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STAKE - STEREO
STAKE - verbs
• GAGE † to stake, to wager; to risk, to bet ...1599 obs. or arch.
• WAGE † to stake, to wager, to bet; to agree to forfeit in some contingency ...1483
STALE - adjectives
• CHESTNUTTY old, stale ...1884 arch.
• OFF stale; not fresh; in poor condition; out-of-date ...1896 sl.
• OLD of bread: stale ...1800 Sc.
• PALLED of fermented liquor, etc.: that has lost its briskness or freshness; flat, stale, vapid ...c1430 arch.
• RAFTY † stale, rancid; usually said of bacon ...a1722 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STALE - nouns
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
STALE - verbs
• PALL † to render flat, stale, or insipid ...1625
STALIN, JOSEPH
• UNCLE JOE Joseph Stalin ...1943 UK sl.
STALL - verbs
• BACKSTALL to hold back; to stall ...1952 Amer. dial.
STALLED - adjectives
• STALTED stalled, unable to move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STALLER - nouns, person
• FACER a staller; one who places himself in the way of persons who are in hot pursuit of his accomplices ...1859 Amer. sl.
STALWART - adjectives
• BOORDLY stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• VADY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
STALWART - nouns, person
• DIAMOND a stalwart or reliable person ...1990 Brit. sl.
STAMINA - adjectives
• SPLEENY complaining or fussing over health; lacking in stamina and courage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STAMINA - nouns
• BO-INK-UM stamina, grit ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs ...1843 Amer. dial.
• GUTS stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance ...M17 colloq.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
STAMMER - nouns
• HABBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• HUBBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• MANT a stammer; an impediment in the speech ...1839 Sc.
STAMMER - verbs
• ACKER to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• AMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BALBUTIATE to stammer or stutter ...1731
• BLETHER to speak indistinctly; to stammer ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROTE † to speak indistinctly; to stammer, to stutter ...c1440
• FAFFLE † to stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAMBLE † to speak imperfectly; to stammer, to stutter ...1400
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to stammer ...a1627
• HABBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• HACK † to hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer; to stutter ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACK OUT † to stammer out ...1631
• HACKER to hesitate in speech; to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKSLAVER to hesitate in speech; to stammer and splutter ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFER to speak stammeringly or hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE to hesitate; to speak confusedly; to falter; to stammer; to prevaricate, to quibble ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-MAFFLE to speak unintelligibly, to stammer ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER † to make reiterated laborious efforts to speak, to stammer ...1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMP to stammer, to speak or read hesitatingly ...1796 Sc.
• HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer ...1632
• HUBBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HUM AND HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer; to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive ...1632
• MAFFLE † to stammer, to hesitate; to speak indistinctly, to mumble ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to stammer or mutter ...1350 Eng. dial.
• MANT to stammer ...1562 Sc.
• MAUNT to stammer ...1721 Sc.
• STUT † to stutter, to stammer ...1388 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stammer, to falter in speaking ...1623
• WABBLE to stammer out, to blurt or mumble in a halting or indistinct way ...1920 Sc.
• YAMMER to talk or hum indistinctly; to stammer ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAMMERER, STAMMERING - nouns, person
• FAFFLE a stammerer, one who is unable to articulate distinctly ...c1900 Sc.
• HABBER one who stammers, stutters or speaks thickly; hence, a stupid person ...1866 Sc.
• HABBERER a stammerer; a chatterbox, a talkative person ...1913 Sc.
• HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• HOCKER one who stammers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HUMMER AND HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• MAFFLARD † a stammering or blundering fool; a term of contempt ...c1450
• MANTER a stammerer ...a1585 Sc.
STAMMERING - adjectives
• BALBUTIENT stammering, stuttering ...1642
• BLESILOQUENT †* speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech ...1656
• CACKLING stuttering, stammering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACKERY in a stammering, stuttering manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANTING stammering, stuttering ...1789 Sc.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575
• TITUBANT * stammering ...1817
STAMMERING - nouns
• BLETHERIN stammering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAMMERING hesitation in speech; stammering ...1731
• MAMMERING † a stammering, a muttering ...c1425
• TITUBATION † a stammering, a stuttering ...1641
STAMMERINGLY - adverbs
• TITUBANTLY * stammeringly ...1861
STAMP - adjectives
• TIMBROPHILIC collecting stamps ...19C
STAMP - nouns
• LETTER-HEAD a postage stamp ...1887 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN'S HEAD a postage stamp ...1844
• TIMBROLOGY stamp-collecting ...1867
• TIMBROMANIA a craze or mania for collecting stamps ...1864
• TIMBROPHILY stamp-collecting ...1864
STAMP - nouns, person
• TIMBROMANIAC one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1865
• TIMBROMANIST one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1880
• TIMBROPHILIST one who collects stamps ...1867
STAMP (also STOMP) - verbs
• DO A DANCE ON to kick and stomp ...1974 US sl.
• SUPPLODE †* to stamp with the feet; to make a great noise with the foot ...1623
• TRIPUDIATE to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph ...1888
STAND - verbs
• BE STANDING to stand up ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• UNASS to stand up; to remove yourself from your immediate location ...1967 US sl.
• UP-FOOT to get to one's feet ...L19 sl.
STAND (tolerate) - verbs
• WEAR to tolerate, to stand, to believe ...1910s sl.
STANDARD - adverbs
• TO ONE'S NOTION to one's liking, up to one's expectations or standards ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1837 Amer. dial.
STANDARD - nouns
• SIZE † 1. a proper manner or method; a standard of action or conduct; a limit ...c1420
† 2. a fixed standard of quality or quantity for articles of food or drink, or other commodities ...1479
STANDARD (banner) - nouns
• MARK † a standard or banner ...c1000
• TOKEN † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
STANDARD - verbs
• SIZE † to regulate or control, esp. in relation to a fixed standard ...a1400-50
STAND AROUND - verbs
• GOOG to stand around; to watch others ...1950s sl.
STAND BY - verbs
• BESTAND † to stand by or near; to stand over; esp. to stand by the dead, to mourn for ...c1000
• SIDE to accompany, to support or stand by someone ...1923 Amer. dial.
STANDING - adjectives
• REAR-BACK standing up stiffly ...1934 Amer. dial.
• REAR-BACKTED standing up stiffly ...1949 Amer. dial.
STANDING - verbs
• KEEP ONE'S LEGS to remain standing or walking ...1706
STANDOFF - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
STAND-OFFISH - adjectives
• STIFF-ARSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 US sl.
• STIFF-ASSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 sl.
• TAUT of persons: proud or standoffish ...1958 Sc.
STANDSTILL - adjectives
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HARROWED beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill; obstructed by an impediment or obstacle ...1890 Eng. dial.
• OFF not being used, at a standstill ...1846 Eng. dial.
STANDSTILL - nouns
• LANT a dilemma, a standstill ...1866 Sc.
STANDSTILL - verbs
• GET NO FARDER NOR NARDER to remain at a standstill; to make no progress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill ...1823 Sc.
• PALL to puzzle, to baffle, to bring to a standstill ...1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STAND UP (not show up) - verbs
• BAG to fail to meet with someone; to stand up ...1989 Amer. students' sl.
STAR, STARRY - adjectives
• ACRONYCAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCH happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCHAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• LAMPFUL of the sky: full of 'lamps', starry ...1598 poetic
• SIDERAL coming from or caused by the stars; chiefly of malign influences ...1611
• SIDERAL pert. to the stars. starry ...1594
• SIDEREAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEREAN sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright ...1656 rare
• SIDERIAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEROSOUS † planet strucken; also, full of stars ...1656
• SIDEROUS † star-like, sidereal ...1646
• SUBASTRAL situated beneath the stars, mundane, terrestrial ...1752
STAR - nouns
• ASTROSCOPY † observation of the stars ...19C
• BLINKER a star ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANDLES OF THE NIGHT stars ...1790
• DEAD HORSES shooting stars ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• FIRES OF HEAVEN, THE the stars ...1607 poetical
• LAMPS the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1423
• LAMPS OF THE NIGHT the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1665
• LAMPS OF THE WORLD the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1613
STAR - nouns, person
• HEAVEN-GAZER one who gazes at the sky, who studies the stars; an astrologer ...1535
• STARN-KEEKER a star-gazer ...1808 Sc.
STARCHED - adjectives
• FRIED starched, as a shirt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STARE - nouns
• DEADPAN an expressionless stare ...1927 US sl.
• GAPE an open-mouthed stare; a gaze of wonder or curiosity ...1660
• HAIRY EYEBALL a hostile stare ...1960s US sl.
