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SUMO - SURPL
SUMO WRESTLING - person
• YOKOZUNA a grand champion sumo wrestler; a wrestler of the highest rank in sumo ...1894
SUMPTUOUS - adjectives
• DAPATICAL † sumptuous, as in feasting; costly ...1623
• DISPENDIOUS costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous ...1727
• LAUTITIOUS †* sumptuous; luxurious; excellent; magnificent; chiefly said of meat ...1648
• MAGNIFIC sumptuous, splendid ...1490 arch.
• MAGNIFICAL splendid, stately, sumptuous ...1538 arch.
• OPIME † rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid ...1533.
• OPIMOUS † rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid ...1656
• OPIPAROUS †* rich, sumptuous ...1621
SUMPTUOUSLY - adverbs
• OPIPAROUSLY † sumptuously ...1653
SUMPTUOUSNESS - nouns
• DAINTY † delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness ...a1300
• SUMPT †* sumptuousness ...1548
• SUMPTURE †* sumptuousness ...1616
SUN - adjectives
• FALLEN * of the sun: having set ...1892
• OCCASIVE †* pert. to the setting sun, western ...1802
• OCCIDENTAL situated in or directed towards that region of the heavens in which the sun sets; in the west, western, westerly ...c1391
• OCCIDUAL †* of the sun and heavenly bodies: going down, setting ...1635
• OCCIDUOUS †* of the sun and heavenly bodies: going down, setting ...1656
• SUNKEN of the sun: gone down below the horizon ...1816
• SUNNISH † resembling the sun in colour and brilliancy ...c1374
• TITANIAN resembling the sun ...1614
• TITANIC †* pert. to the sun ...1656
sun - adverbs
• SUNGATES † sunways, in the direction of the apparently daily movement of the sun; i.e. from left to right (in the northern hemisphere); clockwise ...1597 Sc.
• SUNWAYS sunways, in the direction of the apparently daily movement of the sun; i.e. from left to right (in the northern hemisphere); clockwise ...1774
sun - nouns
• ALPENGLOW the rosy light of the setting or rising sun seen on high mountains ...1871
• BEEK the act of basking in the sun or by the fire ...1725 Sc.
• BENGAL BLANKET the sun; a blue sky ...19C Anglo-Indian
• BENNIE GOD the sun ...1965 US sl.
• BRONZE JOHN the sun ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CHELSEA BUN the sun ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• CURRANT BUN the sun ...L19 Cockney rhyming sl.
• DAY-STAR the sun, as the orb of day ...1598 poetic
• DAY-SUN † the sun ...1571 rhetorical and figurative
• DAZZLER the sun ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• DECLENSION the act of declining, or deviating from a vertical or horizontal position; slope, inclination; a declining or sinking into a lower position, as of the sun towards setting ...1640-4
• FAIGER n. fishermen's tabu-name for the sun; only used with def. article ...1866 Sc.
• FALLING the setting of the sun ...1555
• GATE-DOWN † a going down, setting of the sun, etc. ...c1440
• HAIR the rays or 'tresses' of the sun; the tail of a comet; the 'leafy locks' of a tree, etc. ...1594
• HANNAH the sun personified ...1934 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER the sun ...1908 Amer. sl.
• HOT CROSS BUN the sun ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• OCCASION †* the setting of the sun ...1533
• OCCIDENT * the region of the sky in which the sun and other heavenly bodies set, or the corresponding region of the earth; the west ...c1386
• OCCIENT † the region of the sky in which the sun and other heavenly bodies set, or the corresponding region of the earth; the west ...c1460
• OLD BETSY the sun ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OLD HANNAH the sun ...1933 US Black sl.
• OLD HAYMAKER the sun ...1862 Amer. sl.
• OLD HULDY the sun personified ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD JAMAICA RUM the sun ...20C rhyming sl.
• OLD SOL the sun ...20C US colloq.
• PIPES FROM THE SUN the rays of the sun striking through a break in the clouds, considered a sign of wet weather ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SKY-FIRE † that in the body of the sun, and other heavenly lights ...1710
• SUN-BATH an exposure of the sun, esp. as a method of medical treatment; basking in the sun ...1875
• SUNLET a little sun ...1840
• TITAN the sun personified ...1412-20
• TITAN BEAM † a sunbeam ...a1649
• VAIL † the going down or setting of the sun ...1606
• VATSGAARIN a halo around the sun, supposed to indicate bad weather ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WATER DOG a halo around the sun; a short strip of rainbow ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER GALL a halo around the sun ...1785 Amer. dial.
sun - verbs
• APRICATE * to bask in the sun; to expose to sunlight ...a1691
• BAUM to bask in the sun or by the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEEK 1. † to expose oneself to the pleasurable warmth of sun, fire, etc.; to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire ...c1230 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. of the sun: to shine brightly ...1788 Sc.
• BLENT of the sun: to shine after the sky has been overcast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHASE to recline in a chair in the sunshine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DARK † of the sun or moon: to suffer eclipse ...c1340
• EYE OF THE WORLD the sun ...1822
• FALL † of the sun, etc.: to go down; to sink, to set ...1633
• GANG TO † of the sun: to set ...1825 Sc.
• LEAN of the sun: to descend ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PAIL of the sun: to beat fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEE THE SUN DANCE to see the sun rise on Easter morning ...1867 Eng. dial.
• VERGE of the sun: to descend toward the horizon; to sink, or being to do so ...1610
• WADE of the sun or moon: to wade through clouds or mist ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WELK † of the sun in the west: to fade, to grow dim ...B1900
• YARK † of the rays of the sun: to beat powerfully on any object ...Bk1905 Sc.
sun - phrases
• IT'S RAINING POISON what people say when sunshine and rain come together ...1950 Amer. dial.
SUNBATHE - verbs
• BAG SOME RAYS to sunbathe; to get a suntan ...1950s US sl.
• CATCH SOME RAYS to sunbathe ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LAY OUT to sunbathe ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOAK UP SOME RAYS to sunbathe ...1960s Amer. sl.
SUNBATHING - person
• SUN-WORSHIPPER a devotee of sunbathing ...1966 jocular
SUNBEAM - nouns
• MESSENGER a sunbeam ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SUNBURN - nouns
• SUNNINESS †* sunburn, tan ...1753
sunburn - verbs
• CATCH THE SUN to become sunburnt ...Bk1999
SUNBURNED, SUNBURNT - adjectives
• ADUST of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ...1596
• ADUSTED † of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ...1550
• BAKED sunburned or very tanned ...1930s sl.
• FRIED sunburnt ...1989 US sl.
• SUN-SINGED sunburnt ...1891 Sc.
SUNDAY - adjectives
• SUNDAYED appropriate to Sunday; in Sunday clothes ...1884
• SUNDAYFIED appropriate to Sunday; in Sunday clothes ...1899
Sunday - adverbs
• SUNDAYLY † every Sunday ...1479-81
Sunday - nouns
• CLEAN SHIRT DAY Sunday ...Bk1890 sl.
• FIRST DAY Sunday ...1655 Amer. dial.
• SABBA-DAY Sunday ...L18 US sl.
• SABBER-DAY Sunday ...L18 US sl.
• SUN'S DAY † Sunday ...1891
SUNDIAL - nouns
• SUN-CLOCK a sundial ...1876 poetic
• UMBER † the shadow of the pointer on a sundial ...1382
SUNDRY - adjectives
• SUNDER † separate; various, varied, sundry ...a1400
SUNFLOWER - nouns
• JEWISH ARTICHOKE a sunflower ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNGAZER a sunflower ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALLFLOWER the sunflower ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SUNGLASSES - see EYEGLASSES
SUNLIGHT - nouns
• SUN-DART a ray of sunlight figured as a dart ... a1835 poetic
• SUN-GLADE a beam or track of sunlight, esp. the track of reflected sunlight on water ...1849
• SUN-GLEAM † sunlight ...a1240
• SUN-GLOW 1. a glow or glare of sunlight ...1845
2. sunlight ...1884
• SUN-GOLD bright sunlight likened to gold ...1897 poetic
• SUN-SCALD a patch of bright sunlight on the surface of water ...1897
• SUN-SHAFT a shaft of sunlight, a sunbeam ...1868 US
• SUN-SHINING †* sunlight, sunshine ...a1300
• SUN-SPARK the glint of sunlight on an object ...1847 US
SUNNY - adjectives
• LEW † warm; sunny ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
sunny - verbs
CATCH THE SUN to be in a sunny place ...Bk1999
SUNRISE - nouns
• BEFORE-DAY the time just prior to sunrise ...1896 Amer. dial.
• FORE-DAY the time just prior to sunrise ...1896 Amer. dial.
• KEEK O' DAY sunrise, peep of day ...1915 Sc.
• NEB the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• NEB OF THE MORNING the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• PEEP OF DAY dawn, sunrise ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SUN-BREAK sunrise, dawn ...1850
• SUNRISING * sunrise ...c1250 rare or arch.
• SUNRIST † the sunrise; the east ...1340-70
• SUN-SPRING † sunrise, dawn ...1900 obs. or arch.
SUNSET - nouns
• BULLFINCH SKY a red-hued sunset ...1863 Eng. dial.
• DAY DOWN sunset; late afternoon ...1894 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT DOWN the end of daylight; the beginning of darkness after sunset ...1769 Amer. dial.
• DAY-SET † sunset ...c1386
• DAY-SHUTTING † close of day, sunset ...1673
• PONENT † the place or direction of the sunset; the west ...1538 obs. or arch.
• SKY-SETTING † sunset ...1731 Sc.
• SUNFALL sunset ...1600 chiefly poetic
• SUN-GATE-DOWN † sunset ...c1440
• SUN-GO-DOWN † sunset ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUN-GOING-DOWN † sunset ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUN-REST † sunset ...c1400
• SUNSETTING * sunset ...c1440
• SUN-SITTING † sunset ...c1460
SUNSHINE - adjectives
• SUN-CLAD clothed in sunshine ...1825 poetic
sunshine - nouns
• BLINK sunshine between two showers ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAIRIES' BAKIN' DAY a day of alternate rain and sunshine ...1894 Sc.
• SUMMER-BLINK † a short spell of sunshine in dull weather ...1637
• SUN-BLAST † a sudden emission or burst of sunshine ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUN-BLINK a gleam of sunshine ...1635 Sc.
• SUN-BREAK a burst of sunshine ...1826
• SUN-SHINING †* sunlight, sunshine ...a1300
SUNSTROKE - adjectives
• SUN-SMITTEN struck by the sun's rays; affected with sunstroke ...1833
• SUN-STRICKEN affected with sunstroke; affected injuriously by the rays or heat of the sun ...1844
sunstroke - phrases
• BEAR GOT HIM, THE he was overcome by the heat; he had a sunstroke ...1950 Amer. dial.
SUNTAN - nouns
• FARMER TAN a suntanned face, neck, and lower arms ...1996 US sl.
SUP - verbs
• SLUP to sup, to swallow ...L16
SUPERB - adjectives
• DOPE great, superb; a common rap term ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FRESH excellent; fine; very good; great, superb ...1984 sl., orig. US rap musician’s usage
• TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others ...1900 sl.
• TOPS best, excellent, superb ...1935 colloq.
SUPERBLY - adverbs
• SPLASHING wonderfully, excellently, superbly ...L19 sl.
SUPERCILIOUS - adjectives
• HIGH-NOSED arrogant, supercilious; intellectual, pretentious ...L18 sl.
• HIGH-SIGHTED † looking upward, supercilious, haughty ...1601
• LARDY-DARDY characteristic of an affected swell; languidly foppish; supercilious ...1861 sl.
• SNIFTY-SNIDEY a slang expression for supercilious, disdainful ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SNOOTY snobbish, arrogant, haughty and disdainful; supercilious; unpleasant ...1919 Amer. sl.
• SNOTTY supercilious and disdainful; contemptible, nasty ...1926 sl.
• STIFF-ARSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 US sl.
• STIFF-ASSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 sl.
• SUPER-SILLY-OUS supercilious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOFFEE-NOSED supercilious, conceited, snobbish ...sl.
supercilious - person
• PUKE a supercilious person ...Irish sl.
• PYOCK a supercilious person ...Irish sl.
supercilious - verbs
• FANCY PANTS to act like a dandy or snob; to act in an arrogant, or supercilious manner ...1936 Amer. sl.
• LARDY-DARDY to act the swell, to act in a supercilious manner ...1887 sl.
SUPERFICIAL - adjectives
• ACRYLIC superficial, hard, difficult to tolerate ...1990s US campus sl.
• AIRY of a person or a person's character, etc.: superficial, shallow; later: nonchalalnt, offhand; dismissive ...1609
• AIRY-FAIRY insubstantial; superficial; impractical and foolishly idealistic ...1857
• ALL FROTH AND NO BEER silly; superficial ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• ALL ON TOP not the genuine article; superficial ...Brit. sl.
• CUTANEOUS external, superficial ...1745
• FAT-ASS money-grabbing, superficial, fake ...2000s sl.
• NEW JACK superficial, flashy, meretricious ...1980s US Black sl.
• SKIMMY * of the nature of skimming; superficial; careless, not thorough or exact ...1893
• TANGENTIAL that merely touches a subject of matter; superficial ...1825
superficial - person
• GROLL † a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer ...1637
SUPERFICIALITY - nouns
• FASHIONABLENESS † superficiality, formality ...1608-11
• OVERLINESS † superficiality; carelessness; indifference ...1653
SUPERFICIALLY - adverbs
• FASHIONABLY † with respect to the fashion or external form; outwardly, superficially, in appearance ...1614
• WITH A WET FINGER † slightly, superficially ...1586
SUPERFLUOUS - adjectives
• OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy ...1750 Eng. dial.
• SUPERVACANEOUS † vainly added over and above what is essential; serving no purpose; superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, needless ...c1555 now rare or obs.
• TRABOCCANT †* superabundant; excessive, superfluous ...1651
superfluous - nouns
• FAKEMENT a trimming, a superfluous thing ...L19 sl.
