Dictionary: BLO – BLOV

​• BLO
n. 1993 US sl. – cocaine
 
• BLOACH
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a talebearer
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to divulge secrets; to blab
 
• BLOACHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of a variegated appearance; spotted
 
• BLOACHER    
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – a huge animal of any kind
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a heavy, unwieldy instrument or thing
 
• BLOAK
n. 1. 1851 sl. – a man
n. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a drunkard
n. 3. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a simpleton
 
• BLOAKER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a child
 
• BLOAT
n. a1861 US – one soaked in liquor; a drunkard
 
• BLOATED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
 
• BLOATER
n. 1. 2000 NZ sl. – a dead sheep or cow
n. 2  2001 UK sl. – a fat person
 
• BLOATY
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bloated, puffy, swollen
 
• BLOB
n. 1. 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a drop of moisture, a splash
n. 2. 1865 Eng. dial. – a bubble, a blister
n. 3. 1888 Eng. dial. – a box on the ear; a blow
n. 4. 1889 UK sl. – in cricket: a batsman’s innings score of no runs
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the best of anything
n. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the under-lip
n. 7. 1900 Amer. dial. – a mistake, an error, a blunder
n. 8. 1903 – in cricket: a batsman’s score of no runs
n. 9. Bk1911 Sc. – a large gooseberry
n. 10. 1916 sl., chiefly Aust. – a foolish person
n. 11. 1961 UK sl. – a gonorrhoeal ulcer
n. 12. 2000 UK sl. – the bleed period of the menstrual cycle
vb. 1. 1875 Eng. dial. – to swell up, to become puffy or bloated
vb. 2. 1890 Sc. – to plunder
vb. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – to bubble, to blister
vb. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to plunge or fall suddenly into the water
vb. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to shake
vb. 6. 1899 Amer. dial. – to talk indiscreetly or excessively; to blab out, to chat
vb. 7. 1900 Amer. dial. – to make a mistake
vb. 8. Bk1911 Sc. – to weep
vb. 9. 1912 Amer. dial. – to spill
vb. 10. 1984 UK sl. – to suffer from a sexually transmitted infection
 
• BLOBBED
adj. 1825 Sc. – blotted, smeared, soiled
 
• BLOBBER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a bubble
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bubble
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to cry in a broken, sobbing manner
 
• BLOBBER-LIPPED
adj. 1946 Amer. dial. – thick-lipped
 
• BLOBBER-MOUTH
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a talkative person; one who will not keeps secrets
 
• BLOBBY
adj. 1. 1890 Eng. dial. – swollen
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – very rainy
adj. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – containing or causing bubbles; of the weather; very rainy
 
• BLOB-ENDED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – blunt, rounded at the end
 
• BLOB HAMMOCK
n. 2002 UK sl. – a sanitary towel
 
• BLOB-LIP
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a very full lip that hangs down
 
• BLOB-MOUTH
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a talkative person; one who talks too much or too loud
 
• BLOB OUT
vb. 2003 NZ sl. – to relax completely
 
• BLOB-RIPE
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – very ripe, ready to burst like a drop of water
 
► BLOB-TALE n. a telltale, talebearer, blabber → 1670 obs.
 
• BLOB-TONGUE
n. 1886 Eng. dial. – one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip
 
• BLOCHER
vb. 1825 Sc. – to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm
 
• BLOCK
n. 1. 1635 sl. – a head
n. 2. 1893 – the carcass of a bullock
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an advanced state of intoxication
n. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – a bargain; an exchange
n. 5. Bk1911 Sc. – a scheme
n. 6. Bk1911 Sc. – an agreement
n. 7. Bk1914 criminals’ sl. – a watch
n. 8. 1965 Amer. dial. – a writing pad or tablet
n. 9. 1968 Amer. dial. – a package of chewing gum
n. 10. 1969 Amer. dial. – a man’s square-toed shoe
n. 11. 1983 US sl – prison
n. 12. 1992 UK sl. – a measured quantity of morphine
n. 13. 1996 UK sl. – a prison segregation unit
n. 14. 2000 UK sl. – marijuana or hashish compressed in a block
vb. 1. 1825 Sc. – to bargain; to exchange
vb. 2. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – to plan, to devise
vb. 4. 1955 Aust sl. – to fool someone
vb. 5. 1978 NZ sl. – to sodomize someone, or subject them to serial rape
 
• BLOCKADE
n. 1. 1867 Amer. dial. – illicit liquor; moonshine; whisky
n. 2. 1867-9 US – a stoppage on a railway by snow or some accident
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. – to make illicit liquor
 
• BLOCKADE JUICE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – illicit liquor; moonshine
 
