Dictionary: CUS – CZ

► CUSER n. an accuser → 1589 obs. 
► CUSH n. 1. loose, raw tobacco → 1950 Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a hornless cow → 1966 Amer. dial. 
n. 3. nonsense, rubbish → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► CUSH FOOT n. a big and clumsy foot → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► CUSHION n. 1. an emblem of ease and luxury → 1589 
n. 2. a drinking-vessel → 1594 obs.
n. 3. the seat of a judge or ruler → 1656 
n. 4. in a horse, pig, etc.: the fleshy part of the buttock → 1710 
n. 5. a railroad passenger car → 1918 Amer. dial. 
n. 6. the buttocks → 1966 Amer. dial. 
vb. to suppress anything quietly; to take no notice of it → 1818 
► CUSHION-CUFFER n. a preacher who indulges in violent action → 1683 obs. 
► CUSHIONED adj. 1. of the voice: soft and smooth, velvety → 1909 
adj. 2. comfortable; protected → 1941
► CUSHIONET n. a little cushion; a pin-cushion → 1542 obs.
► CUSHION-LORD n. a lord made by favour, and not for good service to the state; hence, an effeminate person → 1847 obs. 
► CUSHION-THUMPER n. a preacher who indulges in violent action → 1643 
► CUSHIONY adj. easy, comfortable → 1908 
► CUSHTY adj. good, wonderful; fine, brilliant → 1929 Brit. sl.
► CUSHY adj. 1. of a person: relaxed and pleasant; easygoing → 1887 colloq. 
adj. 2. of a job situation, etc.: undemanding, easy; requiring little or no effort; later, involving little effort, but amp[le or disproportionate rewards → 1895 colloq., orig. military usage 
adj. 3. comfortable, pleasant; esp. used of accommodation → 1915 colloq. 
adj. 4. of a wound: serious enough to necessitate one’s withdrawal from active duty, but not life-threatening or likely to have permanent consequences, such as disability → 1915 colloq. 
adj. 5. soft and spongy to the touch, esp. pleasantly or comfortably so → 1940 chiefly North American 
► CUSHY NUMBER n. an easy job → 1976 sl.
► CUSING n. an act of accusing; an accusation → 1488 Sc. obs. 
► CUSPIDATE vb. to sharpen to a point → 1623 obs. 
► CUSPIDOR n. a spittoon → 1779 US
► CUSPITOON n. a spittoon, a cuspidor → 1950 Amer. dial. 
► CUSS n. 1. a curse or affliction, esp. one sent by God; a cause of ruin; a scourge, a blight → 1771 colloq. 
n. 2. orig. a contemptible or worthless person, a good-for-nothing; later, a person of a specified character or type, as a ‘silly cuss’ → 1775 colloq., orig. US, mildly derogatory
n. 3. an act of cursing or swearing, esp. at a person; an expletive; a profanity or swear word → 1829 colloq. 
► CUSSADANG! int. an exclamation caused by sudden pain → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► CUSSED adj. 1. used as an intensifier; confounded, damned → 1837 chiefly US
adj. 2. worthy of being cursed; detestable, hateful; unpleasant, horrible → 1853
adj. 3. obstinate or stubborn, esp. to the point of causing annoyance or frustration; cantankerous, contrary → 1858 
► CUSSEDNESS n. obstinacy, stubbornness; cantankerousness; contrariness → 1852 colloq. 
► CUSS-FIGHT n. a loud and angry quarrel → 1913 Amer. dial. 
► CUSS-FIRED FOOL n. an exasperating person → 1929 Amer. dial. 
► CUSS-PROVOKING adj. unpleasant; disagreeable → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUSS-WORTHY adj. unpleasant; disagreeable → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUSSYWOP ► CUZZYWOP n. soft rolls of dust on the floor under beds, etc. → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CUST n. 1. the act of choosing; choice → 1000 obs.
n. 2. that which is chosen or selected as the best of anything; an excellent or precious thing → 1000 obs. 
n. 3. excellence of character, virtue; an excellent trait, a virtue → 1000 obs. 
n. 4. generosity, munificence → 1000 obs. 
n. 5. a trait or characteristic; a person’s natural disposition or character → 1275 obs. 
n. 6. a term of contempt or abuse; a knave, a rogue → 1535 Sc. obs. 
