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THUMB - TIMELY
THUMB - nouns
• HARRY WIBEL the thumb ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• THUMB-BALL the thumb ...1946 Amer. dial.
• THUMB-FINGER the thumb ...1856 Eng. dial.
• THUMPER the thumb ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOM THUMB the thumb ...1972 Amer. dial.
THUMB - nouns, person
• SUCK-A-THUMB a child that sucks its thumb ...a1800
• SUCK-THUMB a child that sucks its thumb ...1890
THUMB - verbs
• QUIDDLE to suck, as a child does his thumb ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to twist or twiddle the thumbs round each other with the fingers clasped ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THUMP - nouns
• BING a thump or blow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BING-BANG expressing a repeated heavy thump or a continued banging noise ...1914 colloq.
• DEADNER a blow, a thump ...2003 Ireland sl.
• RACKET a violent, stunning blow; a thump; a stroke ...1710 Sc.
• SAD a heavy pressing-downward movement; a thud, a thump; a hollow, knocking sound ...1828 Sc.
• SCASH a blow, a thump ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS a blow, a thump ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THUD a heavy, sounding blow; a buffet, a thump; a blow with the fist ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THUSK a blow, a thump...1865 Eng. dial.
• THWANG a severe blow; a bang, a thump ...1806 Eng. dial.
• WALLACH a noisy step, thump, or fall ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAP † a blow, a knock, a thump ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHELKER a heavy blow or thump ...1851 Eng. dial.
• YACK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 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.
THUMP - verbs
• BELK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BETHUMP to thump soundly ...1595
• BILK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DOWF to hit with something soft; to thump ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FUM to thump, to beat ...L18 W. Indies
• LOUNDER to beat severely with heavy strokes; to thrash, thump, cuff, cudgel ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TABOR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• TABOUR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• THRUMPER to thump, to strike with the fist ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THUD to beat, to strike; to beat hard and with a noise; to thump ...1898 Sc.
• THUNGE to knock heavily; to thump, to bang; to strike a violent blow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TO-BONE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUNE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
THUMPING - adjectives
• THUMPATORY † characterized by thumping ...a1693 nonce word
THUMPING - nouns
• FAGGING a beating, a thrashing, a thumping ...1775 sl.
THUNDER - adjectives
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CERAUNIC pertaining to or accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1748
• FULMINEOUS † pertaining to thunder or lightning ...1727
• GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• SULPHUROUS pert. to thunder and lightning ...1603 poetic
• SULPHURY pert. to thunder and lightning ...c1611
• THUNDRIFIED thundery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNNERY-LIKE portending thunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TONITRUOUS * full of thunder, loud noise, or violent utterance ...1882
THUNDER, THUNDERBOLT - nouns
• ASTRAPHOBIA a morbid fear of thunder and lightning ...1873
• BOMACIE a thunderstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BOWT a thunderbolt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH a sudden gust, shower, or thunderclap ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAD-WAGON a thunder-clap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BRONTOPHOBIA an intense dread of thunder and thunderstorms ...1905
• COCK-EYE a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYE BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYED BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCKY BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• CORN-WAGON a thunder-clap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DENT a 'stroke' or clap of thunder ...1866 Eng. dial.
• DINDER thunder ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DINDEREX a thunderbolt ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DINT † a stroke of thunder ...ME
• EARTH-DIN thunder ...19C Sc.
• ELECTRIC CLOUD a thunder cloud; an electrical storm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FIRE-FLAUGHT lightning, a flash of lightning; a storm of thunder and lightning ...c1375 orig. Sc.
• FIRE OF HEAVEN a thunderbolt; a flash of lightning ...1830
• LORD'S BREAD-WAGON thunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NUBBIN KILLER thunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RATTLEY-BAGS thunder ...1879 Eng. dial.
• REEL a loud noise; a vibrating peal; a clap of thunder ...1803 Sc.
• SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower ...1768 Sc.
• SULPHUR † thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. ...1607
• TEMPEST a storm, esp. a thunderstorm, but without the accompaniment of high wind ...1867 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERATION thunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THUNDER-BALL a thunderbolt ...1858 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERBOOMER a thunder-cloud; a thunderstorm; a very heavy rain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-BRATTLE the sound of thunderclaps following one another in quick succession ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-BRUST a sudden thunderclap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERBUSTER a thunder-cloud, a thunderstorm, a very heavy rain ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-FLAUGHT a flickering gleam among thunder-clouds ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-GOWL the grumbling of distant thunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1825 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1734 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-PASH a thunder-shower ...Bk1905 Ireland
• THUNDER-PLUMP a heavy thunderstorm ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-SHOWER a thunderstorm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-SPEET a thunderstorm ...1899 Sc.
• THUNDER-SPLATS the large, heavy drops that fall from a thunder-cloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-THUMP † a thunderbolt ...1563
• THUNDER-WARKS the sick, faint feelings experienced by some people in thundery weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNGE a loud, hollow sound; the report of a gun, or of a loud peal of thunder; a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound ...1849 Eng. dial.
• UP AND UNDER thunder ...1990s rhyming sl.
• WHITE THUNDER thunder at a distance ...1968 Amer. dial.
THUNDER - verbs
• BRATTLE to peal as thunder ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GROWL of thunder: to rumble ...1727-46
• REEL of thunder: to peal ...1877 Sc.
• THUNDER-SHOOT † to strike or destroy by a thunderbolt or lightning ...B1900
• THUNDER-THUMP † to thump or beat with thundering strokes ...1637
• TONITRUATE * to thunder ...1666
THUNDERING - adjectives
• TONITRUANT thundering, loud ...1907
THUNDERSTRUCK - verbs
• SIDERATE † (chiefly used in the passive) to be struck with lightning; fig., to be thunder-struck ...1623
THURSDAY - nouns
• FIFTH DAY Thursday ...1868 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERDAY † a rare synonym for Thursday ...c1460
THUS - adverbs
• THISNEYS thus, so, in this way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUS-GATES † in this way, thus ...1827 Sc.
• THUSLY in this way, thus ...1898 Eng. dial.
• THUSSINS in this way, thus ...1839 Eng. dial.
THWACK - nouns
• BASTINADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ...1577 arch.
• BASTONADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
THWACK - verbs
• 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.
• RENCHEL † to beat; to thwack with a stick ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENSHEL † to beat; to thwack with a stick ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THACK to thwack, to beat, to flog ...1863 Sc.
• THOCK to thwack, to beat, to flog ...1863 Sc.
THWART - verbs
• BAFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BOFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• CRAB THE ACT to spoil things; to thwart someone's plans; to interfere with someone or something ...1906 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUX to fail, to thwart ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OPPONE † to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct ...1610
• QUART to thwart, to go contrary to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON to ruin, thwart or jinx ...Brit. sl.
• QUEER THE ACT to interfere, to spoil or thwart someone's plans ...1910s US sl.
• TAKE AGAINST to take a dislike to; to thwart ...1897 Eng. dial.
• THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW A KINK INTO to create a difficulty for; to thwart ...1930 Amer. sl.
THWARTED - adjectives
• FRIAR TUCKED thwarted ...1996 UK rhyming sl. for 'fucked'
THWARTED - verbs
• GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune ...1950s US Black & W. Indies sl.
TICK - nouns
• BLUE BUG a tick ...1968 Amer. dial.
TICK - verbs
• TACK to tick, as a clock ...1950 Eng. dial.
TICKET - nouns
• ANNIE a free ticket or pass to a game or entertainment ...1922 Amer. sl.
• ANNIE OAKLEY a complimentary ticket; a free pass, orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1910s US sl.
• CHINEE a complimentary ticket of admission to an entertainment, esp. a sporting event ...20C US sl.
• DEADWOOD unsold tickets for a performance ...1934 US sl.
• DUCAT a ticket of admission or transportation ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DUCK an admission ticket for a paid event ...1945 US sl.
• ICE a profit from the illegal sale of tickets for the theatre, cinema, etc. ...L19 US sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PAPER 1. free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment ...L18 sl.
2. an admission ticket, such as to a dance; also, a forged ticket ...M19 US sl.
• RABBIT IN THE THICKET a ticket ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• SCALPING working as a ticket tout ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SCALP TICKET the unused half of a return ticket ...1940s Aust. sl.
• STATIONERY free tickets to an athletic or entertainment event ...1952 UK sl.
TICKET - nouns, person
• CHOPPER a ticket-taker; one who tears a ticket in two parts to show that it has been used ...1899 Amer. sl.
• JUMPER a ticket-inspector on a bus, tram, etc. ...1909 Brit. sl.
• PAPERER one who issues or receives free passes to a theatre or other entertainment ...L19 sl.
• SALMON a ticket tout ...1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT a ticket tout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• SCALPER someone who sells tickets, esp. below or (now) above the official rates ...1869, orig. US
• SNAPPER a ticket inspector ...1938 Brit. sl.
• SNIP a ticket collector ...1970 UK sl.
TICKET - verbs
• ANNIE OAKLEY to punch an admission ticket, thus rendering it free ...1910s US sl.
• NIG IN to sneak in without paying ...2003 Brit. sl.
• SCALP to sell stock, tickets, etc. at below or (now) above the official rates ...1886 orig. US
• SCAM IN to gain entry to a concert, performance, etc. without paying for a ticket ...1960s sl.
• ZOOM to get something without paying for it, as a ticket to a show ...1930s US Black sl.
TICKING - nouns
• MARRIAGE-SHAKE a ticking sound ...1899 Sc.
TICKLE - verbs
• GOOCH to poke or tickle ...1929 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• KIDDLE-KITTLE to tickle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KITTLE to tickle ...Sc.
• PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TITTLE to tickle ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• VELLICATE of persons: to tickle or titillate ...1755
TICKLED, TICKLING - adjectives
• TICKLE † easily tickled; susceptible to tickling ...1377
• TICKLESOME sensitive to tickling ...1898 Ireland
• TICKLY sensitive to tickling; easily tickled ...1530
• TITILLATIVE tending to tickle, having the power of tickling ...1736 nonce word
TICKLED, TICKLING - nouns
• SCRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLER a feather or feather-brush for tickling ...1900 sl.
