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DRY - DZ

DRY - adjectives
• ADRY in a dry condition ...1628
• ADURENT †* burning, hot and dry ...1626
• BASKED parched, dry ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAFFY dry, insipid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRY AS A DEAD DINGO'S DONGER extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DRY AS A GUMDIGGER'S DOG extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DRY AS A KECK very dry ...1896 Eng. dial.
• DRY AS A KOOKABURRA'S KHYBER IN THE SIMPSON DESERT extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DRY AS A NUN'S FANNY very dry ...Brit. sl.
• DRY AS A NUN'S MINGE very dry ...Brit. sl.
• DRY AS A POM'S TOWEL extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DRY AS A POPCORN FART very dry ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HASKISH dry, harsh ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASKY dry, parched ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAZEL half-dry ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KECKSY dry, juiceless; thirsty ...1874 Eng. dial.
• REESLIN-DRY so dry as to make a rustling sound ...1801 Sc.
• SICCANEOUS * dry, arid ...1656
• SICCATIVE having the property of absorbing moisture; drying ...1547
• SICCED † dry ...1667
• SICCIFIC † having power to make dry ...1656
• SICCIFICAL † having power to make dry ...1656
• SITICULOUS † very thirsty, very dry ...1620
• STRAW-DRY very dry
• THREAD-DRY quite dry, not the least wet ...1896 Sc.
• VENOM dry, hard, harsh, hot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
dry - verbs
• ADROUGH † to dry up; to become dry or withered ...c1000
• ADROWE † to dry up; to become dry or withered ...c1000
• ADUST † to burn, to scorch, to scar; to dry up with heat ...1550
• BEAZE to dry in the sun ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAIZER of newly-washed clothes, etc.: to dry, esp. partially or on the surface; to air in the open, to bleach ...1880 Sc.
• HAP to dry or mop up a wet place ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAZE to dry by exposure to the air; to half-dry, to dry on the surface ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAZEL to dry, season in the sun; to dry on the surface ...1642 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAZLE to dry superficially; to become dry on the surface ...1642 Eng. dial.
• HAZZLE to dry superficially; to become dry on the surface ...1642 Eng. dial.
• QUADDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUODDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASH to air or dry thoroughly (often said of clothes by the fire); to burn in cooking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEST to smoke; to dry by the heat of the sun or fire ...1805 Sc.
• REESTLE † to dry by the heat of the fire; to warm ...1824 Sc.
• SEASON of clothes: to let dry by exposure to air ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SICCATE †* to make dry ...1570
• SICCICATE †* to make dry ...1639

DRYING - adjectives
• HAZLING drying ...Bk1902 Sc.
drying - nouns  (includes DRYNESS)  
• HAIZER an airing or drying in the sun; the act or state of dying clothes lightly ...1887 Sc.
• HASKNESS dryness, harshness ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SICCATION † the act or process of drying ...1612
• SICCITUDE † dryness; absence of moisture ...1599
• SICCITY † dryness; absence of moisture ...1477
• SNOOKER PLAYER'S POCKET symbolic of dryness (generally a snooker player keeps his chalk in his waistcoat pocket - what the thirsty may claim to have a throat like ...Brit. sl.
 
DUB - verbs
• ADUB † to invest with the insignia of knighthood; to knight; to dub ...c1450
 
DUBIOUS - adjectives
• DUBEROUS dubious, doubtful, uncertain, suspicious ...1818 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DUBERSOME dubious, doubtful ...1837-40
• DUBROUS dubious, doubtful, dangerous ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FISHY dubious; questionable; likely to be improper or illegal ...Bk2006 US sl.
• JUBEROUS dubious, doubtful ...1871 Amer. dial.
• JUBERSOME dubious, doubtful ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LEFT-HANDED irregular; illicit; dubious ...1612
• MISDOUBTFUL dubious, uncertain ...1927 Amer. dial.
• QUISQUIS † perplexing, doubtful, debateful, dubious ...1720 Sc.
• QUISQUOSE perplexing, doubtful, debateful, dubious ...1720 Sc.
• UMBRAGEOUS † obscure; dubious ...1635
• UMBRAGIOUS † obscure; dubious ...1635
dubious - nouns
• MONKEY TRICKS dubious activities ...18C sl.
• QUEER PAPER something dubious or unreliable ...M19 sl.
• RIG anything dubious, as a knockout, a cross fight, a cheat, confidence trick ...Bk1903
dubious - person
• TALLY-BOY a dishonest, dubious person ...1978 Irish sl.
• TARRY-BOY a dishonest, dubious person ...2004 sl.
dubious - verbs 
• HANG IN THE WIND to be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful, undecided; to be irresolute, to vacillate ...1555
 
DUCK - nouns
• BADELYNG † n brood of ducks ...1486
• BADLING a small group of ducks ...L15
• DIDDLES ducklings; sucking-pigs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DIDDLINGS ducklings; sucking-pigs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DIG a duck ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DIG-BRID a young duck ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGG a duck ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DIGGER a duck ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGGEY a duckling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL a young duck ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK a young duck ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DUCK FACTORY an area of marsh where ducks nest ...1964 Can. sl.
• FLAPPER a fledgling wild duck ...Bk1893 sl.
• GUCK a duck ...1887 Sc.
• ICEBREAKER the mallard ...1923 Amer. dial.
• PADDLER a wild duck ...1882
• QUACK a duck ...L19
• QUACKER a duck ...19C colloq.
• QUACKIE a duck ...1830 Sc.
• QUACKING-CHEAT an old cant term for a duck ...1620 cant
• QUACK-QUACK a duck ...1865
• QUANKER a duck-calling device ...1945 Can. sl.
• QUEEPLE the peeping cry of young ducks ...1866 Sc.
• RED-SHANK a duck or drake ...Bk1903 sl.
• SUBMARINE a duck ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SUIT † a flight of mallards ...1486
• TEAM a brood of young ducks ...1858 Eng. dial.
duck - person
• DUCK-SQUEEZER a person with strong concerns about the environment and conservation, esp. rescuing oil-covered ducks ...Bk2006 US sl.
duck - verbs
• BEAVE of ducks: to dive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• QUACKLE to quack, as a duck ...1564
• QUEEPLE to peep, to quack in a squeaking, high-pitched tone, as ducklings do ...1880 Sc.
• UNBRACE † to carve a mallard or duck ...c1470
• WADDLE of ducks: to trample grass, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
duck - interjections 
• DIDDLE! a call for young ducks ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DILL! a call word for ducks ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLY! a call word for ducks ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, COME TO MEAT! a call to ducks ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEETICHIE a call word for ducks ...1928 Sc.
• QUEETLE a call word for ducks ...1928 Sc.
• QUYTIE a call word for ducks ...1928 Sc.

DUCK (to stoop down) - verbs
• DAP DOWN to stoop down suddenly; to dip, to dive, to duck ...1842 Eng. dial.
 
DUCKS AND DRAKES - nouns (also see stone)
• LAME DUCK ducks and drakes, throwing a flat stone over the surface of water so that it jumps several times ...1968 Amer. dial.

DUD - adjectives
• BRUMMY counterfeit; dud; gaudy or cheaply made ...1886 Aust. sl.
dud - nouns
• BLUE DUCK a disappointment; a dud; a lost cause, a failure ...1889 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DOG a thing of poor quality; something worthless or inferior; a failure, a dud ...1917 sl., orig. US

DUE - adjectives
• ADDEBTED † owed or due ...1824 Sc.
• BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
• DEBITE †* that is owed or due ...1678
• DEBT † owed, due, owing ...c1340
• DEBTED † of things: owed, due ...c1375
• DEBTFUL † owed, bounden, due; dutiful ...c1425 chiefly Sc.
• TIMEFUL * seasonable, due ...a1300
due - adverbs
• ENDUE due, owing ...1892 N. Ireland
• INDUE due, owing ...1892 N. Ireland
due - prepositions 
• ON due, owed ...1910s sl.
 
DUEL - nouns
• TILT n. an encounter, combat, or contest; a debate, a public dispute, a discussion; often applied in the 17th & 18 centuries to a duel ...1567
duel - person  (includes DUELLIST)
• MONOMACHIST - * one who fights in single combat; a duellist ...1828

DUGOUT - nouns
• KIPSIE, KIPSY a lean-to, a shelter; a dugout ...1919 Aust.

