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TRAM - TRESPASSING
TRAM - nouns
• BAA-LAMB a tram ...20C rhyming sl.
• BREAD AND JAM a tram ...20C rhyming sl.
• DINKY an electric tram with controls at each end ...1923 US sl.
• LA-DE-DA a tram-car or motorcar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH a tram-car or motorcar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LARDY-DAH a tram-car or motorcar ...20C rhyming sl.
TRAM - nouns, person
• TRAMMIE a tram driver or conductor ...1919 Aust. sl.
TRAM - verbs
• SCALE to ride illicitly free on a train, tram, bus ...c1920 Aust. sl.
TRAMP (vagrant) - adjectives
• HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp ...1828 Sc.
• ON THE CHARLEY being a tramp ...c1910 US sl.
• ON THE CHARLIE being a tramp ...c1910 US sl.
• ON THE PAD on the road, on the tramp ...1699 colloq.
TRAMP (vagrant) - nouns
• BINDLE a vagrant's bedding-roll ...1900 Amer. sl.
• CAGE a cubicle within a tramp's lodging house ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• CRUMB a hobo's pack of blankets ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWNRIGHT begging, tramping ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• DRUM a swagman's pack ...1866 Aust. & NZ sl.
• 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.
• HUSTLE work as a pimp, prostitute, or tramp ...1940s US Black sl.
• LUMP a parcel of food given to a tramp ...1912 US sl.
• MONKERY, THE tramps or other vagrants collectively ...1851 tramps' sl.
• NEDDY the tucker-bag carried by an itinerant tramp ...L19 Aust. sl.
• PROFESH a community of professional tramps ...1901 sl.
• SHIRALEE a tramp's swag or bundle of personal belongings ...L19 Aust. sl.
TRAMP (vagrant) - nouns, person
• ABRAHAMER a tramp ...L18 sl.
• ABRAMER a tramp ...L18 sl.
• AIREDALE a drifter; a tramp ...1960s US sl.
• ALKEE STIFF an alcoholic tramp ...L19 US sl.
• ALKI STIFF a hobo drunkard; any drunkard ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• ALKY STIFF an alcoholic tramp ...L19 US sl.
• BAGMAN a tramp ...19C Aust. sl.
• BARREL-BOARDER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BARREL DOSSER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BARREL-HOUSE STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BARREL STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BEACHCOMBER a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BEATER a tramp ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• BENCH-WARMER a tramp; a vagrant ...20C US sl.
• BIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• BINDLE MAN a tramp, a vagrant ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BINDLE STIFF a tramp, a vagrant ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BLANKET MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BLANKET STIFF a migratory labourer who carries his belongings in a blanket roll or other bundle; a tramp ...1872 Amer. Hobo & West. sl.
• BO a tramp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BOO a tramp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUM a vagrant, a tramp ...1864 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• CADGE a young peddler, hawker; a beggar, tramp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• CAMP DOG a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• CATTER a tramp who clings to the outside of railway cars ...1916 tramps' sl.
• CODGE a vagrant, a tramp ...L19 sl.
• DANGLER a tramp who travels by hanging onto the rails and similar handgrips beneath a passenger coach ...1916 US tramps' sl.
• DARLING WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• DEADBEAT a hobo or tramp riding free on a train ...20C Amer. sl.
• DEAD ONE a reformed or retired tramp or criminal ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• DING a beggar; an alcoholic tramp or beggar ...M20 US tramps' sl.
• DINGBAT an alcoholic tramp or beggar ...1918 US tramps' sl.
• DINGER a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a worthless person ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DINO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• DOSSER a vagrant, a tramp ...1866 Brit. sl.
• DOWNRIGHTER a beggar; a tramp ...1930s sl.
• DRUMMER a tramp, a vagrant ...1888 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DYNO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• GABERLOONIE a licensed beggar or mendicant; a travelling beggar or tramp ...1853 Sc.
• GABERLUNZIE MAN a licensed beggar or mendicant; a travelling beggar or tramp ...1878 Sc.
• GAGGER 1. a tramp, a beggar ...1930s sl.
2. a tramp who makes a living by telling stories ...1940s US tramps' sl.
• GAG-MAKER a tramp that begs his way with pitiful tales ...1886 UK sl.
• GANDY DANCER a petty crook; a tramp ...1910s US sl.
• GANDY STIFF a tramp who occasionally takes a short-term job ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• GANGREL a tramp, a vagrant, a vagabond ...1530 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GAY-CAT a young or inexperienced tramp, esp. one who has a homosexual relationship with an older tramp ...1897 US sl.
• GOOK a tramp ...1900s sl.
• HAYBAG (derogatory) a slovenly woman; a female hobo or camp follower ...1877 Amer. dial.
• HEATHER-CAT a vagabond, a tramp ...1886
• HIGHJACKER a criminal or tramp who robs other criminals or tramps ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• HOBO a tramp, a vagrant, an itinerant worker, often using the US rail system as a means of free transport ...L19 US sl.
• HURRICANE LAMP a tramp, a vagrant ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• INSPECTOR an itinerant worker or hobo ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JACK a tramp ...1930 Amer. sl.
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• JEW CHUM (usually derogatory) a tramp ...20C rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• JOCKER a tramp who is accompanied by a youth who begs for him and may act as his catamite ...1893 N. Amer. sl.
• KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• KEDGER a beggar, a tramp, a loafer, a petty thief ...1835 Eng. dial.
• KID LAMB a tramp's catamite ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LAND-LOPER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-LUBBER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-RAKER a vagrant, a tramp ...L16 sl.
• LIGHTHOUSE a tramp acquainted with the police or with their methods ...1932 cant
• LUSHBUM an alcoholic tramp ...1940s US sl.
• MATILDA-WALTZER a tramp ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MISSION STIFF a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion ...L19 US sl.
• MUMPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1673 sl.
• MURRAY WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• MURRUMBIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• NO-COUNT a tramp ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OKIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• OLD STAGER a master tramp ...1927 criminals' sl.
• PAD a tramp ...M18 sl.
• PADDY a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PARAFFIN LAMP a tramp ...20C rhyming sl.
• PENNY STAMP a tramp ...1984 Brit. rhyming sl.
• PIKE a tramp ...c1860 cant
• PIKER a vagrant, a tramp; a Gypsy ...M19 sl.
• PRUSHON a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PRUSHUN a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp ...1893 Amer. sl.
• PUNK a boy tramp or child hobo ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RAILRIDER a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads; a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAMBLER a tramp who travels on passenger trains ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• RAMBLER WOLF a tramp who travels on passenger trains ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• RING-TAIL a vagrant, a tramp ...1927 US sl.
• ROAD KID a young tramp ...1970 sl.
• RODMAN a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• ROD RIDER a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• RODSMAN a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• SCADGAN a tramp; a disreputable-looking fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SKANKER an alcoholic tramp ...1990s sl.
• SKIPPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1925 Brit. sl.
• SLAG a vagrant, a tramp ...1955 sl.
• SNOWBIRD an impoverished tramp who enlists in the army as the winter arrives in order to get food and shelter for the next few months, then deserts when the warmer weather returns ...1900s US sl.
• SPIKE-RANGER a tramp who wanders from one 'spike' (lodging house) to another ...M19 sl.
• STEW-BUM a tramp who is habitually drunk ...1902 US sl.
• STRAVAGANT † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592
• STRULL a female tramp; a tramp's woman ...20C Amer. dial. or colloq.
• STUMBLE-BUM a tramp or hobo, possibly an alcoholic tramp ...M20 US sl.
• SUNDOWNER a tramp who makes a practice of arriving at a station about sundown under the pretense of seeking work, so as to obtain food and a night's lodging ...1875 Aust. colloq.
• SWAGMAN a tramp, hobo, or vagabond ...1875 Aust. sl.
• SWAMPER a tramp who travels on foot but has his swag carried on a wagon; a tramp who obtains a lift ...1894 Aust. sl.
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TOE-RAGGER a tramp, a vagrant ...1891 Aust. sl.
• VAG a vagrant, a tramp ...1868 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• VENT MAN a tramp; a street person ...2000s US sl.
• WALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WALLY a tramp who stays within a given radius of his home town ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• WANDERING WILLIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1910s US sl.
• WHALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• YAP a novice within the tramp community ...1920s US tramps' sl.
TRAMP (vagrant) - verbs
• CHASE THE SUN to live as a tramp ...1940s Aust. sl.
• HIT THE WALLABY to set off down the road, as a tramp ...M19 Aust. sl.
• HOBO to live or travel as a tramp ...L19 US sl.
• JAW ON THE DRUM to go on the road ...Bk1896 tramps' sl.
• JAW ON THE TOBY to go on the road ...Bk1896 tramps' sl.
• LIVE OFF THE LAND to live the life of a tramp ...L19 Aust. colloq.
• PACK to live as tramp, travelling the country ...L19 sl.
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• TAKE TO THE ROAD to turn highwayman, beggar, or tramp ...Bk1903 sl.
• WALK MATILDA to go on the tramp, carrying one's pack ...L19 Aust. sl.
TRAMP (walk heavily) - verbs
• HAKE to tramp, trudge, or wend one's way ...c1450 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAKE ABOUT to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose; to tramp, to trudge ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAKE UP AND DOWN to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose; to tramp, to trudge ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• PAD THE HOOF to go on foot; to walk; tramp ...1824
• STRAVAG to tramp; to loaf; to abscond ...1887 Sc. & Irish
• STRAVAIG to tramp; to loaf; to abscond ...1887 Sc. & Irish
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• VAMP † to make one's way on foot; to tramp or trudge ...1654 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TRAMPLE, TRAMPLING - nouns
• CALCATION * a treading or trampling under the heel; kicking ...1656
• OCCULCATION †* a trampling or treading on or spurning ...1656
TRAMPLE - verbs
• CALCATE †* to trample or stamp under the heel ...1623
• DECULCATE † to tread or trample upon ...1623
• FULYIE to trample, overcome, destroy ...LME Sc.
• JAMMOCK to squeeze, to press; to beat, to crush, to trample into a soft mass ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OFTREAD †* to tread or trample down; to injure or destroy by treading ...c893
• OPPRESS † to press injuriously upon or against; to subject to pressure with hurtful or overpowering effect; to press down by force; to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd ...1382
• PADDER † to tread; to trample down ...1789 Sc.
• PADDLE to trample down by treading over; to mark with wet or muddy feet ...1805 Eng. dial.
• PAMPLE to trample lightly; to toddle about ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RAMP †* to trample in triumph ...1579-80
• SCAMBLE to trample upon; to litter about, to make untidy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW to trample ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TRIPUDIATE to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph ...1888
• WAFFLE to tread or trample ...1970s US sl.
TRAMPLED - adjectives
• BATTLED bespattered with mud; trampled down ...1820 Sc.
• PADDLED trampled ...1805 Eng. dial.
TRAMPLING - nouns
• DECALCATION a treading or trampling down or hard ...1827
TRANCE - adjectives
• OFF in a trance ...1980s sl.
TRANCE - nouns
• RAPT * a trance, ecstasy, rapture ...1526
TRANQUIL - adjectives
• CALMY characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful ...1587 poetic arch.
• HALCYDONIAN † calm, quiet, tranquil ...1611
• PACATE † pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil ...1644
• PACIFIC characterized by peace or calm; peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet ...1633
• QUEEM smooth, calm, tranquil ...1824 Sc.
