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E - EATING

E - nouns
• EMMA the letter 'e' in telephone and code messages ...1891 military sl.
 
EACH - adjectives
• ALL SUNDRY † each, every ...1562 
• ILKA † each, every...c1200
each - nouns
• EITHER OTHER † each other ...a1000
 
EAGER - adjectives
• ABER eager, greedy ...1899 Sc.
• AFFECTIONATE † eager, ambitious, earnest ...1598
• AFFECTIONED † eager, ambitious; zealous ...1534
• AFFECTUAL † earnest, ardent, eager, hearty ...1483
• AFFECTUOUS † earnest in feeling or desire; eager, ardent,  hearty ...1494
• AIG eager ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AIVERING eager for, hungering ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ALL OF A HIGH very anxious or eager ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ALL ON END eager, expectant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A DROVER'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A SHEARER'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE SWAGGIE'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ANONSKER eager, desirous, set upon a thing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• ANTSY restless, eager, anxious, annoyed ...1838 Amer. dial.
• ARG eager, fierce ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AVIDIOUS * avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy ...1534
• BELIVE † eager; glad ...a1400
• BLIVE † eager; glad ...a1400
• BRASH eager, lively, forward ...1885 Amer. dial.
• BRICKLE eager, keen, industrious, ambitious ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CADGY eager, willing ...a1846 Sc.
• DAFT fond, doting; extremely eager ....1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DERN determined, earnest, eager; careful ...1881 Eng. dial.
• EAGERLESS headstrong; eager; excited ...1886 Eng. dial.
• EAGERS, THE feelings of desire, impatience, or anxiety; excessive eagerness or apprehension ...1828 Amer. dial.
• EDACIOUS greedy, eager ...1865
• EDGY eager, anxious, desirous, keen ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EDYAN eager, keen ...1929 Sc.
• EGG ON keen, eager ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIN disposed, inclined or willing; eager ...c1205 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FEEN desirous, eager ...1818 Eng. dial.
• FIERCE eager, excited, agitated ...1894 Amer. dial.
• FIRST eager, anxious ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FLAGRANT † ardent, intensely eager or earnest ...1521 
• FRUNTY free in manner; spirited, implying the idea of forwardness; keen, eager; passionate ...19C Sc.
• FULL OF THE OLD NICK feeling ambitious and eager to work ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAIR eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly ...1719 Sc.
• GAME AS A BADGER very enthusiastic, raring to go, eager ...1910s US sl.
• GAR ready. eager ...1737 Sc.  
• GARE eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly ...1719 Sc.
• GUMPTIOUS ambitious, energetic, enterprising, eager ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GUNG HO eager, enthusiastic ... 1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
• HEAD UP eager, cocky ...1854 Amer. dial.
• HETER, HETTER † rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager ...a1400-50
• HORNY obsessively eager or desirous ...1982 Amer. sl.
• JEALOUS † devoted, eager, zealous, zealously enthusiastic ...1535
• KEBBIE anxious, eager ...1898 Sc.
• KEDGE † lively, eager, excessively friendly ...1834 Sc.
• KEEN-BITTEN eager, sharp ...1899 Sc.
• LAAGER eager, keen ...1866 Sc.
• MAD KEEN very eager ...1923 Sc.
• MAZY mad; eager for, madly desirous ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MOLDY uncontrollably eager ...a1907 Amer. sl.
• NAP ready, eager, desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEODFUL †* earnest, eager ...a1000
• OLITE † eager, ready, willing, cheerful, sprightly ...1825 Sc.
• ON ready or eager; willing to take part ...1880 sl.
• RAD † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPING romping; raging; distracted; raving; eager ...1892 Sc.
• RANK very eager, anxious, impatient ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RANTY lively, riotous, eager; wildly excited with passion, pain, anger, etc.; almost mad ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RATHE quick in action, speedy, prompt; eager, earnest, vehement ...c900 Eng. dial. & poetic
• RATHEST † quickest, soonest, most preferable; most eager ...c888
• READY TO LEAP OUT OF ONESELF † delighted, eager ...1611
• RED-HOT eager, anxious, desirous ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RED-MAD raging mad, distracted, insane; furious; eager ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRO † eager; keenly interested ...1775 Eng. dial.
• SAVAGE keen, eager ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHARP-SET very keen on or eager for
• VERTIE † careful, cautious, prudent; industrious, wide-awake, eager; attentive to business ...1804 Sc.
• VOGEROUS keen, eager; brisk, active, strong, lusty ...1892 Sc. 
• WILD intensely eager or enthusiastic; exciting ...1955 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• YAP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous ...c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAPE eager, keen, ready, active ...1739 Sc.
• YARE ready, prepared; desirous, eager ...c888 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YAUP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous ...c1450 obs.  exc. Sc.
• YAWP quick, apt, ready; eager, keen; desirous; forward ...1685 Sc.
• YERN † eager, earnestly or keenly desirous; also, greedy, covetous ...c893
• YEVER † eager, quick, prompt ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• YEVEROUS † eager, zealously enthusiastic, impetuous ...c1400
eager - person
• BEAVER SCOUT an eager beaver ...1955 US jocular
• EAGER BEAVER a person who is very eager to obtain something; a person who is always on time or always early; someone who volunteers for everything; an enthusiast; a zealous person eager for work ...1943 
eager - verbs 
• BE KEEN OF to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for ...1788 Sc.
• BE MUSTARD ON to be very eager or keen on ...c1950 colloq.
• CHAMP AT THE BIT to be eager or impatient to start ...c1645
• CHEW ONE'S BITS to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE BIT to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• EAGER UP to make eager, to excite ...1967 Amer. sl.
• ETTLE to show great eagerness to do or begin anything; to hanker or yearn after ...1873 Sc.
• FALL ALL OVER ONESELF to be eager or confusedly effusive; to try overly hard; to make extreme, if chaotic, efforts to achieve what one or another wants ...1895 Amer. sl.
• FALL OVER ONESELF to go out of one's way to do something; to be eager or enthusiastic ...1904 sl., orig. US
• GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something ...c1340
• HAVE ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS to be impatient or eager to act or speak ...sl.
• KAME to be eager for something ...1941 Sc.
• KECKLE to show signs of unrestrained eagerness or delight; to laugh with joy or excitement ...1728 Sc.
• LEAP OUT OF ONESELF † to be delighted or eager ...1611
• LEAP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN to be delighted or eager ...1629
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• RUSH IT * to do something eagerly or enthusiastically ...1859 US colloq.
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
• YAWN AFTER † to be eager to obtain, to long for ...a1250
 
EAGERLY - adverbs
• AFFECTIONATELY † with strong inclination; eagerly, zealously, earnestly ...1588
• AFFECTUALLY † with eager desire, earnestly ...1483
• AFFECTUOUSLY † with earnest feeling or desire; earnestly, ardently, eagerly ...1450
• BATAUNTLY † hastily, pressingly, eagerly ...1393
• BELIVE † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BILIVE † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLIVE † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANTLY boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily ...1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
• CATAWAMPOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  ...1834 Amer. sl.
• CATAWAMPTIOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  ...1857 Amer. sl.
• FAINLY * gladly, eagerly ...1535
• GAPINGLY with open mouth; eagerly; amazedly ...1571
• HEADILY † eagerly ...c1450
• JEALOUSLY † zealously, eagerly ...1388
• RANNEL eagerly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RASH quickly, eagerly, hurriedly ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RASHLY eagerly, hastily ...1805 Eng. dial.
• SAVAGELY eagerly, heartily; copiously ...1897 Eng. dial.
• UPON THE GAPE † eagerly ...1713
• WITH ONE'S TONGUE HANGING OUT eagerly ...colloq.
• YAPLY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ...a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAPPELY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YARELY quickly, promptly, nimbly, briskly, diligently, eagerly ...a900 arch.
• YERNE † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...a1200
• YERNLY † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...c725
 
EAGERNESS - nouns
• ABERNESS eagerness ...1922 Sc.
• AG stir, eagerness ...1914 Sc.
• ARDURE † heat of passion or desire, vehemence, ardent desire; warmth of emotion, zeal, fervour, eagerness, enthusiasm ...1386
• EAGERS, THE excessive eagerness, apprehension or anxiety ...1928 Amer. sl.
• FAINNESS eagerness, gladness ...c1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GAPE a state of eagerness or wonder ...1712
• INSTANCY eagerness ...1885 Sc.
• JEALOUSY † zeal or vehemence of feeling in favour of a person or thing; devotion, eagerness, anxiety to serve ...1436
• REITHNES eagerness, ardour ...Bk1904 Sc.
• YEARNFULNESS † eagerness, diligence ...c888
• YEVERNESS † eagerness, impetuosity ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
 
EAGLE - adjectives
• EAGLY †* eagle-like, as in sight etc. ...1624
eagle - nouns
• BIRD OF FREEDOM the American eagle ..1848 US
• BIRD OF JOVE the eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIRD OF WASHINGTON the American eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD the American eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROW the American eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAGLESS †* a female eagle ...1611
• EAGLET a young eagle ...1572
• EGLET a young eagle ...1572
• GOOSE the American eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAY EAGLE an immature bald eagle ...1778 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN the bald eagle ...1953 Amer. dial.
• WARBIRD a golden eagle ...1855 Amer. dial.
• WAR-BIRD the golden eagle ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WAR EAGLE a golden eagle ...1819 Amer. dial.
• YEARN † an erne, an eagle ...1790 Sc.
• YIRN an eagle ...1824 Sc.
eagle - person
• EAGLE FREAK a person with strong concerns about the environment and conservation, esp. the preservation of the eagle ...Bk2006 US sl.

