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MOULD - MULE
MOULD, MOULDINESS, MOULDY - nouns
• FINEW † mouldiness, mould ...1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAIR-MOULD mouldiness which appears on bread, etc., caused by dampness ...1773 Sc.
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
• OLD must, mould ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TACK anything mouldy or sour, esp. a taste in food or drink that is other than one expects ...M19 sl.
• VINEW † mould, mouldiness, mustiness ...1538
• VINNY mouldiness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOULDY - adjectives
• AIKYSPIRED of cloth, etc.: spotted with mouldiness, mouldy ...1929 Sc.
• HAIRY-HOOMED covered with mould, mouldy ...1956 Sc.
• HAIRY-MOULDED covered with mould, mouldy ...1956 Sc.
• MILDY mouldy; mildewed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIRED of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...1777 Eng. dial.
• PAIRY of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINNED mouldy, mildewed ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VINNIED mouldy, mildewed ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VINNY mouldy, mildewed, musty; esp. used of bread or cheese ...1796 Eng. dial.
MOULDY - verbs
• FINEW † to become mouldy or musty ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MILDY to grow mouldy; to mildew ...1900 Eng. dial.
• NAG to become sour or mouldy in taste ...1928 Sc.
• PAIR to grow mouldy; esp. used of cheese ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINEW † to grow mouldy ...1570
• VINNY to become mouldy or mildewed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOUND - nouns
• BALK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• BARROW a mound or heap ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BAULK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• BERRY † a mound, a hillock ...1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAM a heap or small mound or hillock ...1906 Sc.
MOUNT - verbs
• AMOUNT † to go up; to ascend; to mount ...ME
• HEAVE † to rise, to mount, to come up, to spring up ...c1325
• LOPE to mount ...Bk1902 Amer. dial.
• RAISE to mount, to climb ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKILL † to mount, to ascend ...a1400
MOUNTAIN - adjectives
• MONTANIC †* pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains ...1799
• MONTICOLINE * inhabiting mountains ...1890
• MONTICULOUS * having little hills; dwelling in hills or mounts ...1656
• MONTIVAGANT †* wandering on the mountains ...1656
• MONTIVAGOUS † wandering up and down the hills and mountains ...1658
• SUBMONTANE 1. passing under or existing below mountains ...1819
2. lying about the foot of mountains ...1830
• SUBMONTANEOUS † passing under or existing below mountains ...1682
• ULTRAMONTANE situated beyond, belonging to the other side of the mountains ...1786
MOUNTAIN - nouns
• BALD a bare or treeless mountain top ...1838 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEAD the bare rounded top of a plateau, mesa, or mountain ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BARROW † a mountain, a mount, a hill or hillock ...c885
• BEN a hill, a mountain; a mountain-peak ...1788
• BIN a hill, a mountain, a mountain-peak ...1788
• LEAD a mountain spur; a steep ridge ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LEDGE † a range of mountains or hills ...1652-62
• NUBBLE a small hill or mountain; an islet ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SAG a depression on a ridge or mountainside ...1727 Amer. dial.
• SCREE the steep, perpendicular side of a mountain; a precipice ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIDDAN † a mountain torrent ...1820 Sc.
• SHIRLING loose stones at the base of a mountain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUMMITY † the topmost point or ridge of a mountain or hill ...c1400
• VERSANT the slope, side, or descent of a mountain or mountain chain; the area or region covered by this ...1851
• WALE the edge or verge of a mountain ...1865 Eng. dial.
MOUNTAIN - nouns, person
• CATAMOUNTAIN a wild man from the mountains ...1616
MOUNTAIN BIKING - nouns, person
• GEAR HEAD in mountain biking: a bicycle mechanic ...1992 US sl.
• RACERHEAD in mountain biking: someone who competes in races ...1992 US sl.
MOUNTAIN BIKING - verbs
• BONE in mountain biking: to strike the nose of your seat with your buttocks ...1992 US sl.
• CARVE in mountain biking: to travel at a great speed around corners ...1996 US sl.
• DAB in mountain biking: to touch the ground unintentionally with any part of the body ...1992 US sl.
MOUNTAINEER - nouns, person
• HAW-EATER a mountaineer ...1904 Amer. dial.
• POISON-OAKER a mountaineer ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ROCK JOCK a mountaineer ...sl.
MOUNTAIN LION - nouns
• CALIFORNIA LION a mountain lion ...1850 Amer. dial.
• CATAMOUNT the mountain lion ...1713 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN DEVIL a mountain lion, a cougar ...1851 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN PANTHER a mountain lion ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LION a mountain lion ...c1613 Amer. dial.
• MEXICAN LION a mountain lion ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TIGER TAIL a mountain lion ...1930 Amer. dial.
MOUNTAINOUS - adjectives
• ALPESTRIOUS † alpine, mountainous ...1623 obs.
• RANGY mountainous ...1880 Aust.
MOUNTAIN PASS - nouns
• BELLOCH a narrow mountain-pass ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIVIDE a mountain pass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GATE an entrance into a country through mountains; a mountain-pass ...1601
• NECK a pass between hills or mountains; the narrow part of a mountain pass ...1707
• NOT a mountain pass ...1718 Amer. dial.
• PACE † a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait ...a1300
MOURN - verbs
• BEMOURN † to mourn over; to lament, to bewail ...a1000
• BESTAND † to stand by or near; to stand over; esp. to stand by the dead, to mourn for ...c1000
• CARE † to mourn, to lament ...a1300
• GLOPPEN † to lament or mourn ...B1900
• MAKE SITE †* to lament, to mourn ...1338
• TAKE ON to cry, to mourn, to grieve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TROUBLY to grieve, to mourn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEARN † 1. to mourn, to grieve ...1562
† 2. to cause to mourn; to move to compassion ...1593
MOURNER - nouns, person
• MUTE a person hired to mourn at funerals ...18C Brit.
• SAULIE † a hired mourner at a funeral who preceded the cortege with a black staff and other symbols of mourning, a mute ...1621 Sc.
• SAWLIE a funeral mute, a hired mourner ...1773 Sc.
• WAILER a professional mourner ...1647
• WAILERESS † a female wailer ...1388
• WAILSTER †* a female wailer ...1388
MOURNFUL, MOURNING - adjectives
• ALL SNOT AND TEARS sorry, remorseful, mournful ...Brit. sl.
• BALE † sorrowing, mournful, woeful ...c1220
• BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful ...c1325 arch.
• CAREFUL † full of grief; mournful, sorrowful ...a1000
• DARNFUL gloomy, mournful, dreary ...1916 Amer. dial.
• EERIE dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful ...1773 Sc.
• ELEGIOUS †* resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful ...1632
• FUNEBRIOUS † pert. to funerals; hence, gloomy, sad, melancholy, mournful ...1653
• GULPY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEARSE-LIKE like a hearse; mournful ...1625
• LACHRYMABLE † expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LACHRYMENTAL †* mournful, tearful ...1625
• LACRYMABLE † expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LAMENTFUL * charged with lament; mournful ...1876
• LANGUOROUS † distressful, sorrowful, mournful ...1490
• LENTEN † such as is appropriate to Lent; hence of provisions, diet, etc.: such as may be used in Lent, meagre; of clothing, expression of countenance, etc.: mournful-looking, dismal ...1577-87
• LUCTISONOUS †* making a mournful sound ...1721
• LUCTUATE †* to render mournful or gloomy, as with bad news or black drapes ...1772
• LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable ...1601
• MELANCHOLIOUS * affected with melancholy; gloomy, mournful ...c1384
• MESTFUL †* mournful; sad; melancholy; dismal; gloomy ...1577
• MESTIVE † sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy ...1578
• PIPEY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLORATORY * weeping, mournful ...1858
• SITEFUL †* sorrowful, mournful, doleful ...a1300
• SITFULL †* sorrowful, mournful, doleful ...a1300
• SOBBY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THRENETIC pertaining to a threnody (a song of lamentation); mournful, sorrowful ...1656
• WAILFUL † of mournful aspect ...1557
• WEEPY depressed, denoting tearfulness; mournful, tearful ...1863
• WITH ONE'S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT mournful, wry-mouthed ...20C
• YEARNFUL mournful, sorrowful ...a1566
MOURNFUL - nouns, person
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• THIN STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
MOURNING - nouns
• AFFLICTIONS mourning clothes ...M19 sl., orig. drapers' usage
• BACKWARDING a change from joy to mourning ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARE † utterance of sorrow; lamentation, mourning ...a1000
• CARE-WEED † mourning attire ...c1500
• CLOTHING OF CARE † mourning-dress ...a1300
• HOUSE TO LET a widow's weeds ...18C sl.
• MITIGATED AFFLICTIONS half-mourning ...M19 sl.
• SABLES mourning garments; a suit of black worn as an emblem of grief ...1602
• WAILING ROBES mourning garments ...1591 nonce use
MOUSE - nouns
• BEAR MOUSE a field mouse ...1857 Amer. dial.
• MAXWELL HOUSE a mouse ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ORTS mouse droppings ...19C colloq.
• RANNY † the field mouse, or shrew mouse ...1559 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SACKS OF RICE mice ...1990s rhyming sl.
• UMIK a taboo name for a mouse ...1962 Sc.
MOUSE - verbs
• QUEAK to squeak, to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
MOUSETRAP - nouns
• SAMSON'S POSTS a mousetrap ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMSON-TRAP a mousetrap ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MOUSTACHE - nouns
• ALF A MO a small moustache ...1910s Aust. sl.
• ARF A MO a small moustache ...1910s Aust. sl.
• COOKIE-DUSTER a moustache ...1934 US jocular
• DOORMAT a moustache ...M19 sl.
• FACE FINS a moustache, presumably a large one that protrudes on either side of the cheeks ...L19 sl., orig. nautical usage
• FACE-FITTINGS a beard and/or moustache ...1904 Aust. sl.
• FACE FUNGUS male facial hair, i.e. a beard and/or moustache ...1907 sl.
• FOOTBALL TEAM a very sparse moustache ...1984 UK sl.
• FUNGUS a moustache; a beard ...20C sl.
• LIP-THATCH a moustache ...1892 jocular
• MATASH a moustache ...1898 Sc.
• MISPLACED EYEBROW a moustache ...1918 Amer. jocular
• MO a moustache ...1894 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MOOSH a moustache ...1960s sl.
• MOUSER a moustache ...1934 Amer. sl.
• MUSH a moustache ...1967 sl.
• NEWGATE-RING moustache and beard as one, without side whiskers ...Bk1902 sl.
• PULL-DOWN the moustache that succeeded the 'nap' ...c1870 society sl.
• SOUP-STRAINER a long moustache ...1932 jocular
• 'STACHE n. a moustache ...1989 US sl.
• STASH a moustache ...1940 US sl.
• TACHE a moustache ...1893 sl.
• TASH a moustache ...1893 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TAZ a moustache ...1951 sl.
• TOOTH-BRUSH MOUSTACHE a bristly moustache ...1904 humorous
• WALRUS a large, bushy moustache, supposedly reminiscent of the animal ...1910s sl.
• WALRUS MOUSTACHE a long thick moustache drooping at the ends ...1918 sl.
• WHIP a moustache ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'tash' (Whip and Lash)
• WHIP AND LASH a moustache ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'tash'
MOUTH - adjectives
• BLENCH-LIPPIT having a white mouth ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCCULENT †* fat-cheeked, wide-mouthed ...1656
• GAPESHOT open-mouthed ...1877 Sc.
• MUCKLE-MOUTHED having a large mouth ...1721 Sc.
• SATCHEL-MOUTHED used of someone who has a large mouth ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• SCASH-MOUTHED having the mouth or lips twisted sideways ...1927 Sc.
• SCOUT-MOUTHED having a pursed-up mouth ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TANKER-MOUTHED having a wide or gaping mouth ...1854 Sc.
• THRAWN-GABBIT having a twisted or contorted mouth ...1721 Sc.
MOUTH - nouns
• BACCA-BOX the mouth ...1900s sl.
• BACCY-BOX the mouth ...1900s sl.
• BACON HOLE the mouth ...1940s sl.
• BANDER the mouth; used derisively ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZOO a person's mouth ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BAZOOK a person's mouth ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BEEZER the mouth ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BLAB (sometimes derogatory) the mouth ...1942 Amer. jocular
• BLABBER (sometimes derogatory) the mouth ...1942 Amer. jocular
• BONE-BOX the mouth ...1825 sl.
• BOOSE a person's mouth ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOW PORT the mouth ...1835 Amer. nautical sl.