• TITILLATION 1. a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching ...1621
2. the act of tickling or touching lightly so as to tickle ...1623
• VELLICATION a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling ...1623
TICKLISH - adjectives
• BRICKLE † delicate, ticklish; requiring cautious handling ...1568
• GOOCHY ticklish ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• JEALOUS † requiring suspicious or careful vigilance; delicate, ticklish ...1600
• KITTLY ticklish ...Sc.
• QUISCOS difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, 'kittle'; stubborn ...1720 Sc.
• QUISQUOSE difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, 'kittle'; stubborn ...1720 Sc.
• QUISQUOUS perplexing, subtle; difficult to discuss, deal with, or settle; ticklish ...1721 Sc.
• TETCHY of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish ...1886 Amer. dial.
TIC-TAC-TOE - nouns
• CAT the game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT AND MOUSE the game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT AND RAT n. the game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S GAME a tied game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S TAIL a tied game of tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DITTO tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JACK the game of tic-tac-toe ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD CAT tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ONE OLD CAT tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAT AND CAT the game of tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THREE OLD CATS tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
TIC-TAC-TOE - phrases
• DEVIL GOT IT, THE in tic-tac-toe: said when neither X nor O wins ...1966 Amer. dial.
TIDAL - adjectives
• TIDING that ebbs and flows; tidal ...1622
TIDBIT - adjectives
• TIT-BITICAL full of tit-bits or tidbits ...1890 nonce word
• TIT-BITTY full of tit-bits or tidbits ...1887 nonce word
TIDBIT - nouns
• CATE † a delicacy, a tidbit ...1634
• EATTOCK a tidbit, a dainty ...1905 Sc.
• EMPS-PIECE † the best, the choicest piece of food; a tidbit ...1671 Eng. dial.
• QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind ...1825 Sc. scumz
• SUNKET a dainty, a tidbit ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TIDDLYWINKS - verbs
• DANCE of a wink in tiddlywinks: to wobble around ...1977 US sl.
TIDE - adjectives
• AESTIFEROUS † ebbing and flowing as the tide ...1731
• BEBBING-FULL of the tide: high, full ...Bk1911 Sc.
TIDE - nouns
• ATSET the turn of the tide, when the ebb begins ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACKWATER the ebb of the tide ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-TIDES especially low tides occurring annually about midsummer ...1856 Eng. dial.
• INSOOK of the tide: an inrush ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KANE water at low tide between the outer sandbank and the beach ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LARGE WATER high tide ...1920 Amer. dial.
• NIP TIDE neap-tide ...1899 Amer. dial.
• TIDES-WAY † the way of the tide ...1627
• TIDING † the flowing or rising of the tide ...1593
• TIDOLOGY * the study or science that treats of the tides ...1834
• VALE-WATER † ebb-tide ...1600
TIDE - verbs
• MAKE of the tide, sea, etc.: to rise, surge, advance ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAG of the tide: to cease to flow; to be at the turn before receding ...1899 Sc.
• SCORE OUT of the tide: to wash down the beach ...1855 Eng. dial.
• SIT † of the tide: to set ...1751
• VENDER of the tide: to turn ...1908 Sc.
TIDILY - adverbs
• DESSABLY orderly, tidily ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TIGHTLY neatly, tidily, smartly ...1825-9
TIDINESS, TIDY - nouns
• APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness ...L18
• MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFULNESS tidiness, order ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MOP-UP an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc.
• NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness ...colloq.
TIDINGS - nouns
• UNKIN news, tidings ...1889 Sc.
TIDY - adjectives
• APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect ...20C US sl.
• CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory ...1802 Sc.
• CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• HAGLI orderly, tidy, careful, convenient ...1928 Sc.
• IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat ...1864
• IN KELTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACK † neat, tidy ...1825 Sc.
• MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose ...1822 Sc.
• MACKY neat, tidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NACKETY compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking ...1756 Sc.
• NASTY-CLEAN overly tidy; excessively fastidious ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATTY neat, stylish, tidy ...1557 colloq.
• NEAT AS A BANDBOX orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A NEW PIN orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOPPY tidy, neat ...1877 Eng. dial.
• PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat ...a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUEME † of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy ...a1300
• REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOONEY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely ...1697 arch. or Eng. dial.
• TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat ...1838 Amer. dial.
TIDY - nouns, person
• BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy ...1980s US campus sl.
• NATTY-BODY a tidy, well-conducted person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• READY-UP one who tidies up ...1941 Amer. dial.
TIDY - verbs
• DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LICK AN' PRAN to tidy up ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order ...1889 Eng. dial.
• READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order ...1864 Amer. dial.
• REDD to set in order, to arrange; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDDEN UP to tidy up a house ...1926 Amer. dial.
• REDD UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RED UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house ...1842 Amer. dial.
• RID to tidy, to put in order, to clean up ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SCURRYFUNGE to hastily make tidy ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SIDEN to straighten up or tidy a table or room, not a thorough cleaning; to put in order ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat ...M19 US sl.
• TEAKETTLE UP to tidy, to put in order ...1975 Amer. dial.
• TED to spread out; to arrange in order; to tidy, to smooth ...1887 Sc.
• TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TIGHTEN †* to make oneself tidy ...1786
• TITTY-TOIT to tidy up ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TIDYING - nouns
• REDD the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-UP the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCURRYFUNGE a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour coming, and the time they knock on the door ...1975 Amer. dial. (Maine)
TIE (bind) - nouns
• ABLIGATION † a tying up from ...1849
• SUBLIGATION † a binding or tying underneath ...1658
TIE (neckwear) - nouns
• APPLE-GUARD a scarf and tie ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• CHOKE RAG a cravat or necktie ...1840 US jocular
• DEAD HEAT a necktie ...1980s Aust. sl.
• FALL a necktie ...1890 Eng. dial.
• FALLING-BAND a necktie, an old-fashioned neck-band ...1622 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY TIE a particularly gaudy tie ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• NECKERCHER a necktie ...1872 Eng. dial.
• NECKING a kerchief; a necktie ...1816 Eng. dial.
• NELLIE a tie ...1910s rhyming sl. (Nellie Bligh)
• NELLIE BLIGH a tie ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NELLY a tie ...1910s rhyming sl. (Nelly Bligh)
• NELLY BLIGH a tie ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NELLY BLY a tie ...1910s rhyming sl.
• PECKHAM RYE a tie ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl., later usually a necktie
• RAG a necktie ...1910s US sl.
• SHOOFLY a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SHU-FLY a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck ...1933 Amer. dial.
• THRAPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• THROPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• TIAL a tie; a string with which anything is fastened; anything used for tying a latchet; a tying ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WATERFALL neckcloth, scarf or tie with long pendant ends ...M19 sl.
• WHITE CHOKER a white tie ...c1860 lower-class sl.
TIE (bind) - verbs
• ABLIGATE † to bind or tie up from ...1731
• BAIL UP to tie up, to fasten ...1883 Sc.
• BETIE † to tie round, to bind fast ...1578
• CADGE † to fasten, tie, bind, knot ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAPISTRATE †* to halter, to muzzle, to tie ...1656
• FAGGOT to make into a faggot; to bind or tie up in or as in a faggot ...1598
• HALCH † to fasten, to tie, to knot ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAIL †* to tie or fasten in a string or row ...1622
• REEM to tie fast ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBLIGATE † to bind or tie underneath ...1656
• TAG to tie, to bind ...1825 Sc.
• TANG to tie ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TAW to tie, to fasten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WRAP to tie up ...Brit. criminals' sl.
TIE (neckwear) - verbs
• PECKHAM RYE to tie ...20C rhyming sl.
TIED - adjectives
• EVEN STEPHEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
• EVEN STEVEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
TIGER - adjectives
• TIGRINE pert. to or resembling a tiger, esp. in marking or colouring ...1656
• TIGROID resembling a tiger; marked like a tiger ...1901
TIGER - nouns
• MEOWL † the cry of a tiger ...1653 Sc.
• OLD STRIPES a tiger ...L19 sl.
• STRIPES a tiger ...L19 sl.
• TIGERKIN a diminutive tiger; a tiger cub ...1867
• TIGERLING a young or diminutive tiger ...1858
• TIGROLOGY the branch of zoology which treats of tigers ...1822-56 nonce word
TIGER - verbs
• RANK †* of a tiger: to roar ...1607
TIGHT - adjectives
• ASS-TIGHT very tight ...1960 Amer. sl.
• KEDGE stiff, tight ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• TANG straight, tight ...1825 Sc.
TIGHTEN - verbs
• GAG to tighten, so as to prevent motion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• THEETEN to tighten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TIGHT-FISTED - adjectives
• HANDFAST having a firm grip of the hand; tight-fisted, close-fisted ...1603
• MINGEY tight-fisted, mean ...UK playground sl.
• MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean ...M19 Aust. sl.
• SCHEISTY tight-fisted ...M19 US sl.
• SHYSTY tight-fisted ...M19 US sl.
TIGHT-FISTED - nouns, person
• SANNIE SICCAR-SOLES a very cautious, rather tight-fisted person ...1950 Sc.
TIGHTLY - adverbs
• HARD tightly, firmly, securely ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD-HORN tightly ...1836 Sc.
TIGHTS - nouns
• SNOW WHITES tights ...1970s rhyming sl.
TILL - nouns
• CASH † a chest or box for money; a cash-box, a till ...1598
• CHIP a cash-box; a till; a cash drawer without belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• COMBINATION CHIP a till; a cash drawer with belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DAMPER a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register ...1848 US criminals' sl.
• DINGER a till; a cash drawer with belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• JACK a till ...1930s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• JACK AND JILL a till ...c1890 rhyming sl.