DULL, DULLARD, DULL-WITTED - adjectives
• AGGERHEADED dull, stupid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWF-STRUCKEN silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH silly, dull, stupid, clownish, mischievous ...1819 Eng. dial.
• BEEF-WITTED thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits, doltish ...1606
• BEETLE-HEADED dull, stupid ...1553-87
• BORING AS BATSHIT very dull, uninteresting ...1964 Aust. sl.
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-tempered, surly ...1873 Sc.
• CLAY-BRAINED dull, doltish; stupid; with brains made of clay ...1596
• DAFF stupid, dull, idiotic ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAFT-LIKE foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd ... 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAKES-HEADED stupid, dull ...1893 Eng. dial.
• DARKET dull, down-hearted ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAULING dull, inactive ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUSEY stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWKIN dull, listless ...1854 Eng. dial.
• DAWLSOME dull, dreary, miserable; nauseating ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWSIE stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWSY stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD dull; tedious and uninteresting ...1000
• DEAD-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless; stupid ...1591 chiefly US
• DEAD-AND-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless, stupid ...a1862 chiefly US
• DEAD-LIVERED dead-alive; stupid, dull, sluggish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEADLY (DULL) very dull ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DEAF † dull, stupid; absurd ...c1440
• DINSH dull, stupid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOOFLESS idiotic, stupid, dull ...1970s US sl.
• DOWFART dull, stupid ...E18 Sc. arch.
• DOZEY dull, slow ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DRACK dreary, dull; awful; unpleasant ...1944 Aust. sl.
• DREARY AS BATSHIT very dreary, dull, uninteresting ...1964 Aust. sl.
• DRIPPY boring, dull, feeble ...1952 colloq.
• DRY-AS-DUST dull; lifeless ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DULL AS A BEETLE dull, stupid ...1520
• DULL AS ARSE very boring, extremely dull ...2002 UK sl.
• DULT † dull, stupid ...a1250
• DUMB AS A BEETLE dull, stupid ...1566
• DUMB AS A DEEP SEA OYSTER very dull or stupid ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• DUMMEL stupid, dull, slow ...1878 Eng. dial.
• DUMPISH † dull, stupid, slow-witted; inactive, inert, spiritless; destitute of sensation; abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting ...1545
• DUNCH † slow to learn or understand; lacking in intelligence; stupid, dull ...1825 colloq.
• DUNCICAL * like a dunce or blockhead; stupid, dull-witted, doltish ...1588
• DUNSTICAL † dull-witted, stupid, blockheaded, simple-minded ...1563
• EARTHBOUND lacking in imagination; pedestrian or dull
• EXCITING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY, AS very dull ...20C
• FAT-HEADED dull, stupid ...c1510
• FROST-BRAINED † stupid, dull ...1592
• GENERIC dull; out of it ...20C teen & high school sl.
• GOING THROUGH LIFE WITH THE PORCH LIGHT ON DIM dull-witted ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HAMMER-HEADED dull in intellect; stupid ...1552
• HEAVISOME † of heavy mood, doleful, sad, dejected; dull, gloomy, dark ...1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEAVY † slow of understanding, inapprehensive, dull, stupid ...c1300
• HEAVY-ARSED, HEAVY-ASSED dull, lazy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
• HEAVY-HEADED dull, stupid ...1590
• HO-HUM boring, dull, tedious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IDLE-MINDED slow-witted; wandering in mind; dull and stupid ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LACKLUSTROUS wanting in lustre, dull ...1834
• LEFT-WITTED * dull, stupid, foolish, silly ...1616
• LOGGEREDY-HEADED stupid, doltish, dull; stubborn ...1964 Amer. dial.
• LOGGERHEADED dull, stupid ...L16 sl.
• LOG-HEADED stupid, dull, doltish; stubbornly at odds ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LOGY dull, stupid ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LOLO insane, crazy; foolish, dull, stupid ...1938 Hawaii
• LUNCHBUCKET stupid, dull, uninspiring ...1950s US sl.
• LUNCHY dull, stupid, absent-minded ...1960s US college sl.
• MIZZLE-WITTED mentally dull, witless, stupid ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MONG stupid, dull ...1970s sl.
• MONGIE dull, stupid ...c1975 teen sl.
• MONGISH dull, stupid ...1980 teen sl.
• MONGY stupid, dull ...1970s sl.
• MOSSY dull, stupid ...c1595 jocular
• MUDDY-BRAINED stupid, dull-witted; confused in mind ...1634
• NEEP-HEADED stupid, dull ...1875 Sc.
• NEIP-LIKE dull, stupid ...1897 Sc. 
• NISEY † foolish, dull ...1709
• NIZY foolish, dull ...L17 sl.
• NIZZIE foolish, dull ...L17 sl.
• NOPLACEVILLE a place or time suitable to squares, hence: square, dull, corny ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• NUMB dull, stupid, dumb; clumsy; not very alert or unaware ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NUMB-HEADED stupid, dull ...1856 Amer. dial.
• PRECIOUS dull or lacking in interest ...20C teen & high school sl.
• QUAINT dull or lacking in interest ...20C teen & high school sl.
• RAM-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, dull ...1813
• REBARBATIVE * repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable ...1892
• SAD AS ANY MALLET, AS dull, stupid ...1645
• SAFFLE dull, sad, melancholy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY foolish, dull ...E19 sl.
• SOFT-ARSED stupid, dull, half-witted ...2002 UK sl.
• SPECIAL dull or lacking in interest ...20C teen & high school sl.
• STOCKISH stupid or dull
• THICK AS A BRICK dull, slow-witted ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THICK AS THE DUST ON A PUBLIC SERVANT'S OUT-TRAY dull, slow-witted ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THICK IN THE HEAD stupid, dull, slow of comprehension ...1871 Sc.
• THICK-LISTED dull, stupid ...1777 Eng. dial.
• THOKISH slothful, sluggish, idle, slow, dull ...1682 Eng. dial. obs.
• UNANIMATE † dull, inanimate, not enlivened ...1614
• VEGETABLE uneventful, featureless, monotonous, dull ...1854
• VEGETIVE leading a merely physical existence; dull, passive, inactive ...1882
• WOODEN-HEADED dull-witted, slow mentally ...Bk2002
dull, dullard, dull-witted - adverbs
• BOVINELY in a dull or inert manner; stupidly ...1900
dull, dullard, dull-witted - nouns
• DRAG something dull and boring ...Bk2006 US sl.
dull, dullard, dull-witted - person
• AARDVARK a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; a simpleton; an oaf; a fool; a dullard ...1968 Amer. sl. 
• ADDLE-BRAIN one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard ...1799 
• ADDLE-COVE a stupid bungler, a dullard ...1580 
• ADDLE-HEAD one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person ...1592
• ADDLE-PATE a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe ...1601 
• APSAY a gullible person; a dupe; an oaf, a dullard ...Bk1942 Amer. Pig Latin for 'sap'
• BACON-BONCE a dullard; a simpleton; a rustic, a yokel ...1958 UK sl.
• BEAN-HEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1917 Amer. sl. 
• BIG DRINK OF WATER a youth or man, esp. if tall, who is uninteresting, dull, or boring ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• BIND a dull, boring person ...Bk1958 Eng. sl. 
• BLUMF a dull, stupid fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUNK a dull, lifeless person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONE-TOP a dull or stupid fellow; one who makes blunders ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BOWBERT † a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Sc.
• BOZO a dull-witted, stupid person; a lout ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUNK an oafish, dull, if muscular person ...1910s US sl.
• CABBAGE (derogatory) a stupid, dull, inactive person; a silly person ...1887 Amer. sl.
• CAKE a fool or dullard ...1841 sl.
• CAKEY a fool or dullard ...1841 sl.
• CAPON an idiot, a dull, stupid person; a term of reproach ...1542
• CHICKEN-HEAD a dull, stupid person ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CLOD a blockhead; a clumsy, awkward person; a dull, unresponsive person; a dolt ...1607 colloq.
• COLD FISH a dull and unresponsive person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COW a dull young man; an awkward girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DAG a person who is dull and conservative; a person who has no sense of fashion; an uncool or unhip person ...1966 Aust. sl.
• DARK a fool; a dullard ...1960s US campus sl.
• DASART †* a dazed, stupefied, or inert person; a dullard ...a1400
• DASIBERD † a stupid fellow, a fool, a dullard, a simpleton ... c1400
• DASTARD † one inert or dull of wit; a dullard; a dolt; a sot ...c1440
• DAWKIN a dull, stupid person, a simpleton, a fool ...1565 Eng. dial.
• DEADASS a lazy or stupid person; a boring or feeble person; an absolute dullard ...1959 Amer. sl.
• DEADHEAD a dull and ineffectual person; a lifeless or boring person ...1907 sl.
• DEAF-HEAD a stupid, dull fellow ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD MEAT a dull, stupid person ...1980s sl.
• DENSO a dense person; a dullard ...1987 US sl.
• DIM BULB a dull person; a stupid person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DING-A-LING a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells; a dull, stupid person; a silly or light-headed person ...1935 US sl.
• DINGBAT a dull, stupid person; a fool; a silly or light-headed person ...1915  Amer. dial.
• DINGDONG a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a silly or light-headed person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DOOBIE a dull, stupid fellow; a fool, a simpleton; a dunce ...19C Sc.
• DOWFART a dull or stupid person ...E18 Sc. arch.
• DROOB, DRUBE a dullard; an oaf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DROOG a dull person ...1990s sl.
• DROOGIE a dull person ...1990s sl.
• DRUMBELO a dull, heavy, inactive fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE † a dull, inactive person; an inert or sluggish person; a worn-out person or horse ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DULLHEAD a dull or conventional person ...1971 US sl.
