Dictionary: CAQ – CARO

• CAR
n. 1. c1320 – a wheeled vehicle or conveyance; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. 
n. 2. 1488 rare – a sleigh or hurdle without wheels 
n. 3. 1633 obs. – the seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, called also the Plough or Wain 
n. 4. 1970s US prison sl. – a group of inmates who associate to run money-making schemes, dominate other prisoners, and otherwise ‘rule’ the institution 
n. 5. 1990s US prison sl. – a group of prisoners who pool their supply of drugs 
n. 6. 1990s US prison sl. – a line used for transferring article, as a pack of cigarettes, from one cell to another 
 
• CARABINEER
n. 1672 – a soldier who carries a carbine
 
• CARABINERO
n. 1845 – a customs or revenue officer; a frontier guard
 
• CARACOLE
n. 1622 obs. – a spiral shell
 
• CARACT
n. 1. 1377 obs. – a mark, sign, or character 
n. 2. 1393 obs. – a magical character or symbol; a charm 
 
• CARAMBA!
int. 1835 – an exclamation of surprise or dismay; gracious! strange! damn! 
 
• CARAMEL CLONE
n. 2000s African-American usage – a light-skinned Black person 
 
• CARAMEL SUNDAE
n. 1990s African-American teen sl. – an attractive, sexy, medium- to light-skinned Black woman
 
• CARAT
n. 1597 obs. – worth, value; estimate 
 
• CARAVAN
n. 1. 1676 sl. – a dupe; a gull; one who is cheated; a subject of plunder 
n. 2. 1688 thieves’ cant obs. – an object of plunder 
n. 3. Bk1690 cant – a large sum of money 
n. 4. Bk1891 boxing usage – a railway train, esp. a train expressly chartered to  `convey people to a price fight 
 
• CARAVANSERA
n. Bk1891 boxing sl. – a railway station
 
• CARAWIMPLE
n. 1672 obs. – a mere fiction; a dream 
 
• CAR BATTERY
n. 1876 obs. rare, military usage – a two-wheeled carriage used to carry ammunition and gunners
 
• CARBERRY
vb. 1692 Sc. obs. – ? to defeat, to get the better of 
 
• CARBON OIL
n. 1904 Amer. dial. – kerosene 
 
• CARBUNCLE
n. 1. c1430 obs. – a person or thing of resplendent quality 
n. 2. 1682 – a red spot or pimple on the nose or face caused by habits of intemperance 
 
• CARBUNCULATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to burn like a coal 
 
• CARCAN
n. 1539 obs. – an ornamental collar or necklace 
 
• CARCANET
n. c1530 arch. – an ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels 
 
• CARCASE
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – the trunk, the body 
 
• CARCASE LORDS
n. Bk1890 sl. – wholesale butchers, who monopolize and forestall the markets 
 
• CARCASS
n. 1957 Amer. dial. – one’s body; one’s buttocks 
 
• CARCEIR
vb. 1630-56 Sc. obs. – to imprison 
 
• CARCEL
n. 1840 Amer. dial. – a jail or prison 
 
• CARCELAGE
n. 1678-96 obs. – prison fees 
 
• CARCERAL
adj. 1563-87 obs. – belonging to a prison 
 
• CARCERATE
adj. 1839 – to imprison, to incarcerate, to confine 
 
• CARCERATION
n. 1839 – imprisonment, incarceration 
 
• CARCERIST
n. 1821 nonce word – one who advocates or has to do with prisons 
 
• CARCOON
n. 1803 Anglo-Indian – a clerk 
 
• CAR CULTURE
n. 1957 – a society or way of life characterized by excessive use of or reliance on motor vehicles; usually used with negative connotations
 
• CARD
n. 1. 1527 obs. – a map or plan 
n. 2. 1835 sl. – a character; an odd fish; an eccentric 
n. 3. 1851 sl. – the correct thing; the ‘ticket’, the ‘figure’ 
n. 4. 1905 Brit. sl. – an amusing person 
n. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – a union member 
vb. 1. Bk1888 Sc. – to scold sharply 
vb. 2. 1952 Amer. dial. – to go home, to move on 
 
• THE CARD
n. 1. 1851 colloq. – the correct thing; the ‘ticket’ 
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent 
 
• CARDBOARD DRIVER
n. 1971 US sl. – in trucking: a new driver going through a trial period with a trucking company 
 
