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TALL - TEA PARTY
TALL - adjectives
• ABOVE SNAKES tall, above the ground ...1855 Amer. dial.
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELEGANT † tall ...1513
• GAMALEERIE † of clumsy build, tall, raw-boned, lean, and long-necked; hence, awkward, gawky ...1808 Sc.
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LACING large; tall; of superior quality ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANGREL † tall, lanky ...1608 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LARRICKY tall and thin, usually without any implication of awkwardness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LONG tall ...c900
• LONG AS MEG OF WESTMINSTER, AS said of a very tall person ...?1590
• LONG, LEAN AND LANK said of a tall, thin person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME rather tall ...1853 Eng. dial.
• LONG-SPARRED tall, lanky ...1925 Amer. nautical sl.
• MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed, tall and thin ...M17 sl.
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMMELY of a boy: fast-growing, tall, lanky ...1887 Sc.
• RAMPING tall; quickly or luxuriantly growing ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RAMPSING tall; awkward, ungainly ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENKY tall and too thin; lanky ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAMMENTRAW † tall and slender ...1859 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLY tall, thin, and awkward ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• STRAPPING tall, robust, well-made ...1678 sl.
• TALLER THAN A STACKPOLE very tall ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TALLER THAN THE MORAL LAW very tall ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
• TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed ...c1817 Sc.
• TAUNT tall; too high in proportion to the breadth ...1736 Eng. dial.
• TEARY tall, tapering; slender; said of persons and plants ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness; tall or long and slender; lanky...1852 sl.
• WELL UP very tall ...1990s Ireland
TALL - nouns, person
• AMAZON a tall person of either sex ...1969 Amer. sl.
• BEANPOLE a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
• DABBERLOCKS a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLACK a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLICK a tall, uncomely person; commonly a term of disrespect ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DUKE OF LIMBS a tall, lanky person; one with ungainly limbs ...1888 sl.
• EDDERER a very tall, thin man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANG a tall, thin person ...1928 Sc.
• FLANKER a tall person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person ...1867 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANT a tall, ungainly person or animal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANTER a tall, ungainly person or animal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANTUS a tall, ungainly person or animal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GAMALEERIE a tall, raw-boned, awkward female ...B1900 Sc.
• GAMMERSTAGS a tall, awkward person, usually a woman ...1570 Sc.
• GAMMERSTANG a tall, awkward person, usually a woman ...1570 Sc.
• GANGERELL a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person ...1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANGREL a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person ...1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GOMERSTANG a tall, awkward person, usually a woman ...1570 Sc.
• HALBERT a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAUPS a tall, awkward person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWK-SPAUN a tall, ungainly woman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWPS a tall, awkward person; a clownish fellow ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAY-CROOK a long, lanky, hungry-looking man ...1808 Eng. dial.
• HIGH POCKET a tall man; thus a nickname ...1910s sl., orig. US
• HIGHPOCKETS a tall man; thus a nickname ...1910s sl., orig. US
• HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JACKALEGS a tall, long-legged man; used as a term of opprobrium ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK-OF-LEGS a tall, long-legged man ... 1785 sl.
• KALE-WORM a term of contempt for a tall, slender person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMPER one who takes long, heavy steps; a tall woman ...1825 Sc.
• LAMP-POST a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LANGLE a long, lanky person; anything long and loose in movement ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LEGS ELEVEN a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONGSHANKS a tall or long-legged person ...1889 Amer. dial.
• MACKEREL-BACK a tall, thin person ...M17 sl.
• MALLY-WALLOPS a tall, untidy woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MART a derisive term for a tall person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOON-FIXER a very tall, usually lanky, person ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• MOURNING COACH HORSE 'a tall, solemn woman, dressed in black and many inky feathers' ...L19 UK middle class usage
• PAPA-TREE-TOP-TALL an extremely tall man ...1930s US Black sl.
• PULL-THROUGH a soldier's term for a tall, thin person ...Brit. sl.
• RAFT a tall, thin person ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAINBOW a tall, thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAMLIN-LAD a tall, fast-growing boy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDLE-TREE a tall, thin person ...1815 Sc.
• RENCHEL somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc. obs.
• SAHARA a tall, thin person ...1946 S. African sl.
• SALLY B. a tall, thin woman ...L19 US sl.
• SCALY a tall, thinly-made person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW somebody or something tall, thin, and bony ...1897 Sc.
• SCREED a long, thin person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKELPER a tall, lanky person ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SPANKY a tall, well-made, active person ...B1900 Sc.
• STRAMMER a tall, stout woman ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STREAK a tall, thin person ...1941 sl., orig. Aust.
• STREAM-LINE a tall, thin man ...1917 army sl.
• STRIDEWALLOPS a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp ...B1900 Eng. dial. obsolescent
• STRING-BEAN a tall, thin person ...1936 US sl.
• TALL DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• TANGLE † a tall, lank person ...1768 Sc.
• TAPPIN a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man ...L19 Irish sl.
• YANKER † a tall agile girl; a clever girl ...1824 Sc.
• YARD OF PUMP WATER a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
TALL - verbs
• HAVE THE RISE ON to be taller than ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LONG OUT to grow tall ...1987 Amer. dial.
TALL - phrases
• STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER said of a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TALLY - nouns
• TAIL † a tally; a stick or rod of wood marked on one side with transverse notches representing the amount of debt or payment; hence, a score, an account ...a1325
TALLY - verbs
• TAIL † 1. to mark or record on a tally; to charge with a debt ...1377
† 2. to tally or agree with; to equal ...1638
• TAILYE † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
• TAILZIE † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
• TENT to compare; to count, to tally; to take account ...1876 Eng. dial.
TALON - nouns
• CLENCH-HOOKS claws, talons ...19C Eng. dial.
• FANG a claw or talon ...1731 obs.
TAMBOURINE - nouns
• TAMBERBASE a tambourine ...1688
• TAMBER DE BASE a tambourine ...1688
• TAMBOURBASQUE a tambourine ...1688
• TAMBOUR DE BASQUE a tambourine ...1688
• TIMBREL a musical instrument of percussion; a tambourine or the like that could be help up in the hand ...1500-20
• TIMP † a tambourine ...c1205
TAMBOURINE - nouns, person
• TAMBO the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe ...1884
• TIMBESTER a female performer on the 'timbrel' ...a1366
• TIMBRELLER a performer on the 'timbrel' ...1833
• TIMBRER †* a timbrel-player ...c1425
TAMBOURINE - verbs
• TIMBRE † to play on the 'timbrel' ...c1400
• TIMBREL to play upon a 'timbrel'; to accompany with a 'timbrel' or similar instrument ...1629
TAME - adjectives
• CADELY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADISH tame, gentle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• CADY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HAMALD tame, domestic, as opposed to wild ...1678 Sc.
• HAND-TAME † tame and submissive to handling; mild, gentle ...a1300
• MANSUETE † gentle, mild; tame, not wild or fierce ...c1374 obs. or arch.
• PACK intimate, friendly; of animals: tame, docile ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PACKT intimate, friendly; of animals: tame, docile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SPACK †* gentle; quiet; tame ...ME
• TAWIE † tame, tractable ...1813 Sc.
TAME - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• AFAITE † to tame ...1393
• DANTON to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame; to intimidate ...1535 Sc.
• DAUNT † 1. to bring into subjection, to subdue, to tame; to hold in subjection; to control ...1303
† 2. to tame, to break in an animal ...1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUNTON to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame; to intimidate ...1535 Sc.
• FAMILIARISE † to domesticate; to tame an animal ...1634
• MANSUEFY † to tame ...1623
TAMED - adjectives
• DAUNTED † tamed, subdued, brought under control ...c1375
• DAUNTONED tamed, broken in ...1597 Sc.
TAMENESS - nouns
• TAMEHED †* tameness, domesticity, docility ...c1250
TAMING - nouns
• MANSUEFACTION a taming or making gentle ...1727
TAMPER - verbs
• COOK to falsify; to tamper with ...1636 sl.
• DABBLE † to meddle, tamper with; to interfere in ...1660
• DOCTOR to make different in order to deceive; to tamper with; to falsify or adulterate
• FAKE to tamper with; to dope a horse ...c1830 sl.
• FAKE UP to tamper with, to alter, to arrange in any manner for advantage or profit ...1812 sl.
• MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously ...1889-90 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY to waste time, to fool around; to tamper, to meddle, to interfere, to fiddle with something or someone ...1881 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY WITH to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously ...1895 Amer. sl.
TAMPERING - adjectives
• DABBLESOME meddling, tampering, interfering with ...1866 nonce word
TAN, TANNED - adjectives
• BAKED sunburned or very tanned ...1930s sl.
TAN, TANNING - nouns
• FAKE-BAKE 1. a tan acquired in a salon ...1980s Amer. student's sl.
2. a tanning salon ...1980s US campus sl.
• NIGGY a dark tan ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
• SUNNINESS †* sunburn, tan ...1753
TAN, TANNED - nouns, person
• TANLING * one tanned by the sun's rays; a dark-skinned person ...1611
TAN - verbs
• FAKE AND BAKE to get a tan in a tanning booth ...1980s US campus sl.
TANGERINE - nouns
• GLOVE ORANGE. a tangerine ...1977 Amer. dial.
TANGIBLE - adjectives
• PALPABLE that can be touched, felt, or handled; apprehensible by the sense of touch; tangible, sensible ...c1384
TANGLE - nouns (also see ENTANGLE)
• BALTER a tangle; a lump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRANGLE a tangle; a confused crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAFFLE a tangle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANK a coil of rope, a noose; a tangle, e.g. of thread ...1826 Sc.
• FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament ...1818 Sc.
• GLAUM a snarl, a tangle; a confused mass ...1923 Amer. dial.
• GLOM a snarl, a tangle; a confused mass ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• HAFFICK tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE a botch, a bungle, a tangle ...1929 Sc.
• HANKLE a tangle, twist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HARL a tangle, a knot; a confusion; mental confusion ...a1697 Eng dial.
• HATTER a jumble, a confused crowd; a knot or tangle ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INVOLUTION something complicated; an intricate movement, a tangle ...E17
• RABBLE a tangle ...Bk19C Eng dial.
• RAFFLE a tangle ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAVEL a muddle, tangle, confusion ...1891 Sc.
• RAVELMENT a confusion, tangle ...1833 Sc.
• SCRAWL a tangle; an entanglement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE a tangle, a ravel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNAGGLE a tangle or snarl ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAFFLE anything tangled or confused; a tangle ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line ...1925 Sc.
• TANGLEMENT a tangle; a knot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARDLE a tangled mass, a tangle ..1898 Eng. dial.
• TATHER a tangle; a complicated state of things ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAZZ a tangle; esp. used of a rough head of hair; a heap of knots and loose ends ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TAZZLE a tangle; a state of disorder; esp. used of the hair ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TETHER a tangle, as of weeds ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAD-THRUM a tangle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM a tangle, a mess; a tangled mass of anything; an untidy piece of dress, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMOCK a tangle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITCHES' BRIDLE a tangle; a tangle in a horse's mane ...1977 Amer. dial.
• WITCH STIRRUP a tangle; a tangle in a horse's mane ...1880 Amer. dial.
TANGLE - verbs
• BALTER † to form tangled knots or clots; to stick together by coagulation ...1601
• FANGLE to tangle, to ravel, to mix up ...1826 Sc.
• FANKLE to tangle; to entangle ...c1450 Sc.
• GLAUM to tangle ...1923 Amer. dial.
• GLOM to tangle up, to make a hash of, to mess ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE to tangle thread, etc. ...1923 Sc.
• SNANGLE to snarl, to tangle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAGGLE to tangle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle ...1898 Sc.
• WAFFLE to tangle, to ravel, to put into confusion ...1908 Sc.
TANGLED - adjectives
• BALTERED tangled, clogged, matted together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KANGLED † tangled ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTLED knotted, tangled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled ...1928 Sc.
• RAVELLED tangled, confused, muddled, in difficulties ...1721 Sc.
• SNAGGLY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANGLESOME tangled, confused ...1888
• TANGLY tousled, tangled, entangled ...19C Eng. dial.
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAZZY fuzzy, tangled, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOUSLEDY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOUSY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
TANGLED - adverbs
• ATWIST twisted, awry, tangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FRIMPLE-FRAMPLE in a confused, tangled manner; promiscuously ...19C Sc.
