Dictionary: FAD – FAG

► FA’D n. a farthing → 1870 Brit. sl.
► FAD n. 1. a fussy, over-particular person; a milksop, an indecisive, cowardly person → 1877 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a coloured ball → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. a game, a joke → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to deceive, to ‘take in’ by flattery → 1856 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to busy oneself about trifles; to look after affairs in a quiet way → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADAHAL adj. astute, wide-awake → 1929 Sc.
► FADANGLE vb. to cheat, to do wrong → 2000 African-American sl.
► FAD-CATTLE n. a generic term for sexually available women; easily accessible women → 1889 sl.
► FADDABROD n. an old, cracked, or dilapidated bowl, box, or other household utensil → 1908 Sc.
► FADDERLESS-STEW n. potatoes stewed without meat → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADDISH adj.  whimsical → 1961 Amer. sl.
► FADDIST n. one devoted to a public or private fad → 1880 colloq.
► FADDLE n. 1. a fanciful person, either fastidious in trifles or devoted to some particular hobby; one full of whims and fancies; a busybody → 19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. an affected and very effeminate male; a homosexual man → 19C
n. 3. nonsense, trifling → 1850 colloq. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. fussiness, fastidiousness → 1885 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a slow pace in walking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to make much of a child; to spoil → 1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to trifle, to toy, to play → 1755 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 3. to make sport of → 1841 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to waste time; to dawdle, to walk slowly → 1876 Eng. dial.
► FADDLE-DE-DEE! int. nonsense! rubbish! → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADDLEMENTS n. trifles, novelties → 1891 Eng. dial.
► FADDLER n. one who trifles → 1888 Eng. dial.
► FADDLING adj. trifling, over-particular, fastidious → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADDY adj. 1. full of fads → 1820 colloq.
adj. 2. fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. frivolous → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. one’s father → 1905 Amer. dial.
► FADDYWADDY n. one’s father → 1843 Amer. dial.
► FADE adj. 1. of colour, etc.: dull, pale, wan, sombre → 1290 obs. exc. arch.
adj. 2. faded, feeble, languishing, withered → 1303 obs.
adj. 3. strong, doughty, brave, powerful → 1320 obs.
adj. 4. of a thing: great, large → 1400 obs.
adj. 5. that has lost taste; insipid, commonplace, uninteresting → 1715 obs.
n. 1. a company of hunters → 1513 obs.
n. 2. a former dandy, now fallen on hard times and thus less resplendent → 1778 US sl.
n. 3. mould on cheese → 1884 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. → 1887 Sc.
n. 5. a worthless fellow → 1893 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a White person → 1929 African-American sl., derogatory
n. 7. a disappearance, departure or escape → 1942 Amer. sl.
n. 8. a Black person who becomes immersed in the White world and thus ‘fades away’; one who tries to lose his identity as a Black person and to assume an identity more pleasing to the dominant White society → 1970 sl.
n. 9. a hairstyle in which the sides of the head are close-cropped and the top hair is shaped into an upright block → 1989 US sl., esp. African-American
n. 10. a badly dressed person → 1997 US students’ sl.
vb. 1. to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink → 1388 obs.
vb. 2. to deprive of freshness or vigour; to corrupt, to taint → 1400 obs.
vb. 3. to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish → 1848 sl.
vb. 4. in craps: to take one’s bet; to cover one’s offered bet → 1890 US sl.
vb. 5. in gambling: to bet against another gambler (usually the shooter in craps) → 1890 US sl.
vb. 6. in dice and card games: to bet against the player holding the dice, or in poker, to match the previous bet → 1890 gambling sl.
vb. 7. to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow → 1894 Amer. sl.
vb. 8. to put at a disadvantage, to cause problems for someone → 1897 US sl.
vb. 9. to make unhappy → 1915 Amer. sl.
vb. 10. to respond, to counter → 1920 sl.
