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SLEET - SLUGGISHNESS
SLEET - nouns
• DIRT rain, snow, or sleet; 'dirty' or stormy weather ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MARL sleet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLEET - verbs
• EESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet ...1845 Sc.
• ESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet ...1845 Sc.
• MARL to sleet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLEEVE - nouns
• ADAM AND EVE a sleeve ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• MANCHE † a sleeve ...1391
• MANICA a sleeve ...1727
SLEIGH - nouns
• BARGE orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY HATCH a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAR † a sleigh or hurdle without wheels ...c1400
• HACK a sleigh ...1937 Amer. dial.
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND - nouns
• GYPSY SWITCH a form of criminal sleight of hand in which a high-denomination note is palmed and swapped for a low-denomination one ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• LEGERDEMAIN sleight of hand; the performance of tricks which by nimble action deceive the eye; jugglery, conjuring tricks ...a1400
• QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning ...1923 Sc.
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND - nouns, person
• LEGERDEMAIN †* a sleight-of-hand performer; a conjurer ...1695
• LEGERDEMAINIST a performer of legerdemain; a conjurer ...a1800
• MUCKER a person who uses sleight-of-hand to cheat at cards ...1996 US sl.
• PALMER one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc.; a cheat who palms cards, dice, etc.; one who practices sleight of hand ...1671
• PALMERY † one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc.; one who practices sleight of hand ...c1290
SLENDER - adjectives
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender ...1651
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• LENYE † thin, slender ...1513 Sc.
• LITTLE slender ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PERGRACIL †* lean, slender ...1623
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAMMENTRAW † tall and slender ...1859 Eng. dial.
• SCALY thin, slender; light ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SKRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• SUBTLE † of small thickness or breadth; thin, slender, fine ...1382
• TANGLE-WISE long and slender ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANGLY long and slender ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TEARY tall, tapering; slender; said of persons and plants ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WABBLE slender, easily shaken ...1866 Sc.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness; tall or long and slender; lanky...1852 sl.
SLENDER - nouns
• LATH anything slender or fragile ...1633
SLENDER - nouns, person
• GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person ...1867 Eng. dial.
• KALE-WORM a term of contempt for a tall, slender person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SCRANK a lean, slender person ...Bk1904 Sc.
SLICE - nouns
• CANTLE † 1. a corner or other portion cut or sliced off; a shiver, a slice ...c1400
2. a thick slice or 'cut' of bread, cheese, meat, or the like ...c1475
• DAGGEN a large piece of anything, as wood, meat, etc.; a lump; a thick slice ...c1836 Sc.
• FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk ...1742 Sc.
• FARDEL a large slice or piece, a lump, esp. of eatables ...1866 Sc.
• GOBBON † a piece, a slice; a gob of slimy material ...LME
• HAWK a portion cut, a slice, a chunk ...1956 Sc.
• LEACH † a slice, as of meat, etc.; a strip ...c1420
• LOUNDER a thick slice; a large piece ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAMMOCK n. a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1520 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• RAND † a strip or long slice ...c1394 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASHER a slice of some foodstuff (not necessarily bacon) ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SCLAFE a thin slice of anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADGE a thick slice of bread, cheese, etc. ...1923 Sc.
SLICE - verbs
• HAGGER to cut, to slice clumsily or unevenly so as to leave a jagged edge; to hack, to mangle ...1866 Sc.
• LEACH † to cut meat, etc. in slices; to slice ...a1400 obs. exc. arch.
• SKICE †* to slice, to cut ...1600
SLICED - adjectives
• LEACHED † sliced; fried in slices ...1461-83
SLICK - adjectives
• SLICK AS A BABY'S ASS very slick ...1969 Amer. sl.
SLIDE - nouns
• SCLOY a slide, a strip of ice for skating on ...1808 Sc.
• SCLY a slide, a strip of ice for skating on ...1808 Sc.
• SCOOCHER a slide down a snow-slope in a squatting position ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOR a slide made on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORE a slide made on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKLOY † a slide; a place where one slides; a sliding motion ...1824 Sc.
• SKLY † a slide; a place where one slides; a sliding motion ...1824 Sc.
SLIDE - verbs
• ADRYLLE †* to slide or slip away ...c1315
• CHASSAY to move in a rapid slide or glide; to move along ...1835 Amer. dial.
• GO FOR A SKATE to slip, to slide ...1955 NZ sl.
• KAREKOYLE to slide in a crouching position ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LABASCATE † to begin to fall or slide ...1727
• OIL OUT OF to slide away as if well-lubricated ...1920s sl.
• PODICATE to slide or move along on one's buttocks ...1853 nonce word
• SCARE to slide on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLOY † to slide ...1802 Sc.
• SCLY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SCOOT to slide, to glide ...1875 Eng. dial.
• SCOR to slide or skate on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORE to slide or skate on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHUCK of something loose or unsteady: to shift, to slide ...1859 Amer. dial.
• SKEET to skate or slide on ice ...1872 Amer. dial.
• SKIRR to slide or skate swiftly ...1811 Eng. dial.
• SKLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIRE to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLOY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLY † to slide ...1802 Sc.
SLIDING - adjectives
• LABANT † sliding, falling down, wavering ...1727
• LABENT † falling, sliding, running, or passing away ...1727
• SLIDDERY † slippery, smooth; sliding, unstable ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLIDING - adverbs
• KATIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KATY-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KITTIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
SLIDING - nouns
• KAREKOYLE a mode of sliding in a crouching position ...1889 Eng. dial.
SLIGHT - adjectives
• EATHLY † inconsiderable, slight, trifling ...c890
• IMMATERIAL * flimsy, slight ...1606
• LEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90
• LIEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90
• SINGLE † slight, poor, trivial ...c1449
SLIGHT - verbs
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GIVE THE GO-AROUND TO to avoid, to evade, to slight ...E20 chiefly US
• GIVE THE GO-BY TO to pass, leave behind, elude, evade, disregard, or slight ...E17
• LACK to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCONCE A WOMAN to jilt or slight her ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCORN to mock, to jeer at; to slight in love ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALK ONE LOW to speak slightingly of ...1930 Amer. dial.
SLIGHTED - verbs
• TAKE THE LACK to be slighted, jilted; used of a lover when he departs suddenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
SLIGHTLY - adverbs
• LITTLE MITE, A somewhat, slightly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NAKEDLY † barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly ...1589 rare or obs.
• RATHERISH somewhat, in a slight degree ...1862 colloq.
• SINGLY † slightly, poorly, ineffectively ...1548
• TAD, A slightly ...1940s sl., orig. US
• WITH A WET FINGER † slightly, superficially ...1586
SLIM - adjectives
• NARROW-ASSED slim, skinny; thus, fig. narrow-minded ...1910s US sl.
• NARROW-GUTTED slim, skinny; thus, fig. narrow-minded ...1910s US sl.
• STREAM-LINE of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
• STREAM-LINED. of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
SLIM - nouns
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
SLIME, SLIMY - nouns
• GOOK 1. slime or oozy dirt ...1945 colloq.
2. any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance ...1945 colloq.
• GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck ...1932 Amer. sl.
• GUCK 1. slime or oozy dirt ...1945 colloq.
2. any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance ...1945 colloq.
• GUNK n. an unidentified and unpleasant substance; any nasty, messy stuff, dirt, slime; any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, etc. ...1932 US sl.
• OOK slimy or viscous material ...1969 sl.
• PADDA-RED green slime formed on stagnant pools in warm weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TODDER slimy gelatinous matter, slime ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TOTHER slimy gelatinous matter. slime ...1881 Eng. dial.
SLIMY - adjectives
• LIMOUS † muddy, slimy ...c1420
• OOKY slimy, viscous ...1964 sl.
• ULIGINOUS of a watery, oozy, or slimy nature ...1576
• VASY † slimy ...1742
• VEASY † slimy ...1742
SLIMY - verbs
• GOOK UP to smear something slimy or sticky on someone ...1950s sl.
SLINGSHOT - nouns
• BEANEY a small slingshot ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BEAN FLIP a slingshot ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BEAN-FLIPPER a slingshot ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BEAN-SHOOTER a slingshot ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BEAN-SNAPPER a slingshot ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER-CHASER (derogatory) a slingshot ...L19 US sl.
• NIGGER-FLIPPER (derogatory) a slingshot ...1889 Amer. dial.
•.NIGGER-KILLER (derogatory) a slingshot ...1961 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER-SHOOTER (derogatory) a slingshot ...1866 Amer. dial.
• SHOT-SLING a slingshot ...c1937 Amer. dial.
SLINK - verbs
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• MEACH to slink, to skulk, to crawl, to cringe, to look ashamed ...1833 Amer. dial.
• MEECH to sneak, to slink, to skulk; to idle stealthily or shamefacedly about; to creep about softly; to cringe; to look ashamed ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SLENCH † to creep or slink away, to sneak ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLY to move or go stealthily; to slink ...E19 Sc. & US
SLINKING - nouns, person
• SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SLIP - see PETTICOAT
SLIP - verbs
• GET A FALL to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• GO FOR A SKATE to slip, to slide ...1955 NZ sl.
• LAPSE † to cause to slip or fall; to draw down ...1664
• SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIDE-SLIP to slip sideways ...1887
• SKITE to slip suddenly ...1871 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAKE A DROP to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• TAKE A FALL to tumble; to slip over ...1950s US sl.
SLIP AWAY - verbs
• BEGLIDE † to slip away from, to escape ...c1300
• ELABE * to slip away ...1837
• MAKE ONESELF SCARCE to slip away, to hide ...L18 sl.
• TO-GLIDE † to glide or slip away or off; to pass away ...a1000
SLIPPER - nouns
• BAFFS bedroom slippers ...1914 Sc.
• BEDROOM SHOE a house slipper ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BED SHOE a house slipper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DANCER CASES shoes, boots, slippers ...Brit. sl.
• DAPS slippers ...L19 army sl.
• JAP FLAPS a slipper or sandal (esp. a rubber one with a toe thong) that flaps against the sole of the foot in walking ...1982 Amer. dial.
• JAPS a slipper or sandal (esp. a rubber one with a toe thong) that flaps against the sole of the foot in walking ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JAP SLAPS a slipper or sandal (esp. a rubber one with a toe thong) that flaps against the sole of the foot in walking ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PAMPOOTEE a kind of slipper or sandal of undressed cow-skin sewn together and tied across the instep; used in the Isles of Aran off the west coast of Ireland ...1881 Irish
• PAMPOOTER a kind of slipper or sandal of undressed cow-skin sewn together and tied across the instep; used in the Isles of Aran off the west coast of Ireland ...1881 Irish
• PAMPOOTIE a kind of slipper or sandal of undressed cow-skin sewn together and tied across the instep; used in the Isles of Aran off the west coast of Ireland ...1881 Irish
• PUSHEENS slippers ...Irish sl.
• PUSHERS slippers ...Irish sl.
