Dictionary: ABC – ABK

► A.B.C. n. 1.the vagina → 1672 sl.
n. 2. one’s best and most trustworthy friend → 1962 sl., orig. African-American
► ABC adj. of a piece of chewing gum: already been chewed → 2004 US childish sl.
n. 1. the alphabet → 1325 
n. 2. scorch marks on one’s legs → 1927 Irish sl.
n. 3. a liquor store (American Business College) → 1940 African-American sl.
n. 4. an Australian-born Chinese → 1968 Aust. sl.
n. 5. an American-born Chinese → 1984 US sl.
n. 6. in poker: the ace, two, and three → 1988 US sl.
vb. to say the alphabet or letters of the alphabet → 1611 obs.
► THE ABC n.  the female pudendum → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► ABC AD n. a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order → 1973 US sl.
► ABCAP vb. to get, to obtain → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
► ABC BOY  n. ‘a pupil of the very first beginning’ → 1545 
► ABC CLASS n. the entry grade in a primary school → 1804 
► ABCDARIAN n. 1. one occupied in learning the alphabet → 1603 
n. 2. one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction → 1691 
► ABCDARY n. one learning or teaching the alphabet → 1607 
► ABC GUM n. gum that has already been chewed → 20C US sl.
► AB CHASER n. a resident of the coastal area → 1971 Booneville California jargon (Bk.)
► ABCING YOU phr. used as a farewell → 1947 US sl.
► ABC’S n. underwear → 1949 US sl.
► ABD  n. a student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation (all but dissertation) → 1954 Amer.
► ABDABS n. ‘afters’; the second course, if any → 1940 US sl.
► THE ABDABS n. 1. a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness; also, but rarely, delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration → 1946 UK sl.
n. 2. empty chatter, nonsense → 1984 sl.
► ABDAR n.  a teetotaller → 1892 Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
► ABDELI n.  a hypocrite, a canting preacher; a fastidious or false zealot → 1892 Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
► ABDERIAN adj. given to incessant or continued laughter; inclined to foolish or excessive merriment; foolish, silly → 1656 
► ABDERITE n.  a stupid, narrow-minded person; the inhabitants of Abders, a maritime town in Thrace, were anciently proverbial for their stupidity; a scoffer → 1827 (Bk.)
► ABDICABLE adj. capable of being abdicated or renounced → 1879 
► ABDICANT n. one who abdicates; a person who renounces a position, office, etc. → 1836 
► ABDICATE vb. 1. to proclaim or declare to be no longer one’s own; to disown, to cast off; to disown or disinherit a child → 1532 obs.
vb. 2. to leave a public lavatory in which one is soliciting to avoid interrogation by its attendant or a police officer → 1941 homosexual sl.
► ABDICATED adj. ordered out of the public lavatory where one is looking for sex → 1940 homosexual sl.
► ABDICATOR n. 1. a person who advocates, instigates, or participates in the abdication of another from a position or office → 1593 obs.
n. 2. a person who renounces a position, office, responsibility, etc.; esp. a monarch who renounces the throne → 1689 
► ABDIEL n. a faithful follower of a cause → 1903 (Bk.)
► ABDITE adj. hidden away; put out of the way → 1635 obs.
► ABDITIVE adj. 1. hidden → 1727 obs.
adj. 2. having the power or quality of hiding or concealing → 1755 
► ABDITORY n. a hidden or withdrawn place; a concealed repository → 1658
► ABDOMEN n. fat deposited round the belly; the fleshy parts of the belly or paunch → 1676 obs.
► ABDOMINOUS adj. having a paunch or big belly; corpulent → 1640
► ABDUCE vb. to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct → 1537 arch.
► ABDUCTEE n. 1. a person who has been abducted → 1832 
n. 2. someone supposedly abducted by aliens → 1974
► ABDUCTOR n. a person who abducts or illegally leads away → 1809
► ABDUL n. 1. a Turk; Turks collectively → 1890 sl. 
n. 2. an Afghan → 1910 sl., derogatory
n. 3. a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI → 1915 Aust. sl. 
n. 4. an Arab → 1916 US sl., derogatory 
► ABDULLAH n. 1. a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI  → 1915 Aust. sl.
n. 2. an Afghan → 1910 sl., derogatory
► ABDULLAH-WITH-THE-CONDIES n. an Egyptian menial employed by ‘Cairenes’ → 1919 Aust. services’ sl. (Bk.)
► ABE n. 1. a Jew → 19C Amer. dial., usually derogatory 
n. 2. the last of anything; the only example → 1900 Aust. criminals’ sl. 
n. 3. a five-dollar bill → 1930 Amer. sl. 
n. 4. $5 worth of drugs → 1950 US drug culture sl. 
n. 5. a coin or currency note bearing the likeness of Abraham Lincoln → 1966 Amer. dial. 
n. 6. an irritable or low woman → 1971 Boonville California jargon (Bk.)
