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TEAR - TEN-FOLD
TEAR - nouns
• BARN DOOR a triangular tear in a piece of cloth ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BRACK a tear or flaw, usually in fabric ...1816 Amer. dial.
• CAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CALF TAIL a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EAGLE-HAWK a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ELL an L-shaped tear in cloth ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HATCH a tear in a garment caused by catching it on some projecting object ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAG a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• NAGELHAWK a rip or tear in a piece of clothing ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER SEVEN a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RANT a rent, a tear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAM a tear, a rent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEF a rent, a tear ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIT a tear, a rent; a scratch ...1892 Sc.
• SEVEN a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKEG a rent in a piece of cloth, such as would be made by a stump of a branch ...1839 Eng. dial.
• TARTLES fringe-like projections from an old torn garment ...1892 Sc.
• TRAP-DOOR a triangular tear in cloth ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TRAP-HATCH a triangular tear in cloth ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TRAPPATCH a rent in clothes ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• WAIME a flaw, a tear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WINKLE-HAWK a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut ...1848 Amer. dial.
TEAR - verbs
• BEREND to rend or tear badly ...1582
• BESCRAMBLE †* to scratch, to tear ...1598
• CAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• DECERP † to pluck off or out; to extract, to excerpt; to tear apart ...1531
• DILACERATE to tear something or someone apart ...arch., literary
• HALE † to pull or tear asunder or in pieces; to cause to shrink ...a1300
• HARROW to tear, to lacerate, to wound physically ...1633
• HATCH to tear a thing by catching it on something ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing ...1568
• KAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB to rip or tear skin or cloth so as to leave a shred or strip hanging loose ...1958 Sc.
• LANCINATE * to pierce, to tear ...1603
• LANIATE * to lacerate; to tear in pieces ...1721
• MAMMOCK to break, tear, or cut into fragments; to shred ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MOMOX to tear into pieces; to mangle; to beat severely, to maul ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MUMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• RACE * 1. to tear, to go in pieces ...a1375
† 2. to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash ...c1440 obs. exc. techn.
• RACK † to pull or tear apart; to separate by force; to break up ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAG † to tear in pieces; to make ragged, to tear in a ragged manner ...c1440
• RAGGET to tear into rags; to beat about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAISE † to tear; to scratch; to cut ...c1475
• RAMP † to snatch, to tear, to pluck; to pull suddenly or sharply ...1567
• RANCH † to tear, to cut, to scratch ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANT to rent, to pull, to tear ...1872 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REND to snatch and tear; to waste, destroy property ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
• RATCH to pull or tear in pieces ...1781
• RATCHET to tear, to rend ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAUNCH to munch, to gnaw; to tear up ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAVE to pull; to tear up; to tear; to rout out, to disturb ...1889 Eng. dial.
• REAM to tear, to split open ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEVE to break; to tear; to split wood ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RETCH to tear; to pull asunder; to wrest ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALIVATE to mangle, to tear apart ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SAP tears, the moisture of grief or sorrow ...1825 Sc.
• SCALE to rip a seam; to tear ...1768 Sc.
• SCRAM to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMB to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCREED to tear, to rend ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREEDGE † to tear ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIEVE to tear, to drag aside ...1865 Sc.
• SCRIT to tear, to rend; to scratch ...1892 Sc.
• SCRIVE to tear, to drag aside ...1865 Sc. & Ireland
• SKAIL * to rend, to spoil ...1768 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEG to tear jaggedly or as with a snag ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAAVE to tear, to rend ...1972 Sc.
• TARTLE to rend, to tatter ...1877 Sc. & Ireland
• TARYLUG to tear and pull about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAR TO MAMMOCKS to tear in pieces ...1804 Eng. dial.
• TEASE to handle roughly; to tear; to toss about ...1892 Sc.
• TIRE †* to tear, to tear at, to pluck ...c1374
• TO-BREAK † to rend, to tear clothes or the like ...c1200
• TO-DRAW † to pull apart, to draw or drag asunder; to tear to pieces; to destroy by tearing apart ...c1205
• TO-LOUK † to pull or tear to pieces; to pull apart, to wrench asunder ...c890
• TO-LUKE † to pull or tear to pieces; to pull apart, to wrench asunder ...c890
• TO-TOSE † to tear to pieces ...a1250
TEARFUL, TEARS - adjectives
• BEBLUBBERED disfigured by blubbering; befouled with tears ...1583
• BEGRAT tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRATTEN tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRITTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BEGRUTTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BLIRT on the verge of tears ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRTED tear-stained; swollen with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBERT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBIT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLLACHRYMATE †* mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping ...1593
• DACRYOPOETIC producing or causing tears, like a 'tear-jerker' screenplay ...18C
• FLUENT-TEARED easily moved to tears ...1899 Eng. dial.
• GREETY †* inclined to shed tears; tearful ...c1350
• GULPY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN BITS emotionally distraught or tearful ...1999 UK sl.
• LACHRYMABLE † 1. lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
† 2. expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LACHRYMABUND † weeping ripe, big with tears, with tears ready to fall ...1727
• LACHRYMAL 1. resembling a tear or tears ...1607 nonce use
2. pert. to tears; indicative of weeping ...1803
• LACHRYMARY pert. to tears ...1705
• LACHRYMATORY pert. to tears; tending to cause a flow of tears ...a1849
• LACHRYMENTAL †* mournful, tearful ...1625
• LACHRYMOSE given or ready to shed tears; of the eyes: suffused with tears ...1727
• LACHRYMOUS * given or ready to shed tears ...1866
• LACRYMABLE † 1. lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
† 2. expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
• ONION-EYED having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful ...1606
• PIPEY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAINY of the eyes: shedding tears; tearful ...1563
• SOBBY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VAPOROUS † of the eyes: moist with tears ...1583
• WEEPY depressed, denoting tearfulness; mournful, tearful ...1863
TEARING - nouns
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREEDING a rending, a tearing; a scolding match among women, when violence may go to the length of tearing or 'screeding' the cap ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TEARS - nouns
• BLEARS tears or their traces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEE † a tear (crying) ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAINSHAM SMOKE the tears of a man who is beaten by his wife ...L17 sl.
• EFFUSION † shedding of tears ...a1500
• EYE-BRINE † tears ...1606
• HEAT-DROPS tears ...1663
• LACHRYMATION the shedding of tears; weeping ...1572
• NEW RIVER HEAD tears ...L18 sl.
• SALT WATER tears ...c1400 humorous
• SAP sorrow; tears produced by vexation or affliction ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TEAR-BLOB a teardrops ...1810 Sc.
TEARS - nouns, person
• LACHRYMIST one addicted to tears; a weeper ...1620
TEARS - verbs
• BETEAR † to suffuse with tears ...1580
• BIBBLE to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLEER to make the eyes water; to bedim the eyes, as with tears ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT to burst into tears; to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROP to shed tears ...ME
• ELACRYMATE †* to shed in the form of tears ...1657
• GREET to shed tears ...ME
• HAPPLE to trickle, to roll down, as tears ...1791 Sc.
• LACHRYMATE † to lament, to weep ...1623
• LAY IN to shed or 'turn on' tears ...1809
• LET FALL to shed tears ...1816
• RAIN 1. of tears: to fall like rain ...c1374
2. to shed tears copiously ...1588
• RAP to fall sharply or smartly; to fall in pattering drops, esp. of tears ...1508 Sc.
• RUMATIZE † to bring tears to the eyes; to shed tears ...1613
• SILE † of tears, etc.: to flow ...c1400
• TEAR to shed tears, to weep ...1810 Sc.
• VENT †* tears ...1760
• VENT OUT †* to shed tears ...1632
• WATER ONE'S PLANTS † to shed tears; to weep; to cry ...1542 jocular
• YET † to shed tears or blood ...a900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TEASE - nouns
• SAUCEPAN LID a tease; a 'leg-pull' ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'kid'
TEASE, TEASING - nouns, person
• BADGERER a person who badgers another ...L19
• BALL-BREAKER a tease ...1970s sl., orig. US
• BALL-BUSTER a tease ...1980s sl.
• BUSTER a tease ...1980s sl.
• CODDER a teaser, a hoaxer ...M19 sl.
• HANNIER † a cross, teasing person ...1775 Eng. dial.
• PUT-ON ARTIST a hoaxer, a tease ...1930s US sl.
• RAGGARD a tease; an impatient person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SKAG a tease ...1980s sl.
• TEELYTOON a teasing, fretful, wearisome child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TEASE - verbs
• AG to irritate, as by teasing ...1908 Sc.
• AGG to irritate, as by teasing ...1908 Sc.
• BADGER to torment; to tease; to nag ...L18
• BAFFLE to insult, to bully, to tease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANTER to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATSHIT to tell lies; to tease; to confuse with false information ...1960s US sl.
• BIG-BOY to take advantage of someone; to bully or tease ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLOW SMOKE UP ONE'S LEG to tease good-naturedly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUFFALO to overawe, to frighten, to intimidate, esp. by bluff; to confuse, to bamboozle, to tease ...1891 Amer. dial.
• BULLCORN to tease ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CADDLE to tease, to worry, to trouble, to disturb, to annoy ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CHAFF to talk nonsense, to joke; to banter, to tease, to make fun of; to trick, to deceive ...1872 Amer. dial.
• CHECK to tease, to taunt ...1941 Amer. dial.
• COD(D) to tease, to hoax ...M19 sl.
• DEVIL to tease, to annoy, to bother, to harass ...1819 Amer. dial.
• DEVILMENT to tease ...1919 Amer. dial.
• DING to reiterate tiresomely; to nag, to pester, to worry, to tease ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DRAG to tease; to twit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FAN to tease, to banter; to vex, to annoy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• FOOL AROUND to tease ...L19 sl.
• GAFF to tease ...L19 US sl.
• GAFFLE to tease; to incommode, to encumber ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMMON to joke, to sport, to play; to tease amicably ...1888 Eng. dial.
• GET SOMEONE AT IT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1958 sl.
• GIVE OLD HARRY to play the devil, to make mischief; to tease or scold ...M17 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE GUY to make a fool of someone; to tease ...19C sl.
• GREEN to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit ...1923 Amer. dial.
• GREEN ON to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit ...1887 Amer. dial.
• GREEN OUT to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit ...1887 Amer. dial.
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HACK to embarrass, to annoy, to disconcert, to tease ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HACK ABOUT to joke, to tease ...1950s US sl.
• HACK OFF to joke, to tease ...1950s US sl.
• HAG(G) to worry, to tease; to nag at ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HAKE to tease, to worry, to importune; to pester or worry with questions, etc.; to persecute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK to tease, to worry, to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE † to harry; to worry; to harass; to tease ...1523
• HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HERRY to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• HETCHEL to tease, to call to account; to bother, to annoy; to nag ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-GYVE to tease, to provoke ...1930s US sl.
• HIGH JIVE to tease, to provoke ...1930s US sl.
• HOAX A QUIZ to tease an eccentric person ...L18 sl.
• HOLD ONE IN TAMTARY to keep one in suspense; to tease or exasperate by delay; to vex or disquiet one ...1710 Sc.
• HORSE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1901 US sl.
