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DECEM - DEF

DECEMBER - adjectives
• DECEMBERLY † resembling December in dreariness and darkness ...1765
December - nouns 
• Xr † abbreviation of December ...1614
 
DECENCY - nouns
• DECENCE † decency ...1678
• DECENTNESS † decency, propriety ...1561
• EESKYIE goodness, sense, decency ...1929 Sc.
• HANDSOMENESS † skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency ...1555
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
DECENT - adjectives
• ALL RIGHT of a person: decent, trustworthy ...1841
• FARRAND † well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. 
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANT well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRINKLY comely, good-looking; decent, clean, orderly ...1860 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• GANELIE † proper, becoming, decent ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• O.K. esp. of persons: of good or estimable character; decent ...1839 colloq.
• OKAY esp. of persons: of good or estimable character; decent ...1839 colloq.
• OKEY of a person: good, decent ...L19 sl.
• TALL † meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent ...c1400
 
DECENTLY - adverbs
• FARRANTLY decently, pleasantly ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY † in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly ...a1300.
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
DECEPTION - adjectives
• ON THE FIDDLE engaged in swindling or deception ...1874 sl.
deception - nouns 
• ABETMENT † deception ...1586
• ABUSION † perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception ...c1386
• ANGLE a scheme; a workable method of deception or exploitation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
• BARRAT † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing ...1340
• BEGINK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception ...1725 Sc.
• BEGUILE a deception, a trick; disappointment ...1637 Sc.
• BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESWIKING † cheating, deception ...1340
• BITE † an imposition, a deception; what is now called a 'sell'; passing from the notion of playful imposition or hoax, to that of swindle or fraud ...1711 sl.
• BLADRY foolishness, deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAWFLUM a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLETHERIE foolishness; deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFF deception ...L19
• BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception ...Bk1914 criminals' sl. 
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BUNCO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BUNKO deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BURN a deception; an instance of being cheated ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution ...1935 Brit. sl.
• COD deception, deceit; a lie ...20C sl., orig. Irish
• CON deception; an act intended to trick or deceive; a tale intended to deceive ...1896 US sl.
• CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud ...1942 sl., orig. US
• CROCK OF SHIT a mass of lies and deception worth no more than dung ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment ...1866 Amer. sl.
• DEAD GIVEAWAY a swindle, a deception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• DECEIVANCE † deceit, deception ...c1330
• DEREGLES loose habits, irregularities; deceptions, fraudulent informations ...B1900 Sc.
• DIPLOMACY deception ...1938 Trinidad and Tobago
• DODGE a swindle; a scam; a deception ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EYEWASH intentionally deceptive words or actions ...1917 US sl.
• FACRERE † the art of 'make-believe', deception ...1393
• FAITERY † fraud, deception, hypocrisy ...1377
• FAKE-OUT a feint or bluff; deception; broadly, an unpleasant surprise ...1959 Amer. sl.
• FALLACE † deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness ...a1300
• FALLAX † deception; guile, trickery; fallacy ...1530
• FALLAXITY † deception, guile, trickery; fallacy ...c1640
• FALSEHOOD † deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit ...1340 obs. or arch.
• FALSERY † deception, falsification, falsehood ...1594
• FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud ...1874 sl., orig. US
• FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham ...1632 chiefly Eng. dial.
• FLIMFLAM nonsense; deception ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUBBERY †* the act of cheating; deception, deceit ...1604
• FUNNY BUSINESS nonsense; fooling around; later, action or behaviour that is deceptive, dishonest, or otherwise suspect ...1882 colloq.
• FUNNY DOPE † deceptive, dishonest, or unethical actions or behaviour ...1911
• GAB † mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit ...a1300
• GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax ...1805 sl.
• GAGGERY a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing ...1819 Sc.
• GAGGING a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing ...1819 Sc.
• GAME any form of negative activity, as deception, fooling around ...19C sl.
• GAME, THE deception, trickery ...1950s US Black sl.
• GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GYP an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action; a swindle, a con ...1898 colloq.
• HAVE-ON a playful deception ...1931 sl.
• HEAD deception ...1993 Trinidad & Tobago
• HOAX a deception, a fraud ...L18 sl.
• HOSING a cheating; a deception ...20C US sl.
• HUSTLE a swindle, a racket; a means of deception or fraud; a source of income; a paid job ...1963 sl., orig. US
• HYPE deception, cheating; a confidence trick, a racket, a swindle, a publicity stunt ...1955 sl., orig. US
• INTAKE a cheat, deception, fraud, swindle ...1865 Sc.
• JAPE †* something used to deceive; a means of deception; a deception, fraud ...c1400
• JAPERY † trickery, deception ...1496
• JOLLY a deception or hoax ...L19 US
• LARRY cunning or deception; also, a deceptive remark ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• LEGERDEMAIN trickery, deception, hocus-pocus ...1532
• LEG-PULL the act of deceiving or fooling someone ...1915 Amer. sl.
• MISBEGOWK a deception, disappointment ...1896 Sc.  
• NICKEL PLATE a fraud, a deception ...L19 US sl.
• OKEY-DOKE a swindle, trick or deception; a confidence trick  ...1967 sl., esp. Black usage
• OLD ARMY GAME, THE any form of trickery, deception, or evasion ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PELLICULATION a deceiving with fair words; deception ...B1900
• PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
• RACKET a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action ...1812 sl.
• RAW PRAWN, THE something which is hard to swallow or difficult to believe; an act of deception, a swindle ...1940 Aust. colloq.
• RIP-OFF deception, swindling, fraud ...1970 sl.
• SANDY a bluff, a deception, a trick, a joke ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE a pretext; an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL a deception that leaves the victim feeling disappointed ...1838 sl.
• SINONISM a trick, deception; a treacherous act ...1864
• SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1868 US sl.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1943 US sl.
• SUCK a deception; a disappointing event or result ...1856 sl.
• SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick ...1856 sl.
• TAKE-DOWN a swindle; a deception ...L19 sl.
• TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud ...1778 colloq.
deception - person
• GAGGER one who practices a hoax or deception ...Bk1900 Sc.
deception - verbs 
• ACE to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception ...1920s US sl.
• CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating ...sl.
• HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception ...1713 military sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1933 Amer. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTIE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
• PUT ACROSS to perpetrate a deception ...1913-15 Amer. sl.
• RACKETEER to practise any form of criminal deception, trickery, extortion, etc. ...1920s sl.
• SKANK to use deception to get one's way ...1980s US campus sl.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TOSS ACROSS to perpetrate a deception ...1912 Amer. sl.
 
DECEPTIVE - adjectives
• BEGUILEFUL guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1530
• BEGUILOUS †* guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1483
• CATCHING entrapping; deceptive, 'catchy' ...1603
• CATCHY that catches or entraps; deceptive ...1885 colloq.
• DECEIVABLE † deceitful, deceptive ...1303
• DECEIVANT †* deceiving, deceitful, deceptive ...1393
• DECEPTIONAL * deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1830
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• DECEPTITIOUS * of a deceptive kind or character; deluding, illusory ...1827
• DECEPTORY † apt to deceive, deceptive, deluding, illusory ...c1430
• FALLACE †* fallacious; deceitful; deceptive, misleading ...1393
• FALLACIOUS of things: deceptive, misleading ...1651
• FALSELY †* false, deceptive ...a1310
• FUNNY unusual in a way which causes suspicion or unease; deceptive, dishonest, unethical; also, inappropriate, improper ...1903 colloq.
• ILLUDENT †* deceiving, deceptive ...?a1550
• PRESTIGIATORY † practising 'prestigiation'; juggling, conjuring; consisting of tricks, impostures, or illusions; deceptive, delusive ...1588
​• SLEEK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SMOOLY † sly and demure; smooth-spoken but deceptive ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKE-IN deceptive, swindling ...1819
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
deceptive - nouns  (includes DECEPTIVENESS)
• DECEIVABLENESS † deceitfulness, deceit; deceptiveness ...1526
• DECEPTIVITY deceptiveness; a thing of deceptive character ...1843
• FANTASTRY † visionary delusion; illusory character; deceptiveness ...a1677
• FAST SHUFFLE a swindle; a deceptive act ...1930 US sl.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• MADAME DE LUCE deceptive talk ...20C rhyming sl. for 'spruce' vb.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANIKABOO, RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SUBREPTION a fallacious or deceptive representation ...1865
deceptive - person
• BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person ...Bk1975 Amer sl.
• BALLHOPPER one who is deliberately deceptive or tells fabrications' a rumour-monger  ...1972 Irish sl. 
• EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GIPSIE, GIPSY, GYPSY † a person who acts in a disreputable, unscrupulous, or deceptive manner ...1616
• MAC a deceptive and convincing speaker ...1973 US sl., chiefly Black usage 
• PAIK a low character; a deceptive fellow ...1825 Sc.
• PAKE a low character; a deceptive fellow ...1899 Sc.
• SLIPPERY EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WILL O' THE WISP an elusive or deceptive person ...Bk2004 
deceptive - verbs
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIMULATE †* to put forward deceptively ...1652
 
DECIDE - person
• DECISOR † one who decides causes or controversies; a decider, an arbitrator ...1563
decide - verbs 
• DECERN † to decide, to determine a matter disputed or doubtful ...c1425
• DECISE † to decide ...1538
• DECREE † to determine, to resolve, to decide to do something ...1526 obs. or arch.
• DECREET † to decide, to determine, to resolve to do something ...1582-8
• LAY BY to intend, to decide ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SET UP ONE'S EBENEZER to firmly make up one's mind ...c1840 Amer. dial.
• SET ONE'S BUDGET DOWN to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SET THE BUCKET DOWN to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject; to take a stand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SETTLE DOWN to decide, to conclude ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TAIL † to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter ...c1315
• TAKE ADVISEMENT † to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve ...1375
• TERMINE † to make a judgement about; to determine, to decide, to settle ...a1325
 
