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NEW - NIMBLY
NEW - adjectives
• BRAND-FIRE-NEW completely new and unused ...1825 Amer. dial.
• BRAND-SPANDY-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAND-SPANG-NEW completely new ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BRAND SPANK-FIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND-SPANK-FIRING-NEW completely new ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRAND SPANKING new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND-SPANKING-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAND-SPAN-NEW completely new ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BRAND SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND SPLINTERFIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND-SPLINTER-NEW completely new ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-FIRED NEW completely new and unused ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-FIRE-NEW completely new and unused ...1825 Amer. dial.
• BRAN FIRE NEW absolutely new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BRANK-NEW. quite new ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPANKFIRE-NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPANKING new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPANKING-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPAN-NEW completely new ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BRAN SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPICK-SPAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPLINDER-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPLINTER-CLEAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPLINTER-FIRED-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPLINTERFIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPLINTER-NEW completely new ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY virginal; new; in good condition; as good as new, said of merchandise, esp. used or secondhand merchandise ...20C Amer. sl.
• ELSH new, fresh ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FIRE-NEW brand-new ...1790 Amer. dial.
• FIRING-NEW brand-new ...1952 Amer. dial.
• FRESH AS PAINT new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRESH-NEW quite new ...Shakespeare
• HOT OFF new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT OFF THE FIRE new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAP new ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEOTERIC recent, new, modern ...1596
• NEOTERICAL recent, new, modern ...1588
• NEW FANDANGLED new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEWFANGLE new-fashioned, novel ...1773 Sc.
• NEWFANGLED 1. in a new and strange situation ...1835 Sc.
2. new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEWFANGLETY newfangled ...1922 Amer. dial.
• NEW-ON new, fresh; esp. of clothes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWOUS newfangled; full of novelty; fond of what is new ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUSLIE in a newfangled way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEW WRINKLED new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOVANTIQUE †* new-old ...a1688
• NOVITIOUS † newly invented, of recent origin, new ...1659
• PIPING HOT new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIN young, youthful; fresh, new ...1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
• SPANDER-NEW completely new ...E18 now Eng. dial.
• SPANDY NEW entirely new ...M19 US colloq.
• SPANFIRED NEW brand new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPANKFIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING. new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPAN-NEW absolutely new ...14C archaic or Eng. dial.
• SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINKING-SPANKING-BRAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIT FIRE NEW brand new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPITNEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLINTER-FIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLINTER NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT FIRE NEW brand new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPLITNEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YEW new ...1879 Eng. dial.
NEW - nouns
• DIFFERENT BALLGAME a radically new situation ...1930s sl., orig. US
• NEOPHOBIA fear or dislike of what is new ...1886
• NEWANCE a new thing; a novelty; anything unusual ...1875 Sc.
• NEWDICLE † something new ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEW-FANG anything new-fashioned; a new fancy; generally used satirically ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEW FANGLE * a new fashion or crotchet; a novelty, a new invention; always used in a contemptuous sense ...1548
• NEWIE anything new or hitherto unknown ...1950s Aust. sl.
• NEWOUSNESS newfangledness ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEW PAIR OF BOOTS a whole new situation ...L19 UK middle class usage
• NEWY anything new or hitherto unknown ...1950s Aust. sl.
NEW - verbs
• HAVE ANOTHER BAND BY THE END to have a new pursuit in view ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
NEW - phrases
• NEW OFF THE IRONS newly graduated from university; just left school; hence, inexperienced, brand new ...L17 sl.
NEWBORN - adjectives
• YEANLING young, or new-born, esp. of a lamb ...1658 arch.
NEWBORN - nouns
• BRAID the cry of a newborn child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies ...1827 chiefly Eng. dial.
NEWBORN - nouns, person
• LITTLE STRANGER a newborn child ...20C sl.
NEWCOMER - nouns, person
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• COME-O'-WILL a newcomer to a place who can show no ancient standing there ...1815 Sc.
• GREENER a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person; a newcomer; a naive person ...1877 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFIN a greenhorn; a newcomer ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• INCOME a newcomer, an arrival ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JOHNNIE NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. ...1823 sl.
• JOHNNY-COME-LATELY any newcomer ...20C Aust. sl.
• JOHNNY NEWCOME a newcomer of any kind
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. ...1821 sl.
• NEWIE a new student, a newcomer ...M19 US campus sl.
• NEW JACK a newcomer or novice, esp. to the fast life of the ghetto streets ...1980s sl., chiefly US Black
• NEWK a newcomer, a novice ...1970s US campus sl.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• TENDERFOOT an inexperienced newcomer or visitor in a frontier or rural area; a greenhorn; a naive or inexperienced person ...1866 Amer. dial.
• UNCO BODY a stranger, an outsider, a newcomer ...1811 Sc.
NEW ENGLAND - nouns
• YANKEE the dialect of New England; loosely, American English generally ...1824
• YANKEE-LAND the land of Yankees, New England; loosely, the United States ...1803
NEW ENGLAND - nouns, person
• CHOG a person from New England ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EEL a resident of New England ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LEAF PEEPER in New England: a tourist who comes to view autumn foliage ...c1965 Amer. dial.
• NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1821 sl.
• NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1883 sl.
• SNOW DIGGER a man from the New England states ...Amer. World War I sl.
• YANK (often derogatory) an American; orig. a New Englander or someone from the northern states of America ...1778
• YANKEE a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ...1765 US
• YANKEY a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ...1765 US
• YANKY a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ...1765 US
NEWFOUNDLAND - nouns, person
• COD-HAULER a ship, or a man, from Newfoundland ...M19 nautical sl.
NEW GUINEA - nouns, person
• FUZZY-WUZZY a person indigenous to New Guinea ...World War II Aust. sl.
NEW JERSEY - nouns
• JEW NERSEY (usually derogatory) New Jersey, with reference to the Jewish population ...20C US sl.
NEW JERSEY - nouns, person
• MOOR a member of a racially mixed people living in central Delaware and southern New Jersey ...1888 Amer. dial.
• PINE RAT (occasionally derogatory) an inhabitant of New Jersey pine barrens ...1913 Amer. dial.
• PINEY (occasionally derogatory) an inhabitant of New Jersey pine barrens ...1913 Amer. dial.
• WOODJIN a native or resident of the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey ...1937 Amer. dial.
NEWLY - adverbs
• NEWLINS newly, recently ...1829 Sc.
NEWLYWED - nouns
• SHIVAREE a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKIMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1886 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMERTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMITON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1941 Amer. dial.
NEWLYWED - nouns, person
• NEOGAM a newly-married person ...1862 nonce word
• NEOGAMIST † a newly-married person ...1656
NEWLYWED - verbs
• GO OFF TO THEMSELVES of newlyweds: to establish a separate residence (instead of with the bride's parents) ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT TO THEMSELVES of newlyweds: to establish a separate residence (instead of with the bride's parents) ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SHIVAREE to serenade a newly-married couple with horns, bells, drums, etc. ...1890 Amer. dial.
NEWNESS - nouns
• MAIDENHEAD newness ...16C
• MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom ...1867 Eng. dial.
• VERD † verdancy, freshness, newness, originality ...1603
NEW ORLEANS - nouns
• DISTRICT,THE the Storyville area of New Orleans, centre of the city's jazz community ...1940s US Black & jazz sl.
NEWS - adjectives
• FAMIGEROUS † carrying news, tales, etc. ...1730
• HOT of news, information, etc.: latest, novel; fresh ...1908 Amer. sl.
• NEWS-GIZZENED empty of news ...1871 Eng. dial.
• STRAIGHT FROM THE FEED BOX of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources ...1900s
• STRAIGHT FROM THE NOSEBAG of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources ...1900s
• WHAFFY full of news ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEWS - nouns
• ACCOUNTS news, details, information ...1745 Sc.
• CADGER'S NEWS stale news ...1890 Sc.
• CHEERFUL EARFUL a bit of very unpleasant news ...1947 US sl.
• DOPE information, data, news ...1899 sl., orig. horse-racing usage
• EVENING WHEEZE false news, rumours ...L19 sl.
• FARAWAY SCREED foreign news, a letter from abroad ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAT a good piece of exclusive news ...1890 newspaper usage
• GAFF news, gossip ...1940s Irish sl.
• GOOD GUTS correct information; the true facts; the news ...1957 Aust. sl.
• GRIFF a tip or piece of news or reliable information ...1891 Brit. sl.
• HAWKER'S NEWS news known to all the world; stale news ...1743
• HEARING something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HOT COPY a late news item ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT DOPE the latest news or information ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IDIOTICALS foolish things; nonsense; cheap, trashy news ...1826 Sc.
• ILL-WEEN news ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ITEM 1. a hint; a piece of news ...Bk1896 sl.
2. a paragraph of news ...Bk1896 Amer. journalist sl.
• JOHN TAMSON'S NEWS stale or unimportant news ...1900 Eng. dial.
• KUBBER news ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• LATRINE RUMOUR startling news, almost always incorrect; any rumour, esp. one which is alleged to spread at the latrine...Amer. World War I sl.
• MARVELS news; something wonderful to relate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH the informal means by which news is spread in American Indian communities ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NAILS AND SCREWS news ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• NAUPER bad, disheartening news ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NEWS-BELL n. a singing in the ears supposed to portend bad news ...1874 Eng. dial.
• NEWSIE a newsagent's ...2000s sl.
• NOISE information, news ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OCCURRENTS † news ...a1577
• OIL, THE news, information ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PEDLAR'S NEWS stale news ...19C colloq.
• QUEERS † something odd or strange and surprising; news ...1825 Sc.
• QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1847 nonce word
• QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1804 nonce word
• RAPS news, esp. in phrase 'what raps' ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SILLY SEASON in Great Britain, the months of August and September, when, owing to recess of Parliament and to other prominent persons being on holiday, there is a shortage of important news, the lack being supplied by trivialities ...1871 colloq.
• SILLY-SEASONER a typical 'silly-season' article or story ...1893 colloq.
• SILLY-SEASONING a typical 'silly-season' article or story ...1893 colloq.
• TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news ...1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TELLGENCE † tidings, news, 'intelligence' ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLING a story, narrative; talk, conversation; news; anything worth revealing or telling ...1660 Scot & Eng. dial.
• THINK PIECE a story that is not news, but penetrating analysis, etc. ...1980s Amer. journalism sl.
• THUMBSUCKER a story that is not news, but penetrating analysis, etc. ...1980s Amer. journalism sl.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCOUTHS things not commonly known; news ...a1529
• UNKID news, esp. strange news; generally in plural ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNKIN news, tidings ...1889 Sc.
• WORD, THE news or information ...Aust. sl.
NEWS - nouns, person
• GAZETTE a newsmonger; one who spreads rumours ...1702
• GAZETTEER one who writes in a gazette; a journalist, a retailer of news ...1611
• GAZETTIST †* the writer of an official gazette ...1625
• NEWSIE a news broadcaster or journalist ...1950s US sl.
• NEWSER a gossip, a retailer of news ...1900 Sc.
• NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAPER CRIER a street seller of newspapers; a news vendor ...1711 Sc.
• ROARER a pushing news vendor ...Bk1903 sl.
