• BOP
n. 1932 sl., orig. US – a blow
vb. 1. 1928 sl., orig. US – to hit
vb. 2. 1974 sl. – to dance
• BOP AROUND
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to move or go about energetically; to gallivant; to be lively
• BO-PEEP
n. 1941 Aust. & NZ sl. – a look; a glance
• BOP OUT
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to faint, to pass out
• BOPPER
n. 1. 1970 Amer. dial. – a hard blow
n. 2. Bk2007 US sl. – a cool musician, dancer, or devotee of bop
• BOR
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a hole
• BORAC; BORACK; BORAK; BORAX
n. 1845 Aust. & NZ sl. – insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery
• BORACIC (LINT)
adj. 1959 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘skint’ – having no money
• BORBOROLOGY
n. 1649 obs. rare – filthy talk; ribaldry
• BORD
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a broad hem or welt; a ruffle, a frill
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – of a woman’s cap: the border or the band in front
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to provide an edge or border
• BORDE
n. Bk1903 sl. – 1 shilling
• BORDEAUX HAMMER
n. 1576 humorous usage, obs. – a vinous headache
• BORDEL
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a brothel
• BORDEL-HOUSE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a brothel
• BORDEN AND BOWMAN
n. 1971 Amer. dial. – breasts
• BORDEN’S AND ELSIE’S
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• BORDERER
n. 1860 Eng. dial. obs. – a servant in husbandry who boards or lives in his master’s house
• BORDER STATE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Maine
• BORE
n. 1. 1848 Amer. dial. – an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a break in the clouds
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a mean, bad-tempered person
n. 4. 1965 Amer. dial. – a very awkward, clumsy person
n. 5. 1965 Amer. dial. – an impertinent person, one who talks back
n. 6. 1965 Amer. dial. – an unpleasant or unmannerly person
n. 7. 1965 Amer. dial. – a rude or disrespectful man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention
n. 8. 1972 Amer. dial. – a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream
vb. 1. 1800 Amer. dial. – to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass
vb. 2. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
vb. 3. Bk1904 Amer. college sl. – to become confused
vb. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – to sew
vb. 5. 1954 Amer. dial. – to cheat
• BORE AN APE
vb. World War II Amer. sl. – to shoot a Japanese
• BORE A NIP
vb. World War II Amer. sl., derogatory – to shoot a Japanese
• BORE A NIPPO
vb. World War II Amer. sl., derogatory – to shoot a Japanese
• BORE A PERSON’S NOSE
vb. 1577 obs. – to cheat or swindle a person
• BORE A RATZY
vb. World War II Amer. sl. – to shoot a German
• BORECONSTRICTOR
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a bore; an unpopular person
• BORED FOR THE HOLLERHORN
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bored
• BORED FOR THE SIMPLES
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bored
• BORED PALLID
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bored
• BORED STIFF
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bored
• BORED TO EXTINCTION
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bored
• BORED TO TEARS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bored
• BORE FOR THE SIMPLES
phr. 1916 Amer. dial. – refers to a stupid person; the idea is that a hole in the skull might let some of the foolishness out
• BORER
n. 1. Urquhart usage – the penis
n. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a drummer
n. 3. 2003 Black British sl. – a knife, esp. when carried or used as a weapon
• BORESOME
adj. 1895 – tiresome, boring
• BORE THE PANTS OFF
vb. 1934 sl. – to bore
• BORIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a clear opening of the sky in wet weather
• BORING AS BATSHIT
adj. 1964 Aust. sl. – very dull, uninteresting
• BORING OLD FART
n. Bk2006 US sl. – a very boring older person
• BORINKI
n. 1961 Hawaii – a Puerto Rican
• BORIS-NORIS
adj. 1863 Eng. dial. – careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency
• BORKY
adj. 19C Eng. dial. – slightly intoxicated
• BORN AND RAISED IN A SAWMILL
adj. 1950 Amer. dial. – unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door
• BORN-DEVIL
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a downright blackguard
• BORN-HEAD
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – furious, impetuous
adv. Bk1911 Sc. – straightforward, impetuously, headlong
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a young precocious fellow; a very foolish person
• BORN IN A BARN
