• DANE
n. 1865 Eng. dial. – a red-haired man, a term of reproach
• DANER
n. 1865 Sc. – a stroll, a saunter
vb. 1727 Sc. – to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one’s time; to hobble
• DANE SKIN
n. 1887 Eng. dial. – a freckled skin
• DANG
adj. 1840s euphemism – damn; wretched; nasty; accursed
adv. 1840s – absolutely, extremely
int. 1821 – damn!; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc.
n. 1. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a hard blow
n. 2. 1910s sl. – the penis
vb. 1. L18 euphemism – to damn
vb. 2. 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to throw violently; to knock, to bang
• DANG-BANG
adj. M19 – damned
• DANGBATTED
adj. 1960s US sl. – crazy
• DANG-BURN
adj. M19 – damned
• DANGE
adj. 2002 Can. sl. – extremely good (rhymes with strange; short for dangerous)
n. 1910s sl. – the penis
• DANGE BROAD
n. M20 Amer. sl. – a sexually attractive Black girl or young woman
• DANGED
adj. 1870s Amer. euphemism – damned; wretched; nasty; accursed
• DANGER
adj. 1917 Amer. dial. – dangerous
adv. 1917 Amer. dial. – dangerously
n. 1. c1400 obs. – mischief, harm, damage
n. 2. 1920s sl. – a chance, a possibility; a likelihood
n. 3. 1993 Fiji – an aggressive flirt
• DANGERFUL
adj. 1548 obs. – dangerous
• DANGERFULLY
adv. 1548 obs. – dangerously
• DANGER IS MY BUSINESS
phr. 1966 US sl. – used as a humorous response to a suggestion that a proposed activity is dangerous
• DANGERLY
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – possibly, by chance
• DANGERMENT
n. 1864 Sc. – endangering
• DANGERMUFF
n. 1990s sl. – an extremely attractive, sexy woman
• DANGEROUS
adj. 1. a1225 obs. – difficult or awkward to deal with; haughty, arrogant; rigorous, hard, severe; the opposite of affable
adj. 2. c1386 obs. – reluctant to give, accede, to comply; chary of
adj. 3. c1386 obs. – difficult to please; particular, ticklish; fastidious, nice, dainty, delicate
adj. 4. 1548 obs. – hurtful, injurious
adj. 5. 1621 obs. rare – ready to run into or meet danger; venturesome
adj. 6. 1797 Sc. & Eng. dial. – in danger from illness; dangerously ill
adj. 7. Bk1900 Sc. – of an illness or disease: infectious
adj. 8. 1984 US sl. – extremely effective or impressive
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – extremely, exceedingly
• DANGEROUS CURVE
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl
• DANGEROUSLY
adv. 1. a1577 obs. – with reserve; shyly; charily
adv. 2. 1642 obs. rare – venturesomely
• DANGEROUSNESS
n. 1548 obs. – chariness, grudgingness
• DANGER-SIGNAL
n. 1. Bk1893 sl. – the ‘menstrual cloth’
n. 2. L19 UK criminals’ sl. – a policeman
n. 3. 20C sl., chiefly Cockneys’ usage – a red nose
• THE DANGER-SIGNAL IS UP
phr. Bk1893 sl. – the ‘menstrual flux is on’
• DANGERSOME
adj. 1567 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – dangerous
• DANGER WANK
n. 2003 UK sl. – an act of masturbation with the threat of being discovered as an added stimulus
• DANGFOOL
adj. L19 sl. – stupid and irritating
• DANG-GUM
adj. M19 – damned
• DANG IT!
int. L18 euphemism – damn! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc.
