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MONITOR - MOTTLED
MONITOR - nouns, person
• OBSERVATOR † one who keeps watch over or looks after something; a monitor ...1611
MONITOR - verbs
• BABY-SIT to monitor the workings of a machine, esp. in circumstances where a malfunction is thought unlikely ...1976 Amer. sl.
MONK - nouns, person
• ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house ...1509 sl.
• ABBEY LUBBER a lazy monk ...c1538 colloq.
• PALMER a pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land, in sign of which he carried a palm branch or palm leaf; also, an itinerant monk who travelled from shrine to shrine, under a perpetual vow of poverty; often used simply as an equivalent of 'pilgrim' ...a1300
MONKEY - nouns
• JACKANAPES a tame ape or monkey ...1526 arch.
• MARMOSET † any small monkey ...1398
• MONK a monkey ...1841 sl.
• OLD FOLKS in the circus and carnivals: monkeys ...1981 US sl.
• PUG † a monkey; an ape; a nickname for a monkey ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUGGY a monkey ...1821
• SIMIAN an ape or monkey ...1880
MONOCLE - see EYEGLASSES
MONOTONOUS - adjectives
• SADING tiring, monotonous ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMELY similar, without variety, unvaried, monotonous ...1799
• SAMEY monotonous, no different ...1929 UK sl.
• VEGETABLE uneventful, featureless, monotonous, dull ...1854
MONOTONOUS - verbs
• RAME to drone on in a monotonous fashion, to prate ...1839 Sc.
• TASTE OF THE KEG to be stale, to seem monotonous ...1923 Amer. dial.
MONSTER - nouns
• BELUE †* a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale ...1474
• BILCH a monster ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILF a term of contempt for a pursy person; a monster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGERBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOWSE a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSIE a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGABO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1843 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1941 Amer. dial.
• DANCHY an imaginary animal or monster used to frighten children ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GLAWACKUS an imaginary monster ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GODAPHRO an imaginary monster ...1939 Amer. logging usage
• GOGMAGOG a monster, a frightful apparition ...B1900 sl.
• GOWROW a fabulous monster ...1935 Amer. dial.
• LAMIA a fabulous monster supposed to have the body of woman and to prey upon human beings and suck the blood of children; also, a witch, a she-demon ...1382
• LEEDS DEVIL an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LEEDS'S GHOST an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ...1945 Amer. dial.
• MAHOUND † a monster; a hideous creature ...c1400
• MOONCALF † a congenitally formed animal; a monster ...1565 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• ONBEAST a monster; a ravenous animal, a frightening bird or animal ...1768 Sc.
• SWAMP WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TADY-WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• UNBEAST † a wild beast; a monster; a ravenous or vile animal ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• WAMPUS CAT an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1913 Amer. dial.
• WAMPUS KITTY an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WHIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named ...1932 Amer. dial.
• WHIFFENPUFF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named ...1922 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLING WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPUS CAT an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WOMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1878 Amer. dial.
MONSTROSITY - nouns
• ABSTROCITY an abstract monstrosity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IMMANITY † hugeness; monstrosity, enormity ...1604
MONSTROUS - adjectives
• AWFUL frightful, very ugly, monstrous ...a1834 sl.
• BESTIOUS †* beast-like, monstrous ...1470
• FLAMING excessively noticeable, flagrant, monstrous; conspicuous ...1738 sl.
• GARGANTUAN † enormous, monstrous ...1596
• GASTROUS † monstrous ...1865 Sc.
• IMMANE 1. monstrous in character; inhumanly cruel or savage ...1602 arch.
2. monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous ...1615 arch.
• LEVIATHAN huge, monstrous ...1624
• MONSTRATIOUS monstrous ...1836 Amer. dial.
• MONSTROPOLOUS monstrous ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TARGING large, monstrous ...Ireland and Eng. dial.
MONSTROUS - nouns
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing ...1885 Amer. dial.
MONSTROUS - nouns, person
• WARLOCK † a savage or monstrous creature (hostile to men); applied to giants, cannibals, mythical beasts, etc. ...a1000
MONSTROUSLY - adverbs
• EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully ...a1555
• IMMANELY hugely, monstrously, inhumanly ...1612 arch.
MONTH - adjectives
• DECIMESTRIAL * consisting of ten months ...1842
• ULTIMO of last month ...1616
MONTH - adverbs
• ULTIMO † on the last of a month ...1582
MONTH - nouns
• BACKBEAT OF THE TREY THIRTY the third day of the month ...1980s US Black/Harlem sl.
• BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CALENDAR one month ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EGYPTIAN DAYS † the two days in each month which were believed to be unlucky ...1398
• MO a month ...1910s US sl.
• MOONSHINE a month ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAITH a quarter of a year; three months ...a1300 Sc.
MONUMENT - nouns
• MARK † the stone or other monument set up or standing as a memorial, or as a guide ...c1000
MOOD - adjectives
• EVIL in a bad mood ...1930s sl.
• IN THE VEIN in a fit or suitable mood for something ...1593
• JAM UP in a good or pleasant mood ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ON THE FANG in a good mood, in good fettle ...1795 Sc.
• ON THE RAG in a bad mood ...1967 Amer. sl.
MOOD - nouns
• AFFECT † the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention ...c1374
• BIN mood, humour ...1809 Sc.
• BRUTZ a depressed, gloomy, or moody state of mind ...1970 Amer. dial.
• EDGAR BRITTS a bad mood, anxiety, fear ...1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'the shits'
• EDGARS a bad mood, anxiety, fear ...1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'the shits' (Edgar Britts)
• EEMIR mood, humour ...1910 Sc.
• FUNK a black mood; a state of depression ...L18 sl.
• HUMP a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression ...1873 UK sl.
• LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits ...1899 Sc.
• MEAD mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEED mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEID mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MONK-ON a gloomy, introspective mood ...2003 Antarctica usage
• QUILL the humour, mood, or vein for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAD-ON a bad mood ...1989 Royal Navy sl.
• TID a humour, mood, or fancy to do something ...a1774 Sc.
• TIFT condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour ...1717 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• U.M.S. a sudden unpredictable change (Ugly Mood Swing) ...1980s US college sl.
• VAP a bad mood ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• VIAND mood, disposition; temper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARN humour, mood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOOD - nouns, person
• A-BOX someone in an unpleasant mood ...1990s US campus sl.
• CREAM PUFF a person in a bad mood, or 'huff' ...Brit. rhyming sl.
MOOD - verbs
• BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES to be in a bad mood ...M19 sl.
• FLIP to experience an extreme mood, from extreme enthusiasm to a complete breakdown ...1950s Amer. sl.
• HANG THE FIDDLE BEHIND THE DOOR to leave one's good humour behind one ...1841 Eng. dial.
• RAG OUT to be in a bad mood ...1980s US & Can sl.
MOODINESS - nouns
• MILL DAYS days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness ...1946 Amer. dial.
MOODY - adjectives
• ARSEY moody ...1997 UK sl.
• ARSY moody ...1997 UK sl.
• BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen ...1981 Amer. dial.
• BRUTZING depressed, moody, gloomy ...1970 Amer. dial.
• EEMERSOME moody, changeable; generally applied to a person of jolly disposition ...1949 Sc.
• ORNERY moody and uncooperative ...1862 sl., now chiefly US
• SIDY † surly, moody, pettish...1674 Eng. dial.
MOON - adjectives
• DECRESCENT of the moon: waning ...1610
• MOONISH † resembling or characteristic of the moon; influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• NOVILUNAR * pertaining to the new moon ...1686
• PENNY-FULL † of the moon: round like a penny, 'full' ...c1470
• PLENILUNARY pertaining to the full moon ...1646
• SILENT † of the moon: not shining ...a1646
• SUBLUNARY subject to the moon's influence ...1613
• WANAL †* of the moon: waning ...1693
• WANE † incomplete; not fully formed or properly shaped; of the moon: not full ...1456
MOON - nouns
• BOWET the moon ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK-BACK the harvest moon; so called by harvest labourers because of the additional work it entails ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK the moonless period of the month ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK MOON the interval between the old moon and the new moon ...1859 Amer. dial.
• DARK OF THE MOON 1. the period of the waning moon, esp. the last quarter ...1871 Amer. dial.
2. the latter of its period when it is growing fuller ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DARKS the nights when the moon does not appear ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DECREASE † the wane of the moon ...1626
• DECREMENT the wane of the moon ...1610
• DECRESCENT the waning moon ...1616
• DOWN SIDE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FAULD a ring or halo around the moon, as a presage of stormy weather ...1824 Sc.
• GOING OF THE MOON the waning of the moon ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LADY-MOON a new moon ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LIGHT OF THE MOON the period of the waxing moon ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MACFARLANE'S LANTERN the moon ...1927 Sc.
• MICHAELMAS MOON the harvest moon ...1721 Sc.
• MOON-BALL the moon ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MOONDOWN the setting of the moon; the time when the moon sets ...1797 Amer. dial.
• MOONSET the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon
• NEW OF THE MOON the time of the new moon ...1939 Amer. dial.
• NOVILUNE †* the new moon ...1619
• OLD † the wane of the moon ...c1420
• OLD OF THE MOON the period of the waning moon ...1904 Amer. dial.
• OLIVER the moon ...1753 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER'S NIGHT-CAP the hour the moon goes down ...1848 US criminals' sl.
• PADDY'S LANTERN the moon ...1933 sl.
• PANSELENE † the full moon ...1706
• PARISH-LAMP the moon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARISH-LANTERN the moon ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SCARROW a faint light or reflection of light, of the moon, from a wall, etc. ...1789 Sc.
• SHRINKING MOON the period of the waning moon ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SHRINK OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SICKLE-MOON the crescent moon ...1875
• SILVER SPOON the moon ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• THROUGH-LIGHT a full moon; light all night ...1808 Eng. dial.
• UNDERGROUND MOON the moon when it makes a change between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock; the claim is made that foul weather is sure to accompany ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WADDLE † the wane of the moon ...1678 Eng. dial.
• WASTE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WET MOON a crescent moon (usually new) sometimes believed to prognosticate wet weather (on the basis of its orientation, that is, whether the horns appear able to 'hold water') ...1856 Amer. dial.
• WOODEN SPOON the moon ...Brit. rhyming sl.
MOON - verbs
• BATE of the moon: to wane ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BLOW of the moon: to go down ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARK † of the sun or moon: to suffer eclipse ...c1340
• HAG of the moon: to wane ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANK of the moon: to pale, to fade ...1933 Sc.
• MANKIE of the moon: to pale, to fade ...1933 Sc.
• SCOFF OFF of the moon: to keep bad weather away ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TAG of the moon: to wane ...1825 Sc.
• TEEN of the moon: to wane, to change ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WADE of the sun or moon: to wade through clouds or mist ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANZE † to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane ...c1200
• WASTE of the moon: to wane ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WELK † of the moon: to wane, to lose brightness ...B1900
MOON (expose the buttocks) - verbs
• GAUCHO to moon; to expose the buttocks, usually in the window of a car, as an insult to someone ...M20 US sl.
