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FAT - FAZ

​FAT, FATNESS - adjectives
• ABDOMINOUS having a paunch or big belly; corpulent ...1651
• ADIPAL †* fat or gross ...1656
• ALL MEAT AND NO POTATOES said of a tremendously fat person ...Amer. sl.
• BACON FED fat, greasy ...L16 sl.
• BAGGED having a big belly; corpulent ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGIT corpulent ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BAGGY corpulent, big-bellied ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARNISHED fat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASHY fat, swelled ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BATTLE fat, thickset ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAUSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BAUSY large, fat, corpulent, coarse ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAWSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• BELSHIE fat and at the same time diminutive; fat and small or short ...19C Sc.
• BIG AS THE SIDE OF A MEETINGHOUSE, AS very fat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOISTOUS fat, corpulent ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOUZY big, swelling, distended; fat, overgrown ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTIOUS thickset, corpulent, over-fat ...1854 Eng. dial.
• CACKY soft, flabby, not firm, over-fat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHOATY † of children: fat, chubby ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CORSY † corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout ...c1440
• DIK heavy, beefy, fat, big, powerfully built ...1970 S. Afr.
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALL-ABROAD stout, flabby, fat ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FAT-ARSED fat, large-buttocked; also, of objects: large ...18C sl.
• FAT AS A BEACHED WHALE very fat ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FAT AS A HOG IN BUTCHERING TIME, AS very fat; said of one putting on much weight ...1929 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A MAWK, AS very fat ...1889 Eng. dial.
• FAT AS A NIGGER IN CANE TIME (offensive) contentedly fat ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• FAT-ASS fat ...1950s US sl.
• FAT-ASSING fat ...1950s US sl.
• FAT AS SIR ROGER extremely fat ...L19 sl.
• FAT ENOUGH TO KILL very fat; usually said of hogs, but occasionally said of people ...1929 Amer. dial.
• FATLING * small and fat ...1847
• FAT-SAGG † hanging down with fat ...1604
• FAT-TAILED overweight ...1950s US sl.
• FATTER THAN A SETTLED MINISTER very fat; in good condition ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FATTING growing or being made fat ...1602
• FLESHFUL † abounding in flesh, fat, plump ...1552
• FOGGISH †* somewhat bloated or fat ...1570
• FUGLY fat and ugly ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• FUSSOCKING † large and fat ...1847
• GLORRY fat; greasy; corpulent ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• GOBBY fat; fat and lumpy in the hindquarters; said of cattle and people ...1949 Amer. dial.
• GUTTY corpulent, fat, pot-bellied ...1607 chiefly Sc.
• JELLY-BELLIED fat ...1899 sl.
• JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy ...1824 Sc.
• LARD-ASSED having fat buttocks; fat ...1946 Amer. sl.
• LARDED UP fat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MARDEL big, clumsy, fat ...1865 Sc.
• MERDAL big, clumsy, fat ...1865 Sc.
• MOBY large, huge; fat, obese ...1965 US college sl.
• MOMONA fat; fleshy ...1938 Hawaii
• MUD-FAT very fat; generally in reference to an animal ...1940 Amer. dial.
• OBVIOUS of women: fat, overweight ...1897 UK society usage
• PAMMY fat, thick; having thick, swollen legs ...1878 Eng. dial.
• PAWPY fat, flabby; generally used of a woman ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• PINGUESCENT becoming or growing fat, fattening; flourishing ...1797
• PODGY short or squat and fat ...1846 sl.
• PORKY fat; obese ...M19 sl.
• PUDGY short or squat and fat ...1836 sl.
• PUFFY fat, plump 
• PUNCHY-FAT very fat (paunchy-fat) ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUAT full to satiety; cloyed, glutted; heavy and dull; so fat as not to care to stand ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RANK † excessively great or large; esp. swollen, puffed up, grossly fat, too highly fed ...c1330
• ROLL-ABOUT * fat, plump, podgy, roly-poly ...1815
• ROLY-POLY fat ...1820 sl.
• SAPPIE plump, fat, fleshy, not shrunken or shrivelled ...a1801 Sc.
• SAPPY † fat; plump ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLABBA-SLABBA big and fat; slobby, droopy ...20C W. Ind. Rasta usage
• SLENDER IN THE MIDDLE AS A COW IN THE WAIST, AS said of a very stout or very fat person ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SPUDDY short and fat or plump; thickset ...a1825
• SQUELCH-GUTTED † very fat; having a prominent belly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAF fat ...M19 back-slang
• TAFF fat ...M19 back-slang
• TAFFY fat ...M19 sl.
• TAUT large; fat; ready to burst ...1777 Eng. dial.
• THRODDEN fat, well-grown, in good condition, well-fed ...1783 Eng. dial.
• THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TUBBY fat ...1835 sl.
• UNLUSTY unwieldy, very fat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WELL-COVERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
• WELL-UPHOLSTERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
fat, fatness - nouns
• ABDOMEN † fat deposited round the belly; the fleshy parts of the belly or paunch ...1541
• ADIPOSENESS the state of being fat; fatness ...1868
• ADIPOSITY fatness, or tendency to fatness ...1859
• CHOW-TABLE MUSCLES fat ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHUNKERY fatness ...1970s sl.
• FAT CITY the process of gaining weight or the state of being fat ...1970s US sl.
• FATHEAD †* fatness ...c1250
• FATNESS † a greasy or oily substance, fat ...c1000
• FATTING † the process of growing or becoming fat ...1594
• FLAB fatness ...1958 sl.
• FUCK HANDLES the excess flesh around a portly stomach that may be seen in a kinder light by those who appreciate the Rubenesque figure ...1960s sl.
• JACK SPRAT fat (of meat) ...L19 rhyming sl.
• LARD human fat ...1963 Amer. sl.
• LOVE HANDLES the excess flesh around a portly stomach that may be seen in a kinder light by those who appreciate the Rubenesque figure ...1960s sl.
• LOVE RUNGS the excess flesh around a portly stomach that may be seen in a kinder light by those who appreciate the Rubenesque figure ...1960s sl.
• MIDDLE-AGE SPREAD paunchiness in a middle-aged person ...1931 sl.
• PODGE excess weight, fat ,,,L19 sl.
• PONE a roll of body fat ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PUPPY FAT fatness in a young person, which supposedly soon disappears ...1937 sl.
• QUOB an unfirm layer of fat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RENDER melted fat, dripping ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENDERMENT melted fat, dripping ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SADDLE BAGS excess flesh around the upper thighs, or occasionally, a portly stomach ...1960s sl.
• SPARE TIRE a deposit of fat just above the waist; a roll of fat around the midriff ...1961 sl. jocular
• SPARE TYRE a roll of fat around the midriff ...1961 sl.
• TALLOW † fat ...1793 Sc.
fat, fatness - person
• ALL GUTS a fat person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASS-BELLY a grossly fat person ...1972 Amer. sl.
• B-19 a hefty or fat female ...Bk1944 sl. 
