• CACA
int. 1970s sl. – an exclamation of negation or anger
n. 1. L19 sl. – excrement; faeces, dung
n. 2. 1960s US drug culture sl. – heroin, esp. low-quality or bogus heroin
n. 3. 1969 US sl. – marijuana, esp. if poor quality, adulterated, or fake
n. 4. 1970s US sl. – nonsense, rubbish; foolishness
n. 5. 1995 US sl. – drugs
n. 6. 20C sl. – defecation
vb. 20C – to defecate
• CACA-BACCA
n. 20C Brit. sl. – cannabis
• CACADA
n. 20C W. Indies – a little food or a very small amount of money, typically used to appease a beggar
• CACAFOGO
n. a1640 – a hothead; a blusterer
• CACAFUEGO
n. 1625 – a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart, a blusterer, a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper
• CACA-HOLE
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago – the anus
• CA’ CANNY
n. 1. 1895 Sc. – a deliberate reduction of working speed and production by workers, to express their discontent
n. 2. 1896 Sc. – moderation or wariness
vb. 1913 Sc. – to go easy; to proceed warily or cautiously; to go slow; deliberately to restrict output or effort
• CACATION
n. ? 17C – excretion
• CACATORIUM
n. 19C sl. Brit. sl. – an old term for a lavatory, an old outhouse
• CACATORY
adj. 1684 obs. rare – attended with looseness of the bowels
• CACEMPHATON
n. 1622 obs. rare – an ill-sounding or harsh-sounding expression
• CACESTOGENOUS
adj. 1933 – caused by unfavourable home environment
• CACHE
n. 1. 1444-5 Sc. obs. – a game resembling tennis in which the ball is struck with the hand
n. 2. 1790 Sc. – a shake, jog
vb. 1768 Sc. – to shake, to knock about
• CACHED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
• CACHEKOW
n. 1513 Sc. obs. – a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder; hence, a bailiff
• CACHEPELL
n. 1. 1539 Sc. obs. – a game resembling tennis in which the ball is struck with the hand
n. 1. 1586 Sc. obs. – a court or yard in which the game of cachepell (n. 1.) is played
• CACHEPOT
n. 1872 – an ornamental holder for a flowerpot
• CACHERE
n. c1340 obs. rare – a hunter
• CACHEREL
n. a1325 obs. – a catchpoll, a beagle, a ‘bulldog’
• CACHERO
n. 20C US prison sl. – a prison homosexual
• CACHE-SEXE
n. 1926 – a covering for the genitals
• CACHESPELL
n. 1. 1526 Sc. obs. – a tennis court
n. 2. 1568 Sc. obs. – the game of tennis
• CACHESPULE
n. 1. 1526 Sc. obs. – a tennis court
n. 2. 1568 Sc. – the game of tennis
• CACHINNATE
vb. 1824 – to laugh loudly or immoderately
• CACHINNATION
n. 1623 – loud or immoderate laughter
• CACHINNATOR
n. a1800 – a loud or immoderate laugher
• CACHINNATORY
adj. 1828 – connected with loud or immoderate laughter
• CACHUNK!
