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PORRIDGE - PRACTICE
PORRIDGE - adjectives
• COBBY of porridge, etc.: lumpy ...19C Eng. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED AND MEAL BEGRUDGED said of thin porridge ...1909 Amer. dial.
PORRIDGE - nouns
• BLUTHRIE thin porridge; water-gruel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAT the glazed skin of porridge ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURGOO stew or porridge ...20C sl.
• HARRY the remainder of the porridge left in the dish after everyone has been supplied ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HASTY-BROSE oatmeal porridge ...1828 Sc.
• HASTY-DICK oatmeal porridge ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASTY-PUDDING oatmeal porridge ..1818 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER anything sticky or greasy, such as porridge or mud ...20C Ireland
• MEAL-AND-BREE oatmeal porridge ...1742 Sc.
• MILK AND MEAL milk-porridge ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILK-MADLOCKS milk-porridge ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILK-MEAT milk-porridge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK-POTAGE milk-porridge ...1787 Sc.
• MILL-GRUEL porridge made with milk ...1899 Sc.
• MOOSH prison food, often porridge ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MUSH prison food, often porridge ...L19 Aust. sl.
• PAPELOTE † porridge ...1393
• PAPLAR porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLAR porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLARS porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLARS OF YARRUM milk porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLERS porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPPELARS porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• SKILLIGALEE a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses ...1819
• SKILLY a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses ...1839
• STIRABOUT 1. porridge made by stirring oatmeal (occasionally some other meal) in boiling water or milk ...1682 orig. Anglo-Irish
2. a porridge-stick ...1885 Sc.
• THICK DICKS thick porridge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICKENS oatmeal porridge ...1843 Eng. dial.
• THICK-HOTS porridge made of water and oatmeal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICK-TOLLOLS a jocular name for oatmeal porridge ...1881 Eng. dial.
PORT (place) - adjectives
• IMPORTUOUS †* without a port or haven ...1656
PORT (drink) - nouns
• BLACK-CORK porter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACK STRAP port wine ...Bk1890 sl.
• RED-FUSTIAN port ...1834 sl.
PORT (place) - nouns
• HAVEN a recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, affording good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbour, a port ...1031
• HAVENLET † a small harbour or port ...1538
• HAVEN-TOWN † a town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town ...c1400
• NAUSTIBLE a port or haven for ships ...B1900
PORT (place) - verbs
• HAVEN † to put into or shelter in a haven or port ...c1375
PORTABLE - adjectives
• CARRIAGEABLE * capable of being carried; portable ...1702
PORTEND - verbs
• OMINATE † to serve as an omen, to portend ...1667
PORTENT - nouns
• BEACON † a sign, a portent ...c950
• BODEWORD a portent; an ominous prediction regarding a person or family ...Bk1911 Sc.
• TOKEN † a sign or presage of something to come; an omen, portent, prodigy ...971
• TOKENER † one who or that which portends or prognosticates; a portent, an omen ...1513
PORTENTOUS - adjectives
• EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous ...1880 Sc.
• ORACULAR of mysterious portent; ominous, portentous ...1820
PORTER - nouns, person
• BACKER a porter, carrier, unloader ...1864
• BERMAN † a bearer, a carrier, a porter ...c1000
• JANITOR a doorkeeper, a porter ...c1630
• KEEP-DOOR † a porter; a door-ward ...1681 nonce word
• WARDEN * a gatekeeper, a porter, a sentinel ...a1225
PORTION - nouns
• ATOMY a small portion; a particle of anything previously of larger bulk ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BLAD a large portion of anything; a fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANT † a portion; a share; a division ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANTLE a part, a portion ...c1315
• DARG a big piece; a large portion of anything; used ironically to denote something of little value, or when one has received less than was expected ...1908 Sc.
• DAUM a small portion or share ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL † 1. a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. a part allowed or apportioned to anyone; a portion, a share, dole ...c825 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEALTH † portion dealt ...1637 nonce word
• FALL rent; share, portion ...1768 Sc.
• FALLOCH a large portion of anything heavy or bulky, sometimes of eatables; generally used in a bad sense ...1866 Sc.
• FILL a large portion; filling ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOBBET a piece, portion, a fragment ...ME
• GOSPEL MEASURE good measure; a full or generous portion of something bought; more than is asked for or in strictness required ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HAIR a very small portion or quantity of anything; a trifle; the smallest possible amount ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEFT a portion, a part ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• INCORMANT a share, portion ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.
• LICK AND A SMELL a very small portion ...M18 sl.
• LITTLE-WHAT † a small portion or quantity of ...c1380
• PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle ...c1368 arch.
• PARCELLING †* a part, a portion ...c1449
• PARTING a portion, share, division, allotment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLE a portion ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a small portion ...1848 Sc.
• SCENT the smallest portion ...1843 Sc.
• SCREED a large portion; a long length of thread, twine, etc. ...1884 Sc.
• SKAIR a share, a portion ...c1573 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAKE a portion, an extract, a bit ...1930s US sl.
• VANNOCK a considerable portion; a large fragment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHANG a large piece, a portion, share ...1910s sl.
PORTLY - adjectives
• THROUGHLY portly; strongly-built; buxom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PORTRAIT - nouns
• EFFIGIES a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind; now superseded by 'effigy' ...1600 arch.
• EFFIGIUM †* a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind ...1564
• FACE-MAKING † portrait-painting ...1623
• IMPORTRAITURE * the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description ...1836
• MAP a portrait, a likeness ...1870 Sc.
• MUG SHOT a photographic portrait ...1978 UK sl.
PORTRAIT - nouns, person
• FACE-PAINTER a painter of portraits ...1697
PORTRAY - verbs
• DECIPHER † to represent verbally or pictorially; to describe, to delineate, to portray, to depict ...a1572
• EFFIGIATE * to present a likeness of; to portray, to represent by a picture or sculpture ...1608
• EFFIGIES † to portray, to picture ...1652 nonce word
• IMPORTRAY † to portray or depict in or upon something ...1580
PORTRAYED - adjectives
• IMPORTURATE † portrayed in or upon something ...1501 Sc.
PORTRAYING - nouns
• IMPORTRAITURE * the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description ...1836
PORTUGAL - nouns, person
• DAGO (derogatory) a Spaniard, Portuguese, or Italian; the Spanish or Italian language ...1832 sl.
• DEGO (derogatory) orig. a Spaniard, Portuguese, or other Caucasian of southern Europe or Latin America; broadly, a foreigner ...1832 US sl.
• PORK AND BEANS a Portuguese person ...1920s sl.
• PORTUGOOSE (derogatory) a jocular nickname for a Portuguese ...20C US sl.
POSE - nouns
• B-BOY STANCE a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music ...20C teen & high school sl.
POSE - nouns, person
• FAKER one who poses falsely to gain status ...1990s US campus sl.
• WALKING GENTLEMAN one who poses as something but lacks the expertise to back the image ...L19 sl.
POSE - verbs
• COP to affect a manner; to pose ...1940s US Black sl.
• FAKE THE FUNK to pose as more sophisticated than one actually is ...1970s US Black sl.
• MODEL to pose, as at a party or club ...1990s US Black sl.
• QUEEN to act in an effeminate manner; to pose ostentatiously ...1970s sl.
• VAMPER † to make an ostentatious appearance; to pose ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to pose; to go into attitudes as an orator ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POSITION - adjectives
• IN RARE COLLAR in a good position ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SITUAL * pert. to position or situation; positional ...1856
POSITION - nouns
• END place, position, situation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SITUS * situation, position ...1701
• UBI † 1. place, position; location ...1614
† 2. present place or position; whereabouts ...1778
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
POSITION - verbs
• CHANGE UP to exchange; to shift positions ...1905 Amer. dial.
• YARK † to put in position, to set, to place ...a1300
POSITIVE - adjectives
• CAN-DO positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges ...20C sl., orig. US
• UPBEAT optimistic, positive ...1940s sl., orig. US
• UPFUL positive, encouraging ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• UPHILL positive, encouraging ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• WACK positive, extremely good ...1990s sl.
• WACKED positive, extremely good ...1990s sl.
• WHACK positive, extremely good ...1990s sl.
POSITIVELY - adverbs
• ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1986 Amer. sl.
• ABSOTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BARELY † without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340
• DECRETORILY † positively, decisively ...1660
• NATURLY really, positively, certainly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATIFIEDLY † positively ...1593
POSSESS, POSSESSION - nouns
• AMOTION deprivation of possession ...M17 arch.
• AUGHT property, possession ...1737 Sc. & Ireland
• HAVE † a having, possession ...c1200
• HAVIOUR † the fact of having; possession; a possession, property; estate, substance, wealth ...c1400
• HAVOUR † the fact of having; possession; a possession, property; estate, substance, wealth ...c1400
POSSESS, POSSESSION - verbs
• AUGHT to own, to possess ...1816 Sc.
• BE-OWE to own, to possess ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CATCH † to obtain by exertion; to attain, to get possession of ...1382
• HAIN to possess ...1858 Eng. dial.
• IMPATRON †* to put in possession of; to take possession; to make oneself master of ...1642
• IMPATRONIZE † to put in possession of; to take possession, to make oneself master of ...1577
• MASTER † to have at one's disposal; to own, to possess ...1593
• SPIKE to get possession of; hence, to convict ...L19 US campus sl.
• TAKE UP MOULD AND STONE † to take permanent possession ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNDERFO † to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess ...c888
• UNDERFONG † to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess ...c1175
• YAW to own, to possess; also, to owe, to be in debt to ...1871 Sc.
POSSESSED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † seized, possessed ...1579
• BEFATED † fatally possessed, infatuated (by his destiny) ...a1659
• DEDIVILED possessed, bedeviled ...1903 Amer. dial.
POSSESSING - nouns
• HAVINGNESS † the quality of having or possessing; desire of having, covetousness ...1577
POSSESSIONS - nouns
• EYETEETH one's prized possessions ...1844 Amer. dial.
• FACULTY † pecuniary ability, means, resources; possessions, property ...1382
• FEE † movable property in general; goods, possessions, wealth ...c888
• GAME money, possessions ...1960s US sl.
• GEAR † possessions in general, wealth, money ...1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE property, possessions, wealth ...1802 Sc.
• HAVES property, possessions, wealth ...1802 Sc.
• HAVINGS possessions, property, wealth, belongings ...c1325
• ICTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1856 Amer. dial.
• IKTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SUBSTANCES † riches, possessions ...1382
• SUFFISANTEE †* property, possessions ...1436
• WARISON † wealth, possessions ...1297
POSSESSOR - nouns, person
• MASTER * a possessor, an owner ...c1400
POSSIBLE - adjective
• CASEABLE † able or liable to happen, possible ...c1565 Sc.
• ON possible, feasible, worthy of an attempt ...1935 UK sl.
POSSIBLE - verbs
• DRIVE THE NAIL WHERE IT WILL GO to only attempt the possible ...1655
• POSSIBILITATE to make possible ...1829
POSSIBLE - phrases
• CAN DO it is possible, it is within my power ...20C sl.
POSSIBILITY - nouns
• DANGER a chance, a possibility; a likelihood ...1920s sl.
POSSIBILITY - phrases
• SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL, A no possibility at all ...1934
POSSIBLY - adverbs
• ABLES perhaps, possibly ...1883 Sc.
• ABLINGS in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps ...1597-1605
• ABLINS possibly, perhaps ...1597-1605
• BEHAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELIKE likely, in all likelihood, probably, maybe; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1533
• BELIKELY † likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAPPEN perhaps, possibly, maybe ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• HAPPENS perhaps, possibly, maybe ...1845 Eng. dial.
• MAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAYHAP perhaps, possibly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAYHAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAYHAPS perhaps, possibly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEABLES possibly, maybe, perhaps ...1868 Sc.
• YIBBLES possibly, maybe, perhaps ...1868 Sc.
POSTAGE STAMP - see STAMP
POSTCARD - nouns
• AMERICAN CARD an erotic picture postcard ...1930s sl.
• FATTENING HOG POST CARD a jumbo-sized post card ...1954 Amer. dial.
POSTER - nouns
• PAPER posters or similar publicity material ...L19 US sl.
