Dictionary: ASL – ASSG

• ASLASH
adv. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – awry; obliquely  
adv. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – on one side, out of the way
 
• ASLAT
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – of an earthen vessel, piece of furniture, etc.: cracked, split
 
• ASLEEP
adj. 1. 1899 Amer. dial. – of inanimate things: motionless, inactive
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
 
• ASLEEP AT THE BAG
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
 
• ASLEEP AT THE BASE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
 
• ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH
adj. 1908 Amer. sl. – inattentive; not alert to a duty or opportunity; oblivious of responsibility
 
• ASLEEP IN JESUS
adj. L19 US euphemism – dead 
 
• ASLEEP IN THE DEEP
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead 
 
• ASLEEP ON THE JOB
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
 
• ASLEN
adv. 1825 Eng. dial. – slantwise, diagonally
 
• ASLEW
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – tipsy
adv. 1. 1873 Eng. & Amer. dial. – aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally
adv. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – amiss, out of course
 
• AS LONG AS HIS ARSE POINTS TO THE GROUND
adv. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – indefinitely
 
• AS LONG AS I CAN BUY MILK I SHALL NOT KEEP A COW
phr. 17C sl. – ‘Why go to the expense of a wife so long as I can visit a whore?’
 
• AS MANY FACES AS A CHURCHYARD CLOCK
phr. 1925 – used of anyone seen as duplicitous or unreliable
 
• A-SMASH
adv. c1750 Sc. – in pieces
 
• ASMATOGRAPHER
n. 1656 obs. – a composer of songs
 
• AS MOSS CAUGHT HIS MARE, NAPPING
phr. c1500 – referred to catching someone asleep, hence by surprise

• AS MUCH CHANCE AS A FART IN A WINDSTORM
phr. 20C Can. – no chance whatsoever

• AS MUCH CHANCE AS A SNOWBALL IN HELL
phr. 19C – no chance whatsoever
 
• AS MUCH CHANCE AS PUSHING SHIT UPHILL WITH A RUBBER FORK
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – no chance at all
 
• AS MUCH FUN AS A WET BLANKET
phr. 20C sl. – no fun whatsoever
 
• AS MUCH USE AS A CHOCOLATE TEAPOT
phr. 1970s sl. – of no use whatsoever, useless
 
• AS MUCH USE AS A SICK HEADACHE
phr. 20C sl. – of no use whatsoever, useless
 
• AS MUCH USE AS MY ARSE
phr. 20C sl. – of no use whatsoever, useless
 
• AS MY PAPPY WOULD SAY
phr. 1957 US sl. – used as a humorous introduction or segue
 
• ASNEGER
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – an ass
 
• ASOC
n. 1990s US criminals’ sl. – a child molester 
 
• ASOCIAL
adj. 1883 colloq. – inconsiderate or hostile to other people
n. 1990s US criminals’ sl. – a child molester 
 
• ASOON
adv. 1790 Eng. dial. – presently
 
• ASOOND
adv. Bk1898 Sc. – in a fainting fit
 
• ASOSH
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – awry, aslant
 
• ASP
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a caterpillar with stinging hairs
 
• ASPAIT
adv. 1820 Sc. – of a river: in flood
 
• ASPAR
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – stretched out; wide apart
 
• ASPARAGUS
n. 1. 1939 Brit. sl. – an anti-tank obstacle consisting of an array of strong metal bars set in concrete at an angle of 45 degrees
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
n. 3. 1958 Amer. dial. – in logging: a bundle of small logs strapped together to make easier  handling between woods and pulp mill
n. 4. 1989 Aust. sl. – in horse racing: a bettor who arrives at the track with an armful of racing forms
n. 5. 2003 US pornography usage – a boy’s penis 
 
• ASPARAGUS-BED
n. 1939 Brit. sl. – an anti-tank obstacle consisting of an array of strong metal bars set in concrete at an angle of 45 degrees
 
• ASPARAGUS STICK
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage – a submarine’s periscope
 
• ASPARAGRASS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – asparagus
 
• ASPARAGRUS
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – asparagus
 
• ASPARAGUS
n. 1. 1939 Brit. sl. – an anti-tank obstacle consisting of an array of strong metal bars set in concrete at an angle of 45 degrees
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
n. 3. 1958 Amer. dial. – in logging: a bundle of small logs strapped together to make easier handling between woods and pulp mill
 
