Dictionary: CP – CRAZ

► CP n. corporal punishment → 1987 US sl.
► C PHONE n. a mobile telephone → 1997 US sl.
► C.P.R. STRAWBERRIES n.  prunes (Canadian Pacific Railways) → 1918 Can. railwaymen’s usage
► CRAB adj. perverse; ill-humoured, mean, cross → 1961 UK sl.
n. 1. a sour person → 1580 UK 
n. 2. a crabbed, cross-grained, ill-tempered person → 1825
n. 3. a finding fault; an adverse criticism or objection → 1893 colloq.
n. 4. a book returned unsold by a bookseller to the publisher → 1896
n. 5. a midshipman, esp. a junior midshipman or naval cadet → 1916 nautical sl.
n. 6. a person who complains a lot → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
n. 7. a girl from Annapolis, Maryland → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
n. 8. a first-year college student → 1947 US sl.
n. 9. the vulva → 1982 Bahamas sl.
n. 10. a member of the Royal Air Force → 1983 UK sl.
vb. 1. to cross; to put out of humour or temper; to irritate, to anger, to enrage, to provoke → 1400 obs.
vb. 2. to make ill-tempered or peevish → 1662 obs.
vb. 3. to criticize adversely, to find fault with → 1819 sl.
vb. 4. to break or bruise → 1850 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to interfere with or obstruct the working, progress, or success of → 1899 sl.
vb. 6. to spoil or ruin or render impossible any plan of action → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 7. of an aircraft: to fly close to the ground or water; to drift or manoeuvre sideways → 1943 UK sl.
vb. 8. to complain, to argue → 1906 Amer. sl.
vb. 9. in horse racing: to belittle a horse’s performance → 1948 UK sl.
vb. 10. to insult; to annoy → 1969 Amer. dial.
vb. 11. to cheat in school exams → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. 12. in parachuting: to direct the parachute across the wind direction → 1978 US sl.
vb. 13. in the television and film industries: to move the camera sideways → 1987 US sl.
► CRAB-APPLE TWO-STEP n. diarrhoea → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRABAT n. a couch → 1483 obs.
► CRABBER n. a person who finds fault or criticizes adversely → 1909
► CRABBING n. 1. vexation, crossness → 1450 Sc. obs.
n. 2. adverse criticism, a pulling to pieces → 1819 
► CRABBISH adj. cross, crabbed → 1485 obs.
► CRABBIT adj. bad-tempered, irritable → 19C Sc. & Irish
► CRABBY adj. 1. having a sideways gait → 1582 obs.
adj. 2. bad-tempered, cross-grained, perverse, fractious, peevish, morose → 1776
n. the vulva → 1982 Bahamas sl.
► CRAB FACE n. an ugly ill-tempered looking face → 1706 obs.
► CRAB-FACED adj. having an ugly, ill-tempered looking face → 1563
► CRAB EYE n. a protuberant or prominent eye → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRABFEST n. an exchange of grievances → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRABJAW n. a cute precocious little child → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► CRABLET n. a small or young crab → 1841
► CRABLING n. a small or young crab → 1822 
► CRAB ON THE ROCKS n. an itching (possibly from lice) on the scrotum → 19C Brit.
► CRABS n. 1. body lice, specifically those found in the pubic hair → 19C
n. 2. syphilis → 20C US
► CRAB-SHELLS n. 1. shoes, boots → 1807 sl.
n. 2. the feet → 19C sl.
► CRAB-SIDLE vb. to sidle or shuffle sideways like a crab → 1803 
► CRAB-STICK n. 1. a stick or cudgel of the wood of the crab-tree; a walking-stick made of the wood of the crab-tree; hence, a stick of any kind → 1703
n. 2.  a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person → 1840
► CRAB THE ACT vb. to spoil things; to thwart someone’s plans; to interfere with someone or something → 1906 Amer. sl.
► CRABTOWN n. Annapolis, Maryland → 1860 US Civil War usage
► CRACK adj. 1. excellent; first-rate; expert; finest, best → 1793 colloq.
adj. 2. favourite → 1835 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. celebrated, famous → 1835 Amer. sl.
n. 1. the breaking of wind → 1387
n. 2. loud talk, boast, brag; exaggeration, a lie → 1450 arch.
n. 3. a cannon-shot (obs.); a rifle-shot → 1487
n. 4. the female genitals → 16C
n. 5. a flaw, deficiency, failing, unsoundness → 1570
n. 6. a lively lad; a rogue → 1600 obs.
n. 7. a craze, unsoundness of mind → 1601
n. 8. a boaster, a braggart, a liar → 1640 obs.
n. 9. a woman of broken reputation; a prostitute → 1677 obs.
n. 10. a crazy fellow → 1701 obs.
n. 11. a short time; a moment; an instant → 1725 colloq.
n. 12. a sharp or cutting remark; a wisecrack → 1725 colloq.
n. 13. a burglar → 1749 thieves’ sl.
n. 14. a friendly chat → 19C Sc. & Irish
n. 15. house-breaking, burglary → 1819 thieves’ sl.
n. 16. a talkative person → 1827 Sc.
n. 17. a very hard blow → 1836 colloq.
n. 18. dry wood → 1851 sl.
n. 19. a try → 20C sl.
n. 20. any young woman or any girl → 20C US sl.
n. 21. coition → 20C US
n. 22. the anus → 20C US colloq.
n. 23. women considered as sexual objects → 20C US sl.
n. 24. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 25. fun, amusement; mischief → 1966 Ireland 
n. 26. a small quantity of something; a bit; something very small → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 27. assistance → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. 28. a girl who is particularly sexually desirable → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 29. a hard crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces and inhaled or smoked → 1985 sl., orig. US
vb. 1. to utter, pronounce, or tell aloud or briskly → 1315 
vb. 2. to snap or split asunder → 1400 obs.
vb. 3. to slap, to smack, to box → 1470
vb. 4. to talk big, to boast, to brag → 1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to chat; to gossip → 1450 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to open a bottle or can for the purpose of drinking; hence, to open → 1500
vb. 7. to puzzle out, to make out, to solve → 1640 
vb. 8. to break wind → 1653 
vb. 9. to come to pieces, to collapse, to break down → 1659 
vb. 10. to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar → 1725 Amer. sl.
vb. 11. to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize → 1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals’ usage
vb. 12. to break jail; to escape from prison → 1791 Amer. prison sl.
vb. 13. to utter a wisecrack; to speak in a jesting or sarcastic manner → 1811 Amer. sl.
vb. 14. to travel with speed, to pelt along → 1824 sl.
vb. 15. to shoot with firearms, to fire → 1835 colloq.
