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NEAT - NEVERTHELESS
NEAT - adjectives
• APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect ...20C US sl.
• CLASSY stylish, fine, neat, trim ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DANDY characteristic of a dandy; affectedly neat, trim. or smart ...1813
• DAPPER neat, trim, smart in dress or appearance ...LME
• DEFT pretty; neat ...1671 Eng. dial.
• DENK neat, nice, finely dressed ...1721 Sc.
• DIMPSEY † neat, smart ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DINKY small and neat; trim; dainty, cute ...L18 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE 1. of things: neat, tidily made ...c1779 Sc.
2. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• FEAT † neat in form or appearance, pretty, elegant ...a1471 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FEAT-BODIED † having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce ...1750
• FEATISH † elegant, neat ...1530
• FEATY † neat, pretty ...1621
• GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIM † smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty ...1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
• GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat ...1864
• IN KELTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN PRINT very neat and orderly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAM neat, smart, spruce ...Bk1896 sl.
• JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACK † neat, tidy ...1825
• MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose ...1822 Sc.
• MACKY neat, tidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NABBY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one's station ...1879 Sc.
• NABITY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one's station ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NACKETY 1. compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking ...1756 Sc.
2. finicky, fond of neatness ...1818 Sc.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATTERLY neat, natty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTLY neat, natty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTY neat, stylish, tidy ...1557 colloq.
• NEAT AS A BANDBOX as neat as may be ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A FLEA small and neat ...1940s Aust. sl.
• NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A NEW PIN as neat as may be ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS NINEPENCE as neat as may be ...1884 colloq.
• NEAT AS WAX as neat as may be ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT, BUT NOT GAUDY, AS THE DEVIL SAID WHEN HE PAINTED HIS BOTTOM RED AND TIED UP HIS TAIL WITH SKY-BLUE RIBBON spick and span; 'fresh as a daisy' ...1887 sl.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NET * of things: neat, smart ...1637
• NETTY †* neat, natty ...1573
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NIFTY neat, stylish, conspicuous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY childishly exact, affectedly neat ...1817 Sc.
• NOPPY tidy, neat ...1877 Eng. dial.
• NUNTY precise in dress, neat, trim, dapper ...1856 Eng. dial.
• PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat ...a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
• PERNICKETY very neat and clean ...1967 Amer. dial.
• POISON-NEAT extremely neat ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PRUNK neat, smart, pretty ...1892 Sc.
• QUEEM close-fitting, filled up to an even level; neat, fit ...1820 Sc.
• QUEME † of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy ...a1300
• RACKED UP neat, smartly turned out ...1950s sl.
• REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-HANDED active, neat ...1820 Sc.
• SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINORTIC neat, trim, stylish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPONORTIC neat, trim, stylish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPOONEY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart ...1733 Eng. dial.
• TASTY neat, natty; with dainty habits; attractive; agreeable ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely ...1685 arch. or Eng. dial.
• TONY stylish, neat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat ...1838 Amer. dial.
NEAT, NEATNESS - nouns
• DANDY anything superlatively fine, neat, or dainty ...1837-40 sl. or colloq.
• JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness ...1756
• MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom ...1867 Eng. dial.
• NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness ...colloq.
NEAT - nouns, person
• BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy ...1980s US campus sl.
• DAG a person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners, and lacks style and sophistication ...20C Aust. sl.
• MR. CLEAN an obsessively neat and prudish man ...1960s US sl.
• NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person ...1808 Sc.
• NACKETY one neat in person and work ...B1900 Sc.
• NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person ...1818
• NEATNIK a neat person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• PARCHEKA † a neat person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARROCK a small, neat person; a little dandy or doll ...1880 Sc.
NEAT - verbs
• BESMARTEN to make smart or neat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GUSSY UP to clean or make neat ...20C Amer. sl.
• MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NEAT * to make neat ...1581
• NEATIFY † to make neat; to purify ...1601 rare or obs.
• PRUNK to make oneself smart and neat; to dress neatly; generally used with 'up' ...B1900 Sc.
• READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat ...M19 US sl.
• TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat ...1895 Eng. dial.
NEATLY - adverbs
• DINKLY neatly ...1828 Sc.
• FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly ...a1300 arch.
• GASH trimly, neatly, so as to have a good appearance ...1806 Sc.
• HANDSOMELY * with becoming or elegant action; in good style, neatly, elegantly ...1582
• JEMMILY neatly, trimly ...1837
• NETLY †* neatly, smartly ...1577-87
• QUEEM exactly, neatly, snugly ...1710 Sc.
• QUEMELY † in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly ...c1380
• TIGHTLY † 1. deftly, neatly; cleverly, dexterously; properly, correctly ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. neatly, tidily, smartly ...1825-9
NEATNESS - nouns
• APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness ...L18
• FEATISHNESS † neatness ...1530
NEBRASKA - nouns, person
• BUG-EATER a resident of Nebraska ...1872 Amer. dial.
• OMAHOG a resident of Omaha, Nebraska ...1876 US jocular
NECESSARILY - adverbs
• BEHOVEFULLY † usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily ...1443
• BEHOVELY † usefully, needfully, necessarily ...c1430
• FAINS of necessity; necessarily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NECESSARLY necessarily ...1566 Sc.
• NEED † of necessity, necessarily ...c893
• NEEDFULLY * necessarily, upon compulsion or constraint; urgently, pressingly ...a1340
• NEEDILY †* necessarily ...1577-87
• NEEDLING † necessarily ...a1225
• NEEDLINGS † necessarily; of necessity ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• NEEDLY † necessarily ...1303
• NEEDS COST † necessarily ...c1385
• NEEDSLY † necessarily ...c1449
• NEEDWAYS † necessarily; by necessity ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NECESSARY - adjectives
• BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVELY † useful, profitable; needful, necessary ...c950
• EQUINECESSARY † needful in an equal degree; equally necessary ...1663
• NECESS †* necessary ...1456
• NECESSAIRE †* necessary ...c1374
• NECESSAR necessary ...c1375 Sc.
• NECESSARIOUS †* necessary ...c1386
• NECESSITABLE †* subject to necessity ...1673
• NECESSITOUS † necessary, requisite ...1742
• NEEDSOME † marked by necessity; necessary ...c1650
• NEEDY necessary, required ...1487 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• NESESSE †* necessary ...1456
• SINE QUA NON indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential ...1615
• WANTING † needful, requisite, necessary ...1756
NECESSARY - nouns
• GANG WATER (enough money for) the bare necessaries of life ...1949 Sc.
• NECESSARINESS * the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity ...1551
• NECESSARS † necessary things ...1596 Sc. rare or obs.
• NEEDFUL a necessary thing ...1856
• NEEDFUL, THE what is necessary or requisite ...1709
• NEEDFULS necessaries ...1863 Sc.
• NEEDING †* a necessary act ...c1475
• NEEDMENTS things needed; necessaries; personal requisites carried as luggage ...1590
• PLEMENT †* something necessary to make a thing complete; an essential or important constituent part ...1632
• QUORUM †* necessary materials ...1650
• SKIPPESON †* equipment, provision of necessaries ...1444
NECESSARY - verbs
• BEHOOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
• BEHOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
• DO ONE'S DO to do what is necessary; to do what one must do ...20C US sl.
• DO ONE'S NEEDS to do that which is necessary ...1896 Sc.
• SET ONE UP WITH SALT to provide the necessaries of life for one ...1881 Sc.
NECESSITATE - verbs
• NECESS †* to compel, to necessitate ...c1374
• NECESSITE † to necessitate ...1600
• NECESSITY * to necessitate ...1817
• NEEDCESSITATE † to force, to necessitate ...1836 Sc.
NECESSITATED - adjectives
• NECESSITAT † necessitated, compelled ...1631 Sc.
NECESSITOUS - adjectives
• NEEDFUL * of persons: needy, necessitous ...a1175
• WANTING † lacking in money or necessaries of life, needy, necessitous ...a1616 now rare or obs.
NECESSITY - adjectives
• NECESSITATED † of persons or their condition: reduced to necessity or want ...1646
• NECESSITIED †* brought into necessity ...1601
NECESSITY - adverbs
• NECESSARILY † by force of necessity; unavoidably ...1488-9
• NECESSITIVELY †* by necessity ...1647
• NEED-GATES † of necessity ...c1375
• NEEDINGS †* of necessity ...a1300
• NEEDLINS of necessity; advisedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NECESSITY - nouns
• COMPUSHENCY necessity; compulsion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT bare necessities ...Irish sl.
• NECESS †* necessity ...a1460
• NECESSARINESS * the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity ...1551
• NECESSITUDE †* 1. a necessity of something ...1677
* 2. need, necessity ...1839
• NEED-BE * an essential or necessary reason; a necessity; something compulsory, indispensable, or requisite ...1728
• NEEDCESSITIES necessities of life ...1885 Sc.
• NEEDCESSITY necessity, a state of need ...1795 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEEDMENT a necessity ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NEEDS-BE a necessity; an expediency ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEPUSHENCY necessity, push, and urgency ...1934 Amer. dial.
• NESSIPUSHETY necessity, push, and urgency ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OCCASION needs, necessities ...1822 Sc.
• TIE obligation, moral compulsion; necessity; constraint, burden, care ...1724-32 Eng. dial.
• WOODCHUCK CASE a situation of necessity, one in which there is no choice, as a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1862 Amer. dial.
NECESSITY - verbs
• FATALIZE to render subject to fate or inevitable necessity ...1876
NECK - adjectives
• HALSED † having a neck ...1536
• THRAWN IN THE NECK stiff-necked ...1898 Sc.
NECK - nouns
• CANEL † the neck ...c1340
• DART a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GANDER-NECK a long neck ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOOZLE the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck ...1883 Amer. dial.
• HALSE the neck ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HATTREL † the crown of the head; also, the nape of the neck; the neck ...a1325
• KENNEL † the neck ...c1532
• NAVER the nape of the neck ...a1838 Sc.
• NEB the neck ...1535 sl.
• NECK-PIECE †* the neck ...1605
• NIDDICK the nape of the neck; the whole head or skull ...1558 Eng. dial.
• OH, BY HECK the neck ...1930s US rhyming sl.
• QUICK a sudden, sharp pain; a crick in the neck ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAXED-NECK the neck of a person who has been hanged ...1824 Sc.
• RUSTY NECK a stiff neck ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRIFF the scruff of the neck ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRITCH a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc.
• UNAVOIDABLE WRECK the neck ...1930s rhyming sl.
• UPPER DECK the neck ...1944 US rhyming sl.
• YAWP the nape of the neck ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NECK - nouns, person
• GALDROCH † a greedy, long-necked, ill-shaped person ...1824 Sc.
NECK - verbs
• PUT A THRAW IN A NECK to wring it ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NECKERCHIEF - see KERCHIEF
NECKING - adjectives
• AT IT kissing and cuddling ...19C sl.
NECKING - nouns
• DARK-SETTING necking or petting in complete seclusion at night ...20C Amer. prison sl.
• HEAVY-PETTING kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation ...20C US colloq.
• MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression ...1968 Amer. sl.
• PASSION PIT a drive-in movie where a considerable amount of 'necking' is supposed to take place; any place where necking takes place ...M20 US sl.
• ROTTENLOGGING necking and petting ...E20 US sl.
NECKING - nouns, person
• COUCH LIZARD one who necks on a couch with his girl ...1954 Amer. sl.
NECKING - verbs
• BOONDOCK to park and 'neck' ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CALOOP to neck, to pet ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CANOE to have sexual intercourse; to kiss and caress, esp. intimately; to neck ...1954 Amer. dial.
• EAT FACE to engage in passionate kissing of the mouth and face; to neck ...1968 US students' sl.
• GROUSE to neck; to pet and kiss; to engage in lovemaking ...1958 US sl.
• HACK to engage in amorous play or sexual activity; to neck, pet, or spoon; to kiss ...1943 Amer. sl.
• LALLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court ...1869 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court ...1868 Amer. dial.
• MAUL to have a very passionate petting session ...L19 US campus sl.
• MONK to neck, to engage in sexual activity ...1950s US sl.
• PARK of a teenage couple: to park in a secluded spot for petting, and, possibly, sex ...1920s US sl.
• SCRUMP to neck; to have sexual intercourse ...1980s US college sl.