• JACK AROUND to tease ...1960s US campus sl.
• JACK OFF to take advantage of, to deceive or tease someone ...1960s US sl.
• JADE to tantalize, to tease ...1906 Amer. dial.
• JAUL to tease, to joke ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAWL to tease, to joke ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAZZ to tease ...1927 Amer. dial.
• JEFF to tease, to joke with ...1960s US prison sl.
• JERK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• JERK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• JOL to tease, to joke ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOLLY to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick ...M19 sl., ?orig. US
• JOSH to hoax or tease, esp. good-naturedly; to joke, to fool ...1852 Amer. sl.
• KAIM SOMEBODY'S HEAD BACKWARDS to annoy, to tease (kaim = comb) ...1721 Sc.
• KNOCK SAUCEPANS OUT OF ONE to give one a bad time ...1896 Ireland
• LARK to make fun of, to tease sportively ...1848 colloq.
• LEAD DOWN THE GARDEN PATH to trick, to deceive deliberately, to tease ...1920s sl.
• LEAD UP THE GARDEN PATH to trick, to deceive deliberately, to tease ...1920s sl.
• MAG to tease, worry incessantly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGLE to worry, to tease ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWK to baffle, to tease, to torment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS to dawdle or putter; to fool around; to kid around, to tease ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MESS WITH to laugh at, to ridicule, to tease ...1980s sl.
• MOCK OUT to tease ...1960s US campus sl.
• MOLLYHAWK to tease, to abuse ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MOMMOCK to harass, to tease, to annoy, to torment, to impose on ...1946 Amer. dial.
• MUCK ABOUT to irritate, to tease ...M19 sl.
• MUMMICK to harass, to tease, to impose on, to annoy, to torment ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NAGGER to complain continually; to find fault with; to tease ...1868 Eng. dial.
• NAIST to tease; to worry; to remind one to do something disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLE to deliberately and persistently annoy someone; to tease maliciously ...1881 sl.
• OUTHANDLE to tease, to pick on ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT THE TURKS to incite to anger; to nag at; to tease ...1786 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT WEST POINT to incite to anger; to nag at; to tease ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PLAY HORSE WITH to tease, to ridicule, to annoy, to make merry with ...1896 US sl.
• POKE FUN to tease; to jape; to mock ...1840 Amer. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S CHAIN to elicit someone's anger or annoyance, esp. deliberately; to nag; to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; ...1962 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S LEG to tease someone; to make fun of someone ...1888 UK sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PLONKER to fool someone; to tease someone; to take a liberty with someone...2000 UK sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• PUT ON to tease; to joke with ; to deceive for one's own gain ...M19 sl.
• PUT ONE UNDER HACK to embarrass, to tease ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PUT SOMEONE ON to tease, to mock or deceive someone ...sl.
• RAG to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage ...1806 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
• RAG ON to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing ...1900 Amer. sl.
• RAIL to tease; to provoke to anger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAILLY † to ridicule or tease a person ...1673
• RAMP to tease, to banter, to trick ...1980s UK Black sl.
• RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RANK OUT to kid or tease a person; to harass, to insult ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RAWHIDE to tease, to rib, to haze ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RAZZ to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1921 sl., orig. US
• RIB to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1930 sl., orig. US
• RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate ...1890 Brit. sl.
• SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SASS OUT to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SCORN to tease or rally, esp. a girl about a lover ...1769 Sc.
• SHIT to tease, attempt to deceive or mislead ...1934 sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIGNIFY to engage in ritualist insults, goading and teasing ...1932 US sl.
• SNAP to mock, to tease ...1960s US Black sl.
• TAFFY to tease ...L19 US sl.
• TAG † to tease, to torment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to tease, to irritate, to vex ...1825 Sc.
• TAKE A PIECE OUT OF to tease ...1940s Aust. sl.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY BLISS to tease ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'take the piss'
• TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICK OUT OF to tease ...1920s sl.
• TAKE THE MICKY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE PISS to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE PISS OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE VAMPIRES to tease someone; to pull someone's leg ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'take the piss' ("take the vampire's kiss")
• TAKE THE VAMPIRE'S KISS to tease someone; to pull someone's leg ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'take the piss'
• TAKE THE WIZZ to tease ...2000s sl.
• TAN to worry, to tease; to harp on one string ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TAR(R) to excite to anger or violence; to tease ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEDDER to perplex, to tease ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TEEN to trouble, to vex; to tease, to worry ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TERRIFY to annoy, to irritate; to tease, to worry; to importune; to torment, to pain ...1839 Eng. dial.
• TET † to tease, to provoke ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THIG to entice; to entreat; to tease ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WERRICK to tease, pester; to worry ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE to fuss; to get uneasy; also, to pester, to tease ...1834 Amer. dial.
• YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• YANK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
TEASED - adjectives
• DIDDLECOME half mad; sorely vexed or teased ...1869 Eng. dial.
TEASING - adjectives
• AT IT teasing, provoking ...1920s sl.
• CADDLING troublesome, teasing, worrying, annoying ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
• SANKLIN teasing, provoking ...1921 Sc.
• TAISEY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEASY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEAZY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
TEASING - nouns
• CODDING teasing, chaffing, hoaxing ...M19 sl.
• DEVILMENT mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery ...1844 Amer. dial.
• DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry ...1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• FASHING the act of perplexing or teasing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• JOLLY light-hearted teasing, bantering; often as 'the jolly' ...L19 US sl.
• KIDDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• KIDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• RAG abuse, teasing, talk ...M19 sl.
• RAGGING teasing, an act of teasing ...20C sl.
• RIGGING a teasing; a scolding ...1883 Amer. dial.
• TAISLE a vexing or teasing ...1866 Sc.
TEASING - nouns, person
• BELTER-WERRITS a teasing child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MAWMOOIN a blockhead, a simpleton; a playful, teasing youth or girl; literally 'mow the moon' ...1871 Eng. dial.
• VEAGUE a teasing child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TECHNOLOGY - nouns
• NERDISTAN a dormitory community for information-and-communication-technology workers ...1997 US sl.
TEDDY BOY - nouns, person
• BODGIE the Australasian equivalent of the Teddy-boy ...1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DUCK-TAIL the South African equivalent of the Teddy-boy ...1959 S. Afr. sl.
• GUV'NOR, THE the head of a Teddy-boy's gang ...c1950 Brit. sl.
• TED a Teddy-boy ...1956 Brit. sl.
• WEEGIE an Australasian Teddy-girl ...1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WIDGIE an Australasian Teddy-girl ...1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
TEDIOUS - adjectives
• BLAH boring, dull, tedious ...1922 sl., orig. US
• BULL-DRAGGING tedious, laborious ...20C Irish sl.
• DAGALI tedious, tiresome ...1914 Sc.
• DEAD dull; tedious and uninteresting ...1000
• DRAC boring, dull, tedious ...1945 Aust. sl.
• DRACK boring, dull, tedious ...1945 Aust. sl.
• DRAGGY boring, dull, tedious ...1860 sl., orig. US
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• FEEDING boring, dull, tedious ...1940 Brit. sl.
• GUMMY inferior; tedious; unpleasant ...1922 Amer. sl.
• HARMLESS lacklustre, tedious ...1960s Amer. sl.
• HO-HUM boring, dull, tedious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LANGERSOME boring, tedious, tiresome ...1880 Sc.
• MAUL-HAULY heavy, troublesome, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPEROSE made or done with much labour; laborious; tedious; toilsome; elaborate ...1683
• OPEROUS † made or done with much labour; laborious; tedious; toilsome; elaborate ...1641
• PECKY tedious, intricate, requiring patience and attention to detail ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAMEY boring, tedious, undistinguished ...1929 sl.
• SAPLESS of persons: wearisome, tedious ...1680
• SICK tedious, boring, disaffecting ...1973 UK sl.
• TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious ...1912 Sc.
• TAIVERSOME tedious, wearisome; annoying, vexatious ...1808 Sc.
• TAIVERSUM tedious, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEDDISOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUSOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Sc.
• TEWING toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDYSOM tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable ...1691 Eng. dial.
• WONKY tedious and serious, esp. anxious and overstudious in an academic situation ...1970s Amer. college sl.
• YAWNFUL inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1878
• YAWNSOME inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1900
TEDIOUS - nouns
• BEEF a tedious or annoying person or thing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUTTFUCK a tedious piece of work ...1980s sl.
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• FAIR NARK a something or someone inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNORE a boring or tedious person, thing, or experience ...Brit. sl.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
• YAWNER anything tedious, boring or yawn-producing ...1940s US sl.
TEDIOUS - nouns, person
• BEEF a tedious or annoying person or thing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FAIR NARK a something or someone inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• FOOZLE a tedious person ...colloq.
• GUMBY a dull, tedious person, esp. one out of touch with current fashions ...1970s Can. teen sl.
• GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1984 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1986 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEP a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1982 Amer. campus sl.
• SNORE a boring or tedious person, thing, or experience ...Brit. sl.
• VAMPIRE an intolerable bore or tedious person ...1862 sl.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
TEDIOUS - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• TEDIFY † to become tedious, to weary, to bore ...1613 nonce word
TEDIUM - nouns
• FASTIDIUM * disgust; feeling of weariness, tedium ...a1734
TEENAGE - nouns
• PARKING of a teenage couple: parking a car in a discreet spot for petting and possible intercourse ...1950s US sl.
TEENAGE, TEENAGER - nouns, person
• CALF a young teenage girl ...1959 US sl.
• GREASER a teenage hoodlum ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RAT a teenage hoodlum ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SUB-DEB a girl who will soon come out as a debutante; hence, broadly, a girl in her mid-teens ...1917 sl., chiefly US
• WEENY-BOPPER a young teenager (sometimes a pre-teen), typically a girl, who follows the latest fashions in clothes, pop music, etc. ...1972 sl.
• WHIGGER an adolescent male of Anglo-Saxon descent who acts out with African-American stereotypes; a wanna-be Afro-American ...c1986 US playground sl.
• ZITHEAD a teenager; the image is of acned mediocrity ...1990s US sl.
TEETH - see TOOTH
TEETOTAL - adjectives
• ON THE DEAD off liquor; teetotal ...L19 army sl.
• ON THE WAGON said of someone who is teetotal ...1906 sl.
TEETOTAL, TEETOTALISM - nouns
• NEPHALISM * total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism ...1861
TEETOTALLER - nouns, person
• ABDAR a teetotaller ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• BLUE NOSE a person who is excessively puritanical; now esp. one who advocates abstinence from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BUN-PUNCHER a teetotaller ...L19 army sl.
• BUN-STRANGLER a teetotaller ...L19 army sl.
• BUN-WALLAH a teetotaller ...L19 army sl.
• CHAR-WALLAH a teetotaller ...20C army sl.
• HYDROPOT a drinker of water; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1727
• HYDROPOTIST †* a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1678
• LEMONADE WALLAH a teetotaller ...L19 Brit. army sl.
• NEPHALIST one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller ...1861
• NEVER TOUCH IT a teetotaller ...L19 Aust. sl.
• TEETEE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...1900 Sc.
• TEETOTAL a teetotaller; a total abstainer ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• T.T. a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
• WAD-SHIFTER a teetotaller ...1910s sl.