vb. 16. of dawn: to break → 1845 US
vb. 17. in sports (of a racehorse or human competitor): to lose a lead as a result of loss of stamina → 1880 Amer. sl.
vb. 18. in cricket: to hit a ball hard with the bat → 1882 sl.
vb. 19. to lose one’s combative or competitive spirit → 1891 Amer. sl.
vb. 20. to say; to talk; to speak, to speak up → 1897 Amer. sl., esp. criminals’ usage
vb. 21. to suffer an emotional breakdown; to become insane → 1917 Amer. sl.
vb. 22. to divulge a confidence; also, to inform → 1922 Amer. criminals’ sl.
vb. 23. to hit a ball → 1926 US baseball sl. (Bk.)
vb. 24. to change money; to cash a cheque → 1927 Amer. sl.
vb. 25. to ask; to make a demand of → 1928 Amer. criminals’ sl.
vb. 26. to open a book for the purpose of studying → 1934 Amer. sl.
vb. 27. to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack → 1942 Amer. sl., chiefly African-American
vb. 28. to become nervous or afraid → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 29. to wreck an airplane → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 30. to seize or place under arrest → 1952 Amer. criminals’ sl.
vb. 31. to surpass or exceed a limit, record, or benchmark number → 1953 Amer. sl.
vb. 32. in the US Air Force: to open sealed orders → 1958 Amer. Air Force usage
► CRACK A BOTTLE vb. to open or drink a bottle → 20C
► CRACK A CRIB vb. to break into a building → 19C criminals’ sl.
► CRACK A FAT to achieve an erection → 1963 Aust. sl.
► CRACK A GUT vb. to hurt oneself with violent laughter → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRACKAJACK adj. excellent, first-class, superlative → 19C sl.
n. 1. a person of marked ability or excellent → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1n. 2. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRACK A JUDY’S TEACUP vb. to deflower a girl → 19C Brit. sl.
► CRACK A KEN vb. to break into a house → 1791 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► CRACK A LAY vb. to speak, to ‘say the word’ → 1865 sl.
► CRACK ALONG vb. to move along at speed → 1947 NZ sl.
► CRACK A PITCHER vb. to deflower a girl → 19C Brit. sl.
► CRACKARET n. the breaking of wind  → 1653 obs. 
► CRACK A RIB vb. to hurt oneself with violent laughter → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRACK A SHORT vb. to break into cars → 1965 Amer. sl.
► CRACK A TIDY CRUST vb. to be successful in life; to make a comfortable income → 1850
► CRACKBRAIN n. a crazy person → 1570
► CRACK-BRAINED adj. crazy, eccentric → 1634
► CRACK CORN vb. to snore → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRACK CROUSE vb. to talk boldly or over-confidently → 1525 Sc.
► CRACK DAY vb. to dawn → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CRACK DOWN vb. to lower and shoot a gun → 1938 Amer. dial.
► CRACKED adj. 1. ruined; bankrupt → 1527 sl.
adj. 2. crazy, insane, mentally unbalanced → 1610 colloq.
adj. 3. deflowered → 18C sl.
adj. 4. drunk → E18 US sl.
adj. 5. penniless → 1860 obs.
adj. 6. to be in need of 99 points → 1930 dart-players’ sl.
adj. 7. intoxicated by crack → 1988 Amer. sl.
► CRACKED CANISTER n  a broken head → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► CRACKED EGG n. a silly or stupid person → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► CRACKED IN THE FILBERT adj. slightly or very eccentric or insane; crazy → 1880 Cockneys’ sl.
► CRACKED IN THE RING adj. 1. flawed → 1596 sl.
adj. 2. seduced, deflowered → 1613 sl.
► CRACKEDNESS n. craziness, unsoundness of mind → 1910
► CRACKED OUT adj. intoxicated by crack → 1988 Amer. sl.
► CRACKED PIECE n. a prostitute or a sportive, nonvirgin young woman → E18 Brit. sl.
► CRACKED PITCHER n. a harlot still faintly respectable → M18 colloq.
► CRACKED UP adj. 1. delighted; happy → 1977 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. intoxicated by crack → 1988 Amer. sl.
► CRACK-‘EM-UP n. an automotive accident → 1978 Amer. sl.
► CRACKER adj. fine, excellent; exceptional of its kind → 1964 sl., chiefly NZ
n. 1. a boaster, a braggart; a liar → 1509
n. 2. a lie; a very tall story → 1625 colloq.
n. 3. the backside → M17 cant 
n. 4. a pistol → 1751 sl., obs.
n. 5. a backwoods Southern White person regarded as ignorant, brutal, loutish, bigoted, etc.→ 1766 Amer. sl., contemptuous usage
n. 6. leather, generally sheepskin, trousers → 1833 S. Afr. colloq.
n. 7. a large amount of money, esp. one won or lost on a bet → 1861 sl. 
n. 8. a heavy fall; a smash → 1865 obs.
n. 9. a dandy → 1870 sl.
n. 10. a very fast pace → 1870 sl.
n. 11. a railroad → 1887 Amer. dial.
n. 12. an excellent person or thing; something exceptionally good or fine of its type → 1891 sl.
n. 13. a brothel → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 14. a fog-warning detonator → 20C railwaymen’s sl.
n. 15. a heavy punch → 20C sl.
n. 16. a cartridge → 1910 NZ sl.
n. 17. a fine-looking, stylish, lively person; a very attractive, admirable, or appealing person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 18. a sexually attractive woman → 1914 Brit. sl.
n. 19. a £1 note → 1920 Aust. sl.
n. 20. a White racist → 1928 African-American, derogatory
n. 21. any money; a trivial amount of money → 1934 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 22. a resident of Florida → 1937 Amer. dial.
n. 23. a worn-out horse, sheep, bullock → M20 Aust. sl.
n. 24. female pudend → 1950 sl.
► CRACKER-ASS n. a slender or skinny person → 1966 Amer. dial. derogatory
► CRACKER-BARREL adj. rural, rustic, of homely philosophy → 20C US
► CRACKERBOX n. a bronc saddle → 1945 US rodeo sl. (Bk.)
► CRACKER FACTORY n. a mental hospital → 1981 US sl.
► CRACKER-FED adj. urban, living in the city → 1936 Amer. dial.
► CRACKERJACK adj. excellent; first-class, superlative → 1899 sl., orig. US
n. 1. someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability → 1895 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an arrogant, cocky person → 1910 US sl.
n. 3. a fool, an oaf → 1970 US students’ sl.
vb. to fake, to make-believe → 20C sl.
► CRACKERJACK PREACHER n. an unprofessional part-time lay preacher → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CRACKERJACKS n. smokers of crack cocaine → 1980 drug culture sl.
