Dictionary: AMP – AND

► AMP adj. stirred up, very emotional, ‘amplified’ → 1990 African-American sl.
n. 1. an amputation of a part of the body → 1848 colloq.
n. 2. fear, terror; anxiety; esp. a restless state of mind which prevents one from sleeping; anxious anticipation → 1866 Sc.
n. 3. an amputee → 1929 colloq.
n. 4. an amphetamine tablet or capsule; usually used in the plural → M20 US drugs usage
n. 5. an amplifier, esp. one for electric instruments → 1967 US sl. 
n. 6. an ampoule (a glass vessel of drugs intended for hypodermic injection) → 1968 UK sl.
n. 7. an ampoule of methadone, used to break a heroin addiction → 1985 UK sl.
n. 8. marijuana dipped in formaldehyde, sometimes laced with phencyclidine → 2000 US drug culture sl.
vb. to be anxious, restless; to be unable to sleep → 1914 Sc.
► AMPASSY n. the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► AMP DOWN vb. to calm down, to talk quietly → 1990 US students’ sl.
► AMPED adj. 1. very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up → 1972 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. under the influence of a central nervous system stimulant, usually amphetamines or methamphetamine 1972 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. silent → 1993 US sl.
adj. 4. of a music system: equipped with powerful amplifiers → 1993 US sl.
adj. 5. angry → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► AMPED OUT adj. 1. very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up → 1972 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. under the influence of an amphetamine or other stimulant → 1972 Amer. sl.
► AMPED UP adj. 1. of music, sound, etc.: put through an amplifier; very loud → 1966 colloq.
adj. 2. very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up → 1972 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. under the influence of an amphetamine or other stimulant → 1972 Amer. sl.
► AMPEL adj. greedy, eager → 1908 Sc.
► AMPER n. 1. an inflamed swelling, a pustule; a varicose vein; matter, pus → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a defect or flaw in cloth → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an ampersand (&) → 1991 US sl.
► AMPERED adj. poisoned, festered; decayed → 1885 Eng. dial.
► AMPERLASH n. saucy, abusive language → 1879 Eng. dial.
► AMPERSAND n. 1.  the rump; the buttocks → 1838 Amer. jocular usage
n. 2. the sign &, formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► AMPERY adj. 1. of persons: sickly, unhealthy → 1736 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of things, as cheese: rotten, beginning to decay → 1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. covered with blotches or pimples → 1873 Eng. dial.
► AMPHET n. amphetamine → 1982 US sl.
► AMPHIBOLOUS adj. 1. ambiguous; of double or doubtful character → 1644 obs.
adj. 2. of language: ambiguous in sense → 1647
► AMP JOINT n. marijuana and amphetamine (or possibly another drug) mixed and rolled for smoking in a cigarette → 1998 UK sl.
► AMPLECT vb. to embrace, to clasp → 1522 obs.
► AMPLEFEYST n. 1. of persons or animals: a sulky humour; a fit of spleen → 19C Sc.
n. 2. unnecessary talk; long stories → 19C Sc.
► AMPLE TRAMPLE n. 1. large feet → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. large shoes → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AMPLEX vb. to embrace, to clasp → 1543 obs.
► AMPLIFICATE vb.  to amplify, to augment, to enlarge, to extend; to dwell long on a subject → 1731 obs.
► AMPLISH n. a disadvantage → 1833 Irish sl.
vb. to place at a disadvantage → 1833 Irish sl.
► AMPLITUDINOUS adj. ample, capacious → 1904
► AMPLIVAGOUS adj. wandering widely or at large; having a large sphere of action → 1731 obs.
► AMPLUSH n. a disadvantage, state of unreadiness → 1843 Ireland
vb. to place at a disadvantage; to reduce to a dilemma, to confuse in argument → 1848 Sc. & Ireland
► AMPOT n. a hamper → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► AMP OUT vb. to act in a highly neurotic, tense manner → 1990 US sl.
► AMPS n. amphetamines → 20C Amer. drug culture sl.
► AMPSTER n. the accomplice of a showman or trickster ‘planted’ in the audience to start the buying of tickets, goods, etc. → 1941 Aust. sl.
vb. to work outside a carnival, sideshow, strip club, etc., touting the pleasures inside and pulling in the customers → 1940 sl.
► AMPULLOUS adj. inflated or turgid in language; boastful, vainglorious → 1622 obs.
