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SUCCEED - SUMMONS
SUCCEED - nouns
• NATURAL something that is sure to succeed; a winner ...1920 Amer. sl.
SUCCEED - nouns, person
• MAN IN THE GAP one who bravely fights for and succeeds in achieving a cause or position ...20C Irish sl.
SUCCEED - verbs
• ACE to manage a difficult situation successfully, esp. to score a grade of A on an examination or in a course ...1955 US sl., orig. college usage
• ACE IT to succeed at the last minute ...1955 US sl.
• ACE OUT to do well, to succeed, as in an examination ...1950s sl., orig. US campus
• ARRIVE to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group ...20C Amer. sl.
• BE ON A HIDING TO NOTHING to be unlikely to succeed. or be unlikely to gain much advantage if one does ...1905
• BRING HOME THE BACON to earn wages, esp. as the head of a household; to make a profit; broadly, to succeed in an endeavour ...1909 Amer. sl.
• CAKEWALK to succeed without problems; to accomplish with supreme ease ...1930s US sl.
• COME OUT to succeed ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• COP to win someone over ...1910s sl.
• COP OUT to win someone over ...1910s sl.
• DRIVE THE NAIL HOME to succeed; to come to the point ...1892 sl.
• EDIFY † to take form, to grow; also, to prosper, to achieve success ...a1400
• EEM to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing ...1674 Eng. dial.
• EXCEED to succeed ...1922 Amer. dial.
• FADGE † to succeed, to thrive ... 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAY † to do, to go on favourably, to succeed ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FOLLOW THROUGH to press one's advantage until success is gained; to follow one action with the next obvious one; to ascertain that something has been done properly ...Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
• FOLLOW UP to press one's advantage until success is gained; to follow one action with the next obvious one; to ascertain that something has been done properly ...Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
• GET ONE'S SHARE OF THE CAKE to succeed ...17C colloq.
• GLICK to come out right, to succeed ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACK IT to achieve, to succeed in a task, to solve a problem ...1952 US sl.
• HACK THE COURSE to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed ...1966 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force
• HACK UP to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1950s US sl.
• HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD to succeed ; to come to the point ...1574 sl.
• HIT THE RIGHT NAIL ON THE HEAD to succeed ; to come to the point ...1897 sl.
• KNOCK PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit ...M19 sl.
• MAKE A COME-BACK to succeed again after a (long) retirement ...c1920 colloq, orig. sporting usage
• MAKE A SPOON OR SPOIL A HORN to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure; to succeed in an enterprise or fail deplorably ...1880
• MAKE A STRIKE to achieve, to succeed or be lucky ...Bk1904 colloq.
• MAKE MICKLE OF to succeed, to prosper ...1824 Sc.
• MAKE ONE'S JACK to make one's fortune; to succeed in an undertaking ...1778 Eng. dial.
• NAUP to hit the mark; to succeed ...1869 Eng. dial.
• PAN to yield good results; to show to advantage; to succeed ...1871
• PLAY IN PEORIA to succeed in rural, provincial areas ...20C sl.
• PULL SOMETHING OUT OF ONE'S ASS to invent or produce something seemingly from nowhere; to succeed narrowly ...1974 Amer. sl.
• RAKE UP THE PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit ...M19 sl.
• RIDE ON THE RIDGE to come to the top, to succeed ...1856 Sc.
• RIDE ON THE RIGGIN to come to the top, to succeed ...1856 Sc.
• SAVE ONE'S GROATS to succeed, to do well ...L18 sl.
• SKIN BY to succeed by a small margin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKIN THROUGH to succeed by a small margin ...1902 Amer. dial.
• STRIKE OIL to succeed ...1863 Amer. sl.
• TAKE to succeed, to become popular ...L17 sl.
• TEAR ALONG to succeed or get on ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WALTZ to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use ...1960s sl.
• WORK LIKE A CHARM to achieve the objective with perfect success ...1880 Amer. sl.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
SUCCEEDED, SUCCEEDING - nouns, person
• ALRIGHTNIK one who has succeeded; one who has raised himself from immigrant poverty to material success, esp. of New York Jews ...1910s US sl.
• BALLER BLOCKER a person who stops one from succeeding ...2000s US Black sl.
SUCCEEDING (subsequent) - adjectives
• SUBALTERN †* succeeding in turn ...1604
• SUBALTERNAL † succeeding in turn, alternating ...1588
• SUBALTERNATE † successive, succeeding by turns ...1706
• SUBALTERNATING succeeding by turns ...1855
• SUCCEDENT † following, succeeding, subsequent ...c1450 now obs. or rare
• SUCCRESCENT †* arising afterwards, succeeding ...1653
SUCCEEDING (success) - adjectives
• ON THE MAKE improving one's status or situation; rising in position or influence; succeeding in one's business or vocation ...1864 Amer. colloq.
SUCCEEDING - nouns
• STYLING doing well, succeeding, academically as well as socially ...1980s US campus sl.
SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL - nouns
• ASS-KICKER a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc. ...1971 Amer. sl.
• BABY-DOLL a success ...1920s sl.
• BARN BURNER a highly successful or enjoyable occasion ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAKEWALK an easy or overwhelming success; anything considered very easy, simple, or certain ...1897 US sl.
• DAILY DOUBLE success in two fields of endeavour simultaneously; winning or obtaining any two different prizes, goal, or the like ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOOR-OPENER something that is effective in leading to opportunity or success ...colloq.
• DUCK SOUP a guaranteed success ...1900s US sl.
• ÉCLAT conspicuous success; universal applause, acclamation ...1741
• END-FARE success ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARE † condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success ...c1250
• FAT CITY success, wealth, often from criminal activities ...1960s sl.
• FLASH IN THE PAN a project, person, etc. that enjoys only short-lived success, notoriety, etc.
• GASSER something wonderful, very exceptional, extraordinarily successful ...1944 US sl.
• GIMMICK any device or plan or trick calculated to ensure success ...1930s sl.
• HAP † good fortune, good luck; success, prosperity ...a1225
• KILL a great success, usually financial ...M19 US sl.
• KILLING a great success, usually financial ...M19 US sl.
• LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power ...1970s Amer. show business usage
• SOCK a very successful show, performance, actor, etc. ...sl.
• SOCKEROO something excellent; something with an exceptional impact; a notable success ...1942 sl., orig. US
• THRIFT prosperity, success; luck ...1785 Sc.
• THRIVANCE † prosperity, success ...1814 Sc.
• WALLOP a success ...1930s sl.
• WALTZ an easy success, esp. in sporting use, as a boxing match in which neither fighter makes much effort ...1920s sl.
• WOW something very exciting and successful; a sensation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• WOWSER something very successful and impressive; a sensation ...1928 Amer. sl.
SUCCESS - verbs
• MAKE A RISE to do moderately well; to make a small success ...M19 Aust. sl.
SUCCESS - phrases
• IT'S A WOW it's a great success; it's admirable, really excellent ...1927 US sl.
• LIKE A BIG DOG having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
• LIKE A MOOSE having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
• NO SHOW no hope of success ...1960s Aust. sl.
• THAT DOG WILL HUNT the idea is a good one; success is probable ;;;1980s Amer. sl.
SUCCESSFUL - adjectives
• AFFECTUOUS †* influential, effective, successful ...1674
• EUROUS † lucky, prosperous, successful ...c1430
• FAT-CAT prosperous, successful; the implication being that such prosperity has been gained by corruption ...1950s sl., orig. US
• HOME ON THE PIG'S BACK very contented, happily or successfully placed, having arrived at a successful conclusion ...L19 Ireland, Aust. & NZ sl.
• IMPETRABLE † capable of obtaining or effecting something, successful ...1599
• IN THE MONEY wealthy, successful ...1902 sl.
• LARGE in the entertainment industry: popular, successful ...1957 Amer. sl.
• MEGA great, successful, excellent, special ...1969 UK sl.
• ON ONE having a successful time without any problems ...1980s US college sl.
• ROARING brisk; successful; strong ...1831 sl.
• SHIFTY alert; busy; industrious and successful ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS A GREASED PIG very pleasing, successful, pretty, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS A RAM-CAT very pleasing, successful, pretty, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS A SCHOOL-MARM'S LEG very pleasing, successful, pretty, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SOCK extremely successful ...sl.
• SOCKO extremely impressive or successful ...1935 sl.
• SUCCEEDING † successful ...1595-9
• SUCCESSIVE † attended or fraught with success; successful ...1582
SUCCESSFUL - nouns
• GET-PENNY † something which brings in money; a successful affair, as a theatrical performance ...1684
• GRAVY STREET an easy, profitable or successful situation ...1970s US sl.
SUCCESSFUL - nouns, person
• ALRIGHTNIK one who has succeeded; one who has raised himself from immigrant poverty to material success, esp. of New York Jews ...1910s US sl.
• ASS-KICKER a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc. ...1971 Amer. sl.
• CANDY BOY a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1906 US sl.
• CANDYMAN a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1913 US sl.
• HAD-IT a person who was formerly successful ...1992 UK sl.
• LIVE ONE a success, or one who has the potential to be so ...1910s US sl.
• MACK DADDY an important, influential Black man, a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MCDADDY an important, influential Black man, a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MOVER an ambitious and successful person, both socially and with the opposite sex ...1950s sl.
• MOVERS AND GROOVERS ambitious, successful people ...1950s sl.
• MOVERS AND SHAKERS ambitious, successful people ...1950s sl.
• SOCK a very successful actor, etc. ...sl.
SUCCESSFUL - verbs
• BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK to have been very successful financially, esp. in a coup, and in the face of long odds or disapproval ...c1965
• BRING HOME THE BACON to achieve success ...colloq.
• CRACK A TIDY CRUST to be successful in life; to make a comfortable income ...c1850
• CRACK IT to succeed, to overcome obstacles, esp. to achieve a successful seduction (from the male point of view) ...1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• FISH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION to go in the right direction or toward a goal; to be on the right track ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE JACKPOT to achieve great success, esp. through luck
• HIT THE NAIL to be successful ...1814 Sc.
• LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK to be financially successful, esp. in the face of long odds or disapproval ...1969 sl.
• LIVE LARGE to be extremely, esp. ostentatiously, successful, popular, wealthy, etc. ...1975 Amer. sl.
• MACK to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one's cunning to advantage ...1991 Amer. sl.
• PULL OFF to succeed in doing or effecting something: to perform successfully; to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous ...1887 UK sl.
• MAKE A KILLING be a great success ...M19 US sl.
• MAKE ONE'S BONES to achieve a successful course or action in one's profession or work ...1970s sl.
• PULL OUT OF THE FIRE to save from failure or disaster; to turn a potentially disastrous situation into a successful one; to turn defeat into victory; to rescue ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUEER THE PITCH to spoil the chances of success ...Brit. colloq.
• TAKE A TRICK to show promise; to be successful ...L19 Aust. sl.
• TAKE OFF to be suddenly successful or very active ...1930s US sl.
SUCCESSFULLY - adverbs
• FAT successfully ...L19 US college sl.
• GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LIKE A BANDIT enthusiastically, very, fast, very successfully ...1970s US sl.
• SUCCESSIVELY † successfully, propitiously ...1582
SUCCESSION - adjectives
• SUCCESSANEAN †* marked by succession or transition ...1635
SUCCESSION - adverbs
• BEPLOTMELE † part by part, one portion after another, in due order or succession ...c1440
• HALE-WHEEL in wholesale fashion, in quick succession ...1882 Sc.
• OFF THE REEL in succession; right off ...1883 sl.
• SUCCESSANTLY †* in succession ...1588
• SUCCESSIVELY † by succession or inheritance ...1594
SUCCESSION - nouns
• SUBALTERNATION † succession by turn ...1616
• SUCCEEDING † succession ...c1460
• SUCCESS † succession as of heirs, rulers, etc. ...1587
• SUCCESSARY †* succession ...a1616
• SUING † succession in time or order of events, etc. ...a1425
• SUIT †* a succession, sequence ...1412-20
SUCCESSIVE - adjectives
• SUBALTERNATE † successive, succeeding by turns ...1706
SUCCESSIVELY - adverbs
• BY SUCCESSION(S) † successively ...1432-50
• ENDWAY continuously, successively; without end or interruption ...1874 Eng. dial.
