REVERSE WORD LOOKUP
  • REVERSE WORD LOOKUP
  • Abbreviations and Bibliography
  • Word of the Day
  • A INDEX
    • A - ABY
    • AC - ACY
    • AD - AE
    • AF - AG
    • AH - AK
    • AL - ALZ
    • AM - AMZ
    • ANA - ANK
    • ANN - ANY
    • AP - AQ
    • AR - ARZ
    • AS - ASZ
    • AT - ATZ
    • AU - AV
    • AW - AZ
  • B INDEX
    • BA - BAK
    • BAL - BAZ
    • BE - BED
    • BEE - BEK
    • BEL - BEZ
    • BH - BIZ
    • BL - BLAZ
    • BLE - BLU
    • BO - BON
    • BOO - BOZ
    • BRA - BREA
    • BREE - BRZ
    • BU - BUR
    • BUS - BZ
  • C INDEX
    • CA - CAP
    • CAR - CARZ
    • CAS - CAZ
    • CE - CHAM
    • CHAN - CHAZ
    • CHE - CHEZ
    • CHI - CHIZ
    • CHO - CIZ
    • CL - CLOS
    • CLOT - CLUZ
    • CO - COLN
    • COLO - COMPE
    • COMPI - COMZ
    • CON - CONFOT
    • CONFOU - CONSN
    • CONSO - CONTENS
    • CONTENT - CONZ
    • COO - COUNT
    • COUNTE - COV
    • COW - CRA
    • CRE - CRI
    • CRO - CRZ
    • CUB - CZ
  • D INDEX
    • DA - DAO
    • DAP - DEAD
    • DEAF - DECEL
    • DECEM - DEF
    • DEG - DEO
    • DEP - DER
    • DES - DESZ
    • DET - DEZ
    • DI - DIF
    • DIG - DIR
    • DIS - DISCOZ
    • DISCR - DISG
    • DISH - DISO
    • DISP - DISS
    • DIST - DIZ
    • DO - DOLZ
    • DOM - DRAGQ
    • DRAGR - DRIM
    • DRINK - DRINKING
    • DRINKING C - DRUGG
    • DRUGS - Page 1
    • DRUGS - Page 2
    • DRUH - DRUMZ
    • DRUNK - DRUNKENNESS
    • DRY - DZ
  • E INDEX
    • E - EATING
    • EAV - EF
    • EG - EMBAR
    • EMBAS - END
    • ENE - ENTAZ
    • ENTE - ER
    • ES - EW
    • EX - EXCEN
    • EXCEP - EXCLAI
    • EXCLAMATIONS A - I
    • EXCLAMATIONS J - Z
    • EXCLAMATION MARK - EXPERS
    • EXPERT - EZ
  • F INDEX
    • FA - FAJ
    • FAK - FAQ
    • FAR - FAS
    • FAT - FAZ
    • FE - FID
    • FIE - FING
    • FINI - FIZ
    • FL - FLI
    • FLO - FON
    • FOO - FOOD
    • FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
    • FOOT - FORR
    • FORS - FRER
    • FRES - FROR
    • FROS - FZ
  • G INDEX
    • G - GENIS
    • GENITALS
    • GENIU - GIQ
    • GIR - GLU
    • GN - GOP
    • GOR - GRAN
    • GRAP - GROT
    • GROU - GZ
  • H INDEX
    • HA - HALF
    • HALI - HAN
    • HAO - HARP
    • HARS - HEAD
    • HEAL - HEL
    • HEM - HIP
    • HIR - HOMI
    • HOMOSEXUAL - HOMOSEXUALITY
    • HON - HORR
    • HORSE - HORSESHOES
    • HOS - HUMM
    • HUMO - HZ
  • I INDEX
    • I - IDN
    • IDO - ILLE
    • ILLF - IMA
    • IMB - IMPES
    • IMPET - IMPROM
    • IMPROP - INCONCE
    • INCONCL - INDON
    • INDOO - INFER
    • INFES - INJ
    • INK - INSIM
    • INSIN - INTERF
    • INTERI - IO
    • IP - IZ
  • J INDEX
    • J - JI
    • JO - JZ
  • K INDEX
    • K - KIR
    • KIS - KZ
  • L INDEX
    • L - LANG
    • LANK - LAU
    • LAV - LAZ
    • LE - LEF
    • LEG - LIA
    • LIB - LIO
    • LIP - LOAS
    • LOAT - LOOR
    • LOOS - LOV
    • LOW - LZ
  • M INDEX
    • MA - MALI
    • MALL - MARN
    • MARO - MATH
    • MATI - MEDA
    • MEDD - MENS
    • MENT - MILD
    • MILE - MISD
    • MISE - MISTP
    • MISTR - MOND
    • MONEY - MONEY ORDER
    • MONG - MOT
    • MOU - MULS
    • MULT - MZ
  • N INDEX
    • N - NEAR
    • NEAT - NEV
    • NEW - NIM
    • NIN - NONPL
    • NONPR - NOR
    • NOS - NZ
  • O INDEX
    • O - OBN
    • OBO - OCD
    • OCE - OK
    • OL - OPN
    • OPO - OUTE
    • OUTF - OZ
  • P INDEX
    • PA - PARAC
    • PARAD - PAS
    • PAT - PEDD
    • PEDE - PERP
    • PERQ - PETT
    • PETU - PILL
    • PILLA - PLAM
    • PLAN - PLO
    • PLU - POLIR
    • POLIS - PORP
    • PORR - PRAF
    • PRAG - PREJ
    • PREL - PRISE
    • PRISON - PRISONER OF WAR
    • PRISS - PROSTH
    • PROSTITUTE - PROSTITUTION
    • PROSTR - PUM
    • PUN - PZ
  • Q INDEX
    • QU - QUEL
    • QUEN - QZ
  • R INDEX
    • RA - RAIL
    • RAIN - RASG
    • RASH - RECEI
    • RECEN - REI
    • REJ - REMA
    • REME - REPRIM
    • REPRIS - RESS
    • REST - RICE
    • RICH - RIZ
    • ROA - ROG
    • ROI - ROWD
    • ROWI - RUMO
    • RUMP - RZ
  • S INDEX
    • SA - SANC
    • SAND - SCAL
    • SCAM - SCH
    • SCI - SCRA
    • SCRE - SECR
    • SECT - SEME
    • SEMI - SERVICE
    • SERVICES
    • SERVIL - SEW
    • SEX
    • SEX APPEAL - SHED
    • SHEE - SHI
    • SHO - SHOV
    • SHOW - SIC
    • SID - SILL
    • SILV - SINK
    • SINL - SLANG
    • SLANT - SLEEP
    • SLEET - SLUGG
    • SLUM - SMON
    • SMOO - SNU
    • SOA - SOO
    • SOP - SPEAK
    • SPEAR - SPLA
    • SPLE - SPRE
    • SPRI - STAI
    • STAK - STERE
    • STERI - STON
    • STOO - STREAK
    • STREAM - STRO
    • STRU - STUPE
    • STUPID - STUPIDNESS
    • STUPO - SUB
    • SUC - SUMM
    • SUMO - SURPL
    • SURPR - SWEAR
    • SWEAT - SZ
  • T INDEX
    • TA - TALE
    • TALK - TALKZ
    • TALL - TEAP
    • TEAR - TENF
    • TENN - THIC
    • THIE - THING
    • THINK - THUL
    • THUM - TIME
    • TIMI - TOADS
    • TOADY - TORM
    • TORN - TRAL
    • TRAM - TRE
    • TRI - TRIZ
    • TRO - TRUL
    • TRUM - TZ
  • U INDEX
    • U - UNCERS
    • UNCERT - UNDERSP
    • UNDERST - UNEX
    • UNF - UNINTERE
    • UNINTERR - UNMAR
    • UNMAT - UNPROM
    • UNPROS - UNSZ
    • UNT - UPR
    • UPS - UZ
  • V INDEX
    • VA - VANE
    • VANI - VEH
    • VEI - VIC
    • VID - VIRE
    • VIRG - VZ
  • W INDEX
    • WA - WAND
    • WANE - WATC
    • WATE - WEAP
    • WEAR - WEL
    • WEN - WHISKER
    • WHISKY - WIDE
    • WIDOW - WINDING
    • WINDM - WOL
    • WOM - WOMB
    • WON - WORK
    • WORL - WORTHL
    • WORTHW - WZ
  • XYZ
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  • REVERSE WORD LOOKUP
  • Abbreviations and Bibliography
  • Word of the Day
  • A INDEX
    • A - ABY
    • AC - ACY
    • AD - AE
    • AF - AG
    • AH - AK
    • AL - ALZ
    • AM - AMZ
    • ANA - ANK
    • ANN - ANY
    • AP - AQ
    • AR - ARZ
    • AS - ASZ
    • AT - ATZ
    • AU - AV
    • AW - AZ
  • B INDEX
    • BA - BAK
    • BAL - BAZ
    • BE - BED
    • BEE - BEK
    • BEL - BEZ
    • BH - BIZ
    • BL - BLAZ
    • BLE - BLU
    • BO - BON
    • BOO - BOZ
    • BRA - BREA
    • BREE - BRZ
    • BU - BUR
    • BUS - BZ
  • C INDEX
    • CA - CAP
    • CAR - CARZ
    • CAS - CAZ
    • CE - CHAM
    • CHAN - CHAZ
    • CHE - CHEZ
    • CHI - CHIZ
    • CHO - CIZ
    • CL - CLOS
    • CLOT - CLUZ
    • CO - COLN
    • COLO - COMPE
    • COMPI - COMZ
    • CON - CONFOT
    • CONFOU - CONSN
    • CONSO - CONTENS
    • CONTENT - CONZ
    • COO - COUNT
    • COUNTE - COV
    • COW - CRA
    • CRE - CRI
    • CRO - CRZ
    • CUB - CZ
  • D INDEX
    • DA - DAO
    • DAP - DEAD
    • DEAF - DECEL
    • DECEM - DEF
    • DEG - DEO
    • DEP - DER
    • DES - DESZ
    • DET - DEZ
    • DI - DIF
    • DIG - DIR
    • DIS - DISCOZ
    • DISCR - DISG
    • DISH - DISO
    • DISP - DISS
    • DIST - DIZ
    • DO - DOLZ
    • DOM - DRAGQ
    • DRAGR - DRIM
    • DRINK - DRINKING
    • DRINKING C - DRUGG
    • DRUGS - Page 1
    • DRUGS - Page 2
    • DRUH - DRUMZ
    • DRUNK - DRUNKENNESS
    • DRY - DZ
  • E INDEX
    • E - EATING
    • EAV - EF
    • EG - EMBAR
    • EMBAS - END
    • ENE - ENTAZ
    • ENTE - ER
    • ES - EW
    • EX - EXCEN
    • EXCEP - EXCLAI
    • EXCLAMATIONS A - I
    • EXCLAMATIONS J - Z
    • EXCLAMATION MARK - EXPERS
    • EXPERT - EZ
  • F INDEX
    • FA - FAJ
    • FAK - FAQ
    • FAR - FAS
    • FAT - FAZ
    • FE - FID
    • FIE - FING
    • FINI - FIZ
    • FL - FLI
    • FLO - FON
    • FOO - FOOD
    • FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
    • FOOT - FORR
    • FORS - FRER
    • FRES - FROR
    • FROS - FZ
  • G INDEX
    • G - GENIS
    • GENITALS
    • GENIU - GIQ
    • GIR - GLU
    • GN - GOP
    • GOR - GRAN
    • GRAP - GROT
    • GROU - GZ
  • H INDEX
    • HA - HALF
    • HALI - HAN
    • HAO - HARP
    • HARS - HEAD
    • HEAL - HEL
    • HEM - HIP
    • HIR - HOMI
    • HOMOSEXUAL - HOMOSEXUALITY
    • HON - HORR
    • HORSE - HORSESHOES
    • HOS - HUMM
    • HUMO - HZ
  • I INDEX
    • I - IDN
    • IDO - ILLE
    • ILLF - IMA
    • IMB - IMPES
    • IMPET - IMPROM
    • IMPROP - INCONCE
    • INCONCL - INDON
    • INDOO - INFER
    • INFES - INJ
    • INK - INSIM
    • INSIN - INTERF
    • INTERI - IO
    • IP - IZ
  • J INDEX
    • J - JI
    • JO - JZ
  • K INDEX
    • K - KIR
    • KIS - KZ
  • L INDEX
    • L - LANG
    • LANK - LAU
    • LAV - LAZ
    • LE - LEF
    • LEG - LIA
    • LIB - LIO
    • LIP - LOAS
    • LOAT - LOOR
    • LOOS - LOV
    • LOW - LZ
  • M INDEX
    • MA - MALI
    • MALL - MARN
    • MARO - MATH
    • MATI - MEDA
    • MEDD - MENS
    • MENT - MILD
    • MILE - MISD
    • MISE - MISTP
    • MISTR - MOND
    • MONEY - MONEY ORDER
    • MONG - MOT
    • MOU - MULS
    • MULT - MZ
  • N INDEX
    • N - NEAR
    • NEAT - NEV
    • NEW - NIM
    • NIN - NONPL
    • NONPR - NOR
    • NOS - NZ
  • O INDEX
    • O - OBN
    • OBO - OCD
    • OCE - OK
    • OL - OPN
    • OPO - OUTE
    • OUTF - OZ
  • P INDEX
    • PA - PARAC
    • PARAD - PAS
    • PAT - PEDD
    • PEDE - PERP
    • PERQ - PETT
    • PETU - PILL
    • PILLA - PLAM
    • PLAN - PLO
    • PLU - POLIR
    • POLIS - PORP
    • PORR - PRAF
    • PRAG - PREJ
    • PREL - PRISE
    • PRISON - PRISONER OF WAR
    • PRISS - PROSTH
    • PROSTITUTE - PROSTITUTION
    • PROSTR - PUM
    • PUN - PZ
  • Q INDEX
    • QU - QUEL
    • QUEN - QZ
  • R INDEX
    • RA - RAIL
    • RAIN - RASG
    • RASH - RECEI
    • RECEN - REI
    • REJ - REMA
    • REME - REPRIM
    • REPRIS - RESS
    • REST - RICE
    • RICH - RIZ
    • ROA - ROG
    • ROI - ROWD
    • ROWI - RUMO
    • RUMP - RZ
  • S INDEX
    • SA - SANC
    • SAND - SCAL
    • SCAM - SCH
    • SCI - SCRA
    • SCRE - SECR
    • SECT - SEME
    • SEMI - SERVICE
    • SERVICES
    • SERVIL - SEW
    • SEX
    • SEX APPEAL - SHED
    • SHEE - SHI
    • SHO - SHOV
    • SHOW - SIC
    • SID - SILL
    • SILV - SINK
    • SINL - SLANG
    • SLANT - SLEEP
    • SLEET - SLUGG
    • SLUM - SMON
    • SMOO - SNU
    • SOA - SOO
    • SOP - SPEAK
    • SPEAR - SPLA
    • SPLE - SPRE
    • SPRI - STAI
    • STAK - STERE
    • STERI - STON
    • STOO - STREAK
    • STREAM - STRO
    • STRU - STUPE
    • STUPID - STUPIDNESS
    • STUPO - SUB
    • SUC - SUMM
    • SUMO - SURPL
    • SURPR - SWEAR
    • SWEAT - SZ
  • T INDEX
    • TA - TALE
    • TALK - TALKZ
    • TALL - TEAP
    • TEAR - TENF
    • TENN - THIC
    • THIE - THING
    • THINK - THUL
    • THUM - TIME
    • TIMI - TOADS
    • TOADY - TORM
    • TORN - TRAL
    • TRAM - TRE
    • TRI - TRIZ
    • TRO - TRUL
    • TRUM - TZ
  • U INDEX
    • U - UNCERS
    • UNCERT - UNDERSP
    • UNDERST - UNEX
    • UNF - UNINTERE
    • UNINTERR - UNMAR
    • UNMAT - UNPROM
    • UNPROS - UNSZ
    • UNT - UPR
    • UPS - UZ
  • V INDEX
    • VA - VANE
    • VANI - VEH
    • VEI - VIC
    • VID - VIRE
    • VIRG - VZ
  • W INDEX
    • WA - WAND
    • WANE - WATC
    • WATE - WEAP
    • WEAR - WEL
    • WEN - WHISKER
    • WHISKY - WIDE
    • WIDOW - WINDING
    • WINDM - WOL
    • WOM - WOMB
    • WON - WORK
    • WORL - WORTHL
    • WORTHW - WZ
  • XYZ
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TRO - TRUL

