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PARADE - PASTURED
PARADE - verbs
• PAMBERADE to move back and forwards noisily or clumsily; to parade up and down with heavy steps ...1930 Sc.
PARADISE - adjectives
• EDENIC pert. to Eden or paradise ...1850
• PARADISAL pert. to paradise ...c1560
• PARADISEAN * pert. to Paradise ...1647
• PARADISIAC pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1632
• PARADISIACAL pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1649
• PARADISIAL pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1800
• PARADISIAN pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1657-83
• PARADISIC pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...a1745
• PARADISICAL * pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1649
PARADISE - nouns
• EDEN a delightful abode or resting-place, a paradise; a state of supreme happiness ...a1225
• FIDDLER'S GREEN a paradise chiefly characterized by drinking and dancing ...1825 orig. nautical
• INDIAN VALLEY a 'happy hunting ground' where jobs are abundant; paradise ...1932 Amer. railroad sl.
• NIGGER HEAVEN (derogatory) a paradise chiefly characterized by drinking and dancing ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SHANGRI-LA an unearthly paradise; a place of retreat from the worries of modern civilization ...M20
PARADOX - adjectives
• PARADOXION † fond of paradox ...1631
• PARADOXOGRAPHICAL addicted to the writing of paradoxes ...1814 nonce word
PARADOX - nouns
• PARADOXICALITY paradoxical character or quality; self-contradiction ...1816
• PARADOXISM the utterance or practice of paradox ...1593
• PARADOXY †* 1. a paradox ...1646
2. paradoxical quality or character ...1796
PARAFFIN - nouns
• BUTTER paraffin ...1972 US sl.
PARAGLIDING - nouns
• PAIR OF PANTIES paragliding ...1992 US sl.
PARAGLIDING - verbs
• PULL EARS in paragliding: to intentionally collapse both tips of the wing to increase speed ...1992 US sl.
PARAGRAPH - adjectives
• PARAGRAPHISTICAL †* of the nature or form of paragraphs ...a1625
PARAGRAPH - adverbs
• PARAGRAPHLY † paragraph by paragraph ...1678
PARAGRAPH - nouns
• PARAGRAPHY the writing of newspaper paragraphs; newspaper paragraphs collectively or as a class ...1896
• PARAPH † a paragraph ...1395
PARAGRAPH - verbs
• PARAGRAPHIZE to write paragraphs for the newspapers ...1826 nonce word
• PARAPH † to divide into paragraphs ...c1440
PARAGUAY - nouns
• PARAGON Paraguay ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PARALLEL - adjectives
• GEMEW † of a door: double; of lines: parallel ...1523
• GEMOW † of a door: double; of lines: parallel ...1523
PARALLEL - nouns
• PARALLELARITY * the state of being parallel ...1804
PARALYSIS - adjectives
• PARALYTICAL † suffering from paralysis ...1586
PARALYSIS - nouns
• PALSY-STROKE an attack or fit of paralysis ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARALLELS paralysis ...1868 Eng. dial.
• PARALYSIE † paralysis ...c1380
• PARALYTIC paralysis; a stroke of paralysis ...1823 Sc.
• PARLATICS paralysis; a stroke of paralysis ...1823 Sc.
PARALYTIC - adjectives
• PALATIC paralytic ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLATIC paralytic ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALSICAL † pert. to the palsy; paralytic ...1716
PARALYTIC - nouns, person
• PALSY † a palsied person; a paralytic ...a1300
PARALYZE - verbs
• BENUMB to paralyze ...1789
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• PALSIFY * to afflict with palsy, to paralyze ...1775
• PARALEEZE to paralyze ...1884 Sc.
PARALYZED - adjectives
• ACLUMSID †* benumbed, paralysed ...1388
• PERISHED paralyzed ...1921 Amer. dial.
PARALYZING - nouns
• PALSIFICATION paralyzing action ...1866
PARAMOUNT - adjectives
• TOPLESS †* having no superior; supreme, paramount ...1606
PARAMOUR - nouns, person
• FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion ...1571
• GALLANT * one who pays court to ladies, a ladies' man; also, a lover, in a bad sense, a paramour ...a1450
• HAFFAND a concubine, a paramour ...1914 Sc.
• HORELING † a fornicator, a whoremonger; an adulterer, a paramour ...c1200
• LOTEBY † a companion of love; a lover, a paramour; a bedfellow, a concubine ...1303
• PAGAN † a paramour, a prostitute ...1597
• PANORAMA a lover, a paramour ...L19 sl.
• QUEAN † a mistress, a paramour, a concubine ...1931 Sc.
PARANOIA - nouns
• PARA paranoia, sp., as a result of drug abuse ...1996 UK sl.
PARANOID - adjectives
• ON A PARA feeling nervous, paranoid ...1990s sl.
• PARA paranoid ...1980s sl.
• PARRO paranoid ...1980s sl.
PARAPHERNALIA - nouns
• FADERILS paraphernalia, apparatus ...1844 Sc.
PARAPHRASE - adjectives
• PARAPHRASIAN †* given to or dealing in paraphrases ...a1548
• PARAPHRASTICAL † pert. to paraphrase ...1549 rare or obs.
PARAPHRASE - nouns, person
• PARAPHRAST one who paraphrases ...1549
• PARAPHRASTER † one who paraphrases ...1632
PARAPHRASE - verbs
• PARAPHRAST †* to paraphrase ...1607
PARASITE - adjectives
• PARASITIC of the nature of a parasite, sycophantic, toadying ...1627
• PARASITICAL of the nature of a parasite, sycophantic, toadying, sponging ...1577-87
PARASITE - nouns
• TOADYISM the behaviour of a parasite or sycophant; mean and interested servility ...1840
PARASITE - nouns, person
• BELLY-FRIEND † one who pretends friendship for his own interest; an insincere friend; a parasite, a sponger ...?1589
• BLUDGER a parasitical person ...1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CAKE-FIDDLER † a parasite ...1513 obs.
• CAKE-FUMBLER † a parasite ...1553
• CLAWBACK † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• EARWIG † an ear whisperer, a flatterer, a parasite ...1633
• EASEMAN n. a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women ...1934 US Black sl.
• EASTMAN a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women ...1911 US Black sl.
• EASY RIDER a parasitical man, usually without a steady job, who lives by gambling or sponging; a man who is supported by a woman, a esp. a prostitute ...1914 US Black sl.
• EAT-MEAT an idler, a parasite ...1875 Sc.
• FART-SUCKER a vile parasite. a toady, a sycophant ...a1890 Amer. sl.
• FAWNGUEST † a fawning parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1592
• FEFNICUTE a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on ...1864 Eng. dial.
• KATTERZEM a parasite; a hanger-on ...L19 Sc.
• LEANER a freeloader ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LED-CAPTAIN a hanger-on, a dependant, a parasite ...1672
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• LICK-TRENCHER a glutton; a parasite ...1787
• MACKEREL a hanger-on, a parasite ...2000s sl.
• PAN-LICKER † a parasite ...1641
• PAPELARD † a flattering parasite; a hypocrite; a sycophant ...1340
• PARASITASTER †* a mean or sorry parasite ...1606
• PLUME-STRIKER † a parasite or flatterer ...1658
• QUILLER a toady, a parasite; a person who sucks neatly through a quill ...B1900 sl.
• SCAMBLER † a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others ...1721 Sc.
• 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.
• SCHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHERK a sponger, a parasite ...M17 sl.
• SHIRK a sponger, a parasite ...M17 sl.
• SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• SKEMLER † a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others ...1721 Sc.
• SLAPSAUCE † a parasite, toady, hanger-on ...B1900
• SUCKER one who lives at the expense of another; one who draws profit or extorts subsistence from some source; a sponger a parasite ...1500-20
• SUCK-FYST a parasite ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAG-HEELS a tagalong; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAG-TAIL a person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent, sycophant, toady, hanger-on, parasite; one who always follows along; one who lags behind ...1864
• TANTONY a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1659
• TANTONY PIG a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1738
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
• TOAD-EATER a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1742
• TOADER * a servile flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite, a toady ...1842
• TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant ...1826
• URGER any parasite or loafer who incurs no risk himself; a sponger, an idler ...1952 Aust. sl.
• WAITER AT THE TABLE †* a parasite ...1552
PARASITE - verbs
• LOUSE AROUND to play the parasite ...1917 Amer. dial.
• PARASITE * to act the parasite or sycophant, to toady ...1609
• SUPPARASITE †* to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite ...1623
PARASITICAL - adjectives
• GNATHONIC flattering, deceitful, sycophantic, parasitical ...1637
PARATROOPER - nouns, person
• PARA a paratrooper; chiefly used in the plural ...1958 sl.
• SKYMAN a paratrooper ...1952 journalistic sl.
PARCEL - nouns
• FARDEL a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• FARDLE a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
PARCEL - nouns, person
• BANGY-WALLAH a carrier of parcels ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
PARCH - verbs
• ADURE † to burn completely; to scorch, to parch ...c1420
• BASK to parch, to shrivel with heat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIZZEN to dry up and wither ...Bk1911 Sc.
PARCHED - adjectives
• ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTED † scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• BASKED parched, dry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PARCHABLE * capable of being parched ...1874
• PARCHY †* dried up, parched ...1746
• SCARPED dried up; parched, as the skin in fever ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SCOURY having a dried, parched appearance; wasted ...1802 Sc.
PARCHING - nouns
• ADUSTION † the act of burning, scorching, heating to dryness, or parching ...1594
PARCHMENT - nouns
• PALIMPSEST † paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate ...1661
PARCHMENT - nouns, person
• PARCHMENTER † a maker or seller of parchment ...1415
PARDON - nouns
• ANNIE OAKLEY a pardon or discharge certificate given to a convict ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SIRREVERENCE a request for a pardon for an offensive statement ...14C Brit.
• VENY † pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself as in indication of penitence and desire for pardon ...a1225
PARDON - verbs
• I-MILCE † to have mercy upon; to pardon ...c1000
PARDONABLE - adjectives
• VENIABLE †* venial, excusable, pardonable ...1646
• VENIAL worthy of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable ...a1300
PARDONABLE - nouns
• VENIALNESS * the quality of being pardonable ...1727
PARDONABLY - adverbs
• VENIALLY pardonably, excusably ...a1340
PARDONED - adjectives
• IGNOSCIBLE †* fit to be forgiven or pardoned; tolerable ...1656
• OFF THE HOOK out of trouble, freed from a difficult situation, pardoned, released ...1950s sl.
PARDONING - adjectives
• ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
PARENT - adjectives
• UNCHILDLY † unfilial, undutiful to parents ...1597
PARENT - nouns, person
• DAD'S WILL parental authority ...c1820 Oxford University usage
• DAM a mother, a female parent ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ELDER † a parent; an ancestor, a forefather; hence, a predecessor, one who lived in former days; usually in plural ...971
• ELDRINGS † elders, parents, ancestors ...c1300
• GENETRIX * a mother, a female parent; also figuratively, applied to one's native country ...1500-20
• GROWNIES grown-ups, esp. one's own; hence, also one's friends' parents ...1970 teenagers' - often spelt, where the pun is intentional, 'groanies' ...Bk2008 sl.
• NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OLD FOLK parents ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD FOLKS parents, regardless of age ...1957 Aust. sl.
• OLDIES parents, regardless of age ...1964 Aust. sl.
• OLD 'UN an old person, esp. a parent ...M19 sl.
• P a parent ...2000s US Black sl.
• PARENTAL UNITS your parents ...1982 US sl.
• RAISE parents ...1972 US sl.
• RENTS parents ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SIRE a father, a male parent; also, a forefather ...c1250 now chiefly poetic
• UNITS parents ...1987 US sl.
PARENTAGE - adjectives
• QUEER-GOTTEN of uncertain parentage ...1894 Sc.
PARENTAGE - nouns
• HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage ...1846 Eng. dial.
PARIS - see FRANCE
PARISH - nouns
• PAROCHIN a parish ...1707 Sc.
• PAROCHINE a parish ...1818 Sc.
PARISH - nouns, person
• BANG-BEGGAR a beadle, a constable, a parish officer ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEADBOROUGH orig. the head of a tithing, or frank-pledge; later, a parish officer identical in functions with the petty constable ...c1440
• MERESMAN a parish officer who attends to the roads, bridges, and watercourses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARISHEEN a child brought up by the parish ...L19 Irish
• SCOURGER † one employed to keep sturdy beggars out of a parish ...Bk1904 Sc.
PARISH CLERK - nouns
• AMEN-BAWLER a parish clerk ...19C Eng. sl.
• AMEN-CLERK † a parish clerk ...1636 Eng. dial.
• AMEN-CURLER a parish clerk ...1791 sl.
• CALEB QUOTEM a parish clerk ...c1860 sl.
• CALEB QUOTUM a parish clerk ...M19 sl.
• CANTICLE a parish clerk ...1785 sl.
• SOL-FA a parish clerk ...L18 sl.
PARK - nouns
• ALAMEDA a public park or walk lined with trees ...1824 Amer. dial.
• FAIRYLAND any roadside park ...1971 US sl.
• HAIN † an enclosure; a park ...c1205
• HAY an enclosed space; an enclosure; a park ...c1630 arch. or Eng. dial.
• LIGHT AND DARK a park ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NOAH'S ARK a park ...L19 rhyming sl.
• PARADISE an Oriental park or pleasure-ground, esp. one enclosing wild beasts for the chase ...1613
PARK - nouns, person
• PALISER † one who has charge of a park ...1536-7
• PARKIE a child's word for a park-keeper or attendant ...1931 Sc.