► AMP UP vb. to make a person very excited, agitated, or energetic through the consumption of amphetamines or another stimulant → 1992 US sl.
► AMPUS-END n. the buttocks → 19C sl.
► AM-PUSSY-AND n. the buttocks → 19C sl.
► AMPUTATE vb. to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight → 1842 Amer. sl.
► AMPUTATE ONE’S MAHOGANY vb. to decamp; to run away → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► AMPUTATE ONE’S TIMBER vb. to decamp; to run away → M19 sl.
► AMPUTE vb. to cut off, to amputate a limb or other body part → 1623 obs.
► AM SAM n. American Samoa → 1982 US sl.
► AMSCRAY vb. to leave; to depart; to get out; to clear out → 1934 Amer. sl.
► AMSHA n. misfortune → 20C Irish sl.
► AMSHACK n. an accident, a misfortune; an injury → 1898 Sc.
► AMSTER n. the accomplice of a showman or trickster ‘planted’ in the audience to start the buying of tickets, goods, etc. → 1941 Aust. sl.
vb. to work outside a carnival, sideshow, strip club, etc., touting the pleasures inside and pulling in the customers → 1940s sl.
► AMSTERDAM n. 1. jam → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 2. the accomplice of a showman or trickster ‘planted’ in the audience to start the buying of tickets, goods, etc. → 1941 Aust. sl.
► AMUCK adj. drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AMULET n. the vagina → 19C sl.
► A-MULLOCK adv. untidily; in a confused heap → 1890 Eng. dial.
► AMUSE vb. to fool shopkeepers and other tradesmen in order to cheat or rob them → 18C UK criminals’ sl.
► AMUSER n. one who throws dust (sometimes snuff or pepper) in his victim’s eyes and then runs off; a companion then appears and, while ostensibly offering his sympathy, picks the victim’s pockets → M18 UK criminals’ sl.
► AMUSING adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. a vacuous female celebrity or hanger-on (Actress, Model, Whatever) → 1988 US sl.
► AMY n. 1. an Amytal sodium™ tablet or capsule, one of the barbiturates → M20 US drug culture sl.
n. 2. amyl nitrite; an ampoule of amyl nitrite, esp. when taken recreationally or to enhance sexual arousal → 1966 US sl.
n. 3. a capsule or tablet containing an amphetamine → 1969 Amer. sl.
► AMYCHOPHOBIA n. ear of being scratched → 2008 (Bk.)
► AMY FLORENCE n. a loosely, untidily and tawdrily dressed female → 1760 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► AMY-JOHN n. a lesbian, esp. one who plays the dominant role → M20 Amer. sl.
► AMYL n. amyl nitrite or butyl nitrate, when taken recreationally or to enhance sexual arousal → 1971 US sl.
► AMYL HOUSE n. a dance music genre → 1996 UK sl.
► AMYL QUEEN n. a homosexual man who enjoys sniffing amyl nitrite, which is supposed to enhance male orgasm → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► ​ANA n. a river-island → 1820 Sc. obs. 
► ANABAPTIST n. a pickpocket who, having been caught in the act, is ‘baptized’ by being placed beneath a pump or dumped into a pond → L18 sl. 
► ANABLEPOPHOBIA n. fear of looking up at high places → 2008 (Bk.)
► ANACONDA n. a mixture of strong beer and rough cider or scrumpy → 1990 sl. 
► ANAEMIC adj. lacking in vigour, strength, or spirit → 1898 colloq. 
► ANAL n. anal sex → 2000 US sl. 
► ANAL AMIGO n. a male homosexual → 2003 UK sl. 
► ANAL AND ORAL n. anal sex and oral sex when advertised as services offered by a prostitute → 2003 UK sl. 
► ANAL APPLAUSE n. the release of intestinal gas → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ANAL ASTRONAUT n. a male homosexual → 1990 sl. 
► ANAL BUCANEER n. a homosexual man → 1980 US homosexual sl. 
► ANAL CRUSADER n. a male homosexual → 1990 UK juvenile sl. 
► ANAL GROUNDSMAN n. a homosexual man → 1983 UK sl. 
► ANALKEN vb. to wash → L19 tinkers’ usage 
► ANALOG adj. in computing: pert. to the world outside the internet → 1997 US sl. 
► ANALOGUE adj. unaware of or unaffected by computer technology or digital communications; outdated, old-fashioned → 1993 colloq. 