• WATERBAG n. a fanatical teetotaller ...1930s Aust. sl.
• WATER-BOTTLE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
• WOWSER a teetotaller ...1957 sl.
TELEGRAM - nouns
• TALIWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TELEGRAFT a telegram ...1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELEWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
TELEGRAM - verbs
• WIRE to send a telegram ...1859 Amer.
TELEGRAPH - nouns
• BUG a telegraph speed-key ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUZZ WIRE a telephone or telegraph line ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LIVE MESSAGE. a message in course of transmission; generally plural ...1870 telegraphers' usage
• TALIWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TELEWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
TELEGRAPH - nouns, person
• BRASS POUNDER a telegraph operator ...1931 sl.
• BUG SENDER a telegraph operator using a semiautomatic key-instrument or a telegraph speed-key ...World War II Amer. sl.
• LIGHTNING JERKER a telegrapher ...1891 US sl.
• LIGHTNING SHOVER a telegrapher ...1871 US railroad sl.
• LIGHTNING SLINGER a telegrapher ...1938 US railroad sl.
• PUNCHER a telegraph operator ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
TELEGRAPH - verbs
• KEEP THE WIRES HOT to telegraph incessantly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TELEGRAFT to telegraph ...1895 Eng. dial.
TELEPHONE - see PHONE
TELESCOPE - nouns
• BRING-'EM-NEAR a telescope ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FARKEEKER a telescope ...1828 Sc.
• GLASS a telescope ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KENNING-GLASS † a spy-glass, a small telescope ...1603
• LOOKSTICK a telescope ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEEPER a spy-glass ...L18 cant
TELEVISION - adjectives
• DARK untelevised ...2000 US sl.
TELEVISION - nouns
• AYEMER in television: a morning show ...2002 Can. sl.
• BIG EYE television ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOOB TUBE a television ...sl.
• BOX, THE a television set ...1950 Amer. sl.
• BUMFUZZLER a television ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTTONS the remote control for a television ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FACE TIME time spent in a meeting or conversation with an important or influential person; time spent on television ...1991 US sl.
• GANGBANG a television writing session involving multiple writers ...1997 US sl.
• IDIOT the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent ...1950s sl., orig. US
• IDIOT BOX the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent ...1950s sl., orig. US
• IDIOT'S LANTERN the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent ...1950s sl., orig. US
• IDIOT TUBE the television ...1960s US sl.
• MONO a black and white television set; a monophonic sound reproductions system ,,,1970 UK sl.
• MOTHER KELLY television ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'telly'
• NERVO AND KNOX television; a television ...1971 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'box'
• ONE-EYED MONSTER television ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT EARS a V-shaped television antenna ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SCREEN any type of television set ...1960s US Black sl.
• TELLY television ...1935 Brit. colloq.
• V television ...1970s US Black & campus sl.
• VADAVISION a television ...2002 UK sl.
• VARDAVISION a television ...2002 UK sl.
• VISION television ...1970s sl.
• WYLET a television ...Brit. back-slang on 'telly'
• ZOMBIE a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
• ZOM BOX a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
TELEVISION - nouns, person
• AUTOCUTIE an attractive but incompetent television presenter ...2003 Brit. sl.
TELEVISION - verbs
• GRAZE to switch between television channels while viewing without watching any channel for long ...colloq.
TELEVISION SHOW - nouns
• KIDS, THE 'All My Children', a popular television daytime drama ...1987 US sl.
TELL - verbs
• CARP † to utter, to say, to tell ...1350
• CHEEP to tell or reveal; to betray a secret; to mention, to hint at ...1903 Amer. dial.
• DEEM † to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter ...a1000
• DEVISE to tell, to narrate ...1952 Amer. dial.
• EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story ...19C sl.
• FAME † to tell or spread abroad; to report ...1303
• LAY †* to give information, to tell ...c1470
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE WALLET to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon; to let the cat out of the bag ...1804 Amer. dial.
• PAD to inform; to tell ...1950s US Black sl.
• PEACH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUETHE † to speak, say, declare, tell, call ...c825
• QUIDDLE to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SCREAM ON ONE to give away a secret or to betray the confidence of someone; to tell; to inform; to attack ...1960s US Black sl.
• SING LIKE A CANARY to tell the truth; to inform to the police; to tell everything ...20C sl.
• SWITCH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TALE † to say, to speak, to utter, to tell ...c1205
TELL OFF - verbs
• SET ONE'S MOUTH ON to tell someone off; to give one a tongue-lashing ...1970s US Black sl.
• SHOW WHERE THE BEAR SAT IN THE BUCKWHEAT to tell someone off; to put someone in his place ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SHOW WHERE THE BEAR SHIT IN THE BUCKWHEAT to tell someone off; to put someone in his place ...1966 Amer. dial.
TELLTALE - adjectives
• SNITCH-ASS untrustworthy, tale-telling ...1980s US Black sl.
TELLTALE - nouns, person
• BACKBITER a tattletale ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BAWLBABY a crybaby; a tattletale ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BEAN SPILLER an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BELCHER an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLAB-TONGUE an indiscreet talker; a telltale ...1600
• BLOB-TALE † a telltale, talebearer, blabber ...a1670
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BOBBER one who carries tales; a telltale ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CACKLER a telltale, a tattler, a blabber ...1598
• CARRY-TALE † a talebearer; a tell-tale ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CLATTERFART † a chatterer, a babbler, a blabber, a tale-teller ...1552
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
• EXTURBMENT-MAKER a child who is always telling on other children; a telltale ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GABBIN-CHAT a telltale ...1905 Sc.
• GOSSIP-TOTER a child who is always telling on other children ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAB † a blab, a telltale ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• LABRISHER a chatterer, a telltale ...1940s W. Indies
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• SNITCH-CAT. a child who is always telling on other children ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNITCHER an informant; a telltale ...L18
• SNURGE a tattle-tale, a sycophant ...1930s sl.
• SQUEAL-CAT a child who is always telling on other children ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TALE-PAT a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PIET a telltale ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELLER a talebearer, a telltale ...1377
• TALE-TELLING-TIT a telltale, a talebearer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TATTERTALE a tattletale ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TATTLEBUDGET. a tattletale ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TITIVIL † a mischievous talebearer; a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITIVILLER †* a tattling telltale, a mischievous talebearer, one who spreads scandal ...1581
• 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.
• UNCLE TOM a tattletale, a telltale; a person who befriends another, usually in the workplace, only to deceive them ...1940s sl.
• YAFFNER an untrustworthy person; a telltale ...L19 US Black sl.
• YAP a telltale, an informer ...1910s US sl.
TELLTALE - verbs
• LAB † to blab; to be a telltale ...1377
TEMPER - adjectives
• ALL HORNS AND RATTLES said of one displaying a fit of temper;' very angry ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GALYARS restive, in a temper ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OFF AT HOOKS out of temper; unwell ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S RAG in a furious temper; very angry ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• RANK vexed, passionate, in a temper ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUMY passionate; given to bursts of ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEMPER-THRAWING souring the temper ...1873 Sc.
• TICKLISH easily upset in temper; apt to be offended, sensitive, touchy ...1581
• UNKED cross, out of temper; silent, sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEMPER - nouns
• ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1921 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY a sudden fit of panic; a display of temper ...1964 Amer. sl.
• ACT pretended illness or ill-temper ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AFFECT † disposition, temper, natural tendency ...1541
• AFRICKY fighting spirit; temper ...1838 Amer. dial.
• AMBITION malice; vindictiveness; grudge; hatred; irascibility; a quick temper ...1826 Amer. dial.
• ATTERN-TEMPER irritating, malignant temper ...1854 Eng. dial.
• AYROM an unpleasant commotion or disturbance, display of temper, tantrums ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BAIT a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BARLEY-HOOD a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking ...a1529
• BARLEY-MOOD. a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking; barley-hood ...1790
• BATE a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BIRSE temper, anger ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINGE a fit of temper ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANDER temper, anger, indignation ...1831 colloq., orig. US
• DANDRUFF anger, temper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DANDRUM a whim; a freak; ill-temper ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEAD NARK a very bad temper ...20C Aust. sl.
• DILDRUM a ridiculous passion or temper ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DING anger, temper ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-FUZ a temper, pet; anger ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EBENESER temper, passion ...M19 US sl.
• EBENEZER † anger, temper ...1836 Amer. dial.
• FANNY a fit of temper ...2000s sl.
• FARTING-SPELL a display of bad temper ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FLARE-OUT a fight; an outburst of temper; also, a spree ...1838 sl.
• FLARE-UP a fight; an outburst of temper; also, a spree ...1838 sl.
• GEE a fit of bad temper or sullenness ...a1605 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GEOLTITUDES bursts of passionate temper, tantrums ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• GRUMBLES, THE bad temper, sulkiness ...M19 sl.
• GRUMPS, THE a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1835 colloq.
• HACKLE temper, dander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARNESS temper; humour ...1838 Eng. dial.
• INDIAN anger; a quick temper ...1897 Amer. dial.
• IRISH passion, anger, rage, fury, temper ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ITALIAN temper, anger, fighting spirit ...1991 Amer. dial.
• LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits ...1899 Sc.
• MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK anger or a bad temper ...M19 sl.
• MOODY a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1969 Brit. sl.
• NANTY temper, ire; a drubbing, a scolding ...1935 Sc. sl.
• NEBBINESS shortness of temper, asperity ...1930 Sc.
• OLD INJUN anger; a quick temper ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PADDY a temper; a rage; a tantrum...1894 UK sl.
• PADDYWACK a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1899 sl.
• PADDYWHACK a rage, a passion, a temper ...1899
• QUANDARY a fit of ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAISE a state of extreme bad temper; a frenzy ...1894 Sc.
• RAMP an outburst of temper; a violent mood ...1798
• RAN-TAN an ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAPTURE a fit of temper; a state of violent anger and excitement ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAT a bad temper ...1910s UK juvenile sl.
• STRAMULLION a fit of ill-humour or bad temper; a display of pettishness ...B1900 Sc.
• STREAK a fit of temper ...Bk1904 Amer. sl.
• SULKS, THE a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1818
• TAKING a fit of petulance or temper; a dilemma; a sorry plight or condition ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TANT a rage, tamper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANTRUM-FIT a fit of ill temper ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TAWM an ungovernable fit of temper ...1846 Sc.
• TEETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEMPER-PIN disposition, temper ...1864 Sc.
• TETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TID a fit of ill-humour or temper ...1773 Sc.
• TIFF a slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour ...1727
• TIRRIT * a fit of fear or temper; an 'upset', disturbance of one's equanimity .,..1597
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
• UGLIES, THE a fit of depression or bad temper ...1846 sl.
• UGLINESS bad temper; disagreeableness ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAG a strong burst of temper ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VEAGUE a strong burst of temper ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEXNESS. bad temper ...1930s sl.
• VIAND mood, disposition; temper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WOBBLER an outburst of temper; anger, a fit of anger ...1942 sl., orig. US
TEMPER - nouns, person
• CACAFUEGO a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart, a blusterer, a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper ...1625 sl.
