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PUN - PYRAMID
PUN, PUNNING - adjectives
• QUIB †* in an affected or punning style ...1614
PUN - nouns
• CALEMBOUR a pun ...1830
• CARRIWITCHET a pun, a quibble, a conundrum; a hoaxing, puzzling, or absurd question ...1614
• CARWITCHET a pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum ...1614
• QUIBBLE a play upon words; a pun ...1611
• QUIBLIN † a pun or quibble; a trick ...1605
PUN, PUNSTER - nouns, person
• TAKE-OFF a mimic; a satirist; a punster ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
PUN - verbs
• QUIBBLE † to pun, to play on words ...a1629
PUNCH - adjectives
• PUNCHY dazed or stupefied from severe or continual punching ...B1900 sl.
PUNCH - nouns
• BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap ...1847 Amer. sl.
• BUNCH OF FIVES a punch ...1891 sl.
• CHUMP SQUEEZE a punch on the arm or shoulder, its meaning varying according to context ...1950s US Black sl.
• CLOCK a punch in the face ...1959 sl.
• COOLER a knockout punch; a crushing statement ...19C sl.
• CRACKER a heavy punch ...sl.
• DAMAGER a damaging punch ...c1815 boxing colloq.
• DINNYHAYZER a heavy punch; a knockout blow ...1907 Aust. sl.
• DOOIE an echoic equivalent of the sound of a punch or slap ...1980s US campus sl.
• DOUST † a firm blow; a punch ...E17
• DRIVE a blow, a punch; a kick ...1839 colloq.
• FLANKER a blow or punch ...M19 sl.
• FLY a blow, a punch ...Bk2002 boxing sl.
• HAYMAKER a swinging blow punch ...1902 sl. boxing usage
• JAWBREAKER a hard punch on the whisker ...Bk1896 boxing sl.
• KING-HIT a knock-out punch, esp. an unfair one ...1912 Aust. sl.
• KNUCKLE SANDWICH a punch in the mouth ...1973 sl.
• LALAPALOOZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALAPAZAZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLAPALOOSA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLAPALOOZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLAPALUZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLYPALOOZER a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LAM a punch; a blow ...1934 US sl.
• LOLAPALOOSA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLAPALO a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLAPALOOSA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLAPALOOZA n. a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLYPALOOZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLYPALOOZER a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOOPER a punch, a blow ...1910s sl.
• OGLER a punch in the eye ...E19 sl.
• PILE-DRIVER a forceful punch or kick ...colloq.
• POKE a punch ...1796
• RABBIT-KILLER a short and vicious punch to the neck, generally with the open hand ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SHUT-UP SANDWICH a punch in the mouth ...2002 Can. sl.
• STOUCH a punch ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STOUSH a punch ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUNDAY PUNCH a knockout punch ...1929 US sl.
• SWING a punch delivered with a sweep of the arm ...1910 sl.
• WOLLAPALOOZE a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
PUNCH (drink) - nouns
• SALLIVOCUS † a punch made of an equal proportion of wine and spirits ...1757 Sc.
PUNCH - verbs
• BUNG UP to close someone's eye with a punch ...E19 sl.
• CAP to punch someone in the face ...1990s US college sl.
• CLOCK to strike sharply or heavily; to strike with the fist; to punch in the face; to hit ...1932 Amer. sl.
• DONG to hit, to strike, to punch ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DOUSE to strike, knock, punch ...M16 now Eng. dial.
• EAT FIST-MEAT to receive a punch in the mouth ...M16 sl.
• FACE to punch in the face ...c1815 boxing sl.
• FIRE ON SOMEONE to hit or punch ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE OLD ONE-TWO to punch someone with a left and a right ...Aust. sl.
• GUT to punch in the stomach; literary and figurative use ...1960s US Black sl.
• GUT-PUNCH to punch in the belly ...1974 Amer. sl.
• HANG ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch ...1908 sl.
• JACK to stab or punch ...1980s sl.
• KING-HIT to punch someone suddenly and hard, and often unfairly ...1959 Aust. sl.
• LAY ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch ...1980s sl.
• PACK A KICK to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig.
• PACK A PUNCH to be powerful, as a motorcycle or car; to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig. US
• PACK A WALLOP to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig. US
• PACK ONE to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig. US
• PALM to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAME to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUG * to poke; to punch; to strike ...E19 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch ...1980s sl.
• RIB to beat, pummel or punch in the sides ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNOT to punch someone on the nose ...Brit. sl.
• SWING AT to aim a blow at, to punch ...1910s sl.
• TAG to punch ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A POKE AT to punch ...1796 sl.
• TAKE A SWING to aim a blow at, to punch ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A SWING AT to attempt to punch ...1910 sl.
• UNLOAD to throw a punch, to beat up ...20C sl.
PUNCH - interjections
• SNOT HIM! a command to punch someone on the nose ...Brit. sl.
PUNCH AND JUDY - nouns
• MOZZY the 'Judy' of 'Punch and Judy' ...c1850 Brit. showmen's sl.
PUNCHED - adjectives
• SLAP-HAPPY dizzy, orig, from being punched ...1936 sl.
• SLUG-NUTTY dizzy from being punched ...1933 US sl.
PUNCHLINE - nouns
• WHAMMY a punchline; anything devastating and beyond a similarly powerful response ...1950s sl.
PUNCTUAL - adjectives
• BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
PUNCTUAL - nouns, person
• CHARLIE-ON-THE-SPOT a reliable, prompt, or punctual person ...1835 Amer. dial.
PUNCTUALITY - nouns
• HAWAIIAN TIME (occasionally derogatory) a flexible system of time; a disregard for punctuality ...1974 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN TIME (usually derogatory) a flexible system of time; a lack of punctuality ...1963 Amer. dial.
PUNCTUALLY - adverbs
• REGULAR AS THE CLOCK TICKS, AS very punctually and regularly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHARP TIME punctually ...1885 Amer. dial.
PUNCTUATION - nouns
• ASTONISHER an exclamation point ...1888 Amer. journalists' sl.
• GASPER in typography, an exclamation mark ...2003 UK sl.
• HALF-MEMBER † a semicolon ...1762
• NOTE OF ADMIRATION an exclamation point (!) ...1611
• QUES the question mark (?) character on a computer keyboard ...1991 US sl.
• SUBDISTINCTION † a comma or semicolon ...1636
• TITTLE the dot over the letter 'i'; a punctuation mark; a diacritic point over a letter; any one of the Hebrew and Arabic vowel-points and accents; also, a pip on dice ...1538
• VERGE † an accent-mark ...1555
PUNCTUATION - verbs
• BECOMMA to sprinkle with commas ...1881
PUNGENCY - nouns
• EAGERNESS † pungency of taste; acidity, sourness ...1490
• QUICKNESS † sharpness, keenness; pungency or acidity of taste; sharpness of speech ...1611
PUNGENT - adjectives
• ACUTE † of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
• EAGER † pungent, acrid, keen to the taste or other senses ...1574
• QUICK † of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk ...1573
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, pungent, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PUNGENTLY - adverbs
• EAGERLY † sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely ...1377
PUNISH, PUNISHING, PUNISHMENT - nouns
• ASS-KICK a punishment, a beating ...1970s US sl.
• BADGER'S BAND the clashing of kettles, pans, etc. in from of the house of an obnoxious person; a rural form of punishment for notorious offenders ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BASTINADE an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ...1726
• BASTONADE an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
• BESOM † a bundle of rods or twigs used as an instrument of punishment; a birch ...c893
• BOWS a severe punishment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUM RAP undeserved punishment ...1926 US sl.
• CANEOLOGY the doctrine of the use of the cane in corporal punishment ...1837 humorous
• CASTIGATION † chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening ...c1397
• CP corporal punishment ...1987 US sl.
• CUTS corporal punishment, esp. of schoolchildren ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DEVIL'S JUDGEMENT a punishment, retribution ...1830 Sc.
• DICHENS a beating, punishment ...1838 Sc.
• DINGBAT a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• DINGBATLER a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension ...1823 Sc.
• DOCTOR GREEN'S MEDICINE the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR GREENWADE'S MEDICINE the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DUCKING-STOOL a device used to punish scolding women and dishonest tradesmen; a 'machine' used to duck or dip offenders into water or excrement ...16C
• GAD a stick or whip for driving oxen or punishing children ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GAFF severe treatment, criticism, punishment, or hardship ...1904 US sl.
• GANCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GANCHING † capital punishment by impaling ...1614
• GANDIEGOW † a blow, a stroke, punishment ...1866 Sc.
• GANTLOPE * a military punishment (sometimes also naval) in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with a stick or a knotted cord ...1646
• GAROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
• GARROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
• GAUNCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GOSS punishment ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GRUEL punishment; a beating ...c1795 colloq.
• HAIL COLUMBIA a punishment, a telling-off, a scolding ...M19 US sl.
• HANDSEL guerdon, reward; also ironically, a punishment, a smack of the hand ...1892 Sc.
• HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling ...1818 Sc.
• IMPALATION †* the torture or punishment of impaling ...1744
• JACK LATTEN a threat of punishment ...20C Irish sl.
• JACK LATTIN a threat of punishment ...20C Irish sl.
• LADY BIRCH a switch used to punish children ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LADY QUINCE a switch made of quince wood, used to punish children ...1932 Amer. dial.
• LALDIE a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• LALDY-DALDY a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• KICK IN THE ASS an unwarranted punishment or letdown ...M20 US colloq.
• MODELLING the parading of an offender naked through a township as a form of punishment ...1990s S. Afr. sl.
• NAILING a beating, a thrashing, punishment ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NOOGIE a rubbing of the knuckles harshly across someone's head, esp. used by children as a form of punishment or bullying ...Aust. sl.
• ONE a punishment, a beating; a bad turn ...20C sl.
• PAIKING a beating, a thrashing; a punishment ...1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIKMENT a thrashing, a beating, punishment ...1897 Sc.
• PAIKS a beating, a thrashing; one's deserved punishment, one's deserts ...1720 Sc.
• PAIN † 1. suffering or loss inflicted for a crime or offense; punishment; penalty, a fine ...1297
† 2. the punishment or sufferings of hell or of purgatory ...1340-70
• PAIN-TAKING † receiving or suffering of punishment ...1382
• PAKES a deserved punishment ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALMER † a flat piece of wood used for striking the palm of the hand as a punishment ...1387
• PANDIE punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• PANDY punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• PEACH TREE TEA punishment with a peach tree switch ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIECE OF SOMEONE'S ASS vengeance against someone, esp. in the form of a beating, a thrashing, a punishment ...1959 US sl.
• QUARTERIZATION †* part of the punishment of a traitor, by dividing his body into four quarters ...1727-41
• QUILTING a beating; a flogging; a punishment; a blow with a stick ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAM-RIDING a punishment, esp. inflicted on married people convicted of immorality: a cart in which were represented burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, on donkeys, blowing horns; the custom was often the occasion of much riotous behaviour ...1891 Eng. dial.
• ROD IN A PICKLE, A a punishment in store
• SANCTION in organized crime: punishment by death ...1997 US sl.
• SCOLD'S BRIDLE an instrument of punishment used for scolding women; it was used as a form of torture and public humiliation; it was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head; a bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue; it was first recorded in 1567; sometimes called a witch's bridle, a brank's bridle, or branks ...1899 Sc.
• SIXER six strokes of the cane as a school punishment ...1927 Brit. sl.
• SIX OF THE BEST six strokes of the cane as a school punishment ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TAG the leather strap used for punishment in schools ...1809 Sc.
