Dictionary: DIT – DN

► DIT n. a poetical composition → 1590 arch.
vb. to stop up, to close up, to shut an opening, to fill up a hole or gap → 1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DITATION n. enrichment → 1615 obs.
► DITCH n. 1. a hole, pit, cave, den; any hollow dug in the ground → 1275 obs.
n. 2. the vagina; thus a term of abuse for a woman → 1608 sl.
n. 3. the Atlantic Ocean → 1871 sl.
n. 4. a canal, as Panama, Suez, etc. → 1876 US sl.
n. 5. a disparaging term for Calcutta → 1886 Anglo-Indian sl.
n. 6. the sea, esp. the English Channel or North Sea → 1914 naval sl.
n. 7. plain water, as opposed to soda water → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 8. the inside of the elbow, used for injections of narcotics → 1968 drug culture sl.
n. 9. the anus → 1972 US homosexual sl. (Bk.)
n. 10. the Tasman Sea, the part of the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Australia → 1998 Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 1. of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon, to discard, to jilt → 1897 sl.
vb. 2. to throw off a moving train → 1894 US tramps’ sl.
vb. 3. to ruin, to stand in the way of a plan → 1899 sl.
vb. 4. to drink → 1909 US sl.
vb. 5. to be sent to prison → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 6. to hide something → 1920 US tramps’ sl.
vb. 7. to leave in a hurry → 1924 US sl.
vb. 8. to leave or stay out of school without permission; to be truant → 1939 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to land one’s aircraft in the sea → 1941 sl., orig. Royal Air Force usage 
► THE DITCH n. 1. Calcutta → 1839 sl.
n. 2. the Suez Canal → 1858 UK sl.
n. 3. Houndsditch, London → 1862 sl.
n. 4. Shoreditch, East London → 1873 sl.
n. 5. the ocean → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. the Tasman Sea, which divides New Zealand from Australia → 2003 NZ sl.
► DITCHBUG n. crawfish; freshwater crayfish → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DITCHED adj. 1. in difficulties, in trouble → 1899 US sl.
adj. 2. nonplussed, at a loss → 1909 UK sl.
► DITCH-EDGE CHILD n. an illegitimate child → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DITCHER n. an inhabitant of Calcutta → 1886 sl.
► DITCH OUT vb. to leave quickly or clandestinely → 1949 US sl.
► DITCH PIG n. an unattractive, fat woman → 1996 sl., derogatory
► DITCH RUNNER n. a man whose job is to take care of roads in a certain locality → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DITCH WASHER n. a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DITCHWATER n. a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DITCH WEED n. 1. marijuana; low-grade marijuana → M20 US drug culture sl.
n. 2. wild marijuana, which is usually less powerful than cultivated varieties → 1980 US drug culture sl.
► DITCHY adj. of roads: rough, uneven → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DITE n. 1. a composition in poetic form, or intended to be set to music, a song, a ditty → 1325 obs.
n. 2. something composed and put in writing; a composition, writing; a written message, letter → 1340 obs.
n. 3. form of speech; diction, language → 1425 Sc. obs.
n. 4. clamour, vociferation → 1540 obs.
n. 5. a very small amount → 1890 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to compose or put in words a set speech, poem, or writing → 1300 obs.
vb. 2. to utter or pronounce to a person what he is to write; to dictate → 1400 obs.
vb. 3. to summon, to indict → 1440 obs.
► DITEMENT n. 1. a summons, an indictment → 1308 obs.
n. 2. a written or spoken composition → 1556 Sc. obs,
n. 3. dictation, inditing → 1598 Sc. obs.
n. 4. that with which one is ‘dight’ or arrayed; raiment, array → 1603 obs.
► DITER n. 1. a summoner, a indicter → 1303 obs.
n. 2. an orator, a rhetorician → 1387 obs.
n. 3. a person who indites; an author, a writer, a composer → 1425 obs.
► DITHER n. 1. a state of tremulous excitement or apprehension → 1819
n. 2. a suppressed outburst of laughter, etc. → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to tremble, to quake, to quiver → 1649 chiefly Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to vacillate, to act indecisively, to waver between different opinions or courses of action → 1820
vb. 3. to guess → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to confuse, to perplex, to make nervous → 1919
vb. 5. to make drunk → 1932 Aust.