TANGLED - nouns
• BEE'S WISP a tangled mass ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETANGLEMENT tangled condition ...1881
TANKARD - nouns
• FACER † a large cup or tankard; a cup filled to the brim ...1527
TANNER - nouns, person
• BARKER † a tanner; a worker with leather ...1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKINS a tanner ...1785 sl.
TANTALIZATION - nouns
• TANTALISM †* punishment or torment like that of Tantalus (mythical king condemned, for revealing the secrets of the gods, to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water, which constantly receded as he stooped to drink, and with branches of food hanging above him which ever fled his grasp); tantalization ...c1614
TANTALIZE - verbs
• JADE to tantalize, to tease ...1906 Amer. dial.
TANTALIZED - verbs
• EAT THE AIR † to be 'fed upon promises', to be tantalized ...1597
TANTALIZING - adjectives
• TANTALEAN only apparently reachable; tantalizing ...a1618
• TANTALIC only apparently reachable; tantalizing ...1882
TANTRUM - nouns
• ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums ...1884 Eng. dial.
• AYROM an unpleasant commotion or disturbance, display of temper, tantrums ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BAIT a temper, a tantrum ...M19 sl.
• BATE a temper, a tantrum ...M19 sl.
• CONNIPTION a violent tantrum; hysterics ...1848 Amer. sl.
• CONNIPTION FIT a tantrum ...1833 Amer. sl.
• DEVIL'S FIT a tantrum ...1983 Amer. dial.
• DUCK-FIT a state or fit of excitement, impatience, or uneasiness; a tantrum ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GEOLTITUDES bursts of passionate temper, tantrums ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• PADDY a temper; a rage; a tantrum...1894 UK sl.
• RADGE a temper tantrum ...1990s sl.
• SNIT a fit of angry agitation; a mild temper tantrum ...1939 US sl.
• TAN a rage; a tantrum ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TANTER a tantrum ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TANTUM a tantrum ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
TANTRUM - verbs
• JUMP THROUGH ONE'S ASSHOLE to throw a tantrum ...1972 Amer. sl.
TAP (touch) - nouns
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
• TAT a very slight tap or blow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG a touch; usually a light but significant touch, a tap or pat ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRL a tap or tapping ...1808 Sc.
• TIT a light stroke or tap; a slap ...1808 Sc.
• TIT-TAT imitation of the sound of alternating taps or blows ...a1700
TAP (faucet) - nouns
• BUTTLE a tap, a spigot ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FAUCET † a tap for drawing liquor from a barrel, etc. ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUILL † a tap or faucet ...1611
• TAMPER †* to beat lightly, to tap ; to continue tapping ...1606
TAP (touch) - verbs
• NATTLE to make a light rattling, crackling, or tapping noise ...1825 N. Eng. dial.
• RAP to tap ...1685 Sc.
• TICK to touch or tap a thing or person lightly; to bestow light touches or pats by way of caressing ...1546
• TIT † to strike or tap lightly; to pat, to tip ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TAP DANCING - nouns
• CELLAR-FLAP a tap-dance ...M19 rhyming sl.
TAPE - nouns
• TAPERY † tape and the like ...1657 nonce word
TAPER - verbs
• FASTIGIATE to make pointed at the top like a gable; to taper to a point ..1656
TAPERING - adjectives
• FASTIGIATE sloping up or tapering to a point like a cone or pyramid ...1662
• TEREY † tapering to a point ...1876
TAPERING - adverbs
• TAPERLY * in a tapering manner, taperingly, slenderly ...1802
TAPESTRY - nouns
• IMAGERY † figured work on a textile fabric, as in tapestry; embroidery ...1390
• PAGEANT † a scene represented on tapestry, or the like ...1557
• TAPISSER-WORK † tapestry-work ...1459
• TAPISSERY † tapestry ...1426
TAPESTRY - nouns, person
• TAPESTER †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPISSER † a maker or weaver of figured cloth or tapestry ...c1386 obs. exc. Hist.
• TAPISTER †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPITER †* a maker or weaver of figured cloth or tapestry ...c1440
TAPESTY - verbs
• TAPIS † to hang, cover, or adorn with tapestry ...1528
TAPIOCA - nouns
• FISH EYES tapioca ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FISH'S EYES tapioca ...20C colloq.
• FROG'S EYES tapioca ...20C colloq.
• SNAKE EYES tapioca ...Amer. World War I sl.
TAPPING - adjectives
• NATTLING rattling, tapping, esp. of one who knocks his heels together while dancing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TAPPING - nouns
• NATTLING a tapping; a light rattling noise ...1867 Eng. dial.
TAPSTER - nouns, person (also see DRINKING EST. PERSON)
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE † a publican; a tapster, an innkeeper; from the colour of his apron ...c1425
• FAUCET † a term of contempt for a tapster ...1614
• KNIGHT OF THE SPIGOT a publican, a tapster ...1821 sl.
• SKINK * a tapster or waiter ...1603
• SKINKARD †* a tapster ...1615
• SKINKER one who draws, pours out, or serves liquor; a tapster ...1586 arch. or Eng. dial.
• SQUIRE OF THE GIMLET a tapster ...c1670 colloq.
• TIPPLER † a retailer of ale and other intoxicating liquor; a tapster; a tavern-keeper ...1396
TARANTULA - nouns
• JAYHAWKER a tarantula ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• TARENTINE SPIDER † the tarantula ...1668
• VAMPIRE * the tarantula spider ...1843
TARDILY - adverbs
• LATELY † slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly ...c1000
TARDINESS - nouns
• LATELINESS †* tardiness ...a1340
• LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness ...1623
• LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness ...a1763
• TARDITUDE * slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness ...1794
TARDY - adjectives
• ASTERN (OF) THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, lagging behind ...1891 Amer. sl.
• BACK O' BEHIND behindhand; tardy; late ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEHIND THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, laggardly ...1891 Amer. dial.
• CUNCTATIVE * cautiously slow, tardy, dilatory, prone to or causing delay ...1617
• LAG * belated, lingering behind, tardy, lagging ...1568
• LAGGED † delayed, tardy ...1602
• LAGGIE slow, tardy; lazy ...1897 Sc.
• LAGGY slow, tardy; lazy ...1897 Sc.
• LAISH † slow, slack, tardy ...1700 Sc.
• LATREDE †* slow, tardy ...c897
• LENTITUDINOUS * slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801
• LETSOME † slow, tardy, sluggish ...1647
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARDIOUS †* tardy, slow ...c1580
TARDY - verbs
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1577-87
• TARDY † to make tardy; to delay, to retard, to keep back ...1611
TARGET - nouns
• ARTILLERY BULL failure to hit any part of a target on a rifle range; hence, the red flag used to signal such a failure ...1921 US army sl.
• BARN-DOOR a target too large to be easily missed ...1547
TARGET - nouns, person
• CREAM PUFF an easy target; easy prey ...1915 US sl.
TARNISH - verbs
• CANKER † to corrode, to rust, to tarnish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TACHE to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear ...a1700 Sc.
• TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TARNISHED - adjectives
• CANKERED † rusted, corroded; tarnished ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCAGGIE tarnished, shabby ...1825 Sc.
TARRY - nouns, person
• TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
TARRY - verbs
• DAIVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DAVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry ...1805 Sc.
• GELE †* to delay, to retard; to tarry, to linger ...a900
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• LENG † to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell ...a1300
• LET † to delay, to tarry, to wait ...c1385
• TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TARGE † to delay; to tarry ...c1250
• TARRET † to tarry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARROW to tarry, to delay, to linger, to hesitate, to show reluctance ...c1375 Sc.
• TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
TARRYING - adjectives
• TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome ...1513 Sc.
TARRYING - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode ...c1330
• IMMORATION †* the act of resting or dwelling on something; tarrying ...1640
• TARGE † tarrying, delay ...a1300
• TARRIAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
• TARRIANCE the act of tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...1460 arch.
• TARRY † the act of tarrying; spending or loss of time; delay, procrastination ...c1375
• TARRYMENT †* delay, tarrying ...1560
• TARYAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
TART - adjectives
• AIGRE sour, tart ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EAGER † sour, acid, tart ...c1350
• HASK bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TARTY tart, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TART - nouns
• TANTABLET † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTABLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTADLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TART-STUFF † a confection of fruit for making tarts ...1623
TART - verbs
• TART * to become tart or sour ...1629
TARTNESS - nouns
• VERDURE † sharpness, tartness, or unpleasantness of taste ...1508
TASK - nouns
• HAG a task ...1887 Eng. dial.
TASKMASTER - adjectives
• BALL-BREAKING acting as a hard taskmaster; of a woman: aggressive, demanding; dominating ...1959 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING acting as a hard taskmaster; of a woman: aggressive, demanding ...1944 US sl.
TASKMASTER - nouns, person
• ASS-BREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BACK-BREAKER a difficult task or taskmaster ...B1800 Eng. colloq.
• BALLBREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1942 US sl.
• BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...c1944 US sl.
• BALL-WRACKER the person who assigns difficult talks; a hard taskmaster ...M20 US sl.
• BEAR'S ASS a harsh taskmaster ...1990s US sl.
• HARD-BITTEN ONE a hard taskmaster ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HARD-WOOLLED ONE a hard taskmaster ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HORSE JOCKEY a hard taskmaster ...1851 US sl.
• NIGGER-DRIVER (derogatory) a hard taskmaster; one who drives Blacks or one who is powerful and brutal ...M19 US colloq.
• SIMON LEGREE a strict taskmaster; a 'slave driver' ...M19 US colloq.
• TAX-MASTER a taskmaster ...1887 Sc.
TASKMASTER - verbs
• RAMROD to boss, to manage, esp. in a strictly disciplined way; to be a strict disciplinarian or taskmaster ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCOURGE to exercise great severity; to act as a hard taskmaster ...Bk1904 Sc.
TASSEL - nouns
• DALDOES useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish ...1841 Sc.
• DANGLEMENTS dangling appendages; tassels, etc. ...1855 Eng. dial.
• TARGAT † a tassel; an ornament for the hat ...1802 Sc.
TASTE - adjectives
• ACRIMONIOUS bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid ...1612 arch.
• ACUTE † of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
• BAACHIE nasty tasting; filthy ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BAUCH unpleasant to the taste ...1706 Sc.
• BEAUTIFUL pleasing to the taste ...1886 Eng. dial.
• FABULICIOUS good; good-tasting; often used of a sexually appealing man ...1997 US sl.
• GAMEY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• GAMY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• GOBBITY pleasant to the taste ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GOODY toothsome, esp. sweet food, as butter, jelly, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HASK † rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HASKY coarse to the taste; unpalatable ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MEEK-TASTED sweet or mild of taste ...1897 Sc.
• MERVE savoury, agreeable to the taste ...1899 Sc.
• MERVY savoury, agreeable to the taste ...1899 Sc.
• NESH † delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALATE †* pleasant to the palate or taste; palatable ...1617
• PALATICAL † pleasing to the palate or taste ...1656
• PALATIVE * pleasing to the palate or taste; palatable ...1682
• QUICK † of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk ...1573
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSH of edibles: rank or unpleasant to the palate, coarse; harsh to the taste; rank, foul; of alcohol: strong, fiery ... 1808 Sc.
• RELISHY pleasant to the taste ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SAPIENT † having a taste or savour ...1599
• SAPORAL †* pert. to taste ...1651
• SAPORIFIC * imparting flavour or taste ...1704
• SAPORINE * pert. to the sense of taste ...1813
• SAPOROUS † 1. agreeable to the taste, savoury ...a1670
2. pert. to taste; having flavour or taste ...1704
• TART †* of the sense of taste: keen ...1605
• TASTESOME †* pleasant to the taste; toothsome...1598
• TOOTH-RIFE agreeable to the taste; palatable; that of which one can eat a considerable quantity ...1841 Sc.
• VALIANT † strong in respect of smell or taste ...1607
• VEHEMENT † of taste: strong, pungent ...1600
• VELVETY smooth and soft to the taste ...1888
• VINY old or high tasted; generally applied to game that has been overkept ...1887 Sc.
• WALLOW nauseous; having a sickly taste ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW-LIKE nauseous; having a sickly taste ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOWY nauseous; having a sickly taste ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALSH insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WELSH nauseous; sour; having a sickly taste ...1691 Eng. dial.
• YAR harsh of taste; sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARRISH harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARRY harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...1841 Eng. dial.
TASTE - adverbs
• FALSE-TASTEDLY with a false or bad taste ...1803 Eng. dial.
TASTE - nouns
• ACERBITUDE † sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness ...1731
• ACERBITY sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste; ...1611
• ACRIMONY biting sharpness to the taste; pungency; acridity ...1542 arch.
