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TAB - TALENTED
TABLE - nouns
• BEOD † a table ...c1000
• BOARD a table; a tailor's table ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAIN a table ...1857 UK rhyming sl. (Cain and Abel)
• CAIN AND ABEL a table ...1857 UK rhyming sl.
• MAHOGANY a table, esp. a dining table ...1840 colloq.
• MAHOGANY TREE a dining table ...1747 jocular
• SHAMBLE † a table or counter for displaying goods for sale, counting money, etc. ...OE
• TABLING tables collectively ...1892
• TAFFEL † a table ...1633 Sc. obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAFFIL † a table ...1633 Sc. obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TABLE - verbs
• BEGIN THE BOARD † to sit at the head of the table ...c1386 obs.
• BUNCH UP to clear the table, remove the dishes from the table ...1968 Amer. dial.
• REDD OFF to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1940 Amer. dial.
• REDD UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RED UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RID UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SET BY to take one's place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SET OFF to clear a table ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SET UP to pull one's chair up to the table, to take one's seat for a meal ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SIDE THE TABLE to clear the table ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SIT BY to take one's place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SIT UP to pull one's chair up to the table, to take one's seat for a meal ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TAKE UP THE TABLE † to clear the table after a meal ...a1300
TABLE CLOTH - nouns
• BOARD-CLOTH a tablecloth ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET † a thick fabric, commonly of wool, used to cover tables, beds, etc.; a table-cloth ...1345
• NAPE †* a table-cloth ...c1450
• NAPET † a napkin ...c1440
• SARFIT † a table-cloth ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TABLE CLOTH - phrases
• GIVE IT AN IRISH WASH turn the table-cloth or a garment, etc. around so the dust or dirt doesn't show ...1966 Amer. dial.
TABLE LINEN - nouns
• NAPERY * linen used for various household purposes, esp. table linen ...c1380 now rare exc. Sc.
TABLE LINEN - nouns, person
• NAPERER † the person having charge of the royal table linen ...1494
• NAPIER * the person having charge of the royal table linen ...1880
TABLESPOON - nouns
• MEAT-SPOON a tablespoon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TACIT - adjectives
• TACID †* tacit ...1651
TACITLY - adverbs
• TACIDLY †* tacitly ...1640
TACITURN - adjectives
• DERF unbending in manner; sullen, taciturn ...B1900 Sc.
• HUMMEL-DRUMMEL morose and taciturn ...B1900 Sc.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575
TACK - nouns
• TACKET † a nail; in later use, a small nail, a tack ...1316 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TACKLE - verbs
• PULL ON to tackle someone; to contend with someone to test someone ...1963 Aust. sl.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
TACT - adjectives
• TICKLESOME difficult, delicate, requiring care or tact ...1585 now Eng. dial.
TACT - nouns
• GAUCHERIE want of tact or grace of manner; awkwardness ...1798
• MALADDRESS want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness ...1804
• MANAGEMENT † tact, ingenuity ...1760
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TACTICS - nouns, person
• TACTIC † a tactician; one skilled in tactics ...1638 obs.
TACTLESS - adjectives
• GAUCHE wanting in tact or in ease and grace of manner; awkward, clumsy ...1751
• UNCOOL unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair ...1953 sl., orig. US
TACTLESS - nouns, person
• BOSTHOON an awkward fellow; a tactless, senseless person...1830 Irish
TACTLESS - verbs
• PUT YOUR FOOT IN IT to do something tactless, to blunder ...1823 UK sl.
TADPOLE - see FROG
TAG - nouns
• CATCHER the children's game of tag ...1917 Amer. dial.
TAG (label) - nouns
• TALLY a tie-label, tab, or tag for luggage, etc. ...1909
TAG - verb
• TAG AND BAG to put a name tag on a corpse and place the body in a body bag ...1981 US Vietnam war usage
TAGALONG - nouns, person
• GO-BEHIND a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAG-ALONG a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAG-BEHIND a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S TAIL a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ME-TOO a person who imitates or adopts the behavior of another; a copycat; a tagalong ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-DOG a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-PUP a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PIGTAIL a tagalong ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAG one who 'tags along' behind another person, esp. for detective or spying purposes ...1960s sl.
• TAIL a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-BEHIND. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL END a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAILER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind; a follower ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TAILGATE a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-TAGGER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-TWISTER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAR BUCKET a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1915 Amer. dial.
TAG ALONG - verbs
• PENNY AFTER to follow persistently, to tag along ...2001 Amer. dial.
• PIGTAIL to tag along; to follow ...1942 Amer. sl.
TAIL - adjectives
• BESOM-TAILED having a bushy tail ...1695
TAIL - nouns
• ALDERMAN'S NAIL an animal's tail ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• BESOM-TAIL a tail formed like a 'besom'; a bushy tail ...1678
• DAILY a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl.
• QUIRK the end of a pig's tail ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• TAG a tail; any small object hanging from a larger one ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAILET * a minute tail or tail-like appendage ...1817
• TEWEL † a tail ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAG a cow's tail ...1912 Sc.
