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MILE - MISDIRECTION
MILE - nouns
• HALF A QUARTER as a unit of measure: an eighth of a mile ...1902 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER a fourth of a mile ...1784 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH MILE 1984 yards ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOTS MILE 1984 yards ...1790 Sc.
• YARDSTICK a road mile marker ...1976 US sl.
MILESTONE - nouns
• MILE-STOOP a milestone ...1867 Eng. dial.
MILITARY - see SERVICES
MILK - adjectives
• APRILLED of milk or beer: sour, on the point of turning sour ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWA-AWA said of milk that's just beginning to become sour ...1967 Hawaii
• BLENCHED of milk: a little sour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINK of milk: beginning to turn sour ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BLINKED of milk: slightly soured ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BLINKY of milk: beginning to turn sour ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLUE of milk: turning sour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHANGED of milk: slightly sour ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GALACTOPHAGOUS feeding on milk ...1885
• GALACTOPOTIC † drinking milk ...1623
• GLOBBERED of milk: curdled ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GREEN of milk: tainted ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LACTARY * pert. to milk ...1646
• LACTEAL pert. to milk; consisting of milk ...1658
• LACTEAN † resembling milk; milk-white ...1659
• LACTEOUS of the nature of milk; milky; resembling milk, of the colour of milk ...1646
• LACTIFIC †* producing milk ...1657
• LACTIFICAL †* producing milk, yielding milk ...1656
• LACTIFLUOUS flowing or abounding with milk ...1774
• LACTIFORM †* like milk, in the form of milk ...1681
• LACTIVOROUS * milk-devouring ...1824
• MILK-PRICKED said of milk which has turned sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE BLINK of milk: beginning to turn sour ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAPPY soft, soaked with milk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SKINNY prepared with low-fat or non-fat milk ...1997 US sl.
• WHIGGERED of sour milk: going to whey ...1958 Amer. dial.
MILK - nouns
• ACKER BILK milk ...1960s Brit. rhyming sl.
• ALEMNOCH milk ...18C sl.
• ARMORED COW canned milk; powdered milk ...20C Amer. sl.
• ARMORED HEIFER canned milk ...1942 US military sl.
• ARMORED TIT canned milk ...1958 US military sl.
• BABY a glass of milk ...1930s US sl.
• BLACK COW chocolate milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLINK slightly sour milk ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BLINKY-BLUE milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BLINKY-JOHN milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JACK milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLUE-JOHN 1. skim milk ...1869 US
2. milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JOHNNY milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOVINE EXTRACT milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRINDLE COW chocolate milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUBBY mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CANNED COW canned or condensed milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAT BEER milk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHALK milk or cream ...1934 US jocular
• CHALK WATER thin milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CITY COW canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONTENTED COW canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COW milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COW IN A TIN BARN canned milk; canned corned beef; canned beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COW JUICE milk or cream ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DIDDY human breast milk ...18C colloq.
• DINNEL milk from a woman's breast for the baby ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GLASS OF COW a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLASS OF MOO a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLASS OF PUSS a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LACHIE milk ...1918 US Navy sl.
• LACTAGE † milk produce ...1753
• LACTARIUM an establishment for the sale of milk; a dairy ...1809
• LACTARY a dairy ...1669-81
• LACTIFICATION †* the making or secreting of milk ...1666
• LAPPERING the curdling of milk ...1880 Sc.
• NINNY human breast milk ...20C US colloq.
• PAP a mother's milk ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAP-MILK breast-milk ...1899 Sc.
• PAPPY the female breast; the nipple; a mother' s milk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG the scum that forms on boiled milk ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MALLACHIE the colour of milk and water mixed together ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILKNESS dairy produce; milk ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MILK TEA milk diluted with hot water and sweetened ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MIXIN any milk product used in cooking ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOO JUICE milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NINNY the female breast; breast milk ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NURSE breast milk ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NURSEMENT breast milk ...1927 Amer. dial.
• OLD MILK skim milk ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PAP mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR MAN'S COW canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSS milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAP liquid of any sort, esp. milk or beer, taken with solid food ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SATIN AND SILK milk ...20C rhyming sl.
• SHOT OF COW a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOT OF MOO a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOT OF PUSS a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPSON 1. water used in diluting milk ...1871 dairymen's usage
2. adulterated milk; inferior milk ...1871
• SWEET ALICE milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIDDY the breast; mother's milk ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TIN COW tinned milk ..1920s US tramps' sl.
• TITTIE breast milk ...1827 Amer. dial.
• TITTY human breast milk ...18C colloq.
• YARAM milk ...1567 thieves' cant
• YARM milk ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• YARRUM milk ...1567 thieves' cant
• YARUM milk ...1567 thieves' cant
MILK - nouns, person
• GALACTOPHAGIST one who feeds or lives chiefly on milk; a drinker of milk ...1730
• GALACTOPOTE † a drinker of milk ...1626
• GALACTOPOTON † one that still drinks milk ...1623
• LACTARY † 'she that selleth milke' ...1623
• MILK-BADGER one who sells milk, and occasionally other things, from door to door ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MILK - verbs
• BING of milk or cream: to curdle, to turn sour ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BLINK of milk: to turn sour ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BREAK of milk: to curdle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHASE THE COW to pass the milk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FEATHER of milk or cream: to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea ...1816 Amer. dial.
• LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle ...1768 Sc.
• LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LOSE AN EYE of milk: to turn sour ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MILK OVER THE FENCE to steal milk from neighbours' cows ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• MILK THE COW WITH A SPANNER to open a tin of milk ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• PAIL to milk (a cow) ...1892 Amer. dial. online
• PUT OUT THE MILLER'S EYE to add too much water or milk to any mixture ...1839 Eng. dial.
• QUAIL of milk, beer, etc.: to turn sour or flat ...1819 Eng. dial.
• SIMPSON to dilute milk with water ...1872 sl.
• SIMPSONISE to dilute milk with water ...1871 dairymen's usage
• SIMPSONIZE to adulterate milk by adding water ...1871 sl.
• YIELD of a cow: to give milk ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MILK - phrases
• PASS THE ARMORED COW pass the canned milk ...Bk1944 service sl.
MILKING - nouns
• DIDDLE-DANDERS the four fingers of the hand on the teats of a cow in the action of milking ...1865 Eng. dial.
MILKMAN - nouns, person
• CHALKER a London milkman ...c1850
• DAIRY QUEEN a homosexual milkman ...1960s US gay sl.
• MILKIE a milkman ...1886
• MILKO a milkman ...1907 sl., orig. Aust.
• MILK-OH a milkman ...1907 sl., orig. Aust.
• MILKY a milkman ...1886
• SIMPSON a milkman ...L19 Brit. sl.
MILK-PAIL - nouns
• BALLYCOG a milk-pail ...Bk1898 Sc.
MILKSHAKE - nouns
• CABINET a milkshake made with ice cream ...1957 Amer. dial.
MILKY - adjectives
• LACTACEOUS †* milk-like, milky ...1656
• LACTESCENT becoming milky; having a milky appearance ...1668
MILKY - nouns
• LACTESCENCE a milky appearance; milkiness ...1684-5
• LACTESCENCY † a milky appearance ...1757.
MILKY - verbs
• LACTESCE †* to become milky ...1696
MILKY WAY - nouns
• LACTEOUS CIRCLE † the Milky Way ...1646
• MILKMAID'S PATH the Milky Way ...1820 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• MILKMAID'S WAY the Milky Way ...1820 Sc.
MILLINER - nouns, person
• MANTALINI a male milliner ...M19 sl.
• MILANER † a milliner ...1811 Eng. dial.
MILLION - adjectives
• MILLIONOUS †* numbered by the million; counted in millions ...1666
MILLIONAIRE - nouns, person
• MILLIONIST a millionaire ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MONEYBAG LORD an ennobled millionaire or successful businessman ...L19 sl.
• MONEY-BUG a millionaire ...c1898 sl., orig. US
• ROCKEFELLER an immensely rich person; a millionaire ...M20
• TINMAN a very rich man; a millionaire ...L19 sporting sl.
MILLIPEDE - nouns
• THOUSAND-LEGGED WORM a millipede or a centipede ...1850 Amer. dial.
• THOUSAND-LEGGER a millipede or a centipede ...1918 Amer. dial.
• THOUSAND-LEGS a millipede or a centipede ...1807 Amer. dial.
MIME, MIMIC, MIMICRY - adjectives
• PANTOMIMIC of the nature of pantomime or mimicry; expressed by dumb show ...a1680
MIME, MIMIC, MIMICKING, MIMICRY - nouns
• ACT a dramatic mimicking ...Amer. sl.
• MANNERING mimicry, mockery ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANTOMIMICRY † significant gesture without speech; mime ...1728
• TAKE-OFF a mimicking expression; an imitating; a parody; a caricature ...1846 US colloq.
MIMIC - nouns, person
• OFF-TAKE one who exposes others to ridicule; a mimic, one who takes off others ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANTOMIME a mimic actor; one who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words ...1615
• PANTOMIMIC a mimic actor; one who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words ...1617
• PANTOMIMIST a mimic actor; one who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words ...1838
• TAKE-OFF a mimic; a satirist; a punster ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
MIMIC - verbs
• GAMF to mock, to mimic ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAUMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAWMP to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• HARM to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic ...1806 Eng. dial.
• MANNER to mock; to mimic ...1820 Sc.
• MAUK to mimic, to mock ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWNER to mimic ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIMICATE † to mimic; to pretend, sham ...1824 Sc.
• PAGEANT †* to imitate as in a pageant or play; to mimic ...1606
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
MINCE - verbs
• MINCH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINSH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MINCING - adjectives
• FALALDRAN affected, mincing ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MIMPING affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIMPY affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICKY-NACKY trifling, trivial, useless; troublesome; speaking in an affected or mincing manner ...1818 Sc.
MINCING - verbs
• MICH to mince one's words; to use mincing language ...1877 Eng. dial.
