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SLANT - SLEEPY
SLANT - nouns
• SCLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SKEW a slant; a deviation from the straight line; a sideward movement ...1688
• SKLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
SLANT - verbs
• CAST † to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant ...1599
• LEAN TOWARDS COOPER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS FISHER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1957 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS JONES'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS PERKINS'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS SAWYER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
SLANTED, SLANTING - adjectives
• A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-A-ONE-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-OF-A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANLIGODLIN of an object: lopsided, askew, aslant ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLIN askew, slanting, crooked ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOSLIN lopsided, askew, aslant ...1915 Amer. dial.
• ANTISIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1931 Amer. dial.
• AVELONG oblique, slanting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVEL aslant, not straight ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DECLIVOUS having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting ...1684
• EEYAW lopsided, askew, aslant, awry ...1975 Amer. dial.
• JACK-DEUCE at an angle or slanted ...1930s US sl.
• RAKING slanting, sloping ...1711
• SALLYGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, out of line ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SIDELING slanting, sloping, esp. to one side; steep ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SKEW turned to one side, slanting, squint ...1609
• SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKIWIFT awry, askew; crooked, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SLANTING - adverbs
• AGLEY obliquely, aslant, turned to one side ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AHOO aslant, out of plumb, lopsided, awry ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ALONG slanting ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ANTIGOGGLY slantwise, out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLIN slantwise, diagonally ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ASHOSH awry, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASLEW aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ASOSH awry, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASWAIP aslant, on one side ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASWASH awry, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASWIR diagonally, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASWISH aslant, slantwise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EEYAW lopsided, askew, aslant, awry ...1975 Amer. dial.
• ON A SKEW on the slant, slantwise ...1881
• ON THE SKEW on the slant, slantwise ...1891
• SIDE-GODLIN slanting, askew, awry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SI-GODLIN slanting, askew, awry ...1917 Amer. dial.
• YAW-WAYS slantwise; at an angle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SLANTINGLY - adverbs
• SKEEGEE slantwise, diagonally ...1916 Amer. dial.
SLAP - nouns
• BACK-HANDER a slap or blow in the face with the back of the hand ...E19 sl.
• BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap ...1847 Amer. sl.
• BLAD a slap, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOB a slight blow, a slap ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOX WITH FIVE NAILS a blow or slap with the hand ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BOX WITH TWO HANDLES a blow or slap with the hand ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CHAMMERDINO a slap on the cheek ...19C gypsy
• CLUFF a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek; a cuff or slap ...1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAB a blow or slap, generally with the hand ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDIEFECHAN † a stroke on any part of the body; a slap; a stunning blow ...1808 Sc.
• DASH a slap ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• 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
• DOOIE an echoic equivalent of the sound of a punch or slap ...1980s US campus sl.
• DUNDIEFECKEN † a stroke on any part of the body; a slap; a stunning blow ...1825 Sc.
• HIPSY-DIPSY a castigation; a 'skelping' on the buttocks (skelping - a smack, slap, or blow given with the open hand on the buttocks) ...1881 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• IRISH KISS a slap in the face ...20C US sl.
• RACKET a hard blow; a severe slap ...1710 Sc.
• RASHER a box on the ear; a slap ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SALAMANDER a slap, a box on the ear ...1948 Sc.
• SCALLYART a hard slap or blow ...1825 Sc.
• SCAT-OFF a blow, a slap ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF a blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument; a slap; a box on the ear; a falling-flat; a clap, a thud ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFERT a slap, a blow with the open palm or anything flat; a box on the ear ...1759 Sc.
• SCLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; a splash, a dashing down, slap, smack or the noise of such ...1808 Sc.
• SCONE a slap with the flat of the hand or any flat surface; a smack, a spank ...1825 Sc.
• SKELP a blow, esp. one given with the flat of the hand, or with something having a flat surface; a slap, a smack; also, the noise made by such a blow ...c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKELPING a blow struck with something flat; a slap, a smack ...1818 Eng. dial.
• SMACK a slap, esp. on the cheek ...1880s US sl.
• SPLAT the slapping or splashing noise of something that hits a hard surface ...1950s sl.
• TACK a slap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIT a light stroke or tap; a slap ...1808 Sc.
• TOWER HILL PLAY a slap on the face and a kick on the breech' ...1785 sl.
• VUMFRA a blow, a heavy slap ...1870 Eng. dial.
• WHISTERCLISTER a smart blow or smack, especially on the ear or the side of the head; a backhand slap ...1787 Eng. dial.
SLAP - nouns, person
• SKELPER one who slaps or smacks ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLAP - verbs
• BEFF to beat, to strike, to slap ...1790 Sc.
• BEFT † to beat, to buffet, to slap ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BING to slap, to hit ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLAD to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLADE to slap; to spoil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAUD to slap ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLUFF to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PEEL to strike, to beat, to spank, to slap ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SCAT to break to pieces; to burst, to split open; to smash; to slap, to beat ...1891 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF to strike with the open hand, or with some flat surface; to slap; to throw down flat ...1866 Sc.
• SCONE to slap with the open hand, esp. to smack a child's bottom; to spank ...1710 Sc.
• SKELP to strike, to beat, to slap, to smack, in later use, spec. on the breech ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TACK to strike with the open hand; to slap; to beat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLAPDASH - adjectives
• RACKLESS-HANDED apt to do things in a heedless, slapdash manner; reckless, headstrong ...1778 Sc.
SLASH - nouns, person
• CHALKER one who, at night, slashes the face of innocent citizens; generally in plural ...18C Ireland
SLASH - verbs
• BETRENCH †* to cut up, to carve, to slash ...1656
• CARVE to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CARVE UP to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CHIV to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVE to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• DAG to slash ...1995 Irish sl.
• HASH to slash, to hack ...1812 Sc.
• RACE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash ...c1440 obs. exc. techn.
• RASE † 1. to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
† 2. to slash; to make way or penetrate; to make an incised mark ...1470-85
• RASH † to cut, to slash ...a1500
• SKETCH to slash with a knife or other edged weapon ...1980s UK Black sl.
SLASHED - adjectives
• RACED †* scratched; cut, slashed ...1576
SLATTERN, SLATTERNLY - nouns, person
• ASHYPET an idle or slatternly woman ...1870 Sc. & Ireland
• ASSIE-PET an idle slattern ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ASSIPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASSYPET an idle or slatternly woman; a dirty little creature ...1870 Sc. & Ireland
• ASSYPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESSY-FRUGGAM a female of slatternly appearance; a man dressed in woman's attire for mumming or 'guising' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• CLAMMUX a worthless slattern ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLART a slovenly person; a slatternly woman ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CLARTY-PAPS a filthy, slatternly woman or wife ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAFFOCK a slattern ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DAGGED-ASS a slatternly woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE-TAIL † a person, esp. a woman, whose garments are bemired by being trailed over wet ground; an untidy woman, a slut, a slattern ...1577-87 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAGG-TAIL a slattern, a slut ...1854 Eng. dial.
• DANGUS a slattern ...19C Eng. dial. & colloq.
• DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern ...1500-20 Sc.
• DAWGOS † a dirty, slatternly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DAWKS a slattern ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWPS a slattern; a dirty, untidy woman ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DISH-CLOUT a dirty slattern ...L18 sl.
• DOSSY a slovenly woman, a slattern ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern ...1855 Eng. dial.
• DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut ...1581
• FACKET a term of contempt or reproach applied to women and children; a slattern; a worthless woman ...19C Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT a term of contempt or reproach applied to women and children; a slattern, a worthless woman ...1591
• FLING-DUST a street-walker; a slattern ...E17 sl.
• FLING-STINK a street-walker; a slattern ...E17 sl.
• FLOMMAX a slattern ...19C Brit.
• FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude ...19C
• GAD a loose woman, a slattern ...M17 sl.
• GADDER a loose woman, a slattern ...M17 sl.
• HAGGAGE a term of reproach for a woman; an untidy, slatternly, or slovenly woman ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAG-MALL a sloven, a slattern ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person ...1824 Sc.
• HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAIDRON † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LALLOP a lazy, lounging person; an idler; an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPS a lazy, lounging person; an idler; an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LETHRON † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab ...1718 Sc.
• MAB † a harlot, a prostitute, a woman of loose character; a slattern ...1557-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANKS a slattern ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAWKS a foolish, slatternly woman; an overgrown, clumsy girl ...1721 Eng. dial.
• MESS a slattern ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MOGGY an untidy, badly-dressed woman; a slattern ...1886 Eng. dial. & sl.
• MOPSY † a slatternly, untidy woman; a sloven; a dowdy or homely woman ...a1700
• MUCK-SUCKLE a filthy, dirty, slatternly, or very untidy woman ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• QUEER DOXY a slatternly woman ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAG BAG a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern; an untidy or shabbily dressed person ...1888 UK sl.
• RAG DOLL a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern ...c1862 sl.