► ANALPHABET n. one who is totally illiterate or unable to read → 1881
► ANALT vb. to sweep → L19 tinkers’ usage 
► ANAN? pron. What? What did you say? → 1789 Amer. dial. 
► ANANIAS n. a liar → 1890 Eng. sl. 
► ANANIASFEST n. an exchange of tall stories → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ANAPHRODITOUS adj. without sexual desire or appetite → 1879
► ANARCH n. an advocate of anarchy, an anarchist → 1884
► ANARCHISTS n. non-safety matches → 1910 Aust. sl.
► ANARCHO n. an anarchist → 1990 sl.
► ANARCHY n. iodine → 1883 Amer. sl.
► ANAROOGIAN n. 1. a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois → 1856 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a very rural old fellow → 1912 Amer. dial.
► ANATE adj. prepared → 19C Ireland
► ANATOMICAL adj. lewd; sexually oriented; explicit about the breasts or genitals → E20 euphemism
► ANATOMIC BOMB n. an admirable or attractive female → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► ANATOMY n. 1. a skeleton → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a ‘bag of bones’ → 1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a term of contempt for a man → 1885 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one’s body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks → 20C US  
► ANBY adv. presently, by and by → 1825 Eng. dial.
► ANCA n. a man → L19 sl.
► ANCE vb. 1. to have regard to, to concern → 19C Sc.
vb. 2. to heed, to care for → 19C Sc.
► ANCHOR n. 1. a person who provides stability, support, or confidence; esp. in an otherwise uncertain situation → 1425
n. 2. the chape of a buckle, the part by which it is attached to the belt, strap, etc. → 1788 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a pick; a pick-axe → 1863 sl.
n. 4. a juror who has been bribed in order to influence fellow members to vote for an acquittal → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 5. a brake applied to a death sentence, a stay of execution → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 6. the midshipman having the lowest academic standing in his class  → 1906 US Naval Academy usage
n. 7. a reprieve, a temporary suspension of a sentence → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
n. 8.  an automobile brake → 1936 sl., orig. trucking usage
n. 9. a stickpin → 1940 criminals’ sl.
n. 10. among railroad workers: a brake, esp. a hand brake → 1942 Amer. dial.
n. 11. one’s wife → 1942 Amer. sl.
n. 12. a parachutist who hesitates before jumping → 1943 UK sl.
n. 13. one’s home, one’s address → 1950 sl.
n. 14. an examination that has been postponed → 1955 US sl.
n. 15. a caboose → 1977 Amer. dial.
n. 16. a younger brother or sister; a small who cramps one style and social life → 2003 UK sl.
vb. 1. to sit down → 18C Eng. colloq.
vb. 2. to remain, to stay for a time → 1906 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to grant a stay of execution → 1920 sl.
vb. 4. among railroad workers: to set the brakes → 1931 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to apply the brakes of a car or truck → 1946 US sl.
► ANCHOR AND CHAIN n. one’s wife → 1942 Amer. sl.
► ANCHOR AND PROP n. a stickpin with a safety catch that anchors it to the tie → 1940 US criminals’ sl.
► ANCHOR BABY n. a child born to an immigrant mother living illegally in the United States, and thus qualifying for legal citizenship under U.S. law, esp. when considered as a means of securing citizenship or legal residency for other family members → 1940 US criminals’ sl.
► ANCHOR BRAND STRAWBERRY n. among loggers: a prune → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ANCHOR-CHAIN LIBERTY n. unauthorized liberty; absence without leave → 1952 Amer. navy sl.
► ANCHOR CHILD n. a child sent by his or her family to live in a foreign country in order to quality for citizenship or legal residency there, as a means of securing citizenship or legal residency for other family members → 1986
► ANCHOR-CLANKER n. 1. a deck-hand; hence, a sailor → 1952 Amer. sl.
n. 2. something amusing → 1973 Amer. sl.
► ANCHORED adj. married → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ANCHORED IN SOT’S BAY adj. drunk → 20C nautical sl.
► ANCHOR-FROST n. 1. ice formed far below the surface of the water in a running stream; ground ice → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 2. a frost which causes ice to form along the bed of a running stream → 1854 Eng. dial.
► ANCHORHEAD n.  a sailor; used derisively → 1968 US military sl.
► ANCHOR ICE n. 1. ice which forms below the surface of a body of water and which can become attached to the bottom → 1815 Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. detached hunks of ice floating on a pond, lake, or river → 1907 Amer. dial.