EAR - adjectives
• BANGLE-EARED having ears that hang loosely ...1567
• BEALED of an ear: infected, abscessed ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BEELED of an ear: infected, abscessed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOTCH-EARED having drooping ears ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAVE † of ears: drooping, hanging ...a1400-50
• LAVE-EARED having drooping or hanging ears ...1570
• LONG-LUGGED having long ears ......1815 Sc.
ear - nouns
• AUNT NELL the ear; usually as a plural ...2002 UK sl.
• BAKORE large, protruding ears ...1970s S. Afr.
• BANGLE-EAR one hanging loosely or flapping, like a spaniel's ...1725
• BEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEALING an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BEEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BONNET-LUG the ear which is more visible when a cap is worn on one side of the head ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTLE OF BEER the ear ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• CABBAGE LEAVES large ears ...1942 US sl.
• CABRACH-SWEETIE a box on the ear ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CAULIFLOWER EAR an ear swollen by blows ...1896 sl.
• DALLACH a blow, a box on the ear ...1900 Sc.
• DEADBELL a ringing in the ears ...20C Irish sl.
• DRUM DEPARTMENT the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EARCLAPPER the ear ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• EAR-FLAP a person's ear ...1859 US jocular
• EARHOLE an ear ...1923 sl.
• EAR-PIECE an ear ...1980s UK Black sl.
• FLAP an ear ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLAPPERS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLOP the ear ...1945 US sl.
• GLASS OF BEER an ear ...20C rhyming sl.
• HAFFET a blow on the side of the head; a box on the ear ...1808 Sc.
• HARKER an ear ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HEARS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAR-HANDLES large or prominent ears ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUGHANDLES prominent ears ...1969 UK sl.
• JUGLUGS prominent ears ...1969 UK sl.
• LAGER BEER an ear ...1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
• LAP † the ear-lobe ...a1400
• LAPPET a lobe of the ear ...1609
• LISTENER an ear ...1821 sl.
• LORDS AND PEERS the ears ...2000s rhyming sl.
• LUG an ear ...1507 sl.
• LUGHOLE an ear ...1895 sl.
• MIKES ears ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• NERE † an ear ...1483
• PADDY DREEL a humorous term given to the act of taking a person by the ear (such as a child from his seat to the front of the schoolroom) and marching him along against his inclination ...1958 Sc.
• PICK the tip of the ear ...1904 Amer. dial.
• POLARI LOBE the ear ...2002 UK sl.
• RASHER a box on the ear; a slap ...1777 Eng. dial.
• REINDEERS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• SAILS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SALAMANDER a slap, a box on the ear ...1948 Sc.
• SAP † ear wax ...c1440
• SCLAFF a blow with the palm of the hand or some flat instrument; a slap; a box on the ear; a falling-flat; a clap, a thud ...1866 Sc.
• SCLAFFERT a slap, a blow with the open palm or anything flat; a box on the ear ...1759 Sc.
• SCOUR a blow, stroke, swipe, or box on the ear ...1882 Sc. 
• SIGHS AND TEARS ears ...1930s US criminals' rhyming sl.
• SOUND CATCHERS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAB an ear ...1866 orig. dial.
• TABHOLE the ear ...1968 sl.
• TAPS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIB the ear; the tip or lobe of the ear ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TIN EAR an ear swollen by blows ...1923 sl.
• TINKLING * the ringing of the ears ...1495
• WATTLES the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WILLIAMSTOWN PIERS ears ...Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
• WOOLWICH PIER an ear ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• YEARS the ears ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YIELD-YOW a violent pressure of the thumb under the lobe of the ear ...Bk1905 Sc.
ear - person
• DUMBO (derogatory) a person with large ears ...M20 US sl.
ear - verbs 
• LAVE †* of the ears: to droop, to hang down ...1597-8
• SCONCE to beat, esp. about the head; to box the ears ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUCE to chastise; to beat with the hand; to box the ears ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SING of the ears: to ring, to tingle, to be filled with a humming sound ...1621
• TAKE ONE'S HAND FROM ANOTHER'S HAFFET to slap, to box someone's ears ...1721 Sc.
• WARM THE EARS to strike or box the ears ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WARM THE WAX OF SOMEONE'S EAR to box someone's ears ...M19 sl.
ear - phrases
• HEAD LIKE A MINI WITH THE DOORS OPEN to have protruding ears ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.

EARL - person
• ADELMAN, EADELMAN † a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman ...Bk1708
• YARL an earl; the title of earl ...Bk1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YEARL, YERL, YERLE, YURL an earl ...1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.

EARLIER - adjectives
• RATHER earlier, preceding another or others in point of time, coming at an earlier hour, date, etc....1388
• RATHERMORE †* earlier, former ...1382
earlier - adverbs
• OR † earlier, sooner ...c1330
• TITTER † more quickly; sooner, earlier ...a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• TOFORE † of time: previously, beforehand, earlier; in the past ...c1175
• UP FRONT in advance, esp. of money paid for illegal activities, such as drug purchases ...1950s sl.
earlier - prepositions 
• TOFORE † of time: earlier than ...a1000
 
EARLIEST - adjectives
• ELDEST earliest, first produced; first, most ancient ...c897 arch.
• FURTHEST † earliest, first ...1653
• RATHEST † earliest ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
earliest - adverbs 
• RATHEST † earliest ...1387-8
 
EARLINESS - nouns
• RATHENESS * earliness ...1635
 
EARLY - adjectives
• AIR early ...1737 Sc.
• BETIMELY †* early ...1594
• EARLY DOORS early ...1980s sl.
• MATUTINARY * occurring or performed in the morning, early ...1858
• RARE † early ...1574 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATHE 1. done or occurring before the usual or natural time; early ...c1420 Eng. dial. & poetic
2. early in the day; belonging to the morning ...1596 Eng. dial. & poetic
• TIMEFUL † early in season ...1382
• TIMEOUS early (in the morning, or in the season); sufficiently early ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
• TIMOUS early (in the morning, or in the season); sufficiently early ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
• UNEARTHLY unpleasantly early ...1865 sl.
• UNGODLY of time: unpleasantly early in the day ...1889 UK sl.
• VERNAL suggestive of spring; having the mildness or freshness of spring; early, youthful ...1790
early - adverbs
• BEFORETIMES early ...1960 Amer. dial.
• BETIME 1. † at an early hour, early in the day ...c1250
2. † in good time, early, seasonably ...a1300
• BETIMES 1. at an early time, period, or season; early in the year, early in life ...c1314
2. at an early hour, early in the morning ...1481
• BY TIMES early ...1875 Eng. dial.
• EARLY DOORS early on, esp. in relation to a sporting contest; orig. applied to admissions to old time music halls ...1998 UK sl.
• ERE early ...1753 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ERISH rather early ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OR † early, at an early hour ...c950
• RARE early; ready, prepared ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RATHE early in the morning or day ...c1386 Eng. dial. & poetic
• SUDDENLY † at an early date, early; soon, speedily; shortly (after) ...c1500
early - nouns
• AIRNESS the state or condition of being early ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DAWN PATROL the act of getting up very early in the morning, to get a head start on the day ...20C Amer. sl.
• FORE-PART the early part, as the 'forepart' of the day ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TIMELINESS †* early development or maturity ...1599
early - person 
• EAGER BEAVER a diligent and energetic worker; an eager or enthusiastic person; a zealous person; a person who is always on time or always early ....1943
• EARLY BIRD a person who gets up, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time ...1830
• EARLY STIRRER one who is up early ...1597 
early - verbs 
• EARLIERISE to do at an earlier date
early - phrases
• DAY BEFORE THE FAIR, THE too early ...Bk1897
 
EARMUFF - nouns
• COOTIE GARAGE earmuffs ...Amer. World War I sl.
• EARLAPPER an earmuff ...1904 Amer. dial.
 
EARN - nouns
• HANDYTHRIFT † what a man earns with his hands ...a1592
earn - verbs
• ADDLE † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ARLE to earn ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETRAVAIL † to work for; to earn by labour ...1393
• BRING HOME THE BACON to earn wages, esp. as the head of a household; to make a profit; broadly, to succeed in an endeavour ...1909 Amer. sl.
• CLOCK to acquire; to earn. to 'rack up' ...1990 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• COP A BUNDLE to earn a good deal of money; to prosper ...L19 sl.
• CUT ONE'S OWN GRASS † to earn one's own living ...1863 sl., orig. US
• EARN ONE'S PEASOUP to earn at least enough for one's bed and board ...L19 sl.
• EARN ONE'S TUCKER to earn at least enough for one's bed and board ...L19 sl.
• EARN SALT TO ONE'S KAIL to earn one's living; to make a sufficient livelihood ...1895 Sc.
• EDDLE to work for, to earn ...1887 Sc.
• ETTLE 1. to earn, to acquire by labour ...1851 Eng. dial.
2. to work for, to earn ...1887 Sc.
• FANG † to receive as a gift, or as one's due; to earn as wages; also, to accept as one's lot ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GET ONE'S CHUMP to earn one's living ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• GET SALT to earn one's living; to make a sufficient livelihood ...Bk1904 Sc.
• GET SALT TO ONE'S KAIL to earn one's living; to make a sufficient livelihood ...1787 Sc.
• GET SALT TO ONE'S PORRIDGE to earn one's living; to make a sufficient livelihood ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK DOWN to earn or obtain money, usually for work, or by requesting a loan or gift ...1920s US sl.
• KNOCK OUT to earn as wages ...1871 sl.
• MAKE A QUID to earn a living ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• MAKE ONE'S TUCKER to earn at least enough for one's bed and board ...L19 sl.
• OF-EARN † to earn, to deserve ...c1200
• OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn ...c1000
• OFSERVE † to deserve, to merit; to obtain by deserving; to earn ...a1225
• PULL to earn as income; to make a sum of money, as by a sale or the like ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• PULL DOWN to earn a sum of money, esp. as a wage or salary ...1917
• PULL IN to earn money ...1529 UK sl.
• SARROW to earn ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCRATCH ALONG to earn a scanty livelihood; to pull through hard times ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STACK to earn a lot of money ...1997 US sl.
• SUCK A RICH TEAT to gain money lightly earned ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TILL † to labour after, to seek after, to provide; to get by effort, to obtain, acquire or earn by labour; later, to get, to obtain ...a900
• TURN AN HONEST PENNY to earn one's living honestly; to make money by fair means
• YADDLE to earn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to earn, to win, usually money ...L19 sl., orig. US
• YARROW to earn, to gain by industry ...1808 Sc.
earn - person  (includes EARNER)
• TALL POPPY a conspicuously high earner or other VIP ...1930s Aust. sl.

EARNED - adjectives
• HARD-HADDLED hard-earned ...1878 Eng. dial.
• QUICK-COME-BY easily gained or earned ...1899 Eng. dial.
earned - nouns
• EARN an amount of money earned, esp. earned illicitly ...1977 Aust. sl.
• EARNER money earned, esp. money from an illicit source or corrupt practice ...1970 UK sl.
• TAKEDOWN the amount earned ...1990 US sl.
 
EARNEST - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † eager, ambitious, earnest ...1598
• AFFECTIOUS † earnest, sincere; cordial ...1581
• AFFECTIVE †* earnest, zealous ...1549
• AFFECTUAL † earnest, ardent, eager, hearty ...1483
• AFFECTUOUS † earnest in feeling or desire; eager, ardent,  hearty ...1494
• DEAD-WOOD EARNEST quite earnest ...B1900 Amer. dial.
• DEEDIE full of activity; painstaking, earnest ...1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• DEEDY full of activity; painstaking, earnest ...1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• DERN determined, earnest, eager; careful ...1881 Eng. dial.
• EAGER BEAVER earnest, usually excessively so ...1940s sl.
• EARNESTFUL † earnest; sincerely zealous; intense, ardent ...1430
• EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• FLAGRANT † ardent, intensely eager or earnest ...1521 
• HARDY-EARNEST downright earnest ...Bk1905 Ireland
• HEARTLY † proceeding from or seated in the heart; expressive of real feeling; earnest, genuine, sincere ...1340-70
• NEODFUL †* earnest, eager ...a1000
• NETTLE-EARNEST downright earnest ...1818 Sc.
• RATHE quick in action, speedy, prompt; eager, earnest, vehement ...c900 Eng. dial. & poetic
• WAKEN ON to become animated, earnest, or excited; to become violent in language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• YERNSFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNSTFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
earnest - person
• EAGER BEAVER an excessively earnest, keen person whose efforts are sometimes more notable for their sound and fury than their actual usefulness ...1943 orig. US
earnest - verbs 
• KNUCKLE DOWN TO to apply oneself earnestly or vigorously ...1864
• MEAN BUSINESS to be totally committed, to be utterly earnest ...1857 sl.
 