TAIL - verbs
• BANG to dock the tail of a horse, etc. ...19C
• DECAUDALIZE to deprive of the tail ...1840 nonce word
• DECAUDATE to deprive of the tail ...1864
• FAWN † to wag the tail ...a1300
TAILOR - adjectives
• SARTORIAL belonging to a tailor or his art ...1823
• SARTORIAN * belonging to a tailor or his art ...1668
• TAILORLY like or befitting a tailor ...1836
TAILOR, TAILORING - nouns
• BOARD a table; a tailor's table ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABBAGE small off-cuts of material, taken from the job in hand and sold off as perks by tailors ...M17 sl.
• CENTIPEES a tailor of soldiers' clothing ...L18 sl.
• NEVER-TOO-LATE-TO-MEND-SHOP a repairing tailor's ...Bk1902 tailors' sl.
• PAD OF TOGS-IN-(THE)-ROUGH a tailor's shop ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
• RAG-TRADE tailoring; dressmaking; the dry goods trade in general ...c1880 sl.
• SARTRY † a tailor's workshop ...1447-8
• SARTRYN †* a tailor's shop ...1483
• SILK FACINGS beer stains on the garments being made or altered ...c1870 tailors' usage
• SNIPOCRACY the tailoring profession, or its leading members ...1861
• TAILORAGE * tailor's work ...1858
• TAILORISM tailor's work; a tailor-made dress or garment ...1839
• TAILORIZATION acting as a tailor; tailoring ...1853
• TAILORY 1. the art, craft, or occupation of a tailor ...c1449
2. a tailor's workshop or establishment ...1480
3. tailor's work, tailors' wares; costumery ...1610
TAILOR - nouns, person
• ABIE a tailor ...1940s US Black sl.
• BUSHELMAN a man employed in repair tailoring ...1909 US
• CABBAGE † a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CABBAGE-CONTRACTOR a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CABBAGE-EATER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• CABBAGE-MONGER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• CABBAGER a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CLOAK-AND-SUITER a Jewish tailor ...E20 US sl.
• ELL-WAND a tailor ...1868 Sc.
• FASHIONER † one who makes articles of dress; a tailor, a designer ...1625 obs. or arch.
• JACK JAG THE FLAE a tailor ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JACK-SNIP a botching or inferior tailor ...19C sl.
• JAG-THE-FLEA a term of contempt for a tailor ...1786 Sc.
• JEW a ship's tailor ...1916 nautical sl.
• JEWING-BLOKE a ship's tailor ...1945 nautical sl.
• MAIDSTONE JAILER a tailor ...M19 rhyming sl.
• MAISTRY a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor ...1798 Indian
• NEEDLE-JERKER a tailor ...1807 sl.
• NEEDLEMAN a man who works with the needle, esp. a tailor ...1823
• NEEDLE-PUSHER a tailor ...1920 Amer. sl.
• ONE OF THE FAITHFUL a tailor giving long credit ...18C sl.
• RAG-STABBER a tailor ...c1870 sl.
• REMANIER a cobbling tailor who mends clothing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RENOVATOR a repairing tailor ...Bk1903 tailors' sl.
• REVIVER a mending tailor ...1864 sl.
• SANK a tailor employed in making soldiers' clothes ...L18 sl.
• SARTOR a tailor ...1656
• SHIP'S SHEENY a tailor aboard ship ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SINBAD THE SAILOR a tailor ...L19 rhyming sl.
• SKIP-LOUSE a tailor ...1807
• SNIDER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• SNYDER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• SUFFERER a tailor ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAILORESS woman who works as a tailor; a woman tailor ...1654
• TIRE-MAN † a man who assists at the toilet; a dresser or valet; also, a tailor ...1711
• TOG-MAKER a tailor ...1901
• TOM TAILOR a tailor ...1820
• WARDROBER † the tailor attached to a religious house ...1526
TAILOR - verbs
• BUILD to sew or tailor; to make clothing ...1951 Amer. dial.
• TAILORESS to follow the occupation of a tailoress ...1865 nonce word
• TAILORIZE to do tailor's work, to act the tailor ...1829
TAILORED - adjectives
• STREAM-LINE of clothes: neatly and closely tailored ...c1940
• STREAM-LINED of clothes: neatly and closely tailored ...c1940
• TAILOR-MADE a personally tailored garment ...L19 US sl.
TAINT - nouns
• NADKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
• NATKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
TAINT - verbs
• FADE † to deprive of freshness or vigour; to corrupt, to taint ...c1400 obs
• TACK † to taint, to infect ...1601
TAINTED - adjectives
• APONTED tainted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FLYBLOWN contaminated; tainted
• KINEY fusty, tainted ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MEESY tainted, unsavoury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAPPY of meat: putrescent, tainted ...1573 Eng. dial.
• TAINT spoiled, tainted ...1934 Amer. dial.
• TAINTY tainted, spoiled ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TINTED tainted ...1967 Amer. dial.
TAINTED - verbs
• CANKER to begin to decay; to spoil; to become tainted ...1953 Amer. dial.
TAINTING - nouns
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
TAKE, TAKING - nouns
• ACCEPTATION † the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance ...1426
• ACCEPTION † the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception ...1483
TAKE - nouns, person
• SCRABBER who snatches, grabs, or takes by force ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TAKE - verbs
• CAFFLE to take, to hold, to secure ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CAP to take; to grab hold of ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• FILE ON TO to grab, to take ...1932 Can. sl.
