Dictionary: BOG – BOL

► BOG n. 1. a lavatory → 1789 Brit. sl.
n. 2. an act of defecation → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 3. a putty-like material applied to the body of a motor vehicle to patch up a hole after the rust has been cut out → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 4. a mess, a disaster → 1980 UK sl.
vb. 1. to defecate; also, to defile with excrement → 20C colloq.
vb. 2. to work shovelling ore underground → 20C Aust. mining usage
vb. 3. to delay; to stall the teacher → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOG A BUZZARD’S SHADOW vb. to mire down even the lightest thing → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BOG-ALL n. nothing → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BOGALOSHA n. tuberculosis → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOGAN n. 1. a boil → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a fool, an idiot → 1984 Aust. sl.
n. 3. a rough lout or hooligan → 1984 Aust. sl.
► BOGART n. 1. a thief → 1970 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a strong, physically aggressive or bullying person; a brawler → 1972 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to injure or hurt; to protect at the cost of violence → 1969 African-American high school sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to monopolize or fail to pass on a joint or cigarette during communal smoking → 1969 sl.
vb. 3. to act in a bold, aggressive way; to tease or bully; to take advantage of → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to force one’s way or take more than one’s share → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOG BUMF n. toilet paper → 1984 UK sl.
► BOG DOWN vb. to sink in or as in a bog → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOGEY n. 1. a swim or bath in a creek, waterhole, dam, etc.→ 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. a swimming hole → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 3. a police officer → 1924 Brit. sl.
n. 4. a piece of dried nasal mucus → 1937 Brit. sl.
n. 5. a girl → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. an unidentified aircraft → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 7. an enemy aircraft or other enemy presence → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to expel snot from the nose → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to take a bath or swim in a ‘bogeyhole’ → 1960 Aust. sl.
► BOGEYHOLE n. a swimming hole → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOGFOUNDERED adj. perplexed, bewildered, puzzled → 1896 Eng. dial.
► BOGGAN n. a boil → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGGARD ► BOGGART n. a spectre, goblin, or bogy → 1570 
► BOGGED TO THE SADDLE SKIRTS vb. to be deeply involved or implicated in some situation → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BOGGIE adj. 1. plotting in secret → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 2. of meat: soft, in bad condition → 1935 Amer. dial.
n. a displaced priest who married people contrary to canon laws, though not to nature’s laws → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGGIES n. wheels on 3 inch anti-aircraft gun → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOGGIN’ ► BOGGING adj. stinking, filthy, disgusting → 2000 UK sl.
► BOGGLE n. a fright, fear, scruple → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1.  to bungle; to do something badly; to blunder; to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something → 1870 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to take fright, to shy → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGGLE-DE-BOTCH ► BOGGLEDY BOTCH n. a complete bungle, a mess → 1834 colloq.
► BOGGLE-WORDS n. hard words, words difficult to pronounce → 19C Eng. dial.
► BOGGLIE adj. quaking like a bog → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGGLING n. delaying, unnecessarily hesitating → 1815 Amer. dial.
► BOGGO adj. standard, ordinary → 1995 UK sl.
n. standard or ordinary merchandise → 1995 UK sl.
► BOGGY adj. 1. semi-delirious, as under the influence of drugs → 1927 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of meat: soft, in bad condition → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BOGGY TOP n. a pie with no top crust → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BOGHEL n. a clumsy performer → 1880 Ireland
► BOGHOPPER n. a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly → 1970 Amer. dial., derogatory
► BO-GHOSTS n. apparitions in human or animal shape → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOGHOUSE n. a toilet, esp. an outside toilet → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOGIE n. 1. a piece of nasal mucus → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. a craze, an infatuation; a hobby → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. the devil → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 4. an enemy airplane; an attacking fighter plane → 1945 World War US Air Force usage
n. 5. a marble that’s used to knock others out of the ring → 1970 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a policeman → 1975 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to expel snot from the nose → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to take a bath or swim in a ‘bogeyhole’ → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOGIE-KEEK n. the game of bo-peep → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGILL-ABOUT-THE-BUSH n. 1. circumvention → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. the game of hide and seek → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOG IN vb. 1. to begin a task with enthusiasm → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to eat voraciously → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOG IT IN vb. to win easily or perform a task easily → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOGLANDER n. an Irish person → 1834 Amer. dial.