SUCCESSOR - nouns, person
• SUCCESSARY †* a successor ...1486
SUCCOUR - adjectives
• SUCCOURABLE † affording succour; helpful ...c1400
SUCCOUR - nouns
• SUCCURRANCE † succour, aid, help, assistance ...c1450
SUCCOUR - verbs
• SUBLEVE †* to succour ...1542
SUCCULENT - adjectives
• NESH † soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force; delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAPPY † of edible fruit; juicy; succulent ...1562
• SUCCULOUS succulent ...1846
SUCCUMB - verbs
• GO TO THE WALL to give way, to succumb in a conflict or struggle ...1589
SUCK - verbs
• BAWL to suck; to swallow ...1930s sl.
• LAP †* to suck a teat ...1562
• NOURISH to suck ...1938 Amer. dial.
• TAW to suck greedily and with continuance, as a hungry child at the breast ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SUCKING - nouns
• HAUSTURE † the act of sucking or drinking up ...a1650
SUCKLE - verbs
• ELACT †* to suckle ...a1521
SUCKLING - adjectives
• LACTANT * suckling ...1727
SUCKLING - nouns
• LACTATION the act of giving suck to an infant; suckling ...1668
SUDDEN - adjectives
• HASTIS sudden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden ...c1340 arch.
• QUICKED-UP hurriedly arranged; sudden, hastened ...1893 Amer. dial.
• REPENTINE † sudden ...c1510
• SUBITANE † sudden; rash ...1633
• SUBITANEOUS * sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed ...1651
• SUBITANY † sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed ...1603
• SUBITARY †* suddenly or hastily done, made, etc. ...1600
• SUBITE † sudden, hasty ...1483
• SUBITOUS † sudden ...1657
• UNHEEDY † heedless, careless, rash, precipitate, sudden ...1579
SUDDEN - nouns
• BOMBSHELL a sudden or devastating action or effect; something surprising ...1860 sl.
• GAMBADO any sudden and fantastic action ...1857
• PANIC PARTY any sudden move ...1940s Aust. sl.
SUDDEN - verbs
• ZOT to move quickly or suddenly ...c1965
SUDDENLY - adverbs
• ALL OF A HEAP suddenly ...1981 Amer. dial.
• ALL OF A HOT suddenly, unexpectedly ...1895 Eng. dial.
• AT A SWOOP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AT ONE JUMP adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BANG suddenly, abruptly ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BANG-OFF suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAZZ suddenly, abruptly ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BLAM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOWIE suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAPLUMP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CASMACK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAP quickly, suddenly, at one swoop ...1895 Eng. dial.
• HASTILY † soon, without delay, shortly, suddenly ...1549
• IN A BANG suddenly, hastily ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IN AN UNPLUNGE suddenly, unexpectedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IN GREAT SUDDEN † very suddenly ...a1674
• KERPLUMP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KERSMACK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF A SUDDENTY † all of a sudden, suddenly ...c1440
• ON A DIME precisely, suddenly ...1996 US sl.
• OUT OF HAND at once, immediately; without premeditation, suddenly; extempore ...a1300
• PLOP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUNK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POWIE suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAM-BAZZ suddenly and with headlong force ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCLYTE flatly; suddenly, as with a fall ...1881 Sc.
• SKELP quickly and violently; suddenly
• SLAP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAP-BANG suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACK-DAB suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKO suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOCKO suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UPON THE GAD † suddenly ...1605
• WHAM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHANG suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A SISERARY † with a vengeance; suddenly, promptly ...1607
• ZOOM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZOWIE suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SUDDENNESS - nouns
• HASTINESS † quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness ...c1330
• SUBITANEOUSNESS † suddenness ...1727
• SUDDEN †* suddenness ...1575
• SUDDENTY † suddenness, unexpectedness ...1388 chiefly Sc.
• ZOT suddenness of movement; a swift surprise strike, as of lightning ...c1965
SUDS - nouns
• SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles ...1887 Sc.
SUE - nouns, person
• SUITOR one who sues or petitions; a petitioner, suppliant ...1402 arch.
SUE - verbs
• ACTIONIZE * to bring a legal action against; to sue ...1872
• LAW to sue or prosecute ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SUIT † to make one's suit to, to petition; to bring a suit against; to sue ...1559-60
SUFFER - verbs
• ABAW to suffer for ...1897 Sc.
• ABEAR to endure; to suffer ...c885
• ABY 1. to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate ...c1175 arch.
2. to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure ...1374 arch.
• ABYE to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure ...1374 arch.
• ADREE † to bear, to endure, to suffer ...a1000
• BUY THE RABBIT to be worsted; to be made to suffer ...1825 sl.
• CAIL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAYL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAT ONE'S HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1596
• EAT ONE'S OWN HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1879
• EAT ONE'S SHORTS to die, to suffer ...1970s US sl.
• EHA to suffer, to be hurt ...1938 Hawaii
• FART to suffer ...1970s sl.
• KAILE to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S DASH to reach one's limit; to exhaust one's energies; to lose one's opportunity, and suffer accordingly ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PAIN † to suffer pain or distress; to suffer ...c1315
• PAY THE MAIL to get one's deserts, to suffer for the wrongs one has done, to pay the penalty ...1807 Sc.
• RAIN ON to make suffer; to beat up; to lose one's temper with ...1920s US sl.
• SUFFER LIKE A THOLEPIN to suffer excessively ...1904 Amer. dial.
• TAG to suffer, to be punished ...1970s sl.
• TAKE A BATH to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling ...1930s sl.
• TAKE A BEATING to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling ...1930s sl.
• TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE IT to suffer adversity and unhappiness without complaint ...20C sl.
• THOLE to bear, to suffer, to endure, to tolerate ...1786 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRAW to suffer pain ...1805 Sc.
SUFFER - phrases
• ONE'S ASS IS CREAM CHEESE one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.' one is 'history' ...1976 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS IS GRASS one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.' one is 'history' ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
SUFFERED - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S ASS IN A SLING to have suffered unjustly at the hands of another ...M20 US sl.
SUFFERING - adjectives
• BALEFUL † full of pain or suffering; painful ...c1200
• BEADLESS of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FAMISHED suffering for lack of something vital other than food ...1943 Amer. dial.
• IMPATIBLE † incapable of suffering, or of sustaining injury ...1541
• LONGANIMOUS * long-suffering; enduring, patient ...1620
• ON THE RACK in a state of acute physical or mental suffering; in keen anxiety or suspense ...1596
• SUFFERABLE † 1. patient, long-suffering ...1303 obs. exc. arch.
† 2. attended with suffering ...1548
• SUFFERANT † long-suffering, patient ...c1330
• TO THE CURB destitute, suffering from hard times ...1989 US sl.
• UNTHROWLICH † incapable of suffering ...a1225
• WAE-WORTH deserving to experience sorrow or suffering ...a1838 Sc.
SUFFERING - adverbs
• SUFFERABLY † to the accompaniment of suffering ...1548
SUFFERING - nouns
• BALE † 1. physical suffering, torment, pain, woe ...c1250
2. mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief ...c1325
• BEARANCE endurance, patient suffering ...1725 arch.
• BIDE pain, suffering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIDINGS sufferings ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARE † mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble ...c1250
• DERF † trouble, adversity, tribulation, hurt, suffering ...c1205
• LANGUOR † mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit ...a1300
• MARTYRDOM torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1386
• MARTYRE † torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1330
• MARTYREMENT † intense suffering ...1340
• MARTYRY † suffering, torment ...1677
• PAINING * the act of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering ...c1440
• RACK that which causes acute suffering, physical or mental; also, the result produced by this; intense pain or suffering ...1591
• SAINT-PETER'S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUFFERANCE 1. patient endurance, forbearance, long-suffering ...a1300 arch.
2. the suffering or undergoing of pain, trouble, wrong, etc. ...1426 arch.
• SUFFERING † patient endurance, long-suffering ...a1340
• WANTS † straits; circumstances or times of want, hardship, suffering, etc. ...1588
SUFFERING - nouns, person
• SUFFERANT † one who is patient or long-suffering ...c1374
SUFFERING - verbs
• IMMOLATE to give up to destruction or to severe suffering or loss for the sake of something else; to 'sacrifice' ...1634
• INASPERATE †* to exacerbate suffering ...a1639
• MARTYR to inflict grievous suffering or pain upon; to torment, to torture ...c1240
• SAUCE † to exacerbate suffering ...c1510
SUFFICE - verbs
• GAIN † to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice ...c1200
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• MAKE THE NUT to suffice ...1966 US sl.
• PACIFY to satisfy, to suffice ...1896 Ireland
• SAIR to suffice, to satisfy; ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SARROW to satisfy; to suffice ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SATISFICE to satisfy, to suffice ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUFFIE †* to suffice ...c1380
SUFFICIENCY - nouns
• BELLYFUL a sufficiency, whether of food or drink or something else which the subject has lost patience with or interest in through repetition ...L14
• GUTFUL a sufficiency, quite as much of anything as one wants or care to take; enough to surfeit or disgust one; a bellyful...1900 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• GUTSFUL a sufficiency, quite as much of anything as one wants or care to take ...1920s colloq., orig. Aust. & NZ
• SADE a sufficiency ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAIRING sufficiency, as much as satisfies one, esp. of food ...1856 Sc.
• SATIETY * a sufficiency or abundance ...1635
SUFFICIENT - adjectives
• ABOUNDABLE † fully sufficient, abundant ...c1400
• BASTANT † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
• ENOW enough, sufficient in quantity ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OMNISUFFICIENT † all-sufficient ...1543 obs. or rare
• SKILFUL † sufficient, ample ...a1350
• SUFFIAND † sufficient ...1456
• SUFFISANT † sufficient ...a1340
SUFFICIENT - nouns
• OMNISUFFICIENCE †* the quality of being all-sufficient ...1660
• OMNISUFFICIENCY †* the quality of being all-sufficient ...1577
• SUFFICIENCE sufficient supply, means, or resources ...c1380 arch.
• SUFFICIENTY † sufficient quantity or amount ...1450
• SUFFISANCE † sufficient provision or supply; enough to supply one's needs ...c1381
SUFFICIENT - verbs
• ADEQUATE † 1. to equal, to be equal to, or sufficient for ...1599
† 2. to make equal or sufficient ...1622
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• REACH to be sufficient ...1935 Amer. dial.
SUFFICIENTLY - adverbs
• ENOUGH sufficiently, considerably ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ENOW enough, in a sufficient degree ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SUFFISANTLY † sufficiently, adequately, competently ...a1340
SUFFOCATE - verbs
• ACHOKE † to choke, to suffocate ...c1200
• GAG † to strangle, to suffocate ...c1440
• OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation ...1953 Amer. dial.
• QUACKLE † to interrupt breathing; to suffocate; to choke ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUERKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEZZEN to suffocate with noxious vapour ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIZZLE † to suffocate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• SMOTHERATE to suffocate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNUFFOCATE to suffocate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUFFOCATE to suffocate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUFFOKE †* to suffocate, to drown ...1490
• WHIRKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SUFFOCATED - adjectives
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SUFFOCATE † suffocated by deprivation of air ...1460
SUFFOCATING - adjectives
• STUFFOCATING stuffy, suffocating ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SUFFOCATION - nouns
• SCOMFISH a suffocating atmosphere; a state of suffocation ...1825 Sc.
SUFFUSE - verbs
• SUFFUND †* to suffuse ...1657
SUGAR - adjectives
• SUGARY †* fond of sugar or sweet things ...1664
SUGAR - nouns
• ANTY sugar ...1910s Aust. sl.