• RUBBACROCK a dirty, filthy slattern, that is as black as if she were continually rubbing herself against a boiler or kettle ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF an untidy, slatternly person ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLEURACH a person untidy in dress and gait; a sloven, a slattern ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SLAMMERKIN a dirty, slovenly female; a slattern, a slut ...1785 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLOMMOCKS a slattern ...19CE Eng. dial.
• STREEL a slattern; a slovenly woman ...19C US colloq.
• SUKEY-TAWDRY a slatternly female in fine tawdry ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAINT a very dirty slattern or slut...19C Brit.
• TALLACK a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCK a good-for-nothing idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCKER a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLES a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW-BESS † a slatternly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLATTERNLY - adjectives
• DAGGED-SKIRTED wet or mud-bespattered; slatternly ...1740 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE-TAILED † having the skirts splashed by being trailed over wet ground; untidy, slatternly ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † slatternly, slovenly...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLIPPETTY-SLOPPETTY untidy, slovenly, slatternly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LAITCHETY idle, careless, slatternly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEPPEN slatternly, untidy; unbecoming ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPING slatternly, slovenly ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLATTERNLY - adverbs
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE in a slovenly, slatternly manner: applied especially to women's dress ...1888 Eng. dial.
SLATTERNLY - verbs
• MAB † to dress carelessly or negligently; to be slatternly or slovenly ...1691 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALGAN to go about in an idle, slovenly manner, dressing in too large, slatternly clothing ...1866 Sc.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLAUGHTER - adjectives
• SANGUINARY attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody ...1625
SLAUGHTER - nouns
• ACELDAMA the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery ...1382
• BATTUE wholesale slaughter, esp. of unresisting crowds ...1864
• DECEASE † mortality, slaughter ...1513
• MARTYRDOM † slaughter ...1375
• MURTH † murder, slaughter ...c893
• OCCISION † killing, slaying, esp. of a number of people, as in battle; slaughter ...1375
• PANOLETHRY † general destruction or slaughter ...1668
• QUELL * slaying, slaughter; power or means to quell ...c1420
• TRUCIDATION * a cruel killing or murdering; humorous use: slaughter ...1623
• WAL † death, slaughter ...c900 poetic
SLAUGHTER - verbs
• MAKE MARTYRDOM † to slaughter ...1485
• TAIL † to cut up, to cut to pieces, to slaughter ...c1330
• TAKE OFF to slaughter, murder ...1897 Sc.
SLAUGHTERING - adjectives
• MASSACROUS † pert. to massacre; murderous, slaughtering ...1593
SLAVE, SLAVERY - adjectives
• MANCIPATE † made subject to ...1502
• NATIVE † born in a state of villeinage ...1432-50
• VENALITIOUS * belonging to the sale of men or children, or of slaves; that is to be bought or sold ...1656
• VERNACULAR * of a slave: that is born on his master's estate; home-born ...1804
SLAVE, SLAVERY - nouns
• BAGNIO an oriental prison; a place of detention for slaves; a penal establishment ...1599
• BARRACOON a rough barrack, set of sheds, or enclosure in which Black slaves (originally), convicts, etc., are temporarily detained ...1851
• BLACKBIRD CATCHING the slave trade; recruiting coloured labourers in the South Sea Islands...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BLACKBIRDER a man or a vessel engaged in 'black-birding' or slave traffic ...1888
• CATASTA a block on which slaves were exposed for sale ...1650
• ENTRAMELLS bondage, the chains of slavery; prisoners of war ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FORTY ACRES AND A MULE an unkept promise made by northern politicians to divide the lands of slaveholders and give forty acres and a mule to any freed man who wanted a farm ...US Civil War usage
• MANCIPATION the act of enslaving; the state of being enslaved ...1577
• MAN-MERCHANDISE slave-dealing ...1788
• MAN-TRADE the slave-trade ...1760
• MANUMISSION † formal release from slavery or servitude; an or instance of this ...1432-50 obs. exc. Hist.
• QUARTERS the section of a plantation where the slaves lived ...1750s US Black
SLAVE - nouns, person
• BAGGAGE a woman due to be sent to South America in the White slave trade ...1900s sl.
• BLACKBIRDER a man or a vessel engaged in 'black-birding' or slave traffic ...1888
• BLACK FLESH Black slaves ...1827 US
• BOND † a serf; a base vassal; a slave ...ME obs. exc. hist.
• BONDMAID a slave girl ...1526
• BOND MAIDEN a slave girl ...1535
• BONDMAN a peasant; a serf; a slave; a person in a state of utter servitude
• BONDSMAN a person in bondage; a slave ...M18
• BONDWOMAN a female slave
• BOY formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male, usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
• MAMELUKE a slave in Mohammedan countries ...1600
• MANCIPLE † a bondslave, a servant ...1387
• MAN'S-BOND † a slave, a bondsman ...c1330
• MANUMISS † a freed slave ...1658
• ODALISQUE a female slave or concubine in an Eastern harem, esp. in the seraglio of the Sultan of Turkey ...1681
• OKIE n. a slave labourer ...1945 US Army in Germany usage
• OLD MASSA a Black person's term of address to a White slave-holder ...1680s US Black
• SCLAVE a slave, a drudge ...1969 Sc.
• SUCKLER a slave woman with an abundant supply of milk whose duty it was to nurse the babies of mothers who worked ...1700s US Black
• VASSAL a base or abject person; a slave ...1589
• WILLY the stereotype of a domestic Black servant or slave ...19C US sl.
SLAVE - nouns, person, other
• CAFINFLERO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CAFISHIO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• FIRE EATER a pro-slavery extremist in Congress before the war ...US Civil War usage
• MAN-DEALER a slave-dealer ...1860
• MANGO †* a slave-dealer ...1601
• MAN-HUNTER a term of contempt for a cannibal, slave-dealer, brigand, or the like ...1555
SLAVE, SLAVERY - verbs
• BETHRALL †* to enthrall, to enslave ...1596
• COME THE KINK to steal a Black slave from the country, and dispose of them in town ...M19 US sl.
• MANCIPATE † to make subject, to enslave ...1574
• MANGONIZE † to traffic in slaves ...1601
• MANUMISE † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMISS † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMIT to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1432-50
• SCLAVE to slave, to drudge ...1969 Sc.
SLAVISH - adjectives
• BOND † servile, slavish ...LME
• VERNILE †* servile, slavish ...1623
SLAVISHNESS - nouns
• VERNILITY † servility, slavishness, flattering behaviour ...1623
SLAY - verbs
• MACTATE † to kill or slay ...1623
• MARTYR † to kill, to slay, esp. by a cruel death ...c1305
• OCCISE †* to kill; to slay ...1560
• OFF to kill, to slay ...sl.
• OFSLAY † to kill off, to slay ...c893
• OFSLE † to kill off, to slay ...c893
• QUELL † to kill, to slay, to put to death; to destroy a person or animal ..c897 now rare or obs.
• WALT to lay low; to slay ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLAYER - nouns, person
• BANE † a slayer or murderer; one who causes the death or destruction of another ...a800
SLAYING - nouns
• OCCISION † killing, slaying, esp. of a number of people, as in battle; slaughter ...1375
• QUELL * slaying, slaughter; power or means to quell ...c1420
SLED, SLEDGE - adverbs
• BELLITY-BUMP coasting on a sled face down ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BARE sliding face-down on a sled ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOARD sliding face-down on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOOSTER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-BUMP of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...1973 US sl.
• BELLY-BUMPER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-BUSTER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-FASHION lying on the belly coasting down a hill ...1973 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLAPPER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLYFLOP of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-GUT of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-PLUMPER lying on the belly while coasting down a hill ...1877 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TO-BUMP lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TO-BUNT lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TO-BUTT lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACK coasting face-down on a sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOPPER coasting face-down on a sled ...1934 Amer. dial.
• LADY-FASHION in sledding: coasting sidewise, with the left leg slightly folded under the body ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SETTERS in coasting on a sled: in a sitting position ...1892 Amer. dial.
SLED, SLEDGE - nouns
• BELLITY-BUMP the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLITY BUMPER the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled ...1973 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOOSTER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOUNCE the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOUNCER the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMBO a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1877 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMP the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1888 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPITS a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPO a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPUS a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUNT a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUSTER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUTT a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUTTING a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CABUMP a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CACHUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CAHOOT a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CLAPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-COAST a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-COASTER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CUTTER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLAPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLIP a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOP a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOUNCER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOUNDERS a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1860 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLUMPS a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GERT a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GUT a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1845 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GUTTER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-HOOCHER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-JUMPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-KABONK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-KACHUG a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-KACHUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-RIDE a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-RIDING a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLAM a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLAMMER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLEDDING a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLIDE a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLIDER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SMACKER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SMASHER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WALLOP a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACK a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACKER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACKY a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOP a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WOCKER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WOMPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WOPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BOB a bobsled ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BOBTAIL a very small sled ...1901 Amer. dial.
• DICKIE a bob sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FLYING SAUCER a metal or plastic coasting sled in the shape of a shallow, circular bowl ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GLIDER a sled ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GO-DEVIL a child's coasting sled ...Bk1907 Amer. dial.
