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STRUGGLE - STUPEFYING
STRUGGLE - adjectives
• HARDSCRABBLE involving a difficult struggle, esp. to gain a livelihood; tough, challenging ...1851 Amer. dial.
STRUGGLE - nouns
• BAFFER a struggle ...1866 Sc.
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• BARGAINING † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
• BUCKLE a vigorous struggle or conflict ...1845
• DACKER † a struggle; a noisy, wrangling dispute ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEBATE † physical strife, fight, conflict, struggle ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAUCHT a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• FAUGHT † a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• HAGGLE a struggle, a laborious effort; a fatiguing walk, owing to a burden, distance, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• HARDSCRABBLE a difficult struggle ...1812 Amer. dial.
• RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle ...1818 Sc.
• SCRAFFLE 1. a scramble, a struggle ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a struggle for a livelihood ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a struggle for existence; a scraping or scratching together with pains and toil ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRATCH a hard struggle ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE a struggle for existence; a dispute, a disturbance ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SHALL-I-GO-NAKED a nickname for a hardscrabble (hard work and struggle) neighbourhood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TANCHLE a hard struggle, prolonged toil ...1913 Sc.
• TAVE a difficulty, struggle, pinch; hard labour; the act of labouring hard ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state ...1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• 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
STRUGGLE - nouns, person
• BATTLER a person who struggles to make a living ...1896 Aust. sl.
• HARD-DOER a person who struggles valiantly against difficulties; a term of approbation ...1910 Aust. sl.
STRUGGLE - verbs
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...1866 Sc.
• BARGAIN † to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight ...1375 Sc.
• BATE † to flutter, to struggle; to be restless or impatient ...1592
• BATHER to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLE to struggle for a living, to work hard despite troubles and exhibit courage in doing so ...1895 Aust sl.
• BELLWAVER to struggle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCK to struggle stubbornly against ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CAGGLE to struggle to keep up and make the best of circumstances ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DIE, DOG, OR EAT THE HATCHET to work hard or suffer the consequences; to fend for oneself, to struggle for existence ...1903 Amer. dial.
• EAT, PIG, OR DIE to work hard or suffer the consequences; to fend for oneself, to struggle for existence ...1835 Amer. dial.
• ELABOUR † to struggle or make one's way ...1606
• ELUCTATE †* to struggle out; to escape by struggling ...a1670
• FAG to labour, to struggle, to spend one's energy in toil; to devise ...1772
• FIGHT LIKE KILKENNY CATS to engage in a mutually destructive struggle ...1770
• FIGHT ONE'S HAT to struggle uselessly ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FRAB to struggle, fight; to argue, contend ...1868 Eng. dial.
• GAINSTRIVE † to strive or struggle against; to oppose; to withstand ...1549-62 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to advance with difficulty; to do anything with much obstruction, to struggle ...1583
• JUNDIE to jostle with the elbow; to struggle, to contend and push in a crowd ...1785 Sc.
• KEAVE to struggle on in a hopeless way ...1851 Eng. dial.
• NAVVY ON to struggle on through difficulties ...1878 Eng. dial.
• RELUCTATE to offer resistance, resist, oppose; to struggle against something; to show reluctance ...1643
• SCRABBLE to struggle on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAPPLE to struggle with the hands ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT to save; to toil hard; to gain one's livelihood laboriously; to struggle on ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE 1. to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
2. to struggle hard for a livelihood; to work hard with small success; to 'rub along' as best one can ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SCROUGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
• SCROWGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
• SCRUGGLE † to contend, struggle; to writhe with more or less force ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUFFLE to struggle; to just get by on little or no money ...1890s US sl.
• SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TAINGHLE to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously ...1803 Sc.
• TARVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport ...1804 Sc.
• TERVEE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TERVY to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TEW to toil, to labour; to work hard; to pull, to struggle; to contend, to strive ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOIL † to contend in a lawsuit or an argument; to dispute, to argue; also, to contend in battle; to fight, to struggle ...c1330
• TURVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WAGE † to struggle, to contend against; to struggle through difficulties, to contend in rivalry ...1605
• WAGON THROUGH to struggle through ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLER to struggle confusedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRUGGLING - adjectives
• BATTLING struggling to eke out a living; going through hard times ...1895 Aust. sl.
• CONTRANITENT †* struggling or striving in opposition ...1712
• MARCHING IN MARMALADE working hard but getting nowhere; struggling to achieve a useful purpose while being hampered and obstructed by red tape or one's superiors ...World War II Brit. army sl.
• VIZEEN † contending, struggling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITH ONE'S BACK TO THE WALL hard-pressed, struggling against odds ...1819 Sc.
STRUGGLING - nouns
• MARCHING IN MARMALADE working hard but getting nowhere; struggling to achieve a useful purpose while being hampered and obstructed by red tape or one's superiors ...World War II Brit. army sl.
• OBLUCTATION † striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition ...1615
• TANBASTE unruly behaviour; scuffling, struggling, pulling about ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TARVIZZEEN † struggling; contending, scolding, tormenting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRUM - verbs
• THRUM to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone ...1865 Sc.
STRUMPET - adjectives
• QUEANISH † of the nature of a harlot or strumpet ...1596
STRUMPET - nouns, person
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1596
• BARBER'S CHAIR † a common prostitute who is used by all customers; a drab, a strumpet ...1601
• BUTTOCK † a common strumpet ...1673 sl.
• CALLET † a lewd woman; a trull, a strumpet; a prostitute; a promiscuous woman ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAST-FUNNY a prostitute; a strumpet ...19C sl.
• FAST WOMAN a prostitute; a strumpet ...19C sl.
• FLAG-ABOUT a strumpet ...Bk1893 sl.
• GIGLET † originally, a lewd, wanton woman; a strumpet ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARLOT (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; an unchaste woman, a prostitute, a strumpet ...1432
• JACK'S DELIGHT a sea-port strumpet ...Bk1896 sl.
• LACED MUTTON † a strumpet; a prostitute; a wanton woman ...1578 sl.
• LAND-FRIGATE † a harlot, a strumpet ...1611
• MARKET DAME † a strumpet ...1705
• MARMALADE-MADAM † a promiscuous woman; a prostitute, a strumpet ...1674
• MISWOMAN † a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet ...1528
• MUTTON a promiscuous woman; a prostitute; a strumpet ...1599 sl.
• PUTAIN † a woman of ill fame; a whore, a prostitute, a strumpet ...a1300
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• SCALPOUR a strumpet ...1837 Sc.
• STRAM a prostitute, a strumpet ...19C Brit. sl.
• STRUM a strumpet; a prostitute; a harlot ...L17 sl.
• SUCCUBUS a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman ...1622
• TIB † a mistress; a young woman of loose character; a strumpet, a prostitute ...1582
• TOM-RIG † a strumpet; a romping girl, a tomboy ...1668
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• VENTURER † a strumpet or prostitute ...1607
• YAUD † a strumpet; a whore; an unchaste or loose woman ...a1400
STRUMPET - verbs
• STRUMPET to hold up to contempt as a strumpet ...Bk1904 sl.
STRUT - nouns
• JET † a strutting movement
STRUT, STRUTTING - nouns, person
• DANDY-COCK a foppish, strutting fellow ...1892 Eng. dial.
• STRUT-FART a person, usually a male, who struts around looking very important ...20C US colloq.
STRUT - verbs
• BAIRGE to strut ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESTRUT to strut or walk pompously over ...1594
• FEATURE to strut, to show off ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GAMBADE † to prance, to strut, to march jauntily ...1827 Sc.
• JET to strut; to walk pompously ...1587 sl.
• MAJOR to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Sc.
• MAJOR ABOUT to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR UP AND DOWN to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• PEACOCKIZE †* to act the peacock; to strut about vainly ...1598
• SANTIPEE to strut about in a self-righteous manner ...1949 Sc.
• SASHAY to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SASHIATE to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter; to move briskly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SAUNTIFEE to strut about in a self-righteous manner ...1949 Sc.
• STYLE to show off, to strut around ...1950s sl. orig. US Black
• STYLE OFF to show off, to strut around ...1960s sl. orig. US Black
• WALK TURKEY to walk around in a strutting manner ...L19 sl.
STRUTTING - adjectives
• STYLING strutting, showing off ...1950s US US Black sl.
STRUTTING - nouns
• CAT WALK a strutting style of walking, intended to emphasize one's pride, independence, and masculinity ...1960s US Black sl.
STRUTTING - nouns, person
• BANTY a small, strutting, conceited person; a small, aggressive person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STUBBORN - adjectives
• ANWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• ASSY mean; malicious; stubborn; impolite; sarcastic; debased ...1980s sl.
• BOISTOUS stubborn, churlish (obsolete)
• BONE-HEADED stubborn ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BRICKETY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1868 Amer. dial.
• BRIGATY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BRIGETTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGOTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BULLHEADED stubborn
• CALCITRANT * kicking; that 'kicks' at any restriction; stubborn, refractory ...1866
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• HAMMERHEADED stubborn, obstinate, hard-headed ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HARD-HEADED † not easily led or persuaded; obstinate, stubborn ...1583
• HARD IN THE MOUTH of people or horses: stubborn, obstinate ...1890 Eng. dial.
• HARD-MOUTHED self-willed, obstinate, stubborn ...1686
• HARD-NOSED stubborn, uncompromising ...1927 US sl.
• HATEFUL stubborn, obstinate ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HINKY refractory; stubborn ...1987 Amer. sl.
• LEATHER-ASSED tough, stubborn, aggressive ...1977 Amer. sl.
• LOGGEREDY-HEADED stupid, doltish, dull; stubborn ...1964 Amer. dial.
• LOGGERHEADED stupid, dull, doltish; stubbornly at odds ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LOG-HEADED stupid, dull, doltish; stubbornly at odds ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LONG-HEADED stubborn, obstinate, pigheaded; detested ...1883 Amer. dial.
• NAIL-HEADED stubborn ...E18 sl.