► CRACKERS adj. crazy, mad; unbalanced; infatuated → 1928 sl.
int. Christ! → 1967 Amer. dial. euphemism
n. 1. the teeth → 1815
n. 2. leather trousers → 1849 S. Afr.
n. 3. hair curlers → 20C Cockneys’ sl.
n. 4. prisoners that are insane or epileptic or suicidal or injured in head and spine → 20C sl.
n. 5. beans → 1900 US sl.
n. 6. LSD → 1960 drug culture sl.
n. 7. amyl nitrite → 1970 drug culture sl.
► CRACKERS AND BENDERS n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break; the game of running and sliding on thin ice → 1943 Amer. dial.
► CRACKER STATE n. Georgia → 1808 US
► CRACKETY! int. used as a mild oath → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CRACKEY! int. an exclamation of surprise → 1830 US
► CRACK-FENCER n. a street-seller of nuts → M19 sl.
► CRACK FULL adj. entirely full → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRACK GALLERY n. a place where users of crack congregate to buy and smoke the drug → 1980 drug culture sl.
► CRACK HALTER n. one likely to die by the gallows; a gallows-bird; a rogue, a villain → 1573 obs.
► CRACK HAND n. an able, competent person → 19C sl.
► CRACK HARDY vb. 1. to keep a secret → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to put up with discomfort; to grin and bear it → 1916 Aust. sl.
► CRACK-HAUNTER n. the penis → 19C sl.
► CRACKHEAD n. a person who uses or who is addicted to crack cocaine → 1986 sl.
► CRACK-HEADED adj. impaired in intellect; crazy → 1796
► CRACK HEMP n. a gallows-bird; a rogue, a villain → 1616 obs.
► CRACK HO n. a woman who will offer sex in return for crack cocaine → 20C African-American sl.
► CRACK HOUSE n. a room or whole house in which users gather to take crack → 1980 sl.
► CRACK-HUNTER n. the penis → 19C sl.
► CRACKIE n. a broken or chipped playing marble → 1963 Amer. dial.
► CRACKINESS n. extreme eccentricity; craziness → 1860 colloq.
► CRACKING adj. 1. boasting, bragging → 1528
adj. 2. excellent, first-rate → 1833 sl., orig. US
adj. 3. very fast; exceedingly vigorous → 1834 sl.
n. 1. exaggerated talking, bragging, boasting → 1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. damaging of credit, reputation, etc.; a flaw; also, financial breakdown → 1587
► CRACKING BUT FACKING phr. conveying hard factual information in the guise of jokes and humour → 1930 African-American sl.
► CRACKING TOOLS n. implements of house-breaking → 1823 cant 
► CRACK IN THE PAN n. a blow in the face → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRACK INTO FAME vb. to make famous by constant praise → L19 sl.
► CRACK INTO REPUTATION vb. to make famous by constant praise → L19 sl.
► CRACK INTO REPUTE vb. to make famous by constant praise → L19 sl.
► CRACKISH adj. of women only: wanton; promiscuous → L17 colloq.
► CRACK IT vb. to succeed, to overcome obstacles, esp. to achieve a successful seduction (from the male point of view) → 1930 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
► CRACK IT FOR A QUID vb. to work as a prostitute → 1960 Aust. sl.
► CRACK-JAW adj. difficult to pronounce → 1827 colloq.
► THE CRACK-LAY n. house-breaking → 1785 criminals’ sl. obs.
► CRACKLE n. 1. something that makes a crackling noise; a rattle → 1591 obs.
n. 2. empty chatter, foolish talk → L17 sl.
n. 3. bank notes; five pounds and upwards → M20 cant 
vb. 1. to quaver in singing → 1500 obs.
vb. 2. to crack and break off in small pieces → 1735 obs.
vb. 3. to crack jokes in a small way → 1878
► CRACKLING n. women as objects of desire → 1947 Brit. sl., offensive 
► CRACKLINGS n. hardened mucus in the corners of the eyes in the morning → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CRACK LOOSE vb. to act in a threatening manner → 1902 Amer. dial.
► CRACKLY ICE n. thin, flexible ice on water; ice that will bend but not break when stepped on → 1954 Amer. dial.
► CRACKMANS n. a hedge → 1610 thieves’ cant
► CRACK NIX! int. Don’t say a word! → 20C market-traders’ sl.
► CRACK-NUT n. a nut-cracker → 1656
► CRACK ON vb. 1. to travel with speed, to pelt along → 1824 sl.
vb. 2. to pretend, esp. to pretend to be ill or hurt → 1880 sl.
vb. 3. to talk incessantly; to boast → 20C colloq.
vb. 4. to ask; to made a demand of → 1928 Amer. criminals’ sl.
vb. 5. to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack → 1942 Amer. sl., chiefly African-American
vb. 6. to proposition; to hit on → 1974 Amer. sl.
► CRACK ONE’S BREATH vb. to speak; usually used in negative → 1867 African-American
► CRACK ONE’S BUTT vb. to strain oneself; to exert oneself to the limit → 1938 Amer. sl.
► CRACK ONE’S EGG vb. in cricket: to score at least one run → 19C sl.
► CRACK ONE’S JAW vb. to talk, esp. boastfully → 1932 African-American sl.
► CRACK ONE’S JIB vb. to speak → 1969 African-American sl.
► CRACK ONE’S NUTS vb. of a man: to achieve orgasm → 1963 US sl.
► CRACK ONE’S SIDE(S) vb. to hurt oneself with violent laughter → 1953 Amer. dial.
► CRACK ONE’S TEETH vb. to speak; usually used in negative → 1888 African-American
► CRACK OUT vb. to seize or place under arrest → 1952 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► CRACK-POT adj. of ideas, schemes: crazily impractical, unworkable, fantastic → 1934 colloq.
n. 1. a pretentiously useless, worthless person → 1860 colloq.
n. 2. a crazy or eccentric person → 1883 colloq.
► CRACK-RACK adj. describing a succession of cracks → 1582 obs.
► CRACK-ROPE n. a gallows-bird; also, a rogue → 1500 obs.
► CRACK-SKULL n. a person having impaired intellect; a crazy fellow → 1864
 ► CRACKSMAN n. 1. a burglar → 1810 cant
n. 2. the ‘membrum virile’ → 1850 sl.
► CRACK SOMEONE UP vb. to cause to laugh → 1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► CRACK THE BELL vb. to fail, to muddle things, to make a mistake, to ruin it → 1909 Cockneys’ sl.
► CRACK THE BOOKS vb. to study → 1934 Amer. sl.
► CRACK THE JOINT vb. to break out of a place or into it → 1943 Amer. sl.