• BLOCKADER
n. 1883 Amer. dial. – one who makes illicit liquor; a moonshiner
 
• BLOCKAIDES
n. 1998 UK sl. – condoms
 
• BLOCK AND BLOCK
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
 
• BLOCK AND SLANG
n. 1910s US criminals’ sl. – a gold watch and chain
 
• BLOCK AND TACKLE
n. 1. L19 sl., orig. Aust. – a watch and chain
n. 2. 1930s US sl. – a very strong drink
n. 3. 1930s rhyming sl. for ‘tackle’ – handcuffs
n. 4. 1951 Amer. dial., jocular usage – whisky
 
• BLOCK BOY
n. 1. 1970 African-American sl. – a ‘corner-boy’; an idler who idles away the time on street corners
n. 2. 1990s sl. – a homosexual man who dresses as if he were part of the heterosexual hip-hop culture
 
• BLOCKBURSTER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a large firecracker or cherry bomb
 
• BLOCKBUST
vb. 1950s sl. – to be the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area
 
• BLOCKBUSTER
n. 1. 1942 US sl. – a heavy bomb powerful enough to flatten a city block; hence, anything that makes a considerable impact  
n. 2. 1940s sl. – anything enormous or gigantic; often used of a best-selling novel, film, TV series, etc.
n. 3. 1940s sl. – a very hard blow
n. 4. 1940s sl. – an intoxicating drink
n. 5. 1950s sl. – the first Black family to move into a formerly all-White inner city area
n. 6. 1954 Amer. dial. – a large firecracker or cherry bomb  
n. 7. 1950s drug culture sl. – a barbiturate
n. 8. 1960s sl. – the first White family to move back into an inner city area, driving out the poor minority tenants and starting the process of gentrification  
n. 9. 1962 US sl. – a .357 Magnum bullet  
 
• BLOCKBUSTING
adj. World War II Amer. sl. – scathing; annihilating
n. 1980s African-American sl. – an attack by one gang who move out of their own territory to invade that of another
 
• BLOCKED
adj. 1956 sl. – drunk or intoxicated with a drug, usually cannabis or barbiturates
 
• BLOCKED UP
adj. 1950s sl. – drunk or intoxicated with a drug, usually cannabis or barbiturates
 
• BLOCKER
n. 1. 1848 colloq. – a small piece of meat placed for sale on the butcher’s block, as opposed to the ‘joints’ hung on hooks
n. 2. 1872 Eng. dial. – a hatchet, an axe, a chopper
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an advanced stage of intoxication
n. 4. 1934 Brit. sl. – a bowler hat
n. 5. 1970 Amer. dial. – a hanger-on
n. 6. 1984 US sl. – a confederate who shields a casino cheat from being seen as he robs a slot machine
n. 7. 1996 UK sl. – a member of a shoplifting team who distracts attention and blocks pursuit
 
• BLOCKHEAD
n. 1. 1549 – a foolish person
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the seagull
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a Swedish person; a Norwegian
n. 4. 1977 UK sl. – a drunken yob
n. 5. 1977 US sl. – a railway brakeman
n. 6. 2001 UK sl. – a marijuana user
 
• BLOCKHEADESS
n. 1827 nonce word – a female blockhead; a stupid woman
 
• BLOCKHOUSE
n. 1624 sl. – a prison
 
• BLOCKIE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a man’s square-toed shoe
 
• BLOCKIN’-ALE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – drink taken at the conclusion of a bargain
 
• BLOCK UP
adj. 1950s sl. – drunk or intoxicated with a drug, usually cannabis or barbiturates
 
• BLOCKY
adj. 1879 – of a person or animal: of solid build, stocky; short and stout
 
• BLODDER
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to cry immoderately
 
• BLOG
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a blood-dog
vb. 1746 Eng. dial. – to look sullen or sulky
 
• BLOGGY
adj. 1. 1867 Eng. dial. – sullen, sulky
adj. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. – thickset, stout
 
• BLOICHUM
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a person troubled by a cough
 
• BLOIFIN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a cough
 
• BLOIK
n. 1790 Sc. – mischief
 
• BLOINT
vb. Bk1898 Sc. – to wink from the effects of drowsiness
 
• BLOISENT
adj. 1. Bk1898 Sc. – of the face: red, swollen, whether by weather or intemperance
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – bloated  
 
• BLOIT
n. 1. 1889 Eng. dial. – a failure, a collapse
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – diarrhoea
 
• BLOKE
n. 1. 1851 sl., now chiefly Brit. – a man, fellow; a boyfriend or male lover
n. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a drunkard
n. 3. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a simpleton
 