PARKER, CHARLIE
• YARDBIRD Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist ...1949 US sl.
PARKING TICKET - verbs
• TAG to give a parking ticket ...1980s sl.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE - nouns
• SHAKING DISEASE Parkinson's disease or a similar condition characterized by tremors ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHAKING PALSY Parkinson's disease or a similar condition characterized by tremors ...1852 Amer. dial.
PARLEY - nouns
• PARWHOBBLE † a parley or conference between two or three persons ...1777 Eng. dial.
PARLEY - verbs
• IMPARL † to speak together or with another upon a matter; to confer, to consult, to parley ...1579-80
PARLEYING - nouns
• EMPARLEMENT †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1450-80
• EMPARLING † conference, parleying ...1450-80
• IMPARLANCE † the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1579-80
• IMPARLEE †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1565
• IMPARLEMENT †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1450-80
• IMPARLING † conference, parleying ...1450-80
PARLIAMENT - nouns
• NOBS' HOUSES the Houses of Parliament ...E19 sl.
PARODY - nouns
• COD a joke, a hoax, a parody ...20C sl., orig. Irish
• TAKE a parody ...1990s sl.
• TAKE-OFF a mimicking expression; an imitating; a parody; a caricature ...1846 US sl.
PARODY - verbs
• PARADISE to parody ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
PAROLE - adjectives
• PAID resulting in a favourable outcome of a parole hearing ...2000s US prison sl.
PAROLE - nouns
• BACK-DOOR PAROLE parole ...1930s US prison sl.
• KNOCKBACK the rejection of one's application for parole ...1940s prison sl.
• PAPER probation in lieu of a jail sentence; parole from prison ...1973 US sl.
• RAIN CHECK the reduction of a criminal penalty; parole, probation ...1949 US sl.
• TAIL the term of a prisoner's parole ...1992 US sl.
PAROLE - verbs
• RAISE UP to be given leave or parole to leave a prison ...1970s US prison sl.
• VIOLATE to accuse or find a prisoner on parole guilty of violating the conditions of parole ...1971 US sl.
PARROT - nouns
• COXCOMB-BIRD † a parrot ...1732
• FEATHER-TOP nickname of a parrot ...1891
• PAPEJAY † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
• PAPINGAY † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
• PAPINGO † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
• PAROQUET a parakeet, a bird of the parrot kind ...1581
• POLL-PARROT a parrot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POLLY a parrot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPINGOE † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
PARSIMONIOUS - adjectives
• GAIR † parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful ...1788 Sc.
• IKEY mean, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• IKEYMO mean, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• INHOLDING frugal, penurious, parsimonious ...1897 Sc.
• NARROW † sparing, close, parsimonious, mean, stingy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NARROW-SOULED mean, stingy, parsimonious, ungenerous ... a1700 N. Eng. dial.
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEAR-SIGHTED stingy, frugal, parsimonious ...c1820 Amer. dial.
• NEWIS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious ...1542
• SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly ...1812
• SCANT sparing, parsimonious ...1819 Sc.
• SCHINCHING niggardly, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STRAIT-HANDED † close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy ...1600
• YALD † mean, niggardly, parsimonious ...1825 Sc.
PARSIMONIOUS - nouns, person
• DRY-FIST † a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person ...1604
• NEET a parsimonious person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser ...1303
• NIPCHEESE a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint ...1825
• PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person ...1549
• PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard ...1822
PARSIMONIOUSLY - adverbs
• NARROWLY †* sparingly, parsimoniously ...a1225
• NEAR thriftily; parsimoniously, meanly ...a1625
• NEARLY * parsimoniously, frugally ...1592
PARSIMONIOUSNESS, PARSIMONY - nouns
• FASTSHIP †* the quality of gripping tightly; parsimony, meanness, niggardliness ...a1225
• GAIRNESS † carefulness in money matters, parsimony ...1812 Sc.
• INHOLDING frugality, parsimoniousness ...1660 Sc.
• NEARNESS parsimony, niggardliness; frugality ...1584
• SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1861
• SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1893
PARSLEY - nouns
• PARSIL parsley ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PARSNIP - nouns
• NEEP a parsnip ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANE a parsnip ...1730 Eng. dial.
• PASMET a parsnip ...1825 Eng. dial.
• PASSMENT a parsnip ...1825 Eng. dial.
PARSON - nouns
• SLABBERING BIB a neckband as worn by a lawyer or parson ...L18 sl.
PARSON - nouns, person
• AMEN-BAWLER a parson; a preacher ...19C sl.
• AMEN-SNORTER a parson ...L19 sl, chiefly Aust.
• AUTEM-COVE a preacher, a parson ...M19 sl.
• AUTEM JET a parson ...E18 sl.
• BIBLE-POUNDER a parson; a fanatical or zealous religious person or lay preacher ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GLUE-POT a parson ...Bk2002
• GOD-BOTHERER a parson, priest, or chaplain ...1937 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• GOSPEL SHARK a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHARP a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person ...1872 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHOOTER a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person ...1900 Amer. dial.
• JOLLOCKS a parson ...M18 sl.
• JOLLUX a parson ...M18 sl.
• MASTER the parson of a parish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOSRAP a parson ...M19 back-slang
• ONE IN TEN a parson ...L17 sl.
• PARISH-BULL a parson; a local clergyman ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH-PRIG a parson; a local clergyman ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH STALLION a parson ...L19 sl.
• SIN-HOUND a chaplain; a parson ...E20 US sl.
• SIR † a parson or priest ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SNUB DEVIL a parson ...L18 sl.
• TICKLE-TEXT a parson ...1785 sl.
• TOM PAT a parson ...c1700 sl.
• UNGRATEFUL MAN a parson 'who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil' ...L18
• WHITE CHOKER a parson ...L19 sl.
PART - nouns
• BROLL † a part, a piece ...18C
• CANTLE a part, a portion ...c1315
• CANTLING †* a small part, corner, section, or division ...1674
• CANTON † a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part ...1601
• DEAL † a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEALING † a part, a division ...a1300
• END a part, division; proportion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEFT a portion, a part ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle ...c1368 arch.
• PARCELLING †* a part, a portion ...c1449
• TWO FEATHERS OUT OF A GOOSE † a very small part of anything ...1677
PART - verbs
• CANT † to part, to divide, to share, to parcel out, to apportion ...c1440
• PARCEL † to put asunder or separate as parts; to part, to divide ...1652
• SINGLE * to separate or part from each other ...1570-6
• SKILL † to separate, to part from ...a1200
PARTAKE - nouns, person
• PARCENEL † a sharer, a partaker ...a1340
• PARCENER † one who shares or has a part in something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, a partaker ...1297
PARTAKE - verbs
• PARCENEL to share, to partake ...a1340
PARTIAL - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † unduly affected, biased, prejudiced, partial ...1530
• AFFECTIONATED † unduly inclined or biased; swayed by affection; partial ...1586
• AFFECTIONED † swayed by affections; biased, partial ...1589
• FAVOURABLE † showing undue favour, partial ...c1384
• HAFFLINS half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• HALF-KNACK partial, half-and-half; half-trained ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HALFLIN half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• SCALDING partial ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
PARTIALITY - adverbs
• FAVOURABLY † with undue favour or partiality ...1430-50
PARTIALITY - nouns
• AFFECT † biased feeling, partiality ...1557
• AFFECTION † biased feeling, partiality ...1547
PARTIALITY - verbs
• FAVOURIZE † to support, to encourage; to favour, to treat with partiality ...1585
PARTIALLY - adverbs
• AFFECTIONATELY † with a biased or partisan spirit; partially, interestedly ...1610
• HAFFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HALFLING † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINGS † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLENS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HAVLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HOAFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Eng. dial.
• PARCEL † in part, partly, partially, to some extent ...c1402
PARTICIPATE - adjectives
• IN IT agreeing to participate, taking a share ...E19 sl., chiefly Aust.
PARTICIPATE - verbs
• DEAL † to take part in, to share or participate in, to be a partaker of ...c1175
PARTICIPATE - phrases
• NEITHER TO DANCE NOR HOLD THE CANDLE not to participate in any amusement ...1839 Sc.
PARTICIPATION - nouns
• DEL-TAKING † participation ...a1300
PARTICLE - adjectives
• QUAIRNY in small particles ...1882 Eng. dial.
PARTICLE - nouns
• ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment ...1825 Sc.
• ACE a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom ...1528
• ATOMY a small portion; a particle of anything previously of larger bulk ...1876 Eng. dial.
• DAW an atom. a jot, a particle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• NEEDLE † an object of trifling importance or value; hence, a particle ...a1225
• PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle ...c1368 arch.
• POP a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop ...1868 Sc.
• QUERN a small particle ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle ...1896 Sc.
• SCORRICK a fragment; the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORRIL the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SKIRDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SKORRICK a fragment; the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARE † a very small particle; a whit, a jot, an atom ...c1386
• THRUM a particle, an atom ...1872 Sc.
• UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes ...1929 Sc.
• VEEZABLE † the least little thing, the smallest particle; 'visible thing' ...1836 Sc.
• VIDIMENT something insignificant; the smallest particle ...1842 Sc.
• YIM a particle; an atom; the smallest portion of anything ...1824 Sc.
PARTICOLOURED - adjectives
• HARLEQUIN having the characteristics of a harlequin or his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured ...1779
PARTICULAR - adjectives
• CACKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRITICULAR critical and particular ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAINSHACH fastidious, particular; fussy about food ...1920 Sc.
• DAINTY-CHAPPED † fastidious or particular as to eating and food ...19C obs.
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FADDLING trifling, over-particular, fastidious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANTY-SHEENY showy, fanciful, over-particular ...1847 Eng. dial.
• FASCIOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc.
• FASHIOUS difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FEMMY of a man: too particular or fussy; womanish ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FESHOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Eng. dial.
• FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular ...1873 Amer. dial.
• FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky ...1872 Amer. dial.
• KECKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MINCY over-particular, finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NICEY-NICE affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NICEY-NICEY affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NIPPITY-NICE over-particular or fussy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PARTIC particular ...1894 Sc.
• PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PICKETY fussy, particular, fault-finding, hypercritical ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS particular, excellent, fine, delightful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS fastidious, particular; hard to please ...M19 sl., orig. US
• TAFFETY florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular ...1719
• TARTY dainty, particular as to food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS careful, scrupulous, particular ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TICKLER particular ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TICULAR particular ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TIMOROUS nice, particular in dress ...1828 Eng. dial.
• UP-STICKED stuck-up; over-particular ...1899 Sc.
• VAIR having no appetite, being fussy or particular about food ...1845
• VANSOME difficult to please ...1929 Sc.
• VIDUAL individual, particular, distinct, precise ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PARTICULAR - nouns
• PARTICULARITY a personal or private trait or characteristic; an idiosyncrasy; a detail, a particular ...1783 Sc.
• PARTICULE † a detail, an item, a particular ...1731 Sc.
PARTICULAR - nouns, person
• DINK a particular or fussy person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FAD a fussy, over-particular person ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUSSBUG who is too particular or fussy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FUSS-BUTT a too particular or fussy man ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FUSSYBUG a person who is too particular or fussy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER a man who is too particular or fussy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HENNY a person who is very particular or fussy; one who worries a lot about little things; a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD FUSS-CAT a particular or fussy woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRAMMAW a man who is too particular or fussy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRANDPA a man who is too particular or fussy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRUDE an over-particular girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUEERY one who is strange or odd; a person who is too particular or fussy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUIDDLE a fussy, over-particular, or fastidious person; one hard to satisfy in trifling matters of diet, etc.; one who wastes his energy about trifles ...1856 Eng. & Amer. dial.
PARTICULARLY - adverbs
• ALL-FIREDLY particularly, excessively ...M19 US sl.
• NAMELY † particularly, especially, above all; usually with preceding 'and' ...c1175
• RATHEREST † most of all, most particularly, mainly ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATHEST † most of all, most particularly, mainly ...1549
• SUNDERLEPES † especially, particularly ...c1175
PARTICULARS - nouns
• EERIES AND ORRIES particulars, details; ins and outs ...1911 Sc.
• EERIORUMS particulars, details; fancy work, ornamentation ...1880 Sc.
• ODDLINGS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARTING - adjectives
• PARTABLE parting, dividing, forming a division ...1892 Eng. dial.
PARTING - nouns
• PARTMENT a parting or division ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARTISAN - adjectives
• FACTIONARY † taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan ...1607
PARTISAN - nouns, person
• FACTIONARY a member of a faction; a partisan ...1555
• FACTIONER † one who makes or joins a faction; a partisan ...1587
• FACTIONIST one who promotes or leads a faction; a member of a faction, a partisan ...1609
• FACTOR † a partisan. adherent, approver ...1502
• FAUTERER an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...a1662
• FAUTOR an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...c1330
• FAUTRESS † an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...1596
• PART-TAKER a supporter, a partisan, an ally, a backer ...1768 Sc.
• SIDEMAN †* a partisan ...1600
• SIDER one who sides with a person or cause; a partisan, an adherent ...1616
• SIDESMAN † a partisan ...1648
PARTISANSHIP - nouns
• FAUTORSHIP partisanship ...1863
PARTITION - nouns
• PARCLOSE a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
• PERCLOSE a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
PARTLY - adverbs
• HAFFLINS-WISE partly, in a slight measure; reluctantly, half-heartedly ...1785 Sc.
