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VACANCY, VACANT - adjectives
• IDLE † empty, vacant; void of ...c825
• VACAND † vacant ...1405 Sc.
• VAIN † empty, vacant, void ...1382
vacancy, vacant - nouns
• VACANCE 1. † a vacant period ...1533
2. † the fact of becoming vacant; the vacation of an office ...1579
• VACAND † a vacant office; a vacancy ...1567 Sc.
vacancy, vacant - verbs
• VAIK † to become or remain vacant or unoccupied; to close for a time ...1693 Sc.
• VAKE † to become or remain vacant or unoccupied; to close for a time ...1693 Sc.
• WANE † to empty, to render vacant ...c1200.
VACATION - nouns
• HOLLIERS, HOLLYERS holidays; vacation ...1991 Irish sl.
• HOLS holidays, a vacation ...1905 UK sl.
• LAWSTEAD † a vacation ...1600
• VAC a vacation ...1709 UK
• VACANCE * a vacation, a holiday, a period of suspension of business or other function ...1563-7 chiefly Sc.
• VACANCE-TIME † a vacation; holidays ...1773 Sc.
• VACANCY a vacation, a holiday ...1703 Sc.
• VAYKAY a vacation ...1970s US sl.
vacation - person
• VACATIONER a holiday-maker, a tourist; a person at leisure ...1890 US
vacation - verbs
• VACANT †* to take a vacation ...1752
VACCINATE - verbs
• JAB to inoculate or vaccinate ...1939 Services' sl.
• VACCIOLATE † to vaccinate ...1804
VACCINATED - adjectives
• BINGED vaccinated ...Amer. World War I sl.
VACCINATION - nouns
• BING SPOT a vaccination mark ...Amer. World War I sl.
• VACCINATE a vaccination ...1976 Amer. dial.
vaccination - person
• VACCINATIONIST a believer in the efficacy of vaccination ...1885
• VACCINATOR one who performs, practices, or advocates vaccination ...1808
• VACCINEE * one who has been vaccinated ...1889
• VACCINIFER a person, especially a child, acting as the transmitter of vaccine virus ...1868
• VACCINIST a vaccinator; a supporter or advocate of vaccination ...1847
• VACCIOLATOR a vaccinator ...1804
VACILLATE - verbs
• BACK AND FILL to vacillate or waver; to take too long about coming to a decision ...1854 Amer. dial.
• BAFFLE AROUND to take too long about coming to a decision ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BELLWAVER to fluctuate, to waver, to vacillate, to be inconstant ...1820 Sc.
• CHOP AND CHANGE to vacillate ...Bk1999
• DACKER to remain or hang on in a state of irresolution; to vacillate, equivocate, waver ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-CAFFLE to falter, to vacillate, to act with indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG IN THE WIND to be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful, undecided; to be irresolute, to vacillate ...1555
• MAMMER to vacillate, to waver, to be undecided ...1350 Eng. dial.
• NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance ...1880 Sc.
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
• WAG † to waver, to vacillate ...1387
• WEEWAW to vacillate; to perplex, to distract ...1890 Amer. dial.
VACILLATING - adjectives
• BINGLE-BANGLE fickle, vacillating, irresolute ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BRANLING † wavering, vacillating, irresolute ...c1645
• OFF AND ON indecisive, wavering, vacillating ...M19 sl.
• OFF NOR ON neither one thing nor another; uncertain, vacillating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety ...1875 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLING indecisive, hesitating, vacillating, shilly-shallying ...1847 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY hesitating, undecided, vacillating; weak ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHIFFLE-MINDED fickle; vacillating, undecided ...1844 Amer. dial.
• WIDDERY-MINDED vacillating; changeable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIGGLE-WAGGLE vacillating ...L18
vacillating - nouns
• HACKERING AND HAMMERING vacillating, equivocating ...1975 Amer. dial.
vacillating - person
• LIMBERHAM an irresolute or vacillating person ...a1704
• SQUASH a vacillating person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WAFFLE-BAGS one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLES one who hesitates or vacillates; a trifling, undecided person; a loafer, an idle sauntering person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• WINDLE-STRAW - thin, unhealthy person; a vacillating fellow ...1818 Sc.
vacillating - phrases
• FISH OR CUT BAIT stop vacillating and act on something; do something or get out of the way ...Bk2006 US sl.
VACILLATION - nouns
• BRANLING †* a wavering; an instance of irresolution or vacillation ...1646
• MAMMERY †* a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity; vacillation ...1578
• TITTERING hesitation, vacillation ...c1374
• VACILLANCY * vacillation ...1668
• VARY † a hesitation or vacillation ...1739
VACUUM, VACUUM CLEANER - nouns
• BAGPIPE a vacuum cleaner ...1940s US Black sl.
• VANCOUVER a hoover, any vacuum cleaner ...1992 rhyming sl.
vacuum, vacuum cleaner - verbs
• LUX to vacuum a carpet etc. ...1970s NZ sl.
VAGABOND, VAGABONDISH - adjectives
• GANGREL vagabond, vagrant ...1538 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANG-THERE-OUT homeless, vagabond ...1815 Sc.
• LAND-LEAPING † vagabond ...1377
• LAND-LOPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAND-LOUPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LEAP-LAND † vagabond ...1614
• SCOOR-THE-KINTRY roving, vagabond ...1901 Sc.
• VAGABONDIAL † roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1615
• VAGABONDICAL * roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1576
• VAGABONDIOUS † vagabond, vagrant ...1661
• VAGROM vagrant, vagabond, wandering ...1599
• WAFF of persons: vagabond-like, disreputable, worthless in character, good-for-nothing ...1788 Sc.
vagabond, vagabondish - person
• ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house ...1509 sl.
• ABBEY-LUBBER an idler, a vagabond; orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house ...1509 sl.
• ABRAHAM-MAN one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; the provision of the poor in those places being cut off, and no other substituted ...1561
• ABRAM-MAN an 'ABRAHAM-MAN' ...1561
• BAGGABONE a vagabond ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BANG-BEGGAR a term of reproach; a vagabond ...Bk1891 Eng. dial.
• BIRD OF THE NIGHT a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
• DINGBAT a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a worthless person ...1918 US tramps' sl.
• DINGER a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a worthless person ...1927 Amer. dial.
• EGYPTIAN † a gypsy, a vagabond ...1701 Sc.
• FAA a gypsy or a vagabond ...Bk1874 Eng. dial.
• GADLING † a wanderer, a wayfarer, a vagabond ...a1542
• GAE-THROUGH-LAND a wanderer; a vagabond or vagrant; a pilgrim; an exile ...Bk1888 Sc.
• GANGAREL a wandering person, one who strolls from place to place, a vagabond ...1825 Sc.
• GANGERAL, GANGEREL a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GANGERIL(L) a vagrant; a vagabond; a wandering beggar; a peddler ...1530 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANGREL, GANGREL, GANGRIL(L) a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GEDLING a term of contempt or abuse; a worthless person; a rogue; an idle vagabond ...a1300
• GETLING * a child, a brat; also, a fellow, somewhat depreciative, as a knave, a vagabond ...c1700 Sc.
• HALLAN-SHAKER a beggar who stands shaking the 'hallan'; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1500-20 Sc.
• HARLOT † a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave ...a1225
• HEATHER-CAT a vagabond, a tramp ...1886
• HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc.
• IRISH TOYLE a travelling vagabond who posed as a seller of haberdashery in order to commit robberies as he moved from town to town; usually plural ...1562 UK criminals' sl.
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• LAND-LEAPER † a land-loper ...1377
• LAND-LOPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• LAND-LOUPER one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law; a vagrant, a roving vagabond, an adventurer, a scamp ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• NIGHTBIRD a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
• NIGHTFOWL a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
• NIGHT-HAWK a person who roams about by night; a vagabond ...1825 Sc.
• PALLART † n. a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLIARD, PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• RAAG an idle lounging person; a low, worthless person; a vagabond; a rake ...Bk1866 Sc.
• RABSCALLION a rascal, a knave, a rogue; a vagabond, a scamp; a worthless wretch ...1699
• RACKER a vagabond ...1866 Irish
• RAFF a low, disorderly, idle person; a vulgar worthless person; a dissolute vagabond; a disreputable person ...1785
• RAFFLE a low fellow; an idle vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGGABRASH an idle, worthless fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIKER † a stroller; a vagabond ...1596
• RAKER a vagabond ...1866 Sc.
• RAMSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ... 1733 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAPPAREE an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92; hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter; any ruffianly vagabond ...1690
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RIBLAS a vagabond ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP a street-walking vagabond of the lowest order ...Bk1888 sl.
• SCOUR-THE-COUNTRY a vagrant, a vagabond ...1901 Sc.
• SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• SILVER-BEGGAR a vagabond who travels through the country with 'briefs' containing false statements of losses by fire, shipwrecks, accidents, etc. ...1841 sl.
• STRAVAGANT † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592
• STRAVAIGER a vagabond ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STROLLER a vagabond, itinerant, man of no settled abode; a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. ...c1696 sl.
• SWAGMAN a tramp, hobo, or vagabond ...1875 Aust.
• TAGGELT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• TAGIT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAGSTER a vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAISTREL, TAISTRIL(L) a person of vagabond life ...Bk1878 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TANTREL(L) an idle, unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment; a desultory wanderer or vagabond; hence, a gypsy ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TANTRIL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TARTARIAN a thief; a noisy blustering villain; a strolling vagabond; a sharper ...1608 cant
• TINK a tinker; a disreputable vagabond ...1857 Sc.
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TINKER WOMAN a term of contempt for a woman, a vagabond ...1902 Eng. dial.
• TINKLER a tinker, esp. a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a vagabond ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TINKLER'S-GIPSY a wandering vagabond, a gypsy ...1786 Sc.
• TRANTRELL, TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• URNABOUT an itinerant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1884 Eng. dial.
• VACABOND † a person having no settled means of living or no fixed home; a vagabond ...1404
• VAG a vagabond, a vagrant, a tramp; a homeless person ...1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• VAGABOND one who has no fixed abode or home, and who wanders about from place to place; specifically, one who does this without regular occupation or obvious means of support; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp; a vagrant ...c1485
• VAGABONDAGER one who practices vagabondage (idle or unconventional wandering or travelling, vagabondism); a vagabond, a tramp ...1813
• VAGABONDIZER one who lives in the manner of a vagabond ...1860
• VAGABONE a vagabond ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial
• VAGABONES a vagabond ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• VAGRAL a vagrant, a vagabond ...1909 Sc.
• VAGRANT one who wanders or roams about; a person who leads a wandering life; a rover; a wandering rogue, a strolling vagabond ...c1590
• VAGROM a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1599
• VAIG a wanderer; a vagabond; an idle person ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFF a waif, a vagabond, a vagrant ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFIE a loafer, an idler, a vagrant, a vagabond; a worthless person, a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless, good-for-nothing person; a ne'er-do-well ...1825 Sc.
