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SECT - SEME
SECTION - nouns
• CANTLE a section, or segment, cut out of anything ...c1440
• CANTLING †* a small part, corner, section, or division ...1674
• DEAL † a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SECULAR - person
• MAN OF THE WORLD † a secular person ...c1200
SECURE - adjectives
• JEOPARDLESS † free from risk or peril; safe, secure ...1549
• ON EASY STREET living a secure, comfortable life ...L19 sl.
• SICKER 1. free from danger or harm; secure, safe ...c897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. † having a sense of security; confident ...a1340
• UNDANGERED safe, secure ...c1400
• WALL-FAST † secure within walls ...1593.
secure - adverbs
• SOLID secure, free of problems ...1920s US sl.
secure - nouns
• SICKERNESS † the state or condition of being secure; freedom from danger or harm ...c1230 obs. exc. Sc.
secure - verbs
• BAG to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ...1911 Amer. sl.
• CAFFLE to take, to hold, to secure ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FORFEND to secure, defend, or protect by precautionary measures ...1592 now chiefly Amer.
• HANDLE to receive or get money from; to secure; to get hold of ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAKE to fasten, to secure, to make fast ...1804 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A BID FOR to try to secure
• NAB to obtain for oneself; to secure ...1925 Amer. sl.
• NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of ...1732 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• SAVE † to make a place secure ...1338
• SICKER † to secure, to make sure or certain of; to make fast, to fix firmly ...1708 now rare or obs.
• TACHE † to fasten, to attach, to fix, to secure a person or thing ...a1310 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARISH † to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue ...c1350
SECURED - adjectives
• HASPED fastened up, secured ...1891 Eng. dial.
SECURELY - adverbs
• FASTLY † closely, securely ...c1050
• HARD tightly, firmly, securely ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SICKER securely; without risk of falling or shifting ...a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SECURITY (safety) - nouns
• ORE † the condition of being spared; security from danger, peace ...c1205
• SUGAR TIT something that gives comfort and security ...1892 Amer. sl.
security - phrases
• GAGGING FOR A BLAGGING used of banks, etc. that exhibit poor security ('blagging' = a robbery with violence) ...2001 UK sl.
SECURITY (pledge) - nouns
• GAGE something of value deposited to ensure the performance of some action, and liable to forfeiture in case of non-performance; a pawn, pledge, security ...1457
• WAGE † a pledge or security ...1338
security (pledge) - verbs
• WAGE † to deposit or give as a pledge or security ...c1320
SECURITY GUARD - person
• HACK a watchman; a security guard, or police patrolman; a prison guard or corrections officer ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE COP a private security guard ...1976 US sl.
• SQUARE BADGE a security guard ...1980s US sl.
SEDAN CHAIR - nouns
• HACKNEY-CHAIRMAN the bearer, drawer, or keeper of a hackney-chair (formerly, a sedan chair, later a bath chair or the like) ...1710
SEDATE - person
• SOBERSIDES a serious or sedate person ...1705
SEDATED - adjectives
• TRANKED sedated; under the influence of tranquillizers ...1991 US sl.
SEDATIVE - nouns
• MANDY a tablet of the sedative Mandrax ...L20 sl.
• NO-GO PILL a sedative ...1961 military sl.
• QUIETIVE that which tends to produce quiet; a sedative ...1894
SEDIMENT - nouns
• GROUT sediment, dregs, lees ...1697
• JIGGS sediment or small dregs, as in a pot of coffee ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• LAGS dregs, sediment ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SETTLINGS sediment ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• TAILS the inferior, less valuable, or refuse part of anything; dregs, sediments ...1542
SEDITIOUS - adjectives
• DISSENSIOUS * seditious, contentious, quarrelsome; disposed to dissension or discord ...1562
• FACTIOSE †* given or inclinable to faction, seditious ...1727
• WHIGGISH † seditious, restless, uneasy ...1699 sl.
seditious - person
• RABBLE-ROUSER a person who stirs up a crowd, especially for political reasons; a seditious person ...1843
• SEDITIARY †* a seditious person ...1628
SEDUCE - person
• KANSAS YUMMY a young woman who proves hard to seduce; she need not necessarily come from Kansas, but the implication is of small-town or rural innocence and morality ...1960s US sl.
seduce - verbs
• ALLECT † to allure, to entice, to attract, to seduce ...1528
• APPLE-CORE. to seduce ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'score'
• BICHARRE † to turn from duty or right; to pervert, to seduce ...a1100
• CHAT to attempt the first, verbal stages of seduction ...L19 sl.
• CHAT UP to attempt the first, verbal stages of seduction ...L19 sl.
• COP 1. of a pimp: to seduce a girl, usually with the intention of making her into a prostitute ...20C US Black sl.
2. other than of a pimp: to seduce; hence, of a man: to have sexual intercourse ...1920s sl., orig. US
• CRACK IT to succeed, to overcome obstacles, esp. to achieve a successful seduction (from the male point of view) ...1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• DIALOG to attempt to deceive someone; to attempt to seduce someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DICK to seduce and coit a woman ...L19 sl.
• FOOL AROUND to caress one of the opposite sex in a teasing way; to make faint, idle, or jocular attempt at seduction ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FORLEAD † to seduce, to mislead ...c1000
• FORSPAN † to seduce, to entice ...c1000
• GET INTO SOMEONE'S PANTS to seduce someone; to have sex with someone ...1952 sl.
• JACKET to seduce someone else's lover ...1960s W. Indies sl.
• JAPE † to seduce a woman; to know carnally ...1382
• MACK ON to make a verbally forceful attempt to seduce a person; to flirt heavily ...1970s US Black & teen sl.
• MAKE A MASH to seduce someone ...L19 US sl.
• MAKE A RUN to attempt to seduce; to approach with amorous intentions ...1970s sl.
• MANNERS to seduce ...1970s UK Black sl.
• NAB to seduce ...M19 US sl.
• NAIL to seduce, to secure someone's affections ...L19 US sl.
• PUT THE MAKE ON to attempt to seduce; to make sexual advances towards ...1956 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE MOVES ON to seduce ...1960s sl., orig. US
• RACE OFF to seduce, to go off with a woman in the hope of achieving seduction ...1940s Aust. sl.
• RACK to seduce a woman, to make love ...1950s sl.
• RACK WITH to seduce a woman, to make love ...1950s sl.
• RAP to talk with the aim of seduction ...1970s US Black sl.
• RUN A GAME ON to bamboozle, to deceive, to seduce, to confuse, to obtain money by trickery ...1960s US Black sl.
• SARD † to seduce ...c950
• SCORE of a man: to be successful in seducing a person ...sl.
• SUGGEST † to prompt a person to devil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away ...a1586
• TAKE ADVANTAGE of a man: to seduce someone; to have sex with someone; to force sex upon someone ...1928 US euphemism
• TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE to attempt to capture, assault, or seduce someone ...20C US sl.
• TALK BUSINESS to seduce, to charm ...1960s US Black sl.
• TALK SHIT to seduce, to 'chat someone up' ...1940s US Black sl.
• TAP OFF to pick up or seduce ...1990s sl.
• UNDERFONG † to seduce, to entrap, to overcome ...1579
• VAMP of a woman: to flirt, and otherwise employ an obvious sexuality to attract a male; to play the seductress ...1927 UK sl.
• WALK THE BARBER to seduce a woman ...M19 sl.
• WHIZ(Z) OFF to seduce, to go off with a woman in the hope of achieving seduction ...1940s Aust. sl.
SEDUCED - adjectives
• BROKEN-KNEED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant ...18C Brit.
• BROKEN-LEGGED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant, seduced, deflowered ...17C Brit.
• CLIPPED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1597 sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1613 sl.
• HAD seduced ...L17 sl.
• MAKE an easily seduced woman ...1942 sl., orig. US
seduced - person
• ABANDONED WOMAN a woman who has been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by a man ...20C
• EASY LAY one who can be easily seduced, usually of a woman ...1920s sl.
• EASY MAKE a woman who can be easily seduced; a loose woman; a woman considered only as a sexual object ...1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY MEAT someone who is easily fooled or seduced; a dupe; an easy target for deception ...L19 sl.
SEDUCER - person
• APRON CHASER one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON CRAZY one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON DIZZY one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON JUMPER one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON SCREWY one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASS BANDIT an eager seducer of young women ...1954 Amer. sl.
• BEARD-SPLITTER an enjoyer of women; a seducer; a sexual athlete; a whoremonger; a libertine ...c1698 sl.
• BELLY-BUMPER † a seducer, a womanizer; a promiscuous man ...1611
• BUST-MAKER a seducer, a womanizer ...L19 sl.
• DANGLER a seducer of women ...19C sl.
• GAL-SNEAKER a man devoted to seduction; a seducer, esp. of other men's women ...Bk1909 sl.
• GIRL-TRAP a habitual seducer ...c1870 colloq.
• JAPER † a trickster, a deceiver, a seducer, an impostor ...1362
• LADYKILLER a handsome, charming man who habitually seduces women ...1769 humorous
• LOVER BOY a would-be Romeo or Casanova type; an attractive seducer or lover ...1952 colloq.
• MAC(K) a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer ...1991 US Black sl.
• MAKE-OUT ARTIST a seducer; a lecher ...M20 US sl.
• MAQUE a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer ...1990s US Black sl.
• MICKEY-DAZZLER a ladykiller; an attractive, charming man who habitually seduces women ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• OPERATOR a successful seducer of women ...1940s sl.
• PARLOR-SNAKE a ladies' man; a seducer or would-be seducer ...1920 Amer. sl.
• VAMP a woman who intentionally attracts and exploits men; a deliberately alluring woman; a seductress; a female flirt ...a1911 sl.
• WANDERING STAR a woman who coyly seduces men in the street in order to rob them ...M19 sl.
• WOLF a chaser or seducer of women; a flirt ...E20 US sl.
• WOLFESS a seductress; a female flirt ...M20 US sl.
• WOMAN-CHASER a male flirt or seducer of women ...20C US sl.
• WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger ...L19
• ZYBO-FUCKER a White man who seduces a Black man's woman, esp. by force or great material wealth ...2000 US Black sl.
SEDUCIBLE - person
• EASY RIDE a young woman who is sexually promiscuous or easily seduced ...1967 US sl.
• EASY RIDER a young woman who is sexually promiscuous or easily seduced ...1952 US sl.
• RACK DATE a female who be easily persuaded into bed; a seducible woman ...1977 college sl.
SEDUCING - adjectives
• LENOCINANT † adj. enticing to evil, leading astray, seducing ...1664
SEDUCTION - adjectives
• SHAFTABLE of a woman: suitable for and hopefully susceptible to seduction ...1950s sl.
seduction - nouns
• BABE LAIR an apartment used by a man for the seduction of women ...1990s US sl.
• BEDROOM EYES a look in the eyes that invites the person on whom it is focused towards seduction ...1910s sl.
• DEALS a successful seduction ...2000s US Black sl.
• HUSTLE a means of seduction, a pass ...1970s US sl.
• LINE a special verbal approach, esp. as an introduction to seduction; a chat-up line ...1903 UK sl.
• MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression ...1968 Amer. sl.
seduction - phrases
• OLD ENOUGH TO SIT AT THE TABLE, OLD ENOUGH TO EAT a phrase used to suggest that an underage girl is still a feasible target for seduction ...1980s US sl.
SEDUCTIVE - adjectives
• ALL OVER SOMEONE LIKE A CHEAP SUIT pawing and clinging; seductive ...Amer. sl.
• EGSOME forward, seductive ...1868 Sc.
• SEDUCTIOUS * seductive, alluring ...1883
• SIRENIAN alluring, seductive, deceitful ...1600
• TICING alluring, seductive, tempting; of sweet, pleasing manners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
seductive - nouns
• FRICKINCHATEN a talking seductively to a woman ...2000s US Black sl.
• MACK, THE seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the 'chat-up' line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl ...1940s US Black sl.
• MACK TALK ingratiating or flattering talk, orig. of a kind intended to seduce women; seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the 'chat-up' line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl ...1940s US Black sl.
• VA VA VOOM style; a powerful or seductive style; the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing ...1996 US sl.
seductive - person
• BROILER an attractive female; a sexually tempting or seductive woman ...E20 US sl.
• DELILAH a temptress; a seductive and treacherous woman ...L16
• HO, HOE a promiscuous or seductively dressed young woman ...1950s US Black & college sl.
• SNOWMAN anyone who has a smooth, seductive line of talk ...1960s US sl.
• VAMPIRE a seductive female; a female flirt ...1903
seductive - verbs
• COME ON STRONG to be seductive ...1950s sl.
• COME STRONG to be seductive ...1950s sl.
• GET THE MACK ON to talk seductively; to flirt; spec. as a pimp in order to recruit a prostitute ...1960s US Black sl.
• WORK IT to behave in a blatantly seductive way; to engage in high-pressure salesmanship ...1980s Amer. sl.
SEE - adjectives
• DEEP-SEEN † that sees or has seen deeply into things ...1597-8
• SPECTABUNDAL † eager to see ...1652
see - verbs
• BE ON THE BEEFMENT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BE ON THE POUNCE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see ...c1000
• BUZ to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• CASTELL to look, to see ...L16 sl.
• CASTLE to see or look ...16C sl.
• CLAP EYES ON to see, esp. unexpectedly or finally ...1838
• CLOCK to catch sight of, to see; hence, to recognize, to identify ...1976 Amer. sl.
• DECK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DEKK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DICK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• FOX to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• GET THE DAIRY ON to see, to notice a person ...c1910 sl.
• HAVE EYES IN ONE'S HEAD to be able to see clearly; to be able to perceive, comprehend, or recognize something; to have good sense ...1579
• KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan ...c1205 arch.
• LAMP to look; to see; to examine ...1907 US sl.
• LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine ...1914 US sl.
• LAY to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• LAY EYES ON to see ...a1225 sl.
• MAKE A LONG NECK to stretch the neck or head in order to reach or see anything ...1883 Eng. dial.
• MARK to observe, to watch, to see, to spy ...1377 now poetic
• NARK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• NOSE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• OCCULATE † to set eyes upon; to see, to behold ...1609
• OCULATE †* to set eyes upon; to eye, to see, to behold ...1609
• OFSEE † to see, to perceive by sight; to catch sight of, to observe ...c1000
• OGLE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• PIPE to see, to watch; to spy ...1846 thieves' sl.
• QUIZ to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• ROAST to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• ROAST-BROWN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SCAN to see, to notice ...M19 sl.