• SAFTIE soft carpet or cloth slippers ...1953 Sc.
• SCLAFF a light loose-fitting shoe or slipper; an old worn-down shoe, sometimes used as a slipper ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER a light loose-fitting shoe or slipper; an old worn-down shoe, sometimes used as a slipper ...1882 Sc.
• SCLAT to make a slapping or clapping noise in walking in one's slippers ...1955 Sc.
• SCLIFF an old broken shoe or slipper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF an old broken shoe or slipper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• UGG BOOTS sheepskin boots or slippers ...1990s sl.
• UGGIES sheepskin boots or slippers ...1990s sl.
SLIPPERY - adjectives
• GLIBBERY slippery, smooth ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLIDDERY slippery, smooth ...1869 Eng. dial.
• LABILE † apt to slip away; slippery, unstable ...1623
• LUBRIC having a smooth surface, slippery ...1490 arch.
• SAUCY slippery, difficult for walking ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREEVY slippery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLIDDERY † slippery, smooth; sliding, unstable ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SLIP-SKIN † evasive, slippery ...1641
SLIPSHOD - adjectives
• CADDLING untidy, disorderly, slipshod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAYWIRE poorly equipped or hastily or poorly put together; slipshod, substandard ...1905 Amer. sl., esp. logging
• QUICK-AND-DIRTY slipshod ...1970 colloq.
• SHOOFLY slipshod, shoddy, frivolous ...1927 Amer. dial.
SLIPSHOD - verbs
• SCLATCH to work in a dirty messy manner; to make or construct clumsily or untidily; to use in a slipshod or careless way; to botch ...1808 Sc.
SLIT - adjectives
• BESLITTEN slit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
SLIT - nouns
• KERF the result of cutting; the incision, notch, slit, etc., made by cutting, esp. by a saw ...1523
• LANCE † a cut, incision, slit ...1669
• RACE † a cut, slit, mark, scratch ...c1500
• RASE † a scratch, a cut, a slit ...1579-80
• RASURE † the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit ...1470-85
SLIT - verbs
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• RASE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
SLITHER - verbs
• SCLY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLIRE to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLOY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
SLOB - nouns, person
• SCHLEP(P) an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1947 sl. orig. US
• SHLEPP an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...c1970s Amer. dial.
• SHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SLUMP a slovenly person; a slob ...E20 chiefly Eng. dial.
SLOBBER - verbs
• BLEB to slobber ...Bk1911 Sc.
SLOBBERING - nouns, person
• SLABBER a filthy, slobbering person ...L18
• SLABBERDEGULLION a filthy, slobbering fellow ...E17
SLOPE - adjectives
• DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep ...1799
SLOPE - nouns
• BELL the top of a hill; the highest part of a slope; a knoll ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENT the slope or hollow of a hill, a hillside ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEVEL a slope, a declivity ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DECLENSION the act of declining, or deviating from a vertical or horizontal position; slope, inclination; a declining or sinking into a lower position, as of the sun towards setting ...1640-4
• DECLINATION a leaning, bending, or sloping downwards; slope, inclination from the vertical or horizontal position ...1594
• DECLINE * n. a downward incline, a slope ...1538
• DECLIVITY 1. downward slope or inclination of a hill, etc. ...1612
2. a downward slope ...1695
• FALLING † a depression in the soil; a hollow, declivity, slope ...1563
• HANG a declivity, a slope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HANGING † a steep slope or declivity of a hill ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PALI a steep slope, a precipice ...1833 Hawaii
• SAG a low, often damp, area in relatively flat land; a gentle slope ...1741 Amer. dial.
• SCLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SIDEHILL a hillside, a slope ...1674 Amer. dial.
• SKLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• TERRACE a slope or cliff ...1849 Eng. dial.
• VERSANT tendency to slope or descend; declination ...1859
• YAUP a slope of land ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLOPE - verbs
• ACCLINE †* to incline, or slope towards ...c1420
• CAST † to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant ...1599
• HEALD to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SIDEHILL to cross a steep slope obliquely ...2000 Amer. dial.
SLOPING - adjectives
• ACCLIVE †* rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...a1697
• ACCLIVITOUS rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...1815
• BEZZLE to slope, to bevel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRAEIE hilly; sloping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DECLIVE † sloping downwards ...1635
• DECLIVOUS having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting ...1684
• DECLIVY †* sloping downwards ...1609
• FASTIGIATE sloping up or tapering to a point like a cone or pyramid ...1662
• HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON THE LEAN inclining, sloping ...1850
• RAKING slanting, sloping ...1711
• SIDEHILL sloping ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep ...1611
• TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SLOPPY - adjectives
• RAGGEDY-PANTS inferior; sloppy ...World War I US armed forces usage
• RAUNCHY sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• RONCHIE sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• SAKELESS without sense or gumption; silly, foolish, lacking drive or energy, sloppy, careless ...1820 Sc.
• SCHOOSLICH hasty, clumsy, sloppy, untidy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSELY sloppy, untidy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SLOMMACKY slovenly, sloppy ...20C US colloq.
• SLUSHY sloppy, insipid, trivial ...M19
• SOZZLY messy, sloppy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SLOPPY - nouns, person
• DROOPY-DRAWERS an untidy, sloppy, or depressing person ...1910s sl.
• GRUNGE a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress ...1965 Amer. student sl.
• SLOPDOZZLE a careless person; a sloppy person ...20C US colloq.
SLOPPY - verbs
• SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner ...1935 Amer. dial.
SLOTH (animal) - nouns
• LAZY † the sloth ...1682
• TARDIGRADE a sloth ...1827
SLOTH, SLOTHFULNESS - nouns
• ACCIDIE † sloth, torpor ...c1230
• ACCIDITY † slothfulness ...1731
• GILL LAGGOOSE † a personification of sloth ...1573
• IGNAVY † sluggishness, slowness, sloth ...1543
• OCIVITY †* sloth, laziness, indolence ...1550
• PIGRITUDE † slothfulness, laziness, idleness ...1623
SLOTHFUL - adjectives
• ACCIDIOUS † lazy, slothful ...1731
• DESIDIOSE † idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent ...1727
• DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish ...a1540
• EASEFUL unoccupied, at rest; addicted to ease or indolence; slothful, careless ...1611
• LUSK lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless ...1775
• LUSKISH † inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish ...a1500
• PIGRITIOUS †* slothful ...1638
• RECRAYED †* slothful, lazy ...1340
• SLEUTHFUL † slothful, lazy ...c1400
• THOKISH † slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial.
• THOKY † slothful, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNACTIVE † inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful ...1591
SLOTHFUL - nouns, person
• ANTISOCORDIST †* an opponent of sloth or stupidity ...a1680
• BELLY-GUT a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person ...1540
• DROOL a slow or slothful person ...E19 Sc.
• LITHERBACK † a slothful person ...1577
• LUSK † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
SLOTHFUL - verbs
• MEASEN to be in a dreamy state; to act slothfully; to mope, to fret ...1876 Eng. dial.
SLOUCH - nouns, person
• ZOUCH a slovenly, ungenteel man; one who walks with a slouch ...18C sl.
SLOUCH - verbs
• LARRUP of a woman: to slouch ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LOITER-LOUCH to saunter along, to slouch about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PLOTZ to slouch or lounge around lazily ...1941 US sl.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
SLOUCHING - adjectives
• LAMMOCKING ungainly, clumsy; slouching, loose-limbed ...1863 Eng. dial.
• LOPLOLLY of gait or dress: careless, slouching ...1895 Amer. dial.
SLOVEN, SLOVENLY - nouns, person
• ALLEY BAT a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ASPILL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• BANYEL a slovenly, idle fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESOM a term of reproach or contempt applied to a woman, esp. a woman of loose or slovenly habits ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOMER a person, of either sex, of loose and slovenly habits ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BESSY-BAB(S) a fantastically dressed female; a slovenly, but gaily-attired woman ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLUTTER a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Sc.
• BOBBLE a slovenly fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAGMAG a plain or slovenly woman ...L18 sl.
• CLART a slovenly person; a slatternly woman ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
• DAG an untidy, slovenly person ...20C Aust. sl.
• DALL † a sloven ...1825 Sc.
• DALLACKS a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DILLY-DAW one who is both slovenly and slow ...1814 Sc.
• DOSSY a slovenly woman, a slattern ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DOXY a slovenly woman ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † a slovenly, untidy woman; a slut, a drab ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut ...1581
• ELT a stout, awkwardly-built woman; a slovenly female ...1907 Sc.
• ESPILL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAUBSHITE a filthy and slovenly man ...19C Eng. dial.
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• GRUB an untidy person; a slovenly person, esp. a child ...a1845 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGE a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress ...1965 Amer. student sl.
• HABBLE a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAGGAGE a term of reproach for a woman; an untidy, slatternly, or slovenly woman ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAGMAHUSH an awkward sloven ...1801 Sc.
• HAG-MALL a sloven, a slattern ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAINGLE an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing ...1791 Sc.
• HAIP(S) a sloven ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAISTER a slovenly woman, a trollop ...1825 Sc.
• HAIVEREL an ungainly person; a lounger, a lazy person; a sloven ...1721 Sc.
• HALLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANZIEL an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing ...1791 Sc.
• HASH a wasteful, slovenly person; one who talks nonsense; a fool; a scamp; also, a term of endearment for a boy ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASPAL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Sc.
• HASPILL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• HASTREL a slovenly woman, a trollop ...1825 Sc.
• HAVEREL an ungainly person; a lounger, a lazy person; a sloven ...1721 Sc.
• HAYBAG (derogatory) a slovenly woman; a female hobo or camp follower ...1877 Amer. dial.
• HEAP a term of reproach applied to a slovenly woman ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOG a slovenly person; a grasping person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HUGGERMAGRILLIAN a coarse, slovenly woman ...B1900 Sc.
• HULLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal ...1789 Sc. & Ireland
• JACK A LENT a dirty, slovenly person ...1886 Eng. dial.
• JACK NASTY a term of contempt for a sneak or a sloven ...1857
• LABBER a person whose clothing is wet and draggled; a 'draggle-tail' ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADRONE a sloven, a dirty fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• MAILIN an untidy, slovenly girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANCH a sloven, a slut ...1897 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSEL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSIL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MAWSIE a stout person, esp. a woman; a stupid, slovenly, worthless woman ...1790 Sc.
• MIDDEN a term of contempt for a woman; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLLY PUTZ a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MOOZLES a slow, stupid, slovenly person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• MOPSY † a slatternly, untidy woman; a sloven; a dowdy or homely woman ...a1700
• MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife ...1845 Sc.
• MUCK-HEAP a filthy, slovenly man or woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• NO-COUNT a careless, slovenly woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FART a careless, slovenly woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG any dirty or slovenly person ...20C US colloq.
• RAG BAG (derogatory) a general term, the implication is of unkempt slovenliness ...1920s sl.
