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TRUMP - TYRE
TRUMPET - nouns
• ARMSTRONG a high note or series of notes played on a trumpet, esp. in jazz ...20C Amer. sl.
• AX a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which 'chops' (musical figures) are played ...1955 US jazz sl.
• AXE a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which 'chops' (musical figures) are played ...1955 US jazz sl.
• BEME † a trumpet ...a800
• BEMING † trumpeting ..1513
• MACHINE a trumpet ...1983 UK sl.
• TANTARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound ...1584
• TANTARARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound ...1843
• TANTARARARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound ...1750
• TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1873
• TARATANTARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1553
TRUMPET - nouns, person
• BEMER † a trumpeter ...c950
• GABRIEL a trumpet-player ...1930s US Black sl.
• WAIT † a player on the flute, trumpet, etc. ...1510
• WINDJAMMER a trumpeter; a bandsman ...World War I Amer. sl.
TRUMPET - verbs
• ABUCCINATE †* to proclaim as with a trumpet ...1569
• BEME † to blow on a trumpet ...c1000
• BUCCINATE †* to blow a trumpet ...1623
• TARANTANTAR to sound, or imitate the sound of, a trumpet; to sound with a loud noise like the blare of a trumpet ...1840
• TARANTANTARIZE to sound, or imitate the sound of, a trumpet; to sound with a loud noise like the blare of a trumpet ...1656
TRUNCHEON - nouns
• BASTINADO a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
• BASTON † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
• BATON † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
• BATOON a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
• MISTER WOOD a police truncheon ...1998 UK sl.
• MR. WOOD a police truncheon ...1998 UK sl.
• SAG a policeman's truncheon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
TRUNCHEON - verbs
• SAG to beat with a truncheon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
TRUNK - nouns
• GARDEVIANCE † a travelling trunk ...1463
• MAIL a trunk, a travelling-bag, a saddle-bag ...1732 Sc.
• SARATOGA TRUNK a large kind of trunk much used by ladies ...1893
• YANNIGAN a bag for transporting one's personal belongings; a haversack; a trunk ...1925 Amer. dial.
TRUST - adjectives
• FIDIMPLICITARY putting full trust or faith in another's views ...1652 nonce word
TRUST - adverbs
• AFFIANTLY †* confidently, with trust ...a1641
TRUST - nouns
• AFFIANCE the act of confiding, or fact of having faith, in a person, quality, etc. faith, trust ...1330
• BETRUST † an entrusting, a trust ...1656
• BETRUSTMENT † an entrusting, a trust ...Bk1888
• FALSE TRUST †* a breach of trust ...1649
• HANDLING a position of trust; stewardship ...1660 Sc.
• MALVERSE † a breach of trust, an act of duplicity, grave misconduct ...1703 Sc.
• READSHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
• REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
TRUST - verbs
• BETROW † to trust ...1556
• BETRUST † to trust, to place confidence in a person ...c1440
• JAWBONE to trust; to lend ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LAKE to give credit to, to trust ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LEVE † to believe in; to trust, to give credence to a person or thing ...c1175
• LIPPIN to trust, to have faith ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RIDE ON THE RIDGE to talk about continually; to put implicit trust in ...1885 Sc.
• RIDE ON THE RIGGIN to talk about continually; to put implicit trust in ...1885 Sc.
• RIDE THE WATER WITH to trust, to depend upon ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SICKER † to put one's trust in a person ...a1300 now rare or obs.
TRUSTED - adjectives
• BETRUSTED † trusted in, or confided in ...a1461
• LEVEABLE †* that may be believed or trusted; credible, trustworthy ...1382
• SOLID WITH trusted ...L19
TRUSTING - nouns, person
• DUCK an unrelentingly gullible and trusting person; an odd person ...1848 US prison sl.
TRUSTWORTHILY - adverbs
• SOLID trustworthily, dependably, excitingly, outstandingly ...L19 orig. US Black usage
TRUSTWORTHINESS, TRUSTWORTHY - nouns
• FAITHWORTHINESS the quality of being trustworthy ...1846
• READSHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
• REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
TRUSTWORTHY - adjectives
• ACE-HIGH of an inmate: loyal, trustworthy, popular among his peers ...1930s sl., orig. US prison
• ALL RIGHT. in criminal terms: trustworthy ...1900s sl.
• AXIOPISTICAL † trustworthy ...1611
• FAST † trustworthy, firm ...1642 Sc.
• LEVEABLE †* that may be believed or trusted; credible, trustworthy ...1382
• SOLID trustworthy, dependable, exciting, outstanding ...L19 orig. jazz usage
TRUSTWORTHY - nouns, person
• AIREDALE a trustworthy friend ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• FAIR-PLAY ARTIST an honest, trustworthy person ...1950s sl.
• NKALAKATHA a trustworthy person ...2003 S. Afr. teen sl.
• SAFE CARD a trustworthy person ...M19 sl.
• SCHAINER YID an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man ...1968 UK sl.
• SHAYNER YID an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man ...1968 UK sl.
• STEADY EDDIE a reliable, dependable, trustworthy person ...2003 US sl.
• SURE CARD a trusty person ...Bk1690 cant
TRUSTWORTHY - verbs
• MARK SOMEONE'S CARD to categorize, usually either as a good or trustworthy person, or a bad an untrustworthy person; to put someone in a specific position ...1960s sl.
TRUSTY - nouns, person
• TRUEPENNY a trusty person; an honest fellow ...1595 colloq. arch.
TRUTH - nouns
• BABE RUTH the truth ...1970s NZ prison rhyming sl.
• BEN the truth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBLE the truth ...1920s US Black sl.
• BIBLE-TRUTH God's truth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHALK, THE something that is genuine; truth ...1843 US sl.
• CHAT the truth, the apposite thing, the subject under discussion ...E19 sl.
• DEAD NUTS, THE the truth; a certainty ...1970s sl.
• DINKUM the truth ...1915 Aust. sl.
• DINKUM OIL the honest truth; reliable information ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FACK fact, truth, reality ...1836 Sc.
• FAT MEAT the truth ...1940s US Black sl.
• GOOD OIL, THE the truth, reliable information ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• GOSPEL the truth ...a1250
• LEAL truth ...B1900 Sc.
• MARROW-TRUTH the simple truth, the very truth ...1888 Eng. dial.
• NITTY-GRITTY the core of truth ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STRAIGHT, THE the truth ...1866 US sl.
• STRAIGHT GOODS the truth ...1892 US sl.
• STRONG OF, THE refers to the truth about something or the point or meaning of something ...1915 Aust. sl.
• VARIANCE † divergence from the truth ...c1450
• VERIDICALNESS † truth-speaking or the quality of speaking the truth ...1727
• VERIMENT † truth; verity ...1518
• VERINESS † actuality, reality, truth ...1574
• VERISIMILITUDE an apparent truth ...1783
• VERITABILITY * a truth or verity; a true statement, correct account ...1864
• VERITABLENESS * truth, veracity ...1664
• VERITY 1. truth, either in general or with reference to a particular fart; conformity to fact or reality ...c1375
2. a true statement, a correct account, truth ...1533
• WORD FROM THE BIRD, THE the genuine truth ...1950s Amer. sl.
TRUTH, TRUTHFUL - verbs
• BEHIGHT † to assure one of the truth of a statement; to warrant ...c1386
• CALL SOMEONE'S BLUFF to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth ...1870s Amer. sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S CARD to call someone's bluff ...1980s US sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S GAME to call someone's bluff ...1980s US sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S HAND to issue a challenge, to call someone's bluff ...M19 US sl.
• COME CLEAN to tell the truth ...1919 sl., orig. US
• CROSS THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER to become unable to tell the truth ...1927 Amer. dial.
• EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story; to tell or disclose the whole truth; to wind up an argument or discussion ...1893
• FACK to tell the truth; to utter facts ...1940s US Black usage
• FACT to speak frankly and truthfully ...1942 US Black sl.
• GET THE STRAIGHT to get the truth ...1866 US sl.
• LEVEL WITH to tell the truth ...1920 sl., orig. US
• NEVEN † to tell a story, the truth ...c1350
• OWN UP to admit truth or responsibility; to confess ...1853 colloq.
• POP OFF to confess, to tell the truth ...1920s sl.
• POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to confess, to tell the truth ...1920s sl.
• SING LIKE A CANARY to tell the truth; to inform to the police; to tell everything ...20C sl.
• SPLIT FAIR to tell the truth ...M19 sl.
• SWEAR BLIND to make a strong assertion that one is telling the truth (often with the implication that one is not) ...1937 sl.
• TELL IT LIKE IT IS to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; to be forthright ...1964 sl., orig. US Black usage
• TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL to boldly tell the truth in defiance of temptation to the contrary; to reveal all at any cost ...1793
• VARY † to depart from the truth ...c1430
TRUTH - interjections
• ON MY LIFE! an affirmation of absolute truth in the face of an audience's scepticism ...19C
TRUTH - phrases
• CROSS MY HEART used as an assertion that one is telling the truth ...1908 sl.
• CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE used as an assertion that one is telling the truth ...1908 sl.
• I'LL TOW THAT ONE ALONGSIDE FOR A BIT BEFORE I BRING IT ABOARD among Nova Scotia fishermen: used for expressing doubt about the truth or reliability of an idea or project ...1992 Can. sl.
• SCHOOL IS OUT the truth has come out and the consequences must be over; the time for restraint is over ...1858 Amer. dial.
• T'AINT NO CRACK, BUT A SOLID FACT what I am saying is the truth ...1973 US sl.
• WARTS AND ALL without concealment of the (unattractive) truth ...1930 sl.
TRUTHFUL - adjectives
• SINGLE-TONGUED truthful ...1897 Sc.
• VERIDICAL speaking, telling, or relating the truth; truthful, veracious ...1653
• VERIDICOUS truthful, veracious ...1817
• VERIFICAL † speaking the truth, truthful, veracious ...a1660
• VERILOQUOUS † speaking the truth; truthful, veracious ...1672
• VERITABLE † of persons: speaking the truth; truthful, veracious ...1489
TRUTHFUL - nouns, person
• TOM TELLTRUTH a truthful person ...1600
TRUTHFULLY - adverbs
• FAIR DINKUM honestly; really; seriously; truthfully ...1894 Aust. sl.
• FAITHLY † with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully ...c1325
• ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully ...1888 sl.
• STRAIGHT-UP speaking truthfully ...1936 sl.
• VERIDICALLY truthfully ...1836
• VERITABLY with truth or verity; truly, truthfully; genuinely, really ...1481
TRUTHFULNESS - nouns
• VERIDICALITY truthfulness ...a1901
• VERITY truthfulness, veracity, sincerity ...c1555
TRY - nouns
• CRACK a try ...sl.
• DAB a try; a crack ...1861 US sl.
• DART a try, a 'go'; a last-minute effort ...L19 Aust. sl.
• DEVER duty, best endeavour or try ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HACK an attempt, a try ...1836 Amer.
• TAKE a try or attempt ...colloq.
• WALLOP a try ...1910s sl.
TRY - verbs
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1966 US sl.
• DEVER to try, to attempt, to endeavour ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FAND † 1. to put to the proof, to try, to test a person or thing; to make trial of one's strength or skill; to taste food, etc. ...c893
† 2. to attempt, to try ...a1225
• FOND † 1. to put to the proof, to try, to test a person or thing; to make trial of one's strength or skill; to taste food, etc. ...c893
† 2. to attempt, to try ...a1225
• HANDSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HAUSE to prepare; to attempt, to try; to offer ...1851 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A DAB IN to have a 'go'; to try ...L19 sl.
• HAVE A DASH AT to make an attempt; to try ...1923 Aust. sl.