• GAFFLE to take or seize hold of ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• HAG to rob, to take ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
• KEEP † to seize, to lay hold of; to snatch, to take ...c1000
• LAM ON TO to take something of small value that does not belong to you ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LATCH † to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods ...c950
• NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of ...1732 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• NAME † to take, to 'nim' ...c1450
• PREHEND †* to seize, to catch, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend ...a1500
• REQUISITION to take by force ...1864 Amer. military usage
• SCRAWL to snatch; to take anything abruptly or rudely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIPHON OFF to take little by little ...Aust. sl.
• SMUSS † to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force ...1736
• SNAKE to take slyly or stealthily ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SNARF to take or grab ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SNIPE to steal or take without permission ...1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SNITCH to steal, to take ...1904 sl.
• SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1889 sl.
• WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1859 Brit. sl.
• YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TAKE AWAY, TAKE OUT - verbs
• ABLATE †* to take away, to remove ...1542
• BENIM † to take away ...a1000
• BEREFT † to snatch away a possession; to remove or take away by violence ...c1320
• BESTRIP † to strip clean; to deprive of or take away entirely ...1065
• DEBATE † to subtract, to take away ...1658
• OUTEN to take out, to remove something, to erase ...1928 Amer. dial.
• RAMP to remove or take away roughly ...1570
• RAMVERSE † to reverse, to withdraw; to remove, to take away ...1632
• SUBDUCE † to take away, to withdraw ...1626
• SUBDUCT * 1. to take away from its place or position, to withdraw from use, consideration, influence etc. ...1652-62
* 2. to take away or remove surreptitiously or fraudulently ...1758
• SUBLATE † to remove; to take away ...a1548
• SUBSTRACT to take away, to deduct, to subtract ...1613
• TO-BEAR † to carry in different directions; to carry off, to take away ...971
TAKEN - adjectives
• ADEMPT † taken away, removed ...1432-50
• ADEMPTED †* taken away, removed ...1590
• BENIMMED taken hastily upon the sly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEREAVEN deprived, taken away by force ...a1619 arch.
• YFONG † taken, seized, received ...c1000
TAKE OFF - verbs
• HAVE OFF to take off, to remove ...1906 Amer. dial.
TAKING - nouns
• CAPTION * a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
• RAPPING † the practice of seizing and taking ...1541
TAKING AWAY - adjectives
• ABLATIVE † pert. to taking away or removing ...1567-9
TAKING AWAY - nouns
• ADEMPTION a taking away ...c1630
• BENIMMING † the taking away ...a1400
• SUBLATION the act of taking away; removal ...1626
• SUFFURATION † a taking away, removal ...1651
TAKING BACK - nouns
• GAIN-TAKING † taking back again ...1538
TALCUM POWDER - nouns
• FOOFOO talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOOFOO DUST talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOOFOO POWDER talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOOFOO STUFF talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOO STUFF talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• NIGGER BATH (derogatory) a talcum-powder bath ...1953 Amer. dial.
TALE - adjectives
• FAMIGEROUS † carrying news, tales, etc. ...1730
• TALEFUL full of tales; making a long story; talkative ...1726-46
• TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing ...c1200
• TALISH † of the nature of a tale or story; fabulous ...1530
• YARNY disposed to the telling of long tales ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TALE - nouns (also see STORY)
• ACKAMARACKER a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• ACKAMARACKUS a fraudulent tale, a tall story, pretentious nonsense, bluff ...1933 Amer. sl.
• ACKAMARAKA a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• AULD WIFE'S SANTER an idle tale ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• BABBLERY † idle talk, chattering, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale ...1532
• BABBLES AND SAUNTERS gossiping tales and repetitions ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BAM a false or deceitful tale ...1856 Eng. dial.
• BOBBE-MAYSE an old wives' tale ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUBBE-MAYSE an old wives' tale ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CANTILENE † an old song; silly prattle; idle tale, trick ...1535
• CRAKE a talk; gossip, tale-telling, generally of an ill-natured kind ...19C Eng. dial.
• CUFFER a lie; a tale; an exaggerated and improbable story ...1891 Eng. dial.
• DAILY a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl.
• DILDRAMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DILDRUMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY PIPE a fanciful, mendacious tale, often in aid of obtaining money or favours ...L19 sl., orig. US
• FAIRY STORY a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY TAIL a fanciful, mendacious tale, often in aid of obtaining money or favours ...L19 sl., orig. US
• FAIRY TALE a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; an unbelievable lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY-TWISTER a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY YARN a fanciful, mendacious tale, often in aid of obtaining money or favours ...L19 sl., orig. US
• FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural ...1836 Eng. dial.
• GAG an account; a begging tale ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• GOLLY-WHOPPER a tall tale ...1941 Amer. cowboys' usage
• GOOSE'S GAZETTE a lying story; a flim-flam tale; a piece of reading for a 'goose' (simpleton) ...1836
• ISRUM a long, tedious tale ...1881 Eng. dial.
• IZRAM a long, tedious tale ...1881 Eng. dial.
• JAPE † a device to amuse; a merry or idle tale; a jest, a joke, a gibe ...c1340
• LALAPALOOZA an extremely tall tale; a lie ...1918 Amer. dial.
• LALDRUM noisy, foolish talk; nonsense; an improbable tale, falsehoods ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LELDRUM noisy, foolish talk; nonsense; an improbable tale, falsehoods ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOLLOPALOUSER an extremely tall tale; a lie ...1918 Amer. dial.
