Dictionary: DIO – DIR

• DIOGENES
n. 1801 – a person likened to Diogenes, a Greek Cynic philosopher, who according to tradition showed his contempt for the amenities of life by living in a tub
 
• DIOGENICAL
adj. 1593 – cynical
 
• DIOGENIZE
vb. 1623 – to render cynical
 
• DIORISTIC
adj. 1675 obs. – serving to define or distinguish; defining
 
• DIORISTICAL
adj. 1668 obs. – serving to define or distinguish; defining
 
• DIP
n. 1. 1792 – a curtsy, a ‘bob’
n. 2. 1843 UK sl. – a short swim
n. 3. 1846 Amer. dial. – gravy, meat drippings
n. 4. 1851 Eng. dial. – salt
n. 5. 1853 US colloq. – a dose of a powdered or cut tobacco preparation take orally
n. 6. 1859 US thieves’ sl. – a pickpocket; pick-pocketing
n. 7. 1877 Amer. dial. – a sauce for puddings, ice cream, pie, cake, etc.; also, cream
n. 8. 1895 colloq. – a diploma
n. 9. 1897 Amer. dial. – a hard blow; a jolt
n. 10. 1912 Amer. dial. – a hat; a derby or stiff hat
n. 11. 1913 US – a portion of ice cream formed with a scoop; a scoop of ice cream
n. 12. 1927 Amer. dial. – a valley or ravine
n. 13. 1932 sl. – a stupid, sloppy oaf; a foolish person
n. 14. 1947 UK sl. – a light
n. 15. 1952 Amer. dial. – a chicken
n. 16. 1959 US sl. – an injection of a narcotic
n. 17. 1961 UK medical usage – diphtheria; a person suffering from diphtheria
n. 18. 1966 Amer. dial. – a ladle
n. 19. 1968 UK sl. – a member of the Diplomatic Service
n. 20. 1975 UK sl. – of a male: a swift act of sexual intercourse
n. 21. 1994 US sl. – crack cocaine
n. 22. 20C US sl. – a drug addict
n. 23. M20 US sl. – a drunkard
n. 24. 2003 UK sl. – a cigarette that has been dipped in embalming fluid
vb. 1. 1817 UK sl. – to pick pockets
vb. 2. 1818 – to drop a curtsy; to ‘bob’
vb. 3. 1900 Amer. college sl. – to take the hat off
vb. 4. Bk1900 Sc. – to sit down
vb. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – to fry in deep fat
vb. 6. 1975 Aust. sl. – to fail in the commission of a crime, esp. theft or robbery
vb. 7. 1976 US sl. – to display an inappropriate interest in another person’s business; to eavesdrop on someone
vb. 8. 1985 Bermuda sl. – to swerve through traffic on a bicycle
vb. 9. 1993 US sl. – to leave
vb. 10. 1997 US sl. – to hurry
vb. 11. 2001 US sl. – to use chewing tobacco
 
• DIP-DUNK
n. 1992 US sl. – an unpleasant person, esp. one who is not in the know
 
• DIPHEAD
n. 1975 US sl. – a social outcast
 
• DIPHRELATIC
adj. 1849 humorous usage – relating to the driving of a chariot
 
• DIPHTHEROBIA
n. 1911 Amer. dial., rare – diphtheria
 
• DIP IN THE FUDGE POT
n. M20 US homosexual sl. – anal coition
 
• DIPLOMACY
n. 1938 Trinidad and Tobago – deception
 
• DIPLOMATE
n. 1879 – one who holds a diploma
vb. 1660 obs. – to invest with a degree, privilege, or title by diploma
 
• DIPLOMATESS
n. 1874 – a female diplomat
 
• DIPLOMATICIAN
n. 1821 rare – one engaged in official diplomacy
 
• DIPLOMATIZE
vb. 1. 1670 – to invest with a diploma
vb. 2. 1826 – to act or serve as a diplomat; to practise diplomacy
 
• DIPLOME
n. 1669 obs. rare – an official document issued by authority
 
• DIPLY
n. 1965 US sl. – a socially inept outcast
 
• DIP NOSE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a nose having a bend in the bridge 
 