• BA-ARGE a fat, heavy person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BAAZ a large, fat, clumsy person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• BABE a large, fat man, esp. a large, fat baseball player ...1920s Amer. sl. 
• BABY BLIMP a jolly fat girl ...Bk1942 service sl.
• BABY ELEPHANT a fat, awkward, or clumsy person ...1914 Amer. sl.
• BAGGIE, BAGGY a corpulent person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG OF GUTS a fat person; a grossly obese person ...1597 US sl.
• BAGREL a person or animal that is corpulent and not otherwise well-grown ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG WITH A SAG an unattractive stout girl ...Bk1945 jive usage
• BAHAMA MAMA, BAHAMA MOMMA a fat, unattractive "Black Mammy" stereotype, supposedly typical of the West Indies ...1980s US Black sl.
• BAILCH a very fat or lusty person, breathless from corpulence ...1768 Sc.
• BALLOON-BELLY an obese person ...1933 US sl.
• BAMSEY a fat, red-faced woman ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BANNOCK-HIVE a corpulent person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARGE a fat, heavy person; anything large ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BARGEY a term of ridicule applied to a very corpulent man or woman of large posterior development ...Bk1890 sl.
• BARON GEORGE a fat man ...Bk1909 UK sl.
• BARREL a corpulent person; a nickname for a fat person ...1909 sl.
• BARREL-ARSE, BARREL-ASS a fat person; a short and stubby person ...1940s US sl.
• BARTHOLOMEW BOAR a fat man ...1870 UK sl.
• BARTHOLOMEW BOAR-PIG a fat man ...c1597 UK sl.
• BARTHOLOMEW PIG a fat man ...c1597 UK sl.
• BAS a stout, fat, clumsy person ...1908 Sc.
• BATTLE-AX(E) a fat woman or girl ...1932 US college sl.
• BAUSON, BAWSON a term of contempt for a fat, clumsy, or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
• BAUSY a big, fat person or animal ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEACHED WHALE (derogatory) an extremely fat person ...Bk1992 surfing sl.
• BEEF a fat or husky person ...c1915 Amer. sl.
• BEEF-EATER a stout, hearty, fat fellow; a large, fleshy person ...Bk1867 sl.
• BEER BARREL a person with a beer belly; a fat person ...1953 UK sl.
• BELCH a stout or fat person ...1767 Sc.
• BELGE a short, fat person; also, a term of disrespect ...1825 Sc. 
• BELSH a very fat person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERTHA a fat or overweight person, usually a female ...c1943 US sl.
• B-FLAT HOMEY a fat person, especially in a side show ...19C sl.
• B-FLAT POLONEY a fat person, especially in a side show ...19C sl.
• BIFFA a fat person ...2001 US juvenile sl.
• BIG BEN a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG BERTHA a fat person, usually a female ...1921 US sl.
• BIG BOY a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG BOZO a corpulent man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BIG GUY a corpulent man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BIG HALF-PINT a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG NECK a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG SHORTY a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BILCH a very fat or lusty person, breathless from corpulence ...1768 Sc.
• BILGE a short, fat person; also, a term of disrespect ...1825 Sc. 
• BILSH a fat, lusty person or animal ...1823 Sc.
• BLADDER OF LARD (derogatory) a fat man ...1886 UK sl.
• BLIMP a fat person ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BLIVET, BLIVIT a fat or unpleasant person ...1940s US sl.
• BLOB a fat person ...1960s sl.
• BLOWZE a ruddy, fat-faced wench ...1594
• BOWL OF JELLY a very fat person; a corpulent person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET OF BLUBBER a person who is very fat; chiefly used of men ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUCKET OF LARD a person who is very fat; chiefly used of men ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUDDHA BELLY a very fat person ...1970s US sl.
• BUDDLEY a fat person ...20C Ulster sl.
• BUNDLE a woman, esp. a fat one ...a1825 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BUNDLE OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1957 Amer. sl.
• CHANK a fat, ugly woman ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHUB a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHUBBO a fat person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHUNK a fat or stout person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COW a fat or ugly woman ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRISCO a fat person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DITCH PIG (derogatory) an unattractive, fat woman ...1990s sl.
• DUKE OF GIBLETS a fat man ...1887
• DUMPLING a little fat child or person; a short, stout person ...1617
• EATING MIDDEN a fat, gluttonous person ...1825 Sc.
• ELEPHANT a fat, awkward, or clumsy person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FADGE a short, thickset person; a fat, clumsy woman ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAT a fat person, esp. as used in small ads ...1940s sl., chiefly homosexual usage
• FAT ARSE, FAT ASS a very fat person ...1931 US sl.
• FAT BASTARD an overweight person ...1988 UK sl.
• FAT COCK a fat old man ...M19 sl.
• FAT JACK OF THE BONE-HOUSE a very fat man ...M19 sl.
• FATPOKES a very fat person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FATS a nickname for anyone seen as overweight ...1930s US sl.
• FATSO a fat person; often used as a derisive nickname ...1933 sl.
• FATTOON a very fat person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• FATTY a fat person; often used as a derisive nickname  ...1797 sl.
• FATTY ARBUCKLE a very fat person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FATTY ARBUNCLE a very fat person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FATTY-BREAD a very fat person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FATTY BUM-BUM a fat person, esp. a woman with large buttocks ...1950s W. Indies & Trinidad
• FATTYMA, FATYMA a fat man or woman ...M19 sl.
• FATTYMUS, FATYMUS a fat man or woman ...M19 sl.
• FEATHER BED a nickname for someone who is very fat ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FEATHER-BED AND PILLOWS a fat woman ...B1900 sl.
• FEDMEL, FEDMILL a fat, clumsy woman ...1866 Sc.
• FIVE BY FIVE a very short, fat man ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FLANDERKIN a very large fat man or horse ...1690 sl.
• FLOP a fat or flabby person ...1909 sl.
• FUDGY a little fat person; one of squat or stumpy build ...1825 Eng. dial.
• FUSBY † (derogatory) a fat woman ...E18 sl.
• FUSS † a fat, unwieldy woman ...1670
• FUSSOCK, FUZZOCK a coarse, fat, unwieldy, idle woman; a term of contempt ...1699 Eng. dial. & sl.
• FUSTILUGS, FUSTY-LUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour,  forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GERMAN AUNT a fat, frumpish woman ...20C US sl.
• GHEE-GUTS a fat man ...1950s army usage
• GIBLETS a nickname for a very fat person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• GILP † a big, fat person; generally applied to infants or young children ...Bk1866 Sc.
• GILPIN a very big, fat or well-grown person; generally applied to infants or young children ...1825 Sc.
• GORBELLY † a person with a protuberant belly; a fat person; fig. a glutton ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GORREL † a fat, clumsy lad; any person that is fat ...1398
• GRUNDY a short, fat person, usually of men ...16C sl., orig. US
• GUNDIE-GUTS † a fat, pursy fellow; a voracious person ...a1700