vb. 11. to hold up with a gun → 1929 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 12. to die → 1940 Amer. jocular euphemism
vb. 13. to stop talking → 1940 African-American & students’ sl.
vb. 14. to miss a class; to waste time rather than work → 1960 US students’ sl.
vb. 15. to obtain a verdict of not guilty → 1960 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 16. to withstand interrogation → 1960 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 17. to deal with; to handle; to put up with; to manage something → 1962 US sl.
vb. 18. to take a nap → 1967 Amer. dial.
vb. 19. to idle; to waste time → 1968 US sl.
vb. 20. to become tired, to feel increasingly exhausted → 1980 US students’ sl.
vb. 21. to drop a topic of conversation, to change an unpalatable subject → 1980 African-American sl.
vb. 22. to remain sufficiently silent not to be noticed → 1980 African-American sl.
vb. 23. to fool around or tinker with something or someone → 1990 African-American teen sl.
vb. 24. to let down, to renege → 1990 US sl.
vb. 25. to shoot dead → 1990 African-American sl.
vb. 26. to take advantage of → 1991 Amer. students’ sl.
vb. 27. to ignore, to erase, to get rid of → 1992 African-American sl.
vb. 28. to buy part of something → 2004 US sl.
► FADE A BEEF vb. to cause a complaint or criminal charge to be removed  → 1976 US sl.
► FADEAWAY int. (usually as ‘fade away’) go away! → 1913 sl.
n. 1. a departure or escape → 1907 Amer. sl.
n. 2. in baseball: a pitch that moves away from the batter so that he would have to reach out for it → 1908 Amer. sl.
n. 3. in hot rodding: a design feature that blends the front fender back into the car body → 1954 US sl.
 (verbs usually as ‘fade away’)
vb. 1. to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish → 1820 sl.
vb. 2. to become quiet → 1947 US sl.
► FADED adj. 1. of cheese: tainted, mouldy → 1891 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. delicate-looking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. drunk → 1967 African-American & students’ sl.
adj. 4. unfashionable → 1980 African-American & students’ sl.
adj. 5. used to excess → 1980 African-American & students’ sl.
adj. 6. drug-intoxicated → 1997 African-American & students’ sl.
► FADED BOGEY n. 1. a Black informer → 1920 African-American sl.
n. 2. a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity → 1920 African-American sl.
n. 3. a White person who imitates Blacks → 1920 African-American sl.
► FADED BOOGIE n. 1. a Black informer → 1920 African-American sl.
n. 2. a Black who apes Whites and loses his own ethnicity; one who has taken on (undesirable) Caucasian characteristics → 1920 African-American sl.
n. 3. a White person who imitates Blacks → 1920 African-American sl.
► FA-DEE n. a farthing → 1870  Brit. sl.
► FADE-OUT n. 1. a disappearance, departure, or escape → 1918 Amer. sl.
n. 2. death → 1936 US sl.
 (verbs usually as ‘fade out’)
vb. 1. to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave → 1820 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to clean out, to clear out → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.) 
vb. 3. to die → 1949 sl., orig. US
► FADERIL n. an odd or loose end of anything → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FADERILS n. paraphernalia, apparatus → 1844 Sc.
► FADESOME adj. apt to fade → 1869 Eng. dial.
► FADEY adj. dull, faded → 1928 Amer. dial.
► FADGE n. 1. a large flat loaf or bannock → 1609 Sc.
n. 2. a short, thickset person; a fat, clumsy woman → 1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse’s load; a heap, a quantity of anything → 1777 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a farthing → 1789 sl.
n. 5. a trick → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 6. a slow regular motion; a jog-trot → 1873 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a bundle of sticks, a faggot → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. a person jaded in appearance → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 9. one who trots slowly, a child who toddles along → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 10. a vexatious person → 1923 Sc.
vb. 1. to fit in with or suit the surroundings; hence, to get on, to succeed, to thrive → 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. of things: to fit, to suit, to be suitable; to agree, to go down with a person → 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. of persons: to do with; to put up with a thing → 1592 obs.
