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SEX APPEAL - SHED
SEX APPEAL - adjectives
• UNCUNTY unattractive, lacking sex appeal ...1970s sl.
sex appeal - nouns
• IT sex appeal; the ability to sexually stimulate persons of the opposite sex ...1904 sl. US colloq.
• MAGOO sex appeal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• MAGOO, THE sex appeal ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MCGOO sex appeal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• OLD MAGOO, THE sex appeal ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OOMPH sex appeal ...1937 colloq.
• S.A. Sex Appeal ...1926 sl.
• TITS AND ARSE, TITS AND ASS sex appeal; women viewed as nothing more than sex objects ...1950s sl.
• ZAZZLE exaggerated sexuality; sex appeal ...20C US sl.
sex appeal - person
• COLD BISCUIT a person lacking any apparent sex appeal ...1961 US high school jargon
• SAM a male with sex appeal and magnetism ...1965 Amer. sl.
• SEX KITTEN a young woman who asserts her sex appeal ...1958 sl.
SEXIST - person
• PIG (derogatory) a lecherous or sexist man ...1546
SEXTON - person
• BEDERAL, BEDRAL, BEDREL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDLAR an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDMAN a sexton ...1702 Eng. dial.
• BETHERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• SACRISTAN † the sexton of a parish church ...c1375 obs, or arch.
• SAXON the sexton of a church ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• SAXTON a sexton ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT - nouns
• SNERTING sexual harassment by men ...1990s Amer. sl.
SEXUALITY - nouns
• LEG ART pictures of women in clothing and poses that emphasize their sexuality ...1930s Amer. sl.
• VENUS sexuality in general ...16C
SEXY - adjectives (also see ATTRACTIVE)
• BABELICIOUS of a woman: very beautiful, very sexy ...1990s sl.
• BAD marvellous, wonderful; deeply satisfying; stunningly attractive or stylish; sexy ...1897 US sl., esp. Black usage
• DISHY sexy ...20C colloq.
• DROOLY sexy ...1990s US sl.
• FABULICIOUS good; good-tasting; often used of a sexually appealing man ...1997 US sl.
• FAT sexy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLAMING sexy ...1990s US campus sl.
• FOXY stylish-looking, attractive, sexy ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FRENCHY sexually attractive, sexy ...20C US sl.
• FRIGGISH sexy ...1960s sl.
• HAIRY desirable, sexy ...M19 sl.
• HOT sexually attractive, sexy ...1929-31 Amer. sl.
• HUMPY handsome, sexy ...1968 US homosexual usage
• LUSHY sexy, voluptuous ...1980s US college sl.
• NASTY sexy ...1991 Amer. sl.
• RACY sexy ...20C US
• SCANKY, SKANKY of a woman: attractive, sexy ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• WARM of a woman: sexy, provocative ...L19 sl.
sexy - person
• AMAZON an attractive, sexy woman ...1960s US campus sl.
• BAG OF SNAKES a lively, sexy young woman ...1984 sl.
• BEAUHUNK a good-looking male; a sexy-looking boy ...Bk1989 Amer. sl.
• BEEF-A-RONI a sexy male ...1985 US college sl.
• CARAMEL SUNDAE an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• DANGERMUFF an extremely attractive, sexy woman ...1990s sl.
• FINE WOLF a sexy or desirable man ...Bk2006 US sl.
• GALIMAUFRY, GALLIMAUFRY a mistress; a sexually appealing woman ...c1597 UK sl.
• GAOL-BAIT a sexually alluring girl under the legal age of consent viewed as a sex object ...1930 colloq.
• MACK DADDY a very good-looking young man; a handsome, sexy male ...1992 US Black sl.
• MINK a feral sexy woman ...Bk2002 US Black sl.
• NYMPHET a sensuous and sexy young woman ...1955 US colloq.
• SNAPPER a very attractive girl; a very sexy girl ...20C sl.
• SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person ...1978 Aust. sl.
• WARM BIT a promiscuous, sexy woman ...1699 UK sl.
• YOUNG SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person ...1978 Aust. sl.
sexy - verbs
• SEX UP to make more sexy ...1942 sl.
SHABBILY - adverbs
• SCHICKERY shabbily, badly ...M19 sl.
SHABBY, SHABBINESS - adjectives
• BREEKLAN shabby in appearance, in person, or in dress ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALFISH mean, shabby ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAUDNEL shabby in appearance ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEADBEAT shabby and grungy; down and out ...20C Aust. sl.
• DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt ...19C Amer. sl.
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• MISERLY † wretched, mean, shabby ...1900 Sc.
• OFF OF THE HOOKS shabby, worn out, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF THE HOOKS shabby, worn out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD †* in old clothes; shabby ...1596
• PAKIT-LIKE having the appearance of a prostitute; having a shabby, exhausted appearance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALTERLY † paltry, mean, shabby, worthless, mean...1666-7 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US colloq.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCABBIT mean, worthless, shabby, paltry ...1701 Sc.
• SCABBY dirty, shabby; worthless; mean, stingy; contemptible ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGIE tarnished, shabby ...1825 Sc.
• SCALY shabby ...M19 sl.
• SCHICKERY shabby, bad ...M19 sl.
• SCOORY, SCOURIE, SCOURY, SCOWRY of clothes: shabby, worn, threadbare ...1721 Sc.
• SCRAGGY shabby ...1946 US
• SCRUNGY grimy, shabby ...1974 sl., chiefly US
• SHACKY shabby, shoddy ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SHAG-BAG shabby and worthless; poor in quality ...1888 colloq.
• SHAN poor, mean, shabby ...E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHIKERRY shabby, bad, shaky, doubtful ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TARGED † shabby in appearance; tattered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATTY shabby, inferior ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TIN-POT resembling a tin pot in quality or sound; hence, contemptuously, without solid worth, shabby, poor, cheap ...1765
• UNMENSEFUL unbecoming, ill-dressed, shabby, untidy ...Bk1905 N. Eng. dial.
• WAFF shabby, poor in quality ...1824 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE shabby-looking; having a suspicious or disreputable appearance; feeble, of little account ...1808 Sc.
shabby, shabbiness - nouns
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
• SCOURINESS shabbiness in dress ...1814 Sc.
• SCURVY shabbiness, ugliness; unpleasantness of any sort ...1970s US Black sl.
• WAFFNESS † a shabby appearance ...1814 Sc.
shabby, shabbiness - person
• BAUCHLE an old, decrepit, or shabby person; later, an insignificant, unimportant or worthless person ...1820 Sc.
• BEZONIAN † a beggar, a shabby fellow, a scoundrel ...1611
• CAPTAIN QUEERNABS a shabby, ill-dressed fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
• PALMER a shabbily-dressed person, one who goes about looking like a tramp, either through poverty or slovenliness ...1808 Sc.
• QUEER GILL a shabby fellow ...19C sl.
• RAG BAG a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern; an untidy or shabbily dressed person ...1888 UK sl.
• RIP a reprobate; anything censurable; a shabby mean fellow ...1827 sl.
• SANSCULOTTE a man shabbily dressed; a ragged person; a tatterdemalion; a ragamuffin ...1812
• SCALY a shabby, mean fellow; a stingy fellow ...Bk1823 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a thin, lank person or animal; a poor, puling creature; a shabby or oddly-dressed person; a guy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin ...a1700 sl.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• SINGED CAT someone or something having a shabby or unprepossessing appearance, esp. when such an appearance is misleading; a shrewd person of unpretentious appearance ...1836 Amer. dial.
• TACKY a shabby, uncultured person, an untidy, neglected, or sloppy person, a backwoodsman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• TAT(T) a shabby person ...1936 sl.
shabby, shabbiness - verbs
• SCAW to spoil or destroy the appearance of, esp. in respect of colour; to make shabby or faded ...1772 Sc.
SHACK - nouns
• HUMPEY, HUMPIE, HUMPY a native Australian hut; hence, a very small or primitive house; a small shack ...1873 Aust.
shack - person
• SHACKER one whose dwelling is a shack ...1937 Amer. dial.
SHACKLE - nouns
• BAND anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle ...c1200 arch.
• DARBIES a set of handcuffs or fetters; shackles ...1665 UK sl.. orig. criminals' usage
• GYVE a shackle, esp. for the leg; a fetter ...c1275 arch.
• HAMPER † something that hampers, or prevents freedom of movement; a shackle ...1613-16
• HANDLOCK † a shackle for the hands; a manacle, a handcuff ...1532
• OREGON BOOT a heavy lead collar or shackle fitted around a prisoner's ankle ...1900s US prison sl.
shackle - verbs
• DARBY to handcuff; to shackle ...L19 Aust. prison sl.
• GYVE to fetter, to shackle ...c1290
• HAWM to shackle, to clog, to hamper ...1890 Eng. dial.
SHADE, SHADY - adjectives
• ADUMBRAL of overshadowing nature; shady ...1845
• AUMRY shady ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BACK-SUNDERED having a northern aspect, shady ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BACK-SUNNED having a northern aspect, shady ...1851 Eng. dial.
• OMBRAGEOUS affording shade; shady ...1587
• SCOGGY † shady ...1802 Sc.
• SCOKKY † shady ...1802 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shelter, protection ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKOOK shade, shelter, protection ...Bk1904 Sc.
• UMBRACIOUS * forming or abounding in shade; shady ...1839
• UMBRAGEOUS 1. affording shade; shady ...1587
2. abounding in shade; shaded by trees or the like ...1612
• UMBRAGIOUS 1. affording shade; shady ...1587
2. abounding in shade; shaded by trees or the like ...1612
• UMBRATE † shady, umbrageous ...1501
• UMBRATILE giving shade, shady ...1659
• UMBRIFEROUS giving shade; umbrageous ...1616
• UMBRIPHILOUS † shade-loving; growing in the shade ...1592
• UMBROSE * shady; giving shade ...a1425
• UMBROSOUS † full of shadow; shady ...1623
• UMBROUS lying in the shade; shady, shadowed ...1480
shade, shady - nouns
• ADUMBRATION overshadowing; shade, obscuration ...1653
• BERWE † a grove, a shady place ...c890
• SCAA a shade, a shadow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARROW a shadow; shade ...1824 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SUMMER-HUTCH † a building in a garden or park, usually of very simple and often rustic character, designed to provide a cool shady place in the heat of summer...c1440
• UMBER † shade, shadow ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMBRA shade; shadow ...1638
• UMBRACIOUSNESS * the quality of giving shade ...1661
• UMBRACLE † shade or shadow; a shady place ...c1500
• UMBRAGE † 1. shade, shadow ...1426
2. shade or shadow cast by trees or the like ...1540-1
• UMBROSITY †* the state or condition of being shady ...1646
shade, shady - verbs
• ADUMBRATE † 1. to shade a picture, to represent with due light and shade so as to complete what has been sketched or delineated ...1599
2. to overshadow; to shade, to obscure ...1670
• OBTENEBRATE to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1611
• OBTENEBRIZE † to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1653
• OBUMBER † to overshadow; to shade, to obscure ...c1420
• OBUMBRATE * to overshadow; to shade, to darken; to obscure ...1526
• SCAUM to envelope in a mist or haze; to shade ...1871 Sc.
• UMBER † to shade, to protect ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMBESHADOW † to shade about ...a1400
• UMBRAGE to shade or shadow; to overshadow, put in the shade ...1647
• UMSHADE † to shade about, to protect ...c1460
SHADED - adjectives
• OMBRAGEOUS abounding in shade; shaded by trees or the like ...1612
shaded - nouns
• BLACK SPOT an area shaded from the sun ...1936 Amer. dial.
• UMERT a place shaded by trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHADING - nouns
• ADUMBRATION † shading in painting ...1531
SHADOW - adjectives
• UMBRATICAL † serving as a shadow or imperfect representation of something ...1633
• UMBRATILE belonging to or resembling a shadow ...1632
• UMBROSOUS † full of shadow; shady ...1623
shadow - nouns
• MUM AND DADDO a shadow ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• SCAA a shade, a shadow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADDOW † shadow ...1818 Sc.
• SCAIRY a shadow, reflection ...1899 Sc.
• SCAM a film of vapour, a haze, mist, or shadow ...1824 Sc.
• SCARROW a shadow; shade ...1824 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SKERRY a shadow, reflection ...1899 Sc.
• SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• UMBER † shade, shadow ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMBRA 1. a mere shadow of something ...1634
2. shade; shadow ...1638
• UMBRACLE † shade or shadow; a shady place ...c1500
• UMBRAGE † shade, shadow ...1426
shadow - verbs
• OBTENEBRATE to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1611
• OBTENEBRIZE † to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1653
• OBUMBER † to cast or make a shadow ...a1568
• UMBRAGE to shade or shadow; to overshadow, put in the shade ...1647
• UMBRATE † to shadow ...1623
SHADOWED - adjectives
• ADUMBRATED shadowed forth; represented faintly or in outline ...1706
• UMBROUS lying in the shade; shady, shadowed ...1480
SHADOWING - adjectives
• ADUMBRANT * shadowing forth, representing an outline ...1731
• ADUMBRATIVE having the attribute of shadowing forth, faintly indicating ...1837
SHADOWY - adjectives
• UMBRATIC * shadowy, foreshadowing ...a1677
SHAGGY - adjectives
• SCAGGED † shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGY shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGY shaggy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SKRAGGY shaggy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TATTERED AS A FOAL † of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy ...c1340
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TAUTED matted, esp. of the hair; shaggy; ragged ...1786 Sc.
shaggy - person
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
shaggy - verbs
• BESHAG † to make shaggy ...1868
SHAKE - adjectives
• QUASSATIVE †* inclined to shake ...1626
shake - nouns
• BOMF a bump, shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACHE a shake, jog ...1790 Sc.
• CADGE a shake, jog ...1790 Sc.
• DASH a shake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILDER a smart jerk, shake, jolt ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DUCKS AND DRAKES shakes ...Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
• JAG a sharp, violent shake; a rut in a road causing a jolt ...1866 Sc.
• QUAG a shake, a state of trembling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• QUAVE † a shake, a tremble ...1382
• QUITHER a shake, tremble, shudder, quiver ...1899 Eng. dial.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ST. VITUS'S DANCE nerves, jitters, shakes ...20C sl.
• WACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• WAG a shake; a waving motion; a signal made by the hand ...1838 Sc.
• WAP a shake, a flap; a sweeping or tossing movement ...a1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
shake - verbs
• BEQUASH †* to shake or fall in pieces, to be shattered ...1377
• BEVER † to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIBBER to tremble, to shake ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BIVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIVVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRANGLE to vibrate, to shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAUL to shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACHE to shake, to knock about ...1768 Sc.
• CADGE to shake up, to knock about, to jostle ...1866 Sc.
• CANVASS † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
• CONQUASSATE †* to shake violently; to agitate; to break in pieces ...1656
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DANDER to tremble or shake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DASH to shake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DATCH to jog, to shake ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DATHER to shiver, to tremble, to shake either with cold or old age ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHER to tremble, to shake; to move in an infirm, shaky manner, to totter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILDER to shake, to jolt, to jerk ...1889 Sc.
• DILL to shake loosely, to flap ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DODDER to shake or tremble, as from age
• HACKER to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATTER to shake or jolt ...1825 Eng. dial.
• JAAMBLE to jumble; to shake; to mix by agitation ...1790 Sc.
• JABBLE to shake or mix up together; to shake up or agitate a liquid ...1760 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• JADDER to shake, to vibrate; of the teeth: to chatter ...1885 Eng. dial.
• JAG to shake violently by sharp jerks; to jolt ...c1803 Sc.
• JAGGLE to shake; to move from side to side ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JERRYCUMMUMBLE to shake; to tumble about; to tousle ...1785 sl.
• JIGGER to shake, to jerk ...1869 colloq.
• LABEFACT † to shake, to weaken ...c1540
• PALSY to shake or tremble as if palsied ...1582 nonce use
• PLAY NIDDITY-NOD to bob up and down, to shake unsteadily as from old age ...a1779 Sc.
• PLAY NIDDY NODDY to bob up and down, to shake unsteadily as from old age ...1877 Sc.
• QUAG † to shake: said of something soft or flabby ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAGGLE to shake like jelly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAGSWAG †* to shake to and fro ...1653
• QUAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• QUAVE † to quake, to shake, to tremble; to vibrate ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEEDLE to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUETCH 1. † to shake; to brandish; to drive, to chase ...c825 obs.
2. † of things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• QUIBBLE † to quiver, to shake ...1726 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIBBLY to quiver, to shake ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLY to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUITCH 1. † to shake; to brandish; to drive, to chase ...c825
2. † to things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• RACKLE to shake violently ...1866 Sc.
• RATTICK to shake, to rattle ...1893 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to shake up ...Bk1904 Sc.
• ROG † to shake; to move to and fro ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ROGGLE † to shake or cause to shake; to rattle; to jumble...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAY AN APE'S PATERNOSTER to chatter with cold; to shake, to tremble ...1611
• SHAG †* to shake, to waggle ...a1400
• TAIT to shake about; to stir, to toss about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRIMMEL to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• TREPIDATE † to shake, to be agitated ...1623
• WACKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WAG to wave; to shake ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE to be in poor, uncertain health; to shake, to shiver ...1923 Sc. DSL online
• WAP † to shake ...1570
• WARBLE † to shake or cause to vibrate; to brandish ...1510
• WHACKER to tremble, to shake, to quake ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WHAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
SHAKE HANDS - see HAND-SHAKE
SHAKEN - adjectives
• LABEFACT * shaken, tottering ...1874
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - nouns
• BARDOLATRY worship of the 'Bard of Avon', i.e. Shakespeare ...1901
Shakespeare, William - person
• BARD OF AVON William Shakespeare ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARDOLATER a worshipper of the 'Bard' ...1903
• OLD SHAKE William Shakespeare ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SHAKE UP - verbs
• SUCCUSS to shake up ...1865
SHAKINESS - nouns
• WEAK JERKS a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...a1978 Amer. dial.
• WEAK TREMBLES a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...1889 Amer. dial.
SHAKING - adjectives
• AGITAGIOUS † quivering, shaking ...?1609
• BEVERING shaking, trembling ...1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DADDERING shaking, quivering ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DIRLING rattling, vibrating, shaking ...1878 Sc.
• DITHERY-DODDERY trembling, shivering, shaking ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SHIVERY-BIVERY shaking with cold or fright ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• SUCCUSSIVE * characterized by a shaking motion ...1742
shaking - nouns
• DILDERING jolting, shaking ...1889 Sc.
• LABEFACTATION * a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall ...1775
• LABEFACTION a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall ...1620
• PEARLIES, THE an uncontrollable nervous shaking of the bowing arm sometimes experienced by violinists, etc. before a performance ...1974 sl.
• QUAGGLE a quivering, shaking motion, such as that of jelly or of loose boggy soil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUASSATION † a shaking, beating, pounding ...1654
• REESHLE a resounding blow; a sharp shaking ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROGGLE a shaking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUCCUSSATION † shaking up, violent shaking, jolting ...1649
• SUCCUSSION the act of shaking or condition of being shaken, esp. with violence; an instance of this ...1622
• TREMEFACTION †* a shaking, a trembling ...1597
• TWITTERATION †* tremulous excitement, as from desire, fear, etc.; a state of agitation; a shaking, a quiver, a tremble ...1835-40
• WAGE the act of shaking in a threatening manner ...1866 Sc.
• WAGGLE the act of shaking; motion from side to side ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAMBLE a rolling or unsteady motion; a totter, a quivering or shaking, a wriggle, a tumble ...1825 Sc.
SHAKY - adjectives
• ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERING shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERY shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKEY, DICKY in bad condition; of a low or inferior quality; unsound, shaky ...1819
• DODDERING shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age; foolish, senile ...Bk1942 colloq.
• DODDERY shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• JADDER shaky; infirm ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PARALYTIC † shaky, rickety ...1824 humorous
• QUEERY shaky ...M19 sl.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RATTLE-GUT rickety, shaky, rattling ...1877 Eng. dial.
• RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ROCKY unsteady, tottering, shaky ...M18
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELY shaky, rickety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHIKERRY shabby, bad, shaky, doubtful ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SHOGGY shaky, insecure ...1866
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
• WACKERY shaky ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAGGLE shaky, loose ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLY shaky, tottering, unsteady ...1857 Eng. dial.
• WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WONKY unsteady, shaky ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• WOOFTY unkempt; shaggy, like a dog ...1990s US sl.
shaky - verbs
• WEEWAW to set askew; to proceed unsteadily; to be shaky, wobbly or rickety ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WOW to be shaky, rickety, or wobbly ...1927 Amer. dial.
SHALLOW - adjectives
• EBB-MINDED shallow, frivolous ...1895 Eng. dial.
shallow - nouns
• DIMMIE a small, shallow place ..1893 Eng. dial.
shallow - person
• MOPSEY, MOPSIE, MOPSY a shallow or frivolous woman ...1706
SHALLOW-MINDED - adjectives
• DIPPY foolish, simple-minded, idiotic, shallow-minded; infatuated, deeply in love; peculiar, mildly insane, crazy ...1899 US sl.
SHALLOWNESS - nouns
• EBBNESS shallowness ...1660 Sc.
SHAM - adjectives
• AFFECTATIOUS †* of the nature of affectation; pretentious, fake, sham, feigned ...1687
• DUMMY counterfeit, sham ...1846
• FLAMBUGINOUS * of the nature of a 'flam'; nonsensical, sham, whimsical ...1813
• FLASH sham or counterfeit
• MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false ...1891
• SHNIDE, SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• SPOOF fake, spurious, sham ...L19 sl.
sham - nouns
• ABRAHAM-WORK shams of all kinds, false pretenses ...Bk1909 cant
• BLEFLUM a sham, an illusion, what has no reality in it ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEPHUM a sham ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action ...1829 sl.
• FALSING shamming, malingering ...1940s Aust. sl.
• FALSITY * a counterfeit, sham ...1780
• FA-SAY a pretense, a sham ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• IDOL † a fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender ...1590
• MAKE-LOOK a made-up appearance; a sham ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STUMER a worthless cheque; something sham ...1890
sham - person
• ONPUT one who puts on an act; a pretender, a shammer ...1958 Sc.
sham - verbs
• ABRAHAM to sham, esp. to avoid something by feigning illness ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• MIMICATE † to mimic; to pretend, sham ...1824 Sc.
• MIMP to make believe; to sham, to pretend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHAMBLE, SHAMBLING - adjectives
• SCHAMLICH shambling, weak-limbed, puny ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLATCHY shambling, ungainly in movement ...1897 Sc.
shamble, shambling - nouns
• BACHLING shambling, stumbling ...1583 Sc.
shamble, shambling - person
• BAMBLER a person who shambles, or walks unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE a shambler, a ne'er-do-well ...1829 Sc.
• SCHLATCHER-FEET a nickname for an awkward, shambling person ...1902 Sc.
shamble, shambling - verbs
• BAMBLE to shamble, to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape ...1856 Sc.
• LAGGER to walk lazily or with difficulty as in carrying a heavy burden; to shamble ...1866 Sc.
• SCAMBLE to shamble, to walk awkwardly; to run hastily and irregularly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCHAMLICH to walk with a shambling gait ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHAMMUCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• YAUCHLE to shamble, to walk in an awkward shuffling manner; to walk with difficulty ...1887 Sc.
SHAME - adjectives (also see ASHAMED)
• ADASHED put to shame ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASHFUL † exciting a feeling of shame ...1559
• BLACK-BURNING causing intense blushing or shame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DUSTED shamed, humiliated ...1980s sl.
• FALSE of shame, pride: arising from mistaken notions ...1791
• IGNOMINIOUS involving shame, disgrace, or obloquy; shameful, disgraceful, discreditable ...1526
• IGNOMIOUS † involving shame, disgrace or obloquy; disgraceful, shameful ...1574
• MAKE-SHAME causing shame ...1850
• OF-SHAMED † put to shame, ashamed ...c1000
• PUDENT * having a sense of shame or decency; modest; delicate ...1908
• SHAMEFACED showing shame, abashed ...L19
• SHAMEFAST † showing shame; abashed ...ME
• SHUTTERED in a state of total ignominy ...L19 sl.
shame - nouns (includes SHAMEFACEDNESS)
• ABUSION † violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ...c1374
• ADOXY † ignominy, shame; slander, infamy ...1656
• BASHMENT † confusion from surprise or sudden check; discomfiture, shame ...c1325
• BISMER † shame, disgrace, reproach, mockery, scorn ...c893
• DEFAMATION † the bringing of ill fame or dishonour upon any one; disgrace, shame ...1303
• FASH confusion, shame ...1841 Eng. dial.
• IGNOMINY dishonour, disgrace, shame; infamy; the condition of being in disgrace, etc. ...1540
• IGNOMY † dishonour, disgrace, shame; infamy ...1534
• OPPROBRIOUSNESS † opprobrium, shame, disgrace ...a1540
• OPPROBRY † a condition of infamy, shame, disgrace, or reproach ...1432-50
• PUDENCY modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness ...1605
• SHOND † shame, disgrace, infamy; scandal ...a900
• SIN a pity; a shame ...c1300, now chiefly Sc.
• SKELETON IN THE CLOSET, A a secret source of shame or pain to a family or person ...1855
• SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD, A a secret source of shame or pain to a family or person ...1859
• VERGOYNE † shame ...1484
shame - verbs
• BESHAME to shame; to be ashamed ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CATAMIDIATE † to put one to open shame and punishment for some notorious offense; to scorn, to defame ...1656
• DASH to confound, to put to shame, to abash ...1570
• FASH to shame, to cast down ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEEL MEAN to feel ashamed of one's unpleasant conduct ...M19 sl.
• LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE to look chagrined, baffled, or ashamed...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFSHAME † to put to shame ...c888
• SHEND to put to shame ...arch.
• SHOW UP to put to shame; to embarrass ..colloq.
• TAKE SHAME ON ONESELF to accept shame or disgrace as merited; to acknowledge that one is at fault
• THINK SHAME † to be ashamed ...obs. exc. Sc.
• UNBLUSH to cease to be ashamed ...1620
shame - interjections/phrases
• DEAD TO SHAME no longer capable of feeling shame; grown hardened to shame
• FOR SHAME! a reproof to a person for not feeling or showing shame
• SHAME ON YOU! you should be ashamed
SHAME-FACED - adjectives
• HANGED-LIKE shame-faced, hangdog like ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUDIBUNDOUS † shame-faced; bashful; modest ...1656
• SMOOTY-FACED shy, bashful, modest, shame-faced ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VERECUNDOUS modest, shamefaced, demure ...1656
SHAMEFUL - adjectives
• DEDECOROSE † shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable, dishonest, unbecoming ...1727
• DEDECOROUS † disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest ...1727
• DISGRACIVE †* tending to disgrace or reproach; disgraceful, shameful ...1602
• FASCIOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc.
• FASHIOUS difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FESHOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Eng. dial.
• HONTOUS † full of shame; ashamed; shameful ...c1477
• INDING † unworthy, shameful ...1790 Sc.
• MISSHAMEFUL †* shameful ...c1450
• OPPROBRIOUS * involving shame or infamy; held in dishonour; infamous, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable ...c1510
• OPPROBROUS † infamous, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable ...c1530
• PROPUDIOUS †* shameful, infamous, disgraceful ...1629
• PUDENDOUS † worthy of shame; shameful; disgraceful ...1680 rare or obs.
• PUDIBUND † that is subject of shame, shameful ...1542
• RIDICULOUS shameful, disgraceful, scandalous ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCHAMOUS shameful, dishonourable ...1871 Sc.
• SHAMEVOUS † shameful, disgraceful ...c1475
• SHONDFUL † shameful, disgraceful; infamous ...a900
• TURPITUDINOUS characterized by turpitude or depravity; shameful, foul, wicked ...1814
• VITUPERIOUS † worthy of blame; hence, shameful, discreditable, disgraceful ...1612
shameful - nouns
• OPPROBRY 1. † the imputation of shameful or infamous conduct; the utterance of contumelious reproach; abuse ...1432-50
2. † conduct that brings or merits infamy or disgrace; a shameful act ...1563-87
SHAMEFULLY - adverbs
• EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully ...a1555
SHAMELESS - adjectives
• ABASHLESS * unabashed, shameless ...1868
• AFFRONTLESS shameless, not susceptible of grace ...1825 Sc.
• BARDIE forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1822 Sc.
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• BASHLESS † unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold ...1578
• BASILISCO-PROOF proof against eyes, even those of a basilisk; unabashed, shameless ...1649
• BRAISANT brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASS-VISAGED bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced ...1816
• CYNOPIC dog-faced, shameless ...1854
• EFFRONTED † shameless, barefaced, unblushingly insolent ...1598
• INVERECUND † unabashed, immodest, shameless ...1657
• SLOW-TO-BLUSH shameless ...1900 Eng. dial.
• UNSHAMOUS † shameless ...a1500
shameless - person
\• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FESART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy, a slut ...1720 Sc.
• SCOOT a loose or shameless female ...1825 Sc.
• SCOOTCH a loose or shameless female ...1825 Sc.
shameless - verbs
• BLUSH LIKE A BLACK DOG to not blush at all; to be shameless ...1876
SHAMELESSLY - adverbs
• EFFRONTEDLY † in a barefaced manner; shamelessly ...1628
SHAMELESSNESS - nouns
• IRISH ASSURANCE boldness, shamelessness ...L18 sl.
SHAMPOO - nouns
• SHAMPOON shampoo ...1903 Amer. dial.
shampoo - verbs
• SHAMPOON to shampoo ...1909 Amer. dial.
SHANDY - nouns
• AMOS AND ANDY brandy, shandy ...1974 UK rhyming sl.
• ANDY PANDY a shandy ...Brit. rhyming sl.
SHANTY, SHANTYTOWN - nouns
• CABBAGE PATCH a small town or neighourhood of ramshackle houses, esp. one associated with a mine; a shantytown; also used with 'the' ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SHARPSHOOTER a poor shanty ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment ...1862 Amer. dial.
SHAPE - adjectives
• OMNIFORM of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form ...1647
• OMNIFORMAL of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form ...1839
shape - nouns
• FACK make, shape, form ...1914 Sc.
• FEATURE 1. † make, form, fashion, shape; proportions, esp. of the body; a particular example of this ...c1325 obs. exc. arch.
2. † good form or shape; comeliness ...1594
• MAKEDOM figure, shape ...1893 Sc.
shape - verbs
• CATAWAMPUS to put out of proper shape; to warp ...1906 Amer. dial.
• EFFIGURE †* to put into shape ...1486
• EFFINGE † to fashion, to shape ...1657
• EFFORM to make into a certain form; to shape, to fashion ...1578
SHAPED - adjectives
• FASHIONABLE † capable of being fashioned, shaped, or moulded; of a damaged article: capable of being brought into shape ...1607
• ILL-FASHIONED badly shaped ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHAPELESS - adjectives
• BAGSY shapeless, lumpy ...1920s Sc. sl.
shapeless - nouns
• KEMPLE a shapeless, untidy mass ...1939 Sc.
• QUAB a crude or shapeless thing ...1628
shapeless - person
• LANKY-LONG-LEGS a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANKY-LOO a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
SHAPELINESS - nouns
• FEATNESS elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness ...1576
• MAKEDOM † form, shape; esp. elegant form, shapeliness, comeliness ...c1470 Sc.
SHAPELY - adjectives
• CLEAN-LIMBED shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe ...1461-83
• CLEAN-TIMBERED well-built, shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe ...1598
• MACKERLY shapely, fashionable, tolerable ...1790 Eng. dial.
shapely - person
• BATTLESHIP a very shapely young woman ...1973 US sl.
SHAPING - adjectives
• FASHIONATIVE † tending to fashion or form, shaping ...a1693
shaping - nouns
• EFFORMATION † formation, framing, shaping ...1578
SHARE - nouns
• BAKE a child's term for its share of anything ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANT † a portion; a share; a division ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUM a small portion or share ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIVVY a division, share ...1872 Amer. dial.
• END a share, usually of criminal profits or responsibility ...L19 sl.
• ETTLEMENTS one's fair share ...1928 Sc.
• FALL rent; share, portion ...1768 Sc.
• GRUB-STAKE one's share of the rations ...WWI military colloq.
• HALFANCE half shares ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• HALFINGS half shares ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HALVER a half, an equal share or portion, generally in plural ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INCORMANT a share, portion ...Bk1902 Sc.
• RUM QUIDDS a large booty; a great share of spoil ...L17 cant
• RUM QUIDS a large booty; a great share of spoil ...L17 cant
• SHARE OF THE ACTION an involvement in an activity; a share in the profits of something ...1957 US sl.
• SKAIR a share, a portion ...c1573 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SLICE OF THE CAKE a share in benefits, etc.
• WHANG a large piece, a portion, share ...1910s sl.
share - person
• HALFER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALFNER †* one who shares to the extent of a half ...1594
• HALVER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARCENEL † a sharer, a partaker ...a1340
• PARCENER † one who shares or has a part in something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, a partaker ...1297
share - verbs
• ANDY UP to pay a debt; to contribute one's share ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANNIE UP to pay a debt; to contribute one's share ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANTE UP to do one's part or share ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BEPART † to divide, to share ...1531
• BREAK OFF to share, esp. to share one's pleasures ...1990s US Black & campus sl.
• CALE to take in turns, to share ...1839 Eng. dial.
• CANT † to part, to divide, to share, to parcel out, to apportion ...c1440
• CUT A MELON to share profits; to announce an extra dividend ...1908
• CUT THE MELON to share large profits between a number of people ...1908 sl.
• DEAL SOMEONE IN to include in an undertaking, often a criminal one, to give someone a share ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DIVVY to divide or distribute among two or more persons; to divide or share in profits or indebtedness ...1877 Amer. dial.
• DIVVY UP to divide or distribute among two or more persons; to divide or share in profits or indebtedness ...1880 Amer. dial.
• EAT A CHILD to share in a treat given to the parish officers ...L18 sl.
• EAT IN DUTCH STREET to share expenses ...1910s sl.
• EVEN to divide equally, to share ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO HALF-CLINKS to go shares ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GO HALF-SNACKS to go shares ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GO RAGS to share out, esp. the proceeds of a crime ...M19 sl.
• GO SHUCKS to agree to share equally ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GO SNACKS to share equally ...1769
• GO SNUCKS to share work and profit evenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HALVER to divide into equal shares; to have; to possess in partnership with anyone ...1871 Sc.
• IMPART 1. † to give a share of something to each of a number of persons; to distribute, to divide, to deal out ...1545
2. † to have or get a share of; to share, to partake ...1581
• KICK IN to contribute money, etc.; to pay one's share ...1908 sl., orig. US
• MUCK IN to share, on an informal basis, food, accommodation and other facilities, or work ...1919 UK sl., orig. military
• PHILIPPINE to share or divide something with another ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAG to share, esp. to divide up the proceeds of a crime ...1860 sl.
• SCAT to share ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKAIR to share ...1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SPLIT to share out profits or proceeds ...1910s sl.
• WHACK to share, to divide ...1819 colloq.
share - phrases
• TIP ME MY EARNEST † give me my share or dividend ...1673 cant
SHARED - nouns
• KICK anything that is shared with another ...1995 US sl.
SHARES - nouns
• RUPERT BEARS (business) shares ...1980s rhyming sl.
• WAREHOUSING the buying of shares as a nominee of another trader, with a view to a takeover ...1971 sl.
SHAREHOLDER - person
• ACTIONIST † a shareholder ...1731
SHARK - nouns
• AFTER DARKS sharks ...Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DEAN a shark ...1977 Aust. sl.
• GUMMY a shark ...1893 Aust. sl.
• HAYE † a shark, or a particular species of shark ...1613
• NOAH'S (ARK) a shark ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl.
SHARP (having a point) - adjectives
• JAGGIE prickly, sharp-pointed, piercing ...1788 Sc.
• JAGGY prickly, sharp-pointed, piercing ...1788 Sc.
• PICKED sharp-pointed ...1791 Amer. dial.
• SHARP ENOUGH TO SPLIT THE HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS very sharp ...1954 Amer. dial.
sharp (having a point) - nouns
• CACUMINATION † a making sharp at the top ...1678
sharp (having a point) - verbs
• CACUMINATE †* to make sharp; to form into a sharp top like a pyramid ...1656
SHARP (aware) - adjectives
• ACUMINOUS distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd ...1618
• ALL THERE alert, aware, sharp ...1880 UK sl.
• BIRKY sharp in speech; lively, spirited ...1821 Sc.
• CUTE (often derogatory) knowledgeable, clever, shrewd, sharp, keen ...1731 sl., now chiefly US
• DAPPER sprightly, quick, active, sharp ...E17
• DARTY sharp, quick, active ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DERRY acute, sharp, quick-witted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGIE quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
• EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
• FALSE sharp, shrewd, clever, precocious; generally applied to children and animals ...1866 Eng. dial.
• FLY knowing and sharp; smart ...sl., chiefly Brit.
• GAIR † ready; sharp, keen ...1513
• HEADISH intelligent, clever, sharp ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEEN-BITTEN eager, sharp ...1899 Sc.
• NEBBIE sharp in manner, brusque, tart ...1860 Sc.
• NEBSIE ill-natured, sharp in manner, impertinent ...B1900 Sc.
• QUEEDY brisk, sharp; shrewd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDY brisk, sharp; shrewd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS shrewd, sharp, witty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SMART AS A STEEL-TRAP extremely bright and clever; very sharp and shrewd; intellectually alert, quick-witted ...1821 Amer. dial.
• TACKY well-prepared, mentally sharp ...1901 Amer. sl.
• TART † sharp, keen, as an edge, point, or weapon ...c1500
• THREE-CUNNING intensely knowing; peculiarly sharp or acute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP TO TIN sharp, knowing, not easily taken in ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAKEN alert, brisk, lively; sharp; intelligent, quick-witted ...1867 Eng. dial.
• YANKING sharp and quick ...1824 Sc.
• YAR(R)Y ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary ...1842 Eng. dial.
sharp (aware) - nouns, person
• ANOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• CUNNING SHAVER † a sharp fellow ...M17 colloq.
• FILE a sharp or cunning fellow; broadly, esp. in the military, a fellow, esp. a soldier ...1837 sl.
• FLY BOY a sharp or shrewd young man ...1888 US sl.
