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POLISH - PORPOISE
POLISH (for the country, see POLAND)
polish - nouns
• BRIGHT polish ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LARRY DUGAN'S EYE WATER. blacking (application of black polish) ...L18 sl.
• NUGGET boot polish ...c1910 Aust. sl.
polish - verbs
• BLITZ IT to polish or spruce up with vigour and speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FAY to clean, to cleanse, to polish; to clear away filth, etc. ...c1205
• GUSSY UP to refurbish, to renovate; to polish ...20C Amer. sl.
• LEVIGATE † to make smooth; to polish ...1612
POLISHED (elegant)
polished - adjectives
• FACETE † elegant, graceful, polished ...a1635
• FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred ...1721 Sc.
• LEVIGABLE † that can be polished ...1670
• LEVIGATED † made smooth; polished ...1578
POLISHING
polishing - nouns
• XESTURGY †* the process of polishing ...1592
POLITE
polite - adjectives
• HYNDE † courteous, polite, gentle ...c1400
• MANNERABLE † well-behaved, polite ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSOME courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NICE AS PIE very polite; very agreeable ...1922 US sl.
• POLITE AS A BASKET OF CHIPS very polite and smiling ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
polite - nouns
• QUANDORUM a polite speech or gesture ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
polite - person
• CHESTERFIELD a very courteous or polite person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GARB-MASTER † one who professes the art of polite behaviour ...1599
POLITELY
politely - adverbs
• MANNERLY † with good manners; politely, courteously ...1519
POLITENESS
politeness - nouns
• BUNK excessive politeness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ERUDITION † politeness, respect, courtesy ...1822 Sc.
• FAIR FASHIONS good manners, politeness ...1870 Sc.
• FALAHVER unctuous politeness; exaggerated civility expressed in words, 'palaver' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALLAL affectation in manner, fussy show of politeness ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FALLOL affectation in manner, fussy show of politeness ...1879 Eng. dial.
• IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE, AN rigid firmness accompanied by courtesy, politeness, and gentleness ...1834
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• POLITE, THE politeness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
POLITICS
politics - adjectives
• BLIMPISH (derogatory) having reactionary views ...1938 sl.
• DOVISH in politics: inclined to advocate negotiation and conciliation ...M16
• PINK (derogatory) said of one who holds left-of-centre views ...1927 sl.
• PINKO (derogatory) holding left-of-centre or mildly Communist views ...1936 sl.
• RED communist, socialist, left-wing ...M19 sl.
• RIGHT-ON used approvingly to denote one of politically progressive views ...1970 sl., orig. US
• ROCK-RIBBED resolute, uncompromising, esp. in political allegiance
politics - nouns
• ACTION a political act, often confrontational or violent ...1971 US sl.
• BACKSET a reversal in one's personal or political affairs ...1816 Amer. dial.
• BARREL money for use in a political campaign, esp. for corrupt purposes ...1884 US political sl.
• BARREL-CAMPAIGN a political contest in which bribery is lavishly employed ...1884 US
• BOYS, THE in the 19th century, corrupt politicians or their hangers-on ...a1815 Amer. sl.
• CABAL a political clique; a faction ...M17
• DECAPITATION in US politics: summary dismissal from office ...1869
• DIRECT ACTION a political act, esp. a violent one that may lead to arrest ...1968 US sl.
• DUCK-SHOVING fighting for status, rank, position, esp. in political terms; in gambling: manipulating, using sleight of hand ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• LIMPS, THE the Liberals ...L19 Brit. political sl.
• LINE political philosophy ...1968 US sl.
• MACHINE the controlling organization of a political party ...1876 US politics
• MACHINE, THE in big city politics: the over-arching political organization that runs all facets of life ...1992 US sl.
• MONGOOSE GANG a group of thugs working for a politician and acting as a form of private army/secret police ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• PORK federal funds obtained through political influence ...1879 US sl.
• PORK BARREL the state's funds available for regional expenditure, esp. as disbursed subject to political influence ..1909 orig. & chiefly US sl.
• REDS, THE communists, socialists ...20C sl.
• SCALLYWAGGERY roguery, political opportunism ...L19 sl.
• SCALLYWAGISM roguery, political opportunism ...L19 sl.
• SLEAZE political corruption; the payment of money to politicians in return for political influence ...1983 sl., orig. US
• STRIPE persons of the same political colour ...1856 Amer.
• U-TURN a reversal of political policy ...1984 UK sl.
politics - person
• ANGEL a person who contributes to a politician's campaign fund ...1920 Amer. sl.
• ARM WAVER a politician ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BABY KISSER a politician ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• B'HOY a political henchman ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BLIMP (derogatory) someone with reactionary views ...1934 sl.
• BOSS the head of a political machine ...1860s Amer. sl.
• CACIQUE a political boss
• CARPETBAGGER a person who interferes in local politics without being a true part of the local community ...1868 US sl.
• CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle ...1990s sl.
• CHRIST-KILLER a noisy political orator ...1930s US sl.
• COLONEL BLIMP (derogatory) someone with reactionary views ...1934 sl.
• COMMIE (often derogatory) a Communist ...1939 sl.
• COMMO (often derogatory) a Communist ...1941 sl.
• COMRAT (derogatory) a political liberal ...1951 US sl.
• DOVE in politics: a person who believes in a policy of negotiation and conciliation rather than warfare or confrontation ...M20
• DRY (derogatory) a Conservative politician who advocates individual responsibility, free trade, and economic stringency, and opposes high government spending ...1983 Brit. sl.
• FAIRY a Tory politician ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. (Fairy Story)
• FAIRY STORY a Tory politician ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
• FUNDI a fundamentalist politician; a member of the radical left wing of the German Green Party ...1982 sl.
• FUNDIE a fundamentalist politician; a member of the radical left wing of the German Green Party ...1982 sl.
• FUNDY a fundamentalist politician; a member of the radical left wing of the German Green Party ...1982 sl.
• GOO-GOO a supporter of political reform ...L19 US sl.
• GRAFTER a dishonest or corrupt person; a politician, official, etc. who uses his or her position in order to obtain dishonest gain or advantage ...1896 sl., orig. US
• GROUPIST an adherent of a 'group' or selection of a political party ...1895
• GUT-FIGHTER in politics: a candidate or political operative who wages an unusually aggressive uncompromising campaign, esp. against a politically stronger opponent ...1962 Amer. sl.
• HACK 1. anyone who acts as a 'yes-man', esp. in politics ...1950s sl.
2. a labour organizer belonging to the Communist Party of the United States ...1967 Amer. sl.
• HARD MAN an uncompromising politician or businessman ...1976 UK sl.
• HEELER a political fellow ready to do dirty work ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-BINDER a fraudulent politician ...1890 US sl.
• HORSE a congressman who introduces or supports a lobbyist's bill ...1989 US political usage
• JUNKYARD DOG a politician who is adept at investigating corruption ...1980s US sl.
• LABOR FAKER a political agitator among workers ...1938 US sl.
• LACKEY an obsequious person; a today; a servile political follower ...L16
• LAME DUCK in politics, an elected official or legislative body whose term of office is nearing an end, esp. a legislator still in office after losing an election or a US president not running for re-election ...1910 US sl.
• LEFTIE (usually derogatory) a left-winger; a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs; a radical ...1935 sl.
• LEFTY (usually derogatory) a left-winger; a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs; a radical ...1935 sl.
• LOG-ROLLER a politician who engages in the corrupt giving of mutual aid ...E19 sl.
• MACHINIST a 'machine' politician (see noun 1876) ...1883 US
• MANDARIN a senior civil servant, politician, or commentator ...1910s sl.
• MOOCHER a politician who takes graft or who 'bolts' (opposes his or her party's position) ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MR. CLEAN someone who makes a point of portraying themselves (sincerely or otherwise) as free of corruption, esp. in politics, business, sport or other forms of public life in which a proclaimed moral stance is useful; an honourable or incorruptible politician ...1973 sl.
• PARLOUR PINK (derogatory) someone whose professed left-wing principles are insincere or not matched by their lifestyle ...1929 sl.
• PINK (derogatory) someone who holds left-of-centre (but not far-left) views ...1927 sl.
• PINKIE, PINKY (derogatory) someone who holds left-of-centre or mildly Communist views ...1973 sl.
• PINKO (derogatory) someone who holds left-of-centre or mildly Communist views ...1936 sl.
• POL a politician ...1942 Amer. sl.
• POLITICIANER a politician ...1838 Amer. dial.
• POLITICO (usually derogatory) a politician ...1630 sl.
• POLITITIONER a politician ...1859 Amer. dial.
• POLLY a politician ...1942 Aust. & US sl.
• POLY a politician ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROG someone who is progressive in their political or social views ...1958 sl.
• PROMISING POLITICAN one who makes many promises ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULLITICIAN a politician with 'pull' or influence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUIDNUNC a politician ...1886 sl.
• QUOCKERWODGER a politician acting in accordance with the instructions of an influential third party, rather than properly representing their constituents ...M19 sl.
• RAD a political radical ...M19 sl.
• RADDIE a political radical ...1930s sl.
• RAT one who deserts their political party ...1792
• RED (derogatory) an anarchist or republican, a Russian Bolshevik, or a Communist or extreme socialist ...1851 sl.
• REDNECK a reactionary ...1960 sl., orig. US
• RED-RAGGER (derogatory) a Communist or socialist ...1916 Aust. sl.
• SACHEM a political leader; one of the leaders of New York's Tammany Society ...19C US sl.
• SCALLYWAG a political intriguer; a corrupt politician ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SHELLBACK someone with reactionary views ...1943 sl.
• SHOO-IN a political candidate considered certain to win ...1948 US sl.
• SILK-STOCKING a member of a branch of the Whig party in the earlier part of the 19th century ...1895 US politics
• SILVER-GRAY a Conservative ...1856 US politics
• SNOLLYGOSTER a pretentious, boastful fellow; a shrewd, unprincipled fellow, especially a politician ...1846 US sl.
• STRADDLE-BUG a politician who tries to please both sides; one who is on neither side of a public question ...1872
• SUSHI SOCIALIST. one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle ...1990s sl.
• SWALLOWTAILS business and professional men who engage in politics ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANKIE, TANKY a member of the former British Community Party who supported hardline (esp. interventionist) Soviet politics ...1985 sl.
• UNTOUCHABLE a person or politician insusceptible of bribery ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• WAR-HORSE a veteran soldier or politician; a person full of warlike memories ...1884
• WEALSMAN †* one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician ...1607
• WET (derogatory) a Conservative politician with liberal or middle-of-the-road views (often applied to those opposed to the monetarist policies of Margaret Thatcher) ...1980 Brit. sl.
• WONK (derogatory) a political professional who is studious and therefore well informed ...1962 US sl.
politics - verbs
• ABSTAIN FROM BEANS to desist from politics ...1920s sl.
• CROWD THE MOURNERS to add some further embarrassment to politicians labouring under difficulties ...Bk1913-17 Amer. political sl..
• DO A MACDONALD to desert one's party ...c1930 Brit. Labour leaders' usage
• HAVE A CHINAMAN (now considered offensive) to have political influence ...1973 Amer. sl.
• HORSE-SHED to attempt to influence individual voters, witnesses, or jurors, esp. while feigning impartiality ...1846 US law & political usage
• POLITIZE †* to play the politician; to dispute as politicians do; to treat politically or diplomatically; to deal in politics ...1598
• PRESS THE FLESH to greet potential supporters by shaking their hands ...1926 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• STUFF A BALLOT-BOX to tamper with returns by the surreptitious introduction into the ballot-box of bogus voting papers ...Bk1904 Amer. political usage
POLKA DOT
polka dot - adjectives
• POKY-DOTTED polka-dotted ...1969 Amer. dial.