• HANG A B.A. to hang a 'bare ass'; to moon; to expose the buttocks for shock or insult ...1970 US sl.
MOON - phrases
• MOON IS IN THE HALLIOR, THE the moon is in her last quarter, is much in the wane ...1815 Sc.
• OLIVER BLABS † the moon shines bright ...1841 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER DON'T WIDDLE the moon does not shine ...1782 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER IS IN TOWN the nights are moonlit ...1812 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER IS SLEEPY TONIGHT the moon does not shine ...1857 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER IS UP the moon has risen ...1812 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER PUTS HIS BLACK NIGHT-CAP ON the moon hides behind clouds ...1834 cant
• OLIVER SHOWS the moon shines ...1753 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER SNEAKS the moon is under a cloud ...1797 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER WHIDDLES the moon shines ...1781 criminals' sl.
MOONING - nouns
• B.A. an act of exposing one's buttocks, esp. from the window of an automobile, as an obscene prank; mooning (Bare Ass) ...1970 US college sl.
MOONLIGHT - nouns
• MOONGLADE the diffused and lengthened reflection of moonlight on water ...1859 Amer. dial.
MOONRISE - nouns
• MOON-UP moonrise ...1907 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - nouns (also see WHISKY)
• A-BOMB JUICE illicitly distilled alcohol; moonshine ...1940s US Black sl.
• ALCHY alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky ...1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ALKIE alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky ...1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ALKY alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky ...1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ALKY-COOKER. an illegal still ...1930s US sl.
• BARREL-WASH illicitly distilled liquor ...1980s Can. sl.
• BATHTUB HOOCH illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
• BATHTUB SLOP illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
• BLACKJACK illegal liquor; moonshine; illegally made whisky ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKADE illicit liquor; moonshine; whisky ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKADE JUICE illicit liquor; moonshine ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLUE GUM home-made whisky; moonshine ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BOTTLED-IN-THE-BARN moonshine; home-made, bootleg whisky ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRIERPATCH illegally made whisky ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH-ARBOR WHISKEY cheap but potent moonshine ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBEE STEW strong whisky, moonshine ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBEE WHISKY strong whisky, moonshine ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLINGS adulterated moonshine whisky ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACK illegal made whisky; moonshine ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUSH WHISKY illegal made whisky; moonshine ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BUSTHEAD whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine ...1857 Amer. dial.
• BUSTSKULL whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CAT whisky, esp. moonshine ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN COCK bootleg bourbon ...1920s US Black sl.
• DEHORN bootleg alcohol; any kind of liquor ...1926 Amer. dial.
• EYEWATER liquor, esp. illegal whisky ...1940 Amer. dial.
• FIELD WHISKEY common moonshine, not aged or coloured ...1953 Amer. dial.
• FOXHEAD illicitly distilled whisky ...20C US sl.
• GRAY CLOUD moonshine liquor ...1956 Amer. dial.
• GRAY MULE homemade liquor; illegally made whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEADACHE WHISKEY moonshine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAD-BUSTER whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HEAD-SPLITTER whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HOOCH poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits ...1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• HOOTCH poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits ...1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• JACK illegally distilled liquor, based on various fruits and vegetables and usually specified as such, as 'tater jack' (potatoes) ...M19 US sl.
• JAR a moonshiner term for whisky containers, be they made of glass, tin, plastic, or ceramic ...1974 Amer. dial.
• MINNESOTA THIRTEEN an illegal corn whisky made in prohibition days, supposedly named after the brand of corn used ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISSISSIPPI MULE whisky, esp. illegally made whisky ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-SWILL strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. sl.
• MOON illicitly distilled liquor; whisky; moonshine ...1928 US sl.
• MOONEY illegally made whisky ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN DEW illicitly distilled alcohol, contraband whisky ...1860 sl.
• OLD HORNEY strong, illegally manufactured whisky ...1999 US sl.
• OLD HORSEY corn liquor, moonshine ...1985 Amer. dial.
• OYSTERS illicitly distilled liquor ...1903 Amer. sl.
• PACKENHAM cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PACKINGHAM cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PANTHER BREATH strong, illegally manufactured whisky ...1999 US sl.
• PANTHER JUICE alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER PISS alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER-PIZEN strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1942 Amer. sl.
• PANTHER'S BREATH illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PANTHER'S PISS alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER SWEAT alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER-WATER strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1940 Amer. sl.
• PICK-HANDLE homemade whisky; moonshine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINE-TOP cheap or illicit whisky ...1858 US sl.
• POND beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POND WATER beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POPSKULL poor-quality drink; illicitly distilled whisky ...1867 Amer. sl.
• QUARE STUFF, THE illicitly distilled whisky ...1960 Irish sl.
• RATGUT whisky, esp. illegally made whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLESNAKE JUICE poor-quality or illicit whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLESNAKE OIL poor-quality or illicit whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLESNAKE WHISKY poor-quality or illicit whisky ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RAT-TRACK WHISKEY strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. sl.
• SCREECH homemade liquor; rot-gut whisky; cheap, inferior liquor; fortified wine ...1902 US sl.
• SHINE illegally made whisky ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SHINNY whisky, esp. when illegally made or of poor quality ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SKULL liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKULL BUST liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• SKULL BUSTER liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKULL CRACKER liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1985 Amer. dial.
• SKULL VARNISH liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SMOKE illicit or inferior whisky ...1904 US sl.
• SNEAKY PETE inferior liquor, often homebrewed; moonshine; any potent, potentially fatal, alcoholic concoction, favoured by those whose need outweighs their ability to pay ...1947 US sl.
• STUMP-LIKKER home-brewed whisky; moonshine ...M20 US sl.
• TANGLEFOOT inferior or illicit whisky ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TANGLEFOOT WHISKY inferior or illicit whisky ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TEEDUM BARREL a container in which an old-time moonshiner kept his private drinking liquor ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TIGER JUICE strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIGER MILK strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1928 Amer. dial.
• TIGER PISS strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TIGER'S MILK strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1879 Amer. dial.
• TIGER SPIT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1974 Amer. dial.
• TIGER'S SWEAT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1985 Amer. dial.
• TIGER SWEAT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1932 Amer. dial.
• TRIPPING the transportation of illegal liquor from the still to a buyer ...1974 Amer. dial.
• TUSSOCK illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1920 Amer. dial.
• TUSSOCK LIQUOR illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1940 Amer. dial.
• VARNISH-REMOVER an inferior grade of whisky or home-made whisky ...20C US sl.
• WHITE COFFEE illicit alcohol ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• WHITE HORSE whisky, esp. illegally made whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHITE LIGHTNING whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; any colourless whisky or alcohol ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHITE LIQUOR whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; any colourless whisky or alcohol ...1871 Amer. dial.
• WHITE MULE illicit or inferior whisky; powerful homemade liquor with a kick like a mule ...1889 US sl.
• WHITE WHISKY illegally made whisky ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WILDCAT illicit liquor ...1881 Amer. dial.
• WOLF moonshine liquor ...2006 Amer. dial.
• WOLF WHISKEY moonshine liquor ...1974 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - nouns, person
• ALKY-COOKER one who is employed in the illegal distillation of whisky ...1930s US sl.
• BLOCKADER one who makes illicit liquor; a moonshiner ...1883 Amer. dial.
• POCKET PEDDLER a person who carries about bottles of distilled liquor for illicit selling; a smalltime bootlegger ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PROHI a federal law enforcement official; used by those in the illegal production of alcohol ...1974 US sl.
• RAT one who sells bootleg whisky on the sly ...1911 Amer. dial.
• REVENUE an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling ...1880 Amer. dial.
• REVENUER an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER one who transports or sells illegal liquor ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SHINER one who deals in illegally made whisky; a moonshiner ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TRIPPER one who transports illegal liquor from a still to a buyer, often in a specially modified car ...1974 Amer. dial.
• WILDCATTER one who makes or distributes illicit liquor ...1965 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - verbs
• BLOCKADE to make illicit liquor ...1917 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - phrases
• FIRE IN THE HOLE! used among moonshiners as a warning that law officers are near ...1963 Amer. dial.
MOOR, MOORLAND - nouns
• GAIRY a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land ...1871 Sc.
• GAIRY-FACE a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land ...1871 Sc.
• HACK a wild rocky stretch of moorland or moss ...1824 Sc.
• HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh ... 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAVILL a heath, a moor ...1876 Eng. dial.
MOOSE - nouns
• NATIVE BEEF moose, deer, when harvested out of season ...1979 Amer. dial.
• PADDLE BULL a young male moose, whose unbranched antlers look like table tennis bats ...1989 Can. sl.
MOP - nouns
• MAB † a mop ...1623
• MAPPLE † a mop ...c1440
• SWAB anything used for mopping ...US Civil War usage
MOP - verbs
• FANG to dam, to mop up water ...1888 Eng. dial.
• FILE to wipe or mop floors or tables ...1850 Amer. dial.
• HAP to dry or mop up a wet place ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOPE - nouns, person
• MOPUS a person who mopes
MOPE - verbs
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• GROUCH to sulk or grumble; to mope ...1916 colloq.
• JAYBIRD IT to mope ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MAWK to crave for; to become melancholy; to mope ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MEASEN to be in a dreamy state; to act slothfully; to mope, to fret ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MOAN AROUND to go about in a depressed or melancholy mood; to mope ...1932 Amer. dial.
• MOG to pout, to grow sullen, to mope; to refuse food ...B1900 Eng. dial.
MOPING - adjectives
• SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MORAL(S), MORALITY - adjectives
• APPROACHABLE of easy morals, sexually easy ...sl.
• HIGH-RENT moral ...1970s US campus sl.
• LAXITUDE * looseness in moral principles ...1861
• MANNERLY † moral, well-conducted ...c1400
• PREACHY-PREACHY tediously moral or moralizing ...1894 colloq.
• TIGHT-LACED strict in the observance of rules or usages of morality or propriety ...1741
MORAL (story) - adjectives
• AFFABULATORY †* of the nature of the moral of a fable; having a moral ...1652
MORAL (story) - nouns
• AFFABULATION † the moral of a fable ...1649
MORAL(S) - nouns, person
• DUDLEY DOGOODER the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law ...1990 US sl.
• DUDLEY DO-RIGHT the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law ...1990 US sl.
• FLIP a person loose in morals ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WOWSER a person very puritanical in morals; a spoilsport; one who neither swears, drinks, nor smokes ...c1895 Aust colloq.
MORAL(S) - verbs
• CALIFORNICATE to seduce and infect with the moral and social standards of Southern California ...1990s Amer. sl.
MORALE - nouns
• DOBBER spirit, morale; enthusiasm ...1910s US sl.
MORALITY - nouns
• AMORALITY amorous morality ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MORALIZE - verbs
• vb. PREACHIFY to deliver a tedious sermon; to moralize wearisomely ...1775 colloq.
MORALIZING - adjectives
• PREACHY-PREACHY tediously moral or moralizing ...1894 colloq.