int. Bk1891 Amer. sl. – intended to convey an imitation of the sound of a falling body
• CACIQUE
n. 1. 1872 – a political boss
n. 2. 19C – a slightly pompous person
• CACK
adj. 1.1978 sl., chiefly British – very bad; worthless, useless
adj. 2. 1996 UK sl. – contemptible, unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, inferior
n. 1. E15 sl. – excrement; faeces, dung
n. 2. 1895 sl. – a small child
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – anything very soft
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a child’s boot or shoe below a certain size
n. 5. 1900s African-American sl. – a respected person; an important figure in the community
n. 6. 1936 Amer. dial. – a saddle, esp. an old or ill-fitting one
n. 7. 1954 UK sl. – rubbish, nonsense
n. 8. 1960s US college sl. – a good-looking woman
n. 9. 1960s sl. – a left-handed person
n. 10. 1970s sl. – a general term of abuse; a contemptuous term for an individual
n. 11. 1989 Aust. sl. – someone or something extremely funny; someone who has a good sense of humour
n. 12. 1990s Aust. sl. – a laugh
n. 13. 1990s sl. – rubbish, dirt, filth
vb. 1. 1436 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to void excrement, to defecate
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to cackle, to chatter
vb. 3. L19 sl. – to fall asleep
vb. 4. L19 sl. – to make a mess
vb. 5. B1900 Eng. dial. & US African American usage – to boast, to brag, esp. of one’s good fortune
vb. 6. 1900s African-American sl. – to kill
vb. 7. 1933 Amer. dial. – to throw cactus on an animal to make it fight
vb. 8. 1960s sl. – to be terrified
vb. 9. 1960s US sl. – to amaze
vb. 10. 1990s Aust. & US sl. – to joke, to have a laugh, to laugh
vb. 11. 20C US colloq. – to vomit
• CACKBAG
n. 1950s sl. – a general pejorative term, whether of people or things
• CACK BISCUIT
n. 1961 Amer. dial. – a saddle sore
• CACK-BROAD
n. 1940s African-American sl. – a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman
• CACK-CATCHERS
n. 20C Aust. sl. – trousers tied at the ankles, as worn by country farm-workers
• CACKED
adj. 1990s US teen sl. – messed up
• CACKER
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – the gullet; the windpipe
n. 2. 1990s US sl. – a blunderer; one who makes a mess
• CACKEREL
n. 1659 obs. – dysentery
• CACKERMANDER
n. 19C Eng. dial. – a friend
• CACKERSARNIE
n. 1980s UK sl., chiefly schoolboys’ usage – the condition that exists when someone pulls your trousers or underpants forcefully upward, forming a wedge between buttock cheeks; the act of putting someone in that position
• CACKEY
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – human excrement
vb. 1916 Amer. dial. – to void excrement
• CACK-FACE
n. 1990s sl. – a term of insult
• CACK-HAND
n. 2000s sl. – a clumsy, awkward person
• CACK-HANDED
adj. 1. 1854 Eng. dial. or colloq. – left-handed
adj. 2. 1854 Eng. dial. or colloq. – clumsy, awkward, unhandy
• CACKIE
n. L19 sl. – human excrement
vb. L19 sl. – to void excrement
• CACKIE-KNUCKLE
n. 20C Ireland – a shot in children’s marbles game
• CACKIES
n. 1990 US sl. – trousers, esp. khakis
• CACK IT
vb. 2002 UK sl. – to be very nervous or worried; to feel thoroughly frightened
• CACKLE
n. 1. 1676 sl. – idle, inconsequent, noisy chatter; foolish talk
n. 2. c1840 sl. – the patter of clowns
n. 3. 1856 – a concealed laugh; a chuckle
n. 4. c1870 sl. – the dialogue of a play
n. 5. 1930s US sl. – an egg
vb. 1. 1530 UK – to chatter; to talk inconsequentially; to prattle
vb. 2. 1698 US & UK criminals’ sl. – to confess and/or to inform on others; to reveal secrets through indiscreet talk; to blab
vb. 3. 1712 – to chuckle, to laugh, to giggle
vb. 4. 1847 – to talk loudly or fussily about a petty achievement, like a hen after laying an egg
vb. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to stutter, to speak indistinctly
vb. 6. 1963 US sl. – as part of a controlled roll of dice: to give them the appearance and sound of being shaken while actually perverting their turning
