 
HIGHER - phrases
• SCREW HIGHER, A at a higher point, on a higher level ...1709 Sc.
 
HIGHEST - adjectives
• EEMOST highest, uppermost ...1773 Sc.
• SUMMARY †* highest; supreme ...1587
• SUMMOPEROUS † highest, utmost ...1647 nonce word
• UMEST * of things of places: lying uppermost or highest ...c1425 Sc.
 
HIGHEST - nouns
• SUMMARY * the highest point or summit; also, the ultimate outcome ...1851
 
HIGHLY - adverbs
• TALLY * highly, loftily ...1611
 
HIGH-MINDED - adjectives
• HAUGHT † of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty ...a1470
• MAJOR-MINDIT haughty in demeanour, high-minded, having a commanding disposition ...1825 Sc.
• RANK † proud, high-minded, haughty; froward, rebellious ...c1000
 
HIGHNESS - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
 
HIGH-SPIRITED - adjectives
• AUNTY of persons: ready, bold, venturesome, high-spirited ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNTY-PAUNTY of persons: proud, high-spirited ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUNTY-PRAUNTY of persons: proud, high-spirited ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRAINISH † hot-headed; high-spirited; delirious ... 1530 obs. or Sc.
• BUCKISH high-spirited, in good fettle ...1911 sl.
• KINKY † high-spirited ...1902 Amer. sl.
 
HIGH-SPIRITED - nouns, person
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
 
HIGH-SPIRITED - verbs
• FEEL ONE'S OATS to be high-spirited ...1831 Amer. sl., orig. of horses
 
HIGHWAY - see ROAD
 
HIGHWAYMAN - adjectives
• ON THE SCAMP working as a highwayman ...M18 sl.
 
HIGHWAYMAN - nouns
• PAD-CLINKING hobnobbing with footpads ...1865 UK criminals' sl.
 
HIGHWAYMAN - nouns, person (also see ROBBER)
• BANDOLERO a highwayman or robber ...1832
• BIDSTAND † a highwayman
• CAPTAIN CRANK the chief of a gang of highwaymen ...Bk1891 sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF THE PAD a highwayman ...1706-7 sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD a highwayman ...1740 sl.
• HIGH LAWYER a highwayman ...L16 sl.
• HIGH PAD a highwayman ...M17 UK criminals' sl.
• HIGH-PADSMAN a highwayman ...M17 UK criminals' sl.
• HIGH-TOBY-GLOAK a highwayman ...1812 thieves' sl.
• HIGH TOBYMAN a highwayman ...1811 thieves' sl.
• KNIGHT OF SAINT NICHOLAS a highwayman ...Bk1902 sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE PAD a highwayman ...E18 sl.
• KNIGHT OF THE ROAD a highwayman ...Bk1903 sl.
• LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
• LANCE-KNIGHT a highwayman ...c1590 cant
• LANCE-MAN † a highwayman ...1592
• LANCEMAN-PRIGGER a highwayman ...c1590 cant
• LAND-PIRATE one who robs on land; a highwayman ...1609
• MALANDRYN †* a highwayman; a robber ...1460
• NEWMARKET HEATH COMMISSIONER a highwayman ...19C sl.
• PAD a highway robber; a highwayman ...1666 criminals' sl.
• PADDER a footpad, a highwayman, a robber ...1610
• PADDIST a padder; a professional highwayman ...1671 Sc. obs.
• PAD-FOOT a footpad, a highwayman ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RAMP-RIDER a rank rider, a highwayman ...a1800 Sc.
• RANK-RIDER † a rapid, headlong, or reckless rider; a moss-trooper, a highwayman ...1590
• RENT-COLLECTOR a highwayman; spec., one whose fancy was for money only ...Bk1903 cant
• ROAD-AGENT a highwayman ...1883 sl.
• RUM PAD a daring highwayman ...L17 cant
• RUM PADDER one of the better sort of highwaymen, well mounted and armed ...M17 cant
• SAINT NICHOLAS CLERGYMAN a highwayman ...1598 sl.
• SAINT NICHOLAS'S CLERK a highwayman ...1595 sl.
• SCAMP a highwayman ...M18 sl.
• SCAMPING BLADE a highwayman ...L18 sl.
• SCAMPSMAN a highwayman ...L18 sl.
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
• SQUIRE OF THE PAD a highwayman ...1700 sl.
• ST. NICHOLAS'S CLERGYMAN a highwayman ...L16 sl.
• ST. NICHOLAS'S CLERK a highwayman ...L16 sl.
• TOBY-GILL a highwayman ...1812 thieves' sl.
• TOBYMAN a highwayman ...1812 thieves' sl.
 