• DIP ON
vb. 1946 S. Afr. sl.-  to pick-pocket a person
 
• DIPONDIARY
adj. 1656 obs. rare – that is of two pound weight
 
• DIP ONE’S BEEL
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. – to dip one’s ‘bill,’ to drink 
 
• DIP ONE’S WICK
vb. 19C sl. – to coit a woman 
 
• DIP OUT
vb. 1. 1952 Aust. sl. – to back out of 
vb. 2. 1977 UK – in bird-watching: to fail to see the object of the quest 
vb. 3. 1987 UK sl. – to come off worse; to miss out on an opportunity; to fail 
vb. 4. 1994 US sl. – to remove small amounts of crack from the vials for sale for later personal use; used of a member of crack cocaine-selling crew 
 
• DIPPED
adj. 1. 1676 colloq. –  involved in debt; mortgaged
adj. 2. 1690 criminals’ sl. – in pawn, or pawned
adj. 3. 20C US colloq. – mulatto; having some Black heritage 
 
• DIPPED ‘UN
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a Baptist 
 
• DIPPER
n. 1. 1617 – one who practices baptism by immersion 
n. 2. 1824 – one who ‘dips’ into a book, etc.; one who reads short passages here and there in a book
n. 3. 1889 criminals’ sl. – a pickpocket 
n. 4. 1895 Eng. dial. – a Baptist 
n. 5. 19C sl. – an Anabaptist 
n. 6. 1968 Amer. dial. – a tornado 
 
• DIPPIN’
adj. 20C teen & high school sl. – listening in on somebody else’s conversation to obtain gossip 
 
• DIPPING
n. 1. 1877 Amer. dial. – a sauce for puddings, ice cream, pie, cake, etc.; also, cream 
n. 2. 1882 UK criminals’ sl. – the act of picking pockets 
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – gravy, meat drippings 
 
• DIPPING BLOKE
n. c1860 criminals’ sl. – a pickpocket 
 
• DIPPING CLOUDY
adj. 1889 criminals’ sl. – drunkard-robbing 
 
• THE DIPPING GAG
n. c1905 criminals’ sl. – picking pockets 
 
• DIPPING-PLACE
n. 1616 obs. – a baptistery
 
• DIPPING STICK
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a divining rod 
 
• DIPPITY-DO
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a dip in the road 
 
• DIPPLE
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to dimple 
 
• DIPPY
adj. 1903 sl. – foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented; infatuated, deeply in love
n. 1. 1896 Amer. dial. – gravy, meat drippings 
n. 2. 1940 Amer. dial. – a sauce for puddings, ice cream, pie, cake, etc.; also, cream
 
• DIPPY DOG
n. 2003 Aust. sl. – a deep-fried battered frankfurter on a stick 
 
• DIPS
int. 1947 UK sl. – lights out!
n. 1. 1859 Aust. colloq. – dough-boys
n. 2. 1925 sl. – a drunkard 
 
• DIPSEY
n. 1. 1860 – the float of a fishing-line
n. 2. c1910 tramps’ sl. – a sentence to a workhouse, country jail, minor prison 
 
• DIPSHIT
adj. 1968 US sl. – offensive; inconsequential; lacking in intelligence, stupid, feeble-minded
n. 1962 US sl. – a person of no consequence and no intelligence; a stupid jerk, an oaf 
 
• DIP SHOP
n. 1975 US sl. – in the used car business: a small finance company with very high interest rates that will offer loans to customers who might not otherwise qualify for financing 
 
• DIPSO
adj. 1935 colloq. – drunk 
n. 1880 UK colloq. – a person who suffers from an uncontrollable urge to drink; a drunkard
 
• DIPSOMANIA
n. 1843 – an insatiable craving for alcohol
 
• DIPSOMANIAC
adj. 1865 – affected with dipsomania
n. 1858 – one who suffers from an ungovernable craving for alcohol
 
• DIP-SOP
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a sweet sauce; gravy 
 
• DIP SOUTH
n. 20C rhyming sl. – the mouth 
vb. 2002 NZ sl. – to search your pockets for money 
 
• DIP SQUAD
n. 1977 UK sl. – a police unit that targets pickpockets 
 
• DIPSTICK
n. 1963 US sl. – an inept fool; an idiot; a jerk; a stupid or contemptible person; an oaf 
n. 2. 1973 sl. – the penis
vb. 2003 UK sl. – to test the abstract qualities of someone or something 
 