• SCAREMONGER a person who creates or spreads alarming news ...1885
• TALESMAN † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
• TALES-MASTER † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NEWS - verbs
• CRY STALE FISH to tell stale or old news ...1826 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ITCHING EARS to be eager to hear news or gossip ...Bk1897
• NEWS to tell as news; to chat; to gossip ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S EARS OUT to listen for news; to gather information ...1990s sl.
• TAKE VENT † of news, etc.: to become known, to be divulged or let out ...1611
NEWS - phrases
• MY LORD BALDWIN IS DEAD a retort on old news ...c1670
• QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD a retort on old news ...1722
• QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD AND HER BOTTOM'S COLD a retort on old news ...c1870
• QUEEN ELIZABETH IS DEAD a retort on old news ...18C
• WHAT'S BUZZIN' COUSIN? what's the latest news? ...1941 Amer. jocular
NEWSMONGER - nouns, person
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• OCCURRENCER †* one who narrates occurrences; a newsmonger ...c1680
• QUIDNUNC one who is constantly asking: 'What now?' 'What's the news?'; one who is curious to know everything; one who pretends to know all that is going on; hence, an inquisitive person; a gossip, a newsmonger ...1709
NEWSPAPER - adjectives
• NEWSED mentioned in the newspaper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWSPAPERACIOUS of a form or style usual in newspapers ...1843
• YELLOW applied to newspaper (or writers of newspaper articles) of a recklessly or unscrupulously sensational character ...1898 orig. US
NEWSPAPER - nouns
• ABC AD a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order ...1973 US sl.
• AGONY COLUMN 1. the section of a newspaper dedicated to special advertisements, particularly those for missing relatives and friends, and thus filled with personal agony ...L19
2. a regular newspaper or magazine feature containing readers' questions about personal problems with replies from a columnist, usually female ...1950s
• ART newspaper photographs of celebrities ...20C Amer. sl.
• BALAAM temporary paragraphs reserved to fill up the columns of a newspaper or magazine ...1826 journalistic sl.
• BLANKET SHEET a newspaper in folio form ...1888
• BUM-FODDER tabloid newspapers ...1900s US sl.
• CALIFORNIA BLANKET newspapers used as bedding ...1926 Amer. tramps' sl.
• CAPTAIN GRIMES The Times ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• CHIPS local items in newspapers; also applied to the reporter who collects them ...1889 Amer. journalism sl.
• CURRANT BUN The Sun newspaper ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAILY a daily newspaper ...M19 colloq.
• DAILY EXAGGERATOR the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
• DAILY GETSMUCHWORSE the Daily Express (daily national tabloid newspaper in the UK launched in 1900) ...1975 UK sl.
• DAILY LEVY, THE the Daily Telegraph (newspaper published in London, founded in 1855) ...c1860 sl.
• DAILY LIAR a nickname for the Daily Mail ...1984 UK jocular
• DAILY SUPPRESS the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
• DAILY-TELL-THE-TALE the Daily Mail ...c1920 rhyming sl.
• DAILY TORYGRAPH the Daily Telegraph ...2003 UK sl.
• DAILY WAIL, THE the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
• DAILY WHALE, THE the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
• FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GAZETTEER † a newspaper, a gazette ...1730-46
• HATCH, MATCH, AND DISPATCH COLUMN the birth, marriage, and death announcements in the press ...1883 Amer. & journalistic sl.
• IRISH COMICS the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• IRISH FUNNIES the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• LA DI DA the Daily Star newspaper ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MCPAPER the notoriously banal 'USA Today' ...1980s US campus sl.
• MISLEADING PAPER, THE a nickname for 'The Times' ...1876 Brit. sl.
• NEWS a newspaper ....Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEWS OF THE SCREWS a nickname for the 'News of the World' (a Sunday paper in the UK) ...1990s sl.
• NURSERY RHYMES the Times newspaper ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• OLD LADY OF WESTMORELAND STREET the Irish Times ...M19 Irish
• OLD SLOP The Times newspaper ...M19 sl.
• PAP a newspaper ...1900s US sl.
• PAPER NEWS a newspaper ...1821 Sc.
• PARAGRAPHY the writing of newspaper paragraphs; newspaper paragraphs collectively or as a class ...1896
• PENN'ORTH O' TREASON an anonymous but presumably scandalous Sunday paper; "a notorious penny Sunday London paper which attacks every party and has no policy of its own" (Ware) ...L19 sl.
• RAG a newspaper, esp. a disreputable one ...1889 UK sl.
• READER a newspaper, letter, etc. ...c1840 sl.
• SAUSAGE WRAPPER. a newspaper ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SCAREHEAD 1. a headline in exceptionally large type ...1885
2. a sensational newspaper headline; hence, any sensational writing ...1910s US sl.
• SCREWS, THE a nickname for the 'News of the World' (a Sunday paper in the UK) ...1990s sl.
• SNITCH-SHEET a newspaper ...1930s US Black sl.
• TAB a tabloid newspaper ...1930s sl.
• THINK-PIECE a newspaper or magazine article of intellectual virtue or pretension; a thoughtful essay ...1947 Amer. sl.
• TUCSON BLANKET newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets ...1920s US sl.
• TWO MINUTES SILENCE a (local) newspaper, suggesting that it could be effectively read in a mere two minutes ...1978 NZ sl.
• YELLOW a 'yellow' (see adj.) newspaper or newspaper writer ...1898
NEWSPAPER - nouns, person
• AGONY AUNT a problem-solving columnist of newspapers and magazines to whom the lovelorn and generally wretched can write and their letters will be answered in print or privately, usually female ...1970s sl.
• AGONY UNCLE a problem-solving columnist of newspapers and magazines to whom the lovelorn and generally wretched can write and their letters will be answered in print or privately, usually male ...1970s sl.
• BUTCH a vendor of newspapers on railroad trains ...1919 US sl.
• BUTCHER 1. in journalism: a copy editor ...1867 US sl.
2. a vendor of newspapers, peanuts, candy, etc., esp. aboard a passenger train or at a sporting event ...1880 US sl.
• CHAUNTER COVE a newspaper reporter ...c1840 cant
• CHIPS local items in newspapers; also applied to the reporter who collects them ...1889 Amer. journalism sl.
• FILLER that member of the editorial staff of a newspaper who provides fill-up matter written by himself or supplied by agencies ...c1910 journalistic colloq.
• LEG MAN a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story ...1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
• NEWS BUTCHER a seller of newspapers, sweets, etc., on a train ...L19 US sl.
• NEWS HAWK 1. a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller ...1950s US sl.
• NEWSHOG 1. a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller ...1950s US sl.
• NEWSHOUND 1. a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller ...1950s US sl.
• NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWSIE a seller of newspapers in the street; orig. boys and girls only ...L19 US sl.
• NEWS-LASSIE a newspaper girl ...1870 Sc.
• NEWSPAPER-BILLY a reporter for the Press ...1886 Sc.
• NEWSPAPER-MAN a man who is a great reader of newspapers ...1892 Sc.
• NEWSPAPER-WOMAN a woman who is a great reader of newspapers ...1892 Sc.
• PAPER CRIER a street seller of newspapers; a news vendor ...1711 Sc.
• PEANUT BUTCHER a vendor of newspapers aboard a passenger train ...1902 US sl.
• SNITCHER a newspaper reporter or columnist, a writer ...1930s US Black sl.
NEWSPAPER - verbs
• HUSTLE SHEETS to sell newspapers ...L19 sl.
• PASS to deliver newspapers ...1943 Amer. dial.
• PARAGRAPHIZE to write paragraphs for the newspapers ...1826 nonce word
NEWT - nouns
• ASK a newt, a lizard ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ASKER a newt, a lizard ...1755 Eng. dial.
• BATRACHOPHOBIA the fear of or morbid aversion to frogs, toads, and newts ...1863
• EFFET a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EFFOCK a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EMMET a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EVET a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HARRIMAN a lizard, a newt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK a newt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PADGETTY-POW a lizard; an eft ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PADGETY-POO a lizard; an eft ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PADGEY-POW a lizard; an eft ...1846 Eng. dial.
• WATER LIZARD a newt ...1842 Amer. dial.
NEW YEAR - nouns
• DAFT DAYS, THE the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
• FADGING hospitality given at the season of the New Year ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HANDSEL MONDAY the first Monday of the year, on which New Year's handsel is given ...1585 Sc.
• NEEVER-DAY New Year's day ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWERY-DAY New Year's Day ...1875 Eng. dial.
• NEWERY'S MORN New Year's morning ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NEW YEAR'S TIDE the beginning of the year ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEAR-DAY † the first day of the year, New Year's Day ...a1122
• YERESGIFT † a gift customarily given at the New Year, or at the beginning of a year of office ...a1400
• YERESYEVE † a gift customarily given at the New Year, or at the beginning of a year of office ...1194
NEW YEAR - nouns, person
• QUALTAGH the first person one meets after leaving home on some special occasion, as New Year's Day; the first person entering a house on New Year's Day; the first-foot ...1891
NEW YEAR - verbs
• EAT FADGE to partake of hospitality on New Year's Day ...1863 Eng. dial.
• FADGE to eat together, partake of hospitality given at the season of the New Year ...1863 Eng. dial.
NEW YEAR'S EVE - nouns
• AMATEUR NIGHT New Year's Eve ...1977 US sl.
• CAKE NIGHT New Year's Eve, 'Hogmanay' ...1921 Sc.
• EVE DAY New Year's Eve ...1949 Amer. dial.
• JACK AND JILL PARTY n. a New Year's Eve party ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEEVER-EVEN New Year's eve ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD NIGHT, THE New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD-YEAR-GONE December 31st, New Year's Eve ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD-YEAR-OUT n. December 31st, New Year's Eve ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD YEAR'S DAY n. the last day of the old year ...Bk1909
• OLD YEAR'S EVE New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD YEAR'S EVENING New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD YEAR'S NIGHT New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SINGING-E'EN the last night of the year, New Year's Eve, Hogmanay ...1806 Sc.
NEW YORK - nouns
• ALPHABET CITY the Lower East Side of New York City in the vicinity of Avenues A, B, C, and D ...1980 New York City usage
• APPLE New York City ...1930s US Black sl.
• AVENUE, THE Fifth Avenue in New York ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• BIG A, THE New York City ...1980 US sl.
• BIG APPLE, THE Broadway and the jazz and entertainment centres of New York City; hence, New York City itself ...1909 US sl.
• BIG BOARD, THE the New York Stock Exchange Inc. ...1984 US sl.
• BIG BURG, THE New York City ...1918 US sl.
• B-WAY Broadway, a major avenue in New York City ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CROOKLYN Brooklyn, New York City ...1990s US Black sl.
• HARLEMESE a regional type of speech characteristic of the inhabitants of Harlem ...E20
• LAND OF DARKNESS Harlem, New York City; hence, the Black district of any city ...1930s US Black sl.
• MAIN BURG New York City ...1910s US sl.
• MAIN STEM, (THE) the theatre district of Broadway, a principal thoroughfare in New York City ...1927 Amer. sl.
• MAIN STROLL, THE Seventh Avenue in Harlem ...1940s US Black sl.
