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VIRGIN (also see VIRGINITY) - adjectives
• CLEFT pert. to a non-virgin female ...L18 Brit. sl.
• CRACKED deflowered ...18C sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING deflowered ...18C sl.
• FLY-BLOWN devirginated ...c1885 sl.
• MAIDEN † virgin; sometimes said of men ...a1300
• UNLAID of a woman: virgin ...1960s sl.
• UNTRIMMED pert. to a virgin female ...Shakespeare usage
virgin - person
• APRON WITH A NIP a virgin; a virtuous, respectable woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ARTICLE OF VIRTUE a virgin ...c1850 sl.
• BABY-SAN a virgin ...1990 US military sl.
• BETOOLA, BETULA a virgin, a maiden ...Bk1982 Jewish
• BROAD WITH CANNED GOODS a virgin ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CANNED GOODS a virgin of either sex, usually female; the genitalia of such a person ...1910s US sl.
• CHERRY a virgin ...1935 sl.
• CHERRY BOY a male virgin ...1974 US sl.
• CHERRY GIRL a virgin ...1982 US military in Vietnam
• DAMAGED GOODS a person, esp. a woman, who is no longer a virgin ...1916 US sl.
• FORBIDDEN FRUIT a young girl; a virgin ...20C US sl.
• FRESH MEAT a new sexual partner, esp. a virgin ...a1890 sl.
• MAIDENMAN † a maiden, a virgin ...c893
• PUCELLE † a girl, a maiden, a virgin ...c1430
• UNDAMAGED GOODS a virgin female ...20C US sl.
• VEGGIE-MEAT an available young woman; a virgin ...1995 W. Indies sl.
• VICKY a virgin ...1990s sl.
• VIRGIE a virgin ...1930s sl.
• VIRGIN PULLET a young woman who though often trod has never laid', i.e. no longer a virgin but not yet a mother ...E19 sl.
• YOUNG BLEED a female virgin ...2000 US Black sl.
• YOUNG STUFF young virgin girls ...20C sl.
virgin - person, other
• CHERRY PICKER one who seduces virgins ...1954 US sl.
virgin - verbs
• CRACK to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar ...c1725 Amer. sl.
• EASE to deflower ...Bk1903 sl.
• LOSE ONE'S CHERRY to lose one's virginity ...1918 sl., orig. US
• PUNCH to deflower ...sl.
• PUNCTURE to deflower ...19C Brit. sl.
VIRGINAL - adjectives
• VIRGIE virginal ...1930s sl.
VIRGINIA - nouns
• ANCIENT DOMINION Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEADLE STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAVALIER STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GINNY Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAND OF THE BUCKSKIN Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOTHER STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD DOMINION Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SORE-BACK STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIRGINIE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIRGIN STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIRGINY Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Virginia - person
• BEADLE an inhabitant of the state of Virginia ...Bk1909 US sl.
• BEAGLE a native of Virginia ...1845 US sl.
• BIG KNIFE † a White man, esp. a Virginian ...1750 US Indian usage
• CLOVER-EATER a Virginian ...1869 US sl.
• CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia ...M19 US sl.
• HIT-YOUR-BACK a native of Virginia ...20C US sl.
• MALUNGEON one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said to have partly Indian blood ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TUCKAHOE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person ...1816 Amer. dial.
• TUCKYHOE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TUCKY HOLE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person ...1950 Amer. dial.
VIRGIN ISLANDS - person
• GARROT one who is not a native of the Virgin Islands, an outsider ...1962 W. Indies & UK Virgin Islands
VIRGINITY - nouns (also see VIRGIN)
• KNOT virginity ...Shakespeare usage (Virgin-Knot)
• MAIDEN-GEAR † virginity ...1719
• MAIDEN-GEM † virginity ...1612
• MAIDENHEAD virginity ...14C
• V-CARD a person's virginity ...2001 US sl.
• VIRGINHEAD virginity ...E17
• VIRGIN-KNOT virginity ...Shakespeare usage
virginity - verbs
• COP A CHERRY to take a woman's virginity; occasionally a man's ...1920s sl.
virginity - phrases
• KEEP YOUR HAND ON YOUR HA'PENNY TILL THE RIGHT MAN TURNS UP advice to young women to retain their virginity until the advent of 'Mr. Right' ...1900s sl.
VIRGIN MARY - adjectives
• MARIAN pert. to the Virgin Mary, or characterized by special devotion to her ...1701
• MARIANIC pert. to the Virgin Mary, or characterized by special devotion to her ...1845
• MARIOLATROUS worshipping the Virgin Mary ...1844
Virgin Mary - nouns
• HEAVEN-QUEEN † the queen of heaven; a title of the Virgin Mary ...c1230
• LADY the Virgin Mary ...a900
• MAID MARY † the Virgin Mary ...a1175
• MAIDEN MARY † the Virgin Mary ...a1035
• MARIANOLATRY †* worship of the Virgin Mary ...1755
• MARIOLA an image of the Virgin Mary ...1876
• MARIOLATRY worship of the Virgin Mary attributed by opponents to Roman Catholics ...1612
Virgin Mary - person
• LADY-WORSHIPPER one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1579
• MARIAN a worshipper or devotee of the Virgin Mary ...1635
• MARIANOLATRIST †* one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1736
• MARIOLATER one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1861
VIRILE, VIRILITY - adjectives
• FULL OF FUCK virile and full of masculine vigour ...20C sl.
• FULL OF GISM virile and full of masculine vigour ...20C sl.
• HAIRY virile; masculine ...M20 US sl.
• HAIRY-ASSED pert. to a mature, virile, and hairy male ...M20 sl.
• LEATHER pert. to any sadistic, virile male ...20C US sl.
• MACHO excessively masculine, virile, and brave ...1959 US sl.
• RED-BLOODED vigorous, virile ...colloq.
• UNSEMINARED deprived of virility; castrated ...Shakespeare usage
virile, virility - nouns
• BACK potency, virility ...1996 Guyana
• BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit ...a1890 US sl.
• EGGS courage, virility ...1950s sl.
• HAIR virile strength and courage ...M20 US sl.
• MAN FAT virility, manly power ...20C Brit. colloq.
• MANHEAD † the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour ...c1275
• MANLIHEAD † virility, bravery, courage ...1422-83
virile, virility - person
• BUCK-A-DANDY a young, dashing, or virile man; a fop ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
• MAN'S MAN a virile male ...20C US colloq.
• MCDADDY a handsome, virile man ...1990s sl.
• OLD RAM a virile and/or promiscuous man ...M17 sl.
• RAM a virile and/or promiscuous man ...M17 sl.
virile, virility - verbs
• EUNUCHATE † to make a eunuch of, to castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power ...1646
• HAVE LEAD IN ONE'S PENCIL to be potent, virile, and vigorous ...20C colloq.
VIRTUE - person
• MAN-WOMAN one who combines the virtues of both sexes ...1889 nonce use
VIRTUOSO - person
• EAR MAN a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso ...1970s US Black sl.
VIRTUOUS - adjectives
• HOLY-CRUEL cruel by being too virtuous ...a1616
virtuous - person
• ANGEL a very well-behaved child; a pure, innocent, or morally good person; a person of exemplary virtue or conduct ...1477
• APRON WITH A NIP a virgin; a virtuous, respectable woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE a person perceived as familiar, approachable, and dependable, typically in the context of a romantic partnership; sometimes with the implication of a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; a wholesome, virtuous, chaste, and unsophisticated person ...1925
• GOODY TWO SHOES an ostentatiously virtuous person ...Bk1995 US sl.
• MORALITY † a person who habitually assumes and air of virtue ...1806 humorous or ironic usage
• QUANDONG * a girl who makes a practice of remaining virtuous after being wined and dined ...1967 Aust. sl.
• SAINT a virtuous or morally excellent person ...1852
virtuous - verbs
• DOW † to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly ...OE
VISCID - adjectives
• GOOEY sticky, viscid ...1910s sl.
• LENTOUS clammy, viscid ...1646 nonce word
viscid - verbs
• INVISCATE to make viscid or sticky; to mix or cover with a sticky substance ...LME
VISCOUS - adjectives
• OOKY slimy, viscous ...1964 sl.
• THICKY thick, viscous ...1986 Amer. dial.
viscous - nouns
• OOK slimy or viscous material ...1969 sl.
VISIBLE - adjectives
• EYEABLE * that may be seen by the eye; visible ...1633
• EYEFUL † that may be plainly seen ...1611
• EYELY †* visible or apparent to the eye; evident, obvious ...1561
• FAIR * open to view, plainly visible; clear, distinct ...a1568
• KENSPECK easily recognizable, clearly visible, conspicuous ...1590 Eng. dial.
• KENSPECKLE easily recognizable, clearly visible, conspicuous ...1714 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SIGHTFUL † visible ...c1375
• SIGHTLY † visible; conspicuous ...1532
• SIGHTY † visible, conspicuous ...1398
• SPECTIBLE † visible ...1581
visible - verbs
• HEAVE IN SIGHT to appear; to become visible ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOW UP ON THE SKYLINE to appear; to become visible ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
VISIBLY - adverbs
• FACEABLE visibly, face to face ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PALPABLE † visibly ...1585
VISION - nouns (also see SIGHT)
• BEHOLDING † the thing beheld; an image, a spectre; a vision ...c1440
• MAIL a defect in vision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIGHT-SHOT † the range of vision ...1663
• SIMULACRUM a vague or shadowy vision
VISIONARY - adjectives
• AERIE, AERY spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary ...1586
• BABEL lofty, visionary ...M17
• LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible ...1866
• QUIXOTIC of a person: resembling Don Quixote; hence, striving with lofty enthusiasm for visionary ideals ...1815
visionary - nouns
• BABEL a visionary scheme ...1711
• CASTLE IN THE AIR a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy ...c1400
• FLEAS IN ONE'S NOSE chimerical notions ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
visionary - person
• ABSTRACTION-MONGER one who deals with visionary ideas ...1860
• CASTLE-BUILDER one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1711
• CASTLE-HUNTER † one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1752
• FANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• IDEALIST one who conceives, or follows after ideals; sometimes depreciatively, one who cherishes visionary or unpractical notions ...1829
• IDEOLOGIST a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist ...1831
• IDEOLOGUE a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist ...1815
• PHANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• QUIXOTE an enthusiastic visionary person like Don Quixote, inspired by lofty and chivalrous but false or unrealizable ideals ...1648
visionary - verbs
• QUIXOTIZE to act in a quixotic manner ...1831
VISIT - nouns
• BROAD a journey, a trip; a visit ...1823 Amer. dial.
• CAILEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CAKE-COUPINGS an interchanging of social or tea visits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAKE-SWAPPINGS an interchanging of social or tea visits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Sc. & Ireland
• CAYLEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• DROP-IN an unexpected or informal visitor or visit ...E19 colloq.
• FLUTTER a short visit or trip , esp. a joyous, informal one ...1857 colloq.
• FLY * a flying visit ...1833
• GADDINGS gossiping visits ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• KALEY, KALY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• KEEK a very short visit ...1908 Sc.
• NEIGHBOURING-DAY a visiting day, 'at home' day ...1900 Eng. dial.
• POP CALL a short or unexpected visit ...1857 Amer. dial.
• POPCORN CALL a short or unexpected visit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POP VISIT a brief visit ...E17 UK society usage
• RACE a short visit or journey ...20C Ulster sl.
• RAIKIN a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit ...1866 Sc.
• ROAR a call, a cry, as to a neighbour in passing; a doorstep visit ...1920 Sc.
• SETTING a visit characterized by sitting and talking ...1929 Amer. dial
• SETTING BEE a visit characterized by sitting and talking ...1929 Amer. dial.
• V a visit ...2002 US sl.
• VISTA a short journey, a visit, a trip ...1888 Sc.
• VISTIE a short journey, a visit, a trip ...1888 Sc.
• VIZZO in prison: a visit ...1996 UK sl.
visit - verbs
• BEAT UP THE QUARTERS OF to visit unceremoniously ...1823
• BLOW AROUND to come to see or visit; to go to see or visit ...1921 Amer. dial.
• COME FOR A CHUNK OF FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1831 Amer. dial.
• COME HITHER TO FETCH FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1732 Amer. dial.
• COME TO BORROW A COAL OF FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1940 Amer. dial.
• COME TO BORROW FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1929 Amer. dial.
• FALL BY to visit without prior warning; to drop in ...1959 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL IN to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL IN ON to drop in on; to pay a visit to ...1891 Amer. dial.
• FALL INTO to visit ...1940s US sl.
• FALL ON IN to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL OUT to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL OVER to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL OVER TO to visit without prior warning; to drop in ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
• FALL UP to come for a visit; to arrive, to turn up ...L19 US Black sl.
• GAD to visit; to stay away from home ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO BY to stop at, to visit ...1816 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT AMONG THEM to go visiting; to go to a social affair of some prominence ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT ON COMPANY to go visiting ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT ON THE CARPET of a man: to visit women ...1896 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT AWAY to go to, to visit ...1950s sl.
• HEARKEN DOWN to call on, to pay a visit ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEARKEN IN to call on, to pay a visit ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HIT UP to visit ...20C US sl.
• KAILIE to pay a friendly evening visit ...1924 Sc.
• KALK SOMEBODY'S DOOR to avoid visiting one as a sign of displeasure, from the practice of marking with chalk the doors of houses where plague was present as a warning to keep away or, in later times, where the tenant was under notice to move ...1946 Sc.
• MAKE THE SCENE to visit; to stop by ...1960s Amer. sl.
• NEIGHBO(U)R to associate in a friendly way, esp. by exchanging visits and assistance; to live on friendly terms with ...1828 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• POP-CALL to pay a short or unexpected visit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POP-IN CALL to pay a short or unexpected visit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUN IN THE ROAD to visit; to stay away from home ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALUTE † to pay one's respects to; to pay a complimentary visit to ...1585
• SET A BED SPELL to stay until bedtime ...1933 Amer. dial.
• STAY OUT ONE'S WELCOME to visit until one's host is wearied ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OFF to go to, to visit ...1950s sl.
• VEILLER to pay a visit ...1967 Amer. dial. (pronounced vay-yay)
• VITCH to visit, esp. to call on one's friends to exchange news or gossip; to make a prolonged stay ...a1838 Sc.
visit - phrases
• COME IN AND REST YOUR HAT used in inviting one who is passing by to stop and visit ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COME IN AND REST YOUR SADDLE used in inviting one who is passing by to stop and visit ...1966 Amer. dial.