• MAD DOG a deliberately provocative and aggressive stare ...1990s US sl.
• MOOSE-EYE a strong, direct stare ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OGLE an amorous glance, a frankly sexual stare ...L17 sl.
• RED EYE a long, hard stare, usually directed at a person ...1994 Amer. dial.
STARE - nouns, person
• GAIVIE one who stares stupidly ...1923 Sc.
• GAPER one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...a1637
• GAPERESS † a female who stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...1660
• GAPE-SEED one who stares with open mouth ...1835
• GONGOOZLER an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the ordinary; orig, at activity on a canal ...1904 Eng. dial.
STARE - verbs
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BLARE to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CATCH BUGS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATCH FLIES to stare with one's mouth open ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CATCH GNATS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DARE † to gaze fixedly or stupidly; to stare as one terrified, amazed, or fascinated ...a1225
• DEADEYE to stare at in a chilly manner ...1960s US sl.
• EYEBALL to look at intently; to stare at ...1901 Amer. dial.
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAIVE to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAIVEL to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAPE to stare in wonder or admiration ...1377
• GAWK to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1795 sl., orig. US
• GAWP to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1682 sl.
• GLOP † to stare, to gaze in alarm or wonder ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOBBLE FLIES to stare at something with one's mouth open ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HARD-LOOK to stare at aggressively ...1994 US sl.
• HAUVE to stare, to gaze vacantly or in astonishment ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KAAIKE to stare vacantly; to wander listlessly ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LECH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• LETCH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• MEAN-EYE to stare at aggressively, in a hostile manner ...1930s US sl.
• OGLE to stare at, esp. with amorous interest; to look at squarely or intently; to watch ...1682
• QUAW to stare about foolishly or awkwardly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUBBERNECK to stare inquisitively ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SIGHT-HIT to stare at someone or something; to ogle someone ...1979 India sl.
• STARE LIKE A CHOKED THROSTLE to stare at fixedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED CAT to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED EARWIG to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TOISE * to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot, to stare, to gaze at ...1889
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YAG to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STARFISH - nouns
• PAD a starfish ...1613
• RADE †* a starfish ...1661
• SCOSCIE a starfish ...Bk1904 Sc.
STARING - adjectives
• AGOGGLED * staring, having staring eyes ...1862
• AT GAZE staring ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
STARING - adverbs
• BEAMED staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
STARING - nouns
• GAPE a fit of yawning or staring ...c1815 humorous usage
• GAPE-SEED something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth ...a1700
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
STARING - interjections & phrases
• HAD YOUR PENNORTH OR DO YOU WANT A HA'PENNY CHANGE? addressed to a person one feels is once staring rudely ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A PICTURE! stop staring! ...1980s US college sl.
STARLING - nouns
• JACKEY-BIRD a starling ...1897
• JACOB BIRD a starling ...1928 Amer. dial.
START - adjectives
• YBOWNE about to go or start ...c1572 arch.
START, STARTING - nouns
• ABRAID † a start ...1570
• AIMSTART a starting point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• OFF the start ...1950s sl.
• OFF-GO a start, a beginning ...1886 Sc. colloq.
• PUFF AND DART a start ...1880 rhyming sl.
START - verbs
• BE AWAY LAUGHING to make a good start ...1964 NZ sl.
• CLAW to start, to hurry ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE DIME to hurry, to get going, to start ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE NICKEL to hurry, to get going, to start ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ONSET † to make a beginning, to start ...1561
• LIGHT IN to make a vigorous start on something; to begin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• OFF-GANG a commencement, start, outset ...1881 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GOING a commencement, start, outset ...1885 Sc.
• OFF-SET a commencement, start, outset ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-START a commencement, start, beginning, outset ...1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• POP OFF to happen; to start ...1990s sl.
• PUFF AND DART to start ...1880 rhyming sl.
• SHOOT FROM TAW to make a good start; to be on the right track; to do all one can ...1913 Amer. dial.
• STEVE HART to start, to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
• TAKE BEGINNING † to begin, to start, to commence ...a1300
• TAKE IT FROM THE TOP to start at the beginning ...1930s US sl.
STARTED - adjectives
• OFF AND RUNNING started and making good headway ...1960s sl., orig. horseracing
STARTING - adjectives
• ON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UPON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
STARTLE - verbs
• ABRAID † to arouse, to startle ...1596
• BUNGFUNGER to startle, to confuse ...1843 Amer. dial.
• EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare ...1375
• GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOP † to startle; to cause to stare ...1807 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SKEY †* to startle, to come upon suddenly ...1539 Sc.
• WRECK SOMEONE'S BEADS to beat someone up; to shock or startle ...1970s US gay sl.
STARTLED - adjectives
• BESTURTED startled, alarmed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GLOTTENED surprised, startled ...1691 Eng. dial.
• RAISED-LIKE excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMAGE easily frightened or startled ...1567
• RAMAGEOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
• RAMAGIOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
STARTLED - nouns
• GLOP †* a surprised or startled look; a start, a surprise ...c1460
STARTLING - adjectives
• DING-DANG great, startling, extraordinary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• SKY-WISE AND CROOKED dumbfounded, extremely startling ...1915 Amer. dial.
STARTLING - nouns
• YACKIE-THUNDER a sudden startling noise which proves to be nothing serious ...1958 Sc.
STARTLING - verbs
• DROP A BOMBSHELL to make a startling or unexpected announcement ...Aust. sl.
STARVATION - nouns
• ACCELERATION starvation ...L19 tramps' sl.
• AFFAMISHMENT the act of famishing or starving with hunger; the state of being starved; starvation ...1590
• FANTASHEN starvation ...1898 Sc.
STARVE - nouns, person
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
STARVE - verbs
• AFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• AFFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• FAINT to starve, to famish ...1866 Sc.
• FAME †* to famish, to starve ...c1330
• FAMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FAMINE † to suffer or die of hunger; to starve ...1553
• FAMISH † to die of starvation, to perish from want of food ...1530
• FAMMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FANT to famish, to starve ...1898 Sc.
• HARRISH to starve with cold ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• HONISH to starve a person for want of food ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LICK A THIVEL to suffer poverty, to verge on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STARVED - adjectives
• BELLY-PINCHED having a belly pinched for want of food; hungry, starved ...1605
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FAMMELLED hungry, starved, famished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAMYLOUS †* famished, hungry, starved ...c1475
• FANTIT weakly, starved ...1898 Sc.
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• HUNGER-BANED † starved, afflicted with hunger ...1549
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• NATTLED of persons or animals: starved; stunted in growth; pinched with cold ...1854 Eng. dial.
• YAWPIT pinched-looking, starved-looking ...1958 Sc.
STARVED - nouns
• FAMISHMENT * the state of being famished or starved; hungry appetite ...c1470
STARVED - nouns, person
• QUEER DUKE a lean, half-starved person ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• SHAMMOCK a starved, miserable-looking person or animal ...E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † a starved or thin-faced person ...1562
• THIN-GUT † one who has a thin belly; a lean, starved-looking person, a starveling ...1602
STARVING - adjectives
• AFFAMISHED † afflicted with hunger, famished, starving ...1552
• AFFAMISHING † that afflicts with hunger or starves; starving ...1650
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FANTIN' starving, famishing ...Bk1900 Sc.
STARVING - nouns
• AFFAMISHING † afflicting with hunger; famishing, starving ...1649
STARVING - nouns, person
• MCDUMPSTER KID a homeless, starving young person ...2000s US Black sl.
STARVING - verbs
• LEAP AT A CRUST to be starving ...M17 sl.
STATE (condition, situation) - nouns
• BALLGAME a state of affairs, a situation ...1930s sl., orig. US
• FARE † condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success ...c1250
• TALER † state, condition ...1825 Sc.
• TANTUM state, condition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATE - verbs
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
STATELINESS - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
STATELY - adjectives
• GRANDISONANT * stately-sounding ...1684
• IMPERIOUS † exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately ...1592
• MAGNIFICAL splendid, stately, sumptuous ...1538 arch.
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MANFUL † stately in appearance ...1493
• MIGHTY stately, haughty, disdainful ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STATELY - nouns, person
• QUEEN'S STICK a stately person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATEMENT - nouns
• QUIDE † a saying, speech, statement ...c888.
• SAID-SO a statement previously made ...1864 Eng. dial.
STATEMENT - verbs
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO to make a statement; to deliver a homily or a rustically philosophical opinion ...20C Amer. arch.
STATESMAN - nouns, person
• WEALSMAN †* one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician ...1607
STATION - nouns
• AGGRAVATION a station ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SALVATION a station ...L19 rhyming sl.