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-NEBBED stubborn, dogmatic; peculiar ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1586
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1624
• OBSTACLE † obstinate, stubborn ...1536 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OBSTEER stubborn, sulky, awkward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBSTINATE AS A GOVERNMENT MULE said of a stubborn person ...19C US sl.
• ONWIL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• ONWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• OPINIASTRE † stiff or stubborn in opinion; opinionated ...1606
• OPINIATRE † stiff or stubborn in opinion; opinionated ...1591
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• PROTERVOUS † forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
• QUISCOS difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, 'kittle'; stubborn ...1720 Sc.
• RAFFATORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RAFFERTORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REBUNCTIOUS † stubborn or unmanageable ...1820 Sc.
• REFERTORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REFFATORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REFRACTARIOUS †* obstinate, stubborn, perverse ...1624
• STOMACHFUL strong-willed, stubborn, or obstinate
• STUBBORN AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS very stubborn ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TARTUFFISH † sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate ...B1900 Sc.
• THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc.
• YILLYART stubborn; ill-conditioned ...1897 Sc.
STUBBORN, STUBBORNNESS - nouns
• BALKS, THE fits of stubbornness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• OBDURACY stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1597
• OBDURATENESS stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1618
• OBDURATION a hardening in sin or wickedness; a making or becoming stubborn, obstinate, or insensible or moral influence ...1494
• OBFIRMATION † the act of confirming or state of being confirmed in evil; stubbornness, obduracy ...1592
• OBSTINATION † obstinacy, stubbornness ...a1340
• OPINIASTRETY †* obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1648
• OPINIASTRY † obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...a1643
• OPINIATENESS † stubbornness in opinion ...1645
• OPINIATIVENESS stubbornness in opinion ...1611
• OPINIATRENESS † stubbornness in opinion ...1689
• OPINIATRESHIP † stubbornness in opinion ...1704
• OPINIATRETURE †* obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1699
• OPINIATRETY †* obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1619
• OPINIATRY † obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1651
• OPINIOUSNESS † stubbornness in opinion ...1688
• REEST restiveness; stubbornness; obstinacy, esp. of horses ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STUBBORN - nouns, person
• ADAM'S OFF-OX a slow, stubborn person ...L19 sl.
• BONEHEAD a stubborn person ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• CABER a strong person of a somewhat stubborn disposition ...1866 Sc.
• GULPIN a thick-witted, stubborn fellow ...B1900 Irish
• HAMMERHEAD one who is stubborn, obstinate ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HARD-EARS a stubborn person ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• JACK-ADAMS a foolish and stubborn person; a simpleton; a silly, impertinent fellow ...1690 sl.
• KEBAR a strong person of somewhat stubborn disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LEATHER-ASS a tough, stubborn or aggressive person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OBSTINANT †* a stubborn or inflexible person ...1581
• OFF-OX a stubborn or headstrong person; an unmanageable, cross-grained fellow ...1848 Amer. dial.
• OLD GOAT an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like ...20C US colloq.
• OPINIATE † an opinionated person; one stubborn in opinion ...1597
• RAMMOCK a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• SCABBERT a strong-made person of somewhat stubborn, disagreeable temperament ...1866 Sc.
• SCAWBERT a strongly-made person of a stubborn, disagreeable temper ...Bk1904 Sc.
STUBBORN - verbs
• GET A PERSON'S BACK UP to make a person angry or stubborn ...colloq.
• HAVE ONE'S TAIL OVER THE LINE to be stubborn or unmanageable ...1912 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE TAIL OVER THE LINES to be hard to control; to be stubborn or unmanageable ...1927 Amer. dial.
• OBDURATE to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless ...a1540
• OBDURE † to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless ...1598 rare or obs.
• OBFIRM † to confirm (in an evil course, erroneous opinion, etc.); to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden ...1563-87
• OBFIRMATE †* to confirm (in an evil course, erroneous opinion, etc.); to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden ...1616
• OPINIATRE † to persist obstinately in an opinion, or in a course of action; to insist hard; to become obstinate or stubborn ...1678
• PUT A PERSON'S BACK UP to make a person angry or stubborn ...colloq.
STUBBORN - phrases
• NEITHER TO REEVE NOR HARVE of a stubborn woman: neither to go one way nor the other ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STUCK - verbs
• WALTER to mire or get stuck in a boggy road, or a swampy place ...1880 Eng. dial.
STUCK UP - adjectives
• AIRIFIED given to putting on airs, conceited, stuck up ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AIRY inclined to put on airs, conceited, stuck up ...1869 Amer. dial.
• AIRYFIED given to putting on airs, conceited, stuck up ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BIG-SORTED proud, stuck-up ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BUG AS BRASS stuck-up, proud ..Eng. dial.
• CACTIFIED assuming a false appearance of superiority; stuck up ...1950 Amer. dial.
• COCK-A-LOFT affectedly lofty, stuck up, conceited ...1862 colloq.
• HIFALUTIN snobbish, pompous; stuck up ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HIGHFALUTIN absurdly pompous or pretentious; stuck-up, snobbish...1839 colloq.
• HIGH-HATTED snobbish, stuck up ...1920s sl., orig. US
• HIGH-HATTY adj. snobbish, stuck up ...1920s sl., orig. US
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY conceitedly proud, stuck-up, haughty ...B1900
• IKEY-MO having a good opinion of oneself; stuck-up ...L19 sl.
• LAA-DEE-LAA stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...L19 sl.
• LA-DEE-DA stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...L19 sl.
• LA-DI-DA stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...1895 colloq.
• LA-DI-DAH stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...M19 sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...L19 sl.
• PROUD-FLESH'D haughty, stuck-up ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SADIDDY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1992 Amer. dial.
• SADITTY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1972 Amer. dial.
• SEDITTY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SIDDITY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1992 Amer. dial.
• SIDITTY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THROSSAN conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TOPLOFTICAL haughty, stuck up
• TOPLOFTY haughty, stuck up
• UPSTUCK stuck up, arrogant, pretentious ...1904 Amer. dial.
STUCK-UP - nouns, person
• DICTY a stuck-up, snobbish person; one who is conceited or uppity ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HER LADYSHIP a stuck-up female ...1887 Brit. nautical colloq.
• QUAL a person of high social position; also, a stuck-up, wealthy person; generally used in plural ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADDITY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SADIT a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SEDDITY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SIDITTY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SIDITY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
STUCK UP - verbs
• THINK ONE'S SHIT DOESN'T STINK to be very conceited; to be stuck up and self-impressed ...1940s Amer. sl.
STUDENT - nouns, person (also see SCHOOL)
• AG an agricultural student ...1910s US sl.
• AGGIE an agricultural student ...1910s US sl.
• ALUM an alumnus or alumna ... 1934 US sl.
• ALUMNA a female pupil or student of a school, college, or university ...1892
• APPLE POLISHER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• APPLE SIMONIZER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• BABE a freshman ...1927 US college sl.
• BLOOD a wealthy student fond of sporting ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLUE a student who is strict in observance of college regulations ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLUE-LIGHT a student who seeks to ingratiate himself with the faculty by informing ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLUE-STOCKING a women student ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BOHN a hard-working student ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BONE a hard-working student ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BOOKWORM a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CEREB an overdiligent student ...1980 US college sl.
• CRAB a first-year college student ...1947 US sl.
• D.A.R. an academically successful student (Damned Average Raiser and Daughters of the American Revolution) ...1930s US campus usage
• DIG a diligent student ...1851 Amer. dial.
• DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student ...1901 Amer. dial.
• DRAG an inferior student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DRUDGE-DUD a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DRYBALL a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DRY HOLE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DUD a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• EAR BANGER a student who is nice to the teacher in hopes of getting a better grade ...1957 Amer. dial.
• EDUCAND one who is to be educated; a pupil or student ...1920
• ELEMENTARIAN one who has not advanced beyond the rudiments of his studies ...1876
• EYE BURNER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• FAG an over-diligent student ...1856 Amer. sl.
• FARMER an ill-mannered student with poor, unpolished manners ...1963 Amer. university sl.
• FLUNK a student who has failed ...M19 US campus
• FLUNKEE a student who fails ...19C US college sl.
• FLUNKER a student who fails ...L19 Amer. college sl.
• FROSH a college freshman or a member of a freshman sports team ...1915 Amer. sl.
• GAMMA DELTA IOTA a college student who is not a fraternity or sorority member; a notional fraternity or sorority comprised of students who don't belong to fraternities or sororities ...2000 US sl.
• GOOD FELLOW a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GOOD-TIME CHARLIE a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GOOD-TIMER a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRADE GRABBER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRADE-HOUND a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GREASY GRIND a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRIND a hard-working student ...L19 US sl.
• GRINDER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRINDSTONE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRUB an excessively diligent student ...1847 Amer. student sl.
• GRUBBER an overly diligent student ...1881 Amer. sl.
• GRUBBY a student who is not interested in school work, or dumb, one who is a nobody to other students ...1942 Amer. student sl.
• GRUNT an excessively diligent student, usually unsociable ...a1986 Amer. sl.
• GUNNER a student who aggressively courts attention in class; earlier, a sexually aggressive student; one who takes competition to an aggressive level ...1994 Amer. students' sl.
• GUT GUNNER a student who succeeds in an easy course ...1910s US campus sl.
• GUT HOPPER a student who moves from one easy course to another ...1955 US sl.
• GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1984 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1986 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEP a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1982 Amer. campus sl.
• HALF PINT an inferior student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• HIGH LOW-BROW a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• HOLDOVER a student who takes a course a second time ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• IBM a smart, diligent student ...1960 US sl.
• JONATHAN SIMONIZER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LIZARD a law student at UNC ...1973 Amer. campus sl.
• LONG EAR a sober, religious student ...M19 US campus sl.
• MAN in university and public schools: an undergraduate or student, as contrasted with a graduate or a don ...1803 UK
• MUCKER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• MUCKWORM a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• NAILER a clever student ...Bk1902 sl.
• NAVA-JOE. a Navaho student ...1963 Amer. Indian student sl.
