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STOOGE - STREAKY
STOOGE - nouns, person
• ENGINE a stooge; one who is used to another's advantage ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY'S CAT a dupe, a stooge ...1970 Amer. dial.
• PIECE OF CHEESE a stooge, a patsy ...1966 Amer. dial.
STOOL - nouns
• APRIL FOOLS stools ...c1910 rhyming sl., chiefly public house usage
• BAIKIE a small stool ...1900 Sc.
• BENCHLET a little bench, a stool ...1865
• SHAMBLE † a stool; a footstool ...OE
• TAMBOURET †* a stool ...1658
STOOL PIGEON - nouns, person
• BUTTON a stool pigeon ...1925 US sl.
• CANARY an informer; a stool pigeon ...1929 US sl.
• FINK a stool pigeon ...E20 US sl.
• NARK a stool pigeon or informer ...1860 Brit. sl.
STOOL PIGEON - verbs
• NARK to act as a police informer or stool pigeon ...1860 Brit. sl.
STOOP - verbs
• ABOW † to bend, to incline, to bow, to stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence; to submit ...c1000
• BESSEN to stoop, to bend down; to weigh down ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAP DOWN to stoop down suddenly; to dip, to dive, to duck ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCOOPY to crouch, to stoop down upon the haunches ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTHER to stoop; to go along crouchingly; to elude observation; to scuttle ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCOUCH to crouch, to stoop, to bend down ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCROUGE to crouch, to stoop down ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNCH to stoop or crouch; to drop down low by bending at the knees ...1900s US Black sl.
• SKOOTHER to stoop; to go along crouchingly; to elude observation; to scuttle ...1889 Eng. dial.
STOOPING - adjectives
• HALF-COW'D bent, stooping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STOOPING - nouns
• BENT † inclination, bowing, stooping, nodding ...1584
STOOPING - verbs
• UNLINK to rise up from a stooping position ...Bk1905 Sc.
STOP, STOPPAGE - nouns
• BIG HOLE in railroading: an emergency stop ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CAESURA a break, a stop, an interruption ...L16
• DEVALLING cessation, stop ...1891 Sc.
• FETCH-UP a sudden stop; the halt which results from such a stop ...1866 Amer. dial.
• HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STOP - verbs
• ACHECK † to check, to bring to a sudden stop ...c1384
• AIRLOCK to stop in one's tracks ...20C Irish sl.
• APPLY THE ACID to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• BEHAD to stop, to wait; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain ...1768 Sc.
• BEHOLD † to 'hold,' to stop, to wait ...a1670
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BIG HOLE in railroading, logging, and trucking: to stop quickly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BIG HOLE IT in trucking: to apply brakes for an emergency stop ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BIG HOLE THE AIR in railroading, and logging: to stop quickly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRING UP SHORT to make stop suddenly
• BUNCH to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CALL A COP to stop ...1990s rhyming sl.
• CALL IT A DAY to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A GO to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A NIGHT to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CAN to stop or give up; to leave off ...1906 Amer. sl.
• CATCH UP to interrupt, to stop ...1840
• CHATHAM AND DOVER to stop, to cease ...L19 rhyming slang for 'to give over '
• CHOP OFF to stop or put a stop to; to quit work ...1897 Amer. sl.
• CLAP A GUY ON † to put a stop to; to cease ...1814 nautical sl.
• CONK OUT to stop running or operating ...WWI Royal Flying Corps
• CURB to stop or slow down ...1953 US
• DAMPER to stop; to bring to an end ...1970s US Black sl.
• DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease ...1823 Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
• EAR to keep someone from moving; to pin down ...1929 Amer. dial.
• EX to stop, to eliminate ...1950s Aust. & US college sl.
• FAIL UP to stop doing something ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FETCH UP to come or be brought to a sudden stop; to end up in some place or situation ...1838 Amer. dial.
• GO DEAD to cease to run, as an engine or automobile ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAP to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk ...1777 Eng. dial.
• JACK IT to stop doing something; to give in; to abandon; to resign ...L19 sl.
• LAY † to put a stop to an annoyance; to allay anxiety; to appease anger, appetite, etc. ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAY OUT to stop what one is doing. esp. suddenly ...1920s US Black sl.
• LAY UP to make a forced stop in travelling or itinerant labour ...1839 Amer. dial.
• LET ALL HOLTS GO to relax or lose one's grip; to abandon one's position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing ...1894 Amer. dial.
• LET LOOSE ALL HOLTS to relax or lose one's grip; to abandon one's position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NAP to stop, to frustrate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBVARICATE †* to hinder, obstruct or stop one in his passage ...1623
• OFF to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop ...1908 US sl., chiefly Black usage
• PACK IN to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die ...1942 sl.
• PACK IT IN to stop doing something, usually used as a command ...1930s sl.
• PACK IT UP to stop doing something, usually used as a command ...1930s sl.
• PACK THE GAME IN to stop doing something ...1920s sl.
• PALL to stop, to cease ...M19 sl.
• PLY THE ACID to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• PULL THE PLUG to stop; to finish ...1988 UK sl.
• PULL UP 1. among travellers, to stop ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
2. to stop doing something ...1972 US sl.
• PUT THE ACID ON to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• PUT THE GAS ON to put a stop to ...1900s Aust. sl.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON to put a stop to ...E20 slang
• QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop ...1790 Sc.
• QUIT to stop, to leave off ...1678 Sc. & Ireland
• QUIT OFF to stop doing something; to cease from ...1861 Amer. dial.
• QUIT OUT to leave abruptly or suddenly; to stop ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RAISE to stop, to pause ...1960s US Black sl.
• RAMBARRE †* to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain ...1644 Sc.
• REST to arrest, to stop; to distrain for debt ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SACK to abruptly stop any activity ...2001 UK sl.
• SHITCAN to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHUT UP SHOP to stop, usually talking ...M16 sl.
• SIST † to cease, to desist, to stop ...a1676
• STOP SOMEONE'S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone ...1947 Amer. sl.
• STUT † to stop, cease; to stay, remain ...B1900
• SUBSIST † to cease, to stop at a certain point ...a1637
• SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to change course; to stop doing something ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE A PULL to stop, to desist ...20C Aust. sl.
• TAKE OFF to turn off; to stop ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAKE UP † to arrest the action or progress of; to check, to stop, to 'pull up' ...1631
• TENT to stop, to stay, to delay ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop ...1899 US sl.
• TRY THE ACID to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• X to stop, to eliminate ...1950s Aust. & US college sl.
STOP - interjections
• BAIL UP! stop! ...M19 sl.
• BALE UP! stop! ...M19 sl.
• CHICKIE! a warning of the impending approach of authority, whether, policeman, parent, or teacher, and thus a command to stop whatever one is doing that might cause that authority to act against one ...1910s US sl.
• CHICKY! same as 'Chickie!' ...1910s US sl.
• CHUCK IT! stop it! ...L19
• CHUCK IT IN! stop it! ...M19
• CHUCK IT UP! stop it! ...M19
• HAVE DONE! cease, stop, be quiet ...1842 Eng. dial.
• HOLD HARD! wait a moment! stop! ...c1760
• HOLD ON! wait a moment! stop! ...c1800
• ICE THAT! stop that! calm down!...1960s US Black sl.
• KAMERAD! stop! that’s enough! ...1915 military usage
• LAY OFF! stop! ...20C colloq.
• NANTE! no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not ..1851 UK sl.
• NANTEE! stop! beware! ...M19 sl.
• NANTI! stop! beware! ...M19 sl.
• NANTI THAT! stop that! don't do that! ...2002 UK sl.
• NANTY! no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not ..1851 UK sl.
• NITTO! be quiet!; also, stop! desist! ...1959 criminals' sl.
• PALL THAT! stop that! ...M19 sl.
• TAKE A PULL ON YOURSELF!. stop it! ...L19 sl., orig. US
• WHOAP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1907 Amer. dial.
• WOAP-AH! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1898 Amer. dial.
• WOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WUP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1942 Amer. dial.
STOPOVER - nouns
• LAYOFF a stopover, a layover ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LAY-UP a stopover; a rest ...1942 Amer. dial.
STOPPED - adjectives
• CONKED stopped; killed ...Amer. World War I sl.
STOPPED - verbs
• GET THE CHOP to be dismissed or stopped ...1945 Brit. sl.
STOPPING - adjectives
• DEVALLING ceasing, stopping, halting ...1894 Sc.
STOPPING - nouns
• SISTENCE †* stopping ...1640
STOPPING PLACE - verbs
• REACH THE SEAM-NEEDLE to reach a good stopping place ...1944 Amer. dial.
STOP UP - adjectives
• OBTURATORY * serving to close or stop up ...1719
STOP UP - verbs
• OBSTIPATE †* to block or stop up; to stuff up ...1656
• OBTURATE to stop up, to close, to obstruct ...1657
STOPPED UP - adjectives
• OBTURATE †* stopped up, obstructed; fig. impervious ...c1560
STOPPING UP - nouns
• OBSTIPATION the act of blocking or stopping up ...1597
• OBTURATION the act of stopping up; obstruction of an opening or channel ...1610
STORAGE, STORED - adjectives
• IN MOTHBALLS in disuse or in storage, esp. with reference to standby equipment
• IN SALT in store, laid by for future reference ...1890 Sc.
• MOTHBALL inactive, unused; stored away
STORAGE - nouns
• BEN a storage bin; the place where grain is kept in a barn ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABIN. a cubby or small storage space inside a house ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DARK-HOLE an unlighted storage space in a house; a dark closet or corner under the stairs or around the chimney ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GLORY a storage place, esp. one where odds and ends are cached; a pantry ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GLORY HOLE a storage place, esp. one where odds and ends are cached; a pantry ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOCKER a closet, a wardrobe; a small storage area ...1961 Amer. dial.
• PACK ROOM a storage room ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SALVATORY * a repository for safe storage ...a1677
STORAGE - verbs
• MOTHBALL to put into storage or reserve; to inactivate
STORE - nouns
• ABRAHAM a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store ...Bk1909 sl.
• BABBIE-SHOP an Indian-owned store ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• BABI-SHOP an Indian-owned store ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• BOBBYSHOP an Indian-owned store ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• BODEGA a small neighbourhood grocery store or convenience stores, orig, and still commonly, a Hispanic one ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CHOVEY a shop ...Bk1890 sl.
• DIME STORE a store selling a variety of small items ...1938 US sl.
• GEDUNK a place where sweets and snacks are sold ...1956 US sl.
• ICEHOUSE 1. a jewellery store ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
2. a convenience store ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEEDMORE a nickname for a ratty little country store ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• RACKET STORE a variety store; a store that sells many kinds of goods, as shoes, clothing, cloth, curtain material, etc. ...1832 Amer. dial.
• V AND X a corner store ...1940s US Black sl. (Latin V, 5 + X, 10, i.e. a '5 and 10 cent' store)
• V AND X STORE a corner store ...1940s US Black sl. (Latin V, 5 + X, 10, i.e. a '5 and 10 cent' store)
STORE - nouns, person
• CAPE MERCHANT the man who had charge of the general store or warehouse ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
STORE - verbs
• BESTOW to stow away; to place or deposit anywhere for storage, to store up ...1393 arch.
• SALT to store, to put away ...20C sl.
STORED - adjectives
• LIE-BY stored up for future use ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STOREHOUSE - nouns
• MAGAZINE * a place where goods are laid up; a storehouse or repository for goods or merchandise; a warehouse ...1583
STOREHOUSE - verbs
• MAGAZINE * to lay up in or as in a magazine or storehouse ...1643
STOREROOM - nouns
• GARDEROBE properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept, a storeroom, wardrobe; hence, a private room, a bed-chamber; also, a privy ...1333-4 now only Hist.