• ACRITUDE †* bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity ...1675
• ANTEPAST a foretaste; an appetizer ...1580
• FAINTNESS a sickly taste; excessive sweetness ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANG a twang, an ill taste or flavour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAREWELL an aftertaste ...1905 Amer. dial.
• GAB palate, taste ...1725 Sc.
• GABBETS the palate, taste, appetite ...1874 Sc.
• NADKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
• NATKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
• SAPIDITY the quality of having taste and flavour ...1646
• SAPIDNESS † the quality of having taste and flavour ...1649
• SAPOR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SAPOROSITY * that property of a body by which it imparts the sensation of taste; taste, flavour ...1794
• SAPOUR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SAY a sample; a taste ...1813 Eng. dial.
• SCHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SMAHAN a drop to drink; a taste ...E20 Irish
• TACHE †* a slight taste or flavour; a smack ...1607
• TACK † a smack, taste, or flavour of something; esp. a peculiar or ill flavour ...1602
• TALLAGE † 1. taste, savour ...a1400
† 2. the sense of taste ...1557
• TARAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TARRAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TEUK a disagreeable taste, a by-taste ...1899 Sc.
• TEW a bad taste, esp. that occasioned by dampness ...BK1905 Sc.
• TUIK a disagreeable taste, a by-taste ...1899 Sc.
• VERDURE † 1. sharpness, tartness, or unpleasantness of taste ...1508
† 2. freshness or agreeable briskness of taste in fruits or liquors; also, taste, savour ...1513
• WAFT † a taste or flavour, esp. an ill taste ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAYGANG a lingering taste or flavour, an aftertaste ...1754 Sc.
TASTE - verbs
• ABITE † to bite, to nip, to taste ...c1000
• AIR to taste ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DELIBATE † to take a little of; to taste, to sip ...1623
• FAND † to taste food, etc. ...c893
• FOND † to taste food, etc. ...c893
• GUST THE GAB to give a taste or relish to ...1773 Sc.
• HANDSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE IN THE FOREHEAD of food: to taste good ...2008 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE'S BRAIN of food: to taste good ...2003 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE'S JAW TEETH OUT of food: to taste good ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE'S TONSILS of food: to taste good ...2009 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP THE ROOF OF ONE'S MOUTH of food: to taste good ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUALIFY to modify the quality or strength of, to make stronger, dilute or otherwise fit for taste; as, to 'qualify' liquors ...1816 Amer. dial.
• REHEARSE to leave a strong taste in the mouth; to rise on the stomach, as of food which disagrees ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAY to assay, to test; to taste ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TACK to give a smack or taste to ..1868 Eng. dial.
• TARAGE † to have a taste; to have a flavour ...c1407
• TASTE LIKE MORE to taste very good, making one eager to have more ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TASTE LIKE MORE'S BEHIND to taste very good, making one eager to have more ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TASTE ONE'S MOUTH to please one's sense of taste ...1909 Amer. dial.
TASTEFUL - adjectives
• NEAT of preparations, esp. in cookery: dainty, tasteful ...1611
TASTELESS - adjectives
• DADDOCKY inferior, weak; tasteless ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADE † that has lost taste; insipid, commonplace, uninteresting ...1715
• FATUOUS † tasteless, insipid, vapid ...1608
• MALMY of fruit: mellow, soft, juiceless; of food generally: vapid, tasteless ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAMMACHLESS tasteless, insipid ...1825 Sc.
• WALLOW † tasteless, insipid; sickly ...c897 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALLOWISH † insipid, tasteless, flat; also, ill-tasting, nauseous, esp. through being over-sweet ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALSH insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WELSH insipid, tasteless; of cider, etc.: watery, poor ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TASTELESS,TASTELESSNESS - nouns
• WABBLE wishy-washy, tasteless liquid food or drink ...1899 Sc.
• WALSHNESS insipidity; tastelessness ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TASTELESS - nouns, person
• MADGE a tasteless person ...1950s homosexual sl.
• SANTA CLAUS a vulgar, gaudy, and tasteless dresser ...1980s US sl.
• SARACEN † an ignorant and tasteless person; a barbarian ...1714
TASTY - adjectives
• LICIOUS †* delicious, tasty, savoury ...c1420
• MOREISH of food: appetizing, tasty ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MOREY of food: appetizing, tasty ...1975 Amer. dial.
• MORISH of food: appetizing, tasty ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS delicious, extra-tasty...1881 sl., orig. US
• SIPID * savoury; tasty; full of flavour ...1623
TATTER, TATTERED, TATTERS - nouns
• FANEREL a rag, a tatter, a flapping piece of cloth ...1819 Sc.
• JAGS † rags, tatters ...1637 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAMRAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JIM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPS rags, tatters ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RAGS AND JAGS tattered clothing ...c1860 sl.
• RALLOCK a tattered garment; a rag ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALTALLACKS rags and tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATS rags, tatters ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG a fluttering rag, a tatter ...1827
• TAIVERS rags, tatters, tears ...1846 Sc.
• TARGAT † a tatter; a shred ...1773 Sc.
• TARGET a tatter, a shred ...1773 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOPS rags, tatters; torn flapping clothing ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TATTER - verbs
• SCOW to trim; to cut off rags or tatters ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARTLE to rend, to tatter ...1877 Sc. & Ireland
TATTERED - adjectives
• ALL TO RATS AND RIBBONS ragged, tattered ,,,,B1900 Eng. dial.
• BETATTERED all in tatters, ragged ...1618
• BETORN † torn; torn about the sides, tattered ...a1300
• HAGGERTY-TAGGERTY in a ragged state; tattered; like a ragamuffin ...1891 Sc.
• HAGGERTY-TAG-LIKE ragged, tattered, ragamuffin ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MORE HOLY THAN RIGHTEOUS phr. applied to a tattered garment or person ...1880 colloq.
• RAGG-ARSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGG-ASSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASS of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAG-TAILED tattered; like a ragamuffin ...1887 colloq.
• TAGGED of a garment: slashed; tattered ...c1380
• TAGGOWY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TALDERY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TARGED † shabby in appearance; tattered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATTER tattered, ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERY tattered, ragged, frayed out ...1835 Eng. dial.
TATTLE - nouns
• MOCKINGBIRD TALE loose tattle of one who receives a bit of scandal in confidence, and proceeds to broadcast it ...1950 Amer. dial.
TATTLE - verbs
• BLATE to tattle ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BLEAT to tattle ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL CLASHES to spread malicious reports, to gossip, to tattle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DIDDLE to tattle, to gossip ...1810 Eng. dial.
• PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PEACH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIMP to snoop, to sneak, to tattle, to inform on ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SQUEAL to turn informer; to tattle ...1846 sl.
• SWITCH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAT to gossip, to tattle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TATTER to chatter; to tattle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERTALE to tattle ...2005 Amer. dial.
TATTLER, TATTLETALE, TATTLING - nouns, person
• BUSY-LICKUM a gossip, a tattletale ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• CACKLER a telltale, a tattler, a blabber ...1598
• GAB a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox; one who talks too much or too loudly ...1822 Sc.
• GABBIE a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox ...1841 Sc.
• GABBOCK a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox ...1866 Sc.
• HAKE a forward, tattling woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• LAB † a chatterbox, a tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• LABICAN a gossip, a tattler, a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB-O'-THE-TONGUE a chatterbox, tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• NARC a tattletale ...1976 Amer. sl.
• NARK a tattletale ...1976 Amer. sl.
• NEWS PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SCLAVE a gossip; one who tittle-tattles; a scandal-monger ...1969 Sc.
• TABBY a spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler ...1748
• TALE PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TITIVIL † a mischievous talebearer; a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITTERER † a tattler, a telltale ...1377
• TITTLE-GOOSE a foolish, tattling person; a telltale, a foolish blab ...1807 Eng. dial.
• TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE † a habitual tattler; one given up to gossip; esp. a woman so addicted ...1580
• TITTLE-TATTLER one addicted to tattling; an idle talker, a gossip ...1600
• TWITTLE-TWAT †* a chatterer, one who talks nonsense; a tattler, a babbler ...1662
• WHIFFER a tattletale ...1952 Amer. dial.
TATTLING - adjectives
• GABBIT loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent ...1808 Sc.
• TITTLE-TATTLE addicted to tattling; gossiping ...1719
TATTOO - adjectives
• TACKED BACK covered with tattoos ...1989 US sl.
TATTOO - nouns
• A.C.A.B. all coppers are bastards; a popular tattoo in the UK, esp. among Hell's Angels and other outlaw groups ...1940s sl.
• SKIN-PRINTS † tattoo marks ...1650
• TACK a (prison-created) tattoo ...1992 US criminals' sl.
TATTOO - verbs
• MARK UP to tattoo ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• TAG to tattoo part of the body ...1993 US sl.
TAUNT - nouns
• BAB a taunt; a gibe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BISMER † a reproach, a taunt, an insult ...971
• BOB a taunt, a gibe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EDWIT † reproach, rebuke, taunt; taunting speech ...c825
• GAB † a taunt ...a1225
• JOE a taunt to or warning of the approach of a policeman ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• LEDOR † a biting taunt ...1623
• QUIB † a taunt, a jibe ...1656
• SNAP an insult, esp. a public taunt ...1990s Amer. sl.
TAUNT - verbs
• BAIRGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• BANTER to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• BETWIT to upbraid, to taunt ...1678 Eng. dial.
• CHECK to tease, to taunt ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CRACK to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack ...1942 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
• CRACK ON to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack ...1942 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
• DIG OUT to taunt, to insult ...1998 UK sl.
• DING ON THE NOSE to taunt, to reprove ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDWITE † to taunt, to blame, to reproach ...c825
• EMBRAID † to upbraid, to taunt, to mock; also, to reproach one with ...1481
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HEASCEN † 1. to mock, to deride, to taunt ...c1000
† 2. to rail, to utter taunts ...c1000
• JOE to taunt, (esp. a policeman) with a cry of 'joe' ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• NAG to gnaw, to nibble ...1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NARG to keep grumbling and finding fault; to be peevish; to argue snappishly; to nag, to taunt ...1824 Sc.
• PUT SOMETHING AGAINST A MAN'S BEARD † to taunt him with it ...1387
• QUIB †* to taunt, to gibe at, to quip ...1592
• SCANCE to criticize, to be censorious about, to reproach, to taunt ...1801 Sc.
• TASH † to slander; to cast a stain on a person; to upbraid, to taunt ...1827 Sc.
• TAUNTIFY to taunt ...1901 Eng. dial.
• UPCAST to taunt or reproach ...1930 Amer. dial.
TAUNTING - adjectives
• JEERY †* scornfully derisive, taunting, scoffing ...1606
TAUNTING - nouns
• BAUCHLING reproaching, taunting ...1835 Sc.
• MICKEY-TAKING an act of derisive taunting ...1959 UK sl.
• MICKY-TAKING an act of derisive taunting ...1959 UK sl.
• OPPROBRATION †* reproaching, taunting, reviling ...c1616
TAVERN - see DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT
TAWDRILY - adverbs
• CHAUNCHY in a cheap, tawdry manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
TAWDRY - adjectives
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• MAWKY of a woman: dowdy and ungainly; wearing tawdry finery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLETIE coarse in appearance, haggard and tawdry ...a1838 Sc.
• RORY-TORY having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; gaudy, tawdry, showy, dashing; generally used of colour in dress ...1874 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TANTAWDHERLY tawdry, slovenly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TATHERY-OUTERY tawdry, flaunting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
TAWDRY - nouns
• FAIRINGS tawdry articles sold or to be won at a fair ...20C
• FALLALERY tawdry finery; gaudy ornament ...1833
• MONMOUTH STREET FINERY tawdry clothes, furniture, etc.; pretense, pretentiousness ...c1850 Brit. colloq.
• TAWDRUM † a tawdry decoration ...1680 nonce word
• TINSELRY showy and tawdry material or ornamentation ...1820
TAWDRY - nouns, person
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern ...1855 Eng. dial.
TAWDRY - verbs
• BETAWDER † to bedizen with tawdry finery, to adorn gaudily ...a1689
TAWNY - adjectives
• BADGER-PIED badger-coloured, tawny ...1845 Eng. dial.
• DIN dingy-coloured, dun, sallow, tawny ...1794 Sc.
• TANDY † tawny ...1496
TAX - nouns
• ALCABALA † a tax, esp. a sales tax ...1824 Amer. dial.