• BANGY brown sugar ...1859 Brit. sl.
• DIRT sugar ...c1925 prison sl.
• EASY DIGGING granulated sugar ...1938 US sl.
• LACE sugar ...18C sl.
• NIGGER SPIT (derogatory) the lumps in Demerara sugar ...L19 sl.
• SAND † moist sugar ...1812 sl.
• SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea of coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• ZIP sugar ...1938 Amer. dial.
SUGAR - verbs
• QUALIFY to put sugar and cream in coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea or coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
SUGAR DADDY - nouns, person
• POPSIE a sugar daddy ...1910s US sl.
SUGGEST - nouns, person
• SUGGESTRESS a female who suggests ...1845
SUGGEST - verbs
• ADJOUST † to put a thing to one for consideration; to bring forward, to suggest ...c1374
• CHIP IN to give advice, a suggestion, or the like ...1903 Amer. sl.
• EVEN to impute, to suspect, to suggest, to hint at or charge with anything, used in a bad sense; to think entitled to, or deserving of, used in a good sense ...1844 Sc.
• SUBINDUCE † to insinuate, to suggest indirectly ...1640 rare or obs.
• SUGGER †* to prompt, to suggest ...1502
SUGGESTION - nouns
• ADVISO † an advice, counsel, suggestion ...1591
• SUGGEST † a suggestion ...a1600
• SUGGESTMENT * suggestion ...1827
SUGGESTIVE - adjectives
• SIGNIFICATIVE highly significant or suggestive ...1677
SUGGESTIVE - nouns
• SUGGESTIVITY * the quality of being suggestive ...1842
SUICIDAL - adjectives
• SUICIDICAL †* suicidal ...1755
SUICIDE - nouns
• CURE suicide ...1949 US sl.
• EARLY PAROLE suicide ...1990s Aust. prison sl.
• FAILURE TO FLY a tag applied to failed suicides ...2002 UK medical sl.
• HAPPY DISPATCH Englishmen's term for hara-kiri; suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the higher classes in Japan when in circumstances of disgrace, or under sentence of death; ...1856
• HARA-KIRI suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the higher classes in Japan when in circumstances of disgrace, or under sentence of death ...1856
• NIGHT TRAIN suicide ...1984 US sl.
• RASH ACT suicide ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SIDEWAYS suicide ...1960s NZ prison & US campus weak rhyming sl.
• SIDEWAYS suicide ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SIDEWAYS TRIP a suicide in prison ...1984 US sl.
• SUICISM † suicide ...1751
SUICIDE - nouns, person
• AUTOCIDE †* a self-destroyer; a person who commits suicide ...1635
• LEAPER a person who threatens to or actually does jump to their death ...1954 US sl.
• QUITTER a suicide ...1982 US sl.
SUICIDE - verbs
• CASH IN ONE'S CHIPS to commit suicide ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CHUCK IT to commit suicide ...1960s US campus sl.
• CHUCK IT IN to commit suicide ...1960s US campus sl.
• CHUCK IT UP to commit suicide ...1960s US campus sl.
• DERRICK to execute or suicide by hanging ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DIE QUEER to commit suicide ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DO A BRODIE to commit suicide ...L19 sl.
• DO A DUTCH to commit suicide ...1902 sl., orig. US
• DO AWAY WITH (ONESELF) to kill deliberately; to commit suicide ...1927 sl.
• DO ONESELF IN to commit suicide ...20C sl.
• DO THE DUTCH ACT to commit suicide ...1902 sl., orig. US
• EAT ONE'S GUN to commit suicide by shooting oneself with the barrel of the gun inserted in the mouth ...1975 US police usage
• EAT THE GUN to commit suicide by shooting oneself with the barrel of the gun inserted in the mouth ...1975 US police usage
• FALL ON ONE'S SWORD to commit suicide, esp. after a defeat and for the good of the general cause ...1990s Amer. sl.
• GO SIDEWAYS to commit suicide ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE CAN to die; to commit suicide ...1978 US sl.
• KICK SUE IN THE SIDE to commit suicide ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KICK SUZY IN THE SIDE to commit suicide ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PULL THE PLUG to commit suicide ...1981 sl.
• TAKE A BRODIE to commit suicide ...L19 sl.
• TAKE GAS to kill oneself by any method ...1960s sl.
• TAKE IT TO THE VENT to commit suicide ...1989 US sl.
• TAKE ONESELF OUT to commit suicide ...1960s US sl.
• TAKE THE BIG DIVE to commit suicide ...1974 US sl.
• TAKE THE DUTCH ROUTE to commit suicide ...20C US prison sl.
• TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT to commit suicide ...20C sl.
• TAKE THE GAS PIPE to commit suicide ...1951 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE PIPE to commit suicide ...1962 Amer. dial.
• TOP to execute by hanging; to kill; to commit suicide ...1718 sl.
SUIT - adjectives
• FADGING † that fits, suits, etc.; well-matched ...c1611
SUIT - nouns
• DUCK SOUP something that suits one perfectly ...1910s US sl.
SUIT (clothes) - see CLOTHES
SUIT - verbs
• BESET † to become, to suit, to look well on, to befit, to set off ...1567
• BESIT † to sit properly upon, as a dress; to fit, to suit, to become ...c1449
• BEVEL to fit, to apply, to suit ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DIEN to suit, to satisfy, to answer ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIENE to serve, to suit ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DO ONE A TREAT to suit one absolutely ...L19 sl.
• FADGE † to suit, to fit, to agree ... 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAY † to suit; to match with ...c1300
• GEE to agree; to suit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OPPORTUNE †* to be well adapted or convenient to; to suit, to accommodate ...a1637
• TAILOR-MAKE to design to suit exactly ...1898
• VANDT to become a person, to fit, to suit ...Bk1905 Sc.
SUITABILITY - nouns
• ADAPTNESS †* the quality of being adapted, suitability, adaptedness ...1749
• BECOMENESS †* becomingness; fitness, suitability ...1656
• DECOROUSNESS † seemliness, fitness, suitability, appropriateness ...1678
SUITABLE - adjectives
• ACCOMMODATE † suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit ...1525
• ACCORDABLE † agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable ...c1374
• AFFERANT † falling by right, pertaining, befitting, appropriate, suitable ...1480
• CAKE-O all right, correct, safe, suitable, what is required, comfortable ...2001 UK back-slang for 'OK'
• DECOROUS † seemly, suitable, appropriate ...1664
• FEAT † fitting, suitable, proper ...c1325 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FIT AS A PUDDING FOR A FRIAR'S MOUTH very fit or suitable, appropriate, welcome ...1827
• GAINAND appropriate, becoming, suitable ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
• GAINLY † proper, becoming, suitable; comely, good-looking ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HABILE † fitted, suited; fit, suitable; competent to do something ...c1425 chiefly Sc.
• HANDSOME † handy, ready at hand, convenient, suitable ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IDONEAL * idoneous; apt, fit, or suitable ...1760
• IDONEOUS * apt, fit, or suitable ...a1615
• MACKLIKE apt, suitable ...1911 Sc.
• MATCHABLE † suitable, well-suited, accordant ...1611
• NECESSARY suitable ...1897 Eng. dial.
• OPPORTUNATE † fit, suitable, proper, opportune ...1541
• PANNABLE well-adapted, suitable, likely to fit properly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SITTING † becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate ...a1366
• SUITING † fitting, suitable ...1641
• SUITLY † suitable, appropriate ...1459
• WELL SITTING † becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate ...a1366
SUITABLE, SUITABLENESS - nouns
• ABILITY † suitableness, fitness, aptitude ...c1380
• ACCOMMODATENESS † the quality of being suited; suitableness ...1660
• BESORT † suitable company ...1604
• IDONEITY fitness, suitableness or aptitude ...1617
• IDONEOUSNESS fitness, suitableness ...1727
• NEED-TIME a fitting time; a suitable opportunity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDE a suitable, favourable, or proper time or occasion; season; opportunity ...c888 arch.
SUITABLE - adverbs
• ALL JIMMY exactly; fit; suitable ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
SUITABLE - verbs
• FADGE † of things: to fit, to suit, to be suitable; to agree, to go down with a person ...1578
• GAIN † to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice ...c1200.
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• QUADRATE * to be fitting, suitable, or consistent; of two things: to harmonize with each other ...1664
• QUEME †* to be suitable or fitting for ...c1400
• SIT † to be suitable, fitting, proper, or seemly ...c1330
SUITABLE - phrases
• JUST THE TATY just the thing, exact, fit, suitable ...1843 Eng. dial.
SUITABLY - adverbs
• DECENTLY † suitably; fittingly ...1552
• DENTLY well, properly, suitably ...Bk1900 Eng, dial.
• FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly ...a1300 arch.
• GAINLY † suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SITTINGLY † in a befitting or becoming manner; fittingly, suitably ...a1300
• SUITLY † fittingly, suitably ...1388
SUITCASE - nouns
• GO-'WAY SACK a travelling bag or suitcase ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SCRAM BAG in circus and carnival usage: a suitcase that is always packed in the event that a hasty departure has become the prudent course of action ...1981 US sl.
SUITED - adjectives
• FEATED † suited ...1606
• MATCHABLE † suitable, well-suited, accordant ...1611
SUITED - nouns
• ACCOMMODATENESS † the quality of being suited; suitableness ...1660
SUITCASE - nouns
• ARM-STRETCHER a heavy suitcase ...1992 US sl.
• KEESTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box ...1882 US sl.
• KEISTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box ...1882 US sl.
• KEYSTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc. ...1882 US sl.
• KISTER a suitcase ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUKA a small suitcase, or the like ...WWII US Navy use
SUITED - adjectives
• ACCOMMODATE † suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit ...1525
SUITOR - adjectives
• SUITORCIDE fatal to suitors ...1839 nonce word
SUITOR - nouns, person
• BACHELOR an admirer; a suitor ...1885 Ireland
• HANG-SLEEVE a dangler; an officious but unmeaning suitor ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAN a lover, a suitor ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUITRESS * a female suitor ...1714
SUITOR - verbs
• BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCE to reject as a suitor ...1893 US colloq.
• GIVE ONE THE IGG to reject a suitor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ICY MITT to reject as a suitor ...1915 Amer. dial.
• HANG UP THE HAT to be very intimate in a house; to be an accepted suitor ...1889 Sc.
• KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1809 Amer. dial.
• KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SUE to be a suitor to a woman ...1588 arch.
SULK, SULKINESS, SULKING - nouns
• AMPLEFEYST of persons or animals: a sulky humour; a fit of spleen ...B1900 Sc.
• CAG sulkiness, ill humour ...E19 Eng. dial.
• FANTODS a feeling of depression; the blues; a fit of the sulks; a being gloomy ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GLUMPS a state of sulking ...arch.
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• GRUMBLES, THE bad temper, sulkiness ...M19 sl.
• GRUMPS, THE a depressed or sulky mood ...1835 colloq.
• HUMP a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression ...1873 UK sl.
• JUNTOUS a fit of sulks, a sulky state ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KAGG sulkiness, ill humour ...E19 sl.
• MOODY a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1969 Brit. sl.
• MULLIGRUBS depression of spirits; a fit of the blues; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper ...1599
• PADDY a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1894 UK
• PADDYWACK a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1899 sl.
• PADDYWHACK a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1899 sl.
• PUSS a sulky expression ...Irish sl.
• SNIT a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1939 US sl.
• SULKS, THE a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1818
SULK, BE SULKY - verbs
• BLONK to put on a sulky or sour face; to scowl ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHEW THE FAT to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to sulk, to be resentful ...c1880 military sl.
• DISGRUBBLE †* to disgruntle, to put into a sulky dissatisfaction or ill humour, to make discontented ...1689
• DO A BROWN ACT to act in a shy manner; to sulk ...1980s NZ sl.