• HAWSE to prepare; to attempt, to try; to offer ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MAKE to attempt; to try; to offer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFER to attempt, to try; to make an effort or start; to show intention or promise of ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHOOT ONE'S BEST SHOT to do the best one can; to try one's hardest ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SIFT † to search; to try ...1611
• TAKE A POKE AT to have a try, to attempt ...1930s sl.
• TAKE A PUNT to have a try at something ...1940s sl., orig. Aust.
• TAKE A SHOT to try, to make an attempt ...1970s
• TAKE A SHOT AT to try, to make an attempt ...1878
• TAKE ONE'S BEST SHOT to do the best one can; to try one's hardest ...1960s sl., orig. US
• TEMPT to attempt, to try ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TRYING - adverbs
• ABOUTWARD † orig, striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going ...c1400
TRYING - nouns
• FAND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• FOND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• FONDING † a trying to do or find out something; an attempt, an experiment ...a1000
TRYING (difficult) - nouns
• ASS-BREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BALLBREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1942 US sl.
• BALL-CRUSHER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1970 US sl.
TRYST - nouns
• SADDLING PADDOCK any place of assignation; a trysting place ...L19 Aust. sl.
TRYST - verbs
• EIN to make a tryst with, to appoint a meeting-place with ...1894 Sc.
TUB - nouns
• QUERD a wooden chamber pot; a fish barrel; a wooden tub ...1808 Sc.
• QUID a tub ...a1838 Sc.
• QUIDDIE a tub ...a1838 Sc.
• QUIDDIKIE a tub ...a1838 Sc.
• SAY a bucket; a vessel having two ears, a milk-pail; a tub ...1824 Sc.
• TIB † a tub ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUBA - nouns
• GRUNT HORN a tuba ...1926 US sl.
• GRUNT IRON a tuba ...1935 US sl.
TUBERCULOSIS - adjectives
• CHESTY of tuberculosis or pneumonia: weak in the chest ...20C colloq.
TUBERCULOSIS - nouns
• ALPHABETS, THE tuberculosis ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ARIZONA TENOR the tuberculosis cough ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOGALOSHA tuberculosis ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BREAST COMPLAINT tuberculosis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUG tuberculosis ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BUG, THE tuberculosis ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGS tuberculosis ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAILING DISEASE tuberculosis ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEYARD COUGH a severe cough, esp. one associated with tuberculosis ...1873 Amer. dial.
• HASTY CONSUMPTION tuberculosis ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAVES tuberculosis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAAD-MI-DON a tuberculosis sanatorium ...1940s W. Indies
• LAD, THE cancer or tuberculosis ...1997 Ireland
• QUICK CON a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis ...1844 Amer. dial.
• QUICK CONSUMPTION a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis ...1844 Amer. dial.
• QUICK FEVER a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STONE ON THE CHEST tuberculosis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TISTICA tuberculosis ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIZZICK a consumption, a shortness of breath; asthma; tuberculosis ...1835 Amer. dial.
TUBERCULOSIS - nouns, person
• ARIZONA TENOR a person suffering from tuberculosis ...1942 Amer. dial.
TUESDAY - nouns
• CHEWSDEE Tuesday ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
TUG - nouns
• REEF a vigorous tug ...1958 Amer. dial.
• RICK a tug or pull; a sharp movement ...1892 Sc.
• TIT a sharp and sudden pull; a tug, a jerk, a twitch ...1340 chiefly Sc.
• YANK a tug, a pull, a wrench ...E19 sl.
TUG - verbs
• BETEE † to pull or tug at ...c1205
• HARL to drag: usually with the notion of friction or scraping of the ground; to pull, to tug; to trail along the ground; to haul ...c1290 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PIGGLE to pull or tug nervously ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PUG to pull, to tug ...L16 now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEF to pull or push something vigorously; to tug, to use force on something ...1958 Amer. dial.
• TIRE to pull, to tug, to draw ...a1300 arch.
• TIT to pull forcibly, to tug; to snatch ...a1300 chiefly Sc.
• TOGGLE †* to tug, to tussle ...a1225
• TOIL † to pull, to drag, to tug about ...c1325
• YANK to tug something with sudden energy; to remove something; to drag, to pull ...1848 sl., orig. US
TUITION - nouns
• PRIVATE BUSINESS extra tuition ...1900 Eton College usage
TULIP - nouns
• QULIP a tulip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUMBLE - nouns
• END-OVER-END a tumble, a somersault ...1970 Amer. dial.
TUMBLE - verbs
• BALTER † to tumble about; to dance clumsily ...c1325
• COME TO GRIEF to take a tumble; to have a fall ...1854 UK
• FALL DOWN AND GO BOOM to take a tumble, to fall heavily ...1930s Amer. sl.
• FALL OFF ONE'S FEET to tumble, to fall ...1889 Sc.
• GET A FALL to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• JERRYCUMMUMBLE to shake; to tumble about; to tousle ...1785 sl.
• MAMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE A DROP to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• TAKE A FALL to tumble; to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport ...1804 Sc.
• TAW to tumble about; to pull, to lay hold of ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAWEN † to pull; to lay hold of; to tumble about ...1810 Sc.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TILT † to fall over, to tumble; to be overthrown ...1300s
• TIPPLE to tumble, or topple over ...1847 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALTER † to roll to and fro; to move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. ...c1400
• WHAP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1843 Amer. dial.
• WHOP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1841 Amer. dial.
TUMBLER - nouns, person
• FAULKENER a juggler, a tumbler ...L17 sl.
• JERRY-COME-TUMBLE a tumbler, a circus performer ...Eng. dial.
TUMBLE-DOWN - adjectives
• ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RACKLEDOWN tumble-down, neglected ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated ...1868
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RATTLE-BAG ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...1885 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-BONE ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-DOWN ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TUMBLE-DOWN - nouns
• RAMSHACKLE something rickety or tumbledown ...1865 nonce use
• WAPPEN-HAPPEN a tumbledown, slum shed or shanty made of old tins, bits of wood, discarded packaging and similar found objects ...1930s W. Indies
TUMOUR - nouns
• WALE a tumour; a large swelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUMULT - nouns
• BEAR-GARDEN a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DIRDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARIE † a state of tumult or consternation ...1500-20 Sc.
• FARY † a state of tumult or consternation ...1500-20 Sc.
• FEERY-FARRY † a bustle, a tumult; a state of excitement, disorder, confusion ...1535 Sc.
• FIRLY-FARLY confusion, tumult ...19C Eng. dial.
• GARBOIL † confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABBLE confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub ...1795 Sc.
• HABBLE-GABBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1956 Sc.
• HABBLE-HOBBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1900 Sc.
• HACK AND SWEEP a tumult, an uproar; a fight; a commotion ...1902 Sc.
• HAIKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HANG-MAD riotous tumult; boisterous frolic ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense ...1801 Sc.
• HUBBISTEW a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement ...1898 Sc.
• HUBBLE-SHUBBLE †* commotion, uproar, tumult, disturbance, confusion ...c1550
• HURRY-BURRY confusion or bustle caused by excitement; tumult ...?a1800 Sc.
• HURRY-DURRY †* tumult, confusion, bustle caused by excitement ...1732
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LARUM a tumultuous noise; a hubbub, an uproar ...a1533
• MEDLEY a commotion, tumult ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLEMENT * confusion, disturbance, or tumult like that of a rabble; riotous conduct ...1590
• REEK a state of hot anger; a disturbance, a tumult ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REILIEBOGIE confusion, a state of tumult or disorder ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• SCARNACH a noisy tumult ...1825 Sc.
• SCARNOCH a noisy tumult ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR a noise, a tumult ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss ...1790 Sc.
• TIRPEIL † a broil, an encounter, a tumult ...c1330
• TIRPELL † a broil, an encounter, a tumult ...c1330
• TUMOIL a tumult, a turmoil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UBBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
• UBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
• UPSCUDDLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UPSCUTTLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1904 Amer. dial.
TUMULT - nouns, person
• DISTURBANT one who disturbs or interferes with peace or quiet; one who causes tumult or disorder ...1865
TUMULT - verbs
• SET THE HEATHER ON FIRE to create uproar and excitement; to make a disturbance; to excite a tumult ...1843
• TAKE A HEAD † to make insurrection; to raise a tumult ...1678
• TUMULTUATE * to stir up a tumult; to make a disturbance or commotion; to become tumultuous, turbulent, agitated or restless ...1611
TUMULTUOUS - adjectives
• BABYLONICAL † disorderly, tumultuous ...1547
• FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging ...1837
TUMULTUOUS - nouns
• BEAR-PLAY rough tumultuous behaviour ...1883
TUMULTUOUSLY - adverbs
• HELTER-SKELTER in disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell ...L16 sl.
• HILTER-SKILTER in disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell ...L16 sl.
• HURRY-BURRY with extra hurry; in confusion; tumultuously ...1791 Sc.
TUNA - nouns
• CHICKEN OF THE SEA an albacore or similar fish ...1940 Amer. dial.
TUNE - adjectives
• NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY of rhymes or tunes: quick and rattling in rhythm ...1817 Sc.
• QUIRKING nimble, agile; of a tune: intricate, quickly changing ...1821 Eng. dial.
TUNE - nouns
• DEEDLE-DOODLE a meaningless song, or badly-played tune ...B1900 Sc.
• DIDDLE a tune in a low key ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EARWORM an irritatingly catchy tune ...colloq.
• LAY † strain, tune ...a1529
• RANT a lively, noisy, or irregular tune or song ...1725 chiefly Sc.
TUNE - verbs
• RAISE to start or lead a tune; to sing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. ...1873 Sc.
• YERK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. ...1873 Sc.
• YIRK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. ...1873 Sc.
TUNEFUL - adjectives
• HARMONIC * melodious, tuneful, sweet-sounding ...1815
TUNEFULLY - adverbs
• HARMONICALLY † with harmony or concord of sounds; concordantly, tunefully, harmoniously ...1589
TUNEFULNESS - nouns
• HARMONICALNESS † tunefulness, harmoniousness ...1691-8
TUNNEL - nouns
• SALLY a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Sally Gunnell)
• SALLY GUNNELL a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• UNDERGANG an archway; a tunnel or passage beneath a railway etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUNNEL - nouns, person
• SANDHOG a tunnel construction worker; any underground worker ...1903 US sl.
TURBAN - adjectives
• HEAD-BOUND wearing a turban ...a1616
TURBAN - nouns
• MANDIL a turban ...1662
• MENDIL a turban ...1662
• NAPPER-WRAPPER a turban ...1998 UK sl.
• SASH † a band of a fine material worn twisted round the head as a turban by Orientals ...a1590
TURBAN - nouns, person
• RAG-HEAD (derogatory or offensive) a person who wears a turban ...1921 N. Amer. sl.
• TOWEL-HEAD (offensive or derogatory) an Arab; also, a Sikh or other turban-wearer ...1979 US sl.
TURBID - adjectives
• RILEY of liquids, chiefly water: turbid, muddy; agitated ...1805 Amer. dial.
• ROILY of liquids, chiefly water: turbid, muddy; agitated ...1823 Amer. dial.
• SUDDY † muddy, turbid, thick ...1587
TURBID - verbs
• NEBULATE †* to become cloudy or turbid ...1753
TURBULENT - adjectives
• BARDIE bold, fierce, turbulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARDY bold, fierce, turbulent ...1788 Sc.
• BEAR-GARDEN rude, turbulent ...1687
• DISTURBANT causing disturbance; disturbing, turbulent ...a1617
• RABBISH † unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action ...1387
• ROILY turbulent ...1823 Amer. dial.
• RULIE turbulent; talkative ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
• UPROARISH † turbulent, unruly ...1550
TURBULENT - nouns
• BEAR-GARDEN a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
TURBULENT - nouns, person
• RANEGILL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc.