• NEED-NOT † something unnecessary or superfluous ...1650
superfluous - person
• FIFTH CALF someone extra; one who doesn't fit in or belong; a 'fifth wheel' ...1895 Amer. dial.
superfluous - verbs
• CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE vb. to bring things to a place where they abound; to do anything superfluous or unnecessary ...Bk1999
SUPERINTENDENT - person
• ADAM a foreman, a superintendent ...1903 sl.
• EARL † a director, a superintendent ...1483
• GAFFER the foreman or overseer of a gang of workmen - a superintendent ...1841
• GOVERNOR a superior, a boss; a manager or owner; a superintendent ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD MAN a superintendent, a foreman, a boss ...1830 US sl.
• RAMROD a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RAMRODDER a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SUPER a superintendent ...1857 sl.
• WALKER a head foreman, a superintendent ...1952 Amer. dial.
• WALKING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent ...1868 Amer. dial.
• WANDERING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WARDEN the superintendent of a harbour, market, or the like ...1538
• YED-BEETLER the head beetler, the head man of a company of beetlers; also, applied figuratively to any foreman or man in charge; a superintendent of a job ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
SUPERIOR - adjectives
• ACES wonderful; excellent; well-respected; of the very best quality; superior ...20C US sl.
• BAD-DOING first-rate; superior ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BETTAMY superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BETTERISH somewhat better, of somewhat superior sort ...colloq.
• BETTERLY better; superior ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMER superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMORE superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMOST best, superior, above the average ...1737 colloq.
• BETTERMY superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BOSS excellent; powerful; superior ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CLASSY of superior quality, stylish; having class ...1891 UK sl.
• DAPPING of superior quality or appearance ...1892 Eng. dial.
• EYEGLASSY * haughtily superior or contemptuous ...1871 colloq.
• HIGH-RENT sophisticated, superior ...1970s sl.
• IN THE CATBIRD SEAT in a superior or advantageous position; feeling important ...1945 Amer. dial.
• LACING large; tall; of superior quality ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NAILING excellent; of superior quality; of large size; great ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE behaving as if one thinks oneself superior to others ...1782
• POSH socially superior ...1918 sl.
• PRECELLENT † that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent ...1382
• RACY †* noble, superior ...1675
• TOP-FLIGHT excellent, superior, of the highest class or quality
• TOPPING high or superior in rank, degree, etc.
• UP IN THE PAINT CARDS. old; high; superior ...1930s US sl.
• UP IN THE PAINTS old; high; superior ...1930s US sl.
• WORLD-CLASS very superior; outstanding; super-excellent ...1950 Amer. sl.
superior - nouns
• BEARCAT something extraordinary or excellent in some way; something of superior quality ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BETTER END the higher classes; a superior kind; the greater part, majority ...1848 Eng. dial.
• BETTER HAND † superiority, the 'upper hand'; precedence ...1523
• BETTERINGS superiors, those in a higher position ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BULGE, THE the advantage or upper hand, the superior position ...1860 sl., orig. US
• BULL-POINT a point of advantage or superiority ...1900 colloq.
• CADILLAC something powerful or superior ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DADDY OF THEM ALL, THE the finest, largest, or most striking example; the most notable; the best; the most superior ...1907 US sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person ...1784 colloq.
• DAPPER anything of superior quality or appearance ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• DARBS, THE a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, or attractive ...1922 US sl.
• DICK-NAILER something or someone superior or extraordinary; anything satisfactory; something impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• HIGHER HAND † superiority in contest, mastery ...a1225
• JIM-DANDY a superior or excellent thing or person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat ...a1300, chiefly Sc.
• MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NAILER a marvellously good thing, animal, or person; an exceptionally good hand at something; anything of superior or surprising quality; a surprising lie ...a1818 colloq.
• RAKER a superior thing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SOME SHUCKINS anybody or anything large, important, superior, or remarkable ...c1939 Amer. dial.
superior - person
• BEAT one who excels or surpasses another, a superior ...1855 US sl.
• BEE'S KNEES, THE someone extraordinary, wonderful, or admirable; an excellent or superior person, or one who poses as such ......1905 sl., orig. US
• BETTERMORE BODY a superior person; one of the better class ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMY BODY a superior person; one of the better class ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BIG ASS an influential, important or celebrated person; a big shot; a superior person or one who claims to be; used derisively ...1956 US sl.
• BIG BANANA a superior person or one who claims to be ...1984 sl.
• BIG BLOKE a boss, a superior ...1916 Aust. sl.
• BIG BOPPER a superior person or one who claims to be ...1967 US sl.
• BIG BOY a superior person or one who claims to be ...1920s US sl.
• BIG HONCHO any form of important or superior person, esp. in a criminal context; a prison governor ...1970 US sl.
• BIG MUCKY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...1952 US sl.
• BIG SHOT a superior person, or one who claims to be; a high-ranking, influential, important, or celebrated person ...1908 sl., orig. US
• BIG SHOUT a superior person, or one who claims to be ...1908 US sl.
• BIG SNAG a superior person, or one who claims to be; a high-ranking, influential, important, or celebrated person ...1842 US sl.
• BITCH ON WHEELS an extraordinary or surprising person; a superior person ...1939 US sl.
• BLUENOSE someone who sees themself as superior to their neighbours ...1920s sl.
• CANNONBALL a superior person or one who claims to be so ...1940s US sl.
• CAT'S MEOW, CAT'S MIAOU, CAT'S MIAOW a superior person, or someone who poses as such ...1920s Aust. & US sl.
• CAT'S MITTS a superior person, or someone who poses as such ...1910s US sl.
• CAT'S NUTS a superior person, or someone who poses as such ...1910s US sl.
• CHIEF one's boss or superior ...20C Amer. sl.
• CODFISH one who thinks himself superior to their peers ...E19 sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person ...1784 colloq.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• DARBS, THE a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, or attractive ...1922 US sl.
• DICK-NAILER something or someone superior or extraordinary; anything satisfactory; something impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
• FANCY DUDE any person who acts superior ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FANCY PANTS a dandy; a pretentious, superior, self-important person ...1934 US sl.
• FROG'S TONSILS, THE someone extraordinary, wonderful, or admirable; an excellent or superior person, or one who poses as such ......1936 US sl.
• GAFFER one's employer or superior ...a1659 Brit. sl.
• GINIGOG a person who is superior in some way, either positively or negatively ...1983 W. Indies
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR a superior, a boss; a manager or owner; a superintendent ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD-ON a severe and intolerant person, esp. a martinet leader or superior ...1980s US sl.
• HIGH MICKEY-DOODLE a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH MONKEY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension; a self-important person ...1856 Amer. sl.
• HIGH MUCKTY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH MUCKY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH-MUCKETY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• JIM-DANDY a superior or excellent thing or person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-MONK a superior or important person, whether in fact or through pretension; a self-important person; an aristocrat ...1880 US sl.
• OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship's captain; hence, one's employer or superior ...1830 sl.
• RAKER a superior person; a hard worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SHAH one whose superiority, real or imagined, suggests and Oriental potentate ...L19 Cockney sl.
• SOME SHUCKINS anybody or anything large, important, superior, or remarkable ...c1939 Amer. dial.
• SPANKER a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels ...1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOP DOG the victorious or dominant party; one who has influence, an important or superior person ...1900
• TOP SAWYER the leader in any profession, job, or occupation; a superior; a person of importance; the best person ...1826 sl.
• UNIMAKE † a non-equal, a superior ...c1205
superior - verbs
• BE A QUEEN TO to be much superior to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GET OFF ONE'S HIGH HORSE to stop behaving as if one thinks oneself superior to others ...1782
• GET ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE to start behaving as if one thinks oneself superior to others ...1782
• HAVE to surpass, to be superior to; to have the better of ...1843 Eng. dial.
• HIGH-HAT to act in a superior manner towards others; to snub ...1920s colloq., orig. US
• HI-HAT to act in a superior manner towards others; to snub ...1920s sl., orig. US
• LOSE to be much superior to; to overcome; to defeat easily ...20C colloq.
• PACK to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than ...c1920 Aust sl.
• PUT THE KIBOSH ON ONE to beat badly; to prove one's superiority over one ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• PUT TO SHAME to outshine by virtue of superior qualities or a more praiseworthy action
• SHADE to be superior to, albeit by a small margin ...1950s sl., orig. Aust.
SUPERIORITY - adverbs
• BEFORE † in a position of pre-eminence or superiority to ...1377
superiority - nouns
• BETTERHOOD * the condition of being better; superiority ...1615
superiority - verbs
• RUN AWAY WITH THE HARROWS to carry off the prize; to acquire superiority ...1844 Sc.
SUPERLATIVE - adjectives
• BRAG excellent or superlative; worth bragging about ...1838 Amer. dial.
• CRACKERJACK excellent; first-class, superlative ...1899 sl., orig. US
• DEAD-SET superlative, in both positive and negative uses ...1940s Aust. & US sl.
• EX superlative, first-rate ...20C sl.
• HYPERTHETICAL † superlative ...1611
• OFF THE MEAT RACK superlative, first-rate, astonishing, excellent ...2000s US Black sl.
• UNGODLY extremely good; superlative ...1970s US campus sl.
• UP IN G very best, superlative ...L19 US sl.
• UP TO G very best, superlative ...L19 US sl.
superlative - nouns
• CAT'S MEOW, CAT'S MIAOU, CAT'S MIAOW anything exceptional or superlative ...1920s Aust. & US sl.
• CAT'S MITTS anything exceptional or superlative ...1910s US sl.
• CAT'S TONSILLITIS anything exceptional or superlative ...1920s Aust. & US sl.
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
• DUCK'S GUTS something superlative ...1979 Aust. sl.
• GAMMON RASHER a superlative, first-rate, or excellent thing ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'smasher'
superlative - person
• WOPCACKER a superlative or outstanding person ...1947 Aust. sl.
SUPERNATURAL - adjectives
• SPOOKY eerie and supernatural; frightening ...1854 sl., orig. US
• UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar ...1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
supernatural - nouns
• BANSHEE a supernatural being, in the form of a woman, who is supposed to wail outside a house to announce the approaching death of a member of the family ...1769 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAN † supernatural power, witchcraft ...1852 Sc.
• GANFER a ghost, apparition; any supernatural phenomenon ...1774 Sc.
• SCAR-BUG a supernatural appearance ...1895 Eng. dial.
• VIRTUE a charm; a supernatural quality ...1898 Eng. dial.
• WAFT a wraith; a supernatural appearance of one whose death is imminent ...1891 Eng. dial.
SUPERSTITION - nouns
• SUPERSTITIOSITIES †* superstitious beliefs or observances ...c1400
• VERDIE a spoken formula or ritual action which is supposed to bring luck; a charm, a superstition ...1879 Sc.
SUPERSTITIOUS - adjectives
• NARROW-NEBBED narrow in one's religious views; superstitiously struck; apt to take offense ...1899 Sc.
superstitious - nouns
• THREEN a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THRENE a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THREEN to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
superstitious - verbs
• THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
SUPERVISE - verbs
• BIRD-DOG to supervise someone; to tail someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HONCHO to organize, supervise, or be the leader of ...1945 sl.
SUPERVISOR - person
• BOSS-MAN an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GANG-DROVER the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANGER the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GANGMAN the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD PUSH a boss, a foreman, a supervisor ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UNDERMASTER * a subordinate director or supervisor ...1688
• WARDEN † the person having the direction or oversight of some work or enterprise; a supervisor or overseer ...1398
• WHIP a boss or supervisor ...1984 US sl.
SUPPER - adjectives
• CENATICAL * pertaining to dinner or supper ...1725
• CENATORY †* pertaining to dinner or supper ...1650
supper - nouns
• TOM TUCKER supper ...1930s rhyming sl.
• TOMMY TUCKER supper ...1930s rhyming sl.
• TOMMY TUPPER supper ...20C rhyming sl.
supper - verbs
• SADDLE THE SPIT to host a dinner or supper ...L18 sl.
SUPPING - nouns
• CENATION † meal-taking; dining, supping ...1599
SUPPLE - adjectives
• BAIN † flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EASY free from pain, discomfort, or stiffness; supple ...1883 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• LETHE †* flexible, supple ...c1440
• SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADDEN, WADEN young and active; supple; soft ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber ...1808 Sc.
• WAIDEN supple, flaccid, wanting firmness ...1866 Sc.
• WALDIN † pliant, supple, pliable; chiefly used of the body or limbs ...1536 Sc.
• WALLOPY supple and physically relaxed; loose-limbed ...1880 Sc.
supple - nouns
• MALACISSATION †* the act of making soft or supple ...1638
supple - person
• WALLOP a gangling, supple, loose-limbed person ...1887 Sc.
SUPPLEMENT - nouns
• EKE † an addition, increase; a piece added on; a supplement ...894 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SUPPLEMENTARY - adjectives
• ACCESSORIAL of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary ...1726
• SUCCEDANEOUS supplementary ...1665 obs. rare
SUPPLEMENTING - nouns
• ECHING the act of increasing, enlarging, supplementing; an addition ...1382
SUPPLICATE - person
• IMPLORATOR †* one who implores or supplicates ...1602
SUPPLY - nouns
• FURNISHMENTS * supplies in general; munitions of war ...1559
• REPLY supply ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBMINISTRATION † ministering support; provision, supply ...1582
• SUCCENTURIATION † the supply of recruits to fill up a 'century' or company; generally, the supply of persons or things ...1643
supply - person
• SUBMINISTRATOR † one who provides or supplies ...1611
supply - verbs
• FIND to provide for, to supply with food or provisions ...1631 Amer. dial.
• MOUNT to supply, to 'set up' ...c1770 Brit.
• RE-UP to replenish a stack of something; to re-supply something; to re-sign or re-enlist ...1906 US sl., orig. military usage for re-enlisting
• SARROW to supply, esp. to supply an animal with food; to give alms ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SUBMINISTRATE † to supply, to furnish ...1665
• SUCCENTURIATE † to supply what is lacking in; to supply a want; to supplement ...1622
• TEND to provide, to supply ...1882 Eng. dial.