• ASPARAGUS-BED
n. 1939 Brit. sl. – an anti-tank obstacle consisting of an array of strong metal bars set in concrete at an angle of 45 degrees
 
• ASPARAGUS STICK
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage – a submarine’s periscope 
 
• ASPARE-GUTS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – asparagus
 
• ASPECT
n. L19 sl. – an amorous glance
 
• ASPECTABUND
adj. 1708 obs. rare – expressive in face; exhibiting one’s feelings through the eyes or face
 
• ASPENDICITIS
n. 1961 US sl. – a notional medical condition of a symptomatic need to spend money
 
• ASPER
adj. 1. a1492 obs. – rough, rugged
adj. 2. 1722 Sc. obs. – sharp, harsh
 
• ASPERANT
adj. E19 – bold, proud, haughty 
 
• ASPER-GRASS
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – asparagus
 
• ASPERNATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to despise, spurn, abhor
 
• ASPERSEAND
n. 1848 Ireland – a term of abuse; a wretch
 
• ASPERSIFY
vb. 1931 Amer. dial. – to sprinkle upon anybody or anything
 
• ASPERT
adj. 1. 1423 obs. rare – apt, able, ready, clever
adj. 2. Bk1866 Sc. – harsh, cruel
 
• ASPHALT ARAB
n. 1950 Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular – a citified person
 
• ASPHALT JUNGLE
n. 1920 US sl. – a large city
 
• ASPHALT LOGGER
n. 1958 Amer. dial. – among loggers: one who prefers town to the woods; one who makes big talk in town, small work on the job

• ASPIDOMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination involving examination of a shield
 
• ASPIE
adj. 1998 colloq. – having or displaying characteristics of Asperger’s syndrome
n. 1998 colloq. – a person with Asperger’s syndrome; a person who displays characteristics of Asperger’s syndrome
 
• ASPILL
n. 1824 Eng. dial. – a sloven; a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow
 
• ASPINALL
n. L19 sl. – enamel
 
• ASPIRIN
n. 1942 Amer. sl. – in baseball: a fastball that is especially difficult to hit
 
• ASPIRIN GRASS
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – asparagus
 
• ASPIRIN SMOKE
n. 1992 US sl. – a cigarette adulterated with crushed aspirin, providing a drug-like effect
 
• ASPIRIN TABLET
n. 1959 Amer. sl. – in baseball: a fastball that is especially difficult to hit
 
• ASPITE
prep. 1943 Amer. dial. – despite, in spite of
 
• ASPLEW
adv. 1873 Eng. dial. – of the legs: extended awkwardly, wide apart
 
• ASPODE
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of the legs: wide apart, stretched out
 
• ASPOLE
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of the legs: wide apart
 
• ASPORTABLE
adj. 1889 – capable of being carried away
 
• ASPRAWL
adv. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – headlong, sprawling
adv. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – in confusion, gone wrong
 
• ASPRE
adj. 1. c1374 obs. – hardy, warlike; mettled, fierce, savage
adj. 2. c1374 obs. – of persons: harsh, severe, stern
adj. 3. c1374 obs. – harsh to the feelings; bitter, cruel, severe
adj. 4. a1492 obs. – rough, rugged
 
• ASPRO
n. 1960s Aust. & US sl. – an experienced male homosexual, esp. a pederast; a male homosexual prostitute
 
• ASPROUS
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of the weather: raw, inclement 
 
​• ASQUAT
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – in a squatting position, squatting
 
• ASQUIN
adv. 1896 Eng. dial. – awry, crooked, obliquely
 
• ASQUITH
n. 20C Eng. sl., World War I usage – a French lucifer match
 
• ASS
adj. 1992 US sl. – terrible, bad
n. 1. a1000 – a person regarded as disagreeable, despicable, or contemptible
n. 2. 13C – a donkey
n. 3. c1450 colloq. – a fool; a stupid or foolish person; an oaf
n. 4. 1556 – tail end, rear of any object; esp. the seat of the trousers
n. 5. 1614 – a person likened to an ass in its role as a beast of burden; a bearer of a heavy load
n. 6. 1672 – the rump, the buttocks, rectum, and anus
n. 7. c1684 – a woman’s posterior and vagina, the vagina
n. 8. 1698 – (one’s) body, person, or self
n. 9. c1910 Amer. sl. – an act of copulation, esp. as experienced by a man; hence, a person, esp. a woman, considered as a sexual partner
n. 10. 1946 Amer. sl. – an individual
n. 11. 1958 Aust. sl. – good luck (as opposed to skill)
n. 12. 1958 Amer. sl. – anal copulation; hence, a person, a esp. a male homosexual, regarded as an object of anal copulation
n. 13. 1960 sl. – effrontery
n. 14. 1961 Amer. sl. – ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast
vb. 1. 1593 obs. – to call a person ‘ass’; to mock, to deride
vb. 2. 1605 obs. – to cause a person to appear absurd or foolish; to make an ass of; also, to act of behave foolishly
vb. 3. 1991 US sl. – to engage in prostitution
 