• RAG DOLL a slovenly woman ...c1862 sl.
• SCASH † n untidy or slovenly piece of dress; an untidy person, a sloven ...1895 Sc.
• SCLEURACH a person untidy in dress and gait; a sloven, a slattern ...c1850 Sc.
• SHAMMOCK a lazy, slovenly person ..E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLAMMERKIN a dirty, slovenly female; a slattern, a slut ...1785 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness - a fat person ...1861 sl.
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
• SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUMP a fat, slovenly person; a slob ...1906 sl.
• SLUSH a slovenly or dirty person ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SLUT (derogatory) a women of slovenly habits or appearance ...ME
• STREEL a slattern; a slovenly woman ...19C US colloq.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAISTREL a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness ...1825 Sc.
• TAISTRILL a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness ...1825 Sc.
• TAPPY a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl ...1824 Sc.
• TARGLE a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARMANACK a slovenly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASHEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TASSEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TAUPIE a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl ...1824 Sc.
• TAWPIE a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl ...1824 Sc.
• WALIDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1508 Sc.
• WALLIDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1508 Sc.
• WALLIE-TRAGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLOCH-GOUL a female of slovenly appearance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALLYDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1500-20 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAGGLE a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1871 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLY-DREG a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WARB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WAUB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WORB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• YAD a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits, or of a vicious nature ...1787 Sc.
• YADE a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits ...1787 Sc.
• ZOUCH a slovenly, ungenteel man; one who walks with a slouch ...18C sl.
SLOVENLINESS - nouns
• HASHINESS carelessness in dress, slovenliness ...1899 Sc.
• SLAP-DASHERY carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLIPSLOPPINESS carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOP-DASHERY carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOPPINESS carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNPURPOSENESS slovenliness ...Bk1905 Sc.
SLOVENLY - adjectives
• BUNGERLY † unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly ...1580
• DAGGY of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant ...1967 Aust. sl.
• DALLISH slovenly ...1825 Sc.
• DAWDRY slovenly, untidy ...1835 Sc.
• DAWLIE slow; slovenly ...1832 Sc.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † slatternly, slovenly...1611 obs. exc. dial.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HAGEGY untidy, slovenly; loose ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HAGGAGING untidy, slovenly; loose ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAINGLE slovenly, careless ...1825 Sc.
• HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly ...1956 Sc.
• HAISTERIN' careless, slovenly ...1825 Sc.
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HARUM untidy, slovenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASHY slovenly, careless, destructive ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HASKY coarse, dirty, slovenly ...1808 Sc.
• HAUCHLIN slovenly ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAVELESS without resources, shiftless, helpless; careless, slovenly ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOGRY-MOGRY disorderly, in a confused state; untidy, slovenly ...1869 Sc.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY in a confused state, disorderly, untidy, slovenly ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-KEPT slovenly; careless ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KABA-KABA of people: slovenly, ill-kempt, boorish-looking ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LALLOPY lounging, idle, and slovenly in gait or habit ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOOSE-TWISTED slovenly in dress, work, or gait ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAWKINLY slovenly, dirty ...1857 Eng. dial.
• OZELLY slovenly, unkempt ...B1900 Sc.
• RAFFELLY unkempt, slovenly ...1967 Sc.
• SAMMY untidy in dress; slovenly in gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLACKER THAN DISHWATER untidy, dirty, slovenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLAMMERKIN untidy, slovenly ...1794 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLEATHY * slovenly, careless ...1649
• SLIPPETTY-SLOPPETTY untidy, slovenly, slatternly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLOMMACKY slovenly, sloppy ...20C US colloq.
• SLUMMOCKY slovenly, untidy ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUMMY slovenly, careless ...L19
• SLUTTY dirty, slovenly ...LME
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TALLOCKING idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTAWDHERLY tawdry, slovenly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TATSHIE dressed in a slovenly manner ...Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• UDDER-MUCKING untidy, slovenly, dirty, muddling ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPING slatternly, slovenly ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLOVENLY - adverbs
• DAWDERLY slovenly, loosely, out of shape ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE in a slovenly, slatternly manner: applied especially to women's dress ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HASHLY in a slovenly manner ...1721 Sc.
SLOVENLY - nouns
• CAB anything slovenly or untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SKANK a slovenly style of dress, possibly imitative of dishevelled heroin addicts ...1990s Amer. teen sl.
SLOVENLY - verbs
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GO TO THE BAD to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to speak or act without premeditation; to do anything in a careless, slovenly manner ...1805 Sc.
• HASTER to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAYSTER to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAMMIE to do anything in a slovenly manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAB † to dress carelessly or negligently; to be slatternly or slovenly ...1691 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MABBLE † to dress slovenly ...B1900
• SCASH to be slovenly in dress, to wear one's clothes in a careless manner ...1825 Sc.
• WALGAN to go about in an idle, slovenly manner, dressing in too large, slatternly clothing ...1866 Sc.
SLOW - adjectives
• AFTERNOON late in performing any work, procrastinating; dilatory, slow ...1750 Eng. dial.
• BALLOCH slow, reluctant ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CUNCTATIVE * cautiously slow, tardy, dilatory, prone to or causing delay ...1617
• DACKLING slow, dilatory ...1808 Sc.
• DAISKET stupid, dazed, slow ...1880 Sc.
• DAWLIE slow; slovenly ...1832 Sc.
• DOGGY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOZEY dull, slow ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DRAG-ASSED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAGGY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY slow, easy-going; indolent ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIR soft; slow ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUE-FOOTED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD-BOUND slow in action ...1735
• IGNAVE †* slow, sluggish ...1657
• LACKISH slow, backward, reluctant to act ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG lingering or lagging behind; tardy, sluggish, slow, backward ...1726 Sc.
• LAG-FOOT slow in passing ...1892 Ireland
• LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow ...1702
• LAGGIE slow, tardy; lazy ...1897 Sc.
• LAGGING slow-moving, loitering ...1898 Sc.
• LAGGY slow, tardy, lazy, lethargic ...1897 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAISH † slow, slack, tardy ...1700 Sc.
• LAME slow-footed, laggard; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• LAMELY slow, halting ...1885 Sc.
• LATELY † slow ...c1400
• LATESOME † backward; slow, sluggish, late ...a1100 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LATEWARD † late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1538
• LATEWARDLY †* late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1573
• LATREDE †* slow, tardy ...c897
• LAZYBONE slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAD-FOOT slow and laborious in movement ...1896
• LEAD-FOOTED clumsy, bungling, slow ...1957 Amer. sl.
• LENT † slow, sluggish; esp. said of a fire, a fever ...a1400
• LENTITUDINOUS * slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801
• LETSOME † slow, tardy, sluggish ...1647
• LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUMBER-HEELED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MARBEL slow, lazy, reluctant ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MEXICAN of time or events: late, slow, unreliable ...1968
• MONDAY AND TUESDAY slow, steady, careful ...1950s sl.
• MOPEY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSSBACKED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POKEY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• QUICK AS A BEETLE very slow ...1888
• SAUNTERSOME slow, leisurely, unhurried ...1912 Sc.
• SLOW AS ADAM'S OFF-OX extremely slow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SLOW AS A GOPHER, AS very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SLOW AS COLD MOLASSES IN JANUARY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS DEATH slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS SLOW slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS THE ITCH very slow ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SLOW AS THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN A JILL-POKE extremely slow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN DEATH slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOWER THAN GOD'S OFF OX very slow...1958 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN STOCK-STILL extremely slow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN THE ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SLOW-POKY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW-SURE * slow and sure ...1837 poetic
• STICK-IN-THE-MUD slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARDE † slow ...1547
• TARDIGRADE walking or moving slowly; slow-paced ...1623
• TARDIGRADOUS moving slowly ...1658
• TARDILOQUENT †* speaking slowly; slow of speech ...1656
• TARDIOUS †* tardy, slow ...c1580
• TARDY-GAITED moving slowly, slow-paced, sluggish ...1599
• TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome ...1513 Sc.
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THICK IN THE HEAD stupid, dull, slow of comprehension ...1871 Sc.
• THOKISH slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial. obs.
• TIME-TAKING that takes time, leisurely, slow ...1838
• TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOO SLOW TO GROW FAST slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBAIN † slow, inactive ...a1470
• UNBOLD † lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow ...c897
• UNRIFE † slow, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAGONISH slow ...L19 US sl.
SLOW, SLOWNESS - nouns
• FADGE a slow regular motion; a jog-trot ...1873 Eng. dial.
• IGNAVY † sluggishness, slowness, sloth ...1543
• LATENESS † slowness ...c1050 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LATESHIP †* slowness, sluggishness ...a1300
• LENT † slowness, delay ...c1435
• LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness ...1623
• LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness ...a1763
• LOGINESS slowness, lethargy ...1884 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER FEVER (derogatory) a moving about slowly and without energy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SNAIL'S GALLOP an extremely slow pace ...1707
• SULLENNESS † slowness, reluctance ...1619
• TARDITY * slowness of movement or action ...c1450
• TEDIOUSNESS slowness ...1900 Eng. dial.
SLOW - nouns, person
• ADAM'S OFF-OX a slow, stubborn person ...L19 sl.
• DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLY-DAW one who is both slovenly and slow ...1814 Sc.
• DROOL a slow or slothful person ...E19 Sc.
• EVEN a character, always used in a bad sense; a dull, slow, stupid person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HABBLE one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• ICE WAGON a slow-moving person or vehicle ...L19 US sl.
• JACK POKE a listless or slow person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• LAGGINBACK a lazy, idle, slow-moving person ...1859 Eng. dial.
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAGGER a very slow person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIDNIGHT a term of contempt applied to one who is slow or behindhand with work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLASSES a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOOZLES a slow, stupid, slovenly person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• MOPOKE a slow or lugubrious person ...Aust. & NZ sl.
• MR. SLOWCOME a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUTTON-HEAD a slow, stupid fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOSE-PICKING SPEED an extremely slow pace ...1986 US naval aviator usage
• POKE a slowpoke ...1940s Amer. sl.
• POKE-EASY an easygoing person; a lazy, slow person ...1909 Amer dial.
• PUMPKIN HEAD a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce ...1775 Amer.
• SANNOCK a fanciful, dainty person; one who is slow and undecided, or namby-pamby ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUNTER-POKE one of slow habits ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLEEPING JESUS a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLEEPY a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOWBULL a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SNAIL a very slow person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STEP-AND-FETCH-IT a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
• THARF-COMER one who comes slowly and reluctantly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEARY ANN a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WEARY WILLY a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SLOW - verbs
• ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE to be inactive, slow, or lethargic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• ASS ALONG to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH A COLD to be extremely slow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH to be extremely slow ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH to be extremely slow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE to move slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUG ALONG to move about slowly and without energy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COME A-POLING to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOBB ALONG to move along slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOG IT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG ANCHOR to move slowly; to dawdle; to drift mentally; to do less than one's best ...1923 Amer. sl.