• DANGLE
int. 1930s US sl. – go away!
n. 1. 1910s sl. – the penis
n. 2. 20C US sl. – a nickname for an act of male exhibitionism
vb. 1. 1678 – to hang from the gallows; to be hanged
vb. 2. 1778 obs. – to stroll idly, or with lounging steps
vb. 3. 18C sl. – to follow a woman, without actually addressing her
vb. 4. M18 sl. – to be in attendance, as a servant
vb. 5. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to loiter, to hang about; to make love to
vb. 6. Bk1900 Sc. – to shoot or quiver with pain
vb. 7. Bk1900 Sc. – to swing, vibrate, quiver, throb, tingle
vb. 8. 1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage – to travel or depart, esp. in a hurry
vb. 9. 1960s sl. – to keep waiting
• DANGLEBERRIES
n. 1984 sl. – pieces of dried faecal matter clinging to the hairs surrounding the anus
• DANGLE FROM
vb. c1910 sl. – from a male perspective: to have sex
• DANGLE IN A TYBURN STRING
vb. L18 sl. – to be hanged
• DANGLE IN THE SHERIFF’S PICTURE-FRAME
vb. L18 sl. – to be hanged
• DANGLEMENTS
n . 1855 Eng. dial. – dangling appendages; finery; tassels, etc.
• DANGLE ONE’S DONGER
vb. 1970s sl. – to urinate
• DANGLE-PARADE
n. 20C NZ sl. – group military inspection of the genitals for venereal disease
• DANGLEPORK
n. 2000s sl. – the penis
• DANGLE QUEEN
n. 1980s US homosexual sl. – one who wears clothes that deliberately emphasize the penis, or who exposes the genitals
• DANGLER
n. 1. 1727 arch. – a hanger-on, a dallying follower; one who hangs or hovers about a woman
n. 2. L18 sl. – an effeminate male who prefers female company; the inference is of homosexuality
n. 3. 19C sl. – a seducer of women
n. 4. M19 UK criminals’ sl. – any form of pendant jewellery, as a watch fob or an earring
n. 5. 1910s tramps’ sl. – an express or freight train
n. 6. 1916 US tramps’ sl. – a tramp who travels by hanging onto the rails and similar handgrips beneath a passenger coach
n. 7. 1920s US sl. – a thief
n. 8. 1927 US sl. – the penis
n. 9. 1927 US sl. – an exhibitionist of the penis; a flasher
n. 10. 1928 US criminals’ sl. – a beggar or criminal
n. 11. 1934 US sl. – in the circus: a trapeze artist
n. 12. 1951 UK sl. – a lorry’s trailer
n. 13. 1987 US sl. – a person who has died by hanging
n. 14. 1990s African-American sl. – a businessman
n. 15. 20C schoolboys’ sl. – an emotional friendship between two boys
• DANGLE ROLL
n. 1990s African-American sl. – a losing throw of the dice in craps
• DANGLERS
n. 1. M19 sl. – a bunch of seals (hanging from a watch chain)
n. 2. M19 sl. – the testicles
n. 3. c1915 services’ sl. – medals
n. 4. 20C Brit. sl. – suspenders
• DANGLET
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an icicle
• DANGLE THE CAT
vb. 1918 US farmers’ sl. – to drive a truck with an engine manufactured by Caterpillar
• DANGLING BITS
n. 1979 Aust. sl. – the external male genitals
• DANGLING HANGERS
n. Urquhart usage – the penis
• DANGLING MODIFIER
n. 1980s US students’ sl. – a single, long, flashy earring
• DANGLY BITS
n. 1990s sl. – the external male genitals
• DANG ME!
int. c1790 colloq. – a mild oath
• DANG MY BUTTONS!
int. L18 euphemism – a mild oath
• DANGNATION!
int. M19 euphemism – damnation!
• DANG-SWANG
adv. 19C Eng. dial. – vigorously; with might and mail
• DANGUS
n. 1. 19C Eng. dial. & colloq. – a slattern
n. 2. 1930 Amer. euphemism – the penis
• DANGWALLET
n. 1679 Eng. dial. – a spendthrift
• DANGY
adj. M19 – damned
• DANIC
adj. 1613 obs. – Danish
• DANIEL
n. 1. L16 – a person of infallible wisdom
n. 2. L16 – an upright judge
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the smallest pig of the litter
n. 4. 1930s US sl. – the buttocks
n. 5. 1990s Aust. teen sl. – a rowdy person
• DANIEL BOONE SQUAD
n. 1991 US sl. – US soldiers who engaged in cross-border reconnaissance in Cambodia during the Vietnam war
• DANIEL BOONE TEAM
n. 1991 US sl. – US soldiers who engaged in cross-border reconnaissance in Cambodia during the Vietnam war
• DANIEL DURBRIDGE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the yaffle or green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
• DANIEL-LINE
n. c1938 Amer. dial. – a dandelion
• DANIELS
n. 1973 US sl. – the buttocks
• DANISH
n. 1980s US sl. – conventional penetrative male-female sexual intercourse
• DANISH PASTRY
n. 1950s homosexual sl. – a transsexual
• DANISK
adj. 1596 obs. – Danish
• DANISM
n. 1848 obs. – money-lending or usury
• DANIST
n. 1623 obs. – a usurer
• DANISTIC
adj. 1656 obs. – pert. to usury
• DANK
adj. 1. ? a1400 obs. – wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc.