• FLY GUY a sharp or shrewd young man ...1906 US sl.
• FLY MEMBER a very shrewd, sharp person ...1909 sl.
• GLIBS † a sharper; a pert, sharp person ...1787 Sc.
• GLIM a sharp fellow ...1925 US sl.
• HEAD-CADAB a clever, sharp person; one quick of understanding ...1823 Sc.
• KNOWING BLADE a sharp fellow, wide awake and cunning ...Bk1890 sl.
• LAD OF WAX a fine spirited fellow; a sharp, clever youth ...1826 Eng. dial.
• MORRIE a sharp young person, eyes on the main chance, and willing to take risks to achieve what they want ...1962 sl.
• NINETER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• OLD FILE a sharp or cunning person ...1837 sl.
• WACKENER a sharp, quick-witted person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YANKIE a smart, agile person; a sharp, clever, forward woman ...1790 Sc.
SHARP (taste, odour) - adjectives
• ACUTE † of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
SHARP (stylish) - adjectives
• CADDY stylish; well-dressed; sharp, fashionable ...1966 Amer. sl.
SHARP (harsh) - person
• NEEDLE-SPITTER one who uses sharp language ...1805 nonce word
sharp (harsh) - verbs
• EAT RAZOR SOUP to say something sharp or impertinent ...1939 Amer. dial.
• EAT VINEGAR WITH A FORK to have a sharp tongue ...L19 sl.
SHARPEN - verbs
• ABER to sharpen, as a knife ...1931 Sc.
• ACUATE † to make sharp or pungent; to sharpen ...1542
• ACUMINATE to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to ...1611
• ACUTE †* to sharpen or quicken a quality; to make more active or intense ...1637
• AFFILE † to sharpen; to polish ...1485
SHARPENED - adjectives
• ACUATE sharpened, sharp-pointed ...1471
sharpened - nouns
• ACULEATION * the state of being sharpened or pointed ...1870
SHARPENING - nouns
• ACUATING † the act of sharpening ...1753
• ACUATION * sharpening, rendering acute ...1837
• ACUITION †* the act of sharpening ...1753
• ACUMINATION the act of sharpening or bringing to a point ...1837
SHARPER - person
• BAMBOOZLER one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper ...1702
• BANCO-STEERER a swindler; a sharper, a confidence-trick man ...1876 US sl.
• BARNARD † the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper ...1532
• BAT-FOWLER † a swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous ...1602 sl.
• BEAN TRAP a well-dressed, high-class confidence man; a stylish sharper ...1881 criminals' sl.
• BEAU-TRAP a confidence trickster, especially a card-sharp; a well-dressed sharper on the lookout for raw country visitors and the like ...a1674 sl.
• BERNARD † the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper ...1532
• BESTER * one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater ...1856 sl.
• BITE † a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, an impostor ...Bk1698
• BITER a card-sharp ...1674 UK sl.
• CATAIAN † a rogue, a scoundrel, a rascal, a knave, a blackguard; a sharper ...1598
• COGGER a sharper, cheat, deceiver, swindler, one who beguiles ...1580
• CONY-CATCHER a deceiver; a trickster; a sharper ...c1590 cant
• CROOK one whose conduct is crooked; a dishonest person; a swindler, a sharper; a professional criminal or an associate of criminals ...1879 colloq.
• DECOY † a swindler, a sharper; an impostor or 'shark' who lives by his wits at the expense of his dupes ...1618
• DABBER MOLL a cunning woman; a sharper ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• ELBOW-SHAKER a gamester or sharper ...1725
• FLASH-COMPANION a thief; a sharper ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-COVE a thief; a sharper ...1825 sl.
• GAMBLER a sharper, a tricking gamester ...19C sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF THE GREEN BAIZE ROAD a card-sharper ...1889 UK sl.
• GLIBS † a sharper; a pert, sharp person ...1787 Sc.
• GREEK a cunning or wily person; a cheat; a card sharper...E16 arch.
• HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• INT a sharper ...1621
• JACK-IN-A-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-BOX a sharper who cheated tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for similar looking ones full of money ...Bk1852
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• MACE-COVE a confidence trickster; a swindler; a sharper; a cheat ...1823 sl.
• NEEDLE † a sharper ...a1790 sl.
• NEEDLE-POINT a sharper ...c1696 sl.
• NEEDLE-POINTER a sharper ...c1696 sl.
• NEWGATE-BIRD a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...1607 sl.
• NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...c1531 sl.
• NICKUM a sharper ...Bk1902 sl.
• OPERATOR † a card-sharper, a cheat at cards ...1731
• SHARK † a worthless and impecunious person who gains a precarious living by sponging on others, by executing disreputable commissions, cheating at play, and petty swindling; a parasite, a sharper ...1600
• TAME-CHEATER † a card cheat; a professional card-sharper or false-dicer...1890 criminals' sl.
• TARTARIAN a thief; a noisy blustering villain; a strolling vagabond; a sharper ...1608 cant
SHARPLY - adverbs
• DIRD with violence; heavily, sharply ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EAGERLY † sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely ...1377
SHARPNESS - nouns
• ACRITY †* sharpness, keenness, shrewdness ...1619
• ACUITY sharpness, acuteness, as of a needle, a disease, an acid, wit ...1543
• QUICKNESS † sharpness, keenness; pungency or acidity of taste; sharpness of speech ...1611
SHARP-SIGHTED - adjectives
• ABER sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful ...1908 Sc.
• OCCULATE † possessed of eyes or sight; sharp-sighted; observant ...1615
sharp-sighted - person
• OCULIST †* one who has good eyes, or uses them well; a sharp-sighted or observant person ...1660
SHARP-TEMPERED - adjectives
• BRASH easily angered; quick-tempered, sharp-tempered ...1903 Amer. dial.
• HASH harsh; sharp-tempered ...1818 Amer. dial.
sharp-tempered - person
• NAT a small-sized, sharp-tempered person ...1866 Sc.
• NYATT a small-sized, sharp-tempered person ...1866 Sc.
SHARP-TONGUED - adjectives
• CLIP-WIT sharp or shrewd of speech ...1896 Sc.
sharp-tongued - person
• BIRKIE - a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered person, usually a woman; sometimes used facetiously to a lively child ...1929 Sc.
• CLIP-WIT a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome or quick-witted person ...19C Sc.
• GABBIE-GASH one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued ...c1875 Sc.
• GABBIE-GASHLICH one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued ...1925 Sc.
• GABBIE-SNARROCH one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued ...a1900 Sc.
• SALTER a shrew; a sharp-tongued person ...1871 Sc.
SHARP-WITTED - adjectives
• ACUMINATE †* having acumen, sharp-witted ...1654
• ACUMINOUS distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd ...1618
• YARK brisk, lively; sharp-witted, shrewd, penetrating ...1777 Eng. dial.
sharp-witted - person
• BLADE a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau ...1597
• CADDAY, CADDY a sharp-witted individual ...Bk1997 Ireland
sharp-witted - verbs
• KNOW HOW MANY BEANS MAKE FIVE to be sharp-witted or knowing ...1889 sl.
SHATTER - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish ...c888
• TO-CLATTER † to knock to pieces with a noise; to shatter ...c1350
• TO-CRACK † to crack to pieces, to shatter ...a1300
• TO-DASH † to dash to pieces; to shatter by a violent blow or blows ...c1205
SHATTERED - adjectives
• BUSTICATED broken, completely shattered ...1916 Amer. dial.
shattered - verbs
• BEQUASH †* to shake or fall in pieces, to be shattered ...1377
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
• TO-BURST † to burst asunder; to be shattered ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-DRIVE † to be splintered or shattered; to burst ...c1205
SHAVE, SHAVING - adjectives
• BARBING shaving, stripping bare ...1630
• CHAETOPHOROUS in need of a shave ...19C
• OYSTER-FACED in need of shaving ...B1900 street sl.
shave, shaving - adverbs
• BARBERLY †* with a barber's methods, by shaving ...1573
shave, shaving - nouns
• ALL NIGHT RAVE a shave ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BABBS † the slimy matter a razor scrapes off the face in shaving ...1824 Sc.
• BARBERY the barber's art or craft; shaving ...1540
• BARBING † shaving, hairdressing; clipping ...1485
• BURBLE a little red pimple on the face after shaving too close ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CIRCUMRASION †* the act of shaving or paring round ...1731
• DAD AND DAVE a shave ...1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
• DIG IN THE GRAVE a shave ...1931 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DOUCHE KIT a shaving kit ...1970 US sl.
• MISBEHAVE a shave ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• MOWING THE LAWN shaving with an electric razor ...c1955 Aust. sl.
• OCEAN WAVE a shave ...1928 rhyming sl.
• RASP a shave ...1940s sl.
• RASION † the act of scraping or shaving; division by scraping or filing ....1612 rare or obs.
• RASURE † the act of shaving the head, hair, etc. ...1483
• RAZORRIDGE shaving ...E18 sl.
• SCRAPE a shave ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
shave, shaving - person
• BLACK-MUMMER one unwashed and unshorn ...a1790 UK sl.
shave, shaving - verbs
• BARB † to shave or trim the beard of a person ...1587
• BARBER to shave ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAD AND DAVE to have a shave ...c1930 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DECURTATE † to shave, to trim the hair ...1599
• FAKE THE FATCHA to shave; to put on makeup ...20C sl.
• MOW to shave; usually used in describing a woman shaving her legs or her pubic area ...1991 US sl.
• MOW THE BRIGALO SUCKERS to shave one's beard ...1990s Aust. sl.
• RASE †* to shave a person ...1580 obs. rare exc. Sc.
• RAZOR-RIDE to shave ...1892 Sc.
• SCOTLAND (THE BRAVE) to shave ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• SCRAPE to shave ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
shave, shaving - phrases
• YOUR UNDERWEAR IS SHOWING you need a shave ...1960s US homosexual sl.
SHAVINGS - nouns
• RASING †* shavings, scrapings ...1544
SHAWL - nouns
• TOILET †* a towel or cloth thrown over the shoulders during hairdressing; also, a shawl ...1684
SHEAR, SHEARING - nouns
• COBBLER the last sheep ...Bk1892 Aust. shearers' sl.
• SNOB the last, most recalcitrant sheep to be sheared ...20C Aust. & NZ. sl.
shear, shearing - verbs
• MULLOCK OVER to shear a sheep roughly and carelessly ...1893 Aust. sl.
• PULL * to shear a sheep, etc. ...OE
• QUOKE to go shearing or harvesting at a distance from home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROUGH * to shear a sheep badly ...1878 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SWING THE GATE to be the fastest shearer in the shed ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TOMAHAWK to cut a sheep in shearing it ...1859 Aust.
SHEARER - person
• BARBER a shearer ...1898 Aust. sl.
• BLUE-TONGUE shearers' term for a shed-hand; an unskilled worker ...1900 sl., orig. Aust.
• BUSTLER a notably hard worker in a shearing shed ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DRUMMER the worst or slowest sheep-shearer in a team ...1897 Aust. & NZ sl.
• GREASY a shearer ...Aust. sl.
• GUN an expert sheep-shearer ...1898 Aust. & NZ
• JINGLING JOHNNY someone who shears sheep by hand ...1934 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PEN-MATE a shearer who catches sheep out of the same pen as another shearer ...1895 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RINGER the fastest shearer in a shed ...1871 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RYEBUCK SHEARER an expert shearer ...a1957 Aust. sl.
• SNAGGER a slow, inexpert, or poor sheep-shearer ...1887 Aust.
• TIGER a sheep shearer ...1865 Aust. sl.
SHED - nouns
• A TO Z a shed ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BIELD a shelter or shed ...a1500 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALLIS † a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HALF-HOUSE a shed open at the side; a hovel ...1737
• LITTLE HOUSE a shed ...1994 Amer. dial.
• SCALE a temporary hut or shelter; a wooden shed ...1787 Eng. dial.
• SCOLLA a hut, a shed ...1952 Sc.
• SKILLING a shed or outhouse, esp. a lean-to ...1389
• TO-FALL a supplementary building with its roof sloping up to and leaning on the wall of a main building; a lean-to; a shed ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAPPEN-HAPPEN a tumbledown, slum shed or shanty made of old tins, bits of wood, discarded packaging and similar found objects ...1930s W. Indies
SHEDDING - nouns
• DECIDENCE † falling off, a shedding, as of deer antlers ...1646
• UNCUNTY unattractive, lacking sex appeal ...1970s sl.
sex appeal - nouns
• IT sex appeal; the ability to sexually stimulate persons of the opposite sex ...1904 sl. US colloq.
• MAGOO sex appeal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• MAGOO, THE sex appeal ...1942 Amer. sl.
• MCGOO sex appeal ...1935 Amer. sl.
• OLD MAGOO, THE sex appeal ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OOMPH sex appeal ...1937 colloq.
• S.A. Sex Appeal ...1926 sl.
• TITS AND ARSE, TITS AND ASS sex appeal; women viewed as nothing more than sex objects ...1950s sl.