MORALIZING - nouns
• PREACHIFYING tedious moralizing ...1828
MORALLY - adverbs
• MANNERLY † morally ...1566
MORASS - nouns
• HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh ... 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MARRASS a morass; ground liable to be flooded ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass ...c1425
MORE - adjectives
• OVER THE ODDS more than is expected; more than is tolerable ...1922 UK sl.
MOREOVER - adverbs
• ASIDES moreover, in addition ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BESIDE-FORTH † moreover, further ...1377
• EFT † again, moreover, likewise ...c1000 obs. or arch.
• EFTSOON † again, moreover, likewise ...950 obs. or arch.
• EFTSOONS † again, moreover, likewise ...c1400 obs. or arch.
• EKE also, too, moreover, in addition ...a700 arch.
MOREOVER - prepositions
• ASIDES in addition to; moreover, beside ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
MORGUE - nouns
• ICEBOX the morgue ...1920s US prison sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM'S HOUSE the morgue ...1942 Amer. sl.
• REEFER ROOM in a morgue: a refrigerated room where bodies are stored ...1997 US sl.
MORMON - nouns
• ZION CURTAIN a supposed cultural boundary separation Mormons, or the state of Utah, as a region dominated by Mormons, from the rest of the country ...1969 Amer. dial.
MORMON - nouns, person
• AUNT in Mormon polygamous families: the term of address used by children to refer to wives of their father other than their mother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRIGHAMITE a follower of Brigham Young; a Mormon ...1878 US
• CANE-SEED-EATER a Mormon ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CARROT EATER (offensive) a Mormon ...1968 US sl.
• CARROT SNAPPER (offensive) a Mormon ...1968 US sl.
• JACK (derogatory) a non-Mormon with Mormon sympathies ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JACK MORMON 1. (derogatory) a non-Mormon with Mormon sympathies ...1845 Amer. dial.
2. (often derogatory) an apostate Mormon ...1944 Amer. dial.
• JACKRABBIT an apostate Mormon ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SAINT a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a Mormon ...1833 Amer. dial.
MORNING - adjectives
• MATUTINARY * occurring or performed in the morning, early ...1858
• RATHE early in the day; belonging to the morning ...1596 Eng. dial. & poetic
MORNING - nouns
• ACK EMMA the morning ...1890 Brit. sl., orig. military
• CHICKEN CROW dawn, early morning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN CROWING TIME dawn, early morning ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HOLLERING TIME dawn, early morning ...1902 Amer. dial.
• DAY-LIGHTENING morning, twilight, daybreak ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAYS A-DAWNING morning ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• DAY'S DAWNING morning ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• EARLY BEAM dawn, the early morning ...1930s US Black sl.
• EARLY BRIGHT the early morning ...1940s US Black sl.
• GIPSY'S WARNING morning; also as 'good morning' ...20C rhyming sl.
• GYPSY'S WARNING morning; also as 'good morning' ...20C rhyming sl.
• KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN the morning ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAST MORNING † yesterday morning ...1591
• MAIDS ADORNING the morning ...M19 rhyming sl.
• NEB of the air: chilliness; the sharp tang of early morning ...1824 Sc.
• O-DARK-HUNDRED the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn ...1982 US military sl.
• O-DARK-THIRTY the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn ...1980 US military sl.
• PRIMETIDE † the time of prime, early morning ...a1300
• QUARTERING TIME the middle of the morning or evening; the hour completely a quarter of a day ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SPARROW-FART(S) break of day, very early morning ...1886 Eng. dial.
• UGHTEN † the part of the night immediately before daybreak; early morning ...971
MORNING - verbs
• BID THE TIME OF DAY to wish good-morning ...1892 Eng. dial.
MORNING - phrases
• FAIR-GUID-DAY good morning ...1894 Sc.
MORNING GLORY - nouns
• HELL-VINE the wild morning glory ...1968 Amer. dial.
MORON - nouns, person
• NITWIT a simpleton, a moron, a fool ...1914 US sl.
• VEG a moron; a madman ...1980s sl.
MOROSE - adjectives
• AGELASTIC † never laughing; morose, gloomy ...1731
• ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly ...1742 Sc.
• CAG sulky, morose...M19 US criminals' sl.
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DARK gloomy, morose ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DARK-LIKE gloomy, morose ...1867 Sc.
• EAR-SORE † irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EFFERATE †* fierce, harsh, morose ...1684
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROWLY subject to moroseness or ill temper expressed in growls ...c1920 colloq.
• HUMMEL-DRUMMEL morose and taciturn ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• ILL-BLAINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ILL-BLENDED morose, ill-tempered, irritable ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TWINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable ...1887 Sc.
• INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND in a very morose or sullen temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SPLENITIVE †* splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy ...1633
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
MOROSE - nouns
• FACE LIKE A DYIN' CALF, A a morose, sorrowful look ...1988 Can. sl.
MOROSE - nouns, person
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• GRIMSIR † an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAUGHING BOY a morose or unpleasant fellow; a gloomy-looking person; used ironically ...1940 sl.
• LAUGHING GIRL a morose or unpleasant female; used ironically as the title of a gloomy-looking person ...1940 US sl.
• MISERY-GUTS a depressing, morose, or complaining person ...Brit. colloq.
MOROSE - phrases
• BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person ...1834
MORSEL - nouns
• GABBIT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GABBOCK † a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1706 Sc.
• GABBOT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GAIBLOCH a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOLLOP a large morsel; a portion or amount ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity ...1908 Sc.
• NATTLE a small piece of anything; a morsel ...1908 Sc.
• OFFE †* a small piece, a morsel, a crumb ...c1420
• SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle ...1896 Sc.
• SCRAN a scrap, a morsel; remainder; refuse ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCRANEL a morsel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINCH a morsel; the smallest possible portion ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SKRINSH a morsel; the smallest possible portion ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TAM a piece; a bite, a morsel of food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VYNDABLE an article; a thing; a small morsel ...Bk1905 Sc.
MORTAL - adjectives
• CADAVERABLE †* mortal ...1651
• CAPITAL † of an enemy or enmity: deadly, mortal ...1375 obs.
• DEAD-DOING † 'doing to death'; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal ... 1590
• DEADLY † subject to death, mortal ...c1000
• DEATHFUL 1. full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
* 2. subject to death, mortal ...1616 arch. rare
• DEATHLIKE † deadly, fatal, mortal ...1548
• DEATHLY † subject to death, mortal ...971
• DEATH-STRUCKEN † smitten with death, i.e. with a mortal wound or disease ...1622
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
MORTAL, MORTALITY - nouns
• DEADLINESS † the condition of being subject to death; mortality ...a1225
• DEATH-EVIL † a mortal disease ...c1330
• DEATH-ILL † mortal illness ...c1425
• DECEASE † mortality, slaughter ...1513
• DEEDLE mortal injury or sickness; death ...1853 Sc.
• QUALE † death, destruction, mortality ...c900
MORTALLY - adverbs
• DEADLILY * in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively ...1621
• DEADLY † in a way that causes death; mortally, fatally, to death ...c1050
MORTGAGE - nouns
• BOND a mortgage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• IMPIGNORATION pledging, pawning, mortgage ...1598
• MONKEY in real estate: a mortgage ...1990 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY ON THE CHIMNEY a mortgage on a house ...1875 mainly legal usage
• MONKEY ON THE HOUSE a mortgage on a house ...1875 mainly legal usage
• MONKEY WITH A LONG TAIL a mortgage ...1886 legal usage
• POULTICE a mortgage ...1932 Aust. sl.
• THIRLAGE † a mortgage ...1824 Sc.
MORTGAGE - verbs
• BOND to mortgage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• IMMORTGAGE †* to mortgage ...1575
• IMPIGNERATE to place in pawn; to pledge, to pawn, to mortgage ...a1639 chiefly Sc.
• IMPIGNORATE to place in pawn; to pledge, to pawn, to mortgage ...a1639 chiefly Sc.
• RADIATE A MORTGAGE to cancel a mortgage ...2001 Can. sl.
MORTGAGED - adjectives
• IMPIGNORATE † pledged, pawned, mortgaged ...1548
MORTIFIED - verbs
• SCALD to be mortified ...L19 Irish sl.
MORTUARY - nouns
• DEAD-HOUSE a building or room in which dead bodies are kept for a time; a mortuary ...1833
MOSQUE - nouns
• MAHOMERY † a mosque ...c1320
MOSQUITO - nouns
• AIRPLANE a very large mosquito ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BAR a mosquito net ...1835 US
• BOY DOG a very large mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASSHEAD a mosquito ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BUZZER a mosquito ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CANADIAN SOLDIER an extra big mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIVE BOMBER a mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GABBER NAPPER an extra-big mosquito ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GALLEYNIPPER a large mosquito ...1818 chiefly US
• GALLINIPPER a large mosquito ...1818 chiefly US
• GOLLY-WHOPPER an extra-big mosquito ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANDFATHER GRAYBEARD a very large mosquito ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY-NIPPER an extra-big mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KATYNIPPER a mosquito ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MITSY a mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOSSIE a mosquito ...1936 sl., orig. Aust.
• MOUSTICK †* a mosquito ...1666
• MOZZIE a mosquito ...1936 sl., orig. Aust.
• MOZZY a mosquito ...L19 Aust. sl.
• NIGHTHAWK a mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY PEST a mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAUL BUNYAN MOSQUITO an extra big mosquito ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SKEET a mosquito ...M19 Aust. & US sl.
• SKEETER a mosquito ...1839 colloq.
• TEXAS MOSQUITO an extra-big mosquito ...1900 Amer. dial.
• VAMPIRE a mosquito ...1864
• WALLOPER an extra-big mosquito ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHITESOCKS a ferocious if tiny mosquito ...1965 US sl.
• WIGGLER a larval mosquito ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WIGGLE-WAGGLE a larval mosquito ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MOSS - nouns
• DRUID'S-HAIR long moss, such as hangs from a tree ...19C Eng. dial.
• MEESE moss; the lichen which grows upon apple-trees ...1777 Eng. dial.
MOSSY - adjectives
• MEESY mossy ...1777 Eng. dial.
MOST - adverbs
• LARGEMOST †* most largely or considerably; most ...1666
MOST - nouns
• THICK END the greater part, the majority or most part ...1867 Eng. dial.
MOSTLY - adverbs
• FECKLY for the most part, mostly; almost ...a1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FOR THE MOST DEAL † for the most part, mostly ...1387
• FOR THE VERY MOST mostly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOSTWHAT † mostly, for the most part ...a1300
• ON THE MAIN † for the most part, mainly ...1832
• RATHEST † most of all, most particularly, mainly ...1549
• UPON THE MAIN † for the most part, mainly ...1697
MOTEL - nouns
• NO-TELL MOTEL a motel with discreet management favoured by prostitutes and couples seeking privacy ...1974 US sl.
MOTH - nouns
• BADGE a moth of a medium size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAT a moth ...1882 N. Ireland
• LAMP BUG a moth ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LAMP FLY a moth ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT BUG a moth, beetle, or other insect attracted to light ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT DABBER a moth attracted to light ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MAUL a moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWT a moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEGGY a moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEGGY-OWLER a butterfly; a large moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILLER 1. any moth often attracted to lights ...1783 Amer. dial.