VISITING - nouns
• VITCHING casual calling on friends ...1894 Sc.
VISITING CARD - nouns
• TICKET a visiting card ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
VISITOR - person
• AFTER-COMER a stranger, a visitor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALDWIN a bold visitor ...Bk1717
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• COMERS AND GANGERS people who come into and go out of a house; visitors ...1829 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DROP-IN an unexpected or informal visitor ...E19 colloq.
• GANGER a person who goes or travels on foot; a walker; a traveller; a stranger; a visitor ...1424 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GANGERS AND COMERS strangers, visitors ...1886 Eng. dial.
• GANNER an occasional visitor, passer-by ...1889 Eng. dial.
• GIG a visitor; a stranger ...1976 Aust. sl.
• HABITUÉ one who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place, esp. a place of amusement or recreation - a habitual visitor or temporary resident ...1818
• KAILIERS people who stay too long in other folk's houses ...1919 Sc.
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• NEIGHBOUR to associate with; to be on intimate terms; to visit; to go about gossiping ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANDERLYET a late, loitering visitor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• POLYTOPIAN † one who visits many places ...1611 nonce word
• POT-HUNTER an unwelcome guest who carefully arrives just in time for dinner ...1873 UK sl.
• RAKE-FIRE one who comes to pay a visit and stays very late ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VISITATION-ACQUAINTANCE a visiting acquaintance ...1822 Sc.
• VITCHER a visitor; one who goes the rounds with gossip ...1899 Sc.
• WASH-ASHORE a visitor or non-native resident ...1983 Amer. dial.
visitor - phrases
• HE WORRIES THE DOG a phrase directed at a visitor whose approach repels even the house-dog ...1909 UK sl.
VISOR - nouns
• SCOOP the visor or peak of a cap ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIGHT † a visor, as on a helmet ...1508
• UMBER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRARY † a visor ...c1443
• UMBREL † the visor of a helmet ...c1470
• UMBRERE † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIL a part of a helmet projecting above the eyes; a visor ...1824
• VIZARD a mask, a visor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
VITALITY - adjectives
• LACKLUSTRE lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired...L16
• SAPPY full of vitality, vigorous, energetic ...1558
vitality - nouns
• BOUNCE energy, vitality; spirit, exuberance, verve ...1909
• CHISM energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• GET-UP energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1841 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GET energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1870 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GO energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1907 sl., orig. US
• GISM energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• GO energy, vigour, vitality ...1864 sl.
• GREENNESS vigour; vitality; youth ...ME
• JASM energy, vitality ...1860 Amer. dial.
• JISM energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• JIZZ energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, THE someone or something whose scent or vitality is spent ...1872 Amer. dial.
• MARROW the seat of animal vitality and strength ...c1425
• MOXIE energy, vigour, vitality ...1943 US sl.
• OOMPH energy, vigour, vitality, enthusiasm ...1937 sl., orig. US
• PEP energy, vigour, vitality ...1912 sl.
• PISS AND VINEGAR energy, vigour, vitality ...1942 sl.
• PIZZAZZ energy, vigour, vitality ...1937 sl., orig. US
• PUNCH energy, vigour, vitality ...1911 sl., orig. US
• QUICKNESS * life, vitality, vital principle ...a1225
• RAZZLE-DAZZLE energy, vigour, vitality ...1888 sl.
• SOCK energy, vigour, vitality ...1936 US sl.
• STINGO energy, vigour, vitality ...1927 sl.
• VIM energy, vigour, vitality ...1843, orig. US
• ZAP energy, vigour, vitality ...1968 sl., orig. US
• ZING energy, vigour, vitality, pep, vim ...1918 sl., orig, US
• ZIP energy, vigour, vitality ...1900 sl.
• ZIZZ energy, vigour, vitality, gaiety, liveliness ...1942 sl.
vitality verbs
• DEAD † to lose vitality, force, or vigour; to become numb; to lose heat or glow ...c1384
VITAMIN - nouns
• PEARTENING POWDER tonic; vitamins ...1974 Amer. dial.
• PEARTING POWDER tonic; vitamins ...1974 Amer. dial.
VITUPERATION - nouns
• CALLING a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLS a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
VIVACIOUS - adjectives
• AIRY lively, sprightly; cheerful, vivacious ...1654
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLY vivacious ...1939 sl.
• COCKETY lively, vivacious, pert ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• EFFERVESCENT vivacious, enthusiastic, cheerful ...1833
• QUERTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• QUIRTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• SPARKY energetic, vigorous, lively, vivacious, spirited ...1883
• VIVACE † vivacious, lively ...1719 Sc.
• VIVAND living, lively, vivacious ...1926 arch.
vivacious - person
• IT GIRL a woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time; esp. a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or a young, rich woman who has achieves celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle ...1927 colloq., orig. US
• MOUSE an attractive or vivacious girl; usually a term of affection ...1939 Amer. sl.
• SPARKLER one who sparkles or shines in respect of beauty or accomplishments; esp. a vivacious, witty, or pretty young woman ...1713
vivacious - verbs
• SPARKLE to be vivacious or witty
VIVACITY - nouns
• BRIO liveliness, vivacity, spirit ...Ital.
• ELAN ardour; zeal; enthusiasm; impetuousness, vivacity ...1880
• SPARK vivacity, enthusiasm, or humour
• SPARKLE vivacity or wit
• ZOOM zest, vivacity, enthusiasm ...1960s sl.
VIVID - adjectives
• QUICK †* 1. of things seen: lifelike, vivid ...a1300
* 2. of colour: vivid, bright, dazzling ...1664
• VEEVE 1. of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
2. vivid; lifelike; clear ...1861 Sc.
• VEHEMENT † vivid; intensely bright ...1635
• VIEVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
• VIVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
VIVIDLY - adverbs
• VEEVILY clearly, vividly ...1866 Sc.
• VIVELY clearly, vividly; to the life ...1631 Sc.
VIVIFY - verbs
• ACTUATE to inspire with active properties, to quicken, to enliven, to vivify ...1642 arch.
VIXEN - person
• SCALLY-BRAT a passionate, noisy child; a young vixen; a scold, a virago ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARGE a violent, scolding woman; a shrew, a virago, a vixen ...1862 Sc.
• TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
• TEARER a passionate, irascible person; a shrew, a vixen, a virago ...1850 Sc.
VIXENISH - adjectives
• HARRIDANICAL † like a harridan; vixenish ...1725 nonce word
VOCABULARY - nouns
• VERBAL †* a collection of words; a vocabulary or dictionary ...1599
• VOCABLES vocabulary, word-lists ...1700 Sc.
VOCATION - nouns
• HAME a job; vocation ...1972 Amer. dial.
VOCIFERATE - verbs
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
VOCIFEROUS - adjectives
• IN A BIG WAY excited, agitated, vociferous ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OBSTREPEROUS characterized by great noise or outcry, esp. in opposition; clamorous, noisy; vociferous ...c1600
vociferous - person
• WAR-HORSE a resolute, determined, or aggressive woman; a fat, stubborn, vociferous woman ...1921
VOCIFEROUSNESS - nouns
• OBSTREPEROUSNESS vociferousness; clamour; noisy behaviour; noisy and unruly resistance to control ...1655
VODKA - nouns
• BULLSHOT vodka mixed with beef broth ...Bk1998 sl.
• V.A.T. vodka and tonic ...1980s sl.
• V AND T vodka and tonic ...1997 UK sl.
• VOD vodka ...1986 US sl.
• VODDERS vodka ...1999 UK sl.
• VODDIE, VODDY vodka ...1988 UK sl.
VOICE - adjectives
• ADENOIDAL of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality ...1926 colloq.
• BAIRGIN' having the habit of lifting up the voice in a loud manner ...1866 Sc.
• BULL-VOICED having a loud deep voice ...1837
• DARK BROWN of a voice: low, well-modulated and sexually attractive; orig. said of a female voice ...1946 UK sl.
• DEEP-MOUTHED having a deep or sonorous voice ...1595
• FAT † of the voice: full ...1398
• FEATHERY of the voice: husky ...1881
• FINE of the voice: high-pitched ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FURRED † of the voice: husky ...1666
• GIN AND FOG of a voice: hoarse with that peculiar quality of 'fruitiness' which spirituous indulgence causes ...c1880 sl., orig. theatrical
• GRAVELLY of a voice: harsh and grating
• GRAVEL-VOICED speaking in a rough and rasping tone
• HAUTAIN † of the voice: raised, loud ...c1350
• HYPSOPHONOUS having a high clear voice ...1886
• LIKE A HUMBLE-BEE IN A CHURN having a voice not distinctly audible ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MACROPHONOUS having a loud, stentorian voice ...Bk1910
• MAIN † of a voice or cry: loud ...a1300
• MALACOPHONOUS having a gentle voice; soft-voiced ...Bk1910
• MEGALOPHONOUS having a loud voice ...1823
• QUICK †* of the voice: loud, clear ...c1205
• REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL of the voice: weak, piping, thin ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STENTORONIC * of the voice: very loud and far-reaching; hence, said of uttered sounds, songs, laughter, and the like; extremely loud and powerful in sound ...1762
• SUBMISS † of the voice: low, uttered in an undertone, subdued ...1604
• SUBTILE † of a voice: thin ...1398
voice - adverbs
• ALOW † in a low voice ...LME
• HAUTAINLY † with raised voice, loudly ...c1475
voice - nouns
• BAIRGE the voice lifted up in a strong and loud manner, either in speaking, reading, weeping, or calling after one ...1866 Sc.
• BUGLE a loud voice ...1877 Amer. sl.
• DARK BROWN VOICE a voice that is low, well-modulated, and sexually attractive ...c1950 sl.
• FOGHORN a loud deep resounding voice ...colloq.
• GOOZLING VOICE an adolescent boy's changing voice ...1986 Amer. dial.
• GOSLING AGE the period when an adolescent boy's voice is changing ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GOSLING PATCH the period when an adolescent boy's voice is changing ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOSLINGS the voice change commonly undergone by adolescent boys; the period when this change occurs ...1899 Amer. dial.
• HOBSON'S CHOICE the voice ...20C rhyming sl.
• HOUSEWIVES' CHOICE the voice ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• LATE † voice, sound ...a1300
• LET'S REJOICE the voice ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• MANTEE VOICE a deep voice ...1930s sl.
• ORGAN-PIPE the windpipe, the throat, the voice ...M19 sl.
• RAPPER the voice ...1960s US sl.
• SINK * a dropping or lowering of the voice ...1786
• TANG the timbre of the voice; a twang ...1899 Sc.
• VOCE, VOCHE, VOTCH the voice, esp. a singing voice; a singer ...1989 UK theatrical sl.
• VONNA a strong, stentorian voice ...1920 Sc.
• WALTER JOYCE the voice ...L19 rhyming sl.
• YALLACRACK a loud outcry; a great noise of voices; an angry altercation ...1898 Sc.
• YALLICRACK a loud outcry; a great noise of voices; an angry altercation ...1898 Sc.
voice - person
• BAIRGE a person who lifts his voice in a strong and loud manner ...1866 Sc.
• BILOQUIST one who can speak with two different voices ...a1810
• EAR BANGER a person who enjoys the sound of his own voice ...1942 US sl.
• FROG an adolescent male whose voice is changing ...20C US
• GELATINE a tenor with a thin voice ...Bk1962 Amer. broadcasting sl.
• GOOZLER a boy whose voice is changing ...1972 Amer. dial.
• LUNGS a powerfully voiced person ...L17 sl.
• MISS VANILLA MOVIESTAR a toothy, squeaky-voiced blonde ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• PEAK a person, esp. a small person, who speaks or sings in a thin, weak voice ...Bk1903 Sc.
• SCREIGH a lean person with a shrill voice, and generally of short stature ...Bk1904 Sc.
voice - verbs
• FALL † to lower the voice, either in pitch or loudness ...1626
• HAVE A VOICE LIKE THE SHARPENING OF A HANDSAW to have a harsh, disagreeable voice ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• HUSK of the voice: to be or to become husky ...1922
• WHOPPLE AROUND of the voice: to be unsteady, to waver ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YAP of a person: to croak, as the voice ...1790 Eng. dial.
VOID - adjectives
• ADNICHILED † annulled, brought to nothing, made void ...1490
• ADNITCHILED † annihilated, annulled, brought to nothing, made void ...1691
• AVOID empty, void ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASS † dismissed, cashiered; void, null ...1549
• FRUSTRATORY † tending to frustrate, balk, defeat, or make void ...1529
• IDLE † empty, vacant; void of ...c825
• VAIN † empty, vacant, void ...1382
void - nouns
• CASSATION the act of making null or void; cancellation, abrogation ...c1425
• VAIN † emptiness; void space ...1382
• VASTITY † the fact of being desolate, waste, void, or empty ...1545
void - verbs
• ADNUL † to annul, to reduce to nothing, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to extinguish, to make void ...c1400
• CASHIER † to make void, to annul, to do away with ...1596
• CASS † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1460 obs. exc. Sc.
• CASSATE † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1512
VOLATILE - adjectives
• ALLAVOLIE, ALLEVOLIE giddy, volatile ...Bk1898 Sc.
volatile - person
• BERSERKO a rash or volatile person ...1982 US sl.
• HELLCAT a volatile and dangerous woman ...1605
VOLCANO - adjectives
• FLAMMIVOMOUS * vomiting or belching flames of fire, as a volcano ...1663-76
volcano - nouns
• FURNACE the fire of a volcano; the volcano itself ...1660
• SULPHUR †* a volcano ...1764
VOLLEYBALL - nouns
• DINK in volleyball: a tap of the ball after a faked hitting of the ball downward with great force ...1972 US
volleyball - person
• TAPEWORM in volleyball: a player who regularly hits the tape that runs across the top of the net ...Bk1997
volleyball - verbs
• DINK in tennis, volleyball, and other games with a net: to execute a drop shot that falls just beyond the net ...M20 chiefly US
• KILL in volleyball: to hit the ball downward with great force from the top of a jump ...1972 US sl.
