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TORN - TRAITOROUS

TORN - adjectives
• BETORN † torn; torn about the sides, tattered ...a1300
• HACKLE UP of things: torn, damaged, untidy ...20C W. Indies sl.
• ILLACERABLE †* not liable to be torn or rent ...1656
• RAFT * torn off ...1818
• RASSED †* torn off ...1513
 
TORN - nouns
• MAMMOCK a scrap, a shred, a broken or torn piece ...a1529 arch. or Eng. dial.
• SCALLOP a small torn piece ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE anything hanging, as a torn piece of a dress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
TORNADO - nouns
• DIPPER a tornado ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELL WIND a tornado ...1929 Amer. dial.
• WATERSPOUT a terrestrial tornado, esp. one accompanied by torrential rain; broadly, a violent downpour of rain ...1822 Amer. dial.
 
TORPEDO - nouns
• FISH a torpedo ...1928 sl.
• KIPPER a torpedo ...1953 sl.
• MOULDY a torpedo ...1916 Brit. sl.
• TIN FISH a torpedo ...1915 sl.
• TORP a torpedo ...1929 sl.
 
TORPID - adjectives
• TORPULENT †* torpid; disinclined to act, listless; lacking emotional sensibility ...1657 obs. rare
 
TORTOISE - nouns
• SHELLPAD † a tortoise or turtle ...1562
 
TORTURE - nouns
• CARNIFICE †* butchery, murder, torture ...1657
• CASCHIELAWIS † an instrument of torture, said to have been invented by the 'Master of Orkney' in 1596; its action appears to have been forcibly to draw together the body and limbs of the victim, and hold him in this cramped position ...1596 Sc.
• GEHENNA a place of torture; a prison ...1594
• GEHENNE †* judicial torture ...1646
• HUMMING BIRD a type of torture using electricity ...L19 US prison sl.
• IMPALATION †* the torture or punishment of impaling ...1744
• MARTYRDOM torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1386
• MARTYRE † torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering ...c1330
• PAINS †* judicial torture ...1533
• QUALE-HOUSE † a house of torture ...c1205
• SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER an instrument of torture, consisting of a broad iron hoop, which was locked around the prisoner's body, compressing it unnaturally to such an extent that the victim was effectively squeezed to death ...M16
• SCOLD'S BRIDLE an instrument of punishment used for scolding women; it was used as a form of torture and public humiliation; it was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head; a bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue; it was first recorded in 1567; sometimes called a witch's bridle, a brank's bridle, or branks ...1899 Sc.
• SKEFFINGTON'S DAUGHTER an instrument of torture, consisting of a broad iron hoop, which was locked around the prisoner's body, compressing it unnaturally to such an extent that the victim was effectively squeezed to death ...M16
• STRAPPADO a form of torture: the culprit, his legs tied, was hoisted by a rope fastened to his arms behind his back, and was given a rapid descent stopped so suddenly that the jerk often dislocated the joints of arms and shoulders; this was repeated once or twice ...1587 sl.
• TANACLES †* instruments of torture, like pincers ...1598
• TINTREGH † torment, torture ...c893
 
TORTURE - verbs
• BETHROW †* to twist about, to torture ...1393
• MARTYR to inflict grievous suffering or pain upon; to torment, to torture ...c1240
• PAIN † to inflict a penalty or punishment upon; to punish; to torture by way of punishment; to fine ...c1350
• RACK to inflict mental pain or torture on a person; to torture, to distract the mind, soul, etc. ...1601
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TINTREGHE † to torment, to torture ...c1175
 
TORTURED - adjectives
• YBRAD † tortured as with fire ...a1310
 
TORTURING - adjectives
• CRUCIATORY †* torturing, tormenting ...1660
• RACKING torturing causing intense pain, physical or mental ...1667
 
TOSS - nouns
• CANT a blow or toss ...1755 boxing usage
• PECK a toss, a hard throw ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
TOSS - verbs
• BALLOT †* to toss about like a ball, to drive hither and thither ...1680
• BANDY † to toss, drive, or throw aside or away ...1591
• BEFROUNCE † to toss about; to tousle ...1581
• CAIR to toss backwards and forwards; to mix up; to handle overmuch, to stir about ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CANVAS(S) † to toss in a canvas sheet, etc., as a sport or punishment ...1508
• DANCE to toss ...1846 Eng. dial.
• FLAP to toss, fling, slam, etc., abruptly or noisily
• KATE MOSS to toss, to throw ...1990s rhyming sl.
• KEDGE to toss about; to move a thing quickly from one place to another ...Bk1901 Sc.
• LAB to pitch, to toss ...Bk1902 Sc.
• RACKET † to strike with, or as with, a racket; to toss or bandy about ...1603 
• SCRAWL to scrape up; to gather together; to toss about in a confused, disorderly manner ...1866 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay ...1825 Sc.
• TAIT to shake about; to stir, to toss about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to toss; to throw oneself about, esp. to throw the hands about wildly as a person in fever does ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEAP to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEASE to handle roughly; to tear; to toss about ...1892 Sc.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TIZZLE to toss, to throw or buffet about; to stir up, to turn over hay ...1825 Sc.
• TOLTER to move unsteadily; to flounder; to turn or toss about; to hobble; to walk unevenly ...1529 Eng. dial.
• WALLER to toss or thrash about like a fish on dry land ...1825 Sc.
• WALTER † to roll about; to toss to and fro ...c1375
• YARK to throw with a jerk; to cast violently; to toss ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK to throw with a jerk; to cast violently; to toss ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
TOSS AWAY - verbs
• BUTT-CAN to toss away or aside ...a1986 US military sl.
 
TOSSED - verbs
• WAIVE † to move to and fro in the wind; to be tossed about; to totter ...a1300
 
TOSSING - nouns
• CANVASS † a shaking up; a tossing up and down ...1611
• WAP † a shake, a flap; a sweeping or tossing movement ...a1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
TOTAL, TOTALITY - nouns
• BOX AND DICE the sum total, everything; the whole, complete turn-out ...1889 Sc.
• HAIR AND HIDE the totality, the  entirety ...1955 Amer. dial.
• HAIR, HIDE, AND ALL the totality, the entirety ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HALE the whole, the whole amount or number; the sum total ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OMNITUDE * the fact of being all; universality; the whole, the total sum ...1839
• QUOTIENT †* number, total ...1659
• SUMMA † a sum-total ...1442
• WHOLE WARE, THE the whole number, quantity, or amount; the sum total...1563
 
TOTAL - verbs
• SUM-TOTALIZE to reckon or state the sum-total; to sum up ...1840
 
TOTALLY - adverbs
• ASSHOLE TO APPETITE from end to end, thoroughly, totally ...1967 Amer. sl.
• BIG TIME totally, very ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEADASS completely; totally ...1971 Amer. sl.
• DEAD-BANG completely, utterly, totally, absolutely ... 1919 Amer. police usage
• FAIR DINKUM totally; properly; well and truly ...1918 Aust. sl.
• FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE from end to end; thoroughly, totally ...1899 Amer. sl.
• FROM BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME THROUGH AND THROUGH thoroughly, totally ...1907 US sl.
• FULL SESH totally; completely ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• HAIR AND HIDE † every part, entirely, wholly, totally ...c1450
• WICKED very; extremely, really, totally ...1960 Amer. dial.
 