2. a moth of any kind, esp. a large white moth; also, a white butterfly ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MOGGY a moth ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OAK-EGGAR a moth ....1882 Sc.
• PADGE any large butterfly or moth, the colours of which are variegated with white and not brilliant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOTH - nouns, person
• LEPIDOPTERIST one who studies butterflies and moths ...1826
MOTHER - nouns, person
• AMMA mother ...E20 Indian
• BABY FACTORY a woman who has had a large number of children ...1990s US Black sl.
• BABY MOTHER an unmarried mother ...1989 Jamaica
• BACHELOR-MOTHER an unwed mother ...M20 US sl.
• DAM a mother, a female parent ...a1547 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAME † a mother ...a1225
• GENETRIX * a mother, a female parent; also figuratively, applied to one's native country ...1500-20
• GRASS WIDOW an unmarried mother ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MA mother ...1823 sl.
• MAAMY a mother ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MAM mother ...1500
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMA mother ...1579
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA mother ...1579
• MAM-MAM † a childish word for mother ...1606
• MAMMANS a child's name for mother ...Bk1905 Ireland
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAMMY mother ...1523
• MARMEE a mother ...1868 Amer. dial.
• MARMY a mother ...1868 Amer. dial.
• MA-TA mother ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• MATER mother (often facetious) ...16C Brit. public school sl.
• MAW mother ...1857 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MEE a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMI a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMMY a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MOM mother ...1876 US sl.
• MOMMA mother ...1776 US
• MOMMER a mother ...1929 Eng. dial.
• MOMMY mother ...1902 US sl.
• MOTHERLING a term of endearment for a mother ...1865
• MUM mother ...1823 sl.
• MUMMY mother ...1784 sl.
• MUMS mother ...1939 sl.
• MUMSY mother ...1876 sl.
• NANA a mother; an elderly woman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• NANNA a mother; an elderly woman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• NANNIE a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NANNY a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• O.G. a woman, a mother (Old Girl) ...1878 US jocular
• OLD CHEESE one's mother; occasionally someone else's mother ...1970s Aust. sl.
• OLD D a mother; Old Dear, Old Darling ...1996 UK sl.
• OLD DONAH one's mother ...19C sl.
• OLD GAL one's mother ...L19 sl.
• OLD GIRL mother ...1846 sl.
• OLD GRABEM PUDDEN an old woman, whether one's wife or mother ...L19 rhyming sl
• OLD LADY n. a mother, regardless of age ...1722 sl.
• OLD ONE, THE one's mother or wife ...E19 Irish
• OLD WOMAN a mother ...1834 sl.
• OLE GIRL one's mother ...L19 sl.
• ONE ANOTHER a mother ...20C rhyming sl.
• ONE'S OLD DONAH one's mother ...1893 tramps' sl.
• QUEEN a mother, as the ruler of the house ...2002 UK sl.
• SIRESS a mother; a matron ...1804 nonce word
• VENTER † the womb as the source of one's birth or origin; hence, a mother in relation to her children ...1579-80
• WAR DEPARTMENT a wife; also, a man's mother (rare) ...1942 Amer. jocular
MOTHER - verbs
• MAMMY 1. to transmit the mother's likeness to offspring ...1953 Amer. dial.
2. to mother a child or animals ...1954 Amer. dial.
MOTHER-IN-LAW - nouns, person
• ELDMOTHER † a mother-in-law; a stepmother ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MA-IN-LAW a mother-in-law ...L19 humorous
• MAMMA-IN-LAW a mother-in-law ...1855
• MOTHER OF LAW † a mother-in-law ...1538
• OLD GAL a mother-in-law ...1940s sl.
• OLD GIRL a mother-in-law ...1940s sl.
• OLE GIRL a mother-in-law ...1940s sl.
• SISTER † the mother-in-law of one's daughter ...1701
• VERSMOIA † a mother-in-law ...1814 Sc. (sea taboo usage)
MOTHER-OF-PEARL - nouns
• MADRE-PERL * mother-of-pearl ...1878
MOTION - adjectives
• MOTABLE † always moving, still in motion ...1656
MOTION - nouns
• JEE a move, motion ...1880 Sc.
MOTIONLESS - adjectives
• ASLEEP of inanimate things: motionless, inactive ...1899 Amer. dial.
• IMMOTIONED * motionless ...1821
• IMMOVED † unmoved, motionless; unaltered ...1600 poetic
• LIKE A KNOT ON A LOG immovable, motionless, perfectly still ...1873 Amer. dial.
• QUIESCENT motionless, inactive, at rest ...1646
MOTIONLESS - verbs
• DARE † to lie motionless (generally with the sense of fear), to lie appalled; to crouch ...c1220
• FREEZE to stay or become motionless ...1848 Amer. sl.
• LAY CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1978 US sl.
• LIE DOGGO to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed ...1893 sl.
• SIT CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1988 US sl.
• STAY DOGGO to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed ...1893 sl.
MOTIVATED - adjectives
• UP FOR IT motivated to do something ...1880s US Black sl.
MOTIVATED - nouns, person
• MOTO a motivated self-starter ...1993 US sl.
MOTIVATION - interjections
UP AND AT IT! an exclamation of encouragement or motivation ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
MOTIVE - nouns
• ACHESOUN † occasion, reason, purpose, motive ...c1330
• ANGLE an ulterior motive, a hidden purpose ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BUG UNDER THE CHIP an ulterior motive ...1885 Amer. dial.
• MAINSPRING the chief motive power; the main incentive ...c1695
• PULL an ulterior and hidden motive ...1812 sl.
MOTIVE - verbs
• READ SOMEONE LIKE A BOOK to understand someone's motives or intentions fully
MOTORCYCLE - adjectives
• GEARED UP dressed up; also used of motorcyclists in full protective wear 1979 UK sl.
MOTORCYCLE - nouns
• APE HANGERS long steering handles on a bicycle or motorcycle ...Amer. sl.
• ASS HAMMER a motorcycle ...1970 Amer. sl.
• AUTOCYCLE a cycle propelled by a motor; a motor cycle ...1905
• BABOON BUTT the red, sore buttocks of someone riding as a passenger on a motorcycle ...1988 US sl.
• BATH TUB a motorcycle sidecar ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BICYCLE a motorcycle ...1937 US sl.
• BIKE a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUDDY SEAT 1. a motorcycle sidecar ... Amer. World War I sl.
2. the pillion seat on a motorcycle ...Bk2000 sl.
• CABOOSE a motorcycle sidecar ...c1950 motorcyclists' sl.
• CHOPPER 1. a customized motorcycle ...1966 Amer. sl.
2. any motorcycle, esp. if large and powerful ...1971 Amer. sl.
• COFFEE POT a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DINGHY a motorcycle sidecar ...1979 UK sl.
• DUKE a Ducati motorcycle ...1979 UK sl.
• EASEL a motorcycle's prop stand ...1979 UK sl.
• FACE BUBBLE in motorcycling: a plastic shield attached to the helmet to cover the face ...1973 US sl.
• GALLOPING GONDOLA a side-car motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GARBAGE WAGON a standard Harley-Davidson motorcycle ...1966 US sl.
• GAS BRONCO a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HACK a motorcycle sidecar; hence a motorcycle equipped with a sidecar ...1962 Amer. sl.
• HORSE a motorcycle ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IRON HORSE a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACHINE a motorcycle ...1970s US campus sl.
• MOTOR a motorcycle ...1946-51 Amer. sl.
• MOTORHUCKLE a motorcycle ...1983 Amer. jocular
• MOTORSICKLE a motorcycle ...1967 US sl.
• MOTOR WHEEL a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUTTERCYCLE a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-LUNGER a single-cylinder vehicle, usually a motorcycle ...20C US sl.
• POP-POP a motorcycle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUTT-PUTT a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUACKER a Japanese Kawasaki motorcycle ...1960s motorcyclists' sl.
• RICE BURNER a Japanese motorcycle or car ...Bk1998 sl.
• SICKLE a motorcycle ...1967 US sl.
• SILENCER a motorcycle muffler ...1973 US sl.
• SISSY BAR a backrest on a motorcycle that a rider can use to keep from falling off ...Bk1998 sl.
• SKATE a motorcycle ...1970s US teen sl.
• SKID LID a motorcycle helmet ...Bk1998 sl.
• THREE-WHEELER a side-car motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIT TICKLERS metal studs covering the back of a young male motorcyclist's riding jacket ...c1965 motorcyclists' sl.
• VIBRATOR a motorcycle ...1962 US sl.
• YAMMIE a Yamaha motorcycle ...1999 UK sl.
• YAMMY a Yamaha motorcycle ...1999 UK sl.
MOTORCYCLE - nouns, person
• BACK DOOR in a group motorcycle ride: the last rider in the group, usually the most experienced; the first citizens' band radio user in a convoy ...1975 US sl.
• CINDER-SHIFTER a motorcycle speedway rider ...c1924 Aust. sl.
• DINGBAT a daredevil motorcyclist ...1979 UK sl.
• EASY RIDER any 'outlaw' motorcyclist ...1960s sl.
• GAFFER in motorcycle racing: a leader of a racing team ...1965 US sl.
• GREASER a young long-haired motorcyclist, usually one of a gang ...Brit. sl.
• SCHLEMIELS ON WHEELS bad or reckless drivers, motorcyclists, or cyclists ...Brit. sl.
MOTORCYCLE - verbs
• EARHOLE in motorcycle racing: to bank the motorcycle to an extreme degree in a turn, bringing the driver and the driver's ear close to the ground ...1965 US sl.
• LAY IT DOWN to come off a motorcycle accidentally ...20C Brit. sl.
• LOSE IT to come off one's motorcycle accidentally ...L20 motorcyclists' sl.
• PACK to take someone along on a motorcycle cruise ...1966 US sl.
• PACK DOUBLE to carry a passenger on a motorcycle ...2000 US sl.
• POBBLE to ride at a leisurely pace ...c1950 motorcyclists’ sl.
MOTORCYCLE CLUB - nouns, person
• MAMA a woman who belongs to a motorcycle club without being the wife or girlfriend of any individual cyclist ...1965 Amer. sl.
• MAMMA a woman who belongs to a motorcycle club without being the wife or girlfriend of any individual cyclist ...1965 Amer. sl.
• SADDLE TRAMP a motorcycle gang member ...1989 US sl.
MOTORCYCLE RACING - see RACING
MOTOR RACING - see RACING
MOTTLED - adjectives
• LAMPERED mottled, stained ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MEASLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• MEEZLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• PIEDID pied, spotted, mottled ...1757 Amer. dial.
• PIEDIDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1963 Amer. dial.
• PIEDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SPICKETTY speckled, spotted; mottled ...1873 Eng. dial.
MOTTLED - verbs
• MARL to become mottled, variegated; to variegate, to spot, to streak ...1826 Sc.
• OBSERVATOR † one who keeps watch over or looks after something; a monitor ...1611
MONITOR - verbs
• BABY-SIT to monitor the workings of a machine, esp. in circumstances where a malfunction is thought unlikely ...1976 Amer. sl.
MONK - nouns, person
• ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house ...1509 sl.