• TANTALISM †* punishment or torment like that of Tantalus (mythical king condemned, for revealing the secrets of the gods, to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water, which constantly receded as he stooped to drink, and with branches of food hanging above him which ever fled his grasp); tantalization ...c1614
• TOCO corporal punishment ...1823 sl.
• TOKO corporal punishment ...1823 sl.
• TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINE corporal punishment, esp. when used in a prostitute's advertising matter ...2003 UK sl.
• UNCTION punishment; an unpleasant or dangerous experience ...1921 Sc.
• VALENTINE a reprimand, a punishment ...1920s US police usage
• WARISON † 'reward', due punishment ...a1366
• WHAT-FOR punishment, trouble, a fuss ...L19 sl.
• WHAT-SORT a punishment, trouble, a fuss ...L19 sl.
• YARD † a means or instrument of punishment; hence, punishment, chastisement ...a1225
PUNISH - nouns, person
• NEMESIS the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, one who avenges or punishes ...1576
PUNISH - verbs (also see PUNISHMENT)
• BOX ONE'S EARS to punish by hitting ...1601 sl.
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1955 US sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1952 US sl.
• CART of a punishment formerly inflicted on bawds: to place in a tumbrel or cart and lead through a town ...L16 sl.
• DACRE † to inflict corporal punishment on one ...1825 Sc.
• DEAL IT OUT to attack, esp. verbally; to punish ...20C Aust. sl.
• DEAL OUT to attack, esp. verbally; to punish ...20C Aust. sl.
• DE-BOLLOCK to castrate, usually in figurative sense of hurting or punishing severely ...1960s sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S ARSE OFF to criticize severely; to punish heavily ...1940s US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S ASS OFF to criticize severely; to punish heavily ...1943 US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S ASS OUT to criticize severely; to punish heavily ...1946 US sl.
• FACE THE MUSIC to go through an ordeal; to face the possibility of a severe reprimand or other punishment ...1850
• FAN to whip, to beat, to punish ...1785 sl.
• GAD to punish, to whip, as a child ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GAFF to punish someone ...1903 US sl.
• GIBBET to beat, to punish, to hurt severely ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIVE A PERSON BEANS to deal severely with; to punish heavily ...1892
• GIVE A PERSON HIS OATMEAL to punish; to rebuke severely ...M18 sl.
• GIVE LALDIE to punish ...1889 Sc.
• GIVE ONE FITS to punish ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE GOSS to punish; to give one a whipping ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE HIS FAIRING to punish, to give one his just deserts ...1790 Sc.
• GIVE ONE ONE'S KALE THROUGH THE REEK to give one a good scolding; to reprove severely; to punish ...1814 Sc.
• GO GUNNING FOR to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish ...1888 Amer. sl.
• GROUND to punish, esp. a young person, by forbidding him or her to engage in dating or other social activities ...1950 Amer. sl.
• GRUEL to punish ...1850 colloq.
• GUN FOR to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish ...1878 US sl.
• HAMMER INTO THE FLOOR LIKE A TACK to punish, to reprove ...Bk2002 Aust.
• HANDSEL to give something unpleasant; to punish with a blow; used ironically ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HANG SOMEONE'S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1961 Amer. sl.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...colloq.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS FOR GARTERS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...1933 UK colloq.
• HAZE to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly ...1678 Eng. dial.
• HEAD AND HANG to punish severely ...1893 Sc.
• JACK IT UP SOMEONE'S ASS to punish or victimize someone ...1960s US sl.
• KEELHAUL to punish with humiliation ...US Civil War usage
• KISS THE ROD to submit to punishment
• LINE OUT to reprimand, to discipline, to punish ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LYNCH to inflict bodily punishment upon; to kill by mob action, typically by hanging, without legal authority ...1835 Amer. sl.
• MALACOUTER to beat, to thrash, to punish ...c1910 Sc.
• MALAGROOSE to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence ...1924 Sc.
• MALAGRUIZE to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence ...1924 Sc.
• MALAVOGUE to punish in some dire but undefined way; to beat, to chastise ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• NAB to peck at, to strike; to punish ...1822 Sc.
• NAIL ONE TO THE CROSS to punish or otherwise deal with someone in a final or decisive manner; to castigate thoroughly ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NAIL ONE TO THE MAST to punish or otherwise deal with someone in a final or decisive manner; to castigate thoroughly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• NAIL ONE'S ASS TO THE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1971 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S HIDE TO THE BARN DOOR to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1952 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S HIDE TO THE ROUNDHOUSE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1975 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S HIDE TO THE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1959 Amer. sl.
• NAIL SOMEONE'S ASS TO THE BARN DOOR to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE'S ASS TO THE WALL to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE'S HIDE TO THE BARN DOOR to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE'S HIDE TO THE WALL to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE CROSS to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE MAST to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• ORDER † to bring into order or submission to lawful authority; hence, to inflict disciplinary punishment on; to correct, to chastise, to punish ...1526
• PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish ...c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIN † to inflict a penalty or punishment upon; to punish; to torture by way of punishment; to fine ...c1350
• PAKE to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANDIE to punish, to chastise ...1895 Sc.
• PANDY to punish, to chastise ...1895 Sc.
• PECK to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PEX to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PLAY HARRY OVER ANY ONE to beat or punish severely ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PLAY THE HALTER to inflict punishment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAILROAD to enforce a mild punishment by dragging the victim up and down along the floor until the seat of their trousers is worn through ...M19 US sl.
• RAM to punish an offender by bumping his posteriors against a wall; to punish by bastinadoing the soles of the feet ...1853 Sc.
• RANDLE to punish a boy for cheating or other offenses by pulling his hair or ears ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RANNEL to punish a boy for cheating or other offenses by pulling his hair or ears ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RAP ONE'S FINGERS to check or punish smartly ...a1677
• RAP ONE'S KNUCKLES to check or punish smartly ...1824
• RED-MAN to punish by mob action or by vigilante organization ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to punish; to chastise; to whip; to beat severely ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SAPPIL to punish by beating ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCON to beat, esp. with the flat of the hand or some flat surface; to inflict punishment ...1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHAFT to thrust (in one's imagination) a pole up someone's anus; essentially, to stop a person short; to punish or treat very badly, to harm ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SIT ON ONE'S SKIRTS to press hard upon one, to deal heavily with, to punish severely ...1546
• SKON to beat, esp. with the flat of the hand or some flat surface; to inflict punishment ...1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SOAK to punish, to beat up; to criticize harshly ...L19 US sl.
• SOAK IT TO to punish, to beat up; to criticize harshly ...L19 US sl.
• STRAFE to punish ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TACKLE to attack, to punish ...1828
• TAKE † to inflict punishment or justice ...c1200
• TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to scold; to punish; to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT OUT ON to treat badly, to punish, often an innocent victim ...20C US sl.
• TAKE ORDER WITH A PERSON to compel a person to do orderly or rightly; to punish ...1792 Sc.
• TAKE TO to scold, to punish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAN ONE'S ARSE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment: to thrash or flog ...c1670 sl.
• TAN ONE'S BACKSIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment; to thrash or flog...c1670 sl.
• TAN ONE'S HIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment ...c1670 sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE'S ASS to trounce, to punish, to kill someone ...1961 Amer. sl.
• THREAP to beat, to flog, to thrash, to punish severely ...1721 Eng. dial.
• TO-PUNISH † to punish soundly ...a1400-50
• VEESIT to punish ...1878 Sc.
• VENGE † to punish a wrongdoing ...a1340
• VISIT to punish ...1878 Sc.
• WARM ONE'S ONION to punish, to chastise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PUNISHABLE - adjectives
• VENGEABLE †* punishable ...1650
PUNISHED - adjectives
• BIRKED birched, punished with a birch rod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IN FOR IT in trouble, about to be reprimanded or punished ...M17 sl.
PUNISHED - verbs
• BE FLOGGED THROUGH TOPHET IN A FLOUR SACK to be punished ...1960 Amer. dial.
• CATCH IT WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT IT to be punished ...1942 Amer. sl.
• COP A FLOWER-POT to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten ...1930s sl. sl.
• GET BEANS to be punished severely ...1892
• GET IT WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT THE AXE to get punished properly and adequately ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GET LALDIE to be punished ...1889 Sc.
• GET ONE'S THUDS to be punished, beaten, or chastised ...1887 Sc.
• NAB THE RUST to be punished ...L18 sl.
• TAG to suffer, to be punished ...1970s sl.
• TAKE THE PIPE to fail to act or achieve under pressure, esp. in sports; hence, to be punished ...1960s US sl.
PUNISHED - phrases
• FOR THE HIGH JUMP said of someone in danger of being severely punished ...1919 Brit. sl.
PUNISHMENT - verbs (also see PUNISH)
• BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment ...Brit. colloq.
• CATCH MOSES to receive a severe beating or punishment ...M19 sl.
• DANCE THE CARPET to appear before an official for an investigation of one's work or behaviour; to receive a reprimand, criticism, or punishment ...20C Amer. sl.
• NAB IT to receive unexpected punishment; to 'catch it' unawares ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAB THE RUST to receive punishment unexpectedly ...Bk1902 sl.
• NAP IT to receive severe punishment, esp. in a boxing match ...a1700 sl.
• PUT ONE'S ASS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S BALLS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• SKATE to get way with anything; to shirk one's responsibilities; to escape punishment ...1945 sl., orig. US Black
• TAKE A RAP to take a punishment, often a prison sentence, that is actually due to someone else ...c1886 US criminals' sl.
• TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE ONE'S DINT to receive punishment ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TAKE ONE'S MEDICINE to accept a punishment or reprimand ...L19 sl.
• TAKE THE GAS to endure punishment, esp. in a boxing ring ...20C sl.
• WEIGH OFF to sentence someone to punishment ...1925 sl., orig. services'
PUNISHMENT - phrases
• YOUR ASS IS GRASS AND I'M THE LAWNMOWER you are doomed to suffer punishment ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
PUNITIVE - adjectives
• CASTIGATIVE * chastising, corrective, punitive ...1641
• CASTIGATORY chastising, corrective, punitive ...1613
PUNY - adjectives
• BASTARD of a child: puny, small, ill-formed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MIMMOCKING dainty in appetite; puny, sickly, weakly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZARDLY † adj. poor, ill-thriven ...1675
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• PIMPING puny, sickly, emaciated ...1845 Amer. dial.
• PIMPY puny, sickly, emaciated ...2000 Amer. dial.
• PINDLING puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail ...1862 Amer. dial.
• PINDLY puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful ...1825 Sc.
• SCHAMLICH shambling, weak-limbed, puny ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAM small, puny; contemptible ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTY small, insignificant, thin, puny ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWNTY puny, scrawny ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRINCHING small, puny, insignificant ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SINGED-LIKE puny, shrivelled ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIDDY puny, weakly, delicate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDOUGHT sickly, puny, feeble; contemptible ...1773 Sc.
• YAN small, puny ...1825 Sc.
• YANT small, puny ...Bk1905 Sc.
PUNY - nouns
• NEFFOW anything small and puny ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIVVIL anything small and puny ...Bk1905 Sc.
PUNY - nouns, person
• BAGLIN a puny or misgrown child ...1930 Sc.
• BODY a puny person; a term of contempt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHEWEEKA an insignificant, puny person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHITTY-FACE † a term of reproach or contempt; a thin, pinched, or childish face; one who has a thin, pinched face; a puny child with a little face ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DACHAN † a puny dwarfish creature ...1905 Sc.
• EESHAN a child, a tiny tot; someone small and puny of any age; often used in a derogatory or playful sense ...1866 Sc.
• EETIM a small, puny person ...1911 Sc.
• FAGEY a puny child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow ...1721 Sc.