► CUSTARD n. 1. an open pie, containing any of various ingredients such as meat, fish, fruit, or nuts, and filled with a sweetened and seasoned mixture of beaten eggs and milk, cream, or broth, which becomes stiff in consistency when the pie is baked; a ‘crustade’ → 1450 obs. 
n. 2. a fearful or cowardly person → 1598 
► CUSTARD COFFIN n. a pie dish or pastry crust for a custard (open pie as in CUSTARD n. 1.) → 1581 obs.
► CUSTARD-PATE n. a term of reproach or abuse for a person → 1639 obs. 
► CUSTODIENT adj. guarding, protecting → 1657 obs.
► CUSTOMER n. a person of the stated sort, as a ‘mean customer’ → 1589 sl., usually mildly derogatory
► CUSTOM’S-HOUSE OFFICER n. the penis → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► CUSTRON n. an assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant; a scullion → 1400 arch.
► CUT adj. 1. drunk → 1722 Amer. dial. 
adj. 2. embarrassed → 1968 Amer. dial. 
n. 1. a ravine, gully, or gorge; a mountain pass → 1821 Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a sudden short dip in a road → 1968 Amer. dial. 
vb. 1. to speak, to talk, to say → 1525 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
vb. 2. to beat or whip eggs vigorously → 1902 Amer. dial. 
vb. 3. to have sexual intercourse → 1938 Amer. dial. 
vb. 4. to go fast → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 5. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 6. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 7. to understand → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A BIG GUT vb. to do something foolish; to make one’s self ridiculous → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► A CUT ABOVE adj. surpassing all others → 1818 
► CUT A CAPER vb. to dance in a frolicsome way, to act fantastically → 1601 
► CUT A CAPER UPON NOTHING vb. to be hanged → 1708 sl.
► CUT A CRAB vb. in rowing: to mull one’s stroke, esp. by jamming the oar in the water as if a crab had caught it → L18 sl. 
► CUT ACROSS vb. to interrupt → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A DASH vb. to make a display; to live conspicuously and extravagantly → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► CUT ADRIFT adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT A DUEL vb. to fight with knives → 1942 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A FAT PIG IN THE HIP vb. to do something clever or noteworthy → 1979 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A FINGER vb. to break wind → L19 euphemism 
► CUT A FLASH vb. to make a display; to live conspicuously and extravagantly → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► CUT A GUT vb. to make a mistake, esp. an embarrassing one; to do something silly or foolish; to fail in a task → 1923 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A HOG vb. 1. to undertake something beyond one’s ability → 1912 Amer. dial. 
vb. 2. to make an embarrassing mistake; to blunder, to make a mess of things → 1935 African-American sl. 
► CUT ALONG vb. 1. to go fast → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT A MELON vb. 1. to share profits; to announce an extra dividend → 1908
vb. 2. to offer generous hospitality → 1920 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to break wind → 1965 Amer. dial. 
► CUT AND RUN vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT-AND-SPLIT n. firewood sawed into lengths and split up → 1930 Amer. dial. 
► CUT-AND-TRY adv. by trial and error → 1969 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A PERSON DOWN TO SIZE vb. to reduce in importance or decrease the conceit of → 20C
► CUT A QUAVER vb. to ‘cut a dash’; to make a show → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT AROUND vb. 1. to flirt; to frisk about → 1843 Amer. dial. 
vb. 2. to show anger in an unbecoming manner → 1906 Amer. dial. 
► CUT A RUSTY vb. 1. to do something clever → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to court a girl → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
vb. to do one’s best → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CUT A SHINE vb. 1830 Amer. dial. – to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself → 1830 Amer. dial.
► CUT A SKIVE vb. of a fiery horse: to prance about considerably → 1919 Amer. dial.
► CUT A SPLASH  vb. to make an ostentatious display → 19C sl.