• MAUNDRELS idle tales; foolish, feverish fancies ...1791 Sc.
• NANCY-STORY a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies ...a1818
• NANCY-TALE a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies ...1891
• PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip ...1865 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN ANNER an old-fashioned tale; a tale of former times ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDIGAL a string of nonsense; a long, rambling tale ...1895 Eng. dial.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE a great noise; noisy, rollicking conduct; a noisy, rambling speech or tale ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RETINUE a long, tedious tale ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUMIGERATION a spreading a rumour or report abroad; a carrying tales ...B1900
• SANTER an adventure; an idle tale ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SAUNTER an idle tale; an old wife's tale ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFT † a recitation; a long-winded story; a written composition; a made-up tale; a falsehood ...1766 Sc.
• TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A an invented story, an idle tale, a fiction, a falsehood...1570
• TALE OF WALTROT, A †* an idle tale, a piece of absurdity ...1377
• TALING * telling of tales, talking, gossiping; also, a tale ...1382
• TALLYDIDDLE a foolish or untrue tale ...1892 Eng. dial.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHURLIEGIRKIE an untrue or fanciful tale ...1887 Sc.
• WINDY an extravagantly exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale, a lie ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YARN a story, an adventure story, esp. a long, marvellous or incredible story; also, a mere tale ...1812 UK, orig. nautical
• YED † 1. a song, a poem, a speech, a tale, a riddle ...c1205
† 2. a falsehood; a fib, an exaggerated tale ...1825 Sc.
TALE - nouns, person
• FABULAR † a narrator or recorder of tales or fictions ...1565
• FAIRY the teller of fanciful tales ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY-TWISTER the teller of a fanciful tales ...1900s Aust. sl.
• TALESMAN † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
• TALES-MASTER † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TALE-WRIGHT a constructor or maker of tales ...1570-76
• WHENEYE someone, esp. a visitor or foreigner, who exasperates listeners by continually recounting tales of his or her former exploits ...1982 sl.
• WHENNIE someone, esp. a visitor or foreigner, who exasperates listeners by continually recounting tales of his or her former exploits ...1982 sl.
TALE - verbs
• AFFABULATE † to attribute by legend; to assign fabulously; to tell tales ...1622
• CADGE to carry tales ...1876 Eng. dial.
• CRAM to make believe false or exaggerated tales ...old sl.
• FABLE † to tell fictitious tales ...c1380
• FABULATE † to relate as a tale or myth; to talk or narrate in fables ...1616
• LABRISH to tell tales, to gossip ...1940s W. Indies
• MADAM to tell the tale; to 'pitch a line' ...1930s sl.
• PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SACKER to seem innocent when up to roguery; to tell false tales of distress ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCONCE to tell tales that are untrue or exaggerated to obtain one's ends ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIDEBUST to gossip, to tell tales ...1990s US Black sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKAIL † to spread a rumour, tale, etc. ...1375
• SNEAK to tell tales; to inform on; orig. of a child: to tell a teacher about the wrongdoings of another pupil ...1897 Brit. sl.
• SPIN A YARN to tell a story, usually a long one; to pitch a tale; to tell lies ...1812 orig. nautical sl.
• SPRUCE to tell tall tales; to lie in order to evade a duty ...1917 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• TALE † to discourse, to talk, to chatter; to gossip; to tell tales ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TELL DILDRAMS to tell strange tales or improbably stories ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• THREEN to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• TUTTLE to whisper; to carry tales ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAFF ABOUT to go about telling tales ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARN to tell a story, to tell tales, probably implausible or far-fetched ones ...1812 UK sl.
• YED † to tell a fib; to exaggerate a tale ...1825 Sc.
TALEBEARER - nouns, person
• BLOB-TALE † a telltale, talebearer, blabber ...a1670
• CARRY-TALE † a talebearer; a tell-tale ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• GABBY a gossip; a talebearer ...1915 US sl.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• TALE-CARRIER a talebearer ...1552
• TALE-PAT a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALER a talebearer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELLER a talebearer, a telltale ...1377
• TALE-TELLING-TIT a telltale, a talebearer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TELL-A-PIE-TIT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-CLACK a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-CLAT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIE a talebearer ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIE TIT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIENOT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIET a talebearer ...1902 Sc.
• TELL-PIOT a talebearer ...1902 Sc.
• TELL-PYE a talebearer ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TELL-TALE TIT a talebearer ... 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELL-TALER TIT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-TIT a talebearer ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIE a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIE-TIT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIOT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PYE-TIT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TITIVIL † a mischievous talebearer; a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITIVILLER †* a tattling telltale, a mischievous talebearer, one who spreads scandal ...1581
• TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a talebearer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TALENT - adjectives
• LARGE-PARTED † of great parts or talents ...a1659
TALENT - nouns
• PAN talent ...1920s US sl.
TALENT - nouns, person
• NATURAL a person having a natural talent; one especially well suited for or likely to succeed in a particular endeavour; one who excels in something because of unusual ability ...1749 Amer. sl.
• ONE-TRICK PONY a person considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc. ...colloq., chiefly US
TALENTED - verbs
• HANG THE MOON to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BEOD † a table ...c1000
• BOARD a table; a tailor's table ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAIN a table ...1857 UK rhyming sl. (Cain and Abel)
• CAIN AND ABEL a table ...1857 UK rhyming sl.
