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THINK - THUGGISH
THINK, THINKING - adjectives
• INCOGITANT not having the faculty of thinking ...1702
• THINKATIVE † consisting in mere thinking; speculative ...1662
THINK, THINKING - nouns
• ADVISEMENT † the process of viewing or considering mentally; thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, deliberation ...1330
• BETHINKING n. the act of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering ...1340
• BRAINSTORM a brief mental aberration which causes one to do a foolish or untypical thing; a moment when one is unable to think clearly or act sensibly ...1907 sl.
• TIRE-BRAIN †* that which, tires the brain by constant thinking ...1589
THINK, THINKER, THINKING - nouns, person
• OPINATOR † one who holds an opinion; a thinker; a theorist ...1626
• TIRE-BRAIN †* one who, or that which, tires the brain by constant thinking ...1589
THINK - verbs
• ADVERT † to turn the attention to; to take note of; to observe, to note, to heed; to consider, to think of a thing ...1430
• BEAR IN HAND to conjecture, to think; to foresee; to hold or maintain an opinion ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE BRAINS to think persistently and laboriously ...a1593
• BEAT THE HEAD to think persistently and laboriously ...1579
• BETHINK † 1. to think of or about; to bear in mind; to call to mind, to recollect ...a1000
2. to think of, to imagine, to conceive ...c1175
† 3. to think over a thing with a view to decision or action; to consider ...c1220
4. to consider, to reflect, to meditate, to think ...c1300 arch.
• CALCULATE to think, to expect, to believe ...1830 US colloq.
• CALL to consider, to estimate, to think ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DERN to muse, to think ...B1900 Sc.
• FANCY to think, to believe ...1896 Eng. dial.
• LET † to think ...c1200
• NOODLE to think, to think over, to study ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• NUT OUT to think out; to solve a problem, plan of action, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• OPINIATE † to hold as an opinion; to suppose, to think, to opine ...1624
• OPINION † to hold the opinion; to think, to suppose, to opine ...1555
• OPINIONATE * to form or hold an opinion; to believe, to suppose, to think ...1621
• RECK to reckon, to deem, to think ...1791 Sc.
• SCHEME to think, to reckon ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• TAKE to think; to consider ...1901 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UMBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• USE ONE'S NOODLE to think for oneself ...Aust. sl.
• YARK to think hard; to beat one's brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited ...1737 Sc.
• YERK to think hard; to beat one's brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited ...1737 Sc.
THINK - phrases
• USE YOUR LOAF use your (head) brains ...L19 Brit. sl.
THINLY - adverbs
• RARELY †* thinly, scantily ...1523
THINNESS - nouns
• JEJUNENESS deficiency of physical substance; thinness, meagreness, attenuation ...1626
THIRD - nouns
• TIERCE † a third part ...1491
THIRD-RATE - adjectives
• C-3 third-rate, inadequate, inferior; highly unfit ...1910s sl.
THIRST - nouns
• THRIST thirst ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THIRST - verbs
• MOISTEN ONE'S THROTTLE to quench one's thirst, to drink ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SITIATE † to thirst ...1599
• SLAKE ONE'S THROTTLE to quench one's thirst, to drink ...1881 Sc.
• SLECK ONE'S THROAT to quench one's thirst ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLENCH to quench one's thirst ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SOAK ONE'S CLAY to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK ONE'S FACE to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK THE CHAFFER to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK THE CLAY to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK THE FACE to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• THRIST to cause thirst ...1901 Sc.
• WET ONE'S THROPPLE to drink; to quench one's thirst ...1835 Sc.
• WET ONE'S THROTTLE to quench one's thirst, to drink ...1827 Sc.
THIRSTY - adjectives
• ADRY thirsty ...1599
• ATHIRST † thirsty ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CHAPPED thirsty ...c1670 sl.
• CHAPT thirsty ...c1670 sl.
• DRIER THAN A DEAD DINGO'S DONGER very thirsty ...20C Aust. sl.
• DRY thirsty ...c1536
• DRY AS A HAKE very thirsty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KECKSY dry, juiceless; thirsty ...1874 Eng. dial.
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
• OFTHIRST † thirsty ...c1000
• OPEN-THROPPLED thirsty, ever ready to drink ...1839 Eng. dial.
• PARCHED very thirsty ...1920s sl.
• SITIBUND very thirsty ...B1900
• SITICULOUS † very thirsty, very dry ...1620
• SITIENT * thirsty; thirsting, coveting, desiring much ...1656
• THRISTY thirsty ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUSTY thirsty ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THIRSTY - nouns
• MODICUM something that is eaten to make oneself thirsty ...E17 sl.
THIRSTY - verbs
• HAVE A COBWEB IN THE THROAT to feel thirsty, to have a desire to drink ...1844
• HAVE A GUT LIKE A CRANE to be very thirsty ...20C Aust. sl.
• WALK ON ONE'S TONGUE to have one's tongue hanging out with thirst ...1900s Aust. sl.
THIRTEEN - nouns
• CADGER'S DIZZEN thirteen ...1938 Sc.
• DEVIL'S DOZEN thirteen ...Bk1900 sl.
THIS OR THAT - phrases
• SUCH OR SUCH † this or that ...c1530
THISTLE - adjectives
• THRISSLY abounding in thistles; bristly ...1804 Sc.
• THRISTLY abounding in thistles; bristly ...1804 Sc.
THISTLE - nouns
• CARDOUN † a thistle ...c1425
• CARDUE † a thistle ...1388
• EGRET the feathery puppus of the seeds of the dandelion, thistle, etc. ...1794
• THRISSLE thistle ...1786 Sc.
• THRISTLE thistle ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEL thistle ...1786 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTLE thistle ...1786 Sc.
THONG - nouns
• FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LASH † a string, cord, thong ...c1440
• LATCHET † 1. a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong ...c1350
† 2. a thong used to fasten a shoe; a shoe-lace ...c1440
• THUNK a thong; the leather of which whips are made; a leather boot-lace ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THWANG a leather thong; the latchet or tie of a shoe ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHANG a leather thong or lace ...1824 Amer. dial.
THORN - nouns
• DAWK a prickle or spine of a thorn ...20C Ireland
• JAG a prickle, a thorn; something which causes a sting ...c1800 Sc.
• JAGGER a thorn or burr ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SCRABBLE a stunted tree or shrub; thorns and briers ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THORNY - adjectives
• PICKY prickly, thorny, scratchy ...c1970 Amer. dial.
THOROUGH - adjectives
• BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BAWDACIOUS thorough, remarkable ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BODACIOUS thorough, remarkable ...1843 Amer. sl.
• BOWDACIOUS thorough, remarkable ...1845 Amer. dial.
• EIDENT thorough, arrant ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIR undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute ...1872
• FAIR DOWN downright, thorough, real ...1845 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME thorough, complete ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEART-WHOLE thorough, thorough-paced, unmitigated ...1811
• NEAT complete, thorough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICKEL-PLATED first-class, thorough ...L19 US sl.
• PLENITUDINARY * characterized by fullness or completeness; thorough, full, complete ...1647
• PROPER complete or thorough ...colloq., chiefly Brit.
• REGULAR thorough, complete, real ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REVEREND extraordinary, distinguished, powerful; genuine, thorough ...1826 Amer. dial.
• THICK thorough, complete, downright ...1900 Eng. dial.
THOROUGH - nouns
• THROUGHER anything thorough and complete of its kind; a convincing argument ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFER anything thorough and complete of its kind; a convincing argument ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THOROUGH - verbs
• GIVE BELLTINKER of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PROMISE BELLTINKER to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• TEAR OUT THE BONE to make an extraordinary effort; to work very hard; to do anything thoroughly ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TEAR THE BONE OUT to make an extraordinary effort; to work very hard; to do anything thoroughly ...1887 Amer. dial.
THOROUGHFARE - see STREET
THOROUGHGOING - adjectives
• ALL-TO-PIECES thoroughgoing; excessive ...1856 Amer. dial.
• CARD-CARRYING genuine; thoroughgoing ...1963 US jocular
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1896 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1889 Amer. dial.
• OUT-AND-OUT complete, thoroughgoing, unqualified ...E19
• SAIR serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing ...1776 Sc.
• THOROUGH-STITCH † thoroughgoing; out-and-out ...c1685 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
THOROUGHLY - adverbs
• ALL HOLLER completely, thoroughly ...1815 Amer. dial.
• ALL HOLLOW completely, thoroughly ...1815 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER thoroughly, completely ...1844 Amer. dial.
• ALL TO completely, thoroughly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL TO PIECES thoroughly, altogether ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ARRANTLY entirely, thoroughly ...1750 Eng. dial.
• ASSHOLE TO APPETITE from end to end, thoroughly, totally ...1967 Amer. sl.
• ASS UP TO TEACUP completely, thoroughly, from head to toe ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACK AND EDGE through everything, fully, wholly, thoroughly, completely ...1641
• BANG thoroughly, completely, exactly ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BANG OUT altogether, thoroughly ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BARDACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1901 Amer. dial.
• BARE † thoroughly, completely ...c1340
• BIDACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BODACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BODIACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BODYACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1832 Amer. dial.
• BOTH WAYS FROM THE ACE from both sides; thoroughly ...1916 Amer. sl.
• CORE THROUGH thoroughly ...1901 Eng. dial.
• DEAD intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly ...1589
• DOWN TO THE BRICKS perfectly, thoroughly, completely ...M19
• DOWN TO THE MUCK perfectly, thoroughly, completely ...M19
• EVEN-DOWN downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAIR DOWN thoroughly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRLINGS completely, thoroughly; clearly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAITHFUL thoroughly ...1891 Amer. dial.
• FEXATIALLY completely, thoroughly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• FEXATIOUSLY completely, thoroughly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• FINATIALLY completely, thoroughly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE from end to end; thoroughly, totally ...1899 Amer. sl.
• FROM A TO IZZARD from beginning to end; thoroughly, in every detail ...1839 Amer. dial.
• FROM BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME THROUGH AND THROUGH thoroughly, totally ...1907 US sl.
• FROM HEAD TO FOOT completely, thoroughly ...a1300
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BUSH completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1881 Amer. dial.
• GAINLY † thoroughly, completely; very ...c1350 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOOD FASHION thoroughly ...1922 Amer. dial.
• HEAD AND FOOT completely, thoroughly ...1784
• IN GOOD FASHION thoroughly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LEAL † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• NAITLY † to some purpose; properly; thoroughly ...a1300
• PICK AND MELL thoroughly; with determination; 'hammer and tongs' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PROPER thoroughly or completely ...colloq.
• SAIRLIE very much, thoroughly ...1786 Sc.
• SEVERELY thoroughly ...1886 Amer. dial.
• THOROUGH-STITCH † right through to the end; thoroughly, completely, fully; usually in phrase, 'to go thorough-stitch', to perform something thoroughly, carry it out completely and effectually ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THROUGHLY thoroughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGHWAYS thoroughly, completely ...1819 Eng. dial.
• TO A FARE-THEE-WELL to the utmost degree, thoroughly; in abundance ...1885 Amer. dial.
• TO THE BACKBONE thoroughly, completely ...1864
• TO THE EARS completely, thoroughly ...1877 Amer. sl.
• TO THE SKIN thoroughly, completely ...1605
• UP TO ONE'S ARMPITS to a great extent; completely; thoroughly; having a large amount of ...1958 Amer. sl.
• YARE † well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt ...a900
• YERNE † thoroughly, well ...c1000
THOUGHT - adjectives
• BRAIN-LIT enlightened by thought ...1845
• COGITABUND * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
• DEEP-BRAINED full of profound thought; ingenious ...1597
• PENSATIVE † full of thought; pensive, anxious ...1574
• THOUGHTIVE † addicted to or engaged in thought; thoughtful ...1654
• THOUGHTSOME †* addicted to thought, thoughtful; having the faculty of thought, mental, spiritual ...1611
• VAGANT † of thoughts: wandering ...c1450
THOUGHT - nouns
• ADVISEMENT † 1. the process of viewing or considering mentally; thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, deliberation ...1330
† 2. the result of thinking; a thought, opinion, resolution, plan ...1535
• DEEM † judgement, opinion, thought, surmise ...1501
• THINK thought, opinion ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THINKING-WORK thought ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINK-SO a passing thought; a vague suspicion ...1887 Eng. dial.
• VENTILATION † the utterance or expression of one's thoughts, etc. ...1615
THOUGHT - verbs
• ADVISE † to bethink oneself; to take thought, to consider, to reflect ...1297
• BURST ONE'S BRAIN † to take or use excessive thought ...1587
• NOTIONATE †* to devise or originate by process of thought ...1661
THOUGHTFUL - adjectives
• ADVICEFUL † considerate, thoughtful, attentive, careful ...1596
• COGITABUND * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
• COGITABUNDOUS deep in thought, thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1627
• MEDITABUND †* absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful ...1681
• MOME gentle; quiet; demure, diffident; thoughtful; smooth-spoken ...1864 Eng. dial.
• OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PENSY † quiet, thoughtful, pensive ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REVURE thoughtful, dark and gloomy ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STUDIENT †* meditative, thoughtful ...1387-8
• THOTTY thoughtful, considerate, kind ...1982 Amer. dial.
• THOUGHTED thoughtful ...1913 Amer. dial.
• THOUGHTIVE † addicted to or engaged in thought; thoughtful ...1654
• THOUGHTSOME †* addicted to thought, thoughtful; having the faculty of thought, mental, spiritual ...1611
• THOUGHTY thoughtful, given to reflection; attentive; intelligent ...1823 Sc.
• THRIFTY thoughtful, considerate, saving of time or trouble ...1899 Sc.
THOUGHTFUL - verbs
• CHEW THE CUD to be very thoughtful ...c1860 colloq.
THOUGHTFULNESS - nouns
• ADVISIVENESS †* thoughtfulness, prudence, discretion ...1436
THOUGHTLESS - adjectives
• BAT-MINDED mentally blind ...1869
• BIRD-WITTED lacking the faculty of attention; having no concentration; flitting from subject to subject; easily imposed on; thoughtless, inconsiderate ...1658
• CHICKEN underhanded, sneaky; thoughtless or inconsiderate ...20C Amer. sl.
• DAFT thoughtless or giddy in one's mirth; madly gay or frolicsome ...c1575 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAUSEY-HEADED giddy, thoughtless; bewildered, confused ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FAST-GATED reckless, thoughtless, hasty; presumptuous, immodest ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GAUFFIN light-headed, foolish, thoughtless, giddy ...1810 Sc.
• GONNER-NOPED thoughtless, foolish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALOKIT giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy ...1724 Sc.
• HEADLESS thoughtless, heedless ...1526
• INCOGITANT thoughtless, not thinking; inconsiderate; characterized by want of thought ...1628
• MENSELESS thoughtless, silly, foolish; senseless ...1809 Sc.
• NEVER-HEED-EM thoughtless, wild ...1865 Eng. dial.