EARNESTLY - adverbs
• AFFECTEDLY †with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly ...1596
• AFFECTIONALLY † affectionately; earnestly ...a1657
• AFFECTIONATELY † with strong inclination; eagerly, zealously, earnestly ...1588
• AFFECTIOUSLY † earnestly, sincerely, cordially, kindly ...1430
• AFFECTUALLY † with eager desire, earnestly ...1483 obs. Murray 1888
• AFFECTUOUSLY † with earnest feeling or desire; earnestly, ardently, eagerly ...1450
• DEARLY † from the heart, heartily, earnestly ...a1310
• DING-DANG in rapid succession; speedily, pell-mell; in earnest, with a will ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG in rapid succession; speedily, pell-mell; in earnest, with a will ...1672
• EARN †* earnestly, longingly ...1230
• EARNSTFULLY earnestly, wistfully, yearningly ...1844 Eng. dial.
• EFFECTUOUSLY † urgently, earnestly ...1533
• FAIR DINKUM serious, in earnest ...1934 Aust. sl.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• FOR FAIR in reality, earnestly, seriously ...1853 Eng. dial.
• HEAD AND HEELS completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD AND HIDE completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...1868 Sc.
• HEAD AND TAIL completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...1853 Sc.
• HEARTLY † with the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; heartily ...a1225
• HORSE AND FOOT † with all one's might ...c1600
• IN DEAD EARNEST most earnestly; undoubtedly ...c1870 colloq.
• IN GOOD SADDENS in earnest ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• IN GOOD SADNESS † in earnest, not joking ...1544
• IN SPITE OF HELL resolutely; earnestly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN SPITE OF HELL AND HIGH WATER resolutely; earnestly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAINLY † of expression, thought: vehemently, strongly; earnestly, eagerly ...c1400
• NEEDLY † zealously, carefully; earnestly ...c900
• OBNIXELY †* earnestly, strenuously ...1641
• OBNIXIOUSLY †* earnestly, strenuously ...1632
• OF ALL ONE'S HEART † with all one's heart; sincerely, earnestly ...c1380
• OF HEART † with all one's heart; sincerely, earnestly ...c1380
• ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully  ...1888 sl.
• THACK-AND-MORTAR in good earnest; with all one's might ...1856 Eng. dial.
• TOOTH AND TOENAIL. with all one's strength, with great energy, in earnest; completely ...1828 Amer. dial.
• VREACH carefully, diligently, earnestly, actively ...1746 Eng. dial.
• YERNE † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...a1200
• YERNLY † eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily ...c725
 
EARNESTNESS - nouns
• EARNESTY †* earnestness ...1572
• IMPRESSMENT * earnestness, ardour ...1854 

EARNING - nouns
• ADDLING † earning ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OFGOING † deserving, earning ...1340

EARNINGS - nouns
• ADDLINGS wages, earnings; savings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EDDLINS earnings, wages ...1887 Sc.
• ETTLINGS earnings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ETTLINS earnings, wages ...1887 Sc.
• FANG earnings, takings; that which is received ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANGINGS wages, earnings, takings ...1846 Eng. dial.
• HARD-EARNED money, esp. that identified as earnings ...1975 sl.
• MAKINGS earnings; profits ...1837 colloq.
• SCRAN earnings, wages ...1869 Eng. dial.
• WAGES any form of illicit earnings ...1920s sl.
• YEARNINGS † earnings ...1581
 
EARPHONES - nouns
• CANS earphones ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EARS earphones ...sl.
earphones - verbs 
• HAVE ONE'S EARS ON to be listening through earphones to a radio,  or the like ...sl.
 
EARRING - nouns
• AUNT NELLY FAKE an earring; usually as a plural ...1997 UK sl.
• BOB an earring ...1793 Eng. dial.
• DANGLER any form of pendant jewellery, as a watch fob or an earring ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DANGLING MODIFIER a single, long, flashy earring ...1980s US campus sl.
• EARBOB an earring or eardrop ...1640 Amer. dial.
• EARBOBBER an earring ...1954 Amer. dial.
• EAR BUTTON an earring worn directly on the earlobe rather than dangling below it ...1970 Amer. dial.
• EARCLASP an earring with a clip fastener ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EARCLIP an earring with a clip fastener ...1950 Amer. dial.
• EARDANGLE an earring, usually one with a pendant ...1968 Amer. dial.
• EARDROP an earring, usually one with a pendant ...1859 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EAR-DROPPERS earrings ...1861 Eng. dial.
• EARFLOP an earring ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EARHOOP a hoop-shaped earring ...1808 Amer. dial.
• EARLET † an earring ...1609
• EARSCREW an earring, esp. one with a screw fastener ...1927 Amer. dial.
 
EARTH - adverbs
• BENEATH beneath the skies; in the world, on the earth ...c1250 arch.
• EARTHLINS towards the earth or ground ...1809 Sc.
 
EARTH (planet) - nouns
• APOLLO PLAY the planet Earth ...1940s US Black sl.
• APPLE the planet Earth ...1930s US Black sl.
• BALL OF DIRT the earth ...1898 Amer. sl.
• LEVEL, THE * the earth's surface ...1848
• MIDDLE-ERD the earth, the world ...1768 Sc.
• ORB † the earth, the world ...1601
Earth (planet) - person
• EARTHITE an inhabitant of earth ...1825 nonce word
• EARTHLING an inhabitant of the earth ...1593
• EARTHLUBBER a person who stays on earth and has not travelled in outer space - one who is not a space traveller ...1976
• EARTH-WARE † earth-dwellers ...c893
• GEOGNOSIST one versed in geognosy; one who has a knowledge of the structure of the earth ...1797 hist.
• GEOGNOST one versed in geognosy; one who has a knowledge of the structure of the earth ...1802 hist.
• GEOMORPHIST * an expert or specialist in geomorphology (the nature, origin, and development of the physical features of the earth's surface) ...1896
• GEOMORPHOLOGIST an expert or specialist in geomorphology (the nature, origin, and development of the physical features of the earth's surface) ...1899
• GEOPLANARIAN a person who believes that the earth is flat ...1917
 
EARTH (ground, soil) - nouns
• DAISY-QUILT the earth, the ground ...1848 Ireland
• TASS a small heap of earth ...Bk1905 Sc.
earth (ground, soil) - person
• GEOPHAGIST - one who eats earth ...1842

EARTHEN - adjectives
• YEARTHEN † earthen ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
EARTHENWARE - adjectives
• DELFIN made of earthenware ...1897 Sc.
• LALLIE made of earthenware ...1930 Sc.
• LAME made of earthenware or porcelain ...1650 Sc.
earthenware - nouns
• CLOAM † coarse earthenware ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DELF earthenware, crockery ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELFWARE earthenware, crockery ...1874 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DELPH earthenware, crockery ...1790 Eng. dial.
• EQUIPAGE † utensils of all kinds, but especially of china, glass, or earthenware ...1822 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LALLIE a fragment of earthenware, a piece of broken pottery, esp. used as a plaything, as in hopscotch ...1900 Sc.
• LAME 1. earthenware, china; a dish, crockery, dishes ...1708 Sc.
2. a broken piece of earthenware or crockery ...1861 Sc.
• MUGWARE earthenware ...1900 Eng. dial.
• PIGS crockery or earthenware generally ...c1450
• TICKNEY earthenware, esp. a coarse, common kind, made at Ticknall, near Derby ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE porcelain, china, glazed earthenware ...1890 Sc.
earthenware - person
• POT FAKER a hawker of crockery or earthenware ...1873 sl.
• POT-MAN * a dealer in earthenware; an itinerant seller of pots  ...1732 Eng. dial.
• TICKNEY-MAN an itinerant vendor of coarse, common earthenware ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
EARTHLY - adjectives
• EARTHISH † earthly, terrestrial ...1536 nonce word
• YEARETHLYE † earthly ...1553
 
EARTHQUAKE - adjectives
• MACROSEISMIC relating to an intense earthquake, or to one of great area or of long continuance ...Bk1910
earthquake - nouns 
• DIRT-QUAKE an earthquake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EARTH-DIN † an earthquake; thunder in the earth ...a1079 obs. or Sc.
• EARTH-GRINE †* an earthquake ...1297
• EARTH-GRITH †* an earthquake ...1297
• EARTH-MOVING † an earthquake ...1382
• EARTHQUAKING † an earthquake ...c1400
• EARTHQUAVE † an earthquake ...1382
• EARTH-SHAKE an earthquake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EARTH-SHAKING an earthquake ...1387
• EARTH-SHOCK † an earthquake ...c1315
• HYPOCENTER, HYPOCENTRE the focus of an earthquake; the point within the earth where it originates ...1905
• MACROSEISM a great earthquake; a heavy or intense earthquake ...Bk1910
• QUAKER an earthquake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEISM * an earthquake ...1883
• SHAKE an earthquake; an earth tremor ...1705 Amer. dial.
• SHAKER an earthquake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKES an earthquake; an earth tremor ...1705 Amer. dial.
• TERREMOTE † an earthquake ...1390
• TREMBLER an earthquake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIGGLER an earthquake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
EARTHWORM - see WORM

EAR-TRUMPET - nouns
• SARBACANE † an ear-trumpet ...1644
 
EARWIG - nouns
• BATTLE-TWIG an earwig ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEETLE-WIG † an earwig ...1595
• CLIP-SHEAR(S) the earwig ...1898 Sc.
• COACHBELL a Scotch name of the earwig ...Bk1890 Sc.
• EAR-PIERCER the earwig ...1875
• EARWICK * an earwig Bk1888
• EARYWIG an earwig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FORKY-TAIL the earwig ...Bk1894 Eng. dial.
• GALLACHER an earwig ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAIRY-WIG the earwig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANY-FEET † a general name for earwigs, woodlice, etc.; the centipede ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NARROW-WRIGGLE an earwig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR-WIGGLE an earwig ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PINCHER BUG an earwig ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PINCHERWIG the earwig ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SCODGEBELL the earwig ...1915 Sc.
• SCODGIE the earwig ...1915 Sc.
• SCOTCHBELL the earwig ...1915 Sc.
• SCOTCHBOLT the earwig ...1915 Sc.
• SCOTCHIE the earwig ...1915 Sc.
 
