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HOS - HUMM

HOSE - nouns
• VAMP † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VAMPAGE † vamps or feet of hose ...1555
• VAMPETH † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...c1430
• VAMPEY † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...c1425
• VAMPY † that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock ...c1425
 
HOSPITABLE - adjectives
• CADGY cheerful; merry, friendly and hospitable; in good spirits ...1725 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CAGIE cheerful, in good spirits; friendly, affectionately kind or hospitable ...1822 Sc.
• HARBEROUS hospitable; affording shelter ...1819 Sc.
• HARBOROUS † affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality ...1526
• HARBOURSOME † given to hospitality, hospitable ...1584
• HOSPITALIOUS †* hospitable ...1602
• HOSPITIOUS † hospitable ...1588
• MENSEFUL hospitable; generous, liberal ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• XENODOCHIAL †* given to receiving strangers; friendly to strangers; hospitable ...1716
 
HOSPITAL - adjectives
• UNGRATEFUL said of a hospital patient who dies after heroic efforts to save his life ...1989 US sl.
hospital - nouns 
• BANDAGE FACTORY a hospital ...1941 Amer. sl.
• BUGHOUSE a hospital ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUTCHER SHOP an operating room; also, a hospital; often used disparagingly ...1918 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
• CAT'S-MEAT GAFF a hospital, esp. one specializing in gynaecology ...1960s sl.
• DEADLOCK a 'lock' hospital, a hospital for venereal disease ...L19 sl.
• DING WARD a hospital ward for the mentally infirm ...1981 US sl.
• DOCK a hospital ...World War I Amer. sl.
• DOWN THE LINE a psychiatric hospital ...1963 NZ sl.
• GUN AND RIFLE CLUB an inner-city hospital's casualty department ...1978 US sl.
• HOSSIE a hospital ...1971 Aust. sl.
• INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES a hospital ward for severe stroke victims, who lie in bed muttering in their own language ...1978 US sl.
• JOHNNY a short, collarless gown that is fastened in back ad is worn by hospital patients, persons being examined in a doctor's office, etc. sl.
• LAZARET a house for the reception of the diseased poor, esp. lepers; a hospital ...1611
• LAZARETTO a house for the reception of the diseased poor, esp. lepers; a hospital ...1549
• LEECH-HOUSE † a hospital ...1483
• MAISON-DIEU a hospital, a name given to a hospital ...1895 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MALADERIE † a hospital, esp. for lepers ...1461 obs. exc. Hist.
• METABOLIC CLINIC a hospital tea-room ...1999 UK sl.
• NAD ALERT a warning in a hospital that an x-ray is about to be taken ...1994 US sl.
• NOSOCOME † a hospital ...1653
• OLD-MAN-HOUSE † a hospital for old men ...1634
• OLD-WOMAN-HOUSE a hospital for old women ...1634
• O-SIGN the open mouth of a very sick hospital patient ...1980 medical usage
• PAD OF STITCHES a hospital ...1940s US Black sl.
• RAT HOUSE a mental hospital ...1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RIP TRACK on the railways: a hospital ...1977 US sl.
• SANITY-INSTITUTION † a hospital ...1799
• SICK BUNK a hospital bed ...1940 army colloq.
• SICK-HOUSE * a house set apart for sick persons; a hospital ...1491
• SPIKE a maternity hospital ...1960s Irish sl.
• VALETUDINARY † an infirmary or hospital ...1623
hospital - person
• ALBATROSS a patient who never seems to get better, or who is regularly ill with a new ailment, and who sticks with one physician for seemingly endless treatment ...Bk1994 sl. 
• ANDROID a patient with no normal laboratory values ...1994 US sl.
• BAD SUBJECT a patient who does not have good prospects of improvement or recovery ...1840
• BANANA a hospital patient with jaundice ...Bk1994 sl.
• BEACHED WHALE an extremely obese patient unable to do much but lie there with flailing arms and legs ...Bk1997 medical sl.
• BED-BLOCKER (somewhat depreciative) a hospital patient, esp. an elderly one, whose treatment is complete but whose discharge is delayed because the necessary level of care is unavailable to him or her elsewhere ...1975 orig. Brit.
• BLACK DOCTORS the native dressers in a hospital ...Bk1886 Anglo-Indian
• CACTUS in hospital usage: a severely burnt patient ...1994 US sl.
• DADDY the superintendent of a casualty ward ...c1860 colloq.
• GOMER a repulsive, non-compliant hospital patient ...1993 US sl.
• HEAD a brain-injury patient ...Bk2006 Amer. medical sl.
• HITS new patients ...Bk2006 Amer. medical sl. 
• MEGA DIRTBALL a hospital patient with an appalling lack of hygiene ...1989 US sl.
• OAP an Over-Anxious Patient ...2002 UK doctors' usage 
• PILLS a hospital steward ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• QUACK a hospital patient who feigns symptoms in order to receive attention, prescription medication or both ...1978 US sl.
• REEKER a bad-smelling hospital casualty department patient ...1978 US sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL a hospital patient who regularly appears in the casualty department at weekends in search of food and a bed ...1978 US sl. 
• SIEVE a hospital or admitting physician that freely admits patients ...1994 US sl.
• SUFFERER * a patient ...1809
• TANTON MAN † a patient of a hospital or the like, dedicated to Saint Anthony ...1515
• TRAIN WRECK a horribly wounded soldier or casualty department patient ...1978 US sl., orig. Vietnam medical corpsmen usage
• VAMPIRE a nurse able to draw blood successfully from 'touch sticks', those whose veins are elusive ...Bk1997 medical sl.
• VEDGY a patient requiring intensive care, incapable of movement ...Bk2006 Amer. medical sl. 
• VEGETABLE GARDEN a group of neurologically depressed hospital patients ...1978 US sl.
• VEGGIE, VEGGY - a comatose patient in a hospital ...Bk1995 Amer. medical sl.
• WALKIE-TALKIE a patient who is able to get out of bed, walk around by himself, and speak coherently ...Bk1997 medical sl.
• WALL an intern or resident adept at not admitting patients to his or service ...Bk2006 Amer. medical sl.
• WARDMAID a maidservant who performs the menial offices of a hospital ward ...1888
• WARD-MASTER the master or superintendent of a hospital ward ...1883
• WARD SISTER a British registered nurse who is in charge of a ward of a hospital ...Bk2014
• WARDSMAID a maidservant who performs the menial offices of a hospital ward ...1901
• ZORRO BELLY a patient with many scars on his or her stomach indicating earlier surgery ...Bk2006 Amer. medical sl. 
hospital - person, other
• VELCRO family or friends who accompany patients everywhere ...Bk2006 Amer. medical sl. 
hospital - verbs
• BUFF to make notations in a patient's chart that makes the patient look better than they are and ready for the next stage of their care ...1994 US hospital usage
• BURY THE HATCHET to leave surgical instruments in the patient ...Bk2006 US medical sl.
• EAT PLASTIC of a hospital patient: to be intubated ...1994 US sl.
• SPECIAL of a nurse: to attend continuously to a single patient ...1961 sl.
hospital - phrases 
• BEND OVER, BROWN EYES an instruction to a patient about to undergo a rectal examination ...1989 US sl.
• IN DOCK in hospital, receiving treatment ...1785 sl.
• OUT OF DOCK out of hospital after receiving treatment ...1785 sl.
 
HOSPITALITY - adjectives
• HARBOROUS † affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality ...1526
hospitality - nouns 
• EXCUSE-US a gift in exchange for hospitality ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MENSE profuse hospitality, liberality; a liberal amount, a great deal ...1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEWCASTLE HOSPITALITY hospitality which kills with kindness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• XENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• XENODOCHY †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1623
• ZENODOCHIE †* entertainment of strangers; hospitality ...1674
hospitality - verbs 
• CUT A MELON to offer generous hospitality ...1920 Amer. sl.
• EAT SALT WITH A PERSON to enjoy his hospitality; also, to be dependent upon him ...1539
• KEEP OPEN DOORS to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...1841
• KEEP OPEN HOUSE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...1530
• KEEP OPEN HOUSEHOLD † to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...a1548
• KEEP OPEN TABLE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally ...1720
 
HOST, HOSTESS - person
• BITCH one who plays host at a tea-party ...1792 UK university sl.
• FEASTER † the giver of a feast, a host, an entertainer ...c1425
• HARBINGER † one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host ...c1175
• HARBORER, HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
• HARBOURESS a hostess ...1624
• HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST a good hostess ...1970 US sl.
• LANDLORD the head of a family where one is a guest; one's host ...1824 Sc.
• MOCK-GUEST †* one who offers hospitality only to withhold it; a disappointing host ...1642
• WARDIN †* a landlady, a hostess ...1493
host, hostess - verbs 
• SADDLE THE SPIT to host a dinner or supper ...L18 sl.
 