TOTTER - nouns, person
• TITTER-TOTTER † one who totters, reels, or staggers ...a1700
 
TOTTER - verbs
• DACKER to stagger, to totter ...1668 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHER to tremble, to shake; to move in an infirm, shaky manner, to totter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DODDER to move unsteadily; to totter
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to totter in walking ...1709
• HYTER-SKYTER to walk with tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• LABEFACTATE †* to cause to totter or fall ...1657
• PAIDLE to walk, esp. to walk slowly or with short steps; to totter, to toddle; to wander about ...1808 Sc.
• QUEEDLE to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLY to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STOTAY † to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand ...a1400
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TITTER † to move unsteadily, as if about to fall; to totter, to reel; to sway to and fro ...c1374 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• TODDER to walk unsteadily, to totter ...1871
• TOTTLE to totter, to rock; to cause to totter ...c1820 Eng. dial.
• WABBLE to wobble; to walk unsteadily, to stagger, to totter, to rock on one's feet, to waffle ...1786 Sc.
• WAFFLE to stagger, to totter, to move uncertainly ...1973 Sc.
• WAG † to totter, to stagger; to be in danger of falling ...c1340
• WAGGER † to stagger, to totter ...1382
• WAIVE † to move to and fro in the wind; to be tossed about; to totter ...a1300
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
• WAMBLE † of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
TOTTERING, TOTTERY - adjectives
• DANDERY trembling, infirm, tottery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERING shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERY shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKY of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering ...1851
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• HEIVY-KEIVY tottering ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LABEFACT * shaken, tottering ...1874
• PADDLY tottering, uncertain in gait ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEDLING tottering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROCKY unsteady, tottering, shaky ...M18
• SHACKLEY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SUCCIDUOUS †* ready to fall; tottering ...1656
• TICKLE † insecure, unstable, tottering, easily upset; ready to fall ...1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTERING tottering, swaying. moving unsteadily ...1661
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
• TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLIE tottery, staggering ...1973 Sc.
• WALEY-GALEY unsteady, tottering ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLY shaky, tottering, unsteady ...1857 Eng. dial.
• WANTY unsteady, tottering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
TOTTERING - adverbs
• HYTER-SKYTER with weak, tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• TITTER-TOTTER in a tottering manner; unsteadily ...1725
• WABBLE with a weak tottering step, tremulously ...1866 Sc.
 
TOTTERING - nouns
• HYTER-SKYTER the act of walking with very tottering steps ...B1900 Sc.
• LABASCENCY †* tottering state or condition ...a1657
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAPPILOORIE anything raised high on a slight or tottering foundation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TITTERING the act of tottering or swaying; unsteady movement ...c1374
 
TOUCH - adjectives
• PALPED † felt; apprehended by the touch ...1609
• TACTIC * belonging to touch ...1625
• TACTILE perceptible to the touch ...1615
• TACTUAL pert. to touch; due to touch ...1642
• TANGENT pert. to touch ...1802
 
TOUCH - nouns
• DAP a touch, a tap; a slight blow or knock ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TACT 1. the sense of touch; touch ...1651
†* 2. the act of touching or handling; a touch ...1801
• TACTURE † touch, contact ...1597
• TANGENCE * the quality or condition of touching, touch; point of contact ...1840
• TEEPLE a slight touch or stroke ...B1900 Sc.
• TICK † a light but distinct touch; a light quick stroke; a pat, a tap ... c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIG a touch; usually a light but significant touch, a tap or pat ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
TOUCH - verbs
• BERINE †* to touch; to fall upon, to fall ...a1300
• FEEL OF to touch, to handle ...1817 Amer. dial.
• NAM to touch, to lay hands on ...1825 Sc.
• PALP * to touch, to feel; to handle gently, to pat ...1534
• PALPABRIZE † to feel, to touch, to handle ...1593
• PRINKLE to touch; to cause to tingle ...1868 Sc.
• RAISE † to graze, to touch ...1591
• SCAMP to graze, to strike slightly, to touch lightly in passing, to deliver a glancing blow to ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SKIFF to touch lightly in passing over; to skim ...1807-10 Sc.
• TAINT † to touch, to strike, to hit ...1525
• TAKE † to touch ...a1150
• TAN to touch; to fondle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAT to touch gently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEEPLE to touch or strike lightly ...B1900 Sc.
• TICK to touch or tap a thing or person lightly; to bestow light touches or pats by way of caressing ...1546
• TITILLATE to touch lightly; to irritate slightly ...1837
 
TOUCHABLE - adjectives
• TANGIBLE capable of being touched; affecting the sense of touch; touchable ...1589
 
TOUCHED - adjectives
• PALPABLE that can be touched, felt, or handled; apprehensible by the sense of touch; tangible, sensible ...c1384
• TACTABLE † capable of being touched ...1611
 
TOUCHING - adjectives
• PALPATORY * touching, feeling with the hand ...1876
• TACTIVE †* characterized by touching ...1634
• TANGENT touching, contiguous ...1846
• TENDER pathetic, touching ...1901 Sc.
 
TOUCHING - nouns
• PALMATION † the of touching or feeling with the palm of the hand ...1688
• TACT †* the act of touching or handling; a touch ...1801
• TACTATION †* the act of touching ...1688
• TACTION the act of touching; contact ...1623
• TACTURIENCY † the desire of touching ...1652 nonce word
• TAKING †* touching, touch ...1340
 
TOUCHY - adjectives
• ALL HAIR BY THE NOSE angry, quarrelsome, touchy ...1924 Amer. dial.
• ALL HAIR IN THE NOSE angry, quarrelsome, touchy ...1924 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH quarrelsome, easily offended, touchy ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FUFFY short-tempered, touchy, huffy ...1858 Sc.
• GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HAIR-SORE touchy, ready to take offense ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATTLE-TEMPERED quick-tempered, touchy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HECKLE-TEMPERED short-tempered, hasty, touchy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• KITTLE difficult to deal with, esp. because touchy, obstinate, or intractable; fickle, capricious ...Sc.
• MIFFY apt to take offense, touchy, capricious ...1750 Eng. dial.
• NAGGIE cross-tempered, touchy, ill-natured ...1838 Sc.
• NAGGLY touchy, fretful, sarcastic, quarrelsome; ill-natured ...1887 Sc.
• NATTLE quick to take offense; touchy; irritable; cross ...1868 Eng. dial.
• ON OFFSIDES of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ON THE OFFSIDE of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OUCHY irritable, short-tempered, touchy, easily offended, sensitive, intolerant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PRICKLY of a person: touchy ...1894 sl.
• SAFT-SKINNED easily offended, touchy, thin-skinned ...1882 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHORT-LIMBERED touchy ...L19
• SHORT-MINDED quick-tempered, touchy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SNARKY irritable; touchy; sarcastic, snide ...1906 Amer. sl.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• TATCHY touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TECHEOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1842 Amer. dial.
• TECHOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive ...1815 Amer. dial.
• TETCHEROUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1976 Amer. dial.
• TETCHIFIED touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1944 Amer. dial.
• TETCHIOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TETCHOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1842 Amer. dial.
• TETCHOUS AS A SKINNED EEL touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1842 Amer. dial.
• TETCHSOME touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended ...1592
• THIN-SKINNED sensitive to criticism, reproach, or rebuff; easily offended; touchy 
• TICKLE uncertain in temper; touchy, easily offended ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH easily upset in temper; apt to be offended, sensitive, touchy ...1581
• TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended ...1894 Amer. dial.
• TOUCHOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1880 Amer. dial.
 