• SPOON to pet or neck ...E19 US colloq.
NECKLACE - nouns
• BALDRIC † a chain for the neck; a necklace ...1530
• CARCAN † an ornamental collar or necklace ...1539
• CARCANET an ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels ...c1530 arch.
• CARKET † an ornamental collar or necklace ...a1500
• DOG COLLAR a tight-fitting necklace; a choker necklace ...1903 UK sl.
• DUKEY ROPE a gold chain necklace ...1989 US sl.
• NEGLIGEE a necklace formed of irregular beads ...1841
NECKTIE - see TIE
NECTAR - adjectives
• NECTAREAL * of the nature of or resembling nectar ...1652
• NECTAREAN * of the nature of or resembling nectar ...1624
• NECTAREL †* like nectar; fragrant ...1648
• NECTAREOUS consisting of or resembling nectar ...1708
• NECTARIAN * of the nature of or resembling nectar ...1658
• NECTARIOUS * consisting of or resembling nectar ...1841
• NECTAROUS resembling nectar ...1667
NECTAR - nouns
• BEE-WINE nectar of a flower ...1818
NECTARINE - nouns
• NEPKIN a nectarine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SANDY BAY PEACH a nectarine ...20C S. Afr. street vendors' usage
NEED - adjectives
• DEAD FOR in desperate need of ...1876 Amer. sl.
• NECESSITOUS †* in need of a thing ...1650
NEED - nouns
• EGENCE * need, the existence of needs ...1865
• ILL-FARE a state of need or discomfort ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IRISH KING something one needs ...1960 NZ sl.
• NECESSITUDE * need, necessity ...1839
• NEEDAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDCESSITY necessity, a state of need ...1795 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEEDHAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDING †* an occasion or time of need ...a1300
• NEEDMENTS * needs, requirements ...1603 chiefly Sc.
• NEEF difficulty; need ...1742 Sc.
• NEIF difficulty; need ...1742 Sc.
• OCCASIONS † needs, requirements ...1596
• OPPORTUNITY †* a time when there is occasion or need for something ...1526
• RAINY DAY a time of need ...c1580
• SUDDEN † a sudden need, danger, or the like; an emergency ...1559
• SUFFRETE † want, need ...c1430
• TIDEFULNESS † a fit or expedient season; time of need ...a1340
• WANE † need, want, poverty ...a1100
NEED - verbs
• THOLE to allow, to permit, to admit of; to require, to stand in need of ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NEEDED - nouns
• ARTICLE, THE the precise thing; the thing or person most needed ...c1850 colloq.
• DOINGS things needed ...1913 sl.
• JUST THE JOB something which is wanted or needed ...1943 sl.
• MOSSY AGATE something that is 'just the thing' ...E20 Brit. sl.
• NEEDMENTS things needed; necessaries; personal requisites carried as luggage ...1590
• SHOT, THE something that is wanted or needed ...1953 Aust. sl.
• TICKET, THE something which is wanted or needed ...1838 sl.
• VERY ARTICLE, THE the precise thing; the thing or person most needed ...c1850 colloq.
• WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED something needed or desired
NEEDED - nouns, person
• VERY ARTICLE, THE the precise thing; the thing or person most needed ...c1850 colloq.
NEEDED - verbs
• COME THE BIG FIGURE to do or provide what is required ...1848 Amer. sl.
NEEDFUL - adjectives
• BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVELY † useful, profitable; needful, necessary ...c950
• BEHOVING † useful, needful, appropriate ...c1175
• EQUINECESSARY † needful in an equal degree; equally necessary ...1663
NEEDFUL - nouns
• BEETS needful things ...Bk1911 Sc.
NEEDFUL - verbs
• BEHOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
NEEDFULLY - adverbs
• BEHOVELY † usefully, needfully, necessarily ...c1430
NEEDINESS - nouns
• EGENCY † neediness, poverty ...1600
• NEEDIHOOD †* neediness ...1648
• NEEDY-HOOD †* neediness ...1648
NEEDING - adjectives
• WANTFUL full of wants; needing, exacting ...1889
NEEDLE - nouns
• ARTILLERY a hypodermic needle ...c1935 Amer. drugs sl.
• BANGER a hypodermic needle and syringe ...1986 sl.
• BAYONET a hypodermic needle ...1986 US drugs sl.
• GAFFUS a hypodermic syringe and needle, esp. when improvised ...1967 US sl.
• GASKET any improvised seal between the end of a dropper and the hub of a needle ...1970 US sl.
• GOLDEN SPIKE a hypodermic needle ...1955 US sl.
• GUN a hypodermic needle ...1899 Amer. drugs sl.
• HARD NAIL a hypodermic needle ...1955 US sl.
• HYP a hypodermic needle ...1929 drugs sl., orig. US
• HYPE a hypodermic needle ...1929 drugs sl., orig. US
• HYPO a hypodermic needle ...1904 drugs sl., orig. US
• JABBLE a large, blunt needle or knife ...1788 Sc.
• LANCE a hypodermic needle ...1952 US drugs sl.
• MISTER TWENTY-SIX a hypodermic needle ...1973 US sl.
• MR. TWENTY-SIX a hypodermic needle ...1973 US sl.
• NAIL a hypodermic needle ...1936 US sl.
• POINT a hypodermic needle ...1960s Amer. drugs sl.
• SAFETY a safety pin used as a hypodermic needle ...1950s US drugs sl.
• SILVER LADY a hypodermic needle and syringe ...1993 US drugs sl.
• SPEAR a hypodermic needle ...1961 US drugs sl.
• SPIKE a hypodermic needle ...1934 drugs sl., orig. US
• YALE a commercial hypodermic needle, whether or not it is manufactured by Yale ...1973 US sl.
NEEDLESS - adjectives
• SUPERVACANEOUS † vainly added over and above what is essential; serving no purpose; superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, needless ...c1555 now rare or obs.
NEEDLEWORK - verbs
• BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH of needlework: to be puckered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEEDY - adjectives
• DABRICH poor, needy ...c1800 Sc.
• EGENE †* needy, poor ...1631
• EGESTUOSE † very poor and needy ...1775
• EGESTUOUS † extremely poor and needy ...1656
• HARD RUN hard pressed; subjected to pressure of one kind or another, usually financial; without resources; needy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• ILL-TO-DO in poor circumstances, poor, needy ...1853
• NAUGHTY † having or possessing naught; poor, needy ...1377
• NEEDFUL * of persons: needy, necessitous ...a1175
• NEEDSOME * marked by need; needy, poor ...1870
• STIVER-CRAMPED † needy, wanting money ...1785
• SUFFRETOUS † needy, in want, miserable ...c1450
• WAEDLE † poor, needy ...c1000
• WANTING † lacking in money or necessaries of life, needy, necessitous ...a1616 now rare or obs.
NEEDY - adverbs
• NEEDILY †* in a needy fashion ...1642
NEEDY - nouns
• NACE the destitute, the needy ...1871 Sc.
NEEDY - nouns, person
• NEEDLING †* a needy person ...1608
NE'ER-DO-WELL - adjectives
• ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well ...1570 sl.
• DEADBEAT useless, ne'er-do-well, impoverished ...L19 sl.
• STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne'er-do-well ...1833 Aust. sl.
NE'ER-DO-WELL - nouns, person
• BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne'er-do-well ...E16
• BAD HALFPENNY a fruitless errand; a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BAND-ENDER a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE an unimportant or worthless person or thing; a ne'er-do-well ...1820 Sc.
• CATSO a rogue; a ne’er-do-well ...1602 Brit. sl.
• CATZO a rogue; a ne’er-do-well ...E17 Brit. sl.
• GET-NOTHING † one who through laziness earns nothing; an idler, a ne'er-do-well ...a1625
• LAG a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• LAG-A-BAG a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy, idle person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LOST a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• NE'ER-BE-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1675
• NE'ER-DO-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1814
• NEVER-DO-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing fellow ...1814 Sc.
• NEVER-DO-WELL a ne'er-do-well ...1856
• NEVER-THRIFT † a ne'er-do-well; a waster ...c1440
• POOR DO a shiftless, trifling person; a ne'er-do-well ...1994 Amer. dial.
• RABSCALLION a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1777 Sc.
• RABSHACKLE a ne'er-do-well; a wastrel; a profligate ...18C sl.
• RABSHAKLE a ne'er-do-well; a wastrel; a profligate ...18C sl.
• RAMSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ... 1733 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAP-A-TAG a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RATTATAG a ne'er-do-well ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne'er-do-well ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• SCALLOWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLY a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1986 Eng. sl.
• SCALLYWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 orig. US
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SCRIMATREE a boy who climbs trees; a truant, a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SKEESICKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZACKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZECKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZICKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• STRINGY BARK a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• WAFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless, good-for-nothing person; a ne'er-do-well ...1825 Sc.
• WIDE BOY a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1937 Brit. sl.
NEGATION - nouns
• ABNEGATION denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection ...1554
NEGATIVE - adjectives
• ABNEGATIVE denying; renouncing; negative ...Bk1888 rare
• ABNUTIVE †* negative; implying denial or refusal ...a1682
• FAKE bad, disappointing, negative ...1990s US campus sl.
• NEGATIONAL negative; using negation ...1865
• NEGATORY expressing denial or refusal; denying; negative ...1580
• RECUSATIVE †* that tends to refuse or prohibit; denying, refusing, negative ...1660
NEGATIVE - nouns
• DOWNSIDE a discouraging or negative aspect ...1977 Amer. sl.
• NEGANT †* a negative proposition ...c1560
• NEGATIVE † a negative command; a prohibition ...c1380
• NO-NO an impossibility; a failure; any negative outcome ...1975 UK sl.
NEGATIVE - nouns, person
• WET NOODLE a naysayer ...20C Amer. sl.
NEGATIVE - verbs
• TALK HEAD to talk in a negative manner ...1980s US college sl.
NEGATIVE - interjections
• WANK! a general negative retort ...1970s US campus sl.
NEGLECT - nouns
• DEFAULT † failure in duty, care, etc., as the cause of some untoward event; culpable neglect of some duty or obligation ...a1300
• FAILANCE † the fact of failing; failure, neglect, omission...1612
• FAULT † default, failing, neglect ...c1325
• LACHES † slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect ...1362
• LACHOUSNESS † remissness, neglect ...1496
• NEGLECTION † negligence, neglect ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEGLECTIVENESS † negligence, neglect ...1621
• UNCONSIDERANCE † neglect of something ...1546
NEGLECT - verbs
• DEFAULT † to fail to perform; to omit, to neglect ...1648
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMFLE to idle, to dally; to neglect one's work from foolish merriment; to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair; to frolic, to trifle ...1808 Sc.
• GAMPHLE to idle, to dally; to neglect one's work from foolish merriment; to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair; to frolic ...1808 Sc.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-BY to avoid, to disregard, to neglect ...1855 Amer. dial.
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
• LACHES † to neglect, to slight ...c1425
• LACHESSE † to neglect, to slight ...c1425
• LEAP † to evade, to neglect ...1658-9
• LEAVE † to neglect or omit to perform some action, duty, etc. ...a1300
• LEAVE BEHIND † to neglect, to leave undone ...a1300
• SCONCE to refuse, to neglect, to shirk ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEND TO THE WALL to thrust aside into a position of neglect ...1901
• SET TO THE WALL † to thrust aside into a position of neglect ...1583
• SIT † to disregard, to neglect, to pay no heed or attention to ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• THRUST TO THE WALL † to thrust aside into a position of neglect ...1592
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
NEGLECTED - adjectives
• ELAPSED † suffered to slip by, neglected ...1649
• ILL-MADE-ON of a child: neglected, badly brought up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TENDED neglected, little cared for ...1897 Eng. dial.
• IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEGLECT † neglected ...1530
• NOT IN IT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE EYED inconvenient, out of the way, neglected ...1896 Eng. dial.
• OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASSED UP neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RACKLEDOWN tumble-down, neglected ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• UNASSERVED † unserved, neglected ...c1400
NEGLECTED - nouns
• CAST-BY a person or thing cast aside and neglected ...1818
NEGLECTED - nouns, person
• CAST-BY a person or thing cast aside and neglected ...1818
• GAMIN a neglected boy, left to run about the streets ...1840
• WAIF a person who is without home or friends; one who lives uncared-for or without guidance; an outcast from society; an unowned or neglected child ...1784
NEGLECTED - verbs
• FANCY A LOT to fancy something is wrong; to feel hurt or neglected ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
NEGLECTFUL - adjectives
• NEGLECTIVE † neglectful, inattentive, careless ...1611 rare or obs.