► CRACK THE MONICA vb. to ring the bell to summon a performer to reappear → 1860 music-halls’ sl.
► CRACK THE NUT vb. in gambling: to make enough money to meet the day’s expenses → 1961 US sl.
► CRACK THE QUA vb. to break out of jail → 1807 Amer. sl.
► CRACK THE WHIP vb. to assert authority suddenly or forcibly → 20C
► CRACK-TRYST n. a person who fails to fulfil an engagement → 1817 Sc.
► CRACK-UP n. 1. an accident → 1860 US Civil War usage
n. 2. a mental breakdown → 20C colloq.
n. 3. an accident causing damage that can be repaired → 1925 Royal Air Force colloq.
n. 4. collapse; a crash → 1926
 (verbs usually as ‘crack up’)
vb. 1. to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize → 1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals’ usage
vb. 2. to praise highly → 1829 colloq.
vb. 3. to be exhausted; to break down whether physically or mentally; to become insane → 1850 colloq.
vb. 4. to cry out → 1860 US Civil War usage
vb. 5. to fail in an examination → 1860 US Civil War usage
vb. 6. to wreck → 1860 US Civil War usage
vb. 7. to be highly amused; to laugh uncontrollably → 1942 sl., orig. US
► CRACK WALNUTS IN ONE’S ASS vb. to behave stupidly → 1972 Amer. sl.
► CRACK WISE vb. 1. to speak wisely or cleverly → 1774 obs.
vb. 2. to speak in a knowing or sardonic manner; to offer insults; to wisecrack → 1921 Amer. sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► CRACKY adj. 1. abounding in conversation, talkative → 1801 chiefly Sc.
adj. 2. crazy; senseless → 1850
adj. 3. odd, eccentric → 1930 Amer. dial.
int. a mild oath → 1830 Amer. dial.
► CRACKY BENDERS n. ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break; the game of running and sliding on thin ice → 1943 Amer. dial.
► CRADDEN ► CRADDON n. 1. a coward, a craven → 1513 obs.
n. 2. a dwarf → 1825 Sc.
► CRADDENLY adj. cowardly → 1674 obs.
► CRADLE n. the bed or carriage of a cannon → 1497 obs.
► CRADLE-CUSTARD n. a baby’s faeces → 1993 jocular euphemism (Bk.)
► CRADLE-HOOD n. babyhood, infancy → 1599
► CRADLE HOLE n. a large hole or rut in a road → 1854 Amer. dial.
► CRADLE LEGS n. noticeably bent or uneven legs → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CRADLE-ROBBER n. a person who has a sexual affair with someone much younger → 1926 sl.
► CRADLE-SNATCHER n. a person who has a sexual affair with someone much younger → 1907 sl.
► CRADLE-WITTED adj. having the wits of an infant → 1586 obs.
► CRAFFLE vb. to hobble → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRAFT n. 1. strength, might, power (physical or otherwise → 1000 obs.
n. 2. scholarship; book learning → 1000 obs.
n. 3. magic; witchcraft; sorcery → 1000 obs.
n. 4. a supernatural practice; a spell; an enchantment → 1000 obs.
n. 5. cunning; deception, guile; trickery → 1275
n. 6. a woman, a girl → 1829 sl.
n. 7. a practitioner of a craft; a craftsman → 1842 Sc. & N. Eng. dial., obs.
vb. to act craftily; to use cunning or deception; to scheme → 1530 obs.
► CRAFTEDNESS n. a being skilled in a craft or other activity; craftmanship → 1887 obs.
► CRAFTER n. a person who practices deceit or trickery → 1529 obs. 
► CRAFTFUL adj. 1. skilful, expert → 1335
adj. 2. characterized by cunning or guile; crafty → 1776 obs.
► CRAFTFULLY adv. in a cunning or crafty manner → 1335 obs.
► CRAFTIHOOD n. craftiness, cunning → 1777 obs.
► CRAFTILY adj. skilfully or ingeniously made or done → 1335 obs.
► CRAFTIMAN → CRAFTYMAN n. 1. a person who is skilled at a craft; a skilled artisan, craftsman, etc. → 1000 obs.
n. 2. the creator or originator of something → 1384 obs.
► CRAFTINESS n. skilfulness; a being skilful or clever at doing something; ingenuity or ability in a field → 1425 obs.
► CRAFTING n. crafty or cunning behaviour; deception; trickery → 1529 obs.
► CRAFTIOUS adj. 1.  skilful, artistic → 1449 obs.
adj. 2.  engaged in a handicraft → 1449 obs.
► CRAFTIOUSLY adv. skilfully → 1450 obs.
► CRAFTLESS adj. 1. ignorant → 1000 obs.
adj. 2. lacking cunning or craftiness; artless, guileless; innocent → 1650
► CRAFTLY adj. 1. skilful, expert → 1000
adj. 2. displaying skill at deception or deviousness; crafty, cunning → 1526 obs.
adv. cunningly; craftily; in a devious, wily, or shrewd manner → 1225 obs.
► CRAFTMASTER n. a person who is expert and experienced in a craft or other skilled occupation; a master craftsman → 1557
► CRAFTSMASTER n. 1. a person who is expert and experienced in a craft or other skilled occupation → 1548
n. 2. a master of cunning, deception, or trickery → 1717 obs.
► CRAFTY n. a person who is skilled in a particular occupation or activity; a craftsman → 1000 obs.
adj. 1. strong, powerful, mighty → 1000 obs.
adj. 2. skilled, skilful; capable, ingenious, or expert in a specified field or activity → 1000
► THE CRAFTY n. 1. people who are cunning, deceitful, or wily considered as a class → 1558
n. 2. people who practise handicrafts considered as a class → 1989
► CRAFTY-HEADED adj. shrewd; cunning; scheming → 1589 obs.
► CRAFTY-SICK adj. feigning illness for a particular reason → 1600 obs.
► CRAG n. 1. the neck → 1488 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a lean, scraggy person → 1542 obs.
n. 3. the throat → 1773 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CRAGGED adj. rugged, rough → 1400
► CRAGGEDNESS n. ruggedness, roughness → 1598
► CRAGGILY adv. ruggedly → 1598
► CRAGGINESS n. ruggedness → 1611
► CRAGGLY adj. hard and rough or rugged in form → 1886
► CRAGGY adj. 1. hard and rough or rugged in form → 1568
adj. 2. hard to get through or deal with; rough, rugged, difficult; perilous → 1582 obs.
adj. 3. of sound: rough, harsh → 1774
► CRAGMANS n. a hedge → 17C cant
► CRAGMANSHIP n. expertise in rock climbing → 1951
► (THE) CRAIC n. fun, amusement; entertaining company or conversation → 1972
► CRAIGIE n. the neck → 1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CRAINTE n. fear → 1477 obs.