• BOX the mouth ...1930 Amer. sl.
• BOX OF DOMINOES the mouth containing the teeth ...Bk1890 sl.
• BOX OF IVORIES the mouth containing the teeth ...Bk1890 sl.
• BUGLE the mouth ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BUNGHOLE the mouth ...1990s Aust. sl.
• BUN-TRAP the mouth ...20C sl.
• CAFETERIA the mouth ...1930s US sl.
• CAKE-HOLE the mouth ...c1936 sl.
• CAP the mouth, esp. as used in oral-genital sex ...1960s US Black sl.
• CHAFFER the mouth ...Bk1890 sl.
• CHAPPER the mouth ...1909 London sl.
• CHIN the mouth as a source of idle talk ...1929 Amer. sl.
• CLACK-BOX the mouth ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLAM the mouth ...1825 US sl.
• CLAM SHELL the mouth ...1825 US sl.
• DENTAL BOX the mouth ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIP SOUTH the mouth ...20C rhyming sl.
• DOMINO-BOX the mouth; the mouth and teeth ...E19 sl.
• DOUGH-HOLE the mouth ...1940s sl.
• EAST AND SOUTH the mouth ...M19 rhyming sl.
• FACE 1. the mouth, as the source of speech ...M19 US sl.
2. the mouth, as used for eating and drinking ...L19 US sl.
• FAGGOT TUNNEL the mouth ...Brit. sl.
• FAG-HOLE the mouth ...c1945 sl.
• FANGS the mouth; the jaws ...1950s sl.
• FLY-TRAP the mouth ...c1790
• GAB the mouth; the tongue ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GABBER a person's mouth ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GABBIE the mouth ...1847 Sc.
• GAB-BOX the mouth ...20C US sl.
• GABBY the mouth, palate ...1773 Sc.
• GAM the mouth ...1724 Sc.
• GAMP the opening of the throat; also, the mouth ...1923 Sc.
• GAN † the mouth; the throat; the lips ...1536 UK sl.
• GANNE † the mouth, the throat ...1865 Sc.
• GAP the mouth ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GASH the mouth ...1852 US sl.
• GATE the mouth ...1936 sl. mainly Brit.
• GEBBIE the mouth, palate ...1773 Sc.
• GLIB a person's mouth ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOB the mouth ...a1550 chiefly N. Eng. dial. & sl.
• GOB BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOSSIP BOX the mouth ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRUBBERY the mouth ...c1870 sl.
• GRUB BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-MILL the mouth ...1880 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-SHOP the mouth ...c1860 sl.
• GRUB-TRAP the mouth ...c1860 sl.
• HEAD the mouth (as a source of offensive or inappropriate talk); constructed esp. with 'open' or 'shut', as in 'keep your head shut' ...1848 Amer. sl.
• HOLE the mouth ...1607 sl.
• IVORY-BOX the mouth ...1888 pugilistic sl.
• JAWING-TACKLE the jaws, mouth, etc., as used in speaking ...1859
• JAW-TACKLE the muscles of the jaws; the mouth, etc., as employed in talking ...1831 sl.
• KISSER the mouth ...1860 sl.
• KISSING-TRAP the mouth ...1854 sl.
• LAUGHING GEAR the mouth ...1964 NZ sl.
• LUNG-BOX the mouth ...1890 sl.
• MAG a mouth ...M18 sl.
• MAIN HATCH the mouth ...1846 Amer. nautical sl.
• MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws ...1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MEAT-MINCER the mouth ...c1840 boxing sl.
• MEAT TRAP the mouth ...1851 Amer. sl.
• MIZZARD the mouth ...1877 tramps' sl.
• MOEY the mouth ...1859 sl.
• MOOE the mouth ...1859 sl.
• MOOEY the mouth ...1859 sl.
• MOOSH the face or mouth ...L18 sl., orig. Aust. & US
• MOTORMOUTH the mouth of a garrulous person; hence chatter ...1976 Amer. sl.
• MOUSEY-POUSEY a child's name for the mouth ...B1900 N. Ireland
• MUMMER the mouth ...L18 sl.
• MUSH the face or mouth ...L18 sl., orig. Aust. & US
• NABBLE-TRAP the mouth ...1831 Eng. dial.
• NEB the mouth of a person ...1611
• NEW SOUTH the mouth ...1990s Aust. rhyming sl.
• NIB the face; the mouth; the nose; usually of a woman ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NORTH AND SOUTH the mouth ...1858 Brit. rhyming sl.
• NUSH the mouth ...1859 Amer. sl.
• ORIFACTURE † making or construction with the mouth ...1673 nonce word
• OYSTER the mouth ...1960s US sl.
• PAN the mouth ...M19 US sl.
• PAP the projection of the mouth ...1892 Sc.
• PHIZOG the mouth ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIE HOLE the mouth ...20C US sl.
• POTATO TRAP the mouth ...1785 sl.
• PRATTLE BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUKE HOLE (often offensive) one's mouth ...Amer. sl.
• PUSS the face; the mouth ...E20 Amer. sl.
• QUEEN OF THE SOUTH the mouth ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• RABBIT TRAP the mouth ...1910s Aust. sl.
• RAG-BOX the mouth ...1890 sl.
• RAG SHOP the mouth ...c1890 sl.
• RATTLE-TRAP the mouth ...B1900 sl.
• SALLY-PORT the mouth ...1923 nautical sl.
• SALMON AND TROUT the mouth ...1859 rhyming sl.
• SALMON TROUT the mouth ...1859 rhyming sl.
• SATCH a notably large mouth; hence, a person with a large mouth ...1900s US Black sl.
• SAUCEBOX the mouth ...M19 sl.
• SCOUT-MOUTH a pursed-up mouth ...1685 Sc.
• SMUSH the mouth ...1930 US sl.
• SNOTTERGOB a dirty mouth ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TALK BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALK-TRAP the mouth ...20C US sl.
• TATER-TRAP the mouth ...E19 sl.
• TATIE-TRAP the mouth; the stomach ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TATOE-TRAP the mouth ...E19 sl.
• TATTIE-TRAP the mouth ...1885 Sc.
• TATUR-TRAP the mouth ...E19 sl.
• TICKLE BOX the mouth ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TRAP the mouth ...1776 sl.
• WAD the mouth ...1900s US college sl.
• WAHPUS a mouth; used contemptuously ...1874 Eng. dial.
• WHICKERBILL the mouth ...1923 Amer. dial.
• YAP the mouth ...1871 Amer. dial.
• YAPPER the mouth ...L19 US sl.
• YOP the mouth ...L19 US sl.
MOUTH - nouns, person
• GANSH a person with a widely-gaping mouth; hence, a stupid, dull-witted, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails ...1880 Sc.
• MUZZLE-CHOPS a nickname for a man with a prominent nose and mouth ...1611
• SATCH a notably large mouth; hence, a person with a large mouth ...1900s US Black sl.
• SATCHEL-MOUTH a person with an unusually large mouth ...1967 Amer. Black sl.
MOUTH - verbs
• DIGHT THE NEB to wipe one's nose or mouth ...1886 Sc.
• GAPE to open the mouth wide ...1665
• GAPE ONE'S GAB † to open one's mouth wide (like a young bird) ...1865 Sc.
• GARGARIZE † to gargle; to wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor ...1533 ? obs.
• SKEET to spew liquid out of the mouth, esp. between the teeth ...1909 Amer. dial.
• YAP-YAP to open one's mouth wide through hunger ...1950s W. Indies
• YAWN † 1. to open the mouth voluntarily, esp. in order to swallow or devour something; in early use, to have the mouth wide open; to gape ...c725
† 2. to open the mouth wide from surprise or the like; to gape ...1604 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MOUTHFUL - 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.
• PUSSFUL a mouthful ...Irish sl.
• SUP a small quantity of liquid such as can be taken into the mouth at one tip; a sip, a mouthful ...1570
• SWALLOW a mouthful ...L19
MOUTH ORGAN - see HARMONICA
MOVABLE - adjectives
• DEAMBULATORY moving about from place to place; movable, shifting ...1607
• MEBLE movable ...1845 Sc.
MOVABLE - nouns
• RATTLE-TRAPS belongings; movables; small odds and ends ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MOVE, MOVING - adjectives
• DEAMBULATORY moving about from place to place; movable, shifting ...1607
• ILLOCOMOTIVE not moving readily ...1835 nonce word
• MOTABLE † always moving, still in motion ...1656
• ON THE RACK constantly moving about, travelling ...c1860 Can. sl.
• UPSTIRRING on the move ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOVE, MOVING - adverbs
• A-GOG on the move, going ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ASTEER moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
• CAHOOTIN' moving very rapidly and noisily ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CALLAHOOTING moving very rapidly and noisily ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CALLYHOOTING moving very rapidly and noisily ...1880 Amer. dial.
MOVE, MOVING - nouns
• BOOSAN a moving about, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FLIT the removal of one's household goods, and with them oneself, late at night in order to escape paying one's rent ...L19 sl.
• JEE a move, motion ...1880 Sc.
• MOONLIGHT FLIT the removal of one's household goods, and with them oneself, late at night in order to escape paying one's rent ...L19 sl.
• MOONLIGHT FLITTING leaving a house late at night to avoid paying the rent ...E18 sl.
MOVE - nouns, person
• GROYL † one who is always on the move ...1583
• MUSHER one who moves from place to place ...1900s US sl.
MOVE - verbs
• AMEVE † to move ...B1900 Ireland
• BESTIR ONE'S STUMPS to bestir oneself, to increase one's speed ...1633 sl.
• CHASSAY to move in a rapid slide or glide; to move along ...1835 Amer. dial.
• CHIVEY to run after, to chase; to move off quickly ...Bk1890 sl.
• COP A DRILL to move off at a steady, regular pace ...1940s US Black sl.
• DANCE ABOUT to move about from place to place ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EASE to move, to travel ...1920s US sl.
• FAG ALONG to move when it requires an effort ...20C US sl.
• FAN ONE'S ASS to move, to walk ...1960s US Black sl.
• GET ON ONE'S BICYCLE to get going, to get busy ...1964 US sl.
• GET ON ONE'S HORSE to get moving; to hurry up ...1942 US sl.
• GROYL †* to move, to make one's way ...1583
• HAUM to set about a thing, to begin, to move, to attempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWM to set about a thing, to begin, to move, to attempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAVE † to remove, to shift to another place ...c1205
• HELE ON to get moving; to go ...1972 Hawaii
• ICCHE(N) † to move, to stir ...c1200
• JEE to move, to stir; to move to one side; to move to and fro ...1727 Sc.
• LOCOMOTE to move about from place to place; to walk ...1846
• LOCO-MOVE † to move about from place to place; to walk ...1792 nonce word
• MAKE A BUDGE to make a move, to start off, to move ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MAN-POWER to move something by human effort ...1913 Amer. dial.
• MEEVE to move ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEVE to move ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAVIGATE to move about ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OOCH OVER to move oneself over to make room for someone else; to slide or push something up or along ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OONCH OVER to move oneself over to make room for someone else; to slide or push something up or along ...1993 Amer. dial.
• OOTZ to move something slightly ...1958 Amer. dial.
• PULL ONE'S FINGER OUT to get moving; to demand effort from a lazy person ...1941 Amer. sl.
• QUINCH † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince ...1530 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• QUINCE † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch ...1530
• QUITCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten ...c1205
• RANDALL † to move without fixed course, to move at random ...1599
• RANKLE to move ...1898 Sc.
• REMBLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMEL to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMON to remove; to transfer from one place to another; to change one's place of abode ...1684 Eng. dial.
• REMMON HOUSE to change one's place of abode ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RID to remove, to change house; to move one's goods ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RID HOUSE to remove, to change house; to move one's goods ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SIFT to move, to start moving; to move swiftly through a crowd ...20C US & UK Black sl.
• SILE to go, to move; to glide ...13?? obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SKIFT † to shift, change, or move something ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STIR A WAG to make the slightest movement ...1899 Eng. dial.
• STIR ONE'S STUMPS to bestir oneself, to increase one's speed ...1640 sl.
• TO-STIR † to move violently ...1382
• TO-WAWE † to move about ...c1350
• UP STACKS to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STICK to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STICKS to pack up and go; to move ...1877 UK sl., orig. nautical
• VEEK † to move, to veer; to stir, to shift ...1905 Sc.
• VIDGE to move, to shift something, to alter its position ...1929 Sc.
• VIKE to move, to budge ...1887 Sc.