• DULLY a dull or stupid person ...1883 colloq.
• DULMAN † a dull or stupid person; used humorously as a proper name ...1615
• DUMB CLUCK a dull or stupid person; a fool ...1929 sl., orig. US
• DUMB-DUMB a stupid oaf; a dull, heavy lummox ...M20 US sl.
• DUMBHEAD (usually derogatory) an unpleasant or dull-witted person ...1960 Amer. dial.
• DUMB OX an oaf; a heavy dullard ...20C US colloq.
• DUM-DUM a stupid oaf; a dull, heavy lummox ...M20 US sl.
• DUMMEL a dumb person; a stupid, dull person ...1570
• EVEN a character, always used in a bad sense; a dull, slow, stupid person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FEATHER-BRAIN a foolish, giddy person; a dull, stupid person; a silly, light-headed person ...1839
• FRIP a dull, foolish, or stupid person ...1970 US college sl.
• GANDER a dull or stupid person; a fool, a simpleton; a gawky person ...1553
• GANSH a person with a widely-gaping mouth; hence, a stupid, dull-witted, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails ...1880 Sc.
• GEEZ an offensive or dull-witted old person, usually a man; an odd or unusual fellow ...1977 US sl.
• GEEZER an offensive, or dull-witted old person, esp. a man ...1885 sl.
• GEEZLE an offensive or dull-witted old person, esp. a man ...1954 US sl.
• GINK a dull, ineffectual, or insignificant person; a jerk ...1906 sl.
• GONK a dull, stupid person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GOOBERHEAD a dull and stupid person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOOK a dull, stupid, foolish person ...1910s sl., orig. US
• GOUK a dull, stupid, foolish person ...1910s sl., orig. US
• GREENY a naive or inexperienced person; a greenhorn; a simpleton; a dull and stupid person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GRUNT a dull, stupid person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GUMBY a dull, tedious person, esp. one out of touch with current fashions ...1970s Can. teen sl.
• GUNK a dull, stupid person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAMMER-HEAD † a head likened to a hammer; a blockhead; an oaf; a dull, stupid fellow ...1532
• HARD OFF a dull and undersexed male ...Bk2007 US sl.
• HAYSEED a dull, stupid person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVYHEAD * a dull, stupid fellow ...1399
• HOBBIL, HOBBLE a fool, a dull, stupid person; a blockhead, a dunce, an idiot ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HUMP a dolt, a dull person ...1963 US sl.
• JACK LANTERN a fool; a dull, stupid fellow ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAG-OFF a dull, stupid person; an inept person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JARHEAD (derogatory) a dull, stupid person; a fool, an oaf ...1969 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JEFF a dull, stupid person; a pest ...1930s sl.
• LABRICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a stranger; a naive or foolish person; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1889 Amer. sl.
• LAVERICK a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a naive person; a stranger; often used as a mild term of abuse ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LOB-COAT † a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a heavy, dull person; a blundering fool ...1604
• LOBCOCK † a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOG a dullard ...1895 US sl.
• LOGGERHEAD a fool; a dullard ...L16 sl.
• LOG OF WOOD a dull, stupid person ...M19 Aust. sl.
• LOLO a crazy person; a dull, stupid person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOOB a fool, a dullard ...M14 Eng. dial.
• LOOBY a fool, a dullard ...1682 Eng. dial.
• LUNCH a dull, stupid person; a fool ...1960s US college sl.
• LUNCHBAG a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person ...1950s US college sl.
• LUNCHBOX a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person ...1950s US college sl.
• LUNCHBUCKET a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person ...1950s US college sl.
• LUNCHIE a dull, stupid person; a fool ...1960s US college sl.
• LUNCHPAIL a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person ...1950s US college sl.
• LUNCHSACK a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person ...1950s US college sl.
• MALT-HORSE † a term of reproach or abuse for a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt ...1590
• MARBLE DOME a dolt, a dullard, a stupid person ...1919 Amer. sl.
• MARBLEHEAD a dolt, a dullard, a stupid person ...1919 Amer. sl.
• MELVIN a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing; a dull, uninformed, or obnoxious person; a profoundly objectionable person ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MOEGIE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOEGOE, MOGGOE, MOGO (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOME †* a fool, a stupid or silly person; a blockhead, a simpleton; a dull, ignorant person; a dolt ...1550 
• MOPE a fool, a stupid person, a simpleton; a dolt, an oaf; a dullard; a slow-witted or inept person ...c1390
• MOPUS † a simpleton; a dull, inactive, stupid, or ineffectual person; a worthless person; a dreamer ...a1635 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOPY a dull, listless, dreamy fellow; one not over-bright in intellect ...1870 Sc.
• MOULDY FIG a person holding very traditional or conservative views; a very dull person ...1945 US colloq.
• MUTT an oaf; a dullard; a stupid person ...20C US sl.
• MUTTON-HEAD a dull, stupid person; an uninteresting person, a bore ...1825
• NAILHEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool ...1948 Amer. sl.
• NERD an unpleasant, insignificant, or dull person ...1950s sl., orig. US
• NIMWIT a dull, stupid person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NOAH'S ARK a dull, witless fellow ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'nark'
• NOCKY † a silly, dull fellow; a foolish person; a simpleton, a dullard; an oaf ...a1700 obs. rare exc. Eng. dial.
• NUDNIK a dull, boring person ...Brit. sl.
• NUMBSKULL, NUMSKULL a fool; a blockhead; a dull-witted person; a dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow ...1697
• NURD an unpleasant, insignificant, or dull person ...1950s sl., orig. US
• OMADHAUN a fool, a simpleton; a dull, stupid person; a term of abuse ...1818 Ireland
• PALOOKA a dull, stupid male ...1920 sl., orig. US 
• PEAHEAD (usually derogatory) an unpleasant or dull-witted person ...1960 Amer. dial.
• PIG-SCONCE a pig-headed fellow, a blockhead, a fool, a dullard ...1631
• PLODDALL †* a dull or commonplace person; a plodder, a person who works slowly and laboriously ...1618
​• PUDDINGHEAD (usually derogatory) an unpleasant or dull-witted person ...1894 Amer. dial.
• RAM-HEAD † one who has a head like a ram; a dull, thick-witted, obstinate person; a stupid person, a blockhead ...1605
• SACK a term of contempt for a man; a stupid, dull fellow ...1835 Sc.
• SAD a term of abuse for someone perceived as dull and unfashionable ...2001 sl.
• SARDINE a term of reproach or abuse; a fool; a simpleton; a stupid fellow; a dullard ...1857 US sl.
• SAUSAGE any dull, stupid person; an oaf; one who is as alert as a real sausage ...Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
• SHUTTLE-BRAIN an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SHUTTLE-HEAD an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SHUTTLE-WIT an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SIMP a fool, a simpleton, an oaf, a stupid or dull person; a dim-witted or backward person ...c1910 sl., orig. US
• SQUARE BISCUIT a plain, drab, and dull person ...Bk2007 US sl.
• STIFF a dull and generally unpleasant person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STODGE a dull person or subject ...1922 colloq.
• STODGER a dull or lifeless person ...1905 colloq.
• STUMBLE-BUM any oaf or dullard ...M20 US sl.
• URIAH HEEP an objectionable or unpleasant person; a dull or insignificant person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'creep' 
• VEGETABLE a dull, boring person who leads an inactive, undemanding, and monotonous life ...1641 sl.
• WAHOO a rustic or countrified person; a dull and stupid person ...1882 Amer. dial.
• WOMBAT a dull, uninteresting or stupid person ...1905 Aust. sl.
• ZAWKER a dull, stupid fellow ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• ZEKE a dull, stupid person; a rustic, a dolt ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ZELDA a girl or woman, esp. if dull or uninteresting; a stupid, boring woman ...1960 US sl.
• ZHLUB an oaf or dolt; a fool, a moron; a boorish, insensitive person; a dull, unpolished person, usually a male ...1950 US sl.
• ZILCH an ordinary or completely dull, ineffectual, unattractive, or insignificant person; a person without much social or academic ability; a person of little consequence; a nobody; a socially inept outcast ...1967 US sl.
• ZOMBIE a dullard; a slow-witted person ...1936 sl.
• ZONKO a boring, dull, thus socially unacceptable person ...1975 US college sl. 
dull, dullard, dull-witted - verbs
• BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE WHEN THE BRAINS WERE GIVEN AWAY to be brainless, or stupid, or at the last very dull ...c1810
• DOWF to be or make dull or sluggish ...E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• EFFATUATE † to besot, to render dull or stupid ...1630
• NARCOTIZE to dull or deaden ...1864
• OBTUND to blunt, to deaden, to dull, to deprive of sharpness or vigour, to render obtuse ...c1400 
• OBTUSE †* to blunt, to dull ...1618
dull, dullard, dull-witted - phrases
• HIS BREAD IS NOT DONE used to indicate that a person is mentally dull or feeble-minded ...1940 Amer. dial.
• IF HIS BRAINS WERE DYNAMITE HE COULDN'T BLOW HIS HAT OFF said of a dull-witted person ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• WOULDN'T SHOUT IN A SHARK ATTACK said of an exceptionally parsimonious person, or of a dull-witted person ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
DULL (not bright) - adjectives
• DUMB † lacking brightness; dull, dim ...1720
• DUNDUCKITY of an undecided, dull colour ...19C Eng. dial.
• FADEY dull, faded ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FADY dull, faded ...1928 Amer. dial.