STATIONARY - adjectives
• LEDGER † 1. remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary ...1547
† 2. lying or resting in a place; stationary; resident ...1600
• SIT-FAST remaining stationary; unmoving ...1857
STATISTICS - nouns
• SADISTICS a statistics course ...1980s college sl.
STATUE - nouns
• AEDICULE a niche for a statue ...1832
• IDOL † a statue of a person or thing ...1548
• IMAGILET †* a small image; a statuette ...a1661
• SIGN † a figure or image; a statue or effigy; an imprint ...1362
• STOOKIE a statue ...Sc.
STATUS - adjectives
• SUBLIME of rank, status: very high, exalted ...1702 arch.
STATUS - nouns
• CRED status among one's peers; credibility ...1981 Brit. sl.
• STREET CRED status among one's peers, esp. in fashionable urban youth subculture ...1981 Brit. sl.
• SUBLIMITY † a high or dignified status ...1643
STATUS - verbs
• FALL to lose status, to be deprived of a comfortable situation ...1990s sl.
• RANK to lower; to lose status or job seniority ...1930s sl.
STATUTORY - adjectives
• STATCH statutory ...1994 US sl.
STAUNCH - adjectives
• MAIN great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
• REAL eminently good in any way; true, staunch ...Bk1904 Sc.
STAY - nouns
• ABODE † a temporary remaining; a stay ...c1384
STAY - nouns, person
• TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
STAY - verbs
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• BIDE A WEE to stay a while ...1918 Sc.
• FALL IN to join; to stay ...1952 US sl.
• FALL INTO to stay ...1940s US sl.
• GAFF to stay where one is for too long ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• HAVE ONE'S SITTING BREECHES ON to stay late in company ...1785
• LEAVE † to remain; to remain behind; to continue or stay in one place ...c1000
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• ONBIDE † to abide, to remain, to stay on ...c1440
• PERENDINATE * to stay from day to day, to make an indefinite stay ...1656
• STUT † to stop, cease; to stay, remain ...B1900
• TARRY † to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition ...c1450
• TARRY OUT † to stay till the end of ...1654
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAYING - nouns
• MANSION † the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
STAYING POWER - nouns
• LAST power of holding on or out; staying power ...1857
• LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power ...1970s Amer. show business usage
STEADFAST - adjectives
• DYED IN THE WOOL steadfast in principle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASTREDE †* firm in purpose, inflexible, steadfast ...c888
• SARTAIN stern, severe; steadfast ....1887 Eng. dial.
STEADFAST - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
STEADFASTLY - adverbs
• FAITHLY † with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully ...c1325
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175
STEADILY - adverbs
• APACE by degrees, steadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• FASTLY † in a fixed or steady manner ...c888
• REGULAR regularly, always; steadily ...1875 Eng. dial.
STEADY - adjectives
• BALLASTED rendered steady or stable ...1552
STEADY - verbs
• BALLAST to steady (generally); to steady mentally or morally ...1596
STEAK - nouns
• BEN-FLAKE a steak ...M19 rhyming sl.
• QUIVER AND SHAKE a steak ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• VERONICA LAKE a steak ...1950s rhyming sl.
STEAL - adjectives (also see STOLEN)
• CABBAGED pilfered, as shreds by a tailor ...1729
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• HYDRAULIC inclined to steal ...1989 Aust.
• LIGHT-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1547 euphemism
• LIME-FINGERED † given to pilfering ...1546
• STICKY-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1890 sl.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THIEVING inclined to steal ...1598 sl.
STEAL, STEALER - nouns, person
• BAGGER a stealer from the hand ...B1900 Eng. sl.
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HUSTLER someone who lives by stealing or other dishonest means ...1825 sl.
• SNOW-DROPPER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• SNOW-GATHERER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
STEAL - verbs
• ACQUIRE to steal something ...1937 UK sl.
• ATTRACT to steal ...1891 euphemism
• BAG to steal ...B1820 sl.
• BAG IT to steal it ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BEAT to steal ...1950s Amer. sl.
• BLAG to rob (with violence), to steal ...1933 Brit. sl.
• BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch ...L18 sl.
• BOOST to steal, to shoplift, to rob ...E20 US sl.
• BUSHWHACK to ambush; to cheat; to steal; to lie ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly ...1825 Sc. sl.
• CABBAGE to pilfer; to appropriate surreptitiously; orig. said of a tailor appropriating part of the cloth given to him to make up into garments; to acquire unethically ...1712 sl.
• CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CADGE to steal ...1980s sl.
• CAR-SHOP to break into a car to steal its contents ...1997 US sl.
• CHEWRE to steal ...17C sl.
• CHIP to filch, to steal ...1938 Amer. sl.
• CLIP to swindle; to rob, to steal ...E20 sl., orig. US
• CLOUT to steal any kind of valuables in any manner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• CONVERT to steal something ...1984 NZ sl.
• COP to steal ...L19 sl.
• COP A STEAL to steal ...20C US sl.
• CROOK to steal ...1882 US sl.
• DAMP to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• DANCE to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DANCE THE STAIRS to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DAP to pick up; to steal, esp. luggage ...20C sl.
• DEAD to remove, to steal ...2000s US prison sl.
• DEEGLE to purloin, to steal; a word used by boys ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DODGE to steal an animal ...1965 Aust. sl.
• DRUM to steal from an unoccupied house, room., etc. ...1925 Brit. sl.
• DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands ...1859 Aust. sl.
• EASE to rob, to steal ...E17 sl.
• FAKE to steal or rob ...1812 thieves' sl.
• FECK to steal ...1809 sl.
• FILCH to steal; to pilfer; rarely, to rob ...M16 cant
• FINCH to snitch, to pilfer, to filch ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLARE to steal actively, lightly, or delicately ...1850 sl.
• GAM † to steal ...1893 UK sl.
• GIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAZE to pilfer and eat sweets, fruit, etc. from supermarkets while shopping ...US
• GYP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYTCH to steal ...1956 Amer. sl.
• HALF-INCH to steal ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'pinch'
• HAVE IT AWAY WITH to steal an object ...1920s sl.
• HEIST to steal, rob, or hold up ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOBBLE to steal; to arrest ...18C criminal sl.
• HOCK to steal ...1930s US sl.
• HOIST to steal or rob ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOOK to steal, to filch ...1615 sl.
• HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge ...1914 services' sl.
• IVELL to pilfer, to rifle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
• JACK UP to rob, to steal; to hold up ...1971 Amer. dial.
• JIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• JUMP to cheat, to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• KAPSWALLA to steal ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal ...1897 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK DOWN to embezzle, to steal from a firm's takings ...a1854 US sl.
• KNOCK OFF to steal or rob ...1919 sl.
• LAG † to carry off, to steal ...1573
• LIBERATE to loot or steal ...1944 euphemism or jocular
• LIFT to steal, esp. to pilfer ...1526 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-FINGER vb. to steal; to pilfer; to rob ...1956 US sl.
• MACE to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick ...1977 UK sl.
• MACK to steal ...1990s sl.
• MAG to steal ...E19 Sc.
• MAGG to pilfer ...1818 Sc.
• MAKE to steal ...a1700 sl. & Eng. dial.
• MANARVEL to pilfer small stores ...1867 nautical sl.
• MANAVEL to pilfer eatables or articles of small value ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MANTICULATE †* to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal ...1656
• MARAUD to go about pilfering ...1770
• MIKE to steal, to make off with ...1900s sl.
• MILK to steal ...1788 Sc.
• MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal ...1857 Amer. sl.
• MOONLIGHT 1. to steal, esp. at night; to take, to latch on to something ...1942 Amer. dial.
2. to steal cattle ...1950s Irish sl.
• NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize ...1665 Brit.
• NAB THE SNOW to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry ...1788 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL to secure; to succeed in catching hold of a person or thing; to steal ...1732 sl.
• NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL A STRIKE to steal a watch ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
• NASK to steal, to pilfer unobtrusively ...1920 Sc.
• NECK to catch; to steal ...1863 Sc.
• NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize ...M17 sl.
• NIBBLE to catch; to steal ...1608 sl.
• NICK to steal ...1817 sl.
• NIP to steal or snatch ...c1560 sl., now US
• NOBBLE to appropriate dishonestly, to steal ...1854 Brit. sl.
• OFF to steal; to rob, usually with violence ...1950s Amer. sl.
• ORGANIZE to steal, to loot ...1930s sl., orig. military
• PAY WITH A HOOK to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. thieves' sl.
• PICK UP to steal; to rob ...1770 sl.
