• BEFALL
n. 1491 obs. – a case, circumstance, incident, accident
vb. c897 obs. – to fall
• BEFALLING
adj. 1542 obs. – appertaining, appropriate, fitting
n. c1374 – happening, occurrence, event
• BEFAME
vb. 1574 obs. – to make famous
• BE FAMILIAR WITH
vb. M15 euphemism – to be sexually intimate with; to copulate with
• BEFANG
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to seize upon; to clutch
• BEFANGLED
adj. 19C Eng. dial. – smartly dressed or decorated
• BE FAST FOR
vb. 1863 Eng. dial. – to be in want of
• BEFATED
adj. a1659 obs. – fatally possessed, infatuated (by his destiny)
• BEFAWN
vb. Bk1852 obs. – to surround; to seize
• BEFF
n. 1. 1768 Sc. – a stroke, a blow, a buffet
n. 2. Bk1866 Sc. – a stout, stupid person
vb. 1790 Sc. – to beat, to strike, to slap
• BEFFAN; BEFFIN
n. Bk1866 Sc. – a very stout, stupid person
• BEFIGHT
vb. 1. c1000 obs. – to deprive of by fighting
vb. 2. 1474 obs. – to fight against, to do battle with
• BEFILE
vb. c1000 obs. – to make foul or dirty; to defile
• BEFIND
vb. 1. c1200 obs. – to find, to discover
vb. 2. 1297 obs. – to invent, to contrive
• BE FIRST OARS WITH
vb. 1774 colloq. – to be a favourite with
• BEFLAP
vb. 1388 obs. – to clap
• BEFLAY
vb. a1000 obs. – to flay, to strip
• BEFLEE
vb. c1000 obs. – to flee from, to flee, to avoid, to shun
• BEFLEET
vb. a1300 obs. – to flow round
• BE FLOGGED THROUGH TOPHET IN A FLOUR SACK
vb. 1960 Amer. dial. – to be punished
• BEFLOW
vb. a1000 obs. – to flow by, about, or around; to flow all over
• BEFLUM
n. 19C chiefly Sc. – idle, nonsensical, or cajoling talk
vb. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug
• BEFLY
vb. c1175 obs. – to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape
• BEFLYING
n. 1340 obs. – shunning, avoiding
• BEFOG
vb. 1603 – to obscure, to confuse
• BEFOK
adj. 1979 S. Afr. sl. – crazy, angry, lacking emotional control; ‘fucked up’
• BEFOLD
vb. a1000 – to fold up, to enfold, to wrap up, to envelop
• BEFONG
vb. 1. 971 obs. – to encompass, to enclose, to comprehend
vb. 2. a1000 obs. – to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch
vb. 3. c1200 obs. – to take hold on; to begin or commence upon
• BEFOOZELED
adj. M19 sl. – confused
• BEFORCE
vb. c1375 obs. rare – to force, to ravish
• BEFORE
adv. 1. c1000 obs. – before the face of men; openly
adv. 2. 1377 obs. – in a position of pre-eminence or superiority to
adv. 3. 1798 Sc.- of a watch or clock: fast
• BEFORE ABE
n. Bk1945 jive usage – a slave
• BEFORE-BAR
vb. c1449 obs. – to preclude, to foreclose
• BEFORE-CASTING
n. 1388 obs. – forecasting, pre-calculation
• BEFORE-COME
vb. 1382 obs. – to prevent
• BEFORE-DARK
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – dusk, twilight
• BEFORE-DAY
n. 1896 Amer. dial. – the time just prior to sunrise
• BEFORE-DAYS
adv. 1982 Barbados sl. – in the past
• BEFORE-GOER
n. c1388 obs. – a predecessor
• BEFORE-GRAITHE
vb. 1382 obs. – to prepare, to make ready beforehand
• BEFORE-HAD
adj. 1382 obs. – held previously
• BEFOREHAND
adj. a1704 obs. rare – ready, prepared
adv. a1300 obs. – before this or that, previously
• BEFORENESS
n. 1625 rare – priority, anteriority, pre-existence
• BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON
phr. 1785 sl. – instantly, in the shortest possible time
• BEFORE-PASSING
adj. 1382 obs. – excelling
• BEFORE-RIPE
adj. 1388 obs. – premature
• BEFORESAID
adj. a1225 arch. – mentioned or treated of before or already; aforesaid
• BEFORE-SAY
vb. 1382 obs. – to predict, to foretell
• BEFORE-SAYER
n. 1382 obs. – a prophet
• BEFORE-SPEAKER
n. c1400 obs. – a prophet
• BEFORE-TAKE
vb. 1382 obs. – to anticipate
• BEFORE THE MAST
n. Bk1958 Eng. nautical sl. – an ordinary seaman on a sailing-ship
• BEFORE THE WIND
adj. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage – out of debt
• BEFORETIMES
adv. 1. a1555 obs. – formerly, previously
adv. 2. 1960 Amer. dial. – early
• BEFORE-WITTING
n. c1400 obs. – foreknowledge
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON
adv. 1785 sl. – immediately; shortly
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY J.R.