• FESART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• MANKIN a diminutive or puny man ...1820
• NEFFIT a puny person; a pygmy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NESTLE-DRAFF a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAFT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-TRIPE † the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OORACK a small puny creature or child; a small potato ...1825 Sc.
• SCANTLING a small or puny person ...1857 Sc.
• SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a puny or meagre-looking person ...1874 Sc.
• SCHAMLICH a weak, puny person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAB a puny, shrivelled person ...B1900 Sc.
• SCRABBLE a puny, shrivelled person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRADYIN a puny, sickly child ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SICKREL † a puny, sickly person ...a1700 cant
• TAKEN-AWAY an unhealthy, puny child; a changeling ...1823 Sc.
• TIDLING † a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNDOUGHT a weak, puny person; a silly, incapable, worthless person ...1644 Sc.
• URLING a dwarfish person or child; a puny, stunted, sickly child ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VISION a puny, thin, emaciated person or animal; one who is wasting away ...1825 Sc.
• WANDOUGHT a feeble or puny person ...a1728 Sc.
• YAFF a puny, peevish, insignificant person ...1887 Sc.
PUPIL - nouns, person (also see SCHOOL, STUDENT)
• ACADEMIST † a pupil in a school for riding, etc. ...1651
PUPPET - adjectives
• NEUROSPASTIC †* pert. to a puppet ...a1706
PUPPET - nouns
• BABAN † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...c1230
• BABBON † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...1570
• BABBY a doll, a puppet; any model of the human figure ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABE † a doll, a puppet ...1530
• BABY † a doll, a puppet ...1552
• JACK-A-LENT a dwarf; a puppet ...1598 arch.
• JACK O' LENT a dwarf; a puppet ...L16 colloq.
• MALKIN † a scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a 'guy' ...1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † a scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a 'guy' ...1633 obs. Eng. dial.
• NEUROSPAST † a figure or puppet moved by strings ...1642
PURCHASE - nouns
• ACATE † buying, purchasing, purchase ...c1386
• ACHATE † buying, purchasing, purchase ...c1386
• ERRANDS marketings, articles bought at market or from shops, purchases ...1871 Sc. & Eng., dial.
PURCHASE - verbs
• ABY(E) † to buy, to purchase, to pay for ...c1175
• ACHATE †* to purchase, to lay in provision of ...1601
• COP of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire ...M19 sl.
• DEAL to conclude a bargain of purchase or sale; to agree as to price ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HANDSEL to be the first purchaser ...1865 Eng. dial.
• I-BYE †* to purchase; to pay for, atone for ...a1000
PURCHASED - adjectives
• BOUGHTEN purchased, as opposed to homemade ...1801 Amer. dial.
• BOUGHT-MADE purchased, as opposed to homemade ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAPT †* snapped up by purchasers ...1567
• VENDIBLE † offered for sale; that may be bought or purchased ...1552
PURCHASER - adjectives
• CATCHPENNY designed to attract purchasers; got up merely to sell ...1759
PURCHASER - nouns, person
• ACATER † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• ACATOUR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• ACHATOR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• ACHATOUR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• HANDSEL the first money received in the day for the sale of goods; also, the first purchaser ...1569
• JOLLY a sham purchaser, who praises up inferior goods in order to facilitate their sale to an innocent buyer ...L19 sl.
• MERCHANT a buyer, a purchaser, a customer ...1831 Sc.
• TAKER-UP a purchaser or purveyor of commodities ...1603
• YAGGER a clandestine purchaser of things unfairly disposed of ...Bk1905 Sc.
PURCHASING - nouns
• ACHATE † the act of purchasing or buying; purchase; contract, bargain ...c1374
PURE - adjectives
• CANDID pure, clear; stainless, innocent ...1647 arch.
• CASTICAL † making chaste, pure or continent ...1656
• HARD DOWN real, true; pure, unadulterated ...1938 Amer. dial.
• IMMIXED † not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple ...1659
• IMMIXT † not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple ...1622
• NET * pure, unadulterated, unmixed ...1713
• P pure, unadulterated, esp. of drugs ...1970s sl.
• SKERE † pure, purified; cleansed or free from sin or guilt ...a1225
• UNACCURSED pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNACCURST pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNDEFOILED†* pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1325
• UNDEFOULED † pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1300
• YFAIRED † made clean or pure ...1340
PURE - nouns
• PURE QUILL, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
PURGATIVE - adjectives
• SCOURING † purgative ...1814 Eng. dial.
PURGATORY - adjectives
• TARTAREAL †* belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1602
• TARTAREAN belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1623
PURIFICATION - nouns
• CASTIFICATION †* a making chaste; purification; chastity ...1653
• CASTIGATION †* purification ...1615
PURIFIED - adjectives
• SKERE † pure, purified; cleansed or free from sin or guilt ...a1225
PURIFY - verbs
• DECRASSIFY * to divest of what is crass, gross, or material; to purify, to refine ...1855
• SKIRE † to cleanse, to clear or purify oneself ...a1300
PURITAN, PURITANICAL - nouns, person
• AUTEM PRICKEAR a dissenter; a Puritan ...E18 sl.
• BABES OF GRACE puritanical, sanctified looking persons ...Bk1890 sl.
• BLUE NOSE a person who is excessively puritanical; now esp. one who advocates abstinence from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GABRIEL a puritan, a killjoy, a 'bible-thumper' ...1930s US Black sl.
• SNUFFLE-BUSTER a puritan ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TANNIE narrow-minded, puritan, small-town woman ...1950s S. Afr. sl.
• TIPPER GORE one who is narrow-minded, puritanical, or repressive ...1990s US teen sl.
• WOWSER a person very puritanical in morals; a spoilsport; one who neither swears, drinks, nor smokes ...c1895 Aust colloq.
PURITANICAL - adjectives
• NICE-NELLIE prudish, puritanical ...1950s US sl.
• NICE-NELLY prudish, puritanical ...1950s US sl.
• SNUFFLE-BUSTING puritanical ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WOWSERISH like a 'wowser'; prudish, very puritanical ...1906 Aust. sl.
• WOWSERISTIC prudish, puritanical ...1907 Aust. sl.
• WOWSERY like a 'wowser'; prudish; very puritanical ...c1925 Aust. sl.
PURITANICAL - nouns
• NICE-NELLYISM prudishness, excessive gentility, puritanical behaviour or attitudes ...1930s US sl.
PURITY - nouns
• CANDIDNESS † purity, innocence ...1654
• CANDOUR † stainlessness of character; purity, integrity, innocence ...1610
• CASTIMONY †* chastity, purity ...1490
• IMMIXTURE †* the condition of being unmixed; freedom from mixture; purity, simplicity ...1648
• SINCERITY † freedom from falsification, adulteration, or alloy; purity, correctness ...1546
• UNDEFOULINGNESS † purity ...c1400
PURPLE - adjectives
• BEPURFURATE purpled, rosy-tinged, rosy-coloured ...1584
PURPLE - verbs
• IMPURPURE † to make purple ...1552 Sc.
PURPOSE - adjectives
• SINGLE-MINDED. having but one aim or purpose ...1860
PURPOSE - nouns
• ACHESOUN † occasion, reason, purpose, motive ...c1330
• BENT † that towards which an action, etc. is directed; aim, purpose, intention ...1579
• CAST † device, purpose, design, aim ...c1325
• HEART † intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire ...c825
• INDRAUGHT a purpose or object in view ...1866 Sc.
• ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LEVEL † aim, purpose, design ...a1592
• OBTENT † purpose, intent ...1430-50
• SCRAN ability; means of effecting a purpose ...1806 Sc.
• SINGULARITY †* singleness of aim or purpose ...a1340
PURPOSE - verbs
• ADVISE † to devise, to purpose ...c1340
• ETTLE to intend, to propose, to have in mind, to purpose ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PURPOSE - phrases
• ALL IS FISH THAT COMES TO NET all serves the purpose ...1670 colloq.
PURPOSED - adjectives
• ADVISED † of persons: purposed, determined ...c1325
• BETHOUGHT † of a thing: intended, purposed, contrived ...c1200
PURR - verbs
• CURMUR to make a low murmuring or purring sound ...1831
• MARR to purr, as a cat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SING THREE THREADS AND A THRUM of a cat: to purr ...1870 Sc.
• SING THREE-THRUMS of a cat: to purr ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM of a cat: to purr ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PURRING - nouns
• CURMUR the purring of a cat ...1892 Sc.
• GREY THRUMS the purring sound made by a cat ...1835 Sc.
• THREE-THRUMS the purring noise made by a cat when pleased; especially in the phrase, 'to sing three-thrums' ...1835 Sc.
• THRICE-THRUMS the purring of a cat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM the purring sound made by a cat ...1835 Sc.
PURSE - nouns (also see WALLET)
• BELLY † a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk ...c950
• BOODLE BAG a money pouch or purse ...1950 Amer. dial.
• COD a purse ...L17 sl.
• HADDOCK a purse ...E19 sl.
• HADDOCK STUFF'D WITH BEANS a purse full of guineas ...E19 sl.
• JAN a purse ...1610 cant
• JOLA an over-sized handbag ...1950s W. Indies
• LONG CRAG a long purse ...L18 Sc. sl.
• MOLL-BUZZING purse snatching; picking pockets ...1900 Amer. sl.
• MONK BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1841 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• MONKEY BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1847 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• POCKET PURSE a coin purse ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet ...1812 criminals' sl.
• POKE a wallet, pocket, or purse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• QUEER BOUNG an empty purse ...M17 cant
• QUEER BUNG an empty purse (viewed as an object of robbery) ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• READER a wallet or pocket-book ...17C criminals' sl.
• SKIN a pocketbook, wallet, etc. ...1790 Amer. sl.
• 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.
• TUSSICK a handbag, valise ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UXTER a pocketbook or purse ...1896 UK criminals' sl.
PURSE - verbs
• VAIL †* to throw down, give up or surrender a purse ...1593
PURSER - nouns, person
• NIPCHEESE † a ship's purser ...1785 sl.
PURSER - verbs
• MAKE DEAD MEN CHEW TOBACCO of a purser: to falsify accounts in order to conceal the embezzlement of funds or stores ...1805 Amer. nautical sl.
PURSUE - nouns, person
• SUER † a pursuer ...1388
PURSUE - verbs
• ADRIVE † to drive away, to chase, to pursue, to follow up ...a1000
• CHASE UP to pursue (a matter or person) vigorously with a specific intent, esp. after an earlier unsatisfactory response ...1950s sl.
• FAG to pursue, to hunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO GUNNING FOR to pursue actively ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GUN FOR to pursue actively ...1940s Amer. sl.
• HALLOW to chase or pursue with shouts; to urge on or incite with shouts ...c1340
• HARPOON to pursue and catch a mate ...1851 Amer. dial.
• HAWK to walk rapidly; to pursue closely ...1971 Amer. dial.
• INTERRUPT to annoy, to cause discomfort to, to disagree with; to interfere with, to attack, to pursue ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE to hunt out of; to pursue quickly ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SUBSECUTE †* to follow up, to pursue ...a1548
• SUE † 1. to go in pursuit of; to chase, to pursue ...c1275
† 2. to prosecute, carry out an action; to pursue a subject; to follow up an achievement ...1297
• SUIT † to pursue, to follow ...1581 Sc.
• TAKE AFTER to run after, to pursue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PURSUED - nouns
• SUIT † that which is pursued ...1593
PURSUIT - nouns
• AFFECTATION † a striving after, aiming at; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit ...1549
• CATCH † a chase, pursuit ...c1450 Sc.