► DITHER-AND-PLOP n. a trembling, shivering, shaking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DITHER-A-WACK n. a trembling, shivering, shaking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DITHER-CUM-PLOP n. a trembling, shivering, shaking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DITHERED adj. 1. confused, perplexed → 1919
adj. 2. intoxicated with alcohol; tipsy → 1945 Aust. sl.
► DITHERMENT n. a fit of tremulousness from fear or cold → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE DITHERS n. delirium tremens → 20C US sl.
► DITHERSOME adj. trembling, shivering, shaking → 1886 Eng. dial.
► DITHERY adj. trembling, shivering, shaking → 1887 Eng. dial.
► DITHERY-DODDERY adj. trembling, shivering, shaking → 1876 Eng. dial.
► DITHING adj. quivering, trembling → 1818 Eng. dial.
► DITHYRAMB n. a speech in vehement or inflated style → 1863 
► DITING n. a whispering → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► DITION n. 1. the country or region under any particular rule; a dominion, empire → 1542 obs.
n. 2. rule, sway, jurisdiction, command → 1552 obs.
► DITIONARY adj. under dominion, subject → 1629 obs.
n. a person who is under rule, a subject → 1555 obs.
► DITS n. an empty-headed person, esp. a woman → 1973 US sl.
► DITSEY adj. scatterbrained, irresponsible → 1976 Amer. dial.
► DITSO adj. useless, second-rate, no good → 1976 US sl.
► DITSOON n. a Black person → 2001 US sl.
► DITSY adj. 1. out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → 1973 sl., orig. US 
adj. 2. conceited → 1979 US sl.
adj. 3. fussy, intricate → 1986 US sl.
► DITTER vb. to confuse, to bewilder → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DITTIES n. the female breasts → 2003 sl.
► DITTO n. 1. a duplicate or copy; an exact resemblance, a similar thing → 1776
n. 2. a suit of clothes – jacket, trousers, waistcoat – all the same colour → 1796 sl.
n. 3. a substitute → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. tic-tac-toe → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to echo, to repeat, to reiterate something said by another → 1872
► DITTOES n. a suit of clothes – jacket, trousers, waistcoat – all the same colour → 1796 sl.
► DITTON n. a phrase, an expression, esp. one of the nature of a motto or proverb → 1572 obs.
► DITTOSHIP n. exact repetition or reproduction; sameness → 1869
► DITTY n. 1. a composition intended to be set to music and sung; a song; a short simple song → 1300
n. 2. a composition, a treatise → 1387 obs.
n. 3. a poem, a ballad; any composition in verse → 1387 obs.
n. 4. that which is said; speech → 1483 obs.
n. 5. a social gathering → 1906 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a lie; a ‘shaggy-dog story’ → 1937 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 7. a petite young woman → 1941 African-American sl.
n. 8. a new tool or contrivance; a thing, something unfamiliar → 1945 Amer. dial.
n. 9. an anecdote, an experience → 1953 African-American sl.
n. 10. a small object; a penis → 1971 US students’ sl.
► DITTY-BAG n. a bag used by sailors to contain their smaller necessaries → 1860
► DITTY-BOPPER n. 1. a person with a high school appearance or attitude → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a person who moves or sways to music → 1980 African-American sl.
n. a pretentious or pompous Black person, esp. one who aspires to enter the mainstream White culture → 1980 African-American sl.
► DITZ n. 1. an empty-headed person, esp. a woman; a silly, scatterbrained person → 1973 US sl.
n. 2. something first-class or admirable → 1975 Amer. dial.
n. 3. of woman: foolishness → 2007 Aust. sl.
vb. to treat like a fool; to render foolish → 2003 sl.
► DITZO n. a person who is out of touch with reality; a scatterbrained person → 1988 US students’ sl.
► DITZY adj. 1. out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → 1973 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. of women: scatterbrained, silly → 1974 sl.
adj. 3. admirable, fine, first-class → 1975 Amer. dial.
adj. 4. nervous, edgy → 1978 sl.
adj. . conceited → 1979 US sl.