► CUT A SPLURGE vb. to make a display → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT A SWATH vb. to make a display → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT A TRAIL vb. to leave → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CUT AWAY n. (as ‘cutaway’) a landslide → 1969 Amer. dial. 
vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT-BACK n. 1. a term of contempt; a worthless person → 1909 Amer. Western sl.
n. 2. a sharp bend or loop in a river → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► CUT BENELY vb. to speak gently or kindly → 1566 UK criminals’ sl.
► CUT BENE WHIDS vb. to speak kindly → 1566 UK criminals’ sl.
► CUTBONES n. a doctor → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► CUT BIG TIMBER vb. to snore → 1960 Amer. dial.
► CUT-BUDDY adj. friendly → 1970 Amer. dial. 
n. a close friend → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► CUT BUDDY SHORT vb. to take a shortcut → 1953 Amer. dial. 
► CUT BUTTONHOLES IN vb. to use a whip with exceptional precision → 1967 Amer. dial. 
► CUT CABBAGE vb. to do something in a spectacular manner → 1938 Amer. dial. 
► CUT CABLES vb. to depart; to make a break → 1859
► CUT CAKE vb. to make a difference, to matter → 1964 US sl.
► CUT CAPERS vb. to dance in a frolicsome way, to act fantastically → 1691
► CUT CAPER SAUCE vb. to be hanged → 1834 sl.
► CUT-COCK n. a Jewish male → 1993 sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► CUT CORNERS vb. to take a shortcut → 1965 Amer. dial. 
► CUT CROSS-LOTS vb. to get to the point → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CUT DEAD vb. to snub socially → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► CUT DIDOES vb. 1. to be frolicsome → 1905 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to put on airs and graces → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT DINGDOES vb. to put on airs and graces → 1914 Amer. dial.
► CUT DIRT vb. to depart hurriedly → 1829 Amer. sl.
► CUT DOWN adj. troubled, vexed, disconcerted, frustrated, dejected → 1843 Amer. dial. 
n. 1. (as ‘cut-down’) an old automobile modified to increase speed; a hot rod or jalopy → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (as ‘cut-down’) a hand-me-down garment altered for a younger or smaller person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CUT DOWN AN OAK, AND SET UP A STRAWBERRY vb. to waste → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► CUT DOWN ON vb. to insult → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CUTE adj. 1. knowledgeable, clever, shrewd, sharp, keen → 1718 sl., now chiefly US , often derogatory
adj. 2. sexually attractive → 1834 colloq., chiefly US 
adj. 3. bow-legged → 1905 Amer. dial. euphemism 
adj. 4. haughty, self-important → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CUTE AS A BUG’S EAR adj. small and endearingly attractive → 1931 Amer. dial.
► CUTER n. a fool; a josh → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CUTESY adj. affectedly cute or coy → 1968 colloq., chiefly US
► CUTEY n. a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp. a girl or woman → 1904 sl.
► CUT-EYE adj. of someone’s glance or look: questioning; askance → 1937 African-American
n. a scornful gesture made with the eyes; a look of disgust → 1976 African-American –
► CUT GLASS SLEDGEHAMMER n. an imaginary object used as the basis for a practical joke → 1960 Amer. dial. 
► CUT GOURDS vb. to snore loudly → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CUTHBERT n. a man who deliberately avoids military service, esp. (in World War I) one who did so by getting a job in a government office or the civil service → 1917 Brit. sl., derogatory
► CUTICULAR adj. undressed; nude → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUTIE n. a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp. a girl or woman → 1904 sl.
► CUTIE-PIE n. a sexually attractive woman → 1941 sl., orig. US
► CUT-IN n. 1. an intrusion in a conversation → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. the initial contact with the intended victim in a confidence swindle → 1977 US sl.
vb. 1. (as ‘cut in’) to attempt a romantic relationship with someone already romantically involved → 1950 US sl.
vb. 2. (as ‘cut in’) to seize a share of a business or enterprise → 1980 US sl.
► CUT IN THE CRAW adj. drunk → 1963 Amer. dial.
► CUT IN THE EYE adj. drunk → 1857 Amer. dial.