SUPPORT - adjectives
• SUBVENTIVE * giving help or support ...1871
• SUFFRAGANT † giving support or witness ...a1656.
support - nouns
• ADMINICLE anything that aids, helps, or supports ...a1556
• ADMINICULATION † the process of giving help or support ...a1670
• AIDANCE assistance, aid, means of help, support ...1593
• ARM * a chief source of support or assistance; a prop, mainstay ...a1382 rare & arch.
• BACK † a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing ...1566
• BACKSET a something in reserve, esp. applied to a store of money or goods held in reserve against an emergency; hence, a prop, a support ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BACKSTAFF a support ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BACK-STAND † backing, support ...1548
• BIOT any kind of support; a walking-stick ...1818 Eng. dial.
• FASTNESS † support, help ...1382
• FAVOUR † aid, support, furtherance ...c1400
• LEAN † something to lean on, a support ...1610
• LEANING-STOCK a support (lit. and fig.) ...1583
• MANUTENENCY † the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance ...1633
• RANCE a prop or support ...1808 chiefly Sc.
• RANSE a prop or support ...1808 chiefly Sc.
• SCOTCH a prop, support ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTE a prop, support ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STUT a prop, a support ...B1900 Sc.
• SUBMINISTRATION † ministering support; provision, supply ...1582
• SUBVENTION † the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this ...1535
• SUFFRAGE † help, support, assistance, aid ...c1460
support - person
• ANCHOR a person who provides stability, support, or confidence, esp. in an otherwise uncertain situation ...a1425
• BACK-UP one who can be relied on for support, esp. in a fight; a supporting member of a group or team...1990 Aust. prison sl.
• BUTTRESS a person who provides essential support; an upholder of an institution or principle ...a1450
• MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support; the right person ...L17
support - verbs
• BACK to support ...B1870 Eng. colloq.
• BACK ONE'S PLAY to support or defend a person or statement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BACKSTAND to support or stand behind another ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE - to support a loser ...Bk2004
• BARRACK FOR to support vocally (usually a football team, etc.) ...1890 Aust. sl.
• BEAT THE DRUM FOR to promote or support someone or something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support ...1580
• BUTTRESS to provide support for a belief or argument, a person, an institution ...c1400
• CLIMB ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
• DO ONE'S BIT to make a contribution to the common good, esp. in joining the forces in a time of war ...L19 sl.
• DRINK THE KOOL-AID to support wholeheartedly ...1981 US
• FAVOURIZE † to support, to encourage; to favour, to treat with partiality ...1585
• GET ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
• GUN FOR to support, to go for ...Aust. sl.
• JOLLY FOR to support one's friend with teasing and banter ...M19 sl.
• JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
• NERVATE † to nerve, to support, to strengthen ...1682
• PULL FOR to support actively; to encourage
• PULL THE RUG (OUT) FROM UNDER to unexpectedly withdraw support from; to destroy the basis of; to betray ...colloq.
• RANCE to prop, to support ...1808 Sc.
• RANSE to prop, to support ...1808 Sc.
• ROBORATE † to give strength or support to; to invigorate; to fortify ...1533
• ROOT FOR to cheer or applaud (a sports team, etc.); to support ...L19 colloq. orig. US
• SIDE † to support or countenance one ...1591 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• STUT † to prop up, support ...1638 Sc.
• SUBPOUELLE † to support ...a1400
• SUFFRAGE † to vote for or against; hence, to agree or side with, to give support to ...1613
• SUFFULT †* to support ...c1540
support - interjections/phrases
• CLAW ME AND I WILL CLAW THEE scratch my back, and I will scratch yours; support me, and I will support you; stand by me, and I will stand by you ...1531
• MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support ...colloq.
• RAH! used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement ...1870 US
• RAH RAH! used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement ...1870 US
SUPPORTER - person
• ABETTOR one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding - one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle - a supporter, adherent, or advocate ...1580
• ADHERENT one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist ...1426
• ADVANCER † one who extols or lauds; an extoller, a supporter ...a1546
• BACK-FRIEND a supporter; one who does his best for another ...1818 Sc.
• BACKSTOP a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on ...1919 Aust. sl.
• BOOSTER a supporter ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FAUTERER an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...a1662
• FAUTOR an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...c1330
• FAUTRESS † an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...1596
• FAVOURESS †* a female supporter or encourager ...1616
• FAVOURITE † one who countenances, encourages, or supports; a well-wisher, friend, or follower ...1585-7
• JACKAL a toadying follower and supporter ...Bk1958 Eng. sl.
• PART-TAKER a supporter, a partisan, an ally, a backer ...1768 Sc.
• SUFFRAGANT † one who gives his suffrage or vote; a voter; hence, a supporter, a witness ...1627
• SUFFRAGATOR † a voter, a supporter; a witness ...1617
• YELL LEADER a person who encourages and directs a crowd in performing yells in support of a sports team, esp. one appointed to do so ...1892
• ZELATOR * a zealous defender or supporter; one who zealously furthers the cause of ...1460
SUPPORTING - adjectives
• SUBLEVAMINOUS † supporting, sustaining ...1661
supporting - nouns
• BEARING †upholding, supporting; maintenance ...1548
SUPPOSE - verbs
• ACCUSE to admit, to allow; to suppose ...1901 Ireland
• AIM to suppose, to conjecture; to anticipate, to forecast, to expect ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CALCULATE to think, to opine; to believe; to suppose ...1830 colloq.
• COGILATE to suppose, to reckon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ETTLE to suppose, to conjecture, to imagine, to guess; to reckon, to compute, to count on ...1889 Sc.
• EXPOSE to suppose ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FAGGOT to suppose, to conclude ...1893 Eng. dial.
• I-WENE † to expect; to hope; to think, to suppose ...a1000
• JALOOSE to suspect, to be suspicious of; to guess, to imagine, to suppose ...1816 Sc.
• JALOUSE to suspect, to be suspicious of; to guess, to imagine, to suppose ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPINIATE † to hold as an opinion; to suppose, to think, to opine ...1624
• OPINION † to hold the opinion; to think, to suppose, to opine ...1555
• OPINIONATE * to form or hold an opinion; to believe, to suppose, to think ...1621
• READ to suppose, to imagine ...1768 Sc.
SUPPOSED - adjectives
• OPINATE † opined, supposed ...c1450
• OPINIONATE † based on opinion, or held in the way of opinion; conjectural, uncertain; supposed, fancied ...1553
SUPPOSITION - nouns
• OPINATION † the act of forming an opinion; supposition; an opinion, a supposition ...1611
SUPPRESS - verbs
• ADAUNT † to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission ...1297
• BLANKET to suppress, to put in the shade ...1903
• BURKE to suppress, to cover up ...E19 sl.
• CHOKE OFF to discourage, to suppress ...Bk1999
• CRY DOWN to forbid, suppress, or condemn by public proclamation; to publicly disclaim responsibility for ...1457
• DECRY to denounce, to condemn, to suppress, or to depreciate by proclamation; to reduce the value of money ...1617
• NITHER to oppress, to lay low, to suppress, to keep under, to vex, to harass ...1721 Sc.
• OPPRESS 1. † to put down, to suppress; to crush, to quell, to subdue, to overwhelm a person; to check or put and end to a thing or state of things, feeling, disposition, etc. ...c1340
2. † to suppress, to keep out of sight, to conceal ...1538
• SNUFF OUT to suppress, put an end to ...colloq.
• SUBPRESS † to suppress ...1536 obs.
SUPPRESSED - adjectives
• TELESCOPED suppressed, silenced ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
SUPPURATE - verbs
• BEAL † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEELD to swell, to suppurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SEEP to suppurate; to ooze ...1965 Amer. dial.
SUPPURATING - adjectives
• BEALING suppurating ...Bk1888
• RANCOROUS † of a wound or sore: festering, inflamed, full of corruption, suppurating ...1660
suppurating - nouns
• QUITTER † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• QUITTOR † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
SUPPURATION - nouns
• BEALING † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RANCOURING † suppuration, festering ...1567
SUPREMACY - nouns
• HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...c1449
• HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...1582
SUPREME - adjectives
• SUMMARY †* highest; supreme ...1587
SURE - adjectives
• APT of persons: certain, sure ...1893 Ireland
• DAMN RIGHT certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• DAMN SKIPPY certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• DAMN STRAIGHT certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• DAMN TOOTIN' certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• FAST-SURE quite certain; perfectly sure ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HEART-CERTAIN thoroughly certain or sure ...1818
• POT-SURE † thoroughly sure; full of confidence and boldness through drinking ...1648
• SICKER 1. that may be depended on; in which one can put reliance, confidence, or trust; certain, sure ...c1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. certain of its effect; effective, sure ...1338
• SLOW-SURE * slow and sure ...1837 poetic
• SURE AS A GUN, AS quite sure, certainly
• SURE AS CHRISTMAS very sure, certain ...1959 UK sl.
• SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS absolutely sure, certain ...1699 UK sl.
• SURE AS GOD MADE LITTLE (GREEN) APPLES very sure, absolutely certain ...1874 UK sl.
• SURE AS GOD MADE RAIN, AS very sure, certain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SURE AS SHIT AND TAXES very sure, absolutely certain ...1957 US sl.
• THOUGHT-SURE clear or sure in point of recollection ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
sure - adverbs
• DEAD TO RIGHTS certain, sure ...M19 sl.
• SARTAIN SURE quite sure ...1864 Eng. dial.
sure - nouns
• CINCH something sure or easy ..colloq.
• COP a successful bet; hence, any form of 'sure thing' or certainty ...L19 sl.
• DEAD BIRD a certain bet; a sure thing ...L19 Aust. sl.
• NAP a good bet, a sure thing ...2001 UK sl.
sure - verbs
• CINCH to seize on or make sure of; to guarantee ...colloq.
• FASTEN † to make sure, to confirm, to ratify an agreement ...a900
• INSURE to assure, to pledge one's word; to make sure; to guarantee ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
• NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of ...1732 sl., orig. criminals' usage
sure - phrases
• BET YOUR BOOTS ON to be absolutely sure about a thing ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HAVE THE DEAD WOOD, TO to be sure; to have a good thing ...1851 Amer.
• NO SPIFFING for sure, no fooling ...L19 sl.
SURELY - adverbs
• BELIKE perhaps, probably, maybe; surely ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BELIKES perhaps, probably, maybe; surely ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SARTLY certainly, surely ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SURE AS GUNTER very surely ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SURE AS SHIT absolutely, surely; without a doubt ...1954 US sl.
SURETY - adverbs
• WITHOUT GAB † without deception; of a surety ...c1320
SURF - nouns
• LAND-BRIST † surf ...1375 Sc.
SURFACE - nouns
• REAM the rim or surface of anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SURFEIT - nouns
• HAISTER a surfeit ...1864 Eng. dial.
• O.D. a surfeit; oversupply ...Aust. sl.
• UG a surfeit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
surfeit - verbs
• OD ON to have or consume to excess; to have a surfeit of ...Aust. sl.
• PALL to satiate, to surfeit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SURFEITED - adjectives
• STONKERED surfeited ...L20 Aust. sl.
surfeited - vers
• O.D. to get too much of or become surfeited with; to overindulge in ...1974 Amer. sl.
SURFING - adjectives
• HUNG UP while surfing, caught along the steep wall of a wave and unable to pull out ...1963 US sl.
• UNDERGUNNED having too small a surfboard for the surf conditions ...1989 Aust. sl.
surfing - adverbs
• SKEG-FIRST while surfing: said of the beginning of a ride with the tail of the surfboard pointing towards shore ...1988 US sl.
surfing - nouns
• ALL-TIMER'S DISEASE used by surfers humorously to describe a person's proclivity to exaggerate when recounting surf conditions or their accomplishments ...1991 US sl.
• BAGGIES loose-legged boxer swimming trunks worn by surfers; baggy shorts or trousers ...1963 Amer sl., orig. surfing usage
• CADILLAC a large surfboard used for big-wave conditions ...1965 US sl.
• CHEATER FIVE while surfing: the toes of one foot extended over the nose of the board only because the surfer has stretched his leg far forward ...1965 US sl.
• CLEAN PEELER to a surfer: a perfect wave ...1997 US sl.
• CLOCKY sudden waving arm movements of a surfer trying to get his balance ...1991 US sl.
• DAWN PATROL golfers or surfers who head out early to beat others to the course or waves ...20C Amer. sl.
• DING STRING a cord attached to a surfer and his surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• DINGAGE damage to a surfboard or a surf-related injury ...1991 sl.
• GLASS HOUSE in surfing: a smooth ride inside the hollow of a wave ...1987 US sl.
• GLASS ITCH irritation of the skin by fibreglass dust ...1979 US surfing usage
• GREENBACK in surfing: a swell that has not broken ...1963 US sl.
• GUN a large heavy surfboard used for riding big waves ...1963 surfing sl.
• HOOK in surfing: the crest of a breaker ...1965 Amer. surfing sl.
• HOT DOG in surfing: a Malibu board, i.e. a wide, not very large, board, made of ‘foam’ and sheathed with fibreglass ...c1960 Aust. sl.
• HUMP a large wave ...1957 US surfer use
• KOOK BOX a paddle board, used by beginner surfers ...1964 US sl.
• KOOK CORD a line that attaches to a surfer's ankle to his surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• LEASH a line attached at one end to a surfer and at the other to the surfboard ...1977 US sl.
• LOG a heavy, cumbersome surfboard ...1963 US sl.
• QUEEN MARY a surfboard that is too big for the surfer using it ...1964 US sl.
• QUIVER a selection of surfboards, used for different surf conditions ...1977 US sl.
• RAIL the edge of a surfboard ...L1950s Aust. surfers' sl.
• RAIL SANDWICH a surfboard between your legs ...1978 US sl.
• REEDS long shorts, favoured by surfers ...1985 US sl.
• SHUFFLE the movement by a surfer forward on the board while surfing, executed without crossing the feet ...1965 US sl.
• SINKER a dent on a surfboard that requires a resin filler ...1986 US sl.
• SKEG a fin on a surfboard ...1962 US sl.
• SNUFF-OUT in surfing: a fast and violent loss of position on a surfboard, usually followed by a sudden trip below the ocean surface ...1977 US sl.
• STACKUP a group of waves; a group of surfers on a single wave ...1977 US sl.