• PARCEL † in part, partly, partially, to some extent ...c1402
• PARCELLY † in part, partly, incompletely ...1509
• PARTLESS in part, partly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTLINS partly, in part ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTWAYS partly, in part ...1899 Eng. dial.
PARTNER (relationship) - nouns
• PALIMONY compensation claimed by a deserted partner after a couple who are not married, but have lived together for a long time, split up; usually the province only of the rich and/or famous ...1970s sl.
PARTNER (relationship) - nouns, person
• G a friend, a partner; also, a term of address ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• L.I.L. one's unmarried partner for the time being; Live-In Lover ...20C Brit colloq.
• MARROW † a companion, a fellow-worker, a partner, a mate ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAUGH a companion; a partner, a colleague ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow ...1871 Sc.
• ODD COUPLE two people who seem unlikely as partners, mates, etc. ...1965 US sl.
• PARD a partner, a mate, a very close friend, a companion, an associate ...1850 sl., chiefly US
• TAKE-ON a woman living with a man who is not her husband ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARTNER (business) - nouns, person
• DEALSMAN † a partner, a sharer ...1563 Sc.
• HALFER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALVER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HELPFELLOW † a companion who renders help; a helper; a colleague; a partner or associate ...1549
• ON-MARROW a sharer in a joint concern, a partner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PARCENER † one who shares or has a part in something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, a partaker ...1297
• SIDEKICK an assistant, a partner, an accomplice ...20C Aust. & US sl.
• SIDEKICKER an assistant; a partner; an accomplice ...1900s Aust. & US sl.
• TANG-O'-THE-TRUMP the active partner in a firm; the principal person in any popular outburst ...Bk1905 Sc.
PARTNER - verbs
• HITCH UP to become partners ...1830 Amer. sl.
• JOIN GIBLETS to go halves, to go into partnership ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MARROW to be a partner or fellow-worker ...1538 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR to work together, to cooperate; to act as partners ...1872 Sc.
PARTNER - phrases
• GOOD JACK MAKES A GOOD JILL, A a good husband makes a good wife; a good master makes a good servant; if one partner treats the other well, he or she will be treated well in turn ...1784
PARTNERSHIP - nouns
• CAHOOT a company, or partnership ...18?? US
• NEIPERTY partnership ...Bk1905 Sc.
PARTNERSHIP - verbs
• CAHOOT to act in partnership ...1857 US
• HALVER to divide into equal shares; to have; to possess in partnership with anyone ...1871 Sc.
PARTRIDGE - nouns
• AITEN † a partridge ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DRUMMER a cock partridge ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• ENGLISH MAN the partridge, Perdix cinerea ...1893 Eng. dial.
• YELPER a young partridge ...1802
PARTY - adjectives
• GAPING AND FLAMING of a party: wild, rowdy, fun ...1968 US sl.
• RAGING of a party, a drug: wild, fantastic, very enjoyable ...1980s US campus & Teen sl.
• UP FOR IT ready to party ...1999 UK sl.
PARTY - nouns
• ACID HOUSE PARTY an illegal party, often held in a large building, such as a warehouse, and often outside the big cities, where thousands of young people pay for their entertainment, and allegedly, consume MDMA and other illegal drugs ...1980s sl.
• ACID TEST a party or public celebration given for the purpose of taking LSD ...1967 US sl.
• ACTION a party, gathering, or something that is happening ...1950s Amer. sl.
• ADAM AND EVE BALL an early dancing party to which the guests were invited until midnight only ...1920s sl.
• AFTERPARTY a celebration among intimates following another party ...Amer. sl.
• ALCOHOL RUB a cocktail party ...1968 US sl.
• ALL-NIGHTER a party or study session that lasts all night ...20C teen & high school sl.
• ALL-ORIGINALS SCENE a party or other occasion where only Blacks are present ...Amer. Black sl.
• BAJAN SPREE a small, spontaneous party ...20C W. Indies & Trinidad
• BALL a riotously good time, a party or celebration; hence, that which provides a riotously good time ...1929 US sl., esp. Black usage
• BARRAGE a party where a jug is produced and the spirited contents trickle musically into the glasses ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BASH a good time; a spree; a party ...1948 sl., orig. US
• BEAR PARTY an all-male party, esp. on the night preceding the wedding of one of the men ...M19 sl.
• BEER BLAST a raucous party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge ...1963 Amer. dial.
• BIG DOINGS a celebration, a party; a formal social ceremony or gathering ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BIG TIME a convivial party or celebration; a social gathering; an enjoyable time ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BIRTHDAY PARTY a party to which one pays an admission fee based upon the number of birthdays one has had ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a wild party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge ...1959 Amer. sl.
• BOODLE FIGHT a party at which 'boodle' (cake, candy, ice-cream, etc.) is served ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOGIE a party, esp. a rent party ...E20 US sl.
• BREAKDOWN a boisterous rural dance or dancing party; a hoedown, a shindig ...1819 Amer. dial.
• BUCK PARTY a stag party ...1838 Amer. dial.
• BUNKING PARTY a slumber party ...1898 Eng. dial.
• CAN a party ...1905 Amer. students' sl.
• CARPET SLASHING a dance party ...1947 US sl.
• CATTLE BOAT a party boat ...1970 US commercial fishermen's jargon
• CHOW FIGHT a dinner party ...1933 US Army sl.
• COCKFEST a party with many more males than females in attendance ...2001 US sl.
• DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING a party, especially a wild party ...1956 Aust. sl.
• DING-DONG a wild party or gathering ...1936 UK sl.
• DINING DAY a dinner party ...1805 Amer. dial.
• DO a party or similar social occasion ...a1824 Brit. sl.
• FIGHT a party, as a 'tea-fight,' a tea party ...a1890 Amer. sl.
• GIG a party for jazz musicians and devotees ...1915 Amer. jazz musicians' usage
• GOOI a fling, a spree, a party ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• HAG PARTY (derogatory) a party for women ...1920s US college sl.
• HALE AND HEARTY a party ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering ...1820 Sc.
• HAPPENING a good party ...1960s Amer. sl.
• HEIGHT SOCIAL a party to which one pays an admission fee proportioned to one's height ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HENFEST a women's gathering or party ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HENFIGHT a woman's party ...1926 Amer. sl.
• INFARE any kind of party or celebration ...1893 Amer. dial.
• JACK AND JILL PARTY n. a New Year's Eve party ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAM a party ...1960s Amer. sl.
• JAUL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAWL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOLLO a good time; a party; a party at which liquor is drunk; a celebration ...1907 Aust. sl.
• JOLLY a good time; a spree; a party; a merry-making ...1905 colloq.
• JOLLY-UP an informal dance, a party ...1920s sl.
• KEGGER a party featuring a large supply of beer ...1960s US campus sl.
• KEGGING indulging in a party where kegs of beer are consumed ...1970s US sl.
• KICK PARTY a party where LSD or some other drug is used ...M20 US drugs sl.
• KNEES-UP a wild party or similar gathering, typically featuring energetic dancing ...1963 Brit. sl.
• LAME SCENE a disappointing, boring event, typically a tedious party ...1960s US Black sl.
• LASH-UP an informal social occasion, esp. a party ...1968 UK sl.
• MONKEY HUNT a beach party; a good time ...19C sl.
• PERCOLATOR a social gathering, usually with music, for the purpose of raising money for rent ...1946 Amer. dial.
• PISSER a really superb party or spree ...M20 US sl.
• PLAY a party featuring lively games, dancing, or quasi-dancing, usually without instrumental music ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PLAY-PARTY a party featuring lively games, dancing, or quasi-dancing, usually without instrumental music ...1889 Amer. dial.
• RACKET a large party ...20C sl.
• RAG anything physically energetic, a party, a fight, a battle ...1910s sl.
• RAGE a noisy, exciting party; a good time ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAGER a particularly good or large party ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
• RALLY a party or get-together of some kind ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• RAMSAMMY a commotion, a riotous party ...1900s sl.
• RAT RACE a dance, or dancing party ...20C US student and teen usage
• RAVE a lively party or rowdy gathering ...1960 sl.
• RAVE-UP a lively party or rowdy gathering ...1967 sl.
• RINKTUM a party or dance ...1926 Amer. dial.
• RORT a wild party ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• R.P.C. a party (Request the Please of your Company) ...c1950 Royal Navy usage
• SAUSAGE FEST a mostly male gathering ...1990s U S college sl.
• SAUSAGE PARTY a mostly male gathering ...1990s U S college sl.
• SCARE PARTY a Halloween party ...1940s US Black sl.
• SCENE a party ...1960s Brit. sl.
• SCHLACHT a drinking party ... c1965 Amer. dial.
• SET a party, a social event ...1959 Amer. dial., Black usage
• SET-BACK a party where no games are played ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHAKE a good time; a party ...1946 US sl.
• SHINDIG a lively or noisy party ...1871 sl., orig. US
• SHINDY a party or gathering, esp. a noisy one with dancing; a spree, a frolic, a shindig ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SHIVOO a boisterous celebration, a party ...M19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SHOE-AROUND a party with games and dancing; a party game or dance ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SHOE-ROUND a party with games and dancing; a party game or dance ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SHOO-ROUND a party with games and dancing; a party game or dance ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SKIFFLE a rent party ...1946 US Black sl.
• SKOP a good time; a dance; a party ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• SMASH. a party, esp. a wild one ...1963 Amer. sl.
• STAG a social event for men only ...1965 UK
• STAG DINNER a males-only dinner featuring sexual entertainment in the form of pornographic films, dancers and/or prostitutes ...1889 US sl.
• STAG DO a social event for men only ...1965 UK
• STAG NIGHT a social event for men only ...1965 UK
• STREAK a wild party; a wild and exciting time ...US sl.
• TABBY PARTY a party consisting only of women ...19C sl.
• TACKEY PARTY a party at which people dress in unfashionable, dowdy, or ridiculous clothes ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TACKY PARTY a party at which people dress in unfashionable, dowdy, or ridiculous clothes ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TANGI a party involving (heavy) drinking ...20C NZ sl.
• THRASH a party, esp. a lavish one ...1957 sl.
• TONK an informal party, usually one with dancing ...2000 Amer. dial.
• TUNK an informal party, usually one with dancing ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TUNKET an informal party, usually one with dancing ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WAISTLINE PARTY a party in which the price of admission is based on the size of one's waistline ...1967 US Black usage
• WHINDIG a party, esp. a lavish or boisterous one ...1930 Amer. dial.
• WHOOPEE a lively or rowdy party ...1929 sl.
• WHOOP-UP a noisy celebration or party ...1913 sl., chiefly Amer.
• WINGDING a party or celebration, esp. a wild one ...1949 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WOODSY a party held in the country ...1967 US sl.
• ZOO a wild party ...1960s US college sl.
PARTY - nouns, person
• JOLLER one who attends a party, concert, or social gathering ...1980s S. Afr.
• PARTY ANIMAL anyone notably devoted to going out and having a good time ...1980s sl.
• SCREAMER a party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOC a socially oriented party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOCH a socially oriented party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOSH a socially oriented party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STAG a male at a stag party ...2003 UK sl.
• WALK-IN one who gatecrashes parties ...1920s US sl.
PARTY - verbs
• BREAK NIGHT to stay up all night partying, talking etc. ...1960s US sl.
• BRING THE NOISE to have a wild party or good time; to play music ...1972 Amer. sl.
• GATE-CRASH to achieve entrance to a place, or an event such as a party, without proper credentials or an invitation ...1922 US sl.
• INKLE to attend a party, etc. without an invitation ...1939 Amer. dial.
• JAUL to play, to frolic, to have fun, to 'party' ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAWL to play, to frolic, to have fun, to 'party' ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOL to play, to frolic, to have fun, to 'party' ...1970s S. Afr.
• PARTY HEARTY to have a good time at a party ...1980s US teen sl.
• PARTY HOP to move from one party to the next and so on during the course of a single evening and night ...1980s sl., orig. US
• PARTY OUT to outlast one's fellow-celebrants in one's ability to consume drink and/or drugs ...1990s sl. orig. US
• PITCH A PARTY to have a party ...1959 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE BAG ON to participate in a raucous party ...1929 Amer. dial.
• RAGE to have a great time; to enjoy a party with great enthusiasm ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US sl.
• RALLY to have a good time; to act utterly madly, drunkenly, or obstreperously; to party ...1960s US college sl.
• RASH to go to a party ...1990s US teen sl.
• SKOP to enjoy oneself; to party ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• TAKE THE GAP to leave a party while it is still at its height ...1950s sl.
PARTYING - nouns
• PARLAYING partying, enjoying oneself ...1990s US Black sl.
PASS - nouns
• LOGES a faked pass or warrant ...17C UK criminals' sl.
PASS - verbs
• WAIVE † to go by, to pass ...1390
PASS (a test, etc.) - verbs
• ACE to pass a test easily ...sl.
PASSABLE - adjectives
• TOLL-LOLL tolerable, pretty good, pretty well, passable ...1797 sl.
• TOL-LOL tolerable, bearable, pretty good, pretty well, passable ...1797 sl.
PASSAGE - nouns
• AMELL-DOORS a passage ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DIMMERY a dark, ill-lighted room or passage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRONG a narrow lane or passage ...L18 Eng. dial.
• ENTANY an 'entry,' main doorway of a house; a narrow passage or by-street ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ENTRY an alley or narrow passage between two houses or walls ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ENTRY-MOUTH the end or entrance of a narrow lane or passage ...1856 N. Ireland
• GALLERY † 1. a passage made by deer, etc. through brushwood ...1674
2. a passage made by an animal underground, or through a rock ...1849
• GANG † a way, road, or passage ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANGWAY † a road, thoroughfare, or passage of any kind ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JACKY-NICK a narrow passage between buildings ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OPE a narrow passage between houses ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OPEWAY an entry, passage; an opening ...1881 Eng. dial.