EASE - adjectives
• BIGHTSOME having an air of ease combined with activity ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• EASEFUL that gives ease, comfort, or relief; comfortable, soothing; quiet, peaceful, restful ...1375
• EATH † comfortable, at ease, free from pain ...c1205
• EITH † comfortable, at ease, free from pain ...c1205
• OTIANT † inactive, indolent, doing nothing, at leisure, at ease ...1845
​• OTIOSE being at ease or rest; idle; unemployed ...1850
ease - nouns
• AYSE † ease ...Bk1852
• EASEMENT ease, relief of all kinds; relief of or alleviation from pain; a remedy which relieves pain ...1679
• EASY HALL a notional place of great comfort and ease ...1980 Barbados sl.
• EASY STREET a condition of ease and comfort, esp. financial success ...1897 colloq.
• MAKANDE † comfort, ease ...a1400
• OTIOSITY - ease; relief from labour; idleness ...1483
• SAUGHT † peace, quiet, ease ...1641 Sc.
ease - person
• CARPET-MONGER † a lover of ease and pleasure ...1599
• EASERESS a female who gives ease or relief ...1631
ease - verbs 
• ALLEVATE †* to ease, comfort, alleviate, assuage ...1613
• AYSE † to make at ease ...Bk1852
• BAKE to sit or lie at ease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. sl.
• CAKEWALK to succeed without problems; to accomplish with supreme ease ...1930s US sl.
• DO ON ONE'S DICK to do with ease, esp. to endure any challenging situation, as a prison sentence, with no difficulty ...1960s sl.
• DO ON ONE'S EAR to accomplish something easily ...1920s Aust. sl.
• DO ON ONE'S NAPPER to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
• DO ON ONE'S NOB to achieve something easily ...L19 sl.
• DO ON ONE'S PRICK to do with ease, esp. to endure any challenging situation, as a prison sentence, with no difficulty ...1960s sl.
• DO SOMETHING STANDING ON ONE'S HEAD to do something with ease ...a1890- 93
• FART THROUGH SILK to live a life of luxury and ease; to live prosperously; to feel happy; to be important ...1927 US sl.
• LEGGE † to ease, to alleviate ...a1425
• PALE †* to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease ...c1400
• PALLIFY † to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease, to alleviate ...1544
• SLOCK † to ease, slacken ...a1400
• WELTER †* to live at ease; to revel ...a1400
ease - phrases
• CASTLE OF INDOLENCE figurative expression for a place to take one’s ease ...Bk1902

EASEL - nouns
• PAINTING-CRATCH a painter's easel ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
EASILY - adverbs
• ALL EASE without difficulty, easily ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ALL RICKY satisfactorily, easily ...1940s US sl.
• BIENLY comfortably, easily, happily ...1788 Sc.
• EASILINGS easily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EATH easily, readily, without difficulty ...a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• EATHLINS easily, readily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EATHLY easily, readily, without difficulty ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
• EATHS † easily ...1594
• EITH † easily, without difficulty ...a1000
• ERIST most easily, most probably ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAIR † plainly, easily, clearly, distinctly; frankly, downright ...1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAND OVER HAND easily ...1824
• HAND OVER HEAD easily, leisurely ...1549
• HANDY easily, readily ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily ...1923 Amer. dial.
• IN A WHIFF easily; quickly ...1823 Amer. dial.
• LIKE A BIRD with swift and easy motion onwards; easily; without resistance, difficulty, or hesitation ...1873
• LIKE STEAM very quickly, very easily, energetically ...M19 sl.
• MACKLY † evenly, aptly, easily ...c1440
• MAKINTLY with ease, confidence, and assurance ...1903 Sc.
• MEEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1860 Eng. dial.
• NATURALLY †* simply, easily ...1655
• ON YOUR EAR easily ...1956 UK sl.
• PREEDY with ease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SKEET †* readily, easily ...c1200
• UP A GUM TREE easily ...1950s NZ sl.
• WITH A WET FINGER † easily, with little effort, without difficulty ...1542
 
EAST - adjectives
• EASTER † 1. nearest the east ...1387
2. eastern, lying towards the east ...1745 Sc.
• LEVANTINE † pert. to the east, eastern ...1649
• YEST east ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
east - adverbs
• EASTLINGS in an easterly direction ...1768 Sc.
east - nouns 
• DAWNING, THE the east, the orient ...1879
• EASTING movement to the east; orientation toward the east ...1827 Amer. dial.
• EASTLE the east ...1818 Sc.
• ESTEN the east ...Bk1900 Sc.
• SUNRIST † the sunrise; the east ...1340-70
• SUN-SPRING † east ...a1300 obs. or arch.
east - person
• ORIENTALIST † a native or inhabitant of the east ...1738
east - verbs 
• EASTER to shift towards the east, as the wind ...1908 Sc.
• ORIENTIZE * to cause to face east ...1881
 
EASTER - adjectives
• PACE-NEW of clothes: new for Easter ...1937 Sc.
Easter - nouns
• PACE Easter, Easter-tide ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PACE-CLOTHES new clothes worn at Easter ...1805 Eng. dial.
• PACE-DAY Easter day ...1792 Sc.
• PACE-EGG an Easter egg, esp. one stained and hard-boiled ...1579 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PACE-EGG-DAY Easter day ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACE-EGGING the custom of collecting Easter eggs ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PACE-EGGING-TIME Easter ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PACE SUNDAY Easter day ...1721 Sc.
• PAISE Easter ...1775 Sc.
• PASCH Easter ...1775 Sc.
• PASCH SUNDAY Easter day ...1721 Sc.
• RESURRECTION-DAY Easter Sunday ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SECOND EASTER the day after Easter ...1979 Amer. dial.
Easter - person
• PACE-EGGER one who goes about singing or begging for Easter eggs and other trifles at Christmas as well as at Easter ...1876 Eng. dial.
• PACE-GENTLEMAN a boy wearing new clothes at Easter ...1923 Sc.
• PASCHALISTS disputers about the proper time of Easter ...Bk1881 
• PASEYAD a term of contempt for a woman who has nothing new to wear at Easter ...1834 Sc.
 
EASTERLY - adjectives
• EASTEN † belonging to Eastern countries; coming from the east; easterly ...c1205
• EASTERMOST † most easterly; situated farthest to the east ...1555
• EASTLE easterly ...1818 Sc.
• EASTLIN eastern, easterly ...1728 Sc.
• EISSEL easterly ...1818 Sc.
easterly - adverbs
• EASSEL eastward, easterly ...1810 Sc.
• EASSEL-WARD towards the east, in an easterly direction ...1816 Sc.
• EAST-BY eastward, in an easterly direction ...1889 Sc.
• EASTLING(S) - easterly ...1768

EASTERN - adjectives
• EASTLAND eastern, belonging to the east ...1775 Sc.
• EASTLIN eastern, easterly ...1728 Sc.
• ORIENT situated in or belonging to the east, eastern, oriental ...a1450 now poetic
• ORIENTAL † belonging to or situated in the east of a country or place, or of the earth; eastern ...c1528
eastern - nouns
• AESTER-SIDE the eastern side ...1898 Sc.
• EAST-DEAL † eastern part ...c1000
eastern - person
• EASTERLING an inhabitant of an eastern country or district ...1561 arch.
 
EAST INDIA - person
• BABOO an old East Indian man, usually bearded and poor ...20C W. Indies sl.
• BABU 1. an East Indian ...1921 Jamaica
2. an old East Indian man, usually bearded and poor ...1921 W. Indies sl.
• BABU-MAN an old East Indian man, usually bearded and poor ...20C W. Indies sl.
• BHOWJI an elderly East Indian woman ...1996 W. Indies
• COOLIE-MAN an East Indian ...20C W. Indies sl.

EASTWARD - adjectives
• EASTERING * shifting eastward ...1876
eastward - adverbs 
• BE-EAST eastwards ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EASLINS eastward ...1768 Sc.
• EASSEL eastward, easterly ...1810 Sc.
• EASTLE towards the east, eastwards ...1808 Sc.
• EASTLINS eastward, in an easterly direction ...1768 Sc.
• EISSEL eastwards, towards the east ...1815 Sc.

EASY - adjectives
• BISCUIT easy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CAKE easy, simple ...1968 US campus sl.
• CANDY of a job, crime, or other activity: easy, undemanding, 'soft' ...1930s US sl.
• CUSHY of a job, situation, etc.: undemanding, easy; requiring little or no effort; later, involving little effort, but ample oe disproportionate rewards ...1895 sl., orig. military usage
• DOLTY easy ...c1890 cricketers' usage
• EASY AS ABC, AS easy, as simple as learning the alphabet ...Bk1909 sl.
• EASY AS A GUM SHOE very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS A PIG WOULD EAT A DAISY very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS APPLE PIE very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS APPLE TART very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS CAKE very easy ...1930s sl.
• EASY AS CAKE AND ICE-CREAM very easy ...1930s sl.
• EASY AS DAMN IT very easy ...1937 UK sl.
• EASY AS DRINKING BEER very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS EATING A MANGO very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS FALLING OFF A HORSE very easy indeed ...L19 sl.
• EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG very easy ...1880 US sl.
• EASY AS GO AND BE BLOWED very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS KISS MY ARM very easy indeed ...17C+
• EASY AS KISS MY ARSE very easy ...1937 UK sl.
• EASY AS KISS MY EYE very easy ...1984 UK sl.
• EASY AS KISS YOUR HAND very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS NINEPENCE very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS PEAS very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS PIE very easy ...1964 US sl.
• EASY AS PISS extremely easy ...1990s sl.
• EASY AS PISSING BACKWARDS very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS PISSING THE BED very easy ...1937 UK sl.
• EASY AS PULLING A CORK very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS ROLLING OFF A LOG very easy ...1880 US sl.
• EASY AS SHAKING DROPS OFF YOUR JOHN very easy ...1984 UK masculine usage
• EASY AS SHELLING PEAS very easy ...1937 UK sl.
• EASY AS SHIT very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS SHITTING IN BED very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL extremely easy ...1903
• EASY AS STIRRING A FOOT very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS TAKING MONEY FROM A CHILD very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS TILLY very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS WINK very easy indeed ...17C
• EASY AS WINKING very easy ...1937 UK sl.
• EASYFIED easy ...1937 Amer. dial.
• EASY LIKE KISSING HAND very easy ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EASY-PEASY very easy, very simple ...1976 UK sl.
• EASY-PEASY, LEMON-SQUEEZEY very easy, very simple ...1976 UK sl.
• EATH 1. † of an action: easy, not difficult ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. † making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; easy ...a1225
• EATHLY † easy, not difficult ...c1000
• EEFE † easy ...1578
• EITH 1. † of an action: easy, not difficult ...c1200
2. † ​making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; easy ...a1225
• EATHY easy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• E-Z easy ...1996 US sl.
• GOOD AS CAZ - easy to accomplish ...Bk1892 sl.
• GUT easy; easily passed with little application or study ...1916 Amer. sl.
• LEMON SQUEEZY easy ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• LIGHTSOME † easy ...c1440
• LIKE ABC easy, as simple as learning the alphabet ...Bk1909 sl.
• LIKE SHOOTING DUCKS ON A POND very easy ...1940s sl.
• LIKE SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL extremely easy ...1902
• MICK easy ...1980s US campus sl.
• PANTS applied to something that is very easily done ...1996 Sc. sl.
• POLTY easy ...c1890 cricketers' usage
• PREFACILE †* very easy to be done ...1623
• SIMP easy ...1970s US campus sl.
• SIMPLE AS very easy ...2001 UK
• SKATE easy, simple, esp. of work or a course ...1970s US campus sl.
• TITS easy, simple ...1990s US college sl.
• UNEITH † not easy ...1725 Sc.
• YEZZY easy ...1896 Eng. dial.
easy - nouns
• ALPHABET JOB an easy assignment or task; a government civilian job ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ANGEL TEAT any pleasant or easy task ...Amer. sl.
• ARMCHAIR RIDE a smooth and easy victory or accomplishment ...1898 colloq.
• BED OF ROSES an easy life; a luxurious situation ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEER AND SKITTLES something very easy to do; an easy time of it ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLUDGE an easy job or assignment; a period of loafing ...1945 Aust. sl.
• BREEZE an easy task ...1928 sl., orig. US
• CAKE anything easy or simple an easy course, test ...1911 US sl.
• CAKE AND GINGERBREAD something easy and pleasant ...1841
• CAKE JOB an easy job ...1990s Amer. sl.
• CAKEWALK an easy or overwhelming success; anything considered very easy, simple, or certain ...1897 US sl.
• CAN OF CORN something that is really easy to do ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CAT'S MEAT something easy to achieve or endure ...1960s NZ sl.
• CHILD'S PLAY something very easy to do ...c1839
• CHINCH something that is easily done; a snap ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CINCH something sure or easy ...colloq.
• DEAD CINCH an absolute certainty; an easy thing to do ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DEAD PUDDING something easy ...L19 US college sl.
• DODDLE something easily accomplished ...20C Brit. colloq.
• DUCK SOUP anything simple or easy; an easy task; a cinch  ...L19 US sl.
• EASY MEAT something that is easy to achieve ...1961 UK sl.
• EASY MONEY someone or something easily dealt with ...1902 Amer. sl.
• GOLDBRICK DREAM an easy task or assignment ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOLDBRICKER'S HOLIDAY an easy task or assignment ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GRAVY STREET an easy, profitable or successful situation ...1970s US sl.
• GUT an easy task ...1970s US sl.
• MICK anything easy, esp. an academic class or test ...1960s US campus sl.
• PIECE OF CAKE, A something very easy to do ...colloq.
• SITTER something easily accomplished, as a catch in cricket, a mark to be shot at, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SITTING DUCK something easily accomplished ...Aust. sl.
• SKATE an easy course; an easy task ...1976 US sl.
• SKEEZE something easily achieved ...1900s US sl.
• SKOOSH something that is easily achieved or accomplished ...1985 Sc. sl.
• SLOPE-OUT an easy task ...1957 US sl.
• SNACK something easily accomplished ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SNAP something easily done ...1845 Amer. sl.
• SNIP something that is easily achieved or done; a certainty; a simple task ...1890 UK sl.
• SODA something easy to do ...1917 Aust. sl.
• TURKEY SHOOT anything exceptionally easy ...1940s US sl.
easy - verbs
• EASE * to render easy, to facilitate ...1632
• EASY † to make easy, to facilitate; to relieve, to assist ...1567
• FACILITE †* to facilitate ...1604
• FACILIZE †* to render easy or plain ...1610
• GO TO HEAVEN IN A HAND-BASKET to do something easily ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT MADE IN THE SHADE to have an easy time of something ...Bk1995 US sl.
• HAVE JAM ON IT to have something exceedingly pleasant or easy ...1919 colloq.
• TAKE IN ONE'S STRIDE to do easily, and without an effort, as a hunter or a steeple-fencer takes a fence ...Bk1904 sl.
easy - phrases
• I COULD DO THAT WITH MY PRICK OUT used to emphasize the ease of a task ...1930s sl.
 