• MAIN THRILL, THE the main street; Seventh Avenue in Harlem ...1930s US Black sl.
• MEAT STREET West 14th Street, New York ...1997 US sl.
• MEDINA a nickname for Brooklyn ...1990s US Black sl.
• MET(T), THE the Metropolitan Opera House, New York ...L19 US sl.
• SILK STOCKING DISTRICT the Upper East Side of Manhattan ...US sl.
• TRACK, THE the Savoy ballroom, New York; a major night spot on Lenox Avenue between 140th and 141st Streets in New York from 1927 until the 50s ...1946 US sl.
• VILLAGE, THE 1. the Lower East Side, New York City ...L19 US sl.
2. Greenwich Village, New York City ...1910s US sl.
• VILLE, THE Greenwich Village, New York City ...2000s sl.
• YORK STATE the state of New York ...1780 Amer. dial.
NEW YORK - nouns, person
• EEL a resident of New York ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HARLEMITE a person born in or residing in Harlem, New York ...L19
• SACHEM a political leader; one of the leaders of New York's Tammany Society ...19C US sl.
NEW ZEALAND - nouns
• CABBAGE, THE the overnight Picton-Christchurch express goods train carrying vegetables for the Christchurch market ...1972 NZ sl.
• CABBAGE BOAT a boat formerly used to transport vegetables to market ...1987 NZ sl.
• CABBAGE TRAIN the overnight Picton-Christchurch express goods train carrying vegetables for the Christchurch market ...1972 NZ sl.
• CAKE TIN the Wellington, New Zealand, sports stadium ...2001 NZ sl.
• DARTH VADER'S PENCIL BOX the Bank of New Zealand Head Office building in Wellington ...1984 NZ sl.
• MAINLAND the South Island ...1940s NZ sl.
• PARRY the Paremoremo maximum security prison ...1982 NZ sl.
• PIG ISLAND(S) New Zealand ...Aust. & NZ slang
• QUAKY ISLES New Zealand ...20C Aust. sl.
• SHAKY ISLES, THE New Zealand, from the number of earthquakes ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• WOW the psychiatric hospital in Auckland, NZ ...1998 NZ sl.
NEW ZEALAND - nouns, person
• BACKBLOCKER a resident of a remote area, esp. the area beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand ...1910 NZ sl.
• DAGO (derogatory) a Maori ...1900s NZ sl.
• DALLIE a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• DALLY a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• DINKUM an Australian or New Zealander, esp. one who fought in the First World War ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FOB a Pacific Islander who has newly arrived in New Zealand (Fresh Off the Boat) ...20C NZ sl.
• JOHNNY-COME-LATELY a nickname for a farm hand recently arrived from England ...c1910 NZ sl.
• KIWI a New Zealander ...1918 sl.
• MAORILANDER a New Zealander ...colloq. chiefly Aust.
• MOWREE a New Zealand seaman ...L19 Brit. sl.
• PIG ISLANDER a New Zealander ...Aust. & NZ sl.
• QUEEN STREET YANK a New Zealander who apes American styles, etc. ...1950s NZ sl.
• RANGITOTO YANK (derogatory) an Aucklander ...1980s NZ sl.
• RANGITOTO YANKEE (derogatory) an Aucklander ...1980s NZ sl.
• SILVER FERN a member of the NZ national representative net ball team
• WAIOURU BLONDE a Maori woman ...1997 NZ sl.
• WAKA BLONDE (derogatory) a Maori woman ...1980s NZ sl.
NEW ZEALAND - verbs
• DO THE PACIFIC SLOPE to flee New Zealand when accused of a crime in order to find refuge in one of the countries of the Pacific Rim ...L19 NZ sl.
• HIT THE TARPOT to pursue a Maori woman ...1940s NZ sl.
• TAKE THE BURNT CHOPS to take up work as a musterer or drover ...L19 NZ sl.
NEXT - adjectives
• NEIST nearest, nighest, next ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEISTMOST next ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NETHER nearer, next ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEXT - adverbs
• NEIST next ...1787 Sc.
• SITH † next in succession, order, or place ...c1275
NEXT TO - prepositions
• UPSIDE next to, up against ...1966 Amer. dial.
NEXT TO - verbs
• VICINATE †* to lie near to, to be next to, to adjoin ...1638
NIBBLE - nouns
• NIB a nibble, a cautious bite ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PULE a small amount of food; a bite, a nibble ...E19 Sc.
NIBBLE - verbs
• GNABBLE to nibble ...1899 Amer. dial.
• KNABBLE † to bite, to gnaw, to nibble ...1567
• MAP to nibble; to move the mouth as though nibbling; to catch hold with the teeth ...1813 Sc.
• MATTLE to nibble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NAB to bite gently; to nibble ...1678 Eng. dial.
• NABBLE to gnaw, to nibble ...1906 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAG to gnaw, to nibble ...1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATTER to nibble into small pieces, esp. of a mouse ...1963 Sc.
• NATTLE to nibble; to chew with difficulty; to gnaw; to nip ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIB to nibble ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• NOSH to snack on; to nibble between meals; to eat ...1947 Amer. dial.
• TEASE to nibble or pick slowly ...a1838 Sc.
NICE - adjectives
• BRIEF nice, elegant ...1893 Amer. Black usage
• DALLY good, kind, nice, sweet ...2002 UK sl.
• DARLING charming, sweet, nice ...1805 UK sl.
• DENK neat, nice, finely dressed ...1721 Sc.
• DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FAT nice; good ...20C teen & high school sl.
• NIZE nice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEEM prim, affectedly nice; over-fastidious ...1924 Sc.
• QUIM prim, affectedly nice ...20C Irish sl.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, nice, fastidious; particular, excellent, fine, delightful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS nice, excellent, fine ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TASSY nice, pleasant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NICE - nouns
• NICELING a nice thing ...1884 arch.
NICE - nouns, person
• NICELING † a very fastidious or overnice person or critic; a hair-splitter ...1549
NICE - interjections
• LOVELY GRUB! very nice indeed! ...1939 Brit., orig. services' usage
NICELY - adverbs
• SIZELY †* nicely, daintily ...1575
NICETY - nouns
• FEATNESS † nicety ...1577-87
• GALANCIE † delicacy, nicety ...1581
• THOUGHT a nicety ...1898 Sc.
NICHE - nouns
• CANT † a nook, corner in a building; a niche ...1603
NICK - nouns
• NAG a nick, notch, indentation; a bite, snap ...1887 Sc.
NICK - verbs
• NAG to nick, notch, or hack with a sharp instrument; to snap, to snatch, to bite, to mark with the teeth ...1887 Sc.
NICKEL - nouns
• BLIP a nickel ...1935 US sl.
• BUFFALO a nickel ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BUFFALOHEAD a nickel ...1950 Amer. sl.
• BULLHEAD a nickel ...1945 Amer. sl.
• BULL MOOSE. a nickel, five cents ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER a nickel ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOWNER a nickel ...1859 Amer. sl.
• HALF-DIME a nickel ...1796
• JITNEY a five-cent piece or nickel ...1903 US sl.
• MEDIO a five-cent piece ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NICK a five-cent piece ...Bk1902 Amer. sl.
• OLD BUFFALO a nickel ...1965 Amer. sl.
• TACK a nickel ...1938 Amer. dial.
NICKNAME - nouns
• AGNAME an added name; a nickname ...1834 Sc.
• BASKET NAME a nickname given to a child at birth ...1949 Amer. dial.
• EKENAME † an additional name; a nickname ...1303
• MONICKER a name, esp. a nickname or alias ...1851 Amer. sl.
• MONIKER a name, esp. a nickname or alias ...1851 Amer. sl.
• MONNIKER a person's name ...1882
• NICKERY †* a nickname ...1813
• NITNAME a nickname ...1991 Amer. dial.
• NURSE-NAME a nickname, a pet name ...1605
• OCK-NAME a nickname ...1898 Sc.
• OK-NAME a nickname ...1898 Sc.
• SHORT NAME a nickname ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TAG a nickname, or popular designation ...1920s US sl.
• TO-NAME † a name or epithet added to an original name; a cognomen, a surname, a nickname ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UIKNAME a nickname ...1887 Sc.
NICKNAME - verbs
• CALL ONE OUT OF ONE'S NAME to call by a nickname, not by one's proper name ...1881 Eng. dial.
• NICK to nickname ...1634 sl.
• TAG to bestow a nickname on someone ...1960 US sl.
NIECE - nouns, person
• BIG-NIECE the daughter of a nephew or niece ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NEPHEW † a brother's or sister's daughter; a niece ...1494 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
NIGGARD, NIGGARDLY - nouns, person
• BIND-POCK a niggard ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARL(E) † one who is churlish or mean in money matters; a niggard ...1542 obs. exc. Sc.
• CHEAP JOHN a person dealing in inferior or cheap goods; hence, one who does things in a gaudy, niggardly, or inferior style; a stingy or niggardly person ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CIMBICK a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard ...19C
• CLUNCHFIST † a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted ...1606
• CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
• CLUTCH-FIST a miser, a niggard ...17C
• GRIPE-PENNY † a niggardly fellow, a miser ...1860
• HAINE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HAMMER-SCAPPLE † a niggardly person who attempts to drive a hard bargain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAYNE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HEYNE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HOG-GRUBBER † a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard ...a1700
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• KUMBIX † a miser, a niggard ...1857
• MUCKERER †* one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard ...1303
• NEAR-GO a niggard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLER a keen, active, thrifty person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEET a parsimonious person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIGGER a niggard ...1895 Amer. dial.
• NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser ...1303
• NIPFARTHING † a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person ...1566
• PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person ...1549
• PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person ...1920
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
• PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard ...1822
• PINCH-FART † a miserly or stingy person; a niggard ...1592
• PINCHPENNY † a miser, a niggard, a skinflint; a covetous man ...c1412
• PUCKFIST † a niggard, a close-fist (obsolete - possibly an erroneous use as per E-NED) ...1608
• SAVE-ALL a niggardly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-BRASS a niggardly fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-PENNY a niggardly person ... Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCART a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow; a mean, niggardly person ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCART-THE-BOWL one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person ...1861 Sc.
• SCART-THE-COGUE one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person ...1736 Sc.
• SCART-THE-PAT one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person ...1917 Sc.
• SCRAPE-GOOD † a miser, a niggard, a covetous person ...1611
• SCRAPE-PENNY † one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard ...1584
• SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow; a miser ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMER a niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHARE-PENNY †* one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser ...1606
• SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SNUDGE † a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow ...1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STINK-O'-BRASS an extremely rich person who is also a niggard ...1878 Eng. dial.
NIGGARDLINESS - nouns
• CHINCHERY † niggardliness, miserliness, avarice ...c1386
• CRAMP IN THE HAND niggardliness ...19C colloq.
• FASTSHIP †* the quality of gripping tightly; parsimony, meanness, niggardliness ...a1225
• NEAR-HANDNESS niggardliness ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEARNESS parsimony, niggardliness; frugality ...1584
• SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1861
• SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1893
NIGGARDLY - adjectives
• CARKING † miserly, niggardly ...1748 obs. or arch.
• CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CLOSE stingy, niggardly, grudging any expense ...M17
• CLUNCH-FISTED † close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, stingy...1644 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CROPIN' stingy, niggardly, mean ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAST † close-fisted, mean, niggardly ...c1175
• GAIR † parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful ...1788 Sc.
• HARD-ARSED niggardly ...a1903
• HIDEBOUND † stingy, niggardly, mean ...L16
• ILL-GIVEN niggardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean ...1826
• NABAL greedy, grasping, niggardly, churlish ...1861 Sc.
• NARROW-CHINED niggardly, greedy ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEAR-BEGAUN niggardly, miserly ...1789 Sc.
• NEAR-BE-GAWN niggardly ...a1774 Sc.
• NEAR-BE-GOING niggardly ...a1774 Sc.
• NEAR-BEGONE niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• NEAR-BEHADDIN niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR-FISTED niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR-GAWN niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEAR-GOING niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEAR-HAND niggardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR THE BONE niggardly, sparing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR THE WAY niggardly, sparing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEETY miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc. & Ireland
• NIGGERLY niggardly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious ...1542
• NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly ...1819
• NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc.
• PINCHY stingy, niggardly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SAPPY niggardly ...1892 Sc.
• SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person ...1785
• SCANT sparing, niggardly, parsimonious ...1819 Sc.
• SCHINCHING niggardly, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOURY mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRIE mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SCRANNY mean, niggardly ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWBY mean, stingy, niggardly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMITY mean, stingy, niggardly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMETY mean, stingy, niggardly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP scanty, short in measure, straitened; niggardly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIMPIT niggardly ...1807 Sc.
• SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCHING niggardly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBY mean, stingy, niggardly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SHORT stingy, niggardly; cheap ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SKINCHING stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• SKINCHY stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKINCHY-SCRIMPLY stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• SKINCY stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SKINFLINTY niggardly, miserly ...1901
• SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy ...1833
• STRAIT-HANDED † close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy ...1600
• YALD † mean, niggardly, parsimonious ...1825 Sc.
NIGGARDLY - adverbs
• FEEBLY † in a sorry manner or plight; inefficiently, insufficiently, niggardly, poorly, scantily ...c1290
• SKINFLINTILY in a niggardly manner ...1899
NIGGARDLY - verbs
• NOT TO PART WITH THE REEK OF ONE'S KALE to be very stingy and niggardly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SAIR of persons: harsh in discipline, treatment, or judgement; stern, severely censorious; niggardly, driving hard bargains ...1768 Sc.
• SKIN A CAT to be extremely mean or niggardly ...1859
• SKIN A FLEA to be niggardly ...1851
• SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, niggardly, or stingy ...1819 Amer. dial.
• SKIN A FLINT to be extremely mean or niggardly ...1694
NIGGARDLY - phrases
• HE WOULD LIVE EVEN IN A GRAVEL PIT applied to a cautious, niggardly person ...c1660 chiefly rural usage
NIGHT - adjectives
• BENIGHTED † overtaken by the darkness of the night; affected by the night ...1575 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW of a night: pitch-black; very dark ...c1880 nautical sl
• DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW, TAIL DOWN AND EYES SHUT of a night: pitch-black ...20C Can. sl.
• NOCTIVAGANT wandering in the night ...c1620
• NOCTURNOUS †* pertaining to the night ...1727
• ON THE CAT staying out at night ...1950s US Black sl.
NIGHT - adverbs
• ANIGHTS at night; by night ...1663 Eng. & Amer. dial. arch. or obs.
• BENIGHT † by night ...1642
• TO-NIGHT † on the night just past; last night ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YERESTRENE the night before last ...1802 Sc.
NIGHT - nouns
• AFTER-DAYLIGHT night ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-NIGHTER 1. a place of business that is open all night ...Amer. sl.
2. something that lasts all night, as a party or study session ...Amer. sl.
• BLACK DARK nighttime at its darkest ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLACK NIGHT nighttime at its darkest ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DARKEE night time ...M18 sl.
• DARKEY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DARKMAN the night ...M16 criminals' sl.
• DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight ...1567 thieves' cant
• DARK O'CLOCK night ...1995 UK sl.
• DARKS, THE the night; occasionally also twilight ...M18 sl.
• DARK THIRTY late at night ...1984 US sl.
• DARK TIME night ...1976 US sl.
• DARKUM the night ...M16 criminals' sl.
• DARKY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DAWN PATROL any activity that requires staying up all night or getting up very early ...1945 US sl., orig. military usage
• DIM the night, twilight ...1944 US sl.
• ERE YESTREEN the night before last ...Bk1900 Sc.
• NIGHTERTALE † night-time, the night ...a1300 obs., chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene ...1605
• OWL-LIGHT the cloud of the night, the dark ...1599
• TAKE A FRIGHT the night ...M19 rhyming sl.
• TO-FALL OF THE NIGHT the beginning of night ...a1754 Sc.
NIGHT - nouns, person
• ALL-NIGHTER a person who often stays up all night ...Amer. sl.
• NIGHT CRAWLER someone who socializes or works late at night ...1950s US sl.
• NIGHTHAWK a person who is active late at night ...1818 Brit. sl.
• NIGHT RIDER a person who enjoys the wild side of life at night ...1951 US sl.
• NOCTIVAGANT * one who wanders by night ...1633
• NOCTIVAGATOR † one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker ...1640
• PERNOCTALIAN †* one who remains awake or watches all night ...1846
NIGHT - verbs
• ADVESPERATE † to draw towards night or evening ...1626
• BENIGHT to be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter) ...1560
• BREAK NIGHT to stay up all night partying, talking etc. ...1960s US sl.
• CARRY THE BANNER to stay up all night ...1980 US sl.
• CATERWAUL to roam at night, as in search of sexual partners ...1785 sl.
• LAY OUT WITH THE DRY CATTLE to remain out late at night ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PERNOCTATE †* to stay all night; to pass the night ...1623
• RACOON to walk about at night, like a raccoon ...1855 nonce word
• WAKE † to sit up late for pleasure or revelry; to turn night into day ...a1300
NIGHT - phrases
• BETWEEN DAYLIGHT AND DAYLIGHT during the night ...1969 Amer. dial.
NIGHTCLUB - see CLUB
NIGHTFALL - nouns
• CANDLE-LIGHT the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
• CANDLELIGHTING dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
• CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
• DAGSET nightfall, dusk ...1866 Sc.
• DARK NIGHT nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EARLY BLACK dusk, nightfall ...1930s US Black sl.
• EARLY BLUE dusk, nightfall ...1930s US Black sl.
• EDGE OF DARK, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DAYLIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF EVENING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF GLOAMING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1867 Sc.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EVENING'S EDGE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NIGHTGOWN - nouns
• AUNT TILLIES an old-fashioned woman's nightgown ...1943 US sl.
• KNOCKING-JACKET a nightgown ...E18 nonce word
• NEGGLEDIGEE 'a woman's undressed gown'; a nightgown ...1823 sl.
• NIGHT-RAIL a nightgown ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ROB DE NIGHT a nightgown; (French 'robe de nuit') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SARK a shirt; a chemise; occasionally, a nightdress ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NIGHTINGALE - nouns
• BARLEY-BIRD the nightingale ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BIRD OF PARADISE the nightingale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
NIGHTMARE - adjectives
• HAG-RID affected by nightmare ...1886
• HAG-RIDDEN affected by nightmare ...1684
• MARE-RODE oppressed with an incubus, having the nightmare ...1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAG-RIDDEN troubled with nightmare ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• WITCH-RIDDEN having a nightmare ...1836 Amer. dial.
NIGHTMARE - nouns
• CACODEMON † a nightmare ...1811
• DAY-MARE a condition similar to nightmare occurring during wakefulness ...1737
• EARTH-MARE a nightmare ...1916 Sc.
• HAG † the nightmare ...1632
• MARE † a kind of goblin supposed to produce nightmare by sitting on the chest of the sleeper; the nightmare itself ...a700
• RIDING-HAG the nightmare ...BK1903 colloq.
• RIDING OF THE WITCH, THE the nightmare ...BK1903 colloq.
NIGHTMARE - verbs
• HAG † to torment or terrify as a hag; to trouble as the nightmare ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAG-RIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences ...1661 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• WITCH-RIDE to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for ...1836 Amer. dial.
NIGHT SHIFT - nouns
• OWL SHIFT the night shift ...1986 Amer. sl.
NIGHTSHIRT - nouns
• SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt ...a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NILE - nouns
• CATADUPE † a cataract or waterfall, orig. those of the Nile ...1596
• SADD an impenetrable mass of floating vegetable matter which obstructs navigation on the White Nile ...1874
• SUDD an impenetrable mass of floating vegetable matter which obstructs navigation on the White Nile ...1874
NILE - nouns, person
• CATADUPES the dwellers by the cataracts of the Nile ...1607
NIMBLE - adjectives
• BAIN nimble, clever ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GOAT-FOOTED sure-footed, nimble
• LEGER light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90 obs.
• LIEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90
• LIGHTFOOT light-footed, nimble of foot; active ...c1440 poetic
• NIMBER † active, nimble ...1849
• NIMBLE AS AN EEL IN A SANDBAG as nimble as may be ...B1900
• OLIGHT † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
• OLITE † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
• QUIRKING nimble, agile; of a tune: intricate, quickly changing ...1821 Eng. dial.
• QUIVER † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RIQUILANT nimble, quick ...B1900
• TAIT † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
• TEET nimble ...1889 Sc.
• TICKLE-HEELED † having nimble or active heels ...1737
• WANDLE of a person: lithe, agile, nimble ...1803 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANNEL of a person: lithe, agile, nimble ...1803 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YANKIE nimble, agile ...1870 Sc.
• YANKY nimble, agile, active ...1870 Sc.
• YAP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YARE adj. alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUL-CUTED fleet of foot, nimble ...1789 Sc.
• YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
• YERN † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
NIMBLE - verbs
• CANTER to move nimbly or briskly ...1761
• WALTZ to move lightly, blithely, trippingly, nimbly or in a sprightly and self-assured manner...1862 colloq.
NIMBLENESS - nouns
• LEGERITY † lightness; nimbleness ...1561
• LEIGERITY † lightness; nimbleness ...1561
• YAWLNESS vigour, nimbleness ...1826 Sc.
NIMBLY - adverbs
• FEATILY agilely, nimbly ...c1630
• FEATLY with graceful agility, nimbly ...c1340 arch.
• FEATOUSLY † of actions: cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly ...c1350
• WAKERLY † nimbly ...a1400
• YAPLY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPPELY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YARE †* nimbly, briskly ...1622
• YARELY quickly, promptly, nimbly, briskly, diligently, eagerly ...a900 arch.
• BRAND-FIRE-NEW completely new and unused ...1825 Amer. dial.
• BRAND-SPANDY-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAND-SPANG-NEW completely new ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BRAND SPANK-FIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND-SPANK-FIRING-NEW completely new ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRAND SPANKING new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND-SPANKING-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAND-SPAN-NEW completely new ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BRAND SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND SPLINTERFIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAND-SPLINTER-NEW completely new ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-FIRED NEW completely new and unused ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-FIRE-NEW completely new and unused ...1825 Amer. dial.
