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STAK - STERE
STAKE - verbs
• GAGE † to stake, to wager; to risk, to bet ...1599 obs. or arch.
• WAGE † to stake, to wager, to bet; to agree to forfeit in some contingency ...1483
STALE - adjectives
• CHESTNUTTY old, stale ...1884 arch.
• OFF stale; not fresh; in poor condition; out-of-date ...1896 sl.
• OLD of bread: stale ...1800 Sc.
• PALLED of fermented liquor, etc.: that has lost its briskness or freshness; flat, stale, vapid ...c1430 arch.
• RAFTY † stale, rancid; usually said of bacon ...a1722 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
stale - nouns
• FUST † to become mouldy or stale-smelling; of wine: to taste of the cask ...a1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
stale - verbs
• PALL † to render flat, stale, or insipid ...1625
STALIN, JOSEPH
• UNCLE JOE Joseph Stalin ...1943 UK sl.
STALL - verbs
• BACKSTALL to hold back; to stall ...1952 Amer. dial.
STALLED - adjectives
• DEAD IN THE WATER stalled; immobile ...Bk2006 US sl.
• STALTED stalled, unable to move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STALLER - person
• FACER a staller; one who places himself in the way of persons who are in hot pursuit of his accomplices ...1859 Amer. sl.
STALWART - adjectives
• BOORDLY stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• VADY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
stalwart - person
• DIAMOND a stalwart or reliable person ...1990 Brit. sl.
STAMINA - adjectives
• SPLEENY complaining or fussing over health; lacking in stamina and courage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
stamina - nouns
• BO-INK-UM stamina, grit ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs ...1843 Amer. dial.
• GUTS stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance ...M17 colloq.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SPIZERINKUM stamina; courage ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
STAMMER - nouns
• HABBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• HUBBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• MANT a stammer; an impediment in the speech ...1839 Sc.
stammer - verbs
• ACKER to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• AMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BALBUTIATE to stammer or stutter ...1731
• BLETHER to speak indistinctly; to stammer ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROTE † to speak indistinctly; to stammer, to stutter ...c1440
• FAFFLE † to stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAMBLE † to speak imperfectly; to stammer, to stutter ...1400
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to stammer ...a1627
• HABBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• HACK † to hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer; to stutter ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACK OUT † to stammer out ...1631
• HACKER to hesitate in speech; to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKSLAVER to hesitate in speech; to stammer and splutter ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFER to speak stammeringly or hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE to hesitate; to speak confusedly; to falter; to stammer; to prevaricate, to quibble ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-MAFFLE to speak unintelligibly, to stammer ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER † to make reiterated laborious efforts to speak, to stammer ...1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMP to stammer, to speak or read hesitatingly ...1796 Sc.
• HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer ...1632
• HUBBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HUM AND HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer; to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive ...1632
• MAFFLE † to stammer, to hesitate; to speak indistinctly, to mumble ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to stammer or mutter ...1350 Eng. dial.
• MANT to stammer ...1562 Sc.
• MAUNT to stammer ...1721 Sc.
• STUT † to stutter, to stammer ...1388 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stammer, to falter in speaking ...1623
• WABBLE to stammer out, to blurt or mumble in a halting or indistinct way ...1920 Sc.
• YAMMER to talk or hum indistinctly; to stammer ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAMMERER - person
• BALBUS a stammerer ...Bk1910
• BLAFFERE † a stammerer ...Bk1967
• BLAFFOORDE † a person who stammers, or has any defect in his speech ...Bk1855
• BUFFER † a stammerer ...a1382
• FAFFLE a stammerer, one who is unable to articulate distinctly ...c1900 Sc.
• GANSH a person with a widely-gaping mouth; hence, a stupid, dull-witted, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails ...1880 Sc.
• HABBER one who stammers, stutters or speaks thickly; hence, a stupid person ...1866 Sc.
• HABBERER a stammerer; a chatterbox, a talkative person ...1913 Sc.
• HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• HOCKER one who stammers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HUMMER AND HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• IKEVATER a stammerer ...Bk1992 Yiddish sl.
• MAFFLARD † a stammering or blundering fool; a term of contempt ...c1450
• MANTER a stammerer ...a1585 Sc.
• WARLARE † one who stammers ...Bk1855
STAMMERING - adjectives
• BALBUTIENT stammering, stuttering ...1642
• BLESILOQUENT †* speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech ...1656
• CACKLING stuttering, stammering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACKERY in a stammering, stuttering manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANTING stammering, stuttering ...1789 Sc.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575
• TITUBANT * stammering ...1817
stammering - nouns
• BLETHERIN stammering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAMMERING hesitation in speech; stammering ...1731
• MAMMERING † a stammering, a muttering ...c1425
• TITUBATION † a stammering, a stuttering ...1641
STAMMERINGLY - adverbs
• TITUBANTLY * stammeringly ...1861
STAMP - adjectives
• TIMBROPHILIC collecting stamps ...19C
stamp - nouns
• LETTER-HEAD a postage stamp ...1887 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN'S HEAD a postage stamp ...1844
• TIMBROLOGY stamp-collecting ...1867
• TIMBROMANIA a craze or mania for collecting stamps ...1864
• TIMBROPHILY stamp-collecting ...1864
stamp - person
• TIMBROMANIAC one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1865
• TIMBROMANIST one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1880
• TIMBROPHILIST one who collects stamps ...1867
STAMP (also STOMP) - verbs
• DO A DANCE ON to kick and stomp ...1974 US sl.
• SUPPLODE †* to stamp with the feet; to make a great noise with the foot ...1623
• TRIPUDIATE to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph ...1888
STAND - verbs
• BE STANDING to stand up ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• UNASS to stand up; to remove yourself from your immediate location ...1967 US sl.
• UP-FOOT to get to one's feet ...L19 sl.
STAND (tolerate) - verbs
• WEAR to tolerate, to stand, to believe ...1910s sl.
STANDARD - adverbs
• TO ONE'S NOTION to one's liking, up to one's expectations or standards ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1837 Amer. dial.
standard - nouns
• SIZE † 1. a proper manner or method; a standard of action or conduct; a limit ...c1420
† 2. a fixed standard of quality or quantity for articles of food or drink, or other commodities ...1479
standard - verbs
• SIZE † to regulate or control, esp. in relation to a fixed standard ...a1400-50
STANDARD (banner) - nouns
• MARK † a standard or banner ...c1000
• TOKEN † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
STANDARD-BEARER - person
• ABANDERADO † a standard-bearer - a servant who carries the ensign for his master ...1598
• BANEOUR a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
• BANERMAN a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
• BANEUR a standard-bearer ...Bk1862
• BANNEOUR † a banner-bearer, a standard-bearer ...1297
• BANNER a banner-bearer ...1925 Sc.
• BANNER-BEARER a standard-bearer, an ensign ...c1440
• BANNERER † one who carries a banner; a standard-bearer ...c1340 obs. exc. hist.
• BANNERMAN a standard-bearer, an ensign ...a1500 Sc. arch.
• BANNIER † a banner-bearer ...Bk1880
• BANYER † a standard-bearer ...Bk1855
STAND AROUND - verbs
• GOOG to stand around; to watch others ...1950s sl.
STAND BY - verbs
• BESTAND † to stand by or near; to stand over; esp. to stand by the dead, to mourn for ...c1000
• SIDE to accompany, to support or stand by someone ...1923 Amer. dial.
STANDING - adjectives
• REAR-BACK standing up stiffly ...1934 Amer. dial.
• REAR-BACKTED standing up stiffly ...1949 Amer. dial.
standing - verbs
• KEEP ONE'S LEGS to remain standing or walking ...1706
STANDOFF - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
STAND-OFFISH - adjectives
• STIFF-ARSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 US sl.
• STIFF-ASSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 sl.
• TAUT of persons: proud or standoffish ...1958 Sc.
STANDSTILL - adjectives
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HARROWED beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill; obstructed by an impediment or obstacle ...1890 Eng. dial.
• OFF not being used, at a standstill ...1846 Eng. dial.
standstill - nouns
• LANT a dilemma, a standstill ...1866 Sc.
standstill - verbs
• GET NO FARDER NOR NARDER to remain at a standstill; to make no progress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill ...1823 Sc.
• PALL to puzzle, to baffle, to bring to a standstill ...1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
standstill - phrases
• DUN IS IN THE MIRE † things are at a standstill; there is an impasse or deadlock ...c1405
STAND UP (not show up) - verbs
• BAG to fail to meet with someone; to stand up ...1989 Amer. students' sl.
. • FAKE ON to deceive someone; to lie to someone; to stand someone up ...Bk2006 US sl.
STAR, STARRY - adjectives
• ACRONYCAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCH happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCHAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• LAMPFUL of the sky: full of 'lamps', starry ...1598 poetic
• SIDERAL coming from or caused by the stars; chiefly of malign influences ...1611
• SIDERAL pert. to the stars. starry ...1594
• SIDEREAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEREAN sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright ...1656 rare
• SIDERIAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEROSOUS † planet strucken; also, full of stars ...1656
• SIDEROUS † star-like, sidereal ...1646
• SUBASTRAL situated beneath the stars, mundane, terrestrial ...1752
star, starry - nouns
• ASTROSCOPY † observation of the stars ...19C
• BLINKER a star ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANDLES OF THE NIGHT stars ...1790
• DEAD HORSES shooting stars ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• FIRES OF HEAVEN, THE the stars ...1607 poetical
• LAMPS the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1423
• LAMPS OF THE NIGHT the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1665
• LAMPS OF THE WORLD the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1613
star, starry - person
• HEAVEN-GAZER one who gazes at the sky, who studies the stars; an astrologer ...1535
• STARN-KEEKER a star-gazer ...1808 Sc.
• ZABAIST one who practices Sabaism; one who worships the stars, or the spirits in them ...1662
STARCHED - adjectives
• FRIED starched, as a shirt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STARE - nouns
• DEADPAN an expressionless stare ...1927 US sl.
• EYE TROUBLE a tendency to stare ...1999 NZ prison sl.
• GAPE an open-mouthed stare; a gaze of wonder or curiosity ...1660
• GAPE-SEED an object to stare at ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GLASSY a cold, disdainful stare ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GLASSY EYE a cold, disdainful stare ...1910s Aust. sl.
• HAIRY EYEBALL a hostile stare ...1960s US sl.
• MAD DOG a deliberately provocative and aggressive stare ...1990s US sl.
• MOOSE-EYE a strong, direct stare ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OGLE an amorous glance, a frankly sexual stare ...L17 sl.
• RED EYE a long, hard stare, usually directed at a person ...1994 Amer. dial.
stare - person
• GAIVIE one who stares stupidly ...1923 Sc.
• GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares ...1970s US sl.
• GAPER one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...a1637
• GAPERESS † a female who stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...1647
• GAPESAWMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SEED one who stares with open mouth ...1735
• GAPE-SIMON a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPESORMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAPING-SEED † one who stares with open mouth ...1885
• GAUBEY, GAUBY 'a person who with an expression of intense curiosity rudely stares at others engaged in a game or occupation' ...1825 Irish sl.
• GAUKER one who stares vacantly ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAUKY an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly ..Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• GAUP a fool or simpleton, a stupid person; one who gapes rudely ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• GAUPHEAD a stupid, staring, fellow ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GAUPIE a fool or simpleton, a stupid person; one who gapes rudely ...1880 Sc.
