Dictionary: BOT – BOU

► ​BOT n. 1. a person viewed as a parasite or pest → 1513 obs.
n. 2. a bottle → 1736 colloq.
n. 3. a habitual borrower or cadger; a scrounger; a person who frequently imposes on others → 1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 4. the buttocks, the bottom → 1922 colloq.
n. 5. a minor illness; a cold, etc. → 1968 NZ colloq.
n. 6. a robot → 1969 orig. science fiction usage
vb. to borrow or cadge something, especially cigarettes and liquor → 1921 Aust. sl.
► BOTANIST n. a physician who views his patients as having plant-level intelligence → 1978 US sl.
► BOTANOMANCY n. divination involving the examination of plants → 1991 (Bk.)
► BOTANY BAY vb. to run away → 1945 Aust. rhyming sl.
► BOTANY BAY COAT OF ARMS n. a black eye → 1945 Aust. (Bk.)
► BOTANY BAY DOZEN n. a flogging of twenty-five lashes → 1945 Aust. (Bk.)
► BOTANY BAY SWELLS n. freed convicts → 1836 Aust.
► BOTE n. help, remedy, salvation → 1300 obs.
► BOTE OF BEAM n. remedy, improvement, restoration → 1330 obs.
► BOTFLY n. a scrounger →  1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTHER! int. used for registering annoyance → 1840 UK sl.
► BOTHERATE vb. to bother, to trouble → 1905 Amer. dial.
► BOTHERATION int. exclamation of annoyance or vexation → 1797 colloq.
n. 1. annoyance, nuisance → 1797 UK sl.
n. 2. the act of bothering; petty vexation or annoyance → 1801 colloq.
n. 3. bewilderment; perplexity → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTHERED UP adj. apprehensive; agitated; confused; mixed up → 1951 Amer. dial.
► BOTHER-HEADED adj. stupid, thick-headed, muddled → 1872
► BOTHERMENT n. something troublesome; perplexity; bewilderment → 1843 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► BOTHER IT! int. used for registering annoyance → 1840 UK sl.
► BOTHER ONE’S HEAD vb. to worry oneself with → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► BOTHER ONE’S TIME vb. to matter, to be of importance → 1933 Amer. dial.
► BOTHER YOUR ARSE vb. to make an effort; to take the trouble to do something → 1985 Sc. & Irish sl.
► BOTHER YOUR BUNNIT vb. to make an effort → 1985 Sc. sl.
► BOTHER YOUR PUFF vb. to make an effort → 1985 Sc. sl.
► BOTHER YOUR SHIRT vb. to make an effort → 1985 Sc. sl.
► BOTH HANDS n. a ten-year prison sentence → 1930 Amer. sl.
► BOTHIE n. a cottage in common for farm servants → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTHIER n. a farm servant living in a ‘bothie’ (cottage) → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BO-THING n. a phantom, a fearful appearance → 1898 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► BOTH SHEETS IN THE WIND  adj. alcohol intoxicated → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOTH-SIDES adj. deceitful, two-faced, double-dealing → 17C obs.
► BOTH SIDES OF THE DESK n. the faculty and students of a school or university → 1990 US sl.
► BOTH THE TWO pron. the one and the other, both → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOTH TWO pron. the one and the other, both → 1870 Amer. dial.
► BOTH WAYS n. 1. a wager that a selected horse, dog, etc., will finish a race in the first three → 1869 UK sl.
n. 2. a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose → 1950 US sl. 
► BOTH WAYS FROM THE ACE adv. from both sides; thoroughly → 1916 Amer. sl.
► BOTHY n. a cottage in common for farm servants → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTRAY n. crack cocaine → 1998 UK sl.
► BOTS n. a vague feeling of unwellness; the blues → 1898 Amer. dial.
► BOTSEL n. the rump of a cooked chicken → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOTT n. the buttocks, the bottom → 1922 colloq.
► BOTTIE n. the human bottom → 1874 UK sl.