• WAFFIPOKE a vagabond; a worthless, good-for-nothing person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAFFLE a worthless person; a vagabond ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFY a person of worthless character; a vagabond ...Bk1818 Sc.
• WAGAND † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1614
• WAISTREL a person of vagabond life; an idle wanderer ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WANDREL †* a vagabond ...c1557
• WAUFIE a worthless person; a vagabond ...1808 Sc.
• WHIFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless ne'er-do-well ...1825 Sc.
vagabond, vagabondish - verbs
• SCAFE to lead a roving, vagabond life ...1847 Eng. dial.
• VAG to treat or deal with one as a vagabond or vagrant ...1859 US sl.
• VAGABONDIZE to live, wander, or go about as, or in the manner of, a vagabond; to roam or travel in a free, idle, unconstrained, or unconventional manner; to play the vagabond ...1611
VAGABONDAGE - nouns
• VACABUNCY † vagabondage ...1535
• VAGABONDRY † vagabondage; life or conduct characteristic of a vagabond ...1547 now rare or obs.
• VAGABUNCY † vagabondage ...1549
VAGARIOUS, VAGARY - adjectives
• VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical ...1827
• VAGARISH † somewhat vagarious or whimsical ...1819 now rare or obs.
• VAGARISOME vagarious, capricious ...Bk1928
vagarious, vagary - nouns
• FAGERRY a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy ...1892 Ireland
• FALDERAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse ...1866 Sc.
• FALDERUMDAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse ...1866 Sc.
• FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a 'lark' ..1894 Eng. dial.
• GAIRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAWRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACKDAW TRICKS odd pranks, vagaries ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUM a foolish fancy; a whim, vagary; a fluster ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIGRIE a vagary ...1911 Sc.
• VAIGRY a vagary ...1911 Sc.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
vagarious, vagary - person
• VAGARIAN * one given to vagaries or whims ...1891
• VAGARIST * one who is subject to vagaries ...1888
VAGINA - see GENITALS
VAGRANCY, VAGRANT - adjectives
• BUMMERISH †* reminiscent of the way a vagrant or loafer behaves ...1871
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
• EXTRAVAGANT † wandering out of bounds; straying, roaming, vagrant ...1604
• GANGREL vagabond, vagrant ...1538 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANG-THERE-OUT † vagabond, vagrant ...1815 Sc.
• VAGABONDIOUS † vagabond, vagrant ...1661
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering ...1660
• VAGRAL vagrant, wandering ...1899 Sc.
• VAGRARIOUS † vagrant, wandering ...1795 nonce word
• VAGRATE † vagrant, wandering; nomadic ...1619
• VAGROM vagrant, vagabond, wandering ...1599
• VAIGISH roaming, vagrant ...1880 Sc.
• WAFF of persons: vagrant, wandering, homeless, footloose ...1746 Sc.
• WALKING † leading a wandering life, vagrant, strolling ...1490
vagrancy, vagrant - nouns
• CANT the secret speech or jargon of the vagrant classes - gypsies, thieves, beggars, etc; hence, contemptuously, the peculiar phraseology of a particular class or subject ...1706
• EXTRAVAGANCY † a wandering beyond bounds or out of one's course; vagrancy ...a1616
• JUNGLE a camp for vagrants ...1914 sl., orig. US
• MATILDA a vagrant's pack ...1892 Aust. sl.
• MONKERY, THE tramps or other vagrants collectively ...1851 tramps' sl.
• SKID ROW a part of a town frequented by vagrants, alcoholics, etc. ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
• STEM a street frequented by vagrants ...1914 US sl.
• VAG vagrancy ...1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• WAGGA a vagrant's improvised covering, esp. of sacking ...1900 Aust. sl.
• WAGGA BLANKET a vagrant's improvised covering, esp. of sacking ...1900 Aust. sl.
• WAGGA RUG a vagrant's improvised covering, esp. of sacking ...1900 Aust. sl.
• VAG a charge of vagrancy ...M19 Aust., NZ & US sl.
vagrancy, vagrant - person
• ABRAHAMER † a tramp; a vagrant ...1823 sl.
• ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• BACK SLUMMERS dirty, common, low, and vagrant people who reside in the ‘Back-slums’ (beggars meeting-places; the expression applies to all Metropolitan receptacles of mendicants, prostitutes, thieves, and rogues of every degree to get a night’s lodging) ...Bk1888 sl.
• BATTLE-AX(E) a female vagrant ...1937 US criminals' sl.
• BELCH a drunken vagrant ...1935 US sl.
• BENCH-FLOPPER a tramp, a vagrant ...1917 US sl.
• BENCH-WARMER a tramp; a vagrant ...1927 US sl.
• BESS a harmless vagrant or maniac formerly allowed to range the country; hence, any female of wild or disorderly appearance ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• BESS O' BEDLAM a harmless vagrant or maniac formerly allowed to range the country; hence, any female of wild or disorderly appearance ...1654 Eng. dial.
• BESSY female bedlamites were called Bess o’ Bedlams; the term is still applied in some parts of the provinces to vagrants of that sex ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BILLABONGER a vagrant ...1886 Aust. sl.
• BINDLE MAN a tramp, a vagrant ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BINDLE-STIFF a tramp or vagrant who carries a bindle, a bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll; formerly a migrant worker ...1897 US sl.
• BIRD OF PASSAGE a person never long in one place; a wanderer, a tramp, a vagrant ...1895 sl.
• BLACK-GUARD † a vagrant child; a young ragamuffin ...1699
• BUM a vagrant, a tramp ...1864 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BUMMER (derogatory) a vagrant or loafer who lives by begging or scrounging from others ...1855 sl., orig. US
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• CANTER a vagrant or beggar; one who uses 'cant' ...1592 sl.
• CITY ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• CODGE a vagrant, a tramp ...L19 sl.
• CRUSTIE, CRUSTY one of a group of homeless or vagrant young people, generally living by begging in cities, and characterized by rough clothes, matted, often dreadlocked hair, and an unkempt appearance ...1990
• DINGBAT a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• DINO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• DOCK RAT a 'wharf rat'; a vagrant who hangs around the docks ...1864 US sl.
• DOSSER a vagrant, a tramp ...1866 Brit. sl.
• DRUMMER a tramp, a vagrant ...1888 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DYNO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• EXTRAVAGANT † a person who strays or wanders from a place; a vagrant, a wanderer ...1583
• FAITOUR † an impostor, a cheat; a vagrant who shams illness or pretends to tell fortunes ...a1340 obs . exc. arch.
• FLOATER a person who is perpetually changing his place of abode; a vagrant ...1859 sl.
• GABERLUNGY an itinerant beggar, a vagrant; sometimes, a licensed beggar, a beadsman ...1508 Sc. arch.
• GAE-THROUGH-LAND a wanderer; a vagabond or vagrant; a pilgrim; an exile ...Bk1888 Sc.
• GANGER a tramp, a beggar, a vagrant, a hawker ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANGERAL, GANGEREL, GANGERELL a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GANGING BODY a beggar, a tramp, a vagrant ...1884 Sc.
• GANGING MAN † a beggar, a tramp, a vagrant ...1895 Sc.
• GANGREL, GANGRIL(L) a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GAY CAT SPOTTER a small-time criminal, usually a vagrant or the lookout in a robbery ...1916 criminals' sl.
• HARLOT † a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave ...a1225
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• HEDGE BIRD a person born or brought up on or frequenting the roadside; a vagrant; a footpad
• HEDGE-CREEPER † a vagrant; a thief; a peeping tom ...rare or obs.
• HOBO a tramp, a vagrant, an itinerant worker, often using the US rail system as a means of free transport ...L19 US sl.
• HURRICANE LAMP a tramp, a vagrant ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• JACK OUT OF DOORS † a person turned out of his former place; a homeless person; a vagrant ...1534
• KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• LAIRD OF WINDY-WAYS - a homeless person, a vagrant ...a1745 Sc.
• LAMB a vagrant committed to prison for three days only ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-LOPER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-LOUPER one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law; a vagrant, a roving vagabond, an adventurer, a scamp ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAND-LUBBER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-RAKER a vagrant, a tramp ...L16 sl.
• MEFF a vagrant ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MEFFER a vagrant ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MINK a tinker; a vagrant ...1963 Sc.
• MISSION STIFF a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion ...L19 US sl.
• MUMPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1673 sl.
• OKIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• PADDER a tramp; a vagrant ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PIKER (derogatory) a vagrant, a tramp, a good-for-nothing ...1838 sl.
• PIKEY (derogatory) a gypsy or vagrant ...Brit. sl.
• RAIL a vagrant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAILRIDER a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads; a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RANDIE, RANDY a sturdy, rude-mannered beggar; a thorough vagrant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RING-TAIL a vagrant, a tramp ...1927 US sl.
• ROGER † a begging vagrant pretending to be a poor Oxford or Cambridge scholar ...M16 sl.
• ROGUE † an idle vagrant ...M16 obs. exc. hist.
• SADDLE TRAMP a vagrant who travels on horseback ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SCAT a vagrant seeking work in a London market ...1984 Brit. sl.
• SCOUR-THE-COUNTRY a vagrant, a vagabond ...1901 Sc.
• SHAUGHRAUN a wandering person, a vagrant; also, an itinerant state ...L19 Irish & Can. dial.
• SKEG a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person ...2000s sl.
• SKEGGY a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person ...2000s sl.
• SKEL, SKELL a villain, a rogue, esp. a vagrant who lives on the streets; a street derelict who may be a villain ...1957 US sl.
• SKIPPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1925 Brit. sl.
• SLAG a vagrant, a tramp ...1955 sl.
• STRAVAGANT † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592
• STREET ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• TANTRIL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TOE-RAGGER a tramp, a vagrant ...1891 Aust. sl.
• TRANTRELL, TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• VAG a vagabond, a vagrant, a tramp; a homeless person ...1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• VAGAUNT † a vagrant; a wanderer ...Bk1855
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a500 Sc.
• VAGRAL a vagrant, a vagabond ...1909 Sc.
• VAGRANT one of a class of persons who having no settled home or regular work wander from place to place, and maintain themselves by begging or in some other dishonest or disreputable way; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp ...1444
• VAGROM a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1599
• VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant; a footloose person, a gadabout; esp. historically, one who strolled about the streets during church service ...a1600 Sc.
• VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFF a waif, a vagabond, a vagrant ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFIE a loafer, an idler, a vagrant, a vagabond; a worthless person, a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFINGER a confirmed vagrant and idler ...1825 Sc.
• WAG a vagrant ...1887 Aust. & US sl.