POLLEN - nouns
• WITCHES' BUTTER a deposit of pollen ...1860 Amer. dial.
POLLUTE - nouns, person
• BERAYER † one who defiles or pollutes ...1699
POLLUTE - verbs
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• COINQUINATE † to soil all over, to pollute, to defile ...a1528
• CONSPURCATE † to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
• DECOLOUR † to pollute, to defile ...1630
• DETURPATE † to defile, to disfigure, to pollute, to contaminate; to debase ...1623
• FULYIE to defile, to pollute ...E16 Sc.
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• IMPIATE †* to pollute, to defile ...1623
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• SULP † to defile, to pollute ...a1350
POLLUTED - adjectives
• CANKERED † infected, polluted; infectious, venomous ...1633
• CONSPURCATE † defiled, polluted ...1563-87
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
POLLUTING - nouns
• SULLEY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• SULLY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
POLLUTION - nouns
• IMPURATION †* the act of making impure; pollution ...1614
• SULLAGE † filth, filthiness, defilement, pollution ...1641
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
POLYNESIAN - nouns, person
• DARKIE a Polynesian person ...1863 NZ
• DARKY a Polynesian person ...1863 NZ
• MONKEY-CHASER a South Sea Islander, a Polynesian ...1942 Amer. sl.
POMEGRANATE - nouns
• APPLE-GARNADE † a pomegranate ...a1300
• GARNET † the pomegranate ...a1400
• GARNET-APPLE † the pomegranate ...c1410
• GRENADE † a pomegranate ...M16
• PIMGENET a pomegranate, Punica Granatum ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PLUMGRANNY a pomegranate ...1944 Amer. dial.
POMMEL - verbs
• NEVEL to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pommel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEVILL vb. to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pummel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
POMMELLING - nouns
• NEVILLING a pommelling, a beating inflicted with the fist ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
POMP
pomp - nouns
• BOBANCE † presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity ...c1325
• EFFEIR appearance, bearing; show, pomp and circumstance; ceremony ...1375 arch.
• FANTASIA ostentation, pomp, self-importance ...1838
• FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss ...a1300
• GAYNESS † gay appearance, brightness of colour, dressiness, display, pomp ...c1449
• PANOPLY splendour, magnificence, pomp ...1829
• PARADA † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
• PARADO † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
POMPOSITY
pomposity - nouns
• ALL GAS AND GAITERS nonsense, rubbish, pomposity, bombast ...1920s sl.
• FASTUOSITY † haughtiness, ostentation, pomposity ...1656-81
• HIFALUTIN snobbery, pomposity ...M19 Aust. sl.
• HIGHFALUTIN snobbery, pomposity ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LARGENESS lofty bearing, pomposity ...1887
• PAUGHTINESS arrogance, conceit, pomposity ...1913 Sc.
• VENTOSITY pomposity, vanity, bombast ...c1550
POMPOUS
pompous - adjectives
• ALL GAS AND GAITERS pompous but empty talk ...1923 sl.
• CONSEQUENTIOUS conceited, proud; affectedly great; pompous ...1803 ? Amer.
• FANDANGOUS showy, pompous ...1797 Eng. dial.
• GELLY worthy, pompous, well-conditioned ...c1560 Sc.
• HIFALUTIN pompous, stuck-up ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-FALLOOTIN' snobbish, pompous ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HIGHFALUTEN snobbish, pompous ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HIGHFALUTIN(G) absurdly pompous or pretentious; stuck-up, snobbish...1839 colloq.
• HIGH-FLYING pompous, pretentious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIKI-FALLOOTIN' snobbish, pompous ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HYBOLIC pompous, bombastic ...1972 Hawaii youth usage
• MAGNIFIC (derogatory) pompous, grandiloquent ...16C
• MAGNIFICOUS * magnificent, grand, pompous ...17C
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• PAPPY of persons: conceited, stiff with self-esteem, stuck-up, officious, pompous, puffed up with pride; presumptuous ...1881 Sc.
• PAWPY of persons: conceited, stiff with self-esteem, stuck-up, officious, pompous ...1881 Sc.
• ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ...a1548
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• VENTOSE pompous, bragging, vaunting ...1867
pompous - nouns
• GAS AND GAITERS pompous but empty talk ...1923 sl.
• YELPING † boasting; proud or pompous talk ...a1050
pompous - person
• BLAFLUM a pompous, empty-headed person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAWFLUM a pompous, empty person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACIQUE a slightly pompous person
• GUTBUCKET. a grossly fat person; a pompous person, usually corpulent; used derisively ...1938 Amer. sl.
• JETTER a pompous man ...1510 sl.
• LADY MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman ...1957 sl.
• LORD MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending man ...1937 sl.
• MAMAMOUCHI a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title; a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity; a buffoon ...1672
• OLD GOAT an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like ...20C US colloq.
• PANJANDRUM a mock title for an imaginary or mysterious person of much power, or one of great pretensions; a pompous pretender; one who is self-important ...a1880
• PISS-ARTIST a pretentious and usually pompous poseur who is incompetent, but full of promises ...L20 colloq.
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER a fraud; a blowhard, a boastful or pompous person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• STUFFED SHIRT a pompous person ...1913 sl., orig. US
pompous - verbs
• BESTRUT to strut or walk pompously over ...1594
• BLOVIATE to talk aimlessly and boastingly; to speak arrogantly or pompously; to be verbose; to wander from the subject ...1847 Amer.
• SCANCE to make a great show in conversation; to talk in a pompous or affected manner, to exaggerate, to embellish a story to the limits of credibility for the sake of effect ...1815 Sc.
• SPEECHIFY to make a pompous speech, or talk as if one were doing this ...1723 sl.
POMPOUSLY
pompously - adverbs
• HIGH FALUTIN snobbily, pompously ...1900s US sl.
POMPOUSNESS
pompousness - nouns
• FAST † arrogance, pompousness ...1673
PONCE - nouns, person
• RIBALD a ponce ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUD a ponce ...Bk1903 sl.
POND - nouns
• BULL-HOLE a small pond or water-hole ...1887 US
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DELF a pond ...1841 Eng. dial.
• DIKE a pool of water, a puddle; a pond ...1788 Eng. dial.
• ETCH a small pond ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HASSOCK a large pond ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACHE a pond; a pool ...1868 Eng. dial.
• LAGOONA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAGUNA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † 1. a pond, a pool ...a1000
2. a pond formed by damming up a stream ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LOON SHIT the mud or muck on the bottom of a pond ...1974 Brit. sl.
• MERE a small lake or sheet of standing water; a pond ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAN a pond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTS the ponds or sloppy places left by unusually high tides on the foreshore or between the sea embankments ...1891 Eng, dial.
• RIFE a salt-water pond ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANK a piece of deep water, natural or artificial; a pond or pool ...1678 Eng. & Amer. dial.
PONDER - verbs
• CAST † to revolve in one's mind, to debate with oneself, to consider, to ponder, to deliberate ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DASCAN † to ponder; to consider ...c1579 Sc.
• HANKER to hesitate, to ponder, esp. to hesitate in speaking ...1873 Eng. dial.
• LAY THE BRAIN ASTEEP to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort ...1895 Sc.
• MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAUSE † to ponder upon; to gaze at; to admire ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PENSICULATE †* to consider, to ponder ...1623
• PENSITATE †* to weigh in the mind; to consider, to ponder ...1623
• SET THE BRAIN ASTEEP to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort ...1895 Sc.
• SPLISH AND SPLASH to debate a topic; to ponder without coming to a decision ...1970s US Black sl.
• VOLVE to ponder or mull over
PONDEROUS - adjectives
• ELEPHANTIC * pert. to or resembling an elephant; huge, ponderous ...1598
• PEISANT † having great weight; heavy, ponderous ...1520
PONDEROUSLY - adverbs
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
PONY - see HORSE
POOL (water) - adjectives
• LACUSCULAR pert. to a small pool; frequenting small pools ...1878
• LAKISH † abounding in lakes or pools; inhabiting a lake ...1590
POOL (game) - adjectives
• DEAD in pool: said of a shot made such that the cue ball stops completely after striking the object ball ...1990 US sl.
POOL (water) - nouns
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• HAFT an island in a pool ...1686 Eng. dial.
• LACHE a pond; a pool ...1868 Eng. dial.
• LAGOONA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAGUNA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † 1. a pond, a pool ...a1000
2. a small, stagnant pool, esp. one formed at ebb-tide on the shore ...1758 Sc.
3. a pond formed by damming up a stream ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAY † a lake, a pool ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MERE-POOL a pool of water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATATORY † a swimming-bath, a pool ...c1400
• SINK a well or pool of water ...1834
• SIPE a small spring or pool of water ...1825 chiefly Sc.
• SUMP † a small body of water, a puddle, a dirty pool ...c1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANK a piece of deep water, natural or artificial; a pond or pool ...1678 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• VADDLE a wading place; a shallow pool at the head of a bay or creek ...Bk1905 Sc.
POOL (game) - nouns
• ACE in pool: the number one ball ...1878 US sl.
• ACTION 1. in pool: spin imparted on the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball ...1913 US sl.
2. in pool: a game played with wagers ...1990 US sl.
• AIR BARREL in pool: that which backs a bet made without money to back the bet ...1990 US sl.
• BARREL in pool: a betting unit; 'if you have $1000 and you're playing for $100 a game, you're packing ten barrels' ...1990 US sl.
• BAT a pool or billiards cue ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BATOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BATTOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DUCK in pool: a shot that cannot be missed or a game that cannot be lost ...1990 US sl.
• GAFF SHOT in pool: an elaborate shot, esp. an illegal one ...1985 US sl.
• GARBAGE SHOT in pool: a shot made with luck, not with skill ...1979 US sl.
• GOOD HITTER in pool: an excellent cue stick ...1990 US sl.
• GUTTER BALL in pool: a shot in which the cue ball falls into a pocket ...1993 US sl.
• JACKING OFF racking up the pool balls ...20C gambling sl.
• JUICE in pool: spin imparted to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the course of the cue ball after it strikes the object ball ...1993 US sl.
• LITTLES n. in pool: the solid-coloured balls numbered 1 to 7 ...1990 US sl.
• NATURAL in pool: a shot that cannot be missed or a game that cannot be lose ...1990 US sl.
• OCEAN in pool: the expansive centre of a table ...1993 US sl.
• OIL in pool: extreme spin imparted to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball ...1912 US sl.
• RAG in pool: a cushion ...1985 US sl.
• RAKE in pool: a device used to support the cue stick for a hard-to-reach shot ...1990 US sl.
• REBEL TRAP in pool: the largest regulation-size table ...1990 US sl.
• SKID SHOT in pool: a shot made with backspin on the cue ball ...1993 US sl.
• SNEAKY PETE in pool: an expert player's custom cue, designed to look like an ordinary cue ...1993 US sl.
• STACK 1. in pool: the balls assembled inside the rack before a game ...1977 US sl.
2. in pool: the clustered pack of balls left at the foot of the table after the first shot of the game ...1990 US sl.
• TABLE TIME a time-based charge for playing pool ...1993 US sl.
• UPTOWN in pool: the area at the head of the table ...1993 US sl.
• WRONG-WAY ENGLISH in pool: a spin imparted on the cue ball such that the angle of refraction off a cushion is different, if not opposite, from what would be expected ...1993 US sl.
• ZULU GOLF pool ...20C US sl.
POOL (game) - nouns, person
• FACE a professional pool player who is well known and recognized making it impossible for him to make a living betting with unsuspecting amateurs ...1990 US sl.
• FAGIN in pool: a person who backs a player financially in his bets ...1990 US sl.
• GARDENER in pool: a betting player who wins ...1990 US sl.