TROLLOP - persons
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• HAISTER a slovenly woman, a trollop ...1825 Sc.
• HASTREL a slovenly woman, a trollop ...1825 Sc.
 
TROMBONE - nouns
• BONE a trombone ...1918 US sl.
• GAS PIPE a trombone ...Bk1934 college sl.
• SKID BUGLE a trombone ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• SLIPSTICK a trombone ...1970 US sl.
• SLUSH PUMP a trombone (because of the spittle that tends to collect in the slide) ...1930s US sl.
 
TROPHY - nouns
• WOODEN SPOON a notional trophy awarded to an individual or a team placed last in a competition ...1858 UK sl.
 
TROT - adverbs
• SHIG-SHOG at a jog-trot; with a jerky walk ...1897 Eng. dial.
trot - nouns 
• BUTTER-AND-EGGS TROT a short jog-trot ...L18 sl.
• FADGE a slow regular motion; a jog-trot ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JICKER a walk at a smart pace; a smart trot ...18C Sc.
• SALT-AND-SPOONING going at a jog-trot ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SHACK a slow trot ...1881 Amer. dial.
• SHACK GAIT a slow trot ...1881 Amer. dial.
• SHIG-SHOG a pace between a walk and a trot; a jog-trot; a shaking motion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
trot - verbs 
• FADGE to trot gently; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to walk with difficulty owing to corpulency ...1864 Eng. dial.
• JAUNSEL †* to ride a horse with an easy pace, to trot or jaunt about ...1590
• TOLLUTATE of a horse: to trot or amble ...1803 humorous
• TOLUTATE † to trot or amble ...1796 humorous
 
TROTTING - nouns
• TOLLUTATION †* of a horse: trotting, an ambling pace ...1646
• TOLUTATION †* of a horse: trotting, an ambling pace ...1646
 