• GAUPUS a vacant, staring person; a fool, a blockhead ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAUPY a vacant, staring person; a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton; a stupid or silly person ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAURING-STOCK † a gazing-stock; a thing or person gazed or stared at ...1559
• GAUVISON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a silly, staring fellow, a blockhead; a dunce; on easily imposed upon ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAVYSON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a blockhead; a dunce ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAWK-A-MOUTH a gaping fool; one who stares vacantly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GAWKER a gaping fool; one who stares vacantly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAWK-HAMMER a gaping fool; one who stares vacantly ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GAWKIE, GAWKY a left-handed person; an awkward, ungainly, clumsy person; a foolish, gaping person; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin ...1726
• GAWMAN a staring, vacant person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAWMAS a staring, vacant person ...1808 Eng. dial.
• GAW-MAW one who stares about vacantly ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAWP a fool or simpleton, a stupid person; one who gapes rudely ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAWPIE a fool or simpleton, a stupid or silly person; one who gapes rudely; one who laughs without reason ...1825 Sc.
• GAWPS a gawping clown ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• GAWPUS a stupid, silly person, a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a clumsy lout; an open-mouthed, vacant-minded, staring person, esp. one given to talking much and foolishly ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAWRING-STOCK a gazing-stock, a spectacle; a person on whom others gaze or stare ...Bk1914
• GAWVANDHRA a staring simpleton ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAZING-POST a person on whom others gaze or stare ...1897 Eng. dial.
• GEEKER one who stares ...1979 Aust. sl.
• GILLIEGAPUS * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLIEGAUKIE, GILLIE-GAWKIE, GILLY-GAUKIE, GILLY-GAWKIE * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLIGACUS, GILLY-GACUS * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAPUS - * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAUPIE, GILLY-GAWPIE, GILLY-GAWPY * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAUPUS, GILLY-GAWPUS * a foolish, silly, or half-witted person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAWKER * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAWPOCK * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GLAIKER † one who gazes wantonly or idly ...a1605 Sc.
• GLOORER one who stares ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLOURER one who stares ...1715 Sc.
• GLOURIE one who stares ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GLOWERER one who glowers; an idle gazer ...1715
• GLOWRER one who stares ...1715 Sc.
• GONGOOZLER an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the ordinary; orig. at activity on a canal ...1904 Eng. dial.
• KEEKER a peeper, a gazer ...Bk1902 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MOUTH HALF-COCK a person who gapes stupidly at anything and everything ...c1698 UK
• MOUTH HALF-COCKED a person who gapes stupidly at anything and everything ...1725 UK
• TOOTER † one who gazes; a watchman; a peeper ...1382
stare - verbs
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BLARE to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CATCH BUGS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATCH FLIES to stare with one's mouth open ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CATCH GNATS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DARE † to gaze fixedly or stupidly; to stare as one terrified, amazed, or fascinated ...a1225
• DEADEYE to stare at in a chilly manner ...1960s US sl.
• EYEBALL to look or stare at; to watch; later, to stare at from a short distance away in an intimidating or disapproving manner ...1901 orig. US
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAIVE to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAIVEL to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAPE to stare in wonder or admiration ...1377
• GAPE-GAZE to gaze eagerly, to stare ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-NEST to stare, to gape ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GAPESEE, GAPESEY to stare, to gape, to gaze idly about ...1848 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-STICK to stare, to gape, to wander listlessly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARE to stare, to look surprised ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GATHER GAPE-SEED to stare about; to go sightseeing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAWK to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1795 sl., orig. US
• GAWP to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1682 sl.
• GLOP † to stare, to gaze in alarm or wonder ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOTE to look very intently; to stare ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• GOBBLE FLIES to stare at something with one's mouth open ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HARD-LOOK to stare at aggressively ...1994 US sl.
• HAUVE to stare, to gaze vacantly or in astonishment ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KAAIKE to stare vacantly; to wander listlessly ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LECH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• LETCH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• MEAN-EYE to stare at aggressively, in a hostile manner ...1930s US sl.
• OGLE to stare at, esp. with amorous interest; to look at squarely or intently; to watch ...1682
• PERV, PERVE to act as or like a sexual pervert; to look at someone or stare lustfully; to look at something or someone with excessive interest ...1941 colloq.
• QUAW to stare about foolishly or awkwardly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUBBERNECK to stare inquisitively ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SIGHT-HIT to stare at someone or something; to ogle someone ...1979 India sl.
• SOW GAPE-SEED to stare about; to go sightseeing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A CHOKED THROSTLE to stare at fixedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED CAT to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED EARWIG to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TOISE * to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot, to stare, to gaze at ...1889
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YAG to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
stare - phrases
• LIKE AN OWL IN AN IVY-BUSH having a vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid, vacant stare ...1738
STARED - person
• GAURING-STOCK † a gazing-stock; a thing or person gazed or stared at ...1559
• GAZEE one who is stared at ...1853 nonce word
STARFISH - nouns
• KELLY a big starfish ...1919 Sc.
• PAD a starfish ...1613
• RADE †* a starfish ...1661
• SCOSCIE a starfish ...Bk1904 Sc.
STARING - adjectives
• AGOGGLED * staring, having staring eyes ...1862
• AT GAZE staring ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
• GLORING † staring ...a1400-50
staring - adverbs
• BEAMED staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
staring - nouns
• GAPE a fit of yawning or staring ...c1815 humorous usage
• GAPE-NEST, GAPE'S NEST the occupation of gaping, idle staring ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SEED something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth ...a1700
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
staring - person
• GAPE-SAWMON, GAPE-SORMAN a staring, gaping fellow; a noisy simpleton ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SIMON a staring, gaping fellow; a noisy simpleton ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SNATCH a staring, gaping fellow; a noisy simpleton ...1777 Eng. dial.
staring - interjections/phrases
• HAD YOUR PENNORTH OR DO YOU WANT A HA'PENNY CHANGE? addressed to a person one feels is once staring rudely ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A PICTURE! stop staring! ...1980s US college sl.
STARLING - nouns
• JACKEY-BIRD a starling ...1897
• JACOB BIRD a starling ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MULE BIRD a starling ...1952 Amer. dial.
START - adjectives
• YBOWNE about to go or start ...c1572 arch.
start - nouns
• ABRAID † a start ...1570
• AIMSTART a starting point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GO-OFF the act of making a start; commencement, beginning ...1830 colloq.
• OFF the start ...1950s sl.
• OFF-GO a start, a beginning ...1886 Sc. colloq.
• ONSAY †* a signal, order or permission to start; a go-ahead; onset; beginning ...1573
• OUTSETTING * beginning, the act of setting out or starting on a journey, course of action, undertaking, etc.; a start, an outset ...a1698
• PUFF AND DART a start ...1880 rhyming sl.
start - verbs
• BE AWAY LAUGHING to make a good start ...1964 NZ sl.
• BUST LOOSE to commence, to start happening ...1920s US sl.
• CLAW to start, to hurry ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE DIME to hurry, to get going, to start ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE NICKEL to hurry, to get going, to start ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ONSET † to make a beginning, to start ...1561
• KICK OFF to start, to begin ...1911
• LIGHT IN to make a vigorous start on something; to begin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• OFF-GANG a commencement, start, outset ...1881 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GOING a commencement, start, outset ...1885 Sc.
• OFF-SET a commencement, start, outset ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-START a commencement, start, beginning, outset ...1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• POP OFF to happen; to start ...1990s sl.
• PUFF AND DART to start ...1880 rhyming sl.
• SHOOT FROM TAW to make a good start; to be on the right track; to do all one can ...1913 Amer. dial.
• STEVE HART to start, to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
• TAKE BEGINNING † to begin, to start, to commence ...a1300
• TAKE IT FROM THE TOP to start at the beginning ...1930s US sl.
start - phrases
• FROM GO TO WHOA from start to finish ...1970s Aust. sl.
• GET IN THERE start ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
STARTED - adjectives
• OFF AND RUNNING started and making good headway ...1960s sl., orig. horseracing
STARTING - adjectives
• ON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UPON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
STARTLE - verbs
• ABRAID † to arouse, to startle ...1596
• BUNGFUNGER to startle, to confuse ...1836 US
• EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare ...1375
• GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOP † to startle; to cause to stare ...1807 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SKEY †* to startle, to come upon suddenly ...1539 Sc.
• WRECK SOMEONE'S BEADS to beat someone up; to shock or startle ...1970s US gay sl.
STARTLED - adjectives
• BESTURTED startled, alarmed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GLOTTENED surprised, startled ...1691 Eng. dial.
• RAISED-LIKE excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMAGE easily frightened or startled ...1567
• RAMAGEOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
• RAMAGIOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
startled - nouns
• GLOP †* a surprised or startled look; a start, a surprise ...c1460
STARTLING - adjectives
• DING-DANG great, startling, extraordinary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG great, startling, extraordinary ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SKY-WISE AND CROOKED dumbfounded, extremely startling ...1915 Amer. dial.
startling - nouns
• YACKIE-THUNDER a sudden startling noise which proves to be nothing serious ...1958 Sc.
startling - verbs
• BEAT THE DUTCH to do something extraordinary or startling ...1775 colloq.
• DROP A BOMBSHELL to make a startling or unexpected announcement ...Aust. sl.
STARVATION - nouns
• ACCELERATION starvation ...L19 tramps' sl.
• AFFAMISHMENT the act of famishing or starving with hunger; the state of being starved; starvation ...1590
• FANTASHEN starvation ...1898 Sc.
• POVERTY malnutrition, starvation ...1808 Amer. dial.
STARVE - person
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
starve - verbs
• AFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• AFFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• FAINT to starve, to famish ...1866 Sc.
• FAME †* to famish, to starve ...c1330
• FAMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FAMINE † to suffer or die of hunger; to starve ...1553
• FAMISH † to die of starvation, to perish from want of food ...1530
• FAMMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FANT to famish, to starve ...1898 Sc.
• HARRISH to starve with cold ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• HONISH to ill-treat; to starve a person for want of food ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LICK A THIVEL to suffer poverty, to verge on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIP to starve, to pinch with hunger ...1860 Sc.
STARVED - adjectives
• BELLY-PINCHED having a belly pinched for want of food; hungry, starved ...1605
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FAMMELLED hungry, starved, famished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAMYLOUS †* famished, hungry, starved ...c1475
• FANTIT weakly, starved ...1898 Sc.
• GUT-FOUNDERED † on the point of starvation ..1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HEART-HUNGERED starved, hungry ...1825 Sc.
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• HUNGER-BANED † starved, afflicted with hunger ...1549
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• NATTLED of persons or animals: starved; stunted in growth; pinched with cold ...1854 Eng. dial.
• NIDDERED pinched, as with cold or hunger; starved-looking; checked in growth, stunted, wasted ...1808 Sc.
• YAWPIT pinched-looking, starved-looking ...1958 Sc.
starved - nouns
• FAMISHMENT * the state of being famished or starved; hungry appetite ...c1470
starved - person
• QUEER DUKE a lean, half-starved person ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• SHAMMOCK a starved, miserable-looking person or animal ...E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † a starved or thin-faced person ...1562
• THIN-GUT † one who has a thin belly; a lean, starved-looking person, a starveling ...1602
STARVING - adjectives
• AFFAMISHED † afflicted with hunger, famished, starving ...1552
• AFFAMISHING † that afflicts with hunger or starves; starving ...1650
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FANTIN' starving, famishing ...Bk1900 Sc.