POSTERITY - nouns
• SUCCESSION † posterity ...1628
POSTERITY - phrases
• THOSE THAT COME BEHIND † posterity ...c1600
POSTMAN - see MAIL
POST OFFICE - nouns
• LETTER-HOUSE a post office ...1832 Eng. dial.
• LETTER-OFFICE a post office ...1689
• O.B. a post office ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• OBEY a post office ...1925 Amer. criminal sl.
• OBIE a post office ...1925 Amer. criminal sl.
• OFFICE a post office ...1858 Amer. dial.
• REPUBLIC OF LETTERS the post office ...Bk1903 sl.
POST OFFICE - nouns, person
• EAR-BITER a special agent of the US Post Office Department ...1855 US Post Office usage
POSTPONE - verbs
• HANG IN THE WIND to put off, to delay, to postpone ...1814 Sc.
• PROROGUE † to put off for a time; to defer, to postpone ...1453
POSTPONED - adjectives
• COMPERENDINOUS † postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
• ON THE SHELF put aside temporarily; postponed ...colloq.
• RAINED OUT postponed ...1995 US sl.
POSTPONEMENT - nouns
• HANG-UP delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLD-OFF delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLD-UP delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF-PUT a delay; postponement; a pretense for delay, an evasion; a feint ...1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUT-OFF delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN CHECK a request or promise to take up an invitation at a convenient time; a postponement of any arrangement ...1930 US sl.
• STALL delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAND-OFF delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARDATION † the act of delaying, delay, postponement; slackening of speed, retardation, hindering ...1500-20
• TARDIDATION †* the act of delaying, delay, postponement; a hindering, retarding ...1647
• TARRIAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
• TARRIANCE the act of tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...1460 arch.
• TARYAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
POSTPONEMENT - interjections
• NOT TONIGHT, JOSEPHINE! used by a man to defer his sexual duties to a wife or lover; hence, applied to any postponement ...1960 UK sl.
POSTURE - nouns
• HABIT † bearing, demeanour, deportment, behaviour; posture ...1413
• JAUNT †* jaunty carriage or posture of a body ...1721
POT - nouns
• IRON pots and pans ...1924 Amer. dial.
• MARMIT a pot with hooks at each side to be hung over the fire ...c1758 Eng. dial.
POTATO - adjectives
• FEATHERED of potatoes: having the outer skin partly rubbed off ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HAND-FRIED of potatoes: cut up, sliced thin, and cooked raw in fat or oil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PALKY of potatoes: diseased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POLKY of potatoes: diseased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLASHY of potatoes: breaking and becoming moist in cooking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POTATO - nouns
• BAKEY a baked potato ...L19 sl.
• BAKIE a baked potato ...L19 sl.
• BARK any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust ...1925 Amer. logging usage
• BEATTOCKS mashed potatoes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEETIT PRATIES mashed potatoes ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOARDINGHOUSE POTATOES fried potatoes, but not in deep fat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CABIN-FASHION POTATOES potatoes cup up raw and fried in bacon grease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CADS the small potatoes of a crop ...1876 Eng. dial.
• CAROLINA the sweet potato ...1775 Amer. dial.
• CAROLINA POTATO the sweet potato ...1819 Amer. dial.
• CHAMPIES mashed potatoes ...1888 Sc.
• CHATS potato peelings ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CHATTS potato peelings ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CROKERS potatoes ...19C
• CUNNEL a potato ...18C sl.
• DEMRY a baked sweet potato ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FADDERLESS-STEW potatoes stewed without meat ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRIT a French fried potato ...1986 Quebec usage
• GOOBER a potato ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• HAUCHEE-PAUCHEE potatoes when boiled to a mash ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ICE POTATO a white potato ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IRISH-APPLE a potato ...L18 sl.
• IRISH APPLESAUCE mashed potatoes ...1960s US sl.
• IRISH-APRICOT a potato ...L18 sl.
• IRISH FOOTBALL a potato ...1970s US sl.
• IRISH GRAPE a potato ...1940s US sl.
• IRISH-LEMON a potato ...Bk1896 sl.
• IRISHMAN a white potato ...1930 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S POTATO a white potato ...1908 Amer. dial.
• IRISH POTATO a white potato ...1685 Amer. dial.
• JACK-BOLTS potatoes ...1875 Eng. dial.
• JACKS potato peelings ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JACKUTTY-TATERS potatoes boiled with their skins on ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAUGHING POTATO a new, dry potato ...1998 Can. sl.
• LONG POTATO a sweet potato ...1808 Amer. dial.
• MEALOM a very dry potato when boiled ...1824 Sc.
• MICK a potato ...1930s US sl.
• MICKEY 1. a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato ...1930s US sl.
2. a white potato ...1943 Amer. dial.
• MICKIE a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato ...1930s US sl.
• MICKY a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato ...1930s US sl.
• MIDDLINGS potatoes of an intermediate size ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUNSTER PLUMS potatoes ...c1850 Anglo-Irish
• MURPHY a potato ...1811 Brit. sl.
• NAV a tater, a potato ...1893 rhyming sl. (Navigator)
• NAVIGATOR a tater, a potato ...1893 rhyming sl.
• NAVIGATOR SCOT a hot baked potato ...Bk1902 sl.
• OFFENSIVE POTATOES canned potatoes ...2003 Antarctica usage
• OOLER an undersized potato ...1930 Sc.
• OORACK a small potato ...1825 Sc.
• PADDY'S APPLE the potato ...1922 NZ sl.
• PIG POTATO an undersized white potato ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIGS small potatoes ...20C farmers' usage
• PIG'S POTATO an undersized white potato ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN'S APPLE a potato ...1999 Amer. dial.
• POPPY a potato ...1990s Irish sl.
• POTATO THUMP mashed potato ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUMFRITS fried potatoes; (French 'pommes frites') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAMBLER a potato left by chance in the ground which comes up again the next year ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTOCKS very small potatoes ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RONNY a potato ...1821 sl.
• SCADYIN a very small potato ...1898 Ireland
• SCAFF mashed potatoes ...1921 Sc.
• SCAFFOLD POLE a chipped potato ...L19 sl.
• SCATYUNS small potatoes ...1911 Sc.
• SCOTCH-COLLOPS potatoes sliced and fried in fat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRADYINS small potatoes ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCRAGGINS small potatoes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHANTY FRIED POTATOES potatoes sliced and fried ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKIRRET OF PERU † the potato ...1597
• SPUD a potato ...1845 sl.
• SPUD-BASHING peeling potatoes; a lengthy spell of peeling potatoes ...1940 Brit. sl., orig. services'
• SPUD SQUASHER a potato masher ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TATER potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATER AND POINT a meal made up almost entirely of potatoes ...M19
• TATER TUNK mashed potatoes ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TATIE potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATIE-APPLE the round seed-bulb of the potato ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-BALL the round seed-bulb of the potato ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-BEETLE a potato-masher ...1890 Sc.
• TATIE-BING a heap of potatoes ...1892 Sc.
• TATIE-BLOTS water in which potatoes have been boiled ...1897 Sc.
• TATIE-BROO potato soup ...1892 Sc.
• TATIE-BROTH potato soup ...1901 Sc.
• TATIE-BURY a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-CHAMPER a potato-masher ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-CHAPPER a potato-masher ...1873 Sc.
• TATIE-CHOPPER a potato-masher ...1873 Sc.
• TATIE-CRAB the fruit of a potato; a potato-top ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-DOOLIE a scarecrow in a potato field ...1833 Sc. Eng. dial.
• TATIE-FIELD a potato field or plot ...1891 Sc.
• TATIE-GARTH a potato field or plot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-GETTEN potato-gathering ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-GRAVE a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-GROUND a potato field or plot ...1892 Sc.
• TATIE-HASH potato soup ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-HOCK a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATIE-KAIL potato soup ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PATCH a potato field or plot ...1900 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PIE a heap of potatoes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PIT a potato field or plot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-POKE a sack for holding potatoes ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATIE-POURINGS water in which potatoes have been boiled ...1873 Sc.
• TATIES-AND-DAB potatoes boiled in their skins and eaten with salt ...1883 Sc.
• TATIE-TUMP a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATO potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATOR potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATTIE potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATTIE-BLOTS water in which potatoes have been boiled ...1897 Sc.
• TATTIE-CHAMPER a potato masher ...1840 Sc.
• TATTIE-PEEL potato peelings ...1863 Sc.
• TATUR potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATY potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TAWTIE a potato ...1793 Sc.
• THUMP mashed potatoes and beans ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• TUNKUP mashed potato ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes ...1929 Sc.
• YAM a potato ...1715 Sc.
• ZEPPELINS IN A CLOUD sausage and mashed potatoes ...World War I Amer. sl.
POTATO - nouns, person
• SPUD BARBER a potato peeler ...1935 jocular
• SPUDDY a seller of bad potatoes ...B1900 sl.
• TATIE-HOWKER a potato-digger ...1885 Sc.
• TATIE-PAIRER a peeler of potatoes ...1898 Sc.
POTATO - verbs
• GRABBLE to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...c1770 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEL to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEAL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TEEM to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled ...1890 Eng. dial.
POTATO CHIPS - nouns
• NIGGER'S LIPS (derogatory) potato chips ...1970s rhyming sl.
POTENCY - nouns
• BACK potency, virility ...1996 Guyana
POTENT - verbs
• HAVE LEAD IN ONE'S PENCIL to be potent, virile, and vigorous ...20C colloq.
POTHOLE - nouns
• CHATTER-BUMP a bump or hole in a road that makes a vehicle rattle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN NEST a pothole ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PITCH a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PITCHHOLE a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole ...1861 Amer. dial.
POTLUCK - nouns
• BRING-AND-SHARE a potluck dinner ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CARRY-IN a potluck meal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH-IN DINNER a potluck meal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE a potluck supper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE DINNER a potluck supper ...1972 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE SUPPER a potluck supper ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TUREEN DINNER a potluck meal ...1909 Amer. dial.
POTTER (trifle) - nouns, person
• DAIBLE one who dabbles in or potters with a subject or matter ...1923 Sc.
• TIFFLER † a trifler, one who potters about ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
POTTER - verbs
• BANTER ABOUT to potter about, to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGLE to fuss about ineffectively; to busy oneself without purpose; to potter ...1889 Amer. dial.
• CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COOSTER to idle, to potter around, to fuss ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAP to go; to potter ...c1935 Royal Air Force sl.
• FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1910s sl.
• FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1931 sl.
• FIDDLE BITCH to potter aimlessly ...1989 Can. sl.
• FIDUDDLE to potter around ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIGGLE to potter about seeking a living ...19C Eng. dial.
• FILL-THE-DOOTSY to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time ...1892 sl.
• FRICKLE to potter about at little jobs, such as an old man can do ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRIG ABOUT to potter about ...sl.
• GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GOPHER to wander around, to potter about ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• KAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MADDLE ALONG to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANTLE to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTER to work slowly and ineffectually; to potter ...1908 Sc.
• PAKE to poke about; to potter about; to peep at ...1893 Eng. dial.
• PAUCHLE to work in an ineffectual way, to bungle, to potter, to trifle ...1965 Sc.
• PESTLE AROUND to putter around; to fuss about ...1937 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE WANTON to dally, to trifle, to potter, to waste time in a trifling activity ...1529
• POWTER to potter about; to do trifling simple tasks ...Sc. and Irish
• QUAVER to potter about, to tinker ...1979 UK sl.
• SCRAT ABOUT to potter about; to be busy in a poor, desultory fashion ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANT to potter or idle about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUN to potter about; to drudge or plod slowly, as old people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TIFFLE † to busy oneself idly; to trifle; to potter about ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIFLE to trifle, to idle, to potter about; to do a little work in a trifling, idle way ...1809 Eng. dial.
• TINKER to trifle, to potter ...1658
• TITTLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss ...17C obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TRIGGER AROUND to putter, to tinker ...1898 Amer. dial.
POTTERING - adjectives
• CADDLING fussy, fidgety, pottering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FRIGGING of a person or task: time-wasting; demanding too much time, pottering about...18C Brit.
• TIDDLYWINKING trifling, pottering ...1869 sl.