NEGLECTFULLY - adverbs
• NEGLECTINGLY † negligently, neglectfully ...1596
NEGLIGENCE - nouns
• LACHES † slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect ...1362
• NEGLECTION † negligence, neglect ...1591
• NEGLECTIVENESS † negligence, neglect ...1621
• NEGLIGENCY * negligence ...1800
NEGLIGENT - adjectives
• DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish ...a1540
• EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• LACHOUS † negligent, remiss ...1484
• LASH † culpably negligent or remiss ...c1374
• NEGLECT * negligent ...1603
• NESH † slack, negligent; lacking in energy or diligence ...obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OSCITANT † gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness ...1625 rare or obs.
• SLIBBER-SLABBER very careless, negligent ...B1900
• YEMELES † careless, heedless, negligent ...c897
NEGLIGENT - nouns, person
• NEGLIGENT a negligent person ...1616
NEGLIGENT - verbs
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
NEGLIGENTLY - adverbs
• NEGLECTINGLY † negligently, neglectfully ...1596
• NEGLECTLY †* negligently ...1594
• VORLUS SNORLUS at random, negligently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VORUS-NORUS at random, negligently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEGLIGIBLE - adjectives
• NEGLIGEABLE negligible ...1882
NEGOTIABLE - adjectives
• GANGABLE † negotiable; used in reference to money that has currency ...1825 Sc.
NEGOTIATE - verbs
• CODESA-DESA to negotiate something ...1990s S. African sl.
• HORSE-SHED to negotiate informally with a buyer or seller ...1888 US sl.
NEGOTIATION - adjectives
• NEGOTIATORY * pert. to negotiation ...1727
NEGOTIATION - nouns
• MANAGEMENT † a negotiation ...1705
NEGOTIATOR - nouns, person
• DEALER † an agent, a negotiator ...c1000
• NEGOTIANT one who negotiates or carries on negotiations; an agent, a representative ...1611
• NEGOTIATRESS a female negotiator ...1827
• NEGOTIATRIX a female negotiator ...1624
NEIGH - nouns
• BRAY a neigh; the sound that a horse makes; the noise made by a calf that's taken away from its mother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NICKER the sound made by a horse, esp. a soft or low sound; a whinny ...1867 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMER a whinny, a neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WHIMPER a whinny, a neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
NEIGH - verbs
• HINNIATE †* to neigh, to whinny ...1623
• LAUGH of a horse: to whinny ...1949 Amer. dial.
• NICKER to whinny ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
• WHICKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1850 Amer. dial.
• WHICKLE to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMER to whinny, to neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WHIMPER to whinny, to neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WHINKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITIKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WICKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
NEIGHBOUR - adjectives
• GUTTER-BLOOD said of a person who has been brought up in the same neighbourhood, and is of the same rank as another ...1822 Sc.
NEIGHBOUR - nouns
• NEIGHBOURHEAD * friendly relations between neighbours ...c1425
• NEIGHBOURHOOD friendly relations between neighbours ...c1449
NEIGHBOUR - nouns, person
• ADJOINANT † one living close by; a near neighbour ...1548
• ADJOINER †* he who, or that which, adjoins or lies next; a neighbour ...1627-8
• BY-DWELLER † one who dwells close by or near; a neighbour ...1611
• DO ME A FAVOUR a neighbour ...1990s rhyming sl.
• EAM † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; a gossip ...1681 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GUTTER-BLOOD one born within the same town or city as another; one whose ancestors have been in the same town or city for some generations ...1822 Sc.
• HARD LABOUR a neighbour ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• KEBAR a companion, a neighbour ...1835 Sc.
• NEAR-BY a neighbour ...1938 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• NEAR-DWELLER a comparative stranger dwelling in one's vicinity ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOURER * one who neighbours, a neighbour ...1611
• NEIGHBOURESS * a female neighbour ...1388
• OLD FAGGOT a constantly carping neighbour ...Brit. sl.
• PROME †* a neighbour ...c1400
• STARE-CAT a women or girl who amuses herself with gazing at her neighbours; a meddlesome or inquisitive neighbour ...1859 US
NEIGHBOUR - verbs
• NEIGHBOURIZE * to act in a neighbourly fashion; to associate with others as neighbours ...1899
NEIGHBOURHOOD - nouns (also see PLACE)
• CHECKERBOARD a town, neighbourhood, public gathering place, factory, etc., which contains both Black and White elements ...20C Amer. sl.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• KILGUBBIN a low or poor neighbourhood ...1910 Amer. dial.
• NABE a neighbourhood ...1942 US sl.
• NEIGHBOUR-ROW a company, a social circle; a neighbouring row of houses; a neighbourhood ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ONE'S OWN PADDOCK one's own neighbourhood ...1988 NZ sl.
• PARISH one's own area or neighbourhood; the area in which one has influence and/or does business ...L19 sl.
• RICK a number of people living in one neighbourhood; a lot, company, band ...1876 Eng. dial.
• VOISINAGE † the neighbourhood, the adjoining district ...1642
NEIGHBOURHOOD - nouns, person
• HOMEBOY a neighbourhood person ...L19 sl.
• OLD HEADS the old people of the neighbourhood ...1899 US sl.
• YARDIE a person from your neighbourhood; a friend ...2003 Jamaica sl.
NEIGHBOURING - adjectives
• ABORDERING †* bordering, neighbouring, contiguous ...1566
• ACCOLENT † dwelling near; neighbouring ...1731
• NEAR-HAND near, neighbouring, close at hand ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PROPINQUANT * near, neighbouring, adjacent ...1633
NEIGHBOURING - nouns
• VOISINAGE † the act of being neighbouring or near ...1665
NEITHER - adjectives
• ACEY-DEUCEY complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other ...1970s US Black sl.
• HALF AND BETWEEN neutral, neither one thing nor the other ...1862 Sc.
• HALF-NABS good-for-nothing; neither one thing nor another ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NARY neither; not one ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
NEITHER - conjunctions
• NAITHERANS neither ...1813 Sc.
• NATHER † neither ...c893
• NAUTHER † neither ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NEITHER - phrases
• EECHIE NOR OCHIE neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing ...1768 Sc.
• EECHIE OR OCHIE either one thing or another; the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing ...1768 Sc.
• EECHY NOR OOCHY neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing ...1768 Sc.
• NEITHER EECHIE NOR OCHIE neither one thing nor another, nothing ...1768 Sc.
• NEITHER FISH, FLESH, FOWL, NOR GOOD RED-HERRING neither one thing nor another ...Bk1903 sl.
• NEITHER HEAD NOR FOOT † neither beginning or end; neither one thing nor another; nothing distinct or definite ...1566
• NEITHER OF BOTH neither one ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEITHER ONE'S EYE NOR ONE'S ELBOW neither one thing nor another ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YE'LL NEITHER DANCE NOR HAND THE CANDLE you will neither do nor let do; neither act yourself nor assist another ...1721 Sc.
NEPHEW - adjectives
• NEPOTAL pert. to a nephew ...1837
• NEPOTIC pert. to a nephew ...1873
• NEPOTIOUS * excessively fond of one's nephews and other relatives ...1834
NEPHEW - nouns
• NEPOTISM fondness for one's nephews ...1818
• NEVVY a nephew ...1888 Eng. dial.
NEPHEW - nouns, person
• BIG-NIECE the daughter of a nephew or niece ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CONSOBRINE † a sister's son, a nephew ...1623
• NE †* a nephew ...1387
• NEFFEY a nephew ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEPHY a nephew ...1880 Eng. dial.
• NEPOS †* a nephew ...1535
• NEPOTE * a nephew ...1533 Sc.
• NEVE † a nephew ...c900
• NEVEY a nephew ...1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEVO a nephew ...1817 Sc.
• NEVOY a nephew ...1818 Sc.
• NIECE a nephew ...1671 Amer. dial.
• OE a nephew ...1825 Sc.
• PRONEPHEW † the son of a nephew ...B1900
NERD - nouns, person
• DEXTER a nerd ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DWEEB a contemptible person; a loser; a nerd ...1968 US sl.
• FULL HANK a nerd ...20C teen & high school sl.
NERVE - nouns
• SINEW † a nerve ...1398
NERVE (courage, boldness) - nouns
• BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1682
• BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1984 sl.
• FACE great confidence; insolent boldness; effrontery, nerve ...1537 colloq.
• MOXIE nerve, courage, gall ...1930 US sl.
• NERVES OF IRON very strong nerves
• NERVES OF STEEL very strong nerves
NERVES, NERVOUSNESS - nouns
• ABDABS, THE a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness ...1946 UK sl.
• ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1920s US sl.
• ALL-OVERS, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1870 sl., chiefly US
• BLUE FEAR a blue funk; a state of depression; nervousness ...1883
• BLUE FUNK extreme nervousness; tremulous dread ...1861 sl.
• BUCK AGUE. nervousness accompanying exposure to a new situation or responsibility ...c1915 Amer. dial.
• BUCK FEVER nervousness accompanying exposure to a new situation or responsibility ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUDGE a fit of nervousness, the fidgets ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BUMFIDGETS an aggravated state of nervousness; the fidgets ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERFLIES nerves, apprehension, tension ...1940s colloq.
• BUTTERFLIES IN ONE'S STOMACH nerves, apprehension, tension ...1940s colloq.
• CAST-IRON SWEAT a highly nervous state ...1912 Amer. dial.
• COLLYWOBBLES, THE a feeling of internal queasiness at the prospect of a difficult or frightening undertaking; intense anxiety or nervousness ...1959 sl.
• EEBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• FIDGES, THE a feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the creeps ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FIDGETS, THE a feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the creeps ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FIDGIE-GIBBETS a feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the creeps ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOLLYWOBBLES depression or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood; the blues ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GONNYWOBBLES an imaginary disease; depression or nervousness ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HAB-DABS nervous irritation ...c1937 sl., chiefly Royal Air Force
• HABDABS, THE a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness ...1946 UK sl.
• HABS-DABS nervous irritation ...c1937 sl., chiefly Royal Air Force
• HEEBIE-JEEBERS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HEEBIE-JEEBIES, THE a state of nervousness, apprehension, or unease ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HEEBIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HEEBY-JEEBIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HEEBY JEEBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIE-JIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIES-JIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBY JIBBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIGH BIJEEBEES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• JIM-JAMS, THE a creepy feeling; the fidgets; a fit of depression; a state of nervousness or unease ...1896 colloq.
• JIMMIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1900 sl.
• JITTERS, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1929 sl.
• LEAPS anxiety, nervousness ...1922 US sl.
• MILLWALL RESERVES nerves ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• NEEDLE, THE a fit of irritation or nervousness ...1887
• NERVISHNESS nervousness ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• NERVOSITY the state of being nervous; nervousness ...1787
• NERVOUS nervousness; an attack of mental distress ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PEADODDLES, THE the jitters, nervousness ...1835 Amer. dial.
• PEADOODLES, THE the jitters, nervousness ...1992 Amer. dial.
• PEEDOODLES, THE the jitters, nervousness ...1995 Amer. dial.
• POLLYMARBLES collywobbles; depression or nervousness; some imaginary or undefined illness ...1971 Amer. dial.
• SAMUEL PEPYS a sense of uneasiness or distaste; a nervous feeling ...1980s rhyming sl. for 'creeps' ('Pepys' pronounced 'peeps')
• SCREAMERS, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1948 sl.
• SCREAMING ABDABS, THE a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness ...1946 UK sl.
• SCREAMING HABDABS anxiety or nervous tension ...1945 Amer. sl.
• SHAKES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1837 sl.
• SKEEVERS feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or excessive nervousness ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SKEEVIES feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or excessive nervousness ...1994 Amer. dial.
• ST. VITUS'S DANCE nerves, jitters, shakes ...20C sl.
• TIZZ a state of agitation, restlessness, nervousness, confusion or dither for little reason ...1954 sl.