► BOTTLE n. 1. money → 1893 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a reprimand or instance of reprimanding → 1938 Brit. naval sl.
n. 3. courage → 1958 Brit. sl.
n. 4. in betting, odds of 2-1 → 1991 UK sl.
n. 5. a dose of crack cocaine, whether or not it is actually in a small bottle → 1992 US sl.
n. 6. a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to reprimand → 1946 Brit. naval sl.
vb. 2. to walk in a hurry → 1950 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. of a man: to have sex with a woman; to impregnate a woman → 1961 UK sl.
vb. 4. to have anal sex, esp. with a woman → 1961 UK sl.
vb. 5. to smell badly; to stink → 1979 UK sl.
vb. 6.  to attack someone with a bottle, esp. in the face → 1984 UK sl.
vb. 7. in prison, to conceal articles such as drugs or money in the rectum → 1996 UK sl.
vb. 8. to lose your nerve, to back down → 1999 UK sl.
vb. 9. to drink liquor to excess → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLEACHE  n. a hangover → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE AND A HALF n. in betting, odds of 5-2 → 1991 UK sl.
► BOTTLE AND GLASS n. 1. the backside; the anus → 1930 UK rhyming sl. for ‘arse’
n. 2. quality, elegant behaviour → 1959 UK rhyming sl. for ‘class’
► BOTTLE AND STOPPER n. a police officer → 1928 US rhyming sl. for ‘copper’
► BOTTLE BABY n. 1. an alcoholic → 1925 US sl.
n. 2. a woman with dyed blonde hair → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BOTTLE BLONDE n. a person whose blonde hair is the result of bleach, not nature → 1972 US sl.
► BOTTLE-CAP COLONEL n. a lieutenant-colonel in the US Army → 1986 US Vietnam War usage
► BOTTLE CLUB n. a social club where members may drink after legal hours → 1930 US sl.
► BOTTLE-CRONY n. a boon-companion → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTLED adj. drunk → 1927 sl.
► BOTTLED COURAGE n. whisky → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BOTTLE DEALER n. a drug dealer who sells pills in large quantities → 1971 US sl.
► BOTTLED EARTHQUAKE n. intoxicating liquor → 1891 Amer. sl.
► BOTTLED IN A PEPPER-PATCH adj. of whisky: very strong → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLED-IN-THE-BARN n. moonshine; home-made, bootleg whisky → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLED SUNSHINE n. beer → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BOTTLED UP adj. drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE IT vb. to lose your nerve, to back down → 1999 UK sl.
► BOTTLE LEGS n. crooked legs → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLE MAN n. a drunkard → 1944 US sl.
► BOTTLE MERCHANT n. a coward, someone who loses nerve → 2000 UK sl.
► BOTTLE-NECK n. 1. any narrow opening or avenue → 1928
n. 2. a marijuana pipe made from the neck of a beer or soft drink bottle → 2004 S. Africa
► BOTTLENECKING  n. necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE-O ► BOTTLE-OH n. a collector of empty bottles → 1898 Aust. & NZ sl.
► BOTTLE OF BEER n. the ear → 1961 UK rhyming sl.
► BOTTLE OF FIZZ vb. to work as a pickpocket; to steal something quickly as an opportunity arises → 1938 UK rhyming sl. for ‘The Whizz’ (pickpocketing)
► BOTTLE OF SCENT n. a male homosexual → 2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘bent’
► BOTTLE OF WATER n. a daughter → 1961 UK rhyming sl.
► BOTTLE OUT vb. to lose one’s nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear → 1979 Brit. sl.
► BOTTLE POCKET n. the left side trousers pocket → 1980 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLER adj. extremely good; excellent, great, fantastic   → 1938 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 1. a bottle maker → 1425 obs.
n. 2. a thing or event of outstanding merit; someone or something that is excellent → 1855 Aust. sl.
n. 3. a person who solicits and collects money from spectators or passers-by on behalf of a street performer or showman → 1898 sl.
n. 4. a man who takes the active role in anal sex → 1961 UK sl.
n. 5. a person who loses his or her nerve; a person lacking courage or spirit; a cowardly or timid person → 1994 UK sl.
n. 6. an itinerant musician’s travelling companion → 1996 Irish sl.
► BOTTLE-SCREW n. a corkscrew → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE TO THE FIELD n. in racing, bookmaker’s odds of 2-1 → 1967 sl.