• THE ASS
n. 1. 1964 Amer. sl. – anger, annoyance, irritation; a bad temper
n. 2. 1980s US college sl. – something unpleasant; a disappointment 
 
• ASS ABOUT
vb. 1664 Brit. & Aust. sl. – to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way
 
• ASS ALONG
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to be slow
 
• ASS-AND-TRASH
n. 1983 US military sl. – personnel and equipment flown by military aircraft 
 
• ASS AROUND
vb. 1664 Brit. & Aust. sl. – to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way
 
• ASS-ASS
vb. 1999 US sl. – to humiliate yourself
 
• ASSASSIN
n. 1. L19 UK criminals’ sl. – a term of abuse 
n. 2. 1900s sl. – an ornamental bow worn at a woman’s breast
 
• ASSASSINATE
n. 1814 Sc. – an assassin
 
• ASSAULT
n. M20 – sexual molestation or rape
 
• ASS-BACKWARD
adj. 1952 sl. – back-to-front; muddled, perverse
 
• ASS-BACKWARDS
adj. 1896 – confused; mixed up
adv. 1937 Amer. sl. – backwards; in reversed position or confused order
 
• ASS BANDIT
n. 1. 1954 Amer. sl. – an eager seducer of young women; a womanizer, a playboy
n. 2. 1961 sl., derogatory & offensive – an aggressive homosexual anal sodomist
 
• ASS-BELLY
n. 1972 Amer. sl. – a grossly fat person
 
• ASS BETTING
n. 2000s US prison sl. – gambling without the means of paying back one’s losses 
 
• ASS BITE
n. 1. 1973 Amer. sl. – a worthless, despised individual; a very unpopular person
n. 2. 1973 US sl. – harsh criticism
vb. 1976 Amer. sl. – (as ‘ass-bite’) to harass an employee or the like
 
• ASS-BLOW
vb. 1941 Amer. sl. – to engage in active oral stimulation of the anus
 
• ASSBONE
n. 1972 Amer. sl. – the rump
 
• ASS BOY
n. 1980s US sl. – a male homosexual
 
• ASS-BRAINED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – foolish; silly; witless
 
• ASS-BREAKER
n. 1. 1961 Amer. sl. – a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman
n. 2. 1961 Amer. sl. – that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial. – a dive flat onto the water
n. 4. 2000s sl.- the penis
n. 5. 2000s US sl. – a thug
 
• ASS-BUCKET
n. 1953 Amer. sl. – a contemptible or inconsequential fellow; an unpopular or unimportant person
 
• ASSBULB
n. 2000s African-American sl. – a lazy person 
 
• ASS BURGLAR
n. 1979 Amer. sl. – an aggressive homosexual anal sodomist; usually considered vulgar
 
• ASS BUSINESS
n. 1980s US homosexual sl. – male homosexual prostitution 
 
• ASS-BUSTER
n. 1. 1954 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the diver holds his nose, jumps, and hits the water arse-first
n. 2. 1973 Amer. sl. – a remarkable fellow; an outstanding person
 
• ASS-BUSTING
adj. 1973 Amer. sl. – exhausting; tiring
 
• ASS CACHE
n. 1992 US sl. – a supply of drugs hidden in the rectum
 
• ASS-CAT
n. 1808 Eng. dial. – a lazy person who crouches over the fire
 
• ASS CHEEKS
n. 1951 – the buttocks
 
• ASS-CHEWING
n. 1954 Amer. military sl. – a harsh, prolonged scolding and reprimand, as from a superior officer 
 
• ASSCLOWN
n. 1999 – a stupid or contemptible person
 
• ASS CUNT
n. 1974 US sl. – the anus
 
• ASS-DEEP
adj. 1. 1950 Amer. sl. – of a depth sufficient to reach one’s rump
adj. 2. 1958 Amer. sl. – deeply involved with; having a superabundance of
 
