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• D FOR DUNCE
n. 20C – ‘bunce’; perks, bonuses, inducements to act or work; money or goods earned on top of wages → Brit. rhyming sl.
• DHAEL
n. 1850 – a funeral → Eng. dial.
• DHIRL
n. 1900 – a good-for-nothing person → N. Ireland
• DIABETOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal fear of diabetes (Bk.)
• DIABLES
n. 1866 – difficulties, embarrassments, scrapes → Eng. dial.
• DIABOLICAL
adj. 1958 – of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → sl.
• DIACUMBELICUM
n. 1908 – diarrhoea; bowel trouble → Amer. dial.
• DIAGNOSTICATE
vb. 1846 – to diagnose
• DIAGNUS
adv. 1970 – diagonally → Amer. dial.
• DIAL
n. 1842 – the face → sl.
• DIAL DIDDLER
n. 1942 – a telephone operator → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• DIALOGUIZE
vb. 1599 – to take part in dialogue; to converse → obs.
• DIAMOND
n. 1990 – a stalwart or reliable person → Brit. sl.
• DIAMOND CRACKER
n. 1930 – on the railroad: the fireman on a coal-burning locomotive → Amer. dial.
• A DIAMOND OF THE FIRST WATER
n. 1781 – a person of superlative excellence; a man of the highest merit
• DIAMOND PUSHER
n. 1945 – on the railroad: the fireman on a coal-burning locomotive → Amer. dial.
• DIAMONDS
n. 20C – the testicles → US sl.
• DIANGLING
adv. 1914 – diagonally → Amer. dial.
• DIAPER
n. 19C – the ‘menstrual cloth’ → sl.
• DIAPER DRAGON
n. 1969 – a louse → Amer. dial.
• DIARRHOEA OF THE JAWBONE
n. 1944 – a constant stream of nonsense; constant talking; offensive talkativeness → US sl.
• DIARRHOEA OF THE MOUTH
n. 1948 – a constant stream of nonsense; constant talking; offensive talkativeness → US sl.
• DIASTICURIOUS
n. 1966 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• DIASTICUTIS
n. 1937 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• DIB
n. 1. 1813 – a puddle, a small pool of water → Sc.
n. 2. 1946 – a small chicken → Amer. dial.
vb. 1900 – to make a small present of money, to tip → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DIBBEN
n. 1810 – a fillet of veal → Eng. dial.
• DIBBER-DABBER
n. 1900 – an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle → Sc.
vb. 1900 – to wrangle → Sc. (Bk.)
• DIBBERDERRY
n. 1768 – a confused debate or discussion → Sc. obs.
• DIBBIES
n. 1968 – a claim; rights; right of priority → Amer. dial.
• DIBBLE
n. 1. ..19C – the devil → colloq.
n. 2. ..19C – the penis → Brit. sl.
n. 3. 1966 – a small amount → Amer. dial.
vb. ..19C – to possess carnally → sl.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE
n. 1. 1900 – an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1900 – rubbish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1966 – a small amount → Amer. dial.
vb. 1900 – to wrangle → Sc. (Bk.)
• DIBBLISH
n. 1903 – penny (1d) → sl. (Bk.)
• DIBBY
adj. 1889 – small, tiny → Eng. dial.
n. 1946 – a small chicken → Amer. dial.
• DIB-DABS
n. 1965 – small, often insignificant amounts → Amer. dial.
• DIBLES
n. 1866 – difficulties, embarrassments, scrapes → Eng. dial.
• DIBS
n. 1. 1807 – money → sl.
n. 2. ..20C – a residence → teen & high school sl.
n. 3. 1930 – a claim; rights; right of priority → Amer. dial.
• DIBS AND DABS
n. 1960 – small, often insignificant amounts → Amer. dial.
• DIBUT
n. 1900 – a difficulty, a scrape → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DICACIOUS
adj. 1830 – pert of speech; saucy; talkative → obs.
• DICE
n. 1900 – a lump or piece → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1768 – to do anything quickly and neatly → Sc.
• DICHEL
n. 1900 – a bad scrape, a difficulty → Sc. (Bk.)
• DICHELS
n. 1794 – reproof, correction; a beating, a drubbing → Sc.
• DICHENS
n. 1838 – a beating, punishment → Sc.
• DICHLING
n. 1900 – a beating, a thrashing, a drubbing → Sc. (Bk.)
• DICHTY
adj. 1887 – dirty, foul → Sc.