► BOTTLETOP n. something gained; a thing of some value → 1974 UK rhyming sl.on ‘cop’ to obtain
vb. to catch, gain, or understand something (usually 2 words ‘bottle top’ → 1974 UK rhyming sl. on ‘cop’
► BOTTLE UP vb. 1. to repress or contain your feelings → 1853 UK sl.
vb. 2. to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE UP AND GO vb. to leave → 1947 US
► BOTTLEWASH n. nonsense, ‘hogwash’ → 1944 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLEY adj. nervous → 2000 UK sl.
► BOTTLING adj. excellent, superlatively good → 1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. a festivity; a gathering of friends invited to a wedding → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTOM n. 1. the buttocks → 1699 colloq.
n. 2. stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs → 1843 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the submissive partner in a homosexual or sado-masochistic relationship → 1961 US sl.
n. 4. a nickname for Miami, Florida → 1991 US sl.
► BOTTOM BITCH n. the pimp’s favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes → 1967 US sl.
► BOTTOM BURP n. a fart → 1984 UK sl.
► BOTTOM CAT n. the muskrat → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM CHAIRS vb. to be lazy → 1926 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM FEEDER n. 1. a despised person of low-status, who grasps any opportunity or means of survival → 1980 US sl.
► BOTTOM FEEDER n. 2. a person or company that deliberately exploits those in difficulty and profits by their poverty or misfortune → 1990 US sl.
n. 3. in poker, a low-betting player who tries to eke out meagre winnings against unskilled players → 1996 US sl.
► THE BOTTOM FELL OUT phr. describing a very heavy rain → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM FISHER n. 1. a stock investor looking for stocks with a poor recent showing → 1988 US sl.
n. 2. a person or company that deliberately exploits those in difficulty and profits by their poverty or misfortune → 1990 US sl.
► BOTTOM GIRL n. the pimp’s favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes → 1973 US sl.
► BOTTOM-GRAPES n. haemorrhoids, piles → 1990 sl.
► BOTTOMLESS PIT n. 1. a person with an insatiable appetite; a very hungry person → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. an endless source of something, usually something troublesome → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTOM MAN n. the passive partner in a homosexual relationship → 1972 US sl.
► THE BOTTOM OF HIS SHOES WAS COMING UP phr. he was vomiting profusely → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM-ROOM n. 1. a seat for one in a church pew → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. as much room as a person requires in sitting → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTOMS n. 1. the worst → 1955 US sl.
n. 2. dice that have been marked to have two identical faces → 1962 US sl.
► BOTTOMSIDE UP adj. upside down, topsy-turvy → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOMSIDE UPWARDS adj. upside down, topsy-turvy → 1858 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM’S UP int. used as a toast → 1917 UK sl.
n. a common position for anal and/or vaginal sex, in which the passive partner lies on their stomach → 1960 US sl.
► BOTTOM TROLLER n. a person or company that deliberately exploits those in difficulty and profits by their poverty or misfortune → 1990 US sl.
► BOTTOM UPWARDS adj. upside down, topsy-turvy → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM WEIGHT n. a minimum amount → 1962 UK sl.
► BOTTOM WOMAN n. the pimp’s favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes → 1969 US sl.
► BOTTREL adj. thickset, dwarfish → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. a thickset, dwarfish person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTY adj. conceited, swaggering → 1913 sl. (Bk.)
n. the human bottom → 1874 UK sl.
► BOTTY-BANDIT n. a male homosexual → 2007 UK sl.  (Bk.)
► BOTTY BANGER n. a fart → 1984 UK sl.
► BOTTY-BASHER n. a male homosexual → 2007 UK sl.  (Bk.)
► BOTTY BURP n. a fart → 1984 UK sl.
► BOUBIE n. the lowest in a class at school → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUBOU n. crack cocaine → 1998 UK sl.
► BOUCH n. a coward; a sneak → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUCHAL n. a boy → 1913 Irish sl.
► BOUDEN adj. swollen, inflated → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUDOIR n. an army tent → 1945 US sl.