• DRAG IT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG ONE'S FREIGHT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG THE ANCHOR to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIFT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE † to be sluggish or lazy and slow in movement ...1598 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUTTLE to be slow in motion, to make little progress in walking ...19C Scot
• DUBB ALONG to move along slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FART ALONG to do something very slowly or without conviction ...1998 US sl.
• GET AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF ONE to move about slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GET NO PLACE FAST to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO A-POLING to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SNAIL'S GALLOP to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE LEAD IN ONE'S BRITCHES to move slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• INCH to move slowly; to encroach ...1690 sl.
• KITE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1851 Amer. dial.
• MOG to move slowly or aimlessly; to trudge; to go ...1890 Amer. dial.
• MOG ALONG to walk, to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly; to depart ...1890 Amer. dial.
• MOGEY to move slowly and without energy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOGG to move slowly or aimlessly; to trudge; to go ...1890 Amer. dial.
• MOGLE to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly ...1892 Amer. dial.
• MOOCH to move slowly or apathetically; to idle about, to loaf ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MOPE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSEY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NANTLE to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD THE ROAD to go on foot; to move or travel slowly ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread ...1847 Eng. dial.
• PLUG ALONG to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PODGE to go slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POKE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POKE-EASY to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUDGE to go slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl ...1747 Eng. dial.
• SHACK to amble along; to go at a slow trot ...1833 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHAMMUCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SLOW-POKE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLUFF ALONG to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEP AND FETCH IT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly ...1827
• WALK AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF ONE to move about slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WANDLE to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
• WANNEL to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
SLOW - phrases
• DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy ...1960 US sl.
• DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy ...1960 US sl.
SLOW DOWN - verbs
• CURB to stop or slow down ...1953 US
SLOW DOWN - interjection
• ARSTY! slowly! slow down! ...L19 army and later Royal Air Force usage
• DON'T BUST YOUR BRITCHES! slow down! ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DON'T GET YOUR TAIL IN A KNOT! slow down! ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DON'T TIE YOUR BRITCHES UP! slow down! ...1965 Amer. dial.
SLOWER - adjectives
• LATTER † slower ...c1000
SLOWLY - adverbs
• AT A SNAIL'S GALLOP slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD-ALIVE extremely slowly ...1971 Trinidad and Tobago
• DEAD SLOW slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASILY without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly ...1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEAVY with laborious movement; slowly, sluggishly; laboriously ...1701
• JOG-TROTTY slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner ...1835 Sc.
• LATE † slowly ...c1000
• LATELY † slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly ...c1000
• LATTER † more slowly ...c1050
• LENTLY †* slowly ...1654-66
• LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF of a person's manner of action: slowly, lethargically ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAN-MAN slowly, gradually, little by little ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• SLOW-POKY. slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARDE † slowly ...1597
• THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YALTIE † slowly ...Bk1905 Sc.
SLOWLY - phrases
• ASAP as slowly as possible ...2002 Can. sl.
SLOW-WITTED - adjectives
• BIRD-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1922 sl.
• BONE-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1903 sl., orig. US
• CLUELESS foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1943 sl.
• DAFTISH somewhat slow of intellect, stupid ...1845 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DARK stupid, slow-witted, ignorant ...a1660 sl.
• DAW-DAW slow-witted ...c1950 colloq.
• DAW-YAW slow-witted ...c1950 colloq.
• DIM foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1892 sl.
• DIM-WITTED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1940 sl.
• DOPEY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1903 sl.. orig. US
• DOPY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1903 sl., orig. US
• DOZEY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1924 Brit. sl.
• DOZY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1924 Brit. sl.
• DUMB foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1823 sl.
• DUMB-ASSED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1957 US sl.
• FAT slow-witted, indolent, self-complacent ...1588
• GORMLESS foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...c1746 sl.
• IDLE-MINDED slow-witted; wandering in mind; dull and stupid ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAME-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• LEATHER-HEADED stupid, foolish, slow-witted ...a1668
• MEAT-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• MULLET-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1857 US sl.
• MUTTON-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1768 sl.
• PEA-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1950 sl.
• SHORT-MINDED slow-witted ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• THICK foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...a1800 sl.
• ZOMBIED OUT slow-witted ...1940s sl.
SLOW-WITTED - nouns, person
• AARDVARK a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; an oaf; a fool ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BIRD-BRAIN a slow-witted person ...1933 sl.
• BONE-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1908 sl., orig. US
• CABOOSE a slow-witted person ...1920s US sl.
• CLOD a slow-witted person ...1605
• DIMWIT a slow-witted person ...1922 sl., orig. US
• JOE SOAP a slow-witted or ordinary person
• LAME-BRAIN a slow-witted person ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• LUNK a slow-witted person ...1867 sl., orig. US
• LUNK-HEAD. a slow-witted person ...1884 sl., orig. US
• MEAT-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1945 sl., chiefly US
• MULLET-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1857 US sl.
• MUTT a slow-witted person ...1901 sl., orig. US
• MUTT AND JEFF a pair of slow-witted men, esp. one tall and one short ...1917 sl.
• MUTTON-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1803 sl., orig. US
• OAF a large, slow-witted, clumsy person ...1902 sl.
• OAFO a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout ...1959 sl.
• PRUNE a slow-witted person; a simpleton; one easily duped ... c1900 Amer. sl.
• SAFT DUD an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person ...1894 Sc.
• SPARROW-BRAIN a slow-witted person ...1930 sl.
• TAMMIE NORRIE. a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person ...1701 Sc.
• TAM-O'-NORRIE a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person ...1701 Sc.
• WOODENTOP a slow-witted person ...1983 Brit. sl.
• ZOMBIE a dullard; a slow-witted person ...1936 sl.
SLUG - nouns
• DEW-SNAIL the large black slug ...1736 Eng. dial.
• NAKED SNAIL a slug ...1750 Eng. dial.
SLUGGARD - nouns, person
• BARLEY-BUMP a sluggard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAYNARD † a lazy fellow, a sluggard; a worthless fellow, a rascal, a scoundrel; a term of reproach ...1303
• DAW a lazy, good-for-nothing person; a sluggard ...c1460
• DAWKIN a sluggard ...19C Eng. dial.
• IDLE BELLIES † indolent sluggards or gluttons ...a1300
• KAYNARD † a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal ...1782
• LAZY-BACK † a sluggard ...1611
• LIE-ABED one who lies late in bed; a late riser; a sluggard ...1764
• LUSK † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUSKIN †* an idle or lazy fellow; a sluggard ...1593
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
• SLOW-BELLY a lazy, idle, or indolent person; a sluggard, a laggard ...1607
• SLUCKATRICE † a sluggard ...1825 Eng. dial.
SLUGGISH - adjectives
• DEAD-LIVERED dead-alive; stupid, dull, sluggish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DESIDIOSE † idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent ...1727
• DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish ...a1540
• DOPEY sluggish or befuddled from or as from the use of narcotics or alcohol ...1895 Amer.
• DRONISH living on another's labour; indolent, sluggish ...L16
• DRONY sluggish ...L18
• FAINT † avoiding exertion, shirking, lazy, sluggish ...c1325
• IGNAVE †* slow, sluggish ...1657
• INERGETICAL †* without energy; sluggish, inactive ...L17
• JACENT † lying; recumbent; fig. sluggish ...1611
• KEEADISH sluggish; unwilling, disinclined ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LAG lingering or lagging behind; tardy, sluggish, slow, backward ...1726 Sc.
• LARBAL † lazy, sluggish ...1825 Sc.
• LATESOME † backward; slow, sluggish, late ...a1100 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENT slow, sluggish; esp. said of a fire, a fever ...a1400 obs.
• LENTITUDINOUS * slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801
• LETSOME † slow, tardy, sluggish ...1647
• LOGGISH †* heavy, sluggish ...1642
• LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUSK lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless ...1775
• LUSKISH † inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish ...a1500
• POKEY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• SATURNINE sluggish, cold, and gloomy in temperament; melancholy ...1433
• SLOWBACK † sluggish, laggard ...1619
• TARDIGRADE sluggish in thought or action; unprogressive; slow-going ...1883
• TARDIGRADOUS of people or animals: sluggish ...1866
• TARDIOUS †* tardy, sluggish ...c1580
• TARDY-GAITED moving slowly, slow-paced, sluggish ...1599
• THOKISH slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial. obs.
• THOKY † slothful, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOWLIE † listless, sluggish ...1791 Sc.
• UNACTIVE † inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful ...1591
• UNRIFE † slow, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE inert, limp, feeble, weak, sluggish ...1847 Sc.
SLUGGISH - nouns, person
• BOWBERT † a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Sc.
• DRUMBLE † a dull, inactive person; an inert or sluggish person; a worn-out person or horse ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLEDORE a heavy, sluggish, stupid fellow ...1881
• LOBCOCK † a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLL-POOP † literally, one who is sluggish in the stern; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggish lounger ...1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
• SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler ...1882 Eng. dial.
SLUGGISH - verbs
• DOWF to be or make dull or sluggish ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRONE to act in a sluggish or indolent manner ...E16
• DRUMBLE † to be sluggish or lazy and slow in movement ...1598 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLUGGISHLY - adverbs
• BACKWARDLY reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly ...1580
• HEAVY with laborious movement; slowly, sluggishly; laboriously ...1701
• LATELY † slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly ...c1000
SLUGGISHNESS - nouns
• BACKWARDNESS reluctance, disinclination; slowness of conception or action, sluggishness; bashfulness ...1597
• FAINTNESS † dejection, timorousness; inertness, sluggishness ...1398
• IGNAVY † sluggishness, slowness, sloth ...1543
• LATESHIP †* slowness, sluggishness ...a1300
• LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness ...1623
• LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness ...a1763
• TARDITUDE * slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness ...1794
• THOWLESSNESS want of energy, sluggishness ...1885 Sc.
• DIRT rain, snow, or sleet; 'dirty' or stormy weather ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MARL sleet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLEET - verbs
• EESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet ...1845 Sc.
• ESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet ...1845 Sc.
• MARL to sleet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLEEVE - nouns
• ADAM AND EVE a sleeve ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• MANCHE † a sleeve ...1391
• MANICA a sleeve ...1727
SLEIGH - nouns
• BARGE orig. a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people; now also a bus, esp. a school bus ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY HATCH a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAR † a sleigh or hurdle without wheels ...c1400
• HACK a sleigh ...1937 Amer. dial.
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND - nouns
• GYPSY SWITCH a form of criminal sleight of hand in which a high-denomination note is palmed and swapped for a low-denomination one ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• LEGERDEMAIN sleight of hand; the performance of tricks which by nimble action deceive the eye; jugglery, conjuring tricks ...a1400
• QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning ...1923 Sc.
