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MARO - MATH
MAROONED - person
• MAROON a person who is marooned ...1883
MARRIAGE, MARRY - adjectives (also see MARRIED, WEDDING)
• ANTENUPTIAL before marriage ...1810
• BANNED of persons: having had the banns of marriage published ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ELIGIBLE eager for marriage ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GAMICAL † pertaining to marriage or to a husband; marital ...1660
• HYMENEAL pert. to marriage ...1602
• HYMENEAN * pert. to marriage ...1606
• LEFT-HANDED said of a marriage to a social inferior ...a1642
• MARITURIENT eager to marry; wishing to become a husband ...1765 nonce word
• MARKET-RIPE old enough for marriage ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MISOGAMIC * marriage-hating ...1803
• ON THE CARPET eager to marry ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SHELF having no prospect of marrying; generally used of a woman ...1839
• OUT ON THE CARPET eager to marry ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PAIRING matrimonial ...1884 Sc.
• SPONSALITIOUS † pertaining to marriage ...1656
marriage, marry - nouns
• ACCOUPLEMENT † the act of coupling one thing to another; union, pairing; marriage union ...1483
• ACCOUPLING † the act of joining two things into a couple or pair; coupling; esp. union in marriage ...1525
• AE † law, esp. the law of nature, or of God; hence, legal custom, rite, marriage ...c975
• ASKINGS the publication of banns of marriage ...1870 Eng. dial.
• BABY-SNATCHING of either sex: marrying or having an affair with someone much younger than oneself ...1920s sl.
• BALL AND CHAIN marriage ...20C sl.
• BANDS banns of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANE † a proclamation of a marriage ...1499
• BANES the banns of matrimony ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BANNS proclamation or public notice given in church of an intended marriage, in order that those who know of any impediment thereto may have opportunity of lodging objections ...a1328
• BED-MATCH † marriage, wedlock ...1583
• BELLING a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds; bells, shotguns, or any noise-making device was used ...1862 Amer. dial.
• BEND † a moral or spiritual bond or restraint; the bands or bonds of matrimony ...a1250
• BIG M marriage ...1966 US sl.
• BOOKING the act of recording names for proclamation of banns ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW-AND-ARROW WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIDE DAY * the day on which a couple are married; a wedding day ...a1641
• BRIDE-BANQUET † a feast held in celebration of a marriage ...1600
• BROOMSTICK MARRIAGE a common-law marriage ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CAGAMOSIS an unhappy marriage
• CALLING-HOME. the publication of the marriage banns ...1872 Eng. dial.
• CONFARREATION 1. the highest and most solemn form of marriage among the ancient Romans, made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus or the Flamen Dialis and ten witnesses, and marked by the offering of a cake made of spelt (a species of grain related to wheat, formerly much cultivated in Southern Europe) ...1598
2. † a wedding, marriage ...1645 obs.
• DIGAMY a second marriage contracted after the termination of the first by death or divorce ...17C
• GAMOMANIA an obsessive desire to make strange and extravagant marriage proposals ...1885
• GUNSHOT WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALF-MARK MARRIAGE a clandestine marriage ...1816 Sc.
• HANDFAST † a contract or covenant; a betrothal or marriage contract ...1611
• HARD WORD, THE * a proposal of marriage ...1899 Ireland
• HYMEN * marriage; wedlock; wedding, nuptials ...1608
• HYPOGAMY the marriage of a woman into a lower caste or into a tribe of lower standing than her own ...1946
• JACKRUM a marriage license ...1825 sl.
• LOVING PAPER a marriage certificate, or license ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MARKET † a marriage or marriage agreement; a match, a woman's chances of finding a husband, esp. one who is wealthy or of high social status ...a1699 chiefly Sc. usage
• MARKET-MATCH †* a marriage made for financial reasons ...1605
• MARRIAGE DEED † an antenuptial agreement embodying the terms agreed on by the parties with respect to rights of property and succession ...1678
• MARRIAGE LINES a certificate of marriage ...1829
• MARRIAGE PORTION a portion or dowry, etc., given to a bride at her marriage ...1766
• MATCH † the action of marrying; relationship by marriage ...1574
• MILITARY CEREMONY a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILITARY WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way; a shotgun wedding ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MOUSETRAP marriage ...19C US Black sl.
• MUST-JOB a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MUST-MARRIAGE a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MUST-TO a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOOSE, THE marriage ...20C US sl.
• OCTOGAMY the marrying of eight spouses ...c1386
• OPSIGAMY * marriage late in life ...1824
• PAIRING a marriage feast where the newly-married couple receive presents from their friends ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTAGAMY a communistic system of complete marriage, in which all the men and women of a household or community are regarded as married to each other ...1852
• PARROT AND MONKEY TIME an unhappy marriage, in which the two partners fight continually ...L19 US sl.
• PARROTTY TIME an unhappy marriage, in which the two partners fight continually ...L19 US sl.
• PARSONING WORK a wedding, marriage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSON'S MOUSETRAP marriage ...L17 sl.
• PROMISE OF ODIN, THE a promise of marriage supposed to be particularly binding ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SALAMANCA WEDDING the marriage of an old man to a (rich) young woman ...L19 sl.
• SAWMILL LICENSE a 'license' for a common-law marriage ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCORN a snub, a brusque rejection, esp. of an offer of marriage; a slight in love ...c1746 Sc.
• SCOTCH MARRIAGE a common-law marriage ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SILVER BRIDAL † silver marriage; 25th wedding anniversary ...1624
• SILVER FEAST silver wedding; 25th wedding anniversary ...1796
• SILVER-MARRIAGE † a marriage at which each guest contributed a money-offering ...1825
• SPLICE the act or institution of marriage ...M19 sl.
• TAIL-TODDLE conjugal rights ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNION marriage ...euphemism
• WOODCHUCK CASE a situation of necessity, one in which there is no choice, as a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1862 Amer. dial.
marriage, marry - person
• AGAMIST † one who opposes marriage; one who does not marry; an unmarried person ...1553-87
• BABY-SNATCHER a person who is sexually attracted to, has an amorous affair with, or marries a much younger person ...1920s sl.
• BAD INVESTMENT a person seen as a poor prospect for marriage or for a sound relationship ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• BIGAM(E) † one who marries a second time ...a1460
• BIGAMIST † one who marries a second time after being widowed ...1658
• BOOBY TRAP a girl with marriage intentions ...Bk1942 US sl.
• EEKFOW † an equal, match in marriage ...1768 Sc.
• EEKFULL † an equal, match in marriage ...1768 Sc.
• FATE a person whom one is fated to marry ...1856 Amer. dial.
• GEORGE DANDIN one who marries above his station ...Bk1920
• GOLD-DIGGER a woman who marries or forms a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain ...1915 sl., orig. US
• HANDFASTER † one who makes a contract between parties; the maker of a nuptial contract or union ...1598
• MARIAGE BROKER † an opprobrious term for a match-maker ...1681
• MARRIAGE BAWD † an opprobrious term for a match-maker ...1698
• MATCH-PARTY a person who arranges marriages ...1881 Ireland
• MISOGAMIST a hater of marriage ...1706
• MONOGAMIST 1. † a person who denies the validity of remarriage after the death of the first spouse; also, a person who by custom or law is debarred from remarrying after the death of the first spouse ...1651
2. a person who observes or advocates the custom of being married to only one person at a time; a person who has only one living spouse; now, also, a person who remains faithful to one person during the course of a sexual relationship other than marriage ...1731
• MONOGYNIST * a person who practices or advocates monogyny (having only one wife at a time) ..1895
• WANTER one wanting a husband or wife; an unmarried person; a marriageable person;a bachelor; a widower ...1723 Eng. dial.
• WAR BRIDE a woman who marries a serviceman during wartime ...1918
marriage, marry - verbs (also see MARRIED verbs)
• ADAM to marry ...1753 sl.
• ASK to publish the banns of marriage ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BE MAN-RUED of a woman: to repent of a marriage she was about to make ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BESPOUSE † to espouse, to marry ...c1175
• BESTOW † to settle or give in marriage ...c1386
• BETAKE † to give in marriage ...1382
• BEWED † to wed, to marry ...c1000
• BLEND to marry ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOK to record names of a couple for proclamation of banns of marriage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIDE to marry a woman ...1601
• BUILD THE FENCE to marry, usually after the conception of a child ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CALL to publish the banns of marriage ...1843 Eng. dial.
• CALL HOME to publish the banns of matrimony; generally for the third time ...1863 Eng. dial.
• CONJUGALIZE to become conjugal, to marry ...1823 nonce word
• DISAPPOINT to reject in love or marriage ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FAST † to make fast in wedlock; to betroth, to wed ...c1300
• GET ONE'S CLAWS INTO - to entrap a potential marriage partner ...Bk1999
• GIVE ONE THE BUTTONS to refuse to marry ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GLOVE to turn down a proposal of marriage ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE MITTEN of a woman: to reject or dismiss a man's invitation or proposal of marriage; to jilt ...1842 Amer. dial.
• GOLD-DIG of a woman: to marry or form a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HANDFAST 1. † to make a contract of marriage between parties by joining of hands; to betroth ...c1200
2. † of the man: to engage in a marriage contract ...a1400
• HANG to marry ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HITCH 1. to marry ...1846 Amer. sl.
2. to get married ...1880 Amer. sl.
• HITCH TEAMS to get married ...1864 Amer. sl.
• I -WIVE † to take a wife; to marry ...c1000
• JOIN GIBLETS † to marry ...1727
• JOIN THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE of a man: to marry ...1891 sl.
• LEAD A BRIDE TO CHURCH to marry ...1530
• LEAD TO THE ALTAR to marry ...1812
• LOCK to form a close relationship with; to bind in a relationship; to marry ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S MARKET to throw away one's matrimonial chance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKE A MARKET to make a match, to become settled in matrimony ...1787 Sc.
• MAKE A NAPKIN OF ONE'S DISHCLOUT to make a foolish, unsuitable marriage; to marry one's cook or other servant ...M18 sl.
• MALE to marry ...1938 Hawaii
• MARISSE † to marry ...c1315
• MARROW to be a companion to; to marry ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MARRY A MIDDEN FOR MUCK to marry for money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRY MONEY to marry a rich spouse ...1858 sl.
• MATCH to marry, mate ...1798 Sc.
• MATE to copulate; to marry ...17C
• MISWIVE † to marry unsuitably or unlawfully ...c1250
• NUPTIATE to marry ...1872 Amer.
• OFFER TILL to make an offer of marriage to ...1903 Sc.
• PAIR to marry ...1878 Sc.
• PAIR OFF WITH to marry ...1827 colloq.
• POP to propose marriage ...M18 sl.
• POP IT to propose marriage ...M18 sl.
• POP THE QUESTION to propose marriage ...M18 sl.
• PUT ONE'S HAND IN AN EMPTY CORN-JAR to marry a poor woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RIVET to marry ...1700 sl.
• SAM † to bring together; to join in marriage, love, friendship, etc. ...c1200
• SIT IN THE BUTTER TUB to have a piece of good luck; to marry well ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• SIT UP WITH A SICK FRIEND of a man: to excuse oneself for absence all night from the conjugal bed ...c1880 sl.
• SPLICE to marry ...E18 sl.
• TACK † to join in wedlock ...1732 sl.
• TACK TOGETHER to marry ...M18 sl.
• TAKE to marry; to accept as husband or wife ...1889 Sc.
• TAKE A SHARE OF ONE'S TATTIE to share one's home; to marry ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAKE BY THE HAND to marry ...1898 Sc.
• TAKE THE WIFE to marry ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE YOKE WITH to marry ...1884 Sc.
• TAKE TO to marry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE TO CHURCH to marry ...1902 Eng. dial.
• TETHER to marry, to get married ...1812 Sc.
• TIE to marry ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIE THE KNOT to marry; to get married ...1717 sl.
• TIE UP to join in marriage ...1894 colloq. or sl.
• TOKEN to betroth, to promise in marriage ...1880 Eng. dial.
• WAD to marry ...1792 Sc.
• YARD to marry ...1900s Aust. sl.
• YOKE to join; to match; to marry ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
marriage, marry - phrases
• BREAK AN ELBOW AT THE CHURCH DOOR said of a woman who becomes lazy and indolent after marriage ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARRIED IN THE VEAL BONES ALWAYS A CALF one who marries young never becomes a physically strong man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE ROCKS of a marriage: on the point of dissolution; in danger of breaking up ...colloq.
• ON THE SHELF without prospects of marriage, as after having broke an engagement ...colloq.
MARRIAGEABLE - adjectives
• AXABLE of an age suitable for marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANGAST † fit for marriage, marriageable ...c1660 Eng. dial.
• MANABLE † of marriageable age ...1607
• MANFIERDIE of a woman: of marriageable age; ready for matrimony ...1866 Sc.
• MARRIABLE * that may be married; in early use, marriageable ...c1440
• VIRIPOTENT † of a woman: physically fit for marriage; of a marriageable age ...1587
marriageable - person
• FANGAST † a marriageable maid ...c1660 Eng. dial.
• MARRIAGEABLE a marriageable person ...1826
MARRIED - adjectives (also see MARRIAGE)
• ADAMED married ...Bk1921 sl.
• ADCORPORATED †* married ...Bk1612
• ALTAR-BOUND eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ALTAR-CONSCIOUS eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ALTAR-CRAZY eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ANCHORED married ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANTSY said of a woman who is very eager to get married ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BALL-AND-CHAINED married ...1972 US sl.
• BOUNDEN † tied with the bonds of matrimony ...c1426
• BUCKLED UP married ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DOVETAILED married ...Ireland
• FEISTY eager to get married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FREE-LANCE pert. to a married woman who acts as a paid or unpaid prostitute ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• GOT THE BUG eager to get married ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HALF-AND-HALF married ...1900s sl.
• HITCHED married ...1857 Amer. sl., orig. US
• HOOK-EM-UP married ...1972 Amer. sl.
• IN LAW OF WEDLOCK † lawfully married ...c1230
• IN ONE TETHER married ...1844 Eng. dial.
• LEGALIZED of a wife: legally married ...1788
• LOCKED UP friendly; married ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MARITATED †* having a husband; married ...1727
• MARRIABLE * that may be married; in early use, marriageable ...c1440
• ON THE LOOK very eager to get married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF THE GAME married, engaged, or dating only one person ...2001 US sl.
• PARSED married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSONED married in a church or chapel ...1892 Eng. dial.
• READY TO LOCK UP eager to get married ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RED IN THE COMB eager to get married ...1906 Amer. dial.
• RING-TETHERED married ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SHUT UP IN THE PARSON'S POUND adj. married ...L18 sl.
• SPLICED married ...1751 sl.
• UNMAIDENED † married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
married - person
• ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRIL GENTLEMAN a man newly married ...16C colloq.
• AUTEM-COVE a married man ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• BENEDICK a newly-married man, especially one who has long been a bachelor ...1793 UK sl.
• BENEDICT a newly married man; an apparently confirmed bachelor who marries ...1793
• BENJAMIN in Australian Pidgin-English, a married man, a husband ...Bk1898
• BUNDLE-MAN a married seaman ...1895 nautical sl.
• CALIFORNIA WIDOW a married woman whose husband is away from her for any extended period ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• DAME WITH AN ANCHOR a married woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DARK CULL a married man with a mistress that he visits only at night ...18C sl.
• DARK CULLY a married man with a mistress whom he sees only at night ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• DARK DIDDLER a married man with a secret mistress ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DINK either partner of a (usually professional) married couple without children, both of whom have an income from work (double income, no kids) ...L20 colloq.
• DINKY either partner of a (usually professional) married couple without children, both of whom have an income from work (double income, no kids) ...L20 colloq.
• GANDER a married man; in America, one not living with his wife ...Bk1901 sl.
• HORN-GROWER a married man ...18C colloq.
• HORN-MERCHANT a married man ...18C colloq.
• KAISER BABY a woman who leaves home and returns married to a successful, wealthy, (and usually White) husband ...1920s US Black sl.