• ABBEY LUBBER a lazy monk ...c1538 colloq.
• PALMER a pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land, in sign of which he carried a palm branch or palm leaf; also, an itinerant monk who travelled from shrine to shrine, under a perpetual vow of poverty; often used simply as an equivalent of 'pilgrim' ...a1300
MONKEY - nouns
• JACKANAPES a tame ape or monkey ...1526 arch.
• MARMOSET † any small monkey ...1398
• MONK a monkey ...1841 sl.
• OLD FOLKS in the circus and carnivals: monkeys ...1981 US sl.
• PUG † a monkey; an ape; a nickname for a monkey ...L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUGGY a monkey ...1821
• SIMIAN an ape or monkey ...1880
MONOCLE - see EYEGLASSES
MONOTONOUS - adjectives
• SADING tiring, monotonous ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMELY similar, without variety, unvaried, monotonous ...1799
• SAMEY monotonous, no different ...1929 UK sl.
• VEGETABLE uneventful, featureless, monotonous, dull ...1854
MONOTONOUS - verbs
• RAME to drone on in a monotonous fashion, to prate ...1839 Sc.
• TASTE OF THE KEG to be stale, to seem monotonous ...1923 Amer. dial.
MONSTER - nouns
• BELUE †* a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale ...1474
• BILCH a monster ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILF a term of contempt for a pursy person; a monster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGERBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOWSE a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWSIE a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGABO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1843 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1941 Amer. dial.
• DANCHY an imaginary animal or monster used to frighten children ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GLAWACKUS an imaginary monster ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GODAPHRO an imaginary monster ...1939 Amer. logging usage
• GOGMAGOG a monster, a frightful apparition ...B1900 sl.
• GOWROW a fabulous monster ...1935 Amer. dial.
• LAMIA a fabulous monster supposed to have the body of woman and to prey upon human beings and suck the blood of children; also, a witch, a she-demon ...1382
• LEEDS DEVIL an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LEEDS'S GHOST an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ...1945 Amer. dial.
• MAHOUND † a monster; a hideous creature ...c1400
• MOONCALF † a congenitally formed animal; a monster ...1565 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• ONBEAST a monster; a ravenous animal, a frightening bird or animal ...1768 Sc.
• SWAMP WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TADY-WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• UNBEAST † a wild beast; a monster; a ravenous or vile animal ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• WAMPUS CAT an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1913 Amer. dial.
• WAMPUS KITTY an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WHIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named ...1932 Amer. dial.
• WHIFFENPUFF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named ...1922 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLING WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOMPUS CAT an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WOMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin ...1878 Amer. dial.
MONSTROSITY - nouns
• ABSTROCITY an abstract monstrosity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IMMANITY † hugeness; monstrosity, enormity ...1604
MONSTROUS - adjectives
• AWFUL frightful, very ugly, monstrous ...a1834 sl.
• BESTIOUS †* beast-like, monstrous ...1470
• FLAMING excessively noticeable, flagrant, monstrous; conspicuous ...1738 sl.
• GARGANTUAN † enormous, monstrous ...1596
• GASTROUS † monstrous ...1865 Sc.
• IMMANE 1. monstrous in character; inhumanly cruel or savage ...1602 arch.
2. monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous ...1615 arch.
• LEVIATHAN huge, monstrous ...1624
• MONSTRATIOUS monstrous ...1836 Amer. dial.
• MONSTROPOLOUS monstrous ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TARGING large, monstrous ...Ireland and Eng. dial.
MONSTROUS - nouns
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing ...1885 Amer. dial.
MONSTROUS - nouns, person
• WARLOCK † a savage or monstrous creature (hostile to men); applied to giants, cannibals, mythical beasts, etc. ...a1000
MONSTROUSLY - adverbs
• EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully ...a1555
• IMMANELY hugely, monstrously, inhumanly ...1612 arch.
MONTH - adjectives
• DECIMESTRIAL * consisting of ten months ...1842
• ULTIMO of last month ...1616
MONTH - adverbs
• ULTIMO † on the last of a month ...1582
MONTH - nouns
• BACKBEAT OF THE TREY THIRTY the third day of the month ...1980s US Black/Harlem sl.
• BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CALENDAR one month ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EGYPTIAN DAYS † the two days in each month which were believed to be unlucky ...1398
• MO a month ...1910s US sl.
• MOONSHINE a month ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAITH a quarter of a year; three months ...a1300 Sc.
MONUMENT - nouns
• MARK † the stone or other monument set up or standing as a memorial, or as a guide ...c1000
MOOD - adjectives
• EVIL in a bad mood ...1930s sl.
• IN THE VEIN in a fit or suitable mood for something ...1593
• JAM UP in a good or pleasant mood ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ON THE FANG in a good mood, in good fettle ...1795 Sc.
• ON THE RAG in a bad mood ...1967 Amer. sl.
MOOD - nouns
• AFFECT † the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention ...c1374
• BIN mood, humour ...1809 Sc.
• BRUTZ a depressed, gloomy, or moody state of mind ...1970 Amer. dial.
• EDGAR BRITTS a bad mood, anxiety, fear ...1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'the shits'
• EDGARS a bad mood, anxiety, fear ...1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'the shits' (Edgar Britts)
• EEMIR mood, humour ...1910 Sc.
• FUNK a black mood; a state of depression ...L18 sl.
• HUMP a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression ...1873 UK sl.
• LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits ...1899 Sc.
• MEAD mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEED mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEID mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MONK-ON a gloomy, introspective mood ...2003 Antarctica usage
• QUILL the humour, mood, or vein for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAD-ON a bad mood ...1989 Royal Navy sl.
• TID a humour, mood, or fancy to do something ...a1774 Sc.
• TIFT condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour ...1717 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• U.M.S. a sudden unpredictable change (Ugly Mood Swing) ...1980s US college sl.
• VAP a bad mood ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• VIAND mood, disposition; temper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARN humour, mood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOOD - nouns, person
• A-BOX someone in an unpleasant mood ...1990s US campus sl.
• CREAM PUFF a person in a bad mood, or 'huff' ...Brit. rhyming sl.
MOOD - verbs
• BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES to be in a bad mood ...M19 sl.
• FLIP to experience an extreme mood, from extreme enthusiasm to a complete breakdown ...1950s Amer. sl.
• HANG THE FIDDLE BEHIND THE DOOR to leave one's good humour behind one ...1841 Eng. dial.
• RAG OUT to be in a bad mood ...1980s US & Can sl.
MOODINESS - nouns
• MILL DAYS days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness ...1946 Amer. dial.
MOODY - adjectives
• ARSEY moody ...1997 UK sl.
• ARSY moody ...1997 UK sl.
• BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen ...1981 Amer. dial.
• BRUTZING depressed, moody, gloomy ...1970 Amer. dial.
• EEMERSOME moody, changeable; generally applied to a person of jolly disposition ...1949 Sc.
• ORNERY moody and uncooperative ...1862 sl., now chiefly US
• SIDY † surly, moody, pettish...1674 Eng. dial.
MOON - adjectives
• DECRESCENT of the moon: waning ...1610
• MOONISH † resembling or characteristic of the moon; influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• NOVILUNAR * pertaining to the new moon ...1686
• PENNY-FULL † of the moon: round like a penny, 'full' ...c1470
• PLENILUNARY pertaining to the full moon ...1646
• SILENT † of the moon: not shining ...a1646
• SUBLUNARY subject to the moon's influence ...1613
• WANAL †* of the moon: waning ...1693
• WANE † incomplete; not fully formed or properly shaped; of the moon: not full ...1456
MOON - nouns
• BOWET the moon ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK-BACK the harvest moon; so called by harvest labourers because of the additional work it entails ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARK the moonless period of the month ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARK MOON the interval between the old moon and the new moon ...1859 Amer. dial.
• DARK OF THE MOON 1. the period of the waning moon, esp. the last quarter ...1871 Amer. dial.
2. the latter of its period when it is growing fuller ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DARKS the nights when the moon does not appear ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DECREASE † the wane of the moon ...1626
• DECREMENT the wane of the moon ...1610
• DECRESCENT the waning moon ...1616
• DOWN SIDE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FAULD a ring or halo around the moon, as a presage of stormy weather ...1824 Sc.
• GOING OF THE MOON the waning of the moon ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LADY-MOON a new moon ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LIGHT OF THE MOON the period of the waxing moon ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MACFARLANE'S LANTERN the moon ...1927 Sc.
• MICHAELMAS MOON the harvest moon ...1721 Sc.
• MOON-BALL the moon ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MOONDOWN the setting of the moon; the time when the moon sets ...1797 Amer. dial.
• MOONSET the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon
• NEW OF THE MOON the time of the new moon ...1939 Amer. dial.
• NOVILUNE †* the new moon ...1619
• OLD † the wane of the moon ...c1420
• OLD OF THE MOON the period of the waning moon ...1904 Amer. dial.
• OLIVER the moon ...1753 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER'S NIGHT-CAP the hour the moon goes down ...1848 US criminals' sl.
• PADDY'S LANTERN the moon ...1933 sl.
• PANSELENE † the full moon ...1706
• PARISH-LAMP the moon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARISH-LANTERN the moon ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SCARROW a faint light or reflection of light, of the moon, from a wall, etc. ...1789 Sc.
• SHRINKING MOON the period of the waning moon ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SHRINK OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing ...1984 Amer. dial.
• SICKLE-MOON the crescent moon ...1875
• SILVER SPOON the moon ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• THROUGH-LIGHT a full moon; light all night ...1808 Eng. dial.
• UNDERGROUND MOON the moon when it makes a change between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock; the claim is made that foul weather is sure to accompany ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WADDLE † the wane of the moon ...1678 Eng. dial.
• WASTE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WET MOON a crescent moon (usually new) sometimes believed to prognosticate wet weather (on the basis of its orientation, that is, whether the horns appear able to 'hold water') ...1856 Amer. dial.
• WOODEN SPOON the moon ...Brit. rhyming sl.
MOON - verbs
• BATE of the moon: to wane ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BLOW of the moon: to go down ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DARK † of the sun or moon: to suffer eclipse ...c1340
• HAG of the moon: to wane ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANK of the moon: to pale, to fade ...1933 Sc.
• MANKIE of the moon: to pale, to fade ...1933 Sc.
• SCOFF OFF of the moon: to keep bad weather away ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TAG of the moon: to wane ...1825 Sc.
• TEEN of the moon: to wane, to change ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WADE of the sun or moon: to wade through clouds or mist ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANZE † to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane ...c1200
• WASTE of the moon: to wane ...1864 Amer. dial.
• WELK † of the moon: to wane, to lose brightness ...B1900
MOON (expose the buttocks) - verbs
• GAUCHO to moon; to expose the buttocks, usually in the window of a car, as an insult to someone ...M20 US sl.
• HANG A B.A. to hang a 'bare ass'; to moon; to expose the buttocks for shock or insult ...1970 US sl.
MOON - phrases
• MOON IS IN THE HALLIOR, THE the moon is in her last quarter, is much in the wane ...1815 Sc.