• MAHOGANY a table, esp. a dining table ...1840 colloq.
• MAHOGANY TREE a dining table ...1747 jocular
• SHAMBLE † a table or counter for displaying goods for sale, counting money, etc. ...OE
• TABLING tables collectively ...1892
• TAFFEL † a table ...1633 Sc. obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAFFIL † a table ...1633 Sc. obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TABLE - verbs
• BEGIN THE BOARD † to sit at the head of the table ...c1386 obs.
• BUNCH UP to clear the table, remove the dishes from the table ...1968 Amer. dial.
• REDD OFF to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1940 Amer. dial.
• REDD UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RED UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RID UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SET BY to take one's place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SET OFF to clear a table ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SET UP to pull one's chair up to the table, to take one's seat for a meal ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SIDE THE TABLE to clear the table ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SIT BY to take one's place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SIT UP to pull one's chair up to the table, to take one's seat for a meal ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TAKE UP THE TABLE † to clear the table after a meal ...a1300
TABLE CLOTH - nouns
• BOARD-CLOTH a tablecloth ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET † a thick fabric, commonly of wool, used to cover tables, beds, etc.; a table-cloth ...1345
• NAPE †* a table-cloth ...c1450
• NAPET † a napkin ...c1440
• SARFIT † a table-cloth ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TABLE CLOTH - phrases
• GIVE IT AN IRISH WASH turn the table-cloth or a garment, etc. around so the dust or dirt doesn't show ...1966 Amer. dial.
TABLE LINEN - nouns
• NAPERY * linen used for various household purposes, esp. table linen ...c1380 now rare exc. Sc.
TABLE LINEN - nouns, person
• NAPERER † the person having charge of the royal table linen ...1494
• NAPIER * the person having charge of the royal table linen ...1880
TABLESPOON - nouns
• MEAT-SPOON a tablespoon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TACIT - adjectives
• TACID †* tacit ...1651
TACITLY - adverbs
• TACIDLY †* tacitly ...1640
TACITURN - adjectives
• DERF unbending in manner; sullen, taciturn ...B1900 Sc.
• HUMMEL-DRUMMEL morose and taciturn ...B1900 Sc.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575
TACK - nouns
• TACKET † a nail; in later use, a small nail, a tack ...1316 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TACKLE - verbs
• PULL ON to tackle someone; to contend with someone to test someone ...1963 Aust. sl.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
TACT - adjectives
• TICKLESOME difficult, delicate, requiring care or tact ...1585 now Eng. dial.
TACT - nouns
• GAUCHERIE want of tact or grace of manner; awkwardness ...1798
• MALADDRESS want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness ...1804
• MANAGEMENT † tact, ingenuity ...1760
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TACTICS - nouns, person
• TACTIC † a tactician; one skilled in tactics ...1638 obs.
TACTLESS - adjectives
• GAUCHE wanting in tact or in ease and grace of manner; awkward, clumsy ...1751
• UNCOOL unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair ...1953 sl., orig. US
TACTLESS - nouns, person
• BOSTHOON an awkward fellow; a tactless, senseless person...1830 Irish
TACTLESS - verbs
• PUT YOUR FOOT IN IT to do something tactless, to blunder ...1823 UK sl.
TADPOLE - see FROG
TAG - nouns
• CATCHER the children's game of tag ...1917 Amer. dial.
TAG (label) - nouns
• TALLY a tie-label, tab, or tag for luggage, etc. ...1909
TAG - verb
• TAG AND BAG to put a name tag on a corpse and place the body in a body bag ...1981 US Vietnam war usage
TAGALONG - nouns, person
• GO-BEHIND a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAG-ALONG a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAG-BEHIND a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S TAIL a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ME-TOO a person who imitates or adopts the behavior of another; a copycat; a tagalong ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-DOG a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-PUP a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PIGTAIL a tagalong ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAG one who 'tags along' behind another person, esp. for detective or spying purposes ...1960s sl.
• TAIL a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-BEHIND. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL END a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAILER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind; a follower ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TAILGATE a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-TAGGER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-TWISTER a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAR BUCKET a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1915 Amer. dial.
TAG ALONG - verbs
• PENNY AFTER to follow persistently, to tag along ...2001 Amer. dial.
• PIGTAIL to tag along; to follow ...1942 Amer. sl.
TAIL - adjectives
• BESOM-TAILED having a bushy tail ...1695
TAIL - nouns
• ALDERMAN'S NAIL an animal's tail ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• BESOM-TAIL a tail formed like a 'besom'; a bushy tail ...1678
• DAILY a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum ...1956 UK rhyming sl.
• QUIRK the end of a pig's tail ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• TAG a tail; any small object hanging from a larger one ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAILET * a minute tail or tail-like appendage ...1817
• TEWEL † a tail ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAG a cow's tail ...1912 Sc.
TAIL - verbs
• BANG to dock the tail of a horse, etc. ...19C
• DECAUDALIZE to deprive of the tail ...1840 nonce word
• DECAUDATE to deprive of the tail ...1864
• FAWN † to wag the tail ...a1300
TAILOR - adjectives
• SARTORIAL belonging to a tailor or his art ...1823
• SARTORIAN * belonging to a tailor or his art ...1668
• TAILORLY like or befitting a tailor ...1836
TAILOR, TAILORING - nouns
• BOARD a table; a tailor's table ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CABBAGE small off-cuts of material, taken from the job in hand and sold off as perks by tailors ...M17 sl.
