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STREAM - adjectives
• HEADY of a stream or current: impetuous, violent ...1599
• QUICK * of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing ...c1000
STREAM - nouns
• AA † a stream, a watercourse ...1430
• BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BACKWATER a stream from the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANKER a stream almost overflowing its banks ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BECK a brook or stream ...a1300
• BLUE HOLE a deep hole in a river or stream ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE a stream or waterway ...1814 Amer. dial.
• BOIL a turbulent swirl or eddy in a stream ...1805 Amer. dial.
• BORE a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BRANCH a small stream ...1663
• CANEL † the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel' ...a1300
• CANNEL † the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel' ...a1300
• CATTAIL a small running stream, smaller than a creek ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ELBOW a sharp bend in the course of a river, stream, road, etc. ...1591
• GANG † the course of a stream ...c893
• HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HEAD WATERS the streams from the sources of a river ...1802
• KILL a natural waterway, esp. a stream, a creek, a channel ...1639 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † a small stream of running water; a brook or rivulet ...955 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAKE-RIFT † a gully made by a stream ...1300s
• LANE a slow-moving, meandering stream or its bed ...1825 Sc.
• LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog ...1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LICK a spring or stream ...1945 Amer. dial.
• MID-WATER the middle of a stream or of the sea ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAIN †* a small stream, brook, or ditch ...1611
• RAISE a rise in the level of a stream; a flood ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RANT a stream; a river ...1874 Eng. dial.
• REAN a large open ditch; a main artificial watercourse; a very small stream ...1846 Eng. dial.
• RIDE a small stream ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RIVERLING † a small stream or river; a rivulet ...1591
• RUNDLE † a small stream or rivulet ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIKE a small stream of water, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer ...a1214 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SIKET † a small watercourse or sike ...1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SYKE a small stream of water, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer ...a1214 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TINE each of two branches of a stream ...1875
• TRACE a branch of a stream ...1924 Amer. dial.
• VAEDIK a small stream or runnel of water or other liquid; a ditch, drain or open sewer ...a1838 Sc.
• VEIN † a streamlet or rivulet; a current ...1600
STREAM - verbs
• BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRATTLE of a stream: to flow tumultuously and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• TAIL of a stream: to flow or fall into ...1889
• WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly ...1827
• WALK ON FOOT † of a stream: to flow slowly ...1362
• WARBLE of a small stream: to make melody as it flows; also, of the wind ...1579 poetic
STREET - adjectives
• QUADRIVIOUS having four ways meeting in one point; going in four directions, as a street ...1883
STREET - adverbs
• CATERWAY diagonally across an intersection of two streets ...1941 Amer. dial.
STREET - nouns
• AIN'T IT A TREAT a street ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• BACK ALLEY the main street of an otherwise run-down or 'red-light' area ...L19 US Black sl.
• BATTER a street running up a hillside, usually rather narrow ...c1975 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-UP a hole or depression in a street or road ...1973 Amer. dial.
• CARFAX a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1357
• CARFOUR † a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1477
• CARFOX a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet; sometimes extended to more than four ...1357
• CARREFOUR † a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1477
• DEAD NUMBER the last house in a row or street; the end of a street ...L19 sl.
• DECK the street ...1950s US Black sl.
• ENTANY an 'entry,' main doorway of a house; a narrow passage or by-street ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANCY STROLL the main street on which the high life happens ...1980s US Black sl.
• GUT the main street ...1920s US sl.
• HEAD the higher end of a place, the upper part of a street; a hill or eminence ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S SIDEWALK the street; the centre of the street ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAMB † an angular turn or corner in a street or way ...1567
• MAIN STEM the main street of a town; the 'main drag' ...1900 Amer. sl.
• MAIN STEM, THE the main street of a town ...L19 sl.
• MASON a town's main street, esp. when it delineates the line between the Black and White communities ...19C US Black sl.
• MASON LINE. a town's main street, esp. when it delineates the line between the Black and White communities ...19C US Black sl.
• NARROW a narrow part of a street ...1772
• PARKWAY a broad street or highway laid out with strips of lawn, often planted with trees or shrubs ...1878 Amer. dial.
• QUARREFOUR † a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1477
• REW the shady side of a street ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RUELLE in France, a small street; a lane, an alley ...B1900
• SCORE a narrow street on a slope; a gangway down a cliff; a cutting through a ridge of hills ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STEM a street frequented by vagrants ...1914 US sl.
• STREETOLOGY †* science or knowledge of the streets of a town ...1845
• THROUGH a thoroughfare; a public way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-GANG a thoroughfare; a passage ...1862 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING a thoroughfare; a passage ...1897 Sc.
• VENNEL a narrow lane, passage, or thoroughfare in a town or city; an alley or wynd ...1435 chiefly Sc.
• YAWNUPS'S CORNER the corner of the streets were the boys congregate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STREET - nouns, person
• BOULEVARDIER a man who picks up women on the streets ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURFLOOZIE a woman wandering the streets ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GALOPIN † a roving youngster, a street-arab ...1836 Sc.
• KENNEL-RAKER † a raker of the gutter; a scavenger; also, a term of abuse ...c1589
• MASSER-SCOURER †* a 'gong-farmer' or scavenger ...c1515
• O.G. a veteran of the streets (Original Gangster) ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAKE-KENNEL †* a scavenger; one who cleans streets, etc. ...1716
• RAKER a scavenger; a street-cleaner ...1362 now arch.
• SCAFFIE a scavenger, a street-sweeper ...1853 Sc.
• SCALERAKER a town scavenger; one who sweeps and cleans the streets ...1680 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SMACKO a street person; an unemployed person; a hoodlum ...1940s US Black sl.
• STREET the people living in a street ...1594 colloq.
STREET - verbs
• BUZZ THE MAIN STEM to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
• GALLOP to run about the streets ...Bk1900 Ireland
• HAUSSMANNIZE to open out, widen, and straighten streets, and generally rebuild (after the fashion in which Baron Haussman [1853-1870] rebuilt a great part of Paris) ...1865
• MOOCH THE MAIN STEM to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
• WORK THE MAIN STEM to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
STREETCAR - nouns, person
• NICKEL GRABBER a streetcar conductor ...1940s US sl.
• NICKEL SNATCHER a streetcar conductor ...1910s US sl.
STREET CRIER - nouns, person
• YOWPER a yelper; a street-crier; a ballad-singer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STREET ENTERTAINER, PERFORMER - nouns, person
• BOTTLER a collector of money for a street entertainer ...1935 UK sl.
• GAGGER a beggar or street performer of any kind ...1933 UK sl.
• GUTTER-CHAUNTER a street singer ...c1840 mainly Cockney usage
• SIGHTSEERS the crowd that gathers round illicit street traders or gamblers ...1970s UK criminals' sl.
STREET ENTERTAINMENT - nouns
• GUTTERSNIPING playing music on the street and passing the hat for money ...1928 Amer. sl.
STREET VENDOR - nouns, person
• FAKER an itinerant artisan, mechanic, or tradesman; hence, a peddler, street vendor, pitchman, or travelling showman ...1859 sl.
• FAKIR an itinerant artisan, mechanic, or tradesman; hence, a peddler, street vendor, pitchman, or travelling showman ...1893 sl.
• HAND-SELLER a street-dealer who carries his stock-in-trade in a basket, tray, or the like ...1851
• HAWKSTER a hawker, a street vendor or itinerant peddler ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KERB-STONE MERCHANT a street-dealer ...1899
• PAPER WORKER a street seller of broadsides ...M19 sl.
• STREET-PITCHER a vendor or a mendicant taking a station (or ‘pitch’) in the street ...1850s sl.
STREET VENDOR - verbs
• MAKE A POCKET to make money; e.g. as a street-seller ...M19 sl.
STREETWISE - nouns
• GAME, THE the sophisticated, streetwise person's lifestyle ...1950s US Black sl.
STRENGTH - adjectives (also see STRONG)
• ARMSTRONG done by hand, necessitating arm strength rather than mechanical leverage ...1963 Can. sl.
• FAUCHINLESS weak, without strength or energy ...1866 Sc.
• FORTITUDINOUS having fortitude; endowed with courage or moral strength; capable of endurance ...1752
• FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
• MAUGHTLESS feeble, wanting bodily strength ...1742 Sc.
• VALIANT † marked or characterized by the use of strength ...1531
• VALID of persons: sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength ...1651
• VIRIPOTENT † possessed of strength and energy ...1646
• WIGHT strong, robust, mighty; exercising strength, energetic ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
STRENGTH - nouns
• ABLEMENT bodily strength ...BK1898 Eng. dial.
• AFEL †* strength, physical force ...c1200
• ARMSTRONG METHOD the technique of using hand and arm strength to get a job done ...1987 Can. sl.
• ARMSTRONG PATENT any of various heavy devices that must be operated by hand; also, muscular strength used for such work ...1912 Amer. sl.
• BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit ...a1890 US sl.
• BANDY a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BANT vigour, strength, endurance, 'go' ...1856 Eng. dial.
• BINN strength; excellence ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAZZITY the performance of a challenging action of strength, skill, or risk by boys ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUGHT * power, strength, ability ...ME now Sc.,
• FAIL † decline in strength ...1898 Sc.
• FARRACH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• FASTNESS † security from invasion, difficulty of access; safety, strength ...1596
• FEEROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• FEIROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• HAIR courage, masculine prowess, virile strength ...1959 US college sl.
• HANDY-MIGHT strength of hand, main force ...1872 Sc.
• HERCULEAN LABOUR a task requiring enormous strength ...1617
• LABOUR OF HERCULES, A a task requiring enormous strength ...1432-50
• MAUGHT might, strength, ability ...1773 Sc.
• NERVOSITY †* strength ...1611
• PUISSANCE power, strength, force, might, influence ...LME chiefly arch. & poetic
• RANK †* rankness, strength ...a1300
• SINEW strength, energy, force; usually in the plural ...1560
• TACK † hold; holding quality; adherence, endurance, stability, strength, substance, solidity ...1412-20 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEBBITS physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength ...1808 Sc.
• TIBBITS physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength ...1808 Sc.
• VALENCY † might, power, strength ...1623
• VALIDITY † the state of being physically strong or sound; robustness; strength ...1578
• VALURE †* physical strength or ability; power, might ...1574
• VENOM † fullness, strength ...1836 Eng. dial.
• VIRTUE strength, life, energy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YATTLE † an endeavour; strength, force of mind ...Bk1905 Sc.
STRENGTH - nouns, person
• GOGMAGOG † a giant; a man of immense stature and strength; a big strong person ...c1580
• MARY AMBREE a woman of strength and spirit ...1839
• MOOSE CAT anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person ...1926 Amer. logging usage
• TIGER a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage ...1500-20
STRENGTH - verbs
• CANT † to become 'cant' or well; to recover strength; to mend ...1690 Eng. dial.
• GATHER UP ONE'S CRUMBS † to 'pick up' or recover one's strength or health; to improve in condition ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S BACK INTO to use all one's efforts or strength in a particular endeavour
• RAISE UP FUSS to gather strength ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ROBORATE † to give strength or support to; to invigorate; to fortify ...1533
• SINK * to reduce, weaken, or exhaust the strength of a person ...a1715
STRENGTHEN - verbs
• EFFORT † to strengthen, to fortify ...1662
• FASTEN † to make firm or solid; to strengthen, to harden ...c1400
• HEARTEN † 1. to strengthen with food or nourishment ...1586
† 2. to strengthen, to help on, to further, to promote ...1615
• INVIGOR † to invigorate, to strengthen ...1793 Sc.
• IRROBORATE †* to make strong, to strengthen ...1623
• NERVATE † to nerve, to support, to strengthen ...1682
• PEP UP to invigorate someone; to strengthen or enhance something ...1925 UK sl.
• RAMFORCE † to fortify, to strengthen a wall, rampart, etc.; to block up, to barricade a gate or door ...1570 chiefly Sc.
• RANFORCE † to strengthen, to fortify ...1547
STRENGTHENED - adjectives
• ROBORATE † confirmed, ratified, strengthened ...1432-50
STRENUOUS - adjectives
• DEAR † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERE † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• EAGER † strenuous, ardent, impetuous; fierce, angry, furious ...1297 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• SINEWOUS strenuous, vigorous ...1663
• TEARING active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STRENUOUSLY - adverbs
• OBNIXELY †* earnestly, strenuously ...1641
• OBNIXIOUSLY †* earnestly, strenuously ...1632
STRESS - adjectives
• UNDER THE GUN under great pressure or stress ...1940s sl., orig. US
STRESS - nouns
• MAALOX MOMENT a time of stress ...1990s sl., orig. US campus
STRESSED - adjectives
• TROUBLY † confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet ...c1380
STRESSED - nouns, person
• STRESS-HEAD a person who is habitually stressed; a constant worrier ...1996 Aust. sl.
STRESSING - adjectives
• WIGGING stressing, going crazy ...20C campus sl.
STRETCH - nouns
• RACK a stretch ...1860 Sc.
• RAX a stretch; a reach; the act of stretching or reaching ...1814 Sc.