► BOG-LATIN n. bad incorrect Latin → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► BOGLE n. 1. a phantom causing fright; a goblin, bogy, or spectre of the night → 1507 
n. 2.  a game of hide and seek → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to bewitch, to bamboozle; to terrify → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-BUSH n. 1. circumvention → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. the game of hide and seek → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-ABOUT-THE-STACKS n. the game of hide and seek played in a full stackyard (a farmyard or enclosure where stacks of hay, straw, or grain in sheaf are stored) → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-BO n. 1. a pettish humour → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a hobgoblin; any object of terror → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-CATCH-THE-FAIRY n. the game of hide and seek → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-DAY n. the 29th of March → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-RAD adj. afraid of ghosts → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLESOME adj. shy, skittish → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLIE adj. haunted by hobgoblins or ‘bogies’ → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOG OFF! int. go away! → 1981 UK sl.
► BOG POCKET n. a tightwad; a miser → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOG-ROLL n. 1. a toilet roll → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. paperwork or a computer printout → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BOG-SCLENT n. a coward → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOG-STALKER n. an idle, lounging, stupid fellow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOG STANDARD adj. not containing any special features → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOG STOCK adj. not containing any special features → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOG THE SHADOW OF A BUZZARD vb. to mire down even the lightest thing → 1898 Amer. dial.
► BOG-TROTTER n. an Irish person → 1682 sl., derogatory
► BOGUE adj. 1. phony, fake, bogus → 1953 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. inferior, ersatz → 2007 US adolescent sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. unpleasant, insincere → 2007 US adolescent sl. (Bk.)
adj. 4. suffering from drug withdrawal → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a stream or waterway → 1814 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a native or resident of Florida → 1826 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to wander, to walk aimlessly; to trudge; to move slowly → 1775 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to be stood up, as on a date → 20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 3. to smoke a cigarette → 20C teen & high school sl.
► BOGUISH adj. phony, fake, bogus, counterfeit, worthless → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BOG-UP n. a mess; a badly improvised job → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
vb. to make a mess of, to spoil → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
vb. to make the end of a cigarette wet and mushy while smoking it → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BOGUS adj. 1. very bad; unfair; no good, worthless → 20C Aust. sl.
adj. 2. giving off an unpleasant odour → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. unpleasant, unacceptable → 1991 US sl.
► BOG-WAGON n. a private van, particularly one which has been customized, and decorated inside; sometimes denotes a vehicle equipped for seduction → 2007 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOGWOPPIT n. an ugly woman → 2002 Royal Air Force sl.
► BOGY n. 1. a police officer → 1924 Brit. sl.
n. 2. piece of dried nasal mucus → 1937 Brit. sl.
n. 3. an enemy airplane; an attacking fighter plane → 1945 World War US Air Force usage
vb. to take a bath → 1960 Aust. sl.
► BOGYPHOBIA n. a dread of demons and goblins → 1991 (Bk.)
► BOH n. a fellow, a buddy; usually used as a term of address → 1928 Amer. dial.
► BOHAWK n. an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner → 1952 US sl., often derogatory
► BOH-BOGGLE n. a fearful object, a hobgoblin → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOHD n. 1. marijuana → 1998 UK sl.
n. 2. phencyclidine → 2001 UK sl.
► BOHEMIAN BUNGERY n. a public house frequented by (impecunious) writers and artists → L19 sl.
► BOHEMIE n. a Bohemian → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOHIND n. the buttocks → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOHN n. 1. a translation → 1855 US students’ sl.
n. 2. a hard-working student → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. to study hard or diligently → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOHO adj. unconventional, bohemian → 1958 US sl.
n. 1. a laughingstock → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. the devil → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a Bohemian, in the sense of an unconventional person → 1958 US sl.
► BO-HOG n. a boar → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BO-HOY n. a rowdy young man → 1846 Amer. dial.
► BOHUNK adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner → 1903 Amer. dial., often derogatory
n. 2. an ill-mannered, loutish person → 1919 US sl.
n. 3. the buttocks → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a big marble used to knock others out of the ring → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BOHUNKISH adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOHUNKUS n. 1. silly behaviour, nonsense → 1918 orig. & chiefly US. obs.
n. 2. an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner → 1924 Amer. dial., often derogatory
n. 3. a stupid, obnoxious, or worthless person; often used as a term of abuse or a contemptuous form of address → 1933
n. 4. a person’s buttocks; the bottom, the backside → 1941
► BOICH n. a short, difficult cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to cough with difficulty → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOICHER n. one having a short, difficult cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOID n. a blackberry → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOIL n. 1. a turbulent swirl or eddy in a stream → 1805 Amer. dial.
n. 2. water gushing from a break in a levee → 1938 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to betray → 1602 sl. obs.
vb. 2. to feel very hot → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to prepare or make coffee → 1931 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. of clouds: to grow, to increase in size → 1937 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOIL A FEW WALLOPS vb. to bring to a hard, rolling boil for a short time, as water for a pot of tea → 1975 Amer. dial.