HOSTAGE - person
• GISEL, GISLE †* a hostage ...a1400
• YISEL - † a hostage ...c893

HOSTEL - nouns
• XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1865
• XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1612
• XENODOCHY †* a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...c1540
 
HOSTILE - adjectives
• ADVERSANT † opposing oneself, opposing; adverse, hostile to ...a1420
• ADVERSARIOUS * adverse, opposed, hostile ...1826
• AFFRONTOUS †* full of affront; insulting; hostile ...1598
• ASOCIAL inconsiderate or hostile to other people ...1883 colloq.
• CONTRAPUGNANT †* fighting against, of hostile action ...1654
• CROOKED ON annoyed, angry; hostile or averse to ...1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DEAD SET AGAINST totally hostile towards ...E19 sl.
• ENEMIOUS † hostile, unfriendly ...1529
• ENVIOUS hostile ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• FED † at variance, hostile ...c1250
• FEDE † at variance, hostile ...c1250
• HATEL † full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter ...a850
• HATELICH † malignant, hostile; hateful ...c893
• ILL-MINDED † having an evil mind or disposition; unfriendly, hostile, malicious ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• INFESTIOUS † hostile, troublesome, inimical ...1597
• INIMICITIOUS † hostile, unfriendly, adverse, inimical ...1641
• OPPOSITE † opposed in will or action, hostile, antagonistic, adverse ...1577
• OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant ...1513
• QUED †* hostile, inimical to ...a1300
• QUEDE †* hostile, inimical to ...a1300
• SALTY angry; hostile ...1936 Amer. dial.
• STUCK ON hostile towards ...1910s US sl.
hostile - nouns
• WARM RECEPTION, A a vigorous onslaught or resistance; a demonstration of hostile feeling ...1702
hostile - person 
• FASCIO an antagonistic, hostile person ...2000s UK Black & teen sl.
• HATEL * a person who is malevolent or hostile ...c1175
hostile - verbs
• BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BEGO † to go about hostilely, to beset, to overrun ...a855
• HAVE IT IN FOR to bear a grudge; to feel hostile towards ...E19 sl.
• I-VEE † to hate; to make an enemy, to put at enmity; to render hateful or hostile ...c975
• SHARE THE RAG to be hostile, to place blame on someone else ...1960s sl.
• TAKE A RUNNING JUMP AT YOURSELF to express hostility, contempt, or defiant indifference ...1871 colloq.

HOSTILELY - adverbs
• ADVERSARILY †* adversely, hostilely ...1475
 
HOSTILITY - nouns
• ADVERSATION †* opposition, hostility ...1470
• ADVERSENESS opposition, hostility; aversion ...1620
• ATTITUDE a hostile or haughty attitude; assertive spirit; hence, a cold reception, hostility, anger, etc. ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BARRACE † hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with 'barrat') ...c1470
• HACKEMS hostilities, conflicts ...1960s Aust. sl.
• RED NECK ill temper, hostility, anger ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SNITCH hostility, bad feeling ...1940s NZ sl.
• SNITCHER a dislike; a grudge; hostility; bad feeling ...1940s NZ sl.
• WAR TO THE KNIFE war to the last extremity; fierce or relentless war; deadly strife; a bitter and deadly struggle; hostility without cessation or moderation ...1812
hostility - verbs
• BURY THE TOMAHAWK to lay down one's arms, to cease from hostilities ...1848
• DIG UP THE TOMAHAWK to take up arms in warfare, to commence hostilities ...1848
• FEEL A DRAFT to sense hostility or discrimination ...1957 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE AT † to threaten an attack upon; to take up a position of hostility to; to oppose ...1546
• LAY ASIDE THE TOMAHAWK to lay down one's arms, to cease from hostilities ...1806
hostility - phrases & interjections
• BITE MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility ...1966
• BUSS MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility ...1861
• SUCK MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility ...1865

HOT - adjectives
• ADURENT †* burning, hot and dry ...1626
• AESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• ATSUI hot ...1972 Hawaii
• BEAT WITH THE HEAT hot and tired ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• BLAZING hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAZING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOILING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CALENT †* warm, hot ...1607
• CALID warm, tepid; hot ...1599 arch.
• ESTIVE † belonging to summer; hot or burning ...1607
• FLAMATIOUS † burning hot ...1688
• HEATFUL hot, scorching ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
• HIGH-RENTED hot ...L19 sl.
• HOT AS BELIX very hot ...1955 Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BILLY HELL very hot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BLUE BLAZES extremely hot ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HOT AS BUGGERY very hot ...1940s sl.
• HOT AS MAPP'S MILL-YARD very hot ...1965 Barbados sl.
• HOT ENOUGH TO MELT THE NOSE OFF A BRASS MONKEY extremely hot ...1847 sl.
• HOT ENOUGH TO SCALD THE THROAT OUT OF A BRASS MONKEY extremely hot ...1870 sl.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY BE DAMNED very hot ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY BLUE very hot ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BILLY HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN BLAZES hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN BLIXEN very hot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BLUE BLAZES extremely hot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN BLUE HELL very hot ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN HADES hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN HELL'S BACK-KITCHEN extremely hot ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HOTTER THAN OLD BILLY HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOTTER THAN THE HINGES OF HELL hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A MELT AND A SWELTER exceedingly hot ...1836 Eng. dial.
• MASH hot, warm ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MEETH of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUSTARD of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl. (Mustard Pot)
• MUSTARD POT of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl.
• PEA-RIPPING of the weather: hot ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PIPING hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
• QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUILSTERING of the weather: sweltering, close, hot, sultry ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAZZLING hot, scorching ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SALAMANDROUS * living as it were in fire; fiery, hot, passionate ...1711
• SAUDI COOL warm to hot ...1991 US Gulf war usage
• SCORCHING extremely hot ...1940 UK sl.
• SIROCCOISH somewhat resembling that produced by the sirocco; oppressively hot and moist ...1837 nonce word
• SISSING HOT hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SMOTHERSOME oppressively hot or humid ...1864 Amer. dial.
• STICKY hot and humid, muggy ...1855 orig. US
• THONGY oppressively hot, as between summer showers ...1893 Eng. dial.
• VENOM dry, hard, harsh, hot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALL-HOT † boiling hot ...c1000
• WALM-HOT † blazing-hot; boiling-hot ...a1000
• WALMING HOT † boiling hot ...1610
hot - adverbs
• AHEAT in or into a hot or warm condition ...1871 Sc.
• BEAMING HOT intensely hot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
hot - nouns 
• AIM a blast of hot air, a hot glow ...1907 Sc.
• BLINGER a hot day ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER a hot day ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CROW-GAPER a very hot day ...19C Eng. dial.
• DINDLE the reflection in the atmosphere on a hot day ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGER a hot day ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEATS a hot period or season ...1390
• LAND-TIDE n. the shimmering of light on a hot day; the undulating motion seen in the air on a hot day ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELTON HOT DAY a very hot day ...L19 sporting sl.
• PEA RIPPER a very hot day, hot enough to bust open peas on the vine ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RACE the shimmering appearance of rising air on a hot day, esp. over the brow of a slope ...1929 Sc.
• RAZZLER of the weather: a hot day ...B1900 Eng. dial. 
• SCORCHER a swelteringly hot day ...1874 colloq.
• STINKER a boiling hot day ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SUMMER-COLT the undulating appearance of the air near the ground on a hot day; usually plural ...1685
hot - verbs
• BOIL to feel very hot ...Aust. sl.
• CALEFY † to make warm or hot; to warm, to heat ...1526
• CALENTURE †* to become hot or inflamed ...1649
• CALORIFY to make hot ...1841
• CATCH A HEAT † to become hot or warm ...a1529 
• HEATEN † 1. to become hot ...c1400-2
2. to heat, to make hot or warm ...1559
• SIZZLE of the weather: to be very hot ...Aust. sl.
• SULTRY to make hot ...1897
• VESUVIATE of weather: to be very hot ...a1876 nonce word
hot - phrases
• IT'S O.T. it's very hot ...c1880 sl.
 
HOTCHPOTCH - nouns
• FARRAGO. a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch ...1632
• MINGLE-MANGLE a medley; a confused mixture; a hotch-potch; a mess; confusion ...1549
• OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley ...1648
• OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages ...1804
• OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages ...a1634
• QUIGGER a hotchpotch; a mess, as of badly-cooked food; a muddle or botch in general ...1967 Sc.
• TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends ...1837
 
HOT DOG - nouns
• ALPINE STICK an oversized frankfurter ...1984 NZ sl.
• ANGELS ON HORSEBACK hot dogs sliced so that a piece of cheese could be inserted, then wrapped round with a piece of bacon and cooked over the fire ...1981 Amer. dial.
• ARMY CHICKEN frankfurters and beans ...1942 US sl.
• BLEENIE a frankfurter ...1942 Amer. dial.
• DAGWOOD DOG a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick ...2003 Aust. sl.
• DIPPY DOG a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick ...2003 Aust. sl.
• DOG a hot dog ...1892 US sl.
• FRANK a frankfurter ...1925 sl., orig. US
• GREASE JOINT a hamburger or hot dog stand ...1910s US sl.
• GROUNDHOG a sausage, frankfurter, hot dog ...1911 Amer. jocular
• KRAUTFURTER a frankfurter topped or stuffed with sauerkraut ...1949 US
• MONKEY DICK Vienna sausage; frankfurter, hot dog ...1965 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A BLANKET a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG IN THE BLANKET a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG'S BLANKET a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED-HOT a frankfurter or hot dog ...1892 US sl.
• STEAME a steamed hot dog ...2001 Can. sl.
• TUBE STEAK a hot dog or frankfurter ...1963 US sl.
• WINNIE a wiener, a frankfurter ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
HOTEL - nouns
• ACCOMMODATION HOUSE a 'hotel' where rooms can be hired for short times by lovers or prostitutes and their clients ...L19 sl.
• BED-HOUSE a 'short-time' hotel ...M19 sl.
• BUG ROOST a hotel catering to oil field workers ...1954 US sl.
• CHEAP JOHN a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a cheap hotel or rooming house ...20C US sl.
• CHINCH PAD a hotel; a cheap rooming house ...1958 US Black sl.
• FAST-SHEET HOTEL a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers ...1940s US sl.
• FAST-SHEET JOINT a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers ...1940s US sl.
• FAST-SHEET SET-UP a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers ...1940s US sl.
• FLEABAG a cheat hotel ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLOP BOX a hotel room, a bedroom, lodgings ...1976 US sl.
• GAFF a hotel ...1930s sl.
• JOINT a place or establishment, as a hotel, restaurant. etc. sl.
• KIP a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment ...1883 Amer. sl., esp. among itinerants
• POISON SHOP a licensed hotel ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• RACK a hotel's front desk ...1954 US sl.
• SAVELOY, THE the Savoy Hotel, London ...c1910 London taxi-drivers' sl.
• VAULT a hotel baggage checkroom ...1954 US sl.
• WALLOPER a hotel, a bar ...1930s sl.
hotel - person
• BARBER a hotel manager or owner ...1941 Aust. sl.
• BATHROOM BENNY a hotel guest who ducks into the bathroom to avoid tipping the bellboy ...1954 US sl.
• BATHROOM BERTHA a female hotel guest who ducks into the bathroom to avoid tipping the bellboy ...1954 US sl.
• BATHROOM CHARLIE a hotel guest who ducks into the bathroom to avoid tipping the bellboy ...1902 US sl.
• BELL a hotel doorman; a bellboy ...1972 US sl.
• BELL-BOY a boy who answers the bell in a hotel; a hotel page-boy ...1861 US
• BELL CAPTAIN one who supervises a group of bell-boys ...1926 US
• BELL-HOP a hotel page-boy; a bellboy ...1885 US
• BELL-HOPPER a hotel page-boy; a bell-boy ...1881 US
• BILL-CLERK a clerk who makes out the bills at a hotel ...1901 US
• CALL-BOY a youth employed in a hotel to answer the bells ...Bk1888
• GILT DUBBER a hotel thief ...Bk1859 criminals' sl.
• HALL-BOY a page-boy in a large house; a call-boy in the hall of a hotel or the like ...1884
• LOBBY LIZARD a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• LOBBY LOUSE a person who habitually lounges about a hotel lobby ...1939 US sl.
• PACK RAT a hotel bellboy; a porter; a bellhop ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• PAGE a boy or young man, usually in uniform, employed by a hotel, club, or other large establishment as a doorman, waiter, porter, etc. ...1781
• PAGEBOY a boy, usually in livery, employed as part of a private household or (now more usually) in a hotel, club, or similar establishment as a messenger, porter, etc. ...1859
• WINTER BLOSSOMS the older, female, winter residents of a hotel ...1977 UK sl.
• WOOD-AND-WATER JOEY a hanger about hotels ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• YARD DOG a hotel security guard ...2007 US Black sl.
 