TROUBLE - adjectives
• AERUMNOUS † full of trouble ...1721
• ANNOYFUL †* giving trouble, molesting, full of annoyance ...c1386
• BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL in trouble; in a weak or losing position ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRUISIN' FOR A BRUISE heading for trouble; inviting a beating ...1960 US sl.
• CRUISIN' FOR A BRUISIN' heading for trouble, esp. a physically beating ...1947 US sl.
• DEAD facing trouble ...1990s US campus sl.
• DITCHED in difficulties, in trouble ...L19 US sl.
• FOR IT said of someone in danger of getting into trouble ...1909 sl., orig. services' usage
• FOXY avoiding trouble ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• IN A BAD LOAF in trouble; in a difficult situation ...L18
• IN A BAD WAY ill; in trouble
• IN A CROSS in trouble; at a disadvantage ...1954 US sl.
• IN A FIX in trouble ...1834 sl., orig. US
• IN A HOLE in trouble ...1762 sl.
• IN A JAM in trouble ...1914 sl., orig. US
• IN A PICKLE in a mess, in difficulties, in trouble ...a1620
• IN A SPOT in trouble ...1929 sl.
• IN BAD in trouble, out of favour ...1907 sl., orig. US
• IN BAD BREAD in trouble; in a difficult situation ...L18
• IN DEAD SCHTOOK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN DEAD SCHTUCK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN DEAD SHTOOK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN DEAD SHTUCK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN DEEP DOO-DOO in serious trouble ...1989 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• IN DEEP SHIT in serious trouble ...1937 sl.
• IN DUTCH in trouble ...1851 sl., orig. US
• IN HOT WATER in trouble ...1765 sl.
• IN IT in trouble ...L19 sl.
• IN LUMBER in trouble ...1965 Brit. sl.
• IN QUEER STREET in trouble ...1811 sl.
• IN SCHTOOK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN SCHTUCK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN SHTOOK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN SHTUCK in serious trouble ...1936
• IN THE BAG in trouble; in an undesirable situation ...1968 Amer. sl.
• IN THE CACTUS in difficulties, in trouble, esp. with one person ...1944 Aust. sl.
• IN THE CART in trouble ...1889 Brit. sl.
• IN THE DOGBOX in trouble, esp. with one person ...1953 NZ sl.
• IN THE POO(H) in trouble ...1961 euphemism for 'in the shit'
• IN THE RAGS in trouble or disgrace; in a dispute ...c1860 sl.
• IN THE RATTLE in confinement; in trouble ...1914 Brit. naval sl.
• IN THE SHIT in trouble ...1937 sl.
• IN THE SOUP in trouble ...1889 sl., orig. US
• JAMMED UP in a difficult situation; in trouble ...1920s sl.
• ON THE ROPES implying that someone or something is in serious trouble and near defeat ...1924 sl.
• SHAFTED in serious trouble ...1950s sl.
• SOUPED in trouble ...1895 sl.
• UNDER THE COSH in trouble, at a disadvantage ...1950s sl.
• UNDER THE HAMMER in trouble, at a disadvantage ...1950s sl.
• UNDER THE HATCHES in trouble, dead, in jail ...M16 sl.
• UP AGAINST IT in trouble ...1896 sl., orig. Can.
• UP A GUM-TREE in difficulties; in a predicament; in trouble ...1926 Aust. sl.
• UP A POLE adj. in trouble ...1896 sl.
• UP A STUMP in trouble ...1829 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• UP A WATTLE in trouble, in difficulties, facing a problem ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• UP SHIT CREEK in an unpleasant situation; in an awkward predicament; in trouble ...1937 sl.
• UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE in deep trouble ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• UP THE CREEK in trouble ...1918 sl.
• UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE in trouble ...1918 sl.
• UP THE POLE in trouble ...1896 sl.
• UP THE SPOUT in a desperate situation; beyond help; in trouble ...1829 sl.
trouble - adverbs
• IN THE JACKPOT in trouble, in the doghouse ...1967 Amer. sl.
• WITH MUCH ADO with much trouble or difficulty ...1548
trouble - nouns 
• AG problems, trouble, annoyance ...1980s sl.
• AGG problems, trouble, annoyance ...1980s sl.
• AGGRO trouble, strife, problems; a nuisance ...1969 UK sl.
• AGRO problems, trouble ...1960s sl.
• BAD NEWS an unpleasant situation; difficulties; trouble ...1940s sl., orig. US
• BARNEY trouble ...1980s rhyming sl. (Barney Rubble)
• BARNEY RUBBLE trouble ...1980s rhyming sl.
• BARRAT † trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain ...c1230
• BONE IN THE THROPPLE, A a thorn in the side; something that constantly causes problems or trouble ...1871 Sc.
• BOVVER trouble, fighting, violent behaviour, esp. when associated with skinhead culture ...1969 UK sl.
• CADDLE worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CAFLUGALTY trouble; difficulty; a row; an argument ...1910s Amer. sl.
• CAFUGELTY trouble; difficulty; a row; an argument ...1914 Amer. sl.
• CARE † mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble ...c1250
• CARELESSNESS † freedom from trouble or anxiety ...c1000
• CARKING † grieving, being anxious; trouble, solicitude; anxious toil ...1583 obs. or arch.
• DAILY DOUBLE trouble ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAMAGE † a disadvantage, inconvenience, trouble ...1398
• DEAD problems, trouble ...20C W. Indies & Barbados sl.
• DEAD MEAT used for expressing a very high degree of trouble; orig. applied only in situations where death was certain, but then softened to include lesser consequences ...1974 US sl.
• DEAD TROUBLE an extremely difficult situation; deep trouble ...1971 UK sl.
• DERE harm; injury; trouble ...arch.
• DERF † trouble, tribulation, hurt ...c1225
• DISTROUBLE †* disturbance, trouble, molestation ...c1450
• DUCK'S GUTS trouble ...1965 Barbados sl.
• FASH trouble, vexation; bother, annoyance, disturbance; inconvenience; fuss, pother; also, something that gives trouble ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FASHERIE trouble, annoyance; fuss, unnecessary ceremony; any unnecessary ornamentation, trimming, etc. ...1727 Sc.
• FASHERY annoyance, trouble, vexation, worry; also, something that causes worry ...1553 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FASHMENT trouble, bother ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHRIE trouble, worry, annoyance ...1660 Sc.
• FAUCHT a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• FAUGHT † a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion ...1721 Sc.
• FIREWORKS trouble; a display of temper ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FIX trouble, a difficult position ...1834 US sl.
• GANK † an unexpected trouble ...1768 Sc.  
• HAG(G) a worry, trouble, burden; a difficulty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAIR IN ONE'S NECK, A a cause of trouble or annoyance ...a1450
• HARASS difficulty, great trouble ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HARD CHANCE a difficult time, trouble ...1957 Amer. dial.
• HARD ROW OF STUMPS, A trouble; a difficulty ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SAILING trouble, misfortune ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARM † grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction ...a1000
• HARRISH distress, worry, annoyance, trouble ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE trouble or annoyance caused by having to do something difficult; a problem, a difficulty; a quarrel, an argument; a fuss, a bother ...1945
• HEART SCALD trouble, vexation, injury; a disgust ...1813 Sc.
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HELL WITH THE HIDE OFF trouble, problems ...1961 Amer. dial.
• HOT SPOT a place of trouble ...1941 sl.
• IMPORTUNITY † burdensomeness, trouble ...1475
• JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest ...1887 Amer. sl.
• JOBLIJOCK anything tending to interfere with domestic comfort or peace, as a scolding wife, a smoking chimney, etc.;  domestic trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KADDLE worry, trouble, dispute, fuss ...1856 Eng. dial.
• KEELICK † anger, trouble, vexation ...1808 Sc.
• KNEE DEEP the state one is in when the lies and boasting have accumulated considerably ...M20 US sl.
• KNEE DEEP IN SHIT the state one is in when the lies and boasting have accumulated considerably ...M20 US sl.
• MALEASE † absence of ease; uneasiness, discomfort; inconvenience, annoyance; disquiet; distress, trouble ...a1300
• MANCH trouble, pains, bother; a fuss ...1897 Eng. dial.
• MARREMENT †* trouble, affliction ...1390
• MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MEOW an expedition with the aim of causing trouble or shoplifting ...1990s US sl.
• MERRY HELL great trouble, upheaval, or disturbance ...a1911 sl.
• NAP AND DOUBLE trouble ...1930s rhyming sl.
• NAUSEA trouble; a fuss ...1959 Brit. military usage
• OIL trouble ...1934 Amer. sl.
• OPPRESSURE † the act of oppressing; oppression; distress, trouble ...c1600-8
• PACKET trouble ...1910s sl., orig. military
• PADDY-NODDY perplexity, embarrassment; a state of agitation, uneasiness, and trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PARANGLES bustle and confusion; trouble and worry; any bothersome, complicated situation ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• PEDO trouble; nonsense ...1974 US sl.
• QUEER STREET an imaginary street where people in difficulties are supposed to reside; hence, any difficulty, fix, or trouble, bad circumstances, debt, illness, etc. ...1837 sl.
• RAVE trouble, confusion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SALT trouble, annoyance, difficulties ...1950s US Black & W. Indies sl.
• SCALD trouble, vexation, injury; a disgust ...1813 Sc.
ֽ• SCROBBLE a state of difficulty or trouble; a 'scrape' ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIT trouble ...1937 US sl.
• SITE † care or sorrow; grief, trouble of any kind ...c1200
• SITHE † mishap, misfortune, trouble ...c1205
• STATIC harassment, trouble, complications ...1926 US sl.
• TARRIE † trouble ...1870 Sc.
• TERRIFY a source of worry or trouble ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state ...1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THOUGHT care, grief, sorrow; a burden; a cause of trouble ...1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRALL oppression; restraint; trouble, worry ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREE KINDS OF SHIT a lot of trouble ...1995 Aust. sl.
• THROW a reverse of fortune; trouble ...1835 Sc.
• THRUNG trouble ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINE † affliction; trouble; sorrow ...1590
• UNSAUCHT † trouble, disquietude ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNSHIRTED HELL trouble, hell, misfortune ...1932 US sl.
• VEX a source of regret, sorrow, or annoyance; a trouble; a cause or state of vexation, annoyance, or worry ...1815 Sc.
• WANREST † a state of inquietude or trouble; unrest ...c1550 Sc.
• WHAT-FOR punishment, trouble, a fuss ...L19 sl.
• WHAT-SORT a punishment, trouble, a fuss ...L19 sl.
trouble - person 
• ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN a person likely to cause trouble or harm ...1920
• BAG BITER a spoiler or troublemaker ...Bk1994 political sl. 
• BAIT an individual who is likely to get into trouble or face unwanted attention ...1959 sl.
• EIGHT BALL one who is continually getting into trouble ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
• INKLE-WEAVER one who causes trouble ...1892 Eng. dial.
• LIVE ONE someone destined to cause trouble in any situation, usually challenging authority ...1970s sl.
• MAN A-HANGING a person in trouble ...1970s US Black sl.
• SHIT DISTURBER a person who takes pleasure in causing trouble or discord; an agitator; a troublemaker ...1961 Can. sl.
• SNAFU one who is continually getting into trouble ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
• TORMENT person who causes trouble, a mischievous person ...1784 
• UGLY CUSTOMER a person who is likely to cause trouble, or be difficult to deal with; an unpleasant, menacing person ...1811
trouble - verbs
• ACT UP to cause someone trouble ...20C sl.
• AILD to make mildly ill; to trouble or upset ...1903 Amer. dial.
• ANNOY to hurt, to trouble, to damage ...1580 Eng. dial.
• ASK FOR IT to ask for trouble; to act in a way that invites trouble ...c1900 Amer. sl.
• BAIL ON to oppress, to give a hard time to, to trouble ...1960s US teen sl.
• BALE ON to oppress, to give a hard time to, to trouble ...1960s US teen sl.
• BARBULYIE to confuse, to trouble ...1790 Sc.
• BEIL to give pain or trouble to ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BE IN A HANK to be in a state of perplexity or trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BE IN ARSEHOLE STREET to be in serious trouble ...c1950 sl
• BE IN DEEP SHIT to be in trouble or difficulty ...1969 sl.
• BE IN THE SHIT to be in trouble or difficulty ...1929 sl.
• BE UP CACK STREET to be in trouble ...20C Brit. sl.
• BOTHERATE to bother, to trouble ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BREED A BLACK EYE to stir up trouble (for oneself); to act so as to provoke retaliation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BREED A SCAB to stir up trouble (for oneself); to act so as to provoke retaliation ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BREED A SCAB ON ONE'S NOSE to stir up trouble (for oneself); to act so as to provoke retaliation ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BRING MUD to cause trouble ...1928 US Black sl.
• BUST to be in trouble ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUY THE DICK to get into trouble; to get hurt ...1970 US sl.
• CADDLE to trouble, to disturb, to worry ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CARK † to burden with care; to worry, to harass, to vex, to trouble; chiefly used in past participle ...c1330
• CARRY A BIG SPOON to stir up trouble ...1989 Aust. sl.
• CATCH A COLD to get into trouble, possibly through impetuousness ...L18 sl.
• CATCH A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune ...1925 sl.
• CATCH COLD to get into trouble, possibly through impetuousness ...L18 sl.
• CATCH IT to get into trouble, usually with the implication of punishment ...1835 sl.
• CATCH IT IN THE NECK to get into trouble, usually with the implication of punishment ...1835 sl.
• COME TO GRIEF to get into serious trouble; to fail ...1850 UK
• COP A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune ...1925 sl.
• COP IT to get into trouble, usually with the implication of punishment ...1909 Brit. sl.
• DADDLE to trouble, bother, annoy, worry ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAL to cause trouble for, to treat harshly ...1920s US Black sl.
• DEAVE to trouble, bother ...a1400
• DISTROUBLE † to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex ...c1369 
• DO SOMEONE MISCHIEF to cause trouble or harm to ...c1385
• DROP SOMEONE IN IT to cause trouble or harm to ...1991 sl.
• DROP SOMEONE IN THE SHIT to get someone blamed and into trouble ...2001 UK sl.
• DROP THE BUCKET ON SOMEONE to expose someone's misdeeds; to get someone into trouble ...1950 Aust. sl.
• DRUBBLE † to trouble, to disturb ...a1340
• DRUMBLE † to disturb, trouble, confuse ...1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FALL IN THE SHIT to get into trouble; to find oneself in difficulties ...c1870 colloq.
• FASH 1. to afflict, to annoy, to trouble, to vex; also, to give trouble, to bother, to weary ...1533 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to weary, to be annoyed; to take trouble, to worry ...1585 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FASH ONE'S BEARD to trouble, to concern, to vex oneself ...1789 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FASH ONE'S HEAD to trouble, to concern, to vex oneself ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FASH ONE'S NODDLE to trouble, to concern, to vex oneself ...1842 Sc.
• FASH ONE'S THUMB to trouble, to concern, to vex oneself ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FEAZE to vex, to trouble, to faze ...1851 Amer. dial.
• FEEZE to vex, to trouble, to faze ...1851 Amer. dial.
• FUCK ABOUT to cause trouble or harm to ...1960 sl.
• FUCK AROUND to cause trouble or harm to ...1960 sl.
• GET A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble ...1930s sl.
• GET IN A TIGHT CRACK to get into trouble or difficulty ...1926 US sl.
• GET IN SOMEONE'S ASS to cause trouble for someone; to act against someone; to thrash someone ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GET IT to get into trouble, usually with the implication of punishment ...1872 sl.
• GET IT HOT to get into trouble, usually with the implication of punishment ...1872 sl.
• GET IT IN THE NECK to get into trouble, usually with the implication of punishment ...1872 sl.
• GET ONE'S ASS IN A CRACK to get into trouble or difficulty ...1966 US sl.
• GET ONE'S TAIL IN A CRACK to get into trouble; to get oneself into a difficult situation ...1961 US sl.
• GET THINGS IN A HANK to be in a state of perplexity or trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GIVE A PERSON GYP to hurt a person, to cause pain for; hence, to cause trouble for, to irritate or distress ...1894
• GIVE ONESELF ILL † to distress or trouble oneself; to grieve ...a1300
• GIVE THE RUN-AROUND to cause trouble or harm to ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GOOF ONESELF to get into trouble ...1940s sl.
• GO TO HELL IN A HANDBAG to be in a bad state, to be heading for trouble ...1987 Amer. dial.
• HACKLE to bother, to worry, to trouble ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• HARRISH to harass, to worry, to torment, to trouble; to ravage ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HAVE A PACKET to be killed or wounded; to get into trouble ...1930s sl.
• HAVE COCOBAY ON TOP OF YAWS to add new troubles to a situation that seemed bad enough already ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HAVE ONE'S ASS IN A SLING to be in trouble; to be in an unfortunate predicament ...1960 US sl.
• HAVE THE PORK to be in trouble ...1979 Amer. dial.
• ICE to harm, to cause trouble for ...1970s sl.
• IMPEACH † to embarrass or trouble oneself ...1484
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
• JAG to vex, to irritate, to annoy, to trouble; to pain, to rankle ...1888 Eng. dial.
• LAG to cause trouble for; to lead to an arrest ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• LAND IN THE SHIT to get someone blamed and into trouble ...1984 UK sl.
• LEAD ONE A CHASE to give a pursuer trouble by one's speed or circuitous course ...1861
• LEAD ONE A DANCE to put to the trouble of hurrying from place to place; hence, to compel to go through a course of irksome action ...1607
• MAKE A ROD FOR ONESELF to act in a way that will bring one trouble later
• MAKE A ROD FOR ONE'S OWN BACK to act in a way that will bring one trouble later
• MAKE THE FUR FLY to cause serious trouble; to cause a fight or a bad argument; to create an uproar or disturbance ...1834 sl.
• MAKE WAVES to cause trouble ...1962 sl., orig. US
• MANCH to trouble, to bother, to take pains ..1897 Eng. dial.
• MAR † to confuse, to bewilder; to perplex, to trouble; to grieve, to distress ...a1300
• MESS OVER to meddle with, to make a mess of, to make untidy or disorderly, to cause pain or trouble for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLESTATE † to harass, to trouble ...1543
• OBTURB †* to trouble ...1623
• OPPRESS † of an enemy, external circumstances, etc.: to press or bear heavily on; to reduce to straits; to molest, to trouble, to harass, to distress ...1382
• PAIL to trouble; to harass, to weary ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PERTROUBLE † to perturb, to trouble greatly ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
• PHEEZE to vex, to trouble, to faze ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PLAY HELL WITH to cause trouble or harm to ...1803 sl.
• PLAY MERRY HELL WITH to cause trouble or harm to ...1803 sl.
• PUKE SOMEONE OFF to attack, to cause trouble for ...1960s sl.
• PULL AN OLD HOUSE ON ONE'S HEAD † to get oneself into trouble ...1811
• PUT ONE'S WEIGHTS UP to cause trouble deliberately ...1920s NZ sl.
• PUT THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS to cause trouble ...1976 sl.
• QUEER to cause trouble for ...1910s US sl.
• QUEER THE GAME to cause trouble for someone ...L18 US criminals' sl.
• RAG to attack, to cause trouble; to rob ...20C sl.
• RAISE AN ANTS' NEST to make trouble, to foster an argument ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RAISE BLAZES to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss ...M19 sl., orig. US
• RAISE CAIN to make a lot of trouble
• RAISE HADES to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss ...M19 sl., orig. US
• RAISE HECK to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss ...M19 sl., orig. US
• RAISE HELL to make a lot of trouble; to go on a rampage
• RAISE HOB to cause as much trouble as one can ...1910s US sl.
• RAISE MERRY HELL to cause trouble, upheaval, or a disturbance ...a1911 sl.
• RAISE MERRY NED to create a commotion, disturbance. or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time ...1906 Amer. dial.
• RAISE NED to create a commotion, disturbance, or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time ...1849 Amer. dial.
• RAISE NEDDY-JINGO to create a commotion, disturbance, or trouble ...1958 Amer. dial.
• RAISE OLD NED to create a commotion, disturbance, or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAISE PROMISCUOUS NED to create a commotion, disturbance, or trouble; hence, to have a rousing good time ...1848 Amer. dial.
• RAISE SHIT to cause trouble, to make a fuss ...1990s US sl.
• RAISE THE DEVIL to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...1841
• RAISE THE MISCHIEF to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...c1865
• RAMP to swindle, to con; to rob, to mug; to make trouble ...1812 UK sl.
• ROCK THE BOAT to cause trouble; to create a disturbance in the existing situation ...1931 colloq.
• SALT UP to cause trouble for; to place in a difficult or embarrassing situation ...1980s US college sl.
• SCALD to trouble, to pain, to vex; to disgust ...1877 Sc.
• SCALD THE HEART to trouble, to pain, to vex; to disgust ...1877 Sc.
• SET THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS to cause trouble ...1976 sl.
• SIG to cause trouble; to stir things up, often purely for fun, whatever the actual results ...1930s US Black sl.
• SIGNIFY to gossip; to stir up trouble ...1929 Amer. dial. Black usage
• SMACK A BLUE to strike trouble ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SOW DRAGONS' TEETH to cause contention; to stir up trouble, strife, or war ...1850
• STIR to cause trouble ...1969 sl.
• STOOK to stir up trouble ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• STURBLE † to disturb, to trouble ...1303
• TAKE A SHIT to cause trouble for, to attack ...1960s sl.
• TAKE CARE OF to cause trouble for ...1950s sl.
• TEAR ONE'S ASS to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1750 sl.
• TEAR ONE'S ASSHOLE to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1961 sl.
• TEEN to trouble, to vex; to tease, to worry ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEW ONE'S SHIRT to trouble oneself; to worry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRONG to be busy; to trouble oneself ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TO-TROUBLE † to trouble greatly, to afflict severely ...1382
• WAKE SNAKES to cause disturbance or trouble; to provoke to the uttermost; to get oneself into trouble; to having a rousing, roaring time ...1848 Amer. sl.
trouble - phrases
• DON'T CRY UNTIL YOU'RE HURT don't anticipate trouble ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HEADS ARE GOING TO ROLL people are going to get in trouble ...Bk1995 US sl.
• HELL'S A-BUSTING trouble or turmoil is starting ...1956 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S A-POPPING trouble or turmoil is starting ...1956 Amer. dial.
• IF IT AIN'T YOU, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE a phrase in which the speaker indicates a belief that trouble is imminent ...1930s US Black sl.
• IF IT AIN'T YOU, IT'S SOMEONE ELSE a phrase in which the speaker indicates a belief that trouble is imminent ...1930s US Black sl.
• IN ASS in trouble ...1980 Trinidad and Tobago
• IN DEEP SHIT in serious trouble ...1999 US sl.
• IN THE PIG'S A.H. in very great trouble ...1910s US sl.
• KEEP YOUR ASS CLEAN. stay out of trouble ...1961 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S NUMBER IS UP one is in serious trouble ...Aust. sl.
• THE SHIT WILL FLY there will be trouble ...1974 UK sl.
• YOUR ASS IS GRASS used for conveying the state of being in great trouble ...1956 US sl.
WHEN THE SHIT FLIES when trouble suddenly or rapidly breaks out; when a situation suddenly becomes critical ...1966 sl.
WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN when trouble suddenly or rapidly breaks out; when a situation suddenly becomes critical ...a1943 sl., orig. US Military
 