• NEWIE a new student, a newcomer ...M19 US campus sl.
• OCHASING MACHINE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• OPPIDAN † a 'townsman' as opposed to a 'gownsman' or member of a university; also, a student not resident in a college ...c1645
• PAPER LEG a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PHI-BETA a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PIPELAYER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• P.L. a favoured student (Paper Leg) ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PLEDGE a student who has pledged to join a fraternity or sorority ...1901 US sl.
• PLUG a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PLUGGER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PLUMBER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• QUIRK a pupil ... World War I aviators' sl.
• RAH-MATERIAL a freshman ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAH-RAH BOY an over-excited student ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAH-RAH GIRL an over-excited female student ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAT a first-year college or university student ...1850 US
• RED-APPLER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• REPEATER a student who takes a course a second time ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SCHOLAR a school pupil ...1718 Sc.
• SCHOLARD a scholar, student ...1815 Amer. dial.
• SCHOLLARD a scholar, student ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SCOLLARD a scholar, student ...1823 Amer. dial.
• SCRUB an inferior student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SIMONIZER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SISSY KISSER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SMUG a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SNAP HUNTER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SNAP SEEKER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SOFTY a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SQUIRT 1. a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
2. a student who fails ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• STEW a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• STUDYING FOOL. a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SWAT (derogatory) a hard-working pupil ...1850 Brit. sl.
• SWEAT-HOG a difficult student singled out in school or college for special instruction ...1976 US sl.
• SWOT (derogatory) a hard-working pupil ...1850 Brit. sl.
• TEACHER'S PET a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• TUFT-HUNTER an undergraduate who pursues the acquaintance of rich or titled students ...M18 sl.
• UNIT MACHINE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• VEGETABLES science or engineering students ...20C campus sl.
• WEEN a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WEENIE a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WEENY a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WIENER a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WONK an overstudious student; an intellectual ...1962 Amer. college sl.
• WORM a bookworm, an ardent student or reader ...M20 sl.
• W.T. (derogatory) the poor, working class or underclass pupils (White Trash) ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
STUDIED - adjectives
• DUG studied ...1963 Amer. dial.
STUDIOUS - nouns, person
• NERD anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with 'the gang', esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures ...1960s sl., orig. US college & teen
• NERDBOMBER anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with 'the gang', esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures ...1960s sl., orig. US college & teen
• POINDEXTER an overly studious person ...1980s Amer. students' sl.
STUDY, STUDYING - nouns
• ALL-NIGHTER a party or study session that lasts all night ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DIGGING studying hard ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GRIND intensive study or tuition for an examination, etc. ...M19 sl.
• GROISE intensive study ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• GROIZE intensive study ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• LAMP OIL nocturnal labour or study ...1581
• NERD BOX a study cubicle ...1997 US sl.
• SAPPING the act of studying hard ...1825 school sl.
• SWAT intensive study at school or college, orig. specifically mathematics ...1850 Brit.
• SWOT intensive study at school or college, orig. specifically mathematics ...1850 Brit.
STUDY - nouns, person
• BUG one who studies too hard or all the time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE-WASTER he who or that which wastes candles by late study at night ...1599
• CLOSET CASE a person who studies a great deal ...1968 US college sl.
• DIGIT HEAD one who studies too much, or works too long in front of a computer ...1944 teen & high school sl.
• FLOPPY DISK one who studies too much ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GROUT-BAG one who studies hard ...c1880 Eng. schoolboys' sl.
• OPSIMATH one who begins to learn or study late in life ...1883
• SAP one who studies hard or is absorbed in books ...1798 school sl.
• SAPPER one who studies hard ...1825 Eton sl.
• WONK (derogatory) a student who studies harder than contemporaries consider necessary ...1962 US sl.
STUDY - verbs
• APPROFOUND to go deeply into, to search the depths of a subject of study ...1885
• BEAT THE BOOKS to study hard ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BE NEW OFF THE IRONS to have just finished one's course of study ...Bk1902 Sc.
• BIFF to study hard ...1900 US students' sl.
• BOHN to study hard or diligently ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BONE to study diligently ...1859 Amer. college sl.
• BONE UP to study intensively; to study hurriedly; to learn more about a topic by diligent study ...1887 sl., orig. US
• CHEESE to study hard ...c1917 Brit. sl.
• CHEW to study with great concentration for some time ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• CRACK to open a book for the purpose of studying ...1934 Amer. sl.
• CRACK THE BOOKS to study ...1934 Amer. sl.
• DAB † to study anything in a superficial manner ...1835 Sc.
• DIG to study ...1827 Amer. dial.
• EVIGILATE † to watch or study diligently ...1730
• FAG to toil diligently at one's studies ...1795 student usage
• GRIND to study hard with a tutor ...M19 arch.
• GROISE to study hard ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• GROIZE to study hard ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• GROUT to work or study hard ...c1870 UK sl.
• GRUB to study hard ...1848 Amer. sl.
• GRUB OUT to study hard ...1848 Amer. sl.
• HORSE to study with the help of a translation ...a1889 US students' sl.
• KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE to be studying hard, working hard ...1828 UK
• LERE † vb. to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study or read a book; to learn to do something ...c1220
• LOSE ONE'S OIL † to study or labour in vain ...a1548
• MIND ONE'S BOOK of a schoolboy: to be diligent in one's studies ...c1710 Brit. colloq.
• MUG UP to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• MUG UP ON to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• NERD to study hard ...1980s US college sl.
• NOODLE to think, to think over, to study ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• OIL IT to stay up late studying ...20C US college sl.
• PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER to study the whole night through to 'cram' for an exam ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE to start studying hard, working hard ...1828 UK
• SAP to pore over books; to be studious ...1830 school sl.
• SMELL OF OIL to bear marks of laborious study ...1650
• SMELL OF THE CANDLE † i.e. of work by night, of close and prolonged study ...1604
• SWAT to study intensively, esp. in preparation for an exam ...1860 Brit. sl.
• SWOT to study intensively, esp. in preparation for an exam ...1860 Brit. sl.
• VIZZY to study, to pore over ...1929 Sc.
• WONK OUT to study excessively ...1987 US sl.
STUDYING - adjectives
• DIGGING studying hard ...1907 Amer. dial.
STUFF - verbs
• CADGE to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARCE † in cookery: to stuff an animal (a piece of meat) with force-meat (ground meat), herbs, etc. ...a1300 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• FARCINATE † to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food ...1634
• FARCY to stuff ...1830 nonce word
• KEDGE to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAG to pack tightly; to fill, to stuff, to stop up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAM to stuff or cram with food or drink ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUFFARCINATE †* to truss or stuff up, to pack tightly ...1656
• SUFFULCE †* to stuff ...1599
STUFFED - adjectives
• QUINTED of animals: over-filled, stuffed to repletion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YFARSYD † stuffed ...c1430
STUFFING - nouns
• FARCE † force-meat (ground meat), stuffing ...c1390
• FARCEMENT †* forcemeat, stuffing ...1627-77
• FARCERE †* force-meat, stuffing ...1381
• FARCIMENT † stuffing; seasoning ...1657
• FARCING stuffing, forcemeat ...1532
• FARSOR †* force-meat, stuffing ...1381
• FARSURE †* force-meat, stuffing ...1381
• FARTURE † stuffing ...1657
• FILLING poultry stuffing ...1907 Amer. dial.
• VIOLETS spring onions or sage and onion stuffing ...L19 sl.
STUFFY - adjectives
• POKING stuffy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUFFISH. stuffy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUFFOCATING stuffy, suffocating ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
STUMBLE - nouns
• HAP-STUMBLE a chance stumble ...1766 Sc.
• STOITER a lurch, or unsteady movement; a stumble ...Sc.
STUMBLE - nouns, person
• DINGLE-TOES a person given to stumbling ...1907 Amer. dial.
• DING-TOES one who stumbles ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HAMREL an awkward person; one who stumbles often in walking ...Bk1905 Sc.
STUMBLE - verbs
• BALTER to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BLUNTHER to move clumsily and noisily; to stumble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CESPITATE to stumble; to 'hit one's foot against a turf' ...1623 obs. rare
• FANKLE to move the feet or hands uncertainly; to stumble; to fumble ...1887 Sc.
• HAGGLE to hesitate, to stumble ...1731 Sc.
• HALPER † to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward ...1596
• HAMBLE to walk feebly or awkwardly; to walk lame; to limp; to stumble ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMMER to work or walk in a clumsy, noisy manner; to stumble ...a1786 Sc.
• OFFEND †* to strike with the feet against something, to stumble ...1382
• STOITER to stagger or stumble ...Sc.
• STOTAY † to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand ...a1400
• STUT † to stumble in walking ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE †* to stumble ...1362
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
STUMBLING - adjectives
• DING-TOED pigeon-toed; given to stumbling ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HAGGLY hesitant, stumbling, lacking fluency ...1866 Sc.
• TANGLE-FOOTED having tangled feet, stumbling ...1888
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
STUMBLING - nouns
• BACHLING shambling, stumbling ...1583 Sc.
• OFFENSION † stumbling; striking against some obstacle ...1543
• TITUBATION * the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849
STUMBLING - nouns, person
• BLIND-BUCK AND DAVY a clumsy, weak-sighted, stumbling person ...1930 Amer. dial.
STUMBLING-BLOCK - nouns
• BALK † a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle ...1549
• BAULK † a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle ...1549
• INDETERMENT detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• INDETRIMENT n. detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• OFFENDICLE † a stumbling-block; a cause of offence; an occasion of sin or spiritual difficulty ...1545
STUMPED - adjectives
• BUFFALOED very much surprised, confused, stumped ...1965 Amer. dial.
STUMPY - adjectives
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• STRUNTY short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted ...1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STUMPY - nouns
• PUG a short or stumpy thing ...M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STUMPY - nouns, person
• FUDGY a little fat person; one of squat or stumpy build ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HOODY-DOODY a short stumpy person ...B1900 Amer. cant
• PUG a short or stumpy person or thing; a dwarf ...M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STUN - nouns
• PARALYSER that which stuns or shocks ...L19 sl.