HOT-HEADED - adjectives
• AGGRO hot-headed, wild, unpredictable ...1990s sl., orig. US college usage
• BRAINISH † headstrong, passionate, hot-headed, furious ...1530 obs. or arch.
• ETERIE ill-humoured, ill-tempered; hot-headed, fiery, angry-looking ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ETRIE ill-humoured, ill-tempered; hot-headed, fiery, angry-looking ...Bk1900 Sc.
• MADBRAIN † mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1592 obs.
• MAD-BRAINED hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1577
• MAD-HEADED mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1567
• RAMBLESOME hot-headed, impetuous, blundering ...1864 Sc.
• RAMMELSOME hot-headed, impetuous, blundering ...1864 Sc.
hot-headed - person 
• BOILED BRAINS †* hot-headed young men ...a1616
• GASSED-UN a daredevil; a hot-headed, high-spirited person ...1893 Eng. dial.
• GASTON a daredevil; a hot-headed, high-spirited person ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MADBRAIN † a mad-brained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person ...c1570
• MADPASH † a foolish or insane person; a lunatic, a mad fellow; a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person; a rash or turbulent person; a wild, giddy person ...1611 
• RAM-STAM a headstrong, impetuous fellow; a hot-headed, passionate person ...1823 Sc.
• SQUARER † one who quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow ...1599
• TEARAN FELLOW a rough, hot-headed person who drives everything before him, regardless of danger and of consequences ...Bk1895 N. Eng. dial.

HOT RODDING - see RACING
 
HOT SPRING - nouns
• BAIN † a spring of hot or medicinal water ...1538
 
HOT-TEMPERED - adjectives
• ALL FIRE AND TOW irascible, excitable, hot-tempered ...1838 Amer. dial. 
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered ...1853 Amer. dial.
• ANIMOUS †* hot-tempered ...1620
• BIRSIE hot-tempered, passionate ...1825 Sc.
• BRISTLY hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASEOUS hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GASSY hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIR-TRIGGERED hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IROUS † given to anger, hot-tempered, irascible ...1303
• LOADED hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PRICKLISH hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK † hasty, impatient, hot-tempered ...1549
• QUICK ON THE TRIGGER hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPICY hot-tempered ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEMPERSOME hot-tempered, passionate, hasty-tempered ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WARM hot-tempered, angry ...1547
hot-tempered - person
• GINGERSNAP †* a hot-tempered person, esp. one with ginger hair ...1889 US
• HARDHEAD a rebellious, non-conformist Black person; a hot-tempered or pugnacious person; a troublemaker ...1935 US Black sl.
• PEPPERPOT a quick-tempered or hot-tempered person ...1894
• SHIT-FIRE a contemptuous term for a hot-tempered person; a mean, nasty person ...1598 sl.
• SPUNKIE, SPUNKY a fiery, hot-tempered or irritable person ...1821 Sc.
 
HOT WATER BOTTLE - nouns
• BED-PARTNER a hot water-bottle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHINA PIG a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HOT PIG a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body ...1984 Amer. dial.
• HOTTIE, HOTTY a hot water bottle ...1947 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• JAR a tone hot-water bottle ...20C Anglo-Irish sl.
• JENNY a hot water bottle ...Bk1896 sl.
• PIG a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body ...1995 Amer. dial.
 
HOUR - adjectives
• HORARIOUS * relating to or indicating the hours ...1866
• SESQUIHORAL † lasting an hour and a half ...1652
• SUCCISIVE † of hours: spare ...1619
hour - nouns 
• FAIRY BOWER an hour ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• QUADRANT † a quarter of a day; six hours ...1398
• TIME † the space of an hour ...c1320