• CARD-CARRYING
adj. 1963 US jocular usage – genuine; thoroughgoing
 
• CARDER
n. c1530 obs. – a card player
 
• CARDIE
n. 1968 sl. – a cardigan
 
• CARDINAL
n. 1. 1861 – mulled red wine
n. 2. Bk1891 Amer. sl. – a lobster
 
• CARDINAL HASH
n. Bk1891 Amer. sl. – lobster salad 
 
• CARDINALS
n. 1889 street sl. – shoe-blacks
 
• CARDIOGNOST
n. 1652 obs. – one who knows the heart 
 
• CARDIOGNOSTIC
n. 1640 obs. – one who knows the heart 
 
• CARD-MAN
n. 1. 1625 obs. – a maker of maps or charts 
n. 2. 1930 US sl. – a worker having a union card 
 
• CARD MECHANIC
n. 1906 US sl. – a person, as a crooked gambler, who is skilled at manipulating playing cards; a cardsharp (gambling usage)
 
• CARDOPHAGUS
n. 1857 nonce word – a thistle-eater, i.e. donkey
 
• CARDOUN
n. c1425 obs. – a thistle 
 
• CARD-PAPER
n. 1777 – cardboard 
 
• CARDUE
n. 1388 obs. – a thistle 
 
• CARDUEL
n. 1572  obs. – a goldfinch 
 
• CARDY
n. 1968 sl. – a cardigan 
 
• CARE
n. 1. a1000 obs. – utterance of sorrow; lamentation, mourning 
n. 2. c1250 obs. – mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble 
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to sorrow or grieve 
vb. 2. a1300 obs. – to mourn, to lament 
 
• CARE A FRIG
vb. 1955 UK sl. – to care, to be concerned; usually in a negative context 
 
• CARE-AWAY
n. 1. 1575 obs. – a reckless fellow, a roisterer 
n. 2. 1633 – something that drives away care 
int. 1440 obs. – an exclamation of merriment or recklessness; away with care! 
 
• CARE BOY
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage – a tank driver
 
• CAREER
n. 1. 1571 obs. – of a horse: a short gallop at full speed 
n. 2. 1580 obs. – the ground on which a race is run; a race-course 
n. 3. 1642 obs. – the course over which any person or thing passes; a road, a path, a way 
vb. 1594 obs. – to take a short gallop 
 
• CAREFUL
adj. 1. a1000 obs. – full of grief; mournful, sorrowful 
adj. 2. a1000 obs. – full of care, trouble, anxiety, or concern; anxious, troubled, solicitous, concerned 
adj. 3. c1340-70 obs. – causing trouble or fear; dreadful 
 
• CAREFUL PIN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a safety pin 
 
• CAREFULNESS
n. a1000 arch. – solicitude, anxiety, concern 
 
• CARE-GRINDER
n. 1883 thieves’ sl. – the treadmill (a device formerly used for driving machinery, consisting of a large wheel with steps fitted into its inner surface; it was turned by the weight of people or animals treading the steps)
 
• CARE KILLED THE CAT
phr. 1562 – care will kill anyone even though he had, like the proverbial cat, nine lives 
 
• CARELESS
adj. 1. a1000 obs. – free from care, anxiety, or apprehension 
adj. 2. 1590 obs. – uncared for, untended 
 
• CARELESSNESS
n. c1000 obs. – freedom from trouble or anxiety
 
• CARELESS PIN
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a straight pin as distinguished from a safety pin
 
• CARELESSWISE
adv. 1880 – carelessly
 
• CARENCY
n. 1655 obs. rare – the state of being without; wantingness, want
 
• CARE NOT AN ITEM
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to care nothing at all
 
• CARE NOT A QUINCH
phr. 1571 obs. rare – care not the least
 
• CARE NOT A STRAW
vb. Bk1904 sl. – to care not at all  
 
• CARENTANE
n. 1647 obs. – a group of 40; a space of forty days; a forty days’ indulgence
 
• CARESOME
adj. 1535 obs. – troublesome, burdensome
 
• CARESS
vb. 1. 1658 arch. – to treat with kindness or favour; to pet, to make much of
vb. 2. 1670 obs. – to treat
vb. 3. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
 
• CARESSANT
adj. 1861 rare, poetic usage – caressing, fondling
 
• CARETAKER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a man whose job it is to take care of roads in a certain locality
 