STUN - verbs
• ADIN †* to din; to deafen, to stun with noise ...a1250
• ASTONY to stun, astonish, astound, bewilder; to terrify, to confound with fear or amazement ...1340 arch.
• BAFFOUND to bewilder, perplex, stun ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BRAIN to hurt severely; to stun by an injury to the head ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAFF to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
• DAFFEN to stun ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DAIVER to stun, to stupefy ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMMISH † to stun, to stupefy ...a1598 Sc.
• DAUMER to stun, to stupefy; to damage, to knock about ...1871 Sc.
• DAUNT † to daze, to stupefy; to stun ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAURE to dazzle, to stun ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAVER to stupefy, to stun, to benumb ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAWSEL to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DEAVE † to deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise; to bewilder, to worry or confuse, esp. by 'dinning' in one's ears ...c1340 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DINT to make a loud noise, to stun ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DORSLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• MALVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
• MILVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
• SILENCE to stun, to knock down ...E18 sl.
• SILLY to stun; to render silly or insensible ...1850
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• THUNDER-THUMP † to stun with noise...B1900
• ZAP to kill, to stun, or sterilize with an imaginary ray gun ...M20 US sl.
STUNNED - adjectives
• DAMMISHED stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
• DAMMIT † stunned ...1825 Sc.
• DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAZARDED stunned; amazed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZED stunned, confused, stupefied, dizzy, giddy, confused in the head ...1887 Eng. dial.
• PARALYSED stunned, shocked ...L19 US sl.
STUNNED - verbs
• FALL OUT OF ONE'S STANDING to be surprised or stunned ...1990s Irish sl.
STUNNED - phrases
• FACE LIKE A STOPPED CLOCK used of one who is momentarily stunned ...1980s Aust. sl.
STUNNING - adjectives
• DROP-DEAD outstandingly attractive, stunning ...sl.
STUNNING - nouns
• CUT-UP anything stylish, stunning, or attractive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STUNNING - nouns, person
• CUT-UP anyone stylish, stunning, or attractive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEADENER one that is stunning; a 'knockout' ...1870 Amer. sl.
STUNT - nouns
• BANDY a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GAG in the entertainment business: a stunt ...1988 US sl.
• JOL a joke, a stunt, a game ...1980s S. Afr.
STUNT - nouns, person
• DEAD FALL a Western stunt rider in motion pictures ...c1925 cinematic sl.
• FALL GUY in the film industry: a stuntman ...1929 Amer. jocular
STUNT - verbs
• DO BANDIES to perform stunt's as a dare ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STUNTED - adjectives
• HAMMERED-DOWN stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant ...1919 Amer. dial.
• ILL-THRIVEN adj. badly grown, sickly, stunted ...1806
• NATTLED of persons or animals: starved; stunted in growth; pinched with cold ...1854 Eng. dial.
• NAUCHLIE dwarfish, stunted, ill-shaped ...1880 Sc.
• SCRABBIE stunted, gnarled, shrivelled ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROG stunted; covered with bushes ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCROGGY stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRUNTY stunted, runty; measly; small ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-COUPLED stunted ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPY scanty, meagre; stinted or stunted in some respect ...1847
• STRUNTY short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted ...1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUMMILL'D † stunted in growth ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WAN-THRIVEN ill-developed, stunted in growth ...1508 Sc.
• WEASLY shrivelled, stunted; sickly-looking; contemptibly small or worthless ...1856 Amer. dial.
• WEEZLEDY shrivelled, stunted; contemptibly small or worthless ...1943 Amer. dial.
STUNTED - nouns
• SCRAB anything stunted, gnarled, or shrivelled ...B1900 Sc.
STUNTED - nouns, person
• ARCAN a stunted adult or child ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• RAANY an emaciated, stunted, or delicate looking person ...20C Ulster sl.
• RANNY an emaciated, stunted, or delicate looking person ...20C Ulster sl.
• SKIMPLING * a stunted, not properly developed, person ...1890
• THRUGGIL a short, stunted person; a dwarf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITMAN a person, usually male, that is literally or figuratively stunted; a dwarf; the smallest or youngest or least significant in a family or other group ...1818 Amer. dial.
• UNDERLING a sickly or stunted child; a dwarf; the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter; a small or inferior fruit or vegetable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STUPEFACTION, STUPEFIED - nouns
• DAMP † a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor ...1542
• OBFUSCATION a darkening of the understanding, etc.; stupefaction, bewilderment ...1621
• OBSTUPEFACTION †* stupefaction ...1625
STUPEFIED - adjectives
• ADASED † stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled ...a1500
• BAZED stupefied; stupid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDAFTED bewildered, confounded, stupefied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDAZED dazed, stupefied; besotted ...a1605
• BEDOLED stupefied with pain or grief ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEMAZED stupefied, bewildered ...a1225
• BEMUSED dazed, stupefied with drink, astonishment, anger, etc. ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOTTED intellectually or morally stupefied or blinded ...1634
• BETWATTLED in a distressed and confused state of mind; confounded, bewildered, stupefied, surprised ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEYSAND quite at a loss; benumbed; stupefied ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAFFENING bewildering, stupefying ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DAMMISHED stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
• DAMP † showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied ...1590 obs. or arch.
• DANDERED wandering, dazed, stupefied ...1826 Eng. dial.
• DATELESS stupefied, foolish, disordered in mind, having the faculties failing through age ...1685 Eng. dial.
• DOITRIFIED stupefied, dazed; used to denote the effects of sleep, intoxicating liquor, or anything else that causes stupefaction ...1827 Sc.
• MAZED stunned, confused, stupefied, dizzy, giddy, confused in the head ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MAZE-HEADED dizzy, giddy; bewildered, stupefied, confused ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NAZY stupefied ...1890 Eng. dial.
• NAZZED partly intoxicated; slightly drunk; stupefied ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY slightly intoxicated, drunk; stupefied ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OBSTUPEFACT †* stupefied; stupid ...1601
• RAMFEEZLED confused, muddled, stupefied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMISED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• TAIVERT stupefied with drink; intoxicated ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• THRAW-SITTEN lazy, stupefied ...Bk1905 Sc.
STUPEFIED - nouns, person
• DASART †* a dazed, stupefied, or inert person; a dullard ...a1400
STUPEFIED - verbs
• BUMBAZE to amaze, confound, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle; to look aghast, confounded, stupefied ...1725 chiefly Sc.
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S HEAD IN THE BEES to be confused, stupefied with drink, etc. ...1813 Sc.
• MAZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
STUPEFY - adjectives
• OBSTUPEFACTIVE †* tending to stupefy ...a1633
STUPEFY - verbs
• AWHAPE † to amaze, to stupefy with fear, to terrify, to confound utterly ...c1300
• BAIZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEDAFF to confound or stupefy ...19C Eng. dial.
• BEDAZE to daze, to stupefy ...a1605
• BEDOITRIFY to stupefy ...19C Sc.
• BEDUNDER to stupefy, to confound ...19C Sc.
• BEMUSE to make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy ...1735
• BESOT to make mentally or morally stupid or blind; to stupefy in mind ...1615
• DABBER to confound or stupefy one, by talking so rapidly that one cannot understand what is said ...1825 Sc.
• DABBLE to confound or stupefy with talk ...Bk1900 Eng. dial. Sc.
• DAIVER to stun, to stupefy ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMMISH † to stun, to stupefy ...a1598 Sc.
• DAMP † to stifle the faculties with noxious 'fumes'; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze ...1570
• DARE † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUMER to stun, to stupefy; to damage, to knock about ...1871 Sc.
• DAUNT † to daze, to stupefy; to stun ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAVER to stupefy, to stun, to benumb ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAWSEL to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DEAD † to deprive of sensation or consciousness; to stupefy; to benumb ...1382
• DEAVE † to deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise; to bewilder, to worry or confuse, esp. by 'dinning' in one's ears ...c1340 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DERE to terrify, to paralyze with fear, to stupefy ...1790 Sc.
• DING DONNART to stupefy ...1819 Sc.
• DORSLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DOWN OUT to stupefy with or as if with a barbiturate or tranquillizer ...1976 Amer. sl.
• DOZZLE † to render stupid; to stupefy, to confuse ...a1670 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HIT ONE ALL OF A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MAZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAZZEN to stupefy, to make dizzy; to perplex, to bewilder ...1852 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• OBFUSCATE to stupefy, to bewilder; to obscure the understanding, judgement, etc. ...1577
• OBFUSK † to stupefy, to bewilder; to obscure the understanding, judgement, etc. ...1490
• OBSTUPEFY to stupefy, esp. mentally ...1613
• OFFUSCATE * to darken the understanding of a person; to stupefy, to bewilder ...1632
• POLEAXE to shock someone into helplessness; to stupefy someone ...2003 UK sl.
• RADDLE to fuddle, to stupefy ...1931 Sc.
• SOPORATE † to put or lay to sleep; to make sleepy; to stupefy ...1623
• STRIKE ALL IN A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1914 Amer. dial.
• STRIKE ALL OF A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STRIKE ONE ALL OF A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1756 Amer. dial.
STUPEFYING - adjectives
• OBSTUPEFACIENT stupefying ...1857
• HARDSCRABBLE involving a difficult struggle, esp. to gain a livelihood; tough, challenging ...1851 Amer. dial.
STRUGGLE - nouns
• BAFFER a struggle ...1866 Sc.
• BARGAIN † contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy ...1375 obs. exc. Sc.
• BARGAINING † wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting ...1375 Sc.
• BUCKLE a vigorous struggle or conflict ...1845
• DACKER † a struggle; a noisy, wrangling dispute ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEBATE † physical strife, fight, conflict, struggle ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAUCHT a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• FAUGHT † a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• HAGGLE a struggle, a laborious effort; a fatiguing walk, owing to a burden, distance, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• HARDSCRABBLE a difficult struggle ...1812 Amer. dial.
• RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle ...1818 Sc.
• SCRAFFLE 1. a scramble, a struggle ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a struggle for a livelihood ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a struggle for existence; a scraping or scratching together with pains and toil ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRATCH a hard struggle ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE a struggle for existence; a dispute, a disturbance ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SHALL-I-GO-NAKED a nickname for a hardscrabble (hard work and struggle) neighbourhood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TANCHLE a hard struggle, prolonged toil ...1913 Sc.
• TAVE a difficulty, struggle, pinch; hard labour; the act of labouring hard ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state ...1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• 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
STRUGGLE - nouns, person
• BATTLER a person who struggles to make a living ...1896 Aust. sl.
• HARD-DOER a person who struggles valiantly against difficulties; a term of approbation ...1910 Aust. sl.
STRUGGLE - verbs
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...1866 Sc.
• BARGAIN † to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight ...1375 Sc.
• BATE † to flutter, to struggle; to be restless or impatient ...1592
• BATHER to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLE to struggle for a living, to work hard despite troubles and exhibit courage in doing so ...1895 Aust sl.
• BELLWAVER to struggle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCK to struggle stubbornly against ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CAGGLE to struggle to keep up and make the best of circumstances ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DIE, DOG, OR EAT THE HATCHET to work hard or suffer the consequences; to fend for oneself, to struggle for existence ...1903 Amer. dial.
• EAT, PIG, OR DIE to work hard or suffer the consequences; to fend for oneself, to struggle for existence ...1835 Amer. dial.
• ELABOUR † to struggle or make one's way ...1606
• ELUCTATE †* to struggle out; to escape by struggling ...a1670
• FAG to labour, to struggle, to spend one's energy in toil; to devise ...1772
• FIGHT LIKE KILKENNY CATS to engage in a mutually destructive struggle ...1770
• FIGHT ONE'S HAT to struggle uselessly ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FRAB to struggle, fight; to argue, contend ...1868 Eng. dial.
• GAINSTRIVE † to strive or struggle against; to oppose; to withstand ...1549-62 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to advance with difficulty; to do anything with much obstruction, to struggle ...1583
• JUNDIE to jostle with the elbow; to struggle, to contend and push in a crowd ...1785 Sc.
• KEAVE to struggle on in a hopeless way ...1851 Eng. dial.
• NAVVY ON to struggle on through difficulties ...1878 Eng. dial.
• RELUCTATE to offer resistance, resist, oppose; to struggle against something; to show reluctance ...1643
• SCRABBLE to struggle on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAPPLE to struggle with the hands ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT to save; to toil hard; to gain one's livelihood laboriously; to struggle on ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE 1. to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
2. to struggle hard for a livelihood; to work hard with small success; to 'rub along' as best one can ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SCROUGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
• SCROWGE to be pushy or demanding; to struggle against difficulties ...1830 Amer. dial.
• SCRUGGLE † to contend, struggle; to writhe with more or less force ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUFFLE to struggle; to just get by on little or no money ...1890s US sl.
• SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRIGGLE to wriggle about; to struggle violently ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TAINGHLE to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously ...1803 Sc.
• TARVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport ...1804 Sc.
• TERVEE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TERVY to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TEW to toil, to labour; to work hard; to pull, to struggle; to contend, to strive ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOIL † to contend in a lawsuit or an argument; to dispute, to argue; also, to contend in battle; to fight, to struggle ...c1330
• TURVE to struggle; to writhe ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WAGE † to struggle, to contend against; to struggle through difficulties, to contend in rivalry ...1605
• WAGON THROUGH to struggle through ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLER to struggle confusedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRUGGLING - adjectives
• BATTLING struggling to eke out a living; going through hard times ...1895 Aust. sl.
• CONTRANITENT †* struggling or striving in opposition ...1712
• MARCHING IN MARMALADE working hard but getting nowhere; struggling to achieve a useful purpose while being hampered and obstructed by red tape or one's superiors ...World War II Brit. army sl.
• VIZEEN † contending, struggling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITH ONE'S BACK TO THE WALL hard-pressed, struggling against odds ...1819 Sc.
STRUGGLING - nouns
• MARCHING IN MARMALADE working hard but getting nowhere; struggling to achieve a useful purpose while being hampered and obstructed by red tape or one's superiors ...World War II Brit. army sl.
• OBLUCTATION † striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition ...1615
• TANBASTE unruly behaviour; scuffling, struggling, pulling about ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TARVIZZEEN † struggling; contending, scolding, tormenting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STRUM - verbs
• THRUM to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone ...1865 Sc.
STRUMPET - adjectives
• QUEANISH † of the nature of a harlot or strumpet ...1596
STRUMPET - nouns, person
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1596
• BARBER'S CHAIR † a common prostitute who is used by all customers; a drab, a strumpet ...1601
• BUTTOCK † a common strumpet ...1673 sl.
• CALLET † a lewd woman; a trull, a strumpet; a prostitute; a promiscuous woman ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAST-FUNNY a prostitute; a strumpet ...19C sl.
• FAST WOMAN a prostitute; a strumpet ...19C sl.
• FLAG-ABOUT a strumpet ...Bk1893 sl.
• GIGLET † originally, a lewd, wanton woman; a strumpet ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARLOT (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; an unchaste woman, a prostitute, a strumpet ...1432
• JACK'S DELIGHT a sea-port strumpet ...Bk1896 sl.
• LACED MUTTON † a strumpet; a prostitute; a wanton woman ...1578 sl.
• LAND-FRIGATE † a harlot, a strumpet ...1611
• MARKET DAME † a strumpet ...1705
• MARMALADE-MADAM † a promiscuous woman; a prostitute, a strumpet ...1674
• MISWOMAN † a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet ...1528
• MUTTON a promiscuous woman; a prostitute; a strumpet ...1599 sl.
• PUTAIN † a woman of ill fame; a whore, a prostitute, a strumpet ...a1300
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• SCALPOUR a strumpet ...1837 Sc.
• STRAM a prostitute, a strumpet ...19C Brit. sl.
• STRUM a strumpet; a prostitute; a harlot ...L17 sl.
• SUCCUBUS a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman ...1622
• TIB † a mistress; a young woman of loose character; a strumpet, a prostitute ...1582
• TOM-RIG † a strumpet; a romping girl, a tomboy ...1668
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• VENTURER † a strumpet or prostitute ...1607
• YAUD † a strumpet; a whore; an unchaste or loose woman ...a1400
STRUMPET - verbs
• STRUMPET to hold up to contempt as a strumpet ...Bk1904 sl.
STRUT - nouns
• JET † a strutting movement
STRUT, STRUTTING - nouns, person
• DANDY-COCK a foppish, strutting fellow ...1892 Eng. dial.
• STRUT-FART a person, usually a male, who struts around looking very important ...20C US colloq.
STRUT - verbs
• BAIRGE to strut ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESTRUT to strut or walk pompously over ...1594
• FEATURE to strut, to show off ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GAMBADE † to prance, to strut, to march jauntily ...1827 Sc.
• JET to strut; to walk pompously ...1587 sl.
• MAJOR to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Sc.
• MAJOR ABOUT to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• MAJOR UP AND DOWN to walk with an important air; to strut ...1814 Eng. dial.
• PEACOCKIZE †* to act the peacock; to strut about vainly ...1598
• SANTIPEE to strut about in a self-righteous manner ...1949 Sc.
• SASHAY to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SASHIATE to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter; to move briskly about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SAUNTIFEE to strut about in a self-righteous manner ...1949 Sc.
• STYLE to show off, to strut around ...1950s sl. orig. US Black
• STYLE OFF to show off, to strut around ...1960s sl. orig. US Black
• WALK TURKEY to walk around in a strutting manner ...L19 sl.
STRUTTING - adjectives
• STYLING strutting, showing off ...1950s US US Black sl.
STRUTTING - nouns
• CAT WALK a strutting style of walking, intended to emphasize one's pride, independence, and masculinity ...1960s US Black sl.
STRUTTING - nouns, person
• BANTY a small, strutting, conceited person; a small, aggressive person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
STUBBORN - adjectives
• ANWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• ASSY mean; malicious; stubborn; impolite; sarcastic; debased ...1980s sl.
• BOISTOUS stubborn, churlish (obsolete)
• BONE-HEADED stubborn ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BRICKETY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1868 Amer. dial.
• BRIGATY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BRIGETTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGOTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BULLHEADED stubborn
• CALCITRANT * kicking; that 'kicks' at any restriction; stubborn, refractory ...1866
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• HAMMERHEADED stubborn, obstinate, hard-headed ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HARD-HEADED † not easily led or persuaded; obstinate, stubborn ...1583
• HARD IN THE MOUTH of people or horses: stubborn, obstinate ...1890 Eng. dial.
• HARD-MOUTHED self-willed, obstinate, stubborn ...1686
• HARD-NOSED stubborn, uncompromising ...1927 US sl.
• HATEFUL stubborn, obstinate ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HINKY refractory; stubborn ...1987 Amer. sl.
• LEATHER-ASSED tough, stubborn, aggressive ...1977 Amer. sl.
• LOGGEREDY-HEADED stupid, doltish, dull; stubborn ...1964 Amer. dial.
• LOGGERHEADED stupid, dull, doltish; stubbornly at odds ...1806 Amer. dial.
• LOG-HEADED stupid, dull, doltish; stubbornly at odds ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LONG-HEADED stubborn, obstinate, pigheaded; detested ...1883 Amer. dial.
• NAIL-HEADED stubborn ...E18 sl.
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-NEBBED stubborn, dogmatic; peculiar ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1586
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1624
• OBSTACLE † obstinate, stubborn ...1536 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OBSTEER stubborn, sulky, awkward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBSTINATE AS A GOVERNMENT MULE said of a stubborn person ...19C US sl.
• ONWIL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• ONWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• OPINIASTRE † stiff or stubborn in opinion; opinionated ...1606
• OPINIATRE † stiff or stubborn in opinion; opinionated ...1591
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• PROTERVOUS † forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
• QUISCOS difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, 'kittle'; stubborn ...1720 Sc.
• RAFFATORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RAFFERTORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REBUNCTIOUS † stubborn or unmanageable ...1820 Sc.
• REFERTORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REFFATORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REFRACTARIOUS †* obstinate, stubborn, perverse ...1624
• STOMACHFUL strong-willed, stubborn, or obstinate
• STUBBORN AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS very stubborn ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TARTUFFISH † sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate ...B1900 Sc.
• THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc.
• YILLYART stubborn; ill-conditioned ...1897 Sc.
STUBBORN, STUBBORNNESS - nouns
• BALKS, THE fits of stubbornness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• OBDURACY stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1597
• OBDURATENESS stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1618
• OBDURATION a hardening in sin or wickedness; a making or becoming stubborn, obstinate, or insensible or moral influence ...1494
• OBFIRMATION † the act of confirming or state of being confirmed in evil; stubbornness, obduracy ...1592
• OBSTINATION † obstinacy, stubbornness ...a1340
• OPINIASTRETY †* obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1648
• OPINIASTRY † obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...a1643
• OPINIATENESS † stubbornness in opinion ...1645
• OPINIATIVENESS stubbornness in opinion ...1611
• OPINIATRENESS † stubbornness in opinion ...1689
• OPINIATRESHIP † stubbornness in opinion ...1704
• OPINIATRETURE †* obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1699
• OPINIATRETY †* obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1619
• OPINIATRY † obstinate adherence to or maintenance of one's own opinion; stubbornness of mind ...1651
• OPINIOUSNESS † stubbornness in opinion ...1688
• REEST restiveness; stubbornness; obstinacy, esp. of horses ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STUBBORN - nouns, person
• ADAM'S OFF-OX a slow, stubborn person ...L19 sl.
• BONEHEAD a stubborn person ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• CABER a strong person of a somewhat stubborn disposition ...1866 Sc.
• GULPIN a thick-witted, stubborn fellow ...B1900 Irish
• HAMMERHEAD one who is stubborn, obstinate ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HARD-EARS a stubborn person ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• JACK-ADAMS a foolish and stubborn person; a simpleton; a silly, impertinent fellow ...1690 sl.
• KEBAR a strong person of somewhat stubborn disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LEATHER-ASS a tough, stubborn or aggressive person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OBSTINANT †* a stubborn or inflexible person ...1581
• OFF-OX a stubborn or headstrong person; an unmanageable, cross-grained fellow ...1848 Amer. dial.
• OLD GOAT an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like ...20C US colloq.
• OPINIATE † an opinionated person; one stubborn in opinion ...1597
• RAMMOCK a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• SCABBERT a strong-made person of somewhat stubborn, disagreeable temperament ...1866 Sc.
• SCAWBERT a strongly-made person of a stubborn, disagreeable temper ...Bk1904 Sc.
STUBBORN - verbs
• GET A PERSON'S BACK UP to make a person angry or stubborn ...colloq.
• HAVE ONE'S TAIL OVER THE LINE to be stubborn or unmanageable ...1912 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE TAIL OVER THE LINES to be hard to control; to be stubborn or unmanageable ...1927 Amer. dial.
• OBDURATE to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless ...a1540
• OBDURE † to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless ...1598 rare or obs.
• OBFIRM † to confirm (in an evil course, erroneous opinion, etc.); to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden ...1563-87
• OBFIRMATE †* to confirm (in an evil course, erroneous opinion, etc.); to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden ...1616
• OPINIATRE † to persist obstinately in an opinion, or in a course of action; to insist hard; to become obstinate or stubborn ...1678
• PUT A PERSON'S BACK UP to make a person angry or stubborn ...colloq.
STUBBORN - phrases
• NEITHER TO REEVE NOR HARVE of a stubborn woman: neither to go one way nor the other ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
STUCK - verbs
• WALTER to mire or get stuck in a boggy road, or a swampy place ...1880 Eng. dial.
STUCK UP - adjectives
• AIRIFIED given to putting on airs, conceited, stuck up ...1933 Amer. dial.
• AIRY inclined to put on airs, conceited, stuck up ...1869 Amer. dial.
• AIRYFIED given to putting on airs, conceited, stuck up ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BIG-SORTED proud, stuck-up ...1890 Eng. dial.
• BUG AS BRASS stuck-up, proud ..Eng. dial.
• CACTIFIED assuming a false appearance of superiority; stuck up ...1950 Amer. dial.
• COCK-A-LOFT affectedly lofty, stuck up, conceited ...1862 colloq.
• HIFALUTIN snobbish, pompous; stuck up ...M19 sl., orig. US
• HIGHFALUTIN absurdly pompous or pretentious; stuck-up, snobbish...1839 colloq.
• HIGH-HATTED snobbish, stuck up ...1920s sl., orig. US
• HIGH-HATTY adj. snobbish, stuck up ...1920s sl., orig. US
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY conceitedly proud, stuck-up, haughty ...B1900
• IKEY-MO having a good opinion of oneself; stuck-up ...L19 sl.
• LAA-DEE-LAA stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...L19 sl.
• LA-DEE-DA stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...L19 sl.
• LA-DI-DA stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...1895 colloq.
• LA-DI-DAH stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...M19 sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish ...L19 sl.
• PROUD-FLESH'D haughty, stuck-up ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SADIDDY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1992 Amer. dial.
• SADITTY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1972 Amer. dial.
• SEDITTY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SIDDITY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1992 Amer. dial.
• SIDITTY exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up, pretentious, affected ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THROSSAN conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP conceited, stuck up; forward, pushy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TOPLOFTICAL haughty, stuck up
• TOPLOFTY haughty, stuck up
• UPSTUCK stuck up, arrogant, pretentious ...1904 Amer. dial.
STUCK-UP - nouns, person
• DICTY a stuck-up, snobbish person; one who is conceited or uppity ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HER LADYSHIP a stuck-up female ...1887 Brit. nautical colloq.
• QUAL a person of high social position; also, a stuck-up, wealthy person; generally used in plural ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADDITY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SADIT a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SEDDITY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SIDITTY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
• SIDITY a stuck-up, conceited, snobbish person ...1960s US Black sl.
STUCK UP - verbs
• THINK ONE'S SHIT DOESN'T STINK to be very conceited; to be stuck up and self-impressed ...1940s Amer. sl.
STUDENT - nouns, person (also see SCHOOL)
• AG an agricultural student ...1910s US sl.
• AGGIE an agricultural student ...1910s US sl.
• ALUM an alumnus or alumna ... 1934 US sl.
• ALUMNA a female pupil or student of a school, college, or university ...1892
• APPLE POLISHER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• APPLE SIMONIZER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• BABE a freshman ...1927 US college sl.
• BLOOD a wealthy student fond of sporting ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLUE a student who is strict in observance of college regulations ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLUE-LIGHT a student who seeks to ingratiate himself with the faculty by informing ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLUE-STOCKING a women student ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BOHN a hard-working student ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BONE a hard-working student ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BOOKWORM a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• CEREB an overdiligent student ...1980 US college sl.
• CRAB a first-year college student ...1947 US sl.
• D.A.R. an academically successful student (Damned Average Raiser and Daughters of the American Revolution) ...1930s US campus usage
• DIG a diligent student ...1851 Amer. dial.
• DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student ...1901 Amer. dial.
• DRAG an inferior student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DRUDGE-DUD a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DRYBALL a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DRY HOLE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• DUD a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• EAR BANGER a student who is nice to the teacher in hopes of getting a better grade ...1957 Amer. dial.
• EDUCAND one who is to be educated; a pupil or student ...1920
• ELEMENTARIAN one who has not advanced beyond the rudiments of his studies ...1876
• EYE BURNER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• FAG an over-diligent student ...1856 Amer. sl.
• FARMER an ill-mannered student with poor, unpolished manners ...1963 Amer. university sl.
• FLUNK a student who has failed ...M19 US campus
• FLUNKEE a student who fails ...19C US college sl.
• FLUNKER a student who fails ...L19 Amer. college sl.
• FROSH a college freshman or a member of a freshman sports team ...1915 Amer. sl.
• GAMMA DELTA IOTA a college student who is not a fraternity or sorority member; a notional fraternity or sorority comprised of students who don't belong to fraternities or sororities ...2000 US sl.
• GOOD FELLOW a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GOOD-TIME CHARLIE a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GOOD-TIMER a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRADE GRABBER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRADE-HOUND a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GREASY GRIND a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRIND a hard-working student ...L19 US sl.
• GRINDER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRINDSTONE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• GRUB an excessively diligent student ...1847 Amer. student sl.
• GRUBBER an overly diligent student ...1881 Amer. sl.
• GRUBBY a student who is not interested in school work, or dumb, one who is a nobody to other students ...1942 Amer. student sl.
• GRUNT an excessively diligent student, usually unsociable ...a1986 Amer. sl.
• GUNNER a student who aggressively courts attention in class; earlier, a sexually aggressive student; one who takes competition to an aggressive level ...1994 Amer. students' sl.
• GUT GUNNER a student who succeeds in an easy course ...1910s US campus sl.
• GUT HOPPER a student who moves from one easy course to another ...1955 US sl.
• GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1984 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1986 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEP a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1982 Amer. campus sl.
• HALF PINT an inferior student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• HIGH LOW-BROW a student who puts pleasure before study ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• HOLDOVER a student who takes a course a second time ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• IBM a smart, diligent student ...1960 US sl.
• JONATHAN SIMONIZER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• LIZARD a law student at UNC ...1973 Amer. campus sl.
• LONG EAR a sober, religious student ...M19 US campus sl.
• MAN in university and public schools: an undergraduate or student, as contrasted with a graduate or a don ...1803 UK
• MUCKER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• MUCKWORM a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• NAILER a clever student ...Bk1902 sl.
• NAVA-JOE. a Navaho student ...1963 Amer. Indian student sl.
• NEWIE a new student, a newcomer ...M19 US campus sl.