• SAUCER a metal or plastic coasting sled in the shape of a shallow, circular bowl ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT a sled used for coasting on snow ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCOOTER a sled used for coasting on snow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNOW SAUCER a metal or plastic coasting sled in the shape of a shallow, circular bowl ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TRAINEAU a sled or sledge; in Canada and around the Great Lakes: a vehicle to be pulled over snow; in Louisiana: a sled to be pulled over land...1832 Amer. dial.
• UPSTANDERS the upright posts on a dog sledge ...1856
SLED, SLEDGE - verbs
• BELLY-BUMP to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUNKER to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-DOWN to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GRINDER to slide down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GUT to slide down a hill lying face downward on the sled ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-HUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLAM to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOPPER to coast lying on the stomach ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BOB to ride or coast on a sled ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BUNK to throw oneself down on a sled ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUNT to throw oneself down on a sled ...1892 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-BUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-CABUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-CACHUNK to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-FLOP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-FLOPPER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-GERT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-GRINDER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUNG to run at full speed and slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUNK to run at full speed and slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUNT to slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1910 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUSTER to slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUTT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-CABUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-CACHUNK to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-FLOP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-FLOPPER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-GERT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• RIDE BELLY GUT to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-BUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-CABUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-CACHUNK to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-FLOP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-FLOPPER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-GERT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
SLEDDING - nouns, person
• BUNKER in coasting, the one who starts a sled ...1909 Amer. dial.
SLEDGEHAMMER - nouns
• MEXICAN SPEED WRENCH (derogatory) a sledgehammer ...1986 Amer. dial.
SLEEK - adjectives
• SCLEET smooth, sleek ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLEET smooth, sleek ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRODDY plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek; dumpy ...1740 Eng. dial.
SLEEK - verbs
• SLICK UP to make sleek ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
(A)SLEEP, SLEEPING, SLEEPY - adjectives
• AKIP asleep ...1950s sl.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• BURIED IN A NAPKIN asleep, stupid ...19C sl.
• BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
• CRUMPED OUT fatigued; asleep ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DAUMERT sleepy, silly, bewildered ...1876 Sc.
• DEAD FOR SLEEP deadly in need of sleep ...1957 Amer. dial.
• DEADO deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD-OH deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus ...1899 sl.
• DOPEY sleepy ...1932 sl., orig. US
• DOPY sleepy ...1932 sl., orig. US
• DORMIOUS †* sleepy ...1656
• FAST † of sleep: deep, sound, unbroken ...1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATHOMS UNDER deep asleep ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FISHING nodding, asleep ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GONE TO THE LAND OF SHADOWS fallen asleep ...B1900
• HEAVY-HEADED drowsy, sleepy ...1552
• IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS sleeping
• IN THE ARMS OF MURPHY asleep ...1903 sl.
• LEVISOMNOUS †* watchful, soon waked; light-sleeping ...1656
• MAFFLED half asleep, dazed ...1920 Sc.
• MAWMSEY sleepy, stupid, esp. from want of rest or from over-drinking ...1879 Eng. dial.
• OFFSHORE soundly sleeping ...1994 Amer. dial.
• ON THE GUR of a child: sleeping roughly ...1976 Ireland sl.
• ON THE NOD falling asleep, asleep ...1952 Amer. sl.
• OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• PEEPING drowsy, sleepy ...M17 sl.
• PEEPY sleepy, drowsy...1847 colloq.
• QUIET † acting or living quietly; remaining hid or secret; fast asleep ...1533 Sc.
• RACKED asleep ...1975 US sl.
• RACKED OUT asleep ...1950s US sl.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RATY dull, listless, sleepy ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SACKED OUT fast asleep ...1940s sl.
• SASSLE sleepy, drowsy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEMISOMNOUS * half asleep ...1873
• SOMNICULOUS * inclined to sleep; drowsy, sleepy ...1656
• SOMNILOQUACIOUS * talking or apt to talk in sleep ...1731
• SOUND sound asleep ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• STRETCHY sleepy, languid; inclined to stretch and yawn ...1872 colloq.
• WAKEN awake; disinclined for sleep ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAKENSOME easily roused from sleep; sleepless ...1856 Eng. dial.
• WOOZY not fully alert and conscious; half-asleep; befuddled ...20C Amer. sl.
SLEEP, SLEEPINESS - nouns
• ADMIRAL’S WATCH a good sleep, esp. at night; a favourable opportunity to rest ...c1905 sl.
• AGGIE EYES eyes that haven't had enough sleep ...Brit. sl.
• BALALOO a lullaby; sleep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDDY-BYES a nursery word for sleep; also, used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed ...1906
• BLANKET DRILL sleep ...1922 military sl.
• BLIN' a little sleep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BYE-BYE(S) a nursery word for sleep ...1867
• CATAPHOR † a deep sleep ...1656
• CAT-SLEEP a catnap ...1837
• CAT'S SLEEP a sham sleep ...1827
• CAULK a short sleep ...1917 nautical sl.
• CHARPOY-BASHING sleeping; sleep ...c1920 Royal Air Force sl.
• CONKOUT a going to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CRASH PAD a place to sleep in an emergency or for a single night ...1967 sl.
• DOGSLEEP † a feigned or fitful sleep
• DORM a place to sleep ...1900 sl.
• DOSS sleep ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOVER a light or fitful sleep; a doze ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DUCK REST a poor night's sleep ...1965 Barbados sl.
• DUSTMAN sleep, personified ...M19 sl.
• ENTEETE † a siesta or sleep at noon ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FORTY WINKS a short sleep ...1872 sl.
• GLIFF a short sleep, a nap ...B1900 Sc.
• HORIZONTAL EXERCISE sleep ...M20 services' colloq.
• HYPNOPHOBIA a morbid dread or fear of sleep ...1855
• KAROS † heavy sleep, torpor ...1598
• KINK a usually short sleep; a nap ...1929 Amer. nautical sl.
• KIP 1. a place to sleep ...1883
2. sleep or slumber; a nap ...1893 sl.
• KIP-HOUSE a place to sleep ...1883
• KIP-SHOP a place to sleep ...1883
• MERIDIATION † a sleeping at noon; a midday nap; a siesta ...1623
• MOEMOE sleep ...1938 Hawaii
• NAP a short sleep ...c1696 sl.
• NAP OF SLEEP a short sleep, a doze ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NAPPISHNESS * sleepiness ...1851
• NINE WINKS a few minutes of sleep during the day; a very brief nap ...1823 sl.
• NOD sleep ...1950s Amer. sl.
• OBDORMITION †* a falling asleep, or the condition of being asleep ...1634
• PAD MONSTER sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion ...1960s sl.
• RACK ATTACK a nap, sleep; a sudden onset of sleepiness ...1975 US sl.
• RACK MONSTER sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion ...1960s sl.
• RACK TIME sleep; a nap ...1940s sl., orig. US military
• SACK DRILL sleep; also time spent in bed ...1946 sl., orig US services'
• SACK DUTY sleep; also time spent in bed ...1946 sl., orig US services'
• SACK TIME sleep; also time spent in bed ...1944 sl., orig. US services'
• SAND-MAN in nursery language: a personification of sleep or sleepiness ...1861
• SHUT-EYE sleep ...1896 sl.
• SIGSTER a nap; a short sleep ...1830 sl.
• SINK BEDROOM a small alcove off a kitchen where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SKIPPER † 1. a barn, outhouse, or shed, used as a sleeping-place by vagrants ...1567 cant
2. an act of sleeping rough ...1935 Brit. sl.
• SLEEPY-SEEDS the mucus secretion that forms about the eyelids during sleep ...L19 nursery sl.
• SNOOZE a short sleep ...1793 sl.
• SNORE 1. sleep ...Brit. sl.
2. a bed or place to sleep, esp. a doss-house ...Brit. sl.
• SNOREMANS sleep ...Brit. sl.
• SNORE-OFF 1. a short sleep, esp. a nap after drinking ...1950 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
2. a place to sleep ...1967 Aust. sl.
• SOMNIFERY † a place of sleep ...1600
• SUBETH † unhealthy or morbid sleep ...1398
• TAMMIE NODDIE a child's name for sleep, the sandman, Willie-winkie ...1972 Sc.
• TIGHT-EYE sleep ...1938 Amer. dial.
• TREACLE SLEEP a deep, unbroken sleep; a sweet, refreshing sleep ...1841
• UNDERMEAL † an after-dinner nap or sleep ...1426
• VESTRY the smiling of infants in their sleep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALNUT WHIP a sleep ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'kip'
• ZIZ(Z) a short sleep ...1941 sl.
SLEEP, SLEEPER - nouns, person
• BUNK LIZARD a chronic sleeper ...Amer. World War I sl.
• HORIZONTAL CHAMPION one with an infinite capacity for sleep ...c1930 Royal Navy sl.
• MAUNDERER a grumbler; one who talks in his sleep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACK HOUND a lazy person overly fond of sleep ...1959 US sl.
• SACK RAT a lazy person, overly fond of sleep ...1947 US sl.