STRETCH - verbs
• BE ON THE RACK to be at full stretch or strain ...1693
• LAY ALONG † to stretch at full length ...1597
• MAKE A FATHOM † to stretch the arms to their full extent ...1519
• MAKE A LONG ARM to stretch out one's arm to grab something ...M19 sl.
• RAX to extend, to stretch; to stretch the limbs on waking ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RACK † to stretch, to pull out, to increase the length of a thing, period of time, etc. ...1463-4
• RASK †* to stretch oneself; to yawn ...1303
• RASKLE † to stretch oneself ...1393
• RATCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon ...1819 Eng. dial.
• REAM to stretch out the arms in order to reach anything; to stretch up; to sprawl; to stretch oneself, esp. on first awakening ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RETCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon ...1819 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWM to scramble awkwardly; to grope about with outstretched arms; to sprawl; to spread or stretch out in a straggling manner ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YARK to stretch to the fullest extent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRETCHED - adjectives
• PANDICULATED † stretched out, opened, extended ...1775
• RAXING elastic, easily stretched ...1785 Sc.
STRETCHED - adverbs
• ASPAR stretched out; wide apart ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASTROUT stretched out stiffly ...1869 Eng. dial.
• ASTRUT stretched out; projecting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STRETCHING - nouns
• PANDICULATION an instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms, and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning; sometimes used loosely for 'yawning' ...1649
STRETCHING - nouns, person
• YAWMAGORP a yawning, stretching person; a lounger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STREW - verbs
• TAMMIL † to scatter or strew things about in a careless or offhand manner ...1825 Sc.
STREWN - adjectives
• BESPRENT scattered, strewed about ...1567
STRICT - adjectives
• BURNT terrible; tough; strict ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEAD ON dealing very strictly and severely with a situation or person ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SCOTCH strict, straitlaced ...1932 Amer. dial.
• TAUT of persons: strict, severe ...1905 Sc.
• TIGHT-LACED strict in the observance of rules or usages of morality or propriety ...1741
STRICT - nouns, person
• MAN OF IRON a strict character
STRICTLY - adverbs
• NARROW † closely, straitly, strictly ...a1225
STRICTNESS - nouns
• RIGOROSITY † austerity, rigour, extreme strictness ...c1531
STRIDE - adverbs
• LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER quickly, fast; with long, rapid strides ...1838 Amer. dial.
STRIDE - nouns
• COCK-STRIDE the length of the step of a cock, as the measure of a very short distance or space; a short stride ...1626
• GAMACK † a stride ...1849 Sc.
• LAMP a long, firm stride ...1874 Sc.
• RAIKER a long stride ...1967 Sc.
• STRIME a stride, a pace ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STRIDE - verbs
• LAING to move with long strides ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately ...1808 Sc.
• LAMPER to take big strides ...1727 Eng. dial.
• LOMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCOPE to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• SKAWP to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• STRETCH ONE'S LEGS † to increase one's stride, to walk fast ...1653
• STRIME to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace ...1854 Eng. dial.
STRIDENT - verbs
• YALP to utter with a strident or harsh voice ...1567 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YAWP to utter with a strident or harsh voice ...1567 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YELL † of an inanimate thing: to make a strident or crashing noise ...a1000
STRIDING - adjectives
• LAMPING striding, taking long steps ...1685 Sc.
• LAMPY having a striding gait ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
STRIFE - adjectives
• AT BATE † at strife, contending, fighting ...a1500
• BATEFUL † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
• BATTLEFUL †* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• CAT-AND-DOG full of strife, inharmonious; quarrelsome ...1579
• DEBATEFUL † 1. of persons: full of strife, contentious, quarrelsome ...1491
† 2. of things: pertaining to strife or contention ...1580
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• DIVERSIVOLENT †* wishing for or fond of strife or differences; desiring different things ...1612
• GLOSSOMACHICALL † given to wordy strife ...1567 nonce word
• MAKEBATE † causing contention or strife ...1582
STRIFE - adverbs
• ATWIST at cross purposes, at strife ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STRIFE - nouns
• AGGRO trouble, strife, problems; a nuisance ...1969 UK sl.
• BARRACE † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
• BARRAT † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
• BATE † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEAR-GARDEN a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
• BROILERY †* dissension; strife; disturbance, disorder ...1521
• CERTATION † contention, strife ...1572
• CHANNER strife, querulousness; complaining ...1891 Sc.
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• DEBATE 1. strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
† 2. physical strife, fight, conflict, struggle ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBATEMENT †* contention, strife, quarrelling ...1590
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIMICATION * the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife ...1623
• HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense ...1801 Sc.
• JAR discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
• MEDDLE-MAKING mischief-making; strife-sowing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMPING contention; eager strife to obtain anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TINDER-BOX a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence; a source of heated strife ...1598
• TOIL battle, strife, turmoil ...a1400 arch.
• UNFRITH † dissension, strife ...c1205
• UNISIBBE † dissension, strife ...c1205
• WAR TO THE KNIFE war to the last extremity; fierce or relentless war; deadly strife; a bitter and deadly struggle; hostility without cessation or moderation ...1812
• YED contention, wrangling; strife ...1719 Sc.
STRIFE - nouns, person
• BELLOWS-BLOWER an inciter of strife, etc. ...1849
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-DEBATE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1741
• MAKE-STRIFE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1617.
• TINDER-BOX a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence; a source of heated strife ...1598
STRIFE - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
• SOW DRAGONS' TEETH to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war ...1850
• VARY † to be at strife with; to contend against another ...1496
STRIKE (work stoppage) - adjectives
• SCAB pert. to strike-breakers or strike-breaking ...L19 sl.
STRIKE (hit) - nouns
• BLEMISH a motion as if to strike ...1899 Amer. dial.
STRIKE (work stoppage) - nouns
• SCABBERY the betrayal of one's fellow workers, the breaking of a strike ...20C Aust. & US sl.
• TIE-UP a stoppage of work or business, esp. on account of a lock-out or strike ...1889
STRIKE (work stoppage) - nouns, person
• BLACK NEB a man who takes a striker's place during the strike ...Bk1905 Sc.
• FINK 1. a strikebreaker ...E20 US sl.
2. a guard hired to protect strikebreakers ...E20 US sl.
• JACK a non-union labourer; a strike-breaker; a member of the Permanent and Casual Waterside Workers' Union ...1940s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'Jack McNab' = a scab
• JACK-LEG a blackleg ...1888 Amer. sl.
• RAT a worker who refuses to strike; one who works for a lower rate ...1824
• SCAB a worker who refuses to join a labour union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker's place on the job, or the like; a strike-breaker ...1777
• SCALIE a strike-breaker or anyone who stands out against a mass action ...L18
• SNOB a strike-breaker ...M19 sl.
• SNOBSTICK a strike-breaker ...M19 sl.
STRIKE (work stoppage) - verbs
• HIT THE BRICKS to go on strike ...1946 US sl.
• SCAB 1. to brand a company or fellow worker as a strike-breaker ...19C
2. to break a strike, to refuse to join a union or any form of mass action ...19C
STRIKE (hit) - verbs
• ABEAT † to beat, to strike ...a1000
• ACOUP † to strike, to shower blows ...c1380
• ACOUPE † to strike, to shower blows ...c1380
• BAFF to beat, to strike; in golf: to strike the ground with the sole of the club-head in making a stroke ...1879 Sc.
• BAFFLE to strike, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAM to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOOZLE to strike hard, to drive away ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BAMMOCK to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
• BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BASKE † to strike with a bruising blow ...1642
• BASTE A PERSON'S BACON to strike or thrash him ...B1900
• BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
• BATON to strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel ...c1580
• BATOON to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
• BATTER to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter ...c1325
• BATTERFANG † to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter; to assail violently ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEAN to hit or strike someone on the head ...1910 sl., chiefly US
• BEDUNCH † to strike against ...1567
• BEEF to strike or knock someone down ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BEFF to beat, to strike, to slap ...1790 Sc.
• BEFT † to strike, to give blows ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BENSIE to strike vigorously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEPAT to pat frequently; to strike, to beat ...1676
• BESWAK † to dash, to strike ...c1505 Sc.
• BICKER to attack with repeated strokes, to pelt with stones; to strike repeatedly ...1827 Sc.
• BIF(F) to hit or strike ...1888 sl.
• BILK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BING to knock or strike ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BINNER to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound; also, to whirr, to buzz ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLAD to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEACH to strike; to fall flat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEECH to strike; to fall flat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLENTER to strike with a strong, sharp blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to strike with a strong, sharp blow ...19C Sc.
• BLOUSE to strike or hit someone ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLUDGEON to strike heavily, as with a bludgeon ...1892
• BOFFLE to strike, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOMMOCK to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOMMUX to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOOFF to strike with the hand, causing a hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFF to strike, to buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWFF to strike with the hand as to cause to hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFFALO to strike on the head with the barrel of a gun ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BUS to hit, to strike ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUSS to hit, to strike ...1872 Amer. dial.
• CROWN ON THE CONK to strike on the head ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CLIP to hit smartly; to strike against in passing ...1855 colloq.
• CLOCK to strike sharply or heavily; to strike with the fist; to punch in the face; to hit ...1932 sl.
• CLUFF to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAB to strike with a light blow, as with the back of the hand ...1730
• DANG to strike, to knock ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAP to hit or strike lightly; to make a ball rebound on the ground, etc. ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWL to dash, to beat, to strike ...1886 Eng. dial.
• DEG to strike with a sharp-pointed weapon ...1825 Sc.
• DEVEL to strike, to beat, to fell with a blow; to maul; to fall heavily ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIFT to hit, to strike ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DING to strike, to knock, to beat; to drive, to force; to dash down with violence, to overthrow ...1688 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINT † to strike, to beat ...ME
• DIRD to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash ...1871 Sc.
• DONG to hit, to strike, to punch ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DOUSE to strike, knock, punch ...M16 now Eng. dial.
• EAT to strike face-first; also, to be struck by, as a bullet ...1975 US sl.
• FAG † to beat; to thrash; to strike ...L17 sl.
• FAN to beat, to strike, esp. repeatedly or soundly; to deliver a blow to, esp. with a club; to hit, to spank ...1785 sl.
• FETCH to strike a blow against someone ...1865 sl.
• FIRE ON to strike, to hit, to fight with ...1972 Amer. dial.
• FIRE UP to strike, to hit, to fight with ...1972 Amer. dial.
• FIST to strike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GAG † to jerk; to strike with a sharp blow; also, to toss up the head ...1587
• GLAZE to strike a glancing blow ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HAMPER † to strike, to beat ...a1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAB to strike smartly, to thrust ...L19 sl.
• JERK † to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch ...1550
• JOD † to strike, to knock ...a1400
• LAB to strike severely, to beat; to deliver a slashing blow ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALLOP to beat, to chastise, to strike ...1890 Eng. dial.
• LAM to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog; to hit hard, to strike ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LAMB to beat or strike ...L16 sl.
• LAMME to beat or strike ...L16 sl.
• LARRUP to beat thoroughly, to strike, to thrash, to whip, to flog ...1824 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAY † to strike, to beat a person on the face, over the head, etc. ...1530
• LAY IT TO ONE to strike hard; to insist ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LEAN to beat up, to strike ...1910s sl., orig. US
• LEAN ON to beat up, to strike; to physically assault ...1911 sl., orig. US
• LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip ...1888 Amer. dial.
• LOP to strike with the fist ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MARK † to aim a blow or missile at; to strike, to hit ...a1300
• MASH to strike, hit, or beat someone ...1884 Amer. dial.
• MASH UP strike, hit, or beat someone ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MAWP to strike, to beat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELL to hammer; to strike with a 'mell' or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELLOW to beat, to hit, to strike. to pummel ...1895 Amer. dial.
• NAB to peck at, to strike; to punish ...1822 Sc.
• NACK to strike with a missile ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAG to strike smartly; to beat ...1825 Sc.
• NAIL vb. to hit, esp., in boxing, to be successful in hitting someone; to strike smartly; to beat ...1785 sl.
• NAPE † to strike a person on the back of the neck ...c1440
• NAUP to strike with a stick or other implement, generally on the head; to beat ...1684 Eng. dial.
• NECK † to strike on the neck, esp. so as to stun or kill; to behead ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEVILL vb. to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pummel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish ...c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIL to strike continuously; to beat, to thrash ...1740 Eng. dial.
• PAKE to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALL †* to beat; to strike, to knock down ...a1375
• PALM to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALMY to cane on the palm of the hand ...1876 Sc.
• PALT † to strike with repeated blows of missiles; to assail with missiles ...1579
• PAME to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANDY to strike on the palm of the hand as a punishment ...1863
• PECK to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PEEL to strike, to beat, to spank, to slap ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PEX to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PLAY RAP to strike smartly ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PLAY YARK ON to strike, to beat ...1838 Eng. dial.
• PUG * to poke; to punch; to strike ...E19 Eng. dial.
• RAP to knock heavily; to strike ...1715 Sc.