• MA'AM † a married woman ...1765
• MORTGAGED PROPERTY a person engaged to be married ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER a married woman ...1971 US Black sl.
• NEOGAM a newly-married person ...1862 nonce word
• NEOGAMIST † a newly-married person ...1656
• QUADRIGAMIST one four times married; one who has four wives or four husbands at the same time ...1865
• RACKLAW a married woman ...Bk1916 sl.
• RACLAN a married woman ...c1830 UK tramps' sl.
• SPOUSESS † a female spouse, a wife, a bride, a married woman ...1388
• TRUNDLE-BED TRASH a low-class, shiftless person or group; very young, worthless people just married ...1850 Amer. dial.
• WEDDINGERS a newly-married couple ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG FOLK a newly-married pair ...Bk1825 Sc.
• YOUNG GOODMAN, YOUNG GUDEMAN, YOUNG GUIDMAN a man newly married ...Bk1825 Sc.
• YOUNG-GUIDWIFE a woman newly married ...Bk1818 Sc.
• YOUNG MARRIEDS married couples ...c1925 Aust. colloq.
married - verbs (also see MARRIAGE verbs)
• BE OFF OF THE REEL to be married ...1899 Sc.
• BRACE UP vb. to get married ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• BREAK ONE'S NECK to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CONNUBIATE to get married ...1814 nonce word
• DANCE BAREFOOT † said of an elder sister when a younger one was married before her ...1596
• FALL to get married ...1910s sl.
• GANG TOGETHER to get married ...1768 Sc.
• GET HALTER-BROKE of a man: to get married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GET HOOKED to get married ...1910 Amer. sl.
• GET LATCHED to get married ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE IN THE HARNESS to get married ...1903 Amer. dial. Amer. dial.
• GET ONESELF A BOSS to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GET ONESELF HARNESSED to get married ...1968 Amer. dial. Amer. dial.
• HANG UP THE HAT of a man when married: to go and live in his wife's house ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARRY UP to get married ...1955 Amer. dial.
• NUPTIALIZE * to get married ...1857
• SET ONESELF IN A BUTTER TUB to get married ...1968 Amer. dial.
• STEP OFF THE CARPET to get married ...1843 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FATAL LEAP to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FATAL PLUNGE to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FATAL STEP to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TETHER to marry, to get married ...1812 Sc.
• TIE BAGS to get married ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TIE THE KNOT to marry; to get married ...1717 sl.
• TRAP A SQUAW to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VEIL UP to get married ...1930s US sl.
• WALK UP THE AISLE to get married, esp. in church ...1875
• WEAR A HAT to have a steady girlfriend; to be married; to bring one's partner to a party ...1960s US teen sl.
married - phrases
• OLDER AND THE MADDER, THE applied to an old couple who get married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONE'S COMB IS GETTING RED one is eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT said of a person who is very eager to get married ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ON THE CARPET in the field to get married ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MARSH, MARSHY - adjectives
• BUTTERMILK having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy ...1843 Amer. dial.
• HELOBIOUS * living in marshes or swamps ...1889
• MARISH † of the nature of a marsh; marshy ...1543
• MARISHY † marshy ...1607
• MARSHLY †* marshy ...c1386
• MUGGY of land: marshy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PALUDAL pert. to a marsh or fen; produced by or arising from a marsh ...1818-20 chiefly medical usage
• PALUDIATE † pert. to marshes ...1632
• PALUDIC pert. to marshes ...1897
• PALUDICOLE inhabiting marshes ...1857
• PALUDICOLINE inhabiting marshes ...1857
• PALUDICOLOUS inhabiting marshes ...1857
• PALUDINAL pert. to a marsh ...1858
• PALUDINE pert. to a marsh ...1858
• PALUDINOUS pert. to a marsh ...1866
• PALUDIOUS pert. to marshes ...1594
• PALUDOSE * belonging to marshes, marshy; inhabiting marshes ...1866
• PALUDOUS * belonging to marshes, marshy; inhabiting marshes ...1803
• PALUSTRAL * pert. to or inhabiting marshes ...1879
• PALUSTRIAN * pert. to or inhabiting marshes ...1787
• PALUSTRINE. inhabiting marshes ...1882
• PONDY swampy; marshy ...1686 Amer. dial.
• QUEECHY of land: wet, boggy, marshy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOBBY marshy, boggy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy ...1823 orig. Eng. dial.
marsh, marshy - nouns (includes MARSHINESS)
• CAMARINE † a fetid marsh or swamp ...1576
• DAGO a low-lying meadow; a kind of grassy marsh ...1955 Amer. dial.
• DANK † a wet place, a pool, a marsh ...1513
• FALL low-lying, wet, marshy land ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GASEYN marshy ground ...c1420
• GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh ...1824 Sc. & Irish
• HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh ... 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOGAN a wet, marshy piece of land ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MARISH † a marsh or low-lying ground liable to be flooded ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARISHNESS † marshiness ...1652-62
• MERE a marsh; sodden, reedy ground; ground permanently under water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERSK a marsh ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUSKEG a marsh or bog ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PALUDE †* a marsh, a fen ...1412-20
• PALUS †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSCHE †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSTRIAN * an animal that lives in a marsh ...1607
• PANYAL a boggy, marshy, or muddy place; an ill-drained swampy piece of ground ...1920 Sc.
• QUAB † a marshy spot; a bog ...a1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAG a marshy or boggy spot ...1589
• QUAW a bog, a quagmire, a marsh ...1535 Sc.
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SLUMP a marsh; a swamp; a muddy or boggy place ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SUG † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...1578
• SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass ...c1425
• SUMPT † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...c1425
• VLY a swamp or marshy pond ...1645 Amer. dial.
• WAGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
• WUGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
marsh, marshy - person
• YELLOW-BELLY a term of derision applied to dwellers in marshy districts ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MARSHAL - person
• BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HAWK a marshal ...1968 Amer. dial.
MART - nouns
• VENT † a place where goods are or may be sold; a market, mart ...1580
MARTIAL - adjectives
• BELLIC † pertaining to war; warlike, martial ...1627
• MARTIABLE † martial, pert. to war or battle ...1470
• MAVORTIAL † warlike, martial ...1595
• MAVORTIAN adj. warlike, martial ...1557
• WARLY † skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant ...1423
martial - person
• MARTIAL † a martial person, a soldier ...c1611
MARTIALLY - adverbs
• WARFARINGLY † in a warlike manner; martially ...1611
MARTINI - nouns
• MARTOONI a martini ...1954 Amer. sl.
• VIRGIN a martini, i.e. a mix of vermouth and gin ...1910s US sl.
MARTYR - adjectives
• MARTYRIAL †* befitting a martyr ...1678
• MARTYRISH having the air of a martyr ...1888 nonce word
• MARTYRLY * characteristic of a martyr ...1659
• MARTYROLOGIC * concerning the history or sufferings of martyrs ...1849
• MARTYROLOGICAL concerning the history or sufferings of martyrs ...1656
martyr - nouns (includes MARTYRDOM)
• MARTYROLATRY the worship of martyrs ...1889
• MARTYROLOGE † 1. a list or register of martyrs ...1500
† 2. the histories of martyrs collectively ...1631
• MARTYRY † martyrdom ...c1325
• SUFFERING † the act of suffering death; execution, martyrdom ...1651
martyr - person
• MARTYRAGO † a female martyr having the courage of a man ...1654 nonce word
• MARTYRESS † a female martyr ...1471
• MARTYRIOLOGER †* a one versed in the history of martyrs ...1643
• MARTYROLOGIST one versed in the history of martyrs ...1676
• MARTYROLOGUE * one versed in the history of martyrs ...1647
• MOTTAH a martyr, one who suffers gladly for posterity; a glorified masochist ...Bk1992 Amer. South
martyr - verbs
• MARTYREESE to victimize, to martyr ...1884 Sc.
• MARTYRIZATE † to put to death as a martyr; to make a martyr of ...1432-50
• MERTYREESE to victimize, to martyr ...1884 Sc.
MARVEL, MARVELLING - adjectives
• TERATICAL * relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous ...1722
marvel, marvelling - nouns
• ADMIRATION the act of wondering or marvelling; wonder, astonishment, surprise ...1506 arch.
• FIRLY-FARLY a wonderful thing, a marvel ...19C Eng. dial.
• GOLLY-WHOPPER something extraordinary of its kind; a wonder, a marvel ...1933 Amer. dial.
• MARL † a marvel, a wonder ...1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARVELMENT * the condition of marvelling ...1823
• SIGN † a marvel or wonder ...a1400-50 obs.
marvel, marvelling - verbs
• ADMERVEYLLE † to marvel; to marvel at, to wonder at, to admire ...1474
• ADMIRE † to feel surprise or astonishment; to wonder, to marvel ...c1590
• AWONDER † to astonish, surprise, marvel; to be astonished or amazed; to cause to wonder ...c1230
• MARL † to marvel, to wonder ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MIRATE to wonder, to marvel; to admire something ...1893 Amer. dial.
MARVELLOUS - adjectives
• ACES AND EIGHTS wonderful, marvellous, excellent ...1920s sl.
• ACKNICKELOUS marvellous ...1988 Amer. rap music usage
• ACKNICKULOUS wonderful, marvellous ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
• ADMIRABLE † to be wondered at; wonderful, surprising, marvellous ...1596
• BAD marvellous, wonderful; deeply satisfying; stunningly attractive or stylish; sexy ...1897 US sl., esp. Black usage
• BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
• FANTABULOUS wonderful, marvellous, really great ...1958 Amer. sl.
• MARVEL † marvellous, wonderful ...a1300
• MARVELLABLE † marvellous ...1483
• MARVELLY † marvellous, amazing, astonishing ...c1420
• MARVY marvellous ...1931 US sl.
• WIZARD excellent, marvellous ...1922 UK sl.
MARVELLOUSLY - adverbs
• MARVELLY † amazingly, wonderfully, marvellously ...c1330
MARVELLOUSNESS - nouns
• MARVELNESS † the quality of inspiring wonder; marvellousness ...1434
MARYLAND - nouns
• BIG B Baltimore, Maryland ...1974 US sl.
• CRABTOWN Annapolis, Maryland ...US Civil War usage
• MOB CITY Baltimore, Maryland ...1837 US sl.
• MOB TOWN Baltimore, Maryland ...1859 US sl.
Maryland - person
• BALTIMOREAN a native or inhabitant of Baltimore ...1816
• CRAB a girl from Annapolis, Maryland ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MACARONI in U.S. History: one of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary war, who wore a showy uniform ...Bk1908
MASCARA - see MAKEUP
MASCULINE - adjectives
• FAST of a woman: acting in a masculine and thus socially unacceptable manner ...E19 sl.
• HAIRY overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• HAIRY-ARSED overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• HAIRY-ASS overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• HAIRY-ASSED overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• LAD-LIKE boyish, masculine ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MACHO excessively masculine, virile, and brave ...1959 US sl.
• MACK extremely masculine in appearance or behaviour ...1967 US Black sl.
• MAN-FACED having masculine features ...1877 Sc.
• MANKIND † of women: masculine, virago-like ...1585
• MANRITCH of a woman: masculine ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MASCULO-FEMININE partly masculine and partly feminine ...1646
• MASCULOUS †* masculine ...1619
• RAMSTOUGAR of a woman: bold, masculine ...a1838 Sc.
• RUDAS bold, masculine ...B1900 Sc.
• T.A.N. aggressively masculine (Tough As Nails) ...1980s US college sl.
masculine - nouns
• BALLS masculine behaviour in a female ...20C US sl.
masculine - person
• ALLIGATOR an assertively masculine, flashily dressed, and up-to-the-minute male ...Amer. Black sl.
• AMAZON an extremely masculine woman; a virago ...M18
• BEEF a masculine man; a well-built male; a large and muscular person; used by heterosexuals and homosexuals ...1929 US sl.
• GAL-BOY a romping girl, a tomboy; a mannish or masculine woman ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HE-BODY a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HE-MAN a very masculine man ...1859 US sl.
• HE-WEAN a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HE-WIFE a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HE-WOMAN a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HORSE-GODMOTHER a large, ungainly, masculine woman, coarsely fat ...1569-70 Eng. dial.
• JACK GENTLEWOMAN a large masculine woman ...L18 sl.
• JACK-WHORE a large, masculine, overgrown wench ...1785
• MANIKIN † a masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANKIND-WOMAN a coarse, masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAN-WEEAN a woman fond of men; a masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAN-WOMAN a mannish woman ...1894
• MASCULINE-FEMININE † a mannish woman ...1620
• MASTER WOMAN † an imperious or masculine woman ...1534
• RUDAS a strong, masculine woman ...B1900 Sc.
• STRAMULLION a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago ...B1900 Sc.
• STROMP a masculine woman; a woman exhibiting male behaviour ...20C Amer. dial. or colloq.
masculine - verbs
• MASCULATE * to make masculine ...1623
MASCULINITY - nouns
• GUYNESS maleness; masculinity ...1990s Amer. sl.
• MASCULARITY * masculinity ...1817
MASH - verbs
• MANCH to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SMUSH to mash ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MASK - nouns
• FALSE FACE a mask ...1818
• LARVE † a mask ...a1656
• MASKER † a mask ...1532
• MASKERY † masking, wearing of masks; a masquerade ...a1548
• OOSER a grotesque mask ...1891 Eng. dial.
• VIZARD a mask, a visor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mask - verbs
• IMMASK †* to cover as with a mask; to disguise ...1596
• MASCHERATE †* to disguise the appearance of something, to mask, to conceal ...1654
MASKED - adjectives
• LARVATED † provided with a mask ; masked, concealed ...1623
• LARVED † masked, concealed ...1654
MASOCHISM - nouns
• B. AND D. a form of sadism and masochism ; 'Bondage and Discipline' ...M20 US sl.
• S. AND M. sadism and masochism ...M20 US sl.
MASOCHIST - person
• MASO a masochist ...1960s US sl.
• SAM a masochist who is rude in order to receive punishment (Smart-Assed Masochist) ...1990 US homosexual sl.
MASON - nouns
• MASON-WORD a masonic password ...1695 Sc.
• WAREHOUSE † a mason's or carpenter's workshop ...1530
mason - person
• BAIARDOUR † a mason's labourer or who helps to carry the 'baiard', a large hand-barrow with six handles on which building stones are carried ...1780
• BANKER a mason who constructs banks, lays pavements, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARROWMAN one who carries stones, mortar, etc. on a hand-barrow to masons when building ...1716 Sc.
• GINOUR † a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines ...1265
• HAWK a mason's labourer; the man or boy who carries the hod ...1862 Eng. dial.
• HAWK-BOY a mason's labourer; the man or boy who carries the hod ...1862 Eng. dial.
• LAYER † one who lays stones; a mason ...1382
• MASONER † a mason or bricklayer ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MELL'S MAN a stonemason; one who can handle a 'mell' ...1890 Eng. dial.
• PUDDING BASIN a mason ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• QUAREOR a mason ...Bk1880 Sc
• ROUGH SETTER † a mason who 'sets' or lays undressed stone ...a1669
• WALLARE - a stone-mason ...Bk1888
• WALLER a mason; a wall-builder, esp. one who builds rough, mortarless walls ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mason - verbs
• MASONER to do the work of a mason ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASONY to work as a mason; to follow the trade of a mason ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MASQUERADE - adjectives
• MASKFUL †* of the nature of masquerade ...1655
• MASQUERADISH * befitting a masquerade ...1681
masquerade - nouns
• MASKEN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
• MASKERY † masking, wearing of masks; a masquerade ...a1548
• MASQUE * a masquerade, a masked ball ...1514
• MASQUIN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
masquerade - person
• MASQUERADE † one who takes part in a masquerade ...1651
masquerade - verbs
• MASK † to take part in a masque or masquerade; to masquerade ...a1562
MASS - verbs
• MISSIFICATE †* to perform Mass ...1641
MASSACHUSETTS - adjectives
• BOSTONIAN belonging to Boston ...1698
Massachusetts - nouns
• BAY STATE the State of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ...1883
• BEAN TOWN Boston ...Bk1927 criminals' sl.