VOLUBILITY - nouns
• RIDDENER volubility of speech ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
VOLUBLE - adjectives
• CLICKET voluble ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
voluble - person
• SPIELER a 'barker'; a voluble speaker ...1894
VOLUNTARILY - adverbs
• I-WALDES † intentionally, voluntarily; of one's own accord ...a1000
• ULTRONEOUSLY of one's own accord; spontaneously, voluntarily ...1627
VOLUNTARY - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary ...1643
• ULTRONEOUS made, offered, etc., of one's own accord; spontaneous, voluntary ...1637
• VOLITIENT * of one's own free will or choice; voluntary; willing, exercising the will ...1844
voluntary - nouns
• ULTRONEOUSNESS * voluntary action; spontaneity ...1623
VOLUPTUOUS - adjectives
• LASCIVIOUS † voluptuous, luxurious ...1589
• LUSCIOUS † of tales, conversation, writing, etc.: gratifying to lascivious tastes, voluptuous, wanton ...1614
• LUSH of a woman: very sexually attractive, esp. if voluptuous; also used of a man ...1910s sl.
• LUSHY sexy, voluptuous ...1980s US college sl.
• RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous ...1824 Sc.
VOLUPTUOUSLY - adverbs
• LUSTLY † voluptuously; lustfully ...c1440
VOMIT - adjectives
• GREEN AROUND THE GILLS giving an appearance of being about to vomit ...1985 US sl.
• QUALMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• QUALMY affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1852 Amer. dial.
• QUAMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• VOMITURIENT † characterized by a desire to vomit ...1666
vomit - nouns
• AG to feel sick, to have an inclination to vomit ...1908 Sc.
• BARCOO SPEW illness accompanied by attacks of vomiting ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BARF vomit ...1974 US sl.
• CHUCK 1. vomiting ...1966 Aust. sl.
2. vomit ...1976 Aust. sl.
• CHUNDER 1. vomit ...1953 Aust. sl.
2. vomiting ...1967 Aust. sl.
• EARL vomit ...1984 US students' sl.
• EARP vomit ...20C US sl.
• EGESTION † vomit ...1610
• HAPPY RETURNS vomit ...19C sl.
• HASH vomit ...19C sl.
• HEAVE an effort to vomit ...a1571
• HURL an act of vomiting; vomit ...1967 Aust
• LIQUID LAUGH vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• MISERY BOWL a bowl used for vomiting by sufferers of sea-sickness ...L19 sl.
• PUKE vomit ...L16 sl.
• PUKES nausea; vomiting ...sl.
• RALPH vomit; vomiting ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SICK vomit ...1959 sl.
• SIDEWALK PIZZA a puddle of vomit ...1997 US sl.
• TECHNICOLOUR YAWN vomiting ...1964 Aust. sl.
• UPCHUCK vomit ...20C US colloq.
• URP vomit ...16C sl.
• VOMICK vomit ...20C Amer. dial.
• YORK matter that has been vomited ...20C US sl.
vomit - person
• MISS NIAGARA someone who vomits profusely ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
vomit - verbs
• AIR ONE'S BELLY to empty one's stomach; to vomit ...1960 Amer. sl.
• AIR ONE'S PAUNCH to vomit ...1920 Amer. dial.
• AUDIT ONE'S ACCOUNTS AT THE COURT OF NEPTUNE to vomit ...E20 nautical sl.
• BARF to vomit ...1956 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• BARF UP ONE'S GUTS to vomit violently ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BARK AT THE LAWN to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BELCH to vomit ...1558
• BELT THE CADGER to vomit ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BISON to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLOW to vomit ...1950 US sl.
• BLOW BEETS to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BLOW LUNCH to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BLOW ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BLOW ONE'S DOUGHNUTS to empty one's stomach; to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLOW ONE'S GROCERIES to vomit ...1986 Amer. dial.
• BOAK to retch; to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOB to vomit ...1960s US campus sl.
• BOCK to retch; to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOFF to vomit, to barf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BOIL OFF THE STOMACH to vomit a great deal at once ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOKE to retch, to vomit; to belch ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOLT THE CADGER to vomit ...1894 Sc.
• BOOT to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BOUK to retch, to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWK to retch, to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAKE to vomit, to retch ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRING UP to vomit ...colloq.
• BUNK UP to vomit ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BURK to vomit ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CACK, KACK, KAK to puke; to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CALF to vomit ...1968 sl.
• CALL to vomit ...1980s Aust. sl.
• CALL CHARLES to vomit ...1970s Aust. & US sl.
• CALL DINOSAURS to vomit ...1970s Aust. & US sl.
• CALL EARL to vomit ...1968 US students' sl.
• CALL FOR BILL to vomit ...1960s UK society sl.
• CALL FOR HERB to vomit ...1984 Aust. sl.
• CALL FOR HUGHIE to vomit ...1974 UK society sl.
• CALL FOR RALPH to vomit ...1960s sl.
• CALL HUGHIE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CALL RALPH to vomit ...1983 sl.
• CALL SEALS to vomit ...1970s Aust. & US sl.
• CALL THE DOGS to vomit ...1990s US college sl.
• CALVE to vomit ...1847 US sl.
• CASCADE to vomit ...1805
• CASH UP to vomit ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CAST to throw up from within; to vomit ...a1300
• CAST OUT to eject from the mouth, to vomit ...1388
• CAST THE GORGE to vomit violently, or make violent attempts to vomit ...1614
• CAST UP † to vomit ...1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAST UP ACCOUNTS to vomit ...Bk1921 sl.
• CAST UP ONE'S GORGE to vomit ...Bk1921 sl.
• CAST UP ONE'S RECKONING to vomit ...Bk1921 sl.
• CAT to vomit ...1785 sl.
• CHEESE of small children: to vomit or spit up milk curdling in the stomach ...1974 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE CHEESE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHIRP to vomit ...1980 Amer. campus sl.
• CHUCK to vomit; often followed by 'up' ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHUCK A DUMMY to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHUCKLE to vomit ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CHUCK ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1972 Amer. sl.
• CHUCK UP to vomit ...19C Aust. sl.
• CHUMMY to vomit ...1980s US campus sl.
• CHUNDA to vomit ...1950 Aust. sl.
• CHUNDER to vomit ...1950 Aust. sl.
• CHUNK to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
• COUGH UP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CRY HERB to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• CRY HUGHIE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRY RALPH to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• CRY RUTH to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DEFOOD to vomit ...20C US sl.
• DRAIN THE BILGE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVE FRENCH HORSES to vomit ...M19 sl.
• DRIVE THE BIG BUS to vomit into the toilet ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVE THE PORCELAIN BUS to throw up in a toilet ...1980 teen & high school sl.
• DROP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUKE to vomit ...Bk2006 US college sl.
• DUMP to vomit ...M20 US sl.
• DUMP ONE'S LOAD to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EARL to vomit ...1968 US rhyming sl. for 'hurl'
• EARP, URP to vomit ...20C US sl.
• EGURGITATE * to vomit ...1656
• ENVOMISH † to vomit ...1480
• FEED THE FISH to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FEED THE FISHES to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FEED THE GOLDFISH to vomit ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FETCH UP to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLASH to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• FLASH THE HASH to vomit ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLAY to vomit ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FLAY THE FOX to vomit ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FLING UP to vomit ...E20 US colloq.
• FLIP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit...1963 Amer. sl.
• GAG to attempt to make oneself vomit by placing an object such as a finger far back in the throat ...20C US colloq.
• GALP † to vomit forth ...1529
• GO FEED THE GOLDFISH to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR THE BIG SPIT to vomit ...1967 Aust. sl.
• GO TO SEE EARL to vomit ...1960s US sl.
• GULP (UP) to vomit copiously ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GUZZLE THE GRASS to vomit ...1980s Aust. sl.
• HACK to vomit ...1970s US college sl.
• HASH to vomit ...19C sl.
• HAVE THE PUKES to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing ...1601
• HEAVE ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1954 Amer. sl.
• HEAVE THE GORGE to make an effort to vomit; to retch ...1604
• HEAVE (UP) to vomit, to retch ...1685 Eng. dial.
• HEAVE UP JONAH to vomit from one's depths ...19C US colloq.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S BOOTHEELS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S BOOTS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S SHOELACES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S SHOE SOLES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S SHOE-TOPS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEIST THE GRUB to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLLER NEW YORK to vomit ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HOLLER NEW YORK E to vomit ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HURL to vomit ...1964 Aust. sl.
• JERK THE CAT to vomit ...E17 Brit. sl.
• KAK to vomit ...1960s US sl.
• KECK to cough or choke; to retch or vomit noisily; to make retching sounds to show disgust ...1601
• KECKLE to make a sound as if about to vomit; to retch; to feel an inclination to vomit ...1619 Eng. dial.
• KISS THE PORCELAIN GOD to vomit ...1980 sl.
• LAUGH AT THE LAWN to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LOSE A MEAL to vomit ...20C Aust. jocular
• LOSE ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1970 Amer. sl.
• LOSE ONE'S DOUGHNUTS to vomit ...1940s US college sl.
• LOSE ONE'S GROCERIES to vomit ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S LUNCH to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LOSE ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAKE A SALE to vomit ...1930s Aust. sl.
• NEW YORK to retch, to vomit ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• PAINT THE TOWN RED to vomit ...1960s sl.
• PAINT THE WALLS to vomit forcefully ...1990s sl.
• PARK A CUSTARD to vomit ...1930s UK society sl.
• PARK A LEOPARD to vomit ...1960s sl.
• PARK A TIGER to vomit ...1960s sl.
• PARK A TIGER ON THE RUG to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• PART ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1945 Amer. sl.
• POP CAKES to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POP ONE'S CAKES to vomit ...1927 US sl.
• POP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1920s US sl.
• PRAY TO THE PORCELAIN GODDESS to vomit ...1988 sl.
• PUKE to vomit ...1600 sl.
• PUKE UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKE UP THE SOLES OF ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKE YOUR RING UP to vomit violently ...2001 UK sl.
• PUMP to vomit ...19C Brit. sl.
• PUMP SHIP to vomit ...18C sl.
• PUT to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT BIRDIE to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUOCK to vomit ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RALPH to empty one's stomach; to vomit; often followed by 'up' ...1967 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• REACH to vomit, to strain in the attempt to vomit; to retch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REAR to bring up phlegm; to expectorate; to vomit ...1790 Eng. dial.
• REBOUND to vomit; to be squeamish, to have an inclination to vomit ...1883 Sc.
• RID to retch, to vomit; to cough up; to expectorate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDE THE PORCELAIN BUS to vomit into the toilet ...Bk2006 US sl.
• RID THE STOMACH to vomit ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIFT to vomit; of a cow: to regurgitate the cud ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ROLF to empty one's stomach; to vomit ...1960s Amer. teen and college sl.
SHIT THROUGH ONE'S TEETH to vomit ...L18 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1927 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S LUNCH to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT THE CAT to vomit; to vomit from drunkenness ...1785 sl.
• SHOOT THE WORKS to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT UP to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SICK to vomit ...20C US colloq.
• SICK UP to vomit ...19C colloq.
• SKIN A GOAT to vomit...1901 Amer. college sl.
• SLING A CAT to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit; to regurgitate ...1927 US sl.
• SPEAK ON THE BIG WHITE TELEPHONE to vomit into the lavatory ...1977 Aust. sl.
• SPEW to vomit ...c897
• SPEW ONE'S RING to vomit violently ...1966 sl.
• SPILL ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...sl.
• SPILL ONE'S GUTS to vomit ...1948 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT A GUT to vomit ...L17 sl.
• TALK TO EARL to vomit ...1989 US college sl.
• TALK TO RALPH ON THE BIG WHITE TELEPHONE to vomit into a toilet ...1977 sl.
• TAWM to vomit ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TECHNICOLOR YAWN to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THROW to vomit ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1963 Amer. sl.
• THROW THE LIFE UP to vomit violently ...1900 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE STOMACH to vomit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW UP to vomit ...1793 sl.
• THROW UP EVERYTHING BUT ONE'S SHOESTRINGS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP JONAH to be extremely nauseated; to vomit profusely ...1914 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S BOOTHEELS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S BOOTS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S BOOTS AND TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1836 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S HEEL TAPS to vomit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S SHOE SOLES to vomit profusely ...1973 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S SHOESTRINGS to vomit profusely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP THE SOLES OF ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP YOUR SHOE-TAPS to be extremely nauseated; to vomit profusely ...1914 Amer. dial.
• THROW YOUR VOICE to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TOSS ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1941 Amer. sl.
• TOSS UP to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOSS UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TURN UP to make someone vomit or feel sick ...1892 sl.
• TURN UP ONE'S SHOE-TOPS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TURN UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• UGG to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNSPIT to vomit ...L19 sl.
• UNSWALLOW to vomit ...1930s sl.
• UP AND UNDER to vomit ...1950s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'chunder'
• UPCHUCK to vomit ...1960 US sl.
• UPSPIT to vomit ...L19 Brit, euphemism
• URP to vomit ...16C sl.
• URP UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• URP UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1986 Amer. dial.
• VARF to vomit ...20C sl.
• VIRP † to vomit ...1908 Sc.
• VOKE to make an effort to vomit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VOMICK to vomit ...1902 Amer. dial.
• VOMISH † to vomit ...1536
• VOMIT UP ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VOMIT UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VOMIT UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VOMMIX to vomit ...1930 Amer. dial.
• WALLACE AND GROMIT to vomit ...2000s rhyming sl.
• WATER BUFFALO to vomit ...1980s US campus sl.
• WHIP THE CAT to vomit, esp. from too much drink ...1622
• WHOOP to vomit ...1999 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP UP to vomit ...1912 Amer. dial.
• WOOF to vomit ...20C US sl.
• WOOF ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1968 Amer. sl.
• WORSHIP THE PORCELAIN GOD(DESS) to vomit, esp. in the toilet ...20C Amer. sl.
• WRETCH to vomit ...1966 US sl.
• YACK to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• YAK to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
• YALP † to vomit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
• YARK to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• YAWK to hawk, to clear the throat; to retch in vomiting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN IN TECHNICOLOR to vomit ...1981 US sl.
• YAWP to vomit ...1940s sl.
• YODEL to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• YORK to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• YORK UP to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• ZUKE to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
vomit - phrases
• EARP SLOP, BRING THE MOP someone has vomited ...Bk2006 US juvenile sl.
VOMITING - adjectives
• PUKEY on the verge of vomiting; nauseated ...19C sl.