TROUBLED - adjectives
• ALL TORE OUT in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CAREFUL † full of care, trouble, anxiety, or concern; anxious, troubled, solicitous, concerned ...a1000
• DRETCHED † oppressed, troubled; vexed or disturbed by dreams ...16C
• EXTRAUGHT † distraught; deeply agitated or troubled ...1509
• FASHED troubled, worried ...1597 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEART-SCALDED troubled, tormented, afflicted ...1843 Ireland  
• ILL-FASHED troubled, worried ...1810 Sc.
• IN THE SUDS troubled; perplexed; angry ...1617 sl.
• JAMMED troubled, upset ...1970s US sl.
• THRUTCHED hard pressed with work, worry, etc.; distressed or troubled in mind ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TORE OUT in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TORE-UP adj. in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled ...1867 Amer. dial.
• TORN OUT in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TORN-UP in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TROUBLY † confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet ...c1380
 
TROUBLEMAKER - person
• BAD ACTOR a person who behaves immorally; an unpleasant individual, an aggressive troublemaker; an habitual brawler; a dangerous person ...1848 sl.
• BADASS a tough, aggressive or uncooperative person; a troublemaker ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BAD-ASS NIGGER a troublemaker; a mean person ...1900s US Black sl.
• BAD-ASSED NIGGER a troublemaker; a mean person ...1900s US Black sl.
• BAD CROWD an unpleasant, untrustworthy person; a troublemaker; a habitual brawler; a dangerous person ...1883 US sl.
• BAD EGG a troublemaker ...Bk1994 sl. 
• BAD HAT a mischievous or wayward person; a rascal; a troublemaker; an habitual brawler; a dangerous person ...1831 sl.
• BAGBITER a person who is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like. a spoiler or troublemaker ...1982 Amer. sl.
• EIGHT BALL a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit ...1933 US sl.
• GANGSTER a troublemaker; an aggressive, abusive person; a hoodlum, a thug ...1980 US Black sl.
• GEE-ER a troublemaker; one who tells lies about another in order to provoke a fight ...1950 prison sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• JACK-THE-LAD (a nickname for) a troublemaker or rogue, esp. one regarded with both admiration and mistrust; someone noticeably sharper, smarter, or smugger than the rest ...1981 Brit. colloq.
• MESS-UP a troublemaker or misfit ...1944 US sl.
• MIXER a troublemaker ...1938 sl.
• PEACEBREAKER a disruptive person; a troublemaker ...1873 Amer. dial.
• PEACE DISTURBER a disruptive person; a troublemaker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SEA LAWYER a troublemaker; a malcontent ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SHIT-STIRRER a person who takes pleasure in causing trouble or discord ...sl.
• SKEESICKS, SKEEZICKS, SKEEZIX, SKEEZUCKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...1850 US sl.
• STIRRER a troublemaker ...1963 sl.
• TACKHEAD a troublemaker ...1992 US sl.
• TAID a 'toad' a disgusting person; an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
• TOAD a term of contempt for an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc. 
 