• RASEN to take off the skin of a person's legs by striking or kicking them ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE to strike, to beat, to hit; to give a blow or knock ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REACH to strike, to give a blow ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEKIM to strike with a smart blow; to box ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SAP UP to strike with a blunt weapon ...1926 US sl.
• SCAGE to throw stones, to pelt; to strike with a stick ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP to graze, to strike slightly, to touch lightly in passing, to deliver a glancing blow to ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SCLAFF to strike with the open hand, or with some flat surface; to slap; to throw down flat ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOP to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to strike; to beat vigorously ...1889 Sc.
• SKELP to strike, to beat, to slap, to smack, in later use, spec. on the breech ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLAFF to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKOP to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SKRIM to strike; to beat vigorously ...1889 Sc.
• SMACK DOWN to strike hard, esp. on the face ...1880s US Black sl.
• SOCK to strike or hit hard ...a1700
• TACK to strike with the open hand; to slap; to beat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAINT † to touch, to strike, to hit ...1525
• TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• TAKE to strike; to deliver a blow ...1880 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TANK to strike; to knock; to beat with a switch or other light instrument ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARGE to beat, to strike; to thrash ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEPLE to touch or strike lightly ...B1900 Sc.
• THRUMPER to thump, to strike with the fist ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THUD to beat, to strike; to beat hard and with a noise; to thump ...1898 Sc.
• THUNGE to knock heavily; to thump, to bang; to strike a violent blow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TIT † to strike or tap lightly; to pat, to tip ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-DRIVE †* to strike violently ...c1205
• TO-DUN † to strike with resounding blows ...a1240
• TONK to strike ...colloq.
• TRANSFISTICATE † to strike or smash with the fist ...1600 humorous nonce word
• TROLLOP to strike, to beat, to whip; to outdo in a contest ...1842 Amer. dial.
• TUNK to strike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VAIL * to strike or cast down ...1590
• VAPULATE * to beat or strike ...1603
• VERBERATE * to beat or strike so as to cause pain, esp. by way of punishment ...1625
• VUG to strike with the elbow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to beat soundly; to strike hard; to hit ...1825 colloq.
• WAP † to strike, to knock upon; to strike through ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARM IT TO ANYBODY OR ANYTHING to strike or work hard ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WARM THE EARS to strike or box the ears ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WARP IT TO SOMEONE to strike a blow at someone; to beat violently ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WHAM to hit or strike ...1920s sl. orig. US
• YANK to strike sharply with the end of a whip-lash; to flog; to thrash ...1889 Eng. dial.
• YARK † to strike hard, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAW to hew; to strike with something sharp ...a1529 Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YIRK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZONK to hit or strike ...1950s sl.
• ZONK OUT to hit or strike ...1950s sl.
STRIKE DOWN - verbs
• AFALLE † to fell, to strike down, to cut down, to lay low ...1205
• AFELL † to fell, to strike down, to cast down, to lay low ...c1000
• AFELLE † to fell, to strike down, to cast down, to lay low ...c1000
• NAIL to reach a target; to succeed in hitting, to strike down; to kill ...1785 Sc.
• YFELL † to strike down, to fell ...c893
STRIKING (exceptional) - adjectives
• COLD-BLOODED striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool ...1969 US Black sl.
• EGREGIOUS of things: remarkably good or great; of events and utterances: striking, significant ...1547-64
• HEADINGEST most unusual or striking ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STRIKING (exceptional) - nouns
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
STRIKING (hit) - nouns
• ILLISION * the act of striking against something ...1603
• VERBERATION the act of beating or striking so as to cause pain or hurt; esp. flogging or scourging; also, a blow or stroke ...c1730
STRING - nouns
• BAND string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BANDING string; cord ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BANDING-STUFF binding materials, such as string ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HIGHLAND FLING string ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• LASH † a string, cord, thong ...c1440
• TIAL a tie; a string with which anything is fastened; anything used for tying a latchet; a tying ...Bk1905 Sc.
STRINGY - verbs
• KECKSY to become stringy ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
STRIP - nouns
• LEACH † a slice, as of meat, etc.; a strip ...c1420
• RAND † a strip or long slice ...c1394 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RIB a strip of anything ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREED a shred, a fragment, a crumb; a long thin strip of material, paper, land, etc.; a narrow plantation or belt of wood ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a narrow strip of any material; a long and narrow strip of arable land ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STRIP - verbs
• CAP ONE'S SKIN to strip naked ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CAST ONE'S SKIN to strip naked ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CONNUDATE † to strip naked; to make bare ...1623
• DEBARE † to strip down, to make quite bare ...1567
• NAKE † to make naked, to bare, to lay bare, to strip ...c1320 obs . exc. Sc.
• NAKEN † to strip naked; to divest of clothing; to lay bare ...a1240
• NUDATE †* to make bare or naked, to strip, to unclothe ...1688
• PEEL to strip ...1820 sl.
• RIG A BLOSS to strip a wench ...Bk1903 sl.
• SHUCK to strip oneself; to undress ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKIN to remove one's clothing; to strip ...1851 Brit. & US colloq.
• TIRL 1. to roll or turn back, to pull or strip off (a garment or the clothes from a person, his back, etc.; the bedclothes from a bed; the thatch or roof from a house, etc.) ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to uncover by rolling back the covering; to strip a person naked; to unroof a building ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRR 1. to strip a person naked; to uncover; to unroof a house, etc. ...1553 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to take off one's clothes; to undress, to strip ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRVE † 1. to roll or pull back, or pluck off (the covering, clothes, skin, etc. from a person or animal); to strip off (clothes, armour; the thatch, slates, or roof of a house, etc.) ...c1300
† 2. to strip a person of his clothes, etc., an animal of its skin, a house of its roof; to strip naked or bare ...c1386
• UNCASE to strip a person; to undress ...1570-6
• UNGEAR to undress, to unwrap; to strip off the clothes; to make naked ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNHEAL to strip, to uncover, to unroof ...1891 Eng. dial.
• UNRAG to strip off the clothes; to undress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRIG to strip someone of their clothes ...L18 sl.
STRIPE - adjectives
• GAIRIE variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
• GAIRY variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
STRIPE - nouns
• EEL a stripe, esp. a stripe along the back of a horse ...1908 Sc.
• GAIR † anything resembling a stripe or streak ...1825 Sc.
• LIST a stripe, esp. one around the body of an animal ...1805 Amer. dial.
• PALE † a vertical stripe on cloth, etc. ...c1384
• THRAPE a mark, a stripe ...1901 Eng. dial.
• VEIN † a slender stripe of a different colour or material on a garment ...1539 Sc.
• WALE a stripe of colour ...1891
STRIPE - verbs
• BELACE † to streak, to stripe ...1648
• PALE † to stripe, to mark or adorn with vertical stripes; usually in pa. pple. ...1395
• RATCH to mark with lines or stripes ...1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH to mark with stripes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VEIN † to ornament a garment, etc. with narrow stripes of some suitable material ...1502
STRIPED - adjectives
• BARRED striped, streaked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GAIRED adj. streaked, variegated, striped ...1810 Sc.
• LISTED striped, banded ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PALLID † striped; made of cloth of different colours ...1837 Eng. dial.
• RATCHED striped; spotted ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RING-STREAKED AND STRIKED irregularly striped ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RING-STREAKED AND STRIPED irregularly striped ...1885 Amer. dial.
• WALED † striped ...c1050
STRIPPED - adjectives
• UNRIGGED stripped ...L18 sl.
STRIPTEASE - adjectives
• CACKY in the language of striptease: overtly if not excessively sexual ...1981 US sl.
• HOT of a striptease dance: very sexual ...1977 US sl.
STRIPTEASE - nouns
• COOCH any sexually suggestive or imitative dance, esp. a striptease dance ...1920s Amer. sl.
• GIRLESK a show featuring striptease women ...1930s US sl.
• GIRLESQUE a show featuring striptease women ...1930s US sl.
• MEAT SHOW a striptease act or other performance featuring naked or near-naked women ...1943 US sl.
• NAUTCH a brothel; a striptease; a sex show of any kind ...1872 US sl.
• PASTY a small covering for the nipple in striptease artistry ...M20 US colloq.
• TABLE DANCE in a strip-club: a semi-private sexual performance near or on a customer's table ...1992 US sl.
• TRAILER in a striptease performance: the preliminary march across the stage that precedes the removal of any piece of clothing ...1981 US sl.
• VARICOSE ALLEY the platform that extends from a stage used by strippers out into the audience ...1945 US sl.
STRIPTEASE- nouns, person
• FAN DANCER a sexual dancer or striptease performer who employs a large fan in her dance ...1936 US sl.
• RAINCOAT CHARLIE a striptease audience member who masturbates beneath the safety of his raincoat ...1981 US sl.
STRIVE - nouns, person
• CAMPIE one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
• CAMPY one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
• ETTLER one who makes great efforts or strives after anything ...1823 Sc.
STRIVE - verbs
• BANDY to contend, to strive, to fight ...1588
• BARGAIN † to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight ...1375 Sc.
• BATE † to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BREAK ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CAMP † to strive with others in doing anything, e.g. drinking ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBATE † to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1340
• ETTLE to attempt, to endeavour; to strive after, to struggle hard to obtain ...1725 Sc.
• GAINSTRIVE † to strive or struggle against; to oppose; to withstand ...1549-62 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACK AFTER † to aim at, to strive for ...1393
• HEAVE † to put forth effort; to endeavour, to labour, to strive ...c1374
• HEAVE AT † to aim at, to strive after ...1535
• RANGE to strive or reach after; to stretch over ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAM to strive after; to attempt to get anything greedily; to covet ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY to scramble, to strive, to contend ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to strive, to toil, to labour ...1863 Sc.
• TEW to toil, to labour; to work hard; to pull, to struggle; to contend, to strive ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TILL † to strive, to exert oneself, to labour, to work ...c897
STRIVING - adjectives
• ETTLING ambitious, pushing, striving ...1822 Sc.
STRIVING - adverbs
• ABOUTWARD † orig, striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going ...c1400
STRIVING - nouns
• AFFECTATION † a striving after, aiming at; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit ...1549
• OBLUCTATION † striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition ...1615
STROKE - adjectives
• ICTIC * of the nature of a blow or stroke; abrupt and sudden in its action ...1847
STROKE - nouns
• BAFF a blow with something flat or soft; a stroke; a dull, heavy thud ...E16 Sc.
• BAT a firm blow as with a staff or club; a stroke...a1400
• BEFF a stroke, a blow, a buffet ...1768 Sc.
• BELLAM a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELT a heavy blow or stroke ...1899 colloq.
• BETTLE n. a blow, a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILF a blunt stroke, a hit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAW a blow, a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEFFART a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLENTER a strong, sharp blow, a flat stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIBE a stroke; the mark of a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIFFART a stroke, a buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIPE a stroke, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLYBE a stroke, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLYPE a stroke, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONER a hard blow or stroke, as with the fist or a blunt instrument ...1890 sl.
• BOOFF a stroke with the hand that causes a hollow sound; the sound thus produced ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWFF a stroke causing a hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAMMACK a stroke with the hand ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAST † the delivery of a blow, a stroke ...c1420
• DABACH a stroke, a blow ...1825 Sc.
• DANDIEFECHAN † a stroke, a resounding blow ..1816 Sc.
• DEG a stroke or sharp blow ...1823 Sc.
• DIFF a blow or stroke ...1877 Amer. dial.
• DINT † a stroke or blow, esp. one given with a weapon ...OE
• DIRDUM a heavy blow, a stroke; a fall ...1827 Sc.
• DIRL a tremulous stroke; a blow or shake; a vibrating sound ...1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DUMMOCK a blow or stroke ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUNDIEFECKEN † a stroke on any part of the body; a slap; a stunning blow ...1825 Sc.
• GANDIEGOW † a blow, a stroke, punishment ...1866 Sc.
• GIRKE † a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash ...1555
• HANDSTROKE † a stroke or blow with the hand ...1523
• JERK † a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash ...1555
• KAMMO a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist ...1825 Sc.
• KAMMOCK a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist ...1825 Sc.
• KAMOO a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist ...1825 Sc.
• LAB a blow, a stroke ...1808 Sc.
• LASH † a sudden or violent blow; a dashing or sweeping stroke ...c1330
• LICK a sharp blow or stroke, as with a fist, a weapon, or a tool ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LOUNDER a heavy blow, a severe stroke, a beating ...1723 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISLICK a poorly delivered or badly aimed stroke or blow; hence a mistake, or error ...1859 Amer. dial.
• NAB a smart stroke; a blow on the head ...1822 Sc.
• PAIK a firm still blow, esp. on the body, a stroke ...1508 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALMY a stroke on the palm of the hand, given as a punishment ...1785 Sc.
• PALT † a blow, a stroke ...1625
• PAMMIE a stroke on the palm of the hand, given as a punishment ...1785 Sc.
• PAWMIE a stroke on the palm of the hand, given as a punishment ...1785 Sc.
• RACKABIMUS a sudden or unexpected stroke, jolt, or fall; a thud ...1808 Sc.
• RACKET a violent, stunning blow; a thump; a stroke ...1710 Sc.