• MIMP to speak or act in an affected or mincing manner; to toy or play with one's food in an affected manner ...1861 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCE to walk or dance with short steps, in a mincing or affected manner ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCH to walk mincingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANTLE to hold oneself erect; to go about in a mincing, conceited, affected fashion ...1841 Eng. dial.
MIND - adjectives
• UNTIGHT † of the mind: wandering, infirm ...1815 Sc.
MIND - nouns
• CAP the mind ...1950s US Black sl.
• DRY BRAIN a barren mind ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EVAGATION † a wandering of the mind, thoughts, etc. ...c1425
• EVER-LOVING one's mind ...1960s sl.
• MEMORY BOX the mind ...1990s Aust. sl.
• MENTIMUTATION †* a change of mind ...1650
• MIZZARD the head; the mind; the mouth ...1877 Amer. sl.
• SECOND MIND the unconscious mind ...1820s US Black sl.
• THINK BOX the brain, the mind ...1892 Amer. dial.
• THINKER the brain, the mind ...1886 Amer. dial.
• THINK PIECE the brain, the mind ...1949 Amer. dial.
• THINK TANK the brain, the mind ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TILLAGE the culture of the mind or spirit ...1555
• UPSTAIRS the mind, esp. as regards its intelligence ...1920s US sl.
• WIG the mind ...1950s Amer. sl.
MIND - verbs
• SHIFT to change one's mind ...1979 Amer. dial.
MINDFUL - adjectives
• MEMORIOUS † having a good memory; mindful of ...1599 obs. or arch. rare
MIND ONE'S OWN BUSINESS - verbs
• KILL ONE'S OWN SNAKES to mind one's own business ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SHINNY ON ONE'S OWN SIDE to mind one's own business ...1866 Amer. dial.
• WEED ONE'S OWN ROW to take care of oneself; to mind one's own business ...1856 Amer. dial.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS - interjections/phrases
• DON'T HAM IN! mind your own business! ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DO YOUR OWN TIME! mind your own business! ...20C US sl.
• GO CHASE YOURSELF! mind your own business ...1883 Amer. dial.
• GO ON WITH YOUR BARROW mind your own business; 'get along with you' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR BLARNEY! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR CUCUMBERS! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR FISH IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR OWN APPLES! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PAPERS! go away! mind you own business! ...1938 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PEACHES! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PEANUTS! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR WARES ELSEWHERE! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO SELL YOUR PAPERS! go away! mind you own business! ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY BEESWAX mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEND YOUR OWN SHOES mind your own business ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIND YOUR OWN P'S AND Q'S mind your own business ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S mind your own business ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• M.Y.O.B. mind your own business ...20C US
• NEB OUT! mind your own business ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NONE OF YOUR PALAVER no business of yours ...20C
• PEDDLE YOUR DUCKS SOMEWHERE ELSE! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEDDLE YOUR OWN FISH! mind your own business ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PEDDLE YOUR OWN WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• P.M.Y.O.B. please mind your own business ...20C US
• PULL YOUR HEAD IN! mind your own business! ...1942 Aust. sl.
• PULL YOUR OWN LITTLE RED WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RUN YOUR OWN LITTLE RED WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHINNY ON YOUR OWN SIDE mind your own business ...1942 Amer. dial.
• STAY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD mind your own business ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• STAY OUT OF THE KOOLAID! mind your own business! ...1995 US sl.
• TEND TO YOUR LITTLE RED WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEND TO YOUR OWN BEESWAX mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
MINE (pit) - see MINING
MINE (explosive) - nouns
• BALLBREAKER a kind of antipersonnel mine ...1971 US military sl.
• BUTT-BUSTER an antipersonnel mine ...1974 US Army sl.
• DAISY CHAIN a series of (Claymore) mines attached to each other and rigged for sequential detonation ...1950 UK sl.
MINE (explosive) - nouns, person
mine person ASHCAN PATROL mine layers, units of the US Army ...1948 US army sl.
MINGLE - verbs
• ADMIX * to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient ...1533
• ADMIXT †* to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient ...1570
• DO AROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DO ROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MASH † to mix, to mingle ...a1591
• MEDLEY to mix, to mingle ...1861 Eng. dial.
• MELL to mix; to mingle ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENG to mix, to mingle, to blend ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MINGLED - adjectives
• ADMIXT mingled with; added as an ingredient ...c1420
• MASLIN † mixed, mingled ...1544 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MENT † mixed, mingled ...1783 Eng. dial.
• YBLENT † blended, mingled; confused, blurred ...1426
MINGLING - nouns
• ADMIXTION the mingling of one thing with another; the addition of an ingredient ...1432-50
• ADMIXTURE the mingling of one substance with another, or of adding as an ingredient ...1605
• IMMISTION † intimate mixture or mingling ...1658
MINING - adjectives
• HOT especially rich in minerals or other deposits; profitable ...1855 Amer. mining sl.
MINING - nouns
• BAL a mine; the surface of a mine ...c1600
• BARGH † a mine ...1693
• CABOONER a rich strike in mining ...1945 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER HOLE a small mine or mine opening; a shallow or haphazardly dug excavation ...1889 Amer. dial.
• PAIR a gang of miners ...1895 Eng. dial.
MINING - nouns, person
• BAL-GIRL a girl who works at a mine ...1846 Eng. dial.
• BAL-MAID a girl who works at a mine ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERMAN †* a miner ...1677
• CALLER an official at a colliery whose duty it was to go round from house to house to call up the men for work ...1843 Eng. dial.
• GEORDIE a pitman ...c1760 Eng. dial.
• GROUNDHOG a person who customarily works underground, esp. a miner or caisson worker ...1926 Amer. sl.
• HAGGER a coal-hewer ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HALF-MARROW in mining, a partner ...1847
• HAY BARBER one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAY JOHN one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1943 Amer. dial.
• MINDER a miner ...1867 Eng. dial.
MINING - verbs
• GOPHER to prospect or mine in a random or unsystematic manner ...1889 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER AROUND to prospect or mine in a random or unsystematic manner ...1905 Amer. dial.
• HABILITATE to furnish with means, esp. with the working of a mine ...1824
• SALT to misrepresent the value of a mine by introducing ore from else where ...1862 sl.
MINISTER - nouns, person
• ADMINISTER † one who administers or ministers to others; a minister or administrator ...1506
• KAHUNA a priest of the native Hawaiian religion, a wise man, a minister; now esp. a sorcerer ...1873 Hawaii
• LADS IN BLACK the clergy, ministers ...1821 Sc.
• MAS JOHN a jocular or contemptuous term for a Scottish Presbyterian minister, in contradistinction to an Anglican or Roman clergyman ...1661 arch.
• PAPER MINISTER a minister who reads his sermons ...1854 Sc. colloq.
• READING PRIEST a minister who reads his sermon ...1897 Eng. dial.
• UPSTANDER a parish minister ...1884 Sc.
MINNESOTA - nouns
• COW COLLEGE Agricultural School (of the University of Minnesota) ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• HOME St. Paul, Minnesota ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• NEW ENGLAND OF THE WEST the State of Minnesota ...Bk1902 Amer. sl.
MINNESOTA - nouns, person
• GOPHER a member of the Junior class at the University of Minnesota ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
MINNOW - nouns
• BAGGIE n. the minnow ...1808 Sc.
• BAG-MENNON a large minnow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGREL a minnow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• JACK BARREL a minnow ...L19 nautical sl.
• TIDDLER any small fish, often specifically the minnow or stickleback ...1885 sl.
MINOR - adjectives
• BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated ...N. Amer. colloq.
MINSTREL - nouns
• ETHIOPIAN OPERA a minstrel show ...E20 US sl.
MINSTREL - nouns, person
• BARD a strolling musician or minstrel ...1449 Sc.
• ETHIOPIAN SERENADER n. a Black minstrel ...E20 US sl.
• JOCKEY † a strolling minstrel or beggar...L17 Sc. obs. exc. hist.
• JOCULAR † a professional jester or minstrel ...LME
• JOCULATOR † a professional jester or minstrel ...LME obs. exc. hist.
• MUSICAL MOKE a Black minstrel who plays a number of different instruments in succession ...1895 Amer. sl.
• TAMBO the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe ...1884
MINUTE (small) - adjectives
• DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender ...1651
• FLISKY minute, small; of rain: fine, drizzling ...19C Eng. dial.
• PILULOUS like a pill in size; small, insignificant, minute, trifling ...1872
• TEENTY very small or tiny, minute ...1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TINTSY-WINTSY minute, tiny, very small ...1901 Amer. dial.
MINUTE (small) - nouns
• ACE a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom ...1528
• HILUM † something very minute ...1659
• MIDGY'S EE a minute thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLE'S EYE a minute opening or space ...1579
• PARVITUDE † an absolutely small or minute thing ...1653
• PIMPLE IN A BENT, A † something very minute, small, or trivial ...1807
• TITTLE the smallest or a very small part of something; a minute amount ...c1400
MINUTELY - adverbs
• INCH-SMALL inch by inch, little by little, minutely ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TIGHTLY thoroughly, closely; minutely ...1883 Sc.
MINUTENESS - nouns
• PARVITUDE * littleness, smallness, minuteness ...1657
• PARVITY † littleness, smallness, minuteness ...1620
MIRACLE - nouns
• MARVEL † a miracle, indicating divine intervention ...a1300
MIRACULOUS - adjectives
• IMMIRACULOUS non-miraculous ...1880 nonce word
• TERATICAL * relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous ...1722
MIRAGE - nouns
• WITCH WATER a mirage on hot pavement; heat waves on the road ...1946 Amer. dial.
MIRE - nouns
• ADDLE stinking urine, or other liquid filth; mire ...a1000
• ELT mud, mire ...1928 Sc.
• GAG a filthy mass of any substance, liquid, or semi-liquid; mire, mud ...1866 Sc.
• KAIR † a mire, a puddle ...1808 Sc.
• LAGGER mire, mud, a soft, muddy place ...1866 Sc.
• LAIR † clay, mire, mud ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LOBLOLLY ooze, mud, a mud-hole, mire; a slushy mess ...1865 Amer. dial.