► DIURNAL adj. 1. performed, happening, or recurring every day; daily → 1594
adj. 2. lasting for a day only → 1866
n. 1. a book for daily use; a diary; a record of daily occurrences, a journal → 1589 arch.
n. 2. a newspaper published daily; any newspaper published at short periodical intervals → 1645
► DIURNALIST n. a writer of a diurnal; a journalist → 1649 arch.
► DIURNALLER n. a writer of a diurnal; a journalist → 1661 obs.
► DIURNATION n. the habit of some animals of sleeping or remaining quiescent during the day, as contrasted with their activity at night → 1839
► DIURNE adj. belonging to the day as distinguished from the night; opposed to nocturnal → 1386 obs.
► DIUTURN adj. of long duration, lasting → 1541 obs.
► DIUTURNAL adj. of long duration, lasting → 1599
► DIUTURNITY n. long duration or continuance; lastingness → 1475
► DIV n. 1. a sum of money, esp. money won from a bookmaker → 1897 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a foolish or stupid person; an idiot → 1975 UK sl.
► DIVA adj. 1. excellent, admirable → 1992 US students’ sl.
adj. 2. sexually sophisticated → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
n. 1. an arrogant Black man, who indicates his feelings by elaborate finger-snaps → 1993 African-American & homosexual sl.
n. 2. a stately woman, not invariably beautiful, but always of a certain grandeur → 1997 African-American sl.
n. 3. an accomplished woman in any occupation → 2002 US sl.
► DIVAGATE vb. to wander about; to stray from one place or subject to another → 1599
► DIVAGE vb. to wander about; to stray from one place or subject to another → 1623 obs.
► DIVAGATION n. a wandering or straying away or about; digression → 1560
► DIVAGUELY adv. in a wandering or aimless manner → 1857
► DIVAST adj. devastated, laid waste → 1677 obs.
► DIVE n. 1. a pickpocket; an act of pickpocketing → 1704 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a thief who stands outside a house or shop, inside which is a small boy who
throws out goods that been stolen → 1785 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a saloon, a low drinking establishment; a disreputable nightclub or drinking-den → 1871 sl., orig US
n. 4. any unappealing place; a slum; run-down housing → 1872 US sl.
n. 5. a brothel → L19 US sl.
n. 6. the voluntary losing of a fight by a boxer, presumably at the behest of a criminal bettor → 1916 sl.
n. 7. an opium den → 1919 UK drug culture sl.
n. 8. a tobacconist → 1920 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to pick pockets → 1604 sl.
vb. 2. to plunge a fork into a large pot containing portions of meat, having paid for the privilege of taking whatever the fork brings up → 1748 obs.
vb. 3. to perform cunnilingus → 1939 US sl.
vb. 4. to play sick to avoid a test → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DIVE A MUFF vb. to perform cunnilingus → 1990 US sl.
► DIVE-BOMBER n. 1. a mosquito → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a tramp who picks up cigarette ends → 1989 UK sl.
► DIVE FOR A MEAL vb. to eat in a cellar → 1788 sl.
► DIVE FOR BLACK PEARLS vb. to perform cunnilingus on a Black woman → US sl.
► DIVE FOR PEARLS vb. to work as a dishwasher → 1916 US sl.
► DIVE HOLE n. a sudden short dip in a road → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DIVE IN vb. to begin, to commence → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIVE INTO A SACK vb. to pick a pocket → L17 cant
► DIVE-KEEPER n. a person who keeps a ‘dive’ → 1887 US
► DIVEL n. the devil → 20C Amer. dial.
► DIVELINATION n. divination by aid of the devil → 1626
► DIVELING adv. head first; flat on the ground, esp. face downwards → 1225 obs.
► DIVELL vb. to tear or pull asunder → 1628 obs.
► DIVELLICATE vb. to tear asunder, to pull to pieces → 1638
► DIVE-POND n. a bathroom → 1941 African-American sl.
► DIVER n. 1. a small boy who is put through an otherwise impassably small window, and once inside the house he either lets in the gang or passes booty out to them → 1591 UK sl.
n. 2. a man in the context of having sexual intercourse → 1607 UK sl.
n. 3. a pickpocket → 1608 sl.
n. 4. a person who lives in a cellar → 1785 UK sl.
n. 5. a male → 20C sl.
n. 6. the penis → 20C sl.
n. 7. a beggar who forages in garbage cans for food → 1949 US sl.
vb. to shake, to quake → 1225 obs.