• TIZZY a state of agitation, restlessness, nervousness, confusion or dither for little reason ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WHIM-WHAMS feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1931 Amer. dial.
• WILLIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1896 sl., orig. US
• WILLY-NILLIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, depression, or nervousness ...1965
• WIM-WAMS feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1931 Amer. dial.
• WIND-UP, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1917 sl.
• WOOLLIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, depression, or nervousness ...1965 Amer. dial.
NERVOUS, NERVY - adjectives
• ALL OF A DOODAH nervous, dithering with excitement ...1952 UK sl.
• ALL OVERISH nervous; vaguely indisposed ...c1850 Eng. sl.
• ANTSY nervous, restless ...1838 Amer. sl.
• BALMY nervous, afraid ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BOTTLEY nervous ...2000 UK sl.
• CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EDGY nervous, irritable, tense ...1837 UK sl.
• ESCAMADO nervous, shaken up ...1960s US sl.
• FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious ...1912 Amer. dial.
• FREAKED disturbed, unsettled, nervous ...1970 US sl.
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HINKEY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy ...1956 Amer. sl.
• HINKY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy ...1956 Amer. sl.
• IN A TOOT agitated, nervous ...1943 Amer. dial.
• KECKER-HEARTED faint-hearted, nervous ...1896 Eng. dial.
• KEYED-UP extremely nervous and distraught ...20C US sl.
• MERVIL nervous, trembling ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NARVICAL nervous ...1880 Eng. dial.
• NERVISH nervous ...1843 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NERVOUSED UP nervous, anxious; confused; agitated ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NERVOUS-JERVIS extremely nervous ...1970s US college sl.
• NERVOUS-UPPED nervous, anxious; confused; agitated ...1954 Amer. dial.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• OFF ONE'S EGGS nervous or jumpy ...1922 Sc.
• OFF ONE'S FEED depressed, miserable, nervous ...M19 sl.
• ON A PARA feeling nervous, paranoid ...1990s sl.
• ON EDGE very tense, nervy, anxious ...1870 UK sl.
• OOLED downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• OOLT downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• PACKED TIGHT nervous, unhappy, worried ...1970s US sl.
• QUEER WAYS strange, nervous, squeamish ...1827 Sc.
• RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• RINGY nervous; angry; irritable ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SANGUINE-NERVOUS partly sanguine and partly nervous ...1842
• SHACK WACKY nervous or irritable as a result of confinement to close quarters ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SPOOKY nervous, easily frightened, superstitious ...1920s US sl.
• STATEFUL in a nervous or excited condition; 'in a state' ...2003 UK teen sl.
• TIMMERSOME timorous, fearful; timid, nervous ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIMMY timid, fearful; nervous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMORSOME † timorous, fearful; timid, nervous ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOEY agitated, restless, nervous, on edge, irritable ...1930 sl., chiefly Aust.
• UP tense, nervous ...1990s US Black sl.
• UPTIGHT nervous, anxious, tense ...1934 US
• VINNY nervous; affected; of a child: spoiled ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUSE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WADGETTY fidgety, nervous ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WINDY nervous; ill at ease ...1916 sl.
• WIRED anxious, nervous, uptight ...1970s Amer. sl.
• YARK afraid, nervous ...1880 Sc.
NERVOUS - nouns, person
• BUNDLE OF NERVES a very nervous person
• JITTERBUG a nervous or agitated person ...1934 sl.
• NERVOUS WRECK one who is suffering from disorder of the nerves ...L19
• RABBIT a nervous, timid, cautious person ...1951 US sl.
• SAWK a timid, nervous person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WRINGLE-GUT a restless, fretful person; a nervous, fidgety man ...1777 Eng. dial.
NERVOUS - verbs
• BE CHEWED UP to be very nervous and/or off colour ...c1920 sl.
• CACK IT to be very nervous or worried; to feel thoroughly frightened ...2002 UK sl.
• CRACK to become nervous or afraid ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FALL OFF THE ROOF to be in a nervous, irritable state ...1970s US gay sl.
• FIDGE to act in a nervous manner; to fidget ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GET THE WIND UP to become nervous ...1916 sl.
• GIVE ONE THE RICKETS to make one nervous ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE SCREAMING HABDABS to make one nervous or uneasy ...1946 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE WILLIES to make one nervous or uneasy ...1896 sl., orig. US
• HAVE A FACE ON ONE to be in a troubled nervous mood ...1980s sl.
• HAVE THE WILLIES to be nervous or uneasy ...1896
• HAVE THE WOOLIES to be nervous or out of sorts ...1900 US college sl.
• LOSE ONE'S COOL to lose one's self-possession; to become nervous, (over-)excited, very angry ...c1955 sl.
• NERVE † to show signs of nervousness ...1801
• PUT THE WIND UP to frighten; to make afraid; to make nervous ...1916 sl.
• RATTLE to make nervous or anxious ...1869 sl., orig. US
• SWEAT to be nervous or anxious ...1973 sl.
• SWEAT ON to await nervously ...1917 sl.
• SWEAT ON THE TOP LINE to be nervous or anxious ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• TENSE UP to become stiff, ineffective, and semi-paralyzed from nervous tension ...1973 Amer. sl.
NERVOUS - phrases
• WHAT'S EATING YOU? what's making you nervous or anxious ...1893 sl., orig. US
• YOUR ARSE IS NIPPING BUTTONS you are nervous; you are full of trepidation ...1988 Sc. sl.
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - nouns
• BARBED-WIRE DISEASE a nervous breakdown brought about by imprisonment ...Amer. World War I sl.
NEST - nouns
• BINK a wasps' or wild bees' nest ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EST a nest ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NEST - nouns, person
• HACKIE one who robs a bird's nest ...1923 Sc.
• HARRIER a robber; a rifler of birds' nests ...1835 Sc.
• HARRYER a robber; a rifler of birds' nests ...1835 Sc.
NEST - verbs
• AERIE † to build a nest ...1616
• BIG(G) to build; to build a nest ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HACK to plunder or rob a bird's nest ...1923 Sc.
• HARRY to rob birds' nests ...1637-50
• HERRY to rob, to plunder, to pillage; used esp. of robbing birds' nests ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NESTLE - verbs
• NEEZLE to nestle; to insinuate oneself into some good situation or snug position ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEST to nestle, to coil up like a dog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SNOOZLE to nestle or cuddle while asleep ...colloq.
• SNUDGE † to lie close and still; to remain snug and quiet; to nestle, to snuggle, to cuddle ...1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NETHERLANDS - adjectives
• NETHERLANDIAN * of the Netherlands ...1600
NETHERLANDS - adverbs
• UPSEE-DUTCH in the Dutch manner ...L16 sl.
NETHERLANDS - nouns
• DAM, THE Amsterdam ...1996 UK sl.
• FROGLAND † (derogatory) the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - nouns, person
• BUTTERBOX a Dutchman; from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country ...1698-99 cant
• BUTTERMOUTH a Dutchman ...M16 sl.
• CABBAGEHEAD (derogatory) a nickname for a German or a Dutchman ...M19 US sl.
• DIKE CLIMBER a person of Netherlands ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIKE JUMPER a person of Netherlands ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FROGLANDER (derogatory) a nickname for a Dutchman ...17C Brit.
• FROKIN † a Dutch girl or woman ...E17
• HANS a German or Dutchman ...1855
• KAASKOP a Dutchman ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• ORANGEMAN n. a Protestant Irishman; a Netherlander ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ORANGEY a Protestant Irishman; a Netherlander ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SQUAREHEAD a Scandinavian; a German; a Dutchman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TANNAKIN † a diminutive pet-form of the name Ann or Anna; specifically used for a German or Dutch girl ...1557
• WROKIN a Dutch woman ...17C
NETTLE - adjectives
• NETTLE-SPRUNG having the nettle-rash ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NETTLE - nouns
• ETTLE a nettle ...1825 Eng. dial.
NETTLE - verbs
• SCAM of nettles: to sting ...1933 Sc.
NEUROTIC - adjectives
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• HUNG UP inhibited, neurotic ...1952 US sl.
NEUTRAL - adjectives
• ADIAPHOROUS neutral, indifferent, immaterial; neither right nor wrong morally ...1635
• HALF AND BETWEEN neutral, neither one thing nor the other ...1862 Sc.
• NEUTERLIKE neutral ...1556
NEUTRAL - nouns, person
• HALF-AND-HALFER a person or object that cannot easily be categorized, neither one thing nor another ...L19 sl.
• JACK OF BOTH SIDES a person who sides first with one party and then with the other ...1562
• JACK-ON-BOTH-SIDES a neutral ...1594 sl.
• LIE-BY † a neutral; one who stands aside ...a1600 obs. exc. Sc.
• NEUTER one who holds himself neutral; one who takes neither side in a dispute or controversy, or favours neither of two opposed views ...1556
NEUTRAL - verbs
• BE ON THE FENCE to be neutral
• CARRY ONE'S CUP EVEN BETWEEN TWO PARTIES to favour neither of them ...17C colloq.
• HOLD WITH THE HARE AND RUN WITH THE HOUNDS to try to keep in with both sides; to play a double part ...1562
• NEUTRIZE †* to stay neutral ...1609
• RUN WITH HARE AND HOUNDS to try to keep in with both sides; to play a double part ...1562
• RUN WITH THE HARE AND HUNT WITH THE HOUNDS to try to keep in with both sides; to play a double part ...1562
NEUTRALITY - nouns
• ADIAPHORACY * indifference, neutrality ...1612
• ADIAPHORICIE * indifference, neutrality ...1612
• PARLEY a state of neutrality, a period of truce; the call for such a truce or pause in a game...1723 Sc.
NEUTRALIZE - verbs
• NEGATIVE to render ineffective, to neutralize ...1837
NEVADA - nouns, person
• SAGE HEN an inhabitant of Nevada ...L19 US sl.
NEVER - adjectives
• AT LATTER LAMMAS never ...1567 humorous
• NEXT NEVER'S-TIDE never ...1885 Eng. dial.
NEVER - adverbs
• NAY † never ...c1430
• NEVER IN THIS WORLD never ...1894 Sc.
• UN-EVER † never, at no time ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VENGEANCE † not at all, never ...1556
NEVER - nouns
• MEXICAN HAPPENING (derogatory) something that never comes about ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAINT-TIBB'S EVE a day which never comes ...1891 Eng. dial.
• ST. TIBB'S EVE never ...L18 sl.
• ST. TIB'S EVE never ...L18 sl.
• TIBB'S EVE a day which never comes, never ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIB'S EVE a day which never comes, never ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WEEK OF THE FOUR FRIDAYS, THE † an imaginary date that will never arrive ...1760-72
NEVER - interjections
• ABER NIT! never! not! ...1896 Amer. sl.
• AIKONA! never! absolutely not! ...1950s S. Afr.
• CHALE! no! never! ...1950 US
• NOT ON YOUR AMBROTYPE! not at all! never! ...1895 Amer. sl.
NEVER - phrases
• APREE LA GARE, APPRAY LA GUERRE sometime, or never ...1916 military catchphrase
• GALA BRIG FAIR † a fictitious or nonexistent fair; hence, used to mean 'never' ...c1840
• IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN DICK never ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEVER IN ONE'S PUFF never in one's life ...c1880 tailors' usage
• NEVER SAY MIFF not give in, 'never say die', never surrender or give up ...Bk1905 Eng. dia.
• ON THE 30TH OF FEBRUARY never ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE GREEK CALENDS never ...a1649
• ON TIB'S EVE never ...1785 sl.
• WHEN CHICKENS HAVE TEETH never ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WHEN THE COWS GIVE BEER never ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
NEVERTHELESS - adverbs
• ALLEE-SAMEE in the same way; nevertheless ...1856 US sl.
• COME HIGH OR COME LOW anyway, nevertheless, no matter what ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• NATHELESS nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c900
• NATHLESS nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c900
• NAUTHELESS †* nevertheless ...a1300
• NE-FOR-THI †* nevertheless ...a1300
• NETHELESS † nevertheless ...c1175
• NETHERLESS † however, nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c1400
• NETHERTHELESS † nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c1440
• RIGHT ON anyway, nevertheless, just the same ...1928 Amer. dial.
• APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect ...20C US sl.
• CLASSY stylish, fine, neat, trim ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DANDY characteristic of a dandy; affectedly neat, trim. or smart ...1813
• DAPPER neat, trim, smart in dress or appearance ...LME
• DEFT pretty; neat ...1671 Eng. dial.