• FAUNCH to fret, to worry; to show irritation or impatience; to complain, to sulk ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly ...B1900 Sc.
• GROUCH to sulk or grumble; to mope ...1916 colloq.
• GROUT to grumble, to sulk ...1848 US
• HANG ONE'S LIP to sulk or pout; to act annoyed or disappointed ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE POLLY-POUTS to be sulky ...Bk1915 Amer. dial.
• HOLD IT to feel angry or resentful; to sulk or not speak ...20C sl.
• NAB THE RUST to be ill-tempered or sullen: to be angry or sulky; to take offense ...L18 sl.
• PACK A SHITTY to sulk ...1985 Aust. sl.
• PEEVE to disgruntle; to annoy; to infuriate; to complain, to sulk, to pout ...1908 colloq., orig. US
• PULL THE MOODY to sulk ...1969 Brit. sl.
• SNUDGE to sulk, to get into a huff ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUNK † to be sullen, to sulk ...1737
• THRUM to act on a foolish whim; to become sulky or ill-humoured ...Bk1905 Sc.
SULKILY - adverbs
• APURT in a sulky manner; disagreeably ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCOUK with a gloomy, scowling countenance; sulkily ...Bk1904 Sc.
SULKING, SULKY - adjectives
• APURT sulky, sullen, disagreeable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CAG sulky, morose...M19 US criminals' sl.
• CLANGLUMSHOUS sulky ...1841 Sc.
• DODDY sulky; ill-tempered ...Sc.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky ...1861 colloq.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GUMPLE-FOISTED sulky, in a bad humour, out of temper; ill-humoured ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-WILLED sulky, ill-tempered; reluctant ...1898 Sc.
• ILL-WILLIED sulky, ill-tempered; reluctant ...1898 Sc.
• IN THE MOPS sulky ...B1900
• IN THE SUDS in the sulks, in the blues; downcast, in the dumps; ill-humoured ...1611 Eng. dial.
• MADANCHOLY very vexed; sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARDY of a child: spoiled, sulky, whining ...E20 dial.
• NITTERET ill-natured, sulky-looking, crusty ...1866 Sc.
• NUNTY of persons: ill-tempered, cross, sulky ...1894 Eng. dial.
• OBSTEER stubborn, sulky, awkward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED sulky, petulant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• QUAMP still, quiet; also, sulky ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCOUKING-LIKE sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOUKING-LOOKING sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• STRUNTY short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STUFFY sulky, obstinate, ill-humoured ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• STULTITIOUS ill-tempered, sulky ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUNKAN † sulking, sullen ...1728
• TAIRDIE peevish, ill-humoured, sulky; satirical ...Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• TARDIE † peevish, ill-humoured, sulky; satirical ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TARTUFFISH † sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate ...B1900 Sc.
• UGLY ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNKED cross, out of temper; silent, sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SULKY - nouns, person
• DIKBEK a sulky or surly person ...1970 S. Afr. sl.
• GRIZZLE-POT a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining ...B1900 sl.
• GROUCH a sullen, sulky or ill-tempered person ...1900 colloq.
• NADGER a sulky, bad-tempered person ...1899 Ireland
• PURTING-GLUMPOT a sulky person ...1837 Eng. dial.
• SOUR-LUGS a sulky fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SULK * a person who sulks ...1883
SULKY - verbs
• CAG IT to render sulky, ill-humoured ...1811 sl.
• HAVE A GROUCH ON to be sullen or sulky ...1895 Amer. sl.
• NAB THE RUST to be angry or sulky; to take offense ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RIDE GRUB to take offense; to be sulky, or out of humour ...B1785 colloq.
• SCOUK to scowl, to look from under the eyebrows balefully or furtively; to look angry, sulky, or furtive ...c1715 Sc.
• SKOOK to skulk; to scowl; to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ...1845 Sc.
• SUMPH to be ill-humoured, to be sulky ...1867 Sc.
SULLEN - adjectives
• APRILLED made sullen or sour ...1746 Eng. dial.
• APURT sulky, sullen, disagreeable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• APURTED sullen ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BLONK sullen ...19C Eng. dial.
• BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CAMLA-LIKE † sullen, surly ...1767 Sc.
• DERF unbending in manner, sullen ...1808 Sc.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner ...1765
• FAROUCHIE sullen, shy and repellent in manner ...1765 Sc.
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen, inclined to grumbling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND in a very morose or sullen temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SATURNIAN † sullen, melancholy ...1656
• SATURNIOUS † gloomy, sullen, melancholy ...1591
• SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary ...1825 Sc.
• SCOUKING-LIKE sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOUKING-LOOKING sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STRUMMY pettish, sullen ...B1900 Sc.
• SUMPHISH sullen, surly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUNKAN † sulking, sullen ...1728
• TARTUFFISH † sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate ...B1900 Sc.
• THRUM † blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
SULLEN, SULLENNESS - nouns
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MULLIGRUBS depression of spirits; a fit of the blues; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper ...1599
• SUMPHISHNESS ill-humour, sullenness ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SULLEN - nouns, person
• AKLIN a sullen person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GROUCH a sullen, sulky or ill-tempered person ...1900 colloq.
• SATURNIAN † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1591
• SATURNINE † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1631
• SATURNIST † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1569
• SUMPH a surly or sullen man ...1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SULLEN - verbs
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• CARRY THE CAG to be vexed, sullen; to be easily irritated; to lack a sense of humour, esp. as regards jokes against oneself ...1811 sl.
• DARK to obscure, to cloud, to dim, to sully ...c1374 arch.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOUT to look sullen
• GLUNCH to look sullen ...Sc.
• HAVE A GROUCH ON to be sullen or sulky ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MOG to pout, to grow sullen, to mope; to refuse food ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAB THE RUST to be ill-tempered or sullen: to be angry or sulky; to take offense ...L18 sl.
• RIDE GRUB to be sullen, ill-tempered ...B1785 colloq.
• SUNK † to be sullen, to sulk ...1737
SULLEN - phrases
• BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person ...1834
SULLENLY - adverbs
• EVILLY sullenly; broodingly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SUMPHISHLY ill-humouredly, sullenly ...1802 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SULLY - verbs
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• BESMIRCH to sully, to dim the lustre of ...1602
• BESMUT to stain, to sully ...1610
• BESPURT † to abuse; to sully with vice ...1603
• BESPURTLE † to asperse with reproach or abuse; to sully with vice ...1604
• BESULLY to sully or soil badly ...a1635
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• SUDDLE to soil, to sully, to defile ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SULE † to soil, to sully ...c897
• TAINT † to sully, to stain, to tarnish a person's honour ...1613
SULLYING - nouns
• SULLEY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• SULLY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
SULTANA - nouns
• SALTY BANANAS sultanas ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
SULTRY - adjectives
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• FADY of the weather: damp, sultry, close ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FAINT of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FAINTY of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1849 Eng. dial.
• MEETH of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUALMY of the weather: close, sultry, producing sickly languor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUILSTERING of the weather: sweltering, close, hot, sultry ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SOULTERING † sweltering, sultry ...1581
• SULTERING † sweltering, sultry ...1581
• UNKETTY of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
SULTRY - nouns
• SULTER †* a spell of sultry weather ...1667
SUM - adverbs
• SUMMA † in sum ...1535
SUM - nouns
• RANSOM †* a large sum ...a1400-50
• RATE † the total computed or estimated quantity, amount, or sum of anything, usually as forming a basis for calculating other quantities or sums ...1472-3
• SLUMP SUM a lump sum ... Sc.
SUM - verbs
• SUMMATE * to sum ...1900
• SUM-TOTALIZE to reckon or state the sum-total; to sum up ...1840
SUMMARIZE - nouns, person
• SUMMIST † one who summarizes or abridges ...1600
• SUMMISTER † one who summarizes or abridges ...1586
• SUMMULARY †* one who summarizes or abridges ...1581
SUMMARIZE - verbs
• DECURT † to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge; to summarize ...1550
• SUBSUME † to resume, to summarize ...a1677
SUMMARIZED - adjectives
• SUMMED † summarized, summary ...a1653
SUMMARY - adverbs
• SUMMARILY by way of summary, in short ...1528
SUMMARY - nouns
• CAPITLE † a summary ...1382
• RAMASS †* a summary, résumé ...1606 Sc.
• SUMMULARY †* a summary, a compendium ...1643
• WRAP-UP a completion; a final treatment, a summary; the end, the conclusion ...1950s Amer. sl.
SUMMARY - nouns, person
• SUMMARIST one who compiles a summary ...1873
SUMMER - adjectives
• AESTABLE † belonging to summer ...1731
• AESTIVAL belonging to summer, or the summer solstice ...1386
• AESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• ESTIVAL belonging to summer, or the summer solstice ...1386
• ESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• ESTIVOUS † pertaining to summer, summer-like ...c1420
• SUMMERFUL †* having the summer development or quality, summery ...1614
• SUMMERLY † pert. to summer; taking place in summer ...c1000
SUMMER - nouns
• AESTIVATION † the passing or spending of the summer; summer retreat or residence ...1625
• ESTIVATION † the passing or spending of the summer; summer retreat or residence ...1625
• GOOD OLD SIMMER TIME summer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MERCHANT MAY'S LITTLE SUMMER a fine summer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUMMERING † a summer excursion, festivity, or revelling ...1606
• SUMMER'S TIDE † summer-time ...a1000
• SUMMER-TIDE summer-time ...c1250 chiefly poetic
SUMMER - verbs
• AESTIVATE to spend the summer ...1626
• ESTIVATE to spend the summer ...1626
• SUMMERIZE to spend the summer ...1797 nonce word
SUMMER - phrases
• BETWEEN GRASS AND HAY between summer and winter ...1968 Amer. dial.
SUMMIT - nouns
• FASTIGIUM the apex or summit; the ridge of a house ...1677
• NABB a hillock, a knoll; the summit of a hill or prominence ...1826 Sc.
• SUMMARY * the highest point or summit; also, the ultimate outcome ...1851
• SUMMITY † the topmost part, the top; the summit ...1375 obs. or arch.
• TIP-TOP the very top; the highest point or part; the extreme summit ...1702 colloq.
• VAN a height or summit ...1871
SUMMON - verbs
• ACCERSE †* to summon ...1548
• ACCITE † to summon, to call ...1506
• ADVOCATE † to summon, to invite ...1555
• BAN † to summon by proclamation ...a1000
• BECALL † to call, to summon ...c1325
• BLISTER to arrest or summon someone ...1909 Brit. sl.
• OFCLEPE † to call for, to summon, to get by calling ...c1000
• OFGREDE †* to call for, to summon ...a1300
• SUMMOND † to summon ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SUMMONED - adjectives
• ACCERSITED †* summoned, sent for ...1548
SUMMONING - nouns
• ADVOCATION † a calling of people to council; a summoning or convocation ...1474
SUMMONS - adjectives
• SUMMONARY †* that deals with summonses ...1762
SUMMONS - nouns
• BAN a summons by public proclamation; a public proclamation or edict ...1297
• BLISTER a summons ...1903 Brit. sl.
• BLUE PAPER a summons; a traffic ticket ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUEY a summons; a traffic ticket ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUMMATION † summons ...1471
• SUMMONANCE † a summons ...c1386
• SUMMOND † summons ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng., dial.
• SUMMONITION † a summons ...c1450
SUMMONS - nouns, person
• SUMNER one who is employed to summon persons to appear in court ...1362
• NATURAL something that is sure to succeed; a winner ...1920 Amer. sl.
SUCCEED - nouns, person
• MAN IN THE GAP one who bravely fights for and succeeds in achieving a cause or position ...20C Irish sl.
SUCCEED - verbs
• ACE to manage a difficult situation successfully, esp. to score a grade of A on an examination or in a course ...1955 US sl., orig. college usage
• ACE IT to succeed at the last minute ...1955 US sl.
• ACE OUT to do well, to succeed, as in an examination ...1950s sl., orig. US campus
• ARRIVE to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group ...20C Amer. sl.