• HUSTLER a person who makes his living by playing pool for wagers, feigning a skill level below his true level to secure bets ...1967 US
• PUNK an inferior pool player ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RAILBIRD in pool: a spectator ...1993 US sl.
• TOP STICK the best regular player in a pool hall ...1990 US sl.
POOL (game) - verbs
• CROAK in pool: to miscue ...1988 Can. sl.
• DUCK in pool: to miss a shot or lose a game intentionally to mislead an opponent as to your true ability ...1993 US sl.
• KILL in pool: to strike the cue ball such that it stops immediately upon hitting the object ball ...1984 US sl.
• LIE DOWN in pool: to play below your skill level to lure strangers into playing against you for money ...1993 US sl.
• PARK THE BALL in pool: to leave the cue ball roughly in the centre of the table after an opening break shot ...1992 US sl.
• WAGGLE in pool: to make practice shots before actually hitting the cue ball ...1993 US sl.
POOR (without money) - adjectives
• BAD OFF poor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BEGGARY † beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible ...1542
• BUSHED poor, without money ...1812 sl.
• DABRICH poor, needy ...c1800 Sc.
• EGENE †* needy, poor ...1631
• EGESTUOSE † very poor and needy ...1775
• EGESTUOUS † extremely poor and needy ...1656
• FULL OF MONEY AS A TOAD IS OF FEATHERS, AS penniless, poor, impoverished ...B1900
• GALLOWS POOR very poor ...L18 sl.
• HAVELESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• HAVENLESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• ILL-MONIED † ill supplied with money, poor ...1608
• ILL-OFF poor, in impoverished or straitened circumstances ...1820 Sc.
• ILL-TO-DO in poor circumstances, poor, needy ...1853
• MEAN of people and things: poor in quality or condition; comparatively worthless ...E19 US sl.
• NACKLE-ASS of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY † having or possessing naught; poor, needy ...1377
• NEEDSOME * marked by need; needy, poor ...1870
• OFF THE COB poor ...1930s US sl.
• ONE-GALLOWS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUSED of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1904 Amer. dial.
• ON THE RORY poor, penniless ...M19 sl.
• OOFLESS poor, in want of money ...1888 sl.
• ORDINARY inferior, poor, worthless, contemptible, immoral ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY inferior, poor, insignificant, worthless, contemptible, mean, immoral ...1816 Amer. dial.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED utterly penniless; very poor, destitute; in want of money ...1886 sl.
• PENURIOUS extremely poor; destitute
• POOR AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS extremely poor ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A JAYBIRD extremely poor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS AN OWL very poor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A RAT very poor ...1833
• POOR AS BILLY HELL very poor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS BILLY-BE-DAMNED very poor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS DICK'S HATBAND very poor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS GAR BROTH very poor ...1912 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS GOD'S OFF OX, AS very poor ...1848 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS JACOB'S CAT very poor, having lost everything ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS OWL DUNG very poor ...1974 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS OWL SHIT very poor ...1967 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS POVERTY IN A GALE O' WIND extremely poor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POORER THAN CATWATER very poor ...1958 Amer. dial.
• POORER THAN SKIMMED WHEY extremely poor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURSE-PINCHED in straitened circumstances; habitually poor ...1603 arch.
• PUT TO ONE'S STUMPS poor, hard-up ...Bk1904 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED very poor ...1990s Aust. sl.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SCANT poor, badly off ...1715 Sc.
• SCANT IN THE WALLET poor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIMPLE † poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal ...a1300
• STUMPED poor, hard-up ...1837 sl.
• UNOOFY impoverished, poor ...L19 sl.
• UPTIGHT poor, impoverished, lacking money ...1967 sl.
• WAEDLE † poor, needy ...c1000
• WANTSUM † indigent, poor; devoid of ...c1200
POOR (inferior) - adjectives
• AZZARDLY poor, ill-thriven ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS poor, despicable, worthless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CROW poor; mean; trivial; insignificant; worthless ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• GRUNGY inferior, poor, dismal ...1969 Amer. sl.
• LARRY among pitchmen: of unsatisfactory quality; poor ...1939 Amer. sl.
• LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible ..c1386
• RASCALLY † poor, worthless ...1600
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY scanty or of inferior quality; poor ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAWVLIN † poor and mean ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCREEBIT poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREEBIT-LOOKING poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAN poor, mean, shabby ...E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SINGLE-SOLED † of persons: poor, mean, of little account or worth; insignificant ...1588
POOR (without money) - nouns
• ARMPIT OF THE NATION the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city or town ...1960s sl., orig. US
• ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place ...1930s sl., orig. US
• BACK-AH-YARD a poor area of the city ...1930s US sl.
• BACK STREET a poor, usually residential, district ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUNKUM TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD'S ROW the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum ...1967 sl.
• CODFISH FLATS the poor area of town ...1960s US sl.
• DOGPATCH the part of a town where the poorer people, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GABBY ROW the area of town where the poor live ...20C US sl.
• GOOSE FLAT a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE GREEN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HILL a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HOLLER a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HOLLOW a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE NIBBLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSETOWN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSEVILLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY CORNER a poor settlement or neighbourhood ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GREASY VALLEY a poor settlement or neighbourhood ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MILL TOWN the poor area of a town or city ...1960s US sl.
• MILL VILLAGE the poor area of a town or city ...1960s US sl.
• NAKED CITY the poor area of a town ...1960s US sl.
• NEEDMORE a section of town, esp. a poor or disadvantaged one ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATCH, THE the part of a town where the poorer people, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PIG ALLEY the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAG ALLEY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RAG CITY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RAG TOWN a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RIFF-RAFF the poor, illiterate class ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SIMPLESSE † poor or lowly condition; also, lack of elegance or refinement; plainness of dress, etc. ...1390 obs. exc arch.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• SKID BOULEVARD a jocular term for a living area for poor people...1963 Can sl.
• SKUNK ROAD a name for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAN-YARD † the poor-house ...1845 Sc. sl.
• TIN-CAN ALLEY a poor or shabby street or section of town ...1898 Amer. dial.
• WAEDLES † the poor ...c1000
POOR - nouns, person
• ABRAHAM COVE a naked or poor man; a beggar in rags ...1859 cant
• ABRAM COVE a naked or poor man ...1724 cant
• ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• CAJUN a poor person of the wooded country of Alabama who subsists by lumbering, turpentine extraction and various odd jobs ...1934 Amer. dial.
• CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone ...L17 sl.
• CITY ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• COUNTRY SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow ...1794
• DIRT-EATER (usually derogatory) one who eats clay; hence, a poor or low-class person ...1840 Amer. dial.
• ECKY-BECKY a poor White person ...1965 Barbados
• ELM PEELER a poor White who peels elm trees for slippery elm, which he sells ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HAIRY a woman, esp. a poor woman ...1920s Sc. sl.
• LINTHEAD a worker in a cotton mill; a poor rural White person ...1933 US sl.
• MILL-CAPON † a poor person who sough the charity of those who had grain grinding at the mill ...1827 Sc.
• OAT-CAKE FOLK poor people ...1863 Eng. dial.
• ONE-GALLUSED FELLOW a worthless poor man ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PECK a poor White person ...1932 US Black sl.
• PECKAWOOD a poor White person ...1929 US sl.
• PECKERWOOD a poor White person ...1929 US sl.
• PIKE a poor White person; a good-for-nothing ...1856 Amer. dial.
• PIKER a poor White person; a good-for-nothing ...1859 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS CRACKER a poor or low-class person ...1872 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD TACKEYS a poor or low-class person ...1888 Amer. dial.
• POOR BARKER a low-class, poor White person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• POOR BUCKRA a low-class, poor White person ...1836 Amer. dial.
• QUARTERER a poor person who is given temporary lodgings by way of charity ...1802 Sc.
• QUARTERMAN † a male pauper who was given poor relief by being lodged for a short period at a time in the various houses in the parish ...1908 Sc.
• QUARTER-WIFE † a poor woman quartered in a house by the parish ...1898 Sc.
• QUEER COVE a poor man ...M18 sl.
• QUEER CULL a poor, ill-dressed person ...L17 sl.
• QUEER MORT a poor woman ...M18 sl.
• QUER COVE a poor man ...M18 sl.
• QUER MORT n. a poor woman ...M18 sl.
• RAG BABY a poor, ill-clothed woman, who is nonetheless attractive ...20C US Black sl.
• RAGGY-BACKS people who are not well off ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• STREET ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• TOM DINGLE a poor, wretched fellow ...1711
• WAIF-WOMAN a woman with no possessions or connections ...1776 Sc.
• WALK AND NYAM a poor White; thus a sponger of any race ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• W.T. (derogatory) the poor, working class or underclass pupils (White Trash) ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
• YARD APE a poor, low-class White person, White trash ...2003 Amer. dial.
POOR - verbs
• DIE WITHOUT A BED to die poor ...1881 Ireland
• DIE WITHOUT A SHIFT to die poor ...1881 Ireland
• DIE WITHOUT WHOLE BREECHES to die poor ...1881 Ireland
• EMPOVER †* to impoverish, to make poor ...1474
• ERUMNATE † to impoverish, to make poor or miserable ...1692
• IMPOOR † to make poor; to impoverish ...1613
POOR - phrases
• IF STANDS STIFF IN A POOR MAN'S POCKET used to imply the difficulty poor people find in obtaining their wishes where money is concerned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POORHOUSE - nouns
• INFIRMARY a poorhouse or a farm where poor people are maintained at public expense ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• LAAD-MI-DON the poorhouse; the almshouse ...1940s W. Indies
POORLY - adjectives
• AILDY † ailing, poorly ...1697 Eng. dial.
• ANGISH sickly, unhealthy, very poorly ...B1900 Ireland
• AT HALF-MAST poorly, unwell ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BADLINS out of health, poorly, ailing ...1932 Sc.
• BRIEF poorly, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• FEEBLY † in a sorry manner or plight; inefficiently, insufficiently, niggardly, poorly, scantily ...c1290
• HANGY poorly, dull through incipient illness ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HILDING ailing, poorly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• INDIFFERENT poorly, bad, ill ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MEAN ALL OVER unwell, poorly, under the weather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• PEASLY said of a person who looks poorly or unhealthy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SINGLY † slightly, poorly, ineffectively ...1548
• TENDERLY poorly, unwell ...1787 Sc.
• TEULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEWLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TOOLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
POORLY - adverbs
• LEWDLY † badly, poorly, ill ...c1386
• NAKEDLY † barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly ...1589 rare or obs.
• NAUGHTILY † badly, poorly ...1574
POOR-SPIRITED - adjectives
• MEECHING poor-spirited, melancholy, complaining ...1836 Eng. dial.
• MELCH-HEARTED gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK-HEARTED poor-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
POP, POPPING - nouns
• CLOOP a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1848
POP, POPPING - verbs
• CLOOP to make a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1872
• PAP to make a popping sound, to pop ...1837
POPCORN - nouns
• BUNKER a kernel of popcorn that pops perfectly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• CAP a kernel of popcorn ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY an unpopped kernel of popcorn ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAID a kernel of popcorn that has failed to pop ...1947 US sl.
POPCORN - verbs
• CAP to pop corn ...1936 Amer. dial.