• WAGAND † a vagrant ...1614
• WAIF-AND-STRAY homeless vagrants; flotsam and jetsam, useless or discarded objects; strayed cattle of unknown ownership ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WALLABY a vagrant; a swagman ...1894 Aust. sl.
• WANDERING WILLIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1895 US sl.
• WHALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• YARDBIRD a vagrant who frequents railway yards ...Bk2004 US sl.
• YARRA-BANKER a loafer or vagrant idling on the banks of the Yarra River, Melbourne; a Melbourne soapbox orator ...1895 Aust. sl.
vagrancy, vagrant - verbs
• CHASE THE SUNSET to live as a vagrant ...1910s Aust, sl.
• LUMP ONE'S BLUEY to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S DRUM to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S KNOT to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S MATILDA to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S SWAG to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• MOPE to live as a vagrant ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PALMER to wander about like a palmer or vagrant; to go about idly from place to place ...1807 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAG to treat or deal with one as a vagabond or vagrant; to charge someone with vagrancy...1859 US sl.
• VAGRANT * to behave like a vagrant; to ramble or roam ...1886
• VAGRANTIZE * to reduce to the condition of a vagrant ...1893
• VAGUE † to wander; to range, to roam; to ramble idly or as a vagrant ...c1425 Sc. now rare or obs.
• WALTZ MATILDA to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1893 Aust. sl.
vagrancy, vagrant - phrases
• ON THE VAG on a charge of vagrancy ...1859 sl.
VAGUE - adjectives
• BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS vague; indefinite; inconclusive; colourless ...1928 Amer. dial.
• NEBULOUS hazy, vague, indistinct, formless ...1831
• SKETCHY flimsy, insubstantial, vague ...L19 sl.
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds ...1660
• VAPOROUS of persons or minds: inclined to be fanciful, vague, or frothy, in ideas or discourse ...1605
• VAPOURY unsubstantial, indefinite, vague ...1818
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
VAGUELY - adverbs
• AT HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...1625
• BY HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...a1711
VAIN - adjectives
• BIG AS BULL BEEF as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
• BIG AS S as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
• BIGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIGGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGGITY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BRANKIT vain, puffed-up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALEERY light, vain, full of mischief ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• FALSE proud, vain, boastful ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GUMPTIOUS having common sense; also, clever, vain, self-important ...1853
• INANILOQUENT †* full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous ...1656
• MATAEOLOGICAL † vain; nonsensical ...1716
• MISPROUD † improperly or unjustifiably vain or proud; arrogant, haughty ...1303 obs. exc. arch.
• PERSNICKETY snobbish; vain ...1959 Amer. dial.
• PRUNK proud, vain, saucy ...B1900 Sc.
• SAUCY proud, vain, conceited ...1773 Sc.
• SNIPPISH conceited, vain, pert ...Bk1903 sl.
• SNIPTIOUS conceited, vain, pert ...Bk1903 sl.
• VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• VAINFUL † vain, unprofitable, useless ...1509 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VAINGLORIOUS inordinately boastful or proud of one's own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain ...c1480
• VAINSOME conceited, proud, vain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VANDIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANILOQUENT * talking vainly ...Bk1727
• VANNIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANTIE boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1789 Sc.
• VANTY boastful, proud, vain ...1724 Sc.
• VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain ...1605
• VAUDIE proud, vain, conceited, ostentatious ...1733 Sc.
• VANILOQUENT * speaking in a vain or foolish way ...1727
• VAUNTIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated; exultant ...1724 Sc.
• VAUNTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1724 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOGEY, VOGGIE, VOGGY, VOGIE, VOGY proud, elated, very pleased with oneself, vain, vaunting ...1712 Sc.
• VOUDIE adj. proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• VOUSTY † given to boasting, vain ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WADDIE proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
vain - nouns (also see VANITY)
• ARGOLOGY † idle or vain speaking ...1623
• BOBANCE † presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity ...c1325
• VAIN † vanity; a vain thing ...c1330
• VAINGLORINESS * vaingloriousness ...1820
• VAINGLORY glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting ...a1300
• VANILOQUENCE * vain talk or babbling ...1623
• VANILOQUY * vain talk or babbling ...1928
• VAPOURINGS vain imaginations ...1873
vain - person
• BALATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BIG HEAD a conceited, vain person ...1846 colloq.
• BLABBERSKITE a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• CALEERY a light, vain person ...1900 Sc. & Ireland
• DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc.
• DIMMIES a vain, frivolous woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANFARON a bully, blusterer, swaggerer; an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender ...1622
• FOPDOODLE † a silly, vain, empty person; a stupid or insignificant fellow; a fop, fool, simpleton ...E17
• GANDIER † a vain, boastful person; a bragger ...1868 Sc.
• GAUKIE a foolish, forward, vain woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GILL-FLURT, GILL-FLURT - a proud, vain woman; also, a slut or light housewife ...1593 UK
• GILLIAN-FLURT a proud, vain woman; a flighty girl; a wanton ...1593
• GLUGGER a vain, empty, foolish boaster ...Bk1910 Ireland
• MATAEOLOGIAN † one who discourses vainly, one who indulges in nonsense ...1653
• NABS a vain, pretentious, or impudent person - a term of familiarity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PAJOCK * a vain or conceited person; a popinjay, a fop; a term of contempt ...1604
• PHYSBUTTOCKE † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• PUP a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUPPY a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURP a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RACA a vain empty fellow ...Bk1775
• SKIT a vain, frivolous, or wanton woman ...1572 chiefly Sc.
• VAINLING †* a vain or vainglorious person ...1615
• VANDIE a vain, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio ...Bk1825 Sc.
• VAUNTIE, VAUNTY a vain, vaunting, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio ...1825 Sc.
• WAIP a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAIPER a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAP a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAPPER a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster ... 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vain - verbs
• PAVONIZE †* to behave as a peacock; to flaunt one's appearance in a vain fashion; to strut ...1838
• PEACOCKIZE †* to act the peacock; to strut about vainly ...1598
VAINGLORIOUS, VAINGLORY - adjectives
• AMPULLOUS † inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious ...1622
• OSTENTATE †* boasted, vaingloriously displayed ...1615
vainglorious, vainglory - nouns
• ELATION † a proud or vainglorious action ...c1630
• GASCONADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1709
• GASCONADO †* extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1809
• GASCONNADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1709
• JACTANCE * boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking ...1491
• JACTANCY boasting, boastfulness; vainglory ...1623
• KENODOXY †* the love, study, or desire of vainglory ...1656
• ROOSE † a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAINGLORIFICATION vainglorious glorification ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VAINGLORINESS * vaingloriousness ...1820
• VAUNTERY † vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show ...1491 obs. or arch.
• YELP † boasting, vainglorious speaking ...c888
vainglorious, vainglory - person
• VAINLING †* a vain or vainglorious person ...1615
vainglorious, vainglory - verbs
• YELP † to boast; to speak vaingloriously ...c888
VAINLY - adverbs
• VAINFULLY † in vain, vainly ...1509
VALENTINE - nouns
• BIRD'S-WEDDING-DAY St. Valentines' day ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SAINT VALENTIDE † St. Valentine's day, or the time of year when this falls ...1596
• SCOG an offensive or mocking valentine ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• TAKE-OFF a satirical valentine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALENTINE † a gift or present to a person drawn or chosen as one's special friend on St. Valentine's day ...c1610
• VALENTINE'S DEAL a choosing of sweethearts on St. Valentine's Day ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VALENTINE'S DEALING a custom observed on St. Valentine's eve whereby the names of the members of a company of both sexes are written on slips of paper and then chosen by lot by the opposite sex, the person whose name was drawn supposedly becoming the drawer's sweetheart for the year ...1787 Sc.
VALET - nouns
• VALETAILLE a number or retinue of valets ...1858
• VALETRY valets collectively ...1806
valet - person
• ANDREW †* a valet ,a gentleman's servant ...1700
VALIANT, VALIANTNESS - adjectives
• GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy ...a1400 arch.
• HENDY † of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant ...a1250
• I-WIHT † valiant, brave ...c1275
• KEEN † brave, bold, valiant, daring ...c897
• LUSTY † valiant, courageous, active ...c1374
• MAGNANIMOUS great in courage; nobly brave or valiant ...1584
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• SAVAGE † indomitable, intrepid, valiant ...a1300
• STALWORTH † brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty ...a1225 obs. exc. arch.
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TONGUE-DOUGHTY valiant in speech; boasting, bragging ...1671
• WAILLANT † valiant ...c1475
• WARLY † skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant ...1423
• WIGHT strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; valiant, brave ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
• WIGHTY strong and courageous, esp. in warfare, valiant, brave ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
valiant, valientness - nouns
• VALIANCE a valiant act or deed; a feat of valour or bravery ...1470-85 now arch.
• VALIANCY 1. the quality of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour ...1574
2. † a valiant act or deed ...1627
• VALIANTISE 1. † valiancy, valour ...c1330
2. † a valiant act or deed ...1513 obs
• WARLINESS †* warlike disposition, valiantness ...1599
valiant, valiantness - person
• STALWORTH † a strong and valiant man ...a1300
• TALL MAN a brave or valiant man; a champion ...Bk1894 Welsh
• VALIANT one who is valiant; a brave or courageous person ...1609
• WIGHTLING † a valiant man; a brave warrior ...a1250
valiant, valiantness - verbs
• DOW † to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly ...OE
• TAKE † to behave bravely or valiantly ...c1470
VALID - adjectives
• RATE †* valid ...c1400
• VAILANT † of avail, advantage, or value; valid ...a1325
• VALIANT † valid, effective, decisive ...1632
• VALIDOUS † valid ...1603
VALIDATE - verbs
• CALL SOMEONE'S BLUFF to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth ...1870s Amer. sl.
VALIUM - nouns
• V the tranquillizer Valium™ ...1984 US sl.
• VAL a tablet of diazepam (trade name Valium™), an anti-anxiety agent ...1986 US sl.
• VALI Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLIE Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLY Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALS Valium™, a mild tranquillizer ...1990s sl
• VITAMIN V Valium ...1994 US sl.
VALLEY - nouns
• BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• DEAN a deep wooded valley or dell; a valley through which a stream flows ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEN n. a small wooded valley; a dell, glen, a deep hollow between hills ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIP a valley or ravine ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DRINGLE a dingle, a deep dell or hollow ...19C Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE a rough, wooded dip in the ground; a dingle, a wooded ravine ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GORE a sharp valley or triangular pass through a mountain ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GUT a ravine or narrow valley ...1640
• INTERVAL a narrow river-valley ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PARK a high-elevation valley surrounded by mountains ...1806 Amer. dial.