• BRAN FIRE NEW absolutely new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BRANK-NEW. quite new ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPANKFIRE-NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPANKING new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPANKING-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPAN-NEW completely new ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BRAN SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPICK-SPAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPLINDER-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPLINTER-CLEAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPLINTER-FIRED-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BRAN-SPLINTERFIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAN-SPLINTER-NEW completely new ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY virginal; new; in good condition; as good as new, said of merchandise, esp. used or secondhand merchandise ...20C Amer. sl.
• ELSH new, fresh ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FIRE-NEW brand-new ...1790 Amer. dial.
• FIRING-NEW brand-new ...1952 Amer. dial.
• FRESH AS PAINT new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRESH-NEW quite new ...Shakespeare
• HOT OFF new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT OFF THE FIRE new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAP new ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEOTERIC recent, new, modern ...1596
• NEOTERICAL recent, new, modern ...1588
• NEW FANDANGLED new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEWFANGLE new-fashioned, novel ...1773 Sc.
• NEWFANGLED 1. in a new and strange situation ...1835 Sc.
2. new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEWFANGLETY newfangled ...1922 Amer. dial.
• NEW-ON new, fresh; esp. of clothes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWOUS newfangled; full of novelty; fond of what is new ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUSLIE in a newfangled way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEW WRINKLED new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOVANTIQUE †* new-old ...a1688
• NOVITIOUS † newly invented, of recent origin, new ...1659
• PIPING HOT new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKIN young, youthful; fresh, new ...1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
• SPANDER-NEW completely new ...E18 now Eng. dial.
• SPANDY NEW entirely new ...M19 US colloq.
• SPANFIRED NEW brand new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPANKFIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING. new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPANKING NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPAN-NEW absolutely new ...14C archaic or Eng. dial.
• SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINKING-SPANKING-BRAN-NEW completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIT FIRE NEW brand new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPITNEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLINTER-FIRE NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLINTER NEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT FIRE NEW brand new ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SPLITNEW new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YEW new ...1879 Eng. dial.
NEW - nouns
• DIFFERENT BALLGAME a radically new situation ...1930s sl., orig. US
• NEOPHOBIA fear or dislike of what is new ...1886
• NEWANCE a new thing; a novelty; anything unusual ...1875 Sc.
• NEWDICLE † something new ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEW-FANG anything new-fashioned; a new fancy; generally used satirically ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEW FANGLE * a new fashion or crotchet; a novelty, a new invention; always used in a contemptuous sense ...1548
• NEWIE anything new or hitherto unknown ...1950s Aust. sl.
• NEWOUSNESS newfangledness ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEW PAIR OF BOOTS a whole new situation ...L19 UK middle class usage
• NEWY anything new or hitherto unknown ...1950s Aust. sl.
NEW - verbs
• HAVE ANOTHER BAND BY THE END to have a new pursuit in view ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
NEW - phrases
• NEW OFF THE IRONS newly graduated from university; just left school; hence, inexperienced, brand new ...L17 sl.
NEWBORN - adjectives
• YEANLING young, or new-born, esp. of a lamb ...1658 arch.
NEWBORN - nouns
• BRAID the cry of a newborn child ...Bk1911 Sc.
• PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies ...1827 chiefly Eng. dial.
NEWBORN - nouns, person
• LITTLE STRANGER a newborn child ...20C sl.
NEWCOMER - nouns, person
• CHEECHAKO a newcomer, a tenderfoot, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person; a citified person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• COME-O'-WILL a newcomer to a place who can show no ancient standing there ...1815 Sc.
• GREENER a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person; a newcomer; a naive person ...1877 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFIN a greenhorn; a newcomer ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• INCOME a newcomer, an arrival ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JOHNNIE NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. ...1823 sl.
• JOHNNY-COME-LATELY any newcomer ...20C Aust. sl.
• JOHNNY NEWCOME a newcomer of any kind
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• NEWCOME a new arrival; a fresh face; a freshman at college; a new baby, etc. ...1821 sl.
• NEWIE a new student, a newcomer ...M19 US campus sl.
• NEW JACK a newcomer or novice, esp. to the fast life of the ghetto streets ...1980s sl., chiefly US Black
• NEWK a newcomer, a novice ...1970s US campus sl.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• TENDERFOOT an inexperienced newcomer or visitor in a frontier or rural area; a greenhorn; a naive or inexperienced person ...1866 Amer. dial.
• UNCO BODY a stranger, an outsider, a newcomer ...1811 Sc.
NEW ENGLAND - nouns
• YANKEE the dialect of New England; loosely, American English generally ...1824
• YANKEE-LAND the land of Yankees, New England; loosely, the United States ...1803
NEW ENGLAND - nouns, person
• CHOG a person from New England ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EEL a resident of New England ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LEAF PEEPER in New England: a tourist who comes to view autumn foliage ...c1965 Amer. dial.
• NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1821 sl.
• NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1883 sl.
• SNOW DIGGER a man from the New England states ...Amer. World War I sl.
• YANK (often derogatory) an American; orig. a New Englander or someone from the northern states of America ...1778
• YANKEE a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ...1765 US
• YANKEY a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ...1765 US
• YANKY a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ...1765 US
NEWFOUNDLAND - nouns, person
• COD-HAULER a ship, or a man, from Newfoundland ...M19 nautical sl.
NEW GUINEA - nouns, person
• FUZZY-WUZZY a person indigenous to New Guinea ...World War II Aust. sl.
NEW JERSEY - nouns
• JEW NERSEY (usually derogatory) New Jersey, with reference to the Jewish population ...20C US sl.
NEW JERSEY - nouns, person
• MOOR a member of a racially mixed people living in central Delaware and southern New Jersey ...1888 Amer. dial.
• PINE RAT (occasionally derogatory) an inhabitant of New Jersey pine barrens ...1913 Amer. dial.
• PINEY (occasionally derogatory) an inhabitant of New Jersey pine barrens ...1913 Amer. dial.
• WOODJIN a native or resident of the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey ...1937 Amer. dial.
NEWLY - adverbs
• NEWLINS newly, recently ...1829 Sc.
NEWLYWED - nouns
• SHIVAREE a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKIMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1886 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMERTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMITON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1941 Amer. dial.
NEWLYWED - nouns, person
• NEOGAM a newly-married person ...1862 nonce word
• NEOGAMIST † a newly-married person ...1656
NEWLYWED - verbs
• GO OFF TO THEMSELVES of newlyweds: to establish a separate residence (instead of with the bride's parents) ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT TO THEMSELVES of newlyweds: to establish a separate residence (instead of with the bride's parents) ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SHIVAREE to serenade a newly-married couple with horns, bells, drums, etc. ...1890 Amer. dial.
NEWNESS - nouns
• MAIDENHEAD newness ...16C
• MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom ...1867 Eng. dial.
• VERD † verdancy, freshness, newness, originality ...1603
NEW ORLEANS - nouns
• DISTRICT,THE the Storyville area of New Orleans, centre of the city's jazz community ...1940s US Black & jazz sl.
NEWS - adjectives
• FAMIGEROUS † carrying news, tales, etc. ...1730
• HOT of news, information, etc.: latest, novel; fresh ...1908 Amer. sl.
• NEWS-GIZZENED empty of news ...1871 Eng. dial.
• STRAIGHT FROM THE FEED BOX of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources ...1900s
• STRAIGHT FROM THE NOSEBAG of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources ...1900s
• WHAFFY full of news ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEWS - nouns
• ACCOUNTS news, details, information ...1745 Sc.
• CADGER'S NEWS stale news ...1890 Sc.
• CHEERFUL EARFUL a bit of very unpleasant news ...1947 US sl.
• DOPE information, data, news ...1899 sl., orig. horse-racing usage
• EVENING WHEEZE false news, rumours ...L19 sl.
• FARAWAY SCREED foreign news, a letter from abroad ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAT a good piece of exclusive news ...1890 newspaper usage
• GAFF news, gossip ...1940s Irish sl.
• GOOD GUTS correct information; the true facts; the news ...1957 Aust. sl.
• GRIFF a tip or piece of news or reliable information ...1891 Brit. sl.
• HAWKER'S NEWS news known to all the world; stale news ...1743
• HEARING something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HOT COPY a late news item ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT DOPE the latest news or information ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IDIOTICALS foolish things; nonsense; cheap, trashy news ...1826 Sc.
• ILL-WEEN news ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ITEM 1. a hint; a piece of news ...Bk1896 sl.
2. a paragraph of news ...Bk1896 Amer. journalist sl.
• JOHN TAMSON'S NEWS stale or unimportant news ...1900 Eng. dial.
• KUBBER news ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• LATRINE RUMOUR startling news, almost always incorrect; any rumour, esp. one which is alleged to spread at the latrine...Amer. World War I sl.
• MARVELS news; something wonderful to relate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH the informal means by which news is spread in American Indian communities ...1927 Amer. dial.
• NAILS AND SCREWS news ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• NAUPER bad, disheartening news ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NEWS-BELL n. a singing in the ears supposed to portend bad news ...1874 Eng. dial.
• NEWSIE a newsagent's ...2000s sl.
• NOISE information, news ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OCCURRENTS † news ...a1577
• OIL, THE news, information ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PEDLAR'S NEWS stale news ...19C colloq.
• QUEERS † something odd or strange and surprising; news ...1825 Sc.
• QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1847 nonce word
• QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip ...1804 nonce word
• RAPS news, esp. in phrase 'what raps' ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SILLY SEASON in Great Britain, the months of August and September, when, owing to recess of Parliament and to other prominent persons being on holiday, there is a shortage of important news, the lack being supplied by trivialities ...1871 colloq.
• SILLY-SEASONER a typical 'silly-season' article or story ...1893 colloq.
• SILLY-SEASONING a typical 'silly-season' article or story ...1893 colloq.
• TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news ...1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TELLGENCE † tidings, news, 'intelligence' ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLING a story, narrative; talk, conversation; news; anything worth revealing or telling ...1660 Scot & Eng. dial.
• THINK PIECE a story that is not news, but penetrating analysis, etc. ...1980s Amer. journalism sl.
• THUMBSUCKER a story that is not news, but penetrating analysis, etc. ...1980s Amer. journalism sl.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCOUTHS things not commonly known; news ...a1529
• UNKID news, esp. strange news; generally in plural ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNKIN news, tidings ...1889 Sc.
• WORD, THE news or information ...Aust. sl.
NEWS - nouns, person
• GAZETTE a newsmonger; one who spreads rumours ...1702
• GAZETTEER one who writes in a gazette; a journalist, a retailer of news ...1611
• GAZETTIST †* the writer of an official gazette ...1625
• NEWSIE a news broadcaster or journalist ...1950s US sl.
• NEWSER a gossip, a retailer of news ...1900 Sc.
• NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAPER CRIER a street seller of newspapers; a news vendor ...1711 Sc.
• ROARER a pushing news vendor ...Bk1903 sl.