• AJAX tax ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth ...1549
• IMPOSITION † the levying of a tax; taxation ...c1374
• LAY † the act of imposing a tax; an impost, assessment, rate, tax ...1558 obs . exc. Eng. dial.
• MALETOLT † an unjust or burdensome tax ...1514 Law
• SCOT AND LOT a just proportion of taxes; a contribution ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOLNE † tax, custom, duty ...1023
TAX - nouns, person
• CATCHPOLE † a tax-gatherer, an exactor of taxes or imposts; a (Roman) publican ...a1050
• CATCHPOLL † a tax-gatherer, an exactor of taxes or imposts; a (Roman) publican ...a1050
• DECIMATOR † an exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth ...1673
• GHOSTBUSTER a person who investigates tax fraud ...US colloq.
• TOLLER † a tax-gatherer ...c1000
• TOLNER † a tax-gatherer ...c1050
TAX - verbs
• DECIMATE † to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth ...1656
• LAY † to assess, to rate, to tax a person ...c1330
• SOAK to charge a high price; to tax heavily; to extort money from ...L19 sl. orig. US
• SCOT to pay taxes; to tax or rate ...Bk1904 Sc.
TAXABLE - adjectives
• LAYABLE † taxable, rateable ...c1599
TAXI - adjectives
• GYPSY unlicensed, unregulated, usually owned by the operator; independent of any organization, legal or otherwise; generally applied to a taxicab or truck, although originally to a racehorse owner/jockey ...1951 US sl.
TAXI - adverbs
• DEADHEAD of a cab, aeroplane, etc.: being driven without its usual load or passengers ...1920s sl.
TAXI - nouns
• AFTAX (derogatory) a Black-owned taxi, usually an old American-made car ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• CABBING working as a cab driver ...1980s sl.
• CAB YAB shop talk among taxi drivers ...Brit. sl.
• CLOCK a taxi meter ...1939 Amer. colloq.
• FAST BLACK a black London taxi ...1960s UK society sl.
• GIP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GIPSY an independent cab-driver or taxi-cab ...1950s US sl.
• GYPSY a taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not enable it to pick up passengers on the street ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GYPSY CAB a taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not enable it to pick up passengers on the street ...1970s Amer. sl.
• HACK an omnibus or taxicab ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HACK RACK taxi-cab stand ...1970s US sl.
• HAZARD in Ireland: a cab-stand ...1882
• KWELA-KWELA a minibus taxi ...1980s S. Afr. Black sl.
• OLD BILL an extraordinarily profitable taxi fare ...c1917 taxi drivers usage
• SANDY MACNAB a taxi-cab ...1940s rhyming sl.
• SANDY MCNAB a taxi-cab ...1940s rhyming sl.
• SERVICE CAR a taxi; a car used to provide an unofficial bus service ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKI a taxi ...1950s Aust. sl., possibly weak rhyming sl.
• ZOLA BUDD a black taxi ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
TAXI - nouns, person
• ACHNARD a taxi driver ...1997 US police sl. (New York)
• CABBIE a cab-driver; now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859
• CABBY a cab-driver; now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859
• CASK a taxi ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• GIP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GIPSY an independent cab-driver or taxi-cab ...1950s US sl.
• GYP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GYPSY an independent cab-driver ...1950s US sl.
• HACK a taxi driver ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• HACKER a taxi driver ...1930s US sl.
• HACKIE a horse cab driver; a taxi driver ...1899 US sl.
• HACK PILOT a taxi-driver ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• HACK PUSHER a taxi-driver ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• HACKY a taxi-driver ...1937 US sl.
• JIP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• NIGHTHAWK a taxi driver who works late at night ...1868 US sl.
• SCUTTLE (derogatory) a Black taxi passenger ...1900s US sl.
TAXI - verbs
• CAB to drive a cab ...1980s sl.
• DEADHEAD to drive a cab, aeroplane, etc. without its usual load or passengers ...1920s sl.
• HACK to ride in a hackney coach or taxicab ...1879 Amer. sl.
TEA - adjectives
• BARE of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOT of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOTED of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SAMMY of tea: half-cold, insipid ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED AND TEA BEGRUDGED said of weak tea ...1840 Amer. dial.
TEA - nouns
• ACKAMARACKER tea ...1920s sl.
• ACKAMARAKA tea ...1920s sl.
• ACKERMARACKER tea ...1920s sl.
• ARMS AND LEGS weak beer or tea; i.e. a drink that has 'no body' ...L19 Eng. sl.
• BILLY CALL FATHER weak tea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIB of tea, etc.: a weak, watery portion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOILED LEAVES tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREW-UP the making of tea ...1944 sl.
• BUN RUSH tea (the meal) ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• CANISTER a quantity of tea from 75 to 100 lbs. weight ...1704 obs.
• CAP AND WAD tea and a bun in canteen, YMCA, or Church Army hut ...World War I services' sl.
• CAT-BLASH a weak, worthless drink; any thin liquid, as weak tea ...19C Eng. dial.
• CHA tea ...1919 Brit. sl.
• CHAR tea ...L19 army colloq.
• CHAR AND WADS † tea and buns ....L19 sl.
• CHATTER-BROTH tea ...L18 sl.
• CHINA a cup of tea, as served at a lunch counter ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CHINAMAN (now usually offensive) a cup of tea ...1895 Amer. sl.
• COLD ENGLISH iced tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUPPA a cup of tea ...1934 Brit. colloq.
• DANKS tea leaves ...1893 Eng. dial.
• DARREL LEA tea ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• DISH OF TEA, A a cup of tea ...1897 Sc.
• DISHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...Bk1942 Amer. dial.
• DITCHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRUM a tin or can in which tea is made ...1931 sl.
• ENGLISH tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ENGLISH WINTER iced tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRUNTING PECK tea ...1923 sl.
• GRUTS tea ...c1810 colloq.
• GUNFIRE an early morning cup of tea served to troops before going on first parade, esp. one laced with rum ...1912 army sl.
• GYPSIE LEE tea ...1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
• IRISH TEA a drink made of tea laced with whisky ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JABBLE a weak watery mixture, of tea, soup, or the like ...1790 Sc.
• JACK-SHAY a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea ...1881 Aust.
• JACKSHEA a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea ...1890 Aust.
• JACK-THE-PAINTER a much adulterated green tea used in the bush ...1852 Aust. sl.
• JUNGLE JUICE tea ...1950s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
• MAID'S WATER any weak drink, esp. tea ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MAKING of tea: the quantity or amount made at one time ...1773 Sc.
• MANTY-MAKER'S STIR a stir given to the teapot to improve poor tea ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASKING POT a teapot ...1786 Sc.
• MIKE a cup of tea ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MISERABLE weak tea ...M19 sl.
• MONEY bubbles in a cup of tea ...c1870 colloq.
• NANCY LEE tea ...1960 Brit. rhyming sl.
• NERRY a tea-kettle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NUX tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OIL tea ...c1930 army sl.
• OLD GOWN smuggled tea ...M19 sl.
• PITCHER OF TEA, A a cup of tea ...1899 Sc.
• QUART-POT TEA a tea made in the bush; a tin quart of water is set down by the fire, and when it is boiling hard, a handful of tea is thrown in ...1878 Aust.
• RIVER LEA tea, esp. a poor quality cup of tea ...1859 UK rhyming sl.
• ROSIE tea ...1925 rhyming sl. (Rosie Lee)
• ROSIE LEE tea ...1925 rhyming sl.
• ROSY tea ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. (Rosy Lee)
• ROSY LEE tea ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl.
• SAILORS tea ...1961 UK rhyming sl. (sailors on the sea)
• SAILORS ON THE SEA tea ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• SCALD any hot drink, esp. tea ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALDER tea ...L19 sl.
• SCANDAL-BROTH tea ...L18 sl.
• SCANDAL-POTION tea ...1786 Sc.
• SCANDAL-SOUP tea ...L18 sl.
• SCANDAL-WATER tea ...L18 sl.
• SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea of coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SERGEANT-MAJOR('S) strong sweet tea; tea with rum ...1925 Brit. military sl.
• SHEEP DIP strong tea ...1979 Amer. lumberjacks' usage
• SKILLY an insipid beverage, esp. coffee or tea ...1927 sl.
• SNOW-BROTH cold tea ...L19 sl.
• SPLASH tea ...1960 Brit. sl.
• SPLIT PEA tea ...1857 rhyming sl.
• TANCY LEE tea ...20C rhyming sl.
• TEA BEGRUDGED tea given sparingly, weak tea ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TEA-ROYAL tea with spirits in it ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WACK-ROWDY-DOW weak beer, broth, tea, etc. ...1895 Eng. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED weak tea, punch or any other liquor ...L17 sl.
• WHALER'S DELIGHT brown sugar mixed with cold tea to make a thick paste ...1900s Aust. sl.
TEA - nouns, person
• TEA-HAND a tea-drinker ...1896 Sc.
TEA - verbs
• BEAM of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea ...1825 Sc.
• BREW UP to make tea ...1916 sl.
• DRUM UP to make tea in a billy-can, etc. ...1923 sl.
• MASH to infuse tea ...1845 Eng. dial.
• MASK to infuse tea ...1814 Sc.
• MILK to add milk to tea ...1877 Eng. dial.
• SCALD to make tea ...20C Irish sl.
• SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea or coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
• THROTTLE THE TEAPOT to have tea; 'to squeeze the pot' ...884 Eng. dial.
TEA - phrases
• TEA IS FIT, THE the tea is ready ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEA IS LIKE, THE the tea is ready ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TEACH - adjectives
• AUTODIDACTIC self-taught; acquired by teaching oneself ...1847
TEACH - verbs
• AMAISTER † to teach ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BETEACH † to teach, to instruct ...a1300
• COMMONSTRATE † to make clear; to teach, to demonstrate, to impart information ...1623
• DISCIPLINATE † to discipline, to train, to teach ...a1586
• EDOCEATE † to teach ...1623
• EDOCTRINATE †* to teach thoroughly, to train ...1625
• ERUDIATE † to instruct, to educate, to teach ...B1895
• KEN † to impart the knowledge of a thing; to teach one something ...a1225
• LAIR to teach ...1838 Eng. dial.
• LARE to teach ...1838 Eng. dial.
• LEARN to teach ...14C
• LERE † to teach; to give instruction to a person ...c900
• LESSON to give a lesson or lessons to, to instruct, to teach; to admonish, to rebuke, to reprove ...1555
• SHOW HOW THE BEAR CAME OUT OF THE BUCKWHEAT to teach something ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHOW HOW THE BEAR CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS to teach something ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SKILL * to teach, to instruct ...a1813
• TAKE FORTH † to teach ...1549
• TAKE OUT † to teach ...1642
• TENT to show, to teach ...1882 Eng. dial.
TEACH - phrases
• ILL TO LEARN hard to teach ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
TEACHER - see SCHOOL
TEACHING - adjectives
• CHRESTOMATHIC devoted to the learning of useful matters; teaching what is useful ...1819
TEACHING - nouns
• KENNING † teaching, instruction ...c1320
• LEARNING † teaching, schooling ...c1380
• LERING † instruction, teaching ...a1300
TEACUP - nouns
• TEA-DISH a teacup, esp. an old-fashioned one made without a handle ...1868 Eng. dial.
TEAM - nouns
• LAYOUT a company of people; an organization, an 'outfit'; a crowd; a gang or team ...1867 Amer. dial.
TEA PARTY - nouns
• BUN-FIGHT a tea party ...1928 sl.
• BUN-STRUGGLE a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison ...1889 sl., orig. military
• BUN-WORRY a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison ...1911 sl., orig. military
• MUFFIN-FIGHT a tea-party ...c1885 Brit. sl.
• MUFFIN-WORRY a tea-party ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• TEA-AND-EATING a tea party at which substantial food is provided ...1891 Sc.
• TEA-FIGHT a tea party ...1849 sl.
• ABOVE SNAKES tall, above the ground ...1855 Amer. dial.
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ELEGANT † tall ...1513
• GAMALEERIE † of clumsy build, tall, raw-boned, lean, and long-necked; hence, awkward, gawky ...1808 Sc.
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LACING large; tall; of superior quality ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANGREL † tall, lanky ...1608 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LARRICKY tall and thin, usually without any implication of awkwardness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LONG tall ...c900
• LONG AS MEG OF WESTMINSTER, AS said of a very tall person ...?1590
• LONG, LEAN AND LANK said of a tall, thin person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME rather tall ...1853 Eng. dial.
• LONG-SPARRED tall, lanky ...1925 Amer. nautical sl.
• MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed, tall and thin ...M17 sl.