• SCAR-DALE a valley surrounded by bare dark rocks ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SINUOSITY a curve, bend, or winding in a road, river, valley, etc. ...a1774
• VAILEY a valley ...1873 Sc.
• VAILIE a valley ...1873 Sc.
• VALL † a valley ...1611
• VALLET † a small valley ...a1647
• VALLEYLET a small valley ...1866
valley - person
• VALLEYITE an inhabitant of a valley ...1893
VALOUR - adverbs
• MANLY † in a manly manner; manfully, courageously, with valour or energy ...c1205 obs. or arch.
valour - nouns
• FACT † a noble or brave deed, an exploit; a feat of valour or skill ...1543
• MANHEAD † the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour ...c1275
• MANSHIP † manly courage, valour; vigour, manliness ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VALENCE † valour, courage ...a1604
• VALEUR †* valour ...1433-4
• VALIANCE 1. bravery, valour ...1456
2. a valiant act or deed; a feat of valour or bravery ...1470-85 now arch.
• VALIANCY the quality of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour ...1574
• VALIANTISE † valiancy, valour ...c1330
• VALUE † worth or efficacy in combat or warfare; manliness, valour ...1590
valour - person
• BERNE † a warrior, a hero, a man of valour; in later use, a poetic word for 'man' ...937
• HEART OF OAK a stout, courageous spirit; a man of courage or valour; a man of sterling quality, capable of resistance or endurance ...1609
• SACRIPANT * a boastful pretender to valour ...1830
VALUABLE - adjectives
• BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value ...1958 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• DAINTY † valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
• DEAR † of high estimation, of great worth or value; precious, valuable ...c888
• DEARWORTH † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c888
• DEARWORTHY † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c1430
• DERWORTH † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c888
• DERWORTHY † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c1430
• ILIE valuable, exalted, sacred ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• VAILABLE valuable ...1894 Sc.
• VALOROUS † having value, worth, or merit; valuable ...1592
• VALUROUS † valuable ...1586
• WORTH A BOB OR TWO of persons: (fairly) wealthy; of things: (fairly) valuable ..20C colloq.
• WORTH A JEW'S EYE extremely valuable ...1598 colloq.
valuable - nouns
• DEARWORTHINESSES † valuables, treasures ...c1325
• DRUERY † a beloved or precious thing; anything valuable or highly prized; a treasure ...a1300
• FAMILY JEWELS something very valuable ...1960s sl.
• GOODIE a valuable possession ...2003 UK sl.
• NUGGET a precious thing; a small and valuable thing concealed within something larger ...1853
• SWAG money; valuables ...sl.
valuable - verbs
• THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless
VALUABLENESS - nouns
• DEARWORTHINESS † preciousness, worthiness, valuableness ...c1325
VALUATION - nouns
• RATE †* valuation, rating ...1653
• RATEMENT †* rating, valuation ...1613-8
• VALUE † valuation, appraisement ...c1488
VALUE - adjectives
• FAR † of a difference in kind or value: great ...1509
• MUCKLE-WORTH of great value or reputation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VAILANT † of avail, advantage, or value; valid ...a1325
• VALUATIVE † expressive of value ...1566.
value - nouns
• BANG FOR ONE'S BUCK value for money ...colloq.
• CARAT † worth, value; estimate ...1597
• VAIL † value or worth; account, estimation ...1471 Sc.
• VAILANCE † value, worth ...1387-8
• VAL value ...2000s sl.
• VALEUR †* value ...1646
• VALIANT † value or worth ...1606 Sc.
• VALIDUM value, worth; size ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALLERT † value ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALLIDOM the value or worth of a thing ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• VALLIMENT value ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALOIR † value, worth, price ...c1495
• VALOR † the amount in money, etc., that a thing is worth; value ...1496-7
• VALOUR † value or worth in material or other respects ...c1330
• VALUEDOM value, worth ...1825 Sc.
• VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect ...1929 Sc.
• WANWORTH an undervalue ...a1700 Sc.
value - verbs
• ADVANTAGE † to add to the amount or value of ...1496-7
• AFFORARE † to set a value or price upon anything ...a1250
• DOW † to be valid or of value; to be worth or good for something ...ME
• FALL † to lower a price, etc.; to bring down in value, to depreciate; to depress the market; also, of land: to become worth less ...1677
• INVIE to value, to set store by ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SALT to make something appear to be worth more than it is ...1852 US sl., orig. mining usage
• VALLIATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALUATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALURE † to value, to estimate the value of goods, property, etc.; to appraise in respect of value ...1487
• VIEW to value ...1866 Eng. dial.
VALUE, OF LITTLE VALUE, VALUELESS - adjectives
• ARSE inferior, shoddy, valueless, unpleasant, disliked for whatever reason ...2002 Brit. sl.
• EATHLY † of a thing: of small value ...c1200
• FECKLESS of things: ineffective, feeble, futile, valueless, worthless ...1599 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JUNKY trashy, worthless, valueless ...1880
• NAUGHTY valueless, good-for-nothing, insignificant, trifling; small and contemptible in appearance ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NOTHING-WORTH * worthless, of no worth or value ...1619
• NOT WORTH A CUE of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A FART IN A HAILSTORM unimportant, insignificant; of little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A FART IN HELL unimportant, insignificant; of little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A FARTHING of very small value ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A HADDOCK of little value ...?1562
• NOT WORTH A HANNAH COOK to be of no value or worthless ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A JIGGER valueless ...1861 sl.
• NOT WORTH A KUE of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A MONKEY'S SNICKER not worth a damn ...1893 Amer. sl.
• NOT WORTH A Q of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A QUE of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A SKILLAGALEE worthless, of little value ...1833
• NOT WORTH A STRAW of no appreciable value ...c1540 sl.
• NOT WORTH SHOE-BUCKLES of little value or account ...1737
• NOT WORTH SHUCKS of little value ...US & Can. colloq.
• NUGATORIOUS † trifling, of no value or importance, worthless ...1646
• OOBADES of little value, useless ...Bk1905
• PICAYUNE of small value or importance ...US & Can. colloq.
• PICAYUNISH of small value or importance ...US & Can. colloq.
• TOO DEAD TO SKIN being of no value whatsoever; worthless ...1873 Amer. sl.
• UBAADOUS of little value, useless ...Bk1905
• WAFFISH of no value; worthless ...1866 Sc.
value, of little value, valueless - nouns
• BAFFIN a trifle, a thing of no value ...1866 Sc.
• BAFFLE a trifle, a thing of no value ...1866 Sc.
• BAUBEE a trifle, anything of little value ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
• BAWBEE a trifle; anything of little value ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOBEE a trifle, anything of little value ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BUG DUST something insignificant or of little value ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends ...1851 sl.
• CATCHPENNY something of little value, esp. a publication, designed to attract purchasers ...1760
• CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people's way; something that out to be destroyed or buried out of sight; a useless thing; a thing or person of no value; a useless tree; a useless or unprofitable occupant of a position; one that is good-for-nothing ...1657
• DERG a thing of little value ...B1900 Sc.
• FANG something of little value or importance ...1923 Sc.
• FARTHING something of very small value ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; something pretty and of little value ...arch.
• HAW † something worthless or of no value ...c1000
• HILL OF BEANS, A a thing of little value ...1863 US sl.
• HILL OF PEAS a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JACK-STRAW a thing of the least value ...1862 Eng. dial.
• KEG-MEG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind, anything valueless or worthless ...1875 Eng. dial.
• LEEK † something of little value ...a1300.
• NACK a collection of useless or worthless things; anything of little value ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTS †* things of no worth or value ...a1548
• NOTHING'S NEST a thing of no value or importance; a nonentity ...1892 Eng. dial.
• OFFALDMENT anything of no value; a mean, worthless person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALMENT anything of no value; a mean, worthless person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PICAYUNE something of slight value or trifling importance ...1804 Amer. colloq.
• PINCH OF BUG DUST something insignificant or of little value ...1958 Amer. dial.
• POT OF PEAS a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRETTY any little thing of value, esp. a toy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROW OF PEAS a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOLLICK a thing of little or no value ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUM something of little or no value...1998 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'thrum' (threepenny bit)
• TACK anything of little or no value, or of inferior quality ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASSIL a shapeless, ugly object; anything of little value ...1890 Eng. dial.
• THANK-YOU-MA'AM something of little value ...1952 Amer. dial.
• THRIP something of little or no value ...1890 Amer. dial.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VC something of little or no value ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'toss' (Victoria Cross)
• VICTORIA CROSS something of little or no value ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'toss'
• YANKEE DIME a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value ...1846 Amer. dial.
• YANKEE NICKEL a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• YARD † a thing of no value, something worthless ...c1400
value, of little value, valueless - person
• CUMBER-GROUND a person of no value; one that is good-for-nothing ...1657
VALUE, OF GREAT VALUE - nouns
• ALL THE TEA IN CHINA something of great value ...1870 Amer. dial.
VALUED - adjectives
• ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...L19 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...1885 US sl.
VALUES - adjectives
• OLD BIRD of a prisoner: having traditional values ...2001 UK sl.
VANDAL - person
• VANDAL one who acts like a Vandal or barbarian; a wilful or ignorant destroyer of anything beautiful, venerable, or worthy of preservation ...1663
VANDALISM - adjectives
• VANDALISTIC given to vandalism ..1854
VANDALIZE - verbs
• FORK THE LAWN to vandalize a property by sticking hundreds of plastic forks in the lawn on a cold night, which will be frozen in place
VANE - nouns
• FAAN a weather-vane ...1950 Sc.
• SCOGGIN a vane, a weathercock ...1790 Eng. dial.
• IDLE † empty, vacant; void of ...c825
• VACAND † vacant ...1405 Sc.
• VAIN † empty, vacant, void ...1382
vacancy, vacant - nouns
• VACANCE 1. † a vacant period ...1533
2. † the fact of becoming vacant; the vacation of an office ...1579
• VACAND † a vacant office; a vacancy ...1567 Sc.
vacancy, vacant - verbs
• VAIK † to become or remain vacant or unoccupied; to close for a time ...1693 Sc.
• VAKE † to become or remain vacant or unoccupied; to close for a time ...1693 Sc.
• WANE † to empty, to render vacant ...c1200.
VACATION - nouns
• HOLLIERS, HOLLYERS holidays; vacation ...1991 Irish sl.
• HOLS holidays, a vacation ...1905 UK sl.
• LAWSTEAD † a vacation ...1600
• VAC a vacation ...1709 UK
• VACANCE * a vacation, a holiday, a period of suspension of business or other function ...1563-7 chiefly Sc.
• VACANCE-TIME † a vacation; holidays ...1773 Sc.
• VACANCY a vacation, a holiday ...1703 Sc.