TEMPER - verbs
• BE ON ONE'S METTLE to be in a bad temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BLOW ONE'S TOP to be or get angry; to lose one's temper ...1928 sl.
• BUNG ON AN ACT to lose one's temper and deliver a stream of obscenities or oaths ...1920s Aust. sl.
• DANDER to anger, to rouse the temper ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO IN ONE'S BLOCK to lose emotional control; to lose one's temper; to be or get angry ... 1907 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• DO ONE'S BLOCK to lose emotional control; to lose one's temper; to be or get angry ...1907 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• DO ONE'S FRUIT to lose one's temper; to go crazy ...1970s sl.
• DO ONE'S NANA to lose one's temper; to be or get angry ...1966 sl.
• DO ONE'S NUT to be very angry, anxious, or upset; to lose one's temper; to lose emotional control; to get worked up ...1919 sl.
• DO ONE'S SCONE to lose one's temper with someone; to be or get angry ...1942 NZ sl.
• DO YOUR CRUET to lose your temper ...1975 Aust. sl.
• FLY OFF THE DEEP END to lose one's temper ...1931 sl.
• FLY OFF THE HANDLE to lose one's temper ...1825 orig. US
• GET A PERSON'S SHIRT OUT to cause a person to lose his or her temper ...colloq.
• GET ONE'S AFRICAN UP to lose one's temper ...M19 US sl.
• GET ONE'S RAG DRAWN to lose one's temper ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• GET YOUR RAG OUT to lose your temper ...1956 UK sl.
• GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly ...B1900 Sc.
• GO HOSTILE to lose your temper ...1998 NZ sl.
• GO OFF CROOK to lose one's temper ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• GO OFF ONE'S PANNIKIN to lose one's temper, to lose emotional control ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HAVE A PECK ON to be angry, to have a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE to be peevish or out of temper ...Bk1902 sl.
• IKE to lose one's temper ...2000s US Black sl.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR DOWN to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR ON to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S BLOCK to lose emotional control; to lose one's temper ...20C Aust. sl.
• LOSE ONE'S HAIR to lose one's temper ...20C sl.
• LOSE ONE'S NANNY to lose one's temper (nanny = head) ...L18 UK sl.
• LOSE ONE'S RAG to lose one's temper ...1959 Sc. sl.
• POP ONE'S CORK to lose one's temper; to lose patience ...1950s sl.
• PUGGY with up: to bridle up; to show temper ...1896 Sc.
• RADGE to lose one's temper ...1990s sl.
• RAIN ON to make suffer; to beat up; to lose one's temper with ...1920s US sl.
• ROIL to disturb in temper; to irritate, to make angry ...M18
• TAKE ONE'S SHIRT OFF to lose one's temper ...L19 sl.
• THROW A SHOE to lose one's temper; to become over-excited; to make a big fuss ...1967 Amer. dial.
• THROW A WOBBLER to fly into a fit of bad temper or anger ...1942 sl., orig. US
• THROW A WOBBLY to fly into a fit of bad temper or anger ...1977 sl.
TEMPER - phrases
• DON'T SHORT-PATIENCE ME don't lose your temper with me; don't make me lose my temper ...1933 Amer. dial.
• HE'S LOST IT he's in a bad temper ...20C sl.
• SHORT AS MARCHINGTON WAKE-CAKE used of a woman' s temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEMPERAMENT - nouns
• HEART † disposition, temperament, character ...a1225
TEMPERAMENTAL - adjectives
• NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONATE strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1850 Amer. dial.
TEMPERATURE - nouns
• LAPSE a fall in temperature ...1533
TEMPERATURE - verbs
• SMOKE A THERMOMETER to have one's temperature taken ...Amer. World War I sl.
TEMPESTUOUS - adjectives
• BLEWDERY tempestuous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ORAGIOUS * stormy, tempestuous ...c1590
• PROCELLOUS † stormy, tempestuous ...1650
• TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
TEMPLE (building) - nouns
• ADYTUM the innermost part of a temple; the secret shrine whence oracles were delivered; hence, a private or inner chamber; a sanctum ...1673
• FANACLE †* a small temple, shrine ...1594
• FANE † a temple ...a1400
• HALL † a large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, a palace, a court, a royal residence ...a1175
• JOSS HOUSE a Chinese temple ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAGOD an idol temple ...1582 arch.
• PAGODY † a temple or sacred building in India, China, etc. ...1588
• PHANE † a temple ...a1400
• SAMMY-HOUSE an idol temple or pagoda ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• SANCTUARIUM * a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship ...1796
• WAT a Thai Buddhist temple ...1871
TEMPLE (face) - nouns
• HAFFET the side of the head above and in front of the head; the temple; the cheek ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TEMPORAL - adjectives
• TEMPORANEOUS † pertaining to time, temporal ...1656 rare or obs.
TEMPORARY - adjectives
• FAIR-WEATHER insincere and temporary
• TEMPORANEOUS † lasting only a relatively short time; temporary ...1656
• TIMISH †* of the nature of time; temporal, temporary ...1674
TEMPORARY - nouns, person
• WARMING-PAN a person who temporarily hold a place or employment until the intended occupant is ready to take it ...1846
TEMPT - verbs
• BLANDANDER to tempt by blandishment; to cajole ...1888 colloq.
• EGG † to incite, to encourage, to urge; to provoke, to tempt ...c1200
• EGG ON to incite, to encourage, to urge; to provoke, to tempt ...1566
• FAND † to endeavour to lead into evil; to tempt ...c1175
• FOND † to endeavour to lead into evil; to tempt ...c1175
• SUGGEST † to prompt a person to devil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away ...a1586
• TICE † to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...c1275 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TISE to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...1860 Sc.
TEMPTATION, TEMPTING - nouns
• EGGINGS temptations, inducements ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAND † the state of being tried; a trial, a temptation ...a1300
• FANDING † temptation ...c1000
• FOND † the state of being tried; a trial, a temptation ...a1300
• FONDING † temptation ...c1000
• SUGGESTION † prompting or incitement to evil; an instance of this, a temptation of the evil one ...a1340
• TICE-PENNY anything tempting to buy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICE-TRAP a matter of temptation or allurement; a glaring display to entice the beholder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEMPTED - adjectives
• YFONDED † attempted, tried, tested, tempted ...c1175
TEMPTER - nouns, person
• FANDER † a tempter ...c1340
• FONDER † a tempter ...c1340
TEMPTING - adjectives
• SUGGESTING † prompting to evil, tempting ...1591
• TEMPTACIOUS tempting, inviting ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEMPTASHOUS tempting, inviting ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEMPTSOME tempting, inviting ...1836 Sc.
• TEMPTUOUS tempting, inviting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEMTIOUS tempting, inviting ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TICING alluring, seductive, tempting; of sweet, pleasing manners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEN - adjectives
• DACHA ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
• DAITURE ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
• DECADAL relating to the number ten; belonging to a decade or a period of ten years ...1753
• DECADIC belonging to the system of counting by tens ...1838
• DECINARY † divisible by ten ...1650
• DECUPLATE † multiplied by ten ...1690
• DECUPLE ten times as much; tenfold ...1613
• DEGER ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
• TEN-SIGHT ten times ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TENSOME consisting of ten ...1721 Sc.
TEN - nouns
• DACHA the number 10 ...M19 sl.
• DAITURE the number 10 ...M19 sl.
• DECAD the number ten ...1616
• DECUPLATION † multiplication by ten, increase tenfold ...1690
• DEGER the number 10 ...M19 sl.
• TENSOME ten ...1721 Sc.
• WATER HEN the number ten ...1960s rhyming sl.
TEN - verbs
• DECUPLATE to increase or multiply by ten ...1690
• DECUPLE to increase or multiply by ten ...1674
TENACIOUS - adjectives
• FAST † gripping, tenacious ...c1510
TENACIOUS - verbs
• HAVE SAND IN ONE'S CRAW to be courageous, tenacious, or energetic; to be determined and plucky ...1881 Amer. dial.
TENACIOUSLY - adverbs
• LIKE UGLY ON A BABOON tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON AN APE tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
•. LIKE UGLY ON A TOAD tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2005 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON WARTHOG tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2006 Amer. dial.
TENACITY - nouns
• FASTNESS † capacity for gripping tightly or retaining; tenacity, retentiveness ...1552
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
TENANCY - nouns
• TENANTSHIP tenancy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TENANT - adjectives
• TENANT-STEAD occupied by a tenant ...1759 Sc.
TENANT - nouns, person
• MAIL-MAN one who pays rent; a tenant ...1609 Sc.
• MAIL PAYER one liable to pay rent; a tenant ...1724 Sc.
• SUBSETTLE † an under-tenant ...1583
TEN COMMANDMENTS - nouns
• DECALOGUE the Ten Commandments collectively as a body of law ...1382
TEN COMMANDMENTS - nouns, person
• DECALOGIST * one who expounds the decalogue or Ten Commandments ...1650
TEND - verbs
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• NESTLE † to tend, to nurse ...a1548
• TIDD to bring up, to rear, to tend, to care for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TENDER - adjectives
• AFFECTUOUS † loving, affectionate, tender ...1460
• EFFEMINATE † gentle, tender, compassionate ...1594
• NARK delicate, tender ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESH † 1. tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings ...c897
† 2. tender, delicate, weak; unable to endure fatigue or exposure; susceptible to cold ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NESHY fragile, tender ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TAFFETY tender, delicate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TART † of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: sharp, severe, painful, grievous, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TENELLOUS †* somewhat tender ...1651
• TEW tender, sickly, small, weak ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TID tender; nice, fanciful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDD tender; nice, fanciful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TENDER - nouns
• TETUZ † anything tender; a delicate person ...1824 Sc.
TENDER - nouns, person
• NICELING † an effeminate, tender, or delicate person ...1549
TENDER-HEARTED - adjectives
• BUTTER-HEARTED tender-hearted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TENDERLY - adverbs
• AFFECTUOUSLY † affectionately; kindly, lovingly, tenderly ...1447
• NESH †* softly, gently, tenderly ...1297
• SAWFLY carefully, tenderly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TENDERNESS - nouns
• MOLLITUDE † softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy ...1656
• NESHNESS delicacy, tenderness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TENDON - nouns
• LEADER a tendon, a ligament, a sinew ...1899 Amer. dial.
TEND TO - verbs
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
TENFOLD - adjectives
• DECEMPLEX tenfold ...Bk1897
• DECUPLE ten times as much; tenfold ...1613
TEN-FOLD - adverbs
• BY THE TENTH DEAL † ten-fold ...c1330
TENFOLD - nouns
• DECUPLE a number or quantity ten times another; a tenfold amount ...c1425
• BARN DOOR a triangular tear in a piece of cloth ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BRACK a tear or flaw, usually in fabric ...1816 Amer. dial.
• CAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CALF TAIL a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EAGLE-HAWK a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ELL an L-shaped tear in cloth ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HATCH a tear in a garment caused by catching it on some projecting object ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAG a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• KAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• NAGELHAWK a rip or tear in a piece of clothing ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER SEVEN a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RANT a rent, a tear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAM a tear, a rent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEF a rent, a tear ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIT a tear, a rent; a scratch ...1892 Sc.