vb. 4. to be content or willing; to agree; to make up one’s mind to do something → 1592 obs.
vb. 5. to make one’s way; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to jog along; to trudge → 1658 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to fit the parts of together → 1674 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 7. to eat together, partake of hospitality given at the season of the New Year → 1863 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to trot gently; to go at a pace between walking and trotting; to walk with difficulty owing to corpulency → 1864 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to beat, to thrash → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 10. to do a piece of work ‘anyhow’; to repair temporarily’ to ‘fudge’ → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADGE OUT vb. to ascertain, to discover → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADGER n. a farthing → L19 Cockneys’ usage
► FADGE WITH vb. to tolerate a thing; to agree with a person → 17C
► FADGING adj. that fits, suits, etc.; well-matched → 1611 obs.
n. hospitality given at the season of the New Year → 1879 Eng. dial.
► FADGY adj. 1. faded, soiled → 1895 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. a stout, thickset little person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADIE n. a haircut style in which the sides of the head are closely cut and the top of the head is not → 1989 US sl.
► FADLE vb.  to walk in a clumsy manner, to waddle → 1989 US sl.
► FADMONGER n. one devoted to a public or private fad → 1989 US sl.
► FADOODLE n. something foolish or ridiculous; nonsense; a mere nothing; a useless trifle → 1670 obs.
► FADOODLING n. sexual intercourse → 1611 euphemism
► FADY adj. 1.dull, faded; tending to fade; shading off by degrees into a paler hue → 1730
adj. 2. damp, musty; covered with perspiration → 1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of the weather: damp, sultry, close → 1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. of meat: tainted, stale, ‘high’ → 1892 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. flabby, as the flesh of a drooping child → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to decay from damp; to mildew → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAECALITY n. faecal matter→ 1653 obs.
► FAECICAL adj. faecal → 1594
► FAFA n. one’s father → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FAFF n. 1. swagger, pretense; show, useless adornments → 1880 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a young, frisky child → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. one who uses more breath in talking than is necessary → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. a puff; a breath of air, smoke, etc. → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. a nuisance → 2000 sl.
vb. 1. to blow in sudden gusts; to puff; to move gently, to fluctuate → 1788 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to flatter; to fawn, to play the hypocrite → 1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to mess about, restlessly and ineffectually, wasting time, often while something quite urgent needs attention; to play or fool around, to waste time → 1930
► FAFF ABOUT vb. to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to be indecisive or fussy → 1874 Eng. dial.
► FAFF AROUND vb. to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to play or fool around → 1874 UK sl.
► FAFFLE n. 1. a stammerer, one who is unable to articulate distinctly → 1900 Sc.
n. 2. a light intermittent wind, blowing in gentle puffs → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds → 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to flap gently in the wind → 1796 Eng. dial.
vb. 3.  to saunter, to trifle; to fumble, to work dilatorily → 1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAFFLED adj. entangled; bothered → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAFFLEMENT n. trifling and unnecessary work → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAFFMENT n. nonsense, balderdash → 19C Eng. dial.
► FAFFNECUTE n. a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on → 1864 Eng. dial.
► FAFFY adj. gusty, apt to blow about → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAG adj. 1. homosexual; pert. to homosexuality → 1930
adj. 2. effeminate; also used of objects i.e. lacking power → 1950 sl.
n. 1. something that hangs loose; a flap → 1486 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. the last part or remnant of anything, after the best has been used; the extreme end → 1580
n. 3. the fringe at the end of a rope → 1775
n. 4. a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing → 1780 colloq.
n. 5. in English public schools: a junior who performs certain duties for a senior; also, a drudge; a lower-classman, typically a freshman, who is compelled to perform  various duties for an upperclassman → 1785
n. 6. dried peat; turf cut for fuel → 1796 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a young female fish seller → L18 sl.
n. 8. eatables → 1800 Brit. school sl.