• RAMIEGEISTER a sharp stroke or blow; also, an injury ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMYJEESTER a sharp stroke or blow ...1825 Sc.
• RATTLE a blow, a stroke ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUGHT a stroke, a blow, a dash ...1742 Sc.
• REBINE † a great stroke on man or beast ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
• REMIGESTER a sharp stroke or blow; an injury ...1825 Sc.
• REMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
• SCALLYART a blow or stroke ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; the noise made by such a fall; a stroke with the palm of the hand ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE a lash, a stroke; a severe beating ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKIT a slight stroke ...1860
• SKITE a sudden vigorous stroke or blow, esp. one given in an oblique direction ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; the noise made by such a fall; a stroke with the palm of the hand ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
• TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop ...a1825 Sc.
• TANTERLICK a severe stroke ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEEPLE a slight touch or stroke ...B1900 Sc.
• THREAP a smart stroke; a blow causing a mark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICK † a light but distinct touch; a light quick stroke; a pat, a tap ... c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKET a pat; a slight stroke with the hand, etc.; a smart blow; a beating ...1833 Sc.
• TICKLER a sharp stroke with a cane or whip; a smart blow ...1836 Eng. dial.
• TIT a light stroke or tap; a slap ...1808 Sc.
• VERBERATION the act of beating or striking so as to cause pain or hurt; esp. flogging or scourging; also, a blow or stroke ...c1730
• WAFF a slight blow or stroke, esp. one given by something in passing ...a1754 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YACK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAIK a stroke, a blow ...1825 Sc.
• YANK a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a buffet; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash ...1790 Sc.
• YANKER † a smart blow or stroke, a whack ...1825 Sc.
• YARK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a flogging; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud ...1509 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERT †* a sharp or smart blow or stroke ...1509
STROKE - verbs
• DAWL to coax, to fondle, to stroke gently with the hand ...1879 Eng. dial.
• TAWL to stroke or smooth down, as a cat's back ...1873 Eng. dial.
• TAWL DOWN to stroke or smooth down, as a cat's back ...1873 Eng. dial.
STROLL - nouns
• DACKER a stroll ...1835 Sc.
• DANDER a stroll, a saunter ...1821 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DANDERING a wandering, a stroll ...1828 Sc.
• DANDLE † a stroll, a saunter ...a1600 Sc.
• DANER a stroll, a saunter ...1865 Sc.
• DANNER a stroll, a saunter ...1865 Sc.
• DAUNDER a stroll, a slow walk, a saunter ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWNER a stroll, a slow walk ...1821 Sc.
• DONDER a stroll, a saunter ...1865 Eng. dial.
• RAIK † a journey, a long or tiring walk; a stroll; a journey made to exchange gossip ...a1400 now rare, obs., or Sc.
• RAIKIN a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit ...1866 Sc.
• RANGE a stroll ...1893 Sc.
• SHAG a stroll, a saunter ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TODDLE a leisurely walk, a stroll ...1825
• VAGANCY †* a wandering or strolling ...1641
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
• WALKTALK a stroll on which the walkers chatter together ...1910s Aust. sl.
STROLL - verbs
• AIR OUT to stroll in the open air; to saunter; to go go for a walk ...1942 Amer. dial., originally Black usage
• BELLWAVER to stroll ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DADJELL to walk in a careless manner, with clothes not adapted to the shape of the wearer; to stroll ...1824 Sc.
• DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DANGLE † to stroll idly, or with lounging steps ...1778
• DANNER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Eng. dial.
• HAUX to stroll ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAUL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JAWL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JOL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• MOSEY to wander or shuffle about leisurely; to stroll; to saunter: often followed by 'along', 'about', etc ...1820 Amer.
• MOSEY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RAIK † to go, to proceed, to make one's way; to walk, to stroll, to wander ...c1340
• 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.
• SAMMUCK to stroll in an aimless manner ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SHAG to stroll, to rove about, to amble along, to saunter ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• VAGUE † to roam, to stroll, to wander; to idle about ... c1425 Sc. now rare or obs.
• VAIG to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to stroll; to gad about ...1701 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIPER to saunter, to stroll about aimlessly, to dawdle about ...1866 Sc.
• VAPOUR to saunter; to stroll ...Bk1905 Sc.
STROLLER (pram) - see BABY CARRIAGE
STROLLER - nouns, person
• RAIKER † a stroller; a vagabond ...1596
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
• VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
STROLLING - adjectives
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
• WALKING † leading a wandering life, vagrant, strolling ...1490
STRONG - adjectives (also see STRENGTH)
• ABLE strong, capable, courageous ...1980 Can.
• BALLOCH strong, plump ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEDCORD STRONG very strong indeed ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOORDLY stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFF strong, muscular, healthy ...1980s sl.
• BUILT LIKE A BRICK OUTHOUSE of a person: well built - either strong or attractive ...Amer. sl.
• BUILT LIKE A BRICK SHITHOUSE of a person: well built - either strong or attractive ...Amer. sl.
• BULL-STRONG strong enough to resist a bull ...1878 US
• CAST-IRON AND DOUBLE-BOLTED extremely strong ...L19 sl.
• DERF † strong, sturdy, stout, robust ...c1340
• FADE † strong, doughty, brave, powerful ...c1320
• FARRACHIE strong, able, energetic ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• FORCELY † of strong build, vigorous, powerful ...a1488 obs. or Sc.
• GNARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD big, strong, robust, well-grown; full-grown ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HARDISH strong, robust, well-grown ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HARDLY hardy, robust, strong ...1845 Eng. dial.
• HASKY strong, vigorous ...1808 Sc.
• IRONBARK strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• IRONCLAD strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• KEEN † mighty, powerful, strong ...a1000
• KINKY lively, strong, energetic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MADWALLIE strong, well-constructed, durable ...1930 Sc.
• MAIN big, strong, great ...a1908 Sc.
• MAINSTRONG † strong in power ...a1000
• MANCHESTER-BRED physically strong, mentally weak ...M19 sl.
• MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTY large and strong, big ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAPPY of a person: strong, vigorous ...1857 Sc.
• NARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NERVID * physically strong ...1813
• NERVOUS * sinewy, muscular; vigorous, strong; ...1413
• NERVY vigorous, sinewy, full of strength ...1607
• NUGGETY of people and animals: short, thickset, and strong; stocky ...1893 Aust. & NZ
• ODDY strong, vigorous, hearty; lively ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OMNIPOTENT all-powerful; having full or absolute power or authority; exceedingly strong or mighty ...1598
• PARAIC fierce, strong ...1980s Irish rhyming sl. for Padraig Pearse = fierce
• POLLENT * powerful, strong, mighty ...1869 rare
• PUISSANT having great authority or influence; mighty, strong, powerful ...LME arch. & poetic
• RACKLE strong, firm, stout ...Bk19C Sc.
• RAMMISH † wild, violent, untamed, rash; strong ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR † rough and strong; boisterous in manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS † rough and strong; boisterous in manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RANK † stout and strong; formidable ...c1122 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REESING vehement, strong, forcible ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENCING strong; great, robust ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RESOLUTE strong, active ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROARING brisk; successful; strong ...1831 sl.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• ROID † stout, strong; violent, rough ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• RUSKIE strong, of force ..1791 Sc.
• SAMSONISTIC strong, powerful ...1849
• SCRAGGY rawboned, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SINEWED strong, firm, vigorous, powerful ...1604
• SINEWY physically strong ...1588
• SKOOKUM strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SKRAGGY rawboned, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• STALWORTH † of persons and animals: strong and stoutly built; sturdy, robust ...c1175 obs. exc. arch.
• STRONGER THAN HORSERADISH very strong ...1909 US sl.
• SUBSTANTIAL † of persons, their constitution, etc.: sturdy, strong, burly ...c1400
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TEARING active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROUGHLY portly; strongly-built; buxom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTY healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TOUGH AS A BILED OWL having a tough, strong constitution ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH AS A BOILED OWL having a tough, strong constitution ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TOUGHER THAN A BOILED OWL thoroughly tough and of strong constitution ...1892 Amer. dial.
• UP ON ONE'S BEAN-WATER feeling very lively, strong, frisky ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VADY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VENGEABLE † very great, severe, strong, intense ...1532
• VOCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUSE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE 1. of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
2. of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY 1. of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
2. of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALY beautiful, excellent; fine, thriving, strong ...1500-20 Sc.
• WIGHT 1. strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; valiant, brave ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
2. strong, robust, mighty; exercising strength, energetic ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
• WIGHTY † strong and courageous, esp. in warfare, valiant, brave ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WITHY of a person: strong and supple; wiry, tough ...1849 Amer. dial.
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YDOUGHT † grown strong ...a1300
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
STRONG - nouns
• HARKER a fine, strong thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VALIDITY † the state of being physically strong or sound; robustness; strength ...1578
STRONG - nouns, person
• AMAZON a tall, strong, sexually attractive woman ...a1954 Amer. sl.
• BOGART a strong, physically aggressive or bullying person; a brawler ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCER a large, strong, vigorous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BRAINLESS BRAWN descriptive of a stupid, strong fellow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRUISER a strong, tough person ...1580 colloq.
• CABER a strong person of a somewhat stubborn disposition ...1866 Sc.
• CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
• GOGMAGOG † a giant; a man of immense stature and strength; a big strong person ...c1580
• HARKER a fine, strong person or thing ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HORSE a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1808 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1845 Amer. sl.
• KEBAR a strong person of somewhat stubborn disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MACCA-MAN a tough, strong, efficient man ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• MAN-EATER an exceptionally strong, tough fellow; esp. a pugilist ...20C Brit. sl.
• MAN O' MEAN a strong or violent man ...1776 Sc.
• MAN O' THE MAIN a strong or violent man ...1776 Sc.
• MELL a big, strong, stupid person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MUSCLEMAN a thug, usually as employed by a gangster for purposes of intimidation, or any strong, aggressive man ...1920s sl., orig. US
• REGULAR HE-UN a big, strong specimen of man or beast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR LOMBARD a big, strong person ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RUDAS a strong, masculine woman ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSKIE a strong person of rough manners ...B1900 Sc.
• SAMSON a person of enormous strength; a strong man ...1565
• SAMSONESS a strong woman ...1707
• SAMSONIAN a strong man ...1654
• SCAWBERT a strongly-made person of a stubborn, disagreeable temper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREAMER a bouncing fellow or girl; a strong man ...1818 Amer. dial.
• SNITCH a person considered notably excellent, attractive, strong, etc. ...1900s Aust. & NZ sl., mainly juvenile
• SNITCHER a person considered notably excellent, attractive, strong, etc. ...1900s Aust. & NZ sl.
• STALWORTH † a strong and valiant man ...a1300
• STRAMULLION a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago ...B1900 Sc.
• THREE-QUARTER MAN a well-grown, strong lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAAGER a strong man ...1929 Sc.
STRONG - verbs
• DOW † to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly ...OE
• EAT BULL BEEF to become strong; to become fierce ...L16 sl.
• GUT IT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity ...1930s US sl.
• GUT IT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GUT IT THROUGH to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s US sl.
• GUT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s US sl.
• GUT THROUGH to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s US sl.
• HAVE HAIR ON ONE'S WRIST to be strong ...1956 Sc.
• IRROBORATE †* to make strong, to strengthen ...1623
• TOTE DOUBLE to be very strong ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VEGETATE † to make strong or vigorous ...1623
STRONGEST - adjectives
• WALED-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• WALL-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
STRONGHOLD - nouns
• FAST-HOLD a stronghold ...1802
• GARRISON † a fortress or stronghold ...c1430
STRONGLY - adverbs
• FAST † expressing vigour in action; stoutly, strongly, vigorously ...1297
• LIKE ALL POSSESSED strongly, violently ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LIKE BILLY-HO very quickly; strongly, a lot ...1885 colloq.
• LIKE BILLY-O very quickly; strongly, a lot ...1885 colloq.
• MAUGHTLY strongly, mightily ...1899 Sc. 128
• NERVOSELY † strongly, vigorously ...1678
• THICK AND THREEFOLD strongly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRONG-WILLED - adjectives
• RESOLUTE obstinate, strong-headed; restive; generally used of a child or a horse ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SAVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1839 Amer. dial.
• SAVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SERGIVEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGOUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGROUS headstrong, strong-willed, obstinate, pugnacious ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SEVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful , ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1835 Amer. dial.
• STOMACHFUL strong-willed, stubborn, or obstinate
• SURVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGOROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1893 Amer. dial.
• HEADY of a stream or current: impetuous, violent ...1599
• QUICK * of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing ...c1000
STREAM - nouns
• AA † a stream, a watercourse ...1430
• BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BACKWATER a stream from the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANKER a stream almost overflowing its banks ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BECK a brook or stream ...a1300
• BLUE HOLE a deep hole in a river or stream ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BOGUE a stream or waterway ...1814 Amer. dial.
• BOIL a turbulent swirl or eddy in a stream ...1805 Amer. dial.