• FRESH SUIT † pursuit made without delay ...1534
• SHOKE a hobby; a whim; a favourite pursuit ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• STILL HUNT the secret pursuit of any object ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUIT † pursuit, chase; a pursuit ...c1325
PURSY - nouns, person
• BIFFY a nickname for a short, pursy fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILF a term of contempt for a pursy person; a monster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GUNDIE-GUTS † a fat, pursy fellow; a voracious person ...a1700
PURULENT - adjectives
• ATRY of a sore: purulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ATTERY of a sore: purulent ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATTRIE of a sore: purulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGGAGE † purulent, nasty, corrupt ...1576
PURULENT - nouns
• BAGGAGE † purulent or corrupt matter; pus ...1576
PURULENT - verbs
• ETTER to fester, to emit purulent matter ...Bk1900 Sc.
PURVEYOR - nouns, person
• ACATOUR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• SITARCH * a purveyor; one who provides sufficient victuals ...1656
• TAKER-UP a purchaser or purveyor of commodities ...1603
PUS - adjectives
• DEMICKY suppurating; discharging pus ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MATTERED full of pus ...1590
• MATTERY containing pus ...1398
• QUITTERISH † containing pus ...1668
• QUITTEROUS † containing pus ...1543
• QUITTERY † containing pus ...1398
PUS - nouns
• AMPER an inflamed swelling, a pustule; a varicose vein; matter, pus ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ATTER morbid matter from an ulcer or wound ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BADNESS pus ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BAGGAGE † purulent or corrupt matter; pus ...1576
• CORRUPTION pus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FIERY WATER the watery matter that often comes out of a sore with pus ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GEAR † corrupt and foul matter; pus ...1562
• QUITTER † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• QUITTOR † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• SEPARATION pus from a boil, etc. ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WARE † pus, matter ...c1200
PUS - verbs
• BREAK to discharge pus ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BREAK OPEN to discharge pus ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MATTERATE to form or discharge pus; to suppurate ...1917 Amer. dial.
• MATTERY to discharge pus ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUITTER † to form pus; to fill with pus ...1382
• RENDER to discharge pus ...Bk1904 Sc.
PUSH - nouns
• BENSE a violent movement; a blow, spring, strong push ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEVEL a strong push; a staggering blow ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEVIE a jog, a push ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HEAVE a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw ...a1571
• JICKAJOG a commotion; a push ...1614 sl.
• JUNDIE a blow; a push with the elbow ...1737 Sc.
• SCROUGE a push or shove ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKELP a push or slap
• THRIST a thrust; a push ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH a thrust; a push, a shove ...1885 Eng. dial.
PUSH, PUSH OUT - verbs
• BAMBOOZE to abuse; to domineer over, to push about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOOK to butt; to push with the head or horns ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BRAY to shove, to push ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAB to push, to shove smartly ...1866 Sc.
• JUNDIE to jostle with the elbow; to struggle, to contend and push in a crowd ...1785 Sc.
• OBTRUDE to thrust forth; to eject, to push out ...1613
• POKE to urge, to push, to pressure ...1913 Amer. dial.
• POKE UP to urge, to push, to pressure ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAM to push violently; to thrust ...1824 Sc.
• RAM ABOUT to knock about; to push violently ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTAM to walk or push forward in a headlong, rude, jostling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REEF to pull or push something vigorously; to tug, to use force on something ...1958 Amer. dial.
• REEMLE to roll or push forward ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAMBLE to push, to shove ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCAUT to push with the feet; to dig the feet into the ground in order to gain resistance; to stretch the legs violently ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE 1. to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
2. to force, push or squeeze one's way; to crowd ...1798 Amer. dial.
• SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCRUDGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKID to push or drag a person along ...1881
• SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• TARGE to push one's way forcefully through a crowd ...1923 Sc.
• THRIMP to push ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRING † to press or push forward, as against obstacles; to push or force one's way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE to make one's way by pushing or jostling; to push, jostle ...1500-20 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one's way through a crowd, etc. ...1740 Eng. dial.
• TILT † to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset ...1300s
• TO-HIELD † to cause to incline, to lean, to bend, to fall over ; to push or pull down ...c1205
• TO-PUSH † to push about, to hustle ...a1300
• TO-THRUST † to thrust apart, to push open ...c1175
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
• VAGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEDGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW AROUND to push or stir something about ...1833 Amer. dial.
• WALLOW DOWN to push something over by leaning on it ...1888 Amer. dial.
• YARK † to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk, to wrench; to force ...1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YERK † to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk ...1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PUSHINESS - nouns
• BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHOWANCY aggressiveness, pushiness ...1952 Amer. dial.
PUSHING - adjectives
• ETTLING ambitious, pushing, striving ...1822 Sc.
PUSHING - nouns
• THRIMP the act of pushing by schoolboys ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUTCHING-MATCH a pushing or shoving match ...1886 Eng. dial.
PUSHING - nouns, person
• ANOINTER an energetic, pushing person ...1887 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER an energetic, pushing person ...1887 Eng. dial.
PUSHY - adjectives
• THROSSAN conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
PUSHY - nouns, person
• WAGON a pushy woman, or one capable of invective ...2003 Ireland sl.
PUSHY - verbs
• SCROUGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
• SCROWGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
PUSTULE - nouns
• AMPER an inflamed swelling, a pustule; a varicose vein; matter, pus ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEAL † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLEB a bubble; a small blister or pustule ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHIN a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHION a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FALE a pustule, a sore ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PUCKLE a pimple, a pustule ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUAILAWAY a stye or small pustule on the eyelid ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TETTER a small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
PUT - verbs
• IMPOSE to lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, to place, to deposit ...1597 arch.
• MEET † to place, to put ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PAMP to place or put something somewhere ...1990 Sc. sl.
• YAT to put or place in a hurried, throwing manner; to shove, to stuff in hurriedly ...1962 Sc.
PUT ASIDE - verbs
• EGAR †* to do without, to put aside, to dispense with ...1544
PUT-DOWN - nouns
• BURN a put-down ...20C teen & high school sl.
• KING'S ELEVATOR an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...M20 US sl.
• ROYAL SCREW an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...20C US sl.
• ROYAL SHAFT an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...20C US sl.
PUT DOWN - verbs
• BAIL to put something down ...20C teen & high school sl.
PUT DOWN (insult) - verbs
• BURN to be put down ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CAP to put down; to insult ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHEW to embarrass, to put someone down ...1908 Amer. dial.
PUT OFF, PUTTING OFF - nouns
• OFF-PUT an act of putting off ...1730 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• OFF-PUTTING the act of putting off ...1387
PUT OFF - verbs
• BACKWARN to put off, to countermand ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RUN to deceive; to delay; to put off; to avoid; usually in order to give oneself some form of advantage, breathing space, etc....1910s orig. US
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RUNAROUND to deceive; to delay; to put off; to avoid; usually in order to give oneself some form of advantage, breathing space, etc....1910s orig. US
• HANG IN THE WIND to put off, to delay, to postpone ...1814 Sc.
• OFF † to put off, to defer ...1642
• PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter ...1883 Sc.
• REFARD to defer, to put off ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAR OFF to put a person off with useless information ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PUTREFACTION - adjectives
• SAPROGENIC causing decay or putrefaction; also, produced by putrefaction ...1876
• SAPROGENOUS causing decay or putrefaction; also, produced by putrefaction ...1876
PUTRESCENT - adjectives
• SAPPY of meat: putrescent, tainted ...1573 Eng. dial.
PUTRID - adjectives
• DAIN † putrid, bad-smelling ...1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
• MINGIN(G) smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross ...playground sl.
PUTRID - nouns
• OFFAL the parts of slaughtered or dead animals unfit for food; putrid flesh; carrion; used contemptuously; also, the bodies or limbs of the slain ...1581
PUTRID - verbs
• SCAG to render putrid by exposure to the sun and air ...Bk1904 Sc.
PUTTING - nouns
• IMPOSITION * the act of putting, placing, or laying on; also, a layer over something ...1597
PUT UP WITH - verbs
• FADGE † of persons: to do with; to put up with a thing ...1592
PUZZLE - nouns
• BLAICK a puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIK a puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MAIZIE a puzzle ...1929 Sc.
• PALL a puzzle, a problem, a poser; something which brings one to a standstill ...1866 Sc.
• PAULER a puzzle, a poser, a knockout blow ...1858 Sc.
• QUIRKLE a puzzle in which the answer depends on a catch or quibble ...1824 Sc.
• QUIRKLUM a little arithmetical puzzle in which the answer depends on a catch or quibble ...1824 Sc.
• REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• STUMP an attempt to puzzle or confound ...Bk1904 sl.
• TEASER a difficult problem; a puzzle ...1830
PUZZLE - verbs
• BAMBAZE to confuse, to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEAST a puzzle; what beats one to discover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEMIST to confuse the senses of; to bewilder; to puzzle ...1627
• BLAICK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOT to nonplus, to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABOBBLE to mystify, to puzzle, to confuse ...1880 Eng. dial.
• CAP to puzzle ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• DIFFICULT to put in a difficulty, to perplex, to puzzle ...1631 Sc.
• ENGLISH to puzzle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GUFFLE to puzzle very much; to nonplus ...B1900 Sc.
• MAFFLE to puzzle, to confuse, to bewilder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZE to amaze, to astonish; to bewilder, to puzzle, to mystify ...1836 Eng. dial.
• METAGROBOLIZE to puzzle, to mystify; to puzzle out ...1653 humorous
• MOPPLE to confuse, to puzzle ...1869 Eng. dial.
• OPPOSAL † the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle ...1426
• PALL a puzzle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUEER to quiz or ridicule; to puzzle ...1790 sl.
• STUMP to challenge, to defy, to puzzle, or confound ...1837 sl.
• TERRIFY to puzzle, to perplex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to puzzle ...1865 Sc.
PUZZLE - verbs
• PALL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PASS to surpass; to surprise, to puzzle ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc.
• PUT TO THE GAZE † to puzzle, to nonplus ...1646
• RIDDLE to puzzle ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAFFLE to puzzle, to bamboozle, to outwit ...1950 Sc.
PUZZLED - adjectives
• AT AN AMPLISH at a loss ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BAMBAZED puzzled, confused ...1849 Sc.
• BOGFOUNDERED perplexed, bewildered, puzzled ...1896 Eng. dial.
• CABOBBLED confused, puzzled, perplexed ...1880 Eng. dial. & nautical sl.
• DUMBFOOZLED puzzled, confounded ...1825
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLED puzzled, confused, bewildered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLY puzzled, confused, bewildered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLED puzzled ...1885 Sc.
• PAMPERED puzzled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARRADIDDLED imposed upon, as by lies; puzzled; bewildered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHAPED † bewildered, dismayed, perplexed, puzzled ...c1374
PUZZLER - nouns
• STUMPER a puzzler ...1847 sl.
PUZZLING - adjectives
• TICKLY puzzling, difficult ...Bk1905 Sc.
PUZZLING - nouns
• ANOINTER something perplexing or puzzling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY-HOGAN any complicated or puzzling thing ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY'S FIST something that puzzles ...L19 Royal Navy usage
• NOINTER something perplexing or puzzling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PYGMY - adjectives
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
PYGMY - nouns, person
• DANDIPRAT † a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1556 obs. or arch.
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1530
• MANAKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• MANIKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• MANNIKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• NATOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person a small thin 'slip of a fellow ...1863 Eng. dial.
• NEFFIT a puny person; a pygmy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
PYJAMAS - see PAJAMAS
PYRAMID - nouns
• TAPER a spire or slender pyramid; a figure which tapers up to a point ...1589
• QUIB †* in an affected or punning style ...1614
PUN - nouns
• CALEMBOUR a pun ...1830
• CARRIWITCHET a pun, a quibble, a conundrum; a hoaxing, puzzling, or absurd question ...1614
• CARWITCHET a pun, quibble; a hoaxing question or conundrum ...1614
• QUIBBLE a play upon words; a pun ...1611
• QUIBLIN † a pun or quibble; a trick ...1605
PUN, PUNSTER - nouns, person
• TAKE-OFF a mimic; a satirist; a punster ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
PUN - verbs
• QUIBBLE † to pun, to play on words ...a1629
PUNCH - adjectives
• PUNCHY dazed or stupefied from severe or continual punching ...B1900 sl.