• PETER a safe; also, a cash-box or cash register ...1859 sl.
• RAB a cash register ...1930s UK criminals' sl.
• TILL-TAPPING pilfering from a till ...1893
TILL - nouns, person
• DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till ...1893
TILL - verbs
• DRAW A DAMPER to take or rob a money drawer or till ...1848 US sl.
• TURN DOWN THE DAMPER to rob a cash drawer or till ...1893 US sl.
TILL (land) - verbs
• LABOUR to till, to cultivate land; to plough ...1798 Sc. & Ireland
• MANURE † to till, to cultivate land ...a1400
TILLAGE - nouns
• LABOUR tillage ...1896 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• MANURANCE † cultivation of land; tillage; manuring ...1572
TILT - adjectives
• CRICKELTY unsteady; liable to tilt or upset ...19C Eng. dial.
TILT - verbs
• LEAN TOWARDS COOPER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS FISHER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1957 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS JONES'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS PERKINS'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS SAWYER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAIT to tilt; to overturn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAP to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TILTING - adjectives
• HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady ...1886 colloq.
TIMBER - adjectives
• TIMBERY * abounding in or characterized by timber ...1859
TIMBER - nouns
• HEADS AND PLUCKS the refuse of timber, the boughs, roots, etc. ...1790 Eng. dial.
TIMBER - nouns, person
• TIMBERMAN † 1. a man who supplies or deals in timber ...1429
† 2. one who makes things of timber; a carpenter ...1466 Sc.
• TIMBER-TASTER † a dockyard official formerly employed in testing the measurement, soundness, and quality of timber ...1806
• XYLOPOLIST * a timber-merchant ...1656
TIMBER - verbs
• GRANDMA to steal timber ...1936 Amer. dial.
• THROW to fell timber ...1889 Eng. dial.
TIME - adjectives
• COETANEOUS coming into existence or arising at the same time ...1608
• DENTY large, fair-sized; of time: considerable ...1862 Sc.
• DOWN THE TRACK referring to the passage of time ...1980s sl.
• EQUITEMPORANEOUS † performed in equal lengths of time; occupying the same length of time; contemporaneous ...1709
• FRIGGING of a person or task: time-wasting; demanding too much time, pottering about...18C Brit.
• HANDY of time: near to, approaching, nearly ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HOOZY-POOZY wasting time ...19C Eng. dial.
• NARROW * of time: short, brief ...1611
• OMNITEMPORAL relating to all times ...1890
• SOLID full, complete, entire, esp. of time ...M19
• TACTIC † pert. to the beating of time ...1779
• TEMPORANEOUS † pertaining to time, temporal ...1656 rare or obs.
• TIMEFUL † occurring in or consisting of time; temporal, durational ...a1400
• TIMESOME †* pert. to or subject to time as opposed to eternity; of finite duration; temporal ...1674
TIME - adverbs
• ALAIRE a short time ago ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALARE a short time ago ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANOTHER-WHEN another time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• AT-AFTER of time: after, afterwards ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BACK-ALONG of time: back; formerly; in the past; recently; a little while ago ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BACK-CAST of time: long ago, in the past ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BAFT †* of time: after ...1205
• FOR A BLUE MOON for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A COON'S AGE for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A DOG'S AGE for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A RIGHT SMART SPELL for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A WEEK OF SUNDAYS for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR AGES for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR AN AGE for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY SUNDAYS for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR THE LONGEST for a very long time ...1926 Amer. dial.
• FOR THE LAST LONGEST. for a very long time ...1933 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST for a considerable distance or time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO HARLEM for a considerable distance or time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ON THE DOT precisely; exactly at the time specified ...colloq.
• ON THE NOSE exactly on time ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
TIME - prepositions
• AHIND of time: after, behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AT-AFTER of time: after ...1868 Eng. dial.
• AYONT of time: after, later than ...1895 Sc.
• GAIN † of time: towards, near ...c1475
TIME - conjunctions
• TOFORE † of time: before ...a1325
TIME - nouns
• AFRICAN PEOPLE'S TIME unpunctuality, flexible time, a general disregard for time-keeping ...1960s sl., orig. S. Afr.
• AFRICAN TIME unpunctuality, flexible time, a general disregard for time-keeping ...1960s sl., orig. S. Afr.
• AGE OF YEARS a very long time ...1969 Amer. dial.
• AUDIE the voice that announced the time on telephone time services ...1955 US sl.
• BAT a short time, a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAT OF AN EYE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIT a short while, a short space of time ...1653 colloq.
• BLOWS a long period of time ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRACE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREATH a very short time; a moment ...1917 Amer. dial.
• CAT-SNIFTER a very short space of time ...1867 Eng. dial.
• COON'S AGE a long time ...1835 Amer.
• COUPLE OF HUMPS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF JERKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF KICKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF WINKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROCK an unpleasant or worthless person, object, or experience; a waste of time ...L19 sl.
• CROCK OF SHIT an unpleasant or worthless person, object, or experience; a waste of time ...1951 US sl.
• DAFFING an idle waste of time in frivolous talking ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAY AND TIME a period of time; an era ...1887 Amer. dial.
• DECURRENCE † the act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse of time ...1659
• DECURRENCY † the act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse of time ...1651
• DECURSE † downward course, lapse of time ...1593
• DECURSION † a course or passage of time ...1664
• DISTANCE an extent of time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DODGE odd moments, spare time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOG'S AGE a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONKEY'S YEARS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• EARLY O'CLOCK shortly after an activity has started ...1983 Trinidad and Tobago
• EFFLUX the lapse, passing away of time, or of a particular period; hence, expiry, end ...1647
• EFFLUXION the lapse or passing away of time; the expiry or completion of a certain period ...1621
• EGGTAGGLE † the act of wasting time in bad company; hence, immodest conduct ...1825 Sc.
• FARMER'S TIME 30 minutes early or fast ...20C US sl.
• FARTING-SPELL a very short period of time; a moment ...19C Amer. dial.
• FEC † a definite interval in space or time; a limited distance, fixed period ...c1000
• FEUSTERING wasting time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FLASH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLIFF a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment ...1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLIFFY a short space of a time; a moment ...1820 Sc.
• GOD'S TIME orig. time as told by the sun as opposed to standard time; later, standard time as opposed to daylight saving time ...1911 Amer. dial.
• HALF-A-JIFFY a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF A MO a very short but vaguely defined time, a moment ...1896 UK sl.
• HALF-A-SHAKE a moment, a very short time ...20C NZ sl.
• HALF A TIC a very short time ...L19 sl.
• HALF A TICK a very short time ...L19 sl.
• HAND-CLAP a moment, a short space of time ...1824 Sc.
• HANDWHILE † a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAUTESSE † length of time ...a1300
• HAWAIIAN TIME (occasionally derogatory) a flexible system of time; a disregard for punctuality ...1974 Amer. dial.
• HEART-BEAT an extremely brief space of time ...1850
• HEEL the concluding part of anything, as a period of time, a book, etc. ...L16
• HIGH TIME the latest possible time; a time that is almost too late ...colloq.
• HYSTERICAL PRESENT the present time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INCH OF TIME, AN the least moment of time ...1873 Eng. dial.
• INDIAN TIME (usually derogatory) a flexible system of time; a lack of punctuality ...1963 Amer. dial.
• JACK AN' DANNY nonsense, time-wasting, prevarication ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fanny'
• JEFFEY the shortest possible time ...1793 colloq.
• JERK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFF a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFFY the shortest possible time ...1793 colloq.
• KATH an indeterminate period of time ...20C Aust. sl.
• KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN an indeterminate period of time ...20C Aust. sl.
• LAG-END the latter part of a period of time; the tail-end ...1822 Sc.
• LEMON AND LIME time ...20C rhyming sl.
• LENGH length of time or space ...c888
• LESS THAN NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LETTING † wasting of time ...1398
• LITTLE BIT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG TIME Central time ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MANY-A-BIT a long time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANY-A-WHILE a long time ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MINUTE a long time ...1990s US Black sl.
• MONTH OF SUNDAYS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NANO a very short period of time ...1991 US sl.
• NEVER-MASS † a date or time which never comes ...c1550 obs. exc. Sc.
• NEW YORK MINUTE a very short period of time; an instant ...1920s US sl.
• NEW YORK SECOND an instant ...1920s US sl.
• NICK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NICKEL AND DIME time ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NIGGERHEADING (derogatory) wasting time by not working on the job ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONWARDLING † a small portion or length of time ...1674
• PIG'S WHISPER a very short space of time ...1791
• PIG'S-WHISTLE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUACK † a brief moment; a trice, the shortest possible time ...1882 Sc.
• RACE †* a space of time; a while ...a1300
• RAILROAD TIME time as kept by a railroad line; hence, precise clock time; also, standard time, as opposed to local time ...1865 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT SMART SPELL a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY THURSDAYS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT METER a short time ...1842 Amer. dial.
• SILENT HOURS, THE from 11 pm to 5:30 am ...c1910 Royal Navy colloq.
• SKETCH OF TIME a short period of time ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKIRT the beginning or end of a period of time; chiefly in plural ...1624
• SNATCH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCCESSION † the course, lapse, or process of time ...1456
• TACK a specific period of time, as a spell of weather, a stretch ...1728 Sc.
• TAKER-UP something that occupies time, space, etc. ...1620
• TANTILLATION † a trifling space of time; a moment of time ...1651 nonce word
• TERM OF A TIME a long time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TIDEMENT †* time, tide, season ...1560
• THOUGHT a small quantity of anything; a short distance; a short time ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL a very short time ...1884 Amer. dial.
• TIME † a space of time, generally understood to mean a year ...1382
• TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment ...a1400
• TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO JERKS OF A LAMB'S TAIL a short period of time; an instant; a jiffy ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TWO SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO TWO'S a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HELLO a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HOLLER a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VALUE an extent or amount of time ...1803 Sc.