• TO THE CURB vomiting ...1989 US sl.
vomiting - nouns
• BOKE a belch; a vomiting; a drinking to the extent of vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUK a retching, a vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWK a vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURK an instance of vomiting ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EGESTION † vomiting ...1633
• HEAVES a bout of retching or vomiting ...20C colloq.
• HE-HOING vomiting ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LIQUID LAUGH an act of vomiting caused by drunkenness ...1986 sl.
• MULTICOLOURED YAWN the act of vomiting ...1960s sl., orig. Aust.
• UPCHUCKING the act of vomiting ...1920s sl., orig. US
vomiting - person
• ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS a man vomiting into the lap of his neighbour ...18C sl.
vomiting - phrases
• BOTTOM OF HIS SHOES WAS COMING UP, THE he was vomiting profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EARL'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR someone's vomiting ...1986 Amer. sl.
• HE HAS THE HAPPY RETURNS he's vomiting ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
VOODOO - nouns
• GOOFER, GOOFFER, GOOPHER, GOPHER, GUFFER the practice of voodoo or other magic; a magic spell or something used to cast such a spell ...1880 Amer. dial.
voodoo - person
• DOCTOR a practitioner of voodoo ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR LADY a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR WOMAN a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine ...c1943 Amer. dial.
• GOOF DOCTOR one who practices 'goofer', voodoo or other magic ...1942 Amer. dial.
voodoo - verbs
• DOCTOR ON to treat with voodoo medicine ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• GOOFER to bewitch; to practice voodoo or other magic ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GOOPHER to bewitch; to practice voodoo or other magic ...1899 Amer. dial.
VORACIOUS - adjectives
• EATING † greedy, voracious ...1483
• EDACIOUS devoted to eating; voracious; ravenous, greedy ...1829
• GASTROLATROUS † belly-worshipping; gluttonous, greedy, voracious ...1694
• GUTSY greedy, voracious ...1803 orig. Sc.
• HAWKY greedy as a hawk, voracious ...1732
• RANNEL ravenously hungry, voracious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEL voracious, greedy ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• VORAX † voracious, ravenous ...1535
• YEVERY greedy, voracious ...1536 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YEVEY greedy, voracious, clamorous for food ...Bk1905 Sc.
voracious - person
• GILLMAW a voracious person, one whose paunch is not easily replenished; a glutton ...1825 Sc.
• GREEDYGUT a glutton, a voracious eater ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a glutton, a voracious eater ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GUNDIE-GUTS † a fat, pursy fellow; a voracious person ...a1700
• GUNDY-GUT † a gluttonous, voracious person; a fat, pursy fellow ...1699 sl.
• KEDGE-BELLY a voracious or gluttonous feeder who stuffs himself full to repletion; a glutton ...1721 Eng. dial.
• MESSALINA a voracious, avaricious woman ...1975 US sl.
• SHAGPOKE GUT a great capacity for food; a tremendous eater, a voracious person ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHITEPOKE GUT a great capacity for food; a tremendous eater, a voracious person ...1954 Amer. dial.
VORACIOUSNESS, VORACITY - nouns
• GASTRIMARGISM † gluttony; voraciousness ...1607
• GASTRIMARGY † gluttony; voraciousness ...c1430
• YERD-HUNGER keen desire of food; voraciousness ...1825 Sc.
• YEVERNESS † greediness, gluttony, voracity ...c888 obs. exc. Sc.
VOTE - adjectives
• SUFFRAGATORY † exercising a right to vote ...1813
vote - nouns
• ELECTION †* a vote ...1543-4
• SUFFRAGATION †* the giving of a vote ...1576
• SUFFRAGIES † votes, opinions, testimonies ...1587
verbs - vote
• RAND to go round soliciting votes, to canvass ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SUFFRAGATE † to vote for ...1630
• SUFFRAGE † to vote for or against; hence, to agree or side with, to give support to ...1613
VOTER - person
• ABSTENTIONIST one who refrains from exercising his or her vote ...1857
• BALLOTANT †* a voter by ballot ...1656
• BALLOTEER in early use, an advocate of the ballot; later also, a person who casts a vote in a ballot ...1833
• BALLOTER one who votes by ballot ...1733
• BALLOTIST † a professed advocate of the ballot ...1837
• BALLOT-MAN † an advocate of secret voting ...1838
• BILLETER † one who selects by billet, a secret voter ...1663
• ELECTORAL † one who has the right to vote in election to any office or dignity ...1692
• ELECTRESS a female elector; a woman having a vote ...1869
• MICRODECISIONMAKERS voters ...Bk1980 Amer. political sl.
• SUFFRAGANT † one who gives his suffrage or vote; a voter; hence, a supporter, a witness ...1627
• SUFFRAGATOR † a voter, a supporter; a witness ...1617
• SUFFRAGER †* a voter ...1613
• YEA a person who votes in the affirmative ...1657
VOTING - adjectives
• SUFFRAGATING † voting; assenting ...1684
• SUFFRAGIAL pert. to voting ...1844 nonce word
voting - adverbs
• BALLOTICALLY in reference to the ballot ...c1842 nonce word
voting - nouns
• BALLOTATION † voting by ballot ...1620
• SUFFRAGING † the exercise of the suffrage, voting ...1613
voting - person
• BALLOT BOX STUFFER a person who engages in ballot-box stuffing (the practice of fraudulently attempting to affect the result of an election, typically by casting more than one's allotted number of votes) ...1856 orig. US
• BALLOTIN † an officer in charge of a ballot-box ...1656 nonce word
• TALLY CLERK one who assists in counting and recording votes ...1902 US
VOUCH FOR - verbs
• ACCREDITATE † to accredit; to give credit to someone for something; to vouch for, to sanction or countenance ...1654
• QUOTE in criminal circles: to vouch for someone ...2000 UK sl.
VOW - nouns
• BEHEST † a vow, a promise ...a1200
• BEHETE † a promise, a vow ...c1460
• BEOT † a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast ...a1000
vow - person
• OBLIGEE † one who undertakes an obligation; one who promises or vows ...1590
• SANCTIONER one who sanctions; one who permits; one who promises or vows ...1846
vow - verbs
• BEHEST † to vow, to promise ...c1175
• BEHIGHT † to vow, to promise ...a1000
• NUNCUPATE † to express a vow in words, to announce or declare a promise ...1606
VOYAGE - nouns
• BACK-VAGE the homeward voyage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMPAIGN † a voyage or cruise ...1708
• FARE † a going, journeying; course, passage, way; voyage ...c1000
• RACE † a journey or voyage ...c1400
• SAFER a sea voyage ...1855 Eng. dial.
• VAGE a journey by land or water; a voyage; an errand; a walk; especially used of an expedition attended with toil ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIGE a voyage, a journey by sea ...1866 Sc.
• VOGE a voyage, a journey by sea ...1866 Sc.
voyage - verbs
• SAVE † to make a dangerous voyage safely ...1698
VOYAGER - person
• NAVIGANT †* a navigator, a sailor, a voyager ...1527
VOYAGING - adjectives
• NAVIGANT * voyaging ...c1680
VOYEUR - person
• BENRUS QUEEN a homosexual voyeur ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• KEEK a peeping Tom; a voyeur ...20C US sl.
• SPY QUEEN a homosexual voyeur ...1960s homosexual sl.
voyeur - verbs
• MACO, MAKO to act as a voyeur ...20C W. Indies sl.
VULGAR, VULGARITY - adjectives
• BROAD of speech: vulgar, coarse ...1824 Amer. dial.
• CABBA-CABBA rough, vulgar, badly dressed ...1990s W. Indies
• CADDISH vulgar; offensively ill-bred; ungentlemanly ...1869 sl.
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CHICKEN-PLUCKING second-rate, vulgar, insignificant ...1960s US sl.
• COMMON AS PIG TRACKS vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• DOWN THE ROAD vulgar, showy ...M19 sl.
• DUNGHILL * of the lowest social status; not noble, common; hence, rustic, unsophisticated; crude, vulgar ...1548
• DUNGHILLY * of the lowest social status or rank; common, vulgar; also, ignoble, base, despicable, dishonourable ...1616 arch.
• FLASH ostentatious or vulgar; showy; applied to one aping his betters ...1830 sl.
• HASKARDLY † vulgar, low, base ...1576
• HAWCH-MOUTHED coarse, vulgar, or profane in speech; blustering, bullying ...1892 Eng. dial.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• KITSCH trashy or vulgar ...German
• LEWD † belonging to the lower orders; common, low, vulgar, base ...c1380
• NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• OIKISH unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually used of a youth ...1930s sl.
• RAFF disreputable, vulgar, low ...1823
• RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character ...1801
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAW annoyed, angry, exasperated ...1811 Eng. dial.
• SWANK showy, vulgar, arrogant ...1910s sl.
• SWANKY 1. of a person: conceited, arrogant, vulgar ...1900s sl.
2. of an object: vulgar, showy ...2000s sl.
• VERY FRONCEY vulgar ...L19 UK society usage
vulgar, vulgarity - nouns
• BARNYARD EXPRESSION coarse or vulgar language; slang ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAFFERY * raffish conduct ...1819
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
• TACK anything that demonstrates a quality of vulgarity, bad taste, or kitsch ...1986 US sl.
• TACKINESS a state of unrefined vulgarity ...1977 US sl.
vulgar, vulgarity - person
• ALRIGHTNIK a person who has succeeded in life financially but is regarded as vulgar or self-satisfied; a nouveau-riche person, an arriviste; chiefly Jewish usage ...1916 colloq.
• ANIMAL a vulgar, brutal, aggressive, or violent person; a term of contempt ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BARTHOLOMEW DOLL an overdressed, vulgar woman; one in vulgar finery ...1788 UK
• BARTLEMY DOLL an overdressed, vulgar woman; one in vulgar finery ...1794 UK
• BEGGAR a term of contempt; a mean or low, vulgar fellow ...a1400
• BESOGNE † a low, vulgar, worthless fellow ...1658
• BESOGNIER † a low, vulgar, worthless fellow ...1588
• BESOGNIO † a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person ...a1625
• BESONIO † a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person ...a1625
• BILLINGSGATE † a clamouring, foul-mouthed person; a vulgar abuser; a scolding impudent slut ...1683
• BINKSER, BINXER a vulgar, loud-talking, blustering person; especially a commercial traveller of this kind ...1897 sl.
• BLADGE a low, coarse, vulgar woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• BOUNDER a vulgar and unwelcome pretender to polite society; a base or vile person; a nuisance ...a1889
• CAD (offensive) a vulgar, ill-mannered person; a blackguard; one of low vulgar manners and behaviour ...1838 colloq.
• CADDESS (offensive) a female of low vulgar manners and behaviour ...1870 nonce word
• CALICOT a 'cad'; an ill-bred, vulgar fellow ...c1885 sl.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• FLASH a showy swindler; a blustering vulgarian ...1632 sl.
• GUTTER-BLOOD a vulgar man who puts on airs; a parvenu ... c1855 chiefly Sc. colloq.
• GUTTERPUP a vulgar person; a vile wretch; a person of the gutter; a bum ...1869 US sl.
• GUTTERSNIPE a vulgar person; a vile wretch ...1869 Amer. sl.
• HALLION an overbearing, quarrelsome woman of vulgar manners ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HASKERD † a man of low degree; a base or vulgar fellow ...1491
• HAWBAW a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton ...1805
• HAWBY a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout, a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-A-MOUTH a foul-mouthed, blustering person; one who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTH a foul-mouthed, blustering person; one who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language ...1746 Eng. dial.
• JACK † a man of the common people; a boy, lad, fellow, or chap; esp. a low-bred, ill-mannered, or vulgar fellow; a knave ...1548
• JACK-SLAVE a vulgarian ...Bk1896 sl.
• KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian ...1863 Sc.
• MONK a low or vulgar fellow ...1887 UK sl.
• PIGTRACKS a vulgar, ill-bred person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAFF a low, disorderly person; a vulgar worthless person ...1785
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANDY-DANDY a violent and vulgar quarrelsome woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROMP a wild-living, vulgar woman or girl ...M15
• SAD VULGAR a common, vulgar person ...1767 UK society usage
• SANTA CLAUS a vulgar, gaudy, and tasteless dresser ...1980s US sl.
• SWANKEY, SWANKY an arrogant, showy, vulgar person ...M19 sl.
• WAPPER a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle ...Bk1866 Sc.
• YENTA a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female ...1923 US
• YENTCH a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew ...1923 US
• YENTE a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman ...1923 US
• YOB, YOBB an uncouth, vulgar youth ...1874 UK sl.
• YOBETTE an uncouth, vulgar girl or young woman ...1985 Aust. sl.
• YOP † a rude, vulgar fellow; a lout ...1887 Amer. sl.
• ZOOT-SUITER (derogatory) a foolish, arrogant, vulgar young man, esp. when his image is boosted by flashy clothes ...1960 US sl.
VULNERABLE - nouns
• BLIND SIDE a point where one is vulnerable ..1942 Amer. dial.
• CHINK IN SOMEONE'S ARMOUR a weak or vulnerable point in someone's character, etc. ...Bk1999
vulnerable - phrases
• YOUR ASS IS GRASS the person indicated is in a vulnerable position, and failure to fulfil an obligation, comply with specified conditions, etc., will bring severe consequences ...1960
VULTURE - nouns
• BIRD OF DEATH a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEAD BIRD a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEATH BIRD a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GEER † a vulture ...1565
• GEIER † a vulture ...1565
• GEIR † a vulture ...1565
• GIER † a vulture ...1565
• CLEFT pert. to a non-virgin female ...L18 Brit. sl.
• CRACKED deflowered ...18C sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING deflowered ...18C sl.
• FLY-BLOWN devirginated ...c1885 sl.
• MAIDEN † virgin; sometimes said of men ...a1300
• UNLAID of a woman: virgin ...1960s sl.
• UNTRIMMED pert. to a virgin female ...Shakespeare usage
virgin - person
• APRON WITH A NIP a virgin; a virtuous, respectable woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ARTICLE OF VIRTUE a virgin ...c1850 sl.
• BABY-SAN a virgin ...1990 US military sl.
• BETOOLA, BETULA a virgin, a maiden ...Bk1982 Jewish
• BROAD WITH CANNED GOODS a virgin ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CANNED GOODS a virgin of either sex, usually female; the genitalia of such a person ...1910s US sl.