• GUNDY-GUT † a gluttonous, voracious person; a fat, pursy fellow ...1699 sl.
• GUTBUCKET a fat or gluttonous person ...1938 Amer. colloq.
• GUTS (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person ...1596 UK
• GUTS AND GARBAGE a (very) fat man ...M18 sl.
• GUTSO a fat person ...1950s sl.
• GUTSY (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man  ...1596 UK
• GUTTIE, GUTTY a corpulent, pot-bellied person ...1824 Sc.
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• HEATHER a fat, ugly person who stutters ...1997 US sl.
• HEAVY a nickname for a large, fat person ...1922 Amer. sl.
• HEAVY CREAM a hefty, large-breasted woman; a fat girl or young woman ...1960 sl.
• HEAVYWEIGHT a fat or overweight person, esp. a woman ...1975 US sl.
• HEFFALUMP (potentially offensive) a fat or ungainly person ...1993 colloq.
• HEIFER an unattractive, obese woman; a fat girl ...1943 sl.
• HELLPIG (derogatory) a fat, unattractive, or ugly girl or woman ...1989 US college sl.
• HILLOCK a fat, sluggish person ...1929 Sc.
• HORROCKS a large, fat woman ...1851 Eng. dial.
• HORSE-GODMOTHER a large, ungainly, masculine woman, coarsely fat ...1569-70 Eng. dial.
• HUMPTY DUMPTY a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JACK WEIGHT a fat man ...1785 sl.
• JELLY a very fat person; a corpulent person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JELLY-BELLY a very fat person ...1896 sl.
• JELLY FAT a very fat person; a corpulent person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JOLLOCKS a fat person ...M18 sl.
• JOLLUX † a fat person ...a1797 sl.
• JUMBO a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KATRINKA a fat woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KEECH-BELLY a fat man ...1834 Eng. dial.
• LARD-ASS a person with fat buttocks; a grossly fat person ...1935 Amer. sl.
• LARD BALL a very fat person ...E20 US colloq.
• LARD BELLY a grossly fat person; used derisively ...1930 US sl.
• LARD BLOSSOM a person with fat buttocks; a grossly fat person; used derisively ...1976 US sl.
• LARD BUCKET a person who is very fat; chiefly used of men ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LARD-BUTT a person with fat buttocks; a grossly fat person ...1968 Amer. sl.
• LARD-CAN a person with fat buttocks; a grossly fat person ...1928 Amer. sl.
• LARDO (derogatory) a fat person ...1987 US sl. 
• LARD STAND a fat person; used derisively ...1867 US sl.
• LOBLOLLY a very fat person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPER a fat person; a pleasing or admirable person ...1918 Amer. dial.
• LOPPUS a large, clumsy person; a big, fat, ungraceful person ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MAMPI, MAMPY a fat woman ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• MAN MOUNTAIN a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MARDEL a fat, clumsy woman ...1897 Sc.
• MARSHMALLOW a very fat person ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MAULMAS a fat woman in dirty finery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNSEL(L), MAUNSIL(L) a fat, dirty, slovenly woman ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MERDAL a fat, clumsy woman ...1897 Sc.
• MICHELIN a fat person ...1950s W. Indies
• MICHELIN TYRE a fat person ...1950s W. Indies
• MIDDEN a fat, gluttonous person ...1825 Sc.
• MIDDEN O' BEEF a fat, gluttonous person ...1962 Sc.
• MISS FAIRGROUNDS someone who has to wear tents to cover their fat ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• MOMASS a fat woman in dirty finery ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
• MOMONA a fat person ...1938 Hawaii
• MOMUS a fat female in dirty finery ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• MOPED a fat female; a promiscuous female ...2001 US sl.
• MOTHER BUNCH a fat or untidy old woman ...1847 sl.
• MR. FIVE BY FIVE a very short, fat man ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OINKER (derogatory) a glutton, a fat person ...1992 US sl.
• OLD MUSHY BUCKET OF LARD a person who is very fat; chiefly used of men ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD SNOSHIE a fat, comfortable old man ...1899 Sc.
• PAIL OF LARD a grossly fat person ...1928 Amer. sl.
• PANGUTS † an unwieldy, fat-bellied fellow; a fat, hulky, lazy fellow ..1617
• PIE EATER (derogatory) a fat person ...2001 sl.
• PIG (derogatory) a greedy, lazy, or fat person ...1858
• PIGGER a very fat woman ...20C US Black sl.
• PIGMOUTH a very fat woman ...20C US Black sl.
• PODGE a short, fat person, esp. a chubby child ...L19 sl.
• PODGER a fat person ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PODGY a short, fat person ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• POLY-WOLY a very fat person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PORKER a fat person ...L19 sl.
• PORKNELL †* one as fat as a pig; a fat, gross person ...c1400
• PORKY a fat person; an obese person ...1920s sl.
• POT-GUT a pot-bellied person; a fat person ...1840 US sl.
• PUDGY WUDGY a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUFF-GUTS a fat man ...1785 colloq.
• QUACK-BELLY † a-fat-bellied person ...1622
• QUAKE-BELLY † a-fat-bellied person ...1622
• QUEENIE an affectionate nickname used of a fat woman trying to walk young ...L19 sl.
• QUILT † a big, fat, clumsy person or object ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RONYON a fat woman; a mangy or scabby animal; a term of contempt or reproach to a woman (see note on blog entry) ...1605
• SALAD DODGER a person who is overweight; a fat person ...1999 UK sl.
• SANTA CLAUS a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SATCHEL a fat man ...World War II Amer. sl. 
• SATCHEL-ASS a fat person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTLE OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SHUTTLEBUTT a fat woman, esp. referring to the buttocks ...1970s US campus sl.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness ...1861 sl.
• SLUG a fat person ...1931 sl.
• SLUMP a fat, slovenly person ...1906 sl.
• SQUAB a short fat person ...a1700 
• TALLOW-BREECH a very fat person ...Bk1903 sl.
• TALLOW CATCH † a very fat man ...1596
• TALLOW-FACE a very fat person ...Bk1903 sl.
• TALLOW-KEECH a very fat person ...Bk1903 sl.
• TANKIE a very fat person ...2001 UK juvenile sl. 
• TINY a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TUBBY a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TUB OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1906 Amer. sl.
• TUB OF LARD a grossly fat person ...1943 Amer. sl.
• VUDDICKS a coarse, fat woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALKING-NINEPIN a fat person ...B1900 sl.
• WALLIE, WALLY a short, fat person ...1932 Amer. student sl.
• WALRUS a short, fat person ...1932 US sl.
• WAR-HORSE a resolute, determined, or aggressive woman; a fat, stubborn, vociferous woman ...1921
• WHALE an exceptionally large or fat person ...L19 US sl.
• YARMOUTH BLOATER a fat person ...Bk1909 sl.
• ZESS a great, fat woman ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
fat, fatness - verbs
• ADIPATE † to feed fat ...1626
• BARNISH to grow fat; to 'fill out'; to look sleek and smooth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IMPINGUATE † to make fat; to fatten ...1620
• IMPINGUE †* to make fat ...1623
• INCREASE to grow fat ...1848 Ireland
• PINGUEFY †* to become fat ...1598 
• VARNISH to fill out; to grow sleek and fat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fat, fatness - phrases
• ALL MEAT AND NO POTATOES said of a tremendously fat person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FALLEN AWAY FROM A HORSE-LOAD TO A CART-LOAD grown fat ...L18 sl.
 