TOUCHY - nouns, person
• FEIST (derogatory) a person or animal that is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY BRITCHES a touchy or quarrelsome person ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FICE (derogatory) a person or animal that is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FICETY BREECHES a touchy or quarrelsome person ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FISTE (derogatory) a person or animal that is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FYST (derogatory) a person or animal that is irascible, touchy, or bad-tempered ...1915 Amer. dial.
 
TOUCHY - verbs
• HAVE A BUG UP ONE'S ASS to be irascible and touchy ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RUN FOR THE HOSES to talk your way out of a touchy situation ...1960s Amer. sl.
 
TOUGH - adjectives
• BAD of persons: very tough; pugnacious; formidable; hence, formidably skilled ...1855 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• BADASS belligerent or intimidating; tough; bad; nasty ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• CASE-HARDENED made callous or tough by experience ...1769
• DUSTY tough, dangerous ...M19 US sl.
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• GUTSY energetic and tough ...c1890 Amer sl.
• HALF-ALLIGATOR aggressive, tough, rambunctious ...M19 sl.
• HARD-BITTEN tough in fight ...1784
• HARD DOWN tough, adamant ...1851 Amer. dial.
• HARDROCK physically tough ...1910s US sl.
• HARDROCKS physically tough ...1910s US sl.
• LEATHER-ASSED tough, stubborn, aggressive ...1977 Amer. sl.
• LEATHERLY † leather-like, tough ...1573
• OILY mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE of a person: tough, experienced ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROUGHNECK tough, rowdy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALTY tough, aggressive; used of a veteran of a particular environment, as of a prison ...1920s US sl.
• TIGHT of a person: tough and unyielding ...1928 US sl.
• TOUGH AS A BILED OWL having a tough, strong constitution ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH AS A BOILED OWL having a tough, strong constitution ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH AS WHANG very tough ...1956 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH AS WHANG LEATHER adj. very tough ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH AS WHITLEATHER very tough ...1786 Amer. dial.
• TOUGHER THAN A BILED OWL very tough indeed ...1863 Amer. sl.
• TOUGHER THAN A BOILED OWL thoroughly tough and of strong constitution ...1892 Amer. dial.
• TOUGHER THAN WHALE BONE very tough ...1938 Amer. dial.
• TOUGHER THAN WHANG very tough ...1938 Amer. dial.
• TOUGHER THAN WHITLEATHER tougher than rawhide, very tough ...1923 Amer. dial.
• WITHY 1. like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery ...1822 Amer. dial.
2. of a person: strong and supple; wiry, tough ...1849 Amer. dial.
 
TOUGH, TOUGHNESS - nouns
• BARB WIRE DEAL a tough situation to handle ...1958 Amer. dial.
• GUTS stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance ...colloq.
 
TOUGH - nouns, person
• BADASS a tough, aggressive or uncooperative person; a troublemaker ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BAD DAD a person whose opinion of his own toughness exceeds the rest of the world's estimation ...1973 US sl.
• BRUISER a strong, tough person ...1580 colloq.
• BUTCH a nickname for a tough young man ...1942 US sl.
• DUKE a regular fellow; a tough guy ...1989 US sl.
• HARD-ASS a person who has been seasoned or made tough by the ways of the world ...M20 US sl.
• HARD-CASE a hardened, tough person ...1836 US sl.
• HARDFIST a violence-prone, tough person ...1955 Can. sl.
• HARD JOHN a tough, uncompromising person ...1961 US sl.
• HARD KNOT a person no to be trifled with; a tough character ...1981 Amer. dial.
• HARD NUT a dangerous foe; a tough individual; a difficult challenge ...1884 US sl.
• HARD ROCK a tough person, both emotionally and physically ...1910s US Black sl.
• HARDROCKER a thug; a tough person ...1970s US sl.
• HARD ROOT a tough, devil-may-care person ...1920s Irish sl.
• LEATHER-ASS a tough, stubborn or aggressive person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MACCA-MAN a tough, strong, efficient man ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• MAN-EATER an exceptionally strong, tough fellow; esp. a pugilist ...20C Brit. sl.
• MOLL orig., a girl or woman; one's wife or sweetheart ; a tough or rowdy young woman ...1753
• MUSSIE a tough woman ...1953 Brit. sl.
• NAIL a tough or dangerous fellow ...1812 Amer. sl.
• PUG any young tough or mean man ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• ROD a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian ...L19 sl.
• SCRUFF-HOUND a rough, tough person ...1940s sl.
 
TOUGHNESS - verbs
• HAVE A PAPER ASSHOLE to lack toughness ...1945 Amer. sl.
 
TOUPEE - see WIG
 
TOUR - verbs
• GO WALKABOUT of an important person: to make an informal tour on foot ...1984 UK sl.
 
TOURIST - adjectives
• TOURISTY full of tourists; designed or developed to appeal to tourists; characteristic of tourists; often used with derogatory connotations ...1906 UK sl.
 
TOURIST - nouns
• TOURIST TRAP a place that attracts and makes unreasonable profits from tourists ...1939 UK sl.
• YAP WAGON a vehicle taking tourists on sightseeing tours ...1920s US sl.
 
TOURIST - nouns, person
• LAKER a holiday tourist ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• PUKER a tourist ...1997 US sl.
• SAGEBRUSHER a tourist into the west; a camper ...1908 Amer. dial.
• SHUNPIKER one who drives free roads; a tourist who drives back roads ...1951 Amer. dial.
• SNOWBIRD a winter tourist who travels south to avoid the chilly weather ...1920s Florida and other southern states
• TOURIST ANNIE the stereotypical female tourist in Port of Spain, dressed in what she perceives as traditional island clothing ...1971 Trinidad and Tobago
• TOURISTER a tourist ...1923 Amer. dial.
 
TOUSLE - verbs
• BEFROUNCE † to toss about; to tousle ...1581
• JERRYCUMMUMBLE to shake; to tumble about; to tousle ...1785 sl.
• WOOL to rumple, to tousle; to play roughly with ...1864 Amer. sl.
 