POTTERING - adjectives
• PATTERIN' walking or working aimlessly, trifling, pottering ...1828 Sc.
POTTERING - nouns
• FRIGGING pottering about ...18C
POTTERY - adjectives
• SIGILLATE of pottery: decorated with impressed patterns ...1891
POTTERY - nouns
• LALLIE a fragment of earthenware, a piece of broken pottery, esp. used as a plaything, as in hopscotch ...1900 Sc.
POUCH - nouns
• TANKY BAG a purse, pouch, or sack ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THANKY BAG a purse, pouch, or sack ...1898 Amer. dial.
• THANKY POKE a purse, pouch, or sack ...1952 Amer. dial.
POUCH - verbs
• IMPOUCH †* to put into a pouch, bag, or pocket ...1611
POULTICE - nouns
• BAF a warm poultice on a wound or swelling ...1908 Sc.
• CATAPLASM a poultice ...1563
POULTICE - verbs
• BAF to warm, to poultice ...1908 Sc.
POULTRY - adjectives
• GALLINIVOROUS feeding on fowls or poultry ...1862 nonce word
POULTRY - nouns
• BARTON † an enclosure for poultry; a pen ...1552
• ORNITHON a place in which birds are kept; a poultry house; an aviary ...1870
• PALENQUE a place for bringing up poultry ...1707 Jamaica
• RICHARD the cock bird in poultry ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
POULTRY - nouns, person
• CHICKEN-BUTCHER a poulterer ...L18 sl.
• CHICKEN GRANNY one who raises chickens for the market; usually applied derisively to 'furriners' ...1936 Amer. dial.
• GUT-PULLER † a poulterer ...c1850
• STRANGLE-GOOSE a poulterer ...Bk1905 sl.
POULTRY - verbs
• FARCE to stuff poultry; to garnish poultry ...1927 Amer. dial.
POULTRY - interjections
• TIC! a call to poultry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POUNCE - verbs
• HAWK to capture, to catch, to pounce upon ...1806 Amer. dial.
POUND (money) - nouns
• ABRAHAM NEWLAND £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ACE £1 ...1950s UK criminals' sl.
• ACID DROP a pound, a sovereign ...1920s sl.
• ACIDULATED TABLET a pound, a sovereign ...1920s sl.
• ALAN WHICKER £1 ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'nicker'
• APPLE twenty pounds; in betting; odds of 20-1 ...1974 UK sl.
• APPLE CORE £20 ...1950s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'score'
• AYRTON £10, a £10 note ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'tenner' (Ayrton Senna)
• AYRTON SENNA £10, a £10 note ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'tenner'
• BAR a pound; usually in the phrase 'half a bar' - ten shillings ...1911 Brit. sl.
• BEAN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• BERRY a pound; usually used in the plural ...1934 Brit. sl.
• BIEN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• BLEEDER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• BLUEY a £5 note ...1990s sl.
• BRADBURY a one-pound note ...1917 Brit. sl.
• CANARY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• CARPET 1. the sum of £3 ...c1942 Brit. cant
2. the sum of £300 ...1950s secondhand-car dealers' sl.
• CARPETO £30 ...2002 UK ticket-touting sl.
• CARPIT £300 ...2002 UK ticket-touting sl.
• CARPITO £30 2002 UK ticket-touting sl.
• CENTURY £100 ... Bk1903 sl.
• CHIP £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• COOTER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• COUTER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• COW £1,000 ... Bk1903 sl.
• CRACKER a £1 note ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• DANNY BOY £20 ...2000s Irish sl.
• DOUBLE-FINNUP £10 ... Bk1903 sl.
• DRAGON £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• DOONUP £1 sterling ...M19 back-slang
• DUNOP £1 ... M19 back-slang
• EDGE NOTE a £50 note ...2002 UK prison sl.
• FIDDLEY a pound ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'quid' (Fiddle-did')
• FIDDLEY-DID a pound ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'quid'
• FIN a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINIF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINIFF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINN a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNIF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNIFF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNIP a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNUP a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINUF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FISHER a one-pound note or other currency note ...1922 Brit. sl.
• FIVER five pounds or a five-pound note ...1843 Brit. sl.
• FLIM a five-pound note ...1870 Brit. sl.
• FLIMSY £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• FOONT £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• FROGSKIN a pound note ...1907 Aust. sl.
• G a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1928sl., orig. US
• GEE a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1920s sl., orig. US
• GEORGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GINGLEBOY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GLISTENER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GOBLIN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GODIVA a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 ...1960 UK sl. for 'fiver'
• GOLDFINCH £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GRAND £1000 or $1000 ...1915 sl., orig. US
• HALF £50 or $50 ...1920s sl.
• HALF A COCK five pounds, £5 ...1950 UK sl., based on rhyming sl. 'cockle and hen (ten)
• HALF-A-TON £50 ...1940s sl.
• HARLEQUIN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOLE IN THE GROUND £1 sterling ...20C rhyming sl.
• HORSE-SOVEREIGN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ILLEGITIMATE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• IRON MAN a pound or a one-pound note ...1959 Brit. sl., orig. Aust.
• JACK 1. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
2. five pounds ...1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'five' (Jack's alive)
• JACKS five pounds ...1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'five' (Jack's alive)
• JANE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• JAX five pounds ...1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'five' (Jack's alive)
• JEMMY O'GOBLIN a pound ...1889 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sovereign'
•.JIM a pound ...1889 Aust. sl. (short for 'Jimmy O'Goblin')
• JIMMY a pound ...1889 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sovereign' (Jimmy O'Goblin)
• JIMMY O'GOBLIN a pound ...1889 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sovereign'
• JOB £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• JOBE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• K 1000, esp. as $1000 or £1000 ...1960s sl.
• LADY a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 ...1960 UK sl. for 'fiver' (Lady Godiva)
• LADY GODIVA a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 ...1960 UK sl. for 'fiver'
• LEGS ELEVEN £11 ...1950s sl.
• LID a pound ...1951 UK rhyming sl. for 'quid' (Saucepan Lid)
• LIL £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• LILL £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• LINCOLN'S INN a £5 note ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'finn'
• LONG-TAILED FINNUP £10 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MACARONI a pony; hence £25 ...1857 UK rhyming sl.
• MARIGOLD £1,000,000 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MARSHALL £5 ... L19 sl.
• MEG £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MONARCH £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MONKEY £500 or $500 ...1832 sl.
• MOUSETRAP £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NED £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NEDDY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NEW-HAT £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NICKER £1 ...L19 sl.
• NICKER BIT the pound coin ...1980s sl.
• NOB £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NOTE an old term for £1 ...Brit. sl.
• O'GOBLIN a pound ...1909 Brit. sl. (Jimmy O'Goblin)
• OLD MR. GORY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ONCE £1, a £1 note ...1930s sl.
• ONCER one-pound note ...1931 Brit. sl.
• ONE a £1 note; an Australian $1 bill ...1930s sl.
• ONE-AND-A-HALF £150 ...1980s sl.
• ONER one pound; also one hundred pounds ...1889 Brit. sl.
• PAIR OF NICKERS £2 ... Brit. sl.
• PINNIF £5 ... Bk1903 back sl.
• PLUM £100,000 ... Bk1903 sl.
• PONTE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• PONY £25 ...1797 sl.
• POONA £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• POTATOES pounds ...1939 Brit. sl.
• QUID a sovereign; a guinea; a pound ...1688 sl.
• QUIDLET a pound sterling ...1900s sl.
• REDGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• RED 'UN a pound; a sovereign ...1890 Brit. sl.
• REMEDY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• RIDGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ROAF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROFE four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROOF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROUF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• SAUCEPAN a pound ...1951 UK rhyming sl. for 'quid' (Saucepan Lid)
• SAUCEPAN LID a pound ...1951 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'quid'
• SCORE. $20 or £20 ...1929 sl.
• SHEET a one-pound note or a pound...1958 Brit. sl.
• SHINER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• SICK SQUID £6 ...2002 UK sl.
• SKIN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• SKIN-DIVER a £5 note; the sum of £5 ...1988 Glasgow rhyming sl. for 'fiver'
• SKIV £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• SMACKER a pound ...1924 Brit. sl.
• SMACKEROO a pound ...1961 Brit. sl.
• SOB a pound ...1970 Brit. sl.
• SOV a pound ...1829 Brit. sl.
• SPIN a pound ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SPINNAKER five pounds or a five-pound note ...1898 Aust. sl.
• STRANGER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• STRIKE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• TENNER ten pounds or a ten pound note ...1845 Brit. sl.
• THICK ONE a gold sovereign; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THICK 'UN a gold sovereign, a pound; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THOU £1000 or $1000 ...1869 sl.
• TINY TIM a £5 note ...1992 rhyming sl. for 'flim'
• TON £100 ...1946 sl.
• TWENTY a ₤20 note ...1999 UK sl.
• UNLUCKY FOR SOME. £13 ...1940s sl.
• WALRUS £50 ...2000s Irish sl.
• WALTZ ME AROUND a pound ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• YELLOW-BOY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• YELLOW-GEORGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• YELLOW-HAMMER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
POUND (weight) - nouns
• QUART †* a quarter of a pound ...1496
• QUARTARY †* a quarter of a pound ...1656
• QUARTERN * a quarter of a pound ...c1400
POUND (strike) - nouns
• TUNKER anything with which to pound ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
POUND (strike) - verbs
• EFFRINGE †* to break or pound out; to make by pounding ...1657
• MELL to hammer; to strike with a 'mell' or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• 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.
• TEW to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-POUNE † to pound to pieces ...c1290
POUNDED - adjectives
• YBRAID † pounded ...c1430
POUR, POUR OUT - verbs
• BETEEM †* to pour all about ...1618
• DECAPULATE † to pour out from one thing to another ...1623
• EFFUDE † to pour out ...1634
• EFFUND to pour out; to shed blood; to pour out the contents of a vessel ...c1420
• EFFUSE to pour out a liquid ...1682
• ENT to empty; to pour out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EUTE to pour out, or pour from one vessel to another ...1777 Eng. dial.
• HALE to pour or empty out, as water from a vessel by inclining it to one side ...1851 Eng. dial.
• HEALD † to incline or tilt a vessel in order to pour out; to pour out ...1777 Eng. dial.
• LAVE to pour out with or as with a ladle; to ladle ...c1000
• RANTER to pour liquor from a large vessel into smaller ones ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SCOAD to scatter; to pour, to spill; to throw up earth, as moles ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SILE † to pour ...1787 Eng. dial.
• TEAMER to pour out copiously ...1830 Eng. dial.
• TOOM to empty out, to discharge, to pour out water, the contents of a vessel, etc. ...1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TUMP to pour something out, to dump ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TURN to pour something ...1773 Amer. dial.
• TURN OFF to pour something ...1830 Amer. dial.
• TURN OUT to pour something ...1817 Amer. dial.
• WALT † to gush out, to pour, to flow ...a1300
• YAT to pour in a large quantity; to stream ...1897 Sc.
• YET † to pour ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
POURING - adjectives
• EFFUSIVE † that proceeds from a pouring out ...1725
POURING - nouns
• DECAPULATION † a pouring off ...1681
• EFFUSE †* a pouring out ...1593
• EFFUSION a pouring out, a spilling of liquid ...c1400
• HEALD the act of pouring out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
POUT, POUTING - nouns
• BABOUNE a pouting expression; a look of displeasure ...1967 Amer. dial.
POUT, POUTING - nouns, person
• POOCH-MOUTH one who protrudes their lips in a sulking or pouting manner ...1904 Amer. dial.
POUT - verbs
• HANG ONE'S LIP to sulk or pout; to act annoyed or disappointed ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MIFF to offend, to affront, to give offense to; to take offense; to pout ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOG to pout, to grow sullen, to mope; to refuse food ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PEEVE to disgruntle; to annoy; to infuriate; to complain, to sulk, to pout ...1908 colloq., orig. US
POUTING - adjectives
• MISPUT annoyed, put out, upset, pouting ...1898 Amer. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POOCH-MOUTHED sulking, pouting ...1908 Amer. dial.
• UP THE PUCKER TREE angry; pouting ...1982 Amer. dial.