HOURGLASS - nouns
• RUNNING GLASS an hourglass, a sandglass ...1480

HOUSE - adjectives
• BEN-A-HOOSE belonging to the parlour or the best room ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENWARD towards the interior of a house ...c1475 Sc.
• GABBERN of rooms, houses, etc.: comfortless, bare; large, ill-proportioned or ill-contrived ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAID of a house: well-furnished, attractive ...1972 US Black sl.
house - adverbs 
• BEN-A-HOOSE in the parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENLINS towards the interior of a house ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEN-THE-HOOSE in the parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FROM CELLAR TO GARRET throughout the house ...1828
• FROM GARRET TO KITCHEN throughout the house ...1712
house - nouns 
• AEDICULE a small house or room; also, a niche for a statue ...1832
• AIREY the 'area' of a house, adjacent to the basement steps ...M19 sl.
• AIRY the 'area' of a house, adjacent to the basement steps ...M19 sl.
• BABALOOBIES water-worn limestones used to decorate walls or houses; weathered stone copings ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACH a small makeshift hut; a small holiday house ...E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• BACHY a small house occupied by a single man ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• BACK-END the  back part of a house; the premises attached thereto ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKER-END the farther end of a room ...1889 Eng. dial.
• BACKHOUSE 1. the back-room of a house; the back-kitchen, scullery, washhouse ...1795
2. a room or house containing an oven, a bakehouse; a public bakery ...1857 Eng. dial.
3. the parlour ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BACK KITCHEN a room connected to the kitchen, used for storing, deep freeze, etc. ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BACKLAND a house built behind others ...1835 Sc.
• BACKLET the back premises of a house; a court, yard ...1724 Eng. dial.
• BACKSIDE the backyard of a house ...1634 arch.
• BACK SLUM a back room. a back entrance ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BACKWAY the yard or space at the back of a house ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BAKER the rear room of an addition to a home ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BATCHY a small house occupied by a single man ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• BEDDER a bedroom ...1897 university sl.
• BEDSINK a small alcove off a kitchen, with a curtain rather than a door, where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1973 Amer. dial.
• BEN the inner room ...1791-9 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEN-END the best room in a house; hence, the best part of anything ...1892 Sc.
• BEN-HOUSE the inner or principal room ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEN-ROOM the best room in a house ...1891 Sc.
• BEN-THE-HOOSE the best or inner part of a house ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEST PARLOUR the old-fashioned front parlour of a house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BEST ROOM the old-fashioned front parlour of a house ...1907 Amer. dial.
• BETTER HOYLE a parlour ...1879 Eng. dial.
• BEY a room of a cottage or house ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIEL a shelter, refuge; a home, house; anything that shelters or shades ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIELD shelter, refuge; also, a house, any object with shelters ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIGD a building, a house ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG HOUSE the principal room of a house; the living room ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BIG ROOM the principal room of a house; the living room ...a1883 Amer. dial.
• BOAR'S NEST an untidy or messy room or house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOUROCH a house, a home ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW a house; the principal farmhouse on an estate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWER an inner room; a parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWERIQUE a small 'bower' or parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOX-HOUSE a square-built house suggestive of a box ...1881 US
• CAGE an abandoned house ...2000 US sl.
• CALIFORNIA ROOM a sun room or lounge with big windows ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CAMELBACK a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CAMELOPARD HOUSE one having two stories in the front and one behind ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass ...1677
• CASINO a pleasure-house, a summer-house in Italy ...1831
• CASTLE one's house; one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• CHAT a house ...M19 sl.
• CRIB a house or residence ...colloq.
• COT a small house, a little cottage ...c893
• DAYTAL-HOUSE a house rent-free ...1851 Ireland
• DEAD an empty house ...L20 sl.
• DEAD NUMBER the last house in a row or street; the end of a street ...L19 sl.
• DEAD 'UN an uninhabited house; unoccupied premises ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house ...1893 UK sl.
• DILLY-HOUSE a room containing too many ornaments, etc., for good taste ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOG-TROT HOUSE a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof ...1984 Amer. dial.
• DOMI one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOMIE one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOMMIE one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• DOMMY one's house, one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAGLE † the gable of a house ...1682
• EATING-ROOM a room appropriated for eating; a dining-room ...1613 arch.
• EAVESING † the eaves of a house or stack; formerly used also for 'roof' and hence, for 'dwelling' ...a1225
• FANCY CRIB a fashionable, chic, well-designed home ...20C US Black sl.
• FAR ROOM a parlour ...1983 Amer. dial.
• FASTIGIUM the apex or summit; the ridge of a house ...1677
• GAFF a house or shop, a home ...1920s sl.
• GARDEN-HOUSE a dwelling-house situated in a garden; a suburban residence ...1607
• GATES a house ...1985 Bermuda
• GENTRY COFE'S KEN a gentleman's house ...M16 cant
• GENTRY COVE'S KEN a gentleman's house ...M16 cant
• GENTRY KEN a gentleman's house ...19C cant
• GROWLERY a place to 'growl' in; jocularly applied to a person's private sitting room ...1852
• HA † the principal room of a house; the parlour where the master and his family sat apart from the servants; also, the kitchen or living-room of a farmhouse where the family and the servants sat together ...1737 Sc.
• HALE a building, esp. a house ...1934 Hawaii online
• HALL 1. the principal room of a house, the parlour ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLAN a house, a dwelling, a cottage ...1827 Sc.
• HALL-CHAMBER the principal room of a house, the parlour ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELLHOLE a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HEN-HOUSE a house inhabited chiefly by women; a house where the woman rules ...L19 sl.
• HOLY OF HOLIES a bedroom ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMPEY, HUMPIE, HUMPY a native Australian hut; hence, a very small or primitive house; a small shack ...1873 Aust.
• HUT a house ...1989 US sl.
• HUTCH a domicile, be it a room, apartment, or house...1966 US sl.
• KAHUTE a little house ...1790 Sc.
• KIPSIE, KIPSY a house, the home ... 1916 Aust.
• KEEPING ROOM a sitting room or parlour intended for family use, as distinct from a 'front' room reserved for company ...1771 Amer. dial.
• KOOTEE a house ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• LAID CRIB a nice house; an attractive residence ...1972 US Black sl.
• LATTIE a house or a flat ...1859 UK sl.
• LATTY a house or a flat ...1859 UK sl.
• LAYOUT an apartment, a house, or any place ...M19 US sl.
• LIZARD a long, narrow house, with the narrow end facing the street, and rooms opening on an alley along the side ...1923 Amer. dial.
• LOFT the second story of a house; upstairs ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE-CAGE a bedroom ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LUST-HOUSE a country-house, a villa ...1590
• MAIN HOUSE a living room or parlour ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAISON † a house ...1570 Sc.
• MAISONNETTE a small house ...1818
• MAMMA'S BEDROOM the family room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MAMMA'S ROOM the living room or family room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MANSION † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
• MANSION-HOUSE † a dwelling-house, a house in which a person resides ...1533
• MAN-STY a dwelling-house or hut unfit for human habitation ...1799
• MOM'S ROOM the family or living room ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• NECKLE a house; a dwelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIBSOMEST-CRIBS the best houses ...1819 beggars' sl.
• NOD-BOX a bedroom ...1940s US Black sl.
• ODD-HOUSE a house standing alone at some distance from any town or village; also applied to a detached residence as distinguished from one in a row ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINGS a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OTHER ROOM the living room ...1973 Amer. dial.
• PAD a place, house, or apartment; a room, esp. a bedroom ...1938  sl.
• PADHOUSE one's house; one's home ...1930s US Black sl.
• PAMPHIL a small house; a square enclosure made with stakes ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PANNEY a house ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• PANNY a house ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• PARLOUR-CHAMBER the spare bedroom; the room over the parlour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUR-HOUSE a house of one storey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PETITION a partition of a house; a wall between two rooms ...1795 Amer. dial.
• PIECE OF HOUSE a small, poorly-built house, or one in rundown condition ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK a house or home ...1916 Amer. dial.
• QUEENSLANDER a type of weatherboard house raised on stilts  ...1994 Aust. sl.
• QUEER KEN a house not worth robbing ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• QUER KEN a house not worth robbing ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAMBLER a ranch-style house ...1958 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK a run-down or makeshift house ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE a run-down or makeshift house ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RANCH a hut or house in the country ...1808 US
• RANDIBO-HOUSE a questionable house ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAT AND MOUSE a house ...1910s rhyming sl.
• REEK a house having a chimney ...1822 Sc.
• REEKING-HOUSE an inhabited house ...1823 Sc.
• RENTS house or cottage property ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDGE-BONE the weather boarding on the outside of wooden houses ...1853 Eng. dial.
• SADDLEBAG HOUSE a house consisting of two parts separated by a central space or by a large fireplace with a central chimney and covered by a single roof ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SANCTUM SANCTORIUM a bedroom ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHACK one's home; a house; an apartment ...1880s US Black sl.
• SHOTGUN HOUSE a house whose rooms are all in a line ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SINGLE HOUSE one having only one room occupying its whole depth from back to front ...1818 Sc.
• SINK BEDROOM a small alcove off a kitchen where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SKY PARLOR a room, esp. a habitable one, on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic ...1832 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE RANCH a bachelor's house ...1990 US sl.
• SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet  ...1815
• SUNNY CHAMBER † a summer-house ...1641 Sc.
• TEXAS HOUSE a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof ...1874 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH-HOUSE a house with front and back exits ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THWAITE a single house; a small hamlet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBER † a building, structure, edifice, or house ...a750
• TIMBER-LAND a wooden house ...1798 Sc.
• TOFT orig. a homestead, the site of a house and its outbuildings; a house site ...1001
• WANE † a dwelling-place, a residence, a house ...a1225
• WEANER a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WEANER HOUSE a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1929 Amer. dial.
• WEANING CABIN a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1977 Amer. dial.
• WEANING HOUSE a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple ...1973 Amer. dial.
• WINDWAY a wide, open hall in a house ...1940 Amer. dial.
• YARD 1. a cluster of houses, a 'fold' ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a home, a house or other dwelling place ...1920s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
house - person
• BELOW NEIGHBOUR one who lives on a lower story of the same house ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DAME the mistress of a house; a wife, esp. the wife of a farmer or yeoman ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAD-BUMMER the head of a house; the chief representative of a family; the principal person ...1864 Sc.
• HEAD-STALL the head of a house, a father, a husband, etc. ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HOUSEWRIGHT * a builder of houses, especially of timber ...1549
• LADY † a mistress in relation to servants or slaves; the female head of a household ...c825
• LAIRD an owner of property, esp. a house-owner ...1816 Sc.
• MADAM the mistress of a house ...1824
• MEAT-MIDDER the food-provider or mistress of a house, one who serves out food ...1899 Sc.
house - verbs
• POOSTER ABOUT to walk around the house at night ...1895 Amer. dial.
• PULL UP STAKES to depart; to move house ...1961 Aust. sl.
• WARM † to inaugurate a new house by a feast or entertainment ...1617
house - phrases 
• DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN'T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LOOKS LIKE A HAYSTACK said of an untidy house ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
HOUSEBOAT - nouns
• CAMPBOAT a houseboat ...1964 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old, clumsy boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY-BOAT a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one; an old clumsy, boat ...1879 Amer. dial.
 