DECIDED - adjectives
• ILL-KESSEN badly decided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DECIDEDLY - adverbs
• CERTAIN AND DECLARE most certainly; decidedly ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
DECIDUOUS - adjectives
• DECIDUARY * deciduous ...1871
 
DECIDUOUSNESS - nouns
• DECIDUITY * deciduousness ...1846
 
DECIPHER - person
• DECIPHERESS * a female who deciphers ...a1763
decipher - verbs 
• UNCIPHER † to decipher ...1598
 
DECIPHERING - nouns
• DECIPHERAGE deciphering ...1851 nonce word
• DECIPHERATION deciphering ...1838 nonce word
 
DECISION - nouns
• CALL a decision ...1980s Amer. sl.
• DECERNMENT † decision; discernment, discrimination ...1586
• DECIDEMENT †* decision ...a1625
• DECREET †* a decision, determination ...c1400
• HASTY-PUDDING a quick or unwise decision ...1984 Amer. dial.
• LAUD † decision, judgement ...c1465
• LICKING POST the moment of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...M19 US sl.
• LICK-LOG a point of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SAY-SO the power of decision, permission ...M18 sl.
• SHARP END the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
decision - verbs 
• BAFFLE AROUND to take too long about coming to a decision ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BITE ONE'S BAIT to hold off on a decision to see what develops, not to push a point too fast ...1970 Amer. dial.
• COME TO THE LICK-LOG to face facts, to make a difficult decision ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN to make a firm decision, usually against something ...colloq.
• SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT take action or make a decision one way or another, or else give another the opportunity to do so ...sl.
decision - phrases
• BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE facing a hard decision; in a very difficult position ...Bk2006 US sl.
• SEE WHICH WAY THE CAT JUMPS see what direction events are taking before making a decision ...1827
 
DECISIVE - adjectives
• CONCLUDENT † that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
• DECISIONAL * of the nature of a decision; decisive, conclusive ...1883
• DECISORY †* decisive ...1611
• DECRETAL †* decisive, definitive ...1608
• DECRETORIAN † decisive, conclusive ...1679
• DECRETORY † such as to decide the question; decisive, determinative ...1674
decisive - nouns
• HAMMER TIME a decisive point; the time to launch a military attack ...2003 US sl.
• SOCKDOLAGER a decisive reply, argument, etc. ...Amer. sl.
decisive - verbs 
• STAND TO ONE'S LICK-LOG, SALT OR NO SALT to stand firm, to act decisively ...1834 Amer. dial.
 
DECISIVELY - adverbs
• DECRETORILY † positively, decisively ...1660
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BUSH completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
 
DECK, DECK OUT - verbs
• ADIGHT † to equip, to attire, to dress, to deck ...c1400
• BEAUTY to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck ...1398 arch.
• BEGO † to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn ...a1225
• BETRAP † to deck, to adorn ...1509
• BRANK to deck, to dress up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAIKER to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
• DICK to deck, to adorn; to cover ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT to dress, to clothe; to adorn, to deck oneself ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINK to adorn, to deck, to dress out ...1808 Sc.
• GAUDY * to deck out; to make smart or gaudy ...1805
• ONORN † to deck, to adorn ...1432-50
• TOG UP to dress, to deck out; to dress oneself up ...1887 Amer. dial.
• UMTIFF † to deck out, to adorn ...a1300
 
DECKED - adjectives
• DINKIT decked out, dressed ...1813 Sc.
 
DECLAIM - verbs
• RAME to repeat, to recite, to declaim ...1703 Sc.
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
 
DECLARATION - nouns
• DECLARATURE †* declaration ...1729
• DECLAREMENT † declaration, express or formal statement; the act of declaring against anything ...1633
 
DECLARE - verbs
• BEKEN † to make known; to declare, to show ...a1300
• BENAME † to declare or utter solemnly or on oath; to promise with an oath ...c1000
• BESAY † to declare, to speak about ...c1200
• BETELL † to speak of, to declare, to narrate ...c1205
• COME OUT to declare oneself; to take a position ...1840s Amer. sl.
• DEEM † to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter ...a1000
• DICTITATE †* to declare ...1615
• KEN † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
• OPEN 1. † to lay bare or make manifest to the view; to reveal, to disclose, to declare, to make known ...c900
2. † to announce, to declare; to make public, to promulgate ...1433
• PATEFY † to reveal, show, declare, disclose; to make open or manifest ...1533
• QUETHE † to speak, say, declare, tell, call ...c825
• RAP TO to own up to, to declare ...L19 US sl.
• VER † to aver, to declare ...c1400
• VUM to declare, to swear ...1785 Amer. dial.
 
DECLARED - adjectives
• NARRABLE * that which may be declared ...1623
 
DECLARING - nouns
• DECLAREMENT † the act of showing or setting forth; exposition, explanation, manifestation, declaring ...1646
 
DECLINE (refuse) - adjectives
• DECLINATORY that declines; expressing refusal ...1673
decline (refuse) - person 
• DECLINATOR † one who declines or refuses; a dissentient ...1606
decline (refuse) - verbs 
• DIE ON ONE'S ARSE to fail badly; to suffer an irreversible decline, to come to a sudden or premature end ...1984
• FAN ON to decline an offer ...1997 US sl.
• IXNAY to reject, to decline, to dismiss, to cancel ...1937 US colloq.
• KECKEN to decline with loathing, aversion, or disgust, as offered food; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON ONE SIDE to decline, to reject; to throw over ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A BYE to refuse or decline to act or participate in something ...20C US sl.
 
DECLINE (decrease) - nouns
• BACK-GAIN a decline, consumption ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DECIDENCE † falling off in strength, vigour, etc.; decline, a becoming worse ...1684
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• DECLINATION † the gradual falling off from a condition of prosperity or vigour; decline; decay ...1533
• FAIL decline ...1898 Sc.
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN a stage in one's decline ...E19 sl.
• OFF-FALLING a decline, a falling off, as in health and appearance, or in morals; a deterioration ...1825 Sc.
decline (decrease) - verbs
• FADE † to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink ...1388
• FAG † to flag, to droop, to decline; to fall off, to swerve from ...1530
• FAINT † to become faint; to grow weak or feeble, to decline ...c1400 obs. exc. poetic
• GO THE BACKWAY to decline, to fall off after coming to perfection ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
DECLINED - adjectives
• DECLINAL †* capable of being declined ...1509
 
DECLINING - adjectives
• DECIDUOUS †* sinking, declining ...1791
• DECLINANT declining ...1893 nonce use
• DECLIVATE descending; declining; inclining downward ...1881
• ON THE DOWNBEAT in decline; losing popularity ...1943 Amer. sl.
 
DECLINING (refusal) - nouns
• DECLENSION * the act of declining; courteous refusal ...1817
• DECLINAL * the act of declining; courteous refusal ...1837
• DECLINATURE the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal ...1842
• DECLINEMENT †* the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal ...1680
 
DECLIVITY - nouns
• BEVEL a slope, a declivity ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HANG a declivity, a slope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
DECOCTION - nouns
• DECOCT †* a decoction ...1551
 
DECOMPOSE - verbs
• OPEN † to dissolve, to decompose ...1727
• UNALCHEMY † to decompose chemically ...1661
 
DECOMPOSED - adjectives
• DOZEY partly decomposed; of wood, poorly seasoned ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
DECOMPOSING - adjectives
• SAPROPHAGOUS living on decomposing matter ...1819
 
DECOR - nouns
• EARLY BATTERSEA vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY ECLECTIC vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY HALLOWEEN vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY HOMOSEXUAL vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
 
DECORATE - verbs
• DAIKER to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
• DECKER to decorate, to bedeck with spangles ...1883 Eng. dial.  
• DECORE † to decorate, to adorn, to embellish ...1490 obs. or arch.
• DICKER to decorate, to bedeck with spangles ...1883 Eng. dial.  
• FAIR † to make beautiful or attractive; to decorate, to adorn, to embellish ...a1225
• FURNISH † to decorate, to embellish ...1600
• GUSSY UP 1. to decorate or elaborate on a plain design ...20C Amer. sl.
2. to decorate; to make fancy ...L1940s Amer. sl.
• IMPALE † to surround for adornment; to encircle, as with a crown or garland; to border, to edge with decoration ...1553 obs. or arch.
• MENSE to grace, to decorate, to adorn; to do honour to; to behave respectfully or courteously to ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to touch up; to improve or decorate with light touches ...1845
• VALIORM to ornament, to decorate ...1970 Sc.
 
DECORATED - adjectives
• DECORATE † adorned, decorated; ornate ...1460 obs. or arch.
• UNBEPRANKED not decorated or ornamented ...1594
 
DECORATING - nouns
• EARLY ELECTRIC a humorous description of a mix of design or decorating styles ...1980 US sl.
 
DECORATION - adjectives
• SAVAGE † of decoration: rustic, imitating natural vegetation ...a1548
decoration - nouns
• ADORNATION † the act of adorning; also, that with which anything is adorned; adornment, decoration; ornament ...1597
• ADUBMENT † adornment, decoration ...c1325
• DECORAMENT * decoration, ornament, an adorning ...1727
• DECOREMENT † decoration, ornamentation; an ornament, an embellishment ...1587
• DECRIMENT decoration, ornament ...B1900 Eng. dial.  
• FOOFOO something that is purely decorative without adding functional value ...1986 US sl.
• FURNIMENTS • accoutrements, decorations, fittings ...1553
• FURNISHING decoration ...1594
• GARNISHRY adornment, decoration ...1835 nonce word
• GAUDERY gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery ...1597-8
• PARAMENT † an ornament, a decoration ...c1385
• QUAINTISING † adornment, decoration ...c1430
• TIRLY-WIRLY, TURLIE-WHURLIE a flourish; a fanciful decoration; a figure or ornament of any kind ...1785 Sc.
• VARIORUM a piece of decoration, in furniture, etc.; an ornament, gewgaw, trinket; a flourish in handwriting; any unnecessary appendage ...1864 Sc.
 
