Dictionary: CAMI – CAMZ

• CAMI
n. 1. 20C sl. – a camisole or underbodice
n. 2. 20C sl. – cami-knickers
 
• CAMI-KNICKS
n. 1930s sl. – an undergarment that combines camisole and knickers
 
• CAMILLA PARKER (BOWLES)
n. 1990s Brit. rhyming sl. on ‘Rolls’ – a Rolls Royce car
 
• CAMISOLE
n. 1881 – a strait-jacket, formerly put upon lunatics
 
• CAMISTER
n. 1851 thieves’ cant – a clergyman, a preacher
 
• CAMLA-LIKE
adj. 1767 Sc. obs. – sullen, surly
 
• CAMMACK
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a stroke with the hand
 
• CAM-MANART
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – ill-contrived, awkward
 
• CAMMED
adj. 1. c1350 obs. – having a camois nose (low and concave)
adj. 2. c1746 Eng. dial. – crooked, perverse 
adj. 3. 1854 Eng. dial. – cross, ill-tempered
adv. 1750 Eng. dial. – perversely, crookedly
 
• CAMMED AS A DOG’S LEG
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – crooked
 
• CAMMED AS A WISKET
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – crooked (wisket = basket)
 
• CAMMEL
vb. 1923 Sc. – to argue, to dispute
 
• CAMMELT
adj. Bk1898 Sc. – crooked
 
• CAMMEREL
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – crooked
 
• CAMMICK
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a preventive, a stop
 
• CAMMICKS
n. 1863 Eng. dial. – broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal
 
• CAMMIE
adj. 1970s sl., orig. US military – of uniforms: camouflage
n. 1987 sl., orig. US military – camouflage (uniform)
 
• CAMMIES
n. 1971 Amer. military sl. – a camouflage uniform
 
• CAMMING
n. 1. 1854 Eng. dial. – treading shoes out of shape
n. 2. 1868 Eng. dial. – altercation, bickering, quarrelling
 
• CAMMOCK
n. 1. c1450 – a crooked stick or piece of wood; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick
n. 2. 1678 Sc. – a curved stick, esp. one used in the game of hockey
n. 3. 1821 Sc. – the game of hockey
 
• CAMMOCKS
n. 1863 Eng. dial. – broken victuals, small pieces left at a meal
 
• CAMMON
n. 1790 Sc. & Ireland – the game of hockey
 
• CAMMY
adj. 1970s sl., orig. US military – of uniforms: camouflage
n. 1. 20C sl. – a camisole or underbodice
n. 2. 20C sl. – cami-knickers
 
• CAMO
adj. 1970s sl., orig. US military – of uniforms: camouflage
n. 1970s sl., orig. US military – camouflage (uniform)
 
• CAMOIS
adj. c1380 obs. – of the nose: low and concave; of persons: pug-nosed
n. 1485 obs. – a person or animal with a camois nose
 
• CAMOISED
adj. 1393 obs. – having a camois nose
 
• CAMOIS-NOSED
adj. 1601 obs. – hooked-nosed
 
• CAMOSE
n. 1538-46 obs. – a sea-gull
 
• CAMOUFLAGE COCKTAIL
n. 1930s African-American sl. – a cocktail designed to hide the poor-quality liquor of the Prohibition era
 
• CAMOUFLEUR
n. World War II Amer. sl. – one who applies or uses camouflage
 
• CAMOW-NOSED
adj. a1600 – hooked-nosed
 
• CAMP
adj. 1. 1830 Sc. – in good spirits  
adj. 2. M19 sl. – strange, though amusing
adj. 3. M19 sl. – stylish
adj. 4. M19 sl. – effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality
adv. 1970s US homosexual sl. – in an effeminate, affected, exaggerated manner
n. 1. c1000 obs. – martial contest, combat, fight, battle, war
n. 2. 1538 obs. – field of inquiry; field of discussion or debate, subject of debate
n. 3. 1825 Sc. – a romp; applied to both sexes
n. 4. 1880 Amer. dial. – a summer dwelling, whether modest or elaborate
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a chat, a talk
n. 6. M19 Aust. sl. – a short rest, a lie-down
n. 7. 1920s sl. – flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex
n. 8. 1920s sl., orig. US – an effeminate male homosexual
n. 9. 1930s US sl. – a residence or gathering place for male homosexuals
n. 10. 20C US sl. – a brothel
n. 11. Bk2006 US sl. – something cute and out of fashion; something of such an anachronistic style as to be intriguing
vb. 1. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to fight; to contend in battle
vb. 2. 1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to strive with others in doing anything, e.g. drinking
vb. 3. 1774-6 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to contend in athletic contests
vb. 4. 1606 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to wrangle, to scold
vb. 5. 1790 Eng. dial. – to talk, to chat, to gossip
vb. 6. a1800 Aust. sl. – to surpass; to ‘floor’
vb. 7. 1825 Sc. – to play the romp
vb. 8. 1879 Eng. dial. – of birds: to flock together, gyrate in the air
vb. 9. M19 Aust. sl. – to rest, to lie down
vb. 10. L19 Aust. sl. – to die
vb. 11. 1920s sl. – to act ostentatiously and outrageously in a homosexual manner, although by no means restricted – verbally or physically – to the gay world
vb. 12. 2000s UK juvenile sl. – to act in an exaggeratedly ‘gay’ manner in order to humiliate a boy who is or is believed to be homosexual
 