HIGHWAYMAN - verbs
• SCAMP to work as a highwayman ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
 
HIGHWAY ROBBERY - see ROBBERY
 
​HIJACK - verbs
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
 
​HIJACKER - nouns, person
• JACKER a hijacker ...1960s US sl.
• TAILGATER a hijacker ...1960s US sl.
 
HIKE - verbs
• BROGUE to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACK to hike cross-country; to knock aside bushes to go or search through uncleared forest ...1937 Amer. dial.
 
HILARIOUS - nouns
• BUN-WORRY a jollification; a hilarious occasion; a fooling about ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
HILARITY - nouns
• GALE a state of excitement or hilarity; a good time ...a1800 US
• MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• MADDERDOM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
 
HILL - adjectives
• MONTICULOUS * having little hills; dwelling in hills or mounts ...1656
• MONTIVAGOUS † wandering up and down the hills and mountains ...1658
 
HILL, HILLSIDE - nouns
• ALTO * a hill, an eminence, generally without trees ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BACK a hill ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BALL a knoll, a rounded hill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAND a ridge of a hill ...1513
• BANK † a high ground, height, hill ...c1325  obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• BARF a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BARGH 1. the steep face of a hill; a road up it ...1674 Eng. dial. obs.
2. a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BARICK a hill ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BARROW † a mountain, a mount, a hill or hillock ...c885
• BELL the top of a hill; the highest part of a slope; a knoll ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEN a hill, a mountain; a mountain-peak ...1788
• BENT the slope or hollow of a hill, a hillside ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BERRY † a mound, a hillock ...1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BICKNING a beacon, the summit of a hill ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BIN a hill, a mountain, a mountain-peak ...1788
• BRA a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAE a declivity, hillside, steep road; a knoll, a hill; the bank of a river ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAE-FACE. the front or slope of a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAY a 'brae,' a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK a hollow in a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CA a pass between hills ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAM the crest of a hill, a ridge ...1864 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CATSTEP a small terrace on a hill ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DICKY the top of a hill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE the ridge or summit of a hill or range of hills; a steep hill or hillside ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAIRY a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land ...1871 Sc.
• GAIRY-FACE a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land ...1871 Sc.
• GALE a place in the hollow of a hill ...1891 Eng. dial.
• GUT-BUSTER a very steep hill ...1950s NZ sl.
• HANGING † a steep slope or declivity of a hill ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAYSTACK a small, rounded hill ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HEAD the higher end of a place, the upper part of a street; a hill or eminence ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK a hill ...1930s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• JACK AND JILL a (small) hill ...20C rhyming sl.
• KAME a long, narrow, steep-sided mound or ridge; a hill-ridge ...1814 Sc.
• LAW a hill, esp. one more or less round or conical ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEDGE † a range of mountains or hills ...1652-62
• LOMA a hill, mound, or ridge ...1857 Amer. dial.
• NABB a hillock, a knoll; the summit of a hill or prominence ...1826 Sc.
• NEB a projecting hill, a prominent headland; a point of land jutting out into a lake ...1794 Eng. dial.
• NECK a pass between hills or mountains; the narrow part of a mountain pass ...1707
• NUBBLE a small hill or mountain; an islet ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PAN a hollow in the hills; a depressed in a field or other land ...1836 Eng. dial.
• PIMPLE a hill ...Amer. World War I sl.
• POBIE a peak or high hill ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAISE a small hill; a rise ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SCALE a hill of steep ascent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAR the ridge of a hill ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUT † a high rock or hill; a projecting ridge; a precipice ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE a bare place on a steep hillside or bank ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SIDEHILL a hillside, a slope ...1674 Amer. dial.
• SUMMITY † the topmost point or ridge of a mountain or hill ...c1400
• TAIT the top of a hill ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAM a heap or small mound or hillock ...1906 Sc.
• TAMMOCK a hillock; a little knoll in a marsh or in damp grazing land ...1789 Sc. & Ireland
• THANK-YOU-MARM a small, rounded hill ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOFT a knoll or hillock in a flat region, esp. one suitable for the site of a house or tower ...1362
• TOMMACK a hillock; a little knoll in a marsh or in damp grazing land ...1789 Sc. & Ireland
• TOOT an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
• TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1382
• TOOTING-HILL † a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...c1460
• TOPPING a high hill; the peaked top of a hill; a cairn on the top of a hill ...1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOTE an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
• TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1535
• VORD † a high hill; a watch-tower ...1822 Sc.
• WHALEBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALEBACK RIDGE a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALESBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YOKKEL a shoulder; a shoulder-like formation on the side of a hill ...1897 Sc.
 