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND - nouns, person
• LEGERDEMAIN †* a sleight-of-hand performer; a conjurer ...1695
• LEGERDEMAINIST a performer of legerdemain; a conjurer ...a1800
• MUCKER a person who uses sleight-of-hand to cheat at cards ...1996 US sl.
• PALMER one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc.; a cheat who palms cards, dice, etc.; one who practices sleight of hand ...1671
• PALMERY † one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc.; one who practices sleight of hand ...c1290
SLENDER - adjectives
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• EXIGUOUS scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender ...1651
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• LENYE † thin, slender ...1513 Sc.
• LITTLE slender ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PERGRACIL †* lean, slender ...1623
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAMMENTRAW † tall and slender ...1859 Eng. dial.
• SCALY thin, slender; light ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SKRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• SUBTLE † of small thickness or breadth; thin, slender, fine ...1382
• TANGLE-WISE long and slender ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANGLY long and slender ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TEARY tall, tapering; slender; said of persons and plants ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WABBLE slender, easily shaken ...1866 Sc.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness; tall or long and slender; lanky...1852 sl.
SLENDER - nouns
• LATH anything slender or fragile ...1633
SLENDER - nouns, person
• GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person ...1867 Eng. dial.
• KALE-WORM a term of contempt for a tall, slender person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SCRANK a lean, slender person ...Bk1904 Sc.
SLICE - nouns
• CANTLE † 1. a corner or other portion cut or sliced off; a shiver, a slice ...c1400
2. a thick slice or 'cut' of bread, cheese, meat, or the like ...c1475
• DAGGEN a large piece of anything, as wood, meat, etc.; a lump; a thick slice ...c1836 Sc.
• FANG a slice, a large piece cut off from something, usually of food, and esp. of cheese; a chunk ...1742 Sc.
• FARDEL a large slice or piece, a lump, esp. of eatables ...1866 Sc.
• GOBBON † a piece, a slice; a gob of slimy material ...LME
• HAWK a portion cut, a slice, a chunk ...1956 Sc.
• LEACH † a slice, as of meat, etc.; a strip ...c1420
• LOUNDER a thick slice; a large piece ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAMMOCK n. a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1520 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice ...1816 Eng. dial.
• RAND † a strip or long slice ...c1394 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASHER a slice of some foodstuff (not necessarily bacon) ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SCLAFE a thin slice of anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADGE a thick slice of bread, cheese, etc. ...1923 Sc.
SLICE - verbs
• HAGGER to cut, to slice clumsily or unevenly so as to leave a jagged edge; to hack, to mangle ...1866 Sc.
• LEACH † to cut meat, etc. in slices; to slice ...a1400 obs. exc. arch.
• SKICE †* to slice, to cut ...1600
SLICED - adjectives
• LEACHED † sliced; fried in slices ...1461-83
SLICK - adjectives
• SLICK AS A BABY'S ASS very slick ...1969 Amer. sl.
SLIDE - nouns
• SCLOY a slide, a strip of ice for skating on ...1808 Sc.
• SCLY a slide, a strip of ice for skating on ...1808 Sc.
• SCOOCHER a slide down a snow-slope in a squatting position ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOR a slide made on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORE a slide made on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKLOY † a slide; a place where one slides; a sliding motion ...1824 Sc.
• SKLY † a slide; a place where one slides; a sliding motion ...1824 Sc.
SLIDE - verbs
• ADRYLLE †* to slide or slip away ...c1315
• CHASSAY to move in a rapid slide or glide; to move along ...1835 Amer. dial.
• GO FOR A SKATE to slip, to slide ...1955 NZ sl.
• KAREKOYLE to slide in a crouching position ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LABASCATE † to begin to fall or slide ...1727
• OIL OUT OF to slide away as if well-lubricated ...1920s sl.
• PODICATE to slide or move along on one's buttocks ...1853 nonce word
• SCARE to slide on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLOY † to slide ...1802 Sc.
• SCLY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SCOOT to slide, to glide ...1875 Eng. dial.
• SCOR to slide or skate on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORE to slide or skate on the ice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHUCK of something loose or unsteady: to shift, to slide ...1859 Amer. dial.
• SKEET to skate or slide on ice ...1872 Amer. dial.
• SKIRR to slide or skate swiftly ...1811 Eng. dial.
• SKLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIRE to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLOY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLY † to slide ...1802 Sc.
SLIDING - adjectives
• LABANT † sliding, falling down, wavering ...1727
• LABENT † falling, sliding, running, or passing away ...1727
• SLIDDERY † slippery, smooth; sliding, unstable ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLIDING - adverbs
• KATIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KATY-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KITTIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
SLIDING - nouns
• KAREKOYLE a mode of sliding in a crouching position ...1889 Eng. dial.
SLIGHT - adjectives
• EATHLY † inconsiderable, slight, trifling ...c890
• IMMATERIAL * flimsy, slight ...1606
• LEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90
• LIEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble ...1481-90
• SINGLE † slight, poor, trivial ...c1449
SLIGHT - verbs
• FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore...1942 Amer. sl.
• GIVE THE GO-AROUND TO to avoid, to evade, to slight ...E20 chiefly US
• GIVE THE GO-BY TO to pass, leave behind, elude, evade, disregard, or slight ...E17
• LACK to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCONCE A WOMAN to jilt or slight her ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCORN to mock, to jeer at; to slight in love ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALK ONE LOW to speak slightingly of ...1930 Amer. dial.
SLIGHTED - verbs
• TAKE THE LACK to be slighted, jilted; used of a lover when he departs suddenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
SLIGHTLY - adverbs
• LITTLE MITE, A somewhat, slightly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• NAKEDLY † barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly ...1589 rare or obs.
• RATHERISH somewhat, in a slight degree ...1862 colloq.
• SINGLY † slightly, poorly, ineffectively ...1548
• TAD, A slightly ...1940s sl., orig. US
• WITH A WET FINGER † slightly, superficially ...1586
SLIM - adjectives
• NARROW-ASSED slim, skinny; thus, fig. narrow-minded ...1910s US sl.
• NARROW-GUTTED slim, skinny; thus, fig. narrow-minded ...1910s US sl.
• STREAM-LINE of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
• STREAM-LINED. of persons: slim and graceful ...c1932
SLIM - nouns
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
SLIME, SLIMY - nouns
• GOOK 1. slime or oozy dirt ...1945 colloq.
2. any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance ...1945 colloq.
• GOONK dirt; slime; oily grime; muck ...1932 Amer. sl.
• GUCK 1. slime or oozy dirt ...1945 colloq.
2. any oozy, sticky, or slimy substance ...1945 colloq.
• GUNK n. an unidentified and unpleasant substance; any nasty, messy stuff, dirt, slime; any sticky, viscous liquid, esp. hair tonic, cosmetics, lubricants, etc. ...1932 US sl.
• OOK slimy or viscous material ...1969 sl.
• PADDA-RED green slime formed on stagnant pools in warm weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TODDER slimy gelatinous matter, slime ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TOTHER slimy gelatinous matter. slime ...1881 Eng. dial.
SLIMY - adjectives
• LIMOUS † muddy, slimy ...c1420
• OOKY slimy, viscous ...1964 sl.
• ULIGINOUS of a watery, oozy, or slimy nature ...1576
• VASY † slimy ...1742
• VEASY † slimy ...1742
SLIMY - verbs
• GOOK UP to smear something slimy or sticky on someone ...1950s sl.
SLINGSHOT - nouns
• BEANEY a small slingshot ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BEAN FLIP a slingshot ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BEAN-FLIPPER a slingshot ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BEAN-SHOOTER a slingshot ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BEAN-SNAPPER a slingshot ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER-CHASER (derogatory) a slingshot ...L19 US sl.
• NIGGER-FLIPPER (derogatory) a slingshot ...1889 Amer. dial.
•.NIGGER-KILLER (derogatory) a slingshot ...1961 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER-SHOOTER (derogatory) a slingshot ...1866 Amer. dial.
• SHOT-SLING a slingshot ...c1937 Amer. dial.
SLINK - verbs
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• MEACH to slink, to skulk, to crawl, to cringe, to look ashamed ...1833 Amer. dial.
• MEECH to sneak, to slink, to skulk; to idle stealthily or shamefacedly about; to creep about softly; to cringe; to look ashamed ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SLENCH † to creep or slink away, to sneak ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLY to move or go stealthily; to slink ...E19 Sc. & US
SLINKING - nouns, person
• SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SLIP - see PETTICOAT
SLIP - verbs
• GET A FALL to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• GO FOR A SKATE to slip, to slide ...1955 NZ sl.
• LAPSE † to cause to slip or fall; to draw down ...1664
• SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIDE-SLIP to slip sideways ...1887
• SKITE to slip suddenly ...1871 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLEET to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAKE A DROP to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• TAKE A FALL to tumble; to slip over ...1950s US sl.
SLIP AWAY - verbs
• BEGLIDE † to slip away from, to escape ...c1300
• ELABE * to slip away ...1837
• MAKE ONESELF SCARCE to slip away, to hide ...L18 sl.
• TO-GLIDE † to glide or slip away or off; to pass away ...a1000
SLIPPER - nouns
• BAFFS bedroom slippers ...1914 Sc.
• BEDROOM SHOE a house slipper ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BED SHOE a house slipper ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DANCER CASES shoes, boots, slippers ...Brit. sl.
• DAPS slippers ...L19 army sl.
• JAP FLAPS a slipper or sandal (esp. a rubber one with a toe thong) that flaps against the sole of the foot in walking ...1982 Amer. dial.
• JAPS a slipper or sandal (esp. a rubber one with a toe thong) that flaps against the sole of the foot in walking ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JAP SLAPS a slipper or sandal (esp. a rubber one with a toe thong) that flaps against the sole of the foot in walking ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PAMPOOTEE a kind of slipper or sandal of undressed cow-skin sewn together and tied across the instep; used in the Isles of Aran off the west coast of Ireland ...1881 Irish
• PAMPOOTER a kind of slipper or sandal of undressed cow-skin sewn together and tied across the instep; used in the Isles of Aran off the west coast of Ireland ...1881 Irish
• PAMPOOTIE a kind of slipper or sandal of undressed cow-skin sewn together and tied across the instep; used in the Isles of Aran off the west coast of Ireland ...1881 Irish
• PUSHEENS slippers ...Irish sl.
• PUSHERS slippers ...Irish sl.
• SAFTIE soft carpet or cloth slippers ...1953 Sc.
• SCLAFF a light loose-fitting shoe or slipper; an old worn-down shoe, sometimes used as a slipper ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER a light loose-fitting shoe or slipper; an old worn-down shoe, sometimes used as a slipper ...1882 Sc.
• SCLAT to make a slapping or clapping noise in walking in one's slippers ...1955 Sc.
• SCLIFF an old broken shoe or slipper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLIFF an old broken shoe or slipper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• UGG BOOTS sheepskin boots or slippers ...1990s sl.