► DIVERB n. a proverb, a byword; a proverbial expression → 1624 obs.
► DIVERBAL adj. relating to two words → 1826
► DIVERBERATE vb. to strike, beat, or cut; to cleave asunder → 1609 obs.
► DIVERBERATION n. a violent beating → 1651 obs.
► DIVEROO n. the voluntary losing of a fight by a boxer, presumably at the behest of a criminal bettor → 1916 sl.
► DIVERS n. the fingers → 1864 UK sl.
► DIVERSIFICATE adj. divided, separated → 1475 obs.
vb. to make something different or diverse; to vary, to change → 1604
► DIVERSILOQUENT adj. speaking diversely or in different ways → 1656
► DIVERSITUDE n. diversity; a being diverse or different → 1870
► DIVERSIVE adj. tending to divert or cause diversion → 1693 obs.
► DIVERSIVOLENT adj. wishing for or fond of strife or differences; desiring different things → 1612 obs.
► DIVERSOME adj. fanciful, hard to please, fastidious; squeamish → 1865 Eng. dial.
► DIVERSORY n. a place to which one turns in by the way; a temporary lodging place or shelter → 1410 obs.
► DIVERTICLE n. a byway or bypath; a turning out of the main way or straight course → 1582 obs.
► DIVERTISE ► DIVERTIZE vb. to entertain, to amuse → 1651 obs.
► DIVERTISEMENT n. a diverting or the fact of being diverted; recreation, entertainment → 1651 arch.
► DIVERTISSANT adj. diverting, entertaining, amusing, pleasing → 1660 obs.
► DIVERTISSEMENT n. an entertainment → 1804
► DIVERTMENT n. diversion → 1613 obs.
► DIVEY adj. of a bar, restaurant, etc.: shabby, cheap, disreputable → 1952 US colloq.
► DIVI n. a dividend → 1872
► DIVICIATE vb. to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity → 1470 obs.
► DIVIDANCE n. 1. the separating area in the middle of a four-lane road → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the strip of grass and trees between the sidewalk and the curb → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DIVIDE n. 1. separation → 1642 obs.
n. a mountain pass → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to determine, to decide → 1596 obs.
► THE DIVIDE n. the boundary between life and death → 1872 Amer. dial.
► DIVIDENCE n. a dividing, division → 1598 obs.
► DIVIDEND n. a dividing among a number of persons; distribution, esp. of profits or assets → 1535 obs.
► DIVIDENDS n. money → 1995 US students’ sl.
► DIVIDENT adj. divided, separate → 1616 obs.
n. something that separates or form the boundary between two regions, etc. → 1450 obs.
► DIVIDE THE BLANKETS vb. to become divorced → 1975 Amer. dial.
► DIVIDE THE HAIR vb. to make fine or cavilling distinctions; to ‘split hairs’ → 1652 
► DIVIDUAL adj. 1. able to be divided or separated from something else; separate, distinct, particular → 1598
adj. 2. divisible; divided into parts, fragmentary → 1620
adj. 3. divided or distributed among a number; shared, held in common → 1667
n. something divided or capable of being divided → 1668 obs.
► DIVIDUALLY adv. separately → 1631
► DIVIDUITY n. a division; aptness to divide → 1656
► DIVIDUOUS adj. capable of being divided, divisible → 1766
► DIVIL n. the devil → 20C Amer. dial.
► DIVINAIL n. divination, soothsaying → 1386 obs.
► DIVINAL adj. pert. to divination → 1504 obs.
► DIVINATOR n. a diviner, a soothsayer → 1608 obs.
► DIVINATORIAL adj. conjectural → 1860
► DIVINATORY adj. pert. to divination; prophetic, divining → 1569
► DIVINATRICE adj. that divines, divining → 1535 obs.
► DIVINE adj. 1. of more than human or ordinary excellence; pre-eminently gifted → 1552
adj. 2. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. a diviner, a soothsayer; an augur; a prophet, a seer → 1340 obs.
► THE DIVINE LINE n. a line of chest hair down the middle of a man’s torso leading to the penis → 2003 US sl.