• OLIVER BLABS † the moon shines bright ...1841 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER DON'T WIDDLE the moon does not shine ...1782 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER IS IN TOWN the nights are moonlit ...1812 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER IS SLEEPY TONIGHT the moon does not shine ...1857 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER IS UP the moon has risen ...1812 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER PUTS HIS BLACK NIGHT-CAP ON the moon hides behind clouds ...1834 cant
• OLIVER SHOWS the moon shines ...1753 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER SNEAKS the moon is under a cloud ...1797 criminals' sl.
• OLIVER WHIDDLES the moon shines ...1781 criminals' sl.
MOONING - nouns
• B.A. an act of exposing one's buttocks, esp. from the window of an automobile, as an obscene prank; mooning (Bare Ass) ...1970 US college sl.
MOONLIGHT - nouns
• MOONGLADE the diffused and lengthened reflection of moonlight on water ...1859 Amer. dial.
MOONRISE - nouns
• MOON-UP moonrise ...1907 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - nouns (also see WHISKY)
• A-BOMB JUICE illicitly distilled alcohol; moonshine ...1940s US Black sl.
• ALCHY alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky ...1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ALKIE alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky ...1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ALKY alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky ...1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ALKY-COOKER. an illegal still ...1930s US sl.
• BARREL-WASH illicitly distilled liquor ...1980s Can. sl.
• BATHTUB HOOCH illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
• BATHTUB SLOP illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era ...1930s US sl.
• BLACKJACK illegal liquor; moonshine; illegally made whisky ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKADE illicit liquor; moonshine; whisky ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKADE JUICE illicit liquor; moonshine ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLUE GUM home-made whisky; moonshine ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BOTTLED-IN-THE-BARN moonshine; home-made, bootleg whisky ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRIERPATCH illegally made whisky ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH-ARBOR WHISKEY cheap but potent moonshine ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBEE STEW strong whisky, moonshine ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBEE WHISKY strong whisky, moonshine ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLINGS adulterated moonshine whisky ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWHACK illegal made whisky; moonshine ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUSH WHISKY illegal made whisky; moonshine ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BUSTHEAD whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine ...1857 Amer. dial.
• BUSTSKULL whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CAT whisky, esp. moonshine ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN COCK bootleg bourbon ...1920s US Black sl.
• DEHORN bootleg alcohol; any kind of liquor ...1926 Amer. dial.
• EYEWATER liquor, esp. illegal whisky ...1940 Amer. dial.
• FIELD WHISKEY common moonshine, not aged or coloured ...1953 Amer. dial.
• FOXHEAD illicitly distilled whisky ...20C US sl.
• GRAY CLOUD moonshine liquor ...1956 Amer. dial.
• GRAY MULE homemade liquor; illegally made whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEADACHE WHISKEY moonshine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAD-BUSTER whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HEAD-SPLITTER whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HOOCH poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits ...1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• HOOTCH poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits ...1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• JACK illegally distilled liquor, based on various fruits and vegetables and usually specified as such, as 'tater jack' (potatoes) ...M19 US sl.
• JAR a moonshiner term for whisky containers, be they made of glass, tin, plastic, or ceramic ...1974 Amer. dial.
• MINNESOTA THIRTEEN an illegal corn whisky made in prohibition days, supposedly named after the brand of corn used ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISSISSIPPI MULE whisky, esp. illegally made whisky ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-SWILL strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. sl.
• MOON illicitly distilled liquor; whisky; moonshine ...1928 US sl.
• MOONEY illegally made whisky ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN DEW illicitly distilled alcohol, contraband whisky ...1860 sl.
• OLD HORNEY strong, illegally manufactured whisky ...1999 US sl.
• OLD HORSEY corn liquor, moonshine ...1985 Amer. dial.
• OYSTERS illicitly distilled liquor ...1903 Amer. sl.
• PACKENHAM cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PACKINGHAM cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PANTHER BREATH strong, illegally manufactured whisky ...1999 US sl.
• PANTHER JUICE alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER PISS alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER-PIZEN strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1942 Amer. sl.
• PANTHER'S BREATH illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PANTHER'S PISS alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER SWEAT alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine ...1929 sl.
• PANTHER-WATER strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1940 Amer. sl.
• PICK-HANDLE homemade whisky; moonshine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINE-TOP cheap or illicit whisky ...1858 US sl.
• POND beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POND WATER beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POPSKULL poor-quality drink; illicitly distilled whisky ...1867 Amer. sl.
• QUARE STUFF, THE illicitly distilled whisky ...1960 Irish sl.
• RATGUT whisky, esp. illegally made whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLESNAKE JUICE poor-quality or illicit whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLESNAKE OIL poor-quality or illicit whisky ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLESNAKE WHISKY poor-quality or illicit whisky ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RAT-TRACK WHISKEY strong or inferior liquor; moonshine ...1929 Amer. sl.
• SCREECH homemade liquor; rot-gut whisky; cheap, inferior liquor; fortified wine ...1902 US sl.
• SHINE illegally made whisky ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SHINNY whisky, esp. when illegally made or of poor quality ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SKULL liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKULL BUST liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• SKULL BUSTER liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKULL CRACKER liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1985 Amer. dial.
• SKULL VARNISH liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SMOKE illicit or inferior whisky ...1904 US sl.
• SNEAKY PETE inferior liquor, often homebrewed; moonshine; any potent, potentially fatal, alcoholic concoction, favoured by those whose need outweighs their ability to pay ...1947 US sl.
• STUMP-LIKKER home-brewed whisky; moonshine ...M20 US sl.
• TANGLEFOOT inferior or illicit whisky ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TANGLEFOOT WHISKY inferior or illicit whisky ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TEEDUM BARREL a container in which an old-time moonshiner kept his private drinking liquor ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TIGER JUICE strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIGER MILK strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1928 Amer. dial.
• TIGER PISS strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TIGER'S MILK strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1879 Amer. dial.
• TIGER SPIT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1974 Amer. dial.
• TIGER'S SWEAT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1985 Amer. dial.
• TIGER SWEAT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1932 Amer. dial.
• TRIPPING the transportation of illegal liquor from the still to a buyer ...1974 Amer. dial.
• TUSSOCK illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1920 Amer. dial.
• TUSSOCK LIQUOR illegally made whisky; moonshine ...1940 Amer. dial.
• VARNISH-REMOVER an inferior grade of whisky or home-made whisky ...20C US sl.
• WHITE COFFEE illicit alcohol ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• WHITE HORSE whisky, esp. illegally made whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHITE LIGHTNING whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; any colourless whisky or alcohol ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHITE LIQUOR whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; any colourless whisky or alcohol ...1871 Amer. dial.
• WHITE MULE illicit or inferior whisky; powerful homemade liquor with a kick like a mule ...1889 US sl.
• WHITE WHISKY illegally made whisky ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WILDCAT illicit liquor ...1881 Amer. dial.
• WOLF moonshine liquor ...2006 Amer. dial.
• WOLF WHISKEY moonshine liquor ...1974 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - nouns, person
• ALKY-COOKER one who is employed in the illegal distillation of whisky ...1930s US sl.
• BLOCKADER one who makes illicit liquor; a moonshiner ...1883 Amer. dial.
• POCKET PEDDLER a person who carries about bottles of distilled liquor for illicit selling; a smalltime bootlegger ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PROHI a federal law enforcement official; used by those in the illegal production of alcohol ...1974 US sl.
• RAT one who sells bootleg whisky on the sly ...1911 Amer. dial.
• REVENUE an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling ...1880 Amer. dial.
• REVENUER an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER one who transports or sells illegal liquor ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SHINER one who deals in illegally made whisky; a moonshiner ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TRIPPER one who transports illegal liquor from a still to a buyer, often in a specially modified car ...1974 Amer. dial.
• WILDCATTER one who makes or distributes illicit liquor ...1965 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - verbs
• BLOCKADE to make illicit liquor ...1917 Amer. dial.
MOONSHINE - phrases
• FIRE IN THE HOLE! used among moonshiners as a warning that law officers are near ...1963 Amer. dial.
MOOR, MOORLAND - nouns
• GAIRY a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land ...1871 Sc.
• GAIRY-FACE a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land ...1871 Sc.
• HACK a wild rocky stretch of moorland or moss ...1824 Sc.
• HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh ... 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAVILL a heath, a moor ...1876 Eng. dial.
MOOSE - nouns
• NATIVE BEEF moose, deer, when harvested out of season ...1979 Amer. dial.
• PADDLE BULL a young male moose, whose unbranched antlers look like table tennis bats ...1989 Can. sl.
MOP - nouns
• MAB † a mop ...1623
• MAPPLE † a mop ...c1440
• SWAB anything used for mopping ...US Civil War usage
MOP - verbs
• FANG to dam, to mop up water ...1888 Eng. dial.
• FILE to wipe or mop floors or tables ...1850 Amer. dial.
• HAP to dry or mop up a wet place ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOPE - nouns, person
• MOPUS a person who mopes
MOPE - verbs
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• GROUCH to sulk or grumble; to mope ...1916 colloq.
• JAYBIRD IT to mope ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MAWK to crave for; to become melancholy; to mope ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MEASEN to be in a dreamy state; to act slothfully; to mope, to fret ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MOAN AROUND to go about in a depressed or melancholy mood; to mope ...1932 Amer. dial.
• MOG to pout, to grow sullen, to mope; to refuse food ...B1900 Eng. dial.
MOPING - adjectives
• SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MORAL(S), MORALITY - adjectives
• APPROACHABLE of easy morals, sexually easy ...sl.
• HIGH-RENT moral ...1970s US campus sl.
• LAXITUDE * looseness in moral principles ...1861
• MANNERLY † moral, well-conducted ...c1400
• PREACHY-PREACHY tediously moral or moralizing ...1894 colloq.
• TIGHT-LACED strict in the observance of rules or usages of morality or propriety ...1741
MORAL (story) - adjectives
• AFFABULATORY †* of the nature of the moral of a fable; having a moral ...1652
MORAL (story) - nouns
• AFFABULATION † the moral of a fable ...1649
MORAL(S) - nouns, person
• DUDLEY DOGOODER the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law ...1990 US sl.
• DUDLEY DO-RIGHT the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law ...1990 US sl.
• FLIP a person loose in morals ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WOWSER a person very puritanical in morals; a spoilsport; one who neither swears, drinks, nor smokes ...c1895 Aust colloq.
MORAL(S) - verbs
• CALIFORNICATE to seduce and infect with the moral and social standards of Southern California ...1990s Amer. sl.
MORALE - nouns
• DOBBER spirit, morale; enthusiasm ...1910s US sl.
MORALITY - nouns
• AMORALITY amorous morality ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MORALIZE - verbs
• vb. PREACHIFY to deliver a tedious sermon; to moralize wearisomely ...1775 colloq.
MORALIZING - adjectives
• PREACHY-PREACHY tediously moral or moralizing ...1894 colloq.