• NON-THOUGHTED thoughtless ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RACKETTY careless, thoughtless, wild ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAPSICAL thoughtless; funny; boisterous, esp. when lightly intoxicated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS lacking common sense; silly; foolish; stupid; thoughtless; useless, awkward ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAFFEREL thoughtless, foolish, giddy; also, ill-dressed ...1822 Sc.
• THORTY thoughtless, half-witted, stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNBETHINKING thoughtless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTED thoughtless, ill-considered ...a1845 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTY thoughtless; careless ...1972 Amer. dial.
• VAIN † of persons: devoid of sense or wisdom; foolish, silly, thoughtless; of an idle or futile nature or disposition ...1390 rare or obs.
• WHIZZLE-BRAINED giddy, thoughtless, harebrained ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIFFLE-HEADED thoughtless ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIZZLE-PATED giddy, harebrained, thoughtless ...B1900 Eng. dial.
THOUGHTLESS - nouns, person
• AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb ...1611
• BAT a foolish, thoughtless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOOLZIE a frolicsome and thoughtless woman ...19C Sc.
• GATTLE-HEAD † a forgetful, careless, and thoughtless person ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GOOSE a stupid, thoughtless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HALOCK a giddy thoughtless girl or young woman ...1508 Sc.
• HALOK † a light, thoughtless girl; a giddy young woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• JINGLE-BRAINS a wild, thoughtless person; a noisy, talkative person ...1690 colloq.
• MAZEGERRY a wild, thoughtless, frolicsome fellow ...1816 Eng. dial.
• MAZEGERRY-PATTICK a wild, thoughtless, frolicsome fellow ...1860 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE a thoughtless or reckless fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• RAM-STAM * a thoughtless person ...1823 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-CAP a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-HORN a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-PATE a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-SKULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne'er-do-well ...1881 Eng. dial.
• STRACKLE-BRAIN a giddy, thoughtless person; a simpleton, a fool; a good-for-nothing ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-HORN a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-NODDLES a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-NOODLE a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-WATTY a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THOUGHTLESS - phrases
• NOT TO CARE WHETHER THE DOG CATCH THE HARE OR THE HARE CATCH THE DOG said of a person who is utterly thoughtless or reckless of consequences ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THOUGHTLESSLY - adverbs
• BANG-SWANG headlong, without thought ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HEADLING † without thought or regard; thoughtlessly, precipitately ...1421-2
• HEADLINGS † without thought or regard; thoughtlessly, precipitately ...c1380
• UNCANNILY unthinkingly, thoughtlessly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTED-LIKE thoughtlessly, inadvertently ...1932 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTEDLY thoughtlessly, inadvertently ...1835 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTY thoughtlessly ...1982 Amer. dial.
• VAINLY † foolishly, senselessly, thoughtlessly ...1588
THOUGHTLESSNESS - nouns
• DAFFERY † folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
• DAFFRY † folly, foolishness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
• GAIETY † levity, thoughtlessness ...1647
• UNTHOUGHTEDNESS thoughtlessness ...1915 Amer. dial.
THOUSAND - nouns
• G a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1928 sl., orig. US
• GEE a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1920s sl., orig. US
• K 1000, esp. as $1000 or £1000 ...1960s sl.
THRASH - verbs
• ANOINT to flog, to beat, to thrash; to chastise by word or act ...c1500
• ARRAY to thrash, to flog; to disfigure, to befoul ...L14 jocular
• AUM to thrash, to beat soundly; to tan a person's hide ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK to beat, to thrash ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BADGER to beat, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• BALL to beat, to thrash ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BAND-END to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
• BANNICK to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNOCK to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASH UP to beat up, to thrash ...1920s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
• BASSOCK to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BASTE to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog, to cudgel ...1533
• BASTE A PERSON'S BACON to strike or thrash him ...B1900
• BASTINADE to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
• BASTINADO to beat with a stick; to thrash, to thwack ...1614 arch.
• BASTONADE to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
• BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
• BATOON to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
• BAZZ to thrash, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZOCK to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE HOUND OUT OF to thrash or beat thoroughly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1966 sl.
• BECURRY † to beat, to thrash ...1598
• BELAM † to thrash, to beat ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELAMB † to thrash, to beat ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELLTINKER to beat, to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELT to hit, to thrash with a belt ...1649
• BENSIL to thrash, to beat soundly; to bang; to drive away ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BERRY † to beat, to thrash ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BESWADDLE †* to beat, to thrash, to 'swaddle' ...1598
• BETHWACK to pelt, to thrash, to cudgel soundly ...1555
• BREAK ONE'S ASS to beat someone up; to thrash someone savagely ...1954 Amer. sl.
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1955 US sl.
• BRUSH to beat, to thrash ...1842 Amer. dial.
• BUMBASTE † to beat on the posteriors; to inflict school punishment; hence, to flog, to thrash, to beat or baste soundly ...1571 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUMFEG † to flog, to beat, to thrash ...1589 obs.
• BUST ONE'S ASS to beat someone up; to thrash someone savagely ...1980 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1952 US sl.
• BYFRAP †* to beat about, to thrash ...c1380
• CLAPPERCLAW to claw, scratch, slap, fight with the open hand and nails; to beat with the open hand, to thrash (generally used of women) ...1590 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S CLOCK to thrash someone; to trounce ...1959 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S GREENS to thrash someone ...1972 US sl.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S PLOW to thrash someone ...1919 Amer. sl.
• CLOBBER to beat or batter; to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting; to thrash...1946 sl.
• COMB DOWN to ill-treat; to thrash ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• CURRY ONE'S SKIN-COAT to beat a person severely; to thrash ...B1900
• DIGHT to beat, to thrash, to scourge ...BK1900 Sc.
• DUST SOMEONE'S COAT to thrash, to beat someone up ...L17 sl.
• DUST SOMEONE'S JACKET to thrash, to beat someone up ...L17 sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S LUNCH to thrash; to exact revenge ...1969 US sl.
• FADGE to beat, to thrash ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAG † to beat; to thrash; to strike ...L17 sl.
• FEAK † to beat, to thrash ...1652
• FILL IN to thrash, to beat ...c1925 sl. orig. Royal Navy
• GET IN SOMEONE'S ASS to cause trouble for someone; to act against someone; to thrash someone ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GIVE A BROWCING to give a good thrashing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIVE BELLTINKER of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GIVE JESSE to rebuke with vigour; to thrash ...1847 Amer. sl.
• GIVE SOME HAZEL to give a beating or thrashing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE BUD to thrash ...1891 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE HICKORY to thrash ...1891 Amer. dial.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• HAMMER to thrash; to beat continuously with a stick ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASE to beat, to thrash ...1884 Eng. dial.
• HAZE to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly ...1678 Eng. dial.
• JACKET to thrash; to beat ...1704 sl.
• JERK † to thrash
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• KICK THE SHIT OUT OF to thrash or beat a person severely ...sl.
• KNOCK THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEONE to thrash or beat someone severely ...19C colloq.
• LABOUR to beat, to thrash, to batter, to belabour ...1824 Sc.
• LACE to lash, beat, thrash ...1599
• LACE INTO to attack, to beat, to thrash ...E19 sl.
• LACE SOMEONE'S JACKET to beat up, to thrash ...L17 sl.
• LAM to beat soundly; to thrash ...1595
• LAMBACK † to beat, to thrash ...1589
• LAMBASTE to beat, to thrash ...1637 sl. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAMB-DOWN to thrash ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LAMBSKIN † to beat, to thrash ...1589
• LAMMUX to beat, to thrash ...1925 Amer. dial.
• LAMP to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1808 Sc.
• LAND-BAIST to lambaste, to beat, to thrash ...1975 Amer. dial.
• LARROP to beat, to flog, to thrash ...1823 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• LARRUP to beat thoroughly, to strike, to thrash, to whip, to flog ...1824 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LATHER to beat, to thrash ...1797
• LAY INTO to beat, to thrash ...1838 sl.
• LAY ON THE JACK to thrash or scold soundly ...1557 colloq.
• LEATHER orig. to hit someone with a leather strap; hence, to beat or thrash someone ...a1625
• LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip ...1888 Amer. dial.
• LINGE † to beat severely, to thrash, to flog ...1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LIRROP to beat, to flog, to thrash ...1823 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• LORRY UP to beat, to thrash ...1940s Irish sl.
• LOUNDER to beat severely with heavy strokes; to thrash, thump, cuff, cudgel ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LURRY UP to beat, to thrash ...1940s Irish sl.
• MALACOUTER to beat, to thrash, to punish ...c1910 Sc.
• MEASURE FOR A NEW JACKET to thrash, to beat, to flog ...Bk1905 Eng.
• MEASURE FOR A WARM SUIT OF CLOTHES to thrash, to beat, to flog ...Bk1905 Eng.
• MEASURE ONE'S BACK WITH A STICK to thrash, to beat, to flog ...Bk1905 Eng.
• NOINT to beat, to thrash, to chastise by word or act ...1843 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OIL to thrash, to beat ...L18 sl.
• OINT to thrash, to beat ...1894 Eng. dial.
• PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish ...c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIL to strike continuously; to beat, to thrash ...1740 Eng. dial.
• PAY WITHIN AN INCH OF ONE'S LIFE to thrash soundly, to give a good beating to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PLAY RAP-JACKET to administer a beating; to thrash soundly ...1880 Amer. dial.
• PROMISE BELLTINKER of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PUT (ONE) THROUGH A COURSE OF SPROUTS to thrash; to castigate; to give one a good drubbing ...19C Amer. dial.
• QUANT to thrash, to chastise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUELT to beat, to thrash soundly ...1836 Eng. dial.
• QUELTEN DOWN to beat or thrash thoroughly ...1942 Amer. dial.
• QUILT to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAAS to thrash ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RADDLE to beat, to thrash ...1688 N. Eng. dial.
• RAISE JESSE to rebuke with vigour; to thrash ...1847 Amer. sl.
• RAMSQUADDLE to beat, to thrash ...1830 Amer. dial.
• RIB-BASTE † to thrash, to beat severely ...1598
• RIB-ROAST to belabour with a cudgel; to beat soundly, to thrash ...1570 now arch.
• RIB-TICKLE to thrash; to beat up ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUB DOWN WITH AN OAKEN TOWEL to thrash, to beat ...18C sl.
• SALLET to give a severe thrashing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SALLIT to give a severe thrashing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAITCH to beat or thrash with a stick or rod ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUMPLICATE to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• SCUTCH to beat, to whip, to thrash soundly ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• SHARPEN ONE'S HOE to thrash, to whip ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SHELLAC to thrash soundly ...sl.
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• STACK ASSES to thrash opponents, as in a brawl; to employ violence ...1972 Amer. sl.
• TABBER to beat, to belabour, to thrash ...c1850 Sc.
• TABOR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• TABOUR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• TAN to thrash soundly ...1862 colloq.
• TAN A PERSON'S HIDE to thrash or flog a person
• TANCEL to beat, to thrash; to ill-use ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TAN ONE'S ARSE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment: to thrash or flog ...c1670 sl.
• TAN ONE'S BACKSIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment; to thrash or flog...c1670 sl.
• TANSEL to beat, to thrash; to ill-use ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TANSILOON to beat, to thrash ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANCELLOON to beat, to thrash ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARGE to beat, to strike; to thrash ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR DOWN to beat, to thrash ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TEAR UP to beat, to thrash ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THONG to beat, to thrash ...1746 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRAP to thrash around, to keep warm ...1957 Amer. dial.
• THREAP to beat, to flog, to thrash, to punish severely ...1721 Eng. dial.
• THUNK to thrash, to 'leather' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWITE to thrash soundly ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-BEAT † to beat severely, to belabour, to thrash ...a1250
• TO-BONE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUNE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUST † to beat or thrash to pieces ...a1250
• TOWEL to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to thrash; to beat; to cudgel ...1705 sl.
• TOWEL UP to beat, to thrash ...1919 Aust. sl.
• TRIM to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TRIM ONE' S JACKET to thrash, to beat ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWILT to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1836 Eng. dial.
• WALE to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALK to beat, to thrash, to drub a person ...a1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard ...1825 colloq.
• WALLOPSE to thrash, to beat; to maul ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WARM to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1824 Eng. dial.
• WARM ONE'S ARSE to thrash ...M19 sl.
• WARM ONE'S JACKET to thrash ...M19 sl.
• WHALE to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog, to hit, to trounce ...1856 Sc.
• WHEAL to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog ...1856 Eng. dial.
• WHOLLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard ...E19 sl.
• WOLLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard ...E19 sl.
• YACKEN to thrash severely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to strike sharply with the end of a whip-lash; to flog; to thrash ...1889 Eng. dial.
• YARK † to strike hard, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YIRK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOCKEN to thrash severely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRASHED - adjectives
• JACKSONED thrashed ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TANNED beaten, thrashed ...1905 sl.
THRASHING - adjectives
• BELABOROUS given to thrashing ...1860 nonce word
THRASHING - nouns
• ANOINTING a beating, a thrashing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• ASS-WAXING a thrashing, a trouncing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• AWMAN a thrashing, chastisement ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK-BRAYING a beating, a thrashing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BALLING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOO CHOW-CHOW a thrashing ...M19 sl.
• BAMBOOING a thrashing, a whipping ...M19 sl.
• BAND-ENDING a thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BANGING a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
• BANNICKING a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNOCKING a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASKING † a beating, a thrashing, flagellation ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BASSOCKING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASTINADOING cudgelling, thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet ...1614
• BASTING a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing ...1590
• BAZZOCKING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELL-OIL a good thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLYFUL a thrashing ...M17 sl.
• BELTING a beating, a thrashing ...1854
• BENSILLING a thrashing, a beating ...1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BILLIZING a thrashing, a buffeting ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BRUSHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DICHLING a beating, a thrashing, a drubbing ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DOSE OF STRAP-OIL, A a thrashing ...Bk1904 sl.
• DUSTING a beating or thrashing ...L18 sl.
• FAGGING a beating, a thrashing, a thumping ...1775 sl.
• FANNING a beating, a thrashing ...M19 sl.
• FEAKING † a beating, a thrashing ...1601
• GALLIER a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAMMERING a thrashing ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAZELING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging ...1863 Eng. dial.
• HAZING a sound beating, a thrashing ...1825
• JACKETING a beating, a thrashing; a tongue-lashing, a scolding ...1851
• JACKSONING a thrashing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAFFERPAK a thorough beating, a thrashing; a comprehensive defeat ...1930s S. Africa sl.
• KNACKER'S BRANDY a sound thrashing or beating ...1819 Eng. dial.
• KNEVELL a severe beating or thrashing ...B1900 Sc.
• LABBERIN a beating, a thrashing ...1874 Sc.
• LALDIE a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• LALDY-DALDY a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• LAMBASTING a beating; a thrashing ...1694 sl. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAMMACING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMMING a beating, a thrashing ...1611
• LAMPS a beating, a thrashing ...1960 Sc.
• LARRUP a sound beating or thrashing ...E19 sl.
• LARRUPING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging; a whipping; a tongue-lashing, a scolding ...1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LARRUPPING a sound thrashing ...E19 sl.