TOUSLED - adjectives
• SNAGGLY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANGLY tousled, tangled, entangled ...19C Eng. dial.
• TOUSLEDY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOUSY tousled, tangled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
TOUT - nouns
• SCALPING working as a ticket tout ...L19 sl., orig. US
 
TOUT - nouns, person
• BARKER one who 'barks' at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside; an auction-room or shop tout ...1699
• JACKAL a moneylender's tout ...19C sl.
• SALMON a ticket tout ...1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT a ticket tout ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• SALMON TROUT a bookmaker's tout ...1930s rhyming sl.
• SCALPER a ticket tout ...1869 sl., orig. US
• SCHLAPPER a tout; a person who solicits custom or business ...1940s sl.
• SCHLEPPER a tout; a person who solicits custom or business ...1940s sl.
• SHLEPPER a tout; a person who solicits custom or business ...1940s sl.
 
TOUT - verbs
• CADGE to tout for custom ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
TOWARDS - adjectives
• ADMOTIVE characterized by motion towards ...1879
• ADMOVENT † moving to ...1731
 
TOWARDS - adverbs
• ATO of motion: to, towards ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ATOO of motion: to, towards ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ATTO of motion: to, towards ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
TOWARDS - prepositions
• ATORT towards, in the direction of ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATOWARDS towards, in the direction of ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST AND SNELL near, towards, in a straight line ...1895 Sc.
• GAIN † towards, to meet with ...a1300
• GAINWARD †* towards, facing, over against ...a1541
• TILWARD †* in the direction of, toward ...a1300
• TO-GAINS † towards, forward to, so as to meet ...c950
• TO-GAINST † towards, forward to, so as to meet ...c950
 
TOWARDS - verbs
• ADMOVE † to move to or towards ...c1420
• EASE OVER to move towards ...1930s sl., orig. US
• OPPOSE * to look towards, to face, to front ...1608
 
TOWEL - nouns
• HANDCLOTH † a towel, a napkin; a duster ...c1000
• HANDCLOUT a towel, a napkin; a duster ...1788 Eng. dial.
• RAG a towel ...1900s sl.
• SANDY POWELL a towel ...1940s rhyming sl.
 
TOWER - nouns
• CASTLE a tower ...1642
 
TOWN - adjectives
• OFF THE STONES † off the city pavement, out of the town ...a1845
• OPPIDAN 1. belonging to a town or to the town, as opposed to the country; civic; urban ...1643
† 2. pert. to a university town, as opposed to the university itself ...1655
• TOWNIFIED having the style or manners of a town, citified ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
TOWN - nouns (also see NEIGHBOURHOOD)
• ARMPIT a highly undesirable town or place ...1968 US sl.
• ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place ...1930s sl., orig. US
• BACKSIDE a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BACKSIDES the parts of a town off the main street ...1823 Sc.
• BANDYWALLOP an imaginary town, far from civilization ...Aust. colloq.
• BEAN TOWN a part of town where poor people or foreigners live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEDBUG ALLEY a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BEDBUG ROW a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BERG a town, village, hamlet ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BIG APPLE any big city or town ...1944 US sl.
• BIG SMOKE aboriginal name for a town ...1848 Aust.
• BILLY-GOAT ALLEY the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BILLY-GOAT HILL the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BORROW a burgh or town ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUNKUM TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BURG a town, village, hamlet ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BURGH a town, village, hamlet ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD'S ROW the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE TOWN the poor area of a town ...20C US sl.
• CHECKERBOARD a town, neighbourhood, public gathering place, factory, etc., which contains both Black and White elements ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHITLIN SWITCH any small, rural southern town ...1926 US Black sl.
• CODFISH FLATS the poor area of town ...1960s US sl.
• CROSSROADS a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEVIL'S HALF ACRE a part of town notorious for lawless behaviour ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DINGE ALLEY (derogatory) the Black district of a town ...20C US sl.
• DOCTORS' ROW the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DULLSVILLE an imaginary town that is extremely dull or boring; hence, a condition or environment of extreme dullness ...1960 sl., orig. US
• EAST JESUS a remote or small town or place ...1961 US sl.
• EAST JESUS, KANSAS an out-of-the-way place, a small town ...1950s sl.
• FALLING-OFF PLACE a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FILLING STATION a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRESHWATER TOWN a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABBY ROW the area of town where the poor live ...20C US sl.
• GOAT HILL the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOD-FORSAKEN PLACE a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOF OFF to waste time; to play aimlessly when there is work to be done ...M20 US colloq.
• GOOSE FLAT a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE GREEN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HILL a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HOLLER a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE HOLLOW a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE NIBBLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSETOWN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSEVILLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASE SPOT IN THE ROAD a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HACKLEBARNEY a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to ...1950 Amer. sl.
• HAVEN-TOWN † a town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town ...c1400
• HIDE-AWAY a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGHLANDS the prosperous parts of a town, where the wealthy elite live ...20C US sl.
• HOB'S KNOB the smart, rich area of a town ...20C US sl.
• HONKY-TONK a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ICE-CREAM LAND the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ICE-CREAM SECTION the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• JERKWATER a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JERKWATER TOWN a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUMPING-OFF PLACE a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KERRYPATCH in the US: the part of a town where the poor Irish lived ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LIAR'S BENCH the wooden seat on the front porch of the town's general store, post office, etc. ...1975 Amer. dial.
• LICKSKILLET the part of a town where the poorer people, foreign groups, etc. live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOG TOWN a small or unimportant town ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICS' AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city ...1968 Amer. dial.
• METROPOLE † a chief town or city; a metropolis ...a1300
• MILL TOWN the poor area of a town or city ...1960s US sl.
• MILL VILLAGE the poor area of a town or city ...1960s US sl.
• MUD HOLE a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUD-HOLE TOWN a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAKED CITY the poor area of a town ...1960s US sl.
• NATION † the native population of a town or city ...1523
• NEEDMORE a section of town, esp. a poor or disadvantaged one ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NEIGHBORHOOD a town ...1939 Amer. dial.
• NOB END the part of town where the money lives ...1964 Brit. sl.
• NOPLACEVILLE a dull or boring place or town; a small town; a jerkwater town ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• ONE-HORSE TOWN a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-LUNG TOWN a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANE † a side of a quadrangle, cloister, court, or town ...a1300
• PIG ALLEY the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUMKIN a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUMPKIN a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUNKIN a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• RAG TOWN a town built in prosperous times, bound to fall into poverty with the end of prosperous times ...1954 US sl.
• SCRABBLE TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE a part of a town inhabited by poor Whites ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCUFFLETOWN a nickname for a poor or disreputable town or district ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SIDE an area of a town or city ...1970s sl.
• SKID ROW a part of a town frequented by vagrants, alcoholics, etc. ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SKUNK ROAD a name for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STOP a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOP IN THE ROAD a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOP-OFF a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOPPING-OFF PLACE a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANK a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANK STATION a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TIN-CAN ALLEY a poor or shabby street or section of town ...1898 Amer. dial.
• UP-AND-DOWN a town ...1930s rhyming sl.
• VILE a town or village ...L17 sl
• VILLE a town or village ...L17 sl
• VOIL a town or village ...L17 sl
• VYLE a town or village ...L17 sl
• WHISTLE STOP a small town ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIDE HOLE IN THE ROAD a very small town ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIDE PATH IN THE ROAD a very small town ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIDE PLACE IN THE ROAD a very small town ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WIDE SPACE IN THE ROAD a very small town ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIDE SPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD a very small town ...1950 Amer. dial.
• WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD a very small town ...1909 Amer. dial.
 
