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COW - CRA

COW - adjectives (also see CATTLE)
• BLAZED of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BLAZE-FACED of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BROCKLE-FACED of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1749 Amer. dial.
• BROCKY-FACED of a cow: having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LADINO of a horse or cow: vicious, unmanageable, wild ...1892 Amer. dial.
• LINE-BACK of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LINE-BACKED of a horse or cow: having a stripe down the back ...1841 Amer. dial.
• RACING of a cow: in heat ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANGY lively, unmanageable, apt to break bounds, as a cow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAUNCHY of a cow or horse: rough, dangerous, bad-tempered ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE of a cow: having short horns ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SETTLED of a cow: pregnant ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAGGIE of a cow: having a white tip to its tail ...1825 Sc.
• TEAGIE of a cow: having a white tip to its tail ...1825 Sc.
• VANDIT of a cow: having striped sides ...1929 Sc.
cow, nouns
• AMOO a child's name for a cow ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BAGA a cow, the back of which is of a different colour from the lower part of the body and flanks ...1908 Sc.
• BALD a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDFACE a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEAD a naturally hornless cow ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALDY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BALLY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BASSIE a horse or cow having a white strip or patch on the face ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAWSIE, BAWSY a horse or cow having a white face, or a white mark on the face; often used as a nickname ...Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BEASLINGS the first milk give by a cow after calving ...1723 Amer. dial.
• BEEFER a calf; a cow or bullock fed for the butcher ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESOM a vicious cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESS a cow or calf ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BESSIE a cow or calf ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BETSY a cow or calf ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACKAMOOR a black Angus or Friesian cow ...1956 NZ sl.
• BLAT the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLATE the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLAZE-FACE a face with a white spot or streak on it, usually a horse or cow ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BONAPARTE a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1967 Amer. jocular
• BONE HEAP a bony or poor-looking horse or cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOO-LADY a cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOSS a cow or calf ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOSSIE a cow or calf ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BOSSY a cow or calf ...1863 Amer. dial.
• BRANDIE a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRANNIE a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWNY a brindled bull, cow, or ox ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAST n. the udder of a cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROCKLE FACE a cow having a mottled, pied, or blotchy face ...1665 Amer. dial.
• BUFFALO a cow without horns ...1804 Amer. dial.
• BUM-HEAD a cow that has never had horns ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUNTER a calf or a hornless cow ...1852 Amer. dial.
• BUTTHEAD a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON-HEAD a cow that has had her horns cut off ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-BED the womb of a cow; the placenta of a cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-LYE the womb of the cow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAMBER a cow's udder ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN FEEDER a thin or poor-looking horse or cow ...1970 Amer. dial.
• COW-CAKE cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-CLAP cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-CLOD cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• COW-DAB cow dung ...19C US dialect
• COW-FLOP cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-PAT cow dung ...19C Eng. dial.
• COW-PIE cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• COW-PLAT cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-PUCKY cow dung ...20C colloq.
• COW-SHARD cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-SHARN cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COW-SHERN cow dung; a mass of cow dung ...L16 Eng, dial.
• COWSLIP cow dung, esp. fresh cow dung ...20C US colloq.
• CRITTER a creature, esp. a horse or a cow ...1815 US sl.
• DIDDS the teats of a cow or other animal ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT a fattened cow or bull ready for market ...1888 Aust. sl.
• FENCE CRAWLER a cow or other animal that cannot be held in a fence ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FLOBBER anything loose and flabby; e.g. the flesh under a cow's neck  ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAIRIE a striped or streaked cow ...1806 Sc.
• GAIRY † a name given to a striped cow ...1751 Sc.
• HAKE a lean cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATRACK an old, thin cow; a scraggy animal ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HAWKEY a cow, properly one with a white face; often used as a general name for a cow or an affectionate name for a favourite cow ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWKIE a cow, properly one with a white face; often used as a general name for a cow or an affectionate name for a favourite cow ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAWKY a white-faced cow; frequently used as a general or pet name for a cow ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAY BALER a horse or cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAY-BURNER a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAYRACK a thin, gaunt horse or cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEAP OF BONES a bony or poor-looking horse or cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT a cow with a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ION a cow a year old ...Bk1902 Sc.
• ITHER the udder of a cow, mare, or goat ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACK a Brahman cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• JADIN the stomach of a cow ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LADY-COW a term of mock dignity for a cow ...1649 nonce use
• LINE BACK a horse or cow having a stripe down the back ...1893 Amer. dial.
• MAILIE a cow without horns ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MAILLIE a pet name for a cow or ewe ...1814 Sc. & Ireland
• MASTER the leader of a herd of cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUD a name for a female mule or donkey; rarely for a cow ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MEALTIDE † the quantity of milk given by a cow at one milking ...1633 obs. exc. Sc.
• MERF cow dung ...c2000 UK playground sl.
• MILK a cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK SACK a cow's udder ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOGGY a pet name for a calf or cow ...c1825 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY a cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COW a hornless cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOO a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOO-COW a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOO-MOO a cow ...E19 UK juvenile sl.
• MOONIE a cow with a bad temper ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOWER a cow ...c1670 cant
• NELLIE 1. a cow, esp. a weak one ...1935 Amer. dial.
2. a milking cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NODDLE-HEAD a cow that has never had horns ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NO-HORN a cow that has never had horns ...1968 Amer. dial.
• OLD HELLION a cow with a bad temper ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PAD dried cow-dung, formerly collected for fuel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• PASTY a cow-pie; a dropping of cow dung ...1972 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOODS SCRUB a thin, bony, or poor-looking cow ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POKE a cow's udder ...1968 Amer. dial.
• POLEY a cow's backside ...2000 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER one of the four teats of a cow ...1818 Eng. dial.
• QUEY-LAIKENS cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-A-BONES a thin or bony cow or horse ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-CAN a kicking cow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RINER a thin, bony, or poor looking cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RINEY a thin, bony, or poor looking cow ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SACK a cow's udder ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SCAB a cow or steer less than one year old ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SCARN dung, esp. cow dung ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCARTER † a cow's teat ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHELL an old or weak cow or horse ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKATE a bony, decrepit horse or cow ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKIN an old cow ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SKINNER a thin, bony or poor-looking cow or horse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAGGIE a pet name given to a cow having a white tip to its tail ...1761 Sc.
• TANTADLIN-TART cow-dung ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARANAKI COW a nondescript, inferior cow ...1940s NZ sl.
• TATTER-CAN a termagant; a kicking cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDY COW † a cow giving milk ...1493 Sc.
• VACCARY † 1. a cow pasture ...1613 Eng. dial.
2. a cow-house ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACCICIDE the killing of a cow ...1900
• VACCIMULGENCE milking of cows ...1796
• YAD an old cow ...1863 Sc.
• YADDLE cows' urine ...1846 Eng. dial.
• YELLOWHAMMER a scrawny or otherwise undesirable cow or calf ...1922 Amer. dial.
• YEWER a cow's udder ...1790 Eng. dial.
cow - person
• BEAST-LEECH a cow-doctor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACHEKOW † a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder; hence, generally, a bailiff; a cow-stealer ...1513 Sc.
• SCARNY a cow-man ...1848 Eng. dial.
cow - verbs 
• BAWL of cows: to utter loud noises, usually of distress; to low ...1868 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BLARE of cows, and sometimes sheep: to low or bleat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BLATE to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MEWTLE of cows and ewes: to make a low, crooning sound over their new-dropped young ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILK THE OLD HAT RACK to milk a cow ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OCKY of a cow: to void ordure ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OOMBLE of a cow: to low discontentedly ...1932 Sc.
• PAIL to milk a cow ...1892 Amer. dial.
• PLAY THE PIANO to milk a cow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAP to milk a cow; to do the milking ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SETTLE of a cow: to become pregnant ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEZE THE HAYBALERS to milk a cow ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIT to milk a cow ...1916 Amer. dial.
• YIELD of a cow: to give milk ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
cow - interjections
• BAIL UP! a command to cows: stand still! ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAW! come!; used to call cows ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHAY! a call to cows; come! ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAP! a call to cows ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HOOEE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOO-HOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOOKEY! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOO SOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRUG PRUG! a call to cows to come in for milking ...Irish sl.
• SAW! command to a cow to stand still when she is being milked ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TCHEY! an exclamation used to call or quiet a cow ...1890 Ireland
• WHAY! used as a command to a cow, go, go on! ...1854 Amer. dial.
• WHOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOO COW! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOOEY! a call to cows to come in from the pasture ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1961 Amer. dial.
• WHOO SOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHOPE! a call or cows or pigs ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1949 Amer. dial.
• WOO-HOO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOK! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOK-COW! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOKEY! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOKIE! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WOO-OO! a call to get the cows in from the pasture ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
COWARD, COWARDLY - adjectives
• BALL-LESS lacking courage or nerve; gutless, cowardly ...1958 US sl.
• BEASTLY † unmanly, cowardly ...1584
• CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFY faint-hearted, timid, cowardly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...1830 Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF vile, wicked, mean, base; despicable; cowardly ...a1300
• CALF-HEARTED timid, cowardly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CANDY-ASS timid; frightened; cowardly ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CANDY-ASSED timid; frightened; cowardly ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHICKEN afraid, cowardly ...1933 orig. US
• CHICKEN-HEARTED cowardly ...L18
• CHICKEN-LIVERED cowardly ...L19 sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT cowardly, fearful ...1945 sl., orig. US
• CHOOKEE foolish, cowardly ...1983 Amer. dial.
• COLD-FOOTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COPPER-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COWARDOUS † cowardly; timid; faint-hearted ...1480