• LICKING a beating or thrashing ...1350 colloq.
• MACING a severe thrashing ...19C sl.
• NAILING a beating, a thrashing, punishment ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAN CLAPPISON'S DOSE a good thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NAUPING a thrashing, a cudgelling; chastisement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOINTING a beating, a thrashing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OILING a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL OF BIRCH a thrashing with a birch rod ...1833 Amer. sl.
• OIL OF HAZEL a sound beating, thrashing, or drubbing ...c1678
• OIL OF HICKORY a thrashing with a hickory rod ...1837 Amer. sl.
• OIL OF OAK a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OIL OF STRAP a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL OF STRAP 'EM a thrashing ...Bk1904 sl.
• OIL OF WALNUT a sound thrashing ...1941 Amer. sl.
• OVERHAUL a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing ...1797 Amer. dial.
• OVERHAULING a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing; chastisement ...1833 Amer. dial.
• PADDY-WHACK-SAUCE a severe beating or thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PAIKING a beating, a thrashing; a punishment ...1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIKMENT a thrashing ...Bk1909 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PIECE OF SOMEONE'S ASS vengeance against someone, esp. in the form of a beating, a thrashing, a punishment ...1959 US sl.
• QUILTING a thrashing, a beating ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RASPING a scolding; a thrashing ...1853 Eng. dial.
• RIB-BENDING a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBING a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIB-ROASTING a thrashing, a beating ...1663 sl.
• SCALLIONS a boys' name for a good beating or thrashing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUTCHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SHELLACKING a sound thrashing ...1880 sl.
• STRAPPING a thrashing ...Bk1904 sl.
• TABBERING a thrashing, a beating ...1882 Sc.
• TEARING DOWN a beating, a thrashing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEARING UP a beating, a thrashing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THRAPSING a thrashing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAPING a beating, a thrashing ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TOWELLING a thrashing, a beating ...M19
• TRIMMING a sharp scolding; chastisement; a drubbing, beating, or thrashing ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WALLOPING a thrashing ...colloq.
• WARMING a thrashing, a trouncing ...1681
• WHOPPING a severe beating or thrashing; defeat ...19C colloq.
• YETHERING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THRASHING - verbs
• CATCH IT to get a thrashing or a scolding ...1835 colloq.
THREAD - adjectives
• GOUTY of thread: full of knots, tangles, and kinks ...1899 Amer. dial.
THREAD - nouns
• BOW-WOW a thread ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRD thread ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAFFLINGS entangled threads ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCREED a large portion; a long length of thread, twine, etc. ...1884 Sc.
• TALLYWAGGER a thread dangling from the hem of a garment or from the edge of a rug ...20C Anglo-Irish usage
• THRUM a thread or loose end of any kind; generally in plural ...1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THREAD - verbs
• THREADLE to thread a needle; to thread, to string ...1898 Eng. dial.
THREADBARE - adjectives
• SCOURY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
THREAT, THREATENING - nouns
• BEOT † a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast ...a1000
• BOAST a threat, a scolding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOIST a threat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GUN TALK tough, threatening talk ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character ...a1632
• JACK UP THE ORCHARD a threat ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MINACITY disposition to use threats; a threatening or menacing ...1656
• WOLF TICKET a threat or other act of intimidation used to coerce ....1974 US sl.
• WOOF TICKET a lie, a bluff, a challenge, an empty threat ...1971 Amer. dial.
THREAT - phrases
• I'LL HAVE YOUR GUTS FOR GARTERS a threat
THREATEN - verbs
• BAIRGE to collide violently; to threaten with violence; to move clumsily and noisily ...1847 Sc.
• BEOTE † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BEOTEN † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BOAST to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOIST to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOST to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARE to deter by threatening; to forbid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HARD-MOUTH to threaten or disparage ...1960 Trinidad and Tobago
• HAZEN † to scold, to rebuke, to threaten ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KEAVE to threaten ...1874 Sc.
• LEAN INTO to pressurize, to threaten ...20C Irish sl.
• LEAN ON to pressurize, to persuade, possibly with violence or threats of violence, to threaten with force ..1920s sl., orig. US
• MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MONSTER to harass, to threaten, to victimize someone ...1967 Aust. sl.
• PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE to menace, threaten, or intimidate ...1958 Brit. police & criminals' sl.
• SELL A WOLF TICKET to threaten, to intimidate ...1960s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOOF TICKET to threaten, to intimidate ...1960s US Black sl.
• STARKLE † to use threatening gestures ...1527
• THEW to threaten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAT to threaten ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-THREAT † to threaten violently ...1377
• VAPER to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1628
THREATENED - adjectives
• HOT CORNER a position in which one is threatened or bullied ...1854 sl.
THREATENING - adjectives
• BAD NEWS unpleasant, threatening ...1960s sl., orig. US
• BOOGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BUGGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MINACIOUS menacing, threatening; full of threats or menaces ...1660
• MINITABUND * threatening ...1890
• ORGULOUS threatening, dangerous ...1484 arch.
• SCOUTHERIN' threatening, rebuking, chastising ...1874 Sc.
• SEVIDICAL † speaking fiercely, using cruel language; threatening ...1630
• SKETCH suspicious, threatening ...2003 US sl.
• THREATFUL threatening; threatening-looking ...1884 Sc.
• UGLY ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
THREATENING - nouns
• BOOLYIE a loud, threatening noise, like a bull's bellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLDOCIA boastful and threatening language ...1934 Amer. dial.
• NEIVE-SHAKING the shaking of the fist, threatening ...1894 Eng. dial.
THREATENING - nouns, person
• BAD NEWS a troublesome, threatening person ...1940s sl., orig. US
THREATENING - verbs
• RAMP to storm and rage with violent gestures; to act in a furious or threatening manner ...c1386
• WAGE to shake one's fist in a threatening manner ...1808 Sc.
THREE - nouns
• EARTH three ...M19 back-slang
• EERTH three ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH three ...M19 back-slang
• PAIR-ROYAL a set of three persons or things; three of a kind ...1592
• VICAR OF BRAY the number three; three ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'trey'
THREE - verbs
• TERTIATE † to do or perform for the third time; to do a thing three times ...1623
THREEFOLD - adjectives
• THREBBLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE-PLAIT treble, threefold; three-ply or plaited ...1821 Sc.
• THREEPLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRIBBLE treble, triple, threefold ...1765 Amer. dial.
• THRIPLE treble, triple, threefold ...1909 Amer. dial.
THREEPENCE - nouns
• CURRANTS-AND-PLUMS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• DEVIL'S-BIT a threepenny piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EARTH YANNOPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• EARTH YENNEPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH YANNOPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH YENNEPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• JOEY † a former twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass worth three old pence ...1936 obs. exc. hist.
• PEN a threepenny piece ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SCRUM a threepenny piece ...1894 Aust. sl.
• SCRUMMY a threepenny piece ...1894 Aust. sl.
• THREESWINS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• THREPS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• THRUM a threepenny piece ...1865 Brit. sl.
• THRUMMER a threepenny piece ...1898 Aust. sl.
• THRUMS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• TICKY a threepenny piece ...1877 S. Afr. colloq.
• TIDDLER a small coin, such as a silver threepenny piece or a 1/2p coin ...1966 Brit. sl.
• TRAY a threepenny piece ...1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
• TREY a threepenny piece ...1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
• TREY-BIT a threepenny piece ...1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
• TRIZZIE a threepenny piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TRIZZY a threepenny piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
THRESHOLD - nouns
• THRESCOT a threshold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRESHEL a threshold ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRESH-FOD threshold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• THRESHWOOD threshold; the sill or wooden beam in front of the door ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRESKLE threshold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRIFT - nouns
• HAG thrift, economy ...1866 Sc.
• HAIN a means to thrift, a saving, an economical appliance ...1953 Sc.
• HAINING thrift, economy, penuriousness ...1871 Sc.
• VIRTUE thrift ...Bk1905 Sc.
THRIFTILY - adverbs
• NEAR thriftily; parsimoniously, meanly ...a1625
THRIFTLESS - adjectives
• ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well ...1570 sl.
THRIFTLESS - nouns
• NEVER-THRIVING † a thriftless pack ...1486
THRIFTLESS - nouns, person
• ABBEY LUBBER a lazy, thriftless person ...c1750 nautical sl.
• DAB an untidy, thriftless woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILP † a thriftless housewife ...1768 Sc.
• TANGLE a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLES a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANTHRIFT a thriftless person; a prodigal ...a1585 Sc.
THRIFTY - adjectives
• CANNY careful, frugal, thrifty ...1725 Sc.
• ECONOMIC † thrifty, careful, saving, sparing ...1755
• GAIR † parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful ...1788 Sc.
• HAINING thrifty; spare, reserved for special occasions ...c1779 Sc.
• NARRISH thrifty ...1889 colloq.
• PERSNICKETY thrifty ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VIRTUOUS † thrifty, industrious ...Bk1905 Sc.
THRIFTY - nouns, person
• GATHERER a frugal, saving, thrifty person ...1901 Sc.
• HAINER a thrifty, saving person ...1825 Sc.
• NEEDLER a keen, active, thrifty person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person ...1881 Eng. dial.
THRILL, THRILLING - nouns
• ALL-OVERNESS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1820 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a pleasurable thrill; fun; an uproariously good time; a funny thing ...a1950 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ a thrill ...1937 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE a state or feeling of excitement; a thrill; exhilaration rising from the use of narcotics ...1921 US sl.
• HUMDINGER something exciting or thrilling; something or someone very fine or splendid; a stylish person ...1905 sl., orig. US
• JOLLIES pleasurable excitement, esp. from or as if from something forbidden or improper; enjoyment; fun; thrills; kicks ...1930 colloq.
• KICK a thrill from drugs or alcohol; a thrill of any type ...20C sl.
• THIRL a thrill ...1879 Sc.
• THRILLS AND SPILLS excitement; a thrill ...1983 sl.
THRILL - verbs
• DINGLE to tingle, to thrill ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GET A BANG OUT OF to experience a thrill or excitement from ...US & Can. sl.
• JAZZ to thrill or excite ...1921 Amer. sl.
• KILL to excite, to please, to thrill ...1844 US sl.
• THIRL to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THRILLING - adjectives
• HAIRY dangerous, scary, frightening, esp. if thrilling, exciting ...1945 US sl.
• NERVOUS great, thrilling ...1920s US sl., orig. jazz
• THRILLY † thrilling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRIVE - verbs
• BATTEN 1. to grow better, or improve in condition; of animals esp., to improve in bodily condition by feeding, to feed to advantage, to thrive, to grow fat ...1591
2. to thrive, to grow fat, to prosper, esp. in a bad sense, at the expense or to the detriment of another; to gratify a morbid mental craving ...1605
• BATTLE † of men and animals: to grow fat, to thrive ...1575
• DOW to do well, to thrive, to prosper ...ME now Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FADGE † to succeed, to thrive ... 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THEE † to thrive, to prosper; to grow ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAM † to thrive ...1768 Eng.
• THRODDEN to thrive; to grow, to increase; to improve by care or cultivation ...1641 Eng. dial.
THRIVING - adjectives
• BATTENING feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat; thriving, healthy ...1593
• BIEN thriving; prosperous; comfortable ...1816 Sc.
• BILSHIE short and stout; plump and thriving ...19C Sc.
• DAINTY plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• DENTY pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• GRUSHIE healthy, thriving ...Sc.
• RAFFIE of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• THRIFTY thriving, flourishing, in good condition or health ...1811 Eng. dial.
• THRIVEN thriving, prosperous; well-nourished, strong ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALY beautiful, excellent; fine, thriving, strong ...1500-20 Sc.
THRIVING - nouns
• BATTENING a bringing-up, thriving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
THRIVING - nouns, person
• THRODDY a plump, thriving child ...1825 Eng. dial.
THROAT - adjectives
• HASKED of the throat: parched ...1876 Eng. dial.
THROAT - nouns
• ALLEY WAY the throat, in the context of drinking ...1910s US sl.
• FUNNEL the throat ...E18 sl.
• GAMP the opening of the throat; also, the mouth ...1923 Sc.
• GAN † the mouth; the throat; the lips ...1536 UK sl.
• GANNE † the mouth, the throat ...1865 Sc.
• GARGET †* the throat ...a1300
• GIN-LANE the throat ...c1830 sl.
• GIZZLE the throat ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GO-FETCH-'ER the throat as a whole; the gullet, the windpipe, the Adam's apple ...c1940 Amer. dial.
• GO-FETCH-IT the throat as a whole; the gullet, the windpipe, the Adam's apple ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOGGLE the throat ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOGNOCKER the throat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOOZEM PIPE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck ...1883 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLEM the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE PIPE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLER the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE the throat; the Adam's apple; of an animal: the windpipe ...L19 US sl.
• GORGLE the throat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE PIPE. the throat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GUTTER ALLEY the throat ...17C sl.
• GUTTER-LANE the throat; the gullet ...a1700 obs. sl.
• GUZZLE the throat or esophagus ...1659
• HALSE † the throat, the gullet; the windpipe ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HASK the throat, the soft palate ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAUSE the throat, the gullet, the windpipe ...1721 Sc.
• HAWK an effort to clear the throat, the sound made in clearing the throat ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IRISH CHANNEL the throat ...1900s sl.
• LANE, THE the throat ...a1553 sl.
• MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws ...1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NANNY the throat ...1960s rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
• NANNY GOAT the throat ...1960s rhyming sl.
• NARROW LANE, THE the throat ...1542 sl.
• NECK the throat ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ORGAN-PIPE the windpipe, the throat, the voice ...M19 sl.
• QUAIL-PIPE † the throat or vocal organs; a woman's tongue ...1693
• QUILL the throat, the gullet ...1827 Sc.
• RAKE † the throat, the jaws ...c825
• REASTY-THROAT a sore, rasped throat ...1897 Eng. dial.
• RED-CLOSE the throat ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED-LANE the throat ...1566 sl.
• RED LION LANE the throat ...1865 sl.
• RED ROAD the throat, the gullet ...1995 Amer. dial.
• RED-SEA the throat ...Bk1903 sl.
• SWALLOW the throat ...L18
• SWALLOW-PIPE the throat ...20C W. Indies sl.
• THRAP the windpipe; the throat ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• THRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE the throat; the windpipe ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc.
• WEZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WIND GOGGLE the throat ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WIZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WOOZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WOZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
THROB - nouns
• QUAP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a throb; a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THROB - verbs
• BELL of a sore: to throb, to be inflamed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to swing, vibrate, quiver, throb, tingle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain ...B1900 Sc.
• FARE to ache, to throb ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GALVA to throb, to palpitate ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GILVER to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
• JAG to prick or pierce with some sharp instrument; to throb or prick painfully ...1706 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUAB † to beat, to throb, to quiver ...1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate, to quiver ...c1374
• QUOB to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate ...1863 Eng. dial.
• QUOP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate ...a1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THOB to throb ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TICK to beat, pulse, throb ...1868
• WARCH † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARK † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
THRONG - nouns
• DRINGLE a crowd, a throng ...1874 Eng. dial.