• SCRIME to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer ...1889 Sc.
• SEE THE BIG ANIMAL to see or experience all that one can endure ...1848 Amer. sl.
• SEE THE LIONS to have worldly experience; to see remarkable sights...1590
• SHADOW to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SHEPHERD to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SIGHT to observe, to see ...1930s UK criminals' & Black sl.
• SKIN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SKRIME to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer ...1889 Sc.
• SNITCH to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SPOT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• STAG to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TENT to see, to observe, to notice ...1784 Sc.
• TOUT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TWIG to catch sight of, to spot ...1796 sl.
• TWIRE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• VADA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDI to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDO to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDY to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
see - phrases
• LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT said of one who wishes to do or see something ...20C sl.
SEEDY - adjectives
• LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird ...1970s US college sl.
SEEING - adjectives
• PANOPTIC all-seeing; in which all is seen; seeing the whole at one view ...1826
• SIGHTFUL † endowed with sight; seeing ...1594
seeing - nouns
• OMNIVIDENCE the capacity of seeing all things ...1884
• OMNIVIDENCY † a seeing of all things; universal inspection ...a1661
• OMNIVISION the act or faculty of seeing all things ...1861
• SIGHTFULNESS † the power of seeing ...a1586
• VIDENDA * things worth seeing, or which ought to be seen ...1760
SEEK - person
• SUITOR † one who seeks earnestly ...1548
seek - verbs
• BESEECH † to seek after, to search for, to try to get ...c1200
• CAPTATE † to catch at, to strive to obtain, to seek after ...1628
• EVESTIGATE † to seek out, to search after, to investigate ...1656
• FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• KEEP † to try to catch or get; to seek after ...c1000
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFSECHE † to seek after; to search for; to make a search ...c1225
• SCRAWM to gather hastily together; to rake together; to seek after greedily ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEEK FOR A SALMON'S NEST † to look for something that doesn't exist ...1589
• SNIFF OUT to seek as if by following a scent ...1940s Amer. sl.
• TILL † to labour after, to seek after, to provide; to get by effort, to obtain, acquire or earn by labour; later, to get, to obtain ...a900
• VENT † to search or seek for ...1574
SEEM - verbs
• BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look ...a1225
• PEAR to appear; to seem ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SEEMINGLY - adverbs
• THINKINGLY probably, seemingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SEEMLINESS - nouns
• DECENCY † appropriateness or fitness to the circumstances or requirements of the case; fitness, seemliness, propriety ...1567
• DECOROUSNESS † seemliness, fitness, suitability, appropriateness ...1678
SEEMLY - adjectives
• AFTERGAIT † seemly, fitting ...1825 Sc.
• BESEEMLY * seemly, becoming, befitting ...1742
• CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory ...1802 Sc.
• DECOROUS † seemly, suitable, appropriate ...1664
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• MACKER-LIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
• MACKLIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALL † meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent ...c1400
• UPTIGHT under emotional control, seemly ...1969 sl.
• VIEWLY † seemly, presenting a good view or appearance ...1880 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
seemly - adverbs
• MANNERLY † in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly ...a1300
seemly - verbs
• HANDSOME † to fit, to adapt; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn ...1555
• SIT † to be suitable, fitting, proper, or seemly ...c1330
• TALLY † in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely ...c1350
SEEN - adjectives
• FAR-KENN'D seen a long way off; well-known ...1785 Eng. dial.
• FAR-REGARDING conspicuous, seen from afar ...1896 Sc.
SEER - adjectives
• VATIC pert. to a prophet or seer; prophetic, inspired ...1603
• VATICAL †* pert. to a prophet or seer; prophetic, inspired ...1594
seer - person
• ELLEREE † a person of preternatural insight; a seer ..c1830 Sc.
• VATICINATOR † one who writes or utters vaticinations; a prognosticator, prophet, or seer ...1652 rare or obs.
• YOGI-BOGEY * a disparaging term for a person who follows or believes in spiritualism, mysticism, clairvoyance, etc.; a mystic; a seer ...1901
seer - verbs
• VATICINATE to speak as a prophet or seer; to utter predictions; to foretell events ....1623
SEESAW - adverbs
• WADY-BUCKETY in seesaw fashion ...1867 Ireland
seesaw - nouns
• DANDIE-DOE a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DANDLE a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• DANDLE-BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DANDLING-BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HAYTY-TAYTY a seesaw ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY a seesaw ...1877 Eng. dial.
• JENNY HORSE a seesaw ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MERRY-TOTTER † a seesaw ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PEE-POMP a seesaw ...1949 Amer. dial.
• QUAVIT a seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEAGLE a seesaw, usually made by laying a plank across a fallen tree ...1891 Eng. dial.
• QUEE-QUAW a seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTING a seesaw ...1897 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOW a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RANTY a seesaw ...1874 Eng. dial.
• RANTYPOWL a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RIDER-HORSE a seesaw, or similar recreational device ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RIDIE-BOB a seesaw ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RIDING BOARD a seesaw ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• RIDING HORSE a seesaw, or similar recreational device ...1949 Amer. dial.
• RIDING PLANK a seesaw ...1998 Amer. dial.
• RIDING-RANTIPOW the game of seesaw ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDY-BOB a seesaw ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RIDY-HORSE a seesaw, or similar recreational device ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAIT a game of seesaw ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TAYTY † a seesaw ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TEEDER-TODDER a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEEDER-TOTTER n. a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEEDLE a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TEENTER a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEENTER BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TADDLE a seesaw ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TALLY a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEETER a seesaw ...1854 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-BOARD a seesaw ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TEETER HORSE a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEETER POLE a seesaw ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TEETERING-BOARD a seesaw ...1910 Amer. dial.
• TEETERING HORSE a seesaw ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TEETERING PLANK a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEETERTAMORTER a seesaw ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEETER-TAUTER a seesaw ...1956 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TAWTER a seesaw; the act of seesawing ...1848 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOOTER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER a seesaw ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER BOARD a seesaw ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TEETING TOTTER a seesaw ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TEETLING BOARD a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TOTTER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TETTER-TOTTER the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1846 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE a seesaw ...2007 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLE BOARD a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLING BOARD a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TILT a seesaw ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TILTER a seesaw ...1713 Amer. dial.
• TILTER BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TILTERING BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TILTING-BOARD a seesaw ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TILTS a seesaw ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TILT-TOT a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TINTER a seesaw ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TINTER BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TIP-AN'-CUM-TORTER a seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIPPETY-BOUNCE seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TITTER a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-A-TAUTER the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TITTER-BOARD a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-CUM-TOTTER the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TITTERING BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-TEETER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-TOTTER † the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TITTLING BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WADY-BUCKETY a seesaw ...Bk1905 Ireland
• WALEY-GALEY the game of seesaw ...1879 Eng. dial.
• WILD MARE, THE † a seesaw ...a1586
seesaw - verbs
• COUP THE LADLE to play at seesaw ...1914 Sc.
• DANDLE to ride on a seesaw ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GO A TANTING to play at seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAVIT to seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEAGLE to seesaw; to oscillate; to swing backwards and forwards, crouching down on the heels in a sitting posture ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEE-QUAW to seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANT to play at see-saw ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TAIT to play at seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEETER to play at seesaw ...1809 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TAWTER to play at seesaw ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER to play at seesaw ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TILTER to play on a seesaw; to seesaw on a plank ...1877 Amer. dial.
• TITE-TITY to play at seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITTER to seesaw ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• TITTER-TOTTER to seesaw ...a1825 Eng. dial.
SEETHE - verbs
• POPPLE to boil with rage or indignation; to seethe with anger; to be extremely excited ...1897 Sc.
SEGMENT - nouns
• CANTLE a section, or segment, cut out of anything ...c1440
SEGREGATE - verbs
• SEG to segregate; to have a segregationist policy ...1960s sl., orig. US
SEGREGATED - adjectives
• SALT-AND-PEPPER segregated ...1950s US sl.
SEGREGATION - nouns
• SEG a segregation unit or cell ...1960s sl., orig. US & Can. prison
• SEGGIE a segregation unit or cell ...1960s sl., orig. US & Can. prison
segregation - person
• SEG a supporter of racial segregation ...1965 US sl.
• SEGGIE a supporter of racial segregation ...1965 US sl.
SEIZE - person
• TAKER one who captures or seizes; a captor, a seizer, a catcher, an apprehender ...c1375
seize - verbs
• BAG to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1818 sl.
• BECATCH † to lay hold of, to seize upon ...c1200
• BECLIP † to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip; to catch, to overtake ...c1380
• BEFANG to seize upon; to clutch ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEFONG † to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch ...a1000
• BEGRIPE † to catch hold of, to apprehend; to seize and hold fast ...c1175
• BETRAISE † to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting ...c1400
• BETRAISH † to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting ...c1400
• BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch ...L18 sl.
• CAP to seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own ...Bk1888 Sc.
• CATCH AWAY to seize and take away; to snatch away ...c1325
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• CORREPT † to seize ...1657
• CRACK to seize or place under arrest ...1952 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CRACK OUT to seize or place under arrest ...1952 Amer. criminals' sl.
• FANG † to lay hold of; to grasp; to hold; to seize; to clasp. to embrace ...c1200
• FANG ON to seize, to clutch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• FASTEN to seize with a grip ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFLE to grasp, to seize; to take hold of and carry; to steal, to shoplift, to swindle; to arrest ...1900 Amer. dial.
• GAIT to seize suddenly or violently; to clutch at ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE to grab, to seize, to lay hold of ...1849 Amer. dial.
• HANCH to seize, to snatch; to take hold of rough; to handle roughly or unkindly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANDFAST † to grasp, to seize with the hand; to take fast hold of ...c1530
• HAP † to seize ...1574
• HAUNGE to hover about waiting to seize anything that turns up ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAVE BY THE BACK † to lay hold of, to seize ...a1555
• KEEP † to seize, to lay hold of; to snatch, to take ...c1000
• KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal ...1897 Eng. dial.
• LATCH † 1. to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods ...c950
† 2. to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, esp. with the hand or claws; to clasp, to embrace ...c1000
• MITT to grab, to seize ...1915 US sl.
• MITTEN ON TO to seize, to grab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE ON TO vb. to seize firmly, to grasp ...1977 Amer. dial.
• NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize ...1665 Brit.
• NAG to bite; to snap; to mark with the teeth; to seize ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NAIL to grab, to seize ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NAM to seize quickly, esp. to seize with violence and to the consternation of the victim ...1825 Sc.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
• NATCH to seize, to lay violent hands on, to snatch away ...1736 Sc.
• NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize ...M17 sl.
• NICK to catch, to seize; to seize by the collar ...1768 Sc.
• NIP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of, to snatch up, to make off with, to steal ...1768 Sc.
• PREHEND †* to seize, to catch, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend ...a1500
• RAMBUMP to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUTT to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post ...1923 Amer. dial.
• RAMPOOCH to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post ...1923 Amer. dial.
• RAP † to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing ...1564
• RAP AND RAIN vb. to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1814 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND RAN to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1814 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REAR to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REE to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REEVE to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REND to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1817 Sc.
• RAP AND RIND to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. Eng. dial.
• RAP AND RUN (FOR) to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND TEAR to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND WRING to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND WRUNG to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMP to stretch forth the hands to grasp; to snatch at, to seize, to clutch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SMUSS † to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force ...1736
• SNAB to seize, to grab; to snag, to nab ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SNAFFLE to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1902 sl.
• TAB to catch, to seize ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE BY THE TOP to seize by the hair, to lay hold of violently ...1535
• TERRIFY to seize, to tear out; to shake ...1868 Eng. dial.
• TIT † to lay hold of forcibly, to clutch, to seize ...c1425
• WHITEMAIL * to seize or appropriate a thing, or apply moral pressure to a person for a good cause ...1861
• YARK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
SEIZED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † seized, possessed ...1579
• UNATTACHED † not arrested or seized ...1498
• YFONG † taken, seized, received ...c1000
SEIZING - nouns
• CORREPTION † a sudden snatching away, a seizure ...1659
• RAPPING † the practice of seizing and taking ...1541
• RAPTURE † the act of seizing and carrying off as prey or plunder ...1608
SEIZURE (possession) - nouns
• CAPTION * a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
• INTAKE † capture, seizure ...1819 Sc.
• NAB a snatch, a seizure; theft; profit which is the result of sharp dealing ...Bk1903 Sc.
• RAPE † the act of taking anything by force; violent seizure of goods, robbery ...c1400
SEIZURE (fit) - nouns
• CAPULUPTIC FIT a fit or seizure ...1900 Amer. dial.
SELDOM - adjectives
• RARE † seldom appearing or seen ...c1450
seldom - adverbs
• ONCE IN A COON'S AGE seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A DOG'S AGE seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A WAY seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A WEEK OF SUNDAYS seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEMI-OCCASIONAL seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEMI-OCCASIONALLY seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SELECT - adjectives
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or obs.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
select - verbs
• TAP to select, to 'line up' ...1940s sl.
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
SELECTED - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † preferentially selected according to circumstances ...1643
• HAND-WAILED remarkable, distinguished in whatever way; carefully selected ...1786 Sc.
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SELECTION - verbs
• GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE TAIL to make a mistake in selection ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PICK A SALAD † to make a selection ...1520
SELF - nouns
• A-NUMBER-ONE oneself ...1920s US sl.
• ARSE (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ASS (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ASSHOLE one's body, person, or self ...1973 Amer. sl.
• AUTOPHOBY * fear of referring to oneself; fear of being egotistical ...1827
• EGOFEST a conversation about ourselves ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EGOITY selfhood, individuality ...1651
• FANNY one's self ...1920s US sl.
• YOUR UNCLE oneself ...L19 sl.
self - verbs
• EGOIZE * to give excessive attention or consideration to one's self; to talk or write too much of one's self ...1891
• KNOW THE RIGHT SIDE OF ONE'S MELON to know what is best for oneself ...1870 Amer. sl.
• TAKE CARE OF NUMBER ONE to put oneself first, no matter what the situation ...M19
• TAKE CARE OF NUMERO UNO to put oneself first, no matter what the situation ...M19
• THINK ONE'S PENNY SILVER † to have a good opinion of oneself ...1579
SELF-ABASED - adjectives
• UNBAULD † humble, self-abased ...Bk1905 Sc.
SELF-ANALYSIS - nouns
• SUISECTION self-dissection, self-analysis ...1894 nonce word
SELF-ASSERTION - nouns
• BOUNCE a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger ...1714
SELF-ASSERTIVE - adjectives
• BUMPTIOUS offensively self-conceited; self-assertive ...1803 colloq.