DULLED - nouns
• OBTUSION † the act of blunting or dulling; the condition of being blunted or dulled ...1605
 
DULLNESS - nouns
• DAFTNESS foolishness, dullness ... 1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OBTUSITY obtuseness; dullness, insensibility, stupidity ...1823 
• SUMPHISHNESS stupidity, dullness of intellect ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
dullness - verbs 
• UNBESOT * to free from dullness or stupidity ...1603
 
DULLY - adverbs
• SUMPHISHLY dully, stupidly ...1802 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
DULY - adverbs
• BEHOVEFULLY † usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily ...1443
 
DUMB - adjectives
• CANK dumb, silent ...1673 sl.
• DUMBSHIT stupid; dumb ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUMBSKI stupid; dumb ...Bk2006 US sl.
• SHTOOM silent; dumb ...sl.
• TONGUE-TACKIT tongue-tied; having an impediment in speech; dumb, mute ...1825 Sc.
dumb - person 
• BIFF a dumb, dunce-like girl ...1929-32 US sl.
• DUMBIE, DUMBY, DUMMIE, DUMMY a dumb person ...a1598 colloq.
• DUMMEL a dumb person; a stupid, dull person ...1570
• DUMMERELL †* a dumb person, a dummy, a dolt, a blockhead ...1592
• MONGOLOID a stupid, dumb person ...1990s sl.
• SCRUB a fool, a stupid person, a dumb individual ...1980s US Black sl.
• YERQUICK an absolute fool; a really dumb person ...2001 Aust. sl.

DUMBFOUNDED - adjectives
• OOLED downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• OOLT downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded ...1917 Sc.
• SKY-WISE AND CROOKED dumbfounded, extremely startling ...1915 Amer. dial.
 
DUMPLING - nouns
• BABY-SKULL an apple dumpling ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BOILED DOUGH dumplings ...1960 Amer. dial.
• DOUGH-GODS dumplings on top of a stew ...1987 Can. sl.
• GLISSANT a dumpling ...1949 Amer. dial.
• MAN DUMPLING a very large dumpling ...1950s W. Indies
• MICHELIN a dumpling ...1950s W. Indies
• MICHELIN TYRE a dumpling ...1950s W. Indies
• ONE-A-MAN a large, round dumpling, using a pound of flour ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RICKIDIDDLE a dumpling ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SINKER a doughnut; a dumpling ...1870 US sl.
 
DUMPY - adjectives
• HODDY-DODDY short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat ...1824
• NUBBIE short and plump, dumpy ...B1900 Sc.
• SACKETY of a person: like a stuffed sack, short and thickset; dumpy ...1825 Sc.
• THRODDY plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek; dumpy ...1740 Eng. dial.
• UNDERGROUND undergrown, short, dumpy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
dumpy - person 
• BILT a short thickset or dumpy person ...Bk1876 Sc.
• HODDY-DODDY † a short and dumpy or thickset person ...a1553
• MOD a dumpy or clumsy child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKET a short dumpy person ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SACKIE, SACKY a short dumpy person ...1824 Sc.
• STUMP-OF-THE-GUTTER a short, squat, dumpy person ...1764 sl.
 
DUN - adjectives
• RIACH † dun, ill-coloured ...1742 Sc.
 
DUNCE - adjectives
• DUNCICAL * like a dunce or blockhead; stupid, dull-witted, doltish ...1588
dunce - adverbs
• DUNSTICALLY † in the manner of a dunce; in a dull, pedantic, or stupid way ...1590
dunce - nouns
• DUNCIAD a world governed or populated by idiots or dunces; a group of dunces, typically one wielding a degree of power or authority ...1743
• DUNCICALITY the state of being a dunce; stupidity, idiocy ...1790
• DUNCISHNESS the state of being a dunce; stupidity, idiocy ...1805
dunce - person
• BACON-HEAD a dunce, a stupid person ...Bk1986 Eng. dial. 
• BIFF a dumb, dunce-like girl ...1929-32 US sl.
• BOOBY * a schoolchild singled out in a class, school, etc., as being the most lacking in ability or intelligence; a dunce ...1844
• CHOWDERHEAD a stupid person, a fool, a blockhead; a muddle-headed person; a dunce ... 1682 sl.
• CITTERN-HEAD a blockhead, a dunce; an empty-headed person; a term of scorn ...1623
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• DODDY-PATE † a stupid person, a blockhead, a fool, a dunce ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DOOBIE a dull, stupid fellow; a fool, a simpleton; a dunce ...19C Sc.
• DULT a dolt; a dunce; the boy at the bottom of a class or form ...1825 Sc.
• DUNCECOMB † a stupid person; a fool; a dim-witted person; a dunce ...1612
• DUNDERWHELP † a contemptible blockhead; a dunce ...1621
• GABY a stupid, foolish, or silly person; a blockhead, simpleton, fool, dunce ...1796 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• GAMERAL, GAMMEREL, GAUMERIL, GAUMRIL, GAWMEREL a fool; a stupid fellow; a dunce; a silly lout ...1826 Eng. dial.
• GANNERHEAD a stupid person, a dunce ...Bk1839 Eng. dial.
• GAUV(E)Y a fool, a simpleton, a dunce; a half-witted person; a vacant-minded person, one that is easily imposed upon ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GAUVISON, GAWVISON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a silly, staring fellow, a blockhead; a dunce; on easily imposed upon ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAVYSON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a blockhead; a dunce ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAWBY a foolish or stupid person; a silly fellow, a clown; a dunce ...1746 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• GECK † a fool, a simpleton, a dunce; a stupid, clumsy fellow; one who is befooled or derided, one easily imposed on, a dupe ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOM a fool, a stupid person; an awkward person; a worthless or inept person; a dunce ...1930 US sl.
• GONNER-HEAD a fool; a stupid fellow, a dunce ...1740 Eng. dial.
• GONNERIL - a half-wit, a dunce ...Bk1825 Sc.
• GONNER-PATE a fool; a stupid fellow; a dunce ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GROUT-HEAD † a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce, a stupid person ...1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GROUTNOLL † a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce ...1578
• HAME-HEAD a dunce ...1984 Amer. dial.
• HOBBIL, HOBBLE a fool, a dull, stupid person; a blockhead, a dunce, an idiot ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IGNARO † one that is ignorant; a fool, a blockhead, a dunce, an ignoramus ...1620
• JOBBERNOWL a stupid, thick-headed person; a blockhead, a fool, a dunce, a dolt ...1592 colloq.
• LOGGERHEAD a stupid, dull-witted, or mulish person; a blockhead, a dunce ...1806 Amer. dial.
• MELLSCOPE a confirmed dunce; a wooden-headed or stupid person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MORON a stupid or slow-witted person; a fool; an idiot; a feeble-minded person; a dunce ...1917 colloq., orig. US
• NISEY † a fool; a silly fellow; a simpleton; a dunce ...c1684-6 
• NIZY a fool; a dunce ...L17 sl.
• NIZZIE a fool; a dunce ...L17 sl.
• NUMBSKULL, NUMSKULL a fool; a blockhead; a dull-witted person; a dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow ...1697
• POTATOHEAD a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person, a dunce, an oaf ...1952 Amer. sl. 
• PUMPKIN HEAD a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce ...1775 Amer.
• SAP(P) a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce; a dullard ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAPADILLO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce ...1817 sl.
• SAPOLIO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce; a dupe ...1817 sl.
• SAPOLO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce ...1817 sl.
• SAPPER a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce; a dupe ...1817 sl.
• SAPPO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a gullible person; a dunce; a dupe ...1817 sl.
• TOM-NODDY a foolish or stupid person; a blockhead, dunce, dolt, simpleton ...1828
• WOODEN SPOON a dunce; an oaf ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• ZAPP a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce ...1817 sl.
dunce - verbs
• DUNCIFY * to make a dunce of; to make dull or stupid in intellect ...1597
 
DUNG - see EXCREMENT
 
DUNGEON - adjectives
• DUNGEONESQUE resembling a dungeon ...1916
dungeon - nouns
• DUNG † an underground prison cell; a deep, dark vault; a dungeon ...c1300
• LAKE † an underground dungeon; a prison ...1382
• MASMORE an alleged term for a castle dungeon ...1789 Sc.
• MASSYMORE an alleged term for a castle dungeon ...1789 Sc.
• THIEVES'-HOLE a jail, prison, esp. a particularly bad dungeon reserved for thieves ...1631 Sc.
 