HOUSEBREAKER - see BURGLAR
 
HOUSEHOLD - adjectives
• ECONOMIC † pert. to the management of a household, or to the ordering of private affairs ...1592
• ECONOMICAL pert. to a household or its management ...1579 arch.
• FAMILIAR * pert. to one's family or household ...c1386
• FAMILISTIC † pertaining to a family or household ...1660
• FAMILISTICAL † pert. to a family or household ...1660
• SUPELLECTICARIOUS †* of or pert. to household stuff ...1656
• SUPELLECTILE † pert. to or of the nature of household furniture; ornamental ...1615 rare or obs.
household - nouns
• COTS-WORK domestic work ...1795
• DOMICULTURE * household management; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy ...1860
• ECONOMICS † or science of managing a household; a treatise on the subject ...1586
• ECONOMY † the art or science of managing a household, esp. with regard to household expenses ...c1530
• FAMILIARITY † the quality proper to the head of a household ...a1483
• HARNESS † household and personal equipment; furniture; apparel ...1340
• INSETT STUFF † household furniture ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INSIGHTS † the furniture of a house; household goods ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INSPRAITH furniture, household goods ...1660 Sc.
• INWORK indoor or domestic work ...1892 Sc.
• KETTLE HALYARDS domestic duties, esp. of a culinary nature or work in the kitchen ...1916 Amer. dial.
• KITCHEN HALYARDS domestic duties, esp. of a culinary nature or work in the kitchen ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MENAGE a domestic establishment; household management ...1865 Sc.
• MENYIE † a family; household ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFICES the parts of a house, or buildings attached to a house, specially devoted to household work or service; the kitchen and rooms connected with it, as pantry, scullery, laundry, and the like; also, often including stables and other outhouses, the barns and cowhouses of a farm, etc. ...a1548
• PLUNDER household furnishings and effects ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SETTING OUT a dowry; a trousseau; the equipment necessary for establishing a household, usually in the form of a gift to a bride or newly married couple ...1833 Amer. dial.
• STICKS AND STONES one's household goods and possessions ...M19 colloq.
• WARDROBE-STUFF † household necessaries and supplies ...1537
household - person
• BALEBOOS the head of the household, master of the house ...Bk1982 Jewish
• BALEBOS an orderly person; a householder, the head of a family ...Bk1966 Yiddish sl.
• BALEBOSS the head of the house; a store owner; a manager; anyone in authority ...Bk1998 Yiddish 
• BESSY a man who meddles in woman's affairs ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.
• BESSY-CODDLE a man who meddles in woman's affairs ...Bk1839 Eng. dial.
• BETTY a term of contempt applied to a man who interferes with the domestic duties of women, or who busies himself with the affairs belonging to females ...Bk1888
• BETTY-MAN a man who does woman’s work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BOND † a householder; a husband ...LOE
• COT † a man that does domestic or household work usually done by women ...1699 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• COT-BETTY a man that does domestic or household work usually done by women ...1860 US
• DAILY BREADER the head of the family; the working head of the house ...L19 rhyming sl.
• DAILY BREADITE the head of the family ...L19 rhyming sl.
• ECONOMIST one who manages a household; a housekeeper ...1586 arch.
• FAD man who busies himself with woman’s work - Bk1877 Eng. dial. 
• FAMILIAR † a member of a person's family or household ...1460
• FAMILIST † one of the same family or household ...1631
• GAF, GAFF a master, the head of a house; a foreman or overseer ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAFFER a husband; the head of the house ...1765 UK sl.
• GAMMER a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GATHA an effeminate fellow who concerns himself in women's business ...Bk1910 Ireland
• GENERAL anyone in authority, as a boss, school principal, head of a household, or the like ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• HAMELT a fisherman's tabu-name for a wife, the mistress of a house ...1908 Sc.
• HEAD WOMAN a woman in charge of a household, department, institution, etc.; the most important woman in a group, business, or organization ...1799
• HEARTH-HOLDER a householder ...1834
• HEARTHSTONE WOMAN * a domesticated women who runs a household ...1864
• HEIGH-HOW an occasional assistant in a house ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• HELP a person employed to give assistance in household or other manual work; in the U.S., a hired labourer or servant, esp. a domestic servant ...1645
• HEMMALD a housewife; the mistress of a house ...Bk1914 Sc.
• HEN-HUSBAND a man who busies himself with women's household affairs; an effeminate man ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HEN-HUSSY, HEN-HUZZY a man who is seen to be over involved in household affairs and similar 'women's concerns'; hence, an effeminate man ...1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HENNESSY a man who busies himself with women's household affairs; an effeminate man ...1890 Amer. dial.
• HEN-WIFE a man who busies himself about matters usually left to women ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HIRDMAN † a member of a household; a domestic, a household servant; a retainer ...c993
• HIRED CHILD † a child of the house ...c1275
• HIREDMAN † a member of a household; a domestic, a household servant; a retainer ...c993
• HIZZIE-FELLOW a man who interferes with domestic management, a man who undertakes women’s work ...1811 Sc.
• HOUSE-FATHER the father of a family or household ...1552
• HUSSY † the mistress of a household; a thrifty woman ...1530
• JENNY a man who concerns himself with purely feminine matters ...Bk1901
• JINNY-WOMAN a man who meddles or assists in a housewife's work; a man with effeminate habits ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LADY OF THE HOUSE the mistress of a household ...c1330
• MADAM a mistress of servants, the lady of the house, a fine lady ...a1779 Sc.
• MADAME the mistress of a household; one's wife ...1863 Amer. dial.
• MADDIE the White mistress of a house; the employer of domestic servants ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
• MALLY a man who interferes with woman's work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASTER the male head of a house or household ...1536
• MASTER-HOUSEHOLD † master of the household ...1536
• MASTER-MAN the head of a household or family; a husband ...1885 Eng. dial.
• MISSIS the mistress of the household ...M19 colloq.
• MISTER a husband or head of a household ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MOLL-CODDLE †* a person, usually a male, who is mollycoddled or pampered in an overindulgent or excessively protective way; an effeminate man or boy; a milksop; also a man who performs work typically associated with women, or who concerns himself with domestic affairs (Eng. dial.) ...1853
• MOLL-CODLIN a mollycoddle; a man who does a woman's work; an effeminate boy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLL-COT an effeminate man; one who will potter about and do women's work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLLICOT a soft, effeminate man; one who will potter about and do women’s work ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• MOLL-KIT a man who does household work; one who interferes with women's business ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY  a man who fusses and busies himself about the house, or with women's work ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY-CAUDLE an effeminate man; a man who intrudes into women’s household affairs; a mollycoddle ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE a person, usually male, who is mollycoddled; a pampered, overprotected weakling; an effeminate man or boy; a milksop; a man who does a woman's work ...1833 colloq.
• MOLLY-COT a man who is always interfering in domestic arrangements, particularly in the concerns of the kitchen; one who is commonly said to be tied to his wife’s apron-strings ...1826 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY-COTTER a man who does women's work; one who interferes with domestic arrangements ...1882 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY MOP † an effeminate man or boy; a homosexual man; also, a man who performs work typically associated with women, or who concerns himself with women's affairs ...1829 sl.
• MOP MARY a charwoman; a woman hired by the day to do odd jobs of household work; a 'scrub' woman ...1931 US tramps' sl.
• PADRONA the mistress of a household; a woman who keeps a hotel, inn, or brothel ...1744 chiefly in Italian-speaking communities
• POLLYDODDLE an effeminate man; one who busies himself with woman's or household work ...1894 Eng. dial.
• QUOT a man who meddles in 'women's work' around the house ...L17
• TAME CAT a too domesticated man ...Bk1933 sl.
• WADDLER † a  poor householder ...1737 Sc.
• WALDER † a  poor householder ...1721 Sc.
• WIFE-CARLE † a man who occupies himself with women's affairs or duties ...1816 Sc.
• YAMSTER a household provider; one of domestic habits ...Bk1873 Eng. dial. 
household - verbs
• COT of a man: to interfere in women's household matters ...1736 Eng. dial.
• ECONOMIZE † to act as the governor of a household ...1648
• KEEP A REEKING HOUSE to maintain a household ...1883 Sc.
• KEEP OLD MAID'S HALL to live or keep house without the presence of a man ...1858 US sl.
• WEAR THE TROUSERS to be the dominant member of a household ...1931

HOUSEKEEPER - person
• BIDDY any maid or housekeeper ...1924 Amer. sl.
• ECONOMIST one who manages a household; a housekeeper ...1586 arch.
• GENTLEWOMAN † the housekeeper in a family of distinction ...1825 Sc.
• HELPKEEPER a housekeeper ...1936 Amer. dial.
• POT-BOILER a housekeeper ...1852 Eng. dial.
• POT-WABBLER a housekeeper; a scullion ...1882 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEKEEPING - nouns
• DOMICULTURE * household management; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy ...1860
• ECONOMIC † the art or science of managing a house; housekeeping, domestic management ...1393
housekeeping - person 
• ECONOMIC † one who understands the art of housekeeping ...1656
 
HOUSELESS - adjectives
• BARTHLESS houseless ...1886 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEMAID - see SERVANT
 
HOUSE OF COMMONS - person
• BABE the latest member of the House of Commons ...B1890 Eng. sl.
 
HOUSE-WARMING - nouns
• HEARTH-WARMING a merrymaking to 'handsel' a new house; a house-warming ...1830
 
HOUSEWIFE - person
• ANGEL IN THE HOUSE an idealized housewife or homemaker who shows selfless devotion to her husband and children ...1847
• BANATEE a housewife ...1961 Irish sl.
• DABBLER a suburban housewife giving lesbianism a try ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• DAISY a housewife ...1970s US Black sl.
• DAISY DUMPLING a middle-class, heterosexual housewife ...1950s gay sl.
• DAME the 'lady' of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife ...c1330 now arch. or Eng. dial.
• DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern ...1500-20 Sc.
• DILLOCK an inefficient housewife ...19C Eng. dial.
• DILP † a thriftless housewife ...1768 Sc.
• GILL-FLURT a proud, vain woman; also, a slut or light housewife ...1593 UK
• GILT 'a slut or light housewife' ...c1698 UK sl.
• HAIRPIN a housewife ...Bk1962 Amer. tramps' sl.
• HAUSFRAU (occasionally derogatory) a housewife, esp. in reference to a strong, homely woman; a housekeeper, a home-keeping woman ...1798
• HAUSVROW (occasionally derogatory) a housewife ...1798
• HEMMA a wife, a housewife ...Bk1866 Sc.
• HEMMALD a housewife; the mistress of a house ...Bk1914 Sc.
• HISSIE, HISSY, HIZZIE, HIZZY - a housewife; a woman of any age, but generally applied to a young girl, a lass, a wench ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISS SEARS an unliberated woman, the American housewife ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• MOLLY PUTZ a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife ...1845 Sc.
• SCHEMER a good manager; a clever, careful housewife ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSEWORK - nouns
• CHAMBERWORK housework; housecleaning ...1870 Amer. dial.
• PAIGLE the menial or rough work to be done about a house; the dirty household jobs ...1808 Sc.
• PAIGLIN the dirty work of a household ...1880 Sc.
• PEGIL the menial or rough work to be done about a house; the dirty household jobs ...1808 Sc.
• SHITWORK work considered esp. by feminists to be menial or routine, esp. housework ...sl.
• TIFTER the scrubbing of a house from top to bottom ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
housework - verbs 
• DO THE ROUGH to do the heavier, rougher part of housework ...1933
• PAIGLE to do the dirty work of a household ...1880 Sc.
• PEGIL to do the dirty work of a household ...1880 Sc.
• SKIVVY to perform heavy, boring, menial household chores ...1984 UK sl.
• TIDDLY to do the lighter kind of housework ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HOUSING - nouns
• MODELS purpose-built 'model' housing ...L19 sl.
 
HOVEL - nouns
• HALF-HOUSE a shed open at the side; a hovel ...1737
 
HOW ARE YOU?
• FAIR TO MIDDLING a jocular reply to 'How are you?' ...c1945
• HOW ARE YOU HITTING THEM? how are you? how are things going? ...1897 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A STRAWYARD BULL, FULL OF FUCK AND HALF-STARVED a jocose retort to the question, "How are you?"; (strawyard - a shelter or refuge for the destitute) ...Bk1904 sl.
• TOWER BRIDGE used in reply to "How are you?", meaning up and down, so-so ...1930s
• WAT UP? how are your doing? ...20C campus sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU SAY? how are you? ...1920s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK? a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? ...1910s sl.
 