• BUSTY self-assertive, loud, smart-alecky ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PUSHY said of someone who is unpleasantly self-assertive in getting their way ...1936 orig. US
• ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ...a1548
• UPPISH proud, arrogant, snobbish; self-assertive ...L17 sl.
self-assertive - person
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• JACKEEN a self-assertive worthless fellow; used contemptuously ...1840 Anglo-Irish
• PUNKAWN a talkative, self-assertive person ...1943 Irish sl.
• SHOW-OUT a show-off, a braggart; a loud, self-assertive person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WISECRACKER one who often jokes or teases; one w ho is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant ...1923 Amer. sl.
SELF-ASSESSMENT - nouns
• LOOKING GLASS TIME self-assessment ...1960s Amer. sl.
SELF-ASSURED - adjectives
• COOL BREEZE self-assured, sophisticated ...1960s sl., orig. US
• IN A ZONE confident, self-assured ...1990s sl.
self-assured - verbs
• WALK HEAVY to impose oneself on the world, to walk about in a deliberately self-assured manner ...1960s US Black sl.
SELF-AWARENESS - nouns
• DAP credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness ...1970s US Black sl.
SELF-CENTRED - adjectives
• BIG AS BULL BEEF as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
• BIG AS S as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
SELF-COMPLACENT - adjectives
• FAT slow-witted, indolent, self-complacent ...1588
SELF-CONCEIT - nouns
• OPINION † favourable estimate of oneself or one's own abilities; either in bad sense - self-conceit, arrogance, dogmatism, or in good sense - self-confidence ...1588
SELF-CONCEITED - adjectives
• BUMPTIOUS offensively self-conceited; self-assertive ...1803 colloq.
• OVER-PERTED † made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited ...1614
• POVIE spruce and self-conceited ...B1900 Sc.
SELF-CONFIDENCE - adverbs
• BAYARDLY † with blind self-confidence ...1624
self-confidence - nouns
• OBER responsibility, liability; power, influence; impudent self-confidence ...1929 Sc.
• OPINION † favourable estimate of oneself or one's own abilities; either in bad sense - self-conceit, arrogance, dogmatism, or in good sense - self-confidence ...1588
• SICKERNESS † sense of security; self-confidence ...a1225
• SUFFISANCE † excess of self-confidence, conceit ...1781
• UPHEADEDNESS self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness ...1832 Amer. dial.
• UPHEADINESS self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness ...1963 Amer. dial.
SELF-CONFIDENT - adjectives
• COCKSHOUS self-confident, conceited ...19C Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• GALLUS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• LUSTY † insolent, arrogant, self-confident ...a1568
• UPHEADED alert, shrewd, intelligent; self-confident, arrogant, haughty, conceited ...1826 Amer. dial.
self-confident - person
• BIT OF A LAD a young man who is full of self-confidence with which he pursues sensual ambitions ...1960 UK sl.
• LONGSHOE a self-confident, urbane person ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
self-confident - verbs
• HAVE YOUR SHIT TOGETHER to be focused, organized, self-confident ...1970 US sl.
SELF-CONSCIOUS - adjectives
• MAISK bashful, self-conscious ...1845 Sc.
SELF-CONTAINED - adjectives
• ICE adj. cool, relaxed, calm, self-contained ...1970s US Black
SELF-CONTROL - nouns
• IMPUISSANCE † lack of self-control ...1667
self-control - verbs
• LOSE THE RUN OF ONESELF to lose one's self-control; to run amok ...Anglo-Irish sl.
SELF-DECEIVER - person
• QUEEN OF DE NILE a woman who refuses to face reality; a self-deceiver ...1990s US Black sl.
SELF-EVIDENT - adjectives
• PLAIN AS PARRITCH self-evident, obvious to all, as clear as crystal (parritch = porridge) ...1761 Sc.
SELF-IMPORTANCE - nouns
• CROUSENESS appearance of self-importance ...Bk1825 Sc.
• EDGE conceit, self-importance, swagger ...1869 Eng. dial.
• FANTASIA ostentation, pomp, self-importance ...1838
SELF-IMPORTANT - adjectives
• ABOVE ONESELF arrogant, conceited, self-important, presumptuous; overly ambitious ...1823
• BIGASS pert. to someone who is self-important, overbearing, or arrogant ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BIG-BUGGISH important, self-important ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BIGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIG-EYED self-important ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BIGGEDY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIGGETY, BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BOOPETY self-important, arrogant ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CHESTY arrogant, conceited, self-important, egotistical ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FINE-HAIRED impressed with one's own importance; arrogant, conceited ...1901 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GASH having an air of wisdom, dignity, or self-importance ...1826 Sc.
• GUMPTIOUS having common sense; also, clever, vain, self-important ...1853
• HIGH-HEADED arrogant, haughty, self-important ...20C US sl.
• JUMPED-UP self-important, conceited ...1835 Brit. sl.
• MAGNIFICENT high and mighty; self-important, arrogant, conceited ...19C Brit. sl.
• MASSY self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NACKETY conceited, self-important ...1808 Sc.
• OUTWARDLY self-important, forward ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PAUGHTY supercilious, conceited, haughty, arrogant; self-important, consequential ...1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UP ONE'S OWN ARSE self-important ...2000s sl.
• UPPITY self-important ...1880 sl., orig. US
self-important - adverbs
• CHESTY in an arrogant or self-important manner ...1899 Amer. dial.
self-important - nouns
• COCKALORUM self-important narration, a 'crowing' ...1884
self-important - person
• ADMIRAL OF THE SWISS NAVY a self-important person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ALCALDE a local official; now also any important or self-important person ...1803 Amer. dial.
• ALL THE WHOLE CHEESE a self-important person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASTOR'S PET COW a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASTOR'S PET HORSE a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASTOR'S PET PONY a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASTOR'S PLUSH HORSE a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAHAUDUR a conceited or self-important fellow ...1828 Anglo-Indian
• BALLOON a bully, a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool ...1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
• BEZZLER one who thinks himself important or is important ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BIG BALLOCKS a self-important man ...1984 sl.
• BIG BALLS a self-important man ...1993 sl.
• BIG BOK a self-important person, a braggart ...1986 S. Afr. sl.
• BIG CIGAR a self-important person ...c1929 US Black sl.
• BIG COG an important or self-important person ...2003 sl.
• BIG DEAL an important or self-important person; a celebrated person ...1947 sl., orig. US
• BIG DEALER a self-important person; a person who acts important ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BIG DUDE a self-important person; a person who tries to appear important ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIG FEELER an arrogant or haughty person; a person who acts important ...1913 US sl.
• BIG GEORGE a self-important person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• BIGGEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE an important or self-important person ...1851 Amer. dial.
• BIG HAT a self-important person; one who acts important ...1952 US sl.
• BIG I an important or self-important person; a person who likes to brag ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG IKE a self-important, conceited or pretentious person ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BIG I, LITTLE YOU an important or self-important person; a person who likes to brag ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG NIGGER (derogatory) an important, often self-important person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG SHIT an important person, or one who claims to be so ...1934 US sl.
• BIG-SHIT-SHOT an important person, or one who claims to be so ...1978 US sl.
• BIG SHOT a superior person, or one who claims to be; a high-ranking, influential, important, or celebrated person ...1908 sl., orig. US
• BIG SHOT BIG SHIT a derisive term for a person who is behaving as a 'big shot'; one who thinks he is important ...2003 sl.
• BIG SHOW an important or self-important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BIG SQUASH an important person, or someone who thinks they are so ...1910 sl.
• BIG SQUEEZE an important or self-important person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BIG STICK an important or self-important person ; the boss ...1908 US sl.
• BIG STUFF an important or self-important person; an influential person ...1911 sl., orig. US
• BIG TIT an important person, or one who thinks they are ...1968 US sl.
• BIG TOAD an important or self-important person ...1846 US sl.
• BLEEDING DEACON a person with an over-inflated sense of self-importance to an organization; often used in the context of self-help recovery groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous ...1988 US sl.
• BOSS DOG an important, sometimes, self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUFF a self-important person ...20C Irish
• CAT'S ASS (derogatory) a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• COCKALORUM a self-important little man; a person of consequence; a term of contempt ...c1715
• DUKE a self-important person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FACE CARD an important or self-important person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FANCY PANTS a dandy; a pretentious, superior, self-important person ...1934 US sl.
• GEORGE W. a person with an inflated sense of self-worth ...2001 US sl.
• HEAD NIGGER an important, often self-important person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• HER NIBS herself; a self-important person; usually a mock title ...1821 Brit. sl.
• HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension; a self-important person ...1856 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-YOU-MUCK-A-MUCK a self-important person ...1856 Amer. sl.
• HIS NIBS himself; a self-important person; usually a mock title ...1821 Brit. sl.
• I AM a self-important person ...1926 sl.
• IKE a self-important, conceited or pretentious person ...1902 Amer. dial.
• JACK-IN-OFFICE a self-important petty official
• JACK THE BISCUIT a show-off; someone who is important or self-important enough to be ostentatious ...2002 UK sl.
• JIM-DANDY one who feels that he is important ...1954 Amer. dial.
• KNOCKER an important or self-important male; a show-off ...20C US sl.
• LADY ESTHER a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADY ESTHERBILT a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADY MUCK a woman who is unjustifiably self-important or esteemed; an arrogant, pretentious woman of any class ...1957 UK sl.
• LEAD NIGGER an important, often self-important person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• LOUDSPEAKER a braggart or loudmouth; an important person or one who regards himself as important ...1934 US sl.
• MAGUFFY one who thinks that they are more important than they really are ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MONKEY-MONK a superior or important person, whether in fact or through pretension; a self-important person; an aristocrat ...1880 US sl.
• MONKEY-MUCK a person of real or imagined authority; one who tries to appear important ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MR. ASTORBILT a rich or high-class person; a member of the 'best society' of a community; a self-important person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MR. IT a self-important person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S COW a self-important person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S PET COW a self-important person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S PET HORSE a self-important person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S PLUSH HORSE a self-important person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MUCK an important or self-important person ...1941 US sl.
• MUCK-A-MUCK a self-important person ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MUCKEY-MUCK, MUCKITY-MUCK, MUCKY-MUCK a self-important person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NOISE a self-important person ...1908 Amer. sl.
• PANJANDRUM a mock title for an imaginary or mysterious person of much power, or one of great pretensions; a pompous pretender; one who is self-important ...a1880
• POT an obnoxious person; a disliked, self-righteous, self-important person of either sex, but esp. a woman of middle age or over ...1937 Amer. sl.
• SNOT a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity ...E17 sl.
• TALLEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE an important or self-important person ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TIN GOD a self-important, dictatorial person in a position of authority, as an employer, military officer, critic, or teacher
• WAIP a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAIPER a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAP a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WARM WEATHER an important person; a self-important person ...1904 US sl.
• WHISTLE-BREECHES (derogatory or teasing) a nickname for a self-important person ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE-BRITCHES (derogatory or teasing) a nickname for a self-important person ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WISE IKE a self-important, pretentious person ...20C sl.
self-important - verbs
• CLIMB UP ONE'S OWN ASS to be over-engaged with oneself or one's own concerns, affairs, or work, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; to become excessively self-involved, self-important, or pretentious ...1992
• DISAPPEAR UP ONE'S OWN ASS to be over-engaged with oneself or one's own concerns, affairs, or work, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; to become excessively self-involved, self-important, or pretentious ...1973
• LAY ON JAM to assume affected manners, airs of importance ...1901 Aust. sl.
• MOW THE MUSTARD to act arrogant or self-important ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON JAM to assume affected manners, airs of importance ...1882 Aust. sl.
• SCOG to boast, to brag; to be self-important ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SKITE to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1857 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off ...1809 sl.
• VANISH UP ONE'S OWN ASS to be over-engaged with oneself or one's own concerns, affairs, or work, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; to become excessively self-involved, self-important, or pretentious ...2008
SELF-IMPRESSED - verbs
• THINK ONE'S SHIT DOESN'T STINK to be very conceited; to be stuck up and self-impressed ...1940s Amer. sl.
SELF-INDULGENCE - nouns
• CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY self-indulgence in eating and drinking ...E19 sl.
• FLING a brief period of self-indulgence or pleasure, often with the implication of a sexual liaison ...1827 sl.
• WANK self-indulgence ...1970s US sl.
SELF-INDULGENT - adjectives
• ABRODIETICAL †* over-refined or self-indulgent, esp. in regard to diet; feeding or eating daintily; delicate, fastidious, finicky ...1625
• PARTY hedonistic, engaged in the pursuit of pleasure, self-indulgent ...1980s US teen sl.
• PARTY DOWN hedonistic, engaged in the pursuit of pleasure, self-indulgent ...1970s sl.
• WANTON † petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious ...1538
self-indulgent - person
• ABRODIETICAL †* a person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes; a delicate person, a dainty eater ...1623
• GAY BOY a hedonistic or self-indulgent young man ...1921
• GAY DOG a man given to revelling or self-indulgence; a philanderer; a lecher ...1847
• LUSHER one who is excessively self-indulgent; especially one who drinks excessively ...1895
• SUIST † one who follows his own inclinations; a self-pleaser, a self-indulgent person ...1648
SELF-INTERESTED - adjectives
• INWITH self-interested, introspective ...1866 Sc.
SELF-INVOLVED - phrases
• UP YOUR OWN ARSE very self-involved ...2000 UK sl.
SELFISH - adjectives
• ANERLY selfish, absorbed in one's own interests ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ENDIE attached to one's own interest, selfish; full of schemes, fertile in expedients ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ENDY attached to one's own interest, selfish; full of schemes, fertile in expedients ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GRAB-GUTTED greedy, selfish ...1902 Amer. dial.
• INBIGGET, INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved, obstinate, uncommunicative, introverted ...1825 Sc.
• INHOLDING selfish; fawning, cringing, given to flattery ...1871 Sc.
• MENSELESS greedy, covetous; selfish, inhospitable ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PECKSNIFFIAN making high pretensions to benevolence and virtue while really mean, selfish, and hypocritical ...1844
• SCRINNY selfish, narrow-minded ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• SINGLE-O selfish ...1950 US sl.
• SNOEP mean, greedy, selfish, stingy ...1960s S. Afr.
• YANNERLY selfish, absorbed in one's own interests ...B1900 Eng. dial.
selfish - person
• GLAID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GLEID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GRAB a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ALL a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ASS a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRABBER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GRABENHEIMER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HERRY-WATER a selfish person who takes all he can get ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MUCKWORM a selfish wretch; a miser ...16C colloq.