• PACE † a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait ...a1300.
• PASS 1. an indoor passage or corridor ...1818 Sc.
2. the passage between the pews in a church, an aisle ...1871 Sc.
• RAISE a rising passage or road ...1877
• RENT a narrow passage between high walls ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNICKET a narrow passage between buildings; an alley ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TALLY-HO a wide, covered passage between two houses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEWER a narrow lane or passage; an alley ...1869 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-GANG a thoroughfare; a passage ...1862 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANG CLOSE an open passage leading from one street to another ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING a thoroughfare; a passage ...1897 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING CLOSE an open passage leading from one street to another ...1882 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING ENTRY a passage running right through a house ...1890 Sc.
• THROUGHWAY a narrow passage between houses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH a narrow passage or gorge; a thick, dense growth of underwood, etc. through which it is difficult to push a way ...1872 Eng. dial.
• TROT a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• TUER a narrow lane or passage; an alley ...1869 Eng. dial.
• TURKEY RUN a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TROT a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin ...1937 Amer. dial.
• VENNEL a narrow lane, passage, or thoroughfare in a town or city; an alley or wynd ...1435 chiefly Sc.
• VINNEL an alley; a narrow lane or passage ...1853 Sc.
• WIND SWEEP a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin; a breezeway ...1936 Amer. dial.
PASSED THROUGH - adjectives
• IMPERTRANSIBLE † that cannot be passed through or crossed ...1677
PASSENGER - nouns, person
• RABBIT a short-journey passenger ...c1910 busmen's and tram-men's usage
PASSERBY - nouns, person
• BYPASSER a passerby ...1904 Amer. dial.
• GANNER an occasional visitor, passer-by ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PASSENGER a passer-by, a passing pedestrian, a wayfarer ...1729 Sc.
PASSION - nouns
• AFFECT † feeling, desire, or appetite, as opposed to reason; passion, lust, evil-desire ...1531
• AFFECTION † feeling as opposed to reason; passion, lust ...1398
• AMOR passion; love, esp. sexual love
• AMOUR passion; love, esp. sexual love
• BARLEY-HOOD a fit of drunken, angry passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRR force, impetus, energy; violence; passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE a rage, passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALENTURE burning passion, ardour, zeal, heat, glow ...1596
• COOLING CARD something that defuses one's enthusiasm or deflates one's passion ...M16 sl.
• DILDRUM a ridiculous passion or temper ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DIRDUM passion, ill-humour ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EARNEST † ardour in battle; broadly, intense passion or desire ...c1205
• EBENESER temper, passion ...M19 US sl.
• FAME a rage, passion ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANTEAGUE a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss; a fit of ill-temper, passion ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FANTIGUE a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss; a fit of ill-temper, passion ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FANTOD an hysterical passion, fit of querulousness ...1896 Eng. dial.
• FUFF a sudden burst of ill temper, anger, passion ...1834 chiefly Sc.
• GARE †* a sudden and transient fit of passion ...1606
• HASTIFNESSE † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1330
• HASTIVENESS † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1330
• HASTIVESS † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1325
• HASTIVITY † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1450
• HEARTBURN †* burning of heart; fire of passion ...c1250
• HEYDAY * a state of high spirits or passion ...L16
• IRE a passion, a fit of wrath ...1898 Sc.
• IRISH passion, anger, rage, fury, temper ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• IRY passion, anger, rage, fury ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAJESTY a rage, passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELTING MOMENTS ardent, intense passion ...L19 sl.
• OESTRUS something that stings or goads one on, a stimulus; vehement impulse; passion, frenzy ...1850
• PADDY a passion, a temper ...1894
• PADDYWHACK a rage, a passion, a temper ...1899
• PANKIN a rage, a violent passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANSHEET a state of excitement, confusion, sudden passion, etc. ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PASH passion ...1910s sl.
• RAMP a fit of furious anger; passion ...1798
• RAVERY † delirium, raving; a violent fit of passion attended with loud vociferation ...1721 Sc.
• TEARANSY rage, passion; violence; outrageous haste ...1896 Sc.
• TEESIE a ft of passion ...1808 Sc.
• TER anger, passion, headstrong resolution ...1781 Eng. dial. obs.
• TILAVEE a sudden fit of passion ...1889 Sc.
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
PASSION - verbs
• BE UP IN THE RALS to be in a great passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CATCH FIRE to become inflamed or inspired with passion, zeal, etc. ...1734
• CAVE to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAVE AROUND to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FLARE UP to fly into a passion ...1849 sl.
• FLY OFF AT A TANGENT to fly into a passion ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FLY OFF THE HANDLE to become excited; to fly into a passion
• IMPASSIONATE to fill or inflame with passion; to excite deeply or strongly ...a1641
• POISON to affect with passion or enthusiasm ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE INTO A TAPTOO † to excite one's wrath; to produce violent passion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMP AND RAVE to be mad with passion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEAR to rage; to get in a passion or rage ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PASSIONATE - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † passionate, wilful, self-willed, headstrong, obstinate ...1542
• AFFECTIONED † passionate, wilful; self-willed, obstinate ...1582
• ALL HOT AND BOTHERED angered, emotional; lustful; passionate ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BARMY flighty; passionate; irascible ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRSIE hot-tempered, passionate ...1825 Sc.
• BRAINISH † headstrong, passionate, hot-headed, furious ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BRIMSTONY subject to passion or strong emotion; fiery ...1885
• FAIRDIE passionate, irascible ...1821 Sc.
• FLAMING vehement; passionate
• FRUNTY free in manner; spirited, implying the idea of forwardness; keen, eager; passionate ...19C Sc.
• GLIMFLASHY angry, in a passion ...a1700 sl.
• GUTSY lusty; passionate ...colloq.
• HASTIF † quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry ...1297
• HASTISH quickly excited to anger; quick-tempered, passionate, irritable ...1749 Eng. dial.
• HASTIVE † quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry ...1297
• IRACUND inclined to wrath; prone to anger; passionate, irascible, irritable ...1821
• MAGGOTY-HEADED passionate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAN-KEEN of a woman: passionate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASH passionate, obsessive ...1920s sl.
• PEACH-ORCHARD CRAZY very passionate, licentious ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAGEOUS † in a rage, furious, mad, angry, vexed; violent with pain or anger; full of passion ...1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGENOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RANK vexed, passionate, in a temper ...1875 Eng. dial.
• RANTY-TANTY very angry, wrathful; in a violent passion ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SALAMANDROUS * living as it were in fire; fiery, hot, passionate ...1711
• SPUNKIE irritable, fiery, passionate ...1822 Sc.
• TABANKCA passionate, obsessed ...20C W. Indies sl.
• TANTRUMY passionate; given to bursts of ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEARING passionate, headstrong; violent, rowdy or reckless in behaviour ...M17
• TEMPERSOME hot-tempered, passionate, hasty-tempered ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIMEROUS furious, passionate; difficult to please, fretful; tiresome, difficult ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TIMMERSOME passionate, turbulent; restless, troublesome, tiresome ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TIMOROUS furious, passionate; difficult to please, fretful; tiresome, difficult ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TINDERY easily enflamed, passionate ...1754
• UGLY-TEMPERED ill-tempered, passionate ...1890 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• UPPISH-LIKE pettish, easily provoked; passionate ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WARM-BLOODED ardent, fervent, passionate ...1831
PASSIONATE - nouns, person
• AMORET an amorous female; a passionate woman ...15C
• AMORETTE an amorous female; a passionate woman ...15C
• ARAB any wild-looking person; an excitable or passionate person ...c1850 Amer. sl.
• BIG BOY WITH A FEVER a passionate man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROAD ON FIRE a passionate woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROAD WITH A FEVER a passionate woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROAD WITH A HEAT WAVE a passionate woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HOT AND HEAVY a passionate sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LUST DOG a passionate, promiscuous female ...1975 US sl.
• PASSION FLOWER a sexually passionate woman ...M20 US colloq.
• SCALLY-BRAT a passionate, noisy child; a young vixen; a scold, a virago ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEARER a passionate, irascible person; a shrew, a vixen, a virago ...1850 Sc.
PASSIONATELY - adverbs
• IN A BIG WAY conspicuously; to a great extent; hence, passionately ...1897
• RAGEOUSLY † furiously, passionately ...1509
PASSIONATENESS - nouns
• HEAT † passionateness, excitability, ardour of temperament ...1689
PASSION FRUIT - nouns
• LILIKOI the passion fruit ...1929 Hawaii
PASSIVE - adjectives
• VEGETIVE leading a merely physical existence; dull, passive, inactive ...1882
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
PASSIVE - nouns, person
• WOSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on ...1960s US sl.
PASS OVER - verbs
• MAKE LEAP YEAR OF † to pass over ...1606
• SCALE to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
• SKAIL to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
PASSWORD - nouns
• HARD WORD a hint; a password; a proposal; a refusal ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• MASONRY secret signs and passwords ...M19 sl.
• ORDER-WORD the military password of the day, a watchword ...1898
PAST - adjectives
• BACKWARD belonging to the past, old-fashioned, ancient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
PAST - adverbs
• ABYE ago, past ...1894 Sc.
• APAST of place: past ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-CAST of time: long ago, in the past ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BACK ALONG some time ago; in the past ...1923 Amer. dial.
• TOFORE of time: previously, beforehand, earlier; in the past ...c1175 obs.
PAST - prepositions
• APAST of time: after, past ...1892 Eng. dial.
PAST - nouns
• BACK-LOOK a retrospect, a record of the past ...1880 Eng. dial.
• DARK OF TIME, THE the remote past; the beginnings of time ...1901 Sc.
• FATHER-AGE † an age earlier than the present, a period gone by; time long past ...1633
• GOOD OLD DAYS the past, remembered fondly and better than it ever was ...1986 UK sl.
• HAVE-BEEN something that has been but is no longer; a thing belonging to the past ...1742
• LONG DAY a time far distant in the past or future ..1889 Amer. dial.
• MEMORIAL TIMES days long past ...1933 Amer. dial.
• POD-AUGER DAYS older and simpler days ...1863 Amer. dial.
• YEAR BLOB, THE a notional date that, within context, was a very long time ago ...1997 UK sl.
• YEAR DOT, THE a notional date that, within context, was a very long time ago ...1895 UK sl.
PAST - phrases
• BATTLE OF HASTINGS history, in the past ...2002 UK sl.
• BLAST FROM THE PAST anything from the past that is now striking or impressive; originally, a formerly popular recording that remains enjoyable ...1965 Amer. sl.
• WHEN ADAM WAS AN OAKUM BOY IN CHATHAM a very long time ago ...M19 sl.
• WHEN ADAM WAS AN OAKUM BOY IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD a very long time ago ...M19 sl.
• YEAR DOT, THE very long ago ...Brit. colloq.
PASTIME - nouns
• GAUD † a game, sport, or pastime ...a1300
• GAWD † a game, sport, or pastime ...a1300
• MAKE-ADO something to do to pass the time ...1897 Sc.
• PADDY a hobby, a fad, a pastime ...L19 sl.
PASTRY - adjectives
• BLITZ of food, esp. pastry: easy or quick to prepare ...1946 Amer. dial.
PASTRY - nouns
• BAKE-MEAT † pastry; a pie ...c1386
• BLANKET a pastry crust ...1918 Amer. sl.
• FART † a ball of light pastry, a 'puff' ...1552
• SATURDAY PIE pastry, esp. when covering the week's collected leftovers ...L19
• TANTABLET † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTABLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTADLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PASTRY - nouns, person
• CAKEY-PANNUM FENCER a street-seller of pastries ...M19 sl.
• PANNAM-FENCER a street pastry-seller ...M19 UK sl.
• SUGAR-BAKER † a confectioner, a pastry-cook ...1650
PASTURE - adjectives
• BATFUL † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1549
• BATSOME †* of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1555
• BATTABLE † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1570-87
• YARE of grass or pastures: fresh, green ...1691 Eng. dial.
PASTURE - nouns
• EDDISH † a park or enclosed pasture for cattle ...a700
• FENCE a field, a pasture; a fenced-in area ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HAM a plot of pasture ground; in some places esp. meadow-land ...901-9 Eng.
• ING a meadow, pasture, esp. low-lying land by the side of a stream or river, etc. ...1788 Eng. dial.
• LAUND † an open space among woods; a glade; untilled ground, pasture ...1340 obs. exc. arch.
• LEASE † pasture; pasturage; meadow-land ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEASOW † pasture; pasturage; meadow-land ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PADDLE a pasture ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIK † the space of ground over which animals, esp. cattle, usually move or pasture; a piece of pasture-land, etc. ...c1425
• SCORE a field, a public pasture; a patch of land ...Bk1904 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• VACCARY † a cow pasture ...1613 Eng. dial.
• WALK † land, or a track of land, used for the pasture of animals, esp. sheep ...1549 obs.
PASTURE - verbs
• LEASOW † to pasture, to graze ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAMBERADE to move back and forwards noisily or clumsily; to parade up and down with heavy steps ...1930 Sc.