• UGGIES sheepskin boots or slippers ...1990s sl.
SLIPPERY - adjectives
• GLIBBERY slippery, smooth ...1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLIDDERY slippery, smooth ...1869 Eng. dial.
• LABILE † apt to slip away; slippery, unstable ...1623
• LUBRIC having a smooth surface, slippery ...1490 arch.
• SAUCY slippery, difficult for walking ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREEVY slippery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLIDDERY † slippery, smooth; sliding, unstable ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SLIP-SKIN † evasive, slippery ...1641
SLIPSHOD - adjectives
• CADDLING untidy, disorderly, slipshod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAYWIRE poorly equipped or hastily or poorly put together; slipshod, substandard ...1905 Amer. sl., esp. logging
• QUICK-AND-DIRTY slipshod ...1970 colloq.
• SHOOFLY slipshod, shoddy, frivolous ...1927 Amer. dial.
SLIPSHOD - verbs
• SCLATCH to work in a dirty messy manner; to make or construct clumsily or untidily; to use in a slipshod or careless way; to botch ...1808 Sc.
SLIT - adjectives
• BESLITTEN slit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
SLIT - nouns
• KERF the result of cutting; the incision, notch, slit, etc., made by cutting, esp. by a saw ...1523
• LANCE † a cut, incision, slit ...1669
• RACE † a cut, slit, mark, scratch ...c1500
• RASE † a scratch, a cut, a slit ...1579-80
• RASURE † the act of scraping or shaving; a scratch, mark, cut, slit ...1470-85
SLIT - verbs
• LAUNCH † to pierce, to wound; to cut, to slit; to make a wound by piercing ...c1400
• RASE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
SLITHER - verbs
• SCLY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLIRE to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
• SKLOY to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice ...1802 Sc.
SLOB - nouns, person
• SCHLEP(P) an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1947 sl. orig. US
• SHLEPP an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...c1970s Amer. dial.
• SHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SLUMP a slovenly person; a slob ...E20 chiefly Eng. dial.
SLOBBER - verbs
• BLEB to slobber ...Bk1911 Sc.
SLOBBERING - nouns, person
• SLABBER a filthy, slobbering person ...L18
• SLABBERDEGULLION a filthy, slobbering fellow ...E17
SLOPE - adjectives
• DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep ...1799
SLOPE - nouns
• BELL the top of a hill; the highest part of a slope; a knoll ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENT the slope or hollow of a hill, a hillside ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEVEL a slope, a declivity ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DECLENSION the act of declining, or deviating from a vertical or horizontal position; slope, inclination; a declining or sinking into a lower position, as of the sun towards setting ...1640-4
• DECLINATION a leaning, bending, or sloping downwards; slope, inclination from the vertical or horizontal position ...1594
• DECLINE * n. a downward incline, a slope ...1538
• DECLIVITY 1. downward slope or inclination of a hill, etc. ...1612
2. a downward slope ...1695
• FALLING † a depression in the soil; a hollow, declivity, slope ...1563
• HANG a declivity, a slope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HANGING † a steep slope or declivity of a hill ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PALI a steep slope, a precipice ...1833 Hawaii
• SAG a low, often damp, area in relatively flat land; a gentle slope ...1741 Amer. dial.
• SCLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SIDEHILL a hillside, a slope ...1674 Amer. dial.
• SKLENT a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• TERRACE a slope or cliff ...1849 Eng. dial.
• VERSANT tendency to slope or descend; declination ...1859
• YAUP a slope of land ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SLOPE - verbs
• ACCLINE †* to incline, or slope towards ...c1420
• CAST † to have an inclination; to incline, to slope, to slant ...1599
• HEALD to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SIDEHILL to cross a steep slope obliquely ...2000 Amer. dial.
SLOPING - adjectives
• ACCLIVE †* rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...a1697
• ACCLIVITOUS rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...1815
• BEZZLE to slope, to bevel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRAEIE hilly; sloping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DECLIVE † sloping downwards ...1635
• DECLIVOUS having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting ...1684
• DECLIVY †* sloping downwards ...1609
• FASTIGIATE sloping up or tapering to a point like a cone or pyramid ...1662
• HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON THE LEAN inclining, sloping ...1850
• RAKING slanting, sloping ...1711
• SIDEHILL sloping ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep ...1611
• TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SLOPPY - adjectives
• RAGGEDY-PANTS inferior; sloppy ...World War I US armed forces usage
• RAUNCHY sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• RONCHIE sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• SAKELESS without sense or gumption; silly, foolish, lacking drive or energy, sloppy, careless ...1820 Sc.
• SCHOOSLICH hasty, clumsy, sloppy, untidy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSELY sloppy, untidy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SLOMMACKY slovenly, sloppy ...20C US colloq.
• SLUSHY sloppy, insipid, trivial ...M19
• SOZZLY messy, sloppy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SLOPPY - nouns, person
• DROOPY-DRAWERS an untidy, sloppy, or depressing person ...1910s sl.
• GRUNGE a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress ...1965 Amer. student sl.
• SLOPDOZZLE a careless person; a sloppy person ...20C US colloq.
SLOPPY - verbs
• SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner ...1935 Amer. dial.
SLOTH (animal) - nouns
• LAZY † the sloth ...1682
• TARDIGRADE a sloth ...1827
SLOTH, SLOTHFULNESS - nouns
• ACCIDIE † sloth, torpor ...c1230
• ACCIDITY † slothfulness ...1731
• GILL LAGGOOSE † a personification of sloth ...1573
• IGNAVY † sluggishness, slowness, sloth ...1543
• OCIVITY †* sloth, laziness, indolence ...1550
• PIGRITUDE † slothfulness, laziness, idleness ...1623
SLOTHFUL - adjectives
• ACCIDIOUS † lazy, slothful ...1731
• DESIDIOSE † idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent ...1727
• DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish ...a1540
• EASEFUL unoccupied, at rest; addicted to ease or indolence; slothful, careless ...1611
• LUSK lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless ...1775
• LUSKISH † inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish ...a1500
• PIGRITIOUS †* slothful ...1638
• RECRAYED †* slothful, lazy ...1340
• SLEUTHFUL † slothful, lazy ...c1400
• THOKISH † slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial.
• THOKY † slothful, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNACTIVE † inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful ...1591
SLOTHFUL - nouns, person
• ANTISOCORDIST †* an opponent of sloth or stupidity ...a1680
• BELLY-GUT a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person ...1540
• DROOL a slow or slothful person ...E19 Sc.
• LITHERBACK † a slothful person ...1577
• LUSK † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
SLOTHFUL - verbs
• MEASEN to be in a dreamy state; to act slothfully; to mope, to fret ...1876 Eng. dial.
SLOUCH - nouns, person
• ZOUCH a slovenly, ungenteel man; one who walks with a slouch ...18C sl.
SLOUCH - verbs
• LARRUP of a woman: to slouch ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LOITER-LOUCH to saunter along, to slouch about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PLOTZ to slouch or lounge around lazily ...1941 US sl.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
SLOUCHING - adjectives
• LAMMOCKING ungainly, clumsy; slouching, loose-limbed ...1863 Eng. dial.
• LOPLOLLY of gait or dress: careless, slouching ...1895 Amer. dial.
SLOVEN, SLOVENLY - nouns, person
• ALLEY BAT a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ASPILL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• BANYEL a slovenly, idle fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESOM a term of reproach or contempt applied to a woman, esp. a woman of loose or slovenly habits ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOMER a person, of either sex, of loose and slovenly habits ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BESSY-BAB(S) a fantastically dressed female; a slovenly, but gaily-attired woman ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLUTTER a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Sc.
• BOBBLE a slovenly fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAGMAG a plain or slovenly woman ...L18 sl.
• CLART a slovenly person; a slatternly woman ...E19 Eng. dial.
• CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
• DAG an untidy, slovenly person ...20C Aust. sl.
• DALL † a sloven ...1825 Sc.
• DALLACKS a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DILLY-DAW one who is both slovenly and slow ...1814 Sc.
• DOSSY a slovenly woman, a slattern ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DOXY a slovenly woman ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † a slovenly, untidy woman; a slut, a drab ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DROSSEL † a dirty girl or woman; an idle wench; a sloven, a slattern, a slut ...1581
• ELT a stout, awkwardly-built woman; a slovenly female ...1907 Sc.
• ESPILL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAUBSHITE a filthy and slovenly man ...19C Eng. dial.
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• GRUB an untidy person; a slovenly person, esp. a child ...a1845 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGE a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress ...1965 Amer. student sl.
• HABBLE a lout, a coarse or uncouth person; one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAGGAGE a term of reproach for a woman; an untidy, slatternly, or slovenly woman ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAGMAHUSH an awkward sloven ...1801 Sc.
• HAG-MALL a sloven, a slattern ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAINGLE an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing ...1791 Sc.
• HAIP(S) a sloven ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAISTER a slovenly woman, a trollop ...1825 Sc.
• HAIVEREL an ungainly person; a lounger, a lazy person; a sloven ...1721 Sc.
• HALLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANZIEL an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing ...1791 Sc.
• HASH a wasteful, slovenly person; one who talks nonsense; a fool; a scamp; also, a term of endearment for a boy ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASPAL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Sc.
• HASPILL a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• HASTREL a slovenly woman, a trollop ...1825 Sc.
• HAVEREL an ungainly person; a lounger, a lazy person; a sloven ...1721 Sc.
• HAYBAG (derogatory) a slovenly woman; a female hobo or camp follower ...1877 Amer. dial.
• HEAP a term of reproach applied to a slovenly woman ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOG a slovenly person; a grasping person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HUGGERMAGRILLIAN a coarse, slovenly woman ...B1900 Sc.
• HULLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal ...1789 Sc. & Ireland
• JACK A LENT a dirty, slovenly person ...1886 Eng. dial.
• JACK NASTY a term of contempt for a sneak or a sloven ...1857
• LABBER a person whose clothing is wet and draggled; a 'draggle-tail' ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LADRONE a sloven, a dirty fellow ...B1900 Sc.
• MAILIN an untidy, slovenly girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANCH a sloven, a slut ...1897 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSEL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSIL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MAWSIE a stout person, esp. a woman; a stupid, slovenly, worthless woman ...1790 Sc.
• MIDDEN a term of contempt for a woman; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOLLY PUTZ a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MOOZLES a slow, stupid, slovenly person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• MOPSY † a slatternly, untidy woman; a sloven; a dowdy or homely woman ...a1700
• MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife ...1845 Sc.
• MUCK-HEAP a filthy, slovenly man or woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• NO-COUNT a careless, slovenly woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FART a careless, slovenly woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG any dirty or slovenly person ...20C US colloq.
• RAG BAG (derogatory) a general term, the implication is of unkempt slovenliness ...1920s sl.
• RAG DOLL a slovenly woman ...c1862 sl.