• NITTIE a mean, greedy person; one who is selfish or disobliging ...1812 Sc.
• RAT any distrusted, unethical, selfish, disliked person ...20C Amer. sl.
• SCAFF † a selfish fellow ...Bk1903 Christ's Hospital usage
• TAKER a person who selfishly takes but never gives friendship, gifts, hospitality, etc. ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TICK one who is greedy or selfish ...1975 Amer. sl.
SELFISHNESS - nouns
• SUICISM † selfishness ...1654
SELF-OBSESSED - adjectives
• FAT self-obsessed, smug ...20C sl.
SELF-OPINIONATED - adjectives
• NOTIONATE headstrong, obstinate, self-opinionated ...1871 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• TALKY chatty, verbose, self-opinionated ...1862 US sl.
• UP IN THE AIR cocky, self-opinionated ...1910s US sl.
self-opinionated - 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
• GAF-ISAAC a conceited, self-opinionated man ...1897 Eng. dial.
• LADY MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman ...1957 sl.
• LORD MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending man ...1937 sl.
• MOUTH ALMIGHTY (usually derogatory) a person who talks a great deal; a self-opinionated person; also, a form of address; a noisy, talkative, loud-mouthed person ...1800 colloq., chiefly Brit.
• SWANKPOT a boastful, self-opinionated person ...1914 Brit. sl.
SELF-PITY - verbs
• FLOG THE CAT to indulge in self-pity ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
SELF-PITYING - person
• WET LEG a self-pitying person ...1922 sl.
SELF-POSSESSED - adjectives
• COOL AS A CUCUMBER alert and aware; self-possessed; calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
self-possessed - person
• COOL CARD one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL CUSTOMER one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL FISH one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL HAND a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
SELF-POSSESSION - nouns
• GALL impudence, arrogance, self-possession, brazen assurance ...1882 orig. US sl.
SELF-RELIANT - adjectives
• SAUCY † independent, self-reliant ...1856 Eng. dial.
self-reliant - person
• MAN O' HIS MIND one who thinks and acts for himself, a self-reliant person ...1903 Sc.
self-reliant - phrases
• IF YOU DON'T HELP YOURSELF, NOBODY ELSE WILL advice to be self-reliant ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
SELF-RESTRAINT - adjectives
• GARISH † wanting in self-restraint; flighty ...1650
self-restraint - nouns
• GARISHNESS † want of self-restraint; flightiness ...1649
• MAIN patience, self-restraint ...1845 Sc.
SELF-RIGHTEOUS - person
• GOODY TWO-SHOES a self-righteous person ...M19 sl., orig. US
• NOBLE a self-righteous person; one who pretends to act from principle when actually motivated by selfish considerations ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• POT an obnoxious person; a disliked, self-righteous, self-important person of either sex, but esp. a woman of middle age or over ...1937 Amer. sl.
• SQUARE JOHN a self-righteous person, i.e. one who is not a drug addict ...1920 Amer. drug addicts' sl.
SELF-SATISFACTION - phrases
• I'M ALL RIGHT JACK a sarcastic remark of selfish complacency; a smug declaration of self-satisfaction ...Bk1996 sl.
SELF-SATISFIED - adjectives
• CHEST of a person: puffed-up, self-satisfied ...1900s sl.
• LIKE A MONKEY WITH A TIN TOOL impudent, self-satisfied ...c1863
• SHIT-EATING despicable; smug; self-satisfied ...sl.
• SMARMY smug, self-satisfied; overly sentimental ...1909 UK sl.
• UP ONESELF arrogant, self-satisfied, full of oneself ...1940s Aust. sl.
self-satisfied - person
• ALRIGHTNIK a person who has succeeded in life financially but is regarded as vulgar or self-satisfied; a nouveau-riche person, an arriviste; chiefly Jewish usage ...1916 colloq.
• BABBITT a self-opinionated, self-satisfied small-town bourgeois, with all the prejudices of such a figure; a narrow-minded, middle-class materialist ...1959
• MONSIEUR PRUDHOMME a self-satisfied person ...Bk1920
self-satisfied - verbs
• GET ABOVE ONESELF to act in an arrogant manner; to be self-satisfied ...L19 sl.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY - nouns
• SUFFISANCE † self-sufficiency, independence ...a1450
SELF-SUFFICIENT - adjectives
• BEDDY conceited, self-sufficient, saucy, forward ...1706 Sc. & Ireland
• SUBSTANTIVE of persons, nations, etc.: independent, self-existent, self-sufficient ...c1470
• SUFFISANT † self-sufficient, independent ...a1340
self-sufficient - verbs
• SUFFICE TO ONESELF † to be self-sufficient ...c1400
SELF-TAUGHT - person
• AUTODIDACT one who is self-taught ...1748
SELF-WILLED - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † passionate, wilful, self-willed, headstrong, obstinate ...1542
• AFFECTIONED † passionate, wilful; self-willed, obstinate ...1582
• ANWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• BEGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BIGOTED stupid, self-willed (without reference to any religious intolerance) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HARD-MOUTHED self-willed, obstinate, stubborn ...1686
• HEADY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEIDIE headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• ONWIL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• ONWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• UNSAYABLE unruly, wilful, self-willed; not to be advised or controlled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
self-willed - person
• MASTERPIECE a self-willed person; one who persists in having his own way ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNSEL † a self-willed, naughty, worthless person; a term of opprobrium generally applied to a child ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SELL - adjectives
• SALE-RIFE † saleable, easy to sell ...1781 Sc.
• SULKE †* hard to sell; slow in going off ...1636
sell - verbs
• BADGE † to deal as a 'badger'; to hawk for sale; to buy up provisions for the purpose of selling again elsewhere ...1552
• BREAK to sell by retail ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALL to sell or hawk in a cart; to go round begging ...1843 Sc.
• CRY to offer for sale by auction or by hawking in the streets ...1393
• CRY OUT † to sell out by auction ...1701
• DEAL †* to offer for sale ...1760
• FAKE among peddlers and street hawkers: to sell ...1903 Amer. sl.
• FLOG to promote, hype, or support something; to try to sell something aggressively ...1919 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• GIVE AWAY to sell cheaply ...a1899 sl.
• GO LIKE HOT CAKES to sell very quickly or promptly ...c1888
• HUSSLE to sell goods, esp. in an aggressive manner; to promote ...L19 sl.
• HUSTLE to sell or serve goods, esp. in an aggressive, pushing manner; to promote ...1887 Amer. sl.
• JAYHAWK to sell small articles on a street corner ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KNOCK OUT orig. to resell items acquired by an auction ring; latterly, to sell stolen items to a fence; of a market stall-holder or other trader: to sell items ...1876 Brit. sl.
• MAKE MARKET † to trade, to buy and sell ...1340
• MOVE to sell, especially in bulk ...1938 US sl.
• NUNDINATE † to buy and sell at fairs or markets ...1623
• OFF to dispose of, to sell ...1960s US sl.
• PUT THE FAKEMS ON to offer trash for sale as valuable merchandise ...20C sl.
• SALE * to sell ...1809
• SCALP 1. to resell tickets, merchandise, etc., at higher than the official rates ...19C colloq.
2. to re-sell any item for a profit ...1940s sl.
• SELL BY TAP † to sell in small quantities; to retail ...1483 Sc.
• SELL LIKE HOT CAKES to sell very quickly or promptly, or in large quantities ...c1888
• SELL SOMEONE A PUP to sell someone something worthless ...1901 Brit. sl.
• SHIFT to sell something in large quantities ...1976 sl.
• SUG to sell or attempt to sell someone a product under the guise of market research ...1980 Brit. sl.
• VENT † to sell or vend commodities or goods; to dispose of by sale ...1478-9 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VENUNDATE † to buy and sell ...1613
• YEIE † to utter in a loud voice; to call out; to announce for sale in a loud voice ...a1225
SELLER - person
• BARGAINER † the person making an agreement of bargain and sale of real property; the seller ...1628
• BUNCER a seller on commission ...c1860 sl.
• VENDERESS a female seller ...1862
• VENDITOR †* a seller, a vendor ...1698
• VENDOR one who disposes of a thing by sale; a seller ...1594
• VENDRESS a female seller ...1800
• VENTER †* one who sells or offers for sale; a vendor ...1620
SELLING - nouns
• FACTORAGE the action or professional service of a factor; the act of buying or selling goods on commission ...1670
• VENDITION the act of selling; disposal or transfer by sale ...1542
• VENTAGE † the act of selling or vending; sale ...1577
• VENTING † the act of selling ...1532-3
• VENUNDATION † a selling and buying ...1623
SEMEN - adjectives
• FULL OF FUCK sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
• FULL OF GISM sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
semen - nouns
• BABIES semen ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• BABY BATTER semen ...1997 US sl.
• BABY BOUILLON semen ...1990s sl.
• BABY FLUID semen ...1930s sl.
• BABY FOOD semen ...1972 US sl.
• BABY GRAVY semen ...1990s sl.
• BABY-JUICE semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• BABY PASTE semen ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• BEER semen ...1960s US Black & college sl.
• CLINKER fecal or seminal matter adhering to the anal or pubic hairs ...19C Brit. sl.
• COCK SNOT semen ...1980s Brit. sl. Sl. Puxley 2004
• COME ejaculated semen ...1923 sl.
• CREAM semen ...19C Brit. & US sl. & colloq.
• CUM ejaculated semen ...1923 sl.
• CUNT-JUICE natural vaginal lubrication and ejaculated semen ...19C sl.
• DAVID semen ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD BABIES semen ...1998 US sl.
• DELICIOUS JAM semen ...sl.
• DUCK-BUTTER semen ...20C US sl.
• EGG-WHITE semen ...1910s sl.
• EMPTY an ejaculation of semen ...1980s Aust. sl.
• FACE CREAM semen, esp. as when ejaculated onto a fellator's face ...1970s US gay sl.
• FACE-OFF an ejaculation of semen onto a lover's face ...2003 US sl.
• FACE-PAINTING the ejaculation of semen over one's partner's face ...1990s sl.
• FATHER-STUFF the male seed in a figurative sense; semen ...20C sl.
• FRENCH ABORTION the swallowing or spitting out of semen after fellatio ...Bk1981 sl.
• FUCK semen ...16C
• FUNK semen ...1976 US sl.
• GLUE semen ...L19 sl.
• GUMA semen ...L19 US colloq.
• ICE-CREAM semen ...1960s sl.
• INJECTION semen, at the point of ejaculation ...M18 sl.
• IRISH CONFETTI semen spilled extravagantly ...20C gay sl.
• JAM semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• JAZZ semen ...1932 Amer. sl.
• JELLY seminal fluid ...1622 sl.
• JOLLOP semen ...1990s sl.
• JUNGLE JUICE semen or vaginal secretions ...1990s US campus sl.
• KILL semen ...1998 US sl.
• LATHER sexual secretions; semen; natural vaginal lubricants ...19C Brit. sl.
• LETCH-WATER semen or natural vaginal lubrication, esp. as an indication of sexual arousal ...18C Brit. sl.
• LEWD INFUSION semen ...19C Brit. euphemism
• LIVING SAUCE semen ...1990s sl.
• LOAD an ejaculation's worth of semen ...1927 US sl.
• LOVE JUICE semen ...1882 UK sl.
• MELTED BUTTER semen ...18C sl.
• MILT semen ...19C sl.
• MUCK semen ...1997 sl.
• NAD-JAM semen ...2000s sl.
• NATURE semen ...1547 sl.
• NUT semen ...1991 US sl.
• OIL semen ...17C sl.
• OIL OF MAN semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• OINTMENT semen ...L18 sl.
• OYSTER semen; an ejaculation of semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• PASTE semen ...M19 sl.
• PEDIGREE CHUM semen; an orgasm ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'come'
• POPULATION PASTE semen ...M19 sl.
• ROE semen ...M19 sl.
• SAUCE semen ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• SCAD semen ...E17 sl.
• SCOTCH SCREW a nocturnal emission of semen ...1987 US sl.
• SCUM semen ...1967 sl., chiefly US
• SNOT semen ...1980s Brit. sl.
• SNOWBALL 1. a single gob of semen ...L17 Brit. sl.
2. semen that has been ejaculated in a partner's mouth and that is then returned, via a passionate kiss ...1990s sl.
• SOUL SAUCE a Black man's semen, or the man himself ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• SPENCE ejaculated semen ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SPEND semen; sexual spendings ...19C sl.
• SPEW semen ...1980s sl., orig. US college
• SPOO semen ...1980s US college sl.
• SPOOCH semen ...1980s US college sl.
• SPOOF semen ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SPOOGE semen ...1990s US sl.
• SPUNK semen ...c1890 sl.
• STUFF semen ...17C colloq.
• TAIL-WATER semen ...20C sl.
• TALLOW semen ...19C sl.
• THICK PISS semen ...1998 NZ sl.
• THREAD semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• UPSHOOT an ejaculation of semen ...Shakespeare usage
• VICTORIA MONK semen ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'spunk'
• VINEGAR semen ...2000s sl.
• WAD semen, esp. an ejaculation of semen ...1920s sl.
• WHITE BLOW semen ...20C sl.
• WHITE HONEY semen ...L19 Brit. sl.
semen - verbs
• CREAM to ejaculate semen ...20C US sl.
• CREAM ONE'S JEANS to ejaculate semen in one's trousers ...20C US sl.
• DEPOSIT to ejaculate semen ...sl.
semen - phrases
• GLUE-POT HAS COME UNSTUCK, THE he smells of genital sweat or semen ...1890 sl.
• CANTLE a section, or segment, cut out of anything ...c1440
• CANTLING †* a small part, corner, section, or division ...1674
• DEAL † a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section ...a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SECULAR - person
• MAN OF THE WORLD † a secular person ...c1200
SECURE - adjectives
• JEOPARDLESS † free from risk or peril; safe, secure ...1549
• ON EASY STREET living a secure, comfortable life ...L19 sl.
• SICKER 1. free from danger or harm; secure, safe ...c897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. † having a sense of security; confident ...a1340
• UNDANGERED safe, secure ...c1400
• WALL-FAST † secure within walls ...1593.
secure - adverbs
• SOLID secure, free of problems ...1920s US sl.
secure - nouns
• SICKERNESS † the state or condition of being secure; freedom from danger or harm ...c1230 obs. exc. Sc.
secure - verbs
• BAG to gain, to achieve, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts ...1911 Amer. sl.