• CHERRY a virgin ...1935 sl.
• CHERRY BOY a male virgin ...1974 US sl.
• CHERRY GIRL a virgin ...1982 US military in Vietnam
• DAMAGED GOODS a person, esp. a woman, who is no longer a virgin ...1916 US sl.
• FORBIDDEN FRUIT a young girl; a virgin ...20C US sl.
• FRESH MEAT a new sexual partner, esp. a virgin ...a1890 sl.
• MAIDENMAN † a maiden, a virgin ...c893
• PUCELLE † a girl, a maiden, a virgin ...c1430
• UNDAMAGED GOODS a virgin female ...20C US sl.
• VEGGIE-MEAT an available young woman; a virgin ...1995 W. Indies sl.
• VICKY a virgin ...1990s sl.
• VIRGIE a virgin ...1930s sl.
• VIRGIN PULLET a young woman who though often trod has never laid', i.e. no longer a virgin but not yet a mother ...E19 sl.
• YOUNG BLEED a female virgin ...2000 US Black sl.
• YOUNG STUFF young virgin girls ...20C sl.
virgin - person, other
• CHERRY PICKER one who seduces virgins ...1954 US sl.
virgin - verbs
• CRACK to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar ...c1725 Amer. sl.
• EASE to deflower ...Bk1903 sl.
• LOSE ONE'S CHERRY to lose one's virginity ...1918 sl., orig. US
• PUNCH to deflower ...sl.
• PUNCTURE to deflower ...19C Brit. sl.
VIRGINAL - adjectives
• VIRGIE virginal ...1930s sl.
VIRGINIA - nouns
• ANCIENT DOMINION Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEADLE STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAVALIER STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GINNY Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAND OF THE BUCKSKIN Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOTHER STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD DOMINION Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SORE-BACK STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIRGINIE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIRGIN STATE Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VIRGINY Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
Virginia - person
• BEADLE an inhabitant of the state of Virginia ...Bk1909 US sl.
• BEAGLE a native of Virginia ...1845 US sl.
• BIG KNIFE † a White man, esp. a Virginian ...1750 US Indian usage
• CLOVER-EATER a Virginian ...1869 US sl.
• CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia ...M19 US sl.
• HIT-YOUR-BACK a native of Virginia ...20C US sl.
• MALUNGEON one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said to have partly Indian blood ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TUCKAHOE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person ...1816 Amer. dial.
• TUCKYHOE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TUCKY HOLE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person ...1950 Amer. dial.
VIRGIN ISLANDS - person
• GARROT one who is not a native of the Virgin Islands, an outsider ...1962 W. Indies & UK Virgin Islands
VIRGINITY - nouns (also see VIRGIN)
• KNOT virginity ...Shakespeare usage (Virgin-Knot)
• MAIDEN-GEAR † virginity ...1719
• MAIDEN-GEM † virginity ...1612
• MAIDENHEAD virginity ...14C
• V-CARD a person's virginity ...2001 US sl.
• VIRGINHEAD virginity ...E17
• VIRGIN-KNOT virginity ...Shakespeare usage
virginity - verbs
• COP A CHERRY to take a woman's virginity; occasionally a man's ...1920s sl.
virginity - phrases
• KEEP YOUR HAND ON YOUR HA'PENNY TILL THE RIGHT MAN TURNS UP advice to young women to retain their virginity until the advent of 'Mr. Right' ...1900s sl.
VIRGIN MARY - adjectives
• MARIAN pert. to the Virgin Mary, or characterized by special devotion to her ...1701
• MARIANIC pert. to the Virgin Mary, or characterized by special devotion to her ...1845
• MARIOLATROUS worshipping the Virgin Mary ...1844
Virgin Mary - nouns
• HEAVEN-QUEEN † the queen of heaven; a title of the Virgin Mary ...c1230
• LADY the Virgin Mary ...a900
• MAID MARY † the Virgin Mary ...a1175
• MAIDEN MARY † the Virgin Mary ...a1035
• MARIANOLATRY †* worship of the Virgin Mary ...1755
• MARIOLA an image of the Virgin Mary ...1876
• MARIOLATRY worship of the Virgin Mary attributed by opponents to Roman Catholics ...1612
Virgin Mary - person
• LADY-WORSHIPPER one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1579
• MARIAN a worshipper or devotee of the Virgin Mary ...1635
• MARIANOLATRIST †* one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1736
• MARIOLATER one who worships the Virgin Mary ...1861
VIRILE, VIRILITY - adjectives
• FULL OF FUCK virile and full of masculine vigour ...20C sl.
• FULL OF GISM virile and full of masculine vigour ...20C sl.
• HAIRY virile; masculine ...M20 US sl.
• HAIRY-ASSED pert. to a mature, virile, and hairy male ...M20 sl.
• LEATHER pert. to any sadistic, virile male ...20C US sl.
• MACHO excessively masculine, virile, and brave ...1959 US sl.
• RED-BLOODED vigorous, virile ...colloq.
• UNSEMINARED deprived of virility; castrated ...Shakespeare usage
virile, virility - nouns
• BACK potency, virility ...1996 Guyana
• BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit ...a1890 US sl.
• EGGS courage, virility ...1950s sl.
• HAIR virile strength and courage ...M20 US sl.
• MAN FAT virility, manly power ...20C Brit. colloq.
• MANHEAD † the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour ...c1275
• MANLIHEAD † virility, bravery, courage ...1422-83
virile, virility - person
• BUCK-A-DANDY a young, dashing, or virile man; a fop ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places ...L19 sl.
• MAN'S MAN a virile male ...20C US colloq.
• MCDADDY a handsome, virile man ...1990s sl.
• OLD RAM a virile and/or promiscuous man ...M17 sl.
• RAM a virile and/or promiscuous man ...M17 sl.
virile, virility - verbs
• EUNUCHATE † to make a eunuch of, to castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power ...1646
• HAVE LEAD IN ONE'S PENCIL to be potent, virile, and vigorous ...20C colloq.
VIRTUE - person
• MAN-WOMAN one who combines the virtues of both sexes ...1889 nonce use
VIRTUOSO - person
• EAR MAN a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso ...1970s US Black sl.
VIRTUOUS - adjectives
• HOLY-CRUEL cruel by being too virtuous ...a1616
virtuous - person
• ANGEL a very well-behaved child; a pure, innocent, or morally good person; a person of exemplary virtue or conduct ...1477
• APRON WITH A NIP a virgin; a virtuous, respectable woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE a person perceived as familiar, approachable, and dependable, typically in the context of a romantic partnership; sometimes with the implication of a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; a wholesome, virtuous, chaste, and unsophisticated person ...1925
• GOODY TWO SHOES an ostentatiously virtuous person ...Bk1995 US sl.
• MORALITY † a person who habitually assumes and air of virtue ...1806 humorous or ironic usage
• QUANDONG * a girl who makes a practice of remaining virtuous after being wined and dined ...1967 Aust. sl.
• SAINT a virtuous or morally excellent person ...1852
virtuous - verbs
• DOW † to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly ...OE
VISCID - adjectives
• GOOEY sticky, viscid ...1910s sl.
• LENTOUS clammy, viscid ...1646 nonce word
viscid - verbs
• INVISCATE to make viscid or sticky; to mix or cover with a sticky substance ...LME
VISCOUS - adjectives
• OOKY slimy, viscous ...1964 sl.
• THICKY thick, viscous ...1986 Amer. dial.
viscous - nouns
• OOK slimy or viscous material ...1969 sl.
VISIBLE - adjectives
• EYEABLE * that may be seen by the eye; visible ...1633
• EYEFUL † that may be plainly seen ...1611
• EYELY †* visible or apparent to the eye; evident, obvious ...1561
• FAIR * open to view, plainly visible; clear, distinct ...a1568
• KENSPECK easily recognizable, clearly visible, conspicuous ...1590 Eng. dial.
• KENSPECKLE easily recognizable, clearly visible, conspicuous ...1714 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SIGHTFUL † visible ...c1375
• SIGHTLY † visible; conspicuous ...1532
• SIGHTY † visible, conspicuous ...1398
• SPECTIBLE † visible ...1581
visible - verbs
• HEAVE IN SIGHT to appear; to become visible ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOW UP ON THE SKYLINE to appear; to become visible ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
VISIBLY - adverbs
• FACEABLE visibly, face to face ...1854 Eng. dial.
• PALPABLE † visibly ...1585
VISION - nouns (also see SIGHT)
• BEHOLDING † the thing beheld; an image, a spectre; a vision ...c1440
• MAIL a defect in vision ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIGHT-SHOT † the range of vision ...1663
• SIMULACRUM a vague or shadowy vision
VISIONARY - adjectives
• AERIE, AERY spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary ...1586
• BABEL lofty, visionary ...M17
• LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible ...1866
• QUIXOTIC of a person: resembling Don Quixote; hence, striving with lofty enthusiasm for visionary ideals ...1815
visionary - nouns
• BABEL a visionary scheme ...1711
• CASTLE IN THE AIR a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy ...c1400
• FLEAS IN ONE'S NOSE chimerical notions ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
visionary - person
• ABSTRACTION-MONGER one who deals with visionary ideas ...1860
• CASTLE-BUILDER one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1711
• CASTLE-HUNTER † one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer, a visionary schemer ...1752
• FANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• IDEALIST one who conceives, or follows after ideals; sometimes depreciatively, one who cherishes visionary or unpractical notions ...1829
• IDEOLOGIST a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist ...1831
• IDEOLOGUE a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist ...1815
• PHANTAST a visionary, a dreamer; a flighty, impulsive person ...1588
• QUIXOTE an enthusiastic visionary person like Don Quixote, inspired by lofty and chivalrous but false or unrealizable ideals ...1648
visionary - verbs
• QUIXOTIZE to act in a quixotic manner ...1831
VISIT - nouns
• BROAD a journey, a trip; a visit ...1823 Amer. dial.
• CAILEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• CAKE-COUPINGS an interchanging of social or tea visits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAKE-SWAPPINGS an interchanging of social or tea visits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Sc. & Ireland
• CAYLEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• DROP-IN an unexpected or informal visitor or visit ...E19 colloq.
• FLUTTER a short visit or trip , esp. a joyous, informal one ...1857 colloq.
• FLY * a flying visit ...1833
• GADDINGS gossiping visits ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• KALEY, KALY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours ...1843 Ireland
• KEEK a very short visit ...1908 Sc.
• NEIGHBOURING-DAY a visiting day, 'at home' day ...1900 Eng. dial.
• POP CALL a short or unexpected visit ...1857 Amer. dial.
• POPCORN CALL a short or unexpected visit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POP VISIT a brief visit ...E17 UK society usage
• RACE a short visit or journey ...20C Ulster sl.
• RAIKIN a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit ...1866 Sc.
• ROAR a call, a cry, as to a neighbour in passing; a doorstep visit ...1920 Sc.
• SETTING a visit characterized by sitting and talking ...1929 Amer. dial
• SETTING BEE a visit characterized by sitting and talking ...1929 Amer. dial.
• V a visit ...2002 US sl.
• VISTA a short journey, a visit, a trip ...1888 Sc.
• VISTIE a short journey, a visit, a trip ...1888 Sc.
• VIZZO in prison: a visit ...1996 UK sl.
visit - verbs
• BEAT UP THE QUARTERS OF to visit unceremoniously ...1823
• BLOW AROUND to come to see or visit; to go to see or visit ...1921 Amer. dial.
• COME FOR A CHUNK OF FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1831 Amer. dial.
• COME HITHER TO FETCH FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1732 Amer. dial.
• COME TO BORROW A COAL OF FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1940 Amer. dial.
• COME TO BORROW FIRE to pay a very short visit ...1929 Amer. dial.
• FALL BY to visit without prior warning; to drop in ...1959 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL IN to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL IN ON to drop in on; to pay a visit to ...1891 Amer. dial.
• FALL INTO to visit ...1940s US sl.
• FALL ON IN to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL OUT to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL OVER to arrive, to go to, to visit ...M19 sl., orig. US Black
• FALL OVER TO to visit without prior warning; to drop in ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
• FALL UP to come for a visit; to arrive, to turn up ...L19 US Black sl.
• GAD to visit; to stay away from home ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO BY to stop at, to visit ...1816 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT AMONG THEM to go visiting; to go to a social affair of some prominence ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT ON COMPANY to go visiting ...1982 Amer. dial.
• GO OUT ON THE CARPET of a man: to visit women ...1896 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT AWAY to go to, to visit ...1950s sl.
• HEARKEN DOWN to call on, to pay a visit ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEARKEN IN to call on, to pay a visit ...1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HIT UP to visit ...20C US sl.
• KAILIE to pay a friendly evening visit ...1924 Sc.
• KALK SOMEBODY'S DOOR to avoid visiting one as a sign of displeasure, from the practice of marking with chalk the doors of houses where plague was present as a warning to keep away or, in later times, where the tenant was under notice to move ...1946 Sc.
• MAKE THE SCENE to visit; to stop by ...1960s Amer. sl.
• NEIGHBO(U)R to associate in a friendly way, esp. by exchanging visits and assistance; to live on friendly terms with ...1828 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• POP-CALL to pay a short or unexpected visit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• POP-IN CALL to pay a short or unexpected visit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUN IN THE ROAD to visit; to stay away from home ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALUTE † to pay one's respects to; to pay a complimentary visit to ...1585
• SET A BED SPELL to stay until bedtime ...1933 Amer. dial.
• STAY OUT ONE'S WELCOME to visit until one's host is wearied ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OFF to go to, to visit ...1950s sl.
• VEILLER to pay a visit ...1967 Amer. dial. (pronounced vay-yay)
• VITCH to visit, esp. to call on one's friends to exchange news or gossip; to make a prolonged stay ...a1838 Sc.
visit - phrases
• COME IN AND REST YOUR HAT used in inviting one who is passing by to stop and visit ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COME IN AND REST YOUR SADDLE used in inviting one who is passing by to stop and visit ...1966 Amer. dial.
VISITING - nouns
• VITCHING casual calling on friends ...1894 Sc.
VISITING CARD - nouns
• TICKET a visiting card ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
VISITOR - person
• AFTER-COMER a stranger, a visitor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALDWIN a bold visitor ...Bk1717
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• COMERS AND GANGERS people who come into and go out of a house; visitors ...1829 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DROP-IN an unexpected or informal visitor ...E19 colloq.