• DENK neat, nice, finely dressed ...1721 Sc.
• DIMPSEY † neat, smart ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DINKY small and neat; trim; dainty, cute ...L18 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE 1. of things: neat, tidily made ...c1779 Sc.
2. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• FEAT † neat in form or appearance, pretty, elegant ...a1471 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FEAT-BODIED † having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce ...1750
• FEATISH † elegant, neat ...1530
• FEATY † neat, pretty ...1621
• GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIM † smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty ...1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
• GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat ...1864
• IN KELTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN PRINT very neat and orderly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAM neat, smart, spruce ...Bk1896 sl.
• JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACK † neat, tidy ...1825
• MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose ...1822 Sc.
• MACKY neat, tidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NABBY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one's station ...1879 Sc.
• NABITY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one's station ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NACKETY 1. compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking ...1756 Sc.
2. finicky, fond of neatness ...1818 Sc.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATTERLY neat, natty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTLY neat, natty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTY neat, stylish, tidy ...1557 colloq.
• NEAT AS A BANDBOX as neat as may be ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A FLEA small and neat ...1940s Aust. sl.
• NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A NEW PIN as neat as may be ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS NINEPENCE as neat as may be ...1884 colloq.
• NEAT AS WAX as neat as may be ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT, BUT NOT GAUDY, AS THE DEVIL SAID WHEN HE PAINTED HIS BOTTOM RED AND TIED UP HIS TAIL WITH SKY-BLUE RIBBON spick and span; 'fresh as a daisy' ...1887 sl.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NET * of things: neat, smart ...1637
• NETTY †* neat, natty ...1573
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NIFTY neat, stylish, conspicuous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY childishly exact, affectedly neat ...1817 Sc.
• NOPPY tidy, neat ...1877 Eng. dial.
• NUNTY precise in dress, neat, trim, dapper ...1856 Eng. dial.
• PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat ...a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical ...1887 Sc.
• PERNICKETY very neat and clean ...1967 Amer. dial.
• POISON-NEAT extremely neat ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PRUNK neat, smart, pretty ...1892 Sc.
• QUEEM close-fitting, filled up to an even level; neat, fit ...1820 Sc.
• QUEME † of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy ...a1300
• RACKED UP neat, smartly turned out ...1950s sl.
• REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-HANDED active, neat ...1820 Sc.
• SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINORTIC neat, trim, stylish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPONORTIC neat, trim, stylish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPOONEY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart ...1733 Eng. dial.
• TASTY neat, natty; with dainty habits; attractive; agreeable ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely ...1685 arch. or Eng. dial.
• TONY stylish, neat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat ...1838 Amer. dial.
NEAT, NEATNESS - nouns
• DANDY anything superlatively fine, neat, or dainty ...1837-40 sl. or colloq.
• JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness ...1756
• MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom ...1867 Eng. dial.
• NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness ...colloq.
NEAT - nouns, person
• BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy ...1980s US campus sl.
• DAG a person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners, and lacks style and sophistication ...20C Aust. sl.
• MR. CLEAN an obsessively neat and prudish man ...1960s US sl.
• NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person ...1808 Sc.
• NACKETY one neat in person and work ...B1900 Sc.
• NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person ...1818
• NEATNIK a neat person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• PARCHEKA † a neat person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARROCK a small, neat person; a little dandy or doll ...1880 Sc.
NEAT - verbs
• BESMARTEN to make smart or neat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GUSSY UP to clean or make neat ...20C Amer. sl.
• MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NEAT * to make neat ...1581
• NEATIFY † to make neat; to purify ...1601 rare or obs.
• PRUNK to make oneself smart and neat; to dress neatly; generally used with 'up' ...B1900 Sc.
• READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat ...M19 US sl.
• TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat ...1895 Eng. dial.
NEATLY - adverbs
• DINKLY neatly ...1828 Sc.
• FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly ...a1300 arch.
• GASH trimly, neatly, so as to have a good appearance ...1806 Sc.
• HANDSOMELY * with becoming or elegant action; in good style, neatly, elegantly ...1582
• JEMMILY neatly, trimly ...1837
• NETLY †* neatly, smartly ...1577-87
• QUEEM exactly, neatly, snugly ...1710 Sc.
• QUEMELY † in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly ...c1380
• TIGHTLY † 1. deftly, neatly; cleverly, dexterously; properly, correctly ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. neatly, tidily, smartly ...1825-9
NEATNESS - nouns
• APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness ...L18
• FEATISHNESS † neatness ...1530
NEBRASKA - nouns, person
• BUG-EATER a resident of Nebraska ...1872 Amer. dial.
• OMAHOG a resident of Omaha, Nebraska ...1876 US jocular
NECESSARILY - adverbs
• BEHOVEFULLY † usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily ...1443
• BEHOVELY † usefully, needfully, necessarily ...c1430
• FAINS of necessity; necessarily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NECESSARLY necessarily ...1566 Sc.
• NEED † of necessity, necessarily ...c893
• NEEDFULLY * necessarily, upon compulsion or constraint; urgently, pressingly ...a1340
• NEEDILY †* necessarily ...1577-87
• NEEDLING † necessarily ...a1225
• NEEDLINGS † necessarily; of necessity ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• NEEDLY † necessarily ...1303
• NEEDS COST † necessarily ...c1385
• NEEDSLY † necessarily ...c1449
• NEEDWAYS † necessarily; by necessity ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NECESSARY - adjectives
• BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVELY † useful, profitable; needful, necessary ...c950
• EQUINECESSARY † needful in an equal degree; equally necessary ...1663
• NECESS †* necessary ...1456
• NECESSAIRE †* necessary ...c1374
• NECESSAR necessary ...c1375 Sc.
• NECESSARIOUS †* necessary ...c1386
• NECESSITABLE †* subject to necessity ...1673
• NECESSITOUS † necessary, requisite ...1742
• NEEDSOME † marked by necessity; necessary ...c1650
• NEEDY necessary, required ...1487 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• NESESSE †* necessary ...1456
• SINE QUA NON indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential ...1615
• WANTING † needful, requisite, necessary ...1756
NECESSARY - nouns
• GANG WATER (enough money for) the bare necessaries of life ...1949 Sc.
• NECESSARINESS * the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity ...1551
• NECESSARS † necessary things ...1596 Sc. rare or obs.
• NEEDFUL a necessary thing ...1856
• NEEDFUL, THE what is necessary or requisite ...1709
• NEEDFULS necessaries ...1863 Sc.
• NEEDING †* a necessary act ...c1475
• NEEDMENTS things needed; necessaries; personal requisites carried as luggage ...1590
• PLEMENT †* something necessary to make a thing complete; an essential or important constituent part ...1632
• QUORUM †* necessary materials ...1650
• SKIPPESON †* equipment, provision of necessaries ...1444
NECESSARY - verbs
• BEHOOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
• BEHOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
• DO ONE'S DO to do what is necessary; to do what one must do ...20C US sl.
• DO ONE'S NEEDS to do that which is necessary ...1896 Sc.
• SET ONE UP WITH SALT to provide the necessaries of life for one ...1881 Sc.
NECESSITATE - verbs
• NECESS †* to compel, to necessitate ...c1374
• NECESSITE † to necessitate ...1600
• NECESSITY * to necessitate ...1817
• NEEDCESSITATE † to force, to necessitate ...1836 Sc.
NECESSITATED - adjectives
• NECESSITAT † necessitated, compelled ...1631 Sc.
NECESSITOUS - adjectives
• NEEDFUL * of persons: needy, necessitous ...a1175
• WANTING † lacking in money or necessaries of life, needy, necessitous ...a1616 now rare or obs.
NECESSITY - adjectives
• NECESSITATED † of persons or their condition: reduced to necessity or want ...1646
• NECESSITIED †* brought into necessity ...1601
NECESSITY - adverbs
• NECESSARILY † by force of necessity; unavoidably ...1488-9
• NECESSITIVELY †* by necessity ...1647
• NEED-GATES † of necessity ...c1375
• NEEDINGS †* of necessity ...a1300
• NEEDLINS of necessity; advisedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NECESSITY - nouns
• COMPUSHENCY necessity; compulsion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT bare necessities ...Irish sl.
• NECESS †* necessity ...a1460
• NECESSARINESS * the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity ...1551
• NECESSITUDE †* 1. a necessity of something ...1677
* 2. need, necessity ...1839
• NEED-BE * an essential or necessary reason; a necessity; something compulsory, indispensable, or requisite ...1728
• NEEDCESSITIES necessities of life ...1885 Sc.
• NEEDCESSITY necessity, a state of need ...1795 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEEDMENT a necessity ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NEEDS-BE a necessity; an expediency ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEPUSHENCY necessity, push, and urgency ...1934 Amer. dial.
• NESSIPUSHETY necessity, push, and urgency ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OCCASION needs, necessities ...1822 Sc.
• TIE obligation, moral compulsion; necessity; constraint, burden, care ...1724-32 Eng. dial.
• WOODCHUCK CASE a situation of necessity, one in which there is no choice, as a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1862 Amer. dial.
NECESSITY - verbs
• FATALIZE to render subject to fate or inevitable necessity ...1876
NECK - adjectives
• HALSED † having a neck ...1536
• THRAWN IN THE NECK stiff-necked ...1898 Sc.
NECK - nouns
• CANEL † the neck ...c1340
• DART a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GANDER-NECK a long neck ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOOZLE the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck ...1883 Amer. dial.
• HALSE the neck ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HATTREL † the crown of the head; also, the nape of the neck; the neck ...a1325
• KENNEL † the neck ...c1532
• NAVER the nape of the neck ...a1838 Sc.
• NEB the neck ...1535 sl.
• NECK-PIECE †* the neck ...1605
• NIDDICK the nape of the neck; the whole head or skull ...1558 Eng. dial.
• OH, BY HECK the neck ...1930s US rhyming sl.
• QUICK a sudden, sharp pain; a crick in the neck ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAXED-NECK the neck of a person who has been hanged ...1824 Sc.
• RUSTY NECK a stiff neck ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRIFF the scruff of the neck ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRITCH a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc.
• UNAVOIDABLE WRECK the neck ...1930s rhyming sl.
• UPPER DECK the neck ...1944 US rhyming sl.
• YAWP the nape of the neck ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NECK - nouns, person
• GALDROCH † a greedy, long-necked, ill-shaped person ...1824 Sc.
NECK - verbs
• PUT A THRAW IN A NECK to wring it ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NECKERCHIEF - see KERCHIEF
NECKING - adjectives
• AT IT kissing and cuddling ...19C sl.
NECKING - nouns
• DARK-SETTING necking or petting in complete seclusion at night ...20C Amer. prison sl.
• HEAVY-PETTING kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation ...20C US colloq.
• MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression ...1968 Amer. sl.
• PASSION PIT a drive-in movie where a considerable amount of 'necking' is supposed to take place; any place where necking takes place ...M20 US sl.
• ROTTENLOGGING necking and petting ...E20 US sl.
NECKING - nouns, person
• COUCH LIZARD one who necks on a couch with his girl ...1954 Amer. sl.
NECKING - verbs
• BOONDOCK to park and 'neck' ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CALOOP to neck, to pet ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CANOE to have sexual intercourse; to kiss and caress, esp. intimately; to neck ...1954 Amer. dial.
• EAT FACE to engage in passionate kissing of the mouth and face; to neck ...1968 US students' sl.
• GROUSE to neck; to pet and kiss; to engage in lovemaking ...1958 US sl.
• HACK to engage in amorous play or sexual activity; to neck, pet, or spoon; to kiss ...1943 Amer. sl.
• LALLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court ...1869 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court ...1868 Amer. dial.
• MAUL to have a very passionate petting session ...L19 US campus sl.
• MONK to neck, to engage in sexual activity ...1950s US sl.
• PARK of a teenage couple: to park in a secluded spot for petting, and, possibly, sex ...1920s US sl.
• SCRUMP to neck; to have sexual intercourse ...1980s US college sl.
• SPOON to pet or neck ...E19 US colloq.
NECKLACE - nouns
• BALDRIC † a chain for the neck; a necklace ...1530
• CARCAN † an ornamental collar or necklace ...1539
• CARCANET an ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels ...c1530 arch.