• PANT mud, mire ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SLUTCH † mud, mire, slush ...M17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MIRE - verbs
• BOG A BUZZARD'S SHADOW to mire down even the lightest thing ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BOG THE SHADOW OF A BUZZARD to mire down even the lightest thing ...1898 Amer. dial.
• IMMIRE † to immerse in mire ...1611
• LAIR to stick or sink in mire or bog ...a1572
• LARE to stick or sink in mire or bog ...a1572
• SLONK † to wade through or sink in mire; to make a splashing noise as when walking with shoes full of water, or when wading through mire ...1824 Sc.
• WALTER to mire or get stuck in a boggy road, or a swampy place ...1880 Eng. dial.
MIRROR - adjectives
• GLASS-GAZING addicted to viewing oneself in a glass or mirror ...1605
MIRROR - nouns
• BERYL-GLASS † a mirror ...1540
• GAPER a mirror ...1931 US sl.
• GAPPER a mirror; used to describe one used by prisoners to watch for approaching guards while the prisoners do something which they ought not to do ...1934 US prison sl.
• ISING the silvering of a looking-glass ...1856 Sc.
• KEEKING-GLASS a looking-glass ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MIRROR GLASS a mirror ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• PEEPER a looking-glass ...c1670 sl.
• QUEER PEEPER a badly made, hence distorting mirror ...L17 sl.
• RUM PEEPER. a silver looking-glass ...L17 cant
• SCREENING-GLASS a looking-glass ...1866 Eng. dial.
• SNAKE IN THE GRASS glass; orig., a looking glass, but later, a drinking glass ...M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• TOOTING-GLASS † a looking-glass ...c1560
MIRTH - nouns
• BAUDERIE † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
• BAUDERY † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
• DAFT-DAYS days of mirth and amusement; Yuletide ...1816 Sc.
• DAFTRIE † fun and frolic; mirth ...1866 Sc.
• GALDERS noisy mirth ...1898 Sc.
• GALE † singing, a song; merriment; mirth ...c1200
• GALLAFER noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth ...1898 Sc.
• GALLIARDISE gaiety, mirth, revelry; also, a merry trick ...c1570 arch.
• GALLIARDISM * gaiety, mirth, revelry ...1745
• GAME AND GLEE † amusement, delight, fun, mirth, sport ...a1200
• JOLLIMENT † mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety ...1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAN-DREAM † human joy, loud mirth ...c1205
MIRTH - verbs
• RAFF to be full of mirth or fun; to abound with boisterous good spirits ...1824 Sc.
MIRTHFUL - adjectives
• FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful ...1654
• GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry ...a1310
• HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial ...1724 chiefly Sc.
• JOCANT † mirthful, merry, gay, jocund ...c1440
• JOCOCIOUS jocose, mirthful; humorous, fond of joking ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAUGHFUL full of laughing; mirthful ...1825
• LAUGHSOME of persons: addicted to laughing, mirthful ...1620
• RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay ...1567
MIRY - adjectives
• LAGGERING miry, apt to bemire ...1866 Sc.
• LAGGERY miry, muddy ...1825 Sc.
• LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LAIRY boggy, miry, swampy ...1700s
• SUMPY boggy, miry, swampy ...1829 Eng. dial.
MISADVENTURE - nouns
• ANTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BAD IRON failure; misadventure; bad luck ...Bk1896 workmen's sl.
• ILL SUCCESS failure, misadventure, misfortune ...1823 arch.
MISANTHROPE - adjectives
• TIMONIAN pert. to misanthropy; like a misanthrope ...1770
MISANTHROPE - nouns, person
• TIMON a misanthrope; a person who dislikes humans and avoids human society ...1588
• TIMONIST a misanthrope ...1602
MISANTHROPE - verbs
• TIMONIZE to play the misanthrope ...1713
MISANTHROPY - nouns
• TIMONISM misanthropy ...1886
MISBEHAVE - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
• ACT THE MOHAWK to misbehave ...1960s Irish sl.
• ACT UP to make a fuss in order to attract attention to oneself; to misbehave badly or improperly, esp. to impress ...1903 sl.
• CUT UP EXTRAS to misbehave ...1842 US sl.
• DISBEHAVE to misbehave, to behave badly ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-SHINE to misbehave; to play tricks ...20C US sl.
• TRY ONESELF to behave in an unruly or extravagant manner; to misbehave, to be naughty, to show off ...1912 Amer. dial.
MISBEHAVE - phrases
• THROUGH THE BOWS said of one who misbehaves and suffers punishment ...Bk1911 Sc.
MISBEHAVING - adjectives
• OFF THE TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
• OFF TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
• TANKERSOME unruly, disobedient, misbehaving ...1969 Amer. dial.
MISBEHAVING - nouns, person
• GRAND RASCAL a mischievous or misbehaving child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT a small disobedient, misbehaving child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KEWSTER a small, rough, misbehaving child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE OUTLAW a small, rough child who misbehaves and doesn't obey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SNORTER a small, misbehaving child ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
MISBEHAVIOUR - nouns
• 'HAVISHNESS misbehaviour ...1883 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY BUSINESS foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1883 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY CAPERS monkey business ...1846 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY PLAY foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1953 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY WORK foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1942 Amer. sl.
MISBELIEVER - nouns, person
• MALE-FIDIAN † a misbeliever ...1659 nonce word
MISCALCULATE - verbs
• DULL to make a mistake, miscalculation, or stupid blunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MISCARRIAGE - nouns
• ABORCEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORSEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORT † a miscarriage; an untimely birth ...1611
• MIS(S) a miscarriage ...1897 sl.
MISCARRY - verbs
• ADVORT † to miscarry ...1572
MISCELLANEOUS - adjectives
• FARRAGINARY †* confused, miscellaneous ...1538
• FARRAGINOUS miscellaneous, indiscriminate, confused ...1615
• GALLIMAUFRICAL miscellaneous ...1836
• ODD-AND-END miscellaneous, consisting of odds and ends ...1863
MISCELLANEOUS - nouns
• FARGIS a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKAGE a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKEL † a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FERKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• GADDERY a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
• GEDDERY an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
• HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc.
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORTS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments ...1738
• ODDSES odds and ends; small miscellaneous articles; the change or balance of money ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RAG-BAG an odd assortment; a miscellaneous collection of anything ...1864
• SHEBOODLE a large number; a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people ...1966 Amer. dial.
• VAN-JOTTHERY a miscellaneous collection ....1889 Eng. dial.
MISCHANCE - nouns
• HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance ...c1205
• MALAPAVIS a mischance, a misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MALCHANCE mischance ...1911 Sc.
• UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity ...a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - adjectives
• ANGLE-EARED mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ANNOINTED ripe for mischief, full of courage and energy for any desperate exploit ...Bk1890 sl.
• ANOINTING mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• AUVISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• AWF-STRUCKEN silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant ...a1000
• BESPELT bewitched, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALEERY light, vain, full of mischief ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• CUNNING AS A WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• CUNNING AS A WHOLE WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• ELVISH irritable, spiteful, mischievous ...1813 Eng. dial.
• EVIL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous ...1535 now Sc.
• FULL OF OLD NICK always making mischief ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• FULL OF THE OLD NED mischievous, troublesome ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GADAMAN † roguish, mischievous ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HATTLE wild, skittish, mischievous; uncertain in temper; often used of a skittish cow ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HAWFISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• IDLE mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CONTRIVED ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-CONTRIVING ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDED mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDIE mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous ...c1460 now Sc.
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GAISHONED mischievous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-MAKING mischief-making ...1898 Sc.
• ILL-PRATTIE roguish, mischievous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-PROTTED roguish, mischievous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-TRICKED roguish, mischievous ...1873 Sc.
• ILL-TRICKY mischievous, roguish ...1873 Sc.
• IMPY mischievous ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KILEERY full of mischief ...Ireland
• LARKISH adj. fond of a lark or a piece of merriment or mischief; frolicsome, sportive ...1882 colloq.
• LOBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous, loud, noisy, mischievous ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• MESSLIN extremely lively, mischievous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MISDEEDY † doing wrong; mischievous ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NINETING mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NOINTING mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OFFENDANT † causing injury or mischief ...1547
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
• PLISKY given to playing tricks; tricky, mischievous, frolicsome ...1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PUCKISH mischievous, impish ...1870
• QUERTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• QUIRTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning ...1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RATCHETTY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• RATCHETY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• ROGUISH playfully mischievous ...L17
• RONKISH precociously wanton, mischievous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAD mischievous, troublesome, corrupt ...17C sl.
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SCATHY ravenous; mischievous; thievish ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SINISTRAL † likely to cause mischief ...1534
• SKADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UNCANNIE of persons: not safe to meddle with, as supposedly being in league with supernatural forces or having skill in magic, witchcraft or the like, malignant, baleful, mischievous ...1773 Sc.
• UNCANNY † unruly, mischievous, malicious ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNCHANCY mischievous; dangerous; risky; not safe to meddle with ...1786 chiefly Sc.
• UNLUCKY mischievous, troublesome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNPOSSIBLE droll, mischievous, queer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNSONSY mischievous; disagreeable ...1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy ...1836 Sc.
• WAGGISH playfully mischievous ...1590
• WAGSOME addicted to waggery; mischievous ...1869 nonce word
• WANSONSY mischievous ...1819 Sc.
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - nouns
• BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death ...a1000
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000
• BARN'S-BREAKING a mischievous action; an idle frolic ...1822 Sc.
• BLOIK mischief ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAGMAG a practical joke, mischief ...19C Eng. dial.
• CALEERINESS giddiness; fun; mischief ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• DANGER † mischief, harm, damage ...c1400
• DEVILMENT mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery ...1844 Amer. dial.
• DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry ...1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• GALLOUSNESS mischief, wantonness, love of mischief ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWSNESS mischief, perversity ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GALLUSNESS mischief, wantonness, love of mischief ...1859 Eng. dial.