TROUBLESOME - adjectives
• ACCUMBROUS † cumbrous, oppressive, troublesome ...c1392
• ANNOYOUS troublesome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• AWKWARDLY awkward, troublesome, clumsy ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BALL-BREAKING troublesome, difficult, very irritating, physically demanding, exhausting ...1959 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING troublesome, difficult; irritating; physically demanding, exhausting  ...1944 US sl.
• BUNGLESOME awkward and troublesome ...1889 US
• CABBLIN querulous, troublesome ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CADDLESOME of persons: troublesome ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING troublesome, teasing, worrying, annoying ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARESOME † troublesome, burdensome ...1535
• DERF † troublesome, hard, difficult ...a1225
• ENNOYOUS †* annoying, vexatious, troublesome; harmful ...c1420
• FASCIOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Sc.
• FASHING troublesome ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHIOUS troublesome, annoying, irksome ...1536 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FASHOUS troublesome, annoying, irksome; of a task: tricky, ticklish ...1731 Sc.
• FASHY troublesome; annoying through intoxication ...19C Eng. dial.
• FESHOUS troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult to please, particular; unfortunate, shameful ...1725 Eng. dial.
• FULL OF THE OLD NED mischievous, troublesome ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HANTY not troublesome; often applied to a beast ...1788 Sc. obs.
• HEAVY † of persons: oppressive; troublesome, annoying; angry; severe, violent ...c825
• HONEROUS † burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ...c1400
• IMPORTUNABLE † troublesome ...1566
• IMPORTUNATE † troublesome; persistently troublesome ...1613
• IMPORTUNE † troublesome, burdensome; vexatious; grievous, heavy, severe, exacting ...c1400
• INFESTIOUS † hostile, troublesome, inimical ...1597
• IRKING irritating, troublesome ...1898 Sc.
• MAUL-HAULY heavy, troublesome, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEADLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MESSING bothering, troublesome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLESTIOUS † troublesome, annoying ...1524
• NICKY-NACKY trifling, trivial, useless; troublesome; speaking in an affected or mincing manner ...1818 Sc.
• NIDGING * restless, troublesome ...1796
• NOISANT †* harmful, troublesome, grievous ...a1440
• NOYOUS † causing annoyance; annoying, disagreeable, vexatious, troublesome, harmful, hurtful ...a1340
• OILY mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate ...1936 Amer. dial.
• ONERABLE †* burdensome; oppressive, troublesome ...1432-50
• ONERARIOUS †* onerous, burdensome, troublesome ...a1548
• ONEROSE † burdensome; oppressive, troublesome ...c1450
• ONEROUS † burdensome; oppressive; troublesome ...c1400
• ORDINARY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate, ill-tempered ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, unmanageable, disobedient, obstinate, ill-tempered, angry ...1862 Amer. dial.
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
• PESTERSOME troublesome, bothersome, annoying ...1843 Amer. dial.
• RAMMELSOME rough, troublesome ...1864 Sc.
• SAD mischievous, troublesome, corrupt ...17C sl.
• SAIRISH somewhat troublesome ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORNSUM troublesome, bothering ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAISEY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEASY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEAZY teasing, troublesome ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEENFUL wrathful; troublesome, vexatious ...1861 Sc.
• TEUKIN † quarrelsome, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEWSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TORMENTATIOUS troublesome ...1902 Sc.
• TURMOILOUS †* full of turmoil or tumult; disturbed; troublesome ...1553
• TUSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFORBIDDEN unrestrained, unruly, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGAIN disagreeable; intractable, troublesome; unsteady, wild; stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNLUCKY mischievous, troublesome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRESTY † adj. unquiet, full of unrest, restless, uneasy, troublesome ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc.
• WAFF troublesome, unchancy, tricky ...1865 Sc.
troublesome - nouns
• BIND, A something very troublesome or annoying ...1930 sl., chiefly Brit.
• BOOGER something distasteful, troublesome, or discomforting; something that is very difficult to do ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BOTHERMENT something troublesome; perplexity; bewilderment  ...1843 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• DOUBLE-TROUBLE a very troublesome thing ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOUBLE WHAMMY a double portion of something troublesome ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FUSS AND PALAVER an annoying or troublesome complexity ...1892
• MENACE something very troublesome or annoying ...1936 sl.
• ONEROSITY * the quality of being burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome ...1874
• PAIN someone or something very troublesome or annoying ...1910s sl.
• PAIN IN THE ARSE, A someone or something very troublesome or annoying; a nuisance ...1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE NECK, A someone or something very troublesome or annoying ...1910s sl.
• PALAVER an annoying or troublesome complexity ...1892
• PISSER someone or something very troublesome or annoying ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SCHLEP(P) a troublesome business or a piece of hard work ...1964 sl., chiefly US
troublesome - person
• APE a mischievous, troublesome child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAD APPLE a troublesome or despicable person ...1962
• BADASS a tough guy; a cocky, troublesome person ...1956 US sl.
• BADDER a troublesome person ...1825 Sc.
• BAD LOT a reprehensible, dishonest, troublesome person; a failure in life ...1848 sl.
• BAD NEWS a troublesome, threatening person ...1949 sl., orig. US
• BAGLE a troublesome person ...Bk1882 Eng, dial.
• BATHER a troublesome person ...1825 Sc.
• BEAGLE an opprobrious epithet applied to a depraved, unmanageable, and troublesome person ...1744 Eng. dial.
• BEDLAM a troublesome person or animal ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BICHT † a cross, ill-natured, or troublesome person; generally applied to a child or an aged person ...1887 Sc. 
• BOWSER a troublesome character ...2000s Irish sl.
• CAMACHAL a troublesome boy ...1934 Sc.
• DEVILING a fretful, troublesome woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S BUCKIE a mischievous, troublesome person; an imp ...1816 Sc.
• DEVIL'S LIMB an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1714 Sc.
• DEVIL'S OWN SORROW a troublesome person, a plague ...1887 Sc.
• DEVIL'S PETS an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1856 Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE-TROUBLE a very troublesome person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EYESORE a person whose presence is considered offensive, annoying, or troublesome to someone; a nuisance ...1548
• FARTLES an inquisitive, troublesome person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASH a troublesome person; a human nuisance ...1808 Sc.
• FILTY WAMLIN a term of disparagement; a troublesome person, esp. a child ...1911 Sc.
• HEAVY FATHER † a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy ...c1510
• HEAVY FRIEND † a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy ...1554
• HELL ON WHEELS a very troublesome or annoying person ...1843 sl.
• HELL-RAISER a person likely to cause trouble and disturbance, esp. by an active and defiant spirit ...1914 US sl.
• HOLY TERROR a troublesome child ...1883 sl.
• HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JACK SPRAT an annoying or troublesome child ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'brat' 
• MAGGOT a troublesome child ...1923 Sc.
• MASTER-DADDY a troublesome child, one who tries to get the upper hand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENACE a person that is a bore or a general nuisance; someone or something very troublesome or annoying; an unpleasant, irritating person ...1936 sl.
• MISCHIEF a troublesome, mischievous person ...1825 Sc.  
• NANGNAIL an ill-tempered, troublesome person; a tyrant ...1856 Eng. dial.
• NING-NANG a worthless or troublesome person; an unreliable person; a silly or stupid person; a fool ...1832 Eng. dial.
• NUT * a troublesome or unruly young man ...1882 Aust. colloq.
• ONMARK a troublesome or refractory person or animal ...Bk1905 Sc. 
• PAIN someone or something very troublesome or annoying ...1910s sl.
• PAIN IN THE ARSE, A someone or something very troublesome or annoying; a nuisance ...1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE ASS, A an annoying or troublesome person ...1934 colloq.
• PAIN IN THE NECK someone very troublesome or annoying ...1941 sl. 
• PARCEL a difficult, troublesome person; a term of abuse ...20C Irish sl.
• PEB a troublesome person or animal ...1903 Aust. sl.
• PEBBLE a troublesome or obstinate person or animal ...1829 colloq., chiefly Aust.
• PEST a very troublesome or annoying person ...1609
• PISSER someone or something very troublesome or annoying ...1943 sl., orig. US
• RADICAL a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal ...Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROTTEN APPLE a troublesome or despicable person ...1887 
• TACKLE a quick and rather troublesome child; a difficult child ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• TARRAS a troublesome, mischievous lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASHEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TASSEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TEAZE-TRILL a troublesome fellow ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• TERROR a troublesome child ...1883 sl.
• VARMENT, VARMINT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• YAP a cross, peevish person; a troublesome, crying child ...Bk1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• YOUNG HESSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...1914 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG HUSSIAN a troublesome, mischievous child ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG LIMB a troublesome child ...Bk1891 sl.
• YOUNG RADICAL a troublesome young rascal ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG TURK a naughty or unmanageable child; a troublesome, destructive boy ...1859
troublesome - verbs
• GO ASKEW to be troublesome, to do wrong actions ...1885 Eng. dial.
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
• TIRE ONE'S HEART OUT to be very troublesome and importunate ...1876 Eng. dial. 
• YARR † to quarrel, to be captious and troublesome ...1778 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
TROUBLESOMELY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † in a burdensome or grievous way; grievously, troublesomely ...1564
• IMPORTUNELY † grievously, troublesomely ...a1656
 
TROUBLESOMENESS - nouns
• FASHIOUSNESS troublesomeness ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ILLNESS † unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness; badness ...1595
• PAINFULNESS the quality of causing trouble or labour; difficulty, troublesomeness, irksomeness ...1526 arch.
 
TROUBLING - nouns
• HACKLING bothering, worrying, troubling ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• OBTURBATION † a troubling ...1623
 
TROUNCE - verbs
• BOUNCE † to beat, to thump, to trounce, to knock ...c1225
• CARVE to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1884 US sl.
• CLEAN SOMEONE'S CLOCK to thrash someone; to trounce ...1959 Amer. sl.
• EAT to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1803 US sl.
• EAT ALIVE to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1914 US sl.
• HANG SOMEONE'S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1961 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK THE SOCKS OFF SOMEONE to beat thoroughly; to trounce ...1845 sl.
• LAMP to trounce, to defeat, to vanquish, to conquer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• NUKE to thoroughly beat, to trounce ...Brit. sl.
• RAMSCOOTER to set about with violence, to drub, to trounce, to drive off in terror ...1887 Sc.
• RAMSCOOTRIFY to set about with violence, to beat up, to drub, to trounce, to drive off in terror ...1887 Sc. nonce word
• RAMSKITTLE to trounce, to set about someone with violence ...1952 Sc.
• RAMSTOORIE to drub, to trounce, to set about with violence ...1960 Sc.
• ROT THE SOCKS OFF to beat thoroughly; to trounce ...1964 sl.
• SKIN to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1920s sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE'S ASS to trounce, to punish, to kill someone ...1961 Amer. sl.
• WAFT to beat, to trounce, to out-manoeuvre, to circumvent ...1921 Sc.
• WHALE to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog, to hit, to trounce ...1856 Sc.
• WIND SOMEONE'S CLOCK to trounce ...1958 Amer. dial.
 