• CARKET † an ornamental collar or necklace ...a1500
• DOG COLLAR a tight-fitting necklace; a choker necklace ...1903 UK sl.
• DUKEY ROPE a gold chain necklace ...1989 US sl.
• NEGLIGEE a necklace formed of irregular beads ...1841
NECKTIE - see TIE
NECTAR - adjectives
• NECTAREAL * of the nature of or resembling nectar ...1652
• NECTAREAN * of the nature of or resembling nectar ...1624
• NECTAREL †* like nectar; fragrant ...1648
• NECTAREOUS consisting of or resembling nectar ...1708
• NECTARIAN * of the nature of or resembling nectar ...1658
• NECTARIOUS * consisting of or resembling nectar ...1841
• NECTAROUS resembling nectar ...1667
NECTAR - nouns
• BEE-WINE nectar of a flower ...1818
NECTARINE - nouns
• NEPKIN a nectarine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SANDY BAY PEACH a nectarine ...20C S. Afr. street vendors' usage
NEED - adjectives
• DEAD FOR in desperate need of ...1876 Amer. sl.
• NECESSITOUS †* in need of a thing ...1650
NEED - nouns
• EGENCE * need, the existence of needs ...1865
• ILL-FARE a state of need or discomfort ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IRISH KING something one needs ...1960 NZ sl.
• NECESSITUDE * need, necessity ...1839
• NEEDAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDCESSITY necessity, a state of need ...1795 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEEDHAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDING †* an occasion or time of need ...a1300
• NEEDMENTS * needs, requirements ...1603 chiefly Sc.
• NEEF difficulty; need ...1742 Sc.
• NEIF difficulty; need ...1742 Sc.
• OCCASIONS † needs, requirements ...1596
• OPPORTUNITY †* a time when there is occasion or need for something ...1526
• RAINY DAY a time of need ...c1580
• SUDDEN † a sudden need, danger, or the like; an emergency ...1559
• SUFFRETE † want, need ...c1430
• TIDEFULNESS † a fit or expedient season; time of need ...a1340
• WANE † need, want, poverty ...a1100
NEED - verbs
• THOLE to allow, to permit, to admit of; to require, to stand in need of ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NEEDED - nouns
• ARTICLE, THE the precise thing; the thing or person most needed ...c1850 colloq.
• DOINGS things needed ...1913 sl.
• JUST THE JOB something which is wanted or needed ...1943 sl.
• MOSSY AGATE something that is 'just the thing' ...E20 Brit. sl.
• NEEDMENTS things needed; necessaries; personal requisites carried as luggage ...1590
• SHOT, THE something that is wanted or needed ...1953 Aust. sl.
• TICKET, THE something which is wanted or needed ...1838 sl.
• VERY ARTICLE, THE the precise thing; the thing or person most needed ...c1850 colloq.
• WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED something needed or desired
NEEDED - nouns, person
• VERY ARTICLE, THE the precise thing; the thing or person most needed ...c1850 colloq.
NEEDED - verbs
• COME THE BIG FIGURE to do or provide what is required ...1848 Amer. sl.
NEEDFUL - adjectives
• BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• BEHOVELY † useful, profitable; needful, necessary ...c950
• BEHOVING † useful, needful, appropriate ...c1175
• EQUINECESSARY † needful in an equal degree; equally necessary ...1663
NEEDFUL - nouns
• BEETS needful things ...Bk1911 Sc.
NEEDFUL - verbs
• BEHOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
NEEDFULLY - adverbs
• BEHOVELY † usefully, needfully, necessarily ...c1430
NEEDINESS - nouns
• EGENCY † neediness, poverty ...1600
• NEEDIHOOD †* neediness ...1648
• NEEDY-HOOD †* neediness ...1648
NEEDING - adjectives
• WANTFUL full of wants; needing, exacting ...1889
NEEDLE - nouns
• ARTILLERY a hypodermic needle ...c1935 Amer. drugs sl.
• BANGER a hypodermic needle and syringe ...1986 sl.
• BAYONET a hypodermic needle ...1986 US drugs sl.
• GAFFUS a hypodermic syringe and needle, esp. when improvised ...1967 US sl.
• GASKET any improvised seal between the end of a dropper and the hub of a needle ...1970 US sl.
• GOLDEN SPIKE a hypodermic needle ...1955 US sl.
• GUN a hypodermic needle ...1899 Amer. drugs sl.
• HARD NAIL a hypodermic needle ...1955 US sl.
• HYP a hypodermic needle ...1929 drugs sl., orig. US
• HYPE a hypodermic needle ...1929 drugs sl., orig. US
• HYPO a hypodermic needle ...1904 drugs sl., orig. US
• JABBLE a large, blunt needle or knife ...1788 Sc.
• LANCE a hypodermic needle ...1952 US drugs sl.
• MISTER TWENTY-SIX a hypodermic needle ...1973 US sl.
• MR. TWENTY-SIX a hypodermic needle ...1973 US sl.
• NAIL a hypodermic needle ...1936 US sl.
• POINT a hypodermic needle ...1960s Amer. drugs sl.
• SAFETY a safety pin used as a hypodermic needle ...1950s US drugs sl.
• SILVER LADY a hypodermic needle and syringe ...1993 US drugs sl.
• SPEAR a hypodermic needle ...1961 US drugs sl.
• SPIKE a hypodermic needle ...1934 drugs sl., orig. US
• YALE a commercial hypodermic needle, whether or not it is manufactured by Yale ...1973 US sl.
NEEDLESS - adjectives
• SUPERVACANEOUS † vainly added over and above what is essential; serving no purpose; superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, needless ...c1555 now rare or obs.
NEEDLEWORK - verbs
• BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH of needlework: to be puckered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEEDY - adjectives
• DABRICH poor, needy ...c1800 Sc.
• EGENE †* needy, poor ...1631
• EGESTUOSE † very poor and needy ...1775
• EGESTUOUS † extremely poor and needy ...1656
• HARD RUN hard pressed; subjected to pressure of one kind or another, usually financial; without resources; needy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• ILL-TO-DO in poor circumstances, poor, needy ...1853
• NAUGHTY † having or possessing naught; poor, needy ...1377
• NEEDFUL * of persons: needy, necessitous ...a1175
• NEEDSOME * marked by need; needy, poor ...1870
• STIVER-CRAMPED † needy, wanting money ...1785
• SUFFRETOUS † needy, in want, miserable ...c1450
• WAEDLE † poor, needy ...c1000
• WANTING † lacking in money or necessaries of life, needy, necessitous ...a1616 now rare or obs.
NEEDY - adverbs
• NEEDILY †* in a needy fashion ...1642
NEEDY - nouns
• NACE the destitute, the needy ...1871 Sc.
NEEDY - nouns, person
• NEEDLING †* a needy person ...1608
NE'ER-DO-WELL - adjectives
• ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well ...1570 sl.
• DEADBEAT useless, ne'er-do-well, impoverished ...L19 sl.
• STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne'er-do-well ...1833 Aust. sl.
NE'ER-DO-WELL - nouns, person
• BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne'er-do-well ...E16
• BAD HALFPENNY a fruitless errand; a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BAND-ENDER a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE an unimportant or worthless person or thing; a ne'er-do-well ...1820 Sc.
• CATSO a rogue; a ne’er-do-well ...1602 Brit. sl.
• CATZO a rogue; a ne’er-do-well ...E17 Brit. sl.
• GET-NOTHING † one who through laziness earns nothing; an idler, a ne'er-do-well ...a1625
• LAG a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• LAG-A-BAG a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy, idle person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LOST a layabout, a ne'er-do-well, a lazy person ...1910s sl.
• NE'ER-BE-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1675
• NE'ER-DO-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1814
• NEVER-DO-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing fellow ...1814 Sc.
• NEVER-DO-WELL a ne'er-do-well ...1856
• NEVER-THRIFT † a ne'er-do-well; a waster ...c1440
• POOR DO a shiftless, trifling person; a ne'er-do-well ...1994 Amer. dial.
• RABSCALLION a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1777 Sc.
• RABSHACKLE a ne'er-do-well; a wastrel; a profligate ...18C sl.
• RABSHAKLE a ne'er-do-well; a wastrel; a profligate ...18C sl.
• RAMSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ... 1733 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAP-A-TAG a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RATTATAG a ne'er-do-well ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne'er-do-well ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• SCALLOWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLY a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1986 Eng. sl.
• SCALLYWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 orig. US
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SCRIMATREE a boy who climbs trees; a truant, a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SKEESICKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZACKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZECKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZICKS a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1850 US sl.
• STRINGY BARK a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• WAFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless, good-for-nothing person; a ne'er-do-well ...1825 Sc.
• WIDE BOY a rogue, a ne'er-do-well ...1937 Brit. sl.
NEGATION - nouns
• ABNEGATION denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection ...1554
NEGATIVE - adjectives
• ABNEGATIVE denying; renouncing; negative ...Bk1888 rare
• ABNUTIVE †* negative; implying denial or refusal ...a1682
• FAKE bad, disappointing, negative ...1990s US campus sl.
• NEGATIONAL negative; using negation ...1865
• NEGATORY expressing denial or refusal; denying; negative ...1580
• RECUSATIVE †* that tends to refuse or prohibit; denying, refusing, negative ...1660
NEGATIVE - nouns
• DOWNSIDE a discouraging or negative aspect ...1977 Amer. sl.
• NEGANT †* a negative proposition ...c1560
• NEGATIVE † a negative command; a prohibition ...c1380
• NO-NO an impossibility; a failure; any negative outcome ...1975 UK sl.
NEGATIVE - nouns, person
• WET NOODLE a naysayer ...20C Amer. sl.
NEGATIVE - verbs
• TALK HEAD to talk in a negative manner ...1980s US college sl.
NEGATIVE - interjections
• WANK! a general negative retort ...1970s US campus sl.
NEGLECT - nouns
• DEFAULT † failure in duty, care, etc., as the cause of some untoward event; culpable neglect of some duty or obligation ...a1300
• FAILANCE † the fact of failing; failure, neglect, omission...1612
• FAULT † default, failing, neglect ...c1325
• LACHES † slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect ...1362
• LACHOUSNESS † remissness, neglect ...1496
• NEGLECTION † negligence, neglect ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEGLECTIVENESS † negligence, neglect ...1621
• UNCONSIDERANCE † neglect of something ...1546
NEGLECT - verbs
• DEFAULT † to fail to perform; to omit, to neglect ...1648
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMFLE to idle, to dally; to neglect one's work from foolish merriment; to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair; to frolic, to trifle ...1808 Sc.
• GAMPHLE to idle, to dally; to neglect one's work from foolish merriment; to act foolishly like lads and lasses at a fair; to frolic ...1808 Sc.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-BY to avoid, to disregard, to neglect ...1855 Amer. dial.
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
• LACHES † to neglect, to slight ...c1425
• LACHESSE † to neglect, to slight ...c1425
• LEAP † to evade, to neglect ...1658-9
• LEAVE † to neglect or omit to perform some action, duty, etc. ...a1300
• LEAVE BEHIND † to neglect, to leave undone ...a1300
• SCONCE to refuse, to neglect, to shirk ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEND TO THE WALL to thrust aside into a position of neglect ...1901
• SET TO THE WALL † to thrust aside into a position of neglect ...1583
• SIT † to disregard, to neglect, to pay no heed or attention to ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• THRUST TO THE WALL † to thrust aside into a position of neglect ...1592
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
NEGLECTED - adjectives
• ELAPSED † suffered to slip by, neglected ...1649
• ILL-MADE-ON of a child: neglected, badly brought up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TENDED neglected, little cared for ...1897 Eng. dial.
• IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEFT OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEGLECT † neglected ...1530
• NOT IN IT neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE EYED inconvenient, out of the way, neglected ...1896 Eng. dial.
• OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PASSED UP neglected; ignored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RACKLEDOWN tumble-down, neglected ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• UNASSERVED † unserved, neglected ...c1400
NEGLECTED - nouns
• CAST-BY a person or thing cast aside and neglected ...1818
NEGLECTED - nouns, person
• CAST-BY a person or thing cast aside and neglected ...1818
• GAMIN a neglected boy, left to run about the streets ...1840
• WAIF a person who is without home or friends; one who lives uncared-for or without guidance; an outcast from society; an unowned or neglected child ...1784
NEGLECTED - verbs
• FANCY A LOT to fancy something is wrong; to feel hurt or neglected ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
NEGLECTFUL - adjectives
• NEGLECTIVE † neglectful, inattentive, careless ...1611 rare or obs.