• QUIETSOME † quiet, silent, calm, still, tranquil, undisturbed ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TRANQUIL - nouns
• PACATION the act of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification ...1658
TRANQUIL - verbs
• TRANQUILLITATE †* to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657
TRANQUILLITY - nouns
• LEE † a sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity ...a1300
• QUIETUDE quietness; rest, calm, tranquillity ...1597
• SAUCHT † peace, quiet, tranquillity ...1710 Sc.
• SAUGHT † peace, quiet, tranquillity ...1768 Sc.
TRANQUILLIZE - verbs
• BECALM to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize ...1613
• HALCYON †* to calm, to tranquillize ...1616
TRANQUILLIZER - adjectives
• TRANKED sedated; under the influence of tranquillizers ...1972 US sl.
TRANQUILLIZER - nouns
• ACE one single pill of amphetamine, barbiturate, or tranquillizer ...1930s drugs sl.
• DEBS depressants, tranquillizers, barbiturates ...1970s US drugs sl.
• HAPPY PILL a tranquillizer ...1956 sl.
• JACKETS Nembutal, a tranquillizer ...1950s drugs sl.
• LUDE methaqualone, usually Quaalude™, a tranquillizer ...M20 US drugs sl.
• MICKEY a tranquillizer ...drugs sl.
• MICKY a tranquillizer ...drugs sl.
• MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER any tranquillizer ...1977 US sl.
• QUAS Quaaludes™, a tranquillizer ...M20 US drugs sl.
• SLOW-EM-UP any one of a variety of barbiturates or tranquillizers; sometimes used by addicts to calm the effects of amphetamines ...1970s US Black sl.
• TRANG any central nervous system depressant ...1971 US sl.
• TRANK a tranquillizer ...1967 sl.
• TRANQ a tranquillizer ...1967 sl.
• TRANX any central nervous system depressant ...1971 US sl.
• V the tranquillizer Valium™ ...1984 US sl.
• VAL a tablet of diazepam (trade name Valium™), an anti-anxiety agent ...1986 US sl.
• VALI Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLIE Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLY Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALS Valium™, a mild tranquillizer ...1990s sl.
TRANSACTION - nouns
• PIG IN A BAG something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A BLANKET something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1967 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A POKE something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1788 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A SACK something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1965 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN THE BAG something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1965 Amer. sl.
TRANSFORM - verbs
• FASHION † to change the fashion of; to modify, to transform ...1528
• IMMUTE † to produce a change in; to change, to alter, to transform ...1613
TRANSFORMATION - nouns
• IMMUTATION † change, alteration, transformation ...c1540
TRANSGENDER - nouns, person
• LADYBOY a transgender or transsexual young man ...1990s sl.
TRANSGRESSING - adjectives
• OFFENCIOUS †* having the quality of transgressing or committing an offence; of the nature of a transgression ...c1592
• OFFENSIVE † having the quality of transgressing or committing offense; of the nature of a transgression ...1607
TRANSGRESSION - nouns
• DEBAURD † departure from the right way; excess; a transgression ...1671
TRANSGRESSOR - nouns, person
• DIKE-LOUPER a person who breaks bounds; a transgressor ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFENDANT * one who offends or does wrong; a transgressor, an offender ...1597
TRANSITORY - adjectives
• DECIDUOUS fleeting, transitory; perishing or disappearing after having served its purpose ...1811
TRANSLATE - verbs
• TAKE †* to render, to translate ...c1430
TRANSLATION - nouns
• BICYCLE a published translation of a foreign language work ...1900 US students' usage
• HOBBY an English translation of a text in a foreign language ...M19 US sl.
TRANSPORT - nouns
• SCALING riding for free on buses, etc. ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TRANS transport ...1982 Bahamas
TRANSPORT - nouns, person
• PACKIE one who transports supplies by pack animal ...1940s NZ sl.
• SCALER one who rides illegally for free on public transport ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
TRANSPORT - verbs
• MARINATE † to transport over sea ...1673 sl.
• RAKE a single journey or excursion in conveying anything from one place to another; hence, the amount so carried by a person, horse, or cart ...1792 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAP * to take up and carry off, to transport, to remove ...1599
• SCALE to ride illicitly free on a train, tram, bus ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• WAG to carry or transport with difficulty; to lug, to tote, to haul ...1931 Amer. dial.
TRANSPOSE - verbs
• METAGRAMMATIZE to transpose the letters in a word or phrase ...1702
TRANSEXUAL - adjectives
• TRANNIE transsexual ...1999 US sl.
TRANSSEXUAL - nouns, person
• DANISH PASTRY a transsexual ...1950s gay sl.
• LADYBOY a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts; a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite ...1992 UK sl.
• QUEEN a transsexual ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• TRANNIE a transsexual ...1983 sl.
• TRANNY a transsexual ...1997 US sl.
• TRANSFORMER a transsexual ...1991 US sl.
• TRANSY a transsexual ...1987 US sl.
TRANSVESTITE - nouns
• GAFF a device used to hide the shape of a male transvestite's penis ...1973 US sl.
• GYMSLIP TRAINING. the process of instructing, and conditioning the behaviour of a transvestite who wishes to be treated as an adolescent girl, esp. when used in a dominant prostitute's advertising manner ...2003 UK sl.
TRANSVESTITE - nouns, person
• DRAG QUEEN a homosexual transvestite ...1941 sl.
• FANCY-MAN a transvestite ...1975 Amer. sl.
• FRIBBLE a homosexual male, possibly a transvestite ...17C Brit. sl.
• LADYBOY a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts; a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite ...1992 UK sl.
• SHE-MALE a transvestite ...1983 sl.
• SHIM an effeminate or passive male homosexual, a transvestite ...1975 sl.
• TRANNY a transvestite ...1984 UK sl.
• TRANSVESTIE a transvestite ...1987 US sl.
• TV a transvestite ...1965 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
TRAP - nouns
• CALTROP † a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like ...a1300
• FALL something that falls; a trap-door; a trap ...c1440
• FANG † a noose, a trap ...1535
• SKULHEEG a deadfall trap ...1914 Amer. dial.
• TOIL †* a trap or snare for wild beasts ...1607
TRAP - verbs
• BAIL UP to trap, to corner ...M19 Aust. sl.
• BALE UP to trap, to corner ...M19 Aust. sl.
• CALTROP † to catch or trap with a 'caltrop' (see nouns) ...c1440
• FANKLE to catch in a snare, to trap ...1724 Sc.
• MAN-CATCH to trap men ...1682
• TAIL to set a trap or snare; to bait a trap ...1862
• TEEL to place anything so that it may easily fall, esp. to bait or set a trap, snare, etc. ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TOIL to set a trap ...1887 Eng. dial.
TRAP-DOOR - nouns
• FALL something that falls; a trap-door; a trap ...c1440
• FALL-DOOR †* a trap-door ...1481
• VAMPIRE a double-leaved trap-door, closing by means of springs, used in theatres to effect a sudden disappearance from the stage ...1881
TRAPPED - adjectives
• SNOOKERED cheated, hoaxed, trapped in a difficult position ...1910s sl.
TRASH, TRASHY - nouns
• BAGGAGE † a trifle, a trashy article ...1579
• BAGRIE trash; worthless rubbish ...1769 Sc.
• BRIMBORION a thing without value or use; anything worthless; a trifling object kept as a charm or gewgaw, a trifle; trash, nonsense ...1653
• FAKEMS disguised trash ...20C sl.
• GRUNGE something of inferior quality; trash ...1960 sl.
• HARLOTRY † filth, trash ...1467
• KEDGE trash, rubbish ...1852 Eng. dial.
• KITSCH trash ...German
• MAGOOZLUM rubbish, trash ...1920s US sl.
• MESS trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse ...1937 Amer. dial.
• MONGO objects retrieved from trash; hence, a scavenger ...1984 Amer. sl.
• OPALA refuse, trash ...1938 Hawaii
• PALTRY † refuse, rubbish, trash; anything worthless ...1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFF † worthless material, trash, rubbish, refuse ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMMATREK rubbish, trash ...1908 Sc.
• SCADDIN any worthless or contemptible person or thing; trash ...1884 Sc.
• SCULCH refuse, junk, rubbish, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SKIT * dirt, trash ...c1330
• SKULCH refuse, rubbish, junk, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• TRISH-TRASH † trash, rubbish, worthless stuff ...1542-5
• TROLLOCK trash; worthless or unwanted material ...1901 Amer. dial.
TRASHY - adjectives
• BAGGAGE † trashy, worthless, beggarly, despicable ...1553
• BALDUCTUM † trashy, rubbishy ...1577
• HARLOTRY † base, scurvy, filthy, worthless, trashy ...1579-80
• KITSCH trashy or vulgar ...German
TRAUMATIC - nouns
• MADHOUSE any place characterized by traumatic conditions ...1953 Amer. sl.
• SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED a traumatic experience or concealed unpleasantness in a person's background ...1959 sl.
TRAVEL - adjectives
• WAY-WORN fatigued or wearied by travel ...1777
TRAVEL - nouns
• DAY † a day's travel; a day's journey ...1362
TRAVEL, TRAVELLER - nouns, person
• DUSTYFOOT † a traveller, a wayfarer; a travelling peddler or merchant ...a1400 Sc.
• FARANDMAN † a stranger, a traveller ....a1400 Sc. law
• FARER a traveller ...1881
• FAR-FARER * one who travels far ...1861
• FAR-GOER one who goes or travels far ...1841
• PIKEY a gypsy or traveller ...1847 sl.
• ROSSIE (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; a woman who travels or wanders about; a female Gypsy ...E20 Irish
• SAMENFERE † a fellow-traveller, an associate ...a1300
• WALKER † a traveller ...c1430
• WAY-LEADER † one who conducts or guides a traveller ...1655
TRAVEL - verbs
• BAIT of travellers: to stop at an inn, orig, to feed the horses, but later also to rest and refresh themselves; hence, to make a brief stay or sojourn ...1375
• DANGLE to travel or depart, esp. in a hurry ...1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage
• EASE to move, to travel ...1920s US sl.
• EAT DUST to leave; to travel ...L19 sl.
• FARE to journey, to travel, to make one's way ...971 now arch, or poetic
• HAUL THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly ...1935 Amer. sl.
• HEAR THE OWLS HOOT travel by night, esp. as a fugitive ...1921 Amer. Western sl.
• HIT THE PIKE to take to the road; to start travelling; to set out; to depart ...c1910 Can. sl.
• ITINERATE to journey or travel from place to place; to wander ...1600-9
• JAB TROTTERS to travel with a pack ...1900s Aust.
• JAMPH to travel with extreme difficulty, as one trudging through mire; to trudge, to plod, to make way laboriously ...1813 Sc.
• JAUMPH to travel with extreme difficulty, as one trudging through mire; to trudge, to plod, to make way laboriously ...1813 Sc.
• KNOCK AROUND to wander; to travel aimlessly ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LEG to go, to travel ...1601
• LEG IT to go, to travel ...1601
• MOB to go, to travel ...1990s US Black sl.
• MOTIVATE to go, travel, or depart, esp. hurriedly ...1966 Amer. sl.
• MUMPER to travel around, to partner someone on their travels ...20C US Black sl.