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – immediately; shortly
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY KNIFE
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – immediately; shortly
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY SCAT
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – immediately; shortly
• BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACKRABBIT
adv. 1966 Amer. dial. – very quickly
• BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – immediately; shortly
• BEFORMERLY
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – formerly; before
• BEFORN
adv. 1825 Eng. dial. – before
• BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP
vb. 20C Brit. colloq. – to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment
• BEFORTUNE
vb. 1591 rare – to befall, to happen, to chance
• BEFOULER
n. 1842 – one who makes foul or covers with filth; one who pollutes or defiles
• BEFRIENDER
n. 1856 – one who acts as a friend to or helps
• BEFRONT
adv. 1889 Eng. dial. – in front
• BEFROUNCE
vb. 1581 obs. – to toss about; to tousle
• BEFRUMPLE
vb. 1611 obs. – to crease into frumples or clumsy folds
• BEFT
vb. 1. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to beat, to buffet, to slap
vb. 2. c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to strike, to give blows
• BEFTING
n. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a beating
• BEFUGGERED
adj. 2002 UK sl. – drunk
• BE FULL OF JACK
vb. 1872 Amer. dial. – to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion
• BE FULL OF PRUNES
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to be wrong, to be mistaken
• BEFYLE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to soil, to defile
• BEG
n. 1. 1686 obs. – a bey, a Turkish governor; now only used as a part of Eastern names
n. 2. 1959 US sl. – in a telephone solicitation: the actual plea to purchase that which is being sold
• BEGAB
vb. 1297 obs. – to fool with words, to mock, to deceive, to delude; to impose upon
• BEGABBED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – talked over; reported from one to another
• BEGAD!
int. 1742 – an exclamation, used to give weight to a statement
• BEGAGED
adj. 1746 Eng. dial. – bewitched, hag-ridden
• BEGAIR
vb. 1552 Sc. obs. – to diversify or variegate, as with stripes or streaks
• BEGAIRIE
n. 1575 Sc. obs. – ornamental facings of different colour or fabric worn on dress; usually used in plural
• BEGALL
vb. 1598 obs. – to embitter
• BEGALLOW
vb. c1320 obs. – to frighten or terrify
• BEGAR!
int. 1759 – an exclamation, used to give weight to a statement
• BEGARIE
vb. 1681 Sc. – to bespatter; to variegate with colours
• BEGARRA!
int. 1839 Anglo-Irish – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BEGARRY
n. Bk1890 Anglo-Indian – one who is engaged in forced labour
• BEGARY
n. 1575 Sc. obs. – ornamental facings of different colour or fabric worn on dress; usually used in plural
vb. 1501 Sc. obs. – to variegate with colours, whether by way of adornment or of disfigurement
• BE GASPHYXIATED
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to be asphyxiated by gas
• BE GATHERED TO ONE’S FATHERS
vb. 1382 – to be dead and buried
• BEG BEG
n. 1687 – the chief officer of a province in Turkey
• BEGECK
n. c1600 obs. exc. Sc. – a cheating disappointment; a trick
vb. a1513 obs. exc. Sc. – to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt
• BEGEEK
n. c1600 obs. exc. Sc. – a cheating disappointment
• BE GEESE
vb. Bk2007 US sl. – to leave, to hurry away, to disappear
• BEGENELD; BEGENILD
n. 1393 obs. rare – a beggar
• BEGERK
n. 1985 Aust. sl. – male masturbation
• BEGET
n. 1. c1175 obs. – the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage
n. 2. c1200 obs. – the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to get, to acquire, usually by effort
vb. 2. 1746 Eng. dial. – to forget
vb. 3. 1882 Eng. dial. – to happen, to befall
• BEGETEL
adj. c1250 obs. – advantageous, profitable
• BEGETTAL
n. 1873 rare – a begetting
• BEGETTER
n. c1440 – one who begets; the father
• BEGGAR
n. 1. a1250 – one who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing
n. 2. 1340 – one in indigent circumstances; a poor person