• VIR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• VIRR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• WAG 1. to stir, to move; to move one's limbs ...a1225
† 2. to move about from place to place to place; also, to drift in water ...c1325
† 3. to move, to budge from a place ...c1400
• WALK † of various material things a pen, a weapon, an instrument: to move, to be in motion ...a1400
• WELK † to move ...1846 Eng. dial.
MOVE (residence, etc.) - verbs
• LIVE IN ONE'S BOXES to lack a fixed abode, to move from place to place ...20C Brit. colloq.
MOVE, MOVING - phrases
• GIVE ME SOME SCROUGE move over and give me some room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON THE RACK always on the move ...c1860 Can. colloq.
MOVEMENT - adjectives (also see MOTIONLESS)
• IMMOTILE incapable of movement ...1872
• IMMOTIVE incapable of movement ...1627-47
MOVEMENT - nouns
• HAND-STIR a very small distance; a slight movement ...1896 Eng. dial.
MOVEMENT - adjectives
• IMMOBILITATE †* to render incapable of movement ...1654
MOVE OVER - verbs
• MOOCH OVER to move over, to make room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH to move over, to make room, to slide oneself along, as on a bench or the like so as to make room for another ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT ALONG to move over, to make room, to slide oneself along, as on a bench or the like so as to make room for another ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT OVER to move over, to make room, to slide oneself along, as on a bench or the like so as to make room for another ...1950 Amer. dial.
MOVE OVER - phrases
• GIVE ME SOME SCROUGE move over and give me some room ...1967 Amer. dial.
MOVIE - nouns
• ANIMATED PICTURE † an early name for a cinematographic picture ...1898
• CANNED MORALE a movie ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICK FLICK a film that is designed to appeal to a female audience ...1993 US sl.
• CHILLER-DILLER a book, movie, or play, esp. a movie, which fascinates its audience by suspense, mystery, or scenes of fear and horror ...20C Amer. sl.
• FLICK a movie ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GALLOPING SNAPSHOTS movie films ...1920s US sl.
• HAIR-RAISER an exciting or terrifying adventure story or film ...20C sl.
• HAYBURNER a Western movie ...1948 Amer. sl.
• HORSE OPERA a cowboy film, esp. if undistinguished; hence, a radio or TV western ...1927 sl.
• KINKY a low-budget film devoted mainly to the depiction of cruelty combined with graphic, esp. unconventional, sexual acts ...1967 Amer. entertainment industry usage
• MOVES, THE a film, a movie ...1910s US sl.
• NUDIE a magazine or a film which features nudity ...M20 US sl.
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OAT OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATS OPERA a Western film ...1930s sl., orig. US
• OLDIE any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie; an old man ...20C US sl.
• OLDY any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie; an old man ...20C US sl.
• PASH SHOW a film that includes candid sex scenes ...1950s Aust. sl.
• PORNIE a pornographic film ...1966 sl.
• SAGEBRUSHER a Western cowboy film ...1920s US sl.
• SKIN-FLICK a movie focusing on nudity or sex; a movie with nude scenes; a pornographic film or an X-rated film ...1968 US sl.
• SNUFFER a film, usually pornographic, that climaxes in the actual death of one of the participants, usually an actress or, if paedophiliac, a child ...1960s sl. orig. US
• SNUFF FILM a pornographic film in which an unsuspecting actress or actor is murdered at the climax of the film ...1975 sl.
• SNUFF MOVIE a film, usually pornographic, that climaxes in the actual death of one of the participants, usually an actress or, if paedophiliac, a child ...1960s sl. orig. US
• SPAG a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPLAT MOVIE a genre of ultra-violent films, coined as a name by director George Romero, e.g. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' ...1970s sl.
• SPLATTER MOVIE a genre of ultra-violent films, coined as a name by director George Romero, e.g. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' ...1970s sl.
• TALKIE a film with sound; a film, ...1913 US sl.
• TURKEY an inferior or unsuccessful film or theatrical production; hence, anything disappointing or of inferior value ...1927 US sl.
• VIDEO-NASTY an exceptionally unpleasant horror film, available on video ...1982 UK sl.
MOVIE - nouns, person
• ACHIEVER a devoted fan of the film, 'The Big Lebowski' ...2004 US sl.
• BOY a hero in a film ...1996 Irish sl.
MOVIE - verbs
• SNEAK to show a movie unexpectedly to an audience in order to assess its appeal ...1960s US movie studio usage
MOVIE THEATRE - nouns
• NABE a neighbourhood cinema ...1935 US sl.
• OZONER a drive-in movie theatre ...1948 Amer. sl.
• SHOW HALL a movie theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHOW HOUSE a movie theatre ...c1938 Amer. dial.
MOW - verbs
• BARB to mow grass, etc. ...1601
MUCH - adjectives
• DILLY-BAGS much, plenty, many ...1953 Aust. sl.
• LARGE much ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MAD many, much, plenty of ...1991 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• MUCHO much, a lot of ...1942 US sl.
• MUCKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIMIOUS † extravagant, excessive, over-much ...c1485
MUCH - adverbs
• ALL-FIRED extremely, very much ...M19 US sl.
• ASS-KICKING a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully ...1960s US sl.
• BACK really, very much, completely ...1940s US Black sl.
• DAMN WELL certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
• DEAL much ...1756 UK
• FAR-ABOUT by far, very much, greatly ...1848
• GALLUS extremely, very much ...L18
• HARD very much, extremely; intensely ...1850 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LARGE much ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH to a very great extent; very much ...1950s US sl.
• LIKE MAD to an extraordinary extent; very much ...1653 UK
• LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS to an extraordinary extent; very much ...1938 Brit.
• MAIN very, much, greatly; quite ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAINLY † in a great degree; greatly, considerably, very much, a great deal ...c1400-50
• MAINS very, much, greatly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• MAUNTLY greatly; very much ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MICKLE-WELL very much, greatly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTILY † greatly, very much, considerably ...1796 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTLY greatly, very much ...1744 Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE much, greatly ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODIOUSLY in an extraordinary manner or degree, very much, greatly ...1877 Sc.
• PARTICULAR especially, very, very much ...M19 sl.
• QUEINTLY greatly, very much ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPING extremely, very much ...E19 sl.
• SAIRLIE very much, thoroughly ...1786 Sc.
• SIGHT very much ...1928 UK sl.
• TERRIBLY much, considerably ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TO BEAT THE CARS extremely, exceedingly, very much ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UNCOLIES strangely; very much; to an extreme degree ...1874 Sc.
• UNCOLY very much, to a great or remarkable degree ...1820 Sc.
• VENGEANCELY † extremely, exceedingly, very much ...1622
• VERY very much, absolutely ...2002 UK sl.
• WARM a great deal, much ...20C W. Indies
• WITH A VENGEANCE to a great degree, very much ...1568 UK
MUCH - nouns
• HANTLE a large quantity or amount; a great deal ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PACKAGE a lot, very much ...1990s US Black sl.
MUCH - phrases
• AS ALL GET OUT very much, to a great extent ...M19 US sl.
• BIT TOO RANK, A somewhat too strong; too much of a good thing ...1899 Eng. dial.
• RATHER OF THE RATHEREST just a little too much or too little ...a1825
MUCK - nouns
• SUDS † dregs, leavings; hence, filth, muck ...1548
MUCUS - adjectives (also see NOSE)
• SNOT-NOSED having mucus running from the nose ...colloq.
• SNOTTY running with or dirty with nasal mucus ...1570 sl.
• SNOTTY-FACED having visible nasal mucus on the face ...colloq.
• SNOTTY-NOSED having mucus running from the nose ...colloq
MUCUS - nouns
• BIBBLES mucus from the nose ...19C Sc.
• BILOU nasal mucus ...1969 Amer. dial., nursery usage
• BIMBOMS anything hanging, as icicles, tags of a bonnet or dress, mucus hanging from the nose, cobwebs, etc. ...1679 Eng. dial.
• BLACK MAN a piece of dried mucus in the nose ...1962 Sc.
• BOAKIE dried nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGEY a piece of dried nasal mucus ...1937 Brit. sl.
• BOGIE a piece of nasal mucus ...Aust. sl.
• BOGY a piece of dried nasal mucus ...1937 Brit. sl.
• BOO mucus in the nose ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BOO BOO mucus in the nose ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOO-DADDY nasal mucus ...1987 Amer. dial.
• BOODIE dried nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGER nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye ...1891 Amer. dial.
• BOOGIE mucus in the nose ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BOWSEY nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG nasal mucus ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER dried nasal mucus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUGGINS nasal mucus ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE mucus hanging from the nose ...1858
• CHEAP TAIL nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAIPLE † anything loose and flaccid hanging from the nose ...1825 Sc.
• FISH BAIT sticky mucus that forms in the nose ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOLLY a gob of phlegm or mucus ...1938 Aust. sl.
• LAMB LEG nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMBS' LEGS the snivel of a child's neglected nose; nasal excrement ...1811 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S QUARTERS nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S TAIL nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LIEUY a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
• LOOEY a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
•.LOOIE a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
• LOUIE a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
• MELDROP a drop of mucus hanging from the nose ...c1480 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NOSE-SHIT mucus, nasal residue ...Brit. sl.
• OLD FOGEY a small lump of dried nasal mucus ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'bogey'
• POKER a ball of mucus in the nose ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SALT RHEUM † an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold ...1590
• SLUG a ball of mucus in the nose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNOB nasal mucus ...19C Brit. colloq.
• SNOIT nasal mucus ...B1900 Sc.
• SNOT nasal mucus ...c1425 sl.
• SNOTERGOB nasal mucus ...L17 Brit.
• SNOTS gobs of nasal mucus ...20C US colloq.
• SNOTTER nasal mucus; often plural ...L17 Sc.
• SNOTTERGOB nasal mucus ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SNOTTERY nasal mucus or filth
• TAILOR'S SWEAT a drop of mucus at the nose ...1972 Sc. jocular
MUCUS - verbs
• BOGEY to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• BOGIE to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• BOOGER to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• BOOGIE to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• SNOT to blow the nose or wipe mucus from the nose ...16C
MUD, MUDDY - adjectives
• BASHY wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLED bespattered with mud; trampled down ...1820 Sc.
• CABAGGED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABAGGLED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABBY sticky, adhesive, dirty, muddy; used also of weather ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CACKY sticky, muddy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOBY of mud: sticky ...1896 Amer. dial.
• EARTH-CLOWED having mud stuck about the feet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• KEDDENED covered over with mud or dust ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KEDDENED AND CABAGED. having the boots covered with mud; dirty ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LABBERED-UP very much besmeared with mud ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAGGERY miry, muddy ...1825 Sc.
• LAGGY muddy, mucky, damp ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LAIRY adj. miry, muddy, swampy ...a1825 Sc.
• LIGGY muddy, mucky, damp ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LIMOUS † muddy, slimy ...c1420
• OHRISH. wet, dirty, muddy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PLUFF of mud: of a fine, silty texture ...1853 Amer. dial.
• PLUFFY of mud: of a fine, silty texture ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy ...E19 orig. Eng. dial.
• SLUTCHY † muddy, slushy ...E18 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STODGY muddy; oozy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUDDY † muddy, turbid, thick ...1587
• WOOZY muddy; oozy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MUD, MUDDY - nouns
• BLUDDER mud; any dirty or disgusting liquid or semi-liquid substance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUITER mud; any dirty stuff ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLART mud or filth ...E19 Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE mud, etc. raised by disturbing water ...1865 Sc.
• ELT mud, mire ...1928 Sc.
• FANC †* mud ...1340
• FLANDERS EARTH mud ...World War I army sl.
• GAG a filthy mass of any substance, liquid, or semi-liquid; mire, mud ...1866 Sc.
• GAR any slimy, filthy, or muddy substance; that produced by algae in a pond or river; green seaweed; any sticky, miry mess ...1808 Sc.
• GARRY-CLATCH any slimy or sticky mixture, as slimy mud ...1954 Sc.
• GLUEPOT a muddy place
• GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh ...1824 Sc. & Irish
• GUMBO heavy mud ...sl.
• IPER any foul liquid, ooze, mud, or sewage ...1880 Sc.
• JAUP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JAWP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEECH a large lump, esp. of mud ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER mire, mud, a soft, muddy place ...1866 Sc.
• LAGGERS mud spots ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIR † clay, mire, mud ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAIR-HOLE a boggy spot; a muddy hole ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog ...1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOBLOLLY ooze, mud, a mud-hole, mire; a slushy mess ...1865 Amer. dial.
• MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. ...13C
• PANT mud, mire ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PANYAL a boggy, marshy, or muddy place; an ill-drained swampy piece of ground ...1920 Sc.