► CUT INTO vb. to approach someone and draw them into a swindle; to introduce someone to something → 1940 US sl.
► CUT IT vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT IT DOWN vb. to dance with flamboyant skill → 1940 Amer. dial.
► CUT IT FAT vb. 1. to make a display → 1836
vb. 2. to overdo something; to go too far → 1838 Amer. dial.
► CUTLASS CARPENTER n. an unskilled carpenter → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► CUT LOGS vb. to snore → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CUT LOOSE vb. 1. to act energetically or suddenly, without restraint → 1809 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to begin, to commence → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to go fast → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT LUNCH n. a circumcised penis as an object of oral sex → 1985 Aust. sl.
► CUT-LUNCH COMMANDO n. a soldier who does not see active service, esp. a reservist; used contemptuously → 1952 Aust. sl.
► CUT MAN n. the member of a boxer’s entourage responsible for treating cuts between rounds → 1975 US sl.
► CUT-ME-DOWN n. a hand-me-down garment altered for a younger or smaller person → 1939 Amer. dial. 
► CUT MUD vb. to make haste → 1936 Amer. dial.
► CUT OFF adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. (as ‘cutoff’) a sudden short dip in a road → 1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to lay someone off due to lack of work → 1990 US sl.
► CUT OFF ONE’S JIB vb. to keep one from talking → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT OFF THE JOINT n. from the male perspective: an act of sexual intercourse → 1961 UK sl.
► THE CUT OF ONE’S JIB n. the peculiar or characteristic appearance of a person → 1825 colloq.
► CUT ON vb. to insult → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CUT ONE vb. to release intestinal gas, perhaps loudly → 20C US colloq.
► CUT ONE A NEW ASSHOLE vb. to injure or rebuke someone → 1972 Amer. sl.
► CUT ONE DOWN vb. to get a lower price by haggling aggressively → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► CUT ONE LOOSE vb. to break wind → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CUT ONE’S BACK A-TWO vb. to punish, to beat; a threat used to children → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT ONE’S CABLE vb. to die → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► CUT ONE’S COMB vb. to humble someone; to lower someone’s pride → 1741 Amer. dial. 
► CUT ONE’S CORNERS SHARP vb. to get away with as much as a situation allows; to fulfil only the minimum obligations → 1949 Amer. dial.
► CUT ONE’S DOG LOOSE vb. to act energetically or suddenly, without restraint → 1903 Amer. dial. 
► CUT ONE’S EYE vb. to become suspicious → 1840 criminals’ sl. 
► CUT ONE’S EYE DOWN vb. to blacken one’s eye → 1927 Amer. dial. 
► CUT ONE’S EYES vb. to glance out of the corners of one’s eyes; to look furtively → 1827 Amer. dial. 
► CUT ONE’S FINGER vb. to break wind → 1899 US sl. 
► CUT ONE’S LEG vb. to be drunk → 17C colloq.
► CUT ONE’S FOOT vb. to step in dung → 1899 Amer. dial. euphemism
► CUT ONE’S LUCKY vb. to get away, to escape; to decamp → 1834 sl.
► CUT ONE’S OWN THROAT vb. to bring about one’s own ruin → 20C
► CUT ONE’S OWN WEEDS vb. to mind one’s own business → 1953 Amer. dial.
► CUT ONE’S STRING vb. to cease to restrain oneself, to let go → 1913 Amer. dial.
► CUT ONE’S SUSPENDERS vb. to leave one place for another; to leave the country → 1944 Amer. dial.
► CUT ONE’S THROAT vb. to ruin a person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT ONE’S WATER OFF vb. to stop someone from doing something → 1954 Amer. dial. 
► CUT ONE’S WOLF LOOSE vb. to act energetically or suddenly, without restraint → 1903 Amer. dial.
► CUTOR n. in cards: the joker → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT-OUT n. someone acting as a middle-man in espionage → 1963 sl.
vb. (as ‘cut out’) to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT OUT TO BE A GENTLEMAN adj. circumcised → 20C Brit. sl.
► CUTOUTS n. summer sandals → 1979 Amer. dial.
► CUTOVER n. a conversion or change to a different system → 1947 Amer. dial.