• BE ON A HIDING TO NOTHING to be unlikely to succeed. or be unlikely to gain much advantage if one does ...1905
• BRING HOME THE BACON to earn wages, esp. as the head of a household; to make a profit; broadly, to succeed in an endeavour ...1909 Amer. sl.
• CAKEWALK to succeed without problems; to accomplish with supreme ease ...1930s US sl.
• COME OUT to succeed ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• COP to win someone over ...1910s sl.
• COP OUT to win someone over ...1910s sl.
• DRIVE THE NAIL HOME to succeed; to come to the point ...1892 sl.
• EDIFY † to take form, to grow; also, to prosper, to achieve success ...a1400
• EEM to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing ...1674 Eng. dial.
• EXCEED to succeed ...1922 Amer. dial.
• FADGE † to succeed, to thrive ... 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAY † to do, to go on favourably, to succeed ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FOLLOW THROUGH to press one's advantage until success is gained; to follow one action with the next obvious one; to ascertain that something has been done properly ...Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
• FOLLOW UP to press one's advantage until success is gained; to follow one action with the next obvious one; to ascertain that something has been done properly ...Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
• GET ONE'S SHARE OF THE CAKE to succeed ...17C colloq.
• GLICK to come out right, to succeed ...1914 Amer. dial.
• HACK IT to achieve, to succeed in a task, to solve a problem ...1952 US sl.
• HACK THE COURSE to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed ...1966 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force
• HACK UP to achieve, to succeed in a task ...1950s US sl.
• HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD to succeed ; to come to the point ...1574 sl.
• HIT THE RIGHT NAIL ON THE HEAD to succeed ; to come to the point ...1897 sl.
• KNOCK PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit ...M19 sl.
• MAKE A COME-BACK to succeed again after a (long) retirement ...c1920 colloq, orig. sporting usage
• MAKE A SPOON OR SPOIL A HORN to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure; to succeed in an enterprise or fail deplorably ...1880
• MAKE A STRIKE to achieve, to succeed or be lucky ...Bk1904 colloq.
• MAKE MICKLE OF to succeed, to prosper ...1824 Sc.
• MAKE ONE'S JACK to make one's fortune; to succeed in an undertaking ...1778 Eng. dial.
• NAUP to hit the mark; to succeed ...1869 Eng. dial.
• PAN to yield good results; to show to advantage; to succeed ...1871
• PLAY IN PEORIA to succeed in rural, provincial areas ...20C sl.
• PULL SOMETHING OUT OF ONE'S ASS to invent or produce something seemingly from nowhere; to succeed narrowly ...1974 Amer. sl.
• RAKE UP THE PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit ...M19 sl.
• RIDE ON THE RIDGE to come to the top, to succeed ...1856 Sc.
• RIDE ON THE RIGGIN to come to the top, to succeed ...1856 Sc.
• SAVE ONE'S GROATS to succeed, to do well ...L18 sl.
• SKIN BY to succeed by a small margin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKIN THROUGH to succeed by a small margin ...1902 Amer. dial.
• STRIKE OIL to succeed ...1863 Amer. sl.
• TAKE to succeed, to become popular ...L17 sl.
• TEAR ALONG to succeed or get on ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WALTZ to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use ...1960s sl.
• WORK LIKE A CHARM to achieve the objective with perfect success ...1880 Amer. sl.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
SUCCEEDED, SUCCEEDING - nouns, person
• ALRIGHTNIK one who has succeeded; one who has raised himself from immigrant poverty to material success, esp. of New York Jews ...1910s US sl.
• BALLER BLOCKER a person who stops one from succeeding ...2000s US Black sl.
SUCCEEDING (subsequent) - adjectives
• SUBALTERN †* succeeding in turn ...1604
• SUBALTERNAL † succeeding in turn, alternating ...1588
• SUBALTERNATE † successive, succeeding by turns ...1706
• SUBALTERNATING succeeding by turns ...1855
• SUCCEDENT † following, succeeding, subsequent ...c1450 now obs. or rare
• SUCCRESCENT †* arising afterwards, succeeding ...1653
SUCCEEDING (success) - adjectives
• ON THE MAKE improving one's status or situation; rising in position or influence; succeeding in one's business or vocation ...1864 Amer. colloq.
SUCCEEDING - nouns
• STYLING doing well, succeeding, academically as well as socially ...1980s US campus sl.
SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL - nouns
• ASS-KICKER a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc. ...1971 Amer. sl.
• BABY-DOLL a success ...1920s sl.
• BARN BURNER a highly successful or enjoyable occasion ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAKEWALK an easy or overwhelming success; anything considered very easy, simple, or certain ...1897 US sl.
• DAILY DOUBLE success in two fields of endeavour simultaneously; winning or obtaining any two different prizes, goal, or the like ...20C Amer. sl.
• DOOR-OPENER something that is effective in leading to opportunity or success ...colloq.
• DUCK SOUP a guaranteed success ...1900s US sl.
• ÉCLAT conspicuous success; universal applause, acclamation ...1741
• END-FARE success ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARE † condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success ...c1250
• FAT CITY success, wealth, often from criminal activities ...1960s sl.
• FLASH IN THE PAN a project, person, etc. that enjoys only short-lived success, notoriety, etc.
• GASSER something wonderful, very exceptional, extraordinarily successful ...1944 US sl.
• GIMMICK any device or plan or trick calculated to ensure success ...1930s sl.
• HAP † good fortune, good luck; success, prosperity ...a1225
• KILL a great success, usually financial ...M19 US sl.
• KILLING a great success, usually financial ...M19 US sl.
• LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power ...1970s Amer. show business usage
• SOCK a very successful show, performance, actor, etc. ...sl.
• SOCKEROO something excellent; something with an exceptional impact; a notable success ...1942 sl., orig. US
• THRIFT prosperity, success; luck ...1785 Sc.
• THRIVANCE † prosperity, success ...1814 Sc.
• WALLOP a success ...1930s sl.
• WALTZ an easy success, esp. in sporting use, as a boxing match in which neither fighter makes much effort ...1920s sl.
• WOW something very exciting and successful; a sensation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• WOWSER something very successful and impressive; a sensation ...1928 Amer. sl.
SUCCESS - verbs
• MAKE A RISE to do moderately well; to make a small success ...M19 Aust. sl.
SUCCESS - phrases
• IT'S A WOW it's a great success; it's admirable, really excellent ...1927 US sl.
• LIKE A BIG DOG having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
• LIKE A MOOSE having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ...1980s US college sl.
• NO SHOW no hope of success ...1960s Aust. sl.
• THAT DOG WILL HUNT the idea is a good one; success is probable ;;;1980s Amer. sl.
SUCCESSFUL - adjectives
• AFFECTUOUS †* influential, effective, successful ...1674
• EUROUS † lucky, prosperous, successful ...c1430
• FAT-CAT prosperous, successful; the implication being that such prosperity has been gained by corruption ...1950s sl., orig. US
• HOME ON THE PIG'S BACK very contented, happily or successfully placed, having arrived at a successful conclusion ...L19 Ireland, Aust. & NZ sl.
• IMPETRABLE † capable of obtaining or effecting something, successful ...1599
• IN THE MONEY wealthy, successful ...1902 sl.
• LARGE in the entertainment industry: popular, successful ...1957 Amer. sl.
• MEGA great, successful, excellent, special ...1969 UK sl.
• ON ONE having a successful time without any problems ...1980s US college sl.
• ROARING brisk; successful; strong ...1831 sl.
• SHIFTY alert; busy; industrious and successful ...1912 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS A GREASED PIG very pleasing, successful, pretty, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS A RAM-CAT very pleasing, successful, pretty, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS A SCHOOL-MARM'S LEG very pleasing, successful, pretty, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SOCK extremely successful ...sl.
• SOCKO extremely impressive or successful ...1935 sl.
• SUCCEEDING † successful ...1595-9
• SUCCESSIVE † attended or fraught with success; successful ...1582
SUCCESSFUL - nouns
• GET-PENNY † something which brings in money; a successful affair, as a theatrical performance ...1684
• GRAVY STREET an easy, profitable or successful situation ...1970s US sl.
SUCCESSFUL - nouns, person
• ALRIGHTNIK one who has succeeded; one who has raised himself from immigrant poverty to material success, esp. of New York Jews ...1910s US sl.
• ASS-KICKER a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc. ...1971 Amer. sl.
• CANDY BOY a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1906 US sl.
• CANDYMAN a fellow who is lucky, successful, or held in high favour, esp. with women ...1913 US sl.
• HAD-IT a person who was formerly successful ...1992 UK sl.
• LIVE ONE a success, or one who has the potential to be so ...1910s US sl.
• MACK DADDY an important, influential Black man, a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MCDADDY an important, influential Black man, a power in the community; a very successful or skilful man ...1990s US Black sl.
• MOVER an ambitious and successful person, both socially and with the opposite sex ...1950s sl.
• MOVERS AND GROOVERS ambitious, successful people ...1950s sl.
• MOVERS AND SHAKERS ambitious, successful people ...1950s sl.
• SOCK a very successful actor, etc. ...sl.
SUCCESSFUL - verbs
• BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK to have been very successful financially, esp. in a coup, and in the face of long odds or disapproval ...c1965
• BRING HOME THE BACON to achieve success ...colloq.
• CRACK A TIDY CRUST to be successful in life; to make a comfortable income ...c1850
• CRACK IT to succeed, to overcome obstacles, esp. to achieve a successful seduction (from the male point of view) ...1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• FISH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION to go in the right direction or toward a goal; to be on the right track ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE JACKPOT to achieve great success, esp. through luck
• HIT THE NAIL to be successful ...1814 Sc.
• LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK to be financially successful, esp. in the face of long odds or disapproval ...1969 sl.
• LIVE LARGE to be extremely, esp. ostentatiously, successful, popular, wealthy, etc. ...1975 Amer. sl.
• MACK to be conspicuously successful, esp. through the use of flattery or deceiving talk; to use one's cunning to advantage ...1991 Amer. sl.
• PULL OFF to succeed in doing or effecting something: to perform successfully; to accomplish or obtain, esp. something remarkable, unique, or outrageous ...1887 UK sl.
• MAKE A KILLING be a great success ...M19 US sl.
• MAKE ONE'S BONES to achieve a successful course or action in one's profession or work ...1970s sl.
• PULL OUT OF THE FIRE to save from failure or disaster; to turn a potentially disastrous situation into a successful one; to turn defeat into victory; to rescue ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUEER THE PITCH to spoil the chances of success ...Brit. colloq.
• TAKE A TRICK to show promise; to be successful ...L19 Aust. sl.
• TAKE OFF to be suddenly successful or very active ...1930s US sl.
SUCCESSFULLY - adverbs
• FAT successfully ...L19 US college sl.
• GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LIKE A BANDIT enthusiastically, very, fast, very successfully ...1970s US sl.
• SUCCESSIVELY † successfully, propitiously ...1582
SUCCESSION - adjectives
• SUCCESSANEAN †* marked by succession or transition ...1635
SUCCESSION - adverbs
• BEPLOTMELE † part by part, one portion after another, in due order or succession ...c1440
• HALE-WHEEL in wholesale fashion, in quick succession ...1882 Sc.
• OFF THE REEL in succession; right off ...1883 sl.
• SUCCESSANTLY †* in succession ...1588
• SUCCESSIVELY † by succession or inheritance ...1594
SUCCESSION - nouns
• SUBALTERNATION † succession by turn ...1616
• SUCCEEDING † succession ...c1460
• SUCCESS † succession as of heirs, rulers, etc. ...1587
• SUCCESSARY †* succession ...a1616
• SUING † succession in time or order of events, etc. ...a1425
• SUIT †* a succession, sequence ...1412-20
SUCCESSIVE - adjectives
• SUBALTERNATE † successive, succeeding by turns ...1706
SUCCESSIVELY - adverbs
• BY SUCCESSION(S) † successively ...1432-50
• ENDWAY continuously, successively; without end or interruption ...1874 Eng. dial.