• PASH a soft, decayed, rotten, or pulpy mass; a state of mud and slush; a puddle ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCLATCH an unseemly mass of anything semi-liquid; a large clot of mud or filth; a large spot or mark on the skin ...1895 Sc.
• SKLATCH an unseemly mass of anything semi-liquid; a large clot of mud or filth; a large spot or mark on the skin ...1895 Sc.
• SLUR † thin or fluid mud ...ME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLUTCH † mud, mire, slush ...M17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPOSH a mixture of mud and water; slush, soft snow mixed with water in thawing weather; water partially frozen ...1845 US
• URE mud, clay ...Bk1905 Sc.
MUD, MUDDY - verbs
• BATTER to splash with mud ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLE to besmear with mud; to walk about a room with dirty feet ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BELUTE to cover with mud or dirt ...1760
• BESPATTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESPOTTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLART to fall flat in the mud ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DINGE to become muddy, murky, or unclear, as a creek after a rain ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EASE to bemire, to splash with mud ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ENMUD † to enclose or bury in mud ...1611
• GAR to muddy ...1880 Sc.
• IMMUD † to enclose or bury in mud ...1644
• LAG † to daggle, to render wet or muddy ...c1440
• LALLOP to walk among soft mud ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MEUGLE to dabble in mud ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REAP to gather up dirt by trailing on the ground; to trail in the mud ...1884 Eng. dial.
MUDDIED - adjectives
• BELAGGED weighted with mud, muddied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
MUDDLE, MUDDLED - nouns
• BALK a muddle; a stoppage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLS a botch, a muddle ...1889 sl.
• BEES a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAKEMENT a muddle, confusion ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament ...1818 Sc.
• FAUCHLE a muddle, a state of confusion ...1952 Sc.
• FRIGG-UP a mess, a muddle ...20C Aust. & US euphemism for 'fuck-up'
• FRIG-UP a mess, a muddle ...20C Aust. & US euphemism for 'fuck-up'
• F.U. a 'foul-up' or 'fuck-up'; a grave muddle ...M20
• GUDDLE a muddled affair; a mix-up; confusion ...colloq.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• HAISTER † a confusion, a muddle ...1824 Sc.
• HASHY a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• HASSIE a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• HASTRIE † a confusion, a muddle ...1824 Sc.
• HIBBLEDY-HOBBLEDY a confused mass, a muddle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JABBLE confusion, agitation, esp. of speech; an incoherent muddle ...1894 Sc.
• JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest ...1887 Amer. sl.
• LAGGERY a mess; a state of muddle or chaos ...1914 Sc.
• MAMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MANCH a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANG a mixture, a muddle, a confusion ...1880 Sc.
• MASH a confused mixture; also, a muddle ...1598
• MASHMENT a muddle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MESSMENT a mess; a confused, disorderly, or dirty condition; a muddle, a confusion; anything unpalatable ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MIX a muddle, a mess ...L19 sl.
• MOMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MOMMUX a muddle; a botch ...1869 Amer. sl.
• MORASS a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp. one that impedes progress
• MUCK-UP a complete failure; confusion or muddle; a botch ...L19 colloq.
• MUMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MUSS a state of disorder; a muddle ...19C US & Can. colloq.
• PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PARGIS a dirty mess, a muddle, a filthy condition ...1929 Sc.
• PUDDLE a muddle, a mess ...16C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• QUIGGER a hotchpotch; a mess, as of badly-cooked food; a muddle or botch in general ...1967 Sc.
• RAVEL a muddle, tangle, confusion ...1891 Sc.
• TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends ...1837
• TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line ...1925 Sc.
• VAKE a piece of business; a muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MUDDLE - nouns, person
• HAGGLE a person who has no method and is always in a muddle ...1929 Sc.
MUDDLE - verbs
• ADDLE to muddle; to confuse; to spoil, to make abortive ...c1712
• BARBULYE to confuse, to muddle, to disorder ...c1572 Sc. arch.
• BEMUD to confuse, to muddle ...1599
• BEMUDDLE to confuse or muddle completely ...1862
• F.U. to 'foul-up' or 'fuck-up' ...M20
• FUZZLE † to intoxicate, to make drunk; to confuse, to muddle ...1621
• HAGGLE to cut unevenly; to hack or mangle; to bungle, to make a muddle of anything ...1599
• MADDLE to perplex; to muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLE † to blunder, to make mistakes, to muddle, to confuse, to bewilder ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE A BOX OF to muddle ...20C Aust. sl.
• MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIZZLE to confuse, to muddle ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MULL to spoil, to muddle ...1862 Brit. colloq., orig. & chiefly athletics usage
• QUIGGER to work in something messy or in an ineffectual, messy or muddling way ...1960 Sc.
• RAMFEEZLE to disarrange, to muddle ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLE to disarrange, to muddle ...1786 Sc.
• RAVEL to get into a confusion or tangle; to entangle, to disorder, to muddle ...1791 Sc.
• TAIGLE to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle ...1898 Sc.
• TAZZLE to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TAZZLE UP to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange ...1939 Amer. dial.
MUDDLED - adjectives
• ADDLE muddled, confused ...1612
• ADDLE-BRAINED confused, muddled, stupid ...1866
• ADDLED confused, muddled ...1732
• ADDLED AS AN EGG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ADDLE-HEADED confused, muddled, stupid ...a1670
• ADDLE-PATED confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed ...1630
• ADRIFT bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL BALLED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL MESSED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASSED UP bewildered; muddled ...1932 Amer. dial.
• AT SIX AND SEVEN bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AT SIXES AND SEVENS confused, bewildered; muddled; also denotes disorganization or disorder ...1670
• BACK-ASSWARD(S) confused, muddled, backwards ...1940s US sl.
• BALLED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BATTY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOOEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOTHER-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, muddled ...1872
• BUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOUDY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COBWEBBED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CORKSCREWY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIZZY-DOPEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOPEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOTTY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLAK HAPPY slap-happy; slightly muddled mentally ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLOOEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUFFY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGY obscure or confused; bewildered; perplexed; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGY IN THE UPPER STORY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRAZZLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...1883 Amer. sl.
• FUDDLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUDDLE-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUZZLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUZZY-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEEZED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEEZED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOFY bewildered; confused; muddled ...1910s sl.
• GROGGY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIZIE muddled; crazy, weak in understanding ...1836 Sc.
• IN A FLAT SPIN bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FLAT SPIN IN A FOG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FOG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FUDDLE bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A GROUND LOOP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE ETHER bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE FOG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE WOODS bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAMBLED bewildered, confused, muddled, jumbled, befuddled; awry ...1745 Amer. dial.
• JIGGERED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JINGLE-BRAINED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JINGLED bewildered; confused; muddled; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOPED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAFFLED confused, muddled ...1820 Eng. dial.
• MANGED confused, muddled, crazed ...1825 Sc.
• MESSED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIZZLED confused, muddled ...1984 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLING confused, muddled ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MUCKIBUS † intoxicated, slightly drunk, tipsy, fuddled; confused or muddled with drink ...1756 sl.
• MUDDLE-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled ...M18
• MUDDY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OBFUSTICATED bewildered; confused; muddled ...1834 Amer. sl.
• OFF AT THE NAIL muddled, confused, beyond the bounds of reason ...1721 Sc.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• PIED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMFEEZLED confused, muddled, stupefied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMGEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• RAMJEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• RATTLE-BEANED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAVELLED 1. tangled, confused, muddled, in difficulties ...1721 Sc.
2. confused in mind, muddled; rambling, incoherent, delirious ...1866 Sc.
• SCRAMBLEBRAINED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAMBLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREWY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNOWED-IN bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAP-AND-TEERIE chaotic, muddled, disorderly ...1827 Sc.
• TAPSALTEERIE chaotic, muddled, disorderly ...1827 Sc.
• TWISTED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER THE ETHER bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP THE POLE muddled, confused, wrong, in error, mistaken ...L19 sl.
• UP THE PUTT confused, incorrect; muddled, wrong ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• WALKING ON ONE'S HEELS bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALKING ON ROUND HEELS bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHOOZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIRES CROSSED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WONKEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WOOL-GATHERED muddled, bewildered, distracted ...1891 Amer. dial.
• WOOZEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WOOZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MUDDLED - nouns, person
• HASH a stupid person; a person who 'makes a hash' of his words, etc., one who is careless or muddled in speech or action ...1655 Sc.
MUDDLED - verbs
• BEMUSE to make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy ...1735
MUDDLE-HEADED - adjectives
• CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
MUDDLE-HEADED - nouns, person
• BLUNDERHEAD a blundering, confused, muddle-headed fellow ...1697
MUDDLE-HEADEDNESS - nouns
• ADDLE-HEADEDNESS confusion, muddle-headedness ...1835
• ADDLEMENT confusion, muddle-headedness ...1859
• ADDLING muddling of the wits ...1843
• KENNEL WITS † muddy brains, confusion, muddle-headedness ...1598
MUDDLER - nouns, person
• MESSER a bungler; a muddler ...c1905 Brit. colloq.
MUDDY - see MUD
MUFFIN - nouns
• MANCHET a small loaf of white bread; a hot cake; a muffin ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MUFFLED - adjectives
• DEAF † of sounds: so dull as to be hardly or indistinctly heard; muffled ...1612
• VEILED of sound, the voice, etc.: indistinct, muffled, obscure ...1834
MUG - nouns
• THUMB a small mug ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TINNIKIN * a very small tin or mug ...1896 Sc.
MUGGER - nouns, person
• JACK a mugger; a thief ...1920s US sl.
MUGGING - nouns
• JACK-RACKET mugging ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE-OFF an armed street robbery or mugging ...1940s US criminals' sl.
MUGGY - adjectives
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• GIFFY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVEY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• MIGGY of the weather: moist, damp, muggy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
• PUGGY of the weather: damp and warm, muggy ...1875 Eng. dial.
MULE - nouns
• ARIZONA NIGHTINGALE a donkey or mule ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BANICAL a broken-down horse or mule ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARREN † a drove of mules ...1486
• BROOMTAIL a mule ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEAD a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CANARY a donkey or mule; usually constructed with a place name, as 'Arizona canary' ...1876 US jocular
• DAISY a mule ...1887 US sl.
• DONK mule ...Amer. World War I sl.
• EE-AW a donkey or mule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• ESEL a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-ASS † a mule ...1587
• HAMMERHEAD a horse or mule, esp. one considered inferior ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HARDHEAD a mule ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAW-HAW a donkey or mule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a mule ...1917 Amer. dial.
• HEE-HAW a donkey or mule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JACK a male mule ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JACKRABBIT a mule, esp. a small one ...1940 Amer. dial.
• JARHEAD a mule ...1918 Amer. dial.
• JASS a mule or jackass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JASSACK a mule or jackass ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JASS-ASS a mule or jackass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JASS-ONKEY a mule or jackass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LONG-EARED JACK a mule ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LONG-EARED ROBIN a mule ...1962 Amer.dial.
• LONGEARS a mule or donkey ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LONGHEAD a mule or donkey; a horse with a large, chunky head ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MAUD a name for a female mule or donkey; rarely for a cow ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MAUD MULE a mare mule ..1935 Amer. dial.
• MEXICAN QUARTER HORSE (derogatory) a mule ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISSOURI HUMMINGBIRD a Missouri mule ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MOAK a donkey; a mule ...1839
• MOKE a donkey; a mule ...1839
• MOLLIE a nickname for a female horse or mule ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY a nickname for a female horse or mule ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN CANARY a mule ...1997 US sl.
• NIGHTMARE a horse or mule used on night duty ...1920 Amer. West usage
• OAKHEAD a mule ...1966 Amer. dial. jocular
• PENCIL TAIL a mule ...1982 Amer. dial.
• PESTLE-TAIL a mule ...1918 Amer. dial.
• PLUG a mule ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POLLY a female mule ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAT TAIL a mule ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAWHIDE a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHAVETAIL a nickname for a horse or mule ...1832 Amer. dial.
• SKIN a mule ...1925 sl.
• TEXAS CANARY BIRD a mule ...1911 Amer. dial.
MULE - nouns, person
• MULE-SKINNER a mule-driver ...L19 US sl.
• MULE-WHACKER a mule-driver ...L19 US sl.
• WHACKER a driver of animals; a drover; an ox or mule driver ...1827 Amer. dial.
• FINEW † mouldiness, mould ...1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAIR-MOULD mouldiness which appears on bread, etc., caused by dampness ...1773 Sc.