• VAYKAY a vacation ...1970s US sl.
vacation - person
• VACATIONER a holiday-maker, a tourist; a person at leisure ...1890 US
vacation - verbs
• VACANT †* to take a vacation ...1752
VACCINATE - verbs
• JAB to inoculate or vaccinate ...1939 Services' sl.
• VACCIOLATE † to vaccinate ...1804
VACCINATED - adjectives
• BINGED vaccinated ...Amer. World War I sl.
VACCINATION - nouns
• BING SPOT a vaccination mark ...Amer. World War I sl.
• VACCINATE a vaccination ...1976 Amer. dial.
vaccination - person
• VACCINATIONIST a believer in the efficacy of vaccination ...1885
• VACCINATOR one who performs, practices, or advocates vaccination ...1808
• VACCINEE * one who has been vaccinated ...1889
• VACCINIFER a person, especially a child, acting as the transmitter of vaccine virus ...1868
• VACCINIST a vaccinator; a supporter or advocate of vaccination ...1847
• VACCIOLATOR a vaccinator ...1804
VACILLATE - verbs
• BACK AND FILL to vacillate or waver; to take too long about coming to a decision ...1854 Amer. dial.
• BAFFLE AROUND to take too long about coming to a decision ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BELLWAVER to fluctuate, to waver, to vacillate, to be inconstant ...1820 Sc.
• CHOP AND CHANGE to vacillate ...Bk1999
• DACKER to remain or hang on in a state of irresolution; to vacillate, equivocate, waver ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAFFLE-CAFFLE to falter, to vacillate, to act with indecision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG IN THE WIND to be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful, undecided; to be irresolute, to vacillate ...1555
• MAMMER to vacillate, to waver, to be undecided ...1350 Eng. dial.
• NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance ...1880 Sc.
• WAFFLE to waver, to be uncertain, undecided, or hesitant; to vacillate ...1819 Sc.& N. Eng. dial.
• WAG † to waver, to vacillate ...1387
• WEEWAW to vacillate; to perplex, to distract ...1890 Amer. dial.
VACILLATING - adjectives
• BINGLE-BANGLE fickle, vacillating, irresolute ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BRANLING † wavering, vacillating, irresolute ...c1645
• OFF AND ON indecisive, wavering, vacillating ...M19 sl.
• OFF NOR ON neither one thing nor another; uncertain, vacillating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety ...1875 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLING indecisive, hesitating, vacillating, shilly-shallying ...1847 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• WAFFLY hesitating, undecided, vacillating; weak ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WHIFFLE-MINDED fickle; vacillating, undecided ...1844 Amer. dial.
• WIDDERY-MINDED vacillating; changeable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIGGLE-WAGGLE vacillating ...L18
vacillating - nouns
• HACKERING AND HAMMERING vacillating, equivocating ...1975 Amer. dial.
vacillating - person
• LIMBERHAM an irresolute or vacillating person ...a1704
• SQUASH a vacillating person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WAFFLE-BAGS one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLES one who hesitates or vacillates; a trifling, undecided person; a loafer, an idle sauntering person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• WINDLE-STRAW - thin, unhealthy person; a vacillating fellow ...1818 Sc.
vacillating - phrases
• FISH OR CUT BAIT stop vacillating and act on something; do something or get out of the way ...Bk2006 US sl.
VACILLATION - nouns
• BRANLING †* a wavering; an instance of irresolution or vacillation ...1646
• MAMMERY †* a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity; vacillation ...1578
• TITTERING hesitation, vacillation ...c1374
• VACILLANCY * vacillation ...1668
• VARY † a hesitation or vacillation ...1739
VACUUM, VACUUM CLEANER - nouns
• BAGPIPE a vacuum cleaner ...1940s US Black sl.
• VANCOUVER a hoover, any vacuum cleaner ...1992 rhyming sl.
vacuum, vacuum cleaner - verbs
• LUX to vacuum a carpet etc. ...1970s NZ sl.
VAGABOND, VAGABONDISH - adjectives
• GANGREL vagabond, vagrant ...1538 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANG-THERE-OUT homeless, vagabond ...1815 Sc.
• LAND-LEAPING † vagabond ...1377
• LAND-LOPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAND-LOUPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LEAP-LAND † vagabond ...1614
• SCOOR-THE-KINTRY roving, vagabond ...1901 Sc.
• VAGABONDIAL † roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1615
• VAGABONDICAL * roaming, wandering, vagabondish ...1576
• VAGABONDIOUS † vagabond, vagrant ...1661
• VAGROM vagrant, vagabond, wandering ...1599
• WAFF of persons: vagabond-like, disreputable, worthless in character, good-for-nothing ...1788 Sc.
vagabond, vagabondish - person
• ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house ...1509 sl.
• ABBEY-LUBBER an idler, a vagabond; orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house ...1509 sl.
• ABRAHAM-MAN one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; the provision of the poor in those places being cut off, and no other substituted ...1561
• ABRAM-MAN an 'ABRAHAM-MAN' ...1561
• BAGGABONE a vagabond ...1809 Eng. dial.
• BANG-BEGGAR a term of reproach; a vagabond ...Bk1891 Eng. dial.
• BIRD OF THE NIGHT a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
• DINGBAT a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a worthless person ...1918 US tramps' sl.
• DINGER a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a worthless person ...1927 Amer. dial.
• EGYPTIAN † a gypsy, a vagabond ...1701 Sc.
• FAA a gypsy or a vagabond ...Bk1874 Eng. dial.
• GADLING † a wanderer, a wayfarer, a vagabond ...a1542
• GAE-THROUGH-LAND a wanderer; a vagabond or vagrant; a pilgrim; an exile ...Bk1888 Sc.
• GANGAREL a wandering person, one who strolls from place to place, a vagabond ...1825 Sc.
• GANGERAL, GANGEREL a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GANGERIL(L) a vagrant; a vagabond; a wandering beggar; a peddler ...1530 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANGREL, GANGREL, GANGRIL(L) a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GEDLING a term of contempt or abuse; a worthless person; a rogue; an idle vagabond ...a1300
• GETLING * a child, a brat; also, a fellow, somewhat depreciative, as a knave, a vagabond ...c1700 Sc.
• HALLAN-SHAKER a beggar who stands shaking the 'hallan'; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1500-20 Sc.
• HARLOT † a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave ...a1225
• HEATHER-CAT a vagabond, a tramp ...1886
• HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc.
• IRISH TOYLE a travelling vagabond who posed as a seller of haberdashery in order to commit robberies as he moved from town to town; usually plural ...1562 UK criminals' sl.
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• LAND-LEAPER † a land-loper ...1377
• LAND-LOPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• LAND-LOUPER one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law; a vagrant, a roving vagabond, an adventurer, a scamp ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• NIGHTBIRD a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
• NIGHTFOWL a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
• NIGHT-HAWK a person who roams about by night; a vagabond ...1825 Sc.
• PALLART † n. a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLIARD, PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• RAAG an idle lounging person; a low, worthless person; a vagabond; a rake ...Bk1866 Sc.
• RABSCALLION a rascal, a knave, a rogue; a vagabond, a scamp; a worthless wretch ...1699
• RACKER a vagabond ...1866 Irish
• RAFF a low, disorderly, idle person; a vulgar worthless person; a dissolute vagabond; a disreputable person ...1785
• RAFFLE a low fellow; an idle vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGGABRASH an idle, worthless fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIKER † a stroller; a vagabond ...1596
• RAKER a vagabond ...1866 Sc.
• RAMSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ... 1733 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAPPAREE an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92; hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter; any ruffianly vagabond ...1690
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RIBLAS a vagabond ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP a street-walking vagabond of the lowest order ...Bk1888 sl.
• SCOUR-THE-COUNTRY a vagrant, a vagabond ...1901 Sc.
• SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• SILVER-BEGGAR a vagabond who travels through the country with 'briefs' containing false statements of losses by fire, shipwrecks, accidents, etc. ...1841 sl.
• STRAVAGANT † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592
• STRAVAIGER a vagabond ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STROLLER a vagabond, itinerant, man of no settled abode; a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. ...c1696 sl.
• SWAGMAN a tramp, hobo, or vagabond ...1875 Aust.
• TAGGELT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• TAGIT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAGSTER a vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAISTREL, TAISTRIL(L) a person of vagabond life ...Bk1878 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TANTREL(L) an idle, unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment; a desultory wanderer or vagabond; hence, a gypsy ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TANTRIL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TARTARIAN a thief; a noisy blustering villain; a strolling vagabond; a sharper ...1608 cant
• TINK a tinker; a disreputable vagabond ...1857 Sc.
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TINKER WOMAN a term of contempt for a woman, a vagabond ...1902 Eng. dial.
• TINKLER a tinker, esp. a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a vagabond ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TINKLER'S-GIPSY a wandering vagabond, a gypsy ...1786 Sc.
• TRANTRELL, TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• URNABOUT an itinerant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1884 Eng. dial.
• VACABOND † a person having no settled means of living or no fixed home; a vagabond ...1404
• VAG a vagabond, a vagrant, a tramp; a homeless person ...1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• VAGABOND one who has no fixed abode or home, and who wanders about from place to place; specifically, one who does this without regular occupation or obvious means of support; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp; a vagrant ...c1485
• VAGABONDAGER one who practices vagabondage (idle or unconventional wandering or travelling, vagabondism); a vagabond, a tramp ...1813
• VAGABONDIZER one who lives in the manner of a vagabond ...1860
• VAGABONE a vagabond ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial
• VAGABONES a vagabond ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• VAGRAL a vagrant, a vagabond ...1909 Sc.
• VAGRANT one who wanders or roams about; a person who leads a wandering life; a rover; a wandering rogue, a strolling vagabond ...c1590
• VAGROM a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1599
• VAIG a wanderer; a vagabond; an idle person ...1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFF a waif, a vagabond, a vagrant ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFIE a loafer, an idler, a vagrant, a vagabond; a worthless person, a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless, good-for-nothing person; a ne'er-do-well ...1825 Sc.
• WAFFIPOKE a vagabond; a worthless, good-for-nothing person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAFFLE a worthless person; a vagabond ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFY a person of worthless character; a vagabond ...Bk1818 Sc.
• WAGAND † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1614
• WAISTREL a person of vagabond life; an idle wanderer ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WANDREL †* a vagabond ...c1557
• WAUFIE a worthless person; a vagabond ...1808 Sc.
• WHIFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless ne'er-do-well ...1825 Sc.
vagabond, vagabondish - verbs
• SCAFE to lead a roving, vagabond life ...1847 Eng. dial.
• VAG to treat or deal with one as a vagabond or vagrant ...1859 US sl.
