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WEN - WHISKERS
WENCH - nouns, person
• ARTICLE a wench, a woman, a prostitute ...19C Brit. sl.
• BLOWEN a wench, a trull ...1812 sl.
• BLOWING a wench, a trull ...1812 sl.
• CALLET † a wench, a jade, a doxy, a drab, a scold; a term of contempt ...1820 Sc.
• GIXY † a giddy, frivolous girl; a wench; a lively lass; a wanton woman ...1611
• MADAM a wench; a hussy ...E18 Brit.
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALLY-MOP a dirty wench ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAMPHELET † a courtesan, a wench ...1500-20
WENCHER - nouns, person
• FIGURE-MAKER a wencher ...c1875 sl.
• GUSSETEER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher; somewhat derisory ...19C Brit. sl.
• LUSTY-GUTS a notorious copulator; a good wencher ...L16 sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a whoremonger; a man addicted to prostitutes; a debauched man; a pimp, a wencher ...1532 sl., now rare or obs.
• SMELL-SMOCK † a licentious man; one who runs after women; a great wencher; a lover of women; a whoremonger (in early use employed suggestively as a surname) ...1550
• STRIKER a wencher ...1639 sl.
• STRINGER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher ...1611 sl.
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• WOODMAN a wencher, a whoremonger, a man who seeks prostitutes ...19C Brit. sl.
WENCHING - nouns
• GUSSETING wenching ...19C colloq.
WEST - adjectives/adverbs
• BEWEST to the west of ...Bk1911 Sc.
• OCCIDENT † situated in the west, western ...1513
• OCCIDENTAL situated in or directed towards that region of the heavens in which the sun sets; in the west, western, westerly ...c1391
• PONENT † situated in the west, western ...1538
WEST - nouns
• PONENT † the place or direction of the sunset; the west ...1538 obs. or arch.
• VESTREEN † the west ...1825 Sc.
WEST - verbs
• OCCIDENT to turn or direct towards the west ...1896 nonce word
WESTERN - adverbs
• OCCIDENTALLY in a Western (American) fashion ...1833
WESTERN - nouns
• OCCIDENTAL a western country or region; a native or inhabitant of the West ...1587
• OCCIDENTALITY Western style or character ...1873
WESTERN - nouns, person
• OCCIDENTALIST one who advocates Western customs, modes of thought, etc. ...1877
• OCCIDENTALIST one who studies the languages and institutions of Western nations ...1890
WESTERN MOVIE, ETC. - nouns
• HAYBURNER a Western movie ...1948 Amer. sl.
• HORSE OPERA a cowboy film, esp. if undistinguished; hence, a radio or TV western ...1927 sl.
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a movie, television show, radio show, or book about cowboys; a Western ...1946 Amer. entertainment industry
• OAT(S) OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• SAGEBRUSHER a Western cowboy film ...1920s US sl.
WESTERN - verbs
• OCCIDENTALIZE to conform to or imbue with Western ideas or characteristics ...1870
WEST INDIES - nouns, person
• FRESHWATER a West Indian who visits America and comes back with a US accent ...20C W. Indies & Trinidad
• MONKEY-CHASER a dark-skinned native of the British West Indies ...1926 Amer. dial.
• YAM a West Indian ...M19 US Black sl.
WEST POINT - nouns, person
• BEAST a cadet in preliminary training at West Point ...World War II Amer. sl.
WEST VIRGINIA - nouns
• MOUNTAIN STATE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANHANDLE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANHANDLE SECTION West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANHANDLE STATE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAKE STATE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WEST VIRGINIE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
WEST VIRGINIA - nouns, person
• HAW-EATER a West Virginian ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE a native or resident of West Virginia ...1934 Amer. sl.
WET - adjectives
• ALL OF A SWIM very wet ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASHY wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUTHRIE wet, stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DAGGED † wet with dew, drizzling rain, or a sprinkling of anything ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLED wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLING trailing in the wet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY wet, showery ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMPY wet, moist, damp ...1846 Eng. dial.
• DANK † wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc. ...? a1400
• DANKISH † wet; humid ...1545
• DAUBING wet, dirty ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRIPPLETY wet, rainy ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUNG-WET † as wet as dung, thoroughly wet or soaked, having been out in dirty weather ...1599
• GAGGLED daggled, wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HASHY wet, slushy, sleety ...Bk1902 Sc.
• IMBRID † wet, rainy ...1623
• IMPLUVIOUS †* wet with rain ...1656
• LABBERLY wet; rainy ...1842 Eng. dial.
• LABBERY wet; rainy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIRY wet, swampy, miry ... a1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MADEFACIENT †* making moist, wetting ...1727
• MADENT †* wet, moist ...1727
• MADID * wet, moist ..1615
• NESH * damp, moist, wet ...1387
• OHRISH wet, dirty, muddy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLIE wet and misty ...1955 Sc.
• RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RATHER OF THE WETTEST very wet ...1870 Eng. dial.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SAFT wet, rainy, damp ...1812 Sc.
• SAM-ZODY sodden, soft, damp, wet ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SAM-ZOED sodden, soft, damp, wet ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAP wet, rainy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAPPIE wet, dripping, sodden; rainy ...1821 Sc.
• SAPPY † full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy ...c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAP-WET drenched, wet through ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBRIGUOUS † moist, wet, and watery underneath ...1656
• THONE damp, moist, wet; soft from dampness ...1691 Eng. dial.
• THONISH damp, wettish ...1740 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-WET wet to the skin ...1901 Eng. dial.
• UVID †* moist, wet ...1656
• WACHIE clammy, wet; foggy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WACK † moist, damp, wet, clammy ...1513 Sc.
• WAK † moist, damp, wet ...1513 Sc.
• WAT wet ...B1900 Sc.
• WET AS THATCH very wet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WET, WETNESS - nouns
• CAB a sticky mass; anything dirty, wet, or clammy; a cold sweat ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DANK † 1. wetness, humidity, damp ...? a1400
† 2. a wet place, a pool, a marsh ...1513
• MADEFACTION † a wetting; the act of making wet or moist ...1581 now rare or obs.
• MADEFICATION † a moistening or wetting ...1727
• MADIDITY † moisture, wetness ...1656
• MADIDNESS † moistness, wetness ...1731
• MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather ...1900 Sc.
• VA a wet piece of ground ...1908 Sc.
WET - nouns, person
• DABBLE-DOCK † a person 'battered with storms, having all his clothes wet' ...1824 Sc.
WET - verbs
• BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
• BEDRABBLE to make wet and dirty with rain and mud ...c1440
• BEDRAGGLE to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt ...1727
• BESHED † to drench, moisten, wet with ...1382
• DAGGLE 1. to wet and soil a garment etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass ...1530
2. to wet by splashing or sprinkling ...1805
• DAMP to wet, to moisten slightly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DANK † to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain ...a1310
• JABBLE to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LABBER to wet; to become wet ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG † to daggle, to render wet or muddy ...c1440
• LEACH †* to water, to wet ...c888
• MADEFY † to make wet; to moisten ...c1420
• MADIDATE † to wet or moisten ...1656
• UMBEWET † to wet about ...c1440
WET - phrases
• BE NEITHER SUGAR NOR SALT not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather ...1855
• NOT TO BE MADE OF SUGAR OR SALT not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather ...1855
WET-NURSE - nouns, person
• AMAH a wet-nurse ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• MILK-WOMAN a wet nurse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SUCK-GIVER † a wet-nurse ...1551
• SUCK-NURSE † a wet-nurse ...c1640
WETSUIT - nouns
• STEAMER a full wetsuit covering the torso, legs, and arms ...1982 Aust. sl.
WHACK - nouns
• BASTINADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ...1577 arch.
• BASTONADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
• BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap ...1847 Amer. sl.
• TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop ...a1825 Sc.
• WALLOP a heavy resounding blow; a whack ...1823 colloq.
• YANKER † a smart blow or stroke, a whack ...1825 Sc.
WHACK - verbs
• BIFF to whack, to hit hard, to strike ...1888 sl.
• LAMBAISE to lambaste, to whack, to belabour ...1913 Sc.
• QUILT to beat, to thrash soundly, to flog, to belabour, to whack ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
WHALE - nouns
• BACON † the blubber of a whale ...1712 ?obs.
• BALEEN 1. whalebone ...c1325
† 2. a whale ...1387
• BELUE †* a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale ...1474
• CHIMNEY a whale's spout ...1896 Amer. whaling usage
• DEVILFISH a gray whale ...1860 Amer. dial.
• FAWL a whale ...1932 Sc.
• GAM a herd or school of whales ...1850
• GRAYBACK a gray whale ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HARDHEAD the California grey whale ...1884 Amer. dial.
• OIL-BUTT in whaling: a whale likely to yield much oil ...1823 Amer. sl.
• SOG † a whale
WHALE - verbs
• GAM of whales: to gather together and form a 'gam' or school ...1889
WHALEBONE - nouns
• BELLANE † whalebone ...1513
WHALING - nouns
• BLANKET in whaling: a large strip of whale blubber ...1851 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER SHOP a whaling ship; used disparagingly ...1932 Amer. nautical sl.
• FALL in whaling: the cry given when a whale is sighted, or seen to blow, or harpooned; the chase of a whale or school of whales ...1694
• GAM a social meeting of whalers at sea ...1850
• SUDS in whaling: the foam churned up by a wounded whale ...1850
WHALING - verbs
• GAM of whalers: to meet and hold intercourse with the crew of another ship ...1890
WHALING - interjections
• TOWN HO! in whaling: used as a cry when a whale is sighted or as a cry for help ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TOWNOR! in whaling: used as a cry when a whale is sighted or as a cry for help ...1791 Amer. dial.
WHARF - nouns, person
• WHARFIE a stevedore, docker, or other wharf-worker ...1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WHARF-RAT anyone who hangs about wharfs, looking out for an opportunity to steal from a cargo ...M19 orig. US sl.
WHAT - phrases
• WHAT-ER? a form of 'what' used when questioning the previous speaker's self-description, as in 'I'm a butcher.' 'A what-er?' ...L19
• WHAT-Y? a form of 'what' used when questioning the previous speaker's self-description, as in 'I'm a butcher.' 'A what-er?' ...L19
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? - phrases
• GRINDING SMOKE an evasive answer given a child who inquisitively asks what one is doing ...1946 Amer. dial.
• MAKING CRUTCHES FOR LAME DUCKS an answer to 'what are you doing?' ...2007 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON ICE CREAM used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? ...2001 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON LEMONS used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON THE ICE-CREAM FREEZER. used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? ...1979 Amer. dial.