DUPABLE - adjectives
• IMPOSABLE * capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable ...a1734
 
DUPE - person
• ADDLE COVE a foolish man; an easy dupe ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ADDLE-HEAD one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person ...1592
• ADDLE-PATE a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe ...1601 
• AIREDALE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• APSAY a gullible person; a dupe; an oaf, a dullard ...Bk1942 Amer. Pig Latin for 'sap'
• ARBUCKLE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ARTHUR a simpleton; a dupe ...c1946 sl.
• BABE IN THE WOODS a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BATES a potential victim, a confidence man's dupe ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• BIMBO a dupe; an insignificant person ...1919 sl.
• BOOB a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CABOOSE one who allows himself to be duped ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CARAVAN a dupe; a gull; one who is cheated; a subject of plunder ...1676 sl.
• CASPAR a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAT PAW a dupe, a stooge; one who does dirty work for someone else ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S-PAW one who is used by another to accomplish his purposes; a dupe, a tool ...1785
• CINCH a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUCK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUNK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUNKS a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COD'S-HEAD a stupid fellow, a fool, a blockhead; a dupe ...1566
• COD'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS a dupe; a fool ...19C sl.
• COME-ON TYPE, THE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CULL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIZZY FLAT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOTTEREL a silly, stupid person, esp. one who is easily duped ...Eng. dial.
• DRY-LAND SUCKER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUCK SOUP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMB OTIG a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY MAKE a dupe; an easy target for deception ...20C US sl.
• EASY MARK a dupe; an easy target for deception ...20C US sl.
• EASY MEAT someone who is easily fooled or seduced; a dupe; an easy target for deception ...L19 sl.
• EASY PICKIN'S a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR MEAT an easy dupe ...c1910 sl.
• FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FLATTY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRUIT a gullible person; a dupe ...1894 sl., orig. US
• FUZZTAIL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GABSHITE a fool; a dupe ...1966 sl.
• GAME † a person marked out to be cheated or fooled; a fool, a simpleton, esp. a victim; a dupe ...1699 criminals' sl.
• GANK a fool, an easy mark; a dupe ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• GAWK an awkward, clumsy, stupid person; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin, an uncultivated person; a dupe ...1685
• GAY a gullible victim, i.e. of a swindler; a dupe, a sucker; a 'civilian' ..1920  criminals' sl.
• GECK † a fool, a simpleton, a dunce; a stupid, clumsy fellow; one who is befooled or derided, one easily imposed on, a dupe ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GEEK a person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc.; a clumsy or eccentric person; one who is befooled or derided; a dupe ...1876 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
• GEKE † a fool, a simpleton; one who is befooled or derided, a dupe ...1515 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
• GILL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GILLIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GILLY an outsider, an amateur, e.g. as regards confidence trickery, carnival work; a gullible rustic; a dupe ...1887 US sl.
• GILPIN FISH a sucker, a victim of a deception ...Bk1992 gambling sl. 
• GLASS JAW a coward; one easily defeated; a gullible person; a dupe ...1927 US college sl.
• GO-FOR a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONEY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOD LAY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOONEY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREENER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREENIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAGGARD a potential dupe who refuses to fall into the trap that has been prepared ...1592 UK criminals' sl.
• HICK a potential victim; a foolish dupe; a gullible simpleton; a silly fellow ...1663
• HODDY-DODDY † a foolish or ridiculous person; a simpleton; a dupe ...1646
• JABONEY a gullible person; a dupe ...1931 Amer. sl.
• JAW a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JELLY BEAN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHN BATES a potential victim, a confidence man's dupe ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• JOHNNIE BATES a potential victim, a confidence man's dupe ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• JOHNNY SAP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOSKIN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUGGINS a dolt; a fool; a soft-head; gullible person; a dupe ...1682
• LEAD-PIPE CINCH a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIVE ONE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOLLYPOP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOOGAN, LOOGIN, LUKEN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MARK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MARTIN † a dupe ...1591
• MAY-FOOL a person befooled on the 1st of May; an 'April fool'; a silly person, a dupe, a blockhead ...1869 Eng. dial.
• MAY-GOSLING a person befooled on the 1st of May; an 'April fool'; a silly person, a dupe, a blockhead ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEAT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MILK-JUG a simpleton; a dupe ...c1920 Aust. sl. (as a dupe, rhyming sl. for 'mug')
• MILK-PAN a simpleton; a dupe ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• MONKEY a gullible person; a victim of a swindler; a dupe ...1922 US criminals' sl.
• MONKEY'S CAT a dupe, a stooge ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MOOCH a slow-witted person; one who is easily cheated, deceived, imposed upon, or swindled; a gullible or naive person; a dupe, a sucker ...1910 colloq.
• MOUTH a person who talks foolishly; a slow-witted or gullible person; a fool; a dupe ...1663 orig. cant
• MR. BATES a potential victim, a confidence man's dupe ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• MUG a stupid or incompetent person; a fool or simpleton; a gullible person, a dupe ...1857 colloq.
• NIBBLER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOSE OF WAX a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE a fool, a dupe ...1980s sl.
• O'SULLIVAN a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OTIG a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIGEON a gullible person; a dupe ...L16 sl.
• POOR FISH a gullible person, a dupe, a greenhorn; an undesirable person, a jerk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• PRUNE a slow-witted person; a simpleton; one easily duped ... c1900 Amer. sl.
• PULL-OVER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUSH-OVER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPE SUCK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROUND-HEELER a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUMMY a gullible person; a dupe ...1912 US sl.
• SACKIE, SACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAP a fool, a dupe, a gullible person ...1815 sl.
• SAPEROO a gullible person; a dupe; a complete fool ...1950 Amer. sl.
• SAPOLIO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce; a dupe ...1817 sl.
• SAPPER a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce; a dupe ...1817 sl.
• SAPPO a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a gullible person; a dunce; a dupe ...1817 sl.
• SCISSORBILL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCISSORSBILL a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SETUP a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIM a fool; a simpleton; a confidence trickster's dupe ...20C Aust. criminals' sl.
• SIMPLER the dupe or victim of a confidence trickster or a prostitute ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• SNIPE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFTIE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT MARK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT SUGAR a person of wealth who is easily fleeced ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFT TOUCH a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOFTY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPRUCE a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCK a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCKER a gullible person; a dupe ...1758 sl.
• SUCKER BAIT a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUCKING DOVE a dupe or simpleton ...Bk1904 colloq.
• SWEENEY a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SWINDLE FOOD a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOOL a person used by another for his own ends; one who is, or allows himself to be, made a mere instrument for some purpose; a dupe; someone easily tricked ...1663 
• UCKERSAY a gullible person; a dupe ...1930 US  Pig Latin for 'sucker' 
• UGMAY a 'sucker', a dupe, a gullible person; a fool, or a stupid person ...1918 US Pig Latin for 'mug'
• UM-CHAW a doltish, naive person; a foolish or stupid person; a dupe, a gullible person ...1910 Pig Latin for 'chump'
• UMPCHAY a doltish, naive person; a foolish or stupid person; a dupe, a gullible person ...1910 Pig Latin for 'chump'
• UNKPAY an amateur, a newcomer, a tyro, a dupe, a sucker ...1937 US Pig Latin for 'punk' 
• WET NOODLE a dupe; an oaf ...20C US colloq.
• WIDGEON a dupe or person easily deceived ...1670 criminals' sl. 
• YAP an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a gullible person; an easy victim; a dupe ...c1894 Eng. dial. & US sl.
• YOLD a sucker or a dupe; one who is easily fooled; a gullible victim ...1950 US sl.
• YOYO a gullible person; a dupe ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• YULD a gullible victim; a sucker or a dupe; one who is easily fooled ...1950 US sl.
• ZACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward ...Bk1904 Eng. dial. 
dupe - verbs
• CHUMP OFF to dupe ...1970s US Black sl.
• CON to deceive, to dupe ...1892 sl., orig. US
• DRAW A PERSON'S EYETEETH * to take the strength, pride, or self-confidence out of someone; to humiliate; to dupe or cheat ...1789
• DUST to confuse, to mislead, to dupe ...1814 sl.
• DUST THE EYES OF to confuse, to mislead, to dupe by making 'blind'; to the actual facts of the case ...1867 sl.
• FAKE OUT to fool an opponent with a feint; hence, generally, to bluff, to fool; to get the better of; to dupe, to deceive ...1949 Amer. sl., orig. football & basketball usage
• FLAP A JAY to dupe, to swindle ...Bk1896 sl.
• GUM to dupe, cheat, deceive ...US sl.
• HAVE A FACE LIKE A MOUNTAIN GOAT('S) to be an Irish, Scottish, or Welsh dupe ...20C sl.
• HONEY-FUGGLE to dupe, deceive, cheat, swindle; to act in an underhand manner in order to deceive ...1829 Amer. dial.
• JIVE to deceive, to dupe ...1928 sl., orig. US
• MAKE A MONKEY (OUT) OF to make a fool of; to deceive, to dupe; to ridicule ...1767 sl., orig. US
• MAKE ANY ONE HIS APE † to befool or dupe him ...c1405
• MURPHY to deceive or dupe someone by means of the Murphy game ...1965 US sl.
• PASS THE BUCK TO to shift responsibility to; to make a scapegoat or dupe of a person ...1920
• PLAY ONE FOR A JAY to dupe; to swindle ...Bk1896 sl.
• PUT AN APE IN HIS HOOD † to befool or dupe him ...c1386
• PUT SOMETHING OVER ON SOMEONE to deceive, to dupe ...L19 sl., orig. US
• RUN A SANDY ON to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1914 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY OVER to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SCALP ONE FOR A JAY to dupe, to swindle ...1890 sl.
• SELL to deceive, to dupe ...1849 sl.
• SHUCK to deceive, to dupe ...1959 US sl.
• SLIP SOMETHING OVER ON SOMEONE to deceive, to dupe ...1912 sl.
• SPRUCE to deceive, to dupe ...1919 sl.
• STRING to fool or hoax; to deceive, to dupe ...1812 sl., chiefly US
• SUCKER to deceive, to dupe ...1939 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TAKE SOMEONE FOR A RIDE to deceive, to dupe ...1925 sl., orig. US
• TAKE SOMEONE FOR A SLEIGH-RIDE to deceive, to dupe ...1931 US sl.
• THROW DUST IN THE EYES OF to confuse, to mislead, to dupe by making 'blind' to the actual facts of the case ...1612
• TROIL †* to dupe, beguile, deceive ...1393
• WIPE A PERSON'S NOSE † to cheat or dupe a person ...1577
• YANK to victimize, to harass or to dupe ...1900s US sl.
 