NEGLECTFULLY - adverbs
• NEGLECTINGLY † negligently, neglectfully ...1596
NEGLIGENCE - nouns
• LACHES † slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect ...1362
• NEGLECTION † negligence, neglect ...1591
• NEGLECTIVENESS † negligence, neglect ...1621
• NEGLIGENCY * negligence ...1800
NEGLIGENT - adjectives
• DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish ...a1540
• EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• LACHOUS † negligent, remiss ...1484
• LASH † culpably negligent or remiss ...c1374
• NEGLECT * negligent ...1603
• NESH † slack, negligent; lacking in energy or diligence ...obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OSCITANT † gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness ...1625 rare or obs.
• SLIBBER-SLABBER very careless, negligent ...B1900
• YEMELES † careless, heedless, negligent ...c897
NEGLIGENT - nouns, person
• NEGLIGENT a negligent person ...1616
NEGLIGENT - verbs
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
NEGLIGENTLY - adverbs
• NEGLECTINGLY † negligently, neglectfully ...1596
• NEGLECTLY †* negligently ...1594
• VORLUS SNORLUS at random, negligently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VORUS-NORUS at random, negligently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEGLIGIBLE - adjectives
• NEGLIGEABLE negligible ...1882
NEGOTIABLE - adjectives
• GANGABLE † negotiable; used in reference to money that has currency ...1825 Sc.
NEGOTIATE - verbs
• CODESA-DESA to negotiate something ...1990s S. African sl.
• HORSE-SHED to negotiate informally with a buyer or seller ...1888 US sl.
NEGOTIATION - adjectives
• NEGOTIATORY * pert. to negotiation ...1727
NEGOTIATION - nouns
• MANAGEMENT † a negotiation ...1705
NEGOTIATOR - nouns, person
• DEALER † an agent, a negotiator ...c1000
• NEGOTIANT one who negotiates or carries on negotiations; an agent, a representative ...1611
• NEGOTIATRESS a female negotiator ...1827
• NEGOTIATRIX a female negotiator ...1624
NEIGH - nouns
• BRAY a neigh; the sound that a horse makes; the noise made by a calf that's taken away from its mother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NICKER the sound made by a horse, esp. a soft or low sound; a whinny ...1867 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMER a whinny, a neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WHIMPER a whinny, a neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
NEIGH - verbs
• HINNIATE †* to neigh, to whinny ...1623
• LAUGH of a horse: to whinny ...1949 Amer. dial.
• NICKER to whinny ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
• WHICKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1850 Amer. dial.
• WHICKLE to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMER to whinny, to neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WHIMPER to whinny, to neigh ...1939 Amer. dial.
• WHINKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITIKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WICKER to whinny, to neigh softly ...1965 Amer. dial.
NEIGHBOUR - adjectives
• GUTTER-BLOOD said of a person who has been brought up in the same neighbourhood, and is of the same rank as another ...1822 Sc.
NEIGHBOUR - nouns
• NEIGHBOURHEAD * friendly relations between neighbours ...c1425
• NEIGHBOURHOOD friendly relations between neighbours ...c1449
NEIGHBOUR - nouns, person
• ADJOINANT † one living close by; a near neighbour ...1548
• ADJOINER †* he who, or that which, adjoins or lies next; a neighbour ...1627-8
• BY-DWELLER † one who dwells close by or near; a neighbour ...1611
• DO ME A FAVOUR a neighbour ...1990s rhyming sl.
• EAM † an uncle by the mother's side; a familiar friend or neighbour; a gossip ...1681 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GUTTER-BLOOD one born within the same town or city as another; one whose ancestors have been in the same town or city for some generations ...1822 Sc.
• HARD LABOUR a neighbour ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• KEBAR a companion, a neighbour ...1835 Sc.
• NEAR-BY a neighbour ...1938 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• NEAR-DWELLER a comparative stranger dwelling in one's vicinity ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOURER * one who neighbours, a neighbour ...1611
• NEIGHBOURESS * a female neighbour ...1388
• OLD FAGGOT a constantly carping neighbour ...Brit. sl.
• PROME †* a neighbour ...c1400
• STARE-CAT a women or girl who amuses herself with gazing at her neighbours; a meddlesome or inquisitive neighbour ...1859 US
NEIGHBOUR - verbs
• NEIGHBOURIZE * to act in a neighbourly fashion; to associate with others as neighbours ...1899
NEIGHBOURHOOD - nouns (also see PLACE)
• CHECKERBOARD a town, neighbourhood, public gathering place, factory, etc., which contains both Black and White elements ...20C Amer. sl.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• KILGUBBIN a low or poor neighbourhood ...1910 Amer. dial.
• NABE a neighbourhood ...1942 US sl.
• NEIGHBOUR-ROW a company, a social circle; a neighbouring row of houses; a neighbourhood ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ONE'S OWN PADDOCK one's own neighbourhood ...1988 NZ sl.
• PARISH one's own area or neighbourhood; the area in which one has influence and/or does business ...L19 sl.
• RICK a number of people living in one neighbourhood; a lot, company, band ...1876 Eng. dial.
• VOISINAGE † the neighbourhood, the adjoining district ...1642
NEIGHBOURHOOD - nouns, person
• HOMEBOY a neighbourhood person ...L19 sl.
• OLD HEADS the old people of the neighbourhood ...1899 US sl.
• YARDIE a person from your neighbourhood; a friend ...2003 Jamaica sl.
NEIGHBOURING - adjectives
• ABORDERING †* bordering, neighbouring, contiguous ...1566
• ACCOLENT † dwelling near; neighbouring ...1731
• NEAR-HAND near, neighbouring, close at hand ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PROPINQUANT * near, neighbouring, adjacent ...1633
NEIGHBOURING - nouns
• VOISINAGE † the act of being neighbouring or near ...1665
NEITHER - adjectives
• ACEY-DEUCEY complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other ...1970s US Black sl.
• HALF AND BETWEEN neutral, neither one thing nor the other ...1862 Sc.
• HALF-NABS good-for-nothing; neither one thing nor another ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NARY neither; not one ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
NEITHER - conjunctions
• NAITHERANS neither ...1813 Sc.
• NATHER † neither ...c893
• NAUTHER † neither ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NEITHER - phrases
• EECHIE NOR OCHIE neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing ...1768 Sc.
• EECHIE OR OCHIE either one thing or another; the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing ...1768 Sc.
• EECHY NOR OOCHY neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing ...1768 Sc.
• NEITHER EECHIE NOR OCHIE neither one thing nor another, nothing ...1768 Sc.
• NEITHER FISH, FLESH, FOWL, NOR GOOD RED-HERRING neither one thing nor another ...Bk1903 sl.
• NEITHER HEAD NOR FOOT † neither beginning or end; neither one thing nor another; nothing distinct or definite ...1566
• NEITHER OF BOTH neither one ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEITHER ONE'S EYE NOR ONE'S ELBOW neither one thing nor another ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YE'LL NEITHER DANCE NOR HAND THE CANDLE you will neither do nor let do; neither act yourself nor assist another ...1721 Sc.
NEPHEW - adjectives
• NEPOTAL pert. to a nephew ...1837
• NEPOTIC pert. to a nephew ...1873
• NEPOTIOUS * excessively fond of one's nephews and other relatives ...1834
NEPHEW - nouns
• NEPOTISM fondness for one's nephews ...1818
• NEVVY a nephew ...1888 Eng. dial.
NEPHEW - nouns, person
• BIG-NIECE the daughter of a nephew or niece ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CONSOBRINE † a sister's son, a nephew ...1623
• NE †* a nephew ...1387
• NEFFEY a nephew ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEPHY a nephew ...1880 Eng. dial.
• NEPOS †* a nephew ...1535
• NEPOTE * a nephew ...1533 Sc.
• NEVE † a nephew ...c900
• NEVEY a nephew ...1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEVO a nephew ...1817 Sc.
• NEVOY a nephew ...1818 Sc.
• NIECE a nephew ...1671 Amer. dial.
• OE a nephew ...1825 Sc.
• PRONEPHEW † the son of a nephew ...B1900
NERD - nouns, person
• DEXTER a nerd ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DWEEB a contemptible person; a loser; a nerd ...1968 US sl.
• FULL HANK a nerd ...20C teen & high school sl.
NERVE - nouns
• SINEW † a nerve ...1398
NERVE (courage, boldness) - nouns
• BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1682
• BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1984 sl.
• FACE great confidence; insolent boldness; effrontery, nerve ...1537 colloq.
• MOXIE nerve, courage, gall ...1930 US sl.
• NERVES OF IRON very strong nerves
• NERVES OF STEEL very strong nerves
NERVES, NERVOUSNESS - nouns
• ABDABS, THE a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness ...1946 UK sl.
• ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1920s US sl.
• ALL-OVERS, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1870 sl., chiefly US
• BLUE FEAR a blue funk; a state of depression; nervousness ...1883
• BLUE FUNK extreme nervousness; tremulous dread ...1861 sl.
• BUCK AGUE. nervousness accompanying exposure to a new situation or responsibility ...c1915 Amer. dial.
• BUCK FEVER nervousness accompanying exposure to a new situation or responsibility ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUDGE a fit of nervousness, the fidgets ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BUMFIDGETS an aggravated state of nervousness; the fidgets ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERFLIES nerves, apprehension, tension ...1940s colloq.
• BUTTERFLIES IN ONE'S STOMACH nerves, apprehension, tension ...1940s colloq.
• CAST-IRON SWEAT a highly nervous state ...1912 Amer. dial.
• COLLYWOBBLES, THE a feeling of internal queasiness at the prospect of a difficult or frightening undertaking; intense anxiety or nervousness ...1959 sl.
• EEBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• FIDGES, THE a feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the creeps ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FIDGETS, THE a feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the creeps ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FIDGIE-GIBBETS a feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the creeps ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOLLYWOBBLES depression or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood; the blues ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GONNYWOBBLES an imaginary disease; depression or nervousness ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HAB-DABS nervous irritation ...c1937 sl., chiefly Royal Air Force
• HABDABS, THE a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness ...1946 UK sl.
• HABS-DABS nervous irritation ...c1937 sl., chiefly Royal Air Force
• HEEBIE-JEEBERS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HEEBIE-JEEBIES, THE a state of nervousness, apprehension, or unease ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HEEBIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HEEBY-JEEBIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HEEBY JEEBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIE-JIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBIES-JIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIBBY JIBBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HIGH BIJEEBEES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 Amer. dial.
• JIM-JAMS, THE a creepy feeling; the fidgets; a fit of depression; a state of nervousness or unease ...1896 colloq.
• JIMMIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1900 sl.
• JITTERS, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1929 sl.
• LEAPS anxiety, nervousness ...1922 US sl.
• MILLWALL RESERVES nerves ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• NEEDLE, THE a fit of irritation or nervousness ...1887
• NERVISHNESS nervousness ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• NERVOSITY the state of being nervous; nervousness ...1787
• NERVOUS nervousness; an attack of mental distress ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PEADODDLES, THE the jitters, nervousness ...1835 Amer. dial.
• PEADOODLES, THE the jitters, nervousness ...1992 Amer. dial.
• PEEDOODLES, THE the jitters, nervousness ...1995 Amer. dial.
• POLLYMARBLES collywobbles; depression or nervousness; some imaginary or undefined illness ...1971 Amer. dial.
• SAMUEL PEPYS a sense of uneasiness or distaste; a nervous feeling ...1980s rhyming sl. for 'creeps' ('Pepys' pronounced 'peeps')
• SCREAMERS, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1948 sl.
• SCREAMING ABDABS, THE a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness ...1946 UK sl.
• SCREAMING HABDABS anxiety or nervous tension ...1945 Amer. sl.
• SHAKES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1837 sl.
• SKEEVERS feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or excessive nervousness ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SKEEVIES feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or excessive nervousness ...1994 Amer. dial.
• ST. VITUS'S DANCE nerves, jitters, shakes ...20C sl.