EASYGOING - adjectives
• CUSHY of a person: relaxed and pleasant; easygoing ...1887 colloq.
• DOWNBEAT cool; easygoing ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EASIE-OSIE easygoing, inclined to be lazy; involving the minimum of effort ...1846 Sc.
• EASY slow, easy-going; indolent ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EASYFUL placid, indolent, easygoing, complacent ...1864 Eng. dial.
• EASY-GO-LUCKY easygoing, happy-go-lucky, not worrying ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EASY-OSIE easygoing ...1844 Sc.
• EASY-OSY easygoing, inclined to be lazy; involving the minimum of effort ...1846 Sc.
• EASY-OZIE easygoing ...1844 Sc.
• EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed ...a1880
• GO-EASY easygoing, relaxed ...1877 Amer. dial.
• HALUM-SCALUM easygoing, happy-go-lucky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY taking things as they happen to come; easygoing ...1856
• JAKE-EASY offhand, easygoing ...1917 Sc.
• JECK-EASY offhand, easygoing ...1917 Sc.
• LAID-BACK relaxed or easygoing; unconcerned; unhurried; casual ...1969 US colloq.
• NEEDLE-NODDLE easygoing, dilatory in getting through a piece of work ...1907 Sc. 
• POKE-EASY slow, lazy, easygoing ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SMOOTH AND GLASSY easygoing ...1984 US sl.
• TAKE-IT-EASY easygoing; adapted for making oneself at ease, comfortable ...1872
easygoing - person
• BLADE a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau ...1597
• EASY-OSY, EASY-OZIE an easygoing person, one inclined to be lazy ...1850 Sc.
• HAPPY-GO-LONG an easygoing person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY an easygoing person; one of a reckless random disposition ...1851
• LUMP OF BUTTER an easygoing, helpless person ...1844 Sc.
• MOKE an easygoing fellow; one in the habit of asking favours ...B1900 Amer. dial.
• PAKE a quiet, easygoing fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POKE-EASY an easygoing person; a lazy, slow person ...1909 Amer dial.
easygoing - phrases
• SHE'LL BE APPLES said to typify the easygoing Australian attitude ...1947 Aust. sl.
• SHE'LL BE RIGHT said to typify the easygoing Australian attitude ...1947 Aust. sl.