POUTING - adverbs
• A-POUT pouting ...1886 poetic
POVERTY - nouns
• ANGISH poverty ...B1900 Ireland
• BEGGARISM professional beggary; extreme poverty ...1636
• BEGGARTY † the state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty ...c1505 Sc.
• BEGGINGNESS † the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary ...1382
• CLOGS TO CLOGS IN THREE GENERATIONS the return of a family to poverty after one generation of prosperity
• DEFAULT † lack of food or other necessaries; want, poverty ...c1290
• EGENCY † neediness, poverty ...1600
• EGESTUOSITY †* meagreness, poverty ...1656
• HARD SLEDDIN' poverty, hardship, misery ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JEJUNENESS emptiness of interest or intellectually satisfying quality; baldness, meagreness, poverty ...1655
• JEJUNITY emptiness of interest or intellectually satisfying quality; baldness, meagreness, poverty ...1623
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• LEAN LICKING OF THIBLES poverty, penury, a state verging on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDHAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDHAM'S CROSS a state of great poverty ...L16 sl.
• NEEDHAM'S SHORE a state of great poverty ...L16 sl.
• ORCOST †* want of means, penury, indigence, poverty ...a1225
• PENURY extremely poverty, destitution ...1400
• SCANT poverty ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAP CITY a state of poverty ...1930s sl.
• TAPSVILLE a state of poverty ...1930s sl.
• WAEDLE †* poverty ...c888
• WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty ...c1175
• WANE † need, want, poverty ...a1100.
• WANSPEED † ill-success; adversity, poverty ...c893
POVERTY - nouns, person
• ANGISHORE a poverty-stricken person ...1894 Ireland
POVERTY - verbs
• LICK A THIVEL to suffer poverty, to verge on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A POOR MOUTH to pretend poverty; to endeavour to excite compassion ...1839 Sc.
• TALK POOR MOUTH to complain, usually in an exaggerated way, of poverty or other misfortune ...1952 Amer. dial.
POVERTY - phrases
• ON THE HIGH-ROAD TO NEEDHAM heading towards to poverty ...1670 sl.
POVERTY-STRICKEN - adjectives
• ANGISH poverty-stricken ...B1900 Ireland
• MANGY beggarly, lousy, squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby ...1538
• PO-JO drab; dreary; poverty-stricken ...1950 Amer. dial.
• QUISBY bankrupt, poverty-stricken ...1853 sl.
ֽ• SARKLESS poverty-stricken ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
POWER, POWERFUL - adjectives
• BANG agile and powerful ...1896 Sc.
• BELLIPOTENT mighty or powerful in war ...1635
• BOISTOUS † full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action ...c1325
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• FADE † strong, doughty, brave, powerful ...c1320
• FEARSOME powerful ...1935 Amer. dial.
• FECKFUL efficient, vigorous, powerful ...1596
• FORCELY † of strong build, vigorous, powerful ...a1488 obs. exc. Sc.
• GUT-BUSTING powerful, energetic, overwhelming ...1930s sl.
• KEEN † mighty, powerful, strong ...a1000
• MAGNIPOTENT †* possessing great power ...1680
• MAIN † of any army or multitude: great in numbers, numerous; powerful in arms ...a1400-50
• MAINFUL † powerful, mighty ...a1225
• MAINSTRONG † strong in power ...a1000
• MANANT † opulent, powerful ...1422
• MASCULINE † of material things or physical qualities: powerful in action, strong, such as herbs, cider, etc. ...1637
• MAUGHTY mighty, powerful ...1768 Sc.
• MAXIMIOUS †* of great power ...c1566
• MIGHTFUL full of might, powerful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTIOUS †* full of might or power ...c1460
• OMNIPOTENT all-powerful; having full or absolute power or authority; exceedingly strong or mighty ...1598
• OMNIPOTENTIARY †* omnipotent ...1659
• OMNIPREVALENT having all power or influence; all-prevailing ...a1661
• OMNIVALENT † all-prevailing, all-powerful, omnipotent ...1609
• OMNIVALOUS † all-prevailing, all-powerful, omnipotent ...1773
• OPERANT † powerful in effect; efficacious ...1607
• PARVIPOTENT having little power ...1862
• PLENIPOTENT * possessing full power or authority ...1658
• POLLENT * powerful, strong, mighty ...1869 rare
• PUISSANT possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful, strong, forcible ...a1450 arch.
• RAILIPOTENT powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive ...1593 nonce word
• REVEREND extraordinary, distinguished, powerful; genuine, thorough ...1826 Amer. dial.
• SALSIPOTENT †* ruling the sea ...1575
• SAMSONISTIC strong, powerful ...1849
• SAPIENTIPOTENT †* mighty in wisdom ...1656
• SAVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1839 Amer. dial.
• SAVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SERGIVEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGOUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SEVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful , ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1835 Amer. dial.
• SINEWED strong, firm, vigorous, powerful ...1604
• SKOOKUM strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGOROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1893 Amer. dial.
• TOXIC amazing, powerful ...1987 US sl.
• VADY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VAGOUS very important, powerful ...1944 Amer. dial.
• VAGUS very important, powerful ...1944 Amer. dial.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• WALLOPING strikingly large, powerful; spectacular ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WIGHT forcible, violent, powerful in effect ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
POWER - adverbs
• FORCELY † with force or power, vigorously, vehemently, violently ...1508 obs. exc. Sc.
POWER, POWERFUL - nouns
• ARM influence, power ...1960s sl.
• BIND capacity, ability, power ...1824 Sc.
• CAN power, ability ...1768 Sc.
• EFFORT † power ...1490
• FANCY, THE the aristocracy, the wealthy and powerful ...M19 US sl.
• GUT-BUSTER something powerful and dramatic ...1930s sl.
• GUTS courage, bravery, stamina, endurance, staying power; masculine valour ...M17 sl.
• HORSEPOWER power, influence; hence, rating or rank ...1939 US sl., esp. navy usage
• IMPERIUM command; absolute power; supreme or imperial power ...1651
• IMPREVALENCE †* want of prevailing power; lack of power or authority ...1828
• IMPREVALENCY †* want of prevailing power; lack of power or authority ...a1656
• JUICE power, influence, sway ...1957 US sl.
• MAGNIPOTENCE * mighty power ...1861
• MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAMA anything considered very powerful, large, or admirable ...1940s sl.
• MASTERY † superior force or power ...1297
• MEAN MACHINE a powerful person or team ...1990s sl.
• MIGHTS † means, power, help ...1787 Sc.
• MOJO magic; magical power; also, a charm; broadly, power or influence of any kind ...1926 Amer. sl.
• NERVE power, capacity ...1822 Sc.
• OBER responsibility, liability; power, influence; impudent self-confidence ...1929 Sc.
• OMNIPOTENCE infinite or unlimited power; almightiness ...1566
• OMNIVALENCE † omnipotence ...1607
• ONWALD † power, rule, authority ...c893
• PUISSANCE power, might, or force ...1375 literary usage
• PULL influence; special power or favour; clout ...1886 Amer. sl.
• REVERENCE power ...1820 Sc.
• VALENCY † might, power, strength ...1623
• VALLENTE † power, might ...1475
• VALOR † power, import, significance ...1676
• VALURE †* physical strength or ability; power, might ...1574
POWER, POWERFUL - nouns, person
• BATTLESHIP a powerful and domineering woman ...1931 US sl.
• BIG BOOT a powerful person; an important or influential person ...1969 US sl.
• DADDY an influential, powerful person ...M19 sl.
• GOD an adored, admirable, or supremely powerful person ...OE
• HIGH PRESSURE a boss; a powerful man ...1920s US sl.
• LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person ...1607
• MACHER an extremely influential person; an important and powerful man ...1930 Amer. sl., esp. political journalism usage
• MAN, THE a person or group asserting power or authority over another, esp. in a manner experienced as being oppressive, demeaning, or threatening, as an employer, the police, or dominating racial group ...1920s sl.
• MEAN MACHINE a powerful person or team ...1990s sl.
• MOOSE a large, powerful, or clumsy person ...1910 Amer. sl.
• MR. CHARLIE the man in power; the boss ...1970s sl.
• MOVER AND SHAKER a powerful person with powerful connections ...1972 US sl.
• PLENIPOTENT * a person possessing full power or authority ...1818
• RING-TAIL DEVIL a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED PAINTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1828 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED ROARER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1830 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SCREAMER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; a loud-mouthed boaster; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SNORTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SQUEALER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1837 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED TOOTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL PEELER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1913 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL ROARER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1832 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL SNORTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL SQUEALER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1898 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL TOOTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TOP CAT the most powerful or important person ...colloq.
• VEEDOR † an official invested with inspecting or controlling power ...1595
• WHEELHORSE one who does the hard work in some enterprise or cause; a trusted assistant; a hard-working or powerful person ...1845 Amer. dial.
POWER, POWERFUL - verbs
• CALL THE SHOTS to be in a position of power; to direct the actions of others ...1967 US sl.
• FACULTATE * to invest with authority; to empower; to authorize ...1648
• FADE to lose or cause to lose power and effectiveness ...1450
• FEEL ONE'S OATS to be aware of or call attention to one's own power or strength ...19C Amer. sl.
• HANG THE MOON to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented ...1953 Amer. dial.
• HAVE LONG HANDS † to be powerful ...1583.
• PACK A PUNCH to be powerful, as a motorcycle or car; later, of a strong punch ...1938 sl.
• VAIL † to have might or power; to prevail ...a1300
POWER - phrases
• I AIN'T NO JOKE a warning to any possible attacker of one's own powers ...1990s US Black teen sl.
POWERFULLY - adverbs
• ASS-KICKING a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully ...1960s US sl.
• EADILY powerfully, forcibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• EARDLY powerfully, forcibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• FEARSOME powerfully, severely ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FECKFULLY efficiently, vigorously, powerfully ...1723
POWERLESS - adjectives
• IMPOTENTIAL †* powerless, helpless, impotent ...1649
• IMPUISSANT weak, feeble, impotent, powerless ...1629
• MAINLESS † powerless ...c1000
• PARALYTIC deprived or destitute of energy or power of action; powerless, ineffective; characterized by impotency, or powerlessness ...1642
• SINEWLESS lacking vigour; feeble, weak, powerless ...1644
POWERLESS - nouns, person
• FLAT TIRE an impotent man; a worthless, powerless man ...E20 sl.
POWERLESS - verbs
• HAVE A MAN BY THE BALLS to have rendered a man powerless ...20C US sl.
• HAVE A MAN BY THE SHORT HAIRS to have a man in a compromising situation; to have rendered a man powerless to defend himself ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• PALSY to render powerless, helpless, or inert ...1615
POWERLESS - phrases
• CAN'T SPIN A THREAD powerless to act ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
POWERLESSNESS - nouns
• IMPOTENTNESS †* impotence, utter inability, powerlessness ...1530
• IMPUISSANCE impotence, powerlessness, weakness, utter inability ...1483
• IMPUISSANCY †* lack of power or authority, powerlessness ...1701
• PALSY any influence which destroys, or seriously impairs activity or sensibility; a condition of utter powerlessness; an irresistible tremor ...1433
PRACTICABLE - adjectives
• OPERABLE † that may or should be done; practicable, feasible ...1646
• OPERATORY † producing an effect; effectual; concerned with action, practical ...a1556
• PANNABLE plausible, practicable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PRACTICAL - adjectives
• ACTUAL † pert. to acts; exhibited in deeds; practical, active, doing ...c1315
• OPERATORIOUS †* producing, or capable of producing an effect, effectual; concerned with action, practical ...a1555
PRACTICALLY - adverbs
• ACTUALLY † in a way that is characterized by doing; with deeds; practically, actively ...1587
PRACTICE - nouns
• GAG a manner of doing something, a practice ...1890 US sl.
• HANK a habit, custom. practice ...1828 Eng. dial.
• IMPROVEMENT †* use; practice ...1686
• VEIN † a particular course of action or conduct; a habit or practice ...1597
PRACTICE - verbs
• HAMMER to practise laboriously; to labour ...1843 Eng. dial.
• COBBY of porridge, etc.: lumpy ...19C Eng. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED AND MEAL BEGRUDGED said of thin porridge ...1909 Amer. dial.