• STARVE-GUTTED famished, starving; fit for starvation ...1726
starving - nouns
• AFFAMISHING † afflicting with hunger; famishing, starving ...1649
starving - person
• BANG-BELLY a starving child ...1935 W. Indies
• MCDUMPSTER KID a homeless, starving young person ...2000s US Black sl.
starving - verbs
• LEAP AT A CRUST to be starving ...M17 sl.
STATE (condition, situation) - nouns
• BALLGAME a state of affairs, a situation ...1930s sl., orig. US
• FARE † condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success ...c1250
• TALER † state, condition ...1825 Sc.
• TANTUM state, condition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATE (declare) - verbs
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
STATELINESS - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
STATELY - adjectives
• GRANDISONANT * stately-sounding ...1684
• IMPERIOUS † exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately ...1592
• MAGNIFICAL splendid, stately, sumptuous ...1538 arch.
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MANFUL † stately in appearance ...1493
• MIGHTY stately, haughty, disdainful ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
stately - person
• QUEEN'S STICK a stately person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATEMENT - nouns
• QUIDE † a saying, speech, statement ...c888.
• SAID-SO a statement previously made ...1864 Eng. dial.
statement - verbs
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO to make a statement; to deliver a homily or a rustically philosophical opinion ...20C Amer. arch.
STATESMAN - person
• WEALSMAN †* one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician ...1607
STATION - nouns
• AGGRAVATION a station ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SALVATION a station ...L19 rhyming sl.
STATIONARY - adjectives
• LEDGER † 1. remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary ...1547
† 2. lying or resting in a place; stationary; resident ...1600
• SIT-FAST remaining stationary; unmoving ...1857
STATISTICS - nouns
• SADISTICS a statistics course ...1980s college sl.
statistics - person
• BEAN-COUNTER an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician ...1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
STATUE - nouns
• AEDICULE a niche for a statue ...1832
• IDOL † a statue of a person or thing ...1548
• IMAGILET †* a small image; a statuette ...a1661
• SIGN † a figure or image; a statue or effigy; an imprint ...1362
• STOOKIE a statue ...Sc.
STATUS - adjectives
• SUBLIME of rank, status: very high, exalted ...1702 arch.
status - nouns
• CRED status among one's peers; credibility ...1981 Brit. sl.
• STREET CRED status among one's peers, esp. in fashionable urban youth subculture ...1981 Brit. sl.
• SUBLIMITY † a high or dignified status ...1643
status - verbs
• FALL to lose status, to be deprived of a comfortable situation ...1990s sl.
• RANK to lower; to lose status or job seniority ...1930s sl.
STATUTORY - adjectives
• STATCH statutory ...1994 US sl.
STAUNCH - adjectives
• MAIN great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
• REAL eminently good in any way; true, staunch ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SOLID loyal, staunch; esp. used among criminals ...1950 Aust. sl.
STAY - nouns
• ABODE † a temporary remaining; a stay ...c1384
stay - person
• TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
stay - verbs
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• BIDE A WEE to stay a while ...1918 Sc.
• FALL IN to join; to stay ...1952 US sl.
• FALL INTO to stay ...1940s US sl.
• GAFF to stay where one is for too long ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• HAVE ONE'S SITTING BREECHES ON to stay late in company ...1785
• LEAVE † to remain; to remain behind; to continue or stay in one place ...c1000
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• ONBIDE † to abide, to remain, to stay on ...c1440
• PERENDINATE * to stay from day to day, to make an indefinite stay ...1656
• STUT † to stop, cease; to stay, remain ...B1900
• TARRY † to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition ...c1450
• TARRY OUT † to stay till the end of ...1654
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAY-AT-HOME - see HOME
STAYING - nouns
• MANSION † the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
STAYING POWER - nouns
• LAST power of holding on or out; staying power ...1857
• LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power ...1970s Amer. show business usage
STD (sexually transmitted disease) - see VENEREAL DISEASE
STEADFAST - adjectives
• DYED IN THE WOOL steadfast in principle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASTREDE †* firm in purpose, inflexible, steadfast ...c888
• SARTAIN stern, severe; steadfast ....1887 Eng. dial.
steadfast - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
STEADFASTLY - adverbs
• FAITHLY † with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully ...c1325
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175
STEADILY - adverbs
• APACE by degrees, steadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• FASTLY † in a fixed or steady manner ...c888
• REGULAR regularly, always; steadily ...1875 Eng. dial.
STEADY - adjectives
• BALLASTED rendered steady or stable ...1552
steady - verbs
• BALLAST to steady (generally); to steady mentally or morally ...1596
STEAK - nouns
• BEN-FLAKE a steak ...M19 rhyming sl.
• QUIVER AND SHAKE a steak ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• VERONICA LAKE a steak ...1950s rhyming sl.
STEAL - adjectives (also see STOLEN)
• CABBAGED pilfered, as shreds by a tailor ...1729
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• HYDRAULIC inclined to steal ...1989 Aust.
• LIGHT-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1547 euphemism
• LIME-FINGERED † given to pilfering ...1546
• STICKY-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1890 sl.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THIEVING inclined to steal ...1598 sl.
steal - person (also see THIEF)
• BAGGER a stealer from the hand ...B1900 Eng. sl.
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HUSTLER someone who lives by stealing or other dishonest means ...1825 sl.
• SNOW-DROPPER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• SNOW-GATHERER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
steal - verbs
• ACQUIRE to steal something ...1937 UK sl.
• ATTRACT to steal ...1891 euphemism
• BAG to steal ...B1820 sl.
• BAG IT to steal it ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOOZLE to steal something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEAT to steal ...1950s Amer. sl.
• BITE to steal something; to copy something without permission ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLAG to rob (with violence), to steal ...1933 Brit. sl.
• BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch ...L18 sl.
• BOOST to steal, to shoplift, to rob ...E20 US sl.
• BUSHWHACK to ambush; to cheat; to steal; to lie ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly ...1825 Sc. sl.
• CABBAGE to pilfer; to appropriate surreptitiously; orig. said of a tailor appropriating part of the cloth given to him to make up into garments; to acquire unethically ...1712 sl.
• CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CADGE to steal ...1980s sl.
• CAR-SHOP to break into a car to steal its contents ...1997 US sl.
• CHEWRE to steal ...17C sl.
• CHIP to filch, to steal ...1938 Amer. sl.
• CLIFT to steal ...Bk1890 thieves' sl.
• CLIMP to steal ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• CLIP to swindle; to rob, to steal ...E20 sl., orig. US
• CLOUT to steal any kind of valuables in any manner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• CONVERT to steal something ...1984 NZ sl.
• COON to steal something; to cheat someone ...1964 US sl.
• COP to steal ...L19 sl.
• COP A STEAL to steal ...20C US sl.
• CROOK to steal ...1882 US sl.
• DAMP to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• DANCE to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DANCE THE STAIRS to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DAP to pick up; to steal, esp. luggage ...20C sl.
• DEAD to remove, to steal ...2000s US prison sl.
• DEEGLE to purloin, to steal; a word used by boys ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DODGE to steal an animal ...1965 Aust. sl.
• DOINK to steal something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRUM to steal from an unoccupied house, room., etc. ...1925 Brit. sl.
• DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands ...1859 Aust. sl.
• EASE to rob, to steal ...E17 sl.
• FAKE to steal or rob ...1812 thieves' sl.
• FECK to steal ...1809 sl.
• FILCH to steal; to pilfer; rarely, to rob ...M16 cant
• FINCH to snitch, to pilfer, to filch ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLARE to steal actively, lightly, or delicately ...1850 sl.
• GAM † to steal ...1893 UK sl.
• GIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GIPSY AWAY †* to steal; to pilfer or filch ...1696
• GLEAN to steal ...M19 euphemism
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GLUE to steal ...1920s sl., orig. US
• GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAZE to pilfer and eat sweets, fruit, etc. from supermarkets while shopping ...US
• GYP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYTCH to steal ...1956 Amer. sl.
• HALF-INCH to steal ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'pinch'
• HAVE IT AWAY WITH to steal an object ...1920s sl.
• HAVE STICKY FINGERS to be given to stealing; to be a thief ...1840
• HEIST to steal, rob, or hold up ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOBBLE to steal; to arrest ...18C criminal sl.
• HOCK to steal ...1930s US sl.
• HOIST to steal or rob ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOOK to steal, to filch ...1615 sl.
• HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge ...1914 services' sl.
• IVELL to pilfer, to rifle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
• JACK UP to rob, to steal; to hold up ...1971 Amer. dial.
• JIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• JUMP to cheat, to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• JUMP OUT to steal ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• KAPSWALLA to steal ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• KEELIE * to pilfer ...1919 Sc.
• KIFE to steal ...1960 US sl.
• KIPE, KYPE to steal, to pilfer ...1934 Amer. dial.
• KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal ...1897 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK DOWN to embezzle, to steal from a firm's takings ...a1854 US sl.
• KNOCK OFF to steal or rob ...1919 sl.
• LAG † to carry off, to steal ...1573
• LIBERATE to loot or steal ...1944 euphemism or jocular
• LIFT to steal, esp. to pilfer ...1526 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-FINGER to steal; to pilfer; to rob ...1956 US sl.
• LOUSE to pilfer ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MACE to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick ...1977 UK sl.
• MACK to steal ...1990s sl.
• MAG to steal ...E19 Sc.
• MAGG to pilfer ...1818 Sc.
• MAKE to steal ...a1700 sl. & Eng. dial.
• MANARVEL to pilfer small stores ...1867 nautical sl.
• MANAVEL to pilfer eatables or articles of small value ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MANTICULATE †* to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal ...1656
• MARAUD to go about pilfering ...1770
• MIKE to steal, to make off with ...1900s sl.
• MILK to steal ...1788 Sc.
• MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal ...1857 Amer. sl.
• MOONLIGHT 1. to steal, esp. at night; to take, to latch on to something ...1942 Amer. dial.
2. to steal cattle ...1950s Irish sl.
• NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize ...1665 Brit.
• NAB THE SNOW to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry ...1788 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL to secure; to succeed in catching hold of a person or thing; to steal ...1732 sl.
• NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL A STRIKE to steal a watch ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
• NASK to steal, to pilfer unobtrusively ...1920 Sc.
• NECK to catch; to steal ...1863 Sc.
• NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize ...M17 sl.
• NIBBLE to catch; to steal ...1608 sl.
• NICK to steal ...1817 sl.
• NIP to steal or snatch ...c1560 sl., now US
• NOBBLE to appropriate dishonestly, to steal ...1854 Brit. sl.
• OFF to steal; to rob, usually with violence ...1950s Amer. sl.
• ORGANIZE to steal, to loot ...1930s sl., orig. military
• PAY WITH A HOOK to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. thieves' sl.
• PICK UP to steal; to rob ...1770 sl.
• PILCH to pilfer ...ME now Scot & Eng. dial.
• PINCH to steal; to rob ...1656 sl.
• POLE to steal something ...1964 NZ sl.
• PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
• PULL A JOB to carry out a crime, esp. stealing ...Amer. sl.
• PULL DOWN to steal from shop doors ...1839 cant
• RABBIT to steal or scrounge ...1943 Aust. nautical sl.
• RACK to steal ...1997 US sl.
• RAIFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAISE to steal ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAME to steal, to rob, to plunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP † to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing ...1564
• RAP AND REND to steal ...1528 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAPE to misuse; to steal ...1990s sl.
• RAT to search for things to steal; to steal, to pilfer property; to pick a pocket ...1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAYFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAZZLE to steal ...20C Aust. sl.