► ANCHORMAN n. 1. the student having the lowest academic standing in his class → 1928 US Naval Academy usage
n. 2. the last man in any group or sequence → 1952 Amer. sl.
n. 3. (usually as ‘anchor man’) in casino blackjack: the gambler immediately to the dealer’s right → 1985 US sl.
► ANCHOR OFF vb. to amble → 1950 Amer. dial.
► ANCHOR RELATIVE n. a legally recognized resident of a country who acts as a sponsor for a family member who wants to emigrate to his or her relative’s country → 1979 US
► ANCHORS n. brakes → 1930 sl.
► ANCHORS AWAY adj. gay  → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► ANCHORSMITH n. a person who makes or manufactures anchors for ships → 1296
► ANCHOR STRAWBERRY n. a prune → 1960 US nautical sl.
► ANCHOR THE CAN n. a children’s game in which the players set up a stone, a tin can, or something similar, and then try to knock it down → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ANCIENT adj. 1. cunning, clever → 1880 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of children: staid, demure, precocious → 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of scenery: picturesque → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
adj. 4. unfashionable, out of style → 2004 US sl.
n. 1. a rustic or countrified person → 1970 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an old man; a quaint, old-fashioned person → 2004 US sl.
► ANCIENT CHINESE SECRET n. a non-committal response when one is asked how one managed a task → 1980 African-American teen sl.
► ANCIENT DOMINION n. Virginia → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ANCIENT DUTCH n. 1. a woman → L19 sl.
n. 2. one’s wife → L19 sl.
► ANCIENT HISTORY n. someone or something completely forgotten, esp. past romances → 1838 colloq.
► ANCIENT MARINERS n. seagulls (said to possess the souls of dead seamen) → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ANCIENT MARY n. an AM radio → 1976 US sl.
► ANCIENTNESS n. antiquity → 1828 Sc.
► ANCIENTRY n. 1. old things; antiquities → 1866 Eng. dial.
n. 2. antiquity → 1887 Sc.
n. 3. old-fashionedness in children; precocity → 1887 Sc.
► ANCIENTS n. ancestors → 19C Eng. dial.
► ANCIENTY n. antiquity → 1677 Eng. dial.
► ANCIPITOUS adj. doubtful, uncertain; ambiguous → 1652 obs.
► ANCLIFF n. the ankle → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ANCRAOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of wind → 1991 (Bk.)
► AND n. sea-mist → 1865 Eng. dial.
vb. to breathe; to whisper; to devise; to imagine → 19C Sc. obs.
► AND A HALF adj. remarkable, exceptional → 1832 sl.
► AND ALL THAT CAPER n. et cetera  → 1964 UK sl.
► AND ALL THAT JAZZ n. et cetera, and so on  → 1959 US sl.
► AND ALL THAT RAZZ  phr. all that stuff; all that nonsense; other such things, etcetera → 1950 Amer. sl.
► AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO! int. used ironically in response to a disparagement or an insult → 1976 UK sl.
► AND AND AND phr. and so on, etc.  → 1984 UK sl.
► AND AWAY WE GO! int. used as a humorous signal that something has just started  → 1954 US sl.
► AND-BUSH n. an ambush → 1841 Amer. dial.
► AND DID HE MARRY POOR BLIND NELL? phr. used to imply one’s disbelief in the previous statement  → 1910 sl.
► ANDERS-MEAT n. luncheon → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ANDERSON CART n. a cart made from a cut-down car and pulled by horses during the 1930s depression; later, any car that ran out of petrol or broke down → 1987 Can. sl.
► ANDES CANDY n. cocaine → 1990 US drug culture  sl.
► AND HOW! int. I agree! emphatically so; yes, indeed → 1865 Amer. sl.
► ANDI n. stench, offensive smell → 1914 Sc.
► AND LIKE IT! int. used in anticipation of a grousing response to an order → 1943 UK navy sl.
► AND LIKE THAT phr. et cetera; and so on → 1977 US
► AND MONKEYS MIGHT FLY OUT OF MY BUTT! int. used as a reflection of the high unlikelihood of something happening → 1977 US
► AND NO BOTTLES phr. without a doubt → L19 sl.
► AND NO CHIPS phr. and no mistake → L19 sl.
► AND NO ERROR phr. certainly, without any doubt → E19 sl.
► AND NO FLIES phr. no doubt or hesitation about it → M19 sl.
► AND NO MESSING ABOUT phr. no doubt whatsoever → 1930 sl.