• MANZY a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENYIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENZIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Eng. dial.
• THRING † a crowd or throng of people ...c1205
• THROCK † a crowd, a throng ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUTCH a throng ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc.
THRONG - verbs
• THRAG to throng, to crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE to throng, to crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle ...1774 Sc.
• THRING † to press, to crowd, to throng; to move or gather in a crowd; to assemble; to crowd around, to throng a person ...a800
• THROCK † to throng, to crowd...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
THRONGED - adjectives
• CELEBRIOUS † of a place or assembly: crowded, thronged, frequented ...1627
THRONGING - adjectives
• CLUSTEROUS †* in a cluster, thronging, gathering close together ...1583
THROTTLE - nouns, person
• GUZZLER one who strangles or throttles; a murderer ...L19 sl.
THROTTLE - verbs
• FAGGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• FAGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• GAROTTE to throttle a person in order to rob him ...1858
• GARROTTE to throttle a person in order to rob him ...1858
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE to throttle, to choke; to seize by the throat ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THROTTLING - nouns
• FAM-SQUEEZE throttling, strangulation ...E19 sl.
• GAROTTING the practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him ...1858
• GARROTTING the practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him ...1858
THROUGH - adjectives
• THROUGH-GOING passing through ...1901 Sc.
THROUGHOUT - adverbs
• ALOW AND ALOFT throughout, completely, all over ...1827 Amer. dial.
• THRUFFISH throughout ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THROUGHOUT - prepositions
• BETHROUGH †* throughout ...c1425
THROW - nouns
• BUGGY-WHIP DELIVERY a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULLET a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BURNER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASTIE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLASH a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAVE a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw ...a1571
• HOT ONE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT-SHOT n. a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT SOCK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMMER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACULATION * the act of darting, hurling, or throwing; a hurl, a throw ...1608
• NASTY SLING a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PECK a toss, a hard throw ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PLANK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUNK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUOIT †* a cast or throw ...1706
• RIFLE THROW a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCAGE a throw ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCORCHER a fast throw ...1900 Amer. sl.
• SHOT a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHY a quick, jerking or careless throw, as of a stone, etc. ...L18 sl.
• SIZZLER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKEHOUSE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKEHOUSE THROW a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAPPED PEG a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOAK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOAKER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOCK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEEDY ONE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEAMER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWISHER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THRUT the throw of a stone, etc.; a throw or fall in wrestling ...1898 Eng. dial.
• WHIPLASH DELIVERY a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHISTLING PEG a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIZ a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIZZER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIPPER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
THROW - verbs
• AIN(E) to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BANG to throw or thrust violently ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BAZZ to throw with force ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BISH to throw ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• BUNG to throw forcibly ...1825 sl.
• BUZZ to throw swiftly or forcibly ...1893 colloq.
• CAIL to throw, to pelt; to throw weakly ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CALK to throw ...Bk1891 Eton College usage
• CHUNK to throw ...1880s US Black sl.
• DANG to throw violently; to knock, to bang ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DENG to throw violently; to knock, to bang ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING to fling, to throw, to hurl; to shake off ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DIRD to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash ...1871 Sc.
• FOG to hurl, pitch, or throw something, as a baseball, with great force and speed ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GOOI to throw, to fling, to give someone something; to use something ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• HABBIE-GABBIE to throw money, etc. into a crowd to be scrambled for ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAIN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HAINCH to throw or cast a stone, etc., by jerking the arm against the thigh ...1788 Sc.
• HALY-CALY to throw things to be scrambled for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAUL to throw ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAUNCH to throw ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAYNE to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEND to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• KATE MOSS to toss, to throw ...1990s rhyming sl.
• LAB to pitch, to throw from the hand, with a swing of the arm, in the manner a quoit is thrown ...1818 Sc.
• LAM to throw ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAMMOCK to throw things about in a violent or wasteful manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANCE * to fling, to hurl, to throw a dart, etc.; to shoot out the tongue; to put forth blossoms ...a1300 chiefly poetic usage
• LAUNCH † to throw (a person); to hurl oneself; to dart, to rush ...a1300
• PECK to throw, to make a throw at something ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEEL to throw a rock, ball, or other object ...1997 Amer. dial.
• PEG to throw something; to make a throw at ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SHIVER to propel, to throw, to fire ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SKEW to throw, to hurl, to cast, to fling ...1824 Eng. dial.
• SPANGHEW to throw into the air ...Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay ...1825 Sc.
• THRING † to thrust or drive with pressure or violence; to cast, throw, or fling violently; to hurl, dash, knock ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIPPLE to throw, to pitch ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TIZZLE to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay ...1825 Sc.
• WALT † to throw, to cast, to toss out, over, etc.; to fling to the ground; to overturn, to upset ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAP † to throw quickly or with violence ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHANG to throw, drive, pull, etc., with force or with violent impact ...E19 sl.
• YARK to throw with a jerk; to cast violently; to toss ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEAN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• YEN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• YERK to throw with a jerk; to cast violently; to toss ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THROW AT - verbs
• BALL to throw at, to pelt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SCALE to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKAIL to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THROW AWAY - verbs
• ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of ...1938 Amer. sl.
• BANDY † to toss, drive, or throw aside or away ...1591
• BURN to waste, to throw away ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• DASH AWAY to throw something away ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DEEP SIX to kill someone or bury someone or something; to throw something away ...M20 US
• DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• FILE to toss into a wastebasket; to throw away ...1934 Amer. jocular
• GIVE THE DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• MAKE AWAY WITH to throw away or discard as useless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCARF to throw away; to abandon ...1970s US college sl.
• SHITCAN to throw away; to discard; to reject as worthless ...sl.
• SHOOT OUT to throw away, to discard ...2000 Amer. dial.
• TILT † to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset ...1300s
THROW DOWN - adjectives
• CATABALLITIVE tending to throw down ...1815 nonce word
THROW DOWN - verbs
• ABJECTATE † to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase ...1731
• ACAST † to cast down, to throw down, to cast away or off ...c1220
• ADUSH † to cause to fall heavily, to throw down headlong ...c1220
• BELK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BELLYFLOP to throw oneself down; to collapse; to fall badly ...1920s sl.
• BILK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DOUSE to throw down with force ...L18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GRASS to throw to the ground; to bring down, to defeat, to kill ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SCAT to scatter; to fling or throw down; to bespatter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF to strike with the open hand, or with some flat surface; to slap; to throw down flat ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLYTE to throw down or pour out with force so as to produce a sharp sound; to fall heavily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAMBLE to throw down anything to be scrambled for ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SKLAFF to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLUTE to throw down or pour out in a mass; to fall flat, esp. in mud or soft soil ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLYTE to throw down or pour out with force so as to produce a sharp sound; to fall heavily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRING DOWN to throw down ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAFFLE to throw down roughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAFFUL to throw down roughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THROWING - nouns
• LAB the act of throwing ...Bk1902 Sc.
THROWING OUT - nouns
• EJECTATION † a casting or throwing out ...1736
THROWN - adjectives
• JACULABLE †* fit to be thrown or hurled; that may be cast or darted ...1656
• JACULATORY * pert. to throwing or darting; that is thrown or darted ...1616
THROWN - verbs
• EAT DIRT to be thrown on one's face ...1974 US sl.
• EAT GRASS to be thrown or to fall on one's face ...20C US sl.
• EAT GRAVEL to be thrown on one's face ...1933 US sl.
THROWN DOWN - verbs
• WALT † to be thrown down, to fall over, to be upset or overturned; to totter; to lean to one side ...c1400
THROW OFF - verbs
• UNCASE † to cast, to throw off ...1581
THROW OUT - verbs
• BELCH † to eject, to throw out ...1668
• EJACULATE † to throw out suddenly and swiftly, to eject ...1613
• LUMBER OUT to throw out, to eject ...20C Aust. sl.
THRUSH - nouns
• THROG a thrush ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROGGY a thrush ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROLLY the song-thrush, Turdus musicus ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRUST - nouns
• ABSTRUSION * the act of thrusting away ...Bk1862
• BEVEL a strong thrust; a heavy blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRD a blow, thrust; an onslaught ...1784 Sc.
• DAG a thrust with a stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THRIST a thrust; a push ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH a thrust; a push, a shove ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VENEY † a thrust
• VUG a blow or thrust with the elbow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRUST - verbs
• ABSTRUDE † to thrust away ...1627
• BANG to throw or thrust violently ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESKYFTE †* to thrust off ...1470-85
• BLAD to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DABACH to poke, to thrust, to prod ...1939 Sc.
• DAG to thrust at, to stab, to sting ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAB to strike or thrust ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OBTRUDE 1. to thrust forward forcibly or unduly; to thrust a matter, a person, etc. upon anyone ...c1555
2. to thrust forth; to eject, to push out ...1613
• PALT † to thrust, to put forcibly ...a1380
• PUG to thrust, poke or pack into a space ...M19 Eng. dial.
• RAM to push violently; to thrust ...1824 Sc.
• SUBTRUDE 1. to thrust under ...a1846
2. to thrust itself in stealthily ...1898
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUSH to thrust; to press, as in or by a throng of people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one's way through a crowd, etc. ...1740 Eng. dial.
• THRUTTEN † to thrust ...1814 Eng. dial.
• THURST to thrust ...1644 Sc.
• TILT † to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset ...1300s
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
• VALCH to thrust with the elbow or fist ...1873 Eng. dial.
THRUSTING - adjectives
• OBTRUSIVE characterized by forcible thrusting (oneself, one's opinions, etc.) into notice or prominence; forward; unduly prominent ...1667
THRUSTING - nouns
• OBTRUSION the forcible pushing or thrusting of anything into any space or place, or against anything else ...1847
THUD - adverbs
• SAD with a thud ...1890 Sc.
THUD - nouns
• BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc. ...1827 Sc.
• BILT a blow, a thud ...Bk1898 Sc.
• HAICHES a heavy fall; the sound resulting from it, a thud ...1790 Sc.
• RACKABIMUS a sudden or unexpected stroke, jolt, or fall; a thud ...1808 Sc.
• SAD a heavy pressing-downward movement; a thud, a thump; a hollow, knocking sound ...1828 Sc.
• SCLAFF a blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument; a slap; a box on the ear; a falling-flat; a clap, a thud ...1866 Sc.
• THUDDER a heavy shock or thud accompanied by a loud noise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VELLYE a crash, a heavy fall or thud ...1973 Sc.
• YARK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a flogging; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
THUD - verbs
• SCLATCH to dash down or fall heavily, with a great thud or clash ...1866 Sc.
THUG - nouns
• MOB a gang of ruffians or thugs ...L19 sl. orig. Aust.
THUG, THUGGISH - nouns, person
• ANIMAL an athletic or muscular man, esp. a bodyguard or hired thug ...1921 Amer. sl.
• BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne'er-do-well ...E16
• BALL-BREAKER a thug ...1970s sl., orig. US
• BANGSTER † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
• BOYS, THE criminals, rowdies, thugs, etc.; in the 19th century, corrupt politicians or their hangers-on ...a1815 Amer. sl.
• BRUISER a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1907 sl.
• BULLDOSER a bully, a thug ...L19 US sl.
• BULLDOZER a bully, a thug ...L19 US sl.
• CADET a street thug ...19C sl.
• CAVEMAN a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1926 sl.
• CLUB-FIST † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
• DAMME † a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
• DAMME-BOY † a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
• DEAD RABBIT a street thug, a hoodlum ...M19 US sl.
• DROOG a young ruffian or an accomplice or henchman of a gang-leader; a thug; a gangster...1962 sl.
• DROOGIE a thug, a gangster ...1970s sl.
• GANGSTER a hoodlum; a thug ...E20 US sl.
• GOD-DAM-ME a blustering, profane, aggressive thug ...17C sl.
• GOOMBAH a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia ...1960s US sl.
• GUMBA a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia ...1960s US sl.
• GUNSEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNSHEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNTZEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNZEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNZL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• HARD CHAW a thug ...2003 Ireland sl.
• HARD MAN a professional thug; a person not afraid of violent action ...1970 US sl.
• HARDROCKER a thug; a tough person ...1970s US sl.
• HOON a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Aust. sl.
• LAND-SHARK a ruffian, a thug ...17C sl.
• LOBO a thug, a hoodlum ...1949 US sl.
• MAD DOG a violent thug ...1940s US sl.
• MOPE a thug ...1997 US sl.
• MUG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1890 US sl.
• MUSCLEMAN a thug, usually as employed by a gangster for purposes of intimidation, or any strong, aggressive man ...1920s sl., orig. US
• MUSCLER a thug ...1940s US sl.
• NED a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1959 Sc. sl.
• PLUG-UGLY a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1856 sl., orig. US
• PORKHEAD a stupid, thuggish person ...1980s sl.
• RAMPER a street thug, a hooligan ...L19 sl.
• ROUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1837 sl.
• ROUGHIE a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1905 sl.
• SAWNEY a clumsy person; a thug ...L17 sl.
• SCAMPERER a street thug ...E18 sl.
• SIDEWINDER a thug, esp. a gangster's bodyguard ...1940s sl.
• SILKO a thug; a thief ...2000s Irish sl.
• SKOLLIE a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• SKOLLY a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• STANDOVER MAN a criminal who uses intimidation; a thug ...1944 Aust. sl.
• TEARCAT a thug, a bully ...17C sl.
• TEARER a thug, a bully ...17C sl.
• TOUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1866 sl., orig. US
• TRIGGER MAN a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• TROG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1956 Brit. sl.
• YOBBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Brit. sl.
• YOBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Brit. sl.
THUGGISH - adjectives
• ASS-KICKING forceful, aggressive, vicious, thuggish ...1970s sl.
• HAIRY-ARSE said of a thuggish, insensitive brute ...2001 UK sl.
• HAIRY-ARSED said of a thuggish, insensitive brute ...2001 UK sl.
• HOODY acting in a thuggish manner; resembling a thug ...1960s US sl.
• MAD-DOG violent, thuggish ...1940s US Black sl.
• OAFO thuggish ...1950s sl.
• INCOGITANT not having the faculty of thinking ...1702
• THINKATIVE † consisting in mere thinking; speculative ...1662
THINK, THINKING - nouns
• ADVISEMENT † the process of viewing or considering mentally; thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, deliberation ...1330
• BETHINKING n. the act of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering ...1340
• BRAINSTORM a brief mental aberration which causes one to do a foolish or untypical thing; a moment when one is unable to think clearly or act sensibly ...1907 sl.
• TIRE-BRAIN †* that which, tires the brain by constant thinking ...1589
THINK, THINKER, THINKING - nouns, person
• OPINATOR † one who holds an opinion; a thinker; a theorist ...1626
• TIRE-BRAIN †* one who, or that which, tires the brain by constant thinking ...1589
THINK - verbs
• ADVERT † to turn the attention to; to take note of; to observe, to note, to heed; to consider, to think of a thing ...1430
• BEAR IN HAND to conjecture, to think; to foresee; to hold or maintain an opinion ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE BRAINS to think persistently and laboriously ...a1593
• BEAT THE HEAD to think persistently and laboriously ...1579
• BETHINK † 1. to think of or about; to bear in mind; to call to mind, to recollect ...a1000
2. to think of, to imagine, to conceive ...c1175
† 3. to think over a thing with a view to decision or action; to consider ...c1220
4. to consider, to reflect, to meditate, to think ...c1300 arch.