• CENTIPEES a tailor of soldiers' clothing ...L18 sl.
• NEVER-TOO-LATE-TO-MEND-SHOP a repairing tailor's ...Bk1902 tailors' sl.
• PAD OF TOGS-IN-(THE)-ROUGH a tailor's shop ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
• RAG-TRADE tailoring; dressmaking; the dry goods trade in general ...c1880 sl.
• SARTRY † a tailor's workshop ...1447-8
• SARTRYN †* a tailor's shop ...1483
• SILK FACINGS beer stains on the garments being made or altered ...c1870 tailors' usage
• SNIPOCRACY the tailoring profession, or its leading members ...1861
• TAILORAGE * tailor's work ...1858
• TAILORISM tailor's work; a tailor-made dress or garment ...1839
• TAILORIZATION acting as a tailor; tailoring ...1853
• TAILORY 1. the art, craft, or occupation of a tailor ...c1449
2. a tailor's workshop or establishment ...1480
3. tailor's work, tailors' wares; costumery ...1610
TAILOR - nouns, person
• ABIE a tailor ...1940s US Black sl.
• BUSHELMAN a man employed in repair tailoring ...1909 US
• CABBAGE † a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CABBAGE-CONTRACTOR a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CABBAGE-EATER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• CABBAGE-MONGER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• CABBAGER a tailor ...1690 sl.
• CLOAK-AND-SUITER a Jewish tailor ...E20 US sl.
• ELL-WAND a tailor ...1868 Sc.
• FASHIONER † one who makes articles of dress; a tailor, a designer ...1625 obs. or arch.
• JACK JAG THE FLAE a tailor ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JACK-SNIP a botching or inferior tailor ...19C sl.
• JAG-THE-FLEA a term of contempt for a tailor ...1786 Sc.
• JEW a ship's tailor ...1916 nautical sl.
• JEWING-BLOKE a ship's tailor ...1945 nautical sl.
• MAIDSTONE JAILER a tailor ...M19 rhyming sl.
• MAISTRY a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor ...1798 Indian
• NEEDLE-JERKER a tailor ...1807 sl.
• NEEDLEMAN a man who works with the needle, esp. a tailor ...1823
• NEEDLE-PUSHER a tailor ...1920 Amer. sl.
• ONE OF THE FAITHFUL a tailor giving long credit ...18C sl.
• RAG-STABBER a tailor ...c1870 sl.
• REMANIER a cobbling tailor who mends clothing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RENOVATOR a repairing tailor ...Bk1903 tailors' sl.
• REVIVER a mending tailor ...1864 sl.
• SANK a tailor employed in making soldiers' clothes ...L18 sl.
• SARTOR a tailor ...1656
• SHIP'S SHEENY a tailor aboard ship ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SINBAD THE SAILOR a tailor ...L19 rhyming sl.
• SKIP-LOUSE a tailor ...1807
• SNIDER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• SNYDER a tailor ...L17 sl.
• SUFFERER a tailor ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAILORESS woman who works as a tailor; a woman tailor ...1654
• TIRE-MAN † a man who assists at the toilet; a dresser or valet; also, a tailor ...1711
• TOG-MAKER a tailor ...1901
• TOM TAILOR a tailor ...1820
• WARDROBER † the tailor attached to a religious house ...1526
TAILOR - verbs
• BUILD to sew or tailor; to make clothing ...1951 Amer. dial.
• TAILORESS to follow the occupation of a tailoress ...1865 nonce word
• TAILORIZE to do tailor's work, to act the tailor ...1829
TAILORED - adjectives
• STREAM-LINE of clothes: neatly and closely tailored ...c1940
• STREAM-LINED of clothes: neatly and closely tailored ...c1940
• TAILOR-MADE a personally tailored garment ...L19 US sl.
TAINT - nouns
• NADKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
• NATKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
TAINT - verbs
• FADE † to deprive of freshness or vigour; to corrupt, to taint ...c1400 obs
• TACK † to taint, to infect ...1601
TAINTED - adjectives
• APONTED tainted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FLYBLOWN contaminated; tainted
• KINEY fusty, tainted ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MEESY tainted, unsavoury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAPPY of meat: putrescent, tainted ...1573 Eng. dial.
• TAINT spoiled, tainted ...1934 Amer. dial.
• TAINTY tainted, spoiled ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TINTED tainted ...1967 Amer. dial.
TAINTED - verbs
• CANKER to begin to decay; to spoil; to become tainted ...1953 Amer. dial.
TAINTING - nouns
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
TAKE, TAKING - nouns
• ACCEPTATION † the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance ...1426
• ACCEPTION † the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception ...1483
TAKE - nouns, person
• SCRABBER who snatches, grabs, or takes by force ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TAKE - verbs
• CAFFLE to take, to hold, to secure ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CAP to take; to grab hold of ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• FILE ON TO to grab, to take ...1932 Can. sl.
• GAFFLE to take or seize hold of ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• HAG to rob, to take ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
• KEEP † to seize, to lay hold of; to snatch, to take ...c1000
• LAM ON TO to take something of small value that does not belong to you ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LATCH † to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods ...c950
• NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of ...1732 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• NAME † to take, to 'nim' ...c1450
• PREHEND †* to seize, to catch, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend ...a1500
• REQUISITION to take by force ...1864 Amer. military usage
• SCRAWL to snatch; to take anything abruptly or rudely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIPHON OFF to take little by little ...Aust. sl.