► ABEAR n. bearing, gesture, action, behaviour → 1315 obs.
vb. 1. to endure, to suffer, to tolerate → 885 
vb. 2. to bear, to carry; to raise up → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to comport or demean oneself → 1596 obs.
► ABEARANCE n. behaviour, conduct → 1552
► ABEARING n. the act of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct → 1454 obs.
► ABEAT adv. so as to beat, in a state of beating; especially said with reference to the heart → 1857 chiefly poetic usage 
vb. to beat, to strike → 1000 obs.
► ABECEDARIAN adj. 1. characteristic of a person who is learning the alphabet, or who is engaged in elementary education → 1633
adj. 2. pert. to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order → 1646
n. 1. one occupied in learning the alphabet → 1603 
n. 2. one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction → 1623 
► ABECEDARY adj. 1. according to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order → 1580 
adj. 2. engaged with or needing to learn the alphabet; illiterate → 1589
n. 1. a table or book containing the alphabet; a primer; the first rudiments of anything → 1432 
n. 2. one learning or teaching the alphabet → 1596 obs.
n. 3. the alphabet, esp. as written down in order → 1596 
► ABECHE vb. to feed → 1393 obs.
► ABECHED adj. fed, satisfied → 1393 obs.
► ABED adj. confined to bed by illness; laid up → 1475 
adv. in bed → 1000 
► ABEDE n. to announce, to deliver (a message) → 885 obs. 
► ABEDGE vb. to abide; to suffer → 1225 
► ABEERE adv. on, upon, or to a bier → 1450 obs. 
► ABEFOIR adv. of before, of former times → 1609 Sc. 
► A-BEFORE adv. of before, of former times → 1431 Sc. 
► ABEIGH adv. at a shy distance, aloof → 1707 Sc. 
► ABEL AND CAIN n. rain → 20C Brit. rhyming sl. 
► ABELDE vb. to wax bold, to become bolder → 1300 obs.
► ABELGHE vb. to anger, to enrage; to offend → 1000 obs.
► ABE LINCOLN n. a $5 bill → 1954 Amer. dial.
► ABE LINCOLN WAR n. the Civil War → 1943 Amer. obs. 
► ABELUNGU n. White people collectively → 1836 often derogatory or ironic 
► ABEL-WACKIT n. a light blow → 1834 Amer. dial.
► ABENT n. a steep place → 1883 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ABEQUITATE vb. to ride away → 1623 obs.
► ABER adj. 1. eager, greedy → 1899 Sc. 
adj. 2. sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful → 1908 Sc. 
vb. 1. to stir up and make bright, as a fire → 1916 Sc. 
vb. 2. to sharpen, as a knife → 1931 Sc. 
► ABERCROMBIE n. 1. one who strives at creating the impression of knowing all; a conceited person → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style → 2004 US sl. 
► ABERDEEN CUTLET n. a dried haddock → 1890 sl. 
► ABERDEENS n. beans → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► ABERDONIAN adj. pert. to Aberdeen; in later use with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen → 1615 
n. a native of Aberdeen → 1650 
► ABERE-MURDER n. plain or downright murder, as distinguished from manslaughter → 1647 
► ABERGAVENNY n. a penny → 19C Brit. rhyming sl. 
► ABERGLAUBE n. belief beyond what is certain and verifiable → 1873 
► ABERGOINS n. a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians → 1850 Amer. (Bk.)
► ABERNESS n. eagerness → 1922 Sc.
► ABER NIT! int. never! not! → 1896 Amer. sl.
► ABERR vb. to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path → 1536 
► ABERRANCE n. the act of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary → 1665 
► ABERRANCY n. departure from the standard of usage, propriety, reason, truth, etc .→ 1646 
► ABERRANT adj. 1. deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal → 1536 
adj. 2. wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard → 1778 
► ABERRATE vb. to diverge or deviate from the straight path → 1749
► ABERRATING adj. going astray, diverging → 1790 
► ABERRATION n. 1. a wandering from the path of rectitude, or standard of morality; moral irregularity → 1594 
n. 2. a deviation or divergence from a direct, prescribed, or ordinary course of action → 1610 
n. 3. a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path → 1615 
► ABERRATIONAL adj. pert. to aberration; eccentric, irrational, or unsound → 1837 
► ABERSAY n. the alphabet, A B C → 1877 Sc. obs.
► ABERUNCATE vb. to pull up by the roots; to remove utterly → 1731 
► ABE’S CABE n. a $5 bill → 1935 Amer. sl., orig. jive usage
► ABESHE vb. to feed → 1393 obs.