• DICK
n. 1. ..19C – a dictionary → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1888 – the penis → sl.
n. 3. 1908 – a detective → sl.
n. 4. 1908 – a police officer → sl., chiefly US
vb. 1. ..L19 – to cheat or deceive → sl.
vb. 2. ..L19 – to seduce and coit a woman → sl.
vb. 3. 1900 – to deck, to adorn; to cover → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. 1902 – to see, to watch; to spy → thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 5. .M20 – to coit a woman → US sl.
• DICK AND HIS TEAM
n. 1900 – the constellation, the Great Bear → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DICK-ASS
n. 1834 – a male ass, a jackass → Eng. dial.
• DICKED
adj. 1. 1894 – arrayed → Amer. dial.
adj. 2. ..M20 – cheated, ‘screwed’ → US sl.
• DICKEN!
int. 1894 – I don’t believe it! → Aust. sl.
• DICKENS
n. L16 – the devil; hell
• THE DICKENS AND TOM WALKER!
int. 1908 – an exclamation of annoyance or disgust → Amer. dial.
• DICKER
n. 1904 – a plan, fashion → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1883 – to decorate, to bedeck with spangles → Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1905 – to barter → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. 1966 – to argue → Amer. dial.
• DICKER AROUND
vb. 1967 – to waste time in indecision → Amer. dial.
• DICKERED
adj. 19C – blotched → Eng. dial.
• DICKETY-BOO
n. 1954 – a ghost; a bugbear → Amer. dial.
• DICKEY
adj. 1883 – ill; sick → Brit. sl.
n. 1. 1864 – a donkey, an ass → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1873 – a louse, esp. that found on the head → Eng. dial.
n. 3. ..L19 – the penis → Brit. & US sl.
n. 4. ..20C – a thing, a gadget → US colloq.
n. 5. 1942 – a small bird → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. 1968 – a denim jacket → Amer. dial.
• DICKEYBIRD
n. 1942 – a small bird → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• DICKEY BOW
n. 1977 – a bow tie → sl.
• DICKEY-DIDO
n. 1. 19C – an idiot; a fool → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 20C – the female genitals → sl.
• DICKEY-DOOED UP
adj. 1969 – dressed up in one’s good clothes → Amer. dial.
• DICKEY UP
vb. 1969 – to dress up in fine clothes; to make pretty or fancy → Amer. dial.
• DICK-HEAD
n. 1964 – a foolish person → sl.
• DICKIE
adj. 1960 – ill; sick → UK sl.
n. 1. 1884 – the haddock → Amer. dial.
n. 2. ..L19 – the penis → Brit. & US sl.
n. 3. ..20C – a thing, a gadget → US colloq.
n. 4. 1949 – a bob sled → Amer. dial.
• DICKIE BOW
n. 1977 – a bow tie → sl.
• DICKIED UP
adj. 1969 – dressed up in one’s good clothes → Amer. dial.
• DICKIN!
int. 1894 – I don’t believe it! → Aust. sl.
• DICKINGS
n. L16 – the devil; hell
• DICKINSON’S HORSE
n. 1899 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• DICKINSON’S MARE
n. 1899 – a dragonfly → Amer. dial.
• DICKLESS TRACY
n. 1963 – a female police officer → jocular usage, orig. US
• DICK-NAILER
n. 1892 – something or someone superior or extraordinary; anything satisfactory; something impressively big → Amer. dial.
• DICK-NAILING
adj. 1892 – extraordinary, amazing, impressively big → Amer. dial.
• DICKON!
int. 1894 – I don’t believe it → Aust. sl.
• DICKORY DOCK
n. 20C – the penis → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘cock’
• DICK PARTITION
n. 1998 – a condom → UK sl.
• DICK POINTERS
n. 2003 – a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks → Aust. sl.
• DICK POKERS
n. 2003 – a pair of men’s close-fitting and revealing nylon swimming trunks → Aust. sl.
• DICKRASH
n. 1996 – an annoying or despicable person; a jerk → Aust. sl.
• DICKS
n. 1897 – body lice → Eng. dial.
• DICK SHOT OFF
n. 1937 – the Distinguished Service Order, a medal for bravery → UK sl.
• DICK-SKINNER
n. 1971 – the hand → US sl.
• DICK-SMACKER
n. 1984 – a prison guard → US sl.
• DICK SMITH
n. 1. 1876 – a lone drinker, a drink taken alone; one who does not buy drinks for others, or who depends on others to buy them; a stingy or solitary person → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1876 – a drug user or addict who does not socialize with others users → US sl.
n. 3. 1974 – (usually as ‘dicksmith’) a US Navy hospital corpsman → US sl.
• DICK SMITHER
n. 1966 – a person who drinks alone → Amer. dial.