• COW-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRAVEN pert. to a person who gives up without a fight ...13C
• DASTARD characterized by mean shrinking from danger; showing base cowardice; cowardly ...c1489
• DASTARDLY showing mean or despicable cowardice ...1576 
• DUNGHILL † lacking in courage, spirit, or fight; cowardly, faint-hearted ...1775
• FACELESS † of persons: lacking courage; cowardly ...1596
• FAGGOT-ASS weak, cowardly, contemptible ...2000s US Black sl.
• FAGGOTY cowardly, useless, second-rate ...1960s sl.
• FAINT † wanting in courage, spiritless, cowardly ...a1300 obs. or arch.
• FAINTED † rendered cowardly or timid ...c1500
• FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly ...1590
• FAINTLING † faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless ...1712
• FASERT † cowardly, dastardly ...1508
• FAZART † cowardly, dastardly ...1508
• FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GIZZARDLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUTLESS cowardly, feeble, lacking determination ...1900 US sl.
• HEN-HEARTED * chicken-hearted, timid, cowardly ...a1529
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
• IMBELLIOUS † unwarlike, cowardly ...1602
• KICKEN-HEARTED cowardly, faint-hearted ...1808 Sc.
• LILY-LIVERED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIVER-FACED mean and cowardly ...1834
• MEACOCK † effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless ...1587
• MILK-LIVERED cowardly, timid, faint-hearted ...1605
• MILKY cowardly ...1936 sl.
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NIDDERING weak, cowardly, base ...1848
• PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid ...1605
• PIKER mean, shirking, cowardly ...1901 sl.
• PIPPIN-HEARTED cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid ...1809
• POOSHEY, POOSHIE, POOSHY cowardly; effeminate ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE cowardly; effeminate ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSILLANIMOUS lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited ...1586
• RABBIT-HEARTED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RECRAYED † cowardly, craven ...a1330
• SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly ...1800 Amer. dial.
• SHITEING cowardly ...1930s sl.
• SHITTING cowardly ...1930s sl.
• SOFT cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPUNKLESS cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STREAKY cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHEY-BLOODED † cowardly ...1675
• WHITE-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly ...1598
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK DOWN ONE'S BACK cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
• YELLOW cowardly ...1856 sl., orig. US
• YELLOW AS BABY SHIT very cowardly ...1974 US sl.
• YELLOW-BELLIED cowardly ...1924 sl., orig. US
• YELLOW-LIVERED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YELLOW-STREAKED cowardly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YELLOW-WYMED yellow-bellied, cowardly ...1824 Sc.
coward, cowardly - adverbs
• DASTARDLY † in a cowardly manner ...1552 
• FAINTLY † in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly ...1297
• FAT AROUND THE HEART cowardly ...1935 Amer. dial.
coward, cowardly - nouns 
• HAGGIS-HEART a soft, cowardly heart ...1812 Sc.
coward, cowardly - person
• ACRES † a coward, esp. if boastful ...1755 colloq.
• ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE a coward ...M19 sl.
• BABY a coward ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• BALL-LESS WONDER a cowardly person ...1958 US sl.
• BANGBROEK a coward, a poltroon ...Bk1913 S. Afr.
• BIG GIRL'S BLOUSE a weak, cowardly, timid, or oversensitive man; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male ...1969 UK sl.
• BISCUIT a weakling; a coward ...1998 euphemism for 'bitch'
• BOG-SCLENT a coward ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTLE MERCHANT a coward, someone who loses nerve ...2000 UK sl.
• BOTTLER a person who loses his or her nerve; a person lacking courage or spirit; a cowardly or timid person ...1994 UK sl.
• BOUCH a coward; a sneak ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLY a blustering gallant; a bravo, hector, or swashbuckler; later, a tyrannical coward who makes himself a terror to the weak ...1688
• CABBAGE-GARDEN PATRIOT a coward ...1848 political colloq.
• CACKTY a soft, cowardly fellow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFF a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAITIFF a mean, base, despicable or cowardly fellow  ...1250 arch.
• CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward ...Ireland
• CALF a timid or cowardly person ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CALF-HEART a coward ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ە CANARY KID a weakling; a coward ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
• CASPAR a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• CASPER MILKTOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CASPER MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN a coward ...1936 sl.
• CHICKEN-HEART a coward ...L19
• CHICKEN-LIVER a coward ...1930s sl.
• CHICKEN-SHIT a coward ...1947 sl., orig. US
• CHICKIE a timid creature, a coward ...17C sl.
• COISTRIL, CUSTREL * a worthless or contemptible person; a knave, a rogue; later, a cowardly or timorous person; a foolish or inexperienced youth ...1570 arch.
• COWARDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CRAVEN a coward ...L16
• DAFF, DAFFE † one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DAFFHEAD a coward ...Bk1873 End. dial.
• DAG an unenterprising person; a coward ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• DASTARD one who meanly or basely shrinks from danger; a mean, base, or despicable coward; one who does malicious acts in a cowardly, skulking way, so as not to expose himself to risk ...1526
• DASTARDLING a contemptible dastard ...1800 nonce word
• DAWKIN a coward ...19C Eng. dial.
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• DISHRAG a weak-willed person who is frequently exploited or dominated by others; a coward ...1976 US sl.
• DOMINICKER a coward ...20C W. Indies
• DOMMERNECKER a coward ...20C W. Indies
• DRUGGLE † a term of contempt or reproach: apparently a heavy, stupid, spiritless or cowardly fellow ...1611
• DUFFER a worthless person; a stupid man; an awkward, unskilful fellow; a coward ...Bk1890 sl.
• DUNGHILL a cowardly person; a person lacking in courage, spirit, or fight ...1761 N. Ireland
• DUNGHILL CRAVEN † a contemptible or cowardly person ...1587
• FAAP - a cowardly, hulking fellow ...1907 Sc.
• FACE OF STRAW, A - a man of no standing or substance - a weak or cowardly person ...19C
• FAD - a fussy, over-particular person; a milksop, an indecisive, cowardly person ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT - an effeminate, weak, or cowardly fellow; generally used contemptuously ...1914 Amer. sl.
• FAINT-HEART - one who has a faint heart; a coward ...1870
• FAINTLING - † one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly ...1614
• FAIZARD - † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FAIZART - a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FASERT - † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FAZARD - a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow ...1721 Sc.
• FAZART - † a coward, a dastard ...1597 Sc.
• FRAID-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FRAIDYBUG a timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRAIDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FUNK a cowardly, nervous, or timorous person ...1808 colloq.
• FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...1826
• FUNKSTICK * a nervous, timid, or cowardly person ...1860
• GALLINA a coward (Hispanic) ...Bk2002 prison sl.
• GARLIC-EATER a low fellow, a coward ...a1616
• GARRON a man without mettle, a coward ...1840 Sc.
• GETLING † a timorous or cowardly person ...1887 Sc.
• GIMP a weakling; a coward ...1979 sl., orig. US college
• GLASS JAW a coward; one easily defeated; a gullible person; a dupe ...1927 US college sl.
• GO-EASY a very timid or cowardly person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GUTLESS WONDER a totally insipid and spineless person; a coward ...1937 Amer. sl.
• HAG a coward ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• HAGGIS-HEART a soft, cowardly person ...1812 Sc.
• HAMMIE, HAMMY a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HECTOR a vapouring, swaggering coward ...Bk1737
• HEN a hen-hearted, timorous, or cowardly person of either sex ...1632
• HEN-HEART one who has the heart of a hen; a chicken-heart, a coward ...c1440
• HIGO a coward ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• HILDING a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch ...1601 arch.
• KAYNARD † a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal ...1782
• KECKEN a coward ...1923 Sc.
• LADYFINGER a weak or effeminate fellow; a cowardly man ...1942 US sl.
• MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband ...1526
• MEATER a cowardly dog; hence, a cowardly man ...L19 Brit. sl., chiefly Cockneys' usage
• MIDDEN-DAUP a dastardly or cowardly fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MOUSE an extremely shy or introverted person; a weakling; a coward ...1839
• MOUSE-KILLER † (derogatory) a coward ...1607
• MOUSE'S HEART † a coward ..a1425
• MR. MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person ...1930s sl.
• MUDGER a coward; a milksop ....E19 Brit. sl.
• NIDDERING a base coward or wretch ...1596
• NIDGING a coward ...B1900
• NIGGET † a coward ...B1900
• PALK a coward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLAWA a worthless or cowardly fellow ...1825 Sc.
• PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person ...1936 US sl.
• PAPBROEK a coward, a weakling ...1930s S. Afr. sl.
• PIKER (derogatory) orig. a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; one who plays for small stakes; hence, a person who takes no chances; a cowardly or stingy person; a shirker ...1859 colloq., orig. US
• POOSHEY, POOSHIE, POOSHY a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POSSUM GUTS a coward ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• PUDDING-HEART a coward, a soft-heart, a poltroon ...1834
• PUFF a weak or cowardly person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUSHIE a coward ...1960s Ulster sl.
• QUACK-BREECH † one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590
• QUACK-BUTTOCK † one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616
• QUAKE BREACH † a coward ...L16
• QUAKE-BREECH † one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590
• QUAKE-BUTTOCK † one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616
• RABBIT a coward; someone who is as timid as a rabbit ...1896 sl.
• RABBIT FOOT a coward; a timid person ...1925 US Black sl.
• RECREANT a disloyal or cowardly person ...14C
• SACKIE, SACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARDY a child's name for a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARE-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCARED-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCAREDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1930 colloq.
• SCARY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOUK a skulking, cowardly fellow; one with a downcast or dogged look ...1882 Sc.
• SHY-COCK a coward ...L18 Brit. sl.
• SISSY  effeminate boy or man, esp. a homosexual; a coward ...1879 US sl.
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
• SKOOK a skulking, cowardly fellow; a sneak; one with a hangdog look ...1882 Sc.
• SNEAKSBY * a mean-spirited person; a cowardly, creeping scoundrel; a paltry fellow; a sneak ...1580
• SOOK a coward ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SQUIB a coward ...1945 Aust. sl.
• TATTIE-BOGLE a ragged, unkempt, or grotesquely-dressed person; a coward ...1972 Sc.
• TATTIE BOODIE a stupid or cowardly person ...1972 Sc.
• VILIACO † a vile or contemptible person; a villain, a scoundrel, a coward ...1599
• WILL-IF-I-DARE a man too cowardly to attempt to get what he wants ...1901 Eng. dial.
• WILLY-BOY a coward; a sissy ...1914 Amer. sl. 
• WINDY a coward ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOMAN-JESSIE a cowardly man...1934 Amer. dial.
• WOOFIE a wimp; a weak and cowardly person ...Bk2006 Amer. teen & high school sl. 
• YATTY a cowardly man ...2003 UK Black sl.
• YELDEN, YELDING a mean, cowardly fellow; a woman of bad character ...1853 Eng. dial.
• YELLOW BACK a coward ...1922 US sl.
• YELLOW BASTARD a person without courage or fortitude; a coward ...1979 sl.
• YELLOW-BELLY a coward ...1927 colloq., orig. US
• YELLOW-BELLY BIRD a coward ...1960 Trinidad and Tobago
• YELLOW CUR a person without courage or fortitude; a coward ...1979 sl.
• YELLOW DOG a person without courage or fortitude; a coward ...1979 sl.
• YELLOW GUTS a coward ...1979 US sl.
• YELLOWHAMMER a coward ...1913-1914 US sl.
• YELLOW HEEL a coward ...1949 US sl.
• YELLOW PUP a person without courage or fortitude; a coward ...1979 sl.
• ZACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial. 
coward, cowardly - verbs
• ACCOWARD † to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted ...1530
• ACCOWARDIZE † to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted ...1480
• CAFF to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward ...1841 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN ONE OUT to dare someone to prove he is not a coward ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHICKENSHIT to act in a cowardly or otherwise distasteful manner ...1960s sl., orig. US
• DINGO to behave in a treacherous or cowardly manner ...1935 Aust.
• FLINK  to behave in a cowardly manner; to shirk one's duty ...1887 Amer. dial.
​• FUNK to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK ON to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• FUNK OUT to back out in a cowardly manner ...Bk1905 Amer.
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to be cowardly; to loiter ...1596
• HAVE CRAP IN ONE'S BLOOD to be a coward ...1956 US sl.
• HAVE ONE'S HEART IN A NUTSHELL to act like a coward ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. 
• HAVE THE BALLS OF A BUTTERFLY to be cowardly ...1971 US sl.
• HAVE THE BALLS OF A HUMMINGBIRD. to be cowardly ...1970 US sl.
• PLAY THE TINKLER to act as a coward; to run away ...1893 Sc.
• PUT ON A DINGO ACT to behave in a cowardly way ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• RAG OUT to show the white flag or feather ...c1880 sl.
• TURN CHARLIE to turn coward or become frightened ....c1930 sl.
 