• PERAGRATE * to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through ...1542
• REEL to romp, to rush; to travel, to roam ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SASSHAY to walk or travel in a casual manner; to saunter ...M19 orig. US
• SCATTERLOFISTICATE to wander aimlessly, at haphazard; to range over a country; to travel ...B1900 western sl.
• SCHLAP 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SCHLEP(P) 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHLAP 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHLEP 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SITHE † to go, to travel ...c1000
• TAKE A FLYING FUCK to leave, to travel ...1960s US Black sl.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly; to ride or move quickly; to go fast, ...190 Amer. sl.
• VAGARIE to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGARY to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGITATE † to roam or travel ...1614
• VAMP to vanish; to disappear; to travel ...20C US sl.
• WAG to travel or make one's way ...1684
TRAVELLED - adjectives
• FAR-WENT † that has travelled far ...1609
• YFARE † gone; travelled; dealt with ...900-930
• YFAREN † gone; travelled; dealt with ...900-930
TRAVELLER - verbs
• RAISE to identify yourself to a fellow traveller ...1957 US sl.
TRAVELLING - adjectives
• ITINERATE † itinerant, travelling ...a1628
• ON THE PAD on the road, on the tramp ...1699 colloq.
• ON THE RACK constantly moving about, travelling ...c1860 Can. sl.
• ON THE SCENT on the road, travelling about ...c1865 showmen's & circus-men's sl.
• VAGANT † wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place ...1382
• WAY-GONE exhausted by travelling ...1831
TRAVELLING - nouns
• DAWK-BUNGALOW a resting-place or house for travellers ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• GANG † a travelling or resorting ...1645
• MARCHING MONEY travelling expenses ...1918 Aust. sl.
• SHIRALEE a traveller's bundle of blankets and personal belongings ...1892 Aust. sl.
• SHIRALLEE a traveller's bundle of blankets and personal belongings ...1892 Aust. sl.
• SIT-DOWN a place where travellers habitually rest ...1898
TRAVESTY - nouns
• MASQUERADE * a travesty, counterfeit ...1847
TRAY - nouns
• VICAR OF BRAY a tray ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• WAITER a salver, a small tray ...1738
• WAITING BOARD † a tray intended to be carried by one waiting at table ...1770
TREACHEROUS - adjectives
• BREAK-FAITH perfidious, treacherous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CROCODILIAN † making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful ...1632
• FAITEROUS †* characterized by deceit; treacherous ...1600
• GLIDDERY treacherous ...1869 Eng. dial.
• LEWE † treacherous ...c1000
• NAR treacherous ...1988 US sl.
• 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.
• TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon ...1876 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNDERNEAN deceitful, treacherous, underhand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TREACHEROUS - nouns
• BETRAY †* a treacherous giving up to an enemy; betrayal ...1600
• SINONISM a trick, deception; a treacherous act ...1864
TREACHEROUS - nouns, person
• COPPERHEAD any treacherous person ...US Civil War usage
• COPPER HEART a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DELILAH a temptress; a seductive and treacherous woman ...L16
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• FELLOW TRAVELER a person working secretly for a foreign government; a treacherous person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GONSEL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONSIL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUNSIL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUNTZEL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-GRADER a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINK a treacherous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MUZZLER a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIGHT-WORM † a treacherous comrade ...1430-40
• NONTRUST a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALY-BACK a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SCALY-BACKED REPTILE a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SPLIT CASE a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIGRESS a treacherous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWO-WAY GUY a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRONG GUY a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
TREACHEROUS - 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
• DECEIVE † to be or prove false to, to play false, to deal treacherously with; to betray ...a1300
• DINGO to behave in a treacherous or cowardly manner ...1935 Aust. sl.
TREACHEROUSLY - adverbs
• SUBTLY † with craft or guile; craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously ...c1325
TREACHERY - nouns
• CRAP treachery ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FALSE † fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery ...c1000
• FALSEDOM † treachery; untruth; a falsehood ...1297
• FALSET falsehood, treachery, fraud ...1375 obs., chiefly Sc.
• FALSITY † false or treacherous conduct; treachery, fraud ...c1330
• HOOK, THE an instance of treachery; a double cross ...1908 Amer. sl.
TREACLE - nouns
• DIRTY DAN'L treacle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LABBER-GOB treacle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
TREAD - verbs
• BALTER to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BLAD to take long steps, treading heavily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DECULCATE † to tread or trample upon ...1623
• FAMP to tread heavily; to walk with a firm foot ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FARE † to tread under foot ...c1460
• JAM to tread heavily; to tread down ...1787 Eng. dial.
• OFTREAD †* to tread or trample down; to injure or destroy by treading ...c893
• PAD to tread with a soft dull sound, as a person does in slippers or stockings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDER † to tread; to trample down ...1789 Sc.
• PADDLE to trample down by treading over; to mark with wet or muddy feet ...1805 Eng. dial.
• PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread ...1847 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to tread or trample ...1970s US sl.
TREADING - nouns
• DECALCATION a treading or trampling down or hard ...1827
• OCCULCATION †* a trampling or treading on or spurning ...1656
TREADMILL - nouns
(a device formerly used for driving machinery, consisting of a large wheel with steps fitted into its inner surface; it was turned by the weight of people or animals treading the steps)
• CARE-GRINDER the treadmill ...1883 thieves' sl.
• JACK-THE-SLIPPER the treadmill ...Bk1896 sl.
• UNIVERSAL STAIRCASE a prison treadmill ...19C sl.
• VERTICAL CARE-GRINDER the treadmill ...1883 thieves' sl.
TREADMILL (see nouns) - verbs
• DANCE THE MILL to walk on the prison treadmill ...M19 W. Indies sl.
TREASON - nouns
• LESE-MAJESTY any offense against the sovereign authority; treason ...1536
TREASURE - nouns
• DEARWORTHINESSES † valuables, treasures ...c1325
• DRUERY † a beloved or precious thing; anything valuable or highly prized; a treasure ...a1300
• GARRISON † store, treasure; donation, gift ...1297
• MADME † a precious thing; a treasure; a valuable gift ...a1000
• TALENT † treasure, riches, wealth, abundance ...a1400-50
TREASURE CHEST - nouns
• GAZOPHILACE †* the box in which offerings to the Temple were received; a strongbox or treasure-chest ...a1300
• GAZOPHYLACIUM † the box in which offerings to the Temple were received; a strongbox or treasure-chest ...1377
TREASURER - nouns, person
• BOX-MASTER a treasurer ...1873 Sc.
TREASURY - nouns
• DAMPER a bank or money depository; a treasury ...1932 criminals' sl. Amer. sl.
• FEE-HOUSE † a treasury ...c1000
• GAZOPHILE †* a treasury, a storehouse ...1549
TREAT - adjectives
• SQUIRISH said of a person who acts like he can pay for anything, but is 'not strong enough in the pocket' ...L17 sl.
TREAT - nouns
• JAM AND FRITTERS a real treat ...1897 sl.
• REAL JAM a real treat ...1885 sl.
TREAT - nouns, person
• SIR TIMOTHY one that treats everybody and pays the reckoning everywhere ...a1700 cant
• SQUIRE, THE one who treats the rest of the company ...L17 sl.
• SQUIRE OF THE COMPANY one who treats the rest of the company ...L17 sl.
• TIPPET a generous person; someone who treats their companions ...16C
TREAT - verbs
• BALL OFF to treat ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BLOW to treat ...1903 Amer. dial.
• CALL THEM ALL THROUGH ONE FORD vb. to treat all alike, irrespective of person or quality ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARESS † to treat ...1670
• CHARTER THE BAR to buy drinks for everyone in a bar or public house ...L19 sl.
• CHARTER THE GROCERY to buy drinks for everyone in a bar or public house ...L19 sl.
• ENTREAT to treat, to use ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAKE THE RUBBER to stand treat ...c1850 criminals' sl.
• JOLLY to treat someone in an agreeable manner, with the intention of keeping them happy and/or obtaining a favour from them ...M19 sl.
• JOLLY ALONG to treat someone in an agreeable manner, with the intention of keeping them happy and/or obtaining a favour from them ...M19 sl.
• JOLLY UP to treat someone in an agreeable manner, with the intention of keeping them happy and/or obtaining a favour from them ...M19 sl.
• POP to pay for, to treat ...1959 US Black sl.
• POP FOR to pay for, to treat ...1950s US Black sl.
• POP TO to pay for, to treat ...1950s US Black sl.
• SAIR to serve, to serve out; to treat ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHOUT to treat someone to a drink; to stand a drink ...1855 NZ sl.
• SPORT to treat, usually to food and/or to drink ...E19 sl.
• STAND SAM to pay expenses, esp. for refreshment or drink ...1823 sl.
• STAND SQUIRE to stand treat ...18C sl.
TREATISE - nouns
• PANDECT a treatise covering the whole of a subject; a complete treatise or digest ...1591
TREATISE - nouns, person
• SUMMULIST a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger ...1652
TREATY - adjectives
• FEDERAL † pert. to a covenant, compact, or treaty ...1660
TREATY - nouns
• SCRAP OF PAPER a broken promise, treaty, or pledge ...Amer. World War I sl.
TREBLE - adjectives
• THREBBLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE-PLAIT treble, threefold; three-ply or plaited ...1821 Sc.
• THREEPLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRIBBLE treble, triple, threefold ...1765 Amer. dial.
• THRIPLE treble, triple, threefold ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TRIBBLE treble ...1669 Amer. dial.
TREBLE - verbs
• THREBBLE to treble, to triple ...1935 Amer. dial.
• THRIBBLE to treble, to triple ...1765 Amer. dial.
TREE - adjectives
• ARBORICIDAL given to cutting down trees ...1866
• BASTARD of trees: female ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACUMINOUS * of a tree: having a pyramidal top ...1871
• DENDROPHIL tree-loving ...19C
• LAPPED of a tree: having the top or branches broken off ...1951 Amer. dial.
• LIMBY having many limbs or branches ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MAIDEN of trees: unfelled, unlopped, allowed to grow naturally ...1877 Eng. dial.
• NEMOROUS * full of woods, groves, or trees; woody ...1623
• PUTATORY †* belonging to cutting, dressing, or pruning of trees ...1656
• RAGGED of fruit trees, etc.: covered with fruit; thickly laden ...1661 Eng. dial.
• RAMPICK † of a tree or bough: partially decayed or dead; bare of leaves or twigs ...1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANDLE-PIK'D of a tree: having the upper branches dead ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAVAGE † of a plant or tree: wild, uncultivated ...1422
• SUBARBOREAL lying under a forest of trees ...1886
• TANGED forked, as a tree ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TREE - nouns
• ABLAQUEATION † the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots ...c1420
• ABNODATION † the act of cutting away knots from trees; a gardening term ...1678
• ALAMEDA a public park or walk lined with trees ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BACKBREAKER a tree stump cut close to the ground ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BAFF-END the partly decayed or root end of a tree or log ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BASTARD an ill-thriven tree or shrub ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATARDIER † a plantation of young grafted trees intended to be transplanted into gardens ...1725
• BEAM † a tree ...826
• BIFF the bough of a tree ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BIG 'UNS large trees ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLACK-WOOD evergreen trees collectively ...1871 US
• BLOW-DOWN a place encumbered with trees that have been blown down ...1895 US
• BLUFF a clump or grove of trees growing in open country ...1796 Amer. dial.