• CAFFLE to take, to hold, to secure ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FORFEND to secure, defend, or protect by precautionary measures ...1592 now chiefly Amer.
• HANDLE to receive or get money from; to secure; to get hold of ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop ...1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAKE to fasten, to secure, to make fast ...1804 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A BID FOR to try to secure
• NAB to obtain for oneself; to secure ...1925 Amer. sl.
• NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of ...1732 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• SAVE † to make a place secure ...1338
• SICKER † to secure, to make sure or certain of; to make fast, to fix firmly ...1708 now rare or obs.
• TACHE † to fasten, to attach, to fix, to secure a person or thing ...a1310 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WARISH † to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue ...c1350
SECURED - adjectives
• HASPED fastened up, secured ...1891 Eng. dial.
SECURELY - adverbs
• FASTLY † closely, securely ...c1050
• HARD tightly, firmly, securely ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SICKER securely; without risk of falling or shifting ...a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SECURITY (safety) - nouns
• ORE † the condition of being spared; security from danger, peace ...c1205
• SUGAR TIT something that gives comfort and security ...1892 Amer. sl.
security - phrases
• GAGGING FOR A BLAGGING used of banks, etc. that exhibit poor security ('blagging' = a robbery with violence) ...2001 UK sl.
SECURITY (pledge) - nouns
• GAGE something of value deposited to ensure the performance of some action, and liable to forfeiture in case of non-performance; a pawn, pledge, security ...1457
• WAGE † a pledge or security ...1338
security (pledge) - verbs
• WAGE † to deposit or give as a pledge or security ...c1320
SECURITY GUARD - person
• HACK a watchman; a security guard, or police patrolman; a prison guard or corrections officer ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE COP a private security guard ...1976 US sl.
• SQUARE BADGE a security guard ...1980s US sl.
SEDAN CHAIR - nouns
• HACKNEY-CHAIRMAN the bearer, drawer, or keeper of a hackney-chair (formerly, a sedan chair, later a bath chair or the like) ...1710
SEDATE - person
• SOBERSIDES a serious or sedate person ...1705
SEDATED - adjectives
• TRANKED sedated; under the influence of tranquillizers ...1991 US sl.
SEDATIVE - nouns
• MANDY a tablet of the sedative Mandrax ...L20 sl.
• NO-GO PILL a sedative ...1961 military sl.
• QUIETIVE that which tends to produce quiet; a sedative ...1894
SEDIMENT - nouns
• GROUT sediment, dregs, lees ...1697
• JIGGS sediment or small dregs, as in a pot of coffee ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• LAGS dregs, sediment ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SETTLINGS sediment ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• TAILS the inferior, less valuable, or refuse part of anything; dregs, sediments ...1542
SEDITIOUS - adjectives
• DISSENSIOUS * seditious, contentious, quarrelsome; disposed to dissension or discord ...1562
• FACTIOSE †* given or inclinable to faction, seditious ...1727
• WHIGGISH † seditious, restless, uneasy ...1699 sl.
seditious - person
• RABBLE-ROUSER a person who stirs up a crowd, especially for political reasons; a seditious person ...1843
• SEDITIARY †* a seditious person ...1628
SEDUCE - person
• KANSAS YUMMY a young woman who proves hard to seduce; she need not necessarily come from Kansas, but the implication is of small-town or rural innocence and morality ...1960s US sl.
seduce - verbs
• ALLECT † to allure, to entice, to attract, to seduce ...1528
• APPLE-CORE. to seduce ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'score'
• BICHARRE † to turn from duty or right; to pervert, to seduce ...a1100
• CHAT to attempt the first, verbal stages of seduction ...L19 sl.
• CHAT UP to attempt the first, verbal stages of seduction ...L19 sl.
• COP 1. of a pimp: to seduce a girl, usually with the intention of making her into a prostitute ...20C US Black sl.
2. other than of a pimp: to seduce; hence, of a man: to have sexual intercourse ...1920s sl., orig. US
• CRACK IT to succeed, to overcome obstacles, esp. to achieve a successful seduction (from the male point of view) ...1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• DIALOG to attempt to deceive someone; to attempt to seduce someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DICK to seduce and coit a woman ...L19 sl.
• FOOL AROUND to caress one of the opposite sex in a teasing way; to make faint, idle, or jocular attempt at seduction ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FORLEAD † to seduce, to mislead ...c1000
• FORSPAN † to seduce, to entice ...c1000
• GET INTO SOMEONE'S PANTS to seduce someone; to have sex with someone ...1952 sl.
• JACKET to seduce someone else's lover ...1960s W. Indies sl.
• JAPE † to seduce a woman; to know carnally ...1382
• MACK ON to make a verbally forceful attempt to seduce a person; to flirt heavily ...1970s US Black & teen sl.
• MAKE A MASH to seduce someone ...L19 US sl.
• MAKE A RUN to attempt to seduce; to approach with amorous intentions ...1970s sl.
• MANNERS to seduce ...1970s UK Black sl.
• NAB to seduce ...M19 US sl.
• NAIL to seduce, to secure someone's affections ...L19 US sl.
• PUT THE MAKE ON to attempt to seduce; to make sexual advances towards ...1956 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE MOVES ON to seduce ...1960s sl., orig. US
• RACE OFF to seduce, to go off with a woman in the hope of achieving seduction ...1940s Aust. sl.
• RACK to seduce a woman, to make love ...1950s sl.
• RACK WITH to seduce a woman, to make love ...1950s sl.
• RAP to talk with the aim of seduction ...1970s US Black sl.
• RUN A GAME ON to bamboozle, to deceive, to seduce, to confuse, to obtain money by trickery ...1960s US Black sl.
• SARD † to seduce ...c950
• SCORE of a man: to be successful in seducing a person ...sl.
• SUGGEST † to prompt a person to devil; to tempt to or to do something; to seduce or tempt away ...a1586
• TAKE ADVANTAGE of a man: to seduce someone; to have sex with someone; to force sex upon someone ...1928 US euphemism
• TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE to attempt to capture, assault, or seduce someone ...20C US sl.
• TALK BUSINESS to seduce, to charm ...1960s US Black sl.
• TALK SHIT to seduce, to 'chat someone up' ...1940s US Black sl.
• TAP OFF to pick up or seduce ...1990s sl.
• UNDERFONG † to seduce, to entrap, to overcome ...1579
• VAMP of a woman: to flirt, and otherwise employ an obvious sexuality to attract a male; to play the seductress ...1927 UK sl.
• WALK THE BARBER to seduce a woman ...M19 sl.
• WHIZ(Z) OFF to seduce, to go off with a woman in the hope of achieving seduction ...1940s Aust. sl.
SEDUCED - adjectives
• BROKEN-KNEED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant ...18C Brit.
• BROKEN-LEGGED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant, seduced, deflowered ...17C Brit.
• CLIPPED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1597 sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1613 sl.
• HAD seduced ...L17 sl.
• MAKE an easily seduced woman ...1942 sl., orig. US
seduced - person
• ABANDONED WOMAN a woman who has been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by a man ...20C
• EASY LAY one who can be easily seduced, usually of a woman ...1920s sl.
• EASY MAKE a woman who can be easily seduced; a loose woman; a woman considered only as a sexual object ...1942 Amer. sl.
• EASY MEAT someone who is easily fooled or seduced; a dupe; an easy target for deception ...L19 sl.
SEDUCER - person
• APRON CHASER one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON CRAZY one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON DIZZY one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON JUMPER one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON SCREWY one fond of woman; a seducer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASS BANDIT an eager seducer of young women ...1954 Amer. sl.
• BEARD-SPLITTER an enjoyer of women; a seducer; a sexual athlete; a whoremonger; a libertine ...c1698 sl.
• BELLY-BUMPER † a seducer, a womanizer; a promiscuous man ...1611
• BUST-MAKER a seducer, a womanizer ...L19 sl.
• DANGLER a seducer of women ...19C sl.
• GAL-SNEAKER a man devoted to seduction; a seducer, esp. of other men's women ...Bk1909 sl.
• GIRL-TRAP a habitual seducer ...c1870 colloq.
• JAPER † a trickster, a deceiver, a seducer, an impostor ...1362
• LADYKILLER a handsome, charming man who habitually seduces women ...1769 humorous
• LOVER BOY a would-be Romeo or Casanova type; an attractive seducer or lover ...1952 colloq.
• MAC(K) a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer ...1991 US Black sl.
• MAKE-OUT ARTIST a seducer; a lecher ...M20 US sl.
• MAQUE a person who deceives or tries to charm a member of the opposite sex with seductive words; a successful seducer ...1990s US Black sl.
• MICKEY-DAZZLER a ladykiller; an attractive, charming man who habitually seduces women ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• OPERATOR a successful seducer of women ...1940s sl.
• PARLOR-SNAKE a ladies' man; a seducer or would-be seducer ...1920 Amer. sl.
• VAMP a woman who intentionally attracts and exploits men; a deliberately alluring woman; a seductress; a female flirt ...a1911 sl.
• WANDERING STAR a woman who coyly seduces men in the street in order to rob them ...M19 sl.
• WOLF a chaser or seducer of women; a flirt ...E20 US sl.
• WOLFESS a seductress; a female flirt ...M20 US sl.
• WOMAN-CHASER a male flirt or seducer of women ...20C US sl.
• WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger ...L19
• ZYBO-FUCKER a White man who seduces a Black man's woman, esp. by force or great material wealth ...2000 US Black sl.
SEDUCIBLE - person
• EASY RIDE a young woman who is sexually promiscuous or easily seduced ...1967 US sl.
• EASY RIDER a young woman who is sexually promiscuous or easily seduced ...1952 US sl.
• RACK DATE a female who be easily persuaded into bed; a seducible woman ...1977 college sl.
SEDUCING - adjectives
• LENOCINANT † adj. enticing to evil, leading astray, seducing ...1664
SEDUCTION - adjectives
• SHAFTABLE of a woman: suitable for and hopefully susceptible to seduction ...1950s sl.
seduction - nouns
• BABE LAIR an apartment used by a man for the seduction of women ...1990s US sl.
• BEDROOM EYES a look in the eyes that invites the person on whom it is focused towards seduction ...1910s sl.
• DEALS a successful seduction ...2000s US Black sl.
• HUSTLE a means of seduction, a pass ...1970s US sl.
• LINE a special verbal approach, esp. as an introduction to seduction; a chat-up line ...1903 UK sl.
• MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression ...1968 Amer. sl.
seduction - phrases
• OLD ENOUGH TO SIT AT THE TABLE, OLD ENOUGH TO EAT a phrase used to suggest that an underage girl is still a feasible target for seduction ...1980s US sl.
SEDUCTIVE - adjectives
• ALL OVER SOMEONE LIKE A CHEAP SUIT pawing and clinging; seductive ...Amer. sl.
• EGSOME forward, seductive ...1868 Sc.
• SEDUCTIOUS * seductive, alluring ...1883
• SIRENIAN alluring, seductive, deceitful ...1600
• TICING alluring, seductive, tempting; of sweet, pleasing manners ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
seductive - nouns
• FRICKINCHATEN a talking seductively to a woman ...2000s US Black sl.
• MACK, THE seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the 'chat-up' line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl ...1940s US Black sl.
• MACK TALK ingratiating or flattering talk, orig. of a kind intended to seduce women; seductive, persuasive talk; spec. the 'chat-up' line used by a pimp to recruit a new girl ...1940s US Black sl.
• VA VA VOOM style; a powerful or seductive style; the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing ...1996 US sl.
seductive - person
• BROILER an attractive female; a sexually tempting or seductive woman ...E20 US sl.
• DELILAH a temptress; a seductive and treacherous woman ...L16
• HO, HOE a promiscuous or seductively dressed young woman ...1950s US Black & college sl.
• SNOWMAN anyone who has a smooth, seductive line of talk ...1960s US sl.
• VAMPIRE a seductive female; a female flirt ...1903
seductive - verbs
• COME ON STRONG to be seductive ...1950s sl.
• COME STRONG to be seductive ...1950s sl.
• GET THE MACK ON to talk seductively; to flirt; spec. as a pimp in order to recruit a prostitute ...1960s US Black sl.
• WORK IT to behave in a blatantly seductive way; to engage in high-pressure salesmanship ...1980s Amer. sl.
SEE - adjectives
• DEEP-SEEN † that sees or has seen deeply into things ...1597-8
• SPECTABUNDAL † eager to see ...1652
see - verbs
• BE ON THE BEEFMENT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BE ON THE POUNCE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see ...c1000
• BUZ to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• CASTELL to look, to see ...L16 sl.
• CASTLE to see or look ...16C sl.
• CLAP EYES ON to see, esp. unexpectedly or finally ...1838
• CLOCK to catch sight of, to see; hence, to recognize, to identify ...1976 Amer. sl.
• DECK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DEKK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DICK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• FOX to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• GET THE DAIRY ON to see, to notice a person ...c1910 sl.
• HAVE EYES IN ONE'S HEAD to be able to see clearly; to be able to perceive, comprehend, or recognize something; to have good sense ...1579
• KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan ...c1205 arch.
• LAMP to look; to see; to examine ...1907 US sl.
• LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine ...1914 US sl.
• LAY to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• LAY EYES ON to see ...a1225 sl.
• MAKE A LONG NECK to stretch the neck or head in order to reach or see anything ...1883 Eng. dial.
• MARK to observe, to watch, to see, to spy ...1377 now poetic
• NARK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• NOSE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• OCCULATE † to set eyes upon; to see, to behold ...1609
• OCULATE †* to set eyes upon; to eye, to see, to behold ...1609
• OFSEE † to see, to perceive by sight; to catch sight of, to observe ...c1000
• OGLE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• PIPE to see, to watch; to spy ...1846 thieves' sl.
• QUIZ to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• ROAST to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• ROAST-BROWN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SCAN to see, to notice ...M19 sl.
• SCRIME to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer ...1889 Sc.
• SEE THE BIG ANIMAL to see or experience all that one can endure ...1848 Amer. sl.
• SEE THE LIONS to have worldly experience; to see remarkable sights...1590
• SHADOW to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SHEPHERD to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SIGHT to observe, to see ...1930s UK criminals' & Black sl.
• SKIN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SKRIME to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer ...1889 Sc.
• SNITCH to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SPOT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• STAG to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TENT to see, to observe, to notice ...1784 Sc.
• TOUT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TWIG to catch sight of, to spot ...1796 sl.
• TWIRE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• VADA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDI to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDO to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDY to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
see - phrases
• LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT said of one who wishes to do or see something ...20C sl.