SUCCESSOR - nouns, person
• SUCCESSARY †* a successor ...1486
SUCCOUR - adjectives
• SUCCOURABLE † affording succour; helpful ...c1400
SUCCOUR - nouns
• SUCCURRANCE † succour, aid, help, assistance ...c1450
SUCCOUR - verbs
• SUBLEVE †* to succour ...1542
SUCCULENT - adjectives
• NESH † soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force; delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAPPY † of edible fruit; juicy; succulent ...1562
• SUCCULOUS succulent ...1846
SUCCUMB - verbs
• GO TO THE WALL to give way, to succumb in a conflict or struggle ...1589
SUCK - verbs
• BAWL to suck; to swallow ...1930s sl.
• LAP †* to suck a teat ...1562
• NOURISH to suck ...1938 Amer. dial.
• TAW to suck greedily and with continuance, as a hungry child at the breast ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SUCKING - nouns
• HAUSTURE † the act of sucking or drinking up ...a1650
SUCKLE - verbs
• ELACT †* to suckle ...a1521
SUCKLING - adjectives
• LACTANT * suckling ...1727
SUCKLING - nouns
• LACTATION the act of giving suck to an infant; suckling ...1668
SUDDEN - adjectives
• HASTIS sudden ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden ...c1340 arch.
• QUICKED-UP hurriedly arranged; sudden, hastened ...1893 Amer. dial.
• REPENTINE † sudden ...c1510
• SUBITANE † sudden; rash ...1633
• SUBITANEOUS * sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed ...1651
• SUBITANY † sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed ...1603
• SUBITARY †* suddenly or hastily done, made, etc. ...1600
• SUBITE † sudden, hasty ...1483
• SUBITOUS † sudden ...1657
• UNHEEDY † heedless, careless, rash, precipitate, sudden ...1579
SUDDEN - nouns
• BOMBSHELL a sudden or devastating action or effect; something surprising ...1860 sl.
• GAMBADO any sudden and fantastic action ...1857
• PANIC PARTY any sudden move ...1940s Aust. sl.
SUDDEN - verbs
• ZOT to move quickly or suddenly ...c1965
SUDDENLY - adverbs
• ALL OF A HEAP suddenly ...1981 Amer. dial.
• ALL OF A HOT suddenly, unexpectedly ...1895 Eng. dial.
• AT A SWOOP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AT ONE JUMP adv. suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BANG suddenly, abruptly ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BANG-OFF suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAZZ suddenly, abruptly ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BLAM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOWIE suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAPLUMP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CASMACK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DAP quickly, suddenly, at one swoop ...1895 Eng. dial.
• HASTILY † soon, without delay, shortly, suddenly ...1549
• IN A BANG suddenly, hastily ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IN AN UNPLUNGE suddenly, unexpectedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IN GREAT SUDDEN † very suddenly ...a1674
• KERPLUMP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KERSMACK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF A SUDDENTY † all of a sudden, suddenly ...c1440
• ON A DIME precisely, suddenly ...1996 US sl.
• OUT OF HAND at once, immediately; without premeditation, suddenly; extempore ...a1300
• PLOP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUNK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POWIE suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAM-BAZZ suddenly and with headlong force ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCLYTE flatly; suddenly, as with a fall ...1881 Sc.
• SKELP quickly and violently; suddenly
• SLAP suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAP-BANG suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACK suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACK-DAB suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMACKO suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOCKO suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UPON THE GAD † suddenly ...1605
• WHAM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHANG suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A SISERARY † with a vengeance; suddenly, promptly ...1607
• ZOOM suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZOWIE suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SUDDENNESS - nouns
• HASTINESS † quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness ...c1330
• SUBITANEOUSNESS † suddenness ...1727
• SUDDEN †* suddenness ...1575
• SUDDENTY † suddenness, unexpectedness ...1388 chiefly Sc.
• ZOT suddenness of movement; a swift surprise strike, as of lightning ...c1965
SUDS - nouns
• SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles ...1887 Sc.
SUE - nouns, person
• SUITOR one who sues or petitions; a petitioner, suppliant ...1402 arch.
SUE - verbs
• ACTIONIZE * to bring a legal action against; to sue ...1872
• LAW to sue or prosecute ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SUIT † to make one's suit to, to petition; to bring a suit against; to sue ...1559-60
SUFFER - verbs
• ABAW to suffer for ...1897 Sc.
• ABEAR to endure; to suffer ...c885
• ABY 1. to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate ...c1175 arch.
2. to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure ...1374 arch.
• ABYE to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure ...1374 arch.
• ADREE † to bear, to endure, to suffer ...a1000
• BUY THE RABBIT to be worsted; to be made to suffer ...1825 sl.
• CAIL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAYL to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAT ONE'S HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1596
• EAT ONE'S OWN HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation ...1879
• EAT ONE'S SHORTS to die, to suffer ...1970s US sl.
• EHA to suffer, to be hurt ...1938 Hawaii
• FART to suffer ...1970s sl.
• KAILE to be in poor health, to suffer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S DASH to reach one's limit; to exhaust one's energies; to lose one's opportunity, and suffer accordingly ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PAIN † to suffer pain or distress; to suffer ...c1315
• PAY THE MAIL to get one's deserts, to suffer for the wrongs one has done, to pay the penalty ...1807 Sc.
• RAIN ON to make suffer; to beat up; to lose one's temper with ...1920s US sl.
• SUFFER LIKE A THOLEPIN to suffer excessively ...1904 Amer. dial.
• TAG to suffer, to be punished ...1970s sl.
• TAKE A BATH to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling ...1930s sl.
• TAKE A BEATING to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling ...1930s sl.
• TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE IT to suffer adversity and unhappiness without complaint ...20C sl.
• THOLE to bear, to suffer, to endure, to tolerate ...1786 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THRAW to suffer pain ...1805 Sc.
SUFFER - phrases
• ONE'S ASS IS CREAM CHEESE one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.' one is 'history' ...1976 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS IS GRASS one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.' one is 'history' ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
SUFFERED - verbs
• HAVE ONE'S ASS IN A SLING to have suffered unjustly at the hands of another ...M20 US sl.
SUFFERING - adjectives
• BALEFUL † full of pain or suffering; painful ...c1200
• BEADLESS of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FAMISHED suffering for lack of something vital other than food ...1943 Amer. dial.
• IMPATIBLE † incapable of suffering, or of sustaining injury ...1541
• LONGANIMOUS * long-suffering; enduring, patient ...1620
• ON THE RACK in a state of acute physical or mental suffering; in keen anxiety or suspense ...1596
• SUFFERABLE † 1. patient, long-suffering ...1303 obs. exc. arch.
† 2. attended with suffering ...1548
• SUFFERANT † long-suffering, patient ...c1330
• TO THE CURB destitute, suffering from hard times ...1989 US sl.
• UNTHROWLICH † incapable of suffering ...a1225
• WAE-WORTH deserving to experience sorrow or suffering ...a1838 Sc.
SUFFERING - adverbs
• SUFFERABLY † to the accompaniment of suffering ...1548
SUFFERING - nouns
• BALE † 1. physical suffering, torment, pain, woe ...c1250
2. mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief ...c1325
• BEARANCE endurance, patient suffering ...1725 arch.
• BIDE pain, suffering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIDINGS sufferings ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARE † mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble ...c1250
• DERF † trouble, adversity, tribulation, hurt, suffering ...c1205
• LANGUOR † mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit ...a1300
• MARTYRDOM torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1386
• MARTYRE † torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1330
• MARTYREMENT † intense suffering ...1340
• MARTYRY † suffering, torment ...1677
• PAINING * the act of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering ...c1440
• RACK that which causes acute suffering, physical or mental; also, the result produced by this; intense pain or suffering ...1591
• SAINT-PETER'S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUFFERANCE 1. patient endurance, forbearance, long-suffering ...a1300 arch.
2. the suffering or undergoing of pain, trouble, wrong, etc. ...1426 arch.
• SUFFERING † patient endurance, long-suffering ...a1340
• WANTS † straits; circumstances or times of want, hardship, suffering, etc. ...1588
SUFFERING - nouns, person
• SUFFERANT † one who is patient or long-suffering ...c1374
SUFFERING - verbs
• IMMOLATE to give up to destruction or to severe suffering or loss for the sake of something else; to 'sacrifice' ...1634
• INASPERATE †* to exacerbate suffering ...a1639
• MARTYR to inflict grievous suffering or pain upon; to torment, to torture ...c1240
• SAUCE † to exacerbate suffering ...c1510
SUFFICE - verbs
• GAIN † to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice ...c1200
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• MAKE THE NUT to suffice ...1966 US sl.
• PACIFY to satisfy, to suffice ...1896 Ireland
• SAIR to suffice, to satisfy; ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SARROW to satisfy; to suffice ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SATISFICE to satisfy, to suffice ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUFFIE †* to suffice ...c1380
SUFFICIENCY - nouns
• BELLYFUL a sufficiency, whether of food or drink or something else which the subject has lost patience with or interest in through repetition ...L14
• GUTFUL a sufficiency, quite as much of anything as one wants or care to take; enough to surfeit or disgust one; a bellyful...1900 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• GUTSFUL a sufficiency, quite as much of anything as one wants or care to take ...1920s colloq., orig. Aust. & NZ
• SADE a sufficiency ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAIRING sufficiency, as much as satisfies one, esp. of food ...1856 Sc.
• SATIETY * a sufficiency or abundance ...1635
SUFFICIENT - adjectives
• ABOUNDABLE † fully sufficient, abundant ...c1400
• BASTANT † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
• ENOW enough, sufficient in quantity ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OMNISUFFICIENT † all-sufficient ...1543 obs. or rare
• SKILFUL † sufficient, ample ...a1350
• SUFFIAND † sufficient ...1456
• SUFFISANT † sufficient ...a1340
SUFFICIENT - nouns
• OMNISUFFICIENCE †* the quality of being all-sufficient ...1660
• OMNISUFFICIENCY †* the quality of being all-sufficient ...1577
• SUFFICIENCE sufficient supply, means, or resources ...c1380 arch.
• SUFFICIENTY † sufficient quantity or amount ...1450
• SUFFISANCE † sufficient provision or supply; enough to supply one's needs ...c1381
SUFFICIENT - verbs
• ADEQUATE † 1. to equal, to be equal to, or sufficient for ...1599
† 2. to make equal or sufficient ...1622
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• REACH to be sufficient ...1935 Amer. dial.
SUFFICIENTLY - adverbs
• ENOUGH sufficiently, considerably ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ENOW enough, in a sufficient degree ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SUFFISANTLY † sufficiently, adequately, competently ...a1340
SUFFOCATE - verbs
• ACHOKE † to choke, to suffocate ...c1200
• GAG † to strangle, to suffocate ...c1440
• OVERLAY to kill by crushing or suffocation ...1953 Amer. dial.
• QUACKLE † to interrupt breathing; to suffocate; to choke ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUERKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEZZEN to suffocate with noxious vapour ...1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIZZLE † to suffocate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE to choke, to strangle, to suffocate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• SKOMFISH to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes ...1766 Sc.
• SMOTHERATE to suffocate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNUFFOCATE to suffocate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUFFOCATE to suffocate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUFFOKE †* to suffocate, to drown ...1490
• WHIRKEN † to choke, to suffocate, to stifle ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SUFFOCATED - adjectives
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SUFFOCATE † suffocated by deprivation of air ...1460
SUFFOCATING - adjectives
• STUFFOCATING stuffy, suffocating ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SUFFOCATION - nouns
• SCOMFISH a suffocating atmosphere; a state of suffocation ...1825 Sc.