• TIZZ a state of agitation, restlessness, nervousness, confusion or dither for little reason ...1954 sl.
• TIZZY a state of agitation, restlessness, nervousness, confusion or dither for little reason ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WHIM-WHAMS feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1931 Amer. dial.
• WILLIES, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1896 sl., orig. US
• WILLY-NILLIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, depression, or nervousness ...1965
• WIM-WAMS feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1931 Amer. dial.
• WIND-UP, THE a state of nervousness or unease ...1917 sl.
• WOOLLIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, depression, or nervousness ...1965 Amer. dial.
NERVOUS, NERVY - adjectives
• ALL OF A DOODAH nervous, dithering with excitement ...1952 UK sl.
• ALL OVERISH nervous; vaguely indisposed ...c1850 Eng. sl.
• ANTSY nervous, restless ...1838 Amer. sl.
• BALMY nervous, afraid ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BOTTLEY nervous ...2000 UK sl.
• CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EDGY nervous, irritable, tense ...1837 UK sl.
• ESCAMADO nervous, shaken up ...1960s US sl.
• FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious ...1912 Amer. dial.
• FREAKED disturbed, unsettled, nervous ...1970 US sl.
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HINKEY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy ...1956 Amer. sl.
• HINKY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy ...1956 Amer. sl.
• IN A TOOT agitated, nervous ...1943 Amer. dial.
• KECKER-HEARTED faint-hearted, nervous ...1896 Eng. dial.
• KEYED-UP extremely nervous and distraught ...20C US sl.
• MERVIL nervous, trembling ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NARVICAL nervous ...1880 Eng. dial.
• NERVISH nervous ...1843 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NERVOUSED UP nervous, anxious; confused; agitated ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NERVOUS-JERVIS extremely nervous ...1970s US college sl.
• NERVOUS-UPPED nervous, anxious; confused; agitated ...1954 Amer. dial.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• OFF ONE'S EGGS nervous or jumpy ...1922 Sc.
• OFF ONE'S FEED depressed, miserable, nervous ...M19 sl.
• ON A PARA feeling nervous, paranoid ...1990s sl.
• ON EDGE very tense, nervy, anxious ...1870 UK sl.
• OOLED downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• OOLT downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• PACKED TIGHT nervous, unhappy, worried ...1970s US sl.
• QUEER WAYS strange, nervous, squeamish ...1827 Sc.
• RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• RINGY nervous; angry; irritable ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SANGUINE-NERVOUS partly sanguine and partly nervous ...1842
• SHACK WACKY nervous or irritable as a result of confinement to close quarters ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SPOOKY nervous, easily frightened, superstitious ...1920s US sl.
• STATEFUL in a nervous or excited condition; 'in a state' ...2003 UK teen sl.
• TIMMERSOME timorous, fearful; timid, nervous ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIMMY timid, fearful; nervous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMORSOME † timorous, fearful; timid, nervous ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOEY agitated, restless, nervous, on edge, irritable ...1930 sl., chiefly Aust.
• UP tense, nervous ...1990s US Black sl.
• UPTIGHT nervous, anxious, tense ...1934 US
• VINNY nervous; affected; of a child: spoiled ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUSE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WADGETTY fidgety, nervous ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WINDY nervous; ill at ease ...1916 sl.
• WIRED anxious, nervous, uptight ...1970s Amer. sl.
• YARK afraid, nervous ...1880 Sc.
NERVOUS - nouns, person
• BUNDLE OF NERVES a very nervous person
• JITTERBUG a nervous or agitated person ...1934 sl.
• NERVOUS WRECK one who is suffering from disorder of the nerves ...L19
• RABBIT a nervous, timid, cautious person ...1951 US sl.
• SAWK a timid, nervous person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WRINGLE-GUT a restless, fretful person; a nervous, fidgety man ...1777 Eng. dial.
NERVOUS - verbs
• BE CHEWED UP to be very nervous and/or off colour ...c1920 sl.
• CACK IT to be very nervous or worried; to feel thoroughly frightened ...2002 UK sl.
• CRACK to become nervous or afraid ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FALL OFF THE ROOF to be in a nervous, irritable state ...1970s US gay sl.
• FIDGE to act in a nervous manner; to fidget ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GET THE WIND UP to become nervous ...1916 sl.
• GIVE ONE THE RICKETS to make one nervous ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE SCREAMING HABDABS to make one nervous or uneasy ...1946 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE WILLIES to make one nervous or uneasy ...1896 sl., orig. US
• HAVE A FACE ON ONE to be in a troubled nervous mood ...1980s sl.
• HAVE THE WILLIES to be nervous or uneasy ...1896
• HAVE THE WOOLIES to be nervous or out of sorts ...1900 US college sl.
• LOSE ONE'S COOL to lose one's self-possession; to become nervous, (over-)excited, very angry ...c1955 sl.
• NERVE † to show signs of nervousness ...1801
• PUT THE WIND UP to frighten; to make afraid; to make nervous ...1916 sl.
• RATTLE to make nervous or anxious ...1869 sl., orig. US
• SWEAT to be nervous or anxious ...1973 sl.
• SWEAT ON to await nervously ...1917 sl.
• SWEAT ON THE TOP LINE to be nervous or anxious ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• TENSE UP to become stiff, ineffective, and semi-paralyzed from nervous tension ...1973 Amer. sl.
NERVOUS - phrases
• WHAT'S EATING YOU? what's making you nervous or anxious ...1893 sl., orig. US
• YOUR ARSE IS NIPPING BUTTONS you are nervous; you are full of trepidation ...1988 Sc. sl.
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - nouns
• BARBED-WIRE DISEASE a nervous breakdown brought about by imprisonment ...Amer. World War I sl.
NEST - nouns
• BINK a wasps' or wild bees' nest ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EST a nest ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NEST - nouns, person
• HACKIE one who robs a bird's nest ...1923 Sc.
• HARRIER a robber; a rifler of birds' nests ...1835 Sc.
• HARRYER a robber; a rifler of birds' nests ...1835 Sc.
NEST - verbs
• AERIE † to build a nest ...1616
• BIG(G) to build; to build a nest ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HACK to plunder or rob a bird's nest ...1923 Sc.
• HARRY to rob birds' nests ...1637-50
• HERRY to rob, to plunder, to pillage; used esp. of robbing birds' nests ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NESTLE - verbs
• NEEZLE to nestle; to insinuate oneself into some good situation or snug position ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEST to nestle, to coil up like a dog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SNOOZLE to nestle or cuddle while asleep ...colloq.
• SNUDGE † to lie close and still; to remain snug and quiet; to nestle, to snuggle, to cuddle ...1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NETHERLANDS - adjectives
• NETHERLANDIAN * of the Netherlands ...1600
NETHERLANDS - adverbs
• UPSEE-DUTCH in the Dutch manner ...L16 sl.
NETHERLANDS - nouns
• DAM, THE Amsterdam ...1996 UK sl.
• FROGLAND † (derogatory) the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - nouns, person
• BUTTERBOX a Dutchman; from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country ...1698-99 cant
• BUTTERMOUTH a Dutchman ...M16 sl.
• CABBAGEHEAD (derogatory) a nickname for a German or a Dutchman ...M19 US sl.
• DIKE CLIMBER a person of Netherlands ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DIKE JUMPER a person of Netherlands ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FROGLANDER (derogatory) a nickname for a Dutchman ...17C Brit.
• FROKIN † a Dutch girl or woman ...E17
• HANS a German or Dutchman ...1855
• KAASKOP a Dutchman ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• ORANGEMAN n. a Protestant Irishman; a Netherlander ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ORANGEY a Protestant Irishman; a Netherlander ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SQUAREHEAD a Scandinavian; a German; a Dutchman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TANNAKIN † a diminutive pet-form of the name Ann or Anna; specifically used for a German or Dutch girl ...1557
• WROKIN a Dutch woman ...17C
NETTLE - adjectives
• NETTLE-SPRUNG having the nettle-rash ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NETTLE - nouns
• ETTLE a nettle ...1825 Eng. dial.
NETTLE - verbs
• SCAM of nettles: to sting ...1933 Sc.
NEUROTIC - adjectives
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• HUNG UP inhibited, neurotic ...1952 US sl.
NEUTRAL - adjectives
• ADIAPHOROUS neutral, indifferent, immaterial; neither right nor wrong morally ...1635
• HALF AND BETWEEN neutral, neither one thing nor the other ...1862 Sc.
• NEUTERLIKE neutral ...1556
NEUTRAL - nouns, person
• HALF-AND-HALFER a person or object that cannot easily be categorized, neither one thing nor another ...L19 sl.
• JACK OF BOTH SIDES a person who sides first with one party and then with the other ...1562
• JACK-ON-BOTH-SIDES a neutral ...1594 sl.
• LIE-BY † a neutral; one who stands aside ...a1600 obs. exc. Sc.
• NEUTER one who holds himself neutral; one who takes neither side in a dispute or controversy, or favours neither of two opposed views ...1556
NEUTRAL - verbs
• BE ON THE FENCE to be neutral
• CARRY ONE'S CUP EVEN BETWEEN TWO PARTIES to favour neither of them ...17C colloq.
• HOLD WITH THE HARE AND RUN WITH THE HOUNDS to try to keep in with both sides; to play a double part ...1562
• NEUTRIZE †* to stay neutral ...1609
• RUN WITH HARE AND HOUNDS to try to keep in with both sides; to play a double part ...1562
• RUN WITH THE HARE AND HUNT WITH THE HOUNDS to try to keep in with both sides; to play a double part ...1562
NEUTRALITY - nouns
• ADIAPHORACY * indifference, neutrality ...1612
• ADIAPHORICIE * indifference, neutrality ...1612
• PARLEY a state of neutrality, a period of truce; the call for such a truce or pause in a game...1723 Sc.
NEUTRALIZE - verbs
• NEGATIVE to render ineffective, to neutralize ...1837
NEVADA - nouns, person
• SAGE HEN an inhabitant of Nevada ...L19 US sl.
NEVER - adjectives
• AT LATTER LAMMAS never ...1567 humorous
• NEXT NEVER'S-TIDE never ...1885 Eng. dial.
NEVER - adverbs
• NAY † never ...c1430
• NEVER IN THIS WORLD never ...1894 Sc.
• UN-EVER † never, at no time ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VENGEANCE † not at all, never ...1556
NEVER - nouns
• MEXICAN HAPPENING (derogatory) something that never comes about ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAINT-TIBB'S EVE a day which never comes ...1891 Eng. dial.
• ST. TIBB'S EVE never ...L18 sl.
• ST. TIB'S EVE never ...L18 sl.
• TIBB'S EVE a day which never comes, never ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIB'S EVE a day which never comes, never ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WEEK OF THE FOUR FRIDAYS, THE † an imaginary date that will never arrive ...1760-72
NEVER - interjections
• ABER NIT! never! not! ...1896 Amer. sl.
• AIKONA! never! absolutely not! ...1950s S. Afr.
• CHALE! no! never! ...1950 US
• NOT ON YOUR AMBROTYPE! not at all! never! ...1895 Amer. sl.
NEVER - phrases
• APREE LA GARE, APPRAY LA GUERRE sometime, or never ...1916 military catchphrase
• GALA BRIG FAIR † a fictitious or nonexistent fair; hence, used to mean 'never' ...c1840
• IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN DICK never ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEVER IN ONE'S PUFF never in one's life ...c1880 tailors' usage
• NEVER SAY MIFF not give in, 'never say die', never surrender or give up ...Bk1905 Eng. dia.
• ON THE 30TH OF FEBRUARY never ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE GREEK CALENDS never ...a1649
• ON TIB'S EVE never ...1785 sl.
• WHEN CHICKENS HAVE TEETH never ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WHEN THE COWS GIVE BEER never ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
NEVERTHELESS - adverbs
• ALLEE-SAMEE in the same way; nevertheless ...1856 US sl.
• COME HIGH OR COME LOW anyway, nevertheless, no matter what ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• NATHELESS nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c900
• NATHLESS nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c900
• NAUTHELESS †* nevertheless ...a1300
• NE-FOR-THI †* nevertheless ...a1300
• NETHELESS † nevertheless ...c1175
• NETHERLESS † however, nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c1400
• NETHERTHELESS † nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c1440
• RIGHT ON anyway, nevertheless, just the same ...1928 Amer. dial.