• PILCH to pilfer ...ME now Scot & Eng. dial.
• PINCH to steal; to rob ...1656 sl.
• PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
• PULL A JOB to carry out a crime, esp. stealing ...Amer. sl.
• PULL DOWN to steal from shop doors ...1839 cant
• RABBIT to steal or scrounge ...1943 Aust. nautical sl.
• RACK to steal ...1997 US sl.
• RAIFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAISE to steal ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAME to steal, to rob, to plunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP † to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing ...1564
• RAP AND REND to steal ...1528 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAPE to misuse; to steal ...1990s sl.
• RAT to search someone, their belongings, etc. for something to steal; to rob or pilfer surreptitiously ...1919 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• RAYFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAZZLE to steal ...20C Aust. sl.
• READ to steal ...c1819 thieves' sl.
• REAVE to rob, to steal, to plunder; to bereave of ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEF to pull up a pocket-lining to steal the contents, or to steal from a pocket; to steal or obtain dishonestly ...1903 sl.
• RESPUN to steal ...Bk1903 tinkers' sl.
• RIG to trick; to steal ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIP to steal ...1816 sl.
• SACK to rob, to steal; to take possession of, to pocket ...L18 sl.
• SACK OFF to carry off surreptitiously, to steal ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SALVAGE to steal, to pilfer ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
• SANCOCHO to steal ...1980s drugs sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to cheat, to steal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCARF to pilfer; to steal ...1960s US college sl.
• SCLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCODGE to look sly; to pilfer; to sneak about idly ...1824 Sc.
• SCOFF to filch, to steal, to plunder, to sponge ...1885 Sc.
• SCORE to steal ...1942 sl., orig. US
• SCOUNGE to pilfer ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAB † to grab, to snatch; to steal ...1890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCROUNGE to steal ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SHAKE to steal or rob ...1811 sl., now Aust.
• SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal ...L17 colloq.
• SHAVE to steal ...L16 sl.
• SHUSH to steal something ...2002 UK sl.
• SKANK to steal and run away ...1980s sl., orig. W. Indies
• SKLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SNATCH to steal ...1765 Amer. sl.
• SNATCH BALD-HEADED to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse ...US Civil War usage
• SNAVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNAVVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNIPE to steal or take without permission ...1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SNITCH to steal ...1904 sl.
• SNOOP to steal ...1920s sl., orig. US
• SNOW-DROP to steal ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SNUG to steal, to conceal from the proper owner ...M19 US sl.
• SOUVENIR to take something as a 'souvenir'; to pilfer, to steal ...1919 euphemism, orig. services' sl.
• STRIKE to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUFFURATE †* to steal ...1549
• SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1889 sl.
• THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft ...1838 Amer. dial.
• THIEVE to steal, to rob ...a901
• VAMP to pawn; to steal ...a1700 sl.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• VICK to steal ...1993 US sl.
• WALK OFF WITH to steal, often implying appropriating to oneself something lent or entrusted to one by another ...1727 sl.
• WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1859 Brit. sl.
• WIN to steal, to lift ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOG to steal ...1971 sl.
• YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal ...1866 Amer. dial.
• YANK to steal ...1990s US college sl.
STEAL - phrases
• ON THE FILCH on the watch for something to steal ...1877 cant
• ON THE KNOCK-OFF said of someone engaged in stealing ...1936 sl.
STEALING - adjectives
• KLEPTISTIC * pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• OFF DUTY not engaged in stealing ...1887 cant
• TARRY-FINGERED dishonest, pilfering ...1864 Sc.
• TARRY-HANDED dishonest, pilfering ...1813 Sc.
STEALING - nouns
• BLOW OFF stealing a victim’s money ...1936 criminals’ sl.
• CABBAGING pilfering, purloining ...1768
• CLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• DRAGGING stealing from a vehicle ...1812 sl.
• FILCH a hooked stick or staff wherewith to steal ...17C cant
• FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT the activity or proceeds of stealing or shoplifting ...1966 US sl., chiefly CB users'
• GAM † stealing ...1859 US sl.
• KLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• LURKING stealing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• NEMAN stealing ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• PICK-UP stealing, theft ...1928 sl.
• SCRUMPING the act of stealing apples from orchards ...1999 UK sl.
• SNITCHING stealing ...1930s US sl.
• SNOW-BIRDING stealing washing, usually women's underwear from clothes-lines ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNOW-DROPPING the stealing of washing, usually women's underwear, from unguarded clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering ...1821 Sc.
• YAMPING stealing ...1925 Amer. dial.
STEALTH, STEALTHY - verbs
• BESTEAL † to move stealthily ...a725
• INDIAN to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1869 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN UP to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• OIL to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner ...1920s sl.
• SAP to make way in a stealthy or insidious manner ...1732
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SLY to move or go stealthily; to slink ...E19 Sc. & US
• SNAKE OFF. to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• SNAKE OUT. to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
STEALTHILY - adverbs
• HIDLINS secretly, stealthily, clandestinely ...a1225 Sc.
STEALTHY - adjectives
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• THIEFY stealthy, furtive ...1897 Sc.
STEALTHY - nouns, person
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
STEAM - nouns
• HAME steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• OOM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• REECH smoke; steam ...1859 Eng. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
STEAM - verbs
• HAME to steam ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REECH to smoke; to emit smoke or steam ...1740 Eng. dial.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMBOAT - nouns
• MOAT PALACE a river steamboat ...M19 US criminals' sl.
STEAMER - see SHIP
STEAMING - adjectives
• REEKY steaming; foggy ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMROLLER - nouns
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing ...1885 Amer. dial.
STEAMSHIP - nouns
• PIG a lake steamship ...1898 Amer. dial.
• PIG-BOAT n. a lake steamship ...1949 Amer. dial.
STEEL - adjectives
• QUICK † of steel: breaking readily; brittle ...1677
STEEL - nouns
• ACIER † steel ...1866
• ASSER † steel ...1866
STEEP - adjectives
• ACCLIVOUS rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep ...1731
• DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep ...1799
• DOWNSTEEPY †* very steeply descending; steep and precipitous; having a great declivity ...1603
• SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep ...1611
STEEP - nouns
• DROP-OFF a declivity, a steep drop; a cliff ...M20 N. Amer.
STEEPLE - nouns
• CAMPANILE a bell-tower; a steeple ...1640
STEEPNESS - nouns
• SUDDENNESS †* steepness, abruptness ...1594-7
STENCH - nouns
• DAME JUDI a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Dame Judi Dench)
• DAME JUDI DENCH a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• FOGO a disagreeable smell or odour; a stink, stench ...1823
• FOOF a stench ...19C Sc.
• FUNK a bad odour; a stench ...1623 sl.
• JUDI a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Judi Dench)
• JUDI DENCH a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MALODOUR an evil smell; a stench ...1825
• THEEF a stench, a bad smell ...Bk1905 Sc.
STENCH - verbs
• FUNK to make a stench ...L17 sl.
STEP - adjectives
• LAMPING striding, taking long steps ...1685 Sc.
STEP - nouns
• DESS a step; a small landing-place ...1838 Sc.
• GANGS † steps, goings, journeyings ...c825
• JACOB'S LADDER a nickname of a high and steep flight of steps ...c1895
• LAMP a long, heavy step ...1894 Sc.
• PAIR OF STEPS a flight of steps; also, a portable set of steps used in a library, etc. ...1755
• SCALE † a ladder; a flight of steps ...1705 Sc.
• WALKS steps ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WALLACH a noisy step, thump, or fall ...Bk1905 Sc.
STEP - verbs
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards ...1808 Sc.
• LAMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
STEPDAUGHTER - nouns, person
• DAUGHTER-IN-LAW a stepdaughter (now considered incorrect) ...1841
STEPFATHER - nouns, person
• FATHER-IN-LAW a stepfather; now regarded as a misuse ...1552
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
STEPMOTHER - adjectives
• NOVERCAL in the manner of a stepmother ...1623
• NOVERCANT †* acting like a stepmother ...1472-3
STEPMOTHER - nouns, person
• ELDMOTHER † a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLMOTHER † a stepmother ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ELMOTHER † a stepmother ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
STEPPING-STONE - nouns
• HEAPING-STOCK a stepping-stone ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SARN a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones ...1790 Eng. dial.
STEREO - nouns
• BLASTER a portable tape player and/or radio ...1984 Amer. sl.
• GHETTO BLASTER a large and powerful stereo radio-cassette player
• THIRD WORLD BRIEFCASE a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with Black youth culture ...1987 US sl.
• WOG BOX a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with black youth culture ..1990 UK sl.