► AND NO MISTAKE (ABOUT IT) phr. certainly, without any doubt → E19 sl.
► ANDOO vb. to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide → 1866 Sc.
► AND-PUSSY-AND n. the buttocks → 19C sl.
► ANDRAMARTIN n. a silly trick; nonsense → 1894 Ireland
► ANDRAMARTINS ► ANDREMARTINS n. irresponsible or frivolous behaviour; horseplay; fooling around → 20C Irish sl.
► ANDREW n. 1. a broadsword, an ‘Andrea Ferrara’ → 1618 obs.
n. 2. a valet, a gentleman’s servant → 1700 obs.
n. 3. a lazy fellow → E18 sl.
n. 4. a clown, a mountebank → 1839 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a government department or authority → M19 sl.
► THE ANDREW n. the Royal Navy → 1867 sl.
► ANDREW MARTINING n. irresponsible or frivolous behaviour → 20C Irish sl.
► ANDREW (MILLAR) n. the Royal Navy → 1867 naval sl.
► ANDREW MILLAR’S LUGGER n. a ship, esp. of war; a king’s ship or vessel → 1819 naval sl. obs.
► ANDREW MILLER n. a warship → 1849 US Navy sl.
► ANDREW-OVER n. a game in which you throw a ball over a low building → 1950 Amer. dial.
► ANDREX FART n. a silent, smelly breaking of wind that lasts for quite some time → 1990 sl.
► ANDROCRACY n. the rule of man or the male; male supremacy → 1903
► ANDROGYNE n. a hermaphrodite → 1387
► ANDROID n. a patient with no normal laboratory values → 1994 US sl.
► ANDROMANIA n. an obsession with men; nymphomania → 1991 (Bk.)
► ANDROPHILIA n. a preference for males → 1991 (Bk.)
► ANDROPHOBIA n. a hatred of males → 1991 (Bk.)
► ANDROPHONOMANIA n. a homicidal mania → 1991 (Bk.)
► AND THAT AIN’T HAY! int. used for humorous assertion that the topic of discussion is no small thing → 1943 US sl.
► AND THAT’S THE TRUTH! int. used as a humorous affirmation of what you have just said → 1968 US sl.
► AND THAT’S THE WAY IT IS! int. used as a humorous affirmation → 1962 US sl.
► AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON phr. a dismissive, antagonistic phrase → 1970 US sl.
► AND THEN PLENTY! int. a rejoinder to the last speaker, that’s not all of it either! → 20C sl.
► AND THEN SOME! int. a rejoinder to the last speaker, that’s not all of it either! → 20C sl.
► AND THE REST? phr. a retort to anything incomplete, or in which something is being kept back → 1903 colloq. (Bk.)
► ANDWURDE vb. to answer → 885 obs.
► ANDY n. 1. the person in a band who is so insignificant that no one gives a care about him → 20C teen & high school sl.
n. 2. an outhouse, a privy → 1947 Amer. dial.
► ANDY CAIN n. rain → 19C Brit. rhyming sl.
► ANDY CAPP n. defecation → 1960 rhyming sl. for ‘crap’
vb. 1. to borrow – to borrow → 20C Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘tap’
vb. 2. to defecate → 20C Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘crap’
► ANDY GUMP n. a person with a small chin and a prominent nose → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► ANDY GUMP CHIN n. a conspicuously receding chin; an unusual chin or jaw, or ironically, a person with a prominent jaw → 1968 Amer. dial. 
► ANDY-GUMP JAWED adj. having a jaw that sticks out prominently → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ANDY MAGINN ► ANDY MCGINN n. the chin → 1934 Amer. rhyming sl.
► ANDY MAGUIRE n. a fire → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► ANDY MCNISH n. fish → 20C rhyming sl.
► ANDY MCNOON n. an utter fool → 1910 Aust. sl.
► AND YOU KNOW THAT! int. used for expressing approval or praise → 1992 US sl.
► AND YOU TOO! int. a dismissive, antagonistic exclamation; an admonition to anyone listening after one has made a pronouncement to someone; i.e. ‘and that means you too’ → 1910 sl.
► ANDY PANDY n. 1. a shandy → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 2. an effeminate man, heterosexual or homosexual → 1983 UK sl.
n. 3. brandy → 2000 Brit. rhyming sl.
► ANDY ROONEY n. in poker: any player, usually short, who is inclined to complain → 1996 US sl.
► ANDY UP vb. to pay a debt; to contribute one’s share → 1968 Amer. dial.