STORE UP - verbs
• INSTORE † to store up ...1836 Sc. obs.
• RAT-HOLE to store up furtively, as food, etc. ...20C Amer. sl.
STORM, STORMY - adjectives
• BANGY of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BLUSTERSOME of weather: rainy and stormy in fits and starts ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLUTHRIE wet, stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASHY noisy; stormy; rugged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADDLESOME of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING of weather: uncertain, variable, stormy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLY of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ELECTRIC CLOUD a thunder cloud; an electrical storm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GALEY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HARRISHING cold and stormy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL stormy ...1892 Sc.
• INDUMIOUS of the weather: extraordinarily rough or stormy ...1898 Sc.
• JABBLED agitated, stormy ...1887 Sc.
• MAD of storm, wind: wild, violent ...1836
• MAIN † of a fit, a storm: violent ...a1300
• ORAGIOUS * stormy, tempestuous ...c1590
• PROCELLOUS † stormy, tempestuous ...1650
• RACKY of clouds: stormy ...1967 Sc.
• RAGEFUL of things: full of furious activity, as a storm ...1597
• RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAISIGO of weather: rough, blustery, stormy ...1828 Sc.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• REEK windy, stormy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICK-RACK of the weather: stormy, boisterous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of storms or climate: violent, severe ...1612
• SAIR of the weather: inclement, stormy, severe ...1813 Sc.
• TARLOCH of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEMPESTY stormy, blusterous ...1868 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
• UNKID betokening bad weather; stormy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VITIOUS of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WHITE GALE a windstorm on the water with rough seas, a clear sky, and no precipitation ...1986 Amer. dial.
• YARK of weather: wild, stormy ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YEASTY gusty, stormy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STORM - nouns
• APPLE SHAKER a storm ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ARIZONA CLOUDBURST a sandstorm ...1966 Amer. dial. jocular
• BAFFIN a severe drenching; usually applied to the drenching and buffeting one gets by being exposed to a storm of wind and rain ...1929 Sc.
• BARBER in Canada: a storm accompanied by snow and spray which freezes upon the face; also, the vapour rising from the water on a frosty day ...c1890
• BENSELL 1. violence of storm, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
2. a place exposed to the violence of the storm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENSIL 1. violence of storm, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
2. a place exposed to the violence of the storm ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLACKBERRY RAIN a spring storm or cold snap ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY STORM a spring storm or cold snap ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLEFFART a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT a storm of wind and rain; a cold drift of snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUT the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BOURKE SHOWER a dust storm ...1945 Aust. sl.
• BOWDER a great squall, a heavy storm of wind and rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ELEPHANT † a name originally given by the Portuguese to violent storms occurring at the termination of the Monsoon ...1616
• GANDAGUSTER a strong, sudden gust of wind; a strong, sweeping wind; a storm, esp. of short duration ...1899 Sc.
• NORTHERN NANNY a cold storm of hail and wind from the north ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PASSOVER an impending storm that fails to bring rain ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RACK †* a rush of wind; a gale, a storm ...c1400
• RIPSNORTER a storm, a gale ...M19 colloq. orig. US
• SCALE the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm ...1790 Sc.
• SICK-BIRD WINTER a late spring storm ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SIROCCO a blighting influence; a fiery storm ...1864
• SKAIL the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm ...1790 Sc.
• SKYLE the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm ...1790 Sc.
• TEMPEST a storm, esp. a thunderstorm, but without the accompaniment of high wind ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TRAP SMASHER in lobstering: a severe storm ...1978 US sl.
• WILLAWAW a sudden violent wind or windstorm ...1896 Amer. dial.
• WILLIWAW a sudden violent wind or windstorm ...1896 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY a sudden violent wind or windstorm ...1886 Amer. dial.
STORM - verbs
• BE MASKING of a storm: to be 'brewing' ...1830
• MILD of a wind or storm: to diminish or decrease ...1956 Amer. dial.
• MILD DOWN of a wind or storm: to diminish or decrease ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RANGE to storm, to rage ...1864 Eng. dial.
• VAIL † of a storm: to abate, to cease ...1606
• WEATHER rain, to storm ...1896 Amer. dial.
STORM - phrases
• DAVY PUTTING ON THE COPPERS FOR THE PARSON(S) a comment on an approaching storm; the brewing of a storm ...c1830 nautical usage
STORM CELLAR - see CELLAR
STORY - adjectives
• HAIRY of a joke or story: old, out-of-date ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SAUNTERING † of a story: foolish, trumpery ...1726
• TALEFUL full of tales; making a long story; talkative ...1726-46
• TALISH † of the nature of a tale or story; fabulous ...1530
• VAMPED-UP of a story, etc.: invented, fabricated, trumped up ...1802-12
• WAFF of a story, report, or rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin ...1753 Sc.
STORY - nouns
• ACKAMARACKER a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• ACKAMARACKUS a fraudulent tale, a tall story, pretentious nonsense, bluff ...1933 Amer. sl.
• ACKAMARAKA a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• AMPLEFEYST unnecessary talk; long stories ...B1900 Sc.
• ANANIASFEST an exchange of tall stories ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ANTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• AVERING obtaining money by hard-luck stories ...B1912 Eng. sl.
• BABBLE an idle, foolish story; gossip ...1855 Eng. dial.
• BACKSTAY the background of a story or event ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BAG OF MOONSHINE nonsense; idle, untrue stories ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAM a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke ...1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEAR STORY an exaggerated account; a 'tall tale' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BEDTIME STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG ONE an incredible story; a whopper ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUGHOUSE FABLE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL-CON an incredible story ...1896 Amer. sl.
• CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
• CHERRY TREE TALE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHESTNUT a stale story or outworn jest ...1886 colloq.
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
• COKE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COKE STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CON an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK'S GALLEY YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACKER a lie; a very tall story ...17C sl.
• CUFFER a lie; a tale; an exaggerated and improbable story ...1891 Eng. dial.
• DEACON-SEATER a good tall story ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DILDRAMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DILDRUMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• EVERGREEN a story that is not news, but penetrating analysis, etc. ...1980s Amer. journalism sl.
• FAIRY a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY STORY a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse; an incredible story ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY-TWISTER a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• FAKELOO a false rumour or false story; a yarn intended to deceive ...1926 Amer. sl.
• FANFIC further stories and adventures for characters in familiar television programs and films written for pleasure by fans of the original, esp. widespread on the Internet ...1998 US sl.
• FANNY any form of story designed to elicit money, sympathy, provide excuses, etc. ...1920s sl.
• FISH STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FURPHY a false report or rumour; an absurd story ...1915 Aust. sl.
• GAG a falsehood, a lie, an invention, a story ...1805 sl.
• GALLEY-PACKET a made-up story, a lie; an unfounded rumour ...1867
• GALLEY YARN a rumour on which no reliance can be placed; an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GHOST STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GIANT GOOSEBERRY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLURGE stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental ...20C
• GOOSEBERRY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE'S GAZETTE a lying story; a flim-flam tale; a piece of reading for a 'goose' (simpleton) ...1836
• HAIR-RAISER an exciting or terrifying adventure story or film ...20C sl.
• HOP STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACKANORY a children's story ...20C rhyming sl.
• KANGAROO FEATHERS an impossible thing, often an unlikely story ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LAGAMACHIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAME TALE an excuse; a false story; a misrepresentation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMGAMASHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMMERIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LARGE ORDER an incredible story ...1930 colloq.
• LEGEND † a story, history, account ...c1385
• LETTRURE † a writing, a written book, a story ...a1300
• LOAD OF OLD TROT, A a dubious story ...1940s sl.
• LOGAMOCHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• MARVEL † a wonderful story or legend ...a1300
• NANNY-GOAT an anecdote ...1860 rhyming sl.
• NORATION an announcement, rumour, or a long, rambling account ...1853 Amer. dial.
• OLDIE any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie ...20C US sl.
• OLD MOTHER HUBBARD an unbelievable story; a fantasy ...L19 sl.
• OLD SAW an old joke or story ...20C US sl.
• OLD SONG an old story or saying, a proverb, etc. ...1707 Sc.
• OLD TROT a dubious story ...1940s sl.
• OLDY any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie ...20C US sl.
• PADDY a long, tedious rigmarole; a 'cock-and-bull' story ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PADINODDY a long, tedious rigmarole; a 'cock-and-bull' story ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PARABLE a long, dreary, egotistical statement; an incredible story ...L19 US sl.
• PIPE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPE DREAM an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PISCATORIAL PREVARICATION an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRESS AGENT'S YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICKIE a quick, 'dirty' story, related at the end of a party or drinking session ...1940s sl.
• RABBLE-ROTE a long rigmarole or roundabout story repeated by rote ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKET a story, a 'line' ...L19 sl.
• RAG CHEWER a story ...1900s sl.
• RAGMAN ROLL a tedious story; twaddle; a rambling statement; rigmarole ...a1529 colloq.
• RAMISON a long, tedious story; small talk ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMMAS a long, tedious story; small talk ...19C Eng. dial.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANT a lively story or song; a loud noise ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAVE a vague report, an uncertain rumour; a story which is not very credible ...1882 Sc.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RIBBLE an unlikely story ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDLESS a doggerel rhyme; an improbable story, a rigmarole ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIG-MY-ROLL a tedious story; twaddle; a rambling statement; rigmarole ...1753 colloq.
• SAILOR'S YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCANCHUS a story, chat, discussion ...Bk1904 Ireland
• SCLORE rubbishy talk; nonsense; rigmarole; a long, rambling story ...1869 Sc.
• SCRIFT † a recitation; a long-winded story; a written composition; a made-up tale; a falsehood ...1766 Sc.
• SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon ...1894 Sc.
• SKEALT † story, talk, rumour ...c1580
• SLEIGH RIDE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMUT SESSION a retailing of risqué stories ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAPPER the point or risible climax of a story or joke ...1857 Amer. sl.
• SNOWFALL an untrue but totally convincing story; a con-man's patter ...1940s US sl.
• SNOW JOB an untrue but totally convincing story; a con-man's patter ...1940s US sl.
• TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A an invented story, an idle tale, a fiction, a falsehood...1570
• TALE IN A TUB, A a fable; an old wife's tale ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALL ORDER an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALL STORY an extravagant, boastful story; a lie ...1846 colloq.
• TALL TALE an extravagant, boastful story; a lie ...1846 colloq.
• TELL an account, a story - used to give the authority for a statement ...1795 Amer. dial.
• TELLING a story, narrative; talk, conversation; news; anything worth revealing or telling ...1660 Scot & Eng. dial.
• THITTING an unpleasant story concerning a person, not told but held over him as a threat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREEN a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THREN a song or story ...1720 Sc.
• THRENE 1. a song or story ...1720 Sc.
2. a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• TOUGH YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRAVELLER'S YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNCOUTH a quaint or novel anecdote ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WHODUNIT a story about the solving of a mystery, esp. a murder ...1930 sl.
• WHODUNNIT a story about the solving of a mystery, esp. a murder ...1930 sl.
• WHOLE MEGILLAH, A a long, complicated, or tedious story ...1957 sl.
• WINDY an extravagantly exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale, a lie ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YARN a story, an adventure story, esp. a long, marvellous or incredible story; also, a mere tale ...1812 orig. nautical
• YARN-SPINNING telling a story ...1867
STORY, STORY-TELLER - nouns, person
• FABULATOR one who fabulates or relates fables; a story-teller ...1604
• FABULIST † a professional story-teller ...1605
• FAIRY-TWISTER the teller of a fanciful tales ...1900s Aust. sl.
• JANGLER † a story-teller, a jester ...1377
• MAGSMAN a raconteur; a story-teller ...1918 Aust. sl.