HOWEVER - adverbs
• ALGATE however, at all events, at any rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL-GATES however, at all events, at any rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EVERHOW however ...1932 Amer. dial.
• NETHERLESS † however, nevertheless, notwithstanding ...c1400
 
HOWL - nouns
• OOB a low moaning sound; a plaintive sound, a howl, a wail ...1898 Sc.
• TIGER a shriek or howl (often the word 'tiger') terminating a prolonged and enthusiastic cheer; a finishing touch, a final burst ...1856 US sl.
• ULULATION a howl or wail; a cry of lamentation ...1599
• WALLACH, WALLOCH a scream, howl, or wail ...1866 Sc. 
• YERR † a loud or harsh cry; a yell, a howl ...a1225
• YOLLOP a bark, a howl, a yelp ...1959 Amer. dial.
howl - verbs 
• EXULULATE * to howl or cry out ...1623
• FOOF of a dog: to howl or whine in a melancholy manner ...1892 Ireland
• OOB to make a low, moaning sound; to howl, to wail ...1866 Sc.
• TOOT to make a plaintive noise, as when a child cries loudly or mournfully; to howl; to whine or cry ...1808
• ULULATE to howl or wail; to lament loudly ...1623
• WALLOCH to cry, to wail, to shriek, to scream, to howl ...1808 Sc. 
• YALE to cry; to howl; to fret like a sick child; to grumble ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to make a loud unpleasant noise or outcry; to howl, to yell; to roar, to shout; to talk loudly or persistently; to scold ...1513 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWL † to cry out loudly from pain, grief, or distress; also said of the howling of dogs, the 'wauling' of cats, the screaming of peacocks ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWN to howl like a dog; to cry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YELLOP to howl, to cry; to bark as a dog, to yelp ...1866 Eng. dial.
• YELPER to yelp; to howl ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
• YERR † to make a harsh noise, to creak, to roar, to rattle; to cry out loudly, to shout out, to yell, to howl ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOLLOP to bark, to yelp, to howl ...1887 Amer. dial.
 
HOWLING - adjectives
• ULULABLE † howling, yelling ...1721
• ULULANT howling ...1896
• ULULATORY howling, wailing ...1831
howling - nouns 
• BAWLING † the howling or yelping of dogs, wolves, etc. ...c1440
• ULULATION the act of howling or wailing ...1799
 
HOYDEN, HOYDENISH - person
• HALLIGATE a romp, hoyden ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKIT a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden ...1787 Sc.
• HEATHEN one who has no more religion, enlightenment, or culture than a pagan; a rude, barbarous, or unthinking person; a hoyden, male or female ...1817
• HEIGHTY TOITY † a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden ...1785 sl.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a noisy, boisterous girl or woman; a romp or rude girl; a hoyden ...1699 cant
• MEG-HARRY a young girl with masculine manners; a tomboy; a rough hoyden girl that plays with boys ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl; a romp; a rude or ill-bred girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-BACK a romping child; a romping. hoydenish person ... B1900 Eng. dial.
hoyden, hoydenish - verbs
• GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
HUBBUB - nouns
• CALEEVER a caper, frolic, antic; a hubbub, a noisy game ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GARBOIL † confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABBLE confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub ...1795 Sc.
• HAY-BAY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HEELIEGOLEERIE confusion, hubbub, noise, a to-do, bustle ...1819 Sc.
• HEY-BEY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HUBBISTEW a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement ...1898 Sc.
• LARUM a tumultuous noise; a hubbub, an uproar ...a1533
• LURRY † a confusion of voices; hubbub, outcry ...a1676 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ORATION a confused noise or uproar; a clamour, disturbance; a hubbub; a fuss; noisy public talk or rumour ...1828 Eng. dial.
• POB-BOB a state of confusion, a hubbub ...1898 Sc.
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• TARTAR a disturbance, noise, hubbub ...1905 Sc.
• THIRAW a hubbub ...1899 Ireland
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
 
HUCKSTER - person
• ARAB a huckster; a street peddler of vegetables and fruits ...1935 Amer. dial.
• ARABBER a huckster; a street peddler of vegetables and fruits ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BADGER † one who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer who acts as a middleman between producer (farmer, fisherman, etc.) and consumer; a cadger, hawker, or huckster ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CADGER a carrier, a huckster, a hawker of small wares ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HABERDASHERESS a female haberdasher of small wares; a female huckster ...1702
• HAGGLER 1. an itinerant dealer; a huckster; a peddler ...1602
2. a middleman in the vegetable markets; a huckster or forestaller of green produce ...1851
• HIGGLER an itinerant dealer; especially a carrier or huckster who buys up poultry and dairy produce, and supplies in exchange petty commodities from the shops in town ...1637
• PALTERER, PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively ...1589
• TAPPER † a retailer; a huckster ...1478-9 Sc. 
huckster - verbs
• ARAB to go huckstering ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CAUPONATE † to deal like a huckster with; to traffic in for the sake of gain ...1653
 
HUDDLE - verbs
• CRONK to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way ...1847 Eng. dial.
• MIMP to crouch, to sit huddled up or crouched together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUG to crowd, or huddle together in a confined space ...1878 UK sl.
• NITHER to shrink or huddle, as with cold; to be shivery, to tremble ...1896 Sc. 
• OOR to crouch or shiver with cold, to huddle ...1880 Sc.
• PIG TOGETHER to huddle, live, or sleep together, esp. in a crowded or disorderly way or in dirty conditions ...1637 colloq.
• SCREEDLE to cower or huddle over the fire ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFF to shrink together; to crouch; to huddle together ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH UP to huddle up, to crowd together ...1927 Amer. dial.
• THRUTCH to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together ...1874 Eng. dial.
 
HUDDLED - adjectives
• RUMBUSTICAL huddled together ...1877 Eng. dial.
huddled - nouns
• MISHMASHERIE anything in a confused or huddled state ...1825 Sc.  

HUE - nouns
• BLEE colour, hue ...c888 arch.
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT colour, hue, tint; colouring matter, dye ...1602 now only poetic
• TINCTURE * hue, colour; a tinge, tint ...1477
 
HUFF - nouns
• CREAM PUFF a huff; a fit of petty annoyance ...1985 Sc. rhyming sl.
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
huff - verbs 
• SNUDGE to sulk, to get into a huff ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
HUFFY - adjectives
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY petulant, huffy, easily offended ...1848
• ON ONE'S EAR indignant, angry; in a huff; broadly, in an uproar ...1871 Amer. sl.
• STRUNTY short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
HUG, HUGGING - nouns
• BROKEN MUG a hug ...1940s US rhyming sl.
• LOVE-UP an act of caressing, hugging, etc. ...1953 sl.
• SCOTCH GRAVAT a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
• SCOTCH MUFFLER a hug or cuddle ...1969 Sc.
• THRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
• TRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
hug - verbs
• ACCOLL † to throw the arms around the neck of; to embrace, to hug ...1340
• CLIP to clasp with the arms, to embrace, to hug ...OE arch. & Eng. dial.
• HALSE † to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
• HAUSE to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAWSE to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms ...1829 Sc.
• HUDDLE to hug or embrace a woman; possibly to coit a woman ...18C Brit.
• HUGGLE † to hug, to embrace, to cuddle ..1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
 
HUGE - adjectives
• AWESOME prodigious, huge; remarkable, striking ...1879
• BABYLONIAN huge, gigantic, large ...1821
• BABYLONIC huge, gigantic, large ...1853
• BANGING large, huge ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG-COCK big, huge ...1965 US sl.
• CYCLOPEAN, CYCLOPIAN monstrous, gigantic, huge; single, or large and round, like the one eye of a Cyclops ...1641
• ELEPHANTIC * pert. to or resembling an elephant; huge, ponderous ...1598
• ELEPHANTINE resembling an elephant in size or strength, huge ...1630
• GIGANTINE † large, huge, gigantic ...1664
• HORSE-FUCKING huge ...a1968 US sl.
• HUMANGOUS enormous, outsized, huge ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HUMONGOID enormous, outsized, huge ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HUMONGOUS enormous, outsized, huge, very large ...1968 sl., orig. US
• HUMUNGO enormous, outsized, huge ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HUMUNGOUS enormous, outsized, huge, very large ...1968 sl., orig. US
• IMMANE monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous ...1615 arch.
• LAMMING huge, great, violent ...1816 Eng. dial.
• LEVIATHAN huge, monstrous ...1624
• LEVIATHANIC huge as a leviathan ...1848
• MOBY large, huge; fat, obese ...1965 US college sl.
• MONDO great in size, amount, prominence, or degree; big, huge; hence, extraordinary ...1968 Amer. sl.
• MONGO huge, big ...1974 Amer. sl.
• RAMMING very big, huge ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RAPPING † uncommonly big or striking, enormous, huge ...1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERICAL huge, large ...B1900 sl.
• STRAMMING huge, great ...Bk1904 colloq.
• TITANIAN large, huge, colossal, gigantic ...1667
• UGLY huge; uncouth ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
huge - nouns
• LOMBARD something huge and spectacular ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RAMMER anything very large; a huge, uncouth thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
huge - person
• BEHEMOTH a huge or monstrous person ...Bk2014

HUGELY - adverbs
• FOR AFRICA hugely, greatly, in large amounts ...1970 S. Afr. sl.
• IMMANELY hugely, monstrously, inhumanly ...1612 arch.
 
HUGENESS - nouns
• IMMANITY * great size or severity; enormity, hugeness, immensity ...1586
 
HULKING - person
• CAMEL a great awkward hulking fellow ...1606
• GALLIGANTER a hulking, big woman ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• GALLOOT, GALOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, worthless or otherwise objectionable; a big, awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• LABLOLLY a lazy, clumsy, hulking fellow - a ne'er-do-well - a silly person ...1876 Eng. dial. 
• LOBSCOUSE an awkward, hulking fellow ...1895 Amer. dial.
 
HULKY - person
• PANGUTS † an unwieldy, fat-bellied fellow; a fat, hulky, lazy fellow ..1617
 
HULLABALOO - nouns
• TAIRDY a din, clamour, hullabaloo ...1930 Sc.
 