POPE - adjectives
• PAPABLE * capable of being elected pope; qualified for the office of pope ...1592
• PAPANE †* papal, pert. to the pope ...1581
• PAPARCHICAL pert. to papal rule ...1895
• PAPISTIC (usually hostile or opprobrious) adhering to the pope; Roman Catholic ...1545
• PAPISTICAL (usually hostile or opprobrious) adhering to the pope; Roman Catholic ...1537
• PAPOLATROUS worshipping the pope; having an excessive reverence for the pope ...1894
POPE - adverbs
• PAPISTICALLY in a papistical manner; popishly ...1572
POPE - nouns
• NEPOTISM † the advantages or opportunities for advancement of a pope's nephew ...1662
• ORACLE † an injunction or command of the Pope ...1579
• PAPALITY † the papal office, dignity, or authority; the popedom ...1456
• PAPALTY † the papal office, dignity, or authority; the popedom ...1577
• PAPAPHOBIA * dread of the pope or of popery ...1798
• PAPARCHY * papal rule or sovereignty; government by the pope ...1839
• PAPATE †* the office of pope, the papacy ...1390
• PAPISM the papal system; popery; Roman Catholicism ...1550
• PAPISTRY popery, Romanism ...1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAPOLATRY worship of, or excessive reverence for, the pope ...1894 nonce word
POPE - nouns, person
• DECRETALIARCH † the lord of decretals, the Pope ...1656
• MAN OF ROME † the Pope ...1581
• MAN OF SIN the Pope ...1827 Sc.
• OLD RED SOCKS the pope ...20C Ulster sl.
• PAPA † the pope of Rome ...1559
• PAPESS a female pope ...1620
• PAPICOLIST †* a worshipper of the pope, a papist ...1633
• PAPISHER † an adherent of the pope; an advocate of papal supremacy; also, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic ...1823 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAPIST (usually hostile or opprobrious) an adherent of the pope; an advocate of papal supremacy; also, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic ...1534
• PAPISTIC an adherent of the pope; an advocate of papal supremacy; also, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic ...1589
POPE - nouns, person
• PAPAPHOBIST one who fears the pope or popery ...1818
POPE - verbs
• IMPAPASE † to raise to the papacy; to make Pope ...1563-87
• PAPISTICATE † to render papistic ...1746 nonce word Catholic • PAPIZE † to act or play the pope; to act on the side of the pope or papal system ...1612
POPGUN - nouns
• SCOOT a squirt, a syringe; a pea-shooter, a popgun ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
POPPY - nouns
• CANKER the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus ...Bk1888
• HEADACHE a rustic name for the wild poppy, Papaver Rhoeas, from the effect of its odour ...a1825
• HEAD-WARK the red field-poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RED PETTICOAT the common poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-BALL the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-FLOWER the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• XEROX COPY a Remembrance Day poppy ...1950s Aust. rhyming sl.
POPSICLE - nouns
• ICE-BLOCK an ice confection on a stick ...1948 Aust. sl.
• ICE POP a popsicle ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ICY-POLE an ice confection on a stick ...1932 Aust. sl.
• LOLLIPOP a popsicle ...1968 Amer. dial.
POPULAR - adjectives
• HOT popular ...1961 US sl.
• IN THE GROOVE belonging to the 'in crowd', a group of popular people ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LARGE in the entertainment industry: popular, successful ...1957 Amer. sl.
• MIGHTILY BELIKED popular ...1984 Amer. dial.
• MOVIN' good; pleasurable; fashionable; popular ...1997 US sl.
• ON THE CASTOR popular, well-regarded ...1953 Aust. sl.
POPULAR, POPULARITY - nouns
• IN CROWD a group of popular people ...1960s Amer. sl.
• KITSCH art, literature, fashion. etc., dismissed as being of merely popular taste or appeal, vulgar, sentimental, or sometimes pretentious ...German
• MUCH LOVE popularity, respect ...1990s US Black sl.
POPULAR - nouns, person
• COOL BREEZE an admirable and popular person ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• CRUSHER a boy who is popular with girls and women; an attractive youth whom many girls have a crush on ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• LIVE ONE a notable, popular, or well-respected person ...L19 US sl.
• PIMP a cool guy who's popular with girls ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• QUEEN a popular girl ...1959 US sl.
POPULAR - verbs
• LIVE LARGE to be extremely, esp. ostentatiously, successful, popular, wealthy, etc. ...1975 Amer. sl.
• TAKE to succeed, to become popular ...L17 sl.
• TAKE OFF to become popular ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TAKE ON to become popular; to enjoy ...L19 sl.
POPULARITY - phrases
• ON THE DOWNBEAT in decline; losing popularity ...1943 Amer. sl.
POPULATED - adjectives
• RARE †* thinly attended or populated ...1610
PORCELAIN - adjectives
• LAME made of earthenware or porcelain ...1650 Sc.
• WALLY made of porcelain, china, glazed ...1904 Sc.
PORCELAIN - nouns
• WALLIE porcelain, china, glazed earthenware ...1890 Sc.
PORCH - nouns
• ANTEROOM a small enclosed porch erected either permanently or seasonally to protect an entrance door in cold weather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALCONY a porch constructed at the ground level of a home ...1860 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-WAY an open porch ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GALANDA a verandah, a porch ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OBDER † a small porch or portico ...1866 Sc.
• ORCHLE a porch ...Bk1905 Sc.
PORCUPINE - nouns
• ANIMATED CACTUS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARK-EATER a porcupine ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HEDGEHOG a porcupine ...1605 Amer. dial.
• HEDGEPIG a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLE CUSHION a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINCUSHION a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PORCUPIG † an old form of porcupine ...a1700
• PORKYPINE a porcupine ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• PORPENTINE † old form of porcupine ...1530
• QUILL PIG a porcupine ...2003 US sl.
• QUILLS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALKING PINCUSHION a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HOG a porcupine ...1891 Amer. dial.
PORK - nouns
• ARKANSAS CHICKEN * salt pork ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ARNOLD pork ...1988 Jamaica sl.
• BACKBONE pork meat from near the backbone ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BOSTON WOODCOCK pork and beans ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CINCINNATI CHICKEN salt pork ...1864 US West. sl.
• CINCINNATI TURKEY salt pork ...1864 US West. sl.
• DAT pork ...2000 Jamaica sl.
• DUCHESS OF YORK pork ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• GALENA salt pork ...1859 US sl.
• GRUNT a slice of ham or pork ...1925 US sl.
• GRUNTER pork ...M16 sl.
• GRUNTING PECK pork ...c1670 cant
• HAND a shoulder of pork ...a1825
• IRISH CHICKEN pork ...1920s US sl.
• JEW FOOD (usually derogatory) ham, bacon, or pork of any kind ...20C sl.
• KANSAS CITY FISH fried salt pork ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLING the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon ...1777 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLING MEAT salt pork, bacon ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN LAMB salt pork ...20C US sl.
• NED bacon, salt pork ...1850 Amer. dial.
• OLD NED salt pork or bacon ...1833 US sl.
• SEASONING MEAT salt pork or bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SIDE MEAT meat from the side of a hog, usually salted or smoked; bacon; salt pork ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SIDE OF A FUNERAL a pork chop ...L19 US sl.
• TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHITE BACON salt pork ...1849 Amer. dial.
• WHITE MEAT salt pork ...1913 Amer. dial.
PORNOGRAPHIC, PORNOGRAPHY - adjectives
• ADULT pornographic; erotic ...1958 euphemism
• FEELTHY pornographic; erotic ...1933 sl.
• HARDCORE of pornography: graphic, explicit ...1970 US sl.
• HOT pornographic; erotic ...1892 sl.
• JERK-OFF pornographic; erotic ...c1957 sl.
• MUCKY pornographic, esp. when mildly so; lewd ...1972 UK sl.
• NAUGHTY pornographic; erotic; obscene; loose ...1882 euphemism
• OFER used to describe a male pornography performer who either cannot achieve an erection or cannot ejaculate when needed ...1995 US sl.
• O-FOR used to describe a male pornography performer who either cannot achieve an erection or cannot ejaculate when needed ...1995 US sl.
• ONE-HANDED of literature, a magazine, etc.: pornographic ...Aust. sl.
• PORNY lewd; smutty or obscene; pornographic ...1961 Brit. & US sl.
• PURPLE extremely pornographic ...E20 colloq.
• SEXATIONAL pornographic; erotic ...1928 sl., orig. US
• SEXSATIONAL pornographic; erotic ...1928 sl., orig. US
• SNUFF applied to a pornographic film. photograph, etc. ...1975 sl.
• STEAMY pornographic; erotic ...1970 sl.
• UNDER-ARM pornographic ...1979 UK sl.
• VANILLA of pornography: relatively high-brow, designed for couples and first-time viewers ...2000 US sl.
PORNOGRAPHIC, PORNOGRAPHY - nouns
• BLUEY a pornographic film ...1990s sl.
• DANNY LA RUE anything blue, as a snooker ball, a dirty joke, or a pornographic video ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• FAG HOTS cheap pornography aimed at the male homosexual readership ...1960s gay sl.
• FAN FUCK a heterosexual pornographic film in which male fans of the female pornography star are selected to have sex with her ...2000 US sl.
• FLADGE flagellation as a means of sexual gratification, and also pornographic literature concentrating on flagellation ...1958 sl.
• FLADJ same as 'FLADGE' ...1958 sl.
• FLAGE same as 'FLADGE' ...1958 sl.
• FUCK-FILM a pornographic film which features explicit scenes of various types of copulation ...M20 US sl.
• GYNO SHOT a close-up scene in a pornographic film or a photograph, showing a woman's genitals ...1995 US sl.
• KIDDY PORN child pornography ...1977 US sl.
• LEFT-HANDED WEBSITE a website specializing in pornography ...1990s sl.
• LOOP a pornographic film ...1990s sl.
• MEAT SHOT a photograph or scene in a pornographic film focusing on a penis ...1974 US sl.
• ONE-HAND MAGAZINE a pornographic magazine, used as an aid to masturbation ...1960s sl.
• POP SHOT in a pornographic film: the shot in which a male actor ejaculates ...1990s sl.
• PORNIE a pornographic film ...1966 sl.
• PUDERY pornographic books or prints ...c1930 sl.
• RAUNCH obscenity, pornography ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SCHMUTZ pornography ...1968 sl., chiefly US
• SCRUFF pornographic literature ...1990s sl.
• SHMUTZ dirty material, pornography ...1968 sl., chiefly US
• SKIN-FLICK a movie focusing on nudity or sex; a movie with nude scenes; a pornographic film or an X-rated film ...1968 US sl.
• SKIN-FLICK HOUSE a cinema showing pornographic films ...1972 US sl.
• SKIN HOUSE a pornographic movie theatre ...M20 Amer. sl.
• SKINPIX pornographic films ...1964 US sl.
• SMUT an obscene story; pornography in general ...17C
• STAG a pornographic film ...1966 US sl.
• TP a scene in a pornographic film or a photograph depicting a woman having simultaneous oral, vaginal, and anal sex (Triple Penetration) ...2000 US sl.
PORNOGRAPHY - nouns, person
• BABY a young performer new to the pornography industry who looks even younger than he or she is ...1995 US sl.
• NEWSSTAND a dealer in pornographic literature and magazines ...1986 US sl.
• RAINCOATER a stereotypical perverted pornography fan ...2000 US sl.
• SMUTHOUND a man who revels in obscenity and pornography ...M20 US sl.
• SMUT-PEDDLER one who sells pornography ...M20 US sl.
• SNIFFER an outsider who tries to be part of the pornography industry ...1995 US sl.
• WOODSMAN a male pornography performer who can be counted on to maintain an erection as long as needed and to ejaculate more or less on demand ...1995 US sl.
• WOODSTER a male pornography performer whose erections can be counted on ...2000 US sl.
PORPOISE - nouns
• FISHERMAN a porpoise ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GAIRFISH † the porpoise ...1795 Sc.
• MERESWINE † a dolphin or porpoise ...c725
• SNUFFER a porpoise...1884 Amer. dial.
polish - nouns
• BRIGHT polish ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LARRY DUGAN'S EYE WATER. blacking (application of black polish) ...L18 sl.