• RACONTEUR one skilled in relating anecdotes or stories ...1829
• RACONTEUSE a female skilled in relating anecdotes or stories ...1863
• REMBER a person who tells improbable stories ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TALESMAN † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
• TALES-MASTER † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOM LONG one who takes a long time in coming, or in finishing his tale; a tiresome story-teller ...1631
• YARN-CHOPPER a story-teller, a chatterer ...L19 sl.
• YARN-SLINGER a story-teller, a chatterer ...L19 sl.
• YARN-SPINNER one who 'spins a yarn'; a story-teller ...1865 colloq.
STORY - verbs
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH to tell a long story without much point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLWAVER to tell a story incoherently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANT to tell merry old stories ...1788 Sc.
• CHEW THE FAT to spin a yarn ...20C
• EFFABULE †* to fable, to invent a story, etc. ...c1600
• EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story; to tell or disclose the whole truth; to wind up an argument or discussion ...1893
• FLY A KITE to tell a tall story ...20C Aust. sl.
• GO INTO ONE'S DANCE to 'tell a line' ...20C Amer. sl.
• NEVEN † to tell a story, the truth ...c1350
• PITCH A FAIRY to tell a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• RAISE THE WIND to create a rumour; to make up stories ...L19 sl.
• RAME to talk nonsense; to rave; to exaggerate, to tell tall stories or lies ...1847 Sc.
• RAVE to rake up a story against anyone ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to tell a story, etc. volubly; to pour out in words ...1929 Sc.
• SPIN A YARN to tell a story, usually a long one; to pitch a tale; to tell lies ...1812 orig. nautical sl.
• TALE to gossip; to chatter; to tell a tale ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELL to tell stories ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TELL DILDRAMS to tell strange tales or improbably stories ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• THREEN to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• THROW THE HATCHET to exaggerate; to tell fabulous stories or lies ...1893
• YARN to tell a story, to tell tales, probably implausible or far-fetched ones ...1812 UK
STORY - phrases
• MOTHER OF THAT WAS A WHISKER, THE a retort to an utterly implausible story ...M19 sl.
STOUT (sturdy, vigorous) - adjectives
• BARDACH stout, fearless ...1768 Sc.
• BAWF well-grown, robust, fine, stout ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOCKY of a person or animal: of solid build, stocky; short and stout ...1879
• BRAW stout, able-bodied ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DERF † strong, sturdy, stout, robust ...c1340
• GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy ...a1400 arch.
• GNARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• RACKLE strong, firm, stout ...Bk19C Sc.
• RANK † stout and strong; formidable ...c1122 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• ROID † stout, strong; violent, rough ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• RUSKIE healthy, stout, vigorous ...B1900 Sc.
• SCRONCHOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SCRONTIOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• STALWORTH † of persons and animals: strong and stoutly built; sturdy, robust ...c1175 obs. exc. arch.
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TIGHT † of a person: lively, vigorous, stout ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VADY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VALIANT stout, well-built ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VIKKEND stout, sturdy, robust, well-made; usually of a young man or boy ...1929 Sc.
• WIGHT strongly built or constructed, stout ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
STOUT (of size) - adjectives
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• BILSHIE short and stout; plump and thriving ...19C Sc.
• BOOZY bulky; plump; stout ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCHY chubby, short and stout ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CORSIOUS † corpulent, big-bodied, stout ...1430
• CORSY † corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout ...c1440
• FALL-ABROAD stout, flabby, fat ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HODDY-DODDY short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat ...1824
• MAWSIE of persons, esp. women: stout, well-made ...1880 Sc.
• NUNTY stout or chubby, combined with shortness ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• PUSSY stout, fat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKELPING big, large, stout, lusty ...1785 Eng. dial.
• SLENDER IN THE MIDDLE AS A COW IN THE WAIST, AS said of a very stout or very fat person ...1857 Eng. dial.
• TOCK-BELLIED † having a pot-belly; stout ...1777 Eng. dial.
STOUT (of size) - nouns, person
• BEEFY a nickname for a short and stout person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEER BOTTLE a stout, red-faced man ...L19 sl.
• BIG BOY a stout fellow ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BILSH a short, plump person; a thriving, stout person or animal ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFFIN a big, stout person; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DASHER a showily dressed person; someone of extraordinary appearance, as a remarkably stout person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELT a stout, awkwardly-built woman; a slovenly female ...1907 Sc.
• FADGY a stout, thickset little person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LACATAN a short, stoutish person ...1950s W. Indies
• MAWSIE a stout person, esp. a woman; a stupid, slovenly, worthless woman ...1790 Sc.
• MUCKLE ELT a stout, clumsy woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
• RIBS a stout person ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUSKIE a very stout woman ...B1900 Sc.
• SAB † a stout, heavily-built person ...1826 Sc.
• STRAMMER a tall, stout woman ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STOUT - verbs
• BELLY † to become corpulent or stout ...1641
• FALL ABROAD. to grow stouter, more sturdy, thickset ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MEND to grow stout ...Bk1905 Ireland
STOUT (drink) - see BEER
STOUT - phrases
• THERE IS A VIXTER UPON ONE one has grown stout ...Bk1905 Sc.
STOUT-HEARTED - adjectives
• DOUGHTY fearless and resolute; stout-hearted ...OE now arch. or jocular
STOUTLY - adverbs
• FAST † expressing vigour in action; stoutly, strongly, vigorously ...1297
STOVE - nouns
• APPARATUS a kitchen stove ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACTUS STOVE a rough and ready 'bush' stove ...1944 NZ sl.
• CALEFACTOR a small stove; a heater
• KITCHENER a cooking stove
STOW - verbs
• BESTOW to stow away; to place or deposit anywhere for storage, to store up ...1393 arch.
• THRACK to pack full; to stow with care ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY - nouns
• PADDY'S DAY St. Patrick Day ...2003 Ireland
STRADDLE - verbs
• BESTRIDE to stand over a place with the legs astride; to straddle over, to bestraddle ...1601
STRAGGLING - adjectives
• RAGGLED straggling, irregular, ragged ...1795 Sc.
• RAGGLISH uneven, straggling, higgledy-piggledy ...1921 Sc.
• SCRAGGEN straggling ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLING scattered, straggling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWMING ungainly, sprawling; straggling ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWMY irregular, unshapely; lanky, large, straggling, spreading ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STRAGGLING - nouns
• RAGGLE † straggling order ...1594 Sc.
STRAIGHT - adjectives
• AVOIRDUPOIS evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EEND even, straight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIN † straight, direct ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEEN straight, direct ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIGHT FORTH straight ...Bk1903 sl.
• TANG straight, tight ...1825 Sc.
STRAIGHT - adverbs
• HOBBLE-DE-POISE evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STRAIGHT - verbs
• RANGE to make straight, even, or level ...1846
STRAIGHTAWAY - adverbs
• BEDENE † straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STRAIGHTEN - verbs
• UNBOW † to unbend, to straighten ...1538
STRAIGHTFORWARD - adjectives
• BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
• DINKY-DIE genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...E20 Aust. & NZ sl.
• EVEN upright, straightforward ...1885 Eng. dial.
• EVEN-DOWN downright, honest, straightforward, sincere ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAIR DINK genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FAIR DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FAIR FURTH straightforward, honest ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAIR-FURTH-THE-GATE straightforward, honest ...Bk1900 Sc.
• JANNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward; genuine ...1828 Eng. dial.
• JENICK fair, straightforward; genuine ...1828 Eng. dial.
• JONNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward, genuine ...1828 Eng. dial.
• NAKED * free from concealment or reserve; plain, straightforward; outspoken, free ...a1225
• SINGLE-EYED sincere, honest, straightforward ...1705
• SINGLE-HEARTED possessed of a 'single' or sincere heart; straight-forward, honest, sincere ...1577
• SINGLE-MINDED sincere in mind or spirit; honest, straightforward; simple-minded, ingenuous ...1577
• SQUARE DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• STRAIGHT DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• UNCLOSE * unreserved, straightforward, frank ...1605
• UP-AND-DOWN honest, law-abiding, straightforward ...M19 sl.
• UP AND UP fair, honest, straightforward ...1920s sl., orig. US
STRAIGHTFORWARDLY - adverbs
• BORN-HEAD straightforward, impetuously, headlong ...Bk1911 Sc.
• NATIVELY † naturally, without disguise, plainly, straightforwardly ...a1564
• UNCASUISTLY † sincerely, straightforwardly ...1649
• UP-AND-DOWN in a straightforward, open and honest manner ...M19 US sl.
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS - nouns
• SINGLENESS sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile ...1526
STRAIN - nouns
• RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICK a sprain, strain, wrench ...1852 Eng. dial.
STRAIN - verbs
• BURST ONE'S BUTTONS to strain oneself physically or emotionally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUST ONE'S BUTTONS to strain oneself physically or emotionally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CRACK ONE'S BUTT to strain oneself; to exert oneself to the limit ...1938 Amer. sl.
• FAG to do something that wearies one; to work hard; to labour, to strain, to toil ...1772
• GAG to strain or wrench a limb or joint ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON THE RACK to strain to the utmost ...1818
• RAX to strain; to overstrain oneself ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SET ON THE RACK to strain to the utmost ...1606
• SPLIT A GUT to strain or work very hard; to exert maximum effort ...1953 Amer. sl.
• STAND THE RACK to stand the strain ...20C sl.
STRAIT - nouns
• PACE † a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait ...a1300
STRAITJACKET - nouns
• BAG, THE in prison: a straitjacket ,,,1925 Amer. sl.
• CAMISOLE a straitjacket, formerly put upon lunatics ...1881
STRAIT-LACED - adjectives
• HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1858 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; strait-laced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• RED conservative, strait-laced ...1970s US campus sl.
• SCOTCH strict, straitlaced ...1932 Amer. dial.
• UPTIGHT inhibited, narrow-minded, very correct and strait-laced ...1968 US
STRAIT-LACED - nouns, person
• HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted ...1902 Amer. dial.
STRANGE - adjectives
• CAMP strange, though amusing ...M19 sl.
• CHUMPY behaving in an unusual or strange manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• DOOFUS odd, strange, eccentric ...1960s sl.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• ELENGE † strange, foreign ...1678 obs. exc. Sc.
• FAR OUT bizarre, eccentric, strange ...1920s sl.
• FUNKY weird; strange ...1980s US campus sl.
• FUNNY-TIME strange, bizarre ...1950s US Black sl.
• INCOGNITE † unknown, strange, unfamiliar ...1609
• INSOLITE †* unusual, unaccustomed, strange ...1490
• MALIHINI strange, uncharacteristic ...Hawaii
• MIGHTY strange, surprising ...1889 Sc.
• MONDO BIZARRO exceedingly strange ...1966 Amer. sl.
• NOTIONABLE of people: queer, odd, strange, peculiar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONATE strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1850 Amer. dial.
• OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• OBSCURO weird, strange ...1997 US sl.
• ODDBALL strange, weird ...1940s US sl.
• OFFBEAT adj. unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary ...1925 US sl., orig. jazz
• OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange ...1960 Amer. sl.
• OFF-COMED from a distance, foreign, strange ...1882 Eng. dial.
• OFF-COUNTRY from a distance, strange ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF IT difficult, obstreperous, strange ...1950s sl., orig. US
• OFF THE WALL difficult, obstreperous, strange ...1950s sl., orig. US
• OINDALEG peculiar, strange, odd in manner ...1897 Sc.
• OINDALIE peculiar, strange, odd in manner ...1897 Sc.
• OUTLANDISH strange ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OZZY strange-looking, peculiar ...1950 Amer. dial.
• QUEER AS DUCK SOUP very strange or odd ...1940s US sl.
• QUEERISOME odd, strange, queer, fey ...1900 Amer. dial.