• JEEL damage, mischief ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LARK a frolicsome adventure; a spree; a piece of merriment or mischief; fun of any kind; a trick ...1802 colloq.
• MAKEBATE † the breeding of quarrels, mischief-making ...1626
• MALEFICE † an evil deed; mischief ...1591 obs. or arch.
• MARLOCK a prank, frolic, a gambol, a lark; a playful trick, a practical joke; a piece of fun or mischief ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MEDDLE-MAKING mischief-making; strife-sowing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLY mischief ...1898 Sc.
• MICHING MALICHO mischief ...17C sl.
• MICHING MALLECHO mischief ...17C sl.
• MIFKY-PIFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1985 Amer. jocular
• MINCHIN MALACHO mischief ...17C sl.
• MONKEY WORK mischievous or underhanded activity, monkey business ...1898 Amer. dial.
• MOOFKY-POOFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1994 Amer. jocular
• MOOFTY-POOFTY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1996 Amer. jocular
• NAAM a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition ...1911 Sc.
• NAUGHT † wickedness, evil, moral wrong, mischief ...c897
• OLD NICK devilishness, mischief ...1817 US sl.
• PANT a prank, a frolic, a 'lark', a piece of fun, a caper, a piece of boyish mischief ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PLISKY a mischievous escapade; a trick, a prank; a practical joke; a frolic ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• QUED † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDE † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• SCADDLE confusion; mischief ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• SCHMOOFKY-FOOFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1997 Amer. jocular
• SHENANIGANS mischief; prankishness ...19C Amer. colloq.
• SKADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• TORFER† hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury ...a1300
• UNITHARF † evil, mischief ...c1200
• WAGGERY a piece of mischievous jesting; a practical joke ...1604
• WAGGISHNESS sportive mischief; jocularity of speech or behaviour ...1625
• WAGS tricks, mischievous behaviour ...1835 Sc.
• WAGSHIP † waggery, waggishness, mischief, practical joking ...1607
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - nouns, person
• ANOINTER a scapegrace, a complete rogue or rascal, a mischievous fellow ...1884 Eng. dial.
• APE a mischievous, troublesome child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUPS a wayward, mischievous child ...Bk1898 Eng, dial.
• AWPS a wayward, mischievous child ...E19 Eng. dial.
• AZZALD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1891 Eng. dial.
• AZZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAD HAT a mischievous or wayward person; a rascal; a troublemaker; an habitual brawler; a dangerous person ...1884
• BANDAR an impudent or mischievous man or boy ...21C Hindi
• BASTARD a term of reproach for a mischievous or worthless boy ...1830 Eng. dial.
• BRATCHART a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATCHET a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• CALEERY a giddy, hysterical person; a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person ...20C Ireland
• CATBIRD a mischievous, sly or cunning person ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S BUCKIE a mischievous, troublesome person; an imp ...1816 Sc.
• DEVILSKIN a mischievous, tiresome person; a humorous term of reproach ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DUMMOCK a stupid or mischievous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a person resembling the character so called in Scott's 'Kenilworth': a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin ...1826
• GILPY † a frolicsome young fellow; a roguish or mischievous boy...1718 Sc.
• GRAND RASCAL a mischievous or misbehaving child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HANIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEIFER a mischievous child ...1982 Amer. dial.
• HORROR a mischievous child ...1846 sl.
• HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IMP a mischievous brat; orig. a child ...1771 sl.
• JACKANAPES a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a 'monkey' ...c1555
• JADEHOPPER a lewd or vicious woman; also, one who is only mischievous and lively ...1916 Amer. dial.
• KADDIE an ill-natured or mischievous person; a spoiled child ...1866 Sc.
• KAE a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KAIL CASTER a mischievous person who throws stalks of kail, cabbage, etc. down chimneys for sport ...1899 Sc.
• KALE-CASTER a mischievous person who throws the stems of colewort or cabbage down chimneys in sport ...1899 Sc.
• KAY a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KEDGE a mischievous child ...1781 Eng. dial.
• KNIDGET a mischievous, saucy boy or girl ...B1900 Sc.
• LAD a mischievous, tricky fellow ...19C Anglo-Irish
• LARK a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• LARKER a person given to fun or mischief'; a frolicking rascal ...c1825 sl.
• LARKIE n. a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1833 Amer. dial.
• LARKY n. a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LARKY-BOY a mischief-maker ...20C Irish sl.
• LARRIKIN a mischievous or frolicsome youngster; a hooligan, a hoodlum, a rowdy ...1868 sl.
• LIMB OF SATAN a wicked or mischievous person, esp. a child ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LIMMER 1. a malevolent or mischievous woman ...1752 Sc.
2. a mischievous boy ...1880 Sc.
• LITTLE HORROR a mischievous child ...1846 sl.
• LITTLE MONKEY a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
• LITTLE PERISHER a mischievous child ...1935 sl.
• LITTLE SKEEZUCKS. a mischievous child, gen. endearing usage ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TYKE a mischievous child ...1894 sl.
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MALISON a mischievous child ...1920 Sc.
• MESS a witty, clever, or mischievous person ...1936 sl.
• MESSLIN a lively, mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
• NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NARCHER a lad, generally one of mischievous disposition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZART a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZZART a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZZET a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NIMSHI a conceited fellow; a foolish fellow; a nincompoop; one who habitually acts in a foolish manner; a mischievous child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• NIMSHY a blockhead; a foolish fellow; a mischievous child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• NINETER a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow, a rascal ...1884 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a mischievous child; a brat ... ...Aust. sl.
• PECK'S BAD BOY a mischievous boy ...1883 sl., chiefly US
• PERISHER a mischievous child ...1935 sl.
• PIZZIE a mischievous child ...1873 Sc.
• RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAAP a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAMP a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAWP a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REAL LADDIE BOY, A a mischievous, lively boy ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RIDGEL a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad ...1703 Eng. dial.
• ROGUE a mischievous person, now esp. a child; frequently used as a playful term of reproof or reproach ...L16
• SANCHO an unruly, mischievous child ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SANNUP a scamp; a mischievous boy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCAMPERIL a mischievous child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHNICKLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SKEESICK a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SKEESUCKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZACKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZECKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1850 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZICKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZIX a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKITE a small, cute or mischievous person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike ...c1582 Sc.
• SNICKELTYFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNICKETYFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNICKLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SNIGGLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TAISTREL a mischievous boy; a rascal; scoundrel ...1923 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAR(R) a mischievous character; esp. used of a child ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARRAS a troublesome, mischievous lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASSEY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TASSY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAW a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAZIE a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAZZY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow; a simpleton ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• THREE-QUARTER CLIFT a mischievous fellow ...1846 Ireland
• TIKE a mischievous, tiresome child or boy; a term of reproach applied half playfully to children ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TILE an audacious thief; a mischievous person, esp. applied to young people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TORMENT person who causes trouble, a mischievous person ...1784
• TYKE a mischievous, tiresome child or boy; a term of reproach applied half playfully to children ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VARMENT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• VARMINT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• VERMIN a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAG † 1. a mischievous boy; often used as a mother's term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow ...a1553
2. a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous ...1584
• WAGLING a little wag or mischievous person ...1837 nonce word
• WAG-PASTY † a mischievous rogue; a rascal, an urchin; a term of contempt ...1622
• WAIT-SCATHE † a nickname for a perpetrator of mischief ...1481
• WITCH-CAT a mischievous, high-spirited person, esp. a child; a frolicsome girl, a roguish boy ...1844 Amer. dial.
• YAP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
• YAUP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YEP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG MONKEY a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BESORE † to vex, to annoy, to molest, to cause mischief to ...17C
• BE THE DAD OF ALL RING-TAILS to excel in mischief, to be the ringleader ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLE to gossip and make mischief ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL AROUND to seek mischief; to try to annoy; to lead a loose life ...1902 Amer. dial.
• GET AWAY WITH THE BAGGAGE to escape detection in or to avoid the consequences of mischief or wrongdoing ...1873 Amer. sl.
• GIVE OLD HARRY to play the devil, to make mischief; to tease or scold ...M17 sl.
• LARK ABOUT to enjoy oneself doing silly or mischievous things ...1857
• LARK AROUND to enjoy oneself doing silly or mischievous things ...1857
• MAKE WORK to make mischief ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• MONKEY ABOUT to behave mischievously or aimlessly ...1889
• MONKEY AROUND to behave mischievously or aimlessly ...1884 Amer. colloq.
• PLAY OLD HARRY WITH to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin ...1837
• PLAY THE HANGMENT to injure, to play havoc or the mischief with ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PLAY THE WAG to be mischievous; to play tricks ...c1585
• RAMBLE ABOUT to idle about; to get into mischief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP to play mischievous tricks ...Bk1904 Sc.
MISCHIEVOUSLY - adverbs
• LEWDLY † wickedly, evilly, vilely, mischievously ...1382
MISCONDUCT - nouns
• MALVERSE † a breach of trust, an act of duplicity, grave misconduct ...1703 Sc.
MISDEED - nouns
• AMISS † an error; a fault; a misdeed ...L15
• DEFAULT † a failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence ...a1225
• MISAMEANNESS misdeeds, sins ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
MISDEED - verbs
• SIN-BIN to temporarily remove a person from duty or office while they are under investigation for some misdeed ...1983 Aust. sl.
MISDIRECTION - nouns
• WRONG STEER misdirection, both literally and figuratively ...20C US sl.
• HALF A QUARTER as a unit of measure: an eighth of a mile ...1902 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER a fourth of a mile ...1784 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH MILE 1984 yards ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOTS MILE 1984 yards ...1790 Sc.
• YARDSTICK a road mile marker ...1976 US sl.
MILESTONE - nouns
• MILE-STOOP a milestone ...1867 Eng. dial.