• WEEK OF SUNDAYS n. a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHET a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time ...1834 Amer. dial.
• WHIFF a short space of time; a jiffy ...1823 Amer. dial.
• WHILES a time, a while ...1857 Amer. dial.
• WHIPS OF TIME an abundance of time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• WHIPSTITCH a short space of time; a moment ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WHISK OF A LAMB'S TAIL, A a very short time ...1895 Amer. dial.
• WHIT a considerable period of time ...1994 Amer. dial.
• WINK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YANKEE MINUTE a very short period of time ...1995 Amer. dial.
• ZERO-DARK-THIRTY the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn ...1980 US military sl.
TIME - nouns, person
• GOOF someone who makes mistakes or wastes time ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FUCK-OFF a person who wastes time; a goof-off ..M20 US sl.
• HACKER an idler, a time-waster ...1960s US college sl.
• JAG-OFF an incompetent time-waster ...M20 US sl.
• SPILL-TIME † an idler; a waster of time ...1393
• TIME-LOSER one who wastes time ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIMIST * a chronologer ...1897
TIME, ACTUAL TIME - nouns
• FARMERS' TIME eight o'clock (pm) ...1940 Amer. dial.
• NARROWDALE NOON one o' clock ...1868 Eng. dial.
TIME - verbs
• ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ARSE ABOUT to idle, to fool about; to waste time ...1664 Brit.
• ARSE AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1664 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• ASS ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1664 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE AROUND to loaf; to trifle; to wander idly about; to waste time ...1968 Amer. sl.
• AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BASH THE SPINE to idle, to waste time, to loaf around ...1940s Aust. sl.
• BE A-DOING to do something merely to have something to do; to pass the time ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BEAT IN TIME to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAT OUT THE TIME to while away the time ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BEAT TIME to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEEF to loaf; to waste time ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLANDER to babble; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate; to waste time in gossiping ...19C
• BOIL WATER to waste time by doing unimportant or useless things ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• BUGGER AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• COME IN PUDDING-TIME to come in good time, before it's too late ...M17 colloq.
• CRAP AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1935 US sl.
• DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DALLACK to dally, to fritter away time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...L16 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DANNER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT to waste time; to idle about; to take advantage of, to impose on ...1881 Amer. dial.
• DICKER AROUND to waste time in indecision ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DIDDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE-DADDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DILDER to trifle, to waste time, to work carelessly ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DILLY-DALLY to dawdle; hence to waste time ...1741 UK sl.
• DINK AROUND to idle or waste time ...1978 US sl.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Eng. dial.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DROOL to waste time, to idle around ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
• DRUTTLE to dawdle, to waste time, to trifle ...19C Scot
• EAT † to absorb time wastefully ...1598
• EEM to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing ...1674 Eng. dial.
• FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FADE to idle; to waste time ...1968 US sl.
• FAFF to mess about, restlessly and ineffectually, wasting time, often while something quite urgent needs attention; to play or fool around, to waste time ...c1930
• FAFF ABOUT to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to be indecisive or fussy ...1874 UK sl.
• FAFF AROUND to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to play or fool around ...1874 UK sl.
• FAKE ABOUT to 'knock about'; to waste time, to idle ...Bk1900 Ireland
• FANDANGLE to hang about, to trifle, to waste time, to 'fool' around ...1892 Ireland
• FANNY ABOUT to be indecisive or fussy; to waste time; to act aimlessly ...1970s sl.
• FANNY AROUND to waste time; to act aimlessly ...1970s sl.
• FARE † of time: to go, to pass ...c1250
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1910s sl.
• FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1931 sl.
• FART-ARSE to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART OFF to goof off; to waste time ...1968 US sl.
• FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1975 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLEFART AROUND to waste time doing little or nothing ...1972 US sl.
• FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FIG AROUND to idle, to waste time ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FORNICATE THE POODLE to waste time; to loaf on the job ...1910s US sl.
• FRIG to dawdle, to waste time ...18C Brit. sl.
• FRIG ABOUT to waste time doing little or nothing ...1933 UK sl.
• FUCK ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1922 sl.
• FUCK AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1922 sl.
• FUCK OFF to waste time ...M20 US sl.
• FUTZ AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 US sl.
• GOOF to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• GOOF AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one's duties ...1932 sl., orig. military
• HACK to waste time, usually in a context where time should not be wasted ...1888 US sl.
• HACK ABOUT to waste time ...1960s US sl.
• HACK AROUND to loaf, to lounge, to idle; to ramble around; to waste time ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HACK OFF to idle; to loaf; to lounge; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time ...1888 US sl.
• HAINGLE of time: to pass slowly ...1804 Sc.
• HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time ...E19 sl.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HINGLE of time: to pass slowly ...1804 Sc.
• HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with 'around')...1900 US sl.
• HUMP THE DOG to waste time completely ...1980 US sl.
• JACK AROUND to mess about; to waste time; to act childishly; to be ineffective ...1960s sl.
• JACK OFF to waste time; to goof off ...20C US sl.
• LALLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or design; to fool about ...1862 US sl.
• LOLLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about; to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or malicious design ...1862 US sl.
• LOSE TIME to waste time; to fool around ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLE † to delay, to waste time ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARDLE to gossip; to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to fritter away one's time; usually used with 'with' ...1877-78 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY AROUND to waste time or pass the time aimlessly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-FART AROUND to waste time; to fool about ...a1970 Amer. sl.
• MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time ...L19 sl.
• MUCK ABOUT to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1856
• MUCK AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1856
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner ...1893 UK colloq.
• PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1545 sl.
• PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1545 sl.
• PISS ABOUT to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PISS-ANT AROUND to waste time, to dawdle ...20C Aust. sl.
• PISS AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• PISS-ARSE ABOUT to fool about; to waste time ...c1920 army sl.
• PLAY SILLY BLEEDERS to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PLAY SILLY Bs to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PLAY SILLY BUGGERS to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PLOW THE BACK FORTY to waste time ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PRAT ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 Brit. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PLONKER to waste time ...1982 UK sl.
• PUT ONE'S TIME IN to spend time; to occupy one's time ...L19 sl.
• QUEETER to work lazily and languidly, to trifle, to waste time ...1866 Sc.
• QUIDDLE to trifle, to waste time; to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget ...1832 now chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RANCH to idle; to spend time doing little, to waste time ...1991 US sl.
• SHOE THE GRAY GOOSE to spend one's time uselessly; to undertake a difficult and profitless business ...1892
• SHOOL to waste time doing a task ...1946 Amer. dial.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SPLIT-SECOND to time by a stopwatch ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUMMER †* to pass one's time pleasantly ...1568
• TAIVER to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time ...1808 Sc.
• TANTLE to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TAVER to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time ...1808 Sc.
• TROTTLE to dawdle, to idle, to waste one's time ...1921 Sc.
• TID to choose the right time for; to time, esp. with reference to land or crops ...1808 Sc.
• TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIME IT OUT to procrastinate, to delay, to spin out the time ...1613 obs.
• WALK † to time: to pass, to elapse ...c1250
• WANK to waste time ...1940s sl.
• WHANK to waste time ...1940s sl.
• YUCK IT UP to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 sl., chiefly Amer.
• YUK IT UP to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 sl., chiefly Amer.
TIME - phrases
• AGAINST THE CLOCK what you are said to be when time is short and you're in a hurry ...Brit. sl.
• BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON instantly, in the shortest possible time ...1785 sl.
• HALF PAST KISSING TIME a facetious reply to the question, "What time is it?" ...1910 Amer. sl.
• HALF PAST KISSING TIME AND TIME TO KISS AGAIN a facetious reply to the question, "What time is it?" ...1910 Amer. sl.
• LONG AS JOHN BROWN STAYED IN HEAVEN, AS no time at all ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SINCE ADAM WAS A COWBOY for a very long time ...1968 NZ
• SINCE ADAM WAS A PUP for a very long time ...1956 Aust. sl.
• SINCE BUCK WAS A CALF for a long period of time ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SINCE CAESAR WAS A PUP for a very long time ...E20 colloq.
• SINCE DICK SEDDON DIED for a very long time ...1952 NZ
• SINCE DICK SEDDON WAS A BOY for a very long time ...1979 NZ
• SINCE GOD CALLED THE CHICKENS HOME for a very long time ...c1945 NZ
• SINCE HANNAH WAS A RAG DOLL for a very long time ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SINCE HECTOR WAS A PUP for a very long time ...1904 US sl.
• SINCE THE BATTLE OF CRECY for a very long time ...L19 colloq.
• SINCE THE LORD HAD THE MEASLES for a very long time ...c1945 NZ
• SINCE THE WOODS BURNED for a long time ...1863 Amer. dial.
• SINCE THE WOODS CAUGHT ON FIRE for a long time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SINCE THE WOODS WERE BURNT for a long time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SINCE TIME for a very long time ...2003 UK sl.
• SINCE WILLIE DIED for a very long time ...E20 colloq.
• TILL THE WATER GETS HOT even a short time, any time at all ...1938 Amer. dial.
• UNDER THE WIRE at the very last minute ...1930s
• UNTIL THE WATER GETS HOT even a short time, any time at all ...1936 Amer. dial.
TIMELESSNESS - nouns
• ACHRONISM the state of timelessness; deficiency of time ...1877 nonce word
TIMELY - adjectives
• TIDIVE †* timely, opportune ...a1700
• TIDY † timely, seasonable, opportune; in season ...c1350
TIMELY - adverbs
• TIMELILY †* timely ...1608
• HARRY WIBEL the thumb ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• THUMB-BALL the thumb ...1946 Amer. dial.
• THUMB-FINGER the thumb ...1856 Eng. dial.
• THUMPER the thumb ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOM THUMB the thumb ...1972 Amer. dial.