• RANNIGAL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TURBULENT - verbs
• TUMULTUATE * to stir up a tumult; to make a disturbance or commotion; to become tumultuous, turbulent, agitated or restless ...1611
TURKEY (bird) - nouns
• ALDERMAN a turkey ...Bk1890 sl.
• ALDERMAN IN CHAINS a roast turkey well-stuffed and garnished with pork sausages ...Bk1890 sl.
• BALLAST turkey or chicken dressing ...1945 US railroad sl.
• BREAD lean venison; the breast of a wild turkey ...1824 Amer. dial. obs.
• BRISSEL-COCK † a fowl conjectured to be the turkey ...Sc.
• BUBBLY-JOCK the male turkey ...1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BUZZARD chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall ...1941 Amer. military usage
• BUZZARD MEAT chicken or turkey ...1944 Amer. military usage
• COBBLE-COLTER a turkey ...1858 tramps' and gypsies cant
• FAIPLE † the crest of a turkey when elated ...1825 Sc.
• GANDER a turkey ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GANNY † a turkey ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GOBBLER a male turkey ...M18
• GOBLIN a male turkey ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HABBERJOCK a turkey-cock ...1866 Sc.
• HABBLE-JOCK a turkey-cock ...1875 Sc.
• JOBLIJOCK a turkey-cock ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLY-COCK a male turkey ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LUBBER-COCK a turkey-cock ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PEEP a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PEEPY a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PEEWEE a young wild turkey chick, still following the hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RED-RAG the red comb of a turkey-cock ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RED-RED the red comb of a turkey-cock ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RED-SHANK a turkey...1707 cant
• SNOTTERGOB the red part of a turkey's head ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TURKEY-TOMB † a turkey pie ...1622 humorous
TURKEY (country) - noun, person
• ABDUL a Turk; Turks collectively ...c1890 Eng. sl.
• ARAB any dark-complexioned person, esp. if belonging to a group traditionally considered to be somewhat excitable or primitive in emotional matters; a Jew or a Turk ...20C Amer. sl.
• JACKO a Turkish soldier ...1910s Aust. sl.
• JACKY a Turkish soldier ...1910s Aust. sl.
• JOHNNY a Turk; the Turkish army ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SICK MAN applied during the latter part of the 19th century to the Sultan of Turkey ...1853
TURKEY - interjections
• PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PEEPIE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEEP-PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
TURKISH - adjectives
• MAHOMETAN † Turkish ...1600
TURMOIL - adjectives
• TURMOILOUS †* full of turmoil or tumult; disturbed; troublesome ...1553
TURMOIL - nouns
• CRINKIE-WINKIE a contention; a pother, disturbance, commotion, turmoil ...1818 Sc.
• HABBER-GALYO an uproar, confusion, turmoil ...1929 Sc.
• HAIKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JABBLE turmoil, confusion ...1894 Sc.
• JAMBLE turmoil, confusion ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAT'S-REST a state of perpetual turmoil ...B1900 Sc.
• REEL n. turmoil, mental confusion ...1755 Sc.
• REELING turmoil, bustle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REEL-RALL a state of confusion; turmoil, disturbance ...1864 Sc.
• REEL-RAWL a state of confusion; turmoil, disturbance ...1864 Sc.
• REE-RAW a drinking bout; a noisy romp; a state of confusion; a disturbance, turmoil ...1854
• SCOWDERING confusion, bustle, turmoil ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDERMENT confusion, bustle, turmoil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TOIL battle, strife, turmoil ...a1400 arch.
• TUMOIL a tumult, a turmoil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UBBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
• UBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
TURMOIL - verbs
• BIRR to be in a turmoil or confusion ...Bk1911 Sc.
TURMOIL - phrases
• HELL'S A-BUSTING trouble or turmoil is starting ...1956 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S A-POPPING trouble or turmoil is starting ...1956 Amer. dial.
TURN, TURNING - adjectives
• QUICK of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp ...1725
• VOLIBLE †* capable of turning or of being turned round ...1382
• VOLUBILOUS † apt to roll or turn ...1658
TURN, TURNING - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBVERSION the act of turning towards some person or thing ...1864
• RALPH a right turn ...1968 US sl.
• VERSATION † a turning over or backwards and forwards ...1656
TURN - verbs
• BIND to swerve, to turn in a certain direction ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOBBLE to make a slight turn or twist from a direct or straight line; hence; to make a break or mistake ...1908 Amer. dial.
• COME ON THE RING to take one's turn ...a1400 sl.
• I-CHERRE † to turn, to return ...c1000
• LICK BACK to turn suddenly, to dart back ...1888 Amer. dial.
• MILL to swing or wheel round; to turn anything slowly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBVERT † to turn something towards; to place fronting ...1623
• QUAIGH to bend, to turn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to turn quickly ...1821 Eng. dial.
• TARVE to tip, to turn ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TERVE † to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action ...c1400
• TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling ...1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRVE † to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action ...c1400
• TO-WRY † to turn, to twist about ...a1400
• UMBEBRAID † to turn round ...a1300
• VAND † to turn ...1814 Sc. (taboo usage)
• VEER † to turn round, to revolve, to whirl about ...1598
• VERSATE * to turn about ...1887
TURNCOAT - nouns, person
• JACKET-REVERSER a turncoat ...Bk1896 sl.
• VICAR OF BRAY a term of contempt applied to a turncoat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TURNCOAT - verbs
• TURN ONE'S TIPPET † to change one's course or behaviour completely; in bad sense, to act the turncoat or renegade ...1546
TURN DOWN - verbs
• ICE to reject, to turn down, to cease ...1960s US Black sl.
• KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1809 Amer. dial.
• KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE ZERO to pass something by, to turn down an offer, to reject ...1980s US college sl.
TURNED - adjectives
• VERSABLE † that turns, or may be turned ...1623
TURNED - nouns
• VERSABLENESS † aptness to be turned ...1727
TURNIP - nouns
• BAGA a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1854 Amer. dial.
• BAGGIE a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
• BAGIE a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
• BEGGIE a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FASH the tops of carrots, turnips, etc. ...c1750 Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK a turnip ...19C Eng. dial.
• HEAPS turnips ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LITTLE ABNER a large yellow turnip ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NEEP a turnip ...c725
• RAMMER an instrument for mashing turnips ...1776 Sc.
• RAPE † a turnip (? or radish) ...c1390
• TAPPIN the tap-root of a turnip, carrot, etc. ...1898 Sc.
• TAUPIN the tap-root of a turnip, carrot, etc. ...1898 Sc.
TURNIP - verbs
• FASH to cut off the tops of carrots, turnips, etc. ...1882 Eng. dial.
TURN OVER - verbs
• HALVE to turn over, to turn upside down ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HELVE to turn over, to turn upside down ...1873 Eng. dial
TURNSTILE - nouns
• TIRL n. a revolving piece of mechanism like a turnstile ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TIRLIE a turnstile ...1824 Sc.
TURPENTINE - nouns
• TERPS turpentine ...1823 Amer. sl.
• TURPS turpentine ...1823 Amer. sl.
TURTLE - nouns
• ANGEL a dead turtle ...1908
• CHICKEN MEAT the white meat of a turtle ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER a land turtle ...1791 Amer. dial.
• MOSSBACK an old turtle
• SCARRIPIN a terrapin ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SHELLPAD † a tortoise or turtle ...1562
• VEAL OF THE SEA the green sea turtle ...1982 Bahamas
TUSK - nouns
• GAMS large teeth, tusks ...a1500 Sc.
TUSSLE - nouns
• HANTLE a tussle, a hand to hand fight; a scuffle; as much as one can manage ...1868 Eng. dial.
• ROUGH AND TUMBLE a good-natured tussle ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCRAP a fight, a tussle, a skirmish ...1846
• TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TASSLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• YOKING † a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling ...1660 Sc.
TUSSLE - verbs
• TOGGLE †* to tug, to tussle ...a1225
TUTANKHAMUN - nouns
• OLD FRUIT AND NUT King Tutankhamun ...1972 Brit. museum rhyming sl. for 'Tut'
TUTOR - nouns, person
• BEAR-LEADER formerly a ludicrous name for a travelling tutor ...1749
• CAD a private tutor ...c1810 Eton usage
• HABERDASHER OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS a schoolmaster; a tutor ...L17 sl.
• HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS a schoolmaster; a tutor ...L17 sl.
• MASTER a man to whose care a child or children are committed for purposes of instruction; a tutor, preceptor; in later use, chiefly a teacher in a school, a schoolmaster; also, a professional teacher of some special subject, as an art or a language ...c888
• PRECEPTOR an instructor, teacher, tutor; the head of a school ...1400
• PRECEPTRESS a woman who is an instructor; a teacher, tutor; a woman who is the head of a school
TWANG - nouns
• TANG the timbre of the voice; a twang ...1899 Sc.
TWELFTH NIGHT - nouns
• OLD CHRISTMAS Twelfth Night (January 5) or Twelfth Day (January 6) ...1895 Amer. dial.
TWELVE - adjectives
• QUAL twelve ...1710 Sc.
• QUALL twelve ...1710 Sc.
• QUEL twelve ...1710 Sc.
• QUELVE twelve ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWENTY - adjectives
• QUANTY twenty ...1710 Sc.
• QUENTY twenty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWENTY-ONE - nouns
• ELEVENTEEN † twenty-one ...1622 nonce word
TWENTY-FIVE - nouns
• QUARTERN † a quarter of a hundred, twenty-five ...1472-3
TWIG - adjectives
• SARMENTITIOUS † belonging to twigs or branches ...1656
TWIG - nouns
• BOUGHTIE a twig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAGGALD † a faggot, a bundle of twigs or heath tied with straw ropes ...1838 Sc.
• 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
• QUIG a twig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMELET †* a small branch, a twig ...1652
• SARMENT * a twig; a cutting of a tree ...1398
• SCOW a stick; a small branch or twig ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROILS brittle twigs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAN a twig ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TINE †* a small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit ...1300s
• WAND † a slender stem of a shrub or tree; a slender branch or twig ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YARD † a straight slender shoot or branch of a tree; a twig, a stick ...c950
TWILIGHT - adjectives
• CREPUSCULOUS of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness; dim, glimmering, dusky, indistinct, obscure ...1646
• IN THE DIM in the dusk or twilight ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
TWILIGHT - nouns
• BEFORE-DARK dusk, twilight ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN THE LIGHTS twilight ...1862 Eng. dial.
• BOBLIGHT twilight ...19C Eng. dial.
• CANDLELIGHTING dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S LIGHT twilight ...1959 Amer. dial.
• COCK-SHUT † the close of day; twilight ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAGALI the evening twilight ...1914 Sc.
• DAGLIE evening twilight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAG-SET the end of twilight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAILYGONE twilight ...1925 Irish sl.
• DARKEE twilight ...M19 sl.
• DARKEY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DARK HOUR the evening twilight, gloaming ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARKENING twilight, dusk, evening ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKLINS † twilight, dusk, the gloaming ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight ...1567 thieves' cant
• DARKS, THE the night; occasionally also twilight ...M18 sl.
• DARKY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DAWING † dawn, daybreak; morning twilight ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAY-LIGHTENING morning, twilight, daybreak ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-FALLING twilight, evening, dusk ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DAYLIGHT-GATE † the going or close of the day; twilight; evening, dusk ...1613 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-GOING twilight, evening, dusk ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-GONE twilight, evening, dusk ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT'S-GATE twilight, evening, dusk ...1815 Eng. dial.
• DAYLIGONE twilight ...1925 Irish sl.