FATAL - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• CAPITAL † fatal ...a1626
• DEAD-DOING † 'doing to death'; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal ... 1590
• DEATHFUL full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
• DEATHLIKE † deadly, fatal, mortal ...1548
• EXITIOUS † destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous ...1563
• FUNESTOUS † causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful ...1641
• LETHIFERAL * causing death, fatal ...1848
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
• TACHYTHANATOUS killing quickly, rapidly fatal or lethal ...1860
fatal - nouns 
• BIG CASINO anything terminal or fatal, esp. a disease, as cancer; also syphilis ...1930s US sl.
• BOWRAD a fatal encounter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEATH TRIP any situation considered potentially fatal or extremely life-threatening ...1960s sl.
• FATALS † fatal persons or things ...1560
 
FATALLY - adverbs
• CAPITALLY fatally, seriously ...1606
• DEADLILY * in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively ...1621
• DEADLY † in a way that causes death; mortally, fatally, to death ...c1050
 
FATE - adjectives
• FATIDIC * concerned with predicting fates; prophetic ...1671
• FATIDICAL concerned with predicting fates; prophetic ...1607
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
• FATILOQUENT declaring fate, prophetic, soothsaying ...1656
fate - nouns 
• CAST † a throw or stroke of fortune; hence, fortune, chance, opportunity; lot, fate ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CUT † one's lot, fate, fortune; fate or fortune as a ruler of events ...a1340
• FALL lot, fate, fortune ...1773 Sc.
• FATIDICENCY †* a method of foretelling fate; divination ...a1693
• FATILOQUENCY †* declaring fate; divination ...a1693
• FATILOQUY † soothsaying, declaring fate ...1623
• KISMET fate, destiny
• NEIGHBOUR'S FARE the same fate or luck ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SORT † destiny, hap, fate, fortune ...c1405
• WANLUCK * unhappy fate ...1571 Sc.
• WHEEL OF CUSTRONS † the wheel of Fortune; chance, fate ...c1450
fate - person
• FATARY †* one who foretells fates ...1652
• FATICANE †* a singer of fate; a prophet ...1652
• FATILOQUIST †* one who declares or foretells fates; a fortune-teller ...1652
fate - verbs 
• FATALIZE to render subject to fate or inevitable necessity ...1876
• FATIDICATE * to declare or predict fates ...1867
fate - phrases 
• WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND fate determines what happens in life, esp. as regards one's treatment - good or bad - of others ...1970s orig. US Black sl.
 
FATED - adjectives
• AUND fated, destined, ordained ...1747 Eng. dial.
• AWNED fated, destined, ordained ...1747 Eng. dial.
• FATAL † allotted or decreed by fate or destiny; destined, fated ...c1374
• OND † fated, destined, ordained ...1775 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † fated, destined, ordained ...1775 Eng. dial.
 
FATHER - adjectives
• AGNATICAL †* related on the father's side ...1660
• FATHER-BETTER surpassing one's father in any respect ...1645 Sc.
• FATHER WAR † worse than one's father, degenerate ...1535 Sc.
• FATHER-WAUR worse than one's father ...Bk1901 Sc.
father - nouns
• DADDY TRACK an arrangement of work, working hours, etc., made by men who wish to spend more than the ordinary time with their children ...1990s Amer. sl.
• FATHER-AGE † the time of life when one is a father; hence, a mature age; adulthood of man ...1596
• FATHERHOOD † authority of or as of a father; paternal authority, headship ...c1460
father - person 
• ABBA one's father; a father; often used as a form of address ...1955 Anglo-Indian
• ABSENT PARENTS fathers who do not live with their infant children ...1994 euphemism
• ABUJI father ...1972 Amer. dial. (Hawaii)
• ACCIDENTAL DADDY a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter ...1985 sl.
• A.D. a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter; an accidental daddy ...1985 sl.
• ADMIRAL one's father ...c1800 Eton usage
• BAB † dad or papa ...1598 nursery usage
• BABA father; also used as a respectful form of address for an older man ...1771 orig. & chiefly South Asian
• BABY-DADDY the father of a woman's child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner ...1987 colloq.
• BABY-FATHER the father of a woman's child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner ...1932 orig. Caribbean
• BABY-MAKER a  person who bears or begets a child; a parent ...1968 colloq.
• BABY-POPPA the father of a woman's child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner ...2000 US sl.
• BANKER a father ...Bk1891 Eng. sl.
• BAP a father; in Caribbean use, any older man, esp. one of South Asian descent ...1842 South Asian & Caribbean
• BAPU one's father; a father ...1930 Anglo-Indian
• BEGETTER one who begets; the father ...c1440
• DA a child's name for father, dada ...1824
• DA, THE a respectful or affectionate form for father, used by both adults and children ...1960s Irish sl.
• DAD, DADD, DADDE a childish or familiar word for father; orig. ranking with 'mam' for mother ...c1500
• DADA, DADDA a child's word for father ...1688
• DADDIE a father; the term most commonly used by the children of the peasantry ...a1500
• DADDIO a person's father ...1962 US jazz usage
• DADDO, DADO a term of address for father ...1933 Irish usage
• DADDRIL a comic name for a father ...Bk1900 Eng. dial. 
• DADDY a diminutive and endearing form of dad; father ...a1500 
• DADDY-O, DADIO a person's father ...1962 US jazz usage
• DADE father ...Bk1860 gypsy usage
• DADI a father ...Bk1860 gypsy usage
• DADS one's father, or in general address, a man ...1984 UK sl. 
• DADY † daddy, father ...a1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT DAD a man who is delinquent in paying child support awards ...1990s Amer. sl.
• DEADBEAT DADDY a man who is delinquent in paying child support awards ...1990s Amer. sl.
• DILF a sexually attractive father (Dad I'd Like to Fuck) ...2003 US sl.
• DOSSER, THE the father of a family; he who provides the 'doss' (lodging, a bed) ...L19 sl.
• FA father ...1941 upper class usage
• FAADER father ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• FACE-MAKER a father of an illegitimate child ...E19 sl.
• FADDER father ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• FADDY one's father ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FADDYWADDY one's father ...1843 Amer. dial.
• FAFA one's father ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FATHERLING a little father; used as an affectionate mode of address ...1625
• GAFFER one's father ...1782 sl.
• GENERATOR one who generates or begets; spec. a male parent, a father ...1637
• GENITOR 1. a male parent, a father ...1447
2. a biological father as opposed to a man who assumes legal and social responsibility for a child not his own ...1930
• GOVERNOR father ...1827 sl.
• GOV'NOR, GUVNER, GUV'NOR one's father ...1827
• GUV one's father ...M19
• HAVANA CIGAR pa, father  ...Bk1985 rhyming sl. 
• HEAD-STALL the head of a house, a father, a husband, etc. ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HOUSE-FATHER the father of a family or household ...1552
• JACKET a man who accepts the role of father to a child he knows is not his ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MOSES 1. † a man who stands as father to an illegitimate child (knowingly or unknowingly) ...1859 sl.
2. † a man who sires a child for the financial reward ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• MY OLD GUVNOR one's father ...M19
• OLD BOY a father ...1892 UK
• OLD CHAP one's father ...M19 sl.
• OLD FELLOW father ...1922 sl.
• OLD GENT one's father ...1900s US sl.
• OLD LAD a father ...1970s sl.
• OLD MAN a father, regardless of age ...1811 US sl.
• OLD ONE a father ...L19 Aust. sl.
• OLD POT one's father ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• OLD POT, THE one's father ...L19 sl.
• OLD POT AND PAN 'old man'; husband, father ...M19 rhyming sl.
• OLD SQUARETOES one's father ...c1770 sl.
• OLD STRIKE-A-LIGHT one's father ...L19 sl.
• PA father, daddy; chiefly as a form of address; also used as a form of address for a middle-aged or elderly man other than one's father; Mr. ...1773 colloq.
• PAP a father ...1844 Amer. dial.
• PAPA a father ...1681
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAPPY father ...1763  sl.
• PAPS a father ...1970s UK Black sl.
• PATER one's father ...E18 school sl.
• PATER, THE one's father ...E18 school sl.
• PAW father ...1873 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POBIE a father or foster-father ...1822 Sc.
• POP father ...1838 sl.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPA father ...1897 sl., orig. US
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
• POPPER a father ...L19, orig. US
• POPPIE, POPPY a father ...1893 Amer. dial.
• POPS father ...1928 sl.
• POT AND PAN a father ...1900 rhyming sl. for 'old man' 
• RELIEVING-OFFICER a father ...1883 sl.
• SIRE a father, a male parent; also, a forefather ...c1250 now chiefly poetic
• SOAP AND LATHER a father ...L19 rhyming sl.
• TAE a child's term for father; also, a paternal or maternal grandfather ...1972 Sc.
• TAT a child's word for father ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TATA father, an affectionate and respectful title for an old man ...1793 W. Indies
• TATHIE a child's name for father, daddy ...1930 Sc.
• TATSY a child's word for father ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTA a child's word for father ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATUH father, dad, papa ...Bk1982 Jewish
• VADER † father ...Bk1888
• VATHER a father ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• VEDER † father ...c825
• ZOO DADDY a divorced father who rarely sees his children ...Bk2004 US sl.
father - person, other
• FADDER a child having features resembling those of its father ...1878 Eng. dial.
• FATHER-QUELLER † a parricide; one who kills a father ...c1440
father - verbs 
• DADDY 1. to father a child, often out of wedlock ...1916 Amer. dial.
2. to acknowledge or identify the paternity of a child ...1930 Amer. dial.
3. to raise or act as parent to a child ...1957 Amer. dial.
• DADDY ONESELF to resemble one's father (so as to leave no doubt of his paternity) ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S BAIT BACK to succeed in fathering a son ...1927 US sl.
• MAKE FACES to father children ...L18 sl.
• PAPPIE to father a child ...1940 Amer. dial.
• PAPPY 1. to father a child ...1940 Amer. dial.
2. to transmit the father's likeness to offspring ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PATRIZATE † to take after, imitate, or follow the example of one's father or ancestors ...1623
• WEAR A JACKET FOR of a husband: to accept a child, that is not his, as his own ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
FATHERHOOD - nouns
• PAPASHIP the position of being a 'papa'; fatherhood ...1816
• SIRESHIP the state of being a sire; fatherhood; paternity; also, authorship ...1837
 