► DIVINEMENT n. a divining, divination → 1579 obs.
► DIVINE MONOSYLLABLE n. the female genitals → 19C Brit. euphemism 
► DIVINERESS n. a female diviner; a prophetess; a sorceress, a witch → 1374
► DIVINE RIGHTS n. the police → 1980 African-American sl.
► DIVINE SCAR n. the female genitals → L19 Brit. sl.
► DIVINESSE n. divination; also, divine quality or character → 1594 obs.
► THE DIVINE WEED n. tobacco → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIVING BELL n. 1. a basement or cellar tavern → 1837 US sl.
n. 2. a ship which soaks easily and plunges badly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIVING FILE n. a pickpocket → 1725 UK sl.
► DIVING-HOLE n. an oyster house → 1841 US sl.
► DIVING SUIT n. a condom → 1984 sl.
► DIVINIPOTENT adj. mighty in divination → 1656 obs.
► DIVINISTER n. a diviner → 1405 obs.
► DIVINITY n. an objection of adoration; an adorable being → 1659
► DIVISE adj. divided; separate, distinct → 1420 obs.
n. boundary → 1575 obs.
► DIVISELY adv. separately → 1449 obs.
► DIVISIONATE vb. to make division of, to divide → 1586 obs.
► DIVISORIAL adj. characterized by dividing → 1882
► DIVITIATE vb. to enrich, to make rich → 1623 obs.
► DIVITIOSITY n. abundance of riches; a being very rich → 1656 obs.
► DIVITISM n. a being rich → 1890
► DIVORCE n. alcohol, beer → 1979 S. Afr. sl.
► DIVORCEMENT n. divorce or separation of a married couple; a being divorced → 1526
► DIVORCIVE adj. leading to separation or divorce → 1596 chiefly literary or arch.
► DIVORCY n. a divorce → 1565 obs.
► DIVORSION n. 1. expulsion of an evil spirit from a person → 1440 obs.
n. 2. divorce → 1511 Sc. obs.
► DIVORT vb. to separate from a spouse → 1566 obs.
► DIVOT n. 1. a toupee, a wig → 1934 US sl.
n. 2. the female genitals, when heavily covered in pubic hair → 1999 UK sl.
n. 3. an excessively stupid or unpleasant person; a fool → 2001 UK juvenile sl.
► DIVULGATE adj. made public, spread abroad → 1440 obs.
vb. to make commonly known; to publish abroad → 1530
► DIVULGATION n. 1. a publishing or making known abroad; publication → 1482 obs.
n. 2. a divulging or revealing of something private or secret; revelation, disclosure → 1610
► DIVULGATORY adj. tending to publish or make known → 1869
► DIVULGER n. a publisher → 1606 obs.
► DIVULSE vb. to tear apart → 1602
► DIVULSION n. a tearing, pulling, or plucking asunder; a being torn apart from something; violent separation → 1603
► DIVULSIVE adj. tending to tear apart → 1626
► DIVVY adj. 1. profitable, esp. in a criminal context → 1887 sl.
adj. 2. extremely pleasant → 1903 sl.
adj. 3. out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → 1928 Brit. sl.
adj. 4. stupid, incompetent → 2007 UK sl.
int. said when boys are fighting and the one who is losing wants to stop → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a dividend → 1872
n. 2. a division, share → 1872 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a foolish or stupid person; an idiot → 1972 UK sl.
n. 4. a very short time → 2002 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to divide or distribute among two or more persons; to divide or share in profits or indebtedness → 1877 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to separate → 1934 US sl.
► DIVVY-HUNTER n. a short-term financial speculator → 1889 UK sl.
► DIVVY UP vb. to divide or distribute among two or more persons; to divide or share in profits or indebtedness → 1880 Amer. dial.
► DIVY adj. out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → 1975 Brit. sl.
n. a foolish person → 1989 Brit. sl.
► DIXIE n. 1. sharp chiding, severe reprehension → 1825 Sc.
n. 2. the southern United States, esp. those states which seceded from the Union in 1860-1 to form the Confederacy; the South → 1859 US
n. 3. an iron kettle or pot, used by soldiers for making tea or stew → 1900
vb. to scold vehemently → 1825 Sc.