HUM, HUMMING - nouns
• BIM the act of humming or buzzing ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIMMER anything that hums or buzzes ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• THRUM a drumming noise; a musical sound; a hum ...1818 Sc.
• VUNG † a buzzing or humming sound ...Bk1905 Sc.
hum, humming - verbs
• BIM to hum, to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BINNER to cause a whirring or humming sound; to buzz ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BOMBILATE * to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning ...1854
• BYSS † to sing or hum children to sleep ...1440
• LALDER to sing in a loud, noisy manner; to hum ...1856 Eng. dial.
• MOAN to hum, usually in chorus, as part of a church service ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SUM †* to hum softly ...c1440
• THRUM to strum, to play on a musical instrument; to drum, to make a drumming nose; to hum, to croon, to drone ...1865 Sc.
• TOODLE to hum or sing in a low tone, as to a baby ...1865
• YAMMER to talk or hum indistinctly; to stammer ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZOON to make a humming or buzzing sounds; to cause to make such a sound ...1880 Amer. dial.
 
HUMAN - adjectives
• ADAMITE descended from Adam; human ...1860
• MANKIND † human ...1584
• MANLY † belonging to human beings; human ...c1200
• MANNISH † belonging to the human species; characteristic of mankind; human ...c888
• PAN-HUMAN pert. to all human beings ...1900
human - nouns 
• ADAMHOOD * human nature; manhood ...1828
• MANHEAD † the state of being human; the condition of belonging to humanity; human nature ...c1220
• MANKIN † the human race; mankind; a race of men, a people; human nature ...971
• MANKIND † the nature of man; human nature ...a1300
• MANLIHEAD † the condition of being human ...c1250
• MANNESS † human nature ...a1225
• MAN'S NATION † human kind ...1390
• YEADIE'S-RACE the human race ...1793 Sc.
• YEADIE'S-SONS the human race ...1793 Sc.
human - person (includes HUMAN BEING)
• ADAMITE a descendant or child of Adam; a human being
• DEADLY † a mortal; usually as plural: mortals, human beings ...c1450
• RATIONALS † human beings, men ...1626 obs. or rare
 
HUMANE - adjectives
• CLEMENTIOUS † mild and humane in the exercise of power or authority; merciful, lenient, kindly towards those in one's power ...1632
• MANLY † humane, charitable; generous ...1377
 
HUMANELY - adverbs
• MANLY † like a human being; humanely, courteously; generously ...1377
 
HUMANENESS - nouns
• MANHEAD † humanity, humaneness, kindness ...1382
• MANHOOD † humanity, humaneness ...1432-50
 
HUMANITY - nouns
• ADAMHOOD manhood, humanity ...1857 poetic
• MANHEAD † humanity, humaneness, kindness ...1382
• MANHOOD † humanity, humaneness ...1432-50
• MANKIND †* human feeling, humanity ...1603
• MANLINESS † humanity; human kindness ...1382
• MANSHIP † humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility ...a1000
 
HUMBLE - adjectives
• BENIGN † gentle, meek, humble ...1377
• BUXOM † submissive, humble, meek ...a1300
• DAFT † mild, gentle, meek, humble ...c1000
• DEMISSIVE † downcast, humble, submissive ...1630
• EDMEDE † humble ...c1000
• EDMOD † gentle, humble, meek ...c1000
• EDMODED † meek, humble ...a1175
• EDMODI † gentle, humble, meek ...a1225
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HUMILE † humble, lowly ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
• SILLY † of humble rank or state; lowly ...a1568
• UNBAULD † humble, self-abased ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNBUMPTIOUS modest, humble ...1865
humble - adverbs
• BASELY † in humble rank of life; illegitimately ...1583
humble - person 
• BACK-SEAT PERSON a humble, unobtrusive person; a follower, not a leader ...Bk1992 Amer. South
• BASE-BORN one of humble or illegitimate birth ...1569
• HEANLING † a base, abject, or humble person ...a1225
• POOR SNAKE a poor, needy, or humble person; a drudge ...1590
• SIMPLE a person in a humble or ordinary condition of life ...a1400
• VAILER †* one who abases or brings down; a humbler ...1600
humble - verbs 
• BASE † to lower in rank, condition, or character; to debase, to humble, to depose, to degrade ...1538
• BATE to lower, to let down; to cast down, to humble, to depress, to deject ...c1380
• BELOW †* to make low or lowly; to humble; to demean ...1377 obs. rare exc. Sc.
• CALL DOWN to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one ...1896 Amer. dial.
• EAT CRAP to suffer and accept humiliation; to humble oneself, usually in order to attain a desired goal ...1930s sl., orig. US
• EAT SHIT to humble oneself, usually to attain a desired goal ...1930s sl.
• EDMODIEN † to humble ...a1225
• FACE to humble, to embarrass, to humiliate ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GROVEL IN THE DIRT to humble oneself; to perform an act of humiliation ...1867
• GROVEL IN THE DUST to humble oneself; to perform an act of humiliation ...1865
• HUMILE † to humble, to humiliate, to abase ...1491
• LAY † to cast down, to abase, to humble ...a1300
• LESS † to lower in position or station; to humble, to degrade ...c1375
• LESSEN † to lower the dignity, position, or character of; to humble; to degrade, to demean ...a1654
• LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate ...1747
• PULL DOWN to humble, to humiliate
• PUT DOWN to snub, humiliate or belittle ...1960s sl.
• SIMPLE †* to render one simple; to humble in respect of knowledge ...c1425
• SING SMALL to restrain or humble oneself ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humble by defeating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE OR TWO to lower a person in status or esteem; to humble or humiliate a person, esp. one regarded as having an inflated opinion of himself or herself ...1592 colloq.
• TAKE DOWN A HACK to humble, to humiliate ...1910 Sc.
• TAKE LOW to humble oneself, or accept a lower position ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TAKE LOW BRIDGE to humble oneself, or accept a lower position ...1940 Amer. dial.
​• VAIL † to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc. ...1582
 
HUMBLED - adjectives
• ABESSED † humbled, abased, cast down, debased, dejected ...1707 
• PLUME-PLUCKED stripped of plumes or honours; humbled, brought down; reduced in rank ...1593
 
HUMBLING - nouns
• FACE an instance of successfully humbling or embarrassing someone ...1979 Amer. students' sl.
• SHIT SANDWICH a humbling experience ...1960s sl.
 
HUMBLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY † meekly, gently, humbly ...c1386
• BUXOMLY † obediently, humbly, meekly; courteously, willingly ...a1240
• CAP IN  HAND in a humble or servile manner ...Bk1999 
• EDMODLICHE † humbly, meekly ...a1175
 
HUMBUG, HUMBUGGING - nouns
• ACKAMARACKA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff  ...1933 sl., orig. US
• ACKAMARACKUS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; something regarded as pretentious nonsense ...1933 sl., orig. US
• APPLESAUCE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery, suave talk ...1919 US sl.
• BALONUS pretentious nonsense; humbug; foolishness ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
• BARNEY humbug, cheating ...1865 sl.
• BLA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLAGUE pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting ...1837
• BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1918 US sl.
• BLAH-BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
• BLARNEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1796
• BOOSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BOOSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BORAC, BORACK, BORAK, BORAX insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
• B.S. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1900 sl., chiefly Amer.
• BULL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1902 sl., orig. US
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BULL'S WOOL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUNK humbug, nonsense ...1918
• BUSHWA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWAH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWHA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
• CALLIFUDGE nonsense, humbug ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CALLIFUGLE nonsense, humbug ...1870 Eng. dial.
• CHAFF nonsense, humbug, foolishness, ridicule; small, unimportant things or acts ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CROCK OF SHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense  ...1945 US sl.
• DRIP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1919 sl. orig. US
• EFFUTIATION twaddle, balderdash, nonsense, humbug ...1823
• FALLAL nonsense, frivolous talk or behaviour; conceit, humbug ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLAM nonsense; humbug; flattery; a lie ...1598 sl.
• FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense...1927 Brit. sl.
• GAFF † humbug; stuff and nonsense ...1877
• GALBANUM empty protestations or representations; bosh, humbug ...1764
• GAMMON insincere or exaggerated talk, ridiculous nonsense suited to deceive simple persons; humbug or flattery, rubbish, lies ...1781 UK sl.
• GAMMON AND JALAP nonsense, rubbish, humbug ...E19 sl.
• GAMMON AND PICKLES nonsense, rubbish, humbug ...E19 sl.
• GAMMON AND SPINACH nonsense, rubbish, humbug ...E19 sl.
• GAS empty or boastful talk; showy pretense, bombast; humbug, nonsense ...1847 sl.
• GREASE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1877 sl.
• GUM nonsense; humbug ...old Amer. dial.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• HANKY-PANKYING humbugging, cheating, tricking ...1868 Eng. dial.
• JAZZ insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl., orig. US
• JIGGERY-POKERY humbug; nonsense ...Bk1896 tailors' sl.
• JIVE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1928 sl., orig. US
• KIDSTAKES insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KIDSTEAKS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1912 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MADAM insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1927 sl.
• MALAKY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MALARKEY, MALARKY, MULLARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1929 sl., orig. US
• MIFF-MAFF nonsense, foolishness, humbug ...1858 Eng. dial.
• MOGE; MOGUE a joke, a humbug, a trick ...1888 Eng. dial.
• MOODY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl.
• MORG a joke, a humbug, a trick ...1888 Eng. dial.
​• NANCY STORY humbug, nonsense ...L19 sl.
• NANCY TALE humbug, nonsense ...L19 sl.
• OIL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1917 sl.
• OLD ACKAMARACKUS, THE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1933 sl., orig. US
• SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854
• SCHMEER, SCHMERE, SHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1961 US sl.
• SNOW JOB insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SNUFFLE pious cant, humbug ...1900s NZ sl.
• SOAP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1854 sl.
• SOFT SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1836 sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• SPINACH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1929 US sl.
• SWEET TALK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1945 sl., orig. US
• TAFFY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1878 Amer. sl.
humbug, humbugging - verbs
• ANKY-PRANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BAFFLE † to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of ...c1590
• BAMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to confuse ...1842 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLAGUE to tell lies in jest; to hoax, to humbug ...1883
• BOSH to make of no effect; to spoil; to humbug ...1870 sl.
• BUMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• COME THE PADDY OVER to get the upper hand of by a trick, to bamboozle, to humbug ...1821 Sc. sl. 
• FLUMMER † to deceive by flattery, to humbug ...1764
• GAMMON to stuff with ridiculous nonsense; to flatter, to humbug, to deceive, to hoax ...1812 colloq.
• GUM to cheat, to delude, to humbug ...1840 US sl.
• HANKY-PANKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HENKY-PENKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KIDDY to hoax, to humbug, to subject to confidence trickery ...M19 sl.
• MOGE; MOGUE to deceive, to fool, to trick, to cheat, to humbug; to play a joke on, to make fun of ...1854 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
• MORG to deceive, to fool, to trick, to cheat, to humbug; to play a joke on, to make fun of ...1854 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
​• REEL to quiz, to humbug ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• VERNEUK to cheat, to humbug, to swindle ...1871 S. Afr. sl.
humbug, humbugging - interjections
• WALKER! an all-purpose teasing, dismissive exclamation; nonsense! humbug! rubbish! ...1811
 