HILL - verbs
• QUAVE A BRAE to go zigzag up or down a hill ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAISE to reach the top of a hill or rise ...1804 Amer. dial.
 
HILLBILLY - nouns, person
• BOGHOPPER (derogatory) a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH APE (derogatory) a rustic, a hillbilly ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BUCK a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-BUSTER a hillbilly; a rustic ...1933 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BURNER a rustic, a hillbilly ...1962 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY BUCK a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DUMB FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER (derogatory) a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly ...1864 US sl.
• FARMER BOY (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JACK (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JAKE (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRIT a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRITS a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HICK FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LINTHEAD (derogatory) a cotton-mill worker; hence, a low-class White person; a hillbilly; an insignificant person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• OLD FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT-CHOKER a country person; a hillbilly ...c1950 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT-TWISTER a country person; a hillbilly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• WEED-SUCKER a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...2002 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HICK a backwoodsman, a hillbilly ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YAP a fool; an oaf; a hillbilly or bumpkin ...20C Amer. dial.
 
HILLY - adjectives
• BANKY † inclined like a bank or hillside; hilly ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BRAEIE hilly; sloping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAYIE hilly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HILLOUS †* hilly ...1550
• UNEASY hilly, irregular, not level ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HIND - nouns
• LAG-END * the hinder or latter part ...1596 now rare
 
HINDER - adjectives
• LETTY that hinders ...1642 Eng. dial.
 
HINDER - nouns, person
• LET-GAME † one who hinders the game; a spoilsport ...c1374
• MAR-ALL † one who hinders the success of any undertaking ...1611
• MARPLOT one who mars or defeats a plot or design by officious interference, or hinders the success of any undertaking ...1708
• TARRIER † one who or that which delays someone; a hinderer, an obstructor; an obstruction ...1614
 
HINDER - verbs
• ABSTER †* to deter, to hinder, to frighten off ...1542
• AIL to hinder, to prevent ...1817 Sc.
• BACK-HEAVE to hinder ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BELATE to make late, to detain beyond the usual time, to delay; to hinder ...1642
• COHIBIT * to restrain, check, hinder; to restrict ...1544
• CRIMP to hinder ...colloq., chiefly US
• DAIDLE to hinder or obstruct ...1910 Sc.
• DISANNUL to forbid, to hinder, to refuse ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISASSIST †* to do the reverse of assisting; to hinder, to obstruct ...1669
• DISTROUBLE † to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex ...c1369 
• IMPEACH † 1. to impede, to hinder, to prevent ...c1380
† 2. to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair ...1563
† 3. to hinder access to; to blockade ...1586
• LANTER to foil, to impede, to hinder ...1928 Sc.
• LET to hinder, to prevent, to obstruct, to stand in the way of ...c888 arch.
• MAGGLE to impede, to hinder, to inconvenience ...a1813 Sc.
• MAR † to hamper, to hinder, to interfere with, to interrupt or stop a person, event, or thing ...c1000
• MOZ to hinder, to interrupt someone; to jinx someone ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• MOZZLE to hinder, to interrupt ...1920s Aust. sl.
• NOBBLE to sabotage, esp. to hinder or defeat a rival ...1856 Brit. sl.
• OBVARICATE †* to hinder, obstruct or stop one in his passage ...1623
• OPPONE † 1. to set against by way of hindrance, check, or resistance; to place as an obstacle ...1570
† 2. to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct ...1610
• PUT A SCOTCH ON A PERSON'S WHEEL to check or hinder him ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REMORATE †* to detain, delay, hinder, obstruct ...1638
• REMORE †* to hinder, to delay ...1641
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUFFLAMINATE * to hinder ...1660
• TAIGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TAIGLE THE CLEEK to hold things up, to hinder progress; to shirk one's work ...1951 Sc.
• TARRY † to detain, to delay, to retard, to keep back a person or agent for a time; to keep waiting; to hold in check, to impede, to hinder ...1340
• TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TENT to prevent, to hinder ...1781 Eng. dial.
• TETTER to hinder, to delay ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIFF to hinder, to delay, to struggle against; to struggle physically; to make a great effort ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WARN † to prevent, to hinder, to restrain from action ...c888
 
HINDERED - adjectives
• BELATED hindered, behind the time ...1899 Amer. dial. arch.
• IMPEDIBLE † that can be impeded, obstructed, or hindered ...1655
• IMPEDITE † impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective ...1544
• LETTED †* hindered, impeded ...1388
 
HINDERED - nouns
• TAMTARRIE † the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered ...1773 Sc.
• TAMTARY † the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered ...1773 Sc.
 