• OCHASING MACHINE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• OPPIDAN † a 'townsman' as opposed to a 'gownsman' or member of a university; also, a student not resident in a college ...c1645
• PAPER LEG a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PHI-BETA a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PIPELAYER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• P.L. a favoured student (Paper Leg) ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PLEDGE a student who has pledged to join a fraternity or sorority ...1901 US sl.
• PLUG a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PLUGGER a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PLUMBER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• QUIRK a pupil ... World War I aviators' sl.
• RAH-MATERIAL a freshman ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAH-RAH BOY an over-excited student ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAH-RAH GIRL an over-excited female student ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAT a first-year college or university student ...1850 US
• RED-APPLER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• REPEATER a student who takes a course a second time ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SCHOLAR a school pupil ...1718 Sc.
• SCHOLARD a scholar, student ...1815 Amer. dial.
• SCHOLLARD a scholar, student ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SCOLLARD a scholar, student ...1823 Amer. dial.
• SCRUB an inferior student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SIMONIZER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SISSY KISSER a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SMUG a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SNAP HUNTER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SNAP SEEKER a student who selects easy courses ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SOFTY a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SQUIRT 1. a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
2. a student who fails ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• STEW a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• STUDYING FOOL. a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SWAT (derogatory) a hard-working pupil ...1850 Brit. sl.
• SWEAT-HOG a difficult student singled out in school or college for special instruction ...1976 US sl.
• SWOT (derogatory) a hard-working pupil ...1850 Brit. sl.
• TEACHER'S PET a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• TUFT-HUNTER an undergraduate who pursues the acquaintance of rich or titled students ...M18 sl.
• UNIT MACHINE a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• VEGETABLES science or engineering students ...20C campus sl.
• WEEN a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WEENIE a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WEENY a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WIENER a hard-working student ...1950s US college sl.
• WONK an overstudious student; an intellectual ...1962 Amer. college sl.
• WORM a bookworm, an ardent student or reader ...M20 sl.
• W.T. (derogatory) the poor, working class or underclass pupils (White Trash) ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
STUDIED - adjectives
• DUG studied ...1963 Amer. dial.
STUDIOUS - nouns, person
• NERD anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with 'the gang', esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures ...1960s sl., orig. US college & teen
• NERDBOMBER anyone outside a peer group and who thus fails to fit in with 'the gang', esp. a studious individual who eschews drink, drugs, and similar teen pleasures ...1960s sl., orig. US college & teen
• POINDEXTER an overly studious person ...1980s Amer. students' sl.
STUDY, STUDYING - nouns
• ALL-NIGHTER a party or study session that lasts all night ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DIGGING studying hard ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GRIND intensive study or tuition for an examination, etc. ...M19 sl.
• GROISE intensive study ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• GROIZE intensive study ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• LAMP OIL nocturnal labour or study ...1581
• NERD BOX a study cubicle ...1997 US sl.
• SAPPING the act of studying hard ...1825 school sl.
• SWAT intensive study at school or college, orig. specifically mathematics ...1850 Brit.
• SWOT intensive study at school or college, orig. specifically mathematics ...1850 Brit.
STUDY - nouns, person
• BUG one who studies too hard or all the time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE-WASTER he who or that which wastes candles by late study at night ...1599
• CLOSET CASE a person who studies a great deal ...1968 US college sl.
• DIGIT HEAD one who studies too much, or works too long in front of a computer ...1944 teen & high school sl.
• FLOPPY DISK one who studies too much ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GROUT-BAG one who studies hard ...c1880 Eng. schoolboys' sl.
• OPSIMATH one who begins to learn or study late in life ...1883
• SAP one who studies hard or is absorbed in books ...1798 school sl.
• SAPPER one who studies hard ...1825 Eton sl.
• WONK (derogatory) a student who studies harder than contemporaries consider necessary ...1962 US sl.
STUDY - verbs
• APPROFOUND to go deeply into, to search the depths of a subject of study ...1885
• BEAT THE BOOKS to study hard ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BE NEW OFF THE IRONS to have just finished one's course of study ...Bk1902 Sc.
• BIFF to study hard ...1900 US students' sl.
• BOHN to study hard or diligently ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BONE to study diligently ...1859 Amer. college sl.
• BONE UP to study intensively; to study hurriedly; to learn more about a topic by diligent study ...1887 sl., orig. US
• CHEESE to study hard ...c1917 Brit. sl.
• CHEW to study with great concentration for some time ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• CRACK to open a book for the purpose of studying ...1934 Amer. sl.
• CRACK THE BOOKS to study ...1934 Amer. sl.
• DAB † to study anything in a superficial manner ...1835 Sc.
• DIG to study ...1827 Amer. dial.
• EVIGILATE † to watch or study diligently ...1730
• FAG to toil diligently at one's studies ...1795 student usage
• GRIND to study hard with a tutor ...M19 arch.
• GROISE to study hard ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• GROIZE to study hard ...1913 Brit. schools' sl.
• GROUT to work or study hard ...c1870 UK sl.
• GRUB to study hard ...1848 Amer. sl.
• GRUB OUT to study hard ...1848 Amer. sl.
• HORSE to study with the help of a translation ...a1889 US students' sl.
• KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE to be studying hard, working hard ...1828 UK
• LERE † vb. to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study or read a book; to learn to do something ...c1220
• LOSE ONE'S OIL † to study or labour in vain ...a1548
• MIND ONE'S BOOK of a schoolboy: to be diligent in one's studies ...c1710 Brit. colloq.
• MUG UP to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• MUG UP ON to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• NERD to study hard ...1980s US college sl.
• NOODLE to think, to think over, to study ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• OIL IT to stay up late studying ...20C US college sl.
• PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER to study the whole night through to 'cram' for an exam ...1966 Amer. sl.
• PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE to start studying hard, working hard ...1828 UK
• SAP to pore over books; to be studious ...1830 school sl.
• SMELL OF OIL to bear marks of laborious study ...1650
• SMELL OF THE CANDLE † i.e. of work by night, of close and prolonged study ...1604
• SWAT to study intensively, esp. in preparation for an exam ...1860 Brit. sl.
• SWOT to study intensively, esp. in preparation for an exam ...1860 Brit. sl.
• VIZZY to study, to pore over ...1929 Sc.
• WONK OUT to study excessively ...1987 US sl.
STUDYING - adjectives
• DIGGING studying hard ...1907 Amer. dial.
STUFF - verbs
• CADGE to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARCE † in cookery: to stuff an animal (a piece of meat) with force-meat (ground meat), herbs, etc. ...a1300 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• FARCINATE † to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food ...1634
• FARCY to stuff ...1830 nonce word
• KEDGE to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAG to pack tightly; to fill, to stuff, to stop up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAM to stuff or cram with food or drink ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUFFARCINATE †* to truss or stuff up, to pack tightly ...1656
• SUFFULCE †* to stuff ...1599
STUFFED - adjectives
• QUINTED of animals: over-filled, stuffed to repletion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YFARSYD † stuffed ...c1430
STUFFING - nouns
• FARCE † force-meat (ground meat), stuffing ...c1390
• FARCEMENT †* forcemeat, stuffing ...1627-77
• FARCERE †* force-meat, stuffing ...1381
• FARCIMENT † stuffing; seasoning ...1657
• FARCING stuffing, forcemeat ...1532
• FARSOR †* force-meat, stuffing ...1381
• FARSURE †* force-meat, stuffing ...1381
• FARTURE † stuffing ...1657
• FILLING poultry stuffing ...1907 Amer. dial.
• VIOLETS spring onions or sage and onion stuffing ...L19 sl.
STUFFY - adjectives
• POKING stuffy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUFFISH. stuffy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUFFOCATING stuffy, suffocating ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
STUMBLE - nouns
• HAP-STUMBLE a chance stumble ...1766 Sc.
• STOITER a lurch, or unsteady movement; a stumble ...Sc.
STUMBLE - nouns, person
• DINGLE-TOES a person given to stumbling ...1907 Amer. dial.
• DING-TOES one who stumbles ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HAMREL an awkward person; one who stumbles often in walking ...Bk1905 Sc.
STUMBLE - verbs
• BALTER to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BLUNTHER to move clumsily and noisily; to stumble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CESPITATE to stumble; to 'hit one's foot against a turf' ...1623 obs. rare
• FANKLE to move the feet or hands uncertainly; to stumble; to fumble ...1887 Sc.
• HAGGLE to hesitate, to stumble ...1731 Sc.
• HALPER † to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward ...1596
• HAMBLE to walk feebly or awkwardly; to walk lame; to limp; to stumble ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAMMER to work or walk in a clumsy, noisy manner; to stumble ...a1786 Sc.
• OFFEND †* to strike with the feet against something, to stumble ...1382
• STOITER to stagger or stumble ...Sc.
• STOTAY † to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand ...a1400
• STUT † to stumble in walking ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE †* to stumble ...1362
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
STUMBLING - adjectives
• DING-TOED pigeon-toed; given to stumbling ...1907 Amer. dial.
• HAGGLY hesitant, stumbling, lacking fluency ...1866 Sc.
• TANGLE-FOOTED having tangled feet, stumbling ...1888
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
STUMBLING - nouns
• BACHLING shambling, stumbling ...1583 Sc.
• OFFENSION † stumbling; striking against some obstacle ...1543
• TITUBATION * the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849
STUMBLING - nouns, person
• BLIND-BUCK AND DAVY a clumsy, weak-sighted, stumbling person ...1930 Amer. dial.
STUMBLING-BLOCK - nouns
• BALK † a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle ...1549
• BAULK † a ridge in the way, over which one may stumble; a stumbling-block, an obstacle ...1549
• INDETERMENT detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• INDETRIMENT n. detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• OFFENDICLE † a stumbling-block; a cause of offence; an occasion of sin or spiritual difficulty ...1545
STUMPED - adjectives
• BUFFALOED very much surprised, confused, stumped ...1965 Amer. dial.