► BOUFF n. 1. a dog → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a loud bark → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a noisy cough → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 4. a stupid, blundering fellow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to bark like a large dog → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to cough noisily → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to strike, to buffet → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUFFIE n. a dog’s short bark → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUFFIN adj. given to barking 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 1. a big, stout person; used rather contemptuously → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. continued coughing → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUG  n. a child’s name for the stomach or belly → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUGER n. the puffin → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUGHAL n. a boy → 1913 Irish sl.
► BOUGHETTO adj. materialistic, fashion-obsessed → 2000 US students’ sl. 
► BOUGHT n. a curve → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUGHTEN adj. 1. purchased, as opposed to homemade → 1801 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of teeth: artificial, false → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOUGHT GUTS n. false courage inspired by drugs or drink → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► BOUGHTIE n. a twig → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUGHT-MADE adj. purchased, as opposed to homemade → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOUGHT TEETH n. false teeth → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOUK n. a retching, a vomiting → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to retch, to vomit → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUKIE adj. bulky → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUKIT adj. large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUKSOME adj. 1. bulky, of large size → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 2. pregnant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUKY adj. 1. bulky; obese → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 2. numerous; well-attended → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUL n. 1. a term of contempt for a person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. anything curved → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOULDEN adj. swelled, inflated → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to swell → 1953 Amer. dial.
► BOULDER n. 1. a large marble → 1905 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a strong blast of wind → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. crack cocaine; a piece of crack cocaine → 1998 US sl.
► BOULDER BABY n. a crack cocaine addict → 2002 US sl.
► BOULDER-HOLDER n. a brassiere → 1970 UK sl.
► BOULE n. an opening in the clouds betokening fine weather → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOULEVARD n. 1. a long straight hallway → 1965 US sl.
n. 2. in trucking, a major motorway → 1986 US sl.
► BOULEVARD BOY n. a young male prostitute in an urban setting → 1987 US sl.
► BOULEVARD COWBOY n.  a reckless driver → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOULEVARDIER n. a man who picks up women on the streets → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOULEVERSE vb. to upset, to overturn, to throw into utter disorder → 1673 obs.
► BOUL-HORNED adj. headstrong → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOULTER  n. anything large of its kind → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOULYA n. crack cocaine → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOUN adj. ready, prepared → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to betake one’s self to a place; to go → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to dress → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 3.  to make ready, to prepare → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUNCE n. 1. a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger → 1714
n. 2. a boastful, swaggering fellow → 1819 colloq.
n. 3. energy, vitality; spirit, exuberance, verve → 1909
n. 4. a buoyant rhythm → 1937
n. 5. a jail or prison sentence → 1957 US sl.
n. 6. a brainstorming session → 1984 US sl.
n. 7. in horse racing, a poorly run race followed by a well-run race → 1997 US sl.
vb. 1. to beat, to thump, to trounce, to knock → 1225 obs.
vb. 2. to knock loudly, esp. at a door → 1570 obs.
vb. 3. to talk big, to bluster, to hector; to swagger → 1626 obs.
vb. 4. to talk big at; to bully; to blow up, to scold roundly → 1640 
vb. 5. to slam, to bang a door → 1786 obs.
vb. 6. to jilt; to dismiss someone → 1884 Amer. dial.
vb. 7. to possess carnally → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 8. to fail → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 9. to change the direction of movement of an animal, as cattle → 1941 Amer. dial.
vb. 10. to pay; to provide without charge → 1970 US sl.
vb. 11. to leave → 1996 US sl.
► THE BOUNCE n. 1. the sack from one’s job; rejection by a sweetheart → 2007 sl.  (Bk.)
n. 2. one’s fate, an inevitable result → 2007 sl.  (Bk.)
► BOUNCEABLE  adj. bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOUNCE-BACK n. resilience → 1959
vb. (‘bounce back’) to recover or return from a setback → 1950 UK sl.
► BOUNCED adj. beaten, knocked about → 1519 obs.
► BOUNCED OUT adj. fired from one’s job, ejected, expelled, or rejected → 2007 sl.  (Bk.)