HINDERING - adjectives
• IMPEDIENT obstructive, hindering, impeding ...1596
• LETTING †* hindering ...c1450
• TIGSUM hindersome; wearisome, tedious ...1880 Sc.
 
HINDERING - nouns
• IMPEDITION † the act of impeding; hindering ...1623
• LETTING delaying, hindering; a hindrance, an obstacle ...c1020 arch.
• OBROGATION † an interrupting or hindering ...1658
• OBVARICATION †* a hindering or obstructing one in his passage ...1658
• TARDATION † the act of delaying, delay, postponement; slackening of speed, retardation, hindering ...1500-20
• TARDIDATION †* the act of delaying, delay, postponement; a hindering, retarding ...1647
 
HINDMOST - adjectives
• LAG † last, hindmost ...1552
• LATTER † hinder, hindmost ...1533 Sc.
 
HINDMOST - nouns
• LAGABAG the last or hindmost ...1825 Sc.
• LAGGIEBAG the last or hindmost ...1825 Sc.
 
HINDMOST - nouns, person
• LAG * the last or hindmost person, as in a race, game, etc. ...1514
 
HINDRANCE - adjectives
• BARFUL † full of bars or hindrances ...1601
• LETLESS †* without let or hindrance ...1375
 
HINDRANCE - nouns
• BACKENING a hindrance ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune ...1721
• BALK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BARRACE †* a hindrance, obstruction, delay ...1480
• BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BLIN delay, hindrance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FALL-BACK a hindrance ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HANDERMENT obstruction, delay, hindrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IMPEACH † hindrance, impediment, prevention ...1551
• IMPEACHMENT † hindrance, prevention, obstruction; impediment, obstacle ...1432
• LETTING delaying, hindering; a hindrance, an obstacle ...c1020 arch.
• MAR † a hindrance, obstruction; an impediment in speech ...a1300
• MARRING † hindrance ...a1300
• ODDS difference, hindrance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• OFFSET a hindrance, delay; a setback, anything that causes delay; an illness; the time wasted by any hindrance ...1865 Sc.
• REMORE †* hindrance, delay ...1627
• TAIGLE a hindrance, delay, or cause of delay ...1880 Sc.
• TAIGLIN a hindrance, delay, or cause of delay ...1880 Sc.
• TARRIANCE † the causing of delay; hindrance ...1598

HINDRANCE - nouns, person
• HINDERMATE a spouse or companion who is a hindrance ...a1843 nonce word
 
HINDRANCE - verbs
• INTERFERE to cause annoyance or hindrance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
HINDU - nouns, person
• BIT OF GREASE (?derogatory) a stout, smiling Hindu woman ...L19 Anglo-Indian
• RAG-HEAD (derogatory) a Hindu ...1920s US sl.
• RAMASAMMY any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies ...L19 sl., orig. Indian Army
• RAMSAMMY any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies ...L19 sl., orig. Indian Army
 
HINGE - nouns
• BAND a hinge or joint ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ENGINE a hinge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GEMEL a hinge ...1536
• GEMEW † a hinge ...1396
• GEMMEL a hinge ...1536
• GEMOW † a hinge ...1396
• HANGLE a door hinge ...1864 Eng. dial.
• HAR † the hinge of a door or gate ...c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARR a hinge, joint ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HARRE † the hinge of a door or gate ...c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARROW the hinge of a door or gate ...1528 Eng. dial.
• JEMBLE † a hinge ...1588
• JEMMEL † a hinge ...a1600
• VARDLE the bottom hinge of a gate ...1787 Eng. dial.
 
HINT - adjectives
• SUBINDICATIVE † indirectly indicative or suggestive ...1822 obs. or arch.
 