MILITARY - see SERVICES
MILK - adjectives
• APRILLED of milk or beer: sour, on the point of turning sour ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWA-AWA said of milk that's just beginning to become sour ...1967 Hawaii
• BLENCHED of milk: a little sour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINK of milk: beginning to turn sour ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BLINKED of milk: slightly soured ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BLINKY of milk: beginning to turn sour ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLUE of milk: turning sour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHANGED of milk: slightly sour ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GALACTOPHAGOUS feeding on milk ...1885
• GALACTOPOTIC † drinking milk ...1623
• GLOBBERED of milk: curdled ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GREEN of milk: tainted ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LACTARY * pert. to milk ...1646
• LACTEAL pert. to milk; consisting of milk ...1658
• LACTEAN † resembling milk; milk-white ...1659
• LACTEOUS of the nature of milk; milky; resembling milk, of the colour of milk ...1646
• LACTIFIC †* producing milk ...1657
• LACTIFICAL †* producing milk, yielding milk ...1656
• LACTIFLUOUS flowing or abounding with milk ...1774
• LACTIFORM †* like milk, in the form of milk ...1681
• LACTIVOROUS * milk-devouring ...1824
• MILK-PRICKED said of milk which has turned sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE BLINK of milk: beginning to turn sour ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PAPPY soft, soaked with milk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SKINNY prepared with low-fat or non-fat milk ...1997 US sl.
• WHIGGERED of sour milk: going to whey ...1958 Amer. dial.
MILK - nouns
• ACKER BILK milk ...1960s Brit. rhyming sl.
• ALEMNOCH milk ...18C sl.
• ARMORED COW canned milk; powdered milk ...20C Amer. sl.
• ARMORED HEIFER canned milk ...1942 US military sl.
• ARMORED TIT canned milk ...1958 US military sl.
• BABY a glass of milk ...1930s US sl.
• BLACK COW chocolate milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLINK slightly sour milk ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BLINKY-BLUE milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BLINKY-JOHN milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JACK milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLUE-JOHN 1. skim milk ...1869 US
2. milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JOHNNY milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOVINE EXTRACT milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRINDLE COW chocolate milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUBBY mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CANNED COW canned or condensed milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAT BEER milk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHALK milk or cream ...1934 US jocular
• CHALK WATER thin milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CITY COW canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONTENTED COW canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COW milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COW IN A TIN BARN canned milk; canned corned beef; canned beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COW JUICE milk or cream ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DIDDY human breast milk ...18C colloq.
• DINNEL milk from a woman's breast for the baby ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GLASS OF COW a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLASS OF MOO a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLASS OF PUSS a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LACHIE milk ...1918 US Navy sl.
• LACTAGE † milk produce ...1753
• LACTARIUM an establishment for the sale of milk; a dairy ...1809
• LACTARY a dairy ...1669-81
• LACTIFICATION †* the making or secreting of milk ...1666
• LAPPERING the curdling of milk ...1880 Sc.
• NINNY human breast milk ...20C US colloq.
• PAP a mother's milk ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAP-MILK breast-milk ...1899 Sc.
• PAPPY the female breast; the nipple; a mother' s milk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG the scum that forms on boiled milk ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MALLACHIE the colour of milk and water mixed together ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILKNESS dairy produce; milk ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MILK TEA milk diluted with hot water and sweetened ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MIXIN any milk product used in cooking ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOO JUICE milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NINNY the female breast; breast milk ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NURSE breast milk ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NURSEMENT breast milk ...1927 Amer. dial.
• OLD MILK skim milk ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PAP mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR MAN'S COW canned milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSS milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAP liquid of any sort, esp. milk or beer, taken with solid food ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SATIN AND SILK milk ...20C rhyming sl.
• SHOT OF COW a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOT OF MOO a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOT OF PUSS a glass of milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPSON 1. water used in diluting milk ...1871 dairymen's usage
2. adulterated milk; inferior milk ...1871
• SWEET ALICE milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIDDY the breast; mother's milk ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TIN COW tinned milk ..1920s US tramps' sl.
• TITTIE breast milk ...1827 Amer. dial.
• TITTY human breast milk ...18C colloq.
• YARAM milk ...1567 thieves' cant
• YARM milk ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• YARRUM milk ...1567 thieves' cant
• YARUM milk ...1567 thieves' cant
MILK - nouns, person
• GALACTOPHAGIST one who feeds or lives chiefly on milk; a drinker of milk ...1730
• GALACTOPOTE † a drinker of milk ...1626
• GALACTOPOTON † one that still drinks milk ...1623
• LACTARY † 'she that selleth milke' ...1623
• MILK-BADGER one who sells milk, and occasionally other things, from door to door ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MILK - verbs
• BING of milk or cream: to curdle, to turn sour ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BLINK of milk: to turn sour ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BREAK of milk: to curdle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHASE THE COW to pass the milk ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FEATHER of milk or cream: to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea ...1816 Amer. dial.
• LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle ...1768 Sc.
• LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LOSE AN EYE of milk: to turn sour ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MILK OVER THE FENCE to steal milk from neighbours' cows ...c1870 Brit. sl.
• MILK THE COW WITH A SPANNER to open a tin of milk ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• PAIL to milk (a cow) ...1892 Amer. dial. online
• PUT OUT THE MILLER'S EYE to add too much water or milk to any mixture ...1839 Eng. dial.
• QUAIL of milk, beer, etc.: to turn sour or flat ...1819 Eng. dial.
• SIMPSON to dilute milk with water ...1872 sl.
• SIMPSONISE to dilute milk with water ...1871 dairymen's usage
• SIMPSONIZE to adulterate milk by adding water ...1871 sl.
• YIELD of a cow: to give milk ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MILK - phrases
• PASS THE ARMORED COW pass the canned milk ...Bk1944 service sl.
MILKING - nouns
• DIDDLE-DANDERS the four fingers of the hand on the teats of a cow in the action of milking ...1865 Eng. dial.
MILKMAN - nouns, person
• CHALKER a London milkman ...c1850
• DAIRY QUEEN a homosexual milkman ...1960s US gay sl.
• MILKIE a milkman ...1886
• MILKO a milkman ...1907 sl., orig. Aust.
• MILK-OH a milkman ...1907 sl., orig. Aust.
• MILKY a milkman ...1886
• SIMPSON a milkman ...L19 Brit. sl.
MILK-PAIL - nouns
• BALLYCOG a milk-pail ...Bk1898 Sc.
MILKSHAKE - nouns
• CABINET a milkshake made with ice cream ...1957 Amer. dial.
MILKY - adjectives
• LACTACEOUS †* milk-like, milky ...1656
• LACTESCENT becoming milky; having a milky appearance ...1668
MILKY - nouns
• LACTESCENCE a milky appearance; milkiness ...1684-5
• LACTESCENCY † a milky appearance ...1757.
MILKY - verbs
• LACTESCE †* to become milky ...1696
MILKY WAY - nouns
• LACTEOUS CIRCLE † the Milky Way ...1646
• MILKMAID'S PATH the Milky Way ...1820 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• MILKMAID'S WAY the Milky Way ...1820 Sc.
MILLINER - nouns, person
• MANTALINI a male milliner ...M19 sl.
• MILANER † a milliner ...1811 Eng. dial.
MILLION - adjectives
• MILLIONOUS †* numbered by the million; counted in millions ...1666
MILLIONAIRE - nouns, person
• MILLIONIST a millionaire ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MONEYBAG LORD an ennobled millionaire or successful businessman ...L19 sl.
• MONEY-BUG a millionaire ...c1898 sl., orig. US
• ROCKEFELLER an immensely rich person; a millionaire ...M20
• TINMAN a very rich man; a millionaire ...L19 sporting sl.
MILLIPEDE - nouns
• THOUSAND-LEGGED WORM a millipede or a centipede ...1850 Amer. dial.
• THOUSAND-LEGGER a millipede or a centipede ...1918 Amer. dial.
• THOUSAND-LEGS a millipede or a centipede ...1807 Amer. dial.
MIME, MIMIC, MIMICRY - adjectives
• PANTOMIMIC of the nature of pantomime or mimicry; expressed by dumb show ...a1680
MIME, MIMIC, MIMICKING, MIMICRY - nouns
• ACT a dramatic mimicking ...Amer. sl.
• MANNERING mimicry, mockery ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANTOMIMICRY † significant gesture without speech; mime ...1728
• TAKE-OFF a mimicking expression; an imitating; a parody; a caricature ...1846 US colloq.
MIMIC - nouns, person
• OFF-TAKE one who exposes others to ridicule; a mimic, one who takes off others ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANTOMIME a mimic actor; one who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words ...1615
• PANTOMIMIC a mimic actor; one who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words ...1617
• PANTOMIMIST a mimic actor; one who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words ...1838
• TAKE-OFF a mimic; a satirist; a punster ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
MIMIC - verbs
• GAMF to mock, to mimic ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAUMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAWMP to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• HARM to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic ...1806 Eng. dial.
• MANNER to mock; to mimic ...1820 Sc.
• MAUK to mimic, to mock ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWNER to mimic ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIMICATE † to mimic; to pretend, sham ...1824 Sc.
• PAGEANT †* to imitate as in a pageant or play; to mimic ...1606
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
MINCE - verbs
• MINCH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINSH to mince; to cut into very small pieces ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MINCING - adjectives
• FALALDRAN affected, mincing ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MIMPING affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIMPY affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICKY-NACKY trifling, trivial, useless; troublesome; speaking in an affected or mincing manner ...1818 Sc.
MINCING - verbs
• MICH to mince one's words; to use mincing language ...1877 Eng. dial.
• MIMP to speak or act in an affected or mincing manner; to toy or play with one's food in an affected manner ...1861 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCE to walk or dance with short steps, in a mincing or affected manner ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCH to walk mincingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANTLE to hold oneself erect; to go about in a mincing, conceited, affected fashion ...1841 Eng. dial.
MIND - adjectives
• UNTIGHT † of the mind: wandering, infirm ...1815 Sc.
MIND - nouns
• CAP the mind ...1950s US Black sl.
• DRY BRAIN a barren mind ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EVAGATION † a wandering of the mind, thoughts, etc. ...c1425
• EVER-LOVING one's mind ...1960s sl.