• QUEERSOME rather queer, odd, strange ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEER WAYS strange, nervous, squeamish ...1827 Sc.
• QUEERY strange, odd, queer, different ...1860 Amer. dial.
• QUEINT strange, odd, out of the way ...1703 Eng. dial.
• SAD odd, unaccountable, strange ...1813 Sc.
• SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling ...1980s US campus sl.
• STRANGY †* strange ...1555
• UNACQUAINTED † unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual ...1551
• UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar ...1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign ...c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCOLIKE 1. strange-looking ...1660 Sc.
2. strange, abnormal ...1842 Sc.
• UNCO-LOOKING having a wild, strange look ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UNCOUCH strange, awkward (possibly a misprint for 'uncouth') ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKED unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKENNED unknown, strange, unfamiliar; of no repute ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKID unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKIN unknown, strange ...1898 Sc.
• UNKIND strange, lonely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
STRANGE - nouns
• AUNTER a strange or unusual deed; anything unusual or out of the ordinary ...1697 Eng. dial.
• DUCK SOUP something strange ...1940s US sl.
• EERISOMENESS uncanniness, the state of being uncanny, weird, or strange ...1897 Sc.
• MAMMOCK something strange and distasteful ...1923 Amer. dial.
• MEEJICK anything strange or unusual ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MOMMIX something strange and distasteful ...1923 Amer. dial.
• QUEER CATTLE odd or strange people ...20C sl.
• QUEERIOSITY curiosity, something strange ...1904 Sc.
• QUEERS † something odd or strange and surprising; news ...1825 Sc.
• QUEER START a strange affair; an odd situation ...M19 sl.
• QUEERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TANTADLIN(G) a contemptuous term for anything strange, fanciful, or fantastic ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNKID a strange thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRANGE - nouns, person
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FRUIT any strange person ...E20 US colloq.
• GEEZER a stingy or peculiar man; a strange old fellow ...L19 colloq.
• ODDBALL an eccentric person; a strange one ...20C US sl.
• ODD BOD an eccentric, strange person; an odd man out ...1940s US sl., orig. military
• OFF-BRAND an unconventional or strange person ...1967 US sl.
• OLD HARRY a rough-looking, strange man ...1903 Amer. dial.
• QUEER CARD a person odd in manner, strange in opinion ...19C colloq.
• QUEER FELLOW a person odd in manner, strange in opinion ...1712 colloq.
• QUEER FISH a person odd in manner, strange in opinion ...1772 colloq.
• QUEERY one who is strange or odd; a person who is too particular or fussy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SPLACKNUCK an imaginary animal of Brobdingnag; a strange animal or person ...1726
• TAW a strange man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ZOD an eccentric; a strange person ...1980s campus & teen sl.
STRANGE - verbs
• ODDBALL to act strangely ...1972 US sl.
• PULL ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YANK ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
STRANGE - interjections
• WHAT A TRIP! how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! ...1960s sl.
STRANGE-LOOKING - nouns, person
• GUNZEL-BUTT. a strange-looking person; ...M20 US sl.
STRANGELY - adverbs
• FEATLY † oddly, strangely ...1674
• SINGULARLY * oddly, strangely, peculiarly ...1752
• UNCOLIES strangely; very much; to an extreme degree ...1874 Sc.
• UNCO-LIKE in a strange manner ...1636 Sc.
• UNCOLINS in a strange or odd manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNCOLY strangely; very much; to an extreme degree ...1874 Sc.
STRANGENESS - nouns
• FEATNESS † oddness, strangeness, uncouthness ...1730
• UNCONESS † strangeness ...1660 Sc.
• UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRANGER - adjectives
• XENODOCHIAL †* given to receiving strangers; friendly to strangers; hospitable ...1716
STRANGER - nouns
• PHILOXENY †* the love or kindness which is shown to strangers ...1623
• XENIZATION the fact of sojourning as a stranger ...1818
• XENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1865
• XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1612
• XENODOCHY †* 1. a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...c1540
†* 2. entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• ZENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1674
STRANGER - nouns, person
• AFTER-COMER a stranger, a visitor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALFALFA PICKER any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-IN a stranger, an outsider ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FACE a stranger, esp. a White stranger ...1930s US Black sl.
• FARANDMAN † a stranger, a traveller ....a1400 Sc. law
• FARCOMER a stranger ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAJO a stranger, a non-gypsy ...19C UK gypsy usage
• JACK a stranger ...Bk1896 American schools' sl.
• JASPER (often derogatory) a fellow, a guy; a rustic, a countrified person, a farmer, a stranger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LABRICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a stranger; a naive or foolish person; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. sl.
• LAVERICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a naive person; a stranger; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• NOSPER a stranger ...L19 back-slang
• OFF-COME a stranger; one who is not a native of the district ...1860 Eng. dial.
• OFF-COMER a stranger; one who is not a native of the district ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF-MAN a stranger, one from a distance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OUTLANDER a person of foreign nationality; one not a native; a foreigner, a stranger ...1605
• OUTLAW a foreigner; a stranger, an outsider ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUNKIN ROLLER any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• QUEENS PARK RANGER a stranger ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• RANDOM a stranger; someone who does not fit in ...1960s US college sl.
• UNCO a stranger ...1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCO BODY a stranger ...1816 Sc.
• UNCO FOLK strangers ...1774 Sc.
• UNCO MAN a stranger ...1882 Sc.
• UNTHEODE † strangers ...a1225
STRANGER - nouns, person, other
• MISOXENE a hater of strangers ...1883
STRANGER - verbs
• BE UNCO to feel oneself a stranger ...Bk1905 Sc.
STRANGLE - nouns
• GUZZLER a strangle-hold, esp. in wrestling ...1972 Amer. sl.
STRANGLE - nouns, person
• GUZZLER one who strangles or throttles; a murderer ...L19 sl.
STRANGLE - verbs
• EFFOCATE * to choke, to strangle ...1656
• FAGGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• FAGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• GAG † to strangle, to suffocate ...c1440
• GAROTTE 1. to execute by means of the garrotte (the apparatus for inflicting Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation) ...1851
2. to strangle ...1878
• GARROTTE to strangle ...1878
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• QUAGGLE to strangle ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIP THE GARROTTE to strangle and rob ...1856 sl.
STRANGULATION - nouns
• FAM-SQUEEZE throttling, strangulation ...E19 sl.
• GAROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
• GARROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
STRAP - nouns
• LAINER † a lace, strap, thong, lash ...c1386
• TAG the leather strap used for punishment in schools ...1809 Sc.
STRATAGEM, STRATEGY - adjectives
• STRATAGEMATIC † relating to or versed in stratagem or strategy ...1589
STRATAGEM, STRATEGY - nouns
• DODGE a deceitful trick or clever stratagem, esp. one designed to evade something; dishonesty ...1638
• FAR-FETCH † a deeply-laid or cunning stratagem ...a1562
• GUT CHECK a quick evaluation and reassertion of spirit and resolve, usually among teammates; a quick reassessment of strategy and stiffening of morale ...1972 Amer sl., orig. football usage
• JEOPARDY † a device, trick, stratagem ...1375
• LIRIPOOP † a shrewd trick or stratagem ...1605
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning ...1923 Sc.
• REAK a trick, a prank; a stratagem, an artifice ...1629 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
• SCHLEINTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCHLENTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHLANTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHLINTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SLANTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SLINTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUBTILTY † a cunning or clever device, artifice, stratagem ...c1386
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• TRICKERATION a trick or stratagem ...1940 US Black sl.
STRATEGY - verbs
• ACE IN to use strategy in getting oneself into a good or profitable position ...Amer. sl.
STRATUM - nouns
• LAY-BED † a layer, a stratum ...1728
STRAW - nouns
• FEALD a bundle of straw ...a1400 Eng. dial.
• PAD † a bundle of straw or the like to lie on ...1554
• SAP a wisp of hay or straw ...1895 Eng. dial.
• STRAMMEL straw ...1567 cant
• STROMMEL straw ...1567 cant
• STRUMMELL straw ...1567 cant
• WAD straw used for bedding ...M19 sl.
STRAW (drinking) - nouns
• QUILL a drinking straw ...1913 Amer. dial.
STRAWBERRY - nouns
• BONNET the 'cap' or leafy top of a strawberry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURR the hull of a strawberry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON the hull of a strawberry ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAP the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CAPPING the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EARTH MULBERRY a strawberry ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SHELL the green leaves at the top of a strawberry ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SHUCK the hull of a raspberry or strawberry ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TOP the green leaves at the top of a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
STRAWBERRY - nouns, person
• BERRY-GLAUMER a person who can pick strawberries very rapidly ...1944 Amer. dial.
STRAWBERRY - verbs
• CAP to take the hull off a strawberry ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TOP to remove the remove the green leaves at the top of a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
STRAY - adjectives
• WAIF stray, wandering, homeless ...c1730 Sc.
STRAY - nouns
• WAIF a stray animal ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAIF-BEAST a stray animal of unknown ownership ...1681 Sc. obs.
• WAIFINGER † a waif; a stray ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRAY - verbs
• ABERR † to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path ...1536
• EGAR †* to stray, to wander, to go astray ...1584
• EXORBITATE † to deviate from the usual path or course; to stray ...1600 obs. or arch.
• EXTRAVAGATE to wander away, to stray ...1600
• RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANGLE † to rove, to wander, to stray ...1567
• RAVE to roam, to stray ...1841 Sc.
• WAIVE † to wander, to stray ...c1350
STRAYED - adjectives
• AFFER † strayed, wandering ...1789 Sc.
• WAFF of animals: strayed, wandering, ownerless ...1711 Sc.
STRAYING - adjectives
• ABERRANT wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard ...1848
• ABERRATING going astray, diverging ...a1854
• OFF ONE'S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate ...20C sl.
STRAYING - nouns
• ABERRANCE the act of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary ...1665
• ABERRATION a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path ...1615
• OBERRATION †* a straying or wandering about ...1658
• VAGATION † the act of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course; a wandering, rambling, or roaming ...c1340
• WAITH † n. that which is stray and unclaimed; flotsam and jetsam; a wandering, a straying ...1838 Sc.
STREAK - adjectives
• BASSAND of animals: having a white spot or streak on the face ...1725 Sc.
• GAIRIE variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
• GAIRY variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
STREAK - nouns
• GAIR † anything resembling a stripe or streak ...1825 Sc.
• GARLE †* a band or streak ...1677
STREAK - verbs
• BELACE † to streak, to stripe ...1648
• GAIR † to streak, to become streaked or dirty; of animal's coat or cloth: to be striped ...1810 Sc.
• MARL to become mottled, variegated; to variegate, to spot, to streak ...1826 Sc.
STREAKED - adjectives
• BARRED striped, streaked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAW † coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated ...a700
• GAIRED adj. streaked, variegated, striped ...1810 Sc.
• GAIRY having strips or streaks of different colours; variegated ...1804 Sc.
• MARLY spotted, variegated, streaked, marbled ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIRLY spotted, streaked, marbled ...1790 Sc.
• RANED streaked, of two colours ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIAND streaked, of two colours ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWMY scratched, marked; streaked in large showy flourishes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STREAKED - verbs
• GAIR to become streaked; to dirty; to crease, to become creased ...1881 Sc.
STREAKY - adjectives
• MARLED spotted, variegated, streaky ...1787 Sc.
• MARLY spotted, variegated, streaky ...1899 Sc.
• SCAWVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TABBIED having a wavy or streaky appearance ...1861
• ENGINE a stooge; one who is used to another's advantage ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY'S CAT a dupe, a stooge ...1970 Amer. dial.
• PIECE OF CHEESE a stooge, a patsy ...1966 Amer. dial.