PARADISE - adjectives
• EDENIC pert. to Eden or paradise ...1850
• PARADISAL pert. to paradise ...c1560
• PARADISEAN * pert. to Paradise ...1647
• PARADISIAC pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1632
• PARADISIACAL pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1649
• PARADISIAL pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1800
• PARADISIAN pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1657-83
• PARADISIC pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...a1745
• PARADISICAL * pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful ...1649
PARADISE - nouns
• EDEN a delightful abode or resting-place, a paradise; a state of supreme happiness ...a1225
• FIDDLER'S GREEN a paradise chiefly characterized by drinking and dancing ...1825 orig. nautical
• INDIAN VALLEY a 'happy hunting ground' where jobs are abundant; paradise ...1932 Amer. railroad sl.
• NIGGER HEAVEN (derogatory) a paradise chiefly characterized by drinking and dancing ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SHANGRI-LA an unearthly paradise; a place of retreat from the worries of modern civilization ...M20
PARADOX - adjectives
• PARADOXION † fond of paradox ...1631
• PARADOXOGRAPHICAL addicted to the writing of paradoxes ...1814 nonce word
PARADOX - nouns
• PARADOXICALITY paradoxical character or quality; self-contradiction ...1816
• PARADOXISM the utterance or practice of paradox ...1593
• PARADOXY †* 1. a paradox ...1646
2. paradoxical quality or character ...1796
PARAFFIN - nouns
• BUTTER paraffin ...1972 US sl.
PARAGLIDING - nouns
• PAIR OF PANTIES paragliding ...1992 US sl.
PARAGLIDING - verbs
• PULL EARS in paragliding: to intentionally collapse both tips of the wing to increase speed ...1992 US sl.
PARAGRAPH - adjectives
• PARAGRAPHISTICAL †* of the nature or form of paragraphs ...a1625
PARAGRAPH - adverbs
• PARAGRAPHLY † paragraph by paragraph ...1678
PARAGRAPH - nouns
• PARAGRAPHY the writing of newspaper paragraphs; newspaper paragraphs collectively or as a class ...1896
• PARAPH † a paragraph ...1395
PARAGRAPH - verbs
• PARAGRAPHIZE to write paragraphs for the newspapers ...1826 nonce word
• PARAPH † to divide into paragraphs ...c1440
PARAGUAY - nouns
• PARAGON Paraguay ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
PARALLEL - adjectives
• GEMEW † of a door: double; of lines: parallel ...1523
• GEMOW † of a door: double; of lines: parallel ...1523
PARALLEL - nouns
• PARALLELARITY * the state of being parallel ...1804
PARALYSIS - adjectives
• PARALYTICAL † suffering from paralysis ...1586
PARALYSIS - nouns
• PALSY-STROKE an attack or fit of paralysis ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARALLELS paralysis ...1868 Eng. dial.
• PARALYSIE † paralysis ...c1380
• PARALYTIC paralysis; a stroke of paralysis ...1823 Sc.
• PARLATICS paralysis; a stroke of paralysis ...1823 Sc.
PARALYTIC - adjectives
• PALATIC paralytic ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLATIC paralytic ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALSICAL † pert. to the palsy; paralytic ...1716
PARALYTIC - nouns, person
• PALSY † a palsied person; a paralytic ...a1300
PARALYZE - verbs
• BENUMB to paralyze ...1789
• DARE † to daze, to paralyze, to render helpless with the sight of something; to dazzle and fascinate ...1547
• PALSIFY * to afflict with palsy, to paralyze ...1775
• PARALEEZE to paralyze ...1884 Sc.
PARALYZED - adjectives
• ACLUMSID †* benumbed, paralysed ...1388
• PERISHED paralyzed ...1921 Amer. dial.
PARALYZING - nouns
• PALSIFICATION paralyzing action ...1866
PARAMOUNT - adjectives
• TOPLESS †* having no superior; supreme, paramount ...1606
PARAMOUR - nouns, person
• FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion ...1571
• GALLANT * one who pays court to ladies, a ladies' man; also, a lover, in a bad sense, a paramour ...a1450
• HAFFAND a concubine, a paramour ...1914 Sc.
• HORELING † a fornicator, a whoremonger; an adulterer, a paramour ...c1200
• LOTEBY † a companion of love; a lover, a paramour; a bedfellow, a concubine ...1303
• PAGAN † a paramour, a prostitute ...1597
• PANORAMA a lover, a paramour ...L19 sl.
• QUEAN † a mistress, a paramour, a concubine ...1931 Sc.
PARANOIA - nouns
• PARA paranoia, sp., as a result of drug abuse ...1996 UK sl.
PARANOID - adjectives
• ON A PARA feeling nervous, paranoid ...1990s sl.
• PARA paranoid ...1980s sl.
• PARRO paranoid ...1980s sl.
PARAPHERNALIA - nouns
• FADERILS paraphernalia, apparatus ...1844 Sc.
PARAPHRASE - adjectives
• PARAPHRASIAN †* given to or dealing in paraphrases ...a1548
• PARAPHRASTICAL † pert. to paraphrase ...1549 rare or obs.
PARAPHRASE - nouns, person
• PARAPHRAST one who paraphrases ...1549
• PARAPHRASTER † one who paraphrases ...1632
PARAPHRASE - verbs
• PARAPHRAST †* to paraphrase ...1607
PARASITE - adjectives
• PARASITIC of the nature of a parasite, sycophantic, toadying ...1627
• PARASITICAL of the nature of a parasite, sycophantic, toadying, sponging ...1577-87
PARASITE - nouns
• TOADYISM the behaviour of a parasite or sycophant; mean and interested servility ...1840
PARASITE - nouns, person
• BELLY-FRIEND † one who pretends friendship for his own interest; an insincere friend; a parasite, a sponger ...?1589
• BLUDGER a parasitical person ...1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CAKE-FIDDLER † a parasite ...1513 obs.
• CAKE-FUMBLER † a parasite ...1553
• CLAWBACK † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• EARWIG † an ear whisperer, a flatterer, a parasite ...1633
• EASEMAN n. a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women ...1934 US Black sl.
• EASTMAN a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women ...1911 US Black sl.
• EASY RIDER a parasitical man, usually without a steady job, who lives by gambling or sponging; a man who is supported by a woman, a esp. a prostitute ...1914 US Black sl.
• EAT-MEAT an idler, a parasite ...1875 Sc.
• FART-SUCKER a vile parasite. a toady, a sycophant ...a1890 Amer. sl.
• FAWNGUEST † a fawning parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1592
• FEFNICUTE a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on ...1864 Eng. dial.
• KATTERZEM a parasite; a hanger-on ...L19 Sc.
• LEANER a freeloader ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LED-CAPTAIN a hanger-on, a dependant, a parasite ...1672
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• LICK-TRENCHER a glutton; a parasite ...1787
• MACKEREL a hanger-on, a parasite ...2000s sl.
• PAN-LICKER † a parasite ...1641
• PAPELARD † a flattering parasite; a hypocrite; a sycophant ...1340
• PARASITASTER †* a mean or sorry parasite ...1606
• PLUME-STRIKER † a parasite or flatterer ...1658
• QUILLER a toady, a parasite; a person who sucks neatly through a quill ...B1900 sl.
• SCAMBLER † a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others ...1721 Sc.
• 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.
• SCHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHERK a sponger, a parasite ...M17 sl.
• SHIRK a sponger, a parasite ...M17 sl.
• SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• SKEMLER † a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others ...1721 Sc.
• SLAPSAUCE † a parasite, toady, hanger-on ...B1900
• SUCKER one who lives at the expense of another; one who draws profit or extorts subsistence from some source; a sponger a parasite ...1500-20
• SUCK-FYST a parasite ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAG-HEELS a tagalong; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAG-TAIL a person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent, sycophant, toady, hanger-on, parasite; one who always follows along; one who lags behind ...1864
• TANTONY a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1659
• TANTONY PIG a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1738
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
• TOAD-EATER a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1742
• TOADER * a servile flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite, a toady ...1842
• TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant ...1826
• URGER any parasite or loafer who incurs no risk himself; a sponger, an idler ...1952 Aust. sl.
• WAITER AT THE TABLE †* a parasite ...1552
PARASITE - verbs
• LOUSE AROUND to play the parasite ...1917 Amer. dial.
• PARASITE * to act the parasite or sycophant, to toady ...1609
• SUPPARASITE †* to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite ...1623
PARASITICAL - adjectives
• GNATHONIC flattering, deceitful, sycophantic, parasitical ...1637
PARATROOPER - nouns, person
• PARA a paratrooper; chiefly used in the plural ...1958 sl.
• SKYMAN a paratrooper ...1952 journalistic sl.
PARCEL - nouns
• FARDEL a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
• FARDLE a bundle, a little pack; a parcel ...a1300 arch.
PARCEL - nouns, person
• BANGY-WALLAH a carrier of parcels ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
PARCH - verbs
• ADURE † to burn completely; to scorch, to parch ...c1420
• BASK to parch, to shrivel with heat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIZZEN to dry up and wither ...Bk1911 Sc.
PARCHED - adjectives
• ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTED † scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• BASKED parched, dry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PARCHABLE * capable of being parched ...1874
• PARCHY †* dried up, parched ...1746
• SCARPED dried up; parched, as the skin in fever ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SCOURY having a dried, parched appearance; wasted ...1802 Sc.
PARCHING - nouns
• ADUSTION † the act of burning, scorching, heating to dryness, or parching ...1594
PARCHMENT - nouns
• PALIMPSEST † paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate ...1661
PARCHMENT - nouns, person
• PARCHMENTER † a maker or seller of parchment ...1415
PARDON - nouns
• ANNIE OAKLEY a pardon or discharge certificate given to a convict ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SIRREVERENCE a request for a pardon for an offensive statement ...14C Brit.
• VENY † pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself as in indication of penitence and desire for pardon ...a1225
PARDON - verbs
• I-MILCE † to have mercy upon; to pardon ...c1000
PARDONABLE - adjectives
• VENIABLE †* venial, excusable, pardonable ...1646
• VENIAL worthy of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable ...a1300
PARDONABLE - nouns
• VENIALNESS * the quality of being pardonable ...1727
PARDONABLY - adverbs
• VENIALLY pardonably, excusably ...a1340
PARDONED - adjectives
• IGNOSCIBLE †* fit to be forgiven or pardoned; tolerable ...1656
• OFF THE HOOK out of trouble, freed from a difficult situation, pardoned, released ...1950s sl.
PARDONING - adjectives
• ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
PARENT - adjectives
• UNCHILDLY † unfilial, undutiful to parents ...1597
PARENT - nouns, person
• DAD'S WILL parental authority ...c1820 Oxford University usage
• DAM a mother, a female parent ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ELDER † a parent; an ancestor, a forefather; hence, a predecessor, one who lived in former days; usually in plural ...971
• ELDRINGS † elders, parents, ancestors ...c1300
• GENETRIX * a mother, a female parent; also figuratively, applied to one's native country ...1500-20
• GROWNIES grown-ups, esp. one's own; hence, also one's friends' parents ...1970 teenagers' - often spelt, where the pun is intentional, 'groanies' ...Bk2008 sl.
• NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OLD FOLK parents ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD FOLKS parents, regardless of age ...1957 Aust. sl.
• OLDIES parents, regardless of age ...1964 Aust. sl.
• OLD 'UN an old person, esp. a parent ...M19 sl.
• P a parent ...2000s US Black sl.
• PARENTAL UNITS your parents ...1982 US sl.
• RAISE parents ...1972 US sl.
• RENTS parents ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SIRE a father, a male parent; also, a forefather ...c1250 now chiefly poetic
• UNITS parents ...1987 US sl.
PARENTAGE - adjectives
• QUEER-GOTTEN of uncertain parentage ...1894 Sc.
PARENTAGE - nouns
• HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage ...1846 Eng. dial.
PARIS - see FRANCE
PARISH - nouns
• PAROCHIN a parish ...1707 Sc.
• PAROCHINE a parish ...1818 Sc.
PARISH - nouns, person
• BANG-BEGGAR a beadle, a constable, a parish officer ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEADBOROUGH orig. the head of a tithing, or frank-pledge; later, a parish officer identical in functions with the petty constable ...c1440
• MERESMAN a parish officer who attends to the roads, bridges, and watercourses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARISHEEN a child brought up by the parish ...L19 Irish
• SCOURGER † one employed to keep sturdy beggars out of a parish ...Bk1904 Sc.
PARISH CLERK - nouns
• AMEN-BAWLER a parish clerk ...19C Eng. sl.
• AMEN-CLERK † a parish clerk ...1636 Eng. dial.
• AMEN-CURLER a parish clerk ...1791 sl.
• CALEB QUOTEM a parish clerk ...c1860 sl.
• CALEB QUOTUM a parish clerk ...M19 sl.
• CANTICLE a parish clerk ...1785 sl.
• SOL-FA a parish clerk ...L18 sl.
PARK - nouns
• ALAMEDA a public park or walk lined with trees ...1824 Amer. dial.
• FAIRYLAND any roadside park ...1971 US sl.
• HAIN † an enclosure; a park ...c1205
• HAY an enclosed space; an enclosure; a park ...c1630 arch. or Eng. dial.
• LIGHT AND DARK a park ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NOAH'S ARK a park ...L19 rhyming sl.
• PARADISE an Oriental park or pleasure-ground, esp. one enclosing wild beasts for the chase ...1613
PARK - nouns, person
• PALISER † one who has charge of a park ...1536-7
• PARKIE a child's word for a park-keeper or attendant ...1931 Sc.
PARKER, CHARLIE
• YARDBIRD Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist ...1949 US sl.
PARKING TICKET - verbs
• TAG to give a parking ticket ...1980s sl.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE - nouns
• SHAKING DISEASE Parkinson's disease or a similar condition characterized by tremors ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHAKING PALSY Parkinson's disease or a similar condition characterized by tremors ...1852 Amer. dial.