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMMELY of a boy: fast-growing, tall, lanky ...1887 Sc.
• RAMPING tall; quickly or luxuriantly growing ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RAMPSING tall; awkward, ungainly ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENKY tall and too thin; lanky ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAMMENTRAW † tall and slender ...1859 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLY tall, thin, and awkward ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• STRAPPING tall, robust, well-made ...1678 sl.
• TALLER THAN A STACKPOLE very tall ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TALLER THAN THE MORAL LAW very tall ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
• TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed ...c1817 Sc.
• TAUNT tall; too high in proportion to the breadth ...1736 Eng. dial.
• TEARY tall, tapering; slender; said of persons and plants ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness; tall or long and slender; lanky...1852 sl.
• WELL UP very tall ...1990s Ireland
TALL - nouns, person
• AMAZON a tall person of either sex ...1969 Amer. sl.
• BEANPOLE a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
• DABBERLOCKS a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLACK a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect ...1866 Sc.
• DABERLICK a tall, uncomely person; commonly a term of disrespect ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DUKE OF LIMBS a tall, lanky person; one with ungainly limbs ...1888 sl.
• EDDERER a very tall, thin man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANG a tall, thin person ...1928 Sc.
• FLANKER a tall person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person ...1867 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANT a tall, ungainly person or animal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANTER a tall, ungainly person or animal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GALLIGANTUS a tall, ungainly person or animal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GAMALEERIE a tall, raw-boned, awkward female ...B1900 Sc.
• GAMMERSTAGS a tall, awkward person, usually a woman ...1570 Sc.
• GAMMERSTANG a tall, awkward person, usually a woman ...1570 Sc.
• GANGERELL a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person ...1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANGREL a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person ...1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GOMERSTANG a tall, awkward person, usually a woman ...1570 Sc.
• HALBERT a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAUPS a tall, awkward person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWK-SPAUN a tall, ungainly woman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWPS a tall, awkward person; a clownish fellow ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAY-CROOK a long, lanky, hungry-looking man ...1808 Eng. dial.
• HIGH POCKET a tall man; thus a nickname ...1910s sl., orig. US
• HIGHPOCKETS a tall man; thus a nickname ...1910s sl., orig. US
• HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JACKALEGS a tall, long-legged man; used as a term of opprobrium ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK-OF-LEGS a tall, long-legged man ... 1785 sl.
• KALE-WORM a term of contempt for a tall, slender person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMPER one who takes long, heavy steps; a tall woman ...1825 Sc.
• LAMP-POST a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LANGLE a long, lanky person; anything long and loose in movement ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LEGS ELEVEN a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONGSHANKS a tall or long-legged person ...1889 Amer. dial.
• MACKEREL-BACK a tall, thin person ...M17 sl.
• MALLY-WALLOPS a tall, untidy woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MART a derisive term for a tall person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOON-FIXER a very tall, usually lanky, person ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• MOURNING COACH HORSE 'a tall, solemn woman, dressed in black and many inky feathers' ...L19 UK middle class usage
• PAPA-TREE-TOP-TALL an extremely tall man ...1930s US Black sl.
• PULL-THROUGH a soldier's term for a tall, thin person ...Brit. sl.
• RAFT a tall, thin person ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAINBOW a tall, thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAMLIN-LAD a tall, fast-growing boy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDLE-TREE a tall, thin person ...1815 Sc.
• RENCHEL somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc. obs.
• SAHARA a tall, thin person ...1946 S. African sl.
• SALLY B. a tall, thin woman ...L19 US sl.
• SCALY a tall, thinly-made person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW somebody or something tall, thin, and bony ...1897 Sc.
• SCREED a long, thin person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKELPER a tall, lanky person ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SPANKY a tall, well-made, active person ...B1900 Sc.
• STRAMMER a tall, stout woman ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STREAK a tall, thin person ...1941 sl., orig. Aust.
• STREAM-LINE a tall, thin man ...1917 army sl.
• STRIDEWALLOPS a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp ...B1900 Eng. dial. obsolescent
• STRING-BEAN a tall, thin person ...1936 US sl.
• TALL DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• TANGLE † a tall, lank person ...1768 Sc.
• TAPPIN a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man ...L19 Irish sl.
• YANKER † a tall agile girl; a clever girl ...1824 Sc.
• YARD OF PUMP WATER a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
TALL - verbs
• HAVE THE RISE ON to be taller than ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LONG OUT to grow tall ...1987 Amer. dial.
TALL - phrases
• STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER said of a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TALLY - nouns
• TAIL † a tally; a stick or rod of wood marked on one side with transverse notches representing the amount of debt or payment; hence, a score, an account ...a1325
TALLY - verbs
• TAIL † 1. to mark or record on a tally; to charge with a debt ...1377
† 2. to tally or agree with; to equal ...1638
• TAILYE † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
• TAILZIE † to keep account or tally of ...1497 Sc.
• TENT to compare; to count, to tally; to take account ...1876 Eng. dial.
TALON - nouns
• CLENCH-HOOKS claws, talons ...19C Eng. dial.
• FANG a claw or talon ...1731 obs.
TAMBOURINE - nouns
• TAMBERBASE a tambourine ...1688
• TAMBER DE BASE a tambourine ...1688
• TAMBOURBASQUE a tambourine ...1688
• TAMBOUR DE BASQUE a tambourine ...1688
• TIMBREL a musical instrument of percussion; a tambourine or the like that could be help up in the hand ...1500-20
• TIMP † a tambourine ...c1205
TAMBOURINE - nouns, person
• TAMBO the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe ...1884
• TIMBESTER a female performer on the 'timbrel' ...a1366
• TIMBRELLER a performer on the 'timbrel' ...1833
• TIMBRER †* a timbrel-player ...c1425
TAMBOURINE - verbs
• TIMBRE † to play on the 'timbrel' ...c1400
• TIMBREL to play upon a 'timbrel'; to accompany with a 'timbrel' or similar instrument ...1629
TAME - adjectives
• CADELY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADISH tame, gentle ...1788 Eng. dial.
• CADY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HAMALD tame, domestic, as opposed to wild ...1678 Sc.
• HAND-TAME † tame and submissive to handling; mild, gentle ...a1300
• MANSUETE † gentle, mild; tame, not wild or fierce ...c1374 obs. or arch.
• PACK intimate, friendly; of animals: tame, docile ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PACKT intimate, friendly; of animals: tame, docile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SPACK †* gentle; quiet; tame ...ME
• TAWIE † tame, tractable ...1813 Sc.
TAME - verbs
• ACCOY † to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) ...c1350
• AFAITE † to tame ...1393
• DANTON to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame; to intimidate ...1535 Sc.
• DAUNT † 1. to bring into subjection, to subdue, to tame; to hold in subjection; to control ...1303
† 2. to tame, to break in an animal ...1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUNTON to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame; to intimidate ...1535 Sc.
• FAMILIARISE † to domesticate; to tame an animal ...1634
• MANSUEFY † to tame ...1623
TAMED - adjectives
• DAUNTED † tamed, subdued, brought under control ...c1375
• DAUNTONED tamed, broken in ...1597 Sc.
TAMENESS - nouns
• TAMEHED †* tameness, domesticity, docility ...c1250
TAMING - nouns
• MANSUEFACTION a taming or making gentle ...1727
TAMPER - verbs
• COOK to falsify; to tamper with ...1636 sl.
• DABBLE † to meddle, tamper with; to interfere in ...1660
• DOCTOR to make different in order to deceive; to tamper with; to falsify or adulterate
• FAKE to tamper with; to dope a horse ...c1830 sl.
• FAKE UP to tamper with, to alter, to arrange in any manner for advantage or profit ...1812 sl.
• MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously ...1889-90 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY to waste time, to fool around; to tamper, to meddle, to interfere, to fiddle with something or someone ...1881 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY WITH to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously ...1895 Amer. sl.
TAMPERING - adjectives
• DABBLESOME meddling, tampering, interfering with ...1866 nonce word
TAN, TANNED - adjectives
• BAKED sunburned or very tanned ...1930s sl.
TAN, TANNING - nouns
• FAKE-BAKE 1. a tan acquired in a salon ...1980s Amer. student's sl.
2. a tanning salon ...1980s US campus sl.
• NIGGY a dark tan ...2000s UK juvenile sl.
• SUNNINESS †* sunburn, tan ...1753
TAN, TANNED - nouns, person
• TANLING * one tanned by the sun's rays; a dark-skinned person ...1611
TAN - verbs
• FAKE AND BAKE to get a tan in a tanning booth ...1980s US campus sl.
TANGERINE - nouns
• GLOVE ORANGE. a tangerine ...1977 Amer. dial.
TANGIBLE - adjectives
• PALPABLE that can be touched, felt, or handled; apprehensible by the sense of touch; tangible, sensible ...c1384
TANGLE - nouns (also see ENTANGLE)
• BALTER a tangle; a lump ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRANGLE a tangle; a confused crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAFFLE a tangle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANK a coil of rope, a noose; a tangle, e.g. of thread ...1826 Sc.
• FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament ...1818 Sc.
• GLAUM a snarl, a tangle; a confused mass ...1923 Amer. dial.
• GLOM a snarl, a tangle; a confused mass ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• HAFFICK tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE a botch, a bungle, a tangle ...1929 Sc.
• HANKLE a tangle, twist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HARL a tangle, a knot; a confusion; mental confusion ...a1697 Eng dial.
• HATTER a jumble, a confused crowd; a knot or tangle ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INVOLUTION something complicated; an intricate movement, a tangle ...E17
• RABBLE a tangle ...Bk19C Eng dial.
• RAFFLE a tangle ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAVEL a muddle, tangle, confusion ...1891 Sc.
• RAVELMENT a confusion, tangle ...1833 Sc.
• SCRAWL a tangle; an entanglement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE a tangle, a ravel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SNAGGLE a tangle or snarl ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAFFLE anything tangled or confused; a tangle ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line ...1925 Sc.
• TANGLEMENT a tangle; a knot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARDLE a tangled mass, a tangle ..1898 Eng. dial.
• TATHER a tangle; a complicated state of things ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAZZ a tangle; esp. used of a rough head of hair; a heap of knots and loose ends ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TAZZLE a tangle; a state of disorder; esp. used of the hair ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TETHER a tangle, as of weeds ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAD-THRUM a tangle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM a tangle, a mess; a tangled mass of anything; an untidy piece of dress, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMOCK a tangle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITCHES' BRIDLE a tangle; a tangle in a horse's mane ...1977 Amer. dial.
• WITCH STIRRUP a tangle; a tangle in a horse's mane ...1880 Amer. dial.
TANGLE - verbs
• BALTER † to form tangled knots or clots; to stick together by coagulation ...1601
• FANGLE to tangle, to ravel, to mix up ...1826 Sc.
• FANKLE to tangle; to entangle ...c1450 Sc.
• GLAUM to tangle ...1923 Amer. dial.
• GLOM to tangle up, to make a hash of, to mess ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE to tangle thread, etc. ...1923 Sc.
• SNANGLE to snarl, to tangle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAGGLE to tangle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle ...1898 Sc.
• WAFFLE to tangle, to ravel, to put into confusion ...1908 Sc.
TANGLED - adjectives
• BALTERED tangled, clogged, matted together ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KANGLED † tangled ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTLED knotted, tangled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled ...1928 Sc.
• RAVELLED tangled, confused, muddled, in difficulties ...1721 Sc.
• SNAGGLY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANGLESOME tangled, confused ...1888
• TANGLY tousled, tangled, entangled ...19C Eng. dial.
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAZZY fuzzy, tangled, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOUSLEDY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOUSY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
TANGLED - adverbs
• ATWIST twisted, awry, tangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FRIMPLE-FRAMPLE in a confused, tangled manner; promiscuously ...19C Sc.
TANGLED - nouns
• BEE'S WISP a tangled mass ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETANGLEMENT tangled condition ...1881
TANKARD - nouns
• FACER † a large cup or tankard; a cup filled to the brim ...1527
TANNER - nouns, person
• BARKER † a tanner; a worker with leather ...1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKINS a tanner ...1785 sl.
TANTALIZATION - nouns
• TANTALISM †* punishment or torment like that of Tantalus (mythical king condemned, for revealing the secrets of the gods, to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water, which constantly receded as he stooped to drink, and with branches of food hanging above him which ever fled his grasp); tantalization ...c1614
TANTALIZE - verbs
• JADE to tantalize, to tease ...1906 Amer. dial.