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING? - phrases
• ASSHOLES FOR HOBBY HORSES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRITCHES TO SEW BUTTONS ON said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKLE TO A HEN'S NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUTTONHOLES FOR THE ICE CREAM said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT FUR, DID YOU EVER SEE IT ON DOGS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FIDDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR, EVER SEE IT ON PUPPIES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR ON A PUMPHANDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES, DO YOU WANT THE FIRST PAIR said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE WHISTLE BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CRUTCH FOR A LAME DUCK said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DINGFOD OFF THE DOODADDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOG'S FUZZY ASS AND YOU'RE GOOD TO FEEL IT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOO-FLICKER FOR A DOO-JOHN said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLE-MA-DAB said to a child when he asks, 'What are you making?' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FILLUMAJIG said to a child when he asks, 'What are you making?' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIMDIDDLE FOR A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1946 Amer. dial.
• FIMFADDLE TO TIE UP A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1988 Amer. dial.
• FUR TO MAKE KITTEN'S MITTENS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GIDDY-GAPPER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GING-DING said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GUNNERFITZ said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HANDLE TO A HEN'S NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HICKEY FOR HOOTENANNY said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HICKEY-DOODLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HICKEY-JIGGER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HICKUM-SKIVVER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOBGOBLIN PIE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HO-DAD WITH A SHUFFLIN' ROD said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOTENANNY ON A SHINDIG said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOTYCACKLE FOR A RAMSHACKLE TO MAKE A SHAM GO ROUND said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HORSE'S NECK said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JOE-DOCK TO GO ON A GUM-FUDGEON said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KITTEN BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KNOTHOLES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYING ON AND MAKING LAYOVERS TO CATCH MEDDLERS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYING ROPE TO CATCH A MEDDLER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS, AND YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE CAUGHT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER BRITCHES FOR A CAT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE DO-SOMETHING said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILDEW TO KEEP FROM MOLDING said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLE TO SEW UP YOUR MOUTH said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOODLE-NETTLE TO WIND UP THE SUN said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PADDLE TO WHIP YOU said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUDDIN IN TANE, ASK ME AGAIN, I'LL TELL YOU SAME said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RUNNING-GEAR TO A GOOSE NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUNNING-GEAR TO A HAWK'S NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON LEMONS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHIT ON A STICK said to put off a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOMETHING TO GLUE YOUR MOUTH UP WITH said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIG FOR A WHAT-YOU-MAY-CALL-IT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOGGLEMENT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TREE-SQUEAK said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WAFFLE-DAMPER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHAT-YOU-MAY-CALL-IT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIMBOOZLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIMPADIDDLE TO GRIND SMOKE WITH said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLIN' A WOODEN ASSHOLE FOR MERRY-GO-ROUND HORSES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOPIE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOSEAMAJIGGER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIMMYDIDDLE TO GRIND SMOKE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIM-WAM FOR A GOOSE'S BRIDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIND-DIDDLER TO GRIND SMOKE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WINDSHIELD FOR A GOAT'S ASS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WING-WONG FOR A DUCK'S BRIDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WING-WONG FOR A MUSTARD MILL said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• YING-YANG said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
WHATEVER - pronouns
• EVERWHAT whatever ...1915 Amer. dial.
WHAT IS THAT? - phrases
• FARO FOR MEDDLERS used as an evasive answer to a question, esp. "What's that?" ...1935 Amer. dial.
• FIMDIDDLE FOR A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1946 Amer. dial.
• FIMFADDLE TO TIE UP A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1988 Amer. dial.
• LAREOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS, A a reply to what's that? ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAY ROWS FOR MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LAYERS TO CATCH MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVERS FOR MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LARROWS ARE TRAPS FOR MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LARROWS TO CATCH MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH FOR MEDDLERS used as an evasive answer to a question, esp. "What's that?" ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REAROVERS TO CATCH MEDDLERS an evasive answer to children, "What's that?" ...1906 Amer. dial.
WHAT'S GOING ON? - phrases
• WAGWON? what's going on? ...2003 UK sl.
WHAT'S UP? - phrases
• CHICKEN BUTT used in response to 'what's up?', nothing, no matter, forget it ...1960s US Black sl.
WHEAT - adjectives
• SILIGINOSE * made of fine wheat ...1727
WHEEDLE - verbs
• BLAW to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONE to beg; to wheedle; to request demandingly, to importune ..1858 Amer. dial.
• CADGE orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc. ...L18 sl.
• CANT to wheedle, to coax ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• COLLOGUE to wheedle, to coax ...L16
• COLLYFOGLE to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
• COME THE OLD SOLDIER to wheedle; to impose on someone ...1818 UK sl., orig. military
• DWEEDLE † to cajole, to wheedle ...1688 ? obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLAMP to flatter; to wheedle ...c1937 Royal Air Force usage
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• GET ROUND A MAN'S NECK-HOLE to wheedle and coax for a favour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE WRONG SOW BY THE TAIL to wheedle the wrong person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to cajole, wheedle, flatter ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LENOCINATE †* to wheedle ...1609
• MEE-MAW to wheedle, to coax, to caress in a wheedling manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILL ONE OUT OF A THING to wheedle it away ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALAVER to ask someone for something; to beg from; to wheedle out of ...M18
• SAWNEY to wheedle, to cant ...B1900
• TEAL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• TEEL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• THUD † to wheedle, to flatter ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICE † to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...c1275 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TISE to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...1860 Sc.
WHEEDLED - adjectives
• ELOZABLE †* readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537
WHEEDLER, WHEEDLING - nouns, person
• CLAWBACK † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• FLATTERCAP † a flatterer, a wheedler; a wheedling or coaxing child who tries to gain their own little ends by flattery ...1681 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLL-POOP a pet; a spoiled child; a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLYPOT a coaxing, wheedling child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PALAVERER one who wheedles and flatters ...M18
• TEALER one who entices or wheedles ...B1900 Sc.
WHEEDLING - adjectives
• CARNEYING in a wheedling, coaxing, or insinuating manner ...1851 colloq.
• FAIR-CALLING plausible, smooth-tongued, flattering, wheedling ...1814 Sc.
• LENOCINATING †* wheedling ...1609
• SALVY unctuous of speech and matter; ingratiating, wheedling ...1896 Eng. dial.
WHEEDLING - nouns
• THUD † the act of wheedling or flattering ...Bk1905 Sc.
WHEEL - nouns
• BIRLING a whirring noise; a noisy, rapid revolution of a wheel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ORB † a circle, or anything of circular form, as a circular disc or wheel, or a ring ...1590 rare or obs.
• RAT the track of a wheel in a road; a rut ...B1900 Sc.
• RIDE a rut or wheel-mark ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE a solid wheel or barrel ...1611
• SCORCH a block under a wheel to prevent it from moving ...1982 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH a block under a wheel, etc. to keep it from moving ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SUFFLAMINATION * a stopping the wheels of a vehicle as with a block or wedge ...1658
WHEEL - verbs
• SCORCH to block a wheel ...1982 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH to prevent from moving by use of a chock, esp. the wheel of a vehicle, to put a block under a wheel to keep it from rolling ...1860 Amer. dial.
WHEELBARROW - nouns
• BABY-BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOX-BARROW a wheelbarrow with wooden sides ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALES † the two handles of a wheelbarrow or plough ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IRISH AMBULANCE a wheelbarrow ...1910s US sl.
• IRISH BABY BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1910s US sl.
• IRISH BABY CARRIAGE a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH BUGGIE a wheelbarrow ...1929 Amer. dial.
• IRISH BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CHARIOT a wheelbarrow ...1900s US sl.
• IRISH LOCAL a wheelbarrow ...1930s US sl.
• IRISH MAN-O'-WAR a wheelbarrow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S AUTOMOBILE a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1939 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S CAR a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S CART a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH PLUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1937 Amer. dial.
• IRISH WAGON a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MACNAMARA a barrow ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
• MEXICAN HYDRAULIC LIFT (derogatory) a wheelbarrow ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PADDY WAGON a wheelbarrow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PADDY-BARROW a wheelbarrow ...1911 Amer. dial.
• PADDY'S CAR a wheelbarrow ...1973 Amer. dial.
• PADDY'S COACH a wheelbarrow ...1939 Amer. dial.
• PUSHMOBILE a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIRL the wheel of a wheelbarrow ...1883 Eng. dial.
• WHEELBARREL a wheelbarrow ...1870 Amer. dial.
• WHEELBARRY a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
WHEELBARROW - nouns, person
• BARROW JOCKEY one who pushes a wheelbarrow ...Bk1944 service sl.
WHEELBARROW - verbs
• BARROW to carry in a wheelbarrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
WHEELCHAIR - nouns
• SPAZ CHARIOT a wheelchair ...2003 UK sl.
WHEELCHAIR - nouns, person
• WHEELIE someone in or confined to a wheelchair ...1977 Aust. sl.
WHEELED VEHICLE - nouns
• CAR a wheeled vehicle or conveyance; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. ...1382
WHEEZE - verbs
• EAZE to wheeze ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OOZLE to wheeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEASE to wheeze ...1887 Sc.
• QUEESE to wheeze ...1887 Sc.
WHEEZY - adjectives
• THICK-LIFTED short-winded, wheezy, breathing with difficulty ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THICK-LISTED short-winded, wheezy, breathing with difficulty ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TISSICKING asthmatic, wheezy ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TIZZICKY asthmatic, wheezy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
WHENEVER - adverbs
• EVER AND WHEN whenever, when ...1933 Amer. dial.
• EVERWHEN whenever ...1924 Amer. dial.
WHERE - adverbs
• WHAT SIDE? where? ...1867 Amer. dial.
WHERE - nouns
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
WHERE - phrases
• ANNIE'S ROOM used when one does not know the answer to the question "Where is ..." ...1910s Aust. sl., orig. military
• ARSEHOLE SQUARE reply to "Where?" ...L19, chiefly London usage
WHEREABOUTS - nouns
• UBI † present place or position; whereabouts ...1778
WHEREVER - adverbs
• EVERWHERE wherever ...1915 Amer. dial.
WHICHEVER - adjectives
• EVERWHICH whichever ...1903 Amer. dial.
WHIFF - nouns
• GUSH a smell, a whiff, as of tobacco ...1838 colloq.
• QUIFF a breath; a whiff ...1889 Eng. dial.
