Dictionary: BLIND – BLIZZ

• BLIND
adj. 1630 sl. – drunk
n. 1. 1872 – in poker: a stake put up by a player before seeing his cards
n. 2. 1883 Eng. dial. – a pretense, a stratagem
n. 3. 1917 Brit. sl. – a drinking spree
n. 4. Bk1944 services’ sl. – the money fine in a court martial sentence
n. 5. 1967 Amer. dial. – a place where liquor was sold and consumed illegally
n. 6. 1967 Amer. dial. – in the game of hide-and-seek: the place where the seeker waits while the other players hide
vb. 1. 1916 Amer. college usage – to confound or stump someone; to fool
vb. 2. 1923 sl. – to go blindly or heedlessly
 
• BLIND ALLEY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a place where liquor was sold and consumed illegally
 
• BLIND AS A BEETLE
adj. 1879 Eng. dial. – completely blind
 
• BLIND-BLOSSOM
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – a prodigal, a ne’er-do-well
 
• BLIND AS A BRICKBAT
adj. 1850 – blind
 
• BLIND-BARNIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-BATTER
vb. 1825 Sc. – to kill young birds
 
• BLIND BILLY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-BLAIN
n. 1841 Eng. dial. – a pimple, a tumour
 
• BLIND BOGIE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an exchange of things unseen; a blind trade
 
• BLIND BREAKER
n. 1938 Amer. dial. – a tidal wave
 
• BLIND-BUCK-AND-DAVY
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
n. 2. 1930 Amer. dial. – a clumsy, weak-sighted, stumbling person    
 
• BLIND-BUCKY-DAVY
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND BUFF
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-CHEEKS
n. 1687 sl. – the posteriors
 
• BLIND DAYS
n. 1848 Eng. dial. – the first three days of March
 
• BLIND-DRIFT
n. 1846 Sc. & Eng. dial. – heavily driving snow; a blinding, drifting snow
 
• BLIND-DRUNK
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – unable to see properly from drink
 
• BLINDEGO
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a short-sighted person
 
• BLINDER
n. 1. Bk1892 Amer. sl. – something beautiful or attractive
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an attractive young woman
n. 3. 1950 Brit. sl. – an excellent performance in a sport
 
• BLINDERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – blindfolded
 
• BLIND-EYE
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – an opal, whose milky colour is like a sightless eye
 
• BLIND FENCE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a high fence which provides privacy
 
• BLIND FLYING
n. Bk1944 services’ sl. – a date with an unseen girl
 
• BLINDFOLD
n. 1905 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDFOLD BLUFF
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDFOLD BUFF
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDFOLDER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a deceiver, a fraud, a cheat
 
• BLIND-FOU
adj. 1801 Sc. – unable to see properly from drink
 
• BLIND GRANDMA
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND HARRY
n. 1776 Sc. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND HOB
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-HOUSE
n. 1887 Eng. dial. – the lock-up
 
• BLINDING LIGHTS
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – the high beans of a car’s headlights
 
• BLIND LANE
n. c1386 – a cul-de-sac
 
• BLIND LEAD
n. 1885 – a blind alley
 
• BLINDLINS
adv. Bk1911 Sc. – blindly; blindfolded
 
• BLINDMAN CATCH
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDMAN’S BALL
n. Bk1911 Sc. – the common puffball
 
• BLINDMAN’S-BELLOWS
n. Bk1911 Sc. – the common puffball
 
• BLINDMAN SEEK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-MARES
n. 1837 Eng. dial. – nonsense, twaddle
 
• BLIND-MERRY-MOPSEY
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-MOB
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to blindfold .
 
• BLIND ONION
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a place where liquor was sold and consumed illegally
 
• BLIND-PALMIE
n. 1825 Sc. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND PATH
n. 1843 Amer. dial. – a trail with indistinct markings, or signs
 
• BLIND PAWMIE
n. 1825 Sc. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND PIG
n. 1. 1870 sl. – a tavern that opens after the legal closing hour; any illegal bar
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – whisky, esp. illegally made whisky
 
• BLIND-PIGGER
n. 1894 Amer. dial. – one who sells liquor illegally; a bootlegger
 
• BLIND POST
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – in the game of hide-and-seek: the place where the seeker waits while the other players hide
 
• BLIND SIDE
n. 1942 Amer. dial. – a point where one is vulnerable
 
• BLINDSIGHT
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – guesswork
 
• BLIND SIM
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDMAN’S HOLIDAY
n. 1839 Eng. dial. – evening twilight, when it is too dusk for work
 
• BLIND SIXPENCE
n. 1886 Eng. dial. – a coin which is so much worn that the head and tails are obliterated
 