adj. 2. c1945 sl. – inferior; inefficient
adj. 3. 1984 sl., orig. US students’ usage – bad, unpleasant
adj. 4. 1989 sl., orig. US students’ usage – excellent, first-rate, brilliant
n. 1. ? a1400 obs. – wetness, humidity, damp
n. 2. 1513 obs. – a wet place, a pool, a marsh
n. 3. 1980s US drug culture sl. – a very potent marijuana
n. 4. 20C college sl. – something that’s extremely good
vb. 1. a1310 obs. – to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain
vb. 2. 1555 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. – to damp the spirits; to depress
vb. 3. 1939 Amer. dial. – to apply, to put on
• DANKER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a dark cloud
• DANKER IT!
int. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an imprecation
• DANKE SCHOEN!
int. 1956 Amer. dial. – thank you! (pronounced to rhyme with ‘fern’)
• DANKING
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – dangling
• DANKISH
adj. 1545 obs. – wet; humid
• DANK NUGGETS
n. 1990s US drug culture sl. – the very best marijuana
• DANK NUGS
n. 1990s US drug culture sl. – the very best marijuana
• DANKS
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – of persons: dwarfish
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – tea leaves
• DANKY
adj. 1796 – somewhat dank; dampish
• DAN LENO
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘beano’ – a festive event; a jollification, esp. a coach trip to the seaside
• DANNA
n. L18 sl. – human or other excrement
• DANNA DRAG
n. L18 sl. – a nightman’s or dustman’s cart
• DANNEL YOU!
int. 1892 Eng. dial. – an imprecation
• DANNER
n. 1865 Sc. – a stroll, a saunter
vb. 1727 Sc. – to stroll, to saunter, to wander; to trifle, to misspend one’s time; to hobble
• DANNIE
n. 20C sl. – a drink of liquor
• DANNOCK
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – a small loaf of bread; a piece of dough baked in the frying-pan and eaten hot
• DANNY
n. 1. 1886 Eng. dial. – a child’s hand; used when speaking to children
n. 2. 2002 UK rhyming sl. (Danny La Rue) – a clue
• DANNY BOY
n. 2000s Irish sl. – £20
• DANNY LA RUE
adj. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – blue, applied to any shade whether actual or figurative
n. 1. 1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘poo’ – an act of defecation
n. 2. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – anything blue, as a snooker ball, a dirty joke, or a pornographic video
n. 3. 2000s rhyming sl. for ‘clue’ – a clue; an idea, a suspicion
n. 4. 2000s rhyming sl. – in bingo: the number 52
• DANNY MARR
n. 1996 UK rhyming sl. – a car
• DANNY RUCKER
n. 1. 1930s rhyming sl. – butter
n. 2. 1930s sl. – breakfast
• DAN O’LEARY
n. 1958 US sl. – a tour of police duty in which the police officer works every possible minute
• DANS
n. 1819 Eng. dial. – yearling lambs
• DANSK
adj. 1569 obs. – Danish
n. 1568 obs. – Denmark
• DANSKER
n. 1602 obs. – a Dane
• DANT
n. a1529 obs. – a sexually loose woman; a profligate woman; a promiscuous woman; a harlot, a prostitute
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. – to be afraid
• DANTLE
vb. 1805 Eng. dial. – to dandle, to toss on the knee, to fondle
• DANTON
vb. 1535 Sc. – to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame; to intimidate
• DAN TUCKER
n. 1. 1859 rhyming sl. – butter
n. 2. M19 sl. – breakfast
• DAN UP
vb. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl. – to spruce up
• DANYEL
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. – to dangle; to jolt, as a cart on a rough road
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