STOOL - nouns
• APRIL FOOLS stools ...c1910 rhyming sl., chiefly public house usage
• BAIKIE a small stool ...1900 Sc.
• BENCHLET a little bench, a stool ...1865
• SHAMBLE † a stool; a footstool ...OE
• TAMBOURET †* a stool ...1658
STOOL PIGEON - nouns, person
• BUTTON a stool pigeon ...1925 US sl.
• CANARY an informer; a stool pigeon ...1929 US sl.
• FINK a stool pigeon ...E20 US sl.
• NARK a stool pigeon or informer ...1860 Brit. sl.
STOOL PIGEON - verbs
• NARK to act as a police informer or stool pigeon ...1860 Brit. sl.
STOOP - verbs
• ABOW † to bend, to incline, to bow, to stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence; to submit ...c1000
• BESSEN to stoop, to bend down; to weigh down ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAP DOWN to stoop down suddenly; to dip, to dive, to duck ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCOOPY to crouch, to stoop down upon the haunches ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTHER to stoop; to go along crouchingly; to elude observation; to scuttle ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCOUCH to crouch, to stoop, to bend down ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCROUGE to crouch, to stoop down ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNCH to stoop or crouch; to drop down low by bending at the knees ...1900s US Black sl.
• SKOOTHER to stoop; to go along crouchingly; to elude observation; to scuttle ...1889 Eng. dial.
STOOPING - adjectives
• HALF-COW'D bent, stooping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STOOPING - nouns
• BENT † inclination, bowing, stooping, nodding ...1584
STOOPING - verbs
• UNLINK to rise up from a stooping position ...Bk1905 Sc.
STOP, STOPPAGE - nouns
• BIG HOLE in railroading: an emergency stop ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CAESURA a break, a stop, an interruption ...L16
• DEVALLING cessation, stop ...1891 Sc.
• FETCH-UP a sudden stop; the halt which results from such a stop ...1866 Amer. dial.
• HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STOP - verbs
• ACHECK † to check, to bring to a sudden stop ...c1384
• AIRLOCK to stop in one's tracks ...20C Irish sl.
• APPLY THE ACID to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• BEHAD to stop, to wait; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain ...1768 Sc.
• BEHOLD † to 'hold,' to stop, to wait ...a1670
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BIG HOLE in railroading, logging, and trucking: to stop quickly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BIG HOLE IT in trucking: to apply brakes for an emergency stop ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BIG HOLE THE AIR in railroading, and logging: to stop quickly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRING UP SHORT to make stop suddenly
• BUNCH to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CALL A COP to stop ...1990s rhyming sl.
• CALL IT A DAY to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A GO to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CALL IT A NIGHT to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation ...M19 sl.
• CAN to stop or give up; to leave off ...1906 Amer. sl.
• CATCH UP to interrupt, to stop ...1840
• CHATHAM AND DOVER to stop, to cease ...L19 rhyming slang for 'to give over '
• CHOP OFF to stop or put a stop to; to quit work ...1897 Amer. sl.
• CLAP A GUY ON † to put a stop to; to cease ...1814 nautical sl.
• CONK OUT to stop running or operating ...WWI Royal Flying Corps
• CURB to stop or slow down ...1953 US
• DAMPER to stop; to bring to an end ...1970s US Black sl.
• DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease ...1823 Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
• EAR to keep someone from moving; to pin down ...1929 Amer. dial.
• EX to stop, to eliminate ...1950s Aust. & US college sl.
• FAIL UP to stop doing something ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FETCH UP to come or be brought to a sudden stop; to end up in some place or situation ...1838 Amer. dial.
• GO DEAD to cease to run, as an engine or automobile ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAP to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk ...1777 Eng. dial.
• JACK IT to stop doing something; to give in; to abandon; to resign ...L19 sl.
• LAY † to put a stop to an annoyance; to allay anxiety; to appease anger, appetite, etc. ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAY OUT to stop what one is doing. esp. suddenly ...1920s US Black sl.
• LAY UP to make a forced stop in travelling or itinerant labour ...1839 Amer. dial.
• LET ALL HOLTS GO to relax or lose one's grip; to abandon one's position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing ...1894 Amer. dial.
• LET LOOSE ALL HOLTS to relax or lose one's grip; to abandon one's position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NAP to stop, to frustrate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBVARICATE †* to hinder, obstruct or stop one in his passage ...1623
• OFF to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop ...1908 US sl., chiefly Black usage
• PACK IN to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die ...1942 sl.
• PACK IT IN to stop doing something, usually used as a command ...1930s sl.
• PACK IT UP to stop doing something, usually used as a command ...1930s sl.
• PACK THE GAME IN to stop doing something ...1920s sl.
• PALL to stop, to cease ...M19 sl.
• PLY THE ACID to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• PULL THE PLUG to stop; to finish ...1988 UK sl.
• PULL UP 1. among travellers, to stop ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
2. to stop doing something ...1972 US sl.
• PUT THE ACID ON to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• PUT THE GAS ON to put a stop to ...1900s Aust. sl.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON to put a stop to ...E20 slang
• QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop ...1790 Sc.
• QUIT to stop, to leave off ...1678 Sc. & Ireland
• QUIT OFF to stop doing something; to cease from ...1861 Amer. dial.
• QUIT OUT to leave abruptly or suddenly; to stop ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RAISE to stop, to pause ...1960s US Black sl.
• RAMBARRE †* to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain ...1644 Sc.
• REST to arrest, to stop; to distrain for debt ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SACK to abruptly stop any activity ...2001 UK sl.
• SHITCAN to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHUT UP SHOP to stop, usually talking ...M16 sl.
• SIST † to cease, to desist, to stop ...a1676
• STOP SOMEONE'S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone ...1947 Amer. sl.
• STUT † to stop, cease; to stay, remain ...B1900
• SUBSIST † to cease, to stop at a certain point ...a1637
• SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to change course; to stop doing something ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE A PULL to stop, to desist ...20C Aust. sl.
• TAKE OFF to turn off; to stop ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAKE UP † to arrest the action or progress of; to check, to stop, to 'pull up' ...1631
• TENT to stop, to stay, to delay ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop ...1899 US sl.
• TRY THE ACID to put a stop to ...1910s sl.
• X to stop, to eliminate ...1950s Aust. & US college sl.
STOP - interjections
• BAIL UP! stop! ...M19 sl.
• BALE UP! stop! ...M19 sl.
• CHICKIE! a warning of the impending approach of authority, whether, policeman, parent, or teacher, and thus a command to stop whatever one is doing that might cause that authority to act against one ...1910s US sl.
• CHICKY! same as 'Chickie!' ...1910s US sl.
• CHUCK IT! stop it! ...L19
• CHUCK IT IN! stop it! ...M19
• CHUCK IT UP! stop it! ...M19
• HAVE DONE! cease, stop, be quiet ...1842 Eng. dial.
• HOLD HARD! wait a moment! stop! ...c1760
• HOLD ON! wait a moment! stop! ...c1800
• ICE THAT! stop that! calm down!...1960s US Black sl.
• KAMERAD! stop! that’s enough! ...1915 military usage
• LAY OFF! stop! ...20C colloq.
• NANTE! no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not ..1851 UK sl.
• NANTEE! stop! beware! ...M19 sl.
• NANTI! stop! beware! ...M19 sl.
• NANTI THAT! stop that! don't do that! ...2002 UK sl.
• NANTY! no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not ..1851 UK sl.
• NITTO! be quiet!; also, stop! desist! ...1959 criminals' sl.
• PALL THAT! stop that! ...M19 sl.
• TAKE A PULL ON YOURSELF!. stop it! ...L19 sl., orig. US
• WHOAP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1907 Amer. dial.
• WOAP-AH! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1898 Amer. dial.
• WOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1942 Amer. dial.
• WUP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity ...1942 Amer. dial.
STOPOVER - nouns
• LAYOFF a stopover, a layover ...1942 Amer. dial.
• LAY-UP a stopover; a rest ...1942 Amer. dial.
STOPPED - adjectives
• CONKED stopped; killed ...Amer. World War I sl.
STOPPED - verbs
• GET THE CHOP to be dismissed or stopped ...1945 Brit. sl.
STOPPING - adjectives
• DEVALLING ceasing, stopping, halting ...1894 Sc.
STOPPING - nouns
• SISTENCE †* stopping ...1640
STOPPING PLACE - verbs
• REACH THE SEAM-NEEDLE to reach a good stopping place ...1944 Amer. dial.
STOP UP - adjectives
• OBTURATORY * serving to close or stop up ...1719
STOP UP - verbs
• OBSTIPATE †* to block or stop up; to stuff up ...1656
• OBTURATE to stop up, to close, to obstruct ...1657
STOPPED UP - adjectives
• OBTURATE †* stopped up, obstructed; fig. impervious ...c1560
STOPPING UP - nouns
• OBSTIPATION the act of blocking or stopping up ...1597
• OBTURATION the act of stopping up; obstruction of an opening or channel ...1610
STORAGE, STORED - adjectives
• IN MOTHBALLS in disuse or in storage, esp. with reference to standby equipment
• IN SALT in store, laid by for future reference ...1890 Sc.
• MOTHBALL inactive, unused; stored away
STORAGE - nouns
• BEN a storage bin; the place where grain is kept in a barn ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABIN. a cubby or small storage space inside a house ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DARK-HOLE an unlighted storage space in a house; a dark closet or corner under the stairs or around the chimney ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GLORY a storage place, esp. one where odds and ends are cached; a pantry ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GLORY HOLE a storage place, esp. one where odds and ends are cached; a pantry ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOCKER a closet, a wardrobe; a small storage area ...1961 Amer. dial.
• PACK ROOM a storage room ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SALVATORY * a repository for safe storage ...a1677
STORAGE - verbs
• MOTHBALL to put into storage or reserve; to inactivate
STORE - nouns
• ABRAHAM a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store ...Bk1909 sl.
• BABBIE-SHOP an Indian-owned store ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• BABI-SHOP an Indian-owned store ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• BOBBYSHOP an Indian-owned store ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• BODEGA a small neighbourhood grocery store or convenience stores, orig, and still commonly, a Hispanic one ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CHOVEY a shop ...Bk1890 sl.
• DIME STORE a store selling a variety of small items ...1938 US sl.
• GEDUNK a place where sweets and snacks are sold ...1956 US sl.
• ICEHOUSE 1. a jewellery store ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
2. a convenience store ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEEDMORE a nickname for a ratty little country store ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• RACKET STORE a variety store; a store that sells many kinds of goods, as shoes, clothing, cloth, curtain material, etc. ...1832 Amer. dial.
• V AND X a corner store ...1940s US Black sl. (Latin V, 5 + X, 10, i.e. a '5 and 10 cent' store)
• V AND X STORE a corner store ...1940s US Black sl. (Latin V, 5 + X, 10, i.e. a '5 and 10 cent' store)
STORE - nouns, person
• CAPE MERCHANT the man who had charge of the general store or warehouse ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
STORE - verbs
• BESTOW to stow away; to place or deposit anywhere for storage, to store up ...1393 arch.
• SALT to store, to put away ...20C sl.
STORED - adjectives
• LIE-BY stored up for future use ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STOREHOUSE - nouns
• MAGAZINE * a place where goods are laid up; a storehouse or repository for goods or merchandise; a warehouse ...1583
STOREHOUSE - verbs
• MAGAZINE * to lay up in or as in a magazine or storehouse ...1643
STOREROOM - nouns
• GARDEROBE properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept, a storeroom, wardrobe; hence, a private room, a bed-chamber; also, a privy ...1333-4 now only Hist.
STORE UP - verbs
• INSTORE † to store up ...1836 Sc. obs.
• RAT-HOLE to store up furtively, as food, etc. ...20C Amer. sl.