TANTALIZED - verbs
• EAT THE AIR † to be 'fed upon promises', to be tantalized ...1597
TANTALIZING - adjectives
• TANTALEAN only apparently reachable; tantalizing ...a1618
• TANTALIC only apparently reachable; tantalizing ...1882
TANTRUM - nouns
• ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums ...1884 Eng. dial.
• AYROM an unpleasant commotion or disturbance, display of temper, tantrums ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BAIT a temper, a tantrum ...M19 sl.
• BATE a temper, a tantrum ...M19 sl.
• CONNIPTION a violent tantrum; hysterics ...1848 Amer. sl.
• CONNIPTION FIT a tantrum ...1833 Amer. sl.
• DEVIL'S FIT a tantrum ...1983 Amer. dial.
• DUCK-FIT a state or fit of excitement, impatience, or uneasiness; a tantrum ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GEOLTITUDES bursts of passionate temper, tantrums ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• PADDY a temper; a rage; a tantrum...1894 UK sl.
• RADGE a temper tantrum ...1990s sl.
• SNIT a fit of angry agitation; a mild temper tantrum ...1939 US sl.
• TAN a rage; a tantrum ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TANTER a tantrum ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TANTUM a tantrum ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
TANTRUM - verbs
• JUMP THROUGH ONE'S ASSHOLE to throw a tantrum ...1972 Amer. sl.
TAP (touch) - nouns
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
• TAT a very slight tap or blow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIG a touch; usually a light but significant touch, a tap or pat ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRL a tap or tapping ...1808 Sc.
• TIT a light stroke or tap; a slap ...1808 Sc.
• TIT-TAT imitation of the sound of alternating taps or blows ...a1700
TAP (faucet) - nouns
• BUTTLE a tap, a spigot ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FAUCET † a tap for drawing liquor from a barrel, etc. ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUILL † a tap or faucet ...1611
• TAMPER †* to beat lightly, to tap ; to continue tapping ...1606
TAP (touch) - verbs
• NATTLE to make a light rattling, crackling, or tapping noise ...1825 N. Eng. dial.
• RAP to tap ...1685 Sc.
• TICK to touch or tap a thing or person lightly; to bestow light touches or pats by way of caressing ...1546
• TIT † to strike or tap lightly; to pat, to tip ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TAP DANCING - nouns
• CELLAR-FLAP a tap-dance ...M19 rhyming sl.
TAPE - nouns
• TAPERY † tape and the like ...1657 nonce word
TAPER - verbs
• FASTIGIATE to make pointed at the top like a gable; to taper to a point ..1656
TAPERING - adjectives
• FASTIGIATE sloping up or tapering to a point like a cone or pyramid ...1662
• TEREY † tapering to a point ...1876
TAPERING - adverbs
• TAPERLY * in a tapering manner, taperingly, slenderly ...1802
TAPESTRY - nouns
• IMAGERY † figured work on a textile fabric, as in tapestry; embroidery ...1390
• PAGEANT † a scene represented on tapestry, or the like ...1557
• TAPISSER-WORK † tapestry-work ...1459
• TAPISSERY † tapestry ...1426
TAPESTRY - nouns, person
• TAPESTER †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPISSER † a maker or weaver of figured cloth or tapestry ...c1386 obs. exc. Hist.
• TAPISTER †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPITER †* a maker or weaver of figured cloth or tapestry ...c1440
TAPESTY - verbs
• TAPIS † to hang, cover, or adorn with tapestry ...1528
TAPIOCA - nouns
• FISH EYES tapioca ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FISH'S EYES tapioca ...20C colloq.
• FROG'S EYES tapioca ...20C colloq.
• SNAKE EYES tapioca ...Amer. World War I sl.
TAPPING - adjectives
• NATTLING rattling, tapping, esp. of one who knocks his heels together while dancing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TAPPING - nouns
• NATTLING a tapping; a light rattling noise ...1867 Eng. dial.
TAPSTER - nouns, person (also see DRINKING EST. PERSON)
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE † a publican; a tapster, an innkeeper; from the colour of his apron ...c1425
• FAUCET † a term of contempt for a tapster ...1614
• KNIGHT OF THE SPIGOT a publican, a tapster ...1821 sl.
• SKINK * a tapster or waiter ...1603
• SKINKARD †* a tapster ...1615
• SKINKER one who draws, pours out, or serves liquor; a tapster ...1586 arch. or Eng. dial.
• SQUIRE OF THE GIMLET a tapster ...c1670 colloq.
• TIPPLER † a retailer of ale and other intoxicating liquor; a tapster; a tavern-keeper ...1396
TARANTULA - nouns
• JAYHAWKER a tarantula ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
• TARENTINE SPIDER † the tarantula ...1668
• VAMPIRE * the tarantula spider ...1843
TARDILY - adverbs
• LATELY † slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly ...c1000
TARDINESS - nouns
• LATELINESS †* tardiness ...a1340
• LENTITUDE slowness, sluggishness, tardiness ...1623
• LENTOR slowness, tardiness, sluggishness ...a1763
• TARDITUDE * slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness ...1794
TARDY - adjectives
• ASTERN (OF) THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, lagging behind ...1891 Amer. sl.
• BACK O' BEHIND behindhand; tardy; late ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEHIND THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, laggardly ...1891 Amer. dial.
• CUNCTATIVE * cautiously slow, tardy, dilatory, prone to or causing delay ...1617
• LAG * belated, lingering behind, tardy, lagging ...1568
• LAGGED † delayed, tardy ...1602
• LAGGIE slow, tardy; lazy ...1897 Sc.
• LAGGY slow, tardy; lazy ...1897 Sc.
• LAISH † slow, slack, tardy ...1700 Sc.
• LATREDE †* slow, tardy ...c897
• LENTITUDINOUS * slow, tardy, sluggish ...1801
• LETSOME † slow, tardy, sluggish ...1647
• LONGSOME † tardy, slow, dilatory, sluggish ...1661-2 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARDIOUS †* tardy, slow ...c1580
TARDY - verbs
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1577-87
• TARDY † to make tardy; to delay, to retard, to keep back ...1611
TARGET - nouns
• ARTILLERY BULL failure to hit any part of a target on a rifle range; hence, the red flag used to signal such a failure ...1921 US army sl.
• BARN-DOOR a target too large to be easily missed ...1547
TARGET - nouns, person
• CREAM PUFF an easy target; easy prey ...1915 US sl.
TARNISH - verbs
• CANKER † to corrode, to rust, to tarnish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TACHE to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear ...a1700 Sc.
• TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TARNISHED - adjectives
• CANKERED † rusted, corroded; tarnished ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCAGGIE tarnished, shabby ...1825 Sc.
TARRY - nouns, person
• TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
TARRY - verbs
• DAIVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DAVER to wander aimlessly; to go out of one's way from stupor; to wander in mind, to become stupid; to tarry ...1813 Sc.
• DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry ...1805 Sc.
• GELE †* to delay, to retard; to tarry, to linger ...a900
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• LENG † to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell ...a1300
• LET † to delay, to tarry, to wait ...c1385
• TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TARGE † to delay; to tarry ...c1250
• TARRET † to tarry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARROW to tarry, to delay, to linger, to hesitate, to show reluctance ...c1375 Sc.
• TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
TARRYING - adjectives
• TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome ...1513 Sc.
TARRYING - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode ...c1330
• IMMORATION †* the act of resting or dwelling on something; tarrying ...1640
• TARGE † tarrying, delay ...a1300
• TARRIAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
• TARRIANCE the act of tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...1460 arch.
• TARRY † the act of tarrying; spending or loss of time; delay, procrastination ...c1375
• TARRYMENT †* delay, tarrying ...1560
• TARYAGE †* tarrying; delay, postponement, procrastination ...c1470
TART - adjectives
• AIGRE sour, tart ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EAGER † sour, acid, tart ...c1350
• HASK bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TARTY tart, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TART - nouns
• TANTABLET † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTABLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANTADLIN † a tart or round piece of pastry ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TART-STUFF † a confection of fruit for making tarts ...1623
TART - verbs
• TART * to become tart or sour ...1629
TARTNESS - nouns
• VERDURE † sharpness, tartness, or unpleasantness of taste ...1508
TASK - nouns
• HAG a task ...1887 Eng. dial.
TASKMASTER - adjectives
• BALL-BREAKING acting as a hard taskmaster; of a woman: aggressive, demanding; dominating ...1959 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING acting as a hard taskmaster; of a woman: aggressive, demanding ...1944 US sl.
TASKMASTER - nouns, person
• ASS-BREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BACK-BREAKER a difficult task or taskmaster ...B1800 Eng. colloq.
• BALLBREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1942 US sl.
• BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...c1944 US sl.
• BALL-WRACKER the person who assigns difficult talks; a hard taskmaster ...M20 US sl.
• BEAR'S ASS a harsh taskmaster ...1990s US sl.
• HARD-BITTEN ONE a hard taskmaster ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HARD-WOOLLED ONE a hard taskmaster ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HORSE JOCKEY a hard taskmaster ...1851 US sl.
• NIGGER-DRIVER (derogatory) a hard taskmaster; one who drives Blacks or one who is powerful and brutal ...M19 US colloq.
• SIMON LEGREE a strict taskmaster; a 'slave driver' ...M19 US colloq.
• TAX-MASTER a taskmaster ...1887 Sc.
TASKMASTER - verbs
• RAMROD to boss, to manage, esp. in a strictly disciplined way; to be a strict disciplinarian or taskmaster ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCOURGE to exercise great severity; to act as a hard taskmaster ...Bk1904 Sc.
TASSEL - nouns
• DALDOES useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish ...1841 Sc.
• DANGLEMENTS dangling appendages; tassels, etc. ...1855 Eng. dial.
• TARGAT † a tassel; an ornament for the hat ...1802 Sc.
TASTE - adjectives
• ACRIMONIOUS bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid ...1612 arch.
• ACUTE † of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
• BAACHIE nasty tasting; filthy ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BAUCH unpleasant to the taste ...1706 Sc.
• BEAUTIFUL pleasing to the taste ...1886 Eng. dial.
• FABULICIOUS good; good-tasting; often used of a sexually appealing man ...1997 US sl.
• GAMEY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• GAMY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is 'high'; strong-tasting ...1863
• GOBBITY pleasant to the taste ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GOODY toothsome, esp. sweet food, as butter, jelly, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HASK † rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HASKY coarse to the taste; unpalatable ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MEEK-TASTED sweet or mild of taste ...1897 Sc.
• MERVE savoury, agreeable to the taste ...1899 Sc.
• MERVY savoury, agreeable to the taste ...1899 Sc.
• NESH † delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALATE †* pleasant to the palate or taste; palatable ...1617
• PALATICAL † pleasing to the palate or taste ...1656
• PALATIVE * pleasing to the palate or taste; palatable ...1682
• QUICK † of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk ...1573
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSH of edibles: rank or unpleasant to the palate, coarse; harsh to the taste; rank, foul; of alcohol: strong, fiery ... 1808 Sc.
• RELISHY pleasant to the taste ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SAPIENT † having a taste or savour ...1599
• SAPORAL †* pert. to taste ...1651
• SAPORIFIC * imparting flavour or taste ...1704
• SAPORINE * pert. to the sense of taste ...1813
• SAPOROUS † 1. agreeable to the taste, savoury ...a1670
2. pert. to taste; having flavour or taste ...1704
• TART †* of the sense of taste: keen ...1605
• TASTESOME †* pleasant to the taste; toothsome...1598
• TOOTH-RIFE agreeable to the taste; palatable; that of which one can eat a considerable quantity ...1841 Sc.
• VALIANT † strong in respect of smell or taste ...1607
• VEHEMENT † of taste: strong, pungent ...1600
• VELVETY smooth and soft to the taste ...1888
• VINY old or high tasted; generally applied to game that has been overkept ...1887 Sc.
• WALLOW nauseous; having a sickly taste ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW-LIKE nauseous; having a sickly taste ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOWY nauseous; having a sickly taste ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALSH insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WELSH nauseous; sour; having a sickly taste ...1691 Eng. dial.
• YAR harsh of taste; sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARRISH harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARRY harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour ...1841 Eng. dial.
TASTE - adverbs
• FALSE-TASTEDLY with a false or bad taste ...1803 Eng. dial.
TASTE - nouns
• ACERBITUDE † sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness ...1731
• ACERBITY sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste; ...1611
• ACRIMONY biting sharpness to the taste; pungency; acridity ...1542 arch.