TROUNCING - nouns
• ASS-WAXING a thrashing, a trouncing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• WARMING a thrashing, a trouncing ...1681
 
TROUSERS - adjectives
• ASSY of the seat of a pair of trousers or skirt: shiny ...20C Amer. sl.
• ATE OUT of trousers: worn, baggy, saggy ...2002 US sl.
• SANSCULOTTED unbreeched ...1801 nonce word
• SANSCULOTTIC without breeches, unbreeched; hence, inadequately or improperly clothed ...1833
• TROUSERIAN pert. to trousers ...c1820
trousers - nouns 
• ABRIDGEMENTS knee-breeches ...M19 sl.
• ADAM ANTS pants ...1980s Brit. rhyming sl.
• ANKLE-BITER tight trousers, as worn by hussars ...1920s
• ANKLE CHOKERS narrow-bottomed Army-issue trousers ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ARSE tail end, rear of any object; esp. the seat of the trousers ...1556
• ARSE-RUG trousers; breeches ...19C Brit. sl.
• ARTICLES breeches, trousers; a suit of clothes;  possibly also underwear ...1780 cant
• ASS tail end, rear of any object; esp. the seat of the trousers ...1556
• BAGGIES baggy shorts or trousers ...1963 Amer sl., orig. surfing usage
• BAGS clothes that hang loosely about the wearer; trousers ...1853 UK sl.
• BALL UP a man's underwear flap; the front or flap of the breeches ...17C Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BARN DOOR a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1885 Amer. dial.
• BARN-DOOR BRITCHES a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1885 Amer. dial.
• BARN-DOOR PANTS a wide front flap on trousers, buttoned at the sides ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BOSOM OF THE PANTS the seat of the trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOTTLE POCKET the left side trousers pocket ...1980 Amer. dial.
• BREECHING trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREEK the leg of a trouser ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEKENS breeches ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEKIES a young boy's breeches ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEK-KNEES knee-breeches ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEKS trousers, breeches ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRITCHES trousers, pants ...1867 Amer. dial.
• BRITCHIN' trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUM-BAGS trousers, breeches ...1840 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BUM-CURTAIN trousers, breeches ...19C sl.
• CACK-CATCHERS trousers tied at the ankles, as worn by country farm-workers ...Aust. sl.
• CACKERSARNIE the condition that exists when someone pulls your trousers or underpants forcefully upward, forming a wedge between buttock cheeks; the act of putting someone in that position ...1980s UK sl., chiefly schoolboys' usage
• CALF-CLINGERS close-fitting trousers ...1884 sl.
• CALLARD & BOWSERS trousers ...1960s rhyming sl.
• CANTEEN MEDAL a fly-button undone ...c1917 army sl.
• CANVASSEENS sailors' canvas trousers ...Bk1891 nautical sl.
• CHARLIE ROUSERS trousers ...1920s rhyming sl.
• CHOKEBORE BRITCHES trousers that narrow towards the bottom, esp. riding breeches ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHOKE-BORED PANTS trousers that narrow towards the bottom, esp. riding breeches ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CONTINUATIONS trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOTIE DRAPES a style of trousers, wide and draped and thus a possible home for lice ...1940s US Black sl.
• CRACKER leather, generally sheepskin, trousers ...1833 S. Afr.
• CROWN SHEET the seat of the trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DACKS shorts or trousers ...1970 Aust. sl.
• DAKS shorts or trousers ...1940s sl., orig. Aust.
• DAN DARES flared trousers ...1996 UK rhyming sl. for 'flares'
• DEAD WOWSERS trousers ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• DECKS trousers ...1983 UK sl.
• DEPANTSING in a group of adolescent males: the removal of the trousers of one of their number, esp. in the presence of adolescent females ...20C US sl.
• DON'T-NAME-'EMS trousers ...M19 Brit. sl.
• DRUMSTICK CASES trousers ...19C sl.
• EEL-SKINS trousers; very tight trousers; any tight-fitting article of clothing ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FARTING-CRACKERS breeches; trousers ...L17 cant
• FIPS ultra-styled trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLARES trousers with legs that widen below the knee ...colloq.
• FLEAS AND ANTS pants; trousers ...20C US rhyming sl.
• GABS trousers made of gabardine ...1955 UK sl.
• GALLIGASKINS a kind of wide hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; later, a more or less ludicrous term for loose breeches in general ...1577
• GALLY BREECHES † galligaskins ...1570
• GALLY-HOSE † galligaskins ...1583
• GALLYSLOPES breeches ...1889 sl.
• GALLY SLOPS † galligaskins ...1567
• GAM-CASES trousers; breeches ...19C Brit. sl.
• GASKINS † wide, loose breeches or hose ...1573
• GUN-MOUTH PANTS men's trousers with straight, tapered legs ...1937 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• GUTKAS trousers ...1920s Cockney usage
• HAM-BAGS trousers ...19C Brit. colloq.
• HAM-CASES trousers ...L18 Brit. sl.
• HAMS trousers ...L18 Brit. sl.
• HOUSE OF LORDS corduroy trousers ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'cords'
• HOWLING BAGS trousers with a loud pattern ...1850 sl.
• ICE-CREAM PANTS lightweight, light-coloured summer trousers ...1900s US sl.
• INDESCRIBABLES trousers ...1835 sl.
• INDISPENSABLES trousers ...E19 Brit. sl.
• INEFFABLES trousers ...1850 humorous euphemism
• INEXPLICABLES trousers ...1836 sl.
• INEXPRESSIBLES trousers ...1790 sl.
• INNOMINABLES † trousers; breeches ...1834 sl.
• INSECTS AND ANTS pants, trousers ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• IRREPRESSIBLES trousers ...19C Brit. sl.
• JEGGINGS tight-fitting trousers in a lightweight fabric with the colour and appearance of denim
• JOHNNY ROWSERS trousers ...1920s rhyming sl.
• JOLLY ROUSERS trousers ...1920s rhyming sl.
• JOLLY ROWSERS trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• KAKS trousers ...L19 sl.
• KECKS trousers ...L19 sl.
• KEKS trousers ...L19 sl.
• KELSOUNS †* drawers, linen trousers ...1568 Sc.
• KEX trousers ...L19 sl.
• KICK trousers ...20C sl.
• KICK-CLOY a pair of breeches ...M19 sl.
• KICKS breeches, trousers ...1699 sl.
• KICKSEYS, KICKSIES trousers; breeches ...1841 cant
• KICKSTERS trousers; breeches ...E19 Brit. sl.
• LACEBACKS overall pants ...1976 Amer. dial.
• LALLY-COVERS trousers ...2002 UK sl.
• LALLY-DRAGS trousers ...2002 UK sl.
• LEG-BAGS trousers ...a1890 US sl.
• LEG-COVERS trousers ...L19 colloq.
• LIONEL BLAIRS flares, trousers with flared legs ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• LIONELS flares, trousers with flared legs ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Lionel Blairs)
• LONGIES long trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONG STRIDES long trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOON PANTS casual trousers widely flared from the knees to the ankles ...1971 sl.
• LOONS casual trousers widely flared from the knees to the ankles ...1971 sl.
• LOON TROUSERS casual trousers widely flared from the knees to the ankles ...1971 sl.
• MOLES moleskin trousers ...L19 Aust. sl.
• MUSTN'T-MENTION-'EMS trousers ...M19 Brit. jocular
• NELLIE the trousers' fly ...1910s rhyming sl. (Nellie Bligh)
• NELLIE BLIGH the trousers' fly ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NELLY the trousers' fly ...1910s rhyming sl. (Nelly Bligh)
• NELLY BLIGH the trousers' fly ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NELLY BLY the trousers' fly ...1910s rhyming sl.
• NETHER GARMENTS trousers ...19C euphemism
• NEVER-MENTION-EMS unmentionables, trousers ...1856
• OILER an oilskin or oilcloth coat and/or trousers ...L19 sl., orig. US
• PAIR OF DRUMS trousers ...M19 Brit. sl.
• PANTIES trousers ...M19 US sl.
• PANTS trousers ...1840
• PEDAL-PUSHERS calf-length trousers for women or girls; originally designed for a 'pedal-pusher' (bicyclist); related to capri pants ...1944 US sl.
• PETROL BOWSERS trousers ...1971 rhyming Aust. sl.
• PETROLS trousers ...1971 rhyming Aust. sl. (Petrol Bowsers)
• PETTIBOCKERS women's knickerbockers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOP-CATCHERS trousers tied at the ankles, as worn by country farm-workers; knickerbockers ...1930s Aust. sl.
• QUEER KICKS old, worn-out trousers ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• QUEER NICKS worn-out breeches ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• QUICKIES zippered trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAMMIES trousers ...1906 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• RAMMY ROUSERS trousers, pants ...1906 Aust. rhyming sl.
• RANK AND RICHES breeches, trousers ...L19 rhyming sl.
• RANK AND RITCHES breeches, trousers ...L19 rhyming sl.
• RATIONALS knickerbockers for women ...1889
ׇ• REACH-ME-DOWNS trousers ...B1900 colloq.
• REAT PLEAT fashion trousers ...1947 Mexican-American youth usage
• RES-WORT trousers ...Bk1903 back slang
• RICE-BAGS trousers ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIPSY ROUSERS trousers ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• ROUND-ME-HOUSES trousers; pants ...M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ROUND-MY-HOUSES trousers; pants ...M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ROUNDS trousers, pants ...19C rhyming sl. (Round-the-houses)
• ROUND-THE-HOUSES trousers ...1857 rhyming sl.
• SACK-PANTS loose-fitting trousers ...1856 US
• SACKS trousers ...20C
• SHIT-CATCHERS knickerbockers ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SHOP DOOR the fly on a man's trousers ...1965 US sl.
• SHOW-AND-TELL PANTS very tight-fitting men's pants which reveal the outlines of the genitals ...M20 US sl.
• SINE QUA NONS breeches ...1850
• SIN-HIDERS trousers ...E20 Brit. sl.
• SIT-DOWN-UPONS trousers, breeches ...1840 colloq.
• SITTING BREECHES the trousers worn (figuratively) by visitors who have overstayed their welcome ...1965 Barbados
• SITTING BRITCHES the trousers worn (figuratively) by an idler or laggard ...1963 US sl.
• SIT-UPONS trousers, breeches ...1841 sl.
• SLICKER BREECHES waterproof trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRADDLERS trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRIDES trousers ...1889 sl., now chiefly Aust.
• STRIDERS trousers ...L19 sl.
• STRIDES trousers ...L19., orig. theatrical
• STROSSERS † a type of tight trousers ...1598
• ST. VITUS'S DANCE pants ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• TEUGS trousers; the thighs of a pair of breeches ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLE BREECHES wool or coarse-woven trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIGERS wide-striped trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIN PANTS heavy waterproof trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TROLLY-WAGS trousers, breeches ...1890 sl.
• TROU trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNAVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES formal dress breeches worn for Court appearances ...L19 US sl.
• UNCLES AND AUNTS. pants ...1920s rhyming sl.
• UNHINTABLES trousers ...19C Brit. jocular euphemism
• UNMENTIONABLES breeches, trousers ...19C colloq.
• UNSPEAKABLES breeches or trousers ...E19 Brit. jocular euphemism
• UNTALKABOUTABLES trousers ...M19 sl.
• UNUTTERABLES trousers ...E19 Brit. sl.
• UNWHISPERABLES trousers ...E19 Brit. & US sl.
• VELVETEENS trousers or knickerbockers made of velveteen ...1863
• WET WEATHERS waterproof trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIPPED-CREAM PANTS riding or other breeches made out of cloth 'the colour of whipped cream' (off-white) ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BREECHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BRITCHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE TROUSERS corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLING BREECHES corduroy trousers ...B1900 sl.
trousers - person
• CAKE a dandy; a fop; youths who wore stylish wide-bottomed trousers ...E19 US sl., esp. gang usage
• DROOPY-DRAWERS someone, usually a child, whose pants are falling down ...Bk2006 US sl.
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
• WHISTLE BREECHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE BRITCHES corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
• WHISTLE TROUSERS corduroy pants; a nickname for one who wears such pants ...1904 Amer. dial.
trousers - verbs 
• BREEK to don the trousers ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DACK to pull another's trousers down as a prank ...20C Aust. sl.
• DAK to pull another's trousers down as a prank ...2000 Aust. sl.
• DEBAG to remove someone's trousers, esp. as a joke ...1914 Brit. sl.
• DROP TROU as a prank, to lower your trousers, bend over and expose your buttocks to the world ...1966 US sl.
• LOCK THE BARN DOOR to fasten one's trouser fly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOCK THE BARN DOOR BEFORE THE HORSE GETS AWAY to fasten one's trouser fly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PANT to provide with trousers or pants; to allow (one) to wear long trousers ...1934 Amer. dial.
• PANTS 1. to provide with trousers or pants; to allow (one) to wear long trousers ...1934 Amer. dial.
  2. to pull someone's trousers down as part of a prank or practical joke ...1989 sl.
• SAG to wear one's trousers hanging low, exposing the top of one's underwear ...1991 US Black sl.
• UNBETTY of a prostitute: to unbutton the customer's trousers ...1930s US criminals' sl.
trousers - interjections/phrases
• ARE YOU FEELING A BREEZE? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• AT HALF-MAST in a partially lowered position; used esp. of trousers, or a partial erection of the penis ...1940s sl.
• CAN'T YOU FEEL THE WIND? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COWS AND HORSES WILL GET OUT said to warn a male that his fly is undone ...20C US sl.
• DAMPER'S DOWN used as a warning to a man that his trouser-fly is open ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DIME ON THE COUNTER used to warn a man that his trouser-fly is open ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DON'T YOU FEEL A LITTLE AIRY? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DO YOU FEEL A BREEZE? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DO YOU FEEL A DRAFT? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EYES IN THE BREECHES an expression of warning for a tear in the pants ...1957 Amer. dial.
• FEEL THE BREEZE? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FEEL THE DRAFT? used to warn a man that his pants are torn or that his fly is open ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FINGER TOO SORE TO BUTTON? used as a warning that one's trouser-fly is open ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FLY OVER THE HILLS a fly-button undone and showing ...1979 schoolchildren's usage
• ICEBOX IS OPEN a warning to a man that his trouser-fly is open ...1970 Amer. dial.
• IT'S ONE O' CLOCK a warning that one's fly-button is undone ...c1910 sl.
• IT'S ONE O'CLOCK AT THE BUTTON FACTORY used to indicate that man's trouser fly is open ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IT'S ONE-O'CLOCK AT THE WATERWORKS a catchphrase signalling a male that his trousers are unzipped or unbuttoned ...20C Aust. sl.
• IT'S ONE O'CLOCK AT THE ZIPPER FACTORY used to indicate that man's trouser fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IT'S ONE O'CLOCK, CLOSE UP used to indicate that man's trouser fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IT'S ONE O'CLOCK IN PETERSBURG used to indicate that man's trouser fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• IT'S ONE O'CLOCK IN WATERTOWN used to indicate that man's trouser fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JACK WHITE IS OUT OF JAIL used as a warning that a man's pants are torn; there's a hole in the seat of one's trousers ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIKE ST. PAUL'S used to describe tight trousers ...20C Aust. sl.
• MULE'S ABOUT TO GET OUT, THE warning to a man this his trouser fly is open ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OPEN HOUSE used to indicate that a man's trouser fly is open ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHUT THE BARN DOOR OR THE SHEEP WILL GET OUT your fly is open ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THERE'S A LETTER IN THE POST OFFICE used to indicate that there is a hole in one's trousers or that one's underwear is showing ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TREACLE! a jibe aimed at one whose trousers are too short ...1920s Aust.
• TREACLE-TROUSERS! a jibe aimed at one whose trousers are too short ...1920s Aust.
• X.Y.Z. 'examine your zipper'; telling a man that he has forgotten to zip up his trousers ...20C US sl.
• YOU LEFT YOUR MULE STABLE OPEN warning to a man this his trouser fly is open ...1969 Amer. dial.
• YOUR BACK DOOR IS OPEN a warning to a man that his pants are torn or split ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOUR BARN DOOR IS OPEN your fly is open ...1928 Amer. jocular
• YOUR BARN DOOR IS OPEN AND THE OWLS ARE COMING OUT your fly is open ...1965 Amer. jocular
• YOUR BARN DOOR IS OPEN, THE HORSE MIGHT GET OUT your fly is open ...1965 Amer. jocular
• YOU'RE AT HALF-MAST a warning that one's trouser fly is open ...1967 Amer. dial.
• YOUR ENDGATE'S OPEN a warning to a man that his trouser-fly is open ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
TROUT - nouns
• BAGGLERS the fry of trout ...1909 Sc.
• BROWNIE an angler's name for the trout ...1918
• HALF POUNDER rainbow trout ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
TROWEL - nouns
• SANDY POWELL a trowel ...1940s rhyming sl.
 