COWARDICE - nouns
• BACK-OUT cowardice; a disposition to retreat from an opponent ...1828 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARDISM conduct resembling that of the buzzard; cowardice ...1659
• DASTARDICE † mean or base cowardice ...1603
• DASTARDLINESS mean or base cowardliness ...1561
• DASTARDNESS † base cowardice, dastardliness ...1519
• DASTARDY the quality of a dastard; base or mean cowardice ...1588 arch.
• FAINTISE † feebleness, weakness of body or mind; want of energy, cowardice ..1297
• FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear ...1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
• FUNKING the act or fact of showing fear, nervousness, or cowardice; a backing out of or evading something due to nerves, cowardice, etc. ...1823 colloq.
• LASHNESS † remissness; also, cowardice ...c1477
• MANLESSNESS † cowardice ...1667
• MICROPSYCHY † cowardice, feeble courage, faintness of heart, pusillanimity ...1651
• MUTTON cowardice ...1960s US sl.
• NESHNESS † lack of courage ...c897
• TRENCH HORRORS fear and cowardice, or fear of same ...World War I Amer. sl.
• UMBRELLA cowardice ...1930s sl.
cowardice - verbs
• FIND A WHITE FEATHER IN ONE'S TAIL to perceive signs of cowardice ...1825
• WASH THE MILK OFF ONE'S LIVER † to purge oneself of cowardice ...1732
 
COWBOY - nouns
• OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• OATER a cowboy film, story, or song ...1946 US sl.
• OAT OPERA a cowboy movie; a western ...1950s US sl.
• SPAG a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors ...1970s sl., orig. US
cowboy - person
• ARBUCKLE a greenhorn cowboy ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BABY CROCKETT a fake cowboy ...1970s homosexual sl.
• BACCARO, BACQUERO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1847 Amer. dial.
• BAKHARA one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1827 Amer. dial.
• BALL-BEARING COWBOY one who chases cattle in a vehicle instead of on a horse ...1980 Aust. sl.
• BAQUERO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BARNEY MAN a cowboy ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• BEEFHEAD a Texan, a cowboy ...1866 US sl.
• BIG SCISSOR-BILL a cowboy who did not do his work well ...Bk1936 US cowboy usage
• BILL-SHOW COWBOY a show-off cowboy of the Buffalo Bill show type ...1944 Amer. Western usage
• BRUSH BUSTER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH HAND a cowboy who works in brush country ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BRUSHPOPPER a cowboy, esp. one who works in the brush ...1925 Western US
• BRUSH THUMPER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH WHACKER a cowboy who works in brush country ...1961 Amer. dial.
• BUCCAHRO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUCCAROO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1925 Amer. dial.
• BUCHARO one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1861  Amer. dial.
• BUCKAREE one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAROO - a bronco-buster, a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUCKAYRO - one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUCKER - one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEROO - one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET MAN - (derogatory) a cowboy ...1897 Amer. dial.
• BUCKHARA - one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1829 Amer. dial.
• BUKKARER - one who herds cattle or breaks wild horses; a cowboy ...1862 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER - a cowboy ...1874 Amer. dial.
• BULL-WHACKER - a driver of cattle; a cowboy ...1859 US
• COW KICKER - a cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• COW PUNCHER - a cowboy ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• COW-WADDY - a cowboy; a ranch hand ...1928 Amer. West usage
• DABSTER HAND - a cowboy expert at his work ...1968 Amer. Western sl.
• FLASH-RIDER a bronco-buster ... Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• GATE HORSE  - a cowboy stationed at the corral gate for any purpose ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
• GAUCHO - a cowboy of the South American pampas ...1824
• HAYSHAKER - a cowboy; used derisively ...1945 Amer. railroad usage
• HAY-SHOVELER - a cowboy who fed cattle in the winter by throwing hay from the 'stacks' ...Bk1934 US cowboy usage
• HAZER - a cowboy whose duty was to assist the 'buster' to break a horse; his duty, esp. when the horse is broken outside the corral, is to keep the animal turned so that his bucking will not take him too far away ...Bk1936 US cowboy usage
• HEEL SQUATTER - a cowboy, because it is common practice for him to rest by squatting upon his heels ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
• HEIFER-PRODDER - a cowboy ...1941 US West. jocular
• HERD-BOY - a man or boy engaged in tending a herd of cattle, a cowboy ...1878
• HILL-BILLY COWBOY - one working for an outfit that ranged pretty well up in the sticks ...Bk1936 US cowboy usage
• IRON MAN - the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons ...1933 Amer. dial.
• IRON TENDER - the cowboy responsible for tending or handling the branding irons ...1961 Amer. dial.
• KICKER - a cowboy, or a would-be cowboy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK - a real roughened cowboy of many trail accomplishments ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-POUNDER - a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LIMB-SKINNER - a cowboy who works in brush country ...1936 US West. sl.
• LONGHORN - an experienced cowboy ...1903 US West. sl.
• MAIL-ORDER COWBOY - a would-be cowboy ...1926 Amer. dial.
• MAN-AT-THE-POT - the first cowboy to pick up the coffee pot when out with the chuck wagons; it becomes his duty to pour coffee for the outfit ...1940 Amer. Western dial.
• MONKEY WARD COWBOY - a would-be cowboy, who has the clothes but is otherwise spurious ...1910s US sl.
• MOSS HORN - an aged cowboy ...1880 Western US
• MOSSY HORN - an aged cowboy ...1880 Western US
• MOVIE COWBOY - a cowboy of the romanticized kind typically depicted in films ...1913
• PANIOLA - a cowboy ...1938 Hawaii
• PANIOLO - a cowboy ...1892 Hawaii
• PEELER - a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster ...1894 Amer. dial.
• POKE - a cowboy ...1928 Amer. sl.
• PORK-AND-BEANER - a cowboy ...1920s US sl.
• POT-HOLE RIDER - a cowboy who roamed over a territory containing 'bog-holes' or 'pot-holes' and pull mired cattle from them ...Bk1936 US cowboy usage
• PUNCHER - a cowboy ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RANAHAN - an experienced cowhand; a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RANNY - (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANNYCAVOO - (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE - (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy, esp. an experienced one ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE-BLANKET GAMBLER - a cowboy addicted to gambling around the campfire on a saddle blanket; a small-time gambler; one who played for small stakes ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
• SADDLE BUM - an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE STIFF - an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE TRAMP - an out-of-work cowboy who drifts from ranch to ranch subsisting on free meals ...1921 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE WARMER - a man employed in riding horseback; a cowboy ...Bk1936 US Western sl.
• SAINT - a term used by a rustler for a cowboy ...Bk1936 US cowboy usage
• SCREW - a cowboy ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SHADOW RIDER - a cowboy who spends most of his time showing off, watching his shadow ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SHIT-KICKER - a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TOP SCREW - the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1920 Amer. dial.
• TOP WADDY - the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1902 Amer. dial.
• VACHER - a herdsman or cowboy ...Bk1889 Amer.
• VAQUERO - in Spanish America, a cowboy or cowherd; a herdsman or cattle-driver; a cattle-tender ...1837
• WADDIE - a cattle rustler; also, a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand ...1897 US sl.
• WEED-BENDER - a cowboy ...1945 US railroaders' usage 
cowboy - verbs
• BUCKAROO to work as a cowboy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUNCH to work as a cowboy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE of a cowboy: to camp out alone in search of stray cattle ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
COWED - adjectives
• HACKED OFF embarrassed, cowed, flustered ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OOLED downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• OOLT downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
cowed - verbs 
• HANG ONE'S EARS † to be cowed or discouraged ...1678
 
COWER - verbs
• CALL to crouch, to cower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRUDLE to coax, fawn, or cringe; to shrink or cower with cold, fear, or pain ...Bk1891 Eng. dial. 
• FUNK to cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion ...1746 sl.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• OOR to creep, to crouch, to cower; to move slowly and feebly; to droop ...1866 Sc.
• SCREEDLE to cower or huddle over the fire ...1746 Eng. dial.
 
COWERING - adjectives
• RABBITY timid, cowering ...1937 Amer. dial.
 
COWLICK - adjectives
• CALF-LICKED having hair on the forehead which will not lie flat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
cowlick - nouns 
• CALF-LICK a tuft of hair growing on the human forehead, which will not part or lie flat; a cowlick ...1892 Eng. dial.
 