SEEDY - adjectives
• LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird ...1970s US college sl.
SEEING - adjectives
• PANOPTIC all-seeing; in which all is seen; seeing the whole at one view ...1826
• SIGHTFUL † endowed with sight; seeing ...1594
seeing - nouns
• OMNIVIDENCE the capacity of seeing all things ...1884
• OMNIVIDENCY † a seeing of all things; universal inspection ...a1661
• OMNIVISION the act or faculty of seeing all things ...1861
• SIGHTFULNESS † the power of seeing ...a1586
• VIDENDA * things worth seeing, or which ought to be seen ...1760
SEEK - person
• SUITOR † one who seeks earnestly ...1548
seek - verbs
• BESEECH † to seek after, to search for, to try to get ...c1200
• CAPTATE † to catch at, to strive to obtain, to seek after ...1628
• EVESTIGATE † to seek out, to search after, to investigate ...1656
• FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• KEEP † to try to catch or get; to seek after ...c1000
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFSECHE † to seek after; to search for; to make a search ...c1225
• SCRAWM to gather hastily together; to rake together; to seek after greedily ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SEEK FOR A SALMON'S NEST † to look for something that doesn't exist ...1589
• SNIFF OUT to seek as if by following a scent ...1940s Amer. sl.
• TILL † to labour after, to seek after, to provide; to get by effort, to obtain, acquire or earn by labour; later, to get, to obtain ...a900
• VENT † to search or seek for ...1574
SEEM - verbs
• BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look ...a1225
• PEAR to appear; to seem ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SEEMINGLY - adverbs
• THINKINGLY probably, seemingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SEEMLINESS - nouns
• DECENCY † appropriateness or fitness to the circumstances or requirements of the case; fitness, seemliness, propriety ...1567
• DECOROUSNESS † seemliness, fitness, suitability, appropriateness ...1678
SEEMLY - adjectives
• AFTERGAIT † seemly, fitting ...1825 Sc.
• BESEEMLY * seemly, becoming, befitting ...1742
• CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory ...1802 Sc.
• DECOROUS † seemly, suitable, appropriate ...1664
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• MACKER-LIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
• MACKLIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TALL † meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent ...c1400
• UPTIGHT under emotional control, seemly ...1969 sl.
• VIEWLY † seemly, presenting a good view or appearance ...1880 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
seemly - adverbs
• MANNERLY † in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly ...a1300
seemly - verbs
• HANDSOME † to fit, to adapt; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn ...1555
• SIT † to be suitable, fitting, proper, or seemly ...c1330
• TALLY † in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely ...c1350
SEEN - adjectives
• FAR-KENN'D seen a long way off; well-known ...1785 Eng. dial.
• FAR-REGARDING conspicuous, seen from afar ...1896 Sc.
SEER - adjectives
• VATIC pert. to a prophet or seer; prophetic, inspired ...1603
• VATICAL †* pert. to a prophet or seer; prophetic, inspired ...1594
seer - person
• ELLEREE † a person of preternatural insight; a seer ..c1830 Sc.
• VATICINATOR † one who writes or utters vaticinations; a prognosticator, prophet, or seer ...1652 rare or obs.
• YOGI-BOGEY * a disparaging term for a person who follows or believes in spiritualism, mysticism, clairvoyance, etc.; a mystic; a seer ...1901
seer - verbs
• VATICINATE to speak as a prophet or seer; to utter predictions; to foretell events ....1623
SEESAW - adverbs
• WADY-BUCKETY in seesaw fashion ...1867 Ireland
seesaw - nouns
• DANDIE-DOE a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DANDLE a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• DANDLE-BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DANDLING-BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• HAYTY-TAYTY a seesaw ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY a seesaw ...1877 Eng. dial.
• JENNY HORSE a seesaw ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MERRY-TOTTER † a seesaw ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PEE-POMP a seesaw ...1949 Amer. dial.
• QUAVIT a seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEAGLE a seesaw, usually made by laying a plank across a fallen tree ...1891 Eng. dial.
• QUEE-QUAW a seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTING a seesaw ...1897 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOW a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RANTY a seesaw ...1874 Eng. dial.
• RANTYPOWL a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...1884 Eng. dial.
• RIDER-HORSE a seesaw, or similar recreational device ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RIDIE-BOB a seesaw ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RIDING BOARD a seesaw ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• RIDING HORSE a seesaw, or similar recreational device ...1949 Amer. dial.
• RIDING PLANK a seesaw ...1998 Amer. dial.
• RIDING-RANTIPOW the game of seesaw ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDY-BOB a seesaw ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RIDY-HORSE a seesaw, or similar recreational device ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG a seesaw; the game of seesaw ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TAIT a game of seesaw ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TAYTY † a seesaw ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TEEDER-TODDER a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEEDER-TOTTER n. a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEEDLE a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TEENTER a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEENTER BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TADDLE a seesaw ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TALLY a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEETER a seesaw ...1854 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-BOARD a seesaw ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TEETER HORSE a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TEETER POLE a seesaw ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TEETERING-BOARD a seesaw ...1910 Amer. dial.
• TEETERING HORSE a seesaw ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TEETERING PLANK a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TEETERTAMORTER a seesaw ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEETER-TAUTER a seesaw ...1956 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TAWTER a seesaw; the act of seesawing ...1848 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOOTER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER a seesaw ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER BOARD a seesaw ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TEETING TOTTER a seesaw ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TEETLING BOARD a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TOTTER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TETTER-TOTTER the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1846 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE a seesaw ...2007 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLE BOARD a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLING BOARD a seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TILT a seesaw ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TILTER a seesaw ...1713 Amer. dial.
• TILTER BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TILTERING BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TILTING-BOARD a seesaw ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TILTS a seesaw ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TILT-TOT a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TINTER a seesaw ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TINTER BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TIP-AN'-CUM-TORTER a seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIPPETY-BOUNCE seesaw ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TITTER a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-A-TAUTER the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TITTER-BOARD a seesaw ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-CUM-TOTTER the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TITTERING BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-TEETER a seesaw ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TITTER-TOTTER † the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw ...1530 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TITTLING BOARD a seesaw ...1943 Amer. dial.
• WADY-BUCKETY a seesaw ...Bk1905 Ireland
• WALEY-GALEY the game of seesaw ...1879 Eng. dial.
• WILD MARE, THE † a seesaw ...a1586
seesaw - verbs
• COUP THE LADLE to play at seesaw ...1914 Sc.
• DANDLE to ride on a seesaw ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GO A TANTING to play at seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAVIT to seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEAGLE to seesaw; to oscillate; to swing backwards and forwards, crouching down on the heels in a sitting posture ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUEE-QUAW to seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANT to play at see-saw ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TAIT to play at seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEETER to play at seesaw ...1809 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TAWTER to play at seesaw ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER to play at seesaw ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TILTER to play on a seesaw; to seesaw on a plank ...1877 Amer. dial.
• TITE-TITY to play at seesaw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITTER to seesaw ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• TITTER-TOTTER to seesaw ...a1825 Eng. dial.
SEETHE - verbs
• POPPLE to boil with rage or indignation; to seethe with anger; to be extremely excited ...1897 Sc.
SEGMENT - nouns
• CANTLE a section, or segment, cut out of anything ...c1440
SEGREGATE - verbs
• SEG to segregate; to have a segregationist policy ...1960s sl., orig. US
SEGREGATED - adjectives
• SALT-AND-PEPPER segregated ...1950s US sl.
SEGREGATION - nouns
• SEG a segregation unit or cell ...1960s sl., orig. US & Can. prison
• SEGGIE a segregation unit or cell ...1960s sl., orig. US & Can. prison
segregation - person
• SEG a supporter of racial segregation ...1965 US sl.
• SEGGIE a supporter of racial segregation ...1965 US sl.
SEIZE - person
• TAKER one who captures or seizes; a captor, a seizer, a catcher, an apprehender ...c1375
seize - verbs
• BAG to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1818 sl.
• BECATCH † to lay hold of, to seize upon ...c1200
• BECLIP † to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip; to catch, to overtake ...c1380
• BEFANG to seize upon; to clutch ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEFONG † to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch ...a1000
• BEGRIPE † to catch hold of, to apprehend; to seize and hold fast ...c1175
• BETRAISE † to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting ...c1400
• BETRAISH † to seize, entrap, ensnare the unsuspecting ...c1400
• BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch ...L18 sl.
• CAP to seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own ...Bk1888 Sc.
• CATCH AWAY to seize and take away; to snatch away ...c1325
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• CORREPT † to seize ...1657
• CRACK to seize or place under arrest ...1952 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CRACK OUT to seize or place under arrest ...1952 Amer. criminals' sl.
• FANG † to lay hold of; to grasp; to hold; to seize; to clasp. to embrace ...c1200
• FANG ON to seize, to clutch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• FASTEN to seize with a grip ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAFFLE to grasp, to seize; to take hold of and carry; to steal, to shoplift, to swindle; to arrest ...1900 Amer. dial.
• GAIT to seize suddenly or violently; to clutch at ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE to grab, to seize, to lay hold of ...1849 Amer. dial.
• HANCH to seize, to snatch; to take hold of rough; to handle roughly or unkindly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANDFAST † to grasp, to seize with the hand; to take fast hold of ...c1530
• HAP † to seize ...1574
• HAUNGE to hover about waiting to seize anything that turns up ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAVE BY THE BACK † to lay hold of, to seize ...a1555
• KEEP † to seize, to lay hold of; to snatch, to take ...c1000
• KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal ...1897 Eng. dial.
• LATCH † 1. to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods ...c950
† 2. to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, esp. with the hand or claws; to clasp, to embrace ...c1000
• MITT to grab, to seize ...1915 US sl.
• MITTEN ON TO to seize, to grab ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE ON TO vb. to seize firmly, to grasp ...1977 Amer. dial.
• NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize ...1665 Brit.
• NAG to bite; to snap; to mark with the teeth; to seize ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NAIL to grab, to seize ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NAM to seize quickly, esp. to seize with violence and to the consternation of the victim ...1825 Sc.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
• NATCH to seize, to lay violent hands on, to snatch away ...1736 Sc.
• NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize ...M17 sl.
• NICK to catch, to seize; to seize by the collar ...1768 Sc.
• NIP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of, to snatch up, to make off with, to steal ...1768 Sc.
• PREHEND †* to seize, to catch, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend ...a1500
• RAMBUMP to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUTT to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post ...1923 Amer. dial.
• RAMPOOCH to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post ...1923 Amer. dial.
• RAP † to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing ...1564
• RAP AND RAIN vb. to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1814 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND RAN to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1814 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REAR to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REE to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REEVE to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND REND to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1817 Sc.
• RAP AND RIND to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. Eng. dial.
• RAP AND RUN (FOR) to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND TEAR to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND WRING to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAP AND WRUNG to seize with violence; to get by any means, fair or foul; to scrape together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMP to stretch forth the hands to grasp; to snatch at, to seize, to clutch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SMUSS † to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force ...1736
• SNAB to seize, to grab; to snag, to nab ...1889 Amer. dial.
• SNAFFLE to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain ...1902 sl.
• TAB to catch, to seize ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE BY THE TOP to seize by the hair, to lay hold of violently ...1535
• TERRIFY to seize, to tear out; to shake ...1868 Eng. dial.
• TIT † to lay hold of forcibly, to clutch, to seize ...c1425
• WHITEMAIL * to seize or appropriate a thing, or apply moral pressure to a person for a good cause ...1861
• YARK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
SEIZED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † seized, possessed ...1579
• UNATTACHED † not arrested or seized ...1498
• YFONG † taken, seized, received ...c1000
SEIZING - nouns
• CORREPTION † a sudden snatching away, a seizure ...1659
• RAPPING † the practice of seizing and taking ...1541
• RAPTURE † the act of seizing and carrying off as prey or plunder ...1608
SEIZURE (possession) - nouns
• CAPTION * a taking, catching, seizure, capture ...1382
• INTAKE † capture, seizure ...1819 Sc.
• NAB a snatch, a seizure; theft; profit which is the result of sharp dealing ...Bk1903 Sc.
• RAPE † the act of taking anything by force; violent seizure of goods, robbery ...c1400
SEIZURE (fit) - nouns
• CAPULUPTIC FIT a fit or seizure ...1900 Amer. dial.
SELDOM - adjectives
• RARE † seldom appearing or seen ...c1450
seldom - adverbs
• ONCE IN A COON'S AGE seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A DOG'S AGE seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A WAY seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A WEEK OF SUNDAYS seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEMI-OCCASIONAL seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEMI-OCCASIONALLY seldom; occasionally ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SELECT - adjectives
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or obs.
• WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly ...c1250
select - verbs
• TAP to select, to 'line up' ...1940s sl.
• WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort ...a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo ...1737 Sc.
SELECTED - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † preferentially selected according to circumstances ...1643
• HAND-WAILED remarkable, distinguished in whatever way; carefully selected ...1786 Sc.
• HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked ...1671 Sc.
• WALED chosen, selected, picked ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SELECTION - verbs
• GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE TAIL to make a mistake in selection ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PICK A SALAD † to make a selection ...1520
SELF - nouns
• A-NUMBER-ONE oneself ...1920s US sl.
• ARSE (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ASS (one's) body, person, or self ...1698
• ASSHOLE one's body, person, or self ...1973 Amer. sl.
• AUTOPHOBY * fear of referring to oneself; fear of being egotistical ...1827
• EGOFEST a conversation about ourselves ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EGOITY selfhood, individuality ...1651
• FANNY one's self ...1920s US sl.
• YOUR UNCLE oneself ...L19 sl.
self - verbs
• EGOIZE * to give excessive attention or consideration to one's self; to talk or write too much of one's self ...1891
• KNOW THE RIGHT SIDE OF ONE'S MELON to know what is best for oneself ...1870 Amer. sl.
• TAKE CARE OF NUMBER ONE to put oneself first, no matter what the situation ...M19
• TAKE CARE OF NUMERO UNO to put oneself first, no matter what the situation ...M19
• THINK ONE'S PENNY SILVER † to have a good opinion of oneself ...1579
SELF-ABASED - adjectives
• UNBAULD † humble, self-abased ...Bk1905 Sc.
SELF-ANALYSIS - nouns
• SUISECTION self-dissection, self-analysis ...1894 nonce word
SELF-ASSERTION - nouns
• BOUNCE a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger ...1714
SELF-ASSERTIVE - adjectives
• BUMPTIOUS offensively self-conceited; self-assertive ...1803 colloq.