► CRAINTIVE adj. fearful, timorous, timid → 1490 obs.
► CRAKE n. 1. a crow or raven → 1320 N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a boast, brag or bluster → 17C obs.
n. 3. a child’s toy rattle → 19C Sc.
n. 4. a complainer → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 5. a talk; gossip, tale-telling, generally of an ill-natured kind → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 6. a murmuring, a grumbling → 1838 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. of a crow, quail, etc.: to utter a harsh, grating cry → 1386
vb. 2. to boast, brag; to gossip → 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to grate harshly; to creak. as the hinge of a door → 1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to quaver hoarsely in singing; to speak hoarsely → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to divulge, to confess → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to shout or cry → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to whimper, or plaintively ask for a thing over and over again; to murmur, to complain, to fret → 1871 Eng. dial.
► CRALL vb. to bend, to curve, to twist, to curl → 1475 obs.
► CRAM n. a lie → 1842 sl.
vb. 1. to make believe false or exaggerated tales → 1794 sl.
vb. 2. to cohabit → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CRAMBAZZLE n. a worn-out, dissipated old man; an old man exhausted more by vicious indulgences or habits than by age → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRAMBE n. repetition of words, or saying the same thing over again → 1611
► CRAMBLE vb. 1. to creep about with many turns and twists; said of roots, stems, etc. → 1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to crawl, to hobble, to walk lamely, stiffly, or feebly → 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to squeeze into a small area → 1883 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRAMBLE TOES n. a person walking as with sore feet → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRAMBLY adj. 1. in a cramped state → 1876 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. tottery, unsteady, shaky → 1878 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. lame → 1884 Eng. dial.
► CRAMBO n. rhyme, rhyming → 1697
► CRAME n. 1. a booth or stall where goods are sold in a market or fair → 1477 Sc.
n. 2. a pack or bundle of goods carried about for sale; a peddler’s stock of wares → 1560 Sc. obs.
► CRAMER n. a person who sells goods at a stall or booth; also, a peddler or hawker → 1491 obs.
► CRAMERY n. merchandise, such goods as are usually sold by a peddler → 1500 obs.
► CRAM-FULL adj. very full, over-full → 1837
► CRAM IT! int. stop it! → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRAM-JAM adv. chock-full → 1903
vb. to fill to overflowing → 1905 Amer. dial.
► CRAM-JAM FULL adj. as full as possible → 1903 Amer. dial.
► CRAM-MAID n. a woman who crams or fattens fowls; a poultry-woman → 1622 obs.
► CRAMMEE n. a student who is ‘crammed’ for an examination, etc. → 1883
► CRAMMELLY adj. 1. in a cramped state → 1876 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. tottery, unsteady, shaky → 1878 Eng. dial.
► CRAMMER n. 1. a person who ‘crams’ pupils for an examination, etc.; a student who crams a subject → 1814 colloq.
n. 2. a lie → 1861 sl.
n. 3. a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way; a cubbyhole → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRAMMIST n. a student who crams a subject for examination → 1862
► CRAMOCKE n. a crooked stick → 1518 obs.
► CRAMOISY adj. crimson → 1480 arch.
► CRAMP adj. 1. difficult to understand or decipher → 1674
adj. 2. contracted, strait, narrow; cramping → 1786
► CRAMPAND adj. curling, curly → 1500 Sc. obs. 
► CRAMP-COLIC n. abdominal spasms; appendicitis → 1857 Amer. dial.
► CRAMPER n. a small cage in which a prisoner of war is confined → 1986 US sl.
► CRAMPERN vb. to cramp, to confine → 1577 obs.
► CRAMP IN THE HAND n. niggardliness → 19C colloq.
► CRAMPISH vb. to cramp; to stiffen painfully, to paralyze → 1374 obs.
► CRAMPLE vb. to crawl, to hobble, to walk lamely, stiffly, or feebly → 1825 Eng. dial.
► CRAMPLE-HAMMED adj. stiffened in the lower joints → 1825 Eng. dial.
► CRAMP-RINGS n. shackles, fetters → 1567 thieves’ cant, obs.
► CRAMP-WORD n. a word difficult to pronounce or understand; any long, scientific, or uncommon word → 1687
► CRAMSE ► CRAMZE vb. to claw, to scratch → 1440 obs.
► CRAN n. a hiding place for stolen goods → 2003 UK sl.
► CRANBERRY EYE n. a bloodshot eye → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRANBERRY PUSHER n. a small train that runs on a narrow track → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CRANE adj. long and lanky → 1697
n. 1. the skull → 1541 obs.
n. 2. in skateboarding: a manoeuvre in which the rider crouches on one foot, extending the other leg outwards → 1976 US sl.
n. 3. a superior with a great deal of influence → 1997 US police sl.
vb. to look before one leaps; to hesitate at or shrink back from a danger, difficulty, etc. → 1823 colloq.
► CRANE-GUTTED adj. very thin, ‘herring-gutted’ → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRANE-NECKED adj. having a long neck → 1834
► CRANER n. a person who hesitates at or shrinks back from a danger, difficulty, etc. → 1863
► CRANEW n. the skull → 1555 obs.
► CRANEY adj. tall and slender → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CRANG n. 1. the carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed; the flesh of a dead whale → 1819
n. 2. a skeleton → 1876 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a scrawny animal→ 1895 Amer. dial.
► CRANGLE vb. to twist, to writhe, to wriggle → 1608
► CRANION n. the skull; the head → 1611 obs.
► CRANIUM n. 1. the head → 1647
n. 2. the skull → 1842
► CRANK adj. 1. lusty, vigorous, in good condition → 1398 obs.
adj. 2. lively, brisk, in high spirits; lusty, sprightly, merry; aggressively high-spirited, disposed to exult or triumph, cocky → 1499 
adj. 3. of a boat or ship: liable to tip or capsize; unsteady → 1696 nautical usage
adj. 4. awkward or difficult to pronounce, understand, or execute → 1745 obs. exc. Sc.
adj. 5. infirm, weak, shaky in health → 1802
adj. 6. crooked, distorted; angularly twisted or bent → 1825 Sc.
adj. 7. insane → 1995 Fiji 
adv. boldly, briskly, lustily → 1579 obs.
n. 1. a tortuous or somewhat inaccessible hole or crevice; a cranny → 1562 obs.
n. 2. a bend, winding, meandering; a winding or crooked path, course, or channel → 1572
n. 3. a crooked or deceitful way; a deceit, wile, sleight → 1588 obs.