• MEMORY BOX the mind ...1990s Aust. sl.
• MENTIMUTATION †* a change of mind ...1650
• MIZZARD the head; the mind; the mouth ...1877 Amer. sl.
• SECOND MIND the unconscious mind ...1820s US Black sl.
• THINK BOX the brain, the mind ...1892 Amer. dial.
• THINKER the brain, the mind ...1886 Amer. dial.
• THINK PIECE the brain, the mind ...1949 Amer. dial.
• THINK TANK the brain, the mind ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TILLAGE the culture of the mind or spirit ...1555
• UPSTAIRS the mind, esp. as regards its intelligence ...1920s US sl.
• WIG the mind ...1950s Amer. sl.
MIND - verbs
• SHIFT to change one's mind ...1979 Amer. dial.
MINDFUL - adjectives
• MEMORIOUS † having a good memory; mindful of ...1599 obs. or arch. rare
MIND ONE'S OWN BUSINESS - verbs
• KILL ONE'S OWN SNAKES to mind one's own business ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SHINNY ON ONE'S OWN SIDE to mind one's own business ...1866 Amer. dial.
• WEED ONE'S OWN ROW to take care of oneself; to mind one's own business ...1856 Amer. dial.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS - interjections/phrases
• DON'T HAM IN! mind your own business! ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DO YOUR OWN TIME! mind your own business! ...20C US sl.
• GO CHASE YOURSELF! mind your own business ...1883 Amer. dial.
• GO ON WITH YOUR BARROW mind your own business; 'get along with you' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR BLARNEY! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR CUCUMBERS! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR FISH IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR OWN APPLES! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PAPERS! go away! mind you own business! ...1938 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PEACHES! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR PEANUTS! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO PEDDLE YOUR WARES ELSEWHERE! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO SELL YOUR PAPERS! go away! mind you own business! ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY BEESWAX mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEND YOUR OWN SHOES mind your own business ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIND YOUR OWN P'S AND Q'S mind your own business ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S mind your own business ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• M.Y.O.B. mind your own business ...20C US
• NEB OUT! mind your own business ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NONE OF YOUR PALAVER no business of yours ...20C
• PEDDLE YOUR DUCKS SOMEWHERE ELSE! mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEDDLE YOUR OWN FISH! mind your own business ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PEDDLE YOUR OWN WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• P.M.Y.O.B. please mind your own business ...20C US
• PULL YOUR HEAD IN! mind your own business! ...1942 Aust. sl.
• PULL YOUR OWN LITTLE RED WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RUN YOUR OWN LITTLE RED WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHINNY ON YOUR OWN SIDE mind your own business ...1942 Amer. dial.
• STAY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD mind your own business ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• STAY OUT OF THE KOOLAID! mind your own business! ...1995 US sl.
• TEND TO YOUR LITTLE RED WAGON mind your own business ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEND TO YOUR OWN BEESWAX mind your own business ...1965 Amer. dial.
MINE (pit) - see MINING
MINE (explosive) - nouns
• BALLBREAKER a kind of antipersonnel mine ...1971 US military sl.
• BUTT-BUSTER an antipersonnel mine ...1974 US Army sl.
• DAISY CHAIN a series of (Claymore) mines attached to each other and rigged for sequential detonation ...1950 UK sl.
MINE (explosive) - nouns, person
mine person ASHCAN PATROL mine layers, units of the US Army ...1948 US army sl.
MINGLE - verbs
• ADMIX * to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient ...1533
• ADMIXT †* to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient ...1570
• DO AROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DO ROUND to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MASH † to mix, to mingle ...a1591
• MEDLEY to mix, to mingle ...1861 Eng. dial.
• MELL to mix; to mingle ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENG to mix, to mingle, to blend ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MINGLED - adjectives
• ADMIXT mingled with; added as an ingredient ...c1420
• MASLIN † mixed, mingled ...1544 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MENT † mixed, mingled ...1783 Eng. dial.
• YBLENT † blended, mingled; confused, blurred ...1426
MINGLING - nouns
• ADMIXTION the mingling of one thing with another; the addition of an ingredient ...1432-50
• ADMIXTURE the mingling of one substance with another, or of adding as an ingredient ...1605
• IMMISTION † intimate mixture or mingling ...1658
MINING - adjectives
• HOT especially rich in minerals or other deposits; profitable ...1855 Amer. mining sl.
MINING - nouns
• BAL a mine; the surface of a mine ...c1600
• BARGH † a mine ...1693
• CABOONER a rich strike in mining ...1945 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER HOLE a small mine or mine opening; a shallow or haphazardly dug excavation ...1889 Amer. dial.
• PAIR a gang of miners ...1895 Eng. dial.
MINING - nouns, person
• BAL-GIRL a girl who works at a mine ...1846 Eng. dial.
• BAL-MAID a girl who works at a mine ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERMAN †* a miner ...1677
• CALLER an official at a colliery whose duty it was to go round from house to house to call up the men for work ...1843 Eng. dial.
• GEORDIE a pitman ...c1760 Eng. dial.
• GROUNDHOG a person who customarily works underground, esp. a miner or caisson worker ...1926 Amer. sl.
• HAGGER a coal-hewer ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HALF-MARROW in mining, a partner ...1847
• HAY BARBER one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAY JOHN one who works on a farm or ranch during the summer, and as a miner during the winter ...1943 Amer. dial.
• MINDER a miner ...1867 Eng. dial.
MINING - verbs
• GOPHER to prospect or mine in a random or unsystematic manner ...1889 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER AROUND to prospect or mine in a random or unsystematic manner ...1905 Amer. dial.
• HABILITATE to furnish with means, esp. with the working of a mine ...1824
• SALT to misrepresent the value of a mine by introducing ore from else where ...1862 sl.
MINISTER - nouns, person
• ADMINISTER † one who administers or ministers to others; a minister or administrator ...1506
• KAHUNA a priest of the native Hawaiian religion, a wise man, a minister; now esp. a sorcerer ...1873 Hawaii
• LADS IN BLACK the clergy, ministers ...1821 Sc.
• MAS JOHN a jocular or contemptuous term for a Scottish Presbyterian minister, in contradistinction to an Anglican or Roman clergyman ...1661 arch.
• PAPER MINISTER a minister who reads his sermons ...1854 Sc. colloq.
• READING PRIEST a minister who reads his sermon ...1897 Eng. dial.
• UPSTANDER a parish minister ...1884 Sc.
MINNESOTA - nouns
• COW COLLEGE Agricultural School (of the University of Minnesota) ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• HOME St. Paul, Minnesota ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• NEW ENGLAND OF THE WEST the State of Minnesota ...Bk1902 Amer. sl.
MINNESOTA - nouns, person
• GOPHER a member of the Junior class at the University of Minnesota ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
MINNOW - nouns
• BAGGIE n. the minnow ...1808 Sc.
• BAG-MENNON a large minnow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGREL a minnow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• JACK BARREL a minnow ...L19 nautical sl.
• TIDDLER any small fish, often specifically the minnow or stickleback ...1885 sl.
MINOR - adjectives
• BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated ...N. Amer. colloq.
MINSTREL - nouns
• ETHIOPIAN OPERA a minstrel show ...E20 US sl.
MINSTREL - nouns, person
• BARD a strolling musician or minstrel ...1449 Sc.
• ETHIOPIAN SERENADER n. a Black minstrel ...E20 US sl.
• JOCKEY † a strolling minstrel or beggar...L17 Sc. obs. exc. hist.
• JOCULAR † a professional jester or minstrel ...LME
• JOCULATOR † a professional jester or minstrel ...LME obs. exc. hist.
• MUSICAL MOKE a Black minstrel who plays a number of different instruments in succession ...1895 Amer. sl.
• TAMBO the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe ...1884
MINUTE (small) - adjectives
• DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender ...1651
• FLISKY minute, small; of rain: fine, drizzling ...19C Eng. dial.
• PILULOUS like a pill in size; small, insignificant, minute, trifling ...1872
• TEENTY very small or tiny, minute ...1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TINTSY-WINTSY minute, tiny, very small ...1901 Amer. dial.
MINUTE (small) - nouns
• ACE a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom ...1528
• HILUM † something very minute ...1659
• MIDGY'S EE a minute thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLE'S EYE a minute opening or space ...1579
• PARVITUDE † an absolutely small or minute thing ...1653
• PIMPLE IN A BENT, A † something very minute, small, or trivial ...1807
• TITTLE the smallest or a very small part of something; a minute amount ...c1400
MINUTELY - adverbs
• INCH-SMALL inch by inch, little by little, minutely ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TIGHTLY thoroughly, closely; minutely ...1883 Sc.
MINUTENESS - nouns
• PARVITUDE * littleness, smallness, minuteness ...1657
• PARVITY † littleness, smallness, minuteness ...1620
MIRACLE - nouns
• MARVEL † a miracle, indicating divine intervention ...a1300
MIRACULOUS - adjectives
• IMMIRACULOUS non-miraculous ...1880 nonce word
• TERATICAL * relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous ...1722
MIRAGE - nouns
• WITCH WATER a mirage on hot pavement; heat waves on the road ...1946 Amer. dial.
MIRE - nouns
• ADDLE stinking urine, or other liquid filth; mire ...a1000
• ELT mud, mire ...1928 Sc.
• GAG a filthy mass of any substance, liquid, or semi-liquid; mire, mud ...1866 Sc.
• KAIR † a mire, a puddle ...1808 Sc.
• LAGGER mire, mud, a soft, muddy place ...1866 Sc.
• LAIR † clay, mire, mud ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LOBLOLLY ooze, mud, a mud-hole, mire; a slushy mess ...1865 Amer. dial.
• PANT mud, mire ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SLUTCH † mud, mire, slush ...M17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MIRE - verbs
• BOG A BUZZARD'S SHADOW to mire down even the lightest thing ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BOG THE SHADOW OF A BUZZARD to mire down even the lightest thing ...1898 Amer. dial.