► ABESSED adj. humbled, abased, cast down, debased. dejected → 1707 obs.
► ABET n. 1. fraud, cunning, trickery, wiles → 1315 obs.
n. 2. the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed → 1330 obs.
vb. to bet, to wager → 1617 obs.
► ABETMENT n. 1. the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed → 1325 
n. 2. encouragement, instigation; assistance, aid, support → 1533 
n. 3. deception, trickery → 1586 obs.
n. 4. a bet, betting, a wager → 1615 obs.
► ABETTAL n. the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed → 1834 
► ABETTANCE n. the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed → 1781 
► ABETTATOR n. he that encourages → 1717 obs. (Bk.)
► ABETTER n. one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender → 1457 
► ABETTES n. abbots → 1852 (Bk.)
► ABETTOR n. 1. one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense → 1387 
n. 2. one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding; one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle; a supporter, adherent, or advocate → 1569 
► AB EXTRA adv. from without; from the outside → 1610 
► ABEY vb. 1. to bend, to bow, to make obedient → 1073 obs.
vb. 2. to bend, to bow; to submit, to yield, to render obedience → 1300 obs.
vb. 3. to put in abeyance; to suspend; to put aside → 1866 
► ABEYANCE n. temporary inactivity or disuse; suspension; latent condition → 1593 
► ABEYANT adj. that is in a state of abeyance or suspension; dormant; latent → 1822 
► A.B.F. n. the last drink of a session (Absolutely Bloody Final) → 1910 sl.
► ABFAB adj. absolutely fabulous; first-rate, very attractive → 1950 sl., orig. Aust. teen usage
► ​ABGREGATE vb. to disperse, as it were to lead out of the flock; to lead away → 1623 obs.
► ABGREGATION n. a separation from the flock → 1731 obs.
► A.B.H. n. a beating up (Actual Bodily Harm) → 2000 sl.
► ABHOMINAL adj. unworthy of a man; inhuman, abominable, detestable → 1477 obs.
► ABHOMINALTY n. an abominable or inhuman deed → 1483 obs.
► ABHORFUL adj. repugnant, hateful → 1565 obs.
► ABHORFULNESS n. abhorrence, disgust → 1556 obs.
► ABHORMENT n. the action of abhorring; detestation → 1576 
► ABHORRANT n. a person who abhors → 1880 (Bk.)
► ABHORRATION n. extreme loathing or disgust; an object of disgust; an abomination → 1628 
► ABHORRENCE FROM FLORENCE n. a jerk → 1945 jive sl. (Bk.)
► ABHORRENCY n. 1. a deviation or divergence → 1592 obs.
n. 2. the state of being abhorrent, or of holding a thing in hatred and disgust; extreme repugnance or dislike → 1605 obs.
n. 3. a thing abhorrent to one → 1729 obs.
► ABHORRER n. one who abhors or hates → 1538
► ABHORRIBLE adj. to be abhorred, detestable, abominable → 1602 
► ABHORRITION n. the act of abhorring, abhorrence → 1649 obs.
► ABIDABLE adj. capable of being borne or endured → 1611 
► ABIDAL n. the act of abiding; abode, stay, residence → 1850 obs.
► ABIDANCE n. abiding; dwelling, stay; continuance → 1607 
► ABIDE n. 1. delay, tarrying → 1330 obs.
n. 2. stay, abiding; a period of residence → 1615 chiefly Sc.
vb. 1. to wait for, to await; to remain ready for, to watch for, to expect → 1000 
vb. 2. to stop; to come to a halt → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to linger over a task → 1402 obs.
vb. 4. to hear out a speech → 1450 obs.
► ABIDER n. 1. a person who is steadfast, or who perseveres → 1435 obs.
n. 2. a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident → 1440 
n. 3. a person who waits, awaits, or tarries → 1499 obs.
n. 4. a person who stands firm, or who sustains or withstands an attack → 1586 obs.
n. 5. one who dwells; a dweller; a resident; an inhabitant → 1611 
► ABIDINGLY adv. assiduously, patiently → 1530 obs.
► ABIE n. 1. a Jew → 1914 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
n. 2. a radio personality or entertainer who is a sure money maker → 1938 US sl.
n. 3. a tailor → 1940 African-American sl.
n. 4. a stingy person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ABIE KABIBBLE n. 1. a Jew → 1910 US sl.
n. 2. an unassimilated Jewish immigrant → 1932 Amer. dial.
► ABIEL adv. in shelter → 1820 Sc.
► ABIE LINCOLN adj. disgusting, contemptible → 1988 UK rhyming sl. for ‘stinking’
► ABIES prep. 1. in comparison with → 1825 Sc.
prep. 2. except → 1928 Sc.
prep. 3. in addition to, besides → 1930 Sc.