• THE CAMP
n. 1. L18 Aust. – Sydney
n. 2. M19 Aust. – Hobart
n. 3. 20C sl. – the area outside Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands
 
• CAMPAIGN
adj. 1628 – belonging to the open country
n. 1. 1628 obs. – a tract of open country; a plain
n. 2. a1667 obs. – open country as opposed to hills, woods, etc.; country as opposed to town
n. 3. 1708 obs. – a voyage or cruise
n. 4. 1748 – an expedition or excursion into the country; a summer’s trip or sojourn
 
• CAMPAL
adj. 1598 obs. – belonging to the open country or ‘the field’
 
• CAMPANA
n. 1706 – a church bell
 
• CAMPANAL
adj. 1571 obs. – bell-shaped
 
• CAMPANARIAN
adj. 1869 rare – pert. to bell-founding or to bells
 
• CAMPANEL
n. 1653 obs. rare – a small bell
 
• CAMPANIA
n. 1. 1647 obs. – a  large open level tract of ground without hills; a plain
n. 2. 1679 obs. – operations of an army in the field during a season
 
• CAMPANILE
n. 1640 – a bell-tower; a steeple
 
• CAMPANILIAN
adj. 1693 obs. rare – pert. to a bell-tower, or peal of bells
 
• CAMPANIST
n. 1872 – one versed in the subject of bells
 
• CAMPANISTIC
adj. 1883 – pert. to a bellman
 
• CAMPANOLOGER
n. 1800 – one versed in the subject of bells
 
• CAMPANOLOGICAL
adj. 1800 – pert. to bells, bell-founding, or bell-ringing
 
• CAMPANOLOGIST
n. 1857 – one versed in the subject of bells
 
• CAMPANOLOGY
n. 1847 – the subject of bells; detailed examination of the principles of bell-founding; bell-ringing
 
• CAMP AS A ROW OF TENTS 
adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – of a homosexual male
 
• CAMPBOAT
n. 1964 Amer. dial. – a houseboat
 
• CAMP-CANDLESTICK
n. 1811 military sl. – an empty bottle or a bayonet
 
• CAMP-CHAPLAIN
n. 1679-88 obs. – an army chaplain
 
• CAMP DOG
n. 1. 1920s US tramps’ sl. – a person who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps
n. 2. 1927 Amer. dial. – in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings
 
• CAMP DOWN
vb. 1. 1848 Amer. dial. – to sit or lie down
vb. 2. L19 Aust. sl. – to go to bed
vb. 3. L19 Aust. sl. – to die
 
• CAMPEADOR
n. 1950 – a champion
 
• CAMPED
adj. L19 Aust. sl. – exhausted
 
• CAMPEINIE
n. 1906 Sc. – a lamb
 
• CAMPER
n. 1. 1631 obs. – one who belongs to a camp; a soldier, a military man; a camp-follower
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a gypsy, an itinerant tinker, etc.
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – saucy, impertinent language
n. 4. 1960s US homosexual sl. – a young boyish lesbian  
n. 5. 1970s US sl. – a person, an individual
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to entangle, to join together
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to reply saucily
 
• CAMPERLASH 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – abusive language
 
• CAMPERLECKS
n. 1808 Sc. obs. – magical tricks
 
• CAMPERNOYLE
n. 1527 obs. – a mushroom or toadstool
 
• CAMPERS
n. Bk1998 sl. – slow-eating restaurant patrons
 
• CAMPERSOME 
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – lively, high-spirited
 
• CAMPESTRAL
adj. a1750 rare – pert. to fields or open country; growing or living in the fields
 
• CAMPESTRIAL
adj. 1606 obs. – pert. to fields or open country; growing or living in the fields
 
• CAMPFIRE GIRL
n. 1970s US homosexual sl. – a soldier
 
• CAMP FOLLOWER 
n. Bk1999 – a hanger-on  
 
• CAMPHOR AND MOTH
n. 1930s UK tramps’ rhyming sl. – broth  
 
• CAMPIE
adj. 1882 Sc. – of persons: bold, brave, heroic
n. 1923 Sc. – one who strives, contends, or works vigorously
 
• CAMPING
adj. 1. 1642 obs. – wrangling, contentious, scolding
adj. 2. M19 sl. – effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality
n. 1. 1549 obs. – contending, fighting
n. 2. 1920s sl. – flamboyance, overt exhibitionism
 
• CAMP INSPECTOR
n. 1950 Amer. dial. jocular usage – an itinerant logger
 
• CAMPION
n. 1. c1270 obs. – one who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause; a champion
n. 2. c1320 obs. – one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant
 
• CAMPISH
adj. M19 sl. – effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality
 