PORRIDGE - nouns
• BLUTHRIE thin porridge; water-gruel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAT the glazed skin of porridge ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURGOO stew or porridge ...20C sl.
• HARRY the remainder of the porridge left in the dish after everyone has been supplied ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HASTY-BROSE oatmeal porridge ...1828 Sc.
• HASTY-DICK oatmeal porridge ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASTY-PUDDING oatmeal porridge ..1818 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER anything sticky or greasy, such as porridge or mud ...20C Ireland
• MEAL-AND-BREE oatmeal porridge ...1742 Sc.
• MILK AND MEAL milk-porridge ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILK-MADLOCKS milk-porridge ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MILK-MEAT milk-porridge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK-POTAGE milk-porridge ...1787 Sc.
• MILL-GRUEL porridge made with milk ...1899 Sc.
• MOOSH prison food, often porridge ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MUSH prison food, often porridge ...L19 Aust. sl.
• PAPELOTE † porridge ...1393
• PAPLAR porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLAR porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLARS porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLARS OF YARRUM milk porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPLERS porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• POPPELARS porridge ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• SKILLIGALEE a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses ...1819
• SKILLY a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses ...1839
• STIRABOUT 1. porridge made by stirring oatmeal (occasionally some other meal) in boiling water or milk ...1682 orig. Anglo-Irish
2. a porridge-stick ...1885 Sc.
• THICK DICKS thick porridge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICKENS oatmeal porridge ...1843 Eng. dial.
• THICK-HOTS porridge made of water and oatmeal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICK-TOLLOLS a jocular name for oatmeal porridge ...1881 Eng. dial.
PORT (place) - adjectives
• IMPORTUOUS †* without a port or haven ...1656
PORT (drink) - nouns
• BLACK-CORK porter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACK STRAP port wine ...Bk1890 sl.
• RED-FUSTIAN port ...1834 sl.
PORT (place) - nouns
• HAVEN a recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, affording good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbour, a port ...1031
• HAVENLET † a small harbour or port ...1538
• HAVEN-TOWN † a town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town ...c1400
• NAUSTIBLE a port or haven for ships ...B1900
PORT (place) - verbs
• HAVEN † to put into or shelter in a haven or port ...c1375
PORTABLE - adjectives
• CARRIAGEABLE * capable of being carried; portable ...1702
PORTEND - verbs
• OMINATE † to serve as an omen, to portend ...1667
PORTENT - nouns
• BEACON † a sign, a portent ...c950
• BODEWORD a portent; an ominous prediction regarding a person or family ...Bk1911 Sc.
• TOKEN † a sign or presage of something to come; an omen, portent, prodigy ...971
• TOKENER † one who or that which portends or prognosticates; a portent, an omen ...1513
PORTENTOUS - adjectives
• EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous ...1880 Sc.
• ORACULAR of mysterious portent; ominous, portentous ...1820
PORTER - nouns, person
• BACKER a porter, carrier, unloader ...1864
• BERMAN † a bearer, a carrier, a porter ...c1000
• JANITOR a doorkeeper, a porter ...c1630
• KEEP-DOOR † a porter; a door-ward ...1681 nonce word
• WARDEN * a gatekeeper, a porter, a sentinel ...a1225
PORTION - nouns
• ATOMY a small portion; a particle of anything previously of larger bulk ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BLAD a large portion of anything; a fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANT † a portion; a share; a division ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANTLE a part, a portion ...c1315
• DARG a big piece; a large portion of anything; used ironically to denote something of little value, or when one has received less than was expected ...1908 Sc.
• DAUM a small portion or share ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL † 1. a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. a part allowed or apportioned to anyone; a portion, a share, dole ...c825 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEALTH † portion dealt ...1637 nonce word
• FALL rent; share, portion ...1768 Sc.
• FALLOCH a large portion of anything heavy or bulky, sometimes of eatables; generally used in a bad sense ...1866 Sc.
• FILL a large portion; filling ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOBBET a piece, portion, a fragment ...ME
• GOSPEL MEASURE good measure; a full or generous portion of something bought; more than is asked for or in strictness required ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HAIR a very small portion or quantity of anything; a trifle; the smallest possible amount ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEFT a portion, a part ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• INCORMANT a share, portion ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose ...1808 Sc.
• LICK AND A SMELL a very small portion ...M18 sl.
• LITTLE-WHAT † a small portion or quantity of ...c1380
• PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle ...c1368 arch.
• PARCELLING †* a part, a portion ...c1449
• PARTING a portion, share, division, allotment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLE a portion ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a small portion ...1848 Sc.
• SCENT the smallest portion ...1843 Sc.
• SCREED a large portion; a long length of thread, twine, etc. ...1884 Sc.
• SKAIR a share, a portion ...c1573 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAKE a portion, an extract, a bit ...1930s US sl.
• VANNOCK a considerable portion; a large fragment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHANG a large piece, a portion, share ...1910s sl.
PORTLY - adjectives
• THROUGHLY portly; strongly-built; buxom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PORTRAIT - nouns
• EFFIGIES a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind; now superseded by 'effigy' ...1600 arch.
• EFFIGIUM †* a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind ...1564
• FACE-MAKING † portrait-painting ...1623
• IMPORTRAITURE * the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description ...1836
• MAP a portrait, a likeness ...1870 Sc.
• MUG SHOT a photographic portrait ...1978 UK sl.
PORTRAIT - nouns, person
• FACE-PAINTER a painter of portraits ...1697
PORTRAY - verbs
• DECIPHER † to represent verbally or pictorially; to describe, to delineate, to portray, to depict ...a1572
• EFFIGIATE * to present a likeness of; to portray, to represent by a picture or sculpture ...1608
• EFFIGIES † to portray, to picture ...1652 nonce word
• IMPORTRAY † to portray or depict in or upon something ...1580
PORTRAYED - adjectives
• IMPORTURATE † portrayed in or upon something ...1501 Sc.
PORTRAYING - nouns
• IMPORTRAITURE * the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description ...1836
PORTUGAL - nouns, person
• DAGO (derogatory) a Spaniard, Portuguese, or Italian; the Spanish or Italian language ...1832 sl.
• DEGO (derogatory) orig. a Spaniard, Portuguese, or other Caucasian of southern Europe or Latin America; broadly, a foreigner ...1832 US sl.
• PORK AND BEANS a Portuguese person ...1920s sl.
• PORTUGOOSE (derogatory) a jocular nickname for a Portuguese ...20C US sl.
POSE - nouns
• B-BOY STANCE a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music ...20C teen & high school sl.
POSE - nouns, person
• FAKER one who poses falsely to gain status ...1990s US campus sl.
• WALKING GENTLEMAN one who poses as something but lacks the expertise to back the image ...L19 sl.
POSE - verbs
• COP to affect a manner; to pose ...1940s US Black sl.
• FAKE THE FUNK to pose as more sophisticated than one actually is ...1970s US Black sl.
• MODEL to pose, as at a party or club ...1990s US Black sl.
• QUEEN to act in an effeminate manner; to pose ostentatiously ...1970s sl.
• VAMPER † to make an ostentatious appearance; to pose ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to pose; to go into attitudes as an orator ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POSITION - adjectives
• IN RARE COLLAR in a good position ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SITUAL * pert. to position or situation; positional ...1856
POSITION - nouns
• END place, position, situation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SITUS * situation, position ...1701
• UBI † 1. place, position; location ...1614
† 2. present place or position; whereabouts ...1778
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
POSITION - verbs
• CHANGE UP to exchange; to shift positions ...1905 Amer. dial.
• YARK † to put in position, to set, to place ...a1300
POSITIVE - adjectives
• CAN-DO positive, enthusiastic, aggressive; confident and resourceful in the face of challenges ...20C sl., orig. US
• UPBEAT optimistic, positive ...1940s sl., orig. US
• UPFUL positive, encouraging ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• UPHILL positive, encouraging ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• WACK positive, extremely good ...1990s sl.
• WACKED positive, extremely good ...1990s sl.
• WHACK positive, extremely good ...1990s sl.
POSITIVELY - adverbs
• ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1986 Amer. sl.
• ABSOTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1926 Amer. sl.
• BARELY † without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340
• DECRETORILY † positively, decisively ...1660
• NATURLY really, positively, certainly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATIFIEDLY † positively ...1593
POSSESS, POSSESSION - nouns
• AMOTION deprivation of possession ...M17 arch.
• AUGHT property, possession ...1737 Sc. & Ireland
• HAVE † a having, possession ...c1200
• HAVIOUR † the fact of having; possession; a possession, property; estate, substance, wealth ...c1400
• HAVOUR † the fact of having; possession; a possession, property; estate, substance, wealth ...c1400
POSSESS, POSSESSION - verbs
• AUGHT to own, to possess ...1816 Sc.
• BE-OWE to own, to possess ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CATCH † to obtain by exertion; to attain, to get possession of ...1382
• HAIN to possess ...1858 Eng. dial.
• IMPATRON †* to put in possession of; to take possession; to make oneself master of ...1642
• IMPATRONIZE † to put in possession of; to take possession, to make oneself master of ...1577
• MASTER † to have at one's disposal; to own, to possess ...1593
• SPIKE to get possession of; hence, to convict ...L19 US campus sl.
• TAKE UP MOULD AND STONE † to take permanent possession ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNDERFO † to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess ...c888
• UNDERFONG † to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess ...c1175
• YAW to own, to possess; also, to owe, to be in debt to ...1871 Sc.
POSSESSED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † seized, possessed ...1579
• BEFATED † fatally possessed, infatuated (by his destiny) ...a1659
• DEDIVILED possessed, bedeviled ...1903 Amer. dial.
POSSESSING - nouns
• HAVINGNESS † the quality of having or possessing; desire of having, covetousness ...1577
POSSESSIONS - nouns
• EYETEETH one's prized possessions ...1844 Amer. dial.
• FACULTY † pecuniary ability, means, resources; possessions, property ...1382
• FEE † movable property in general; goods, possessions, wealth ...c888
• GAME money, possessions ...1960s US sl.
• GEAR † possessions in general, wealth, money ...1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE property, possessions, wealth ...1802 Sc.
• HAVES property, possessions, wealth ...1802 Sc.
• HAVINGS possessions, property, wealth, belongings ...c1325
• ICTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1856 Amer. dial.
• IKTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SUBSTANCES † riches, possessions ...1382
• SUFFISANTEE †* property, possessions ...1436
• WARISON † wealth, possessions ...1297
POSSESSOR - nouns, person
• MASTER * a possessor, an owner ...c1400
POSSIBLE - adjective
• CASEABLE † able or liable to happen, possible ...c1565 Sc.
• ON possible, feasible, worthy of an attempt ...1935 UK sl.
POSSIBLE - verbs
• DRIVE THE NAIL WHERE IT WILL GO to only attempt the possible ...1655
• POSSIBILITATE to make possible ...1829
POSSIBLE - phrases
• CAN DO it is possible, it is within my power ...20C sl.
POSSIBILITY - nouns
• DANGER a chance, a possibility; a likelihood ...1920s sl.
POSSIBILITY - phrases
• SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL, A no possibility at all ...1934
POSSIBLY - adverbs
• ABLES perhaps, possibly ...1883 Sc.
• ABLINGS in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps ...1597-1605
• ABLINS possibly, perhaps ...1597-1605
• BEHAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELIKE likely, in all likelihood, probably, maybe; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1533
• BELIKELY † likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAPPEN perhaps, possibly, maybe ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• HAPPENS perhaps, possibly, maybe ...1845 Eng. dial.
• MAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAYHAP perhaps, possibly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAYHAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAYHAPS perhaps, possibly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEABLES possibly, maybe, perhaps ...1868 Sc.
• YIBBLES possibly, maybe, perhaps ...1868 Sc.
POSTAGE STAMP - see STAMP
POSTCARD - nouns
• AMERICAN CARD an erotic picture postcard ...1930s sl.
• FATTENING HOG POST CARD a jumbo-sized post card ...1954 Amer. dial.
POSTER - nouns
• PAPER posters or similar publicity material ...L19 US sl.