PARLEY - nouns
• PARWHOBBLE † a parley or conference between two or three persons ...1777 Eng. dial.
PARLEY - verbs
• IMPARL † to speak together or with another upon a matter; to confer, to consult, to parley ...1579-80
PARLEYING - nouns
• EMPARLEMENT †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1450-80
• EMPARLING † conference, parleying ...1450-80
• IMPARLANCE † the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1579-80
• IMPARLEE †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1565
• IMPARLEMENT †* the act of speaking together upon a matter, esp. before taking action; conference, debate, discussion, parleying ...1450-80
• IMPARLING † conference, parleying ...1450-80
PARLIAMENT - nouns
• NOBS' HOUSES the Houses of Parliament ...E19 sl.
PARODY - nouns
• COD a joke, a hoax, a parody ...20C sl., orig. Irish
• TAKE a parody ...1990s sl.
• TAKE-OFF a mimicking expression; an imitating; a parody; a caricature ...1846 US sl.
PARODY - verbs
• PARADISE to parody ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
PAROLE - adjectives
• PAID resulting in a favourable outcome of a parole hearing ...2000s US prison sl.
PAROLE - nouns
• BACK-DOOR PAROLE parole ...1930s US prison sl.
• KNOCKBACK the rejection of one's application for parole ...1940s prison sl.
• PAPER probation in lieu of a jail sentence; parole from prison ...1973 US sl.
• RAIN CHECK the reduction of a criminal penalty; parole, probation ...1949 US sl.
• TAIL the term of a prisoner's parole ...1992 US sl.
PAROLE - verbs
• RAISE UP to be given leave or parole to leave a prison ...1970s US prison sl.
• VIOLATE to accuse or find a prisoner on parole guilty of violating the conditions of parole ...1971 US sl.
PARROT - nouns
• COXCOMB-BIRD † a parrot ...1732
• FEATHER-TOP nickname of a parrot ...1891
• PAPEJAY † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
• PAPINGAY † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
• PAPINGO † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
• PAROQUET a parakeet, a bird of the parrot kind ...1581
• POLL-PARROT a parrot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POLLY a parrot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPINGOE † a parrot ...1861 Sc.
PARSIMONIOUS - adjectives
• GAIR † parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful ...1788 Sc.
• IKEY mean, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• IKEYMO mean, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• INHOLDING frugal, penurious, parsimonious ...1897 Sc.
• NARROW † sparing, close, parsimonious, mean, stingy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NARROW-SOULED mean, stingy, parsimonious, ungenerous ... a1700 N. Eng. dial.
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEAR-SIGHTED stingy, frugal, parsimonious ...c1820 Amer. dial.
• NEWIS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious ...1542
• SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly ...1812
• SCANT sparing, parsimonious ...1819 Sc.
• SCHINCHING niggardly, parsimonious, stingy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STRAIT-HANDED † close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy ...1600
• YALD † mean, niggardly, parsimonious ...1825 Sc.
PARSIMONIOUS - nouns, person
• DRY-FIST † a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person ...1604
• NEET a parsimonious person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser ...1303
• NIPCHEESE a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint ...1825
• PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person ...1549
• PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard ...1822
PARSIMONIOUSLY - adverbs
• NARROWLY †* sparingly, parsimoniously ...a1225
• NEAR thriftily; parsimoniously, meanly ...a1625
• NEARLY * parsimoniously, frugally ...1592
PARSIMONIOUSNESS, PARSIMONY - nouns
• FASTSHIP †* the quality of gripping tightly; parsimony, meanness, niggardliness ...a1225
• GAIRNESS † carefulness in money matters, parsimony ...1812 Sc.
• INHOLDING frugality, parsimoniousness ...1660 Sc.
• NEARNESS parsimony, niggardliness; frugality ...1584
• SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1861
• SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1893
PARSLEY - nouns
• PARSIL parsley ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PARSNIP - nouns
• NEEP a parsnip ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANE a parsnip ...1730 Eng. dial.
• PASMET a parsnip ...1825 Eng. dial.
• PASSMENT a parsnip ...1825 Eng. dial.
PARSON - nouns
• SLABBERING BIB a neckband as worn by a lawyer or parson ...L18 sl.
PARSON - nouns, person
• AMEN-BAWLER a parson; a preacher ...19C sl.
• AMEN-SNORTER a parson ...L19 sl, chiefly Aust.
• AUTEM-COVE a preacher, a parson ...M19 sl.
• AUTEM JET a parson ...E18 sl.
• BIBLE-POUNDER a parson; a fanatical or zealous religious person or lay preacher ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GLUE-POT a parson ...Bk2002
• GOD-BOTHERER a parson, priest, or chaplain ...1937 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• GOSPEL SHARK a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHARP a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person ...1872 Amer. dial.
• GOSPEL SHOOTER a preacher; a parson; a goody-goody or sanctimonious person ...1900 Amer. dial.
• JOLLOCKS a parson ...M18 sl.
• JOLLUX a parson ...M18 sl.
• MASTER the parson of a parish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOSRAP a parson ...M19 back-slang
• ONE IN TEN a parson ...L17 sl.
• PARISH-BULL a parson; a local clergyman ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH-PRIG a parson; a local clergyman ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH STALLION a parson ...L19 sl.
• SIN-HOUND a chaplain; a parson ...E20 US sl.
• SIR † a parson or priest ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SNUB DEVIL a parson ...L18 sl.
• TICKLE-TEXT a parson ...1785 sl.
• TOM PAT a parson ...c1700 sl.
• UNGRATEFUL MAN a parson 'who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil' ...L18
• WHITE CHOKER a parson ...L19 sl.
PART - nouns
• BROLL † a part, a piece ...18C
• CANTLE a part, a portion ...c1315
• CANTLING †* a small part, corner, section, or division ...1674
• CANTON † a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part ...1601
• DEAL † a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEALING † a part, a division ...a1300
• END a part, division; proportion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEFT a portion, a part ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle ...c1368 arch.
• PARCELLING †* a part, a portion ...c1449
• TWO FEATHERS OUT OF A GOOSE † a very small part of anything ...1677
PART - verbs
• CANT † to part, to divide, to share, to parcel out, to apportion ...c1440
• PARCEL † to put asunder or separate as parts; to part, to divide ...1652
• SINGLE * to separate or part from each other ...1570-6
• SKILL † to separate, to part from ...a1200
PARTAKE - nouns, person
• PARCENEL † a sharer, a partaker ...a1340
• PARCENER † one who shares or has a part in something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, a partaker ...1297
PARTAKE - verbs
• PARCENEL to share, to partake ...a1340
PARTIAL - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † unduly affected, biased, prejudiced, partial ...1530
• AFFECTIONATED † unduly inclined or biased; swayed by affection; partial ...1586
• AFFECTIONED † swayed by affections; biased, partial ...1589
• FAVOURABLE † showing undue favour, partial ...c1384
• HAFFLINS half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• HALF-KNACK partial, half-and-half; half-trained ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HALFLIN half, partial ...1796 Sc.
• SCALDING partial ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
PARTIALITY - adverbs
• FAVOURABLY † with undue favour or partiality ...1430-50
PARTIALITY - nouns
• AFFECT † biased feeling, partiality ...1557
• AFFECTION † biased feeling, partiality ...1547
PARTIALITY - verbs
• FAVOURIZE † to support, to encourage; to favour, to treat with partiality ...1585
PARTIALLY - adverbs
• AFFECTIONATELY † with a biased or partisan spirit; partially, interestedly ...1610
• HAFFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HALFLING † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINGS † to the extent of half; half; in part, partially ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc.
• HALFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLENS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HAVLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Sc.
• HOAFLINS half, partially; nearly ...1808 Eng. dial.
• PARCEL † in part, partly, partially, to some extent ...c1402
PARTICIPATE - adjectives
• IN IT agreeing to participate, taking a share ...E19 sl., chiefly Aust.
PARTICIPATE - verbs
• DEAL † to take part in, to share or participate in, to be a partaker of ...c1175
PARTICIPATE - phrases
• NEITHER TO DANCE NOR HOLD THE CANDLE not to participate in any amusement ...1839 Sc.
PARTICIPATION - nouns
• DEL-TAKING † participation ...a1300
PARTICLE - adjectives
• QUAIRNY in small particles ...1882 Eng. dial.
PARTICLE - nouns
• ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment ...1825 Sc.
• ACE a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom ...1528
• ATOMY a small portion; a particle of anything previously of larger bulk ...1876 Eng. dial.
• DAW an atom. a jot, a particle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• NEEDLE † an object of trifling importance or value; hence, a particle ...a1225
• PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle ...c1368 arch.
• POP a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop ...1868 Sc.
• QUERN a small particle ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle ...1896 Sc.
• SCORRICK a fragment; the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORRIL the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SKIRDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SKORRICK a fragment; the least particle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARE † a very small particle; a whit, a jot, an atom ...c1386
• THRUM a particle, an atom ...1872 Sc.
• UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes ...1929 Sc.
• VEEZABLE † the least little thing, the smallest particle; 'visible thing' ...1836 Sc.
• VIDIMENT something insignificant; the smallest particle ...1842 Sc.
• YIM a particle; an atom; the smallest portion of anything ...1824 Sc.
PARTICOLOURED - adjectives
• HARLEQUIN having the characteristics of a harlequin or his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured ...1779
PARTICULAR - adjectives
• CACKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRITICULAR critical and particular ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAINSHACH fastidious, particular; fussy about food ...1920 Sc.
• DAINTY-CHAPPED † fastidious or particular as to eating and food ...19C obs.
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FADDLING trifling, over-particular, fastidious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANTY-SHEENY showy, fanciful, over-particular ...1847 Eng. dial.
• FASCIOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc.
• FASHIOUS difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FEMMY of a man: too particular or fussy; womanish ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FESHOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Eng. dial.
• FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular ...1873 Amer. dial.
• FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky ...1872 Amer. dial.
• KECKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MINCY over-particular, finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NICEY-NICE affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NICEY-NICEY affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NIPPITY-NICE over-particular or fussy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PARTIC particular ...1894 Sc.
• PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PICKETY fussy, particular, fault-finding, hypercritical ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS particular, excellent, fine, delightful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS fastidious, particular; hard to please ...M19 sl., orig. US
• TAFFETY florid, bombastic; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular ...1719
• TARTY dainty, particular as to food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS careful, scrupulous, particular ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TICKLER particular ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TICULAR particular ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TIMOROUS nice, particular in dress ...1828 Eng. dial.
• UP-STICKED stuck-up; over-particular ...1899 Sc.
• VAIR having no appetite, being fussy or particular about food ...1845
• VANSOME difficult to please ...1929 Sc.
• VIDUAL individual, particular, distinct, precise ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PARTICULAR - nouns
• PARTICULARITY a personal or private trait or characteristic; an idiosyncrasy; a detail, a particular ...1783 Sc.
• PARTICULE † a detail, an item, a particular ...1731 Sc.
PARTICULAR - nouns, person
• DINK a particular or fussy person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FAD a fussy, over-particular person ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUSSBUG who is too particular or fussy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FUSS-BUTT a too particular or fussy man ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FUSSYBUG a person who is too particular or fussy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER a man who is too particular or fussy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HENNY a person who is very particular or fussy; one who worries a lot about little things; a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD FUSS-CAT a particular or fussy woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRAMMAW a man who is too particular or fussy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRANDPA a man who is too particular or fussy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRUDE an over-particular girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUEERY one who is strange or odd; a person who is too particular or fussy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUIDDLE a fussy, over-particular, or fastidious person; one hard to satisfy in trifling matters of diet, etc.; one who wastes his energy about trifles ...1856 Eng. & Amer. dial.
PARTICULARLY - adverbs
• ALL-FIREDLY particularly, excessively ...M19 US sl.
• NAMELY † particularly, especially, above all; usually with preceding 'and' ...c1175
• RATHEREST † most of all, most particularly, mainly ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATHEST † most of all, most particularly, mainly ...1549
• SUNDERLEPES † especially, particularly ...c1175
PARTICULARS - nouns
• EERIES AND ORRIES particulars, details; ins and outs ...1911 Sc.
• EERIORUMS particulars, details; fancy work, ornamentation ...1880 Sc.
• ODDLINGS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARTING - adjectives
• PARTABLE parting, dividing, forming a division ...1892 Eng. dial.
PARTING - nouns
• PARTMENT a parting or division ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARTISAN - adjectives
• FACTIONARY † taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan ...1607
PARTISAN - nouns, person
• FACTIONARY a member of a faction; a partisan ...1555
• FACTIONER † one who makes or joins a faction; a partisan ...1587
• FACTIONIST one who promotes or leads a faction; a member of a faction, a partisan ...1609
• FACTOR † a partisan. adherent, approver ...1502
• FAUTERER an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...a1662
• FAUTOR an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...c1330
• FAUTRESS † an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...1596
• PART-TAKER a supporter, a partisan, an ally, a backer ...1768 Sc.
• SIDEMAN †* a partisan ...1600
• SIDER one who sides with a person or cause; a partisan, an adherent ...1616
• SIDESMAN † a partisan ...1648
PARTISANSHIP - nouns
• FAUTORSHIP partisanship ...1863
PARTITION - nouns
• PARCLOSE a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
• PERCLOSE a partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a tomb, etc., or separating a chapel, etc. from the main body of the church ...c1400
PARTLY - adverbs
• HAFFLINS-WISE partly, in a slight measure; reluctantly, half-heartedly ...1785 Sc.