FATHER-IN-LAW - person
• ELDFATHER † a father-in-law ...c1200
• FATHER IN THE LAW † a father-in-law ...1552 
• LAW-FATHER † a father-in-law ...1583
• LAW'S FATHER † a father-in-law ...1593
• PA-IN-LAW a father-in-law ...1840 colloq.
• VERSEFY † a father-in-law ...1814 Sc. 
 
FATHERLESS - adjectives
• HEADLESS fatherless; orphaned ...1899 Sc.
 
FATIGUE - adjectives
• DEFATIGABLE † apt to weary or fatigue ...1657
fatigue - nouns 
• BACK-BRACK excessive fatigue ...1918 Sc.
• BONK, THE applied to (a sudden attack of) fatigue or light-headedness sometimes experienced,  esp. by racing cyclists ...1952 sl.
• DEFATIGATION † the act of wearying out, or condition of being wearied out; fatigue ...1508
• EYE TROUBLE extreme fatigue ...1971 US sl.
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• FATI-GOO fatigue ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FESSITUDE †* weariness, tiredness, fatigue ...1656
• JAG fatigue ...1804 Sc.
• SARKFUL OF SORE BONES, A the effect of fatigue or severe bodily  exertion; a severe beating ...1815 Sc.
• SHACK FEVER fatigue ...Bk1942 Amer. railroad sl.
• TARVEAL † fatigue ...1790 Sc.
• TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state ...1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEWING fatigue, worry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRE tiredness; fatigue ...1859 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TIRED BLOOD a condition of fatigue or having no energy ...1990 Amer. dial.
• TUCKER fatigue ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
fatigue - verbs
• BACKSET to fatigue, to weary ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DAWL to tire, to weary, to fatigue ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FAG OUT to fatigue, to exhaust ...1930 Amer. sl.
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAG(G) † to fatigue, to tire out ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to fatigue with hard work; to pull about roughly; to annoy ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARROW to harass, to distress, to fatigue greatly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAMPH to tire, to fatigue; to exhaust by toil ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAISIN to fatigue, to weary, to exhaust ...a1850 Sc.
• MAUL to fatigue, to tire out; to harass, to vex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POWFAG to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tire, to make weary, to fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• TAR †* to weary, to fatigue ...c1440
• TARVEAL † to drive a person hard at work, to harass, to fatigue; to vex, to plague ...1768 Sc.
• TASH to fatigue, to weary with hard work ...1886 Sc.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALTER to cause extreme fatigue ...a1825 Eng. dial.
 
FATIGUED - adjectives
• ALL-GONE fatigued, weak, somewhat ill, lifeless, without energy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• AWEARY tired, weary, fatigued ...1552
• BAGGED fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BEAT OUT tired, fatigued ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD fatigued or melancholy ...Bk1942 US sl.
• CRUMPED OUT fatigued; asleep ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DAISKIT exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DILVERED exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue, drowsy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DRAGGED OUT fatigued ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DUNG exhausted, overpowered by fatigue, infirmity ,etc. ...1766 Sc.
• FAGGED wearied out, excessively tired or fatigued ...1780
• FAGGED OUT exhausted, tired, fatigued ...1785 colloq.
• FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FANTIGUED tired, exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FATIGABLE capable of being fatigued; easily tired ...1608
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATIGATED † fatigued, exhausted, weary ...1552
• FATIGUABLE capable of being fatigued; easily tired ...1608
• JABBIT fatigued, jaded ...1808 Sc.
• JADED worn out or exhausted; fatigued ...1693
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAFFLED fatigued looking, down in body and clothes ...1824 Sc.
• MULFERED AND FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• OF-WALKED †* exhausted or fatigued with walking ...1377
• OORIE-LIKE having a languid, exhausted appearance, having the appearance of being much fatigued ...1808 Sc.
• PAGGED fatigued ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAIGHLED overcome with fatigue ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PATAGUED fatigued ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POOHED OUT fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1930 Amer. dial.
• PUGGLED exhausted; fatigued; in a state of collapse ...E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
• QUANKED overpowered by fatigue ...1825 Eng. dial.
• QUILT fatigued; unfit for work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMFEEZLED exhausted, fatigued, worn out; overworked ...1785 Sc.
• TAFFLED exhausted with fatigue ...1825 Sc.
• TAIVERT wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued ...1879 Sc.
• TASKED much fatigued with hard work ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
• TASKIT † much fatigued with hard work ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TASKIT-LIKE having the appearance of being greatly fatigued ...1804 Sc.
• TEIGHT fatigued ...B1900 Sc.
• TEW † fatigued ...1824 Sc.
• TIRELING † fatigued, tired ...1590
• TIRESOME † causing physical fatigue; fatiguing, tiring ...1598
• TIRY † tired, weary, fatigued ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WAPPERED fatigued, wearied, restless ...1868 Eng. dial.
• WAY-WORN fatigued or wearied by travel ...1777
• WHIPPED fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired; sometimes followed by 'up' ...1940 US sl.
• WHIPPED DOWN fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPED OUT fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1906 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPED UP fatigued or melancholy ...Bk1942 US sl.
• WHITE-EYED exhausted, worn-out, greatly fatigued ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WOPPERED fatigued, wearied, restless ...1868 Eng. dial.
fatigued - nouns
• FATIGATION † the state of being fatigued, weariness ...1504
fatigued - verbs 
• CARRY A HEAVY LOAD to be fatigued; to be melancholy ...World War II Amer. sl.
fatigued - phrases 
• ONE'S ASS IS DRAGGING one is fatigued, dejected, or beaten ...1945 Amer. sl.
 