DUPED - adjectives
• BUBBLEABLE † capable of being duped, gullible ...1669
• JIVED duped ...1960s Amer. sl.
duped - person 
• CABOOSE one who allows himself to be duped ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FALL BITCH a woman who is easily duped; a victim ...20C sl.
• FALL GUY a person who is easily duped; an easy victim ...1906 Amer. sl.
• MILK JUG an easily duped person ...Bk2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'mug'
• SACKEY a soft fellow; one easily duped ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• SANTA FROM ATLANTA an easy mark; one easily duped ...Bk1945 jive usage
• SITTING DUCK one who is easily duped or defeated ...Aust. sl. 
duped - verbs 
• FALL FOR to be deceived or duped by; to be taken in by something or someone; also, to naively accept as true ...1903 Amer. colloq.

DUPLICATE - nouns
• DUB a duplicate; a copy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUPE a duplicate; a copy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUPLICAMENT †* a duplicate, a copy ...1574
duplicate - verbs
• DUB to duplicate something; to copy something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUPE to duplicate or copy something ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
DUPLICATED - adjectives
• GEMINATE duplicated, combined in pairs, twin ...1598
 
DUPLICATION - nouns
• GEMINATION a doubling, duplication, repetition ...1597
 
DUPLICITOUS - phrases
• AS MANY FACES AS A CHURCHYARD CLOCK used of anyone seen as duplicitous or unreliable ...20C
 
DUPLICITY - adjectives
• DOUBLE-FACED practicing duplicity; hypocritical ...1565
• DOUBLE HEART double-dealing, duplicity ...1382
• FAVEL † a personification of cunning or duplicity ...1362
• MACHIAVELLIAN preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing ...1579
• MACHIAVELLIC preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing ...1838
• MACHIAVELLINE †* preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct; astute, cunning, intriguing ...1602
duplicity - nouns 
• HEART AND A HEART, A duplicity, insincerity ...c825
• MALVERSE † a breach of trust, an act of duplicity, grave misconduct ...1703 Sc.
duplicity - verbs 
• MACHIAVELIZE † to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct ...1611
• MACHIAVELLIANIZE † to practice cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct ...1656

DURABILITY - nouns
• DURANCE † lasting quality, durability ...1599
 
DURABLE - adjectives
• ANSWERABLE durable, lasting ...1887 Eng. dial.
• DUREFUL † of long continuance; lasting, enduring, continuing, durable ...1594
• ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable ...1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MADWALLIE strong, well-constructed, durable ...1930 Sc.
 
DURATION - adjectives
• COETANEOUS of equal duration ...1627-77
duration - nouns 
• DURANCE † continuance, duration; lastingness ...1647
• DURANCY †* continuance, duration; lastingness ...1647
• LAST * continuance, duration ...a1300
• TOADSTOOL something of short duration ...1823
 
DUSK - adjectives
• IN THE DIM in the dusk or twilight ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
dusk - nouns 
• BEFORE-DARK dusk, twilight ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CANDLE-LEET-TIME dusk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-LIGHT the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall ...1663
• CANDLE-LIGHTING dusk; twilight; nightfall ...1696 Amer. dial.
• DAGSET nightfall, dusk ...1866 Sc.
• DARKENING twilight, dusk, evening ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKLINS † twilight, dusk, the gloaming ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-FALLING twilight, evening, dusk ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DAYLIGHT-GATE the going or close of the day; twilight; evening, dusk ...1613 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-GOING twilight, evening, dusk ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT-GONE twilight, evening, dusk ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DAY-LIGHT'S-GATE twilight, evening, dusk ...1815 Eng. dial.
• DELLIT twilight, evening, dusk ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DEMPS twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DEMPSE twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DIMIT dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DIMMET dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DIMPS dusk, twilight ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSE twilight, dusk ...1867 Eng. dial.
• DIMPSY twilight, dusk ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DUMMET dusk, evening twilight; often in plural ...1746 Eng. dial.
• EARLY BLACK dusk, nightfall ...1930s US Black sl.
• EARLY BLUE dusk, nightfall ...1930s US Black sl.
• EARLY CANDLELIGHT the beginning of the evening; dusk ...1809 Amer. dial.
• EARLY CANDLELIGHTING dusk ...1903 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DARK, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1885 Eng.  &Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DAYLIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF EVENING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EDGE OF GLOAMING, THE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1867 Sc.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EVENING'S EDGE twilight, dusk, nightfall ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light ...c1000
• MIRKNING twilight, dusk ...1790 Sc.  
• MIRK-SHUT twilight, dusk ...1790 Eng. dial.  
• OWL-LIGHT the dim and uncertain light in which owls go abroad; a glimmering and imperfect light; twilight, dusk ...1599
• PINKING IN OF THE DAY, THE the time just before dusk ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SHANK OF THE EVENING the latter part of the evening; twilight, dusk ...1829 Eng. & Amer. dial.
dusk - verbs
• DARKEN IN to grow dark or dusk in the evening ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• YAUDEN to grow dusk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOWDEN to grow dusk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DUSKY - adjectives
• CREPUSCULOUS of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness; dim, glimmering, dusky, indistinct, obscure ...1646
• DIMITY dark, dusky ...1884 Eng. dial.
• DUNNY dull greyish-brown in colour; also, dark, dusky ...a1529
• FUSCESCENT * passing into a dark or dusky hue; approaching to brown in colour ...1881
• FUSCOUS of a dark or sombre hue; dusky, swarthy ...1671
• FUSK * dark brown, dusky ...1599
• MIRK dark, gloomy, obscure, dusky ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
• OBFUSCOUS * dark in colour or aspect; dusky ...1822-34
• OFFUSC †* dark, dusky ...1849
• OOMSKIT dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour ...1866 Sc.
• SUBFUSC of dusky, dull, or sombre hue ...a1763
• SUBFUSCOUS * of dusky, dull, or sombre hue ...1760
• SUBFUSK of dusky, dull, or sombre hue ...a1763
• THARKY † dark, dusky ...1691 Eng. dial.
• WAN † lacking light or lustre; dark-hued, dusky, gloomy, dark ...c1230 chiefly poetic
dusky - verbs
• OBFUSCATE * to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1650
• OBFUSK † to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1490
• OFFUSCATE * to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky ...1656
 
DUST - adjectives
• DUST-TEMPERED † mingled or composed of dust ...1628
• KEDDENED covered over with mud or dust ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
dust - nouns 
• ANGEL soft roll of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BED MOTH soft rolls of dust the collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEGGAR'S VELVET dust found under beds and other furniture ...1847
• BIRDIE a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BITCH WOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BITCH'S WOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUNNY a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUNNY TAIL a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CAT FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT PAWS balls of dust ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CATS AND KITTENS a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CAT'S TAILS balls of dust ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CAT TAILS balls of dust ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN a soft roll of fuzz or dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEATH BALLS balls of dust under furniture, which were thought to be harbingers of a death in the family ...1979 Amer. dial.
• DUST BUNNY a ball of dust and fluff, of a type often found behind or under furniture ...1952 colloq.
• DUST FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DUST KITTEN a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DUST KITTY a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DUST MOUSE a roll of dust on the floor ...1941 Amer. dial.
• FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FUZZY MICE rolls of dust on the floor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FUZZY-WUZZY a dust ball ...1947 US sl.
• GHOST FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GNIR dust; a ball of dust ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GNYR dust; a ball of dust ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GOLLYWOGS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOOBER FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOFER-FUZZ the rolls of dust that gather under beds, furniture, etc. ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER'S CURL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAY KITTENS a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRAY KITTIES a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRAY MICE rolls of dust on the floor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE MOSS the tufts and whorls of dust that accumulate under beds, tables, etc. ...1940s Amer. sl.
• KITTEN a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1932 Amer. dial.
• KITTEN AND CURLS a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KITTEN FUR a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KITTIES a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1954 Amer. dial.
• KITTY-FUZZES a roll of dust under furniture, etc.;a  dust bunny ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMB soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMB FUZZ soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAMB'S TAIL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAZY-MAN'S SHEEP soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAZY RATS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIDNIGHT FUZZ soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOOT a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOOZIE a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1980 Amer. dial.
• MOSS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1959 Amer. dial.
• MOTH DUST soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MOUSE a roll of dust on the floor ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MOUSE HAIR rolls of dust on the floor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOUSIE a roll of dust on the floor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NANCY a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NAP a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NEGRO WOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NEW MEXICAN RAIN dust clouds, blowing dust ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NICKIE a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NIFF-NAFF dust under a bed ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OOSE dust, fluff ...Sc.
• PISS FUZZ balls or rolls of dust and lint that gather under beds and other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PITTUM a dust ball ...1980 Amer. dial.
• POSSUM HAIR soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAUM litter, dust, disturbance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAWM litter, dust, disturbance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHAEFCHEN rolls of dust on the floor ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHMOOTZ dirt, dust, grease, or grime ...Brit. sl.
• SCHMUTZ dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust ...1968 sl.
• SHEEPS n. soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPWOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SLUT'S FUZZ a soft roll of dust found under furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SLUT'S WOOL a soft roll of dust found under furniture ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SOLDIERS' FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITE MICE rolls of dust on the floor ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WHITE MOUSE soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WHORE'S WOOL a soft roll of dust, such as is found beneath beds or other pieces of furniture ...1955 Amer. dial.
• WILLIES the rolls of dust that gather under beds, furniture, etc. ...1970 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLIES soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY BEARS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY BOOGERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...2007 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY BUGS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1982 Amer. dial.
• WOOZIES soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
dust - verbs
• DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WING OUT † to cover a turkey wing with a cloth and use it to dust with ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
DUSTER - nouns
• HANDCLOTH † a towel, a napkin; a duster ...c1000
• HANDCLOUT a towel, a napkin; a duster ...1788 Eng. dial.
 