• STEAMER a type of wetsuit worn by surfers and wind-surfers, with minimally permeable rubber ...1982 sl.
• TABLA a surfboard ...1977 US sl.
• WAITING ROOM in surfing: the area beyond the breakers where surfers wait to catch waves ...1977 Israel sl.
• WOODFOOT in surfing, numbing of the foot in cold water ...2001 US surfing usage
• WOODY a wooden surfboard ...1950s Amer. sl.
surfing - person
• BABY GUN a short, bullet-shaped surf board designed for big-wave conditions ...1970 US sl.
• BARNEY a poor, clumsy surfer ...Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
• BEARD a veteran surfer ...Bk1994 surfing sl.
• BEER-DRINKING MARSUPIALS in surfing: Australian surfers ...Bk1997
• BELLYBOARDER a person who rides a bellyboard (a short, light surfboard ridden in a prone position, typically made of plywood) ...1964
• BENNY a nonsurfer who talks, dresses, and acts like he or she has been surfing for years ...Bk1992 surfing sl.
• BIG KAHUNA in surfing: a particularly skilled or respected surfer ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• DUCK a surfer who lingers in the water, rarely catching a wave ...1991 US sl.
• FANNY-DUNKER in surfing: a wader or swimmer ...1968 surfing sl.
• GLUE FOOT a surfer who is sure-footed on the surfboard ...Bk1992 US surfing sl.
• GREMLIN a young surfer; also, a troublemaker who frequents the beaches but does not surf ...M20 surfing sl.
• GREMMIE, GREMMY a young surfer ...M20 surfing sl.
• GUTSLIDER a bodyboarder; term of derision used by surfers ...2003 S. Afr. sl.
• GYRO a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• GYRO WANKER a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• KOOK a novice, or one who is inexpert in surf-riding ...1961 sl., orig. US
• MUTIE a daring exponent, a devotee ...Brit. surfers' & rock music fans usage
• QUACK a novice surfer ...1977 US sl.
• SAND FLEA someone who associates with surfers at the beach but rarely if ever enters the water ...1985 US sl.
• SCEG, SKEG a surfer ...1985 Aust. sl.
• SEA PIG a fat surfer ...1988 US sl.
• SKEGHEAD a surfer ...1988 Aust. sl.
• SWITCHFOOT a surfer who can surf with either foot forward, depending on the conditions ...1964 US sl.
• TEA-BAGGER a body-boarder ...Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
• VALLEY COWBOYS inland surfers ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• WAG a social outcast, esp. a non-surfer ...1991 US sl.
• WAHINE, WAHINI a female surfer ...1963 US sl.
• ZELLER an over-devoted surfer ...1988 US sl.
surfing - person, other
• HIGHWAY SURFER a person who adopts the mannerisms of surfers, buys the equipment, but never seems to get out of the car into the water ...1963 US sl.
surfing - verbs
• BACK-DOOR in surfing: to start a ride behind the peak of a wave ...1980 US sl.
• CARVE in surfing: to change the course of the surfboard by digging it into the water ...1980 US sl.
• CARVE UP THE MOB to surf recklessly through a crowd of surfers or swimmers ...1964 Aust. sl.
• COP A TUBE to catch a perfect tubular wave ...Bk2006 US surfing sl.
• DUCK-DIVE in surfing: to push the nose of the surfboard down under a breaking wave ...1988 US sl.
• EAT IT in surfing: to lose control and fall from your surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• EAT ONE'S LUNCH in surfing: to be thrown from a surfboard ...1981 US surfing usage
• EAT SHIT in surfing: to lose control of a ride and fall off your surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• EAT THE COOKIE while surfing: to be pounded fiercely by a breaking wave ...1997 US sl.
• EAT UP of a wave: to overcome and knock a surfer from the surfboard ...1965 US sl.
• GET THE AXE in surfing: to be knocked off your board by a wave ...1957 US sl.
• GO OVER THE FALLS in surfing: to be thrown over by the curl of a wave ...1977 sl.
• KICK in surfing: to force the nose of the surfboard up out of the water ...1973 US sl.
• KICK OUT to shift the weight to the rear of the board and pull it over the top of the wave ...1962
• NAIL of a wave: to knock a surfer from the surfboard ...1977 US sl.
• NOSE-RIDE in surfing: to ride on the front of the board ...1979 US sl.
• SHOOT THE PIER to ride a wav through or between the pilings of a pier ...1961 surfing sl.
• SKIN to surf without a wet suit ...1991 US sl.
• SLASH to surf aggressively back and forth across the face of a wave ...1991 US sl.
• SNAKE to cut into a wave ahead of another surfer by beginning one's ride in his or her path ...1987 surfing sl.
• WALK THE NOSE in surfing: to advance to the front of the board ...1962 US sl.
• WALK THE PLANK to move forward on a surfboard, increasing the speed of the ride ...1963 Aust. sl.
surfing - interjections/phrases
• COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave ...1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• OVER THE FALLS said of a surfer carried over the breaking edge of a wave ...1964 US sl.
SURGE - verbs
• ESTUATE † to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide ...1620
• JAW to rush in waves; to dash or pour; to splash; to surge ...1513 Sc.
SURGEON - see DOCTOR
SURGERY - adjectives
• CHIRURGICAL pertaining to surgery; skilled in, or practising surgery ...1541 arch.
surgery - nouns
• ACIURGY * operative surgery ...1828
• EYE JOB cosmetic surgery around the eyes ...1996 US sl.
SURLINESS - nouns
• CARLISHNESS surliness; coarseness ...1552
SURLY - adjectives
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-tempered, surly ...1873 Sc.
• CAMLA-LIKE † sullen, surly ...1767 Sc.
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• DOGGISH surly, snappish
• ELDRITCH † surly, severe in temper and manner; of weather: chill, keen ...1825 Sc.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly ...B1900 Sc.
• GRUM grim, surly, sullen, morose, glum ...1771 Amer. dial.
• GRUM AND CHUFF sulky in demeanour and surly in speech; morose and forbidding ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPISH surly, peevish ...20C colloq.
• GURLY surly, cross, ill-humoured ...1721 Sc.
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-KEESTERD ill-natured, surly, full of unpleasant devices ...1929 Sc.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• IN A FUNK in a surly or gloomy state ...1808 orig. Sc.
• JUNTISH surly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KELSHIE † crabbed, surly ...1833 Sc.
• LUNT short, crusty, surly in speech or in manners ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• MANDY abusive, insolent, saucy; surly ...c1730 Eng. dial.
• NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; churlish; narrow-minded ...1871
• RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish ...1721 Sc.
• REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• SANSHACH disdainful, haughty, saucy, surly, snappish ...1825 Sc.
• SIDY † surly, moody, pettish...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUMPHISH sullen, surly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-FACED having a surly face ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
surly - person
• BEAR a stubborn and disagreeable person; a surly person ...1638 sl.
• BLACK FELLOW a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BLACK MAN a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• DIKBEK a sulky or surly person ...1970 S. Afr.
• GLUNDIE, GLUNDY † a fellow with a sulky look, but not sulky for all; one who deceives by appearance; a bad-mannered, clumsy, surly, or blundering person ...1824 Sc.
• GLUNTOCH † a stupid fellow; a surly, sullen person ...1825 Sc.
• GRUMP a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• MOOSK a sly, surly person ...1931 Sc.
• MOROSO †* a morose, peevish, or surly person ...1592
• RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl ...B1900 sl.
• SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person ...1904 Sc.
• SUMPH a surly or sullen man ...1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
surly - verbs
• SURL to be surly, ugly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SURMISE - nouns
• DEEMING † censure; a surmise or suspicion ...1476
surmise - verbs
• DEEM † to think of something as existent; to guess, to suspect, to surmise, to imagine ...c1400
• JALOUSE to have a suspicion of; to surmise, to guess ...1816 Sc.
SURMOUNT - verbs
• EXSUPERATE † to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome ...1559
• EXUPERATE † to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount ...1559
SURNAME - adjectives
• MINIMUS in some British schools, appended to a surname to designate the youngest (in age or standing) of three or four boys having the same surname; e.g. J. Smith minimus ...1791
surname - nouns
• AFTERNAME a surname ...1815 Sc.
• BACK-NAME a surname ...1895 Eng. dial.
• COGNOMINATION a surname; the name of a family ...1646
• SIRENAME * a family name; a surname originating from the given name of the father ...1542
• TRIMMINGS a surname ...1968 Amer. dial.
surname - verbs
• ADDITION †* to add something to the name of anyone; to surname ...1662
SURPASS - adjectives
• PRECELLENT † that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent ...1382
surpass - nouns
• BEAT something that surpasses ...1827 Amer. dial.
surpass - verbs
• ACE to surpass someone or something; to beat someone or something
• BACK CLEAR OFF THE BOARDS to surpass thoroughly ...1898 Amer. sl.
• BACK OFF THE BOARDS to surpass ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BACK OFF THE EARTH to surpass thoroughly ...1918 Amer. sl.
• BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
• BANG BANAGHER to surpass everything ...a1845
• BANG THE BUSH to surpass everything that has gone before ...1839
• BEAT BANAGHER to surpass everything ...a1845
• BEAT BOBTAIL to surpass (one's) expectation or comprehension ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BEAT HOLLOW to surpass, to outdo ...1771 Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BAND to exceed, to surpass, to beat everything ...1900
• BEAT THE BUGS to surpass all others ...c1833 US sl.
• BEAT THE DEVIL AND DR. FOSTER to excel, to surpass ...1848 Ireland
• BEAT THE DUTCH to surpass all others ...1775
• BEAT THE JEWS (offensive) to surpass all others ...1845 US sl.
• BEAT THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• BEAT TO CHUCKS to surpass utterly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENSIL to surpass, to outdo ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW ONE'S DOORS OFF to defeat or surpass someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BREAK THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• BY-PASS * to pass, to surpass ...1848
• CAMP to surpass; to 'floor' ...a1800 Aust. sl.
• CAP to surpass, to outdo, to excel ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CAP THE CLIMAX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CAP THE STACK to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CAP THE VORTEX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1907 Amer. dial.
• CAPTURE THE CRUMB to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• COP THE CAKE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• COP THE CURRANTY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• CRACK to surpass or exceed a limit, record, or benchmark number ...1953 Amer. sl.
• CUT THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• DING to overcome, to subdue; to excel, to surpass ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING DOWN TANTALLON to surpass all bounds ...1842 Sc.
• EXSUPERATE † to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome ...1559
• EXUPERATE † to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount ...1559
• FADE to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HAVE to surpass, to be superior to; to have the better of ...1843 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE HEELS OF to excel, to surpass, to have the best of ...1894 Sc.
• HEAD to surpass, to outdo, to excel; to outwit, to get the better of ...1711
• KNOCK SPOTS OFF to be better than, to surpass; to outdo easily; to beat ...1856 sl., orig. US
• LALLIGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LALLYGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LAY IT ALL OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel ...1911 Amer. dial.
• LAY IT OVER to surpass ...1903 Amer. sl.
• LAY OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel ...1853
• LAY UP † to surpass, to excel ...1601
• LICK to outdo, to surpass ...colloq.
• LOLLIGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LOLLYGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LOWER THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• OUTPEER * to surpass; to excel; to outmatch; to outmate ...a1616
• OUTRAY † to surpass; to overcome; to defeat; to go beyond ...c1390
• PALL to surpass ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHED RINERS WITH A WHAVER to cap; to surpass ...Bk1903 sl.
• SMASH THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAKE DOWN to challenge; to overcome; to surpass; to kill ...M18 sl.
• TAKE IT to surpass others, to beat all rivals ...1900s sl.
• TAKE IT OUT OF SOMEONE to surpass ...1900s sl.
• TAKE THE BAKER'S SHOP to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE BAKERY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE BISCUIT to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE CAKE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1842 sl.
• TAKE THE CHEESE of a negative circumstance or objectionable person: to surpass, to outdo ...L19 sl.
• TAKE THE COOKIE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1882 sl.
• TAKE THE FLOUR to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE PASTRY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF 1. to beat, to surpass; to excel; to outshine ...1833 Amer. dial.
2. to surpass all others; to be outstanding or outrageous; to be the last straw ...1837 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF THE BUSH to surpass all others; to be outstanding or outrageous; to be the last straw ...1810 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF THE EDGE to surpass, arouse admiration ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE SHINE OFF to surpass in beauty or excellence ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF to beat, to surpass ...E19 sl.
• VANQUISH † to excel or surpass ...1533
• WAGGLE to get the better of; to overcome, to surpass ...L19 US sl.
• WALLOP to overcome, to surpass, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• WAR to 'worse', to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel ...1483 Sc.
• WHIP to overcome, to vanquish, to defeat; to surpass, to outdo ...1571
surpass - phrases
• THAT LICKS THE NATIVES that surpasses everything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THAT PALLS ALL that beats or surpasses everything ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SURPASSED - adjectives
• ACED outscored; surpassed ...Amer. sl.
• EXUPERABLE † that may be overcome or surpassed ...1656
• LEFT FOR DEAD left behind; surpassed; outstripped ...20C sl.
SURPASSING - adjectives
• BRAW worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CUT ABOVE, A surpassing all others ...1818
• STICKOUT surpassing all others ...1948 US sl.
• STREETS AHEAD surpassing all others ...1898 sl.
• TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others ...1900 sl.
SURPLUS - nouns
• AFTERINGS the surplus; the remainder ...Bk1898 Sc.
• OVERPLUS a surplus; that which remains over and above the quantity required or proposed ...a1387
• OVERPLUSH a surplus ...1837 Amer. dial.
• YOKOZUNA a grand champion sumo wrestler; a wrestler of the highest rank in sumo ...1894
SUMPTUOUS - adjectives
• DAPATICAL † sumptuous, as in feasting; costly ...1623
• DISPENDIOUS costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous ...1727
• LAUTITIOUS †* sumptuous; luxurious; excellent; magnificent; chiefly said of meat ...1648
• MAGNIFIC sumptuous, splendid ...1490 arch.
• MAGNIFICAL splendid, stately, sumptuous ...1538 arch.