• VAGABONDIZE to live, wander, or go about as, or in the manner of, a vagabond; to roam or travel in a free, idle, unconstrained, or unconventional manner; to play the vagabond ...1611
VAGABONDAGE - nouns
• VACABUNCY † vagabondage ...1535
• VAGABONDRY † vagabondage; life or conduct characteristic of a vagabond ...1547 now rare or obs.
• VAGABUNCY † vagabondage ...1549
VAGARIOUS, VAGARY - adjectives
• VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical ...1827
• VAGARISH † somewhat vagarious or whimsical ...1819 now rare or obs.
• VAGARISOME vagarious, capricious ...Bk1928
vagarious, vagary - nouns
• FAGERRY a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy ...1892 Ireland
• FALDERAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse ...1866 Sc.
• FALDERUMDAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse ...1866 Sc.
• FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a 'lark' ..1894 Eng. dial.
• GAIRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAWRIES vagaries, whims, freaks ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JACKDAW TRICKS odd pranks, vagaries ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUM a foolish fancy; a whim, vagary; a fluster ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIGRIE a vagary ...1911 Sc.
• VAIGRY a vagary ...1911 Sc.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
vagarious, vagary - person
• VAGARIAN * one given to vagaries or whims ...1891
• VAGARIST * one who is subject to vagaries ...1888
VAGINA - see GENITALS
VAGRANCY, VAGRANT - adjectives
• BUMMERISH †* reminiscent of the way a vagrant or loafer behaves ...1871
• CIRCUMFORANEOUS † wandering from place to place, as from market to market or house to house; strolling about, vagrant ...1650 now rare or obs.
• EXTRAVAGANT † wandering out of bounds; straying, roaming, vagrant ...1604
• GANGREL vagabond, vagrant ...1538 arch. & Eng. dial.
• GANG-THERE-OUT † vagabond, vagrant ...1815 Sc.
• VAGABONDIOUS † vagabond, vagrant ...1661
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering ...1660
• VAGRAL vagrant, wandering ...1899 Sc.
• VAGRARIOUS † vagrant, wandering ...1795 nonce word
• VAGRATE † vagrant, wandering; nomadic ...1619
• VAGROM vagrant, vagabond, wandering ...1599
• VAIGISH roaming, vagrant ...1880 Sc.
• WAFF of persons: vagrant, wandering, homeless, footloose ...1746 Sc.
• WALKING † leading a wandering life, vagrant, strolling ...1490
vagrancy, vagrant - nouns
• CANT the secret speech or jargon of the vagrant classes - gypsies, thieves, beggars, etc; hence, contemptuously, the peculiar phraseology of a particular class or subject ...1706
• EXTRAVAGANCY † a wandering beyond bounds or out of one's course; vagrancy ...a1616
• JUNGLE a camp for vagrants ...1914 sl., orig. US
• MATILDA a vagrant's pack ...1892 Aust. sl.
• MONKERY, THE tramps or other vagrants collectively ...1851 tramps' sl.
• SKID ROW a part of a town frequented by vagrants, alcoholics, etc. ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
• STEM a street frequented by vagrants ...1914 US sl.
• VAG vagrancy ...1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• WAGGA a vagrant's improvised covering, esp. of sacking ...1900 Aust. sl.
• WAGGA BLANKET a vagrant's improvised covering, esp. of sacking ...1900 Aust. sl.
• WAGGA RUG a vagrant's improvised covering, esp. of sacking ...1900 Aust. sl.
• VAG a charge of vagrancy ...M19 Aust., NZ & US sl.
vagrancy, vagrant - person
• ABRAHAMER † a tramp; a vagrant ...1823 sl.
• ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• BACK SLUMMERS dirty, common, low, and vagrant people who reside in the ‘Back-slums’ (beggars meeting-places; the expression applies to all Metropolitan receptacles of mendicants, prostitutes, thieves, and rogues of every degree to get a night’s lodging) ...Bk1888 sl.
• BATTLE-AX(E) a female vagrant ...1937 US criminals' sl.
• BELCH a drunken vagrant ...1935 US sl.
• BENCH-FLOPPER a tramp, a vagrant ...1917 US sl.
• BENCH-WARMER a tramp; a vagrant ...1927 US sl.
• BESS a harmless vagrant or maniac formerly allowed to range the country; hence, any female of wild or disorderly appearance ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• BESS O' BEDLAM a harmless vagrant or maniac formerly allowed to range the country; hence, any female of wild or disorderly appearance ...1654 Eng. dial.
• BESSY female bedlamites were called Bess o’ Bedlams; the term is still applied in some parts of the provinces to vagrants of that sex ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BILLABONGER a vagrant ...1886 Aust. sl.
• BINDLE MAN a tramp, a vagrant ...1900 Amer. sl.
• BINDLE-STIFF a tramp or vagrant who carries a bindle, a bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll; formerly a migrant worker ...1897 US sl.
• BIRD OF PASSAGE a person never long in one place; a wanderer, a tramp, a vagrant ...1895 sl.
• BLACK-GUARD † a vagrant child; a young ragamuffin ...1699
• BUM a vagrant, a tramp ...1864 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BUMMER (derogatory) a vagrant or loafer who lives by begging or scrounging from others ...1855 sl., orig. US
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• CANTER a vagrant or beggar; one who uses 'cant' ...1592 sl.
• CITY ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• CODGE a vagrant, a tramp ...L19 sl.
• CRUSTIE, CRUSTY one of a group of homeless or vagrant young people, generally living by begging in cities, and characterized by rough clothes, matted, often dreadlocked hair, and an unkempt appearance ...1990
• DINGBAT a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• DINO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• DOCK RAT a 'wharf rat'; a vagrant who hangs around the docks ...1864 US sl.
• DOSSER a vagrant, a tramp ...1866 Brit. sl.
• DRUMMER a tramp, a vagrant ...1888 Aust. & NZ sl.
• DYNO a tramp, a vagrant ...1918 US sl.
• EXTRAVAGANT † a person who strays or wanders from a place; a vagrant, a wanderer ...1583
• FAITOUR † an impostor, a cheat; a vagrant who shams illness or pretends to tell fortunes ...a1340 obs . exc. arch.
• FLOATER a person who is perpetually changing his place of abode; a vagrant ...1859 sl.
• GABERLUNGY an itinerant beggar, a vagrant; sometimes, a licensed beggar, a beadsman ...1508 Sc. arch.
• GAE-THROUGH-LAND a wanderer; a vagabond or vagrant; a pilgrim; an exile ...Bk1888 Sc.
• GANGER a tramp, a beggar, a vagrant, a hawker ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANGERAL, GANGEREL, GANGERELL a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GANGING BODY a beggar, a tramp, a vagrant ...1884 Sc.
• GANGING MAN † a beggar, a tramp, a vagrant ...1895 Sc.
• GANGREL, GANGRIL(L) a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GAY CAT SPOTTER a small-time criminal, usually a vagrant or the lookout in a robbery ...1916 criminals' sl.
• HARLOT † a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave ...a1225
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• HEDGE BIRD a person born or brought up on or frequenting the roadside; a vagrant; a footpad
• HEDGE-CREEPER † a vagrant; a thief; a peeping tom ...rare or obs.
• HOBO a tramp, a vagrant, an itinerant worker, often using the US rail system as a means of free transport ...L19 US sl.
• HURRICANE LAMP a tramp, a vagrant ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• JACK OUT OF DOORS † a person turned out of his former place; a homeless person; a vagrant ...1534
• KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant ...1663 Sc.
• LAIRD OF WINDY-WAYS - a homeless person, a vagrant ...a1745 Sc.
• LAMB a vagrant committed to prison for three days only ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-LOPER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-LOUPER one who roams about the country idly or to escape the law; a vagrant, a roving vagabond, an adventurer, a scamp ...1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAND-LUBBER a wandering tramp; a vagrant ...E17 sl.
• LAND-RAKER a vagrant, a tramp ...L16 sl.
• MEFF a vagrant ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MEFFER a vagrant ...c1960s UK playground sl.
• MINK a tinker; a vagrant ...1963 Sc.
• MISSION STIFF a tramp or vagrant who frequents charitable missions, looking for hand-outs, food and shelter, esp. one who pretends conversion ...L19 US sl.
• MUMPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1673 sl.
• OKIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• PADDER a tramp; a vagrant ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PIKER (derogatory) a vagrant, a tramp, a good-for-nothing ...1838 sl.
• PIKEY (derogatory) a gypsy or vagrant ...Brit. sl.
• RAIL a vagrant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAILRIDER a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads; a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RANDIE, RANDY a sturdy, rude-mannered beggar; a thorough vagrant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RING-TAIL a vagrant, a tramp ...1927 US sl.
• ROGER † a begging vagrant pretending to be a poor Oxford or Cambridge scholar ...M16 sl.
• ROGUE † an idle vagrant ...M16 obs. exc. hist.
• SADDLE TRAMP a vagrant who travels on horseback ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SCAT a vagrant seeking work in a London market ...1984 Brit. sl.
• SCOUR-THE-COUNTRY a vagrant, a vagabond ...1901 Sc.
• SHAUGHRAUN a wandering person, a vagrant; also, an itinerant state ...L19 Irish & Can. dial.
• SKEG a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person ...2000s sl.
• SKEGGY a smelly vagrant or one who resembles such a person ...2000s sl.
• SKEL, SKELL a villain, a rogue, esp. a vagrant who lives on the streets; a street derelict who may be a villain ...1957 US sl.
• SKIPPER a vagrant, a tramp ...1925 Brit. sl.
• SLAG a vagrant, a tramp ...1955 sl.
• STRAVAGANT † a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1592
• STREET ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets ...1910 colloq.
• TANTRIL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TOE-RAGGER a tramp, a vagrant ...1891 Aust. sl.
• TRANTRELL, TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• VAG a vagabond, a vagrant, a tramp; a homeless person ...1859 Aust. & Amer. sl.
• VAGAUNT † a vagrant; a wanderer ...Bk1855
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant ...a500 Sc.
• VAGRAL a vagrant, a vagabond ...1909 Sc.
• VAGRANT one of a class of persons who having no settled home or regular work wander from place to place, and maintain themselves by begging or in some other dishonest or disreputable way; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp ...1444
• VAGROM a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp ...1599
• VAGUER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant; a footloose person, a gadabout; esp. historically, one who strolled about the streets during church service ...a1600 Sc.
• VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFF a waif, a vagabond, a vagrant ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFIE a loafer, an idler, a vagrant, a vagabond; a worthless person, a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1808 Sc.
• WAFFINGER a confirmed vagrant and idler ...1825 Sc.
• WAG a vagrant ...1887 Aust. & US sl.
• WAGAND † a vagrant ...1614
• WAIF-AND-STRAY homeless vagrants; flotsam and jetsam, useless or discarded objects; strayed cattle of unknown ownership ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WALLABY a vagrant; a swagman ...1894 Aust. sl.