TOWN - nouns, person
• B'HOY a town rowdy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GEORDIE a townsman, esp. a working-man ...L19 Durham University usage
• MAIN STREETER a provincial, small-town person ...1920s sl.
• OPPIDAN an inhabitant of a town, a townsman ...c1540
• SAGES OF THE TOWN † the elders or wise persons of the town ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TOWNIE a townsperson, contrasted with a visiting student or summer visitor ...1852 US sl.
• TOWN-MOUSE a dweller in a town, especially one who is unfamiliar with country life ...1857
 
TOWN CRIER - nouns
• LANTERN AND CANDLE-LIGHT † the old cry of the London bellman at night ...1600
 
TOWN CRIER - nouns, person
• BEADLE † the crier or usher of a law-court; a town-crier ...c1400
• BELLMAN a man employed to go round the streets of a town and make public announcements, to which he attracts attention by ringing a bell; a town-crier; formerly, a bellman announced deaths, and called on the faithful to pray for the souls of the departed; a bellman also acted as night-watchman, and called the hours ...1391
• BELL-WOMAN a fishing-town crier ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LANTERN AND CANDLE MAN † a bellman ...1592
• YELPER a town-crier ...1725 sl.
 
TOWN HALL - nouns
• TOLBOOTH a town hall or guildhall ...1440 chiefly Sc.
• TOWN HOUSE a town hall ...1530
 
TOWNSHIP - verbs
• RAMBLE THE BOUNDARIES to go round the boundaries of a township ...1865 Eng. dial.
 
TOY - nouns
• BABBY-LAKIN a child's toy; hence, a trifling thing; a triviality ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAIRN'S-LAKINS children's playthings, toys ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAUBLE † a child's plaything or toy ...c1460
• BEAUBELET †* a small toy, trinket, plaything ...c1205
• BONNY DIE a trinket, a toy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DALL a child's toy; a pretty, silly woman ...1818 Sc.
• DALLY a child's toy; a pretty, silly woman ...1822 Sc.
• DIE a toy, a plaything, a geegaw ...1816 Sc.
• FRIGGLE-FRAGGLES toys, trifles, gewgaws; useless, vain ornaments of dress ...19C Sc.
• GAMBOL † a toy, a plaything ...1581
• GAUD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw ...c1430 
• GAUDY † a bright-coloured ornament; a toy, a bauble, a gewgaw ...1555
• GAWD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw ...c1430 
• GEARS † toys ...a1400-50
• GINGAMBOBS † toys, baubles ...1690 sl.
• HAPPY a toy or plaything ...1924 Amer. dial.
• JAPE † a trifle, a toy, a trinket, a plaything ...1436
• LAALY a toy ...1892 Sc.
• LAIRKIN † a plaything, a toy ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAKE a toy, a plaything ...1887 Sc.
• LAKIN † a plaything, a toy ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LAKING a toy, a plaything; a trifle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAKING-KIST a box of toys ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALIE a child's toy ...1898 Sc.
• LALL a child's toy, a plaything ...1838 Sc.
• LALLIE a child's toy, a plaything ...1838 Sc.
• LAULIE a child's toy ...1898 Sc.
• TIRLY-TOY a trifle, a toy ...a1807 Sc.
• TRICKS small articles or personal belongings; toys, knickknacks, trifles ...1869 Amer. dial.
• TRITTLE-TRATTLES * trifles, gewgaws, knickknacks; children's toys ...1896 Sc.
• WALLIE a toy, a gewgaw ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY a toy, a gewgaw ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY-DYE a toy, a knickknack, a trifle, a piece of ornamentation or finery ...1802 Sc.
• WALY a toy, a gewgaw ...1722 Sc.
• WAWLIE a toy, a gewgaw ...1722 Sc.
• WHIRLIMAGIG a toy that spins round; a top or a pinwheel ...1931 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLIMAJIG a toy that spins round; a top or a pinwheel ...1931 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLIMIJIG a toy that spins round; a top or a pinwheel ...1909 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLIMYJIG a toy that spins round; a top or a pinwheel ...1909 Amer. dial.
 
TOY, TOY WITH - verbs
• DANDLE † to trifle, to play or toy with ...1569
• DAUNT †* to toy ...a1529
• NANTLE to caress, to fondle; to nurse in a playful manner; to toy with anything ...1874 Eng. dial.
• NIFF-NAFF to trifle; to toy; to take finicking trouble; to talk or act foolishly or aimlessly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PADDLE to play or dabble idly or fondly with the fingers; to toy ...1602
• TICK to fondle, to caress; to toy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TODDLE †* to play or toy with ...1500-20
 
TRACE - nouns
• SKIFF a slight sketch, trace, touch, etc. of something ...1839 Sc.
• TANG a suggestion; a slight trace or touch of something ...1593
 
TRACED - nouns
• MANU-TRACT † what is traced by hand ...1660.
 
TRACK - adjectives
• BERRIED † of a track or trail: beaten, trodden ...1382
 
TRACK (path) - nouns
• FARE † a road, a track ...1509
• PAD a path, track; the road, the way ...1567 orig. sl., now also Eng. dial.
• RACK † a narrow path or track ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKE a track, path, or course, esp. a steep and narrow one ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAKE * a track or trail on land ...1851
 
TRACK (footprint, rut) - nouns
• FEETING footprints, tracks ...1663 Amer. dial.
• FEETNING footprints, tracks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAST † a footstep, track, trace ...971
• RACK the track made by an animal, esp. that of a deer, as marked by gaps in hedges, etc. ...1611
• RAT the track of a wheel in a road; a rut ...B1900 Sc.
 
TRACK - verbs
• BLIND THE TRAIL to conceal tracks or give them the appearance of going in a different direction ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FARE to track footsteps; to detect traces ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAD to track by the pad or footmarks ...1861
• PUG to track (esp. game) by following footprints or another spoor ...M16
 
TRACKER - nouns, person
• PUGGY * a tracker ...L19
 
TRACKING - adjectives
• ICHNEUTIC * pert. to a tracker or tracking ...1838
 
TRACTABLE - adjectives
• GAIN tractable, docile, easy to manage; good-tempered, willing, obliging ...1809 Eng. dial.
• GAINFUL tractable ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• WALDIN † yielding or tractable in bearing or disposition ...1535 Sc.
 