• READ to steal ...c1819 thieves' sl.
• REAVE to rob, to steal, to plunder; to bereave of ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEF to pull up a pocket-lining to steal the contents, or to steal from a pocket; to steal or obtain dishonestly ...1903 sl.
• RESPUN to steal ...Bk1903 tinkers' sl.
• RIG to trick; to steal ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIP to steal ...1816 sl.
• SACK to rob, to steal; to take possession of, to pocket ...L18 sl.
• SACK OFF to carry off surreptitiously, to steal ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SALVAGE to steal, to pilfer ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
• SANCOCHO to steal ...1980s drugs sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to cheat, to steal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCARF to pilfer; to steal ...1960s US college sl.
• SCLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCODGE to look sly; to pilfer; to sneak about idly ...1824 Sc.
• SCOFF to filch, to steal, to plunder, to sponge ...1885 Sc.
• SCORE to steal ...1942 sl., orig. US
• SCOUNGE to pilfer ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAB † to grab, to snatch; to steal ...1890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCROUNGE to steal ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SHAKE to steal goods; to rob a person ...c1412 sl.
• SHARK to steal, to pilfer, or obtain by underhand or cheating means ...1613 arch.
• SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal ...L17 colloq.
• SHAVE to steal ...L16 sl.
• SHUSH to steal something ...2002 UK sl.
• SKANK to steal and run away ...1980s sl., orig. W. Indies
• SKLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SMOO(T)CH to steal; to pilfer; to appropriate to one's own use or benefit ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SMOU(T)CH to steal, to pilfer ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SMOUGE to steal, to pilfer ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SNABBLE to steal, to take away by stealth ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SNAG to catch, to get hold of, to grab; to steal ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE to get or obtain a thing furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat a person out of something ...a1861
• SNATCH to steal ...1765 Amer. sl.
• SNATCH BALD-HEADED to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse ...US Civil War usage
• SNAVEL, SNAVVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNIPE to steal or take without permission ...1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SNITCH to steal ...1904 sl.
• SNOOP to steal ...1920s sl., orig. US
• SNOWDROP to steal clothes from the washing line ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SNUG to steal, to conceal from the proper owner ...M19 US sl.
• SOUVENIR to take something as a 'souvenir'; to pilfer, to steal ...1919 euphemism, orig. services' sl.
• SPLACK to steal a car, esp. by shattering the steering column ...1993 US sl.
• STRIKE to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUFFURATE †* to steal ...1549
• SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1889 sl.
• THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft ...1838 Amer. dial.
• THIEVE to steal, to rob ...a901
• VAMP to pawn; to steal ...a1700 sl.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• VICK to steal ...1993 US sl.
• WALK OFF WITH to steal, often implying appropriating to oneself something lent or entrusted to one by another ...1727 sl.
• WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1859 Brit. sl.
• WIN to steal, to lift ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOG to steal ...1971 sl.
• YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal ...1866 Amer. dial.
• YANK to steal ...1990s US college sl.
steal - phrases
• ON THE FILCH on the watch for something to steal ...1877 cant
• ON THE KNOCK-OFF said of someone engaged in stealing ...1936 sl.
STEALING - adjectives
• FURACIOUS given to thieving, thievish, pilfering ...1676
• FURTIVE thievish, pilfering ...1816
• FURTUOSE †* much given to theft or stealing ...1727
• KLEPTISTIC * pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• OFF DUTY not engaged in stealing ...1887 cant
• STICKY-FINGERED given to stealing, light-fingered ...1855
• TARRY-FINGERED dishonest, pilfering ...1864 Sc.
• TARRY-HANDED dishonest, pilfering ...1813 Sc.
stealing - nouns
• BLOW OFF stealing a victim’s money ...1936 criminals’ sl.
• CABBAGING pilfering, purloining ...1768
• CLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• DRAGGING stealing from a vehicle ...1812 sl.
• FILCH a hooked stick or staff wherewith to steal ...17C cant
• FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT the activity or proceeds of stealing or shoplifting ...1966 US sl., chiefly CB users'
• FURACITY inclination or tendency to steal ...1623
• GAM † stealing ...1859 US sl.
• KLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• LURKING stealing, fraudulent begging ...1851 thieves' sl.
• NEMAN stealing ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• PICK-UP stealing, theft ...1928 sl.
• SCRUMPING the act of stealing apples from orchards ...1999 UK sl.
• SNITCHING stealing ...1930s US sl.
• SNOW-BIRDING stealing washing, usually women's underwear from clothes-lines ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNOW-DROPPING the stealing of washing, usually women's underwear, from unguarded clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• STICKY FINGERS used to indicate that someone is given to stealing ...1976
• TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering ...1821 Sc.
• YAMPING stealing ...1925 Amer. dial.
STEALTH, STEALTHY - adjectives
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• THIEFY stealthy, furtive ...1897 Sc.
stealth, stealthy - person
• MOUSER a person who goes about and stealthily and pryingly like a cat after mice ...Bk1908
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
stealth, stealthy - verbs
• BESTEAL † to move stealthily ...a725
• GUM-SHOE to move or act with stealth as if wearing gum-shoes ...1904 colloq.
• INDIAN to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1869 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN UP to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• OIL to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner ...1920s sl.
• SAP to make way in a stealthy or insidious manner ...1732
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SLY to sneak, to move stealthily ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE to move in a creeping, crawling, or stealthy manner suggestive of the movements of a snake ...1848
• SNAKE OFF to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• SNAKE OUT to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
STEALTHILY - adverbs
• HIDLINS secretly, stealthily, clandestinely ...a1225 Sc.
STEAM - nouns
• HAME steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIM steam, vapour, warm air ...1911 Sc.
• OAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• OOM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• REECH smoke; steam ...1859 Eng. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
steam - verbs
• HAME to steam ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REECH to smoke; to emit smoke or steam ...1740 Eng. dial.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMBOAT - nouns
• MOAT PALACE a river steamboat ...M19 US criminals' sl.
STEAMER - see SHIP
STEAMING - adjectives
• REEKY steaming; foggy ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMROLLER - nouns
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing ...1885 Amer. dial.
STEAMSHIP - nouns
• PIG a lake steamship ...1898 Amer. dial.
• PIG-BOAT n. a lake steamship ...1949 Amer. dial.
STEEL - adjectives
• QUICK † of steel: breaking readily; brittle ...1677
steel - nouns
• ACIER † steel ...1866
• ASSER † steel ...1866
STEEP - adjectives
• ACCLIVOUS rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep ...1731
• DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep ...1799
• DOWNSTEEPY †* very steeply descending; steep and precipitous; having a great declivity ...1603
• PROCLIVITOUS †* steep ...1859
• SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep ...1611
steep - nouns
• DROP-OFF a declivity, a steep drop; a cliff ...M20 N. Amer.
STEEPLE - nouns
• CAMPANILE a bell-tower; a steeple ...1640
STEEPNESS - nouns
• SUDDENNESS †* steepness, abruptness ...1594-7
STENCH - nouns
• DAME JUDI (DENCH) a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• FOGO a disagreeable smell or odour; a stink, stench ...1823
• FOOF a stench ...19C Sc.
• FUNK a bad odour; a stench ...1623 sl.
• JUDI a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Judi Dench)
• JUDI DENCH a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MALODOUR an evil smell; a stench ...1825
• THEEF a stench, a bad smell ...Bk1905 Sc.
stench - verbs
• FUNK to make a stench ...L17 sl.
STEP - adjectives
• LAMPING striding, taking long steps ...1685 Sc.
step - nouns
• DESS a step; a small landing-place ...1838 Sc.
• GANGS † steps, goings, journeyings ...c825
• JACOB'S LADDER a nickname of a high and steep flight of steps ...c1895
• LAMP a long, heavy step ...1894 Sc.
• PAIR OF STEPS a flight of steps; also, a portable set of steps used in a library, etc. ...1755
• SCALE † a ladder; a flight of steps ...1705 Sc.
• WALKS steps ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WALLACH, WALLOCH a noisy step, thump, or fall ...1880 Sc. DSL online
step - verbs
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards ...1808 Sc.
• LAMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
STEPDAUGHTER - person
• DAUGHTER-IN-LAW a stepdaughter (now considered incorrect) ...1841
STEPFATHER - person
• FATHER-IN-LAW a stepfather; now regarded as a misuse ...1552
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
STEPMOTHER - adjectives
• NOVERCAL in the manner of a stepmother ...1623
• NOVERCANT †* acting like a stepmother ...1472-3
stepmother - person
• ELDMOTHER † a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLMOTHER, ELMOTHER † a stepmother ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER-IN-LAW † a woman who has married one's father after one's mother's death or divorce ...1516 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOTHER-LAW † a mother-in-law; a stepmother ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STEPPING-STONE - nouns
• HEAPING-STOCK a stepping-stone ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SARN a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones ...1790 Eng. dial.
STEREO - nouns
• BLASTER a portable tape player and/or radio ...1984 Amer. sl.
• GHETTO BLASTER a large and powerful stereo radio-cassette player
• THIRD WORLD BRIEFCASE a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with Black youth culture ...1987 US sl.
• WOG BOX a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with black youth culture ..1990 UK sl.
stereo - verbs
• DROP BOTTOM to set the bass level on a car stereo system at a high level ...2003 US sl.
• GAGE † to stake, to wager; to risk, to bet ...1599 obs. or arch.
• WAGE † to stake, to wager, to bet; to agree to forfeit in some contingency ...1483
STALE - adjectives
• CHESTNUTTY old, stale ...1884 arch.
• OFF stale; not fresh; in poor condition; out-of-date ...1896 sl.
• OLD of bread: stale ...1800 Sc.
• PALLED of fermented liquor, etc.: that has lost its briskness or freshness; flat, stale, vapid ...c1430 arch.
• RAFTY † stale, rancid; usually said of bacon ...a1722 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
stale - nouns
• FUST † to become mouldy or stale-smelling; of wine: to taste of the cask ...a1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste ...1908 Sc.
stale - verbs
• PALL † to render flat, stale, or insipid ...1625
STALIN, JOSEPH
• UNCLE JOE Joseph Stalin ...1943 UK sl.
STALL - verbs
• BACKSTALL to hold back; to stall ...1952 Amer. dial.
STALLED - adjectives
• DEAD IN THE WATER stalled; immobile ...Bk2006 US sl.
• STALTED stalled, unable to move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STALLER - person
• FACER a staller; one who places himself in the way of persons who are in hot pursuit of his accomplices ...1859 Amer. sl.
STALWART - adjectives
• BOORDLY stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• VADY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDIE stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
• VAUDY stout, stalwart ...1793 Sc.
stalwart - person
• DIAMOND a stalwart or reliable person ...1990 Brit. sl.
STAMINA - adjectives
• SPLEENY complaining or fussing over health; lacking in stamina and courage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
stamina - nouns
• BO-INK-UM stamina, grit ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs ...1843 Amer. dial.
• GUTS stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance ...M17 colloq.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SPIZERINKUM stamina; courage ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
STAMMER - nouns
• HABBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• HUBBER a stammer, a stutter ...1920 Sc.