n. 9. a drudge; an errand boy or clerk → 1813
n. 10. a hard worker → M19 sl.
n. 11. a pickpocket → M19 sl.
n. 12. a lawyer’s clerk → M19 US & Aust. sl.
n. 13. an over-diligent student → 1856 Amer. sl.
n. 14. any cigarette; a cigarette butt → 1888 UK sl.
n. 15. a cheap cigarette, usually as issued to troops in World War I → L19 sl.
n. 16. a pimp → 20C US sl.
n. 17. the penis → 20C US sl.
n. 18. a catamite → E20 sl.
n. 19. long, coarse grass; tufts of old grass → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 20. a male homosexual → 1920 US sl.
n. 21. an effeminate fellow → 1932 Amer. sl., generally derisive usage
n. 22. an offensive person → 1963 Amer. juvenile & students’ sl.
n. 23. a despicable, unlikeable person → 1982 US sl.
n. 24. a jacket → 1992 UK rhyming sl. (Fag Packet)
vb. 1. to flag, to droop, to decline; to fall off, to swerve from → 1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to beat; to thrash; to strike → L17 sl. obs.
vb. 3. to do something that wearies one; to work hard; to labour, to strain, to toil → 1772
vb. 4. to toil diligently at one’s studies → 1795 students’ usage
vb. 5. in public schools: to do menial jobs for a schoolfellow higher up in the school; to perform certain services for another → 1806
vb. 6. to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust → 1826
vb. 7. to pursue, to hunt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 8. to move quickly; to leave or depart in a hurry → 1920 US sl.
vb. 9. to supply with a cigarette → 1926 Amer. sl.
vb. 10. to smoke a cigarette → 1940 Amer. sl.
vb. 11. to subject to homosexual copulation or make a homosexual of → 1968 Amer. sl., derisive usage
vb. 12. to behave in a manner reminiscent of a homosexual → 1968 Amer. sl.
► FAG ALONG vb. 1. to move when it requires an effort → 20C US sl.
vb. 2. to move quickly; to depart or leave hurriedly → 1942 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to ride fast → 1960 Amer. cowboy usage
► FAGAMUFFIN n. a Black homosexual person, usually male → 1993 African-American & Black British sl.
► FAGAN ► FAGIN n. the penis → 1958 sl.
► FAG AROUND vb. 1. of heterosexual men: to play at acting in a ‘homosexual’ manner → 1960 US sl.
vb. 2. of presumptively heterosexual male friends: to joke around or engage in horseplay → 1997 US sl.
► FAG-ASH n. cigarette ash → L19 sl.
► FAG-ASH LIL n. a woman who smokes heavily → L19 Brit. sl.
► FAG BAG n. 1. a woman who consorts with a homosexual male → M20 US sl.
n. 2. a woman married to a homosexual → 1960 Amer. homosexual usage
vb. to beat up and rob a homosexual → 1977 US sl.
► FAG-BAGGING n. a robbing or extorting money from homosexuals → 1977 Amer. sl.
► FAG-BAIT n. an effeminate boy or man → 1974 Amer. sl., derisive usage
► FAG BANGLE n. a homosexual man who accompanies a heterosexual woman → 2002 UK sl.
► FAG-BASHER n. 1. an ostensibly heterosexual man who specializes in beating and terrorizing gay men → 1988 sl., orig. US homosexual usage
n. 2. any anti-gay spokesperson → 1999 sl., orig. US homosexual usage
► FAG-BASHING n. 1. the homophobic beating up of male homosexuals → 1980 sl.
n. 2. anti-homosexual speech or behaviour → 1992 sl.
► FAG-BUTT n. a cigarette end → 1932 sl.
► FAG-CARD n. a cigarette card → L19 sl.