EAT - adjectives  (also see EATING)
• TARLOCH squeamish as to food; reluctant to eat ...Bk1905 Sc.
eat - nouns 
• AIR PUDDING AND WIND SAUCE nothing to eat; nothing ...1927 US sl.
• AIR PUDDING nothing to eat; nothing ...1862 US sl.
eat - verbs 
• ABSORB to eat or drink ...1874 Amer. sl.
• ARSE to eat something greedily; to consume something quickly ...1996 Sc. sl.
• BAG OUT to dine away from home ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTEN to feed gluttonously on; to glut oneself; to gloat or revel in ...1602
• BE AT RAP-CHAFTS to have nothing to eat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BELLOCK to eat greedily, to devour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY to eat or drink voraciously; to cram with food ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BELLY-CHEER † to feast luxuriously, revel; to indulge in food and drink ...1549
• BESLABBER to eat slovenly; to besmear in eating or drinking ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BESLOBBER to eat in a slovenly manner; to render wet or dirty by spilling food on the clothes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIMP OUT to overeat ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLITZ THE COLD STORAGE PLANT to raid the refrigerator ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• BOG IN to eat voraciously ...Aust. sl.
• BRAN UP to eat ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BROSIER to eat the supply of food at a meal, as an expression of dissatisfaction with the fare provided ...1888 Eton College usage
• BROZIER to eat the supply of food at a meal, as an expression of dissatisfaction with the fare provided ...1888 Eton College usage
• BROZIER-MY-DAME to eat the supply of food at a meal, as an expression of dissatisfaction with the fare provided ...1850 Eton College usage
• BUEL to eat voraciously (body and fuel) ...1980s US college sl.
• BUILD to prepare something to eat or drink ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BUST A GRUB to eat a meal ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CADDLE of one who is not very hungry: to stir or mix food into a mess ...1914 Sc.
• CADGE to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL ONE'S FOOD to eat noisily ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHANK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1895 Amer. dial.
• CHAUNK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CHAWNK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ON ALL ONE'S TEETH to eat hurriedly ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHEW WET to chew succulent vegetables, or other food, with the mouth open so that a clacking sound escapes ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CHONK to eat noisily, to chew loudly ...1844 Amer. dial.
• CHOW-CHOW to eat ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• CHOW DOWN to eat ...Bk1995 US sl.
• CHUCK to eat voraciously ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DAB to eat ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIG IN to begin to eat or drink heartily ...1912 sl.
• DIVE FOR A DINNER to eat in a cellar ...L18 sl.
• DIVE FOR A MEAL to eat in a cellar ...L18 sl.
• DOG to eat something; to eat something as a dog eats ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOWN to pass food at a mess table ...1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT A MELDER to eat too much ...Bk1905 Ireland
• EAT A PECK OF SALT WITH ANYONE to share many meals with anyone ...1737 Sc.
• EAT HIGH OFF THE HOG to eat expensive foods ...Bk1995 US sl.
• EAT ILL † to be badly fed ...1677
• EAT LIKE A HORSE to eat ravenously ...1707 sl.
• EAT ONESELF DONE to finish one's food ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FALL TO FOOD † to begin eating it ...a1400
• FAMBLE to eat without an appetite ...1877 Eng. dial.
• FANG to eat ...1910s Aust. sl.
• FANG AWAY to devour food eagerly and quickly, to snatch at one's food ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANG DOWN to eat ...1996 Aust. sl.
• FANG IN to eat greedily and in great gulps ...1950 Sc.
• FARCE † to cram the stomach, oneself, etc. with food; also, to fill out what is lean or shrunken ...1375
• FARCINATE † to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food ...1634
• FEED ONE'S FACE to eat greedily ...1894 Amer. sl.
• FIGHT ONE'S FACE to eat voraciously ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FILL ONE'S FACE to eat greedily ...1936 Amer. sl.
• FILL ONE'S INNARDS to eat ...1870 sl.
• FILL ONE'S SHIRT to eat heartily ...1923 Amer. dial.
• FOUNDER to overeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FRESS to eat greedily or to excess; to snack ...1968 US sl.
• GABS DOWN to eat ravenously, to wolf down ...1950 Sc.
• GAFS to eat ravenously, to swallow rapidly, to wolf down, as of a dog ...1929 Sc.
• GAMF to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMMUL to gobble up, to eat ravenously ...1825 Sc.
• GAMP to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMPH to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GANSH to eat quickly or a lot ...1925 Sc.
• GARBAGE DOWN to eat quickly ...1959 US sl.
• GARBAGE UP to eat ...1955 US sl.
• GAUMP † to eat or drink greedily; to devour hurriedly; to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GET OUTSIDE (OF) to eat ...1886 sl.
• GLOM to devour greedily ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GLUP to drink or eat too fast ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOFFLE to eat fast or greedily; to gobble ...1839 Eng. dial.
• GOLLOP to gulp; to swallow greedily; to eat hurriedly and with great gusto ...1834 Amer. dial. & sl.
• GORP to eat greedily ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOUGE to gobble, to gorge oneself, to eat greedily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRAZE 1. to eat ...S. Afr. colloq.
2. to eat snacks throughout the day rather than formal meals ...colloq.
• GREASE to eat, esp. voraciously ...1970 US Black sl.
• GREASE ONE'S CHOPS to eat, esp. to eat very greasy food ...1920s US Black sl.
• GREASE ONE'S GILLS to make a good or luxurious meal; to have a good feed; to eat heartily ...Bk1860 sl.
• GRUB to eat ...c1720 sl.
• GRUB DOWN to eat a meal ...1978 Amer. sl.
• GRUB IT to eat ...19C sl.
• GRUB OUT to eat a meal ...1954 Amer. sl.
• GRUB UP to eat a meal ...1970 Amer. sl.
• GRUNT to eat ...1968 US sl.
• GUMMEL, GUMMUL to gobble up, to eat ravenously ...1825 Sc.
• GURGLE (DOWN) to eat noisily; to drink, to guzzle ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GURMANDER †* to eat greedily or gluttonously ...1570
• GUT to cram the guts; to eat greedily, to gormandize, to eat like a glutton ...c1616
• GUTS to eat greedily; to gormandize ...1903 colloq.
• GUTS UP to eat, to overeat ...c1840 Aust. sl.
• GUTTER to eat greedily
• GUTTLE to eat voraciously; to gormandize ...1654
• GUZZLE to eat voraciously ...17C sl.
• HAG RICE to do anything speedily, to make a swift clearance of anything, as food at the table ...1871 Eng. dial.
• HAMSH to eat noisily and hastily or in a voracious manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANCH to eat greedily or voraciously as a dog or pig does ...1824 Sc.
• HAWCH to eat badly; to make a loud noise with the lips or mouth in ea ting ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAZE to eat greedily and ravenously ...1884 Eng. dial.
• HOE IN to begin to eat or drink heartily ...1935 sl.
• HOE INTO to begin to eat or drink heartily ...1935 sl.
• JAFFSE to make a noise with the jaws in eating ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JUG UP to eat ...1992 US sl.
• KEDGE to stuff; to fill, esp. to fill oneself with food ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEEP QUALITY HOURS to dine late ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KEMP to eat hurriedly ...1898 Sc.
• KILL to finish consuming something ...1995 US sl.
• KNOCK BACK to eat, to drink, esp. to finish off one's drink ...20C sl.
• KNOSH to eat, esp. to snack; to eat between meals ...1930s sl.
• LARD UP to eat heartily; to gain weight ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LAY IN to eat vigorously ...c1800 Brit. colloq.
• LIGURATE † to feed daintily ...1623
• LINE ONE'S JACKET † to eat or drink; to fill one's stomach; to stuff oneself ...1611
• LIVE LIKE OLD PAMP to have a well-supplied table ...1893 Eng. dial.
• LURCATE † to eat ravenously ...1623
• MAC(K) to eat heartily; rarely, to drink heartily ...1971 Amer. students' sl.
• MACK DOWN to eat heartily; rarely, to drink heartily ...1971 Amer. students' sl.
• MAC ON to eat ...1980s US campus sl.
• MAC OUT to overeat; to gorge oneself, esp. on junk food ...1982 US teen sl.
• MAKE to eat a meal ...1542
• MAKE A PIG OF ONESELF to eat gluttonously ...1942 sl.
• MAKE LONG ARMS to help oneself at table ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MAMBLE to eat lazily  ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• MAMMY † to eat slowly with little appetite ...c1730 Eng. dial.
• MANCH to chew; to eat; to munch ...1829 Eng. dial.
• MANDUCATE to chew, to eat ...1623
• MANGE † to eat ...1362
• MANGER †* to eat ...1613
• MAPSE to make a smacking noise with the lips when eating or talking ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MAST † to feed oneself gluttonously ...a1560
• MAUNGE † to munch, to chew, to masticate; to eat greedily ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAW to eat, to devour ...1862 Eng. dial.
• MEAL to provide food for; to feed; to eat a meal; to take regular meals, as at a boarding house ...1630
• MEISLE to eat little and slowly; to crumble up in eating ...1824 Sc.
• MEISLEN to eat little and very slowly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MESS to trifle with food ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS AND MELL to partake of food together; to associate with ...1822 Sc.
• MIMP to speak or act in an affected or mincing manner; to toy or play with one's food in an affected manner ...1861 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINCE to eat sparingly, daintily, or without appetite; to eat something in such a way ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MIPE to be fastidious or dainty in eating; to have no appetite for food ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• MIPUS to be fastidious or dainty in eating; to have no appetite for food ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• MONGEE to eat ...1930 Amer. hobo usage
• MONOPHAGIZE to eat alone ...1854
• MOW to eat with gusto and stamina; to gorge oneself ...1980s US sl.
• MOW ON to eat heartily, to gorge oneself ...1980s US campus sl.
• MUG UP to eat a large meal; to snack; to have a hot drink ...1897 sl., chiefly Can. & nautical
• MUMBLE (ALONG) to eat by chewing with the gums ...1847 Amer. dial.
• MUMP to eat ...L18 sl.
• MUNCH OUT to eat voraciously, esp. as a result of smoking cannabis ...1970s sl., orig. US college usage
• NAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1923 Sc.
• NASH to eat, esp. to snack; to eat between meals ...1930s sl.
• NOSH orig. to nibble a snack, delicacy, etc.; later, to eat, to have a meal ...1892 colloq.
• NOT TO PUT NOTHING IN ONE'S HEAD to eat nothing ...Bk1884 Amer. dial.
• NYAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1922 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• NYAM-NYAM to eat ...1922 Amer. dial.
• NYIM-NYAM to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily ...1923 Sc.
• OGG † to eat a light meal; to give someone an extra meal; to feed someone well ...1866 Sc. 
• OINK OUT to be a glutton; to overeat ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OPSOPHAGIZE to eat dainties ...1854
• PACK AWAY to consume food or drink with gusto ...1972 Aust. sl.
• PAEWAE to eat without appetite, to trifle with one's food ...1923 Sc.
• PAMPER † to cram with food; to over-indulge with rich food; to feed luxuriously ...a1380
• PANG of the stomach: to cram or gorge with food; to be full or stuffed ...1768 Sc.
• PASS to have or finish a meal ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PEE-WEE to eat without appetite, to trifle with one's food ...1923 Sc.
• PERISH to consume food ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PIDDLE to eat daintily, or as one with poor appetite ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PIECE to snack; to eat between meals ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PIECE AROUND to snack; to eat between meals ...1944 Amer. dial.
• PIG to eat or help oneself to food, esp. greedily ...1897 colloq.
• PIG OUT to overindulge in eating or drinking ...1978 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• POLISH OFF to drink or eat up completely ...1873 sl.
• PULL ONESELF OVER to eat ...L19 sl.
• PUNISH to eat or drink copiously ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUT AWAY to eat ...1878 sl.
• PUT ON to eat ...1930s sl.
• PUT ONE'S NAME IN THE (DINNER) POT to expect someone to share a meal; to indicate that one expects to share a meal ...1883 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON THE BAG to dine ...1924 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE FEED BAG to eat a meal ...1987 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON THE NOSE-BAG to eat ...1874 jocular
• PUT OUT OF SIGHT to eat ...c1870 colloq.
• QUAT † to load, sate, glut the stomach ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
• RAGS to eat in a slovenly fashion ...1929 Sc.
• RAM to stuff or cram with food or drink ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAM JAM to stuff with food ...L19 sl.
• RAMP † to eat greedily or noisily ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMSH to eat voraciously and noisily; to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RAMUL UP to eat greedily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• RAUN to eat greedily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAUNCH to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw; to tear up ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUNGE to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAWN to eat greedily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• READ ONE'S PLATE to eat in silence ...20C US sl.
• RUNSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth ...1825 Sc.
• SCAFF to eat or drink greedily ...1823 Sc.
• SCARF to eat, esp. voraciously ...1955 Amer.
• SCARF DOWN to eat, esp. voraciously ...1955 Amer.
• SCARF UP to eat, esp. voraciously ...1955 Amer.
• SCOFF to eat noisily and greedily; to swallow food or drink quickly; to devour; to gulp down, to toss off ...1826
• SCOGGEL to eat voraciously; to gulp down ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCONCE ONE'S DIET to eat less, to diet ...19C sl.
• SCOOB to eat, esp. snacks ...1980s US college sl.
• SCRAM of food: to stuff, to cram ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAN to eat ...1990s sl.
• SCRANCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRANNEL to eat greedily; to swallow up ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAUNCH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRONCH to crush; to crunch; to grind between the teeth; hence, to eat ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SHIFT to eat or drink ...1896 sl.
• SKRANSH to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SLUG to eat greedily ...Bk1867 Ireland
• SLUMMOCK to eat up greedily ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SMOUSE to feast, to eat up, consume, as a delicacy ...1775
• SNACK to eat small amounts between or instead of meals ...1807 sl.
• SNARF to eat quickly and rudely ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SNARF DOWN to eat; to gobble ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SNARF UP to eat; to gobble ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SPOON to eat together ...1970s US college sl.
• STACK AWAY to eat or drink heartily ...1960 Aust. sl.
• STODGE to stuff (oneself or another) with food
• STUFF ONESELF to eat to repletion ...1585 sl.
• STUFF ONE'S FACE to eat, esp. excessively or impolitely ...1939 sl.
• TACKLE to attack food, to begin to eat ...1889
• TAILGATE vb. to eat and drink clustered in a parking lot before a sports event ...1995 US sl.
• TAIVER to eat sparingly and without appetite; to toy with one's food; to be fastidious about eating ...1929 Sc.
• TAKE AWAY to partake of food ...1871 Eng. dial. 
• TAKE BITE AND SUP to partake of food ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE WRINKLES OUT OF ONE'S BELLY to assuage one's hunger ...L18 sl.
• TANK to satisfy one's appetite; to fill up with food ...1970s sl.
• TANK UP to satisfy one's appetite; to fill up with food ...1970s sl.
• TEAR to eat voraciously ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TELLE to eat hastily ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THORN † to eat heartily; to satisfy one's appetite ...1808 Sc.
• THROPPLE UP † to devour in eating; to gobble up ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUFF to eat to excess ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRE to feed greedily upon ...1598 arch.
• TUCK AWAY to eat ...1861 sl.
• TUCK IN to being to eat or drink heartily ...1810 sl.
• TUCK INTO to being to eat or drink heartily ...1810 sl.
• VICTUAL to eat ...1914 Amer. dial.
• VICTUAL THE GARRISON to help oneself immoderately to food at table ...1916 Amer. dial.
• VITTLE to eat ...1885 Amer. dial.
• VOUR † to devour, to eat ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAD to stuff with food; to gorge ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALK INTO to eat or drink heartily of ...1837
• WRAP YOUR LAUGHING GEAR AROUND to eat ...1962 Aust. sl.
• WRAP YOURSELF AROUND to eat or consume something ...1965 sl.
• WRESTLE THE CHUCK to dine ...M19 US sl.
• WRESTLE THE HASH to dine ...M19 US sl.
• YAFFLE to eat or drink hurriedly or greedily  ...1788 UK sl.
• YAM to eat greedily and with noise; to chew ...1791 Eng. dial.
• YOFFLE to eat, esp. to eat or drink greedily and with noise ...1821 Eng. dial.
• YUFFLE to eat, esp. to eat or drink greedily and with noise ...1821 Eng. dial.
eat - phrases
• HOLLOW LEG a characteristic ascribed to anyone who is able to eat or drink in great quantities ...1992 US sl.