• SHACK-ROUSER one who awakens workers from sleep ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHACK-ROUSTER one who awakens workers from sleep ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SNORE-PIG a heavy snorer; one who grunts in his sleep ...Brit. sl.
SLEEP - verbs
• ASS OUT to go to sleep ...2000s US college sl.
• BAA to lull to sleep ...1706 Sc.
• BAG to go to bed; to sleep ...1968 Amer. students' sl.
• BAG IT to go to bed; to sleep ...1968 Amer. students' sl.
• BAG SOME Z'S to sleep ...1963 US sl.
• BAG Z'S to nap, to sleep ...1968 US sl.
• BAW to lull, to hush a child to sleep ...1711 Sc.
• BEAT THE SHEETS to sleep soundly ...1954 Amer. sl.
• BEE-BAW to lull to sleep; to sing a lullaby ...1849 Eng. dial.
• BLIN' to close the eyes in sleep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW Z's to sleep or nap; to snore ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CACK to fall asleep ...L19 sl.
• CAK to fall asleep ...1959 US sl.
• CARRY THE BANNER to walk the streets all night; to endure the hardship of loss of sleep ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CATCH SOME Z'S to sleep ...1963 US sl.
• CAULK A NOD to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAULK OFF to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CONK OFF to go to sleep; to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CONK OUT to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
• COP A NOD to have a nap; to go to sleep ...1940s US sl.
• CORK DOWN to go to bed; to sleep ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CORK OFF to go to bed; to sleep ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DILL to soothe; to allay, to assuage, to deaden or take away pain; to still, to deaden sound; to lull a child to sleep; to render insensible by an anaesthetic ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DO A KIP to sleep ...1918 Amer. sl.
• DO A SKIPPER to sleep rough ...1935 Brit. sl.
• DODGE to nod when sleepy ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• DOSS to sleep ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DO THE DOWNY to lie in bed, to sleep ...1860
• DRAVEL † to sleep unsoundly, to have troubled sleep ...a1300
• DRAW STRAWS to show signs of sleep ...1710 sl.
• DROP OFF to go to sleep ...1820 Brit. sl.
• FALL OUT to fall asleep, often when overcome by drug consumption or excessive drinking ...1884 US sl.
• FALL OVER to fall asleep ...1823 Sc.
• FLAKE OUT to collapse or fall asleep as through extreme exhaustion ...colloq.
• GAIN † of sleep: to come upon a person ...c1400
• GATHER STRAWS of the eyes: to be sleepy
• GET DOWN TO IT to sleep ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GET SOME TIGHT-EYE to go to bed, to go to sleep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GET SOME Z'S to sleep ...1963 US sl.
• GOBBLE FLIES when sleepy; to open one's mouth wide and take a deep breath ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GO OFF to go to sleep ...1887 Brit. sl.
• GOOF OFF to go to sleep, esp. under the influence of drugs ...1940s US drugs sl.
• GONK to sleep ...1987 UK sl.
• GO TO BEE-BO to go to sleep ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GO TO NAPPER'S HOUSE to go to sleep ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GO TO NAPPY'S HOUSE to go to sleep ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GO TO PEEPY-BY to fall asleep ...c1840 sl.
• HAGRIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences ...1893 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• HIT THE HAY to lie down to sleep ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE RACK to go to bed; to go to sleep ...1973 US sl.
• HIT THE TICK to go to bed, to go to sleep ...20C US sl.
• KACK to fall asleep ...1959 US sl.
• KIP 1. to sleep or take a nap ...1889 sl.
2. to sleep on the streets ...1970s US criminals' & teen sl.
• KIP DOWN to prepare for sleep ...Brit. sl.
• KIPP to sleep ...E19 sl.
• LIB to sleep ...L17 cant
• MOEMOE to sleep, to lie down ...1938 Hawaii
• NOD to fall asleep or into a daze, esp. under the influence of a drug ...1958 drugs sl.
• NOD OFF to fall asleep, esp. under the influence of a drug ...1945 sl.
• NOD OUT to fall asleep, esp. under the influence of a drug ...c1953 Amer. sl.
• OVERLAY to oversleep ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PAD DOWN to go to sleep ...1993 US sl.
• PEEP to sleep ...L17 rhyming sl.
• PICK STRAWS to show signs of sleep ...1796 sl.
• POUND ONE'S EAR to sleep ...1894 Amer. sl.
• RACK to go to sleep; to sleep ...1940s sl., orig. US Black
• RACK OUT to fall asleep; to go to bed ...1960s US sl.
• READ THE PAPER to take a nap ...Bk1903 sl.
• SACK to sleep; to spend the night ...1966 US sl.
• SACK DOWN to go to bed; to sleep ...1940s sl.
• SACK IN to go to bed, to sleep ...1946 US sl.
• SACK OUT to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl., orig. military
• SCLOPE † to sleep ...15C
• SKIPPER to sleep in the open, or in a barn, etc. ...1894 cant
• SKIPPER IT to sleep in the open, or in a barn, etc. ...1851 cant
• SLEEP FAST to sleep soundly ...c1200
• SLEEP LIKE A TOP to sleep very soundly
• SLEEP ON BOTH EARS to sleep soundly, without a care ...1822
• SLEEP ON THE EAR † to sleep lying on one side ...a1663
• SNOOZE to take a brief light sleep ...1789 colloq.
• SNOOZE HARD to sleep deeply ...1995 US sl.
• SNOOZLE to nestle or cuddle while asleep ...colloq.
• SNORE OFF to sleep, or fall asleep ...1925 Aust. sl.
• SOPORATE † to put or lay to sleep; to make sleepy; to stupefy ...1623
• TAKE THE ROUND OF THE CLOCK to sleep for twelve consecutive hours ...B1900 Sc.
• TAKE TWO ROWS AT A TIME to sleep very soundly; to snore ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TAWM to fall gently asleep ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAWM OVER to fall gently asleep ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WELL AWAY to sleep soundly ...1927 sl.
• WITCH-RIDE to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for ...1836 Amer. dial.
• ZIZZ to sleep, esp. lightly or briefly ...1942 sl.
• ZONK to fall asleep ...1960s sl.
• ZONK OUT to fall asleep ...1960s sl.
• Z-OUT to go to bed, to go to sleep ...1969 Amer. dial.
SLEEP - interjections
• BALOO! a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc.
• BALOW! a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLEEP - phrases
• AS MOSS CAUGHT HIS MARE, NAPPING referred to catching someone asleep, hence by surprise ...c1500
• GO TO BEO go to sleep ...1891 Eng. dial.
SLEEPING - nouns
• HORIZONTAL EXERCISE a lying down or sleeping ...World War I navy sl.
• Z-ING snoring, sleeping ...c1965 Amer. dial.
SLEEPING BAG - nouns
• DREAM SACK a sleeping bag ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FARTSACK a sleeping bag; a bedroll; a bunk; a cot; a bed ...1943 Amer. sl., orig. military
• FLEA-BAG a soldier's sleeping bag ...1839 sl.
• NAPSACK a sleeping bag ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SACK a sleeping bag ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNORE SACK a sleeping bag ...1945 US sl.
SLEEPING PILL - nouns
• SLEEPER a sleeping pill ...1961 sl.
• STUM a sleeping pill; a barbiturate tablet or capsule ...M20 US drugs sl.
SLEEPLESS - adjectives
• INSOMNOLENT * sleepless, unable to sleep ...1892
• WAKENSOME easily roused from sleep; sleepless ...1856 Eng. dial.
• WAKERIFE wakeful, sleepless, easily wakened; alert, vigilant ...c1480 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLEEPLESS - nouns, person
• INSOMNOLENT * one who is unable to sleep; a person affected with insomnia ...1892
SLEEPLESS - verbs
• FALL BY ONE'S REST to be sleepless ...Bk1900 Sc.
• VIGILATE †* to be wakeful or sleepless ...1758
SLEEPLESSNESS - nouns
• WAKERIFENESS the state of wakefulness; sleeplessness ...1891 Sc.
SLEEPWALKER - nouns, person
• HYPNOBATE * a sleepwalker ...B1900
• MOONWALKER * a person who sleepwalks ...
• NOCTAMBULIST a person who walks at night, especially in their sleep; a somnambulist ...1731
SLEEPY - see SLEEP adjectives
SLEEPY - nouns, person
• LETHARGY † a lethargic or sleepy person ...1634
• TAMMIE NODDLE a sleepy-headed person ...1972 Sc.
• YAWNEY a stupid, lazy, sleepy person; a fool ...1876 Eng. dial.
SLEEPY - verbs
• HAVE FEATHERS IN THE HAIR to be sleepy ...1940 Amer. dial.
SLEEPY - phrases
• MY EYES DRAWS STRAWS † I am very sleepy ...1790
• SCLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SKEW a slant; a deviation from the straight line; a sideward movement ...1688
• SKLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
SLANT - verbs
• CAST † to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant ...1599
• LEAN TOWARDS COOPER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS FISHER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1957 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS JONES'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS PERKINS'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS SAWYER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
SLANTED, SLANTING - adjectives
• A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-A-ONE-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-OF-A-HUH awry, askew, lopsided, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANLIGODLIN of an object: lopsided, askew, aslant ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1917 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLIN askew, slanting, crooked ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOSLIN lopsided, askew, aslant ...1915 Amer. dial.
• ANTISIGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, crooked ...1931 Amer. dial.
• AVELONG oblique, slanting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVEL aslant, not straight ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DECLIVOUS having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting ...1684
• EEYAW lopsided, askew, aslant, awry ...1975 Amer. dial.
• JACK-DEUCE at an angle or slanted ...1930s US sl.
• RAKING slanting, sloping ...1711
• SALLYGODLIN lopsided, askew, aslant, out of line ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SIDELING slanting, sloping, esp. to one side; steep ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SKEW turned to one side, slanting, squint ...1609
• SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKIWIFT awry, askew; crooked, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SLANTING - adverbs
• AGLEY obliquely, aslant, turned to one side ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AHOO aslant, out of plumb, lopsided, awry ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ALONG slanting ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ANTIGOGGLY slantwise, out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ANTIGOGLIN slantwise, diagonally ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ASHOSH awry, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASLEW aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ASOSH awry, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASWAIP aslant, on one side ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASWASH awry, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASWIR diagonally, aslant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASWISH aslant, slantwise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EEYAW lopsided, askew, aslant, awry ...1975 Amer. dial.
• ON A SKEW on the slant, slantwise ...1881
• ON THE SKEW on the slant, slantwise ...1891
• SIDE-GODLIN slanting, askew, awry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SI-GODLIN slanting, askew, awry ...1917 Amer. dial.
• YAW-WAYS slantwise; at an angle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SLANTINGLY - adverbs
• SKEEGEE slantwise, diagonally ...1916 Amer. dial.
SLAP - nouns
• BACK-HANDER a slap or blow in the face with the back of the hand ...E19 sl.
• BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap ...1847 Amer. sl.
• BLAD a slap, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOB a slight blow, a slap ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOX WITH FIVE NAILS a blow or slap with the hand ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BOX WITH TWO HANDLES a blow or slap with the hand ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CHAMMERDINO a slap on the cheek ...19C gypsy
• CLUFF a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek; a cuff or slap ...1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAB a blow or slap, generally with the hand ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDIEFECHAN † a stroke on any part of the body; a slap; a stunning blow ...1808 Sc.
• DASH a slap ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• 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
• DOOIE an echoic equivalent of the sound of a punch or slap ...1980s US campus sl.
• DUNDIEFECKEN † a stroke on any part of the body; a slap; a stunning blow ...1825 Sc.
• HIPSY-DIPSY a castigation; a 'skelping' on the buttocks (skelping - a smack, slap, or blow given with the open hand on the buttocks) ...1881 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• IRISH KISS a slap in the face ...20C US sl.
• RACKET a hard blow; a severe slap ...1710 Sc.
• RASHER a box on the ear; a slap ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SALAMANDER a slap, a box on the ear ...1948 Sc.
• SCALLYART a hard slap or blow ...1825 Sc.
• SCAT-OFF a blow, a slap ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF a blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument; a slap; a box on the ear; a falling-flat; a clap, a thud ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFERT a slap, a blow with the open palm or anything flat; a box on the ear ...1759 Sc.
• SCLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; a splash, a dashing down, slap, smack or the noise of such ...1808 Sc.
• SCONE a slap with the flat of the hand or any flat surface; a smack, a spank ...1825 Sc.
• SKELP a blow, esp. one given with the flat of the hand, or with something having a flat surface; a slap, a smack; also, the noise made by such a blow ...c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKELPING a blow struck with something flat; a slap, a smack ...1818 Eng. dial.
• SMACK a slap, esp. on the cheek ...1880s US sl.
• SPLAT the slapping or splashing noise of something that hits a hard surface ...1950s sl.
• TACK a slap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIT a light stroke or tap; a slap ...1808 Sc.
• TOWER HILL PLAY a slap on the face and a kick on the breech' ...1785 sl.
• VUMFRA a blow, a heavy slap ...1870 Eng. dial.
• WHISTERCLISTER a smart blow or smack, especially on the ear or the side of the head; a backhand slap ...1787 Eng. dial.
SLAP - nouns, person
• SKELPER one who slaps or smacks ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLAP - verbs
• BEFF to beat, to strike, to slap ...1790 Sc.
• BEFT † to beat, to buffet, to slap ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BING to slap, to hit ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BLAD to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLADE to slap; to spoil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAUD to slap ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLUFF to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PEEL to strike, to beat, to spank, to slap ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SCAT to break to pieces; to burst, to split open; to smash; to slap, to beat ...1891 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF to strike with the open hand, or with some flat surface; to slap; to throw down flat ...1866 Sc.
• SCONE to slap with the open hand, esp. to smack a child's bottom; to spank ...1710 Sc.
• SKELP to strike, to beat, to slap, to smack, in later use, spec. on the breech ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TACK to strike with the open hand; to slap; to beat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLAPDASH - adjectives
• RACKLESS-HANDED apt to do things in a heedless, slapdash manner; reckless, headstrong ...1778 Sc.
SLASH - nouns, person
• CHALKER one who, at night, slashes the face of innocent citizens; generally in plural ...18C Ireland
SLASH - verbs
• BETRENCH †* to cut up, to carve, to slash ...1656
• CARVE to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CARVE UP to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CHIV to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVE to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• DAG to slash ...1995 Irish sl.
• HASH to slash, to hack ...1812 Sc.
• RACE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash ...c1440 obs. exc. techn.
• RASE † 1. to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
† 2. to slash; to make way or penetrate; to make an incised mark ...1470-85
• RASH † to cut, to slash ...a1500
• SKETCH to slash with a knife or other edged weapon ...1980s UK Black sl.
SLASHED - adjectives
• RACED †* scratched; cut, slashed ...1576
SLATTERN, SLATTERNLY - nouns, person
• ASHYPET an idle or slatternly woman ...1870 Sc. & Ireland
• ASSIE-PET an idle slattern ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ASSIPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASSYPET an idle or slatternly woman; a dirty little creature ...1870 Sc. & Ireland
• ASSYPOD a dirty, slatternly woman ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESSY-FRUGGAM a female of slatternly appearance; a man dressed in woman's attire for mumming or 'guising' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• CLAMMUX a worthless slattern ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLART a slovenly person; a slatternly woman ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CLARTY-PAPS a filthy, slatternly woman or wife ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAFFOCK a slattern ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DAGGED-ASS a slatternly woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE-TAIL † a person, esp. a woman, whose garments are bemired by being trailed over wet ground; an untidy woman, a slut, a slattern ...1577-87 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAGG-TAIL a slattern, a slut ...1854 Eng. dial.
• DANGUS a slattern ...19C Eng. dial. & colloq.
• DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern ...1500-20 Sc.
• DAWGOS † a dirty, slatternly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DAWKS a slattern ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWPS a slattern; a dirty, untidy woman ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DISH-CLOUT a dirty slattern ...L18 sl.
• DOSSY a slovenly woman, a slattern ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern ...1855 Eng. dial.
• DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut ...1581
• FACKET a term of contempt or reproach applied to women and children; a slattern; a worthless woman ...19C Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT a term of contempt or reproach applied to women and children; a slattern, a worthless woman ...1591
• FLING-DUST a street-walker; a slattern ...E17 sl.
• FLING-STINK a street-walker; a slattern ...E17 sl.
• FLOMMAX a slattern ...19C Brit.
• FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude ...19C
• GAD a loose woman, a slattern ...M17 sl.
• GADDER a loose woman, a slattern ...M17 sl.
• HAGGAGE a term of reproach for a woman; an untidy, slatternly, or slovenly woman ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAG-MALL a sloven, a slattern ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person ...1824 Sc.
• HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAIDRON † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LALLOP a lazy, lounging person; an idler; an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPS a lazy, lounging person; an idler; an awkward or slatternly girl ...1864 Eng. dial.
• LETHRON † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab ...1718 Sc.
• MAB † a harlot, a prostitute, a woman of loose character; a slattern ...1557-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANKS a slattern ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAWKS a foolish, slatternly woman; an overgrown, clumsy girl ...1721 Eng. dial.
• MESS a slattern ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MOGGY an untidy, badly-dressed woman; a slattern ...1886 Eng. dial. & sl.
• MOPSY † a slatternly, untidy woman; a sloven; a dowdy or homely woman ...a1700
• MUCK-SUCKLE a filthy, dirty, slatternly, or very untidy woman ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• QUEER DOXY a slatternly woman ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAG BAG a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern; an untidy or shabbily dressed person ...1888 UK sl.
• RAG DOLL a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern ...c1862 sl.
• RUBBACROCK a dirty, filthy slattern, that is as black as if she were continually rubbing herself against a boiler or kettle ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF an untidy, slatternly person ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLEURACH a person untidy in dress and gait; a sloven, a slattern ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SLAMMERKIN a dirty, slovenly female; a slattern, a slut ...1785 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLOMMOCKS a slattern ...19CE Eng. dial.