• CACKLEBERRIES AND GRUNTS
n. 1925 Amer. sl. – bacon and eggs
• CACKLEBERRY
n. 1916 Aust. & US sl. – an egg used for food
• CACKLEBIRD
n. 1966 Amer. sl. – a chicken; a hen
• CACKLE-BLADDER
n. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – a small bladder of chicken blood held in the mouth and used by criminals to counterfeit the coughing up of blood
• CACKLE-BROAD
n. 1940s African-American sl. – a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman
• CACKLE-CHUCKER
n. c1860 obs., theatrical usage – in the theatre: a prompter
• CACKLE CRATE
n. 1942 US trucking sl. – a truck hauling chickens
• CACKLE FACTORY
n. 1940s US sl. – an insane asylum; a mental hospital; a psychiatric institution
• CACKLE-FAKER
n. Bk1891 theatrical usage – an actor
• CACKLE FRUIT
n. 1966 Amer. sl. – eggs
• CACKLE JELLY
n. 1941 US army sl. – an egg; a serving of eggs
• CACKLE-MERCHANT
n. c1860 theatrical sl. – a dramatic author
• CACKLE ONE’S FAT
vb. 1940s sl. – to brag, to boast; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view
• CACKLER
n. 1. a1400 – a noisy talker; a blab; a tattler; a telltale
n. 2. 1673 sl. – a fowl; a hen
n. 3. c1840 circus and showmen’s sl. – an actor or showman who has a talking part; loosely, an actor
n. 4. 1926 US sl., orig. tramps’ usage – an office worker, a clerk
n. 5. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – an egg
• CACKLER’S-KEN
n. 1788 sl. – a hen-roost; a fowl-house
• CACKLE-STOMACHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular
• CACKLE-TUB
n. 1. 1888 sl. – a pulpit
n. 2. M19 sl. – a preacher
• CACKLING
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – stuttering, stammering
n. 1530 – loud idle talk or chattering, talebearing; used chiefly of women
• CACKLING-CHEAT; CACKLING-CHETE
n. 1567 sl. – a fowl
• CACKLING-COVE
n. c1830 theatrical sl. – an actor
• CACKLING-FART
n. L17 sl. – an egg
• CACKO
adj. 1960s Aust. sl. – extremely drunk
• CACK ON
vb. 1990s UK juvenile sl. – to reprimand
• CACK ONE’S CORDUROYS
vb. 20C Aust. sl. – to be extremely scared
• CACK ONESELF (LAUGHING)
vb. 1987 Aust. sl. – to laugh uncontrollably
• CACK ONE’S PANTS
vb. 20C Aust. sl. – to be extremely scared; to be absolutely terrified
• CACKPIKE
n. 1990s sl. – the anus, the rectum
• CACKPIKE COSMONAUT
n. 1990s sl. – a male homosexual
• CACKS
n. 1. 1920s Eng. dial. – children’s shoes
n. 2. 1980s sl. – knickers
n. 3. 1980s teen sl. – trousers
• CACK SCHOOL
n. c1945 US sl. – a kindergarten or infants’ school ‘which need facilities for relief of nature constantly and instantly at hand’
• CACKY
adj. 1. 1937 sl. – covered with excrement; hence, dirty, filthy, malodorous
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – soft, flabby, not firm, over-fat
adj. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – sticky, muddy
adj. 4. 1970s sl. – disgusting; contemptible; worthless; second-rate
adj. 5. 1981 US sl. – in the language of striptease: overtly if not excessively sexual
n. 1. 1899 sl. – human excrement
n. 2. 1984 UK – a yellowish-brown colour
vb. 1886 Amer. sl. – to void excrement
• CACKY-HANDED
adj. 1900s Aust. sl. – left-handed
• CACK YOUR DACKS
vb. 1. 1992 Aust. sl. – to become scared
vb. 2. 1992 Aust. sl. – to lose control of your bowels
• CACK YOURSELF
vb. 1. 1987 Aust. sl. – to laugh uncontrollably
vb. 2. 2000 UK sl. – to be terrified; to ‘shit yourself’
• CACOCHYMICAL
adj. 1837 arch. – ill-humoured in disposition
• CACODEMON
n. 1. 1594 – an evil spirit
n. 2. 1711 – an evil person; a malignant or deprecated person
n. 3. 1811 obs. – a nightmare
• CACODEMONIAC
n. 1657 rare – one possessed with an evil spirit
• CACODEMONIAL
adj. a1529 obs. rare – pert. to an evil spirit
• CACODEMONIC
adj. 1886 – of the nature of an evil spirit
• CACODEMONIZE
vb. 1834-43 rare – to make into a demon
• CACODOROUS
adj. 1863 rare – ill-smelling, malodorous
► CACODOX adj. holding wrong or evil opinions or doctrines → 1716 obs.