HINT - nouns
• BUG IN ONE'S BONNET a hint, a friendly warning ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUG IN ONE'S EAR a hint, a friendly warning ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BUG IN ONE'S HAT a hint, a friendly warning ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUG IN ONE'S HEAD a hint, a friendly warning ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CART-WHEEL a broad hint ...19C sl.
• HALF-WORD a word or speech which hints or insinuates something, instead of fully asserting it; a hint, suggestion ...c1369
• HARD WORD important or scandalous information; a hint; a password; a proposal; a refusal ...1843 Eng. dial.
• INKLE a notion, hint, suspicion, an inkling ...1879 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• IRISH HINT a very broad hint ...1769 Amer. dial.
• ITEM a hint; an inkling; information; a signal; a cue ...1781 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MEANING an intimation, a hint, likelihood; a slight symptom ...1839 Eng. dial.
• MEETH a hint, an innuendo ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIND a reminder, a hint ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OBERING a hint, an inkling ...1824 Sc.
• OFFICE a hint, a tip, a private intimation ...1803 sporting sl.
• SIDE-WIPE an indirect rebuke, censure, or hint ...1757 Eng. dial.
• SPARK a trace or hint
• STRAIGHT TIP, THE a direct hint on any subject ...1873 sl.
• SUBINDICATION † a slight inclination or token ...1655-87 obs. or arch.
• TIP-OFF a hint or warning ...colloq.
• UMBRAGE † a suspicion, hint, inkling, or slight idea of a matter ...1654-66
• VENT † a hint or whisper of something ...1613
• WRINKLE a helpful or valuable hint or piece of information ...1818 sl., orig. sporting usage
• WRINKLE ON ONE'S HORN, A a valuable hint ...1837
 
HINT - verbs
• CHEEP to tell or reveal; to betray a secret; to mention, to hint at ...1903 Amer. dial.
• DROP to let fall a hint ...E17
• DROP A BUG IN ONE'S EAR to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EVEN to impute, to suspect, to suggest, to hint at or charge with anything, used in a bad sense; to think entitled to, or deserving of, used in a good sense ...1844 Sc.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE OFFICE to give a hint or a warning ...M18 sl.
• INKLE to warn; to give notice; to hint at; to disclose ...1340 Amer. thieves' sl.
• PAD to pass information 'on the quiet', to drop a hint in one's ear, to inform, to tell ...1898 Sc.
• PUT A BUG IN ONE'S EAR to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SIGNIFY †* to hint at ...1513
• SUBINDICATE † to indicate indirectly; to hint ...1659 obs. or arch.
 
HIP (body part) - adjectives
• BATTLE-HAMMED having thick or deformed hips ...1727 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• BROAD IN THE BEAM having large hips or buttocks...1929 sl., euphemistic
• HIPSHOT having a dislocated hip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIPSHOTTEN. having a dislocated hip ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NARROW-ASSED having slim hips; thin, skinny ...1916-22 Amer. sl.
 
HIP (aware, informed) - adjectives
• CRAZY excellent; good; hip ...1948 sl., orig. US jazz
• DOPEY hip, cool ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FILTHY hip ...20C teen & high school sl.
• NOT READY not hip; old-fashioned ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SLY hip, excellent ...1920s US Black sl.
 
HIP (body part) - nouns
• HURDIES the buttocks; the hips and adjoining parts ...1535 Sc.
• OOVEN the hip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIDES padding used by women to enlarge the appearance of the hips ...1920s US Black sl.
• TAKE-OFF the hips ...1940s US Black sl.
 
HIP (body part) - nouns, person
• SNAKE-HIPS a person whose hips move smoothly and effectively, such as a clever runner in football, a hula dancer, etc. ...1932 Amer. sl.
• SWIVEL-HIPS a person whose hips move smoothly and effectively, such as a clever runner in football, a hula dancer, etc. ...1932 Amer. sl.
 
HIP (aware, informed) - nouns, person
• CAT a hip person ...1950s Amer. sl.
• HIPSTER someone who is totally with it ...1950s Amer. sl.
• SUBTERRANEAN a hipster ...1950s Amer. sl.
 
HIP (aware, informed) - verbs
• ARRIVE to become or be hip ...c1935 Amer. sl., orig. jive usage
 
HIPPIE - nouns, person
• BUNGI(E) a 'drop-out', a hippie ...1980s S. Afr.
• BUNGY a 'drop-out', a hippie ...1980s S. Afr.
• DEADHEAD a young person, preaching a philosophy of 'love and peace', backed by a wide spectrum of drug usage, esp. of cannabis and hallucinogens; a hippie, esp. a devotee of a 'back to nature' lifestyle ...1980s sl.
• XIPPIE modern young person who wishes to adopt the lifestyle of the hippies of the 1960s ...1990s sl.
 
HIPPOPOTAMUS - nouns
• HIP a hippopotamus ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIPPO a hippopotamus ...1872
• HIPPOMONSTROSITY a hippopotamus ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIPPOPOTAPUS a hippopotamus ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOG a hippopotamus ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIVER HORSE a hippopotamus ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEA COW a hippopotamus ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WATER-HORSE † the hippopotamus ...1398