• GAGE † to stake, to wager; to risk, to bet ...1599 obs. or arch.
• WAGE † to stake, to wager, to bet; to agree to forfeit in some contingency ...1483
STALE - adjectives
• CHESTNUTTY old, stale ...1884 arch.
• OFF stale; not fresh; in poor condition; out-of-date ...1896 sl.
• OLD of bread: stale ...1800 Sc.
• PALLED of fermented liquor, etc.: that has lost its briskness or freshness; flat, stale, vapid ...c1430 arch.
• RAFTY † stale, rancid; usually said of bacon ...a1722 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STALE - nouns
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
STALE - verbs
• PALL † to render flat, stale, or insipid ...1625
STALIN, JOSEPH
• UNCLE JOE Joseph Stalin ...1943 UK sl.
STALL - verbs
• BACKSTALL to hold back; to stall ...1952 Amer. dial.
STALLED - adjectives
• STALTED stalled, unable to move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STALLER - nouns, person
• FACER a staller; one who places himself in the way of persons who are in hot pursuit of his accomplices ...1859 Amer. sl.
STALWART - adjectives
• BOORDLY stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• VADY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
STALWART - nouns, person
• DIAMOND a stalwart or reliable person ...1990 Brit. sl.
STAMINA - adjectives
• SPLEENY complaining or fussing over health; lacking in stamina and courage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STAMINA - nouns
• BO-INK-UM stamina, grit ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs ...1843 Amer. dial.
• GUTS stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance ...M17 colloq.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
STAMMER - nouns
• HABBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• HUBBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• MANT a stammer; an impediment in the speech ...1839 Sc.
STAMMER - verbs
• ACKER to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• AMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BALBUTIATE to stammer or stutter ...1731
• BLETHER to speak indistinctly; to stammer ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROTE † to speak indistinctly; to stammer, to stutter ...c1440
• FAFFLE † to stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAMBLE † to speak imperfectly; to stammer, to stutter ...1400
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to stammer ...a1627
• HABBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• HACK † to hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer; to stutter ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACK OUT † to stammer out ...1631
• HACKER to hesitate in speech; to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKSLAVER to hesitate in speech; to stammer and splutter ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFER to speak stammeringly or hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE to hesitate; to speak confusedly; to falter; to stammer; to prevaricate, to quibble ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-MAFFLE to speak unintelligibly, to stammer ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER † to make reiterated laborious efforts to speak, to stammer ...1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMP to stammer, to speak or read hesitatingly ...1796 Sc.
• HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer ...1632
• HUBBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HUM AND HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer; to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive ...1632
• MAFFLE † to stammer, to hesitate; to speak indistinctly, to mumble ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to stammer or mutter ...1350 Eng. dial.
• MANT to stammer ...1562 Sc.
• MAUNT to stammer ...1721 Sc.
• STUT † to stutter, to stammer ...1388 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stammer, to falter in speaking ...1623
• WABBLE to stammer out, to blurt or mumble in a halting or indistinct way ...1920 Sc.
• YAMMER to talk or hum indistinctly; to stammer ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAMMERER, STAMMERING - nouns, person
• FAFFLE a stammerer, one who is unable to articulate distinctly ...c1900 Sc.
• HABBER one who stammers, stutters or speaks thickly; hence, a stupid person ...1866 Sc.
• HABBERER a stammerer; a chatterbox, a talkative person ...1913 Sc.
• HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• HOCKER one who stammers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HUMMER AND HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• MAFFLARD † a stammering or blundering fool; a term of contempt ...c1450
• MANTER a stammerer ...a1585 Sc.
STAMMERING - adjectives
• BALBUTIENT stammering, stuttering ...1642
• BLESILOQUENT †* speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech ...1656
• CACKLING stuttering, stammering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACKERY in a stammering, stuttering manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANTING stammering, stuttering ...1789 Sc.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575
• TITUBANT * stammering ...1817
STAMMERING - nouns
• BLETHERIN stammering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAMMERING hesitation in speech; stammering ...1731
• MAMMERING † a stammering, a muttering ...c1425
• TITUBATION † a stammering, a stuttering ...1641
STAMMERINGLY - adverbs
• TITUBANTLY * stammeringly ...1861
STAMP - adjectives
• TIMBROPHILIC collecting stamps ...19C
STAMP - nouns
• LETTER-HEAD a postage stamp ...1887 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN'S HEAD a postage stamp ...1844
• TIMBROLOGY stamp-collecting ...1867
• TIMBROMANIA a craze or mania for collecting stamps ...1864
• TIMBROPHILY stamp-collecting ...1864
STAMP - nouns, person
• TIMBROMANIAC one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1865
• TIMBROMANIST one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1880
• TIMBROPHILIST one who collects stamps ...1867
STAMP (also STOMP) - verbs
• DO A DANCE ON to kick and stomp ...1974 US sl.
• SUPPLODE †* to stamp with the feet; to make a great noise with the foot ...1623
• TRIPUDIATE to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph ...1888
STAND - verbs
• BE STANDING to stand up ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• UNASS to stand up; to remove yourself from your immediate location ...1967 US sl.
• UP-FOOT to get to one's feet ...L19 sl.
STAND (tolerate) - verbs
• WEAR to tolerate, to stand, to believe ...1910s sl.
STANDARD - adverbs
• TO ONE'S NOTION to one's liking, up to one's expectations or standards ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1837 Amer. dial.
STANDARD - nouns
• SIZE † 1. a proper manner or method; a standard of action or conduct; a limit ...c1420
† 2. a fixed standard of quality or quantity for articles of food or drink, or other commodities ...1479
STANDARD (banner) - nouns
• MARK † a standard or banner ...c1000
• TOKEN † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
STANDARD - verbs
• SIZE † to regulate or control, esp. in relation to a fixed standard ...a1400-50
STAND AROUND - verbs
• GOOG to stand around; to watch others ...1950s sl.
STAND BY - verbs
• BESTAND † to stand by or near; to stand over; esp. to stand by the dead, to mourn for ...c1000
• SIDE to accompany, to support or stand by someone ...1923 Amer. dial.
STANDING - adjectives
• REAR-BACK standing up stiffly ...1934 Amer. dial.
• REAR-BACKTED standing up stiffly ...1949 Amer. dial.
STANDING - verbs
• KEEP ONE'S LEGS to remain standing or walking ...1706
STANDOFF - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
STAND-OFFISH - adjectives
• STIFF-ARSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 US sl.
• STIFF-ASSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 sl.
• TAUT of persons: proud or standoffish ...1958 Sc.
STANDSTILL - adjectives
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HARROWED beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill; obstructed by an impediment or obstacle ...1890 Eng. dial.
• OFF not being used, at a standstill ...1846 Eng. dial.
STANDSTILL - nouns
• LANT a dilemma, a standstill ...1866 Sc.
STANDSTILL - verbs
• GET NO FARDER NOR NARDER to remain at a standstill; to make no progress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill ...1823 Sc.
• PALL to puzzle, to baffle, to bring to a standstill ...1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STAND UP (not show up) - verbs
• BAG to fail to meet with someone; to stand up ...1989 Amer. students' sl.
STAR, STARRY - adjectives
• ACRONYCAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCH happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCHAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• LAMPFUL of the sky: full of 'lamps', starry ...1598 poetic
• SIDERAL coming from or caused by the stars; chiefly of malign influences ...1611
• SIDERAL pert. to the stars. starry ...1594
• SIDEREAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEREAN sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright ...1656 rare
• SIDERIAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEROSOUS † planet strucken; also, full of stars ...1656
• SIDEROUS † star-like, sidereal ...1646
• SUBASTRAL situated beneath the stars, mundane, terrestrial ...1752
STAR - nouns
• ASTROSCOPY † observation of the stars ...19C
• BLINKER a star ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANDLES OF THE NIGHT stars ...1790
• DEAD HORSES shooting stars ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• FIRES OF HEAVEN, THE the stars ...1607 poetical
• LAMPS the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1423
• LAMPS OF THE NIGHT the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1665
• LAMPS OF THE WORLD the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1613
STAR - nouns, person
• HEAVEN-GAZER one who gazes at the sky, who studies the stars; an astrologer ...1535
• STARN-KEEKER a star-gazer ...1808 Sc.
STARCHED - adjectives
• FRIED starched, as a shirt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STARE - nouns
• DEADPAN an expressionless stare ...1927 US sl.
• GAPE an open-mouthed stare; a gaze of wonder or curiosity ...1660
• HAIRY EYEBALL a hostile stare ...1960s US sl.