THUMB - nouns, person
• SUCK-A-THUMB a child that sucks its thumb ...a1800
• SUCK-THUMB a child that sucks its thumb ...1890
THUMB - verbs
• QUIDDLE to suck, as a child does his thumb ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to twist or twiddle the thumbs round each other with the fingers clasped ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THUMP - nouns
• BING a thump or blow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BING-BANG expressing a repeated heavy thump or a continued banging noise ...1914 colloq.
• DEADNER a blow, a thump ...2003 Ireland sl.
• RACKET a violent, stunning blow; a thump; a stroke ...1710 Sc.
• SAD a heavy pressing-downward movement; a thud, a thump; a hollow, knocking sound ...1828 Sc.
• SCASH a blow, a thump ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS a blow, a thump ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THUD a heavy, sounding blow; a buffet, a thump; a blow with the fist ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THUSK a blow, a thump...1865 Eng. dial.
• THWANG a severe blow; a bang, a thump ...1806 Eng. dial.
• WALLACH a noisy step, thump, or fall ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAP † a blow, a knock, a thump ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHELKER a heavy blow or thump ...1851 Eng. dial.
• YACK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 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.
THUMP - verbs
• BELK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BETHUMP to thump soundly ...1595
• BILK to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
• DOWF to hit with something soft; to thump ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FUM to thump, to beat ...L18 W. Indies
• LOUNDER to beat severely with heavy strokes; to thrash, thump, cuff, cudgel ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TABOR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• TABOUR † to beat, to thump, to thrash ...1624
• THRUMPER to thump, to strike with the fist ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THUD to beat, to strike; to beat hard and with a noise; to thump ...1898 Sc.
• THUNGE to knock heavily; to thump, to bang; to strike a violent blow ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TO-BONE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUNE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
THUMPING - adjectives
• THUMPATORY † characterized by thumping ...a1693 nonce word
THUMPING - nouns
• FAGGING a beating, a thrashing, a thumping ...1775 sl.
THUNDER - adjectives
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CERAUNIC pertaining to or accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1748
• FULMINEOUS † pertaining to thunder or lightning ...1727
• GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• SULPHUROUS pert. to thunder and lightning ...1603 poetic
• SULPHURY pert. to thunder and lightning ...c1611
• THUNDRIFIED thundery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNNERY-LIKE portending thunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TONITRUOUS * full of thunder, loud noise, or violent utterance ...1882
THUNDER, THUNDERBOLT - nouns
• ASTRAPHOBIA a morbid fear of thunder and lightning ...1873
• BOMACIE a thunderstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BOWT a thunderbolt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH a sudden gust, shower, or thunderclap ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAD-WAGON a thunder-clap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BRONTOPHOBIA an intense dread of thunder and thunderstorms ...1905
• COCK-EYE a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYE BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYED BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCKY BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• CORN-WAGON a thunder-clap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DENT a 'stroke' or clap of thunder ...1866 Eng. dial.
• DINDER thunder ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DINDEREX a thunderbolt ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DINT † a stroke of thunder ...ME
• EARTH-DIN thunder ...19C Sc.
• ELECTRIC CLOUD a thunder cloud; an electrical storm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FIRE-FLAUGHT lightning, a flash of lightning; a storm of thunder and lightning ...c1375 orig. Sc.
• FIRE OF HEAVEN a thunderbolt; a flash of lightning ...1830
• LORD'S BREAD-WAGON thunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NUBBIN KILLER thunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RATTLEY-BAGS thunder ...1879 Eng. dial.
• REEL a loud noise; a vibrating peal; a clap of thunder ...1803 Sc.
• SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower ...1768 Sc.
• SULPHUR † thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. ...1607
• TEMPEST a storm, esp. a thunderstorm, but without the accompaniment of high wind ...1867 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERATION thunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THUNDER-BALL a thunderbolt ...1858 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERBOOMER a thunder-cloud; a thunderstorm; a very heavy rain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-BRATTLE the sound of thunderclaps following one another in quick succession ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-BRUST a sudden thunderclap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERBUSTER a thunder-cloud, a thunderstorm, a very heavy rain ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-FLAUGHT a flickering gleam among thunder-clouds ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-GOWL the grumbling of distant thunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1825 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1734 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-PASH a thunder-shower ...Bk1905 Ireland
• THUNDER-PLUMP a heavy thunderstorm ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-SHOWER a thunderstorm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-SPEET a thunderstorm ...1899 Sc.
• THUNDER-SPLATS the large, heavy drops that fall from a thunder-cloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNDER-THUMP † a thunderbolt ...1563
• THUNDER-WARKS the sick, faint feelings experienced by some people in thundery weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUNGE a loud, hollow sound; the report of a gun, or of a loud peal of thunder; a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound ...1849 Eng. dial.
• UP AND UNDER thunder ...1990s rhyming sl.
• WHITE THUNDER thunder at a distance ...1968 Amer. dial.
THUNDER - verbs
• BRATTLE to peal as thunder ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GROWL of thunder: to rumble ...1727-46
• REEL of thunder: to peal ...1877 Sc.
• THUNDER-SHOOT † to strike or destroy by a thunderbolt or lightning ...B1900
• THUNDER-THUMP † to thump or beat with thundering strokes ...1637
• TONITRUATE * to thunder ...1666
THUNDERING - adjectives
• TONITRUANT thundering, loud ...1907
THUNDERSTRUCK - verbs
• SIDERATE † (chiefly used in the passive) to be struck with lightning; fig., to be thunder-struck ...1623
THURSDAY - nouns
• FIFTH DAY Thursday ...1868 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERDAY † a rare synonym for Thursday ...c1460
THUS - adverbs
• THISNEYS thus, so, in this way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUS-GATES † in this way, thus ...1827 Sc.
• THUSLY in this way, thus ...1898 Eng. dial.
• THUSSINS in this way, thus ...1839 Eng. dial.
THWACK - nouns
• BASTINADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ...1577 arch.
• BASTONADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
THWACK - verbs
• 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.
• RENCHEL † to beat; to thwack with a stick ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENSHEL † to beat; to thwack with a stick ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THACK to thwack, to beat, to flog ...1863 Sc.
• THOCK to thwack, to beat, to flog ...1863 Sc.
THWART - verbs
• BAFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BOFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• CRAB THE ACT to spoil things; to thwart someone's plans; to interfere with someone or something ...1906 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUX to fail, to thwart ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OPPONE † to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct ...1610
• QUART to thwart, to go contrary to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON to ruin, thwart or jinx ...Brit. sl.
• QUEER THE ACT to interfere, to spoil or thwart someone's plans ...1910s US sl.
• TAKE AGAINST to take a dislike to; to thwart ...1897 Eng. dial.
• THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW A KINK INTO to create a difficulty for; to thwart ...1930 Amer. sl.
THWARTED - adjectives
• FRIAR TUCKED thwarted ...1996 UK rhyming sl. for 'fucked'
THWARTED - verbs
• GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune ...1950s US Black & W. Indies sl.
TICK - nouns
• BLUE BUG a tick ...1968 Amer. dial.
TICK - verbs
• TACK to tick, as a clock ...1950 Eng. dial.
TICKET - nouns
• ANNIE a free ticket or pass to a game or entertainment ...1922 Amer. sl.
• ANNIE OAKLEY a complimentary ticket; a free pass, orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1910s US sl.
• CHINEE a complimentary ticket of admission to an entertainment, esp. a sporting event ...20C US sl.
• DEADWOOD unsold tickets for a performance ...1934 US sl.
• DUCAT a ticket of admission or transportation ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DUCK an admission ticket for a paid event ...1945 US sl.
• ICE a profit from the illegal sale of tickets for the theatre, cinema, etc. ...L19 US sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PAPER 1. free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment ...L18 sl.
2. an admission ticket, such as to a dance; also, a forged ticket ...M19 US sl.
• RABBIT IN THE THICKET a ticket ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
• SCALPING working as a ticket tout ...L19 sl., orig. US
• SCALP TICKET the unused half of a return ticket ...1940s Aust. sl.
• STATIONERY free tickets to an athletic or entertainment event ...1952 UK sl.
TICKET - nouns, person
• CHOPPER a ticket-taker; one who tears a ticket in two parts to show that it has been used ...1899 Amer. sl.
• JUMPER a ticket-inspector on a bus, tram, etc. ...1909 Brit. sl.
• PAPERER one who issues or receives free passes to a theatre or other entertainment ...L19 sl.
• SALMON a ticket tout ...1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT a ticket tout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• SCALPER someone who sells tickets, esp. below or (now) above the official rates ...1869, orig. US
• SNAPPER a ticket inspector ...1938 Brit. sl.
• SNIP a ticket collector ...1970 UK sl.
TICKET - verbs
• ANNIE OAKLEY to punch an admission ticket, thus rendering it free ...1910s US sl.
• NIG IN to sneak in without paying ...2003 Brit. sl.
• SCALP to sell stock, tickets, etc. at below or (now) above the official rates ...1886 orig. US
• SCAM IN to gain entry to a concert, performance, etc. without paying for a ticket ...1960s sl.
• ZOOM to get something without paying for it, as a ticket to a show ...1930s US Black sl.
TICKING - nouns
• MARRIAGE-SHAKE a ticking sound ...1899 Sc.
TICKLE - verbs
• GOOCH to poke or tickle ...1929 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• KIDDLE-KITTLE to tickle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KITTLE to tickle ...Sc.
• PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh ...1877 Eng. dial.
• TITTLE to tickle ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• VELLICATE of persons: to tickle or titillate ...1755
TICKLED, TICKLING - adjectives
• TICKLE † easily tickled; susceptible to tickling ...1377
• TICKLESOME sensitive to tickling ...1898 Ireland
• TICKLY sensitive to tickling; easily tickled ...1530
• TITILLATIVE tending to tickle, having the power of tickling ...1736 nonce word
TICKLED, TICKLING - nouns
• SCRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLER a feather or feather-brush for tickling ...1900 sl.