COXCOMB - person
• AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb ...1611
• BACCALARE a self-conceited fellow; a coxcomb ...Bk1795
• FEATHER-COCK † a coxcomb ...1612
• JACK a young coxcomb ...Bk1852
• JACK-A-DANDY a conceited fop; a petty dandy; a coxcomb; a pert, smart, little impertinent fellow; a conceited, empty-headed little fellow; a contemptuous name for a beau, fop, or dandy; an insignificant person ...1632
• JACKANAPES one who is like an ape in tricks, airs, or behaviour; a ridiculous upstart; an impudent person; a pert, impertinent fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a conceited coxcomb ...1534
• JACKANEYAPS, JACKANYEPS a coxcomb ...Bk1883 Eng. dial.
• JACK-A-NIPS a conceited coxcomb; a dandy; an affected, puppyish young man ...1839 Eng. dial.
• JACK-AT-WARTS - a conceited little fellow - a little coxcomb ...Bk1852
• JACK-DANDY - a little fop - a coxcomb or a petty dandy - an insignificant or impertinent little fellow ...1632 colloq.
• JACKNAPES - a coxcomb ...Bk1880
• JACK-STRAW - a light fellow - a coxcomb ...Bk1881
• MAAYCOCK - a conceited fellow - a coxcomb ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAB - † a coxcomb; a fop ...a1700 sl.
• NABE - a coxcomb, a fop ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• PHYSBUTTOCKE - † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• PRINCOCK - † a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAG-FEATHER - † a silly swaggerer; a swaggering coxcomb ...1611 
 
COY - adjectives
• CUTESY affectedly cute or coy ...colloq., chiefly US
• SKEIGH of persons, esp. women: shy, coy, disdainful, proud ...c1560 Sc.
• SKITTISH inclined to show coyness or reserve ...1648
• VERECUND modest, bashful; shy, coy ...c1550
• VERECUNDIOUS † accompanied by modesty; modest, bashful, shy, coy ...a1639
coy - verbs
• MAIDEN IT † to act like a maiden; to be coy ...1597-8
 
COYOTE - nouns
• BARKING WOLF † a coyote ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH WOLF a coyote ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LOBO a coyote ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MEDICINE WOLF a coyote ...1837 Amer. dial.
• OTIE a coyote ...1931 Amer. dial.
• PRAIRIE LAWYER a coyote ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
 
COZEN - verbs
• FINNEGAN to cozen, to persuade artfully ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SALVE to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen ...1856 Eng. dial.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
 
CRAB - nouns
• BITER the claw of a crab ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1879 US sl.
• CANCER a crab ...1562 
• CANKER a crab ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CART the carapace of a crab ...M19
• DEAD MAN the inedible gills of a crab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DEADMAN'S FINGERS the gills or lungs of a crab, considered poisonous ...1880s US Black sl.
• DEVIL CRAB a king crab ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HEAVER a crab ...1790 Eng. dial.  
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX a hermit crab ...Bk1901 US fishing usage
• PARTAN a crab, esp. the common crab, Cancer pagurus; the shore crab, Carcinus moenas ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PARTAN BREE crab soup ...1909 Sc.
• PARTAN-CAGE a crab trap ...1899 Sc.
• PARTAN'S-TAE a crab's claw ...1822 Sc.
• PATT † a crab ...1730 Eng. dial.  
• PENNYWINKLE a hermit crab ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SAND-BAG the stomach of a crab ...1895
• WHALE a very large crab ...1981 Amer. dial.
• WHALE CRAB a very large crab ...1965 Amer. dial.
crab - verbs
• MUDLARK to catch or dig up crabs on mud flats or marshes ...1905 Amer. dial.

CRABBED - adjectives
• AZZLED - crabbed; sour; churlish ...Bk1881 Eng. dial.
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-humoured, surly, rude ...1790 Sc.
• CANKERED malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed ...1513
• CANKERLY † malignant, envious; ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered,, crabbed ...1580
• CANKEROUS ill-humoured, crabbed ...1580
• CANKERY ill-humoured, crabbed ...1786 Sc.
• CANKERSOME bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained ...1855 Sc.
• CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• GNATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL-RUN crabbed, cantankerous ...1880 Sc. 
• KELSHIE † crabbed, surly ...1833 Sc.
• NATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERIE, NITTERY peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• RUBARBATIVE † crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600
• TARN'D ill-natured, fierce, crabbed ...1805 Eng. dial.
• TAUTIE of persons: cross-grained, crabbed ...a1838 Sc. 
• TEETHY ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THAWART cross, crabbed; obstinate; forward ...1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRISSLY, THRISTLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WRAW † peevish, crabbed, perverse ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WRAWFUL † peevish, crabbed, ill-tempered; perverse, contrarious ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
​• ZOWER-ZAPPED adj. ill-natured, crabbed, sour in temper: usually applied to women ...B1900 Eng. dial.
crabbed - nouns
• CANKEREDNESS malice, spite; ill-humour; crabbed temper ...1538
crabbed - person
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• GANGREL a crabbed, ill-tempered, crusty old man, rough, and churlish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NATTER a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer ...1908 Sc.
• NATTEREL a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer ...1919 Sc.
• NIPSCART a peevish, crabbed, ill-tempered person ...1825 Sc. 
• SOUR-SOP a cross, crabbed, or ill-natured person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TARRANT a crabbed, ill-natured person ...1703 Eng. dial.
• TEASTRIL a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a crabbed, peevish fellow ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• URF a crabbed or peevish person of a diminutive size ...Bk1905 Sc. 
• WIRR a crabbed, cantankerous, peevish, diminutive person ...1825 Sc.

CRABBING - person
• CHICKEN NECKER (derogatory) in crabbing: an amateur who interlopes on professional crabbers ...1976 Amer. dial.
 
CRABBY - adjectives
• HAZLED crabby, surly, sour ...Bk2002 Eng. Dial.
• SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby ...1855 Eng. dial.
crabby - person
• CRANK a crabby person ...Bk2006 US college sl.
 
CRACK - nouns
• CHOP a cleft or crack in the hands or face ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FAULT † an unsound or damaged place; a flaw, a crack ...1514
• GAIG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GEG a cut or crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HACK a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost ...1808 Sc.
• KEEN a small crack on the fingers caused by frost or cold ...1959 Sc.
• OPEMENT an opening, a crack ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion ...1866 Sc.
• SCORE a crack, crevice, fissure ...1825 Sc.
• TACK * the sound of a smart stroke; a tap; a crack ...1821 Sc
crack - verbs
• GAIG to crack, to break into chinks in consequence of heat ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAPE of wounds, material objects, etc.: to split, to crack, to part asunder ...1577
• GEG † to crack, in consequence of heat or drought ...1825 Sc.
• HACK of the skin: to chap or crack; to make or become rough ...c1779 Sc.
• HAPPEN to rattle, to make a cracking sound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JAIL to crack; to spill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG to crack or split; used esp. of wood ...1856 Eng. dial.
• LEAP † to burst, to crack ...1477
• NICKER to crack, to clatter, to make a clicking sound, to creak ...1931 Sc. 
• RAIRD to make a loud noise; to shout, to roar; to make a cracking sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANE to cause to crack or split; to crack, to split ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rustle; to make a clattering, cracking sound ...1826 Sc.
• SCAM to injure, to crack; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way, esp. of clothing ...1866 Sc.
• TING to crack, to split ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-CRACK † to crack to pieces, to shatter ...a1300
• YACK to make a snapping sound, to snap, to crack ...1873
 
CRACK COCAINE - see DRUGS COCAINE
 
CRACKED - adjectives
• ASLAT of an earthen vessel, piece of furniture, etc.: cracked, split ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
CRACKER - see FIREWORKS
 
CRACKING - nouns
• CRICK-CRACK a noise of cracking; a representation of a repeated sharp sound ...1565-73
• YACK a snapping or cracking sound ...1861
 
CRACKLE - verbs
• BIRSLE to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• CREPITATE to crackle, to make a crackling sound ...1853
• HAPPER † to crackle, to snap ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTLE to make a light rattling, crackling, or tapping noise ...1825 N. Eng. dial.
• NEESTER, NEISTER to throw off sparks; to crackle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RATTLE to make a rustling or crackling noise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to rustle, to make a crackling, scraping sound ...1904 Sc. DSL online
• SCRAP to crackle by fire or by weight ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRINGE, SKRINGE to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread ...1853 Ireland
 
CRACKLING - adjectives
• HAPPERY crackling; apt to snap or crackle ...1886 Eng. dial.
crackling, adverbs 
• REESHLE with a rustling, crackling sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
crackling - nouns 
• GRATON crackling; a crisp piece of skin or other tissue remaining after fat (usually of a pig) has been rendered, used as food or in making soap ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
CRADLE - nouns
• BABY-TROUGH a children's cradle or playpen ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BEE-BAW a child's cradle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEIJO a cradle ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BRANLE a hammock-like cradle; it consisted of a strong circular piece of cloth, securely but slackly fastened to a large, stout hoop that was suspended by three light cords to a hook in a rafter of the gallery ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BYO a cradle ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CADER a cradle ...1750 Eng. dial.
• KEATHER a cradle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• REWTAUTER a child's swing; a cradle ...1867 Eng. dial.
• REWTRATTER a child's swing; a cradle ...1867 Eng. dial.
cradle - person
• BERSATRIX † a rocker of children in a cradle ...17C
 
CRAFT - nouns
• DEEPTH craft, subtlety ...B1900 Eng. dial.  
 
CRAFTILY - adverbs
• FAKENLICHE † craftily ...c1000
• OLD craftily, knowingly; distrustfully, askance; angrily ...1881 Eng. dial.
• PAWKILY slyly, craftily, cleverly, shrewdly ...1725 Sc.  EDD Wright 1903
• SUBTILELY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † craftily, cunningly ...c1385 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY † with craft or guile; craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously ...c1325
• YEPLY † cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously ...a900
 
CRAFTINESS - nouns
• CALLIDITY * craftiness, cunning ...1524
• FELLNESS † treachery, deceitfulness; craftiness ...a1398
• IKEYNESS Jewishness and the derogatory stereotypes associated with it, i.e. artfulness, craftiness, greed, financial chicanery, etc. ...L19 sl.
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
• PAUKERY, PAWKERY, PAWKRIE slyness, craftiness ...1823 Sc.  
• QUAINTISE † a device, a stratagem, a trick; an instance of cleverness, cunning, or craft ...1297
• SUBTILENESS † cunning, craftiness, slyness ...1474
• SUBTILITY † cunning, craftiness ...1375
• SUBTILTY † cunning, craftiness, guile ...c1374
• UNDERCRAFT † hidden or secret craft or cunning ...c1400 
craftiness - verbs
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...colloq.
 