• CALCULATE to think, to expect, to believe ...1830 US colloq.
• CALL to consider, to estimate, to think ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DERN to muse, to think ...B1900 Sc.
• FANCY to think, to believe ...1896 Eng. dial.
• LET † to think ...c1200
• NOODLE to think, to think over, to study ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• NUT OUT to think out; to solve a problem, plan of action, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• OPINIATE † to hold as an opinion; to suppose, to think, to opine ...1624
• OPINION † to hold the opinion; to think, to suppose, to opine ...1555
• OPINIONATE * to form or hold an opinion; to believe, to suppose, to think ...1621
• RECK to reckon, to deem, to think ...1791 Sc.
• SCHEME to think, to reckon ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• TAKE to think; to consider ...1901 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UMBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• USE ONE'S NOODLE to think for oneself ...Aust. sl.
• YARK to think hard; to beat one's brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited ...1737 Sc.
• YERK to think hard; to beat one's brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited ...1737 Sc.
THINK - phrases
• USE YOUR LOAF use your (head) brains ...L19 Brit. sl.
THINLY - adverbs
• RARELY †* thinly, scantily ...1523
THINNESS - nouns
• JEJUNENESS deficiency of physical substance; thinness, meagreness, attenuation ...1626
THIRD - nouns
• TIERCE † a third part ...1491
THIRD-RATE - adjectives
• C-3 third-rate, inadequate, inferior; highly unfit ...1910s sl.
THIRST - nouns
• THRIST thirst ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THIRST - verbs
• MOISTEN ONE'S THROTTLE to quench one's thirst, to drink ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SITIATE † to thirst ...1599
• SLAKE ONE'S THROTTLE to quench one's thirst, to drink ...1881 Sc.
• SLECK ONE'S THROAT to quench one's thirst ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLENCH to quench one's thirst ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SOAK ONE'S CLAY to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK ONE'S FACE to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK THE CHAFFER to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK THE CLAY to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• SOAK THE FACE to drink; to quench one's thirst ...19C sl.
• THRIST to cause thirst ...1901 Sc.
• WET ONE'S THROPPLE to drink; to quench one's thirst ...1835 Sc.
• WET ONE'S THROTTLE to quench one's thirst, to drink ...1827 Sc.
THIRSTY - adjectives
• ADRY thirsty ...1599
• ATHIRST † thirsty ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CHAPPED thirsty ...c1670 sl.
• CHAPT thirsty ...c1670 sl.
• DRIER THAN A DEAD DINGO'S DONGER very thirsty ...20C Aust. sl.
• DRY thirsty ...c1536
• DRY AS A HAKE very thirsty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KECKSY dry, juiceless; thirsty ...1874 Eng. dial.
• MICKLED choked, suffocated, parched with thirst ...1867 Eng. dial.
• OFTHIRST † thirsty ...c1000
• OPEN-THROPPLED thirsty, ever ready to drink ...1839 Eng. dial.
• PARCHED very thirsty ...1920s sl.
• SITIBUND very thirsty ...B1900
• SITICULOUS † very thirsty, very dry ...1620
• SITIENT * thirsty; thirsting, coveting, desiring much ...1656
• THRISTY thirsty ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUSTY thirsty ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THIRSTY - nouns
• MODICUM something that is eaten to make oneself thirsty ...E17 sl.
THIRSTY - verbs
• HAVE A COBWEB IN THE THROAT to feel thirsty, to have a desire to drink ...1844
• HAVE A GUT LIKE A CRANE to be very thirsty ...20C Aust. sl.
• WALK ON ONE'S TONGUE to have one's tongue hanging out with thirst ...1900s Aust. sl.
THIRTEEN - nouns
• CADGER'S DIZZEN thirteen ...1938 Sc.
• DEVIL'S DOZEN thirteen ...Bk1900 sl.
THIS OR THAT - phrases
• SUCH OR SUCH † this or that ...c1530
THISTLE - adjectives
• THRISSLY abounding in thistles; bristly ...1804 Sc.
• THRISTLY abounding in thistles; bristly ...1804 Sc.
THISTLE - nouns
• CARDOUN † a thistle ...c1425
• CARDUE † a thistle ...1388
• EGRET the feathery puppus of the seeds of the dandelion, thistle, etc. ...1794
• THRISSLE thistle ...1786 Sc.
• THRISTLE thistle ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEL thistle ...1786 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTLE thistle ...1786 Sc.
THONG - nouns
• FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LASH † a string, cord, thong ...c1440
• LATCHET † 1. a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong ...c1350
† 2. a thong used to fasten a shoe; a shoe-lace ...c1440
• THUNK a thong; the leather of which whips are made; a leather boot-lace ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THWANG a leather thong; the latchet or tie of a shoe ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHANG a leather thong or lace ...1824 Amer. dial.
THORN - nouns
• DAWK a prickle or spine of a thorn ...20C Ireland
• JAG a prickle, a thorn; something which causes a sting ...c1800 Sc.
• JAGGER a thorn or burr ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SCRABBLE a stunted tree or shrub; thorns and briers ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THORNY - adjectives
• PICKY prickly, thorny, scratchy ...c1970 Amer. dial.
THOROUGH - adjectives
• BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BAWDACIOUS thorough, remarkable ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BODACIOUS thorough, remarkable ...1843 Amer. sl.
• BOWDACIOUS thorough, remarkable ...1845 Amer. dial.
• EIDENT thorough, arrant ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIR undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute ...1872
• FAIR DOWN downright, thorough, real ...1845 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME thorough, complete ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEART-WHOLE thorough, thorough-paced, unmitigated ...1811
• NEAT complete, thorough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICKEL-PLATED first-class, thorough ...L19 US sl.
• PLENITUDINARY * characterized by fullness or completeness; thorough, full, complete ...1647
• PROPER complete or thorough ...colloq., chiefly Brit.
• REGULAR thorough, complete, real ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REVEREND extraordinary, distinguished, powerful; genuine, thorough ...1826 Amer. dial.
• THICK thorough, complete, downright ...1900 Eng. dial.
THOROUGH - nouns
• THROUGHER anything thorough and complete of its kind; a convincing argument ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFER anything thorough and complete of its kind; a convincing argument ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THOROUGH - verbs
• GIVE BELLTINKER of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PROMISE BELLTINKER to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• TEAR OUT THE BONE to make an extraordinary effort; to work very hard; to do anything thoroughly ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TEAR THE BONE OUT to make an extraordinary effort; to work very hard; to do anything thoroughly ...1887 Amer. dial.
THOROUGHFARE - see STREET
THOROUGHGOING - adjectives
• ALL-TO-PIECES thoroughgoing; excessive ...1856 Amer. dial.
• CARD-CARRYING genuine; thoroughgoing ...1963 US jocular
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1896 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through ...1889 Amer. dial.
• OUT-AND-OUT complete, thoroughgoing, unqualified ...E19
• SAIR serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing ...1776 Sc.
• THOROUGH-STITCH † thoroughgoing; out-and-out ...c1685 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
THOROUGHLY - adverbs
• ALL HOLLER completely, thoroughly ...1815 Amer. dial.
• ALL HOLLOW completely, thoroughly ...1815 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER thoroughly, completely ...1844 Amer. dial.
• ALL TO completely, thoroughly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL TO PIECES thoroughly, altogether ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ARRANTLY entirely, thoroughly ...1750 Eng. dial.
• ASSHOLE TO APPETITE from end to end, thoroughly, totally ...1967 Amer. sl.
• ASS UP TO TEACUP completely, thoroughly, from head to toe ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACK AND EDGE through everything, fully, wholly, thoroughly, completely ...1641
• BANG thoroughly, completely, exactly ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BANG OUT altogether, thoroughly ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BARDACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1901 Amer. dial.
• BARE † thoroughly, completely ...c1340
• BIDACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BODACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BODIACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1972 Amer. dial.
• BODYACIOUSLY thoroughly, completely, extremely ...1832 Amer. dial.
• BOTH WAYS FROM THE ACE from both sides; thoroughly ...1916 Amer. sl.
• CORE THROUGH thoroughly ...1901 Eng. dial.
• DEAD intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly ...1589
• DOWN TO THE BRICKS perfectly, thoroughly, completely ...M19
• DOWN TO THE MUCK perfectly, thoroughly, completely ...M19
• EVEN-DOWN downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAIR DOWN thoroughly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRLINGS completely, thoroughly; clearly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAITHFUL thoroughly ...1891 Amer. dial.
• FEXATIALLY completely, thoroughly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• FEXATIOUSLY completely, thoroughly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• FINATIALLY completely, thoroughly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE from end to end; thoroughly, totally ...1899 Amer. sl.
• FROM A TO IZZARD from beginning to end; thoroughly, in every detail ...1839 Amer. dial.
• FROM BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME THROUGH AND THROUGH thoroughly, totally ...1907 US sl.
• FROM HEAD TO FOOT completely, thoroughly ...a1300
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BUSH completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1881 Amer. dial.
• GAINLY † thoroughly, completely; very ...c1350 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOOD FASHION thoroughly ...1922 Amer. dial.
• HEAD AND FOOT completely, thoroughly ...1784
• IN GOOD FASHION thoroughly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LEAL † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• NAITLY † to some purpose; properly; thoroughly ...a1300
• PICK AND MELL thoroughly; with determination; 'hammer and tongs' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PROPER thoroughly or completely ...colloq.
• SAIRLIE very much, thoroughly ...1786 Sc.
• SEVERELY thoroughly ...1886 Amer. dial.
• THOROUGH-STITCH † right through to the end; thoroughly, completely, fully; usually in phrase, 'to go thorough-stitch', to perform something thoroughly, carry it out completely and effectually ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THROUGHLY thoroughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROUGHWAYS thoroughly, completely ...1819 Eng. dial.
• TO A FARE-THEE-WELL to the utmost degree, thoroughly; in abundance ...1885 Amer. dial.
• TO THE BACKBONE thoroughly, completely ...1864
• TO THE EARS completely, thoroughly ...1877 Amer. sl.
• TO THE SKIN thoroughly, completely ...1605
• UP TO ONE'S ARMPITS to a great extent; completely; thoroughly; having a large amount of ...1958 Amer. sl.
• YARE † well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt ...a900
• YERNE † thoroughly, well ...c1000
THOUGHT - adjectives
• BRAIN-LIT enlightened by thought ...1845
• COGITABUND * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
• DEEP-BRAINED full of profound thought; ingenious ...1597
• PENSATIVE † full of thought; pensive, anxious ...1574
• THOUGHTIVE † addicted to or engaged in thought; thoughtful ...1654
• THOUGHTSOME †* addicted to thought, thoughtful; having the faculty of thought, mental, spiritual ...1611
• VAGANT † of thoughts: wandering ...c1450
THOUGHT - nouns
• ADVISEMENT † 1. the process of viewing or considering mentally; thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, deliberation ...1330
† 2. the result of thinking; a thought, opinion, resolution, plan ...1535
• DEEM † judgement, opinion, thought, surmise ...1501
• THINK thought, opinion ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THINKING-WORK thought ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINK-SO a passing thought; a vague suspicion ...1887 Eng. dial.
• VENTILATION † the utterance or expression of one's thoughts, etc. ...1615
THOUGHT - verbs
• ADVISE † to bethink oneself; to take thought, to consider, to reflect ...1297
• BURST ONE'S BRAIN † to take or use excessive thought ...1587
• NOTIONATE †* to devise or originate by process of thought ...1661
THOUGHTFUL - adjectives
• ADVICEFUL † considerate, thoughtful, attentive, careful ...1596
• COGITABUND * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
• COGITABUNDOUS deep in thought, thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1627
• MEDITABUND †* absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful ...1681
• MOME gentle; quiet; demure, diffident; thoughtful; smooth-spoken ...1864 Eng. dial.
• OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PENSY † quiet, thoughtful, pensive ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REVURE thoughtful, dark and gloomy ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STUDIENT †* meditative, thoughtful ...1387-8
• THOTTY thoughtful, considerate, kind ...1982 Amer. dial.
• THOUGHTED thoughtful ...1913 Amer. dial.
• THOUGHTIVE † addicted to or engaged in thought; thoughtful ...1654
• THOUGHTSOME †* addicted to thought, thoughtful; having the faculty of thought, mental, spiritual ...1611
• THOUGHTY thoughtful, given to reflection; attentive; intelligent ...1823 Sc.
• THRIFTY thoughtful, considerate, saving of time or trouble ...1899 Sc.
THOUGHTFUL - verbs
• CHEW THE CUD to be very thoughtful ...c1860 colloq.
THOUGHTFULNESS - nouns
• ADVISIVENESS †* thoughtfulness, prudence, discretion ...1436
THOUGHTLESS - adjectives
• BAT-MINDED mentally blind ...1869
• BIRD-WITTED lacking the faculty of attention; having no concentration; flitting from subject to subject; easily imposed on; thoughtless, inconsiderate ...1658
• CHICKEN underhanded, sneaky; thoughtless or inconsiderate ...20C Amer. sl.
• DAFT thoughtless or giddy in one's mirth; madly gay or frolicsome ...c1575 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAUSEY-HEADED giddy, thoughtless; bewildered, confused ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FAST-GATED reckless, thoughtless, hasty; presumptuous, immodest ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GAUFFIN light-headed, foolish, thoughtless, giddy ...1810 Sc.
• GONNER-NOPED thoughtless, foolish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HALOKIT giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy ...1724 Sc.
• HEADLESS thoughtless, heedless ...1526
• INCOGITANT thoughtless, not thinking; inconsiderate; characterized by want of thought ...1628
• MENSELESS thoughtless, silly, foolish; senseless ...1809 Sc.
• NEVER-HEED-EM thoughtless, wild ...1865 Eng. dial.
• NON-THOUGHTED thoughtless ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RACKETTY careless, thoughtless, wild ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAPSICAL thoughtless; funny; boisterous, esp. when lightly intoxicated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS lacking common sense; silly; foolish; stupid; thoughtless; useless, awkward ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAFFEREL thoughtless, foolish, giddy; also, ill-dressed ...1822 Sc.
• THORTY thoughtless, half-witted, stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNBETHINKING thoughtless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTED thoughtless, ill-considered ...a1845 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTY thoughtless; careless ...1972 Amer. dial.
• VAIN † of persons: devoid of sense or wisdom; foolish, silly, thoughtless; of an idle or futile nature or disposition ...1390 rare or obs.
• WHIZZLE-BRAINED giddy, thoughtless, harebrained ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIFFLE-HEADED thoughtless ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIZZLE-PATED giddy, harebrained, thoughtless ...B1900 Eng. dial.