• BORE a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BRANCH a small stream ...1663
• CANEL † the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel' ...a1300
• CANNEL † the natural bed of a stream of water; a watercourse; now 'channel' ...a1300
• CATTAIL a small running stream, smaller than a creek ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ELBOW a sharp bend in the course of a river, stream, road, etc. ...1591
• GANG † the course of a stream ...c893
• HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HEAD WATERS the streams from the sources of a river ...1802
• KILL a natural waterway, esp. a stream, a creek, a channel ...1639 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † a small stream of running water; a brook or rivulet ...955 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAKE-RIFT † a gully made by a stream ...1300s
• LANE a slow-moving, meandering stream or its bed ...1825 Sc.
• LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog ...1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LICK a spring or stream ...1945 Amer. dial.
• MID-WATER the middle of a stream or of the sea ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAIN †* a small stream, brook, or ditch ...1611
• RAISE a rise in the level of a stream; a flood ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RANT a stream; a river ...1874 Eng. dial.
• REAN a large open ditch; a main artificial watercourse; a very small stream ...1846 Eng. dial.
• RIDE a small stream ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RIVERLING † a small stream or river; a rivulet ...1591
• RUNDLE † a small stream or rivulet ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIKE a small stream of water, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer ...a1214 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SIKET † a small watercourse or sike ...1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SYKE a small stream of water, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer ...a1214 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TINE each of two branches of a stream ...1875
• TRACE a branch of a stream ...1924 Amer. dial.
• VAEDIK a small stream or runnel of water or other liquid; a ditch, drain or open sewer ...a1838 Sc.
• VEIN † a streamlet or rivulet; a current ...1600
STREAM - verbs
• BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRATTLE of a stream: to flow tumultuously and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• TAIL of a stream: to flow or fall into ...1889
• WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly ...1827
• WALK ON FOOT † of a stream: to flow slowly ...1362
• WARBLE of a small stream: to make melody as it flows; also, of the wind ...1579 poetic
STREET - adjectives
• QUADRIVIOUS having four ways meeting in one point; going in four directions, as a street ...1883
STREET - adverbs
• CATERWAY diagonally across an intersection of two streets ...1941 Amer. dial.
STREET - nouns
• AIN'T IT A TREAT a street ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• BACK ALLEY the main street of an otherwise run-down or 'red-light' area ...L19 US Black sl.
• BATTER a street running up a hillside, usually rather narrow ...c1975 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-UP a hole or depression in a street or road ...1973 Amer. dial.
• CARFAX a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1357
• CARFOUR † a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1477
• CARFOX a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet; sometimes extended to more than four ...1357
• CARREFOUR † a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1477
• DEAD NUMBER the last house in a row or street; the end of a street ...L19 sl.
• DECK the street ...1950s US Black sl.
• ENTANY an 'entry,' main doorway of a house; a narrow passage or by-street ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANCY STROLL the main street on which the high life happens ...1980s US Black sl.
• GUT the main street ...1920s US sl.
• HEAD the higher end of a place, the upper part of a street; a hill or eminence ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S SIDEWALK the street; the centre of the street ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAMB † an angular turn or corner in a street or way ...1567
• MAIN STEM the main street of a town; the 'main drag' ...1900 Amer. sl.
• MAIN STEM, THE the main street of a town ...L19 sl.
• MASON a town's main street, esp. when it delineates the line between the Black and White communities ...19C US Black sl.
• MASON LINE. a town's main street, esp. when it delineates the line between the Black and White communities ...19C US Black sl.
• NARROW a narrow part of a street ...1772
• PARKWAY a broad street or highway laid out with strips of lawn, often planted with trees or shrubs ...1878 Amer. dial.
• QUARREFOUR † a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet ...1477
• REW the shady side of a street ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RUELLE in France, a small street; a lane, an alley ...B1900
• SCORE a narrow street on a slope; a gangway down a cliff; a cutting through a ridge of hills ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STEM a street frequented by vagrants ...1914 US sl.
• STREETOLOGY †* science or knowledge of the streets of a town ...1845
• THROUGH a thoroughfare; a public way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-GANG a thoroughfare; a passage ...1862 Sc.
• THROUGH-GOING a thoroughfare; a passage ...1897 Sc.
• VENNEL a narrow lane, passage, or thoroughfare in a town or city; an alley or wynd ...1435 chiefly Sc.
• YAWNUPS'S CORNER the corner of the streets were the boys congregate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STREET - nouns, person
• BOULEVARDIER a man who picks up women on the streets ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CURFLOOZIE a woman wandering the streets ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GALOPIN † a roving youngster, a street-arab ...1836 Sc.
• KENNEL-RAKER † a raker of the gutter; a scavenger; also, a term of abuse ...c1589
• MASSER-SCOURER †* a 'gong-farmer' or scavenger ...c1515
• O.G. a veteran of the streets (Original Gangster) ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAKE-KENNEL †* a scavenger; one who cleans streets, etc. ...1716
• RAKER a scavenger; a street-cleaner ...1362 now arch.
• SCAFFIE a scavenger, a street-sweeper ...1853 Sc.
• SCALERAKER a town scavenger; one who sweeps and cleans the streets ...1680 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SMACKO a street person; an unemployed person; a hoodlum ...1940s US Black sl.
• STREET the people living in a street ...1594 colloq.
STREET - verbs
• BUZZ THE MAIN STEM to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
• GALLOP to run about the streets ...Bk1900 Ireland
• HAUSSMANNIZE to open out, widen, and straighten streets, and generally rebuild (after the fashion in which Baron Haussman [1853-1870] rebuilt a great part of Paris) ...1865
• MOOCH THE MAIN STEM to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
• WORK THE MAIN STEM to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
STREETCAR - nouns, person
• NICKEL GRABBER a streetcar conductor ...1940s US sl.
• NICKEL SNATCHER a streetcar conductor ...1910s US sl.
STREET CRIER - nouns, person
• YOWPER a yelper; a street-crier; a ballad-singer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STREET ENTERTAINER, PERFORMER - nouns, person
• BOTTLER a collector of money for a street entertainer ...1935 UK sl.
• GAGGER a beggar or street performer of any kind ...1933 UK sl.
• GUTTER-CHAUNTER a street singer ...c1840 mainly Cockney usage
• SIGHTSEERS the crowd that gathers round illicit street traders or gamblers ...1970s UK criminals' sl.
STREET ENTERTAINMENT - nouns
• GUTTERSNIPING playing music on the street and passing the hat for money ...1928 Amer. sl.
STREET VENDOR - nouns, person
• FAKER an itinerant artisan, mechanic, or tradesman; hence, a peddler, street vendor, pitchman, or travelling showman ...1859 sl.
• FAKIR an itinerant artisan, mechanic, or tradesman; hence, a peddler, street vendor, pitchman, or travelling showman ...1893 sl.
• HAND-SELLER a street-dealer who carries his stock-in-trade in a basket, tray, or the like ...1851
• HAWKSTER a hawker, a street vendor or itinerant peddler ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KERB-STONE MERCHANT a street-dealer ...1899
• PAPER WORKER a street seller of broadsides ...M19 sl.
• STREET-PITCHER a vendor or a mendicant taking a station (or ‘pitch’) in the street ...1850s sl.
STREET VENDOR - verbs
• MAKE A POCKET to make money; e.g. as a street-seller ...M19 sl.
STREETWISE - nouns
• GAME, THE the sophisticated, streetwise person's lifestyle ...1950s US Black sl.
STRENGTH - adjectives (also see STRONG)
• ARMSTRONG done by hand, necessitating arm strength rather than mechanical leverage ...1963 Can. sl.
• FAUCHINLESS weak, without strength or energy ...1866 Sc.
• FORTITUDINOUS having fortitude; endowed with courage or moral strength; capable of endurance ...1752
• FRESH AS A NEW-BORN TURD full of health, strength, and activity ...B1900 sl.
• MAUGHTLESS feeble, wanting bodily strength ...1742 Sc.
• VALIANT † marked or characterized by the use of strength ...1531
• VALID of persons: sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength ...1651
• VIRIPOTENT † possessed of strength and energy ...1646
• WIGHT strong, robust, mighty; exercising strength, energetic ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
STRENGTH - nouns
• ABLEMENT bodily strength ...BK1898 Eng. dial.
• AFEL †* strength, physical force ...c1200
• ARMSTRONG METHOD the technique of using hand and arm strength to get a job done ...1987 Can. sl.
• ARMSTRONG PATENT any of various heavy devices that must be operated by hand; also, muscular strength used for such work ...1912 Amer. sl.
• BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit ...a1890 US sl.
• BANDY a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BANT vigour, strength, endurance, 'go' ...1856 Eng. dial.
• BINN strength; excellence ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAZZITY the performance of a challenging action of strength, skill, or risk by boys ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUGHT * power, strength, ability ...ME now Sc.,
• FAIL † decline in strength ...1898 Sc.
• FARRACH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• FASTNESS † security from invasion, difficulty of access; safety, strength ...1596
• FEEROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• FEIROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• HAIR courage, masculine prowess, virile strength ...1959 US college sl.
• HANDY-MIGHT strength of hand, main force ...1872 Sc.
• HERCULEAN LABOUR a task requiring enormous strength ...1617
• LABOUR OF HERCULES, A a task requiring enormous strength ...1432-50
• MAUGHT might, strength, ability ...1773 Sc.
• NERVOSITY †* strength ...1611
• PUISSANCE power, strength, force, might, influence ...LME chiefly arch. & poetic
• RANK †* rankness, strength ...a1300
• SINEW strength, energy, force; usually in the plural ...1560
• TACK † hold; holding quality; adherence, endurance, stability, strength, substance, solidity ...1412-20 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEBBITS physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength ...1808 Sc.
• TIBBITS physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength ...1808 Sc.
• VALENCY † might, power, strength ...1623
• VALIDITY † the state of being physically strong or sound; robustness; strength ...1578
• VALURE †* physical strength or ability; power, might ...1574
• VENOM † fullness, strength ...1836 Eng. dial.
• VIRTUE strength, life, energy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YATTLE † an endeavour; strength, force of mind ...Bk1905 Sc.
STRENGTH - nouns, person
• GOGMAGOG † a giant; a man of immense stature and strength; a big strong person ...c1580
• MARY AMBREE a woman of strength and spirit ...1839
• MOOSE CAT anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person ...1926 Amer. logging usage
• TIGER a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage ...1500-20
STRENGTH - verbs
• CANT † to become 'cant' or well; to recover strength; to mend ...1690 Eng. dial.
• GATHER UP ONE'S CRUMBS † to 'pick up' or recover one's strength or health; to improve in condition ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S BACK INTO to use all one's efforts or strength in a particular endeavour
• RAISE UP FUSS to gather strength ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ROBORATE † to give strength or support to; to invigorate; to fortify ...1533
• SINK * to reduce, weaken, or exhaust the strength of a person ...a1715
STRENGTHEN - verbs
• EFFORT † to strengthen, to fortify ...1662
• FASTEN † to make firm or solid; to strengthen, to harden ...c1400
• HEARTEN † 1. to strengthen with food or nourishment ...1586
† 2. to strengthen, to help on, to further, to promote ...1615
• INVIGOR † to invigorate, to strengthen ...1793 Sc.
• IRROBORATE †* to make strong, to strengthen ...1623
• NERVATE † to nerve, to support, to strengthen ...1682
• PEP UP to invigorate someone; to strengthen or enhance something ...1925 UK sl.
• RAMFORCE † to fortify, to strengthen a wall, rampart, etc.; to block up, to barricade a gate or door ...1570 chiefly Sc.
• RANFORCE † to strengthen, to fortify ...1547
STRENGTHENED - adjectives
• ROBORATE † confirmed, ratified, strengthened ...1432-50
STRENUOUS - adjectives
• DEAR † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERE † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• EAGER † strenuous, ardent, impetuous; fierce, angry, furious ...1297 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• SINEWOUS strenuous, vigorous ...1663
• TEARING active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STRENUOUSLY - adverbs
• OBNIXELY †* earnestly, strenuously ...1641
• OBNIXIOUSLY †* earnestly, strenuously ...1632
STRESS - adjectives
• UNDER THE GUN under great pressure or stress ...1940s sl., orig. US
STRESS - nouns
• MAALOX MOMENT a time of stress ...1990s sl., orig. US campus
STRESSED - adjectives
• TROUBLY † confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet ...c1380
STRESSED - nouns, person
• STRESS-HEAD a person who is habitually stressed; a constant worrier ...1996 Aust. sl.
STRESSING - adjectives
• WIGGING stressing, going crazy ...20C campus sl.
STRETCH - nouns
• RACK a stretch ...1860 Sc.
• RAX a stretch; a reach; the act of stretching or reaching ...1814 Sc.
STRETCH - verbs
• BE ON THE RACK to be at full stretch or strain ...1693
• LAY ALONG † to stretch at full length ...1597
• MAKE A FATHOM † to stretch the arms to their full extent ...1519
• MAKE A LONG ARM to stretch out one's arm to grab something ...M19 sl.
• RAX to extend, to stretch; to stretch the limbs on waking ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RACK † to stretch, to pull out, to increase the length of a thing, period of time, etc. ...1463-4
• RASK †* to stretch oneself; to yawn ...1303
• RASKLE † to stretch oneself ...1393
• RATCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon ...1819 Eng. dial.