► BOIL A WALLOP vb. to boil with a rapid noisy bubbling → 1565 obs.
► BOIL CABBAGE vb. to snore → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOIL CAKE n. a doughnut → 1932 Amer. dial.
► BOILED adj. drunk → 1884 sl.
► BOILED AS AN OWL adj. drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOILED CAKE n. a doughnut → 1895 Amer. dial.
► BOILED COLLAR n. a white dress shirt → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BOILED DOUGH n. dumplings → 1960 Amer. dial.
► BOILED LEAVES n. tea → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOILED POT PIE n. a stew made with dumplings → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOILED RAG n. a heavily starched dress shirt → 1886 Amer. dial.
► BOILED SHIRT n. 1. a man’s starched dress shirt → 1853 Amer. dial.
n. 2. any person or activity which is formal or lacking in human warmth → 1928 US sl.
► BOILED TO RAGS adj. of food: very much overdone → 19C Eng. dial.
► BOILER n. 1. an automobile, esp. an old or dilapidated one → 1930 US sl.
n. 2. a tobacco pipe → 1930 US students’ usage
n. 3. a cook → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a steam locomotive → 1952 US sl.
n. 5. a furuncle, a boil → 1960 Amer. dial.
n. 6. an unattractive (old) woman → 1965 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 7. a still → 1975 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BOILER-MAKER n. 1. a virile, sexually attractive man; a ladies’ man → 1910 US sl.
n. 2. a drink consisting of a jigger of whisky in a glass of beer → 1975 US colloq. (Bk.)
n. 3. any strong alcoholic drink → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOILING n. everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble → 1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► BOILING HOT adj. hot → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOILING OUT n. a scolding, a tongue-lashing → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BOILING WATER n. a boat’s wake → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOIL ME DOWN! int. expresses surprise or incredulity → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BOIL OFF THE STOMACH vb. to vomit a great deal at once → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BOIL ONE’S CABBAGE TWICE vb. to repeat oneself → 1888 Amer. dial.
► BOIL OUT vb. 1. to wash one’s clothes → 1968 US logging sl.
vb. 2. to leave quickly → 1975 US sl., obs. (Bk.)
► BOILOVER n. 1. a sudden conflict between persons → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. a win by long-priced entrant in horse or greyhound race → 20C Aust. sl.
(verbs usually as ‘boil over’)
vb. 1. to be or get angry → 1879 sl.
vb. 2. of a horse: to start to buck → 1937 Amer. dial.
► BOIL PICKER n. a man’s shoe with a pointed toe → 1968 Amer. jocular usage
► BOIL PRICKER n. a man’s shoe with a pointed toe → 1968 Amer. jocular usage
► BOIL SOMEONE’S CABBAGE vb. of a man: to have sexual intercourse → 1920 US sl.
► BOIL THE POT vb. to supply one’s livelihood → 1808
► BOIL-THICKENED adj. said of gravy thickened while boiling by flour stirred in → 1914 Amer. dial.
► BOIL-UP n. 1. a sudden excitement or conflict → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. an illegal brewing of tea or some other hot beverage in one’s cell → 20C Aust. prison sl.
vb. (as ‘boil up’) to wash one’s clothes or oneself → 1919 Amer. dial.
► BOIL WATER vb. to waste time by doing unimportant or useless things → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOINA n. a flat cap worn in northern Spain → 1904 
► BOINARD n. a fool, a simpleton; a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a low person → 1300 obs.
► BOING int. an expression of appreciation or acknowledgement of and toward a sexually attractive girl or young woman → 1956 US sl.
► BOING-BOING int. an expression of appreciation or acknowledgement of and toward a sexually attractive girl or young woman → 1956 US sl.
► BOINK vb. to have sex → 1980 US sl.