• BUSTY self-assertive, loud, smart-alecky ...1936 Amer. dial.
• PUSHY said of someone who is unpleasantly self-assertive in getting their way ...1936 orig. US
• ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous ...a1548
• UPPISH proud, arrogant, snobbish; self-assertive ...L17 sl.
self-assertive - person
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• JACKEEN a self-assertive worthless fellow; used contemptuously ...1840 Anglo-Irish
• PUNKAWN a talkative, self-assertive person ...1943 Irish sl.
• SHOW-OUT a show-off, a braggart; a loud, self-assertive person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WISECRACKER one who often jokes or teases; one w ho is obnoxiously self-assertive and arrogant ...1923 Amer. sl.
SELF-ASSESSMENT - nouns
• LOOKING GLASS TIME self-assessment ...1960s Amer. sl.
SELF-ASSURED - adjectives
• COOL BREEZE self-assured, sophisticated ...1960s sl., orig. US
• IN A ZONE confident, self-assured ...1990s sl.
self-assured - verbs
• WALK HEAVY to impose oneself on the world, to walk about in a deliberately self-assured manner ...1960s US Black sl.
SELF-AWARENESS - nouns
• DAP credit, acknowledgement, respect, self-awareness ...1970s US Black sl.
SELF-CENTRED - adjectives
• BIG AS BULL BEEF as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
• BIG AS S as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
SELF-COMPLACENT - adjectives
• FAT slow-witted, indolent, self-complacent ...1588
SELF-CONCEIT - nouns
• OPINION † favourable estimate of oneself or one's own abilities; either in bad sense - self-conceit, arrogance, dogmatism, or in good sense - self-confidence ...1588
SELF-CONCEITED - adjectives
• BUMPTIOUS offensively self-conceited; self-assertive ...1803 colloq.
• OVER-PERTED † made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited ...1614
• POVIE spruce and self-conceited ...B1900 Sc.
SELF-CONFIDENCE - adverbs
• BAYARDLY † with blind self-confidence ...1624
self-confidence - nouns
• OBER responsibility, liability; power, influence; impudent self-confidence ...1929 Sc.
• OPINION † favourable estimate of oneself or one's own abilities; either in bad sense - self-conceit, arrogance, dogmatism, or in good sense - self-confidence ...1588
• SICKERNESS † sense of security; self-confidence ...a1225
• SUFFISANCE † excess of self-confidence, conceit ...1781
• UPHEADEDNESS self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness ...1832 Amer. dial.
• UPHEADINESS self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness ...1963 Amer. dial.
SELF-CONFIDENT - adjectives
• COCKSHOUS self-confident, conceited ...19C Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• GALLUS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant ...1789 UK
• LUSTY † insolent, arrogant, self-confident ...a1568
• UPHEADED alert, shrewd, intelligent; self-confident, arrogant, haughty, conceited ...1826 Amer. dial.
self-confident - person
• BIT OF A LAD a young man who is full of self-confidence with which he pursues sensual ambitions ...1960 UK sl.
• LONGSHOE a self-confident, urbane person ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
self-confident - verbs
• HAVE YOUR SHIT TOGETHER to be focused, organized, self-confident ...1970 US sl.
SELF-CONSCIOUS - adjectives
• MAISK bashful, self-conscious ...1845 Sc.
SELF-CONTAINED - adjectives
• ICE adj. cool, relaxed, calm, self-contained ...1970s US Black
SELF-CONTROL - nouns
• IMPUISSANCE † lack of self-control ...1667
self-control - verbs
• LOSE THE RUN OF ONESELF to lose one's self-control; to run amok ...Anglo-Irish sl.
SELF-DECEIVER - person
• QUEEN OF DE NILE a woman who refuses to face reality; a self-deceiver ...1990s US Black sl.
SELF-EVIDENT - adjectives
• PLAIN AS PARRITCH self-evident, obvious to all, as clear as crystal (parritch = porridge) ...1761 Sc.
SELF-IMPORTANCE - nouns
• CROUSENESS appearance of self-importance ...Bk1825 Sc.
• EDGE conceit, self-importance, swagger ...1869 Eng. dial.
• FANTASIA ostentation, pomp, self-importance ...1838
SELF-IMPORTANT - adjectives
• ABOVE ONESELF arrogant, conceited, self-important, presumptuous; overly ambitious ...1823
• BIGASS pert. to someone who is self-important, overbearing, or arrogant ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BIG-BUGGISH important, self-important ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BIGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIG-EYED self-important ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BIGGEDY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIGGETY, BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BOOPETY self-important, arrogant ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CHESTY arrogant, conceited, self-important, egotistical ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FINE-HAIRED impressed with one's own importance; arrogant, conceited ...1901 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GASH having an air of wisdom, dignity, or self-importance ...1826 Sc.
• GUMPTIOUS having common sense; also, clever, vain, self-important ...1853
• HIGH-HEADED arrogant, haughty, self-important ...20C US sl.
• JUMPED-UP self-important, conceited ...1835 Brit. sl.
• MAGNIFICENT high and mighty; self-important, arrogant, conceited ...19C Brit. sl.
• MASSY self-important, conceited; boastful, bragging ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NACKETY conceited, self-important ...1808 Sc.
• OUTWARDLY self-important, forward ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PAUGHTY supercilious, conceited, haughty, arrogant; self-important, consequential ...1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UP ONE'S OWN ARSE self-important ...2000s sl.
• UPPITY self-important ...1880 sl., orig. US
self-important - adverbs
• CHESTY in an arrogant or self-important manner ...1899 Amer. dial.
self-important - nouns
• COCKALORUM self-important narration, a 'crowing' ...1884
self-important - person
• ADMIRAL OF THE SWISS NAVY a self-important person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ALCALDE a local official; now also any important or self-important person ...1803 Amer. dial.
• ALL THE WHOLE CHEESE a self-important person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ASTOR'S PET COW a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASTOR'S PET HORSE a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASTOR'S PET PONY a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASTOR'S PLUSH HORSE a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAHAUDUR a conceited or self-important fellow ...1828 Anglo-Indian
• BALLOON a bully, a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a self-important or boastful idiot; a fool ...1965 Sc. & Irish English colloq.
• BEZZLER one who thinks himself important or is important ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BIG BALLOCKS a self-important man ...1984 sl.
• BIG BALLS a self-important man ...1993 sl.
• BIG BOK a self-important person, a braggart ...1986 S. Afr. sl.
• BIG CIGAR a self-important person ...c1929 US Black sl.
• BIG COG an important or self-important person ...2003 sl.
• BIG DEAL an important or self-important person; a celebrated person ...1947 sl., orig. US
• BIG DEALER a self-important person; a person who acts important ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BIG DUDE a self-important person; a person who tries to appear important ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIG FEELER an arrogant or haughty person; a person who acts important ...1913 US sl.
• BIG GEORGE a self-important person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• BIGGEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE an important or self-important person ...1851 Amer. dial.
• BIG HAT a self-important person; one who acts important ...1952 US sl.
• BIG I an important or self-important person; a person who likes to brag ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG IKE a self-important, conceited or pretentious person ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BIG I, LITTLE YOU an important or self-important person; a person who likes to brag ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG NIGGER (derogatory) an important, often self-important person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG SHIT an important person, or one who claims to be so ...1934 US sl.
• BIG-SHIT-SHOT an important person, or one who claims to be so ...1978 US sl.
• BIG SHOT a superior person, or one who claims to be; a high-ranking, influential, important, or celebrated person ...1908 sl., orig. US
• BIG SHOT BIG SHIT a derisive term for a person who is behaving as a 'big shot'; one who thinks he is important ...2003 sl.
• BIG SHOW an important or self-important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BIG SQUASH an important person, or someone who thinks they are so ...1910 sl.
• BIG SQUEEZE an important or self-important person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BIG STICK an important or self-important person ; the boss ...1908 US sl.
• BIG STUFF an important or self-important person; an influential person ...1911 sl., orig. US
• BIG TIT an important person, or one who thinks they are ...1968 US sl.
• BIG TOAD an important or self-important person ...1846 US sl.
• BLEEDING DEACON a person with an over-inflated sense of self-importance to an organization; often used in the context of self-help recovery groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous ...1988 US sl.
• BOSS DOG an important, sometimes, self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUFF a self-important person ...20C Irish
• CAT'S ASS (derogatory) a self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• COCKALORUM a self-important little man; a person of consequence; a term of contempt ...c1715
• DUKE a self-important person ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FACE CARD an important or self-important person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FANCY PANTS a dandy; a pretentious, superior, self-important person ...1934 US sl.
• GEORGE W. a person with an inflated sense of self-worth ...2001 US sl.
• HEAD NIGGER an important, often self-important person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• HER NIBS herself; a self-important person; usually a mock title ...1821 Brit. sl.
• HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension; a self-important person ...1856 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-YOU-MUCK-A-MUCK a self-important person ...1856 Amer. sl.
• HIS NIBS himself; a self-important person; usually a mock title ...1821 Brit. sl.
• I AM a self-important person ...1926 sl.
• IKE a self-important, conceited or pretentious person ...1902 Amer. dial.
• JACK-IN-OFFICE a self-important petty official
• JACK THE BISCUIT a show-off; someone who is important or self-important enough to be ostentatious ...2002 UK sl.
• JIM-DANDY one who feels that he is important ...1954 Amer. dial.
• KNOCKER an important or self-important male; a show-off ...20C US sl.
• LADY ESTHER a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADY ESTHERBILT a pretentious or self-important woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LADY MUCK a woman who is unjustifiably self-important or esteemed; an arrogant, pretentious woman of any class ...1957 UK sl.
• LEAD NIGGER an important, often self-important person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• LOUDSPEAKER a braggart or loudmouth; an important person or one who regards himself as important ...1934 US sl.
• MAGUFFY one who thinks that they are more important than they really are ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MONKEY-MONK a superior or important person, whether in fact or through pretension; a self-important person; an aristocrat ...1880 US sl.
• MONKEY-MUCK a person of real or imagined authority; one who tries to appear important ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MR. ASTORBILT a rich or high-class person; a member of the 'best society' of a community; a self-important person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MR. IT a self-important person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S COW a self-important person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S PET COW a self-important person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S PET HORSE a self-important person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MRS. ASTOR'S PLUSH HORSE a self-important person ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MUCK an important or self-important person ...1941 US sl.
• MUCK-A-MUCK a self-important person ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MUCKEY-MUCK, MUCKITY-MUCK, MUCKY-MUCK a self-important person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• NOISE a self-important person ...1908 Amer. sl.
• PANJANDRUM a mock title for an imaginary or mysterious person of much power, or one of great pretensions; a pompous pretender; one who is self-important ...a1880
• POT an obnoxious person; a disliked, self-righteous, self-important person of either sex, but esp. a woman of middle age or over ...1937 Amer. sl.
• SNOT a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity ...E17 sl.
• TALLEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE an important or self-important person ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TIN GOD a self-important, dictatorial person in a position of authority, as an employer, military officer, critic, or teacher
• WAIP a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAIPER a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAP a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WARM WEATHER an important person; a self-important person ...1904 US sl.
• WHISTLE-BREECHES (derogatory or teasing) a nickname for a self-important person ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE-BRITCHES (derogatory or teasing) a nickname for a self-important person ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WISE IKE a self-important, pretentious person ...20C sl.
self-important - verbs
• CLIMB UP ONE'S OWN ASS to be over-engaged with oneself or one's own concerns, affairs, or work, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; to become excessively self-involved, self-important, or pretentious ...1992
• DISAPPEAR UP ONE'S OWN ASS to be over-engaged with oneself or one's own concerns, affairs, or work, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; to become excessively self-involved, self-important, or pretentious ...1973
• LAY ON JAM to assume affected manners, airs of importance ...1901 Aust. sl.
• MOW THE MUSTARD to act arrogant or self-important ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PUT ON JAM to assume affected manners, airs of importance ...1882 Aust. sl.
• SCOG to boast, to brag; to be self-important ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOOT OFF ONE'S MOUTH to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SHOOT ONE'S MOUTH OFF to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SKITE to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously ...1857 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off ...1809 sl.
• VANISH UP ONE'S OWN ASS to be over-engaged with oneself or one's own concerns, affairs, or work, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; to become excessively self-involved, self-important, or pretentious ...2008
SELF-IMPRESSED - verbs
• THINK ONE'S SHIT DOESN'T STINK to be very conceited; to be stuck up and self-impressed ...1940s Amer. sl.
SELF-INDULGENCE - nouns
• CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY self-indulgence in eating and drinking ...E19 sl.
• FLING a brief period of self-indulgence or pleasure, often with the implication of a sexual liaison ...1827 sl.
• WANK self-indulgence ...1970s US sl.
SELF-INDULGENT - adjectives
• ABRODIETICAL †* over-refined or self-indulgent, esp. in regard to diet; feeding or eating daintily; delicate, fastidious, finicky ...1625
• PARTY hedonistic, engaged in the pursuit of pleasure, self-indulgent ...1980s US teen sl.
• PARTY DOWN hedonistic, engaged in the pursuit of pleasure, self-indulgent ...1970s sl.
• WANTON † petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious ...1538
self-indulgent - person
• ABRODIETICAL †* a person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes; a delicate person, a dainty eater ...1623
• GAY BOY a hedonistic or self-indulgent young man ...1921
• GAY DOG a man given to revelling or self-indulgence; a philanderer; a lecher ...1847
• LUSHER one who is excessively self-indulgent; especially one who drinks excessively ...1895
• SUIST † one who follows his own inclinations; a self-pleaser, a self-indulgent person ...1648
SELF-INTERESTED - adjectives
• INWITH self-interested, introspective ...1866 Sc.
SELF-INVOLVED - phrases
• UP YOUR OWN ARSE very self-involved ...2000 UK sl.
SELFISH - adjectives
• ANERLY selfish, absorbed in one's own interests ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ENDIE attached to one's own interest, selfish; full of schemes, fertile in expedients ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ENDY attached to one's own interest, selfish; full of schemes, fertile in expedients ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GRAB-GUTTED greedy, selfish ...1902 Amer. dial.
• INBIGGET, INBIGGIT selfish, morose, reserved, obstinate, uncommunicative, introverted ...1825 Sc.
• INHOLDING selfish; fawning, cringing, given to flattery ...1871 Sc.