• SCASH † n untidy or slovenly piece of dress; an untidy person, a sloven ...1895 Sc.
• SCLEURACH a person untidy in dress and gait; a sloven, a slattern ...c1850 Sc.
• SHAMMOCK a lazy, slovenly person ..E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLAMMERKIN a dirty, slovenly female; a slattern, a slut ...1785 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness - a fat person ...1861 sl.
• SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch ...a1616
• SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUMP a fat, slovenly person; a slob ...1906 sl.
• SLUSH a slovenly or dirty person ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SLUT (derogatory) a women of slovenly habits or appearance ...ME
• STREEL a slattern; a slovenly woman ...19C US colloq.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAISTREL a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness ...1825 Sc.
• TAISTRILL a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness ...1825 Sc.
• TAPPY a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl ...1824 Sc.
• TARGLE a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARMANACK a slovenly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASHEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TASSEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TAUPIE a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl ...1824 Sc.
• TAWPIE a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl ...1824 Sc.
• WALIDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1508 Sc.
• WALLIDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1508 Sc.
• WALLIE-TRAGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLOCH-GOUL a female of slovenly appearance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WALLYDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1500-20 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAGGLE a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1871 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WALLY-DREG a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman; a wastrel; a wanderer ...1790 Sc.
• WARB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WAUB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WORB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• YAD a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits, or of a vicious nature ...1787 Sc.
• YADE a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits ...1787 Sc.
• ZOUCH a slovenly, ungenteel man; one who walks with a slouch ...18C sl.
SLOVENLINESS - nouns
• HASHINESS carelessness in dress, slovenliness ...1899 Sc.
• SLAP-DASHERY carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLIPSLOPPINESS carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOP-DASHERY carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOPPINESS carelessness, slovenliness ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNPURPOSENESS slovenliness ...Bk1905 Sc.
SLOVENLY - adjectives
• BUNGERLY † unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly ...1580
• DAGGY of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant ...1967 Aust. sl.
• DALLISH slovenly ...1825 Sc.
• DAWDRY slovenly, untidy ...1835 Sc.
• DAWLIE slow; slovenly ...1832 Sc.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † slatternly, slovenly...1611 obs. exc. dial.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HAGEGY untidy, slovenly; loose ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HAGGAGING untidy, slovenly; loose ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAINGLE slovenly, careless ...1825 Sc.
• HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly ...1956 Sc.
• HAISTERIN' careless, slovenly ...1825 Sc.
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HARUM untidy, slovenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASHY slovenly, careless, destructive ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HASKY coarse, dirty, slovenly ...1808 Sc.
• HAUCHLIN slovenly ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAVELESS without resources, shiftless, helpless; careless, slovenly ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOGRY-MOGRY disorderly, in a confused state; untidy, slovenly ...1869 Sc.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY in a confused state, disorderly, untidy, slovenly ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-KEPT slovenly; careless ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KABA-KABA of people: slovenly, ill-kempt, boorish-looking ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LALLOPY lounging, idle, and slovenly in gait or habit ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOOSE-TWISTED slovenly in dress, work, or gait ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAWKINLY slovenly, dirty ...1857 Eng. dial.
• OZELLY slovenly, unkempt ...B1900 Sc.
• RAFFELLY unkempt, slovenly ...1967 Sc.
• SAMMY untidy in dress; slovenly in gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLACKER THAN DISHWATER untidy, dirty, slovenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLAMMERKIN untidy, slovenly ...1794 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLEATHY * slovenly, careless ...1649
• SLIPPETTY-SLOPPETTY untidy, slovenly, slatternly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLOMMACKY slovenly, sloppy ...20C US colloq.
• SLUMMOCKY slovenly, untidy ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUMMY slovenly, careless ...L19
• SLUTTY dirty, slovenly ...LME
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TALLOCKING idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTAWDHERLY tawdry, slovenly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TATSHIE dressed in a slovenly manner ...Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• UDDER-MUCKING untidy, slovenly, dirty, muddling ...1896 Eng. dial.
• WALLOPING slatternly, slovenly ...1790 Eng. dial.
SLOVENLY - adverbs
• DAWDERLY slovenly, loosely, out of shape ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE in a slovenly, slatternly manner: applied especially to women's dress ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HASHLY in a slovenly manner ...1721 Sc.
SLOVENLY - nouns
• CAB anything slovenly or untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SKANK a slovenly style of dress, possibly imitative of dishevelled heroin addicts ...1990s Amer. teen sl.
SLOVENLY - verbs
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GO TO THE BAD to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to speak or act without premeditation; to do anything in a careless, slovenly manner ...1805 Sc.
• HASTER to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAYSTER to do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner; to act or speak with consideration ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAMMIE to do anything in a slovenly manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAB † to dress carelessly or negligently; to be slatternly or slovenly ...1691 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MABBLE † to dress slovenly ...B1900
• SCASH to be slovenly in dress, to wear one's clothes in a careless manner ...1825 Sc.
• WALGAN to go about in an idle, slovenly manner, dressing in too large, slatternly clothing ...1866 Sc.
SLOW - adjectives
• AFTERNOON late in performing any work, procrastinating; dilatory, slow ...1750 Eng. dial.
• BALLOCH slow, reluctant ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CUNCTATIVE * cautiously slow, tardy, dilatory, prone to or causing delay ...1617
• DACKLING slow, dilatory ...1808 Sc.
• DAISKET stupid, dazed, slow ...1880 Sc.
• DAWLIE slow; slovenly ...1832 Sc.
• DOGGY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOZEY dull, slow ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DRAG-ASSED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAGGY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY slow, easy-going; indolent ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIR soft; slow ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUE-FOOTED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD-BOUND slow in action ...1735
• IGNAVE †* slow, sluggish ...1657
• LACKISH slow, backward, reluctant to act ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG lingering or lagging behind; tardy, sluggish, slow, backward ...1726 Sc.
• LAG-FOOT slow in passing ...1892 Ireland
• LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow ...1702
• LAGGIE slow, tardy; lazy ...1897 Sc.
• LAGGING slow-moving, loitering ...1898 Sc.
• LAGGY slow, tardy, lazy, lethargic ...1897 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAISH † slow, slack, tardy ...1700 Sc.
• LAME slow-footed, laggard; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• LAMELY slow, halting ...1885 Sc.
• LATELY † slow ...c1400
• LATESOME † backward; slow, sluggish, late ...a1100 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LATEWARD † late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1538
• LATEWARDLY †* late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year ...1573
• LATREDE †* slow, tardy ...c897
• LAZYBONE slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEAD-FOOT slow and laborious in movement ...1896
• LEAD-FOOTED clumsy, bungling, slow ...1957 Amer. sl.
• LENT † slow, sluggish; esp. said of a fire, a fever ...a1400
• LENTITUDINOUS * slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801
• LETSOME † slow, tardy, sluggish ...1647
• LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUMBER-HEELED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MARBEL slow, lazy, reluctant ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MEXICAN of time or events: late, slow, unreliable ...1968
• MONDAY AND TUESDAY slow, steady, careful ...1950s sl.
• MOPEY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSSBACKED slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POKEY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• QUICK AS A BEETLE very slow ...1888
• SAUNTERSOME slow, leisurely, unhurried ...1912 Sc.
• SLOW AS ADAM'S OFF-OX extremely slow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SLOW AS A GOPHER, AS very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SLOW AS COLD MOLASSES IN JANUARY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS DEATH slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS MOLASSES IN JANUARY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS SLOW slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW AS THE ITCH very slow ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SLOW AS THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN A JILL-POKE extremely slow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN DEATH slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOWER THAN GOD'S OFF OX very slow...1958 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN STOCK-STILL extremely slow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN THE ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SLOWER THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SLOW-POKY slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOW-SURE * slow and sure ...1837 poetic
• STICK-IN-THE-MUD slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARDE † slow ...1547
• TARDIGRADE walking or moving slowly; slow-paced ...1623
• TARDIGRADOUS moving slowly ...1658
• TARDILOQUENT †* speaking slowly; slow of speech ...1656
• TARDIOUS †* tardy, slow ...c1580
• TARDY-GAITED moving slowly, slow-paced, sluggish ...1599
• TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome ...1513 Sc.
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THICK IN THE HEAD stupid, dull, slow of comprehension ...1871 Sc.
• THOKISH slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial. obs.
• TIME-TAKING that takes time, leisurely, slow ...1838
• TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very slow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOO SLOW TO GROW FAST slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBAIN † slow, inactive ...a1470
• UNBOLD † lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow ...c897
• UNRIFE † slow, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAGONISH slow ...L19 US sl.
SLOW, SLOWNESS - nouns
• FADGE a slow regular motion; a jog-trot ...1873 Eng. dial.
• IGNAVY † sluggishness, slowness, sloth ...1543
• LATENESS † slowness ...c1050 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LATESHIP †* slowness, sluggishness ...a1300
• LENT † slowness, delay ...c1435
• LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness ...1623
• LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness ...a1763
• LOGINESS slowness, lethargy ...1884 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER FEVER (derogatory) a moving about slowly and without energy ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SNAIL'S GALLOP an extremely slow pace ...1707
• SULLENNESS † slowness, reluctance ...1619
• TARDITY * slowness of movement or action ...c1450
• TEDIOUSNESS slowness ...1900 Eng. dial.
SLOW - nouns, person
• ADAM'S OFF-OX a slow, stubborn person ...L19 sl.
• DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLY-DAW one who is both slovenly and slow ...1814 Sc.
• DROOL a slow or slothful person ...E19 Sc.
• EVEN a character, always used in a bad sense; a dull, slow, stupid person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HABBLE one who is awkward, slow-moving, or slovenly in dress, appearance or habits ...1821 Sc.
• ICE WAGON a slow-moving person or vehicle ...L19 US sl.
• JACK POKE a listless or slow person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• LAGGINBACK a lazy, idle, slow-moving person ...1859 Eng. dial.
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAGGER a very slow person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIDNIGHT a term of contempt applied to one who is slow or behindhand with work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLASSES a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOOZLES a slow, stupid, slovenly person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• MOPOKE a slow or lugubrious person ...Aust. & NZ sl.
• MR. SLOWCOME a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUTTON-HEAD a slow, stupid fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOSE-PICKING SPEED an extremely slow pace ...1986 US naval aviator usage
• POKE a slowpoke ...1940s Amer. sl.
• POKE-EASY an easygoing person; a lazy, slow person ...1909 Amer dial.
• PUMPKIN HEAD a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce ...1775 Amer.