STORM, STORMY - adjectives
• BANGY of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BLUSTERSOME of weather: rainy and stormy in fits and starts ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLUTHRIE wet, stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASHY noisy; stormy; rugged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADDLESOME of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING of weather: uncertain, variable, stormy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLY of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ELECTRIC CLOUD a thunder cloud; an electrical storm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GALEY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALY boisterous, stormy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HARRISHING cold and stormy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL stormy ...1892 Sc.
• INDUMIOUS of the weather: extraordinarily rough or stormy ...1898 Sc.
• JABBLED agitated, stormy ...1887 Sc.
• MAD of storm, wind: wild, violent ...1836
• MAIN † of a fit, a storm: violent ...a1300
• ORAGIOUS * stormy, tempestuous ...c1590
• PROCELLOUS † stormy, tempestuous ...1650
• RACKY of clouds: stormy ...1967 Sc.
• RAGEFUL of things: full of furious activity, as a storm ...1597
• RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAISIGO of weather: rough, blustery, stormy ...1828 Sc.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• REEK windy, stormy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RICK-RACK of the weather: stormy, boisterous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of storms or climate: violent, severe ...1612
• SAIR of the weather: inclement, stormy, severe ...1813 Sc.
• TARLOCH of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEMPESTY stormy, blusterous ...1868 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
• UNKID betokening bad weather; stormy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VITIOUS of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WHITE GALE a windstorm on the water with rough seas, a clear sky, and no precipitation ...1986 Amer. dial.
• YARK of weather: wild, stormy ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YEASTY gusty, stormy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STORM - nouns
• APPLE SHAKER a storm ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ARIZONA CLOUDBURST a sandstorm ...1966 Amer. dial. jocular
• BAFFIN a severe drenching; usually applied to the drenching and buffeting one gets by being exposed to a storm of wind and rain ...1929 Sc.
• BARBER in Canada: a storm accompanied by snow and spray which freezes upon the face; also, the vapour rising from the water on a frosty day ...c1890
• BENSELL 1. violence of storm, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
2. a place exposed to the violence of the storm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENSIL 1. violence of storm, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
2. a place exposed to the violence of the storm ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLACKBERRY RAIN a spring storm or cold snap ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY STORM a spring storm or cold snap ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLEFFART a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT a storm of wind and rain; a cold drift of snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUT the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BOURKE SHOWER a dust storm ...1945 Aust. sl.
• BOWDER a great squall, a heavy storm of wind and rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ELEPHANT † a name originally given by the Portuguese to violent storms occurring at the termination of the Monsoon ...1616
• GANDAGUSTER a strong, sudden gust of wind; a strong, sweeping wind; a storm, esp. of short duration ...1899 Sc.
• NORTHERN NANNY a cold storm of hail and wind from the north ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PASSOVER an impending storm that fails to bring rain ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RACK †* a rush of wind; a gale, a storm ...c1400
• RIPSNORTER a storm, a gale ...M19 colloq. orig. US
• SCALE the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm ...1790 Sc.
• SICK-BIRD WINTER a late spring storm ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SIROCCO a blighting influence; a fiery storm ...1864
• SKAIL the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm ...1790 Sc.
• SKYLE the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm ...1790 Sc.
• TEMPEST a storm, esp. a thunderstorm, but without the accompaniment of high wind ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TRAP SMASHER in lobstering: a severe storm ...1978 US sl.
• WILLAWAW a sudden violent wind or windstorm ...1896 Amer. dial.
• WILLIWAW a sudden violent wind or windstorm ...1896 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY a sudden violent wind or windstorm ...1886 Amer. dial.
STORM - verbs
• BE MASKING of a storm: to be 'brewing' ...1830
• MILD of a wind or storm: to diminish or decrease ...1956 Amer. dial.
• MILD DOWN of a wind or storm: to diminish or decrease ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RANGE to storm, to rage ...1864 Eng. dial.
• VAIL † of a storm: to abate, to cease ...1606
• WEATHER rain, to storm ...1896 Amer. dial.
STORM - phrases
• DAVY PUTTING ON THE COPPERS FOR THE PARSON(S) a comment on an approaching storm; the brewing of a storm ...c1830 nautical usage
STORM CELLAR - see CELLAR
STORY - adjectives
• HAIRY of a joke or story: old, out-of-date ...1960 Amer. dial.
• SAUNTERING † of a story: foolish, trumpery ...1726
• TALEFUL full of tales; making a long story; talkative ...1726-46
• TALISH † of the nature of a tale or story; fabulous ...1530
• VAMPED-UP of a story, etc.: invented, fabricated, trumped up ...1802-12
• WAFF of a story, report, or rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin ...1753 Sc.
STORY - nouns
• ACKAMARACKER a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• ACKAMARACKUS a fraudulent tale, a tall story, pretentious nonsense, bluff ...1933 Amer. sl.
• ACKAMARAKA a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• AMPLEFEYST unnecessary talk; long stories ...B1900 Sc.
• ANANIASFEST an exchange of tall stories ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ANTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• AUNTER an adventure, a misadventure; a story of adventure, an unlikely story ...1881 Eng. dial.
• AVERING obtaining money by hard-luck stories ...B1912 Eng. sl.
• BABBLE an idle, foolish story; gossip ...1855 Eng. dial.
• BACKSTAY the background of a story or event ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BAG OF MOONSHINE nonsense; idle, untrue stories ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAM a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke ...1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEAR STORY an exaggerated account; a 'tall tale' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• BEDTIME STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG ONE an incredible story; a whopper ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUGHOUSE FABLE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL-CON an incredible story ...1896 Amer. sl.
• CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
• CHERRY TREE TALE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHESTNUT a stale story or outworn jest ...1886 colloq.
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
• COKE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COKE STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CON an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK'S GALLEY YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACKER a lie; a very tall story ...17C sl.
• CUFFER a lie; a tale; an exaggerated and improbable story ...1891 Eng. dial.
• DEACON-SEATER a good tall story ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DILDRAMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DILDRUMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• EVERGREEN a story that is not news, but penetrating analysis, etc. ...1980s Amer. journalism sl.
• FAIRY a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY STORY a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse; an incredible story ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY-TWISTER a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• FAKELOO a false rumour or false story; a yarn intended to deceive ...1926 Amer. sl.
• FANFIC further stories and adventures for characters in familiar television programs and films written for pleasure by fans of the original, esp. widespread on the Internet ...1998 US sl.
• FANNY any form of story designed to elicit money, sympathy, provide excuses, etc. ...1920s sl.
• FISH STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FURPHY a false report or rumour; an absurd story ...1915 Aust. sl.
• GAG a falsehood, a lie, an invention, a story ...1805 sl.
• GALLEY-PACKET a made-up story, a lie; an unfounded rumour ...1867
• GALLEY YARN a rumour on which no reliance can be placed; an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GHOST STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GIANT GOOSEBERRY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLURGE stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental ...20C
• GOOSEBERRY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE'S GAZETTE a lying story; a flim-flam tale; a piece of reading for a 'goose' (simpleton) ...1836
• HAIR-RAISER an exciting or terrifying adventure story or film ...20C sl.
• HOP STORY an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACKANORY a children's story ...20C rhyming sl.
• KANGAROO FEATHERS an impossible thing, often an unlikely story ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LAGAMACHIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAME TALE an excuse; a false story; a misrepresentation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMGAMASHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMMERIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LARGE ORDER an incredible story ...1930 colloq.
• LEGEND † a story, history, account ...c1385
• LETTRURE † a writing, a written book, a story ...a1300
• LOAD OF OLD TROT, A a dubious story ...1940s sl.
• LOGAMOCHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• MARVEL † a wonderful story or legend ...a1300
• NANNY-GOAT an anecdote ...1860 rhyming sl.
• NORATION an announcement, rumour, or a long, rambling account ...1853 Amer. dial.
• OLDIE any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie ...20C US sl.
• OLD MOTHER HUBBARD an unbelievable story; a fantasy ...L19 sl.
• OLD SAW an old joke or story ...20C US sl.
• OLD SONG an old story or saying, a proverb, etc. ...1707 Sc.
• OLD TROT a dubious story ...1940s sl.
• OLDY any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie ...20C US sl.
• PADDY a long, tedious rigmarole; a 'cock-and-bull' story ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PADINODDY a long, tedious rigmarole; a 'cock-and-bull' story ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PARABLE a long, dreary, egotistical statement; an incredible story ...L19 US sl.
• PIPE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPE DREAM an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PISCATORIAL PREVARICATION an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRESS AGENT'S YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICKIE a quick, 'dirty' story, related at the end of a party or drinking session ...1940s sl.
• RABBLE-ROTE a long rigmarole or roundabout story repeated by rote ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKET a story, a 'line' ...L19 sl.
• RAG CHEWER a story ...1900s sl.
• RAGMAN ROLL a tedious story; twaddle; a rambling statement; rigmarole ...a1529 colloq.
• RAMISON a long, tedious story; small talk ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMMAS a long, tedious story; small talk ...19C Eng. dial.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANT a lively story or song; a loud noise ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAVE a vague report, an uncertain rumour; a story which is not very credible ...1882 Sc.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RIBBLE an unlikely story ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDLESS a doggerel rhyme; an improbable story, a rigmarole ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIG-MY-ROLL a tedious story; twaddle; a rambling statement; rigmarole ...1753 colloq.
• SAILOR'S YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCANCHUS a story, chat, discussion ...Bk1904 Ireland
• SCLORE rubbishy talk; nonsense; rigmarole; a long, rambling story ...1869 Sc.
• SCRIFT † a recitation; a long-winded story; a written composition; a made-up tale; a falsehood ...1766 Sc.
• SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon ...1894 Sc.
• SKEALT † story, talk, rumour ...c1580
• SLEIGH RIDE an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMUT SESSION a retailing of risqué stories ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAPPER the point or risible climax of a story or joke ...1857 Amer. sl.
• SNOWFALL an untrue but totally convincing story; a con-man's patter ...1940s US sl.
• SNOW JOB an untrue but totally convincing story; a con-man's patter ...1940s US sl.
• TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A an invented story, an idle tale, a fiction, a falsehood...1570
• TALE IN A TUB, A a fable; an old wife's tale ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALL ORDER an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALL STORY an extravagant, boastful story; a lie ...1846 colloq.
• TALL TALE an extravagant, boastful story; a lie ...1846 colloq.
• TELL an account, a story - used to give the authority for a statement ...1795 Amer. dial.
• TELLING a story, narrative; talk, conversation; news; anything worth revealing or telling ...1660 Scot & Eng. dial.
• THITTING an unpleasant story concerning a person, not told but held over him as a threat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREEN a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THREN a song or story ...1720 Sc.
• THRENE 1. a song or story ...1720 Sc.
2. a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• TOUGH YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRAVELLER'S YARN an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNCOUTH a quaint or novel anecdote ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WHODUNIT a story about the solving of a mystery, esp. a murder ...1930 sl.
• WHODUNNIT a story about the solving of a mystery, esp. a murder ...1930 sl.
• WHOLE MEGILLAH, A a long, complicated, or tedious story ...1957 sl.
• WINDY an extravagantly exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale, a lie ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YARN a story, an adventure story, esp. a long, marvellous or incredible story; also, a mere tale ...1812 orig. nautical
• YARN-SPINNING telling a story ...1867
STORY, STORY-TELLER - nouns, person
• FABULATOR one who fabulates or relates fables; a story-teller ...1604
• FABULIST † a professional story-teller ...1605
• FAIRY-TWISTER the teller of a fanciful tales ...1900s Aust. sl.
• JANGLER † a story-teller, a jester ...1377
• MAGSMAN a raconteur; a story-teller ...1918 Aust. sl.