DECORATIVE - adjectives
• DECORATORY * pert. to decoration; decorative ...1889
• ORNATIVE †* tending or serving to adorn, decorative, ornamental ...1660
• WALLIE decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards ...1904 Sc.
• WALLY decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards ...1904 Sc.
 
DECORATOR - person
• DECORATIONIST a professional decorator ...1828
• GARNISHER one who adorns or decorates ...1518
 
DECORUM - nouns
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
decorum - person 
• FANCY DOO-DAD WOMAN a woman who is overly prim or conscious of decorum ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
DECOY - nouns
• IDOL a duck or goose decoy ...1937 Amer. dial.
• NEST-EGG something displayed or serving as an inducement or decoy ...1678
decoy - person 
• CHICKIE, CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
decoy - verbs
• GAMMON ON A NOSE † to decoy a person into a quiet corner ...1827 UK sl.
• HANKLE to entangle in some pursuit or proceeding; to associate with, be connected with; to instigate, entice, decoy ...1842 Eng. dial.
• ROPE IN to decoy ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TOLE to lure, to decoy; to lead or bring along; to induce ...Bk1913 US & Eng. dial.
• TOLL † to attract, to entice, to allure, to decoy; to incite, to instigate ...c1220
• TOLLER to induce one to come or follow; to lure, to entice, to decoy ...1974  Amer. dial.
 
DECREASE - adjectives
• REMISSIVE † producing or allowing decrease of something ...1686
decrease - nouns
• CASTRATION † decrease or reduction in quantity or amount; curtailment ...1728
• DECAY † falling off in quantity, volume, etc.; dwindling, decrease ...1636
• DECESS * decrease, diminution ...1854
• DECESSION * departure, withdrawal; secession; deviation from a given standard; decrease, diminution ...1606
• DECREMENT the fact of decreasing or growing gradually less; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss ...1621
• DECRETION † decrease, diminution ...1635
• IMMINUTION † diminution, lessening, decrease ...1590
• WANE † decrease in size ...a1300
decrease - person
• ABATOR one who decreases anything ...1592
decrease - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity  ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DECAY † to fall off or decrease in number, volume, etc.; to dwindle away ...1489
• DECREW †* to decrease, to wane ...1596
• LESS † to become less, to decrease ...a1225
• IMMINISH † to become less; to decrease ...a1400
• SWAN-DIVE to decrease suddenly and decisively; to plummet
• TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease ...1776
• WANZE † to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane ...c1200
 
DECREASING - adjectives
• DECRESCENT decreasing, growing gradually less ...1811
 
DECREE - nouns
• ORDINATION † an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance ...1526
 
DECREPIT - adjectives
• BEDRID worn out, decrepit, impotent ...1621
• OAFF decrepit, worn down with disease ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON ONE'S LAST PEGS near death; worn out; decrepit ...1966 Amer. dial.
decrepit - nouns 
• CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• MUSEUM PIECE a thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit ...colloq.
• OLD CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
decrepit - person 
• BAUCHLE an old, decrepit, or shabby person; later, an insignificant, unimportant or worthless person; a ne'er-do-well ...1820 Sc.
• BELDAM, BELDAME a decrepit or ugly old woman ...a1586
• DECRIPPIT a cripple, a lame person; one who is decrepit ...1887 Eng. dial.  
• HES-BEEN a man or woman too old or feeble to work; a worn-out or decrepit person ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• HUDDLE-DUDDLE †* a decrepit old person ...1599
• MUSEUM PIECE a person regarded as antiquated or decrepit ...colloq.
• OLD CROCK a person who is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags  ...1910s sl.
 
DEDICATE - verbs
• DEDEFY † to dedicate a building ...1482
• DEDIE † to dedicate ...c1430
• DEDIFY † to dedicate a building ...1482
• NUNCUPATE † to dedicate a work to someone ...1550 obs.
 
DEDICATED - adjectives
• BEHIND committed, dedicated ...1968 US sl.
• DEDICATE † dedicated ...c1386
• GUNG-HO very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something...1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage

DEDICATION - nouns
• GAME FACE a look or manner characterized by single-minded dedication, determination, or seriousness ...1950 US colloq.
 
DEDUCE - verbs
• DEDUCT † to derive by reasoning; to infer, to deduce ...1563
• DOPE OUT to deduce or infer from available information ...sl.
• TAKE † to infer, to deduce; to obtain as a result ...c1380
• TAKE UP † to infer, to deduce, to conclude ...1662
 
DEDUCT - verbs
• DEDUCE † to deduct, to subtract ...1563-7
• DEFALCATE † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1540-1
• DEFALCE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...1651
• DEFALK † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1536
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• REDUCT to deduct, to subtract ...1896 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBSTRACT to take away, to deduct, to subtract ...1613
• TAKE OUT * to subtract or deduct from ...1593
 
DEDUCTED - adjectives
• DEDUCIBLE †* that may be or is to be deducted ...1613
• DEDUCT † deducted ...1439
• DEDUCTILE * easy to be deducted ...1727
• DEFALCABLE †* liable to be deducted ...1622
deducted - nouns
• BATE † that which is deducted or remains over ...1798
 
DEDUCTING - adjectives
• DEDUCIVE * performing the act of deduction ...1755
 
DEDUCTION - adjectives
• DEDUCTIONAL * pert. to deduction or inference ...1683
deduction - nouns 
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DEDUCEMENT † a deduction, inference, conclusion ...1605
• DEDUCING † deduction ...1530
• DEDUCTIVE † deductive reasoning; a deduction ...1677
• DEFALCATION the act of cutting or lopping off or taking away; deduction ...1624 arch.
• EXTRACTION † the drawing of an inference; a deduction ...1622
• ILLATION the act of inferring or drawing a conclusion from premises; hence, that which is inferred; and inference, deduction or conclusion ...1533
• OFFTAKE that which is taken off; a deduction ...1892
• SUBDUCTION * subtraction, deduction ...1579
• SUBSTRACTION subtraction, deduction ...1596
 
DEED - nouns
• DIRDUM a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
 
DEEM - verbs
• I-DEME † to deem, to judge ...a900
• RECK to reckon, to deem, to think ...1791 Sc.
 
DEEP - adjectives
• ASS-DEEP TO A MAN IN A JEEP exceptionally deep ...1960 Amer. dial.
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL INDIAN exceptionally deep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL MOOSE exceptionally deep ..1974 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE-DEEP very deep; of a depth sufficient to reach one's rump ...1963 Amer. sl.
• DEEPSOME * having deepness or depth; more or less deep ...1615 poetic
• FATHOM-DEEP excessively deep ...1835
• HALF-LEG DEEP approximately knee-deep or knee-high ...1752 Amer. dial.
• HALF-LEG HIGH approximately knee-deep or knee-high ...1852 Amer. dial.
• NEAL † of water: deep ...1574
• QUEEM deep ...1879 Sc.
• SHOE-MOUTH DEEP ankle deep ...1890 Amer. dial.
deep - nouns
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DEEPNESS † a deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc. ...a1000
 
DEEPEN - verbs
• DEEP † to make deep, to deepen ...c930
 
DEEPEST - adjectives
• DEEPMOST * deepest ...1810
 
DEEPLY - adverbs
• ADEEP deeply, deep ...1850
• DEARLY † deeply, keenly ...1590
• FATHOMLESSLY very deeply ...1822
• HEAD OVER EARS deeply, completely ...1822 Amer. dial.
• KNUCKLE-DEEP deeply, 'up to the hilt' deeply involved ...1589
 
DEEPNESS - nouns
• DEEP †* depth, deepness ...c1000
 
DEEP-SEATED - adjectives
• RADICATE † rooted, deep-seated, firmly established ...1656
 