EATABLE - adjectives (also see EDIBLE)
• MANDUCABLE †* capable of being manducated or chewed or eaten; eatable ...1614
 
EATEN - adjectives
• ADESED † all eaten up ...1626
• FULL AS A PUGGY having eaten too much ...1985 Sc. sl.
• FULL AS A TICK, AS completely full, as with food ...1678 Eng. dial.
• FULL TO THE THROPPLE having eaten as much as one can ...1808 Eng. dial.
• FULL TO THE THROPPLE END having eaten as much as one can ...1808 Eng. dial.
• MANDIBLE †* capable of being chewed or eaten ...1656
• MANDUCABLE †* capable of being manducated or chewed or eaten; eatable ...1614
• YETE † eaten ...c1000
• YETEN † eaten ...c1000
 
EATER - person (also see GLUTTON)
• ABRODIETICAL †* a person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes; a delicate person, a dainty eater  ...1623
​• ACCUMBENT 1. †* a person at the table; a diner ...1630
2. one who reclines at table according to the ancient manner ...1656 
• BAD SWALLY a fast eater ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• BELDER-KITE a person who has eaten or drunk too much ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLIKIN an immoderate eater or drinker ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-KITE one who eats unwholesome things ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY-PAUNCH † a great eater, a glutton ...1570
• BELLY-SLAVE † one devoted to eating and drinking; one who is a slave to his appetite; a glutton...1562
• BIG FORK FROM NEW YORK a heavy eater ...Bk1945 jive usage
• BIRD-EATER a person who eats little or is finicky about food ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BOLTER one who swallows food hastily or whole ...1825
• CHOMPER a noisy eater ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CHOW HOUND a big eater ...Bk1942 US sl.
• CHOW LIZARD one who eats a lot ...1954 Amer. sl.
• CONVIVE one who feasts with others; a table companion ...1651
• DANDO a great eater, a glutton; one who frequents hotels, eating-houses, etc., satisfies his appetite, and leaves without paying ...c1840 colloq.
• DEIPNOSOPHIST a master of the art of dining ...1656
• DUSTBIN a greedy and indiscriminate eater ...1959 sl.
• EARTH-EATER one who eats earth ...1852
• EATNELL † a greedy eater ...1611
• EATRESS a woman who eats ...1834
• FANG MAN a man who is a hearty eater ...1982 Aust. sl.
• FEEDER one who eats, usually prodigious amounts ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GABIATOR a gormandizer, one who takes great pleasure in eating and drinking ...1831 Sc.
• GANNET orig. a greedy seaman; a greedy person; esp. a greedy seaman; a glutton; a heavy eater ...1929 sl., orig. naval 
• GARBAGE-GUTS a greedy person; a person who eats often, one who eats leftovers; a glutton  ...1973 Aust. & NZ sl.
• GARBAGE HOUND a voracious eater who enjoys even prison food ...1962 US prison sl.
• GARGANTUA a person with an insatiable appetite ...Bk1922
• GASTRONOMER a judge of good eating, an epicure ...1820
• GASTROPHILE * one who loves his stomach, or good eating; one who loves good food ...1820
• GASTROSOPHER one who is skilled in matters of eating ...1894
• GILRAVAGER one who eats or drinks to excess; one who indulges in noisy or drunken merrymaking or feasting .1817 Sc.
• GLOBBER †* a person who drinks or eats gluttonously; a glutton ...c1400
• GLUBBER † a glutton, a gormandizer; one who eats or drinks gluttonously ...c1400
• GLUTTON one who eats to excess or who takes pleasure in immoderate eating; a gormandizer ... c1225
• GOOD PECKER a good eater ...c1860 sl.
• GREASER one who eats, esp. voraciously ...1972 US Black sl.
• GREEDYGUT a glutton, a voracious eater ...1550
• GREEDYGUTS a glutton, a voracious eater ...1579
• GROAK a child who waits about at meal-times in the expectation of getting something to eat ...1892 Sc. & Irish
• GRUBBER an eater ...c1860 sl.
• GUT-BUCKET (derogatory) a fat or greedy person; someone who eats or drinks too much ...1991 colloq.
• GUT-HEAD one who is stupefied by an excess of food ...E17 sl.
• GUTLING † a great or greedy eater; a glutton ...1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GUTTLER a greedy or gluttonous eater; a glutton; a gormandizer ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GUZZLER a voracious eater ...L18 sl.
• HARD KEEPER an animal or person requiring a lot of food or care to maintain good condition; a heavy eater ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HARRYGAUD a great eater ...Bk1867 Eng. dial.
• HASH-HOUND a person notably keen on their food; a glutton ...1915 US sl.
• HAWCH-A-MOUTH one who makes much noise in eating ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTH one who makes much noise in eating ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY GRUBBER † a hearty eater; a glutton ...1858 colloq.
• HECKLER a good eater; one with a good appetite ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HIPPOPHAGIST an eater of horse-flesh ...1854
• KEDGE a glutton; a person who eats greedily ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MAMMOCK a poor eater; one who is dainty in eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINCER one who eats sparingly or daintily; one who lacks an appetite ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIPLIN one who eats daintily ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
• MOMMACK, MOMMICK, MOMMICKS a poor eater; one who is dainty in eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONOPHAGIAN † one who eats alone, or who eats only one kind of food ...1625
• MONOPHAGUE † one who eats alone, or who eats only one kind of food ...1625
• MOUTH a person viewed as a consumer of food ...a1553
• MUMMOCK a poor eater; one who is dainty in eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a great eater of mutton; a butcher, a seller of mutton ...1649 sl.
• NOSHER 1. an eater ...1957 UK sl.
2. one who snacks or eats between meals ...1960s sl.
• OMNIVORE a person or animal that eats all kinds of food ...1890
• OPSOPHAGIST an eater of dainties ...1854
• PANTOPHAGIST a man or animal that devours things of all kinds; an omnivorous eater ...1822
• PELICAN a big eater ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
• PIG one who overeats ...1942 sl.
• PORKER one who eats like a pig ...Bk1995 US sl.
• SAMMY VICK one who overeats ...c1928 Amer. sl. 
• SHAGPOKE GUT a great capacity for food; a tremendous eater, a voracious person ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHITEPOKE GUT a great capacity for food; a tremendous eater, a voracious person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• STRETCH-GUT an over-eater ...1673-8
• SWORD-SWALLOWER a person who eats off his or her knife ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TANK an eater ...1930 US sl.
• VACUUM a hearty eater ...Bk1989 US campus sl.
• WOOFER a ravenous eater ...1935 sl. 
• YAFFLER an eater ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARKER an eager eater; a greedy person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
EATING - adjectives
• ABRODIETICAL †* over-refined or self-indulgent, esp. in regard to diet; feeding or eating daintily; delicate, fastidious, finicky ...1625
​• CRAPULOUS characterized by excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched; drunk; given to gluttony ...1536
• CREOPHAGOUS flesh-eating, carnivorous ...1881
• EDACIOUS devoted to eating; voracious; ravenous, greedy ...1829
• EDIBILATORY pertaining to eating or edibles ...1828
• FAMBLING eating without appetite ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FULL UP TO PUSSY'S BOW to have eaten one's fill ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• GALLINIVOROUS feeding on fowls or poultry ...1862 nonce word
• GALSOCH fond of good eating ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GASTROLOGICAL pert. to good eating ...1851
• GASTRONOMIC pert. to good eating ...1828
• GASTRONOMICAL pert. to good eating ...1809
• GASTRONOMOUS * devoted to good eating ...1828
• GASTROPHILITE * fond of good eating ...1835
• NAUGHT bad in condition or quality; not good for eating or drinking ...1588
• OMNIVORANT devouring or eating all kinds of food ...1852
• OMNIVOROUS devouring or eating all kinds of food ...1656
• OPHIOPHAGOUS eating or feeding upon serpents ...1650
• PAMPHAGOUS * eating both animal and vegetable foods; omnivorous ...1702
• PANTOPHAGIC eating all kinds of food, omnivorous ...1850
• PANTOPHAGOUS eating all kinds of food, omnivorous ...1848
• SAPROPHAGOUS living on decomposing matter ...1819
• SARCOPHAGAL * eating flesh ...1614
• SARCOPHAGOUS * eating flesh ...1755
• SAUROPHAGOUS eating lizards and other reptiles ...Bk1914
• SITOPHOBIC having a morbid aversion to food or eating ...1891
• TAMMACHLESS † of a child: not eating with appetite ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VEGETIVOROUS feeding on vegetables or plants ...1859
• VENISONIVOROUS given to eating venison ...c1831 nonce word
eating - nouns
• BELLY-CHEER † a feasting, gluttony, luxurious eating ...1549
• COMESSATION † eating together ...1648
• EATING-ROOM a room appropriated for eating; a dining-room ...1613 arch.
• EDACITY capacity for eating; good appetite ...1626 now chiefly humorous
• FANG eating ...1957 Aust. sl.
• FEED a period of active eating ...1846 Amer. dial.
• FOOD COMA the drowsiness often experienced after eating too much ...1987 US sl.
• GASTROLOGY the science of cooking for the stomach; hence, cookery, good eating ...1810
• GASTRONOMY the art and science of delicate eating ...1814
• GASTROPHILISM love of good eating ...1814
• GASTROSOPHY science of good eating ...1824
• GUZZLE the eating of a meal ...M19 sl.
• GUZZLE-AND-GRAB eating and drinking, with an emphasis on fast, low-brow food and alcohol ...1951 US sl.
• JAPANESE KNIFE-TRICK eating with one's knife ...Bk1896 sl.
• LAMMING LOAD a large amount of food taken into the body through gluttony ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LURCATION † a greedy eating or gluttonous devouring ...1661
• MANDUCATION the act of eating ...1551
• MANGERY † banqueting, luxurious eating ...a1470
• NOSH a meal; a period of eating; meal time ...1964 UK sl.
• NOSH UP a meal; a period of eating; meal time ...1964 UK sl.
• OMNIVORACITY a devouring or eating all kinds of food ...1889
• OMNIVOROSITY a devouring or eating all kinds of food ...1896
• OMNIVOROUSNESS a devouring or eating all kinds of foods ...1727
• ONERATION †* loading or filling the stomach, taking of food ...1651
• OPSOPHAGY the eating of dainties, esp. of fish ...1854
• PANTOPHAGY the eating of all sorts of food ...1841
• PIG-OUT a bout of eating a large amount of food ...1979 colloq., orig. US
• SARCOPHAGY * the practice of eating flesh ...1650
• SITIOPHOBIA a morbid repugnance or aversion to food or eating ...1887
• SITOPHOBIA a morbid repugnance or aversion to food or  eating ...1882
• TACHYPHAGIA food grabbing or fast eating ...Bk1994
• TAKE-AWAY a capacity for eating; an appetite ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VICTITATION †* the taking of food or nourishment ...1597
• XEROFAGY n. the eating of dry food, esp. as a form of fasting practised in the early church ...1671
• XEROPHAGY the eating of dry food, esp. as a form of fasting practised in the early church ...1656
• YAM the noise made in eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
eating - person (also see EATER)
• GASTROLOGER an epicure, a judge of good eating ...1820
• GASTROLOGIST an epicure, a judge of good eating ...1822
• GASTRONOMIST a judge of good eating, an epicure ...1825
• GASTROPHILIST one who loves good eating ...1814
• GASTROSOPH one who is skilled in matters of eating ...1855
• GASTROSOPHER one who is skilled in matters of eating ...1855
eating - verbs
• TETHER BY THE TOOTH to attract by good feeding, to detain by eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
eating - phrases 
• ALL GOES DOWN GUTTER LANE he spends all his money on his stomach ...18C obs.
• CALVES' HEADS ARE BEST HOT a sarcastic apology for one sitting down to eat with his hat on ...Bk1891 sl.
• HAVE EYES BIGGER THAN ONE'S STOMACH said of one who undertakes to eat beyond his capacity ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAVE HOLLOW LEGS to be able to consume large amounts of food without apparently putting on any weight ...L19 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S BACK TEETH UNDERGROUND to have eaten plenty ...B1912 Eng. sl. 
• LET OUT A REEF to unfasten a button after a meal ...Bk1903 sl.
• NO CARRION WILL EAT A CROW applied to gross eaters, tough persons ...17C colloq.
 