• ZAZZLE exaggerated sexuality; sex appeal ...20C US sl.
sex appeal - person
• COLD BISCUIT a person lacking any apparent sex appeal ...1961 US high school jargon
• SAM a male with sex appeal and magnetism ...1965 Amer. sl.
• SEX KITTEN a young woman who asserts her sex appeal ...1958 sl.
SEXIST - person
• PIG (derogatory) a lecherous or sexist man ...1546
SEXTON - person
• BEDERAL, BEDRAL, BEDREL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDLAR an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• BEDMAN a sexton ...1702 Eng. dial.
• BETHERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
• SACRISTAN † the sexton of a parish church ...c1375 obs, or arch.
• SAXON the sexton of a church ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• SAXTON a sexton ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT - nouns
• SNERTING sexual harassment by men ...1990s Amer. sl.
SEXUALITY - nouns
• LEG ART pictures of women in clothing and poses that emphasize their sexuality ...1930s Amer. sl.
• VENUS sexuality in general ...16C
SEXY - adjectives (also see ATTRACTIVE)
• BABELICIOUS of a woman: very beautiful, very sexy ...1990s sl.
• BAD marvellous, wonderful; deeply satisfying; stunningly attractive or stylish; sexy ...1897 US sl., esp. Black usage
• DISHY sexy ...20C colloq.
• DROOLY sexy ...1990s US sl.
• FABULICIOUS good; good-tasting; often used of a sexually appealing man ...1997 US sl.
• FAT sexy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLAMING sexy ...1990s US campus sl.
• FOXY stylish-looking, attractive, sexy ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FRENCHY sexually attractive, sexy ...20C US sl.
• FRIGGISH sexy ...1960s sl.
• HAIRY desirable, sexy ...M19 sl.
• HOT sexually attractive, sexy ...1929-31 Amer. sl.
• HUMPY handsome, sexy ...1968 US homosexual usage
• LUSHY sexy, voluptuous ...1980s US college sl.
• NASTY sexy ...1991 Amer. sl.
• RACY sexy ...20C US
• SCANKY, SKANKY of a woman: attractive, sexy ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• WARM of a woman: sexy, provocative ...L19 sl.
sexy - person
• AMAZON an attractive, sexy woman ...1960s US campus sl.
• BAG OF SNAKES a lively, sexy young woman ...1984 sl.
• BEAUHUNK a good-looking male; a sexy-looking boy ...Bk1989 Amer. sl.
• BEEF-A-RONI a sexy male ...1985 US college sl.
• CARAMEL SUNDAE an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman ...1990s US Black teen sl.
• DANGERMUFF an extremely attractive, sexy woman ...1990s sl.
• FINE WOLF a sexy or desirable man ...Bk2006 US sl.
• GALIMAUFRY, GALLIMAUFRY a mistress; a sexually appealing woman ...c1597 UK sl.
• GAOL-BAIT a sexually alluring girl under the legal age of consent viewed as a sex object ...1930 colloq.
• MACK DADDY a very good-looking young man; a handsome, sexy male ...1992 US Black sl.
• MINK a feral sexy woman ...Bk2002 US Black sl.
• NYMPHET a sensuous and sexy young woman ...1955 US colloq.
• SNAPPER a very attractive girl; a very sexy girl ...20C sl.
• SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person ...1978 Aust. sl.
• WARM BIT a promiscuous, sexy woman ...1699 UK sl.
• YOUNG SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person ...1978 Aust. sl.
sexy - verbs
• SEX UP to make more sexy ...1942 sl.
SHABBILY - adverbs
• SCHICKERY shabbily, badly ...M19 sl.
SHABBY, SHABBINESS - adjectives
• BREEKLAN shabby in appearance, in person, or in dress ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALFISH mean, shabby ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAUDNEL shabby in appearance ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEADBEAT shabby and grungy; down and out ...20C Aust. sl.
• DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt ...19C Amer. sl.
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• MISERLY † wretched, mean, shabby ...1900 Sc.
• OFF OF THE HOOKS shabby, worn out, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF THE HOOKS shabby, worn out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD †* in old clothes; shabby ...1596
• PAKIT-LIKE having the appearance of a prostitute; having a shabby, exhausted appearance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PALTERLY † paltry, mean, shabby, worthless, mean...1666-7 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US colloq.
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCABBIT mean, worthless, shabby, paltry ...1701 Sc.
• SCABBY dirty, shabby; worthless; mean, stingy; contemptible ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGIE tarnished, shabby ...1825 Sc.
• SCALY shabby ...M19 sl.
• SCHICKERY shabby, bad ...M19 sl.
• SCOORY, SCOURIE, SCOURY, SCOWRY of clothes: shabby, worn, threadbare ...1721 Sc.
• SCRAGGY shabby ...1946 US
• SCRUNGY grimy, shabby ...1974 sl., chiefly US
• SHACKY shabby, shoddy ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SHAG-BAG shabby and worthless; poor in quality ...1888 colloq.
• SHAN poor, mean, shabby ...E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHIKERRY shabby, bad, shaky, doubtful ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TARGED † shabby in appearance; tattered ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TATTY shabby, inferior ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TIN-POT resembling a tin pot in quality or sound; hence, contemptuously, without solid worth, shabby, poor, cheap ...1765
• UNMENSEFUL unbecoming, ill-dressed, shabby, untidy ...Bk1905 N. Eng. dial.
• WAFF shabby, poor in quality ...1824 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE shabby-looking; having a suspicious or disreputable appearance; feeble, of little account ...1808 Sc.
shabby, shabbiness - nouns
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
• SCOURINESS shabbiness in dress ...1814 Sc.
• SCURVY shabbiness, ugliness; unpleasantness of any sort ...1970s US Black sl.
• WAFFNESS † a shabby appearance ...1814 Sc.
shabby, shabbiness - person
• BAUCHLE an old, decrepit, or shabby person; later, an insignificant, unimportant or worthless person ...1820 Sc.
• BEZONIAN † a beggar, a shabby fellow, a scoundrel ...1611
• CAPTAIN QUEERNABS a shabby, ill-dressed fellow ...Bk1890 sl.
• PALMER a shabbily-dressed person, one who goes about looking like a tramp, either through poverty or slovenliness ...1808 Sc.
• QUEER GILL a shabby fellow ...19C sl.
• RAG BAG a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern; an untidy or shabbily dressed person ...1888 UK sl.
• RIP a reprobate; anything censurable; a shabby mean fellow ...1827 sl.
• SANSCULOTTE a man shabbily dressed; a ragged person; a tatterdemalion; a ragamuffin ...1812
• SCALY a shabby, mean fellow; a stingy fellow ...Bk1823 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a thin, lank person or animal; a poor, puling creature; a shabby or oddly-dressed person; a guy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin ...a1700 sl.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• SINGED CAT someone or something having a shabby or unprepossessing appearance, esp. when such an appearance is misleading; a shrewd person of unpretentious appearance ...1836 Amer. dial.
• TACKY a shabby, uncultured person, an untidy, neglected, or sloppy person, a backwoodsman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• TAT(T) a shabby person ...1936 sl.
shabby, shabbiness - verbs
• SCAW to spoil or destroy the appearance of, esp. in respect of colour; to make shabby or faded ...1772 Sc.
SHACK - nouns
• HUMPEY, HUMPIE, HUMPY a native Australian hut; hence, a very small or primitive house; a small shack ...1873 Aust.
shack - person
• SHACKER one whose dwelling is a shack ...1937 Amer. dial.
SHACKLE - nouns
• BAND anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle ...c1200 arch.
• DARBIES a set of handcuffs or fetters; shackles ...1665 UK sl.. orig. criminals' usage
• GYVE a shackle, esp. for the leg; a fetter ...c1275 arch.
• HAMPER † something that hampers, or prevents freedom of movement; a shackle ...1613-16
• HANDLOCK † a shackle for the hands; a manacle, a handcuff ...1532
• OREGON BOOT a heavy lead collar or shackle fitted around a prisoner's ankle ...1900s US prison sl.
shackle - verbs
• DARBY to handcuff; to shackle ...L19 Aust. prison sl.
• GYVE to fetter, to shackle ...c1290
• HAWM to shackle, to clog, to hamper ...1890 Eng. dial.
SHADE, SHADY - adjectives
• ADUMBRAL of overshadowing nature; shady ...1845
• AUMRY shady ...1850 Eng. dial.
• BACK-SUNDERED having a northern aspect, shady ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BACK-SUNNED having a northern aspect, shady ...1851 Eng. dial.
• OMBRAGEOUS affording shade; shady ...1587
• SCOGGY † shady ...1802 Sc.
• SCOKKY † shady ...1802 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shelter, protection ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKOOK shade, shelter, protection ...Bk1904 Sc.
• UMBRACIOUS * forming or abounding in shade; shady ...1839
• UMBRAGEOUS 1. affording shade; shady ...1587
2. abounding in shade; shaded by trees or the like ...1612
• UMBRAGIOUS 1. affording shade; shady ...1587
2. abounding in shade; shaded by trees or the like ...1612
• UMBRATE † shady, umbrageous ...1501
• UMBRATILE giving shade, shady ...1659
• UMBRIFEROUS giving shade; umbrageous ...1616
• UMBRIPHILOUS † shade-loving; growing in the shade ...1592
• UMBROSE * shady; giving shade ...a1425
• UMBROSOUS † full of shadow; shady ...1623
• UMBROUS lying in the shade; shady, shadowed ...1480
shade, shady - nouns
• ADUMBRATION overshadowing; shade, obscuration ...1653
• BERWE † a grove, a shady place ...c890
• SCAA a shade, a shadow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARROW a shadow; shade ...1824 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SUMMER-HUTCH † a building in a garden or park, usually of very simple and often rustic character, designed to provide a cool shady place in the heat of summer...c1440
• UMBER † shade, shadow ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMBRA shade; shadow ...1638
• UMBRACIOUSNESS * the quality of giving shade ...1661
• UMBRACLE † shade or shadow; a shady place ...c1500
• UMBRAGE † 1. shade, shadow ...1426
2. shade or shadow cast by trees or the like ...1540-1
• UMBROSITY †* the state or condition of being shady ...1646
shade, shady - verbs
• ADUMBRATE † 1. to shade a picture, to represent with due light and shade so as to complete what has been sketched or delineated ...1599
2. to overshadow; to shade, to obscure ...1670
• OBTENEBRATE to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1611
• OBTENEBRIZE † to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1653
• OBUMBER † to overshadow; to shade, to obscure ...c1420
• OBUMBRATE * to overshadow; to shade, to darken; to obscure ...1526
• SCAUM to envelope in a mist or haze; to shade ...1871 Sc.
• UMBER † to shade, to protect ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMBESHADOW † to shade about ...a1400
• UMBRAGE to shade or shadow; to overshadow, put in the shade ...1647
• UMSHADE † to shade about, to protect ...c1460
SHADED - adjectives
• OMBRAGEOUS abounding in shade; shaded by trees or the like ...1612
shaded - nouns
• BLACK SPOT an area shaded from the sun ...1936 Amer. dial.
• UMERT a place shaded by trees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHADING - nouns
• ADUMBRATION † shading in painting ...1531
SHADOW - adjectives
• UMBRATICAL † serving as a shadow or imperfect representation of something ...1633
• UMBRATILE belonging to or resembling a shadow ...1632
• UMBROSOUS † full of shadow; shady ...1623
shadow - nouns
• MUM AND DADDO a shadow ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• SCAA a shade, a shadow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADDOW † shadow ...1818 Sc.
• SCAIRY a shadow, reflection ...1899 Sc.
• SCAM a film of vapour, a haze, mist, or shadow ...1824 Sc.
• SCARROW a shadow; shade ...1824 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SKERRY a shadow, reflection ...1899 Sc.
• SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• UMBER † shade, shadow ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UMBRA 1. a mere shadow of something ...1634
2. shade; shadow ...1638
• UMBRACLE † shade or shadow; a shady place ...c1500
• UMBRAGE † shade, shadow ...1426
shadow - verbs
• OBTENEBRATE to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1611
• OBTENEBRIZE † to cast a shadow over; to overshadow, to shade, to darken ...1653
• OBUMBER † to cast or make a shadow ...a1568
• UMBRAGE to shade or shadow; to overshadow, put in the shade ...1647
• UMBRATE † to shadow ...1623
SHADOWED - adjectives
• ADUMBRATED shadowed forth; represented faintly or in outline ...1706
• UMBROUS lying in the shade; shady, shadowed ...1480
SHADOWING - adjectives
• ADUMBRANT * shadowing forth, representing an outline ...1731
• ADUMBRATIVE having the attribute of shadowing forth, faintly indicating ...1837
SHADOWY - adjectives
• UMBRATIC * shadowy, foreshadowing ...a1677
SHAGGY - adjectives
• SCAGGED † shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGY shaggy, hairy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGY shaggy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SKRAGGY shaggy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TATTERED AS A FOAL † of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy ...c1340
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TAUTED matted, esp. of the hair; shaggy; ragged ...1786 Sc.
shaggy - person
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
shaggy - verbs
• BESHAG † to make shaggy ...1868
SHAKE - adjectives
• QUASSATIVE †* inclined to shake ...1626
shake - nouns
• BOMF a bump, shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACHE a shake, jog ...1790 Sc.