THOUGHTLESS - nouns, person
• AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb ...1611
• BAT a foolish, thoughtless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOOLZIE a frolicsome and thoughtless woman ...19C Sc.
• GATTLE-HEAD † a forgetful, careless, and thoughtless person ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GOOSE a stupid, thoughtless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HALOCK a giddy thoughtless girl or young woman ...1508 Sc.
• HALOK † a light, thoughtless girl; a giddy young woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
• JINGLE-BRAINS a wild, thoughtless person; a noisy, talkative person ...1690 colloq.
• MAZEGERRY a wild, thoughtless, frolicsome fellow ...1816 Eng. dial.
• MAZEGERRY-PATTICK a wild, thoughtless, frolicsome fellow ...1860 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE a thoughtless or reckless fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• RAM-STAM * a thoughtless person ...1823 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-CAP a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-HORN a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-PATE a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-SKULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne'er-do-well ...1881 Eng. dial.
• STRACKLE-BRAIN a giddy, thoughtless person; a simpleton, a fool; a good-for-nothing ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-HORN a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-NODDLES a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-NOODLE a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-WATTY a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THOUGHTLESS - phrases
• NOT TO CARE WHETHER THE DOG CATCH THE HARE OR THE HARE CATCH THE DOG said of a person who is utterly thoughtless or reckless of consequences ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THOUGHTLESSLY - adverbs
• BANG-SWANG headlong, without thought ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HEADLING † without thought or regard; thoughtlessly, precipitately ...1421-2
• HEADLINGS † without thought or regard; thoughtlessly, precipitately ...c1380
• UNCANNILY unthinkingly, thoughtlessly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTED-LIKE thoughtlessly, inadvertently ...1932 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTEDLY thoughtlessly, inadvertently ...1835 Amer. dial.
• UNTHOUGHTY thoughtlessly ...1982 Amer. dial.
• VAINLY † foolishly, senselessly, thoughtlessly ...1588
THOUGHTLESSNESS - nouns
• DAFFERY † folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
• DAFFRY † folly, foolishness; thoughtlessness ...1768 Sc.
• GAIETY † levity, thoughtlessness ...1647
• UNTHOUGHTEDNESS thoughtlessness ...1915 Amer. dial.
THOUSAND - nouns
• G a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1928 sl., orig. US
• GEE a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) ...1920s sl., orig. US
• K 1000, esp. as $1000 or £1000 ...1960s sl.
THRASH - verbs
• ANOINT to flog, to beat, to thrash; to chastise by word or act ...c1500
• ARRAY to thrash, to flog; to disfigure, to befoul ...L14 jocular
• AUM to thrash, to beat soundly; to tan a person's hide ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK to beat, to thrash ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BADGER to beat, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• BALL to beat, to thrash ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BAND-END to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
• BANNICK to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNOCK to thrash, to beat soundly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASH UP to beat up, to thrash ...1920s sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
• BASSOCK to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BASTE to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog, to cudgel ...1533
• BASTE A PERSON'S BACON to strike or thrash him ...B1900
• BASTINADE to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
• BASTINADO to beat with a stick; to thrash, to thwack ...1614 arch.
• BASTONADE to thrash or thwack with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet ...1601 arch.
• BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike ...c1440
• BATOON to beat or strike with a 'batoon'; to thrash with a stick, to cudgel ...1683 arch.
• BAZZ to thrash, to beat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZOCK to beat, to thrash soundly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BEAT THE HOUND OUT OF to thrash or beat thoroughly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1966 sl.
• BECURRY † to beat, to thrash ...1598
• BELAM † to thrash, to beat ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELAMB † to thrash, to beat ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELLTINKER to beat, to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELT to hit, to thrash with a belt ...1649
• BENSIL to thrash, to beat soundly; to bang; to drive away ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BERRY † to beat, to thrash ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BESWADDLE †* to beat, to thrash, to 'swaddle' ...1598
• BETHWACK to pelt, to thrash, to cudgel soundly ...1555
• BREAK ONE'S ASS to beat someone up; to thrash someone savagely ...1954 Amer. sl.
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1955 US sl.
• BRUSH to beat, to thrash ...1842 Amer. dial.
• BUMBASTE † to beat on the posteriors; to inflict school punishment; hence, to flog, to thrash, to beat or baste soundly ...1571 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUMFEG † to flog, to beat, to thrash ...1589 obs.
• BUST ONE'S ASS to beat someone up; to thrash someone savagely ...1980 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash ...1952 US sl.
• BYFRAP †* to beat about, to thrash ...c1380
• CLAPPERCLAW to claw, scratch, slap, fight with the open hand and nails; to beat with the open hand, to thrash (generally used of women) ...1590 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S CLOCK to thrash someone; to trounce ...1959 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S GREENS to thrash someone ...1972 US sl.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S PLOW to thrash someone ...1919 Amer. sl.
• CLOBBER to beat or batter; to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting; to thrash...1946 sl.
• COMB DOWN to ill-treat; to thrash ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• CURRY ONE'S SKIN-COAT to beat a person severely; to thrash ...B1900
• DIGHT to beat, to thrash, to scourge ...BK1900 Sc.
• DUST SOMEONE'S COAT to thrash, to beat someone up ...L17 sl.
• DUST SOMEONE'S JACKET to thrash, to beat someone up ...L17 sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S LUNCH to thrash; to exact revenge ...1969 US sl.
• FADGE to beat, to thrash ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAG † to beat; to thrash; to strike ...L17 sl.
• FEAK † to beat, to thrash ...1652
• FILL IN to thrash, to beat ...c1925 sl. orig. Royal Navy
• GET IN SOMEONE'S ASS to cause trouble for someone; to act against someone; to thrash someone ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GIVE A BROWCING to give a good thrashing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIVE BELLTINKER of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• GIVE JESSE to rebuke with vigour; to thrash ...1847 Amer. sl.
• GIVE SOME HAZEL to give a beating or thrashing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE BUD to thrash ...1891 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE HICKORY to thrash ...1891 Amer. dial.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• HAMMER to thrash; to beat continuously with a stick ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASE to beat, to thrash ...1884 Eng. dial.
• HAZE to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly ...1678 Eng. dial.
• JACKET to thrash; to beat ...1704 sl.
• JERK † to thrash
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• KICK THE SHIT OUT OF to thrash or beat a person severely ...sl.
• KNOCK THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEONE to thrash or beat someone severely ...19C colloq.
• LABOUR to beat, to thrash, to batter, to belabour ...1824 Sc.
• LACE to lash, beat, thrash ...1599
• LACE INTO to attack, to beat, to thrash ...E19 sl.
• LACE SOMEONE'S JACKET to beat up, to thrash ...L17 sl.
• LAM to beat soundly; to thrash ...1595
• LAMBACK † to beat, to thrash ...1589
• LAMBASTE to beat, to thrash ...1637 sl. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAMB-DOWN to thrash ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LAMBSKIN † to beat, to thrash ...1589
• LAMMUX to beat, to thrash ...1925 Amer. dial.
• LAMP to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1808 Sc.
• LAND-BAIST to lambaste, to beat, to thrash ...1975 Amer. dial.
• LARROP to beat, to flog, to thrash ...1823 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• LARRUP to beat thoroughly, to strike, to thrash, to whip, to flog ...1824 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LATHER to beat, to thrash ...1797
• LAY INTO to beat, to thrash ...1838 sl.
• LAY ON THE JACK to thrash or scold soundly ...1557 colloq.
• LEATHER orig. to hit someone with a leather strap; hence, to beat or thrash someone ...a1625
• LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip ...1888 Amer. dial.
• LINGE † to beat severely, to thrash, to flog ...1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LIRROP to beat, to flog, to thrash ...1823 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• LORRY UP to beat, to thrash ...1940s Irish sl.
• LOUNDER to beat severely with heavy strokes; to thrash, thump, cuff, cudgel ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LURRY UP to beat, to thrash ...1940s Irish sl.
• MALACOUTER to beat, to thrash, to punish ...c1910 Sc.
• MEASURE FOR A NEW JACKET to thrash, to beat, to flog ...Bk1905 Eng.
• MEASURE FOR A WARM SUIT OF CLOTHES to thrash, to beat, to flog ...Bk1905 Eng.
• MEASURE ONE'S BACK WITH A STICK to thrash, to beat, to flog ...Bk1905 Eng.
• NOINT to beat, to thrash, to chastise by word or act ...1843 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OIL to thrash, to beat ...L18 sl.
• OINT to thrash, to beat ...1894 Eng. dial.
• PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish ...c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIL to strike continuously; to beat, to thrash ...1740 Eng. dial.
• PAY WITHIN AN INCH OF ONE'S LIFE to thrash soundly, to give a good beating to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PLAY RAP-JACKET to administer a beating; to thrash soundly ...1880 Amer. dial.
• PROMISE BELLTINKER of persons: to give a good thrashing, or a scolding; of things: to do anything thoroughly or in good style ...1859 Eng. dial.
• PUT (ONE) THROUGH A COURSE OF SPROUTS to thrash; to castigate; to give one a good drubbing ...19C Amer. dial.
• QUANT to thrash, to chastise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUELT to beat, to thrash soundly ...1836 Eng. dial.
• QUELTEN DOWN to beat or thrash thoroughly ...1942 Amer. dial.
• QUILT to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAAS to thrash ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RADDLE to beat, to thrash ...1688 N. Eng. dial.
• RAISE JESSE to rebuke with vigour; to thrash ...1847 Amer. sl.
• RAMSQUADDLE to beat, to thrash ...1830 Amer. dial.
• RIB-BASTE † to thrash, to beat severely ...1598
• RIB-ROAST to belabour with a cudgel; to beat soundly, to thrash ...1570 now arch.
• RIB-TICKLE to thrash; to beat up ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUB DOWN WITH AN OAKEN TOWEL to thrash, to beat ...18C sl.
• SALLET to give a severe thrashing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SALLIT to give a severe thrashing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAITCH to beat or thrash with a stick or rod ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUMPLICATE to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• SCUTCH to beat, to whip, to thrash soundly ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• SHARPEN ONE'S HOE to thrash, to whip ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SHELLAC to thrash soundly ...sl.
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• STACK ASSES to thrash opponents, as in a brawl; to employ violence ...1972 Amer. sl.
• TABBER to beat, to belabour, to thrash ...c1850 Sc.
• TABOR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• TABOUR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• TAN to thrash soundly ...1862 colloq.
• TAN A PERSON'S HIDE to thrash or flog a person
• TANCEL to beat, to thrash; to ill-use ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TAN ONE'S ARSE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment: to thrash or flog ...c1670 sl.
• TAN ONE'S BACKSIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment; to thrash or flog...c1670 sl.
• TANSEL to beat, to thrash; to ill-use ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TANSILOON to beat, to thrash ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANCELLOON to beat, to thrash ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARGE to beat, to strike; to thrash ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR DOWN to beat, to thrash ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TEAR UP to beat, to thrash ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THONG to beat, to thrash ...1746 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRAP to thrash around, to keep warm ...1957 Amer. dial.
• THREAP to beat, to flog, to thrash, to punish severely ...1721 Eng. dial.
• THUNK to thrash, to 'leather' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWITE to thrash soundly ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-BEAT † to beat severely, to belabour, to thrash ...a1250
• TO-BONE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUNE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUST † to beat or thrash to pieces ...a1250
• TOWEL to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to thrash; to beat; to cudgel ...1705 sl.
• TOWEL UP to beat, to thrash ...1919 Aust. sl.
• TRIM to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TRIM ONE' S JACKET to thrash, to beat ...Bk1896 sl.
• TWILT to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1836 Eng. dial.
• WALE to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALK to beat, to thrash, to drub a person ...a1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard ...1825 colloq.
• WALLOPSE to thrash, to beat; to maul ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WARM to beat, to thrash, to flog ...1824 Eng. dial.
• WARM ONE'S ARSE to thrash ...M19 sl.
• WARM ONE'S JACKET to thrash ...M19 sl.
• WHALE to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog, to hit, to trounce ...1856 Sc.
• WHEAL to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog ...1856 Eng. dial.
• WHOLLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard ...E19 sl.
• WOLLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard ...E19 sl.
• YACKEN to thrash severely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to strike sharply with the end of a whip-lash; to flog; to thrash ...1889 Eng. dial.
• YARK † to strike hard, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YIRK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOCKEN to thrash severely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRASHED - adjectives
• JACKSONED thrashed ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TANNED beaten, thrashed ...1905 sl.
THRASHING - adjectives
• BELABOROUS given to thrashing ...1860 nonce word
THRASHING - nouns
• ANOINTING a beating, a thrashing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• ASS-WAXING a thrashing, a trouncing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• AWMAN a thrashing, chastisement ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK-BRAYING a beating, a thrashing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BALLING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOO CHOW-CHOW a thrashing ...M19 sl.
• BAMBOOING a thrashing, a whipping ...M19 sl.
• BAND-ENDING a thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BANGING a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
• BANNICKING a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANNOCKING a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASKING † a beating, a thrashing, flagellation ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BASSOCKING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASTINADOING cudgelling, thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet ...1614
• BASTING a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing ...1590
• BAZZOCKING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELL-OIL a good thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLYFUL a thrashing ...M17 sl.
• BELTING a beating, a thrashing ...1854
• BENSILLING a thrashing, a beating ...1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BILLIZING a thrashing, a buffeting ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BRUSHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DICHLING a beating, a thrashing, a drubbing ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DOSE OF STRAP-OIL, A a thrashing ...Bk1904 sl.
• DUSTING a beating or thrashing ...L18 sl.
• FAGGING a beating, a thrashing, a thumping ...1775 sl.
• FANNING a beating, a thrashing ...M19 sl.
• FEAKING † a beating, a thrashing ...1601
• GALLIER a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAMMERING a thrashing ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAZELING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging ...1863 Eng. dial.
• HAZING a sound beating, a thrashing ...1825
• JACKETING a beating, a thrashing; a tongue-lashing, a scolding ...1851
• JACKSONING a thrashing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAFFERPAK a thorough beating, a thrashing; a comprehensive defeat ...1930s S. Africa sl.
• KNACKER'S BRANDY a sound thrashing or beating ...1819 Eng. dial.
• KNEVELL a severe beating or thrashing ...B1900 Sc.
• LABBERIN a beating, a thrashing ...1874 Sc.
• LALDIE a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• LALDY-DALDY a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing ...1889 Sc.
• LAMBASTING a beating; a thrashing ...1694 sl. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAMMACING a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMMING a beating, a thrashing ...1611
• LAMPS a beating, a thrashing ...1960 Sc.
• LARRUP a sound beating or thrashing ...E19 sl.
• LARRUPING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging; a whipping; a tongue-lashing, a scolding ...1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LARRUPPING a sound thrashing ...E19 sl.
• LICKING a beating or thrashing ...1350 colloq.
• MACING a severe thrashing ...19C sl.
• NAILING a beating, a thrashing, punishment ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAN CLAPPISON'S DOSE a good thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• NAUPING a thrashing, a cudgelling; chastisement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOINTING a beating, a thrashing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OILING a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL OF BIRCH a thrashing with a birch rod ...1833 Amer. sl.