WHILE - nouns
• BONNY WEE a good while ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAND'S-WHILE a little while ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HANDWHILE † a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAMMONIE a little while ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RACE †* a space of time; a while ...a1300
• WHILES a time, a while ...1857 Amer. dial.
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - adjectives
• BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical ...1879
• CAT-WITTED small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful; silly and conceited; harebrained, whimsical ...1673
• COCKLE-BRAINED whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed ...1824 Sc.
• FADDISH whimsical ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANCICAL * fanciful; whimsical ...1671 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY flighty, whimsically inclined ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KICKSEY-WINSEY † fantastic, whimsical, erratic ...c1650
• MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGATIVOUS full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGOT-BRAINED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOT-HEADED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOTISH † crotchety; full of whims or perverse fancies ...a1700
• MAGGOT-PATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOT-PLATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTTY eccentric, whimsical ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOTY full of whims and foolish fancies; freakish ...1678
• MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1667
• MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY-PATED whimsical ...1850
• MANKY whimsical; lively, frisky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKISH whimsical ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY-HEADED adj. whimsical ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOONISH † acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONATE given to notions or impulses, fanciful, whimsical ...1850 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• OF STRANGE OPPORTUNITY † whimsical ...1790 Eng. dial.
• VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical ...1827
• VAGARISH † somewhat whimsical ...1819 now rare or obs.
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - nouns
• ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BEES whims, fancies ...1776 Sc.
• CANTRIP any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct ...1719
• CAPRICCIO † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1601
• CAPRICH † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1656
• DANDRUM a whim, a freak; an ill temper ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE a whim, a fad; something trifling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGERRY a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy ...1892 Ireland
• FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural ...1836 Eng. dial.
• FANDANGLEMENT a whim, crotchet; a gewgaw ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FANGLE a conceit, a whim ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FANGLER a whim, conceit ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FANTADS fancies, whims ...1880 Eng. dial.
• FANTASQUE † fancy, whim ...1698
• FANTASTICALITY something that is fantastical; a crotchet, a whim ...1631
• FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a 'lark' ..1894 Eng. dial.
• FANTODS fancies, whims ...1880 Eng. dial.
• FEGARY * a vagary, a prank; a whim, an eccentricity ...E17 Eng. dial. & colloq. rare
• FICK-FACKS. peculiarities of temper, whims ...19C Sc.
• FINGLE-FANGLE † a trifle; a thing of no importance; something whimsical or fantastic ...1678
• FRIM-FRAM a trifle, a whim, a fancy, an invention ...1847 Sc.
• GAIRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAIRY † a whim, fancy ...1822 Sc.
• GAMMET fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAMMETTING frolicking, whims, tricks, pranks ...1873 Eng. dial.
• GAMUT fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAWRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIVER a piece of folly or nonsense; a whim, a piece of foolishness ...1793 Sc.
• JAG a whim; a fancy ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• KICKIE-WICKIE a whim or erratic fancy ...B1900
• KICKSEY-WINSEY † a fantastic device; a whim or erratic fancy ...1599
• KINK a whimsical idea, a slight eccentricity ...19C US sl.
• MADDOCK a whim ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• MAGGOT a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet ...a1625
• MAWK a whim, a foolish fancy; a joke; a trick ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAY-GAMES tricks, frolics, antics, practical jokes; whims, fancies ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural ...1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANNICK an idle whim; a childish fancy or fear; a jibe ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD KICK IN ONE'S GALLOP a whim, a fancy; an eccentricity ...L18 sl.
• QUEERNESSES AND QUIAMS whims of all sorts ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIAMS whims; singular notions ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLES whims, foolish fancies ...1891 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK a fuss; a whim, fancy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SHOKE a hobby; a whim; a favourite pursuit ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• TANTRIL a freak, a whim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUM a foolish fancy; a whim, vagary; a fluster ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUM a senseless, foolish whim; a fit of ill-humour or dissatisfaction ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIC a whim ...19C
• TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy ...1896
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VARIORUM † a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss ...1857 Sc.
• VEAG a freak, a whim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEAGUE a freak, a whim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VITTRE a whim; a pretense ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANTONNESS † caprice, whim ...1595
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - nouns, person
• FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies ...19C Eng. dial.
• MAGGOT a whimsical or capricious person ...1681
• MAGGOT-MONGER † a crotcheteer; a whimsical person ...1660
• MAGGOT-PATE † a silly whimsical person ...1622
• MAGGOTY-PATE an opprobrious term; a whimsical person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY-POW a whimsical, crotchety person ...1887 Sc.
• VAGARIAN * one given to vagaries or whims ...1891
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - verbs
• HAVE BEES IN THE HEAD to be whimsical or obsessed with something ...a1553
• THRUM to act on a foolish whim; to become sulky or ill-humoured ...Bk1905 Sc.
WHIMPER - verbs
• CRAKE to whimper, or plaintively ask for a thing over and over again; to murmur, to complain, to fret ....1871 Eng. dial.
• FIRPLE to whimper ...19C Sc.
• GROAK to whimper, to cry for anything ...1894 Sc.
• JAMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Ireland
• MEECH to whimper, to grumble ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MIFF to whimper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper ...1525
• SIMPER to whimper; to cry; to begin to cry as a spoiled child does ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SQUEEZE to fret, to whimper ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• WHINDLE to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1770 Amer. dial.
• WHINNEL to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1886 Amer. dial.
• YACKAZ to whimper, to whine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMOUR to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper ...1825 Sc.
• YIMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 N. Ireland
• YOMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
WHIMPERING - nouns
• BESSYBABISHNESS the whimpering of a spoiled child ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER a cry of lamentation, a wail; a loud outcry, shout, yell; lamentation, querulous utterance; a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining; grumbling ...1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHIMPERING - nouns, person
• GRIZZLE-POT a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining ...B1900 sl.
• WHIMP a spineless, whimpering, undesirable person ...M20 US sl.
• WIMP a spineless, whimpering, undesirable person; an ineffectual or incompetent person; a weak, ineffectual man ...1920 sl., orig. US
WHIMSICAL - see WHIM
WHINE - nouns
• CANT a whining manner of speaking, esp. of beggars; a whine ...1640
• PULE a whine; a complaint ...L19 now Sc. & literary
• YAWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking; foolish talk ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YELP a whine ...1896 Sc.
• YIRN a complaint; a whine ...1896 Sc.
• YOWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking ...1889 Eng. dial.
WHINE - verbs
• CAINGE to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANGE to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GREEBLE to go about whining, looking for sympathy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGE to whine, to complain ...1960s sl.
• IRM to whine, to complain; to question querulously and continuously ...Bk1902 Sc.
• PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper ...1525
• RAME to dwell on a subject persistently; to whine over a grievance; to harp on about one's troubles ...1875 Sc.
• REAM to ask for anything fretfully and repeatedly; to cry in a whining manner; to ply one with questions; to keep on repeating the same words ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAIRL to whine ...1866 Sc.
• SANNICK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SONNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THINNY to whine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHINDLE to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1770 Amer. dial.
• WHINNEL to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1886 Amer. dial.
• YACKAZ to whimper, to whine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YALP-YALP of a person: to call out loudly and shrilly; to whine ...1903 Sc.
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARP † to 'harp' fretfully; to grumble, to carp, to complain, to whine ...1827 Sc.
• YAUP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc.
• YELP to complain, to whine ...1706
• YERM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone ...1832 Sc.
• YIRM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone ...1832 Sc.
• YIRN to whine, to complain; to grumble ...1824 Sc. & N. Ireland
• YOPE to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Eng. dial.
• YOWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Eng. dial.
• YURM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone ...1832 Sc.
• YURN to whine, to complain; to grumble ...1824 Sc.
WHINER, WHINING - nouns, person
• GRIZZLE-POT a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining ...B1900 sl.
• MIVVY a complainer, a whiner, an 'old woman' ...L19 sl.
• PETER GRIEVANCE a whiner, a complainer, a whingeing child ...M19 sl.
• PETER GRIEVOUS a whiner, a complainer, a whingeing child ...M19 sl.
• TIDDY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• TITTY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• YAMMERER a whining, fretful child ...1874 Sc.
• YAP a whining, complaining person ...20C Irish sl.
• YAWP a whining, complaining person ...20C Irish sl.
• YERP a whining, complaining person ...20C Irish sl.
WHINGER - nouns, person
• BAWLY-IKE a complaining person; a nuisance; a whinger ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MISERY-MOANY a whinger; a complainer ...1940s Irish sl.
• MIZZLER a whinger; a complainer ...1940s sl.
• MOANER a complainer, a whinger, a pessimist ...1920s sl., orig. US
WHINING - adjectives
• MARDY of a child: spoiled, sulky, whining ...E20 Eng. dial.
• MEWLING crying, whining ...1895 Sc.
• PULY whining, querulous ...L17
• SANNOCKING fretful, peevish, whining ...1893 Eng. dial.
WHINING - nouns
• OLD SOOGH a customary cant or whining mode of speaking ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAMMERING † n. a whining, complaining ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHINNY - see NEIGH
WHIP - nouns
• AZOTE a switch or whip; anything used as a whip ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BLACK SNAKE a short-handled whip with a long lash; used on stages and dog-teams ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BONE-POLISHER a cat-o'-nine tails ...1848 nautical sl.
• BUSH the cat-o'-nine-tails ...1895 sl.
• BULLWHACK a whip, used to intimidate refractory animals ...1885 Amer. dial.
• CATTY TAIL a whip, probably imaginary, used to threaten children and make them behave ...1967 Amer. dial.
• COW-COD a whip or a club made from a dried bull's penis ...Jamaican usage
• FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong ...Bk1900 Sc.
• JERK a stripe; a lash with a whip ...1557-8 sl.
• LARRUP a switch; a whip ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JACK a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1860 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MISSOURI PISTOL. a whip with a buckskin thong attached to the end, used by muleskinners and bullwhackers ...1977 Amer. dial.
• TASKER'S-CORN a blow with a whip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW the point of a whip; a whip ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a flogging; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHIP - nouns, person
• BONE-POLISHER one who wields a cat-o'-nine tails ...1857 nautical sl.
• MASTIGOPHORER † 'a fellow worthy to be whipped; also, an usher, who with whips removed the people, where there was much press' ...1656
WHIP - verbs
• BALEISE to beat, to flog, to whip, to scourge ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BELLISE to beat, to flog; to whip, to scourge ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BROWSE to beat or whip someone as punishment ...c1869 Amer. dial.