• BOSQUE a forest; a dense growth of trees and underbrush; a clump of trees ...1771 Amer. dial.
• CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people's way; a useless tree ...1657
• DAG a small projecting stump of a tree ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DODDARD a tree missing its top branches through rot or decay
• FAGGOT a bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together, for use as fuel ...a1300
• FAGOT a bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together, for use as fuel ...a1300
• FALL † the roots and stumps of felled trees ...1785
• FANG a fork or branch of a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FATNESS † of a tree: oiliness; juiciness ...1382
• GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARNITURE natural objects, as trees, etc., as ornaments of the landscape ...1684
• GUT-GOUGER a knot high on the trunk of a tree ...1963 Amer. logging usage
• HAG the stump of a tree left after felling ...1615 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAGSNARE the stump of a tree left after felling ...1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAT a small clump or ring of trees; any small irregular mass of trees ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HAUTBOY † a lofty tree, as distinguished from shrubs or underwood ...1674
• ICKEN-BAUM an oak tree ...1859 sl.
• IMP † a young shoot of a plant or tree; a sapling ...c897
• LANCE † a branch of a tree, a shoot ...a1300
• LAP the top or branches of a tree, esp. a felled or fallen tree ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LAPWOOD the top or branches of a tree, esp. a felled or fallen tree ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MAST a collective name for the fruit of the beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, esp. as food for swine ...825
• MASTAGE † the fruit of forest trees collectively ...1610
• MAY-TREE the hawthorn tree ...1899 Eng. dial.
• NAKED-MEN old, decayed, leafless trees ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PECKER POLE a small tree or sapling ...1958 Amer. dial.
• PRONG a branch of either a tree or a river ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUEECH a small plantation of trees or bushes; a spinney ...1804 Eng. dial.
• QUERDOOD the small upper branches and loppings of trees, etc., cut into lengths and stacked for sale as firewood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIBOW the branch of a tree; a bough ...1825 Sc.
• RAMAGE the collective branches of a tree or trees ...1656 arch.
• RAME * a branch of a tree or shrub ...1578
• RAMPIKE a decaying or dead tree; a spiky stump or stem of a tree ...1865 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RANPIKE an upright, dead tree trunk ...1969 Amer. dial
• RAWNER a dead bough on a tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWN-PEG a dead bough on a tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY a dead bough on a growing tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY-BOUGH a dead bough on a growing tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RIDS † boughs of trees ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE a pollard tree ...a1697 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLARS young trees left in woods for timber ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SARMENT * a twig; a cutting of a tree ...1398
• SAWYER a fallen tree, floating down stream ...1848 Ireland
• SCHOOLMA'AM a forked tree or log ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMARM a forked tree or log ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM a forked tree or log ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCRAB a stunted or shrivelled tree or shrub ...1790 Sc.
• SCRABBLE a stunted tree or shrub; thorns and briers ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAG 1. a crooked, forked branch of a tree; a broken bough ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
2. a stunted bush or tree; a standing dead tree ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH the natural fork of a tree or branch; a pole with a natural fork at the end of it ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREECH CAT a high stump, usually from a windfall, which has splinters that whistle or sing in the wind ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCROG a stunted or crooked tree, shrub, or branch; a stump of a tree-trunk; a thorn-bush; underwood, 'scrub' ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHANK the trunk of a tree ...Sc.
• SHAW a small grove of trees ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SHIVES the needles of the juniper tree ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SUGAR BERTH a maple sugar grove ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TAG * a catkin of a tree ...1597
• TAGLET a catkin ...1698
• TAN-FLAWING the business of stripping the bark off trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANG a root or fang of a tooth; a root or branch of a tree ...1715 chiefly Eng. dial.
• TANNER a small root of a tree ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAPPIN the root of a tree ...1898 Sc.
• TAUPIN the root of a tree ...1898 Sc.
• TERRIT † a clump of trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TILLER † a young tree; a sapling; a stock-shoot rising from the stock or stool of a felled tree ...1664 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIMBER-FALL a mass of fallen trees ...1897
• TIMBERLING a young timber-tree; a sapling ...1787
• TINE †* a small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit ...1300s
• TOFT a small grove of trees ...1706 Eng. dial.
• TOLL † a clump of trees ...1644 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOOTHPICK TIMBER small trees ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UMERT a place shaded by trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-LOUT n. anything weak or inferior to the rest; used esp. of animals and trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERGE † a strip or belt of trees ...1825 Sc.
• WIDOW-MAKER a tree or branch that has fallen on or is likely to fall on or snap back at a person; a dangerous hanging limb ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WOLF TREE a larger tree that shades younger trees growing under it ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YEAR * each of the annual rings in the wood of a tree ...1708
TREE - nouns, person
• DENDROPHIL a lover of trees ...1888
• HAGGER one who uses a hatchet; one employed to fell trees ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAGMAN one who gains his living by felling and selling wood; a woodcutter ...1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCRIMATREE a boy who climbs trees; a truant, a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHRAGGER a tree-trimmer
• WOODPECKER (derogatory) one who fells trees ...1905 Amer. dial.
TREE - verbs
• ABLAQUEATE †* to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry ...c1420
• ABNODATE † to prune trees, etc. ...1721
• BEAR-CLIMB to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAR-HUG to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAR-LIFT to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAR-WALK to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAVER to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BEAVER DOWN to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BOOSTER to boost, to help someone up into a tree ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GARNISH † of trees: to cover a wall, etc. ...1693
• HAG to cut down trees, strip off, dry and stack the bark, saw up and sort the timber ...1848 Sc.
• JACKKNIFE to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIMB to cut the branches from a tree; rarely, to prune ...1839 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY CLIMB to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands .,..1965 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY UP to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands .,..1965 Amer. dial.
• PALM to climb a tree or pole simply by the assistance of hands and feet; to swarm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEVE to twist; to bend slowly backwards and forwards as a tree-top ...1809 Eng. dial.
• RAREFY †* vb. to reduce the number of trees; to thin a wood ...1650
• REND to strip off bark ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RENE to strip off bark; to rind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIMMY to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with our hands ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHIM UP to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with our hands ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHIN to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with our hands ...1840 Amer. dial.
• SHIN UP to climb a tree by aid of hands and legs only ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY UP to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKIN THE BARK to climb a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TENNEL † of trees: to die away ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TINNEL † of trees: to die away ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TREMBLE - nouns
• QUAVE † a shake, a tremble ...1382
• QUITHER a shake, tremble, shudder, quiver ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TWITTERATION †* tremulous excitement, as from desire, fear, etc.; a state of agitation; a shaking, a quiver, a tremble ...1835-40
TREMBLE - verbs
• ACKER to tremble with passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BEVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIBBER to tremble, to shake ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BIVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIVVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DANDER to tremble, to vibrate; also applied to the rolling sound of a drum ...a1724 Eng. dial.
• DATHER to shiver, to tremble, to shake either with cold or old age ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DAVER to tremble; to waver ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHER to tremble, to shake; to move in an infirm, shaky manner, to totter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to vibrate, to resound, to tremble ...1787 Sc.
• DODDER to shake or tremble, as from age
• HACKER to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold ...Bk1905
• PALSY to shake or tremble as if palsied ...1582 nonce use
• QUAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• QUAVE † to quake, to shake, to tremble; to vibrate ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUETCH † of things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• QUITCH † of things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• THRIMBLE to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRIMMEL to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMLE to tremble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TREPIDATE * to tremble with fear or agitation ...1623
• VERBERATE * to vibrate, to tremble, to quiver ...1755
• VIMMER to quiver, to tremble ...B1900 Sc.
• WACKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WHACKER to tremble, to shake, to quake ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WHAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
TREMBLING - adjectives
• ALL OF A TWITTER trembling ...1848 Eng. dial.
• BEVERING trembling, quivering ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BIBBERING quaking, trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DANDERY trembling, infirm, tottery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
• DAWTHERING shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERY shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINLING trembling, vibrating, rattling ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DITHERY-DODDERY trembling, shivering, shaking ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MERVIL nervous, trembling ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NITHERTY-NOTHERTY all of a tremble ...1895 Eng. dial.
• QUIVERISH trembling, shaking ...1582
• QUIVERY * trembling, shaking ...1877
• TREMEBUND † inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid ...c1560 Sc.
TREMBLING - adverbs
• A-GOGGLE trembling, shaking with palsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
TREMBLING - nouns
• BEVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BIBBER a tremor, a state of trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIVVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• QUAG a shake, a state of trembling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIVERATION a quivering; a trembling motion or condition ...1812 nonce word
• SHAKES, THE trembling; delirium tremens ...1782 sl.
• THRIMBLE a tremor, a fit of trembling ...1889 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMLE a trembling, a tremor ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TREMEFACTION †* a shaking, a trembling ...1597
• YIPS, THE nervous trembling which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt ...1963 sl.
TREMENDOUS - adjectives
• IMMANE monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous ...1615 arch.
• MENJUS tremendous ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SAIR * of something pleasant: great, tremendous ...1877 Sc.
• TREMENDIOUS tremendous ...1803 Amer. dial.
TREMOR - nouns
• BEVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BIBBER a tremor, a state of trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIVVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PALSY any influence which destroys, or seriously impairs activity or sensibility; a condition of utter powerlessness; an irresistible tremor ...1433
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THRIMBLE a tremor, a fit of trembling ...1889 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMLE a trembling, a tremor ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIRL vibration, tremor ...1882 Sc.
• VIMMER a tremor ...1899 Sc.
TREMULOUS - adjectives
• BEVERY shivery, tremulous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
TREMULOUS - nouns
• DIRL a tremulous motion; the sensation felt on striking the elbow-bone ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JECTIGATION † a wagging, a tremulous movement ...a1693
• REEMLE a continuous sharp, tremulous motion or sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
TREMULOUS - verbs
• REEMLE to cause in any way a sharp, tremulous noise; to give a sharp, tremulous noise ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WAPPER † to blink the eyes; also, to move tremulously ...1575
TREMULOUSLY - adverbs
• REEMLE with a sharp, tremulous sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WABBLE with a weak tottering step, tremulously ...1866 Sc.
TREND, TRENDY - adjectives
• A-GO-GO in the newest style; faddish, trendy ...Amer. sl.
• EDGY leading a trend ...1976 US sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE out of touch with styles and trends ...1960s Amer. sl.
TREND - nouns
• SCENE the current trend; the in thing ...1960s Brit. sl.
TRENDY - nouns, person
• FASHIONISTA someone who dictates, or is in the vanguard of, trendiness ...2001 UK sl.
TREPIDATION - phrases
• YOUR ARSE IS NIPPING BUTTONS you are nervous; you are full of trepidation ...1988 Sc. sl.
TRESPASS - verbs
• BREAK BANDS to trespass, to break bounds ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BAA-LAMB a tram ...20C rhyming sl.
• BREAD AND JAM a tram ...20C rhyming sl.
• DINKY an electric tram with controls at each end ...1923 US sl.
• LA-DE-DA a tram-car or motorcar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LAH-DI-DAH a tram-car or motorcar ...20C rhyming sl.
• LARDY-DAH a tram-car or motorcar ...20C rhyming sl.