• TITILLATION 1. a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching ...1621
2. the act of tickling or touching lightly so as to tickle ...1623
• VELLICATION a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling ...1623
TICKLISH - adjectives
• BRICKLE † delicate, ticklish; requiring cautious handling ...1568
• GOOCHY ticklish ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• JEALOUS † requiring suspicious or careful vigilance; delicate, ticklish ...1600
• KITTLY ticklish ...Sc.
• QUISCOS difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, 'kittle'; stubborn ...1720 Sc.
• QUISQUOSE difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, 'kittle'; stubborn ...1720 Sc.
• QUISQUOUS perplexing, subtle; difficult to discuss, deal with, or settle; ticklish ...1721 Sc.
• TETCHY of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish ...1886 Amer. dial.
TIC-TAC-TOE - nouns
• CAT the game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT AND MOUSE the game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT AND RAT n. the game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S GAME a tied game of tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S TAIL a tied game of tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DITTO tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JACK the game of tic-tac-toe ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD CAT tic-tac-toe ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ONE OLD CAT tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAT AND CAT the game of tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THREE OLD CATS tic-tac-toe ...1965 Amer. dial.
TIC-TAC-TOE - phrases
• DEVIL GOT IT, THE in tic-tac-toe: said when neither X nor O wins ...1966 Amer. dial.
TIDAL - adjectives
• TIDING that ebbs and flows; tidal ...1622
TIDBIT - adjectives
• TIT-BITICAL full of tit-bits or tidbits ...1890 nonce word
• TIT-BITTY full of tit-bits or tidbits ...1887 nonce word
TIDBIT - nouns
• CATE † a delicacy, a tidbit ...1634
• EATTOCK a tidbit, a dainty ...1905 Sc.
• EMPS-PIECE † the best, the choicest piece of food; a tidbit ...1671 Eng. dial.
• QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind ...1825 Sc. scumz
• SUNKET a dainty, a tidbit ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TIDDLYWINKS - verbs
• DANCE of a wink in tiddlywinks: to wobble around ...1977 US sl.
TIDE - adjectives
• AESTIFEROUS † ebbing and flowing as the tide ...1731
• BEBBING-FULL of the tide: high, full ...Bk1911 Sc.
TIDE - nouns
• ATSET the turn of the tide, when the ebb begins ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACKWATER the ebb of the tide ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRD-TIDES especially low tides occurring annually about midsummer ...1856 Eng. dial.
• INSOOK of the tide: an inrush ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KANE water at low tide between the outer sandbank and the beach ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LARGE WATER high tide ...1920 Amer. dial.
• NIP TIDE neap-tide ...1899 Amer. dial.
• TIDES-WAY † the way of the tide ...1627
• TIDING † the flowing or rising of the tide ...1593
• TIDOLOGY * the study or science that treats of the tides ...1834
• VALE-WATER † ebb-tide ...1600
TIDE - verbs
• MAKE of the tide, sea, etc.: to rise, surge, advance ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAG of the tide: to cease to flow; to be at the turn before receding ...1899 Sc.
• SCORE OUT of the tide: to wash down the beach ...1855 Eng. dial.
• SIT † of the tide: to set ...1751
• VENDER of the tide: to turn ...1908 Sc.
TIDILY - adverbs
• DESSABLY orderly, tidily ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TIGHTLY neatly, tidily, smartly ...1825-9
TIDINESS, TIDY - nouns
• APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness ...L18
• MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom ...1867 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFULNESS tidiness, order ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MOP-UP an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc.
• NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness ...colloq.
TIDINGS - nouns
• UNKIN news, tidings ...1889 Sc.
TIDY - adjectives
• APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect ...20C US sl.
• CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory ...1802 Sc.
• CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• HAGLI orderly, tidy, careful, convenient ...1928 Sc.
• IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat ...1864
• IN KELTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACK † neat, tidy ...1825 Sc.
• MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose ...1822 Sc.
• MACKY neat, tidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NACKETY compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking ...1756 Sc.
• NASTY-CLEAN overly tidy; excessively fastidious ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NATTY neat, stylish, tidy ...1557 colloq.
• NEAT AS A BANDBOX orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A NEW PIN orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1902 colloq.
• NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1951 Amer. dial.
• NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOPPY tidy, neat ...1877 Eng. dial.
• PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat ...a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUEME † of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy ...a1300
• REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOONEY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely ...1697 arch. or Eng. dial.
• TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat ...1838 Amer. dial.
TIDY - nouns, person
• BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy ...1980s US campus sl.
• NATTY-BODY a tidy, well-conducted person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• READY-UP one who tidies up ...1941 Amer. dial.
TIDY - verbs
• DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LICK AN' PRAN to tidy up ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order ...1889 Eng. dial.
• READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order ...1864 Amer. dial.
• REDD to set in order, to arrange; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDDEN UP to tidy up a house ...1926 Amer. dial.
• REDD UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RED UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house ...1842 Amer. dial.
• RID to tidy, to put in order, to clean up ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SCURRYFUNGE to hastily make tidy ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SIDEN to straighten up or tidy a table or room, not a thorough cleaning; to put in order ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat ...M19 US sl.
• TEAKETTLE UP to tidy, to put in order ...1975 Amer. dial.
• TED to spread out; to arrange in order; to tidy, to smooth ...1887 Sc.
• TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TIGHTEN †* to make oneself tidy ...1786
• TITTY-TOIT to tidy up ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TIDYING - nouns
• REDD the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-UP the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCURRYFUNGE a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour coming, and the time they knock on the door ...1975 Amer. dial. (Maine)
TIE (bind) - nouns
• ABLIGATION † a tying up from ...1849
• SUBLIGATION † a binding or tying underneath ...1658
TIE (neckwear) - nouns
• APPLE-GUARD a scarf and tie ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• CHOKE RAG a cravat or necktie ...1840 US jocular
• DEAD HEAT a necktie ...1980s Aust. sl.
• FALL a necktie ...1890 Eng. dial.
• FALLING-BAND a necktie, an old-fashioned neck-band ...1622 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY TIE a particularly gaudy tie ...1940s S. Afr. sl.
• NECKERCHER a necktie ...1872 Eng. dial.
• NECKING a kerchief; a necktie ...1816 Eng. dial.
• NELLIE a tie ...1910s rhyming sl. (Nellie Bligh)
• NELLIE BLIGH a tie ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NELLY a tie ...1910s rhyming sl. (Nelly Bligh)
• NELLY BLIGH a tie ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NELLY BLY a tie ...1910s rhyming sl.
• PECKHAM RYE a tie ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl., later usually a necktie
• RAG a necktie ...1910s US sl.
• SHOOFLY a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SHU-FLY a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck ...1933 Amer. dial.
• THRAPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• THROPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat ...1787 Sc.
• TIAL a tie; a string with which anything is fastened; anything used for tying a latchet; a tying ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WATERFALL neckcloth, scarf or tie with long pendant ends ...M19 sl.
• WHITE CHOKER a white tie ...c1860 lower-class sl.
TIE (bind) - verbs
• ABLIGATE † to bind or tie up from ...1731
• BAIL UP to tie up, to fasten ...1883 Sc.
• BETIE † to tie round, to bind fast ...1578
• CADGE † to fasten, tie, bind, knot ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAPISTRATE †* to halter, to muzzle, to tie ...1656
• FAGGOT to make into a faggot; to bind or tie up in or as in a faggot ...1598
• HALCH † to fasten, to tie, to knot ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAIL †* to tie or fasten in a string or row ...1622
• REEM to tie fast ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBLIGATE † to bind or tie underneath ...1656
• TAG to tie, to bind ...1825 Sc.
• TANG to tie ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TAW to tie, to fasten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WRAP to tie up ...Brit. criminals' sl.
TIE (neckwear) - verbs
• PECKHAM RYE to tie ...20C rhyming sl.
TIED - adjectives
• EVEN STEPHEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
• EVEN STEVEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
TIGER - adjectives
• TIGRINE pert. to or resembling a tiger, esp. in marking or colouring ...1656
• TIGROID resembling a tiger; marked like a tiger ...1901
TIGER - nouns
• MEOWL † the cry of a tiger ...1653 Sc.
• OLD STRIPES a tiger ...L19 sl.
• STRIPES a tiger ...L19 sl.
• TIGERKIN a diminutive tiger; a tiger cub ...1867
• TIGERLING a young or diminutive tiger ...1858
• TIGROLOGY the branch of zoology which treats of tigers ...1822-56 nonce word
TIGER - verbs
• RANK †* of a tiger: to roar ...1607
TIGHT - adjectives
• ASS-TIGHT very tight ...1960 Amer. sl.
• KEDGE stiff, tight ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• TANG straight, tight ...1825 Sc.
TIGHTEN - verbs
• GAG to tighten, so as to prevent motion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• THEETEN to tighten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TIGHT-FISTED - adjectives
• HANDFAST having a firm grip of the hand; tight-fisted, close-fisted ...1603
• MINGEY tight-fisted, mean ...UK playground sl.
• MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean ...M19 Aust. sl.
• SCHEISTY tight-fisted ...M19 US sl.
• SHYSTY tight-fisted ...M19 US sl.
TIGHT-FISTED - nouns, person
• SANNIE SICCAR-SOLES a very cautious, rather tight-fisted person ...1950 Sc.
TIGHTLY - adverbs
• HARD tightly, firmly, securely ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD-HORN tightly ...1836 Sc.
TIGHTS - nouns
• SNOW WHITES tights ...1970s rhyming sl.
TILL - nouns
• CASH † a chest or box for money; a cash-box, a till ...1598
• CHIP a cash-box; a till; a cash drawer without belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• COMBINATION CHIP a till; a cash drawer with belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DAMPER a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register ...1848 US criminals' sl.
• DINGER a till; a cash drawer with belling device ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• JACK a till ...1930s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
• JACK AND JILL a till ...c1890 rhyming sl.
• PETER a safe; also, a cash-box or cash register ...1859 sl.
• RAB a cash register ...1930s UK criminals' sl.