STUMPY - adjectives
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• STRUNTY short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted ...1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STUMPY - nouns
• PUG a short or stumpy thing ...M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STUMPY - nouns, person
• FUDGY a little fat person; one of squat or stumpy build ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HOODY-DOODY a short stumpy person ...B1900 Amer. cant
• PUG a short or stumpy person or thing; a dwarf ...M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STUN - nouns
• PARALYSER that which stuns or shocks ...L19 sl.
STUN - verbs
• ADIN †* to din; to deafen, to stun with noise ...a1250
• ASTONY to stun, astonish, astound, bewilder; to terrify, to confound with fear or amazement ...1340 arch.
• BAFFOUND to bewilder, perplex, stun ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BRAIN to hurt severely; to stun by an injury to the head ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAFF to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
• DAFFEN to stun ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DAIVER to stun, to stupefy ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMMISH † to stun, to stupefy ...a1598 Sc.
• DAUMER to stun, to stupefy; to damage, to knock about ...1871 Sc.
• DAUNT † to daze, to stupefy; to stun ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAURE to dazzle, to stun ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAVER to stupefy, to stun, to benumb ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAWSEL to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DEAVE † to deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise; to bewilder, to worry or confuse, esp. by 'dinning' in one's ears ...c1340 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DINT to make a loud noise, to stun ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DORSLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• MALVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
• MILVADER to stun with a blow, to daze ...1824 Sc.
• SILENCE to stun, to knock down ...E18 sl.
• SILLY to stun; to render silly or insensible ...1850
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• THUNDER-THUMP † to stun with noise...B1900
• ZAP to kill, to stun, or sterilize with an imaginary ray gun ...M20 US sl.
STUNNED - adjectives
• DAMMISHED stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
• DAMMIT † stunned ...1825 Sc.
• DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAZARDED stunned; amazed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZED stunned, confused, stupefied, dizzy, giddy, confused in the head ...1887 Eng. dial.
• PARALYSED stunned, shocked ...L19 US sl.
STUNNED - verbs
• FALL OUT OF ONE'S STANDING to be surprised or stunned ...1990s Irish sl.
STUNNED - phrases
• FACE LIKE A STOPPED CLOCK used of one who is momentarily stunned ...1980s Aust. sl.
STUNNING - adjectives
• DROP-DEAD outstandingly attractive, stunning ...sl.
STUNNING - nouns
• CUT-UP anything stylish, stunning, or attractive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STUNNING - nouns, person
• CUT-UP anyone stylish, stunning, or attractive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEADENER one that is stunning; a 'knockout' ...1870 Amer. sl.
STUNT - nouns
• BANDY a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GAG in the entertainment business: a stunt ...1988 US sl.
• JOL a joke, a stunt, a game ...1980s S. Afr.
STUNT - nouns, person
• DEAD FALL a Western stunt rider in motion pictures ...c1925 cinematic sl.
• FALL GUY in the film industry: a stuntman ...1929 Amer. jocular
STUNT - verbs
• DO BANDIES to perform stunt's as a dare ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STUNTED - adjectives
• HAMMERED-DOWN stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant ...1919 Amer. dial.
• ILL-THRIVEN adj. badly grown, sickly, stunted ...1806
• NATTLED of persons or animals: starved; stunted in growth; pinched with cold ...1854 Eng. dial.
• NAUCHLIE dwarfish, stunted, ill-shaped ...1880 Sc.
• SCRABBIE stunted, gnarled, shrivelled ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROG stunted; covered with bushes ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCROGGY stunted, thorny; having rough, stunted branches or bushes; abounding in underwood ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRUNTY stunted, runty; measly; small ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-COUPLED stunted ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPY scanty, meagre; stinted or stunted in some respect ...1847
• STRUNTY short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted ...1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUMMILL'D † stunted in growth ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WAN-THRIVEN ill-developed, stunted in growth ...1508 Sc.
• WEASLY shrivelled, stunted; sickly-looking; contemptibly small or worthless ...1856 Amer. dial.
• WEEZLEDY shrivelled, stunted; contemptibly small or worthless ...1943 Amer. dial.
STUNTED - nouns
• SCRAB anything stunted, gnarled, or shrivelled ...B1900 Sc.
STUNTED - nouns, person
• ARCAN a stunted adult or child ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• RAANY an emaciated, stunted, or delicate looking person ...20C Ulster sl.
• RANNY an emaciated, stunted, or delicate looking person ...20C Ulster sl.
• SKIMPLING * a stunted, not properly developed, person ...1890
• THRUGGIL a short, stunted person; a dwarf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITMAN a person, usually male, that is literally or figuratively stunted; a dwarf; the smallest or youngest or least significant in a family or other group ...1818 Amer. dial.
• UNDERLING a sickly or stunted child; a dwarf; the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter; a small or inferior fruit or vegetable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STUPEFACTION, STUPEFIED - nouns
• DAMP † a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor ...1542
• OBFUSCATION a darkening of the understanding, etc.; stupefaction, bewilderment ...1621
• OBSTUPEFACTION †* stupefaction ...1625
STUPEFIED - adjectives
• ADASED † stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled ...a1500
• BAZED stupefied; stupid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDAFTED bewildered, confounded, stupefied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDAZED dazed, stupefied; besotted ...a1605
• BEDOLED stupefied with pain or grief ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEMAZED stupefied, bewildered ...a1225
• BEMUSED dazed, stupefied with drink, astonishment, anger, etc. ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOTTED intellectually or morally stupefied or blinded ...1634
• BETWATTLED in a distressed and confused state of mind; confounded, bewildered, stupefied, surprised ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEYSAND quite at a loss; benumbed; stupefied ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAFFENING bewildering, stupefying ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DAMMISHED stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied ...1721 Sc.
• DAMP † showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied ...1590 obs. or arch.
• DANDERED wandering, dazed, stupefied ...1826 Eng. dial.
• DATELESS stupefied, foolish, disordered in mind, having the faculties failing through age ...1685 Eng. dial.
• DOITRIFIED stupefied, dazed; used to denote the effects of sleep, intoxicating liquor, or anything else that causes stupefaction ...1827 Sc.
• MAZED stunned, confused, stupefied, dizzy, giddy, confused in the head ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MAZE-HEADED dizzy, giddy; bewildered, stupefied, confused ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NAZY stupefied ...1890 Eng. dial.
• NAZZED partly intoxicated; slightly drunk; stupefied ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY slightly intoxicated, drunk; stupefied ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OBSTUPEFACT †* stupefied; stupid ...1601
• RAMFEEZLED confused, muddled, stupefied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• RAMISED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• TAIVERT stupefied with drink; intoxicated ...1818 Sc.
• TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted ...1818 Sc.
• THRAW-SITTEN lazy, stupefied ...Bk1905 Sc.
STUPEFIED - nouns, person
• DASART †* a dazed, stupefied, or inert person; a dullard ...a1400
STUPEFIED - verbs
• BUMBAZE to amaze, confound, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle; to look aghast, confounded, stupefied ...1725 chiefly Sc.
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S HEAD IN THE BEES to be confused, stupefied with drink, etc. ...1813 Sc.
• MAZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
STUPEFY - adjectives
• OBSTUPEFACTIVE †* tending to stupefy ...a1633
STUPEFY - verbs
• AWHAPE † to amaze, to stupefy with fear, to terrify, to confound utterly ...c1300
• BAIZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BAZE † to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEDAFF to confound or stupefy ...19C Eng. dial.
• BEDAZE to daze, to stupefy ...a1605
• BEDOITRIFY to stupefy ...19C Sc.
• BEDUNDER to stupefy, to confound ...19C Sc.
• BEMUSE to make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy ...1735
• BESOT to make mentally or morally stupid or blind; to stupefy in mind ...1615
• DABBER to confound or stupefy one, by talking so rapidly that one cannot understand what is said ...1825 Sc.
• DABBLE to confound or stupefy with talk ...Bk1900 Eng. dial. Sc.
• DAIVER to stun, to stupefy ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMMISH † to stun, to stupefy ...a1598 Sc.
• DAMP † to stifle the faculties with noxious 'fumes'; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze ...1570
• DARE † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUMER to stun, to stupefy; to damage, to knock about ...1871 Sc.
• DAUNT † to daze, to stupefy; to stun ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAVER to stupefy, to stun, to benumb ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAWSEL to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAWZLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DEAD † to deprive of sensation or consciousness; to stupefy; to benumb ...1382
• DEAVE † to deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise; to bewilder, to worry or confuse, esp. by 'dinning' in one's ears ...c1340 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DERE to terrify, to paralyze with fear, to stupefy ...1790 Sc.
• DING DONNART to stupefy ...1819 Sc.
• DORSLE to stun, to stupefy, to confuse, to daze ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DOWN OUT to stupefy with or as if with a barbiturate or tranquillizer ...1976 Amer. sl.
• DOZZLE † to render stupid; to stupefy, to confuse ...a1670 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HIT ONE ALL OF A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MAZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAZZEN to stupefy, to make dizzy; to perplex, to bewilder ...1852 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MEZZLE to stupefy; to bewilder; to daze; to become stupefied or confused ...1848 Eng. dial.
• OBFUSCATE to stupefy, to bewilder; to obscure the understanding, judgement, etc. ...1577
• OBFUSK † to stupefy, to bewilder; to obscure the understanding, judgement, etc. ...1490
• OBSTUPEFY to stupefy, esp. mentally ...1613
• OFFUSCATE * to darken the understanding of a person; to stupefy, to bewilder ...1632
• POLEAXE to shock someone into helplessness; to stupefy someone ...2003 UK sl.
• RADDLE to fuddle, to stupefy ...1931 Sc.
• SOPORATE † to put or lay to sleep; to make sleepy; to stupefy ...1623
• STRIKE ALL IN A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1914 Amer. dial.
• STRIKE ALL OF A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STRIKE ONE ALL OF A HEAP to amaze or stupefy one ...1756 Amer. dial.
STUPEFYING - adjectives
• OBSTUPEFACIENT stupefying ...1857