• MENSELESS greedy, covetous; selfish, inhospitable ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PECKSNIFFIAN making high pretensions to benevolence and virtue while really mean, selfish, and hypocritical ...1844
• SCRINNY selfish, narrow-minded ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• SINGLE-O selfish ...1950 US sl.
• SNOEP mean, greedy, selfish, stingy ...1960s S. Afr.
• YANNERLY selfish, absorbed in one's own interests ...B1900 Eng. dial.
selfish - person
• GLAID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GLEID a greedy, selfish person; a person with a temper; a rough girl ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GRAB a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ALL a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRAB-ASS a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• GRABBER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GRABENHEIMER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HERRY-WATER a selfish person who takes all he can get ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MUCKWORM a selfish wretch; a miser ...16C colloq.
• NITTIE a mean, greedy person; one who is selfish or disobliging ...1812 Sc.
• RAT any distrusted, unethical, selfish, disliked person ...20C Amer. sl.
• SCAFF † a selfish fellow ...Bk1903 Christ's Hospital usage
• TAKER a person who selfishly takes but never gives friendship, gifts, hospitality, etc. ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TICK one who is greedy or selfish ...1975 Amer. sl.
SELFISHNESS - nouns
• SUICISM † selfishness ...1654
SELF-OBSESSED - adjectives
• FAT self-obsessed, smug ...20C sl.
SELF-OPINIONATED - adjectives
• NOTIONATE headstrong, obstinate, self-opinionated ...1871 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• TALKY chatty, verbose, self-opinionated ...1862 US sl.
• UP IN THE AIR cocky, self-opinionated ...1910s US sl.
self-opinionated - 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
• GAF-ISAAC a conceited, self-opinionated man ...1897 Eng. dial.
• LADY MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending woman ...1957 sl.
• LORD MUCK a pompous, self-opinionated condescending man ...1937 sl.
• MOUTH ALMIGHTY (usually derogatory) a person who talks a great deal; a self-opinionated person; also, a form of address; a noisy, talkative, loud-mouthed person ...1800 colloq., chiefly Brit.
• SWANKPOT a boastful, self-opinionated person ...1914 Brit. sl.
SELF-PITY - verbs
• FLOG THE CAT to indulge in self-pity ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
SELF-PITYING - person
• WET LEG a self-pitying person ...1922 sl.
SELF-POSSESSED - adjectives
• COOL AS A CUCUMBER alert and aware; self-possessed; calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
self-possessed - person
• COOL CARD one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL CUSTOMER one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL FISH one who is alert and aware, self-possessed, or calm ...World War II Amer. sl.
• COOL HAND a cool, calm, controlled and competent individual; one who is alert and aware, or self-possessed ...World War II Amer. sl.
SELF-POSSESSION - nouns
• GALL impudence, arrogance, self-possession, brazen assurance ...1882 orig. US sl.
SELF-RELIANT - adjectives
• SAUCY † independent, self-reliant ...1856 Eng. dial.
self-reliant - person
• MAN O' HIS MIND one who thinks and acts for himself, a self-reliant person ...1903 Sc.
self-reliant - phrases
• IF YOU DON'T HELP YOURSELF, NOBODY ELSE WILL advice to be self-reliant ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
SELF-RESTRAINT - adjectives
• GARISH † wanting in self-restraint; flighty ...1650
self-restraint - nouns
• GARISHNESS † want of self-restraint; flightiness ...1649
• MAIN patience, self-restraint ...1845 Sc.
SELF-RIGHTEOUS - person
• GOODY TWO-SHOES a self-righteous person ...M19 sl., orig. US
• NOBLE a self-righteous person; one who pretends to act from principle when actually motivated by selfish considerations ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• POT an obnoxious person; a disliked, self-righteous, self-important person of either sex, but esp. a woman of middle age or over ...1937 Amer. sl.
• SQUARE JOHN a self-righteous person, i.e. one who is not a drug addict ...1920 Amer. drug addicts' sl.
SELF-SATISFACTION - phrases
• I'M ALL RIGHT JACK a sarcastic remark of selfish complacency; a smug declaration of self-satisfaction ...Bk1996 sl.
SELF-SATISFIED - adjectives
• CHEST of a person: puffed-up, self-satisfied ...1900s sl.
• LIKE A MONKEY WITH A TIN TOOL impudent, self-satisfied ...c1863
• SHIT-EATING despicable; smug; self-satisfied ...sl.
• SMARMY smug, self-satisfied; overly sentimental ...1909 UK sl.
• UP ONESELF arrogant, self-satisfied, full of oneself ...1940s Aust. sl.
self-satisfied - person
• ALRIGHTNIK a person who has succeeded in life financially but is regarded as vulgar or self-satisfied; a nouveau-riche person, an arriviste; chiefly Jewish usage ...1916 colloq.
• BABBITT a self-opinionated, self-satisfied small-town bourgeois, with all the prejudices of such a figure; a narrow-minded, middle-class materialist ...1959
• MONSIEUR PRUDHOMME a self-satisfied person ...Bk1920
self-satisfied - verbs
• GET ABOVE ONESELF to act in an arrogant manner; to be self-satisfied ...L19 sl.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY - nouns
• SUFFISANCE † self-sufficiency, independence ...a1450
SELF-SUFFICIENT - adjectives
• BEDDY conceited, self-sufficient, saucy, forward ...1706 Sc. & Ireland
• SUBSTANTIVE of persons, nations, etc.: independent, self-existent, self-sufficient ...c1470
• SUFFISANT † self-sufficient, independent ...a1340
self-sufficient - verbs
• SUFFICE TO ONESELF † to be self-sufficient ...c1400
SELF-TAUGHT - person
• AUTODIDACT one who is self-taught ...1748
SELF-WILLED - adjectives
• AFFECTIONATE † passionate, wilful, self-willed, headstrong, obstinate ...1542
• AFFECTIONED † passionate, wilful; self-willed, obstinate ...1582
• ANWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• BEGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BIGOTED stupid, self-willed (without reference to any religious intolerance) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIGOTTY bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HARD-MOUTHED self-willed, obstinate, stubborn ...1686
• HEADY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEIDIE headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• ONWIL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• ONWILL † self-willed, stubborn, obstinate; persistently desirous, importunate ...c897
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• UNSAYABLE unruly, wilful, self-willed; not to be advised or controlled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
self-willed - person
• MASTERPIECE a self-willed person; one who persists in having his own way ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNSEL † a self-willed, naughty, worthless person; a term of opprobrium generally applied to a child ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SELL - adjectives
• SALE-RIFE † saleable, easy to sell ...1781 Sc.
• SULKE †* hard to sell; slow in going off ...1636
sell - verbs
• BADGE † to deal as a 'badger'; to hawk for sale; to buy up provisions for the purpose of selling again elsewhere ...1552
• BREAK to sell by retail ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALL to sell or hawk in a cart; to go round begging ...1843 Sc.
• CRY to offer for sale by auction or by hawking in the streets ...1393
• CRY OUT † to sell out by auction ...1701
• DEAL †* to offer for sale ...1760
• FAKE among peddlers and street hawkers: to sell ...1903 Amer. sl.
• FLOG to promote, hype, or support something; to try to sell something aggressively ...1919 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• GIVE AWAY to sell cheaply ...a1899 sl.
• GO LIKE HOT CAKES to sell very quickly or promptly ...c1888
• HUSSLE to sell goods, esp. in an aggressive manner; to promote ...L19 sl.
• HUSTLE to sell or serve goods, esp. in an aggressive, pushing manner; to promote ...1887 Amer. sl.
• JAYHAWK to sell small articles on a street corner ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KNOCK OUT orig. to resell items acquired by an auction ring; latterly, to sell stolen items to a fence; of a market stall-holder or other trader: to sell items ...1876 Brit. sl.
• MAKE MARKET † to trade, to buy and sell ...1340
• MOVE to sell, especially in bulk ...1938 US sl.
• NUNDINATE † to buy and sell at fairs or markets ...1623
• OFF to dispose of, to sell ...1960s US sl.
• PUT THE FAKEMS ON to offer trash for sale as valuable merchandise ...20C sl.
• SALE * to sell ...1809
• SCALP 1. to resell tickets, merchandise, etc., at higher than the official rates ...19C colloq.
2. to re-sell any item for a profit ...1940s sl.
• SELL BY TAP † to sell in small quantities; to retail ...1483 Sc.
• SELL LIKE HOT CAKES to sell very quickly or promptly, or in large quantities ...c1888
• SELL SOMEONE A PUP to sell someone something worthless ...1901 Brit. sl.
• SHIFT to sell something in large quantities ...1976 sl.
• SUG to sell or attempt to sell someone a product under the guise of market research ...1980 Brit. sl.
• VENT † to sell or vend commodities or goods; to dispose of by sale ...1478-9 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VENUNDATE † to buy and sell ...1613
• YEIE † to utter in a loud voice; to call out; to announce for sale in a loud voice ...a1225
SELLER - person
• BARGAINER † the person making an agreement of bargain and sale of real property; the seller ...1628
• BUNCER a seller on commission ...c1860 sl.
• VENDERESS a female seller ...1862
• VENDITOR †* a seller, a vendor ...1698
• VENDOR one who disposes of a thing by sale; a seller ...1594
• VENDRESS a female seller ...1800
• VENTER †* one who sells or offers for sale; a vendor ...1620
SELLING - nouns
• FACTORAGE the action or professional service of a factor; the act of buying or selling goods on commission ...1670
• VENDITION the act of selling; disposal or transfer by sale ...1542
• VENTAGE † the act of selling or vending; sale ...1577
• VENTING † the act of selling ...1532-3
• VENUNDATION † a selling and buying ...1623
SEMEN - adjectives
• FULL OF FUCK sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
• FULL OF GISM sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
semen - nouns
• BABIES semen ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• BABY BATTER semen ...1997 US sl.
• BABY BOUILLON semen ...1990s sl.
• BABY FLUID semen ...1930s sl.
• BABY FOOD semen ...1972 US sl.
• BABY GRAVY semen ...1990s sl.
• BABY-JUICE semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• BABY PASTE semen ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• BEER semen ...1960s US Black & college sl.
• CLINKER fecal or seminal matter adhering to the anal or pubic hairs ...19C Brit. sl.
• COCK SNOT semen ...1980s Brit. sl. Sl. Puxley 2004
• COME ejaculated semen ...1923 sl.
• CREAM semen ...19C Brit. & US sl. & colloq.
• CUM ejaculated semen ...1923 sl.
• CUNT-JUICE natural vaginal lubrication and ejaculated semen ...19C sl.
• DAVID semen ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD BABIES semen ...1998 US sl.
• DELICIOUS JAM semen ...sl.
• DUCK-BUTTER semen ...20C US sl.
• EGG-WHITE semen ...1910s sl.
• EMPTY an ejaculation of semen ...1980s Aust. sl.
• FACE CREAM semen, esp. as when ejaculated onto a fellator's face ...1970s US gay sl.
• FACE-OFF an ejaculation of semen onto a lover's face ...2003 US sl.
• FACE-PAINTING the ejaculation of semen over one's partner's face ...1990s sl.
• FATHER-STUFF the male seed in a figurative sense; semen ...20C sl.
• FRENCH ABORTION the swallowing or spitting out of semen after fellatio ...Bk1981 sl.
• FUCK semen ...16C
• FUNK semen ...1976 US sl.
• GLUE semen ...L19 sl.
• GUMA semen ...L19 US colloq.
• ICE-CREAM semen ...1960s sl.
• INJECTION semen, at the point of ejaculation ...M18 sl.
• IRISH CONFETTI semen spilled extravagantly ...20C gay sl.
• JAM semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• JAZZ semen ...1932 Amer. sl.
• JELLY seminal fluid ...1622 sl.
• JOLLOP semen ...1990s sl.
• JUNGLE JUICE semen or vaginal secretions ...1990s US campus sl.
• KILL semen ...1998 US sl.
• LATHER sexual secretions; semen; natural vaginal lubricants ...19C Brit. sl.
• LETCH-WATER semen or natural vaginal lubrication, esp. as an indication of sexual arousal ...18C Brit. sl.
• LEWD INFUSION semen ...19C Brit. euphemism
• LIVING SAUCE semen ...1990s sl.
• LOAD an ejaculation's worth of semen ...1927 US sl.
• LOVE JUICE semen ...1882 UK sl.
• MELTED BUTTER semen ...18C sl.
• MILT semen ...19C sl.
• MUCK semen ...1997 sl.
• NAD-JAM semen ...2000s sl.
• NATURE semen ...1547 sl.
• NUT semen ...1991 US sl.
• OIL semen ...17C sl.
• OIL OF MAN semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• OINTMENT semen ...L18 sl.
• OYSTER semen; an ejaculation of semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• PASTE semen ...M19 sl.
• PEDIGREE CHUM semen; an orgasm ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'come'
• POPULATION PASTE semen ...M19 sl.
• ROE semen ...M19 sl.
• SAUCE semen ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• SCAD semen ...E17 sl.
• SCOTCH SCREW a nocturnal emission of semen ...1987 US sl.
• SCUM semen ...1967 sl., chiefly US
• SNOT semen ...1980s Brit. sl.
• SNOWBALL 1. a single gob of semen ...L17 Brit. sl.
2. semen that has been ejaculated in a partner's mouth and that is then returned, via a passionate kiss ...1990s sl.
• SOUL SAUCE a Black man's semen, or the man himself ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• SPENCE ejaculated semen ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SPEND semen; sexual spendings ...19C sl.
• SPEW semen ...1980s sl., orig. US college
• SPOO semen ...1980s US college sl.
• SPOOCH semen ...1980s US college sl.
• SPOOF semen ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SPOOGE semen ...1990s US sl.
• SPUNK semen ...c1890 sl.
• STUFF semen ...17C colloq.
• TAIL-WATER semen ...20C sl.
• TALLOW semen ...19C sl.
• THICK PISS semen ...1998 NZ sl.
• THREAD semen ...19C Brit. sl.
• UPSHOOT an ejaculation of semen ...Shakespeare usage
• VICTORIA MONK semen ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'spunk'
• VINEGAR semen ...2000s sl.
• WAD semen, esp. an ejaculation of semen ...1920s sl.
• WHITE BLOW semen ...20C sl.
• WHITE HONEY semen ...L19 Brit. sl.
semen - verbs
• CREAM to ejaculate semen ...20C US sl.
• CREAM ONE'S JEANS to ejaculate semen in one's trousers ...20C US sl.
• DEPOSIT to ejaculate semen ...sl.
semen - phrases
• GLUE-POT HAS COME UNSTUCK, THE he smells of genital sweat or semen ...1890 sl.