• CARE-TAKING
adj. 1825 – that takes care, careful
n. 1625 obs. – anxiety
 
• CARE-WEED
n. c1500 obs. – mourning attire
 
• CARF
n. a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – cutting, a cut, an incision; a wound
 
• CARFAX
n. 1. 1357 – a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet
n. 2. 1527 – hence, the proper name of a place formed by the intersection of two principal streets in various towns
 
• CARFOUR
n. 1477 obs. – a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet  
 
• CARFOX
n. 1357 – a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet; sometimes extended to more than four
 
• CARGASON;  CARGAZON
n. 1583 obs. – the cargo or freight of a ship
 
• CARGO
int. 1607 obs. – an exclamation or imprecation
n. 1. 1602 obs. – a term of contempt applied to a person
n. 2. 1690 sl. obs. – a good round sum of money on a man
n. 3. 1870 – at Winchester College: a hamper from home
n. 4. 1994 UK sl. – ostentatious jewellery worn as a status symbol
 
• CARGOED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
 
• CAR-HANDED
adj. 1279 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. – left-handed
 
• CARHOP
n. 1. 1939 US colloq. – an employee in a drive-in restaurant who serves customers in their cars  
n. 2. 1995 US sl. – a girl who chooses partners on the basis of their car
 
• CAR HOUSE
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – a garage
 
• CARIATE
adj. 1702 obs. – to affect with decay
 
• CARIATED
adj. 1665 obs. – decayed, carious
 
• CARILLON
n. 1. 1803 – a melody played on the bells
n. 2. 1836 – a set of bells so hung and arranged as to be capable of being played upon either by manual action or by machinery
 
• CARINE
n. 1656 obs. – the keel or bottom of a ship
 
• CARIOLE
n. 1965 Can. – a horse-drawn sleigh
 
• CARITABLY
adv. 1533 obs. – charitably
 
• CARITATIVE
adj. 1884 – of charitable or benevolent tendency
 
• CARITY
n. 1530 obs. – dearness, dearth
 
• CARJACK
vb. 1991 US sl. – to steal a car from its drive under threat of bodily harm
 
• CAR JOCKEY
n. 1. 1956 US sl. – a parking attendant
n. 2. 1977 US sl. – a race car driver
 
• CARK
n. 1. a1300 obs. – charge, burden of responsibility
n. 2. c1325 arch. – that which burdens the spirit, trouble; hence, troubled state of mind, distress, anxiety; anxious solicitude, labour, or toil
n. 3. 1482 obs. – care, heed, pains
n. 4. M20 US sl. – the penis
vb. 1. a1300 obs. – to load, to burden
vb. 2. a1300 obs. or arch. – to burden with care; to worry, to harass, to vex, to trouble
vb. 3. a1400 obs. or arch. – to be anxious, to fret oneself; to labour anxiously, to toil and moil
vb. 4. 1968 Amer. dial. – to fret, to complain
vb. 5. 1977 Aust. sl. – to die
 
• CARKET
n. a1500 obs. – an ornamental collar or necklace
 
• CAR KEY
n. 1996 UK sl. – a screwdriver used for breaking into cars
 
• CARKFUL
adj. c1449 obs. – full of care or trouble; anxious
 
• CARKING
adj. 1. c1565 obs. or arch. – burdening, distressing, grieving, fretting
adj. 2. 1567 obs. or arch. – anxious; fretting
adj. 3. 1579 obs. or arch. – toiling, moiling, labouring
adj. 4. 1748 obs. or arch.-  miserly, niggardly
n. 1583 obs. or arch. – grieving, being anxious; trouble, solicitude; anxious toil
 
• CARKINGLY
adv. 1611 obs. – anxiously, fretfully, solicitously
 
• CARK IT
vb. 1982 Aust. sl. – to die
 
• CAR KNOCKER
n. 1925 Amer. dial. – in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector
 
• CARKY
adj. 19C Eng. dial. – vexed, annoyed
vb. 19C Eng. dial. – to fret, to complain, grumble
 
• CARL
n. 1. a1300 Sc. or arch. – a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt
n. 2. a1300 obs. – a bondman, a villain
n. 3. 1375 arch. – a man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman
n. 4. 1542 obs. exc. Sc. – one who is churlish or mean in money matters; a niggard
vb. 1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to talk with a gruff, snarling voice; to snarl
 