DEER - adjectives
• FULL SUMMED of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers ...1576
• SUMMED of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers ...c1410
deer - nouns
• ADVANCER a second branch of a buck's horn ...1496
• BELL the cry of a stag or buck at rutting time ...1510
• BELLING the cry of deer in the rutting season; hence, the season itself ...1513
• BUTTHEAD a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CALF a deer, male or female, under one year old ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP MEAT deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN IN A JAR any deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• COUNTY BEEF deer that has been illegally shot by poachers ...1960s US sl.
• DAGGER † the horn of a young stag ...1616
• DECIDENCE † falling off, a shedding, as of deer antlers ...1646
• DEERICIDE the killing or killer of a deer ...1832 nonce word
• DEERLET a little or tiny deer ...1878
• DEPRESSION MEAT deer shot illegally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DOUCETS the testicles of a deer ...M16 hunting usage
• EARNING † the act of uttering the prolonged cry of hounds or deer ...1575
• ELENDE †* an elk ...1697
• FARMER'S BEAST an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GARGILON †* the gullet or oesophagus of a deer ...c1320
• GATE † in hunting: the length of stride of a deer as shown by his footmarks ...1677
• GOAT MEAT the flesh of a deer killed out of season ...1937 Amer. dial.
• GOAT MUTTON the flesh of a deer killed out of season ...1953 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT COW deer ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT MEAT an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT YEARLING deer ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR'S BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat, venison ...1982 Amer. dial.
• HARSH a deer ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HAVIER a castrated stag ...1784 Eng. dial.
• HEAD the antlers of a deer, roe-buck, etc. ...c1420 hunting usage
• HEARSE in hunting: a hind of the second or third year ...1674
• HEARST in hunting: a hind of the second or third year ...1674
• HEMLOCK STEAK any illegally shot deer or its meat ...1969 Amer. dial.
• JACK DEER a deer shot, illegally, by one who hunts a night using a light to stun the prey ...L18 US sl.
• LIGHTFOOT † the deer ...a1600
• MACCARIB † caribou ...1672
• MAUD a mule deer ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
• NANCY JULIA doe deer ...1921 Amer. dial.
• NATIVE BEEF moose, deer, when harvested out of season ...1979 Amer. dial.
• OFFER a knob or bud showing on a stag's antler ...1884
• OLEN † a red deer, a stag ...1591
• OLLEN † a red deer, a stag ...1591
• PANTER a hart or male deer ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• RACK a set of antlers ...1945 US sl.
• RACKWAY a path made by deer in a forest ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RANGALE † the common herd of deer ...1513
• RASCAL † the young, lean, or inferior deer of a herd, distinguished from the full-grown antlered bucks or stags ...1399 exc. Sc.
• RIDGE RUNNER a deer ranging the beech ridges in the fall; hence, somebody well versed in the woods ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• SINGLE in hunting: the tail of a deer ...1576
• SUBULON † a young hart (with straight unbranched horns) ...1607
• SUET † in hunting: the fat of deer ...a1400
• TANG a prong or tine of a stag's horn ...1688 Eng. dial.
• TINE each of the pointed branches of a deer's horn ...c1375
• UMBLES the edible inward parts of an animal, usually of a deer ...a1400
• UNCLE SAM'S SHEEP illegally killed deer ...1968 Amer. dial.
• VALE † one of the grooves in the beam of a hart's antler ...c1410
• VELLET HEAD † the head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet ...1576
• VELVET HEAD † the head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet ...1576
deer - person
• DEERICIDE the killing or killer of a deer ...1832 nonce word
• KILLBUCK †* the keeper of a deer-park ...1826 nonce use
deer - verbs 
• CABBAGE to cut off a deer's head close behind the horns; to cut off the head of a deer ...LME
• CABOCHE † to cut the head of a deer close behind the horns ...a1425
• GRALLOCH to gut a deer ...1897 Amer. dial.
• JACK to hunt deer at night, illegally, with the aid of a light...M19 US sl.
• MAGGOT of deer: to damage the bark of young trees by nibbling at them here and there ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOP THE BRUSH to leap or run through undergrowth, as a deer does ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
DEFACE - verbs
• JIM (UP) to damage, to mar, to deface ...1913 Amer. dial.
• MANK to spoil, to mutilate, to deface, to cut too short ...1710 Sc.
• TACHE to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear ...a1700 Sc.
 
DEFACEMENT - nouns
• DEFACE † defacement ...1556
• FACING † the act of defacing or disfiguring; defacement, disfigurement ...c1400
• IMBLEMISHMENT † defacement, injury ...1529
 
DEFAMATION - nouns
• BACKCAP act of ruining by defamation ...1872 Amer. sl.
• DEFAME † defamation, slander, calumny ...a1450
• DEFAMY † defamation ...1490
• FAMATION † defamation ...c1325
• JURORY † bearing of false witness or false presentments; slander, defamation ...c1440
• SUGGILLATION, SUGILLATION †* defamation ...1654
 
DEFAMATORILY - adverbs
• DEFAMOUSLY † defamatorily ...1557
 
DEFAMATORY - adjectives
• BADMOUTH malicious, defamatory ...1970s sl.
• CALUMNIOUS slanderous, defamatory ...1490
• DEFAMATIVE † defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1502
• DEFAMOUS † of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1557
• DETRACTORY tending to detract; defamatory by denial of desert; depreciatory, disparaging, derogatory, calumnious ...1585
• INFAMATORY † defamatory; having the property of defaming ...1612
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing disgrace or reproach; defamatory ...1611
 
DEFAME - verbs
• AFAME †* to defame ...1375
• BACKCAP to attempt to thwart or ruin by defaming someone; to depreciate, disparage, or criticize meanly ...1887 Amer. sl.
• BESQUIRT † to slander, to calumniate, to defame ...1682
• BLAD to abuse, to defame ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BLECK to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALUMNIATE to slander, to defame; to make false charges against ...M16
• CALUMNIZE † to slander; to defame ...E17
• CALUMNY to slander; to defame ...E19
• CATAMIDIATE † to put one to open shame and punishment for some notorious offense; to scorn, to defame ...1656
• DEFACE † to destroy the reputation or credit of; to discredit, to defame ...1529
• DEFAMATE * to defame, to slander ...Bk1897
• EENIL † to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander ...1825 Sc.
• EINDLE † to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander ...1825 Sc.
• FORGAB † to defame, to publish the misdeeds of; to mock, gibe, deride ...c1394
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• PAN to defame ...1914 US sl.
• SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule ...1844
• SCATHE to injure, to damage, to destroy; to defame ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SUGGIL †* to defame, to revile ...1539
• SUGGILLATE † to defame, to revile ...1647
• SUGIL †* to defame, to revile ...1539
• SUGILLATE † to defame, to revile ...1647
• TRADUCE to speak maliciously and falsely of; to slander, to defame ...1525
 
DEFAMED - adjectives
• DEFAMABLE * liable to be defamed ...1570
 
DEFAMER - person
• DEFAMATOR †* one who defames; a slanderer ...1704
• TAR-BRUSHER one who 'blackens' a reputation; a defamer ...1884
 
DEFAULT - nouns
• FAILLZENCY † default, failure ...1710 Sc.
• WANING † default, shortcoming ...c1320
 
DEFAULTER - person
• DEFAULTRESS * a female defaulter ...1736
 
DEFAULTING - nouns
• DEFAULTURE †* the act of defaulting; failure to fulfil an engagement ...1632
 
