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ESCAPADE - nouns
• MALADVENTURE † a lawless proceeding; an escapade; an unlucky undertaking; a misadventure ...c1470
• RORT a wild party; an escapade ...1941 Aust. sl.
ESCAPE, ESCAPING - adjectives
• ON THE LAM trying to escape, running away ...1928 US sl.
escape, escaping - nouns
• BOLT-HOLE an avenue of escape ...1877
• DASH an escape from custody ...1952 US sl.
• E AND E evasion and escape ...1982 US Korean war usage
• FADE a disappearance, departure or escape ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FADEAWAY a departure or escape ...1900 Amer. sl.
• FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GALLAGHER a run; a get-away, an escape ...1925 US sl.
• GANG-BY an escape, an evasion ...1819 Sc.
• JACKRABBIT PAROLE escape from prison ...1992 US sl.
• LAM 1. an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure ...1914 US sl.
2. an escape from work or duty ...1990s sl.
• LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing ...1759 sl.
• MOPE a stealthy escape ...1926 US sl.
• NARROW SQUEAK a narrow escape ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAR-RUN THING a close shave; a narrow escape ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR SQUEAK n. a narrow escape ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIBBY-GIBBY a narrow escape; a touch and go ...1888 Eng. dial.
• OFFMANS the advanced preparation of a means of escape ...1990s UK criminals' sl.
• OUTSCAPE † escape, release from restraint, a way or opportunity to escape ...1555
• RABBIT FEVER the compulsion to attempt escapes from any form of imprisonment ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• READ AND WRITE a flight; an escape ...M19 rhyming sl.
• SCAPE an escape ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCARPER an escape; an act of running away ...L19 sl.
• SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping ...M19 sl.
• TAKE-OFF an escape ...1940s US prison sl.
• TIG AND TIE a close shave, 'touch and go', a narrow escape ...Bk1905 Sc.
escape, escaping - person
• ABSCONDER one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee ...1702
• HEEL-AND-TOE BOY one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes ...1955 sl.
• HEEL-AND-TOE MAN one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes ...1900 sl.
• HEEL-AND-TOE WALKER one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes ...1943 sl.
• MIZZLER a person who is accomplished at escape, or getting out of a difficulty ...1864 criminals' sl.
• RABBIT one who makes or who wishes to make an escape ...1928 sl.
• RABBIT BLOOD one who makes or who wishes to make an escape ...1928 sl.
escape, escaping - verbs
• ACHAPE † to escape ...1250
• AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BEAT to escape from prison ...1902 Amer. sl.
• BEFLY † to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape ...c1175
• BEGLIDE † to slip away from, to escape ...c1300
• BUNK to escape, to run off ...18C sl.
• BUST LOOSE to escape from an institution ...1920s US sl.
• COP A HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• COP A MOKE to escape ...20C criminal sl.
• COP A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison ...1920s US sl.
• COP AND HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• CRACK to break jail; to escape from prison ...1791 Amer. prison sl.
• CRACK THE QUA to break out of jail ...1807 Amer. sl.
• CREEP to escape ...1967 US sl.
• DO A BUNK to make an escape; to depart hurriedly ...c1870 sl.
• DO A DUTCH to desert, to escape, to run away ...1909 sl.
• DO A FADE-OUT to vanish, to escape, to depart; to disappear ...1910s US sl.
• DO A LAM to escape from prison ...L19 US sl.
• DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1905 Amer. sl.
• DO A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• DUFF to escape ...1963 US sl.
• ELUCTATE †* to struggle out; to escape by struggling ...a1670
• EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape ...M19 sl.
• EVITATE †* to shun, to avoid, to escape ...1588
• FAKE ONE'S SLANGS to cut off one's chains or irons to make an escape from prison ...19C sl.
• FAN to move around quickly; to run; to escape ...L19 US sl.
• FIGURE CLOSE to have a narrow escape ...1951 Amer. dial.
• FLY THE COOP to run off, to depart abruptly; to escape, to get away ...1901 US colloq.
• GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1875 US
• GIVE LEG BAIL to be beholden to one's own legs for escape, to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1759 jocular
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RASPBERRY to deride or dismiss; to escape from ...1910s sl.
• GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1883 US
• GO OVER THE WALL to escape from prison ...1935 sl.
• GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape ...1874 sl.
• GUY OFF to run away., to escape ...L19 sl.
• HAVE IT AWAY to escape from prison or impending arrest ...1950s sl.
• HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE'S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest ...1950s sl.
• HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape ...1986 US sl.
• LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly ...1886 US sl., esp. criminals' & police usage
• LAM OFF to escape, to run away ...2003 UK sl.
• LAM THE JOINT to escape from prison ...1932 US sl.
• MAKE A LAM to escape from prison ...1928 US sl.
• MAKE A LOOSE to make one's escape ...E18 sl.
• MAKE ONE to plan and effect an escape ...1970s UK prison sl.
• MAKE ONE OUT to plan and effect an escape ...1970s UK prison sl.
• MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape ...1845 Amer. dial.
• MOPE to desert or escape ...L19 sl.
• OFSCAPE † to escape ...1297
• OUTSCAPE †* to escape ...1562
• PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish ...1910s Amer. sl.
• QUEER THE QUOD to break out of jail ...L18 US criminals' sl.
• RAISE to escape, to get out of, to be released from prison ...1960s US sl.
• SAVE ONE'S BACON to have a narrow escape, to escape safely from a place or situation ...B1691 Eng. sl.
• SAVE ONE'S BEEF to escape safely from a place or situation ...L17 sl.
• SCAM to escape ...1980s US criminals' sl.
• SCAPALI to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCAPE to escape ...1813 arch. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCARP to escape; to run off ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SCARPA to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPER to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPY to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCRIP to escape ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SHOOT † to avoid, to escape ...1543 Sc.
• SHOOT THROUGH to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave ...1947 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHOW A LEG * to run off, to escape; to move at speed ...1821
• SKEDOO to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKEW † to escape, to slip away ...a1400
• SKIDADDLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIDOODLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIFT † to escape, to get away from ...c1440
• SUBTERFUGE †* to escape, to evade; to get out of ...1641
• TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one's escape ...L19 US sl.
• TAKE A FLIER 1. to escape from prison ...20C US prison sl.
2. to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A FLYER 1. to escape from prison ...20C US prison sl.
2. to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE AN IMMEDIATE DUCK to escape from prison ...1934 US prison sl.
• TAKE A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE FRENCH LEAVE to escape while on trust outside the prison walls ...1935 US prison sl.
• TAKE IT ON ONE'S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest ...1950s sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away; to escape from prison ...c1915 US prison sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR K. DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1936 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE DAN O'LEARY to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart, esp. swiftly and quietly to evade justice; to escape from prison ...c1915 US prison sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly ...1904 US sl., orig. criminals' usage
• TAKE LEG-BAIL to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1774 Sc.
• TAKE STOPPO to escape ...1956 UK sl.
• TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out ...1918 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape ...1910s sl.
• TIB to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds ...1840 school sl.
• TIBBLE to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds ...1840 school sl.
• TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape ...1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
• TURN THE CORNER OF BOLT STREET to run away; to escape ...L19 colloq.
• WADE OUT OF † to escape from ...c1386
• WAIVE † to shun, to avoid; to elude, to escape, to dodge a blow ...1303
• WALK 1. to escape legal custody as a result of being released from suspicion or from a charge ...1958 US sl.
2. to escape unpunished ...1979 US sl.
ESCAPED - adjectives
• DEVITABLE † easy to be shunned, avoided, or escaped ...1727
• NIBBY-GIBBY narrowly escaped or missed ...1854 Eng. dial.
escaped - person
• TAKE-OFF ARTIST an escaped prisoner ...1996 UK sl.
ESCORT - person
• CABALLERO a woman's escort or admirer ...US
• HANDBAG a male escort ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
ESCHEW - verbs
• SCREED to shun, to eschew, to avoid ...1851 Eng. dial.
ESCORT - person
• CABALLERO a woman's escort or admirer ...20C US
• HANDBAG a woman's male escort ...1967 Aust. sl.
escort, verbs
• BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CARRY to escort, to accompany ...1861 Amer. dial.
• RESKORT to escort ...Bk1904 Ireland
• SCORCH to escort ...1934 Amer. dial.
ESKIMO - person
• ESKY (derogatory) an Inuit; an Eskimo person; an Eskimo dog ...1910s US sl.
• YACK an Eskimo ...1866 Sc.
• YACKIE an Eskimo ...1866 Sc.
ESPECIALLY - adverbs
• EAGER especially ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOST-WISE especially, most of all ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NAMELY † particularly, especially, above all; usually with preceding 'and' ...c1175
• PARTICULAR especially, very, very much ...M19 sl.
• SUNDERLEPES † especially, particularly ...c1175
ESPIONAGE - nouns
• DEAD DROP in espionage or a sophisticated criminal venture: a location where a message can be left by one party and retrieved by another ...1986 US sl.
ESSENCE - adjectives
• QUIDDITATIVE † pert. to the essence of a thing ...1650
essence - nouns
• DAYLIGHTS the insides; the essence ...M19 sl.
• FUNK anything basic, elemental, earthy; the essence of being ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter ...1663 UK
• OMNI-ESSENCE universal essence or being ...1624
• QUIDDITY the real nature or essence of a thing; that which makes a thing what it is ...1569
essence - verbs
• QUINTESSENTIATE * to extract the quintessence of ...1606
ESSENTIAL - adjectives
• GUT basic; essential; most immediate ...1964 Amer. sl.
• MUST-HAVE essential, mandatory; usually used in the context of material objects ...1990s sl.
• SINE QUA NON indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential ...1615
essential - nouns
• GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter ...1663 UK
• IMPLEMENT †* something necessary to make a thing complete; an essential or important constituent part ...1632
• MAIN OF ALL, THE † the important or essential point ...1595
• MARROW the centre, the essential part, the best of anything; the main point, or the full meaning ...1863 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• PITH AND MARROW the essential or important part ...1635
• TONGUE OF THE TRUMP n. the most important person or thing; the principal person in any undertaking; the leader; that which is essential to the success of anything ...1820 Sc.
essential - verbs
• THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless
ESTABLISH - verbs
• EDIFY † to build up, to establish, to organize a system, institution, or law, a moral quality, etc.; to establish or strengthen a person ...a1340
• FASTEN † to make firm or stable; to establish, to settle, to confirm ...a1175
• ONSTELL †* to institute, to establish, to impose ...971
• ORDINATE † to institute, to establish, to predestine ...1610 rare or obs.
• RAMPIRE †* to fix or establish firmly ...1555
• STATUMINATE † to support; to establish ...a1628 obs.
• TO-ESTABLISH † to establish perfectly or entirely ...a1562
ESTABLISHED - adjectives
• BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested ...1930s US Black sl.
• RADICATE † rooted, deep-seated, firmly established ...1656
established - verbs
• RADICATE † to take root, to become established ...1656
ESTATE - adjectives
• LATIFUNDIAN possessing large estates ...a1734
estate - nouns
• LATIFUNDIA large estates ...1630
• MANOR † a mansion, habitation; a country residence; the principal house of an estate ...c1290
estate - person
• FACTOR † one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate - the manager of a landed estate who collects the rents, lets the lands, etc. - a bailiff - a land-agent or land-steward ...1561 obs. exc. Sc.
estate - verbs
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
ESTEEM - nouns
• ACE the best one; a thing which is held in high esteem; something of merit ...1840 Amer. sl.
• DAINTY † estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love ...a1225
• EYE-SERVICE †* respect or esteem shown through admiring looks ...1869
• VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect ...1929 Sc.
esteem - person
• ACE a person held in high esteem ...M19 sl., orig. US
• VALUER one who esteems ...1638
esteem - verbs
• ACE to hold in high esteem ...1990s US sl.
• MAGNIPEND † to hold something in very high esteem ...1623
• RATE to be highly esteemed ...20C Amer. sl.
• STAND ACE (WITH) to be held in the highest esteem with someone ...L19 US sl.
• THINK MICKLE OF to esteem, to think well of ...1856 Sc.
ESTEEMED - adjectives
• ACE high in esteem ...1903 Amer. sl.
• ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...L19 US sl.
• ACES esteemed, well respected , favoured ,,,20C US sl.
• ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...1885 US sl.
• ACES UP esteemed, well respected , favoured ...20C US sl.
• BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value ...1958 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• DEARWORTH of persons: dearly esteemed, worthy of being loved, dear, beloved ...a1225
• DEARWORTHY † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved ...a1300
• DERWORTH † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved ...a1225
• DERWORTHY † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved ...a1300
ESTIMATE - adjectives
• CALCULATORY † pert. to calculation or estimate ...1611
estimate - nouns
• CALCUL † calculation; estimate ...1754 Sc.
• SCANCE a rough idea or estimate ...1920 Sc.
estimate - verbs
• CALL to consider, to estimate, to think ...1888 Eng. dial.
• CAST † to reckon, to calculate, to estimate ...a1300
• EYEBALL to make a visual inspection or assessment of; to measure by sight alone; to estimate by eye ...1958 orig. US
• VALURE † to value, to estimate the value of goods, property, etc.; to appraise in respect of value ...1487
• VENTILATE † to estimate the value of; to appraise ...1682
ESTIMATION - nouns
• EYEBALLING scrutiny, investigation; visual inspection or assessment; estimation or measurement by sight alone ...1959
• RATE † estimation, consideration ...1610
ESTRANGEMENT - nouns
• QUEERNESS an estrangement ...1896 Eng. dial.
ESTUARY - nouns
• YENLADE † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
• YENLET † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
ET CETERA - phrases
• AND ALL THAT CAPER et cetera ...1964 UK sl.
• AND ALL THAT JAZZ et cetera, and so on ...1959 US sl.
• AND AND AND and so on, etc. ...1984 UK sl.
• AND LIKE THAT et cetera; and so on ...1977 US
• ALL LIKE THAT THERE other such things, etcetera ...Amer. sl.