• GANGER a person who goes or travels on foot; a walker; a traveller; a stranger; a visitor ...1424 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GANGERS AND COMERS strangers, visitors ...1886 Eng. dial.
• GANNER an occasional visitor, passer-by ...1889 Eng. dial.
• GIG a visitor; a stranger ...1976 Aust. sl.
• HABITUÉ one who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place, esp. a place of amusement or recreation - a habitual visitor or temporary resident ...1818
• KAILIERS people who stay too long in other folk's houses ...1919 Sc.
• MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist ...1914 Hawaii
• NEIGHBOUR to associate with; to be on intimate terms; to visit; to go about gossiping ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PANDERLYET a late, loitering visitor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• POLYTOPIAN † one who visits many places ...1611 nonce word
• POT-HUNTER an unwelcome guest who carefully arrives just in time for dinner ...1873 UK sl.
• RAKE-FIRE one who comes to pay a visit and stays very late ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VISITATION-ACQUAINTANCE a visiting acquaintance ...1822 Sc.
• VITCHER a visitor; one who goes the rounds with gossip ...1899 Sc.
• WASH-ASHORE a visitor or non-native resident ...1983 Amer. dial.
visitor - phrases
• HE WORRIES THE DOG a phrase directed at a visitor whose approach repels even the house-dog ...1909 UK sl.
VISOR - nouns
• SCOOP the visor or peak of a cap ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIGHT † a visor, as on a helmet ...1508
• UMBER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRARY † a visor ...c1443
• UMBREL † the visor of a helmet ...c1470
• UMBRERE † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIER † the visor of a helmet ...a1400
• UMBRIL a part of a helmet projecting above the eyes; a visor ...1824
• VIZARD a mask, a visor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
VITALITY - adjectives
• LACKLUSTRE lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired...L16
• SAPPY full of vitality, vigorous, energetic ...1558
vitality - nouns
• BOUNCE energy, vitality; spirit, exuberance, verve ...1909
• CHISM energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• GET-UP energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1841 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GET energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1870 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GO energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1907 sl., orig. US
• GISM energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• GO energy, vigour, vitality ...1864 sl.
• GREENNESS vigour; vitality; youth ...ME
• JASM energy, vitality ...1860 Amer. dial.
• JISM energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• JIZZ energy, vigour, vitality ...1842 sl.
• LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, THE someone or something whose scent or vitality is spent ...1872 Amer. dial.
• MARROW the seat of animal vitality and strength ...c1425
• MOXIE energy, vigour, vitality ...1943 US sl.
• OOMPH energy, vigour, vitality, enthusiasm ...1937 sl., orig. US
• PEP energy, vigour, vitality ...1912 sl.
• PISS AND VINEGAR energy, vigour, vitality ...1942 sl.
• PIZZAZZ energy, vigour, vitality ...1937 sl., orig. US
• PUNCH energy, vigour, vitality ...1911 sl., orig. US
• QUICKNESS * life, vitality, vital principle ...a1225
• RAZZLE-DAZZLE energy, vigour, vitality ...1888 sl.
• SOCK energy, vigour, vitality ...1936 US sl.
• STINGO energy, vigour, vitality ...1927 sl.
• VIM energy, vigour, vitality ...1843, orig. US
• ZAP energy, vigour, vitality ...1968 sl., orig. US
• ZING energy, vigour, vitality, pep, vim ...1918 sl., orig, US
• ZIP energy, vigour, vitality ...1900 sl.
• ZIZZ energy, vigour, vitality, gaiety, liveliness ...1942 sl.
vitality verbs
• DEAD † to lose vitality, force, or vigour; to become numb; to lose heat or glow ...c1384
VITAMIN - nouns
• PEARTENING POWDER tonic; vitamins ...1974 Amer. dial.
• PEARTING POWDER tonic; vitamins ...1974 Amer. dial.
VITUPERATION - nouns
• CALLING a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLS a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
VIVACIOUS - adjectives
• AIRY lively, sprightly; cheerful, vivacious ...1654
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLY vivacious ...1939 sl.
• COCKETY lively, vivacious, pert ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• EFFERVESCENT vivacious, enthusiastic, cheerful ...1833
• QUERTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• QUIRTY † lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief ...1790 Sc.
• SPARKY energetic, vigorous, lively, vivacious, spirited ...1883
• VIVACE † vivacious, lively ...1719 Sc.
• VIVAND living, lively, vivacious ...1926 arch.
vivacious - person
• IT GIRL a woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time; esp. a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or a young, rich woman who has achieves celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle ...1927 colloq., orig. US
• MOUSE an attractive or vivacious girl; usually a term of affection ...1939 Amer. sl.
• SPARKLER one who sparkles or shines in respect of beauty or accomplishments; esp. a vivacious, witty, or pretty young woman ...1713
vivacious - verbs
• SPARKLE to be vivacious or witty
VIVACITY - nouns
• BRIO liveliness, vivacity, spirit ...Ital.
• ELAN ardour; zeal; enthusiasm; impetuousness, vivacity ...1880
• SPARK vivacity, enthusiasm, or humour
• SPARKLE vivacity or wit
• ZOOM zest, vivacity, enthusiasm ...1960s sl.
VIVID - adjectives
• QUICK †* 1. of things seen: lifelike, vivid ...a1300
* 2. of colour: vivid, bright, dazzling ...1664
• VEEVE 1. of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
2. vivid; lifelike; clear ...1861 Sc.
• VEHEMENT † vivid; intensely bright ...1635
• VIEVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
• VIVE of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc.: bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint ...1778 Sc.
VIVIDLY - adverbs
• VEEVILY clearly, vividly ...1866 Sc.
• VIVELY clearly, vividly; to the life ...1631 Sc.
VIVIFY - verbs
• ACTUATE to inspire with active properties, to quicken, to enliven, to vivify ...1642 arch.
VIXEN - person
• SCALLY-BRAT a passionate, noisy child; a young vixen; a scold, a virago ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARGE a violent, scolding woman; a shrew, a virago, a vixen ...1862 Sc.
• TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
• TEARER a passionate, irascible person; a shrew, a vixen, a virago ...1850 Sc.
VIXENISH - adjectives
• HARRIDANICAL † like a harridan; vixenish ...1725 nonce word
VOCABULARY - nouns
• VERBAL †* a collection of words; a vocabulary or dictionary ...1599
• VOCABLES vocabulary, word-lists ...1700 Sc.
VOCATION - nouns
• HAME a job; vocation ...1972 Amer. dial.
VOCIFERATE - verbs
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
VOCIFEROUS - adjectives
• IN A BIG WAY excited, agitated, vociferous ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OBSTREPEROUS characterized by great noise or outcry, esp. in opposition; clamorous, noisy; vociferous ...c1600
vociferous - person
• WAR-HORSE a resolute, determined, or aggressive woman; a fat, stubborn, vociferous woman ...1921
VOCIFEROUSNESS - nouns
• OBSTREPEROUSNESS vociferousness; clamour; noisy behaviour; noisy and unruly resistance to control ...1655
VODKA - nouns
• BULLSHOT vodka mixed with beef broth ...Bk1998 sl.
• V.A.T. vodka and tonic ...1980s sl.
• V AND T vodka and tonic ...1997 UK sl.
• VOD vodka ...1986 US sl.
• VODDERS vodka ...1999 UK sl.
• VODDIE, VODDY vodka ...1988 UK sl.
VOICE - adjectives
• ADENOIDAL of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality ...1926 colloq.
• BAIRGIN' having the habit of lifting up the voice in a loud manner ...1866 Sc.
• BULL-VOICED having a loud deep voice ...1837
• DARK BROWN of a voice: low, well-modulated and sexually attractive; orig. said of a female voice ...1946 UK sl.
• DEEP-MOUTHED having a deep or sonorous voice ...1595
• FAT † of the voice: full ...1398
• FEATHERY of the voice: husky ...1881
• FINE of the voice: high-pitched ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FURRED † of the voice: husky ...1666
• GIN AND FOG of a voice: hoarse with that peculiar quality of 'fruitiness' which spirituous indulgence causes ...c1880 sl., orig. theatrical
• GRAVELLY of a voice: harsh and grating
• GRAVEL-VOICED speaking in a rough and rasping tone
• HAUTAIN † of the voice: raised, loud ...c1350
• HYPSOPHONOUS having a high clear voice ...1886
• LIKE A HUMBLE-BEE IN A CHURN having a voice not distinctly audible ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MACROPHONOUS having a loud, stentorian voice ...Bk1910
• MAIN † of a voice or cry: loud ...a1300
• MALACOPHONOUS having a gentle voice; soft-voiced ...Bk1910
• MEGALOPHONOUS having a loud voice ...1823
• QUICK †* of the voice: loud, clear ...c1205
• REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL of the voice: weak, piping, thin ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STENTORONIC * of the voice: very loud and far-reaching; hence, said of uttered sounds, songs, laughter, and the like; extremely loud and powerful in sound ...1762
• SUBMISS † of the voice: low, uttered in an undertone, subdued ...1604
• SUBTILE † of a voice: thin ...1398
voice - adverbs
• ALOW † in a low voice ...LME
• HAUTAINLY † with raised voice, loudly ...c1475
voice - nouns
• BAIRGE the voice lifted up in a strong and loud manner, either in speaking, reading, weeping, or calling after one ...1866 Sc.
• BUGLE a loud voice ...1877 Amer. sl.
• DARK BROWN VOICE a voice that is low, well-modulated, and sexually attractive ...c1950 sl.
• FOGHORN a loud deep resounding voice ...colloq.
• GOOZLING VOICE an adolescent boy's changing voice ...1986 Amer. dial.
• GOSLING AGE the period when an adolescent boy's voice is changing ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GOSLING PATCH the period when an adolescent boy's voice is changing ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GOSLINGS the voice change commonly undergone by adolescent boys; the period when this change occurs ...1899 Amer. dial.
• HOBSON'S CHOICE the voice ...20C rhyming sl.
• HOUSEWIVES' CHOICE the voice ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• LATE † voice, sound ...a1300
• LET'S REJOICE the voice ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• MANTEE VOICE a deep voice ...1930s sl.
• ORGAN-PIPE the windpipe, the throat, the voice ...M19 sl.
• RAPPER the voice ...1960s US sl.
• SINK * a dropping or lowering of the voice ...1786
• TANG the timbre of the voice; a twang ...1899 Sc.
• VOCE, VOCHE, VOTCH the voice, esp. a singing voice; a singer ...1989 UK theatrical sl.
• VONNA a strong, stentorian voice ...1920 Sc.
• WALTER JOYCE the voice ...L19 rhyming sl.
• YALLACRACK a loud outcry; a great noise of voices; an angry altercation ...1898 Sc.
• YALLICRACK a loud outcry; a great noise of voices; an angry altercation ...1898 Sc.
voice - person
• BAIRGE a person who lifts his voice in a strong and loud manner ...1866 Sc.
• BILOQUIST one who can speak with two different voices ...a1810
• EAR BANGER a person who enjoys the sound of his own voice ...1942 US sl.
• FROG an adolescent male whose voice is changing ...20C US
• GELATINE a tenor with a thin voice ...Bk1962 Amer. broadcasting sl.
• GOOZLER a boy whose voice is changing ...1972 Amer. dial.
• LUNGS a powerfully voiced person ...L17 sl.
• MISS VANILLA MOVIESTAR a toothy, squeaky-voiced blonde ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• PEAK a person, esp. a small person, who speaks or sings in a thin, weak voice ...Bk1903 Sc.
• SCREIGH a lean person with a shrill voice, and generally of short stature ...Bk1904 Sc.
voice - verbs
• FALL † to lower the voice, either in pitch or loudness ...1626
• HAVE A VOICE LIKE THE SHARPENING OF A HANDSAW to have a harsh, disagreeable voice ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• HUSK of the voice: to be or to become husky ...1922
• WHOPPLE AROUND of the voice: to be unsteady, to waver ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YAP of a person: to croak, as the voice ...1790 Eng. dial.
VOID - adjectives
• ADNICHILED † annulled, brought to nothing, made void ...1490
• ADNITCHILED † annihilated, annulled, brought to nothing, made void ...1691
• AVOID empty, void ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASS † dismissed, cashiered; void, null ...1549
• FRUSTRATORY † tending to frustrate, balk, defeat, or make void ...1529
• IDLE † empty, vacant; void of ...c825
• VAIN † empty, vacant, void ...1382
void - nouns
• CASSATION the act of making null or void; cancellation, abrogation ...c1425
• VAIN † emptiness; void space ...1382
• VASTITY † the fact of being desolate, waste, void, or empty ...1545
void - verbs
• ADNUL † to annul, to reduce to nothing, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to extinguish, to make void ...c1400
• CASHIER † to make void, to annul, to do away with ...1596
• CASS † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1460 obs. exc. Sc.
• CASSATE † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1512
VOLATILE - adjectives
• ALLAVOLIE, ALLEVOLIE giddy, volatile ...Bk1898 Sc.
volatile - person
• BERSERKO a rash or volatile person ...1982 US sl.
• HELLCAT a volatile and dangerous woman ...1605
VOLCANO - adjectives
• FLAMMIVOMOUS * vomiting or belching flames of fire, as a volcano ...1663-76
volcano - nouns
• FURNACE the fire of a volcano; the volcano itself ...1660
• SULPHUR †* a volcano ...1764
VOLLEYBALL - nouns
• DINK in volleyball: a tap of the ball after a faked hitting of the ball downward with great force ...1972 US
volleyball - person
• TAPEWORM in volleyball: a player who regularly hits the tape that runs across the top of the net ...Bk1997
volleyball - verbs
• DINK in tennis, volleyball, and other games with a net: to execute a drop shot that falls just beyond the net ...M20 chiefly US
• KILL in volleyball: to hit the ball downward with great force from the top of a jump ...1972 US sl.