• DELLIT twilight, evening, dusk ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DEMPS twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DEMPSE twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DIM the midsummer twilight between sunset and sunrise ...Bk1900 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• DIMIT dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DIMMET dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DIMPS dusk, twilight ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSE twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSY twilight, dusk ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DUMMET dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF DARK, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DAYLIGHT, THE 1. morning twilight ...1885 Eng. dial.
2. twilight, dusk, nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF DUSK early evening, twilight ...a1864 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF NIGHT early evening, twilight ...1975 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF EVENING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF GLOAMING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1867 Sc.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EVEGLOAM evening twilight ...1928 Amer. dial.
• EVEN-FALL the 'fall' or commencement of the evening; twilight ...1814
• EVENING'S EDGE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FIRST DARK twilight ...1922 Amer. dial.
• FIRST DUSK twilight ...1898 Amer. dial.
• FIRST NIGHT twilight ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GLOAM twilight ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light ...c1000
• MOCK-SHADOW twilight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MORNGLOAM the morning twilight ...1928 Amer. dial.
• OWL-LIGHT the dim and uncertain light in which owls go abroad; a glimmering and imperfect light; twilight, dusk ...1599
• PINK OF THE EVENING evening twilight ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SHANK OF THE EVENING the latter part of the evening; twilight, dusk ...1829 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEENING-TIME lighting-up time, twilight ...1837 Eng. dial.
• TWITTER-LIGHT †* twilight ...1607
TWILIGHT - phrases
• BETWEEN HAWK AND BUZZARD at twilight, when it is too dark to tell a hawk from a buzzard ...1832
TWIN - adjectives
• GEMEL † twin ...1497
• GEMELLIPAROUS † producing twins ...1727
• GEMINATE duplicated, combined in pairs, twin ...1598
TWIN - nouns, person
• GEMELLES † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMELS † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMEWS † twins ...1382
• GEMMELS † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMOWS † twins ...1382
• PHILLERPENER a twin ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PHILOPENA a twin ...1894 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON-PAIR twins of the opposite sex ...19C Brit. sl.
TWINE - nouns
• BAND string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREED a large portion; a long length of thread, twine, etc. ...1884 Sc.
TWINE - verbs
• THONG to twine; to twist together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWINGE - nouns
• QUINCH † a twitch or jerk of the body; a twinge ...1571 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
TWINING - adjectives
• RANGLING twining, rambling, winding; esp. said of plants ...1863 Eng. dial.
TWINKLE - nouns
• TWINK * a twinkle or sparkle ...1830
TWINKLE - verbs
• BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LAMP to shine, to gleam, to glitter, as the stars on a frosty night, to twinkle ...1825 Sc.
• PRINKLE to twinkle, to scintillate, to sparkle ...1724 Sc.
• SIMPER †* to glimmer, to twinkle ...c1620
• TWINK to twinkle, to sparkle ...1637
TWINKLING - adjectives
• FAW † of objects that reflect light: bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling ...c1000
TWIRL - adjectives
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE full of twirls or whirls ...1816 Sc.
TWIRL - nouns
• QUERL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl ...1790 Eng. dial.
TWIRL - verbs
• BIRL to make a noise like the rapid turning of a wheel; to twirl round, to spin ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling ...1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TWIRLING - nouns
• TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl ...1790 Eng. dial.
TWIST - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALSH a noose, a loop, a slip-knot; a twist, turn ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE a tangle, twist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KECK a twist to one side; a sprain; an injury to the spine causing deformity ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• QUERL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• QUIRK anything out of the square; a twist, a bend, a circle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKLE a twist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• SCASH a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
• YEE-YAW a twist ...1902 Amer. dial.
TWIST - verbs
• BAFFLE to twist irregularly, to entangle ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BETHROW †* to twist about, to torture ...1393
• BEW to bend, to twist ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOO to bow, to bend, to twist ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAMSHACHLE to distort, to twist all awry ...1805 Sc.
• CAMSHACKLE to distort, to bend, to twist, to disorder ...1819 Sc.
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• FANKLE to entangle, to twist, to knot; to coil, to wind; to disorder ...1887 Sc.
• HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to entangle, twist together ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HARL to entangle, to twist, to knot together; to ravel or confuse ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• IMPLICATE to intertwine; to wreathe, to twist, or knit together; to entwine, to entangle ...1610
• KEAU to twist, as the foot in walking ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KECK to stand awry; to twist to one side; to lean; to drop from an upright position ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OBLIQUATE †* to bend aside; to twist obliquely ...a1670
• QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUEEVE to twist; to bend slowly backwards and forwards as a tree-top ...1809 Eng. dial.
• QUIST to twist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist ...1761 Sc.
• REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SCASH to twist, to turn to one side; to walk in a shuffling, awkward manner with the toes turned outwards, either from deformity or affectation ...1866 Sc.
• SCASHLE to twist, to turn awry ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to twist, to turn awry ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE to twist, to turn away ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELLER to cause to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, esp. with heat ...1691 N. Eng. dial.
• SKELLOW to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, as with heat ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TATHER to entangle; to twist; to knot; to involve ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAZLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TEETOTUM to wheel or whirl about; to twist round ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THONG to twine; to twist together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-WRITHE † to twist or wrench about; to twist or writhe about ...c1000
• TO-WRY † to turn, to twist about ...a1400
• WAMBLE † to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YIRN to twist; to entwine ...Bk1905 Sc.
TWISTED - adjectives
• CAKED twisted, entangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAM † crooked, twisted, bent from the straight ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CONTORTUPLICATED † entangled and twisted ...1648
• CRINGLE-CRANGLE † winding in and out, having twists and turns ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANKLED twisted, entangled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPLICATE * intertwined, twisted together ...1536
• IMPLICIT † entangled, entwined, folded, or twisted together; involved ...1608
• KAA-WAA crooked, twisted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KAW-WAW crooked, twisted, distorted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MATTY matted, twisted, interwoven ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBLIQUATE †* bent to one side; twisted obliquely ...1578
• OBTORTED † twisted ...B1900
• QUIRKIE intricate, twisted, complicated ...1896 Sc.
• QUIRKLED twisted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKLY twisted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKY intricate, twisted, complicated ...1896 Sc.
• QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled ...1928 Sc.
• QUISTED twisted, spiral ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCASH twisted, turned to one side, esp. used of the feet ...1866 Sc.
• SCOO'D twisted, badly made or done ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOY'D twisted, badly made or done ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREW-EYED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCREWGIED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1973 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWHONKED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWINKLE twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEWAGGY twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-BALLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GEE twisted, askew, diagonal ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEWJAW twisted, askew, diagonal ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKEW-WOGGLY twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WOTTEMUS twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-YANK twisted, askew, crooked ...2001 Amer. dial.
• SKI-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKRUGEE twisted, askew, diagonal ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKWEE-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKWEE-WAB twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEGEE twisted, askew, diagonal ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-WOBBLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRAWART twisted, crooked ...1814 Sc.
• THRAWN twisted, distorted, misshapen; uneven; of the brow: knitted ...1721 Sc.
• THRAWN-RUMPLET twisted ...1896 Sc.
• TORTIVOUS † twisting, twisted, tortuous ...a1400
TWISTED - adverbs
• ATWINE twisted, askew, awry, zigzag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATWIST twisted, awry, tangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASH in a twisted manner, awry; with a waddling, shuffling gait ...1866 Sc.
TWISTED - nouns
• RAMMOCK a confused or twisted mass of anything ...1925 Sc.
TWISTING - adjectives
• INWINDING uneven, twisting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TORTIVOUS † twisting, twisted, tortuous ...a1400
• TWISTY-WISTY in a twisting or winding manner ...1892 nonce word
TWISTING - adverbs
• CRINKLETY-CRANKLETY twisting in and out; zigzag ...19C Eng. dial.
TWISTING - nouns
• CRINGLE-CRANGLE † a mass of twistings and turns; a zigzag ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OBLIQUATION † a bending aside or in an oblique direction; a twisting awry ...a1648
• OBTORTION †* a twisting, distortion, perversion ...a1656
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
TWITCH - nouns
• QUINCH † a twitch or jerk of the body; a twinge ...1571 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• TIT a sharp and sudden pull; a tug, a jerk, a twitch ...1340 chiefly Sc.
• YARK † the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch ...1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch, a snatch ...1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
TWITCH - verbs
• FEAK to twitch, to jerk, to pull smartly ...1548 Eng. dial.
• QUITCHY to twitch; to make sudden, involuntary movements ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VELLICATE * to twitch; to contract or move convulsively ...1670
TWITCHING - adjectives
• JERKSOME * jerky, twitching ...1880
• VELLICATIVE * causing irritation or twitching ...1822-7
TWITCHING - nouns
• JACTITATION a twitching or convulsive movement of a limb or muscle ...1844
• VELLICATION 1. a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling ...1623
2. a twitching or convulsive movement, esp. of a muscle or other part of the body ...1665
TWITCHY - adjectives
• AGUE-FACED twitchy ...1912 Amer. dial.
TWITTER - verbs
• JARGON † to warble, to twitter, to chatter ...a1366
• QUITTER †* to twitter ...1513 Sc.
TWITTERING - nouns
• JARGON the inarticulate utterance of birds, or a vocal sound resembling it; twittering, chattering ...c1386
TWO - nouns
• ME AND YOU the number 2 ...20C bingo rhyming sl.
• OAT the number 2 ...M19 back-slang
TWO-FACED - adjectives
• BOTH-SIDES † deceitful, two-faced, double-dealing ...17C
• JANIAN †* Janus-like, two-faced ...1598
• LAKES two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney' (Lakes of Killarney)
• LAKES OF KILLARNEY two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney'
• TWO-FACED AS A METHODIST AX, AS two-faced, deceitful, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
TWOFOLD - adjectives
• DUPLE † double, twofold ...1542-3
TWOPENCE - nouns
• DACE twopence ...L17 cant
• DEUCE twopence ...1823 sl.
TYPE - verbs
• BEAT THE MILL to type; (mill = typewriter) ...World War II Amer. sl.
TYPEWRITER - nouns
• MILL a typewriter ...1913 US sl.
• OFFICE PIANO a typewriter ...1940s US sl.
• TYPER a typewriter ...1892 sl., orig. US
TYPHOID FEVER - nouns
• TERRIFIED FEVER typhoid fever ...1878 Amer. dial.
TYPICAL - adjectives
• FEATURELY having strongly marked features; characteristic; typical ...c1819
TYPIFY - verbs
• BETOKEN † to be a type or emblem of; to typify, to symbolize ...c1175
TYPIST - nouns, person
• TYPER a typist ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
TYRANNICAL - adjectives
• BAD profligate, tyrannical, and cruel in conduct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1822
• SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1823
TYRANNIZE - verbs
• HORSE to bully or tyrannize into hard work or extra effort ...1867 US sl., esp. nautical usage
• NERONIZE to tyrannize over ...1889
• REIGN OVER to take violent hold upon, to tyrannize ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REIGN UPON to take violent hold upon, to tyrannize ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SULTAN to play the despot, to tyrannize ...1886
TYRANT - nouns, person
• CAESAR a tyrant or dictator; an absolute monarch ...ME
• NANGNAIL an ill-tempered, troublesome person; a tyrant ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant ...1648
TYRE - see TIRE
• ARMSTRONG a high note or series of notes played on a trumpet, esp. in jazz ...20C Amer. sl.
• AX a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which 'chops' (musical figures) are played ...1955 US jazz sl.
• AXE a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which 'chops' (musical figures) are played ...1955 US jazz sl.
• BEME † a trumpet ...a800
• BEMING † trumpeting ..1513
• MACHINE a trumpet ...1983 UK sl.
• TANTARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound ...1584
• TANTARARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound ...1843
• TANTARARARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound ...1750
• TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1873
• TARATANTARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle ...1553
TRUMPET - nouns, person
• BEMER † a trumpeter ...c950
• GABRIEL a trumpet-player ...1930s US Black sl.