• NUGGET boot polish ...c1910 Aust. sl.
polish - verbs
• BLITZ IT to polish or spruce up with vigour and speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FAY to clean, to cleanse, to polish; to clear away filth, etc. ...c1205
• GUSSY UP to refurbish, to renovate; to polish ...20C Amer. sl.
• LEVIGATE † to make smooth; to polish ...1612
POLISHED (elegant)
polished - adjectives
• FACETE † elegant, graceful, polished ...a1635
• FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred ...1721 Sc.
• LEVIGABLE † that can be polished ...1670
• LEVIGATED † made smooth; polished ...1578
POLISHING
polishing - nouns
• XESTURGY †* the process of polishing ...1592
POLITE
polite - adjectives
• HYNDE † courteous, polite, gentle ...c1400
• MANNERABLE † well-behaved, polite ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSOME courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NICE AS PIE very polite; very agreeable ...1922 US sl.
• POLITE AS A BASKET OF CHIPS very polite and smiling ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
polite - nouns
• QUANDORUM a polite speech or gesture ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
polite - person
• CHESTERFIELD a very courteous or polite person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GARB-MASTER † one who professes the art of polite behaviour ...1599
POLITELY
politely - adverbs
• MANNERLY † with good manners; politely, courteously ...1519
POLITENESS
politeness - nouns
• BUNK excessive politeness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ERUDITION † politeness, respect, courtesy ...1822 Sc.
• FAIR FASHIONS good manners, politeness ...1870 Sc.
• FALAHVER unctuous politeness; exaggerated civility expressed in words, 'palaver' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALLAL affectation in manner, fussy show of politeness ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FALLOL affectation in manner, fussy show of politeness ...1879 Eng. dial.
• IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE, AN rigid firmness accompanied by courtesy, politeness, and gentleness ...1834
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• POLITE, THE politeness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
POLITICS
politics - adjectives
• BLIMPISH (derogatory) having reactionary views ...1938 sl.
• DOVISH in politics: inclined to advocate negotiation and conciliation ...M16
• PINK (derogatory) said of one who holds left-of-centre views ...1927 sl.
• PINKO (derogatory) holding left-of-centre or mildly Communist views ...1936 sl.
• RED communist, socialist, left-wing ...M19 sl.
• RIGHT-ON used approvingly to denote one of politically progressive views ...1970 sl., orig. US
• ROCK-RIBBED resolute, uncompromising, esp. in political allegiance
politics - nouns
• ACTION a political act, often confrontational or violent ...1971 US sl.
• BACKSET a reversal in one's personal or political affairs ...1816 Amer. dial.
• BARREL money for use in a political campaign, esp. for corrupt purposes ...1884 US political sl.
• BARREL-CAMPAIGN a political contest in which bribery is lavishly employed ...1884 US
• BOYS, THE in the 19th century, corrupt politicians or their hangers-on ...a1815 Amer. sl.
• CABAL a political clique; a faction ...M17
• DECAPITATION in US politics: summary dismissal from office ...1869
• DIRECT ACTION a political act, esp. a violent one that may lead to arrest ...1968 US sl.
• DUCK-SHOVING fighting for status, rank, position, esp. in political terms; in gambling: manipulating, using sleight of hand ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• LIMPS, THE the Liberals ...L19 Brit. political sl.
• LINE political philosophy ...1968 US sl.
• MACHINE the controlling organization of a political party ...1876 US politics
• MACHINE, THE in big city politics: the over-arching political organization that runs all facets of life ...1992 US sl.
• MONGOOSE GANG a group of thugs working for a politician and acting as a form of private army/secret police ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• PORK federal funds obtained through political influence ...1879 US sl.
• PORK BARREL the state's funds available for regional expenditure, esp. as disbursed subject to political influence ..1909 orig. & chiefly US sl.
• REDS, THE communists, socialists ...20C sl.
• SCALLYWAGGERY roguery, political opportunism ...L19 sl.
• SCALLYWAGISM roguery, political opportunism ...L19 sl.
• SLEAZE political corruption; the payment of money to politicians in return for political influence ...1983 sl., orig. US
• STRIPE persons of the same political colour ...1856 Amer.
• U-TURN a reversal of political policy ...1984 UK sl.
politics - person
• ANGEL a person who contributes to a politician's campaign fund ...1920 Amer. sl.
• ARM WAVER a politician ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BABY KISSER a politician ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• B'HOY a political henchman ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BLIMP (derogatory) someone with reactionary views ...1934 sl.
• BOSS the head of a political machine ...1860s Amer. sl.
• CACIQUE a political boss
• CARPETBAGGER a person who interferes in local politics without being a true part of the local community ...1868 US sl.
• CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle ...1990s sl.
• CHRIST-KILLER a noisy political orator ...1930s US sl.
• COLONEL BLIMP (derogatory) someone with reactionary views ...1934 sl.
• COMMIE (often derogatory) a Communist ...1939 sl.
• COMMO (often derogatory) a Communist ...1941 sl.
• COMRAT (derogatory) a political liberal ...1951 US sl.
• DOVE in politics: a person who believes in a policy of negotiation and conciliation rather than warfare or confrontation ...M20
• DRY (derogatory) a Conservative politician who advocates individual responsibility, free trade, and economic stringency, and opposes high government spending ...1983 Brit. sl.
• FAIRY a Tory politician ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl. (Fairy Story)
• FAIRY STORY a Tory politician ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
• FUNDI a fundamentalist politician; a member of the radical left wing of the German Green Party ...1982 sl.
• FUNDIE a fundamentalist politician; a member of the radical left wing of the German Green Party ...1982 sl.
• FUNDY a fundamentalist politician; a member of the radical left wing of the German Green Party ...1982 sl.
• GOO-GOO a supporter of political reform ...L19 US sl.
• GRAFTER a dishonest or corrupt person; a politician, official, etc. who uses his or her position in order to obtain dishonest gain or advantage ...1896 sl., orig. US
• GROUPIST an adherent of a 'group' or selection of a political party ...1895
• GUT-FIGHTER in politics: a candidate or political operative who wages an unusually aggressive uncompromising campaign, esp. against a politically stronger opponent ...1962 Amer. sl.
• HACK 1. anyone who acts as a 'yes-man', esp. in politics ...1950s sl.
2. a labour organizer belonging to the Communist Party of the United States ...1967 Amer. sl.
• HARD MAN an uncompromising politician or businessman ...1976 UK sl.
• HEELER a political fellow ready to do dirty work ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-BINDER a fraudulent politician ...1890 US sl.
• HORSE a congressman who introduces or supports a lobbyist's bill ...1989 US political usage
• JUNKYARD DOG a politician who is adept at investigating corruption ...1980s US sl.
• LABOR FAKER a political agitator among workers ...1938 US sl.
• LACKEY an obsequious person; a today; a servile political follower ...L16
• LAME DUCK in politics, an elected official or legislative body whose term of office is nearing an end, esp. a legislator still in office after losing an election or a US president not running for re-election ...1910 US sl.
• LEFTIE (usually derogatory) a left-winger; a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs; a radical ...1935 sl.
• LEFTY (usually derogatory) a left-winger; a person of liberal or socialist political beliefs; a radical ...1935 sl.
• LOG-ROLLER a politician who engages in the corrupt giving of mutual aid ...E19 sl.
• MACHINIST a 'machine' politician (see noun 1876) ...1883 US
• MANDARIN a senior civil servant, politician, or commentator ...1910s sl.
• MOOCHER a politician who takes graft or who 'bolts' (opposes his or her party's position) ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MR. CLEAN someone who makes a point of portraying themselves (sincerely or otherwise) as free of corruption, esp. in politics, business, sport or other forms of public life in which a proclaimed moral stance is useful; an honourable or incorruptible politician ...1973 sl.
• PARLOUR PINK (derogatory) someone whose professed left-wing principles are insincere or not matched by their lifestyle ...1929 sl.
• PINK (derogatory) someone who holds left-of-centre (but not far-left) views ...1927 sl.
• PINKIE, PINKY (derogatory) someone who holds left-of-centre or mildly Communist views ...1973 sl.
• PINKO (derogatory) someone who holds left-of-centre or mildly Communist views ...1936 sl.
• POL a politician ...1942 Amer. sl.
• POLITICIANER a politician ...1838 Amer. dial.
• POLITICO (usually derogatory) a politician ...1630 sl.
• POLITITIONER a politician ...1859 Amer. dial.
• POLLY a politician ...1942 Aust. & US sl.
• POLY a politician ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PROG someone who is progressive in their political or social views ...1958 sl.
• PROMISING POLITICAN one who makes many promises ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PULLITICIAN a politician with 'pull' or influence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUIDNUNC a politician ...1886 sl.
• QUOCKERWODGER a politician acting in accordance with the instructions of an influential third party, rather than properly representing their constituents ...M19 sl.
• RAD a political radical ...M19 sl.
• RADDIE a political radical ...1930s sl.
• RAT one who deserts their political party ...1792
• RED (derogatory) an anarchist or republican, a Russian Bolshevik, or a Communist or extreme socialist ...1851 sl.
• REDNECK a reactionary ...1960 sl., orig. US
• RED-RAGGER (derogatory) a Communist or socialist ...1916 Aust. sl.
• SACHEM a political leader; one of the leaders of New York's Tammany Society ...19C US sl.
• SCALLYWAG a political intriguer; a corrupt politician ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SHELLBACK someone with reactionary views ...1943 sl.
• SHOO-IN a political candidate considered certain to win ...1948 US sl.
• SILK-STOCKING a member of a branch of the Whig party in the earlier part of the 19th century ...1895 US politics
• SILVER-GRAY a Conservative ...1856 US politics
• SNOLLYGOSTER a pretentious, boastful fellow; a shrewd, unprincipled fellow, especially a politician ...1846 US sl.
• STRADDLE-BUG a politician who tries to please both sides; one who is on neither side of a public question ...1872
• SUSHI SOCIALIST. one who preaches socialism but espouses a capitalist lifestyle ...1990s sl.
• SWALLOWTAILS business and professional men who engage in politics ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANKIE, TANKY a member of the former British Community Party who supported hardline (esp. interventionist) Soviet politics ...1985 sl.
• UNTOUCHABLE a person or politician insusceptible of bribery ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• WAR-HORSE a veteran soldier or politician; a person full of warlike memories ...1884
• WEALSMAN †* one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician ...1607
• WET (derogatory) a Conservative politician with liberal or middle-of-the-road views (often applied to those opposed to the monetarist policies of Margaret Thatcher) ...1980 Brit. sl.
• WONK (derogatory) a political professional who is studious and therefore well informed ...1962 US sl.
politics - verbs
• ABSTAIN FROM BEANS to desist from politics ...1920s sl.
• CROWD THE MOURNERS to add some further embarrassment to politicians labouring under difficulties ...Bk1913-17 Amer. political sl..
• DO A MACDONALD to desert one's party ...c1930 Brit. Labour leaders' usage
• HAVE A CHINAMAN (now considered offensive) to have political influence ...1973 Amer. sl.
• HORSE-SHED to attempt to influence individual voters, witnesses, or jurors, esp. while feigning impartiality ...1846 US law & political usage
• POLITIZE †* to play the politician; to dispute as politicians do; to treat politically or diplomatically; to deal in politics ...1598
• PRESS THE FLESH to greet potential supporters by shaking their hands ...1926 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• STUFF A BALLOT-BOX to tamper with returns by the surreptitious introduction into the ballot-box of bogus voting papers ...Bk1904 Amer. political usage
POLKA DOT
polka dot - adjectives
• POKY-DOTTED polka-dotted ...1969 Amer. dial.
POLLEN - nouns
• WITCHES' BUTTER a deposit of pollen ...1860 Amer. dial.