n. 3. c1384 – a mendicant friar
n. 4. a1400 – a term of contempt or abuse; a mean or low, vulgar fellow; a contemptible person
n. 5. 1579 obs. – one who begs the question
n. 6. 1589 obs. – one who begs a favour; one who entreats
n. 7. 1833 – a small or mischievous child or person, as ‘little beggar’
n. 8. 1833 Brit. sl., often mildly derogatory – a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little beggar’
n. 9. 1859 – a person who is remarkably adept at or keen on a particular pursuit, subject, etc.; an expert, a specialist, an authority
n. 10. 1883 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a term of reproach or mock anger; also a term of address to a familiar
n. 11. Bk1888 – in cards: applied to the small cards 2 to 10
n. 12. 1937 UK sl. – an unpleasant, very dangerous or difficult thing, project, episode, or circumstance; a nuisance
n. 13. 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Labour’ (Exchange) (Beggar My Neighbour) – the dole
n. 14. 1968 Amer. dial. – a toady; one who tries too hard to gain someone’s favour
n. 15. 1969 Amer. dial. – the last piece of food let on a plate
n. 16. Bk1988 Aust. sl. – one who is over-keen or zealous
n. 17. Bk1998 – a worthless person
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to impoverish; generally used of land
• BEGGAR-BANGER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an officer whose duty it was to expel beggars from the town
• BEGGAR-BARM
n. 1874 Eng. dial. – anything worthless
• BEGGAR BODIES
n. Bk1876 Sc. – beggars
• BEGGAR-BOLTS
n. Bk1911 Sc. – darts; missiles of stone
• BEGGAR BOY’S ARSE; BEGGAR BOY’S ASS
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘brass’ – money
• BEGGAR-BRACH
n. a1652 obs. – a female beggar
• BEGGAR-BRAT
n. 1597 – a child who begs
• BEGGARDOM
n. 1882 – the beggar’s profession; the mendicant fraternity
• BEGGARED
adj. 1599 – impoverished; reduced to destitution
• BEGGARER
n. 1630 – one who beggars or impoverishes
• BEGGARESS
n. 1863 nonce word – a female beggar
• BEGGAR-FACE
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a term of mock anger applied to children
• BEGGAR FOR PUNISHMENT
n. Bk1988 Aust. sl. – a person who continuously exerts himself to his limits
• BEGGARING
adj. 1873 Eng. dial. – worrying, tiresome
• BEGGARISH
adj. 1530 obs. – beggarly
• BEGGARISM
n. 1636 – professional beggary; extreme poverty
• BEGGAR-KING
n. 1938 – a king of beggars
• BEGGAR-LEG
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a term of mock anger applied to children
• BEGGAR-LUG
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a term of mock anger applied to children
• BEGGARLY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – stingy
• BEGGAR-MAKER
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a publican
• BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Labour’ (Exchange) – the dole
• BEGGAR-NIGGLER
n. a1652 obs. – one who toys with a beggar-woman
• BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK
n. Bk1922 – an upstart; a person suddenly raised in social status and rendered giddy by his promotion
• BEGGAR-PLAITS
n. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. – creases in a garment
• BEGGAR’S BALM; BEGGAR’S BARM
n. 1870 Eng. dial. – foam or froth collected on water
• BEGGARS’ BOLTS
n. 1584 obs. – stones
• BEGGAR’S BROWN
n. 1879 Sc. colloq. – light brown snuff which is made of the stem of tobacco
• BEGGAR’S BUSH
n. 1591 obs. – beggary, ruin
• BEGGAR’S BUTTON
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – a buttercup
• BEGGAR’S LAGGING
n. 1950 UK sl. – a prison sentence of 90 days
• BEGGAR’S NIGHT
n. 1. 1938 Amer. dial. – Thanksgiving eve or day when children dress up in old clothes and, armed with large paper bags, they tour the neighbourhoods, begging for candy, cookies, and other delicacies
n. 2. 1949 Amer. dial. – the night when children dress up as beggars and go door to door asking for candy and other sweets; Halloween eve
• BEGGAR’S-PLAITS
n. Bk1911 Sc. – wrinkles or creases in garments as if slept in
• BEGGAR’S PLUSH
n. 1688 obs. – ? cotton velvet or corduroy
• BEGGAR’S STAFF
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a state of bankruptcy or beggary