• SMUSS † to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force ...1736
• SNAKE to take slyly or stealthily ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SNARF to take or grab ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SNIPE to steal or take without permission ...1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SNITCH to steal, to take ...1904 sl.
• SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1889 sl.
• WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1859 Brit. sl.
• YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TAKE AWAY, TAKE OUT - verbs
• ABLATE †* to take away, to remove ...1542
• BENIM † to take away ...a1000
• BEREFT † to snatch away a possession; to remove or take away by violence ...c1320
• BESTRIP † to strip clean; to deprive of or take away entirely ...1065
• DEBATE † to subtract, to take away ...1658
• OUTEN to take out, to remove something, to erase ...1928 Amer. dial.
• RAMP to remove or take away roughly ...1570
• RAMVERSE † to reverse, to withdraw; to remove, to take away ...1632
• SUBDUCE † to take away, to withdraw ...1626
• SUBDUCT * 1. to take away from its place or position, to withdraw from use, consideration, influence etc. ...1652-62
* 2. to take away or remove surreptitiously or fraudulently ...1758
• SUBLATE † to remove; to take away ...a1548
• SUBSTRACT to take away, to deduct, to subtract ...1613
• TO-BEAR † to carry in different directions; to carry off, to take away ...971
TAKEN - adjectives
• ADEMPT † taken away, removed ...1432-50
• ADEMPTED †* taken away, removed ...1590
• BENIMMED taken hastily upon the sly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEREAVEN deprived, taken away by force ...a1619 arch.
• YFONG † taken, seized, received ...c1000
TAKE OFF - verbs
• HAVE OFF to take off, to remove ...1906 Amer. dial.
TAKING - nouns
• CAPTION * a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
• RAPPING † the practice of seizing and taking ...1541
TAKING AWAY - adjectives
• ABLATIVE † pert. to taking away or removing ...1567-9
TAKING AWAY - nouns
• ADEMPTION a taking away ...c1630
• BENIMMING † the taking away ...a1400
• SUBLATION the act of taking away; removal ...1626
• SUFFURATION † a taking away, removal ...1651
TAKING BACK - nouns
• GAIN-TAKING † taking back again ...1538
TALCUM POWDER - nouns
• FOOFOO talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOOFOO DUST talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOOFOO POWDER talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOOFOO STUFF talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• FOO STUFF talcum powder ...1962 UK sl.
• NIGGER BATH (derogatory) a talcum-powder bath ...1953 Amer. dial.
TALE - adjectives
• FAMIGEROUS † carrying news, tales, etc. ...1730
• TALEFUL full of tales; making a long story; talkative ...1726-46
• TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing ...c1200
• TALISH † of the nature of a tale or story; fabulous ...1530
• YARNY disposed to the telling of long tales ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TALE - nouns (also see STORY)
• ACKAMARACKER a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• ACKAMARACKUS a fraudulent tale, a tall story, pretentious nonsense, bluff ...1933 Amer. sl.
• ACKAMARAKA a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
• AULD WIFE'S SANTER an idle tale ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• BABBLERY † idle talk, chattering, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale ...1532
• BABBLES AND SAUNTERS gossiping tales and repetitions ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BAM a false or deceitful tale ...1856 Eng. dial.
• BOBBE-MAYSE an old wives' tale ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUBBE-MAYSE an old wives' tale ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CANTILENE † an old song; silly prattle; idle tale, trick ...1535
• CRAKE a talk; gossip, tale-telling, generally of an ill-natured kind ...19C Eng. dial.
• CUFFER a lie; a tale; an exaggerated and improbable story ...1891 Eng. dial.
• DAILY a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL a tale, thus a lie ...1920s rhyming sl.
• DILDRAMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DILDRUMS strange tales, improbable stories ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY PIPE a fanciful, mendacious tale, often in aid of obtaining money or favours ...L19 sl., orig. US
• FAIRY STORY a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY TAIL a fanciful, mendacious tale, often in aid of obtaining money or favours ...L19 sl., orig. US
• FAIRY TALE a 'hard luck' tale; any unlikely tale; an unbelievable lie or excuse ...20C colloq.
• FAIRY-TWISTER a fanciful tale, a 'tall story' ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY YARN a fanciful, mendacious tale, often in aid of obtaining money or favours ...L19 sl., orig. US
• FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural ...1836 Eng. dial.
• GAG an account; a begging tale ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• GOLLY-WHOPPER a tall tale ...1941 Amer. cowboys' usage
• GOOSE'S GAZETTE a lying story; a flim-flam tale; a piece of reading for a 'goose' (simpleton) ...1836
• ISRUM a long, tedious tale ...1881 Eng. dial.
• IZRAM a long, tedious tale ...1881 Eng. dial.
• JAPE † a device to amuse; a merry or idle tale; a jest, a joke, a gibe ...c1340
• LALAPALOOZA an extremely tall tale; a lie ...1918 Amer. dial.
• LALDRUM noisy, foolish talk; nonsense; an improbable tale, falsehoods ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LELDRUM noisy, foolish talk; nonsense; an improbable tale, falsehoods ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOLLOPALOUSER an extremely tall tale; a lie ...1918 Amer. dial.