• DICK SMITH IT
vb. 1979 – to drink alone; to sponge on others → Amer. dial.
• DICK-SUCKER
n. 20C a fellator → US sl.-
• DICK-UP
n. 1855 – a male ass → Eng. dial.
• DICK WITH HIS WAGON
n. 1900 – the constellation, the Great Bear → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DICKY
adj. 1. 1851 – of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering
adj. 2. 1883 – of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill → Eng. dial.
adj. 3. 1900 – of vegetable matter: rotten, decayed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
int. 1900 – a call to asses → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1816 – an under-petticoat → sl.
n. 2. 1864 – a donkey, an ass → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1873 – the head, the skull → Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1873 – a louse, esp. that found on the head → Eng. dial.
n. 5. ..L19 – the penis → Brit. & US sl.
n. 6. ..20C – a thing, a gadget → US colloq.
n. 7. 1900 – the top of a hill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. 1900 – an apron, generally of leather → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 9. 1900 – the wren, Troglodytes parvulus → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 10. 1942 – a small bird → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• DICKY-ASS
n. 1864 – a donkey, an ass → Eng. dial.
• DICKY-BIRD
n. 1. 1854 – any small bird → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1873 – a louse, esp. that found on the head → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1900 – the canary → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. 1902 – a wanton → sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. 1932 – a word; usually used in negative contexts → Brit. rhyming sl.
• DICKY BOW
n. 1977 – a bow tie → sl.
• DICKY BREAKFAST
n. 1952 – a breakfast fashionably late → Amer. dial.
• DICKY CHREE
n. 1873 – a doll → Eng. dial.
• DICKY-DAISY
n. 1900 – a children’s name for almost any wildflower, esp. the daisy, Bellis perennis → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DICKY-DIDDLE
n. 20C – urination → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘piddle’
vb. 20C – to urinate → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘piddle’
• DICKY-DIDO
n. 1. 19C – an idiot → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 20C – the female genitals → sl.
• DICKY DIRT
n. 1925 – a shirt → Brit. rhyming sl.
• DICKY-DUNK
n. 20C – copulation → sl.
• DICKY-LICKER
n. 1. M20 – a homosexual male → US sl., derogatory
n. 2. M20 – any male → US sl., derogatory
n. 3. M20 – a fellator → US sl.
• DICKYMENT
n. 1881 – a predicament → Eng. dial.
• DICKY-MIDE
n. 1900 – a dear girl → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DICKY-PUG
n. 1900 – the wren, Troglodytes vulgaris → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DICKY SAM
n. 1868 – a Liverpool man → Eng. dial.
• DICKY-SHUD
n. 1893 – an umbrella → Eng. dial.
• DICTED
adj. 1896 – addicted to, attached to, having a preference for → Eng. dial.
• DICTERY
n. 1632 – a witty saying or comment; a maxim → obs.
• DICTIONAR
n. 1773 – a dictionary → Sc.
• DICTIONATICAL
adj. 1914 – such as the dictionary authorizes or approves → Amer. dial.
• DICTY
adj. 1923 – stylish, high-class; snobbish, haughty, conceited, uppity → Amer. dial.
n. 1928 – a stuck-up, snobbish person; one who is conceited or uppity → Amer. dial.
• DIDAKAI
n. 1853 – a gypsy → sl.
• DID A ONE LEGGED MAN EVER WIN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST?
phr. 1972 – said when there is no chance at all → Amer. sl.
• DIDAPPER
n. 1900 – a ludicrous name applied to a Baptist → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DIDD
n. 18C – the breasts or nipples → Brit. sl.
• DIDDEKAI • DIDDICOY
n. 1853 – a gypsy → sl.
• DIDDIES
n. 18C – the breasts or nipples → Brit. sl.
• DIDDIKY
n. 1900 – a gypsy’s kettle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DIDDLAN
n. 1900 – the act of singing in a low key → Sc. (Bk.)
• DIDDLE
int. 1900 – a call for young ducks → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. ..E18 – alcoholic drink, esp. gin → sl.
n. 2. ..19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
n. 3. 1806 – a jingle of music, as of a fiddle → Sc.
n. 4. 1840 – a quick jumping or bouncing movement → Amer. dial.
n. 5. 1867 – a shake, a jog; a dandle → Sc.
n. 6. 1895 – tittle-tattle; a gossiping tale → Eng. dial.
n. 7. 1899 – a duckling or baby chick → Amer. dial.
n. 8. ..L19 – the penis → Brit. sl.