• CAMP IT OFF
vb. 1970s US homosexual sl. – to shrug off an insult
 
• CAMP IT UP
vb. 1. Bk1999 – to act in an exaggeratedly camp manner, to overact  
vb. 2. E20 sl. – to overdo effeminacy; to act too effeminate in public
 
• CAMP JACK
n. 1940 Amer. West usage – in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep  
 
• CAMP JERKER
n. 1931  Amer. West usage – in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep
 
• CAMPLE
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation
vb. 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross
 
• CAMPLE WITH 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to meddle with
 
• CAMPLING 
adj. 1880 Eng. dial. – quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding
 
• CAMPLY 
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – quarrelsome, impertinent; scolding
 
• CAMP-MASTER-GENERAL
n. a1569 obs. – a field-marshal
 
• CAMP MEAT
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – deer shot illegally
 
• CAMP MEETING BABY
n. 1931 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
 
• CAMP MOVER
n. 1931 Amer. West usage – in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep
 
• CAMPO
n. 1612 school sl. obs. – a play-field, a play-ground
 
• CAMPODA
n. 1856 Amer. dial. – a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings
 
• CAMP ON ONE’S TRAIL
vb. 1882 Amer. dial. – to follow or remind someone persistently
 
• CAMPOODIE
n. 1869 Amer. dial. – a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings
 
• CAMPOODY
n. 1887 Amer. dial. – a hut or cabin; a village of such dwellings
 
• CAMPO SANTO
n. 1856 Amer. dial. – a cemetery
 
• CAMPROL
n. 1925 Sc. – a gypsy spell
 
• CAMPRULY
adj. 1808 Sc. obs. – contentious
 
• CAMP RUSTLER
n. 1913 Amer. West usage – in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep
 
• CAMPS
n. c1450 obs. rare – the whiskers of a cat; stout bristly hairs, as in a beard
 
• CAMPSHO 
adj. 1727 Sc. – crooked, distorted
 
• CAMP-STOOL BRIGADE
n. 1889 sl. – the people who wait outside a place of entertainment to secure the best seats, and bring camp-stools with them to rest themselves
 
• CAMP STRAWBERRIES
n. World War II Amer. sl. – beans
 
• CAMP TENDER
n. 1913 Amer. West usage – in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep
 
• CAMPY
adj. 1. 1808 Sc. – quick-tempered, ill-tempered
adj. 2. 1825 Sc. obs. – elated by a flow of high spirits  
adj. 3. 1882 Sc. – of persons: bold, brave, heroic
adj. 4. 1923 Sc. – of horses: mettlesome, brisk
adj. 5. 1941 Amer. sl. – of a homosexual man: given to often humorously exaggerated feminine mannerisms; blatantly effeminate
n. 1923 Sc. – one who strives, contends, or works vigorously
 
• CAM RED
n. 1960s drug culture sl. – a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia
 
• CAMSHACHLE
vb. 1805 Sc. – to distort, to twist all awry
 
• CAMSHACK 
adj. 1. 1727 Sc. – crooked, distorted
adj. 2. 1787 Sc. – cross-grained, ill-tempered
 
• CAMSHACKLE
adj. 1808 Sc. – angry, cross, quarrelsome
vb. 1. 1819 Sc. – to distort, to bend, to twist, to disorder
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to oppress or bear down with fatigue or confinement
 
• CAMSHACKLED 
adj. 1805 Sc. – crooked
 
• CAMSHO
adj. 1727 Sc. – crooked
 
• CAMSHOCH
adj. 1. 1513 Sc. – crooked, distorted, awry; deformed
adj. 2. 1606 Sc. – perverse
 
• CAMSTAIRY
adj. 1769 Sc. – perverse, unmanageable, riotous; unruly, wilful; fractious; given to quarrelling; excitable
adv. 1928 Sc. – helter-skelter, in disorder
n. 1. 1818 Sc. – an obstinate, unmanageable person
n. 2. 1934 Sc. – an uproar
 
• CAMSTEERIE
adv. 1928 Sc. – helter-skelter, in disorder
n. 1934 Sc. – an uproar
 
• CAMSTEERINESS 
n. 1864 Sc. – perversity, obstinacy
 
• CAMSTEERY
adj. 1769 Sc. – perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable
 
• CAMSTERIOUS
adj. 1934 Sc. – of a horse: very frisky
 
• CAMSTERRY
adj. 1769 Sc. – perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable
 
• CAMSTRARIE
adj. 1769 Sc. – perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable
 
• CAMSTRARINESS
n. 1835 Sc. – obstinacy, perversity
 
• CAMSTROUDGEOUS
adj. 1808 Sc. – wild, unmanageable; obstinate, perverse
 
• CAMSTRUDGEOUS
adj. 1933 Sc. – wild; obstinate
 
• CAM TRIP
n. 1960s drug culture sl. – a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana
 
• CAMUS
adj. c1380 obs. – of the nose: low and concave; of persons: pug-nosed
 
• CAMWHORE
n. 20C sl. – a person who performs sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward him or her with money or gifts
vb. 20C sl. – to perform sexual or titillating acts in front of a webcam for the gratification of online customers who reward with money or gifts