• WANDERING WILLIE a vagrant, a tramp ...1895 US sl.
• WHALER orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant ...1878 Aust.
• YARDBIRD a vagrant who frequents railway yards ...Bk2004 US sl.
• YARRA-BANKER a loafer or vagrant idling on the banks of the Yarra River, Melbourne; a Melbourne soapbox orator ...1895 Aust. sl.
vagrancy, vagrant - verbs
• CHASE THE SUNSET to live as a vagrant ...1910s Aust, sl.
• LUMP ONE'S BLUEY to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S DRUM to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S KNOT to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S MATILDA to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• LUMP ONE'S SWAG to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1851 Aust. sl.
• MOPE to live as a vagrant ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PALMER to wander about like a palmer or vagrant; to go about idly from place to place ...1807 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAG to treat or deal with one as a vagabond or vagrant; to charge someone with vagrancy...1859 US sl.
• VAGRANT * to behave like a vagrant; to ramble or roam ...1886
• VAGRANTIZE * to reduce to the condition of a vagrant ...1893
• VAGUE † to wander; to range, to roam; to ramble idly or as a vagrant ...c1425 Sc. now rare or obs.
• WALTZ MATILDA to travel as a vagrant, carrying one's possessions ...1893 Aust. sl.
vagrancy, vagrant - phrases
• ON THE VAG on a charge of vagrancy ...1859 sl.
VAGUE - adjectives
• BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS vague; indefinite; inconclusive; colourless ...1928 Amer. dial.
• NEBULOUS hazy, vague, indistinct, formless ...1831
• SKETCHY flimsy, insubstantial, vague ...L19 sl.
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds ...1660
• VAPOROUS of persons or minds: inclined to be fanciful, vague, or frothy, in ideas or discourse ...1605
• VAPOURY unsubstantial, indefinite, vague ...1818
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
VAGUELY - adverbs
• AT HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...1625
• BY HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly ...a1711
VAIN - adjectives
• BIG AS BULL BEEF as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
• BIG AS S as proud as a peacock, vain, self-centred ...Bk1898 Eng.
• BIGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BIGGETY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BIGGITY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BIGGOTY conceited, vain, self-important; impudent, boastful ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BIGIFIED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, egotistic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• BIGOTED conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, boastful, haughty ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BRANKIT vain, puffed-up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALEERY light, vain, full of mischief ...1880 Sc. & Ireland
• FALSE proud, vain, boastful ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GUMPTIOUS having common sense; also, clever, vain, self-important ...1853
• INANILOQUENT †* full of empty or idle talk; talking foolishly, babbling; speaking vainly or emptily; loquacious, garrulous ...1656
• MATAEOLOGICAL † vain; nonsensical ...1716
• MISPROUD † improperly or unjustifiably vain or proud; arrogant, haughty ...1303 obs. exc. arch.
• PERSNICKETY snobbish; vain ...1959 Amer. dial.
• PRUNK proud, vain, saucy ...B1900 Sc.
• SAUCY proud, vain, conceited ...1773 Sc.
• SNIPPISH conceited, vain, pert ...Bk1903 sl.
• SNIPTIOUS conceited, vain, pert ...Bk1903 sl.
• VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• VAINFUL † vain, unprofitable, useless ...1509 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VAINGLORIOUS inordinately boastful or proud of one's own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain ...c1480
• VAINSOME conceited, proud, vain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VANDIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANILOQUENT * talking vainly ...Bk1727
• VANNIE † of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated ...1724 Sc.
• VANTIE boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1789 Sc.
• VANTY boastful, proud, vain ...1724 Sc.
• VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain ...1605
• VAUDIE proud, vain, conceited, ostentatious ...1733 Sc.
• VANILOQUENT * speaking in a vain or foolish way ...1727
• VAUNTIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated; exultant ...1724 Sc.
• VAUNTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy ...1724 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VOGEY, VOGGIE, VOGGY, VOGIE, VOGY proud, elated, very pleased with oneself, vain, vaunting ...1712 Sc.
• VOUDIE adj. proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• VOUSTY † given to boasting, vain ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WADDIE proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
• WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry ...1733 Sc.
vain - nouns (also see VANITY)
• ARGOLOGY † idle or vain speaking ...1623
• BOBANCE † presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity ...c1325
• VAIN † vanity; a vain thing ...c1330
• VAINGLORINESS * vaingloriousness ...1820
• VAINGLORY glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting ...a1300
• VANILOQUENCE * vain talk or babbling ...1623
• VANILOQUY * vain talk or babbling ...1928
• VAPOURINGS vain imaginations ...1873
vain - person
• BALATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BIG HEAD a conceited, vain person ...1846 colloq.
• BLABBERSKITE a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• CALEERY a light, vain person ...1900 Sc. & Ireland
• DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc.
• DIMMIES a vain, frivolous woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANFARON a bully, blusterer, swaggerer; an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender ...1622
• FOPDOODLE † a silly, vain, empty person; a stupid or insignificant fellow; a fop, fool, simpleton ...E17
• GANDIER † a vain, boastful person; a bragger ...1868 Sc.
• GAUKIE a foolish, forward, vain woman ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GILL-FLURT, GILL-FLURT - a proud, vain woman; also, a slut or light housewife ...1593 UK
• GILLIAN-FLURT a proud, vain woman; a flighty girl; a wanton ...1593
• GLUGGER a vain, empty, foolish boaster ...Bk1910 Ireland
• MATAEOLOGIAN † one who discourses vainly, one who indulges in nonsense ...1653
• NABS a vain, pretentious, or impudent person - a term of familiarity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PAJOCK * a vain or conceited person; a popinjay, a fop; a term of contempt ...1604
• PHYSBUTTOCKE † a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy ...1570
• PUP a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUPPY a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURP a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RACA a vain empty fellow ...Bk1775
• SKIT a vain, frivolous, or wanton woman ...1572 chiefly Sc.
• VAINLING †* a vain or vainglorious person ...1615
• VANDIE a vain, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio ...Bk1825 Sc.
• VAUNTIE, VAUNTY a vain, vaunting, self-conceited fellow; a braggadocio ...1825 Sc.
• WAIP a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAIPER a vain, haughty, self-important person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAP a vain, haughty, self-important person; one of a somewhat bustling manner; one with showy manners ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WAPPER a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle ...Bk1866 Sc.
• WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster ... 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vain - verbs
• PAVONIZE †* to behave as a peacock; to flaunt one's appearance in a vain fashion; to strut ...1838
• PEACOCKIZE †* to act the peacock; to strut about vainly ...1598
VAINGLORIOUS, VAINGLORY - adjectives
• AMPULLOUS † inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious ...1622
• OSTENTATE †* boasted, vaingloriously displayed ...1615
vainglorious, vainglory - nouns
• ELATION † a proud or vainglorious action ...c1630
• GASCONADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1709
• GASCONADO †* extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1809
• GASCONNADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction ...1709
• JACTANCE * boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking ...1491
• JACTANCY boasting, boastfulness; vainglory ...1623
• KENODOXY †* the love, study, or desire of vainglory ...1656
• ROOSE † a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAINGLORIFICATION vainglorious glorification ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VAINGLORINESS * vaingloriousness ...1820
• VAUNTERY † vaunting, boasting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show ...1491 obs. or arch.
• YELP † boasting, vainglorious speaking ...c888
vainglorious, vainglory - person
• VAINLING †* a vain or vainglorious person ...1615
vainglorious, vainglory - verbs
• YELP † to boast; to speak vaingloriously ...c888
VAINLY - adverbs
• VAINFULLY † in vain, vainly ...1509
VALENTINE - nouns
• BIRD'S-WEDDING-DAY St. Valentines' day ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• SAINT VALENTIDE † St. Valentine's day, or the time of year when this falls ...1596
• SCOG an offensive or mocking valentine ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• TAKE-OFF a satirical valentine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALENTINE † a gift or present to a person drawn or chosen as one's special friend on St. Valentine's day ...c1610
• VALENTINE'S DEAL a choosing of sweethearts on St. Valentine's Day ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VALENTINE'S DEALING a custom observed on St. Valentine's eve whereby the names of the members of a company of both sexes are written on slips of paper and then chosen by lot by the opposite sex, the person whose name was drawn supposedly becoming the drawer's sweetheart for the year ...1787 Sc.
VALET - nouns
• VALETAILLE a number or retinue of valets ...1858
• VALETRY valets collectively ...1806
valet - person
• ANDREW †* a valet ,a gentleman's servant ...1700
VALIANT, VALIANTNESS - adjectives
• GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy ...a1400 arch.
• HENDY † of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant ...a1250
• I-WIHT † valiant, brave ...c1275
• KEEN † brave, bold, valiant, daring ...c897
• LUSTY † valiant, courageous, active ...c1374
• MAGNANIMOUS great in courage; nobly brave or valiant ...1584
• ORPED † bold, brave, valiant, stout, strenuous ...a1000
• SAVAGE † indomitable, intrepid, valiant ...a1300
• STALWORTH † brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty ...a1225 obs. exc. arch.
• TALL † good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant ...c1400
• TONGUE-DOUGHTY valiant in speech; boasting, bragging ...1671
• WAILLANT † valiant ...c1475
• WARLY † skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant ...1423
• WIGHT strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; valiant, brave ...ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
• WIGHTY strong and courageous, esp. in warfare, valiant, brave ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
valiant, valientness - nouns
• VALIANCE a valiant act or deed; a feat of valour or bravery ...1470-85 now arch.
• VALIANCY 1. the quality of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour ...1574
2. † a valiant act or deed ...1627
• VALIANTISE 1. † valiancy, valour ...c1330
2. † a valiant act or deed ...1513 obs
• WARLINESS †* warlike disposition, valiantness ...1599
valiant, valiantness - person
• STALWORTH † a strong and valiant man ...a1300
• TALL MAN a brave or valiant man; a champion ...Bk1894 Welsh
• VALIANT one who is valiant; a brave or courageous person ...1609
• WIGHTLING † a valiant man; a brave warrior ...a1250
valiant, valiantness - verbs
• DOW † to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly ...OE
• TAKE † to behave bravely or valiantly ...c1470
VALID - adjectives
• RATE †* valid ...c1400
• VAILANT † of avail, advantage, or value; valid ...a1325
• VALIANT † valid, effective, decisive ...1632
• VALIDOUS † valid ...1603
VALIDATE - verbs
• CALL SOMEONE'S BLUFF to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth ...1870s Amer. sl.
VALIUM - nouns
• V the tranquillizer Valium™ ...1984 US sl.
• VAL a tablet of diazepam (trade name Valium™), an anti-anxiety agent ...1986 US sl.