• DIPSY
n. 1. c1910 tramps’ sl. – a sentence to a workhouse, country jail, minor prison 
n. 2. 1950 US sl. – a gambling cheat 
 
• DIPSYDOODLE
n. 1. 1946 Amer. dial. – a dip in the road 
n. 2. 1962 US sl. – a long, end-around-end skid 
n. 3. 1989 US sl. – a zig-zag motion 
 
• DIP THE CANDLE
vb. 1960s US sl. – of a man: to have sexual intercourse 
 
• DIP THE DAGGER
vb. 1960s US sl. – of a man: to have sexual intercourse
 
• DIP THE WICK
vb. 19C sl. – to coit a woman 
 
• DIPTREE
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – diphtheria 
 
• DIPTY-DIP
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a dip in the road
 
• DIPWAD
n. 1976 US sl. – an inept outcast
 
• DIP YOUR LEFT EYE IN HOT COCKY SHIT!
int. 1972 Aust. sl. – get stuffed!
 
• DIP YOUR LID
vb. 1915 Aust. sl. – to raise one’s hat as a polite gesture
 
• DIP YOUR WICK
vb. 1958 UK sl. – to have sex
 
• DIRD
adv. Bk1900 Sc. – with violence; heavily, sharply
n. 1. 1784 Sc. – a blow, thrust; an onslaught
n. 2. 1869 Eng. dial. – thread
n. 3. Bk1900 Sc. – a mighty achievement
vb. 1871 Sc. – to strike with a sharp blow; to throw with violence; to dash
 
• DIRDAN
n. Bk1900 Sc. – the act of beating or dashing; a beating
 
• DIRDER
n. 1825 Sc. – a dog-breaker, a kennel attendant
 
• DIRDUM
n. 1. c1440 Sc. & Eng. dial. – noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel
n. 2. a1693 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension
n. 3. 1827 Sc. – a heavy blow, a stroke; a fall
n. 4. Bk1900 Sc. – a great deed, achievement
n. 5. Bk1900 Sc. – passion, ill-humour
 
• DIRDUMS
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders
n. 2. Bk1900 Sc. – the twingings of conscience, remorse
 
• DIRE
adj. 1836 UK – objectionable, unpleasant
 
• DIRECT ACTION
n. 1968 US sl. – a political act, esp. a violent one that may lead to arrest
 
• DIRECTION-POST
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a guidepost 
 
• DIRECTITUDE
n. a1616 obs. – a humorous blunder used for ‘wrong’ or ‘discredit’
 
• DIRECTLY
adv. 1924 Amer. dial. – quickly 
 
• DIRECTLY MINUTE
adv. 1892 Eng. dial. – instantly, immediately, at once 
 
• DIRECTOR
n. 1. 1553 obs. – the dedicator of a book or the like
n. 2. 1632 obs. rare – one who aims a missile
 
• DIRECTORAL
adj. 1874 rare – of the nature of a director
 
• DIRECTORATE
n. 1887 – a board of directors
 
• DIRECTORIAN
adj. 1661 obs. rare – of the nature of a directory
 
• DIRECTORIZE
vb. 1651 obs. rare – to bring under the authority of a directory
 
• DIRECTRESS
n. 1617 obs. – a governess; later, a female who directs
 
• DIRECTRICE
n. 1631 – a female who directs
 
• DIRECTRIX
n. 1622 – a female who directs
 
• DIRECTURE
n. a1677 obs. rare – a directing; direction
 
• DIREMPT
adj. 1580 obs. – distinct, divided, separate
vb. 1587 – to separate, to divide; to break off
 
• DIREMPTION
n. 1. 1623 rare – a forcible separation or severance
n. 2. 1649 rare – forcible separation of man and wife
 
• DIREPTION
n. 1. 1483 obs. – a snatching away or dragging apart violently
n. 2. 1528 obs. – he sacking or pillaging of a town. etc.
 