MORALIZING - nouns
• PREACHIFYING tedious moralizing ...1828
MORALLY - adverbs
• MANNERLY † morally ...1566
MORASS - nouns
• HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh ... 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MARRASS a morass; ground liable to be flooded ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass ...c1425
MORE - adjectives
• OVER THE ODDS more than is expected; more than is tolerable ...1922 UK sl.
MOREOVER - adverbs
• ASIDES moreover, in addition ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BESIDE-FORTH † moreover, further ...1377
• EFT † again, moreover, likewise ...c1000 obs. or arch.
• EFTSOON † again, moreover, likewise ...950 obs. or arch.
• EFTSOONS † again, moreover, likewise ...c1400 obs. or arch.
• EKE also, too, moreover, in addition ...a700 arch.
MOREOVER - prepositions
• ASIDES in addition to; moreover, beside ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
MORGUE - nouns
• ICEBOX the morgue ...1920s US prison sl.
• OLD MR. GRIM'S HOUSE the morgue ...1942 Amer. sl.
• REEFER ROOM in a morgue: a refrigerated room where bodies are stored ...1997 US sl.
MORMON - nouns
• ZION CURTAIN a supposed cultural boundary separation Mormons, or the state of Utah, as a region dominated by Mormons, from the rest of the country ...1969 Amer. dial.
MORMON - nouns, person
• AUNT in Mormon polygamous families: the term of address used by children to refer to wives of their father other than their mother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRIGHAMITE a follower of Brigham Young; a Mormon ...1878 US
• CANE-SEED-EATER a Mormon ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CARROT EATER (offensive) a Mormon ...1968 US sl.
• CARROT SNAPPER (offensive) a Mormon ...1968 US sl.
• JACK (derogatory) a non-Mormon with Mormon sympathies ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JACK MORMON 1. (derogatory) a non-Mormon with Mormon sympathies ...1845 Amer. dial.
2. (often derogatory) an apostate Mormon ...1944 Amer. dial.
• JACKRABBIT an apostate Mormon ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SAINT a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a Mormon ...1833 Amer. dial.
MORNING - adjectives
• MATUTINARY * occurring or performed in the morning, early ...1858
• RATHE early in the day; belonging to the morning ...1596 Eng. dial. & poetic
MORNING - nouns
• ACK EMMA the morning ...1890 Brit. sl., orig. military
• CHICKEN CROW dawn, early morning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN CROWING TIME dawn, early morning ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HOLLERING TIME dawn, early morning ...1902 Amer. dial.
• DAY-LIGHTENING morning, twilight, daybreak ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAYS A-DAWNING morning ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• DAY'S DAWNING morning ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• EARLY BEAM dawn, the early morning ...1930s US Black sl.
• EARLY BRIGHT the early morning ...1940s US Black sl.
• GIPSY'S WARNING morning; also as 'good morning' ...20C rhyming sl.
• GYPSY'S WARNING morning; also as 'good morning' ...20C rhyming sl.
• KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN the morning ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAST MORNING † yesterday morning ...1591
• MAIDS ADORNING the morning ...M19 rhyming sl.
• NEB of the air: chilliness; the sharp tang of early morning ...1824 Sc.
• O-DARK-HUNDRED the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn ...1982 US military sl.
• O-DARK-THIRTY the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn ...1980 US military sl.
• PRIMETIDE † the time of prime, early morning ...a1300
• QUARTERING TIME the middle of the morning or evening; the hour completely a quarter of a day ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SPARROW-FART(S) break of day, very early morning ...1886 Eng. dial.
• UGHTEN † the part of the night immediately before daybreak; early morning ...971
MORNING - verbs
• BID THE TIME OF DAY to wish good-morning ...1892 Eng. dial.
MORNING - phrases
• FAIR-GUID-DAY good morning ...1894 Sc.
MORNING GLORY - nouns
• HELL-VINE the wild morning glory ...1968 Amer. dial.
MORON - nouns, person
• NITWIT a simpleton, a moron, a fool ...1914 US sl.
• VEG a moron; a madman ...1980s sl.
MOROSE - adjectives
• AGELASTIC † never laughing; morose, gloomy ...1731
• ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly ...1742 Sc.
• CAG sulky, morose...M19 US criminals' sl.
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DARK gloomy, morose ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DARK-LIKE gloomy, morose ...1867 Sc.
• EAR-SORE † irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EFFERATE †* fierce, harsh, morose ...1684
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROWLY subject to moroseness or ill temper expressed in growls ...c1920 colloq.
• HUMMEL-DRUMMEL morose and taciturn ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• ILL-BLAINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ILL-BLENDED morose, ill-tempered, irritable ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TWINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable ...1887 Sc.
• INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND in a very morose or sullen temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SPLENITIVE †* splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy ...1633
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
MOROSE - nouns
• FACE LIKE A DYIN' CALF, A a morose, sorrowful look ...1988 Can. sl.
MOROSE - nouns, person
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• GRIMSIR † an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAUGHING BOY a morose or unpleasant fellow; a gloomy-looking person; used ironically ...1940 sl.
• LAUGHING GIRL a morose or unpleasant female; used ironically as the title of a gloomy-looking person ...1940 US sl.
• MISERY-GUTS a depressing, morose, or complaining person ...Brit. colloq.
MOROSE - phrases
• BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person ...1834
MORSEL - nouns
• GABBIT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GABBOCK † a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1706 Sc.
• GABBOT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...1724 Sc.
• GAIBLOCH a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GOLLOP a large morsel; a portion or amount ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity ...1908 Sc.
• NATTLE a small piece of anything; a morsel ...1908 Sc.
• OFFE †* a small piece, a morsel, a crumb ...c1420
• SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle ...1896 Sc.
• SCRAN a scrap, a morsel; remainder; refuse ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCRANEL a morsel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINCH a morsel; the smallest possible portion ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SKRINSH a morsel; the smallest possible portion ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TAM a piece; a bite, a morsel of food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VYNDABLE an article; a thing; a small morsel ...Bk1905 Sc.
MORTAL - adjectives
• CADAVERABLE †* mortal ...1651
• CAPITAL † of an enemy or enmity: deadly, mortal ...1375 obs.
• DEAD-DOING † 'doing to death'; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal ... 1590
• DEADLY † subject to death, mortal ...c1000
• DEATHFUL 1. full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
* 2. subject to death, mortal ...1616 arch. rare
• DEATHLIKE † deadly, fatal, mortal ...1548
• DEATHLY † subject to death, mortal ...971
• DEATH-STRUCKEN † smitten with death, i.e. with a mortal wound or disease ...1622
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
MORTAL, MORTALITY - nouns
• DEADLINESS † the condition of being subject to death; mortality ...a1225
• DEATH-EVIL † a mortal disease ...c1330
• DEATH-ILL † mortal illness ...c1425
• DECEASE † mortality, slaughter ...1513
• DEEDLE mortal injury or sickness; death ...1853 Sc.
• QUALE † death, destruction, mortality ...c900
MORTALLY - adverbs
• DEADLILY * in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively ...1621
• DEADLY † in a way that causes death; mortally, fatally, to death ...c1050
MORTGAGE - nouns
• BOND a mortgage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• IMPIGNORATION pledging, pawning, mortgage ...1598
• MONKEY in real estate: a mortgage ...1990 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY ON THE CHIMNEY a mortgage on a house ...1875 mainly legal usage
• MONKEY ON THE HOUSE a mortgage on a house ...1875 mainly legal usage
• MONKEY WITH A LONG TAIL a mortgage ...1886 legal usage
• POULTICE a mortgage ...1932 Aust. sl.
• THIRLAGE † a mortgage ...1824 Sc.
MORTGAGE - verbs
• BOND to mortgage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• IMMORTGAGE †* to mortgage ...1575
• IMPIGNERATE to place in pawn; to pledge, to pawn, to mortgage ...a1639 chiefly Sc.
• IMPIGNORATE to place in pawn; to pledge, to pawn, to mortgage ...a1639 chiefly Sc.
• RADIATE A MORTGAGE to cancel a mortgage ...2001 Can. sl.
MORTGAGED - adjectives
• IMPIGNORATE † pledged, pawned, mortgaged ...1548
MORTIFIED - verbs
• SCALD to be mortified ...L19 Irish sl.
MORTUARY - nouns
• DEAD-HOUSE a building or room in which dead bodies are kept for a time; a mortuary ...1833
MOSQUE - nouns
• MAHOMERY † a mosque ...c1320
MOSQUITO - nouns
• AIRPLANE a very large mosquito ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BAR a mosquito net ...1835 US
• BOY DOG a very large mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASSHEAD a mosquito ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BUZZER a mosquito ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CANADIAN SOLDIER an extra big mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIVE BOMBER a mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GABBER NAPPER an extra-big mosquito ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GALLEYNIPPER a large mosquito ...1818 chiefly US
• GALLINIPPER a large mosquito ...1818 chiefly US
• GOLLY-WHOPPER an extra-big mosquito ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRANDFATHER GRAYBEARD a very large mosquito ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY-NIPPER an extra-big mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KATYNIPPER a mosquito ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MITSY a mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOSSIE a mosquito ...1936 sl., orig. Aust.
• MOUSTICK †* a mosquito ...1666
• MOZZIE a mosquito ...1936 sl., orig. Aust.
• MOZZY a mosquito ...L19 Aust. sl.
• NIGHTHAWK a mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY PEST a mosquito ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAUL BUNYAN MOSQUITO an extra big mosquito ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SKEET a mosquito ...M19 Aust. & US sl.
• SKEETER a mosquito ...1839 colloq.
• TEXAS MOSQUITO an extra-big mosquito ...1900 Amer. dial.
• VAMPIRE a mosquito ...1864
• WALLOPER an extra-big mosquito ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHITESOCKS a ferocious if tiny mosquito ...1965 US sl.
• WIGGLER a larval mosquito ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WIGGLE-WAGGLE a larval mosquito ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MOSS - nouns
• DRUID'S-HAIR long moss, such as hangs from a tree ...19C Eng. dial.
• MEESE moss; the lichen which grows upon apple-trees ...1777 Eng. dial.
MOSSY - adjectives
• MEESY mossy ...1777 Eng. dial.
MOST - adverbs
• LARGEMOST †* most largely or considerably; most ...1666
MOST - nouns
• THICK END the greater part, the majority or most part ...1867 Eng. dial.
MOSTLY - adverbs
• FECKLY for the most part, mostly; almost ...a1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FOR THE MOST DEAL † for the most part, mostly ...1387
• FOR THE VERY MOST mostly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOSTWHAT † mostly, for the most part ...a1300
• ON THE MAIN † for the most part, mainly ...1832
• RATHEST † most of all, most particularly, mainly ...1549
• UPON THE MAIN † for the most part, mainly ...1697
MOTEL - nouns
• NO-TELL MOTEL a motel with discreet management favoured by prostitutes and couples seeking privacy ...1974 US sl.
MOTH - nouns
• BADGE a moth of a medium size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAT a moth ...1882 N. Ireland
• LAMP BUG a moth ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LAMP FLY a moth ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT BUG a moth, beetle, or other insect attracted to light ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT DABBER a moth attracted to light ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MAUL a moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWT a moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEGGY a moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEGGY-OWLER a butterfly; a large moth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILLER 1. any moth often attracted to lights ...1783 Amer. dial.