• MANT a stammer; an impediment in the speech ...1839 Sc.
stammer - verbs
• ACKER to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• AMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• BALBUTIATE to stammer or stutter ...1731
• BLETHER to speak indistinctly; to stammer ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DROTE † to speak indistinctly; to stammer, to stutter ...c1440
• FAFFLE † to stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAMBLE † to speak imperfectly; to stammer, to stutter ...1400
• FRIBBLE † to falter, to stammer ...a1627
• HABBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• HACK † to hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer; to stutter ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HACK OUT † to stammer out ...1631
• HACKER to hesitate in speech; to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKSLAVER to hesitate in speech; to stammer and splutter ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAFFER to speak stammeringly or hesitatingly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE to hesitate; to speak confusedly; to falter; to stammer; to prevaricate, to quibble ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-MAFFLE to speak unintelligibly, to stammer ...1885 Eng. dial.
• HAMMER † to make reiterated laborious efforts to speak, to stammer ...1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAMMERGAG to stammer, to speak with difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMP to stammer, to speak or read hesitatingly ...1796 Sc.
• HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer ...1632
• HUBBER to stammer, to stutter; to talk continuously and boringly ...1808 Sc.
• HUM AND HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer; to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive ...1632
• MAFFLE † to stammer, to hesitate; to speak indistinctly, to mumble ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to stammer or mutter ...1350 Eng. dial.
• MANT to stammer ...1562 Sc.
• MAUNT to stammer ...1721 Sc.
• STUT † to stutter, to stammer ...1388 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stammer, to falter in speaking ...1623
• WABBLE to stammer out, to blurt or mumble in a halting or indistinct way ...1920 Sc.
• YAMMER to talk or hum indistinctly; to stammer ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAMMERER - person
• BALBUS a stammerer ...Bk1910
• BLAFFERE † a stammerer ...Bk1967
• BLAFFOORDE † a person who stammers, or has any defect in his speech ...Bk1855
• BUFFER † a stammerer ...a1382
• FAFFLE a stammerer, one who is unable to articulate distinctly ...c1900 Sc.
• GANSH a person with a widely-gaping mouth; hence, a stupid, dull-witted, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails ...1880 Sc.
• HABBER one who stammers, stutters or speaks thickly; hence, a stupid person ...1866 Sc.
• HABBERER a stammerer; a chatterbox, a talkative person ...1913 Sc.
• HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• HOCKER one who stammers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HUMMER AND HAWER one who speaks hesitatingly or stammers ...1820
• IKEVATER a stammerer ...Bk1992 Yiddish sl.
• MAFFLARD † a stammering or blundering fool; a term of contempt ...c1450
• MANTER a stammerer ...a1585 Sc.
• WARLARE † one who stammers ...Bk1855
STAMMERING - adjectives
• BALBUTIENT stammering, stuttering ...1642
• BLESILOQUENT †* speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech ...1656
• CACKLING stuttering, stammering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HACKERY in a stammering, stuttering manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANTING stammering, stuttering ...1789 Sc.
• SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech ...c1575
• TITUBANT * stammering ...1817
stammering - nouns
• BLETHERIN stammering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAMMERING hesitation in speech; stammering ...1731
• MAMMERING † a stammering, a muttering ...c1425
• TITUBATION † a stammering, a stuttering ...1641
STAMMERINGLY - adverbs
• TITUBANTLY * stammeringly ...1861
STAMP - adjectives
• TIMBROPHILIC collecting stamps ...19C
stamp - nouns
• LETTER-HEAD a postage stamp ...1887 Eng. dial.
• QUEEN'S HEAD a postage stamp ...1844
• TIMBROLOGY stamp-collecting ...1867
• TIMBROMANIA a craze or mania for collecting stamps ...1864
• TIMBROPHILY stamp-collecting ...1864
stamp - person
• TIMBROMANIAC one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1865
• TIMBROMANIST one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1880
• TIMBROPHILIST one who collects stamps ...1867
STAMP (also STOMP) - verbs
• DO A DANCE ON to kick and stomp ...1974 US sl.
• SUPPLODE †* to stamp with the feet; to make a great noise with the foot ...1623
• TRIPUDIATE to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph ...1888
STAND - verbs
• BE STANDING to stand up ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• UNASS to stand up; to remove yourself from your immediate location ...1967 US sl.
• UP-FOOT to get to one's feet ...L19 sl.
STAND (tolerate) - verbs
• WEAR to tolerate, to stand, to believe ...1910s sl.
STANDARD - adverbs
• TO ONE'S NOTION to one's liking, up to one's expectations or standards ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1837 Amer. dial.
standard - nouns
• SIZE † 1. a proper manner or method; a standard of action or conduct; a limit ...c1420
† 2. a fixed standard of quality or quantity for articles of food or drink, or other commodities ...1479
standard - verbs
• SIZE † to regulate or control, esp. in relation to a fixed standard ...a1400-50
STANDARD (banner) - nouns
• MARK † a standard or banner ...c1000
• TOKEN † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
STANDARD-BEARER - person
• ABANDERADO † a standard-bearer - a servant who carries the ensign for his master ...1598
• BANEOUR a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
• BANERMAN a standard-bearer ...1825 Sc.
• BANEUR a standard-bearer ...Bk1862
• BANNEOUR † a banner-bearer, a standard-bearer ...1297
• BANNER a banner-bearer ...1925 Sc.
• BANNER-BEARER a standard-bearer, an ensign ...c1440
• BANNERER † one who carries a banner; a standard-bearer ...c1340 obs. exc. hist.
• BANNERMAN a standard-bearer, an ensign ...a1500 Sc. arch.
• BANNIER † a banner-bearer ...Bk1880
• BANYER † a standard-bearer ...Bk1855
STAND AROUND - verbs
• GOOG to stand around; to watch others ...1950s sl.
STAND BY - verbs
• BESTAND † to stand by or near; to stand over; esp. to stand by the dead, to mourn for ...c1000
• SIDE to accompany, to support or stand by someone ...1923 Amer. dial.
STANDING - adjectives
• REAR-BACK standing up stiffly ...1934 Amer. dial.
• REAR-BACKTED standing up stiffly ...1949 Amer. dial.
standing - verbs
• KEEP ONE'S LEGS to remain standing or walking ...1706
STANDOFF - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
STAND-OFFISH - adjectives
• STIFF-ARSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 US sl.
• STIFF-ASSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 sl.
• TAUT of persons: proud or standoffish ...1958 Sc.
STANDSTILL - adjectives
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HARROWED beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill; obstructed by an impediment or obstacle ...1890 Eng. dial.
• OFF not being used, at a standstill ...1846 Eng. dial.
standstill - nouns
• LANT a dilemma, a standstill ...1866 Sc.
standstill - verbs
• GET NO FARDER NOR NARDER to remain at a standstill; to make no progress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LANT to put in a dilemma, to bring to a standstill ...1823 Sc.
• PALL to puzzle, to baffle, to bring to a standstill ...1887 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
standstill - phrases
• DUN IS IN THE MIRE † things are at a standstill; there is an impasse or deadlock ...c1405
STAND UP (not show up) - verbs
• BAG to fail to meet with someone; to stand up ...1989 Amer. students' sl.
. • FAKE ON to deceive someone; to lie to someone; to stand someone up ...Bk2006 US sl.
STAR, STARRY - adjectives
• ACRONYCAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCH happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• ACRONYCHAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
• LAMPFUL of the sky: full of 'lamps', starry ...1598 poetic
• SIDERAL coming from or caused by the stars; chiefly of malign influences ...1611
• SIDERAL pert. to the stars. starry ...1594
• SIDEREAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEREAN sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright ...1656 rare
• SIDERIAL pert. to the stars ...1647
• SIDEROSOUS † planet strucken; also, full of stars ...1656
• SIDEROUS † star-like, sidereal ...1646
• SUBASTRAL situated beneath the stars, mundane, terrestrial ...1752
star, starry - nouns
• ASTROSCOPY † observation of the stars ...19C
• BLINKER a star ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANDLES OF THE NIGHT stars ...1790
• DEAD HORSES shooting stars ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• FIRES OF HEAVEN, THE the stars ...1607 poetical
• LAMPS the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1423
• LAMPS OF THE NIGHT the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1665
• LAMPS OF THE WORLD the stars or heavenly bodies in general ...1613
star, starry - person
• HEAVEN-GAZER one who gazes at the sky, who studies the stars; an astrologer ...1535
• STARN-KEEKER a star-gazer ...1808 Sc.
• ZABAIST one who practices Sabaism; one who worships the stars, or the spirits in them ...1662
STARCHED - adjectives
• FRIED starched, as a shirt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
STARE - nouns
• DEADPAN an expressionless stare ...1927 US sl.
• EYE TROUBLE a tendency to stare ...1999 NZ prison sl.
• GAPE an open-mouthed stare; a gaze of wonder or curiosity ...1660
• GAPE-SEED an object to stare at ...1874 Eng. dial.
• GLASSY a cold, disdainful stare ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GLASSY EYE a cold, disdainful stare ...1910s Aust. sl.
• HAIRY EYEBALL a hostile stare ...1960s US sl.
• MAD DOG a deliberately provocative and aggressive stare ...1990s US sl.
• MOOSE-EYE a strong, direct stare ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OGLE an amorous glance, a frankly sexual stare ...L17 sl.
• RED EYE a long, hard stare, usually directed at a person ...1994 Amer. dial.
stare - person
• GAIVIE one who stares stupidly ...1923 Sc.
• GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares ...1970s US sl.
• GAPER one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...a1637
• GAPERESS † a female who stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity ...1647
• GAPESAWMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SEED one who stares with open mouth ...1735
• GAPE-SIMON a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAPESORMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAPING-SEED † one who stares with open mouth ...1885
• GAUBEY, GAUBY 'a person who with an expression of intense curiosity rudely stares at others engaged in a game or occupation' ...1825 Irish sl.
• GAUKER one who stares vacantly ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• GAUKY an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly ..Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• GAUP a fool or simpleton, a stupid person; one who gapes rudely ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• GAUPHEAD a stupid, staring, fellow ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GAUPIE a fool or simpleton, a stupid person; one who gapes rudely ...1880 Sc.
• GAUPUS a vacant, staring person; a fool, a blockhead ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAUPY a vacant, staring person; a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton; a stupid or silly person ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAURING-STOCK † a gazing-stock; a thing or person gazed or stared at ...1559
• GAUVISON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a silly, staring fellow, a blockhead; a dunce; on easily imposed upon ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAVYSON an awkward, gaping fellow; a fool, a simpleton, a blockhead; a dunce ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAWK-A-MOUTH a gaping fool; one who stares vacantly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• GAWKER a gaping fool; one who stares vacantly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAWK-HAMMER a gaping fool; one who stares vacantly ...1872 Eng. dial.
• GAWKIE, GAWKY a left-handed person; an awkward, ungainly, clumsy person; a foolish, gaping person; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin ...1726
• GAWMAN a staring, vacant person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAWMAS a staring, vacant person ...1808 Eng. dial.
• GAW-MAW one who stares about vacantly ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAWP a fool or simpleton, a stupid person; one who gapes rudely ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAWPIE a fool or simpleton, a stupid or silly person; one who gapes rudely; one who laughs without reason ...1825 Sc.
• GAWPS a gawping clown ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• GAWPUS a stupid, silly person, a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a clumsy lout; an open-mouthed, vacant-minded, staring person, esp. one given to talking much and foolishly ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAWRING-STOCK a gazing-stock, a spectacle; a person on whom others gaze or stare ...Bk1914
• GAWVANDHRA a staring simpleton ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GAZING-POST a person on whom others gaze or stare ...1897 Eng. dial.