TRAM - nouns, person
• TRAMMIE a tram driver or conductor ...1919 Aust. sl.
TRAM - verbs
• SCALE to ride illicitly free on a train, tram, bus ...c1920 Aust. sl.
TRAMP (vagrant) - adjectives
• HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp ...1828 Sc.
• ON THE CHARLEY being a tramp ...c1910 US sl.
• ON THE CHARLIE being a tramp ...c1910 US sl.
• ON THE PAD on the road, on the tramp ...1699 colloq.
TRAMP (vagrant) - nouns
• BINDLE a vagrant's bedding-roll ...1900 Amer. sl.
• CAGE a cubicle within a tramp's lodging house ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• CRUMB a hobo's pack of blankets ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOWNRIGHT begging, tramping ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• DRUM a swagman's pack ...1866 Aust. & NZ sl.
• 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.
• HUSTLE work as a pimp, prostitute, or tramp ...1940s US Black sl.
• LUMP a parcel of food given to a tramp ...1912 US sl.
• MONKERY, THE tramps or other vagrants collectively ...1851 tramps' sl.
• NEDDY the tucker-bag carried by an itinerant tramp ...L19 Aust. sl.
• PROFESH a community of professional tramps ...1901 sl.
• SHIRALEE a tramp's swag or bundle of personal belongings ...L19 Aust. sl.
TRAMP (vagrant) - nouns, person
• ABRAHAMER a tramp ...L18 sl.
• ABRAMER a tramp ...L18 sl.
• AIREDALE a drifter; a tramp ...1960s US sl.
• ALKEE STIFF an alcoholic tramp ...L19 US sl.
• ALKI STIFF a hobo drunkard; any drunkard ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• ALKY STIFF an alcoholic tramp ...L19 US sl.
• BAGMAN a tramp ...19C Aust. sl.
• BARREL-BOARDER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BARREL DOSSER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BARREL-HOUSE STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BARREL STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons ...L19 US sl.
• BEACHCOMBER a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BEATER a tramp ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• BENCH-WARMER a tramp; a vagrant ...20C US sl.
• BIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• BINDLE MAN a tramp, a vagrant ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BINDLE STIFF a tramp, a vagrant ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BLANKET MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BLANKET STIFF a migratory labourer who carries his belongings in a blanket roll or other bundle; a tramp ...1872 Amer. Hobo & West. sl.
• BO a tramp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BOO a tramp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUM a vagrant, a tramp ...1864 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• CADGE a young peddler, hawker; a beggar, tramp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• CAMP DOG a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• CATTER a tramp who clings to the outside of railway cars ...1916 tramps' sl.
• CODGE a vagrant, a tramp ...L19 sl.
• DANGLER a tramp who travels by hanging onto the rails and similar handgrips beneath a passenger coach ...1916 US tramps' sl.
• DARLING WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• DEADBEAT a hobo or tramp riding free on a train ...20C Amer. sl.
• DEAD ONE a reformed or retired tramp or criminal ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• DING a beggar; an alcoholic tramp or beggar ...M20 US tramps' sl.
• DINGBAT an alcoholic tramp or beggar ...1918 US tramps' sl.
• DINGER a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a worthless person ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DINO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• DOSSER a vagrant, a tramp ...1866 Brit. sl.
• DOWNRIGHTER a beggar; a tramp ...1930s sl.
• DRUMMER a tramp, a vagrant ...1888 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DYNO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• GABERLOONIE a licensed beggar or mendicant; a travelling beggar or tramp ...1853 Sc.
• GABERLUNZIE MAN a licensed beggar or mendicant; a travelling beggar or tramp ...1878 Sc.
• GAGGER 1. a tramp, a beggar ...1930s sl.
2. a tramp who makes a living by telling stories ...1940s US tramps' sl.
• GAG-MAKER a tramp that begs his way with pitiful tales ...1886 UK sl.
• GANDY DANCER a petty crook; a tramp ...1910s US sl.
• GANDY STIFF a tramp who occasionally takes a short-term job ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• GANGREL a tramp, a vagrant, a vagabond ...1530 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GAY-CAT a young or inexperienced tramp, esp. one who has a homosexual relationship with an older tramp ...1897 US sl.
• GOOK a tramp ...1900s sl.
• HAYBAG (derogatory) a slovenly woman; a female hobo or camp follower ...1877 Amer. dial.
• HEATHER-CAT a vagabond, a tramp ...1886
• HIGHJACKER a criminal or tramp who robs other criminals or tramps ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• HOBO a tramp, a vagrant, an itinerant worker, often using the US rail system as a means of free transport ...L19 US sl.
• HURRICANE LAMP a tramp, a vagrant ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• INSPECTOR an itinerant worker or hobo ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JACK a tramp ...1930 Amer. sl.
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• JEW CHUM (usually derogatory) a tramp ...20C rhyming sl. for 'bum'
• JOCKER a tramp who is accompanied by a youth who begs for him and may act as his catamite ...1893 N. Amer. sl.
• KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• KEDGER a beggar, a tramp, a loafer, a petty thief ...1835 Eng. dial.
• KID LAMB a tramp's catamite ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• LAND-LOPER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-LUBBER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-RAKER a vagrant, a tramp ...L16 sl.
• LIGHTHOUSE a tramp acquainted with the police or with their methods ...1932 cant
• LUSHBUM an alcoholic tramp ...1940s US sl.
• MATILDA-WALTZER a tramp ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MISSION STIFF a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion ...L19 US sl.
• MUMPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1673 sl.
• MURRAY WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• MURRUMBIDGEE WHALER an itinerant tramp whose 'beat' focuses on the rivers of New South Wales ...M19 Aust. sl.
• NO-COUNT a tramp ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OKIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• OLD STAGER a master tramp ...1927 criminals' sl.
• PAD a tramp ...M18 sl.
• PADDY a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PARAFFIN LAMP a tramp ...20C rhyming sl.
• PENNY STAMP a tramp ...1984 Brit. rhyming sl.
• PIKE a tramp ...c1860 cant
• PIKER a vagrant, a tramp; a Gypsy ...M19 sl.
• PRUSHON a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PRUSHUN a boy tramp who begs for a mature tramp ...1893 Amer. sl.
• PUNK a boy tramp or child hobo ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RAILRIDER a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads; a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAMBLER a tramp who travels on passenger trains ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• RAMBLER WOLF a tramp who travels on passenger trains ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• RING-TAIL a vagrant, a tramp ...1927 US sl.
• ROAD KID a young tramp ...1970 sl.
• RODMAN a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• ROD RIDER a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• RODSMAN a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• SCADGAN a tramp; a disreputable-looking fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SKANKER an alcoholic tramp ...1990s sl.
• SKIPPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1925 Brit. sl.
• SLAG a vagrant, a tramp ...1955 sl.
• SNOWBIRD an impoverished tramp who enlists in the army as the winter arrives in order to get food and shelter for the next few months, then deserts when the warmer weather returns ...1900s US sl.
• SPIKE-RANGER a tramp who wanders from one 'spike' (lodging house) to another ...M19 sl.
• STEW-BUM a tramp who is habitually drunk ...1902 US sl.
• STRAVAGANT † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592
• STRULL a female tramp; a tramp's woman ...20C Amer. dial. or colloq.
• STUMBLE-BUM a tramp or hobo, possibly an alcoholic tramp ...M20 US sl.
• SUNDOWNER a tramp who makes a practice of arriving at a station about sundown under the pretense of seeking work, so as to obtain food and a night's lodging ...1875 Aust. colloq.
• SWAGMAN a tramp, hobo, or vagabond ...1875 Aust. sl.
• SWAMPER a tramp who travels on foot but has his swag carried on a wagon; a tramp who obtains a lift ...1894 Aust. sl.
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TOE-RAGGER a tramp, a vagrant ...1891 Aust. sl.
• VAG a vagrant, a tramp ...1868 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• VENT MAN a tramp; a street person ...2000s US sl.
• WALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WALLY a tramp who stays within a given radius of his home town ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• WANDERING WILLIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1910s US sl.
• WHALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• YAP a novice within the tramp community ...1920s US tramps' sl.
TRAMP (vagrant) - verbs
• CHASE THE SUN to live as a tramp ...1940s Aust. sl.
• HIT THE WALLABY to set off down the road, as a tramp ...M19 Aust. sl.
• HOBO to live or travel as a tramp ...L19 US sl.
• JAW ON THE DRUM to go on the road ...Bk1896 tramps' sl.
• JAW ON THE TOBY to go on the road ...Bk1896 tramps' sl.
• LIVE OFF THE LAND to live the life of a tramp ...L19 Aust. colloq.
• PACK to live as tramp, travelling the country ...L19 sl.
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• TAKE TO THE ROAD to turn highwayman, beggar, or tramp ...Bk1903 sl.
• WALK MATILDA to go on the tramp, carrying one's pack ...L19 Aust. sl.
TRAMP (walk heavily) - verbs
• HAKE to tramp, trudge, or wend one's way ...c1450 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAKE ABOUT to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose; to tramp, to trudge ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAKE UP AND DOWN to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose; to tramp, to trudge ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• PAD THE HOOF to go on foot; to walk; tramp ...1824
• STRAVAG to tramp; to loaf; to abscond ...1887 Sc. & Irish
• STRAVAIG to tramp; to loaf; to abscond ...1887 Sc. & Irish
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• VAMP † to make one's way on foot; to tramp or trudge ...1654 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TRAMPLE, TRAMPLING - nouns
• CALCATION * a treading or trampling under the heel; kicking ...1656
• OCCULCATION †* a trampling or treading on or spurning ...1656
TRAMPLE - verbs
• CALCATE †* to trample or stamp under the heel ...1623
• DECULCATE † to tread or trample upon ...1623
• FULYIE to trample, overcome, destroy ...LME Sc.
• JAMMOCK to squeeze, to press; to beat, to crush, to trample into a soft mass ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OFTREAD †* to tread or trample down; to injure or destroy by treading ...c893
• OPPRESS † to press injuriously upon or against; to subject to pressure with hurtful or overpowering effect; to press down by force; to crush, to trample down, to smother, to crowd ...1382
• PADDER † to tread; to trample down ...1789 Sc.
• PADDLE to trample down by treading over; to mark with wet or muddy feet ...1805 Eng. dial.
• PAMPLE to trample lightly; to toddle about ...1879 Eng. dial.
• RAMP †* to trample in triumph ...1579-80
• SCAMBLE to trample upon; to litter about, to make untidy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW to trample ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TRIPUDIATE to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph ...1888
• WAFFLE to tread or trample ...1970s US sl.
TRAMPLED - adjectives
• BATTLED bespattered with mud; trampled down ...1820 Sc.
• PADDLED trampled ...1805 Eng. dial.
TRAMPLING - nouns
• DECALCATION a treading or trampling down or hard ...1827
TRANCE - adjectives
• OFF in a trance ...1980s sl.
TRANCE - nouns
• RAPT * a trance, ecstasy, rapture ...1526
TRANQUIL - adjectives
• CALMY characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful ...1587 poetic arch.
• HALCYDONIAN † calm, quiet, tranquil ...1611
• PACATE † pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil ...1644
• PACIFIC characterized by peace or calm; peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet ...1633
• QUEEM smooth, calm, tranquil ...1824 Sc.