VOLUBILITY - nouns
• RIDDENER volubility of speech ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
VOLUBLE - adjectives
• CLICKET voluble ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
voluble - person
• SPIELER a 'barker'; a voluble speaker ...1894
VOLUNTARILY - adverbs
• I-WALDES † intentionally, voluntarily; of one's own accord ...a1000
• ULTRONEOUSLY of one's own accord; spontaneously, voluntarily ...1627
VOLUNTARY - adjectives
• ELECTIVE † pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary ...1643
• ULTRONEOUS made, offered, etc., of one's own accord; spontaneous, voluntary ...1637
• VOLITIENT * of one's own free will or choice; voluntary; willing, exercising the will ...1844
voluntary - nouns
• ULTRONEOUSNESS * voluntary action; spontaneity ...1623
VOLUPTUOUS - adjectives
• LASCIVIOUS † voluptuous, luxurious ...1589
• LUSCIOUS † of tales, conversation, writing, etc.: gratifying to lascivious tastes, voluptuous, wanton ...1614
• LUSH of a woman: very sexually attractive, esp. if voluptuous; also used of a man ...1910s sl.
• LUSHY sexy, voluptuous ...1980s US college sl.
• RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous ...1824 Sc.
VOLUPTUOUSLY - adverbs
• LUSTLY † voluptuously; lustfully ...c1440
VOMIT - adjectives
• GREEN AROUND THE GILLS giving an appearance of being about to vomit ...1985 US sl.
• QUALMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• QUALMY affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1852 Amer. dial.
• QUAMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• VOMITURIENT † characterized by a desire to vomit ...1666
vomit - nouns
• AG to feel sick, to have an inclination to vomit ...1908 Sc.
• BARCOO SPEW illness accompanied by attacks of vomiting ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BARF vomit ...1974 US sl.
• CHUCK 1. vomiting ...1966 Aust. sl.
2. vomit ...1976 Aust. sl.
• CHUNDER 1. vomit ...1953 Aust. sl.
2. vomiting ...1967 Aust. sl.
• EARL vomit ...1984 US students' sl.
• EARP vomit ...20C US sl.
• EGESTION † vomit ...1610
• HAPPY RETURNS vomit ...19C sl.
• HASH vomit ...19C sl.
• HEAVE an effort to vomit ...a1571
• HURL an act of vomiting; vomit ...1967 Aust
• LIQUID LAUGH vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• MISERY BOWL a bowl used for vomiting by sufferers of sea-sickness ...L19 sl.
• PUKE vomit ...L16 sl.
• PUKES nausea; vomiting ...sl.
• RALPH vomit; vomiting ...1968 Amer. sl.
• SICK vomit ...1959 sl.
• SIDEWALK PIZZA a puddle of vomit ...1997 US sl.
• TECHNICOLOUR YAWN vomiting ...1964 Aust. sl.
• UPCHUCK vomit ...20C US colloq.
• URP vomit ...16C sl.
• VOMICK vomit ...20C Amer. dial.
• YORK matter that has been vomited ...20C US sl.
vomit - person
• MISS NIAGARA someone who vomits profusely ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
vomit - verbs
• AIR ONE'S BELLY to empty one's stomach; to vomit ...1960 Amer. sl.
• AIR ONE'S PAUNCH to vomit ...1920 Amer. dial.
• AUDIT ONE'S ACCOUNTS AT THE COURT OF NEPTUNE to vomit ...E20 nautical sl.
• BARF to vomit ...1956 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• BARF UP ONE'S GUTS to vomit violently ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BARK AT THE LAWN to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BELCH to vomit ...1558
• BELT THE CADGER to vomit ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BISON to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLOW to vomit ...1950 US sl.
• BLOW BEETS to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BLOW LUNCH to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BLOW ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BLOW ONE'S DOUGHNUTS to empty one's stomach; to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLOW ONE'S GROCERIES to vomit ...1986 Amer. dial.
• BOAK to retch; to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOB to vomit ...1960s US campus sl.
• BOCK to retch; to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOFF to vomit, to barf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BOIL OFF THE STOMACH to vomit a great deal at once ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOKE to retch, to vomit; to belch ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOLT THE CADGER to vomit ...1894 Sc.
• BOOT to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BOUK to retch, to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWK to retch, to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAKE to vomit, to retch ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRING UP to vomit ...colloq.
• BUNK UP to vomit ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BURK to vomit ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CACK, KACK, KAK to puke; to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CALF to vomit ...1968 sl.
• CALL to vomit ...1980s Aust. sl.
• CALL CHARLES to vomit ...1970s Aust. & US sl.
• CALL DINOSAURS to vomit ...1970s Aust. & US sl.
• CALL EARL to vomit ...1968 US students' sl.
• CALL FOR BILL to vomit ...1960s UK society sl.
• CALL FOR HERB to vomit ...1984 Aust. sl.
• CALL FOR HUGHIE to vomit ...1974 UK society sl.
• CALL FOR RALPH to vomit ...1960s sl.
• CALL HUGHIE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CALL RALPH to vomit ...1983 sl.
• CALL SEALS to vomit ...1970s Aust. & US sl.
• CALL THE DOGS to vomit ...1990s US college sl.
• CALVE to vomit ...1847 US sl.
• CASCADE to vomit ...1805
• CASH UP to vomit ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CAST to throw up from within; to vomit ...a1300
• CAST OUT to eject from the mouth, to vomit ...1388
• CAST THE GORGE to vomit violently, or make violent attempts to vomit ...1614
• CAST UP † to vomit ...1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAST UP ACCOUNTS to vomit ...Bk1921 sl.
• CAST UP ONE'S GORGE to vomit ...Bk1921 sl.
• CAST UP ONE'S RECKONING to vomit ...Bk1921 sl.
• CAT to vomit ...1785 sl.
• CHEESE of small children: to vomit or spit up milk curdling in the stomach ...1974 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE CHEESE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHIRP to vomit ...1980 Amer. campus sl.
• CHUCK to vomit; often followed by 'up' ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHUCK A DUMMY to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHUCKLE to vomit ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CHUCK ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1972 Amer. sl.
• CHUCK UP to vomit ...19C Aust. sl.
• CHUMMY to vomit ...1980s US campus sl.
• CHUNDA to vomit ...1950 Aust. sl.
• CHUNDER to vomit ...1950 Aust. sl.
• CHUNK to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
• COUGH UP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CRY HERB to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• CRY HUGHIE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRY RALPH to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• CRY RUTH to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DEFOOD to vomit ...20C US sl.
• DRAIN THE BILGE to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVE FRENCH HORSES to vomit ...M19 sl.
• DRIVE THE BIG BUS to vomit into the toilet ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVE THE PORCELAIN BUS to throw up in a toilet ...1980 teen & high school sl.
• DROP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUKE to vomit ...Bk2006 US college sl.
• DUMP to vomit ...M20 US sl.
• DUMP ONE'S LOAD to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EARL to vomit ...1968 US rhyming sl. for 'hurl'
• EARP, URP to vomit ...20C US sl.
• EGURGITATE * to vomit ...1656
• ENVOMISH † to vomit ...1480
• FEED THE FISH to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FEED THE FISHES to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FEED THE GOLDFISH to vomit ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FETCH UP to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLASH to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• FLASH THE HASH to vomit ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLAY to vomit ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FLAY THE FOX to vomit ...E19 Brit. sl.
• FLING UP to vomit ...E20 US colloq.
• FLIP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit...1963 Amer. sl.
• GAG to attempt to make oneself vomit by placing an object such as a finger far back in the throat ...20C US colloq.
• GALP † to vomit forth ...1529
• GO FEED THE GOLDFISH to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR THE BIG SPIT to vomit ...1967 Aust. sl.
• GO TO SEE EARL to vomit ...1960s US sl.
• GULP (UP) to vomit copiously ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GUZZLE THE GRASS to vomit ...1980s Aust. sl.
• HACK to vomit ...1970s US college sl.
• HASH to vomit ...19C sl.
• HAVE THE PUKES to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing ...1601
• HEAVE ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1954 Amer. sl.
• HEAVE THE GORGE to make an effort to vomit; to retch ...1604
• HEAVE (UP) to vomit, to retch ...1685 Eng. dial.
• HEAVE UP JONAH to vomit from one's depths ...19C US colloq.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S BOOTHEELS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S BOOTS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S SHOELACES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S SHOE SOLES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S SHOE-TOPS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HEIST THE GRUB to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOLLER NEW YORK to vomit ...1976 Amer. dial.
• HOLLER NEW YORK E to vomit ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HURL to vomit ...1964 Aust. sl.
• JERK THE CAT to vomit ...E17 Brit. sl.
• KAK to vomit ...1960s US sl.
• KECK to cough or choke; to retch or vomit noisily; to make retching sounds to show disgust ...1601
• KECKLE to make a sound as if about to vomit; to retch; to feel an inclination to vomit ...1619 Eng. dial.
• KISS THE PORCELAIN GOD to vomit ...1980 sl.
• LAUGH AT THE LAWN to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LOSE A MEAL to vomit ...20C Aust. jocular
• LOSE ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1970 Amer. sl.
• LOSE ONE'S DOUGHNUTS to vomit ...1940s US college sl.
• LOSE ONE'S GROCERIES to vomit ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S LUNCH to vomit ...1960s Amer. sl.
• LOSE ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAKE A SALE to vomit ...1930s Aust. sl.
• NEW YORK to retch, to vomit ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• PAINT THE TOWN RED to vomit ...1960s sl.
• PAINT THE WALLS to vomit forcefully ...1990s sl.
• PARK A CUSTARD to vomit ...1930s UK society sl.
• PARK A LEOPARD to vomit ...1960s sl.
• PARK A TIGER to vomit ...1960s sl.
• PARK A TIGER ON THE RUG to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• PART ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1945 Amer. sl.
• POP CAKES to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POP ONE'S CAKES to vomit ...1927 US sl.
• POP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1920s US sl.
• PRAY TO THE PORCELAIN GODDESS to vomit ...1988 sl.
• PUKE to vomit ...1600 sl.
• PUKE UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKE UP THE SOLES OF ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUKE YOUR RING UP to vomit violently ...2001 UK sl.
• PUMP to vomit ...19C Brit. sl.
• PUMP SHIP to vomit ...18C sl.
• PUT to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT BIRDIE to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUAWKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• QUOCK to vomit ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUOCKEN to vomit; to choke, to suffocate ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RALPH to empty one's stomach; to vomit; often followed by 'up' ...1967 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• REACH to vomit, to strain in the attempt to vomit; to retch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REAR to bring up phlegm; to expectorate; to vomit ...1790 Eng. dial.
• REBOUND to vomit; to be squeamish, to have an inclination to vomit ...1883 Sc.
• RID to retch, to vomit; to cough up; to expectorate ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDE THE PORCELAIN BUS to vomit into the toilet ...Bk2006 US sl.
• RID THE STOMACH to vomit ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIFT to vomit; of a cow: to regurgitate the cud ...1930 Amer. dial.
• ROLF to empty one's stomach; to vomit ...1960s Amer. teen and college sl.
SHIT THROUGH ONE'S TEETH to vomit ...L18 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1927 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S LUNCH to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT THE CAT to vomit; to vomit from drunkenness ...1785 sl.
• SHOOT THE WORKS to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT UP to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SICK to vomit ...20C US colloq.
• SICK UP to vomit ...19C colloq.
• SKIN A GOAT to vomit...1901 Amer. college sl.
• SLING A CAT to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNAP ONE'S COOKIES to vomit; to regurgitate ...1927 US sl.
• SPEAK ON THE BIG WHITE TELEPHONE to vomit into the lavatory ...1977 Aust. sl.
• SPEW to vomit ...c897
• SPEW ONE'S RING to vomit violently ...1966 sl.
• SPILL ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...sl.
• SPILL ONE'S GUTS to vomit ...1948 Amer. sl.
• SPLIT A GUT to vomit ...L17 sl.
• TALK TO EARL to vomit ...1989 US college sl.
• TALK TO RALPH ON THE BIG WHITE TELEPHONE to vomit into a toilet ...1977 sl.
• TAWM to vomit ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TECHNICOLOR YAWN to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THROW to vomit ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1963 Amer. sl.
• THROW THE LIFE UP to vomit violently ...1900 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE STOMACH to vomit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW UP to vomit ...1793 sl.
• THROW UP EVERYTHING BUT ONE'S SHOESTRINGS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP JONAH to be extremely nauseated; to vomit profusely ...1914 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S BOOTHEELS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S BOOTS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S BOOTS AND TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1836 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S HEEL TAPS to vomit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S SHOE SOLES to vomit profusely ...1973 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S SHOESTRINGS to vomit profusely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP THE SOLES OF ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP YOUR SHOE-TAPS to be extremely nauseated; to vomit profusely ...1914 Amer. dial.
• THROW YOUR VOICE to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TOSS ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1941 Amer. sl.
• TOSS UP to vomit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOSS UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TURN UP to make someone vomit or feel sick ...1892 sl.
• TURN UP ONE'S SHOE-TOPS to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TURN UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• UGG to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNSPIT to vomit ...L19 sl.
• UNSWALLOW to vomit ...1930s sl.
• UP AND UNDER to vomit ...1950s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'chunder'
• UPCHUCK to vomit ...1960 US sl.
• UPSPIT to vomit ...L19 Brit, euphemism
• URP to vomit ...16C sl.
• URP UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• URP UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1986 Amer. dial.
• VARF to vomit ...20C sl.
• VIRP † to vomit ...1908 Sc.
• VOKE to make an effort to vomit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VOMICK to vomit ...1902 Amer. dial.
• VOMISH † to vomit ...1536
• VOMIT UP ONE'S SHOES to vomit profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VOMIT UP ONE'S TOENAILS to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VOMIT UP ONE'S TOES to vomit violently ...1965 Amer. dial.
• VOMMIX to vomit ...1930 Amer. dial.
• WALLACE AND GROMIT to vomit ...2000s rhyming sl.
• WATER BUFFALO to vomit ...1980s US campus sl.
• WHIP THE CAT to vomit, esp. from too much drink ...1622
• WHOOP to vomit ...1999 Amer. dial.
• WHOOP UP to vomit ...1912 Amer. dial.
• WOOF to vomit ...20C US sl.
• WOOF ONE'S COOKIES to vomit ...1968 Amer. sl.
• WORSHIP THE PORCELAIN GOD(DESS) to vomit, esp. in the toilet ...20C Amer. sl.
• WRETCH to vomit ...1966 US sl.
• YACK to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• YAK to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
• YALP † to vomit ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANK to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
• YARK to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• YAWK to hawk, to clear the throat; to retch in vomiting ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAWN IN TECHNICOLOR to vomit ...1981 US sl.
• YAWP to vomit ...1940s sl.