• DIREPTITIOUS
adj. 1532 obs. – characterized by pillaging, plundering, or robbery 
 
• DIREPTITIOUSLY
adv. 1532 obs. – by way of pillaging or plundering
 
• DIRGE
n. 1. a1750 – a funeral feast or carouse
n. 2. 1971 US sl. – a Dodge truck 
 
• DIRGE-ALE
n. 1587 – an ale-drinking at a funeral
 
• DIRGEFUL
adj. 1793 – mournful, full of lamentation, wailing, moaning
 
• DIRGIE
n. 1. 1776 Sc. – a feast given in memory of a deceased person immediately after the funeral service 
n. 2. 1867 Sc. – a dirge; a song of lamentation 
 
• DIRIBITORY
n. 1656 obs. – ‘a place wherein souldiers are numbered, mustered, and receive their pay; a place where the Romans gave their voyces’
 
• DIRIGENT
adj. 1617 obs. – that directs, directing
n. 1756 obs. – one who directs, rules or guides; a guide
 
• DIRIGIBLE
adj. 1588 – capable of being directed or guided
 
• DIRIMENT
adj. 1848 – rendering void; nullifying
 
• DIRITY
n. a1600 obs. rare – direness; dreadfulness
 
• DIRK
n. 1. 1700s sl. – the penis 
n. 2. 1950 US sl. – a knife or improvised cutting weapon 
n. 3. 1964 US sl. – a socially unacceptable person 
 
• DIRL
n. 1. 1733 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a tremulous motion; the sensation felt on striking the elbow-bone 
n. 2. 1853 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a tremulous stroke; a blow or shake; a vibrating sound 
n. 3. Bk1900 Sc. – a twinge of conscience 
vb. 1. 1513 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold 
vb. 2. 1718 Sc. – to vibrate noisily, as when sharply struck or shaken, or in response to loud sounds; to produce loud vibrations 
vb. 3. 1879 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to move briskly; to rush 
 
• DIRLER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a light-footed, active person 
 
• DIRLING
adj. 1. 1853 Sc. – aching, quivering, tingling 
adj. 2. 1878 Sc. – rattling, vibrating, shaking 
n. 1. 1835 Sc. – a smarting pain of short duration 
n. 2. 1839 Sc. – the sound or vibratory motion caused by travelling bodies or by reiterated strokes 
 
• DIRR
adj. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – insensible, destitute of feeling 
n. 1804 Sc. – loud noise or stir; a racket 
vb. Bk1900 Sc. – to deaden or alleviate pain, as by the use of laudanum 
 
• DIRT
n. 1. a1300 euphemism, orig. a standard term – excrement; now applied mainly to animal excrement
n. 2. c1300 – a term of abuse for a person
n. 3. 1357 – anything worthless
n. 4. a1625 – meanness, sordidness
n. 5. 1836 Eng. dial. – rain, snow, or sleet; ‘dirty’ or stormy weather 
n. 6. 1893 sl. – a mean action, remark, etc.
n. 7. 1925 criminals’ sl. – money 
n. 8. c1925 prison sl. – sugar 
n. 9. 1926 sl. – filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip 
n. 10. 1968 Amer. dial. – an insignificant or low-class person
n. 11. 20C sl. – a sadistic man who beats homosexual males after having sex with them
n. 12. 20C sl. – unsympathetic persons who attend a homosexual affair 
vb. 1570 – to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement 
 
• DIRT BAG
n. 1977 sl., derogatory – a dirty, unkempt, or contemptible person
 
• DIRT-BIRD
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker 
 
• DIRT BOX
n. 1983 Amer. dial. – a garbage can 
 
• DIRT CHEAP
adj. 1821 – very cheap 
 
• DIRT-CHUTE
n. E20 US sl. – the rectum 
 
• DIRT DAUBER
n. 1977 Amer. dial. – on the railroad: a road grader
 
• DIRT-EATER
n. 1. 1802 Amer. dial., usually derogatory – one who eats clay; hence, a poor or low-class person
n. 2. 1937 Amer. dial. – one who rides behind a herd of animals
 
• DIRTEN
adj. a1513 obs. exc. Sc. – befouled, dirtied
 
• DIRTEN-IN
adj. 1721 Sc. – befouled, dirtied
 
• DIRTENLY
adv. 1721 Sc. – in a dirty manner
 
• DIRT FARMER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – one who grows root vegetables, esp. a potato farmer with over 200 acres of potatoes
 