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
• OLD must, mould ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TACK anything mouldy or sour, esp. a taste in food or drink that is other than one expects ...M19 sl.
• VINEW † mould, mouldiness, mustiness ...1538
• VINNY mouldiness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOULDY - adjectives
• AIKYSPIRED of cloth, etc.: spotted with mouldiness, mouldy ...1929 Sc.
• HAIRY-HOOMED covered with mould, mouldy ...1956 Sc.
• HAIRY-MOULDED covered with mould, mouldy ...1956 Sc.
• MILDY mouldy; mildewed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIRED of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...1777 Eng. dial.
• PAIRY of cheese: mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINNED mouldy, mildewed ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VINNIED mouldy, mildewed ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VINNY mouldy, mildewed, musty; esp. used of bread or cheese ...1796 Eng. dial.
MOULDY - verbs
• FINEW † to become mouldy or musty ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MILDY to grow mouldy; to mildew ...1900 Eng. dial.
• NAG to become sour or mouldy in taste ...1928 Sc.
• PAIR to grow mouldy; esp. used of cheese ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINEW † to grow mouldy ...1570
• VINNY to become mouldy or mildewed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOUND - nouns
• BALK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• BARROW a mound or heap ...1869 Eng. dial.
• BAULK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• BERRY † a mound, a hillock ...1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAM a heap or small mound or hillock ...1906 Sc.
MOUNT - verbs
• AMOUNT † to go up; to ascend; to mount ...ME
• HEAVE † to rise, to mount, to come up, to spring up ...c1325
• LOPE to mount ...Bk1902 Amer. dial.
• RAISE to mount, to climb ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKILL † to mount, to ascend ...a1400
MOUNTAIN - adjectives
• MONTANIC †* pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains ...1799
• MONTICOLINE * inhabiting mountains ...1890
• MONTICULOUS * having little hills; dwelling in hills or mounts ...1656
• MONTIVAGANT †* wandering on the mountains ...1656
• MONTIVAGOUS † wandering up and down the hills and mountains ...1658
• SUBMONTANE 1. passing under or existing below mountains ...1819
2. lying about the foot of mountains ...1830
• SUBMONTANEOUS † passing under or existing below mountains ...1682
• ULTRAMONTANE situated beyond, belonging to the other side of the mountains ...1786
MOUNTAIN - nouns
• BALD a bare or treeless mountain top ...1838 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEAD the bare rounded top of a plateau, mesa, or mountain ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BARROW † a mountain, a mount, a hill or hillock ...c885
• BEN a hill, a mountain; a mountain-peak ...1788
• BIN a hill, a mountain, a mountain-peak ...1788
• LEAD a mountain spur; a steep ridge ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LEDGE † a range of mountains or hills ...1652-62
• NUBBLE a small hill or mountain; an islet ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SAG a depression on a ridge or mountainside ...1727 Amer. dial.
• SCREE the steep, perpendicular side of a mountain; a precipice ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIDDAN † a mountain torrent ...1820 Sc.
• SHIRLING loose stones at the base of a mountain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUMMITY † the topmost point or ridge of a mountain or hill ...c1400
• VERSANT the slope, side, or descent of a mountain or mountain chain; the area or region covered by this ...1851
• WALE the edge or verge of a mountain ...1865 Eng. dial.
MOUNTAIN - nouns, person
• CATAMOUNTAIN a wild man from the mountains ...1616
MOUNTAIN BIKING - nouns, person
• GEAR HEAD in mountain biking: a bicycle mechanic ...1992 US sl.
• RACERHEAD in mountain biking: someone who competes in races ...1992 US sl.
MOUNTAIN BIKING - verbs
• BONE in mountain biking: to strike the nose of your seat with your buttocks ...1992 US sl.
• CARVE in mountain biking: to travel at a great speed around corners ...1996 US sl.
• DAB in mountain biking: to touch the ground unintentionally with any part of the body ...1992 US sl.
MOUNTAINEER - nouns, person
• HAW-EATER a mountaineer ...1904 Amer. dial.
• POISON-OAKER a mountaineer ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ROCK JOCK a mountaineer ...sl.
MOUNTAIN LION - nouns
• CALIFORNIA LION a mountain lion ...1850 Amer. dial.
• CATAMOUNT the mountain lion ...1713 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN DEVIL a mountain lion, a cougar ...1851 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN PANTHER a mountain lion ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LION a mountain lion ...c1613 Amer. dial.
• MEXICAN LION a mountain lion ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TIGER TAIL a mountain lion ...1930 Amer. dial.
MOUNTAINOUS - adjectives
• ALPESTRIOUS † alpine, mountainous ...1623 obs.
• RANGY mountainous ...1880 Aust.
MOUNTAIN PASS - nouns
• BELLOCH a narrow mountain-pass ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIVIDE a mountain pass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GATE an entrance into a country through mountains; a mountain-pass ...1601
• NECK a pass between hills or mountains; the narrow part of a mountain pass ...1707
• NOT a mountain pass ...1718 Amer. dial.
• PACE † a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait ...a1300
MOURN - verbs
• BEMOURN † to mourn over; to lament, to bewail ...a1000
• BESTAND † to stand by or near; to stand over; esp. to stand by the dead, to mourn for ...c1000
• CARE † to mourn, to lament ...a1300
• GLOPPEN † to lament or mourn ...B1900
• MAKE SITE †* to lament, to mourn ...1338
• TAKE ON to cry, to mourn, to grieve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TROUBLY to grieve, to mourn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEARN † 1. to mourn, to grieve ...1562
† 2. to cause to mourn; to move to compassion ...1593
MOURNER - nouns, person
• MUTE a person hired to mourn at funerals ...18C Brit.
• SAULIE † a hired mourner at a funeral who preceded the cortege with a black staff and other symbols of mourning, a mute ...1621 Sc.
• SAWLIE a funeral mute, a hired mourner ...1773 Sc.
• WAILER a professional mourner ...1647
• WAILERESS † a female wailer ...1388
• WAILSTER †* a female wailer ...1388
MOURNFUL, MOURNING - adjectives
• ALL SNOT AND TEARS sorry, remorseful, mournful ...Brit. sl.
• BALE † sorrowing, mournful, woeful ...c1220
• BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful ...c1325 arch.
• CAREFUL † full of grief; mournful, sorrowful ...a1000
• DARNFUL gloomy, mournful, dreary ...1916 Amer. dial.
• EERIE dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful ...1773 Sc.
• ELEGIOUS †* resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful ...1632
• FUNEBRIOUS † pert. to funerals; hence, gloomy, sad, melancholy, mournful ...1653
• GULPY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEARSE-LIKE like a hearse; mournful ...1625
• LACHRYMABLE † expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LACHRYMENTAL †* mournful, tearful ...1625
• LACRYMABLE † expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LAMENTFUL * charged with lament; mournful ...1876
• LANGUOROUS † distressful, sorrowful, mournful ...1490
• LENTEN † such as is appropriate to Lent; hence of provisions, diet, etc.: such as may be used in Lent, meagre; of clothing, expression of countenance, etc.: mournful-looking, dismal ...1577-87
• LUCTISONOUS †* making a mournful sound ...1721
• LUCTUATE †* to render mournful or gloomy, as with bad news or black drapes ...1772
• LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable ...1601
• MELANCHOLIOUS * affected with melancholy; gloomy, mournful ...c1384
• MESTFUL †* mournful; sad; melancholy; dismal; gloomy ...1577
• MESTIVE † sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy ...1578
• PIPEY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLORATORY * weeping, mournful ...1858
• SITEFUL †* sorrowful, mournful, doleful ...a1300
• SITFULL †* sorrowful, mournful, doleful ...a1300
• SOBBY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THRENETIC pertaining to a threnody (a song of lamentation); mournful, sorrowful ...1656
• WAILFUL † of mournful aspect ...1557
• WEEPY depressed, denoting tearfulness; mournful, tearful ...1863
• WITH ONE'S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT mournful, wry-mouthed ...20C
• YEARNFUL mournful, sorrowful ...a1566
MOURNFUL - nouns, person
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• THIN STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
MOURNING - nouns
• AFFLICTIONS mourning clothes ...M19 sl., orig. drapers' usage
• BACKWARDING a change from joy to mourning ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARE † utterance of sorrow; lamentation, mourning ...a1000
• CARE-WEED † mourning attire ...c1500
• CLOTHING OF CARE † mourning-dress ...a1300
• HOUSE TO LET a widow's weeds ...18C sl.
• MITIGATED AFFLICTIONS half-mourning ...M19 sl.
• SABLES mourning garments; a suit of black worn as an emblem of grief ...1602
• WAILING ROBES mourning garments ...1591 nonce use
MOUSE - nouns
• BEAR MOUSE a field mouse ...1857 Amer. dial.
• MAXWELL HOUSE a mouse ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ORTS mouse droppings ...19C colloq.
• RANNY † the field mouse, or shrew mouse ...1559 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SACKS OF RICE mice ...1990s rhyming sl.
• UMIK a taboo name for a mouse ...1962 Sc.
MOUSE - verbs
• QUEAK to squeak, to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
MOUSETRAP - nouns
• SAMSON'S POSTS a mousetrap ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMSON-TRAP a mousetrap ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MOUSTACHE - nouns
• ALF A MO a small moustache ...1910s Aust. sl.
• ARF A MO a small moustache ...1910s Aust. sl.
• COOKIE-DUSTER a moustache ...1934 US jocular
• DOORMAT a moustache ...M19 sl.
• FACE FINS a moustache, presumably a large one that protrudes on either side of the cheeks ...L19 sl., orig. nautical usage
• FACE-FITTINGS a beard and/or moustache ...1904 Aust. sl.
• FACE FUNGUS male facial hair, i.e. a beard and/or moustache ...1907 sl.
• FOOTBALL TEAM a very sparse moustache ...1984 UK sl.
• FUNGUS a moustache; a beard ...20C sl.
• LIP-THATCH a moustache ...1892 jocular
• MATASH a moustache ...1898 Sc.
• MISPLACED EYEBROW a moustache ...1918 Amer. jocular
• MO a moustache ...1894 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MOOSH a moustache ...1960s sl.
• MOUSER a moustache ...1934 Amer. sl.
• MUSH a moustache ...1967 sl.
• NEWGATE-RING moustache and beard as one, without side whiskers ...Bk1902 sl.
• PULL-DOWN the moustache that succeeded the 'nap' ...c1870 society sl.
• SOUP-STRAINER a long moustache ...1932 jocular
• 'STACHE n. a moustache ...1989 US sl.
• STASH a moustache ...1940 US sl.
• TACHE a moustache ...1893 sl.
• TASH a moustache ...1893 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TAZ a moustache ...1951 sl.
• TOOTH-BRUSH MOUSTACHE a bristly moustache ...1904 humorous
• WALRUS a large, bushy moustache, supposedly reminiscent of the animal ...1910s sl.
• WALRUS MOUSTACHE a long thick moustache drooping at the ends ...1918 sl.
• WHIP a moustache ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'tash' (Whip and Lash)
• WHIP AND LASH a moustache ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'tash'
MOUTH - adjectives
• BLENCH-LIPPIT having a white mouth ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCCULENT †* fat-cheeked, wide-mouthed ...1656
• GAPESHOT open-mouthed ...1877 Sc.
• MUCKLE-MOUTHED having a large mouth ...1721 Sc.
• SATCHEL-MOUTHED used of someone who has a large mouth ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• SCASH-MOUTHED having the mouth or lips twisted sideways ...1927 Sc.
• SCOUT-MOUTHED having a pursed-up mouth ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TANKER-MOUTHED having a wide or gaping mouth ...1854 Sc.
• THRAWN-GABBIT having a twisted or contorted mouth ...1721 Sc.
MOUTH - nouns
• BACCA-BOX the mouth ...1900s sl.
• BACCY-BOX the mouth ...1900s sl.
• BACON HOLE the mouth ...1940s sl.
• BANDER the mouth; used derisively ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZOO a person's mouth ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BAZOOK a person's mouth ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BEEZER the mouth ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BLAB (sometimes derogatory) the mouth ...1942 Amer. jocular
• BLABBER (sometimes derogatory) the mouth ...1942 Amer. jocular
• BONE-BOX the mouth ...1825 sl.
• BOOSE a person's mouth ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOW PORT the mouth ...1835 Amer. nautical sl.
• BOX the mouth ...1930 Amer. sl.
• BOX OF DOMINOES the mouth containing the teeth ...Bk1890 sl.
• BOX OF IVORIES the mouth containing the teeth ...Bk1890 sl.