• BLINDSMAN BUFF
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDSMAN’S BLUFF
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDSTAM
n. Bk1911 Sc. – captious or arbitrary criticism
 
• BLIND STAN
n. 1892 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND TAG
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – blindman’s buff
 
• BLIND-TAM
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a bundle of rags made up as a child, carried by beggars
 
• BLIND THE TRAIL
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to conceal tracks or give them the appearance of going in a different direction
 
• BLIND TIGER
n. 1. 1892 US – an establishment at which intoxicating drinks are surreptitiously sold
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a person who sells liquor illegally
n. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – illegally made whisky
 
• BLIND TOM
n. 1909 – blindman’s-buff
 
• BLIND TO THE WIDE
adj. 1. 20C sl. – completely drunk
adj. 2. 20C sl., orig. US – unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming
adj. 3. 20C sl., orig. US – utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious
 
• BLIND TRAIL
n. 1843 Amer. dial. – a trail with indistinct markings, or signs
 
• BLIND-WINDOW
n. Bk1911 Sc. – an imitation window in a wall
 
• BLINDY-BUFF
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – the game of blindman’s buff
 
• BLINDYBUFFS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the seed-head of a dandelion
 
• BLINGER
n. 1. 1949 Amer. dial. – a bad cold
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a hot day
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial. – a very hard blow
n. 4. 1966 Amer. dial. – something impressively big or large
n. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – a very hard rain
 
• BLINK
adj. 1883 Amer. dial. – of milk: beginning to turn sour
n. 1. 1786 Sc. – an instant, a moment, a short time  
n. 2. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the smallest glimmer of light; a spark of fire
n. 3. 1820 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a glance; a glimpse; a wink
n. 4. 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a gleam, a ray
n. 5. 1856 Amer. dial. – a young or small mackerel  
n. 6. 1895 Amer. dial. – slightly sour milk
n. 7. 1895 Amer. dial. – a blemish; an obscuration between the and an object
n. 8. Bk1911 Sc. – a jilting; ‘ the slip’
n. 9. Bk1911 Sc. – sunshine between two showers
n. 10. 1968 Amer. dial. – a thin layer of ice
vb. 1. 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker
vb. 2. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to look with pleasure or fondness
vb. 3. 1790 Eng. dial. – to shut the eyes to avoid the sight of anything 
vb. 4. 1804 Sc. – to jilt; to deceive, to trick, to cheat
vb. 5. 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to ignore, to evade
vb. 6. 1848 Eng. dial. – to blind
vb. 7. 1884 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to wink, to cause to wink
vb. 8. 1886 Sc. & Irish – to look upon with the evil eye; to bewitch  
vb. 9. 1899 Amer. dial. – to smile, to look kindly, but with a modest eye; generally applied to females
vb. 10. 1905 Amer. dial. – of milk: to turn sour
vb. 11. Bk1911 Sc. – to take a hasty glance
vb. 12. Bk1911 Sc. – to turn anything sour
 
• BLINKARD
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a near-sighted person; one blind of one eye
 
• BLINKED
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – of milk: slightly soured
 
• BLINKED OUT
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. – out of order, broken down
 
• BLINKER
n. 1. 1786 Sc. – a smart, attractive girl; a lively, pretty girl; also used contemptuously
n. 2. 1806 Eng. dial. – the eye
n. 3. 1825 Sc. – a blear-eyed person; a person blind of one eye; a near-sighted person
n. 4. Bk1890 sl. – a one-eyed horse  
n. 5. Bk1898 Sc. – a star
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a blow in the eye
 
• BLINKERED
adj.       having a limited range of outlook …1867
 
• BLINKERS
n. 1.     the eyelashes …Bk1898 Sc.
n. 2.     spectacles …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 3.     eyelids …Bk1911 Sc.
 
• BLINK-EYE
adj.       cross-eyed …1966 Amer. dial.
n.         a very small community; a very unimportant place …1969 Amer. dial.
 
• BLINK-EYED
adj.       cross-eyed …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• BLINKING
adj. 1.   of poor quality, weak, contemptible; of poor and half-starved growth …1813 Eng. dial.
adj. 2.   shining intermittently …1876 Eng. dial.
 
• BLINKIT
adj. 1.   bewitched …Bk1911 Sc.
adj. 2.   half-drunk …Bk1911 Sc.
adj. 3.   soured, spoiled …Bk1911 Sc.
 
• BLINKY
adj. 1.   sour …1895 Amer. dial.
adj. 2.   of milk: beginning to turn sour …1902 Amer. dial.
adj. 3.   agitated, upset …1992 US sl.
n. 1.     a person with poor or no eyesight …1922 US sl.
n. 2.     freebase cocaine …1992 US sl.
 