DEFEAT - adjectives
• FRUSTRATORY † tending to frustrate, balk, defeat, or make void ...1529
• MARPLOT that mars a plot or defeats a plot or design ...1850
• ON THE CARPET near or at the point of defeat, bankruptcy, or the like ...1897 Amer. sl.
defeat - nouns 
• ASS-KICKING a beating; defeat ...1943 Amer. sl.
• ASS-WHIPPING a severe beating; also, in a contest: a decisive defeat ...1825
• AX(E) a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. ...1883 Amer. sl.
• BALK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BANG †* a drubbing, defeat ...1644
• BANGING a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
• BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• CAPPER a person or thing who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAFFLE defeat, failure, betrayal ...1990s US Black sl.
• HACK a state of embarrassment, confusion or defeat ...1835 Amer. dial.
• HAMMERING a defeat, a significant defeat; a beating ...1900 UK sl.
• JEOFAIL † defeat, overthrow ...1546.
• KAFFERPAK a thorough beating, a thrashing; a comprehensive defeat ...1930s S. Africa sl.
• LAMPIN' a beating, a defeat ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LICKING a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback ... c1800 colloq.
• MALVADERING a beating, defeat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SHELLACKING an utter defeat ...1880 sl.
• SMACKDOWN a decisive or humiliating defeat or setback ...US colloq.
• WHOPPING a severe beating or thrashing; defeat ...19C colloq.
defeat - person
• CAPPER a person or thing who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
defeat - verbs 
• ACE-OUT to defeat; to take something away ...1950s sl.
• ARSE to balk, to defeat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1984 Amer. sl.
• BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1863 Amer. sl.
• BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
• BEAT THE PANTS OFF to utterly defeat ...1934 colloq.
• BLAST to defeat soundly in a game or contest ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BLITZ to attack and defeat comprehensively; to crush, to overcome, to destroy ...1940s sl., orig. US
• BLOW ONE'S DOORS OFF to defeat or surpass someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BOWL OVER to defeat ...M19 sl.
• BREAK A PERSON'S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person ...1941
• BUST A PERSON'S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person ...2005
• CABBAGE to destroy; to defeat ...19C sl.
• CALL THE GAME IN to abandon one's efforts; to admit defeat ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• CARVE to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1884 US sl.
• CAST † to defeat in competition ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHAW UP to defeat or destroy completely ...Bk1999 Amer. sl. 
• CHOP TO PIECES in fisticuffs or boxing: to defeat severely ...L19 Aust. sporting jargon
• CHUCK IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• CHUCK ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1924 Aust.
• CHUMP OFF to defeat in a verbal battle ...1970s US Black sl.
• CLOBBER to strike someone; to hit; to thrash or beat up; to defeat; to reprimand or criticize severely ...1944 sl.
• CREAM to beat the opposite team in a sporting event; to defeat someone; to outscore someone ...M20 US sl.
• CRY UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• DAZZLE WITH SCIENCE to defeat by sheer brains ...20C colloq.
• DEFAIL † to overcome, to defeat ...1608
• DIRT ONE'S BACK to throw one on one's back in wrestling; to defeat one ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DONKEY-LICK to defeat decisively ...Aust. sl.
• DUST to bring to ruin, to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of ...1938 sl., orig. US
• DUST OFF to bring to ruin; to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of ...1938 sl., orig. US
• DUST THE SIDEWALK WITH to beat up thoroughly; to defeat comprehensively ...L19 sl.
• EAT to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1803 US sl.
• EAT ACORNS to suffer humiliation; to accept defeat ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAT ALIVE to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1914 US sl.
• EAT ONE'S LUNCH to best someone; to defeat, to outwit or win against someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EAT RAW to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT RAW WITHOUT SALT to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT SOMEONE'S COOKIES to defeat someone ...1970s US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S LUNCH to defeat, to drub, to outdo, to injure, to beat physically; to make short work of ...1959 US sl.
• EAT THE COOKIE to be vanquished; to endure defeat ...1978 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP to administer a decisive or ruinous defeat to; to make short work of ...1830 US sl.
• EUCHRE to defeat; to outwit; to swindle; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• EUCHRE OUT to defeat; to outwit; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• FADE to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow ...1894 Amer. sl.
• FAN OUT to defeat or overcome in a fight ...1879 Amer. dial.
• FIND THE BEAN IN THE CAKE gain an unexpected prize; to come to some unexpected good fortune; to succeed in defeating one's adversaries ...1874
• FIX SOMEONE'S CLOCK to finish someone; to do for; to thoroughly defeat someone ...1904 Amer. sl.
• GET ONE'S BACON to discomfit; to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GIVE A BLOODY NOSE to inflict a resounding defeat ...1970
• GO SOUTH to be baffled or beaten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE PACK to give up; to admit defeat ...Aust. sl.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• GRASS to throw to the ground; to bring down, to defeat, to kill ...1889 Amer. dial.
• GUB to hit a person, esp. in the mouth; hence, to defeat a team, player, etc. easily or overwhelmingly ...1985 Sc. sl.
• HANG SOMEONE'S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1961 Amer. sl.
• HOLLER CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle; to give in, to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games ...1859 US sl.
• HOLLER UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• KICK A PERSON'S ARSE, KICK A PERSON'S ASS to defeat or humiliate; to exhaust or tire out ...1855 colloq.
• KNOCK OUT OF THE BOX to defeat and eliminate; hence, to kill ...1891 Amer. sl.
• LAM to defeat decisively, esp. in a fistfight; to drub ...1848 US sl.
• LAMP to trounce, to defeat, to vanquish, to conquer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LANT to vanquish, to beat, to get the better of ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S FACE to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER CORNER OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LAY OUT to defeat, to overcome ...E19 sl.
• LAY OUT COLD to knock out, to defeat ...E19 sl., orig. US
• LICK to overcome, to defeat, as in a fight, game, or contest ...colloq.
• LICK THE PANTS OFF to utterly defeat ...1925 colloq.
• LOSE to be much superior to; to overcome; to defeat easily ...20C colloq.
• MAKE SOMEONE PISS to beat up; to defeat ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MALLET to smash; to defeat ...1982 Brit. sl.
• MASTER to defeat, to overcome, to best ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• MULLER to roundly beat the opposition in a physical fight ...1997 Brit. sl.
• MURDERATE to murder; to defeat ...sl.
• NAIL to defeat an opponent; to place in a finishing or inextricable position ...1888 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S BOLLOCKS TO THE DOOR to physically beat up; to figuratively neuter and mentally defeat ...1998 Brit. sl.
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE CROSS to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE MAST to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NOBBLE to sabotage, esp. to hinder or defeat a rival ...1856 Brit. sl.
• NOSE OUT to defeat by a narrow margin ...1934
• NUKE to thoroughly beat, to trounce ...Brit. sl.
• PACK to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than ...c1920 Aust sl.
• PAN to utterly defeat someone in a fight; to thrash someone ...2002 UK sl.
• PASS ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1933 Aust.
• PAY to punish; to defeat, to overcome, to conquer ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• PIN SOMEONE'S EARS BACK to give a person a sound beating; to defeat a person utterly; to chastise soundly ...1941 Amer. sl.
• PIP to defeat or beat narrowly ...1838 colloq.
• PIP AT THE POST to defeat or forestall narrowly at the last moment ...1924
• PLAY HORSE WITH to confuse; to confound; to defeat; to take advantage of; to overcome easily ...1900 US sl.
• POINT THE BONE AT to predict or will the failure of an enterprise; to bring defeat or failure on a person; later, to accuse, to blame, to condemn a person ...1923 Aust. colloq.
• PUT BESIDE THE SADDLE † to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80
• QUICHE OUT to concede defeat in a cowardly manner; to behave in a weak and effeminate manner ...2006 UK sl.
• RAMSCOOTRIFY to defeat verbally ...20C Irish sl.
• RAPE to defeat ...1990s sl.
• RETURN BY WEEPING CROSS to regret deeply some undertaking, and repent of it; to be in a state of lamentation; to fail; to suffer defeat ...1659
• ROLL ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1919 Aust.
• ROT THE SOCKS OFF to defeat comprehensively ...1950s sl.
• SACK to defeat in a contest, esp. in a game ...c1820
• SAY CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to give in; to surrender; to say uncle ...1859 US sl.
• SAY UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SCRAUNCH to defeat in a game; to overcome an opponent, esp. in basketball  ...1934 Amer. Black student sl.
• SCRUMPLICATE to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• SEND TO THE SHOWERS to send off or eject someone from a match, race, or contest; to reject, overcome, or defeat decisively ...1913 colloq.
• SET BESIDE THE SADDLE to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80 obs.
• SET DOWN to embarrass, to humble, to rebuke, to defeat ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHAFT to defeat, to defraud, to harm, to treat unfairly ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SHELLAC to defeat; to trounce ...sl.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SHUT DOWN to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUT OFF to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKIN to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1862 Amer. sl.
• SKITTLE to kill; to defeat easily ...1919 sl.
• SKUNK to utterly defeat; to outdo decisively; to vanquish completely; to overcome ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• STONKER to render useless; to put of action, to thwart; also, to kill, to destroy; to defeat or outwit ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SWALLOW to accept defeat, i.e. in a game ...20C
• STAND SOMEONE ON ONE'S EAR to knock down; hence, to defeat or overwhelm ...1918 Amer. sl.
• STOP SOMEONE'S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone ...1947 Amer. sl.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• TAIL to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TAILOR to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TAKE to overcome, to defeat, to kill ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humble by defeating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE APART to defeat convincingly ...colloq.
• TAKE DOWN to humiliate, to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE IT ON THE CHIN to suffer a severe failure; to undergo complete defeat or frustration ...20C Amer. colloq.
• TAKE OUT to kill, destroy, or defeat ...sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1920s sl.
• THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• THROW ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1903 Aust.
• TONK to defeat ...colloq.
• TOSS IN ONE'S AGATE to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1906 Aust.
• TOSS IN THE ALLEY to admit defeat ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TOSS IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• TOSS ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1916 Aust.
• TRIM to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TRIM UP to defeat in a game ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WALK ALL OVER to defeat someone comprehensively ...M19 sl.
• WALK AROUND to defeat easily ...1900s sl.
• WALK INTO to defeat in a game of chance; to win money from ...M19 sl.
• WALK OVER to defeat someone comprehensively ...M19 sl.
• WALK ROUND to defeat easily ...1900s sl.
• WALLOP to overcome, to surpass, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• WAR to 'worse', to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel ...1483 Sc.
• WHACK to defeat, to beat in a contest ...1877 colloq.
• WHIP to overcome, to vanquish, to defeat; to surpass, to outdo ...1571
• WHIP A PERSON'S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person ...1969
• WHUP to whip; to beat or defeat decisively ...1890 Amer. dial.
• YELL CALF-ROPE to give up; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games; to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle ...1859 US sl.
defeat - phrases
• IT IS ALL DICKY † used to indicate defeat, ruin, or death ...1788 sl.
 
DEFEATED - adjectives
• ALL UP bankrupt, defeated, doomed to die ...1818 UK sl.
• ASSED OUT defeated, out of luck, impoverished ...1980s US Black sl.
• ASS-END-BACKWARDS defeated ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-END UP defeated ...1960s sl.
• CHEWED angry, mad; defeated, beaten ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHEWED UP embarrassed, confused, discomfited, surprised; defeated, severely scolded ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CREMATED badly beaten by an opponent; ruined by a bad business deal or stock-market collapse ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD BEAT thoroughly defeated ...1820 sl.
• DEFAITE defeated, vanquished ...1597 Sc.
• DEFATE defeated, vanquished ...1597 Sc.
• DONE LIKE A DINNER thoroughly defeated ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DONE LIKE A DOG'S DINNER utterly defeated ...NZ sl.
• DONE TO A TURN defeated ...Bk2006 US sl.
• KIPPERED utterly defeated or outwitted ...sl.
• LANTED defeated; disappointed ...1882 Eng. dial.
• LICKED defeated ...1976 UK sl.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
• SCAMBLED † defeated in an intent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SHUT-DOWN defeated ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUT-OFF defeated ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKUNKED utterly defeated ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TAZZED overmatched; defeated; unable to accomplish one's purpose ...B1900 Eng. dial.
defeated - nouns
• EASYBEATS a team or opponent which is easily defeated ...1990 Aust. sl.
defeated - person 
• EASYBEATS a team or opponent which is easily defeated ...1990 Aust. sl.
• SITTING DUCK one who is easily duped or defeated ...Aust. sl.
defeated - verbs 
• BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP to be completely demolished, utterly defeated ...1852 sl.
• GO SOUTH to lose, to be defeated or incapacitated; to be beaten ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TAKE IT IN THE EAR to be severely victimized or defeated; to be treated unfairly ...1965 Amer. sl., esp. students' usage
• TEAR ONE'S ASS to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1750 sl.
• TEAR ONE'S ASSHOLE to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1961 sl.
• TINE to fail to gain, attain or win; to lose the battle, to be defeated ...c1250 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
DEFEATING - nouns
• DEBELLATION † a vanquishing or reducing by force of arms; a conquering, defeating, conquest ...1526
 