EATING ESTABLISHMENT - adjectives (also see COOK and KITCHEN)
• EATING IN HELL dining at Taco Bell ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FARSIGHTED of a restaurant waiter or waitress: intentionally ignoring a customer signalling for service ...1995 US sl.
• ON of a food dish: on the menu ...1949 UK sl.
eating establishment - nouns
• ACE a table for one; also, a single customer ...1961 Amer. restaurant usage
• ACTOR'S REACH a seemingly sincere effort to pay for your meal when eating in a group at a restaurant, masking a secret hope that someone else will pay ...1999 US sl.
• AFTER-HOURS an after-hours bar, club, or restaurant ...1950s US sl.
• AMATEUR NIGHT a night when the tips left by a restaurant's customers are low ...1995 US sl.
• BEANERY a cheap restaurant ...1888 Amer. dial.
• BK LOUNGE a Burger King™ fast food restaurant ...1985 US sl.
• BLUE GOOSE a cheap or shabby restaurant, bar, or other public establishment ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOWSER BAG a paper bag provided by a restaurant for patrons who want to take uneaten portions home, as for feeding to a pet dog ...1965 Amer. sl.
• CAF, CAFF, KAYF a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.
• CAFFY a corruption of café, usually a cheap and cheerful one ...1920s sl.• CANCER WARD the smoking section of an eating establishment ...Bk1998 sl.
• CARNISH-KEN a thieves' eating house ...Bk1891 thieves' sl.
• CAT'S MEAT SHOP a restaurant ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CHAT 'N' CHEW a restaurant, a café ...1940s sl., orig. US Black usage
• CHEW AND SPEW a cheap cafe ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• CHILI JOINT a small, cheap restaurant, esp. one that serves poor quality food ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHILI STAND a small, cheap restaurant, esp. one that serves poor quality food ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHINKEY, CHINKIE, CHINKY 1. a Chinese restaurant ...1985 sl.
2. a meal in or from a Chinese restaurant ...1985 sl.
• CHOKE AND CHEW a roadside restaurant ...1976 US sl.
• CHOKE AND PUKE a restaurant with bad food at low prices ...1988 US sl.
• CLIP JOINT a place, such as a nightclub or restaurant, in which customers are overcharged sl.
• DAMPER a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant ...1886 UK society sl.
• DIRTY DISHRAG a small eating place where the food is not especially good ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DIRTY SPOON a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DONKO a tearoom or cafeteria in a factory, wharf area, etc. ...NZ colloq.
• EAT-'EM-UP a roadside restaurant ...1976 US CB usage
• EATER a café, a restaurant ...1990s sl.
• EATERIE a restaurant ...20C sl., orig. US
• EATERY a restaurant ...1901 sl., orig. US
• EAT-HOUSE a café or restaurant ...2000s US sl.
• EATING JOINT a small, inferior restaurant ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EAT JOINT a restaurant, a café ...1920s US sl.
• EATS JOINT a small, inferior restaurant ...1942 Amer. dial.
• EATUM-UP STOP a roadside restaurant or truckstop ...1976 US sl.
• EIGHTY-SIX in a restaurant and bars: used to denote that the supply of an item has run out, or that a customer is not to be served ...1936 US sl.
• FEED BAG a place where one can get a meal ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FEED-JOINT a place where one can get a meal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• FEED-STATION a place where one can get a meal ...1910 Amer. dial.
• FISH CAMP orig. a place where one could go fishing; later, a roadhouse or restaurant specializing in fish and seafood dishes ...1980 Amer. dial.
• FOUR-TOPPER a restaurant table that will seat four people ...Bk2006 US restaurant sl.
• GAFF a restaurant ...1930s sl.
• GRAB-AND-GALLOP LUNCH-COUNTER a diner, a lunch counter ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-IT-AND-GROWL a diner, a lunch counter ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GREASE JOINT a cheap or inferior restaurant ...1910s US sl.
• GREASE PIT a cheap restaurant ...1960s sl.
• GREASE POT a small eating place where the food is not especially good ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GREASY a small eating place where the good is not especially good ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY BUCKET a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY HOUSE a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY JOE a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY KITCHEN a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY RAG a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY SKILLET a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY SPOON a small, cheap, and often unsanitary restaurant, usually specializing in fried foods ...1918 sl., orig. US
• GREASY THUMB a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GREASY VEST a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRUBBERY an eating-house ...c1820 sl.
• GRUBBING-CRIB an eating-house ...c1830 sl.
• GRUBBING-KEN an eating-house ...c1830 sl.
• GRUBBY-KEN a low eating-house ...c1820 cant
• GRUB-CRIB an eating-house ...c1840 sl.
• GRUB-SHOP an eating-house ...c1840 sl.
• HASH HOUSE a cheap eating house ...chiefly N. Amer. colloq.
• HASH-JOINT a cheap eating place, boarding house, etc. ...1895 US sl.
• HIDEAWAY a small quiet restaurant, etc.; a secluded place of entertainment ...E20
• HOLE IN THE WALL a restaurant ...1920s sl.
• JOINT 1. a dirty, cheap, or disreputable place of public accommodation or entertainment, esp. a restaurant or night  club ...sl.
2. a place or establishment, as a hotel, restaurant. etc. ...sl.
• MACCAS a McDonald's™ restaurant ...1995 Aust. sl.
• MEAT-HOUSE a house where a liberal allowance of good food is given ...1886 Eng. dial.
• MEAT RACK a restaurant, bar, or other public place where people gather in search of sexual partners ...1962 US sl.
• MICKEY D'S McDonald's fast-food restaurant ...Bk1990 Amer. teen and college sl.
• MUNCHING HOUSE a cheap restaurant or café ...1910s sl.
• NOSEBAG a take-away restaurant; a chip shop ...1981 UK sl.
• NOSH a restaurant; a snack bar ...1917 chiefly UK usage
• NOSH BAR a restaurant; a snack bar ...1951 chiefly UK usage
• NOSHERY a place to eat; an eating house, restaurant, or cafe ...1963 Brit. sl.
• NOSH-HOUSE a restaurant; a snack bar ...1969 chiefly UK usage
• ONE-ARM a fast-food café ...L19 US sl.
• ONE-ARM JOINT a cheap restaurant in which customers support their plates on a widened chair-arm ...1915 US sl.
• ONE-ARM LUNCH a fast-food café ...L19 US sl.
• ONE-ARM LUNCHROOM a fast-food café ...L19 US sl.
• ONE-ARM RESTAURANT a fast-food café ...L19 US sl.
• ORDINARY an eating-house or tavern where public meals are provided at a fixed price; a dining-room in such a building ...1590
• PACKING-HOUSE an eating house, a café ...L19 sl.
• PACKING KEN a low eating house ...1909 UK sl.
• PAD OF WET SCARF(S) a restaurant ...1940s US Black & Southern sl.
• PULL-IN a roadside café or refreshment stand at which vehicles can 'pull in' ...1938
• QUICK-AND-DIRTY a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food or poor quality; a greasy spoon ...1950 Amer. sl.
• QUICK-AND-FILTHY a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food or poor quality; a greasy spoon ...1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK-AND-GREASY a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food or poor quality; a greasy spoon ...1967 Amer. sl.
• QUICK-LUNCH a fast-food small restaurant ...1959 Can. sl.
• RED ONION a railroad eating house ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SAWDUST JOINT a down-market restaurant or bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• SAWDUST PARLOR a down-market restaurant or bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• SAWDUST PLACE a down-market restaurant or bar, or gambling saloon ...20C sl.
• SET-UP a place-setting at a restaurant ...1934 US sl.
• SPAGHETTI HOUSE a restaurant serving varieties of pasta, esp. spaghetti ...colloq.
• SPAGHETTI JOINT a restaurant serving varieties of pasta, esp. spaghetti ...US colloq.
• TACO HELL a Taco Bell™ fast-food restaurant ...1990 US sl.
• TOXIC HELL a Taco Bell™ restaurant (Mexican fast-food chain in the US) ...1993 US sl.
• TRAT(T) a trattoria ..1969 sl.
• WHITE ONION a small eating place where the food is not especially good ...1967 Amer. dial.
eating establishment - person (also see WAITER, COOK, etc.)
• ACE a single, unaccompanied customer, esp. in a restaurant ...1961 Amer. sl. 
• BOUNCER a person, usually a strong man, employed to maintain and restore order in a bar,7 restaurant, club or performance ...1883 US sl.
• CAMPERS slow-eating restaurant patrons
• CURB HOP a person who takes orders and serves food to customers seated in their cars ...1937 US sl.
• DANDO a great eater, a glutton; one who frequents hotels, eating-houses, etc., satisfies his appetite, and leaves without paying ...c1840 colloq.
• DARBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. ...1920s US sl.
• EIGHTY-SIX in a restaurant and bars: a customer to be refused service ...1936 US sl.
• GEORGE EDDIE, GEORGE EDDY a person who does not tip ...Bk1962 Amer. food dispensers' sl.
• GREASEBALL a kitchen worker in a restaurant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRUBBING-CRIB FAKER the proprietor of a low eating-house ...c1850 sl.
• HASHER a counterman ...Bk1962 Amer. food dispensers' sl.
• HASH-MAN the owner of a restaurant ...1876 US sl.
• HASH-SLINGER a restaurant waiter or waitress ...Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
• KITCHEN BIDDY a female kitchen work, as in a restaurant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KITCHENEER a kitchen manager, as in a restaurant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KITCHEN MECHANIC a kitchen worker in a restaurant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OMNIBUS a man or boy who assists a waiter at a hotel, restaurant, etc. ...1888
• PEARL DIVER someone who works as a dishwasher in a café or restaurant ...1913 sl., orig. US
• WHOOPER-DOOPER a kitchen worker in a restaurant ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
eating establishment - verbs
• CAUPONATE † to hold an eating-house; to sell liquor or victuals ...1656
• CHARLIE-BOY to work as a busboy ...1974 US sl.
• D AND D to leave a restaurant without paying your bill ...1997 US sl.
• DECORATE to pay for something a restaurant or bar ...1908 US sl.
• DINE AND DASH to leave a restaurant without paying your bill ...1997 US sl.
• TABLE-HOP to circulate among the tables at a restaurant, greeting and chatting with friends and acquaintances ...1950s sl., orig. US
• TABLESCORE to take food left on restaurant tables ...1997 US sl.
• WALK THE CHECK to walk deliberately out of a restaurant without paying the bill ...1970s US college sl.
 
EATING UTENSILS - nouns
• DIGGING TOOLS knives and forks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EATING IRON an eating utensil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EATING TOOL an eating utensil; knives, forks, etc. ...1927 US sl.
• FIGHTING TOOLS eating utensils - a knife, fork, and spoon ...World War II Amer. sl.
• IRONS eating utensils ...1905 sl., chiefly services' usage
• TOOLS eating utensils ...L19 US sl.