n. 4. a twist or fanciful turn of speech; a verbal trick or conceit formed by twisting or changing, in any manner, the form or meaning of a word → 1594
n. 5. a harsh or grating sound → 1786 Sc.
n. 6. a mentally unstable person; an unreliable, unpredictable person; a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby → 1833 US colloq.
n. 7. an eccentric notion or action; a crotchet, whim, caprice → 1848
n. 8. a prison bully → 1958 US sl.
n. 9. the penis → 1968 US sl.
n. 10. an amphetamine drug, esp. methamphetamine → 1969 US sl.
n. 11. an act of masturbation → 1985 Aust. sl.
n. 12. a prison guard who takes pleasure in making life difficult for prisoners → 1981 US sl.
n. 13. a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck → 1966 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to twist and turn about; to move with a sharply winding course, to zigzag → 1594 obs.
vb. 2. to wrinkle minutely with parallel ridges and furrows, to crinkle → 1660 obs.
vb. 3. to make a harsh, jarring, or grating sound → 1827
vb. 4. to use amphetamines or methamphetamine, central nervous system stimulants → 1970 US sl.
vb. 5. to inject oneself with an illegal drug → 1971 sl.
vb. 6. to excel → 1988 US sl.
vb. 7. in a card game: to deal the cards → 1988 US sl.
vb. 8. in computing: to perform well → 1991 US sl.
vb. 9. to turn up the volume of music to very loud → 1994 US sl.
► CRANK BUG n. an insect that is seen by someone under the influence of methamphetamine but not by others → 1977 US sl.
► CRANKCASE n. the head → 1960 US sl.
► CRANK COMMANDO n. an amphetamine or methamphetamine addict → 1970 UK sl.
► CRANK DOCTOR n. a quack → 1981 Amer. dial.
► CRANKED adj. 1. crinkled, wrinkled → 1699 obs.
adj. 2. high → 1950 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. excited → 1957 US sl.
adj. 4. stimulated by methamphetamine or amphetamines → 1971 US sl.
 ► CRANKED OUT adj. 1. excited → 1957 US sl.
adj. 2. stimulated by methamphetamine or amphetamines → 1971 US sl.
► CRANKED UP adj. 1. excited → 1957 US sl.
adj. 2. stimulated by methamphetamine or amphetamines → 1971 US sl.
► CRANKER n. a bowler who in delivering the ball lifts it high over his head in the backswing → 1987 US sl.
► CRANKERY n. enthusiastic eccentricity → 1884
► CRANKING adj. 1. lively, brisk, in high spirits; lusty, sprightly, merry → 1567 obs.
adj. 2. excellent; esp. in music → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CRANKISM n. enthusiastic eccentricity → 1882 Amer.
► CRANKLE adj. weak; shattered → 1847 Eng. dial.
n. a bend, twist, winding; a curve or angular prominence → 1598
vb. to bend in and out; to wind, to twist; to run zigzag → 1598
► CRANKLING adj. twisting or winding in and out → 1596
n. a twisting or winding in and out → 1598
► CRANKLY adv. lustily, briskly, boldly → 1566
► CRANKNESS n. 1. lustiness, vigour, liveliness, briskness → 1727 obs.
n. 2. a being cranky or crazy → 1890
► CRANKOUS adj. irritable, fretful, cranky → 1786 Sc.
► CRANKPOT n. 1. a mean, bad-tempered person → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a person having odd or peculiar ideas or notions → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an idle, worthless person → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRANK-SIDED adj. askew, lopsided → 1883 Amer. dial.
► CRANK TAIL vb. to physically assault someone → 1971 Trinidad and Tobago
► CRANKUM n. 1. venereal disease, esp. syphilis → 1661 obs.
n. 2. a twist, eccentric turn, a perverse belief, conceit → 1822
► CRANK UP vb. to inject a drug → 1978 UK sl.
► CRANKY adj. 1. ailing, sickly, in weak health, infirm in body → 1787 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. brisk, merry, lively, disposed to exult, high-spirited, cheerful → 1811 Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 3. of capricious temper; difficult to please; cross-tempered → 1821
adj. 4. full of twists or windings; crooked → 1836
adj. 5. eccentric, queer, peculiar in notions or behaviour; crotchety, whimsical → 1850
adj. 6. out of order, working badly, in bad repair → 1862
adj. 7. overly fastidious, fussy, particular → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRANKY ABOUT adj. enamored of, infatuated with → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRANNY adj. 1. brisk, merry, jovial. lively, disposed to exult → 1673 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. giddy, thoughtless → 1847 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. simple, foolish → 1887 Eng. dial.
n. a privy or toilet → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRANREUCH n. hoar-frost, rime → 1686 Sc.
► CRANTS n. a garland, a wreath → 1592 obs.
► CRANY n. the brain-pan, the skull → 1525 obs.
► CRAP adj. bad, inferior, of poor quality; unpleasant, displeasing; of a person: lacking ability, incompetent; unwell → 1936 sl.
int. an exclamation of disgust, frustration, disappointment, etc. → 1932
n. 1. a scrap of food; a morsel → 1520 obs.
n. 2. money; financial means → 1699 sl. obs.
n. 3. the gallows → 1789 cant obs.
n. 4. excrement; a piece of excrement → 1846 sl.
n. 5. trivial, insincere or untruthful talk or writing; nonsense, lies → 1898
n. 6. treachery → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 7. something worthless or of inferior quality → 1916 sl., orig. US
n. 8. an unpleasant substance; dirt, muck → 1925 orig. US
n. 9. defecation → 1926 sl.
n. 10. trouble, difficulty; misfortune → 1932 orig. & chiefly US
n. 11. harassment; abuse, insolence → 1935
vb. 1. to hang someone → 1773 cant obs.
vb. 2. to defecate → 1846 sl.
vb. 3. to be nervous or fearful → 1928 sl.
vb. 4. to talk nonsense to a person; to speak deceitfully to a person → 1928 US sl.
vb. 5. to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk → 1930 US sl.
vb. 6. to talk aimlessly, pointlessly, or at tedious length; to chatter, to drivel → 1940 sl., orig. US
► CRAP AROUND vb. to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1935 US sl.
► CRAP ARTIST n. a person who exaggerates or talks nonsense, esp. to bluff or impress → 1935 sl.
► CRAPAUD n. 1. a toad → 1481 obs.
n. 2. a French person or a person of French descent → 1834 sl., chiefly derogatory
► CRAPE vb. to make the hair wavy and curly; to crimp, to frizzle → 1774 obs.
► CRAPED adj. crisped, crimped, minutely curled or crinkled → 1728
► CRAPE-GOWN-MAN n. a clergyman → 1628 obs.