• WAIT † a player on the flute, trumpet, etc. ...1510
• WINDJAMMER a trumpeter; a bandsman ...World War I Amer. sl.
TRUMPET - verbs
• ABUCCINATE †* to proclaim as with a trumpet ...1569
• BEME † to blow on a trumpet ...c1000
• BUCCINATE †* to blow a trumpet ...1623
• TARANTANTAR to sound, or imitate the sound of, a trumpet; to sound with a loud noise like the blare of a trumpet ...1840
• TARANTANTARIZE to sound, or imitate the sound of, a trumpet; to sound with a loud noise like the blare of a trumpet ...1656
TRUNCHEON - nouns
• BASTINADO a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
• BASTON † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
• BATON † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
• BATOON a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
• MISTER WOOD a police truncheon ...1998 UK sl.
• MR. WOOD a police truncheon ...1998 UK sl.
• SAG a policeman's truncheon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
TRUNCHEON - verbs
• SAG to beat with a truncheon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
TRUNK - nouns
• GARDEVIANCE † a travelling trunk ...1463
• MAIL a trunk, a travelling-bag, a saddle-bag ...1732 Sc.
• SARATOGA TRUNK a large kind of trunk much used by ladies ...1893
• YANNIGAN a bag for transporting one's personal belongings; a haversack; a trunk ...1925 Amer. dial.
TRUST - adjectives
• FIDIMPLICITARY putting full trust or faith in another's views ...1652 nonce word
TRUST - adverbs
• AFFIANTLY †* confidently, with trust ...a1641
TRUST - nouns
• AFFIANCE the act of confiding, or fact of having faith, in a person, quality, etc. faith, trust ...1330
• BETRUST † an entrusting, a trust ...1656
• BETRUSTMENT † an entrusting, a trust ...Bk1888
• FALSE TRUST †* a breach of trust ...1649
• HANDLING a position of trust; stewardship ...1660 Sc.
• MALVERSE † a breach of trust, an act of duplicity, grave misconduct ...1703 Sc.
• READSHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
• REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
TRUST - verbs
• BETROW † to trust ...1556
• BETRUST † to trust, to place confidence in a person ...c1440
• JAWBONE to trust; to lend ...Amer. World War I sl.
• LAKE to give credit to, to trust ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LEVE † to believe in; to trust, to give credence to a person or thing ...c1175
• LIPPIN to trust, to have faith ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RIDE ON THE RIDGE to talk about continually; to put implicit trust in ...1885 Sc.
• RIDE ON THE RIGGIN to talk about continually; to put implicit trust in ...1885 Sc.
• RIDE THE WATER WITH to trust, to depend upon ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SICKER † to put one's trust in a person ...a1300 now rare or obs.
TRUSTED - adjectives
• BETRUSTED † trusted in, or confided in ...a1461
• LEVEABLE †* that may be believed or trusted; credible, trustworthy ...1382
• SOLID WITH trusted ...L19
TRUSTING - nouns, person
• DUCK an unrelentingly gullible and trusting person; an odd person ...1848 US prison sl.
TRUSTWORTHILY - adverbs
• SOLID trustworthily, dependably, excitingly, outstandingly ...L19 orig. US Black usage
TRUSTWORTHINESS, TRUSTWORTHY - nouns
• FAITHWORTHINESS the quality of being trustworthy ...1846
• READSHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
• REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability ...1829 Eng. dial.
TRUSTWORTHY - adjectives
• ACE-HIGH of an inmate: loyal, trustworthy, popular among his peers ...1930s sl., orig. US prison
• ALL RIGHT. in criminal terms: trustworthy ...1900s sl.
• AXIOPISTICAL † trustworthy ...1611
• FAST † trustworthy, firm ...1642 Sc.
• LEVEABLE †* that may be believed or trusted; credible, trustworthy ...1382
• SOLID trustworthy, dependable, exciting, outstanding ...L19 orig. jazz usage
TRUSTWORTHY - nouns, person
• AIREDALE a trustworthy friend ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• FAIR-PLAY ARTIST an honest, trustworthy person ...1950s sl.
• NKALAKATHA a trustworthy person ...2003 S. Afr. teen sl.
• SAFE CARD a trustworthy person ...M19 sl.
• SCHAINER YID an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man ...1968 UK sl.
• SHAYNER YID an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man ...1968 UK sl.
• STEADY EDDIE a reliable, dependable, trustworthy person ...2003 US sl.
• SURE CARD a trusty person ...Bk1690 cant
TRUSTWORTHY - verbs
• MARK SOMEONE'S CARD to categorize, usually either as a good or trustworthy person, or a bad an untrustworthy person; to put someone in a specific position ...1960s sl.
TRUSTY - nouns, person
• TRUEPENNY a trusty person; an honest fellow ...1595 colloq. arch.
TRUTH - nouns
• BABE RUTH the truth ...1970s NZ prison rhyming sl.
• BEN the truth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBLE the truth ...1920s US Black sl.
• BIBLE-TRUTH God's truth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHALK, THE something that is genuine; truth ...1843 US sl.
• CHAT the truth, the apposite thing, the subject under discussion ...E19 sl.
• DEAD NUTS, THE the truth; a certainty ...1970s sl.
• DINKUM the truth ...1915 Aust. sl.
• DINKUM OIL the honest truth; reliable information ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• FACK fact, truth, reality ...1836 Sc.
• FAT MEAT the truth ...1940s US Black sl.
• GOOD OIL, THE the truth, reliable information ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• GOSPEL the truth ...a1250
• LEAL truth ...B1900 Sc.
• MARROW-TRUTH the simple truth, the very truth ...1888 Eng. dial.
• NITTY-GRITTY the core of truth ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STRAIGHT, THE the truth ...1866 US sl.
• STRAIGHT GOODS the truth ...1892 US sl.
• STRONG OF, THE refers to the truth about something or the point or meaning of something ...1915 Aust. sl.
• VARIANCE † divergence from the truth ...c1450
• VERIDICALNESS † truth-speaking or the quality of speaking the truth ...1727
• VERIMENT † truth; verity ...1518
• VERINESS † actuality, reality, truth ...1574
• VERISIMILITUDE an apparent truth ...1783
• VERITABILITY * a truth or verity; a true statement, correct account ...1864
• VERITABLENESS * truth, veracity ...1664
• VERITY 1. truth, either in general or with reference to a particular fart; conformity to fact or reality ...c1375
2. a true statement, a correct account, truth ...1533
• WORD FROM THE BIRD, THE the genuine truth ...1950s Amer. sl.
TRUTH, TRUTHFUL - verbs
• BEHIGHT † to assure one of the truth of a statement; to warrant ...c1386
• CALL SOMEONE'S BLUFF to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth ...1870s Amer. sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S CARD to call someone's bluff ...1980s US sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S GAME to call someone's bluff ...1980s US sl.
• CALL SOMEONE'S HAND to issue a challenge, to call someone's bluff ...M19 US sl.
• COME CLEAN to tell the truth ...1919 sl., orig. US
• CROSS THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER to become unable to tell the truth ...1927 Amer. dial.
• EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story; to tell or disclose the whole truth; to wind up an argument or discussion ...1893
• FACK to tell the truth; to utter facts ...1940s US Black usage
• FACT to speak frankly and truthfully ...1942 US Black sl.
• GET THE STRAIGHT to get the truth ...1866 US sl.
• LEVEL WITH to tell the truth ...1920 sl., orig. US
• NEVEN † to tell a story, the truth ...c1350
• OWN UP to admit truth or responsibility; to confess ...1853 colloq.
• POP OFF to confess, to tell the truth ...1920s sl.
• POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to confess, to tell the truth ...1920s sl.
• SING LIKE A CANARY to tell the truth; to inform to the police; to tell everything ...20C sl.
• SPLIT FAIR to tell the truth ...M19 sl.
• SWEAR BLIND to make a strong assertion that one is telling the truth (often with the implication that one is not) ...1937 sl.
• TELL IT LIKE IT IS to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; to be forthright ...1964 sl., orig. US Black usage
• TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL to boldly tell the truth in defiance of temptation to the contrary; to reveal all at any cost ...1793
• VARY † to depart from the truth ...c1430
TRUTH - interjections
• ON MY LIFE! an affirmation of absolute truth in the face of an audience's scepticism ...19C
TRUTH - phrases
• CROSS MY HEART used as an assertion that one is telling the truth ...1908 sl.
• CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE used as an assertion that one is telling the truth ...1908 sl.
• I'LL TOW THAT ONE ALONGSIDE FOR A BIT BEFORE I BRING IT ABOARD among Nova Scotia fishermen: used for expressing doubt about the truth or reliability of an idea or project ...1992 Can. sl.
• SCHOOL IS OUT the truth has come out and the consequences must be over; the time for restraint is over ...1858 Amer. dial.
• T'AINT NO CRACK, BUT A SOLID FACT what I am saying is the truth ...1973 US sl.
• WARTS AND ALL without concealment of the (unattractive) truth ...1930 sl.
TRUTHFUL - adjectives
• SINGLE-TONGUED truthful ...1897 Sc.
• VERIDICAL speaking, telling, or relating the truth; truthful, veracious ...1653
• VERIDICOUS truthful, veracious ...1817
• VERIFICAL † speaking the truth, truthful, veracious ...a1660
• VERILOQUOUS † speaking the truth; truthful, veracious ...1672
• VERITABLE † of persons: speaking the truth; truthful, veracious ...1489
TRUTHFUL - nouns, person
• TOM TELLTRUTH a truthful person ...1600
TRUTHFULLY - adverbs
• FAIR DINKUM honestly; really; seriously; truthfully ...1894 Aust. sl.
• FAITHLY † with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully ...c1325
• ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully ...1888 sl.
• STRAIGHT-UP speaking truthfully ...1936 sl.
• VERIDICALLY truthfully ...1836
• VERITABLY with truth or verity; truly, truthfully; genuinely, really ...1481
TRUTHFULNESS - nouns
• VERIDICALITY truthfulness ...a1901
• VERITY truthfulness, veracity, sincerity ...c1555
TRY - nouns
• CRACK a try ...sl.
• DAB a try; a crack ...1861 US sl.
• DART a try, a 'go'; a last-minute effort ...L19 Aust. sl.
• DEVER duty, best endeavour or try ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HACK an attempt, a try ...1836 Amer.
• TAKE a try or attempt ...colloq.
• WALLOP a try ...1910s sl.
TRY - verbs
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1966 US sl.
• DEVER to try, to attempt, to endeavour ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FAND † 1. to put to the proof, to try, to test a person or thing; to make trial of one's strength or skill; to taste food, etc. ...c893
† 2. to attempt, to try ...a1225
• FOND † 1. to put to the proof, to try, to test a person or thing; to make trial of one's strength or skill; to taste food, etc. ...c893
† 2. to attempt, to try ...a1225
• HANDSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HAUSE to prepare; to attempt, to try; to offer ...1851 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A DAB IN to have a 'go'; to try ...L19 sl.
• HAVE A DASH AT to make an attempt; to try ...1923 Aust. sl.
• HAWSE to prepare; to attempt, to try; to offer ...1851 Eng. dial.
• MAKE to attempt; to try; to offer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFER to attempt, to try; to make an effort or start; to show intention or promise of ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHOOT ONE'S BEST SHOT to do the best one can; to try one's hardest ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SIFT † to search; to try ...1611
• TAKE A POKE AT to have a try, to attempt ...1930s sl.
• TAKE A PUNT to have a try at something ...1940s sl., orig. Aust.