• OPIME † rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid ...1533.
• OPIMOUS † rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid ...1656
• OPIPAROUS †* rich, sumptuous ...1621
SUMPTUOUSLY - adverbs
• OPIPAROUSLY † sumptuously ...1653
SUMPTUOUSNESS - nouns
• DAINTY † delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness ...a1300
• SUMPT †* sumptuousness ...1548
• SUMPTURE †* sumptuousness ...1616
SUN - adjectives
• FALLEN * of the sun: having set ...1892
• OCCASIVE †* pert. to the setting sun, western ...1802
• OCCIDENTAL situated in or directed towards that region of the heavens in which the sun sets; in the west, western, westerly ...c1391
• OCCIDUAL †* of the sun and heavenly bodies: going down, setting ...1635
• OCCIDUOUS †* of the sun and heavenly bodies: going down, setting ...1656
• SUNKEN of the sun: gone down below the horizon ...1816
• SUNNISH † resembling the sun in colour and brilliancy ...c1374
• TITANIAN resembling the sun ...1614
• TITANIC †* pert. to the sun ...1656
sun - adverbs
• SUNGATES † sunways, in the direction of the apparently daily movement of the sun; i.e. from left to right (in the northern hemisphere); clockwise ...1597 Sc.
• SUNWAYS sunways, in the direction of the apparently daily movement of the sun; i.e. from left to right (in the northern hemisphere); clockwise ...1774
sun - nouns
• ALPENGLOW the rosy light of the setting or rising sun seen on high mountains ...1871
• BEEK the act of basking in the sun or by the fire ...1725 Sc.
• BENGAL BLANKET the sun; a blue sky ...19C Anglo-Indian
• BENNIE GOD the sun ...1965 US sl.
• BRONZE JOHN the sun ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CHELSEA BUN the sun ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• CURRANT BUN the sun ...L19 Cockney rhyming sl.
• DAY-STAR the sun, as the orb of day ...1598 poetic
• DAY-SUN † the sun ...1571 rhetorical and figurative
• DAZZLER the sun ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• DECLENSION the act of declining, or deviating from a vertical or horizontal position; slope, inclination; a declining or sinking into a lower position, as of the sun towards setting ...1640-4
• FAIGER n. fishermen's tabu-name for the sun; only used with def. article ...1866 Sc.
• FALLING the setting of the sun ...1555
• GATE-DOWN † a going down, setting of the sun, etc. ...c1440
• HAIR the rays or 'tresses' of the sun; the tail of a comet; the 'leafy locks' of a tree, etc. ...1594
• HANNAH the sun personified ...1934 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER the sun ...1908 Amer. sl.
• HOT CROSS BUN the sun ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• OCCASION †* the setting of the sun ...1533
• OCCIDENT * the region of the sky in which the sun and other heavenly bodies set, or the corresponding region of the earth; the west ...c1386
• OCCIENT † the region of the sky in which the sun and other heavenly bodies set, or the corresponding region of the earth; the west ...c1460
• OLD BETSY the sun ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OLD HANNAH the sun ...1933 US Black sl.
• OLD HAYMAKER the sun ...1862 Amer. sl.
• OLD HULDY the sun personified ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD JAMAICA RUM the sun ...20C rhyming sl.
• OLD SOL the sun ...20C US colloq.
• PIPES FROM THE SUN the rays of the sun striking through a break in the clouds, considered a sign of wet weather ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SKY-FIRE † that in the body of the sun, and other heavenly lights ...1710
• SUN-BATH an exposure of the sun, esp. as a method of medical treatment; basking in the sun ...1875
• SUNLET a little sun ...1840
• TITAN the sun personified ...1412-20
• TITAN BEAM † a sunbeam ...a1649
• VAIL † the going down or setting of the sun ...1606
• VATSGAARIN a halo around the sun, supposed to indicate bad weather ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WATER DOG a halo around the sun; a short strip of rainbow ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER GALL a halo around the sun ...1785 Amer. dial.
sun - verbs
• APRICATE * to bask in the sun; to expose to sunlight ...a1691
• BAUM to bask in the sun or by the fire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEEK 1. † to expose oneself to the pleasurable warmth of sun, fire, etc.; to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire ...c1230 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. of the sun: to shine brightly ...1788 Sc.
• BLENT of the sun: to shine after the sky has been overcast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHASE to recline in a chair in the sunshine ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DARK † of the sun or moon: to suffer eclipse ...c1340
• EYE OF THE WORLD the sun ...1822
• FALL † of the sun, etc.: to go down; to sink, to set ...1633
• GANG TO † of the sun: to set ...1825 Sc.
• LEAN of the sun: to descend ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PAIL of the sun: to beat fiercely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEE THE SUN DANCE to see the sun rise on Easter morning ...1867 Eng. dial.
• VERGE of the sun: to descend toward the horizon; to sink, or being to do so ...1610
• WADE of the sun or moon: to wade through clouds or mist ...a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WELK † of the sun in the west: to fade, to grow dim ...B1900
• YARK † of the rays of the sun: to beat powerfully on any object ...Bk1905 Sc.
sun - phrases
• IT'S RAINING POISON what people say when sunshine and rain come together ...1950 Amer. dial.
SUNBATHE - verbs
• BAG SOME RAYS to sunbathe; to get a suntan ...1950s US sl.
• CATCH SOME RAYS to sunbathe ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LAY OUT to sunbathe ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOAK UP SOME RAYS to sunbathe ...1960s Amer. sl.
SUNBATHING - person
• SUN-WORSHIPPER a devotee of sunbathing ...1966 jocular
SUNBEAM - nouns
• MESSENGER a sunbeam ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SUNBURN - nouns
• SUNNINESS †* sunburn, tan ...1753
sunburn - verbs
• CATCH THE SUN to become sunburnt ...Bk1999
SUNBURNED, SUNBURNT - adjectives
• ADUST of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ...1596
• ADUSTED † of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ...1550
• BAKED sunburned or very tanned ...1930s sl.
• FRIED sunburnt ...1989 US sl.
• SUN-SINGED sunburnt ...1891 Sc.
SUNDAY - adjectives
• SUNDAYED appropriate to Sunday; in Sunday clothes ...1884
• SUNDAYFIED appropriate to Sunday; in Sunday clothes ...1899
Sunday - adverbs
• SUNDAYLY † every Sunday ...1479-81
Sunday - nouns
• CLEAN SHIRT DAY Sunday ...Bk1890 sl.
• FIRST DAY Sunday ...1655 Amer. dial.
• SABBA-DAY Sunday ...L18 US sl.
• SABBER-DAY Sunday ...L18 US sl.
• SUN'S DAY † Sunday ...1891
SUNDIAL - nouns
• SUN-CLOCK a sundial ...1876 poetic
• UMBER † the shadow of the pointer on a sundial ...1382
SUNDRY - adjectives
• SUNDER † separate; various, varied, sundry ...a1400
SUNFLOWER - nouns
• JEWISH ARTICHOKE a sunflower ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUNGAZER a sunflower ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WALLFLOWER the sunflower ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SUNGLASSES - see EYEGLASSES
SUNLIGHT - nouns
• SUN-DART a ray of sunlight figured as a dart ... a1835 poetic
• SUN-GLADE a beam or track of sunlight, esp. the track of reflected sunlight on water ...1849
• SUN-GLEAM † sunlight ...a1240
• SUN-GLOW 1. a glow or glare of sunlight ...1845
2. sunlight ...1884
• SUN-GOLD bright sunlight likened to gold ...1897 poetic
• SUN-SCALD a patch of bright sunlight on the surface of water ...1897
• SUN-SHAFT a shaft of sunlight, a sunbeam ...1868 US
• SUN-SHINING †* sunlight, sunshine ...a1300
• SUN-SPARK the glint of sunlight on an object ...1847 US
SUNNY - adjectives
• LEW † warm; sunny ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
sunny - verbs
CATCH THE SUN to be in a sunny place ...Bk1999
SUNRISE - nouns
• BEFORE-DAY the time just prior to sunrise ...1896 Amer. dial.
• FORE-DAY the time just prior to sunrise ...1896 Amer. dial.
• KEEK O' DAY sunrise, peep of day ...1915 Sc.
• NEB the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• NEB OF THE MORNING the time between dawn and sunrise ...1824 Sc.
• PEEP OF DAY dawn, sunrise ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SUN-BREAK sunrise, dawn ...1850
• SUNRISING * sunrise ...c1250 rare or arch.
• SUNRIST † the sunrise; the east ...1340-70
• SUN-SPRING † sunrise, dawn ...1900 obs. or arch.
SUNSET - nouns
• BULLFINCH SKY a red-hued sunset ...1863 Eng. dial.
• DAY DOWN sunset; late afternoon ...1894 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT DOWN the end of daylight; the beginning of darkness after sunset ...1769 Amer. dial.
• DAY-SET † sunset ...c1386
• DAY-SHUTTING † close of day, sunset ...1673
• PONENT † the place or direction of the sunset; the west ...1538 obs. or arch.
• SKY-SETTING † sunset ...1731 Sc.
• SUNFALL sunset ...1600 chiefly poetic
• SUN-GATE-DOWN † sunset ...c1440
• SUN-GO-DOWN † sunset ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUN-GOING-DOWN † sunset ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUN-REST † sunset ...c1400
• SUNSETTING * sunset ...c1440
• SUN-SITTING † sunset ...c1460
SUNSHINE - adjectives
• SUN-CLAD clothed in sunshine ...1825 poetic
sunshine - nouns
• BLINK sunshine between two showers ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FAIRIES' BAKIN' DAY a day of alternate rain and sunshine ...1894 Sc.
• SUMMER-BLINK † a short spell of sunshine in dull weather ...1637
• SUN-BLAST † a sudden emission or burst of sunshine ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUN-BLINK a gleam of sunshine ...1635 Sc.
• SUN-BREAK a burst of sunshine ...1826
• SUN-SHINING †* sunlight, sunshine ...a1300
SUNSTROKE - adjectives
• SUN-SMITTEN struck by the sun's rays; affected with sunstroke ...1833
• SUN-STRICKEN affected with sunstroke; affected injuriously by the rays or heat of the sun ...1844
sunstroke - phrases
• BEAR GOT HIM, THE he was overcome by the heat; he had a sunstroke ...1950 Amer. dial.
SUNTAN - nouns
• FARMER TAN a suntanned face, neck, and lower arms ...1996 US sl.
SUP - verbs
• SLUP to sup, to swallow ...L16
SUPERB - adjectives
• DOPE great, superb; a common rap term ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FRESH excellent; fine; very good; great, superb ...1984 sl., orig. US rap musician’s usage
• TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others ...1900 sl.
• TOPS best, excellent, superb ...1935 colloq.
SUPERBLY - adverbs
• SPLASHING wonderfully, excellently, superbly ...L19 sl.
SUPERCILIOUS - adjectives
• HIGH-NOSED arrogant, supercilious; intellectual, pretentious ...L18 sl.
• HIGH-SIGHTED † looking upward, supercilious, haughty ...1601
• LARDY-DARDY characteristic of an affected swell; languidly foppish; supercilious ...1861 sl.
• SNIFTY-SNIDEY a slang expression for supercilious, disdainful ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SNOOTY snobbish, arrogant, haughty and disdainful; supercilious; unpleasant ...1919 Amer. sl.
• SNOTTY supercilious and disdainful; contemptible, nasty ...1926 sl.
• STIFF-ARSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 US sl.
• STIFF-ASSED supercilious, stand-offish ...1937 sl.
• SUPER-SILLY-OUS supercilious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOFFEE-NOSED supercilious, conceited, snobbish ...sl.
supercilious - person
• PUKE a supercilious person ...Irish sl.
• PYOCK a supercilious person ...Irish sl.
supercilious - verbs
• FANCY PANTS to act like a dandy or snob; to act in an arrogant, or supercilious manner ...1936 Amer. sl.
• LARDY-DARDY to act the swell, to act in a supercilious manner ...1887 sl.
SUPERFICIAL - adjectives
• ACRYLIC superficial, hard, difficult to tolerate ...1990s US campus sl.
• AIRY of a person or a person's character, etc.: superficial, shallow; later: nonchalalnt, offhand; dismissive ...1609
• AIRY-FAIRY insubstantial; superficial; impractical and foolishly idealistic ...1857
• ALL FROTH AND NO BEER silly; superficial ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• ALL ON TOP not the genuine article; superficial ...Brit. sl.
• CUTANEOUS external, superficial ...1745
• FAT-ASS money-grabbing, superficial, fake ...2000s sl.
• NEW JACK superficial, flashy, meretricious ...1980s US Black sl.
• SKIMMY * of the nature of skimming; superficial; careless, not thorough or exact ...1893
• TANGENTIAL that merely touches a subject of matter; superficial ...1825
superficial - person
• GROLL † a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer ...1637
SUPERFICIALITY - nouns
• FASHIONABLENESS † superficiality, formality ...1608-11
• OVERLINESS † superficiality; carelessness; indifference ...1653
SUPERFICIALLY - adverbs
• FASHIONABLY † with respect to the fashion or external form; outwardly, superficially, in appearance ...1614
• WITH A WET FINGER † slightly, superficially ...1586
SUPERFLUOUS - adjectives
• OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy ...1750 Eng. dial.
• SUPERVACANEOUS † vainly added over and above what is essential; serving no purpose; superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, needless ...c1555 now rare or obs.
• TRABOCCANT †* superabundant; excessive, superfluous ...1651
superfluous - nouns
• FAKEMENT a trimming, a superfluous thing ...L19 sl.
• NEED-NOT † something unnecessary or superfluous ...1650
superfluous - person
• FIFTH CALF someone extra; one who doesn't fit in or belong; a 'fifth wheel' ...1895 Amer. dial.
superfluous - verbs
• CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE vb. to bring things to a place where they abound; to do anything superfluous or unnecessary ...Bk1999
SUPERINTENDENT - person
• ADAM a foreman, a superintendent ...1903 sl.
• EARL † a director, a superintendent ...1483
• GAFFER the foreman or overseer of a gang of workmen - a superintendent ...1841
• GOVERNOR a superior, a boss; a manager or owner; a superintendent ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD MAN a superintendent, a foreman, a boss ...1830 US sl.