• CADGE a shake, jog ...1790 Sc.
• DASH a shake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILDER a smart jerk, shake, jolt ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DUCKS AND DRAKES shakes ...Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
• JAG a sharp, violent shake; a rut in a road causing a jolt ...1866 Sc.
• QUAG a shake, a state of trembling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• QUAVE † a shake, a tremble ...1382
• QUITHER a shake, tremble, shudder, quiver ...1899 Eng. dial.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ST. VITUS'S DANCE nerves, jitters, shakes ...20C sl.
• WACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• WAG a shake; a waving motion; a signal made by the hand ...1838 Sc.
• WAP a shake, a flap; a sweeping or tossing movement ...a1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
shake - verbs
• BEQUASH †* to shake or fall in pieces, to be shattered ...1377
• BEVER † to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIBBER to tremble, to shake ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BIVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIVVER to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BRANGLE to vibrate, to shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAUL to shake ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACHE to shake, to knock about ...1768 Sc.
• CADGE to shake up, to knock about, to jostle ...1866 Sc.
• CANVASS † to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub ...1573
• CONQUASSATE †* to shake violently; to agitate; to break in pieces ...1656
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DANDER to tremble or shake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DASH to shake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DATCH to jog, to shake ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DATHER to shiver, to tremble, to shake either with cold or old age ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHER to tremble, to shake; to move in an infirm, shaky manner, to totter ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILDER to shake, to jolt, to jerk ...1889 Sc.
• DILL to shake loosely, to flap ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DODDER to shake or tremble, as from age
• HACKER to shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, etc.; to chatter with cold ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATTER to shake or jolt ...1825 Eng. dial.
• JAAMBLE to jumble; to shake; to mix by agitation ...1790 Sc.
• JABBLE to shake or mix up together; to shake up or agitate a liquid ...1760 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• JADDER to shake, to vibrate; of the teeth: to chatter ...1885 Eng. dial.
• JAG to shake violently by sharp jerks; to jolt ...c1803 Sc.
• JAGGLE to shake; to move from side to side ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JERRYCUMMUMBLE to shake; to tumble about; to tousle ...1785 sl.
• JIGGER to shake, to jerk ...1869 colloq.
• LABEFACT † to shake, to weaken ...c1540
• PALSY to shake or tremble as if palsied ...1582 nonce use
• PLAY NIDDITY-NOD to bob up and down, to shake unsteadily as from old age ...a1779 Sc.
• PLAY NIDDY NODDY to bob up and down, to shake unsteadily as from old age ...1877 Sc.
• QUAG † to shake: said of something soft or flabby ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAGGLE to shake like jelly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAGSWAG †* to shake to and fro ...1653
• QUAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• QUAVE † to quake, to shake, to tremble; to vibrate ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEEDLE to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUETCH 1. † to shake; to brandish; to drive, to chase ...c825 obs.
2. † of things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• QUIBBLE † to quiver, to shake ...1726 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIBBLY to quiver, to shake ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLY to oscillate, to shake; to totter; to get about with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUITCH 1. † to shake; to brandish; to drive, to chase ...c825
2. † to things: to shake, to tremble ...c1205
• RACKLE to shake violently ...1866 Sc.
• RATTICK to shake, to rattle ...1893 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to shake up ...Bk1904 Sc.
• ROG † to shake; to move to and fro ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ROGGLE † to shake or cause to shake; to rattle; to jumble...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SAY AN APE'S PATERNOSTER to chatter with cold; to shake, to tremble ...1611
• SHAG †* to shake, to waggle ...a1400
• TAIT to shake about; to stir, to toss about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THRIMBLE to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THRIMMEL to tremble, to shake, to quiver ...1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• TREPIDATE † to shake, to be agitated ...1623
• WACKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WAG to wave; to shake ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE to be in poor, uncertain health; to shake, to shiver ...1923 Sc. DSL online
• WAP † to shake ...1570
• WARBLE † to shake or cause to vibrate; to brandish ...1510
• WHACKER to tremble, to shake, to quake ...1703 Eng. dial.
• WHAKER to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. ...1703 Eng. dial.
SHAKE HANDS - see HAND-SHAKE
SHAKEN - adjectives
• LABEFACT * shaken, tottering ...1874
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - nouns
• BARDOLATRY worship of the 'Bard of Avon', i.e. Shakespeare ...1901
Shakespeare, William - person
• BARD OF AVON William Shakespeare ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARDOLATER a worshipper of the 'Bard' ...1903
• OLD SHAKE William Shakespeare ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SHAKE UP - verbs
• SUCCUSS to shake up ...1865
SHAKINESS - nouns
• WEAK JERKS a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...a1978 Amer. dial.
• WEAK TREMBLES a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety ...1889 Amer. dial.
SHAKING - adjectives
• AGITAGIOUS † quivering, shaking ...?1609
• BEVERING shaking, trembling ...1863 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DADDERING shaking, quivering ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DIRLING rattling, vibrating, shaking ...1878 Sc.
• DITHERY-DODDERY trembling, shivering, shaking ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SHIVERY-BIVERY shaking with cold or fright ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• SUCCUSSIVE * characterized by a shaking motion ...1742
shaking - nouns
• DILDERING jolting, shaking ...1889 Sc.
• LABEFACTATION * a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall ...1775
• LABEFACTION a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall ...1620
• PEARLIES, THE an uncontrollable nervous shaking of the bowing arm sometimes experienced by violinists, etc. before a performance ...1974 sl.
• QUAGGLE a quivering, shaking motion, such as that of jelly or of loose boggy soil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUASSATION † a shaking, beating, pounding ...1654
• REESHLE a resounding blow; a sharp shaking ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROGGLE a shaking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUCCUSSATION † shaking up, violent shaking, jolting ...1649
• SUCCUSSION the act of shaking or condition of being shaken, esp. with violence; an instance of this ...1622
• TREMEFACTION †* a shaking, a trembling ...1597
• TWITTERATION †* tremulous excitement, as from desire, fear, etc.; a state of agitation; a shaking, a quiver, a tremble ...1835-40
• WAGE the act of shaking in a threatening manner ...1866 Sc.
• WAGGLE the act of shaking; motion from side to side ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAMBLE a rolling or unsteady motion; a totter, a quivering or shaking, a wriggle, a tumble ...1825 Sc.
SHAKY - adjectives
• ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERING shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWTHERY shaky, tottering, trembling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DICKEY, DICKY in bad condition; of a low or inferior quality; unsound, shaky ...1819
• DODDERING shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age; foolish, senile ...Bk1942 colloq.
• DODDERY shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• JADDER shaky; infirm ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PARALYTIC † shaky, rickety ...1824 humorous
• QUEERY shaky ...M19 sl.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RATTLE-GUT rickety, shaky, rattling ...1877 Eng. dial.
• RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ROCKY unsteady, tottering, shaky ...M18
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELY shaky, rickety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHIKERRY shabby, bad, shaky, doubtful ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SHOGGY shaky, insecure ...1866
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
• WACKERY shaky ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAGGLE shaky, loose ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLY shaky, tottering, unsteady ...1857 Eng. dial.
• WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WONKY unsteady, shaky ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• WOOFTY unkempt; shaggy, like a dog ...1990s US sl.
shaky - verbs
• WEEWAW to set askew; to proceed unsteadily; to be shaky, wobbly or rickety ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WOW to be shaky, rickety, or wobbly ...1927 Amer. dial.
SHALLOW - adjectives
• EBB-MINDED shallow, frivolous ...1895 Eng. dial.
shallow - nouns
• DIMMIE a small, shallow place ..1893 Eng. dial.
shallow - person
• MOPSEY, MOPSIE, MOPSY a shallow or frivolous woman ...1706
SHALLOW-MINDED - adjectives
• DIPPY foolish, simple-minded, idiotic, shallow-minded; infatuated, deeply in love; peculiar, mildly insane, crazy ...1899 US sl.
SHALLOWNESS - nouns
• EBBNESS shallowness ...1660 Sc.
SHAM - adjectives
• AFFECTATIOUS †* of the nature of affectation; pretentious, fake, sham, feigned ...1687
• DUMMY counterfeit, sham ...1846
• FLAMBUGINOUS * of the nature of a 'flam'; nonsensical, sham, whimsical ...1813
• FLASH sham or counterfeit
• MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false ...1891
• SHNIDE, SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand ...1859 UK
• SPOOF fake, spurious, sham ...L19 sl.
sham - nouns
• ABRAHAM-WORK shams of all kinds, false pretenses ...Bk1909 cant
• BLEFLUM a sham, an illusion, what has no reality in it ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEPHUM a sham ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action ...1829 sl.
• FALSING shamming, malingering ...1940s Aust. sl.
• FALSITY * a counterfeit, sham ...1780
• FA-SAY a pretense, a sham ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• IDOL † a fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender ...1590
• MAKE-LOOK a made-up appearance; a sham ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STUMER a worthless cheque; something sham ...1890
sham - person
• ONPUT one who puts on an act; a pretender, a shammer ...1958 Sc.
sham - verbs
• ABRAHAM to sham, esp. to avoid something by feigning illness ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• MIMICATE † to mimic; to pretend, sham ...1824 Sc.
• MIMP to make believe; to sham, to pretend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHAMBLE, SHAMBLING - adjectives
• SCHAMLICH shambling, weak-limbed, puny ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLATCHY shambling, ungainly in movement ...1897 Sc.
shamble, shambling - nouns
• BACHLING shambling, stumbling ...1583 Sc.
shamble, shambling - person
• BAMBLER a person who shambles, or walks unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE a shambler, a ne'er-do-well ...1829 Sc.
• SCHLATCHER-FEET a nickname for an awkward, shambling person ...1902 Sc.
shamble, shambling - verbs
• BAMBLE to shamble, to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCHLE to shamble, to walk loosely; to wear shoes out of shape ...1856 Sc.
• LAGGER to walk lazily or with difficulty as in carrying a heavy burden; to shamble ...1866 Sc.
• SCAMBLE to shamble, to walk awkwardly; to run hastily and irregularly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCHAMLICH to walk with a shambling gait ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SHAMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMMOCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...E18 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHAMMUCK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SHUMMICK to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• YAUCHLE to shamble, to walk in an awkward shuffling manner; to walk with difficulty ...1887 Sc.
SHAME - adjectives (also see ASHAMED)
• ADASHED put to shame ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASHFUL † exciting a feeling of shame ...1559
• BLACK-BURNING causing intense blushing or shame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DUSTED shamed, humiliated ...1980s sl.
• FALSE of shame, pride: arising from mistaken notions ...1791
• IGNOMINIOUS involving shame, disgrace, or obloquy; shameful, disgraceful, discreditable ...1526
• IGNOMIOUS † involving shame, disgrace or obloquy; disgraceful, shameful ...1574
• MAKE-SHAME causing shame ...1850
• OF-SHAMED † put to shame, ashamed ...c1000
• PUDENT * having a sense of shame or decency; modest; delicate ...1908
• SHAMEFACED showing shame, abashed ...L19
• SHAMEFAST † showing shame; abashed ...ME
• SHUTTERED in a state of total ignominy ...L19 sl.
shame - nouns (includes SHAMEFACEDNESS)
• ABUSION † violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ...c1374
• ADOXY † ignominy, shame; slander, infamy ...1656
• BASHMENT † confusion from surprise or sudden check; discomfiture, shame ...c1325
• BISMER † shame, disgrace, reproach, mockery, scorn ...c893
• DEFAMATION † the bringing of ill fame or dishonour upon any one; disgrace, shame ...1303
• FASH confusion, shame ...1841 Eng. dial.
• IGNOMINY dishonour, disgrace, shame; infamy; the condition of being in disgrace, etc. ...1540
• IGNOMY † dishonour, disgrace, shame; infamy ...1534
• OPPROBRIOUSNESS † opprobrium, shame, disgrace ...a1540
• OPPROBRY † a condition of infamy, shame, disgrace, or reproach ...1432-50
• PUDENCY modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness ...1605
• SHOND † shame, disgrace, infamy; scandal ...a900
• SIN a pity; a shame ...c1300, now chiefly Sc.
• SKELETON IN THE CLOSET, A a secret source of shame or pain to a family or person ...1855
• SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD, A a secret source of shame or pain to a family or person ...1859
• VERGOYNE † shame ...1484
shame - verbs
• BESHAME to shame; to be ashamed ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CATAMIDIATE † to put one to open shame and punishment for some notorious offense; to scorn, to defame ...1656
• DASH to confound, to put to shame, to abash ...1570
• FASH to shame, to cast down ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEEL MEAN to feel ashamed of one's unpleasant conduct ...M19 sl.
• LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE to look chagrined, baffled, or ashamed...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFSHAME † to put to shame ...c888
• SHEND to put to shame ...arch.
• SHOW UP to put to shame; to embarrass ..colloq.
• TAKE SHAME ON ONESELF to accept shame or disgrace as merited; to acknowledge that one is at fault
• THINK SHAME † to be ashamed ...obs. exc. Sc.
• UNBLUSH to cease to be ashamed ...1620
shame - interjections/phrases
• DEAD TO SHAME no longer capable of feeling shame; grown hardened to shame
• FOR SHAME! a reproof to a person for not feeling or showing shame
• SHAME ON YOU! you should be ashamed
SHAME-FACED - adjectives
• HANGED-LIKE shame-faced, hangdog like ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUDIBUNDOUS † shame-faced; bashful; modest ...1656
• SMOOTY-FACED shy, bashful, modest, shame-faced ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VERECUNDOUS modest, shamefaced, demure ...1656
SHAMEFUL - adjectives
• DEDECOROSE † shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable, dishonest, unbecoming ...1727
• DEDECOROUS † disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest ...1727
• DISGRACIVE †* tending to disgrace or reproach; disgraceful, shameful ...1602
• FASCIOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc.
• FASHIOUS difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FESHOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Eng. dial.
• HONTOUS † full of shame; ashamed; shameful ...c1477
• INDING † unworthy, shameful ...1790 Sc.
• MISSHAMEFUL †* shameful ...c1450
• OPPROBRIOUS * involving shame or infamy; held in dishonour; infamous, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable ...c1510
• OPPROBROUS † infamous, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable ...c1530
• PROPUDIOUS †* shameful, infamous, disgraceful ...1629
• PUDENDOUS † worthy of shame; shameful; disgraceful ...1680 rare or obs.
• PUDIBUND † that is subject of shame, shameful ...1542
• RIDICULOUS shameful, disgraceful, scandalous ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCHAMOUS shameful, dishonourable ...1871 Sc.
• SHAMEVOUS † shameful, disgraceful ...c1475
• SHONDFUL † shameful, disgraceful; infamous ...a900
• TURPITUDINOUS characterized by turpitude or depravity; shameful, foul, wicked ...1814
• VITUPERIOUS † worthy of blame; hence, shameful, discreditable, disgraceful ...1612
shameful - nouns
• OPPROBRY 1. † the imputation of shameful or infamous conduct; the utterance of contumelious reproach; abuse ...1432-50
2. † conduct that brings or merits infamy or disgrace; a shameful act ...1563-87
SHAMEFULLY - adverbs
• EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully ...a1555
SHAMELESS - adjectives
• ABASHLESS * unabashed, shameless ...1868
• AFFRONTLESS shameless, not susceptible of grace ...1825 Sc.
• BARDIE forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1822 Sc.
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• BASHLESS † unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold ...1578
• BASILISCO-PROOF proof against eyes, even those of a basilisk; unabashed, shameless ...1649
• BRAISANT brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASS-VISAGED bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced ...1816
• CYNOPIC dog-faced, shameless ...1854
• EFFRONTED † shameless, barefaced, unblushingly insolent ...1598
• INVERECUND † unabashed, immodest, shameless ...1657
• SLOW-TO-BLUSH shameless ...1900 Eng. dial.
• UNSHAMOUS † shameless ...a1500
shameless - person
\• FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person ...1721 Sc.
• FESART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• QUINE a bold, impudent, shameless, or malevolent woman; a hussy, a slut ...1720 Sc.
• SCOOT a loose or shameless female ...1825 Sc.
• SCOOTCH a loose or shameless female ...1825 Sc.
shameless - verbs
• BLUSH LIKE A BLACK DOG to not blush at all; to be shameless ...1876
SHAMELESSLY - adverbs
• EFFRONTEDLY † in a barefaced manner; shamelessly ...1628
SHAMELESSNESS - nouns
• IRISH ASSURANCE boldness, shamelessness ...L18 sl.
SHAMPOO - nouns
• SHAMPOON shampoo ...1903 Amer. dial.
shampoo - verbs
• SHAMPOON to shampoo ...1909 Amer. dial.
SHANDY - nouns
• AMOS AND ANDY brandy, shandy ...1974 UK rhyming sl.
• ANDY PANDY a shandy ...Brit. rhyming sl.
SHANTY, SHANTYTOWN - nouns
• CABBAGE PATCH a small town or neighourhood of ramshackle houses, esp. one associated with a mine; a shantytown; also used with 'the' ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SHARPSHOOTER a poor shanty ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment ...1862 Amer. dial.
SHAPE - adjectives
• OMNIFORM of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form ...1647
• OMNIFORMAL of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form ...1839
shape - nouns
• FACK make, shape, form ...1914 Sc.
• FEATURE 1. † make, form, fashion, shape; proportions, esp. of the body; a particular example of this ...c1325 obs. exc. arch.
2. † good form or shape; comeliness ...1594
• MAKEDOM figure, shape ...1893 Sc.
shape - verbs
• CATAWAMPUS to put out of proper shape; to warp ...1906 Amer. dial.
• EFFIGURE †* to put into shape ...1486
• EFFINGE † to fashion, to shape ...1657
• EFFORM to make into a certain form; to shape, to fashion ...1578
SHAPED - adjectives
• FASHIONABLE † capable of being fashioned, shaped, or moulded; of a damaged article: capable of being brought into shape ...1607
• ILL-FASHIONED badly shaped ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHAPELESS - adjectives
• BAGSY shapeless, lumpy ...1920s Sc. sl.
shapeless - nouns
• KEMPLE a shapeless, untidy mass ...1939 Sc.
• QUAB a crude or shapeless thing ...1628
shapeless - person
• LANKY-LONG-LEGS a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANKY-LOO a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
SHAPELINESS - nouns
• FEATNESS elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness ...1576
• MAKEDOM † form, shape; esp. elegant form, shapeliness, comeliness ...c1470 Sc.
SHAPELY - adjectives
• CLEAN-LIMBED shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe ...1461-83
• CLEAN-TIMBERED well-built, shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe ...1598
• MACKERLY shapely, fashionable, tolerable ...1790 Eng. dial.
shapely - person
• BATTLESHIP a very shapely young woman ...1973 US sl.
SHAPING - adjectives
• FASHIONATIVE † tending to fashion or form, shaping ...a1693
shaping - nouns
• EFFORMATION † formation, framing, shaping ...1578
SHARE - nouns
• BAKE a child's term for its share of anything ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANT † a portion; a share; a division ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUM a small portion or share ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIVVY a division, share ...1872 Amer. dial.
• END a share, usually of criminal profits or responsibility ...L19 sl.
• ETTLEMENTS one's fair share ...1928 Sc.
• FALL rent; share, portion ...1768 Sc.
• GRUB-STAKE one's share of the rations ...WWI military colloq.
• HALFANCE half shares ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• HALFINGS half shares ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HALVER a half, an equal share or portion, generally in plural ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• INCORMANT a share, portion ...Bk1902 Sc.
• RUM QUIDDS a large booty; a great share of spoil ...L17 cant
• RUM QUIDS a large booty; a great share of spoil ...L17 cant
• SHARE OF THE ACTION an involvement in an activity; a share in the profits of something ...1957 US sl.
• SKAIR a share, a portion ...c1573 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SLICE OF THE CAKE a share in benefits, etc.
• WHANG a large piece, a portion, share ...1910s sl.
share - person
• HALFER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HALFNER †* one who shares to the extent of a half ...1594
• HALVER † one who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner ...1625 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARCENEL † a sharer, a partaker ...a1340
• PARCENER † one who shares or has a part in something with another or others; a partner; a sharer, a partaker ...1297
share - verbs
• ANDY UP to pay a debt; to contribute one's share ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANNIE UP to pay a debt; to contribute one's share ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANTE UP to do one's part or share ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BEPART † to divide, to share ...1531
• BREAK OFF to share, esp. to share one's pleasures ...1990s US Black & campus sl.
• CALE to take in turns, to share ...1839 Eng. dial.
• CANT † to part, to divide, to share, to parcel out, to apportion ...c1440
• CUT A MELON to share profits; to announce an extra dividend ...1908
• CUT THE MELON to share large profits between a number of people ...1908 sl.
• DEAL SOMEONE IN to include in an undertaking, often a criminal one, to give someone a share ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DIVVY to divide or distribute among two or more persons; to divide or share in profits or indebtedness ...1877 Amer. dial.
• DIVVY UP to divide or distribute among two or more persons; to divide or share in profits or indebtedness ...1880 Amer. dial.
• EAT A CHILD to share in a treat given to the parish officers ...L18 sl.
• EAT IN DUTCH STREET to share expenses ...1910s sl.
• EVEN to divide equally, to share ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GO HALF-CLINKS to go shares ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GO HALF-SNACKS to go shares ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GO RAGS to share out, esp. the proceeds of a crime ...M19 sl.
• GO SHUCKS to agree to share equally ...1897 Amer. dial.
• GO SNACKS to share equally ...1769
• GO SNUCKS to share work and profit evenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HALVER to divide into equal shares; to have; to possess in partnership with anyone ...1871 Sc.
• IMPART 1. † to give a share of something to each of a number of persons; to distribute, to divide, to deal out ...1545
2. † to have or get a share of; to share, to partake ...1581
• KICK IN to contribute money, etc.; to pay one's share ...1908 sl., orig. US
• MUCK IN to share, on an informal basis, food, accommodation and other facilities, or work ...1919 UK sl., orig. military
• PHILIPPINE to share or divide something with another ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAG to share, esp. to divide up the proceeds of a crime ...1860 sl.
• SCAT to share ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKAIR to share ...1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SPLIT to share out profits or proceeds ...1910s sl.
• WHACK to share, to divide ...1819 colloq.
share - phrases
• TIP ME MY EARNEST † give me my share or dividend ...1673 cant
SHARED - nouns
• KICK anything that is shared with another ...1995 US sl.
SHARES - nouns
• RUPERT BEARS (business) shares ...1980s rhyming sl.
• WAREHOUSING the buying of shares as a nominee of another trader, with a view to a takeover ...1971 sl.
SHAREHOLDER - person
• ACTIONIST † a shareholder ...1731
SHARK - nouns
• AFTER DARKS sharks ...Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DEAN a shark ...1977 Aust. sl.
• GUMMY a shark ...1893 Aust. sl.
• HAYE † a shark, or a particular species of shark ...1613
• NOAH'S (ARK) a shark ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl.
SHARP (having a point) - adjectives
• JAGGIE prickly, sharp-pointed, piercing ...1788 Sc.
• JAGGY prickly, sharp-pointed, piercing ...1788 Sc.
• PICKED sharp-pointed ...1791 Amer. dial.
• SHARP ENOUGH TO SPLIT THE HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS very sharp ...1954 Amer. dial.
sharp (having a point) - nouns
• CACUMINATION † a making sharp at the top ...1678
sharp (having a point) - verbs
• CACUMINATE †* to make sharp; to form into a sharp top like a pyramid ...1656
SHARP (aware) - adjectives
• ACUMINOUS distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd ...1618
• ALL THERE alert, aware, sharp ...1880 UK sl.
• BIRKY sharp in speech; lively, spirited ...1821 Sc.
• CUTE (often derogatory) knowledgeable, clever, shrewd, sharp, keen ...1731 sl., now chiefly US
• DAPPER sprightly, quick, active, sharp ...E17
• DARTY sharp, quick, active ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DERRY acute, sharp, quick-witted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• EDGIE quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
• EDGY quick, active, both mentally and physically; sharp, smart, clever ...1825 Sc.
• FALSE sharp, shrewd, clever, precocious; generally applied to children and animals ...1866 Eng. dial.
• FLY knowing and sharp; smart ...sl., chiefly Brit.
• GAIR † ready; sharp, keen ...1513
• HEADISH intelligent, clever, sharp ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEEN-BITTEN eager, sharp ...1899 Sc.
• NEBBIE sharp in manner, brusque, tart ...1860 Sc.
• NEBSIE ill-natured, sharp in manner, impertinent ...B1900 Sc.
• QUEEDY brisk, sharp; shrewd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDY brisk, sharp; shrewd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS shrewd, sharp, witty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SMART AS A STEEL-TRAP extremely bright and clever; very sharp and shrewd; intellectually alert, quick-witted ...1821 Amer. dial.
• TACKY well-prepared, mentally sharp ...1901 Amer. sl.
• TART † sharp, keen, as an edge, point, or weapon ...c1500
• THREE-CUNNING intensely knowing; peculiarly sharp or acute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP TO TIN sharp, knowing, not easily taken in ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAKEN alert, brisk, lively; sharp; intelligent, quick-witted ...1867 Eng. dial.
• YANKING sharp and quick ...1824 Sc.