• ALL STUFF LIKE THAT THERE other such things, etcetera ...Amer. sl.
• ALL THAT JAZZ other such things; etcetera ...Amer. sl.
• UMBESSY etcetera ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ZOWIE so forth and so on ...World War I Amer. sl.
ETERNAL - adjectives
• AEONIAL age-long, eternal, everlasting ...1865
• AEONIAN eternal, everlasting ...1765
• AEVITERNAL †* everlasting, endless, eternal ...1660
• ECHE † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• ECHELICH † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• EVERLIVING living without end; immortal, eternal ...1547
• EVITERNAL † eternal, everlasting ...1596
• TARNAL eternal, everlasting ...1995 Amer. dial.
eternal - nouns
• AEVITERNITY † eternal existence, everlasting duration, eternity ...1596
ETERNALLY - adverbs
• ECHELICHE † eternally ...c1175
• WITHOUT TIME † forever, eternally ...a1400
ETERNITY - nouns
• AEVITERNITY † eternal existence, everlasting duration, eternity ...1596
• AEVUM †* an aeon, an age, eternity ...1660
ETHICAL - person
• CAESAR'S WIFE a person required to be above suspicion
ETHIOPIA - nouns
• DEATHIOPIA Ethiopia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Ethiopia - person
• ABASSIAN a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia ...1613
• ABYSSIAN † a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia) ...E17
• ABYSSIN † a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia ...1584
• ABYSSINIAN a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia) ...1703
• ACRIDOPHAGI the people of Ethiopia who feed on locusts ...Bk1795
ETON - nouns
• PUPPY-HOLE at Eton College: a pupil-room, in which pupils work with their tutors ...1922 sl.
Eton - person
• CAD a low fellow who hangs about the college to provide the Etonians with anything necessary to assist their sports ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADCATCHER at Eton, Oxford: a fellow that did odd jobs, as around the sporting fields ...Bk1955
• DAME at Eton: a matron who keeps a boarding-house for boys at the school; also a man who does the same ...c1737
• TUG at Eton College: a student on the foundation, a colleger as opposed to an oppidan; in wider use: a studious or academic pupil, a swot ...1864 sl.
EUCHARIST - person
• OBLATIONARY one who receives the oblations at the celebration of the Eucharist ...1872 ecclesiastical usage
• OBLATIONER one who receives the oblations at the celebration of the Eucharist ...1891
EULOGIST - person
• BENEDICTOR † a eulogist, one who commends or praises, a well-wisher ...1614
• LAUDATOR one who praises; a eulogist ...1825
EULOGISTIC - adjectives
• PANEGYRIC of the nature of a eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, laudatory ...a1631
• PANEGYRICAL of the nature of a eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, laudatory ...1592-3
EULOGIZE - verbs
• PANEGYRICIZE * to pronounce or write an elaborate eulogy upon; to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize ...1787
• PANEGYRIZE to pronounce or write an elaborate eulogy upon; to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize ...1617
EULOGY - adverbs
• PANEGYRICALLY by way of elaborate eulogy ...1680
eulogy - nouns
• EXTOLMENT † the act of extolling or praising; eulogy ...1604
• LAUDATIVE † a laudative expression or discourse; a eulogy ...1605
• LAUDATORY † a laudatory discourse, a eulogy ...1620
• PANEGYRE † a eulogy ...1603
• PANEGYRIC 1. a public speech or writing in praise of some person, thing, or achievement; a laudatory discourse, a formal or elaborate encomium or eulogy ...1603
2. elaborate praise; eulogy; laudation ...1613
• PANEGYRIS † a public speech or writing in praise of some person, thing, or achievement; a laudatory discourse, a formal or elaborate encomium or eulogy ...1646
EUNUCH - adjectives
• UNGENITURED without testicles; pert. to a eunuch ...Shakespeare usage
eunuch - person
• CAPON † a eunuch ...1594
• CASTRATE † a castrated man, a eunuch ...1639
• GELDED-MAN † a eunuch ...1387
• GELDING † a gelded person, a eunuch ...1382
• HALF-MAN a eunuch ...1727
• HIJRA in South Asia, esp. India: a eunuch, esp. one who dresses as a woman; also, a male transvestite, an androgynous or transgender person ...1838
• SPADE † a eunuch ...1680
• SPADO a eunuch; a castrated person ...c1430
eunuch - verbs
• EUNUCHATE † to make a eunuch of, to castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power ...1646
EUPHEMISM - adjectives
• HYPOCORISTIC of the nature of a pet-name or nickname; pert. to the habit of using endearing or euphemistic terms ...1796
• HYPOCORISTICAL † of the nature of a pet-name or nickname; pert. to the habit of using endearing or euphemistic terms ...1609
euphemism - nouns
• NONNY-NONNY a general term of avoidance; a word used to replace any word which is considered impolite or indelicate ...18C Brit. sl.
EUPHORIA - nouns
• BUZZ a feeling of excitement or euphoria, esp. one induced by a stimulant; a thrill, a 'kick' ...1942 sl., orig. US
euphoria - verbs
• BE IN HOG HEAVEN to be in euphoria ...Bk1995 US sl.
EUPHORIC - adjectives
• BUZZY of a person: excited, euphoric, experiencing a buzz; active, lively, over-stimulated ...1978
euphoric - verbs
• BLISS OUT to become euphoric; to experience a state of ecstasy ...1970s sl.
EURASIAN - person
• BUTTER MAIDEN (derogatory) a Eurasian woman ...1920s Anglo-Indian
• LIP-LAP a disparaging nickname given to Eurasians ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian
• SNUFF AND BUTTER (derogatory) a Eurasian woman ...1920s Anglo-Indian
EUROPE - nouns
• DAGOLAND (derogatory) Southern Europe, esp. Italy ...1976 US sl.
• LAYOUT ACROSS THE DRINK Europe ...1940s US Black sl.
Europe - person
• BLANKS Whites or Europeans (used by themselves) ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• BOHAWK (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1952 US sl.
• BOHUNK (often derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BUNK a bohunk; an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• DUTCHMAN a European; a foreigner ...1857 colloq.
• FANQUI a European ...Bk1892 Anglo-Chinese
• GARLIC MUNCHER a European person; a Greek or Italian ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• GRILL (derogatory) a person from southern Europe ...1957 Aust. sl.
• GUINEA (derogatory) a person of southern European ancestry, esp. Italian ...1896 Amer. dial.
• HONYOCK an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe ...1911 US sl.
• HUNK (derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe ...1896 N. Amer. sl.
• HUNKEY, HUNKIE, HUNKY (derogatory) an Eastern European; a Slav; a Hungarian; disparaging, but usually more illustrative of the speaker's lack of geographic knowledge ...1896 US sl.
• HUNYAK an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe ...1911 US sl.
• LONG-NOSE - an American or European ...1967 US sl.
• ROUNDEYE applied by Asians to a European ...1967 sl.
• SOUTHRON a native or inhabitant of the south of England, of Europe, etc.; also, in the U.S., a southerner ...1857
EVACUATE - verbs
• VACUATE † to empty; to evacuate ...1651
EVACUATION - nouns
• SIEGE † evacuation ...c1460
• VACUATION † evacuation ...1590
EVACUEE - person
• VACKIE, VACKY, VAKKY an evacuee, esp. a child evacuated from the city to the country at the beginning of World War II ...1940 Brit. colloq.
EVADE, EVASIVE - person
• BUCK-PASSER one who evades or avoids work and responsibility ...1933 Amer. dial.
evade, evasive - verbs
• BAG IT to loaf, to malinger, to evade one's duty ...1978 military sl.
• BEAT to avoid; to evade punishment or conviction ...1912 Amer. sl.
• BLINK to ignore, to evade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CRAP OUT to evade something; to chicken out of something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUCK AND DIVE to avoid or evade, esp. with regard to legality or responsibility; to dodge work; to shirk; hence, to avoid regular employment but make living nevertheless ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'skive' (to avoid or evade)
• EEL OUT to evade a situation or responsibility; to worm out of a situation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FLANK to dodge, to evade ...M19 US sl., orig. military
• FUNK to try to back out of anything; to fight shy of; to wish or try to shirk or evade an undertaking, duty, etc. ...1834
• FUNK OUT to back out of something, owing to a lack of courage or spirit; to try to avoid or evade an undertaking, duty etc. ...1859
• GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1875 US
• GIVE ONE THE GAN-BY to give one the slip, to evade ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1883 US
• GIVE THE GO-AROUND TO to avoid, to evade, to slight ...E20 chiefly US
• GIVE THE GO-BY TO to pass, leave behind, elude, evade, disregard, or slight ...E17
• ILLUDE † to evade, to elude ...1553
• LEAP † to evade, to neglect ...1658-9
• OIL to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade ...L19 sl.
• PLAY OFF to shirk responsibility; esp. to evade work; to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse ...1783 Amer. dial.
• SCHLENT to double-cross; to hoax; to be evasive ...1920s sl.
• SKATE to evade duty ...World War II armed forces usage
• SUBTERFUGE †* to escape, to evade; to get out of ...1641
• TAPDANCE to wriggle out of trouble, to evade something cleverly ...1920s sl., orig. US
• WALTZ to evade or deceive someone ...1970s US sl.
• WHIP THE DEVIL ROUND THE STUMP to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1776 Eng. dial.
• WORM OUT OF SOMETHING to evade or avoid an unpleasant situation ...1893 Amer. sl.
• WRIGGLE LIKE A CUT SNAKE to be evasive or shifty; to toady ...1940s Aust. sl.
• WRIGGLE OUT (OF) to avoid or evade a responsibility or duty ...1848 sl.
EVADING - nouns
• ARSING shuffling, evading ...Bk1898 Sc.
EVALUATE - verbs
• CLOCK to count up or evaluate ...1961 Amer. sl.
• VALLIATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALUATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
EVANGELIST - person
• HALLELUJAH-HAWKER an evangelist who works door-to-door ...1893 Aust. sl.
• HALLELUJAH-PEDDLER a Salvation Army or any other affiliation of preacher; a clergyman; an evangelist ...1927 US sl.
• HELL-ROBBER a Christian evangelist ...1936 US sl.
• MISSION SQUAWKER a mission evangelist ...1920s US tramp sl.
• VANGELIST † an evangelist ...a1330
• WANGELIST † an evangelist ...1330
EVAPORATE - verbs
• EVAPULATE to evaporate; to disappear ...1945 Amer. dial.
EVASION - adjectives
• GYROTWISTIVE full of tricks and evasions ...1869 Amer. sl.
evasion - adverbs
• FAINLESSLY † without attempted evasion ...1652
evasion - nouns
• BACK-JAR an ill-natured objection or opposition; an artful evasion ...1825 Sc.
• E AND E evasion and escape ...1982 US Korean war usage
• GAN-BY an escape, evasion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GET-OFF an evasion, a subterfuge ...M19
• GET-OUT a means of evasion; a withdrawal ...L19 colloq.
• GAINTURN † a turning back; an evasion ...a1225
• OFF-COME an excuse, pretense, evasion; an apology; a strange speech ...a1700 Sc.
• OFF-PUT a delay; postponement; a pretense for delay, an evasion; a feint ...1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD ARMY GAME, THE any form of trickery, deception, or evasion ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PARAFLING wordy equivocation, time-wasting evasion; the making of an ostentatious fuss ...1825 Sc.
• PARRYING trifling, equivocation, evasion ...1883 Sc.
• SALISBURY a polite evasion; a 'white lie' ...L19 sl.
• SALVE † a solution of a difficulty; also, a sophistical excuse or evasion ...a1628
• SALVO † a solution, explanation of a difficulty; an answer to an objection; an excuse or evasion ...1659.
EVASIVE - adjectives
• EVASORIOUS †* seeking to evade, evasive, shuffling ...1687
• HEDGY evasive, non-committal ...E20
• OFF-PUTTING evasive, calculated to delay, playing for time, trifling ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAPONACEOUS evasive; flattering ...1837
• SHIFTY undependable, untrustworthy, dishonest, evasive ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SLIDDERY † sly, deceitful, shifty, evasive; not trustworthy ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SLIP-SKIN † evasive, slippery ...1641
• SUBTERFUGING † evasive; employing subterfuges ...1802
evasive - nouns
• FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense...1927 Brit. sl.
evasive - person
• PALTERER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• WHIFFMAGIG a shifty or evasive person; a base person ...1871
evasive - verbs
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
• FLANNEL to talk evasively to; to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1941 Brit. sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
EVASIVELY - adverbs
• HEDGINGLY in an evasive or non-committal manner ...L19
EVEN - adjectives
• EEND even, straight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EVEN STEPHEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
• EVEN STEVEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
• EVENLIER more even ...Bk1900 N. Ireland
• FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HORSE AND HORSE dead even ...a1859 US sl., esp. gambling usage
• HOSS AND HOSS dead even ...1846 US sl., esp. gambling usage
• SMACK-SMOOTH † perfectly smooth, level, or even ...obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUANT working or proceeding regularly, evenly, smoothly, or easily; even, smooth, regular ...1547 now Eng. dial.
• SUING † regular, proportionate; even, uniform ...c1369
• UNE even ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WHITTLEDY-WHET even, neck and neck, just about equal ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLETY-WHET even, neck and neck, just about equal ...1890 Amer. dial.
even - adverbs
• EVENDOWN even ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EVENLY even; probably, likely ...1874 Eng. dial.
even - verbs
• EQUALIZE † to equal, to make equal or even ...1714 Sc.
• RANGE to make straight, even, or level ...1846
EVENING - adverbs
• BELIVE in the evening ...1775 Eng. dial.
• THESTREEN last night, yesterday evening ...1788 Sc.
evening - nouns
• AFTER-DAYSET evening; an evening social gathering ...1947 Sc.
• AFTERNIGHT the evening; the time after it gets dark ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ARNDERN the evening ...c1480
• BUKUSO'CLOCK the evening ...2003 S. Afr. sl.
• CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
• CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
• DARKENING twilight, dusk, evening ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKEY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight ...1567 thieves' cant
• DARKY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• 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.
• DIM the evening; the night ...Bk2006 US street sl.
• EARLY BLACK dusk; early evening ...Bk2006 US street sl.
• EARLY CANDLELIGHT the beginning of the evening; dusk ...1809 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DARK early evening, twilight ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DUSK early evening, twilight ...a1864 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF THE EVENING early evening, twilight ...1758 Amer. dial.
• EEMIN evening ...1703 Eng. dial.
• EVELING evening ...1746 Eng. dial.
• EVEMEN evening ...1851 Eng. dial.
• EVEN evening ...1917 Amer. dial.
• EVEN-FALL the 'fall' or commencement of the evening; twilight ...1814
• EVENTIDE evening ...1851 Amer. dial.
• EVERING evening ...1887 Eng. dial.
• EVERYSTREEN the evening before last ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EVO evening ...1950s Aust. sl.
• GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light ...c1000
• ONFALL n. the fall of the evening ...a1800 Sc.
• QUARTERING TIME the middle of the morning or evening; the hour completely a quarter of a day ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SHANK OF THE EVENING the latter part of the evening; twilight, dusk ...1829 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNDERN the period between noon and sunset; the evening ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
evening - verbs
• ADVESPERATE † to draw towards night or evening ...1626
evening - phrases
• AFTER NIGHT in the evening ...1804 Amer. dial.
EVENLY - adverbs
• EGALLY † equally, evenly; with even judgement or temper ...c1374
• FAIR straight, exactly, evenly, just ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MACKLY † evenly, aptly, easily ...c1440
• NICKETY-TUCK evenly, equally, very close ...1917 Amer. dial.
• NIPPITY-TUCK evenly, equally, very close ...1901 Amer. dial.
EVENT - nouns
• ACCIDENT † an occurrence, incident, event ...c1374
• ADVENEMENT †* that which comes or happens; an event, incident ...1490
• ADVENTURE † a chance occurrence; an event, an accident ...a1300
• BEFALLING happening, occurrence, event ...c1374
• BETIDE †* befalling, event, fortune, chance ...1590
• CASE † a thing that befalls or happens to anyone; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance ...a1225
• CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS, THE the unforeseen course of events ...1871
• GEAR doings, 'goings on', events ...c1460 arch. & Eng. dial.
• HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident ...1842 Eng. dial.
• INSTANCE an event, occurrence; curiosity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KODAK MOMENT a clichéd moment or event ...1991 US sl.
• MAKE-WAY an event which leads up to another ... 1894
• OCCURRENT † something that occurs ore meets one; an event, an occurrence ...1538
• ONGOING an event, affair, proceeding, conduct, behaviour; generally in plural ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARAPHERNALLY a long rambling story; a tedious rigmarole; any event, affair, occurrence ...1828 Sc.
• SUCCESS † an event ...1588
• TIDING † something that happens; an event, incident, occurrence ...c1205 obs. or arch.
• TIMING † happening, occurrence; good or ill fortune; an event, an occurrence ...c1250
• TOPPER a remark or action that serves as the coup de grace of a conversation or series of events ...1939 US
EVENTUALLY - adverbs
• AS THE CAT JUMPS eventually ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE SUCCESS † eventually ...a1676
• ONE OF THESE ODD-COME-SHORTLYS one of these days; sooner or later ...M18 sl.
• ONE OF THESE ODD-COME-SHORTS one of these days ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SUCCESSIVELY † in the course of events; subsequently, eventually ...1600
EVER - adverbs
• AYE always, ever; continually ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
EVERLASTING - adjectives
• AEONIAL age-long, eternal, everlasting ...1865
• AEONIAN eternal, everlasting ...1765
• AEVITERNAL †* everlasting, endless, eternal ...1660
• AY LASTING † everlasting ...a1225
• ECHE † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• ECHELICH † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• EVITERNAL † eternal, everlasting ...1596
• TARNAL eternal, everlasting ...1995 Amer. dial.
everlasting - nouns
• AEVITERNITY † eternal existence, everlasting duration, eternity ...1596
EVERY - adjectives
• ALL SUNDRY † each, every ...1562
• ILKA † each, every...c1200
EVERYBODY, EVERYONE - nouns
• ALL AND SUNDRIES † everybody of all classes, one and all ...1783 chiefly Sc.
• ALL HANDS all the members of a party, esp. when collectively engaged in work; everyone ...1655 colloq.
• ALL HANDS AND THE COOK every member of a ship's crew without exception; also, all the members of a party; a large number of people; everyone ...1835 orig. US
• ALL HANDS AND THE COOK AND THE WHISKEY-JACKS all members of a working group without exception; usually used as an exclamation announcing an emergency requiring everyone's help ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ALL LEDE † all the people, all the world, everybody ...a1300
• ALL MAN JACK everybody who is involved ...1973 Trinidad and Tobago
• ALL NATURE everyone; all the world; the whole creation; everything ...1819 Amer. dial.
• ALL OUTDOORS the whole world; everything; everyone ...1846 Amer. dial.
• ALL THE WORLD AND HIS DOG everybody ...1984 Aust. sl.
• ALL THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE everybody ...1738 UK sl.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• CUT AND LONG TAIL † all sorts of people ...1578
• EACH MOTHER'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY BASTARD AND HIS DOG absolutely everyone ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS AUNT absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS BROTHER absolutely everyone ...1940s Amer. sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS COUSIN absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS MOTHER absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS UNCLE absolutely everyone ...1940s Amer. sl.
• EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHERS-IN-LAW absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERY DADDY'S BABBY every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY DOG AND DEVIL everyone ...20C Irish sl.
• EVERY JACK MAN every individual man ...1840 colloq.
• EVERY JACK-RAG everyone without exception ...1846 sl.
• EVERY LASTING ONE every last one, everyone ...1946 Amer. dial.
• EVERY LAST ONE every one or thing without exception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• EVERY LIVING ASS every single person ...1940s US sl.
• EVERY MAN JACK everyone without exception ...1846 sl.
• EVERY MAN JAG every single one ...E19 sl.
• EVERY MAN JOHN every single one ...E19 sl.
• EVERY MOTHER'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERYONE AND HIS BROTHER a large number of people ...20C
• EVERY RAM-JACK OF THEM every single individual ...1853 Eng. dial.
• EVERY WOMAN'S BABE every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY WOMAN'S SON n. every single person or thing ...L16
• PHILIP AND CHEINEY † anyone and everyone' 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' ...1542
• RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble ...1879
• RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot ...1820
• TAG AND RAG † the rabble, the lower classes; an assemblage of people held in small esteem; everybody; all and any ...c1535
• TAG, RAG, AND BOBTAIL a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1645
• TAG, RAG, AND BOBTAILRY a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1858
• TAG, RAG, AND LONGTAIL a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1719
• TAG, RAG, AND RASCALITY a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1701
• WHOLE KIT, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
• WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
everybody, everyone - pronouns
• ALL AND SINGULAR everyone ...1472 now arch.
• EACH AND SINGULAR everyone ...1472 now arch.
EVERYTHING - nouns
• ALL DAT everything ...2003 UK sl.
• ALL MANNER OF THING everything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ALL NATURE everyone; all the world; the whole creation; everything ...1819 Amer. dial.
• ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR everything altogether, the whole lot ...1911
• BANG-DOLLOP the entire collection, the whole number ...1895 Sc.
• BODY AND BREECHES everything ...1878 Amer. dial.
• BODY, BOOT, AND BRITCHES everything ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BOX AND DICE the sum total, everything; the whole, complete turn-out ...1889 Sc.
• CAPOODLE all of something; the entire lot of people or things; a large mixed-up collection of objects or people ...1848 sl.
• COMPOODLE aggregate; the whole lot ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• EARTH, THE everything; a large amount or quantity ...L19 sl.
• EVERY BIT AND GRAIN all, everything ...1952 Amer. dial.
• EVERY DADDY'S BABBY every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY LAST ONE every one or thing without exception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• EVERY MOTHER'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK every imaginable object, whatever is available, no matter what it is ...1910s
• EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE KITCHEN SINK every conceivable thing
• EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z everything imaginable ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS everything imaginable ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK whatever is available, whatever is known ...1950s US
• EVERY WOMAN'S BABE every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY WOMAN'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• GABOODLE the whole lot ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GUNTZ, THE * everything possible or available, the lot ...1958 UK sl.
• GUT AND GAW everything without any exception, bag and baggage ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GUTS, FEATHERS, AND ALL everything, the whole works ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ISSUE everything; the lot; all there is ...1910s Aust. sl.
• JING-BANG the lot ...1891 Sc.
• KAPOODLE the whole lot; a group; a crowd ...1915 Amer. dial.
• KOBOODLE the whole lot ...1894 Amer. dial.
• MAKING everything, the whole lot ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OMNIANA notes or scraps of information about everything, or about all kinds of things ...1807
• PACKET, THE everything, the lot ...1980s sl.
• SCRAP AND SCREED every particle, everything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIN AND BIRN the whole of anything or any number ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SOUP TO NUTS everything ...1910 US colloq.
• STOCK AND BLOCK † everything, the whole, one's whole possessions ...1725
• TAIL AND TOP † the whole, everything without exception ...1558
• TOP AND TAIL the whole, everything without exception, every part ...1303
• WHOLE ISSUE, THE everything; the lot. all there is ...1910s Aust. sl.
• WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
• WHOLE KIT, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
• WHOLE WORKS, THE everything, the totality of resources ...1912 Amer. sl.
everything - phrases
• A COOLOO all; everything ...c1925 Royal Air Force
• ALL THAT JAZZ all that stuff; all that nonsense ...Amer. sl.
• ALL THE WAY with everything on it, as with a hamburger ...Amer. sl.
• WHOLE BOILING, THE the whole lot ...1837 sl.
EVERYWHERE - adjectives
• ALL-OVERISH that is (nearly) everywhere), ubiquitous; over the whole extent of something ...1838
• ALL OVER THE SHOP confused, in disarray; everywhere ...1874 UK sl.
• OMNIVAGANT wandering or roaming everywhere or in all directions ...1891
• UBIQUARIAN 1. existing everywhere ...1762
2. met with or experienced everywhere ...1825
• UBIQUIOUS †* present or appearing everywhere ...1782
• WALL-TO-WALL everywhere, all over ...1960s sl.
everywhere - adverbs
• A'GAIT everywhere ...1816 Sc.
• A'GATE everywhere ...1816 Sc.
• A'GATES everywhere ...1816 Sc.
• ALL ABOUT everywhere ...1848 Aust.
• ALL OVER THE AUCTION everywhere ...1930 Aust. sl.
• AYWHERE † everywhere ...c1000
• EACHWHERE † everywhere, in every part, on every side ...c1340
• EAST AND WEST in every direction, every which way ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EASTWEST, NORTHWEST, AND CROOKED in every direction, every which way ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EVERYWAYS in every direction, everywhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EVERYWHERES everywhere, in every direction ...1867 Amer. dial.
• FAR-ABOUT † to a great distance around, everywhere ...c1300
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST helter-skelter, in all directions, everywhere ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO HARLEM helter-skelter, in all directions, everywhere ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE CROWN TO THE TOES all over ...1297
• MANY-A-WHERE in many places ...1798 Sc.
• MANY-WHERE * in many places ...a1300
• OURWHERE † anywhere; everywhere ...a1300
• ROUND AND SQUARE everywhere ...B1900 rhyming sl.
• UBIQUE everywhere ...1709
• UNERAN everywhere, over all ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WIDE AND SIDE † far and wide ...a900
• WIDE-WHERE far and wide, over a wide area ...OE arch.
everywhere - nouns
• UBIQUITANT † one who, or that which is, or can be everywhere at once ...1654
• UBIQUITARIAN † one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1644
• UBIQUITARINESS †* the quality of being everywhere at once ...1655
• UBIQUITARY * one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1587
• UBIQUITY the capacity of being everywhere or in all places at the same time ...1597
everywhere - person
• UBIQUARIAN * a person who goes everywhere ...1767
• UBIQUITANT † one who, or that which is, or can be everywhere at once ...1654
• UBIQUITARIAN † one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1644
• UBIQUITARY * one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1587
everywhere - verbs
• UBIQUIT † to make appear everywhere ...1676
everywhere - phrases
• ALL ABOUT LIKE SHIT IN A FIELD everywhere ...1999 UK sl.
• ALL OVER HELL AND HALF OF GEORGIA everywhere, a large area ...1984 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL AND HALF OF WINHALL everywhere, a large area ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL AND PART OF GROTON everywhere, a large area ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL AND PART OF YORK STATE everywhere, a large area ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL'S HALF ACRE everywhere, all over the place; somewhere ...1931 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL'S KITCHEN everywhere, helter-skelter ...1975 Amer. dial.
• ALL ROUND HELL'S HALF ACRE everywhere, all over the place; somewhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FROM BOOTS TO BREAKFAST in all directions; everywhere ...L19 US sl.
• FROM DOGLEG TO THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT anywhere, everywhere ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST in all directions; everywhere ...L19 US sl.
• WYNE AND ONWYNE † - right and left, everywhere ...1768 Sc.
EVICT - person
• WINKLER one who assists in the eviction of tenants ...1970 sl.
EVICTED - adjectives
• OUT ON YOUR ARSE ejected, evicted, expelled ...1998 UK sl.
EVIDENCE - adjectives
• LUCULENT † of evidence, arguments: clear, convincing, evident ...1597
• SINGLE † unsupported by other evidence ...c1449
evidence - nouns
• AMMO information or evidence that can be used to support an argument or a charge ...Amer. sl.
• LOAD fabricated evidence ...1975 Aust. sl.
• MANIFESTO † a proof, a piece of evidence ...1644
• MOUTHPRINTS hearsay evidence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
evidence - person
• ACCOMMODATION MAN one who is paid to give false evidence ...L19 UK criminal's sl.
evidence - verbs
• BLOW THE GAFF to let out a secret; to reveal a plot; to give convicting evidence ...1812 sl.