FATIGUES - nouns
• FATTYGEWS fatigues ...Bk2006 US sl.. orig. military usage

FATIGUING - adjectives
• FAGGIE fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAGSUM † fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGEY tiring, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGING tiring, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LABOURSOME laborious; fatiguing ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LAGGAN fatiguing, beginning to weary ...1824 Sc.
• LAGGING toilsome, wearisome, fatiguing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAULING tiring, fatiguing, wearying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIVERSUM tedious, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Sc.
fatiguing - nouns
• FATIGATION † the act of fatiguing ...a1529
 
FATNESS - see FAT
 
FATTENING - adjectives
• IMPINGUATING † fattening ...1620
fattening - nouns 
• IMPINGUATION † fattening; becoming fat ...1640
 
FATTY - adjectives
• ADIPESCENT becoming fatty ...1847
• ADIPOSE pert. to animal fat; fatty ...1743
• ADIPOUS abounding in fat; fatty ...1667
• CHUBORIAN fatty ...20C teen & high school sl.
• OLEAGINOUS containing oil or an oily substance; oily, fatty, greasy ...1634
• PINGUIOUS † of the nature of fat; fatty, oily ...1681 
 
FATUITY - nouns
• ADDLE-HEADEDNESS fatuity, foolishness, folly ...1835
 
FAUCET - nouns
• FANSET a faucet ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• QUILL † a tap or faucet ...1611
 
FAULT - adjectives
• TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1823
• TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1818
fault - nouns 
• AMISS † an error; a fault; a misdeed ...L15
• BLAIN a fault; a blemish; a scar; discolouration of skin after a sore ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BY-SLIP † a casual or trivial fault ...1612
• CLINKER a mistake or fault, esp. a wrong note in music ...US & Can. sl.
• CULP(E) † blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame ...1377 
• DEFAULT † a failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence ...a1225
• GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPERFECTIVE † an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish ...1601
• LAST † a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish ...c1175
• MAR † a fault; a defect; an impediment ...1551 obs. exc. Sc.
• OFFENCE †* a fault, a blemish ...1567
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
• TACHE † a moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit ...c1330
• VENIAL † a venial sin or offense; a light fault or error ...c1380
• WANE †* lack, fault, defect ...a1000
• WANT † a defect, failing, fault; a shortcoming ...1592
fault - verbs
• BEEF to find fault with ...Bk1904 Amer. college
• BELACK † to depreciate, to find fault with ...a1555
• BEQUARREL † to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse ...1624
• CABAL to quarrel, to dispute, to find fault with ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CABBLE to find fault with in a querulous manner ...1866 Sc.
• EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FIND A HAIR IN THE NECK to find fault with ...1836 Sc.
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• HAG to complain, to find fault  ...1806 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HARM to dwell upon a trifling fault or misfortune, continually upbraiding the defaulter or sufferer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAVE A CROW TO PLUCK WITH ANY ONE to have something disagreeable or awkward to settle with him; to have a matter of dispute, or something requiring explanation, to clear up; to have some fault to find with one ...c1460
• HAVE A HAIR IN THE NECK to find fault with ...1836 Sc.
• INCULP †* to find fault with; to accuse; to blame ...1612
• MAG to scold, to complain, to find fault ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOUSE to complain, to gripe, to find fault ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NAG to scold, or find fault persistently ...1846 sl.
• NAGGER to complain continually; to find fault with; to tease ...1868 Eng. dial.
• NARG to keep grumbling and finding fault; to be peevish; to argue snappishly; to nag, to taunt ...1824 Sc.
• NIRP to find fault; to nag ..1934 Sc. 
• PECK AT to nag at; to find fault with ...1870 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT to quarrel with; to find fault; to complain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• QUARREL to question, to call to account, to challenge; to find fault with, to rebuke; to object to ...1709 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• READ OFF to scold; to find fault with ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RECKON ONE'S REAM PENNIES to confess one's faults ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAUCE to scold; to find fault with; to abuse ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SAY BLACK IS THE WHITE OF A PERSON'S EYE * to find fault with a person ...1742
• TAX to find fault with; to scold ...1806 Sc.
• TICK to complain; to find fault ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TWINK † to chastise; to blame; to find fault with ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UPBRAY † to upbraid; to reproach, reprove, or censure; to find fault with, to carp at ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UPTRIP to cause someone to make a mistake or commit a fault ...1856 Amer. dial.
• YARM to scold; to speak ill-naturedly; to find fault, to grumble ...1790 Eng. dial.
fault - phrases
• EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK everyone has his faults or failings ...a1624
 
FAULT-FINDER - person
• ARG a faultfinder ...1968 Amer. dial.
• AZZALD an ill-tempered person; an habitual fault-finder ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BARKER one who complains; a faultfinder ...Bk1855
• BEEFER a whinger, a complainer, a grumbler, a faultfinder ...1893 US sl.
• BELCHER a complainant or faultfinder ...1931 US sl.
• BITCHER one who is always complaining or finding fault ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BITCH QUEEN one who finds fault with everything; one who constantly complains; a spiteful shrew ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• CALLET a scold, a virago, a constant fault-finder; a quarrelsome person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer ...1960 Amer. dial.
• GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HENNY a person who is very particular or fussy; one who worries a lot about little things; a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KNOCKER a disparaging critic; a fault-finder; one who is addicted to captious criticism ...1898 colloq., orig. US
• MAG a scold, a fault-finding woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOANER a complainer or fault-finder; a whinger; a pessimist ...1628 colloq.
• MOME † a carping critic; a querulous fault-finding person  ...1563
• MOMIST † a fault-finder ...1597
• MOMUS * a person who habitually grumbles or finds fault; a querulous person; a carping critic ...a1586
• MOMUSITE † a supposed follower of Momus (the Greek god of censure and ridicule, who was banished from Olympus for his criticisms of the gods); a person who habitually grumbles or finds fault; a carping critic ...1655 nonce word
• NAG a person who finds fault or complains habitually ...1885
• NATTER a fault-finder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICK-PICKER a nit-picker; one who finds faults, however small or unimportant, everywhere they look ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NIGMANIE a quarrelsome, hypercritical person; one who picks faults ...1920 Sc. 
• NIGNAY a quarrelsome hypercritical person; one who picks faults ...1920 Sc.
• PECKY a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PICK-FAULT † one who is ready to find fault; a censorious person ...1546
• PICK-MOTE † one who draws attention to trivial faults in others ...1549
• PICK-POT a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUARRELOUR one who reproves or rebukes; a faultfinder ...1825 Sc.
• SCRAE an ill-natured, fault-finding person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SMELLFUNGUS a discontented person; a grumbler; a faultfinder ...1807-8
• SNARLER an ill-tempered, grumbling, or fault-finding person ...1634
• TAXER † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
• YOWPER a fault-finder ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
 
FAULT-FINDING - adjectives
• BLAMEFUL conveying blame or censure; blaming, fault-finding ...c1386
• CARNAPTIOUS irritable, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, fault-finding ...1890 Sc. & Irish
• OWLY complaining, finding fault ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PICKETY fussy, particular, fault-finding, hypercritical ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PICK-FAULT † fault-finding ...1565
• QUARRELLOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding ...1556
• QUARRELSOME faultfinding, given to contradiction, litigious ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUERULENTIAL †* querulous; fault-finding; complaining, prone to making complaints ...1786  
​• SNIFFY scornful, disdainful; haughtily fastidious; fault-finding ...1871 sl.
• SNIFTY disdainful, haughty, fault-finding; petty, mean ...1871 Amer. sl.
• SNOOKY critical, fault-finding ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• TEMPERED finding fault, complaining ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TICKY finding fault, complaining ...1894 Amer. dial.
fault-finding - nouns
• NARG continual grumbling, importuning, or fault-finding; peevish wrangling ...1866 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-MUIR a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1871 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-WUD-LADDIE a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1824 Sc.
• YARKING incessant fault-finding ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
FAULTINESS - nouns
• NAUGHTINESS † deficiency, faultiness ...1641 Eng. dial.
 