• TILL-TAPPING pilfering from a till ...1893
TILL - nouns, person
• DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till ...1893
TILL - verbs
• DRAW A DAMPER to take or rob a money drawer or till ...1848 US sl.
• TURN DOWN THE DAMPER to rob a cash drawer or till ...1893 US sl.
TILL (land) - verbs
• LABOUR to till, to cultivate land; to plough ...1798 Sc. & Ireland
• MANURE † to till, to cultivate land ...a1400
TILLAGE - nouns
• LABOUR tillage ...1896 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• MANURANCE † cultivation of land; tillage; manuring ...1572
TILT - adjectives
• CRICKELTY unsteady; liable to tilt or upset ...19C Eng. dial.
TILT - verbs
• LEAN TOWARDS COOPER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS FISHER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1957 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS JONES'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS PERKINS'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAN TOWARDS SAWYER'S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAIT to tilt; to overturn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAP to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TILTING - adjectives
• HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady ...1886 colloq.
TIMBER - adjectives
• TIMBERY * abounding in or characterized by timber ...1859
TIMBER - nouns
• HEADS AND PLUCKS the refuse of timber, the boughs, roots, etc. ...1790 Eng. dial.
TIMBER - nouns, person
• TIMBERMAN † 1. a man who supplies or deals in timber ...1429
† 2. one who makes things of timber; a carpenter ...1466 Sc.
• TIMBER-TASTER † a dockyard official formerly employed in testing the measurement, soundness, and quality of timber ...1806
• XYLOPOLIST * a timber-merchant ...1656
TIMBER - verbs
• GRANDMA to steal timber ...1936 Amer. dial.
• THROW to fell timber ...1889 Eng. dial.
TIME - adjectives
• COETANEOUS coming into existence or arising at the same time ...1608
• DENTY large, fair-sized; of time: considerable ...1862 Sc.
• DOWN THE TRACK referring to the passage of time ...1980s sl.
• EQUITEMPORANEOUS † performed in equal lengths of time; occupying the same length of time; contemporaneous ...1709
• FRIGGING of a person or task: time-wasting; demanding too much time, pottering about...18C Brit.
• HANDY of time: near to, approaching, nearly ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HOOZY-POOZY wasting time ...19C Eng. dial.
• NARROW * of time: short, brief ...1611
• OMNITEMPORAL relating to all times ...1890
• SOLID full, complete, entire, esp. of time ...M19
• TACTIC † pert. to the beating of time ...1779
• TEMPORANEOUS † pertaining to time, temporal ...1656 rare or obs.
• TIMEFUL † occurring in or consisting of time; temporal, durational ...a1400
• TIMESOME †* pert. to or subject to time as opposed to eternity; of finite duration; temporal ...1674
TIME - adverbs
• ALAIRE a short time ago ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALARE a short time ago ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANOTHER-WHEN another time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• AT-AFTER of time: after, afterwards ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BACK-ALONG of time: back; formerly; in the past; recently; a little while ago ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BACK-CAST of time: long ago, in the past ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BAFT †* of time: after ...1205
• FOR A BLUE MOON for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A COON'S AGE for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A DOG'S AGE for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A RIGHT SMART SPELL for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR A WEEK OF SUNDAYS for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR AGES for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR AN AGE for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY SUNDAYS for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR THE LONGEST for a very long time ...1926 Amer. dial.
• FOR THE LAST LONGEST. for a very long time ...1933 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST for a considerable distance or time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO HARLEM for a considerable distance or time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ON THE DOT precisely; exactly at the time specified ...colloq.
• ON THE NOSE exactly on time ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
TIME - prepositions
• AHIND of time: after, behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AT-AFTER of time: after ...1868 Eng. dial.
• AYONT of time: after, later than ...1895 Sc.
• GAIN † of time: towards, near ...c1475
TIME - conjunctions
• TOFORE † of time: before ...a1325
TIME - nouns
• AFRICAN PEOPLE'S TIME unpunctuality, flexible time, a general disregard for time-keeping ...1960s sl., orig. S. Afr.
• AFRICAN TIME unpunctuality, flexible time, a general disregard for time-keeping ...1960s sl., orig. S. Afr.
• AGE OF YEARS a very long time ...1969 Amer. dial.
• AUDIE the voice that announced the time on telephone time services ...1955 US sl.
• BAT a short time, a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAT OF AN EYE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIT a short while, a short space of time ...1653 colloq.
• BLOWS a long period of time ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRACE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREATH a very short time; a moment ...1917 Amer. dial.
• CAT-SNIFTER a very short space of time ...1867 Eng. dial.
• COON'S AGE a long time ...1835 Amer.
• COUPLE OF HUMPS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF JERKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF KICKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF WINKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROCK an unpleasant or worthless person, object, or experience; a waste of time ...L19 sl.
• CROCK OF SHIT an unpleasant or worthless person, object, or experience; a waste of time ...1951 US sl.
• DAFFING an idle waste of time in frivolous talking ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAY AND TIME a period of time; an era ...1887 Amer. dial.
• DECURRENCE † the act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse of time ...1659
• DECURRENCY † the act or state of running down; downward flow or course; lapse of time ...1651
• DECURSE † downward course, lapse of time ...1593
• DECURSION † a course or passage of time ...1664
• DISTANCE an extent of time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• DODGE odd moments, spare time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOG'S AGE a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONKEY'S YEARS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• EARLY O'CLOCK shortly after an activity has started ...1983 Trinidad and Tobago
• EFFLUX the lapse, passing away of time, or of a particular period; hence, expiry, end ...1647
• EFFLUXION the lapse or passing away of time; the expiry or completion of a certain period ...1621
• EGGTAGGLE † the act of wasting time in bad company; hence, immodest conduct ...1825 Sc.
• FARMER'S TIME 30 minutes early or fast ...20C US sl.
• FARTING-SPELL a very short period of time; a moment ...19C Amer. dial.
• FEC † a definite interval in space or time; a limited distance, fixed period ...c1000
• FEUSTERING wasting time ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FLASH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLIFF a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment ...1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLIFFY a short space of a time; a moment ...1820 Sc.
• GOD'S TIME orig. time as told by the sun as opposed to standard time; later, standard time as opposed to daylight saving time ...1911 Amer. dial.
• HALF-A-JIFFY a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF A MO a very short but vaguely defined time, a moment ...1896 UK sl.
• HALF-A-SHAKE a moment, a very short time ...20C NZ sl.
• HALF A TIC a very short time ...L19 sl.
• HALF A TICK a very short time ...L19 sl.
• HAND-CLAP a moment, a short space of time ...1824 Sc.
• HANDWHILE † a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAUTESSE † length of time ...a1300
• HAWAIIAN TIME (occasionally derogatory) a flexible system of time; a disregard for punctuality ...1974 Amer. dial.
• HEART-BEAT an extremely brief space of time ...1850
• HEEL the concluding part of anything, as a period of time, a book, etc. ...L16
• HIGH TIME the latest possible time; a time that is almost too late ...colloq.
• HYSTERICAL PRESENT the present time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INCH OF TIME, AN the least moment of time ...1873 Eng. dial.
• INDIAN TIME (usually derogatory) a flexible system of time; a lack of punctuality ...1963 Amer. dial.
• JACK AN' DANNY nonsense, time-wasting, prevarication ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'fanny'
• JEFFEY the shortest possible time ...1793 colloq.
• JERK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFF a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFFY the shortest possible time ...1793 colloq.
• KATH an indeterminate period of time ...20C Aust. sl.
• KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN an indeterminate period of time ...20C Aust. sl.
• LAG-END the latter part of a period of time; the tail-end ...1822 Sc.
• LEMON AND LIME time ...20C rhyming sl.
• LENGH length of time or space ...c888
• LESS THAN NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LETTING † wasting of time ...1398
• LITTLE BIT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG TIME Central time ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MANY-A-BIT a long time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANY-A-WHILE a long time ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MINUTE a long time ...1990s US Black sl.
• MONTH OF SUNDAYS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NANO a very short period of time ...1991 US sl.
• NEVER-MASS † a date or time which never comes ...c1550 obs. exc. Sc.
• NEW YORK MINUTE a very short period of time; an instant ...1920s US sl.
• NEW YORK SECOND an instant ...1920s US sl.
• NICK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NICKEL AND DIME time ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NIGGERHEADING (derogatory) wasting time by not working on the job ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONWARDLING † a small portion or length of time ...1674
• PIG'S WHISPER a very short space of time ...1791
• PIG'S-WHISTLE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUACK † a brief moment; a trice, the shortest possible time ...1882 Sc.
• RACE †* a space of time; a while ...a1300
• RAILROAD TIME time as kept by a railroad line; hence, precise clock time; also, standard time, as opposed to local time ...1865 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT SMART SPELL a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEVERAL YEARS OF RAINY THURSDAYS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT METER a short time ...1842 Amer. dial.
• SILENT HOURS, THE from 11 pm to 5:30 am ...c1910 Royal Navy colloq.
• SKETCH OF TIME a short period of time ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKIRT the beginning or end of a period of time; chiefly in plural ...1624
• SNATCH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCCESSION † the course, lapse, or process of time ...1456
• TACK a specific period of time, as a spell of weather, a stretch ...1728 Sc.
• TAKER-UP something that occupies time, space, etc. ...1620
• TANTILLATION † a trifling space of time; a moment of time ...1651 nonce word
• TERM OF A TIME a long time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TIDEMENT †* time, tide, season ...1560
• THOUGHT a small quantity of anything; a short distance; a short time ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL a very short time ...1884 Amer. dial.
• TIME † a space of time, generally understood to mean a year ...1382
• TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment ...a1400
• TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO JERKS OF A LAMB'S TAIL a short period of time; an instant; a jiffy ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TWO SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO TWO'S a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HELLO a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HOLLER a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VALUE an extent or amount of time ...1803 Sc.