adj. 1942 Amer. sl. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A CAVE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A LOG CABIN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A PIGPEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A PIGSTY
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A SAWMILL
adj. 1950 Amer. dial. – unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door
• BORN IN A STABLE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A TENT
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN A TREE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORNING
n. 1848 Amer. dial. – birth, delivery of a child
• BORNING GROUND
n. 1889 Amer. dial. – the country of one’s birth; one’s native soil
• BORN IN THE BACKHOUSE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN THE COUNTRY
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN THE GUTTER
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN THE JUNGLE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – cross-eyed
• BORN IN THE SLUMS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN IN THE WOODS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN-MAD
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – furious
• BORN ON A RAFT
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN ON NEWGATE-STEPS
adj. Bk1902 sl. – of thievish origin
• BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET
adj. c1750 colloq. – illegitimate
• BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BORN ON WEDNESDAY LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY
adj. 1905 Amer. dial. – cross-eyed
• BORN UNDER A DARK CLOUD
adj. Bk1913 Amer. sl. – always in hard luck or in bad shape
• BORN WITH A WOODEN LADLE IN ONE’S MOUTH
adj. 1818 – unlucky; ill-fated
• BORN WITH BURNT FEET
adj. 1973 Amer. dial. – of a child: illegitimate
• BORN WITH THE CRAMP IN ONE’S FIST
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – naturally stingy
• BORN YESTERDAY
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – lacking manners, uncouth, boorish
• BOROUGHMONGER
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a rabbit
• BORP
n. 2000 UK sl. – an unattractive person of the opposite sex (Big Old Rough Piece)
• BORRACHO
adj. 1949 Amer. dial. – drunk
n. 1932 Amer. dial. – a drunkard
• BORREGO
n. 1. 1967 Amer. dial. – a cloud
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – a male sheep
• BORREL
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – rough, rude, clownish
• BORRERA
n. 1968 Amer. West. usage – a sheep
• BORROW
n. 1. 1899 Amer. dial. – a castrated hog
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a burgh or town
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to hire out
• BORROWED BRASS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – false courage inspired by drugs or drink
• BORROWING-DAYS
n. 1899 Sc. & Amer. dial. – the last three days of March are said to have been borrowed from April, and supposed to be especially stormy
• BORROWS!
int. 1950 Amer. dial. – in children’s games: time out!
• BORRY
vb. Bk1913 Amer. dial. – to borrow
• BORSCH
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a German
• BORUS-SNORUS
adj. 1863 Eng. dial. – happy-go-lucky, careless, reckless
• BORY-HOLE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – the navel
• BOSCHELAND
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Germany
• BOSE
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – hollow
• BOSFOTICK
adj. 2000 UK students’ sl. – drunk
• BOSH
int. 1852 sl. – stuff and nonsense! humbug!
n. 1. 1834 sl. or colloq. – contemptible nonsense; foolish talk or opinions
n. 2. 1859 sl. – a fiddle
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boasting
n. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something absurdly erroneous
n. 5. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something worthless
vb. 1870 sl. – to make of no effect; to spoil; to humbug
• BOSH AND MOONSHINE!
int. 1940 Amer. dial. – nonsense!
• BOSH-FAKER
n. 1859 sl. – one who plays a fiddle
• BOSHMAN
n. 1865 sl. – one who plays a fiddle
• BOSHMEN
n. Bk1890 sl. – fiddlers, or musicians in general
• BOSHY
adj. 1860 – nonsensical; contemptible
• BOSIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – the bosom
• BOSKER
adj. 1906 Aust. sl. obs. – excellent, good, delightful
• BOSKY
adj. 1. 1593 – covered with bushes or underwood; full of thickets, bushy, woody
adj. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – somewhat the worse for drink; elated with liquor; tipsy, half drunk, intoxicated
adj. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – wild, unfrequented
• BOSMAN
n. Bk1864 sl. – a farmer
• BOSNIAC
n. 1836 – a native of Bosnia
• BOSOM
n. 1872 US – the front of a shirt
• BOSOM-BIRD
n. 1655 obs. – a bosom friend; a specially intimate or beloved friend