► ABIGAIL adj. old, ugly, unattractive → 2000 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
n. 1. a waiting woman; a lady’s maid; a female servant or attendant → 1616 arch.
n. 2. a waitress → 1906 Aust. sl.
n. 3. an aging, conservative homosexual; a staid, traditional, middle-aged homosexual man → 1972 homosexual sl.
n. 4. an abortion → 2000 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► ABIGATE vb. to drive away → 1657 obs.
► ABIGEUS n. a thief who has stolen cattle; an abactor → 1775 (Bk.)
► ABIGEVUS n. a thief who has stolen many cattle → 1726 (Bk.)
► ABILIMENT n. clothing appropriate for someone’s job, status, etc. → 1589 obs.
► ABILIMENTS n. warlike munitions and accoutrements, things made able for war → 1422 obs.
► ABILITATE vb. to give ability or fitness; to enable → 1627 
► ABILITATION n. a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability → 1647 
► ABILITY n. 1. suitableness, fitness, aptitude → 1380 obs.
n. 2. bodily power, strength → 1473 obs.
n. 3. personal wealth, means; pecuniary power → 1503 obs.
n. 4. sexual potency → 1505 obs.
► ABILTY n. ability → 1768 Sc. obs.
► ABIME n. an abyss → 1300 obs.
► AB INITIO adj. initial, primary, elementary → 1836 
adv. from the beginning → 1600 
► AB INTRA adv. from within; from the inside → 1642 
► ABISELFA n. the letter “a” (a-by-itself-a) → 1840 Amer. dial.
► ABISHAG n. the bastard child of a woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a married man → 1821 thieves’ sl.
► ABITE vb. 1. to bite, to nip, to taste; also, of the wind: to tear something to pieces → 1000 obs.
vb. 2.  to consume or partake of food; to taste → 1000 
► ABITION n. 1. a division of opinion; a disagreement → 1500 obs.
n. 2. a going away or dying → 1656 obs.
► ABJECT  adj. 1. cast off, rejected; cast out, expelled → 1425 obs.
adj. 2. of low repute; despicable, wretched; self-abasing, servile, obsequious → 1430 
adj. 3. cast down; brought low; downtrodden, desperate → 1450 
adj. 4.  of goods or commodities: of poor quality or little value; inferior, base → 1450 obs.
n. – one cast off; a castaway; an outcast; a base, contemptible, despicable, or degraded person; a person of the lowest social condition; a social pariah, a humble servant; a servile person; one who, whatever his rank, is morally vile to an extent which might have been expected to exist only in miserable outcasts → 1528 
► ABJECTATE vb. 1. to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject → 1475 obs.
vb. 2. to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase → 1731 obs.
► ABJECTED adj. cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited → 1633 obs.
n. an outcast; an exile → 1555 
► ABJECTEDNESS n. downcast condition; abasement → 1660 obs.
► ABJECTION n. 1. that which is cast off or away; refuse, scum, dregs → 1447 obs.
n. 2. the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation → 1525 obs.
n. 3. the act of casting out or away; rejection → 1529 
► ABJECTIVE adj. tending to lower or demoralize → 1865 obs.
► ABJUDGE vb. to take a thing away from a person by judgement → 1654 obs.
► ABJUDICATE vb. 1. to pass judgement against; to reject or disallow; to prohibit → 1602 
vb. 2. to take a thing away from a person by judgement → 1666 
► ABJUDICATION n. an act of taking away by judicial decision; also, the act of passing judgement against a person or thing → 1623 
► ABJUGATE vb. to unyoke, to uncouple; to free → 1731 
► ABJUNCT adj. disjoined, disconnected, severed → 1610 obs.
► ABJUNCTIVE adj. of a disconnected or isolated character; exceptional → 1832 obs.
► ABJURATION n. 1. an oath before a justice or coroner undertaking to leave the country for ever, made by a criminal in order to escape punishment, after taking sanctuary in a church, etc. → 1325 
n. 2. renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions → 1439 
► ABJURE vb. 1. to renounce on oath, to forswear; to withdraw, retract, or recant a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held → 1430 
vb. 2. to reject or repudiate on oath; to renounce or disavow a thing → 1475 
vb. 3.  to swear to leave a place for ever → 1475 
vb. 4. to cause to leave one’s country for ever, to banish → 1603 obs.
► ABJUREMENT n. abjuration, renunciation → 1594 
► ABJURER n. one who abjures or forswears; one who solemnly renounces, repudiates, or gives up → 1583 
► ABKAR n. in India; a maker or retailer of spirituous drinks → 1898 (Bk.)