• SEVEN a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing from catching it on something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKEG a rent in a piece of cloth, such as would be made by a stump of a branch ...1839 Eng. dial.
• TARTLES fringe-like projections from an old torn garment ...1892 Sc.
• TRAP-DOOR a triangular tear in cloth ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TRAP-HATCH a triangular tear in cloth ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TRAPPATCH a rent in clothes ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• WAIME a flaw, a tear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WINKLE-HAWK a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut ...1848 Amer. dial.
TEAR - verbs
• BEREND to rend or tear badly ...1582
• BESCRAMBLE †* to scratch, to tear ...1598
• CAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• DECERP † to pluck off or out; to extract, to excerpt; to tear apart ...1531
• DILACERATE to tear something or someone apart ...arch., literary
• HALE † to pull or tear asunder or in pieces; to cause to shrink ...a1300
• HARROW to tear, to lacerate, to wound physically ...1633
• HATCH to tear a thing by catching it on something ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing ...1568
• KAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB to rip or tear skin or cloth so as to leave a shred or strip hanging loose ...1958 Sc.
• LANCINATE * to pierce, to tear ...1603
• LANIATE * to lacerate; to tear in pieces ...1721
• MAMMOCK to break, tear, or cut into fragments; to shred ...1520 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MOMOX to tear into pieces; to mangle; to beat severely, to maul ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MUMMOCK to break or cut into pieces; to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• RACE * 1. to tear, to go in pieces ...a1375
† 2. to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash ...c1440 obs. exc. techn.
• RACK † to pull or tear apart; to separate by force; to break up ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAG † to tear in pieces; to make ragged, to tear in a ragged manner ...c1440
• RAGGET to tear into rags; to beat about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAISE † to tear; to scratch; to cut ...c1475
• RAMP † to snatch, to tear, to pluck; to pull suddenly or sharply ...1567
• RANCH † to tear, to cut, to scratch ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANT to rent, to pull, to tear ...1872 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REND to snatch and tear; to waste, destroy property ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASE † to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut, to slit, to slash, esp. the skin or clothing ...c1400
• RATCH to pull or tear in pieces ...1781
• RATCHET to tear, to rend ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAUNCH to munch, to gnaw; to tear up ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAVE to pull; to tear up; to tear; to rout out, to disturb ...1889 Eng. dial.
• REAM to tear, to split open ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEVE to break; to tear; to split wood ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RETCH to tear; to pull asunder; to wrest ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SALIVATE to mangle, to tear apart ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SAP tears, the moisture of grief or sorrow ...1825 Sc.
• SCALE to rip a seam; to tear ...1768 Sc.
• SCRAM to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMB to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCREED to tear, to rend ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREEDGE † to tear ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIEVE to tear, to drag aside ...1865 Sc.
• SCRIT to tear, to rend; to scratch ...1892 Sc.
• SCRIVE to tear, to drag aside ...1865 Sc. & Ireland
• SKAIL * to rend, to spoil ...1768 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEG to tear jaggedly or as with a snag ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAAVE to tear, to rend ...1972 Sc.
• TARTLE to rend, to tatter ...1877 Sc. & Ireland
• TARYLUG to tear and pull about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAR TO MAMMOCKS to tear in pieces ...1804 Eng. dial.
• TEASE to handle roughly; to tear; to toss about ...1892 Sc.
• TIRE †* to tear, to tear at, to pluck ...c1374
• TO-BREAK † to rend, to tear clothes or the like ...c1200
• TO-DRAW † to pull apart, to draw or drag asunder; to tear to pieces; to destroy by tearing apart ...c1205
• TO-LOUK † to pull or tear to pieces; to pull apart, to wrench asunder ...c890
• TO-LUKE † to pull or tear to pieces; to pull apart, to wrench asunder ...c890
• TO-TOSE † to tear to pieces ...a1250
TEARFUL, TEARS - adjectives
• BEBLUBBERED disfigured by blubbering; befouled with tears ...1583
• BEGRAT tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRATTEN tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRITTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BEGRUTTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BLIRT on the verge of tears ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRTED tear-stained; swollen with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBERT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBIT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLLACHRYMATE †* mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping ...1593
• DACRYOPOETIC producing or causing tears, like a 'tear-jerker' screenplay ...18C
• FLUENT-TEARED easily moved to tears ...1899 Eng. dial.
• GREETY †* inclined to shed tears; tearful ...c1350
• GULPY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN BITS emotionally distraught or tearful ...1999 UK sl.
• LACHRYMABLE † 1. lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
† 2. expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LACHRYMABUND † weeping ripe, big with tears, with tears ready to fall ...1727
• LACHRYMAL 1. resembling a tear or tears ...1607 nonce use
2. pert. to tears; indicative of weeping ...1803
• LACHRYMARY pert. to tears ...1705
• LACHRYMATORY pert. to tears; tending to cause a flow of tears ...a1849
• LACHRYMENTAL †* mournful, tearful ...1625
• LACHRYMOSE given or ready to shed tears; of the eyes: suffused with tears ...1727
• LACHRYMOUS * given or ready to shed tears ...1866
• LACRYMABLE † 1. lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
† 2. expressing of mourning; tearful ...1609
• LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
• ONION-EYED having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful ...1606
• PIPEY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAINY of the eyes: shedding tears; tearful ...1563
• SOBBY mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT mournful; tearful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VAPOROUS † of the eyes: moist with tears ...1583
• WEEPY depressed, denoting tearfulness; mournful, tearful ...1863
TEARING - nouns
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREEDING a rending, a tearing; a scolding match among women, when violence may go to the length of tearing or 'screeding' the cap ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TEARS - nouns
• BLEARS tears or their traces ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEE † a tear (crying) ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAINSHAM SMOKE the tears of a man who is beaten by his wife ...L17 sl.
• EFFUSION † shedding of tears ...a1500
• EYE-BRINE † tears ...1606
• HEAT-DROPS tears ...1663
• LACHRYMATION the shedding of tears; weeping ...1572
• NEW RIVER HEAD tears ...L18 sl.
• SALT WATER tears ...c1400 humorous
• SAP sorrow; tears produced by vexation or affliction ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TEAR-BLOB a teardrops ...1810 Sc.
TEARS - nouns, person
• LACHRYMIST one addicted to tears; a weeper ...1620
TEARS - verbs
• BETEAR † to suffuse with tears ...1580
• BIBBLE to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLEER to make the eyes water; to bedim the eyes, as with tears ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT to burst into tears; to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROP to shed tears ...ME
• ELACRYMATE †* to shed in the form of tears ...1657
• GREET to shed tears ...ME
• HAPPLE to trickle, to roll down, as tears ...1791 Sc.
• LACHRYMATE † to lament, to weep ...1623
• LAY IN to shed or 'turn on' tears ...1809
• LET FALL to shed tears ...1816
• RAIN 1. of tears: to fall like rain ...c1374
2. to shed tears copiously ...1588
• RAP to fall sharply or smartly; to fall in pattering drops, esp. of tears ...1508 Sc.
• RUMATIZE † to bring tears to the eyes; to shed tears ...1613
• SILE † of tears, etc.: to flow ...c1400
• TEAR to shed tears, to weep ...1810 Sc.
• VENT †* tears ...1760
• VENT OUT †* to shed tears ...1632
• WATER ONE'S PLANTS † to shed tears; to weep; to cry ...1542 jocular
• YET † to shed tears or blood ...a900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TEASE - nouns
• SAUCEPAN LID a tease; a 'leg-pull' ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'kid'
TEASE, TEASING - nouns, person
• BADGERER a person who badgers another ...L19
• BALL-BREAKER a tease ...1970s sl., orig. US
• BALL-BUSTER a tease ...1980s sl.
• BUSTER a tease ...1980s sl.
• CODDER a teaser, a hoaxer ...M19 sl.
• HANNIER † a cross, teasing person ...1775 Eng. dial.
• PUT-ON ARTIST a hoaxer, a tease ...1930s US sl.
• RAGGARD a tease; an impatient person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SKAG a tease ...1980s sl.
• TEELYTOON a teasing, fretful, wearisome child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TEASE - verbs
• AG to irritate, as by teasing ...1908 Sc.
• AGG to irritate, as by teasing ...1908 Sc.
• BADGER to torment; to tease; to nag ...L18
• BAFFLE to insult, to bully, to tease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANTER to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATSHIT to tell lies; to tease; to confuse with false information ...1960s US sl.
• BIG-BOY to take advantage of someone; to bully or tease ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLOW SMOKE UP ONE'S LEG to tease good-naturedly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOGART to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUFFALO to overawe, to frighten, to intimidate, esp. by bluff; to confuse, to bamboozle, to tease ...1891 Amer. dial.
• BULLCORN to tease ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CADDLE to tease, to worry, to trouble, to disturb, to annoy ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CHAFF to talk nonsense, to joke; to banter, to tease, to make fun of; to trick, to deceive ...1872 Amer. dial.
• CHECK to tease, to taunt ...1941 Amer. dial.
• COD(D) to tease, to hoax ...M19 sl.
• DEVIL to tease, to annoy, to bother, to harass ...1819 Amer. dial.
• DEVILMENT to tease ...1919 Amer. dial.
• DING to reiterate tiresomely; to nag, to pester, to worry, to tease ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DRAG to tease; to twit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FAN to tease, to banter; to vex, to annoy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• FOOL AROUND to tease ...L19 sl.
• GAFF to tease ...L19 US sl.
• GAFFLE to tease; to incommode, to encumber ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMMON to joke, to sport, to play; to tease amicably ...1888 Eng. dial.
• GET SOMEONE AT IT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1958 sl.
• GIVE OLD HARRY to play the devil, to make mischief; to tease or scold ...M17 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE GUY to make a fool of someone; to tease ...19C sl.
• GREEN to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit ...1923 Amer. dial.
• GREEN ON to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit ...1887 Amer. dial.
• GREEN OUT to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes; to outwit ...1887 Amer. dial.
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HACK to embarrass, to annoy, to disconcert, to tease ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HACK ABOUT to joke, to tease ...1950s US sl.
• HACK OFF to joke, to tease ...1950s US sl.
• HAG(G) to worry, to tease; to nag at ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HAKE to tease, to worry, to importune; to pester or worry with questions, etc.; to persecute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK to tease, to worry, to bully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE † to harry; to worry; to harass; to tease ...1523
• HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HERRY to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• HETCHEL to tease, to call to account; to bother, to annoy; to nag ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HIGH-GYVE to tease, to provoke ...1930s US sl.
• HIGH JIVE to tease, to provoke ...1930s US sl.
• HOAX A QUIZ to tease an eccentric person ...L18 sl.
• HOLD ONE IN TAMTARY to keep one in suspense; to tease or exasperate by delay; to vex or disquiet one ...1710 Sc.
• HORSE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1901 US sl.
• JACK AROUND to tease ...1960s US campus sl.
• JACK OFF to take advantage of, to deceive or tease someone ...1960s US sl.
• JADE to tantalize, to tease ...1906 Amer. dial.
• JAUL to tease, to joke ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAWL to tease, to joke ...1970s S. Afr.
• JAZZ to tease ...1927 Amer. dial.