► BOUNCEFUL adj. arrogant, domineering, masterful → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOUNCER n. 1. a brazen or startling lie → 1803
n. 2. a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar → 1834
n. 3. a big or large specimen of its kind → 1842
n. 4. one who cheats by laying wagers → 1862 thieves’ sl.
n. 5. a person, usually a strong man, employed to maintain and restore order in a bar, restaurant, club or performance → 1883 US sl.
n. 6. a professional beggar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. a large, strong, vigorous person → 1899 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a lively person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 9. a big, fleshy girl or woman → 1930 Amer. dial.
n. 10. a bartender → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 11. on the railroad: a caboose → 1945 Amer. dial.
n. 12. the female breast → 1972 UK sl.
► BOUNCE SHOT n. in a dice game, a type of controlled shot by a skilled cheat → 1950 US sl.
► BOUNCING adj. 1. exaggerated; excessive, big → 1899 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. lively; vigorous → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding → 1634
► BOUNCING BUFFER n. a beggar → 1898 (Bk.)
► BOUNCING CHEAT n. a bottle → 1890 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOUNCING CHIT n. a bottle → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► BOUNCINGLY  adv. boastfully, blusteringly → 1677
► BOUNCING MAD  adj.  furiously angry → 1834
► BOUNCING POWDER n. cocaine → 1971 US sl.
► BOUNCING WALLET n. a wallet containing contraceptives → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOUNCY adj. lively; vigorous → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUNCY-BOUNCY n. sexual intercourse → 1960 US sl.
► BOUNCY IN ONE’S BRACE OF DUKES phr. subservient to White people → 1900 African-American sl.
► BOUNCY IN ONE’S DEUCE OF BENDERS phr. subservient to White people → 1900 African-American sl.
► BOUND adj. 1. of persons and things: ready, prepared; of persons: dressed, attired → 1175 obs.
adj. 2. a landmark indicating the limit of an estate or territory → 1275 obs.
adj. 3. of a woman: pregnant → 1400 obs.
adj. 4. confined in the bowels, constipated → 1530
adj. 5. of a cough: tight, dry → 1759 obs.
adj. 6. of a boy or girl: indentured, apprenticed → 1800 Amer. dial.
adj. 7. impotent, lacking in manhood → 1930 Amer. dial.
adj. 8. determined → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. an obligation, duty → 1941 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to set bounds to, to limit; to confine within bounds → 1393 obs.
vb. 2. to abound, to be plentiful; to exist or be present in large numbers → 1568
vb. 3. to recoil, to rebound → 1597 obs.
vb. 4. to enclose, to confine, to contain → 1609 obs.
► BOUNDAGE n. a marking out the bounds or limits → 1610 obs.
► BOUNDAL n. bounds, limits → 1670 obs.
► BOUND AND SOT phr. of the spirit of a dead person: prevented by a spell from wandering away from the burial place → 1889 Amer. dial.
► BOUNDANT adj. 1. obligatory → 1649 obs.
adj. 2. obliged → 1654 obs.
► BOUNDARY n. a collection, a group, as of people → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BOUNDARY-RIDER  n. one who rides around the fences of a station, and repairs them when broken → 1865 Aust.
► BOUNDE n. a husbandman, a peasant, a serf → 1320 obs.
► BOUNDEN adj. 1. made fast by tie, band, or bar; tired, fastened, clamped → 1325 obs.
adj. 2. under obligation, legal or moral; obliged, compelled, enforced → 1400 arch.
adj. 3. tied with the bonds of matrimony → 1426 obs.
adj. 4. pregnant → 1540 obs.
► BOUNDEN OUT adj. apprenticed; made the ward of someone → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BOUNDER n. 1. a boundary, limit, landmark → 1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. one who occupies a district bounding another; a borderer → 1542 obs.
n. 3. a vulgar and unwelcome pretender to polite society; a base or vile person; a nuisance; one of objectionable manners or anti-social behaviour; a cad → 1889
n. 4. a heavy blow → 1889 (Bk.)
vb. 1. to limit, bound → 1636 obs.
vb. 2. to scrub or wash the body thoroughly → 1895 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to bounce, to make rebound → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to limit, set boundaries to → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOUND FOR GLORY adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOUNDIFY vb. to set bounds to; to confine → 1606 obs.