• PARCEL † in part, partly, partially, to some extent ...c1402
• PARCELLY † in part, partly, incompletely ...1509
• PARTLESS in part, partly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTLINS partly, in part ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTWAYS partly, in part ...1899 Eng. dial.
PARTNER (relationship) - nouns
• PALIMONY compensation claimed by a deserted partner after a couple who are not married, but have lived together for a long time, split up; usually the province only of the rich and/or famous ...1970s sl.
PARTNER (relationship) - nouns, person
• G a friend, a partner; also, a term of address ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• L.I.L. one's unmarried partner for the time being; Live-In Lover ...20C Brit colloq.
• MARROW † a companion, a fellow-worker, a partner, a mate ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAUGH a companion; a partner, a colleague ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow ...1871 Sc.
• ODD COUPLE two people who seem unlikely as partners, mates, etc. ...1965 US sl.
• PARD a partner, a mate, a very close friend, a companion, an associate ...1850 sl., chiefly US
• TAKE-ON a woman living with a man who is not her husband ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PARTNER (business) - nouns, person
• DEALSMAN † a partner, a sharer ...1563 Sc.
• HALFER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALVER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HELPFELLOW † a companion who renders help; a helper; a colleague; a partner or associate ...1549
• ON-MARROW a sharer in a joint concern, a partner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PARCENER † one who shares or has a part in something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, a partaker ...1297
• SIDEKICK an assistant, a partner, an accomplice ...20C Aust. & US sl.
• SIDEKICKER an assistant; a partner; an accomplice ...1900s Aust. & US sl.
• TANG-O'-THE-TRUMP the active partner in a firm; the principal person in any popular outburst ...Bk1905 Sc.
PARTNER - verbs
• HITCH UP to become partners ...1830 Amer. sl.
• JOIN GIBLETS to go halves, to go into partnership ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MARROW to be a partner or fellow-worker ...1538 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR to work together, to cooperate; to act as partners ...1872 Sc.
PARTNER - phrases
• GOOD JACK MAKES A GOOD JILL, A a good husband makes a good wife; a good master makes a good servant; if one partner treats the other well, he or she will be treated well in turn ...1784
PARTNERSHIP - nouns
• CAHOOT a company, or partnership ...18?? US
• NEIPERTY partnership ...Bk1905 Sc.
PARTNERSHIP - verbs
• CAHOOT to act in partnership ...1857 US
• HALVER to divide into equal shares; to have; to possess in partnership with anyone ...1871 Sc.
PARTRIDGE - nouns
• AITEN † a partridge ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DRUMMER a cock partridge ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• ENGLISH MAN the partridge, Perdix cinerea ...1893 Eng. dial.
• YELPER a young partridge ...1802
PARTY - adjectives
• GAPING AND FLAMING of a party: wild, rowdy, fun ...1968 US sl.
• RAGING of a party, a drug: wild, fantastic, very enjoyable ...1980s US campus & Teen sl.
• UP FOR IT ready to party ...1999 UK sl.
PARTY - nouns
• ACID HOUSE PARTY an illegal party, often held in a large building, such as a warehouse, and often outside the big cities, where thousands of young people pay for their entertainment, and allegedly, consume MDMA and other illegal drugs ...1980s sl.
• ACID TEST a party or public celebration given for the purpose of taking LSD ...1967 US sl.
• ACTION a party, gathering, or something that is happening ...1950s Amer. sl.
• ADAM AND EVE BALL an early dancing party to which the guests were invited until midnight only ...1920s sl.
• AFTERPARTY a celebration among intimates following another party ...Amer. sl.
• ALCOHOL RUB a cocktail party ...1968 US sl.
• ALL-NIGHTER a party or study session that lasts all night ...20C teen & high school sl.
• ALL-ORIGINALS SCENE a party or other occasion where only Blacks are present ...Amer. Black sl.
• BAJAN SPREE a small, spontaneous party ...20C W. Indies & Trinidad
• BALL a riotously good time, a party or celebration; hence, that which provides a riotously good time ...1929 US sl., esp. Black usage
• BARRAGE a party where a jug is produced and the spirited contents trickle musically into the glasses ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BASH a good time; a spree; a party ...1948 sl., orig. US
• BEAR PARTY an all-male party, esp. on the night preceding the wedding of one of the men ...M19 sl.
• BEER BLAST a raucous party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge ...1963 Amer. dial.
• BIG DOINGS a celebration, a party; a formal social ceremony or gathering ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BIG TIME a convivial party or celebration; a social gathering; an enjoyable time ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BIRTHDAY PARTY a party to which one pays an admission fee based upon the number of birthdays one has had ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a wild party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge ...1959 Amer. sl.
• BOODLE FIGHT a party at which 'boodle' (cake, candy, ice-cream, etc.) is served ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOOGIE a party, esp. a rent party ...E20 US sl.
• BREAKDOWN a boisterous rural dance or dancing party; a hoedown, a shindig ...1819 Amer. dial.
• BUCK PARTY a stag party ...1838 Amer. dial.
• BUNKING PARTY a slumber party ...1898 Eng. dial.
• CAN a party ...1905 Amer. students' sl.
• CARPET SLASHING a dance party ...1947 US sl.
• CATTLE BOAT a party boat ...1970 US commercial fishermen's jargon
• CHOW FIGHT a dinner party ...1933 US Army sl.
• COCKFEST a party with many more males than females in attendance ...2001 US sl.
• DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING a party, especially a wild party ...1956 Aust. sl.
• DING-DONG a wild party or gathering ...1936 UK sl.
• DINING DAY a dinner party ...1805 Amer. dial.
• DO a party or similar social occasion ...a1824 Brit. sl.
• FIGHT a party, as a 'tea-fight,' a tea party ...a1890 Amer. sl.
• GIG a party for jazz musicians and devotees ...1915 Amer. jazz musicians' usage
• GOOI a fling, a spree, a party ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• HAG PARTY (derogatory) a party for women ...1920s US college sl.
• HALE AND HEARTY a party ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering ...1820 Sc.
• HAPPENING a good party ...1960s Amer. sl.
• HEIGHT SOCIAL a party to which one pays an admission fee proportioned to one's height ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HENFEST a women's gathering or party ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HENFIGHT a woman's party ...1926 Amer. sl.
• INFARE any kind of party or celebration ...1893 Amer. dial.
• JACK AND JILL PARTY n. a New Year's Eve party ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAM a party ...1960s Amer. sl.
• JAUL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAWL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOLLO a good time; a party; a party at which liquor is drunk; a celebration ...1907 Aust. sl.
• JOLLY a good time; a spree; a party; a merry-making ...1905 colloq.
• JOLLY-UP an informal dance, a party ...1920s sl.
• KEGGER a party featuring a large supply of beer ...1960s US campus sl.
• KEGGING indulging in a party where kegs of beer are consumed ...1970s US sl.
• KICK PARTY a party where LSD or some other drug is used ...M20 US drugs sl.
• KNEES-UP a wild party or similar gathering, typically featuring energetic dancing ...1963 Brit. sl.
• LAME SCENE a disappointing, boring event, typically a tedious party ...1960s US Black sl.
• LASH-UP an informal social occasion, esp. a party ...1968 UK sl.
• MONKEY HUNT a beach party; a good time ...19C sl.
• PERCOLATOR a social gathering, usually with music, for the purpose of raising money for rent ...1946 Amer. dial.
• PISSER a really superb party or spree ...M20 US sl.
• PLAY a party featuring lively games, dancing, or quasi-dancing, usually without instrumental music ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PLAY-PARTY a party featuring lively games, dancing, or quasi-dancing, usually without instrumental music ...1889 Amer. dial.
• RACKET a large party ...20C sl.
• RAG anything physically energetic, a party, a fight, a battle ...1910s sl.
• RAGE a noisy, exciting party; a good time ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAGER a particularly good or large party ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
• RALLY a party or get-together of some kind ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• RAMSAMMY a commotion, a riotous party ...1900s sl.
• RAT RACE a dance, or dancing party ...20C US student and teen usage
• RAVE a lively party or rowdy gathering ...1960 sl.
• RAVE-UP a lively party or rowdy gathering ...1967 sl.
• RINKTUM a party or dance ...1926 Amer. dial.
• RORT a wild party ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• R.P.C. a party (Request the Please of your Company) ...c1950 Royal Navy usage
• SAUSAGE FEST a mostly male gathering ...1990s U S college sl.
• SAUSAGE PARTY a mostly male gathering ...1990s U S college sl.
• SCARE PARTY a Halloween party ...1940s US Black sl.
• SCENE a party ...1960s Brit. sl.
• SCHLACHT a drinking party ... c1965 Amer. dial.
• SET a party, a social event ...1959 Amer. dial., Black usage
• SET-BACK a party where no games are played ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHAKE a good time; a party ...1946 US sl.
• SHINDIG a lively or noisy party ...1871 sl., orig. US
• SHINDY a party or gathering, esp. a noisy one with dancing; a spree, a frolic, a shindig ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SHIVOO a boisterous celebration, a party ...M19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SHOE-AROUND a party with games and dancing; a party game or dance ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SHOE-ROUND a party with games and dancing; a party game or dance ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SHOO-ROUND a party with games and dancing; a party game or dance ...1918 Amer. dial.
• SKIFFLE a rent party ...1946 US Black sl.
• SKOP a good time; a dance; a party ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• SMASH. a party, esp. a wild one ...1963 Amer. sl.
• STAG a social event for men only ...1965 UK
• STAG DINNER a males-only dinner featuring sexual entertainment in the form of pornographic films, dancers and/or prostitutes ...1889 US sl.
• STAG DO a social event for men only ...1965 UK
• STAG NIGHT a social event for men only ...1965 UK
• STREAK a wild party; a wild and exciting time ...US sl.
• TABBY PARTY a party consisting only of women ...19C sl.
• TACKEY PARTY a party at which people dress in unfashionable, dowdy, or ridiculous clothes ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TACKY PARTY a party at which people dress in unfashionable, dowdy, or ridiculous clothes ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TANGI a party involving (heavy) drinking ...20C NZ sl.
• THRASH a party, esp. a lavish one ...1957 sl.
• TONK an informal party, usually one with dancing ...2000 Amer. dial.
• TUNK an informal party, usually one with dancing ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TUNKET an informal party, usually one with dancing ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WAISTLINE PARTY a party in which the price of admission is based on the size of one's waistline ...1967 US Black usage
• WHINDIG a party, esp. a lavish or boisterous one ...1930 Amer. dial.
• WHOOPEE a lively or rowdy party ...1929 sl.
• WHOOP-UP a noisy celebration or party ...1913 sl., chiefly Amer.
• WINGDING a party or celebration, esp. a wild one ...1949 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WOODSY a party held in the country ...1967 US sl.
• ZOO a wild party ...1960s US college sl.
PARTY - nouns, person
• JOLLER one who attends a party, concert, or social gathering ...1980s S. Afr.
• PARTY ANIMAL anyone notably devoted to going out and having a good time ...1980s sl.
• SCREAMER a party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOC a socially oriented party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOCH a socially oriented party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOSH a socially oriented party girl ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STAG a male at a stag party ...2003 UK sl.
• WALK-IN one who gatecrashes parties ...1920s US sl.
PARTY - verbs
• BREAK NIGHT to stay up all night partying, talking etc. ...1960s US sl.
• BRING THE NOISE to have a wild party or good time; to play music ...1972 Amer. sl.
• GATE-CRASH to achieve entrance to a place, or an event such as a party, without proper credentials or an invitation ...1922 US sl.
• INKLE to attend a party, etc. without an invitation ...1939 Amer. dial.
• JAUL to play, to frolic, to have fun, to 'party' ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAWL to play, to frolic, to have fun, to 'party' ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOL to play, to frolic, to have fun, to 'party' ...1970s S. Afr.
• PARTY HEARTY to have a good time at a party ...1980s US teen sl.
• PARTY HOP to move from one party to the next and so on during the course of a single evening and night ...1980s sl., orig. US
• PARTY OUT to outlast one's fellow-celebrants in one's ability to consume drink and/or drugs ...1990s sl. orig. US
• PITCH A PARTY to have a party ...1959 Amer. dial.
• PUT THE BAG ON to participate in a raucous party ...1929 Amer. dial.
• RAGE to have a great time; to enjoy a party with great enthusiasm ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US sl.
• RALLY to have a good time; to act utterly madly, drunkenly, or obstreperously; to party ...1960s US college sl.
• RASH to go to a party ...1990s US teen sl.
• SKOP to enjoy oneself; to party ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• TAKE THE GAP to leave a party while it is still at its height ...1950s sl.
PARTYING - nouns
• PARLAYING partying, enjoying oneself ...1990s US Black sl.
PASS - nouns
• LOGES a faked pass or warrant ...17C UK criminals' sl.
PASS - verbs
• WAIVE † to go by, to pass ...1390
PASS (a test, etc.) - verbs
• ACE to pass a test easily ...sl.
PASSABLE - adjectives
• TOLL-LOLL tolerable, pretty good, pretty well, passable ...1797 sl.
• TOL-LOL tolerable, bearable, pretty good, pretty well, passable ...1797 sl.
PASSAGE - nouns
• AMELL-DOORS a passage ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DIMMERY a dark, ill-lighted room or passage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRONG a narrow lane or passage ...L18 Eng. dial.