• EASTIE East Boston, Massachusetts ...1983 US sl.
Massachusetts - person
• BAKED BEAN a native of Boston, Massachusetts ...1882 US sl.
• BAY-MAN an inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay ...1773 US Hist.
• BAY STATER a native or inhabitant of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ...1845
• BEAN-EATER a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston, Massachusetts ...1842 sl.
• BEAN-SHOOTER a native of Boston, Massachusetts ...1921 US sl.
• BEANTOWNER a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston ...1997
• BOSTONER † a Bostonian ...1758 US
• BOSTONESE natives or inhabitants of Boston ...1888 US
• BOSTONIAN a native or inhabitant of Boston, Massachusetts ...1698
• BRAVA a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BRAVO a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1821 sl.
• NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1883 sl.
• SCRAP ISLANDER applied to a Nantucketer by the people of Martha's Vineyard ...1916 Amer. dial.
MASSACRE - adjectives
• MASSACROUS † pertaining to massacre; cruelly murderous ...1593
massacre - nouns
• MASSACREE massacre ...20C jocular
• SLAUGHTERDOM * slaughter; massacre ...1592
massacre - verbs
• MASSACREE to massacre, to butcher, to kill; to destroy life by accident ...1891 Eng. dial.
MASSAGE - nouns
• BODY-RUB SHOPS massage parlours ...Bk1998 Can. sl.
• FACE-UP MASSAGE an erotic massage ...2002 Can. sl.
• SWITCH in a sexually oriented massage parlour: a massage given to the masseuse by the customer ...1982 US sl.
massage - person
• MASSER one who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse ...1888
• MASSEUR a man who practices massage ...1876
• MASSEUSE a woman who practices massage ...1876
massage - verbs
• MASS * to massage ...1786
• MASSÉ * to massage ...1887
• NOACH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
• NOATCH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
MASSIVE - adjectives
• BOISTOUS † roughly massive; bulky; clumsy ...c1325
• BONZAI large, massive ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DERF massive, capable of giving a severe blow ...B1900 Sc.
• LUSTY † massive, substantial, large ...1640
• MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTIFF † massive, solid, bulky ...1495
• MOLIMINOUS † massive, cumbrous ...c1643
• ROBUSTIOUS of things: big and strong, massive ...a1548
MASSIVELY - adverbs
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
• MASSILY † massively ...c1400
MASSIVENESS - nouns
• MASSEDNESS † massiveness ...1398
• MASSINESS massiveness ...1570
MASTER - adjectives
• MAGISTERIAL 1. pert. to a master or teacher, or one qualified to speak with authority ...1632
2. † pert. to a master-workman; displaying a master's skill; also, having the qualifications of a master ...1643
• MAGISTERIOUS † exercising the authority of a master ...17C
• MAGISTRAL * pert. to or befitting a master; authoritative, dogmatic ...1605
• MAISTROUS † characteristic of a master ...1642
• MASTERFAST † bound to a master ...1469
• MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill ...1580
• MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering ...1531-2
• MASTEROUS † characteristic of a master ...1642
master - nouns
• MASTERHEAD †* the condition or quality of being a master ...1382
master - person
• BAAS a master, an employer of labour ...1625 S. Afr.
• BACKRA a master, a boss ...c1790
• BACKRA-MAN a master, a boss ...1775 W. Indies
• BOSS OF THE SHANTY the master or manager of the place ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BUCKRA a boss, master ...1886 Amer. dial.
• DEACON a superior or head workman; an adept, a proficient, a master; a thoroughly capable man ...1790 Sc.
• GAFF a master, the head of a house; a foreman or overseer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFER † a master, a 'governor' ...a1659 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEAD-MUCK one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SHA-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SIR-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MAGISTRICIDE a murderer of one's master or teacher ...1670 nonce word
• MASSA master ...1774 US Black usage
• MAST † master ...c1460
• MASTER-HOUSEHOLD † master of the household ...1536
• MASTERLING † a petty master; a would-be master ...1869 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MONSTER-MASTER a master who is a monster ...1841
• MORENA a title of or respectful form of address used to a chief or any person in authority; hence, a chief; a master; esp. among speakers of the Sotho languages ...1840 S. Afr.
• NABS a master; a governor; an employer of labour ...1877 Eng. dial.
• NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OLD a master, a boss ...M19 sl.
• PADRONE a master, employer, patron, or proprietor ...1670
• YED-SIRAG a master, overseer ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
master - verbs
• GET THE MASTER OF A PERSON to become or act the master over ...1887 Brit. colloq.
• HAVE THE HANK IN ONE'S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one's own ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOLD THE HANK IN ONE'S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one's own ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEEP THE HANK IN ONE'S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one's own ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIVE WITH ONE'S UNCLE to have a kind master ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAISTRIE † 1. to master ...c1412
†* 2. to make oneself master of; to conquer ...1636 obs
• MATCH to manage; to master ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAIL to get right, to master ...1989 US colloq.
• NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul ...1768 Sc.
• SIGNORIZE IT †* to play the master ...1611
MASTERED - adjectives
• MASTERABLE capable of being mastered ...1882
MASTERFUL - adjectives
• BOUNCEFUL arrogant, domineering, masterful ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• OBSTRACKLOUS obstreperous, wayward, masterful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
masterful - nouns
• MASTERDOM † masterful behaviour ...1596
masterful - person
• COCK-OF-THE-WALK a masterful person ...1781
• RANEGILL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc.
• RANNIGAL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHEIK a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women ...sl.
MASTERLY - adjectives
• MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill ...1580
• RICKY masterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
masterly - nouns
• MASTERPIECE a person's greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability ...1605
MASTER OF CEREMONIES - person
• AIR-MAN-CHAIR the chairman or master of ceremonies ...L19 sl.
MASTERPIECE - nouns
• HEAD-BIT a masterpiece; something surprising or astonishing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-PIECE a masterpiece; something surprising or astonishing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TOP-PIECE †* the best or finest piece; a masterpiece ...1682
MASTERSHIP - nouns
• MAGISTERIALITY † mastership; authoritative position ...1655
• MASTER-PRIZE † a masterpiece ...1604
• MASTER'S PRIZE † a masterpiece ...1604
• MASTER-WORK a work of pre-eminent merit; a masterpiece ...1617
MASTERY - nouns
• HIGHER HAND † superiority in contest, mastery ...a1225
• MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat ...a1300, chiefly Sc.
• MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MASTERDOM mastery, the upper hand ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MASTURBATE - verbs
• ABUSE to masturbate ...L16 sl.
• ABUSE ONESELF to masturbate ...euphemism
• ACCOST THE OSCAR MEYER to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• AUDITION THE FINGER PUPPETS to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• AUDITION THE HAND PUPPET to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• BALL OFF of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• BANG THE BANJO to masturbate ...1970s US sl.
• BANG THE BISHOP to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BASH THE BISHOP to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BASH THE CANDLE to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• BASH THE PRIEST to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BASH THE STICK to masturbate ...1950s Aust. sl.
• BAT to masturbate ...L19 Amer. dial.
• BATTER THE BISHOP. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BEAT OFF of a male: to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• BEAT ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
• BEAT THE BISHOP to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BEAT THE DAISY to masturbate ...1971 US sl.
• BEAT THE DUMMY to masturbate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEAT THE MEAT to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
• BEAT THE PUP of a male: to masturbate ...1956 Amer. sl.
• BOX THE JESUIT to masturbate ...1785 sl.
• BUFF THE BANANA of a male: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
• CABARET to lie in bed masturbating ...1950 US sl.
• CHOKE ONE'S LIZARD to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• CHOKE THE CHICKEN to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• CHOKE THE MONKEY to masturbate ...1978 US sl.
• CHUFF to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CHUFFER to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CIRCLE-JERK of boys or men: to indulge in group masturbation ...1950s US sl.
• CLEAN THE CARPET of a female: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
• COME YOUR MUTTON of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
• COME YOUR TURKEY of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
• DANCE WITH JOHNNY ONE-EYE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• DASH ONE'S DOODLE of men: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• DIDDLE to masturbate ...1934 sl.
• DIGITATE of a woman: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• DISOBEY THE POPE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• DO ONESELF OFF to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• DO ONESELF to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• DO THE PORK SWORD JIGGLE to masturbate (pork sword = the penis) ...1940s sl.
• DUST THE END-TABLE to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• DUST THE FAMILY JEWELS to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• EXPRESS A SECRET VICE to masturbate ...19C Brit. euphemism
• FIST-FUCK of a male: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FIST IT to grasp a penis for masturbation or as a guide for intromission, performed by a man or a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG to masturbate ...20C Aust. sl.
• FLOG ONE'S DONKEY to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG ONE'S SAUSAGE to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG THE BISHOP to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG THE DAISY to masturbate ...1956 US sl.
• FLONG ONE'S DONG to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• FONDLE ONE'S FIG to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• FRIG to masturbate ...1680 sl.
• FRIGGLE to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FRIG OFF to masturbate, oneself or another ...20C sl.
• FRIG ONESELF to masturbate oneself ...16C
• FUCK OFF to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• FUCK ONE'S FIST of a male: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FUDGE to masturbate someone to orgasm ...20C US sl.
• GALLOP ONE'S ANTELOPE of males: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• GALLOP ONE'S MAGGOT of males: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• GALLOP THE ANTELOPE to masturbate ...20C sl.
• GALLOP THE LIZARD to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• GALLOP THE MAGGOT to masturbate ...20C sl.
• GALLOP THE OLD LIZARD to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• GARETH GATE to masturbate ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• GEECH to copulate with a woman; to masturbate a woman ...L19 Amer. dial.
• GLAZE THE DONUT of a woman: to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• GO TO WORK WITHOUT A STAFF of a female: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
• GUN DOWN of a male: to masturbate while looking directly at somebody else ...2002 US sl.
• HACK ONE'S MACK to masturbate ...20C sl.
• HACK THE HOG to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• HANDLE to masturbate ...19C Brit. & US euphemism
• HAVE AN EMPTY to masturbate ...1980s Aust. sl.
• HIT THE SLIT of a woman: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• HOT-ROD to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• INDORSE to masturbate ...L18 Brit. sl.
• JACK to masturbate ...1940s sl.
• JACKAL to masturbate ...1990s US sl.
• JACK 'N' THE BEANSTALK to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• JACK OFF 1. to masturbate ...1910s sl.
2. to masturbate someone else ...1930s sl.
• JAG OFF to masturbate ...20C sl.
• JACK ONESELF OFF to masturbate ...1910s sl.
• JERK to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• JERK OFF to masturbate ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• JERK ONE'S GERKIN to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• JERK ONE'S GHERKIN to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• JERK ONE'S MUTTON to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• KILL SOME BABIES to masturbate ...1990s US sl.
• KNOB to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• KNUCKLE-SHUFFLE to masturbate ...1999 UK sl.
• LARK to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• LEVY to masturbate ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank' (Levy and Frank)
• LEVY AND FRANK to masturbate ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• LIGHT THE CANDLE of a woman: to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• MAKE A RENDEZVOUS WITH MRS. HAND to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• MAKE A SIX-FIST to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• MANIPULATE ONE'S MANGO to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• MASTUPRATE † to masturbate ...1623
• MOUNT A CORPORAL AND FOUR to masturbate ...L18 Brit. sl.
• NOB to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• PADDLE ONE'S PICKLE of men: to masturbate ...20C colloq.
• PADDLE THE PICKLE of a male: to masturbate ...1967 US sl.
• PADDLE THE PINK CANOE a female: to masturbate ...2004 UK sl.
• PARLOO to masturbate ...1992 Norfolk Island
• PART THE RED SEA to masturbate a woman ...1990s sl.
• PEDDLE AND CRANK to masturbate ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• PEEL YOUR BANANA to pull back the foreskin of the penis for inspection or as part of masturbating ...1999 US sl.
• PLAY A LUTE SOLO to masturbate ...17C sl.
• POLLUTE to masturbate ...17C sl.
• POP ONE'S CORK to masturbate ...1960s sl. sl.
• POP ONE'S PETER to masturbate ...1990s US sl.
• POUND ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• POUND ONE'S POMEGRANATE to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• PULL ABOUT to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• PULL OFF of a male: to masturbate ...1922 Irish sl.
• PULL ONE'S DICK to masturbate ...1980s Aust. & US sl.
• PULL ONE'S PETER of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUD of a male: to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUDDING of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONE'S WIRE of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONESELF ABOUT to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONESELF OFF to masturbate...20C sl.
• PULL ON THE ROPE to masturbate ...1972 US sl.
• PULL PUD of a male: to masturbate ...1994 UK sl.
• PULL RANK to masturbate ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• PULL THE HEAD OFF IT of a male: to masturbate ...2002 UK sl.
• PULL WIRE of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PULL YOUR PUD of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUDDEN of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUDDING of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR WIRE of a male: to masturbate ...1937 UK sl.
• PUMP to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• PUMP OFF to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PUMP ONE'S PICKLE of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUMP ONE'S PYTHON of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUMP ONESELF OFF to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• PUNISH PERCY IN THE PALM of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUNISH THE POPE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• RUB to masturbate ...16C
• RUB OFF to masturbate ...17C Brit. colloq.
• RUB UP to masturbate ...1656 sl.
• SHOWER-SPANK of a male: to masturbate in the shower ...1989 US sl.
• SLAP THE MONKEY to masturbate ...1994 US sl.
• SMAGE to masturbate ...1992 Norfolk Island
• SNAP THE RUBBER to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• SNAP THE WHIP to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• SPANK of a male: to masturbate ...1994 US sl.
• SPANK OFF of a male: to masturbate ...1999 UK sl.
• SPANK THE MONKEY of a man or boy: to masturbate ...1978 Amer. sl.
• SPANK THE PLANK of a male: to masturbate ...1998 UK sl.
• SPERM THE WORM to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• SPLASH to masturbate ...1930s sl.
• STROKE ONE'S OAR of a male: to masturbate ...1971 Amer. sl.
• STROKE THE LIZARD of a male: to masturbate ...1970 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AN OUTING WITH TOM THUMB AND HIS FOUR BROTHERS to masturbate ...20C sl.
• TAKE MATTERS INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS to masturbate ...20C sl.
• TAKE OFF A PIECE OF WORK to masturbate ...2002 US sl.
• TAKE ONE OFF THE WRIST to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• TAKE ONESELF IN HAND to masturbate ...1950s sl., orig. nautical
• TAKE ONE'S HANK to masturbate ...1960s US prison sl.
• TAKE ONE'S SNAKE FOR A GALLOP to masturbate ...1940s sl.
• TAKE YOURSELF IN HAND of a male: to masturbate ...1953 UK sl.
• TAPDANCE to masturbate ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• TOSS OFF to masturbate ...18C sl.
• TUG to masturbate ...1950s sl., orig. Aust.
• TWANG ONE’S WIRE to masturbate ...1950s sl.
• TWANG THE WIRE to masturbate ...1950s sl.
• VARNISH ONE'S POLE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• VARNISH THE FLAGPOLE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• WACK IT to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WACK OFF, WHACK OFF to masturbate ...1969 sl.
• WACK THE ONE-EYED WORM to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WACK THE WEASEL to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WACK WILLY to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WAKE THE DEAD to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• WALK ONE'S FERRET to masturbate ...1940s NZ sl.
• WANK, WHANK of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WANK OFF, WHANK OFF of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHACK to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WHACK THE ONE-EYED WORM to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WHACK THE WEASEL to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WHACK WILLY to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WHANG OFF of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHIP to masturbate ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'strop' (Whip and Top)
• WHIP AND TOP to masturbate ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'strop'
• WHIP OFF to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• WHIP ONE'S WIRE to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• WHIP THE DUMMY to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WHIP THE LIZARD of a male: to masturbate ...1971 Amer. sl.