• BLINKY-BLUE
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour
 
• BLINKY-JOHN
n. 1902 Amer. dial. – milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour
 
• BLINLINS
adv. 1790 Sc. – blindly
 
• BLINNER
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to move the eyelids like one with weak sight
 
• BLINT
vb. 1825 Sc. – to shed a feeble or glimmering light
 
• BLINTER
n. 1. Bk1898 Sc. – a feeble light
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – a person with weak eyes  
n. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – a strong, sharp blow
n. 4. Bk1898 Sc. – a gust of wind
vb. 1. 1804 Sc. – to blink; to look at with weak eyes  
vb. 2. 1888 Sc. – to shine feebly or with an unsteady flame; to flicker
vb. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – to strike with a strong, sharp blow
vb. 4. Bk1898 Sc. – to rush, to make haste  
 
• BLINTERAN
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a beating
 
• BLINTERER
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a person with weak eyes
 
• BLINTERIN’
adj. 1. 1884 Sc. – blundering
adj. 2. 1884 Sc. – having weak eyes; near-sighted
 
• BLIP
adj. 1948 US sl. – classy
int. 1899 Amer. dial. – pop!
n. 1. 1880 Amer. dial. – a sudden, brisk blow
n. 2. 1935 US sl. – a nickel
n. 3. 1947 US sl. – a source of surprise
n. 4. 1975 UK sl. – a temporary problem effect, esp. one that is unwanted
n. 5. 1988 US sl. – a minor fluctuation, usually upward, in the stock market or other measures of corporate fortunes
vb. 1. 1965 US sl. – in hot rodding or drag racing: to throttle up quickly and then release, momentarily increasing the revolutions per minute
vb. 2. 2002 UK sl. – to send a message by email
 
• BLIPE
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a shred of skin when it peels off
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a stroke, a blow
 
• BLIP JOCKEY
n. 1960 US sl. – a person who monitors electronic equipment
 
• BLIPPY
adj. 1974 US euphemism – damned
 
• BLIRR
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a blaze
 
• BLIRT
adj. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – on the verge of tears
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – pale with fear
n. 1. Bk1898 Sc. – a burst of weeping
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – a storm of wind and rain; a cold drift of snow
vb. 1. 1790 Sc. – to burst into tears; to cry, to weep
vb. 2. 1879 Eng. dial. – to flick, to strike lightly
vb. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – to rain or snow
vb. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to shoot with gun or pistol in an aimless, idle way
 
• BLIRTED
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – tear-stained; swollen with weeping
 
• BLIRTIE
adj. 1807 Sc. – of the weather: changeable, squally; cheerless
 
• BLISH
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a blister caused by scalding, friction, etc.
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to blister
 
• BLISH-BLASH
n. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – idle talk; frivolous discourse; nonsense; tittle-tattle
n. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – sloppy dirt
 
• BLISKETING
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a buffeting by a storm
 
• BLISS
n. 1996 US sl. – any drug that is smoked, esp. a mixture of heroin, methamphetamine, and MDMA
 
• BLISSEY;  BLISSY
n. 1825 Eng. dial. – a blaze, a blazing fire; a bonfire
 
• BLISS NINNY
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – a silly, disoriented person
 
• BLISSOM
adj. 1825 Eng. dial. – blithesome, joyous
 
• BLISS OUT
vb. 1973 US sl. – to become ecstatic; usually used in a derogatory fashion when applied to religious or cult zealots
 
• BLISTED
adj. 1995 US sl. – intoxicated by drug smoking
 
• BLISTER
n. 1. 1806 UK sl. – an unpleasant or despicable person; an annoying person
n. 2. 1894 Amer. dial. – a small or young oyster
n. 3. 1903 Brit. sl. – a summons
n. 4. 1905 Amer. dial. – an immoral woman; a whore
n. 5. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – an extortioner
n. 6. 1930 Amer. dial. – a tottering, disgusting old drunkard
n. 7. 1941 Amer. dial., derogatory – a stupid person   
n. 8. 1971 Aust. sl. – a fine attached to a window of a vehicle for a parking infringement
n. 9. 1991 US sl. – a bump placed on a playing card by pressing it against a small sharp object; used by card cheats to identify the value of the card
vb. 1. 1909 Brit. sl. – to arrest or summon someone
vb. 2. 1968 Aust. sl. – to attack someone; to attack someone verbally
 
• BLISTER ‘EM!
int. 1840 – an imprecation
 
• BLISTER END
n. 1958 Amer. dial. – in logging: the handle of a shovel, axe, or other hand tool
 