TRADE - nouns
• BUTTER AND EGG DAY a day to trade produce ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DEAL 1. a business transaction; a trade or a bargain ...1838 US
2. an underhand or secret transaction; a trade of questionable legality; a mutually beneficial commercial or political arrangement ...1881 US sl.
• FACTORY an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country; a merchant company's trading station ...1582
• FACULTY † that in which anyone is skilled; an art, trade, occupation, profession ...c1386 obs. exc. arch.
• GAIT one's trade or occupation ...M19 US sl.
• NAVIGATION † shipping business; trade carried on by sea or water ...1617
• RACKET a job, trade, or profession ...1891 UK sl.
• STREET, THE a centre of trade or exchange; in the US., Wall Street ...1612 sl.
 
TRADE, TRADING - verbs
• MAKE MARKET † to trade, to buy and sell ...1340
• NEGOTIATE † to do business or trade; to traffic ...1601
• OCCUPY † to employ money or capital in trading; to lay out, to invest, to trade with; to deal in ...1526
• PACK UP SHOP to cease trading ...2003 UK sl.
• PUT UP THE SHUTTERS to stop trading for the day, or permanently; to announce oneself a bankrupt ...1888
• SHIFT to trade horse or cattle ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WORK to go about a place begging, selling, stealing, etc.; to ply one's often-dishonest trade ...1851 Amer. sl.
• YAG to act as a peddler; to trade ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
TRADER - nouns, person
• INTERLOPER an unlicensed trader ...1627 sl.
• NEED-DOER † a trader ...1382
• NEGOTIANT † a merchant or trader ...1768
• NEGOTIATOR † a trader, a business man ...1598
• OCCUPIER † one who employs money or goods in trading; a trader, dealer, merchant ...1509
• SHONK a trader or a peddler ...19C sl.
• SHONKEY a trader or a peddler ...19C sl.
• SHONKY a trader or a peddler ...19C sl.
• SMOUSE an itinerant trader ...1850 S. Africa
 
TRADESMAN - nouns
• WAREHOUSE † a tradesman's inner or back shop ...1580 obs.
 
TRADESMAN - nouns, person
• APRON-MAN. a tradesman, a mechanic ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHEAPJACK a peddling tradesman ...Bk1896 sl.
• MASTER-MAN an artisan or tradesman who sets up for himself; an employer; an overlooker, a ruler, a governor ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
TRADING - nouns
• NEED-DOING † trading, traffic ...1382
• NEGOTIATION † trading, traffic ...1601
 
TRADING CARD - nouns
• TICKET a trading card ...1975 Amer. dial.
 
TRADITION - nouns
• CABBALA † an unwritten tradition ...1641
• THREAP a tradition, legend; an oft-repeated saying; a report ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREEN a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THRENE a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
 
TRADITIONAL - adjectives
• BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested ...1930s US Black sl.
 
TRADITIONAL - nouns, person
• FART-HEAD a conservative, traditional old person ...1990s sl.
 
TRAFFIC - adjectives
• CREEP-AND-CUSS of car traffic: extremely congested ...1964 US sl.
 
TRAFFIC - nouns
• CIRCULATION traffic ...2001 Can. sl.
• GAPER-BLOCK a traffic problem created by motorists slowing down to gawk at an accident ...1961 US sl.
• GAPERS' BLOCK a traffic problem created by motorists slowing down to gawk at an accident ...1961 US sl.
• PASS, THE the people or vehicles going past; pedestrian traffic ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PASSING the people or vehicles going past ...1871 Amer. dial.
• POACHED EGG ‘a yellow-coloured “silent cop” placed in the centre of intersections as a guide to traffic’ ...M20 Aust. sl.
• SILENT POLICEMAN a construction or device used to direct the flow or speed of traffic ...1920 Amer. dial.
• VEHICULATION conveyance by means of a vehicle or vehicles; vehicular activity or traffic ...1834
 
TRAFFIC (trade) - nouns
• MART † buying and selling; traffic; bargaining; also, a bargain ...1568
• NEED-DOING † trading, traffic ...1382
• NEGOTIATION † trading, traffic ...1601
 
TRAFFIC (trade) - nouns, person
• RUNNER someone who traffics in illicit liquor, drugs, etc. ...1930 sl., chiefly US
 
TRAFFIC (trade) - verbs
• CAUPONATE † to deal like a huckster with; to traffic in for the sake of gain ...1653
• MART † to make merchandise of; to traffic in ...1589
• NEGOTIATE † to do business or trade; to traffic ...1601
 
TRAFFIC (vehicles) - nouns
• MALFUNCTION JUNCTION an area characterized by exasperating and confused activity; a bewildering or heavily congested highway intersection; a traffic jam ...1975 Amer. sl.
• SNARL-UP a chaotic mess; often applied to a near-gridlock in a traffic system ...1960 UK sl.
 
TRAFFIC (vehicles) - verbs
• GET YOUR NOSE BENT to be convicted of a traffic violation ...1962 US sl.
 
TRAFFIC COP - see POLICE
 
TRAFFIC LIGHT - nouns
• RED LIGHT a traffic light of any colour ...1957 Amer. dial.
• SCRAMBLE, THE the chaotic movement of pedestrians as soon as traffic lights permit ...1984 Aust. sl.
• SEMAPHORE a traffic light ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
TRAFFIC TICKET - nouns
• BLUE PAPER a summons; a traffic ticket ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUEY a summons; a traffic ticket ...1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
TRAFFIC TICKET - nouns, person
• LIFER a person who has been given a traffic ticket; used ironically ...1984 US sl.
 
TRAGIC - adjectives
• TRAGEDIOUS † full of tragedy; calamitous, tragic ...1494
 
TRAIL - adjectives
• BERRIED † of a track or trail: beaten, trodden ...1382
 
TRAIL (path) - nouns
• BAJA a steep descent, road, or trail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAJADA a steep descent, road, or trail ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BLIND PATH a trail with indistinct markings, or signs ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BLIND TRAIL a trail with indistinct markings, or signs ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LEAD a path; a garden path; a trail; an alley ...1590
• TRACE a path, a trail, a country road ...1783 Amer. dial.
• WAKE * a track or trail on land ...1851
 
TRAIL (path) - verbs
• PACK THE TRAIL to go on trail, whether on horseback or on foot ...c1870 Aust. colloq.
 
TRAIL (drag) - verbs
• DAG to trail in the dew, wet, or mire; to bedraggle ...1884 Eng. dial.
• DALLACK to wear clothes roughly or disorderly; to wear out; to drag or trail carelessly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HARL 1. to drag: usually with the notion of friction or scraping of the ground; to pull, to tug; to trail along the ground; to haul ...c1290 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  2. to drag or trail oneself; to go with dragging feet ...1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LABBER to trail in the dirt; to draggle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RAKE to drag, to trail ...1914 Sc.
• REAP to gather up dirt by trailing on the ground; to trail in the mud ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TAG 1. † to hang down or trail like a tag ...1617
  2. to trail or drag behind; to follow closely ...1676
• VAG to trail on the ground ...1892 Eng. dial.
 