DUST STORM - nouns
• BLACK BLIZZARD a dust storm ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WIND a dust storm ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOURKE SHOWER a dust storm ...1945 Aust. sl.
• BRICK-DUSTER a dust storm, a kind of whirlwind frequent in Australia during the summer time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BRICKFIELDER a dust storm, a kind of whirlwind frequent in Australia during the summer time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DARLING SHOWER a dust-storm ...1898 Aust. colloq.
• DIRT STORM a dust storm ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DUST-DEVIL a whirlwind; also, a moving column or funnel of dust caused by a whirlwind; a dust storm ...1888
• IDAHO BRAINSTORM a dust-storm, a sandstorm ...1934 Amer. sl.
• IDAHO RAIN a dust-storm, a sandstorm ...c1971 Amer. sl.
• IDAHO RAINSTORM a dust storm ...1930s US sl.
• IDAHO SHOWER a dust-storm, a sandstorm ...1934 Amer. sl.
• MORMON RAIN a dust storm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OKLAHOMA RAIN a sandstorm or dust-storm ...1919 US jocular
• OREGON MIST a dust-storm, a sand-storm ...1993 Amer. dial.
• SHOWER a dust storm ...1898 Aust.
 
DUSTY - adjectives
• CABAGGED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CABAGGLED covered with mud or dust, dirty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DUSTISH †* somewhat dusty ...1647
• FUFFY light and soft; spongy; fraught with dust, like a fuzzball ...1824 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OOSY dusty ...Sc.
• RUSTY-FUSTY-DUSTY excessively dirty; begrimed with dust and filth ...1630
dusty - adverbs 
• ADUST in a dusty condition; affected by dust ...1863
 
DUTCH - see NETHERLANDS
 
DUTIFUL - adjectives
• DEBTFUL † owed, bounden, due; dutiful ...c1425 chiefly Sc.
• HEARSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• HERSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• MORIGEROUS obedient, dutiful, compliant, submissive ...c1600
• OBSEQUIOUS * compliant with the will or wishes of another, esp. of a superior; prompt to serve, please, or follow directions; obedient, dutiful ...a1450
• OFFICIOUS † dutiful; active or zealous in doing one's duty ...1588
dutiful - nouns 
• OBSEQUIOUSNESS † ready compliance or obedience; eagerness to serve or please; dutiful service ...1447 now rare or obs
 
DUTIFULLY - adverbs
• DEBTFULLY † duly, dutifully ...c1425 Sc.
• OFFICIOUSLY † dutifully, duteously ...1603
 
DUTY - adjectives
• OFFICIAL † relating to duty ...1588
duty - nouns
• BESOIGNE † business, affair, duties, ado ...1474
• BOUND an obligation, duty ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DEBT † that which one is bound or ought to do; one's duty ...c1450 Sc.
• DEVER duty, best endeavour or try ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DUTIOLATRY the worship of duty ...1891
• OFFICIOUSNESS † readiness in doing god offices, performing one's duty, or discharging any function; eagerness to serve or please; dutifulness; diligence ...1598
• STAG a spell of duty ...1931 sl.
• WARD † duty entrusted to one; office ...1338
duty - person
• OFFICIARIAN * one who makes duty the principle of ethics ...1865
duty - verbs 
• DING to name for a duty or responsibility ...1984 UK military sl.
• GOLDBRICK to evade duty; to shirk ...Amer. World War I sl.

DUTY (tax) - nouns
• TOLNE † tax, custom, duty ...1023
 
DVD - nouns
• EASTER EGG an icon or hidden process on the menu of a DVD that when selected or followed, leads to hidden features ...2002 US sl.
 
DWARF, DWARFISH - adjectives
• BOTTREL thickset, dwarfish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANKS of persons: dwarfish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DWARFY dwarfish ...1607
• KNURLY of the nature of a knurl, dwarfish ...1758
• MANIKIN, MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny ...1840
• NANOID * resembling a dwarf, dwarf-like ...1856
• NIRLIE of animals or plants: dwarfish, stunted, shrivelled ...1825 Sc. 
• ON-SETTEN dwarfish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUMIL †* dwarf, dwarfish, diminutive ...1776
• STRUNTY short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted ...1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAM short; dwarf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UBIT dwarfish ...Bk1905 Sc.
dwarf, dwarfish - person 
• ABLACH † a dwarf; an expression of contempt ...1790 Sc.
• BLASTIE a shrivelled, dwarfish person; an ill-tempered or unmanageable child; a term of contempt ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOD a dwarf; a person of small size ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOODIE a small and unattractive person; a dwarf ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTREL a thickset, dwarfish person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CROYL a dwarf; a stunted, deformed person or child; a small, sickly child ...1776 Sc.
• DACHAN † a puny dwarfish creature ...1905 Sc.
• DANDIPRAT † a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1556 obs. or arch.
• DANDY-PRAT a person of small or insignificant stature; a dwarf ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDY-SPRAT a person of small or insignificant stature; a dwarf ...1888 Eng. dial.
• DAWF a dwarf ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEARCH, DERCH † a dwarf ...c1500 Sc.
• DURGAN, DURGEN an undersized person or animal; a dwarf; a little, thickset person ...1706 Eng. dial.
• DWARFESS * a female dwarf ...1835
• DWARFLING a small dwarf; a pygmy ...a1618
• DWARF-MAN a very small man; a dwarf ...1877
• DWERG a dwarf ...1892
• GARLACH a dwarf ...1936 Sc.
• GIANT-DWARF † a dwarf with the power of a giant ...1598
• HERLE a mischievous dwarf; an ill-conditioned child ...1825 Sc. 
• HOMUNCULE a little or diminutive man; a dwarf ...1656
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1530
• JACK-A-LENT an insignificant or contemptible person; a simpleton; a dwarf; a puppet ...1598 arch.
• JACK O' LENT a dwarf ...1596 colloq. 
• JACK SPRAT an undersized man or boy; a dwarf; a very small man ...c1570
• JACK-STRAW a dwarf ...Bk1896 sl.
• KNUR, KNURR a thickset, stumpy person; a deformed dwarf ...1691 Eng. dial.
• KNURL, NURL a thickset, stumpy person; a deformed dwarf ...1691 Eng. dial.
• KNURLIN, KNURLING a thickset, stumpy person; a deformed dwarf ...a1796 Sc.
• LAGHERY-MAN a dwarfish, bewitched person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MANAKIN, MANIKIN, MANNIKINa little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy ...1601
• MINIMUS a creature of the smallest size; a dwarf; a small or insignificant person ...1590
• MUNCHKIN a child; a small person; a dwarf; an underling ...1950s sl.
• NABBITY a dwarf ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• NAUCHLE a dwarf ...1825 Sc.
• NAUCHLIE dwarfish, stunted, ill-shaped ...1880 Sc.
• NIRL a puny person; a dwarf ...1823 Sc. 
• NURVIL †* a little man; a dwarf ...1499
• OOLIT a dwarf ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PUG a short or stumpy person or thing; a dwarf ...M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUMILIO †* a dwarf; a diminutive person or plant ...1576
• SCRIMMAGE a dwarf; a term of opprobrium ...1871 Eng. dial.
• THRUGGIL a short, stunted person; a dwarf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIT-MAN the smallest pig, etc. of a litter; hence, a man who is stunted physically or mentally; a dwarf ...1849 Amer. dial.
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
• UNDERLING a sickly or stunted child; a dwarf; the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter; a small or inferior fruit or vegetable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• URF a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person; a dirty, insignificant person, esp. applied to children; a dwarfish person ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• URLING a dwarfish person or child; a puny, stunted, sickly child ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WARF a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person; a puny, contemptible person; a dirty, insignificant person, esp. applied to children; a dwarfish person ...1818 Sc.
• WILK a dwarf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WIPPET a dwarfish person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• 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.
• WIRLIN, WIRLING, WURLIN † a puny or stunted person; a dwarf ...1751 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.
• WRENOCK a pygmy; a dwarf ...1777 Eng. dial.
• 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.
• WURF a dwarfish person ...1838 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.
• YRLE † a dwarfish person ...1568 Sc.
• YURLIN, YURLING a puny, stunted, creature; a dwarf ...Bk1887 Sc.
dwarf, dwarfish - verbs
• DWARFIFY to dwarf ...1816