• GEEKER one who stares ...1979 Aust. sl.
• GILLIEGAPUS * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLIEGAUKIE, GILLIE-GAWKIE, GILLY-GAUKIE, GILLY-GAWKIE * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLIGACUS, GILLY-GACUS * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAPUS - * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAUPIE, GILLY-GAWPIE, GILLY-GAWPY * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAUPUS, GILLY-GAWPUS * a foolish, silly, or half-witted person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAWKER * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GILLY-GAWPOCK * a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly ...1719 Sc.
• GLAIKER † one who gazes wantonly or idly ...a1605 Sc.
• GLOORER one who stares ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLOURER one who stares ...1715 Sc.
• GLOURIE one who stares ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GLOWERER one who glowers; an idle gazer ...1715
• GLOWRER one who stares ...1715 Sc.
• GONGOOZLER an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the ordinary; orig. at activity on a canal ...1904 Eng. dial.
• KEEKER a peeper, a gazer ...Bk1902 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MOUTH HALF-COCK a person who gapes stupidly at anything and everything ...c1698 UK
• MOUTH HALF-COCKED a person who gapes stupidly at anything and everything ...1725 UK
• TOOTER † one who gazes; a watchman; a peeper ...1382
stare - verbs
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BLARE to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CATCH BUGS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATCH FLIES to stare with one's mouth open ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CATCH GNATS to stare with one's mouth open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DARE † to gaze fixedly or stupidly; to stare as one terrified, amazed, or fascinated ...a1225
• DEADEYE to stare at in a chilly manner ...1960s US sl.
• EYEBALL to look or stare at; to watch; later, to stare at from a short distance away in an intimidating or disapproving manner ...1901 orig. US
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAIVE to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAIVEL to stare in a stupid, vacant or idle manner; to stare wildly ...1825 Sc.
• GAPE to stare in wonder or admiration ...1377
• GAPE-GAZE to gaze eagerly, to stare ...1863 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-NEST to stare, to gape ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GAPESEE, GAPESEY to stare, to gape, to gaze idly about ...1848 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-STICK to stare, to gape, to wander listlessly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARE to stare, to look surprised ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GATHER GAPE-SEED to stare about; to go sightseeing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAWK to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1795 sl., orig. US
• GAWP to stare inquisitively or in astonishment ...1682 sl.
• GLOP † to stare, to gaze in alarm or wonder ...14C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOTE to look very intently; to stare ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• GOBBLE FLIES to stare at something with one's mouth open ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HARD-LOOK to stare at aggressively ...1994 US sl.
• HAUVE to stare, to gaze vacantly or in astonishment ...1877 Eng. dial.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KAAIKE to stare vacantly; to wander listlessly ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LECH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• LETCH to ogle or stare at a woman; to study a woman sexually ...20C sl.
• MEAN-EYE to stare at aggressively, in a hostile manner ...1930s US sl.
• OGLE to stare at, esp. with amorous interest; to look at squarely or intently; to watch ...1682
• PERV, PERVE to act as or like a sexual pervert; to look at someone or stare lustfully; to look at something or someone with excessive interest ...1941 colloq.
• QUAW to stare about foolishly or awkwardly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RUBBERNECK to stare inquisitively ...1896 sl., orig. US
• SIGHT-HIT to stare at someone or something; to ogle someone ...1979 India sl.
• SOW GAPE-SEED to stare about; to go sightseeing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A CHOKED THROSTLE to stare at fixedly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED CAT to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED EARWIG to stare hard ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TOISE * to measure with the eye, to eye from head to foot, to stare, to gaze at ...1889
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YAG to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN to stare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
stare - phrases
• LIKE AN OWL IN AN IVY-BUSH having a vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid, vacant stare ...1738
STARED - person
• GAURING-STOCK † a gazing-stock; a thing or person gazed or stared at ...1559
• GAZEE one who is stared at ...1853 nonce word
STARFISH - nouns
• KELLY a big starfish ...1919 Sc.
• PAD a starfish ...1613
• RADE †* a starfish ...1661
• SCOSCIE a starfish ...Bk1904 Sc.
STARING - adjectives
• AGOGGLED * staring, having staring eyes ...1862
• AT GAZE staring ...1830 Eng. dial.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
• GLORING † staring ...a1400-50
staring - adverbs
• BEAMED staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
staring - nouns
• GAPE a fit of yawning or staring ...c1815 humorous usage
• GAPE-NEST, GAPE'S NEST the occupation of gaping, idle staring ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SEED something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth ...a1700
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
staring - person
• GAPE-SAWMON, GAPE-SORMAN a staring, gaping fellow; a noisy simpleton ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SIMON a staring, gaping fellow; a noisy simpleton ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAPE-SNATCH a staring, gaping fellow; a noisy simpleton ...1777 Eng. dial.
staring - interjections/phrases
• HAD YOUR PENNORTH OR DO YOU WANT A HA'PENNY CHANGE? addressed to a person one feels is once staring rudely ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A PICTURE! stop staring! ...1980s US college sl.
STARLING - nouns
• JACKEY-BIRD a starling ...1897
• JACOB BIRD a starling ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MULE BIRD a starling ...1952 Amer. dial.
START - adjectives
• YBOWNE about to go or start ...c1572 arch.
start - nouns
• ABRAID † a start ...1570
• AIMSTART a starting point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GO-OFF the act of making a start; commencement, beginning ...1830 colloq.
• OFF the start ...1950s sl.
• OFF-GO a start, a beginning ...1886 Sc. colloq.
• ONSAY †* a signal, order or permission to start; a go-ahead; onset; beginning ...1573
• OUTSETTING * beginning, the act of setting out or starting on a journey, course of action, undertaking, etc.; a start, an outset ...a1698
• PUFF AND DART a start ...1880 rhyming sl.
start - verbs
• BE AWAY LAUGHING to make a good start ...1964 NZ sl.
• BUST LOOSE to commence, to start happening ...1920s US sl.
• CLAW to start, to hurry ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE DIME to hurry, to get going, to start ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GET OFF THE NICKEL to hurry, to get going, to start ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ONSET † to make a beginning, to start ...1561
• KICK OFF to start, to begin ...1911
• LIGHT IN to make a vigorous start on something; to begin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• OFF-GANG a commencement, start, outset ...1881 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GOING a commencement, start, outset ...1885 Sc.
• OFF-SET a commencement, start, outset ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-START a commencement, start, beginning, outset ...1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• POP OFF to happen; to start ...1990s sl.
• PUFF AND DART to start ...1880 rhyming sl.
• SHOOT FROM TAW to make a good start; to be on the right track; to do all one can ...1913 Amer. dial.
• STEVE HART to start, to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
• TAKE BEGINNING † to begin, to start, to commence ...a1300
• TAKE IT FROM THE TOP to start at the beginning ...1930s US sl.
start - phrases
• FROM GO TO WHOA from start to finish ...1970s Aust. sl.
• GET IN THERE start ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
STARTED - adjectives
• OFF AND RUNNING started and making good headway ...1960s sl., orig. horseracing
STARTING - adjectives
• ON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• UPON THE GAD on the point of starting or setting out ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
STARTLE - verbs
• ABRAID † to arouse, to startle ...1596
• BUNGFUNGER to startle, to confuse ...1836 US
• EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare ...1375
• GALLOW † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GALLY † to frighten, to daze, to scare, to startle ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOP † to startle; to cause to stare ...1807 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SKEY †* to startle, to come upon suddenly ...1539 Sc.
• WRECK SOMEONE'S BEADS to beat someone up; to shock or startle ...1970s US gay sl.
STARTLED - adjectives
• BESTURTED startled, alarmed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GLOTTENED surprised, startled ...1691 Eng. dial.
• RAISED-LIKE excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMAGE easily frightened or startled ...1567
• RAMAGEOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
• RAMAGIOUS † easily frightened or startled ...c1530
startled - nouns
• GLOP †* a surprised or startled look; a start, a surprise ...c1460
STARTLING - adjectives
• DING-DANG great, startling, extraordinary ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DING-DONG great, startling, extraordinary ...1887 Eng. dial.
• SKY-WISE AND CROOKED dumbfounded, extremely startling ...1915 Amer. dial.
startling - nouns
• YACKIE-THUNDER a sudden startling noise which proves to be nothing serious ...1958 Sc.
startling - verbs
• BEAT THE DUTCH to do something extraordinary or startling ...1775 colloq.
• DROP A BOMBSHELL to make a startling or unexpected announcement ...Aust. sl.
STARVATION - nouns
• ACCELERATION starvation ...L19 tramps' sl.
• AFFAMISHMENT the act of famishing or starving with hunger; the state of being starved; starvation ...1590
• FANTASHEN starvation ...1898 Sc.
• POVERTY malnutrition, starvation ...1808 Amer. dial.
STARVE - person
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
starve - verbs
• AFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• AFFAMISH † to afflict with hunger or famine; to starve ...1568
• FAINT to starve, to famish ...1866 Sc.
• FAME †* to famish, to starve ...c1330
• FAMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FAMINE † to suffer or die of hunger; to starve ...1553
• FAMISH † to die of starvation, to perish from want of food ...1530
• FAMMEL to starve, to famish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FANT to famish, to starve ...1898 Sc.
• HARRISH to starve with cold ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HIRPLE to contract the body with cold, crouch, cower down; to starve with cold ...1788 Eng. dial.
• HONISH to ill-treat; to starve a person for want of food ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LICK A THIVEL to suffer poverty, to verge on starvation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIP to starve, to pinch with hunger ...1860 Sc.
STARVED - adjectives
• BELLY-PINCHED having a belly pinched for want of food; hungry, starved ...1605
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FAMMELLED hungry, starved, famished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAMYLOUS †* famished, hungry, starved ...c1475
• FANTIT weakly, starved ...1898 Sc.
• GUT-FOUNDERED † on the point of starvation ..1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HEART-HUNGERED starved, hungry ...1825 Sc.
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• HUNGER-BANED † starved, afflicted with hunger ...1549
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• NATTLED of persons or animals: starved; stunted in growth; pinched with cold ...1854 Eng. dial.
• NIDDERED pinched, as with cold or hunger; starved-looking; checked in growth, stunted, wasted ...1808 Sc.
• YAWPIT pinched-looking, starved-looking ...1958 Sc.
starved - nouns
• FAMISHMENT * the state of being famished or starved; hungry appetite ...c1470
starved - person
• QUEER DUKE a lean, half-starved person ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• SHAMMOCK a starved, miserable-looking person or animal ...E18 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SNEAKBILL † a starved or thin-faced person ...1562
• THIN-GUT † one who has a thin belly; a lean, starved-looking person, a starveling ...1602
STARVING - adjectives
• AFFAMISHED † afflicted with hunger, famished, starving ...1552
• AFFAMISHING † that afflicts with hunger or starves; starving ...1650
• FAMINED †* starving, starved ...1622
• FANTIN' starving, famishing ...Bk1900 Sc.
• STARVE-GUTTED famished, starving; fit for starvation ...1726
starving - nouns
• AFFAMISHING † afflicting with hunger; famishing, starving ...1649
starving - person
• BANG-BELLY a starving child ...1935 W. Indies
• MCDUMPSTER KID a homeless, starving young person ...2000s US Black sl.
starving - verbs
• LEAP AT A CRUST to be starving ...M17 sl.
STATE (condition, situation) - nouns
• BALLGAME a state of affairs, a situation ...1930s sl., orig. US
• FARE † condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success ...c1250
• TALER † state, condition ...1825 Sc.