► FAGE n. 1. the act of coaxing or deceiving; a deceit, fiction → 1420 obs.
n. 2. a flatterer → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to coax, to flatter; to toady; to beguile, to soothe → 1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to scratch, as a dog does → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3.to sell bad meat → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAGEING adj. deceiving, flattering → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAG END adj. (usually as ‘fag-end’) final, last → 1885 sl.
n. 1. the past part or remnant of anything after the best has been used; the extreme end, as of a portion of time, a collection of persons, a written composition, etc. → 1613
n. 2. the last part of a piece of cloth; the part that hangs loose, often of coarser texture than the rest → 1721
n. 3. of a rope: an untwisted end → 1775
n. 4. a fragmentary part of a speech or conversation that one might overhear, just as it tails off → E19
n. 5. the butt of a cigarette or cigar → 1853
n. 6. an exhausted condition → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to have only a partial or muddled understanding of something that has been said → 1955 sl.
► FAG-END OFF! int. stop listening! → 20C sl.
► FAG-END MAN n. a man who collects cigarette ends from the pavement → 1908 sl.
► FAG-ENDS n. eavesdropping → 20C sl.
► FAG-ENDS OF CONVERSATIONS n. little bits and pieces of talk not fully understood by someone overhearing them → 20C
► FAGER n. a flatterer → 1435 obs.
► FAGERRY n. a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy → 1892 Ireland
► FAGEY adj. 1. deceiving, flattering → 1883 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. thin, poor, ill-nourished → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. a puny child → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. an over-sharp, cunning person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAG FACTORY n. 1. a place where homosexuals gather → 1949 US sl.
n. 2. a prison, esp. one with a large homosexual population → 1992 US sl.
► FAGGALD n. 1. a faggot, a bundle of twigs or heath tied with straw ropes → 1488 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a large or excessive amount, quantity, or number → 1824
► FAGGAMUFFIN n. a homosexual Black person, usually male → 1980 African-American sl.
► FAGGART n. a homosexual male → E20 US sl.
► FAGGED adj. 1. flaccid, drooping → 1578 obs.
adj. 2. out, excessively tired or fatigued → 1762
adj. 3. shocked, mentally destroyed → 1900 sl.
► FAGGED OUT adj. 1. exhausted, tired, fatigued → 1785 colloq.
adj. 2. shocked, mentally destroyed → 1900 sl.
► FAGGER n. 1. a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them → 1608 sl.
n. 2. one who works hard → 1885
n. 3. a person who smokes → 1920 sl.
► FAGGERY n. 1. the system of fagging at public schools → 1853
n. 2. male homosexuality → 1970 Amer. sl.
► FAGGIE adj. fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FAGGING adj. exhausting → 1892 sl.
n. 1. a beating, a thrashing, a thumping → 1775 sl.
n. 2. the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work; an exhausting experience → 1777
n. 3. serving as a ‘fag’ in a school → 1850 Brit. schoolboys’ sl.
n. 4. male homosexual anal intercourse → 1996 US sl.
► FAGGING ABOUT n. the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work → 1850
► FAGGINS! int. an exclamation or mild imprecation → 1824 Eng. dial.
► FAGGISH adj. effeminate, blatantly homosexual → 1953 US sl.
► FAGGOT adj. 1. useless, contemptible → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 2. pert. to homosexuality or homosexuals → 1940 US sl.
adj. 3. weak, ineffectual → 1960 sl.
n. 1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together, for use as fuel → 1300
n. 2. a bundle or bunch, as of herbs, rushes, etc.; a collection of things → 1489
n. 3. a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman → 1591
n. 4. a man mustered for duty in the army (and thus ‘bound’ for service) but not yet formally enlisted; one temporarily hired to supply a deficiency at the muster, or on the roll of a company or regiment → 1672 obs. military sl.
n. 5. a prostitute → L18 sl.
n. 6. a rissole → 1850 colloq.
n. 7. butcher’s oddments or ‘stickings’ → 1859 colloq.
n. 8. a term of reproof or abuse directed at a child → 1873 sl.
n. 9. a secret and unworthy compromise → 1880 Eng. dial.
n. 10. a derisive term of contempt for a non-homosexual male → 20C US sl.