• CURRY ONE'S JACKET to whip soundly on the back ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAN WITH A SLIPPER to beat, to whip, to berate ...L18 colloq.
• FEAGUE † to beat, to whip ...1668
• FIRE to crack a whip ...1828 Amer. dial.
• FLAGELLATE to whip, scourge, flog
• FLANK to crack a whip; also, to hit a mark with the lash of one ...1830 sl.
• GET ONE'S TAG to whip or chastise one; to disconcert or reprove severely ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE GOSS to punish; to give one a whipping ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GYBE to whip; to beat; to castigate ...L17 sl.
• HORSE to flog, to whip; also, to treat roughly ...1775 US sl.
• JERK † to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch ...1550
• LAP to punish by whipping ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP to beat thoroughly, to strike, to thrash, to whip, to flog ...1824 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAY THE BUD TO to whip with a stick ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LEASH † to beat or lash with a leash; to whip ...1503
• LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip ...1888 Amer. dial.
• LIMB to beat severely, to whip, to flog ...1949 Amer. dial.
• OIL to hit, to beat, to whip ...L18 sl.
• OIL UP to beat, to whip ...L18 sl.
• OOLD † to tie round with string; to bind, to whip ...1866 Sc.
• RALLY to crack a whip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to punish; to chastise; to whip; to beat severely ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SCOCHE to whip ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR to whip, to flog, to beat; to whip a top ...1867 Sc.
• SCOWDER to whip severely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUTCH to beat, to whip, to thrash soundly ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• SHARPEN ONE'S HOE to thrash, to whip ...1919 Amer. dial.
• TANTOOZLE to whip soundly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW to whip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAWSE to whip; to scourge, to belabour ...1790 Sc.
• TICKLE to beat, to chastise, to whip ...1592
• TROLLOP to strike, to beat, to whip; to outdo in a contest ...1842 Amer. dial.
• WHUP to whip; to beat or defeat decisively ...1890 Amer. dial.
• YARK † to strike hard, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHIPPED - adjectives
• BUTTERED whipped, flogged ...M19 US sl.
• FLAGELLOMANIAC enthusiastic about or deriving (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
• FLY-FLAPPED whipped in the stocks or at the cart's tail ...c1785 sl.
• GYBED whipped ...L17 sl.
WHIPPED - verbs
• CLY THE JERK to be whipped at the post ...1609 cant
• NAB THE TEIZE to be whipped ...Bk1902 sl.
• PLAY THE PART OF THE STRONG MAN to be whipped at the cart's tail; this involved the person being tied to the back of the cart, sometimes naked, and paraded through the streets whilst being whipped ...Bk1904 sl.
WHIPPING - nouns
• BAMBOOING a thrashing, a whipping ...M19 sl.
• BROWSING a beating, a whipping ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BRUSHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1842 Amer. dial.
• CANARY 100 strokes of the lash ...M19 Aust. sl.
• ESSENCE OF HICKORY a whipping with a hickory switch ...M19 US sl.
• FEED OF OATS, A a whipping ...19C chiefly rural usage
• FLAGELLOMANIA enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
• FLOGGING a whipping to arouse sexual feelings; flagellation ...17C cant
• LACED JACKET a sound whipping or beating ...1824 US Sl.
• LAPPING a whipping ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LARRUPING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging; a whipping; a tongue-lashing, a scolding ...1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OIL OF BIRCH a beating or flogging with a birch rod; a whipping ...1828
• OIL OF HICKORY a beating with a hickory rod, a thrashing; a whipping ...1837 Amer. sl.
• OIL OF WALNUT a whipping ...1941 Amer. dial.
• OIL OF WHIP a beating or flogging; a whipping ...1693
• PEACH-LIMB TEA a whipping; punishment with peach tree switch ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PEACH-TREE OIL a whipping; punishment with peach tree switch ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PEACH-TREE TEA a whipping; punishment with peach tree switch ...1912 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDING a whipping ..1848 Amer. dial.
• SCATLINGS a whipping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUTTER a whipping ...L17 sl.
• SCUTCHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1930 Amer. dial.
WHIPPING - nouns, person
• FLAGELLOMANIAC a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
WHIPPING-POST - nouns
• JIGGER a whipping-post ...1708 sl.
WHIR - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRLING a whirring noise; a noisy, rapid revolution of a wheel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRR a whirring noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
WHIR - verbs
• BINNER to cause a whirring or humming sound; to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRR to whir ...Bk1911 Sc.
WHIRL - adjectives
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE full of twirls or whirls ...1816 Sc.
WHIRL - nouns
• TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl ...1790 Eng. dial.
WHIRL - verbs
• PIROOT to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIROOT AROUND to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• QUIRL to whirl ...1808 Sc.
• TEETOTUM to wheel or whirl about; to twist round ...1899 Eng. dial.
• VEER † to turn round, to revolve, to whirl about ...1598
• WHURTLE to whirl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
WHIRLED - nouns
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
• TIRLY-WHIRLY a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
WHIRLIGIG - nouns
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
• TIRLY-WHIRLY a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
WHIRLING - adjectives
• BIRLING whirling with noise ...1865 Sc.
WHIRLPOOL - nouns
• BORE a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream ...1972 Amer. dial.
• EDDY-TIDE a whirlpool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDRAIN a whirlpool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INDRAW a whirlpool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAELSTROM a great whirlpool ...1682
• TIDE-EDDY a whirlpool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• VELLA a whirlpool ...1880 Eng. dial.
• WALL a whirlpool in the sea ...Bk1905 Sc.
WHIRLWIND - nouns
• DANCING DEVIL a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust; a dust devil ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL-DANCER a small whirlwind; a gust of wind, esp. on water ...1925 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL DERVISH a small whirlwind; a gust of wind, esp. on water ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ROGER'S BLAST a sudden and small localized whirlwind ...L19 Eng. dial.
• SAND AUGER a little sand whirlwind; a dust devil ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SAND DEVIL a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WHIRL-BLAST a whirlwind, a hurricane; a storm of wind ...1798
• WHIRLIGUST a whirlwind ...1859 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLYGUST a whirlwind ...1859 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLY WIND a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust; a tornado ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WIND DEVIL a whirlwind ...1905 Amer. dial.
WHIRR - nouns
• VIR the noise made by an object in swift motion; a whirr ...1710 Sc.
• VIRR the noise made by an object in swift motion; a whirr ...1710 Sc.
WHIRR - verbs
• BINNER to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound; also, to whirr, to buzz ...Bk1898 Sc.
WHIRRING - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKIRR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
WHISKERS - adjectives
• BALD-FACED of men: having neither beard nor whiskers ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
WHISKERS - nouns (also see beard, moustache, sideburns)
• ALFALFA a beard, whiskers ...L19 sl.
• ANGLICAN INCH the short, square whiskers affected by members of the Broad Church or liberal wing of the Church of England ...L19 sl.
• BACCA-PIPES whiskers curled in small, close ringlets ...M19 sl.
• BEWHISKER a whisker ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUM-FLUFF the facial hair of an adolescent boy ...1949 UK sl.
• BURNSIDES a style of beard consisting of a moustache, whiskers, and a clean-shaven chin ...1909 US
• CAMPS †* the whiskers of a cat; stout bristly hairs, as in a beard ...c1450
• DAWN the hair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft feathery hairs of some seeds; anything fluffy ...1890 Eng. dial.
• EARGUARD short side-whiskers, sideboards, or sideburns ...1940s Aust. sl.
• FACE FANNIES sideburns ...1990s sl.
• FACE FUNGUS male facial hair, i.e. a beard and/or moustache ...1907 sl.
• FACE-LACE whiskers, a beard ...1927 Amer. jocular
• GALWAY a style of facial whisker - grown on the upper part of the cheek only ...1920s US
• GRASS ABOUT THE BOWS a beard, whiskers ...1945 Amer. dial.
• HACKLES hair, whiskers ...1882
• LACE CURTAINS whiskers, esp. false whiskers used in the theatre; a beard ...1919 US jocular
• LILACS comparatively full side whiskers ...c1919 US sl.
• NANNY GOAT a style of side-whiskers ...1900s US sl.
• SAUSAGES side-whiskers ...M19 sl.
• SCRATCH a beard or whiskers ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SIDE BEARD a side-whisker, sideburn ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SIDEBOARDS side whiskers ...1857 UK sl.
• SIDE BOYS a style of side-whiskers ...1900s US sl.
• SIDE EDGE whiskers, sideburns ...c1860 tailors' usage
• SIDE-LEVERS side-whiskers; sideburns ...1920s sl.
• SIDE-SCRAPERS short sideburns that were fashionable in the late 1870s ...c1879 UK middle class usage
• SIDE-WINGS side-whiskers, sideburns ...L19 sl.
• SIDEYS side whiskers ...1967 UK sl.
• SIDIES side whiskers ...1967 UK sl.
• SLUGGERS ear-to-chin whiskers ...1898 sl.
• SLUGGER WHISKERS ear-to-chin whiskers ...1898 sl.
• SUBBOSCO † a jocular word for the hair that grows upon the lower part of the face ...1579
WHISKERS - nouns, person
• FRILLED LIZARD a man with a whisker-framed face ...c1942 Aust sl.
• JO-JO a man with a very heavy beard and side-whiskers ...L19 Aust. sl.
• OLD WHISKERS a working man with long, unkempt, greying whiskers, usually shouted out by impudent children ...M19 sl.
• WHISKERANDO a heavily whiskered or bearded man ...1807 humorous
• ARTICLE a wench, a woman, a prostitute ...19C Brit. sl.
• BLOWEN a wench, a trull ...1812 sl.
• BLOWING a wench, a trull ...1812 sl.
• CALLET † a wench, a jade, a doxy, a drab, a scold; a term of contempt ...1820 Sc.
• GIXY † a giddy, frivolous girl; a wench; a lively lass; a wanton woman ...1611
• MADAM a wench; a hussy ...E18 Brit.
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALLY-MOP a dirty wench ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAMPHELET † a courtesan, a wench ...1500-20
WENCHER - nouns, person
• FIGURE-MAKER a wencher ...c1875 sl.
• GUSSETEER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher; somewhat derisory ...19C Brit. sl.
• LUSTY-GUTS a notorious copulator; a good wencher ...L16 sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a whoremonger; a man addicted to prostitutes; a debauched man; a pimp, a wencher ...1532 sl., now rare or obs.
• SMELL-SMOCK † a licentious man; one who runs after women; a great wencher; a lover of women; a whoremonger (in early use employed suggestively as a surname) ...1550
• STRIKER a wencher ...1639 sl.