• WHIP UP ON SKIPPY of a male: to masturbate ...2001 sl.
• WHIP YOUR WANG of a male: to masturbate ...1969 US sl.
• WORK OFF to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• WRAP THE MONKEY to masturbate ...1989 US sl.
• WRENCH OFF to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WRIGGLE to masturbate ...19C Brit. euphemism
• YANK to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• YANK OFF to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• YANK ONE'S CRANK to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• YANK ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...1970s sl.
• YANK ONE'S STRAP to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• YANK ONE'S WANK to masturbate ...20C sl.
• YANK ONE'S YAM to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• YANK THE PLANK to masturbate ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'wank' sl.
MASTURBATION - adjectives
• FRIGGED OUT exhausted by excessive masturbation and thus incapable of ejaculation ...L19 sl.
• JACK-OFF pert. to the act of masturbation ...1930s sl.
• MASTURBATIC caused by masturbation ...1874
• ONANISTIC relating to onanism ...1892
masturbation - nouns
• ABUSE masturbation ...L16 sl.
• ALLIED IRISH masturbation ...1994 Irish rhyming sl. for 'wank' (Allied Irish Bank)
• ALLIED IRISH BANK masturbation ...1994 Irish rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• ARMBREAKER energetic masturbation ...1990s sl.
• CHAIN-JERK real or imagined mutual masturbation in which several males lie adjacent to each other; each individual grasps another's penis ...1938 US sl.
• CHOPSTICKS mutual, simultaneous masturbation ...1941 sl.
• CIRCLE JERK joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CODE 21 masturbation ...2000s US prison sl.
• CRANK an act of masturbation ...1985 Aust. sl.
• DANGER WANK an act of masturbation with the threat of being discovered as an added stimulus ...2003 UK sl.
• DATE WITH DIPALMA of a male: an act of masturbation (DiPalma = the hand) ...2001 US sl.
• DIGITAL MANIPULATION of a woman: masturbation ...2001 US sl.
• DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE ejaculation achieved through masturbation ...1964 US sl.
• DUSTING THE DUVET masturbation ...1990s euphemism
• FIVE AGAINST ONE masturbation ...20C jocular
• FIVE-KNUCKLE SHUFFLE masturbation ...1972 US sl.
• FRIGGER the finger or hand with which one masturbates ...L17 sl.
• FRIGGING an act of masturbation ...L16 sl.
• HAM SHANK an act of masturbation ...1999 UK rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• HAND-JOB masturbation ...1969 sl.
• HIGHLAND FLING. masturbation ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• JACK an act of masturbation ...1980s sl.
• JACK BUMPS acne, allegedly caused by masturbation ...1960s US sl.
• JACK-OFF an act of masturbation; hence, fig. something worthless or pointless ...1930s US sl.
• JACK-OFF PARTY a male gathering for mutual masturbation ...2003 UK sl.
• JACK PICTURE a photograph used while masturbating ...1972 US sl.
• KNUCKLE SHUFFLE an act of male masturbation ...2000 US sl.
• LADY FIVE FINGERS a boy's or man's hand in the context of masturbation; masturbation ...1969 US sl.
• LEVY masturbation ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for' wank' (Levy and Frank)
• LEVY AND FRANK masturbation ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for' wank'
• MANUAL EXERCISES masturbation ...20C military sl.
• MANUAL LABOUR masturbation ...1990s sl.
• MANUSTUPRATION * masturbation ...1832
• MASTUPRATION † masturbation ...1621
• MISS FIST the hand, in the context of masturbation ...20C sl.
• MRS. PALM AND HER FIVE LOVELY DAUGHTERS the hand, in the context of male masturbation ...1955 Aust. sl.
• MRS. PALMER AND HER FIVE DAUGHTERS the hand, in the context of male masturbation ...1955 Aust. sl.
• MRS. PALMER AND HER FIVE LOVELY DAUGHTERS a metaphor for the hand used in male masturbation ...1955 Aust. sl.
• MUCH GOO ABOUT NOTHING masturbation ...1990s sl.
• OK CORRAL a group of men masturbating while watching a female ...2002 US sl.
• OLD LADY FIVE FINGERS masturbation ...1960s sl.
• OLD ONE-TWO, THE masturbation ...L19 sl.
• ONANISM self-abuse, masturbation ...1727-41
• ONAN'S OLYMPICS masturbation ...19C sl.
• ONE-EYE TARGET PRACTICE masturbation ...1990s sl.
• ONE-LEGGED RACE masturbation ...1970s sl.
• ONE OFF THE WRIST the act of masturbation ...1960s sl.
• PALMING masturbation ...1982 Bahamas sl.
• PAM AND HER FIVE SISTERS the hand as an agency of masturbation ...1990s sl.
• POLLUTION masturbation ...16C sl.
• PORTUGUESE PUMP masturbation; an act of masturbation ...L19 Brit. nautical sl.
• PUD-PULLING masturbation ...1939 Amer. sl.
• PULL AND PUSH an act of masturbation based on the action of masturbating ...Brit. sl.
• QUICK ONE a brief act of masturbation ...1940s sl.
• RING JERK joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle ...1940s sl., orig. US
• ROUND-POUND a type of mutual masturbation ...M20 US sl.
• RUB-OFF masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• RUB-UP masturbation ...17C Brit. colloq.
• SECRET VICE masturbation ...19C euphemism
• SHERMAN masturbation ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'wank' (Sherman Tank)
• SHERMAN TANK masturbation ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• SHORT STROKES masturbation ...20C colloq.
• SIMPLE INFANTICIDE masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• TOUCH-UP masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNLOADING masturbation ...1990s sl.
• WANK an act of male masturbation ...1948 sl.
• WRIST AEROBICS masturbation ...1990s sl.
• WRIST JOB an act of masturbation ...1969 UK sl.
• WRIST MARATHON masturbation ...1990s sl.
• YANK an act of masturbation ...2000s sl.
• YANKEE masturbation; a masturbator ...1970s homosexual sl.
MASTURBATOR - adjectives
• WRISTY having the characteristics of a masturbator; hence, inferior or unpleasant ...2000 UK sl.
masturbator - person
• ABUSER one who masturbates ...1611
• BATMAN an onanist; a man who masturbates; a man who uses coitus interruptus as a means of birth control ...1990 Aust. prison sl.
• BATTER one who masturbates ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• BEAT-NUTS an obsessive masturbator ...1975 US sl.
• CANDLE-BASHER a spinster; a female masturbator ...E20 Brit. sl.
ׇ• CIRCLE-JERKER one who joins a group of masturbators ...1950s US sl.
• DASHER a masturbator ...20C sl.
• DOODLE-DASHER a male masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• FACE-MAN - one who masturbates while looking in a mirror ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• F.O. a masturbator ...20C US sl.
• FRICATRIX a woman who masturbates herself ...19C Brit. sl.
• FRIGGER a masturbator ...L19 sl.
• FRIGSTER a male who masturbates himself ...19C Brit.
• FRIGSTRESS a female who masturbates herself ...19C Brit.
• FUCK-FINGER a female masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• FUCK-FIST a male masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• GUNSLINGER a chronic masturbator ...2002 US sl.
• JACKER a male who masturbates frequently ...20C sl.
• JACKER-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator ...1930s US sl.
• JACKIE a chronic masturbator ...1960s homosexual sl.
• JACK-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator ...1930s US sl.
• JACK-OFF ARTIST a masturbator ...1991 US sl.
• JACK-OFF FREAK 1. a chronic masturbator - one who plays with himself frequently ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
2. a homosexual who enjoys masturbating his partners ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• JERK a masturbator ...19C US sl.
• JERKER a male masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• JERK-OFF a chronic masturbator; an incompetent do-nothing ...20C US & Brit. sl.
• LOG-FLOGGER a male masturbator ...2003 UK sl.
• MASTUPRATOR a masturbator ...1855
• MONK a chronic masturbator ...1960s homosexual sl.
• MONKEY SPANKER a masturbator; a term of abuse ...1995 rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• ONANIST one who practices onanism; a masturbator ...1891
• PORK PULLER one who masturbates ...1970s sl.
• ROD WALLOPER a masturbator ...1960s sl., orig. Aust.
• SALAMI SLAPPER a masturbator ...1997 sl.
• SWITCH HITTER a person who masturbates with first one hand and then the other ...2002 US sl.
• TAFFY-TUGGER a masturbator ...1999 sl.
• TAPDANCER a masturbator ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• VIRTUOSO OF THE SKIN FLUTE a masturbator ...20C sl.
• WACKER, WHACKER a masturbator ...1965 sl.
• WALLOPER a male masturbator ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
• WANDA WANDWAVER a chronic masturbator ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• WANKER a masturbator ...1950 sl.
• YANKEE a chronic masturbator ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• YANKER a masturbator ...1934 US sl.
masturbator - person, other
• MOP-UP BOY a worker performing janitorial work at an arcade where men masturbate while watching videos ...1997 US sl.
MAT (rug) - nouns
• BEAR a door-mat ...1825 Eng. dial.
• NAT † a mat; a straw mattress ...1361-2 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
MAT (tangle) - verbs
• TAT to mat; to entangle; to run into tufts, as hair, wool, etc. ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAUT to mat, to tangle, to make matted or tangled ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCH (flammable item) - nouns
• ANARCHISTS non-safety matches ...1910s Aust. sl.
• ASQUITH a French lucifer match ...WWI Eng.
• BARN BURNER a kitchen match; a wooden match which can be struck on any surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOX OF LIGHTS a box of matches ...Brit. sl.
• CHAS, CHEZ matches ...Bk2006 US college sl.
• ENVELOPE a matchbook ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FARMER MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARM MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FENCE POST a household match ...1943 Amer. dial.
• FIRE STICK a large wooden match ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FLAMERS safety-matches giving a bright flame ...c1885 sl.
• FRICTION a match ...1953 Trinidad and Tobago
• HELL-STICK a match ...1900 Amer. dial.
• MARRIED-MAN MATCH a kitchen match, frequently mounted in a holder on the wall in a kitchen ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ONE-MAN MATCH a safety match; it strikes on its own box ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PARLOR MATCH a match that contains no sulphur ...1864 Amer. dial.
• PLANTATION MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1970 Amer. dial.
• POST-AND-RAILS wooden matches ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• RAT BURNER a match you can strike anywhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAT MATCH a match you can strike anywhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SMALL TIMBER lucifer matches ...20C sl.
• SNAPPER a wooden match ...1970 US sl.
• SPLIT a safety match ...20C Aust. sl.
• TIMBER MATCH a wooden match ...1967 Amer. dial.
match (flammable item) - person
• GLIMMER a match-seller in the street ...20C police sl.
• SPUNK FAKERS match sellers ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• SPUNK-FENCER a match-seller ...1839 sl.
• SPUNK-LADDIE a boy match-seller ...1866 Sc.
• SPUNK-MAKER a maker of matches ...1828 Sc.
• SPUNKMAN † a maker of matches ...1901 Sc.
• SPUNK-SELLER a match-seller ...1872 Sc.
• SPUNK-SPLITTER a maker of matches ...1843 Sc.
• SPUNK-WIFE † a woman who sells matches ...1825 Sc.
match (flammable item) - verbs
• SCART to scratch; to strike a match ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCH (equal) - nouns
• MARROW a match, an equal; an exact counterpart or likeness ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MATTLER the match to anything; the fellow, the equal ...1841 Eng. dial.
• MEET an equal or match ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR a match, an equal; the corresponding one of a pair ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAR † something that is equal or a match to another ...1711
• PARALLEL a thing or person agreeing with another in essential particulars; something precisely analogous, comparable, or of equal worth or force; a counterpart, equal, or match ...1599
• PARRYMYAK a match, equal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
match (equal) - verbs
• AROPO to match, to resemble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESORT † to assort, to match, to agree with; to befit ...1605
• EVEN to match, to equal ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HOLD TACK WITH † to hold one's own with; to keep up with; to be even with or equal to; to match ...1412-20
• MAKE † to mate, pair, match ...1463
• MARROW † 1. to join, to associate; to match, to pair ...1488
2. to resemble; to be equal to; also, to produce something equal to; to match ...a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MATE to match, to equal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MATTLE to match, to mate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEET UP WITH to be the equal of or match for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MELL to match, to equal ...1878 Sc.
• PAIR † to be a match for; to match, to equal ...1603
• PAIR WITH to match with, to agree with ...1892 Sc.
• PARAGON to match, to mate ...c1615 arch.
• PARAGONIZE † to match, to equal ...1606
• PARALLELIZE * to be a match for, to match ...1634
• RANGE ALONG OF A THING to match or correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• READ to match, to correspond ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SAMMER † to agree, to assort, to match ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIDE to rival, equal, match ...1603
• SIZE to be on an equality with; to match with ...1639
• SUIT †* to find a parallel to, to match ...1589
• TIP to match, to equal ...1825 Sc.
• YOKE to join; to match; to marry ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCHED - adjectives
• ILL-MARROWED badly matched; awkwardly arranged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PAIRED badly matched ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UP AND UP evenly matched ...1900s Aust. sl.
MATCHING - adjectives
• SUIT-LIKE † corresponding, matching ...1570
MATCHLESS - adjectives
• IMPARALLELED † matchless, unparalleled ...1604
• MAKELESS † matchless, without equal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARROWLESS matchless, incomparable, without an equal ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARAGONLESS * matchless, peerless ...1590
MATCHMAKER - person
• BLACK FOOT * a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...1808 Sc.
• BLACK MAN a go-between in love-making; the man who accompanies a suitor to the house of the intended father-in-law, to help to make the match ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BLACK-LEG †* a blackfoot; a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...Bk1825 Sc.
• BLACK-SOLE † a "Blackfoot", a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...1725 Sc.
MATE - see FRIEND
MATERIAL - adjectives
• TAIFFLIE of material: thin, shoddy ...1972 Sc.
material - nouns
• RAIL a cheap, flimsy dress; a thin, flimsy, worthless piece of material ...1866 Sc.
• ROPE (derogatory) a length of worthless material or a long dowdy dress ...1866 Sc.
MATERIALIST, MATERIALISTIC - person
• BABBITT a self-opinionated, self-satisfied small-town bourgeois, with all the prejudices of such a figure - a narrow-minded, middle-class materialist ...1959
• BABYLON anyone perceived as putting material gains before spiritual ones ...1970s sl.
• DADDY an older man who is willing to provide the various material desires of his younger mistress or, if homosexual, male lover ...1920s sl., orig. US
• FANCY GIRL a materialistic woman ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• GIMME GIRL a greedy, materialistic young woman ...1992 US sl.
• SANTA CLAUS an older man who is willing to provide the various material wants of a younger mistress, or, if gay, a younger male lover ...1960s sl.
MATERNITY - nouns
• SPIKE a maternity hospital ...1960s Irish sl.
MATERNITY CLOTHES - nouns
• HATCHING DRESS a maternity dress ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HATCHING JACKET a maternity blouse or dress ...1965 Amer. dial.
MATHEMATICS - nouns
• MOUNT EUCLID mathematics ...c1810 Oxford University usage
mathematics - person
• CALCULIST one skilled in a mathematical calculus; a mathematician ...1829
• DIGITHEAD a person whose enthusiasm for mathematics or computers is never hidden ...1994 US sl.
• MAROON a person who is marooned ...1883
MARRIAGE, MARRY - adjectives (also see MARRIED, WEDDING)
• ANTENUPTIAL before marriage ...1810
• BANNED of persons: having had the banns of marriage published ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ELIGIBLE eager for marriage ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GAMICAL † pertaining to marriage or to a husband; marital ...1660
• HYMENEAL pert. to marriage ...1602
• HYMENEAN * pert. to marriage ...1606
• LEFT-HANDED said of a marriage to a social inferior ...a1642
• MARITURIENT eager to marry; wishing to become a husband ...1765 nonce word
• MARKET-RIPE old enough for marriage ...1891 Eng. dial.