► BOUNDING adj. increasing by leaps and bounds, or rapidly → 1887
► BOUND OUT adj. apprenticed; made the ward of someone → 1929 Amer. dial.
vb. to swell out; to enlarge →  1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUND ROUND n. a swaddling cloth → 1955 Amer. dial.
► BOUNDURE n. a bounding or limiting; limitation; limit or bound → 1634 obs.
► BOUNETTER n. a confidence trickster, esp. one who makes a living telling fortunes → M19 sl.
► BOUNGIE BUNGEE n. 20C W. Indies – the buttocks, the posterior
► BOUNG-NAPPER n. a cut-purse, a pickpocket → L17 sl.
► BOUNG-NIPPER n. a cut-purse → L17 criminal sl.
► BOUNGY n. the anus → 1982 Bahamas
► BOUNKY n. the buttocks → 1982 Amer. dial.
► BOUNTITH n. something given in reward for service, over and above wages; a bonus → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUNTY n. a Black person who sides with the White authorities → 1996 UK sl.
► BOUNTY (BAR) n. a Black person who apes White mannerisms or collaborates with White society → 1970 Black British sl.
► BOUQUET OF ASSHOLES  n. an annoying or disgusting person or thing → 1993 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► BOUQUET STRAIGHT n. in poker, a sequenced hand comprised of all red or all black suits, but not a flush → 1996 US sl.
► BOUQUINIST n. a dealer in secondhand books of little value → 1840
► BOURBON adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOURBON BIBBER n. an oil worker from Kentucky → 1954 US sl.
► BOURBON POULTICE n. a drink of whisky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOURD n. 1. a jest, a joke → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a scoff → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. an encounter, a fight → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to dally → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to jest → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOURDFUL adj. full of jesting or sport; jocular, jocose, sportive → 1388 obs.
► BOURGIE n. a bourgeois or elitist African-American who assumes the behaviour and values of the White society → 1992 African-American sl., potentially offensive
► BOURIE n. a rabbit’s burrow; a fox’s den → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOURKE SHOWER n. a dust storm → 1945 Aust. sl.
► BOURKE-STREET adj. citified → 1940 Aust. sl.
► BOURN n. a boundary or limit → 1523 obs.
vb. to bound, to check; to set a limit or bounds to → 1807 
► BOURNE n. a boundary or limit → 1523 obs.
► BOURNVILLE BOULEVARD n. the anus, the rectum → 1997 UK sl.
► BOUROCH n. a house, a home → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOURRIAU ► BOURRIER n. an executioner → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOURT  vb. to pretend, to make believe → 1886 obs. (Bk.)
► BOUSE n. drink, liquor → 1567 colloq.
vb. to drink → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► BOUSED adj. drunk → M18 sl.
► BOUSER n. a sot; a drunkard → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUSHTY n. a bed → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUSING KEN n. a low alehouse → 1596 thieves’ sl. obs.
► BOUSTEOUS adj. boisterous; fierce → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUSTEROUS adj. boisterous → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUSUM adj. merry → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUSY adj. 1. drunken, looking drunk → E16 UK criminals’ sl.
adj. 2. covered with bushes → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 3.hairy → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 4. large, bulky, plump → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 5. tipsy; fond of liquor → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 1. a general term of abuse → L19 Irish sl.
n. 2. a street urchin; a lout → 20C Irish sl.
► BOUT n. the act of coming upon by surprise → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
prep. without → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUTCH vb. to botch, to bungle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUTEFEU n. an incendiary; one who ‘adds fuel to fire’ → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUT-GATE n. a roundabout way; an underhand means; a deceitful course → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUTGER n. a glutton → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI n. cocaine → 2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Charlie’ (cocaine)
► BOUVRAGE n. drink, beverage → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUZY adj. 1. big, swelling, distended; fat, overgrown → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 2. bushy, wooded; bushy in appearance → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
adj. 3. of a jolly and good-humoured appearance → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUZZIE n. 1. a general term of abuse → L19 Irish sl.
n. 2. a street urchin; a lout → 20C Irish sl.