n. 11. in wrestling: a man who bargains not to win → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 12. an effeminate, weak, or cowardly fellow; generally used contemptuously → 1914 Amer. sl.
n. 13. a homosexual man; in general use the term covers any gay man, in gay use the implication is of overt effeminacy → 1914 sl., orig. US
n. 14. a cigarette → 1929 Amer. sl.
n. 15. a general term of abuse, irrespective of sex → 1950 US sl.
n. 16. a homosexual of either sex; generally used contemptuously → 1953 Amer. sl.
n. 17. a very unattractive woman → 1968 Amer. sl.
n. 18. a coward, a weakling → 1970 sl.
n. 19. a heterosexual woman who associates with male homosexual men → 1976 US homosexual sl.
vb. 1. to make into a faggot; to bind or tie up in or as in a faggot → 1598
vb. 2. to bind (persons) in couples; also, to bind hand and foot → 1607 obs.
vb. 3. to womanize; to consort with sexually loose woman → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 4. to copulate with a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 5. in wrestling: to ‘sell one’s back’, to bargain not to win → 1862 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to suppose, to conclude → 1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to strangle or throttle → L19 sl.
► FAGGOT AND STALL n. 1. a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAGGOT AND STORM n. 1. a burglar who enters a house, ties up the residents and then robs them → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. the act of breaking into a house, tying up the residents and robbing them → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAGGOT-ASS adj. weak, cowardly, contemptible → 2003 African-American sl.
► FAGGOTEER n. a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp → 1825 sl.
► FAGGOTER n. a pimp who specializes in selling the services of male homosexual prostitutes → 1983 African-American sl.
► FAGGOTINA n. a heterosexual woman who associates with male homosexual men → 1976 US homosexual sl.
► FAGGOT-LOVER n. one who has no feelings of homophobia → 1992 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FAGGOT-MASTER n. a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp → 1890 sl.
► FAGGOT MOLL n. a woman who regularly seeks the company of homosexual men → 1969 Amer. sl., derisive usage
► FAGGOT ROAD n. a road topped with sapling bundles → 1956 Can.
► FAGGOTRY n. male homosexual practices; homosexuality → 1949 Amer. sl., usually offensive
► FAGGOT’S LUNCH BOX n. a jock strap; an athletic supporter → 1964 US sl.
► FAGGOT’S MOLL n. a woman who regularly seeks the company of homosexual men → 1969 Amer. sl., derisive usage
► FAGGOT TUNNEL n. the mouth → 20C Brit. sl.
► FAGGOTTY adj. effeminate; homosexual → 1928 Amer. dial.
► FAGGOT-WAISTED adj. arranged in pleats like a bundle of sticks → 1581 obs.
► FAGGOTY adj. 1. effeminate; homosexual, esp. in an overt way → 1927 Amer. sl., derisive usage
adj. 2. cowardly, useless, second-rate → 1964 sl.
► FAGGOTY-ASSED adj. effeminate, homosexual → 1920 sl.
► FAGGOTY-MINDED adj. disposed to use faggots, inclined to burn opponents → 1856
► FAGGY adj. effeminate; homosexual → 1949 Amer. sl., derogatory
n. an effeminate or homosexual male → 1965 Amer. dial., often derogatory 
► FAG HAG n. 1. a young woman who is a smoker → 1944 Amer. students’ sl. 
n. 2. a woman who habitually consorts with homosexual men; one who prefers the company of homosexual men → 1969 sl., orig. & chiefly US, derogatory
n. 3. a heterosexual man who prefers the company of homosexuals to that of his heterosexual peers → 1983 sl., orig. US
vb. of a woman: to associate with and choose one’s close friends from homosexual men → 1960 sl.
► FAG-HATER n. a person with a pathological dislike for homosexuals → 1979 US sl.
► FAG HOLE n. the mouth → 1945 sl.
► FAG HOTS n. cheap pornography aimed at the male homosexual readership → 1960 homosexual sl.