• BOSOM BUDDY
n. 1920s Amer. sl. – a very close friend; a best friend
• BOSOM CHUMS
n. World War I Amer. sl. – lice, vermin
• BOSOM FRIEND
n. 1973 Amer. dial. – a packet of money kept inside the brassiere by elderly women when travelling
• BOSOM-HOOK
n. 1953 Amer. dial. – a brooch
• BOSOM OF THE PANTS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the seat of the trousers
• BOSOM-PIN
n. 1855 Amer. dial. – a brooch
• BOSQUE
n. 1771 Amer. dial. – a forest; a dense growth of trees and underbrush; a clump of trees
• BOSS
adj. 1. 1836 Amer. dial. – excellent, first-rate; wonderful
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – emaciated
adj. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – hollow, empty
adj. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – poor, despicable, worthless
adj. 5. Bk1911 Sc. – pretentious
adj. 6. Bk1911 Sc. – weak, ignorant
n. 1. L16 – the chief; the person in charge
n. 2. 1839 sl., orig. US – a term of address to a male
n. 3. 1848 US – the American bison
n. 4. 1860s Amer. sl. – the head of a political machine
n. 5. 1908 Amer. dial. – a term of respect used by a Black person for any White man, esp. one who employs them
n. 6. Bk1911 Sc. – a bunch or tuft of grass
n. 7. Bk1911 Sc. – a despicable, worthless person
n. 8. Bk1911 Sc. – a small cask
n. 9. Bk1911 Sc. – anything hollow
n. 10. Bk1911 Sc. – the front of the body from chest to loins
n. 11. 1966 Amer. dial. – a cow or calf
vb. 1887 Eng. dial. & sl. – to bungle, to make a mess of
• BOSS AROUND
vb. 1850s Amer. sl. – to direct or control someone in an offensively authoritarian way
• BOSS CHARLIE
n. 1928 African-American sl. – a White man considered as an oppressor; any White man; used contemptuously
• BOSS COCKY
n. Bk1945 Aust. – a leader or organizer
• BOSS DICK
n. Bk2006 US sl. – a cop; a police officer
• BOSS DOG
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an important, sometimes, self-important person
• BOSS-EYED
adj. 1. 1860 sl. – having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed
adj. 2. 1898 Eng. dial. – oblique, crooked, one-sided
• BOSS OF THE SHANTY
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. – the master or manager of the place
• BOSS ONE’S OWN SHOES
vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. – to manage one’s affairs personally
• BOSSIE
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – a cow or calf
• BOSS-LADY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – one’s wife; a wife who gives the orders; humorous usage
• BOSS-MAN
n. 1. 1908 Amer. dial. – an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – one’s husband; humorous usage
• BOSSNESS
n. Bk1911 Sc. – hollowness; emptiness from lack of food
• BOSSON
n. 1617 Eng. dial. – a badger
• BOSS ONE’S OWN SHOES
vb. Bk1892 Aust. sl. – to manage one’s affairs personally
• BOSS-SHOT
n. 1. 1890 sl. – a bad shot or aim
n. 2. 1898 Eng. dial. – an unsuccessful attempt
• BOSS-WOMAN
n. 1966 Amer. dial., humorous usage – one’s wife; a wife who gives the orders
• BOSSY
adj. 1880s Amer. colloq. – domineering, autocratic
n. 1863 Amer. dial. – a cow or calf
• BOSSY-BAREFOOT
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – one who is always trying to tell others what to do
• BOST
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – to scold; to speak roughly
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to threaten
• BOSTHOON
n. 1. 1830 Irish – an awkward fellow; a tactless, senseless person
n. 2. 1914 Irish sl. – a fool or blockhead
• BOSTIN’
adj. Bk2007 UK sl. – excellent
• BOSTON
n. 1844 Amer. Pacific Coast Indians usage – a White citizen of the US
• BOSTON COFFEE
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – half coffee and half cream
• BOSTON COOLER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – vanilla ice cream in root-beer; a root-beer float
• BOSTON DOLLAR
n. 1902 Amer. West. jocular usage – a penny
• BOSTONER
n. 1758 US obs. – a Bostonian
• BOSTONESE
n. 1888 US – natives or inhabitants of Boston
• BOSTON EXCHANGE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the game of musical chairs
• BOSTONIAN
adj. 1698 – belonging to Boston
n. 1. 1698 – a native or inhabitant of Boston, Massachusetts
n. 2. 1793 Amer. Pacific Coast Indians usage – a White citizen of the US
• BOSTON QUARTER
n. 1942 US sl. – a tip of five or ten cents
• BOSTON SCREWDRIVER
n. 1969 US sl. – a hammer
• BOSTON TEA PARTY
n. 1967 US sl. – a sexual fetish in which the sadist defecates or urinates on the masochist
• BOSTON WOODCOCK
n. 1937 Amer. dial. – pork and beans
• BOSTOON
n. 1914 Irish sl. – a fool or blockhead
• BOSWELLGANG
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a maze; a perplexity
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