• DEPONE to testify, to asseverate, to affirm; to give evidence as a witness ...1726 Sc.
• DO A MOUNT to give evidence ...c1942 Brit. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE BOOK to make someone give sworn evidence ...15C colloq.
• GO QUEEN'S to turn Queen's evidence, that is, to give evidence against co-defendants, usually to your own advantage ...1996 UK sl.
• LOAD to fabricate evidence ...1975 Aust. sl.
• RAP to swear (evidence) against someone or for someone ...M18 sl.
EVIDENT - adjectives
• BREME † brilliant, shining, bright; hence, clearly seen, evident, apparent, obvious ...c1340
• BRIGHT easy to perceive or understand; clear, evident ....a1200
• DECLARATIVE † making clear, manifest, or evident ...a1536
• EYELY †* visible or apparent to the eye; evident, obvious ...1561
• ILLUSTRIOUS † clearly manifest, evident, or obvious ...1654
• IMMANIFEST * not manifest or evident ...1646
• INDUBITATE † undoubted, unquestioned, certain, apparent, evident ...1480
• PALPABLE easily perceived; open to recognition; plain, evident, apparent, obvious, manifest ...1545
• PLAIN AS PARRITCH self-evident, obvious to all, as clear as crystal (parritch = porridge) ...1761 Sc.
• STICKS OUT LIKE A DOG'S BALLS very clear, self-evident ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
evident - verbs
• DILUCIDATE † to make clear, plain, or evident; to free from obscurity; to elucidate, to explain ...1538
EVIDENTLY - adverbs
• BY THE CLOCK manifestly, clearly, evidently ...c1920 Amer. sl.
EVIL - adjectives
• AGATHOKAKOLOGICAL composed of good and evil ...a1843 nonce word
• ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• AVERRUNCAL †* averting evil ...1705
• BADLY LOOKING of repulsive or evil appearance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BEDEVILED evil disposed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLACK AS COAL extremely dark or evil ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BOWSIE bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
• BOWSY bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
• CACODOX † holding wrong or evil opinions or doctrines ...1716
• CACODOXIAN * holding wrong or evil opinions ...1716
• CACODOXICAL * holding wrong or evil opinions ...1693
• CACOETHE †* of an ill habit ...1541
• CANKERED infected with evil; corrupt, depraved ...c1440
• DARK evil ...2000 UK sl.
• DERN † of evil or deceitful nature; cruel or barbarous ...c897
• EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous ...1880 Sc.
• EVIL-BELIVED †* evil-living, of ill life ...1557
• EVIL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous ...1535 now Sc.
• FUNESTOUS † causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful ...1641
• GALLOWS-FACED - evil-looking ...1769
• HAGER fierce, cruel, evil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ILL evil, immoral ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-BORN of evil birth or origin ...1640-4
• ILL-CANKERED evilly disposed ...1856 Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDED mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDIE mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDY † given to evil deeds; mischievous ...c1460 obs. exc. Sc.
• ILL-DESIGNED evilly disposed ...1891 Sc.
• ILL-DREADED expecting evil ...1897 Sc.
• ILL-FACED having an evil countenance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FEARING fearing the powers of evil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLFUL †* full of evil; harmful; pernicious ...1615
• ILL-GIVEN evil-minded, ill-tempered; prone to speak or do evil ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-LOOKED † having an evil aspect or evil looks; ill-looking, ugly ...1636
• ILL-LOOKING of evil or repulsive appearance; having a bad look; ugly; the opposite of good-looking ...1633
• ILL-MEANING meaning evil, malicious in intent ...1681
• ILL-MINDED † having an evil mind or disposition; unfriendly, hostile, malicious ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ILL-MUGGENT † evil-disposed ...1785 Sc.
• ILL-SEEMING of evil appearance or aspect ...1596
• ILL-SET evil-disposed, having evil propensities ...1776 Sc.
• ILLSOME evilly disposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-STATED † in an evil state or condition ...1605
• ILL-TONGUED having a malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language; foul-mouthed ...a1300
• ILL-TRODDEN evil, wicked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TURNED † having an evil turn of mind; ill-disposed ...a1637
• IMPENDENT * of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand ...a1592
• IMPERFECT † positively faulty, vicious, evil ...1377
• LEWD † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• MALEFICAL † productive of disaster or evil ...1615
• MALEVOLOUS † malevolent; desirous of evil to others; disposed to ill will ...1536
• MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious ...1727
• MALOROUS evil; unfortunate; malicious ...1876 Sc.
• MALEFIC productive of disaster or evil ...1652
• NOCIVOUS †* hurtful, harmful, injurious, evil ...1616
• PERNICIOUS † villainous, wicked, evil, malicious ...1555 now rare or obs.
• PRAVITOUS †* characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad ...1648-9
• QUED † evil, wicked, bad, vile, base ...c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc.
• QUEDE † evil, wicked, bad ...c1205-25
• QUEDFUL † full of evil or wickedness ...1340
• SCELESTIOUS †* wicked, evil, villainous ...1608
• UNIVELE † evil ...c1205 obs.
• UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• VAGGY debased, low, of evil propensities ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy ...1836 Sc.
• WANLICH †* baleful, fraught with evil ...c1205
evil - nouns
• AFTERCLAP ulterior and unexpected consequences, generally unpleasant; evil consequence ...1580 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AIL an evil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAD NAIL † an evil disposition or 'streak' in one's nature ...1866 Sc.
• BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death ...a1000
• BELIAL the spirit of evil personified; the devil ...c1225
• CACOETHES an evil habit ...1563-87
• DARK TRICK an evil action ...1870 Eng. dial.
• DEFAME † ill fame, evil repute; dishonour, disgrace, infamy ...1375
• FACT † an evil deed, a crime ...1539
• FEAT † an evil deed; a crime ...1481
• GURLIEWHIRKIE unforeseen evil, dark and dismal; premeditated revenge ...B1900 Sc.
• HALSENING a predicting or speaking evil ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL DREAD an apprehension of evil ...1820 Sc.
• ILL-GAIT a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• ILL-GATE a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• ILLNESS † bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness ...c1500
• LEWDNESS † wickedness; evil behaviour ...1387
• MALEFICE † an evil deed; mischief ...1591 obs. or arch.
• MALENGIN † evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile ...1390
• MALEVOLENCY † ill-will; the wishing evil to others ...a1662
• MALISM the doctrine that this world is an evil one ...1883
• MALISON the personification of evil; the Evil One ...1898 Sc.
• MALVERSATION †* evil conduct ...1752
• NAAM a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition ...1911 Sc.
• NAUGHT 1. † wickedness, evil, moral wrong, mischief ...c897
2. † an evil or wicked thing ...a1639
• OBDURACY stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1597
• OBDURATENESS stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1618
• POISON a situation, person, event, etc. that portends harm and evil ...1918 Amer. sl.
• QUED † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDE † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDHEAD † evil, wickedness ...1340
• QUEDNESS † evil, wickedness ...c1300
• QUEDSHIP † evil, wickedness ...c1205.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• UNITHARF † evil, mischief ...c1200
• WHAMMY a 'hex', an evil influence, the evil eye ...1950s sl.
evil - person
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BITCH a cruel, evil, or rude person; generally used of women, but may also be used of men ...Bk1989 US college sl.
• CACODEMON an evil person ...1711
• DEVIL'S-CROOK. an evil-disposed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ENEMY the devil; a person of evil disposition ...1814 Sc.
• GALLAS a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY FATHER † a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy ...c1510
• HEAVY FRIEND † a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy ...1554
• HELLCAT 1. an evil person, suggestive of a creature from hell; now usually: a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; a pest, an annoying person; a mischievous young boy ...1603
2. a mean, vicious, spiteful, malicious, or evil woman; a woman who is uncontrollable or incorrigible, esp. in wickedness, ferocity, etc.; a witch ...1612
• HELL-DEVIL a person likened to a devil from hell ...c1390
• HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person ....c1225
• HELL-HAG a vile or malevolent woman; a malicious, evil-minded old woman; a mischievous, wicked woman; a witch; a lewd person of either sex ...1615
• HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate ...c1340
• HUMDUDGEON a big, stupid person of an evil disposition ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-WILLER one who wishes evil against another ...1713 Sc.
• IMPRECATOR one who invokes evil ...1845
• IMPROBE †* a wicked or evil person ...1484
• MAL-INTENTIONEE † an evil-intentioned person ...a1734
• MAN OF BELIAL, A a worthless or evil man; a wicked, depraved person ...1821
• TOD'S BAIRNS children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOD'S BIRDS children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood ...1589 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
evil - verbs
• BACKCAP to speak evil of someone, so as to spoil their game ...L19 sl.
• BESHREW † to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt ...c1325
• CROAK to forebode evil ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HALSEN to predict, to divine, to conjecture; to forebode evil, to anticipate bad news; to speak evil ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HOLD A CANDLE TO THE DEVIL † to serve or assist an evil person; to be active in evil courses ...1599
• IMPEND of evil or danger: to hang threateningly or hover over as about to fall ...1599
• LEAP OUT OF THE PAN INTO THE FIRE to escape from one evil only to fall into a greater one ...1596
• MALEFICIATE to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm ...1621 obs.
EVIL-DOER - person
• ILL-DOER an evil-doer ...1823 Sc.
• MALEFACTRESS a female felon or criminal; an evil-doer ...1647
• MALFEASANT an evil-doer; a criminal ...1882
• MALFEASOR † an evil-doer; a malefactor ...c1330
• MALFETOUR † a malefactor; a criminal; an evil-doer ...c1450
• MISDOER an evil-doer, a transgressor ...1792 Sc.
EVIL-DOING - adjectives
• ILLING †* evil-doing, injuring, harming; speaking ill ...c1220
• MALEFACTORY * evil-doing ...1871
• MALFEASANT evil-doing ...1809
• MALEFACT † a criminal act; an offense; evil-doing ...1534.
evil-doing - nouns
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000.
• MALEFACTION evil-doing; an instance of evil-doing; a criminal act ...1602
• MALEFACTURE † evil-doing; an instance of evil-doing ...1635
• MALEFICENCE evil-doing ...1598
EVIL EYE - nouns
• BAD EYE the evil eye; a curse or threatening glance ...1887 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• COKE STARE the 'evil eye'; a deliberately aggressive and unpleasant look ...1970s US Black sl.
• ILL EYE † evil eye ...1615
• WHAMMY a 'hex', an evil influence, the evil eye ...1950s sl.
evil eye - verbs
• BLINK to look upon with the evil eye; to bewitch ...1886 Sc. & Irish
• EYE-BITE * to bewitch with the eye; esp. to bring a malign influence to bear upon a person by means of one's gaze; to place the 'evil eye' upon ...1584 orig. Ireland
EVIL-LIVING - person
• SCALBERT † a low-minded, evil-living person ...1824 Sc.
EVILLY - adverbs
• LEWDLY † wickedly, evilly, vilely, mischievously ...1382
• SINISTERLY † with evil intent or purpose; maliciously, malevolently ...1549
EVIL SPEAKER - person
• MALDISANT † an evil speaker, a slanderer, a backbiter ...1598
• MALEDICENT * one who speaks evil of another; a slanderer ...1657
EVIL-SPEAKING - adjectives
• MALEDICENT * given to evil-speaking; slanderous ...1599
• MALEDICTED accursed; evil-spoken of ...1727
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing disgrace or reproach; defamatory ...1611
evil speaking - nouns
• BALE evil-speaking, abuse ...c1220
• MALEBOUCHE † evil speaking personified ...1390
• MALEDICENCY †* the practice or habit of speaking evil ...1653
• MEDISANCE † evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction ...1656
• OBLOCUTION † evil-speaking; obloquy, slander ...1432-50
• OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander ...1460
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
evil speaking - person
• MALEDICENT * one who speaks evil of another; a slanderer ...1657
EVIL SPIRIT - adjectives
• CACODEMONIAL †* pert. to an evil spirit ...1588
• CACODEMONIC of the nature of an evil spirit ...1886
evil spirit - nouns
• BEAST † the devil; evil spirits ...c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
• BLACK MAN an evil spirit, boogeyman, the devil ...1692
• CACODEMON an evil spirit ...1594
• DEBLERIE † an evil spirit, a demon ...a1325
• EVIL a hobgoblin; an evil spirit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GO-DEVIL an evil spirit, or a person made up to look like one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• HAG † an evil spirit, demon, or infernal being in female form ...1552 obs. or arch.
• HAG SPIRIT a witch; the evil spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares ...1894 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• IMP a wicked person; a petty fiend or evil spirit ...1526
• MARE-HAG † a female evil spirit ...1638
• QUHAUP a goblin, an evil spirit, supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after the fall of night, having a long beak resembling a pair of tongs for the purpose of carrying off evildoers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REA † an evil spirit or demon ...B1900 Sc.
• SUCCUBUS a demon, an evil spirit ...1601
• UNCLEAN SPIRIT a wicked or evil spirit; a demon ...c950
evil spirit - person
• CACODEMONIAC * one possessed with an evil spirit ...1657
• GO-DEVIL an evil spirit, or a person made up to look like one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MALADVENTURE † a lawless proceeding; an escapade; an unlucky undertaking; a misadventure ...c1470
• RORT a wild party; an escapade ...1941 Aust. sl.
ESCAPE, ESCAPING - adjectives
• ON THE LAM trying to escape, running away ...1928 US sl.
escape, escaping - nouns
• BOLT-HOLE an avenue of escape ...1877
• DASH an escape from custody ...1952 US sl.
• E AND E evasion and escape ...1982 US Korean war usage
• FADE a disappearance, departure or escape ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FADEAWAY a departure or escape ...1900 Amer. sl.
• FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GALLAGHER a run; a get-away, an escape ...1925 US sl.
• GANG-BY an escape, an evasion ...1819 Sc.