► FAGIN n. 1. a person who trains young boys to be thieves → 1905 sl.
n. 2. the penis → 1940 sl.
n. 3. a leader of thieves → 1976 US sl.
n. 4. in pool: a person who backs a player financially in his bets → 1990 US sl.
► FAGINGY-FAGADE n. a White person → 1926 African-American sl.
► FAG-JOINT n. a meeting place for homosexual males → E20 US sl.
► FAGLISH n. gay slang → 1972 US homosexual sl.
► FAG LOOP n. a loop on the back of a man’s shirt → 2001 US sl.
► FAG-MA-FUFF n. a garrulous old woman → 1825 Sc.
► FAG MAG n. a magazine or other publication featuring male nudity for homosexual males → M20 US sl.
► FAGMASTER n. a senior pupil for whom a junior pupil acts as fag; esp. used in some British independent boarding schools for boys → 1818 
► FAG MOLL n. a woman who regularly seeks the company of homosexual men; used derisively → 1966 Amer. sl.
► FAGOCITE n. an effeminate boy or man → 1930 Amer. sl.
► FAGOGHE n. a faggot → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► FAGOLA n. a male homosexual; an effeminate male; used derisively → 1961 Amer. sl.
► FAGOT n. 1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees bound together, for use as fuel → 1300
n. 2. a bundle or bunch, as of herbs, rushes, etc.; a collection of things → 1489
n. 3. a term of contempt for a woman, esp. an old or dissipated woman → L16 Brit.
n. 4. a man mustered as a soldier, but not yet formally enlisted → L17 sl.
n. 5. a prostitute → 19C sl.
n. 6. a rissole → 1850 colloq.
n. 7. butcher’s oddments or ‘stickings’ → 1859 colloq.
n. 8. a derisive term of contempt for a non-homosexual male → 20C US sl.
n. 9. an effeminate man; a male homosexual → 1926 US sl., derogatory
n. 10. an unattractive young woman → M20 US sl.
vb. 1. to bind or truss, as sticks in a faggot → 17C colloq.
vb. 2. to womanize; to consort with sexually loose woman → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 3. to copulate with a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 4. to strangle or throttle → L19 sl.
► A FAGOT ABOVE A LOAD phr. too much of a good thing → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAGOTEER n. a whoremonger → 1825 sl.
► FAGOT-MASTER n. a whoremonger → 1825 sl.
► FAGOTTIST n. a performer on the bassoon → 1886
► FAGOTTO n. a bassoon → 1724
► FAG OUT vb. 1. to serve as a ‘fag’ → 1840 Brit. schoolboys’ sl.
vb. 2. in cricket: to field → 1840 Brit. schoolboys’ sl.
vb. 3. to fatigue, to exhaust → 1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 4. to go to bed → 1968 US sl.
► FAG PACKET  n. 1. a racket (tennis, exorbitant prices, and noise) → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a jacket → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► FAG-PAPER n. a cigarette paper → 1912 sl.
► FAG RAGS n. smart casual clothing → 1985 African-American sl.
► FAG-ROLLER n. a robber of homosexuals → 1962 Amer. sl.
► FAGS! int. a mild exclamation  =→ M17
► FAG SHOW n. in the circus or carnival: a performance by female impersonators → 1946 US sl.
► FAG STAG n. a heterosexual male who enjoys the company of homosexual men → 1997 US sl.
► FAGSUM adj. fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FAGSUMNESS n. tiresomeness → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FAG TAG n. a loop on the back of a man’s shirt → 1980 Amer. sl.
► FAG THE BLOSS vb. to hit the wench → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAG THE FEN vb. to drub the prostitute → 1698 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAG-TOPPER n. a cigarette end → 1900 sl.
► FAGUE n. a violent passion, a burst of temper → 1867 Eng. dial.
► FAGUEN n. a villain, a depraved character → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAG WATER n. cologne → 1986 US sl.

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