• RAMROD a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RAMRODDER a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SUPER a superintendent ...1857 sl.
• WALKER a head foreman, a superintendent ...1952 Amer. dial.
• WALKING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent ...1868 Amer. dial.
• WANDERING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WARDEN the superintendent of a harbour, market, or the like ...1538
• YED-BEETLER the head beetler, the head man of a company of beetlers; also, applied figuratively to any foreman or man in charge; a superintendent of a job ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
SUPERIOR - adjectives
• ACES wonderful; excellent; well-respected; of the very best quality; superior ...20C US sl.
• BAD-DOING first-rate; superior ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BETTAMY superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BETTERISH somewhat better, of somewhat superior sort ...colloq.
• BETTERLY better; superior ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMER superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMORE superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMOST best, superior, above the average ...1737 colloq.
• BETTERMY superior, better ...1843 Eng. dial.
• BOSS excellent; powerful; superior ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CLASSY of superior quality, stylish; having class ...1891 UK sl.
• DAPPING of superior quality or appearance ...1892 Eng. dial.
• EYEGLASSY * haughtily superior or contemptuous ...1871 colloq.
• HIGH-RENT sophisticated, superior ...1970s sl.
• IN THE CATBIRD SEAT in a superior or advantageous position; feeling important ...1945 Amer. dial.
• LACING large; tall; of superior quality ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NAILING excellent; of superior quality; of large size; great ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE behaving as if one thinks oneself superior to others ...1782
• POSH socially superior ...1918 sl.
• PRECELLENT † that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent ...1382
• RACY †* noble, superior ...1675
• TOP-FLIGHT excellent, superior, of the highest class or quality
• TOPPING high or superior in rank, degree, etc.
• UP IN THE PAINT CARDS. old; high; superior ...1930s US sl.
• UP IN THE PAINTS old; high; superior ...1930s US sl.
• WORLD-CLASS very superior; outstanding; super-excellent ...1950 Amer. sl.
superior - nouns
• BEARCAT something extraordinary or excellent in some way; something of superior quality ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BETTER END the higher classes; a superior kind; the greater part, majority ...1848 Eng. dial.
• BETTER HAND † superiority, the 'upper hand'; precedence ...1523
• BETTERINGS superiors, those in a higher position ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BULGE, THE the advantage or upper hand, the superior position ...1860 sl., orig. US
• BULL-POINT a point of advantage or superiority ...1900 colloq.
• CADILLAC something powerful or superior ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DADDY OF THEM ALL, THE the finest, largest, or most striking example; the most notable; the best; the most superior ...1907 US sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person ...1784 colloq.
• DAPPER anything of superior quality or appearance ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• DARBS, THE a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, or attractive ...1922 US sl.
• DICK-NAILER something or someone superior or extraordinary; anything satisfactory; something impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• HIGHER HAND † superiority in contest, mastery ...a1225
• JIM-DANDY a superior or excellent thing or person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat ...a1300, chiefly Sc.
• MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NAILER a marvellously good thing, animal, or person; an exceptionally good hand at something; anything of superior or surprising quality; a surprising lie ...a1818 colloq.
• RAKER a superior thing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SOME SHUCKINS anybody or anything large, important, superior, or remarkable ...c1939 Amer. dial.
superior - person
• BEAT one who excels or surpasses another, a superior ...1855 US sl.
• BEE'S KNEES, THE someone extraordinary, wonderful, or admirable; an excellent or superior person, or one who poses as such ......1905 sl., orig. US
• BETTERMORE BODY a superior person; one of the better class ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BETTERMY BODY a superior person; one of the better class ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BIG ASS an influential, important or celebrated person; a big shot; a superior person or one who claims to be; used derisively ...1956 US sl.
• BIG BANANA a superior person or one who claims to be ...1984 sl.
• BIG BLOKE a boss, a superior ...1916 Aust. sl.
• BIG BOPPER a superior person or one who claims to be ...1967 US sl.
• BIG BOY a superior person or one who claims to be ...1920s US sl.
• BIG HONCHO any form of important or superior person, esp. in a criminal context; a prison governor ...1970 US sl.
• BIG MUCKY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...1952 US sl.
• BIG SHOT a superior person, or one who claims to be; a high-ranking, influential, important, or celebrated person ...1908 sl., orig. US
• BIG SHOUT a superior person, or one who claims to be ...1908 US sl.
• BIG SNAG a superior person, or one who claims to be; a high-ranking, influential, important, or celebrated person ...1842 US sl.
• BITCH ON WHEELS an extraordinary or surprising person; a superior person ...1939 US sl.
• BLUENOSE someone who sees themself as superior to their neighbours ...1920s sl.
• CANNONBALL a superior person or one who claims to be so ...1940s US sl.
• CAT'S MEOW, CAT'S MIAOU, CAT'S MIAOW a superior person, or someone who poses as such ...1920s Aust. & US sl.
• CAT'S MITTS a superior person, or someone who poses as such ...1910s US sl.
• CAT'S NUTS a superior person, or someone who poses as such ...1910s US sl.
• CHIEF one's boss or superior ...20C Amer. sl.
• CODFISH one who thinks himself superior to their peers ...E19 sl.
• DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior ...1757 Amer. sl.
• DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person ...1784 colloq.
• DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive ...1915 US sl.
• DARBS, THE a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, or attractive ...1922 US sl.
• DICK-NAILER something or someone superior or extraordinary; anything satisfactory; something impressively big ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
• FANCY DUDE any person who acts superior ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FANCY PANTS a dandy; a pretentious, superior, self-important person ...1934 US sl.
• FROG'S TONSILS, THE someone extraordinary, wonderful, or admirable; an excellent or superior person, or one who poses as such ......1936 US sl.
• GAFFER one's employer or superior ...a1659 Brit. sl.
• GINIGOG a person who is superior in some way, either positively or negatively ...1983 W. Indies
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR a superior, a boss; a manager or owner; a superintendent ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD-ON a severe and intolerant person, esp. a martinet leader or superior ...1980s US sl.
• HIGH MICKEY-DOODLE a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH MONKEY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension; a self-important person ...1856 Amer. sl.
• HIGH MUCKTY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH MUCKY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH-MUCKETY-MUCK a superior or important person, whether actually or through pretension ...M19 US sl.
• JIM-DANDY a superior or excellent thing or person ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY-MONK a superior or important person, whether in fact or through pretension; a self-important person; an aristocrat ...1880 US sl.
• OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship's captain; hence, one's employer or superior ...1830 sl.
• RAKER a superior person; a hard worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SHAH one whose superiority, real or imagined, suggests and Oriental potentate ...L19 Cockney sl.
• SOME SHUCKINS anybody or anything large, important, superior, or remarkable ...c1939 Amer. dial.
• SPANKER a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels ...1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOP DOG the victorious or dominant party; one who has influence, an important or superior person ...1900
• TOP SAWYER the leader in any profession, job, or occupation; a superior; a person of importance; the best person ...1826 sl.
• UNIMAKE † a non-equal, a superior ...c1205
superior - verbs
• BE A QUEEN TO to be much superior to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GET OFF ONE'S HIGH HORSE to stop behaving as if one thinks oneself superior to others ...1782
• GET ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE to start behaving as if one thinks oneself superior to others ...1782
• HAVE to surpass, to be superior to; to have the better of ...1843 Eng. dial.
• HIGH-HAT to act in a superior manner towards others; to snub ...1920s colloq., orig. US
• HI-HAT to act in a superior manner towards others; to snub ...1920s sl., orig. US
• LOSE to be much superior to; to overcome; to defeat easily ...20C colloq.
• PACK to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than ...c1920 Aust sl.
• PUT THE KIBOSH ON ONE to beat badly; to prove one's superiority over one ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• PUT TO SHAME to outshine by virtue of superior qualities or a more praiseworthy action
• SHADE to be superior to, albeit by a small margin ...1950s sl., orig. Aust.
SUPERIORITY - adverbs
• BEFORE † in a position of pre-eminence or superiority to ...1377
superiority - nouns
• BETTERHOOD * the condition of being better; superiority ...1615
superiority - verbs
• RUN AWAY WITH THE HARROWS to carry off the prize; to acquire superiority ...1844 Sc.
SUPERLATIVE - adjectives
• BRAG excellent or superlative; worth bragging about ...1838 Amer. dial.
• CRACKERJACK excellent; first-class, superlative ...1899 sl., orig. US
• DEAD-SET superlative, in both positive and negative uses ...1940s Aust. & US sl.
• EX superlative, first-rate ...20C sl.
• HYPERTHETICAL † superlative ...1611
• OFF THE MEAT RACK superlative, first-rate, astonishing, excellent ...2000s US Black sl.
• UNGODLY extremely good; superlative ...1970s US campus sl.
• UP IN G very best, superlative ...L19 US sl.
• UP TO G very best, superlative ...L19 US sl.
superlative - nouns
• CAT'S MEOW, CAT'S MIAOU, CAT'S MIAOW anything exceptional or superlative ...1920s Aust. & US sl.
• CAT'S MITTS anything exceptional or superlative ...1910s US sl.
• CAT'S TONSILLITIS anything exceptional or superlative ...1920s Aust. & US sl.
• DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish ...1809
• DUCK'S GUTS something superlative ...1979 Aust. sl.
• GAMMON RASHER a superlative, first-rate, or excellent thing ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'smasher'
superlative - person
• WOPCACKER a superlative or outstanding person ...1947 Aust. sl.
SUPERNATURAL - adjectives
• SPOOKY eerie and supernatural; frightening ...1854 sl., orig. US
• UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar ...1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
supernatural - nouns
• BANSHEE a supernatural being, in the form of a woman, who is supposed to wail outside a house to announce the approaching death of a member of the family ...1769 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAN † supernatural power, witchcraft ...1852 Sc.
• GANFER a ghost, apparition; any supernatural phenomenon ...1774 Sc.
• SCAR-BUG a supernatural appearance ...1895 Eng. dial.
• VIRTUE a charm; a supernatural quality ...1898 Eng. dial.
• WAFT a wraith; a supernatural appearance of one whose death is imminent ...1891 Eng. dial.
SUPERSTITION - nouns
• SUPERSTITIOSITIES †* superstitious beliefs or observances ...c1400
• VERDIE a spoken formula or ritual action which is supposed to bring luck; a charm, a superstition ...1879 Sc.
SUPERSTITIOUS - adjectives
• NARROW-NEBBED narrow in one's religious views; superstitiously struck; apt to take offense ...1899 Sc.
superstitious - nouns
• THREEN a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THRENE a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature ...1720 Sc.
• THREEN to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
superstitious - verbs
• THRENE to tell ghost stories or superstitious tales ...1898 Sc.
SUPERVISE - verbs
• BIRD-DOG to supervise someone; to tail someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HONCHO to organize, supervise, or be the leader of ...1945 sl.
SUPERVISOR - person
• BOSS-MAN an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GANG-DROVER the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANGER the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GANGMAN the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD PUSH a boss, a foreman, a supervisor ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UNDERMASTER * a subordinate director or supervisor ...1688
• WARDEN † the person having the direction or oversight of some work or enterprise; a supervisor or overseer ...1398
• WHIP a boss or supervisor ...1984 US sl.
SUPPER - adjectives
• CENATICAL * pertaining to dinner or supper ...1725
• CENATORY †* pertaining to dinner or supper ...1650
supper - nouns
• TOM TUCKER supper ...1930s rhyming sl.
• TOMMY TUCKER supper ...1930s rhyming sl.
• TOMMY TUPPER supper ...20C rhyming sl.
supper - verbs
• SADDLE THE SPIT to host a dinner or supper ...L18 sl.
SUPPING - nouns
• CENATION † meal-taking; dining, supping ...1599
SUPPLE - adjectives
• BAIN † flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EASY free from pain, discomfort, or stiffness; supple ...1883 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• LETHE †* flexible, supple ...c1440
• SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WADDEN, WADEN young and active; supple; soft ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber ...1808 Sc.
• WAIDEN supple, flaccid, wanting firmness ...1866 Sc.
• WALDIN † pliant, supple, pliable; chiefly used of the body or limbs ...1536 Sc.
• WALLOPY supple and physically relaxed; loose-limbed ...1880 Sc.
supple - nouns
• MALACISSATION †* the act of making soft or supple ...1638
supple - person
• WALLOP a gangling, supple, loose-limbed person ...1887 Sc.
SUPPLEMENT - nouns
• EKE † an addition, increase; a piece added on; a supplement ...894 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SUPPLEMENTARY - adjectives
• ACCESSORIAL of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary ...1726
• SUCCEDANEOUS supplementary ...1665 obs. rare
SUPPLEMENTING - nouns
• ECHING the act of increasing, enlarging, supplementing; an addition ...1382
SUPPLICATE - person
• IMPLORATOR †* one who implores or supplicates ...1602
SUPPLY - nouns
• FURNISHMENTS * supplies in general; munitions of war ...1559
• REPLY supply ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBMINISTRATION † ministering support; provision, supply ...1582
• SUCCENTURIATION † the supply of recruits to fill up a 'century' or company; generally, the supply of persons or things ...1643
supply - person
• SUBMINISTRATOR † one who provides or supplies ...1611
supply - verbs
• FIND to provide for, to supply with food or provisions ...1631 Amer. dial.
• MOUNT to supply, to 'set up' ...c1770 Brit.
• RE-UP to replenish a stack of something; to re-supply something; to re-sign or re-enlist ...1906 US sl., orig. military usage for re-enlisting
• SARROW to supply, esp. to supply an animal with food; to give alms ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SUBMINISTRATE † to supply, to furnish ...1665
• SUCCENTURIATE † to supply what is lacking in; to supply a want; to supplement ...1622
• TEND to provide, to supply ...1882 Eng. dial.
SUPPORT - adjectives
• SUBVENTIVE * giving help or support ...1871
• SUFFRAGANT † giving support or witness ...a1656.
support - nouns
• ADMINICLE anything that aids, helps, or supports ...a1556
• ADMINICULATION † the process of giving help or support ...a1670
• AIDANCE assistance, aid, means of help, support ...1593
• ARM * a chief source of support or assistance; a prop, mainstay ...a1382 rare & arch.