• BEGGAR’S VELVET
n. 1847 – dust found under beds and other furniture
• BEGGAR-TRASH
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – someone thought to be low-class, worthless, or insignificant
• BEGGARTY
n. c1505 Sc. obs. – the state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty
• BEGGAR-WENCH
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a beggar-girl
• BEGGARY
adj. 1542 obs. – beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible
• BEGGEL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – small beer, treacle beer
• BEGGERED
adj. 1984 NZ euphemism for ‘buggered up’ – tired
• BEGGESTERE
n. Bk1888 obs. – a beggar
• BEGGIE
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – a rutabaga or Swedish turnip
• BEGGILD
n. a1225 obs. rare – ? a female beggar
• BEGGING
n. 1881 Eng. dial. – a very small quantity
• BEGGINGNESS
n. 1382 obs. – the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary
• BEGGING PONCE
n. Bk2002 criminals’ sl. – a man who organizes teams of beggars and takes a percentage of their earnings, but who does not beg himself
• BEGGOON
n. 1634 Anglo-Indian – a begum; a queen, princess, or lady of high rank
• BEGIBBED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – given, allotted
• BE-GIFT
vb. a1400 obs. – to entrust
• BEGIGGED
adj. 1888 Amer. – infatuated, crazy; possessed
• BEGIGGIDY
adj. 2000 US sl. – excited, ‘giddy’
• BEGIN
n. 1596 obs. rare – beginning
vb. 1. c1250 obs. – to entrap, to ensnare
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to interfere, to molest
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to scold
vb. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – to say grace before a meal
• BEGINK
n. 1. 1725 Sc. – a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception
n. 2. 1725 Sc. – a disappointment, misfortune
n. 3. 1790 Sc. – the act of jilting
vb. 1. 1821 Sc. – to delude, to play a deceiving trick on; to take in, to cheat
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to jilt
• BEGINNER
n. 1. c1400 – one who begins; an originator, a founder
n. 2. 1470-85 – one beginning to learn; a novice, a tyro
n. 3. 1481 obs. – an undertaking
n. 4. c1613 obs. – he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a founder
• BEGINNING
n. 1481 obs. – an undertaking
• BEGINNINGLY
adv. a1340 obs. – initially, at the beginning
• BEGIN THE BOARD
vb. c1386 obs. – to sit at the head of the table
• BEGIN THE DAIS
vb. 1297 obs. – to take the chief seat, or preside at a feast
• BEGIN THE DANCE
vb. 1579 – to take the lead in any course of action
• BEGIN TO COMMENCE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to begin, to commence
• BEGIN UPON A PERSON
vb. c1825 – to attack or assail a person
• BEGIRDGE
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to begrudge
• BEGIRT
vb. 1608 – to surround, to encompass, to enclose
• BEGIRTH
vb. 1608 – to surround, to encompass, to enclose
• BE GIVEN THE RATIONS
vb. 1925 Brit. sl. – (derogatory) to get a service or other medal not awarded for gallantry
• BEGLAMMER
vb. 1822 Sc. – to bewitch; to deceive, to hoodwink
• BEGLAMMERT
adj. 1866 Sc. – bewitched
• BEGLAUM
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to bewitch
• BEGLERBEG
n. 1586 – the chief governor of a province among the Turks; he is also called a bashaw of three tails, from having three ensigns, trimmed with horse—tails, as the mark of his dignity
• BEGLEW
vb. c1430 obs. – to make game of, to befool
• BEGLIDE
vb. c1300 obs. – to slip away from, to escape
• BEGLOSE
vb. 1393 obs. – to deceive
• BEGLUE
vb. c1430 obs. – to make game of, to befool
• BEGLUED
adj. c1430 obs. – overcome
• BEGNET
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a bayonet
• BEGO
int. Bk1911 Sc. – used as an expletive or oath
vb. 1. a855 obs. – to go about hostilely, to best, to overrun
vb. 2. c890 obs. – to go about; to inhabit; to work, to cultivate
vb. 3. c1000 obs. – to go round; to compass, to encompass
vb. 4. a1225 obs. – to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn
vb. 5. 1362 obs. – to get round with craft, to talk over
vb. 6. 1393 obs. – to surround, to environ
• BEGOB!
int. 1892 Ireland – a disguised oath
• BEGOCK!