► BO-INK-UM n. stamina, grit → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BOISERT n. a louse → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOIST n. 1. a box or chest; a coffin → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a threat → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a rough shelter → 1939 Amer. dial.
vb. to threaten → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOISTART adj. boisterous → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOISTEROUS adj. rough and violent in speech and behaviour → 1568 
► BOISTOUS adj. 1. of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished → 1300 obs.
adj. 2. full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action → 1325 obs.
adj. 3. roughly massive; bulky; clumsy → 1325 obs.
adj. 4  coarse in texture, gross, rough; thick, stiff → 1388 obs.
adj. 5. rough, loud, or violent in sound; noisy, boisterous → 1430 obs.
adj. 6. of the wind, sea, weather: rough and violent; boisterous → 1470 obs.
adj. 7. stubborn, churlish → 19C obs.
adj. 8. halting, lame → 19C obs.
adj. 9. fat, corpulent → 19C Eng. dial.
► BO-JACK n. a fellow, a person → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BOKE n. 1. the nose → 1859 US sl.
n. 2. a belch; a vomiting; a drinking to the extent of vomiting → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to retch, to vomit;  to belch → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to object to → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOKIE n. a bogie, a hobgoblin, a bugbear → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOKIE-BLINDIE n. blindman’s buff → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOKO n. the nose → 1859 sl., orig. pugilistic usage
► BOKOO adj. very; ‘beaucoup’ → 1990 US sl.
n. an abundance of anything; a large quantity or number of items (French ‘beaucoup’) → 1945 Amer. World War I sl.
► BOKOO SOUSED adj. very drunk → 1915 Amer. World War I sl.
► BOLAXE n. the testicles of a man or animal → 1000
► BOLCHIN n. a young, unfledged bird → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BOLD adj. 1. of running water: swift → 1805 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of a fire: great, big → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 3. of wind: tempestuous → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adv. of running water: swiftly, abundantly → 1805 Amer. dial.
► BOLD AS BRASS adj. audacious → 1789
► BOLDEN vb. to swell → 1953 Amer. dial.
► BOLDFACE n. raw or inferior whisky → 1834 US sl.
► BOLDIN adj. swelled → 1834 US sl.
► BOLGAN n. a swelling that becomes a boil or pimple → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOLID n. hashish → 2002 UK sl.
► BOLIOCKS n. rubbish, nonsense → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOLIVAR n. a pistol or revolver → 1935 US criminals’ sl.
► BOLL n. a flash of lightning → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOLLERS n. money → 1993 UK sl.
► BOLLICKS int. an exclamation decrying the verity of another’s statement → 20C Aust. sl.
n. the testicles → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOLLICKY adj. naked → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOLLICKY BARE-ASSED adj. naked → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOLLICKY-NAKED adj. stark naked with the genitals uncovered; said of males and females → 1930 sl.
► BOLLIWOG n. nonsense → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOLLIX n. the testicles of a man or animal → 1000
vb. 1. to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up → 1937 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to perform badly; to do a poor job; to botch, to bungle → 1946 Amer. dial.
► BOLLIX AROUND vb. to fool around → 1960 Amer. dial.
► BOLLIXED adj. 1. ruined, messed up, thwarted, in a muddle → 1930 sl.
adj. 2. drunk → 2000 sl.
► BOLLIXED UP adj. mixed up, confused, disorderly → 1937 Amer. dial.
► BOLLIX UP vb. to ruin, to make a mess of → 1930 sl.
► BOLLOCK vb. to grab by the genitals when fighting → M18 sl.
vb. to chastise, to scold severely, to dress down → E20 UK sl.
vb. to reprimand, to tell off → 1938 US sl.
► BOLLOCKING n. a reprimand, a severe telling-off, chastisement → 1938 Brit. sl.
► BOLLOCK-NAKED adj. completely naked → 1922 Brit. sl.
► BOLLOCKS int. I don’t believe it → 1969 Brit. sl.
n. 1. the testicles of a man or animal → 1000
n. 2. rubbish, nonsense → 1919
vb. to reprimand, to tell off → 1930 US sl.
► THE BOLLOCKS adj. excellent → 2000 UK sl.
n. something excellent → 2000 UK sl.
► BOLLOCKSED adj. drunk → 2000 UK students’ sl.
► BOLLOCKS-NAKED adj. stark naked with the genitals uncovered; said of males and females → 1930 sl.
► BOLLOCKS-UP n. said of something that’s gone wrong → 20C Brit. sl.