• STREEL a slattern; a slovenly woman ...19C US colloq.
• SUKEY-TAWDRY a slatternly female in fine tawdry ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAINT a very dirty slattern or slut...19C Brit.
• TALLACK a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCK a good-for-nothing idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCKER a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLES a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW-BESS † a slatternly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLATTERNLY - adjectives
• DAGGED-SKIRTED wet or mud-bespattered; slatternly ...1740 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE-TAILED † having the skirts splashed by being trailed over wet ground; untidy, slatternly ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † slatternly, slovenly...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLIPPETTY-SLOPPETTY untidy, slovenly, slatternly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LAITCHETY idle, careless, slatternly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEPPEN slatternly, untidy; unbecoming ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPING slatternly, slovenly ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLATTERNLY - adverbs
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE in a slovenly, slatternly manner: applied especially to women's dress ...1888 Eng. dial.
SLATTERNLY - verbs
• MAB † to dress carelessly or negligently; to be slatternly or slovenly ...1691 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALGAN to go about in an idle, slovenly manner, dressing in too large, slatternly clothing ...1866 Sc.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLAUGHTER - adjectives
• SANGUINARY attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody ...1625
SLAUGHTER - nouns
• ACELDAMA the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery ...1382
• BATTUE wholesale slaughter, esp. of unresisting crowds ...1864
• DECEASE † mortality, slaughter ...1513
• MARTYRDOM † slaughter ...1375
• MURTH † murder, slaughter ...c893
• OCCISION † killing, slaying, esp. of a number of people, as in battle; slaughter ...1375
• PANOLETHRY † general destruction or slaughter ...1668
• QUELL * slaying, slaughter; power or means to quell ...c1420
• TRUCIDATION * a cruel killing or murdering; humorous use: slaughter ...1623
• WAL † death, slaughter ...c900 poetic
SLAUGHTER - verbs
• MAKE MARTYRDOM † to slaughter ...1485
• TAIL † to cut up, to cut to pieces, to slaughter ...c1330
• TAKE OFF to slaughter, murder ...1897 Sc.
SLAUGHTERING - adjectives
• MASSACROUS † pert. to massacre; murderous, slaughtering ...1593
SLAVE, SLAVERY - adjectives
• MANCIPATE † made subject to ...1502
• NATIVE † born in a state of villeinage ...1432-50
• VENALITIOUS * belonging to the sale of men or children, or of slaves; that is to be bought or sold ...1656
• VERNACULAR * of a slave: that is born on his master's estate; home-born ...1804
SLAVE, SLAVERY - nouns
• BAGNIO an oriental prison; a place of detention for slaves; a penal establishment ...1599
• BARRACOON a rough barrack, set of sheds, or enclosure in which Black slaves (originally), convicts, etc., are temporarily detained ...1851
• BLACKBIRD CATCHING the slave trade; recruiting coloured labourers in the South Sea Islands...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BLACKBIRDER a man or a vessel engaged in 'black-birding' or slave traffic ...1888
• CATASTA a block on which slaves were exposed for sale ...1650
• ENTRAMELLS bondage, the chains of slavery; prisoners of war ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FORTY ACRES AND A MULE an unkept promise made by northern politicians to divide the lands of slaveholders and give forty acres and a mule to any freed man who wanted a farm ...US Civil War usage
• MANCIPATION the act of enslaving; the state of being enslaved ...1577
• MAN-MERCHANDISE slave-dealing ...1788
• MAN-TRADE the slave-trade ...1760
• MANUMISSION † formal release from slavery or servitude; an or instance of this ...1432-50 obs. exc. Hist.
• QUARTERS the section of a plantation where the slaves lived ...1750s US Black
SLAVE - nouns, person
• BAGGAGE a woman due to be sent to South America in the White slave trade ...1900s sl.
• BLACKBIRDER a man or a vessel engaged in 'black-birding' or slave traffic ...1888
• BLACK FLESH Black slaves ...1827 US
• BOND † a serf; a base vassal; a slave ...ME obs. exc. hist.
• BONDMAID a slave girl ...1526
• BOND MAIDEN a slave girl ...1535
• BONDMAN a peasant; a serf; a slave; a person in a state of utter servitude
• BONDSMAN a person in bondage; a slave ...M18
• BONDWOMAN a female slave
• BOY formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male, usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
• MAMELUKE a slave in Mohammedan countries ...1600
• MANCIPLE † a bondslave, a servant ...1387
• MAN'S-BOND † a slave, a bondsman ...c1330
• MANUMISS † a freed slave ...1658
• ODALISQUE a female slave or concubine in an Eastern harem, esp. in the seraglio of the Sultan of Turkey ...1681
• OKIE n. a slave labourer ...1945 US Army in Germany usage
• OLD MASSA a Black person's term of address to a White slave-holder ...1680s US Black
• SCLAVE a slave, a drudge ...1969 Sc.
• SUCKLER a slave woman with an abundant supply of milk whose duty it was to nurse the babies of mothers who worked ...1700s US Black
• VASSAL a base or abject person; a slave ...1589
• WILLY the stereotype of a domestic Black servant or slave ...19C US sl.
SLAVE - nouns, person, other
• CAFINFLERO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• CAFISHIO an Argentine white slaver who doubles as a pimp ...1920s sl.
• FIRE EATER a pro-slavery extremist in Congress before the war ...US Civil War usage
• MAN-DEALER a slave-dealer ...1860
• MANGO †* a slave-dealer ...1601
• MAN-HUNTER a term of contempt for a cannibal, slave-dealer, brigand, or the like ...1555
SLAVE, SLAVERY - verbs
• BETHRALL †* to enthrall, to enslave ...1596
• COME THE KINK to steal a Black slave from the country, and dispose of them in town ...M19 US sl.
• MANCIPATE † to make subject, to enslave ...1574
• MANGONIZE † to traffic in slaves ...1601
• MANUMISE † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMISS † to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1523
• MANUMIT to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free ...1432-50
• SCLAVE to slave, to drudge ...1969 Sc.
SLAVISH - adjectives
• BOND † servile, slavish ...LME
• VERNILE †* servile, slavish ...1623
SLAVISHNESS - nouns
• VERNILITY † servility, slavishness, flattering behaviour ...1623
SLAY - verbs
• MACTATE † to kill or slay ...1623
• MARTYR † to kill, to slay, esp. by a cruel death ...c1305
• OCCISE †* to kill; to slay ...1560
• OFF to kill, to slay ...sl.
• OFSLAY † to kill off, to slay ...c893
• OFSLE † to kill off, to slay ...c893
• QUELL † to kill, to slay, to put to death; to destroy a person or animal ..c897 now rare or obs.
• WALT to lay low; to slay ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLAYER - nouns, person
• BANE † a slayer or murderer; one who causes the death or destruction of another ...a800
SLAYING - nouns
• OCCISION † killing, slaying, esp. of a number of people, as in battle; slaughter ...1375
• QUELL * slaying, slaughter; power or means to quell ...c1420
SLED, SLEDGE - adverbs
• BELLITY-BUMP coasting on a sled face down ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BARE sliding face-down on a sled ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOARD sliding face-down on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOOSTER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-BUMP of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...1973 US sl.
• BELLY-BUMPER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-BUSTER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-FASHION lying on the belly coasting down a hill ...1973 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLAPPER of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLYFLOP of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-GUT of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
• BELLY-PLUMPER lying on the belly while coasting down a hill ...1877 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TO-BUMP lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TO-BUNT lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TO-BUTT lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACK coasting face-down on a sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOPPER coasting face-down on a sled ...1934 Amer. dial.
• LADY-FASHION in sledding: coasting sidewise, with the left leg slightly folded under the body ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SETTERS in coasting on a sled: in a sitting position ...1892 Amer. dial.
SLED, SLEDGE - nouns
• BELLITY-BUMP the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLITY BUMPER the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled ...1973 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOOSTER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOUNCE the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BOUNCER the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMBO a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1877 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMP the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1888 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPITS a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPO a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUMPUS a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUNT a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUSTER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUTT a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUTTING a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CABUMP a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CACHUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CAHOOT a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CLAPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-COAST a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-COASTER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-CUTTER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLAPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLIP a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOP a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOUNCER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLOUNDERS a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1860 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-FLUMPS a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GERT a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GUT a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1845 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GUTTER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-HOOCHER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-JUMPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-KABONK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-KACHUG a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-KACHUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-RIDE a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-RIDING a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLAM a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLAMMER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLEDDING a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLIDE a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLIDER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SMACKER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SMASHER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-TUNK a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WALLOP a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACK a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACKER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHACKY a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOP a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WOCKER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WOMPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WOPPER a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BOB a bobsled ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BOBTAIL a very small sled ...1901 Amer. dial.
• DICKIE a bob sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FLYING SAUCER a metal or plastic coasting sled in the shape of a shallow, circular bowl ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GLIDER a sled ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GO-DEVIL a child's coasting sled ...Bk1907 Amer. dial.