int. 1806 Eng. dial. – a disguised oath
• BEGOKE
n. Bk1850 – a trick
• BEGONE
adv. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – worn out, decayed
adv. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed
• BEGONIA
n. Bk1972 African-American homosexual sl.. derogatory – a Black homosexual
• BEGONIA BROOM
n. Bk1972 African-American homosexual sl. – a Black domestic worker
• BEGONIAS
n. Bk2007 US sl. – female breasts
• BEGONK
n. 1725 Eng. dial. – a trick, a disappointment, misfortune
• BEGONNIES!
int. 1869 Ireland – an exclamation
• BE GOOD TO YOURSELF
phr. 1950 US sl. – used with humour as a farewell
• BEGOR!
int. 1825 Eng. dial. – a quasi-oath
• BEGORAH!; BEGORRA!; BEGORRAH!
int. 1839 Anglo-Irish – by God!; an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BEGORRY!
int. 1911 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• BEGORSEY!
int. 1825 Eng. dial. – a quasi-oath
• BEGOSH!
int. M18 euphemism – by God!
• BEGOTTY
adj. 1873 Eng. dial. – bumptious, overbearing, self-willed
• BEGOUGE
vb. 1953 Amer. dial. – to stab, to pierce
• BEGOUGH!
int. 1894 Eng. dial. – an exclamation or oath
• BEGOUK
vb. 1862 Sc. – to trick, to befool; to jilt
• BEGOWK
n. 1814 Sc. – a trick; the act of jilting
vb. 1862 Sc. – to trick, to befool; to jilt
• BEGOWKER
n. 1862 Sc. – a deceiver
• BEGOX!
int. 1806 Eng. dial. – a disguised oath
• BEGOYT
adj. 1787 Sc. – foolish
• BEG-PARDON
phr. 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq. – an expression of apology
• BEGRAT
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – tear-stained; disfigured with weeping
• BEGRATTEN
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – tear-stained; disfigured with weeping
• BEGRAVE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to bury a corpse, treasure, etc.
vb. 2. c1325 obs. – to engrave; to ornament with graved work
• BEGREDE
vb. 1. c1200 obs. – to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse
vb. 2. c1300 obs. – to cry about, to weep for
• BEGRIMLY
vb. c1485 obs. – to begrime
• BEGRIPE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to take to task, to reprehend
vb. 2. c1175 obs. – to catch hold of, to apprehend; to seize and hold fast
vb. 3. 1393 obs. – to take in, to contain, to hold, to comprehend
• BEGRITTEN
adj. 1776 Sc. – tear-stained, disfigured with weeping
• BEGRUDGE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – suspicion
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to regret; to ill-wish
• BEGRUDGER
n. 1876 – a resentful and dissatisfied person; a habitual naysayer or complainer
• BEGRUMPLED
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – displeased; affronted
• BEGRUNTLE
vb. a1670 obs. – to make uneasy
• BEGRUTTEN
adj. 1776 Sc. – tear-stained, disfigured with weeping
• BEGSTER
n. 1386 obs. – a beggar
• BEG-TAKE
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. – to receive something without paying for it
• BEGUARD
vb. 1605 obs. – to adorn or furnish with ‘guards’ or facings, generally of lace or embroidery
• BEGUGGLED
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – destroyed by mud, slime, etc
• BEGUILE
n. 1637 Sc. – a deception, a trick; disappointment
vb. 1483 obs. exc. Sc. – to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil
• BEGUILEFUL
adj. 1530 – guileful, deceiving, deceptive
• BEGUILER
n. a1382 – one who beguiles or deludes; a deceiver
• BEGUILOUS
adj. 1483 obs. rare – guileful, deceiving, deceptive
• BEGUILTY
vb. a1653 obs. rare – to render guilty
• BEGUIN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an infatuation
• BEGULL
vb. 1605 obs. – to gull, to impose upon
• BEGULLION
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a glamour deceiving the eyes
• BEGUM
int. 1834 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of astonishment, a disguised oath
n. Bk1890 sl. – a rich widow
• BEGUMMER!
int. 1834 Eng. dial. – an exclamation or disguised oath
• BEGUMMERS!
int. 1834 Eng. dial. – an exclamation or disguised oath
• BEGUNK
n. 1. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune
n. 2. 1790 Sc. – the act of jilting
n. 3. 1895 Sc. – a fool
vb. 1821 Sc. – to delude, to play a deceiving trick on, to ‘take in’; to cheat, to deceive; to jilt
• BEGUNKED
adj. Bk1898 Sc. & N. Ireland – disappointed, cheated
• BEGY!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an exclamation or disguised oath
• BEG YOUR PARDON
n. 1961 UK rhyming sl. – a garden
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