• REAM to stretch out the arms in order to reach anything; to stretch up; to sprawl; to stretch oneself, esp. on first awakening ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RETCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon ...1819 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWM to scramble awkwardly; to grope about with outstretched arms; to sprawl; to spread or stretch out in a straggling manner ...1895 Eng. dial.
• YARK to stretch to the fullest extent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRETCHED - adjectives
• PANDICULATED † stretched out, opened, extended ...1775
• RAXING elastic, easily stretched ...1785 Sc.
STRETCHED - adverbs
• ASPAR stretched out; wide apart ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASTROUT stretched out stiffly ...1869 Eng. dial.
• ASTRUT stretched out; projecting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STRETCHING - nouns
• PANDICULATION an instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms, and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning; sometimes used loosely for 'yawning' ...1649
STRETCHING - nouns, person
• YAWMAGORP a yawning, stretching person; a lounger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STREW - verbs
• TAMMIL † to scatter or strew things about in a careless or offhand manner ...1825 Sc.
STREWN - adjectives
• BESPRENT scattered, strewed about ...1567
STRICT - adjectives
• BURNT terrible; tough; strict ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEAD ON dealing very strictly and severely with a situation or person ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SCOTCH strict, straitlaced ...1932 Amer. dial.
• TAUT of persons: strict, severe ...1905 Sc.
• TIGHT-LACED strict in the observance of rules or usages of morality or propriety ...1741
STRICT - nouns, person
• MAN OF IRON a strict character
STRICTLY - adverbs
• NARROW † closely, straitly, strictly ...a1225
STRICTNESS - nouns
• RIGOROSITY † austerity, rigour, extreme strictness ...c1531
STRIDE - adverbs
• LIKE A LAMPLIGHTER quickly, fast; with long, rapid strides ...1838 Amer. dial.
STRIDE - nouns
• COCK-STRIDE the length of the step of a cock, as the measure of a very short distance or space; a short stride ...1626
• GAMACK † a stride ...1849 Sc.
• LAMP a long, firm stride ...1874 Sc.
• RAIKER a long stride ...1967 Sc.
• STRIME a stride, a pace ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STRIDE - verbs
• LAING to move with long strides ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately ...1808 Sc.
• LAMPER to take big strides ...1727 Eng. dial.
• LOMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCOPE to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• SKAWP to stride, to go fast ...1861 Eng. dial.
• STRETCH ONE'S LEGS † to increase one's stride, to walk fast ...1653
• STRIME to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace ...1854 Eng. dial.
STRIDENT - verbs
• YALP to utter with a strident or harsh voice ...1567 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YAWP to utter with a strident or harsh voice ...1567 chiefly Eng. dial.
• YELL † of an inanimate thing: to make a strident or crashing noise ...a1000
STRIDING - adjectives
• LAMPING striding, taking long steps ...1685 Sc.
• LAMPY having a striding gait ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
STRIFE - adjectives
• AT BATE † at strife, contending, fighting ...a1500
• BATEFUL † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
• BATTLEFUL †* full of strife or conflict; contentious ...c1449
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• CAT-AND-DOG full of strife, inharmonious; quarrelsome ...1579
• DEBATEFUL † 1. of persons: full of strife, contentious, quarrelsome ...1491
† 2. of things: pertaining to strife or contention ...1580
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• DIVERSIVOLENT †* wishing for or fond of strife or differences; desiring different things ...1612
• GLOSSOMACHICALL † given to wordy strife ...1567 nonce word
• MAKEBATE † causing contention or strife ...1582
STRIFE - adverbs
• ATWIST at cross purposes, at strife ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STRIFE - nouns
• AGGRO trouble, strife, problems; a nuisance ...1969 UK sl.
• BARRACE † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
• BARRAT † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
• BATE † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEAR-GARDEN a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
• BROILERY †* dissension; strife; disturbance, disorder ...1521
• CERTATION † contention, strife ...1572
• CHANNER strife, querulousness; complaining ...1891 Sc.
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• DEBATE 1. strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
† 2. physical strife, fight, conflict, struggle ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBATEMENT †* contention, strife, quarrelling ...1590
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIMICATION * the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife ...1623
• HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense ...1801 Sc.
• JAR discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
• MEDDLE-MAKING mischief-making; strife-sowing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMPING contention; eager strife to obtain anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TINDER-BOX a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence; a source of heated strife ...1598
• TOIL battle, strife, turmoil ...a1400 arch.
• UNFRITH † dissension, strife ...c1205
• UNISIBBE † dissension, strife ...c1205
• WAR TO THE KNIFE war to the last extremity; fierce or relentless war; deadly strife; a bitter and deadly struggle; hostility without cessation or moderation ...1812
• YED contention, wrangling; strife ...1719 Sc.
STRIFE - nouns, person
• BELLOWS-BLOWER an inciter of strife, etc. ...1849
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-DEBATE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1741
• MAKE-STRIFE † a makebate; one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1617.
• TINDER-BOX a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence; a source of heated strife ...1598
STRIFE - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
• SOW DRAGONS' TEETH to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war ...1850
• VARY † to be at strife with; to contend against another ...1496
STRIKE (work stoppage) - adjectives
• SCAB pert. to strike-breakers or strike-breaking ...L19 sl.
STRIKE (hit) - nouns
• BLEMISH a motion as if to strike ...1899 Amer. dial.
STRIKE (work stoppage) - nouns
• SCABBERY the betrayal of one's fellow workers, the breaking of a strike ...20C Aust. & US sl.
• TIE-UP a stoppage of work or business, esp. on account of a lock-out or strike ...1889
STRIKE (work stoppage) - nouns, person
• BLACK NEB a man who takes a striker's place during the strike ...Bk1905 Sc.
• FINK 1. a strikebreaker ...E20 US sl.
2. a guard hired to protect strikebreakers ...E20 US sl.
• JACK a non-union labourer; a strike-breaker; a member of the Permanent and Casual Waterside Workers' Union ...1940s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'Jack McNab' = a scab
• JACK-LEG a blackleg ...1888 Amer. sl.
• RAT a worker who refuses to strike; one who works for a lower rate ...1824
• SCAB a worker who refuses to join a labour union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker's place on the job, or the like; a strike-breaker ...1777
• SCALIE a strike-breaker or anyone who stands out against a mass action ...L18
• SNOB a strike-breaker ...M19 sl.
• SNOBSTICK a strike-breaker ...M19 sl.
STRIKE (work stoppage) - verbs
• HIT THE BRICKS to go on strike ...1946 US sl.
• SCAB 1. to brand a company or fellow worker as a strike-breaker ...19C
2. to break a strike, to refuse to join a union or any form of mass action ...19C
STRIKE (hit) - verbs
• ABEAT † to beat, to strike ...a1000
• ACOUP † to strike, to shower blows ...c1380
• ACOUPE † to strike, to shower blows ...c1380
• BAFF to beat, to strike; in golf: to strike the ground with the sole of the club-head in making a stroke ...1879 Sc.
• BAFFLE to strike, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAM to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOOZLE to strike hard, to drive away ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BAMMOCK to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
• BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BASKE † to strike with a bruising blow ...1642
• BASTE A PERSON'S BACON to strike or thrash him ...B1900
• BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
• BATON to strike with a baton or truncheon; formerly, to cudgel ...c1580
• BATOON to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
• BATTER to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter ...c1325
• BATTERFANG † to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter; to assail violently ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEAN to hit or strike someone on the head ...1910 sl., chiefly US
• BEDUNCH † to strike against ...1567
• BEEF to strike or knock someone down ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BEFF to beat, to strike, to slap ...1790 Sc.
• BEFT † to strike, to give blows ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BENSIE to strike vigorously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEPAT to pat frequently; to strike, to beat ...1676
• BESWAK † to dash, to strike ...c1505 Sc.
• BICKER to attack with repeated strokes, to pelt with stones; to strike repeatedly ...1827 Sc.
• BIF(F) to hit or strike ...1888 sl.
• BILK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BING to knock or strike ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BINNER to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound; also, to whirr, to buzz ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLAD to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEACH to strike; to fall flat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEECH to strike; to fall flat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLENTER to strike with a strong, sharp blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to strike with a strong, sharp blow ...19C Sc.
• BLOUSE to strike or hit someone ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLUDGEON to strike heavily, as with a bludgeon ...1892
• BOFFLE to strike, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOMMOCK to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOMMUX to knock about, to beat down; to strike clumsily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOOFF to strike with the hand, causing a hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUFF to strike, to buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWFF to strike with the hand as to cause to hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFFALO to strike on the head with the barrel of a gun ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BUS to hit, to strike ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUSS to hit, to strike ...1872 Amer. dial.
• CROWN ON THE CONK to strike on the head ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CLIP to hit smartly; to strike against in passing ...1855 colloq.
• CLOCK to strike sharply or heavily; to strike with the fist; to punch in the face; to hit ...1932 sl.
• CLUFF to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAB to strike with a light blow, as with the back of the hand ...1730
• DANG to strike, to knock ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAP to hit or strike lightly; to make a ball rebound on the ground, etc. ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAWL to dash, to beat, to strike ...1886 Eng. dial.
• DEG to strike with a sharp-pointed weapon ...1825 Sc.
• DEVEL to strike, to beat, to fell with a blow; to maul; to fall heavily ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIFT to hit, to strike ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DING to strike, to knock, to beat; to drive, to force; to dash down with violence, to overthrow ...1688 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINT † to strike, to beat ...ME
• DIRD to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash ...1871 Sc.
• DONG to hit, to strike, to punch ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DOUSE to strike, knock, punch ...M16 now Eng. dial.
• EAT to strike face-first; also, to be struck by, as a bullet ...1975 US sl.
• FAG † to beat; to thrash; to strike ...L17 sl.
• FAN to beat, to strike, esp. repeatedly or soundly; to deliver a blow to, esp. with a club; to hit, to spank ...1785 sl.
• FETCH to strike a blow against someone ...1865 sl.
• FIRE ON to strike, to hit, to fight with ...1972 Amer. dial.
• FIRE UP to strike, to hit, to fight with ...1972 Amer. dial.
• FIST to strike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GAG † to jerk; to strike with a sharp blow; also, to toss up the head ...1587
• GLAZE to strike a glancing blow ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HAMPER † to strike, to beat ...a1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAB to strike smartly, to thrust ...L19 sl.
• JERK † to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch ...1550
• JOD † to strike, to knock ...a1400
• LAB to strike severely, to beat; to deliver a slashing blow ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALLOP to beat, to chastise, to strike ...1890 Eng. dial.
• LAM to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog; to hit hard, to strike ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LAMB to beat or strike ...L16 sl.
• LAMME to beat or strike ...L16 sl.
• LARRUP to beat thoroughly, to strike, to thrash, to whip, to flog ...1824 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAY † to strike, to beat a person on the face, over the head, etc. ...1530
• LAY IT TO ONE to strike hard; to insist ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LEAN to beat up, to strike ...1910s sl., orig. US
• LEAN ON to beat up, to strike; to physically assault ...1911 sl., orig. US
• LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip ...1888 Amer. dial.
• LOP to strike with the fist ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MARK † to aim a blow or missile at; to strike, to hit ...a1300
• MASH to strike, hit, or beat someone ...1884 Amer. dial.
• MASH UP strike, hit, or beat someone ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MAWP to strike, to beat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELL to hammer; to strike with a 'mell' or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELLOW to beat, to hit, to strike. to pummel ...1895 Amer. dial.
• NAB to peck at, to strike; to punish ...1822 Sc.
• NACK to strike with a missile ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAG to strike smartly; to beat ...1825 Sc.
• NAIL vb. to hit, esp., in boxing, to be successful in hitting someone; to strike smartly; to beat ...1785 sl.
• NAPE † to strike a person on the back of the neck ...c1440
• NAUP to strike with a stick or other implement, generally on the head; to beat ...1684 Eng. dial.
• NECK † to strike on the neck, esp. so as to stun or kill; to behead ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEVILL vb. to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pummel ...a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish ...c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIL to strike continuously; to beat, to thrash ...1740 Eng. dial.
• PAKE to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALL †* to beat; to strike, to knock down ...a1375
• PALM to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALMY to cane on the palm of the hand ...1876 Sc.
• PALT † to strike with repeated blows of missiles; to assail with missiles ...1579
• PAME to strike with the open hand; to punch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANDY to strike on the palm of the hand as a punishment ...1863
• PECK to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PEEL to strike, to beat, to spank, to slap ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PEX to beat, to strike; to punish ...1807 Sc.
• PLAY RAP to strike smartly ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PLAY YARK ON to strike, to beat ...1838 Eng. dial.
• PUG * to poke; to punch; to strike ...E19 Eng. dial.
• RAP to knock heavily; to strike ...1715 Sc.
• RASEN to take off the skin of a person's legs by striking or kicking them ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE to strike, to beat, to hit; to give a blow or knock ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REACH to strike, to give a blow ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEKIM to strike with a smart blow; to box ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SAP UP to strike with a blunt weapon ...1926 US sl.