• BLISTER FOOT
n. World War II Amer. sl. – an infantryman  
 
• BLISTER MECHANIC
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a hospital corpsman
 
• BLISTER-PLANT
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – the buttercup
 
• BLISTER THE AIR
vb. 1941 Amer. dial. – to curse or swear violently
 
• BLISTER WORK
n. 1950 US sl. – extortion
 
• BLISTY
adj. 1991 US sl. – windy, cold, not suitable for surfing
 
• BLITHEMEAT
n. Bk1911 Sc. – food, bread and cheese, partaken of by visitors at the birth of a child
 
• BLITHEN
vb. 1826 Sc. – to cheer, to gladden
 
• BLITHER
n. 1901 – nonsense
vb. 1868 – to talk nonsense
 
• BLITHERED
adj. 1911 Aust. sl. – drunk
 
• BLITHERING
adj. 1. 1889 – senselessly talkative, babbling
adj. 2. 1889 – despicable, contemptible
 
• BLITTER-BLATTER
n. 1808 Sc. – a rattling, irregular noise
 
• BLITTERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – torn by the winds
 
• BLITZ
adj. 1946 Amer. dial. – of food, esp. pastry: easy or quick to prepare
n. 1. Bk1944 services’ sl. – bombardment
n. 2. World War II Amer. sl. – a German
n. 3. 1960 sl. – a sudden great effort made
vb. 1. 1940 US sl. – to defeat someone soundly
vb. 2. World War II Amer. sl. – to hurry
vb. 3. 1971 US sl. – in bar dice games: to bet the total amount of the pot
vb. 4. 1980 US sl. – in tiddlywinks: to pot all six winks of one colour before the 20-minute time limit has elapsed and thus score an easy victory
vb. 5. 1989 Aust. sl. – in horse racing: to win convincingly
 
• THE BLITZ
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – menstruation
 
• BLITZ BABY
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a child born in Britain during the German Blitz
 
• BLITZ BUGGY
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a reconnaissance car, esp. a midget truck manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the Army
 
• BLITZED
adj. 1966 Amer. sl. – drunk, intoxicated; drug intoxicated
 
• BLITZES
n. Bk1944 services’ sl. – air patrols
 
• BLITZ FLU
n. World War II Amer. sl. – influenza that floors its victim and then suddenly disappears
 
• BLITZ IT
vb. World War II Amer. sl. – to polish or spruce up with vigour and speed
 
• BLITZKRIEG
n. Bk1944 services’ sl. – written order from the commanding officer
 
• BLITZKRIEGED
adj. 1974 US sl. – suddenly drunk
 
• BLITZKRIEG RATING
n. Bk1944 services’ sl. – a promotion due to sudden expanse of the army
 
• BLITZ WAGON
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a staff car
 
• BLIV
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to believe
 
• BLIVE
adj. a1400 obs. – eager; glad
adv. 1. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly
adv. 2. c1220 obs. – at once, immediately, directly
vb. c1000 obs. – to remain
 
• BLIVELY
adv. c1400 obs. rare – quickly, at once
 
• BLIVET
n. 1. 1949 US sl. – an obnoxious person, esp. one with bad hygiene
n. 2. 1991 US sl. – in computing: a problem which cannot be solved; any impossibility
 
• BLIXEN-BUS
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – an automobile
 
• BLIZZ
n. 1911 Antarctica usage – a blizzard
vb. 1911 Antarctica usage – to blow a blizzard
 
• BLIZZARD
n. 1. 1829 US – a sharp blow; a shot
n. 2. US Civil War usage – an intense volley of musket fire
n. 3. 1952 US sl. – poor television reception characterized by flickering white dots
n. 4. 1992 US sl. – the cloud of thick, white smoke produced when smoking freebase cocaine
n. 5. 2003 UK sl. – cocaine
 
• BLIZZARD HEAD
n. 1948 US sl. – in the early days of black and white television, a blonde; because a blonde’s hair takes up all the light in the picture
 
• BLIZZARD STATE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Texas
 
• BLIZZED IN
adj. 1951 Antarctica usage – confined indoors by harsh weather conditions
 
• BLIZZEN
vb. Bk1898 Sc. – to parch, to dry up and wither  
 
• BLIZZENER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – anything thrown or flashed on the face, which temporarily deprives one of sight or breath
 
• BLIZZER
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – a blaze, a flash; a blinding flash of lightning
 
• BLIZZOM
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – a blaze, a flash
 
• BLIZZOMER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – anything blinding, flashing, etc., as lightning
 
• BLIZZY
adj. 1996 Antarctica usage – snowy
n. 1825 Eng. dial. – a blaze, a blazing fire; a bonfire