• SAUCER a metal or plastic coasting sled in the shape of a shallow, circular bowl ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT a sled used for coasting on snow ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCOOTER a sled used for coasting on snow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNOW SAUCER a metal or plastic coasting sled in the shape of a shallow, circular bowl ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TRAINEAU a sled or sledge; in Canada and around the Great Lakes: a vehicle to be pulled over snow; in Louisiana: a sled to be pulled over land...1832 Amer. dial.
• UPSTANDERS the upright posts on a dog sledge ...1856
SLED, SLEDGE - verbs
• BELLY-BUMP to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-BUNKER to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-DOWN to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GRINDER to slide down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-GUT to slide down a hill lying face downward on the sled ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-HUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-SLAM to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1971 Amer. dial.
• BELLY-WHOPPER to coast lying on the stomach ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BOB to ride or coast on a sled ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BUNK to throw oneself down on a sled ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BUNT to throw oneself down on a sled ...1892 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-BUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-CABUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-CACHUNK to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-FLOP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-FLOPPER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-GERT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COAST BELLY-GRINDER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUNG to run at full speed and slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUNK to run at full speed and slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1866 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUNT to slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1910 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUSTER to slide down a hill on a sled on the belly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-BUTT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-CABUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-CACHUNK to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-FLOP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-FLOPPER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GO BELLY-GERT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• RIDE BELLY GUT to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-BUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-CABUMP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-CACHUNK to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-FLOP to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-FLOPPER to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SLIDE BELLY-GERT to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
SLEDDING - nouns, person
• BUNKER in coasting, the one who starts a sled ...1909 Amer. dial.
SLEDGEHAMMER - nouns
• MEXICAN SPEED WRENCH (derogatory) a sledgehammer ...1986 Amer. dial.
SLEEK - adjectives
• SCLEET smooth, sleek ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLEET smooth, sleek ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRODDY plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek; dumpy ...1740 Eng. dial.
SLEEK - verbs
• SLICK UP to make sleek ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
(A)SLEEP, SLEEPING, SLEEPY - adjectives
• AKIP asleep ...1950s sl.
• BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• BURIED IN A NAPKIN asleep, stupid ...19C sl.
• BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
• CRUMPED OUT fatigued; asleep ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DAUMERT sleepy, silly, bewildered ...1876 Sc.
• DEAD FOR SLEEP deadly in need of sleep ...1957 Amer. dial.
• DEADO deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD-OH deep asleep; unconscious ...1984 UK sl.
• DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus ...1899 sl.
• DOPEY sleepy ...1932 sl., orig. US
• DOPY sleepy ...1932 sl., orig. US
• DORMIOUS †* sleepy ...1656
• FAST † of sleep: deep, sound, unbroken ...1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATHOMS UNDER deep asleep ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FISHING nodding, asleep ...1952 Amer. dial.
• GONE TO THE LAND OF SHADOWS fallen asleep ...B1900
• HEAVY-HEADED drowsy, sleepy ...1552
• IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS sleeping
• IN THE ARMS OF MURPHY asleep ...1903 sl.
• LEVISOMNOUS †* watchful, soon waked; light-sleeping ...1656
• MAFFLED half asleep, dazed ...1920 Sc.
• MAWMSEY sleepy, stupid, esp. from want of rest or from over-drinking ...1879 Eng. dial.
• OFFSHORE soundly sleeping ...1994 Amer. dial.
• ON THE GUR of a child: sleeping roughly ...1976 Ireland sl.
• ON THE NOD falling asleep, asleep ...1952 Amer. sl.
• OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious ...20C sl., orig. US
• PEEPING drowsy, sleepy ...M17 sl.
• PEEPY sleepy, drowsy...1847 colloq.
• QUIET † acting or living quietly; remaining hid or secret; fast asleep ...1533 Sc.
• RACKED asleep ...1975 US sl.
• RACKED OUT asleep ...1950s US sl.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RATY dull, listless, sleepy ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SACKED OUT fast asleep ...1940s sl.
• SASSLE sleepy, drowsy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEMISOMNOUS * half asleep ...1873
• SOMNICULOUS * inclined to sleep; drowsy, sleepy ...1656
• SOMNILOQUACIOUS * talking or apt to talk in sleep ...1731
• SOUND sound asleep ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• STRETCHY sleepy, languid; inclined to stretch and yawn ...1872 colloq.
• WAKEN awake; disinclined for sleep ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAKENSOME easily roused from sleep; sleepless ...1856 Eng. dial.
• WOOZY not fully alert and conscious; half-asleep; befuddled ...20C Amer. sl.
SLEEP, SLEEPINESS - nouns
• ADMIRAL’S WATCH a good sleep, esp. at night; a favourable opportunity to rest ...c1905 sl.
• AGGIE EYES eyes that haven't had enough sleep ...Brit. sl.
• BALALOO a lullaby; sleep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDDY-BYES a nursery word for sleep; also, used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed ...1906
• BLANKET DRILL sleep ...1922 military sl.
• BLIN' a little sleep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BYE-BYE(S) a nursery word for sleep ...1867
• CATAPHOR † a deep sleep ...1656
• CAT-SLEEP a catnap ...1837
• CAT'S SLEEP a sham sleep ...1827
• CAULK a short sleep ...1917 nautical sl.
• CHARPOY-BASHING sleeping; sleep ...c1920 Royal Air Force sl.
• CONKOUT a going to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CRASH PAD a place to sleep in an emergency or for a single night ...1967 sl.
• DOGSLEEP † a feigned or fitful sleep
• DORM a place to sleep ...1900 sl.
• DOSS sleep ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOVER a light or fitful sleep; a doze ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DUCK REST a poor night's sleep ...1965 Barbados sl.
• DUSTMAN sleep, personified ...M19 sl.
• ENTEETE † a siesta or sleep at noon ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FORTY WINKS a short sleep ...1872 sl.
• GLIFF a short sleep, a nap ...B1900 Sc.
• HORIZONTAL EXERCISE sleep ...M20 services' colloq.
• HYPNOPHOBIA a morbid dread or fear of sleep ...1855
• KAROS † heavy sleep, torpor ...1598
• KINK a usually short sleep; a nap ...1929 Amer. nautical sl.
• KIP 1. a place to sleep ...1883
2. sleep or slumber; a nap ...1893 sl.
• KIP-HOUSE a place to sleep ...1883
• KIP-SHOP a place to sleep ...1883
• MERIDIATION † a sleeping at noon; a midday nap; a siesta ...1623
• MOEMOE sleep ...1938 Hawaii
• NAP a short sleep ...c1696 sl.
• NAP OF SLEEP a short sleep, a doze ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NAPPISHNESS * sleepiness ...1851
• NINE WINKS a few minutes of sleep during the day; a very brief nap ...1823 sl.
• NOD sleep ...1950s Amer. sl.
• OBDORMITION †* a falling asleep, or the condition of being asleep ...1634
• PAD MONSTER sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion ...1960s sl.
• RACK ATTACK a nap, sleep; a sudden onset of sleepiness ...1975 US sl.
• RACK MONSTER sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion ...1960s sl.
• RACK TIME sleep; a nap ...1940s sl., orig. US military
• SACK DRILL sleep; also time spent in bed ...1946 sl., orig US services'
• SACK DUTY sleep; also time spent in bed ...1946 sl., orig US services'
• SACK TIME sleep; also time spent in bed ...1944 sl., orig. US services'
• SAND-MAN in nursery language: a personification of sleep or sleepiness ...1861
• SHUT-EYE sleep ...1896 sl.
• SIGSTER a nap; a short sleep ...1830 sl.
• SINK BEDROOM a small alcove off a kitchen where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SKIPPER † 1. a barn, outhouse, or shed, used as a sleeping-place by vagrants ...1567 cant
2. an act of sleeping rough ...1935 Brit. sl.
• SLEEPY-SEEDS the mucus secretion that forms about the eyelids during sleep ...L19 nursery sl.
• SNOOZE a short sleep ...1793 sl.
• SNORE 1. sleep ...Brit. sl.
2. a bed or place to sleep, esp. a doss-house ...Brit. sl.
• SNOREMANS sleep ...Brit. sl.
• SNORE-OFF 1. a short sleep, esp. a nap after drinking ...1950 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
2. a place to sleep ...1967 Aust. sl.
• SOMNIFERY † a place of sleep ...1600
• SUBETH † unhealthy or morbid sleep ...1398
• TAMMIE NODDIE a child's name for sleep, the sandman, Willie-winkie ...1972 Sc.
• TIGHT-EYE sleep ...1938 Amer. dial.
• TREACLE SLEEP a deep, unbroken sleep; a sweet, refreshing sleep ...1841
• UNDERMEAL † an after-dinner nap or sleep ...1426
• VESTRY the smiling of infants in their sleep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALNUT WHIP a sleep ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'kip'
• ZIZ(Z) a short sleep ...1941 sl.
SLEEP, SLEEPER - nouns, person
• BUNK LIZARD a chronic sleeper ...Amer. World War I sl.