► CUT PUSS n. an effeminate male → 20C Caribbean sl.
► CUT QUEER WHIDS vb. to speak unpleasantly or obscenely → 1566 UK criminals’ sl.
► CUTS n. 1. the testicles → 20C US sl.
n. 2. corporal punishment, esp. of schoolchildren → 1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CUT SHINES vb. to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself → 1848 Amer. dial.
► CUTSHORT n. a shortcut → 1981 Amer. dial. 
► CUT SHORTER BY THE HEAD vb. to behead → 1548
► CUTSIE ► KUTSIE n. a twinge in the throat caused by swallowing something sour → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CUT SMOKE WITH A LEATHER HATCHET vb. to attempt impossibilities → 19C Eng. dial.
► CUT STICK vb. to prepare to leave; to depart quickly, to run away → 1832 Amer. dial. 
► CUT STRAW AND MOLASSES n. poor food → 1857 Amer. dial. 
► CUTTER n. 1. a fine or good fellow → 1911 Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a revolver → 1913 Amer. sl. 
► CUTTERMAN n. a dirty, sloppy, often poor person; a slob → 1981 Amer. dial.
► CUT THE BED vb. to divide one’s bed with another → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CUT THE BLOOD OUT OF vb. to whip severely → 1953 Amer. dial. 
► CUT THE BUCK vb. 1. to dance vigorously and usually solo with much improvisation → 1927 Amer. dial. 
vb. 2. to work efficiently; to perform rapidly or successfully; to accomplish any effort → 1927 Amer. dial. 
► CUT-THE-BUCKLE adj. of dancing: unrestrained, extremely vigorous → 1835 Amer. dial. 
► CUT THE CABLE vb. to depart; to make a break → 1895
► CUT THE CACKLE vb. to come to the point, usually used as an imperative → L19 sl.
► CUT THE CACKLE AND COME TO THE HORSES vb. to come to the point, usually used as an imperative → L19 sl.
► CUT THE CACKLE AND GET TO THE HORSES vb. to come to the point, usually used as an imperative → L19 sl.
► CUT THE CAKE vb. to get married → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► CUT THE CHEESE vb. to break wind → 1965 US sl. 
► CUT THE COMB OF vb. to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate → 1814 
► CUT THE CORD vb. to be the ‘last straw’ → 1967 Amer. dial. 
► CUT THE DECK DEEPER vb. to explain more fully or more clearly → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CUT THE FOOL vb. to joke around; to behave mischievously, to act up → 1933 Amer. dial. 
► CUT THE GUN vb. to turn off the motor of an aircraft → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► CUT THE HAIR vb. to make fine or cavilling distinctions; to ‘split hairs’ → 1652
► CUT THE MELON vb. to share large profits between a number of people → 1908 sl.
► CUT THE MUSTARD vb. 1. to break wind → 20C US sl.
vb. 2. to come up to expectations; to meet the requirements; to ‘fill the bill’ → 1913 sl. (Bk.)
► CUT THE PAINTER vb. to send a person or thing ‘adrift’ or away; to clear off; to sever a connection, effect a separation → 1700
► CUT THE PIGEON’S WING vb. to execute intricate dance steps gracefully → 1897 Amer. dial. 
► CUT THE RECORD vb. to surpass all previous performances → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► CUT THE SHORT DOG vb. to caper and frisk around when tipsy → 1888 Amer. dial.
► CUT THE SUSPENDERS vb. to leave one place for another, to leave the country → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CUT THE THROTTLE vb. to coast, to take it easy → 1958 Amer. dial.
► CUT TIMBER vb. to snore → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CUTTING A VIRGINNY FENCE adj. drunk → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUTTING HIS WOLF LOOSE vb. said of a man drinking, shooting, or on any other kind of a ‘tear’ → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CUT TO THE BRAKES vb. to display only the essential → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CUT TWO WAYS vb. to suggest or entail a necessary contrary; to have double and opposite application → 20C
► CUTTY adj. short, or cut short → 19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 1. a short, thickset girl → 19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. an immoral girl or woman → 19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CUTTY-GUN n. the penis → 19C sl.