POSTERITY - nouns
• SUCCESSION † posterity ...1628
POSTERITY - phrases
• THOSE THAT COME BEHIND † posterity ...c1600
POSTMAN - see MAIL
POST OFFICE - nouns
• LETTER-HOUSE a post office ...1832 Eng. dial.
• LETTER-OFFICE a post office ...1689
• O.B. a post office ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• OBEY a post office ...1925 Amer. criminal sl.
• OBIE a post office ...1925 Amer. criminal sl.
• OFFICE a post office ...1858 Amer. dial.
• REPUBLIC OF LETTERS the post office ...Bk1903 sl.
POST OFFICE - nouns, person
• EAR-BITER a special agent of the US Post Office Department ...1855 US Post Office usage
POSTPONE - verbs
• HANG IN THE WIND to put off, to delay, to postpone ...1814 Sc.
• PROROGUE † to put off for a time; to defer, to postpone ...1453
POSTPONED - adjectives
• COMPERENDINOUS † postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
• ON THE SHELF put aside temporarily; postponed ...colloq.
• RAINED OUT postponed ...1995 US sl.
POSTPONEMENT - nouns
• HANG-UP delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLD-OFF delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLD-UP delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF-PUT a delay; postponement; a pretense for delay, an evasion; a feint ...1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUT-OFF delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN CHECK a request or promise to take up an invitation at a convenient time; a postponement of any arrangement ...1930 US sl.
• STALL delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAND-OFF delay; postponement ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARDATION † the act of delaying, delay, postponement; slackening of speed, retardation, hindering ...1500-20
• TARDIDATION †* the act of delaying, delay, postponement; a hindering, retarding ...1647
• TARRIAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
• TARRIANCE the act of tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...1460 arch.
• TARYAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
POSTPONEMENT - interjections
• NOT TONIGHT, JOSEPHINE! used by a man to defer his sexual duties to a wife or lover; hence, applied to any postponement ...1960 UK sl.
POSTURE - nouns
• HABIT † bearing, demeanour, deportment, behaviour; posture ...1413
• JAUNT †* jaunty carriage or posture of a body ...1721
POT - nouns
• IRON pots and pans ...1924 Amer. dial.
• MARMIT a pot with hooks at each side to be hung over the fire ...c1758 Eng. dial.
POTATO - adjectives
• FEATHERED of potatoes: having the outer skin partly rubbed off ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HAND-FRIED of potatoes: cut up, sliced thin, and cooked raw in fat or oil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PALKY of potatoes: diseased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POLKY of potatoes: diseased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLASHY of potatoes: breaking and becoming moist in cooking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POTATO - nouns
• BAKEY a baked potato ...L19 sl.
• BAKIE a baked potato ...L19 sl.
• BARK any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust ...1925 Amer. logging usage
• BEATTOCKS mashed potatoes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEETIT PRATIES mashed potatoes ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BOARDINGHOUSE POTATOES fried potatoes, but not in deep fat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CABIN-FASHION POTATOES potatoes cup up raw and fried in bacon grease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CADS the small potatoes of a crop ...1876 Eng. dial.
• CAROLINA the sweet potato ...1775 Amer. dial.
• CAROLINA POTATO the sweet potato ...1819 Amer. dial.
• CHAMPIES mashed potatoes ...1888 Sc.
• CHATS potato peelings ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CHATTS potato peelings ...1959 Amer. dial.
• CROKERS potatoes ...19C
• CUNNEL a potato ...18C sl.
• DEMRY a baked sweet potato ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FADDERLESS-STEW potatoes stewed without meat ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRIT a French fried potato ...1986 Quebec usage
• GOOBER a potato ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• HAUCHEE-PAUCHEE potatoes when boiled to a mash ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ICE POTATO a white potato ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IRISH-APPLE a potato ...L18 sl.
• IRISH APPLESAUCE mashed potatoes ...1960s US sl.
• IRISH-APRICOT a potato ...L18 sl.
• IRISH FOOTBALL a potato ...1970s US sl.
• IRISH GRAPE a potato ...1940s US sl.
• IRISH-LEMON a potato ...Bk1896 sl.
• IRISHMAN a white potato ...1930 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S POTATO a white potato ...1908 Amer. dial.
• IRISH POTATO a white potato ...1685 Amer. dial.
• JACK-BOLTS potatoes ...1875 Eng. dial.
• JACKS potato peelings ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JACKUTTY-TATERS potatoes boiled with their skins on ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAUGHING POTATO a new, dry potato ...1998 Can. sl.
• LONG POTATO a sweet potato ...1808 Amer. dial.
• MEALOM a very dry potato when boiled ...1824 Sc.
• MICK a potato ...1930s US sl.
• MICKEY 1. a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato ...1930s US sl.
2. a white potato ...1943 Amer. dial.
• MICKIE a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato ...1930s US sl.
• MICKY a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato ...1930s US sl.
• MIDDLINGS potatoes of an intermediate size ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUNSTER PLUMS potatoes ...c1850 Anglo-Irish
• MURPHY a potato ...1811 Brit. sl.
• NAV a tater, a potato ...1893 rhyming sl. (Navigator)
• NAVIGATOR a tater, a potato ...1893 rhyming sl.
• NAVIGATOR SCOT a hot baked potato ...Bk1902 sl.
• OFFENSIVE POTATOES canned potatoes ...2003 Antarctica usage
• OOLER an undersized potato ...1930 Sc.
• OORACK a small potato ...1825 Sc.
• PADDY'S APPLE the potato ...1922 NZ sl.
• PIG POTATO an undersized white potato ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIGS small potatoes ...20C farmers' usage
• PIG'S POTATO an undersized white potato ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POOR MAN'S APPLE a potato ...1999 Amer. dial.
• POPPY a potato ...1990s Irish sl.
• POTATO THUMP mashed potato ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUMFRITS fried potatoes; (French 'pommes frites') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAMBLER a potato left by chance in the ground which comes up again the next year ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTOCKS very small potatoes ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RONNY a potato ...1821 sl.
• SCADYIN a very small potato ...1898 Ireland
• SCAFF mashed potatoes ...1921 Sc.
• SCAFFOLD POLE a chipped potato ...L19 sl.
• SCATYUNS small potatoes ...1911 Sc.
• SCOTCH-COLLOPS potatoes sliced and fried in fat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRADYINS small potatoes ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCRAGGINS small potatoes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHANTY FRIED POTATOES potatoes sliced and fried ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKIRRET OF PERU † the potato ...1597
• SPUD a potato ...1845 sl.
• SPUD-BASHING peeling potatoes; a lengthy spell of peeling potatoes ...1940 Brit. sl., orig. services'
• SPUD SQUASHER a potato masher ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TATER potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATER AND POINT a meal made up almost entirely of potatoes ...M19
• TATER TUNK mashed potatoes ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TATIE potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATIE-APPLE the round seed-bulb of the potato ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-BALL the round seed-bulb of the potato ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-BEETLE a potato-masher ...1890 Sc.
• TATIE-BING a heap of potatoes ...1892 Sc.
• TATIE-BLOTS water in which potatoes have been boiled ...1897 Sc.
• TATIE-BROO potato soup ...1892 Sc.
• TATIE-BROTH potato soup ...1901 Sc.
• TATIE-BURY a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-CHAMPER a potato-masher ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-CHAPPER a potato-masher ...1873 Sc.
• TATIE-CHOPPER a potato-masher ...1873 Sc.
• TATIE-CRAB the fruit of a potato; a potato-top ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-DOOLIE a scarecrow in a potato field ...1833 Sc. Eng. dial.
• TATIE-FIELD a potato field or plot ...1891 Sc.
• TATIE-GARTH a potato field or plot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-GETTEN potato-gathering ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-GRAVE a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-GROUND a potato field or plot ...1892 Sc.
• TATIE-HASH potato soup ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-HOCK a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATIE-KAIL potato soup ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PATCH a potato field or plot ...1900 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PIE a heap of potatoes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PIT a potato field or plot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-POKE a sack for holding potatoes ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATIE-POURINGS water in which potatoes have been boiled ...1873 Sc.
• TATIES-AND-DAB potatoes boiled in their skins and eaten with salt ...1883 Sc.
• TATIE-TUMP a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATO potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATOR potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATTIE potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATTIE-BLOTS water in which potatoes have been boiled ...1897 Sc.
• TATTIE-CHAMPER a potato masher ...1840 Sc.
• TATTIE-PEEL potato peelings ...1863 Sc.
• TATUR potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TATY potato ...1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• TAWTIE a potato ...1793 Sc.
• THUMP mashed potatoes and beans ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• TUNKUP mashed potato ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes ...1929 Sc.
• YAM a potato ...1715 Sc.
• ZEPPELINS IN A CLOUD sausage and mashed potatoes ...World War I Amer. sl.
POTATO - nouns, person
• SPUD BARBER a potato peeler ...1935 jocular
• SPUDDY a seller of bad potatoes ...B1900 sl.
• TATIE-HOWKER a potato-digger ...1885 Sc.
• TATIE-PAIRER a peeler of potatoes ...1898 Sc.
POTATO - verbs
• GRABBLE to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...c1770 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEL to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEAL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TEEM to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled ...1890 Eng. dial.
POTATO CHIPS - nouns
• NIGGER'S LIPS (derogatory) potato chips ...1970s rhyming sl.
POTENCY - nouns
• BACK potency, virility ...1996 Guyana
POTENT - verbs
• HAVE LEAD IN ONE'S PENCIL to be potent, virile, and vigorous ...20C colloq.
POTHOLE - nouns
• CHATTER-BUMP a bump or hole in a road that makes a vehicle rattle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN NEST a pothole ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PITCH a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PITCHHOLE a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole ...1861 Amer. dial.
POTLUCK - nouns
• BRING-AND-SHARE a potluck dinner ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CARRY-IN a potluck meal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH-IN DINNER a potluck meal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE a potluck supper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE DINNER a potluck supper ...1972 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE SUPPER a potluck supper ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TUREEN DINNER a potluck meal ...1909 Amer. dial.
POTTER (trifle) - nouns, person
• DAIBLE one who dabbles in or potters with a subject or matter ...1923 Sc.
• TIFFLER † a trifler, one who potters about ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
POTTER - verbs
• BANTER ABOUT to potter about, to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGLE to fuss about ineffectively; to busy oneself without purpose; to potter ...1889 Amer. dial.
• CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COOSTER to idle, to potter around, to fuss ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAP to go; to potter ...c1935 Royal Air Force sl.
• FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1910s sl.
• FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1931 sl.
• FIDDLE BITCH to potter aimlessly ...1989 Can. sl.
• FIDUDDLE to potter around ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIGGLE to potter about seeking a living ...19C Eng. dial.
• FILL-THE-DOOTSY to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time ...1892 sl.
• FRICKLE to potter about at little jobs, such as an old man can do ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRIG ABOUT to potter about ...sl.
• GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GOPHER to wander around, to potter about ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge ...1866 Sc.
• KAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MADDLE ALONG to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANTLE to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATTER to work slowly and ineffectually; to potter ...1908 Sc.
• PAKE to poke about; to potter about; to peep at ...1893 Eng. dial.
• PAUCHLE to work in an ineffectual way, to bungle, to potter, to trifle ...1965 Sc.
• PESTLE AROUND to putter around; to fuss about ...1937 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE WANTON to dally, to trifle, to potter, to waste time in a trifling activity ...1529
• POWTER to potter about; to do trifling simple tasks ...Sc. and Irish
• QUAVER to potter about, to tinker ...1979 UK sl.
• SCRAT ABOUT to potter about; to be busy in a poor, desultory fashion ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TANT to potter or idle about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUN to potter about; to drudge or plod slowly, as old people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TIFFLE † to busy oneself idly; to trifle; to potter about ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIFLE to trifle, to idle, to potter about; to do a little work in a trifling, idle way ...1809 Eng. dial.
• TINKER to trifle, to potter ...1658
• TITTLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss ...17C obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TRIGGER AROUND to putter, to tinker ...1898 Amer. dial.
POTTERING - adjectives
• CADDLING fussy, fidgety, pottering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FRIGGING of a person or task: time-wasting; demanding too much time, pottering about...18C Brit.
• TIDDLYWINKING trifling, pottering ...1869 sl.