• ENTANY an 'entry,' main doorway of a house; a narrow passage or by-street ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ENTRY an alley or narrow passage between two houses or walls ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ENTRY-MOUTH the end or entrance of a narrow lane or passage ...1856 N. Ireland
• GALLERY † 1. a passage made by deer, etc. through brushwood ...1674
2. a passage made by an animal underground, or through a rock ...1849
• GANG † a way, road, or passage ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANGWAY † a road, thoroughfare, or passage of any kind ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JACKY-NICK a narrow passage between buildings ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OPE a narrow passage between houses ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OPEWAY an entry, passage; an opening ...1881 Eng. dial.
• PACE † a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait ...a1300.
• PASS 1. an indoor passage or corridor ...1818 Sc.
2. the passage between the pews in a church, an aisle ...1871 Sc.
• RAISE a rising passage or road ...1877
• RENT a narrow passage between high walls ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNICKET a narrow passage between buildings; an alley ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TALLY-HO a wide, covered passage between two houses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEWER a narrow lane or passage; an alley ...1869 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-GANG a thoroughfare; a passage ...1862 Sc.
• THROUGH-GANG CLOSE an open passage leading from one street to another ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING a thoroughfare; a passage ...1897 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING CLOSE an open passage leading from one street to another ...1882 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING ENTRY a passage running right through a house ...1890 Sc.
• THROUGHWAY a narrow passage between houses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH a narrow passage or gorge; a thick, dense growth of underwood, etc. through which it is difficult to push a way ...1872 Eng. dial.
• TROT a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• TUER a narrow lane or passage; an alley ...1869 Eng. dial.
• TURKEY RUN a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TROT a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin ...1937 Amer. dial.
• VENNEL a narrow lane, passage, or thoroughfare in a town or city; an alley or wynd ...1435 chiefly Sc.
• VINNEL an alley; a narrow lane or passage ...1853 Sc.
• WIND SWEEP a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin; a breezeway ...1936 Amer. dial.
PASSED THROUGH - adjectives
• IMPERTRANSIBLE † that cannot be passed through or crossed ...1677
PASSENGER - nouns, person
• RABBIT a short-journey passenger ...c1910 busmen's and tram-men's usage
PASSERBY - nouns, person
• BYPASSER a passerby ...1904 Amer. dial.
• GANNER an occasional visitor, passer-by ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PASSENGER a passer-by, a passing pedestrian, a wayfarer ...1729 Sc.
PASSION - nouns
• AFFECT † feeling, desire, or appetite, as opposed to reason; passion, lust, evil-desire ...1531
• AFFECTION † feeling as opposed to reason; passion, lust ...1398
• AMOR passion; love, esp. sexual love
• AMOUR passion; love, esp. sexual love
• BARLEY-HOOD a fit of drunken, angry passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRR force, impetus, energy; violence; passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE a rage, passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALENTURE burning passion, ardour, zeal, heat, glow ...1596
• COOLING CARD something that defuses one's enthusiasm or deflates one's passion ...M16 sl.
• DILDRUM a ridiculous passion or temper ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DIRDUM passion, ill-humour ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EARNEST † ardour in battle; broadly, intense passion or desire ...c1205
• EBENESER temper, passion ...M19 US sl.
• FAME a rage, passion ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANTEAGUE a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss; a fit of ill-temper, passion ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FANTIGUE a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss; a fit of ill-temper, passion ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FANTOD an hysterical passion, fit of querulousness ...1896 Eng. dial.
• FUFF a sudden burst of ill temper, anger, passion ...1834 chiefly Sc.
• GARE †* a sudden and transient fit of passion ...1606
• HASTIFNESSE † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1330
• HASTIVENESS † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1330
• HASTIVESS † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1325
• HASTIVITY † hastiness, rashness, passion ...c1450
• HEARTBURN †* burning of heart; fire of passion ...c1250
• HEYDAY * a state of high spirits or passion ...L16
• IRE a passion, a fit of wrath ...1898 Sc.
• IRISH passion, anger, rage, fury, temper ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• IRY passion, anger, rage, fury ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAJESTY a rage, passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELTING MOMENTS ardent, intense passion ...L19 sl.
• OESTRUS something that stings or goads one on, a stimulus; vehement impulse; passion, frenzy ...1850
• PADDY a passion, a temper ...1894
• PADDYWHACK a rage, a passion, a temper ...1899
• PANKIN a rage, a violent passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANSHEET a state of excitement, confusion, sudden passion, etc. ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PASH passion ...1910s sl.
• RAMP a fit of furious anger; passion ...1798
• RAVERY † delirium, raving; a violent fit of passion attended with loud vociferation ...1721 Sc.
• TEARANSY rage, passion; violence; outrageous haste ...1896 Sc.
• TEESIE a ft of passion ...1808 Sc.
• TER anger, passion, headstrong resolution ...1781 Eng. dial. obs.
• TILAVEE a sudden fit of passion ...1889 Sc.
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
PASSION - verbs
• BE UP IN THE RALS to be in a great passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CATCH FIRE to become inflamed or inspired with passion, zeal, etc. ...1734
• CAVE to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAVE AROUND to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FLARE UP to fly into a passion ...1849 sl.
• FLY OFF AT A TANGENT to fly into a passion ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• FLY OFF THE HANDLE to become excited; to fly into a passion
• IMPASSIONATE to fill or inflame with passion; to excite deeply or strongly ...a1641
• POISON to affect with passion or enthusiasm ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE INTO A TAPTOO † to excite one's wrath; to produce violent passion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMP AND RAVE to be mad with passion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEAR to rage; to get in a passion or rage ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PASSIONATE - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † passionate, wilful, self-willed, headstrong, obstinate ...1542
• AFFECTIONED † passionate, wilful; self-willed, obstinate ...1582
• ALL HOT AND BOTHERED angered, emotional; lustful; passionate ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BARMY flighty; passionate; irascible ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRSIE hot-tempered, passionate ...1825 Sc.
• BRAINISH † headstrong, passionate, hot-headed, furious ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BRIMSTONY subject to passion or strong emotion; fiery ...1885
• FAIRDIE passionate, irascible ...1821 Sc.
• FLAMING vehement; passionate
• FRUNTY free in manner; spirited, implying the idea of forwardness; keen, eager; passionate ...19C Sc.
• GLIMFLASHY angry, in a passion ...a1700 sl.
• GUTSY lusty; passionate ...colloq.
• HASTIF † quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry ...1297
• HASTISH quickly excited to anger; quick-tempered, passionate, irritable ...1749 Eng. dial.
• HASTIVE † quick-tempered, passionate; in a passion, angry ...1297
• IRACUND inclined to wrath; prone to anger; passionate, irascible, irritable ...1821
• MAGGOTY-HEADED passionate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAN-KEEN of a woman: passionate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PASH passionate, obsessive ...1920s sl.
• PEACH-ORCHARD CRAZY very passionate, licentious ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAGEOUS † in a rage, furious, mad, angry, vexed; violent with pain or anger; full of passion ...1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGENOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RANK vexed, passionate, in a temper ...1875 Eng. dial.
• RANTY-TANTY very angry, wrathful; in a violent passion ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SALAMANDROUS * living as it were in fire; fiery, hot, passionate ...1711
• SPUNKIE irritable, fiery, passionate ...1822 Sc.
• TABANKCA passionate, obsessed ...20C W. Indies sl.
• TANTRUMY passionate; given to bursts of ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEARING passionate, headstrong; violent, rowdy or reckless in behaviour ...M17
• TEMPERSOME hot-tempered, passionate, hasty-tempered ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIMEROUS furious, passionate; difficult to please, fretful; tiresome, difficult ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TIMMERSOME passionate, turbulent; restless, troublesome, tiresome ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TIMOROUS furious, passionate; difficult to please, fretful; tiresome, difficult ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TINDERY easily enflamed, passionate ...1754
• UGLY-TEMPERED ill-tempered, passionate ...1890 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• UPPISH-LIKE pettish, easily provoked; passionate ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WARM-BLOODED ardent, fervent, passionate ...1831
PASSIONATE - nouns, person
• AMORET an amorous female; a passionate woman ...15C
• AMORETTE an amorous female; a passionate woman ...15C
• ARAB any wild-looking person; an excitable or passionate person ...c1850 Amer. sl.
• BIG BOY WITH A FEVER a passionate man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROAD ON FIRE a passionate woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROAD WITH A FEVER a passionate woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROAD WITH A HEAT WAVE a passionate woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HOT AND HEAVY a passionate sweetheart ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LUST DOG a passionate, promiscuous female ...1975 US sl.
• PASSION FLOWER a sexually passionate woman ...M20 US colloq.
• SCALLY-BRAT a passionate, noisy child; a young vixen; a scold, a virago ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEARER a passionate, irascible person; a shrew, a vixen, a virago ...1850 Sc.
PASSIONATELY - adverbs
• IN A BIG WAY conspicuously; to a great extent; hence, passionately ...1897
• RAGEOUSLY † furiously, passionately ...1509
PASSIONATENESS - nouns
• HEAT † passionateness, excitability, ardour of temperament ...1689
PASSION FRUIT - nouns
• LILIKOI the passion fruit ...1929 Hawaii
PASSIVE - adjectives
• VEGETIVE leading a merely physical existence; dull, passive, inactive ...1882
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
PASSIVE - nouns, person
• WOSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on ...1960s US sl.
PASS OVER - verbs
• MAKE LEAP YEAR OF † to pass over ...1606
• SCALE to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
• SKAIL to cross, to pass over ...1776 Sc.
PASSWORD - nouns
• HARD WORD a hint; a password; a proposal; a refusal ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• MASONRY secret signs and passwords ...M19 sl.
• ORDER-WORD the military password of the day, a watchword ...1898
PAST - adjectives
• BACKWARD belonging to the past, old-fashioned, ancient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
PAST - adverbs
• ABYE ago, past ...1894 Sc.
• APAST of place: past ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-CAST of time: long ago, in the past ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BACK ALONG some time ago; in the past ...1923 Amer. dial.
• TOFORE of time: previously, beforehand, earlier; in the past ...c1175 obs.
PAST - prepositions
• APAST of time: after, past ...1892 Eng. dial.
PAST - nouns
• BACK-LOOK a retrospect, a record of the past ...1880 Eng. dial.
• DARK OF TIME, THE the remote past; the beginnings of time ...1901 Sc.
• FATHER-AGE † an age earlier than the present, a period gone by; time long past ...1633
• GOOD OLD DAYS the past, remembered fondly and better than it ever was ...1986 UK sl.
• HAVE-BEEN something that has been but is no longer; a thing belonging to the past ...1742
• LONG DAY a time far distant in the past or future ..1889 Amer. dial.
• MEMORIAL TIMES days long past ...1933 Amer. dial.
• POD-AUGER DAYS older and simpler days ...1863 Amer. dial.
• YEAR BLOB, THE a notional date that, within context, was a very long time ago ...1997 UK sl.
• YEAR DOT, THE a notional date that, within context, was a very long time ago ...1895 UK sl.
PAST - phrases
• BATTLE OF HASTINGS history, in the past ...2002 UK sl.
• BLAST FROM THE PAST anything from the past that is now striking or impressive; originally, a formerly popular recording that remains enjoyable ...1965 Amer. sl.
• WHEN ADAM WAS AN OAKUM BOY IN CHATHAM a very long time ago ...M19 sl.
• WHEN ADAM WAS AN OAKUM BOY IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD a very long time ago ...M19 sl.
• YEAR DOT, THE very long ago ...Brit. colloq.
PASTIME - nouns
• GAUD † a game, sport, or pastime ...a1300
• GAWD † a game, sport, or pastime ...a1300
• MAKE-ADO something to do to pass the time ...1897 Sc.
• PADDY a hobby, a fad, a pastime ...L19 sl.
PASTRY - adjectives
• BLITZ of food, esp. pastry: easy or quick to prepare ...1946 Amer. dial.
PASTRY - nouns
• BAKE-MEAT † pastry; a pie ...c1386
• BLANKET a pastry crust ...1918 Amer. sl.
• FART † a ball of light pastry, a 'puff' ...1552
• SATURDAY PIE pastry, esp. when covering the week's collected leftovers ...L19
• TANTABLET † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTABLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTADLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PASTRY - nouns, person
• CAKEY-PANNUM FENCER a street-seller of pastries ...M19 sl.
• PANNAM-FENCER a street pastry-seller ...M19 UK sl.
• SUGAR-BAKER † a confectioner, a pastry-cook ...1650
PASTURE - adjectives
• BATFUL † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1549
• BATSOME †* of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1555
• BATTABLE † of pasture-land: good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening ...1570-87
• YARE of grass or pastures: fresh, green ...1691 Eng. dial.
PASTURE - nouns
• EDDISH † a park or enclosed pasture for cattle ...a700
• FENCE a field, a pasture; a fenced-in area ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HAM a plot of pasture ground; in some places esp. meadow-land ...901-9 Eng.
• ING a meadow, pasture, esp. low-lying land by the side of a stream or river, etc. ...1788 Eng. dial.
• LAUND † an open space among woods; a glade; untilled ground, pasture ...1340 obs. exc. arch.
• LEASE † pasture; pasturage; meadow-land ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEASOW † pasture; pasturage; meadow-land ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PADDLE a pasture ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIK † the space of ground over which animals, esp. cattle, usually move or pasture; a piece of pasture-land, etc. ...c1425
• SCORE a field, a public pasture; a patch of land ...Bk1904 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• VACCARY † a cow pasture ...1613 Eng. dial.
• WALK † land, or a track of land, used for the pasture of animals, esp. sheep ...1549 obs.
PASTURE - verbs
• LEASOW † to pasture, to graze ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.