• JEFF to tease, to joke with ...1960s US prison sl.
• JERK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• JERK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• JOL to tease, to joke ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOLLY to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick ...M19 sl., ?orig. US
• JOSH to hoax or tease, esp. good-naturedly; to joke, to fool ...1852 Amer. sl.
• KAIM SOMEBODY'S HEAD BACKWARDS to annoy, to tease (kaim = comb) ...1721 Sc.
• KNOCK SAUCEPANS OUT OF ONE to give one a bad time ...1896 Ireland
• LARK to make fun of, to tease sportively ...1848 colloq.
• LEAD DOWN THE GARDEN PATH to trick, to deceive deliberately, to tease ...1920s sl.
• LEAD UP THE GARDEN PATH to trick, to deceive deliberately, to tease ...1920s sl.
• MAG to tease, worry incessantly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGLE to worry, to tease ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWK to baffle, to tease, to torment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS to dawdle or putter; to fool around; to kid around, to tease ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MESS WITH to laugh at, to ridicule, to tease ...1980s sl.
• MOCK OUT to tease ...1960s US campus sl.
• MOLLYHAWK to tease, to abuse ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MOMMOCK to harass, to tease, to annoy, to torment, to impose on ...1946 Amer. dial.
• MUCK ABOUT to irritate, to tease ...M19 sl.
• MUMMICK to harass, to tease, to impose on, to annoy, to torment ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NAGGER to complain continually; to find fault with; to tease ...1868 Eng. dial.
• NAIST to tease; to worry; to remind one to do something disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLE to deliberately and persistently annoy someone; to tease maliciously ...1881 sl.
• OUTHANDLE to tease, to pick on ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT THE TURKS to incite to anger; to nag at; to tease ...1786 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT WEST POINT to incite to anger; to nag at; to tease ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PLAY HORSE WITH to tease, to ridicule, to annoy, to make merry with ...1896 US sl.
• POKE FUN to tease; to jape; to mock ...1840 Amer. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S CHAIN to elicit someone's anger or annoyance, esp. deliberately; to nag; to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; ...1962 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S LEG to tease someone; to make fun of someone ...1888 UK sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PLONKER to fool someone; to tease someone; to take a liberty with someone...2000 UK sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• PUT ON to tease; to joke with ; to deceive for one's own gain ...M19 sl.
• PUT ONE UNDER HACK to embarrass, to tease ...1952 Amer. dial.
• PUT SOMEONE ON to tease, to mock or deceive someone ...sl.
• RAG to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage ...1806 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
• RAG ON to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing ...1900 Amer. sl.
• RAIL to tease; to provoke to anger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAILLY † to ridicule or tease a person ...1673
• RAMP to tease, to banter, to trick ...1980s UK Black sl.
• RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RANK OUT to kid or tease a person; to harass, to insult ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RAWHIDE to tease, to rib, to haze ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RAZZ to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1921 sl., orig. US
• RIB to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1930 sl., orig. US
• RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate ...1890 Brit. sl.
• SASS to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SASS OUT to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease ...M19 US sl.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SCORN to tease or rally, esp. a girl about a lover ...1769 Sc.
• SHIT to tease, attempt to deceive or mislead ...1934 sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIGNIFY to engage in ritualist insults, goading and teasing ...1932 US sl.
• SNAP to mock, to tease ...1960s US Black sl.
• TAFFY to tease ...L19 US sl.
• TAG † to tease, to torment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to tease, to irritate, to vex ...1825 Sc.
• TAKE A PIECE OUT OF to tease ...1940s Aust. sl.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY BLISS to tease ...1920s rhyming sl. for 'take the piss'
• TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICK OUT OF to tease ...1920s sl.
• TAKE THE MICKY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE PISS to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE PISS OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE VAMPIRES to tease someone; to pull someone's leg ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'take the piss' ("take the vampire's kiss")
• TAKE THE VAMPIRE'S KISS to tease someone; to pull someone's leg ...1998 UK rhyming sl. for 'take the piss'
• TAKE THE WIZZ to tease ...2000s sl.
• TAN to worry, to tease; to harp on one string ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TAR(R) to excite to anger or violence; to tease ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEDDER to perplex, to tease ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TEEN to trouble, to vex; to tease, to worry ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TERRIFY to annoy, to irritate; to tease, to worry; to importune; to torment, to pain ...1839 Eng. dial.
• TET † to tease, to provoke ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THIG to entice; to entreat; to tease ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WERRICK to tease, pester; to worry ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE to fuss; to get uneasy; also, to pester, to tease ...1834 Amer. dial.
• YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• YANK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
TEASED - adjectives
• DIDDLECOME half mad; sorely vexed or teased ...1869 Eng. dial.
TEASING - adjectives
• AT IT teasing, provoking ...1920s sl.
• CADDLING troublesome, teasing, worrying, annoying ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
• SANKLIN teasing, provoking ...1921 Sc.
• TAISEY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEASY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEAZY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
TEASING - nouns
• CODDING teasing, chaffing, hoaxing ...M19 sl.
• DEVILMENT mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery ...1844 Amer. dial.
• DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry ...1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• FASHING the act of perplexing or teasing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• JOLLY light-hearted teasing, bantering; often as 'the jolly' ...L19 US sl.
• KIDDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• KIDOLOGY a notional science of teasing or deceiving; a notional science of dealing with children ...1964 Brit. sl.
• RAG abuse, teasing, talk ...M19 sl.
• RAGGING teasing, an act of teasing ...20C sl.
• RIGGING a teasing; a scolding ...1883 Amer. dial.
• TAISLE a vexing or teasing ...1866 Sc.
TEASING - nouns, person
• BELTER-WERRITS a teasing child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MAWMOOIN a blockhead, a simpleton; a playful, teasing youth or girl; literally 'mow the moon' ...1871 Eng. dial.
• VEAGUE a teasing child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TECHNOLOGY - nouns
• NERDISTAN a dormitory community for information-and-communication-technology workers ...1997 US sl.
TEDDY BOY - nouns, person
• BODGIE the Australasian equivalent of the Teddy-boy ...1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DUCK-TAIL the South African equivalent of the Teddy-boy ...1959 S. Afr. sl.
• GUV'NOR, THE the head of a Teddy-boy's gang ...c1950 Brit. sl.
• TED a Teddy-boy ...1956 Brit. sl.
• WEEGIE an Australasian Teddy-girl ...1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WIDGIE an Australasian Teddy-girl ...1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
TEDIOUS - adjectives
• BLAH boring, dull, tedious ...1922 sl., orig. US
• BULL-DRAGGING tedious, laborious ...20C Irish sl.
• DAGALI tedious, tiresome ...1914 Sc.
• DEAD dull; tedious and uninteresting ...1000
• DRAC boring, dull, tedious ...1945 Aust. sl.
• DRACK boring, dull, tedious ...1945 Aust. sl.
• DRAGGY boring, dull, tedious ...1860 sl., orig. US
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• FEEDING boring, dull, tedious ...1940 Brit. sl.
• GUMMY inferior; tedious; unpleasant ...1922 Amer. sl.
• HARMLESS lacklustre, tedious ...1960s Amer. sl.
• HO-HUM boring, dull, tedious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LANGERSOME boring, tedious, tiresome ...1880 Sc.
• MAUL-HAULY heavy, troublesome, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPEROSE made or done with much labour; laborious; tedious; toilsome; elaborate ...1683
• OPEROUS † made or done with much labour; laborious; tedious; toilsome; elaborate ...1641
• PECKY tedious, intricate, requiring patience and attention to detail ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SAMEY boring, tedious, undistinguished ...1929 sl.
• SAPLESS of persons: wearisome, tedious ...1680
• SICK tedious, boring, disaffecting ...1973 UK sl.
• TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious ...1912 Sc.
• TAIVERSOME tedious, wearisome; annoying, vexatious ...1808 Sc.
• TAIVERSUM tedious, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEDDISOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUSOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Sc.
• TEWING toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDYSOM tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable ...1691 Eng. dial.
• WONKY tedious and serious, esp. anxious and overstudious in an academic situation ...1970s Amer. college sl.
• YAWNFUL inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1878
• YAWNSOME inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1900
TEDIOUS - nouns
• BEEF a tedious or annoying person or thing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUTTFUCK a tedious piece of work ...1980s sl.
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• FAIR NARK a something or someone inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNORE a boring or tedious person, thing, or experience ...Brit. sl.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
• YAWNER anything tedious, boring or yawn-producing ...1940s US sl.
TEDIOUS - nouns, person
• BEEF a tedious or annoying person or thing ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FAIR NARK a something or someone inexpressibly tedious or baffling ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• FOOZLE a tedious person ...colloq.
• GUMBY a dull, tedious person, esp. one out of touch with current fashions ...1970s Can. teen sl.
• GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1984 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1986 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEP a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1982 Amer. campus sl.
• SNORE a boring or tedious person, thing, or experience ...Brit. sl.
• VAMPIRE an intolerable bore or tedious person ...1862 sl.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
TEDIOUS - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• TEDIFY † to become tedious, to weary, to bore ...1613 nonce word
TEDIUM - nouns
• FASTIDIUM * disgust; feeling of weariness, tedium ...a1734
TEENAGE - nouns
• PARKING of a teenage couple: parking a car in a discreet spot for petting and possible intercourse ...1950s US sl.
TEENAGE, TEENAGER - nouns, person
• CALF a young teenage girl ...1959 US sl.
• GREASER a teenage hoodlum ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RAT a teenage hoodlum ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SUB-DEB a girl who will soon come out as a debutante; hence, broadly, a girl in her mid-teens ...1917 sl., chiefly US
• WEENY-BOPPER a young teenager (sometimes a pre-teen), typically a girl, who follows the latest fashions in clothes, pop music, etc. ...1972 sl.
• WHIGGER an adolescent male of Anglo-Saxon descent who acts out with African-American stereotypes; a wanna-be Afro-American ...c1986 US playground sl.
• ZITHEAD a teenager; the image is of acned mediocrity ...1990s US sl.
TEETH - see TOOTH
TEETOTAL - adjectives
• ON THE DEAD off liquor; teetotal ...L19 army sl.
• ON THE WAGON said of someone who is teetotal ...1906 sl.
TEETOTAL, TEETOTALISM - nouns
• NEPHALISM * total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism ...1861
TEETOTALLER - nouns, person
• ABDAR a teetotaller ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• BLUE NOSE a person who is excessively puritanical; now esp. one who advocates abstinence from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BUN-PUNCHER a teetotaller ...L19 army sl.
• BUN-STRANGLER a teetotaller ...L19 army sl.
• BUN-WALLAH a teetotaller ...L19 army sl.
• CHAR-WALLAH a teetotaller ...20C army sl.
• HYDROPOT a drinker of water; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1727
• HYDROPOTIST †* a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1678
• LEMONADE WALLAH a teetotaller ...L19 Brit. army sl.
• NEPHALIST one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller ...1861
• NEVER TOUCH IT a teetotaller ...L19 Aust. sl.
• TEETEE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...1900 Sc.
• TEETOTAL a teetotaller; a total abstainer ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• T.T. a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
• WAD-SHIFTER a teetotaller ...1910s sl.