• MISOGAMIC * marriage-hating ...1803
• ON THE CARPET eager to marry ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ON THE SHELF having no prospect of marrying; generally used of a woman ...1839
• OUT ON THE CARPET eager to marry ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PAIRING matrimonial ...1884 Sc.
• SPONSALITIOUS † pertaining to marriage ...1656
marriage, marry - nouns
• ACCOUPLEMENT † the act of coupling one thing to another; union, pairing; marriage union ...1483
• ACCOUPLING † the act of joining two things into a couple or pair; coupling; esp. union in marriage ...1525
• AE † law, esp. the law of nature, or of God; hence, legal custom, rite, marriage ...c975
• ASKINGS the publication of banns of marriage ...1870 Eng. dial.
• BABY-SNATCHING of either sex: marrying or having an affair with someone much younger than oneself ...1920s sl.
• BALL AND CHAIN marriage ...20C sl.
• BANDS banns of marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANE † a proclamation of a marriage ...1499
• BANES the banns of matrimony ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BANNS proclamation or public notice given in church of an intended marriage, in order that those who know of any impediment thereto may have opportunity of lodging objections ...a1328
• BED-MATCH † marriage, wedlock ...1583
• BELLING a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds; bells, shotguns, or any noise-making device was used ...1862 Amer. dial.
• BEND † a moral or spiritual bond or restraint; the bands or bonds of matrimony ...a1250
• BIG M marriage ...1966 US sl.
• BOOKING the act of recording names for proclamation of banns ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW-AND-ARROW WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIDE DAY * the day on which a couple are married; a wedding day ...a1641
• BRIDE-BANQUET † a feast held in celebration of a marriage ...1600
• BROOMSTICK MARRIAGE a common-law marriage ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CAGAMOSIS an unhappy marriage
• CALLING-HOME. the publication of the marriage banns ...1872 Eng. dial.
• CONFARREATION 1. the highest and most solemn form of marriage among the ancient Romans, made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus or the Flamen Dialis and ten witnesses, and marked by the offering of a cake made of spelt (a species of grain related to wheat, formerly much cultivated in Southern Europe) ...1598
2. † a wedding, marriage ...1645 obs.
• DIGAMY a second marriage contracted after the termination of the first by death or divorce ...17C
• GAMOMANIA an obsessive desire to make strange and extravagant marriage proposals ...1885
• GUNSHOT WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALF-MARK MARRIAGE a clandestine marriage ...1816 Sc.
• HANDFAST † a contract or covenant; a betrothal or marriage contract ...1611
• HARD WORD, THE * a proposal of marriage ...1899 Ireland
• HYMEN * marriage; wedlock; wedding, nuptials ...1608
• HYPOGAMY the marriage of a woman into a lower caste or into a tribe of lower standing than her own ...1946
• JACKRUM a marriage license ...1825 sl.
• LOVING PAPER a marriage certificate, or license ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MARKET † a marriage or marriage agreement; a match, a woman's chances of finding a husband, esp. one who is wealthy or of high social status ...a1699 chiefly Sc. usage
• MARKET-MATCH †* a marriage made for financial reasons ...1605
• MARRIAGE DEED † an antenuptial agreement embodying the terms agreed on by the parties with respect to rights of property and succession ...1678
• MARRIAGE LINES a certificate of marriage ...1829
• MARRIAGE PORTION a portion or dowry, etc., given to a bride at her marriage ...1766
• MATCH † the action of marrying; relationship by marriage ...1574
• MILITARY CEREMONY a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILITARY WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way; a shotgun wedding ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MOUSETRAP marriage ...19C US Black sl.
• MUST-JOB a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MUST-MARRIAGE a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MUST-TO a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOOSE, THE marriage ...20C US sl.
• OCTOGAMY the marrying of eight spouses ...c1386
• OPSIGAMY * marriage late in life ...1824
• PAIRING a marriage feast where the newly-married couple receive presents from their friends ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTAGAMY a communistic system of complete marriage, in which all the men and women of a household or community are regarded as married to each other ...1852
• PARROT AND MONKEY TIME an unhappy marriage, in which the two partners fight continually ...L19 US sl.
• PARROTTY TIME an unhappy marriage, in which the two partners fight continually ...L19 US sl.
• PARSONING WORK a wedding, marriage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSON'S MOUSETRAP marriage ...L17 sl.
• PROMISE OF ODIN, THE a promise of marriage supposed to be particularly binding ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SALAMANCA WEDDING the marriage of an old man to a (rich) young woman ...L19 sl.
• SAWMILL LICENSE a 'license' for a common-law marriage ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCORN a snub, a brusque rejection, esp. of an offer of marriage; a slight in love ...c1746 Sc.
• SCOTCH MARRIAGE a common-law marriage ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SILVER BRIDAL † silver marriage; 25th wedding anniversary ...1624
• SILVER FEAST silver wedding; 25th wedding anniversary ...1796
• SILVER-MARRIAGE † a marriage at which each guest contributed a money-offering ...1825
• SPLICE the act or institution of marriage ...M19 sl.
• TAIL-TODDLE conjugal rights ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNION marriage ...euphemism
• WOODCHUCK CASE a situation of necessity, one in which there is no choice, as a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1862 Amer. dial.
marriage, marry - person
• AGAMIST † one who opposes marriage; one who does not marry; an unmarried person ...1553-87
• BABY-SNATCHER a person who is sexually attracted to, has an amorous affair with, or marries a much younger person ...1920s sl.
• BAD INVESTMENT a person seen as a poor prospect for marriage or for a sound relationship ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• BIGAM(E) † one who marries a second time ...a1460
• BIGAMIST † one who marries a second time after being widowed ...1658
• BOOBY TRAP a girl with marriage intentions ...Bk1942 US sl.
• EEKFOW † an equal, match in marriage ...1768 Sc.
• EEKFULL † an equal, match in marriage ...1768 Sc.
• FATE a person whom one is fated to marry ...1856 Amer. dial.
• GEORGE DANDIN one who marries above his station ...Bk1920
• GOLD-DIGGER a woman who marries or forms a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain ...1915 sl., orig. US
• HANDFASTER † one who makes a contract between parties; the maker of a nuptial contract or union ...1598
• MARIAGE BROKER † an opprobrious term for a match-maker ...1681
• MARRIAGE BAWD † an opprobrious term for a match-maker ...1698
• MATCH-PARTY a person who arranges marriages ...1881 Ireland
• MISOGAMIST a hater of marriage ...1706
• MONOGAMIST 1. † a person who denies the validity of remarriage after the death of the first spouse; also, a person who by custom or law is debarred from remarrying after the death of the first spouse ...1651
2. a person who observes or advocates the custom of being married to only one person at a time; a person who has only one living spouse; now, also, a person who remains faithful to one person during the course of a sexual relationship other than marriage ...1731
• MONOGYNIST * a person who practices or advocates monogyny (having only one wife at a time) ..1895
• WANTER one wanting a husband or wife; an unmarried person; a marriageable person;a bachelor; a widower ...1723 Eng. dial.
• WAR BRIDE a woman who marries a serviceman during wartime ...1918
marriage, marry - verbs (also see MARRIED verbs)
• ADAM to marry ...1753 sl.
• ASK to publish the banns of marriage ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BE MAN-RUED of a woman: to repent of a marriage she was about to make ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BESPOUSE † to espouse, to marry ...c1175
• BESTOW † to settle or give in marriage ...c1386
• BETAKE † to give in marriage ...1382
• BEWED † to wed, to marry ...c1000
• BLEND to marry ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOK to record names of a couple for proclamation of banns of marriage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIDE to marry a woman ...1601
• BUILD THE FENCE to marry, usually after the conception of a child ...1935 Amer. dial.
• CALL to publish the banns of marriage ...1843 Eng. dial.
• CALL HOME to publish the banns of matrimony; generally for the third time ...1863 Eng. dial.
• CONJUGALIZE to become conjugal, to marry ...1823 nonce word
• DISAPPOINT to reject in love or marriage ...1857 Amer. dial.
• FAST † to make fast in wedlock; to betroth, to wed ...c1300
• GET ONE'S CLAWS INTO - to entrap a potential marriage partner ...Bk1999
• GIVE ONE THE BUTTONS to refuse to marry ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GLOVE to turn down a proposal of marriage ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE MITTEN of a woman: to reject or dismiss a man's invitation or proposal of marriage; to jilt ...1842 Amer. dial.
• GOLD-DIG of a woman: to marry or form a sexual relationship with a man solely for the sake of financial gain ...1923 sl., orig. US
• HANDFAST 1. † to make a contract of marriage between parties by joining of hands; to betroth ...c1200
2. † of the man: to engage in a marriage contract ...a1400
• HANG to marry ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HITCH 1. to marry ...1846 Amer. sl.
2. to get married ...1880 Amer. sl.
• HITCH TEAMS to get married ...1864 Amer. sl.
• I -WIVE † to take a wife; to marry ...c1000
• JOIN GIBLETS † to marry ...1727
• JOIN THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE of a man: to marry ...1891 sl.
• LEAD A BRIDE TO CHURCH to marry ...1530
• LEAD TO THE ALTAR to marry ...1812
• LOCK to form a close relationship with; to bind in a relationship; to marry ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S MARKET to throw away one's matrimonial chance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKE A MARKET to make a match, to become settled in matrimony ...1787 Sc.
• MAKE A NAPKIN OF ONE'S DISHCLOUT to make a foolish, unsuitable marriage; to marry one's cook or other servant ...M18 sl.
• MALE to marry ...1938 Hawaii
• MARISSE † to marry ...c1315
• MARROW to be a companion to; to marry ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MARRY A MIDDEN FOR MUCK to marry for money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRY MONEY to marry a rich spouse ...1858 sl.
• MATCH to marry, mate ...1798 Sc.
• MATE to copulate; to marry ...17C
• MISWIVE † to marry unsuitably or unlawfully ...c1250
• NUPTIATE to marry ...1872 Amer.
• OFFER TILL to make an offer of marriage to ...1903 Sc.
• PAIR to marry ...1878 Sc.
• PAIR OFF WITH to marry ...1827 colloq.
• POP to propose marriage ...M18 sl.
• POP IT to propose marriage ...M18 sl.
• POP THE QUESTION to propose marriage ...M18 sl.
• PUT ONE'S HAND IN AN EMPTY CORN-JAR to marry a poor woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RIVET to marry ...1700 sl.
• SAM † to bring together; to join in marriage, love, friendship, etc. ...c1200
• SIT IN THE BUTTER TUB to have a piece of good luck; to marry well ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• SIT UP WITH A SICK FRIEND of a man: to excuse oneself for absence all night from the conjugal bed ...c1880 sl.
• SPLICE to marry ...E18 sl.
• TACK † to join in wedlock ...1732 sl.
• TACK TOGETHER to marry ...M18 sl.
• TAKE to marry; to accept as husband or wife ...1889 Sc.
• TAKE A SHARE OF ONE'S TATTIE to share one's home; to marry ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAKE BY THE HAND to marry ...1898 Sc.
• TAKE THE WIFE to marry ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE YOKE WITH to marry ...1884 Sc.
• TAKE TO to marry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE TO CHURCH to marry ...1902 Eng. dial.
• TETHER to marry, to get married ...1812 Sc.
• TIE to marry ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIE THE KNOT to marry; to get married ...1717 sl.
• TIE UP to join in marriage ...1894 colloq. or sl.
• TOKEN to betroth, to promise in marriage ...1880 Eng. dial.
• WAD to marry ...1792 Sc.
• YARD to marry ...1900s Aust. sl.
• YOKE to join; to match; to marry ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
marriage, marry - phrases
• BREAK AN ELBOW AT THE CHURCH DOOR said of a woman who becomes lazy and indolent after marriage ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARRIED IN THE VEAL BONES ALWAYS A CALF one who marries young never becomes a physically strong man ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE ROCKS of a marriage: on the point of dissolution; in danger of breaking up ...colloq.
• ON THE SHELF without prospects of marriage, as after having broke an engagement ...colloq.
MARRIAGEABLE - adjectives
• AXABLE of an age suitable for marriage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANGAST † fit for marriage, marriageable ...c1660 Eng. dial.
• MANABLE † of marriageable age ...1607
• MANFIERDIE of a woman: of marriageable age; ready for matrimony ...1866 Sc.
• MARRIABLE * that may be married; in early use, marriageable ...c1440
• VIRIPOTENT † of a woman: physically fit for marriage; of a marriageable age ...1587
marriageable - person
• FANGAST † a marriageable maid ...c1660 Eng. dial.
• MARRIAGEABLE a marriageable person ...1826
MARRIED - adjectives (also see MARRIAGE)
• ADAMED married ...Bk1921 sl.
• ADCORPORATED †* married ...Bk1612
• ALTAR-BOUND eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ALTAR-CONSCIOUS eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ALTAR-CRAZY eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ANCHORED married ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANTSY said of a woman who is very eager to get married ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BALL-AND-CHAINED married ...1972 US sl.
• BOUNDEN † tied with the bonds of matrimony ...c1426
• BUCKLED UP married ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DOVETAILED married ...Ireland
• FEISTY eager to get married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FREE-LANCE pert. to a married woman who acts as a paid or unpaid prostitute ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• GOT THE BUG eager to get married ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HALF-AND-HALF married ...1900s sl.
• HITCHED married ...1857 Amer. sl., orig. US
• HOOK-EM-UP married ...1972 Amer. sl.
• IN LAW OF WEDLOCK † lawfully married ...c1230
• IN ONE TETHER married ...1844 Eng. dial.
• LEGALIZED of a wife: legally married ...1788
• LOCKED UP friendly; married ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MARITATED †* having a husband; married ...1727
• MARRIABLE * that may be married; in early use, marriageable ...c1440
• ON THE LOOK very eager to get married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF THE GAME married, engaged, or dating only one person ...2001 US sl.
• PARSED married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSONED married in a church or chapel ...1892 Eng. dial.
• READY TO LOCK UP eager to get married ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RED IN THE COMB eager to get married ...1906 Amer. dial.
• RING-TETHERED married ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SHUT UP IN THE PARSON'S POUND adj. married ...L18 sl.
• SPLICED married ...1751 sl.
• UNMAIDENED † married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
married - person
• ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRIL GENTLEMAN a man newly married ...16C colloq.
• AUTEM-COVE a married man ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• BENEDICK a newly-married man, especially one who has long been a bachelor ...1793 UK sl.
• BENEDICT a newly married man; an apparently confirmed bachelor who marries ...1793
• BENJAMIN in Australian Pidgin-English, a married man, a husband ...Bk1898
• BUNDLE-MAN a married seaman ...1895 nautical sl.
• CALIFORNIA WIDOW a married woman whose husband is away from her for any extended period ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• DAME WITH AN ANCHOR a married woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DARK CULL a married man with a mistress that he visits only at night ...18C sl.
• DARK CULLY a married man with a mistress whom he sees only at night ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• DARK DIDDLER a married man with a secret mistress ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DINK either partner of a (usually professional) married couple without children, both of whom have an income from work (double income, no kids) ...L20 colloq.
• DINKY either partner of a (usually professional) married couple without children, both of whom have an income from work (double income, no kids) ...L20 colloq.
• GANDER a married man; in America, one not living with his wife ...Bk1901 sl.
• HORN-GROWER a married man ...18C colloq.
• HORN-MERCHANT a married man ...18C colloq.
• KAISER BABY a woman who leaves home and returns married to a successful, wealthy, (and usually White) husband ...1920s US Black sl.
• MA'AM † a married woman ...1765
• MORTGAGED PROPERTY a person engaged to be married ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER a married woman ...1971 US Black sl.
• NEOGAM a newly-married person ...1862 nonce word
• NEOGAMIST † a newly-married person ...1656
• QUADRIGAMIST one four times married; one who has four wives or four husbands at the same time ...1865
• RACKLAW a married woman ...Bk1916 sl.