• SCAREMONGER a person who creates or spreads alarming news ...1885
• TALESMAN † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
• TALES-MASTER † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NEWS - verbs
• CRY STALE FISH to tell stale or old news ...1826 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ITCHING EARS to be eager to hear news or gossip ...Bk1897
• NEWS to tell as news; to chat; to gossip ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S EARS OUT to listen for news; to gather information ...1990s sl.
• TAKE VENT † of news, etc.: to become known, to be divulged or let out ...1611
NEWS - phrases
• MY LORD BALDWIN IS DEAD a retort on old news ...c1670
• QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD a retort on old news ...1722
• QUEEN ANNE IS DEAD AND HER BOTTOM'S COLD a retort on old news ...c1870
• QUEEN ELIZABETH IS DEAD a retort on old news ...18C
• WHAT'S BUZZIN' COUSIN? what's the latest news? ...1941 Amer. jocular
NEWSMONGER - nouns, person
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• OCCURRENCER †* one who narrates occurrences; a newsmonger ...c1680
• QUIDNUNC one who is constantly asking: 'What now?' 'What's the news?'; one who is curious to know everything; one who pretends to know all that is going on; hence, an inquisitive person; a gossip, a newsmonger ...1709
NEWSPAPER - adjectives
• NEWSED mentioned in the newspaper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWSPAPERACIOUS of a form or style usual in newspapers ...1843
• YELLOW applied to newspaper (or writers of newspaper articles) of a recklessly or unscrupulously sensational character ...1898 orig. US
NEWSPAPER - nouns
• ABC AD a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order ...1973 US sl.
• AGONY COLUMN 1. the section of a newspaper dedicated to special advertisements, particularly those for missing relatives and friends, and thus filled with personal agony ...L19
2. a regular newspaper or magazine feature containing readers' questions about personal problems with replies from a columnist, usually female ...1950s
• ART newspaper photographs of celebrities ...20C Amer. sl.
• BALAAM temporary paragraphs reserved to fill up the columns of a newspaper or magazine ...1826 journalistic sl.
• BLANKET SHEET a newspaper in folio form ...1888
• BUM-FODDER tabloid newspapers ...1900s US sl.
• CALIFORNIA BLANKET newspapers used as bedding ...1926 Amer. tramps' sl.
• CAPTAIN GRIMES The Times ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• CHIPS local items in newspapers; also applied to the reporter who collects them ...1889 Amer. journalism sl.
• CURRANT BUN The Sun newspaper ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAILY a daily newspaper ...M19 colloq.
• DAILY EXAGGERATOR the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
• DAILY GETSMUCHWORSE the Daily Express (daily national tabloid newspaper in the UK launched in 1900) ...1975 UK sl.
• DAILY LEVY, THE the Daily Telegraph (newspaper published in London, founded in 1855) ...c1860 sl.
• DAILY LIAR a nickname for the Daily Mail ...1984 UK jocular
• DAILY SUPPRESS the Daily Express ...c1912 jocular
• DAILY-TELL-THE-TALE the Daily Mail ...c1920 rhyming sl.
• DAILY TORYGRAPH the Daily Telegraph ...2003 UK sl.
• DAILY WAIL, THE the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
• DAILY WHALE, THE the Daily Mail ...c1910 jocular
• FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• GAZETTEER † a newspaper, a gazette ...1730-46
• HATCH, MATCH, AND DISPATCH COLUMN the birth, marriage, and death announcements in the press ...1883 Amer. & journalistic sl.
• IRISH COMICS the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• IRISH FUNNIES the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• LA DI DA the Daily Star newspaper ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MCPAPER the notoriously banal 'USA Today' ...1980s US campus sl.
• MISLEADING PAPER, THE a nickname for 'The Times' ...1876 Brit. sl.
• NEWS a newspaper ....Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEWS OF THE SCREWS a nickname for the 'News of the World' (a Sunday paper in the UK) ...1990s sl.
• NURSERY RHYMES the Times newspaper ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• OLD LADY OF WESTMORELAND STREET the Irish Times ...M19 Irish
• OLD SLOP The Times newspaper ...M19 sl.
• PAP a newspaper ...1900s US sl.
• PAPER NEWS a newspaper ...1821 Sc.
• PARAGRAPHY the writing of newspaper paragraphs; newspaper paragraphs collectively or as a class ...1896
• PENN'ORTH O' TREASON an anonymous but presumably scandalous Sunday paper; "a notorious penny Sunday London paper which attacks every party and has no policy of its own" (Ware) ...L19 sl.
• RAG a newspaper, esp. a disreputable one ...1889 UK sl.
• READER a newspaper, letter, etc. ...c1840 sl.
• SAUSAGE WRAPPER. a newspaper ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SCAREHEAD 1. a headline in exceptionally large type ...1885
2. a sensational newspaper headline; hence, any sensational writing ...1910s US sl.
• SCREWS, THE a nickname for the 'News of the World' (a Sunday paper in the UK) ...1990s sl.
• SNITCH-SHEET a newspaper ...1930s US Black sl.
• TAB a tabloid newspaper ...1930s sl.
• THINK-PIECE a newspaper or magazine article of intellectual virtue or pretension; a thoughtful essay ...1947 Amer. sl.
• TUCSON BLANKET newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets ...1920s US sl.
• TWO MINUTES SILENCE a (local) newspaper, suggesting that it could be effectively read in a mere two minutes ...1978 NZ sl.
• YELLOW a 'yellow' (see adj.) newspaper or newspaper writer ...1898
NEWSPAPER - nouns, person
• AGONY AUNT a problem-solving columnist of newspapers and magazines to whom the lovelorn and generally wretched can write and their letters will be answered in print or privately, usually female ...1970s sl.
• AGONY UNCLE a problem-solving columnist of newspapers and magazines to whom the lovelorn and generally wretched can write and their letters will be answered in print or privately, usually male ...1970s sl.
• BUTCH a vendor of newspapers on railroad trains ...1919 US sl.
• BUTCHER 1. in journalism: a copy editor ...1867 US sl.
2. a vendor of newspapers, peanuts, candy, etc., esp. aboard a passenger train or at a sporting event ...1880 US sl.
• CHAUNTER COVE a newspaper reporter ...c1840 cant
• CHIPS local items in newspapers; also applied to the reporter who collects them ...1889 Amer. journalism sl.
• FILLER that member of the editorial staff of a newspaper who provides fill-up matter written by himself or supplied by agencies ...c1910 journalistic colloq.
• LEG MAN a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story ...1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
• NEWS BUTCHER a seller of newspapers, sweets, etc., on a train ...L19 US sl.
• NEWS HAWK 1. a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller ...1950s US sl.
• NEWSHOG 1. a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller ...1950s US sl.
• NEWSHOUND 1. a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller ...1950s US sl.
• NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWSIE a seller of newspapers in the street; orig. boys and girls only ...L19 US sl.
• NEWS-LASSIE a newspaper girl ...1870 Sc.
• NEWSPAPER-BILLY a reporter for the Press ...1886 Sc.
• NEWSPAPER-MAN a man who is a great reader of newspapers ...1892 Sc.
• NEWSPAPER-WOMAN a woman who is a great reader of newspapers ...1892 Sc.
• PAPER CRIER a street seller of newspapers; a news vendor ...1711 Sc.
• PEANUT BUTCHER a vendor of newspapers aboard a passenger train ...1902 US sl.
• SNITCHER a newspaper reporter or columnist, a writer ...1930s US Black sl.
NEWSPAPER - verbs
• HUSTLE SHEETS to sell newspapers ...L19 sl.
• PASS to deliver newspapers ...1943 Amer. dial.
• PARAGRAPHIZE to write paragraphs for the newspapers ...1826 nonce word
NEWT - nouns
• ASK a newt, a lizard ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ASKER a newt, a lizard ...1755 Eng. dial.
• BATRACHOPHOBIA the fear of or morbid aversion to frogs, toads, and newts ...1863
• EFFET a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EFFOCK a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EMMET a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EVET a newt, eft, lizard ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HARRIMAN a lizard, a newt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK a newt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PADGETTY-POW a lizard; an eft ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PADGETY-POO a lizard; an eft ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PADGEY-POW a lizard; an eft ...1846 Eng. dial.
• WATER LIZARD a newt ...1842 Amer. dial.
NEW YEAR - nouns
• DAFT DAYS, THE the festivity at Christmas and the New Year ...1818 Sc.
• FADGING hospitality given at the season of the New Year ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HANDSEL MONDAY the first Monday of the year, on which New Year's handsel is given ...1585 Sc.
• NEEVER-DAY New Year's day ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEWERY-DAY New Year's Day ...1875 Eng. dial.
• NEWERY'S MORN New Year's morning ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NEW YEAR'S TIDE the beginning of the year ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEAR-DAY † the first day of the year, New Year's Day ...a1122
• YERESGIFT † a gift customarily given at the New Year, or at the beginning of a year of office ...a1400
• YERESYEVE † a gift customarily given at the New Year, or at the beginning of a year of office ...1194
NEW YEAR - nouns, person
• QUALTAGH the first person one meets after leaving home on some special occasion, as New Year's Day; the first person entering a house on New Year's Day; the first-foot ...1891
NEW YEAR - verbs
• EAT FADGE to partake of hospitality on New Year's Day ...1863 Eng. dial.
• FADGE to eat together, partake of hospitality given at the season of the New Year ...1863 Eng. dial.
NEW YEAR'S EVE - nouns
• AMATEUR NIGHT New Year's Eve ...1977 US sl.
• CAKE NIGHT New Year's Eve, 'Hogmanay' ...1921 Sc.
• EVE DAY New Year's Eve ...1949 Amer. dial.
• JACK AND JILL PARTY n. a New Year's Eve party ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEEVER-EVEN New Year's eve ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD NIGHT, THE New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD-YEAR-GONE December 31st, New Year's Eve ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD-YEAR-OUT n. December 31st, New Year's Eve ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD YEAR'S DAY n. the last day of the old year ...Bk1909
• OLD YEAR'S EVE New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD YEAR'S EVENING New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD YEAR'S NIGHT New Year's Eve ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SINGING-E'EN the last night of the year, New Year's Eve, Hogmanay ...1806 Sc.
NEW YORK - nouns
• ALPHABET CITY the Lower East Side of New York City in the vicinity of Avenues A, B, C, and D ...1980 New York City usage
• APPLE New York City ...1930s US Black sl.
• AVENUE, THE Fifth Avenue in New York ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• BIG A, THE New York City ...1980 US sl.
• BIG APPLE, THE Broadway and the jazz and entertainment centres of New York City; hence, New York City itself ...1909 US sl.
• BIG BOARD, THE the New York Stock Exchange Inc. ...1984 US sl.
• BIG BURG, THE New York City ...1918 US sl.
• B-WAY Broadway, a major avenue in New York City ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CROOKLYN Brooklyn, New York City ...1990s US Black sl.
• HARLEMESE a regional type of speech characteristic of the inhabitants of Harlem ...E20
• LAND OF DARKNESS Harlem, New York City; hence, the Black district of any city ...1930s US Black sl.
• MAIN BURG New York City ...1910s US sl.
• MAIN STEM, (THE) the theatre district of Broadway, a principal thoroughfare in New York City ...1927 Amer. sl.
• MAIN STROLL, THE Seventh Avenue in Harlem ...1940s US Black sl.