• YAR(R)Y ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary ...1842 Eng. dial.
sharp (aware) - nouns, person
• ANOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• CUNNING SHAVER † a sharp fellow ...M17 colloq.
• FILE a sharp or cunning fellow; broadly, esp. in the military, a fellow, esp. a soldier ...1837 sl.
• FLY BOY a sharp or shrewd young man ...1888 US sl.
• FLY GUY a sharp or shrewd young man ...1906 US sl.
• FLY MEMBER a very shrewd, sharp person ...1909 sl.
• GLIBS † a sharper; a pert, sharp person ...1787 Sc.
• GLIM a sharp fellow ...1925 US sl.
• HEAD-CADAB a clever, sharp person; one quick of understanding ...1823 Sc.
• KNOWING BLADE a sharp fellow, wide awake and cunning ...Bk1890 sl.
• LAD OF WAX a fine spirited fellow; a sharp, clever youth ...1826 Eng. dial.
• MORRIE a sharp young person, eyes on the main chance, and willing to take risks to achieve what they want ...1962 sl.
• NINETER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a trickster, a sharp, crafty person ...1885 Eng. dial.
• OLD FILE a sharp or cunning person ...1837 sl.
• WACKENER a sharp, quick-witted person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YANKIE a smart, agile person; a sharp, clever, forward woman ...1790 Sc.
SHARP (taste, odour) - adjectives
• ACUTE † of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
SHARP (stylish) - adjectives
• CADDY stylish; well-dressed; sharp, fashionable ...1966 Amer. sl.
SHARP (harsh) - person
• NEEDLE-SPITTER one who uses sharp language ...1805 nonce word
sharp (harsh) - verbs
• EAT RAZOR SOUP to say something sharp or impertinent ...1939 Amer. dial.
• EAT VINEGAR WITH A FORK to have a sharp tongue ...L19 sl.
SHARPEN - verbs
• ABER to sharpen, as a knife ...1931 Sc.
• ACUATE † to make sharp or pungent; to sharpen ...1542
• ACUMINATE to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to ...1611
• ACUTE †* to sharpen or quicken a quality; to make more active or intense ...1637
• AFFILE † to sharpen; to polish ...1485
SHARPENED - adjectives
• ACUATE sharpened, sharp-pointed ...1471
sharpened - nouns
• ACULEATION * the state of being sharpened or pointed ...1870
SHARPENING - nouns
• ACUATING † the act of sharpening ...1753
• ACUATION * sharpening, rendering acute ...1837
• ACUITION †* the act of sharpening ...1753
• ACUMINATION the act of sharpening or bringing to a point ...1837
SHARPER - person
• BAMBOOZLER one who hoaxes or mystifies by trickery; a trickster; a swindler; a cheat or sharper ...1702
• BANCO-STEERER a swindler; a sharper, a confidence-trick man ...1876 US sl.
• BARNARD † the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper ...1532
• BAT-FOWLER † a swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous ...1602 sl.
• BEAN TRAP a well-dressed, high-class confidence man; a stylish sharper ...1881 criminals' sl.
• BEAU-TRAP a confidence trickster, especially a card-sharp; a well-dressed sharper on the lookout for raw country visitors and the like ...a1674 sl.
• BERNARD † the member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel; a sharper ...1532
• BESTER * one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater ...1856 sl.
• BITE † a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, an impostor ...Bk1698
• BITER a card-sharp ...1674 UK sl.
• CATAIAN † a rogue, a scoundrel, a rascal, a knave, a blackguard; a sharper ...1598
• COGGER a sharper, cheat, deceiver, swindler, one who beguiles ...1580
• CONY-CATCHER a deceiver; a trickster; a sharper ...c1590 cant
• CROOK one whose conduct is crooked; a dishonest person; a swindler, a sharper; a professional criminal or an associate of criminals ...1879 colloq.
• DECOY † a swindler, a sharper; an impostor or 'shark' who lives by his wits at the expense of his dupes ...1618
• DABBER MOLL a cunning woman; a sharper ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• ELBOW-SHAKER a gamester or sharper ...1725
• FLASH-COMPANION a thief; a sharper ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-COVE a thief; a sharper ...1825 sl.
• GAMBLER a sharper, a tricking gamester ...19C sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF THE GREEN BAIZE ROAD a card-sharper ...1889 UK sl.
• GLIBS † a sharper; a pert, sharp person ...1787 Sc.
• GREEK a cunning or wily person; a cheat; a card sharper...E16 arch.
• HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• INT a sharper ...1621
• JACK-IN-A-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-BOX a sharper who cheated tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for similar looking ones full of money ...Bk1852
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• MACE-COVE a confidence trickster; a swindler; a sharper; a cheat ...1823 sl.
• NEEDLE † a sharper ...a1790 sl.
• NEEDLE-POINT a sharper ...c1696 sl.
• NEEDLE-POINTER a sharper ...c1696 sl.
• NEWGATE-BIRD a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...1607 sl.
• NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...c1531 sl.
• NICKUM a sharper ...Bk1902 sl.
• OPERATOR † a card-sharper, a cheat at cards ...1731
• SHARK † a worthless and impecunious person who gains a precarious living by sponging on others, by executing disreputable commissions, cheating at play, and petty swindling; a parasite, a sharper ...1600
• TAME-CHEATER † a card cheat; a professional card-sharper or false-dicer...1890 criminals' sl.
• TARTARIAN a thief; a noisy blustering villain; a strolling vagabond; a sharper ...1608 cant
SHARPLY - adverbs
• DIRD with violence; heavily, sharply ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EAGERLY † sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely ...1377
SHARPNESS - nouns
• ACRITY †* sharpness, keenness, shrewdness ...1619
• ACUITY sharpness, acuteness, as of a needle, a disease, an acid, wit ...1543
• QUICKNESS † sharpness, keenness; pungency or acidity of taste; sharpness of speech ...1611
SHARP-SIGHTED - adjectives
• ABER sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful ...1908 Sc.
• OCCULATE † possessed of eyes or sight; sharp-sighted; observant ...1615
sharp-sighted - person
• OCULIST †* one who has good eyes, or uses them well; a sharp-sighted or observant person ...1660
SHARP-TEMPERED - adjectives
• BRASH easily angered; quick-tempered, sharp-tempered ...1903 Amer. dial.
• HASH harsh; sharp-tempered ...1818 Amer. dial.
sharp-tempered - person
• NAT a small-sized, sharp-tempered person ...1866 Sc.
• NYATT a small-sized, sharp-tempered person ...1866 Sc.
SHARP-TONGUED - adjectives
• CLIP-WIT sharp or shrewd of speech ...1896 Sc.
sharp-tongued - person
• BIRKIE - a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered person, usually a woman; sometimes used facetiously to a lively child ...1929 Sc.
• CLIP-WIT a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome or quick-witted person ...19C Sc.
• GABBIE-GASH one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued ...c1875 Sc.
• GABBIE-GASHLICH one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued ...1925 Sc.
• GABBIE-SNARROCH one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued ...a1900 Sc.
• SALTER a shrew; a sharp-tongued person ...1871 Sc.
SHARP-WITTED - adjectives
• ACUMINATE †* having acumen, sharp-witted ...1654
• ACUMINOUS distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd ...1618
• YARK brisk, lively; sharp-witted, shrewd, penetrating ...1777 Eng. dial.
sharp-witted - person
• BLADE a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau ...1597
• CADDAY, CADDY a sharp-witted individual ...Bk1997 Ireland
sharp-witted - verbs
• KNOW HOW MANY BEANS MAKE FIVE to be sharp-witted or knowing ...1889 sl.
SHATTER - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish ...c888
• TO-CLATTER † to knock to pieces with a noise; to shatter ...c1350
• TO-CRACK † to crack to pieces, to shatter ...a1300
• TO-DASH † to dash to pieces; to shatter by a violent blow or blows ...c1205
SHATTERED - adjectives
• BUSTICATED broken, completely shattered ...1916 Amer. dial.
shattered - verbs
• BEQUASH †* to shake or fall in pieces, to be shattered ...1377
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
• TO-BURST † to burst asunder; to be shattered ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-DRIVE † to be splintered or shattered; to burst ...c1205
SHAVE, SHAVING - adjectives
• BARBING shaving, stripping bare ...1630
• CHAETOPHOROUS in need of a shave ...19C
• OYSTER-FACED in need of shaving ...B1900 street sl.
shave, shaving - adverbs
• BARBERLY †* with a barber's methods, by shaving ...1573
shave, shaving - nouns
• ALL NIGHT RAVE a shave ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BABBS † the slimy matter a razor scrapes off the face in shaving ...1824 Sc.
• BARBERY the barber's art or craft; shaving ...1540
• BARBING † shaving, hairdressing; clipping ...1485
• BURBLE a little red pimple on the face after shaving too close ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CIRCUMRASION †* the act of shaving or paring round ...1731
• DAD AND DAVE a shave ...1930s Aust. rhyming sl.
• DIG IN THE GRAVE a shave ...1931 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DOUCHE KIT a shaving kit ...1970 US sl.
• MISBEHAVE a shave ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• MOWING THE LAWN shaving with an electric razor ...c1955 Aust. sl.
• OCEAN WAVE a shave ...1928 rhyming sl.
• RASP a shave ...1940s sl.
• RASION † the act of scraping or shaving; division by scraping or filing ....1612 rare or obs.
• RASURE † the act of shaving the head, hair, etc. ...1483
• RAZORRIDGE shaving ...E18 sl.
• SCRAPE a shave ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
shave, shaving - person
• BLACK-MUMMER one unwashed and unshorn ...a1790 UK sl.
shave, shaving - verbs
• BARB † to shave or trim the beard of a person ...1587
• BARBER to shave ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAD AND DAVE to have a shave ...c1930 Aust. rhyming sl.
• DECURTATE † to shave, to trim the hair ...1599
• FAKE THE FATCHA to shave; to put on makeup ...20C sl.
• MOW to shave; usually used in describing a woman shaving her legs or her pubic area ...1991 US sl.
• MOW THE BRIGALO SUCKERS to shave one's beard ...1990s Aust. sl.
• RASE †* to shave a person ...1580 obs. rare exc. Sc.
• RAZOR-RIDE to shave ...1892 Sc.
• SCOTLAND (THE BRAVE) to shave ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• SCRAPE to shave ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
shave, shaving - phrases
• YOUR UNDERWEAR IS SHOWING you need a shave ...1960s US homosexual sl.
SHAVINGS - nouns
• RASING †* shavings, scrapings ...1544
SHAWL - nouns
• TOILET †* a towel or cloth thrown over the shoulders during hairdressing; also, a shawl ...1684
SHEAR, SHEARING - nouns
• COBBLER the last sheep ...Bk1892 Aust. shearers' sl.
• SNOB the last, most recalcitrant sheep to be sheared ...20C Aust. & NZ. sl.
shear, shearing - verbs
• MULLOCK OVER to shear a sheep roughly and carelessly ...1893 Aust. sl.
• PULL * to shear a sheep, etc. ...OE
• QUOKE to go shearing or harvesting at a distance from home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROUGH * to shear a sheep badly ...1878 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SWING THE GATE to be the fastest shearer in the shed ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TOMAHAWK to cut a sheep in shearing it ...1859 Aust.
SHEARER - person
• BARBER a shearer ...1898 Aust. sl.
• BLUE-TONGUE shearers' term for a shed-hand; an unskilled worker ...1900 sl., orig. Aust.
• BUSTLER a notably hard worker in a shearing shed ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DRUMMER the worst or slowest sheep-shearer in a team ...1897 Aust. & NZ sl.
• GREASY a shearer ...Aust. sl.
• GUN an expert sheep-shearer ...1898 Aust. & NZ
• JINGLING JOHNNY someone who shears sheep by hand ...1934 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PEN-MATE a shearer who catches sheep out of the same pen as another shearer ...1895 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RINGER the fastest shearer in a shed ...1871 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RYEBUCK SHEARER an expert shearer ...a1957 Aust. sl.
• SNAGGER a slow, inexpert, or poor sheep-shearer ...1887 Aust.
• TIGER a sheep shearer ...1865 Aust. sl.
SHED - nouns
• A TO Z a shed ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BIELD a shelter or shed ...a1500 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALLIS † a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HALF-HOUSE a shed open at the side; a hovel ...1737
• LITTLE HOUSE a shed ...1994 Amer. dial.
• SCALE a temporary hut or shelter; a wooden shed ...1787 Eng. dial.
• SCOLLA a hut, a shed ...1952 Sc.
• SKILLING a shed or outhouse, esp. a lean-to ...1389
• TO-FALL a supplementary building with its roof sloping up to and leaning on the wall of a main building; a lean-to; a shed ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAPPEN-HAPPEN a tumbledown, slum shed or shanty made of old tins, bits of wood, discarded packaging and similar found objects ...1930s W. Indies
SHEDDING - nouns
• DECIDENCE † falling off, a shedding, as of deer antlers ...1646