• RACLAN a married woman ...c1830 UK tramps' sl.
• SPOUSESS † a female spouse, a wife, a bride, a married woman ...1388
• TRUNDLE-BED TRASH a low-class, shiftless person or group; very young, worthless people just married ...1850 Amer. dial.
• WEDDINGERS a newly-married couple ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG FOLK a newly-married pair ...Bk1825 Sc.
• YOUNG GOODMAN, YOUNG GUDEMAN, YOUNG GUIDMAN a man newly married ...Bk1825 Sc.
• YOUNG-GUIDWIFE a woman newly married ...Bk1818 Sc.
• YOUNG MARRIEDS married couples ...c1925 Aust. colloq.
married - verbs (also see MARRIAGE verbs)
• BE OFF OF THE REEL to be married ...1899 Sc.
• BRACE UP vb. to get married ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• BREAK ONE'S NECK to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CONNUBIATE to get married ...1814 nonce word
• DANCE BAREFOOT † said of an elder sister when a younger one was married before her ...1596
• FALL to get married ...1910s sl.
• GANG TOGETHER to get married ...1768 Sc.
• GET HALTER-BROKE of a man: to get married ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GET HOOKED to get married ...1910 Amer. sl.
• GET LATCHED to get married ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE IN THE HARNESS to get married ...1903 Amer. dial. Amer. dial.
• GET ONESELF A BOSS to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GET ONESELF HARNESSED to get married ...1968 Amer. dial. Amer. dial.
• HANG UP THE HAT of a man when married: to go and live in his wife's house ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARRY UP to get married ...1955 Amer. dial.
• NUPTIALIZE * to get married ...1857
• SET ONESELF IN A BUTTER TUB to get married ...1968 Amer. dial.
• STEP OFF THE CARPET to get married ...1843 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FATAL LEAP to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FATAL PLUNGE to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE FATAL STEP to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TETHER to marry, to get married ...1812 Sc.
• TIE BAGS to get married ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TIE THE KNOT to marry; to get married ...1717 sl.
• TRAP A SQUAW to get married ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VEIL UP to get married ...1930s US sl.
• WALK UP THE AISLE to get married, esp. in church ...1875
• WEAR A HAT to have a steady girlfriend; to be married; to bring one's partner to a party ...1960s US teen sl.
married - phrases
• OLDER AND THE MADDER, THE applied to an old couple who get married ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONE'S COMB IS GETTING RED one is eager to get married ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT said of a person who is very eager to get married ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ON THE CARPET in the field to get married ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MARSH, MARSHY - adjectives
• BUTTERMILK having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy ...1843 Amer. dial.
• HELOBIOUS * living in marshes or swamps ...1889
• MARISH † of the nature of a marsh; marshy ...1543
• MARISHY † marshy ...1607
• MARSHLY †* marshy ...c1386
• MUGGY of land: marshy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PALUDAL pert. to a marsh or fen; produced by or arising from a marsh ...1818-20 chiefly medical usage
• PALUDIATE † pert. to marshes ...1632
• PALUDIC pert. to marshes ...1897
• PALUDICOLE inhabiting marshes ...1857
• PALUDICOLINE inhabiting marshes ...1857
• PALUDICOLOUS inhabiting marshes ...1857
• PALUDINAL pert. to a marsh ...1858
• PALUDINE pert. to a marsh ...1858
• PALUDINOUS pert. to a marsh ...1866
• PALUDIOUS pert. to marshes ...1594
• PALUDOSE * belonging to marshes, marshy; inhabiting marshes ...1866
• PALUDOUS * belonging to marshes, marshy; inhabiting marshes ...1803
• PALUSTRAL * pert. to or inhabiting marshes ...1879
• PALUSTRIAN * pert. to or inhabiting marshes ...1787
• PALUSTRINE. inhabiting marshes ...1882
• PONDY swampy; marshy ...1686 Amer. dial.
• QUEECHY of land: wet, boggy, marshy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUOBBY marshy, boggy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy ...1823 orig. Eng. dial.
marsh, marshy - nouns (includes MARSHINESS)
• CAMARINE † a fetid marsh or swamp ...1576
• DAGO a low-lying meadow; a kind of grassy marsh ...1955 Amer. dial.
• DANK † a wet place, a pool, a marsh ...1513
• FALL low-lying, wet, marshy land ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GASEYN marshy ground ...c1420
• GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh ...1824 Sc. & Irish
• HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh ... 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LOGAN a wet, marshy piece of land ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MARISH † a marsh or low-lying ground liable to be flooded ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARISHNESS † marshiness ...1652-62
• MERE a marsh; sodden, reedy ground; ground permanently under water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERSK a marsh ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUSKEG a marsh or bog ...1890 Amer. dial.
• PALUDE †* a marsh, a fen ...1412-20
• PALUS †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSCHE †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSTRIAN * an animal that lives in a marsh ...1607
• PANYAL a boggy, marshy, or muddy place; an ill-drained swampy piece of ground ...1920 Sc.
• QUAB † a marshy spot; a bog ...a1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAG a marshy or boggy spot ...1589
• QUAW a bog, a quagmire, a marsh ...1535 Sc.
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SLUMP a marsh; a swamp; a muddy or boggy place ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SUG † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...1578
• SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass ...c1425
• SUMPT † a marsh, a bog, a swamp ...c1425
• VLY a swamp or marshy pond ...1645 Amer. dial.
• WAGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
• WUGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool ...1762 Sc.
marsh, marshy - person
• YELLOW-BELLY a term of derision applied to dwellers in marshy districts ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MARSHAL - person
• BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN HAWK a marshal ...1968 Amer. dial.
MART - nouns
• VENT † a place where goods are or may be sold; a market, mart ...1580
MARTIAL - adjectives
• BELLIC † pertaining to war; warlike, martial ...1627
• MARTIABLE † martial, pert. to war or battle ...1470
• MAVORTIAL † warlike, martial ...1595
• MAVORTIAN adj. warlike, martial ...1557
• WARLY † skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant ...1423
martial - person
• MARTIAL † a martial person, a soldier ...c1611
MARTIALLY - adverbs
• WARFARINGLY † in a warlike manner; martially ...1611
MARTINI - nouns
• MARTOONI a martini ...1954 Amer. sl.
• VIRGIN a martini, i.e. a mix of vermouth and gin ...1910s US sl.
MARTYR - adjectives
• MARTYRIAL †* befitting a martyr ...1678
• MARTYRISH having the air of a martyr ...1888 nonce word
• MARTYRLY * characteristic of a martyr ...1659
• MARTYROLOGIC * concerning the history or sufferings of martyrs ...1849
• MARTYROLOGICAL concerning the history or sufferings of martyrs ...1656
martyr - nouns (includes MARTYRDOM)
• MARTYROLATRY the worship of martyrs ...1889
• MARTYROLOGE † 1. a list or register of martyrs ...1500
† 2. the histories of martyrs collectively ...1631
• MARTYRY † martyrdom ...c1325
• SUFFERING † the act of suffering death; execution, martyrdom ...1651
martyr - person
• MARTYRAGO † a female martyr having the courage of a man ...1654 nonce word
• MARTYRESS † a female martyr ...1471
• MARTYRIOLOGER †* a one versed in the history of martyrs ...1643
• MARTYROLOGIST one versed in the history of martyrs ...1676
• MARTYROLOGUE * one versed in the history of martyrs ...1647
• MOTTAH a martyr, one who suffers gladly for posterity; a glorified masochist ...Bk1992 Amer. South
martyr - verbs
• MARTYREESE to victimize, to martyr ...1884 Sc.
• MARTYRIZATE † to put to death as a martyr; to make a martyr of ...1432-50
• MERTYREESE to victimize, to martyr ...1884 Sc.
MARVEL, MARVELLING - adjectives
• TERATICAL * relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous ...1722
marvel, marvelling - nouns
• ADMIRATION the act of wondering or marvelling; wonder, astonishment, surprise ...1506 arch.
• FIRLY-FARLY a wonderful thing, a marvel ...19C Eng. dial.
• GOLLY-WHOPPER something extraordinary of its kind; a wonder, a marvel ...1933 Amer. dial.
• MARL † a marvel, a wonder ...1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARVELMENT * the condition of marvelling ...1823
• SIGN † a marvel or wonder ...a1400-50 obs.
marvel, marvelling - verbs
• ADMERVEYLLE † to marvel; to marvel at, to wonder at, to admire ...1474
• ADMIRE † to feel surprise or astonishment; to wonder, to marvel ...c1590
• AWONDER † to astonish, surprise, marvel; to be astonished or amazed; to cause to wonder ...c1230
• MARL † to marvel, to wonder ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MIRATE to wonder, to marvel; to admire something ...1893 Amer. dial.
MARVELLOUS - adjectives
• ACES AND EIGHTS wonderful, marvellous, excellent ...1920s sl.
• ACKNICKELOUS marvellous ...1988 Amer. rap music usage
• ACKNICKULOUS wonderful, marvellous ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
• ADMIRABLE † to be wondered at; wonderful, surprising, marvellous ...1596
• BAD marvellous, wonderful; deeply satisfying; stunningly attractive or stylish; sexy ...1897 US sl., esp. Black usage
• BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate ...1926 Amer. dial.
• FANTABULOUS wonderful, marvellous, really great ...1958 Amer. sl.
• MARVEL † marvellous, wonderful ...a1300
• MARVELLABLE † marvellous ...1483
• MARVELLY † marvellous, amazing, astonishing ...c1420
• MARVY marvellous ...1931 US sl.
• WIZARD excellent, marvellous ...1922 UK sl.
MARVELLOUSLY - adverbs
• MARVELLY † amazingly, wonderfully, marvellously ...c1330
MARVELLOUSNESS - nouns
• MARVELNESS † the quality of inspiring wonder; marvellousness ...1434
MARYLAND - nouns
• BIG B Baltimore, Maryland ...1974 US sl.
• CRABTOWN Annapolis, Maryland ...US Civil War usage
• MOB CITY Baltimore, Maryland ...1837 US sl.
• MOB TOWN Baltimore, Maryland ...1859 US sl.
Maryland - person
• BALTIMOREAN a native or inhabitant of Baltimore ...1816
• CRAB a girl from Annapolis, Maryland ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MACARONI in U.S. History: one of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary war, who wore a showy uniform ...Bk1908
MASCARA - see MAKEUP
MASCULINE - adjectives
• FAST of a woman: acting in a masculine and thus socially unacceptable manner ...E19 sl.
• HAIRY overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• HAIRY-ARSED overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• HAIRY-ASS overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• HAIRY-ASSED overtly, aggressively masculine ...1940s sl.
• LAD-LIKE boyish, masculine ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MACHO excessively masculine, virile, and brave ...1959 US sl.
• MACK extremely masculine in appearance or behaviour ...1967 US Black sl.
• MAN-FACED having masculine features ...1877 Sc.
• MANKIND † of women: masculine, virago-like ...1585
• MANRITCH of a woman: masculine ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MASCULO-FEMININE partly masculine and partly feminine ...1646
• MASCULOUS †* masculine ...1619
• RAMSTOUGAR of a woman: bold, masculine ...a1838 Sc.
• RUDAS bold, masculine ...B1900 Sc.
• T.A.N. aggressively masculine (Tough As Nails) ...1980s US college sl.
masculine - nouns
• BALLS masculine behaviour in a female ...20C US sl.
masculine - person
• ALLIGATOR an assertively masculine, flashily dressed, and up-to-the-minute male ...Amer. Black sl.
• AMAZON an extremely masculine woman; a virago ...M18
• BEEF a masculine man; a well-built male; a large and muscular person; used by heterosexuals and homosexuals ...1929 US sl.
• GAL-BOY a romping girl, a tomboy; a mannish or masculine woman ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HE-BODY a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HE-MAN a very masculine man ...1859 US sl.
• HE-WEAN a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HE-WIFE a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HE-WOMAN a woman of masculine appearance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HORSE-GODMOTHER a large, ungainly, masculine woman, coarsely fat ...1569-70 Eng. dial.
• JACK GENTLEWOMAN a large masculine woman ...L18 sl.
• JACK-WHORE a large, masculine, overgrown wench ...1785
• MANIKIN † a masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANKIND-WOMAN a coarse, masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAN-WEEAN a woman fond of men; a masculine woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAN-WOMAN a mannish woman ...1894
• MASCULINE-FEMININE † a mannish woman ...1620
• MASTER WOMAN † an imperious or masculine woman ...1534
• RUDAS a strong, masculine woman ...B1900 Sc.
• STRAMULLION a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago ...B1900 Sc.
• STROMP a masculine woman; a woman exhibiting male behaviour ...20C Amer. dial. or colloq.
masculine - verbs
• MASCULATE * to make masculine ...1623
MASCULINITY - nouns
• GUYNESS maleness; masculinity ...1990s Amer. sl.
• MASCULARITY * masculinity ...1817
MASH - verbs
• MANCH to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SMUSH to mash ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MASK - nouns
• FALSE FACE a mask ...1818
• LARVE † a mask ...a1656
• MASKER † a mask ...1532
• MASKERY † masking, wearing of masks; a masquerade ...a1548
• OOSER a grotesque mask ...1891 Eng. dial.
• VIZARD a mask, a visor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mask - verbs
• IMMASK †* to cover as with a mask; to disguise ...1596
• MASCHERATE †* to disguise the appearance of something, to mask, to conceal ...1654
MASKED - adjectives
• LARVATED † provided with a mask ; masked, concealed ...1623
• LARVED † masked, concealed ...1654
MASOCHISM - nouns
• B. AND D. a form of sadism and masochism ; 'Bondage and Discipline' ...M20 US sl.
• S. AND M. sadism and masochism ...M20 US sl.
MASOCHIST - person
• MASO a masochist ...1960s US sl.
• SAM a masochist who is rude in order to receive punishment (Smart-Assed Masochist) ...1990 US homosexual sl.
MASON - nouns
• MASON-WORD a masonic password ...1695 Sc.
• WAREHOUSE † a mason's or carpenter's workshop ...1530
mason - person
• BAIARDOUR † a mason's labourer or who helps to carry the 'baiard', a large hand-barrow with six handles on which building stones are carried ...1780
• BANKER a mason who constructs banks, lays pavements, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARROWMAN one who carries stones, mortar, etc. on a hand-barrow to masons when building ...1716 Sc.
• GINOUR † a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines ...1265
• HAWK a mason's labourer; the man or boy who carries the hod ...1862 Eng. dial.
• HAWK-BOY a mason's labourer; the man or boy who carries the hod ...1862 Eng. dial.
• LAYER † one who lays stones; a mason ...1382
• MASONER † a mason or bricklayer ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MELL'S MAN a stonemason; one who can handle a 'mell' ...1890 Eng. dial.
• PUDDING BASIN a mason ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• QUAREOR a mason ...Bk1880 Sc
• ROUGH SETTER † a mason who 'sets' or lays undressed stone ...a1669
• WALLARE - a stone-mason ...Bk1888
• WALLER a mason; a wall-builder, esp. one who builds rough, mortarless walls ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mason - verbs
• MASONER to do the work of a mason ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASONY to work as a mason; to follow the trade of a mason ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MASQUERADE - adjectives
• MASKFUL †* of the nature of masquerade ...1655
• MASQUERADISH * befitting a masquerade ...1681
masquerade - nouns
• MASKEN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
• MASKERY † masking, wearing of masks; a masquerade ...a1548
• MASQUE * a masquerade, a masked ball ...1514
• MASQUIN † a masquerade or masquerading costume ...1578
masquerade - person
• MASQUERADE † one who takes part in a masquerade ...1651
masquerade - verbs
• MASK † to take part in a masque or masquerade; to masquerade ...a1562
MASS - verbs
• MISSIFICATE †* to perform Mass ...1641
MASSACHUSETTS - adjectives
• BOSTONIAN belonging to Boston ...1698
Massachusetts - nouns
• BAY STATE the State of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ...1883
• BEAN TOWN Boston ...Bk1927 criminals' sl.