POLLUTE - nouns, person
• BERAYER † one who defiles or pollutes ...1699
POLLUTE - verbs
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• COINQUINATE † to soil all over, to pollute, to defile ...a1528
• CONSPURCATE † to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
• DECOLOUR † to pollute, to defile ...1630
• DETURPATE † to defile, to disfigure, to pollute, to contaminate; to debase ...1623
• FULYIE to defile, to pollute ...E16 Sc.
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• IMPIATE †* to pollute, to defile ...1623
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• SULP † to defile, to pollute ...a1350
POLLUTED - adjectives
• CANKERED † infected, polluted; infectious, venomous ...1633
• CONSPURCATE † defiled, polluted ...1563-87
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
POLLUTING - nouns
• SULLEY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• SULLY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
POLLUTION - nouns
• IMPURATION †* the act of making impure; pollution ...1614
• SULLAGE † filth, filthiness, defilement, pollution ...1641
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
POLYNESIAN - nouns, person
• DARKIE a Polynesian person ...1863 NZ
• DARKY a Polynesian person ...1863 NZ
• MONKEY-CHASER a South Sea Islander, a Polynesian ...1942 Amer. sl.
POMEGRANATE - nouns
• APPLE-GARNADE † a pomegranate ...a1300
• GARNET † the pomegranate ...a1400
• GARNET-APPLE † the pomegranate ...c1410
• GRENADE † a pomegranate ...M16
• PIMGENET a pomegranate, Punica Granatum ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PLUMGRANNY a pomegranate ...1944 Amer. dial.
POMMEL - verbs
• NEVEL to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pommel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NEVILL vb. to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pummel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
POMMELLING - nouns
• NEVILLING a pommelling, a beating inflicted with the fist ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
POMP
pomp - nouns
• BOBANCE † presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity ...c1325
• EFFEIR appearance, bearing; show, pomp and circumstance; ceremony ...1375 arch.
• FANTASIA ostentation, pomp, self-importance ...1838
• FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss ...a1300
• GAYNESS † gay appearance, brightness of colour, dressiness, display, pomp ...c1449
• PANOPLY splendour, magnificence, pomp ...1829
• PARADA † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
• PARADO † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
POMPOSITY
pomposity - nouns
• ALL GAS AND GAITERS nonsense, rubbish, pomposity, bombast ...1920s sl.
• FASTUOSITY † haughtiness, ostentation, pomposity ...1656-81
• HIFALUTIN snobbery, pomposity ...M19 Aust. sl.
• HIGHFALUTIN snobbery, pomposity ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LARGENESS lofty bearing, pomposity ...1887
• PAUGHTINESS arrogance, conceit, pomposity ...1913 Sc.
• VENTOSITY pomposity, vanity, bombast ...c1550
POMPOUS
pompous - adjectives
• ALL GAS AND GAITERS pompous but empty talk ...1923 sl.
• CONSEQUENTIOUS conceited, proud; affectedly great; pompous ...1803 ? Amer.
• FANDANGOUS showy, pompous ...1797 Eng. dial.
• GELLY worthy, pompous, well-conditioned ...c1560 Sc.
• HIFALUTIN pompous, stuck-up ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-FALLOOTIN' snobbish, pompous ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HIGHFALUTEN snobbish, pompous ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HIGHFALUTIN(G) absurdly pompous or pretentious; stuck-up, snobbish...1839 colloq.
• HIGH-FLYING pompous, pretentious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIKI-FALLOOTIN' snobbish, pompous ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HYBOLIC pompous, bombastic ...1972 Hawaii youth usage
• MAGNIFIC (derogatory) pompous, grandiloquent ...16C
• MAGNIFICOUS * magnificent, grand, pompous ...17C
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• PAPPY of persons: conceited, stiff with self-esteem, stuck-up, officious, pompous, puffed up with pride; presumptuous ...1881 Sc.
• PAWPY of persons: conceited, stiff with self-esteem, stuck-up, officious, pompous ...1881 Sc.
• ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ...a1548
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• VENTOSE pompous, bragging, vaunting ...1867
pompous - nouns
• GAS AND GAITERS pompous but empty talk ...1923 sl.
• YELPING † boasting; proud or pompous talk ...a1050
pompous - person
• BLAFLUM a pompous, empty-headed person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAWFLUM a pompous, empty person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACIQUE a slightly pompous person
• GUTBUCKET. a grossly fat person; a pompous person, usually corpulent; used derisively ...1938 Amer. sl.
• JETTER a pompous man ...1510 sl.
• LADY MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman ...1957 sl.
• LORD MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending man ...1937 sl.
• MAMAMOUCHI a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title; a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity; a buffoon ...1672
• OLD GOAT an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like ...20C US colloq.
• PANJANDRUM a mock title for an imaginary or mysterious person of much power, or one of great pretensions; a pompous pretender; one who is self-important ...a1880
• PISS-ARTIST a pretentious and usually pompous poseur who is incompetent, but full of promises ...L20 colloq.
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER a fraud; a blowhard, a boastful or pompous person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• STUFFED SHIRT a pompous person ...1913 sl., orig. US
pompous - verbs
• BESTRUT to strut or walk pompously over ...1594
• BLOVIATE to talk aimlessly and boastingly; to speak arrogantly or pompously; to be verbose; to wander from the subject ...1847 Amer.
• SCANCE to make a great show in conversation; to talk in a pompous or affected manner, to exaggerate, to embellish a story to the limits of credibility for the sake of effect ...1815 Sc.
• SPEECHIFY to make a pompous speech, or talk as if one were doing this ...1723 sl.
POMPOUSLY
pompously - adverbs
• HIGH FALUTIN snobbily, pompously ...1900s US sl.
POMPOUSNESS
pompousness - nouns
• FAST † arrogance, pompousness ...1673
PONCE - nouns, person
• RIBALD a ponce ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUD a ponce ...Bk1903 sl.
POND - nouns
• BULL-HOLE a small pond or water-hole ...1887 US
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DELF a pond ...1841 Eng. dial.
• DIKE a pool of water, a puddle; a pond ...1788 Eng. dial.
• ETCH a small pond ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HASSOCK a large pond ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACHE a pond; a pool ...1868 Eng. dial.
• LAGOONA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAGUNA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † 1. a pond, a pool ...a1000
2. a pond formed by damming up a stream ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LOON SHIT the mud or muck on the bottom of a pond ...1974 Brit. sl.
• MERE a small lake or sheet of standing water; a pond ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAN a pond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTS the ponds or sloppy places left by unusually high tides on the foreshore or between the sea embankments ...1891 Eng, dial.
• RIFE a salt-water pond ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANK a piece of deep water, natural or artificial; a pond or pool ...1678 Eng. & Amer. dial.
PONDER - verbs
• CAST † to revolve in one's mind, to debate with oneself, to consider, to ponder, to deliberate ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DASCAN † to ponder; to consider ...c1579 Sc.
• HANKER to hesitate, to ponder, esp. to hesitate in speaking ...1873 Eng. dial.
• LAY THE BRAIN ASTEEP to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort ...1895 Sc.
• MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAUSE † to ponder upon; to gaze at; to admire ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PENSICULATE †* to consider, to ponder ...1623
• PENSITATE †* to weigh in the mind; to consider, to ponder ...1623
• SET THE BRAIN ASTEEP to ponder, to revolve in the mind, to make a mental effort ...1895 Sc.
• SPLISH AND SPLASH to debate a topic; to ponder without coming to a decision ...1970s US Black sl.
• VOLVE to ponder or mull over
PONDEROUS - adjectives
• ELEPHANTIC * pert. to or resembling an elephant; huge, ponderous ...1598
• PEISANT † having great weight; heavy, ponderous ...1520
PONDEROUSLY - adverbs
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
PONY - see HORSE
POOL (water) - adjectives
• LACUSCULAR pert. to a small pool; frequenting small pools ...1878
• LAKISH † abounding in lakes or pools; inhabiting a lake ...1590
POOL (game) - adjectives
• DEAD in pool: said of a shot made such that the cue ball stops completely after striking the object ball ...1990 US sl.
POOL (water) - nouns
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• HAFT an island in a pool ...1686 Eng. dial.
• LACHE a pond; a pool ...1868 Eng. dial.
• LAGOONA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAGUNA a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water ...1838 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † 1. a pond, a pool ...a1000
2. a small, stagnant pool, esp. one formed at ebb-tide on the shore ...1758 Sc.
3. a pond formed by damming up a stream ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAY † a lake, a pool ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MERE-POOL a pool of water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATATORY † a swimming-bath, a pool ...c1400
• SINK a well or pool of water ...1834
• SIPE a small spring or pool of water ...1825 chiefly Sc.
• SUMP † a small body of water, a puddle, a dirty pool ...c1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANK a piece of deep water, natural or artificial; a pond or pool ...1678 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• VADDLE a wading place; a shallow pool at the head of a bay or creek ...Bk1905 Sc.
POOL (game) - nouns
• ACE in pool: the number one ball ...1878 US sl.
• ACTION 1. in pool: spin imparted on the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball ...1913 US sl.
2. in pool: a game played with wagers ...1990 US sl.
• AIR BARREL in pool: that which backs a bet made without money to back the bet ...1990 US sl.
• BARREL in pool: a betting unit; 'if you have $1000 and you're playing for $100 a game, you're packing ten barrels' ...1990 US sl.
• BAT a pool or billiards cue ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BATOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BATTOON a short, straight stick; a pool or billiards cue ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DUCK in pool: a shot that cannot be missed or a game that cannot be lost ...1990 US sl.
• GAFF SHOT in pool: an elaborate shot, esp. an illegal one ...1985 US sl.
• GARBAGE SHOT in pool: a shot made with luck, not with skill ...1979 US sl.
• GOOD HITTER in pool: an excellent cue stick ...1990 US sl.
• GUTTER BALL in pool: a shot in which the cue ball falls into a pocket ...1993 US sl.
• JACKING OFF racking up the pool balls ...20C gambling sl.
• JUICE in pool: spin imparted to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the course of the cue ball after it strikes the object ball ...1993 US sl.
• LITTLES n. in pool: the solid-coloured balls numbered 1 to 7 ...1990 US sl.
• NATURAL in pool: a shot that cannot be missed or a game that cannot be lose ...1990 US sl.
• OCEAN in pool: the expansive centre of a table ...1993 US sl.
• OIL in pool: extreme spin imparted to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball ...1912 US sl.
• RAG in pool: a cushion ...1985 US sl.
• RAKE in pool: a device used to support the cue stick for a hard-to-reach shot ...1990 US sl.
• REBEL TRAP in pool: the largest regulation-size table ...1990 US sl.
• SKID SHOT in pool: a shot made with backspin on the cue ball ...1993 US sl.
• SNEAKY PETE in pool: an expert player's custom cue, designed to look like an ordinary cue ...1993 US sl.
• STACK 1. in pool: the balls assembled inside the rack before a game ...1977 US sl.
2. in pool: the clustered pack of balls left at the foot of the table after the first shot of the game ...1990 US sl.
• TABLE TIME a time-based charge for playing pool ...1993 US sl.
• UPTOWN in pool: the area at the head of the table ...1993 US sl.
• WRONG-WAY ENGLISH in pool: a spin imparted on the cue ball such that the angle of refraction off a cushion is different, if not opposite, from what would be expected ...1993 US sl.
• ZULU GOLF pool ...20C US sl.
POOL (game) - nouns, person
• FACE a professional pool player who is well known and recognized making it impossible for him to make a living betting with unsuspecting amateurs ...1990 US sl.
• FAGIN in pool: a person who backs a player financially in his bets ...1990 US sl.
• GARDENER in pool: a betting player who wins ...1990 US sl.