• QUIETSOME † quiet, silent, calm, still, tranquil, undisturbed ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TRANQUIL - nouns
• PACATION the act of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification ...1658
TRANQUIL - verbs
• TRANQUILLITATE †* to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657
TRANQUILLITY - nouns
• LEE † a sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity ...a1300
• QUIETUDE quietness; rest, calm, tranquillity ...1597
• SAUCHT † peace, quiet, tranquillity ...1710 Sc.
• SAUGHT † peace, quiet, tranquillity ...1768 Sc.
TRANQUILLIZE - verbs
• BECALM to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize ...1613
• HALCYON †* to calm, to tranquillize ...1616
TRANQUILLIZER - adjectives
• TRANKED sedated; under the influence of tranquillizers ...1972 US sl.
TRANQUILLIZER - nouns
• ACE one single pill of amphetamine, barbiturate, or tranquillizer ...1930s drugs sl.
• DEBS depressants, tranquillizers, barbiturates ...1970s US drugs sl.
• HAPPY PILL a tranquillizer ...1956 sl.
• JACKETS Nembutal, a tranquillizer ...1950s drugs sl.
• LUDE methaqualone, usually Quaalude™, a tranquillizer ...M20 US drugs sl.
• MICKEY a tranquillizer ...drugs sl.
• MICKY a tranquillizer ...drugs sl.
• MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER any tranquillizer ...1977 US sl.
• QUAS Quaaludes™, a tranquillizer ...M20 US drugs sl.
• SLOW-EM-UP any one of a variety of barbiturates or tranquillizers; sometimes used by addicts to calm the effects of amphetamines ...1970s US Black sl.
• TRANG any central nervous system depressant ...1971 US sl.
• TRANK a tranquillizer ...1967 sl.
• TRANQ a tranquillizer ...1967 sl.
• TRANX any central nervous system depressant ...1971 US sl.
• V the tranquillizer Valium™ ...1984 US sl.
• VAL a tablet of diazepam (trade name Valium™), an anti-anxiety agent ...1986 US sl.
• VALI Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLIE Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLY Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALS Valium™, a mild tranquillizer ...1990s sl.
TRANSACTION - nouns
• PIG IN A BAG something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A BLANKET something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1967 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A POKE something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1788 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A SACK something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1965 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN THE BAG something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange ...1965 Amer. sl.
TRANSFORM - verbs
• FASHION † to change the fashion of; to modify, to transform ...1528
• IMMUTE † to produce a change in; to change, to alter, to transform ...1613
TRANSFORMATION - nouns
• IMMUTATION † change, alteration, transformation ...c1540
TRANSGENDER - nouns, person
• LADYBOY a transgender or transsexual young man ...1990s sl.
TRANSGRESSING - adjectives
• OFFENCIOUS †* having the quality of transgressing or committing an offence; of the nature of a transgression ...c1592
• OFFENSIVE † having the quality of transgressing or committing offense; of the nature of a transgression ...1607
TRANSGRESSION - nouns
• DEBAURD † departure from the right way; excess; a transgression ...1671
TRANSGRESSOR - nouns, person
• DIKE-LOUPER a person who breaks bounds; a transgressor ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFENDANT * one who offends or does wrong; a transgressor, an offender ...1597
TRANSITORY - adjectives
• DECIDUOUS fleeting, transitory; perishing or disappearing after having served its purpose ...1811
TRANSLATE - verbs
• TAKE †* to render, to translate ...c1430
TRANSLATION - nouns
• BICYCLE a published translation of a foreign language work ...1900 US students' usage
• HOBBY an English translation of a text in a foreign language ...M19 US sl.
TRANSPORT - nouns
• SCALING riding for free on buses, etc. ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TRANS transport ...1982 Bahamas
TRANSPORT - nouns, person
• PACKIE one who transports supplies by pack animal ...1940s NZ sl.
• SCALER one who rides illegally for free on public transport ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
TRANSPORT - verbs
• MARINATE † to transport over sea ...1673 sl.
• RAKE a single journey or excursion in conveying anything from one place to another; hence, the amount so carried by a person, horse, or cart ...1792 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAP * to take up and carry off, to transport, to remove ...1599
• SCALE to ride illicitly free on a train, tram, bus ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• WAG to carry or transport with difficulty; to lug, to tote, to haul ...1931 Amer. dial.
TRANSPOSE - verbs
• METAGRAMMATIZE to transpose the letters in a word or phrase ...1702
TRANSEXUAL - adjectives
• TRANNIE transsexual ...1999 US sl.
TRANSSEXUAL - nouns, person
• DANISH PASTRY a transsexual ...1950s gay sl.
• LADYBOY a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts; a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite ...1992 UK sl.
• QUEEN a transsexual ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• TRANNIE a transsexual ...1983 sl.
• TRANNY a transsexual ...1997 US sl.
• TRANSFORMER a transsexual ...1991 US sl.
• TRANSY a transsexual ...1987 US sl.
TRANSVESTITE - nouns
• GAFF a device used to hide the shape of a male transvestite's penis ...1973 US sl.
• GYMSLIP TRAINING. the process of instructing, and conditioning the behaviour of a transvestite who wishes to be treated as an adolescent girl, esp. when used in a dominant prostitute's advertising manner ...2003 UK sl.
TRANSVESTITE - nouns, person
• DRAG QUEEN a homosexual transvestite ...1941 sl.
• FANCY-MAN a transvestite ...1975 Amer. sl.
• FRIBBLE a homosexual male, possibly a transvestite ...17C Brit. sl.
• LADYBOY a person with mixed sexual physiology, usually the genitals of a male and surgically augmented breasts; a pre-surgery transsexual or transvestite ...1992 UK sl.
• SHE-MALE a transvestite ...1983 sl.
• SHIM an effeminate or passive male homosexual, a transvestite ...1975 sl.
• TRANNY a transvestite ...1984 UK sl.
• TRANSVESTIE a transvestite ...1987 US sl.
• TV a transvestite ...1965 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
TRAP - nouns
• CALTROP † a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like ...a1300
• FALL something that falls; a trap-door; a trap ...c1440
• FANG † a noose, a trap ...1535
• SKULHEEG a deadfall trap ...1914 Amer. dial.
• TOIL †* a trap or snare for wild beasts ...1607
TRAP - verbs
• BAIL UP to trap, to corner ...M19 Aust. sl.
• BALE UP to trap, to corner ...M19 Aust. sl.
• CALTROP † to catch or trap with a 'caltrop' (see nouns) ...c1440
• FANKLE to catch in a snare, to trap ...1724 Sc.
• MAN-CATCH to trap men ...1682
• TAIL to set a trap or snare; to bait a trap ...1862
• TEEL to place anything so that it may easily fall, esp. to bait or set a trap, snare, etc. ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TOIL to set a trap ...1887 Eng. dial.
TRAP-DOOR - nouns
• FALL something that falls; a trap-door; a trap ...c1440
• FALL-DOOR †* a trap-door ...1481
• VAMPIRE a double-leaved trap-door, closing by means of springs, used in theatres to effect a sudden disappearance from the stage ...1881
TRAPPED - adjectives
• SNOOKERED cheated, hoaxed, trapped in a difficult position ...1910s sl.
TRASH, TRASHY - nouns
• BAGGAGE † a trifle, a trashy article ...1579
• BAGRIE trash; worthless rubbish ...1769 Sc.
• BRIMBORION a thing without value or use; anything worthless; a trifling object kept as a charm or gewgaw, a trifle; trash, nonsense ...1653
• FAKEMS disguised trash ...20C sl.
• GRUNGE something of inferior quality; trash ...1960 sl.
• HARLOTRY † filth, trash ...1467
• KEDGE trash, rubbish ...1852 Eng. dial.
• KITSCH trash ...German
• MAGOOZLUM rubbish, trash ...1920s US sl.
• MESS trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse ...1937 Amer. dial.
• MONGO objects retrieved from trash; hence, a scavenger ...1984 Amer. sl.
• OPALA refuse, trash ...1938 Hawaii
• PALTRY † refuse, rubbish, trash; anything worthless ...1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFF † worthless material, trash, rubbish, refuse ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMMATREK rubbish, trash ...1908 Sc.
• SCADDIN any worthless or contemptible person or thing; trash ...1884 Sc.
• SCULCH refuse, junk, rubbish, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SKIT * dirt, trash ...c1330
• SKULCH refuse, rubbish, junk, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• TRISH-TRASH † trash, rubbish, worthless stuff ...1542-5
• TROLLOCK trash; worthless or unwanted material ...1901 Amer. dial.
TRASHY - adjectives
• BAGGAGE † trashy, worthless, beggarly, despicable ...1553
• BALDUCTUM † trashy, rubbishy ...1577
• HARLOTRY † base, scurvy, filthy, worthless, trashy ...1579-80
• KITSCH trashy or vulgar ...German
TRAUMATIC - nouns
• MADHOUSE any place characterized by traumatic conditions ...1953 Amer. sl.
• SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED a traumatic experience or concealed unpleasantness in a person's background ...1959 sl.
TRAVEL - adjectives
• WAY-WORN fatigued or wearied by travel ...1777
TRAVEL - nouns
• DAY † a day's travel; a day's journey ...1362
TRAVEL, TRAVELLER - nouns, person
• DUSTYFOOT † a traveller, a wayfarer; a travelling peddler or merchant ...a1400 Sc.
• FARANDMAN † a stranger, a traveller ....a1400 Sc. law
• FARER a traveller ...1881
• FAR-FARER * one who travels far ...1861
• FAR-GOER one who goes or travels far ...1841
• PIKEY a gypsy or traveller ...1847 sl.
• ROSSIE (derogatory) a promiscuous woman; a woman who travels or wanders about; a female Gypsy ...E20 Irish
• SAMENFERE † a fellow-traveller, an associate ...a1300
• WALKER † a traveller ...c1430
• WAY-LEADER † one who conducts or guides a traveller ...1655
TRAVEL - verbs
• BAIT of travellers: to stop at an inn, orig, to feed the horses, but later also to rest and refresh themselves; hence, to make a brief stay or sojourn ...1375
• DANGLE to travel or depart, esp. in a hurry ...1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage
• EASE to move, to travel ...1920s US sl.
• EAT DUST to leave; to travel ...L19 sl.
• FARE to journey, to travel, to make one's way ...971 now arch, or poetic
• HAUL THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly ...1935 Amer. sl.
• HEAR THE OWLS HOOT travel by night, esp. as a fugitive ...1921 Amer. Western sl.
• HIT THE PIKE to take to the road; to start travelling; to set out; to depart ...c1910 Can. sl.
• ITINERATE to journey or travel from place to place; to wander ...1600-9
• JAB TROTTERS to travel with a pack ...1900s Aust.
• JAMPH to travel with extreme difficulty, as one trudging through mire; to trudge, to plod, to make way laboriously ...1813 Sc.
• JAUMPH to travel with extreme difficulty, as one trudging through mire; to trudge, to plod, to make way laboriously ...1813 Sc.
• KNOCK AROUND to wander; to travel aimlessly ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LEG to go, to travel ...1601
• LEG IT to go, to travel ...1601
• MOB to go, to travel ...1990s US Black sl.
• MOTIVATE to go, travel, or depart, esp. hurriedly ...1966 Amer. sl.