PUNCH - nouns
• BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap ...1847 Amer. sl.
• BUNCH OF FIVES a punch ...1891 sl.
• CHUMP SQUEEZE a punch on the arm or shoulder, its meaning varying according to context ...1950s US Black sl.
• CLOCK a punch in the face ...1959 sl.
• COOLER a knockout punch; a crushing statement ...19C sl.
• CRACKER a heavy punch ...sl.
• DAMAGER a damaging punch ...c1815 boxing colloq.
• DINNYHAYZER a heavy punch; a knockout blow ...1907 Aust. sl.
• DOOIE an echoic equivalent of the sound of a punch or slap ...1980s US campus sl.
• DOUST † a firm blow; a punch ...E17
• DRIVE a blow, a punch; a kick ...1839 colloq.
• FLANKER a blow or punch ...M19 sl.
• FLY a blow, a punch ...Bk2002 boxing sl.
• HAYMAKER a swinging blow punch ...1902 sl. boxing usage
• JAWBREAKER a hard punch on the whisker ...Bk1896 boxing sl.
• KING-HIT a knock-out punch, esp. an unfair one ...1912 Aust. sl.
• KNUCKLE SANDWICH a punch in the mouth ...1973 sl.
• LALAPALOOZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALAPAZAZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLAPALOOSA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLAPALOOZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLAPALUZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LALLYPALOOZER a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LAM a punch; a blow ...1934 US sl.
• LOLAPALOOSA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLAPALO a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLAPALOOSA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLAPALOOZA n. a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLYPALOOZA a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOLLYPALOOZER a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
• LOOPER a punch, a blow ...1910s sl.
• OGLER a punch in the eye ...E19 sl.
• PILE-DRIVER a forceful punch or kick ...colloq.
• POKE a punch ...1796
• RABBIT-KILLER a short and vicious punch to the neck, generally with the open hand ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SHUT-UP SANDWICH a punch in the mouth ...2002 Can. sl.
• STOUCH a punch ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STOUSH a punch ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUNDAY PUNCH a knockout punch ...1929 US sl.
• SWING a punch delivered with a sweep of the arm ...1910 sl.
• WOLLAPALOOZE a devastating punch ...1920s sl.
PUNCH (drink) - nouns
• SALLIVOCUS † a punch made of an equal proportion of wine and spirits ...1757 Sc.
PUNCH - verbs
• BUNG UP to close someone's eye with a punch ...E19 sl.
• CAP to punch someone in the face ...1990s US college sl.
• CLOCK to strike sharply or heavily; to strike with the fist; to punch in the face; to hit ...1932 Amer. sl.
• DONG to hit, to strike, to punch ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DOUSE to strike, knock, punch ...M16 now Eng. dial.
• EAT FIST-MEAT to receive a punch in the mouth ...M16 sl.
• FACE to punch in the face ...c1815 boxing sl.
• FIRE ON SOMEONE to hit or punch ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE OLD ONE-TWO to punch someone with a left and a right ...Aust. sl.
• GUT to punch in the stomach; literary and figurative use ...1960s US Black sl.
• GUT-PUNCH to punch in the belly ...1974 Amer. sl.
• HANG ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch ...1908 sl.
• JACK to stab or punch ...1980s sl.
• KING-HIT to punch someone suddenly and hard, and often unfairly ...1959 Aust. sl.
• LAY ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch ...1980s sl.
• PACK A KICK to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig.
• PACK A PUNCH to be powerful, as a motorcycle or car; to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig. US
• PACK A WALLOP to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig. US
• PACK ONE to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol ...1910s sl., orig. US
• PALM to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAME to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUG * to poke; to punch; to strike ...E19 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch ...1980s sl.
• RIB to beat, pummel or punch in the sides ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNOT to punch someone on the nose ...Brit. sl.
• SWING AT to aim a blow at, to punch ...1910s sl.
• TAG to punch ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A POKE AT to punch ...1796 sl.
• TAKE A SWING to aim a blow at, to punch ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A SWING AT to attempt to punch ...1910 sl.
• UNLOAD to throw a punch, to beat up ...20C sl.
PUNCH - interjections
• SNOT HIM! a command to punch someone on the nose ...Brit. sl.
PUNCH AND JUDY - nouns
• MOZZY the 'Judy' of 'Punch and Judy' ...c1850 Brit. showmen's sl.
PUNCHED - adjectives
• SLAP-HAPPY dizzy, orig, from being punched ...1936 sl.
• SLUG-NUTTY dizzy from being punched ...1933 US sl.
PUNCHLINE - nouns
• WHAMMY a punchline; anything devastating and beyond a similarly powerful response ...1950s sl.
PUNCTUAL - adjectives
• BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
PUNCTUAL - nouns, person
• CHARLIE-ON-THE-SPOT a reliable, prompt, or punctual person ...1835 Amer. dial.
PUNCTUALITY - nouns
• HAWAIIAN TIME (occasionally derogatory) a flexible system of time; a disregard for punctuality ...1974 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN TIME (usually derogatory) a flexible system of time; a lack of punctuality ...1963 Amer. dial.
PUNCTUALLY - adverbs
• REGULAR AS THE CLOCK TICKS, AS very punctually and regularly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHARP TIME punctually ...1885 Amer. dial.
PUNCTUATION - nouns
• ASTONISHER an exclamation point ...1888 Amer. journalists' sl.
• GASPER in typography, an exclamation mark ...2003 UK sl.
• HALF-MEMBER † a semicolon ...1762
• NOTE OF ADMIRATION an exclamation point (!) ...1611
• QUES the question mark (?) character on a computer keyboard ...1991 US sl.
• SUBDISTINCTION † a comma or semicolon ...1636
• TITTLE the dot over the letter 'i'; a punctuation mark; a diacritic point over a letter; any one of the Hebrew and Arabic vowel-points and accents; also, a pip on dice ...1538
• VERGE † an accent-mark ...1555
PUNCTUATION - verbs
• BECOMMA to sprinkle with commas ...1881
PUNGENCY - nouns
• EAGERNESS † pungency of taste; acidity, sourness ...1490
• QUICKNESS † sharpness, keenness; pungency or acidity of taste; sharpness of speech ...1611
PUNGENT - adjectives
• ACUTE † of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
• EAGER † pungent, acrid, keen to the taste or other senses ...1574
• QUICK † of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk ...1573
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, pungent, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PUNGENTLY - adverbs
• EAGERLY † sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely ...1377
PUNISH, PUNISHING, PUNISHMENT - nouns
• ASS-KICK a punishment, a beating ...1970s US sl.
• BADGER'S BAND the clashing of kettles, pans, etc. in from of the house of an obnoxious person; a rural form of punishment for notorious offenders ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BASTINADE an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ...1726
• BASTONADE an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit's feet ... 1660 arch.
• BESOM † a bundle of rods or twigs used as an instrument of punishment; a birch ...c893
• BOWS a severe punishment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUM RAP undeserved punishment ...1926 US sl.
• CANEOLOGY the doctrine of the use of the cane in corporal punishment ...1837 humorous
• CASTIGATION † chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening ...c1397
• CP corporal punishment ...1987 US sl.
• CUTS corporal punishment, esp. of schoolchildren ...1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DEVIL'S JUDGEMENT a punishment, retribution ...1830 Sc.
• DICHENS a beating, punishment ...1838 Sc.
• DINGBAT a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• DINGBATLER a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension ...1823 Sc.
• DOCTOR GREEN'S MEDICINE the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR GREENWADE'S MEDICINE the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DUCKING-STOOL a device used to punish scolding women and dishonest tradesmen; a 'machine' used to duck or dip offenders into water or excrement ...16C
• GAD a stick or whip for driving oxen or punishing children ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GAFF severe treatment, criticism, punishment, or hardship ...1904 US sl.
• GANCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GANCHING † capital punishment by impaling ...1614
• GANDIEGOW † a blow, a stroke, punishment ...1866 Sc.
• GANTLOPE * a military punishment (sometimes also naval) in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with a stick or a knotted cord ...1646
• GAROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
• GARROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
• GAUNCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GOSS punishment ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GRUEL punishment; a beating ...c1795 colloq.
• HAIL COLUMBIA a punishment, a telling-off, a scolding ...M19 US sl.
• HANDSEL guerdon, reward; also ironically, a punishment, a smack of the hand ...1892 Sc.
• HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling ...1818 Sc.
• IMPALATION †* the torture or punishment of impaling ...1744
• JACK LATTEN a threat of punishment ...20C Irish sl.
• JACK LATTIN a threat of punishment ...20C Irish sl.
• LADY BIRCH a switch used to punish children ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LADY QUINCE a switch made of quince wood, used to punish children ...1932 Amer. dial.
• LALDIE a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• LALDY-DALDY a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• KICK IN THE ASS an unwarranted punishment or letdown ...M20 US colloq.
• MODELLING the parading of an offender naked through a township as a form of punishment ...1990s S. Afr. sl.
• NAILING a beating, a thrashing, punishment ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NOOGIE a rubbing of the knuckles harshly across someone's head, esp. used by children as a form of punishment or bullying ...Aust. sl.
• ONE a punishment, a beating; a bad turn ...20C sl.
• PAIKING a beating, a thrashing; a punishment ...1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIKMENT a thrashing, a beating, punishment ...1897 Sc.
• PAIKS a beating, a thrashing; one's deserved punishment, one's deserts ...1720 Sc.
• PAIN † 1. suffering or loss inflicted for a crime or offense; punishment; penalty, a fine ...1297
† 2. the punishment or sufferings of hell or of purgatory ...1340-70
• PAIN-TAKING † receiving or suffering of punishment ...1382
• PAKES a deserved punishment ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALMER † a flat piece of wood used for striking the palm of the hand as a punishment ...1387
• PANDIE punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• PANDY punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• PEACH TREE TEA punishment with a peach tree switch ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIECE OF SOMEONE'S ASS vengeance against someone, esp. in the form of a beating, a thrashing, a punishment ...1959 US sl.
• QUARTERIZATION †* part of the punishment of a traitor, by dividing his body into four quarters ...1727-41
• QUILTING a beating; a flogging; a punishment; a blow with a stick ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAM-RIDING a punishment, esp. inflicted on married people convicted of immorality: a cart in which were represented burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, on donkeys, blowing horns; the custom was often the occasion of much riotous behaviour ...1891 Eng. dial.
• ROD IN A PICKLE, A a punishment in store
• SANCTION in organized crime: punishment by death ...1997 US sl.
• SCOLD'S BRIDLE an instrument of punishment used for scolding women; it was used as a form of torture and public humiliation; it was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head; a bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue; it was first recorded in 1567; sometimes called a witch's bridle, a brank's bridle, or branks ...1899 Sc.
• SIXER six strokes of the cane as a school punishment ...1927 Brit. sl.
• SIX OF THE BEST six strokes of the cane as a school punishment ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TAG the leather strap used for punishment in schools ...1809 Sc.
• TANTALISM †* punishment or torment like that of Tantalus (mythical king condemned, for revealing the secrets of the gods, to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water, which constantly receded as he stooped to drink, and with branches of food hanging above him which ever fled his grasp); tantalization ...c1614
• TOCO corporal punishment ...1823 sl.
• TOKO corporal punishment ...1823 sl.
• TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINE corporal punishment, esp. when used in a prostitute's advertising matter ...2003 UK sl.
• UNCTION punishment; an unpleasant or dangerous experience ...1921 Sc.
• VALENTINE a reprimand, a punishment ...1920s US police usage
• WARISON † 'reward', due punishment ...a1366
• WHAT-FOR punishment, trouble, a fuss ...L19 sl.
• WHAT-SORT a punishment, trouble, a fuss ...L19 sl.
• YARD † a means or instrument of punishment; hence, punishment, chastisement ...a1225
PUNISH - nouns, person
• NEMESIS the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, one who avenges or punishes ...1576
PUNISH - verbs (also see PUNISHMENT)
• BOX ONE'S EARS to punish by hitting ...1601 sl.
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1955 US sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1952 US sl.
• CART of a punishment formerly inflicted on bawds: to place in a tumbrel or cart and lead through a town ...L16 sl.
• DACRE † to inflict corporal punishment on one ...1825 Sc.
• DEAL IT OUT to attack, esp. verbally; to punish ...20C Aust. sl.
• DEAL OUT to attack, esp. verbally; to punish ...20C Aust. sl.
• DE-BOLLOCK to castrate, usually in figurative sense of hurting or punishing severely ...1960s sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S ARSE OFF to criticize severely; to punish heavily ...1940s US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S ASS OFF to criticize severely; to punish heavily ...1943 US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S ASS OUT to criticize severely; to punish heavily ...1946 US sl.
• FACE THE MUSIC to go through an ordeal; to face the possibility of a severe reprimand or other punishment ...1850
• FAN to whip, to beat, to punish ...1785 sl.
• GAD to punish, to whip, as a child ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GAFF to punish someone ...1903 US sl.
• GIBBET to beat, to punish, to hurt severely ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIVE A PERSON BEANS to deal severely with; to punish heavily ...1892
• GIVE A PERSON HIS OATMEAL to punish; to rebuke severely ...M18 sl.
• GIVE LALDIE to punish ...1889 Sc.
• GIVE ONE FITS to punish ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE GOSS to punish; to give one a whipping ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE HIS FAIRING to punish, to give one his just deserts ...1790 Sc.
• GIVE ONE ONE'S KALE THROUGH THE REEK to give one a good scolding; to reprove severely; to punish ...1814 Sc.
• GO GUNNING FOR to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish ...1888 Amer. sl.
• GROUND to punish, esp. a young person, by forbidding him or her to engage in dating or other social activities ...1950 Amer. sl.
• GRUEL to punish ...1850 colloq.
• GUN FOR to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish ...1878 US sl.
• HAMMER INTO THE FLOOR LIKE A TACK to punish, to reprove ...Bk2002 Aust.
• HANDSEL to give something unpleasant; to punish with a blow; used ironically ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HANG SOMEONE'S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1961 Amer. sl.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...colloq.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS FOR GARTERS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...1933 UK colloq.
• HAZE to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly ...1678 Eng. dial.
• HEAD AND HANG to punish severely ...1893 Sc.
• JACK IT UP SOMEONE'S ASS to punish or victimize someone ...1960s US sl.
• KEELHAUL to punish with humiliation ...US Civil War usage
• KISS THE ROD to submit to punishment
• LINE OUT to reprimand, to discipline, to punish ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LYNCH to inflict bodily punishment upon; to kill by mob action, typically by hanging, without legal authority ...1835 Amer. sl.
• MALACOUTER to beat, to thrash, to punish ...c1910 Sc.
• MALAGROOSE to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence ...1924 Sc.
• MALAGRUIZE to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence ...1924 Sc.
• MALAVOGUE to punish in some dire but undefined way; to beat, to chastise ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• NAB to peck at, to strike; to punish ...1822 Sc.
• NAIL ONE TO THE CROSS to punish or otherwise deal with someone in a final or decisive manner; to castigate thoroughly ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NAIL ONE TO THE MAST to punish or otherwise deal with someone in a final or decisive manner; to castigate thoroughly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• NAIL ONE'S ASS TO THE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1971 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S HIDE TO THE BARN DOOR to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1952 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S HIDE TO THE ROUNDHOUSE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1975 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S HIDE TO THE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone ...1959 Amer. sl.
• NAIL SOMEONE'S ASS TO THE BARN DOOR to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE'S ASS TO THE WALL to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE'S HIDE TO THE BARN DOOR to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE'S HIDE TO THE WALL to punish severely ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE CROSS to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE MAST to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• ORDER † to bring into order or submission to lawful authority; hence, to inflict disciplinary punishment on; to correct, to chastise, to punish ...1526
• PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish ...c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIN † to inflict a penalty or punishment upon; to punish; to torture by way of punishment; to fine ...c1350
• PAKE to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANDIE to punish, to chastise ...1895 Sc.
• PANDY to punish, to chastise ...1895 Sc.
• PECK to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PEX to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PLAY HARRY OVER ANY ONE to beat or punish severely ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PLAY THE HALTER to inflict punishment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAILROAD to enforce a mild punishment by dragging the victim up and down along the floor until the seat of their trousers is worn through ...M19 US sl.
• RAM to punish an offender by bumping his posteriors against a wall; to punish by bastinadoing the soles of the feet ...1853 Sc.
• RANDLE to punish a boy for cheating or other offenses by pulling his hair or ears ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RANNEL to punish a boy for cheating or other offenses by pulling his hair or ears ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RAP ONE'S FINGERS to check or punish smartly ...a1677
• RAP ONE'S KNUCKLES to check or punish smartly ...1824
• RED-MAN to punish by mob action or by vigilante organization ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to punish; to chastise; to whip; to beat severely ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SAPPIL to punish by beating ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCON to beat, esp. with the flat of the hand or some flat surface; to inflict punishment ...1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHAFT to thrust (in one's imagination) a pole up someone's anus; essentially, to stop a person short; to punish or treat very badly, to harm ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SIT ON ONE'S SKIRTS to press hard upon one, to deal heavily with, to punish severely ...1546
• SKON to beat, esp. with the flat of the hand or some flat surface; to inflict punishment ...1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SOAK to punish, to beat up; to criticize harshly ...L19 US sl.
• SOAK IT TO to punish, to beat up; to criticize harshly ...L19 US sl.
• STRAFE to punish ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TACKLE to attack, to punish ...1828
• TAKE † to inflict punishment or justice ...c1200
• TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to scold; to punish; to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT OUT ON to treat badly, to punish, often an innocent victim ...20C US sl.
• TAKE ORDER WITH A PERSON to compel a person to do orderly or rightly; to punish ...1792 Sc.
• TAKE TO to scold, to punish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAN ONE'S ARSE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment: to thrash or flog ...c1670 sl.
• TAN ONE'S BACKSIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment; to thrash or flog...c1670 sl.
• TAN ONE'S HIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment ...c1670 sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE'S ASS to trounce, to punish, to kill someone ...1961 Amer. sl.
• THREAP to beat, to flog, to thrash, to punish severely ...1721 Eng. dial.
• TO-PUNISH † to punish soundly ...a1400-50
• VEESIT to punish ...1878 Sc.
• VENGE † to punish a wrongdoing ...a1340
• VISIT to punish ...1878 Sc.
• WARM ONE'S ONION to punish, to chastise ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PUNISHABLE - adjectives
• VENGEABLE †* punishable ...1650
PUNISHED - adjectives
• BIRKED birched, punished with a birch rod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IN FOR IT in trouble, about to be reprimanded or punished ...M17 sl.
PUNISHED - verbs
• BE FLOGGED THROUGH TOPHET IN A FLOUR SACK to be punished ...1960 Amer. dial.
• CATCH IT WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT IT to be punished ...1942 Amer. sl.
• COP A FLOWER-POT to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten ...1930s sl. sl.
• GET BEANS to be punished severely ...1892
• GET IT WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT THE AXE to get punished properly and adequately ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GET LALDIE to be punished ...1889 Sc.
• GET ONE'S THUDS to be punished, beaten, or chastised ...1887 Sc.
• NAB THE RUST to be punished ...L18 sl.
• TAG to suffer, to be punished ...1970s sl.
• TAKE THE PIPE to fail to act or achieve under pressure, esp. in sports; hence, to be punished ...1960s US sl.
PUNISHED - phrases
• FOR THE HIGH JUMP said of someone in danger of being severely punished ...1919 Brit. sl.
PUNISHMENT - verbs (also see PUNISH)
• BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment ...Brit. colloq.
• CATCH MOSES to receive a severe beating or punishment ...M19 sl.
• DANCE THE CARPET to appear before an official for an investigation of one's work or behaviour; to receive a reprimand, criticism, or punishment ...20C Amer. sl.
• NAB IT to receive unexpected punishment; to 'catch it' unawares ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAB THE RUST to receive punishment unexpectedly ...Bk1902 sl.
• NAP IT to receive severe punishment, esp. in a boxing match ...a1700 sl.
• PUT ONE'S ASS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S BALLS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• SKATE to get way with anything; to shirk one's responsibilities; to escape punishment ...1945 sl., orig. US Black
• TAKE A RAP to take a punishment, often a prison sentence, that is actually due to someone else ...c1886 US criminals' sl.
• TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE ONE'S DINT to receive punishment ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TAKE ONE'S MEDICINE to accept a punishment or reprimand ...L19 sl.
• TAKE THE GAS to endure punishment, esp. in a boxing ring ...20C sl.
• WEIGH OFF to sentence someone to punishment ...1925 sl., orig. services'
PUNISHMENT - phrases
• YOUR ASS IS GRASS AND I'M THE LAWNMOWER you are doomed to suffer punishment ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
PUNITIVE - adjectives
• CASTIGATIVE * chastising, corrective, punitive ...1641
• CASTIGATORY chastising, corrective, punitive ...1613
PUNY - adjectives
• BASTARD of a child: puny, small, ill-formed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MIMMOCKING dainty in appetite; puny, sickly, weakly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZARDLY † adj. poor, ill-thriven ...1675
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• PIMPING puny, sickly, emaciated ...1845 Amer. dial.
• PIMPY puny, sickly, emaciated ...2000 Amer. dial.
• PINDLING puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail ...1862 Amer. dial.
• PINDLY puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful ...1825 Sc.
• SCHAMLICH shambling, weak-limbed, puny ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAM small, puny; contemptible ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTY small, insignificant, thin, puny ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWNTY puny, scrawny ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRINCHING small, puny, insignificant ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SINGED-LIKE puny, shrivelled ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIDDY puny, weakly, delicate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDOUGHT sickly, puny, feeble; contemptible ...1773 Sc.
• YAN small, puny ...1825 Sc.
• YANT small, puny ...Bk1905 Sc.
PUNY - nouns
• NEFFOW anything small and puny ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NIVVIL anything small and puny ...Bk1905 Sc.
PUNY - nouns, person
• BAGLIN a puny or misgrown child ...1930 Sc.
• BODY a puny person; a term of contempt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHEWEEKA an insignificant, puny person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHITTY-FACE † a term of reproach or contempt; a thin, pinched, or childish face; one who has a thin, pinched face; a puny child with a little face ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DACHAN † a puny dwarfish creature ...1905 Sc.
• EESHAN a child, a tiny tot; someone small and puny of any age; often used in a derogatory or playful sense ...1866 Sc.
• EETIM a small, puny person ...1911 Sc.
• FAGEY a puny child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow ...1721 Sc.
• FESART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• MANKIN a diminutive or puny man ...1820
• NEFFIT a puny person; a pygmy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NESTLE-DRAFF a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAFT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child ...1777 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-TRIPE † the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter ...1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OORACK a small puny creature or child; a small potato ...1825 Sc.
• SCANTLING a small or puny person ...1857 Sc.
• SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a puny or meagre-looking person ...1874 Sc.
• SCHAMLICH a weak, puny person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAB a puny, shrivelled person ...B1900 Sc.
• SCRABBLE a puny, shrivelled person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRADYIN a puny, sickly child ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SICKREL † a puny, sickly person ...a1700 cant
• TAKEN-AWAY an unhealthy, puny child; a changeling ...1823 Sc.
• TIDLING † a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNDOUGHT a weak, puny person; a silly, incapable, worthless person ...1644 Sc.
• URLING a dwarfish person or child; a puny, stunted, sickly child ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VISION a puny, thin, emaciated person or animal; one who is wasting away ...1825 Sc.
• WANDOUGHT a feeble or puny person ...a1728 Sc.
• YAFF a puny, peevish, insignificant person ...1887 Sc.
PUPIL - nouns, person (also see SCHOOL, STUDENT)
• ACADEMIST † a pupil in a school for riding, etc. ...1651
PUPPET - adjectives
• NEUROSPASTIC †* pert. to a puppet ...a1706
PUPPET - nouns
• BABAN † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...c1230
• BABBON † an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet ...1570
• BABBY a doll, a puppet; any model of the human figure ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BABE † a doll, a puppet ...1530
• BABY † a doll, a puppet ...1552
• JACK-A-LENT a dwarf; a puppet ...1598 arch.
• JACK O' LENT a dwarf; a puppet ...L16 colloq.
• MALKIN † a scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a 'guy' ...1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † a scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a 'guy' ...1633 obs. Eng. dial.
• NEUROSPAST † a figure or puppet moved by strings ...1642
PURCHASE - nouns
• ACATE † buying, purchasing, purchase ...c1386
• ACHATE † buying, purchasing, purchase ...c1386
• ERRANDS marketings, articles bought at market or from shops, purchases ...1871 Sc. & Eng., dial.
PURCHASE - verbs
• ABY(E) † to buy, to purchase, to pay for ...c1175
• ACHATE †* to purchase, to lay in provision of ...1601
• COP of objects: to obtain, to purchase, to acquire ...M19 sl.
• DEAL to conclude a bargain of purchase or sale; to agree as to price ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HANDSEL to be the first purchaser ...1865 Eng. dial.
• I-BYE †* to purchase; to pay for, atone for ...a1000
PURCHASED - adjectives
• BOUGHTEN purchased, as opposed to homemade ...1801 Amer. dial.
• BOUGHT-MADE purchased, as opposed to homemade ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAPT †* snapped up by purchasers ...1567
• VENDIBLE † offered for sale; that may be bought or purchased ...1552
PURCHASER - adjectives
• CATCHPENNY designed to attract purchasers; got up merely to sell ...1759
PURCHASER - nouns, person
• ACATER † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• ACATOUR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• ACHATOR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• ACHATOUR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• HANDSEL the first money received in the day for the sale of goods; also, the first purchaser ...1569
• JOLLY a sham purchaser, who praises up inferior goods in order to facilitate their sale to an innocent buyer ...L19 sl.
• MERCHANT a buyer, a purchaser, a customer ...1831 Sc.
• TAKER-UP a purchaser or purveyor of commodities ...1603
• YAGGER a clandestine purchaser of things unfairly disposed of ...Bk1905 Sc.
PURCHASING - nouns
• ACHATE † the act of purchasing or buying; purchase; contract, bargain ...c1374
PURE - adjectives
• CANDID pure, clear; stainless, innocent ...1647 arch.
• CASTICAL † making chaste, pure or continent ...1656
• HARD DOWN real, true; pure, unadulterated ...1938 Amer. dial.
• IMMIXED † not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple ...1659
• IMMIXT † not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple ...1622
• NET * pure, unadulterated, unmixed ...1713
• P pure, unadulterated, esp. of drugs ...1970s sl.
• SKERE † pure, purified; cleansed or free from sin or guilt ...a1225
• UNACCURSED pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNACCURST pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1674
• UNDEFOILED†* pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1325
• UNDEFOULED † pure, undefiled, uncorrupted ...a1300
• YFAIRED † made clean or pure ...1340
PURE - nouns
• PURE QUILL, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
PURGATIVE - adjectives
• SCOURING † purgative ...1814 Eng. dial.
PURGATORY - adjectives
• TARTAREAL †* belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1602
• TARTAREAN belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal ...1623
PURIFICATION - nouns
• CASTIFICATION †* a making chaste; purification; chastity ...1653
• CASTIGATION †* purification ...1615
PURIFIED - adjectives
• SKERE † pure, purified; cleansed or free from sin or guilt ...a1225
PURIFY - verbs
• DECRASSIFY * to divest of what is crass, gross, or material; to purify, to refine ...1855
• SKIRE † to cleanse, to clear or purify oneself ...a1300
PURITAN, PURITANICAL - nouns, person
• AUTEM PRICKEAR a dissenter; a Puritan ...E18 sl.
• BABES OF GRACE puritanical, sanctified looking persons ...Bk1890 sl.
• BLUE NOSE a person who is excessively puritanical; now esp. one who advocates abstinence from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GABRIEL a puritan, a killjoy, a 'bible-thumper' ...1930s US Black sl.
• SNUFFLE-BUSTER a puritan ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TANNIE narrow-minded, puritan, small-town woman ...1950s S. Afr. sl.
• TIPPER GORE one who is narrow-minded, puritanical, or repressive ...1990s US teen sl.
• WOWSER a person very puritanical in morals; a spoilsport; one who neither swears, drinks, nor smokes ...c1895 Aust colloq.
PURITANICAL - adjectives
• NICE-NELLIE prudish, puritanical ...1950s US sl.
• NICE-NELLY prudish, puritanical ...1950s US sl.
• SNUFFLE-BUSTING puritanical ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WOWSERISH like a 'wowser'; prudish, very puritanical ...1906 Aust. sl.
• WOWSERISTIC prudish, puritanical ...1907 Aust. sl.
• WOWSERY like a 'wowser'; prudish; very puritanical ...c1925 Aust. sl.
PURITANICAL - nouns
• NICE-NELLYISM prudishness, excessive gentility, puritanical behaviour or attitudes ...1930s US sl.
PURITY - nouns
• CANDIDNESS † purity, innocence ...1654
• CANDOUR † stainlessness of character; purity, integrity, innocence ...1610
• CASTIMONY †* chastity, purity ...1490
• IMMIXTURE †* the condition of being unmixed; freedom from mixture; purity, simplicity ...1648
• SINCERITY † freedom from falsification, adulteration, or alloy; purity, correctness ...1546
• UNDEFOULINGNESS † purity ...c1400
PURPLE - adjectives
• BEPURFURATE purpled, rosy-tinged, rosy-coloured ...1584
PURPLE - verbs
• IMPURPURE † to make purple ...1552 Sc.
PURPOSE - adjectives
• SINGLE-MINDED. having but one aim or purpose ...1860
PURPOSE - nouns
• ACHESOUN † occasion, reason, purpose, motive ...c1330
• BENT † that towards which an action, etc. is directed; aim, purpose, intention ...1579
• CAST † device, purpose, design, aim ...c1325
• HEART † intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire ...c825
• INDRAUGHT a purpose or object in view ...1866 Sc.
• ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LEVEL † aim, purpose, design ...a1592
• OBTENT † purpose, intent ...1430-50
• SCRAN ability; means of effecting a purpose ...1806 Sc.
• SINGULARITY †* singleness of aim or purpose ...a1340
PURPOSE - verbs
• ADVISE † to devise, to purpose ...c1340
• ETTLE to intend, to propose, to have in mind, to purpose ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PURPOSE - phrases
• ALL IS FISH THAT COMES TO NET all serves the purpose ...1670 colloq.
PURPOSED - adjectives
• ADVISED † of persons: purposed, determined ...c1325
• BETHOUGHT † of a thing: intended, purposed, contrived ...c1200
PURR - verbs
• CURMUR to make a low murmuring or purring sound ...1831
• MARR to purr, as a cat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SING THREE THREADS AND A THRUM of a cat: to purr ...1870 Sc.
• SING THREE-THRUMS of a cat: to purr ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM of a cat: to purr ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
PURRING - nouns
• CURMUR the purring of a cat ...1892 Sc.
• GREY THRUMS the purring sound made by a cat ...1835 Sc.
• THREE-THRUMS the purring noise made by a cat when pleased; especially in the phrase, 'to sing three-thrums' ...1835 Sc.
• THRICE-THRUMS the purring of a cat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM the purring sound made by a cat ...1835 Sc.
PURSE - nouns (also see WALLET)
• BELLY † a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk ...c950
• BOODLE BAG a money pouch or purse ...1950 Amer. dial.
• COD a purse ...L17 sl.
• HADDOCK a purse ...E19 sl.
• HADDOCK STUFF'D WITH BEANS a purse full of guineas ...E19 sl.
• JAN a purse ...1610 cant
• JOLA an over-sized handbag ...1950s W. Indies
• LONG CRAG a long purse ...L18 Sc. sl.
• MOLL-BUZZING purse snatching; picking pockets ...1900 Amer. sl.
• MONK BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1841 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• MONKEY BAG a small leather wallet or purse worn around the neck, tucked out of sight ...1847 Amer. sl., chiefly nautical
• POCKET PURSE a coin purse ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POGUE a bag or purse; a wallet ...1812 criminals' sl.
• POKE a wallet, pocket, or purse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• QUEER BOUNG an empty purse ...M17 cant
• QUEER BUNG an empty purse (viewed as an object of robbery) ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• READER a wallet or pocket-book ...17C criminals' sl.
• SKIN a pocketbook, wallet, etc. ...1790 Amer. sl.
• 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.
• TUSSICK a handbag, valise ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• UXTER a pocketbook or purse ...1896 UK criminals' sl.
PURSE - verbs
• VAIL †* to throw down, give up or surrender a purse ...1593
PURSER - nouns, person
• NIPCHEESE † a ship's purser ...1785 sl.
PURSER - verbs
• MAKE DEAD MEN CHEW TOBACCO of a purser: to falsify accounts in order to conceal the embezzlement of funds or stores ...1805 Amer. nautical sl.
PURSUE - nouns, person
• SUER † a pursuer ...1388
PURSUE - verbs
• ADRIVE † to drive away, to chase, to pursue, to follow up ...a1000
• CHASE UP to pursue (a matter or person) vigorously with a specific intent, esp. after an earlier unsatisfactory response ...1950s sl.
• FAG to pursue, to hunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO GUNNING FOR to pursue actively ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GUN FOR to pursue actively ...1940s Amer. sl.
• HALLOW to chase or pursue with shouts; to urge on or incite with shouts ...c1340
• HARPOON to pursue and catch a mate ...1851 Amer. dial.
• HAWK to walk rapidly; to pursue closely ...1971 Amer. dial.
• INTERRUPT to annoy, to cause discomfort to, to disagree with; to interfere with, to attack, to pursue ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE to hunt out of; to pursue quickly ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SUBSECUTE †* to follow up, to pursue ...a1548
• SUE † 1. to go in pursuit of; to chase, to pursue ...c1275
† 2. to prosecute, carry out an action; to pursue a subject; to follow up an achievement ...1297
• SUIT † to pursue, to follow ...1581 Sc.
• TAKE AFTER to run after, to pursue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PURSUED - nouns
• SUIT † that which is pursued ...1593
PURSUIT - nouns
• AFFECTATION † a striving after, aiming at; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit ...1549
• CATCH † a chase, pursuit ...c1450 Sc.