POTTERING - adjectives
• PATTERIN' walking or working aimlessly, trifling, pottering ...1828 Sc.
POTTERING - nouns
• FRIGGING pottering about ...18C
POTTERY - adjectives
• SIGILLATE of pottery: decorated with impressed patterns ...1891
POTTERY - nouns
• LALLIE a fragment of earthenware, a piece of broken pottery, esp. used as a plaything, as in hopscotch ...1900 Sc.
POUCH - nouns
• TANKY BAG a purse, pouch, or sack ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THANKY BAG a purse, pouch, or sack ...1898 Amer. dial.
• THANKY POKE a purse, pouch, or sack ...1952 Amer. dial.
POUCH - verbs
• IMPOUCH †* to put into a pouch, bag, or pocket ...1611
POULTICE - nouns
• BAF a warm poultice on a wound or swelling ...1908 Sc.
• CATAPLASM a poultice ...1563
POULTICE - verbs
• BAF to warm, to poultice ...1908 Sc.
POULTRY - adjectives
• GALLINIVOROUS feeding on fowls or poultry ...1862 nonce word
POULTRY - nouns
• BARTON † an enclosure for poultry; a pen ...1552
• ORNITHON a place in which birds are kept; a poultry house; an aviary ...1870
• PALENQUE a place for bringing up poultry ...1707 Jamaica
• RICHARD the cock bird in poultry ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
POULTRY - nouns, person
• CHICKEN-BUTCHER a poulterer ...L18 sl.
• CHICKEN GRANNY one who raises chickens for the market; usually applied derisively to 'furriners' ...1936 Amer. dial.
• GUT-PULLER † a poulterer ...c1850
• STRANGLE-GOOSE a poulterer ...Bk1905 sl.
POULTRY - verbs
• FARCE to stuff poultry; to garnish poultry ...1927 Amer. dial.
POULTRY - interjections
• TIC! a call to poultry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
POUNCE - verbs
• HAWK to capture, to catch, to pounce upon ...1806 Amer. dial.
POUND (money) - nouns
• ABRAHAM NEWLAND £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ACE £1 ...1950s UK criminals' sl.
• ACID DROP a pound, a sovereign ...1920s sl.
• ACIDULATED TABLET a pound, a sovereign ...1920s sl.
• ALAN WHICKER £1 ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'nicker'
• APPLE twenty pounds; in betting; odds of 20-1 ...1974 UK sl.
• APPLE CORE £20 ...1950s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'score'
• AYRTON £10, a £10 note ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'tenner' (Ayrton Senna)
• AYRTON SENNA £10, a £10 note ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'tenner'
• BAR a pound; usually in the phrase 'half a bar' - ten shillings ...1911 Brit. sl.
• BEAN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• BERRY a pound; usually used in the plural ...1934 Brit. sl.
• BIEN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• BLEEDER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• BLUEY a £5 note ...1990s sl.
• BRADBURY a one-pound note ...1917 Brit. sl.
• CANARY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• CARPET 1. the sum of £3 ...c1942 Brit. cant
2. the sum of £300 ...1950s secondhand-car dealers' sl.
• CARPETO £30 ...2002 UK ticket-touting sl.
• CARPIT £300 ...2002 UK ticket-touting sl.
• CARPITO £30 2002 UK ticket-touting sl.
• CENTURY £100 ... Bk1903 sl.
• CHIP £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• COOTER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• COUTER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• COW £1,000 ... Bk1903 sl.
• CRACKER a £1 note ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• DANNY BOY £20 ...2000s Irish sl.
• DOUBLE-FINNUP £10 ... Bk1903 sl.
• DRAGON £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• DOONUP £1 sterling ...M19 back-slang
• DUNOP £1 ... M19 back-slang
• EDGE NOTE a £50 note ...2002 UK prison sl.
• FIDDLEY a pound ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'quid' (Fiddle-did')
• FIDDLEY-DID a pound ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'quid'
• FIN a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINIF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINIFF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINN a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNIF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNIFF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNIP a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINNUP a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FINUF a five-pound note ...1839 Brit. sl.
• FISHER a one-pound note or other currency note ...1922 Brit. sl.
• FIVER five pounds or a five-pound note ...1843 Brit. sl.
• FLIM a five-pound note ...1870 Brit. sl.
• FLIMSY £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• FOONT £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• FROGSKIN a pound note ...1907 Aust. sl.
• G a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1928sl., orig. US
• GEE a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1920s sl., orig. US
• GEORGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GINGLEBOY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GLISTENER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GOBLIN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GODIVA a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 ...1960 UK sl. for 'fiver'
• GOLDFINCH £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• GRAND £1000 or $1000 ...1915 sl., orig. US
• HALF £50 or $50 ...1920s sl.
• HALF A COCK five pounds, £5 ...1950 UK sl., based on rhyming sl. 'cockle and hen (ten)
• HALF-A-TON £50 ...1940s sl.
• HARLEQUIN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOLE IN THE GROUND £1 sterling ...20C rhyming sl.
• HORSE-SOVEREIGN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ILLEGITIMATE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• IRON MAN a pound or a one-pound note ...1959 Brit. sl., orig. Aust.
• JACK 1. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
2. five pounds ...1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'five' (Jack's alive)
• JACKS five pounds ...1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'five' (Jack's alive)
• JANE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• JAX five pounds ...1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'five' (Jack's alive)
• JEMMY O'GOBLIN a pound ...1889 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sovereign'
•.JIM a pound ...1889 Aust. sl. (short for 'Jimmy O'Goblin')
• JIMMY a pound ...1889 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sovereign' (Jimmy O'Goblin)
• JIMMY O'GOBLIN a pound ...1889 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'sovereign'
• JOB £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• JOBE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• K 1000, esp. as $1000 or £1000 ...1960s sl.
• LADY a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 ...1960 UK sl. for 'fiver' (Lady Godiva)
• LADY GODIVA a five-pound note, or the sum of £5 ...1960 UK sl. for 'fiver'
• LEGS ELEVEN £11 ...1950s sl.
• LID a pound ...1951 UK rhyming sl. for 'quid' (Saucepan Lid)
• LIL £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• LILL £5 ... Bk1903 sl.
• LINCOLN'S INN a £5 note ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'finn'
• LONG-TAILED FINNUP £10 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MACARONI a pony; hence £25 ...1857 UK rhyming sl.
• MARIGOLD £1,000,000 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MARSHALL £5 ... L19 sl.
• MEG £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MONARCH £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• MONKEY £500 or $500 ...1832 sl.
• MOUSETRAP £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NED £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NEDDY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NEW-HAT £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NICKER £1 ...L19 sl.
• NICKER BIT the pound coin ...1980s sl.
• NOB £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• NOTE an old term for £1 ...Brit. sl.
• O'GOBLIN a pound ...1909 Brit. sl. (Jimmy O'Goblin)
• OLD MR. GORY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ONCE £1, a £1 note ...1930s sl.
• ONCER one-pound note ...1931 Brit. sl.
• ONE a £1 note; an Australian $1 bill ...1930s sl.
• ONE-AND-A-HALF £150 ...1980s sl.
• ONER one pound; also one hundred pounds ...1889 Brit. sl.
• PAIR OF NICKERS £2 ... Brit. sl.
• PINNIF £5 ... Bk1903 back sl.
• PLUM £100,000 ... Bk1903 sl.
• PONTE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• PONY £25 ...1797 sl.
• POONA £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• POTATOES pounds ...1939 Brit. sl.
• QUID a sovereign; a guinea; a pound ...1688 sl.
• QUIDLET a pound sterling ...1900s sl.
• REDGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• RED 'UN a pound; a sovereign ...1890 Brit. sl.
• REMEDY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• RIDGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• ROAF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROFE four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROOF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROUF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• SAUCEPAN a pound ...1951 UK rhyming sl. for 'quid' (Saucepan Lid)
• SAUCEPAN LID a pound ...1951 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'quid'
• SCORE. $20 or £20 ...1929 sl.
• SHEET a one-pound note or a pound...1958 Brit. sl.
• SHINER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• SICK SQUID £6 ...2002 UK sl.
• SKIN £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• SKIN-DIVER a £5 note; the sum of £5 ...1988 Glasgow rhyming sl. for 'fiver'
• SKIV £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• SMACKER a pound ...1924 Brit. sl.
• SMACKEROO a pound ...1961 Brit. sl.
• SOB a pound ...1970 Brit. sl.
• SOV a pound ...1829 Brit. sl.
• SPIN a pound ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SPINNAKER five pounds or a five-pound note ...1898 Aust. sl.
• STRANGER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• STRIKE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• TENNER ten pounds or a ten pound note ...1845 Brit. sl.
• THICK ONE a gold sovereign; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THICK 'UN a gold sovereign, a pound; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THOU £1000 or $1000 ...1869 sl.
• TINY TIM a £5 note ...1992 rhyming sl. for 'flim'
• TON £100 ...1946 sl.
• TWENTY a ₤20 note ...1999 UK sl.
• UNLUCKY FOR SOME. £13 ...1940s sl.
• WALRUS £50 ...2000s Irish sl.
• WALTZ ME AROUND a pound ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• YELLOW-BOY £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• YELLOW-GEORGE £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
• YELLOW-HAMMER £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
POUND (weight) - nouns
• QUART †* a quarter of a pound ...1496
• QUARTARY †* a quarter of a pound ...1656
• QUARTERN * a quarter of a pound ...c1400
POUND (strike) - nouns
• TUNKER anything with which to pound ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
POUND (strike) - verbs
• EFFRINGE †* to break or pound out; to make by pounding ...1657
• MELL to hammer; to strike with a 'mell' or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• 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.
• TEW to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-POUNE † to pound to pieces ...c1290
POUNDED - adjectives
• YBRAID † pounded ...c1430
POUR, POUR OUT - verbs
• BETEEM †* to pour all about ...1618
• DECAPULATE † to pour out from one thing to another ...1623
• EFFUDE † to pour out ...1634
• EFFUND to pour out; to shed blood; to pour out the contents of a vessel ...c1420
• EFFUSE to pour out a liquid ...1682
• ENT to empty; to pour out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EUTE to pour out, or pour from one vessel to another ...1777 Eng. dial.
• HALE to pour or empty out, as water from a vessel by inclining it to one side ...1851 Eng. dial.
• HEALD † to incline or tilt a vessel in order to pour out; to pour out ...1777 Eng. dial.
• LAVE to pour out with or as with a ladle; to ladle ...c1000
• RANTER to pour liquor from a large vessel into smaller ones ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SCOAD to scatter; to pour, to spill; to throw up earth, as moles ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SILE † to pour ...1787 Eng. dial.
• TEAMER to pour out copiously ...1830 Eng. dial.
• TOOM to empty out, to discharge, to pour out water, the contents of a vessel, etc. ...1535 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TUMP to pour something out, to dump ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TURN to pour something ...1773 Amer. dial.
• TURN OFF to pour something ...1830 Amer. dial.
• TURN OUT to pour something ...1817 Amer. dial.
• WALT † to gush out, to pour, to flow ...a1300
• YAT to pour in a large quantity; to stream ...1897 Sc.
• YET † to pour ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
POURING - adjectives
• EFFUSIVE † that proceeds from a pouring out ...1725
POURING - nouns
• DECAPULATION † a pouring off ...1681
• EFFUSE †* a pouring out ...1593
• EFFUSION a pouring out, a spilling of liquid ...c1400
• HEALD the act of pouring out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
POUT, POUTING - nouns
• BABOUNE a pouting expression; a look of displeasure ...1967 Amer. dial.
POUT, POUTING - nouns, person
• POOCH-MOUTH one who protrudes their lips in a sulking or pouting manner ...1904 Amer. dial.
POUT - verbs
• HANG ONE'S LIP to sulk or pout; to act annoyed or disappointed ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MIFF to offend, to affront, to give offense to; to take offense; to pout ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOG to pout, to grow sullen, to mope; to refuse food ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PEEVE to disgruntle; to annoy; to infuriate; to complain, to sulk, to pout ...1908 colloq., orig. US
POUTING - adjectives
• MISPUT annoyed, put out, upset, pouting ...1898 Amer. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POOCH-MOUTHED sulking, pouting ...1908 Amer. dial.