► DIXIE CUP n. anyone seen as disposable → 1995 US sl.
► DIXIE-FIXIE n. a state of confinement, intimating that one is imprisoned → 1825 Sc.
► DIXIELAND n. a form of jazz that originated in New Orleans, becoming popular esp. with White musicians in the second decade of the 20th century → 1927
► DIXIE LID n. a child → 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘kid’
► DIXIE PUNCH n. fermented grape juice → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DIXIE WINE n. fermented grape juice → 1873 Amer. dial.
► DIXIT n. an utterance already given → 1628
► DIZ n. a foolish person → 1963 US sl.
vb. to make dizzy; to daze → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DIZANKSTER n. a superlative person or thing → 2000 African-American sl.
► DIZDAR n. the warden of a castle or fort → 1768
► DIZEN n. a woman who dresses in cheap finery → 1900 Eng. dial., contemptuous usage (Bk.)
vb. to dress with clothes, esp. to attire or array with finery; to deck out → 1625
► DIZENER n. 1. a woman who dresses in cheap finery → 1900 Eng. dial., contemptuous usage (Bk.)
n. 2. a heavy blow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIZENING n. a scolding → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIZZ n. 1. a foolish person → 1963 US sl.
n. 2. MDMA in crystal form → 2017 UK Black British sl.
vb. to make dizzy or giddy → 1632
► DIZZARD n. 1.  a jester, a ‘fool’ → 1540 obs.
n. 2. a foolish, stupid, or silly fellow; an idiot, a blockhead; a weak-minded person → 1547 obs.
► DIZZARDLY adj. silly, foolish, idiotic → 1594 obs.
► DIZZEL adj. dizzy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZELL adj. foolish; silly; witless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZEN vb. to make dizzy → 1835
► DIZZERWITCH n. a cross-grained person, one given to opposition → 1900  Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIZZIE adj. dyslexic → 1995 UK sl.
► DIZZIES n. a spell of dizziness → 1943 Amer. dial.
► DIZZIFY vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZLE n. the state of affairs or a thing at issue → 1997
► DIZZY adj. 1. foolish, stupid → 1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. drunk → 1791 sl.
adj. 3. startling, astonishing, vivid → 1840 US sl.
adj. 4. out of touch with reality, empty-headed, daft, silly, irresponsible → 1878
adj. 5. dull of hearing, deafish → 1879 Eng. dial.
adj. 6. intoxicated by a drug → 1932 UK sl.
adj. 7. damned, confounded → 1970 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a foolish man, a fool → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a madman → 1925 UK sl.
n. 3. a giddy girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a $20 note → 2001 NZ prison sl.
vb. 1. to act foolishly or stupidly → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to talk foolishly, to blaspheme → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to bewilder or confuse mentally → 1604
► DIZZY AS A COOT adj. intoxicated with alcohol → E18 US sl.
► DIZZY AS A GOOSE adj. intoxicated with alcohol → E18 US sl.
► DIZZY-ASS adj. 1. foolish, stupid → 1973 US sl.
adj. 2. eccentric, mad → 2012 sl.
► DIZZY DAME n. a giddy girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZY DEB n. a giddy debutante → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZY-DOPEY adj. 1. foolish; silly; witless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 2. bewildered; confused; muddled → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZY FLAT n. 1. a complete fool → 1909 US sl.
n. 2. a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIZZY-HEADED adj. stupid,  silly, foolish → 1883 Eng. dial.
► DIZZY IN THE HEAD adj. of a woman: silly, foolish → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DIZZYITE n. a follower or admirer of Benjamin Disraeli → 1903
► DIZZY LIZZY n. a $20 note → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► DIZZY PAINTING n. camouflage → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► DIZZY SANITARIUM n. a psychiatric institution → 1920 US sl.
► DIZZY WATER n. strong liquor, alcohol → 1905 US sl.
► DIZZY-WIZZY n. any small thing; a pill; a thing → 1905 US sl.
► D.J. n. a dinner jacket → 1959 sl.
► DJAMBA n. marijuana → 1938 drug culture sl.
► D-LOW adv. surreptitiously, secretly → 2020 Black British sl.
► DMs n. Doctor Marten’s, a brand of boot → 1993 Brit. sl.