► CUTTY-PIPE n. a short-stemmed pipe → 1857 Amer. dial. arch.
► CUT UNDER vb. 1. to undersell in price → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to insult → 1954 Amer. dial.
► CUT-UP adj. annoyed, upset → 1844 sl.
n. anything or anyone stylish, stunning, or attractive → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
– verbs usually as ‘cut up’ –
vb. 1. to affect the feelings of deeply → 20C colloq.
vb. 2. to subject to severe criticism → 20C colloq.
vb. 3. of a driver: to overtake or pull in front of another driver in a dangerous manner → 20C colloq.
vb. 4. to complain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CUT UP A CURLICUE vb. to act in a devious manner; to play a trick or prank → 1840 Amer. dial.
► CUT UP CURLICUES vb. to cut capers → 1800
► CUT UP EXTRAS vb. to misbehave → 1842 US sl.
► CUT UP JACK AND KILL JINNY vb. to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CUT UP MONKEY-SHINES vb. to play tricks → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT UP ROUGH vb. to become angry or bad-tempered → 20C Brit. colloq.  
► CUT UP SAM vb. to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance → 1945 Amer. dial.
► CUT UP SHINES vb. to play tricks → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT UP SHINNY vb. to make a fuss or disturbance → 1952 Amer. dial.
► CUT-UP WELL adj. looking good naked; having a good body → 19C Brit. sl.
► CUT-WATER n. the nose → 1942 Amer. dial.
► CUT WOOD vb. to snore → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CUT YANGA vb. to dress fashionably → 1983 sl.
► CUT Z’s vb. to sleep → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CUZ n. 1. defecation → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the W.C. → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a term used by a Maori to refer to or address a family member → 20C NZ colloq.
n. 4. a term used by an Aboriginal person to refer to or address a family member → 20C Aust. colloq.
► CUZE n. the female genitals; the vagina → 1925 US sl.
► CUZZIE n. a close friend or family member; often used in direct address → 20C NZ 
► CUZZIE-BRO n. a close friend or family member; often used in direct address → 20C NZ 
► CUZZY n. 1. copulation → E20 US sl.
n. 2. the female genitals → E20 US sl.
► THE C-WORD n. a euphemistic way of referring to the word ‘cunt’ → 20C
► CYBERATHLETE n.  a professional player of computer games → 21C
► CYBERATTACK n.  an attempt to damage or disrupt a computer system, or obtain information stores on a computer system, by means of hacking → 21C
► CYBERBULLY n.  someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute, or intimidate people → 21C
► CYBERCHONDRIA n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one’s health brought on by visiting health and medical websites → 21C
► CYBERCRIME n. the illegal use of computers and the internet; crime committed by means of computers or the internet → 21C
► CYCLONE n. a dose of the drug PCP → M20 US drug culture sl.
► CYLINDER n. the vagina → 1930 Aust. sl. 
► CYMOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of waves → 1991 (Bk.)
► CYNOMANIA n. an abnormal love of dogs → 1991 (Bk.)
► CYNOPHILIST n.  a lover of dogs → 1890
► CYNOPHOBIA n. 1. an intense dread of dogs → 1991 (Bk.)
n. 2. an abnormal fear of pseudorabies → 1991 (Bk.)
► CYPHER n. a circle of Black friends; a group of people, as marijuana smokers, rap MC’s → 1990 African-American & teen sl. 
vb.  to calculate; to think out → M19 
► CYPRIAN adj. 1.  licentious, lewd → 1598 applied to prostitutes in 18th-19th centuries
adj. 2. belonging to Cyprus → 1636
n. 1. licentious or profligate person; later, a lewd woman, a harlot, a prostitute, a courtesan → 1598
n. 2. an inhabitant of Cyprus → 1598
► CYPRIAN SCEPTRE n. the penis → 17C
► CYPRIDOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of venereal disease → 1991 (Bk.)
► CYRANO n. a large nose → 19C 
► CZEZSKI n. a nickname for a Czechoslovakian or Bohemian → 1964 US sl., derogatory