• ASS-DEEP TO A MAN IN A JEEP
adj. 1960 Amer. dial. – exceptionally deep
 
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL INDIAN
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – exceptionally deep
 
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL MOOSE
adj. 1974 Amer. dial. – exceptionally deep
 
• ASS-DRAGGING
adj. 1990s US sl. – run-down, worn-out
 
• ASS-EATING
n. 1949 Amer. military sl. – a harsh, prolonged scolding and reprimand, as from a superior officer; usually considered vulgar 
 
• ASSED OUT
adj. 1. 1980s African-American sl. – defeated, out of luck, impoverished
adj. 2. 1980s African-American sl. – dead, killed 
adj. 3. 1993 US sl. – in severe trouble
 
• ASSED UP
adj. 1932 Amer. dial. – bewildered, confused; mixed up; disorderly
 
• ASSEGAR
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – an ass
 
• ASSEN AROUND
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. – to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle
 
• ASS-END
n. 1. 1930 Amer. sl. – the tail end, the rear
n. 2. 1942 Amer. sl. – the back end; the buttocks
n. 3. 1945 Amer. sl. – the least desirable portion or share; bad treatment
n. 4. 1960 Amer. sl. – the most remote or hateful place or position
 
• ASS-END-BACKWARDS
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – defeated
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. – in confusion, back-to-front, upside down; backwards
 
• ASS-END CHARLIE
n. 1942 sl. – the last individual in a line
 
• ASS-ENDER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a  backward fall
 
• ASS END FOREMOST
adv. 1942 Amer. sl. – backwards
 
• ASS-END OF CREATION
n. 1972  Amer. sl. – the most remote or hateful place or position
 
• ASS-END OF NOWHERE
n. 1920s US sl. – nowhere; a very out-of-the-way place
 
• ASS-END OF THE WORLD
n. 1960 Amer. sl. – the most remote or hateful place or position
 
• ASS-END-TO
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. – backwards
 
• ASS-END UP
adj. 1960s sl. – defeated
adv. 1960s sl. – in confusion, back-to-front, upside down
 
• ASS ENGLISH
n. 1950 US sl. – the body movements and incantations of a dice shooter who believes that he can control the roll of the dice
 
• ASSEN-HEAD
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a blockhead; a stupid person
 
• ASSENTANEOUS
adj. 1834 rare – inclined to assent, ready to agree, deferential
 
• ASSER
n. 1866 obs. – steel
 
• ASSEROONIE
n. M20 US sl. – the posteriors; the anus
 
• ASSERTIONATE
vb. 1593 obs. rare – to make assertion; to assert, to affirm
 
• ASSET
n. 1947 colloq. – parts of the body regarded sexually or as being sexually attractive, esp. the breasts or buttocks of a woman
 
• ASSETS
n. 1998 UK sl. – the genitals, esp. the male genitals
 
• ASSEVER
vb. 1826 Sc. obs. – to declare, to assert seriously
 
• ASSFACE
n. 1990s US college sl. – an unpleasant, stupid person
 
• ASS-FAULT
n. 1. 1990s US college sl. – extreme stupidity
n. 2. 1990s US college sl. – the crease between one’s buttocks
 
• ASS-FRONTWARDS
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. – backwards; head-over-heels
 
• ASS-FUCK
n. 1. 1940 Amer. sl. – an act of anal copulation
n. 2. 1977 Amer. sl. – an instance of cruel victimization
n. 3. 1990s US sl. derogatory –  a term of address
n. 4. 2001 US sl. – a despicable person
vb. 1940 Amer. sl. – to be engaged in active or passive anal copulation with
 
• ASS-FUCKER
n. 1940s US sl. – one who has anal sex; the implication is usually a male homosexual
 
• ASSFUCKING
n. 1940s US sl. – anal intercourse
 
• ASS GAMES
n. 1980s US homosexual sl. – a variety of homosexual practices, including anal intercourse and sado-masochism
 
• ASS GASKET
n. 1994 US college sl. – the paper protector that is placed over a lavatory seat to indicate its sanitized state
 
• ASS-GRABBING
adj. 1. 1965 Amer. sl. – annoying, vexatious, irritating
adj. 2. 1970s sl. – good, exciting