• CARL CAT
n. c1605 – a male cat
 
• CARLE
n. 1. a1300 Sc. or arch. – a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt
n. 2. a1300 obs. – a bondman, a villain
n. 3. 1375 arch. – a man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman
n. 4. 1542 obs. exc. Sc. – one who is churlish or mean in money matters; a niggard
 
• CARLER
n. Bk1891 US thieves’ sl. – a clerk
 
• CARLIE
n. 1697 Sc. – a little ‘carl’; a man short of stature
 
• CARLINE
n. 1. a1300 chiefly Sc. – a woman, esp. an old one; often implying contempt or disparagement  
n. 2. 1528 chiefly Sc. – a witch or one charged with being such
 
• CARLING
n. 1. a1300 chiefly Sc. – a woman, esp. an old one; often implying contempt or disparagement
n. 2. 1528 chiefly Sc. – a witch or one charged with being such
 
• CARLISH
adj. a1240 – churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean
 
• CARLISHNESS
n. 1552 – surliness; coarseness
 
• CARLLEIN
n. c1460 obs. rare – a little carl, rustic, or peasant
 
• CARLMAN
n. 1135 obs. – a man, an adult male
 
• CARLOT
n. 1600 obs. rare – a churl, a rustic, a peasant
 
• CARL ROSA
n. 1977 UK rhyming sl. – a poser, a poseur
 
• CARMABIS     
n. 1977 US sl. – marijuana
 
• CARMAGNOLE
n. 1. 1796 – the devil, as the author of mischief or ruin
n. 2. 1823 – a nickname for a soldier in the French revolutionary army
 
• CARMAN
n. 1. 1135 obs. – a man, an adult male
n. 2. 1580 – a carter, a carrier
 
• CARMEL INDIAN
n. 1963 Amer. dial. – a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio
 
• CARMELITE
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio
 
• CARMINATION
n. 1620 obs. rare – charming, incantation
 
• CARMUICHE
n. 1535 Sc. obs. – skirmish
 
• CARN!
int. 1965 Aust. sl. – come on! a call of encouragement especially common among sports spectators
 
• CARNAC
n. 1704 rare – the driver of an elephant; a mahout
 
• CARNADINE
n. 1598 obs. – red or carnation colour
 
• CARNAGE
n. 1656 obs. – in hunting: flesh that is given to dogs after the chase
 
• CARNAL
adj. 1. 1594 obs. – bloody, murderous
adj. 2. 1594 obs. – carnivorous
n. 1950 Mexican-American – a very close male friend
vb. 1643 obs. rare – to make carnal, to fill with sensuality; to have carnal intercourse with
 
• CARNAL ACQUAINTANCE
n. 19C euphemism – copulation
 
• CARNAL CONNECTION
n. 19C euphemism – sexual intercourse
 
• CARNAL COPULATION
n. 19C euphemism – sexual pleasure; copulation
 
• CARNAL ENGAGEMENT
n. 19C euphemism – sexual intercourse
 
• CARNALISM
n. 1864 rare – sensualism
 
• CARNALIST
n. 1621 obs. – a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man; a sensualist
 
• CARNALITE
n. 1573 obs. – a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man; a sensualist
 
• CARNALITY
n. 1. E15 – copulation
n. 2. E15 – lechery, lust, and lewdness
 
• CARNALIZE
vb. 1. 1706 obs. – to have carnal intercourse
vb. 2. E18 – to arouse sexually; to awaken the libido
 
• CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
n. 15C euphemism – copulation
 
• CARNAL PARTS
n. E18 – the genitals of a male or female
 
• CARNAL STUMP
n. 1694 sl. – the penis
 
• CARNAL TRAP
n. M17 – the female genitals; the vagina
 
• CARNAPPER
n. 1984 UK sl. – a person who habitually steals cars
 
• CARNAPTIOUS
adj. 1890 Sc. & Irish – irritable, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, fault-finding
 
• CARNATION
adj. 1565-78 obs. – flesh-coloured
n. 1. c1410 obs. – incarnation
n. 2. c1535 obs. – the colour of human ‘flesh’ or skin; flesh-colour
 