• CACODOXIAN
adj. 1716 rare – holding wrong or evil opinions
• CACODOXICAL
adj. 1693 rare – holding wrong or evil opinions
• CACODOXY
n. a1864 rare – wrong opinion or doctrine
• CACOECONOMY
n. 1819 rare – bad economy, bad management
• CACOËPISTIC
adj. 1857 rare – pert. to erroneous or bad pronunciation
• CACOËPY
n. 1880 rare – bad or erroneous pronunciation
• CACOETHE
adj. 1541 obs. rare – of an ill habit
• CACOETHES
n. 1. 1570 – an ‘itch’ for doing something
n. 2. 1601 – an obstinate or malignant disease
n. 3. 1603 – an evil habit
• CACOGEN
n. a1920s – an anti-social person
• CACOGRAPHER
n. 1880 – a bad writer or speller
• CACOGRAPHIC
adj. 1838 – pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling
• CACOGRAPHICAL
adj. 1838 – pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling
• CACOGRAPHY
n. 1. 1580 – incorrect spelling; a bad system of spelling, such as that of current English
n. 2. 1656 – bad writing; bad handwriting
• CACOLIKE
n. 1582 obs. – a Catholic; used as a term of reproach
• CACOLOGY
n. 1. 1623 obs. – evil report
n. 2. 1775 – bad speaking, bad choice of words; vicious pronunciation
• CACO-MAGICIAN
n. 1656 – an evil magician or sorcerer; one versed in the black art
• CACONYM
n. 1889 – an example of bad nomenclature or terminology, esp. in biology and botany
• CACOPATHY
n. 1721 obs. rare – an old term for a severe affliction or malady
• CACOPHAGY
n. 1730 obs. – a devouring
• CACOPHONIC
adj. 1847 – ill-sounding; discordant, harsh
• CACOPHONICAL
adj. 1847 – ill-sounding
• CACOPHONICALLY
adv. 1864 – with bad, harsh, or unpleasant sound
• CACOPHONIOUS
adj. 1833 – harsh-sounding, having a disagreeable sound
• CACOPHONIZE
vb. 1872 rare – to make cacophonous
• CACOPHONOPHILIST
n. ?19C – a lover of harsh sounds
• CACOPHONOUS
adj. 1797 – ill-sounding, having a harsh or unpleasant sound
• CACOPHONOUSLY
adv. 1864 – with bad, harsh, or unpleasant sound
• CACOPHONY
n. 1. 1656 – the quality of having an ill sound; the use of harsh-sounding words or phrases
n. 2. 1831 – moral discord
• CACO-RHYTHMIC
adj. a1879 – in bad rhythm
• CACOTECHNY
n. 1775 rare – bad art; a mischievous or hurtful art
• CACOTOPIA
n. 1818 – a state, imaginary or otherwise, in which everything is as bad as it can possibly be
• CACOTROPHY
n. 1708 – a bad or inadequate diet; imperfect nutrition
• CACOTYPE
n. 1853 rare – a faulty or imperfect description in print
• CACO-ZEAL
n. 1. 1579 obs. – perverse affectation or imitation, as a fault of style
n. 2. 1608 obs. – perverted or misdirected zeal
• CACOZEALOUS
adj. 1676 obs. – ill-affected, or badly imitating
• CACQUET
n. 1567 obs. rare – cackle, tattle, babble
• CACTIFIED
adj. 1950 Amer. dial. – assuming a false appearance of superiority; stuck up
• CACTUS
adj. 1945 Aust. sl. – ruined, useless, wrecked
n. 1. 1940 Amer. dial. – a packsaddle
n. 2. 1944 Aust. sl. – a remote place, the backblocks
n. 3. 1960s drug culture sl. – mescaline, peyote
n. 4. 1994 US hospital sl. – a severely burnt patient
• CACTUS BOOMER
n. 1928 US West. usage – a nickname for wild brush cattle
• CACTUS BUTTONS
n. 1960s drug culture sl. – mescaline
• CACTUS HEAD
n. 1960s drug culture sl. – mescaline
• CACTUS JUICE
n. 1. 1960s – tequila, mescal
n. 2. 1970s US sl. – mescaline
• CACTUS LEAGUE
n. 1976 US sl. – in baseball: major-league teams holding spring training in the Southwest
• CACTUS PATCH
n. 1976 US jocular usage – Phoenix, Arizona
• CACTUS STOVE
n. 1944 NZ sl. – a rough and ready ‘bush’ stove
• CACUMEN
n. ? 19C – a top or point
• CACUMINATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare – to make sharp; to form into a sharp top like a pyramid
• CACUMINATION
n. 1678 obs. – a making sharp at the top
• CACUMINOUS
adj. 1871 rare – of a tree: having a pyramidal top
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