• SCAGE to throw stones, to pelt; to strike with a stick ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP to graze, to strike slightly, to touch lightly in passing, to deliver a glancing blow to ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SCLAFF to strike with the open hand, or with some flat surface; to slap; to throw down flat ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOP to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to strike; to beat vigorously ...1889 Sc.
• SKELP to strike, to beat, to slap, to smack, in later use, spec. on the breech ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLAFF to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKOP to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SKRIM to strike; to beat vigorously ...1889 Sc.
• SMACK DOWN to strike hard, esp. on the face ...1880s US Black sl.
• SOCK to strike or hit hard ...a1700
• TACK to strike with the open hand; to slap; to beat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAINT † to touch, to strike, to hit ...1525
• TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• TAKE to strike; to deliver a blow ...1880 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TANK to strike; to knock; to beat with a switch or other light instrument ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARGE to beat, to strike; to thrash ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEPLE to touch or strike lightly ...B1900 Sc.
• THRUMPER to thump, to strike with the fist ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THUD to beat, to strike; to beat hard and with a noise; to thump ...1898 Sc.
• THUNGE to knock heavily; to thump, to bang; to strike a violent blow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TIT † to strike or tap lightly; to pat, to tip ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-DRIVE †* to strike violently ...c1205
• TO-DUN † to strike with resounding blows ...a1240
• TONK to strike ...colloq.
• TRANSFISTICATE † to strike or smash with the fist ...1600 humorous nonce word
• TROLLOP to strike, to beat, to whip; to outdo in a contest ...1842 Amer. dial.
• TUNK to strike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VAIL * to strike or cast down ...1590
• VAPULATE * to beat or strike ...1603
• VERBERATE * to beat or strike so as to cause pain, esp. by way of punishment ...1625
• VUG to strike with the elbow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to beat soundly; to strike hard; to hit ...1825 colloq.
• WAP † to strike, to knock upon; to strike through ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARM IT TO ANYBODY OR ANYTHING to strike or work hard ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WARM THE EARS to strike or box the ears ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WARP IT TO SOMEONE to strike a blow at someone; to beat violently ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WHAM to hit or strike ...1920s sl. orig. US
• YANK to strike sharply with the end of a whip-lash; to flog; to thrash ...1889 Eng. dial.
• YARK † to strike hard, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAW to hew; to strike with something sharp ...a1529 Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YIRK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZONK to hit or strike ...1950s sl.
• ZONK OUT to hit or strike ...1950s sl.
STRIKE DOWN - verbs
• AFALLE † to fell, to strike down, to cut down, to lay low ...1205
• AFELL † to fell, to strike down, to cast down, to lay low ...c1000
• AFELLE † to fell, to strike down, to cast down, to lay low ...c1000
• NAIL to reach a target; to succeed in hitting, to strike down; to kill ...1785 Sc.
• YFELL † to strike down, to fell ...c893
STRIKING (exceptional) - adjectives
• COLD-BLOODED striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool ...1969 US Black sl.
• EGREGIOUS of things: remarkably good or great; of events and utterances: striking, significant ...1547-64
• HEADINGEST most unusual or striking ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STRIKING (exceptional) - nouns
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
STRIKING (hit) - nouns
• ILLISION * the act of striking against something ...1603
• VERBERATION the act of beating or striking so as to cause pain or hurt; esp. flogging or scourging; also, a blow or stroke ...c1730
STRING - nouns
• BAND string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BANDING string; cord ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BANDING-STUFF binding materials, such as string ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HIGHLAND FLING string ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• LASH † a string, cord, thong ...c1440
• TIAL a tie; a string with which anything is fastened; anything used for tying a latchet; a tying ...Bk1905 Sc.
STRINGY - verbs
• KECKSY to become stringy ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
STRIP - nouns
• LEACH † a slice, as of meat, etc.; a strip ...c1420
• RAND † a strip or long slice ...c1394 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RIB a strip of anything ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREED a shred, a fragment, a crumb; a long thin strip of material, paper, land, etc.; a narrow plantation or belt of wood ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a narrow strip of any material; a long and narrow strip of arable land ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STRIP - verbs
• CAP ONE'S SKIN to strip naked ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CAST ONE'S SKIN to strip naked ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CONNUDATE † to strip naked; to make bare ...1623
• DEBARE † to strip down, to make quite bare ...1567
• NAKE † to make naked, to bare, to lay bare, to strip ...c1320 obs . exc. Sc.
• NAKEN † to strip naked; to divest of clothing; to lay bare ...a1240
• NUDATE †* to make bare or naked, to strip, to unclothe ...1688
• PEEL to strip ...1820 sl.
• RIG A BLOSS to strip a wench ...Bk1903 sl.
• SHUCK to strip oneself; to undress ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKIN to remove one's clothing; to strip ...1851 Brit. & US colloq.
• TIRL 1. to roll or turn back, to pull or strip off (a garment or the clothes from a person, his back, etc.; the bedclothes from a bed; the thatch or roof from a house, etc.) ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to uncover by rolling back the covering; to strip a person naked; to unroof a building ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRR 1. to strip a person naked; to uncover; to unroof a house, etc. ...1553 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to take off one's clothes; to undress, to strip ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRVE † 1. to roll or pull back, or pluck off (the covering, clothes, skin, etc. from a person or animal); to strip off (clothes, armour; the thatch, slates, or roof of a house, etc.) ...c1300
† 2. to strip a person of his clothes, etc., an animal of its skin, a house of its roof; to strip naked or bare ...c1386
• UNCASE to strip a person; to undress ...1570-6
• UNGEAR to undress, to unwrap; to strip off the clothes; to make naked ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNHEAL to strip, to uncover, to unroof ...1891 Eng. dial.
• UNRAG to strip off the clothes; to undress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRIG to strip someone of their clothes ...L18 sl.
STRIPE - adjectives
• GAIRIE variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
• GAIRY variegated, having streaks or stripes of different colours ...1808 Sc.
STRIPE - nouns
• EEL a stripe, esp. a stripe along the back of a horse ...1908 Sc.
• GAIR † anything resembling a stripe or streak ...1825 Sc.
• LIST a stripe, esp. one around the body of an animal ...1805 Amer. dial.
• PALE † a vertical stripe on cloth, etc. ...c1384
• THRAPE a mark, a stripe ...1901 Eng. dial.
• VEIN † a slender stripe of a different colour or material on a garment ...1539 Sc.
• WALE a stripe of colour ...1891
STRIPE - verbs
• BELACE † to streak, to stripe ...1648
• PALE † to stripe, to mark or adorn with vertical stripes; usually in pa. pple. ...1395
• RATCH to mark with lines or stripes ...1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH to mark with stripes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VEIN † to ornament a garment, etc. with narrow stripes of some suitable material ...1502
STRIPED - adjectives
• BARRED striped, streaked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GAIRED adj. streaked, variegated, striped ...1810 Sc.
• LISTED striped, banded ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PALLID † striped; made of cloth of different colours ...1837 Eng. dial.
• RATCHED striped; spotted ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RING-STREAKED AND STRIKED irregularly striped ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RING-STREAKED AND STRIPED irregularly striped ...1885 Amer. dial.
• WALED † striped ...c1050
STRIPPED - adjectives
• UNRIGGED stripped ...L18 sl.
STRIPTEASE - adjectives
• CACKY in the language of striptease: overtly if not excessively sexual ...1981 US sl.
• HOT of a striptease dance: very sexual ...1977 US sl.
STRIPTEASE - nouns
• COOCH any sexually suggestive or imitative dance, esp. a striptease dance ...1920s Amer. sl.
• GIRLESK a show featuring striptease women ...1930s US sl.
• GIRLESQUE a show featuring striptease women ...1930s US sl.
• MEAT SHOW a striptease act or other performance featuring naked or near-naked women ...1943 US sl.
• NAUTCH a brothel; a striptease; a sex show of any kind ...1872 US sl.
• PASTY a small covering for the nipple in striptease artistry ...M20 US colloq.
• TABLE DANCE in a strip-club: a semi-private sexual performance near or on a customer's table ...1992 US sl.
• TRAILER in a striptease performance: the preliminary march across the stage that precedes the removal of any piece of clothing ...1981 US sl.
• VARICOSE ALLEY the platform that extends from a stage used by strippers out into the audience ...1945 US sl.
STRIPTEASE- nouns, person
• FAN DANCER a sexual dancer or striptease performer who employs a large fan in her dance ...1936 US sl.
• RAINCOAT CHARLIE a striptease audience member who masturbates beneath the safety of his raincoat ...1981 US sl.
STRIVE - nouns, person
• CAMPIE one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
• CAMPY one who strives, contends, or works vigorously ...1923 Sc.
• ETTLER one who makes great efforts or strives after anything ...1823 Sc.
STRIVE - verbs
• BANDY to contend, to strive, to fight ...1588
• BARGAIN † to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight ...1375 Sc.
• BATE † to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BREAK ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S ASS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CAMP † to strive with others in doing anything, e.g. drinking ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEBATE † to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1340
• ETTLE to attempt, to endeavour; to strive after, to struggle hard to obtain ...1725 Sc.
• GAINSTRIVE † to strive or struggle against; to oppose; to withstand ...1549-62 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACK AFTER † to aim at, to strive for ...1393
• HEAVE † to put forth effort; to endeavour, to labour, to strive ...c1374
• HEAVE AT † to aim at, to strive after ...1535
• RANGE to strive or reach after; to stretch over ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAM to strive after; to attempt to get anything greedily; to covet ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY to scramble, to strive, to contend ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to strive, to toil, to labour ...1863 Sc.
• TEW to toil, to labour; to work hard; to pull, to struggle; to contend, to strive ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TILL † to strive, to exert oneself, to labour, to work ...c897
STRIVING - adjectives
• ETTLING ambitious, pushing, striving ...1822 Sc.
STRIVING - adverbs
• ABOUTWARD † orig, striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going ...c1400
STRIVING - nouns
• AFFECTATION † a striving after, aiming at; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit ...1549
• OBLUCTATION † striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition ...1615
STROKE - adjectives
• ICTIC * of the nature of a blow or stroke; abrupt and sudden in its action ...1847
STROKE - nouns
• BAFF a blow with something flat or soft; a stroke; a dull, heavy thud ...E16 Sc.
• BAT a firm blow as with a staff or club; a stroke...a1400
• BEFF a stroke, a blow, a buffet ...1768 Sc.
• BELLAM a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELT a heavy blow or stroke ...1899 colloq.
• BETTLE n. a blow, a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILF a blunt stroke, a hit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAW a blow, a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEFFART a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLENTER a strong, sharp blow, a flat stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIBE a stroke; the mark of a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIFFART a stroke, a buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIPE a stroke, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLYBE a stroke, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLYPE a stroke, a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONER a hard blow or stroke, as with the fist or a blunt instrument ...1890 sl.
• BOOFF a stroke with the hand that causes a hollow sound; the sound thus produced ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWFF a stroke causing a hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAMMACK a stroke with the hand ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAST † the delivery of a blow, a stroke ...c1420
• DABACH a stroke, a blow ...1825 Sc.
• DANDIEFECHAN † a stroke, a resounding blow ..1816 Sc.
• DEG a stroke or sharp blow ...1823 Sc.
• DIFF a blow or stroke ...1877 Amer. dial.
• DINT † a stroke or blow, esp. one given with a weapon ...OE
• DIRDUM a heavy blow, a stroke; a fall ...1827 Sc.
• DIRL a tremulous stroke; a blow or shake; a vibrating sound ...1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DUMMOCK a blow or stroke ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUNDIEFECKEN † a stroke on any part of the body; a slap; a stunning blow ...1825 Sc.
• GANDIEGOW † a blow, a stroke, punishment ...1866 Sc.
• GIRKE † a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash ...1555
• HANDSTROKE † a stroke or blow with the hand ...1523
• JERK † a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash ...1555
• KAMMO a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist ...1825 Sc.
• KAMMOCK a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist ...1825 Sc.
• KAMOO a stroke with the hand; a stroke on the head with the fist ...1825 Sc.
• LAB a blow, a stroke ...1808 Sc.
• LASH † a sudden or violent blow; a dashing or sweeping stroke ...c1330
• LICK a sharp blow or stroke, as with a fist, a weapon, or a tool ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LOUNDER a heavy blow, a severe stroke, a beating ...1723 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISLICK a poorly delivered or badly aimed stroke or blow; hence a mistake, or error ...1859 Amer. dial.
• NAB a smart stroke; a blow on the head ...1822 Sc.
• PAIK a firm still blow, esp. on the body, a stroke ...1508 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALMY a stroke on the palm of the hand, given as a punishment ...1785 Sc.
• PALT † a blow, a stroke ...1625
• PAMMIE a stroke on the palm of the hand, given as a punishment ...1785 Sc.
• PAWMIE a stroke on the palm of the hand, given as a punishment ...1785 Sc.
• RACKABIMUS a sudden or unexpected stroke, jolt, or fall; a thud ...1808 Sc.
• RACKET a violent, stunning blow; a thump; a stroke ...1710 Sc.