► CRAPE-HANGER n. a killjoy; a pessimistic person → 1921 US sl.
► CRAPE-MAN n. a clergyman → 1826 obs.
► CRAP-HOUSE n. a privy; an outhouse; a disgusting place → 1939 US colloq. & sl.
► CRAP-LIST n. a ‘shit-list’ → 20C colloq.
► CRAP OUT vb. 1. to be unsuccessful, to lose out, to lose; to fail → 1891 US sl.
vb. 2. to sleep → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRAPPER n. 1. a half-glass of whisky → 1820 Ireland
n. 2. a wealthy but stingy man → 1901 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a lavatory; a toilet, privy, or restroom → 1927 sl.
n. 4. a bragger; a teller of lies and nonsense → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► CRAPPERY n. a privy, outhouse, or restroom → 20C US sl. & colloq.
► CRAPPING n. defecation → 1673 sl.
► CRAPPING CAN n. a toilet or outhouse → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRAPPING-CASA n. a privy or outhouse → 19C sl.
► CRAPPING-CASE n. a privy or outhouse → 19C sl.
► CRAPPING-CASTLE n. a privy or outhouse → 19C sl.
► CRAPPING-KEN n. a privy or outhouse → 19C sl.
► CRAPPY adj. 1. soiled with excrement → 1846 sl.
adj. 2. afraid → 1920 Sc.
adj. 3. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → 1928 sl., orig. US
adj. 4. in poor health or spirits; unwell, poorly → 1956
► CRAPS n. diarrhoea → 20C US sl., euphemism for ‘the shits’
► CRAP SHOOT n. a situation or undertaking regarded as uncertain, risky, or unpredictable → 1958
► CRAPULA n. the sickness or indisposition following a drunken or gluttonous debauch → 1687 obs.
► CRAPULE n. the sickness or indisposition following a drunken or gluttonous debauch → 1687
► CRAPULENCE n. 1. sickness from excess in drinking or eating → 1727
n. 2. gross intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauchery → 1825
► CRAPULENCY n. gross intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauchery → 1651 obs.
► CRAPULENT adj. suffering from an excess of drinking or eating → 1656 
► CRAPULENTAL adj. suffering from an excess of drinking or eating → 1620 obs.
► CRAPULOSITY n. inclination to drunkenness or to gluttony → 1538
► CRAPULOUS adj. 1. characterized by excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched; drunk; given to gluttony → 1536
adj. 2. suffering from the effects of intemperance in drinking; sick from excessive drinking → 1755
► CRAP UP vb. to make a mess of, to bungle, to foul up; to mess up → 1941 sl., orig. US
► CRASH n. 1. a bout of revelry, amusement, fighting, etc. → 1549 obs.
n. 2. an omelet → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to strike the teeth together with noise; to gnash → 1440 obs.
vb. 2. to make a crackling noise → 1563 obs.
vb. 3. to discuss with violence and noise; to ‘thrash out’ → 1670 obs.
vb. 4. to go to bed, often applied specifically to sleeping for a night in an improvised bed; often used with ‘out’ → 1943 sl.
vb. 5. to court, to woo → 1973 Amer. dial.
► CRASH AND BURN n. 1. a complete or spectacular failure → 1985 colloq.
n. 2. a person who fails, often as a result of risky or reckless behaviour; a person who has impressive but brief success → 1985 colloq.
vb. to fail utterly; to meet with disaster, esp. due to reckless or self-destructive behaviour → 1971 US sl.
► CRASHER n. 1. a loud harsh blow or percussion → 1863 
n. 2. a gatecrasher; one without an invite → 1924
► CRASH HAT n. a crash helmet → 20C Brit. sl.
► CRASHING BORE n. an overwhelming bore → 1931 colloq.
► CRASHING-CHEATS n. 1. the teeth → M16 sl.
n. 2. apples, pears, or any other fruits → M16 sl.
► CRASH OUT vb. to go to bed, often applied specifically to sleeping for a night in an improvised bed → 1943 sl.
► CRASH PAD n. a place to sleep in an emergency or for a single night → 1967 sl.
► CRASH WAGON n. an ambulance → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► CRASSANTLY adj. cowardly → 1674 obs.
► CRASSID adj. grossly ignorant or stupid → 1838 obs.
► CRASSITUDE n. 1. thickness of dimension → 1420 obs.
n. 2. gross ignorance or stupidity; excessive dullness of intellect → 1865
► CRASSITY n. fatness, thickness → 1656 obs.
► CRASSOUS adj. grossly stupid → 1708 obs.
► CRASSULENT adj. very fat, grossly obese → 1656 obs.
► CRASSY adj. 1. coarse, thick, dense → 1630 obs.
adj. 2. sordid, dirty, greasy → 1858 obs.
► CRASTINATE vb. to delay from day to day, to prolong, to procrastinate → 1656 obs.
► CRASTINATION n. a deferring or delaying; delay; procrastination → 1727 obs.
► CRASTY adj. displeasing → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRASURE n. a breaking or cracking, fracture → 1413 obs.
► CRATCH n. 1. a small house; a cot → 1325 obs.
n. 2. a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to scratch → 1320 obs.
vb. 2. to seize or snatch as with claws; to scrape up greedily; to grab → 1377 
► CRATE n. 1. an automobile; an old airplane → 1928 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a bony or poor-looking horse → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRATER n. whisky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to fail, to be ruined → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRATER-FACE n. a person with acne or many acne scars → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► CRATERKIN n. a little crater → 1888 
► CRATERLET n. a small crater on the moon → 1881
► CRATHON n. a term of depreciation for a person; a craven → 1400 obs.
► CRAUNCH n. apples or the like; food that can be crunched on → 1893 colloq.
vb. 1. to crunch, to chew or bite with a crushing noise → 1632 
vb. 2. to crush under foot → 1854 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to squeeze yourself into a small space → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRAUNCHERS n. teeth → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRAVAT GOOSE n. the Canada goose, Branta canadensis, which has a band of white extending under the chin from ear to ear → 1793 
► CRAVATTING n. a hanging or strangling → 1683 obs.
► CRAVE vb. to demand a thing, to ask with authority, or by right → 1025 obs.
► CRAVEN adj. 1. vanquished, defeated → 1225 obs.
adj. 2. cowardly, weak-hearted, pusillanimous → 1400 
n. a confessed coward → 1581
► CRAVEN-HEARTED adj. cowardly, weak-hearted → 1615 
► CRAVENLY adj. cowardly → 1653 obs.
► CRAVENT vb. to vanquish, to overthrow → 1490 obs.