• MAUNDRELS idle tales; foolish, feverish fancies ...1791 Sc.
• NANCY-STORY a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies ...a1818
• NANCY-TALE a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies ...1891
• PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip ...1865 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN ANNER an old-fashioned tale; a tale of former times ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDIGAL a string of nonsense; a long, rambling tale ...1895 Eng. dial.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE a great noise; noisy, rollicking conduct; a noisy, rambling speech or tale ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RETINUE a long, tedious tale ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUMIGERATION a spreading a rumour or report abroad; a carrying tales ...B1900
• SANTER an adventure; an idle tale ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SAUNTER an idle tale; an old wife's tale ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFT † a recitation; a long-winded story; a written composition; a made-up tale; a falsehood ...1766 Sc.
• TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A an invented story, an idle tale, a fiction, a falsehood...1570
• TALE OF WALTROT, A †* an idle tale, a piece of absurdity ...1377
• TALING * telling of tales, talking, gossiping; also, a tale ...1382
• TALLYDIDDLE a foolish or untrue tale ...1892 Eng. dial.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHURLIEGIRKIE an untrue or fanciful tale ...1887 Sc.
• WINDY an extravagantly exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale, a lie ...1911 Amer. dial.
• YARN a story, an adventure story, esp. a long, marvellous or incredible story; also, a mere tale ...1812 UK, orig. nautical
• YED † 1. a song, a poem, a speech, a tale, a riddle ...c1205
† 2. a falsehood; a fib, an exaggerated tale ...1825 Sc.
TALE - nouns, person
• FABULAR † a narrator or recorder of tales or fictions ...1565
• FAIRY the teller of fanciful tales ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FAIRY-TWISTER the teller of a fanciful tales ...1900s Aust. sl.
• TALESMAN † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
• TALES-MASTER † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement, one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater, a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TALE-WRIGHT a constructor or maker of tales ...1570-76
• WHENEYE someone, esp. a visitor or foreigner, who exasperates listeners by continually recounting tales of his or her former exploits ...1982 sl.
• WHENNIE someone, esp. a visitor or foreigner, who exasperates listeners by continually recounting tales of his or her former exploits ...1982 sl.
TALE - verbs
• AFFABULATE † to attribute by legend; to assign fabulously; to tell tales ...1622
• CADGE to carry tales ...1876 Eng. dial.
• CRAM to make believe false or exaggerated tales ...old sl.
• FABLE † to tell fictitious tales ...c1380
• FABULATE † to relate as a tale or myth; to talk or narrate in fables ...1616
• LABRISH to tell tales, to gossip ...1940s W. Indies
• MADAM to tell the tale; to 'pitch a line' ...1930s sl.
• PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SACKER to seem innocent when up to roguery; to tell false tales of distress ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCONCE to tell tales that are untrue or exaggerated to obtain one's ends ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIDEBUST to gossip, to tell tales ...1990s US Black sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKAIL † to spread a rumour, tale, etc. ...1375
• SNEAK to tell tales; to inform on; orig. of a child: to tell a teacher about the wrongdoings of another pupil ...1897 Brit. sl.
• SPIN A YARN to tell a story, usually a long one; to pitch a tale; to tell lies ...1812 orig. nautical sl.
• SPRUCE to tell tall tales; to lie in order to evade a duty ...1917 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• TALE † to discourse, to talk, to chatter; to gossip; to tell tales ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TELL DILDRAMS to tell strange tales or improbably stories ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• THREEN to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
• TUTTLE to whisper; to carry tales ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAFF ABOUT to go about telling tales ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARN to tell a story, to tell tales, probably implausible or far-fetched ones ...1812 UK sl.
• YED † to tell a fib; to exaggerate a tale ...1825 Sc.
TALEBEARER - nouns, person
• BLOB-TALE † a telltale, talebearer, blabber ...a1670
• CARRY-TALE † a talebearer; a tell-tale ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• GABBY a gossip; a talebearer ...1915 US sl.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• TALE-CARRIER a talebearer ...1552
• TALE-PAT a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALER a talebearer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELLER a talebearer, a telltale ...1377
• TALE-TELLING-TIT a telltale, a talebearer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TELL-A-PIE-TIT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-CLACK a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-CLAT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIE a talebearer ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIE TIT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIENOT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIET a talebearer ...1902 Sc.
• TELL-PIOT a talebearer ...1902 Sc.
• TELL-PYE a talebearer ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TELL-TALE TIT a talebearer ... 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELL-TALER TIT a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-TIT a talebearer ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIE a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIE-TIT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIOT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PYE-TIT a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TITIVIL † a mischievous talebearer; a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITIVILLER †* a tattling telltale, a mischievous talebearer, one who spreads scandal ...1581
• TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a talebearer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TALENT - adjectives
• LARGE-PARTED † of great parts or talents ...a1659
TALENT - nouns
• PAN talent ...1920s US sl.
TALENT - nouns, person
• NATURAL a person having a natural talent; one especially well suited for or likely to succeed in a particular endeavour; one who excels in something because of unusual ability ...1749 Amer. sl.
• ONE-TRICK PONY a person considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc. ...colloq., chiefly US
TALENTED - verbs
• HANG THE MOON to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented ...1953 Amer. dial.