CRAFTSMAN - adjectives
• SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous ...a1300 arch.
craftsman - person
• DÆDAL † skilful artificer or fabricator; a skilled worker or craftsman ...c1630
• DÆDALIST an imitator of Dædalus; a skilled worker or craftsman ...1713 nonce-word
• DÆDALUS a skilful or cunning artificer; a skilled worker or craftsman ...c1630
• HANDCRAFTMAN a person, esp. a man, working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman; a person who engages in handcraft ...c1480
• HANDCRAFTSMAN a person, esp. a man, working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman; a person who engages in handcraft ...1485
• HANDICRAFT † a handicraftsman, a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman; a person who engages in handicraft ...1547
• HANDICRAFTMAN a handicraftsman, a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman; a person who engages in handicraft ...a1544, now chiefly Sth. Asian
• HANDICRAFTSMAN a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman; a person who engages in handicraft ...1530-1, now chiefly Sth. Asian
• HANDICRAFTSWOMAN a woman working in a skilled manual occupation; a woman who engages in handicraft ...1801
• HAND-WORKER a person who works with his hands: opposed variously to one who works with his head, one who employs the hands of others, or one who works with a machine; a manual labourer; a crafts person ...1480
• HANDY-CRAFTS-MAN a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman; a person who engages in handicraft ...1530-1
• HANDYWRIGHT † a worker with his hands; a craftsman ...1674

CRAFTY - adjectives
• ASTUCIOUS astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd ...1823
• AULD-MOU'D sagacious, crafty ...1768 Sc.
• CAGEY shrewd, cunning, crafty, cautious, wary ...1920s
• CAGY wary, cautious, crafty, cunning, reticent, non-committal ...1893 US colloq.
• CALLENT † crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience ...1656
• CALLID †* crafty, cunning ...1656
• CAPTIOUS † crafty ...1590
• CAUTELOUS † cautious, wary, heedful, prudent; crafty, cunning, artful ...1574 obs. or arch. 
• DERN † of persons: secret in purpose or action; reseved, close; hence, underhand, sly, crafty ...a1000
• ENGINOUS † clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful ...c1325
• GINNOUS †* crafty, guileful, cunning ...c1425
• IKEY-MO artful, crafty, knowing ...L19 sl.
• OLD sly, crafty, cunning, clever ...1722
• QUAINT † cunning, crafty, given to scheming or plotting ...a1225
• RUTTERKIN † swaggering; crafty; sly ...1594
• SANSHACH wily, crafty; shrewd; sarcastically clever ...1808 Sc.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLIPPERY AS A SNAKE crafty and shrewd ...Bk1995 US sl.
• SLIVERLY * cunning, crafty, deceitful, knavish, artful ...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUBDOLOUS * somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, artful, deceitful ...1588
• SUBTILE crafty, artful, sly, cunning ...c1385
• SUBTLE † crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily ...1357
• TODLY †* foxy, crafty, cunning ...1571
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
• VERSUTILOQUENT talking cunningly or craftily ...1727
• VERSUTIOUS † cunning, crafty, wily ...1660
• VETERATORIAN † crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced ...1656
• VULPINARY † crafty, wily, artful, cunning, sly ...1721
• WRENCHFUL †* artful, crafty, deceitful ...a1225
• YEPE † cunning, crafty, sly, wily ...c1000
crafty - nouns
• ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SUBTILITY † a cunning of crafty scheme; an artifice, a dodge ...1390
• SUBTLETY † a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice ...1375
• WANLACE † a crafty device, a plot ...1303
crafty - person
• ANOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• CAWDEY a shrewd, crafty little boy ...1924 Ireland
• FOX a man likened for craftiness to a fox ...c1000
• HEADCADAB a clever, sharp person, one quick of understanding; a schemer, a crafty person; one educated in deceit ...1823 Sc.
• JACK a sly, crafty or cunning fellow ...Bk1797
• NINETER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• OLD ONE a sly or crafty person ...1847-49 Amer. sl.
• OLD SHOT an old, crafty person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• POSSUM a dissembler, a hypocrite; a devious or crafty person ...1846 US sl.
• RUTTERKIN † an old crafty fox; a sly old fellow; a swaggering gallant or bully; a term of contempt ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIM SUBTLE † a subtle or crafty person ...1581
• SLY-BOOTS a sly, cunning, or crafty person ...a1700 colloq.
• TOD a person likened to a fox; a crafty or sly person ...1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ULYSSES an adventurous traveller; a crafty person ...1611
• VERSUTILOQUENT a crafty talker; one using words craftily ...1656
• WILY-PIE † a crafty or cunning fellow; a sly rogue ...c1450 
crafty - verbs
• CARRY A LOT UNDER ONE'S HAT to be crafty, sly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
CRAG - nouns
• BANKS precipitous rocks or crags ...Bk1898 Sc.
• HAG † a break, gap, or chasm in a crag or cliff ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
CRAM - verbs
• FARCE † to cram full of; to pack ...c1386
• FARCINATE † to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food ...1634
• PAG to cram, to pack tightly, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANG to pack a receptacle tight, to cram full, to stuff, to fill to the utmost ...1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAM JAM to fill up, to cram ...19C Eng. dial.
 
CRAMMED - adjectives
• CHOCKER completely full, crammed with ; also, crowded close together ...1956 colloq.
• PANG packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...c1560 Sc.
• PANG-FULL full, packed tight, stuffed, crammed ...1842 Sc.
• RAMJAM absolutely crammed ...1879 UK sl.
• RAMMED crammed, stuffed full ...1996 UK sl.
 
CRAMP - nouns
• CHARLEY-HORSE a cramp in the arm or leg ...1888 N. Amer.
• CRICK a painful muscle spasm or cramp, esp. in the neck or back ...15C colloq.
• RISING DAMP a cramp ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
cramp - verbs
• CRICK to cause a crick in the neck, back, etc. ...15C colloq.
• SCRAMP to cramp, to pinch; to stint of food, money, etc. ...1880 Sc.
• SCRIM, SKRIM to cramp; to benumb ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
CRAMPED - adjectives
• SCRAM benumbed; withered; stiff, cramped ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMMY cramped, confined ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
CRANBERRY - nouns
• MARSH WHORTS † cranberries ...1578
 
CRANE FLY - nouns
• ALLY-LONG-LEGS the 'daddy-long-legs' or crane-fly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FATHER-LONG-LEGS a daddy-long-legs; a long-legged spider; the crane-fly ...1796
• HARRY-LONG-LEGS the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs ...1781
• JENNY-SPINNER the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs ...1817
• TAILOR-TARTAN a daddy-long-legs or crane-fly ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TOMMY-NODDY-HEAD the crane-fly ...1923 Sc.
 
CRANKY - adjectives
• DILLY queer, cranky ...1873 Eng. dial.
• KOOKIE, KOOKY cranky, crazy, eccentric ...1959 sl.
• PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKETY disagreeable, cranky, crotchety; obstinate ...1905 Amer. dial.
cranky - person
• BAT a disagreeable, despicable, or foolish woman or girl; a quarrelsome, unpleasant or cranky woman; a gossipy or mean old woman; a shrew or termagant ...1886
• KOOK a cranky, crazy, or eccentric person ...1960 sl.
• OLD BUZZARD a cranky old man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
CRAPS - nouns
• ABYSSINIAN POLO the game of craps ...1942 Amer. jocular
• ACE-DOUCHE in craps: a first roll of three ...1999 US sl.
• ACES IN BOTH PLACES in craps: a roll of two ...1999 US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY 1. 3, esp. in craps dice ...1920s US Black sl.
2. in craps: a roll of a one and a two ...1974 US sl.
• ACTION gambling activity; bets and wagers; a crap game or other game of chance ...Amer. sl.
• ADA FROM DECATUR in craps: the point eight ...1918 Amer. sl.
• ADA ROSS the eight point in craps dice ...1918 US sl.
• ADA ROSS THE STABLE BOSS the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
• ADA ROSS THE STABLE HOSS the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
• AFRICAN BONES the game of craps dice ...1920s US sl.
• AFRICAN DOMINOES dice; specifically the game of craps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• AFRICAN GOLF the game of craps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• AFRICAN PILLS the game of craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• AFRICAN POOL (usually offensive) the game of craps ...1919 Amer. jocular
• ANNIE FROM ARKANSAS in craps: an eight ...1993 US sl.
• APOSTLES, THE in craps: a roll of twelve ...1999 US sl.
• ALL DAY in craps: said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven ...1983 US sl.
• ARMY CRAPS a game of craps in which the shooter serves as the banker ...1984 US sl.
• AUNT JEMIMA in craps: a particular point, perhaps three ...1909 US sl.
• AUSTRALIAN YO in craps, a roll of three; a roll of three is rarely a good thing, and is usually best face-down; if a three is face-down, an eleven is face-up; eleven is 'yo' with the three thus 'down-under the yo' ...1999 US sl.
• BAD NEWS the losing throw of 3 in craps dice ...1930s sl., orig. US
• BASEBALL BUM in craps: the number nine ...1949 US sl.
• BIG BEN in craps: the point ten ...1962 US sl.
• BIG DICK a ten rolled with the dice in craps ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BIG JOE FROM BOSTON in craps: a ten ...1957 US sl.
• BOTH WAYS a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose ...1950 US sl.
• BOXCARS in craps: a throw of 12 on the dice ...1909 Amer. sl.
• CARPS the game of craps ...1901 Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYES in craps: a three ...1968 US sl.
• DANGLE ROLL a losing throw of the dice in craps ...1990s US Black sl.
• DOUBLE NICKELS in craps: a roll of ten made with a pair of fives ...1999 US sl.
• E AND T in craps: a one-roll bet on eleven and twelve ...1983 US sl.
• EASY in craps: a point made by a combination other than a matched pair ...1996 US sl.
• EASY SIX the point of 6 in craps dice ...20C US gambling sl.
• EASY WAY of an even-numbered point in craps: scored in any fashion other than a pair ...1974 US sl.
• EIGHTER FROM DECATUR the point of 8 in craps dice ...1910s US gambling usage
• EYES, THE in craps: a roll of two ...1999 US sl.
• GAG in craps: a bet that the shooter will make his even-numbered point in pairs ...1950 US sl.
• HORSES in craps: misspotted dice used for cheating ...1894 Amer. sl.
• INDOOR GOLF the game of craps dice ...1920s US sl. 
• JOE COTTON the point of 8 in craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• LITTLE DICK (FISHER) in craps: a four ...1957 US sl.
• LITTLE FOUR the point of 4 in craps dice ...20C US gambling sl.
• LITTLE JOE a roll of four in craps ...1890 US sl.
• MANNA FROM HEAVEN in craps: the throw of 11 ...2000s US sl.
• MISSISSIPPI MARBLES dice; a game of dice, esp. craps ...1920 Amer. jocular
• MISSISSIPPI MULE dice, or the game of craps ...1920s US sl.
• NATURAL 1. in gambling: a winning combination in various gambling games, esp. in craps ...1912 Amer. sl.
2. in craps: a winning roll of seven on the first toss ...1962 US sl.
• NIGGER GOLF (derogatory) the game of craps dice ...1910s US sl.
• ORPHAN in craps: a bet on the table that a gambler has forgotten belongs to him ...1981 US sl.
• QUAIL a twenty-five cent betting token used in craps ...1983 US sl.
• QUININE in craps: the number nine ...1950 US sl.
• RABBIT TRACKS in craps: a six rolled with a pair of threes ...1985 US sl.
• SICE in craps: the point and number six ...1950 US sl.
• SISTER HIX - in craps: a six ...1983 US sl.
• SKINNY DUGAN in craps: any combination of seven ...1985 US sl.
• SNAKE EYES in craps: the point or the roll of two ...1929 Amer. sl.
• WRONG in craps: a bet against the shooter ...1974 US sl.
craps - person
• AFRICAN GOLFER a crap-shooter ...1910s US sl.
• GUNNER the person shooting the dice in craps ...1930s US sl.
• RACK MAN an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc. ...1930s sl.
• WRONGLE in craps: someone who bets against the shooter ...1974 US sl.
craps - verbs 
• ACE-DEUCE in craps: to sustain a heavy loss ...1987 US sl.
• FADE in craps: to take one's bet; to cover one's offered bet ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HORSE in craps: to shoot dice idly for no stakes ...1946 US sl.
craps - interjections 
• BABY NEEDS A PAIR OF SHOES! a traditional exclamation of crapshooters, suggesting that one has expenses to meet; used to summon good luck ...1918 US sl.
• MAN OVERBOARD!. in craps, in American casinos: used for announcing that the dice or a die are off the table ...1985 US sl.
• UP JUMPED THE DEVIL! used to express dismay at the toss of a seven by a craps player trying to make his point ...1950 US sl. 