• BUGLE the mouth ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BUNGHOLE the mouth ...1990s Aust. sl.
• BUN-TRAP the mouth ...20C sl.
• CAFETERIA the mouth ...1930s US sl.
• CAKE-HOLE the mouth ...c1936 sl.
• CAP the mouth, esp. as used in oral-genital sex ...1960s US Black sl.
• CHAFFER the mouth ...Bk1890 sl.
• CHAPPER the mouth ...1909 London sl.
• CHIN the mouth as a source of idle talk ...1929 Amer. sl.
• CLACK-BOX the mouth ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLAM the mouth ...1825 US sl.
• CLAM SHELL the mouth ...1825 US sl.
• DENTAL BOX the mouth ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIP SOUTH the mouth ...20C rhyming sl.
• DOMINO-BOX the mouth; the mouth and teeth ...E19 sl.
• DOUGH-HOLE the mouth ...1940s sl.
• EAST AND SOUTH the mouth ...M19 rhyming sl.
• FACE 1. the mouth, as the source of speech ...M19 US sl.
2. the mouth, as used for eating and drinking ...L19 US sl.
• FAGGOT TUNNEL the mouth ...Brit. sl.
• FAG-HOLE the mouth ...c1945 sl.
• FANGS the mouth; the jaws ...1950s sl.
• FLY-TRAP the mouth ...c1790
• GAB the mouth; the tongue ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GABBER a person's mouth ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GABBIE the mouth ...1847 Sc.
• GAB-BOX the mouth ...20C US sl.
• GABBY the mouth, palate ...1773 Sc.
• GAM the mouth ...1724 Sc.
• GAMP the opening of the throat; also, the mouth ...1923 Sc.
• GAN † the mouth; the throat; the lips ...1536 UK sl.
• GANNE † the mouth, the throat ...1865 Sc.
• GAP the mouth ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GASH the mouth ...1852 US sl.
• GATE the mouth ...1936 sl. mainly Brit.
• GEBBIE the mouth, palate ...1773 Sc.
• GLIB a person's mouth ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOB the mouth ...a1550 chiefly N. Eng. dial. & sl.
• GOB BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOSSIP BOX the mouth ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRUBBERY the mouth ...c1870 sl.
• GRUB BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-MILL the mouth ...1880 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-SHOP the mouth ...c1860 sl.
• GRUB-TRAP the mouth ...c1860 sl.
• HEAD the mouth (as a source of offensive or inappropriate talk); constructed esp. with 'open' or 'shut', as in 'keep your head shut' ...1848 Amer. sl.
• HOLE the mouth ...1607 sl.
• IVORY-BOX the mouth ...1888 pugilistic sl.
• JAWING-TACKLE the jaws, mouth, etc., as used in speaking ...1859
• JAW-TACKLE the muscles of the jaws; the mouth, etc., as employed in talking ...1831 sl.
• KISSER the mouth ...1860 sl.
• KISSING-TRAP the mouth ...1854 sl.
• LAUGHING GEAR the mouth ...1964 NZ sl.
• LUNG-BOX the mouth ...1890 sl.
• MAG a mouth ...M18 sl.
• MAIN HATCH the mouth ...1846 Amer. nautical sl.
• MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws ...1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MEAT-MINCER the mouth ...c1840 boxing sl.
• MEAT TRAP the mouth ...1851 Amer. sl.
• MIZZARD the mouth ...1877 tramps' sl.
• MOEY the mouth ...1859 sl.
• MOOE the mouth ...1859 sl.
• MOOEY the mouth ...1859 sl.
• MOOSH the face or mouth ...L18 sl., orig. Aust. & US
• MOTORMOUTH the mouth of a garrulous person; hence chatter ...1976 Amer. sl.
• MOUSEY-POUSEY a child's name for the mouth ...B1900 N. Ireland
• MUMMER the mouth ...L18 sl.
• MUSH the face or mouth ...L18 sl., orig. Aust. & US
• NABBLE-TRAP the mouth ...1831 Eng. dial.
• NEB the mouth of a person ...1611
• NEW SOUTH the mouth ...1990s Aust. rhyming sl.
• NIB the face; the mouth; the nose; usually of a woman ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NORTH AND SOUTH the mouth ...1858 Brit. rhyming sl.
• NUSH the mouth ...1859 Amer. sl.
• ORIFACTURE † making or construction with the mouth ...1673 nonce word
• OYSTER the mouth ...1960s US sl.
• PAN the mouth ...M19 US sl.
• PAP the projection of the mouth ...1892 Sc.
• PHIZOG the mouth ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIE HOLE the mouth ...20C US sl.
• POTATO TRAP the mouth ...1785 sl.
• PRATTLE BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUKE HOLE (often offensive) one's mouth ...Amer. sl.
• PUSS the face; the mouth ...E20 Amer. sl.
• QUEEN OF THE SOUTH the mouth ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• RABBIT TRAP the mouth ...1910s Aust. sl.
• RAG-BOX the mouth ...1890 sl.
• RAG SHOP the mouth ...c1890 sl.
• RATTLE-TRAP the mouth ...B1900 sl.
• SALLY-PORT the mouth ...1923 nautical sl.
• SALMON AND TROUT the mouth ...1859 rhyming sl.
• SALMON TROUT the mouth ...1859 rhyming sl.
• SATCH a notably large mouth; hence, a person with a large mouth ...1900s US Black sl.
• SAUCEBOX the mouth ...M19 sl.
• SCOUT-MOUTH a pursed-up mouth ...1685 Sc.
• SMUSH the mouth ...1930 US sl.
• SNOTTERGOB a dirty mouth ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TALK BOX the mouth ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALK-TRAP the mouth ...20C US sl.
• TATER-TRAP the mouth ...E19 sl.
• TATIE-TRAP the mouth; the stomach ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TATOE-TRAP the mouth ...E19 sl.
• TATTIE-TRAP the mouth ...1885 Sc.
• TATUR-TRAP the mouth ...E19 sl.
• TICKLE BOX the mouth ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TRAP the mouth ...1776 sl.
• WAD the mouth ...1900s US college sl.
• WAHPUS a mouth; used contemptuously ...1874 Eng. dial.
• WHICKERBILL the mouth ...1923 Amer. dial.
• YAP the mouth ...1871 Amer. dial.
• YAPPER the mouth ...L19 US sl.
• YOP the mouth ...L19 US sl.
MOUTH - nouns, person
• GANSH a person with a widely-gaping mouth; hence, a stupid, dull-witted, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails ...1880 Sc.
• MUZZLE-CHOPS a nickname for a man with a prominent nose and mouth ...1611
• SATCH a notably large mouth; hence, a person with a large mouth ...1900s US Black sl.
• SATCHEL-MOUTH a person with an unusually large mouth ...1967 Amer. Black sl.
MOUTH - verbs
• DIGHT THE NEB to wipe one's nose or mouth ...1886 Sc.
• GAPE to open the mouth wide ...1665
• GAPE ONE'S GAB † to open one's mouth wide (like a young bird) ...1865 Sc.
• GARGARIZE † to gargle; to wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor ...1533 ? obs.
• SKEET to spew liquid out of the mouth, esp. between the teeth ...1909 Amer. dial.
• YAP-YAP to open one's mouth wide through hunger ...1950s W. Indies
• YAWN † 1. to open the mouth voluntarily, esp. in order to swallow or devour something; in early use, to have the mouth wide open; to gape ...c725
† 2. to open the mouth wide from surprise or the like; to gape ...1604 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MOUTHFUL - 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.
• PUSSFUL a mouthful ...Irish sl.
• SUP a small quantity of liquid such as can be taken into the mouth at one tip; a sip, a mouthful ...1570
• SWALLOW a mouthful ...L19
MOUTH ORGAN - see HARMONICA
MOVABLE - adjectives
• DEAMBULATORY moving about from place to place; movable, shifting ...1607
• MEBLE movable ...1845 Sc.
MOVABLE - nouns
• RATTLE-TRAPS belongings; movables; small odds and ends ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MOVE, MOVING - adjectives
• DEAMBULATORY moving about from place to place; movable, shifting ...1607
• ILLOCOMOTIVE not moving readily ...1835 nonce word
• MOTABLE † always moving, still in motion ...1656
• ON THE RACK constantly moving about, travelling ...c1860 Can. sl.
• UPSTIRRING on the move ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MOVE, MOVING - adverbs
• A-GOG on the move, going ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ASTEER moving about, active, bustling ...1794 Sc.
• CAHOOTIN' moving very rapidly and noisily ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CALLAHOOTING moving very rapidly and noisily ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CALLYHOOTING moving very rapidly and noisily ...1880 Amer. dial.
MOVE, MOVING - nouns
• BOOSAN a moving about, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FLIT the removal of one's household goods, and with them oneself, late at night in order to escape paying one's rent ...L19 sl.
• JEE a move, motion ...1880 Sc.
• MOONLIGHT FLIT the removal of one's household goods, and with them oneself, late at night in order to escape paying one's rent ...L19 sl.
• MOONLIGHT FLITTING leaving a house late at night to avoid paying the rent ...E18 sl.
MOVE - nouns, person
• GROYL † one who is always on the move ...1583
• MUSHER one who moves from place to place ...1900s US sl.
MOVE - verbs
• AMEVE † to move ...B1900 Ireland
• BESTIR ONE'S STUMPS to bestir oneself, to increase one's speed ...1633 sl.
• CHASSAY to move in a rapid slide or glide; to move along ...1835 Amer. dial.
• CHIVEY to run after, to chase; to move off quickly ...Bk1890 sl.
• COP A DRILL to move off at a steady, regular pace ...1940s US Black sl.
• DANCE ABOUT to move about from place to place ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EASE to move, to travel ...1920s US sl.
• FAG ALONG to move when it requires an effort ...20C US sl.
• FAN ONE'S ASS to move, to walk ...1960s US Black sl.
• GET ON ONE'S BICYCLE to get going, to get busy ...1964 US sl.
• GET ON ONE'S HORSE to get moving; to hurry up ...1942 US sl.
• GROYL †* to move, to make one's way ...1583
• HAUM to set about a thing, to begin, to move, to attempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWM to set about a thing, to begin, to move, to attempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAVE † to remove, to shift to another place ...c1205
• HELE ON to get moving; to go ...1972 Hawaii
• ICCHE(N) † to move, to stir ...c1200
• JEE to move, to stir; to move to one side; to move to and fro ...1727 Sc.
• LOCOMOTE to move about from place to place; to walk ...1846
• LOCO-MOVE † to move about from place to place; to walk ...1792 nonce word
• MAKE A BUDGE to make a move, to start off, to move ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MAN-POWER to move something by human effort ...1913 Amer. dial.
• MEEVE to move ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEVE to move ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAVIGATE to move about ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OOCH OVER to move oneself over to make room for someone else; to slide or push something up or along ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OONCH OVER to move oneself over to make room for someone else; to slide or push something up or along ...1993 Amer. dial.
• OOTZ to move something slightly ...1958 Amer. dial.
• PULL ONE'S FINGER OUT to get moving; to demand effort from a lazy person ...1941 Amer. sl.
• QUINCH † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince ...1530 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• QUINCE † to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch ...1530
• QUITCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten ...c1205
• RANDALL † to move without fixed course, to move at random ...1599
• RANKLE to move ...1898 Sc.
• REMBLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMEL to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMON to remove; to transfer from one place to another; to change one's place of abode ...1684 Eng. dial.
• REMMON HOUSE to change one's place of abode ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RID to remove, to change house; to move one's goods ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RID HOUSE to remove, to change house; to move one's goods ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SIFT to move, to start moving; to move swiftly through a crowd ...20C US & UK Black sl.
• SILE to go, to move; to glide ...13?? obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SKIFT † to shift, change, or move something ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STIR A WAG to make the slightest movement ...1899 Eng. dial.
• STIR ONE'S STUMPS to bestir oneself, to increase one's speed ...1640 sl.
• TO-STIR † to move violently ...1382
• TO-WAWE † to move about ...c1350
• UP STACKS to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STICK to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STICKS to pack up and go; to move ...1877 UK sl., orig. nautical
• VEEK † to move, to veer; to stir, to shift ...1905 Sc.
• VIDGE to move, to shift something, to alter its position ...1929 Sc.
• VIKE to move, to budge ...1887 Sc.
• VIR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• VIRR to move or walk with force ...1866 Sc.