► BOLLOCKY adj. completely naked → 1938 Aust. sl.
► BOLLOCKY-NAKED adj. stark naked with the genitals uncovered; said of males and females → 1930 sl.
► BOLLOKS ► BOLLOX ► BOLLUX n. the testicles of a man or animal → 1000
► BOLL WEEVIL n. 1. a Texan → 1932 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a worthless or contemptible person; a mean, despised person → 1941 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a non-union worker; a scab → 1950 US sl.
n. 4. any unwanted fellow worker; a worker who threatens the job security of an older employee; a new worker → 1956 US sl.
n. 5. a novice, a tenderfoot; a very inexperienced person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOLL-WEEVIL STATE n. Texas → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOLL WEEVIL WEATHER n. cold, wet weather → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOLLY adj. covered with bubbles → 1582 obs.
n. 1. a bogy, a hobgoblin → 1724 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. pudding, esp. if boiled → 1860 Brit. school sl. obs.
n. 3. ‘Bollinger’ champagne → 1982 Brit. sl.
► BOLLYHOCK vb. 1. to confuse; to blunder → 1901 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to impose on → 1952 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to beat thoroughly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOLLY WASH n. nonsense; something said that is silly or untrue → 1967 Amer. dial. 
► BO-LO n. a name used to frighten children; a kidnapper; a fairy, a hobgoblin; the devil, a ghost → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
​► BOLO n. 1. a soldier who fails on the firing range → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. in boxing: a slow, high overhand or sidearm punch, as opposed to a short, fast direct jab → 1952 US sl.
vb. to speak → 1971 sl.
► BOLOGNA n. 1. a poor quality beef animal fit only to make sausage → 1899 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the penis → 20C US sl.
n. 3. a woman of loose morals → E20 US sl.
n. 4. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. something worthless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. all cold meats → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOLOGNA BULL n. a bull of low grade sold for slaughter → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► BOLOGNAS n. automobile or truck tires → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BOLOGNY adj. spurious; phony → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. an inferior prize fighter → 1921 US sl.
n. 2. an uninformed, stupid, or useless person → 1937 US sl.
n. 3. an automobile or truck tire → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. insulated electric cable → 1975 US electronic & construction usage (Bk.)
► BOLONEY adj. spurious; phony → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. the penis → 20C US sl.
n. 2. a woman of loose morals → E20 US sl.
n. 3. an inferior prize fighter → 1921 US sl.
n. 4. an uninformed, stupid, or useless person → 1937 US sl.
n. 5. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. something worthless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 7. an automobile or truck tire → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. insulated electric cable → 1975 US electronic & construction usage (Bk.)
► BOLS adj. completely naked → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOLSHEVIK n. a person of subversive or revolutionary views; an out-and-out opponent of the existing social order or accepted codes → 1926
► BOLSHEVIKI n. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOLSHEVIST n. a term of reproach for an out-and-out revolutionary → 1920
► BOLSHIE ► BOLSHY n. 1. a jocular and contemptuous name for a Bolshevik → 1920
n. 2. an uncooperative person → 1940 Brit. sl.
► BOLSHIN n. a young, unfledged bird → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BOLT vb. to swallow hastily and without chewing; to swallow whole or with a single effort, to gulp down → 1794 colloq.
► BOLT ALL THE FLOUR vb. to investigate a matter thoroughly → 1590 obs.
► BOLTED-UP adj. framed → 1980 UK criminals’ sl.
► BOLTER n. 1. a fugitive from justice → 1700
n. 2. one who swallows food hastily or whole → 1825
► BOLT-HOLE n. an avenue of escape → 1877
► BOLT HOME vb. to win by a large margin → 20C Aust. sl., orig. horseracing
► BOLT IN vb. to win easily → 20C Aust. sl., orig. horseracing
► BOLT IT IN vb. to win easily → 20C Aust. sl., orig. horseracing
► BOLTOP n. salutation on an envelope, “Better On Lips Than On Paper” → 1989 sl.
► BOLTS-AND-NUTS adj. crazy, insane → 1920 sl.
► BOLTSPRIT n. the nose → 1698 nautical sl. obs.
► BOLT THE CADGER vb. to vomit → 1894 Sc.
► BOLUMENTS n. other garments, generally of a ragged or ridiculous type → 1928 Sc.
► BOLUS n. a physician → 1850 US criminals’ sl.