CRASH - nouns
• DEVESHER a heavy fall; a crash ...1850 Eng. dial.
• DUNCH a loud noise; a bang, a crash ...1440 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FRAGOR, FRAGOUR † a loud, harsh noise; a crash, a din ...1605 
• HORIZONTAL a bad crash ...World War I sl.
• INVOLUNTARY DISMOUNT in mountain biking: a crash ...Bk2009 sl. 
• PARDOOS a thump, a crash; a violent fall; a resounding blow, a whack ...1866 Sc.
• PASH a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PIE-UP a crash; a smash ... Amer. World War I sl.
• RACK 1. † a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
2. † ​a crash as of something breaking ...1671
• RASH a crash or clash ...c1470 Sc.
• SAUSAGE AND MASH a crash; a collision ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• VELLYE a crash, a heavy fall or thud ...1973 Sc.
crash - verbs
• BIFF to fall, to fail, to crash ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BRATTLE to make a loud rattling or crashing sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EAT ASPHALT to crash while riding a motorcycle, bicycling, or taking part in an recreational activity on the street ...2002 US sl.
• EAT IT to crash ...Bk1995 US sl.
• PLAY WALLOP to come down with a crash ...1820 Sc.
• STACK to crash a vehicle ...1971 Aust. sl.
• WRAP AROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object ....1950 UK sl.
• WRAP ROUND to crash a vehicle into an immovable object ....1950 UK sl.
 
CRASHING - verbs
• YELL † of an inanimate thing: to make a strident or crashing noise ...a1000
 
CRAVAT - see TIE
 
CRAVE, CRAVING - adjectives
• GAGGING desperately craving something, as a cigarette, drink, or sex ...1997 UK sl.
• HAINISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• HANKLING desirous of, having a craving or desire for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAYNISH greedy, ravenous; craving for a thing ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TITILLATING itching, tingling; craving, hankering ...1858
crave, craving - nouns 
• FIX what a person craves or needs ...1993 US sl.
• HANKLING a hankering, a craving after ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLING an 'itching' to do something; an uneasy desire, craving, hankering ...1553
crave, craving - verbs
• CRY FOR THE MOON to want something that you cannot reach or have; to crave for the impossible ...Bk1903
• GALLA to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
  
CRAWFISH - nouns
• CRAWDAD a crawfish ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITCHBUG crawfish; freshwater crayfish ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
CRAWL - nouns
• SCRAUCHLE a clamber, a crawl ...Bk1904 Sc.
crawl - verbs
• CAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HARL ABOUT to move about feebly; to crawl, to creep ...1871 Sc.
• KAG to crawl, to move slowly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MEACH to slink, to skulk, to crawl, to cringe, to look ashamed ...1833 Amer. dial.
• OAG to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle ...1892 Sc.
• OG to creep, to crawl, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMP †* to creep or crawl on the ground ...1390
• SCAAVLE to crawl, to scramble ...1921 Sc.
• SCRABBLE to crawl about on hands and knees; to scramble; to climb; to procure with difficulty ...1864 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLE to walk with difficulty; to bend the legs stiffly; to become stiff; to crawl about feebly, as a sick man ...1898 Eng. dial.
• SCRAUCHLE to scramble, to creep, to crawl; to move with difficulty ...1885 Sc.
• SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl ...1747 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scramble, to climb, to crawl on hands and knees; to walk about with difficulty; to struggle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SINUATE * to creep or crawl in a winding course ...1848
• YCRAUL † to crawl ...1594
 
CRAWLING - adjectives
• RAMPING †* creeping, crawling ...c1440
crawling - nouns 
• LIZARD a crawling movement - moving first an arm, then the opposite leg, then the other arm, then the other leg ...1989 Amer. military sl.
 
CRAYFISH - nouns
• BUSTER in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1879 US sl.
• DITCHBUG crawfish; freshwater crayfish ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHEAR CRAB small, freshwater crayfish ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHORTIE an undersized crayfish ...1980s NZ sl.
 
CRAZE - nouns
• BOGIE a craze, an infatuation; a hobby ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUG an obsessive enthusiasm or craze; an obsession or urge ...1902 sl., orig. US
• FUROR great enthusiasm or excitement; a craze which takes everyone by storm ...1704
• FURORE enthusiastic popular admiration; a 'craze' ...1790
• LATEST HOT DROP, THE the latest fad or fashion; the latest craze of any kind ...c1950 Aust. sl.
• MAROTTE a pet notion, a craze ...1852
craze - person
• MONOMANE - †* a monomaniac ...1846
• MONOMANIAC - a person with monomania; a person who has a monomania or craze; affected with the unreasonable pursuit of one idea ...1827
craze - verbs 
• LOCO to craze, to derange, to frenzy ...1884 Amer. dial.
 
CRAZED - adjectives
• ACRAZED † mentally affected; crazed ...1576
• APESHIT crazed, infuriated, excited; mad, insane ...1955 sl.
• BEE-BONNETED having a bee in one's bonnet; somewhat crazed ...1856
• GONZO crazed; having a bizarre style ...1971 US sl.
• GONZOID crazed; having a bizarre style ...1979 US sl.
• JIGGERED irrational, unstable, crazed, deranged, not sound-minded  having a 'screw loose' ...1895 Amer. dial.
• JIGGERY irrational, unstable, crazed, deranged, not sound-minded  having a 'screw loose' ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LOCOED crazed, or crazy mad ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MANGED confused, muddled, crazed ...1825 Sc.
• MAZED crazed, mad, lunatic, distraught, insane ...1836 Eng. dial.
• RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous ...1824 Sc.
• RAMMISH furious, crazed with rage or hunger ...1825 Sc.
crazed - person
• JIGGER-HEAD one who is irrational, unstable, crazed, or deranged ...1895 Amer. dial.
crazed - verbs
• FREAK OUT to behave in a crazed manner as a response to an emotional stimulus ...1966 US sl.
• MANG to become confused or distressed to the point of losing control of oneself; to become frantic or crazed with emotion, love, rage, etc. ...1766 Sc.

CRAZILY - adverbs
• KOOKILY in a crazy or eccentric manner ...1968 sl.
• LIKE A TWO-BOB WATCH in an erratic or crazy manner ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
CRAZINESS - nouns
• CRACKINESS extreme eccentricity; craziness ...c1860 colloq.
• LIGHT insanity, craziness ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• OOPERZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness ...L19 sl.
• OOPIZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness ...L19 sl.
 