• WAG 1. to stir, to move; to move one's limbs ...a1225
† 2. to move about from place to place to place; also, to drift in water ...c1325
† 3. to move, to budge from a place ...c1400
• WALK † of various material things a pen, a weapon, an instrument: to move, to be in motion ...a1400
• WELK † to move ...1846 Eng. dial.
MOVE (residence, etc.) - verbs
• LIVE IN ONE'S BOXES to lack a fixed abode, to move from place to place ...20C Brit. colloq.
MOVE, MOVING - phrases
• GIVE ME SOME SCROUGE move over and give me some room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON THE RACK always on the move ...c1860 Can. colloq.
MOVEMENT - adjectives (also see MOTIONLESS)
• IMMOTILE incapable of movement ...1872
• IMMOTIVE incapable of movement ...1627-47
MOVEMENT - nouns
• HAND-STIR a very small distance; a slight movement ...1896 Eng. dial.
MOVEMENT - adjectives
• IMMOBILITATE †* to render incapable of movement ...1654
MOVE OVER - verbs
• MOOCH OVER to move over, to make room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH to move over, to make room, to slide oneself along, as on a bench or the like so as to make room for another ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT ALONG to move over, to make room, to slide oneself along, as on a bench or the like so as to make room for another ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT OVER to move over, to make room, to slide oneself along, as on a bench or the like so as to make room for another ...1950 Amer. dial.
MOVE OVER - phrases
• GIVE ME SOME SCROUGE move over and give me some room ...1967 Amer. dial.
MOVIE - nouns
• ANIMATED PICTURE † an early name for a cinematographic picture ...1898
• CANNED MORALE a movie ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHICK FLICK a film that is designed to appeal to a female audience ...1993 US sl.
• CHILLER-DILLER a book, movie, or play, esp. a movie, which fascinates its audience by suspense, mystery, or scenes of fear and horror ...20C Amer. sl.
• FLICK a movie ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GALLOPING SNAPSHOTS movie films ...1920s US sl.
• HAIR-RAISER an exciting or terrifying adventure story or film ...20C sl.
• HAYBURNER a Western movie ...1948 Amer. sl.
• HORSE OPERA a cowboy film, esp. if undistinguished; hence, a radio or TV western ...1927 sl.
• KINKY a low-budget film devoted mainly to the depiction of cruelty combined with graphic, esp. unconventional, sexual acts ...1967 Amer. entertainment industry usage
• MOVES, THE a film, a movie ...1910s US sl.
• NUDIE a magazine or a film which features nudity ...M20 US sl.
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OAT OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATS OPERA a Western film ...1930s sl., orig. US
• OLDIE any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie; an old man ...20C US sl.
• OLDY any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie; an old man ...20C US sl.
• PASH SHOW a film that includes candid sex scenes ...1950s Aust. sl.
• PORNIE a pornographic film ...1966 sl.
• SAGEBRUSHER a Western cowboy film ...1920s US sl.
• SKIN-FLICK a movie focusing on nudity or sex; a movie with nude scenes; a pornographic film or an X-rated film ...1968 US sl.
• SNUFFER a film, usually pornographic, that climaxes in the actual death of one of the participants, usually an actress or, if paedophiliac, a child ...1960s sl. orig. US
• SNUFF FILM a pornographic film in which an unsuspecting actress or actor is murdered at the climax of the film ...1975 sl.
• SNUFF MOVIE a film, usually pornographic, that climaxes in the actual death of one of the participants, usually an actress or, if paedophiliac, a child ...1960s sl. orig. US
• SPAG a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPLAT MOVIE a genre of ultra-violent films, coined as a name by director George Romero, e.g. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' ...1970s sl.
• SPLATTER MOVIE a genre of ultra-violent films, coined as a name by director George Romero, e.g. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' ...1970s sl.
• TALKIE a film with sound; a film, ...1913 US sl.
• TURKEY an inferior or unsuccessful film or theatrical production; hence, anything disappointing or of inferior value ...1927 US sl.
• VIDEO-NASTY an exceptionally unpleasant horror film, available on video ...1982 UK sl.
MOVIE - nouns, person
• ACHIEVER a devoted fan of the film, 'The Big Lebowski' ...2004 US sl.
• BOY a hero in a film ...1996 Irish sl.
MOVIE - verbs
• SNEAK to show a movie unexpectedly to an audience in order to assess its appeal ...1960s US movie studio usage
MOVIE THEATRE - nouns
• NABE a neighbourhood cinema ...1935 US sl.
• OZONER a drive-in movie theatre ...1948 Amer. sl.
• SHOW HALL a movie theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHOW HOUSE a movie theatre ...c1938 Amer. dial.
MOW - verbs
• BARB to mow grass, etc. ...1601
MUCH - adjectives
• DILLY-BAGS much, plenty, many ...1953 Aust. sl.
• LARGE much ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MAD many, much, plenty of ...1991 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• MUCHO much, a lot of ...1942 US sl.
• MUCKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIMIOUS † extravagant, excessive, over-much ...c1485
MUCH - adverbs
• ALL-FIRED extremely, very much ...M19 US sl.
• ASS-KICKING a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully ...1960s US sl.
• BACK really, very much, completely ...1940s US Black sl.
• DAMN WELL certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
• DEAL much ...1756 UK
• FAR-ABOUT by far, very much, greatly ...1848
• GALLUS extremely, very much ...L18
• HARD very much, extremely; intensely ...1850 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LARGE much ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH to a very great extent; very much ...1950s US sl.
• LIKE MAD to an extraordinary extent; very much ...1653 UK
• LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS to an extraordinary extent; very much ...1938 Brit.
• MAIN very, much, greatly; quite ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAINLY † in a great degree; greatly, considerably, very much, a great deal ...c1400-50
• MAINS very, much, greatly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• MAUNTLY greatly; very much ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MICKLE-WELL very much, greatly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTILY † greatly, very much, considerably ...1796 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTLY greatly, very much ...1744 Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE much, greatly ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODIOUSLY in an extraordinary manner or degree, very much, greatly ...1877 Sc.
• PARTICULAR especially, very, very much ...M19 sl.
• QUEINTLY greatly, very much ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPING extremely, very much ...E19 sl.
• SAIRLIE very much, thoroughly ...1786 Sc.
• SIGHT very much ...1928 UK sl.
• TERRIBLY much, considerably ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TO BEAT THE CARS extremely, exceedingly, very much ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UNCOLIES strangely; very much; to an extreme degree ...1874 Sc.
• UNCOLY very much, to a great or remarkable degree ...1820 Sc.
• VENGEANCELY † extremely, exceedingly, very much ...1622
• VERY very much, absolutely ...2002 UK sl.
• WARM a great deal, much ...20C W. Indies
• WITH A VENGEANCE to a great degree, very much ...1568 UK
MUCH - nouns
• HANTLE a large quantity or amount; a great deal ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PACKAGE a lot, very much ...1990s US Black sl.
MUCH - phrases
• AS ALL GET OUT very much, to a great extent ...M19 US sl.
• BIT TOO RANK, A somewhat too strong; too much of a good thing ...1899 Eng. dial.
• RATHER OF THE RATHEREST just a little too much or too little ...a1825
MUCK - nouns
• SUDS † dregs, leavings; hence, filth, muck ...1548
MUCUS - adjectives (also see NOSE)
• SNOT-NOSED having mucus running from the nose ...colloq.
• SNOTTY running with or dirty with nasal mucus ...1570 sl.
• SNOTTY-FACED having visible nasal mucus on the face ...colloq.
• SNOTTY-NOSED having mucus running from the nose ...colloq
MUCUS - nouns
• BIBBLES mucus from the nose ...19C Sc.
• BILOU nasal mucus ...1969 Amer. dial., nursery usage
• BIMBOMS anything hanging, as icicles, tags of a bonnet or dress, mucus hanging from the nose, cobwebs, etc. ...1679 Eng. dial.
• BLACK MAN a piece of dried mucus in the nose ...1962 Sc.
• BOAKIE dried nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGEY a piece of dried nasal mucus ...1937 Brit. sl.
• BOGIE a piece of nasal mucus ...Aust. sl.
• BOGY a piece of dried nasal mucus ...1937 Brit. sl.
• BOO mucus in the nose ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BOO BOO mucus in the nose ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOO-DADDY nasal mucus ...1987 Amer. dial.
• BOODIE dried nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGER nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye ...1891 Amer. dial.
• BOOGIE mucus in the nose ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BOWSEY nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG nasal mucus ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER dried nasal mucus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUGGINS nasal mucus ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE mucus hanging from the nose ...1858
• CHEAP TAIL nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAIPLE † anything loose and flaccid hanging from the nose ...1825 Sc.
• FISH BAIT sticky mucus that forms in the nose ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOLLY a gob of phlegm or mucus ...1938 Aust. sl.
• LAMB LEG nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMBS' LEGS the snivel of a child's neglected nose; nasal excrement ...1811 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S QUARTERS nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S TAIL nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LIEUY a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
• LOOEY a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
•.LOOIE a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
• LOUIE a piece of nasal mucus ...1970s US sl.
• MELDROP a drop of mucus hanging from the nose ...c1480 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NOSE-SHIT mucus, nasal residue ...Brit. sl.
• OLD FOGEY a small lump of dried nasal mucus ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'bogey'
• POKER a ball of mucus in the nose ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SALT RHEUM † an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold ...1590
• SLUG a ball of mucus in the nose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNOB nasal mucus ...19C Brit. colloq.
• SNOIT nasal mucus ...B1900 Sc.
• SNOT nasal mucus ...c1425 sl.
• SNOTERGOB nasal mucus ...L17 Brit.
• SNOTS gobs of nasal mucus ...20C US colloq.
• SNOTTER nasal mucus; often plural ...L17 Sc.
• SNOTTERGOB nasal mucus ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SNOTTERY nasal mucus or filth
• TAILOR'S SWEAT a drop of mucus at the nose ...1972 Sc. jocular
MUCUS - verbs
• BOGEY to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• BOGIE to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• BOOGER to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• BOOGIE to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
• SNOT to blow the nose or wipe mucus from the nose ...16C
MUD, MUDDY - adjectives
• BASHY wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLED bespattered with mud; trampled down ...1820 Sc.
• CABAGGED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABAGGLED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABBY sticky, adhesive, dirty, muddy; used also of weather ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CACKY sticky, muddy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOBY of mud: sticky ...1896 Amer. dial.
• EARTH-CLOWED having mud stuck about the feet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• KEDDENED covered over with mud or dust ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KEDDENED AND CABAGED. having the boots covered with mud; dirty ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LABBERED-UP very much besmeared with mud ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAGGERY miry, muddy ...1825 Sc.
• LAGGY muddy, mucky, damp ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud ...1849 Eng. dial.
• LAIRY adj. miry, muddy, swampy ...a1825 Sc.
• LIGGY muddy, mucky, damp ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LIMOUS † muddy, slimy ...c1420
• OHRISH. wet, dirty, muddy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PLUFF of mud: of a fine, silty texture ...1853 Amer. dial.
• PLUFFY of mud: of a fine, silty texture ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy ...E19 orig. Eng. dial.
• SLUTCHY † muddy, slushy ...E18 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STODGY muddy; oozy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUDDY † muddy, turbid, thick ...1587
• WOOZY muddy; oozy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MUD, MUDDY - nouns
• BLUDDER mud; any dirty or disgusting liquid or semi-liquid substance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUITER mud; any dirty stuff ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLART mud or filth ...E19 Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE mud, etc. raised by disturbing water ...1865 Sc.
• ELT mud, mire ...1928 Sc.
• FANC †* mud ...1340
• FLANDERS EARTH mud ...World War I army sl.
• GAG a filthy mass of any substance, liquid, or semi-liquid; mire, mud ...1866 Sc.
• GAR any slimy, filthy, or muddy substance; that produced by algae in a pond or river; green seaweed; any sticky, miry mess ...1808 Sc.
• GARRY-CLATCH any slimy or sticky mixture, as slimy mud ...1954 Sc.
• GLUEPOT a muddy place
• GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh ...1824 Sc. & Irish
• GUMBO heavy mud ...sl.
• IPER any foul liquid, ooze, mud, or sewage ...1880 Sc.
• JAUP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JAWP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEECH a large lump, esp. of mud ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER mire, mud, a soft, muddy place ...1866 Sc.
• LAGGERS mud spots ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAIR † clay, mire, mud ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAIR-HOLE a boggy spot; a muddy hole ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire ...a1976 Sc.
• LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog ...1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOBLOLLY ooze, mud, a mud-hole, mire; a slushy mess ...1865 Amer. dial.
• MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. ...13C
• PANT mud, mire ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PANYAL a boggy, marshy, or muddy place; an ill-drained swampy piece of ground ...1920 Sc.
• PASH a soft, decayed, rotten, or pulpy mass; a state of mud and slush; a puddle ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCLATCH an unseemly mass of anything semi-liquid; a large clot of mud or filth; a large spot or mark on the skin ...1895 Sc.
• SKLATCH an unseemly mass of anything semi-liquid; a large clot of mud or filth; a large spot or mark on the skin ...1895 Sc.
• SLUR † thin or fluid mud ...ME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLUTCH † mud, mire, slush ...M17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPOSH a mixture of mud and water; slush, soft snow mixed with water in thawing weather; water partially frozen ...1845 US
• URE mud, clay ...Bk1905 Sc.
MUD, MUDDY - verbs
• BATTER to splash with mud ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLE to besmear with mud; to walk about a room with dirty feet ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BELUTE to cover with mud or dirt ...1760
• BESPATTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESPOTTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLART to fall flat in the mud ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DINGE to become muddy, murky, or unclear, as a creek after a rain ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EASE to bemire, to splash with mud ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ENMUD † to enclose or bury in mud ...1611
• GAR to muddy ...1880 Sc.
• IMMUD † to enclose or bury in mud ...1644
• LAG † to daggle, to render wet or muddy ...c1440
• LALLOP to walk among soft mud ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MEUGLE to dabble in mud ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REAP to gather up dirt by trailing on the ground; to trail in the mud ...1884 Eng. dial.
MUDDIED - adjectives
• BELAGGED weighted with mud, muddied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
MUDDLE, MUDDLED - nouns
• BALK a muddle; a stoppage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLS a botch, a muddle ...1889 sl.
• BEES a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAKEMENT a muddle, confusion ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament ...1818 Sc.
• FAUCHLE a muddle, a state of confusion ...1952 Sc.
• FRIGG-UP a mess, a muddle ...20C Aust. & US euphemism for 'fuck-up'
• FRIG-UP a mess, a muddle ...20C Aust. & US euphemism for 'fuck-up'
• F.U. a 'foul-up' or 'fuck-up'; a grave muddle ...M20
• GUDDLE a muddled affair; a mix-up; confusion ...colloq.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• HAISTER † a confusion, a muddle ...1824 Sc.
• HASHY a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• HASSIE a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• HASTRIE † a confusion, a muddle ...1824 Sc.
• HIBBLEDY-HOBBLEDY a confused mass, a muddle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JABBLE confusion, agitation, esp. of speech; an incoherent muddle ...1894 Sc.
• JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest ...1887 Amer. sl.
• LAGGERY a mess; a state of muddle or chaos ...1914 Sc.
• MAMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MANCH a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANG a mixture, a muddle, a confusion ...1880 Sc.
• MASH a confused mixture; also, a muddle ...1598
• MASHMENT a muddle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MESSMENT a mess; a confused, disorderly, or dirty condition; a muddle, a confusion; anything unpalatable ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MIX a muddle, a mess ...L19 sl.
• MOMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MOMMUX a muddle; a botch ...1869 Amer. sl.
• MORASS a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp. one that impedes progress
• MUCK-UP a complete failure; confusion or muddle; a botch ...L19 colloq.
• MUMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MUSS a state of disorder; a muddle ...19C US & Can. colloq.
• PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle ...a1838 Sc.
• PARGIS a dirty mess, a muddle, a filthy condition ...1929 Sc.
• PUDDLE a muddle, a mess ...16C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• QUIGGER a hotchpotch; a mess, as of badly-cooked food; a muddle or botch in general ...1967 Sc.
• RAVEL a muddle, tangle, confusion ...1891 Sc.
• TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends ...1837
• TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line ...1925 Sc.
• VAKE a piece of business; a muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MUDDLE - nouns, person
• HAGGLE a person who has no method and is always in a muddle ...1929 Sc.
MUDDLE - verbs
• ADDLE to muddle; to confuse; to spoil, to make abortive ...c1712
• BARBULYE to confuse, to muddle, to disorder ...c1572 Sc. arch.
• BEMUD to confuse, to muddle ...1599
• BEMUDDLE to confuse or muddle completely ...1862
• F.U. to 'foul-up' or 'fuck-up' ...M20
• FUZZLE † to intoxicate, to make drunk; to confuse, to muddle ...1621
• HAGGLE to cut unevenly; to hack or mangle; to bungle, to make a muddle of anything ...1599
• MADDLE to perplex; to muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLE † to blunder, to make mistakes, to muddle, to confuse, to bewilder ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE A BOX OF to muddle ...20C Aust. sl.
• MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIZZLE to confuse, to muddle ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MULL to spoil, to muddle ...1862 Brit. colloq., orig. & chiefly athletics usage
• QUIGGER to work in something messy or in an ineffectual, messy or muddling way ...1960 Sc.
• RAMFEEZLE to disarrange, to muddle ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLE to disarrange, to muddle ...1786 Sc.
• RAVEL to get into a confusion or tangle; to entangle, to disorder, to muddle ...1791 Sc.
• TAIGLE to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle ...1898 Sc.
• TAZZLE to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TAZZLE UP to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange ...1939 Amer. dial.
MUDDLED - adjectives
• ADDLE muddled, confused ...1612
• ADDLE-BRAINED confused, muddled, stupid ...1866
• ADDLED confused, muddled ...1732
• ADDLED AS AN EGG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ADDLE-HEADED confused, muddled, stupid ...a1670
• ADDLE-PATED confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed ...1630
• ADRIFT bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL BALLED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL MESSED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASSED UP bewildered; muddled ...1932 Amer. dial.
• AT SIX AND SEVEN bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AT SIXES AND SEVENS confused, bewildered; muddled; also denotes disorganization or disorder ...1670
• BACK-ASSWARD(S) confused, muddled, backwards ...1940s US sl.
• BALLED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BATTY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOOEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOTHER-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, muddled ...1872
• BUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLOUDY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COBWEBBED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CORKSCREWY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIZZY-DOPEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOPEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOTTY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLAK HAPPY slap-happy; slightly muddled mentally ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLOOEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUFFY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGY obscure or confused; bewildered; perplexed; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGY IN THE UPPER STORY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRAZZLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...1883 Amer. sl.
• FUDDLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUDDLE-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUZZLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUZZY-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEEZED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GEEZED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOFY bewildered; confused; muddled ...1910s sl.
• GROGGY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIZIE muddled; crazy, weak in understanding ...1836 Sc.
• IN A FLAT SPIN bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FLAT SPIN IN A FOG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FOG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FUDDLE bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A GROUND LOOP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE ETHER bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE FOG bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE WOODS bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAMBLED bewildered, confused, muddled, jumbled, befuddled; awry ...1745 Amer. dial.
• JIGGERED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JINGLE-BRAINED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JINGLED bewildered; confused; muddled; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOPED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAFFLED confused, muddled ...1820 Eng. dial.
• MANGED confused, muddled, crazed ...1825 Sc.
• MESSED UP bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIZZLED confused, muddled ...1984 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLING confused, muddled ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MUCKIBUS † intoxicated, slightly drunk, tipsy, fuddled; confused or muddled with drink ...1756 sl.
• MUDDLE-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled ...M18
• MUDDY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OBFUSTICATED bewildered; confused; muddled ...1834 Amer. sl.
• OFF AT THE NAIL muddled, confused, beyond the bounds of reason ...1721 Sc.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• PIED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMFEEZLED confused, muddled, stupefied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMGEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• RAMJEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• RATTLE-BEANED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAVELLED 1. tangled, confused, muddled, in difficulties ...1721 Sc.
2. confused in mind, muddled; rambling, incoherent, delirious ...1866 Sc.
• SCRAMBLEBRAINED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAMBLED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREWY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNOWED-IN bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAP-AND-TEERIE chaotic, muddled, disorderly ...1827 Sc.
• TAPSALTEERIE chaotic, muddled, disorderly ...1827 Sc.
• TWISTED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNDER THE ETHER bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP THE POLE muddled, confused, wrong, in error, mistaken ...L19 sl.
• UP THE PUTT confused, incorrect; muddled, wrong ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• WALKING ON ONE'S HEELS bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALKING ON ROUND HEELS bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHOOZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIRES CROSSED bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WONKEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WOOL-GATHERED muddled, bewildered, distracted ...1891 Amer. dial.
• WOOZEY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WOOZY bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MUDDLED - nouns, person
• HASH a stupid person; a person who 'makes a hash' of his words, etc., one who is careless or muddled in speech or action ...1655 Sc.
MUDDLED - verbs
• BEMUSE to make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy ...1735
MUDDLE-HEADED - adjectives
• CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
MUDDLE-HEADED - nouns, person
• BLUNDERHEAD a blundering, confused, muddle-headed fellow ...1697
MUDDLE-HEADEDNESS - nouns
• ADDLE-HEADEDNESS confusion, muddle-headedness ...1835
• ADDLEMENT confusion, muddle-headedness ...1859
• ADDLING muddling of the wits ...1843
• KENNEL WITS † muddy brains, confusion, muddle-headedness ...1598
MUDDLER - nouns, person
• MESSER a bungler; a muddler ...c1905 Brit. colloq.
MUDDY - see MUD
MUFFIN - nouns
• MANCHET a small loaf of white bread; a hot cake; a muffin ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MUFFLED - adjectives
• DEAF † of sounds: so dull as to be hardly or indistinctly heard; muffled ...1612
• VEILED of sound, the voice, etc.: indistinct, muffled, obscure ...1834
MUG - nouns
• THUMB a small mug ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TINNIKIN * a very small tin or mug ...1896 Sc.
MUGGER - nouns, person
• JACK a mugger; a thief ...1920s US sl.
MUGGING - nouns
• JACK-RACKET mugging ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE-OFF an armed street robbery or mugging ...1940s US criminals' sl.
MUGGY - adjectives
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• GIFFY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVEY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• MIGGY of the weather: moist, damp, muggy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
• PUGGY of the weather: damp and warm, muggy ...1875 Eng. dial.
MULE - nouns
• ARIZONA NIGHTINGALE a donkey or mule ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BANICAL a broken-down horse or mule ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARREN † a drove of mules ...1486
• BROOMTAIL a mule ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BURRHEAD a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CANARY a donkey or mule; usually constructed with a place name, as 'Arizona canary' ...1876 US jocular
• DAISY a mule ...1887 US sl.
• DONK mule ...Amer. World War I sl.
• EE-AW a donkey or mule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• ESEL a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-ASS † a mule ...1587
• HAMMERHEAD a horse or mule, esp. one considered inferior ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HARDHEAD a mule ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAW-HAW a donkey or mule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a mule ...1917 Amer. dial.
• HEE-HAW a donkey or mule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JACK a male mule ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JACKRABBIT a mule, esp. a small one ...1940 Amer. dial.
• JARHEAD a mule ...1918 Amer. dial.
• JASS a mule or jackass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JASSACK a mule or jackass ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JASS-ASS a mule or jackass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JASS-ONKEY a mule or jackass ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LONG-EARED JACK a mule ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LONG-EARED ROBIN a mule ...1962 Amer.dial.
• LONGEARS a mule or donkey ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LONGHEAD a mule or donkey; a horse with a large, chunky head ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MAUD a name for a female mule or donkey; rarely for a cow ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MAUD MULE a mare mule ..1935 Amer. dial.
• MEXICAN QUARTER HORSE (derogatory) a mule ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MISSOURI HUMMINGBIRD a Missouri mule ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MOAK a donkey; a mule ...1839
• MOKE a donkey; a mule ...1839
• MOLLIE a nickname for a female horse or mule ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY a nickname for a female horse or mule ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN CANARY a mule ...1997 US sl.
• NIGHTMARE a horse or mule used on night duty ...1920 Amer. West usage
• OAKHEAD a mule ...1966 Amer. dial. jocular
• PENCIL TAIL a mule ...1982 Amer. dial.
• PESTLE-TAIL a mule ...1918 Amer. dial.
• PLUG a mule ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POLLY a female mule ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAT TAIL a mule ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAWHIDE a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHAVETAIL a nickname for a horse or mule ...1832 Amer. dial.
• SKIN a mule ...1925 sl.
• TEXAS CANARY BIRD a mule ...1911 Amer. dial.
MULE - nouns, person
• MULE-SKINNER a mule-driver ...L19 US sl.
• MULE-WHACKER a mule-driver ...L19 US sl.
• WHACKER a driver of animals; a drover; an ox or mule driver ...1827 Amer. dial.