SUFFUSE - verbs
• SUFFUND †* to suffuse ...1657
SUGAR - adjectives
• SUGARY †* fond of sugar or sweet things ...1664
SUGAR - nouns
• ANTY sugar ...1910s Aust. sl.
• BANGY brown sugar ...1859 Brit. sl.
• DIRT sugar ...c1925 prison sl.
• EASY DIGGING granulated sugar ...1938 US sl.
• LACE sugar ...18C sl.
• NIGGER SPIT (derogatory) the lumps in Demerara sugar ...L19 sl.
• SAND † moist sugar ...1812 sl.
• SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea of coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• ZIP sugar ...1938 Amer. dial.
SUGAR - verbs
• QUALIFY to put sugar and cream in coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea or coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
SUGAR DADDY - nouns, person
• POPSIE a sugar daddy ...1910s US sl.
SUGGEST - nouns, person
• SUGGESTRESS a female who suggests ...1845
SUGGEST - verbs
• ADJOUST † to put a thing to one for consideration; to bring forward, to suggest ...c1374
• CHIP IN to give advice, a suggestion, or the like ...1903 Amer. sl.
• EVEN to impute, to suspect, to suggest, to hint at or charge with anything, used in a bad sense; to think entitled to, or deserving of, used in a good sense ...1844 Sc.
• SUBINDUCE † to insinuate, to suggest indirectly ...1640 rare or obs.
• SUGGER †* to prompt, to suggest ...1502
SUGGESTION - nouns
• ADVISO † an advice, counsel, suggestion ...1591
• SUGGEST † a suggestion ...a1600
• SUGGESTMENT * suggestion ...1827
SUGGESTIVE - adjectives
• SIGNIFICATIVE highly significant or suggestive ...1677
SUGGESTIVE - nouns
• SUGGESTIVITY * the quality of being suggestive ...1842
SUICIDAL - adjectives
• SUICIDICAL †* suicidal ...1755
SUICIDE - nouns
• CURE suicide ...1949 US sl.
• EARLY PAROLE suicide ...1990s Aust. prison sl.
• FAILURE TO FLY a tag applied to failed suicides ...2002 UK medical sl.
• HAPPY DISPATCH Englishmen's term for hara-kiri; suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the higher classes in Japan when in circumstances of disgrace, or under sentence of death; ...1856
• HARA-KIRI suicide by disembowelment, as formerly practised by the higher classes in Japan when in circumstances of disgrace, or under sentence of death ...1856
• NIGHT TRAIN suicide ...1984 US sl.
• RASH ACT suicide ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SIDEWAYS suicide ...1960s NZ prison & US campus weak rhyming sl.
• SIDEWAYS suicide ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SIDEWAYS TRIP a suicide in prison ...1984 US sl.
• SUICISM † suicide ...1751
SUICIDE - nouns, person
• AUTOCIDE †* a self-destroyer; a person who commits suicide ...1635
• LEAPER a person who threatens to or actually does jump to their death ...1954 US sl.
• QUITTER a suicide ...1982 US sl.
SUICIDE - verbs
• CASH IN ONE'S CHIPS to commit suicide ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CHUCK IT to commit suicide ...1960s US campus sl.
• CHUCK IT IN to commit suicide ...1960s US campus sl.
• CHUCK IT UP to commit suicide ...1960s US campus sl.
• DERRICK to execute or suicide by hanging ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DIE QUEER to commit suicide ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DO A BRODIE to commit suicide ...L19 sl.
• DO A DUTCH to commit suicide ...1902 sl., orig. US
• DO AWAY WITH (ONESELF) to kill deliberately; to commit suicide ...1927 sl.
• DO ONESELF IN to commit suicide ...20C sl.
• DO THE DUTCH ACT to commit suicide ...1902 sl., orig. US
• EAT ONE'S GUN to commit suicide by shooting oneself with the barrel of the gun inserted in the mouth ...1975 US police usage
• EAT THE GUN to commit suicide by shooting oneself with the barrel of the gun inserted in the mouth ...1975 US police usage
• FALL ON ONE'S SWORD to commit suicide, esp. after a defeat and for the good of the general cause ...1990s Amer. sl.
• GO SIDEWAYS to commit suicide ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE CAN to die; to commit suicide ...1978 US sl.
• KICK SUE IN THE SIDE to commit suicide ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KICK SUZY IN THE SIDE to commit suicide ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PULL THE PLUG to commit suicide ...1981 sl.
• TAKE A BRODIE to commit suicide ...L19 sl.
• TAKE GAS to kill oneself by any method ...1960s sl.
• TAKE IT TO THE VENT to commit suicide ...1989 US sl.
• TAKE ONESELF OUT to commit suicide ...1960s US sl.
• TAKE THE BIG DIVE to commit suicide ...1974 US sl.
• TAKE THE DUTCH ROUTE to commit suicide ...20C US prison sl.
• TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT to commit suicide ...20C sl.
• TAKE THE GAS PIPE to commit suicide ...1951 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE PIPE to commit suicide ...1962 Amer. dial.
• TOP to execute by hanging; to kill; to commit suicide ...1718 sl.
SUIT - adjectives
• FADGING † that fits, suits, etc.; well-matched ...c1611
SUIT - nouns
• DUCK SOUP something that suits one perfectly ...1910s US sl.
SUIT (clothes) - see CLOTHES
SUIT - verbs
• BESET † to become, to suit, to look well on, to befit, to set off ...1567
• BESIT † to sit properly upon, as a dress; to fit, to suit, to become ...c1449
• BEVEL to fit, to apply, to suit ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DIEN to suit, to satisfy, to answer ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIENE to serve, to suit ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DO ONE A TREAT to suit one absolutely ...L19 sl.
• FADGE † to suit, to fit, to agree ... 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAY † to suit; to match with ...c1300
• GEE to agree; to suit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OPPORTUNE †* to be well adapted or convenient to; to suit, to accommodate ...a1637
• TAILOR-MAKE to design to suit exactly ...1898
• VANDT to become a person, to fit, to suit ...Bk1905 Sc.
SUITABILITY - nouns
• ADAPTNESS †* the quality of being adapted, suitability, adaptedness ...1749
• BECOMENESS †* becomingness; fitness, suitability ...1656
• DECOROUSNESS † seemliness, fitness, suitability, appropriateness ...1678
SUITABLE - adjectives
• ACCOMMODATE † suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit ...1525
• ACCORDABLE † agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable ...c1374
• AFFERANT † falling by right, pertaining, befitting, appropriate, suitable ...1480
• CAKE-O all right, correct, safe, suitable, what is required, comfortable ...2001 UK back-slang for 'OK'
• DECOROUS † seemly, suitable, appropriate ...1664
• FEAT † fitting, suitable, proper ...c1325 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FIT AS A PUDDING FOR A FRIAR'S MOUTH very fit or suitable, appropriate, welcome ...1827
• GAINAND appropriate, becoming, suitable ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
• GAINLY † proper, becoming, suitable; comely, good-looking ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HABILE † fitted, suited; fit, suitable; competent to do something ...c1425 chiefly Sc.
• HANDSOME † handy, ready at hand, convenient, suitable ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IDONEAL * idoneous; apt, fit, or suitable ...1760
• IDONEOUS * apt, fit, or suitable ...a1615
• MACKLIKE apt, suitable ...1911 Sc.
• MATCHABLE † suitable, well-suited, accordant ...1611
• NECESSARY suitable ...1897 Eng. dial.
• OPPORTUNATE † fit, suitable, proper, opportune ...1541
• PANNABLE well-adapted, suitable, likely to fit properly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SITTING † becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate ...a1366
• SUITING † fitting, suitable ...1641
• SUITLY † suitable, appropriate ...1459
• WELL SITTING † becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate ...a1366
SUITABLE, SUITABLENESS - nouns
• ABILITY † suitableness, fitness, aptitude ...c1380
• ACCOMMODATENESS † the quality of being suited; suitableness ...1660
• BESORT † suitable company ...1604
• IDONEITY fitness, suitableness or aptitude ...1617
• IDONEOUSNESS fitness, suitableness ...1727
• NEED-TIME a fitting time; a suitable opportunity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDE a suitable, favourable, or proper time or occasion; season; opportunity ...c888 arch.
SUITABLE - adverbs
• ALL JIMMY exactly; fit; suitable ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
SUITABLE - verbs
• FADGE † of things: to fit, to suit, to be suitable; to agree, to go down with a person ...1578
• GAIN † to be suitable, useful or advantageous; to avail, to help; to serve, to suffice ...c1200.
• GANE to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit ...1724 Sc.
• QUADRATE * to be fitting, suitable, or consistent; of two things: to harmonize with each other ...1664
• QUEME †* to be suitable or fitting for ...c1400
• SIT † to be suitable, fitting, proper, or seemly ...c1330
SUITABLE - phrases
• JUST THE TATY just the thing, exact, fit, suitable ...1843 Eng. dial.
SUITABLY - adverbs
• DECENTLY † suitably; fittingly ...1552
• DENTLY well, properly, suitably ...Bk1900 Eng, dial.
• FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly ...a1300 arch.
• GAINLY † suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SITTINGLY † in a befitting or becoming manner; fittingly, suitably ...a1300
• SUITLY † fittingly, suitably ...1388
SUITCASE - nouns
• GO-'WAY SACK a travelling bag or suitcase ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SCRAM BAG in circus and carnival usage: a suitcase that is always packed in the event that a hasty departure has become the prudent course of action ...1981 US sl.
SUITED - adjectives
• FEATED † suited ...1606
• MATCHABLE † suitable, well-suited, accordant ...1611
SUITED - nouns
• ACCOMMODATENESS † the quality of being suited; suitableness ...1660
SUITCASE - nouns
• ARM-STRETCHER a heavy suitcase ...1992 US sl.
• KEESTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box ...1882 US sl.
• KEISTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc.; a valise, a chest or box ...1882 US sl.
• KEYSTER a suitcase or satchel; a handbag; a burglar's tool case, a salesman's sample case, etc. ...1882 US sl.
• KISTER a suitcase ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUKA a small suitcase, or the like ...WWII US Navy use
SUITED - adjectives
• ACCOMMODATE † suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit ...1525
SUITOR - adjectives
• SUITORCIDE fatal to suitors ...1839 nonce word
SUITOR - nouns, person
• BACHELOR an admirer; a suitor ...1885 Ireland
• HANG-SLEEVE a dangler; an officious but unmeaning suitor ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAN a lover, a suitor ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUITRESS * a female suitor ...1714
SUITOR - verbs
• BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOUNCE to reject as a suitor ...1893 US colloq.
• GIVE ONE THE IGG to reject a suitor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ICY MITT to reject as a suitor ...1915 Amer. dial.
• HANG UP THE HAT to be very intimate in a house; to be an accepted suitor ...1889 Sc.
• KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1809 Amer. dial.
• KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SUE to be a suitor to a woman ...1588 arch.
SULK, SULKINESS, SULKING - nouns
• AMPLEFEYST of persons or animals: a sulky humour; a fit of spleen ...B1900 Sc.
• CAG sulkiness, ill humour ...E19 Eng. dial.
• FANTODS a feeling of depression; the blues; a fit of the sulks; a being gloomy ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GLUMPS a state of sulking ...arch.
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• GRUMBLES, THE bad temper, sulkiness ...M19 sl.
• GRUMPS, THE a depressed or sulky mood ...1835 colloq.
• HUMP a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression ...1873 UK sl.
• JUNTOUS a fit of sulks, a sulky state ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KAGG sulkiness, ill humour ...E19 sl.
• MOODY a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1969 Brit. sl.
• MULLIGRUBS depression of spirits; a fit of the blues; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper ...1599
• PADDY a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1894 UK
• PADDYWACK a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1899 sl.
• PADDYWHACK a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1899 sl.
• PUSS a sulky expression ...Irish sl.
• SNIT a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1939 US sl.
• SULKS, THE a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1818
SULK, BE SULKY - verbs
• BLONK to put on a sulky or sour face; to scowl ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHEW THE FAT to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance; to sulk, to be resentful ...c1880 military sl.