TRAILING - adjectives
• DAGGLING trailing in the wet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LALLOPPING hanging down, trailing ...1867 Eng. dial.
 
TRAILING - adverbs
• SCLIFF with a trailing, shuffling motion ...1873 Sc.
• SCLIFF-SCLAFF with a trailing, shuffling motion ...1873 Sc.
• SKLIFF with a trailing, shuffling motion ...1873 Sc.
 
TRAILING - nouns
• FATTRALS † ribbon ends, loose pieces of trimming; anything loose and trailing; rarely in singular ...1786 Sc.
• HARL(E) the act of dragging or trailing ...1840 Sc.
 
TRAIN - nouns (also see RAILROAD)
• ABORTION EXPRESS a train that ran from Darwin to Birdum ...1940 Aust. sl.
• ACCORDION a train made up of Pullman cars ...1925 sl.
• ANCHOR a caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ANIMAL CAR a caboose ...1938 Amer. railroad usage
• APE WAGON among railroad workers: a caboose ...1946 Amer. dial.
• ARMSTRONG a tool or machine operated or serviced by muscular strength rather than machinery; a hand-stoked locomotive ...1923 Amer. sl.
• BAZOO WAGON a caboose ...1977 Amer. railroad usage
• BED HOUSE a caboose ...1945 Amer. railroad usage
• BLACK SNAKE a train of coal cars ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOUNCER on the railroad: a caboose ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BOWLING ALLEY a hand-fired coal-burning locomotive ...1940 Amer. railroad usage
• BRAIN BOX a railroad caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• BRAIN CAGE a railroad caboose ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BRAIN WAGON a railroad caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• BRASS, THE the locomotive bell ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUGGY a railroad caboose ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BULL a locomotive engine ...a1889 US
• BULLGINE a locomotive or steam engine ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BULLJINE a locomotive or steam engine ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BUM-SICK TRAIN a train with a crew hostile to tramps ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CABIN the caboose on a railroad train ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CABIN CAR the caboose on a railroad train ...1879 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE BOUNCE a train consisting of nothing more than an engine and a brake-van (caboose) ...1929 US sl.
• CABOOSE HOP a short train consisting of only and engine and a caboose ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CAGE a brake-van (caboose) ...1931 US sl.
• CALAMITY JANE a train ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• CALLIOPE a steam locomotive ...1929 US railroad jargon
• CANNONBALL a fast or express train; also, facetiously, a slow train or branch railroad ...1888 Amer. dial.
• CARAVAN a railway train, esp. a train expressly chartered to convey people to a price fight ...Bk1891 boxing usage
• CHARIOT a caboose; occasionally a passenger car ...1931 Can. railroadmen's sl.
• CHATTANOOGA a railroad train ...1940s Amer. sl.
• CHIPPY on the railroad: a narrow-gauge track, car, or train ...1918 Amer. sl.
• DANGLER an express or freight train ...1910s tramps' sl.
• DECK the roof of a train or stagecoach ...M19 sl.
• DINKEY a small locomotive; a train pulled by such a locomotive; a small branch railway ...1874 Amer. dial.
• DINKY a small locomotive; a train pulled by such a locomotive; a small branch railway ...1874 Amer. dial.
• DOGBOX a type of small and basic compartment in a railway carriage ...1905 Aust. sl.
• DRAG a slow freight train ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALLOPING GOOSE a train, car, or plane that runs badly ...1910s US sl.
• GLORY WAGON a caboose ...1945 Amer. dial.
• GO-CART a caboose ...1945 Amer. dial.
• GUTS the undercarriage of railroad trains on which tramps hitched a ride ...1910s US criminals' sl.
• HACK a caboose ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HAIL AND RAIN a train ...1920s rhyming sl.
• HAY-BURNER an old or primitive locomotive ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HEARSE a caboose ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HOBO LIMITED a train with a crew friendly to tramps ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOBOLAND a train with a crew friendly to tramps ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HORSTILE TRAIN a train with a crew hostile to tramps ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMPBACK JOB a local freight train ...1946 US sl.
• HUT a brakevan (caboose) ...1946 US sl.
• IRON-HORSE a locomotive ...Bk1896 sl.
• JACK a locomotive ...1931 Can. railroadmen's sl.
• JIGGER a slow freight train ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHNNY O'BRIEN a slow freight train ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHN O'BRIEN a boxcar; a freight train ...1914 Amer. hobo sl.
• KETTLE a locomotive, esp. a steam locomotive ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LOCO a locomotive ...1833 Amer. dial.
• MEET a place where two or more trains come together, esp. from opposite directions ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MEXICAN STANDOFF a collision that happens when two trains travelling in opposite directions on the same track are unable to stop before they collide ...1969 Amer. dial.
• MILL a steam locomotive ...1926 Amer. railroad & loggers' usage
• MILL KETTLE a locomotive, esp. a steam locomotive ...1932 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY CAGE a caboose ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY HOUSE, THE a caboose ...1931 Can. railroadmen's sl.
• MONKEY HUT a caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY WAGON a caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• MUCK-TRAIN a commissariat train ...c1850 Brit. army sl.
• OMNIBUS TRAIN a railway train stopping at all the stations on the route ...1893
• OWL TRAIN a train that runs at night ...1856 Amer. sl.
• PALACE a caboose ...1931 Can. railroadmen's sl.
• PARLOR in railroading: a caboose ...1931 Amer. dial.
• PEDDLER a local or slow freight train ...1926 Amer. railroading usage
• PENTHOUSE a brakevan (caboose) cupola ...1977 US sl.
• PERAMBULATOR a brakevan (caboose) ...1977 US sl.
• PIG a railroad locomotive ...1931 Amer. dial.
• PILOT one of the low front wheels of a locomotive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PILOT WHEEL one of the low front wheels of a locomotive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUFFER a train ...Brit. sl.
• PUFFING BILLY a locomotive ...L19 sl.
• PUFF-PUFF a steam locomotive; a railway train ...c1870 sl.
• QUILL a steam-locomotive whistle ...1940 Amer. dial.
• RAT 1. a train ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
2. a freight train ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RATTLER a freight train ...20C Amer. sl.
• ROD a freight train ...1930s US Black sl.
• RODS the metalwork (struts, supports, etc.) found under a railroad coach or wagon ...1900s tramps' sl.
• SALOON a caboose ...1977 US sl.
• SCOOT a shuttle train ...c1870 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT TRAIN a shuttle train ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY in railroading: a caboose ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SHOOFLY a local train ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SHORT DOG a local train or bus ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-DOOR PULLMAN a freight car ...L19 US tramps' usage
• SIDERODROMOPHOBIA fear of train travel
• SILENT DEATH an electric train ...c1950 railwaymen's usage
• SMOKOLOTIVE a locomotive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNOOZER a Pullman sleeping carriage on a passenger train ...1975 US sl.
• STRING OF BOXES a train of boxcars ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRING OF VARNISH a passenger train ...1945 Amer. dial.
• TEA KETTLE a locomotive, esp. a steam locomotive ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TEAPOT a French locomotive ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TOONERVILLE CAR a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE EXPRESS a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE TROLLEY a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1919 Amer. dial.
• TRAIN-SURFING riding illegally on the roof of a train for the thrills ...1980s US sl.
• VAN a brakevan, a caboose ...1977 US sl.
• VARNISH on the railways: a passenger train ...1946 US sl.
• VARNISH CAR a railroad passenger car ...1927 Amer. dial.
• VARNISHED BOXES a passenger train ...1945 Amer. dial.
• VARNISHED CAR a railroad passenger car ...1885 Amer. dial.
• VARNISHED JOB a passenger train ...1945 Amer. dial.
• VARNISHED SHOT a passenger train ...1945 Amer. dial.
• VARNISHED WAGONS a passenger train ...1945 Amer. dial.
• VELVET a passenger train carriage ...1977 US sl.
• WAGON-LIT a sleeping coach on a Continental train ...1884
• WALKING TRAIN a local train ...1920s W. Indies sl.
• WILD-CAT a locomotive and tender running without cars ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ZULU a train for either emigrants or immigrants ...B1931 Can. railroadmen's usage
• ZULU CAR a railroad boxcar used for transporting emigrants and their belongings to the western portions of the US ...1848 Amer. dial.
 