• EASTIE East Boston, Massachusetts ...1983 US sl.
Massachusetts - person
• BAKED BEAN a native of Boston, Massachusetts ...1882 US sl.
• BAY-MAN an inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay ...1773 US Hist.
• BAY STATER a native or inhabitant of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay ...1845
• BEAN-EATER a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston, Massachusetts ...1842 sl.
• BEAN-SHOOTER a native of Boston, Massachusetts ...1921 US sl.
• BEANTOWNER a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston ...1997
• BOSTONER † a Bostonian ...1758 US
• BOSTONESE natives or inhabitants of Boston ...1888 US
• BOSTONIAN a native or inhabitant of Boston, Massachusetts ...1698
• BRAVA a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BRAVO a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1821 sl.
• NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island ...1883 sl.
• SCRAP ISLANDER applied to a Nantucketer by the people of Martha's Vineyard ...1916 Amer. dial.
MASSACRE - adjectives
• MASSACROUS † pertaining to massacre; cruelly murderous ...1593
massacre - nouns
• MASSACREE massacre ...20C jocular
• SLAUGHTERDOM * slaughter; massacre ...1592
massacre - verbs
• MASSACREE to massacre, to butcher, to kill; to destroy life by accident ...1891 Eng. dial.
MASSAGE - nouns
• BODY-RUB SHOPS massage parlours ...Bk1998 Can. sl.
• FACE-UP MASSAGE an erotic massage ...2002 Can. sl.
• SWITCH in a sexually oriented massage parlour: a massage given to the masseuse by the customer ...1982 US sl.
massage - person
• MASSER one who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse ...1888
• MASSEUR a man who practices massage ...1876
• MASSEUSE a woman who practices massage ...1876
massage - verbs
• MASS * to massage ...1786
• MASSÉ * to massage ...1887
• NOACH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
• NOATCH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
MASSIVE - adjectives
• BOISTOUS † roughly massive; bulky; clumsy ...c1325
• BONZAI large, massive ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DERF massive, capable of giving a severe blow ...B1900 Sc.
• LUSTY † massive, substantial, large ...1640
• MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MASTIFF † massive, solid, bulky ...1495
• MOLIMINOUS † massive, cumbrous ...c1643
• ROBUSTIOUS of things: big and strong, massive ...a1548
MASSIVELY - adverbs
• HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively ...c1000
• MASSILY † massively ...c1400
MASSIVENESS - nouns
• MASSEDNESS † massiveness ...1398
• MASSINESS massiveness ...1570
MASTER - adjectives
• MAGISTERIAL 1. pert. to a master or teacher, or one qualified to speak with authority ...1632
2. † pert. to a master-workman; displaying a master's skill; also, having the qualifications of a master ...1643
• MAGISTERIOUS † exercising the authority of a master ...17C
• MAGISTRAL * pert. to or befitting a master; authoritative, dogmatic ...1605
• MAISTROUS † characteristic of a master ...1642
• MASTERFAST † bound to a master ...1469
• MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill ...1580
• MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering ...1531-2
• MASTEROUS † characteristic of a master ...1642
master - nouns
• MASTERHEAD †* the condition or quality of being a master ...1382
master - person
• BAAS a master, an employer of labour ...1625 S. Afr.
• BACKRA a master, a boss ...c1790
• BACKRA-MAN a master, a boss ...1775 W. Indies
• BOSS OF THE SHANTY the master or manager of the place ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BUCKRA a boss, master ...1886 Amer. dial.
• DEACON a superior or head workman; an adept, a proficient, a master; a thoroughly capable man ...1790 Sc.
• GAFF a master, the head of a house; a foreman or overseer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFER † a master, a 'governor' ...a1659 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HEAD-MUCK one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SHA-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SIR-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MAGISTRICIDE a murderer of one's master or teacher ...1670 nonce word
• MASSA master ...1774 US Black usage
• MAST † master ...c1460
• MASTER-HOUSEHOLD † master of the household ...1536
• MASTERLING † a petty master; a would-be master ...1869 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MONSTER-MASTER a master who is a monster ...1841
• MORENA a title of or respectful form of address used to a chief or any person in authority; hence, a chief; a master; esp. among speakers of the Sotho languages ...1840 S. Afr.
• NABS a master; a governor; an employer of labour ...1877 Eng. dial.
• NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OLD a master, a boss ...M19 sl.
• PADRONE a master, employer, patron, or proprietor ...1670
• YED-SIRAG a master, overseer ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
master - verbs
• GET THE MASTER OF A PERSON to become or act the master over ...1887 Brit. colloq.
• HAVE THE HANK IN ONE'S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one's own ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HOLD THE HANK IN ONE'S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one's own ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEEP THE HANK IN ONE'S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one's own ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIVE WITH ONE'S UNCLE to have a kind master ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAISTRIE † 1. to master ...c1412
†* 2. to make oneself master of; to conquer ...1636 obs
• MATCH to manage; to master ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAIL to get right, to master ...1989 US colloq.
• NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul ...1768 Sc.
• SIGNORIZE IT †* to play the master ...1611
MASTERED - adjectives
• MASTERABLE capable of being mastered ...1882
MASTERFUL - adjectives
• BOUNCEFUL arrogant, domineering, masterful ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• OBSTRACKLOUS obstreperous, wayward, masterful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
masterful - nouns
• MASTERDOM † masterful behaviour ...1596
masterful - person
• COCK-OF-THE-WALK a masterful person ...1781
• RANEGILL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc.
• RANNIGAL a masterful, turbulent person or animal ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHEIK a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women ...sl.
MASTERLY - adjectives
• MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill ...1580
• RICKY masterly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
masterly - nouns
• MASTERPIECE a person's greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability ...1605
MASTER OF CEREMONIES - person
• AIR-MAN-CHAIR the chairman or master of ceremonies ...L19 sl.
MASTERPIECE - nouns
• HEAD-BIT a masterpiece; something surprising or astonishing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-PIECE a masterpiece; something surprising or astonishing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TOP-PIECE †* the best or finest piece; a masterpiece ...1682
MASTERSHIP - nouns
• MAGISTERIALITY † mastership; authoritative position ...1655
• MASTER-PRIZE † a masterpiece ...1604
• MASTER'S PRIZE † a masterpiece ...1604
• MASTER-WORK a work of pre-eminent merit; a masterpiece ...1617
MASTERY - nouns
• HIGHER HAND † superiority in contest, mastery ...a1225
• MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat ...a1300, chiefly Sc.
• MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MASTERDOM mastery, the upper hand ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MASTURBATE - verbs
• ABUSE to masturbate ...L16 sl.
• ABUSE ONESELF to masturbate ...euphemism
• ACCOST THE OSCAR MEYER to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• AUDITION THE FINGER PUPPETS to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• AUDITION THE HAND PUPPET to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• BALL OFF of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• BANG THE BANJO to masturbate ...1970s US sl.
• BANG THE BISHOP to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BASH THE BISHOP to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BASH THE CANDLE to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• BASH THE PRIEST to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BASH THE STICK to masturbate ...1950s Aust. sl.
• BAT to masturbate ...L19 Amer. dial.
• BATTER THE BISHOP. to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BEAT OFF of a male: to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• BEAT ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
• BEAT THE BISHOP to masturbate ...L19 sl.
• BEAT THE DAISY to masturbate ...1971 US sl.
• BEAT THE DUMMY to masturbate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEAT THE MEAT to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
• BEAT THE PUP of a male: to masturbate ...1956 Amer. sl.
• BOX THE JESUIT to masturbate ...1785 sl.
• BUFF THE BANANA of a male: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
• CABARET to lie in bed masturbating ...1950 US sl.
• CHOKE ONE'S LIZARD to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• CHOKE THE CHICKEN to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• CHOKE THE MONKEY to masturbate ...1978 US sl.
• CHUFF to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CHUFFER to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CIRCLE-JERK of boys or men: to indulge in group masturbation ...1950s US sl.
• CLEAN THE CARPET of a female: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
• COME YOUR MUTTON of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
• COME YOUR TURKEY of a male: to masturbate ...1961 UK sl.
• DANCE WITH JOHNNY ONE-EYE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• DASH ONE'S DOODLE of men: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• DIDDLE to masturbate ...1934 sl.
• DIGITATE of a woman: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• DISOBEY THE POPE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• DO ONESELF OFF to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• DO ONESELF to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• DO THE PORK SWORD JIGGLE to masturbate (pork sword = the penis) ...1940s sl.
• DUST THE END-TABLE to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• DUST THE FAMILY JEWELS to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• EXPRESS A SECRET VICE to masturbate ...19C Brit. euphemism
• FIST-FUCK of a male: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FIST IT to grasp a penis for masturbation or as a guide for intromission, performed by a man or a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG to masturbate ...20C Aust. sl.
• FLOG ONE'S DONKEY to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG ONE'S SAUSAGE to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG THE BISHOP to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLOG THE DAISY to masturbate ...1956 US sl.
• FLONG ONE'S DONG to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• FONDLE ONE'S FIG to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• FRIG to masturbate ...1680 sl.
• FRIGGLE to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FRIG OFF to masturbate, oneself or another ...20C sl.
• FRIG ONESELF to masturbate oneself ...16C
• FUCK OFF to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• FUCK ONE'S FIST of a male: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• FUDGE to masturbate someone to orgasm ...20C US sl.
• GALLOP ONE'S ANTELOPE of males: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• GALLOP ONE'S MAGGOT of males: to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• GALLOP THE ANTELOPE to masturbate ...20C sl.
• GALLOP THE LIZARD to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• GALLOP THE MAGGOT to masturbate ...20C sl.
• GALLOP THE OLD LIZARD to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• GARETH GATE to masturbate ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• GEECH to copulate with a woman; to masturbate a woman ...L19 Amer. dial.
• GLAZE THE DONUT of a woman: to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• GO TO WORK WITHOUT A STAFF of a female: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
• GUN DOWN of a male: to masturbate while looking directly at somebody else ...2002 US sl.
• HACK ONE'S MACK to masturbate ...20C sl.
• HACK THE HOG to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• HANDLE to masturbate ...19C Brit. & US euphemism
• HAVE AN EMPTY to masturbate ...1980s Aust. sl.
• HIT THE SLIT of a woman: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• HOT-ROD to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• INDORSE to masturbate ...L18 Brit. sl.
• JACK to masturbate ...1940s sl.
• JACKAL to masturbate ...1990s US sl.
• JACK 'N' THE BEANSTALK to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• JACK OFF 1. to masturbate ...1910s sl.
2. to masturbate someone else ...1930s sl.
• JAG OFF to masturbate ...20C sl.
• JACK ONESELF OFF to masturbate ...1910s sl.
• JERK to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• JERK OFF to masturbate ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• JERK ONE'S GERKIN to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• JERK ONE'S GHERKIN to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• JERK ONE'S MUTTON to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• KILL SOME BABIES to masturbate ...1990s US sl.
• KNOB to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• KNUCKLE-SHUFFLE to masturbate ...1999 UK sl.
• LARK to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• LEVY to masturbate ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank' (Levy and Frank)
• LEVY AND FRANK to masturbate ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• LIGHT THE CANDLE of a woman: to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• MAKE A RENDEZVOUS WITH MRS. HAND to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• MAKE A SIX-FIST to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• MANIPULATE ONE'S MANGO to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• MASTUPRATE † to masturbate ...1623
• MOUNT A CORPORAL AND FOUR to masturbate ...L18 Brit. sl.
• NOB to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• PADDLE ONE'S PICKLE of men: to masturbate ...20C colloq.
• PADDLE THE PICKLE of a male: to masturbate ...1967 US sl.
• PADDLE THE PINK CANOE a female: to masturbate ...2004 UK sl.
• PARLOO to masturbate ...1992 Norfolk Island
• PART THE RED SEA to masturbate a woman ...1990s sl.
• PEDDLE AND CRANK to masturbate ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• PEEL YOUR BANANA to pull back the foreskin of the penis for inspection or as part of masturbating ...1999 US sl.
• PLAY A LUTE SOLO to masturbate ...17C sl.
• POLLUTE to masturbate ...17C sl.
• POP ONE'S CORK to masturbate ...1960s sl. sl.
• POP ONE'S PETER to masturbate ...1990s US sl.
• POUND ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...Bk2006 US sl.
• POUND ONE'S POMEGRANATE to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• PULL ABOUT to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• PULL OFF of a male: to masturbate ...1922 Irish sl.
• PULL ONE'S DICK to masturbate ...1980s Aust. & US sl.
• PULL ONE'S PETER of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUD of a male: to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• PULL ONE'S PUDDING of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONE'S WIRE of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONESELF ABOUT to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PULL ONESELF OFF to masturbate...20C sl.
• PULL ON THE ROPE to masturbate ...1972 US sl.
• PULL PUD of a male: to masturbate ...1994 UK sl.
• PULL RANK to masturbate ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• PULL THE HEAD OFF IT of a male: to masturbate ...2002 UK sl.
• PULL WIRE of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PULL YOUR PUD of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUDDEN of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR PUDDING of male: to masturbate ...1944 UK sl.
• PULL YOUR WIRE of a male: to masturbate ...1937 UK sl.
• PUMP to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• PUMP OFF to masturbate ...19C sl.
• PUMP ONE'S PICKLE of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUMP ONE'S PYTHON of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUMP ONESELF OFF to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• PUNISH PERCY IN THE PALM of a male: to masturbate ...20C sl.
• PUNISH THE POPE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• RUB to masturbate ...16C
• RUB OFF to masturbate ...17C Brit. colloq.
• RUB UP to masturbate ...1656 sl.
• SHOWER-SPANK of a male: to masturbate in the shower ...1989 US sl.
• SLAP THE MONKEY to masturbate ...1994 US sl.
• SMAGE to masturbate ...1992 Norfolk Island
• SNAP THE RUBBER to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• SNAP THE WHIP to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• SPANK of a male: to masturbate ...1994 US sl.
• SPANK OFF of a male: to masturbate ...1999 UK sl.
• SPANK THE MONKEY of a man or boy: to masturbate ...1978 Amer. sl.
• SPANK THE PLANK of a male: to masturbate ...1998 UK sl.
• SPERM THE WORM to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• SPLASH to masturbate ...1930s sl.
• STROKE ONE'S OAR of a male: to masturbate ...1971 Amer. sl.
• STROKE THE LIZARD of a male: to masturbate ...1970 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AN OUTING WITH TOM THUMB AND HIS FOUR BROTHERS to masturbate ...20C sl.
• TAKE MATTERS INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS to masturbate ...20C sl.
• TAKE OFF A PIECE OF WORK to masturbate ...2002 US sl.
• TAKE ONE OFF THE WRIST to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• TAKE ONESELF IN HAND to masturbate ...1950s sl., orig. nautical
• TAKE ONE'S HANK to masturbate ...1960s US prison sl.
• TAKE ONE'S SNAKE FOR A GALLOP to masturbate ...1940s sl.
• TAKE YOURSELF IN HAND of a male: to masturbate ...1953 UK sl.
• TAPDANCE to masturbate ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• TOSS OFF to masturbate ...18C sl.
• TUG to masturbate ...1950s sl., orig. Aust.
• TWANG ONE’S WIRE to masturbate ...1950s sl.
• TWANG THE WIRE to masturbate ...1950s sl.
• VARNISH ONE'S POLE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• VARNISH THE FLAGPOLE to masturbate ...1980s sl.
• WACK IT to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WACK OFF, WHACK OFF to masturbate ...1969 sl.
• WACK THE ONE-EYED WORM to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WACK THE WEASEL to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WACK WILLY to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WAKE THE DEAD to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• WALK ONE'S FERRET to masturbate ...1940s NZ sl.
• WANK, WHANK of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WANK OFF, WHANK OFF of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHACK to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WHACK THE ONE-EYED WORM to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WHACK THE WEASEL to masturbate ...1960s sl.