• IMMIRE † to immerse in mire ...1611
• LAIR to stick or sink in mire or bog ...a1572
• LARE to stick or sink in mire or bog ...a1572
• SLONK † to wade through or sink in mire; to make a splashing noise as when walking with shoes full of water, or when wading through mire ...1824 Sc.
• WALTER to mire or get stuck in a boggy road, or a swampy place ...1880 Eng. dial.
MIRROR - adjectives
• GLASS-GAZING addicted to viewing oneself in a glass or mirror ...1605
MIRROR - nouns
• BERYL-GLASS † a mirror ...1540
• GAPER a mirror ...1931 US sl.
• GAPPER a mirror; used to describe one used by prisoners to watch for approaching guards while the prisoners do something which they ought not to do ...1934 US prison sl.
• ISING the silvering of a looking-glass ...1856 Sc.
• KEEKING-GLASS a looking-glass ...a1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MIRROR GLASS a mirror ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• PEEPER a looking-glass ...c1670 sl.
• QUEER PEEPER a badly made, hence distorting mirror ...L17 sl.
• RUM PEEPER. a silver looking-glass ...L17 cant
• SCREENING-GLASS a looking-glass ...1866 Eng. dial.
• SNAKE IN THE GRASS glass; orig., a looking glass, but later, a drinking glass ...M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• TOOTING-GLASS † a looking-glass ...c1560
MIRTH - nouns
• BAUDERIE † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
• BAUDERY † gaiety, jollity, mirth ...c1386
• DAFT-DAYS days of mirth and amusement; Yuletide ...1816 Sc.
• DAFTRIE † fun and frolic; mirth ...1866 Sc.
• GALDERS noisy mirth ...1898 Sc.
• GALE † singing, a song; merriment; mirth ...c1200
• GALLAFER noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth ...1898 Sc.
• GALLIARDISE gaiety, mirth, revelry; also, a merry trick ...c1570 arch.
• GALLIARDISM * gaiety, mirth, revelry ...1745
• GAME AND GLEE † amusement, delight, fun, mirth, sport ...a1200
• JOLLIMENT † mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety ...1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAN-DREAM † human joy, loud mirth ...c1205
MIRTH - verbs
• RAFF to be full of mirth or fun; to abound with boisterous good spirits ...1824 Sc.
MIRTHFUL - adjectives
• FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful ...1654
• GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry ...a1310
• HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial ...1724 chiefly Sc.
• JOCANT † mirthful, merry, gay, jocund ...c1440
• JOCOCIOUS jocose, mirthful; humorous, fond of joking ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAUGHFUL full of laughing; mirthful ...1825
• LAUGHSOME of persons: addicted to laughing, mirthful ...1620
• RIANT smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay ...1567
MIRY - adjectives
• LAGGERING miry, apt to bemire ...1866 Sc.
• LAGGERY miry, muddy ...1825 Sc.
• LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LAIRY boggy, miry, swampy ...1700s
• SUMPY boggy, miry, swampy ...1829 Eng. dial.
MISADVENTURE - nouns
• ANTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BAD IRON failure; misadventure; bad luck ...Bk1896 workmen's sl.
• ILL SUCCESS failure, misadventure, misfortune ...1823 arch.
MISANTHROPE - adjectives
• TIMONIAN pert. to misanthropy; like a misanthrope ...1770
MISANTHROPE - nouns, person
• TIMON a misanthrope; a person who dislikes humans and avoids human society ...1588
• TIMONIST a misanthrope ...1602
MISANTHROPE - verbs
• TIMONIZE to play the misanthrope ...1713
MISANTHROPY - nouns
• TIMONISM misanthropy ...1886
MISBEHAVE - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
• ACT THE MOHAWK to misbehave ...1960s Irish sl.
• ACT UP to make a fuss in order to attract attention to oneself; to misbehave badly or improperly, esp. to impress ...1903 sl.
• CUT UP EXTRAS to misbehave ...1842 US sl.
• DISBEHAVE to misbehave, to behave badly ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-SHINE to misbehave; to play tricks ...20C US sl.
• TRY ONESELF to behave in an unruly or extravagant manner; to misbehave, to be naughty, to show off ...1912 Amer. dial.
MISBEHAVE - phrases
• THROUGH THE BOWS said of one who misbehaves and suffers punishment ...Bk1911 Sc.
MISBEHAVING - adjectives
• OFF THE TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
• OFF TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
• TANKERSOME unruly, disobedient, misbehaving ...1969 Amer. dial.
MISBEHAVING - nouns, person
• GRAND RASCAL a mischievous or misbehaving child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT a small disobedient, misbehaving child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KEWSTER a small, rough, misbehaving child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE OUTLAW a small, rough child who misbehaves and doesn't obey ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SNORTER a small, misbehaving child ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
MISBEHAVIOUR - nouns
• 'HAVISHNESS misbehaviour ...1883 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY BUSINESS foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1883 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY CAPERS monkey business ...1846 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY PLAY foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1953 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY WORK foolishness; also, underhand actions or trickery; misbehaviour ...1942 Amer. sl.
MISBELIEVER - nouns, person
• MALE-FIDIAN † a misbeliever ...1659 nonce word
MISCALCULATE - verbs
• DULL to make a mistake, miscalculation, or stupid blunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MISCARRIAGE - nouns
• ABORCEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORSEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORT † a miscarriage; an untimely birth ...1611
• MIS(S) a miscarriage ...1897 sl.
MISCARRY - verbs
• ADVORT † to miscarry ...1572
MISCELLANEOUS - adjectives
• FARRAGINARY †* confused, miscellaneous ...1538
• FARRAGINOUS miscellaneous, indiscriminate, confused ...1615
• GALLIMAUFRICAL miscellaneous ...1836
• ODD-AND-END miscellaneous, consisting of odds and ends ...1863
MISCELLANEOUS - nouns
• FARGIS a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKAGE a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKEL † a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FARKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• FERKISH a confused, untidy, ravelled heap or bundle, e.g. of rope, clothes, etc.; odds and ends, miscellaneous articles ...1824 Sc.
• GADDERY a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
• GEDDERY an accumulation, a miscellaneous collection ...1825 Sc.
• HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc.
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORTS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments ...1738
• ODDSES odds and ends; small miscellaneous articles; the change or balance of money ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RAG-BAG an odd assortment; a miscellaneous collection of anything ...1864
• SHEBOODLE a large number; a large and miscellaneous collection of things or people ...1966 Amer. dial.
• VAN-JOTTHERY a miscellaneous collection ....1889 Eng. dial.
MISCHANCE - nouns
• HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance ...c1205
• MALAPAVIS a mischance, a misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MALCHANCE mischance ...1911 Sc.
• UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity ...a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - adjectives
• ANGLE-EARED mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ANNOINTED ripe for mischief, full of courage and energy for any desperate exploit ...Bk1890 sl.
• ANOINTING mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• AUVISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• AWF-STRUCKEN silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant ...a1000
• BESPELT bewitched, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALEERY light, vain, full of mischief ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• CUNNING AS A WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• CUNNING AS A WHOLE WAGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS, AS very cunning, with a considerable admixture of mischievousness to go with it ...20C colloq.
• ELVISH irritable, spiteful, mischievous ...1813 Eng. dial.
• EVIL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous ...1535 now Sc.
• FULL OF OLD NICK always making mischief ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• FULL OF THE OLD NED mischievous, troublesome ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GADAMAN † roguish, mischievous ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HATTLE wild, skittish, mischievous; uncertain in temper; often used of a skittish cow ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HAWFISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• IDLE mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CONTRIVED ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-CONTRIVING ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDED mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDIE mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous ...c1460 now Sc.
• ILL-DONE wrong, mischievous, ill-advised ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GAISHONED mischievous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-MAKING mischief-making ...1898 Sc.
• ILL-PRATTIE roguish, mischievous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-PROTTED roguish, mischievous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-TRICKED roguish, mischievous ...1873 Sc.
• ILL-TRICKY mischievous, roguish ...1873 Sc.
• IMPY mischievous ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KILEERY full of mischief ...Ireland
• LARKISH adj. fond of a lark or a piece of merriment or mischief; frolicsome, sportive ...1882 colloq.
• LOBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous, loud, noisy, mischievous ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MALVERISH badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered ...1880 Sc.
• MESSLIN extremely lively, mischievous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MISDEEDY † doing wrong; mischievous ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NINETING mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NOINTING mischievous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OFFENDANT † causing injury or mischief ...1547
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
• PLISKY given to playing tricks; tricky, mischievous, frolicsome ...1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PUCKISH mischievous, impish ...1870
• QUERTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• QUIRTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• RANK wild, uncontrollable, mischievous, cunning ...1892 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RATCHETTY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• RATCHETY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• ROGUISH playfully mischievous ...L17
• RONKISH precociously wanton, mischievous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAD mischievous, troublesome, corrupt ...17C sl.
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SCATHY ravenous; mischievous; thievish ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SINISTRAL † likely to cause mischief ...1534
• SKADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UNCANNIE of persons: not safe to meddle with, as supposedly being in league with supernatural forces or having skill in magic, witchcraft or the like, malignant, baleful, mischievous ...1773 Sc.
• UNCANNY † unruly, mischievous, malicious ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNCHANCY mischievous; dangerous; risky; not safe to meddle with ...1786 chiefly Sc.
• UNLUCKY mischievous, troublesome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNPOSSIBLE droll, mischievous, queer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNSONSY mischievous; disagreeable ...1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy ...1836 Sc.
• WAGGISH playfully mischievous ...1590
• WAGSOME addicted to waggery; mischievous ...1869 nonce word
• WANSONSY mischievous ...1819 Sc.
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - nouns
• BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death ...a1000
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000
• BARN'S-BREAKING a mischievous action; an idle frolic ...1822 Sc.
• BLOIK mischief ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAGMAG a practical joke, mischief ...19C Eng. dial.
• CALEERINESS giddiness; fun; mischief ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• DANGER † mischief, harm, damage ...c1400
• DEVILMENT mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery ...1844 Amer. dial.
• DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry ...1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• GALLOUSNESS mischief, wantonness, love of mischief ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWSNESS mischief, perversity ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GALLUSNESS mischief, wantonness, love of mischief ...1859 Eng. dial.
• JEEL damage, mischief ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LARK a frolicsome adventure; a spree; a piece of merriment or mischief; fun of any kind; a trick ...1802 colloq.
• MAKEBATE † the breeding of quarrels, mischief-making ...1626
• MALEFICE † an evil deed; mischief ...1591 obs. or arch.
• MARLOCK a prank, frolic, a gambol, a lark; a playful trick, a practical joke; a piece of fun or mischief ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MEDDLE-MAKING mischief-making; strife-sowing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLY mischief ...1898 Sc.
• MICHING MALICHO mischief ...17C sl.
• MICHING MALLECHO mischief ...17C sl.
• MIFKY-PIFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1985 Amer. jocular
• MINCHIN MALACHO mischief ...17C sl.
• MONKEY WORK mischievous or underhanded activity, monkey business ...1898 Amer. dial.
• MOOFKY-POOFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1994 Amer. jocular
• MOOFTY-POOFTY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1996 Amer. jocular
• NAAM a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition ...1911 Sc.
• NAUGHT † wickedness, evil, moral wrong, mischief ...c897
• OLD NICK devilishness, mischief ...1817 US sl.
• PANT a prank, a frolic, a 'lark', a piece of fun, a caper, a piece of boyish mischief ...1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PLISKY a mischievous escapade; a trick, a prank; a practical joke; a frolic ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• QUED † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDE † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• SCADDLE confusion; mischief ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• SCHMOOFKY-FOOFKY foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky ...1997 Amer. jocular
• SHENANIGANS mischief; prankishness ...19C Amer. colloq.
• SKADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• TORFER† hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury ...a1300
• UNITHARF † evil, mischief ...c1200
• WAGGERY a piece of mischievous jesting; a practical joke ...1604
• WAGGISHNESS sportive mischief; jocularity of speech or behaviour ...1625
• WAGS tricks, mischievous behaviour ...1835 Sc.
• WAGSHIP † waggery, waggishness, mischief, practical joking ...1607
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - nouns, person
• ANOINTER a scapegrace, a complete rogue or rascal, a mischievous fellow ...1884 Eng. dial.
• APE a mischievous, troublesome child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AUPS a wayward, mischievous child ...Bk1898 Eng, dial.
• AWPS a wayward, mischievous child ...E19 Eng. dial.
• AZZALD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1891 Eng. dial.
• AZZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAD HAT a mischievous or wayward person; a rascal; a troublemaker; an habitual brawler; a dangerous person ...1884
• BANDAR an impudent or mischievous man or boy ...21C Hindi
• BASTARD a term of reproach for a mischievous or worthless boy ...1830 Eng. dial.
• BRATCHART a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATCHET a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• CALEERY a giddy, hysterical person; a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person ...20C Ireland
• CATBIRD a mischievous, sly or cunning person ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S BUCKIE a mischievous, troublesome person; an imp ...1816 Sc.
• DEVILSKIN a mischievous, tiresome person; a humorous term of reproach ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DUMMOCK a stupid or mischievous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a person resembling the character so called in Scott's 'Kenilworth': a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin ...1826
• GILPY † a frolicsome young fellow; a roguish or mischievous boy...1718 Sc.
• GRAND RASCAL a mischievous or misbehaving child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HANIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEIFER a mischievous child ...1982 Amer. dial.
• HORROR a mischievous child ...1846 sl.
• HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IMP a mischievous brat; orig. a child ...1771 sl.
• JACKANAPES a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a 'monkey' ...c1555
• JADEHOPPER a lewd or vicious woman; also, one who is only mischievous and lively ...1916 Amer. dial.
• KADDIE an ill-natured or mischievous person; a spoiled child ...1866 Sc.
• KAE a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KAIL CASTER a mischievous person who throws stalks of kail, cabbage, etc. down chimneys for sport ...1899 Sc.
• KALE-CASTER a mischievous person who throws the stems of colewort or cabbage down chimneys in sport ...1899 Sc.
• KAY a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KEDGE a mischievous child ...1781 Eng. dial.
• KNIDGET a mischievous, saucy boy or girl ...B1900 Sc.
• LAD a mischievous, tricky fellow ...19C Anglo-Irish
• LARK a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• LARKER a person given to fun or mischief'; a frolicking rascal ...c1825 sl.
• LARKIE n. a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1833 Amer. dial.
• LARKY n. a person, esp. a young and mischievous one ...1960 Amer. dial.
• LARKY-BOY a mischief-maker ...20C Irish sl.
• LARRIKIN a mischievous or frolicsome youngster; a hooligan, a hoodlum, a rowdy ...1868 sl.
• LIMB OF SATAN a wicked or mischievous person, esp. a child ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LIMMER 1. a malevolent or mischievous woman ...1752 Sc.
2. a mischievous boy ...1880 Sc.
• LITTLE HORROR a mischievous child ...1846 sl.
• LITTLE MONKEY a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
• LITTLE PERISHER a mischievous child ...1935 sl.
• LITTLE SKEEZUCKS. a mischievous child, gen. endearing usage ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TYKE a mischievous child ...1894 sl.
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MALISON a mischievous child ...1920 Sc.
• MESS a witty, clever, or mischievous person ...1936 sl.
• MESSLIN a lively, mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
• NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person ...1894 Eng. dial.
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NARCHER a lad, generally one of mischievous disposition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZART a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZZART a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZZET a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NIMSHI a conceited fellow; a foolish fellow; a nincompoop; one who habitually acts in a foolish manner; a mischievous child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• NIMSHY a blockhead; a foolish fellow; a mischievous child ...1848 Amer. dial.
• NINETER a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow, a rascal ...1884 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a mischievous child; a brat ... ...Aust. sl.
• PECK'S BAD BOY a mischievous boy ...1883 sl., chiefly US
• PERISHER a mischievous child ...1935 sl.
• PIZZIE a mischievous child ...1873 Sc.
• RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAAP a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAMP a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAWP a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REAL LADDIE BOY, A a mischievous, lively boy ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RIDGEL a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad ...1703 Eng. dial.
• ROGUE a mischievous person, now esp. a child; frequently used as a playful term of reproof or reproach ...L16
• SANCHO an unruly, mischievous child ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SANNUP a scamp; a mischievous boy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCAMPERIL a mischievous child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHNICKLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SKEESICK a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SKEESUCKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZACKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZECKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1850 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZICKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZIX a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKITE a small, cute or mischievous person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike ...c1582 Sc.
• SNICKELTYFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNICKETYFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNICKLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SNIGGLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TAISTREL a mischievous boy; a rascal; scoundrel ...1923 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAR(R) a mischievous character; esp. used of a child ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARRAS a troublesome, mischievous lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASSEY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TASSY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAW a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAZIE a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAZZY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow; a simpleton ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• THREE-QUARTER CLIFT a mischievous fellow ...1846 Ireland
• TIKE a mischievous, tiresome child or boy; a term of reproach applied half playfully to children ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TILE an audacious thief; a mischievous person, esp. applied to young people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TORMENT person who causes trouble, a mischievous person ...1784
• TYKE a mischievous, tiresome child or boy; a term of reproach applied half playfully to children ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VARMENT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• VARMINT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• VERMIN a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAG † 1. a mischievous boy; often used as a mother's term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow ...a1553
2. a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous ...1584
• WAGLING a little wag or mischievous person ...1837 nonce word
• WAG-PASTY † a mischievous rogue; a rascal, an urchin; a term of contempt ...1622
• WAIT-SCATHE † a nickname for a perpetrator of mischief ...1481
• WITCH-CAT a mischievous, high-spirited person, esp. a child; a frolicsome girl, a roguish boy ...1844 Amer. dial.
• YAP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
• YAUP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YEP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YIP an impudent, forward child or youth; a mischievous lad ...1839 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG MONKEY a mischievous child ...1819 sl.
MISCHIEF, MISCHIEVOUS - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
• BESORE † to vex, to annoy, to molest, to cause mischief to ...17C
• BE THE DAD OF ALL RING-TAILS to excel in mischief, to be the ringleader ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLE to gossip and make mischief ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL AROUND to seek mischief; to try to annoy; to lead a loose life ...1902 Amer. dial.
• GET AWAY WITH THE BAGGAGE to escape detection in or to avoid the consequences of mischief or wrongdoing ...1873 Amer. sl.
• GIVE OLD HARRY to play the devil, to make mischief; to tease or scold ...M17 sl.
• LARK ABOUT to enjoy oneself doing silly or mischievous things ...1857
• LARK AROUND to enjoy oneself doing silly or mischievous things ...1857
• MAKE WORK to make mischief ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• MONKEY ABOUT to behave mischievously or aimlessly ...1889
• MONKEY AROUND to behave mischievously or aimlessly ...1884 Amer. colloq.
• PLAY OLD HARRY WITH to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin ...1837
• PLAY THE HANGMENT to injure, to play havoc or the mischief with ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PLAY THE WAG to be mischievous; to play tricks ...c1585
• RAMBLE ABOUT to idle about; to get into mischief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP to play mischievous tricks ...Bk1904 Sc.
MISCHIEVOUSLY - adverbs
• LEWDLY † wickedly, evilly, vilely, mischievously ...1382
MISCONDUCT - nouns
• MALVERSE † a breach of trust, an act of duplicity, grave misconduct ...1703 Sc.
MISDEED - nouns
• AMISS † an error; a fault; a misdeed ...L15
• DEFAULT † a failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence ...a1225
• MISAMEANNESS misdeeds, sins ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
MISDEED - verbs
• SIN-BIN to temporarily remove a person from duty or office while they are under investigation for some misdeed ...1983 Aust. sl.
MISDIRECTION - nouns
• WRONG STEER misdirection, both literally and figuratively ...20C US sl.