• MUMPER to travel around, to partner someone on their travels ...20C US Black sl.
• PERAGRATE * to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through ...1542
• REEL to romp, to rush; to travel, to roam ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SASSHAY to walk or travel in a casual manner; to saunter ...M19 orig. US
• SCATTERLOFISTICATE to wander aimlessly, at haphazard; to range over a country; to travel ...B1900 western sl.
• SCHLAP 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SCHLEP(P) 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHLAP 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SHLEP 1. to travel further than one might prefer ...1920s sl.
2. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly ...1920s sl.
• SITHE † to go, to travel ...c1000
• TAKE A FLYING FUCK to leave, to travel ...1960s US Black sl.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly; to ride or move quickly; to go fast, ...190 Amer. sl.
• VAGARIE to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGARY to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGITATE † to roam or travel ...1614
• VAMP to vanish; to disappear; to travel ...20C US sl.
• WAG to travel or make one's way ...1684
TRAVELLED - adjectives
• FAR-WENT † that has travelled far ...1609
• YFARE † gone; travelled; dealt with ...900-930
• YFAREN † gone; travelled; dealt with ...900-930
TRAVELLER - verbs
• RAISE to identify yourself to a fellow traveller ...1957 US sl.
TRAVELLING - adjectives
• ITINERATE † itinerant, travelling ...a1628
• ON THE PAD on the road, on the tramp ...1699 colloq.
• ON THE RACK constantly moving about, travelling ...c1860 Can. sl.
• ON THE SCENT on the road, travelling about ...c1865 showmen's & circus-men's sl.
• VAGANT † wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place ...1382
• WAY-GONE exhausted by travelling ...1831
TRAVELLING - nouns
• DAWK-BUNGALOW a resting-place or house for travellers ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• GANG † a travelling or resorting ...1645
• MARCHING MONEY travelling expenses ...1918 Aust. sl.
• SHIRALEE a traveller's bundle of blankets and personal belongings ...1892 Aust. sl.
• SHIRALLEE a traveller's bundle of blankets and personal belongings ...1892 Aust. sl.
• SIT-DOWN a place where travellers habitually rest ...1898
TRAVESTY - nouns
• MASQUERADE * a travesty, counterfeit ...1847
TRAY - nouns
• VICAR OF BRAY a tray ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• WAITER a salver, a small tray ...1738
• WAITING BOARD † a tray intended to be carried by one waiting at table ...1770
TREACHEROUS - adjectives
• BREAK-FAITH perfidious, treacherous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CROCODILIAN † making a hypocritical show of grief; cruel and treacherous; deceitful ...1632
• FAITEROUS †* characterized by deceit; treacherous ...1600
• GLIDDERY treacherous ...1869 Eng. dial.
• LEWE † treacherous ...c1000
• NAR treacherous ...1988 US sl.
• 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.
• TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon ...1876 Eng. dial.
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNDERNEAN deceitful, treacherous, underhand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TREACHEROUS - nouns
• BETRAY †* a treacherous giving up to an enemy; betrayal ...1600
• SINONISM a trick, deception; a treacherous act ...1864
TREACHEROUS - nouns, person
• COPPERHEAD any treacherous person ...US Civil War usage
• COPPER HEART a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DELILAH a temptress; a seductive and treacherous woman ...L16
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• FELLOW TRAVELER a person working secretly for a foreign government; a treacherous person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GONSEL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONSIL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUNSIL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUNTZEL a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-GRADER a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MINK a treacherous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MUZZLER a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIGHT-WORM † a treacherous comrade ...1430-40
• NONTRUST a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALY-BACK a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SCALY-BACKED REPTILE a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SPLIT CASE a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIGRESS a treacherous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWO-WAY GUY a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRONG GUY a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
TREACHEROUS - 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
• DECEIVE † to be or prove false to, to play false, to deal treacherously with; to betray ...a1300
• DINGO to behave in a treacherous or cowardly manner ...1935 Aust. sl.
TREACHEROUSLY - adverbs
• SUBTLY † with craft or guile; craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously ...c1325
TREACHERY - nouns
• CRAP treachery ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FALSE † fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery ...c1000
• FALSEDOM † treachery; untruth; a falsehood ...1297
• FALSET falsehood, treachery, fraud ...1375 obs., chiefly Sc.
• FALSITY † false or treacherous conduct; treachery, fraud ...c1330
• HOOK, THE an instance of treachery; a double cross ...1908 Amer. sl.
TREACLE - nouns
• DIRTY DAN'L treacle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LABBER-GOB treacle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
TREAD - verbs
• BALTER to tread heavily and clumsily; to walk unsteadily, to stumble ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BLAD to take long steps, treading heavily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DECULCATE † to tread or trample upon ...1623
• FAMP to tread heavily; to walk with a firm foot ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FARE † to tread under foot ...c1460
• JAM to tread heavily; to tread down ...1787 Eng. dial.
• OFTREAD †* to tread or trample down; to injure or destroy by treading ...c893
• PAD to tread with a soft dull sound, as a person does in slippers or stockings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDER † to tread; to trample down ...1789 Sc.
• PADDLE to trample down by treading over; to mark with wet or muddy feet ...1805 Eng. dial.
• PAKE to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread ...1847 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to tread or trample ...1970s US sl.
TREADING - nouns
• DECALCATION a treading or trampling down or hard ...1827
• OCCULCATION †* a trampling or treading on or spurning ...1656
TREADMILL - nouns
(a device formerly used for driving machinery, consisting of a large wheel with steps fitted into its inner surface; it was turned by the weight of people or animals treading the steps)
• CARE-GRINDER the treadmill ...1883 thieves' sl.
• JACK-THE-SLIPPER the treadmill ...Bk1896 sl.
• UNIVERSAL STAIRCASE a prison treadmill ...19C sl.
• VERTICAL CARE-GRINDER the treadmill ...1883 thieves' sl.
TREADMILL (see nouns) - verbs
• DANCE THE MILL to walk on the prison treadmill ...M19 W. Indies sl.
TREASON - nouns
• LESE-MAJESTY any offense against the sovereign authority; treason ...1536
TREASURE - nouns
• DEARWORTHINESSES † valuables, treasures ...c1325
• DRUERY † a beloved or precious thing; anything valuable or highly prized; a treasure ...a1300
• GARRISON † store, treasure; donation, gift ...1297
• MADME † a precious thing; a treasure; a valuable gift ...a1000
• TALENT † treasure, riches, wealth, abundance ...a1400-50
TREASURE CHEST - nouns
• GAZOPHILACE †* the box in which offerings to the Temple were received; a strongbox or treasure-chest ...a1300
• GAZOPHYLACIUM † the box in which offerings to the Temple were received; a strongbox or treasure-chest ...1377
TREASURER - nouns, person
• BOX-MASTER a treasurer ...1873 Sc.
TREASURY - nouns
• DAMPER a bank or money depository; a treasury ...1932 criminals' sl. Amer. sl.
• FEE-HOUSE † a treasury ...c1000
• GAZOPHILE †* a treasury, a storehouse ...1549
TREAT - adjectives
• SQUIRISH said of a person who acts like he can pay for anything, but is 'not strong enough in the pocket' ...L17 sl.
TREAT - nouns
• JAM AND FRITTERS a real treat ...1897 sl.
• REAL JAM a real treat ...1885 sl.
TREAT - nouns, person
• SIR TIMOTHY one that treats everybody and pays the reckoning everywhere ...a1700 cant
• SQUIRE, THE one who treats the rest of the company ...L17 sl.
• SQUIRE OF THE COMPANY one who treats the rest of the company ...L17 sl.
• TIPPET a generous person; someone who treats their companions ...16C
TREAT - verbs
• BALL OFF to treat ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BLOW to treat ...1903 Amer. dial.
• CALL THEM ALL THROUGH ONE FORD vb. to treat all alike, irrespective of person or quality ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARESS † to treat ...1670
• CHARTER THE BAR to buy drinks for everyone in a bar or public house ...L19 sl.
• CHARTER THE GROCERY to buy drinks for everyone in a bar or public house ...L19 sl.
• ENTREAT to treat, to use ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAKE THE RUBBER to stand treat ...c1850 criminals' sl.
• JOLLY to treat someone in an agreeable manner, with the intention of keeping them happy and/or obtaining a favour from them ...M19 sl.
• JOLLY ALONG to treat someone in an agreeable manner, with the intention of keeping them happy and/or obtaining a favour from them ...M19 sl.
• JOLLY UP to treat someone in an agreeable manner, with the intention of keeping them happy and/or obtaining a favour from them ...M19 sl.
• POP to pay for, to treat ...1959 US Black sl.
• POP FOR to pay for, to treat ...1950s US Black sl.
• POP TO to pay for, to treat ...1950s US Black sl.
• SAIR to serve, to serve out; to treat ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHOUT to treat someone to a drink; to stand a drink ...1855 NZ sl.
• SPORT to treat, usually to food and/or to drink ...E19 sl.
• STAND SAM to pay expenses, esp. for refreshment or drink ...1823 sl.
• STAND SQUIRE to stand treat ...18C sl.
TREATISE - nouns
• PANDECT a treatise covering the whole of a subject; a complete treatise or digest ...1591
TREATISE - nouns, person
• SUMMULIST a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger ...1652
TREATY - adjectives
• FEDERAL † pert. to a covenant, compact, or treaty ...1660
TREATY - nouns
• SCRAP OF PAPER a broken promise, treaty, or pledge ...Amer. World War I sl.
TREBLE - adjectives
• THREBBLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE-PLAIT treble, threefold; three-ply or plaited ...1821 Sc.
• THREEPLE treble; threefold ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRIBBLE treble, triple, threefold ...1765 Amer. dial.
• THRIPLE treble, triple, threefold ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TRIBBLE treble ...1669 Amer. dial.
TREBLE - verbs
• THREBBLE to treble, to triple ...1935 Amer. dial.
• THRIBBLE to treble, to triple ...1765 Amer. dial.
TREE - adjectives
• ARBORICIDAL given to cutting down trees ...1866
• BASTARD of trees: female ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACUMINOUS * of a tree: having a pyramidal top ...1871
• DENDROPHIL tree-loving ...19C
• LAPPED of a tree: having the top or branches broken off ...1951 Amer. dial.
• LIMBY having many limbs or branches ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MAIDEN of trees: unfelled, unlopped, allowed to grow naturally ...1877 Eng. dial.
• NEMOROUS * full of woods, groves, or trees; woody ...1623
• PUTATORY †* belonging to cutting, dressing, or pruning of trees ...1656
• RAGGED of fruit trees, etc.: covered with fruit; thickly laden ...1661 Eng. dial.
• RAMPICK † of a tree or bough: partially decayed or dead; bare of leaves or twigs ...1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANDLE-PIK'D of a tree: having the upper branches dead ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAVAGE † of a plant or tree: wild, uncultivated ...1422
• SUBARBOREAL lying under a forest of trees ...1886
• TANGED forked, as a tree ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TREE - nouns
• ABLAQUEATION † the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots ...c1420
• ABNODATION † the act of cutting away knots from trees; a gardening term ...1678
• ALAMEDA a public park or walk lined with trees ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BACKBREAKER a tree stump cut close to the ground ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BAFF-END the partly decayed or root end of a tree or log ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BASTARD an ill-thriven tree or shrub ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATARDIER † a plantation of young grafted trees intended to be transplanted into gardens ...1725
• BEAM † a tree ...826
• BIFF the bough of a tree ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BIG 'UNS large trees ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLACK-WOOD evergreen trees collectively ...1871 US
• BLOW-DOWN a place encumbered with trees that have been blown down ...1895 US
• BLUFF a clump or grove of trees growing in open country ...1796 Amer. dial.