• THE BLOKE
n. 1914 Brit. naval sl. – the captain of a ship
 
• BLOKEISH;  BLOKISH
adj. 1957 Brit. sl. – applied to positive behaviour associated with men, esp. straightforwardness, bluffness, and lack of affectation
 
• BLOME-DOWN
adj. 1851 Eng. dial. – clumsy
 
• BLOND AND SWEET
n. World War II Amer. sl. – coffee with cream and sugar  
 
• BLONDE BOUND
adj. 1958 Amer. logging usage – held up by a woman; an excuse for being late on the job
 
• BLONDE TROUBLE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – fondness for girls
 
• BLOND SWEDE
n. 1968 Amer. logging usage – an elderly man
 
• BLONK 
adj. 1. 18C obs. – of hair: fair, blond
adj. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – sullen
n. 1. a1000 obs. exc. Sc. – a large, powerful horse
n. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – a scowl, frown
vb. 1. 19C Eng. dial. – to disappoint
vb. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – to put on a sulky or sour face; to scowl
 
• BLOOD
n. 1. Bk1904 Amer. college sl. – a wealthy student fond of sporting
n. 2. Bk1944 services’ sl. – ketchup
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American – wine
n. 4. 1967 African-American – a fellow Black person
n. 5. 1967 Amer. dial. – in gambling: a bet  
 
• BLOOD-ALLEY
n. 1854 – a white marble marked with red spiral lines
 
• BLOOD AND FLUMMERY!
int. 1857 Eng. dial. – an exclamation or expletive
 
• BLOOD AND IRON
n. 1872 – military force as distinguished from diplomacy
 
• BLOOD-AND-‘OUND
n. 1872 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOOD AND SAND
phr. 1948 Amer. dial. – refers to a woman’s menstruation
 
• BLOOD AND THUNDER!
int. 1830 Eng. dial. – an exclamation
 
• BLOOD BAY
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – a horse of darker red colour than the bay
 
• BLOOD-BEET
n. 1831 – the red beetroot
 
• BLOOD-BOLTERED
adj. 1848 obs. – clotted, clogged, or smeared with blood; having the hair matted with blood 
 
• BLOOD DISEASE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – syphilis
 
• BLOOD-DRINKER
n. 1. 1898 – one who has a lust for blood
n. 2. 1899 – a primitive savage who killed and feasted on his ‘kill’
 
• BLOODED
adj. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – said of a person or unit that saw combat
 
• BLOODEN
adj. Bk1898 Ireland – fresh
 
• BLOODEN HOUND
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOOD-FALLEN
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – chilblained
 
• BLOOD-FRIEND
n. 1792 Sc. – a blood relation
 
• BLOOD-HORSE
n. 1800 chiefly US – a thoroughbred or pedigree horse
 
• BLOODHOUND
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – any dog
 
• BLOODICK
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOODINGS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – black puddings
 
• BLOOD LIGHTS
n. 1881 Ireland – Aurora borealis, the supposed sign of some slaughter
 
• BLOOD-LUST
n. 1896 – lust for the shedding of blood
 
• BLOOD MEDICINE
n. 1897 Amer. dial., jocular usage – liquor  
 
• BLOODNOUN
n. 1911 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOOD-RUN
adj. 1790 Sc. – bloodshot
 
• BLOODSHOTTEN
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bloodshot
 
• BLOODSTICK
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a thoroughbred horse
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a fiery, obstinate person
 
• BLOODSTONE
n. 1980 Amer. dial. – a ruby red agate marble with swirling interior colouring
 
• BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – all one’s effort or resources  
 
• BLOOD-TAX
n. 1890, derogatory – military conscription
 
• BLOOD WAGON
n. 1922 sl. – an ambulance
 
• BLOODY
adj. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – well-bred,  having good blood in the veins
adj. 2. 1934 sl. – unpleasant; deplorable
n. 1937 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOODY-BELLS
n. Bk1898 Sc. – the foxglove
 
• BLOODYBONES
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a spectre, a hobgoblin
 
• BLOODY BUCKET
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a saloon or speakeasy; a cheap dive
 
• BLOODY CHASM
n. 1890 US – the estrangement between North and South caused by the Civil War
 
• BLOODY DRUNK
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
 
• BLOODY-FINGERS
n. Bk1898 Sc. – the foxglove
 
• BLOODY HELL!
int. 1678 – an exclamation of annoyance
 
• BLOODY MAN’S FINGERS
n. 1878 Eng. dial. – the foxglove
 
• BLOODY MARY
n. 1948 Amer. dial. – a menstruating woman
 
• BLOODYMENOUN
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOODY POT
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a black pudding
 