• TAKE A SHOT to try, to make an attempt ...1970s
• TAKE A SHOT AT to try, to make an attempt ...1878
• TAKE ONE'S BEST SHOT to do the best one can; to try one's hardest ...1960s sl., orig. US
• TEMPT to attempt, to try ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TRYING - adverbs
• ABOUTWARD † orig, striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going ...c1400
TRYING - nouns
• FAND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• FOND † the act of trying; trial, proof, experience ...c1250
• FONDING † a trying to do or find out something; an attempt, an experiment ...a1000
TRYING (difficult) - nouns
• ASS-BREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BALLBREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1942 US sl.
• BALL-CRUSHER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1970 US sl.
TRYST - nouns
• SADDLING PADDOCK any place of assignation; a trysting place ...L19 Aust. sl.
TRYST - verbs
• EIN to make a tryst with, to appoint a meeting-place with ...1894 Sc.
TUB - nouns
• QUERD a wooden chamber pot; a fish barrel; a wooden tub ...1808 Sc.
• QUID a tub ...a1838 Sc.
• QUIDDIE a tub ...a1838 Sc.
• QUIDDIKIE a tub ...a1838 Sc.
• SAY a bucket; a vessel having two ears, a milk-pail; a tub ...1824 Sc.
• TIB † a tub ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUBA - nouns
• GRUNT HORN a tuba ...1926 US sl.
• GRUNT IRON a tuba ...1935 US sl.
TUBERCULOSIS - adjectives
• CHESTY of tuberculosis or pneumonia: weak in the chest ...20C colloq.
TUBERCULOSIS - nouns
• ALPHABETS, THE tuberculosis ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ARIZONA TENOR the tuberculosis cough ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOGALOSHA tuberculosis ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BREAST COMPLAINT tuberculosis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUG tuberculosis ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BUG, THE tuberculosis ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BUGS tuberculosis ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAILING DISEASE tuberculosis ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GRAVEYARD COUGH a severe cough, esp. one associated with tuberculosis ...1873 Amer. dial.
• HASTY CONSUMPTION tuberculosis ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAVES tuberculosis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAAD-MI-DON a tuberculosis sanatorium ...1940s W. Indies
• LAD, THE cancer or tuberculosis ...1997 Ireland
• QUICK CON a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis ...1844 Amer. dial.
• QUICK CONSUMPTION a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis ...1844 Amer. dial.
• QUICK FEVER a virulent wasting disease, esp. tuberculosis ...1950 Amer. dial.
• STONE ON THE CHEST tuberculosis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TISTICA tuberculosis ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIZZICK a consumption, a shortness of breath; asthma; tuberculosis ...1835 Amer. dial.
TUBERCULOSIS - nouns, person
• ARIZONA TENOR a person suffering from tuberculosis ...1942 Amer. dial.
TUESDAY - nouns
• CHEWSDEE Tuesday ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
TUG - nouns
• REEF a vigorous tug ...1958 Amer. dial.
• RICK a tug or pull; a sharp movement ...1892 Sc.
• TIT a sharp and sudden pull; a tug, a jerk, a twitch ...1340 chiefly Sc.
• YANK a tug, a pull, a wrench ...E19 sl.
TUG - verbs
• BETEE † to pull or tug at ...c1205
• HARL to drag: usually with the notion of friction or scraping of the ground; to pull, to tug; to trail along the ground; to haul ...c1290 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PIGGLE to pull or tug nervously ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PUG to pull, to tug ...L16 now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEF to pull or push something vigorously; to tug, to use force on something ...1958 Amer. dial.
• TIRE to pull, to tug, to draw ...a1300 arch.
• TIT to pull forcibly, to tug; to snatch ...a1300 chiefly Sc.
• TOGGLE †* to tug, to tussle ...a1225
• TOIL † to pull, to drag, to tug about ...c1325
• YANK to tug something with sudden energy; to remove something; to drag, to pull ...1848 sl., orig. US
TUITION - nouns
• PRIVATE BUSINESS extra tuition ...1900 Eton College usage
TULIP - nouns
• QULIP a tulip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUMBLE - nouns
• END-OVER-END a tumble, a somersault ...1970 Amer. dial.
TUMBLE - verbs
• BALTER † to tumble about; to dance clumsily ...c1325
• COME TO GRIEF to take a tumble; to have a fall ...1854 UK
• FALL DOWN AND GO BOOM to take a tumble, to fall heavily ...1930s Amer. sl.
• FALL OFF ONE'S FEET to tumble, to fall ...1889 Sc.
• GET A FALL to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• JERRYCUMMUMBLE to shake; to tumble about; to tousle ...1785 sl.
• MAMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE A DROP to tumble, to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• TAKE A FALL to tumble; to slip over ...1950s US sl.
• TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport ...1804 Sc.
• TAW to tumble about; to pull, to lay hold of ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAWEN † to pull; to lay hold of; to tumble about ...1810 Sc.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TILT † to fall over, to tumble; to be overthrown ...1300s
• TIPPLE to tumble, or topple over ...1847 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALTER † to roll to and fro; to move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. ...c1400
• WHAP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1843 Amer. dial.
• WHOP OVER to collapse, to tumble, to flop ...1841 Amer. dial.
TUMBLER - nouns, person
• FAULKENER a juggler, a tumbler ...L17 sl.
• JERRY-COME-TUMBLE a tumbler, a circus performer ...Eng. dial.
TUMBLE-DOWN - adjectives
• ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RACKLEDOWN tumble-down, neglected ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated ...1868
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RATTLE-BAG ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...1885 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-BONE ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-DOWN ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TUMBLE-DOWN - nouns
• RAMSHACKLE something rickety or tumbledown ...1865 nonce use
• WAPPEN-HAPPEN a tumbledown, slum shed or shanty made of old tins, bits of wood, discarded packaging and similar found objects ...1930s W. Indies
TUMOUR - nouns
• WALE a tumour; a large swelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUMULT - nouns
• BEAR-GARDEN a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DIRDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARIE † a state of tumult or consternation ...1500-20 Sc.
• FARY † a state of tumult or consternation ...1500-20 Sc.
• FEERY-FARRY † a bustle, a tumult; a state of excitement, disorder, confusion ...1535 Sc.
• FIRLY-FARLY confusion, tumult ...19C Eng. dial.
• GARBOIL † confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABBLE confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub ...1795 Sc.
• HABBLE-GABBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1956 Sc.
• HABBLE-HOBBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1900 Sc.
• HACK AND SWEEP a tumult, an uproar; a fight; a commotion ...1902 Sc.
• HAIKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HANG-MAD riotous tumult; boisterous frolic ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense ...1801 Sc.
• HUBBISTEW a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement ...1898 Sc.
• HUBBLE-SHUBBLE †* commotion, uproar, tumult, disturbance, confusion ...c1550
• HURRY-BURRY confusion or bustle caused by excitement; tumult ...?a1800 Sc.
• HURRY-DURRY †* tumult, confusion, bustle caused by excitement ...1732
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LARUM a tumultuous noise; a hubbub, an uproar ...a1533
• MEDLEY a commotion, tumult ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLEMENT * confusion, disturbance, or tumult like that of a rabble; riotous conduct ...1590
• REEK a state of hot anger; a disturbance, a tumult ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REILIEBOGIE confusion, a state of tumult or disorder ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• SCARNACH a noisy tumult ...1825 Sc.
• SCARNOCH a noisy tumult ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR a noise, a tumult ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss ...1790 Sc.
• TIRPEIL † a broil, an encounter, a tumult ...c1330
• TIRPELL † a broil, an encounter, a tumult ...c1330
• TUMOIL a tumult, a turmoil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UBBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
• UBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
• UPSCUDDLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UPSCUTTLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1904 Amer. dial.
TUMULT - nouns, person
• DISTURBANT one who disturbs or interferes with peace or quiet; one who causes tumult or disorder ...1865
TUMULT - verbs
• SET THE HEATHER ON FIRE to create uproar and excitement; to make a disturbance; to excite a tumult ...1843
• TAKE A HEAD † to make insurrection; to raise a tumult ...1678
• TUMULTUATE * to stir up a tumult; to make a disturbance or commotion; to become tumultuous, turbulent, agitated or restless ...1611
TUMULTUOUS - adjectives
• BABYLONICAL † disorderly, tumultuous ...1547
• FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging ...1837
TUMULTUOUS - nouns
• BEAR-PLAY rough tumultuous behaviour ...1883
TUMULTUOUSLY - adverbs
• HELTER-SKELTER in disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell ...L16 sl.
• HILTER-SKILTER in disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell ...L16 sl.
• HURRY-BURRY with extra hurry; in confusion; tumultuously ...1791 Sc.
TUNA - nouns
• CHICKEN OF THE SEA an albacore or similar fish ...1940 Amer. dial.
TUNE - adjectives
• NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY of rhymes or tunes: quick and rattling in rhythm ...1817 Sc.
• QUIRKING nimble, agile; of a tune: intricate, quickly changing ...1821 Eng. dial.
TUNE - nouns
• DEEDLE-DOODLE a meaningless song, or badly-played tune ...B1900 Sc.
• DIDDLE a tune in a low key ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EARWORM an irritatingly catchy tune ...colloq.
• LAY † strain, tune ...a1529
• RANT a lively, noisy, or irregular tune or song ...1725 chiefly Sc.
TUNE - verbs
• RAISE to start or lead a tune; to sing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. ...1873 Sc.
• YERK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. ...1873 Sc.
• YIRK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. ...1873 Sc.
TUNEFUL - adjectives
• HARMONIC * melodious, tuneful, sweet-sounding ...1815
TUNEFULLY - adverbs
• HARMONICALLY † with harmony or concord of sounds; concordantly, tunefully, harmoniously ...1589
TUNEFULNESS - nouns
• HARMONICALNESS † tunefulness, harmoniousness ...1691-8
TUNNEL - nouns
• SALLY a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Sally Gunnell)
• SALLY GUNNELL a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• UNDERGANG an archway; a tunnel or passage beneath a railway etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TUNNEL - nouns, person
• SANDHOG a tunnel construction worker; any underground worker ...1903 US sl.
TURBAN - adjectives
• HEAD-BOUND wearing a turban ...a1616
TURBAN - nouns
• MANDIL a turban ...1662
• MENDIL a turban ...1662
• NAPPER-WRAPPER a turban ...1998 UK sl.
• SASH † a band of a fine material worn twisted round the head as a turban by Orientals ...a1590
TURBAN - nouns, person
• RAG-HEAD (derogatory or offensive) a person who wears a turban ...1921 N. Amer. sl.
• TOWEL-HEAD (offensive or derogatory) an Arab; also, a Sikh or other turban-wearer ...1979 US sl.
TURBID - adjectives
• RILEY of liquids, chiefly water: turbid, muddy; agitated ...1805 Amer. dial.
• ROILY of liquids, chiefly water: turbid, muddy; agitated ...1823 Amer. dial.
• SUDDY † muddy, turbid, thick ...1587
TURBID - verbs
• NEBULATE †* to become cloudy or turbid ...1753
TURBULENT - adjectives
• BARDIE bold, fierce, turbulent ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARDY bold, fierce, turbulent ...1788 Sc.
• BEAR-GARDEN rude, turbulent ...1687
• DISTURBANT causing disturbance; disturbing, turbulent ...a1617
• RABBISH † unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action ...1387
• ROILY turbulent ...1823 Amer. dial.
• RULIE turbulent; talkative ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
• UPROARISH † turbulent, unruly ...1550
TURBULENT - nouns
• BEAR-GARDEN a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
TURBULENT - nouns, person
• RANEGILL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc.
• RANNIGAL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TURBULENT - verbs
• TUMULTUATE * to stir up a tumult; to make a disturbance or commotion; to become tumultuous, turbulent, agitated or restless ...1611
TURKEY (bird) - nouns
• ALDERMAN a turkey ...Bk1890 sl.