n. 9. 1900 – a tune in a low key → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 10. 1900 – a whim, a fad; something trifling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 11. 1900 – slow and trifling working; trifling activity; one who is slow and dawdling in his work → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 12. 1942 – nonsense → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 13. .M20 – any sexual act → US sl.
vb. 1. 1733 – to dance with short, quick steps; to dance like a dwarf; also, to keep time to music with the feet → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1806 – to swindle, to deceive; to cheat; generally denotes petty cheating → sl., chiefly Brit.
vb. 3. 1810 – to tattle, to gossip → Eng. dial.
vb. 4. 1846 – to sing in a low key, without distinct utterance of words → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. 1864 – to jog up and down, to make short motions and turns as in fiddling → Sc.
vb. 6. 1868 – to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 7. 1870 – to have sex → sl., now chiefly US
vb. 8. 1888 – to sway to and fro, or jog up and down, as one does an infant; to dandle → Sc.
vb. 9. 1900 – to make water; said to and by children → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 10. 1900 – to move the hand quickly in water → Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 11. 1908 – to walk unsteadily, to toddle → Amer. dial.
vb. 12. 1918 – to fool with, to fiddle with → Amer. dial.
vb. 13. 1934 – to masturbate → sl.
vb. 14. 1942 – to ruin; to destroy → US sl. (Bk.)
vb. 15. .M20 – to perform any sexual act → US sl.
• DIDDLECOME
adj. 1869 – half mad; sorely vexed or teased → Eng. dial.
• DIDDLE-DADDLE
n. 1900 – slow and trifling working; trifling activity; one who is slow and dawdling in his work → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1868 – to busy oneself with trifles; to show great activity without accomplishing much; to waste time by dawdling → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DIDDLE-DANDERS
n. 1865 – the four fingers of the hand on the teats of a cow in the action of milking → Eng. dial.
• DIDDLEDEES
n. 1889 – fallen pine needles → Amer. dial.
• DIDDLEDUM
n. 1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• DIDDLEDYDUM
n. 1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• DIDDLER
n. 1. ..20C – someone who toys sexually with a woman
n. 2. ..20C – a type of sexual offender who seeks sexual contact with juveniles or teenagers; a person who practices hebephilia
n. 3. 1900 – a dawdler → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DIDDLES
n. 1819 – ducklings; sucking-pigs → Eng. dial.
• DIDDLEUMS
n. 20C – delirium tremens → Aust. sl.
• DIDDLIN
adj. 1888 – trifling; seemingly active, yet accomplishing little; untrustworthy → Sc.
• DIDDLING
adj. 1808 – fiddling → Eng. dial.
n. 1. 1835 – keeping time to music with the feet → Sc.
n. 2. 1868 – fiddling → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1967 – handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
• DIDDLINGS
n. 1819 – ducklings; sucking-pigs → Eng. dial.
• DIDDLYDUM
n. 1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• DIDDLY-POUT
n. 19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
• DIDDLY-SHIT
adj. M20 – worthless → US sl.
n. M20 – something very trivial → US sl.
• DIDDS
n. 1900 – the teats of a cow or other animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• DIDDY
n. 1. ..18C – a breast → Brit. sl.
n. 2. ..18C – human breast milk → colloq.
n. 3. ..L18 – a girl or a woman → sl.
n. 4. 1952 – a little chicken → Amer. dial.
• DIDDY-DAMNED
adj. 1968 – damned → Amer. dial.
• DIDDY-WAH-DIDDY
n. 1929 – used as a substitute for a word or name one does not want to use; hence, the name of an imaginary place, often conceived of as fabulous and far-off → Amer. dial.
• DIDEKEI
n. 1853 – a gypsy → sl.
• DIDGEN
n. 1895 – a very small bit of anything → Eng. dial.
• DIDGY
adj. 1895 – small, tiny → Eng. dial.
• DIDICOI • DIDICOY
n. 1853 – a gypsy → sl.
• DIDJAN
n. 1895 – a very small bit of anything → Eng. dial.
• DIDO
n. 1. 1880 – a disturbance, noise; a fuss → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1892 – a plaything; also used as a term to denote articles which do not give satisfaction to the owner → Eng. dial.
n. 3. ..E20 – liquor; gin → US sl.
n. 4. 1909 – something fancy or frivolous → Amer. dial.
n. 5. 1968 – a little flourish on handwriting → Amer. dial.
• DIDOES
n. 1835 – tricks, antics, eccentric feats → Eng. dial.
• DIDONK
n. 1915 – a French soldier → World War I Amer. sl.
• DIDY
n. 1913 – a diaper → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• DIDYCOY
n. 1853 – a gypsy → sl.
• DID YOU EVER!
int. 1840 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
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