• JACKRABBIT PAROLE escape from prison ...1992 US sl.
• LAM 1. an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure ...1914 US sl.
2. an escape from work or duty ...1990s sl.
• LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing ...1759 sl.
• MOPE a stealthy escape ...1926 US sl.
• NARROW SQUEAK a narrow escape ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEAR-RUN THING a close shave; a narrow escape ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR SQUEAK n. a narrow escape ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIBBY-GIBBY a narrow escape; a touch and go ...1888 Eng. dial.
• OFFMANS the advanced preparation of a means of escape ...1990s UK criminals' sl.
• OUTSCAPE † escape, release from restraint, a way or opportunity to escape ...1555
• RABBIT FEVER the compulsion to attempt escapes from any form of imprisonment ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• READ AND WRITE a flight; an escape ...M19 rhyming sl.
• SCAPE an escape ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCARPER an escape; an act of running away ...L19 sl.
• SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping ...M19 sl.
• TAKE-OFF an escape ...1940s US prison sl.
• TIG AND TIE a close shave, 'touch and go', a narrow escape ...Bk1905 Sc.
escape, escaping - person
• ABSCONDER one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee ...1702
• HEEL-AND-TOE BOY one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes ...1955 sl.
• HEEL-AND-TOE MAN one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes ...1900 sl.
• HEEL-AND-TOE WALKER one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes ...1943 sl.
• MIZZLER a person who is accomplished at escape, or getting out of a difficulty ...1864 criminals' sl.
• RABBIT one who makes or who wishes to make an escape ...1928 sl.
• RABBIT BLOOD one who makes or who wishes to make an escape ...1928 sl.
escape, escaping - verbs
• ACHAPE † to escape ...1250
• AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BEAT to escape from prison ...1902 Amer. sl.
• BEFLY † to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape ...c1175
• BEGLIDE † to slip away from, to escape ...c1300
• BUNK to escape, to run off ...18C sl.
• BUST LOOSE to escape from an institution ...1920s US sl.
• COP A HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• COP A MOKE to escape ...20C criminal sl.
• COP A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison ...1920s US sl.
• COP AND HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• CRACK to break jail; to escape from prison ...1791 Amer. prison sl.
• CRACK THE QUA to break out of jail ...1807 Amer. sl.
• CREEP to escape ...1967 US sl.
• DO A BUNK to make an escape; to depart hurriedly ...c1870 sl.
• DO A DUTCH to desert, to escape, to run away ...1909 sl.
• DO A FADE-OUT to vanish, to escape, to depart; to disappear ...1910s US sl.
• DO A LAM to escape from prison ...L19 US sl.
• DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1905 Amer. sl.
• DO A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• DUFF to escape ...1963 US sl.
• ELUCTATE †* to struggle out; to escape by struggling ...a1670
• EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape ...M19 sl.
• EVITATE †* to shun, to avoid, to escape ...1588
• FAKE ONE'S SLANGS to cut off one's chains or irons to make an escape from prison ...19C sl.
• FAN to move around quickly; to run; to escape ...L19 US sl.
• FIGURE CLOSE to have a narrow escape ...1951 Amer. dial.
• FLY THE COOP to run off, to depart abruptly; to escape, to get away ...1901 US colloq.
• GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1875 US
• GIVE LEG BAIL to be beholden to one's own legs for escape, to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1759 jocular
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RASPBERRY to deride or dismiss; to escape from ...1910s sl.
• GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1883 US
• GO OVER THE WALL to escape from prison ...1935 sl.
• GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape ...1874 sl.
• GUY OFF to run away., to escape ...L19 sl.
• HAVE IT AWAY to escape from prison or impending arrest ...1950s sl.
• HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE'S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest ...1950s sl.
• HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape ...1986 US sl.
• LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly ...1886 US sl., esp. criminals' & police usage
• LAM OFF to escape, to run away ...2003 UK sl.
• LAM THE JOINT to escape from prison ...1932 US sl.
• MAKE A LAM to escape from prison ...1928 US sl.
• MAKE A LOOSE to make one's escape ...E18 sl.
• MAKE ONE to plan and effect an escape ...1970s UK prison sl.
• MAKE ONE OUT to plan and effect an escape ...1970s UK prison sl.
• MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape ...1845 Amer. dial.
• MOPE to desert or escape ...L19 sl.
• OFSCAPE † to escape ...1297
• OUTSCAPE †* to escape ...1562
• PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish ...1910s Amer. sl.
• QUEER THE QUOD to break out of jail ...L18 US criminals' sl.
• RAISE to escape, to get out of, to be released from prison ...1960s US sl.
• SAVE ONE'S BACON to have a narrow escape, to escape safely from a place or situation ...B1691 Eng. sl.
• SAVE ONE'S BEEF to escape safely from a place or situation ...L17 sl.
• SCAM to escape ...1980s US criminals' sl.
• SCAPALI to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCAPE to escape ...1813 arch. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCARP to escape; to run off ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SCARPA to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPER to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPY to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCRIP to escape ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SHOOT † to avoid, to escape ...1543 Sc.
• SHOOT THROUGH to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave ...1947 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHOW A LEG * to run off, to escape; to move at speed ...1821
• SKEDOO to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKEW † to escape, to slip away ...a1400
• SKIDADDLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIDOODLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIFT † to escape, to get away from ...c1440
• SUBTERFUGE †* to escape, to evade; to get out of ...1641
• TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one's escape ...L19 US sl.
• TAKE A FLIER 1. to escape from prison ...20C US prison sl.
2. to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A FLYER 1. to escape from prison ...20C US prison sl.
2. to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison ...1920s US sl.
• TAKE AN IMMEDIATE DUCK to escape from prison ...1934 US prison sl.
• TAKE A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE FRENCH LEAVE to escape while on trust outside the prison walls ...1935 US prison sl.
• TAKE IT ON ONE'S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest ...1950s sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away; to escape from prison ...c1915 US prison sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR K. DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1936 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE DAN O'LEARY to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart, esp. swiftly and quietly to evade justice; to escape from prison ...c1915 US prison sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly ...1904 US sl., orig. criminals' usage
• TAKE LEG-BAIL to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1774 Sc.
• TAKE STOPPO to escape ...1956 UK sl.
• TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out ...1918 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape ...1910s sl.
• TIB to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds ...1840 school sl.
• TIBBLE to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds ...1840 school sl.
• TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape ...1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
• TURN THE CORNER OF BOLT STREET to run away; to escape ...L19 colloq.
• WADE OUT OF † to escape from ...c1386
• WAIVE † to shun, to avoid; to elude, to escape, to dodge a blow ...1303
• WALK 1. to escape legal custody as a result of being released from suspicion or from a charge ...1958 US sl.
2. to escape unpunished ...1979 US sl.
ESCAPED - adjectives
• DEVITABLE † easy to be shunned, avoided, or escaped ...1727
• NIBBY-GIBBY narrowly escaped or missed ...1854 Eng. dial.
escaped - person
• TAKE-OFF ARTIST an escaped prisoner ...1996 UK sl.
ESCORT - person
• CABALLERO a woman's escort or admirer ...US
• HANDBAG a male escort ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
ESCHEW - verbs
• SCREED to shun, to eschew, to avoid ...1851 Eng. dial.
ESCORT - person
• CABALLERO a woman's escort or admirer ...20C US
• HANDBAG a woman's male escort ...1967 Aust. sl.
escort, verbs
• BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CARRY to escort, to accompany ...1861 Amer. dial.
• RESKORT to escort ...Bk1904 Ireland
• SCORCH to escort ...1934 Amer. dial.
ESKIMO - person
• ESKY (derogatory) an Inuit; an Eskimo person; an Eskimo dog ...1910s US sl.
• YACK an Eskimo ...1866 Sc.
• YACKIE an Eskimo ...1866 Sc.
ESPECIALLY - adverbs
• EAGER especially ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOST-WISE especially, most of all ...1943 Amer. dial.
• NAMELY † particularly, especially, above all; usually with preceding 'and' ...c1175
• PARTICULAR especially, very, very much ...M19 sl.
• SUNDERLEPES † especially, particularly ...c1175
ESPIONAGE - nouns
• DEAD DROP in espionage or a sophisticated criminal venture: a location where a message can be left by one party and retrieved by another ...1986 US sl.
ESSENCE - adjectives
• QUIDDITATIVE † pert. to the essence of a thing ...1650
essence - nouns
• DAYLIGHTS the insides; the essence ...M19 sl.
• FUNK anything basic, elemental, earthy; the essence of being ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
• GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter ...1663 UK
• OMNI-ESSENCE universal essence or being ...1624
• QUIDDITY the real nature or essence of a thing; that which makes a thing what it is ...1569
essence - verbs
• QUINTESSENTIATE * to extract the quintessence of ...1606
ESSENTIAL - adjectives
• GUT basic; essential; most immediate ...1964 Amer. sl.
• MUST-HAVE essential, mandatory; usually used in the context of material objects ...1990s sl.
• SINE QUA NON indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential ...1615
essential - nouns
• GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter ...1663 UK
• IMPLEMENT †* something necessary to make a thing complete; an essential or important constituent part ...1632
• MAIN OF ALL, THE † the important or essential point ...1595
• MARROW the centre, the essential part, the best of anything; the main point, or the full meaning ...1863 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• PITH AND MARROW the essential or important part ...1635
• TONGUE OF THE TRUMP n. the most important person or thing; the principal person in any undertaking; the leader; that which is essential to the success of anything ...1820 Sc.
essential - verbs
• THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless
ESTABLISH - verbs
• EDIFY † to build up, to establish, to organize a system, institution, or law, a moral quality, etc.; to establish or strengthen a person ...a1340
• FASTEN † to make firm or stable; to establish, to settle, to confirm ...a1175
• ONSTELL †* to institute, to establish, to impose ...971
• ORDINATE † to institute, to establish, to predestine ...1610 rare or obs.
• RAMPIRE †* to fix or establish firmly ...1555
• STATUMINATE † to support; to establish ...a1628 obs.
• TO-ESTABLISH † to establish perfectly or entirely ...a1562
ESTABLISHED - adjectives
• BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested ...1930s US Black sl.
• RADICATE † rooted, deep-seated, firmly established ...1656
established - verbs
• RADICATE † to take root, to become established ...1656
ESTATE - adjectives
• LATIFUNDIAN possessing large estates ...a1734
estate - nouns
• LATIFUNDIA large estates ...1630
• MANOR † a mansion, habitation; a country residence; the principal house of an estate ...c1290
estate - person
• FACTOR † one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate - the manager of a landed estate who collects the rents, lets the lands, etc. - a bailiff - a land-agent or land-steward ...1561 obs. exc. Sc.
estate - verbs
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
ESTEEM - nouns
• ACE the best one; a thing which is held in high esteem; something of merit ...1840 Amer. sl.
• DAINTY † estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love ...a1225
• EYE-SERVICE †* respect or esteem shown through admiring looks ...1869
• VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect ...1929 Sc.
esteem - person
• ACE a person held in high esteem ...M19 sl., orig. US
• VALUER one who esteems ...1638
esteem - verbs
• ACE to hold in high esteem ...1990s US sl.
• MAGNIPEND † to hold something in very high esteem ...1623
• RATE to be highly esteemed ...20C Amer. sl.
• STAND ACE (WITH) to be held in the highest esteem with someone ...L19 US sl.
• THINK MICKLE OF to esteem, to think well of ...1856 Sc.
ESTEEMED - adjectives
• ACE high in esteem ...1903 Amer. sl.
• ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...L19 US sl.
• ACES esteemed, well respected , favoured ,,,20C US sl.
• ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...1885 US sl.
• ACES UP esteemed, well respected , favoured ...20C US sl.
• BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value ...1958 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• DEARWORTH of persons: dearly esteemed, worthy of being loved, dear, beloved ...a1225
• DEARWORTHY † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved ...a1300
• DERWORTH † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved ...a1225
• DERWORTHY † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved ...a1300
ESTIMATE - adjectives
• CALCULATORY † pert. to calculation or estimate ...1611
estimate - nouns
• CALCUL † calculation; estimate ...1754 Sc.
• SCANCE a rough idea or estimate ...1920 Sc.
estimate - verbs
• CALL to consider, to estimate, to think ...1888 Eng. dial.
• CAST † to reckon, to calculate, to estimate ...a1300
• EYEBALL to make a visual inspection or assessment of; to measure by sight alone; to estimate by eye ...1958 orig. US
• VALURE † to value, to estimate the value of goods, property, etc.; to appraise in respect of value ...1487
• VENTILATE † to estimate the value of; to appraise ...1682
ESTIMATION - nouns
• EYEBALLING scrutiny, investigation; visual inspection or assessment; estimation or measurement by sight alone ...1959
• RATE † estimation, consideration ...1610
ESTRANGEMENT - nouns
• QUEERNESS an estrangement ...1896 Eng. dial.
ESTUARY - nouns
• YENLADE † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
• YENLET † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
ET CETERA - phrases
• AND ALL THAT CAPER et cetera ...1964 UK sl.
• AND ALL THAT JAZZ et cetera, and so on ...1959 US sl.
• AND AND AND and so on, etc. ...1984 UK sl.
• AND LIKE THAT et cetera; and so on ...1977 US
• ALL LIKE THAT THERE other such things, etcetera ...Amer. sl.
• ALL STUFF LIKE THAT THERE other such things, etcetera ...Amer. sl.
• ALL THAT JAZZ other such things; etcetera ...Amer. sl.
• UMBESSY etcetera ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ZOWIE so forth and so on ...World War I Amer. sl.