• TANTUM state, condition ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATE (declare) - verbs
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
STATELINESS - nouns
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
STATELY - adjectives
• GRANDISONANT * stately-sounding ...1684
• IMPERIOUS † exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately ...1592
• MAGNIFICAL splendid, stately, sumptuous ...1538 arch.
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, using pompous or bombastic language; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MANFUL † stately in appearance ...1493
• MIGHTY stately, haughty, disdainful ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
stately - person
• QUEEN'S STICK a stately person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STATEMENT - nouns
• QUIDE † a saying, speech, statement ...c888.
• SAID-SO a statement previously made ...1864 Eng. dial.
statement - verbs
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO to make a statement; to deliver a homily or a rustically philosophical opinion ...20C Amer. arch.
STATESMAN - person
• WEALSMAN †* one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician ...1607
STATION - nouns
• AGGRAVATION a station ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SALVATION a station ...L19 rhyming sl.
STATIONARY - adjectives
• LEDGER † 1. remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary ...1547
† 2. lying or resting in a place; stationary; resident ...1600
• SIT-FAST remaining stationary; unmoving ...1857
STATISTICS - nouns
• SADISTICS a statistics course ...1980s college sl.
statistics - person
• BEAN-COUNTER an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician ...1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
STATUE - nouns
• AEDICULE a niche for a statue ...1832
• IDOL † a statue of a person or thing ...1548
• IMAGILET †* a small image; a statuette ...a1661
• SIGN † a figure or image; a statue or effigy; an imprint ...1362
• STOOKIE a statue ...Sc.
STATUS - adjectives
• SUBLIME of rank, status: very high, exalted ...1702 arch.
status - nouns
• CRED status among one's peers; credibility ...1981 Brit. sl.
• STREET CRED status among one's peers, esp. in fashionable urban youth subculture ...1981 Brit. sl.
• SUBLIMITY † a high or dignified status ...1643
status - verbs
• FALL to lose status, to be deprived of a comfortable situation ...1990s sl.
• RANK to lower; to lose status or job seniority ...1930s sl.
STATUTORY - adjectives
• STATCH statutory ...1994 US sl.
STAUNCH - adjectives
• MAIN great in size or degree; big; thorough; firm, staunch ...1792 Scot & Eng. dial.
• REAL eminently good in any way; true, staunch ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SOLID loyal, staunch; esp. used among criminals ...1950 Aust. sl.
STAY - nouns
• ABODE † a temporary remaining; a stay ...c1384
stay - person
• TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
stay - verbs
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• BIDE A WEE to stay a while ...1918 Sc.
• FALL IN to join; to stay ...1952 US sl.
• FALL INTO to stay ...1940s US sl.
• GAFF to stay where one is for too long ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• HAVE ONE'S SITTING BREECHES ON to stay late in company ...1785
• LEAVE † to remain; to remain behind; to continue or stay in one place ...c1000
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• OFSTAND †* to remain standing; to remain, to stay ...c1000
• ONBIDE † to abide, to remain, to stay on ...c1440
• PERENDINATE * to stay from day to day, to make an indefinite stay ...1656
• STUT † to stop, cease; to stay, remain ...B1900
• TARRY † to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition ...c1450
• TARRY OUT † to stay till the end of ...1654
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAY-AT-HOME - see HOME
STAYING - nouns
• MANSION † the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
STAYING POWER - nouns
• LAST power of holding on or out; staying power ...1857
• LEGS the ability of a show, song, public figure, etc. to be an enduring success; staying power ...1970s Amer. show business usage
STD (sexually transmitted disease) - see VENEREAL DISEASE
STEADFAST - adjectives
• DYED IN THE WOOL steadfast in principle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASTREDE †* firm in purpose, inflexible, steadfast ...c888
• SARTAIN stern, severe; steadfast ....1887 Eng. dial.
steadfast - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
STEADFASTLY - adverbs
• FAITHLY † with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully ...c1325
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175
STEADILY - adverbs
• APACE by degrees, steadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST † earnestly, steadily, diligently, zealously ...c1200
• FASTLY † in a fixed or steady manner ...c888
• REGULAR regularly, always; steadily ...1875 Eng. dial.
STEADY - adjectives
• BALLASTED rendered steady or stable ...1552
steady - verbs
• BALLAST to steady (generally); to steady mentally or morally ...1596
STEAK - nouns
• BEN-FLAKE a steak ...M19 rhyming sl.
• QUIVER AND SHAKE a steak ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• VERONICA LAKE a steak ...1950s rhyming sl.
STEAL - adjectives (also see STOLEN)
• CABBAGED pilfered, as shreds by a tailor ...1729
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• HYDRAULIC inclined to steal ...1989 Aust.
• LIGHT-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1547 euphemism
• LIME-FINGERED † given to pilfering ...1546
• STICKY-FINGERED inclined to steal ...1890 sl.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THIEVING inclined to steal ...1598 sl.
steal - person (also see THIEF)
• BAGGER a stealer from the hand ...B1900 Eng. sl.
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HUSTLER someone who lives by stealing or other dishonest means ...1825 sl.
• SNOW-DROPPER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• SNOW-GATHERER one who steals from clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
steal - verbs
• ACQUIRE to steal something ...1937 UK sl.
• ATTRACT to steal ...1891 euphemism
• BAG to steal ...B1820 sl.
• BAG IT to steal it ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOOZLE to steal something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEAT to steal ...1950s Amer. sl.
• BITE to steal something; to copy something without permission ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLAG to rob (with violence), to steal ...1933 Brit. sl.
• BONE to seize and take possession of; to steal; to snatch ...L18 sl.
• BOOST to steal, to shoplift, to rob ...E20 US sl.
• BUSHWHACK to ambush; to cheat; to steal; to lie ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CAB to cheat, to pilfer; to snatch dishonestly or meanly ...1825 Sc. sl.
• CABBAGE to pilfer; to appropriate surreptitiously; orig. said of a tailor appropriating part of the cloth given to him to make up into garments; to acquire unethically ...1712 sl.
• CABBAGE ONTO to grab; to steal ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CADGE to steal ...1980s sl.
• CAR-SHOP to break into a car to steal its contents ...1997 US sl.
• CHEWRE to steal ...17C sl.
• CHIP to filch, to steal ...1938 Amer. sl.
• CLIFT to steal ...Bk1890 thieves' sl.
• CLIMP to steal ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• CLIP to swindle; to rob, to steal ...E20 sl., orig. US
• CLOUT to steal any kind of valuables in any manner ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CLY to seize, to take; to steal ...1567 thieves' cant
• CONVERT to steal something ...1984 NZ sl.
• COON to steal something; to cheat someone ...1964 US sl.
• COP to steal ...L19 sl.
• COP A STEAL to steal ...20C US sl.
• CROOK to steal ...1882 US sl.
• DAMP to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• DANCE to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DANCE THE STAIRS to steal from first or higher floors, usually in daytime when residents are downstairs and not in bed ...M19 sl.
• DAP to pick up; to steal, esp. luggage ...20C sl.
• DEAD to remove, to steal ...2000s US prison sl.
• DEEGLE to purloin, to steal; a word used by boys ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DODGE to steal an animal ...1965 Aust. sl.
• DOINK to steal something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRUM to steal from an unoccupied house, room., etc. ...1925 Brit. sl.
• DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands ...1859 Aust. sl.
• EASE to rob, to steal ...E17 sl.
• FAKE to steal or rob ...1812 thieves' sl.
• FECK to steal ...1809 sl.
• FILCH to steal; to pilfer; rarely, to rob ...M16 cant
• FINCH to snitch, to pilfer, to filch ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLARE to steal actively, lightly, or delicately ...1850 sl.
• GAM † to steal ...1893 UK sl.
• GIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GIPSY AWAY †* to steal; to pilfer or filch ...1696
• GLEAN to steal ...M19 euphemism
• GLOM to seize, to grab at, to steal; to arrest ...1907 Amer. dial.
• GLUE to steal ...1920s sl., orig. US
• GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself ...1910s US sl.
• GRAZE to pilfer and eat sweets, fruit, etc. from supermarkets while shopping ...US
• GYP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• GYTCH to steal ...1956 Amer. sl.
• HALF-INCH to steal ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'pinch'
• HAVE IT AWAY WITH to steal an object ...1920s sl.
• HAVE STICKY FINGERS to be given to stealing; to be a thief ...1840
• HEIST to steal, rob, or hold up ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOBBLE to steal; to arrest ...18C criminal sl.
• HOCK to steal ...1930s US sl.
• HOIST to steal or rob ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HOOK to steal, to filch ...1615 sl.
• HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge ...1914 services' sl.
• IVELL to pilfer, to rifle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly ...1980s sl., orig. US
• JACK UP to rob, to steal; to hold up ...1971 Amer. dial.
• JIP to steal, to filch; to rob from ...1918 Amer. sl.
• JUMP to cheat, to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• JUMP OUT to steal ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• KAPSWALLA to steal ...L19 US criminals' sl.
• KEELIE * to pilfer ...1919 Sc.
• KIFE to steal ...1960 US sl.
• KIPE, KYPE to steal, to pilfer ...1934 Amer. dial.
• KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal ...1897 Eng. dial.
• KNOCK DOWN to embezzle, to steal from a firm's takings ...a1854 US sl.
• KNOCK OFF to steal or rob ...1919 sl.
• LAG † to carry off, to steal ...1573
• LIBERATE to loot or steal ...1944 euphemism or jocular
• LIFT to steal, esp. to pilfer ...1526 Amer. sl.
• LIGHT-FINGER to steal; to pilfer; to rob ...1956 US sl.
• LOUSE to pilfer ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MACE to steal or cheat, esp. by means of the three card trick ...1977 UK sl.
• MACK to steal ...1990s sl.
• MAG to steal ...E19 Sc.
• MAGG to pilfer ...1818 Sc.
• MAKE to steal ...a1700 sl. & Eng. dial.
• MANARVEL to pilfer small stores ...1867 nautical sl.
• MANAVEL to pilfer eatables or articles of small value ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MANTICULATE †* to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal ...1656
• MARAUD to go about pilfering ...1770
• MIKE to steal, to make off with ...1900s sl.
• MILK to steal ...1788 Sc.
• MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal ...1857 Amer. sl.
• MOONLIGHT 1. to steal, esp. at night; to take, to latch on to something ...1942 Amer. dial.
2. to steal cattle ...1950s Irish sl.
• NAB to snatch or steal something; to seize ...1665 Brit.
• NAB THE SNOW to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry ...1788 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL to secure; to succeed in catching hold of a person or thing; to steal ...1732 sl.
• NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAIL A STRIKE to steal a watch ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• NAP to seize, to catch, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal ...1673 sl.
• NASK to steal, to pilfer unobtrusively ...1920 Sc.
• NECK to catch; to steal ...1863 Sc.
• NIB to snatch; to steal; to seize ...M17 sl.
• NIBBLE to catch; to steal ...1608 sl.
• NICK to steal ...1817 sl.
• NIP to steal or snatch ...c1560 sl., now US
• NOBBLE to appropriate dishonestly, to steal ...1854 Brit. sl.
• OFF to steal; to rob, usually with violence ...1950s Amer. sl.
• ORGANIZE to steal, to loot ...1930s sl., orig. military
• PAY WITH A HOOK to steal ...Bk1892 Aust. thieves' sl.
• PICK UP to steal; to rob ...1770 sl.