• SANNOCK a fanciful, dainty person; one who is slow and undecided, or namby-pamby ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUNTER-POKE one of slow habits ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLEEPING JESUS a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLEEPY a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOWBULL a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SNAIL a very slow person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STEP-AND-FETCH-IT a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
• THARF-COMER one who comes slowly and reluctantly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEARY ANN a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WEARY WILLY a nickname for a slow or lazy person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SLOW - verbs
• ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE to be inactive, slow, or lethargic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• ASS ALONG to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH A COLD to be extremely slow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE ITCH to be extremely slow ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BE TOO SLOW TO CATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH to be extremely slow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BROWSE to move slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUG ALONG to move about slowly and without energy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COME A-POLING to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOBB ALONG to move along slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOG IT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG ANCHOR to move slowly; to dawdle; to drift mentally; to do less than one's best ...1923 Amer. sl.
• DRAG IT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG ONE'S FREIGHT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRAG THE ANCHOR to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIFT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE † to be sluggish or lazy and slow in movement ...1598 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRUTTLE to be slow in motion, to make little progress in walking ...19C Scot
• DUBB ALONG to move along slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FART ALONG to do something very slowly or without conviction ...1998 US sl.
• GET AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF ONE to move about slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GET NO PLACE FAST to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO A-POLING to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO AT A SNAIL'S GALLOP to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE LEAD IN ONE'S BRITCHES to move slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• INCH to move slowly; to encroach ...1690 sl.
• KITE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1851 Amer. dial.
• MOG to move slowly or aimlessly; to trudge; to go ...1890 Amer. dial.
• MOG ALONG to walk, to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly; to depart ...1890 Amer. dial.
• MOGEY to move slowly and without energy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOGG to move slowly or aimlessly; to trudge; to go ...1890 Amer. dial.
• MOGLE to move, esp. slowly or aimlessly ...1892 Amer. dial.
• MOOCH to move slowly or apathetically; to idle about, to loaf ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MOPE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSEY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NANTLE to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD THE ROAD to go on foot; to move or travel slowly ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread ...1847 Eng. dial.
• PLUG ALONG to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PODGE to go slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• POKE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POKE-EASY to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUDGE to go slowly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl ...1747 Eng. dial.
• SHACK to amble along; to go at a slow trot ...1833 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHAMMUCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SLOW-POKE to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLUFF ALONG to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEP AND FETCH IT to be slow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly ...1827
• WALK AROUND LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF ONE to move about slowly and without energy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WANDLE to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
• WANNEL to walk unsteadily or wearily; to move with a slow, trembling step ...1686 Eng. dial.
SLOW - phrases
• DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy ...1960 US sl.
• DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF used for describing someone who is very slow-moving or lazy ...1960 US sl.
SLOW DOWN - verbs
• CURB to stop or slow down ...1953 US
SLOW DOWN - interjection
• ARSTY! slowly! slow down! ...L19 army and later Royal Air Force usage
• DON'T BUST YOUR BRITCHES! slow down! ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DON'T GET YOUR TAIL IN A KNOT! slow down! ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DON'T TIE YOUR BRITCHES UP! slow down! ...1965 Amer. dial.
SLOWER - adjectives
• LATTER † slower ...c1000
SLOWLY - adverbs
• AT A SNAIL'S GALLOP slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD-ALIVE extremely slowly ...1971 Trinidad and Tobago
• DEAD SLOW slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASILY without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly ...1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEAVY with laborious movement; slowly, sluggishly; laboriously ...1701
• JOG-TROTTY slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner ...1835 Sc.
• LATE † slowly ...c1000
• LATELY † slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly ...c1000
• LATTER † more slowly ...c1050
• LENTLY †* slowly ...1654-66
• LIKE DEAD LICE ARE FALLING OFF of a person's manner of action: slowly, lethargically ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAN-MAN slowly, gradually, little by little ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• SLOW-POKY. slowly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARDE † slowly ...1597
• THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YALTIE † slowly ...Bk1905 Sc.
SLOWLY - phrases
• ASAP as slowly as possible ...2002 Can. sl.
SLOW-WITTED - adjectives
• BIRD-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1922 sl.
• BONE-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1903 sl., orig. US
• CLUELESS foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1943 sl.
• DAFTISH somewhat slow of intellect, stupid ...1845 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DARK stupid, slow-witted, ignorant ...a1660 sl.
• DAW-DAW slow-witted ...c1950 colloq.
• DAW-YAW slow-witted ...c1950 colloq.
• DIM foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1892 sl.
• DIM-WITTED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1940 sl.
• DOPEY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1903 sl.. orig. US
• DOPY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1903 sl., orig. US
• DOZEY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1924 Brit. sl.
• DOZY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1924 Brit. sl.
• DUMB foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1823 sl.
• DUMB-ASSED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1957 US sl.
• FAT slow-witted, indolent, self-complacent ...1588
• GORMLESS foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...c1746 sl.
• IDLE-MINDED slow-witted; wandering in mind; dull and stupid ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LAME-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• LEATHER-HEADED stupid, foolish, slow-witted ...a1668
• MEAT-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• MULLET-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1857 US sl.
• MUTTON-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1768 sl.
• PEA-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1950 sl.
• SHORT-MINDED slow-witted ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• THICK foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...a1800 sl.
• ZOMBIED OUT slow-witted ...1940s sl.
SLOW-WITTED - nouns, person
• AARDVARK a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; an oaf; a fool ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BIRD-BRAIN a slow-witted person ...1933 sl.
• BONE-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1908 sl., orig. US
• CABOOSE a slow-witted person ...1920s US sl.
• CLOD a slow-witted person ...1605
• DIMWIT a slow-witted person ...1922 sl., orig. US
• JOE SOAP a slow-witted or ordinary person
• LAME-BRAIN a slow-witted person ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• LUNK a slow-witted person ...1867 sl., orig. US
• LUNK-HEAD. a slow-witted person ...1884 sl., orig. US
• MEAT-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1945 sl., chiefly US
• MULLET-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1857 US sl.
• MUTT a slow-witted person ...1901 sl., orig. US
• MUTT AND JEFF a pair of slow-witted men, esp. one tall and one short ...1917 sl.
• MUTTON-HEAD a slow-witted person ...1803 sl., orig. US
• OAF a large, slow-witted, clumsy person ...1902 sl.
• OAFO a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout ...1959 sl.
• PRUNE a slow-witted person; a simpleton; one easily duped ... c1900 Amer. sl.
• SAFT DUD an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person ...1894 Sc.
• SPARROW-BRAIN a slow-witted person ...1930 sl.
• TAMMIE NORRIE. a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person ...1701 Sc.
• TAM-O'-NORRIE a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person ...1701 Sc.
• WOODENTOP a slow-witted person ...1983 Brit. sl.
• ZOMBIE a dullard; a slow-witted person ...1936 sl.
SLUG - nouns
• DEW-SNAIL the large black slug ...1736 Eng. dial.
• NAKED SNAIL a slug ...1750 Eng. dial.
SLUGGARD - nouns, person
• BARLEY-BUMP a sluggard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAYNARD † a lazy fellow, a sluggard; a worthless fellow, a rascal, a scoundrel; a term of reproach ...1303
• DAW a lazy, good-for-nothing person; a sluggard ...c1460
• DAWKIN a sluggard ...19C Eng. dial.
• IDLE BELLIES † indolent sluggards or gluttons ...a1300
• KAYNARD † a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal ...1782
• LAZY-BACK † a sluggard ...1611
• LIE-ABED one who lies late in bed; a late riser; a sluggard ...1764
• LUSK † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUSKIN †* an idle or lazy fellow; a sluggard ...1593
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
• SLOW-BELLY a lazy, idle, or indolent person; a sluggard, a laggard ...1607
• SLUCKATRICE † a sluggard ...1825 Eng. dial.
SLUGGISH - adjectives
• DEAD-LIVERED dead-alive; stupid, dull, sluggish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DESIDIOSE † idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent ...1727
• DESIDIOUS † idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish ...a1540
• DOPEY sluggish or befuddled from or as from the use of narcotics or alcohol ...1895 Amer.
• DRONISH living on another's labour; indolent, sluggish ...L16
• DRONY sluggish ...L18
• FAINT † avoiding exertion, shirking, lazy, sluggish ...c1325
• IGNAVE †* slow, sluggish ...1657
• INERGETICAL †* without energy; sluggish, inactive ...L17
• JACENT † lying; recumbent; fig. sluggish ...1611
• KEEADISH sluggish; unwilling, disinclined ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LAG lingering or lagging behind; tardy, sluggish, slow, backward ...1726 Sc.
• LARBAL † lazy, sluggish ...1825 Sc.
• LATESOME † backward; slow, sluggish, late ...a1100 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENT slow, sluggish; esp. said of a fire, a fever ...a1400 obs.
• LENTITUDINOUS * slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801
• LETSOME † slow, tardy, sluggish ...1647
• LOGGISH †* heavy, sluggish ...1642
• LOGY heavy, slow, lethargic, sluggish ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUSK lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless ...1775
• LUSKISH † inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish ...a1500
• POKEY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• POKY slow, dawdling, sluggish ...1856 Amer. sl.
• SATURNINE sluggish, cold, and gloomy in temperament; melancholy ...1433
• SLOWBACK † sluggish, laggard ...1619
• TARDIGRADE sluggish in thought or action; unprogressive; slow-going ...1883
• TARDIGRADOUS of people or animals: sluggish ...1866
• TARDIOUS †* tardy, sluggish ...c1580
• TARDY-GAITED moving slowly, slow-paced, sluggish ...1599
• THOKISH slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial. obs.
• THOKY † slothful, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOWLIE † listless, sluggish ...1791 Sc.
• UNACTIVE † inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful ...1591
• UNRIFE † slow, sluggish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE inert, limp, feeble, weak, sluggish ...1847 Sc.
SLUGGISH - nouns, person
• BOWBERT † a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Sc.
• DRUMBLE † a dull, inactive person; an inert or sluggish person; a worn-out person or horse ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLEDORE a heavy, sluggish, stupid fellow ...1881
• LOBCOCK † a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLL-POOP † literally, one who is sluggish in the stern; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggish lounger ...1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
• SLOWCOME a slow person; a lagging, stupid, lazy fellow; a lazy, sluggish fellow; an idler ...1882 Eng. dial.
SLUGGISH - verbs
• DOWF to be or make dull or sluggish ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRONE to act in a sluggish or indolent manner ...E16
• DRUMBLE † to be sluggish or lazy and slow in movement ...1598 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
SLUGGISHLY - adverbs
• BACKWARDLY reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly ...1580
• HEAVY with laborious movement; slowly, sluggishly; laboriously ...1701
• LATELY † slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly ...c1000
SLUGGISHNESS - nouns
• BACKWARDNESS reluctance, disinclination; slowness of conception or action, sluggishness; bashfulness ...1597
• FAINTNESS † dejection, timorousness; inertness, sluggishness ...1398
• IGNAVY † sluggishness, slowness, sloth ...1543
• LATESHIP †* slowness, sluggishness ...a1300
• LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness ...1623
• LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness ...a1763
• TARDITUDE * slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness ...1794
• THOWLESSNESS want of energy, sluggishness ...1885 Sc.