CRAZY - adjectives
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE crazy ...1900s sl.
• ABLE SUGAR crazy or out of order; haywire ...US military sl.
• ABRAM insane, crazy ...M16 sl.
• ADDLE unsound, crazy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• AG crazy, fun ...1990s US college sl.
• APARTMENT TO LET unhinged, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• AROUND THE BEND crazy, beyond sanity ...Amer. sl.
• ASIATIC crazy; wild; eccentric ...World War II United States Navy usage
• ATTIC TO LET unhinged, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• AWAY crazy ...1988 Sc. sl.
• BAD LUCK TOP END defective in mental powers, slightly crazy ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BALMY crazy; giddy and aloof ...1851 colloq.
• BALMY (or BARMY) IN THE CRUMPET mad, crazy ...1891 UK sl.
• BARKING MAD absolutely crazy, highly eccentric ...1900s sl.
• BARMY crazy, eccentric ...1851 colloq.
• BARMY IN THE CRUMPET crazy, eccentric ...1891 sl.
• BAT-HOUSE crazy, mad, insane ...20C sl.
• BATS crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree ...1911 UK sl.
• BATSHIT crazy, out of control, angry ...1970 US sl.
• BATSO crazy, eccentric ...1970s US sl.
• BATTY eccentric, odd, insane, crazy ...1903 US sl.
• BEANY mentally defective, feeble-minded, insane, crazy  ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BEDONDERED crazy ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• BEDONNERD crazy ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical ...1879
• BEGIGGED infatuated, crazy; possessed ...1888 Amer.
• BEJINGOED † crazy, out of one's senses ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BENT AS A SCRUB TICK crazy; foolish ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BEREFT crazy ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BERKO crazy; furious, angry, excited ...1961 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BIRDIE, BIRDY crazy; strange ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BONKERS crazy; insane ...M20 sl.
• BONZO eccentric, crazy ...1980s sl.
• BOZO crazy ...1983 Amer. sl.
• BRICK SHORT OF A LOAD, A simple-minded, lacking in common sense or intelligence, stupid, slightly crazy ...1983 sl.
• BUGGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY AS A BEDBUG crazy, insane ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BUGGY AS POTATO VINES crazy, insane ...1962 Amer. dial.
• BUGHOUSE crazy ...1895 US sl.
• BUGS foolish, silly, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient ...1903 US sl.
• CADAZY mad, crazy ...1980s UK Black sl.
• COCKEYED crazy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRACK-BRAINED crazy, eccentric ...1634
• CRACKED crazy, insane, mentally unbalanced ...1692 sl.
• CRACKED IN THE FILBERT slightly or very eccentric or insane; crazy ...c1880 Cockneys' sl.
• CRACKERS crazy, eccentric ...1928 sl., orig. Brit.
• CRACKPOT 1. crazy ...sl.
2. of ideas, schemes: crazy, unworkable, fantastic ...20C colloq.
• CRACKY crazy; senseless ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• CRAZIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR very crazy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS ADAM'S OFF-OX, AS extremely crazy ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS A HOOT OWL very crazy ...1971 Amer. sl.
• CRAZY AS A LAUGHING FARM completely crazy ...1965 Amer. sl.
• CRAZY AS A SHITEPOKE very crazy ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH extremely crazy ...1940s Aust. sl.
• CRUNK, KRUNK wild, crazy, obnoxious; out of control ...1990s US college & teen sl.
• CUCKOO crazy, eccentric ...1906 sl., orig. US
• CUCKOOED crazy, eccentric ...1918 sl., orig. US
• CWAZY crazy ...1952 US sl.
• DAD'S ARMY barmy, crazy ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAFFY daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish ...1884 US sl.
• DAFT of unsound mind, crazy, insane, mad ...1536 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAFT AS A BRUSH, AS extremely stupid; very silly; crazy ...1945 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• DAMP foolish, stupid; crazy ...L19 sl.
• DANGBATTED crazy ...1960s US sl.
• DING-A-LING foolish, crazy ...1959 US sl.
• DINGBATS crazy, eccentric ...1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DINGBATTY half crazy, imbecile ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy; confused, mixed up ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINKY wildly enthusiastic; crazy ...1969 US sl.
• DINKY DAU crazy ...1965 Vietnam war usage
• DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented ...1899 US sl.
• DOTTY crazy, eccentric ...1805 colloq.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• FANTI crazy, insane ...1910s sl.
• FERRICKED quite crazy, deranged ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FEW PICKLES SHORT OF BARREL, A stupid; crazy, eccentric ...1941 sl.
• FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC, A stupid; crazy, eccentric ...20C sl.
• FIFTY-CENTS ON THE DOLLAR crazy ...Bk1942 US sl.
• FLAKEY, FLAKY crazy, eccentric ...1953 sl., orig. US
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• FRUITY crazy, eccentric ...1929 US sl.
• FUNNY insane, crazy ...1950s sl.
• GARE-BRAINED † crazy, harebrained ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAIZIE muddled; crazy, weak in understanding ...1836 Sc.
• HALFPENNY SHORT OF A SHILLING, A lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient; slightly crazy ...1939
• HALLOCK crazy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• HALOKIT giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy ...1724 Sc.
• HAPENNY SHORT OF A SHILLING simple-minded, lacking in common sense or intelligence, stupid, slightly crazy ...1939 sl.
• HAYWIRE mentally deranged, crazy ...1926 Amer. sl.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY slightly crazy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HITE, HYTE * crazy, mad ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOPPED (UP) crazy ...1930s US sl.
• HOPPING crazy ...1970s Irish sl.
• IDLE-HEADED † of little understanding or intellect; silly, foolish; crazy ...1598
• ILL wild or crazy ...1979 US sl., orig. Black usage
• ILLING acting or thinking wildly, aggressively, or crazily ...1980s sl., orig. US Black & teen usage
• KOOKIE, KOOKY cranky, crazy, eccentric ...1959 sl.
• LAKES (OF KILLARNEY) mad, crazy, stupid ...1934 UK imperfect rhyming sl. for 'barmy'
• LAKEY, LAKIE mad, crazy stupid ...1934 UK imperfect rhyming sl. (Lakes of Killarney)
• LOCO crazy, insane, mentally deranged, out of one's mind; obsessed ...1887 Amer. dial.
• LOCOED crazy, mad, deranged ...1884 Amer, dial.
• LOLO insane, crazy; foolish, dull, stupid ...1938 Hawaii
• LOONEY crazy, eccentric ...1872 sl.
• LOONY extremely erratic; mildly crazy ...1841 US sl.
• LOOPED demented, crazy ...1960s US sl.
• LOOPED UP demented, crazy ...1960s US sl.
• LOOPY crazy, eccentric ...1925 sl.
• LUNCH stupid, foolish, crazy ...1960s sl.
• LUNCHING crazy, stupid ...1990s sl.
• MAD AS A BRUSH crazy, stupid ...1945 UK sl.
• MAD AS A CUT SNAKE insane, crazy ...1932 Aust. sl.
• MAD AS A HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad ...L14
• MAD AS A MAGGOT, AS very crazy, extremely eccentric; hence, egregiously foolish ...20C NZ sl.
• MAD AS A MARCH HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad ...16C
• MAD AS A MEAT AXE, AS completely insane; dangerously crazy ...1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAD AS A SNAKE insane, crazy ...1917 Aust. sl.
• MAD AS A WEAVER, AS very crazy ...17C sl.
• MADBALL crazy ...1967 Amer. sl.
• MADMEN crazy, absurd ...1960s sl.
• MAD-UP crazy ...1970s UK Black sl.
• MAGGOTISH crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGGOTTY crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGGOTY crazy, insane ...1990s US sl.
• MAGNOON crazy, eccentric ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAGNUNE crazy, eccentric ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• MASHUGGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MAZE mad, crazy, lunatic; uneasy, over-anxious ...1842 Eng. dial.
• MENTAL insane, crazy, out of one's mind ...L19 sl.
• MENTLER crazy, insane ...1990s sl.
• MESHUGA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGAH crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MESHUGGINER crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MISHOOGENA crazy, mad ...1892 sl., orig. Jewish-Amer.
• MOONY crazy; foolish; silly, esp. in demonstrating affection ...Bk1942 sl.
• NERTS crazy, foolish ...1910s US sl.
• NERTZ crazy, foolish ...1910s US sl.
• NOT ALL THERE eccentric, insane, crazy ...1864 sl.
• NOT QUITE THERE eccentric, insane, crazy ...M19 sl.
• NOT RIGHT UPSTAIRS insane, crazy ...1932 sl.
• NOT THE FULL QUID stupid, crazy, eccentric ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NUT mad, crazy, stupid, eccentric ...1906 colloq.
• NUTS insane, crazy, out of one's senses ...1846 Amer. sl.
• NUTSEY crazy, eccentric ...a1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• NUTSO crazy, eccentric ...1975 sl., chiefly US
• NUTSY crazy, insane ...1923 Amer. sl.
• NUTTIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD PIG very crazy ...1992 Amer. dial.
• NUTTY crazy, eccentric ...1898 sl.
• NUTTY AS A CUCKOO crazy, demented, insane ...1922 Amer. dial.
• NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE crazy, eccentric ...1898 sl.
• ODDBALL crazy, eccentric ...1957 sl., orig. US
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BAP crazy, insane ...1980s sl.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S BEAN insane, eccentric, crazy; demented ...1940s sl.
• OFF ONE'S BLOCK insane, crazy ...1910s sl., orig. military
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S CAKE crazy, insane ...1980s sl.
• OFF ONE'S CHOMP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...M19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S CHUMP crazy; demented ...1877 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S COCONUT insane, crazy ...19C
• OFF ONE'S CONK mad, crazy, eccentric, insane; demented  ...1870 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S DIP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S DIPPER mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S DOT insane, crazy ...19C
• OFF ONE'S DOTTY mad, eccentric, insane, crazy ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S FACE crazy ...1960s sl.
• OFF ONE'S GOURD crazy; deluded ...1945 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S HEAD insane, crazy, demented ...c1845 sl.
• OFF ONE'S JUMP crazy, insane ...1950s Irish sl.
• OFF ONE'S KADOOVA insane, crazy ...c1870 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S KERBASE slightly crazy ...1895 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S NANNY mad, crazy ...L18 UK sl.
• OFF ONE'S NOODLE crazy; deluded ...1945 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S NUT insane, crazy, out of one's mind ...1858 colloq.
• OFF ONE'S ONION insane, crazy ...1890 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PANNICAN insane, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PANNIKIN mad, crazy ...1894 chiefly Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S PULLEY insane, eccentric, mad, crazy ...1990s sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCK crazy, insane, eccentric, mad ...L19 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCKER crazy, demented ...1897 sl.
• OFF ONE'S ROCKET crazy, eccentric, mad ...1910s sl.
• OFF ONE'S SAUCER mad, insane, eccentric, crazy ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TILE insane, crazy ...1959 Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TOP insane, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TOP TRAVERSE mad, insane, eccentric, crazy ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF ONE'S TROLLEY crazy, eccentric ...L19 sl.
• OFFSHORE crazy; silly; outlandish ...1994 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE BEAM crazy, eccentric ...1941 sl., orig. US
• OFF THE HOOKS in a state of madness or intense excitement; crazy, angry, or vexed; in an ill mood or out of humour ...1612 sl.
• OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless ...1937 US sl.
• OFF YOUR NANA crazy, insane ...1966 Aust. sl.
• ON A TRIP crazy, temporarily insane ...1960s sl.
• ONE SANDWICH SHORT OF A PICNIC lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient; slightly crazy ...1985
• ONE SPARK PLUG SHORT OF AN ENGINE lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient, simple-minded; slightly crazy ...1996
• ON ONE behaving crazily ...1990s sl.
​• OUT OF HIS TREE crazy ...1960s Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S ASS crazy ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PATE-SORE crazy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl.
• POTTY crazy, eccentric ...1920 sl.
• PUGGLE mentally unbalanced, crazy ...E20 military sl.