• MAD DOG a deliberately provocative and aggressive stare ...1990s US sl.
• MOOSE-EYE a strong, direct stare ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OGLE an amorous glance, a frankly sexual stare ...L17 sl.
• RED EYE a long, hard stare, usually directed at a person ...1994 Amer. dial.
STARE - nouns, person
• GAIVIE one who stares stupidly ...1923 Sc.
• GAPER one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...a1637
• GAPERESS † a female who stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...1660
• GAPE-SEED one who stares with open mouth ...1835
• GONGOOZLER an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the ordinary; orig, at activity on a canal ...1904 Eng. dial.
STARE - verbs
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BLARE to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CATCH BUGS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATCH FLIES to stare with one's mouth open ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CATCH GNATS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DARE † to gaze fixedly or stupidly; to stare as one terrified, amazed, or fascinated ...a1225
• DEADEYE to stare at in a chilly manner ...1960s US sl.
• EYEBALL to look at intently; to stare at ...1901 Amer. dial.
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAIVE to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAIVEL to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAPE to stare in wonder or admiration ...1377
• GAWK to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1795 sl., orig. US
• GAWP to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1682 sl.
• GLOP † to stare, to gaze in alarm or wonder ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOBBLE FLIES to stare at something with one's mouth open ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HARD-LOOK to stare at aggressively ...1994 US sl.
• HAUVE to stare, to gaze vacantly or in astonishment ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KAAIKE to stare vacantly; to wander listlessly ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LECH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• LETCH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• MEAN-EYE to stare at aggressively, in a hostile manner ...1930s US sl.
• OGLE to stare at, esp. with amorous interest; to look at squarely or intently; to watch ...1682
• QUAW to stare about foolishly or awkwardly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUBBERNECK to stare inquisitively ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SIGHT-HIT to stare at someone or something; to ogle someone ...1979 India sl.
• STARE LIKE A CHOKED THROSTLE to stare at fixedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED CAT to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED EARWIG to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TOISE * to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot, to stare, to gaze at ...1889
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YAG to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STARFISH - nouns
• PAD a starfish ...1613
• RADE †* a starfish ...1661
• SCOSCIE a starfish ...Bk1904 Sc.
STARING - adjectives
• AGOGGLED * staring, having staring eyes ...1862
• AT GAZE staring ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
STARING - adverbs
• BEAMED staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
STARING - nouns
• GAPE a fit of yawning or staring ...c1815 humorous usage
• GAPE-SEED something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth ...a1700
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
STARING - interjections & phrases
• HAD YOUR PENNORTH OR DO YOU WANT A HA'PENNY CHANGE? addressed to a person one feels is once staring rudely ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A PICTURE! stop staring! ...1980s US college sl.
STARLING - nouns
• JACKEY-BIRD a starling ...1897
• JACOB BIRD a starling ...1928 Amer. dial.
START - adjectives
• YBOWNE about to go or start ...c1572 arch.
START, STARTING - nouns
• ABRAID † a start ...1570
• AIMSTART a starting point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• OFF the start ...1950s sl.
• OFF-GO a start, a beginning ...1886 Sc. colloq.
• PUFF AND DART a start ...1880 rhyming sl.
START - verbs
• BE AWAY LAUGHING to make a good start ...1964 NZ sl.
• CLAW to start, to hurry ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE DIME to hurry, to get going, to start ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE NICKEL to hurry, to get going, to start ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ONSET † to make a beginning, to start ...1561
• LIGHT IN to make a vigorous start on something; to begin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• OFF-GANG a commencement, start, outset ...1881 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GOING a commencement, start, outset ...1885 Sc.
• OFF-SET a commencement, start, outset ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-START a commencement, start, beginning, outset ...1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• POP OFF to happen; to start ...1990s sl.
• PUFF AND DART to start ...1880 rhyming sl.
• SHOOT FROM TAW to make a good start; to be on the right track; to do all one can ...1913 Amer. dial.
• STEVE HART to start, to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
• TAKE BEGINNING † to begin, to start, to commence ...a1300
• TAKE IT FROM THE TOP to start at the beginning ...1930s US sl.
STARTED - adjectives
• OFF AND RUNNING started and making good headway ...1960s sl., orig. horseracing
STARTING - adjectives
• ON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UPON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
STARTLE - verbs
• ABRAID † to arouse, to startle ...1596
• BUNGFUNGER to startle, to confuse ...1843 Amer. dial.
• EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare ...1375
• GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOP † to startle; to cause to stare ...1807 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SKEY †* to startle, to come upon suddenly ...1539 Sc.
• WRECK SOMEONE'S BEADS to beat someone up; to shock or startle ...1970s US gay sl.
STARTLED - adjectives
• BESTURTED startled, alarmed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GLOTTENED surprised, startled ...1691 Eng. dial.
• RAISED-LIKE excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMAGE easily frightened or startled ...1567
• RAMAGEOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
• RAMAGIOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
STARTLED - nouns
• GLOP †* a surprised or startled look; a start, a surprise ...c1460
STARTLING - adjectives
• DING-DANG great, startling, extraordinary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• SKY-WISE AND CROOKED dumbfounded, extremely startling ...1915 Amer. dial.
STARTLING - nouns
• YACKIE-THUNDER a sudden startling noise which proves to be nothing serious ...1958 Sc.
STARTLING - verbs
• DROP A BOMBSHELL to make a startling or unexpected announcement ...Aust. sl.
STARVATION - nouns
• ACCELERATION starvation ...L19 tramps' sl.
• AFFAMISHMENT the act of famishing or starving with hunger; the state of being starved; starvation ...1590
• FANTASHEN starvation ...1898 Sc.
STARVE - nouns, person
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
STARVE - verbs
• AFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• AFFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• FAINT to starve, to famish ...1866 Sc.
• FAME †* to famish, to starve ...c1330
• FAMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FAMINE † to suffer or die of hunger; to starve ...1553
• FAMISH † to die of starvation, to perish from want of food ...1530
• FAMMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FANT to famish, to starve ...1898 Sc.
• HARRISH to starve with cold ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• HONISH to starve a person for want of food ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LICK A THIVEL to suffer poverty, to verge on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STARVED - adjectives
• BELLY-PINCHED having a belly pinched for want of food; hungry, starved ...1605
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FAMMELLED hungry, starved, famished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAMYLOUS †* famished, hungry, starved ...c1475
• FANTIT weakly, starved ...1898 Sc.
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• HUNGER-BANED † starved, afflicted with hunger ...1549
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• NATTLED of persons or animals: starved; stunted in growth; pinched with cold ...1854 Eng. dial.
• YAWPIT pinched-looking, starved-looking ...1958 Sc.
STARVED - nouns
• FAMISHMENT * the state of being famished or starved; hungry appetite ...c1470
STARVED - nouns, person
• QUEER DUKE a lean, half-starved person ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• SHAMMOCK a starved, miserable-looking person or animal ...E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † a starved or thin-faced person ...1562
• THIN-GUT † one who has a thin belly; a lean, starved-looking person, a starveling ...1602
STARVING - adjectives
• AFFAMISHED † afflicted with hunger, famished, starving ...1552
• AFFAMISHING † that afflicts with hunger or starves; starving ...1650
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FANTIN' starving, famishing ...Bk1900 Sc.
STARVING - nouns
• AFFAMISHING † afflicting with hunger; famishing, starving ...1649
STARVING - nouns, person
• MCDUMPSTER KID a homeless, starving young person ...2000s US Black sl.
STARVING - verbs
• LEAP AT A CRUST to be starving ...M17 sl.
STATE (condition, situation) - nouns
• BALLGAME a state of affairs, a situation ...1930s sl., orig. US
• FARE † condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success ...c1250
• TALER † state, condition ...1825 Sc.
• TANTUM state, condition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATE - verbs
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
STATELINESS - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
STATELY - adjectives
• GRANDISONANT * stately-sounding ...1684
• IMPERIOUS † exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately ...1592
• MAGNIFICAL splendid, stately, sumptuous ...1538 arch.
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MANFUL † stately in appearance ...1493
• MIGHTY stately, haughty, disdainful ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STATELY - nouns, person
• QUEEN'S STICK a stately person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATEMENT - nouns
• QUIDE † a saying, speech, statement ...c888.
• SAID-SO a statement previously made ...1864 Eng. dial.
STATEMENT - verbs
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO to make a statement; to deliver a homily or a rustically philosophical opinion ...20C Amer. arch.
STATESMAN - nouns, person
• WEALSMAN †* one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician ...1607
STATION - nouns
• AGGRAVATION a station ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SALVATION a station ...L19 rhyming sl.