DEFECATE - person
• SHITTER one who defecates in a public place ...1960s sl.
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
defecate - verbs 
• ABORT to defecate immediately after anal intercourse ...1970s US gay sl.
• ANDY CAPP to defecate ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• ANSWER NATURE'S CALL to retire to the W.C.; to defecate or urinate ...20C euphemism
• BAKE IT to refrain from visiting the lavatory, however desperate the need to defecate ...L19 sl.
• BE CAUGHT SHORT to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
• BE TAKEN SHORT to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
• BOG to defecate; to exonerate the bowels; also, to defile with excrement ...colloq.
• BULBITATE †* to befoul one's breeches ...1623
• CACA, KAKA to defecate ...20C sl.
• CACK to void excrement, to defecate ...1436 UK
• CACK YOUR DACKS to lose control of your bowels ...1992 Aust. sl.
• CAK to defecate ...15C UK
• CAPOOP to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• CAST † to void excrement ...1704
• CHOKE A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CHUCK A TURD to defecate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CLART to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• CRAP to defecate ...1846 sl.
• CUCK to defecate ...E15
• DESPATCH ONE'S CARGO to defecate ...1910s sl.
• DISPATCH ONE'S CARGO to defecate ...E20 Brit. sl.
• DO A JOB to defecate ...19C colloq.
• DO-DO to defecate ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DO IT to urinate or defecate ...1922 sl., euphemism
• DOODLE to defecate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOO-DOO to defecate ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOOK to defecate ...1990s sl.
• DO ONE'S BUSINESS to defecate ...1645 euphemism
• DO ONE'S DIRTY to defecate ...1970s US sl.
• DO ONE'S DUTY to defecate, to urinate ...1935 euphemism
• DO ONE'S EASE † to relieve the bowels ...c1645
• DO ONE'S EASEMENT † to relieve the bowels ...1634
• DO ONE'S NEEDS to void excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• DO ONE'S NO-MANNERS to defecate ...1980s sl.
• DO POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• DROP A DARKIE to defecate ...20C Aust. sl.
• DROP A DEUCE to defecate ...2003 US sl.
• DROP THE KIDS OFF to defecate ...1990s euphemism
• DROP THE KIDS OFF AT THE POOL to defecate ...2002 UK sl.
• DUKE to defecate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUMP to defecate ...1929 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• DUMP ON to defecate on ...M20 US sl.
• DUMP ONE'S LOAD to defecate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EASE to relieve the bowels ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EASE NATURE † to relieve the bowels; to defecate ...c1440
• EASE ONESELF to defecate or urinate ...17C euphemism
• GO to urinate or defecate ...1926 sl., euphemism
• GO FOR A HARD HIT to defecate ...1978 UK sl.
• GO GRUNTS to defecate ...1968 sl.
• GO POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• GO TO CA-CA to defecate ...L19 sl.
• GO TO QUAT to defecate ...19C colloq.
• GO TO SIEGE † to go to stool, to ease oneself; to defecate ...c1400
• GRUNT to defecate ...1967 sl.
• HANG A BOG to defecate ...18C Brit. sl.
• IRISH SHAVE to defecate ...E20 US colloq.
• JOE to urinate or defecate ...20C US sl.
• JOHNNY TAPP to defecate ...1980s Aust. prison rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• KACK to defecate ...15C UK
• KAK to defecate ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• KANGAROO IT to defecate in a squatting position, usually with one's feet on the seat ...1950s Aust. sl.
• KEECH to void excrement, used esp. of children ...Bk1901 Sc.
• LAY A LOG to defecate ...1973 US sl.
• MACARONI to defecate ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'pony'
• MAKE A MESS to defecate ...c1972 Amer. dial.
• MAKE CACA to defecate ...1980s sl.
• MAKE POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• MISBEHAVE of children: to urinate or defecate in an improper place or at an improper time ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NASTY to soil or make dirty; to defecate ...1863 Amer. dial.
• NEST to defecate ...1670 sl.
• PARK A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• PASS A STOOL to defecate ...20C colloq.
• PAY A CALL to urinate or defecate ...Bk1999 
• PISS BACKWARDS to defecate ...L19 sl.
• POO to defecate ...1980 euphemism, orig. a children's word
• POOH to defecate ...1980 euphemism, orig. a children's word
• POOP to defecate ...1903 sl.
• POST A LETTER to retire to defecate ...L19 sl., chiefly Brit.
• REAR to void excrement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † of a dog or fox: to evacuate the faeces, to defecate; also said of a person ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUMMER to defecate; orig. said of a dog or fox ...15C
• SHIT to defecate ...c1308 sl.
• SHITE to defecate ...c1308 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S BOWELS † to discharge excreta ...1594
• SIEGE to defecate ...M15
• SINK A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• SKIT * to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea ...1805
• SKITE to void excrement ...1449 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKITTER to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea ...a1300 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SMELL THE PLACE UP to defecate; to use the bathroom ...M20 US sl.
• STINK THE PLACE UP to defecate; to use the bathroom ...M20 US sl.
• STRAIN to apply force in an attempt to defecate ...M17
• STRANGLE A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• TAKE A BOX to defecate ...1990s Irish sl.
• TAKE A CRAP to defecate ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A DUMP to defecate, usually in the sense of incontinence ...1940s sl., orig US
• TAKE A SHIT to defecate ...E17 sl.
• TAKE A SQUAT to defecate ...1970s sl.
• TAKE THE KIDS TO THE POOL to defecate ...1990s euphemism
• TOM-TIT to defecate ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• UNFEED to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• UNLOAD to defecate ...1940s sl.
• WALK ONE'S DOG to urinate or to defecate ...1960s US sl.
• WIPE to cleanse oneself after excreting ...20C colloq.
• WIPE OUT to cleanse oneself after excreting ...20C US sl.
defecate - phrases
• MUSTAFA CRAP, MUSTAPHA CRAP refers to the need to defecate ...1930s Brit., chiefly services' usage
 
DEFECATION - nouns
• ACCIDENT an unintentional act of urinating or defecating ...1899 euphemism
• AH-AHS defecation ...Brit. sl.
• ANDY CAPP defecation ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• ARSEWIPE anything used to wipe oneself clean after defecation; later, toilet paper ...1677 sl.
• ARSE-WISP † anything used to wipe oneself clean after defecation ...1440
• BENDING DRILL an act of defecation in the open-air ...1945 UK military sl.
• BIGGIES defecation ...1953 Brit. sl., a children's word or euphemism
• BIG JOBS the act of defecation; excrement ...1971 UK childish usage
• BOG an act of defecation ...Aust. sl.
• CACA defecation ...20C sl.
• CRAP defecation ...1926 sl.
• CUZ a defecation ...19C Brit. sl.
• DANNY LA RUE an act of defecation ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'poo'
• DEPOSIT an act of defecation; dung; faeces ...20C US sl.
• DUKER a massive bowel movement ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DUMP an act of defecation ...1942 sl.
• EARTHA an act of defecation ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Eartha Kitt)
• EARTHA KITT an act of defecation ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EASEMENT † the relieving of the body by evacuation of excrement ....c1430
• EDGAR an act of defecation ...1969 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Edgar Britt)
• EDGAR BRITT an act of defecation ...1969 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EGESTION † evacuation of the bowels, defecation ...1547
• EGON (RONAY) an act of defecation ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'pony (and trap)' 
• GAME OF NAP an act of defecation; excrement ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• GRUNT a bowel movement ...1960s US Black sl.
• HA-HA a defecation ...L19 nursery usage
• HARD HIT an act of defecation ...1978 UK rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• KANGAROO SHIT defecation in a squatting position ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MACARONI a piece of human excrement; hence, the act of defecation ...1970s sl.
• NATURE'S CALL the feeling of a need to eliminate wastes; defecation or urination ...20C US colloq.
• NEEDS † defecation, urination ...1297 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NUMBER TWO defecation ...1902 sl., a child's word or euphemism
• NUMBER TWOS defecation ...1936 US sl.
• OCCASIONS † the requirements of nature; urination, defecation ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ONE IN THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE an urgent desire to defecate ...2000s sl.
• ORDURING † the voiding of ordure; defecation ...1654
• SHIT excrement; an act of defecation ...1585 UK sl.
• SHITE defecation ...1928 sl.
• SIT-DOWN JOB the act of defecation, esp. for a man ...Brit. sl.
• TOM-TIT defecation ...1943 rhyming sl. for 'shit'
 
DEFECT - nouns
• BAUCHNESS want, defect of any kind, indifference ...1727 Sc.
• BUG a defect in a machine ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DEFAULT † physical defect or blemish ...1340
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• HALT a defect ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ILL-SIDE a defect, a blemish ...1883 Sc.
• IMPEDIMENT † something that impedes the functions or health of the body; a physical defect; an affection or malady ...1542
• IMPERFECTIVE † an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish ...1601
• MAR † a fault; a defect; an impediment ...1551 obs. exc. Sc.
• SCOTCH MARK some defect, physical or moral, which serves to distinguish some particular individual ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARE a moral defect ...1630
• WANE †* lack, fault, defect ...a1000
• WANT † a defect, failing, fault; a shortcoming ...1592
• WRINKLE a defect or problem, esp. a minor one ...1643
defect - verbs
• BODGIE to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BODGIE UP to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
 
DEFECTION - nouns
• DEFALCATION falling away, defection; shortcoming, failure, delinquency ...1750
 
DEFECTIVE - adjectives
• ABORTIVATE †* imperfect, defective ...c1630
• DEFAULTED † having defaults or defects, defective ...1580
• DEFAULTY † faulty, defective; in fault ...c1440
• IMPEDITE † impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective ...1544
• LEFT-HANDED † crippled, lame, defective ...1629
• MANK † maimed, mutilated, defective ...1513 chiefly Sc.
• MANKIT defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled ...1928 Sc.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• PALIE defective, deformed, lame ...1825 Sc.
defective - nouns
• LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory ...1934 Amer. sl.
• NAUGHTINESS † the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect ...1550
defective - person 
• SLIMSLACK † a person who is mentally or physically defective ...1600
defective - verbs
• MANK † to maim, to mangle, to mutilate; to make defective; to impair, to spoil ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc.
 
DEFEND - verbs
• BACK ONE'S PLAY to support or defend a person or statement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BESAY † to defend ...c1000
• BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support ...1580
• DEBATE † to fight for, to defend, to protect ...1500-20 Sc.
• FORFEND to secure, defend, or protect by precautionary measures ...1592 now chiefly Amer.
• GET SOMEONE'S BACK to defend or protect someone ...1990 US sl.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S BACK to defend or protect someone ...1990 US sl.
• KEEP † to defend oneself; to be on one's guard ...c1175
• PART-TAKE to defend; to take one's part, to side with, to support, to champion ...1861 Sc.
• PROPUGN † to contend or fight for; to defend, vindicate (an opinion, doctrine or the like) ...c1555
• SKERE † to defend or save oneself ...1390
• STAND IN THE GAP † to act as defender ...1535
• TAKE IN FOR to defend, to stand up for ...1897 Sc.
• WACK IT OUT to defend or support successfully ...1910s sl.
• WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of; to defend, to protect ...a1035 arch.
• WARN †* to fortify; to protect, to defend ...c1330
• WHACK IT OUT to defend or support successfully ...1910s sl.
 