• CARNATIONED
adj. 1649 obs. – flesh-coloured
 
• CARNE
n. 1986 US sl. – heroin
 
• CARNEITY
n. 1691 obs. rare – the state or quality of being flesh
 
• CARNELL
n. 1536 Sc. obs. – a heap
 
• CARNEOUS
adj. 1. 1578 – consisting of flesh, fleshy
adj. 2. 1673 obs. – flesh-coloured, pale red
 
• CARNEY
adj. 1881 sl. – sly, artful
n. 1. Bk1891 colloq. – soothing and seductive flattery; language covering a design
n. 2. 1931 US sl. – a carnival
vb. 1811 Eng. dial. & colloq. – to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter
 
• CARNEYING
adj. 1851 colloq. – in a wheedling, coaxing, or insinuating manner 
 
• CARNIE
n. 1. 1968 Aust. sl. – a carnation 
n. 2. 1984 NZ sl. – a young person under the legal age of consent 
n. 3. 2003 UK sl. – cocaine 
 
• CARNIFEROUS
adj. 1841 rare – flesh-bearing 
 
• CARNIFEX
n. 1561 obs. – an executioner 
 
• CARNIFICATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to hang 
 
• CARNIFICE
n. 1657 obs. rare – butchery, murder, torture 
 
• CARNIFICIAL
adj. 1632 – belonging to an executioner, or to a butchery; butcherly 
 
• CARNIFICINE
adj. 1681 obs. rare – of the executioner; butcherly 
n. 1656 obs. rare – the place of execution, the office of hangman 
 
• CARNISH
n. Bk1891 thieves’ sl. – meat
 
• CARNISH-KEN
n. Bk1891 thieves’ sl. – a thieves’ eating house
 
• CARNIVAL
vb.1945 Amer. dial. – of a horse: to buck in a showy manner 
 
• CARNIVAL CROQUET
n. 1966 US sl. – the shell game 
 
• CARNIVAL LOUSE
n. 1981 US sl. – a person who follows a carnival from town to town and associates with carnival employees, but is not one himself
 
• CARNIVORACITY
n. 1730 nonce word – appetite for flesh
 
• CARNOSE
adj. 1562 – consisting of or resembling flesh; fleshy
 
• CARNOSITY
n. 1. 1533 obs. – fleshiness; flesh or pulp
n. 2. 1559 – a fleshy growth; a caruncle
 
• CARNOUS
adj. 1577 – consisting of or abounding in flesh; fleshy
 
• CARNY
adj. 1881 sl. – sly, artful
n. 1. 1874 colloq. – soothing and seductive flattery; language covering a design; soft, hypocritical language
n. 2. 1931 US sl. – a carnival
n. 3. 1939 US sl. – any person employed by or associated with a travelling carnival
n. 4. 1948 US sl. – the insider’s language used by carnival workers
vb. 1811 Eng. dial. & colloq. – to act in a wheedling or coaxing manner; to wheedle, to coax, to cajole, to flatter
 
• CARNY DIVORCE
n.         an arrangement in which a man and woman who are living together without benefit of a wedding end their relationship …1985 US sl.
 
• CARNY’S CHRISTMAS
n. 1981 US sl. – Labour Day (the first Monday in September)
 
• CAROL
n. 1. 1330 obs. – a ring or circle, as of standing stones
n. 2. c1425 obs. – a chain
n. 3. 1483 obs. – a company or band of singers; a choir
n. 4. 1800 – the joyous warbling of birds
vb. 1. a1300 obs. – to dance and sing, to make merry
vb. 2. 1595 – of a bird: to warble
 
• CAROLET
n. 1593 obs. rare – a little carol or song
 
• CAROLINA
n. 1. 1775 Amer. dial. – the sweet potato
n. 2. 1950 US sl. – in craps: a nine
n. 3. 1988 Sc. sl. – a friend, a mate
 
• CAROLINA POTATO
n. 1819 Amer. dial. – the sweet potato
 
• CAROLINA RACEHORSE
n. 1862 Amer. dial., jocular usage – a razor-back hog
 
• CAROLINA SPREAD
n. 1981 US sl. – significant weight gain below the waist
 
• CAROLINA STOCKER
n. 1968 US sl. – in drag racing: a stock car with illegal equipment or with an illegally large engine
 
• CAROON
n. Bk1891 costermongers’ usage – a five shilling piece
 
• CAROUSE
n. 1594 – a cupful drunk ‘all out’, a full draught of liquor, a full bumper to one’s health, a toast
vb. 1583 obs. – to drink health or success to