STATIONARY - adjectives
• LEDGER † 1. remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary ...1547
† 2. lying or resting in a place; stationary; resident ...1600
• SIT-FAST remaining stationary; unmoving ...1857
STATISTICS - nouns
• SADISTICS a statistics course ...1980s college sl.
STATUE - nouns
• AEDICULE a niche for a statue ...1832
• IDOL † a statue of a person or thing ...1548
• IMAGILET †* a small image; a statuette ...a1661
• SIGN † a figure or image; a statue or effigy; an imprint ...1362
• STOOKIE a statue ...Sc.
STATUS - adjectives
• SUBLIME of rank, status: very high, exalted ...1702 arch.
STATUS - nouns
• CRED status among one's peers; credibility ...1981 Brit. sl.
• STREET CRED status among one's peers, esp. in fashionable urban youth subculture ...1981 Brit. sl.
• SUBLIMITY † a high or dignified status ...1643
STATUS - verbs
• FALL to lose status, to be deprived of a comfortable situation ...1990s sl.
• RANK to lower; to lose status or job seniority ...1930s sl.
STATUTORY - adjectives
• STATCH statutory ...1994 US sl.
STAUNCH - adjectives
• MAIN great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
• REAL eminently good in any way; true, staunch ...Bk1904 Sc.
STAY - nouns
• ABODE † a temporary remaining; a stay ...c1384
STAY - nouns, person
• TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
STAY - verbs
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• BIDE A WEE to stay a while ...1918 Sc.
• FALL IN to join; to stay ...1952 US sl.
• FALL INTO to stay ...1940s US sl.
• GAFF to stay where one is for too long ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• HAVE ONE'S SITTING BREECHES ON to stay late in company ...1785
• LEAVE † to remain; to remain behind; to continue or stay in one place ...c1000
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• ONBIDE † to abide, to remain, to stay on ...c1440
• PERENDINATE * to stay from day to day, to make an indefinite stay ...1656
• STUT † to stop, cease; to stay, remain ...B1900
• TARRY † to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition ...c1450
• TARRY OUT † to stay till the end of ...1654
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAYING - nouns
• MANSION † the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
STAYING POWER - nouns
• LAST power of holding on or out; staying power ...1857
• LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power ...1970s Amer. show business usage
STEADFAST - adjectives
• DYED IN THE WOOL steadfast in principle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASTREDE †* firm in purpose, inflexible, steadfast ...c888
• SARTAIN stern, severe; steadfast ....1887 Eng. dial.
STEADFAST - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
STEADFASTLY - adverbs
• FAITHLY † with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully ...c1325
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175
STEADILY - adverbs
• APACE by degrees, steadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• FASTLY † in a fixed or steady manner ...c888
• REGULAR regularly, always; steadily ...1875 Eng. dial.
STEADY - adjectives
• BALLASTED rendered steady or stable ...1552
STEADY - verbs
• BALLAST to steady (generally); to steady mentally or morally ...1596
STEAK - nouns
• BEN-FLAKE a steak ...M19 rhyming sl.
• QUIVER AND SHAKE a steak ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• VERONICA LAKE a steak ...1950s rhyming sl.
STEAL - adjectives (also see STOLEN)
• CABBAGED pilfered, as shreds by a tailor ...1729
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• HYDRAULIC inclined to steal ...1989 Aust.
• LIGHT-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1547 euphemism
• LIME-FINGERED † given to pilfering ...1546
• STICKY-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1890 sl.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THIEVING inclined to steal ...1598 sl.
STEAL, STEALER - nouns, person
• BAGGER a stealer from the hand ...B1900 Eng. sl.
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HUSTLER someone who lives by stealing or other dishonest means ...1825 sl.
• SNOW-DROPPER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• SNOW-GATHERER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
STEAL - verbs
• ACQUIRE to steal something ...1937 UK sl.
• ATTRACT to steal ...1891 euphemism
• BAG to steal ...B1820 sl.
• BAG IT to steal it ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BEAT to steal ...1950s Amer. sl.
• BLAG to rob (with violence), to steal ...1933 Brit. sl.
• BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch ...L18 sl.
• BOOST to steal, to shoplift, to rob ...E20 US sl.
• BUSHWHACK to ambush; to cheat; to steal; to lie ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly ...1825 Sc. sl.
• CABBAGE to pilfer; to appropriate surreptitiously; orig. said of a tailor appropriating part of the cloth given to him to make up into garments; to acquire unethically ...1712 sl.
• CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CADGE to steal ...1980s sl.
• CAR-SHOP to break into a car to steal its contents ...1997 US sl.
• CHEWRE to steal ...17C sl.
• CHIP to filch, to steal ...1938 Amer. sl.
• CLIP to swindle; to rob, to steal ...E20 sl., orig. US
• CLOUT to steal any kind of valuables in any manner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• CONVERT to steal something ...1984 NZ sl.
• COP to steal ...L19 sl.
• COP A STEAL to steal ...20C US sl.
• CROOK to steal ...1882 US sl.
• DAMP to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• DANCE to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DANCE THE STAIRS to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DAP to pick up; to steal, esp. luggage ...20C sl.
• DEAD to remove, to steal ...2000s US prison sl.
• DEEGLE to purloin, to steal; a word used by boys ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DODGE to steal an animal ...1965 Aust. sl.
• DRUM to steal from an unoccupied house, room., etc. ...1925 Brit. sl.
• DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands ...1859 Aust. sl.
• EASE to rob, to steal ...E17 sl.
• FAKE to steal or rob ...1812 thieves' sl.
• FECK to steal ...1809 sl.
• FILCH to steal; to pilfer; rarely, to rob ...M16 cant
• FINCH to snitch, to pilfer, to filch ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLARE to steal actively, lightly, or delicately ...1850 sl.
• GAM † to steal ...1893 UK sl.
• GIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAZE to pilfer and eat sweets, fruit, etc. from supermarkets while shopping ...US
• GYP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYTCH to steal ...1956 Amer. sl.
• HALF-INCH to steal ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'pinch'
• HAVE IT AWAY WITH to steal an object ...1920s sl.
• HEIST to steal, rob, or hold up ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOBBLE to steal; to arrest ...18C criminal sl.
• HOCK to steal ...1930s US sl.
• HOIST to steal or rob ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOOK to steal, to filch ...1615 sl.
• HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge ...1914 services' sl.
• IVELL to pilfer, to rifle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
• JACK UP to rob, to steal; to hold up ...1971 Amer. dial.
• JIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• JUMP to cheat, to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• KAPSWALLA to steal ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal ...1897 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK DOWN to embezzle, to steal from a firm's takings ...a1854 US sl.
• KNOCK OFF to steal or rob ...1919 sl.
• LAG † to carry off, to steal ...1573
• LIBERATE to loot or steal ...1944 euphemism or jocular
• LIFT to steal, esp. to pilfer ...1526 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-FINGER vb. to steal; to pilfer; to rob ...1956 US sl.
• MACE to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick ...1977 UK sl.
• MACK to steal ...1990s sl.
• MAG to steal ...E19 Sc.
• MAGG to pilfer ...1818 Sc.
• MAKE to steal ...a1700 sl. & Eng. dial.
• MANARVEL to pilfer small stores ...1867 nautical sl.
• MANAVEL to pilfer eatables or articles of small value ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MANTICULATE †* to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal ...1656
• MARAUD to go about pilfering ...1770
• MIKE to steal, to make off with ...1900s sl.
• MILK to steal ...1788 Sc.
• MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal ...1857 Amer. sl.
• MOONLIGHT 1. to steal, esp. at night; to take, to latch on to something ...1942 Amer. dial.
2. to steal cattle ...1950s Irish sl.
• NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize ...1665 Brit.
• NAB THE SNOW to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry ...1788 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL to secure; to succeed in catching hold of a person or thing; to steal ...1732 sl.
• NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL A STRIKE to steal a watch ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
• NASK to steal, to pilfer unobtrusively ...1920 Sc.
• NECK to catch; to steal ...1863 Sc.
• NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize ...M17 sl.
• NIBBLE to catch; to steal ...1608 sl.
• NICK to steal ...1817 sl.
• NIP to steal or snatch ...c1560 sl., now US
• NOBBLE to appropriate dishonestly, to steal ...1854 Brit. sl.
• OFF to steal; to rob, usually with violence ...1950s Amer. sl.
• ORGANIZE to steal, to loot ...1930s sl., orig. military
• PAY WITH A HOOK to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. thieves' sl.
• PICK UP to steal; to rob ...1770 sl.