• WATERBAG n. a fanatical teetotaller ...1930s Aust. sl.
• WATER-BOTTLE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
• WOWSER a teetotaller ...1957 sl.
TELEGRAM - nouns
• TALIWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TELEGRAFT a telegram ...1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELEWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
TELEGRAM - verbs
• WIRE to send a telegram ...1859 Amer.
TELEGRAPH - nouns
• BUG a telegraph speed-key ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUZZ WIRE a telephone or telegraph line ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LIVE MESSAGE. a message in course of transmission; generally plural ...1870 telegraphers' usage
• TALIWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TELEWAG a telegram; a telegraph wire ...1867 Eng. dial.
TELEGRAPH - nouns, person
• BRASS POUNDER a telegraph operator ...1931 sl.
• BUG SENDER a telegraph operator using a semiautomatic key-instrument or a telegraph speed-key ...World War II Amer. sl.
• LIGHTNING JERKER a telegrapher ...1891 US sl.
• LIGHTNING SHOVER a telegrapher ...1871 US railroad sl.
• LIGHTNING SLINGER a telegrapher ...1938 US railroad sl.
• PUNCHER a telegraph operator ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
TELEGRAPH - verbs
• KEEP THE WIRES HOT to telegraph incessantly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TELEGRAFT to telegraph ...1895 Eng. dial.
TELEPHONE - see PHONE
TELESCOPE - nouns
• BRING-'EM-NEAR a telescope ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FARKEEKER a telescope ...1828 Sc.
• GLASS a telescope ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KENNING-GLASS † a spy-glass, a small telescope ...1603
• LOOKSTICK a telescope ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEEPER a spy-glass ...L18 cant
TELEVISION - adjectives
• DARK untelevised ...2000 US sl.
TELEVISION - nouns
• AYEMER in television: a morning show ...2002 Can. sl.
• BIG EYE television ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOOB TUBE a television ...sl.
• BOX, THE a television set ...1950 Amer. sl.
• BUMFUZZLER a television ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTTONS the remote control for a television ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FACE TIME time spent in a meeting or conversation with an important or influential person; time spent on television ...1991 US sl.
• GANGBANG a television writing session involving multiple writers ...1997 US sl.
• IDIOT the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent ...1950s sl., orig. US
• IDIOT BOX the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent ...1950s sl., orig. US
• IDIOT'S LANTERN the television; implies that TV watchers are less than normally intelligent ...1950s sl., orig. US
• IDIOT TUBE the television ...1960s US sl.
• MONO a black and white television set; a monophonic sound reproductions system ,,,1970 UK sl.
• MOTHER KELLY television ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'telly'
• NERVO AND KNOX television; a television ...1971 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'box'
• ONE-EYED MONSTER television ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT EARS a V-shaped television antenna ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SCREEN any type of television set ...1960s US Black sl.
• TELLY television ...1935 Brit. colloq.
• V television ...1970s US Black & campus sl.
• VADAVISION a television ...2002 UK sl.
• VARDAVISION a television ...2002 UK sl.
• VISION television ...1970s sl.
• WYLET a television ...Brit. back-slang on 'telly'
• ZOMBIE a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
• ZOM BOX a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
TELEVISION - nouns, person
• AUTOCUTIE an attractive but incompetent television presenter ...2003 Brit. sl.
TELEVISION - verbs
• GRAZE to switch between television channels while viewing without watching any channel for long ...colloq.
TELEVISION SHOW - nouns
• KIDS, THE 'All My Children', a popular television daytime drama ...1987 US sl.
TELL - verbs
• CARP † to utter, to say, to tell ...1350
• CHEEP to tell or reveal; to betray a secret; to mention, to hint at ...1903 Amer. dial.
• DEEM † to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter ...a1000
• DEVISE to tell, to narrate ...1952 Amer. dial.
• EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story ...19C sl.
• FAME † to tell or spread abroad; to report ...1303
• LAY †* to give information, to tell ...c1470
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE WALLET to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon; to let the cat out of the bag ...1804 Amer. dial.
• PAD to inform; to tell ...1950s US Black sl.
• PEACH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUETHE † to speak, say, declare, tell, call ...c825
• QUIDDLE to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SCREAM ON ONE to give away a secret or to betray the confidence of someone; to tell; to inform; to attack ...1960s US Black sl.
• SING LIKE A CANARY to tell the truth; to inform to the police; to tell everything ...20C sl.
• SWITCH to tell or tattle; to give information ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TALE † to say, to speak, to utter, to tell ...c1205
TELL OFF - verbs
• SET ONE'S MOUTH ON to tell someone off; to give one a tongue-lashing ...1970s US Black sl.
• SHOW WHERE THE BEAR SAT IN THE BUCKWHEAT to tell someone off; to put someone in his place ...1947 Amer. dial.
• SHOW WHERE THE BEAR SHIT IN THE BUCKWHEAT to tell someone off; to put someone in his place ...1966 Amer. dial.
TELLTALE - adjectives
• SNITCH-ASS untrustworthy, tale-telling ...1980s US Black sl.
TELLTALE - nouns, person
• BACKBITER a tattletale ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BAWLBABY a crybaby; a tattletale ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BEAN SPILLER an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BELCHER an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BLAB-TONGUE an indiscreet talker; a telltale ...1600
• BLOB-TALE † a telltale, talebearer, blabber ...a1670
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BOBBER one who carries tales; a telltale ...Bk1944 service sl.
• CACKLER a telltale, a tattler, a blabber ...1598
• CARRY-TALE † a talebearer; a tell-tale ...1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CLATTERFART † a chatterer, a babbler, a blabber, a tale-teller ...1552
• CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip ...1869 Eng. dial.
• EXTURBMENT-MAKER a child who is always telling on other children; a telltale ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GABBIN-CHAT a telltale ...1905 Sc.
• GOSSIP-TOTER a child who is always telling on other children ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAB † a blab, a telltale ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• LABRISHER a chatterer, a telltale ...1940s W. Indies
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• SNITCH-CAT. a child who is always telling on other children ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNITCHER an informant; a telltale ...L18
• SNURGE a tattle-tale, a sycophant ...1930s sl.
• SQUEAL-CAT a child who is always telling on other children ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TALE-PAT a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PIET a telltale ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELLER a talebearer, a telltale ...1377
• TALE-TELLING-TIT a telltale, a talebearer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TATTERTALE a tattletale ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TATTLEBUDGET. a tattletale ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TITIVIL † a mischievous talebearer; a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITIVILLER †* a tattling telltale, a mischievous talebearer, one who spreads scandal ...1581
• 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.
• UNCLE TOM a tattletale, a telltale; a person who befriends another, usually in the workplace, only to deceive them ...1940s sl.
• YAFFNER an untrustworthy person; a telltale ...L19 US Black sl.
• YAP a telltale, an informer ...1910s US sl.
TELLTALE - verbs
• LAB † to blab; to be a telltale ...1377
TEMPER - adjectives
• ALL HORNS AND RATTLES said of one displaying a fit of temper;' very angry ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GALYARS restive, in a temper ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OFF AT HOOKS out of temper; unwell ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S RAG in a furious temper; very angry ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• RANK vexed, passionate, in a temper ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUMY passionate; given to bursts of ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEMPER-THRAWING souring the temper ...1873 Sc.
• TICKLISH easily upset in temper; apt to be offended, sensitive, touchy ...1581
• UNKED cross, out of temper; silent, sulky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEMPER - nouns
• ACE-DEUCE a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper ...1921 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY a sudden fit of panic; a display of temper ...1964 Amer. sl.
• ACT pretended illness or ill-temper ...1940s Aust. sl.
• AFFECT † disposition, temper, natural tendency ...1541
• AFRICKY fighting spirit; temper ...1838 Amer. dial.
• AMBITION malice; vindictiveness; grudge; hatred; irascibility; a quick temper ...1826 Amer. dial.
• ATTERN-TEMPER irritating, malignant temper ...1854 Eng. dial.
• AYROM an unpleasant commotion or disturbance, display of temper, tantrums ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BAIT a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BARLEY-HOOD a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking ...a1529
• BARLEY-MOOD. a fit of drunkenness, or of ill humour or temper brought on by drinking; barley-hood ...1790
• BATE a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BIRSE temper, anger ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINGE a fit of temper ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANDER temper, anger, indignation ...1831 colloq., orig. US
• DANDRUFF anger, temper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DANDRUM a whim; a freak; ill-temper ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEAD NARK a very bad temper ...20C Aust. sl.
• DILDRUM a ridiculous passion or temper ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DING anger, temper ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-FUZ a temper, pet; anger ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EBENESER temper, passion ...M19 US sl.
• EBENEZER † anger, temper ...1836 Amer. dial.
• FANNY a fit of temper ...2000s sl.
• FARTING-SPELL a display of bad temper ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FLARE-OUT a fight; an outburst of temper; also, a spree ...1838 sl.
• FLARE-UP a fight; an outburst of temper; also, a spree ...1838 sl.
• GEE a fit of bad temper or sullenness ...a1605 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GEOLTITUDES bursts of passionate temper, tantrums ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GROUCH a fit of ill temper, sulkiness or sullenness; a grudge or complaint ...1895 Amer. sl.
• GRUMBLES, THE bad temper, sulkiness ...M19 sl.
• GRUMPS, THE a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1835 colloq.
• HACKLE temper, dander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARNESS temper; humour ...1838 Eng. dial.
• INDIAN anger; a quick temper ...1897 Amer. dial.
• IRISH passion, anger, rage, fury, temper ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ITALIAN temper, anger, fighting spirit ...1991 Amer. dial.
• LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits ...1899 Sc.
• MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK anger or a bad temper ...M19 sl.
• MOODY a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1969 Brit. sl.
• NANTY temper, ire; a drubbing, a scolding ...1935 Sc. sl.
• NEBBINESS shortness of temper, asperity ...1930 Sc.
• OLD INJUN anger; a quick temper ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PADDY a temper; a rage; a tantrum...1894 UK sl.
• PADDYWACK a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1899 sl.
• PADDYWHACK a rage, a passion, a temper ...1899
• QUANDARY a fit of ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAISE a state of extreme bad temper; a frenzy ...1894 Sc.
• RAMP an outburst of temper; a violent mood ...1798
• RAN-TAN an ill temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAPTURE a fit of temper; a state of violent anger and excitement ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAT a bad temper ...1910s UK juvenile sl.
• STRAMULLION a fit of ill-humour or bad temper; a display of pettishness ...B1900 Sc.
• STREAK a fit of temper ...Bk1904 Amer. sl.
• SULKS, THE a bad temper or fit of sulking ...1818
• TAKING a fit of petulance or temper; a dilemma; a sorry plight or condition ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TANT a rage, tamper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANTRUM-FIT a fit of ill temper ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TAWM an ungovernable fit of temper ...1846 Sc.
• TEETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEMPER-PIN disposition, temper ...1864 Sc.
• TETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TID a fit of ill-humour or temper ...1773 Sc.
• TIFF a slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour ...1727
• TIRRIT * a fit of fear or temper; an 'upset', disturbance of one's equanimity .,..1597
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
• UGLIES, THE a fit of depression or bad temper ...1846 sl.