• BLOOD-WARM
adj. 1750 Eng. dial. – rather warmer than lukewarm
 
• BLOODY MONTHLIES
n. 1948 Amer. dial. – a woman’s menstrual period
 
• BLOODY-NOUN
n. 1951 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
 
• BLOODY OATH!
int. 20C Aust. sl. – a statement of emphatic agreement
 
• BLOODY SHIRT
n. 1876 US – the symbol of hostility between North and South
 
• BLOODY THURSDAY
n. 1854 Eng. dial. – the Thursday before Easter
 
• BLOODY WARS
int. Bk1898 Ireland – an exclamation of annoyance
n. Bk1898 Ireland – serious consequences
 
• BLOOEY
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; muddled
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense! it is ridiculous
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
 
• BLOOM
n. 1. 1863 Eng. dial. – a rosy colour or flush on the face
n. 2. 1888 – the perfume exhaled from wine, bouquet
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – plumage of a bird
n. 4. 1941 Amer. dial. – a corn tassel
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of the sun: to shine scorchingly; to throw out heat as a fire
 
• BLOOMAGE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – plumage of a bird
 
• BLOOMER
n. 1. 1889 sl. – a very great mistake; an error; a failure
n. 2. 1899 – a floriated initial letter of the alphabet
 
• BLOOMERS
n. World War II Amer. navy sl. – gun covers
 
• BLOOMING
adj. 1882 sl. – euphemism for ‘bloody’
 
• BLOOMING LETTER
n. 1713 – a floriated initial letter of the alphabet
 
• BLOOMTH
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – bloom, blossom
 
• BLOOM WINTER
n. 1941 Amer. dial. – a period of cold weather in the spring
 
• BLOOMY
adj. 1. 1825 Eng. dial. – hot, sultry
adj. 2. 1940 Amer. dial. – of hair: grey
 
• BLORE
n. 1. c1440 arch. – stormy breath; noisy bluster; loud talking; bragging talk
n. 2. 1559 arch. –     a violent blowing; a blast of wind; a gust or gale
n. 3. c1614 arch. – the air
vb. 1. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep
vb. 2. 1865 Eng. dial. – of animals: to bleat, to bray, to bellow
 
• BLORT
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a loud noise
vb. 1. 1825 Sc. – of a horse: to snort
vb. 2. 1891 Eng. dial. – to bellow loudly, to make a loud noise; to cry
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to talk nonsense
 
• BLOSS
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a term of endearment applied to a buxom young woman
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – use ironically of any ugly sight; a ‘fright; an untidy head of hair
 
• BLOSSOM
n. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a snowflake
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a mild term of reproach to a woman; a hussy
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an odd figure, a queer character; an extremely dirty person or thing
n. 4. 1941 Amer. dial. – a corn tassel
n. 5. 1942 Amer. dial. – a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish
 
• BLOSSOM BUSHES
n. 1917 Amer. dial. – garden flowers
 
• BLOST
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a brag, a boast
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a whiff of a pipe
n. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – an explosion
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – to blow up
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to boast
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – to pant
 
• BLOT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the report of a gun or pistol
vb. 1825 Sc. – to nonplus, to puzzle
 
• BLOT ABOUT
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to shoot aimlessly
 
• BLOTCH
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – blotting paper
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to spoil or ruin because of ineptness or stupidity
 
• BLOTEN
adj. 1691 Eng. dial. – excessively fond of
 
• BLOTS
n. 1892 Sc. – water for washing clothes; soapsuds, dirty water
 
• BLOT-SHEET
n. 1885 Sc. – blotting-paper
 
• BLOTTER MACHINE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
 
• BLOTTO
adj. 1. 1917 sl. – drunk
adj. 2. World War II Amer. sl. – dead
 
• BLOTZ
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to bounce or bump
 
• BLOUND
adj. 1809 Eng. dial. – blinded
 
• BLOUSE
vb. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly
vb. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – to strike or hit someone
 
• BLOUST
n. 1. 1805 Sc. – a brag, a boasting narration
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – an ostentatious person
vb. 1825 Sc. – to brag, to boast; to bluster
 
• BLOUT
n. 1. 1804 Sc. – the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – foul water thrown from washing-tubs
 
• BLOUTER
n. 1825 Sc. – a blast of wind  
 
• BLOUTERING
adj. 1856 Sc. – boasting, bragging  
 
• BLOVIATE
vb. 1845 – to talk aimlessly and boastingly; to speak arrogantly or pompously; to be verbose; to wander from the subject → US
 
• BLOVIATION
n. Bk1892 Amer. sl. – boasting