• MAIN THRILL, THE the main street; Seventh Avenue in Harlem ...1930s US Black sl.
• MEAT STREET West 14th Street, New York ...1997 US sl.
• MEDINA a nickname for Brooklyn ...1990s US Black sl.
• MET(T), THE the Metropolitan Opera House, New York ...L19 US sl.
• SILK STOCKING DISTRICT the Upper East Side of Manhattan ...US sl.
• TRACK, THE the Savoy ballroom, New York; a major night spot on Lenox Avenue between 140th and 141st Streets in New York from 1927 until the 50s ...1946 US sl.
• VILLAGE, THE 1. the Lower East Side, New York City ...L19 US sl.
2. Greenwich Village, New York City ...1910s US sl.
• VILLE, THE Greenwich Village, New York City ...2000s sl.
• YORK STATE the state of New York ...1780 Amer. dial.
NEW YORK - nouns, person
• EEL a resident of New York ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HARLEMITE a person born in or residing in Harlem, New York ...L19
• SACHEM a political leader; one of the leaders of New York's Tammany Society ...19C US sl.
NEW ZEALAND - nouns
• CABBAGE, THE the overnight Picton-Christchurch express goods train carrying vegetables for the Christchurch market ...1972 NZ sl.
• CABBAGE BOAT a boat formerly used to transport vegetables to market ...1987 NZ sl.
• CABBAGE TRAIN the overnight Picton-Christchurch express goods train carrying vegetables for the Christchurch market ...1972 NZ sl.
• CAKE TIN the Wellington, New Zealand, sports stadium ...2001 NZ sl.
• DARTH VADER'S PENCIL BOX the Bank of New Zealand Head Office building in Wellington ...1984 NZ sl.
• MAINLAND the South Island ...1940s NZ sl.
• PARRY the Paremoremo maximum security prison ...1982 NZ sl.
• PIG ISLAND(S) New Zealand ...Aust. & NZ slang
• QUAKY ISLES New Zealand ...20C Aust. sl.
• SHAKY ISLES, THE New Zealand, from the number of earthquakes ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• WOW the psychiatric hospital in Auckland, NZ ...1998 NZ sl.
NEW ZEALAND - nouns, person
• BACKBLOCKER a resident of a remote area, esp. the area beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand ...1910 NZ sl.
• DAGO (derogatory) a Maori ...1900s NZ sl.
• DALLIE a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• DALLY a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• DINKUM an Australian or New Zealander, esp. one who fought in the First World War ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FOB a Pacific Islander who has newly arrived in New Zealand (Fresh Off the Boat) ...20C NZ sl.
• JOHNNY-COME-LATELY a nickname for a farm hand recently arrived from England ...c1910 NZ sl.
• KIWI a New Zealander ...1918 sl.
• MAORILANDER a New Zealander ...colloq. chiefly Aust.
• MOWREE a New Zealand seaman ...L19 Brit. sl.
• PIG ISLANDER a New Zealander ...Aust. & NZ sl.
• QUEEN STREET YANK a New Zealander who apes American styles, etc. ...1950s NZ sl.
• RANGITOTO YANK (derogatory) an Aucklander ...1980s NZ sl.
• RANGITOTO YANKEE (derogatory) an Aucklander ...1980s NZ sl.
• SILVER FERN a member of the NZ national representative net ball team
• WAIOURU BLONDE a Maori woman ...1997 NZ sl.
• WAKA BLONDE (derogatory) a Maori woman ...1980s NZ sl.
NEW ZEALAND - verbs
• DO THE PACIFIC SLOPE to flee New Zealand when accused of a crime in order to find refuge in one of the countries of the Pacific Rim ...L19 NZ sl.
• HIT THE TARPOT to pursue a Maori woman ...1940s NZ sl.
• TAKE THE BURNT CHOPS to take up work as a musterer or drover ...L19 NZ sl.
NEXT - adjectives
• NEIST nearest, nighest, next ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEISTMOST next ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NETHER nearer, next ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NEXT - adverbs
• NEIST next ...1787 Sc.
• SITH † next in succession, order, or place ...c1275
NEXT TO - prepositions
• UPSIDE next to, up against ...1966 Amer. dial.
NEXT TO - verbs
• VICINATE †* to lie near to, to be next to, to adjoin ...1638
NIBBLE - nouns
• NIB a nibble, a cautious bite ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PULE a small amount of food; a bite, a nibble ...E19 Sc.
NIBBLE - verbs
• GNABBLE to nibble ...1899 Amer. dial.
• KNABBLE † to bite, to gnaw, to nibble ...1567
• MAP to nibble; to move the mouth as though nibbling; to catch hold with the teeth ...1813 Sc.
• MATTLE to nibble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NAB to bite gently; to nibble ...1678 Eng. dial.
• NABBLE to gnaw, to nibble ...1906 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAG to gnaw, to nibble ...1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATTER to nibble into small pieces, esp. of a mouse ...1963 Sc.
• NATTLE to nibble; to chew with difficulty; to gnaw; to nip ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIB to nibble ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• NOSH to snack on; to nibble between meals; to eat ...1947 Amer. dial.
• TEASE to nibble or pick slowly ...a1838 Sc.
NICE - adjectives
• BRIEF nice, elegant ...1893 Amer. Black usage
• DALLY good, kind, nice, sweet ...2002 UK sl.
• DARLING charming, sweet, nice ...1805 UK sl.
• DENK neat, nice, finely dressed ...1721 Sc.
• DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FAT nice; good ...20C teen & high school sl.
• NIZE nice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEEM prim, affectedly nice; over-fastidious ...1924 Sc.
• QUIM prim, affectedly nice ...20C Irish sl.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, nice, fastidious; particular, excellent, fine, delightful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS nice, excellent, fine ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TASSY nice, pleasant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NICE - nouns
• NICELING a nice thing ...1884 arch.
NICE - nouns, person
• NICELING † a very fastidious or overnice person or critic; a hair-splitter ...1549
NICE - interjections
• LOVELY GRUB! very nice indeed! ...1939 Brit., orig. services' usage
NICELY - adverbs
• SIZELY †* nicely, daintily ...1575
NICETY - nouns
• FEATNESS † nicety ...1577-87
• GALANCIE † delicacy, nicety ...1581
• THOUGHT a nicety ...1898 Sc.
NICHE - nouns
• CANT † a nook, corner in a building; a niche ...1603
NICK - nouns
• NAG a nick, notch, indentation; a bite, snap ...1887 Sc.
NICK - verbs
• NAG to nick, notch, or hack with a sharp instrument; to snap, to snatch, to bite, to mark with the teeth ...1887 Sc.
NICKEL - nouns
• BLIP a nickel ...1935 US sl.
• BUFFALO a nickel ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BUFFALOHEAD a nickel ...1950 Amer. sl.
• BULLHEAD a nickel ...1945 Amer. sl.
• BULL MOOSE. a nickel, five cents ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMPER a nickel ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOWNER a nickel ...1859 Amer. sl.
• HALF-DIME a nickel ...1796
• JITNEY a five-cent piece or nickel ...1903 US sl.
• MEDIO a five-cent piece ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NICK a five-cent piece ...Bk1902 Amer. sl.
• OLD BUFFALO a nickel ...1965 Amer. sl.
• TACK a nickel ...1938 Amer. dial.
NICKNAME - nouns
• AGNAME an added name; a nickname ...1834 Sc.
• BASKET NAME a nickname given to a child at birth ...1949 Amer. dial.
• EKENAME † an additional name; a nickname ...1303
• MONICKER a name, esp. a nickname or alias ...1851 Amer. sl.
• MONIKER a name, esp. a nickname or alias ...1851 Amer. sl.
• MONNIKER a person's name ...1882
• NICKERY †* a nickname ...1813
• NITNAME a nickname ...1991 Amer. dial.
• NURSE-NAME a nickname, a pet name ...1605
• OCK-NAME a nickname ...1898 Sc.
• OK-NAME a nickname ...1898 Sc.
• SHORT NAME a nickname ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TAG a nickname, or popular designation ...1920s US sl.
• TO-NAME † a name or epithet added to an original name; a cognomen, a surname, a nickname ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UIKNAME a nickname ...1887 Sc.
NICKNAME - verbs
• CALL ONE OUT OF ONE'S NAME to call by a nickname, not by one's proper name ...1881 Eng. dial.
• NICK to nickname ...1634 sl.
• TAG to bestow a nickname on someone ...1960 US sl.
NIECE - nouns, person
• BIG-NIECE the daughter of a nephew or niece ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NEPHEW † a brother's or sister's daughter; a niece ...1494 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
NIGGARD, NIGGARDLY - nouns, person
• BIND-POCK a niggard ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARL(E) † one who is churlish or mean in money matters; a niggard ...1542 obs. exc. Sc.
• CHEAP JOHN a person dealing in inferior or cheap goods; hence, one who does things in a gaudy, niggardly, or inferior style; a stingy or niggardly person ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CIMBICK a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard ...19C
• CLUNCHFIST † a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted ...1606
• CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
• CLUTCH-FIST a miser, a niggard ...17C
• GRIPE-PENNY † a niggardly fellow, a miser ...1860
• HAINE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HAMMER-SCAPPLE † a niggardly person who attempts to drive a hard bargain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAYNE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HEYNE † a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard ...c1386
• HOG-GRUBBER † a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard ...a1700
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• KUMBIX † a miser, a niggard ...1857
• MUCKERER †* one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard ...1303
• NEAR-GO a niggard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLER a keen, active, thrifty person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEET a parsimonious person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIGGER a niggard ...1895 Amer. dial.
• NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser ...1303
• NIPFARTHING † a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person ...1566
• PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person ...1549
• PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person ...1920
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
• PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard ...1822
• PINCH-FART † a miserly or stingy person; a niggard ...1592
• PINCHPENNY † a miser, a niggard, a skinflint; a covetous man ...c1412
• PUCKFIST † a niggard, a close-fist (obsolete - possibly an erroneous use as per E-NED) ...1608
• SAVE-ALL a niggardly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-BRASS a niggardly fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-PENNY a niggardly person ... Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCART a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow; a mean, niggardly person ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCART-THE-BOWL one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person ...1861 Sc.
• SCART-THE-COGUE one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person ...1736 Sc.
• SCART-THE-PAT one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person ...1917 Sc.
• SCRAPE-GOOD † a miser, a niggard, a covetous person ...1611
• SCRAPE-PENNY † one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard ...1584
• SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow; a miser ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMER a niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHARE-PENNY †* one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser ...1606
• SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SNUDGE † a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow ...1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STINK-O'-BRASS an extremely rich person who is also a niggard ...1878 Eng. dial.
NIGGARDLINESS - nouns
• CHINCHERY † niggardliness, miserliness, avarice ...c1386
• CRAMP IN THE HAND niggardliness ...19C colloq.
• FASTSHIP †* the quality of gripping tightly; parsimony, meanness, niggardliness ...a1225
• NEAR-HANDNESS niggardliness ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEARNESS parsimony, niggardliness; frugality ...1584
• SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1861
• SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1893
NIGGARDLY - adjectives
• CARKING † miserly, niggardly ...1748 obs. or arch.
• CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CLOSE stingy, niggardly, grudging any expense ...M17
• CLUNCH-FISTED † close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, stingy...1644 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CROPIN' stingy, niggardly, mean ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAST † close-fisted, mean, niggardly ...c1175
• GAIR † parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful ...1788 Sc.
• HARD-ARSED niggardly ...a1903
• HIDEBOUND † stingy, niggardly, mean ...L16
• ILL-GIVEN niggardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean ...1826
• NABAL greedy, grasping, niggardly, churlish ...1861 Sc.
• NARROW-CHINED niggardly, greedy ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEAR-BEGAUN niggardly, miserly ...1789 Sc.
• NEAR-BE-GAWN niggardly ...a1774 Sc.
• NEAR-BE-GOING niggardly ...a1774 Sc.
• NEAR-BEGONE niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• NEAR-BEHADDIN niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR-FISTED niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR-GAWN niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEAR-GOING niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEAR-HAND niggardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR THE BONE niggardly, sparing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR THE WAY niggardly, sparing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEETY miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc. & Ireland
• NIGGERLY niggardly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious ...1542
• NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly ...1819
• NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc.
• PINCHY stingy, niggardly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SAPPY niggardly ...1892 Sc.
• SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person ...1785
• SCANT sparing, niggardly, parsimonious ...1819 Sc.
• SCHINCHING niggardly, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOURY mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRIE mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SCRANNY mean, niggardly ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWBY mean, stingy, niggardly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMITY mean, stingy, niggardly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMETY mean, stingy, niggardly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMP scanty, short in measure, straitened; niggardly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIMPIT niggardly ...1807 Sc.
• SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCHING niggardly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBY mean, stingy, niggardly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SHORT stingy, niggardly; cheap ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SKINCHING stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• SKINCHY stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKINCHY-SCRIMPLY stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• SKINCY stingy, frugal, niggardly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SKINFLINTY niggardly, miserly ...1901
• SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy ...1833
• STRAIT-HANDED † close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy ...1600
• YALD † mean, niggardly, parsimonious ...1825 Sc.
NIGGARDLY - adverbs
• FEEBLY † in a sorry manner or plight; inefficiently, insufficiently, niggardly, poorly, scantily ...c1290
• SKINFLINTILY in a niggardly manner ...1899
NIGGARDLY - verbs
• NOT TO PART WITH THE REEK OF ONE'S KALE to be very stingy and niggardly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SAIR of persons: harsh in discipline, treatment, or judgement; stern, severely censorious; niggardly, driving hard bargains ...1768 Sc.
• SKIN A CAT to be extremely mean or niggardly ...1859
• SKIN A FLEA to be niggardly ...1851
• SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, niggardly, or stingy ...1819 Amer. dial.
• SKIN A FLINT to be extremely mean or niggardly ...1694
NIGGARDLY - phrases
• HE WOULD LIVE EVEN IN A GRAVEL PIT applied to a cautious, niggardly person ...c1660 chiefly rural usage
NIGHT - adjectives
• BENIGHTED † overtaken by the darkness of the night; affected by the night ...1575 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW of a night: pitch-black; very dark ...c1880 nautical sl
• DARK AS THE INSIDE OF A COW, TAIL DOWN AND EYES SHUT of a night: pitch-black ...20C Can. sl.
• NOCTIVAGANT wandering in the night ...c1620
• NOCTURNOUS †* pertaining to the night ...1727
• ON THE CAT staying out at night ...1950s US Black sl.
NIGHT - adverbs
• ANIGHTS at night; by night ...1663 Eng. & Amer. dial. arch. or obs.
• BENIGHT † by night ...1642
• TO-NIGHT † on the night just past; last night ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YERESTRENE the night before last ...1802 Sc.
NIGHT - nouns
• AFTER-DAYLIGHT night ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-NIGHTER 1. a place of business that is open all night ...Amer. sl.
2. something that lasts all night, as a party or study session ...Amer. sl.
• BLACK DARK nighttime at its darkest ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLACK NIGHT nighttime at its darkest ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DARKEE night time ...M18 sl.
• DARKEY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DARKMAN the night ...M16 criminals' sl.
• DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight ...1567 thieves' cant
• DARK O'CLOCK night ...1995 UK sl.
• DARKS, THE the night; occasionally also twilight ...M18 sl.
• DARK THIRTY late at night ...1984 US sl.
• DARK TIME night ...1976 US sl.
• DARKUM the night ...M16 criminals' sl.
• DARKY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DAWN PATROL any activity that requires staying up all night or getting up very early ...1945 US sl., orig. military usage
• DIM the night, twilight ...1944 US sl.
• ERE YESTREEN the night before last ...Bk1900 Sc.
• NIGHTERTALE † night-time, the night ...a1300 obs., chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene ...1605
• OWL-LIGHT the cloud of the night, the dark ...1599
• TAKE A FRIGHT the night ...M19 rhyming sl.
• TO-FALL OF THE NIGHT the beginning of night ...a1754 Sc.
NIGHT - nouns, person
• ALL-NIGHTER a person who often stays up all night ...Amer. sl.
• NIGHT CRAWLER someone who socializes or works late at night ...1950s US sl.
• NIGHTHAWK a person who is active late at night ...1818 Brit. sl.
• NIGHT RIDER a person who enjoys the wild side of life at night ...1951 US sl.
• NOCTIVAGANT * one who wanders by night ...1633
• NOCTIVAGATOR † one who walks or wanders by night; a night-walker ...1640
• PERNOCTALIAN †* one who remains awake or watches all night ...1846
NIGHT - verbs
• ADVESPERATE † to draw towards night or evening ...1626
• BENIGHT to be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter) ...1560
• BREAK NIGHT to stay up all night partying, talking etc. ...1960s US sl.
• CARRY THE BANNER to stay up all night ...1980 US sl.
• CATERWAUL to roam at night, as in search of sexual partners ...1785 sl.
• LAY OUT WITH THE DRY CATTLE to remain out late at night ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PERNOCTATE †* to stay all night; to pass the night ...1623
• RACOON to walk about at night, like a raccoon ...1855 nonce word
• WAKE † to sit up late for pleasure or revelry; to turn night into day ...a1300
NIGHT - phrases
• BETWEEN DAYLIGHT AND DAYLIGHT during the night ...1969 Amer. dial.
NIGHTCLUB - see CLUB
NIGHTFALL - nouns
• CANDLE-LIGHT the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
• CANDLELIGHTING dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
• CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
• DAGSET nightfall, dusk ...1866 Sc.
• DARK NIGHT nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EARLY BLACK dusk, nightfall ...1930s US Black sl.
• EARLY BLUE dusk, nightfall ...1930s US Black sl.
• EDGE OF DARK, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DAYLIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF EVENING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF GLOAMING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1867 Sc.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EVENING'S EDGE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NIGHTGOWN - nouns
• AUNT TILLIES an old-fashioned woman's nightgown ...1943 US sl.
• KNOCKING-JACKET a nightgown ...E18 nonce word
• NEGGLEDIGEE 'a woman's undressed gown'; a nightgown ...1823 sl.
• NIGHT-RAIL a nightgown ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ROB DE NIGHT a nightgown; (French 'robe de nuit') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SARK a shirt; a chemise; occasionally, a nightdress ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NIGHTINGALE - nouns
• BARLEY-BIRD the nightingale ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BIRD OF PARADISE the nightingale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
NIGHTMARE - adjectives
• HAG-RID affected by nightmare ...1886
• HAG-RIDDEN affected by nightmare ...1684
• MARE-RODE oppressed with an incubus, having the nightmare ...1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAG-RIDDEN troubled with nightmare ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• WITCH-RIDDEN having a nightmare ...1836 Amer. dial.
NIGHTMARE - nouns
• CACODEMON † a nightmare ...1811
• DAY-MARE a condition similar to nightmare occurring during wakefulness ...1737
• EARTH-MARE a nightmare ...1916 Sc.
• HAG † the nightmare ...1632
• MARE † a kind of goblin supposed to produce nightmare by sitting on the chest of the sleeper; the nightmare itself ...a700
• RIDING-HAG the nightmare ...BK1903 colloq.
• RIDING OF THE WITCH, THE the nightmare ...BK1903 colloq.
NIGHTMARE - verbs
• HAG † to torment or terrify as a hag; to trouble as the nightmare ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAG-RIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences ...1661 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• WITCH-RIDE to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for ...1836 Amer. dial.
NIGHT SHIFT - nouns
• OWL SHIFT the night shift ...1986 Amer. sl.
NIGHTSHIRT - nouns
• SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt ...a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NILE - nouns
• CATADUPE † a cataract or waterfall, orig. those of the Nile ...1596
• SADD an impenetrable mass of floating vegetable matter which obstructs navigation on the White Nile ...1874
• SUDD an impenetrable mass of floating vegetable matter which obstructs navigation on the White Nile ...1874
NILE - nouns, person
• CATADUPES the dwellers by the cataracts of the Nile ...1607
NIMBLE - adjectives
• BAIN nimble, clever ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful ...1896 Eng. dial.
• GOAT-FOOTED sure-footed, nimble
• LEGER light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90 obs.
• LIEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90
• LIGHTFOOT light-footed, nimble of foot; active ...c1440 poetic
• NIMBER † active, nimble ...1849
• NIMBLE AS AN EEL IN A SANDBAG as nimble as may be ...B1900
• OLIGHT † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
• OLITE † active, energetic, nimble ...1721 Sc.
• QUIRKING nimble, agile; of a tune: intricate, quickly changing ...1821 Eng. dial.
• QUIVER † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RIQUILANT nimble, quick ...B1900
• TAIT † cheerful, lively, active, nimble ...c1300
• TEET nimble ...1889 Sc.
• TICKLE-HEELED † having nimble or active heels ...1737
• WANDLE of a person: lithe, agile, nimble ...1803 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WANNEL of a person: lithe, agile, nimble ...1803 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YANKIE nimble, agile ...1870 Sc.
• YANKY nimble, agile, active ...1870 Sc.
• YAP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YARE adj. alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick ...a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUL-CUTED fleet of foot, nimble ...1789 Sc.
• YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUP clever, cunning; shrewd, astute; nimble, active ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
• YEPE † active, nimble, brisk, alert, bold, daring ...c1205
• YERN † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
NIMBLE - verbs
• CANTER to move nimbly or briskly ...1761
• WALTZ to move lightly, blithely, trippingly, nimbly or in a sprightly and self-assured manner...1862 colloq.
NIMBLENESS - nouns
• LEGERITY † lightness; nimbleness ...1561
• LEIGERITY † lightness; nimbleness ...1561
• YAWLNESS vigour, nimbleness ...1826 Sc.
NIMBLY - adverbs
• FEATILY agilely, nimbly ...c1630
• FEATLY with graceful agility, nimbly ...c1340 arch.
• FEATOUSLY † of actions: cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly ...c1350
• WAKERLY † nimbly ...a1400
• YAPLY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPPELY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YARE †* nimbly, briskly ...1622
• YARELY quickly, promptly, nimbly, briskly, diligently, eagerly ...a900 arch.