• HORIZONTAL CHAMPION one with an infinite capacity for sleep ...c1930 Royal Navy sl.
• MAUNDERER a grumbler; one who talks in his sleep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACK HOUND a lazy person overly fond of sleep ...1959 US sl.
• SACK RAT a lazy person, overly fond of sleep ...1947 US sl.
• SHACK-ROUSER one who awakens workers from sleep ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHACK-ROUSTER one who awakens workers from sleep ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SNORE-PIG a heavy snorer; one who grunts in his sleep ...Brit. sl.
SLEEP - verbs
• ASS OUT to go to sleep ...2000s US college sl.
• BAA to lull to sleep ...1706 Sc.
• BAG to go to bed; to sleep ...1968 Amer. students' sl.
• BAG IT to go to bed; to sleep ...1968 Amer. students' sl.
• BAG SOME Z'S to sleep ...1963 US sl.
• BAG Z'S to nap, to sleep ...1968 US sl.
• BAW to lull, to hush a child to sleep ...1711 Sc.
• BEAT THE SHEETS to sleep soundly ...1954 Amer. sl.
• BEE-BAW to lull to sleep; to sing a lullaby ...1849 Eng. dial.
• BLIN' to close the eyes in sleep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW Z's to sleep or nap; to snore ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CACK to fall asleep ...L19 sl.
• CAK to fall asleep ...1959 US sl.
• CARRY THE BANNER to walk the streets all night; to endure the hardship of loss of sleep ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CATCH SOME Z'S to sleep ...1963 US sl.
• CAULK A NOD to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAULK OFF to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CONK OFF to go to sleep; to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CONK OUT to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl.
• COP A NOD to have a nap; to go to sleep ...1940s US sl.
• CORK DOWN to go to bed; to sleep ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CORK OFF to go to bed; to sleep ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DILL to soothe; to allay, to assuage, to deaden or take away pain; to still, to deaden sound; to lull a child to sleep; to render insensible by an anaesthetic ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DO A KIP to sleep ...1918 Amer. sl.
• DO A SKIPPER to sleep rough ...1935 Brit. sl.
• DODGE to nod when sleepy ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• DOSS to sleep ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DO THE DOWNY to lie in bed, to sleep ...1860
• DRAVEL † to sleep unsoundly, to have troubled sleep ...a1300
• DRAW STRAWS to show signs of sleep ...1710 sl.
• DROP OFF to go to sleep ...1820 Brit. sl.
• FALL OUT to fall asleep, often when overcome by drug consumption or excessive drinking ...1884 US sl.
• FALL OVER to fall asleep ...1823 Sc.
• FLAKE OUT to collapse or fall asleep as through extreme exhaustion ...colloq.
• GAIN † of sleep: to come upon a person ...c1400
• GATHER STRAWS of the eyes: to be sleepy
• GET DOWN TO IT to sleep ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GET SOME TIGHT-EYE to go to bed, to go to sleep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GET SOME Z'S to sleep ...1963 US sl.
• GOBBLE FLIES when sleepy; to open one's mouth wide and take a deep breath ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GO OFF to go to sleep ...1887 Brit. sl.
• GOOF OFF to go to sleep, esp. under the influence of drugs ...1940s US drugs sl.
• GONK to sleep ...1987 UK sl.
• GO TO BEE-BO to go to sleep ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GO TO NAPPER'S HOUSE to go to sleep ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GO TO NAPPY'S HOUSE to go to sleep ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GO TO PEEPY-BY to fall asleep ...c1840 sl.
• HAGRIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences ...1893 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• HIT THE HAY to lie down to sleep ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE RACK to go to bed; to go to sleep ...1973 US sl.
• HIT THE TICK to go to bed, to go to sleep ...20C US sl.
• KACK to fall asleep ...1959 US sl.
• KIP 1. to sleep or take a nap ...1889 sl.
2. to sleep on the streets ...1970s US criminals' & teen sl.
• KIP DOWN to prepare for sleep ...Brit. sl.
• KIPP to sleep ...E19 sl.
• LIB to sleep ...L17 cant
• MOEMOE to sleep, to lie down ...1938 Hawaii
• NOD to fall asleep or into a daze, esp. under the influence of a drug ...1958 drugs sl.
• NOD OFF to fall asleep, esp. under the influence of a drug ...1945 sl.
• NOD OUT to fall asleep, esp. under the influence of a drug ...c1953 Amer. sl.
• OVERLAY to oversleep ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PAD DOWN to go to sleep ...1993 US sl.
• PEEP to sleep ...L17 rhyming sl.
• PICK STRAWS to show signs of sleep ...1796 sl.
• POUND ONE'S EAR to sleep ...1894 Amer. sl.
• RACK to go to sleep; to sleep ...1940s sl., orig. US Black
• RACK OUT to fall asleep; to go to bed ...1960s US sl.
• READ THE PAPER to take a nap ...Bk1903 sl.
• SACK to sleep; to spend the night ...1966 US sl.
• SACK DOWN to go to bed; to sleep ...1940s sl.
• SACK IN to go to bed, to sleep ...1946 US sl.
• SACK OUT to go to sleep ...1940s Amer. sl., orig. military
• SCLOPE † to sleep ...15C
• SKIPPER to sleep in the open, or in a barn, etc. ...1894 cant
• SKIPPER IT to sleep in the open, or in a barn, etc. ...1851 cant
• SLEEP FAST to sleep soundly ...c1200
• SLEEP LIKE A TOP to sleep very soundly
• SLEEP ON BOTH EARS to sleep soundly, without a care ...1822
• SLEEP ON THE EAR † to sleep lying on one side ...a1663
• SNOOZE to take a brief light sleep ...1789 colloq.
• SNOOZE HARD to sleep deeply ...1995 US sl.
• SNOOZLE to nestle or cuddle while asleep ...colloq.
• SNORE OFF to sleep, or fall asleep ...1925 Aust. sl.
• SOPORATE † to put or lay to sleep; to make sleepy; to stupefy ...1623
• TAKE THE ROUND OF THE CLOCK to sleep for twelve consecutive hours ...B1900 Sc.
• TAKE TWO ROWS AT A TIME to sleep very soundly; to snore ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TAWM to fall gently asleep ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAWM OVER to fall gently asleep ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WELL AWAY to sleep soundly ...1927 sl.
• WITCH-RIDE to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for ...1836 Amer. dial.
• ZIZZ to sleep, esp. lightly or briefly ...1942 sl.
• ZONK to fall asleep ...1960s sl.
• ZONK OUT to fall asleep ...1960s sl.
• Z-OUT to go to bed, to go to sleep ...1969 Amer. dial.
SLEEP - interjections
• BALOO! a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc.
• BALOW! a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLEEP - phrases
• AS MOSS CAUGHT HIS MARE, NAPPING referred to catching someone asleep, hence by surprise ...c1500
• GO TO BEO go to sleep ...1891 Eng. dial.
SLEEPING - nouns
• HORIZONTAL EXERCISE a lying down or sleeping ...World War I navy sl.
• Z-ING snoring, sleeping ...c1965 Amer. dial.
SLEEPING BAG - nouns
• DREAM SACK a sleeping bag ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FARTSACK a sleeping bag; a bedroll; a bunk; a cot; a bed ...1943 Amer. sl., orig. military
• FLEA-BAG a soldier's sleeping bag ...1839 sl.
• NAPSACK a sleeping bag ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SACK a sleeping bag ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNORE SACK a sleeping bag ...1945 US sl.
SLEEPING PILL - nouns
• SLEEPER a sleeping pill ...1961 sl.
• STUM a sleeping pill; a barbiturate tablet or capsule ...M20 US drugs sl.
SLEEPLESS - adjectives
• INSOMNOLENT * sleepless, unable to sleep ...1892
• WAKENSOME easily roused from sleep; sleepless ...1856 Eng. dial.
• WAKERIFE wakeful, sleepless, easily wakened; alert, vigilant ...c1480 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLEEPLESS - nouns, person
• INSOMNOLENT * one who is unable to sleep; a person affected with insomnia ...1892
SLEEPLESS - verbs
• FALL BY ONE'S REST to be sleepless ...Bk1900 Sc.
• VIGILATE †* to be wakeful or sleepless ...1758
SLEEPLESSNESS - nouns
• WAKERIFENESS the state of wakefulness; sleeplessness ...1891 Sc.
SLEEPWALKER - nouns, person
• HYPNOBATE * a sleepwalker ...B1900
• MOONWALKER * a person who sleepwalks ...
• NOCTAMBULIST a person who walks at night, especially in their sleep; a somnambulist ...1731
SLEEPY - see SLEEP adjectives
SLEEPY - nouns, person
• LETHARGY † a lethargic or sleepy person ...1634
• TAMMIE NODDLE a sleepy-headed person ...1972 Sc.
• YAWNEY a stupid, lazy, sleepy person; a fool ...1876 Eng. dial.
SLEEPY - verbs
• HAVE FEATHERS IN THE HAIR to be sleepy ...1940 Amer. dial.
SLEEPY - phrases
• MY EYES DRAWS STRAWS † I am very sleepy ...1790