• WHACK WILLY to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WHANG OFF of a male: to masturbate ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHIP to masturbate ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'strop' (Whip and Top)
• WHIP AND TOP to masturbate ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'strop'
• WHIP OFF to masturbate ...M20 US sl.
• WHIP ONE'S WIRE to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• WHIP THE DUMMY to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WHIP THE LIZARD of a male: to masturbate ...1971 Amer. sl.
• WHIP UP ON SKIPPY of a male: to masturbate ...2001 sl.
• WHIP YOUR WANG of a male: to masturbate ...1969 US sl.
• WORK OFF to masturbate ...19C Brit. sl.
• WRAP THE MONKEY to masturbate ...1989 US sl.
• WRENCH OFF to masturbate ...20C sl.
• WRIGGLE to masturbate ...19C Brit. euphemism
• YANK to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• YANK OFF to masturbate ...1990s sl.
• YANK ONE'S CRANK to masturbate ...20C US sl.
• YANK ONE'S MEAT to masturbate ...1970s sl.
• YANK ONE'S STRAP to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• YANK ONE'S WANK to masturbate ...20C sl.
• YANK ONE'S YAM to masturbate ...M20 sl.
• YANK THE PLANK to masturbate ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'wank' sl.
MASTURBATION - adjectives
• FRIGGED OUT exhausted by excessive masturbation and thus incapable of ejaculation ...L19 sl.
• JACK-OFF pert. to the act of masturbation ...1930s sl.
• MASTURBATIC caused by masturbation ...1874
• ONANISTIC relating to onanism ...1892
masturbation - nouns
• ABUSE masturbation ...L16 sl.
• ALLIED IRISH masturbation ...1994 Irish rhyming sl. for 'wank' (Allied Irish Bank)
• ALLIED IRISH BANK masturbation ...1994 Irish rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• ARMBREAKER energetic masturbation ...1990s sl.
• CHAIN-JERK real or imagined mutual masturbation in which several males lie adjacent to each other; each individual grasps another's penis ...1938 US sl.
• CHOPSTICKS mutual, simultaneous masturbation ...1941 sl.
• CIRCLE JERK joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CODE 21 masturbation ...2000s US prison sl.
• CRANK an act of masturbation ...1985 Aust. sl.
• DANGER WANK an act of masturbation with the threat of being discovered as an added stimulus ...2003 UK sl.
• DATE WITH DIPALMA of a male: an act of masturbation (DiPalma = the hand) ...2001 US sl.
• DIGITAL MANIPULATION of a woman: masturbation ...2001 US sl.
• DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE ejaculation achieved through masturbation ...1964 US sl.
• DUSTING THE DUVET masturbation ...1990s euphemism
• FIVE AGAINST ONE masturbation ...20C jocular
• FIVE-KNUCKLE SHUFFLE masturbation ...1972 US sl.
• FRIGGER the finger or hand with which one masturbates ...L17 sl.
• FRIGGING an act of masturbation ...L16 sl.
• HAM SHANK an act of masturbation ...1999 UK rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• HAND-JOB masturbation ...1969 sl.
• HIGHLAND FLING. masturbation ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• JACK an act of masturbation ...1980s sl.
• JACK BUMPS acne, allegedly caused by masturbation ...1960s US sl.
• JACK-OFF an act of masturbation; hence, fig. something worthless or pointless ...1930s US sl.
• JACK-OFF PARTY a male gathering for mutual masturbation ...2003 UK sl.
• JACK PICTURE a photograph used while masturbating ...1972 US sl.
• KNUCKLE SHUFFLE an act of male masturbation ...2000 US sl.
• LADY FIVE FINGERS a boy's or man's hand in the context of masturbation; masturbation ...1969 US sl.
• LEVY masturbation ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for' wank' (Levy and Frank)
• LEVY AND FRANK masturbation ...L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for' wank'
• MANUAL EXERCISES masturbation ...20C military sl.
• MANUAL LABOUR masturbation ...1990s sl.
• MANUSTUPRATION * masturbation ...1832
• MASTUPRATION † masturbation ...1621
• MISS FIST the hand, in the context of masturbation ...20C sl.
• MRS. PALM AND HER FIVE LOVELY DAUGHTERS the hand, in the context of male masturbation ...1955 Aust. sl.
• MRS. PALMER AND HER FIVE DAUGHTERS the hand, in the context of male masturbation ...1955 Aust. sl.
• MRS. PALMER AND HER FIVE LOVELY DAUGHTERS a metaphor for the hand used in male masturbation ...1955 Aust. sl.
• MUCH GOO ABOUT NOTHING masturbation ...1990s sl.
• OK CORRAL a group of men masturbating while watching a female ...2002 US sl.
• OLD LADY FIVE FINGERS masturbation ...1960s sl.
• OLD ONE-TWO, THE masturbation ...L19 sl.
• ONANISM self-abuse, masturbation ...1727-41
• ONAN'S OLYMPICS masturbation ...19C sl.
• ONE-EYE TARGET PRACTICE masturbation ...1990s sl.
• ONE-LEGGED RACE masturbation ...1970s sl.
• ONE OFF THE WRIST the act of masturbation ...1960s sl.
• PALMING masturbation ...1982 Bahamas sl.
• PAM AND HER FIVE SISTERS the hand as an agency of masturbation ...1990s sl.
• POLLUTION masturbation ...16C sl.
• PORTUGUESE PUMP masturbation; an act of masturbation ...L19 Brit. nautical sl.
• PUD-PULLING masturbation ...1939 Amer. sl.
• PULL AND PUSH an act of masturbation based on the action of masturbating ...Brit. sl.
• QUICK ONE a brief act of masturbation ...1940s sl.
• RING JERK joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle ...1940s sl., orig. US
• ROUND-POUND a type of mutual masturbation ...M20 US sl.
• RUB-OFF masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• RUB-UP masturbation ...17C Brit. colloq.
• SECRET VICE masturbation ...19C euphemism
• SHERMAN masturbation ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'wank' (Sherman Tank)
• SHERMAN TANK masturbation ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'wank'
• SHORT STROKES masturbation ...20C colloq.
• SIMPLE INFANTICIDE masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• TOUCH-UP masturbation ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNLOADING masturbation ...1990s sl.
• WANK an act of male masturbation ...1948 sl.
• WRIST AEROBICS masturbation ...1990s sl.
• WRIST JOB an act of masturbation ...1969 UK sl.
• WRIST MARATHON masturbation ...1990s sl.
• YANK an act of masturbation ...2000s sl.
• YANKEE masturbation; a masturbator ...1970s homosexual sl.
MASTURBATOR - adjectives
• WRISTY having the characteristics of a masturbator; hence, inferior or unpleasant ...2000 UK sl.
masturbator - person
• ABUSER one who masturbates ...1611
• BATMAN an onanist; a man who masturbates; a man who uses coitus interruptus as a means of birth control ...1990 Aust. prison sl.
• BATTER one who masturbates ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• BEAT-NUTS an obsessive masturbator ...1975 US sl.
• CANDLE-BASHER a spinster; a female masturbator ...E20 Brit. sl.
ׇ• CIRCLE-JERKER one who joins a group of masturbators ...1950s US sl.
• DASHER a masturbator ...20C sl.
• DOODLE-DASHER a male masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• FACE-MAN - one who masturbates while looking in a mirror ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• F.O. a masturbator ...20C US sl.
• FRICATRIX a woman who masturbates herself ...19C Brit. sl.
• FRIGGER a masturbator ...L19 sl.
• FRIGSTER a male who masturbates himself ...19C Brit.
• FRIGSTRESS a female who masturbates herself ...19C Brit.
• FUCK-FINGER a female masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• FUCK-FIST a male masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• GUNSLINGER a chronic masturbator ...2002 US sl.
• JACKER a male who masturbates frequently ...20C sl.
• JACKER-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator ...1930s US sl.
• JACKIE a chronic masturbator ...1960s homosexual sl.
• JACK-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator ...1930s US sl.
• JACK-OFF ARTIST a masturbator ...1991 US sl.
• JACK-OFF FREAK 1. a chronic masturbator - one who plays with himself frequently ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
2. a homosexual who enjoys masturbating his partners ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• JERK a masturbator ...19C US sl.
• JERKER a male masturbator ...19C Brit. sl.
• JERK-OFF a chronic masturbator; an incompetent do-nothing ...20C US & Brit. sl.
• LOG-FLOGGER a male masturbator ...2003 UK sl.
• MASTUPRATOR a masturbator ...1855
• MONK a chronic masturbator ...1960s homosexual sl.
• MONKEY SPANKER a masturbator; a term of abuse ...1995 rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• ONANIST one who practices onanism; a masturbator ...1891
• PORK PULLER one who masturbates ...1970s sl.
• ROD WALLOPER a masturbator ...1960s sl., orig. Aust.
• SALAMI SLAPPER a masturbator ...1997 sl.
• SWITCH HITTER a person who masturbates with first one hand and then the other ...2002 US sl.
• TAFFY-TUGGER a masturbator ...1999 sl.
• TAPDANCER a masturbator ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• VIRTUOSO OF THE SKIN FLUTE a masturbator ...20C sl.
• WACKER, WHACKER a masturbator ...1965 sl.
• WALLOPER a male masturbator ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
• WANDA WANDWAVER a chronic masturbator ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• WANKER a masturbator ...1950 sl.
• YANKEE a chronic masturbator ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• YANKER a masturbator ...1934 US sl.
masturbator - person, other
• MOP-UP BOY a worker performing janitorial work at an arcade where men masturbate while watching videos ...1997 US sl.
MAT (rug) - nouns
• BEAR a door-mat ...1825 Eng. dial.
• NAT † a mat; a straw mattress ...1361-2 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
MAT (tangle) - verbs
• TAT to mat; to entangle; to run into tufts, as hair, wool, etc. ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAUT to mat, to tangle, to make matted or tangled ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCH (flammable item) - nouns
• ANARCHISTS non-safety matches ...1910s Aust. sl.
• ASQUITH a French lucifer match ...WWI Eng.
• BARN BURNER a kitchen match; a wooden match which can be struck on any surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOX OF LIGHTS a box of matches ...Brit. sl.
• CHAS, CHEZ matches ...Bk2006 US college sl.
• ENVELOPE a matchbook ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FARMER MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARM MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FENCE POST a household match ...1943 Amer. dial.
• FIRE STICK a large wooden match ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FLAMERS safety-matches giving a bright flame ...c1885 sl.
• FRICTION a match ...1953 Trinidad and Tobago
• HELL-STICK a match ...1900 Amer. dial.
• MARRIED-MAN MATCH a kitchen match, frequently mounted in a holder on the wall in a kitchen ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ONE-MAN MATCH a safety match; it strikes on its own box ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PARLOR MATCH a match that contains no sulphur ...1864 Amer. dial.
• PLANTATION MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface ...1970 Amer. dial.
• POST-AND-RAILS wooden matches ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• RAT BURNER a match you can strike anywhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAT MATCH a match you can strike anywhere ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SMALL TIMBER lucifer matches ...20C sl.
• SNAPPER a wooden match ...1970 US sl.
• SPLIT a safety match ...20C Aust. sl.
• TIMBER MATCH a wooden match ...1967 Amer. dial.
match (flammable item) - person
• GLIMMER a match-seller in the street ...20C police sl.
• SPUNK FAKERS match sellers ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• SPUNK-FENCER a match-seller ...1839 sl.
• SPUNK-LADDIE a boy match-seller ...1866 Sc.
• SPUNK-MAKER a maker of matches ...1828 Sc.
• SPUNKMAN † a maker of matches ...1901 Sc.
• SPUNK-SELLER a match-seller ...1872 Sc.
• SPUNK-SPLITTER a maker of matches ...1843 Sc.
• SPUNK-WIFE † a woman who sells matches ...1825 Sc.
match (flammable item) - verbs
• SCART to scratch; to strike a match ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCH (equal) - nouns
• MARROW a match, an equal; an exact counterpart or likeness ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MATTLER the match to anything; the fellow, the equal ...1841 Eng. dial.
• MEET an equal or match ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR a match, an equal; the corresponding one of a pair ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAR † something that is equal or a match to another ...1711
• PARALLEL a thing or person agreeing with another in essential particulars; something precisely analogous, comparable, or of equal worth or force; a counterpart, equal, or match ...1599
• PARRYMYAK a match, equal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
match (equal) - verbs
• AROPO to match, to resemble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESORT † to assort, to match, to agree with; to befit ...1605
• EVEN to match, to equal ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HOLD TACK WITH † to hold one's own with; to keep up with; to be even with or equal to; to match ...1412-20
• MAKE † to mate, pair, match ...1463
• MARROW † 1. to join, to associate; to match, to pair ...1488
2. to resemble; to be equal to; also, to produce something equal to; to match ...a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MATE to match, to equal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MATTLE to match, to mate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEET UP WITH to be the equal of or match for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MELL to match, to equal ...1878 Sc.
• PAIR † to be a match for; to match, to equal ...1603
• PAIR WITH to match with, to agree with ...1892 Sc.
• PARAGON to match, to mate ...c1615 arch.
• PARAGONIZE † to match, to equal ...1606
• PARALLELIZE * to be a match for, to match ...1634
• RANGE ALONG OF A THING to match or correspond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• READ to match, to correspond ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SAMMER † to agree, to assort, to match ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIDE to rival, equal, match ...1603
• SIZE to be on an equality with; to match with ...1639
• SUIT †* to find a parallel to, to match ...1589
• TIP to match, to equal ...1825 Sc.
• YOKE to join; to match; to marry ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCHED - adjectives
• ILL-MARROWED badly matched; awkwardly arranged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PAIRED badly matched ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UP AND UP evenly matched ...1900s Aust. sl.
MATCHING - adjectives
• SUIT-LIKE † corresponding, matching ...1570
MATCHLESS - adjectives
• IMPARALLELED † matchless, unparalleled ...1604
• MAKELESS † matchless, without equal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARROWLESS matchless, incomparable, without an equal ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PARAGONLESS * matchless, peerless ...1590
MATCHMAKER - person
• BLACK FOOT * a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...1808 Sc.
• BLACK MAN a go-between in love-making; the man who accompanies a suitor to the house of the intended father-in-law, to help to make the match ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BLACK-LEG †* a blackfoot; a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...Bk1825 Sc.
• BLACK-SOLE † a "Blackfoot", a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...1725 Sc.
MATE - see FRIEND
MATERIAL - adjectives
• TAIFFLIE of material: thin, shoddy ...1972 Sc.
material - nouns
• RAIL a cheap, flimsy dress; a thin, flimsy, worthless piece of material ...1866 Sc.
• ROPE (derogatory) a length of worthless material or a long dowdy dress ...1866 Sc.
MATERIALIST, MATERIALISTIC - person
• BABBITT a self-opinionated, self-satisfied small-town bourgeois, with all the prejudices of such a figure - a narrow-minded, middle-class materialist ...1959
• BABYLON anyone perceived as putting material gains before spiritual ones ...1970s sl.
• DADDY an older man who is willing to provide the various material desires of his younger mistress or, if homosexual, male lover ...1920s sl., orig. US
• FANCY GIRL a materialistic woman ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• GIMME GIRL a greedy, materialistic young woman ...1992 US sl.
• SANTA CLAUS an older man who is willing to provide the various material wants of a younger mistress, or, if gay, a younger male lover ...1960s sl.
MATERNITY - nouns
• SPIKE a maternity hospital ...1960s Irish sl.
MATERNITY CLOTHES - nouns
• HATCHING DRESS a maternity dress ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HATCHING JACKET a maternity blouse or dress ...1965 Amer. dial.
MATHEMATICS - nouns
• MOUNT EUCLID mathematics ...c1810 Oxford University usage
mathematics - person
• CALCULIST one skilled in a mathematical calculus; a mathematician ...1829
• DIGITHEAD a person whose enthusiasm for mathematics or computers is never hidden ...1994 US sl.