• BACK † a following; a body of followers or supporters; support, backing ...1566
• BACKSET a something in reserve, esp. applied to a store of money or goods held in reserve against an emergency; hence, a prop, a support ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BACKSTAFF a support ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BACK-STAND † backing, support ...1548
• BIOT any kind of support; a walking-stick ...1818 Eng. dial.
• FASTNESS † support, help ...1382
• FAVOUR † aid, support, furtherance ...c1400
• LEAN † something to lean on, a support ...1610
• LEANING-STOCK a support (lit. and fig.) ...1583
• MANUTENENCY † the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance ...1633
• RANCE a prop or support ...1808 chiefly Sc.
• RANSE a prop or support ...1808 chiefly Sc.
• SCOTCH a prop, support ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTE a prop, support ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STUT a prop, a support ...B1900 Sc.
• SUBMINISTRATION † ministering support; provision, supply ...1582
• SUBVENTION † the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this ...1535
• SUFFRAGE † help, support, assistance, aid ...c1460
support - person
• ANCHOR a person who provides stability, support, or confidence, esp. in an otherwise uncertain situation ...a1425
• BACK-UP one who can be relied on for support, esp. in a fight; a supporting member of a group or team...1990 Aust. prison sl.
• BUTTRESS a person who provides essential support; an upholder of an institution or principle ...a1450
• MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support; the right person ...L17
support - verbs
• BACK to support ...B1870 Eng. colloq.
• BACK ONE'S PLAY to support or defend a person or statement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BACKSTAND to support or stand behind another ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE - to support a loser ...Bk2004
• BARRACK FOR to support vocally (usually a football team, etc.) ...1890 Aust. sl.
• BEAT THE DRUM FOR to promote or support someone or something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support ...1580
• BUTTRESS to provide support for a belief or argument, a person, an institution ...c1400
• CLIMB ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
• DO ONE'S BIT to make a contribution to the common good, esp. in joining the forces in a time of war ...L19 sl.
• DRINK THE KOOL-AID to support wholeheartedly ...1981 US
• FAVOURIZE † to support, to encourage; to favour, to treat with partiality ...1585
• GET ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
• GUN FOR to support, to go for ...Aust. sl.
• JOLLY FOR to support one's friend with teasing and banter ...M19 sl.
• JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success
• NERVATE † to nerve, to support, to strengthen ...1682
• PULL FOR to support actively; to encourage
• PULL THE RUG (OUT) FROM UNDER to unexpectedly withdraw support from; to destroy the basis of; to betray ...colloq.
• RANCE to prop, to support ...1808 Sc.
• RANSE to prop, to support ...1808 Sc.
• ROBORATE † to give strength or support to; to invigorate; to fortify ...1533
• ROOT FOR to cheer or applaud (a sports team, etc.); to support ...L19 colloq. orig. US
• SIDE † to support or countenance one ...1591 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• STUT † to prop up, support ...1638 Sc.
• SUBPOUELLE † to support ...a1400
• SUFFRAGE † to vote for or against; hence, to agree or side with, to give support to ...1613
• SUFFULT †* to support ...c1540
support - interjections/phrases
• CLAW ME AND I WILL CLAW THEE scratch my back, and I will scratch yours; support me, and I will support you; stand by me, and I will stand by you ...1531
• MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support ...colloq.
• RAH! used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement ...1870 US
• RAH RAH! used as a cheer, a shouted expression of support or encouragement ...1870 US
SUPPORTER - person
• ABETTOR one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding - one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle - a supporter, adherent, or advocate ...1580
• ADHERENT one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist ...1426
• ADVANCER † one who extols or lauds; an extoller, a supporter ...a1546
• BACK-FRIEND a supporter; one who does his best for another ...1818 Sc.
• BACKSTOP a supporter, an accomplice, someone who can be relied on ...1919 Aust. sl.
• BOOSTER a supporter ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FAUTERER an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...a1662
• FAUTOR an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...c1330
• FAUTRESS † an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager ...1596
• FAVOURESS †* a female supporter or encourager ...1616
• FAVOURITE † one who countenances, encourages, or supports; a well-wisher, friend, or follower ...1585-7
• JACKAL a toadying follower and supporter ...Bk1958 Eng. sl.
• PART-TAKER a supporter, a partisan, an ally, a backer ...1768 Sc.
• SUFFRAGANT † one who gives his suffrage or vote; a voter; hence, a supporter, a witness ...1627
• SUFFRAGATOR † a voter, a supporter; a witness ...1617
• YELL LEADER a person who encourages and directs a crowd in performing yells in support of a sports team, esp. one appointed to do so ...1892
• ZELATOR * a zealous defender or supporter; one who zealously furthers the cause of ...1460
SUPPORTING - adjectives
• SUBLEVAMINOUS † supporting, sustaining ...1661
supporting - nouns
• BEARING †upholding, supporting; maintenance ...1548
SUPPOSE - verbs
• ACCUSE to admit, to allow; to suppose ...1901 Ireland
• AIM to suppose, to conjecture; to anticipate, to forecast, to expect ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CALCULATE to think, to opine; to believe; to suppose ...1830 colloq.
• COGILATE to suppose, to reckon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ETTLE to suppose, to conjecture, to imagine, to guess; to reckon, to compute, to count on ...1889 Sc.
• EXPOSE to suppose ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FAGGOT to suppose, to conclude ...1893 Eng. dial.
• I-WENE † to expect; to hope; to think, to suppose ...a1000
• JALOOSE to suspect, to be suspicious of; to guess, to imagine, to suppose ...1816 Sc.
• JALOUSE to suspect, to be suspicious of; to guess, to imagine, to suppose ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPINIATE † to hold as an opinion; to suppose, to think, to opine ...1624
• OPINION † to hold the opinion; to think, to suppose, to opine ...1555
• OPINIONATE * to form or hold an opinion; to believe, to suppose, to think ...1621
• READ to suppose, to imagine ...1768 Sc.
SUPPOSED - adjectives
• OPINATE † opined, supposed ...c1450
• OPINIONATE † based on opinion, or held in the way of opinion; conjectural, uncertain; supposed, fancied ...1553
SUPPOSITION - nouns
• OPINATION † the act of forming an opinion; supposition; an opinion, a supposition ...1611
SUPPRESS - verbs
• ADAUNT † to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission ...1297
• BLANKET to suppress, to put in the shade ...1903
• BURKE to suppress, to cover up ...E19 sl.
• CHOKE OFF to discourage, to suppress ...Bk1999
• CRY DOWN to forbid, suppress, or condemn by public proclamation; to publicly disclaim responsibility for ...1457
• DECRY to denounce, to condemn, to suppress, or to depreciate by proclamation; to reduce the value of money ...1617
• NITHER to oppress, to lay low, to suppress, to keep under, to vex, to harass ...1721 Sc.
• OPPRESS 1. † to put down, to suppress; to crush, to quell, to subdue, to overwhelm a person; to check or put and end to a thing or state of things, feeling, disposition, etc. ...c1340
2. † to suppress, to keep out of sight, to conceal ...1538
• SNUFF OUT to suppress, put an end to ...colloq.
• SUBPRESS † to suppress ...1536 obs.
SUPPRESSED - adjectives
• TELESCOPED suppressed, silenced ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
SUPPURATE - verbs
• BEAL † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEELD to swell, to suppurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SEEP to suppurate; to ooze ...1965 Amer. dial.
SUPPURATING - adjectives
• BEALING suppurating ...Bk1888
• RANCOROUS † of a wound or sore: festering, inflamed, full of corruption, suppurating ...1660
suppurating - nouns
• QUITTER † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
• QUITTOR † pus; suppurating matter; a purulent discharge from a wound or sore ...1297
SUPPURATION - nouns
• BEALING † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RANCOURING † suppuration, festering ...1567
SUPREMACY - nouns
• HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...c1449
• HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...1582
SUPREME - adjectives
• SUMMARY †* highest; supreme ...1587
SURE - adjectives
• APT of persons: certain, sure ...1893 Ireland
• DAMN RIGHT certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• DAMN SKIPPY certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• DAMN STRAIGHT certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• DAMN TOOTIN' certain; sure ...1940s sl.
• FAST-SURE quite certain; perfectly sure ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HEART-CERTAIN thoroughly certain or sure ...1818
• POT-SURE † thoroughly sure; full of confidence and boldness through drinking ...1648
• SICKER 1. that may be depended on; in which one can put reliance, confidence, or trust; certain, sure ...c1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. certain of its effect; effective, sure ...1338
• SLOW-SURE * slow and sure ...1837 poetic
• SURE AS A GUN, AS quite sure, certainly
• SURE AS CHRISTMAS very sure, certain ...1959 UK sl.
• SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS absolutely sure, certain ...1699 UK sl.
• SURE AS GOD MADE LITTLE (GREEN) APPLES very sure, absolutely certain ...1874 UK sl.
• SURE AS GOD MADE RAIN, AS very sure, certain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SURE AS SHIT AND TAXES very sure, absolutely certain ...1957 US sl.
• THOUGHT-SURE clear or sure in point of recollection ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
sure - adverbs
• DEAD TO RIGHTS certain, sure ...M19 sl.
• SARTAIN SURE quite sure ...1864 Eng. dial.
sure - nouns
• CINCH something sure or easy ..colloq.
• COP a successful bet; hence, any form of 'sure thing' or certainty ...L19 sl.
• DEAD BIRD a certain bet; a sure thing ...L19 Aust. sl.
• NAP a good bet, a sure thing ...2001 UK sl.
sure - verbs
• CINCH to seize on or make sure of; to guarantee ...colloq.
• FASTEN † to make sure, to confirm, to ratify an agreement ...a900
• INSURE to assure, to pledge one's word; to make sure; to guarantee ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
• NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of ...1732 sl., orig. criminals' usage
sure - phrases
• BET YOUR BOOTS ON to be absolutely sure about a thing ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HAVE THE DEAD WOOD, TO to be sure; to have a good thing ...1851 Amer.
• NO SPIFFING for sure, no fooling ...L19 sl.
SURELY - adverbs
• BELIKE perhaps, probably, maybe; surely ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BELIKES perhaps, probably, maybe; surely ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SARTLY certainly, surely ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SURE AS GUNTER very surely ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SURE AS SHIT absolutely, surely; without a doubt ...1954 US sl.
SURETY - adverbs
• WITHOUT GAB † without deception; of a surety ...c1320
SURF - nouns
• LAND-BRIST † surf ...1375 Sc.
SURFACE - nouns
• REAM the rim or surface of anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SURFEIT - nouns
• HAISTER a surfeit ...1864 Eng. dial.
• O.D. a surfeit; oversupply ...Aust. sl.
• UG a surfeit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
surfeit - verbs
• OD ON to have or consume to excess; to have a surfeit of ...Aust. sl.
• PALL to satiate, to surfeit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SURFEITED - adjectives
• STONKERED surfeited ...L20 Aust. sl.
surfeited - vers
• O.D. to get too much of or become surfeited with; to overindulge in ...1974 Amer. sl.
SURFING - adjectives
• HUNG UP while surfing, caught along the steep wall of a wave and unable to pull out ...1963 US sl.
• UNDERGUNNED having too small a surfboard for the surf conditions ...1989 Aust. sl.
surfing - adverbs
• SKEG-FIRST while surfing: said of the beginning of a ride with the tail of the surfboard pointing towards shore ...1988 US sl.
surfing - nouns
• ALL-TIMER'S DISEASE used by surfers humorously to describe a person's proclivity to exaggerate when recounting surf conditions or their accomplishments ...1991 US sl.
• BAGGIES loose-legged boxer swimming trunks worn by surfers; baggy shorts or trousers ...1963 Amer sl., orig. surfing usage
• CADILLAC a large surfboard used for big-wave conditions ...1965 US sl.
• CHEATER FIVE while surfing: the toes of one foot extended over the nose of the board only because the surfer has stretched his leg far forward ...1965 US sl.
• CLEAN PEELER to a surfer: a perfect wave ...1997 US sl.
• CLOCKY sudden waving arm movements of a surfer trying to get his balance ...1991 US sl.
• DAWN PATROL golfers or surfers who head out early to beat others to the course or waves ...20C Amer. sl.
• DING STRING a cord attached to a surfer and his surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• DINGAGE damage to a surfboard or a surf-related injury ...1991 sl.
• GLASS HOUSE in surfing: a smooth ride inside the hollow of a wave ...1987 US sl.
• GLASS ITCH irritation of the skin by fibreglass dust ...1979 US surfing usage
• GREENBACK in surfing: a swell that has not broken ...1963 US sl.
• GUN a large heavy surfboard used for riding big waves ...1963 surfing sl.
• HOOK in surfing: the crest of a breaker ...1965 Amer. surfing sl.
• HOT DOG in surfing: a Malibu board, i.e. a wide, not very large, board, made of ‘foam’ and sheathed with fibreglass ...c1960 Aust. sl.
• HUMP a large wave ...1957 US surfer use
• KOOK BOX a paddle board, used by beginner surfers ...1964 US sl.
• KOOK CORD a line that attaches to a surfer's ankle to his surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• LEASH a line attached at one end to a surfer and at the other to the surfboard ...1977 US sl.
• LOG a heavy, cumbersome surfboard ...1963 US sl.
• QUEEN MARY a surfboard that is too big for the surfer using it ...1964 US sl.
• QUIVER a selection of surfboards, used for different surf conditions ...1977 US sl.
• RAIL the edge of a surfboard ...L1950s Aust. surfers' sl.
• RAIL SANDWICH a surfboard between your legs ...1978 US sl.
• REEDS long shorts, favoured by surfers ...1985 US sl.
• SHUFFLE the movement by a surfer forward on the board while surfing, executed without crossing the feet ...1965 US sl.
• SINKER a dent on a surfboard that requires a resin filler ...1986 US sl.
• SKEG a fin on a surfboard ...1962 US sl.
• SNUFF-OUT in surfing: a fast and violent loss of position on a surfboard, usually followed by a sudden trip below the ocean surface ...1977 US sl.