• STRINGER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher ...1611 sl.
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• WOODMAN a wencher, a whoremonger, a man who seeks prostitutes ...19C Brit. sl.
WENCHING - nouns
• GUSSETING wenching ...19C colloq.
WEST - adjectives/adverbs
• BEWEST to the west of ...Bk1911 Sc.
• OCCIDENT † situated in the west, western ...1513
• OCCIDENTAL situated in or directed towards that region of the heavens in which the sun sets; in the west, western, westerly ...c1391
• PONENT † situated in the west, western ...1538
WEST - nouns
• PONENT † the place or direction of the sunset; the west ...1538 obs. or arch.
• VESTREEN † the west ...1825 Sc.
WEST - verbs
• OCCIDENT to turn or direct towards the west ...1896 nonce word
WESTERN - adverbs
• OCCIDENTALLY in a Western (American) fashion ...1833
WESTERN - nouns
• OCCIDENTAL a western country or region; a native or inhabitant of the West ...1587
• OCCIDENTALITY Western style or character ...1873
WESTERN - nouns, person
• OCCIDENTALIST one who advocates Western customs, modes of thought, etc. ...1877
• OCCIDENTALIST one who studies the languages and institutions of Western nations ...1890
WESTERN MOVIE, ETC. - nouns
• HAYBURNER a Western movie ...1948 Amer. sl.
• HORSE OPERA a cowboy film, esp. if undistinguished; hence, a radio or TV western ...1927 sl.
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a movie, television show, radio show, or book about cowboys; a Western ...1946 Amer. entertainment industry
• OAT(S) OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• SAGEBRUSHER a Western cowboy film ...1920s US sl.
WESTERN - verbs
• OCCIDENTALIZE to conform to or imbue with Western ideas or characteristics ...1870
WEST INDIES - nouns, person
• FRESHWATER a West Indian who visits America and comes back with a US accent ...20C W. Indies & Trinidad
• MONKEY-CHASER a dark-skinned native of the British West Indies ...1926 Amer. dial.
• YAM a West Indian ...M19 US Black sl.
WEST POINT - nouns, person
• BEAST a cadet in preliminary training at West Point ...World War II Amer. sl.
WEST VIRGINIA - nouns
• MOUNTAIN STATE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANHANDLE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANHANDLE SECTION West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PANHANDLE STATE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAKE STATE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WEST VIRGINIE West Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
WEST VIRGINIA - nouns, person
• HAW-EATER a West Virginian ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE a native or resident of West Virginia ...1934 Amer. sl.
WET - adjectives
• ALL OF A SWIM very wet ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASHY wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUTHRIE wet, stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DAGGED † wet with dew, drizzling rain, or a sprinkling of anything ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLED wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLING trailing in the wet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY wet, showery ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMPY wet, moist, damp ...1846 Eng. dial.
• DANK † wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc. ...? a1400
• DANKISH † wet; humid ...1545
• DAUBING wet, dirty ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DRIPPLETY wet, rainy ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUNG-WET † as wet as dung, thoroughly wet or soaked, having been out in dirty weather ...1599
• GAGGLED daggled, wet or dirtied by mud, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HASHY wet, slushy, sleety ...Bk1902 Sc.
• IMBRID † wet, rainy ...1623
• IMPLUVIOUS †* wet with rain ...1656
• LABBERLY wet; rainy ...1842 Eng. dial.
• LABBERY wet; rainy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIRY wet, swampy, miry ... a1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MADEFACIENT †* making moist, wetting ...1727
• MADENT †* wet, moist ...1727
• MADID * wet, moist ..1615
• NESH * damp, moist, wet ...1387
• OHRISH wet, dirty, muddy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLIE wet and misty ...1955 Sc.
• RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RATHER OF THE WETTEST very wet ...1870 Eng. dial.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SAFT wet, rainy, damp ...1812 Sc.
• SAM-ZODY sodden, soft, damp, wet ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SAM-ZOED sodden, soft, damp, wet ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAP wet, rainy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAPPIE wet, dripping, sodden; rainy ...1821 Sc.
• SAPPY † full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy ...c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAP-WET drenched, wet through ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBRIGUOUS † moist, wet, and watery underneath ...1656
• THONE damp, moist, wet; soft from dampness ...1691 Eng. dial.
• THONISH damp, wettish ...1740 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-WET wet to the skin ...1901 Eng. dial.
• UVID †* moist, wet ...1656
• WACHIE clammy, wet; foggy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WACK † moist, damp, wet, clammy ...1513 Sc.
• WAK † moist, damp, wet ...1513 Sc.
• WAT wet ...B1900 Sc.
• WET AS THATCH very wet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WET, WETNESS - nouns
• CAB a sticky mass; anything dirty, wet, or clammy; a cold sweat ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DANK † 1. wetness, humidity, damp ...? a1400
† 2. a wet place, a pool, a marsh ...1513
• MADEFACTION † a wetting; the act of making wet or moist ...1581 now rare or obs.
• MADEFICATION † a moistening or wetting ...1727
• MADIDITY † moisture, wetness ...1656
• MADIDNESS † moistness, wetness ...1731
• MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather ...1900 Sc.
• VA a wet piece of ground ...1908 Sc.
WET - nouns, person
• DABBLE-DOCK † a person 'battered with storms, having all his clothes wet' ...1824 Sc.
WET - verbs
• BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
• BEDRABBLE to make wet and dirty with rain and mud ...c1440
• BEDRAGGLE to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt ...1727
• BESHED † to drench, moisten, wet with ...1382
• DAGGLE 1. to wet and soil a garment etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass ...1530
2. to wet by splashing or sprinkling ...1805
• DAMP to wet, to moisten slightly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DANK † to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain ...a1310
• JABBLE to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LABBER to wet; to become wet ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG † to daggle, to render wet or muddy ...c1440
• LEACH †* to water, to wet ...c888
• MADEFY † to make wet; to moisten ...c1420
• MADIDATE † to wet or moisten ...1656
• UMBEWET † to wet about ...c1440
WET - phrases
• BE NEITHER SUGAR NOR SALT not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather ...1855
• NOT TO BE MADE OF SUGAR OR SALT not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather ...1855
WET-NURSE - nouns, person
• AMAH a wet-nurse ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• MILK-WOMAN a wet nurse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SUCK-GIVER † a wet-nurse ...1551
• SUCK-NURSE † a wet-nurse ...c1640
WETSUIT - nouns
• STEAMER a full wetsuit covering the torso, legs, and arms ...1982 Aust. sl.
WHACK - nouns
• BASTINADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
• BASTINADO a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ...1577 arch.
• BASTONADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet ... 1660 arch.
• BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap ...1847 Amer. sl.
• TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop ...a1825 Sc.
• WALLOP a heavy resounding blow; a whack ...1823 colloq.
• YANKER † a smart blow or stroke, a whack ...1825 Sc.
WHACK - verbs
• BIFF to whack, to hit hard, to strike ...1888 sl.
• LAMBAISE to lambaste, to whack, to belabour ...1913 Sc.
• QUILT to beat, to thrash soundly, to flog, to belabour, to whack ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
WHALE - nouns
• BACON † the blubber of a whale ...1712 ?obs.
• BALEEN 1. whalebone ...c1325
† 2. a whale ...1387
• BELUE †* a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale ...1474
• CHIMNEY a whale's spout ...1896 Amer. whaling usage
• DEVILFISH a gray whale ...1860 Amer. dial.
• FAWL a whale ...1932 Sc.
• GAM a herd or school of whales ...1850
• GRAYBACK a gray whale ...1888 Amer. dial.
• HARDHEAD the California grey whale ...1884 Amer. dial.
• OIL-BUTT in whaling: a whale likely to yield much oil ...1823 Amer. sl.
• SOG † a whale
WHALE - verbs
• GAM of whales: to gather together and form a 'gam' or school ...1889
WHALEBONE - nouns
• BELLANE † whalebone ...1513
WHALING - nouns
• BLANKET in whaling: a large strip of whale blubber ...1851 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER SHOP a whaling ship; used disparagingly ...1932 Amer. nautical sl.
• FALL in whaling: the cry given when a whale is sighted, or seen to blow, or harpooned; the chase of a whale or school of whales ...1694
• GAM a social meeting of whalers at sea ...1850
• SUDS in whaling: the foam churned up by a wounded whale ...1850
WHALING - verbs
• GAM of whalers: to meet and hold intercourse with the crew of another ship ...1890
WHALING - interjections
• TOWN HO! in whaling: used as a cry when a whale is sighted or as a cry for help ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TOWNOR! in whaling: used as a cry when a whale is sighted or as a cry for help ...1791 Amer. dial.
WHARF - nouns, person
• WHARFIE a stevedore, docker, or other wharf-worker ...1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WHARF-RAT anyone who hangs about wharfs, looking out for an opportunity to steal from a cargo ...M19 orig. US sl.
WHAT - phrases
• WHAT-ER? a form of 'what' used when questioning the previous speaker's self-description, as in 'I'm a butcher.' 'A what-er?' ...L19
• WHAT-Y? a form of 'what' used when questioning the previous speaker's self-description, as in 'I'm a butcher.' 'A what-er?' ...L19
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? - phrases
• GRINDING SMOKE an evasive answer given a child who inquisitively asks what one is doing ...1946 Amer. dial.
• MAKING CRUTCHES FOR LAME DUCKS an answer to 'what are you doing?' ...2007 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON ICE CREAM used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? ...2001 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON LEMONS used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON THE ICE-CREAM FREEZER. used as an evasive or diversionary remark to a child; what are you doing? ...1979 Amer. dial.
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING? - phrases
• ASSHOLES FOR HOBBY HORSES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRITCHES TO SEW BUTTONS ON said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKLE TO A HEN'S NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUTTONHOLES FOR THE ICE CREAM said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT FUR, DID YOU EVER SEE IT ON DOGS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FIDDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR, EVER SEE IT ON PUPPIES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR ON A PUMPHANDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES, DO YOU WANT THE FIRST PAIR said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE WHISTLE BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CRUTCH FOR A LAME DUCK said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DINGFOD OFF THE DOODADDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOG'S FUZZY ASS AND YOU'RE GOOD TO FEEL IT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOO-FLICKER FOR A DOO-JOHN said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLE-MA-DAB said to a child when he asks, 'What are you making?' ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FILLUMAJIG said to a child when he asks, 'What are you making?' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FIMDIDDLE FOR A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1946 Amer. dial.