DWELL - verbs
• ADHABITATE † to dwell nigh ...1626
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• BIDE to remain in residence; to dwell, to reside, to sojourn ...c1280 arch.
• EAT PORRIDGE to live, to dwell, to reside ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HABIT 1. † to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn ...?a1366
2. to dwell in, to inhabit ...1598 arch.
• HABITATE * to dwell ...1866
• HARBOUR to dwell in a place; to haunt, to frequent ...1886 Eng. dial.
• INQUILINATE †* to dwell in a strange place ...1623
• KENNEL of a person: to lodge or lurk; to inhabit, to dwell; used contemptuously ...1599
• LAIR to lie, to rest; to dwell; to sink to rest ...1815 Sc.
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• LENG † to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell ...a1300
• LOCATE to take up one's residence ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• MANSION †* to dwell, to reside ...a1638
• SHACK UP to live or reside, usually temporarily ...1950s US sl.
• SIT to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place ...c900
• STAY to reside ...1973 US sl.
• YERDE to dwell ...c1515 Sc.
 
DWELLER - person
• ABIDER * a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident ...1440
• ACCOLENT a borderer; one who dwells on or near the border of a country ...Bk1795
• DWELLERESS † a female dweller ...a1382
• DWELSTER †* a female dweller ...a1382
• HABITANT one who dwells or resides in a place; a resident; an inhabitant; a dweller ...1490
• HABITATOR †* a dweller, resident, inhabiter ...1646
• WONNER an inhabitant; a dweller ...1825 Sc.
 
DWELLING - adjectives
• ACCOLENT † dwelling near; neighbouring ...1731
• MANSIONARY † staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident ...1447
dwelling - nouns 
• BEING a home, a dwelling-place, a lodging ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIDE, BYDE † a dwelling, dwelling-place, habitation ...a1300
• BIDING † an abode, dwelling, habitation ...a1600
• BIDING-PLACE a place of abode, dwelling ...1520
• BIGGIN a house, a dwelling ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CABOOSE a hut, a cabin; a poor dwelling ...E19 chiefly N. Amer.
• CADGING HOUSE a beggar's dwelling place ...19C sl.
• CAMP a summer dwelling, whether modest or elaborate ...1880 Amer. dial.
• CASTLE † a village, a collection of dwellings ...c1000
• CRIB a dwelling; a home ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOGHOLE a squalid dwelling place
• DUNGEON † a rough or primitive dwelling or place of shelter ...c1460
• EARN †* a place, a dwelling, a hut ...a1000
• EAVESING † the eaves of a house or stack; formerly used also for 'roof' and hence, for 'dwelling' ...a1225
• GOPHER HOLE a primitive dwelling built wholly or partly underground ...1880 Amer. dial.
• HABITACLE † a dwelling-place, habitation ...a1300
• HABITACULE † a dwelling place, habitation, residence ...c1374
• HABITANCE † a dwelling-place, habitation ...1590
• HALF DUGOUT a dwelling built partially under the ground ...1889 Amer. dial.
• HALLAN a house, a dwelling, a cottage ...1827 Sc.
• HUMPY a makeshift dwelling ...1846 Aust. sl.
• HUTCH a domicile, be it a room, apartment, or house...1966 US sl.
• INN a dwelling; generally in plural ...1809 Sc.
• KENNEL a small or mean dwelling or hut ...1837
• MANANTIE † a dwelling ...c1330
• MANSION 1. † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
2. † the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
3. † a separate dwelling-place, lodging, or apartment in a large house or enclosure; chiefly plural ...c1400
• MANSION-HOUSE † a dwelling-house, a house in which a person resides ...1533
• MANSION-PLACE † a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor ...1473
• MANSION-SEAT † a place of abode; a dwelling-place ...1618
• MAN-STY a dwelling-house or hut unfit for human habitation ...1799
• MASURES †* ruins of buildings; squalid and tumble-down habitations ...1623
• NECKLE a house; a dwelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALYIR a dwelling, abode, home ...1879 Sc.
• SARDINE BOX any extremely small dwelling ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SARDINE TIN any extremely small dwelling ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SHITBOX * a wretched place; a dirty or dilapidated dwelling; a remote, downtrodden, or unpleasant city, town, etc. ...1966 sl.
• SHITHEAP a dilapidated or untidy place, vehicle, etc. ...1961 sl., orig. US
• SUBTERRANEAN an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling ...1797
• SUBTERRENE an underground dwelling, etc. ...1854
• TABERNACLE 1. a dwelling, a place of abode ...1382
2. a temporary dwelling; generally movable, constructed of branches, boards, or canvas; a hut, tent, booth ...1382
• THREE-DECKER a three-story dwelling with one apartment occupying each floor ...1899 Amer. dial.
• THURSE-HOLE † a hollow vault in a rock or hill which served for a dwelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THURSE-HOUSE † a hollow vault in a rock or hill which served for a dwelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRIPLE-DECKER a three-story dwelling with one apartment occupying each floor ...1999 Amer. dial.
• WANE † a dwelling-place, a residence, a house ...a1225
• WICKEYUP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKIE-UP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKIUP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKY-UP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• YARD a home, a house or other dwelling place ...1920s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
 
DWINDLE - verbs
• AIL AWAY to dwindle ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DECAY † to fall off or decrease in number, volume, etc.; to dwindle away ...1489
• DWINGLE to dwindle, shrivel up, shrink ...19C Eng. dial.
• PINDLE to waste away, to dwindle, to languish ...1893 Amer. dial.
• WALLOW to dwindle ...1894 Sc.
 
DWINDLING - nouns
• DECAY † falling off in quantity, volume, etc.; dwindling, decrease ...1636
 
DYE - nouns
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT colour, hue, tint; colouring matter, dye ...1602 now only poetic
• TINCTURE † a colouring matter, dye, pigment; a dye used as a cosmetic ...c1400
• VENOM †* a colouring matter; a dye ...c1374
dye - verbs 
• TAINT † to colour, to dye. to tinge ...1471
• TINCT † to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint ...1594
 
DYED - adjectives
• IMBRUED stained, dyed, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter ...c1430
• TINCT adj. coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged ...1579 poetic.
 
DYEING - adjectives
• TINCTORIAL pert. to or used n dyeing; yielding or using dye or colouring matter ...1655
• TINCTORIOUS * pert. to or used n dyeing; yielding or using dye or colouring matter ...1786
• TINGENT † that tinges or colours; colouring; dyeing ...1650 now rare or obs.
dyeing - nouns 
• TINCTURE † the act of dyeing, staining, or colouring ...1601
 
DYER - person
• HEUSTER † a dyer ...Bk1886
• HEWSTER † a colourer, a dyer ...1600
• SCALDRAG † one who scalds or boils rags; a nickname for a dyer ...1630
• TAINTO(U)R * a dyer ...1889
 
DYING - adjectives (also see dead, death & die)
• MORIBUND in a dying state; at the point of death ...1721
• MORIENT † dying ...1679
• OFF dead, dying ...1990s Aust. criminals' sl.
• ON THE CROAK dying ...1899 US sl.
dying - nouns 
• ABITION † a going away or dying ...1656
• BACK-DOOR PAROLE dying in prison before one's sentence is over ...1930s US prison sl.
dying - person 
• CROAKER a dying person, or one who has just died ...1873 UK sl.
• MORIBUND a person in a dying state ...1835
 
DYNAMIC - adjectives
• HIGH-OCTANE dynamic, high-powered ...1980s sl.
 
DYNAMITE - nouns
• BOOM DUST dynamite ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUTTER nitroglycerine or dynamite ...1921 US sl.
• DAN dynamite ...a1909 US criminals' sl.
• DINAH dynamite or nitroglycerin ...1949 US sl.
• DINE dynamite ...1992 US sl.
• DINO dynamite ...World War II Amer. sl.
• SAWDUST dynamite ...20C US criminals' sl.
dynamite - person
• DYNAMITARD one who uses dynamite and similar explosives for unlawful purposes; esp. as a means of attacking existing governments or political systems ...1882
dynamite - verbs 
• BLOW A TANK to dynamite a safe ...1932 NZ sl.
 
DYSENTERY - see DIARRHOEA
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