• RAMIEGEISTER a sharp stroke or blow; also, an injury ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMYJEESTER a sharp stroke or blow ...1825 Sc.
• RATTLE a blow, a stroke ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUGHT a stroke, a blow, a dash ...1742 Sc.
• REBINE † a great stroke on man or beast ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
• REMIGESTER a sharp stroke or blow; an injury ...1825 Sc.
• REMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
• SCALLYART a blow or stroke ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; the noise made by such a fall; a stroke with the palm of the hand ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE a lash, a stroke; a severe beating ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKIT a slight stroke ...1860
• SKITE a sudden vigorous stroke or blow, esp. one given in an oblique direction ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; the noise made by such a fall; a stroke with the palm of the hand ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
• TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop ...a1825 Sc.
• TANTERLICK a severe stroke ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEEPLE a slight touch or stroke ...B1900 Sc.
• THREAP a smart stroke; a blow causing a mark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICK † a light but distinct touch; a light quick stroke; a pat, a tap ... c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKET a pat; a slight stroke with the hand, etc.; a smart blow; a beating ...1833 Sc.
• TICKLER a sharp stroke with a cane or whip; a smart blow ...1836 Eng. dial.
• TIT a light stroke or tap; a slap ...1808 Sc.
• VERBERATION the act of beating or striking so as to cause pain or hurt; esp. flogging or scourging; also, a blow or stroke ...c1730
• WAFF a slight blow or stroke, esp. one given by something in passing ...a1754 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YACK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAIK a stroke, a blow ...1825 Sc.
• YANK a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a buffet; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash ...1790 Sc.
• YANKER † a smart blow or stroke, a whack ...1825 Sc.
• YARK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a flogging; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud ...1509 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERT †* a sharp or smart blow or stroke ...1509
STROKE - verbs
• DAWL to coax, to fondle, to stroke gently with the hand ...1879 Eng. dial.
• TAWL to stroke or smooth down, as a cat's back ...1873 Eng. dial.
• TAWL DOWN to stroke or smooth down, as a cat's back ...1873 Eng. dial.
STROLL - nouns
• DACKER a stroll ...1835 Sc.
• DANDER a stroll, a saunter ...1821 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DANDERING a wandering, a stroll ...1828 Sc.
• DANDLE † a stroll, a saunter ...a1600 Sc.
• DANER a stroll, a saunter ...1865 Sc.
• DANNER a stroll, a saunter ...1865 Sc.
• DAUNDER a stroll, a slow walk, a saunter ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWNER a stroll, a slow walk ...1821 Sc.
• DONDER a stroll, a saunter ...1865 Eng. dial.
• RAIK † a journey, a long or tiring walk; a stroll; a journey made to exchange gossip ...a1400 now rare, obs., or Sc.
• RAIKIN a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit ...1866 Sc.
• RANGE a stroll ...1893 Sc.
• SHAG a stroll, a saunter ...1954 Amer. dial.
• TODDLE a leisurely walk, a stroll ...1825
• VAGANCY †* a wandering or strolling ...1641
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
• WALKTALK a stroll on which the walkers chatter together ...1910s Aust. sl.
STROLL - verbs
• AIR OUT to stroll in the open air; to saunter; to go go for a walk ...1942 Amer. dial., originally Black usage
• BELLWAVER to stroll ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DADJELL to walk in a careless manner, with clothes not adapted to the shape of the wearer; to stroll ...1824 Sc.
• DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to walk aimlessly, idly, or uncertainly; to wander ...1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DANGLE † to stroll idly, or with lounging steps ...1778
• DANNER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Eng. dial.
• HAUX to stroll ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAUL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JAWL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JOL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• MOSEY to wander or shuffle about leisurely; to stroll; to saunter: often followed by 'along', 'about', etc ...1820 Amer.
• MOSEY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOSY ALONG to be slow; to stroll, to saunter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RAIK † to go, to proceed, to make one's way; to walk, to stroll, to wander ...c1340
• 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.
• SAMMUCK to stroll in an aimless manner ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SHAG to stroll, to rove about, to amble along, to saunter ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• VAGUE † to roam, to stroll, to wander; to idle about ... c1425 Sc. now rare or obs.
• VAIG to wander about idly; to roam in an aimless way; to stroll; to gad about ...1701 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIPER to saunter, to stroll about aimlessly, to dawdle about ...1866 Sc.
• VAPOUR to saunter; to stroll ...Bk1905 Sc.
STROLLER (pram) - see BABY CARRIAGE
STROLLER - nouns, person
• RAIKER † a stroller; a vagabond ...1596
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
• VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a1500 Sc.
STROLLING - adjectives
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
• WALKING † leading a wandering life, vagrant, strolling ...1490
STRONG - adjectives (also see STRENGTH)
• ABLE strong, capable, courageous ...1980 Can.
• BALLOCH strong, plump ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEDCORD STRONG very strong indeed ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOORDLY stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUFF strong, muscular, healthy ...1980s sl.
• BUILT LIKE A BRICK OUTHOUSE of a person: well built - either strong or attractive ...Amer. sl.
• BUILT LIKE A BRICK SHITHOUSE of a person: well built - either strong or attractive ...Amer. sl.
• BULL-STRONG strong enough to resist a bull ...1878 US
• CAST-IRON AND DOUBLE-BOLTED extremely strong ...L19 sl.
• DERF † strong, sturdy, stout, robust ...c1340
• FADE † strong, doughty, brave, powerful ...c1320
• FARRACHIE strong, able, energetic ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FERDY strong, able-bodied, active, hale, hearty ...1742 Sc.
• FORCELY † of strong build, vigorous, powerful ...a1488 obs. or Sc.
• GNARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD big, strong, robust, well-grown; full-grown ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HARDISH strong, robust, well-grown ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HARDLY hardy, robust, strong ...1845 Eng. dial.
• HASKY strong, vigorous ...1808 Sc.
• IRONBARK strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• IRONCLAD strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• KEEN † mighty, powerful, strong ...a1000
• KINKY lively, strong, energetic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MADWALLIE strong, well-constructed, durable ...1930 Sc.
• MAIN big, strong, great ...a1908 Sc.
• MAINSTRONG † strong in power ...a1000
• MANCHESTER-BRED physically strong, mentally weak ...M19 sl.
• MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTY large and strong, big ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAPPY of a person: strong, vigorous ...1857 Sc.
• NARY stout and strong ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NERVID * physically strong ...1813
• NERVOUS * sinewy, muscular; vigorous, strong; ...1413
• NERVY vigorous, sinewy, full of strength ...1607
• NUGGETY of people and animals: short, thickset, and strong; stocky ...1893 Aust. & NZ
• ODDY strong, vigorous, hearty; lively ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OMNIPOTENT all-powerful; having full or absolute power or authority; exceedingly strong or mighty ...1598
• PARAIC fierce, strong ...1980s Irish rhyming sl. for Padraig Pearse = fierce
• POLLENT * powerful, strong, mighty ...1869 rare
• PUISSANT having great authority or influence; mighty, strong, powerful ...LME arch. & poetic
• RACKLE strong, firm, stout ...Bk19C Sc.
• RAMMISH † wild, violent, untamed, rash; strong ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR † rough and strong; boisterous in manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS † rough and strong; boisterous in manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RANK † stout and strong; formidable ...c1122 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REESING vehement, strong, forcible ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENCING strong; great, robust ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RESOLUTE strong, active ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROARING brisk; successful; strong ...1831 sl.
• ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking ...a1548
• ROID † stout, strong; violent, rough ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• RUSKIE strong, of force ..1791 Sc.
• SAMSONISTIC strong, powerful ...1849
• SCRAGGY rawboned, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SINEWED strong, firm, vigorous, powerful ...1604
• SINEWY physically strong ...1588
• SKOOKUM strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SKRAGGY rawboned, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• STALWORTH † of persons and animals: strong and stoutly built; sturdy, robust ...c1175 obs. exc. arch.
• STRONGER THAN HORSERADISH very strong ...1909 US sl.
• SUBSTANTIAL † of persons, their constitution, etc.: sturdy, strong, burly ...c1400
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TEARING active, energetic; strong, strenuous ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROUGHLY portly; strongly-built; buxom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTY healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TOUGH AS A BILED OWL having a tough, strong constitution ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH AS A BOILED OWL having a tough, strong constitution ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TOUGHER THAN A BOILED OWL thoroughly tough and of strong constitution ...1892 Amer. dial.
• UP ON ONE'S BEAN-WATER feeling very lively, strong, frisky ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VADY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE great, strong, powerful, stout ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY great, powerful, strong; uncommon ...1793 Sc.
• VENGEABLE † very great, severe, strong, intense ...1532
• VOCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUCE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VOUSE nervous; forward; strong ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE 1. of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
2. of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY 1. of things: large, ample, considerable, substantial, heavy, strong, imposing ...1500-20 Sc.
2. of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALY beautiful, excellent; fine, thriving, strong ...1500-20 Sc.
• WIGHT 1. strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; valiant, brave ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
2. strong, robust, mighty; exercising strength, energetic ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
• WIGHTY † strong and courageous, esp. in warfare, valiant, brave ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WITHY of a person: strong and supple; wiry, tough ...1849 Amer. dial.
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YDOUGHT † grown strong ...a1300
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
STRONG - nouns
• HARKER a fine, strong thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• VALIDITY † the state of being physically strong or sound; robustness; strength ...1578
STRONG - nouns, person
• AMAZON a tall, strong, sexually attractive woman ...a1954 Amer. sl.
• BOGART a strong, physically aggressive or bullying person; a brawler ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCER a large, strong, vigorous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BRAINLESS BRAWN descriptive of a stupid, strong fellow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRUISER a strong, tough person ...1580 colloq.
• CABER a strong person of a somewhat stubborn disposition ...1866 Sc.
• CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
• GOGMAGOG † a giant; a man of immense stature and strength; a big strong person ...c1580
• HARKER a fine, strong person or thing ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HORSE a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1808 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1845 Amer. sl.
• KEBAR a strong person of somewhat stubborn disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MACCA-MAN a tough, strong, efficient man ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• MAN-EATER an exceptionally strong, tough fellow; esp. a pugilist ...20C Brit. sl.
• MAN O' MEAN a strong or violent man ...1776 Sc.
• MAN O' THE MAIN a strong or violent man ...1776 Sc.
• MELL a big, strong, stupid person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MUSCLEMAN a thug, usually as employed by a gangster for purposes of intimidation, or any strong, aggressive man ...1920s sl., orig. US
• REGULAR HE-UN a big, strong specimen of man or beast ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR LOMBARD a big, strong person ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RUDAS a strong, masculine woman ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSKIE a strong person of rough manners ...B1900 Sc.
• SAMSON a person of enormous strength; a strong man ...1565
• SAMSONESS a strong woman ...1707
• SAMSONIAN a strong man ...1654
• SCAWBERT a strongly-made person of a stubborn, disagreeable temper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREAMER a bouncing fellow or girl; a strong man ...1818 Amer. dial.
• SNITCH a person considered notably excellent, attractive, strong, etc. ...1900s Aust. & NZ sl., mainly juvenile
• SNITCHER a person considered notably excellent, attractive, strong, etc. ...1900s Aust. & NZ sl.
• STALWORTH † a strong and valiant man ...a1300
• STRAMULLION a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago ...B1900 Sc.
• THREE-QUARTER MAN a well-grown, strong lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAAGER a strong man ...1929 Sc.
STRONG - verbs
• DOW † to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly ...OE
• EAT BULL BEEF to become strong; to become fierce ...L16 sl.
• GUT IT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity ...1930s US sl.
• GUT IT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GUT IT THROUGH to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s US sl.
• GUT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s US sl.
• GUT THROUGH to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s US sl.
• HAVE HAIR ON ONE'S WRIST to be strong ...1956 Sc.
• IRROBORATE †* to make strong, to strengthen ...1623
• TOTE DOUBLE to be very strong ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VEGETATE † to make strong or vigorous ...1623
STRONGEST - adjectives
• WALED-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
• WALL-WIGHT chosen; strongest; bravest and best ...1802 Sc.
STRONGHOLD - nouns
• FAST-HOLD a stronghold ...1802
• GARRISON † a fortress or stronghold ...c1430
STRONGLY - adverbs
• FAST † expressing vigour in action; stoutly, strongly, vigorously ...1297
• LIKE ALL POSSESSED strongly, violently ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LIKE BILLY-HO very quickly; strongly, a lot ...1885 colloq.
• LIKE BILLY-O very quickly; strongly, a lot ...1885 colloq.
• MAUGHTLY strongly, mightily ...1899 Sc. 128
• NERVOSELY † strongly, vigorously ...1678
• THICK AND THREEFOLD strongly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRONG-WILLED - adjectives
• RESOLUTE obstinate, strong-headed; restive; generally used of a child or a horse ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SAVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1839 Amer. dial.
• SAVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SERGIVEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGOUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SERVIGROUS headstrong, strong-willed, obstinate, pugnacious ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SEVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful , ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1835 Amer. dial.
• STOMACHFUL strong-willed, stubborn, or obstinate
• SURVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGOROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SURVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed ...1893 Amer. dial.