• FIMFADDLE TO TIE UP A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1988 Amer. dial.
• FUR TO MAKE KITTEN'S MITTENS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GIDDY-GAPPER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GING-DING said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GUNNERFITZ said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HANDLE TO A HEN'S NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HICKEY FOR HOOTENANNY said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HICKEY-DOODLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HICKEY-JIGGER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HICKUM-SKIVVER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOBGOBLIN PIE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HO-DAD WITH A SHUFFLIN' ROD said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOTENANNY ON A SHINDIG said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOTYCACKLE FOR A RAMSHACKLE TO MAKE A SHAM GO ROUND said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HORSE'S NECK said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JOE-DOCK TO GO ON A GUM-FUDGEON said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KITTEN BRITCHES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KNOTHOLES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYING ON AND MAKING LAYOVERS TO CATCH MEDDLERS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYING ROPE TO CATCH A MEDDLER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS, AND YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE CAUGHT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER BRITCHES FOR A CAT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE DO-SOMETHING said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILDEW TO KEEP FROM MOLDING said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLE TO SEW UP YOUR MOUTH said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOODLE-NETTLE TO WIND UP THE SUN said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PADDLE TO WHIP YOU said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUDDIN IN TANE, ASK ME AGAIN, I'LL TELL YOU SAME said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RUNNING-GEAR TO A GOOSE NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUNNING-GEAR TO A HAWK'S NEST said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SEWING BUTTONS ON LEMONS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SHIT ON A STICK said to put off a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOMETHING TO GLUE YOUR MOUTH UP WITH said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIG FOR A WHAT-YOU-MAY-CALL-IT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOGGLEMENT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TREE-SQUEAK said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WAFFLE-DAMPER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHAT-YOU-MAY-CALL-IT said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIMBOOZLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHIMPADIDDLE TO GRIND SMOKE WITH said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLIN' A WOODEN ASSHOLE FOR MERRY-GO-ROUND HORSES said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOPIE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOSEAMAJIGGER said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIMMYDIDDLE TO GRIND SMOKE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIM-WAM FOR A GOOSE'S BRIDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WIND-DIDDLER TO GRIND SMOKE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WINDSHIELD FOR A GOAT'S ASS said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WING-WONG FOR A DUCK'S BRIDLE said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WING-WONG FOR A MUSTARD MILL said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
• YING-YANG said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
WHATEVER - pronouns
• EVERWHAT whatever ...1915 Amer. dial.
WHAT IS THAT? - phrases
• FARO FOR MEDDLERS used as an evasive answer to a question, esp. "What's that?" ...1935 Amer. dial.
• FIMDIDDLE FOR A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1946 Amer. dial.
• FIMFADDLE TO TIE UP A DINGBAT an evasive answer to 'What is that? What are you making?' ...1988 Amer. dial.
• LAREOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS, A a reply to what's that? ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAY ROWS FOR MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LAYERS TO CATCH MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVER TO CATCH MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAYOVERS FOR MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1848 Amer. dial.
• LARROWS ARE TRAPS FOR MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LARROWS TO CATCH MEDDLERS a reply to what's that? ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PHARAOH FOR MEDDLERS used as an evasive answer to a question, esp. "What's that?" ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REAROVERS TO CATCH MEDDLERS an evasive answer to children, "What's that?" ...1906 Amer. dial.
WHAT'S GOING ON? - phrases
• WAGWON? what's going on? ...2003 UK sl.
WHAT'S UP? - phrases
• CHICKEN BUTT used in response to 'what's up?', nothing, no matter, forget it ...1960s US Black sl.
WHEAT - adjectives
• SILIGINOSE * made of fine wheat ...1727
WHEEDLE - verbs
• BLAW to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONE to beg; to wheedle; to request demandingly, to importune ..1858 Amer. dial.
• CADGE orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc. ...L18 sl.
• CANT to wheedle, to coax ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CARNEY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CARNY to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter ...1811 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• COLLOGUE to wheedle, to coax ...L16
• COLLYFOGLE to deceive, to cheat; to wheedle; to entice by flattery ...19C Eng. dial.
• COME THE OLD SOLDIER to wheedle; to impose on someone ...1818 UK sl., orig. military
• DWEEDLE † to cajole, to wheedle ...1688 ? obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FALSE to cajole, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLAMP to flatter; to wheedle ...c1937 Royal Air Force usage
• FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of ...1890 Ireland
• GET ROUND A MAN'S NECK-HOLE to wheedle and coax for a favour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE WRONG SOW BY THE TAIL to wheedle the wrong person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to cajole, wheedle, flatter ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LENOCINATE †* to wheedle ...1609
• MEE-MAW to wheedle, to coax, to caress in a wheedling manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILL ONE OUT OF A THING to wheedle it away ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALAVER to ask someone for something; to beg from; to wheedle out of ...M18
• SAWNEY to wheedle, to cant ...B1900
• TEAL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• TEEL to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery ...B1900 Sc.
• THUD † to wheedle, to flatter ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICE † to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...c1275 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TISE to entice; to tempt, to allure, to attract; to coax, to wheedle ...1860 Sc.
WHEEDLED - adjectives
• ELOZABLE †* readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed ...1537
WHEEDLER, WHEEDLING - nouns, person
• CLAWBACK † a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back ...1549 obs. exc. dial.
• FLATTERCAP † a flatterer, a wheedler; a wheedling or coaxing child who tries to gain their own little ends by flattery ...1681 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLL-POOP a pet; a spoiled child; a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOLLYPOT a coaxing, wheedling child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PALAVERER one who wheedles and flatters ...M18
• TEALER one who entices or wheedles ...B1900 Sc.
WHEEDLING - adjectives
• CARNEYING in a wheedling, coaxing, or insinuating manner ...1851 colloq.
• FAIR-CALLING plausible, smooth-tongued, flattering, wheedling ...1814 Sc.
• LENOCINATING †* wheedling ...1609
• SALVY unctuous of speech and matter; ingratiating, wheedling ...1896 Eng. dial.
WHEEDLING - nouns
• THUD † the act of wheedling or flattering ...Bk1905 Sc.
WHEEL - nouns
• BIRLING a whirring noise; a noisy, rapid revolution of a wheel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ORB † a circle, or anything of circular form, as a circular disc or wheel, or a ring ...1590 rare or obs.
• RAT the track of a wheel in a road; a rut ...B1900 Sc.
• RIDE a rut or wheel-mark ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUNDLE a solid wheel or barrel ...1611
• SCORCH a block under a wheel to prevent it from moving ...1982 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH a block under a wheel, etc. to keep it from moving ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SUFFLAMINATION * a stopping the wheels of a vehicle as with a block or wedge ...1658
WHEEL - verbs
• SCORCH to block a wheel ...1982 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH to prevent from moving by use of a chock, esp. the wheel of a vehicle, to put a block under a wheel to keep it from rolling ...1860 Amer. dial.
WHEELBARROW - nouns
• BABY-BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOX-BARROW a wheelbarrow with wooden sides ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALES † the two handles of a wheelbarrow or plough ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IRISH AMBULANCE a wheelbarrow ...1910s US sl.
• IRISH BABY BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1910s US sl.
• IRISH BABY CARRIAGE a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH BUGGIE a wheelbarrow ...1929 Amer. dial.
• IRISH BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CHARIOT a wheelbarrow ...1900s US sl.
• IRISH LOCAL a wheelbarrow ...1930s US sl.
• IRISH MAN-O'-WAR a wheelbarrow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S AUTOMOBILE a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S BUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1939 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S CAR a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISHMAN'S CART a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IRISH PLUGGY a wheelbarrow ...1937 Amer. dial.
• IRISH WAGON a wheelbarrow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MACNAMARA a barrow ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
• MEXICAN HYDRAULIC LIFT (derogatory) a wheelbarrow ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PADDY WAGON a wheelbarrow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PADDY-BARROW a wheelbarrow ...1911 Amer. dial.
• PADDY'S CAR a wheelbarrow ...1973 Amer. dial.
• PADDY'S COACH a wheelbarrow ...1939 Amer. dial.
• PUSHMOBILE a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIRL the wheel of a wheelbarrow ...1883 Eng. dial.
• WHEELBARREL a wheelbarrow ...1870 Amer. dial.
• WHEELBARRY a wheelbarrow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
WHEELBARROW - nouns, person
• BARROW JOCKEY one who pushes a wheelbarrow ...Bk1944 service sl.
WHEELBARROW - verbs
• BARROW to carry in a wheelbarrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
WHEELCHAIR - nouns
• SPAZ CHARIOT a wheelchair ...2003 UK sl.
WHEELCHAIR - nouns, person
• WHEELIE someone in or confined to a wheelchair ...1977 Aust. sl.
WHEELED VEHICLE - nouns
• CAR a wheeled vehicle or conveyance; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. ...1382
WHEEZE - verbs
• EAZE to wheeze ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OOZLE to wheeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEASE to wheeze ...1887 Sc.
• QUEESE to wheeze ...1887 Sc.
WHEEZY - adjectives
• THICK-LIFTED short-winded, wheezy, breathing with difficulty ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THICK-LISTED short-winded, wheezy, breathing with difficulty ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TISSICKING asthmatic, wheezy ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TIZZICKY asthmatic, wheezy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
WHENEVER - adverbs
• EVER AND WHEN whenever, when ...1933 Amer. dial.
• EVERWHEN whenever ...1924 Amer. dial.
WHERE - adverbs
• WHAT SIDE? where? ...1867 Amer. dial.
WHERE - nouns
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
WHERE - phrases
• ANNIE'S ROOM used when one does not know the answer to the question "Where is ..." ...1910s Aust. sl., orig. military
• ARSEHOLE SQUARE reply to "Where?" ...L19, chiefly London usage
WHEREABOUTS - nouns
• UBI † present place or position; whereabouts ...1778
WHEREVER - adverbs
• EVERWHERE wherever ...1915 Amer. dial.
WHICHEVER - adjectives
• EVERWHICH whichever ...1903 Amer. dial.
WHIFF - nouns
• GUSH a smell, a whiff, as of tobacco ...1838 colloq.
• QUIFF a breath; a whiff ...1889 Eng. dial.
WHILE - nouns
• BONNY WEE a good while ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAND'S-WHILE a little while ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HANDWHILE † a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAMMONIE a little while ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RACE †* a space of time; a while ...a1300
• WHILES a time, a while ...1857 Amer. dial.