• QUEER crazy, eccentric ...1508
• RADIO insane, crazy, mad ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental' (radio rental)
• RADIO RENTAL wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy  ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• RADIO RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy  ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• RAMMIST * mad, crazy, frantic ...1456 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS crazy, eccentric ...M19 sl.
• RED-EYED crazy, furious, angry, mad ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REE crazy, delirious; rude, wild; unmanageable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RENTALS wonderful, amazing; insane, mad, crazy  ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'mental'
• ROUND THE BEND insane, mad, crazy ...1929 sl.
• SALVATION ARMY crazy, mad, eccentric ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'barmy'
• SCRANNY crazy, mad, distracted; simple, foolish; bewildered ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREWBALL crazy, eccentric ...1936 sl., chiefly US
• SCREWY crazy, eccentric ...1887 sl., orig. US
• SEVERAL BANANAS SHORT OF A MILKSHAKE lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient, simple-minded; slightly crazy ...1992
• SHAKE-BRAINED † of unsound mind, crazy, crack-brained ...1793
• SHANDY empty-headed, half-crazy ...L17 Eng. dial.
• SHORT OF A SHEET crazy; mentally deficient; stupid ...B1900 sl.
• SHORT OF A SHEET OF BARK lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient, simple-minded; slightly crazy ...1885
• SHORT OF THE FULL QUID lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient, simple-minded; slightly crazy ...1960
• SICK-ASS unpleasant, crazy ...1990s US sl.
• SILLY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH unreliable; dizzy, crazy ...1954 Aust. sl.
• SILLY AS A WET HEN unreliable; dizzy, crazy ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SIX BRICKS SHORT OF A LOAD lacking in common sense or intelligence; mentally deficient; slightly crazy ...1960
• SPARE distraught, distracted or distressed; angry, crazy ...1964 UK sl.
• TAPPED insane, crazy ...1910s sl. 
• TECHED crazy or slightly crazy ...E17
• TICKLE in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate,  sensitive ...1515
• TONTO crazy, eccentric ...1982 sl., orig. US
• TOUCHED crazy, eccentric ...1893 sl.
• TROPPO crazy, mad ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TWO APPLES SHORT OF A BISCUIT not completely sane, crazy, stupid ...1992 UK sl.
• TWO BRICKS SHORT OF A LOAD stupid; crazy, eccentric ...20C sl.
• UNSLATED crazy, demented, mentally deranged ...1886 Eng. dial. 
• UP IN THE AIR crazy ...L19 US sl.
• UP THE CREEK mad, crazy ...1960s sl.
• UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE mad, crazy ...1960s sl.
• UP THE POLE mad, crazy, eccentric, insane ...1904 sl.
• UP THE STICK mad, crazy, eccentric ...1930s sl.
• UP THE WALL(S) crazy, eccentric, over-excited, anxious ...1940s US sl.
• WACKED OUT crazy, eccentric, mad ...1968 US sl.
• WACKED UP crazy, odd, irrational ...1947 US sl.
• WACKO, WHACKO crazy, eccentric ...1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
• WACKY, WHACKY crazy, eccentric ...1935 sl., orig. US
• WALL-HUGGING crazed, eccentric ...1980s sl.
• WANTING IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, crazy ...1959 sl.
• WEIRDO crazy, eccentric ...1962 sl.
• WIGGING stressing, going crazy ...20C campus sl.
• WIGGY crazy or eccentric ...1810 sl.
• WRONG IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, eccentric, crazy ...M19 sl.
crazy - nouns
• KOOKINESS the state of being crazy or eccentric ...1962 sl.
crazy - person
• BAKEHEAD a fool, an idiot; a stupid person; an insane or crazy person  ...1949 US sl.
• BANANA a stupid or worthless person; a simpleton; a silly or crazy individual ...1919 US sl.
• BANANA CAKE a crazy or eccentric person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• BATBRAIN a fool or a crazy person ...1937 US sl.
• BATHEAD a fool or a crazy person ...1942 US sl.
• BATO LOCO a term of affection for a 'crazy' (fellow) Spanish-American; a wild guy ..1965 sl.
• BATSHIT an insane or crazy person ...1982 sl.
• BEDBUG an eccentric or crazy person ...1832 US sl.
• BEE-HEAD a crazy person ...1657
• BEETLE a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person; a madman, an obsessive fan ...1605 sl.
• CLUCKEY a crazy, weak-minded person ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACKBRAIN a crazy person ...c1570 sl.
• CRACKPOT a crazy or eccentric person ...1883 sl.
• DAG a crazy or eccentric person ...1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• DINGBAT a crazy or eccentric person ...1879 US & Aust. sl.
• DING-DING a crazy person ...1970 US sl.
• DIPSTICK a crazy, contemptible person ...1968 sl., orig. US
• EARWIG-BRAIN † one who has a 'maggot' or craze in his brain ...1599
• FIG NEWTON a silly, crazy, or eccentric person ...1974 Amer. sl.
• FILBERT a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person ...1915 Amer. sl.
• FLAKE a crazy, eccentric, or unreliable person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• FLIP a crazy or eccentric person ...1952 sl.
• FRUIT a crazy, eccentric, or silly person ...1959 US sl.
• FRUITBALL - a crazy or eccentric person ...1972 US sl.
• FRUITBAR - a crazy or eccentric person ...1980 US sl.
• FRUITBURGER - a crazy, eccentric, or silly person ...1978 US sl.
• FRUITCAKE - a crazy, eccentric, or silly person ...1942 US sl.
• FRUIT FLY - a crazy, eccentric, or silly person; an idiot ...1987 US sl.
• FRUITHEAD - a silly, crazy, or eccentric person ...1955 US sl.
• FRUIT-LOOP - a crazy, eccentric, or silly person ...1984 US sl.
• GAGA - an eccentric, crazy, or senile person ...1938 sl.
• GARBANZO - a crazy idiot ...1989 US sl.
• GARBONZO - a crazy idiot ...1982 US sl.
• GOOF an eccentric, crazy person ...1910s sl.
• HAIRPIN a crackpot; a person with a mind bent like a hairpin; a screwball ...Bk1975 Amer. sl. Dict
• HATTER a silly, crazy person ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• HEADBIN a crazy, unstable person; an eccentric; a 'head case' ...1996 Ulster sl.
• HEAD JOB a crazy person ...Bk2004 sl.
• HEAD-THE-BALL a foolish or silly person; an idiot; also, a crazy person, esp. one who is violent or unpredictable ...1958 colloq., chiefly Irish & Sc.
• HOON a lout; a rough; a crazy person ...1938 Aust. sl.
• IDIOT a term of reprobation for one who speaks or acts in what the speaker considers an irrational way, or with extreme stupidity or folly; a blockhead; a stupid person; an utter fool; a crazy person ...c1375
• KEITH MOON a crazy or eccentric person; a lunatic ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'loon' 
• KOOK a cranky, crazy, or eccentric person ...1960 sl.
• LOCO (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed; a crazy or insane person ...1852 Amer. dial.
• LOCO BLOSSOM (derogatory) one who is out of his mind or obsessed; a crazy or insane person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LOLO a crazy person; a dull, stupid person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOON a crazy or eccentric person; a simpleton ...1885 sl.
• LOONEY TUNE, LOONY TUNE a crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• LOOPER a crazy, disturbed person ...1980s sl.
• MAD HADDOCK a very eccentric, crazy, or foolish person ...20C Aust. sl.
• MAD HATTER a highly eccentric or crazy person ...1905
• MAN IN THE MOON a fool, an eccentric or crazy person ...20C rhyming sl. for 'loon'
• MAZED-ANTIC a wild, foolish, crazy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENTLER a crazy person ...1990s sl.
• MESHIGANER, MESHIGGANA, MESHIGINA a crazy or eccentric person ...1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
• MESHUGA, MESHUGER a crazy or eccentric person ...1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
• MESHUGANA, MESHUGANER, MESHUGGENER a crazy or eccentric person ...1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
• MICKEY ROONEY a madman; a crazy person ...1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'loony'
• MISCHIGUNA a crazy person ...1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
• NUT a crazy or insane person; an eccentric; a foolish person ...1908 colloq.
• NUTBOY a mad or crazy person; an eccentric ...1964 US colloq.
• NUTCAKE an eccentric or crazy person ...1967 US sl.
• NUT-CASE a crazy or eccentric person ...1959 sl.
• NUTHEAD a mad or crazy person; an eccentric ...1952 sl.
• NUTSO a crazy or eccentric person; also a derisive form of address ...1975 sl., chiefly US
• NUTSY a crazy person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• ODDBALL a crazy or eccentric person ...1948 sl., orig. US
• POGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
• PUGGLE a crazy or foolish person; an idiot ...E19 Indian now rare or obs.
• QUARTER-CLEFT a slightly crazed person; a crazy person ...1831 chiefly Eng. dial.
• QUARTER-CLIFT a crazy person ...1856 Ireland
• SCREWBALL a crazy or eccentric person ...1933 sl., chiefly US
• SICKIE, SICKY anyone considered to be 'sick in the head', insane, or crazy ...1960s sl., orig. US
• SPACE CASE a person lacking common sense; one who is out of touch; an airhead; a crazy person ...1981 US sl.
• SPACE COOKIE a person lacking common sense; one who is out of touch; an airhead; a crazy person ...1983 US sl.
• SPACE GHOST a person lacking common sense; one who is out of touch; an airhead; a crazy person ...1997US sl.
• SPACER - a crazy person ...1998 Irish sl.
• TONTO - a crazy or eccentric person ...1973 sl., orig. US
• WACK, WHACK - a crazy or eccentric person ...1938 sl., orig. US
• WACKER a crazy, zany, irrational, peculiar, eccentric, or amusing person ...1965 Aust. sl.
• WACKO, WHACKO a crazy or eccentric person ...1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WEIRDIE, WEIRDY a crazy or eccentric person ...1894 sl.
• WEIRDO a crazy or eccentric person ...1955 sl.
• WILDO a person behaving in a wild or crazy manner ...1966 UK sl.
• WING-DING an unstable, crazy person ...1960s sl.
• WONK a crazy, eccentric person ...Brit. sl.
crazy - verbs
• BE SHORT OF A SHEET to be slightly crazy or idiotic ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DO ONE'S FRUIT to lose one's temper; to go crazy ...1970s sl.
• DRIVE ONE BONKERS to drive someone crazy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVE ONE NUTS to drive someone crazy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVE UP THE WALL to cause to become crazy or furious; to infuriate ...1951 sl.
• FLIP to go crazy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLIP ONE'S LID to go crazy; to lose control ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLIP ONE'S WIG to go crazy; to lose control ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLIP OUT to lose control, orig. under the influence of drugs; to go wild or crazy ...1964
• GO BATSHIT to become insane, to act crazily ...1971 sl.
• GO FANTI to go crazy, to run amok ...1910s sl.
• GO TROPPO to go crazy or mad ...1943 Aust. sl.
• GO UP THE WALL to become angry; to become crazy or furious ...1951 sl.
• HAVE A FEW BUTTONS MISSING to be crazy, eccentric, stupid, or less intelligent than average ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A GAD-BEE IN ONE'S BRAINS † to be crazy ...1682
• HAVE A HOLE IN ONE'S HEAD to be crazy ...Bk1995 US sl.
• HAVE AN ANGLE-TWITCH IN THE BONNET to be not quite sane (angle-twitch = worm) ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A SHINGLE SHORT to be slightly crazy or idiotic ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• HAVE BATS IN THE BELFRY to be crazy or eccentric ...1911
• HAVE FEATHERS IN THE HAIR to be a bit crazy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HAVE KANGAROOS IN ONE'S TOP PADDOCK to be crazy or very silly ...E20 Aust. sl.
• HAVE NITS IN THE NETWORK to be crazy or insane ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HAVE ONE OAR OUT OF THE WATER to be slightly crazy; to be lacking in common sense or intelligence ...1985
• HAVE ONLY FIFTY CARDS IN ONE'S DECK to be stupid or crazy ...1929 US sl.
• ILL to behave in a wild, aggressive, or crazy manner ...1986 US sl., orig. Black usage 
• ILLIN' to behave in a wild or crazy manner ...1986 US sl., orig. Black usage 
• MADDLE † to be or become crazy; to become confused in mind; to be dotingly fond of; to craze; to confused in mind; to bewilder ...c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NOT HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS to be insane, crazy, or unstable ...1860 sl.
• SNAP to go crazy; to freak out ...1970s Amer. sl.
crazy - phrases
• LIFT DOESN'T GO TO THE TOP FLOOR, THE he's slightly crazy or lacking in common sense or intelligence ...1985
• NEED ONE'S HEAD EXAMINED used jocularly to suggest that someone is crazy ...1949 sl.
• YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR TINY MIND you're crazy, foolish, mad ...1970 UK sl.