TRUANCY - person
• BEAKY LADY a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
• BEAKY MAN a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
 
TRUANT - adjectives
• LAKING idling, taking a holiday; playing truant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON THE HOOK absenting oneself from school; playing hooky ...1906 Amer. sl.
truant - person 
• BERRY-MOUCHER a truant from school in blackberry season ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• BLACKBERRY MOUCHER a boy who plays truant to pick blackberries ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DEWBERRY SNAIL a truant from school ...1810 Eng. dial.
• FAB a truant ...1916 Sc.
• FABBER a truant ...1916 Sc.
• MEECHER a truant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MICH a truant, one who stays away from school ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MIKER a truant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINCHER a truant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOOCHER a child who plays truant from school; esp. one who plays truant in order to pick blackberries; a blackberry picker ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MOUCHER a child who plays truant from school; esp. one who plays truant in order to pick blackberries; a blackberry picker ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMATREE a boy who climbs trees; a truant, a ne'er-do-well ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TROANT a truant ...1777 Eng. dial.
• WAG a truant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAGGER a truant ...1895 UK sl.
truant - verbs
• BAG to fail to attend school or a class ...1892 Amer. juvenile sl.
• BAG IT to play truant ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BAG SCHOOL to play truant ...1892 US sl.
• BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone ...1977 US sl.
• BUM to play hooky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUNK to play hooky; to skip school ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BUNK OFF to play truant ...1877 Brit. sl.
• DITCH to leave or stay out of school without permission; to be truant ...c1939 Amer. dial.
• FAB to play truant ...1916 Sc.
• FADE to miss a class; to waste time rather than work ...1960s US campus sl.
• FAINAIGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FAN to absent oneself from a class; to play truant ...1989 Amer. students' sl.
• FENEAGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FERNIG to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FLINK to play hooky, to cut class ...1969 Amer. dial.
​• GIP, GYP to stay away from school without an excuse, to play hookey ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GYPSY to play truant from school ...1970s sl.
• HOOK JACK to play truant ...1877 Amer. sl.
• HOOK OFF to play truant from ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HOOK SCHOOL to play truant ...1946 Amer. sl.
• JIP to play truant from school ...1970s sl.
• KIP to play truant ...E19 sl.
• LAY OFF to stay away from work or school without an adequate excuse; to play hooky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LAY OUT to stay away from work, school, or other commitments, usually without permission; to loaf; to malinger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• MEECH to play truant; to absent oneself without leave ...1794 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MINCH to play truant ...1794 Eng. dial.
• MOKE to play truant ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PLAY HOOKEY vb. to play truant ...1848 sl., orig. US
• PLAY HOOKY to play truant ...1848 sl., orig. US
• PLAY THE HOOK to play hooky ...1988 Amer. sl.
• PLAY THE WAG to play truant ...1851 Eng. dial.
• PLAY WAG to play truant ...1851 sl.
• SAG to play truant ....c1930 Brit. sl.
• SAG OFF to play truant from school ...1959 UK sl.
• SCHEME to play truant ...1930s Irish sl.
• SHUCK AND JIVE to play truant ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SKANK to play truant ...1980 UK Black sl.
• SKANK OFF to play truant ...1997 UK sl.
• SKIP to stay away from school without permission ...1900 US sl.
• TIB to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds ...1840 school sl.
• WAG to play truant ...1841 sl.
• WAG IT to play truant ...1841 sl.
• WAG OFF to play truant ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.

TRUCE - nouns
• ABSTINENCE † a truce, cessation of hostilities ...1655 Sc.
• BARLA-FUMBLE † a call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or play; also used improperly for a fall or tumble ...a1550 Scot
• BARS peace, truce ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
truce - verbs 
• FAIN to forbid, to refuse; to claim a truce ...1870 Eng. dial.
truce - interjections
• BARLEY! a cry for truce in a game, used by children when a short rest or break is wanted ...1814 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BARLEY-FUMMEL! † the call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or fighting ...1827 Sc.
• DIVVY! said when boys are fighting and the one who is losing wants to stop ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EX! an exclamation used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FAIN I! a call for a playground truce; a statement of opposition ...c1810 Brit. schoolboys' sl.
• FAIN IT! a call for a playground truce; a statement of opposition ...c1810 Brit. schoolboys' sl.
• FAINITES! used to call a playground truce ...1870 UK schoolchildren's usage
• FAINITS! a call for a playground truce; a statement of opposition ...c1810 Brit. schoolboys' sl.
• FAINLIGHTS! a call for a truce during a game, or a statement that one is ineligible for a given duty or command ...M19 juvenile usage
• FAINS! a call for a truce during a game, or a statement that one is ineligible for a given duty or command ...c1810 UK juvenile usage
• FAINS I! a call for a truce during a game, or a statement that one is ineligible for a given duty or command ...M19 UK juvenile usage
• FAIX! a call for a truce during a game, or a statement that one is ineligible for a given duty or command ...M19 juvenile usage
• FAYNIGHTS! used to call a playground truce ...1870 UK schoolchildren's usage
• FENSIES! used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game ...1977 Amer. dial.
• KING'S EX! used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game ...1856 Amer. dial.
• LOBS! a call for truce during a game ...1910s UK juvenile sl.
• QUITS! used to request a truce or respite in a fight or active game ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SAUTIES! a cry for a truce in a game ...1967 Sc.
 