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - adjectives
• BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical ...1879
• CAT-WITTED small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful; silly and conceited; harebrained, whimsical ...1673
• COCKLE-BRAINED whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed ...1824 Sc.
• FADDISH whimsical ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANCICAL * fanciful; whimsical ...1671 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY flighty, whimsically inclined ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KICKSEY-WINSEY † fantastic, whimsical, erratic ...c1650
• MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGATIVOUS full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAGGOT-BRAINED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOT-HEADED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOTISH † crotchety; full of whims or perverse fancies ...a1700
• MAGGOT-PATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOT-PLATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTTY eccentric, whimsical ...L17 sl.
• MAGGOTY full of whims and foolish fancies; freakish ...1678
• MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...1667
• MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY-PATED whimsical ...1850
• MANKY whimsical; lively, frisky ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKISH whimsical ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY-HEADED adj. whimsical ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOONISH † acting as if under the moon's influence; changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy ...1791 Amer. dial.
• NOTIONATE given to notions or impulses, fanciful, whimsical ...1850 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• OF STRANGE OPPORTUNITY † whimsical ...1790 Eng. dial.
• VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical ...1827
• VAGARISH † somewhat whimsical ...1819 now rare or obs.
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - nouns
• ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BEES whims, fancies ...1776 Sc.
• CANTRIP any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct ...1719
• CAPRICCIO † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1601
• CAPRICH † a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy ...1656
• DANDRUM a whim, a freak; an ill temper ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE a whim, a fad; something trifling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGERRY a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy ...1892 Ireland
• FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural ...1836 Eng. dial.
• FANDANGLEMENT a whim, crotchet; a gewgaw ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FANGLE a conceit, a whim ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FANGLER a whim, conceit ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FANTADS fancies, whims ...1880 Eng. dial.
• FANTASQUE † fancy, whim ...1698
• FANTASTICALITY something that is fantastical; a crotchet, a whim ...1631
• FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a 'lark' ..1894 Eng. dial.
• FANTODS fancies, whims ...1880 Eng. dial.
• FEGARY * a vagary, a prank; a whim, an eccentricity ...E17 Eng. dial. & colloq. rare
• FICK-FACKS. peculiarities of temper, whims ...19C Sc.
• FINGLE-FANGLE † a trifle; a thing of no importance; something whimsical or fantastic ...1678
• FRIM-FRAM a trifle, a whim, a fancy, an invention ...1847 Sc.
• GAIRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAIRY † a whim, fancy ...1822 Sc.
• GAMMET fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAMMETTING frolicking, whims, tricks, pranks ...1873 Eng. dial.
• GAMUT fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAWRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIVER a piece of folly or nonsense; a whim, a piece of foolishness ...1793 Sc.
• JAG a whim; a fancy ...Bk1896 Amer. sl.
• KICKIE-WICKIE a whim or erratic fancy ...B1900
• KICKSEY-WINSEY † a fantastic device; a whim or erratic fancy ...1599
• KINK a whimsical idea, a slight eccentricity ...19C US sl.
• MADDOCK a whim ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• MAGGOT a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet ...a1625
• MAWK a whim, a foolish fancy; a joke; a trick ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MAY-GAMES tricks, frolics, antics, practical jokes; whims, fancies ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural ...1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANNICK an idle whim; a childish fancy or fear; a jibe ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD KICK IN ONE'S GALLOP a whim, a fancy; an eccentricity ...L18 sl.
• QUEERNESSES AND QUIAMS whims of all sorts ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIAMS whims; singular notions ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLES whims, foolish fancies ...1891 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK a fuss; a whim, fancy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SHOKE a hobby; a whim; a favourite pursuit ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• TANTRIL a freak, a whim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUM a foolish fancy; a whim, vagary; a fluster ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUM a senseless, foolish whim; a fit of ill-humour or dissatisfaction ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIC a whim ...19C
• TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy ...1896
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VARIORUM † a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss ...1857 Sc.
• VEAG a freak, a whim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEAGUE a freak, a whim ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VITTRE a whim; a pretense ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANTONNESS † caprice, whim ...1595
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - nouns, person
• FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies ...19C Eng. dial.
• MAGGOT a whimsical or capricious person ...1681
• MAGGOT-MONGER † a crotcheteer; a whimsical person ...1660
• MAGGOT-PATE † a silly whimsical person ...1622
• MAGGOTY-PATE an opprobrious term; a whimsical person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTY-POW a whimsical, crotchety person ...1887 Sc.
• VAGARIAN * one given to vagaries or whims ...1891
WHIM, WHIMSICAL - verbs
• HAVE BEES IN THE HEAD to be whimsical or obsessed with something ...a1553
• THRUM to act on a foolish whim; to become sulky or ill-humoured ...Bk1905 Sc.
WHIMPER - verbs
• CRAKE to whimper, or plaintively ask for a thing over and over again; to murmur, to complain, to fret ....1871 Eng. dial.
• FIRPLE to whimper ...19C Sc.
• GROAK to whimper, to cry for anything ...1894 Sc.
• JAMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Ireland
• MEECH to whimper, to grumble ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MIFF to whimper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper ...1525
• SIMPER to whimper; to cry; to begin to cry as a spoiled child does ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SQUEEZE to fret, to whimper ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• WHINDLE to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1770 Amer. dial.
• WHINNEL to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1886 Amer. dial.
• YACKAZ to whimper, to whine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMOUR to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
• YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper ...1825 Sc.
• YIMMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 N. Ireland
• YOMER to lament; to cry aloud fretfully; to fret; to whimper; to complain; to grumble ...1774 Sc.
WHIMPERING - nouns
• BESSYBABISHNESS the whimpering of a spoiled child ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER a cry of lamentation, a wail; a loud outcry, shout, yell; lamentation, querulous utterance; a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining; grumbling ...1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHIMPERING - nouns, person
• GRIZZLE-POT a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining ...B1900 sl.
• WHIMP a spineless, whimpering, undesirable person ...M20 US sl.
• WIMP a spineless, whimpering, undesirable person; an ineffectual or incompetent person; a weak, ineffectual man ...1920 sl., orig. US
WHIMSICAL - see WHIM
WHINE - nouns
• CANT a whining manner of speaking, esp. of beggars; a whine ...1640
• PULE a whine; a complaint ...L19 now Sc. & literary
• YAWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking; foolish talk ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YELP a whine ...1896 Sc.
• YIRN a complaint; a whine ...1896 Sc.
• YOWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking ...1889 Eng. dial.
WHINE - verbs
• CAINGE to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANGE to whine, to grumble, to complain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GREEBLE to go about whining, looking for sympathy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGE to whine, to complain ...1960s sl.
• IRM to whine, to complain; to question querulously and continuously ...Bk1902 Sc.
• PULE to cry in a thin voice; to whine, to whimper ...1525
• RAME to dwell on a subject persistently; to whine over a grievance; to harp on about one's troubles ...1875 Sc.
• REAM to ask for anything fretfully and repeatedly; to cry in a whining manner; to ply one with questions; to keep on repeating the same words ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAIRL to whine ...1866 Sc.
• SANNICK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to utter a whining, wailing cry without apparent cause ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SONNOCK to utter a whining, wailing cry; to cry bitterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THINNY to whine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHINDLE to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1770 Amer. dial.
• WHINNEL to whimper, to whine, to cry peevishly, to fret ...1886 Amer. dial.
• YACKAZ to whimper, to whine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YALP-YALP of a person: to call out loudly and shrilly; to whine ...1903 Sc.
• YAMMER † to lament, to mourn; to utter cries of lamentation or distress, to wail; to cry aloud fretfully; to whine, to whimper, to fret ...1481 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARP † to 'harp' fretfully; to grumble, to carp, to complain, to whine ...1827 Sc.
• YAUP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Sc.
• YELP to complain, to whine ...1706
• YERM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone ...1832 Sc.
• YIRM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone ...1832 Sc.
• YIRN to whine, to complain; to grumble ...1824 Sc. & N. Ireland
• YOPE to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Eng. dial.
• YOWP to shout, to bawl, to cry aloud; to talk in a loud, boisterous manner; to whine ...1824 Eng. dial.
• YURM to whine, to complain; to utter low cries; to ask questions in a querulous tone ...1832 Sc.
• YURN to whine, to complain; to grumble ...1824 Sc.
WHINER, WHINING - nouns, person
• GRIZZLE-POT a sulky child, one who is constantly whimpering or whining ...B1900 sl.
• MIVVY a complainer, a whiner, an 'old woman' ...L19 sl.
• PETER GRIEVANCE a whiner, a complainer, a whingeing child ...M19 sl.
• PETER GRIEVOUS a whiner, a complainer, a whingeing child ...M19 sl.
• TIDDY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• TITTY BABY a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• YAMMERER a whining, fretful child ...1874 Sc.
• YAP a whining, complaining person ...20C Irish sl.
• YAWP a whining, complaining person ...20C Irish sl.
• YERP a whining, complaining person ...20C Irish sl.
WHINGER - nouns, person
• BAWLY-IKE a complaining person; a nuisance; a whinger ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MISERY-MOANY a whinger; a complainer ...1940s Irish sl.
• MIZZLER a whinger; a complainer ...1940s sl.
• MOANER a complainer, a whinger, a pessimist ...1920s sl., orig. US
WHINING - adjectives
• MARDY of a child: spoiled, sulky, whining ...E20 Eng. dial.
• MEWLING crying, whining ...1895 Sc.
• PULY whining, querulous ...L17
• SANNOCKING fretful, peevish, whining ...1893 Eng. dial.
WHINING - nouns
• OLD SOOGH a customary cant or whining mode of speaking ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAMMERING † n. a whining, complaining ...1705 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHINNY - see NEIGH
WHIP - nouns
• AZOTE a switch or whip; anything used as a whip ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BLACK SNAKE a short-handled whip with a long lash; used on stages and dog-teams ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BONE-POLISHER a cat-o'-nine tails ...1848 nautical sl.
• BUSH the cat-o'-nine-tails ...1895 sl.
• BULLWHACK a whip, used to intimidate refractory animals ...1885 Amer. dial.
• CATTY TAIL a whip, probably imaginary, used to threaten children and make them behave ...1967 Amer. dial.
• COW-COD a whip or a club made from a dried bull's penis ...Jamaican usage
• FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong ...Bk1900 Sc.
• JERK a stripe; a lash with a whip ...1557-8 sl.
• LARRUP a switch; a whip ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JACK a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1860 Amer. dial.