• WEEK OF SUNDAYS n. a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHET a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time ...1834 Amer. dial.
• WHIFF a short space of time; a jiffy ...1823 Amer. dial.
• WHILES a time, a while ...1857 Amer. dial.
• WHIPS OF TIME an abundance of time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• WHIPSTITCH a short space of time; a moment ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WHISK OF A LAMB'S TAIL, A a very short time ...1895 Amer. dial.
• WHIT a considerable period of time ...1994 Amer. dial.
• WINK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YANKEE MINUTE a very short period of time ...1995 Amer. dial.
• ZERO-DARK-THIRTY the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn ...1980 US military sl.
TIME - nouns, person
• GOOF someone who makes mistakes or wastes time ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FUCK-OFF a person who wastes time; a goof-off ..M20 US sl.
• HACKER an idler, a time-waster ...1960s US college sl.
• JAG-OFF an incompetent time-waster ...M20 US sl.
• SPILL-TIME † an idler; a waster of time ...1393
• TIME-LOSER one who wastes time ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIMIST * a chronologer ...1897
TIME, ACTUAL TIME - nouns
• FARMERS' TIME eight o'clock (pm) ...1940 Amer. dial.
• NARROWDALE NOON one o' clock ...1868 Eng. dial.
TIME - verbs
• ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ARSE ABOUT to idle, to fool about; to waste time ...1664 Brit.
• ARSE AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1664 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• ASS ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1664 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE AROUND to loaf; to trifle; to wander idly about; to waste time ...1968 Amer. sl.
• AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BASH THE SPINE to idle, to waste time, to loaf around ...1940s Aust. sl.
• BE A-DOING to do something merely to have something to do; to pass the time ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BEAT IN TIME to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAT OUT THE TIME to while away the time ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BEAT TIME to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEEF to loaf; to waste time ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BLANDER to babble; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate; to waste time in gossiping ...19C
• BOIL WATER to waste time by doing unimportant or useless things ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• BUGGER AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• COME IN PUDDING-TIME to come in good time, before it's too late ...M17 colloq.
• CRAP AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1935 US sl.
• DADDLE to be slow in motion or action; to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to saunter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DALLACK to dally, to fritter away time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...L16 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DANNER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc.
• DAUNDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT to waste time; to idle about; to take advantage of, to impose on ...1881 Amer. dial.
• DICKER AROUND to waste time in indecision ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DIDDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE-DADDLE to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DILDER to trifle, to waste time, to work carelessly ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DILLY-DALLY to dawdle; hence to waste time ...1741 UK sl.
• DINK AROUND to idle or waste time ...1978 US sl.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DONDER to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one's time; to hobble ...1727 Eng. dial.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly ...c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DROOL to waste time, to idle around ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
• DRUTTLE to dawdle, to waste time, to trifle ...19C Scot
• EAT † to absorb time wastefully ...1598
• EEM to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing ...1674 Eng. dial.
• FADDLE to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• FADE to idle; to waste time ...1968 US sl.
• FAFF to mess about, restlessly and ineffectually, wasting time, often while something quite urgent needs attention; to play or fool around, to waste time ...c1930
• FAFF ABOUT to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to be indecisive or fussy ...1874 UK sl.
• FAFF AROUND to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to play or fool around ...1874 UK sl.
• FAKE ABOUT to 'knock about'; to waste time, to idle ...Bk1900 Ireland
• FANDANGLE to hang about, to trifle, to waste time, to 'fool' around ...1892 Ireland
• FANNY ABOUT to be indecisive or fussy; to waste time; to act aimlessly ...1970s sl.
• FANNY AROUND to waste time; to act aimlessly ...1970s sl.
• FARE † of time: to go, to pass ...c1250
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1910s sl.
• FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1931 sl.
• FART-ARSE to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART-ARSE AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to waste time ...1940s sl.
• FART OFF to goof off; to waste time ...1968 US sl.
• FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1975 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLEFART AROUND to waste time doing little or nothing ...1972 US sl.
• FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FIG AROUND to idle, to waste time ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FORNICATE THE POODLE to waste time; to loaf on the job ...1910s US sl.
• FRIG to dawdle, to waste time ...18C Brit. sl.
• FRIG ABOUT to waste time doing little or nothing ...1933 UK sl.
• FUCK ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1922 sl.
• FUCK AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1922 sl.
• FUCK OFF to waste time ...M20 US sl.
• FUTZ AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 US sl.
• GOOF to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• GOOF AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1929 sl., chiefly US
• GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one's duties ...1932 sl., orig. military
• HACK to waste time, usually in a context where time should not be wasted ...1888 US sl.
• HACK ABOUT to waste time ...1960s US sl.
• HACK AROUND to loaf, to lounge, to idle; to ramble around; to waste time ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HACK OFF to idle; to loaf; to lounge; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time ...1888 US sl.
• HAINGLE of time: to pass slowly ...1804 Sc.
• HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time ...E19 sl.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HINGLE of time: to pass slowly ...1804 Sc.
• HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with 'around')...1900 US sl.
• HUMP THE DOG to waste time completely ...1980 US sl.
• JACK AROUND to mess about; to waste time; to act childishly; to be ineffective ...1960s sl.
• JACK OFF to waste time; to goof off ...20C US sl.
• LALLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or design; to fool about ...1862 US sl.
• LOLLYGAG to dawdle, to dally, to fool about; to be idle; to waste time out of ineptitude or malicious design ...1862 US sl.
• LOSE TIME to waste time; to fool around ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLE † to delay, to waste time ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARDLE to gossip; to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to fritter away one's time; usually used with 'with' ...1877-78 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY AROUND to waste time or pass the time aimlessly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-FART AROUND to waste time; to fool about ...a1970 Amer. sl.
• MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time ...L19 sl.
• MUCK ABOUT to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1856
• MUCK AROUND to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1856
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner ...1893 UK colloq.
• PIDDLE to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1774 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE ABOUT to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1545 sl.
• PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one's time ...1545 sl.
• PISS ABOUT to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PISS-ANT AROUND to waste time, to dawdle ...20C Aust. sl.
• PISS AROUND to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• PISS-ARSE ABOUT to fool about; to waste time ...c1920 army sl.
• PLAY SILLY BLEEDERS to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PLAY SILLY Bs to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PLAY SILLY BUGGERS to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly ...1961 sl.
• PLOW THE BACK FORTY to waste time ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PRAT ABOUT to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 Brit. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PLONKER to waste time ...1982 UK sl.
• PUT ONE'S TIME IN to spend time; to occupy one's time ...L19 sl.
• QUEETER to work lazily and languidly, to trifle, to waste time ...1866 Sc.
• QUIDDLE to trifle, to waste time; to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget ...1832 now chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RANCH to idle; to spend time doing little, to waste time ...1991 US sl.
• SHOE THE GRAY GOOSE to spend one's time uselessly; to undertake a difficult and profitless business ...1892
• SHOOL to waste time doing a task ...1946 Amer. dial.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SPLIT-SECOND to time by a stopwatch ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUMMER †* to pass one's time pleasantly ...1568
• TAIVER to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time ...1808 Sc.
• TANTLE to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TAVER to roam about aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time ...1808 Sc.
• TROTTLE to dawdle, to idle, to waste one's time ...1921 Sc.
• TID to choose the right time for; to time, esp. with reference to land or crops ...1808 Sc.
• TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIME IT OUT to procrastinate, to delay, to spin out the time ...1613 obs.
• WALK † to time: to pass, to elapse ...c1250
• WANK to waste time ...1940s sl.
• WHANK to waste time ...1940s sl.
• YUCK IT UP to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 sl., chiefly Amer.
• YUK IT UP to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way ...1961 sl., chiefly Amer.
TIME - phrases
• AGAINST THE CLOCK what you are said to be when time is short and you're in a hurry ...Brit. sl.
• BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON instantly, in the shortest possible time ...1785 sl.
• HALF PAST KISSING TIME a facetious reply to the question, "What time is it?" ...1910 Amer. sl.
• HALF PAST KISSING TIME AND TIME TO KISS AGAIN a facetious reply to the question, "What time is it?" ...1910 Amer. sl.
• LONG AS JOHN BROWN STAYED IN HEAVEN, AS no time at all ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SINCE ADAM WAS A COWBOY for a very long time ...1968 NZ
• SINCE ADAM WAS A PUP for a very long time ...1956 Aust. sl.
• SINCE BUCK WAS A CALF for a long period of time ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SINCE CAESAR WAS A PUP for a very long time ...E20 colloq.
• SINCE DICK SEDDON DIED for a very long time ...1952 NZ
• SINCE DICK SEDDON WAS A BOY for a very long time ...1979 NZ
• SINCE GOD CALLED THE CHICKENS HOME for a very long time ...c1945 NZ
• SINCE HANNAH WAS A RAG DOLL for a very long time ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SINCE HECTOR WAS A PUP for a very long time ...1904 US sl.
• SINCE THE BATTLE OF CRECY for a very long time ...L19 colloq.
• SINCE THE LORD HAD THE MEASLES for a very long time ...c1945 NZ
• SINCE THE WOODS BURNED for a long time ...1863 Amer. dial.
• SINCE THE WOODS CAUGHT ON FIRE for a long time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SINCE THE WOODS WERE BURNT for a long time ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SINCE TIME for a very long time ...2003 UK sl.
• SINCE WILLIE DIED for a very long time ...E20 colloq.
• TILL THE WATER GETS HOT even a short time, any time at all ...1938 Amer. dial.
• UNDER THE WIRE at the very last minute ...1930s
• UNTIL THE WATER GETS HOT even a short time, any time at all ...1936 Amer. dial.
TIMELESSNESS - nouns
• ACHRONISM the state of timelessness; deficiency of time ...1877 nonce word
TIMELY - adjectives
• TIDIVE †* timely, opportune ...a1700
• TIDY † timely, seasonable, opportune; in season ...c1350
TIMELY - adverbs
• TIMELILY †* timely ...1608