• UP THE PUCKER TREE angry; pouting ...1982 Amer. dial.
POUTING - adverbs
• A-POUT pouting ...1886 poetic
POVERTY - nouns
• ANGISH poverty ...B1900 Ireland
• BEGGARISM professional beggary; extreme poverty ...1636
• BEGGARTY † the state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty ...c1505 Sc.
• BEGGINGNESS † the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary ...1382
• CLOGS TO CLOGS IN THREE GENERATIONS the return of a family to poverty after one generation of prosperity
• DEFAULT † lack of food or other necessaries; want, poverty ...c1290
• EGENCY † neediness, poverty ...1600
• EGESTUOSITY †* meagreness, poverty ...1656
• HARD SLEDDIN' poverty, hardship, misery ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JEJUNENESS emptiness of interest or intellectually satisfying quality; baldness, meagreness, poverty ...1655
• JEJUNITY emptiness of interest or intellectually satisfying quality; baldness, meagreness, poverty ...1623
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• LEAN LICKING OF THIBLES poverty, penury, a state verging on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDHAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDHAM'S CROSS a state of great poverty ...L16 sl.
• NEEDHAM'S SHORE a state of great poverty ...L16 sl.
• ORCOST †* want of means, penury, indigence, poverty ...a1225
• PENURY extremely poverty, destitution ...1400
• SCANT poverty ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAP CITY a state of poverty ...1930s sl.
• TAPSVILLE a state of poverty ...1930s sl.
• WAEDLE †* poverty ...c888
• WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty ...c1175
• WANE † need, want, poverty ...a1100.
• WANSPEED † ill-success; adversity, poverty ...c893
POVERTY - nouns, person
• ANGISHORE a poverty-stricken person ...1894 Ireland
POVERTY - verbs
• LICK A THIVEL to suffer poverty, to verge on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A POOR MOUTH to pretend poverty; to endeavour to excite compassion ...1839 Sc.
• TALK POOR MOUTH to complain, usually in an exaggerated way, of poverty or other misfortune ...1952 Amer. dial.
POVERTY - phrases
• ON THE HIGH-ROAD TO NEEDHAM heading towards to poverty ...1670 sl.
POVERTY-STRICKEN - adjectives
• ANGISH poverty-stricken ...B1900 Ireland
• MANGY beggarly, lousy, squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby ...1538
• PO-JO drab; dreary; poverty-stricken ...1950 Amer. dial.
• QUISBY bankrupt, poverty-stricken ...1853 sl.
ֽ• SARKLESS poverty-stricken ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
POWER, POWERFUL - adjectives
• BANG agile and powerful ...1896 Sc.
• BELLIPOTENT mighty or powerful in war ...1635
• BOISTOUS † full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action ...c1325
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• FADE † strong, doughty, brave, powerful ...c1320
• FEARSOME powerful ...1935 Amer. dial.
• FECKFUL efficient, vigorous, powerful ...1596
• FORCELY † of strong build, vigorous, powerful ...a1488 obs. exc. Sc.
• GUT-BUSTING powerful, energetic, overwhelming ...1930s sl.
• KEEN † mighty, powerful, strong ...a1000
• MAGNIPOTENT †* possessing great power ...1680
• MAIN † of any army or multitude: great in numbers, numerous; powerful in arms ...a1400-50
• MAINFUL † powerful, mighty ...a1225
• MAINSTRONG † strong in power ...a1000
• MANANT † opulent, powerful ...1422
• MASCULINE † of material things or physical qualities: powerful in action, strong, such as herbs, cider, etc. ...1637
• MAUGHTY mighty, powerful ...1768 Sc.
• MAXIMIOUS †* of great power ...c1566
• MIGHTFUL full of might, powerful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGHTIOUS †* full of might or power ...c1460
• OMNIPOTENT all-powerful; having full or absolute power or authority; exceedingly strong or mighty ...1598
• OMNIPOTENTIARY †* omnipotent ...1659
• OMNIPREVALENT having all power or influence; all-prevailing ...a1661
• OMNIVALENT † all-prevailing, all-powerful, omnipotent ...1609
• OMNIVALOUS † all-prevailing, all-powerful, omnipotent ...1773
• OPERANT † powerful in effect; efficacious ...1607
• PARVIPOTENT having little power ...1862
• PLENIPOTENT * possessing full power or authority ...1658
• POLLENT * powerful, strong, mighty ...1869 rare
• PUISSANT possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful, strong, forcible ...a1450 arch.
• RAILIPOTENT powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive ...1593 nonce word
• REVEREND extraordinary, distinguished, powerful; genuine, thorough ...1826 Amer. dial.
• SALSIPOTENT †* ruling the sea ...1575
• SAMSONISTIC strong, powerful ...1849
• SAPIENTIPOTENT †* mighty in wisdom ...1656
• SAVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1839 Amer. dial.
• SAVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SERGIVEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGOUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SEVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful , ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1835 Amer. dial.
• SINEWED strong, firm, vigorous, powerful ...1604
• SKOOKUM strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGOROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1893 Amer. dial.
• TOXIC amazing, powerful ...1987 US sl.
• VADY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VAGOUS very important, powerful ...1944 Amer. dial.
• VAGUS very important, powerful ...1944 Amer. dial.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• WALLOPING strikingly large, powerful; spectacular ...1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WIGHT forcible, violent, powerful in effect ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
POWER - adverbs
• FORCELY † with force or power, vigorously, vehemently, violently ...1508 obs. exc. Sc.
POWER, POWERFUL - nouns
• ARM influence, power ...1960s sl.
• BIND capacity, ability, power ...1824 Sc.
• CAN power, ability ...1768 Sc.
• EFFORT † power ...1490
• FANCY, THE the aristocracy, the wealthy and powerful ...M19 US sl.
• GUT-BUSTER something powerful and dramatic ...1930s sl.
• GUTS courage, bravery, stamina, endurance, staying power; masculine valour ...M17 sl.
• HORSEPOWER power, influence; hence, rating or rank ...1939 US sl., esp. navy usage
• IMPERIUM command; absolute power; supreme or imperial power ...1651
• IMPREVALENCE †* want of prevailing power; lack of power or authority ...1828
• IMPREVALENCY †* want of prevailing power; lack of power or authority ...a1656
• JUICE power, influence, sway ...1957 US sl.
• MAGNIPOTENCE * mighty power ...1861
• MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAMA anything considered very powerful, large, or admirable ...1940s sl.
• MASTERY † superior force or power ...1297
• MEAN MACHINE a powerful person or team ...1990s sl.
• MIGHTS † means, power, help ...1787 Sc.
• MOJO magic; magical power; also, a charm; broadly, power or influence of any kind ...1926 Amer. sl.
• NERVE power, capacity ...1822 Sc.
• OBER responsibility, liability; power, influence; impudent self-confidence ...1929 Sc.
• OMNIPOTENCE infinite or unlimited power; almightiness ...1566
• OMNIVALENCE † omnipotence ...1607
• ONWALD † power, rule, authority ...c893
• PUISSANCE power, might, or force ...1375 literary usage
• PULL influence; special power or favour; clout ...1886 Amer. sl.
• REVERENCE power ...1820 Sc.
• VALENCY † might, power, strength ...1623
• VALLENTE † power, might ...1475
• VALOR † power, import, significance ...1676
• VALURE †* physical strength or ability; power, might ...1574
POWER, POWERFUL - nouns, person
• BATTLESHIP a powerful and domineering woman ...1931 US sl.
• BIG BOOT a powerful person; an important or influential person ...1969 US sl.
• DADDY an influential, powerful person ...M19 sl.
• GOD an adored, admirable, or supremely powerful person ...OE
• HIGH PRESSURE a boss; a powerful man ...1920s US sl.
• LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person ...1607
• MACHER an extremely influential person; an important and powerful man ...1930 Amer. sl., esp. political journalism usage
• MAN, THE a person or group asserting power or authority over another, esp. in a manner experienced as being oppressive, demeaning, or threatening, as an employer, the police, or dominating racial group ...1920s sl.
• MEAN MACHINE a powerful person or team ...1990s sl.
• MOOSE a large, powerful, or clumsy person ...1910 Amer. sl.
• MR. CHARLIE the man in power; the boss ...1970s sl.
• MOVER AND SHAKER a powerful person with powerful connections ...1972 US sl.
• PLENIPOTENT * a person possessing full power or authority ...1818
• RING-TAIL DEVIL a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED PAINTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1828 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED ROARER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1830 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SCREAMER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; a loud-mouthed boaster; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SNORTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SQUEALER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1837 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED TOOTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL PEELER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1913 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL ROARER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1832 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL SNORTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL SQUEALER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1898 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL TOOTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TOP CAT the most powerful or important person ...colloq.
• VEEDOR † an official invested with inspecting or controlling power ...1595
• WHEELHORSE one who does the hard work in some enterprise or cause; a trusted assistant; a hard-working or powerful person ...1845 Amer. dial.
POWER, POWERFUL - verbs
• CALL THE SHOTS to be in a position of power; to direct the actions of others ...1967 US sl.
• FACULTATE * to invest with authority; to empower; to authorize ...1648
• FADE to lose or cause to lose power and effectiveness ...1450
• FEEL ONE'S OATS to be aware of or call attention to one's own power or strength ...19C Amer. sl.
• HANG THE MOON to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented ...1953 Amer. dial.
• HAVE LONG HANDS † to be powerful ...1583.
• PACK A PUNCH to be powerful, as a motorcycle or car; later, of a strong punch ...1938 sl.
• VAIL † to have might or power; to prevail ...a1300
POWER - phrases
• I AIN'T NO JOKE a warning to any possible attacker of one's own powers ...1990s US Black teen sl.
POWERFULLY - adverbs
• ASS-KICKING a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully ...1960s US sl.
• EADILY powerfully, forcibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• EARDLY powerfully, forcibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• FEARSOME powerfully, severely ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FECKFULLY efficiently, vigorously, powerfully ...1723
POWERLESS - adjectives
• IMPOTENTIAL †* powerless, helpless, impotent ...1649
• IMPUISSANT weak, feeble, impotent, powerless ...1629
• MAINLESS † powerless ...c1000
• PARALYTIC deprived or destitute of energy or power of action; powerless, ineffective; characterized by impotency, or powerlessness ...1642
• SINEWLESS lacking vigour; feeble, weak, powerless ...1644
POWERLESS - nouns, person
• FLAT TIRE an impotent man; a worthless, powerless man ...E20 sl.
POWERLESS - verbs
• HAVE A MAN BY THE BALLS to have rendered a man powerless ...20C US sl.
• HAVE A MAN BY THE SHORT HAIRS to have a man in a compromising situation; to have rendered a man powerless to defend himself ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• PALSY to render powerless, helpless, or inert ...1615
POWERLESS - phrases
• CAN'T SPIN A THREAD powerless to act ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
POWERLESSNESS - nouns
• IMPOTENTNESS †* impotence, utter inability, powerlessness ...1530
• IMPUISSANCE impotence, powerlessness, weakness, utter inability ...1483
• IMPUISSANCY †* lack of power or authority, powerlessness ...1701
• PALSY any influence which destroys, or seriously impairs activity or sensibility; a condition of utter powerlessness; an irresistible tremor ...1433
PRACTICABLE - adjectives
• OPERABLE † that may or should be done; practicable, feasible ...1646
• OPERATORY † producing an effect; effectual; concerned with action, practical ...a1556
• PANNABLE plausible, practicable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PRACTICAL - adjectives
• ACTUAL † pert. to acts; exhibited in deeds; practical, active, doing ...c1315
• OPERATORIOUS †* producing, or capable of producing an effect, effectual; concerned with action, practical ...a1555
PRACTICALLY - adverbs
• ACTUALLY † in a way that is characterized by doing; with deeds; practically, actively ...1587
PRACTICE - nouns
• GAG a manner of doing something, a practice ...1890 US sl.
• HANK a habit, custom. practice ...1828 Eng. dial.
• IMPROVEMENT †* use; practice ...1686
• VEIN † a particular course of action or conduct; a habit or practice ...1597
PRACTICE - verbs
• HAMMER to practise laboriously; to labour ...1843 Eng. dial.