• OIL OF HAZEL a sound beating, thrashing, or drubbing ...c1678
• OIL OF HICKORY a thrashing with a hickory rod ...1837 Amer. sl.
• OIL OF OAK a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OIL OF STRAP a beating, a thrashing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL OF STRAP 'EM a thrashing ...Bk1904 sl.
• OIL OF WALNUT a sound thrashing ...1941 Amer. sl.
• OVERHAUL a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing ...1797 Amer. dial.
• OVERHAULING a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing; chastisement ...1833 Amer. dial.
• PADDY-WHACK-SAUCE a severe beating or thrashing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PAIKING a beating, a thrashing; a punishment ...1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PAIKMENT a thrashing ...Bk1909 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PIECE OF SOMEONE'S ASS vengeance against someone, esp. in the form of a beating, a thrashing, a punishment ...1959 US sl.
• QUILTING a thrashing, a beating ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RASPING a scolding; a thrashing ...1853 Eng. dial.
• RIB-BENDING a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBING a thrashing, a beating ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIB-ROASTING a thrashing, a beating ...1663 sl.
• SCALLIONS a boys' name for a good beating or thrashing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUTCHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SHELLACKING a sound thrashing ...1880 sl.
• STRAPPING a thrashing ...Bk1904 sl.
• TABBERING a thrashing, a beating ...1882 Sc.
• TEARING DOWN a beating, a thrashing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEARING UP a beating, a thrashing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THRAPSING a thrashing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAPING a beating, a thrashing ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TOWELLING a thrashing, a beating ...M19
• TRIMMING a sharp scolding; chastisement; a drubbing, beating, or thrashing ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WALLOPING a thrashing ...colloq.
• WARMING a thrashing, a trouncing ...1681
• WHOPPING a severe beating or thrashing; defeat ...19C colloq.
• YETHERING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THRASHING - verbs
• CATCH IT to get a thrashing or a scolding ...1835 colloq.
THREAD - adjectives
• GOUTY of thread: full of knots, tangles, and kinks ...1899 Amer. dial.
THREAD - nouns
• BOW-WOW a thread ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRD thread ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAFFLINGS entangled threads ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCREED a large portion; a long length of thread, twine, etc. ...1884 Sc.
• TALLYWAGGER a thread dangling from the hem of a garment or from the edge of a rug ...20C Anglo-Irish usage
• THRUM a thread or loose end of any kind; generally in plural ...1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THREAD - verbs
• THREADLE to thread a needle; to thread, to string ...1898 Eng. dial.
THREADBARE - adjectives
• SCOURY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
THREAT, THREATENING - nouns
• BEOT † a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast ...a1000
• BOAST a threat, a scolding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOIST a threat ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GUN TALK tough, threatening talk ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character ...a1632
• JACK UP THE ORCHARD a threat ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MINACITY disposition to use threats; a threatening or menacing ...1656
• WOLF TICKET a threat or other act of intimidation used to coerce ....1974 US sl.
• WOOF TICKET a lie, a bluff, a challenge, an empty threat ...1971 Amer. dial.
THREAT - phrases
• I'LL HAVE YOUR GUTS FOR GARTERS a threat
THREATEN - verbs
• BAIRGE to collide violently; to threaten with violence; to move clumsily and noisily ...1847 Sc.
• BEOTE † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BEOTEN † to boast, to threaten ...a1000
• BOAST to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOIST to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOST to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARE to deter by threatening; to forbid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HARD-MOUTH to threaten or disparage ...1960 Trinidad and Tobago
• HAZEN † to scold, to rebuke, to threaten ...1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KEAVE to threaten ...1874 Sc.
• LEAN INTO to pressurize, to threaten ...20C Irish sl.
• LEAN ON to pressurize, to persuade, possibly with violence or threats of violence, to threaten with force ..1920s sl., orig. US
• MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MONSTER to harass, to threaten, to victimize someone ...1967 Aust. sl.
• PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE to menace, threaten, or intimidate ...1958 Brit. police & criminals' sl.
• SELL A WOLF TICKET to threaten, to intimidate ...1960s US Black sl.
• SELL A WOOF TICKET to threaten, to intimidate ...1960s US Black sl.
• STARKLE † to use threatening gestures ...1527
• THEW to threaten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAT to threaten ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-THREAT † to threaten violently ...1377
• VAPER to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence ...1628
THREATENED - adjectives
• HOT CORNER a position in which one is threatened or bullied ...1854 sl.
THREATENING - adjectives
• BAD NEWS unpleasant, threatening ...1960s sl., orig. US
• BOOGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BUGGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MINACIOUS menacing, threatening; full of threats or menaces ...1660
• MINITABUND * threatening ...1890
• ORGULOUS threatening, dangerous ...1484 arch.
• SCOUTHERIN' threatening, rebuking, chastising ...1874 Sc.
• SEVIDICAL † speaking fiercely, using cruel language; threatening ...1630
• SKETCH suspicious, threatening ...2003 US sl.
• THREATFUL threatening; threatening-looking ...1884 Sc.
• UGLY ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
THREATENING - nouns
• BOOLYIE a loud, threatening noise, like a bull's bellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLDOCIA boastful and threatening language ...1934 Amer. dial.
• NEIVE-SHAKING the shaking of the fist, threatening ...1894 Eng. dial.
THREATENING - nouns, person
• BAD NEWS a troublesome, threatening person ...1940s sl., orig. US
THREATENING - verbs
• RAMP to storm and rage with violent gestures; to act in a furious or threatening manner ...c1386
• WAGE to shake one's fist in a threatening manner ...1808 Sc.
THREE - nouns
• EARTH three ...M19 back-slang
• EERTH three ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH three ...M19 back-slang
• PAIR-ROYAL a set of three persons or things; three of a kind ...1592
• VICAR OF BRAY the number three; three ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'trey'
THREE - verbs
• TERTIATE † to do or perform for the third time; to do a thing three times ...1623
THREEFOLD - adjectives
• THREBBLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE-PLAIT treble, threefold; three-ply or plaited ...1821 Sc.
• THREEPLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRIBBLE treble, triple, threefold ...1765 Amer. dial.
• THRIPLE treble, triple, threefold ...1909 Amer. dial.
THREEPENCE - nouns
• CURRANTS-AND-PLUMS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• DEVIL'S-BIT a threepenny piece ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EARTH YANNOPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• EARTH YENNEPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH YANNOPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH YENNEPS threepence ...M19 back-slang
• JOEY † a former twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass worth three old pence ...1936 obs. exc. hist.
• PEN a threepenny piece ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SCRUM a threepenny piece ...1894 Aust. sl.
• SCRUMMY a threepenny piece ...1894 Aust. sl.
• THREESWINS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• THREPS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• THRUM a threepenny piece ...1865 Brit. sl.
• THRUMMER a threepenny piece ...1898 Aust. sl.
• THRUMS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• TICKY a threepenny piece ...1877 S. Afr. colloq.
• TIDDLER a small coin, such as a silver threepenny piece or a 1/2p coin ...1966 Brit. sl.
• TRAY a threepenny piece ...1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
• TREY a threepenny piece ...1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
• TREY-BIT a threepenny piece ...1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
• TRIZZIE a threepenny piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TRIZZY a threepenny piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
THRESHOLD - nouns
• THRESCOT a threshold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRESHEL a threshold ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRESH-FOD threshold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• THRESHWOOD threshold; the sill or wooden beam in front of the door ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRESKLE threshold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRIFT - nouns
• HAG thrift, economy ...1866 Sc.
• HAIN a means to thrift, a saving, an economical appliance ...1953 Sc.
• HAINING thrift, economy, penuriousness ...1871 Sc.
• VIRTUE thrift ...Bk1905 Sc.
THRIFTILY - adverbs
• NEAR thriftily; parsimoniously, meanly ...a1625
THRIFTLESS - adjectives
• ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well ...1570 sl.
THRIFTLESS - nouns
• NEVER-THRIVING † a thriftless pack ...1486
THRIFTLESS - nouns, person
• ABBEY LUBBER a lazy, thriftless person ...c1750 nautical sl.
• DAB an untidy, thriftless woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILP † a thriftless housewife ...1768 Sc.
• TANGLE a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLES a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANTHRIFT a thriftless person; a prodigal ...a1585 Sc.
THRIFTY - adjectives
• CANNY careful, frugal, thrifty ...1725 Sc.
• ECONOMIC † thrifty, careful, saving, sparing ...1755
• GAIR † parsimonious, niggardly; thrifty, careful ...1788 Sc.
• HAINING thrifty; spare, reserved for special occasions ...c1779 Sc.
• NARRISH thrifty ...1889 colloq.
• PERSNICKETY thrifty ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VIRTUOUS † thrifty, industrious ...Bk1905 Sc.
THRIFTY - nouns, person
• GATHERER a frugal, saving, thrifty person ...1901 Sc.
• HAINER a thrifty, saving person ...1825 Sc.
• NEEDLER a keen, active, thrifty person; a niggard ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person ...1881 Eng. dial.
THRILL, THRILLING - nouns
• ALL-OVERNESS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1820 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERS feelings of exhilaration; thrills ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BLAST a pleasurable thrill; fun; an uproariously good time; a funny thing ...a1950 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ a thrill ...1937 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE a state or feeling of excitement; a thrill; exhilaration rising from the use of narcotics ...1921 US sl.
• HUMDINGER something exciting or thrilling; something or someone very fine or splendid; a stylish person ...1905 sl., orig. US
• JOLLIES pleasurable excitement, esp. from or as if from something forbidden or improper; enjoyment; fun; thrills; kicks ...1930 colloq.
• KICK a thrill from drugs or alcohol; a thrill of any type ...20C sl.
• THIRL a thrill ...1879 Sc.
• THRILLS AND SPILLS excitement; a thrill ...1983 sl.
THRILL - verbs
• DINGLE to tingle, to thrill ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GET A BANG OUT OF to experience a thrill or excitement from ...US & Can. sl.
• JAZZ to thrill or excite ...1921 Amer. sl.
• KILL to excite, to please, to thrill ...1844 US sl.
• THIRL to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THRILLING - adjectives
• HAIRY dangerous, scary, frightening, esp. if thrilling, exciting ...1945 US sl.
• NERVOUS great, thrilling ...1920s US sl., orig. jazz
• THRILLY † thrilling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRIVE - verbs
• BATTEN 1. to grow better, or improve in condition; of animals esp., to improve in bodily condition by feeding, to feed to advantage, to thrive, to grow fat ...1591
2. to thrive, to grow fat, to prosper, esp. in a bad sense, at the expense or to the detriment of another; to gratify a morbid mental craving ...1605
• BATTLE † of men and animals: to grow fat, to thrive ...1575
• DOW to do well, to thrive, to prosper ...ME now Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FADGE † to succeed, to thrive ... 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THEE † to thrive, to prosper; to grow ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAM † to thrive ...1768 Eng.
• THRODDEN to thrive; to grow, to increase; to improve by care or cultivation ...1641 Eng. dial.
THRIVING - adjectives
• BATTENING feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat; thriving, healthy ...1593
• BIEN thriving; prosperous; comfortable ...1816 Sc.
• BILSHIE short and stout; plump and thriving ...19C Sc.
• DAINTY plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• DENTY pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• GRUSHIE healthy, thriving ...Sc.
• RAFFIE of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY of crops, animals, etc.: thriving, healthy, flourishing ...1871 Sc.
• THRIFTY thriving, flourishing, in good condition or health ...1811 Eng. dial.
• THRIVEN thriving, prosperous; well-nourished, strong ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALY beautiful, excellent; fine, thriving, strong ...1500-20 Sc.
THRIVING - nouns
• BATTENING a bringing-up, thriving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
THRIVING - nouns, person
• THRODDY a plump, thriving child ...1825 Eng. dial.
THROAT - adjectives
• HASKED of the throat: parched ...1876 Eng. dial.
THROAT - nouns
• ALLEY WAY the throat, in the context of drinking ...1910s US sl.
• FUNNEL the throat ...E18 sl.
• GAMP the opening of the throat; also, the mouth ...1923 Sc.
• GAN † the mouth; the throat; the lips ...1536 UK sl.
• GANNE † the mouth, the throat ...1865 Sc.
• GARGET †* the throat ...a1300
• GIN-LANE the throat ...c1830 sl.
• GIZZLE the throat ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GO-FETCH-'ER the throat as a whole; the gullet, the windpipe, the Adam's apple ...c1940 Amer. dial.
• GO-FETCH-IT the throat as a whole; the gullet, the windpipe, the Adam's apple ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOGGLE the throat ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOGNOCKER the throat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOOZEM PIPE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck ...1883 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLEM the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLE PIPE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLER the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE the throat; the Adam's apple; of an animal: the windpipe ...L19 US sl.
• GORGLE the throat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE the throat as a whole, or the gullet, the windpipe, or Adam's apple ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOZZLE PIPE. the throat ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GUTTER ALLEY the throat ...17C sl.
• GUTTER-LANE the throat; the gullet ...a1700 obs. sl.
• GUZZLE the throat or esophagus ...1659
• HALSE † the throat, the gullet; the windpipe ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HASK the throat, the soft palate ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAUSE the throat, the gullet, the windpipe ...1721 Sc.
• HAWK an effort to clear the throat, the sound made in clearing the throat ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IRISH CHANNEL the throat ...1900s sl.
• LANE, THE the throat ...a1553 sl.
• MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws ...1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NANNY the throat ...1960s rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
• NANNY GOAT the throat ...1960s rhyming sl.
• NARROW LANE, THE the throat ...1542 sl.
• NECK the throat ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ORGAN-PIPE the windpipe, the throat, the voice ...M19 sl.
• QUAIL-PIPE † the throat or vocal organs; a woman's tongue ...1693
• QUILL the throat, the gullet ...1827 Sc.
• RAKE † the throat, the jaws ...c825
• REASTY-THROAT a sore, rasped throat ...1897 Eng. dial.
• RED-CLOSE the throat ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED-LANE the throat ...1566 sl.
• RED LION LANE the throat ...1865 sl.
• RED ROAD the throat, the gullet ...1995 Amer. dial.
• RED-SEA the throat ...Bk1903 sl.
• SWALLOW the throat ...L18
• SWALLOW-PIPE the throat ...20C W. Indies sl.
• THRAP the windpipe; the throat ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• THRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROTTLE the throat; the windpipe ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck ...1796 Sc.
• WEZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WIND GOGGLE the throat ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WIZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WOOZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
• WOZZEN the throat, the windpipe, the gullet ...1858 Amer. dial.
THROB - nouns
• QUAP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOB a throb; a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOP a throb, a palpitation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THROB - verbs
• BELL of a sore: to throb, to be inflamed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to swing, vibrate, quiver, throb, tingle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain ...B1900 Sc.
• FARE to ache, to throb ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GALVA to throb, to palpitate ...1876 Eng. dial.
• GILVER to ache, to throb (said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc. - not of the heart or pulse) ...1830 Eng. dial.