TRAIN (succession of people, vehicles, etc.) - nouns
• SUIT a company of followers; a train, retinue ...1297 arch. or Eng. dial.
• SUITE a train of followers, attendants, or servants; a retinue ...1673
 
TRAIN - nouns, person
• BABY LIFTER a brakeman on a passenger train ...1946 US sl.
• BABY-SNATCHER a brakeman on a passenger train ...1920 US railroad usage
• BRAKEY a brakesman on a train ...1887 US colloq.
• BREAKY a brakesman on a train ...1887 US colloq.
• BUTCH a vendor of newspapers on railroad trains ...1919 US sl.
• BUTCHER a vendor of newspapers, peanuts, candy, etc., esp. aboard a passenger train or at a sporting event ...1880 US sl.
• CAPTAIN the conductor or guard of a train ...1862 Amer. usage
• DEADHEAD an empty freight car or freight train; thus one who rides it ...1938 Amer. dial.
• EAGER-EYE a locomotive engineer who must be constantly on the lookout for signals and obstacles ...1943 Amer. dial.
• GREASEBURNER the fireman on a locomotive ...1920 Amer. dial.
• HOGSHEAD an engineer of a locomotive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JUGGLER a member of a train crew or loads and unloads freight at stops on a run ...1946 US sl.
• MASTER, THE the conductor of a train ...1931 Can. railroadmen's sl.
• NEWS BUTCHER a seller of newspapers, sweets, etc., on a train ...L19 US sl.
• PEANUT BUTCHER a vendor of newspapers aboard a passenger train ...1902 US sl.
• SHACK(S) a brakeman or guard on a train ...1899 Amer. sl.
• SILK GLOVE a guard on a passenger train; not praise ...1977 US sl.
• TALLOW POT a fireman on a locomotive ... 1914 US tramp & railroad usage
• TENDER the guard of a train ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TRACK-BASHER a specialist trainspotter who travels little-used sections of the rail network ...2003 UK sl.
• WAGON-SPOTTER a trainspotter who specialises in 'collecting' freight wagons ...2003 UK sl.
 
TRAIN - verbs
• BALL THE JACK to move rapidly or swiftly; to make haste; to go fast (said esp. of a railroad train); to work swiftly or energetically ...1913 Amer. sl.
• BEAT ONE'S WAY to make one's way by stealing rides on railroad trains, usually in freight cars ...1873 Amer. sl.
• BREAK OUT to break or train an animal to work ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BUM to travel on a train without a ticket ...1896 US colloq.
• DECK to ride on the roof of a freight car ...L19 US tramps' sl.
• DITCH to throw off a moving train ...L19 US tramps' sl.
• FLIP A RATTLER to catch a train ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET IN A JACKPOT to be involved in an accident or dangerous situation with a train ...1970 Amer. railroad usage
• GO HIGH to ride on top of a train ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HOOK to secure a ride for oneself, as by hitchhiking; to steal a ride on a train ...1930 Amer. sl.
• HOP A RATTLER to catch a train ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MACE to avoid paying one's train fare ...1920s UK criminals' sl.
• MACE THE RATTLER to travel by train without buying a ticket ...L19 sl.
• NAB to steal a ride on a train ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• NAIL to catch or steal a ride on a freight train ...1907 Amer. tramps' sl.
• NAIL A RATTLER to steal a ride on a moving train ...L19 US tramps' sl.
• SCALE to ride illicitly free on a train, tram, bus ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• SCALE A TRAIN to board and ride a train without paying ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
 
TRAIN (teach) - verbs
• BREED to educate, to train, to bring up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DISCIPLINATE † to discipline, to train, to teach ...a1586
• EDOCTRINATE †* to teach thoroughly, to train ...1625
• TIGHT † to train, to discipline ...a1000
 
TRAINED - adjectives
• MADE of soldiers; also, of horses, hounds, etc.: fully trained ...1673
 
TRAINING - nouns
• TIGHT † good breeding; behaviour; bringing up, rearing, training, education ...c888
 
TRAIPSE - verbs
• TROLLOP to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP ABOUT to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP AROUND to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
 
TRAIT - nouns
• TACHE † a distinctive mark, quality, or habit; a trait, a characteristic, good or bad ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
TRAIT - nouns, person
• SAME BREED OF PUP, A a person having the same common traits as others ...1927 Amer. dial.
 
TRAITOR - nouns
• QUARTERIZATION †* part of the punishment of a traitor, by dividing his body into four quarters ...1727-41
 
TRAITOR - nouns, person
• BLUE LIGHT a traitor ...US Civil War usage
• DOBBER an informant or traitor ...Aust. sl.
• DOBBER-IN an informant or traitor ...Aust. sl.
• DOG a traitor; one who is disloyal to associates ...1846 US & Aust. sl.
• FALSE-LOON a traitor ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FINK a traitor; one who is disloyal to associates ...1894 US sl.
• RAT FINK a traitor; one who is disloyal to associates; someone who informs on you ...1964 sl., chiefly US
• SCISSOR-BILL one regarded as a traitor to his class or associates ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TRAITORESS a woman who is a traitor  
• TRAITRESS a woman who is a traitor ...1400
• WARLOCK † an oath-breaker, a traitor ...a1023
 
TRAITOR - verbs
• BETRAISE † to be a traitor to; to be treacherous; to deceive the trustful or innocent ...c1374
• BETRAISH † to be a traitor to; to be treacherous; to deceive the trustful or innocent ...c1374
 
TRAITOROUS - adjectives
• PRODITORIOUS † treacherous, traitorous, perfidious; apt to betray or reveal what is hidden or in the mind; apt to disclose or make known ...c1475 obs. or arch.