• HUSTLER a person who makes his living by playing pool for wagers, feigning a skill level below his true level to secure bets ...1967 US
• PUNK an inferior pool player ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RAILBIRD in pool: a spectator ...1993 US sl.
• TOP STICK the best regular player in a pool hall ...1990 US sl.
POOL (game) - verbs
• CROAK in pool: to miscue ...1988 Can. sl.
• DUCK in pool: to miss a shot or lose a game intentionally to mislead an opponent as to your true ability ...1993 US sl.
• KILL in pool: to strike the cue ball such that it stops immediately upon hitting the object ball ...1984 US sl.
• LIE DOWN in pool: to play below your skill level to lure strangers into playing against you for money ...1993 US sl.
• PARK THE BALL in pool: to leave the cue ball roughly in the centre of the table after an opening break shot ...1992 US sl.
• WAGGLE in pool: to make practice shots before actually hitting the cue ball ...1993 US sl.
POOR (without money) - adjectives
• BAD OFF poor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BEGGARY † beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible ...1542
• BUSHED poor, without money ...1812 sl.
• DABRICH poor, needy ...c1800 Sc.
• EGENE †* needy, poor ...1631
• EGESTUOSE † very poor and needy ...1775
• EGESTUOUS † extremely poor and needy ...1656
• FULL OF MONEY AS A TOAD IS OF FEATHERS, AS penniless, poor, impoverished ...B1900
• GALLOWS POOR very poor ...L18 sl.
• HAVELESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• HAVENLESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• ILL-MONIED † ill supplied with money, poor ...1608
• ILL-OFF poor, in impoverished or straitened circumstances ...1820 Sc.
• ILL-TO-DO in poor circumstances, poor, needy ...1853
• MEAN of people and things: poor in quality or condition; comparatively worthless ...E19 US sl.
• NACKLE-ASS of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY † having or possessing naught; poor, needy ...1377
• NEEDSOME * marked by need; needy, poor ...1870
• OFF THE COB poor ...1930s US sl.
• ONE-GALLOWS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUSED of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1904 Amer. dial.
• ON THE RORY poor, penniless ...M19 sl.
• OOFLESS poor, in want of money ...1888 sl.
• ORDINARY inferior, poor, worthless, contemptible, immoral ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY inferior, poor, insignificant, worthless, contemptible, mean, immoral ...1816 Amer. dial.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED utterly penniless; very poor, destitute; in want of money ...1886 sl.
• PENURIOUS extremely poor; destitute
• POOR AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS extremely poor ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A JAYBIRD extremely poor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS AN OWL very poor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS A RAT very poor ...1833
• POOR AS BILLY HELL very poor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS BILLY-BE-DAMNED very poor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS DICK'S HATBAND very poor ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS GAR BROTH very poor ...1912 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS GOD'S OFF OX, AS very poor ...1848 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS JACOB'S CAT very poor, having lost everything ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR AS OWL DUNG very poor ...1974 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS OWL SHIT very poor ...1967 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS POVERTY IN A GALE O' WIND extremely poor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POORER THAN CATWATER very poor ...1958 Amer. dial.
• POORER THAN SKIMMED WHEY extremely poor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURSE-PINCHED in straitened circumstances; habitually poor ...1603 arch.
• PUT TO ONE'S STUMPS poor, hard-up ...Bk1904 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED very poor ...1990s Aust. sl.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SCANT poor, badly off ...1715 Sc.
• SCANT IN THE WALLET poor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIMPLE † poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal ...a1300
• STUMPED poor, hard-up ...1837 sl.
• UNOOFY impoverished, poor ...L19 sl.
• UPTIGHT poor, impoverished, lacking money ...1967 sl.
• WAEDLE † poor, needy ...c1000
• WANTSUM † indigent, poor; devoid of ...c1200
POOR (inferior) - adjectives
• AZZARDLY poor, ill-thriven ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS poor, despicable, worthless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CROW poor; mean; trivial; insignificant; worthless ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• GRUNGY inferior, poor, dismal ...1969 Amer. sl.
• LARRY among pitchmen: of unsatisfactory quality; poor ...1939 Amer. sl.
• LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible ..c1386
• RASCALLY † poor, worthless ...1600
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY scanty or of inferior quality; poor ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAWVLIN † poor and mean ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCREEBIT poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREEBIT-LOOKING poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAN poor, mean, shabby ...E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SINGLE-SOLED † of persons: poor, mean, of little account or worth; insignificant ...1588
POOR (without money) - nouns
• ARMPIT OF THE NATION the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city or town ...1960s sl., orig. US
• ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place ...1930s sl., orig. US
• BACK-AH-YARD a poor area of the city ...1930s US sl.
• BACK STREET a poor, usually residential, district ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUNKUM TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD'S ROW the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum ...1967 sl.
• CODFISH FLATS the poor area of town ...1960s US sl.
• DOGPATCH the part of a town where the poorer people, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GABBY ROW the area of town where the poor live ...20C US sl.
• GOOSE FLAT a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE GREEN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HILL a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HOLLER a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HOLLOW a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE NIBBLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSETOWN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSEVILLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY CORNER a poor settlement or neighbourhood ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GREASY VALLEY a poor settlement or neighbourhood ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MILL TOWN the poor area of a town or city ...1960s US sl.
• MILL VILLAGE the poor area of a town or city ...1960s US sl.
• NAKED CITY the poor area of a town ...1960s US sl.
• NEEDMORE a section of town, esp. a poor or disadvantaged one ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATCH, THE the part of a town where the poorer people, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PIG ALLEY the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAG ALLEY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RAG CITY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RAG TOWN a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RIFF-RAFF the poor, illiterate class ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SIMPLESSE † poor or lowly condition; also, lack of elegance or refinement; plainness of dress, etc. ...1390 obs. exc arch.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• SKID BOULEVARD a jocular term for a living area for poor people...1963 Can sl.
• SKUNK ROAD a name for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAN-YARD † the poor-house ...1845 Sc. sl.
• TIN-CAN ALLEY a poor or shabby street or section of town ...1898 Amer. dial.
• WAEDLES † the poor ...c1000
POOR - nouns, person
• ABRAHAM COVE a naked or poor man; a beggar in rags ...1859 cant
• ABRAM COVE a naked or poor man ...1724 cant
• ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• CAJUN a poor person of the wooded country of Alabama who subsists by lumbering, turpentine extraction and various odd jobs ...1934 Amer. dial.
• CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone ...L17 sl.
• CITY ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• COUNTRY SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow ...1794
• DIRT-EATER (usually derogatory) one who eats clay; hence, a poor or low-class person ...1840 Amer. dial.
• ECKY-BECKY a poor White person ...1965 Barbados
• ELM PEELER a poor White who peels elm trees for slippery elm, which he sells ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HAIRY a woman, esp. a poor woman ...1920s Sc. sl.
• LINTHEAD a worker in a cotton mill; a poor rural White person ...1933 US sl.
• MILL-CAPON † a poor person who sough the charity of those who had grain grinding at the mill ...1827 Sc.
• OAT-CAKE FOLK poor people ...1863 Eng. dial.
• ONE-GALLUSED FELLOW a worthless poor man ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PECK a poor White person ...1932 US Black sl.
• PECKAWOOD a poor White person ...1929 US sl.
• PECKERWOOD a poor White person ...1929 US sl.
• PIKE a poor White person; a good-for-nothing ...1856 Amer. dial.
• PIKER a poor White person; a good-for-nothing ...1859 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS CRACKER a poor or low-class person ...1872 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD TACKEYS a poor or low-class person ...1888 Amer. dial.
• POOR BARKER a low-class, poor White person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• POOR BUCKRA a low-class, poor White person ...1836 Amer. dial.
• QUARTERER a poor person who is given temporary lodgings by way of charity ...1802 Sc.
• QUARTERMAN † a male pauper who was given poor relief by being lodged for a short period at a time in the various houses in the parish ...1908 Sc.
• QUARTER-WIFE † a poor woman quartered in a house by the parish ...1898 Sc.
• QUEER COVE a poor man ...M18 sl.
• QUEER CULL a poor, ill-dressed person ...L17 sl.
• QUEER MORT a poor woman ...M18 sl.
• QUER COVE a poor man ...M18 sl.
• QUER MORT n. a poor woman ...M18 sl.
• RAG BABY a poor, ill-clothed woman, who is nonetheless attractive ...20C US Black sl.
• RAGGY-BACKS people who are not well off ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• STREET ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• TOM DINGLE a poor, wretched fellow ...1711
• WAIF-WOMAN a woman with no possessions or connections ...1776 Sc.
• WALK AND NYAM a poor White; thus a sponger of any race ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• W.T. (derogatory) the poor, working class or underclass pupils (White Trash) ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
• YARD APE a poor, low-class White person, White trash ...2003 Amer. dial.
POOR - verbs
• DIE WITHOUT A BED to die poor ...1881 Ireland
• DIE WITHOUT A SHIFT to die poor ...1881 Ireland
• DIE WITHOUT WHOLE BREECHES to die poor ...1881 Ireland
• EMPOVER †* to impoverish, to make poor ...1474
• ERUMNATE † to impoverish, to make poor or miserable ...1692
• IMPOOR † to make poor; to impoverish ...1613
POOR - phrases
• IF STANDS STIFF IN A POOR MAN'S POCKET used to imply the difficulty poor people find in obtaining their wishes where money is concerned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POORHOUSE - nouns
• INFIRMARY a poorhouse or a farm where poor people are maintained at public expense ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• LAAD-MI-DON the poorhouse; the almshouse ...1940s W. Indies
POORLY - adjectives
• AILDY † ailing, poorly ...1697 Eng. dial.
• ANGISH sickly, unhealthy, very poorly ...B1900 Ireland
• AT HALF-MAST poorly, unwell ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BADLINS out of health, poorly, ailing ...1932 Sc.
• BRIEF poorly, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill ...1883 Eng. dial.
• FEEBLY † in a sorry manner or plight; inefficiently, insufficiently, niggardly, poorly, scantily ...c1290
• HANGY poorly, dull through incipient illness ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HILDING ailing, poorly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• INDIFFERENT poorly, bad, ill ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MEAN ALL OVER unwell, poorly, under the weather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• PEASLY said of a person who looks poorly or unhealthy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly ...1711 now Eng. dial.
• SINGLY † slightly, poorly, ineffectively ...1548
• TENDERLY poorly, unwell ...1787 Sc.
• TEULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEWLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TOOLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
POORLY - adverbs
• LEWDLY † badly, poorly, ill ...c1386
• NAKEDLY † barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly ...1589 rare or obs.
• NAUGHTILY † badly, poorly ...1574
POOR-SPIRITED - adjectives
• MEECHING poor-spirited, melancholy, complaining ...1836 Eng. dial.
• MELCH-HEARTED gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK-HEARTED poor-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
POP, POPPING - nouns
• CLOOP a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1848
POP, POPPING - verbs
• CLOOP to make a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle ...1872
• PAP to make a popping sound, to pop ...1837
POPCORN - nouns
• BUNKER a kernel of popcorn that pops perfectly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• CAP a kernel of popcorn ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY an unpopped kernel of popcorn ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAID a kernel of popcorn that has failed to pop ...1947 US sl.
POPCORN - verbs
• CAP to pop corn ...1936 Amer. dial.