• UGLINESS bad temper; disagreeableness ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAG a strong burst of temper ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VEAGUE a strong burst of temper ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEXNESS. bad temper ...1930s sl.
• VIAND mood, disposition; temper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WOBBLER an outburst of temper; anger, a fit of anger ...1942 sl., orig. US
TEMPER - nouns, person
• CACAFUEGO a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart, a blusterer, a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper ...1625 sl.
TEMPER - verbs
• BE ON ONE'S METTLE to be in a bad temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BLOW ONE'S TOP to be or get angry; to lose one's temper ...1928 sl.
• BUNG ON AN ACT to lose one's temper and deliver a stream of obscenities or oaths ...1920s Aust. sl.
• DANDER to anger, to rouse the temper ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DO IN ONE'S BLOCK to lose emotional control; to lose one's temper; to be or get angry ... 1907 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• DO ONE'S BLOCK to lose emotional control; to lose one's temper; to be or get angry ...1907 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• DO ONE'S FRUIT to lose one's temper; to go crazy ...1970s sl.
• DO ONE'S NANA to lose one's temper; to be or get angry ...1966 sl.
• DO ONE'S NUT to be very angry, anxious, or upset; to lose one's temper; to lose emotional control; to get worked up ...1919 sl.
• DO ONE'S SCONE to lose one's temper with someone; to be or get angry ...1942 NZ sl.
• DO YOUR CRUET to lose your temper ...1975 Aust. sl.
• FLY OFF THE DEEP END to lose one's temper ...1931 sl.
• FLY OFF THE HANDLE to lose one's temper ...1825 orig. US
• GET A PERSON'S SHIRT OUT to cause a person to lose his or her temper ...colloq.
• GET ONE'S AFRICAN UP to lose one's temper ...M19 US sl.
• GET ONE'S RAG DRAWN to lose one's temper ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• GET YOUR RAG OUT to lose your temper ...1956 UK sl.
• GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly ...B1900 Sc.
• GO HOSTILE to lose your temper ...1998 NZ sl.
• GO OFF CROOK to lose one's temper ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• GO OFF ONE'S PANNIKIN to lose one's temper, to lose emotional control ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HAVE A PECK ON to be angry, to have a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE to be peevish or out of temper ...Bk1902 sl.
• IKE to lose one's temper ...2000s US Black sl.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR DOWN to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S HAIR ON to remain calm; to restrain one's temper ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S BLOCK to lose emotional control; to lose one's temper ...20C Aust. sl.
• LOSE ONE'S HAIR to lose one's temper ...20C sl.
• LOSE ONE'S NANNY to lose one's temper (nanny = head) ...L18 UK sl.
• LOSE ONE'S RAG to lose one's temper ...1959 Sc. sl.
• POP ONE'S CORK to lose one's temper; to lose patience ...1950s sl.
• PUGGY with up: to bridle up; to show temper ...1896 Sc.
• RADGE to lose one's temper ...1990s sl.
• RAIN ON to make suffer; to beat up; to lose one's temper with ...1920s US sl.
• ROIL to disturb in temper; to irritate, to make angry ...M18
• TAKE ONE'S SHIRT OFF to lose one's temper ...L19 sl.
• THROW A SHOE to lose one's temper; to become over-excited; to make a big fuss ...1967 Amer. dial.
• THROW A WOBBLER to fly into a fit of bad temper or anger ...1942 sl., orig. US
• THROW A WOBBLY to fly into a fit of bad temper or anger ...1977 sl.
TEMPER - phrases
• DON'T SHORT-PATIENCE ME don't lose your temper with me; don't make me lose my temper ...1933 Amer. dial.
• HE'S LOST IT he's in a bad temper ...20C sl.
• SHORT AS MARCHINGTON WAKE-CAKE used of a woman' s temper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEMPERAMENT - nouns
• HEART † disposition, temperament, character ...a1225
TEMPERAMENTAL - adjectives
• NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONATE strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1850 Amer. dial.
TEMPERATURE - nouns
• LAPSE a fall in temperature ...1533
TEMPERATURE - verbs
• SMOKE A THERMOMETER to have one's temperature taken ...Amer. World War I sl.
TEMPESTUOUS - adjectives
• BLEWDERY tempestuous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ORAGIOUS * stormy, tempestuous ...c1590
• PROCELLOUS † stormy, tempestuous ...1650
• TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
TEMPLE (building) - nouns
• ADYTUM the innermost part of a temple; the secret shrine whence oracles were delivered; hence, a private or inner chamber; a sanctum ...1673
• FANACLE †* a small temple, shrine ...1594
• FANE † a temple ...a1400
• HALL † a large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, a palace, a court, a royal residence ...a1175
• JOSS HOUSE a Chinese temple ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PAGOD an idol temple ...1582 arch.
• PAGODY † a temple or sacred building in India, China, etc. ...1588
• PHANE † a temple ...a1400
• SAMMY-HOUSE an idol temple or pagoda ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• SANCTUARIUM * a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship ...1796
• WAT a Thai Buddhist temple ...1871
TEMPLE (face) - nouns
• HAFFET the side of the head above and in front of the head; the temple; the cheek ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TEMPORAL - adjectives
• TEMPORANEOUS † pertaining to time, temporal ...1656 rare or obs.
TEMPORARY - adjectives
• FAIR-WEATHER insincere and temporary
• TEMPORANEOUS † lasting only a relatively short time; temporary ...1656
• TIMISH †* of the nature of time; temporal, temporary ...1674
TEMPORARY - nouns, person
• WARMING-PAN a person who temporarily hold a place or employment until the intended occupant is ready to take it ...1846
TEMPT - verbs
• BLANDANDER to tempt by blandishment; to cajole ...1888 colloq.
• EGG † to incite, to encourage, to urge; to provoke, to tempt ...c1200
• EGG ON to incite, to encourage, to urge; to provoke, to tempt ...1566
• FAND † to endeavour to lead into evil; to tempt ...c1175
• FOND † to endeavour to lead into evil; to tempt ...c1175
• SUGGEST † to prompt a person to devil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away ...a1586
• TICE † to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...c1275 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TISE to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...1860 Sc.
TEMPTATION, TEMPTING - nouns
• EGGINGS temptations, inducements ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAND † the state of being tried; a trial, a temptation ...a1300
• FANDING † temptation ...c1000
• FOND † the state of being tried; a trial, a temptation ...a1300
• FONDING † temptation ...c1000
• SUGGESTION † prompting or incitement to evil; an instance of this, a temptation of the evil one ...a1340
• TICE-PENNY anything tempting to buy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICE-TRAP a matter of temptation or allurement; a glaring display to entice the beholder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEMPTED - adjectives
• YFONDED † attempted, tried, tested, tempted ...c1175
TEMPTER - nouns, person
• FANDER † a tempter ...c1340
• FONDER † a tempter ...c1340
TEMPTING - adjectives
• SUGGESTING † prompting to evil, tempting ...1591
• TEMPTACIOUS tempting, inviting ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEMPTASHOUS tempting, inviting ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEMPTSOME tempting, inviting ...1836 Sc.
• TEMPTUOUS tempting, inviting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEMTIOUS tempting, inviting ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TICING alluring, seductive, tempting; of sweet, pleasing manners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TEN - adjectives
• DACHA ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
• DAITURE ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
• DECADAL relating to the number ten; belonging to a decade or a period of ten years ...1753
• DECADIC belonging to the system of counting by tens ...1838
• DECINARY † divisible by ten ...1650
• DECUPLATE † multiplied by ten ...1690
• DECUPLE ten times as much; tenfold ...1613
• DEGER ten ...1996 UK polari sl.
• TEN-SIGHT ten times ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TENSOME consisting of ten ...1721 Sc.
TEN - nouns
• DACHA the number 10 ...M19 sl.
• DAITURE the number 10 ...M19 sl.
• DECAD the number ten ...1616
• DECUPLATION † multiplication by ten, increase tenfold ...1690
• DEGER the number 10 ...M19 sl.
• TENSOME ten ...1721 Sc.
• WATER HEN the number ten ...1960s rhyming sl.
TEN - verbs
• DECUPLATE to increase or multiply by ten ...1690
• DECUPLE to increase or multiply by ten ...1674
TENACIOUS - adjectives
• FAST † gripping, tenacious ...c1510
TENACIOUS - verbs
• HAVE SAND IN ONE'S CRAW to be courageous, tenacious, or energetic; to be determined and plucky ...1881 Amer. dial.
TENACIOUSLY - adverbs
• LIKE UGLY ON A BABOON tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON AN APE tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
•. LIKE UGLY ON A TOAD tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2005 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON WARTHOG tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2006 Amer. dial.
TENACITY - nouns
• FASTNESS † capacity for gripping tightly or retaining; tenacity, retentiveness ...1552
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
TENANCY - nouns
• TENANTSHIP tenancy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TENANT - adjectives
• TENANT-STEAD occupied by a tenant ...1759 Sc.
TENANT - nouns, person
• MAIL-MAN one who pays rent; a tenant ...1609 Sc.
• MAIL PAYER one liable to pay rent; a tenant ...1724 Sc.
• SUBSETTLE † an under-tenant ...1583
TEN COMMANDMENTS - nouns
• DECALOGUE the Ten Commandments collectively as a body of law ...1382
TEN COMMANDMENTS - nouns, person
• DECALOGIST * one who expounds the decalogue or Ten Commandments ...1650
TEND - verbs
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• NESTLE † to tend, to nurse ...a1548
• TIDD to bring up, to rear, to tend, to care for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TENDER - adjectives
• AFFECTUOUS † loving, affectionate, tender ...1460
• EFFEMINATE † gentle, tender, compassionate ...1594
• NARK delicate, tender ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESH † 1. tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings ...c897
† 2. tender, delicate, weak; unable to endure fatigue or exposure; susceptible to cold ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NESHY fragile, tender ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TAFFETY tender, delicate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TART † of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: sharp, severe, painful, grievous, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TENELLOUS †* somewhat tender ...1651
• TEW tender, sickly, small, weak ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TID tender; nice, fanciful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDD tender; nice, fanciful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TENDER - nouns
• TETUZ † anything tender; a delicate person ...1824 Sc.
TENDER - nouns, person
• NICELING † an effeminate, tender, or delicate person ...1549
TENDER-HEARTED - adjectives
• BUTTER-HEARTED tender-hearted ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TENDERLY - adverbs
• AFFECTUOUSLY † affectionately; kindly, lovingly, tenderly ...1447
• NESH †* softly, gently, tenderly ...1297
• SAWFLY carefully, tenderly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TENDERNESS - nouns
• MOLLITUDE † softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy ...1656
• NESHNESS delicacy, tenderness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TENDON - nouns
• LEADER a tendon, a ligament, a sinew ...1899 Amer. dial.
TEND TO - verbs
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
TENFOLD - adjectives
• DECEMPLEX tenfold ...Bk1897
• DECUPLE ten times as much; tenfold ...1613
TEN-FOLD - adverbs
• BY THE TENTH DEAL † ten-fold ...c1330
TENFOLD - nouns
• DECUPLE a number or quantity ten times another; a tenfold amount ...c1425