ETERNAL - adjectives
• AEONIAL age-long, eternal, everlasting ...1865
• AEONIAN eternal, everlasting ...1765
• AEVITERNAL †* everlasting, endless, eternal ...1660
• ECHE † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• ECHELICH † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• EVERLIVING living without end; immortal, eternal ...1547
• EVITERNAL † eternal, everlasting ...1596
• TARNAL eternal, everlasting ...1995 Amer. dial.
eternal - nouns
• AEVITERNITY † eternal existence, everlasting duration, eternity ...1596
ETERNALLY - adverbs
• ECHELICHE † eternally ...c1175
• WITHOUT TIME † forever, eternally ...a1400
ETERNITY - nouns
• AEVITERNITY † eternal existence, everlasting duration, eternity ...1596
• AEVUM †* an aeon, an age, eternity ...1660
ETHICAL - person
• CAESAR'S WIFE a person required to be above suspicion
ETHIOPIA - nouns
• DEATHIOPIA Ethiopia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Ethiopia - person
• ABASSIAN a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia ...1613
• ABYSSIAN † a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia) ...E17
• ABYSSIN † a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia ...1584
• ABYSSINIAN a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia) ...1703
• ACRIDOPHAGI the people of Ethiopia who feed on locusts ...Bk1795
ETON - nouns
• PUPPY-HOLE at Eton College: a pupil-room, in which pupils work with their tutors ...1922 sl.
Eton - person
• CAD a low fellow who hangs about the college to provide the Etonians with anything necessary to assist their sports ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADCATCHER at Eton, Oxford: a fellow that did odd jobs, as around the sporting fields ...Bk1955
• DAME at Eton: a matron who keeps a boarding-house for boys at the school; also a man who does the same ...c1737
• TUG at Eton College: a student on the foundation, a colleger as opposed to an oppidan; in wider use: a studious or academic pupil, a swot ...1864 sl.
EUCHARIST - person
• OBLATIONARY one who receives the oblations at the celebration of the Eucharist ...1872 ecclesiastical usage
• OBLATIONER one who receives the oblations at the celebration of the Eucharist ...1891
EULOGIST - person
• BENEDICTOR † a eulogist, one who commends or praises, a well-wisher ...1614
• LAUDATOR one who praises; a eulogist ...1825
EULOGISTIC - adjectives
• PANEGYRIC of the nature of a eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, laudatory ...a1631
• PANEGYRICAL of the nature of a eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, laudatory ...1592-3
EULOGIZE - verbs
• PANEGYRICIZE * to pronounce or write an elaborate eulogy upon; to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize ...1787
• PANEGYRIZE to pronounce or write an elaborate eulogy upon; to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize ...1617
EULOGY - adverbs
• PANEGYRICALLY by way of elaborate eulogy ...1680
eulogy - nouns
• EXTOLMENT † the act of extolling or praising; eulogy ...1604
• LAUDATIVE † a laudative expression or discourse; a eulogy ...1605
• LAUDATORY † a laudatory discourse, a eulogy ...1620
• PANEGYRE † a eulogy ...1603
• PANEGYRIC 1. a public speech or writing in praise of some person, thing, or achievement; a laudatory discourse, a formal or elaborate encomium or eulogy ...1603
2. elaborate praise; eulogy; laudation ...1613
• PANEGYRIS † a public speech or writing in praise of some person, thing, or achievement; a laudatory discourse, a formal or elaborate encomium or eulogy ...1646
EUNUCH - adjectives
• UNGENITURED without testicles; pert. to a eunuch ...Shakespeare usage
eunuch - person
• CAPON † a eunuch ...1594
• CASTRATE † a castrated man, a eunuch ...1639
• GELDED-MAN † a eunuch ...1387
• GELDING † a gelded person, a eunuch ...1382
• HALF-MAN a eunuch ...1727
• HIJRA in South Asia, esp. India: a eunuch, esp. one who dresses as a woman; also, a male transvestite, an androgynous or transgender person ...1838
• SPADE † a eunuch ...1680
• SPADO a eunuch; a castrated person ...c1430
eunuch - verbs
• EUNUCHATE † to make a eunuch of, to castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power ...1646
EUPHEMISM - adjectives
• HYPOCORISTIC of the nature of a pet-name or nickname; pert. to the habit of using endearing or euphemistic terms ...1796
• HYPOCORISTICAL † of the nature of a pet-name or nickname; pert. to the habit of using endearing or euphemistic terms ...1609
euphemism - nouns
• NONNY-NONNY a general term of avoidance; a word used to replace any word which is considered impolite or indelicate ...18C Brit. sl.
EUPHORIA - nouns
• BUZZ a feeling of excitement or euphoria, esp. one induced by a stimulant; a thrill, a 'kick' ...1942 sl., orig. US
euphoria - verbs
• BE IN HOG HEAVEN to be in euphoria ...Bk1995 US sl.
EUPHORIC - adjectives
• BUZZY of a person: excited, euphoric, experiencing a buzz; active, lively, over-stimulated ...1978
euphoric - verbs
• BLISS OUT to become euphoric; to experience a state of ecstasy ...1970s sl.
EURASIAN - person
• BUTTER MAIDEN (derogatory) a Eurasian woman ...1920s Anglo-Indian
• LIP-LAP a disparaging nickname given to Eurasians ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian
• SNUFF AND BUTTER (derogatory) a Eurasian woman ...1920s Anglo-Indian
EUROPE - nouns
• DAGOLAND (derogatory) Southern Europe, esp. Italy ...1976 US sl.
• LAYOUT ACROSS THE DRINK Europe ...1940s US Black sl.
Europe - person
• BLANKS Whites or Europeans (used by themselves) ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• BOHAWK (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1952 US sl.
• BOHUNK (often derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BUNK a bohunk; an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• DUTCHMAN a European; a foreigner ...1857 colloq.
• FANQUI a European ...Bk1892 Anglo-Chinese
• GARLIC MUNCHER a European person; a Greek or Italian ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• GRILL (derogatory) a person from southern Europe ...1957 Aust. sl.
• GUINEA (derogatory) a person of southern European ancestry, esp. Italian ...1896 Amer. dial.
• HONYOCK an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe ...1911 US sl.
• HUNK (derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe ...1896 N. Amer. sl.
• HUNKEY, HUNKIE, HUNKY (derogatory) an Eastern European; a Slav; a Hungarian; disparaging, but usually more illustrative of the speaker's lack of geographic knowledge ...1896 US sl.
• HUNYAK an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe ...1911 US sl.
• LONG-NOSE - an American or European ...1967 US sl.
• ROUNDEYE applied by Asians to a European ...1967 sl.
• SOUTHRON a native or inhabitant of the south of England, of Europe, etc.; also, in the U.S., a southerner ...1857
EVACUATE - verbs
• VACUATE † to empty; to evacuate ...1651
EVACUATION - nouns
• SIEGE † evacuation ...c1460
• VACUATION † evacuation ...1590
EVACUEE - person
• VACKIE, VACKY, VAKKY an evacuee, esp. a child evacuated from the city to the country at the beginning of World War II ...1940 Brit. colloq.
EVADE, EVASIVE - person
• BUCK-PASSER one who evades or avoids work and responsibility ...1933 Amer. dial.
evade, evasive - verbs
• BAG IT to loaf, to malinger, to evade one's duty ...1978 military sl.
• BEAT to avoid; to evade punishment or conviction ...1912 Amer. sl.
• BLINK to ignore, to evade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CRAP OUT to evade something; to chicken out of something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUCK AND DIVE to avoid or evade, esp. with regard to legality or responsibility; to dodge work; to shirk; hence, to avoid regular employment but make living nevertheless ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'skive' (to avoid or evade)
• EEL OUT to evade a situation or responsibility; to worm out of a situation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FLANK to dodge, to evade ...M19 US sl., orig. military
• FUNK to try to back out of anything; to fight shy of; to wish or try to shirk or evade an undertaking, duty, etc. ...1834
• FUNK OUT to back out of something, owing to a lack of courage or spirit; to try to avoid or evade an undertaking, duty etc. ...1859
• GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1875 US
• GIVE ONE THE GAN-BY to give one the slip, to evade ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape ...1883 US
• GIVE THE GO-AROUND TO to avoid, to evade, to slight ...E20 chiefly US
• GIVE THE GO-BY TO to pass, leave behind, elude, evade, disregard, or slight ...E17
• ILLUDE † to evade, to elude ...1553
• LEAP † to evade, to neglect ...1658-9
• OIL to cheat; to act in an underhand way; to obtain unfairly; to evade ...L19 sl.
• PLAY OFF to shirk responsibility; esp. to evade work; to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse ...1783 Amer. dial.
• SCHLENT to double-cross; to hoax; to be evasive ...1920s sl.
• SKATE to evade duty ...World War II armed forces usage
• SUBTERFUGE †* to escape, to evade; to get out of ...1641
• TAPDANCE to wriggle out of trouble, to evade something cleverly ...1920s sl., orig. US
• WALTZ to evade or deceive someone ...1970s US sl.
• WHIP THE DEVIL ROUND THE STUMP to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1776 Eng. dial.
• WORM OUT OF SOMETHING to evade or avoid an unpleasant situation ...1893 Amer. sl.
• WRIGGLE LIKE A CUT SNAKE to be evasive or shifty; to toady ...1940s Aust. sl.
• WRIGGLE OUT (OF) to avoid or evade a responsibility or duty ...1848 sl.
EVADING - nouns
• ARSING shuffling, evading ...Bk1898 Sc.
EVALUATE - verbs
• CLOCK to count up or evaluate ...1961 Amer. sl.
• VALLIATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALUATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
EVANGELIST - person
• HALLELUJAH-HAWKER an evangelist who works door-to-door ...1893 Aust. sl.
• HALLELUJAH-PEDDLER a Salvation Army or any other affiliation of preacher; a clergyman; an evangelist ...1927 US sl.
• HELL-ROBBER a Christian evangelist ...1936 US sl.
• MISSION SQUAWKER a mission evangelist ...1920s US tramp sl.
• VANGELIST † an evangelist ...a1330
• WANGELIST † an evangelist ...1330
EVAPORATE - verbs
• EVAPULATE to evaporate; to disappear ...1945 Amer. dial.
EVASION - adjectives
• GYROTWISTIVE full of tricks and evasions ...1869 Amer. sl.
evasion - adverbs
• FAINLESSLY † without attempted evasion ...1652
evasion - nouns
• BACK-JAR an ill-natured objection or opposition; an artful evasion ...1825 Sc.
• E AND E evasion and escape ...1982 US Korean war usage
• GAN-BY an escape, evasion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GET-OFF an evasion, a subterfuge ...M19
• GET-OUT a means of evasion; a withdrawal ...L19 colloq.
• GAINTURN † a turning back; an evasion ...a1225
• OFF-COME an excuse, pretense, evasion; an apology; a strange speech ...a1700 Sc.
• OFF-PUT a delay; postponement; a pretense for delay, an evasion; a feint ...1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD ARMY GAME, THE any form of trickery, deception, or evasion ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PARAFLING wordy equivocation, time-wasting evasion; the making of an ostentatious fuss ...1825 Sc.
• PARRYING trifling, equivocation, evasion ...1883 Sc.
• SALISBURY a polite evasion; a 'white lie' ...L19 sl.
• SALVE † a solution of a difficulty; also, a sophistical excuse or evasion ...a1628
• SALVO † a solution, explanation of a difficulty; an answer to an objection; an excuse or evasion ...1659.
EVASIVE - adjectives
• EVASORIOUS †* seeking to evade, evasive, shuffling ...1687
• HEDGY evasive, non-committal ...E20
• OFF-PUTTING evasive, calculated to delay, playing for time, trifling ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAPONACEOUS evasive; flattering ...1837
• SHIFTY undependable, untrustworthy, dishonest, evasive ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SLIDDERY † sly, deceitful, shifty, evasive; not trustworthy ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SLIP-SKIN † evasive, slippery ...1641
• SUBTERFUGING † evasive; employing subterfuges ...1802
evasive - nouns
• FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense...1927 Brit. sl.
evasive - person
• PALTERER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• WHIFFMAGIG a shifty or evasive person; a base person ...1871
evasive - verbs
• BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
• FLANNEL to talk evasively to; to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1941 Brit. sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
EVASIVELY - adverbs
• HEDGINGLY in an evasive or non-committal manner ...L19
EVEN - adjectives
• EEND even, straight ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EVEN STEPHEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
• EVEN STEVEN even, tied ...1866 Amer. dial.
• EVENLIER more even ...Bk1900 N. Ireland
• FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HORSE AND HORSE dead even ...a1859 US sl., esp. gambling usage
• HOSS AND HOSS dead even ...1846 US sl., esp. gambling usage
• SMACK-SMOOTH † perfectly smooth, level, or even ...obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUANT working or proceeding regularly, evenly, smoothly, or easily; even, smooth, regular ...1547 now Eng. dial.
• SUING † regular, proportionate; even, uniform ...c1369
• UNE even ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WHITTLEDY-WHET even, neck and neck, just about equal ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WHITTLETY-WHET even, neck and neck, just about equal ...1890 Amer. dial.
even - adverbs
• EVENDOWN even ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EVENLY even; probably, likely ...1874 Eng. dial.
even - verbs
• EQUALIZE † to equal, to make equal or even ...1714 Sc.
• RANGE to make straight, even, or level ...1846
EVENING - adverbs
• BELIVE in the evening ...1775 Eng. dial.
• THESTREEN last night, yesterday evening ...1788 Sc.
evening - nouns
• AFTER-DAYSET evening; an evening social gathering ...1947 Sc.
• AFTERNIGHT the evening; the time after it gets dark ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ARNDERN the evening ...c1480
• BUKUSO'CLOCK the evening ...2003 S. Afr. sl.
• CANDLE-TEENING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CANDLE-TENDING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1519
• CANDLE-TINING the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall ...1613
• DARKENING twilight, dusk, evening ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DARKEY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• DARKMANS the night, evening; also, twilight ...1567 thieves' cant
• DARKY night; evening; twilight ...1753 criminals' sl.
• 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.
• DIM the evening; the night ...Bk2006 US street sl.
• EARLY BLACK dusk; early evening ...Bk2006 US street sl.