2. a moth of any kind, esp. a large white moth; also, a white butterfly ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MOGGY a moth ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OAK-EGGAR a moth ....1882 Sc.
• PADGE any large butterfly or moth, the colours of which are variegated with white and not brilliant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOTH - nouns, person
• LEPIDOPTERIST one who studies butterflies and moths ...1826
MOTHER - nouns, person
• AMMA mother ...E20 Indian
• BABY FACTORY a woman who has had a large number of children ...1990s US Black sl.
• BABY MOTHER an unmarried mother ...1989 Jamaica
• BACHELOR-MOTHER an unwed mother ...M20 US sl.
• DAM a mother, a female parent ...a1547 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAME † a mother ...a1225
• GENETRIX * a mother, a female parent; also figuratively, applied to one's native country ...1500-20
• GRASS WIDOW an unmarried mother ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MA mother ...1823 sl.
• MAAMY a mother ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MAM mother ...1500
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMA mother ...1579
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA mother ...1579
• MAM-MAM † a childish word for mother ...1606
• MAMMANS a child's name for mother ...Bk1905 Ireland
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAMMY mother ...1523
• MARMEE a mother ...1868 Amer. dial.
• MARMY a mother ...1868 Amer. dial.
• MA-TA mother ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• MATER mother (often facetious) ...16C Brit. public school sl.
• MAW mother ...1857 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEE-MEE a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMI a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MIMMY a grandmother; rarely, a mother ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MOM mother ...1876 US sl.
• MOMMA mother ...1776 US
• MOMMER a mother ...1929 Eng. dial.
• MOMMY mother ...1902 US sl.
• MOTHERLING a term of endearment for a mother ...1865
• MUM mother ...1823 sl.
• MUMMY mother ...1784 sl.
• MUMS mother ...1939 sl.
• MUMSY mother ...1876 sl.
• NANA a mother; an elderly woman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• NANNA a mother; an elderly woman ...1892 Amer. dial.
• NANNIE a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NANNY a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address ...1941 Amer. dial.
• O.G. a woman, a mother (Old Girl) ...1878 US jocular
• OLD CHEESE one's mother; occasionally someone else's mother ...1970s Aust. sl.
• OLD D a mother; Old Dear, Old Darling ...1996 UK sl.
• OLD DONAH one's mother ...19C sl.
• OLD GAL one's mother ...L19 sl.
• OLD GIRL mother ...1846 sl.
• OLD GRABEM PUDDEN an old woman, whether one's wife or mother ...L19 rhyming sl
• OLD LADY n. a mother, regardless of age ...1722 sl.
• OLD ONE, THE one's mother or wife ...E19 Irish
• OLD WOMAN a mother ...1834 sl.
• OLE GIRL one's mother ...L19 sl.
• ONE ANOTHER a mother ...20C rhyming sl.
• ONE'S OLD DONAH one's mother ...1893 tramps' sl.
• QUEEN a mother, as the ruler of the house ...2002 UK sl.
• SIRESS a mother; a matron ...1804 nonce word
• VENTER † the womb as the source of one's birth or origin; hence, a mother in relation to her children ...1579-80
• WAR DEPARTMENT a wife; also, a man's mother (rare) ...1942 Amer. jocular
MOTHER - verbs
• MAMMY 1. to transmit the mother's likeness to offspring ...1953 Amer. dial.
2. to mother a child or animals ...1954 Amer. dial.
MOTHER-IN-LAW - nouns, person
• ELDMOTHER † a mother-in-law; a stepmother ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MA-IN-LAW a mother-in-law ...L19 humorous
• MAMMA-IN-LAW a mother-in-law ...1855
• MOTHER OF LAW † a mother-in-law ...1538
• OLD GAL a mother-in-law ...1940s sl.
• OLD GIRL a mother-in-law ...1940s sl.
• OLE GIRL a mother-in-law ...1940s sl.
• SISTER † the mother-in-law of one's daughter ...1701
• VERSMOIA † a mother-in-law ...1814 Sc. (sea taboo usage)
MOTHER-OF-PEARL - nouns
• MADRE-PERL * mother-of-pearl ...1878
MOTION - adjectives
• MOTABLE † always moving, still in motion ...1656
MOTION - nouns
• JEE a move, motion ...1880 Sc.
MOTIONLESS - adjectives
• ASLEEP of inanimate things: motionless, inactive ...1899 Amer. dial.
• IMMOTIONED * motionless ...1821
• IMMOVED † unmoved, motionless; unaltered ...1600 poetic
• LIKE A KNOT ON A LOG immovable, motionless, perfectly still ...1873 Amer. dial.
• QUIESCENT motionless, inactive, at rest ...1646
MOTIONLESS - verbs
• DARE † to lie motionless (generally with the sense of fear), to lie appalled; to crouch ...c1220
• FREEZE to stay or become motionless ...1848 Amer. sl.
• LAY CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1978 US sl.
• LIE DOGGO to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed ...1893 sl.
• SIT CHILLY to lie low; to wait patiently; to remain motionless ...1988 US sl.
• STAY DOGGO to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed ...1893 sl.
MOTIVATED - adjectives
• UP FOR IT motivated to do something ...1880s US Black sl.
MOTIVATED - nouns, person
• MOTO a motivated self-starter ...1993 US sl.
MOTIVATION - interjections
UP AND AT IT! an exclamation of encouragement or motivation ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
MOTIVE - nouns
• ACHESOUN † occasion, reason, purpose, motive ...c1330
• ANGLE an ulterior motive, a hidden purpose ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BUG UNDER THE CHIP an ulterior motive ...1885 Amer. dial.
• MAINSPRING the chief motive power; the main incentive ...c1695
• PULL an ulterior and hidden motive ...1812 sl.
MOTIVE - verbs
• READ SOMEONE LIKE A BOOK to understand someone's motives or intentions fully
MOTORCYCLE - adjectives
• GEARED UP dressed up; also used of motorcyclists in full protective wear 1979 UK sl.
MOTORCYCLE - nouns
• APE HANGERS long steering handles on a bicycle or motorcycle ...Amer. sl.
• ASS HAMMER a motorcycle ...1970 Amer. sl.
• AUTOCYCLE a cycle propelled by a motor; a motor cycle ...1905
• BABOON BUTT the red, sore buttocks of someone riding as a passenger on a motorcycle ...1988 US sl.
• BATH TUB a motorcycle sidecar ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BICYCLE a motorcycle ...1937 US sl.
• BIKE a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUDDY SEAT 1. a motorcycle sidecar ... Amer. World War I sl.
2. the pillion seat on a motorcycle ...Bk2000 sl.
• CABOOSE a motorcycle sidecar ...c1950 motorcyclists' sl.
• CHOPPER 1. a customized motorcycle ...1966 Amer. sl.
2. any motorcycle, esp. if large and powerful ...1971 Amer. sl.
• COFFEE POT a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DINGHY a motorcycle sidecar ...1979 UK sl.
• DUKE a Ducati motorcycle ...1979 UK sl.
• EASEL a motorcycle's prop stand ...1979 UK sl.
• FACE BUBBLE in motorcycling: a plastic shield attached to the helmet to cover the face ...1973 US sl.
• GALLOPING GONDOLA a side-car motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GARBAGE WAGON a standard Harley-Davidson motorcycle ...1966 US sl.
• GAS BRONCO a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HACK a motorcycle sidecar; hence a motorcycle equipped with a sidecar ...1962 Amer. sl.
• HORSE a motorcycle ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IRON HORSE a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACHINE a motorcycle ...1970s US campus sl.
• MOTOR a motorcycle ...1946-51 Amer. sl.
• MOTORHUCKLE a motorcycle ...1983 Amer. jocular
• MOTORSICKLE a motorcycle ...1967 US sl.
• MOTOR WHEEL a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUTTERCYCLE a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-LUNGER a single-cylinder vehicle, usually a motorcycle ...20C US sl.
• POP-POP a motorcycle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUTT-PUTT a motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUACKER a Japanese Kawasaki motorcycle ...1960s motorcyclists' sl.
• RICE BURNER a Japanese motorcycle or car ...Bk1998 sl.
• SICKLE a motorcycle ...1967 US sl.
• SILENCER a motorcycle muffler ...1973 US sl.
• SISSY BAR a backrest on a motorcycle that a rider can use to keep from falling off ...Bk1998 sl.
• SKATE a motorcycle ...1970s US teen sl.
• SKID LID a motorcycle helmet ...Bk1998 sl.
• THREE-WHEELER a side-car motorcycle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIT TICKLERS metal studs covering the back of a young male motorcyclist's riding jacket ...c1965 motorcyclists' sl.
• VIBRATOR a motorcycle ...1962 US sl.
• YAMMIE a Yamaha motorcycle ...1999 UK sl.
• YAMMY a Yamaha motorcycle ...1999 UK sl.
MOTORCYCLE - nouns, person
• BACK DOOR in a group motorcycle ride: the last rider in the group, usually the most experienced; the first citizens' band radio user in a convoy ...1975 US sl.
• CINDER-SHIFTER a motorcycle speedway rider ...c1924 Aust. sl.
• DINGBAT a daredevil motorcyclist ...1979 UK sl.
• EASY RIDER any 'outlaw' motorcyclist ...1960s sl.
• GAFFER in motorcycle racing: a leader of a racing team ...1965 US sl.
• GREASER a young long-haired motorcyclist, usually one of a gang ...Brit. sl.
• SCHLEMIELS ON WHEELS bad or reckless drivers, motorcyclists, or cyclists ...Brit. sl.
MOTORCYCLE - verbs
• EARHOLE in motorcycle racing: to bank the motorcycle to an extreme degree in a turn, bringing the driver and the driver's ear close to the ground ...1965 US sl.
• LAY IT DOWN to come off a motorcycle accidentally ...20C Brit. sl.
• LOSE IT to come off one's motorcycle accidentally ...L20 motorcyclists' sl.
• PACK to take someone along on a motorcycle cruise ...1966 US sl.
• PACK DOUBLE to carry a passenger on a motorcycle ...2000 US sl.
• POBBLE to ride at a leisurely pace ...c1950 motorcyclists’ sl.
MOTORCYCLE CLUB - nouns, person
• MAMA a woman who belongs to a motorcycle club without being the wife or girlfriend of any individual cyclist ...1965 Amer. sl.
• MAMMA a woman who belongs to a motorcycle club without being the wife or girlfriend of any individual cyclist ...1965 Amer. sl.
• SADDLE TRAMP a motorcycle gang member ...1989 US sl.
MOTORCYCLE RACING - see RACING
MOTOR RACING - see RACING
MOTTLED - adjectives
• LAMPERED mottled, stained ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MEASLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• MEEZLED spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled ...1810 Eng. dial.
• PIEDID pied, spotted, mottled ...1757 Amer. dial.
• PIEDIDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1963 Amer. dial.
• PIEDY pied, spotted, mottled ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SPICKETTY speckled, spotted; mottled ...1873 Eng. dial.
MOTTLED - verbs
• MARL to become mottled, variegated; to variegate, to spot, to streak ...1826 Sc.