• ACRITUDE †* bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity ...1675
• ANTEPAST a foretaste; an appetizer ...1580
• FAINTNESS a sickly taste; excessive sweetness ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANG a twang, an ill taste or flavour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAREWELL an aftertaste ...1905 Amer. dial.
• GAB palate, taste ...1725 Sc.
• GABBETS the palate, taste, appetite ...1874 Sc.
• NADKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
• NATKIN † a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long ...1825 Sc.
• SAPIDITY the quality of having taste and flavour ...1646
• SAPIDNESS † the quality of having taste and flavour ...1649
• SAPOR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SAPOROSITY * that property of a body by which it imparts the sensation of taste; taste, flavour ...1794
• SAPOUR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink ...1477
• SAY a sample; a taste ...1813 Eng. dial.
• SCHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SHMECK a taste or flavour ...Brit. sl.
• SMAHAN a drop to drink; a taste ...E20 Irish
• TACHE †* a slight taste or flavour; a smack ...1607
• TACK † a smack, taste, or flavour of something; esp. a peculiar or ill flavour ...1602
• TALLAGE † 1. taste, savour ...a1400
† 2. the sense of taste ...1557
• TARAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TARRAGE † taste, flavour ...c1407
• TEUK a disagreeable taste, a by-taste ...1899 Sc.
• TEW a bad taste, esp. that occasioned by dampness ...BK1905 Sc.
• TUIK a disagreeable taste, a by-taste ...1899 Sc.
• VERDURE † 1. sharpness, tartness, or unpleasantness of taste ...1508
† 2. freshness or agreeable briskness of taste in fruits or liquors; also, taste, savour ...1513
• WAFT † a taste or flavour, esp. an ill taste ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAYGANG a lingering taste or flavour, an aftertaste ...1754 Sc.
TASTE - verbs
• ABITE † to bite, to nip, to taste ...c1000
• AIR to taste ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DELIBATE † to take a little of; to taste, to sip ...1623
• FAND † to taste food, etc. ...c893
• FOND † to taste food, etc. ...c893
• GUST THE GAB to give a taste or relish to ...1773 Sc.
• HANDSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE IN THE FOREHEAD of food: to taste good ...2008 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE'S BRAIN of food: to taste good ...2003 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE'S JAW TEETH OUT of food: to taste good ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP ONE'S TONSILS of food: to taste good ...2009 Amer. dial.
• MAKE ONE'S TONGUE SLAP THE ROOF OF ONE'S MOUTH of food: to taste good ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUALIFY to modify the quality or strength of, to make stronger, dilute or otherwise fit for taste; as, to 'qualify' liquors ...1816 Amer. dial.
• REHEARSE to leave a strong taste in the mouth; to rise on the stomach, as of food which disagrees ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAY to assay, to test; to taste ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TACK to give a smack or taste to ..1868 Eng. dial.
• TARAGE † to have a taste; to have a flavour ...c1407
• TASTE LIKE MORE to taste very good, making one eager to have more ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TASTE LIKE MORE'S BEHIND to taste very good, making one eager to have more ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TASTE ONE'S MOUTH to please one's sense of taste ...1909 Amer. dial.
TASTEFUL - adjectives
• NEAT of preparations, esp. in cookery: dainty, tasteful ...1611
TASTELESS - adjectives
• DADDOCKY inferior, weak; tasteless ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADE † that has lost taste; insipid, commonplace, uninteresting ...1715
• FATUOUS † tasteless, insipid, vapid ...1608
• MALMY of fruit: mellow, soft, juiceless; of food generally: vapid, tasteless ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAMMACHLESS tasteless, insipid ...1825 Sc.
• WALLOW † tasteless, insipid; sickly ...c897 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALLOWISH † insipid, tasteless, flat; also, ill-tasting, nauseous, esp. through being over-sweet ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALSH insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WELSH insipid, tasteless; of cider, etc.: watery, poor ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TASTELESS,TASTELESSNESS - nouns
• WABBLE wishy-washy, tasteless liquid food or drink ...1899 Sc.
• WALSHNESS insipidity; tastelessness ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TASTELESS - nouns, person
• MADGE a tasteless person ...1950s homosexual sl.
• SANTA CLAUS a vulgar, gaudy, and tasteless dresser ...1980s US sl.
• SARACEN † an ignorant and tasteless person; a barbarian ...1714
TASTY - adjectives
• LICIOUS †* delicious, tasty, savoury ...c1420
• MOREISH of food: appetizing, tasty ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MOREY of food: appetizing, tasty ...1975 Amer. dial.
• MORISH of food: appetizing, tasty ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTIOUS delicious, extra-tasty...1881 sl., orig. US
• SIPID * savoury; tasty; full of flavour ...1623
TATTER, TATTERED, TATTERS - nouns
• FANEREL a rag, a tatter, a flapping piece of cloth ...1819 Sc.
• JAGS † rags, tatters ...1637 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAMRAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JIM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPS rags, tatters ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RAGS AND JAGS tattered clothing ...c1860 sl.
• RALLOCK a tattered garment; a rag ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALTALLACKS rags and tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATS rags, tatters ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG a fluttering rag, a tatter ...1827
• TAIVERS rags, tatters, tears ...1846 Sc.
• TARGAT † a tatter; a shred ...1773 Sc.
• TARGET a tatter, a shred ...1773 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOPS rags, tatters; torn flapping clothing ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TATTER - verbs
• SCOW to trim; to cut off rags or tatters ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARTLE to rend, to tatter ...1877 Sc. & Ireland
TATTERED - adjectives
• ALL TO RATS AND RIBBONS ragged, tattered ,,,,B1900 Eng. dial.
• BETATTERED all in tatters, ragged ...1618
• BETORN † torn; torn about the sides, tattered ...a1300
• HAGGERTY-TAGGERTY in a ragged state; tattered; like a ragamuffin ...1891 Sc.
• HAGGERTY-TAG-LIKE ragged, tattered, ragamuffin ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MORE HOLY THAN RIGHTEOUS phr. applied to a tattered garment or person ...1880 colloq.
• RAGG-ARSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGG-ASSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASS of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASSED of clothes: tattered ...L19 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED tattered ...c1880 sl.
• RAG-TAILED tattered; like a ragamuffin ...1887 colloq.
• TAGGED of a garment: slashed; tattered ...c1380
• TAGGOWY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TALDERY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TARGED † shabby in appearance; tattered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATTER tattered, ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERY tattered, ragged, frayed out ...1835 Eng. dial.
TATTLE - nouns
• MOCKINGBIRD TALE loose tattle of one who receives a bit of scandal in confidence, and proceeds to broadcast it ...1950 Amer. dial.
TATTLE - verbs
• BLATE to tattle ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BLEAT to tattle ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL CLASHES to spread malicious reports, to gossip, to tattle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DIDDLE to tattle, to gossip ...1810 Eng. dial.
• PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PEACH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIMP to snoop, to sneak, to tattle, to inform on ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SQUEAL to turn informer; to tattle ...1846 sl.
• SWITCH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAT to gossip, to tattle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TATTER to chatter; to tattle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERTALE to tattle ...2005 Amer. dial.
TATTLER, TATTLETALE, TATTLING - nouns, person
• BUSY-LICKUM a gossip, a tattletale ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• CACKLER a telltale, a tattler, a blabber ...1598
• GAB a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox; one who talks too much or too loudly ...1822 Sc.
• GABBIE a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox ...1841 Sc.
• GABBOCK a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox ...1866 Sc.
• HAKE a forward, tattling woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• LAB † a chatterbox, a tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• LABICAN a gossip, a tattler, a busybody ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB-O'-THE-TONGUE a chatterbox, tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• NARC a tattletale ...1976 Amer. sl.
• NARK a tattletale ...1976 Amer. sl.
• NEWS PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SCLAVE a gossip; one who tittle-tattles; a scandal-monger ...1969 Sc.
• TABBY a spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler ...1748
• TALE PACKER a tattletale, a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TITIVIL † a mischievous talebearer; a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITTERER † a tattler, a telltale ...1377
• TITTLE-GOOSE a foolish, tattling person; a telltale, a foolish blab ...1807 Eng. dial.
• TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE † a habitual tattler; one given up to gossip; esp. a woman so addicted ...1580
• TITTLE-TATTLER one addicted to tattling; an idle talker, a gossip ...1600
• TWITTLE-TWAT †* a chatterer, one who talks nonsense; a tattler, a babbler ...1662
• WHIFFER a tattletale ...1952 Amer. dial.
TATTLING - adjectives
• GABBIT loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent ...1808 Sc.
• TITTLE-TATTLE addicted to tattling; gossiping ...1719
TATTOO - adjectives
• TACKED BACK covered with tattoos ...1989 US sl.
TATTOO - nouns
• A.C.A.B. all coppers are bastards; a popular tattoo in the UK, esp. among Hell's Angels and other outlaw groups ...1940s sl.
• SKIN-PRINTS † tattoo marks ...1650
• TACK a (prison-created) tattoo ...1992 US criminals' sl.
TATTOO - verbs
• MARK UP to tattoo ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• TAG to tattoo part of the body ...1993 US sl.
TAUNT - nouns
• BAB a taunt; a gibe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BISMER † a reproach, a taunt, an insult ...971
• BOB a taunt, a gibe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EDWIT † reproach, rebuke, taunt; taunting speech ...c825
• GAB † a taunt ...a1225
• JOE a taunt to or warning of the approach of a policeman ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• LEDOR † a biting taunt ...1623
• QUIB † a taunt, a jibe ...1656
• SNAP an insult, esp. a public taunt ...1990s Amer. sl.
TAUNT - verbs
• BAIRGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• BANTER to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• BETWIT to upbraid, to taunt ...1678 Eng. dial.
• CHECK to tease, to taunt ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CRACK to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack ...1942 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
• CRACK ON to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack ...1942 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
• DIG OUT to taunt, to insult ...1998 UK sl.
• DING ON THE NOSE to taunt, to reprove ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDWITE † to taunt, to blame, to reproach ...c825
• EMBRAID † to upbraid, to taunt, to mock; also, to reproach one with ...1481
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HEASCEN † 1. to mock, to deride, to taunt ...c1000
† 2. to rail, to utter taunts ...c1000
• JOE to taunt, (esp. a policeman) with a cry of 'joe' ...M19 Aust. & NZ
• NAG to gnaw, to nibble ...1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NARG to keep grumbling and finding fault; to be peevish; to argue snappishly; to nag, to taunt ...1824 Sc.
• PUT SOMETHING AGAINST A MAN'S BEARD † to taunt him with it ...1387
• QUIB †* to taunt, to gibe at, to quip ...1592
• SCANCE to criticize, to be censorious about, to reproach, to taunt ...1801 Sc.
• TASH † to slander; to cast a stain on a person; to upbraid, to taunt ...1827 Sc.
• TAUNTIFY to taunt ...1901 Eng. dial.
• UPCAST to taunt or reproach ...1930 Amer. dial.
TAUNTING - adjectives
• JEERY †* scornfully derisive, taunting, scoffing ...1606
TAUNTING - nouns
• BAUCHLING reproaching, taunting ...1835 Sc.
• MICKEY-TAKING an act of derisive taunting ...1959 UK sl.
• MICKY-TAKING an act of derisive taunting ...1959 UK sl.
• OPPROBRATION †* reproaching, taunting, reviling ...c1616
TAVERN - see DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT
TAWDRILY - adverbs
• CHAUNCHY in a cheap, tawdry manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
TAWDRY - adjectives
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• MAWKY of a woman: dowdy and ungainly; wearing tawdry finery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLETIE coarse in appearance, haggard and tawdry ...a1838 Sc.
• RORY-TORY having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; gaudy, tawdry, showy, dashing; generally used of colour in dress ...1874 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TANTAWDHERLY tawdry, slovenly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TATHERY-OUTERY tawdry, flaunting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TAUPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAUPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPIE foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
• TAWPY foolish, awkward, slovenly, ill-conditioned; tawdry ...1823 Sc.
TAWDRY - nouns
• FAIRINGS tawdry articles sold or to be won at a fair ...20C
• FALLALERY tawdry finery; gaudy ornament ...1833
• MONMOUTH STREET FINERY tawdry clothes, furniture, etc.; pretense, pretentiousness ...c1850 Brit. colloq.
• TAWDRUM † a tawdry decoration ...1680 nonce word
• TINSELRY showy and tawdry material or ornamentation ...1820
TAWDRY - nouns, person
• DAWKIN a slatternly woman; one who is dirty and tawdry in her dress; a sloven, a slut ...1674 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern ...1855 Eng. dial.