• YODEL to vomit ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• YORK to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• YORK UP to vomit, to spew up something ...1927 Amer. dial.
• ZUKE to vomit ...1980s US college sl.
vomit - phrases
• EARP SLOP, BRING THE MOP someone has vomited ...Bk2006 US juvenile sl.
VOMITING - adjectives
• PUKEY on the verge of vomiting; nauseated ...19C sl.
• TO THE CURB vomiting ...1989 US sl.
vomiting - nouns
• BOKE a belch; a vomiting; a drinking to the extent of vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUK a retching, a vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWK a vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURK an instance of vomiting ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EGESTION † vomiting ...1633
• HEAVES a bout of retching or vomiting ...20C colloq.
• HE-HOING vomiting ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LIQUID LAUGH an act of vomiting caused by drunkenness ...1986 sl.
• MULTICOLOURED YAWN the act of vomiting ...1960s sl., orig. Aust.
• UPCHUCKING the act of vomiting ...1920s sl., orig. US
vomiting - person
• ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS a man vomiting into the lap of his neighbour ...18C sl.
vomiting - phrases
• BOTTOM OF HIS SHOES WAS COMING UP, THE he was vomiting profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EARL'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR someone's vomiting ...1986 Amer. sl.
• HE HAS THE HAPPY RETURNS he's vomiting ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
VOODOO - nouns
• GOOFER, GOOFFER, GOOPHER, GOPHER, GUFFER the practice of voodoo or other magic; a magic spell or something used to cast such a spell ...1880 Amer. dial.
voodoo - person
• DOCTOR a practitioner of voodoo ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR LADY a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DOCTOR WOMAN a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine ...c1943 Amer. dial.
• GOOF DOCTOR one who practices 'goofer', voodoo or other magic ...1942 Amer. dial.
voodoo - verbs
• DOCTOR ON to treat with voodoo medicine ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• GOOFER to bewitch; to practice voodoo or other magic ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GOOPHER to bewitch; to practice voodoo or other magic ...1899 Amer. dial.
VORACIOUS - adjectives
• EATING † greedy, voracious ...1483
• EDACIOUS devoted to eating; voracious; ravenous, greedy ...1829
• GASTROLATROUS † belly-worshipping; gluttonous, greedy, voracious ...1694
• GUTSY greedy, voracious ...1803 orig. Sc.
• HAWKY greedy as a hawk, voracious ...1732
• RANNEL ravenously hungry, voracious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEL voracious, greedy ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• VORAX † voracious, ravenous ...1535
• YEVERY greedy, voracious ...1536 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YEVEY greedy, voracious, clamorous for food ...Bk1905 Sc.
voracious - person
• GILLMAW a voracious person, one whose paunch is not easily replenished; a glutton ...1825 Sc.
• GREEDYGUT a glutton, a voracious eater ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a glutton, a voracious eater ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GUNDIE-GUTS † a fat, pursy fellow; a voracious person ...a1700
• GUNDY-GUT † a gluttonous, voracious person; a fat, pursy fellow ...1699 sl.
• KEDGE-BELLY a voracious or gluttonous feeder who stuffs himself full to repletion; a glutton ...1721 Eng. dial.
• MESSALINA a voracious, avaricious woman ...1975 US sl.
• SHAGPOKE GUT a great capacity for food; a tremendous eater, a voracious person ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHITEPOKE GUT a great capacity for food; a tremendous eater, a voracious person ...1954 Amer. dial.
VORACIOUSNESS, VORACITY - nouns
• GASTRIMARGISM † gluttony; voraciousness ...1607
• GASTRIMARGY † gluttony; voraciousness ...c1430
• YERD-HUNGER keen desire of food; voraciousness ...1825 Sc.
• YEVERNESS † greediness, gluttony, voracity ...c888 obs. exc. Sc.
VOTE - adjectives
• SUFFRAGATORY † exercising a right to vote ...1813
vote - nouns
• ELECTION †* a vote ...1543-4
• SUFFRAGATION †* the giving of a vote ...1576
• SUFFRAGIES † votes, opinions, testimonies ...1587
verbs - vote
• RAND to go round soliciting votes, to canvass ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SUFFRAGATE † to vote for ...1630
• SUFFRAGE † to vote for or against; hence, to agree or side with, to give support to ...1613
VOTER - person
• ABSTENTIONIST one who refrains from exercising his or her vote ...1857
• BALLOTANT †* a voter by ballot ...1656
• BALLOTEER in early use, an advocate of the ballot; later also, a person who casts a vote in a ballot ...1833
• BALLOTER one who votes by ballot ...1733
• BALLOTIST † a professed advocate of the ballot ...1837
• BALLOT-MAN † an advocate of secret voting ...1838
• BILLETER † one who selects by billet, a secret voter ...1663
• ELECTORAL † one who has the right to vote in election to any office or dignity ...1692
• ELECTRESS a female elector; a woman having a vote ...1869
• MICRODECISIONMAKERS voters ...Bk1980 Amer. political sl.
• SUFFRAGANT † one who gives his suffrage or vote; a voter; hence, a supporter, a witness ...1627
• SUFFRAGATOR † a voter, a supporter; a witness ...1617
• SUFFRAGER †* a voter ...1613
• YEA a person who votes in the affirmative ...1657
VOTING - adjectives
• SUFFRAGATING † voting; assenting ...1684
• SUFFRAGIAL pert. to voting ...1844 nonce word
voting - adverbs
• BALLOTICALLY in reference to the ballot ...c1842 nonce word
voting - nouns
• BALLOTATION † voting by ballot ...1620
• SUFFRAGING † the exercise of the suffrage, voting ...1613
voting - person
• BALLOT BOX STUFFER a person who engages in ballot-box stuffing (the practice of fraudulently attempting to affect the result of an election, typically by casting more than one's allotted number of votes) ...1856 orig. US
• BALLOTIN † an officer in charge of a ballot-box ...1656 nonce word
• TALLY CLERK one who assists in counting and recording votes ...1902 US
VOUCH FOR - verbs
• ACCREDITATE † to accredit; to give credit to someone for something; to vouch for, to sanction or countenance ...1654
• QUOTE in criminal circles: to vouch for someone ...2000 UK sl.
VOW - nouns
• BEHEST † a vow, a promise ...a1200
• BEHETE † a promise, a vow ...c1460
• BEOT † a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast ...a1000
vow - person
• OBLIGEE † one who undertakes an obligation; one who promises or vows ...1590
• SANCTIONER one who sanctions; one who permits; one who promises or vows ...1846
vow - verbs
• BEHEST † to vow, to promise ...c1175
• BEHIGHT † to vow, to promise ...a1000
• NUNCUPATE † to express a vow in words, to announce or declare a promise ...1606
VOYAGE - nouns
• BACK-VAGE the homeward voyage ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMPAIGN † a voyage or cruise ...1708
• FARE † a going, journeying; course, passage, way; voyage ...c1000
• RACE † a journey or voyage ...c1400
• SAFER a sea voyage ...1855 Eng. dial.
• VAGE a journey by land or water; a voyage; an errand; a walk; especially used of an expedition attended with toil ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAIGE a voyage, a journey by sea ...1866 Sc.
• VOGE a voyage, a journey by sea ...1866 Sc.
voyage - verbs
• SAVE † to make a dangerous voyage safely ...1698
VOYAGER - person
• NAVIGANT †* a navigator, a sailor, a voyager ...1527
VOYAGING - adjectives
• NAVIGANT * voyaging ...c1680
VOYEUR - person
• BENRUS QUEEN a homosexual voyeur ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• KEEK a peeping Tom; a voyeur ...20C US sl.
• SPY QUEEN a homosexual voyeur ...1960s homosexual sl.
voyeur - verbs
• MACO, MAKO to act as a voyeur ...20C W. Indies sl.
VULGAR, VULGARITY - adjectives
• BROAD of speech: vulgar, coarse ...1824 Amer. dial.
• CABBA-CABBA rough, vulgar, badly dressed ...1990s W. Indies
• CADDISH vulgar; offensively ill-bred; ungentlemanly ...1869 sl.
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CHICKEN-PLUCKING second-rate, vulgar, insignificant ...1960s US sl.
• COMMON AS PIG TRACKS vulgar, ill-bred ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright...1950s Amer. sl.
• DOWN THE ROAD vulgar, showy ...M19 sl.
• DUNGHILL * of the lowest social status; not noble, common; hence, rustic, unsophisticated; crude, vulgar ...1548
• DUNGHILLY * of the lowest social status or rank; common, vulgar; also, ignoble, base, despicable, dishonourable ...1616 arch.
• FLASH ostentatious or vulgar; showy; applied to one aping his betters ...1830 sl.
• HASKARDLY † vulgar, low, base ...1576
• HAWCH-MOUTHED coarse, vulgar, or profane in speech; blustering, bullying ...1892 Eng. dial.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• KITSCH trashy or vulgar ...German
• LEWD † belonging to the lower orders; common, low, vulgar, base ...c1380
• NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• OIKISH unpleasant, crude, vulgar; usually used of a youth ...1930s sl.
• RAFF disreputable, vulgar, low ...1823
• RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character ...1801
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAW annoyed, angry, exasperated ...1811 Eng. dial.
• SWANK showy, vulgar, arrogant ...1910s sl.
• SWANKY 1. of a person: conceited, arrogant, vulgar ...1900s sl.
2. of an object: vulgar, showy ...2000s sl.
• VERY FRONCEY vulgar ...L19 UK society usage
vulgar, vulgarity - nouns
• BARNYARD EXPRESSION coarse or vulgar language; slang ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAFFERY * raffish conduct ...1819
• RAUNCH vulgarity, grubbiness, shabbiness, dirtiness ...1967 sl., orig. US
• TACK anything that demonstrates a quality of vulgarity, bad taste, or kitsch ...1986 US sl.
• TACKINESS a state of unrefined vulgarity ...1977 US sl.
vulgar, vulgarity - person
• ALRIGHTNIK a person who has succeeded in life financially but is regarded as vulgar or self-satisfied; a nouveau-riche person, an arriviste; chiefly Jewish usage ...1916 colloq.
• ANIMAL a vulgar, brutal, aggressive, or violent person; a term of contempt ...1892 Amer. sl.
• BARTHOLOMEW DOLL an overdressed, vulgar woman; one in vulgar finery ...1788 UK
• BARTLEMY DOLL an overdressed, vulgar woman; one in vulgar finery ...1794 UK
• BEGGAR a term of contempt; a mean or low, vulgar fellow ...a1400
• BESOGNE † a low, vulgar, worthless fellow ...1658
• BESOGNIER † a low, vulgar, worthless fellow ...1588
• BESOGNIO † a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person ...a1625
• BESONIO † a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person ...a1625
• BILLINGSGATE † a clamouring, foul-mouthed person; a vulgar abuser; a scolding impudent slut ...1683
• BINKSER, BINXER a vulgar, loud-talking, blustering person; especially a commercial traveller of this kind ...1897 sl.
• BLADGE a low, coarse, vulgar woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• BLOWSABELLA a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout ...1883 theatrical sl.
• BOUNDER a vulgar and unwelcome pretender to polite society; a base or vile person; a nuisance ...a1889
• CAD (offensive) a vulgar, ill-mannered person; a blackguard; one of low vulgar manners and behaviour ...1838 colloq.
• CADDESS (offensive) a female of low vulgar manners and behaviour ...1870 nonce word
• CALICOT a 'cad'; an ill-bred, vulgar fellow ...c1885 sl.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• FLASH a showy swindler; a blustering vulgarian ...1632 sl.
• GUTTER-BLOOD a vulgar man who puts on airs; a parvenu ... c1855 chiefly Sc. colloq.
• GUTTERPUP a vulgar person; a vile wretch; a person of the gutter; a bum ...1869 US sl.
• GUTTERSNIPE a vulgar person; a vile wretch ...1869 Amer. sl.
• HALLION an overbearing, quarrelsome woman of vulgar manners ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HASKERD † a man of low degree; a base or vulgar fellow ...1491
• HAWBAW a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton ...1805
• HAWBY a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout, a coarse, vulgar lad ...1872 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-A-MOUTH a foul-mouthed, blustering person; one who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HAWCH-MOUTH a foul-mouthed, blustering person; one who talks incessantly in a coarse, vulgar manner using obscene and offensive language ...1746 Eng. dial.
• JACK † a man of the common people; a boy, lad, fellow, or chap; esp. a low-bred, ill-mannered, or vulgar fellow; a knave ...1548
• JACK-SLAVE a vulgarian ...Bk1896 sl.
• KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian ...1863 Sc.
• MONK a low or vulgar fellow ...1887 UK sl.
• PIGTRACKS a vulgar, ill-bred person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAFF a low, disorderly person; a vulgar worthless person ...1785
• RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
• RAMPANT †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female ...1671
• RANDY-DANDY a violent and vulgar quarrelsome woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROMP a wild-living, vulgar woman or girl ...M15
• SAD VULGAR a common, vulgar person ...1767 UK society usage
• SANTA CLAUS a vulgar, gaudy, and tasteless dresser ...1980s US sl.
• SWANKEY, SWANKY an arrogant, showy, vulgar person ...M19 sl.
• WAPPER a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle ...Bk1866 Sc.
• YENTA a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female ...1923 US
• YENTCH a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew ...1923 US
• YENTE a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman ...1923 US
• YOB, YOBB an uncouth, vulgar youth ...1874 UK sl.
• YOBETTE an uncouth, vulgar girl or young woman ...1985 Aust. sl.
• YOP † a rude, vulgar fellow; a lout ...1887 Amer. sl.
• ZOOT-SUITER (derogatory) a foolish, arrogant, vulgar young man, esp. when his image is boosted by flashy clothes ...1960 US sl.
VULNERABLE - nouns
• BLIND SIDE a point where one is vulnerable ..1942 Amer. dial.
• CHINK IN SOMEONE'S ARMOUR a weak or vulnerable point in someone's character, etc. ...Bk1999
vulnerable - phrases
• YOUR ASS IS GRASS the person indicated is in a vulnerable position, and failure to fulfil an obligation, comply with specified conditions, etc., will bring severe consequences ...1960
VULTURE - nouns
• BIRD OF DEATH a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEAD BIRD a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEATH BIRD a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GEER † a vulture ...1565
• GEIER † a vulture ...1565
• GEIR † a vulture ...1565
• GIER † a vulture ...1565