• STACKUP a group of waves; a group of surfers on a single wave ...1977 US sl.
• STEAMER a type of wetsuit worn by surfers and wind-surfers, with minimally permeable rubber ...1982 sl.
• TABLA a surfboard ...1977 US sl.
• WAITING ROOM in surfing: the area beyond the breakers where surfers wait to catch waves ...1977 Israel sl.
• WOODFOOT in surfing, numbing of the foot in cold water ...2001 US surfing usage
• WOODY a wooden surfboard ...1950s Amer. sl.
surfing - person
• BABY GUN a short, bullet-shaped surf board designed for big-wave conditions ...1970 US sl.
• BARNEY a poor, clumsy surfer ...Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
• BEARD a veteran surfer ...Bk1994 surfing sl.
• BEER-DRINKING MARSUPIALS in surfing: Australian surfers ...Bk1997
• BELLYBOARDER a person who rides a bellyboard (a short, light surfboard ridden in a prone position, typically made of plywood) ...1964
• BENNY a nonsurfer who talks, dresses, and acts like he or she has been surfing for years ...Bk1992 surfing sl.
• BIG KAHUNA in surfing: a particularly skilled or respected surfer ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• DUCK a surfer who lingers in the water, rarely catching a wave ...1991 US sl.
• FANNY-DUNKER in surfing: a wader or swimmer ...1968 surfing sl.
• GLUE FOOT a surfer who is sure-footed on the surfboard ...Bk1992 US surfing sl.
• GREMLIN a young surfer; also, a troublemaker who frequents the beaches but does not surf ...M20 surfing sl.
• GREMMIE, GREMMY a young surfer ...M20 surfing sl.
• GUTSLIDER a bodyboarder; term of derision used by surfers ...2003 S. Afr. sl.
• GYRO a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• GYRO WANKER a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• KOOK a novice, or one who is inexpert in surf-riding ...1961 sl., orig. US
• MUTIE a daring exponent, a devotee ...Brit. surfers' & rock music fans usage
• QUACK a novice surfer ...1977 US sl.
• SAND FLEA someone who associates with surfers at the beach but rarely if ever enters the water ...1985 US sl.
• SCEG, SKEG a surfer ...1985 Aust. sl.
• SEA PIG a fat surfer ...1988 US sl.
• SKEGHEAD a surfer ...1988 Aust. sl.
• SWITCHFOOT a surfer who can surf with either foot forward, depending on the conditions ...1964 US sl.
• TEA-BAGGER a body-boarder ...Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
• VALLEY COWBOYS inland surfers ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• WAG a social outcast, esp. a non-surfer ...1991 US sl.
• WAHINE, WAHINI a female surfer ...1963 US sl.
• ZELLER an over-devoted surfer ...1988 US sl.
surfing - person, other
• HIGHWAY SURFER a person who adopts the mannerisms of surfers, buys the equipment, but never seems to get out of the car into the water ...1963 US sl.
surfing - verbs
• BACK-DOOR in surfing: to start a ride behind the peak of a wave ...1980 US sl.
• CARVE in surfing: to change the course of the surfboard by digging it into the water ...1980 US sl.
• CARVE UP THE MOB to surf recklessly through a crowd of surfers or swimmers ...1964 Aust. sl.
• COP A TUBE to catch a perfect tubular wave ...Bk2006 US surfing sl.
• DUCK-DIVE in surfing: to push the nose of the surfboard down under a breaking wave ...1988 US sl.
• EAT IT in surfing: to lose control and fall from your surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• EAT ONE'S LUNCH in surfing: to be thrown from a surfboard ...1981 US surfing usage
• EAT SHIT in surfing: to lose control of a ride and fall off your surfboard ...1991 US sl.
• EAT THE COOKIE while surfing: to be pounded fiercely by a breaking wave ...1997 US sl.
• EAT UP of a wave: to overcome and knock a surfer from the surfboard ...1965 US sl.
• GET THE AXE in surfing: to be knocked off your board by a wave ...1957 US sl.
• GO OVER THE FALLS in surfing: to be thrown over by the curl of a wave ...1977 sl.
• KICK in surfing: to force the nose of the surfboard up out of the water ...1973 US sl.
• KICK OUT to shift the weight to the rear of the board and pull it over the top of the wave ...1962
• NAIL of a wave: to knock a surfer from the surfboard ...1977 US sl.
• NOSE-RIDE in surfing: to ride on the front of the board ...1979 US sl.
• SHOOT THE PIER to ride a wav through or between the pilings of a pier ...1961 surfing sl.
• SKIN to surf without a wet suit ...1991 US sl.
• SLASH to surf aggressively back and forth across the face of a wave ...1991 US sl.
• SNAKE to cut into a wave ahead of another surfer by beginning one's ride in his or her path ...1987 surfing sl.
• WALK THE NOSE in surfing: to advance to the front of the board ...1962 US sl.
• WALK THE PLANK to move forward on a surfboard, increasing the speed of the ride ...1963 Aust. sl.
surfing - interjections/phrases
• COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave ...1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• OVER THE FALLS said of a surfer carried over the breaking edge of a wave ...1964 US sl.
SURGE - verbs
• ESTUATE † to boil; to heave; to surge up like the tide ...1620
• JAW to rush in waves; to dash or pour; to splash; to surge ...1513 Sc.
SURGEON - see DOCTOR
SURGERY - adjectives
• CHIRURGICAL pertaining to surgery; skilled in, or practising surgery ...1541 arch.
surgery - nouns
• ACIURGY * operative surgery ...1828
• EYE JOB cosmetic surgery around the eyes ...1996 US sl.
SURLINESS - nouns
• CARLISHNESS surliness; coarseness ...1552
SURLY - adjectives
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-tempered, surly ...1873 Sc.
• CAMLA-LIKE † sullen, surly ...1767 Sc.
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• DOGGISH surly, snappish
• ELDRITCH † surly, severe in temper and manner; of weather: chill, keen ...1825 Sc.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly ...B1900 Sc.
• GRUM grim, surly, sullen, morose, glum ...1771 Amer. dial.
• GRUM AND CHUFF sulky in demeanour and surly in speech; morose and forbidding ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GRUMPISH surly, peevish ...20C colloq.
• GURLY surly, cross, ill-humoured ...1721 Sc.
• HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-KEESTERD ill-natured, surly, full of unpleasant devices ...1929 Sc.
• ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1875 Eng. dial.
• ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1774 Sc.
• ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843
• ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish ...1843 Eng. dial.
• IN A FUNK in a surly or gloomy state ...1808 orig. Sc.
• JUNTISH surly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KELSHIE † crabbed, surly ...1833 Sc.
• LUNT short, crusty, surly in speech or in manners ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• MANDY abusive, insolent, saucy; surly ...c1730 Eng. dial.
• NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; churlish; narrow-minded ...1871
• RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish ...1721 Sc.
• REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• SANSHACH disdainful, haughty, saucy, surly, snappish ...1825 Sc.
• SIDY † surly, moody, pettish...1674 Eng. dial.
• SUMPHISH sullen, surly ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-FACED having a surly face ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
surly - person
• BEAR a stubborn and disagreeable person; a surly person ...1638 sl.
• BLACK FELLOW a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• BLACK MAN a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
• DIKBEK a sulky or surly person ...1970 S. Afr.
• GLUNDIE, GLUNDY † a fellow with a sulky look, but not sulky for all; one who deceives by appearance; a bad-mannered, clumsy, surly, or blundering person ...1824 Sc.
• GLUNTOCH † a stupid fellow; a surly, sullen person ...1825 Sc.
• GRUMP a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• MOOSK a sly, surly person ...1931 Sc.
• MOROSO †* a morose, peevish, or surly person ...1592
• RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl ...B1900 sl.
• SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person ...1904 Sc.
• SUMPH a surly or sullen man ...1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
surly - verbs
• SURL to be surly, ugly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SURMISE - nouns
• DEEMING † censure; a surmise or suspicion ...1476
surmise - verbs
• DEEM † to think of something as existent; to guess, to suspect, to surmise, to imagine ...c1400
• JALOUSE to have a suspicion of; to surmise, to guess ...1816 Sc.
SURMOUNT - verbs
• EXSUPERATE † to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome ...1559
• EXUPERATE † to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount ...1559
SURNAME - adjectives
• MINIMUS in some British schools, appended to a surname to designate the youngest (in age or standing) of three or four boys having the same surname; e.g. J. Smith minimus ...1791
surname - nouns
• AFTERNAME a surname ...1815 Sc.
• BACK-NAME a surname ...1895 Eng. dial.
• COGNOMINATION a surname; the name of a family ...1646
• SIRENAME * a family name; a surname originating from the given name of the father ...1542
• TRIMMINGS a surname ...1968 Amer. dial.
surname - verbs
• ADDITION †* to add something to the name of anyone; to surname ...1662
SURPASS - adjectives
• PRECELLENT † that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent ...1382
surpass - nouns
• BEAT something that surpasses ...1827 Amer. dial.
surpass - verbs
• ACE to surpass someone or something; to beat someone or something
• BACK CLEAR OFF THE BOARDS to surpass thoroughly ...1898 Amer. sl.
• BACK OFF THE BOARDS to surpass ...1922 Amer. dial.
• BACK OFF THE EARTH to surpass thoroughly ...1918 Amer. sl.
• BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
• BANG BANAGHER to surpass everything ...a1845
• BANG THE BUSH to surpass everything that has gone before ...1839
• BEAT BANAGHER to surpass everything ...a1845
• BEAT BOBTAIL to surpass (one's) expectation or comprehension ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BEAT HOLLOW to surpass, to outdo ...1771 Amer. sl.
• BEAT THE BAND to exceed, to surpass, to beat everything ...1900
• BEAT THE BUGS to surpass all others ...c1833 US sl.
• BEAT THE DEVIL AND DR. FOSTER to excel, to surpass ...1848 Ireland
• BEAT THE DUTCH to surpass all others ...1775
• BEAT THE JEWS (offensive) to surpass all others ...1845 US sl.
• BEAT THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• BEAT TO CHUCKS to surpass utterly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENSIL to surpass, to outdo ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW ONE'S DOORS OFF to defeat or surpass someone ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BREAK THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• BY-PASS * to pass, to surpass ...1848
• CAMP to surpass; to 'floor' ...a1800 Aust. sl.
• CAP to surpass, to outdo, to excel ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CAP THE CLIMAX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CAP THE STACK to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CAP THE VORTEX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the 'last straw' ...1907 Amer. dial.
• CAPTURE THE CRUMB to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• COP THE CAKE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• COP THE CURRANTY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• CRACK to surpass or exceed a limit, record, or benchmark number ...1953 Amer. sl.
• CUT THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• DING to overcome, to subdue; to excel, to surpass ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING DOWN TANTALLON to surpass all bounds ...1842 Sc.
• EXSUPERATE † to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome ...1559
• EXUPERATE † to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount ...1559
• FADE to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow ...1894 Amer. sl.
• HAVE to surpass, to be superior to; to have the better of ...1843 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE HEELS OF to excel, to surpass, to have the best of ...1894 Sc.
• HEAD to surpass, to outdo, to excel; to outwit, to get the better of ...1711
• KNOCK SPOTS OFF to be better than, to surpass; to outdo easily; to beat ...1856 sl., orig. US
• LALLIGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LALLYGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LAY IT ALL OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel ...1911 Amer. dial.
• LAY IT OVER to surpass ...1903 Amer. sl.
• LAY OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel ...1853
• LAY UP † to surpass, to excel ...1601
• LICK to outdo, to surpass ...colloq.
• LOLLIGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LOLLYGAG to surpass; to take advantage of ...L19 US college sl.
• LOWER THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• OUTPEER * to surpass; to excel; to outmatch; to outmate ...a1616
• OUTRAY † to surpass; to overcome; to defeat; to go beyond ...c1390
• PALL to surpass ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHED RINERS WITH A WHAVER to cap; to surpass ...Bk1903 sl.
• SMASH THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAKE DOWN to challenge; to overcome; to surpass; to kill ...M18 sl.
• TAKE IT to surpass others, to beat all rivals ...1900s sl.
• TAKE IT OUT OF SOMEONE to surpass ...1900s sl.
• TAKE THE BAKER'S SHOP to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE BAKERY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE BISCUIT to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE CAKE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1842 sl.
• TAKE THE CHEESE of a negative circumstance or objectionable person: to surpass, to outdo ...L19 sl.
• TAKE THE COOKIE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1882 sl.
• TAKE THE FLOUR to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE PASTRY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening ...1847 sl.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF 1. to beat, to surpass; to excel; to outshine ...1833 Amer. dial.
2. to surpass all others; to be outstanding or outrageous; to be the last straw ...1837 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF THE BUSH to surpass all others; to be outstanding or outrageous; to be the last straw ...1810 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF THE EDGE to surpass, arouse admiration ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE SHINE OFF to surpass in beauty or excellence ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF to beat, to surpass ...E19 sl.
• VANQUISH † to excel or surpass ...1533
• WAGGLE to get the better of; to overcome, to surpass ...L19 US sl.
• WALLOP to overcome, to surpass, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• WAR to 'worse', to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel ...1483 Sc.
• WHIP to overcome, to vanquish, to defeat; to surpass, to outdo ...1571
surpass - phrases
• THAT LICKS THE NATIVES that surpasses everything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THAT PALLS ALL that beats or surpasses everything ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SURPASSED - adjectives
• ACED outscored; surpassed ...Amer. sl.
• EXUPERABLE † that may be overcome or surpassed ...1656
• LEFT FOR DEAD left behind; surpassed; outstripped ...20C sl.
SURPASSING - adjectives
• BRAW worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CUT ABOVE, A surpassing all others ...1818
• STICKOUT surpassing all others ...1948 US sl.
• STREETS AHEAD surpassing all others ...1898 sl.
• TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others ...1900 sl.
SURPLUS - nouns
• AFTERINGS the surplus; the remainder ...Bk1898 Sc.
• OVERPLUS a surplus; that which remains over and above the quantity required or proposed ...a1387
• OVERPLUSH a surplus ...1837 Amer. dial.