TRUCKING - adjectives
• GYPSY unlicensed, unregulated, usually owned by the operator; independent of any organization, legal or otherwise; generally applied to a taxicab or truck, although originally to a racehorse owner/jockey ...1951 US sl.
• NAKED of a truck: driving without a trailer ...1976 US sl.
• TACKED OUT in trucking: running at full speed ...1971 US sl.
trucking - adverbs 
• FULL SAILS in trucking: driving at top speed with the wind behind you ...1976 US sl.
trucking - nouns 
• AMAZER in trucking: a police radar unit used for measuring vehicle speed ...1976 US sl.
• AMAZER MACHINE in trucking: a police radar unit used for measuring vehicle speed ...1976 US sl.
• ANGEL BUGGY in trucking: a truck carrying explosive or highly flammable cargo ...1977 Amer. sl.
• ANNIE LAURIE a lorry ...20C Eng. rhyming sl.
• BACKSLIDE a return trip, as in a truck ...1976 US sl., esp. Citizens' Band usage
• BONECRUSHER in trucking: a truck that rides very roughly ...1971 US sl.
• BOULEVARD in trucking: a major motorway ...1986 US sl.
• CACKLE CRATE in trucking: a truck hauling chickens ...1942 US sl.
• CHERRY PICKER in trucking: an extremely high cabover tractor ...1971 US sl.
• CONVOY a group of trucks driving as a group in communication with each other ...1971 US sl.
• EASY CHAIR in a group of three or more trucks travelling on a motorway: the middle truck ...1976 US sl.
• FAMILY REUNION in trucking: a meeting o
• FUNNY BOOK in trucking: a driver's daily log book ...1976 US sl.
• GANDY DANCER in trucking: a tractor trailer that weaves back and forth on the road ...1971 US sl.
• GIPSY in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated ...1953 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated ...1946 Amer. sl.
• HORSE in trucking: a tractor truck ...1942 Amer. sl.
• HUSKY in trucking: a Brockway truck ...1976 US sl.
• LIE SHEET a truck driver's log book ...1971 US sl.
• PAJAMA WAGON in trucking: a truck can with a factory-manufactured sleeping compartment ...1971 US sl.
• PEDDLE RUN in trucking: a job with frequent stops for deliveries ...1971 US sl.
• PENSION RUN in trucking: an easy, undemanding, regular route ...1971 US sl.
• PUG in trucking, a cabover tractor ...1971 US sl.
• PULLING GEAR in trucking: the gear best suited for climbing a hill ...1971 US sl.
• QUAD in trucking: a quadriplex transmission that provides twenty forward gears and four reverse ...1971 US sl.
• RANCH in trucking: anywhere a trucker spends the night ...1976 US sl.
• RUNNIN' HOT a trucker term for running a truck without the right permits, overweight, or otherwise outside the law  ...Bk1998 sl.
• RUNNIN' LEGAL the opposite of 'runnin' hot' ...Bk1998 sl.
• SADDLE 1. in trucking: the driver's seat ...1971 US sl.
2. in trucking: the truck in the middle of a group of trucks travelling down the highway together ...1976 US sl.
• SAILBOAT FUEL trucker talk for the cargo in an empty trailer ...Bk1998 sl.
• SCOW in trucking: an especially large truck ...1946 US sl.
• SIDEWINDER in trucking: a U-model Mack truck with a slightly off-centre driver's compartment ...1971 US sl.
• SINGER in trucking: a recapped tire ...1971 US sl.
• STACK in trucking: a smokestack from the truck engine ...1971 US sl.
• THIRTEENTH GEAR in trucking: neutral gear, used to coast down hills ...1971 US sl.
• WOBBLER in trucking: a spoke wheel ...1971 US sl.
• WOBBLY HOLE in trucking: the neutral gear ...1971 US sl.
trucking - person
• AVIATOR in trucking: a driver who drives very fast ...1971 US sl.
• BEAN HAULER a trucker who transports fruits and vegetables or dry food products ...1971 US trucking sl.
• BEAR BAIT a driver without a Citizens' Band radio; hence, one likely to be caught speeding by police who set up a speed trap ...Bk1980 Amer. truckers' sl.
• BEDBUGGER the driver of a moving van or furniture van ...1990 US trucking sl.
• BEDBUG-HAULER the driver of a moving van or furniture van ...1971 US trucking sl.
• BEDSTEADER a sleepy truck driver ...1942 US trucking sl.
• CARDBOARD DRIVER in trucking: a new driver going through a trial period with a trucking company ...1971 US sl.
• COPPER-ARSE a driver who works long hours, esp. a trucker who breaks the law by driving more than eight hours in a day ...Bk2002
• COPPER-BOTTOM a driver who works long hours, esp. a trucker who breaks the law by driving more than eight hours in a day ...Bk2002
• DAY-AND-NIGHT MERCHANT a lorry driver who breaks the law by driving more than 11 hours in 24 to undercut other drivers ...1964 UK sl.
• GARBAGE HAULER a truck driver hauling fruit or vegetables ...1971 US sl.
• GATE JAW in trucking: a driver who monopolises conversation on the citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• GEAR JAMMER a truck driver who has a difficult time shifting gears, esp. one who is constantly clashing the gears as he shifts ...1929 US sl.
• GEORGIA NIGHT RIDER a trucker who drives at night in the hope of avoiding police ...1976 US sl.
• GIPSY in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated ...1953 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated ...1946 Amer. sl.
• HACK HAND a commercial truck-driver ...1940s US sl.
• I-MAN in trucking: an investigator from the Interstate Commerce Commission ...1938 Amer. sl.
• SHEEPHERDER in trucking: a driver whose ability is questioned ...1969 Amer. sl.
• TEAMSTER the driver of a truck or lorry ...1907
• VAN DYKE a lesbian truck-driver ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• VAN GOGH a trucker operating with a citizens' band radio ...1976 US sl.
• YARDBIRD in trucking: a terminal employee who moves trucks around the yard ...1971 US sl.
trucking - verbs
• BACK 'EM ON DOWN in trucking: to slow down ...1975 Amer. sl.
• DEADHEAD in trucking: to drive a return trip without a load ...1951 Amer. dial.
• DYNAMITE THE BRAKES in trucking: to make a sudden emergency stop ...1951 US sl.
• HUMP in trucking: to drive fast ...1976 US sl.
• JACK UP in trucking: to wreck a truck or to make a sudden stop ...1963 US trucking sl.
• KICK in trucking: to shift gears ...1971 US sl.
• RAKE THE LEAVES to drive at the back of a group of trucks travelling on a motorway together, watching for police from the rear ...1976 US sl.
• SLOP THE HOGS in trucking: to fill a truck radiator with water ...1971 US sl.
trucking - phrases 
• WITHOUT EARS of a trucker: driving without a citizen's band radio ...1976 US sl.
 
TRUDGE - verbs
• BADGE to walk heavily; to plod, to trudge ...1923 Sc.
• BOGUE to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly ...1775 Amer. dial.
• BROGUE to walk, to hike, to trudge; to wander or go about aimlessly ...1883 Amer. dial.
• DAD to plod, to trudge, to drudge ...1914 Sc.
• DAGE to trudge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE to trudge about, to run like a child ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EAT CONCRETE among truckers: to drive rapidly down a major highway ...1971 US sl.
• FADGE to make one's way; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to jog along; to trudge ...1658 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FAUCHLE to walk with difficulty, or from lack of strength; to trudge, to plod; to move the feet awkwardly or heavily ...1866 Sc.
• HAKE to tramp, trudge, or wend one's way ...c1450 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAKE ABOUT to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose; to tramp, to trudge ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAKE UP AND DOWN to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose; to tramp, to trudge ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAMPH to travel with extreme difficulty, as one trudging through mire; to trudge, to plod, to make way laboriously  ...1813 Sc.
• JAUMPH to travel with extreme difficulty, as one trudging through mire; to trudge, to plod, to make way laboriously  ...1813 Sc.
• JAUNT † of a person: to trot or trudge about, with the notion of exertion or fatigue; to make one's way toilsomely; to run to and fro ...1575
• MAGGLE to trudge laboriously through mud or snow ...1929 Sc.
• MOG(G) to move slowly or aimlessly; to trudge; to go ...1890 Amer. sl.
• PAD IT to travel on foot; to walk; to tramp or trudge along, esp. as a vagrant or person seeking work ...1610
• PALT † to go with effort, to trudge ...1560
• TAIGLE to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge ...1886 Sc.
• TEAGLE to walk slowly or heavily, to drag oneself, to trudge ...1886 Sc.
• TRAMPOOSE to tramp, to trudge, to walk or wander about; to traverse ...1725 Amer. dial.
• VAMP † to make one's way on foot; to tramp or trudge ...1654 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VELTER to trudge laboriously and stumblingly through mud or snow ...1908 Sc.
 
TRUE - adjectives
• DEAD SET quite true ...20C Aust. sl.
• DINK genuine, true, honest ...1980 Aust. sl.
• DINKI-DI real, genuine, true, honest ...1962 Aust. sl.
• DINKUM honest, aboveboard; true; also, fair, just ...1905 Aust. & NZ
• DINKY-DI(E) real, genuine, true, honest ...1962 Aust. sl.
• EYES OF BLUE true ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• FAIR DINKUM true, genuine ...1908 Aust. sl.
• HARD DOWN real, true; pure, unadulterated ...1938 Amer. dial.
• I-TREOWE † true, faithful ...c1000
• LEAL 1. † true, genuine, real, actual, exact, accurate ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. † loyal, faithful, honest, true, upright, sincere ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PUKKA certain, reliable; authentic, true; proper, socially acceptable ...L18
• REAL eminently good in any way; true, staunch ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIGHT true, genuine ...1903 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT AS MY LEG † in good condition, in good order; correct, accurate, true ...1636
• TRUEPENNY true, genuine ...1523 colloq. arch.
• VERILY †* true, very ...a1340
• VERIMENT † veritable, true, correct ...c1590
• VERISIMILAR having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable, likely ...1681
• VERISIMILARY † having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable, likely ...1653
• VERISIMILOUS † having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable, likely ...1635
• VERITABLE 1. of a statement, etc.: that is in accordance or conformity with the truth; true ...1474
2. genuine, real, true; not counterfeit, false, or spurious; correctly or properly so called ...1483
true - nouns
• NO-SHITTER an emphatically true statement ...1970s US sl.
• VERISIMILITUDE the appearance of being true or real; likeness or resemblance to truth, reality, or fact; probability, likelihood ...1603
• VERITABILITY * a truth or verity; a true statement, correct account ...1864
• VERITY a true statement, a correct account, truth ...1533
• WHERE IT'S AT the true state of affairs ...1965 sl., orig. US
true - verbs
• BUY to accept as satisfactory or true; to approve or believe ...1926 sl.
• SAY A MOUTHFUL to say something important and true ...1910s orig. US
• SAY AN ARMFUL to say something important and true ...1910s orig. US
• SPEAK A MOUTHFUL to say something important and true ...1910s orig. US
• VERIFICATE † to prove a thing true ...1721
true - phrases 
• HONEST INJUN used as an assertion that what one has said, one believes to be true ...1876 sl., orig. US
• NOW YOU'RE COOKING WITH GAS said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• NOW YOU'RE COOKING WITH HELIUM said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• NOW YOU'RE REALLY BUMPING YOUR GUMS said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• THAT'S NO FABLE, MABEL said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU AIN'T JUST A-BIRDIN' said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU AIN'T JUST A-WHISTLING, DIXIE said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU AIN'T JUST CLICKIN' YOUR PICKETS said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU AIN'T JUST CRACKIN' YOUR CRACKERS said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU SHREAD IT, WHEAT said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU'RE IN THE GROOVE said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
• YOU'RE ON THE BEAM said to express the feeling that someone's words are true or appropriate ...Bk1942 US sl.
 
TRUFFLE - nouns
• EARTH-BALLS truffles ...Bk1897
• EARTH-NUT the truffle ...1548

TRULL - see PROSTITUTE
 
TRULY - adverbs
• AFALDLY † adv. with single-heartedness, sincerely, truly ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ATWEEL truly, indeed, assuredly, of course ...1816 Sc. & Ireland
• AWAT truly, indeed ...1871 Sc.
• BACK-ACTUALLY truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BLACK-ACTUALLY truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
• 'DEED AND 'DEED to be sure; really and truly; used to emphasize an assertion ...1916 Amer. dial.
• 'DEED AND DOUBLE to be sure; really and truly; used to emphasize an assertion ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DINKUM really, truly, honestly ...1915 Aust. sl.
• FACK indeed, truly, really ...1843 Sc.
• FAIR truly, really, actually; used as an intensifier ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAILUMLY, HALUMLIE † certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly ...1768 Sc.
• HARD DOWN really, truly, genuinely ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HELIMLY † certainly, completely, actually, truly, undoubtedly ...1768 Sc.
• INDEED AND DOUBLE to be sure; really and truly; used to emphasize an assertion ...1890 Amer. dial.
• IWIS certainly, assuredly, indeed, truly ...c1160 arch.
• I-WISLICHE † certainly; truly ...c1000
• LEAL † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• LEALLY 1. loyally, faithfully, truly ...a1300
2. † truly, really, actually ...c1350
• RIGHT-DOWN very, truly ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SINGLY † sincerely, truly, honestly ...1526
• VERAMENT † really, truly ...1303
• VERILIES verily, truly, really ...1902 Sc.
• VERILY in truth or verity; as a matter of truth or fact; really, truly ...a1300 now arch.
• VERIMENT † in truth or verity; truly, really ...a1300
• VERITABLE † truly, veritably ...1490
• VERITABLY with truth or verity; truly, truthfully; genuinely, really ...1481
• VERREMENT † really, truly ...1303
truly - interjections
• AYE, MARRY! a term of asseveration; indeed! truly! ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAITH! a mild exclamation; indeed, truly, really ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARRY! a term of asseveration; indeed! truly! ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 

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