HUMID - adjectives
• DANKISH † wet; humid ...1545
• GIFFY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVEY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• MOISTY damp; humid ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUCKY muggy, humid ...1804 Amer. dial.
• MURKY muggy, humid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SMOTHERSOME oppressively hot or humid ...1864 Amer. dial.
• STICKY hot and humid, muggy ...1855 orig. US

HUMIDITY - nouns
• DANK † wetness, humidity, damp ...? a1400
• SIZZARD heat with high humidity 
• WACKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
• WAK † moisture, humidity ...1456 Sc.
• WAKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
 
HUMILIATE - person
• SQUABASHER someone who delivers a crushing blow to another's morale; one who humiliates ...1827 Sc.
humiliate - verbs
• ASS-ASS to humiliate yourself ...1999 US sl.
• BEND ONE OVER to position someone for pederasty; to dominate or humiliate someone; usually said of a male ...E20 US criminals' sl.
• BORE to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass ...1800 Amer. dial.
• BREAK A PERSON'S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person ...1941
• BRING DOWN TO ONE'S MARROWBONES to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BURN DOWN SOMEONE to humiliate someone ...Bk1990 sl.
• BURN SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone ...Bk1990 sl.
• BUST A PERSON'S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person ...2005
• CHUMP DOWN to humiliate ...1970s US Black sl.
• CHUMP OUT to humiliate ...1970s US Black sl.
• COME DOWN ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME DOWN UPON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRIMP to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUT THE COMB OF to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate ...1814
• DIMINUTE * to lessen; to belittle, to disparage, to put down, to degrade, to humiliate ...1575 
​• DO A PERSON IN THE EYE * to defraud, to injure, to humiliate a person ...1891
• DRAW A PERSON'S EYETEETH * to take the strength, pride, or self-confidence out of someone; to humiliate; to dupe or cheat ...1789
• FACE to outperform, to show up, to humiliate, to insult ...1950s US campus sl.
• FAKE ON SOMEONE to humiliate; to deceive ...1970s US Black sl.
• FAKE OUT to humiliate; to deceive ...1990s US Black sl.
• GIVE A TAKING-DOWN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAVEL to annoy, to disturb, to distress, to embarrass, to humiliate ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HEAN † to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower ...c950
• HENE † to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower ...c950
• HUMILE † to humble, to humiliate, to abase ...1491
• JEFF to behave obsequiously, esp. towards Whites; to humiliate oneself ...1960s US Black sl.
• JUMP ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUMP UPON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KICK A PERSON'S ARSE, KICK A PERSON'S ASS to defeat or humiliate; to exhaust or tire out ...1855 colloq.
• KNOCK ONE OFF HIS PERCH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK THE BOTTOM OUT OF ONE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate ...1747
• LET DOWN A FEW PEGS to humiliate ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN A PEG to humiliate ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN A PEG OR TWO to humiliate ... Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• LET THE AIR OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET THE GAS OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A CHUMP OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAKE A SAP OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF to humiliate ...1970s sl.
• PISS ALL OVER to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate ...1986 sl.
• PISS ON to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate ...1951 sl.
• PISS ON FROM A GREAT HEIGHT to humiliate; to show great scorn towards ...1987 sl.
• PISS UPON to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate ...a1625 sl.
• PULL DOWN to humble, to humiliate
• PULL ONE OFF HIS HIGH HORSE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNCTURE ONE'S BALLOON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT A TUCK IN ONE'S TAIL to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT DOWN to snub, humiliate or belittle ...1960s sl.
• PUT ONE DOWN to humiliate someone ...1958 sl., orig. US
• PUT ONE IN HIS PLACE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE WHERE HE BELONGS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S PIPE OUT to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE CRIMP ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE ROLLERS UNDER to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKID UNDER to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUASHER ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUASH ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUELCHER ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SQUELCH ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAKE ON to humiliate; to criticize ...1980s US college sl.
• SACK to humiliate someone ...1980s US college sl.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SEND AWAY WITH A FLEA IN ONE'S EAR to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SET ONE IN HIS PLACE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SETTLE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SETTLE ONE'S HASH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SIT ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIT UPON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUASH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUAT ON to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUELCH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAND A PERSON DOWN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humiliate ...1889 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A TUCK IN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE A TUMBLE OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AWAY ONE'S SHINE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE DOWN to humiliate, to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE OR TWO to lower a person in status or esteem; to humble or humiliate a person, esp. one regarded as having an inflated opinion of himself or herself ...1592 colloq.
• TAKE DOWN A FEW PEGS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE DOWN A HACK to humble, to humiliate ...1910 Sc.
• TAKE DOWN A NOTCH to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE DOWN A PEG to reduce a person's self-esteem; to humiliate someone; to force a brash or bumptious person to conform ...E20 sl.
• TAKE DOWN A PEG OR TWO to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• TAKE ONE A BUTTON-HOLE LOWER to humiliate or take the conceit out of him ...1588 colloq.
• TAKE ONE DOWN A BUTTON-HOLE to humiliate or take the conceit out of him ...1593 colloq.
• TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE THE AIR OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FRILLS OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE GAS OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE RISE OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL WHERE TO GET OFF to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELL WHERE TO HEAD IN to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TREAT LIKE SHIT to treat in a disdainful or humiliating manner ...1999 UK sl.
• WHIP A PERSON'S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person ...1969
• WIPE ONE'S EYE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE THE EYE OF ONE to humiliate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
HUMILIATED - adjectives
• BURNED disappointed; humiliated; put down ...Bk1990 sl.
• DUSTED shamed, humiliated ...1980s sl.
• FACED humiliated, embarrassed ...1980s US campus sl.
• GROVELLED humiliated, debased ...a1845
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed ...1816 Amer. dial.
• RAKED humiliated ...1980s US college sl.
humiliated - verbs
• EAT DRAG DUST to be humiliated ...1944 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HUMILIATING - verbs
• EAT BOILED CROW to be forced to do something extremely disagreeable and humiliating ...1877 US colloq.
• EAT DIRT to act in a demeaning, humiliating manner ...M19 sl.
• EAT THE LEEK to accept humiliation submissively; to submit to what is humiliating ...1599
 
HUMILIATION - nouns
• ABASURE † the quality of being abased; humiliation ...1653
• ABJECTION † the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation ...c1525
• ASS-KICKING a physical bearing or assault; a severe defeat, reprimand, or humiliation ...1943 US sl.
• FACIAL an instance of humiliation; an insult; a rebuff ...1978 Amer. sl.
• PUTDOWN a snub or humiliation ...sl.
humiliation - verbs 
• EAT ACORNS to suffer humiliation; to accept defeat ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAT A SHIT SANDWICH to accept humiliation as punishment ...1997 UK sl.
• EAT BOILED CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind ...1877 sl.
• EAT CRAP to suffer and accept humiliation; to humble oneself, usually in order to attain a desired goal ...1930s sl., orig. US
• EAT CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind ...1877 sl.
• EAT DIRT to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing ...M19 sl.
• EAT DIRT PIE to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing ...M19 sl.
• EAT DOG to 'eat one's words'; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done; to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating ...19C sl.
• EAT DONG to suffer humiliation ...1970s US sl.
• EAT DUST to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing ...M19 sl.
• EAT IT to suffer humiliation, esp. in attaining a desired goal ...1930s sl.
• EAT ONE'S LEEK to submit to humiliation under compulsion ...1599
• EAT SHIT to suffer and accept humiliation ...1930s sl.
• EAT SHIT AND DIE to suffer and accept humiliation ...1930s sl.
• EAT TURKEY to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating ...1965 US sl.
• GET EGG ON ONE’S FACE to come out of an affair, esp. political or commercial, badly, and hence, to suffer loss, humiliation and embarrassment; to make a fool of oneself through presumption or lack of judgement ...c1974
• TAKE SHIT to suffer (and accept) humiliation, annoyance, or teasing; often in negative ...1950s sl., orig. US
humiliation - interjections
• OH THE PAIN, THE SHAME! used as a humorous comment on humiliation ...1997 US sl.
 
HUMILITY - nouns
• BUXOMNESS † obedience; submissiveness; lowliness, humility ...c1175
• EDMEDE † gentleness, humility ...c1000
• EDMODNESS † gentleness, humility, meekness ...c888
• UMBLETE † humility ...1377
humility - verbs
• EAT CROW to display total humility, esp. when shown to be wrong ...Bk2006 US sl.

HUMMINGBIRD - nouns
• FLY-BIRD a hummingbird ...1782-3