• PILCH to pilfer ...ME now Scot & Eng. dial.
• PINCH to steal; to rob ...1656 sl.
• PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
• PULL A JOB to carry out a crime, esp. stealing ...Amer. sl.
• PULL DOWN to steal from shop doors ...1839 cant
• RABBIT to steal or scrounge ...1943 Aust. nautical sl.
• RACK to steal ...1997 US sl.
• RAIFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAISE to steal ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAME to steal, to rob, to plunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP † to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing ...1564
• RAP AND REND to steal ...1528 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAPE to misuse; to steal ...1990s sl.
• RAT to search someone, their belongings, etc. for something to steal; to rob or pilfer surreptitiously ...1919 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• RAYFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAZZLE to steal ...20C Aust. sl.
• READ to steal ...c1819 thieves' sl.
• REAVE to rob, to steal, to plunder; to bereave of ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEF to pull up a pocket-lining to steal the contents, or to steal from a pocket; to steal or obtain dishonestly ...1903 sl.
• RESPUN to steal ...Bk1903 tinkers' sl.
• RIG to trick; to steal ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIP to steal ...1816 sl.
• SACK to rob, to steal; to take possession of, to pocket ...L18 sl.
• SACK OFF to carry off surreptitiously, to steal ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SALVAGE to steal, to pilfer ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
• SANCOCHO to steal ...1980s drugs sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to cheat, to steal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCARF to pilfer; to steal ...1960s US college sl.
• SCLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCODGE to look sly; to pilfer; to sneak about idly ...1824 Sc.
• SCOFF to filch, to steal, to plunder, to sponge ...1885 Sc.
• SCORE to steal ...1942 sl., orig. US
• SCOUNGE to pilfer ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAB † to grab, to snatch; to steal ...1890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCROUNGE to steal ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SHAKE to steal or rob ...1811 sl., now Aust.
• SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal ...L17 colloq.
• SHAVE to steal ...L16 sl.
• SHUSH to steal something ...2002 UK sl.
• SKANK to steal and run away ...1980s sl., orig. W. Indies
• SKLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SNATCH to steal ...1765 Amer. sl.
• SNATCH BALD-HEADED to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse ...US Civil War usage
• SNAVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNAVVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNIPE to steal or take without permission ...1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SNITCH to steal ...1904 sl.
• SNOOP to steal ...1920s sl., orig. US
• SNOW-DROP to steal ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SNUG to steal, to conceal from the proper owner ...M19 US sl.
• SOUVENIR to take something as a 'souvenir'; to pilfer, to steal ...1919 euphemism, orig. services' sl.
• STRIKE to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUFFURATE †* to steal ...1549
• SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1889 sl.
• THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft ...1838 Amer. dial.
• THIEVE to steal, to rob ...a901
• VAMP to pawn; to steal ...a1700 sl.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• VICK to steal ...1993 US sl.
• WALK OFF WITH to steal, often implying appropriating to oneself something lent or entrusted to one by another ...1727 sl.
• WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1859 Brit. sl.
• WIN to steal, to lift ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOG to steal ...1971 sl.
• YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal ...1866 Amer. dial.
• YANK to steal ...1990s US college sl.
STEAL - phrases
• ON THE FILCH on the watch for something to steal ...1877 cant
• ON THE KNOCK-OFF said of someone engaged in stealing ...1936 sl.
STEALING - adjectives
• KLEPTISTIC * pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• OFF DUTY not engaged in stealing ...1887 cant
• TARRY-FINGERED dishonest, pilfering ...1864 Sc.
• TARRY-HANDED dishonest, pilfering ...1813 Sc.
STEALING - nouns
• BLOW OFF stealing a victim’s money ...1936 criminals’ sl.
• CABBAGING pilfering, purloining ...1768
• CLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• DRAGGING stealing from a vehicle ...1812 sl.
• FILCH a hooked stick or staff wherewith to steal ...17C cant
• FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT the activity or proceeds of stealing or shoplifting ...1966 US sl., chiefly CB users'
• GAM † stealing ...1859 US sl.
• KLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• LURKING stealing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• NEMAN stealing ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• PICK-UP stealing, theft ...1928 sl.
• SCRUMPING the act of stealing apples from orchards ...1999 UK sl.
• SNITCHING stealing ...1930s US sl.
• SNOW-BIRDING stealing washing, usually women's underwear from clothes-lines ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNOW-DROPPING the stealing of washing, usually women's underwear, from unguarded clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering ...1821 Sc.
• YAMPING stealing ...1925 Amer. dial.
STEALTH, STEALTHY - verbs
• BESTEAL † to move stealthily ...a725
• INDIAN to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1869 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN UP to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• OIL to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner ...1920s sl.
• SAP to make way in a stealthy or insidious manner ...1732
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SLY to move or go stealthily; to slink ...E19 Sc. & US
• SNAKE OFF. to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• SNAKE OUT. to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
STEALTHILY - adverbs
• HIDLINS secretly, stealthily, clandestinely ...a1225 Sc.
STEALTHY - adjectives
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• THIEFY stealthy, furtive ...1897 Sc.
STEALTHY - nouns, person
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
STEAM - nouns
• HAME steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• OOM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• REECH smoke; steam ...1859 Eng. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
STEAM - verbs
• HAME to steam ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REECH to smoke; to emit smoke or steam ...1740 Eng. dial.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMBOAT - nouns
• MOAT PALACE a river steamboat ...M19 US criminals' sl.
STEAMER - see SHIP
STEAMING - adjectives
• REEKY steaming; foggy ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMROLLER - nouns
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing ...1885 Amer. dial.
STEAMSHIP - nouns
• PIG a lake steamship ...1898 Amer. dial.
• PIG-BOAT n. a lake steamship ...1949 Amer. dial.
STEEL - adjectives
• QUICK † of steel: breaking readily; brittle ...1677
STEEL - nouns
• ACIER † steel ...1866
• ASSER † steel ...1866
STEEP - adjectives
• ACCLIVOUS rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep ...1731
• DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep ...1799
• DOWNSTEEPY †* very steeply descending; steep and precipitous; having a great declivity ...1603
• SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep ...1611
STEEP - nouns
• DROP-OFF a declivity, a steep drop; a cliff ...M20 N. Amer.
STEEPLE - nouns
• CAMPANILE a bell-tower; a steeple ...1640
STEEPNESS - nouns
• SUDDENNESS †* steepness, abruptness ...1594-7
STENCH - nouns
• DAME JUDI a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Dame Judi Dench)
• DAME JUDI DENCH a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• FOGO a disagreeable smell or odour; a stink, stench ...1823
• FOOF a stench ...19C Sc.
• FUNK a bad odour; a stench ...1623 sl.
• JUDI a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Judi Dench)
• JUDI DENCH a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MALODOUR an evil smell; a stench ...1825
• THEEF a stench, a bad smell ...Bk1905 Sc.
STENCH - verbs
• FUNK to make a stench ...L17 sl.
STEP - adjectives
• LAMPING striding, taking long steps ...1685 Sc.
STEP - nouns
• DESS a step; a small landing-place ...1838 Sc.
• GANGS † steps, goings, journeyings ...c825
• JACOB'S LADDER a nickname of a high and steep flight of steps ...c1895
• LAMP a long, heavy step ...1894 Sc.
• PAIR OF STEPS a flight of steps; also, a portable set of steps used in a library, etc. ...1755
• SCALE † a ladder; a flight of steps ...1705 Sc.
• WALKS steps ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WALLACH a noisy step, thump, or fall ...Bk1905 Sc.
STEP - verbs
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards ...1808 Sc.
• LAMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
STEPDAUGHTER - nouns, person
• DAUGHTER-IN-LAW a stepdaughter (now considered incorrect) ...1841
STEPFATHER - nouns, person
• FATHER-IN-LAW a stepfather; now regarded as a misuse ...1552
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
STEPMOTHER - adjectives
• NOVERCAL in the manner of a stepmother ...1623
• NOVERCANT †* acting like a stepmother ...1472-3
STEPMOTHER - nouns, person
• ELDMOTHER † a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLMOTHER † a stepmother ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ELMOTHER † a stepmother ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
STEPPING-STONE - nouns
• HEAPING-STOCK a stepping-stone ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SARN a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones ...1790 Eng. dial.
STEREO - nouns
• BLASTER a portable tape player and/or radio ...1984 Amer. sl.
• GHETTO BLASTER a large and powerful stereo radio-cassette player
• THIRD WORLD BRIEFCASE a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with Black youth culture ...1987 US sl.
• WOG BOX a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with black youth culture ..1990 UK sl.