• ALDERMAN IN CHAINS a roast turkey well-stuffed and garnished with pork sausages ...Bk1890 sl.
• BALLAST turkey or chicken dressing ...1945 US railroad sl.
• BREAD lean venison; the breast of a wild turkey ...1824 Amer. dial. obs.
• BRISSEL-COCK † a fowl conjectured to be the turkey ...Sc.
• BUBBLY-JOCK the male turkey ...1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BUZZARD chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall ...1941 Amer. military usage
• BUZZARD MEAT chicken or turkey ...1944 Amer. military usage
• COBBLE-COLTER a turkey ...1858 tramps' and gypsies cant
• FAIPLE † the crest of a turkey when elated ...1825 Sc.
• GANDER a turkey ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GANNY † a turkey ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GOBBLER a male turkey ...M18
• GOBLIN a male turkey ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HABBERJOCK a turkey-cock ...1866 Sc.
• HABBLE-JOCK a turkey-cock ...1875 Sc.
• JOBLIJOCK a turkey-cock ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLY-COCK a male turkey ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LUBBER-COCK a turkey-cock ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PEEP a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PEEPY a very small or young chicken or turkey ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PEEWEE a young wild turkey chick, still following the hen ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RED-RAG the red comb of a turkey-cock ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RED-RED the red comb of a turkey-cock ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RED-SHANK a turkey...1707 cant
• SNOTTERGOB the red part of a turkey's head ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TURKEY-TOMB † a turkey pie ...1622 humorous
TURKEY (country) - noun, person
• ABDUL a Turk; Turks collectively ...c1890 Eng. sl.
• ARAB any dark-complexioned person, esp. if belonging to a group traditionally considered to be somewhat excitable or primitive in emotional matters; a Jew or a Turk ...20C Amer. sl.
• JACKO a Turkish soldier ...1910s Aust. sl.
• JACKY a Turkish soldier ...1910s Aust. sl.
• JOHNNY a Turk; the Turkish army ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SICK MAN applied during the latter part of the 19th century to the Sultan of Turkey ...1853
TURKEY - interjections
• PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEE-PEE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PEEPIE! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEEP-PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys ...1967 Amer. dial.
TURKISH - adjectives
• MAHOMETAN † Turkish ...1600
TURMOIL - adjectives
• TURMOILOUS †* full of turmoil or tumult; disturbed; troublesome ...1553
TURMOIL - nouns
• CRINKIE-WINKIE a contention; a pother, disturbance, commotion, turmoil ...1818 Sc.
• HABBER-GALYO an uproar, confusion, turmoil ...1929 Sc.
• HAIKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a stir, turmoil, tumult ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JABBLE turmoil, confusion ...1894 Sc.
• JAMBLE turmoil, confusion ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle ...1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAT'S-REST a state of perpetual turmoil ...B1900 Sc.
• REEL n. turmoil, mental confusion ...1755 Sc.
• REELING turmoil, bustle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REEL-RALL a state of confusion; turmoil, disturbance ...1864 Sc.
• REEL-RAWL a state of confusion; turmoil, disturbance ...1864 Sc.
• REE-RAW a drinking bout; a noisy romp; a state of confusion; a disturbance, turmoil ...1854
• SCOWDERING confusion, bustle, turmoil ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCOWDERMENT confusion, bustle, turmoil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TOIL battle, strife, turmoil ...a1400 arch.
• TUMOIL a tumult, a turmoil ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UBBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
• UBUBBOO a confused crying or yelling; a tumult; turmoil ...1702
TURMOIL - verbs
• BIRR to be in a turmoil or confusion ...Bk1911 Sc.
TURMOIL - phrases
• HELL'S A-BUSTING trouble or turmoil is starting ...1956 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S A-POPPING trouble or turmoil is starting ...1956 Amer. dial.
TURN, TURNING - adjectives
• QUICK of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp ...1725
• VOLIBLE †* capable of turning or of being turned round ...1382
• VOLUBILOUS † apt to roll or turn ...1658
TURN, TURNING - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBVERSION the act of turning towards some person or thing ...1864
• RALPH a right turn ...1968 US sl.
• VERSATION † a turning over or backwards and forwards ...1656
TURN - verbs
• BIND to swerve, to turn in a certain direction ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOBBLE to make a slight turn or twist from a direct or straight line; hence; to make a break or mistake ...1908 Amer. dial.
• COME ON THE RING to take one's turn ...a1400 sl.
• I-CHERRE † to turn, to return ...c1000
• LICK BACK to turn suddenly, to dart back ...1888 Amer. dial.
• MILL to swing or wheel round; to turn anything slowly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBVERT † to turn something towards; to place fronting ...1623
• QUAIGH to bend, to turn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to turn quickly ...1821 Eng. dial.
• TARVE to tip, to turn ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TERVE † to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action ...c1400
• TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling ...1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRVE † to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action ...c1400
• TO-WRY † to turn, to twist about ...a1400
• UMBEBRAID † to turn round ...a1300
• VAND † to turn ...1814 Sc. (taboo usage)
• VEER † to turn round, to revolve, to whirl about ...1598
• VERSATE * to turn about ...1887
TURNCOAT - nouns, person
• JACKET-REVERSER a turncoat ...Bk1896 sl.
• VICAR OF BRAY a term of contempt applied to a turncoat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TURNCOAT - verbs
• TURN ONE'S TIPPET † to change one's course or behaviour completely; in bad sense, to act the turncoat or renegade ...1546
TURN DOWN - verbs
• ICE to reject, to turn down, to cease ...1960s US Black sl.
• KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1809 Amer. dial.
• KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE ZERO to pass something by, to turn down an offer, to reject ...1980s US college sl.
TURNED - adjectives
• VERSABLE † that turns, or may be turned ...1623
TURNED - nouns
• VERSABLENESS † aptness to be turned ...1727
TURNIP - nouns
• BAGA a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1854 Amer. dial.
• BAGGIE a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
• BAGIE a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
• BEGGIE a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FASH the tops of carrots, turnips, etc. ...c1750 Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK a turnip ...19C Eng. dial.
• HEAPS turnips ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LITTLE ABNER a large yellow turnip ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NEEP a turnip ...c725
• RAMMER an instrument for mashing turnips ...1776 Sc.
• RAPE † a turnip (? or radish) ...c1390
• TAPPIN the tap-root of a turnip, carrot, etc. ...1898 Sc.
• TAUPIN the tap-root of a turnip, carrot, etc. ...1898 Sc.
TURNIP - verbs
• FASH to cut off the tops of carrots, turnips, etc. ...1882 Eng. dial.
TURN OVER - verbs
• HALVE to turn over, to turn upside down ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HELVE to turn over, to turn upside down ...1873 Eng. dial
TURNSTILE - nouns
• TIRL n. a revolving piece of mechanism like a turnstile ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TIRLIE a turnstile ...1824 Sc.
TURPENTINE - nouns
• TERPS turpentine ...1823 Amer. sl.
• TURPS turpentine ...1823 Amer. sl.
TURTLE - nouns
• ANGEL a dead turtle ...1908
• CHICKEN MEAT the white meat of a turtle ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER a land turtle ...1791 Amer. dial.
• MOSSBACK an old turtle
• SCARRIPIN a terrapin ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SHELLPAD † a tortoise or turtle ...1562
• VEAL OF THE SEA the green sea turtle ...1982 Bahamas
TUSK - nouns
• GAMS large teeth, tusks ...a1500 Sc.
TUSSLE - nouns
• HANTLE a tussle, a hand to hand fight; a scuffle; as much as one can manage ...1868 Eng. dial.
• ROUGH AND TUMBLE a good-natured tussle ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCRAP a fight, a tussle, a skirmish ...1846
• TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TASSLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• YOKING † a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling ...1660 Sc.
TUSSLE - verbs
• TOGGLE †* to tug, to tussle ...a1225
TUTANKHAMUN - nouns
• OLD FRUIT AND NUT King Tutankhamun ...1972 Brit. museum rhyming sl. for 'Tut'
TUTOR - nouns, person
• BEAR-LEADER formerly a ludicrous name for a travelling tutor ...1749
• CAD a private tutor ...c1810 Eton usage
• HABERDASHER OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS a schoolmaster; a tutor ...L17 sl.
• HABERDASHER OF PRONOUNS a schoolmaster; a tutor ...L17 sl.
• MASTER a man to whose care a child or children are committed for purposes of instruction; a tutor, preceptor; in later use, chiefly a teacher in a school, a schoolmaster; also, a professional teacher of some special subject, as an art or a language ...c888
• PRECEPTOR an instructor, teacher, tutor; the head of a school ...1400
• PRECEPTRESS a woman who is an instructor; a teacher, tutor; a woman who is the head of a school
TWANG - nouns
• TANG the timbre of the voice; a twang ...1899 Sc.
TWELFTH NIGHT - nouns
• OLD CHRISTMAS Twelfth Night (January 5) or Twelfth Day (January 6) ...1895 Amer. dial.
TWELVE - adjectives
• QUAL twelve ...1710 Sc.
• QUALL twelve ...1710 Sc.
• QUEL twelve ...1710 Sc.
• QUELVE twelve ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWENTY - adjectives
• QUANTY twenty ...1710 Sc.
• QUENTY twenty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWENTY-ONE - nouns
• ELEVENTEEN † twenty-one ...1622 nonce word
TWENTY-FIVE - nouns
• QUARTERN † a quarter of a hundred, twenty-five ...1472-3
TWIG - adjectives
• SARMENTITIOUS † belonging to twigs or branches ...1656
TWIG - nouns
• BOUGHTIE a twig ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAGGALD † a faggot, a bundle of twigs or heath tied with straw ropes ...1838 Sc.
• 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
• QUIG a twig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMELET †* a small branch, a twig ...1652
• SARMENT * a twig; a cutting of a tree ...1398
• SCOW a stick; a small branch or twig ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROILS brittle twigs ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAN a twig ...1865 Eng. dial.
• TINE †* a small branch or twig of a tree; the stalk of a fruit ...1300s
• WAND † a slender stem of a shrub or tree; a slender branch or twig ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YARD † a straight slender shoot or branch of a tree; a twig, a stick ...c950
TWILIGHT - adjectives
• CREPUSCULOUS of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness; dim, glimmering, dusky, indistinct, obscure ...1646
• IN THE DIM in the dusk or twilight ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
TWILIGHT - nouns
• BEFORE-DARK dusk, twilight ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN THE LIGHTS twilight ...1862 Eng. dial.
• BOBLIGHT twilight ...19C Eng. dial.
• CANDLELIGHTING dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S LIGHT twilight ...1959 Amer. dial.
• COCK-SHUT † the close of day; twilight ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAGALI the evening twilight ...1914 Sc.
• DAGLIE evening twilight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAG-SET the end of twilight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAILYGONE twilight ...1925 Irish sl.
• DARKEE twilight ...M19 sl.
• DARKEY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DARK HOUR the evening twilight, gloaming ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARKENING twilight, dusk, evening ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKLINS † twilight, dusk, the gloaming ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight ...1567 thieves' cant
• DARKS, THE the night; occasionally also twilight ...M18 sl.
• DARKY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DAWING † dawn, daybreak; morning twilight ...c900 obs. exc. Sc.
• DAY-LIGHTENING morning, twilight, daybreak ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-FALLING twilight, evening, dusk ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DAYLIGHT-GATE † the going or close of the day; twilight; evening, dusk ...1613 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-GOING twilight, evening, dusk ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-GONE twilight, evening, dusk ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT'S-GATE twilight, evening, dusk ...1815 Eng. dial.
• DAYLIGONE twilight ...1925 Irish sl.