• FRESH SUIT † pursuit made without delay ...1534
• SHOKE a hobby; a whim; a favourite pursuit ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• STILL HUNT the secret pursuit of any object ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUIT † pursuit, chase; a pursuit ...c1325
PURSY - nouns, person
• BIFFY a nickname for a short, pursy fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILF a term of contempt for a pursy person; a monster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GUNDIE-GUTS † a fat, pursy fellow; a voracious person ...a1700
PURULENT - adjectives
• ATRY of a sore: purulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ATTERY of a sore: purulent ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATTRIE of a sore: purulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAGGAGE † purulent, nasty, corrupt ...1576
PURULENT - nouns
• BAGGAGE † purulent or corrupt matter; pus ...1576
PURULENT - verbs
• ETTER to fester, to emit purulent matter ...Bk1900 Sc.
PURVEYOR - nouns, person
• ACATOUR † a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer ...c1386
• SITARCH * a purveyor; one who provides sufficient victuals ...1656
• TAKER-UP a purchaser or purveyor of commodities ...1603
PUS - adjectives
• DEMICKY suppurating; discharging pus ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MATTERED full of pus ...1590
• MATTERY containing pus ...1398
• QUITTERISH † containing pus ...1668
• QUITTEROUS † containing pus ...1543
• QUITTERY † containing pus ...1398
PUS - nouns
• AMPER an inflamed swelling, a pustule; a varicose vein; matter, pus ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ATTER morbid matter from an ulcer or wound ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BADNESS pus ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BAGGAGE † purulent or corrupt matter; pus ...1576
• CORRUPTION pus ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FIERY WATER the watery matter that often comes out of a sore with pus ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GEAR † corrupt and foul matter; pus ...1562
• QUITTER † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• QUITTOR † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• SEPARATION pus from a boil, etc. ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WARE † pus, matter ...c1200
PUS - verbs
• BREAK to discharge pus ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BREAK OPEN to discharge pus ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MATTERATE to form or discharge pus; to suppurate ...1917 Amer. dial.
• MATTERY to discharge pus ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUITTER † to form pus; to fill with pus ...1382
• RENDER to discharge pus ...Bk1904 Sc.
PUSH - nouns
• BENSE a violent movement; a blow, spring, strong push ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEVEL a strong push; a staggering blow ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEVIE a jog, a push ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HEAVE a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw ...a1571
• JICKAJOG a commotion; a push ...1614 sl.
• JUNDIE a blow; a push with the elbow ...1737 Sc.
• SCROUGE a push or shove ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKELP a push or slap
• THRIST a thrust; a push ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH a thrust; a push, a shove ...1885 Eng. dial.
PUSH, PUSH OUT - verbs
• BAMBOOZE to abuse; to domineer over, to push about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOOK to butt; to push with the head or horns ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BRAY to shove, to push ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAB to push, to shove smartly ...1866 Sc.
• JUNDIE to jostle with the elbow; to struggle, to contend and push in a crowd ...1785 Sc.
• OBTRUDE to thrust forth; to eject, to push out ...1613
• POKE to urge, to push, to pressure ...1913 Amer. dial.
• POKE UP to urge, to push, to pressure ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAM to push violently; to thrust ...1824 Sc.
• RAM ABOUT to knock about; to push violently ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTAM to walk or push forward in a headlong, rude, jostling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REEF to pull or push something vigorously; to tug, to use force on something ...1958 Amer. dial.
• REEMLE to roll or push forward ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAMBLE to push, to shove ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCAUT to push with the feet; to dig the feet into the ground in order to gain resistance; to stretch the legs violently ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE 1. to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
2. to force, push or squeeze one's way; to crowd ...1798 Amer. dial.
• SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SCRUDGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SKID to push or drag a person along ...1881
• SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• TARGE to push one's way forcefully through a crowd ...1923 Sc.
• THRIMP to push ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRING † to press or push forward, as against obstacles; to push or force one's way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE to make one's way by pushing or jostling; to push, jostle ...1500-20 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one's way through a crowd, etc. ...1740 Eng. dial.
• TILT † to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset ...1300s
• TO-HIELD † to cause to incline, to lean, to bend, to fall over ; to push or pull down ...c1205
• TO-PUSH † to push about, to hustle ...a1300
• TO-THRUST † to thrust apart, to push open ...c1175
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
• VAGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEDGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW AROUND to push or stir something about ...1833 Amer. dial.
• WALLOW DOWN to push something over by leaning on it ...1888 Amer. dial.
• YARK † to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk, to wrench; to force ...1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YERK † to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk ...1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PUSHINESS - nouns
• BILLY GOAT effrontery, nerve, pushiness, boldness ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHOWANCY aggressiveness, pushiness ...1952 Amer. dial.
PUSHING - adjectives
• ETTLING ambitious, pushing, striving ...1822 Sc.
PUSHING - nouns
• THRIMP the act of pushing by schoolboys ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUTCHING-MATCH a pushing or shoving match ...1886 Eng. dial.
PUSHING - nouns, person
• ANOINTER an energetic, pushing person ...1887 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER an energetic, pushing person ...1887 Eng. dial.
PUSHY - adjectives
• THROSSAN conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
PUSHY - nouns, person
• WAGON a pushy woman, or one capable of invective ...2003 Ireland sl.
PUSHY - verbs
• SCROUGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
• SCROWGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
PUSTULE - nouns
• AMPER an inflamed swelling, a pustule; a varicose vein; matter, pus ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEAL † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLEB a bubble; a small blister or pustule ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHIN a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSHION a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FALE a pustule, a sore ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PUCKLE a pimple, a pustule ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUAILAWAY a stye or small pustule on the eyelid ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † a pimple or pustule; a small boil; a stye ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TETTER a small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
PUT - verbs
• IMPOSE to lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, to place, to deposit ...1597 arch.
• MEET † to place, to put ...1846 Eng. dial.
• PAMP to place or put something somewhere ...1990 Sc. sl.
• YAT to put or place in a hurried, throwing manner; to shove, to stuff in hurriedly ...1962 Sc.
PUT ASIDE - verbs
• EGAR †* to do without, to put aside, to dispense with ...1544
PUT-DOWN - nouns
• BURN a put-down ...20C teen & high school sl.
• KING'S ELEVATOR an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...M20 US sl.
• ROYAL SCREW an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...20C US sl.
• ROYAL SHAFT an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...20C US sl.
PUT DOWN - verbs
• BAIL to put something down ...20C teen & high school sl.
PUT DOWN (insult) - verbs
• BURN to be put down ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CAP to put down; to insult ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CHEW to embarrass, to put someone down ...1908 Amer. dial.
PUT OFF, PUTTING OFF - nouns
• OFF-PUT an act of putting off ...1730 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• OFF-PUTTING the act of putting off ...1387
PUT OFF - verbs
• BACKWARN to put off, to countermand ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RUN to deceive; to delay; to put off; to avoid; usually in order to give oneself some form of advantage, breathing space, etc....1910s orig. US
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RUNAROUND to deceive; to delay; to put off; to avoid; usually in order to give oneself some form of advantage, breathing space, etc....1910s orig. US
• HANG IN THE WIND to put off, to delay, to postpone ...1814 Sc.
• OFF † to put off, to defer ...1642
• PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter ...1883 Sc.
• REFARD to defer, to put off ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAR OFF to put a person off with useless information ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PUTREFACTION - adjectives
• SAPROGENIC causing decay or putrefaction; also, produced by putrefaction ...1876
• SAPROGENOUS causing decay or putrefaction; also, produced by putrefaction ...1876
PUTRESCENT - adjectives
• SAPPY of meat: putrescent, tainted ...1573 Eng. dial.
PUTRID - adjectives
• DAIN † putrid, bad-smelling ...1888 obs. or Eng. dial. rare
• MINGIN(G) smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross ...playground sl.
PUTRID - nouns
• OFFAL the parts of slaughtered or dead animals unfit for food; putrid flesh; carrion; used contemptuously; also, the bodies or limbs of the slain ...1581
PUTRID - verbs
• SCAG to render putrid by exposure to the sun and air ...Bk1904 Sc.
PUTTING - nouns
• IMPOSITION * the act of putting, placing, or laying on; also, a layer over something ...1597
PUT UP WITH - verbs
• FADGE † of persons: to do with; to put up with a thing ...1592
PUZZLE - nouns
• BLAICK a puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIK a puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MAIZIE a puzzle ...1929 Sc.
• PALL a puzzle, a problem, a poser; something which brings one to a standstill ...1866 Sc.
• PAULER a puzzle, a poser, a knockout blow ...1858 Sc.
• QUIRKLE a puzzle in which the answer depends on a catch or quibble ...1824 Sc.
• QUIRKLUM a little arithmetical puzzle in which the answer depends on a catch or quibble ...1824 Sc.
• REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• STUMP an attempt to puzzle or confound ...Bk1904 sl.
• TEASER a difficult problem; a puzzle ...1830
PUZZLE - verbs
• BAMBAZE to confuse, to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEAST a puzzle; what beats one to discover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEMIST to confuse the senses of; to bewilder; to puzzle ...1627
• BLAICK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAIK to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOT to nonplus, to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABOBBLE to mystify, to puzzle, to confuse ...1880 Eng. dial.
• CAP to puzzle ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• DIFFICULT to put in a difficulty, to perplex, to puzzle ...1631 Sc.
• ENGLISH to puzzle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GUFFLE to puzzle very much; to nonplus ...B1900 Sc.
• MAFFLE to puzzle, to confuse, to bewilder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZE to amaze, to astonish; to bewilder, to puzzle, to mystify ...1836 Eng. dial.
• METAGROBOLIZE to puzzle, to mystify; to puzzle out ...1653 humorous
• MOPPLE to confuse, to puzzle ...1869 Eng. dial.
• OPPOSAL † the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle ...1426
• PALL a puzzle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUEER to quiz or ridicule; to puzzle ...1790 sl.
• STUMP to challenge, to defy, to puzzle, or confound ...1837 sl.
• TERRIFY to puzzle, to perplex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to puzzle ...1865 Sc.
PUZZLE - verbs
• PALL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PASS to surpass; to surprise, to puzzle ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc.
• PUT TO THE GAZE † to puzzle, to nonplus ...1646
• RIDDLE to puzzle ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAFFLE to puzzle, to bamboozle, to outwit ...1950 Sc.
PUZZLED - adjectives
• AT AN AMPLISH at a loss ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BAMBAZED puzzled, confused ...1849 Sc.
• BOGFOUNDERED perplexed, bewildered, puzzled ...1896 Eng. dial.
• CABOBBLED confused, puzzled, perplexed ...1880 Eng. dial. & nautical sl.
• DUMBFOOZLED puzzled, confounded ...1825
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLED puzzled, confused, bewildered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAFFLY puzzled, confused, bewildered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLED puzzled ...1885 Sc.
• PAMPERED puzzled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARRADIDDLED imposed upon, as by lies; puzzled; bewildered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHAPED † bewildered, dismayed, perplexed, puzzled ...c1374
PUZZLER - nouns
• STUMPER a puzzler ...1847 sl.
PUZZLING - adjectives
• TICKLY puzzling, difficult ...Bk1905 Sc.
PUZZLING - nouns
• ANOINTER something perplexing or puzzling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY-HOGAN any complicated or puzzling thing ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY'S FIST something that puzzles ...L19 Royal Navy usage
• NOINTER something perplexing or puzzling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
PYGMY - adjectives
• MANIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
PYGMY - nouns, person
• DANDIPRAT † a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1556 obs. or arch.
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1530
• MANAKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• MANIKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• MANNIKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• NATOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person a small thin 'slip of a fellow ...1863 Eng. dial.
• NEFFIT a puny person; a pygmy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
PYJAMAS - see PAJAMAS
PYRAMID - nouns
• TAPER a spire or slender pyramid; a figure which tapers up to a point ...1589