• EARLY CANDLELIGHT the beginning of the evening; dusk ...1809 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DARK early evening, twilight ...1953 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF DUSK early evening, twilight ...a1864 Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF NIGHT, THE twilight, dusk, early evening, nightfall ...1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• EDGE OF THE EVENING early evening, twilight ...1758 Amer. dial.
• EEMIN evening ...1703 Eng. dial.
• EVELING evening ...1746 Eng. dial.
• EVEMEN evening ...1851 Eng. dial.
• EVEN evening ...1917 Amer. dial.
• EVEN-FALL the 'fall' or commencement of the evening; twilight ...1814
• EVENTIDE evening ...1851 Amer. dial.
• EVERING evening ...1887 Eng. dial.
• EVERYSTREEN the evening before last ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EVO evening ...1950s Aust. sl.
• GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light ...c1000
• ONFALL n. the fall of the evening ...a1800 Sc.
• QUARTERING TIME the middle of the morning or evening; the hour completely a quarter of a day ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SHANK OF THE EVENING the latter part of the evening; twilight, dusk ...1829 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNDERN the period between noon and sunset; the evening ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
evening - verbs
• ADVESPERATE † to draw towards night or evening ...1626
evening - phrases
• AFTER NIGHT in the evening ...1804 Amer. dial.
EVENLY - adverbs
• EGALLY † equally, evenly; with even judgement or temper ...c1374
• FAIR straight, exactly, evenly, just ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MACKLY † evenly, aptly, easily ...c1440
• NICKETY-TUCK evenly, equally, very close ...1917 Amer. dial.
• NIPPITY-TUCK evenly, equally, very close ...1901 Amer. dial.
EVENT - nouns
• ACCIDENT † an occurrence, incident, event ...c1374
• ADVENEMENT †* that which comes or happens; an event, incident ...1490
• ADVENTURE † a chance occurrence; an event, an accident ...a1300
• BEFALLING happening, occurrence, event ...c1374
• BETIDE †* befalling, event, fortune, chance ...1590
• CASE † a thing that befalls or happens to anyone; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance ...a1225
• CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS, THE the unforeseen course of events ...1871
• GEAR doings, 'goings on', events ...c1460 arch. & Eng. dial.
• HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident ...1842 Eng. dial.
• INSTANCE an event, occurrence; curiosity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KODAK MOMENT a clichéd moment or event ...1991 US sl.
• MAKE-WAY an event which leads up to another ... 1894
• OCCURRENT † something that occurs ore meets one; an event, an occurrence ...1538
• ONGOING an event, affair, proceeding, conduct, behaviour; generally in plural ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARAPHERNALLY a long rambling story; a tedious rigmarole; any event, affair, occurrence ...1828 Sc.
• SUCCESS † an event ...1588
• TIDING † something that happens; an event, incident, occurrence ...c1205 obs. or arch.
• TIMING † happening, occurrence; good or ill fortune; an event, an occurrence ...c1250
• TOPPER a remark or action that serves as the coup de grace of a conversation or series of events ...1939 US
EVENTUALLY - adverbs
• AS THE CAT JUMPS eventually ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE SUCCESS † eventually ...a1676
• ONE OF THESE ODD-COME-SHORTLYS one of these days; sooner or later ...M18 sl.
• ONE OF THESE ODD-COME-SHORTS one of these days ...1883 Amer. dial.
• SUCCESSIVELY † in the course of events; subsequently, eventually ...1600
EVER - adverbs
• AYE always, ever; continually ...1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
EVERLASTING - adjectives
• AEONIAL age-long, eternal, everlasting ...1865
• AEONIAN eternal, everlasting ...1765
• AEVITERNAL †* everlasting, endless, eternal ...1660
• AY LASTING † everlasting ...a1225
• ECHE † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• ECHELICH † everlasting, eternal ...c825
• EVITERNAL † eternal, everlasting ...1596
• TARNAL eternal, everlasting ...1995 Amer. dial.
everlasting - nouns
• AEVITERNITY † eternal existence, everlasting duration, eternity ...1596
EVERY - adjectives
• ALL SUNDRY † each, every ...1562
• ILKA † each, every...c1200
EVERYBODY, EVERYONE - nouns
• ALL AND SUNDRIES † everybody of all classes, one and all ...1783 chiefly Sc.
• ALL HANDS all the members of a party, esp. when collectively engaged in work; everyone ...1655 colloq.
• ALL HANDS AND THE COOK every member of a ship's crew without exception; also, all the members of a party; a large number of people; everyone ...1835 orig. US
• ALL HANDS AND THE COOK AND THE WHISKEY-JACKS all members of a working group without exception; usually used as an exclamation announcing an emergency requiring everyone's help ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ALL LEDE † all the people, all the world, everybody ...a1300
• ALL MAN JACK everybody who is involved ...1973 Trinidad and Tobago
• ALL NATURE everyone; all the world; the whole creation; everything ...1819 Amer. dial.
• ALL OUTDOORS the whole world; everything; everyone ...1846 Amer. dial.
• ALL THE WORLD AND HIS DOG everybody ...1984 Aust. sl.
• ALL THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE everybody ...1738 UK sl.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• CUT AND LONG TAIL † all sorts of people ...1578
• EACH MOTHER'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY BASTARD AND HIS DOG absolutely everyone ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS AUNT absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS BROTHER absolutely everyone ...1940s Amer. sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS COUSIN absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS MOTHER absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERYBODY AND HIS UNCLE absolutely everyone ...1940s Amer. sl.
• EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHERS-IN-LAW absolutely everybody ...M19 US sl.
• EVERY DADDY'S BABBY every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY DOG AND DEVIL everyone ...20C Irish sl.
• EVERY JACK MAN every individual man ...1840 colloq.
• EVERY JACK-RAG everyone without exception ...1846 sl.
• EVERY LASTING ONE every last one, everyone ...1946 Amer. dial.
• EVERY LAST ONE every one or thing without exception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• EVERY LIVING ASS every single person ...1940s US sl.
• EVERY MAN JACK everyone without exception ...1846 sl.
• EVERY MAN JAG every single one ...E19 sl.
• EVERY MAN JOHN every single one ...E19 sl.
• EVERY MOTHER'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERYONE AND HIS BROTHER a large number of people ...20C
• EVERY RAM-JACK OF THEM every single individual ...1853 Eng. dial.
• EVERY WOMAN'S BABE every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY WOMAN'S SON n. every single person or thing ...L16
• PHILIP AND CHEINEY † anyone and everyone' 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' ...1542
• RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble ...1879
• RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot ...1820
• TAG AND RAG † the rabble, the lower classes; an assemblage of people held in small esteem; everybody; all and any ...c1535
• TAG, RAG, AND BOBTAIL a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1645
• TAG, RAG, AND BOBTAILRY a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1858
• TAG, RAG, AND LONGTAIL a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1719
• TAG, RAG, AND RASCALITY a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes ...1701
• WHOLE KIT, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
• WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
everybody, everyone - pronouns
• ALL AND SINGULAR everyone ...1472 now arch.
• EACH AND SINGULAR everyone ...1472 now arch.
EVERYTHING - nouns
• ALL DAT everything ...2003 UK sl.
• ALL MANNER OF THING everything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ALL NATURE everyone; all the world; the whole creation; everything ...1819 Amer. dial.
• ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR everything altogether, the whole lot ...1911
• BANG-DOLLOP the entire collection, the whole number ...1895 Sc.
• BODY AND BREECHES everything ...1878 Amer. dial.
• BODY, BOOT, AND BRITCHES everything ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BOX AND DICE the sum total, everything; the whole, complete turn-out ...1889 Sc.
• CAPOODLE all of something; the entire lot of people or things; a large mixed-up collection of objects or people ...1848 sl.
• COMPOODLE aggregate; the whole lot ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• EARTH, THE everything; a large amount or quantity ...L19 sl.
• EVERY BIT AND GRAIN all, everything ...1952 Amer. dial.
• EVERY DADDY'S BABBY every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY LAST ONE every one or thing without exception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• EVERY MOTHER'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK every imaginable object, whatever is available, no matter what it is ...1910s
• EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE KITCHEN SINK every conceivable thing
• EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z everything imaginable ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS everything imaginable ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK whatever is available, whatever is known ...1950s US
• EVERY WOMAN'S BABE every single person or thing ...L16
• EVERY WOMAN'S SON every single person or thing ...L16
• GABOODLE the whole lot ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GUNTZ, THE * everything possible or available, the lot ...1958 UK sl.
• GUT AND GAW everything without any exception, bag and baggage ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GUTS, FEATHERS, AND ALL everything, the whole works ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ISSUE everything; the lot; all there is ...1910s Aust. sl.
• JING-BANG the lot ...1891 Sc.
• KAPOODLE the whole lot; a group; a crowd ...1915 Amer. dial.
• KOBOODLE the whole lot ...1894 Amer. dial.
• MAKING everything, the whole lot ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OMNIANA notes or scraps of information about everything, or about all kinds of things ...1807
• PACKET, THE everything, the lot ...1980s sl.
• SCRAP AND SCREED every particle, everything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIN AND BIRN the whole of anything or any number ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SOUP TO NUTS everything ...1910 US colloq.
• STOCK AND BLOCK † everything, the whole, one's whole possessions ...1725
• TAIL AND TOP † the whole, everything without exception ...1558
• TOP AND TAIL the whole, everything without exception, every part ...1303
• WHOLE ISSUE, THE everything; the lot. all there is ...1910s Aust. sl.
• WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
• WHOLE KIT, THE everything or everybody ...colloq.
• WHOLE WORKS, THE everything, the totality of resources ...1912 Amer. sl.
everything - phrases
• A COOLOO all; everything ...c1925 Royal Air Force
• ALL THAT JAZZ all that stuff; all that nonsense ...Amer. sl.
• ALL THE WAY with everything on it, as with a hamburger ...Amer. sl.
• WHOLE BOILING, THE the whole lot ...1837 sl.
EVERYWHERE - adjectives
• ALL-OVERISH that is (nearly) everywhere), ubiquitous; over the whole extent of something ...1838
• ALL OVER THE SHOP confused, in disarray; everywhere ...1874 UK sl.
• OMNIVAGANT wandering or roaming everywhere or in all directions ...1891
• UBIQUARIAN 1. existing everywhere ...1762
2. met with or experienced everywhere ...1825
• UBIQUIOUS †* present or appearing everywhere ...1782
• WALL-TO-WALL everywhere, all over ...1960s sl.
everywhere - adverbs
• A'GAIT everywhere ...1816 Sc.
• A'GATE everywhere ...1816 Sc.
• A'GATES everywhere ...1816 Sc.
• ALL ABOUT everywhere ...1848 Aust.
• ALL OVER THE AUCTION everywhere ...1930 Aust. sl.
• AYWHERE † everywhere ...c1000
• EACHWHERE † everywhere, in every part, on every side ...c1340
• EAST AND WEST in every direction, every which way ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EASTWEST, NORTHWEST, AND CROOKED in every direction, every which way ...1966 Amer. dial.
• EVERYWAYS in every direction, everywhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EVERYWHERES everywhere, in every direction ...1867 Amer. dial.
• FAR-ABOUT † to a great distance around, everywhere ...c1300
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST helter-skelter, in all directions, everywhere ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO HARLEM helter-skelter, in all directions, everywhere ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FROM THE CROWN TO THE TOES all over ...1297
• MANY-A-WHERE in many places ...1798 Sc.
• MANY-WHERE * in many places ...a1300
• OURWHERE † anywhere; everywhere ...a1300
• ROUND AND SQUARE everywhere ...B1900 rhyming sl.
• UBIQUE everywhere ...1709
• UNERAN everywhere, over all ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WIDE AND SIDE † far and wide ...a900
• WIDE-WHERE far and wide, over a wide area ...OE arch.
everywhere - nouns
• UBIQUITANT † one who, or that which is, or can be everywhere at once ...1654
• UBIQUITARIAN † one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1644
• UBIQUITARINESS †* the quality of being everywhere at once ...1655
• UBIQUITARY * one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1587
• UBIQUITY the capacity of being everywhere or in all places at the same time ...1597
everywhere - person
• UBIQUARIAN * a person who goes everywhere ...1767
• UBIQUITANT † one who, or that which is, or can be everywhere at once ...1654
• UBIQUITARIAN † one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1644
• UBIQUITARY * one who or that which is or can be everywhere at once ...1587
everywhere - verbs
• UBIQUIT † to make appear everywhere ...1676
everywhere - phrases
• ALL ABOUT LIKE SHIT IN A FIELD everywhere ...1999 UK sl.
• ALL OVER HELL AND HALF OF GEORGIA everywhere, a large area ...1984 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL AND HALF OF WINHALL everywhere, a large area ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL AND PART OF GROTON everywhere, a large area ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL AND PART OF YORK STATE everywhere, a large area ...1959 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL'S HALF ACRE everywhere, all over the place; somewhere ...1931 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER HELL'S KITCHEN everywhere, helter-skelter ...1975 Amer. dial.
• ALL ROUND HELL'S HALF ACRE everywhere, all over the place; somewhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FROM BOOTS TO BREAKFAST in all directions; everywhere ...L19 US sl.
• FROM DOGLEG TO THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT anywhere, everywhere ...1900s Aust. sl.
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST in all directions; everywhere ...L19 US sl.
• WYNE AND ONWYNE † - right and left, everywhere ...1768 Sc.
EVICT - person
• WINKLER one who assists in the eviction of tenants ...1970 sl.
EVICTED - adjectives
• OUT ON YOUR ARSE ejected, evicted, expelled ...1998 UK sl.
EVIDENCE - adjectives
• LUCULENT † of evidence, arguments: clear, convincing, evident ...1597
• SINGLE † unsupported by other evidence ...c1449
evidence - nouns
• AMMO information or evidence that can be used to support an argument or a charge ...Amer. sl.
• LOAD fabricated evidence ...1975 Aust. sl.