• LIMBER JIM a whip or other flexible instrument of punishment, as a cane or ferrule ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MISSOURI PISTOL. a whip with a buckskin thong attached to the end, used by muleskinners and bullwhackers ...1977 Amer. dial.
• TASKER'S-CORN a blow with a whip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW the point of a whip; a whip ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a flogging; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHIP - nouns, person
• BONE-POLISHER one who wields a cat-o'-nine tails ...1857 nautical sl.
• MASTIGOPHORER † 'a fellow worthy to be whipped; also, an usher, who with whips removed the people, where there was much press' ...1656
WHIP - verbs
• BALEISE to beat, to flog, to whip, to scourge ...1876 Eng. dial.
• BELLISE to beat, to flog; to whip, to scourge ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BROWSE to beat or whip someone as punishment ...c1869 Amer. dial.
• CURRY ONE'S JACKET to whip soundly on the back ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAN WITH A SLIPPER to beat, to whip, to berate ...L18 colloq.
• FEAGUE † to beat, to whip ...1668
• FIRE to crack a whip ...1828 Amer. dial.
• FLAGELLATE to whip, scourge, flog
• FLANK to crack a whip; also, to hit a mark with the lash of one ...1830 sl.
• GET ONE'S TAG to whip or chastise one; to disconcert or reprove severely ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE GOSS to punish; to give one a whipping ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GYBE to whip; to beat; to castigate ...L17 sl.
• HORSE to flog, to whip; also, to treat roughly ...1775 US sl.
• JERK † to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch ...1550
• LAP to punish by whipping ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP to beat thoroughly, to strike, to thrash, to whip, to flog ...1824 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAY THE BUD TO to whip with a stick ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LEASH † to beat or lash with a leash; to whip ...1503
• LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip ...1888 Amer. dial.
• LIMB to beat severely, to whip, to flog ...1949 Amer. dial.
• OIL to hit, to beat, to whip ...L18 sl.
• OIL UP to beat, to whip ...L18 sl.
• OOLD † to tie round with string; to bind, to whip ...1866 Sc.
• RALLY to crack a whip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to punish; to chastise; to whip; to beat severely ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SCOCHE to whip ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR to whip, to flog, to beat; to whip a top ...1867 Sc.
• SCOWDER to whip severely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUTCH to beat, to whip, to thrash soundly ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• SHARPEN ONE'S HOE to thrash, to whip ...1919 Amer. dial.
• TANTOOZLE to whip soundly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAW to whip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAWSE to whip; to scourge, to belabour ...1790 Sc.
• TICKLE to beat, to chastise, to whip ...1592
• TROLLOP to strike, to beat, to whip; to outdo in a contest ...1842 Amer. dial.
• WHUP to whip; to beat or defeat decisively ...1890 Amer. dial.
• YARK † to strike hard, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
WHIPPED - adjectives
• BUTTERED whipped, flogged ...M19 US sl.
• FLAGELLOMANIAC enthusiastic about or deriving (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
• FLY-FLAPPED whipped in the stocks or at the cart's tail ...c1785 sl.
• GYBED whipped ...L17 sl.
WHIPPED - verbs
• CLY THE JERK to be whipped at the post ...1609 cant
• NAB THE TEIZE to be whipped ...Bk1902 sl.
• PLAY THE PART OF THE STRONG MAN to be whipped at the cart's tail; this involved the person being tied to the back of the cart, sometimes naked, and paraded through the streets whilst being whipped ...Bk1904 sl.
WHIPPING - nouns
• BAMBOOING a thrashing, a whipping ...M19 sl.
• BROWSING a beating, a whipping ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BRUSHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1842 Amer. dial.
• CANARY 100 strokes of the lash ...M19 Aust. sl.
• ESSENCE OF HICKORY a whipping with a hickory switch ...M19 US sl.
• FEED OF OATS, A a whipping ...19C chiefly rural usage
• FLAGELLOMANIA enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
• FLOGGING a whipping to arouse sexual feelings; flagellation ...17C cant
• LACED JACKET a sound whipping or beating ...1824 US Sl.
• LAPPING a whipping ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LARRUPING a beating, a thrashing, a flogging; a whipping; a tongue-lashing, a scolding ...1838 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OIL OF BIRCH a beating or flogging with a birch rod; a whipping ...1828
• OIL OF HICKORY a beating with a hickory rod, a thrashing; a whipping ...1837 Amer. sl.
• OIL OF WALNUT a whipping ...1941 Amer. dial.
• OIL OF WHIP a beating or flogging; a whipping ...1693
• PEACH-LIMB TEA a whipping; punishment with peach tree switch ...1941 Amer. dial.
• PEACH-TREE OIL a whipping; punishment with peach tree switch ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PEACH-TREE TEA a whipping; punishment with peach tree switch ...1912 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDING a whipping ..1848 Amer. dial.
• SCATLINGS a whipping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUTTER a whipping ...L17 sl.
• SCUTCHING a beating, a thrashing, a whipping ...1930 Amer. dial.
WHIPPING - nouns, person
• FLAGELLOMANIAC a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
WHIPPING-POST - nouns
• JIGGER a whipping-post ...1708 sl.
WHIR - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRLING a whirring noise; a noisy, rapid revolution of a wheel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRR a whirring noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
WHIR - verbs
• BINNER to cause a whirring or humming sound; to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIRR to whir ...Bk1911 Sc.
WHIRL - adjectives
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE full of twirls or whirls ...1816 Sc.
WHIRL - nouns
• TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl ...1790 Eng. dial.
WHIRL - verbs
• PIROOT to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIROOT AROUND to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about ...1858 Amer. dial.
• QUIRL to whirl ...1808 Sc.
• TEETOTUM to wheel or whirl about; to twist round ...1899 Eng. dial.
• VEER † to turn round, to revolve, to whirl about ...1598
• WHURTLE to whirl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
WHIRLED - nouns
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
• TIRLY-WHIRLY a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
WHIRLIGIG - nouns
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
• TIRLY-WHIRLY a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice ...a1700 Sc.
WHIRLING - adjectives
• BIRLING whirling with noise ...1865 Sc.
WHIRLPOOL - nouns
• BORE a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream ...1972 Amer. dial.
• EDDY-TIDE a whirlpool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDRAIN a whirlpool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INDRAW a whirlpool ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAELSTROM a great whirlpool ...1682
• TIDE-EDDY a whirlpool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• VELLA a whirlpool ...1880 Eng. dial.
• WALL a whirlpool in the sea ...Bk1905 Sc.
WHIRLWIND - nouns
• DANCING DEVIL a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust; a dust devil ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL-DANCER a small whirlwind; a gust of wind, esp. on water ...1925 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL DERVISH a small whirlwind; a gust of wind, esp. on water ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ROGER'S BLAST a sudden and small localized whirlwind ...L19 Eng. dial.
• SAND AUGER a little sand whirlwind; a dust devil ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SAND DEVIL a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WHIRL-BLAST a whirlwind, a hurricane; a storm of wind ...1798
• WHIRLIGUST a whirlwind ...1859 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLYGUST a whirlwind ...1859 Amer. dial.
• WHIRLY WIND a small whirlwind which picks up sand and dust; a tornado ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WIND DEVIL a whirlwind ...1905 Amer. dial.
WHIRR - nouns
• VIR the noise made by an object in swift motion; a whirr ...1710 Sc.
• VIRR the noise made by an object in swift motion; a whirr ...1710 Sc.
WHIRR - verbs
• BINNER to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound; also, to whirr, to buzz ...Bk1898 Sc.
WHIRRING - nouns
• BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKIRR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
• SKURR a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character ...c1870
WHISKERS - adjectives
• BALD-FACED of men: having neither beard nor whiskers ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
WHISKERS - nouns (also see beard, moustache, sideburns)
• ALFALFA a beard, whiskers ...L19 sl.
• ANGLICAN INCH the short, square whiskers affected by members of the Broad Church or liberal wing of the Church of England ...L19 sl.
• BACCA-PIPES whiskers curled in small, close ringlets ...M19 sl.
• BEWHISKER a whisker ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUM-FLUFF the facial hair of an adolescent boy ...1949 UK sl.
• BURNSIDES a style of beard consisting of a moustache, whiskers, and a clean-shaven chin ...1909 US
• CAMPS †* the whiskers of a cat; stout bristly hairs, as in a beard ...c1450
• DAWN the hair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft feathery hairs of some seeds; anything fluffy ...1890 Eng. dial.
• EARGUARD short side-whiskers, sideboards, or sideburns ...1940s Aust. sl.
• FACE FANNIES sideburns ...1990s sl.
• FACE FUNGUS male facial hair, i.e. a beard and/or moustache ...1907 sl.
• FACE-LACE whiskers, a beard ...1927 Amer. jocular
• GALWAY a style of facial whisker - grown on the upper part of the cheek only ...1920s US
• GRASS ABOUT THE BOWS a beard, whiskers ...1945 Amer. dial.
• HACKLES hair, whiskers ...1882
• LACE CURTAINS whiskers, esp. false whiskers used in the theatre; a beard ...1919 US jocular
• LILACS comparatively full side whiskers ...c1919 US sl.
• NANNY GOAT a style of side-whiskers ...1900s US sl.
• SAUSAGES side-whiskers ...M19 sl.
• SCRATCH a beard or whiskers ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SIDE BEARD a side-whisker, sideburn ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SIDEBOARDS side whiskers ...1857 UK sl.
• SIDE BOYS a style of side-whiskers ...1900s US sl.
• SIDE EDGE whiskers, sideburns ...c1860 tailors' usage
• SIDE-LEVERS side-whiskers; sideburns ...1920s sl.
• SIDE-SCRAPERS short sideburns that were fashionable in the late 1870s ...c1879 UK middle class usage
• SIDE-WINGS side-whiskers, sideburns ...L19 sl.
• SIDEYS side whiskers ...1967 UK sl.
• SIDIES side whiskers ...1967 UK sl.
• SLUGGERS ear-to-chin whiskers ...1898 sl.
• SLUGGER WHISKERS ear-to-chin whiskers ...1898 sl.
• SUBBOSCO † a jocular word for the hair that grows upon the lower part of the face ...1579
WHISKERS - nouns, person
• FRILLED LIZARD a man with a whisker-framed face ...c1942 Aust sl.
• JO-JO a man with a very heavy beard and side-whiskers ...L19 Aust. sl.
• OLD WHISKERS a working man with long, unkempt, greying whiskers, usually shouted out by impudent children ...M19 sl.
• WHISKERANDO a heavily whiskered or bearded man ...1807 humorous