• RACONTEUR one skilled in relating anecdotes or stories ...1829
• RACONTEUSE a female skilled in relating anecdotes or stories ...1863
• REMBER a person who tells improbable stories ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TALESMAN † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
• TALES-MASTER † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOM LONG one who takes a long time in coming, or in finishing his tale; a tiresome story-teller ...1631
• YARN-CHOPPER a story-teller, a chatterer ...L19 sl.
• YARN-SLINGER a story-teller, a chatterer ...L19 sl.
• YARN-SPINNER one who 'spins a yarn'; a story-teller ...1865 colloq.
STORY - verbs
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH to tell a long story without much point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLWAVER to tell a story incoherently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANT to tell merry old stories ...1788 Sc.
• CHEW THE FAT to spin a yarn ...20C
• EFFABULE †* to fable, to invent a story, etc. ...c1600
• EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story; to tell or disclose the whole truth; to wind up an argument or discussion ...1893
• FLY A KITE to tell a tall story ...20C Aust. sl.
• GO INTO ONE'S DANCE to 'tell a line' ...20C Amer. sl.
• NEVEN † to tell a story, the truth ...c1350
• PITCH A FAIRY to tell a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• RAISE THE WIND to create a rumour; to make up stories ...L19 sl.
• RAME to talk nonsense; to rave; to exaggerate, to tell tall stories or lies ...1847 Sc.
• RAVE to rake up a story against anyone ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to tell a story, etc. volubly; to pour out in words ...1929 Sc.
• SPIN A YARN to tell a story, usually a long one; to pitch a tale; to tell lies ...1812 orig. nautical sl.
• TALE to gossip; to chatter; to tell a tale ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELL to tell stories ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TELL DILDRAMS to tell strange tales or improbably stories ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• THREEN to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• THROW THE HATCHET to exaggerate; to tell fabulous stories or lies ...1893
• YARN to tell a story, to tell tales, probably implausible or far-fetched ones ...1812 UK
STORY - phrases
• MOTHER OF THAT WAS A WHISKER, THE a retort to an utterly implausible story ...M19 sl.
STOUT (sturdy, vigorous) - adjectives
• BARDACH stout, fearless ...1768 Sc.
• BAWF well-grown, robust, fine, stout ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOCKY of a person or animal: of solid build, stocky; short and stout ...1879
• BRAW stout, able-bodied ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DERF † strong, sturdy, stout, robust ...c1340
• GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy ...a1400 arch.
• GNARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• RACKLE strong, firm, stout ...Bk19C Sc.
• RANK † stout and strong; formidable ...c1122 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• ROID † stout, strong; violent, rough ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• RUSKIE healthy, stout, vigorous ...B1900 Sc.
• SCRONCHOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SCRONTIOUS fleshy, stout ...1947 Amer. dial.
• STALWORTH † of persons and animals: strong and stoutly built; sturdy, robust ...c1175 obs. exc. arch.
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TIGHT † of a person: lively, vigorous, stout ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VADY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VALIANT stout, well-built ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VIKKEND stout, sturdy, robust, well-made; usually of a young man or boy ...1929 Sc.
• WIGHT strongly built or constructed, stout ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
STOUT (of size) - adjectives
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• BILSHIE short and stout; plump and thriving ...19C Sc.
• BOOZY bulky; plump; stout ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNCHY chubby, short and stout ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CORSIOUS † corpulent, big-bodied, stout ...1430
• CORSY † corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout ...c1440
• FALL-ABROAD stout, flabby, fat ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HODDY-DODDY short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat ...1824
• MAWSIE of persons, esp. women: stout, well-made ...1880 Sc.
• NUNTY stout or chubby, combined with shortness ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• PUSSY stout, fat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKELPING big, large, stout, lusty ...1785 Eng. dial.
• SLENDER IN THE MIDDLE AS A COW IN THE WAIST, AS said of a very stout or very fat person ...1857 Eng. dial.
• TOCK-BELLIED † having a pot-belly; stout ...1777 Eng. dial.
STOUT (of size) - nouns, person
• BEEFY a nickname for a short and stout person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEER BOTTLE a stout, red-faced man ...L19 sl.
• BIG BOY a stout fellow ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BILSH a short, plump person; a thriving, stout person or animal ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFFIN a big, stout person; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DASHER a showily dressed person; someone of extraordinary appearance, as a remarkably stout person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELT a stout, awkwardly-built woman; a slovenly female ...1907 Sc.
• FADGY a stout, thickset little person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LACATAN a short, stoutish person ...1950s W. Indies
• MAWSIE a stout person, esp. a woman; a stupid, slovenly, worthless woman ...1790 Sc.
• MUCKLE ELT a stout, clumsy woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
• RIBS a stout person ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUSKIE a very stout woman ...B1900 Sc.
• SAB † a stout, heavily-built person ...1826 Sc.
• STRAMMER a tall, stout woman ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STOUT - verbs
• BELLY † to become corpulent or stout ...1641
• FALL ABROAD. to grow stouter, more sturdy, thickset ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MEND to grow stout ...Bk1905 Ireland
STOUT (drink) - see BEER
STOUT - phrases
• THERE IS A VIXTER UPON ONE one has grown stout ...Bk1905 Sc.
STOUT-HEARTED - adjectives
• DOUGHTY fearless and resolute; stout-hearted ...OE now arch. or jocular
STOUTLY - adverbs
• FAST † expressing vigour in action; stoutly, strongly, vigorously ...1297
STOVE - nouns
• APPARATUS a kitchen stove ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACTUS STOVE a rough and ready 'bush' stove ...1944 NZ sl.
• CALEFACTOR a small stove; a heater
• KITCHENER a cooking stove
STOW - verbs
• BESTOW to stow away; to place or deposit anywhere for storage, to store up ...1393 arch.
• THRACK to pack full; to stow with care ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY - nouns
• PADDY'S DAY St. Patrick Day ...2003 Ireland
STRADDLE - verbs
• BESTRIDE to stand over a place with the legs astride; to straddle over, to bestraddle ...1601
STRAGGLING - adjectives
• RAGGLED straggling, irregular, ragged ...1795 Sc.
• RAGGLISH uneven, straggling, higgledy-piggledy ...1921 Sc.
• SCRAGGEN straggling ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLING scattered, straggling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWMING ungainly, sprawling; straggling ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWMY irregular, unshapely; lanky, large, straggling, spreading ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STRAGGLING - nouns
• RAGGLE † straggling order ...1594 Sc.
STRAIGHT - adjectives
• AVOIRDUPOIS evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EEND even, straight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAIN † straight, direct ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEEN straight, direct ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIGHT FORTH straight ...Bk1903 sl.
• TANG straight, tight ...1825 Sc.
STRAIGHT - adverbs
• HOBBLE-DE-POISE evenly balanced; straight, correct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STRAIGHT - verbs
• RANGE to make straight, even, or level ...1846
STRAIGHTAWAY - adverbs
• BEDENE † straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STRAIGHTEN - verbs
• UNBOW † to unbend, to straighten ...1538
STRAIGHTFORWARD - adjectives
• BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
• DINKY-DIE genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...E20 Aust. & NZ sl.
• EVEN upright, straightforward ...1885 Eng. dial.
• EVEN-DOWN downright, honest, straightforward, sincere ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAIR DINK genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FAIR DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FAIR FURTH straightforward, honest ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAIR-FURTH-THE-GATE straightforward, honest ...Bk1900 Sc.
• JANNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward; genuine ...1828 Eng. dial.
• JENICK fair, straightforward; genuine ...1828 Eng. dial.
• JONNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward, genuine ...1828 Eng. dial.
• NAKED * free from concealment or reserve; plain, straightforward; outspoken, free ...a1225
• SINGLE-EYED sincere, honest, straightforward ...1705
• SINGLE-HEARTED possessed of a 'single' or sincere heart; straight-forward, honest, sincere ...1577
• SINGLE-MINDED sincere in mind or spirit; honest, straightforward; simple-minded, ingenuous ...1577
• SQUARE DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• STRAIGHT DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward ...L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• UNCLOSE * unreserved, straightforward, frank ...1605
• UP-AND-DOWN honest, law-abiding, straightforward ...M19 sl.
• UP AND UP fair, honest, straightforward ...1920s sl., orig. US
STRAIGHTFORWARDLY - adverbs
• BORN-HEAD straightforward, impetuously, headlong ...Bk1911 Sc.
• NATIVELY † naturally, without disguise, plainly, straightforwardly ...a1564
• UNCASUISTLY † sincerely, straightforwardly ...1649
• UP-AND-DOWN in a straightforward, open and honest manner ...M19 US sl.
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS - nouns
• SINGLENESS sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile ...1526
STRAIN - nouns
• RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICK a sprain, strain, wrench ...1852 Eng. dial.
STRAIN - verbs
• BURST ONE'S BUTTONS to strain oneself physically or emotionally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUST ONE'S BUTTONS to strain oneself physically or emotionally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CRACK ONE'S BUTT to strain oneself; to exert oneself to the limit ...1938 Amer. sl.
• FAG to do something that wearies one; to work hard; to labour, to strain, to toil ...1772
• GAG to strain or wrench a limb or joint ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON THE RACK to strain to the utmost ...1818
• RAX to strain; to overstrain oneself ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SET ON THE RACK to strain to the utmost ...1606
• SPLIT A GUT to strain or work very hard; to exert maximum effort ...1953 Amer. sl.
• STAND THE RACK to stand the strain ...20C sl.
STRAIT - nouns
• PACE † a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait ...a1300
STRAITJACKET - nouns
• BAG, THE in prison: a straitjacket ,,,1925 Amer. sl.
• CAMISOLE a straitjacket, formerly put upon lunatics ...1881
STRAIT-LACED - adjectives
• HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1858 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; strait-laced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• RED conservative, strait-laced ...1970s US campus sl.
• SCOTCH strict, straitlaced ...1932 Amer. dial.
• UPTIGHT inhibited, narrow-minded, very correct and strait-laced ...1968 US
STRAIT-LACED - nouns, person
• HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted ...1902 Amer. dial.
STRANGE - adjectives
• CAMP strange, though amusing ...M19 sl.
• CHUMPY behaving in an unusual or strange manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• DOOFUS odd, strange, eccentric ...1960s sl.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• ELENGE † strange, foreign ...1678 obs. exc. Sc.
• FAR OUT bizarre, eccentric, strange ...1920s sl.
• FUNKY weird; strange ...1980s US campus sl.
• FUNNY-TIME strange, bizarre ...1950s US Black sl.
• INCOGNITE † unknown, strange, unfamiliar ...1609
• INSOLITE †* unusual, unaccustomed, strange ...1490
• MALIHINI strange, uncharacteristic ...Hawaii
• MIGHTY strange, surprising ...1889 Sc.
• MONDO BIZARRO exceedingly strange ...1966 Amer. sl.
• NOTIONABLE of people: queer, odd, strange, peculiar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONATE strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1850 Amer. dial.
• OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• OBSCURO weird, strange ...1997 US sl.
• ODDBALL strange, weird ...1940s US sl.
• OFFBEAT adj. unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary ...1925 US sl., orig. jazz
• OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange ...1960 Amer. sl.
• OFF-COMED from a distance, foreign, strange ...1882 Eng. dial.
• OFF-COUNTRY from a distance, strange ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF IT difficult, obstreperous, strange ...1950s sl., orig. US
• OFF THE WALL difficult, obstreperous, strange ...1950s sl., orig. US
• OINDALEG peculiar, strange, odd in manner ...1897 Sc.
• OINDALIE peculiar, strange, odd in manner ...1897 Sc.
• OUTLANDISH strange ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OZZY strange-looking, peculiar ...1950 Amer. dial.
• QUEER AS DUCK SOUP very strange or odd ...1940s US sl.