• PILCH to pilfer ...ME now Scot & Eng. dial.
• PINCH to steal; to rob ...1656 sl.
• POLE to steal something ...1964 NZ sl.
• PULL to steal; to snatch; to cheat ...1821 sl.
• PULL A JOB to carry out a crime, esp. stealing ...Amer. sl.
• PULL DOWN to steal from shop doors ...1839 cant
• RABBIT to steal or scrounge ...1943 Aust. nautical sl.
• RACK to steal ...1997 US sl.
• RAIFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAISE to steal ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAME to steal, to rob, to plunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP † to seize or snatch for oneself; to take or get by snatching or stealing ...1564
• RAP AND REND to steal ...1528 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAPE to misuse; to steal ...1990s sl.
• RAT to search for things to steal; to steal, to pilfer property; to pick a pocket ...1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAYFIELD to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence; to break the law in a contemptuous manner ...1950s US Black sl.
• RAZZLE to steal ...20C Aust. sl.
• READ to steal ...c1819 thieves' sl.
• REAVE to rob, to steal, to plunder; to bereave of ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEF to pull up a pocket-lining to steal the contents, or to steal from a pocket; to steal or obtain dishonestly ...1903 sl.
• RESPUN to steal ...Bk1903 tinkers' sl.
• RIG to trick; to steal ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIP to steal ...1816 sl.
• SACK to rob, to steal; to take possession of, to pocket ...L18 sl.
• SACK OFF to carry off surreptitiously, to steal ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SALVAGE to steal, to pilfer ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
• SANCOCHO to steal ...1980s drugs sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to cheat, to steal ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCARF to pilfer; to steal ...1960s US college sl.
• SCLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCODGE to look sly; to pilfer; to sneak about idly ...1824 Sc.
• SCOFF to filch, to steal, to plunder, to sponge ...1885 Sc.
• SCORE to steal ...1942 sl., orig. US
• SCOUNGE to pilfer ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAB † to grab, to snatch; to steal ...1890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCROUNGE to steal ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SHAKE to steal goods; to rob a person ...c1412 sl.
• SHARK to steal, to pilfer, or obtain by underhand or cheating means ...1613 arch.
• SHARP to obtain by swindling, to steal ...L17 colloq.
• SHAVE to steal ...L16 sl.
• SHUSH to steal something ...2002 UK sl.
• SKANK to steal and run away ...1980s sl., orig. W. Indies
• SKLEM to steal slyly; to purloin trifles ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SMOO(T)CH to steal; to pilfer; to appropriate to one's own use or benefit ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SMOU(T)CH to steal, to pilfer ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SMOUGE to steal, to pilfer ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SNABBLE to steal, to take away by stealth ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SNAG to catch, to get hold of, to grab; to steal ...1895 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE to get or obtain a thing furtively or surreptitiously; to steal or pilfer; to cheat a person out of something ...a1861
• SNATCH to steal ...1765 Amer. sl.
• SNATCH BALD-HEADED to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse ...US Civil War usage
• SNAVEL, SNAVVEL to steal or grab ...a1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• SNIPE to steal or take without permission ...1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SNITCH to steal ...1904 sl.
• SNOOP to steal ...1920s sl., orig. US
• SNOWDROP to steal clothes from the washing line ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SNUG to steal, to conceal from the proper owner ...M19 US sl.
• SOUVENIR to take something as a 'souvenir'; to pilfer, to steal ...1919 euphemism, orig. services' sl.
• SPLACK to steal a car, esp. by shattering the steering column ...1993 US sl.
• STRIKE to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUFFURATE †* to steal ...1549
• SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1889 sl.
• THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft ...1838 Amer. dial.
• THIEVE to steal, to rob ...a901
• VAMP to pawn; to steal ...a1700 sl.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
• VICK to steal ...1993 US sl.
• WALK OFF WITH to steal, often implying appropriating to oneself something lent or entrusted to one by another ...1727 sl.
• WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission ...1859 Brit. sl.
• WIN to steal, to lift ...World War I Amer. sl.
• WOG to steal ...1971 sl.
• YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMP to grab. to catch, to overcome, to steal ...1866 Amer. dial.
• YANK to steal ...1990s US college sl.
steal - phrases
• ON THE FILCH on the watch for something to steal ...1877 cant
• ON THE KNOCK-OFF said of someone engaged in stealing ...1936 sl.
STEALING - adjectives
• FURACIOUS given to thieving, thievish, pilfering ...1676
• FURTIVE thievish, pilfering ...1816
• FURTUOSE †* much given to theft or stealing ...1727
• KLEPTISTIC * pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• OFF DUTY not engaged in stealing ...1887 cant
• STICKY-FINGERED given to stealing, light-fingered ...1855
• TARRY-FINGERED dishonest, pilfering ...1864 Sc.
• TARRY-HANDED dishonest, pilfering ...1813 Sc.
stealing - nouns
• BLOW OFF stealing a victim’s money ...1936 criminals’ sl.
• CABBAGING pilfering, purloining ...1768
• CLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• DRAGGING stealing from a vehicle ...1812 sl.
• FILCH a hooked stick or staff wherewith to steal ...17C cant
• FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT the activity or proceeds of stealing or shoplifting ...1966 US sl., chiefly CB users'
• FURACITY inclination or tendency to steal ...1623
• GAM † stealing ...1859 US sl.
• KLEPTOMANIA a mania for stealing
• LURKING stealing, fraudulent begging ...1851 thieves' sl.
• NEMAN stealing ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• PICK-UP stealing, theft ...1928 sl.
• SCRUMPING the act of stealing apples from orchards ...1999 UK sl.
• SNITCHING stealing ...1930s US sl.
• SNOW-BIRDING stealing washing, usually women's underwear from clothes-lines ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SNOW-DROPPING the stealing of washing, usually women's underwear, from unguarded clothes-lines ...M19 Aust./UK/criminal sl.
• STICKY FINGERS used to indicate that someone is given to stealing ...1976
• TARRY-TRICK cheating, pilfering ...1821 Sc.
• YAMPING stealing ...1925 Amer. dial.
STEALTH, STEALTHY - adjectives
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• THIEFY stealthy, furtive ...1897 Sc.
stealth, stealthy - person
• MOUSER a person who goes about and stealthily and pryingly like a cat after mice ...Bk1908
• TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing ...1824
stealth, stealthy - verbs
• BESTEAL † to move stealthily ...a725
• GUM-SHOE to move or act with stealth as if wearing gum-shoes ...1904 colloq.
• INDIAN to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1869 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN UP to roam or move about, esp. stealthily; to sneak up ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LEER † to walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away ...1586
• OIL to move quietly, stealthily, or in an underhand, surreptitious manner ...1920s sl.
• SAP to make way in a stealthy or insidious manner ...1732
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SLY to sneak, to move stealthily ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SNAKE to move in a creeping, crawling, or stealthy manner suggestive of the movements of a snake ...1848
• SNAKE OFF to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• SNAKE OUT to slip along, to move stealthily ...1910s sl., orig. Aust.
• WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie ...Brit. sl.
STEALTHILY - adverbs
• HIDLINS secretly, stealthily, clandestinely ...a1225 Sc.
STEAM - nouns
• HAME steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIM steam, vapour, warm air ...1911 Sc.
• OAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• OOM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
• REECH smoke; steam ...1859 Eng. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma ...1864 Sc.
steam - verbs
• HAME to steam ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REECH to smoke; to emit smoke or steam ...1740 Eng. dial.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMBOAT - nouns
• MOAT PALACE a river steamboat ...M19 US criminals' sl.
STEAMER - see SHIP
STEAMING - adjectives
• REEKY steaming; foggy ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STEAMROLLER - nouns
• WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing ...1885 Amer. dial.
STEAMSHIP - nouns
• PIG a lake steamship ...1898 Amer. dial.
• PIG-BOAT n. a lake steamship ...1949 Amer. dial.
STEEL - adjectives
• QUICK † of steel: breaking readily; brittle ...1677
steel - nouns
• ACIER † steel ...1866
• ASSER † steel ...1866
STEEP - adjectives
• ACCLIVOUS rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep ...1731
• DECLIVITOUS having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep ...1799
• DOWNSTEEPY †* very steeply descending; steep and precipitous; having a great declivity ...1603
• PROCLIVITOUS †* steep ...1859
• SIDELING having an inclination; sloping, steep ...1611
steep - nouns
• DROP-OFF a declivity, a steep drop; a cliff ...M20 N. Amer.
STEEPLE - nouns
• CAMPANILE a bell-tower; a steeple ...1640
STEEPNESS - nouns
• SUDDENNESS †* steepness, abruptness ...1594-7
STENCH - nouns
• DAME JUDI (DENCH) a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• FOGO a disagreeable smell or odour; a stink, stench ...1823
• FOOF a stench ...19C Sc.
• FUNK a bad odour; a stench ...1623 sl.
• JUDI a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl. (Judi Dench)
• JUDI DENCH a stench ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MALODOUR an evil smell; a stench ...1825
• THEEF a stench, a bad smell ...Bk1905 Sc.
stench - verbs
• FUNK to make a stench ...L17 sl.
STEP - adjectives
• LAMPING striding, taking long steps ...1685 Sc.
step - nouns
• DESS a step; a small landing-place ...1838 Sc.
• GANGS † steps, goings, journeyings ...c825
• JACOB'S LADDER a nickname of a high and steep flight of steps ...c1895
• LAMP a long, heavy step ...1894 Sc.
• PAIR OF STEPS a flight of steps; also, a portable set of steps used in a library, etc. ...1755
• SCALE † a ladder; a flight of steps ...1705 Sc.
• WALKS steps ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WALLACH, WALLOCH a noisy step, thump, or fall ...1880 Sc. DSL online
step - verbs
• LAMP to take long, springing or prancing steps; to stride, to step out, to walk smartly and deliberately. to hurry onwards ...1808 Sc.
• LAMPER to walk heavily; to stride, to take long steps ...1893 Eng. dial.
STEPDAUGHTER - person
• DAUGHTER-IN-LAW a stepdaughter (now considered incorrect) ...1841
STEPFATHER - person
• FATHER-IN-LAW a stepfather; now regarded as a misuse ...1552
• PA-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PA a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAW-PAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEEPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PO-PO a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POPPAW a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather ...1962 Amer. dial.
STEPMOTHER - adjectives
• NOVERCAL in the manner of a stepmother ...1623
• NOVERCANT †* acting like a stepmother ...1472-3
stepmother - person
• ELDMOTHER † a grandmother; a mother-in-law; a stepmother...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLMOTHER, ELMOTHER † a stepmother ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MA-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MA-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MA a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAM-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAW-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAY-MAW a grandmother or great-grandmother; rarely, a mother or stepmother ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER-IN-LAW † a woman who has married one's father after one's mother's death or divorce ...1516 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOTHER-LAW † a mother-in-law; a stepmother ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STEPPING-STONE - nouns
• HEAPING-STOCK a stepping-stone ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SARN a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones ...1790 Eng. dial.
STEREO - nouns
• BLASTER a portable tape player and/or radio ...1984 Amer. sl.
• GHETTO BLASTER a large and powerful stereo radio-cassette player
• THIRD WORLD BRIEFCASE a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with Black youth culture ...1987 US sl.
• WOG BOX a large portable stereo system associated, stereotypically, with black youth culture ..1990 UK sl.
stereo - verbs
• DROP BOTTOM to set the bass level on a car stereo system at a high level ...2003 US sl.