• VALI Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLIE Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALLY Valium™, a branded tranquillizer ...1996 UK sl.
• VALS Valium™, a mild tranquillizer ...1990s sl
• VITAMIN V Valium ...1994 US sl.
VALLEY - nouns
• BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• DEAN a deep wooded valley or dell; a valley through which a stream flows ...1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEN n. a small wooded valley; a dell, glen, a deep hollow between hills ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIP a valley or ravine ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DRINGLE a dingle, a deep dell or hollow ...19C Eng. dial.
• DRUMBLE a rough, wooded dip in the ground; a dingle, a wooded ravine ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GORE a sharp valley or triangular pass through a mountain ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GUT a ravine or narrow valley ...1640
• INTERVAL a narrow river-valley ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PARK a high-elevation valley surrounded by mountains ...1806 Amer. dial.
• SCAR-DALE a valley surrounded by bare dark rocks ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SINUOSITY a curve, bend, or winding in a road, river, valley, etc. ...a1774
• VAILEY a valley ...1873 Sc.
• VAILIE a valley ...1873 Sc.
• VALL † a valley ...1611
• VALLET † a small valley ...a1647
• VALLEYLET a small valley ...1866
valley - person
• VALLEYITE an inhabitant of a valley ...1893
VALOUR - adverbs
• MANLY † in a manly manner; manfully, courageously, with valour or energy ...c1205 obs. or arch.
valour - nouns
• FACT † a noble or brave deed, an exploit; a feat of valour or skill ...1543
• MANHEAD † the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour ...c1275
• MANSHIP † manly courage, valour; vigour, manliness ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VALENCE † valour, courage ...a1604
• VALEUR †* valour ...1433-4
• VALIANCE 1. bravery, valour ...1456
2. a valiant act or deed; a feat of valour or bravery ...1470-85 now arch.
• VALIANCY the quality of being valiant or courageous; bravery, valiantness, valour ...1574
• VALIANTISE † valiancy, valour ...c1330
• VALUE † worth or efficacy in combat or warfare; manliness, valour ...1590
valour - person
• BERNE † a warrior, a hero, a man of valour; in later use, a poetic word for 'man' ...937
• HEART OF OAK a stout, courageous spirit; a man of courage or valour; a man of sterling quality, capable of resistance or endurance ...1609
• SACRIPANT * a boastful pretender to valour ...1830
VALUABLE - adjectives
• BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value ...1958 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• DAINTY † valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful ...c1340 obs. or Eng. dial.
• DEAR † of high estimation, of great worth or value; precious, valuable ...c888
• DEARWORTH † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c888
• DEARWORTHY † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c1430
• DERWORTH † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c888
• DERWORTHY † worthy of high estimation, highly valuable, precious, costly ...c1430
• ILIE valuable, exalted, sacred ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• VAILABLE valuable ...1894 Sc.
• VALOROUS † having value, worth, or merit; valuable ...1592
• VALUROUS † valuable ...1586
• WORTH A BOB OR TWO of persons: (fairly) wealthy; of things: (fairly) valuable ..20C colloq.
• WORTH A JEW'S EYE extremely valuable ...1598 colloq.
valuable - nouns
• DEARWORTHINESSES † valuables, treasures ...c1325
• DRUERY † a beloved or precious thing; anything valuable or highly prized; a treasure ...a1300
• FAMILY JEWELS something very valuable ...1960s sl.
• GOODIE a valuable possession ...2003 UK sl.
• NUGGET a precious thing; a small and valuable thing concealed within something larger ...1853
• SWAG money; valuables ...sl.
valuable - verbs
• THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless
VALUABLENESS - nouns
• DEARWORTHINESS † preciousness, worthiness, valuableness ...c1325
VALUATION - nouns
• RATE †* valuation, rating ...1653
• RATEMENT †* rating, valuation ...1613-8
• VALUE † valuation, appraisement ...c1488
VALUE - adjectives
• FAR † of a difference in kind or value: great ...1509
• MUCKLE-WORTH of great value or reputation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VAILANT † of avail, advantage, or value; valid ...a1325
• VALUATIVE † expressive of value ...1566.
value - nouns
• BANG FOR ONE'S BUCK value for money ...colloq.
• CARAT † worth, value; estimate ...1597
• VAIL † value or worth; account, estimation ...1471 Sc.
• VAILANCE † value, worth ...1387-8
• VAL value ...2000s sl.
• VALEUR †* value ...1646
• VALIANT † value or worth ...1606 Sc.
• VALIDUM value, worth; size ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALLERT † value ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALLIDOM the value or worth of a thing ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• VALLIMENT value ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALOIR † value, worth, price ...c1495
• VALOR † the amount in money, etc., that a thing is worth; value ...1496-7
• VALOUR † value or worth in material or other respects ...c1330
• VALUEDOM value, worth ...1825 Sc.
• VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect ...1929 Sc.
• WANWORTH an undervalue ...a1700 Sc.
value - verbs
• ADVANTAGE † to add to the amount or value of ...1496-7
• AFFORARE † to set a value or price upon anything ...a1250
• DOW † to be valid or of value; to be worth or good for something ...ME
• FALL † to lower a price, etc.; to bring down in value, to depreciate; to depress the market; also, of land: to become worth less ...1677
• INVIE to value, to set store by ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SALT to make something appear to be worth more than it is ...1852 US sl., orig. mining usage
• VALLIATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALUATE to estimate the value of anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VALURE † to value, to estimate the value of goods, property, etc.; to appraise in respect of value ...1487
• VIEW to value ...1866 Eng. dial.
VALUE, OF LITTLE VALUE, VALUELESS - adjectives
• ARSE inferior, shoddy, valueless, unpleasant, disliked for whatever reason ...2002 Brit. sl.
• EATHLY † of a thing: of small value ...c1200
• FECKLESS of things: ineffective, feeble, futile, valueless, worthless ...1599 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JUNKY trashy, worthless, valueless ...1880
• NAUGHTY valueless, good-for-nothing, insignificant, trifling; small and contemptible in appearance ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NOTHING-WORTH * worthless, of no worth or value ...1619
• NOT WORTH A CUE of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A FART IN A HAILSTORM unimportant, insignificant; of little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A FART IN HELL unimportant, insignificant; of little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A FARTHING of very small value ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A HADDOCK of little value ...?1562
• NOT WORTH A HANNAH COOK to be of no value or worthless ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NOT WORTH A JIGGER valueless ...1861 sl.
• NOT WORTH A KUE of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A MONKEY'S SNICKER not worth a damn ...1893 Amer. sl.
• NOT WORTH A Q of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A QUE of negligible value ...16C colloq.
• NOT WORTH A SKILLAGALEE worthless, of little value ...1833
• NOT WORTH A STRAW of no appreciable value ...c1540 sl.
• NOT WORTH SHOE-BUCKLES of little value or account ...1737
• NOT WORTH SHUCKS of little value ...US & Can. colloq.
• NUGATORIOUS † trifling, of no value or importance, worthless ...1646
• OOBADES of little value, useless ...Bk1905
• PICAYUNE of small value or importance ...US & Can. colloq.
• PICAYUNISH of small value or importance ...US & Can. colloq.
• TOO DEAD TO SKIN being of no value whatsoever; worthless ...1873 Amer. sl.
• UBAADOUS of little value, useless ...Bk1905
• WAFFISH of no value; worthless ...1866 Sc.
value, of little value, valueless - nouns
• BAFFIN a trifle, a thing of no value ...1866 Sc.
• BAFFLE a trifle, a thing of no value ...1866 Sc.
• BAUBEE a trifle, anything of little value ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
• BAWBEE a trifle; anything of little value ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BOBEE a trifle, anything of little value ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BUG DUST something insignificant or of little value ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends ...1851 sl.
• CATCHPENNY something of little value, esp. a publication, designed to attract purchasers ...1760
• CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people's way; something that out to be destroyed or buried out of sight; a useless thing; a thing or person of no value; a useless tree; a useless or unprofitable occupant of a position; one that is good-for-nothing ...1657
• DERG a thing of little value ...B1900 Sc.
• FANG something of little value or importance ...1923 Sc.
• FARTHING something of very small value ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; something pretty and of little value ...arch.
• HAW † something worthless or of no value ...c1000
• HILL OF BEANS, A a thing of little value ...1863 US sl.
• HILL OF PEAS a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JACK-STRAW a thing of the least value ...1862 Eng. dial.
• KEG-MEG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind, anything valueless or worthless ...1875 Eng. dial.
• LEEK † something of little value ...a1300.
• NACK a collection of useless or worthless things; anything of little value ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTS †* things of no worth or value ...a1548
• NOTHING'S NEST a thing of no value or importance; a nonentity ...1892 Eng. dial.
• OFFALDMENT anything of no value; a mean, worthless person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALMENT anything of no value; a mean, worthless person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PICAYUNE something of slight value or trifling importance ...1804 Amer. colloq.
• PINCH OF BUG DUST something insignificant or of little value ...1958 Amer. dial.
• POT OF PEAS a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PRETTY any little thing of value, esp. a toy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROW OF PEAS a thing of very little value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOLLICK a thing of little or no value ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUM something of little or no value...1998 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'thrum' (threepenny bit)
• TACK anything of little or no value, or of inferior quality ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASSIL a shapeless, ugly object; anything of little value ...1890 Eng. dial.
• THANK-YOU-MA'AM something of little value ...1952 Amer. dial.
• THRIP something of little or no value ...1890 Amer. dial.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VC something of little or no value ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'toss' (Victoria Cross)
• VICTORIA CROSS something of little or no value ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'toss'
• YANKEE DIME a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value ...1846 Amer. dial.
• YANKEE NICKEL a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value ...1965 Amer. dial.
• YARD † a thing of no value, something worthless ...c1400
value, of little value, valueless - person
• CUMBER-GROUND a person of no value; one that is good-for-nothing ...1657
VALUE, OF GREAT VALUE - nouns
• ALL THE TEA IN CHINA something of great value ...1870 Amer. dial.
VALUED - adjectives
• ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...L19 US sl.
• ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly ...1885 US sl.
VALUES - adjectives
• OLD BIRD of a prisoner: having traditional values ...2001 UK sl.
VANDAL - person
• VANDAL one who acts like a Vandal or barbarian; a wilful or ignorant destroyer of anything beautiful, venerable, or worthy of preservation ...1663
VANDALISM - adjectives
• VANDALISTIC given to vandalism ..1854
VANDALIZE - verbs
• FORK THE LAWN to vandalize a property by sticking hundreds of plastic forks in the lawn on a cold night, which will be frozen in place
VANE - nouns
• FAAN a weather-vane ...1950 Sc.
• SCOGGIN a vane, a weathercock ...1790 Eng. dial.