POPE - adjectives
• PAPABLE * capable of being elected pope; qualified for the office of pope ...1592
• PAPANE †* papal, pert. to the pope ...1581
• PAPARCHICAL pert. to papal rule ...1895
• PAPISTIC (usually hostile or opprobrious) adhering to the pope; Roman Catholic ...1545
• PAPISTICAL (usually hostile or opprobrious) adhering to the pope; Roman Catholic ...1537
• PAPOLATROUS worshipping the pope; having an excessive reverence for the pope ...1894
POPE - adverbs
• PAPISTICALLY in a papistical manner; popishly ...1572
POPE - nouns
• NEPOTISM † the advantages or opportunities for advancement of a pope's nephew ...1662
• ORACLE † an injunction or command of the Pope ...1579
• PAPALITY † the papal office, dignity, or authority; the popedom ...1456
• PAPALTY † the papal office, dignity, or authority; the popedom ...1577
• PAPAPHOBIA * dread of the pope or of popery ...1798
• PAPARCHY * papal rule or sovereignty; government by the pope ...1839
• PAPATE †* the office of pope, the papacy ...1390
• PAPISM the papal system; popery; Roman Catholicism ...1550
• PAPISTRY popery, Romanism ...1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAPOLATRY worship of, or excessive reverence for, the pope ...1894 nonce word
POPE - nouns, person
• DECRETALIARCH † the lord of decretals, the Pope ...1656
• MAN OF ROME † the Pope ...1581
• MAN OF SIN the Pope ...1827 Sc.
• OLD RED SOCKS the pope ...20C Ulster sl.
• PAPA † the pope of Rome ...1559
• PAPESS a female pope ...1620
• PAPICOLIST †* a worshipper of the pope, a papist ...1633
• PAPISHER † an adherent of the pope; an advocate of papal supremacy; also, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic ...1823 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAPIST (usually hostile or opprobrious) an adherent of the pope; an advocate of papal supremacy; also, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic ...1534
• PAPISTIC an adherent of the pope; an advocate of papal supremacy; also, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic ...1589
POPE - nouns, person
• PAPAPHOBIST one who fears the pope or popery ...1818
POPE - verbs
• IMPAPASE † to raise to the papacy; to make Pope ...1563-87
• PAPISTICATE † to render papistic ...1746 nonce word Catholic • PAPIZE † to act or play the pope; to act on the side of the pope or papal system ...1612
POPGUN - nouns
• SCOOT a squirt, a syringe; a pea-shooter, a popgun ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
POPPY - nouns
• CANKER the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus ...Bk1888
• HEADACHE a rustic name for the wild poppy, Papaver Rhoeas, from the effect of its odour ...a1825
• HEAD-WARK the red field-poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RED PETTICOAT the common poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-BALL the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-FLOWER the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• XEROX COPY a Remembrance Day poppy ...1950s Aust. rhyming sl.
POPSICLE - nouns
• ICE-BLOCK an ice confection on a stick ...1948 Aust. sl.
• ICE POP a popsicle ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ICY-POLE an ice confection on a stick ...1932 Aust. sl.
• LOLLIPOP a popsicle ...1968 Amer. dial.
POPULAR - adjectives
• HOT popular ...1961 US sl.
• IN THE GROOVE belonging to the 'in crowd', a group of popular people ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LARGE in the entertainment industry: popular, successful ...1957 Amer. sl.
• MIGHTILY BELIKED popular ...1984 Amer. dial.
• MOVIN' good; pleasurable; fashionable; popular ...1997 US sl.
• ON THE CASTOR popular, well-regarded ...1953 Aust. sl.
POPULAR, POPULARITY - nouns
• IN CROWD a group of popular people ...1960s Amer. sl.
• KITSCH art, literature, fashion. etc., dismissed as being of merely popular taste or appeal, vulgar, sentimental, or sometimes pretentious ...German
• MUCH LOVE popularity, respect ...1990s US Black sl.
POPULAR - nouns, person
• COOL BREEZE an admirable and popular person ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• CRUSHER a boy who is popular with girls and women; an attractive youth whom many girls have a crush on ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• LIVE ONE a notable, popular, or well-respected person ...L19 US sl.
• PIMP a cool guy who's popular with girls ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• QUEEN a popular girl ...1959 US sl.
POPULAR - verbs
• LIVE LARGE to be extremely, esp. ostentatiously, successful, popular, wealthy, etc. ...1975 Amer. sl.
• TAKE to succeed, to become popular ...L17 sl.
• TAKE OFF to become popular ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TAKE ON to become popular; to enjoy ...L19 sl.
POPULARITY - phrases
• ON THE DOWNBEAT in decline; losing popularity ...1943 Amer. sl.
POPULATED - adjectives
• RARE †* thinly attended or populated ...1610
PORCELAIN - adjectives
• LAME made of earthenware or porcelain ...1650 Sc.
• WALLY made of porcelain, china, glazed ...1904 Sc.
PORCELAIN - nouns
• WALLIE porcelain, china, glazed earthenware ...1890 Sc.
PORCH - nouns
• ANTEROOM a small enclosed porch erected either permanently or seasonally to protect an entrance door in cold weather ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALCONY a porch constructed at the ground level of a home ...1860 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-WAY an open porch ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GALANDA a verandah, a porch ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OBDER † a small porch or portico ...1866 Sc.
• ORCHLE a porch ...Bk1905 Sc.
PORCUPINE - nouns
• ANIMATED CACTUS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARK-EATER a porcupine ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HEDGEHOG a porcupine ...1605 Amer. dial.
• HEDGEPIG a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLE CUSHION a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINCUSHION a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PORCUPIG † an old form of porcupine ...a1700
• PORKYPINE a porcupine ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• PORPENTINE † old form of porcupine ...1530
• QUILL PIG a porcupine ...2003 US sl.
• QUILLS a porcupine or hedgehog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALKING PINCUSHION a porcupine ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HOG a porcupine ...1891 Amer. dial.
PORK - nouns
• ARKANSAS CHICKEN * salt pork ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ARNOLD pork ...1988 Jamaica sl.
• BACKBONE pork meat from near the backbone ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BOSTON WOODCOCK pork and beans ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CINCINNATI CHICKEN salt pork ...1864 US West. sl.
• CINCINNATI TURKEY salt pork ...1864 US West. sl.
• DAT pork ...2000 Jamaica sl.
• DUCHESS OF YORK pork ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• GALENA salt pork ...1859 US sl.
• GRUNT a slice of ham or pork ...1925 US sl.
• GRUNTER pork ...M16 sl.
• GRUNTING PECK pork ...c1670 cant
• HAND a shoulder of pork ...a1825
• IRISH CHICKEN pork ...1920s US sl.
• JEW FOOD (usually derogatory) ham, bacon, or pork of any kind ...20C sl.
• KANSAS CITY FISH fried salt pork ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLING the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon ...1777 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLING MEAT salt pork, bacon ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MOUNTAIN LAMB salt pork ...20C US sl.
• NED bacon, salt pork ...1850 Amer. dial.
• OLD NED salt pork or bacon ...1833 US sl.
• SEASONING MEAT salt pork or bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SIDE MEAT meat from the side of a hog, usually salted or smoked; bacon; salt pork ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SIDE OF A FUNERAL a pork chop ...L19 US sl.
• TENNESSEE CHICKEN some meat other than chicken, esp. salt pork, bacon ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WHITE BACON salt pork ...1849 Amer. dial.
• WHITE MEAT salt pork ...1913 Amer. dial.
PORNOGRAPHIC, PORNOGRAPHY - adjectives
• ADULT pornographic; erotic ...1958 euphemism
• FEELTHY pornographic; erotic ...1933 sl.
• HARDCORE of pornography: graphic, explicit ...1970 US sl.
• HOT pornographic; erotic ...1892 sl.
• JERK-OFF pornographic; erotic ...c1957 sl.
• MUCKY pornographic, esp. when mildly so; lewd ...1972 UK sl.
• NAUGHTY pornographic; erotic; obscene; loose ...1882 euphemism
• OFER used to describe a male pornography performer who either cannot achieve an erection or cannot ejaculate when needed ...1995 US sl.
• O-FOR used to describe a male pornography performer who either cannot achieve an erection or cannot ejaculate when needed ...1995 US sl.
• ONE-HANDED of literature, a magazine, etc.: pornographic ...Aust. sl.
• PORNY lewd; smutty or obscene; pornographic ...1961 Brit. & US sl.
• PURPLE extremely pornographic ...E20 colloq.
• SEXATIONAL pornographic; erotic ...1928 sl., orig. US
• SEXSATIONAL pornographic; erotic ...1928 sl., orig. US
• SNUFF applied to a pornographic film. photograph, etc. ...1975 sl.
• STEAMY pornographic; erotic ...1970 sl.
• UNDER-ARM pornographic ...1979 UK sl.
• VANILLA of pornography: relatively high-brow, designed for couples and first-time viewers ...2000 US sl.
PORNOGRAPHIC, PORNOGRAPHY - nouns
• BLUEY a pornographic film ...1990s sl.
• DANNY LA RUE anything blue, as a snooker ball, a dirty joke, or a pornographic video ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• FAG HOTS cheap pornography aimed at the male homosexual readership ...1960s gay sl.
• FAN FUCK a heterosexual pornographic film in which male fans of the female pornography star are selected to have sex with her ...2000 US sl.
• FLADGE flagellation as a means of sexual gratification, and also pornographic literature concentrating on flagellation ...1958 sl.
• FLADJ same as 'FLADGE' ...1958 sl.
• FLAGE same as 'FLADGE' ...1958 sl.
• FUCK-FILM a pornographic film which features explicit scenes of various types of copulation ...M20 US sl.
• GYNO SHOT a close-up scene in a pornographic film or a photograph, showing a woman's genitals ...1995 US sl.
• KIDDY PORN child pornography ...1977 US sl.
• LEFT-HANDED WEBSITE a website specializing in pornography ...1990s sl.
• LOOP a pornographic film ...1990s sl.
• MEAT SHOT a photograph or scene in a pornographic film focusing on a penis ...1974 US sl.
• ONE-HAND MAGAZINE a pornographic magazine, used as an aid to masturbation ...1960s sl.
• POP SHOT in a pornographic film: the shot in which a male actor ejaculates ...1990s sl.
• PORNIE a pornographic film ...1966 sl.
• PUDERY pornographic books or prints ...c1930 sl.
• RAUNCH obscenity, pornography ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SCHMUTZ pornography ...1968 sl., chiefly US
• SCRUFF pornographic literature ...1990s sl.
• SHMUTZ dirty material, pornography ...1968 sl., chiefly US
• SKIN-FLICK a movie focusing on nudity or sex; a movie with nude scenes; a pornographic film or an X-rated film ...1968 US sl.
• SKIN-FLICK HOUSE a cinema showing pornographic films ...1972 US sl.
• SKIN HOUSE a pornographic movie theatre ...M20 Amer. sl.
• SKINPIX pornographic films ...1964 US sl.
• SMUT an obscene story; pornography in general ...17C
• STAG a pornographic film ...1966 US sl.
• TP a scene in a pornographic film or a photograph depicting a woman having simultaneous oral, vaginal, and anal sex (Triple Penetration) ...2000 US sl.
PORNOGRAPHY - nouns, person
• BABY a young performer new to the pornography industry who looks even younger than he or she is ...1995 US sl.
• NEWSSTAND a dealer in pornographic literature and magazines ...1986 US sl.
• RAINCOATER a stereotypical perverted pornography fan ...2000 US sl.
• SMUTHOUND a man who revels in obscenity and pornography ...M20 US sl.
• SMUT-PEDDLER one who sells pornography ...M20 US sl.
• SNIFFER an outsider who tries to be part of the pornography industry ...1995 US sl.
• WOODSMAN a male pornography performer who can be counted on to maintain an erection as long as needed and to ejaculate more or less on demand ...1995 US sl.
• WOODSTER a male pornography performer whose erections can be counted on ...2000 US sl.
PORPOISE - nouns
• FISHERMAN a porpoise ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GAIRFISH † the porpoise ...1795 Sc.
• MERESWINE † a dolphin or porpoise ...c725
• SNUFFER a porpoise...1884 Amer. dial.