FAULTLESS - adjectives
• ACE-FLAT first-rate, faultless ...1941 Amer. sl.
• ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute ...1885 US sl.
• DEFAULTLESS †* faultless ...1340
• FREELESS †* blameless, faultless, flawless ...c1400 
• LACKLESS † without fault or blame; faultless, blameless ...1377
• LASTLESS † blameless, faultless ...c1225
• TACHELESS †* stainless, faultless ...a1300
 
FAULTY - adjectives
• BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty  ...1859 sl., orig. US
• DEFAULTIVE † deficient, faulty, remiss ...a1400
• DEFAULTY † faulty, defective; in fault ...c1440
• EUCHRED exhausted, destitute, faulty ...L19 Aust. sl.
• FALTIVE † faulty ...1722 Sc.
• FAULTED having faults of character, faulty ...1608
• FAULTFUL faulty, culpable ...1591
• FAULTIVE † faulty ...1496
• FAULTSOME * full of faults, faulty ...1891
• IMPARFIT faulty; vicious ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMPERFECT † positively faulty, vicious, evil ...1377
• IMPERFECTIOUS †* full of imperfection, imperfect, faulty ...1594
• NAUGHTY † inherently bad or faulty ...1554
• TANTABOMING faulty; crooked; out of place ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TANTERBOMING faulty; crooked; out of place ...1889 Eng. dial.
faulty - nouns
• ILL, THE † that which is faulty or erroneous; the wrong side in an argument ...c1330
• NAUGHTINESS † the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect ...1550
 
FAUX PAS - nouns
• BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas ...1884 Amer. dial.
• CLANGER a faux pas, a mistake, esp. one that attracts attention ...1948 Aust. sl.
• FOX PASS a faux pas ...Bk1934 college sl.
faux pas - verbs
• DROP A CLANGER to make a social faux pas, to make a mistake that attracts attention ...1958 sl.

FAVOUR - adjectives  (also see CURRY FAVOUR)
• IN DUTCH out of favour ...1851 sl., orig. US
• IN ONE'S BAD BOOKS out of favour ...1861
• IN ONE'S GOOD BOOKS adj. in favour ...1839
• OFFSIDE out of favour, in bad favour with ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• ON THE COAT out of favour ...1940s Aust. sl.
• ON THE OUTER out of favour ...1928 Aust. sl.
• VENAL of support, favour, etc.: that may be bought or obtained for a price; ready to be given in return for some reward without regard for higher principles ...1652
favour - nouns 
• ADSPIRATION † gracious or favouring breath; favour, patronage ...1532
• BENEFICE 1. † a good deed, kindness, favour ...1340
2. † favourable influence or operation; advantage, favour, protection, benefit ...1424
• BENEFICIE †* benefit, beneficial influence, favour ...c1449
• BENEFIT a kind deed, a kindness; a favour, a gift ...1377 arch.
• BENIGNITY a kindly or generous deed; a kindness, a favour bestowed ...c1534
• BROWNIE POINT favour in the eyes of another, esp. as gained by sycophantic or servile behaviour ...1944 orig. US
• CREDIT CARD a favour owed ...1985 US sl.
• DO-RIGHT a favour ...1986 US sl.
• HUS(S) a favour ...1971 US Vietnam war usage
• HUZ a favour ...1971 US Vietnam war usage
• OBLIGEMENT a kindness, service, favour ...1878 Sc. & N. Ireland
• ORE † grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency ...a1000
• PULL influence; special power or favour; clout ...1886 Amer. sl.
• SOLID a favour ...1973 US sl.
• UTRALITY † tendency to favour both sides, inclination towards either party ...1642 nonce word
• VENALITY readiness to give support or favour in return for profit or reward; prostitution of talent or principles for mercenary considerations; ability to be bribed ...a1683
favour - person
• ANGEL a person who will exert influence or do favours on behalf of another ...1942-49 Amer. prison & police sl.
• EASTER BUNNY a benefactor; someone who does a favour ...1990s US college sl.
• NOD-GUY a yes-man; an employee whose main function is to endorse his employer's decisions and opinions ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
favour - verbs 
• BUNG SOMEONE A TOFFEE to do someone a favour ...1940s sl.
• CRAWL to buy favours ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DOG-BEHIND to beg for a favour ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago usage
• EAT CHEESE to ingratiate oneself; to bring oneself into the favour or good graces of another ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FAVOURISH †* to bring into favour with; to favour ...1490
• FAVOURIZE † to support, to encourage; to favour, to treat with partiality ...1585
• IMPATRONIZE † to patronize, to favour ...1629
• PUT THE ACID ON to ask for money or some favour ...20C Eng. sl.
• TURN THE SCALE(S) to decide in favour of one side or faction; to determine the outcome 
 
FAVOURABLE - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † well affected, kindly inclined, favourable ...1543
• BENIGNANT of things: favourable, beneficial ...1790
• BOON † advantageous, fortunate, favourable ...LME
• BUXOM † gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly ...1362
• FAIN † well-disposed, favourable ...c1205
• FAUTIVE †* tending to favour, favourable ...1667
• FAVONIAN pert. to the west wind;  hence, favourable, gentle, propitious ...1656
• FURTHERLY † adapted to further; favourable ...a1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ODDS-ON favourable, sure to win ...1898 US sl.
• PUFFY very favourable; adulatory ...1980s Amer. sl.
• TIDY lucky, favourable ...1800 Eng. dial.
• WHITE * propitious, favourable; auspicious, fortunate, happy ...1614 arch.
favourable - nouns 
• ADVANTAGE † a time of vantage, a favourable occasion, an opportunity, a 'chance' ...c1386
• CATBIRD SEAT a prominent or especially favourable position ...1943 Amer. dial.
• COCUM, COKUM, KOCUM, KOKUM † advantageous or favourable circumstances; luck ...1851 sl. 
• RAVE a favourable opinion or comment ...1926 orig. US
• SUNSHINE a favourable or gracious influence ...a1596
• TIDE a suitable, favourable, or proper time or occasion; season; opportunity ...c888 arch.
favourable - person
• TIDE-WAITER one who waits for a favourable season ...1841
• TIME-WAITER one who awaits a favourable turn of events ...1859
favourable - verbs 
• BE ON A GOOD WICKET to be in an advantageous or favourable position ...1941
• COME FAIR † to become favourable ...1665
• CUT BOTH WAYS to have both favourable and unfavourable aspects or implications ...1706
• FALL ON ONE'S LEGS † to be lucky; to find oneself in a favourable or successful position, esp. by good fortune ...1723
• GIVE SOMETHING A FAIR WIND to give something favourable treatment or attention ...1923
• HEALD TO to incline to, to be favourable to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAUGH to be in a favourable position ...1969 Aust. sl.
 
FAVOURABLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY of things: genially, favourably, auspiciously ...a1687
• FAIR † with good promise; promisingly, auspiciously, favourably, prosperously ...1154
 
FAVOURED - adjectives
• ACES esteemed, well respected , favoured ,,,20C US sl.
• ACES-UP fine, preeminent; in high favour ...1902 US
• FAIR-HAIRED specially favoured ...1909 Amer. dial.
• FAVOURISHED † favoured ...1556
• IN SOMEONE'S GOOD BOOKS in favour with someone
favoured - nouns 
• SINGULARITY † desire to be specially favoured ...c1491
favoured - person 
• GOLDEN BOY a favoured male ...1967 Aust. sl.
• GOLDEN GIRL a favoured woman ...1992 Aust. sl.
• WHITE-HAIRED BOY a favoured or favourite man or boy; a pet ...1869 Amer. dial.
 
FAVOURING - nouns
• FAVOUR †* the act of favouring; patronage of an object ...1692
 
FAVOURITE - adjectives
• CRACK favourite; also, celebrated, famous ...1835 Amer. sl.
• FAV favourite ...1930s sl., orig. US
• FAVE favourite ...1938 sl., orig. US
• WHITE * of a person: precious; dear, beloved, favourite ...c1460
favourite - nouns 
• AGATE, THE the favourite, the most admired ...20C Aust. sl.
• BEST-GOODEST a favourite ...1948 Amer. dial.
• DART one's fancy or favourite ...L19 Aust. sl.
• EVERGREEN a perennial favourite, esp. a song ...1940s Amer. sl.
• FAV a favourite ...1930s sl., orig. US
• FAVE a favourite ...1938 orig. US
• GLASSY, THE the favourite, the most admired ...20C Aust. sl.
• GLASSY AGATE, THE the favourite, the most admired ...20C Aust. sl.
• GLASSY ALLEY, THE the favourite, the most admired ...20C Aust. sl.
• FAVE RAVE a favourite piece of music, film, musician, etc. ...1967 sl., orig. US
favourite  - person
• A1 a first-class person; the best; the favourite ...M19 sl. 
• ALIE a pet, a favourite ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENJAMIN the youngest, and consequently, favourite, son of a family ...1913
• BLUE-EYED BOY a favoured or favourite man or boy ...1924 Amer. sl.
• CANDY a showy, stylish person; a dandy; a fine fellow; a favourite ...1935 Amer. dial.
• DAUTIE, DAWTIE, DAWTY a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEARLING † a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1715
• DILLING † a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EYE-APPLE * a favourite or cherished person ...1549
• EYEBALL(S) someone precious or dear; one's favourite person ...1952 Amer. dial.
• FAIR-HAIRED BOY a favoured or favourite man or boy; one who can, in supportive eyes, do no wrong ...1909 Amer. sl.
• FANCY-MAN a favourite or favoured fellow; a best friend ...1821 Amer. sl., esp. nautical usage
• FAVOUR † the object of favour; a favourite ...1387
• FEDDLE, FEDILL † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite, a darling ...a1400-50
• LITTLE SOCK  a favourite child or young pet ...1869
• MAIN MELLOW one's most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend ...1920s sl., orig. US
• MAIN PIECE one's most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend ...1920s sl., orig. US
• MAIN SQUEEZE one's most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend; a close friend; a sweetheart; a favourite sexual partner ...1920s sl., orig. US
• MAM'S FOUT the mother's favourite child; a spoiled, petted child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAM'S PET the mother's favourite child; a spoiled, petted child ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINNIE'S-BAIRN the mother's favourite ...Bk1903 Sc.  
• MINNIE'S-DAWTIE the mother's favourite ...Bk1903 Sc.  
• MINNOCK a favourite, or darling ...Bk1848
• MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment ...1601
• MOTHER'S DARLING a favoured or favourite child; also one who is excessively influenced by, or attached to, his mother ...1592
• NESTLE-BIRD n. the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NUMBER-ONE SQUEEZE one's most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend ...1920s sl., orig. US
• POSSUM BABY a favourite child ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SAMMY a term of endearment; a favourite ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SOCK a favourite child or young pet ...1840
• SON OF A WHITE HEN a fortunate person or thing; a favourite child ...1540
• WHITE-HAIRED BOY a favoured or favourite man or boy; a pet ...1869 Amer. dial.
• WHITE HEN'S CHICKEN a mother's favourite ...1974
• WHITE SON † a beloved or favourite son; a boy or man who is specially favoured or indulged ...1539
favourite - verbs
• BE FIRST OARS WITH to be a favourite with ...1774 colloq.
• FAVOURITIZE * to practice favouritism ...1861
 
FAWN - verbs
• BEENGE to cringe, to fawn ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BINGE to sneak, to cringe; to fawn; to bow ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• CRUDLE to coax, fawn, or cringe; to shrink or cower with cold, fear, or pain ...Bk1891 Eng. dial. 
• FEFNICUTE to fawn, to play the hypocrite; to speak fair to a person, but revile him to others ...19C Eng. dial.
• GLAVER to fawn, to flatter, to deceive with flattery ...c1400
• GREASE to flatter, to fawn upon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIRD to make amorous advances; to coax, to fawn upon one ...1829 Sc.  
• PAINT † to talk speciously; to feign; to fawn; to flatter or deceive with specious words ...c1430
• PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-EAT * to flatter, to fawn upon a person; to toady ...1766
 
FAWNING - adjectives
• INHOLDING selfish; fawning, cringing, given to flattery ...1871 Sc.
• MIRDING coaxing, fawning ...1868 Sc.  
• OBSEQUIOUS unduly or servilely compliant; ignobly submissive; manifesting or characterized by servile complaisance; fawning, cringing, sycophantic ...1602
• OLEAGINOUS 'smooth' in behaviour or in speech; subservient, compliant,; bland, soothing, insinuating, fawning ...1859
• QUEEVERLY fawning; hypocritical ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fawning - nouns
• BOOT a fawning or subservient action or remark; an effort to curry favour ...1908 Amer. dial.
• FAWN † an act of fawning; a servile cringe, a wheedling courtesy ...1590
fawning - person (includes FAWNER)
• BOOTKISSER a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOTLICK a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour ...1849 Amer. dial.
• COGGER a false flatterer or fawner ...1611
• CRINGELING * a cringing creature; a servile flatterer; a fawner ...a1693
• LICKSPIT a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady ...1620
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• PLEASE-MAN †* one who tries to please men; an officious or servile person who courts favour; a sycophantic and servile fawner ...1588
• QUEEMER a toady, a sycophant, a fawning person ...1880 Sc.
• SPANIEL a submissive, cringing, or fawning person ...1598
• TOAD-EATER a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady ...1742
 
FAZE - adjectives
• BLUFF to faze, to disconcert someone; to totally embarrass somebody and throw him off balance ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FEAZE to vex, to trouble, to faze ...1851 Amer. dial.
• FEEZE to vex, to trouble, to faze ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PHEEZE to vex, to trouble, to faze ...1851 Amer. dial.