DEFENDER - person
• HYPERASPIST † a defender, a champion ...1638
• MAINTAINER † one who gives aid, countenance, or support to another; a defender and helper ...c1330
• RAMPIRE † a defender, a warrior ...1555
• SAFEGUARDER a protector or defender ...1534
• SAFE-KEEPER * a protector or defender ...1561
• WARDEN † one who guards, protects, or defends ...a1225
• WARRANT † a protector, a defender ...a1225
• ZELATOR * a zealous defender or supporter; one who zealously furthers the cause of ...1460 
 
DEFENSE - adjectives
• GARNISHED † prepared for defense ...c1440
defense - adverbs
• FAST † of defense or concealment: securely ...1481
defense - nouns
• ADVOCATION † the act of calling to one's aid; an appeal for aid or defense ...1598
• AEGIS a protection, or impregnable defense ...1793
• GARNISON † 1. a body of men stationed in a fortress or other place for purposes of defense ...c1386
† 2. defense; means of defense ...c1386
• GARRISON † defense, protection; deliverance, safety; means of defense ...c1320
• PALE a limit, boundary; a restriction; a defense, safeguard ...c1400
• PALLADIUM anything on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc. is believed to depend; a safeguard, protecting institution; means of protection or defense ...1600
• VALLATION * a ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defense or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature ...1664
• WARD † defense, protection, shelter ...1582
• WARE † watchful care, heed; safe-keeping, defense, protection ...c893
defense - person
• WALL a person who serves as a defense ...1412-20
defense - verbs 
• GARNISH † to furnish a place with means of defense; to garrison; to supply with men, arms, and provisions ...a1400
 
DEFENSELESS - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• NAKED † unarmed; defenseless ...1709-31 Sc.
 
DEFENSIVE - adjectives
• ON THE BACK FOOT in a defensive position; at a disadvantage ...colloq.
defensive - verbs
• GET ON THE PECK to assume the defensive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET ON THE PROD to assume the defensive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
DEFER - verbs
• DALLY OFF † to put off or defer by trifling ...1574
• DRIFT † to put off, to delay, to defer, to procrastinate ...1584 Sc.
• DRIVE TO THE LAST MINUTE to protract or defer as late as possible ...c1880 colloq.
• ELD † to put off to a later time, to defer, to delay ...c897
• FURTHER † to put an event further; to defer, to postpone ...1529
• OFF † to put off, to defer ...1642
• PERENDINATE * to put off till the day after tomorrow; to defer from day to day ...1656
• PROROGUE † to put off for a time; to defer, to postpone ...1453
• REFARD to defer, to put off ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A RAIN CHECK to defer something until a later, unspecified time, e.g. parole ...1930s sl., chiefly US
• TARRY † to delay, to retard, to defer, to put off a thing or action; to protract, to prolong ...c1320
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
DEFERENCE - person
• OBSERVICER †* one who shows respect, deference or dutiful attention; an obsequious follower ...1625
 
DEFERENTIAL - adjectives
• ASSENTANEOUS * inclined to assent, ready to agree, deferential ...1834
deferential - verbs
• BROWN to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWNIE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-NOSE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ... 1935 sl.
• BROWN PAPER to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
DEFERRED - adjectives
• COMPERENDINOUS † postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
 
DEFIANCE - nouns
• BEARDING open, resolute opposition; insolent defiance ...1577
• FACING † the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance ...1523
defiance - interjections 
• EAT MY SHORTS! go to hell! drop dead!; an exclamation of dismissal or defiance ...1979 US sl.
• HAKE! an expression of defiance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• I DON'T GIVE A MONKEY'S (FUCK) an expression of one's annoyance, frustration, or defiance ...1960 UK sl.
• MOCKERS! exclamation of defiance, more usually in an attempt to put off or jinx an opponent in sports or games ...Brit. sl.
• RASPBERRIES! used to express disbelief or defiance; nonsense! ...1910s US sl.
• YAIL! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALE! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALTO! used to denote surprise or defiance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALTOCO! used to denote surprise or defiance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAR! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or malicious defiance ...1812
• YELL! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
DEFIANT - adjectives
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• DAREFUL †* full of daring or defiance; adventurous ...1605
• DEFIATORY †* bearing defiance or a challenge; defiant ...1635
• IN-YOUR-FACE aggressively challenging; confrontational; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed ...1978 Amer. sl.
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
defiant - nouns 
• ATTITUDE truculent or aggressively defiant temperament or demeanour ...1962 sl., orig. US
defiant - person
• FUNKER * a recalcitrant or obstinately defiant person ...1893 Sc.
defiant - verbs 
• BRACE to assume a defiant attitude towards ...1922 US
• COCK A SNOOK to express defiance or laugh at someone's authority, etc. ...Bk1999 
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster; to domineer; to be defiant ...16C colloq.
• FLING ONE'S CAP OVER THE WINDMILL to act recklessly and defiantly; to fly in the face of convention ...1839
 
DEFIANTLY - adverbs
• ACOCK defiantly ...1611 sl.
• ACOCK-HORSE defiantly ...1611 sl.
 
DEFICIENCY - nouns
• DEFAILING † deficiency, lack, shortage ...1502
• FAULT † deficiency, lack, scarcity, want of; want of food or necessaries ...a1300
• INGANG lack, deficiency ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INLACKING † want, deficiency ...1775 Sc.
• INLAKE † a deficiency, lack ...1650 Sc.
• MAKE-WEIGHT a person or thing of insignificant value thrown in to make up a deficiency or fill a gap ...1776
• MANK † a deficiency, a want, a lack ...1718 Sc.
• NAUGHTINESS † deficiency, faultiness ...1641 Eng. dial.
• WANTAGE deficiency, shortage ...1828 US
 
DEFICIENT - adjectives
• CARRION-LEAN † meagre, very deficient ...1581
• DEFAULTIVE † deficient, faulty, remiss ...a1400
• DEFICIOUS †* deficient, lacking ...1540-1
• LACK † deficient in some quality, lacking in substance, position, breeding, etc.; of poor quality ...1790 Sc.
• MANK † deficient, defective, incomplete ...1700 Sc.
• WANE † lacking, absent, deficient ...c825
deficient - verbs 
• BATE † to be deficient in ...1633
• FAULT 1. † to stand in need of; to lack, to want; to be deficient in ...1377
2. † to be deficient in; to be lacking in ...1504
• INLAKE † to be deficient, to lack ...1610 Sc.
• SCANTISH deficient; limited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANTLY deficient, limited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
DEFICIT - nouns
• BEHINDMENTS outstanding liabilities, arrears, a deficit ...1886 Amer.
• IRISH DIVIDEND a non-existent or fictitious profit, a deficit, a stock assessment ...M19 US sl.
deficit - phrases
• TO THE BAD with a deficit ...B1816 UK sl.
 
DEFILE - adjectives
• MACULATORY †* apt to spot or defile ...1614
defile - person
• BEFOULER - one who makes foul or covers with filth; one who pollutes or defiles ...1842
• BERAYER † one who defiles or pollutes ...1699
defile - verbs 
• ADULTERATE † to defile by adultery; to debauch ...1613
• AGGL to soil, to defile ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AGGLE to soil or defile; to make a mess ...1866 Sc.
• BAWDY † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
• BEDIRT † to cover or defile with dirt; to 'throw dirt at,' to vilify ...1622
• BEDO † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
• BEFILE † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
• BEFYLE to soil, to defile ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERAY † to disfigure, to dirty, to defile, to befoul with dirt, filth, ordure ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• COINQUINATE † to soil all over, to pollute, to defile ...a1528
• COLLUTULATE †* to defile ...1623
• CONSPURCATE † to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
• CONSTUPRATE to defile; to ravish; to debauch a woman ...M16
• DECOLOUR † to pollute, to defile ...1630
• DERSE to defile, to dirty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DETURPATE † to defile, to disfigure, to pollute, to contaminate; to debase ...1623
• DIVICIATE †* to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity ...c1470
• FULYIE to defile, to pollute ...E16 Sc.
• FUNESTATE †* to defile with a dead body ...1623
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• IMPIATE †* to pollute, to defile ...1623
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• POLLUTE to defile or deflower a woman ...17C sl.
• RAY to defile, to soil; to pollute with dung ...1828 Eng. dial.
• SUDDLE to soil, to sully, to defile ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SULP † to defile, to pollute ...a1350
• TACHE † to stain or taint, esp. with moral defilement, or with the imputation of guilt or shameful conduct; to stigmatize ...1390 obs. exc. Sc.
• VARG to soil, to defile ...1866 Sc.
• VARGLE to soil, to defile ...1866 Sc.
• VERG to soil, to defile ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
DEFILED - adjectives
• CONSPURCATE † defiled, polluted ...1563-87
• DETURPATE † defiled ...c1532
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
• RAYED defiled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• UNCHASTE defiled; having been deflowered involuntarily ...14C sl.
defiled - nouns 
• MACULATION the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled ...a1450
defiled - verbs 
• SULE † to be defiled ...a1250
 
DEFILEMENT - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• BAWDRY † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
• FUNESTATION * defilement, pollution, esp. through contact with a dead body ...a1626
• IMPIATION † defilement ...1658
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
• OFFSCOURINGS filth or defilement cleaned off and cast aside; refuse, rubbish ...1674
• SULLAGE † filth, filthiness, defilement, pollution ...1641
• SULLIEDNESS † defilement ...1571
• SULPING † defilement ...a1350
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
 