• MANIFESTO † a proof, a piece of evidence ...1644
• MOUTHPRINTS hearsay evidence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
evidence - person
• ACCOMMODATION MAN one who is paid to give false evidence ...L19 UK criminal's sl.
evidence - verbs
• BLOW THE GAFF to let out a secret; to reveal a plot; to give convicting evidence ...1812 sl.
• DEPONE to testify, to asseverate, to affirm; to give evidence as a witness ...1726 Sc.
• DO A MOUNT to give evidence ...c1942 Brit. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE BOOK to make someone give sworn evidence ...15C colloq.
• GO QUEEN'S to turn Queen's evidence, that is, to give evidence against co-defendants, usually to your own advantage ...1996 UK sl.
• LOAD to fabricate evidence ...1975 Aust. sl.
• RAP to swear (evidence) against someone or for someone ...M18 sl.
EVIDENT - adjectives
• BREME † brilliant, shining, bright; hence, clearly seen, evident, apparent, obvious ...c1340
• BRIGHT easy to perceive or understand; clear, evident ....a1200
• DECLARATIVE † making clear, manifest, or evident ...a1536
• EYELY †* visible or apparent to the eye; evident, obvious ...1561
• ILLUSTRIOUS † clearly manifest, evident, or obvious ...1654
• IMMANIFEST * not manifest or evident ...1646
• INDUBITATE † undoubted, unquestioned, certain, apparent, evident ...1480
• PALPABLE easily perceived; open to recognition; plain, evident, apparent, obvious, manifest ...1545
• PLAIN AS PARRITCH self-evident, obvious to all, as clear as crystal (parritch = porridge) ...1761 Sc.
• STICKS OUT LIKE A DOG'S BALLS very clear, self-evident ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
evident - verbs
• DILUCIDATE † to make clear, plain, or evident; to free from obscurity; to elucidate, to explain ...1538
EVIDENTLY - adverbs
• BY THE CLOCK manifestly, clearly, evidently ...c1920 Amer. sl.
EVIL - adjectives
• AGATHOKAKOLOGICAL composed of good and evil ...a1843 nonce word
• ANOINTED of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious ...1856 Eng. dial.
• AVERRUNCAL †* averting evil ...1705
• BADLY LOOKING of repulsive or evil appearance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BEDEVILED evil disposed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLACK AS COAL extremely dark or evil ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BOWSIE bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
• BOWSY bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
• CACODOX † holding wrong or evil opinions or doctrines ...1716
• CACODOXIAN * holding wrong or evil opinions ...1716
• CACODOXICAL * holding wrong or evil opinions ...1693
• CACOETHE †* of an ill habit ...1541
• CANKERED infected with evil; corrupt, depraved ...c1440
• DARK evil ...2000 UK sl.
• DERN † of evil or deceitful nature; cruel or barbarous ...c897
• EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous ...1880 Sc.
• EVIL-BELIVED †* evil-living, of ill life ...1557
• EVIL-DEEDY given to evil deeds; mischievous ...1535 now Sc.
• FUNESTOUS † causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful ...1641
• GALLOWS-FACED - evil-looking ...1769
• HAGER fierce, cruel, evil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ILL evil, immoral ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-BORN of evil birth or origin ...1640-4
• ILL-CANKERED evilly disposed ...1856 Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDED mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDIE mischievous, evilly disposed ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DEEDY † given to evil deeds; mischievous ...c1460 obs. exc. Sc.
• ILL-DESIGNED evilly disposed ...1891 Sc.
• ILL-DREADED expecting evil ...1897 Sc.
• ILL-FACED having an evil countenance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-FEARING fearing the powers of evil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLFUL †* full of evil; harmful; pernicious ...1615
• ILL-GIVEN evil-minded, ill-tempered; prone to speak or do evil ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-LOOKED † having an evil aspect or evil looks; ill-looking, ugly ...1636
• ILL-LOOKING of evil or repulsive appearance; having a bad look; ugly; the opposite of good-looking ...1633
• ILL-MEANING meaning evil, malicious in intent ...1681
• ILL-MINDED † having an evil mind or disposition; unfriendly, hostile, malicious ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ILL-MUGGENT † evil-disposed ...1785 Sc.
• ILL-SEEMING of evil appearance or aspect ...1596
• ILL-SET evil-disposed, having evil propensities ...1776 Sc.
• ILLSOME evilly disposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-STATED † in an evil state or condition ...1605
• ILL-TONGUED having a malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language; foul-mouthed ...a1300
• ILL-TRODDEN evil, wicked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-TURNED † having an evil turn of mind; ill-disposed ...a1637
• IMPENDENT * of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand ...a1592
• IMPERFECT † positively faulty, vicious, evil ...1377
• LEWD † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless ...c1386
• MALEFICAL † productive of disaster or evil ...1615
• MALEVOLOUS † malevolent; desirous of evil to others; disposed to ill will ...1536
• MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious ...1727
• MALOROUS evil; unfortunate; malicious ...1876 Sc.
• MALEFIC productive of disaster or evil ...1652
• NOCIVOUS †* hurtful, harmful, injurious, evil ...1616
• PERNICIOUS † villainous, wicked, evil, malicious ...1555 now rare or obs.
• PRAVITOUS †* characterized by wickedness or depravity; full of evil, bad ...1648-9
• QUED † evil, wicked, bad, vile, base ...c1205-25 obs. exc. Sc.
• QUEDE † evil, wicked, bad ...c1205-25
• QUEDFUL † full of evil or wickedness ...1340
• SCELESTIOUS †* wicked, evil, villainous ...1608
• UNIVELE † evil ...c1205 obs.
• UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• VAGGY debased, low, of evil propensities ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy ...1836 Sc.
• WANLICH †* baleful, fraught with evil ...c1205
evil - nouns
• AFTERCLAP ulterior and unexpected consequences, generally unpleasant; evil consequence ...1580 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AIL an evil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAD NAIL † an evil disposition or 'streak' in one's nature ...1866 Sc.
• BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death ...a1000
• BELIAL the spirit of evil personified; the devil ...c1225
• CACOETHES an evil habit ...1563-87
• DARK TRICK an evil action ...1870 Eng. dial.
• DEFAME † ill fame, evil repute; dishonour, disgrace, infamy ...1375
• FACT † an evil deed, a crime ...1539
• FEAT † an evil deed; a crime ...1481
• GURLIEWHIRKIE unforeseen evil, dark and dismal; premeditated revenge ...B1900 Sc.
• HALSENING a predicting or speaking evil ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL DREAD an apprehension of evil ...1820 Sc.
• ILL-GAIT a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• ILL-GATE a bad habit; an evil way ...1865 Sc.
• ILLNESS † bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness ...c1500
• LEWDNESS † wickedness; evil behaviour ...1387
• MALEFICE † an evil deed; mischief ...1591 obs. or arch.
• MALENGIN † evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile ...1390
• MALEVOLENCY † ill-will; the wishing evil to others ...a1662
• MALISM the doctrine that this world is an evil one ...1883
• MALISON the personification of evil; the Evil One ...1898 Sc.
• MALVERSATION †* evil conduct ...1752
• NAAM a trick, a sign of an evil or mischievous disposition ...1911 Sc.
• NAUGHT 1. † wickedness, evil, moral wrong, mischief ...c897
2. † an evil or wicked thing ...a1639
• OBDURACY stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1597
• OBDURATENESS stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil ...1618
• POISON a situation, person, event, etc. that portends harm and evil ...1918 Amer. sl.
• QUED † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDE † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDHEAD † evil, wickedness ...1340
• QUEDNESS † evil, wickedness ...c1300
• QUEDSHIP † evil, wickedness ...c1205.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• UNITHARF † evil, mischief ...c1200
• WHAMMY a 'hex', an evil influence, the evil eye ...1950s sl.
evil - person
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BAD MEMBER a doer of evil; a bad character; a treacherous fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BITCH a cruel, evil, or rude person; generally used of women, but may also be used of men ...Bk1989 US college sl.
• CACODEMON an evil person ...1711
• DEVIL'S-CROOK. an evil-disposed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ENEMY the devil; a person of evil disposition ...1814 Sc.
• GALLAS a person of evil conduct; a notoriously bad person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY FATHER † a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy ...c1510
• HEAVY FRIEND † a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy ...1554
• HELLCAT 1. an evil person, suggestive of a creature from hell; now usually: a person who causes trouble or creates chaos, esp. by wild or outrageous behaviour; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; a pest, an annoying person; a mischievous young boy ...1603
2. a mean, vicious, spiteful, malicious, or evil woman; a woman who is uncontrollable or incorrigible, esp. in wickedness, ferocity, etc.; a witch ...1612
• HELL-DEVIL a person likened to a devil from hell ...c1390
• HELL-DOG a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person ....c1225
• HELL-HAG a vile or malevolent woman; a malicious, evil-minded old woman; a mischievous, wicked woman; a witch; a lewd person of either sex ...1615
• HELL-HOUND a fiend; a fiendish person; a bad or evil person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate ...c1340
• HUMDUDGEON a big, stupid person of an evil disposition ...B1900 Sc.
• ILL-WILLER one who wishes evil against another ...1713 Sc.
• IMPRECATOR one who invokes evil ...1845
• IMPROBE †* a wicked or evil person ...1484
• MAL-INTENTIONEE † an evil-intentioned person ...a1734
• MAN OF BELIAL, A a worthless or evil man; a wicked, depraved person ...1821
• TOD'S BAIRNS children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOD'S BIRDS children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood ...1589 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
evil - verbs
• BACKCAP to speak evil of someone, so as to spoil their game ...L19 sl.
• BESHREW † to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt ...c1325
• CROAK to forebode evil ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HALSEN to predict, to divine, to conjecture; to forebode evil, to anticipate bad news; to speak evil ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HOLD A CANDLE TO THE DEVIL † to serve or assist an evil person; to be active in evil courses ...1599
• IMPEND of evil or danger: to hang threateningly or hover over as about to fall ...1599
• LEAP OUT OF THE PAN INTO THE FIRE to escape from one evil only to fall into a greater one ...1596
• MALEFICIATE to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm ...1621 obs.
EVIL-DOER - person
• ILL-DOER an evil-doer ...1823 Sc.
• MALEFACTRESS a female felon or criminal; an evil-doer ...1647
• MALFEASANT an evil-doer; a criminal ...1882
• MALFEASOR † an evil-doer; a malefactor ...c1330
• MALFETOUR † a malefactor; a criminal; an evil-doer ...c1450
• MISDOER an evil-doer, a transgressor ...1792 Sc.
EVIL-DOING - adjectives
• ILLING †* evil-doing, injuring, harming; speaking ill ...c1220
• MALEFACTORY * evil-doing ...1871
• MALFEASANT evil-doing ...1809
• MALEFACT † a criminal act; an offense; evil-doing ...1534.
evil-doing - nouns
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000.
• MALEFACTION evil-doing; an instance of evil-doing; a criminal act ...1602
• MALEFACTURE † evil-doing; an instance of evil-doing ...1635
• MALEFICENCE evil-doing ...1598
EVIL EYE - nouns
• BAD EYE the evil eye; a curse or threatening glance ...1887 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• COKE STARE the 'evil eye'; a deliberately aggressive and unpleasant look ...1970s US Black sl.
• ILL EYE † evil eye ...1615
• WHAMMY a 'hex', an evil influence, the evil eye ...1950s sl.
evil eye - verbs
• BLINK to look upon with the evil eye; to bewitch ...1886 Sc. & Irish
• EYE-BITE * to bewitch with the eye; esp. to bring a malign influence to bear upon a person by means of one's gaze; to place the 'evil eye' upon ...1584 orig. Ireland
EVIL-LIVING - person
• SCALBERT † a low-minded, evil-living person ...1824 Sc.
EVILLY - adverbs
• LEWDLY † wickedly, evilly, vilely, mischievously ...1382
• SINISTERLY † with evil intent or purpose; maliciously, malevolently ...1549
EVIL SPEAKER - person
• MALDISANT † an evil speaker, a slanderer, a backbiter ...1598
• MALEDICENT * one who speaks evil of another; a slanderer ...1657
EVIL-SPEAKING - adjectives
• MALEDICENT * given to evil-speaking; slanderous ...1599
• MALEDICTED accursed; evil-spoken of ...1727
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing disgrace or reproach; defamatory ...1611
evil speaking - nouns
• BALE evil-speaking, abuse ...c1220
• MALEBOUCHE † evil speaking personified ...1390
• MALEDICENCY †* the practice or habit of speaking evil ...1653
• MEDISANCE † evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction ...1656
• OBLOCUTION † evil-speaking; obloquy, slander ...1432-50
• OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander ...1460
• TOLE † evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame ...c1000
evil speaking - person
• MALEDICENT * one who speaks evil of another; a slanderer ...1657
EVIL SPIRIT - adjectives
• CACODEMONIAL †* pert. to an evil spirit ...1588
• CACODEMONIC of the nature of an evil spirit ...1886
evil spirit - nouns
• BEAST † the devil; evil spirits ...c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
• BLACK MAN an evil spirit, boogeyman, the devil ...1692
• CACODEMON an evil spirit ...1594
• DEBLERIE † an evil spirit, a demon ...a1325
• EVIL a hobgoblin; an evil spirit ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GO-DEVIL an evil spirit, or a person made up to look like one ...1835 Amer. dial.
• HAG † an evil spirit, demon, or infernal being in female form ...1552 obs. or arch.
• HAG SPIRIT a witch; the evil spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares ...1894 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• IMP a wicked person; a petty fiend or evil spirit ...1526
• MARE-HAG † a female evil spirit ...1638
• QUHAUP a goblin, an evil spirit, supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after the fall of night, having a long beak resembling a pair of tongs for the purpose of carrying off evildoers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REA † an evil spirit or demon ...B1900 Sc.
• SUCCUBUS a demon, an evil spirit ...1601
• UNCLEAN SPIRIT a wicked or evil spirit; a demon ...c950
evil spirit - person
• CACODEMONIAC * one possessed with an evil spirit ...1657
• GO-DEVIL an evil spirit, or a person made up to look like one ...1835 Amer. dial.