• DISGRUBBLE †* to disgruntle, to put into a sulky dissatisfaction or ill humour, to make discontented ...1689
• DO A BROWN ACT to act in a shy manner; to sulk ...1980s NZ sl.
• FAUNCH to fret, to worry; to show irritation or impatience; to complain, to sulk ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly ...B1900 Sc.
• GROUCH to sulk or grumble; to mope ...1916 colloq.
• GROUT to grumble, to sulk ...1848 US
• HANG ONE'S LIP to sulk or pout; to act annoyed or disappointed ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE POLLY-POUTS to be sulky ...Bk1915 Amer. dial.
• HOLD IT to feel angry or resentful; to sulk or not speak ...20C sl.
• NAB THE RUST to be ill-tempered or sullen: to be angry or sulky; to take offense ...L18 sl.
• PACK A SHITTY to sulk ...1985 Aust. sl.
• PEEVE to disgruntle; to annoy; to infuriate; to complain, to sulk, to pout ...1908 colloq., orig. US
• PULL THE MOODY to sulk ...1969 Brit. sl.
• SNUDGE to sulk, to get into a huff ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUNK † to be sullen, to sulk ...1737
• THRUM to act on a foolish whim; to become sulky or ill-humoured ...Bk1905 Sc.
SULKILY - adverbs
• APURT in a sulky manner; disagreeably ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SCOUK with a gloomy, scowling countenance; sulkily ...Bk1904 Sc.
SULKING, SULKY - adjectives
• APURT sulky, sullen, disagreeable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CAG sulky, morose...M19 US criminals' sl.
• CLANGLUMSHOUS sulky ...1841 Sc.
• DODDY sulky; ill-tempered ...Sc.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky ...1861 colloq.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GUMPLE-FOISTED sulky, in a bad humour, out of temper; ill-humoured ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-WILLED sulky, ill-tempered; reluctant ...1898 Sc.
• ILL-WILLIED sulky, ill-tempered; reluctant ...1898 Sc.
• IN THE MOPS sulky ...B1900
• IN THE SUDS in the sulks, in the blues; downcast, in the dumps; ill-humoured ...1611 Eng. dial.
• MADANCHOLY very vexed; sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARDY of a child: spoiled, sulky, whining ...E20 dial.
• NITTERET ill-natured, sulky-looking, crusty ...1866 Sc.
• NUNTY of persons: ill-tempered, cross, sulky ...1894 Eng. dial.
• OBSTEER stubborn, sulky, awkward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED sulky, petulant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting ...1950 Amer. dial.
• QUAMP still, quiet; also, sulky ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCOUKING-LIKE sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOUKING-LOOKING sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• STRUNTY short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STUFFY sulky, obstinate, ill-humoured ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• STULTITIOUS ill-tempered, sulky ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUNKAN † sulking, sullen ...1728
• TAIRDIE peevish, ill-humoured, sulky; satirical ...Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• TARDIE † peevish, ill-humoured, sulky; satirical ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TARTUFFISH † sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate ...B1900 Sc.
• UGLY ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNKED cross, out of temper; silent, sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SULKY - nouns, person
• DIKBEK a sulky or surly person ...1970 S. Afr. sl.
• GRIZZLE-POT a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining ...B1900 sl.
• GROUCH a sullen, sulky or ill-tempered person ...1900 colloq.
• NADGER a sulky, bad-tempered person ...1899 Ireland
• PURTING-GLUMPOT a sulky person ...1837 Eng. dial.
• SOUR-LUGS a sulky fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SULK * a person who sulks ...1883
SULKY - verbs
• CAG IT to render sulky, ill-humoured ...1811 sl.
• HAVE A GROUCH ON to be sullen or sulky ...1895 Amer. sl.
• NAB THE RUST to be angry or sulky; to take offense ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RIDE GRUB to take offense; to be sulky, or out of humour ...B1785 colloq.
• SCOUK to scowl, to look from under the eyebrows balefully or furtively; to look angry, sulky, or furtive ...c1715 Sc.
• SKOOK to skulk; to scowl; to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ...1845 Sc.
• SUMPH to be ill-humoured, to be sulky ...1867 Sc.
SULLEN - adjectives
• APRILLED made sullen or sour ...1746 Eng. dial.
• APURT sulky, sullen, disagreeable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• APURTED sullen ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BLONK sullen ...19C Eng. dial.
• BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CAMLA-LIKE † sullen, surly ...1767 Sc.
• DERF unbending in manner, sullen ...1808 Sc.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner ...1765
• FAROUCHIE sullen, shy and repellent in manner ...1765 Sc.
• GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy ...1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen, inclined to grumbling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND in a very morose or sullen temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SATURNIAN † sullen, melancholy ...1656
• SATURNIOUS † gloomy, sullen, melancholy ...1591
• SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary ...1825 Sc.
• SCOUKING-LIKE sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOUKING-LOOKING sullen, sulky in appearance; ill-looking; furtive ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STRUMMY pettish, sullen ...B1900 Sc.
• SUMPHISH sullen, surly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUNKAN † sulking, sullen ...1728
• TARTUFFISH † sour, sullen, sulky, stubborn, obstinate ...B1900 Sc.
• THRUM † blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
SULLEN, SULLENNESS - nouns
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MULLIGRUBS depression of spirits; a fit of the blues; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper ...1599
• SUMPHISHNESS ill-humour, sullenness ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SULLEN - nouns, person
• AKLIN a sullen person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GROUCH a sullen, sulky or ill-tempered person ...1900 colloq.
• SATURNIAN † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1591
• SATURNINE † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1631
• SATURNIST † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1569
• SUMPH a surly or sullen man ...1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SULLEN - verbs
• BOODY * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857
• CARRY THE CAG to be vexed, sullen; to be easily irritated; to lack a sense of humour, esp. as regards jokes against oneself ...1811 sl.
• DARK to obscure, to cloud, to dim, to sully ...c1374 arch.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOUT to look sullen
• GLUNCH to look sullen ...Sc.
• HAVE A GROUCH ON to be sullen or sulky ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MOG to pout, to grow sullen, to mope; to refuse food ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAB THE RUST to be ill-tempered or sullen: to be angry or sulky; to take offense ...L18 sl.
• RIDE GRUB to be sullen, ill-tempered ...B1785 colloq.
• SUNK † to be sullen, to sulk ...1737
SULLEN - phrases
• BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person ...1834
SULLENLY - adverbs
• EVILLY sullenly; broodingly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SUMPHISHLY ill-humouredly, sullenly ...1802 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SULLY - verbs
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• BESMIRCH to sully, to dim the lustre of ...1602
• BESMUT to stain, to sully ...1610
• BESPURT † to abuse; to sully with vice ...1603
• BESPURTLE † to asperse with reproach or abuse; to sully with vice ...1604
• BESULLY to sully or soil badly ...a1635
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• SUDDLE to soil, to sully, to defile ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SULE † to soil, to sully ...c897
• TAINT † to sully, to stain, to tarnish a person's honour ...1613
SULLYING - nouns
• SULLEY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• SULLY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
SULTANA - nouns
• SALTY BANANAS sultanas ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
SULTRY - adjectives
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• FADY of the weather: damp, sultry, close ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FAINT of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FAINTY of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1849 Eng. dial.
• MEETH of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUALMY of the weather: close, sultry, producing sickly languor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUILSTERING of the weather: sweltering, close, hot, sultry ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SOULTERING † sweltering, sultry ...1581
• SULTERING † sweltering, sultry ...1581
• UNKETTY of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
SULTRY - nouns
• SULTER †* a spell of sultry weather ...1667
SUM - adverbs
• SUMMA † in sum ...1535
SUM - nouns
• RANSOM †* a large sum ...a1400-50
• RATE † the total computed or estimated quantity, amount, or sum of anything, usually as forming a basis for calculating other quantities or sums ...1472-3
• SLUMP SUM a lump sum ... Sc.
SUM - verbs
• SUMMATE * to sum ...1900
• SUM-TOTALIZE to reckon or state the sum-total; to sum up ...1840
SUMMARIZE - nouns, person
• SUMMIST † one who summarizes or abridges ...1600
• SUMMISTER † one who summarizes or abridges ...1586
• SUMMULARY †* one who summarizes or abridges ...1581
SUMMARIZE - verbs
• DECURT † to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge; to summarize ...1550
• SUBSUME † to resume, to summarize ...a1677
SUMMARIZED - adjectives
• SUMMED † summarized, summary ...a1653
SUMMARY - adverbs
• SUMMARILY by way of summary, in short ...1528
SUMMARY - nouns
• CAPITLE † a summary ...1382
• RAMASS †* a summary, résumé ...1606 Sc.
• SUMMULARY †* a summary, a compendium ...1643
• WRAP-UP a completion; a final treatment, a summary; the end, the conclusion ...1950s Amer. sl.
SUMMARY - nouns, person
• SUMMARIST one who compiles a summary ...1873
SUMMER - adjectives
• AESTABLE † belonging to summer ...1731
• AESTIVAL belonging to summer, or the summer solstice ...1386
• AESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• ESTIVAL belonging to summer, or the summer solstice ...1386
• ESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• ESTIVOUS † pertaining to summer, summer-like ...c1420
• SUMMERFUL †* having the summer development or quality, summery ...1614
• SUMMERLY † pert. to summer; taking place in summer ...c1000
SUMMER - nouns
• AESTIVATION † the passing or spending of the summer; summer retreat or residence ...1625
• ESTIVATION † the passing or spending of the summer; summer retreat or residence ...1625
• GOOD OLD SIMMER TIME summer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MERCHANT MAY'S LITTLE SUMMER a fine summer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUMMERING † a summer excursion, festivity, or revelling ...1606
• SUMMER'S TIDE † summer-time ...a1000
• SUMMER-TIDE summer-time ...c1250 chiefly poetic
SUMMER - verbs
• AESTIVATE to spend the summer ...1626
• ESTIVATE to spend the summer ...1626
• SUMMERIZE to spend the summer ...1797 nonce word
SUMMER - phrases
• BETWEEN GRASS AND HAY between summer and winter ...1968 Amer. dial.
SUMMIT - nouns
• FASTIGIUM the apex or summit; the ridge of a house ...1677
• NABB a hillock, a knoll; the summit of a hill or prominence ...1826 Sc.
• SUMMARY * the highest point or summit; also, the ultimate outcome ...1851
• SUMMITY † the topmost part, the top; the summit ...1375 obs. or arch.
• TIP-TOP the very top; the highest point or part; the extreme summit ...1702 colloq.
• VAN a height or summit ...1871
SUMMON - verbs
• ACCERSE †* to summon ...1548
• ACCITE † to summon, to call ...1506
• ADVOCATE † to summon, to invite ...1555
• BAN † to summon by proclamation ...a1000
• BECALL † to call, to summon ...c1325
• BLISTER to arrest or summon someone ...1909 Brit. sl.
• OFCLEPE † to call for, to summon, to get by calling ...c1000
• OFGREDE †* to call for, to summon ...a1300
• SUMMOND † to summon ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SUMMONED - adjectives
• ACCERSITED †* summoned, sent for ...1548
SUMMONING - nouns
• ADVOCATION † a calling of people to council; a summoning or convocation ...1474
SUMMONS - adjectives
• SUMMONARY †* that deals with summonses ...1762
SUMMONS - nouns
• BAN a summons by public proclamation; a public proclamation or edict ...1297
• BLISTER a summons ...1903 Brit. sl.
• BLUE PAPER a summons; a traffic ticket ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUEY a summons; a traffic ticket ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUMMATION † summons ...1471
• SUMMONANCE † a summons ...c1386
• SUMMOND † summons ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng., dial.
• SUMMONITION † a summons ...c1450
SUMMONS - nouns, person
• SUMNER one who is employed to summon persons to appear in court ...1362