• QUEERISOME odd, strange, queer, fey ...1900 Amer. dial.
• QUEERSOME rather queer, odd, strange ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEER WAYS strange, nervous, squeamish ...1827 Sc.
• QUEERY strange, odd, queer, different ...1860 Amer. dial.
• QUEINT strange, odd, out of the way ...1703 Eng. dial.
• SAD odd, unaccountable, strange ...1813 Sc.
• SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling ...1980s US campus sl.
• STRANGY †* strange ...1555
• UNACQUAINTED † unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual ...1551
• UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar ...1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign ...c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCOLIKE 1. strange-looking ...1660 Sc.
2. strange, abnormal ...1842 Sc.
• UNCO-LOOKING having a wild, strange look ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UNCOUCH strange, awkward (possibly a misprint for 'uncouth') ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKED unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKENNED unknown, strange, unfamiliar; of no repute ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKID unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKIN unknown, strange ...1898 Sc.
• UNKIND strange, lonely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
STRANGE - nouns
• AUNTER a strange or unusual deed; anything unusual or out of the ordinary ...1697 Eng. dial.
• DUCK SOUP something strange ...1940s US sl.
• EERISOMENESS uncanniness, the state of being uncanny, weird, or strange ...1897 Sc.
• MAMMOCK something strange and distasteful ...1923 Amer. dial.
• MEEJICK anything strange or unusual ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MOMMIX something strange and distasteful ...1923 Amer. dial.
• QUEER CATTLE odd or strange people ...20C sl.
• QUEERIOSITY curiosity, something strange ...1904 Sc.
• QUEERS † something odd or strange and surprising; news ...1825 Sc.
• QUEER START a strange affair; an odd situation ...M19 sl.
• QUEERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TANTADLIN(G) a contemptuous term for anything strange, fanciful, or fantastic ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNKID a strange thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRANGE - nouns, person
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FRUIT any strange person ...E20 US colloq.
• GEEZER a stingy or peculiar man; a strange old fellow ...L19 colloq.
• ODDBALL an eccentric person; a strange one ...20C US sl.
• ODD BOD an eccentric, strange person; an odd man out ...1940s US sl., orig. military
• OFF-BRAND an unconventional or strange person ...1967 US sl.
• OLD HARRY a rough-looking, strange man ...1903 Amer. dial.
• QUEER CARD a person odd in manner, strange in opinion ...19C colloq.
• QUEER FELLOW a person odd in manner, strange in opinion ...1712 colloq.
• QUEER FISH a person odd in manner, strange in opinion ...1772 colloq.
• QUEERY one who is strange or odd; a person who is too particular or fussy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SPLACKNUCK an imaginary animal of Brobdingnag; a strange animal or person ...1726
• TAW a strange man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ZOD an eccentric; a strange person ...1980s campus & teen sl.
STRANGE - verbs
• ODDBALL to act strangely ...1972 US sl.
• PULL ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YANK ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
STRANGE - interjections
• WHAT A TRIP! how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! ...1960s sl.
STRANGE-LOOKING - nouns, person
• GUNZEL-BUTT. a strange-looking person; ...M20 US sl.
STRANGELY - adverbs
• FEATLY † oddly, strangely ...1674
• SINGULARLY * oddly, strangely, peculiarly ...1752
• UNCOLIES strangely; very much; to an extreme degree ...1874 Sc.
• UNCO-LIKE in a strange manner ...1636 Sc.
• UNCOLINS in a strange or odd manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNCOLY strangely; very much; to an extreme degree ...1874 Sc.
STRANGENESS - nouns
• FEATNESS † oddness, strangeness, uncouthness ...1730
• UNCONESS † strangeness ...1660 Sc.
• UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRANGER - adjectives
• XENODOCHIAL †* given to receiving strangers; friendly to strangers; hospitable ...1716
STRANGER - nouns
• PHILOXENY †* the love or kindness which is shown to strangers ...1623
• XENIZATION the fact of sojourning as a stranger ...1818
• XENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1865
• XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1612
• XENODOCHY †* 1. a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...c1540
†* 2. entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• ZENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1674
STRANGER - nouns, person
• AFTER-COMER a stranger, a visitor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALFALFA PICKER any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-IN a stranger, an outsider ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FACE a stranger, esp. a White stranger ...1930s US Black sl.
• FARANDMAN † a stranger, a traveller ....a1400 Sc. law
• FARCOMER a stranger ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAJO a stranger, a non-gypsy ...19C UK gypsy usage
• JACK a stranger ...Bk1896 American schools' sl.
• JASPER (often derogatory) a fellow, a guy; a rustic, a countrified person, a farmer, a stranger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LABRICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a stranger; a naive or foolish person; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. sl.
• LAVERICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a naive person; a stranger; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• NOSPER a stranger ...L19 back-slang
• OFF-COME a stranger; one who is not a native of the district ...1860 Eng. dial.
• OFF-COMER a stranger; one who is not a native of the district ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF-MAN a stranger, one from a distance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OUTLANDER a person of foreign nationality; one not a native; a foreigner, a stranger ...1605
• OUTLAW a foreigner; a stranger, an outsider ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PUNKIN ROLLER any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn't belong ...1949 Amer. dial.
• QUEENS PARK RANGER a stranger ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• RANDOM a stranger; someone who does not fit in ...1960s US college sl.
• UNCO a stranger ...1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCO BODY a stranger ...1816 Sc.
• UNCO FOLK strangers ...1774 Sc.
• UNCO MAN a stranger ...1882 Sc.
• UNTHEODE † strangers ...a1225
STRANGER - nouns, person, other
• MISOXENE a hater of strangers ...1883
STRANGER - verbs
• BE UNCO to feel oneself a stranger ...Bk1905 Sc.
STRANGLE - nouns
• GUZZLER a strangle-hold, esp. in wrestling ...1972 Amer. sl.
STRANGLE - nouns, person
• GUZZLER one who strangles or throttles; a murderer ...L19 sl.
STRANGLE - verbs
• EFFOCATE * to choke, to strangle ...1656
• FAGGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• FAGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• GAG † to strangle, to suffocate ...c1440
• GAROTTE 1. to execute by means of the garrotte (the apparatus for inflicting Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation) ...1851
2. to strangle ...1878
• GARROTTE to strangle ...1878
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• QUAGGLE to strangle ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIP THE GARROTTE to strangle and rob ...1856 sl.
STRANGULATION - nouns
• FAM-SQUEEZE throttling, strangulation ...E19 sl.
• GAROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
• GARROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this ...1622
STRAP - nouns
• LAINER † a lace, strap, thong, lash ...c1386
• TAG the leather strap used for punishment in schools ...1809 Sc.
STRATAGEM, STRATEGY - adjectives
• STRATAGEMATIC † relating to or versed in stratagem or strategy ...1589
STRATAGEM, STRATEGY - nouns
• DODGE a deceitful trick or clever stratagem, esp. one designed to evade something; dishonesty ...1638
• FAR-FETCH † a deeply-laid or cunning stratagem ...a1562
• GUT CHECK a quick evaluation and reassertion of spirit and resolve, usually among teammates; a quick reassessment of strategy and stiffening of morale ...1972 Amer sl., orig. football usage
• JEOPARDY † a device, trick, stratagem ...1375
• LIRIPOOP † a shrewd trick or stratagem ...1605
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning ...1923 Sc.
• REAK a trick, a prank; a stratagem, an artifice ...1629 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
• SCHLEINTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCHLENTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHLANTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHLINTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SLANTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SLINTER a trick or fraudulent stratagem ...1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUBTILTY † a cunning or clever device, artifice, stratagem ...c1386
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• TRICKERATION a trick or stratagem ...1940 US Black sl.
STRATEGY - verbs
• ACE IN to use strategy in getting oneself into a good or profitable position ...Amer. sl.
STRATUM - nouns
• LAY-BED † a layer, a stratum ...1728
STRAW - nouns
• FEALD a bundle of straw ...a1400 Eng. dial.
• PAD † a bundle of straw or the like to lie on ...1554
• SAP a wisp of hay or straw ...1895 Eng. dial.
• STRAMMEL straw ...1567 cant
• STROMMEL straw ...1567 cant
• STRUMMELL straw ...1567 cant
• WAD straw used for bedding ...M19 sl.
STRAW (drinking) - nouns
• QUILL a drinking straw ...1913 Amer. dial.
STRAWBERRY - nouns
• BONNET the 'cap' or leafy top of a strawberry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BURR the hull of a strawberry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON the hull of a strawberry ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAP the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CAPPING the green leaves at the top of a berry, usually a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EARTH MULBERRY a strawberry ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SHELL the green leaves at the top of a strawberry ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SHUCK the hull of a raspberry or strawberry ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TOP the green leaves at the top of a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
STRAWBERRY - nouns, person
• BERRY-GLAUMER a person who can pick strawberries very rapidly ...1944 Amer. dial.
STRAWBERRY - verbs
• CAP to take the hull off a strawberry ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TOP to remove the remove the green leaves at the top of a strawberry ...1965 Amer. dial.
STRAY - adjectives
• WAIF stray, wandering, homeless ...c1730 Sc.
STRAY - nouns
• WAIF a stray animal ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAIF-BEAST a stray animal of unknown ownership ...1681 Sc. obs.
• WAIFINGER † a waif; a stray ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRAY - verbs
• ABERR † to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path ...1536
• EGAR †* to stray, to wander, to go astray ...1584
• EXORBITATE † to deviate from the usual path or course; to stray ...1600 obs. or arch.
• EXTRAVAGATE to wander away, to stray ...1600
• RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANGLE † to rove, to wander, to stray ...1567
• RAVE to roam, to stray ...1841 Sc.
• WAIVE † to wander, to stray ...c1350
STRAYED - adjectives
• AFFER † strayed, wandering ...1789 Sc.
• WAFF of animals: strayed, wandering, ownerless ...1711 Sc.
STRAYING - adjectives
• ABERRANT wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard ...1848
• ABERRATING going astray, diverging ...a1854
• OFF ONE'S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate ...20C sl.
STRAYING - nouns
• ABERRANCE the act of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary ...1665
• ABERRATION a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path ...1615
• OBERRATION †* a straying or wandering about ...1658
• VAGATION † the act of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course; a wandering, rambling, or roaming ...c1340
• WAITH † n. that which is stray and unclaimed; flotsam and jetsam; a wandering, a straying ...1838 Sc.
STREAK - adjectives
• BASSAND of animals: having a white spot or streak on the face ...1725 Sc.
• GAIRIE variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
• GAIRY variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
STREAK - nouns
• GAIR † anything resembling a stripe or streak ...1825 Sc.
• GARLE †* a band or streak ...1677
STREAK - verbs
• BELACE † to streak, to stripe ...1648
• GAIR † to streak, to become streaked or dirty; of animal's coat or cloth: to be striped ...1810 Sc.
• MARL to become mottled, variegated; to variegate, to spot, to streak ...1826 Sc.
STREAKED - adjectives
• BARRED striped, streaked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAW † coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated ...a700
• GAIRED adj. streaked, variegated, striped ...1810 Sc.
• GAIRY having strips or streaks of different colours; variegated ...1804 Sc.
• MARLY spotted, variegated, streaked, marbled ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIRLY spotted, streaked, marbled ...1790 Sc.
• RANED streaked, of two colours ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIAND streaked, of two colours ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWMY scratched, marked; streaked in large showy flourishes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STREAKED - verbs
• GAIR to become streaked; to dirty; to crease, to become creased ...1881 Sc.
STREAKY - adjectives
• MARLED spotted, variegated, streaky ...1787 Sc.
• MARLY spotted, variegated, streaky ...1899 Sc.
• SCAWVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TABBIED having a wavy or streaky appearance ...1861