• BOSQUE a forest; a dense growth of trees and underbrush; a clump of trees ...1771 Amer. dial.
• CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people's way; a useless tree ...1657
• DAG a small projecting stump of a tree ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DODDARD a tree missing its top branches through rot or decay
• FAGGOT a bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together, for use as fuel ...a1300
• FAGOT a bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together, for use as fuel ...a1300
• FALL † the roots and stumps of felled trees ...1785
• FANG a fork or branch of a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FATNESS † of a tree: oiliness; juiciness ...1382
• GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARNITURE natural objects, as trees, etc., as ornaments of the landscape ...1684
• GUT-GOUGER a knot high on the trunk of a tree ...1963 Amer. logging usage
• HAG the stump of a tree left after felling ...1615 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAGSNARE the stump of a tree left after felling ...1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAT a small clump or ring of trees; any small irregular mass of trees ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HAUTBOY † a lofty tree, as distinguished from shrubs or underwood ...1674
• ICKEN-BAUM an oak tree ...1859 sl.
• IMP † a young shoot of a plant or tree; a sapling ...c897
• LANCE † a branch of a tree, a shoot ...a1300
• LAP the top or branches of a tree, esp. a felled or fallen tree ...1851 Amer. dial.
• LAPWOOD the top or branches of a tree, esp. a felled or fallen tree ...1905 Amer. dial.
• MAST a collective name for the fruit of the beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, esp. as food for swine ...825
• MASTAGE † the fruit of forest trees collectively ...1610
• MAY-TREE the hawthorn tree ...1899 Eng. dial.
• NAKED-MEN old, decayed, leafless trees ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PECKER POLE a small tree or sapling ...1958 Amer. dial.
• PRONG a branch of either a tree or a river ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUEECH a small plantation of trees or bushes; a spinney ...1804 Eng. dial.
• QUERDOOD the small upper branches and loppings of trees, etc., cut into lengths and stacked for sale as firewood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIBOW the branch of a tree; a bough ...1825 Sc.
• RAMAGE the collective branches of a tree or trees ...1656 arch.
• RAME * a branch of a tree or shrub ...1578
• RAMPIKE a decaying or dead tree; a spiky stump or stem of a tree ...1865 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RANPIKE an upright, dead tree trunk ...1969 Amer. dial
• RAWNER a dead bough on a tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWN-PEG a dead bough on a tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY a dead bough on a growing tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWNY-BOUGH a dead bough on a growing tree ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RIDS † boughs of trees ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE a pollard tree ...a1697 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLARS young trees left in woods for timber ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SARMENT * a twig; a cutting of a tree ...1398
• SAWYER a fallen tree, floating down stream ...1848 Ireland
• SCHOOLMA'AM a forked tree or log ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMARM a forked tree or log ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM a forked tree or log ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCRAB a stunted or shrivelled tree or shrub ...1790 Sc.
• SCRABBLE a stunted tree or shrub; thorns and briers ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAG 1. a crooked, forked branch of a tree; a broken bough ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
2. a stunted bush or tree; a standing dead tree ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH the natural fork of a tree or branch; a pole with a natural fork at the end of it ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREECH CAT a high stump, usually from a windfall, which has splinters that whistle or sing in the wind ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCROG a stunted or crooked tree, shrub, or branch; a stump of a tree-trunk; a thorn-bush; underwood, 'scrub' ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHANK the trunk of a tree ...Sc.
• SHAW a small grove of trees ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SHIVES the needles of the juniper tree ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SUGAR BERTH a maple sugar grove ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TAG * a catkin of a tree ...1597
• TAGLET a catkin ...1698
• TAN-FLAWING the business of stripping the bark off trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANG a root or fang of a tooth; a root or branch of a tree ...1715 chiefly Eng. dial.
• TANNER a small root of a tree ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAPPIN the root of a tree ...1898 Sc.
• TAUPIN the root of a tree ...1898 Sc.
• TERRIT † a clump of trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TILLER † a young tree; a sapling; a stock-shoot rising from the stock or stool of a felled tree ...1664 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIMBER-FALL a mass of fallen trees ...1897
• TIMBERLING a young timber-tree; a sapling ...1787
• TINE †* a small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit ...1300s
• TOFT a small grove of trees ...1706 Eng. dial.
• TOLL † a clump of trees ...1644 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOOTHPICK TIMBER small trees ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UMERT a place shaded by trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-LOUT n. anything weak or inferior to the rest; used esp. of animals and trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERGE † a strip or belt of trees ...1825 Sc.
• WIDOW-MAKER a tree or branch that has fallen on or is likely to fall on or snap back at a person; a dangerous hanging limb ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WOLF TREE a larger tree that shades younger trees growing under it ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YEAR * each of the annual rings in the wood of a tree ...1708
TREE - nouns, person
• DENDROPHIL a lover of trees ...1888
• HAGGER one who uses a hatchet; one employed to fell trees ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAGMAN one who gains his living by felling and selling wood; a woodcutter ...1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCRIMATREE a boy who climbs trees; a truant, a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHRAGGER a tree-trimmer
• WOODPECKER (derogatory) one who fells trees ...1905 Amer. dial.
TREE - verbs
• ABLAQUEATE †* to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry ...c1420
• ABNODATE † to prune trees, etc. ...1721
• BEAR-CLIMB to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAR-HUG to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAR-LIFT to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAR-WALK to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEAVER to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BEAVER DOWN to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BOOSTER to boost, to help someone up into a tree ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GARNISH † of trees: to cover a wall, etc. ...1693
• HAG to cut down trees, strip off, dry and stack the bark, saw up and sort the timber ...1848 Sc.
• JACKKNIFE to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LIMB to cut the branches from a tree; rarely, to prune ...1839 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY CLIMB to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands .,..1965 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY UP to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands .,..1965 Amer. dial.
• PALM to climb a tree or pole simply by the assistance of hands and feet; to swarm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEEVE to twist; to bend slowly backwards and forwards as a tree-top ...1809 Eng. dial.
• RAREFY †* vb. to reduce the number of trees; to thin a wood ...1650
• REND to strip off bark ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RENE to strip off bark; to rind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIMMY to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with our hands ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHIM UP to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with our hands ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHIN to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with our hands ...1840 Amer. dial.
• SHIN UP to climb a tree by aid of hands and legs only ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY UP to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKIN THE BARK to climb a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TENNEL † of trees: to die away ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TINNEL † of trees: to die away ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TREMBLE - nouns
• QUAVE † a shake, a tremble ...1382
• QUITHER a shake, tremble, shudder, quiver ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TWITTERATION †* tremulous excitement, as from desire, fear, etc.; a state of agitation; a shaking, a quiver, a tremble ...1835-40
TREMBLE - verbs
• ACKER to tremble with passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BEVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIBBER to tremble, to shake ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BIVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIVVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DANDER to tremble, to vibrate; also applied to the rolling sound of a drum ...a1724 Eng. dial.
• DATHER to shiver, to tremble, to shake either with cold or old age ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DAVER to tremble; to waver ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHER to tremble, to shake; to move in an infirm, shaky manner, to totter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to vibrate, to resound, to tremble ...1787 Sc.
• DODDER to shake or tremble, as from age
• HACKER to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold ...Bk1905
• PALSY to shake or tremble as if palsied ...1582 nonce use
• QUAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• QUAVE † to quake, to shake, to tremble; to vibrate ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUETCH † of things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• QUITCH † of things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• THRIMBLE to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRIMMEL to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMLE to tremble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TREPIDATE * to tremble with fear or agitation ...1623
• VERBERATE * to vibrate, to tremble, to quiver ...1755
• VIMMER to quiver, to tremble ...B1900 Sc.
• WACKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WHACKER to tremble, to shake, to quake ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WHAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
TREMBLING - adjectives
• ALL OF A TWITTER trembling ...1848 Eng. dial.
• BEVERING trembling, quivering ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BIBBERING quaking, trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DANDERY trembling, infirm, tottery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
• DAWTHERING shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERY shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINLING trembling, vibrating, rattling ...1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DITHERY-DODDERY trembling, shivering, shaking ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MERVIL nervous, trembling ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NITHERTY-NOTHERTY all of a tremble ...1895 Eng. dial.
• QUIVERISH trembling, shaking ...1582
• QUIVERY * trembling, shaking ...1877
• TREMEBUND † inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid ...c1560 Sc.
TREMBLING - adverbs
• A-GOGGLE trembling, shaking with palsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
TREMBLING - nouns
• BEVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BIBBER a tremor, a state of trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIVVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• QUAG a shake, a state of trembling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIVERATION a quivering; a trembling motion or condition ...1812 nonce word
• SHAKES, THE trembling; delirium tremens ...1782 sl.
• THRIMBLE a tremor, a fit of trembling ...1889 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMLE a trembling, a tremor ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TREMEFACTION †* a shaking, a trembling ...1597
• YIPS, THE nervous trembling which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt ...1963 sl.
TREMENDOUS - adjectives
• IMMANE monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous ...1615 arch.
• MENJUS tremendous ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SAIR * of something pleasant: great, tremendous ...1877 Sc.
• TREMENDIOUS tremendous ...1803 Amer. dial.
TREMOR - nouns
• BEVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BIBBER a tremor, a state of trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIVVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PALSY any influence which destroys, or seriously impairs activity or sensibility; a condition of utter powerlessness; an irresistible tremor ...1433
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THRIMBLE a tremor, a fit of trembling ...1889 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRUMMLE a trembling, a tremor ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIRL vibration, tremor ...1882 Sc.
• VIMMER a tremor ...1899 Sc.
TREMULOUS - adjectives
• BEVERY shivery, tremulous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
TREMULOUS - nouns
• DIRL a tremulous motion; the sensation felt on striking the elbow-bone ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JECTIGATION † a wagging, a tremulous movement ...a1693
• REEMLE a continuous sharp, tremulous motion or sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
TREMULOUS - verbs
• REEMLE to cause in any way a sharp, tremulous noise; to give a sharp, tremulous noise ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WAPPER † to blink the eyes; also, to move tremulously ...1575
TREMULOUSLY - adverbs
• REEMLE with a sharp, tremulous sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
• WABBLE with a weak tottering step, tremulously ...1866 Sc.
TREND, TRENDY - adjectives
• A-GO-GO in the newest style; faddish, trendy ...Amer. sl.
• EDGY leading a trend ...1976 US sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE out of touch with styles and trends ...1960s Amer. sl.
TREND - nouns
• SCENE the current trend; the in thing ...1960s Brit. sl.
TRENDY - nouns, person
• FASHIONISTA someone who dictates, or is in the vanguard of, trendiness ...2001 UK sl.
TREPIDATION - phrases
• YOUR ARSE IS NIPPING BUTTONS you are nervous; you are full of trepidation ...1988 Sc. sl.
TRESPASS - verbs
• BREAK BANDS to trespass, to break bounds ...1861 Eng. dial.