• DELLIT twilight, evening, dusk ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DEMPS twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DEMPSE twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DIM the midsummer twilight between sunset and sunrise ...Bk1900 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• DIMIT dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DIMMET dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DIMPS dusk, twilight ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSE twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSY twilight, dusk ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DUMMET dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF DARK, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DAYLIGHT, THE 1. morning twilight ...1885 Eng. dial.
2. twilight, dusk, nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF DUSK early evening, twilight ...a1864 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF NIGHT early evening, twilight ...1975 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF EVENING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF GLOAMING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1867 Sc.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EVEGLOAM evening twilight ...1928 Amer. dial.
• EVEN-FALL the 'fall' or commencement of the evening; twilight ...1814
• EVENING'S EDGE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FIRST DARK twilight ...1922 Amer. dial.
• FIRST DUSK twilight ...1898 Amer. dial.
• FIRST NIGHT twilight ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GLOAM twilight ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light ...c1000
• MOCK-SHADOW twilight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MORNGLOAM the morning twilight ...1928 Amer. dial.
• OWL-LIGHT the dim and uncertain light in which owls go abroad; a glimmering and imperfect light; twilight, dusk ...1599
• PINK OF THE EVENING evening twilight ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SHANK OF THE EVENING the latter part of the evening; twilight, dusk ...1829 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEENING-TIME lighting-up time, twilight ...1837 Eng. dial.
• TWITTER-LIGHT †* twilight ...1607
TWILIGHT - phrases
• BETWEEN HAWK AND BUZZARD at twilight, when it is too dark to tell a hawk from a buzzard ...1832
TWIN - adjectives
• GEMEL † twin ...1497
• GEMELLIPAROUS † producing twins ...1727
• GEMINATE duplicated, combined in pairs, twin ...1598
TWIN - nouns, person
• GEMELLES † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMELS † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMEWS † twins ...1382
• GEMMELS † twins; said also of things associated in pairs ...1382
• GEMOWS † twins ...1382
• PHILLERPENER a twin ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PHILOPENA a twin ...1894 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON-PAIR twins of the opposite sex ...19C Brit. sl.
TWINE - nouns
• BAND string, twine, cord; a string for leading or tying, or other purposes ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCREED a large portion; a long length of thread, twine, etc. ...1884 Sc.
TWINE - verbs
• THONG to twine; to twist together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TWINGE - nouns
• QUINCH † a twitch or jerk of the body; a twinge ...1571 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
TWINING - adjectives
• RANGLING twining, rambling, winding; esp. said of plants ...1863 Eng. dial.
TWINKLE - nouns
• TWINK * a twinkle or sparkle ...1830
TWINKLE - verbs
• BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LAMP to shine, to gleam, to glitter, as the stars on a frosty night, to twinkle ...1825 Sc.
• PRINKLE to twinkle, to scintillate, to sparkle ...1724 Sc.
• SIMPER †* to glimmer, to twinkle ...c1620
• TWINK to twinkle, to sparkle ...1637
TWINKLING - adjectives
• FAW † of objects that reflect light: bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling ...c1000
TWIRL - adjectives
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE full of twirls or whirls ...1816 Sc.
TWIRL - nouns
• QUERL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl ...1790 Eng. dial.
TWIRL - verbs
• BIRL to make a noise like the rapid turning of a wheel; to twirl round, to spin ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling ...1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TWIRLING - nouns
• TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl ...1790 Eng. dial.
TWIST - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALSH a noose, a loop, a slip-knot; a twist, turn ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE a tangle, twist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KECK a twist to one side; a sprain; an injury to the spine causing deformity ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• QUERL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• QUIRK anything out of the square; a twist, a bend, a circle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKLE a twist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl ...1880 US
• SCASH a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
• YEE-YAW a twist ...1902 Amer. dial.
TWIST - verbs
• BAFFLE to twist irregularly, to entangle ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BETHROW †* to twist about, to torture ...1393
• BEW to bend, to twist ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOO to bow, to bend, to twist ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAMSHACHLE to distort, to twist all awry ...1805 Sc.
• CAMSHACKLE to distort, to bend, to twist, to disorder ...1819 Sc.
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• FANKLE to entangle, to twist, to knot; to coil, to wind; to disorder ...1887 Sc.
• HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to entangle, twist together ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HARL to entangle, to twist, to knot together; to ravel or confuse ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• IMPLICATE to intertwine; to wreathe, to twist, or knit together; to entwine, to entangle ...1610
• KEAU to twist, as the foot in walking ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KECK to stand awry; to twist to one side; to lean; to drop from an upright position ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OBLIQUATE †* to bend aside; to twist obliquely ...a1670
• QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUEEVE to twist; to bend slowly backwards and forwards as a tree-top ...1809 Eng. dial.
• QUIST to twist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist ...1761 Sc.
• REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves ...1821 Eng. dial.
• RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SCASH to twist, to turn to one side; to walk in a shuffling, awkward manner with the toes turned outwards, either from deformity or affectation ...1866 Sc.
• SCASHLE to twist, to turn awry ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to twist, to turn awry ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE to twist, to turn away ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELLER to cause to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, esp. with heat ...1691 N. Eng. dial.
• SKELLOW to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, as with heat ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TAISLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TATHER to entangle; to twist; to knot; to involve ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAZLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TEETOTUM to wheel or whirl about; to twist round ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THONG to twine; to twist together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-WRITHE † to twist or wrench about; to twist or writhe about ...c1000
• TO-WRY † to turn, to twist about ...a1400
• WAMBLE † to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YIRN to twist; to entwine ...Bk1905 Sc.
TWISTED - adjectives
• CAKED twisted, entangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAM † crooked, twisted, bent from the straight ...1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CONTORTUPLICATED † entangled and twisted ...1648
• CRINGLE-CRANGLE † winding in and out, having twists and turns ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HANKLED twisted, entangled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPLICATE * intertwined, twisted together ...1536
• IMPLICIT † entangled, entwined, folded, or twisted together; involved ...1608
• KAA-WAA crooked, twisted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KAW-WAW crooked, twisted, distorted ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MATTY matted, twisted, interwoven ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBLIQUATE †* bent to one side; twisted obliquely ...1578
• OBTORTED † twisted ...B1900
• QUIRKIE intricate, twisted, complicated ...1896 Sc.
• QUIRKLED twisted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKLY twisted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKY intricate, twisted, complicated ...1896 Sc.
• QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled ...1928 Sc.
• QUISTED twisted, spiral ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCASH twisted, turned to one side, esp. used of the feet ...1866 Sc.
• SCOO'D twisted, badly made or done ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOY'D twisted, badly made or done ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREW-EYED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCREWGIED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1973 Amer. dial.
• SCREW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWHONKED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWINKLE twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEWAGGY twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-BALLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GEE twisted, askew, diagonal ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKEWJAW twisted, askew, diagonal ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-SHY twisted, askew, crooked ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WHIFF awry, askew; crooked, twisted, aslant ...1754 UK sl.
• SKEW-WOGGLY twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-WOTTEMUS twisted, askew, crooked ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKEW-YANK twisted, askew, crooked ...2001 Amer. dial.
• SKI-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SKRUGEE twisted, askew, diagonal ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKWEE-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SKWEE-WAB twisted, askew, crooked ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEGEE twisted, askew, diagonal ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SQUEE-WOBBLED twisted, askew, crooked ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRAWART twisted, crooked ...1814 Sc.
• THRAWN twisted, distorted, misshapen; uneven; of the brow: knitted ...1721 Sc.
• THRAWN-RUMPLET twisted ...1896 Sc.
• TORTIVOUS † twisting, twisted, tortuous ...a1400
TWISTED - adverbs
• ATWINE twisted, askew, awry, zigzag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATWIST twisted, awry, tangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASH in a twisted manner, awry; with a waddling, shuffling gait ...1866 Sc.
TWISTED - nouns
• RAMMOCK a confused or twisted mass of anything ...1925 Sc.
TWISTING - adjectives
• INWINDING uneven, twisting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TORTIVOUS † twisting, twisted, tortuous ...a1400
• TWISTY-WISTY in a twisting or winding manner ...1892 nonce word
TWISTING - adverbs
• CRINKLETY-CRANKLETY twisting in and out; zigzag ...19C Eng. dial.
TWISTING - nouns
• CRINGLE-CRANGLE † a mass of twistings and turns; a zigzag ...1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OBLIQUATION † a bending aside or in an oblique direction; a twisting awry ...a1648
• OBTORTION †* a twisting, distortion, perversion ...a1656
• THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand ...1785 Sc.
TWITCH - nouns
• QUINCH † a twitch or jerk of the body; a twinge ...1571 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• TIT a sharp and sudden pull; a tug, a jerk, a twitch ...1340 chiefly Sc.
• YARK † the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch ...1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch, a snatch ...1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
TWITCH - verbs
• FEAK to twitch, to jerk, to pull smartly ...1548 Eng. dial.
• QUITCHY to twitch; to make sudden, involuntary movements ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VELLICATE * to twitch; to contract or move convulsively ...1670
TWITCHING - adjectives
• JERKSOME * jerky, twitching ...1880
• VELLICATIVE * causing irritation or twitching ...1822-7
TWITCHING - nouns
• JACTITATION a twitching or convulsive movement of a limb or muscle ...1844
• VELLICATION 1. a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling ...1623
2. a twitching or convulsive movement, esp. of a muscle or other part of the body ...1665
TWITCHY - adjectives
• AGUE-FACED twitchy ...1912 Amer. dial.
TWITTER - verbs
• JARGON † to warble, to twitter, to chatter ...a1366
• QUITTER †* to twitter ...1513 Sc.
TWITTERING - nouns
• JARGON the inarticulate utterance of birds, or a vocal sound resembling it; twittering, chattering ...c1386
TWO - nouns
• ME AND YOU the number 2 ...20C bingo rhyming sl.
• OAT the number 2 ...M19 back-slang
TWO-FACED - adjectives
• BOTH-SIDES † deceitful, two-faced, double-dealing ...17C
• JANIAN †* Janus-like, two-faced ...1598
• LAKES two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney' (Lakes of Killarney)
• LAKES OF KILLARNEY two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney'
• TWO-FACED AS A METHODIST AX, AS two-faced, deceitful, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
TWOFOLD - adjectives
• DUPLE † double, twofold ...1542-3
TWOPENCE - nouns
• DACE twopence ...L17 cant
• DEUCE twopence ...1823 sl.
TYPE - verbs
• BEAT THE MILL to type; (mill = typewriter) ...World War II Amer. sl.
TYPEWRITER - nouns
• MILL a typewriter ...1913 US sl.
• OFFICE PIANO a typewriter ...1940s US sl.
• TYPER a typewriter ...1892 sl., orig. US
TYPHOID FEVER - nouns
• TERRIFIED FEVER typhoid fever ...1878 Amer. dial.
TYPICAL - adjectives
• FEATURELY having strongly marked features; characteristic; typical ...c1819
TYPIFY - verbs
• BETOKEN † to be a type or emblem of; to typify, to symbolize ...c1175
TYPIST - nouns, person
• TYPER a typist ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
TYRANNICAL - adjectives
• BAD profligate, tyrannical, and cruel in conduct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1822
• SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1823
TYRANNIZE - verbs
• HORSE to bully or tyrannize into hard work or extra effort ...1867 US sl., esp. nautical usage
• NERONIZE to tyrannize over ...1889
• REIGN OVER to take violent hold upon, to tyrannize ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REIGN UPON to take violent hold upon, to tyrannize ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SULTAN to play the despot, to tyrannize ...1886
TYRANT - nouns, person
• CAESAR a tyrant or dictator; an absolute monarch ...ME
• NANGNAIL an ill-tempered, troublesome person; a tyrant ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant ...1648
TYRE - see TIRE