► CRAW n. one’s stomach → 1574
vb. to caw; said of crows or rooks → 1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRAW-CRAW vb. to make the distinctive sound of a hen → 1871 Amer. dial.
► CRAWDAD n. a crawfish → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CRAWDAD EYE n. a protruding or prominent eye → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRAWFISH n. 1. a person who retreats from or backs out of a position; a political renegade or turncoat → 1860 US colloq.
n. 2. a person of French descent → 1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to back out of an agreement; to yield or back down from a position; to be evasive → 1844 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to move or crawl backwards; to back away → 1848 Amer. dial.
► CRAWK n. a hoarse sound, a squawk → 1915
vb. to utter a hoarse sound, to squawk → 1845
► CRAWL n. 1. a sycophant; a toady → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. on the coast of African, a pen for slaves awaiting shipment → 1867 
n. 3. a male who coits or ‘crawls’ a woman → E20 US sl.
vb. 1. to entangle → 1548 obs.
vb. 2. to behave obsequiously towards → 1881 sl., orig. Aust.
vb. 3. to grope and fondle a woman → 20C sl.
vb. 4. to admonish; to rebuke or reprove severely → 1905 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to buy favours → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
vb. 6. to copulate with a woman → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 7. to surf the internet → 1994 
► CRAWLER n. 1. an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant; a person who acts in a mean or servile way → 1847
n. 2. a cab moving slowly along the streets in search of a fare → 1865 colloq.
n. 3. a lazy person, a loiterer → 1880 
n. 4. the common earthworm used as bait → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a louse → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a stroller for a small child, the kind it has to sit up in → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRAWLING COMPANY n. a bedbug → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRAWLING ELEPHANTS n. bedbugs → 1936 Amer. dial.
► CRAWL ONE’S HUMP vb. 1. to attack or assault someone → 1905 US West. sl.
vb. 2. to kill one → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CRAWL-OUT n. a back-out → 1903 US
► CRAWL OUT OF THE WOODWORK vb. of someone or something unpleasant: to appear; to arrive on the scene; to emerge → 1973 UK
► CRAWLSOME adj. addicted to mean, worm-like behaviour → 1904
► CRAWL UNDER THE DOG’S BELLY vb. to live in poverty → 1935 Amer. dial.
► CRAWLY adj. covered with insects, or as if covered with insects; creepy; uncomfortable → 1857 Amer. dial.
► CRAWLY-MAWLY adj. in a weak and ailing state; poorly, sickly; indifferently well → 1677 Eng. dial.
► CRAWM ► KRAWM n. rubbish, refuse; waste, esp. from food → 1890 Amer. dial.
► CRAWNEY-BONE n. a thing, bony, or poor-looking cow → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRAW-SICK adj. ill in the morning after a drunken bout → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► CRAW-THUMPER n. 1. a person who beats his breast at confession; a Roman Catholic devotee → 1786 sl.
n. 2. a native of Maryland → 1845 Amer. dial.
► CRAY n. 1. chalk → 1400 obs.
n. 2. a crayfish → 1906 chiefly Aust. & NZ
► CRAYFISH vb. to act in a cowardly or scheming manner → 1930 Aust.
► CRAYFISHING n. acting in a cowardly or scheming manner → 1966 Aust.
► CRAYON n. a piece of blackboard chalk → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CRAZE n. 1. a flaw, defect, unsoundness; an infirmity of health or of brain → 1534 obs.
n. 2. a crack, cleft, flaw → 1587 obs.
n. 3. a crazy person; a foolish or irrational person → 1831 obs.
vb. 1. to break in pieces or asunder; to shatter → 1369 obs.
vb. 2. to batter with blows, to bruise, to crush, to damage → 1430 obs.
vb. 3. to break down in health, to render infirm → 1476 
vb. 4. to destroy the soundness of, to impair, to ruin; to ruin financially, to render bankrupt → 1573 obs.
vb. 5. to produce minute cracks on the surface of pottery → 1874
► CRAZED adj. 1. broken, cracked; flawed, damaged → 1400 obs.
adj. 2. broken down in health; diseased; infirm → obs.
adj. 3. impaired, damaged; ruined in estate, bankrupt; of cracked reputation → 1600 obs.
► CRAZED-HEADED adj. insane; mentally deranged → 1678 
► CRAZEDNESS n. infirmity of body or mind → 1593 obs.
► CRAZELING n. a person affected with a craze or mania → 1859
► CRAZEN adj. broken, shattered → 1596 obs.
► CRAZIED adj. 1. unsound, infirm → 1652 obs.
adj. 2. made crazy, distracted → 1842
► CRAZIER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR adj. very crazy → 1986 Amer. dial.
► CRAZINESS n. a being broken down in bodily health or constitution; indisposition, infirmity; shakiness → 1602 obs.
► CRAZY adj. 1. indisposed, ailing; diseased, sickly, weakly; frail, infirm → 1576 obs.
adj. 2. full of cracks or flaws; damaged, impaired, unsound; liable to break or fall to pieces; frail → 1583 
adj. 3. bankrupt, ruined → 1700 obs.
adj. 4. askew, out of line; ramshackle → 1899 Amer. dial.
adj. 5. intoxicated with alcohol → 20C US sl.
adj. 6. excellent; good; hip → 1948 sl., orig. US jazz
adj. 7. drug intoxicated → M20 US drug culture sl.
adv. extremely → 1887 sl., chiefly US
n. a mad, eccentric, or insane person → 1867 sl., orig. US
► CRAZY ABOUT adj. fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation → 1904
► CRAZY AS ADAM’S OFF-OX adj. extremely crazy → 1975 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY AS A HOOT OWL adj. very crazy → 1971 Amer. sl.
► CRAZY AS A LAUGHING FARM adj. completely crazy → 1965 Amer. sl.
► CRAZY AS A SHITEPOKE adj. very crazy → 1935 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY AS A TWO-BOB WATCH adj. extremely crazy → 1940 Aust. sl.
► CRAZY AS CATSHIT adj. extremely crazy → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRAZY-ASS adj. very crazy → 2004 African-American sl.
► CRAZY BONE n. the funny bone → 1876 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY CLEAN adj. too particular or fussy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY FLYING n. aerobatics performed near the ground → 1922
► CRAZY HOUSE n. a mental hospital → 1887 US sl.
► CRAZY IKE n. an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic → 1915 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY JANE n. a person without good judgement, one lacking know-how → 1978 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY LIKE A FOX adj. sly, artful, very cunning, shrewd → 1908 sl., orig. US
► CRAZY-PATE adj. insane, stupid → 1821 
► CRAZY WATER n. alcoholic beverages → 20C US sl.
► CRAZY WITH THE HEAT adj. foolish; silly; witless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)