• JAG to prick or pierce with some sharp instrument; to throb or prick painfully ...1706 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUAB † to beat, to throb, to quiver ...1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate, to quiver ...c1374
• QUOB to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate ...1863 Eng. dial.
• QUOP † to beat, to throb, to palpitate ...a1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THOB to throb ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TICK to beat, pulse, throb ...1868
• WARCH † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARK † to ache, to suffer pain; to throb painfully ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
THRONG - nouns
• DRINGLE a crowd, a throng ...1874 Eng. dial.
• MANZY a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENYIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENZIE a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things ...1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Eng. dial.
• THRING † a crowd or throng of people ...c1205
• THROCK † a crowd, a throng ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUTCH a throng ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc.
THRONG - verbs
• THRAG to throng, to crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE to throng, to crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle ...1774 Sc.
• THRING † to press, to crowd, to throng; to move or gather in a crowd; to assemble; to crowd around, to throng a person ...a800
• THROCK † to throng, to crowd...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
THRONGED - adjectives
• CELEBRIOUS † of a place or assembly: crowded, thronged, frequented ...1627
THRONGING - adjectives
• CLUSTEROUS †* in a cluster, thronging, gathering close together ...1583
THROTTLE - nouns, person
• GUZZLER one who strangles or throttles; a murderer ...L19 sl.
THROTTLE - verbs
• FAGGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• FAGOT to strangle or throttle ...L19 sl.
• GAROTTE to throttle a person in order to rob him ...1858
• GARROTTE to throttle a person in order to rob him ...1858
• GUZZLE to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently; to throttle; broadly, to murder ...1885 Amer. sl.
• SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THROPPLE to throttle, to choke; to seize by the throat ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THROTTLING - nouns
• FAM-SQUEEZE throttling, strangulation ...E19 sl.
• GAROTTING the practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him ...1858
• GARROTTING the practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him ...1858
THROUGH - adjectives
• THROUGH-GOING passing through ...1901 Sc.
THROUGHOUT - adverbs
• ALOW AND ALOFT throughout, completely, all over ...1827 Amer. dial.
• THRUFFISH throughout ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THROUGHOUT - prepositions
• BETHROUGH †* throughout ...c1425
THROW - nouns
• BUGGY-WHIP DELIVERY a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULLET a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BURNER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASTIE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLASH a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAVE a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw ...a1571
• HOT ONE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT-SHOT n. a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT SOCK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMMER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACULATION * the act of darting, hurling, or throwing; a hurl, a throw ...1608
• NASTY SLING a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PECK a toss, a hard throw ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PLANK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLUNK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUOIT †* a cast or throw ...1706
• RIFLE THROW a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCAGE a throw ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCORCHER a fast throw ...1900 Amer. sl.
• SHOT a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHY a quick, jerking or careless throw, as of a stone, etc. ...L18 sl.
• SIZZLER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKEHOUSE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKEHOUSE THROW a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOKER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAPPED PEG a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOAK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOAKER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOCK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPEEDY ONE a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEAMER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAK a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWISHER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THRUT the throw of a stone, etc.; a throw or fall in wrestling ...1898 Eng. dial.
• WHIPLASH DELIVERY a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHISTLING PEG a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIZ a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIZZER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ZIPPER a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
THROW - verbs
• AIN(E) to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BANG to throw or thrust violently ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BAZZ to throw with force ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BISH to throw ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• BUNG to throw forcibly ...1825 sl.
• BUZZ to throw swiftly or forcibly ...1893 colloq.
• CAIL to throw, to pelt; to throw weakly ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CALK to throw ...Bk1891 Eton College usage
• CHUNK to throw ...1880s US Black sl.
• DANG to throw violently; to knock, to bang ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DENG to throw violently; to knock, to bang ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING to fling, to throw, to hurl; to shake off ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DIRD to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash ...1871 Sc.
• FOG to hurl, pitch, or throw something, as a baseball, with great force and speed ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GOOI to throw, to fling, to give someone something; to use something ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• HABBIE-GABBIE to throw money, etc. into a crowd to be scrambled for ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAIN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HAINCH to throw or cast a stone, etc., by jerking the arm against the thigh ...1788 Sc.
• HALY-CALY to throw things to be scrambled for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAUL to throw ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAUNCH to throw ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAYNE to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEND to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• KATE MOSS to toss, to throw ...1990s rhyming sl.
• LAB to pitch, to throw from the hand, with a swing of the arm, in the manner a quoit is thrown ...1818 Sc.
• LAM to throw ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LAMMOCK to throw things about in a violent or wasteful manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANCE * to fling, to hurl, to throw a dart, etc.; to shoot out the tongue; to put forth blossoms ...a1300 chiefly poetic usage
• LAUNCH † to throw (a person); to hurl oneself; to dart, to rush ...a1300
• PECK to throw, to make a throw at something ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEEL to throw a rock, ball, or other object ...1997 Amer. dial.
• PEG to throw something; to make a throw at ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SHIVER to propel, to throw, to fire ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SKEW to throw, to hurl, to cast, to fling ...1824 Eng. dial.
• SPANGHEW to throw into the air ...Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay ...1825 Sc.
• THRING † to thrust or drive with pressure or violence; to cast, throw, or fling violently; to hurl, dash, knock ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIPPLE to throw, to pitch ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TIZZLE to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay ...1825 Sc.
• WALT † to throw, to cast, to toss out, over, etc.; to fling to the ground; to overturn, to upset ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAP † to throw quickly or with violence ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHANG to throw, drive, pull, etc., with force or with violent impact ...E19 sl.
• YARK to throw with a jerk; to cast violently; to toss ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEAN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• YEN to throw, to fling; esp. to throw stones, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
• YERK to throw with a jerk; to cast violently; to toss ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THROW AT - verbs
• BALL to throw at, to pelt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SCALE to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKAIL to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THROW AWAY - verbs
• ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of ...1938 Amer. sl.
• BANDY † to toss, drive, or throw aside or away ...1591
• BURN to waste, to throw away ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• DASH AWAY to throw something away ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DEEP SIX to kill someone or bury someone or something; to throw something away ...M20 US
• DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• FILE to toss into a wastebasket; to throw away ...1934 Amer. jocular
• GIVE THE DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• MAKE AWAY WITH to throw away or discard as useless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCARF to throw away; to abandon ...1970s US college sl.
• SHITCAN to throw away; to discard; to reject as worthless ...sl.
• SHOOT OUT to throw away, to discard ...2000 Amer. dial.
• TILT † to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset ...1300s
THROW DOWN - adjectives
• CATABALLITIVE tending to throw down ...1815 nonce word
THROW DOWN - verbs
• ABJECTATE † to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase ...1731
• ACAST † to cast down, to throw down, to cast away or off ...c1220
• ADUSH † to cause to fall heavily, to throw down headlong ...c1220
• BELK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BELLYFLOP to throw oneself down; to collapse; to fall badly ...1920s sl.
• BILK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DOUSE to throw down with force ...L18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GRASS to throw to the ground; to bring down, to defeat, to kill ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SCAT to scatter; to fling or throw down; to bespatter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLAFF to strike with the open hand, or with some flat surface; to slap; to throw down flat ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLYTE to throw down or pour out with force so as to produce a sharp sound; to fall heavily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAMBLE to throw down anything to be scrambled for ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SKLAFF to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLAFFER to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLUTE to throw down or pour out in a mass; to fall flat, esp. in mud or soft soil ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLYTE to throw down or pour out with force so as to produce a sharp sound; to fall heavily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRING DOWN to throw down ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAFFLE to throw down roughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAFFUL to throw down roughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THROWING - nouns
• LAB the act of throwing ...Bk1902 Sc.
THROWING OUT - nouns
• EJECTATION † a casting or throwing out ...1736
THROWN - adjectives
• JACULABLE †* fit to be thrown or hurled; that may be cast or darted ...1656
• JACULATORY * pert. to throwing or darting; that is thrown or darted ...1616
THROWN - verbs
• EAT DIRT to be thrown on one's face ...1974 US sl.
• EAT GRASS to be thrown or to fall on one's face ...20C US sl.
• EAT GRAVEL to be thrown on one's face ...1933 US sl.
THROWN DOWN - verbs
• WALT † to be thrown down, to fall over, to be upset or overturned; to totter; to lean to one side ...c1400
THROW OFF - verbs
• UNCASE † to cast, to throw off ...1581
THROW OUT - verbs
• BELCH † to eject, to throw out ...1668
• EJACULATE † to throw out suddenly and swiftly, to eject ...1613
• LUMBER OUT to throw out, to eject ...20C Aust. sl.
THRUSH - nouns
• THROG a thrush ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROGGY a thrush ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROLLY the song-thrush, Turdus musicus ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRUST - nouns
• ABSTRUSION * the act of thrusting away ...Bk1862
• BEVEL a strong thrust; a heavy blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRD a blow, thrust; an onslaught ...1784 Sc.
• DAG a thrust with a stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THRIST a thrust; a push ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH a thrust; a push, a shove ...1885 Eng. dial.
• VENEY † a thrust
• VUG a blow or thrust with the elbow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THRUST - verbs
• ABSTRUDE † to thrust away ...1627
• BANG to throw or thrust violently ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESKYFTE †* to thrust off ...1470-85
• BLAD to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DABACH to poke, to thrust, to prod ...1939 Sc.
• DAG to thrust at, to stab, to sting ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAB to strike or thrust ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OBTRUDE 1. to thrust forward forcibly or unduly; to thrust a matter, a person, etc. upon anyone ...c1555
2. to thrust forth; to eject, to push out ...1613
• PALT † to thrust, to put forcibly ...a1380
• PUG to thrust, poke or pack into a space ...M19 Eng. dial.
• RAM to push violently; to thrust ...1824 Sc.
• SUBTRUDE 1. to thrust under ...a1846
2. to thrust itself in stealthily ...1898
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUSH to thrust; to press, as in or by a throng of people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one's way through a crowd, etc. ...1740 Eng. dial.
• THRUTTEN † to thrust ...1814 Eng. dial.
• THURST to thrust ...1644 Sc.
• TILT † to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset ...1300s
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
• VALCH to thrust with the elbow or fist ...1873 Eng. dial.
THRUSTING - adjectives
• OBTRUSIVE characterized by forcible thrusting (oneself, one's opinions, etc.) into notice or prominence; forward; unduly prominent ...1667
THRUSTING - nouns
• OBTRUSION the forcible pushing or thrusting of anything into any space or place, or against anything else ...1847
THUD - adverbs
• SAD with a thud ...1890 Sc.
THUD - nouns
• BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc. ...1827 Sc.
• BILT a blow, a thud ...Bk1898 Sc.
• HAICHES a heavy fall; the sound resulting from it, a thud ...1790 Sc.
• RACKABIMUS a sudden or unexpected stroke, jolt, or fall; a thud ...1808 Sc.
• SAD a heavy pressing-downward movement; a thud, a thump; a hollow, knocking sound ...1828 Sc.
• SCLAFF a blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument; a slap; a box on the ear; a falling-flat; a clap, a thud ...1866 Sc.
• THUDDER a heavy shock or thud accompanied by a loud noise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VELLYE a crash, a heavy fall or thud ...1973 Sc.
• YARK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a flogging; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
THUD - verbs
• SCLATCH to dash down or fall heavily, with a great thud or clash ...1866 Sc.
THUG - nouns
• MOB a gang of ruffians or thugs ...L19 sl. orig. Aust.
THUG, THUGGISH - nouns, person
• ANIMAL an athletic or muscular man, esp. a bodyguard or hired thug ...1921 Amer. sl.
• BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne'er-do-well ...E16
• BALL-BREAKER a thug ...1970s sl., orig. US
• BANGSTER † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
• BOYS, THE criminals, rowdies, thugs, etc.; in the 19th century, corrupt politicians or their hangers-on ...a1815 Amer. sl.
• BRUISER a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1907 sl.
• BULLDOSER a bully, a thug ...L19 US sl.
• BULLDOZER a bully, a thug ...L19 US sl.
• CADET a street thug ...19C sl.
• CAVEMAN a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1926 sl.
• CLUB-FIST † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
• DAMME † a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
• DAMME-BOY † a person addicted to saying 'Damme'; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug...1618
• DEAD RABBIT a street thug, a hoodlum ...M19 US sl.
• DROOG a young ruffian or an accomplice or henchman of a gang-leader; a thug; a gangster...1962 sl.
• DROOGIE a thug, a gangster ...1970s sl.
• GANGSTER a hoodlum; a thug ...E20 US sl.
• GOD-DAM-ME a blustering, profane, aggressive thug ...17C sl.
• GOOMBAH a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia ...1960s US sl.
• GUMBA a thug; a gangster; spec., a member of an organized crime syndicate, usually the US Mafia ...1960s US sl.
• GUNSEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNSHEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNTZEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNZEL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• GUNZL a gunman or armed thug ...1943 US sl.
• HARD CHAW a thug ...2003 Ireland sl.
• HARD MAN a professional thug; a person not afraid of violent action ...1970 US sl.
• HARDROCKER a thug; a tough person ...1970s US sl.
• HOON a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Aust. sl.
• LAND-SHARK a ruffian, a thug ...17C sl.
• LOBO a thug, a hoodlum ...1949 US sl.
• MAD DOG a violent thug ...1940s US sl.
• MOPE a thug ...1997 US sl.
• MUG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1890 US sl.
• MUSCLEMAN a thug, usually as employed by a gangster for purposes of intimidation, or any strong, aggressive man ...1920s sl., orig. US
• MUSCLER a thug ...1940s US sl.
• NED a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1959 Sc. sl.
• PLUG-UGLY a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1856 sl., orig. US
• PORKHEAD a stupid, thuggish person ...1980s sl.
• RAMPER a street thug, a hooligan ...L19 sl.
• ROUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1837 sl.
• ROUGHIE a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1905 sl.
• SAWNEY a clumsy person; a thug ...L17 sl.
• SCAMPERER a street thug ...E18 sl.
• SIDEWINDER a thug, esp. a gangster's bodyguard ...1940s sl.
• SILKO a thug; a thief ...2000s Irish sl.
• SKOLLIE a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• SKOLLY a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• STANDOVER MAN a criminal who uses intimidation; a thug ...1944 Aust. sl.
• TEARCAT a thug, a bully ...17C sl.
• TEARER a thug, a bully ...17C sl.
• TOUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1866 sl., orig. US
• TRIGGER MAN a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• TROG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1956 Brit. sl.
• YOBBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Brit. sl.
• YOBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Brit. sl.
THUGGISH - adjectives
• ASS-KICKING forceful, aggressive, vicious, thuggish ...1970s sl.
• HAIRY-ARSE said of a thuggish, insensitive brute ...2001 UK sl.
• HAIRY-ARSED said of a thuggish, insensitive brute ...2001 UK sl.
• HOODY acting in a thuggish manner; resembling a thug ...1960s US sl.
• MAD-DOG violent, thuggish ...1940s US Black sl.
• OAFO thuggish ...1950s sl.