TAWDRY - verbs
• BETAWDER † to bedizen with tawdry finery, to adorn gaudily ...a1689
TAWNY - adjectives
• BADGER-PIED badger-coloured, tawny ...1845 Eng. dial.
• DIN dingy-coloured, dun, sallow, tawny ...1794 Sc.
• TANDY † tawny ...1496
TAX - nouns
• ALCABALA † a tax, esp. a sales tax ...1824 Amer. dial.
• AJAX tax ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth ...1549
• IMPOSITION † the levying of a tax; taxation ...c1374
• LAY † the act of imposing a tax; an impost, assessment, rate, tax ...1558 obs . exc. Eng. dial.
• MALETOLT † an unjust or burdensome tax ...1514 Law
• SCOT AND LOT a just proportion of taxes; a contribution ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOLNE † tax, custom, duty ...1023
TAX - nouns, person
• CATCHPOLE † a tax-gatherer, an exactor of taxes or imposts; a (Roman) publican ...a1050
• CATCHPOLL † a tax-gatherer, an exactor of taxes or imposts; a (Roman) publican ...a1050
• DECIMATOR † an exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth ...1673
• GHOSTBUSTER a person who investigates tax fraud ...US colloq.
• TOLLER † a tax-gatherer ...c1000
• TOLNER † a tax-gatherer ...c1050
TAX - verbs
• DECIMATE † to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth ...1656
• LAY † to assess, to rate, to tax a person ...c1330
• SOAK to charge a high price; to tax heavily; to extort money from ...L19 sl. orig. US
• SCOT to pay taxes; to tax or rate ...Bk1904 Sc.
TAXABLE - adjectives
• LAYABLE † taxable, rateable ...c1599
TAXI - adjectives
• GYPSY unlicensed, unregulated, usually owned by the operator; independent of any organization, legal or otherwise; generally applied to a taxicab or truck, although originally to a racehorse owner/jockey ...1951 US sl.
TAXI - adverbs
• DEADHEAD of a cab, aeroplane, etc.: being driven without its usual load or passengers ...1920s sl.
TAXI - nouns
• AFTAX (derogatory) a Black-owned taxi, usually an old American-made car ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• CABBING working as a cab driver ...1980s sl.
• CAB YAB shop talk among taxi drivers ...Brit. sl.
• CLOCK a taxi meter ...1939 Amer. colloq.
• FAST BLACK a black London taxi ...1960s UK society sl.
• GIP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GIPSY an independent cab-driver or taxi-cab ...1950s US sl.
• GYPSY a taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not enable it to pick up passengers on the street ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GYPSY CAB a taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not enable it to pick up passengers on the street ...1970s Amer. sl.
• HACK an omnibus or taxicab ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HACK RACK taxi-cab stand ...1970s US sl.
• HAZARD in Ireland: a cab-stand ...1882
• KWELA-KWELA a minibus taxi ...1980s S. Afr. Black sl.
• OLD BILL an extraordinarily profitable taxi fare ...c1917 taxi drivers usage
• SANDY MACNAB a taxi-cab ...1940s rhyming sl.
• SANDY MCNAB a taxi-cab ...1940s rhyming sl.
• SERVICE CAR a taxi; a car used to provide an unofficial bus service ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKI a taxi ...1950s Aust. sl., possibly weak rhyming sl.
• ZOLA BUDD a black taxi ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
TAXI - nouns, person
• ACHNARD a taxi driver ...1997 US police sl. (New York)
• CABBIE a cab-driver; now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859
• CABBY a cab-driver; now, spec., a taxi-driver ...1859
• CASK a taxi ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• GIP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GIPSY an independent cab-driver or taxi-cab ...1950s US sl.
• GYP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• GYPSY an independent cab-driver ...1950s US sl.
• HACK a taxi driver ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• HACKER a taxi driver ...1930s US sl.
• HACKIE a horse cab driver; a taxi driver ...1899 US sl.
• HACK PILOT a taxi-driver ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• HACK PUSHER a taxi-driver ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• HACKY a taxi-driver ...1937 US sl.
• JIP a cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence, can pocket the fare ...1930s Amer. sl.
• NIGHTHAWK a taxi driver who works late at night ...1868 US sl.
• SCUTTLE (derogatory) a Black taxi passenger ...1900s US sl.
TAXI - verbs
• CAB to drive a cab ...1980s sl.
• DEADHEAD to drive a cab, aeroplane, etc. without its usual load or passengers ...1920s sl.
• HACK to ride in a hackney coach or taxicab ...1879 Amer. sl.
TEA - adjectives
• BARE of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOT of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAREFOOTED of coffee, tea, or liquor: undiluted ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SAMMY of tea: half-cold, insipid ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED AND TEA BEGRUDGED said of weak tea ...1840 Amer. dial.
TEA - nouns
• ACKAMARACKER tea ...1920s sl.
• ACKAMARAKA tea ...1920s sl.
• ACKERMARACKER tea ...1920s sl.
• ARMS AND LEGS weak beer or tea; i.e. a drink that has 'no body' ...L19 Eng. sl.
• BILLY CALL FATHER weak tea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIB of tea, etc.: a weak, watery portion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOILED LEAVES tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREW-UP the making of tea ...1944 sl.
• BUN RUSH tea (the meal) ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• CANISTER a quantity of tea from 75 to 100 lbs. weight ...1704 obs.
• CAP AND WAD tea and a bun in canteen, YMCA, or Church Army hut ...World War I services' sl.
• CAT-BLASH a weak, worthless drink; any thin liquid, as weak tea ...19C Eng. dial.
• CHA tea ...1919 Brit. sl.
• CHAR tea ...L19 army colloq.
• CHAR AND WADS † tea and buns ....L19 sl.
• CHATTER-BROTH tea ...L18 sl.
• CHINA a cup of tea, as served at a lunch counter ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CHINAMAN (now usually offensive) a cup of tea ...1895 Amer. sl.
• COLD ENGLISH iced tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUPPA a cup of tea ...1934 Brit. colloq.
• DANKS tea leaves ...1893 Eng. dial.
• DARREL LEA tea ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• DISH OF TEA, A a cup of tea ...1897 Sc.
• DISHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...Bk1942 Amer. dial.
• DITCHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRUM a tin or can in which tea is made ...1931 sl.
• ENGLISH tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ENGLISH WINTER iced tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRUNTING PECK tea ...1923 sl.
• GRUTS tea ...c1810 colloq.
• GUNFIRE an early morning cup of tea served to troops before going on first parade, esp. one laced with rum ...1912 army sl.
• GYPSIE LEE tea ...1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
• IRISH TEA a drink made of tea laced with whisky ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JABBLE a weak watery mixture, of tea, soup, or the like ...1790 Sc.
• JACK-SHAY a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea ...1881 Aust.
• JACKSHEA a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea ...1890 Aust.
• JACK-THE-PAINTER a much adulterated green tea used in the bush ...1852 Aust. sl.
• JUNGLE JUICE tea ...1950s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
• MAID'S WATER any weak drink, esp. tea ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MAKING of tea: the quantity or amount made at one time ...1773 Sc.
• MANTY-MAKER'S STIR a stir given to the teapot to improve poor tea ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASKING POT a teapot ...1786 Sc.
• MIKE a cup of tea ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MISERABLE weak tea ...M19 sl.
• MONEY bubbles in a cup of tea ...c1870 colloq.
• NANCY LEE tea ...1960 Brit. rhyming sl.
• NERRY a tea-kettle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NUX tea ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OIL tea ...c1930 army sl.
• OLD GOWN smuggled tea ...M19 sl.
• PITCHER OF TEA, A a cup of tea ...1899 Sc.
• QUART-POT TEA a tea made in the bush; a tin quart of water is set down by the fire, and when it is boiling hard, a handful of tea is thrown in ...1878 Aust.
• RIVER LEA tea, esp. a poor quality cup of tea ...1859 UK rhyming sl.
• ROSIE tea ...1925 rhyming sl. (Rosie Lee)
• ROSIE LEE tea ...1925 rhyming sl.
• ROSY tea ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. (Rosy Lee)
• ROSY LEE tea ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl.
• SAILORS tea ...1961 UK rhyming sl. (sailors on the sea)
• SAILORS ON THE SEA tea ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• SCALD any hot drink, esp. tea ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALDER tea ...L19 sl.
• SCANDAL-BROTH tea ...L18 sl.
• SCANDAL-POTION tea ...1786 Sc.
• SCANDAL-SOUP tea ...L18 sl.
• SCANDAL-WATER tea ...L18 sl.
• SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea of coffee ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SERGEANT-MAJOR('S) strong sweet tea; tea with rum ...1925 Brit. military sl.
• SHEEP DIP strong tea ...1979 Amer. lumberjacks' usage
• SKILLY an insipid beverage, esp. coffee or tea ...1927 sl.
• SNOW-BROTH cold tea ...L19 sl.
• SPLASH tea ...1960 Brit. sl.
• SPLIT PEA tea ...1857 rhyming sl.
• TANCY LEE tea ...20C rhyming sl.
• TEA BEGRUDGED tea given sparingly, weak tea ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TEA-ROYAL tea with spirits in it ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WACK-ROWDY-DOW weak beer, broth, tea, etc. ...1895 Eng. dial.
• WATER BEWITCHED weak tea, punch or any other liquor ...L17 sl.
• WHALER'S DELIGHT brown sugar mixed with cold tea to make a thick paste ...1900s Aust. sl.
TEA - nouns, person
• TEA-HAND a tea-drinker ...1896 Sc.
TEA - verbs
• BEAM of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea ...1825 Sc.
• BREW UP to make tea ...1916 sl.
• DRUM UP to make tea in a billy-can, etc. ...1923 sl.
• MASH to infuse tea ...1845 Eng. dial.
• MASK to infuse tea ...1814 Sc.
• MILK to add milk to tea ...1877 Eng. dial.
• SCALD to make tea ...20C Irish sl.
• SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea or coffee ...1967 Amer. dial.
• THROTTLE THE TEAPOT to have tea; 'to squeeze the pot' ...884 Eng. dial.
TEA - phrases
• TEA IS FIT, THE the tea is ready ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEA IS LIKE, THE the tea is ready ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TEACH - adjectives
• AUTODIDACTIC self-taught; acquired by teaching oneself ...1847
TEACH - verbs
• AMAISTER † to teach ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BETEACH † to teach, to instruct ...a1300
• COMMONSTRATE † to make clear; to teach, to demonstrate, to impart information ...1623
• DISCIPLINATE † to discipline, to train, to teach ...a1586
• EDOCEATE † to teach ...1623
• EDOCTRINATE †* to teach thoroughly, to train ...1625
• ERUDIATE † to instruct, to educate, to teach ...B1895
• KEN † to impart the knowledge of a thing; to teach one something ...a1225
• LAIR to teach ...1838 Eng. dial.
• LARE to teach ...1838 Eng. dial.
• LEARN to teach ...14C
• LERE † to teach; to give instruction to a person ...c900
• LESSON to give a lesson or lessons to, to instruct, to teach; to admonish, to rebuke, to reprove ...1555
• SHOW HOW THE BEAR CAME OUT OF THE BUCKWHEAT to teach something ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SHOW HOW THE BEAR CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS to teach something ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SKILL * to teach, to instruct ...a1813
• TAKE FORTH † to teach ...1549
• TAKE OUT † to teach ...1642
• TENT to show, to teach ...1882 Eng. dial.
TEACH - phrases
• ILL TO LEARN hard to teach ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
TEACHER - see SCHOOL
TEACHING - adjectives
• CHRESTOMATHIC devoted to the learning of useful matters; teaching what is useful ...1819
TEACHING - nouns
• KENNING † teaching, instruction ...c1320
• LEARNING † teaching, schooling ...c1380
• LERING † instruction, teaching ...a1300
TEACUP - nouns
• TEA-DISH a teacup, esp. an old-fashioned one made without a handle ...1868 Eng. dial.
TEAM - nouns
• LAYOUT a company of people; an organization, an 'outfit'; a crowd; a gang or team ...1867 Amer. dial.
TEA PARTY - nouns
• BUN-FIGHT a tea party ...1928 sl.
• BUN-STRUGGLE a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison ...1889 sl., orig. military
• BUN-WORRY a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison ...1911 sl., orig. military
• MUFFIN-FIGHT a tea-party ...c1885 Brit. sl.
• MUFFIN-WORRY a tea-party ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• TEA-AND-EATING a tea party at which substantial food is provided ...1891 Sc.
• TEA-FIGHT a tea party ...1849 sl.