DEFINITE - adjectives
• COPPER-PLATED absolute, certain, definite ...L19 US sl.
• MORAL certain, definite ...1900s sl.
• SOLID definite ...L19
 
DEFINITELY - adverbs
• BLEEDING WELL certainly, definitely ...1884 UK sl.
• BY A LONG WAYS by far; far and away ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DAMN WELL certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
• DEAD-SET definitely, certainly ...1970s Aust. sl.
• DEF definitely ...1940s sl.
• DEFFO, DEFO definitely ...1960s sl., orig. Irish usage
• JUST absolutely, definitely, very ...L19 sl.
• MARKLY † definitely ...1533 Sc.
• SIGNANTER * expressly, distinctly, definitely ...1614
• SURE AS GOD MADE (LITTLE) APPLES certainly, definitely, without a doubt ...1796

DEFINITIVE - adjectives
• DECRETAL †* decisive, definitive ...1608
 
DEFLATE - verbs
• EXTRACT THE URINE FROM to take the piss out of someone; to deflate someone, to make someone perform with less boasting and bravado ...E20 Brit. military sl.
• LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
deflate - phrases
• CHEERS ARE RUNNING UP MY LEGS!, THE a sarcastic remark used to deflate (esp. senior to junior) importance of local 'buzz' (rumour, commendatory report in newspaper, etc.) ...c1930
 
DEFLOWER - verbs
• COP A CHERRY to take a woman's virginity; occasionally a man's ...1920s sl.
• CRACK to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar ...c1725 Amer. sl.
• CRACK A JUDY'S TEACUP to deflower a girl ...19C Brit. sl.
• CRACK A PITCHER to deflower a girl ...19C Brit. sl.
• DEVIRGINATE to deflower ...15C
• EASE to deflower a woman ...M19 Brit. sl.
• POLLUTE to defile or deflower a woman ...17C sl.
• PUNCH to deflower ...sl.
• PUNCTURE to deflower ...19C Brit. sl.
• SCUTTLE to deflower a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
 
DEFLOWERED - adjectives
• BROKEN HER TEACUP to have been deflowered ...19C Brit. euphemism
• BROKEN-LEGGED seduced, deflowered ...17C sl.
• CLIPPED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1597 sl.
• CRACKED deflowered ...18C sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1613 sl.
• DEVIRGINATE pert. to a woman who has been deflowered ...15C
• FLAWED deflowered ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNCHASTE defiled; having been deflowered involuntarily ...14C sl.
• WOUNDED IN THE THIGH deflowered ...16C literary euphemism
deflowered - verbs
• HAVE GIVEN PUSSY A TASTE OF CREAM of a woman: to have been deflowered; to have been copulated with ...19C Brit. sl.
 
DEFORM - verbs
• DEVENUSTATE †* to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform ...1653
 
​DEFORMED - adjectives
• BOOLIE crooked, bent, deformed ...19C Sc.
• CROOKED AS AN IZZARD deformed in person; perverse in disposition ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CROOKED AS A YOKE-STICK bodily deformed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
• GAM lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME lame, crippled, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HACKLE UP of people: physically deformed ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HAGER ugly, deformed, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALIE defective, deformed, lame ...1825 Sc.
• PANTAMORPHIC generally deformed ...1857
• RAMSHACKLED deformed ...1825 Sc.
• SIEBEGODLIN deformed, crooked, one-sided ...1896 Amer. dial.
• UNMACKLY ill-shapen, deformed; clumsy in appearance ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANSHAPEN † misshapen, deformed ...a1300
deformed - nouns
• DYSMORPHOPHOBIA orig. the fear of being or becoming physically deformed; later, a disorder in which a person becomes excessively preoccupied with an imagined or slight defect in his or her appearance, typically causing some impairment of social and occupational functioning, and often resulting in repeated plastic surgery ...1900
• SCRAWMAX anything badly formed or out of shape ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
deformed - person 
• ABNORMALITY a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person ...c1880 sl.
• ABNORMETH a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person ...c1880 sl.
• CAITIFF † a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless ...1775 Eng. dial.
• CROYL a dwarf; a stunted, deformed person or child; a small, sickly child ...1776 Sc.
• DEFORM a deformed person ...1812 Sc.  
• HAUCHAL a deformed or crippled person ...1891 Sc.
• LAMITER a lame person; a cripple; a deformed person ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MONSTER an ugly or deformed person ...1715
• OBJECT formerly sometimes, an object of pity or relief; an afflicted person; a sufferer; a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature; a person of a pitiable or ridiculous aspect; gazing-stock; a laughingstock ..1605
• QUOZ a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• QUOZZIE a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• WIRL a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp ...1893 Sc.
• WIRLY-WARLY a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp ...1856 Sc.
• WIRRAL a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp ...1935 Sc.
• WROW a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp ...1893 Sc.
• WURL a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp ...1898 Sc.
• ZAD a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person ...1725 sl.
  
DEFORMITY - nouns
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• GALBE an aggressive and frightening profile; any physical deformity occurring above the knee ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• LAIDURE † ugliness, deformity ...1483
• MIS-SHAPEMENT †* deformity ...1653

DEFRAUD - nouns
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
defraud - person
• GYPSTER a person, esp. a trader, who defrauds or cheats others; a swindler, a con artist ...1917 US sl.
• SCANDAROON † a swindler, a fraudulent dealer, a defrauder ...1631
• SKINNER one who defrauds another of their money ...1856
• TAKER-UP † a member of a gang of swindlers; a defrauder, a swindler ...1591
• VERNEUKER a defrauder, a swindler ...1905 S. Afr. sl. 
​defraud - verbs 
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl. 
• CHISEL to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1808 sl.
• CHIZZLE to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1858 Amer. sl.
• COD to cheat, to defraud ...18C sl.
• DEADBEAT to loaf, to sponge, to malinger; to avoid doing a thing; to defraud ...1881 US sl.
• DECEIVE † to cheat, to overreach; to defraud ...c1330
• DO A PERSON IN THE EYE * to defraud, to injure, to humiliate a person ...1891
• GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle ...1811 sl.
• GIP, GYP, JIP to cheat a person out of something, esp. money; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1879 Amer. colloq.
• GYPSY to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• LAMB DOWN to defraud a worker out of their entire end-of-season pay packet by keeping them drunk until it is all spent ...1850 Aust. sl.
• LOO to cheat; to defraud ...E19 US sl.
• MACE to swindle; to defraud; to cheat ...1790 UK sl.
• NICK to trick, to cheat, or defraud; to obtain something from a person by dishonest or unfair means ...1576 sl.
• NOSE † to cheat or defraud of something ...1637
• OZARK to cheat, to defraud ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PAPER to defraud someone by passing a forged cheque ...1925 sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to deceive or defraud ...1933 US sl.
• PULL AN ACT to put on a show with the intention of deceiving or defrauding someone ...1930s sl.
• PUT SOMEONE IN THE HOLE to defraud someone ...1812 sl.
• RAMP to defraud or swindle; to rob; to force one to pay a pretended bet  ...1812 sl.
• RIM to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to treat dishonestly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RUN A HOOLIGAN ON to play tricks on, to defraud ...1920s US sl.
• RUSH to defraud or cheat a person out of something ...1887 UK sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAM to defraud, to trick ...1950s sl.
• SCAM OUT to defraud, to trick ...1950s sl.
• SCHLENTER to pretend (for criminal purposes) to defraud ...L19 sl.
• SCOONIE to cheat, to defraud ...1950 Sc.
• SHAFT to defeat, to defraud, to harm, to treat unfairly ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SKELDER † to swindle, to cheat, to defraud a person; also, to obtain money by cheating ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
• SKIN to deprive of money or property unfairly or fraudulently; to fleece, to swindle, to cheat, to defraud ...1819 Amer. dial.
• STIFF to cheat or defraud someone, esp. by failing to pay them ...1950 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defraud, to outwit and otherwise remove all of a victim's assets in a wager, by extortion, or by similar legal or illegal means ...1920s sl.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
• WALK INTO to cheat, to defraud ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• WIPE ANOTHER'S NOSE † to cheat or defraud one ...1614
• WORK A SLANTER to defraud, to hoax, to play a confidence trick on ...L19 sl.
 
DEFRAUDING - nouns
• DEAD SET a scheme aimed at defrauding a victim through crooked gambling ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud ...1830
• VERNEUKERY defrauding, swindling ...1896 S. Afr. sl.
 
DEFUNCT - adjectives
• DEAD AS A DODO absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless; defunct or out of date ...1904 sl.
 
DEFT - adjectives
• GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous ...1485
• NATTY handy, deft; industrious; clever, ingenious ...1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NETTIE, NETTY, NITTIE agile, deft, quick in movement, smart, neat ...1892 Sc. 
• NACKETY deft, expert ...1825 Sc.
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
 
DEFTLY - adverbs
• FEATLY cleverly, deftly, skilfully ...1436 arch.
 
DEFTNESS - nouns
• HABILITY * the quality of being habile; deftness; readiness; easy familiarity ...1840
 
DEFUNCT - adjectives
• LETHED †* dead, defunct ...1623
 
DEFY - verbs
• BEDARE † to defy ...1599
• BID DEFIANCE TO to defy openly; to brave ...1629
• BUCKLE UP to stand up to, to defy, to rebel ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUCK UP TO to stand up to, to defy ...1846 Amer. dial.
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster, to defy, to bully verbally ...16C sl.
• HOLD ONE WAG † to keep at bay, to defy ...c1540
• STUMP to challenge, to defy, to puzzle, or confound ...1837 sl.
defy - phrases
• YOU AND WHAT ARMY? I defy you to do as you threaten; you can't do this without the help of others ...1932 Amer. sl.
 
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