• DIRT-FEARED
adj. 1722 Sc. – excessively fearful
 
• DIRT-FLEYD
adj. 1722 Sc. – excessively fearful
 
• DIRT FROG
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a toad
 
• DIRT-HASTE
n. Bk1900 Sc. – extreme haste 
 
• DIRT-HOUSE
n. 1776 Sc. – a privy 
 
• DIRTIER THAN TOBY’S ASS
adj. 2009 Amer. dial. – very black 
 
• DIRTINESS
n. 1649 – uncleanness of language; sordidness of action
 
• DIRTIN-GAB
n. 1856 Sc. – a foul-mouthed person 
 
• DIRT NAP
n. 1981 US sl. – death; an instance of dying
 
• DIRT ONE’S BACK
vb. 1959 Amer. dial. – to throw one on one’s back in wrestling; to defeat one 
 
• DIRT-QUAKE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an earthquake 
 
• DIRTRIE
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a collective term expressive of contempt, denoting despicable, good-for-nothing persons 
 
• DIRT-ROAD
n. E20 US sl. – the rectum  
 
• DIRT STORM
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a dust storm 
 
• DIRTWORM
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an earthworm 
 
• DIRTY
adj. 1. 1660 – of the weather: wet, stormy 
adj. 2. 1670 – dishonourably sordid, base, mean, or corrupt; despicable
adj. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – mixed with something inferior 
adj. 4. Bk1900 Sc. – of land: infested with weeds 
adj. 5. 1927 – of jazz music: having a slurred or rasping tone
adj. 6. 1969 Amer. dial. – of a place: having natural barriers which impede travel 
adj. 7. M20 US drug culture sl. – having illegal drugs on one’s person or using illegal drugs habitually 
 
• DIRTY AS THUMP O’ DOLLY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very dirty
 
• DIRTY DAN’L
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – treacle
 
• DIRTY DISHRAG
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a small eating place where the food is not especially good
 
• DIRTY DOG
n. 1928 sl. – a despicable or untrustworthy person
 
• DIRTY DOZEN(S)
n. 1915 African-American sl. – a provocative exchange of obscene, often rhymed insults concerning esp. the mothers of those participating
 
• DIRTY DRINKER
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a term of contempt applied to one who drinks alone, and for the mere love of drinking
 
• DIRTY END
n. 1924 – the difficult or unpleasant part
 
• DIRTY END OF THE STICK
n. 1930 – the difficult or unpleasant part
 
• DIRTY-FACE
n. 1658 – a dirty-faced person
 
• DIRTY-FINGERED
adj. 1886 Eng. dial. – dishonest
 
• DIRTY FINGERS
n. 1865 Eng. dial. – a term of abuse applied to one accused of dishonesty
 
• DIRTY GERTIE OF BIZERTE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a sluttish woman
 
• DIRTY GIN
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – unwatered gin
 
• DIRTYING
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the wearing of clothes from one washing to another
 
• DIRTY MIXTURE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – gasoline
 
• DIRTY NECK
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a French prostitute or woman of easy virtue
 
• DIRTY-NOSE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to curry favour
 
• DIRTY OLD MAN
n. 1932 sl. – a lecherous older man
 
• DIRTY ONE’S SHIRT
vb. 1961 Amer. dial. – to be thrown from a horse
 
• DIRTY POOL
n. 1951 US colloq. – unfair tactics; dishonesty
 
• DIRTY PUSS
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a young Frenchwoman
 
• DIRTY SPOON
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a small, cheap restaurant that usually serves food of poor quality 
 
• DIRTY UP
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to clutter or mess up a place
 
• DIRTY WEEKEND
n. 1963 UK sl. – a romantic or sexually adventurous weekend (away from home) spent with your lover, or with your partner or spouse but without your children
 
• DIRTY WORK
n. 1971 US sl. – in a strip or sex show: movements made to expose the vagina
 
• DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS
n. 1938 US sl. – illegal activity, esp. if concealed
 
• DIRUNCINATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to weed
 
• DIRUPT
adj. 1531 obs. rare – to tear asunder, to burst open
vb. 1548 obs. rare – to break asunder
 
• DIRUPTION
n. c1450 obs. rare – a breaking or rending asunder; disruption
 
• DIRUTOR
n. 1656 obs. rare – he that destroys