Dictionary: FIL – FIO

• FILBERT
n. 1. 1886 sl. – the head
n. 2. c1900 society sl. – a very fashionable man about town
n. 3. 1915 Amer. sl. – a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person
 
• FILCH
n. 1. 17C cant – a hooked stick or staff wherewith to steal
n. 2. 17C sl. – something stolen
n. 3. c1770 sl. – a thief
vb. M16 cant – to steal; to pilfer; rarely, to rob
 
• FILCHER
n. M16 sl. – a thief  
 
• FILCHING
n. M16 sl. – theft, thieving, robbery
 
• FILCHING COVE
n. L17 sl. –  a male thief
 
• FILCHING MORT
n. L17 sl. – a female thief  
 
• FILE
adj. 20C teen & high school sl. – dangerous  
n. 1. 1665 criminals’ sl. – a pickpocket
n. 2. B1812 sl. – a man, a chap; orig. a very sharp or cunning one
n. 3. 1812 sl. – an experienced swindler
vb. 1. L17 sl. – to pick pockets; to pick the pockets of
vb. 2. 1850 Amer. dial. – to wipe or mop floors or tables  
vb. 3. 1934 Amer. jocular usage – to toss into a wastebasket; to throw away
 
• FILE 13
n. 1. 1941 Amer. jocular, esp. military usage – the office waste-paper basket, esp. when used for the disposal of either nonsense or insolubles
n. 2. 1969 Amer. sl. – a private or classified file containing harmful or embarrassing information
 
• FILE-CLOY
n. M17 sl. – a pickpocket
 
• THE FILE LAY
n. 18C cant – pickpocketry  
 
• FILE-LIFTER
n. c1670 cant – a pickpocket
 
• FILE ONE’S TEETH FOR SOMEONE
vb. 1961 Amer. dial. – to prepare to take revenge on someone  
 
• FILE ON TO
vb. 1932 Can. sl. – to grab, to take  
 
• FILER
n. c1670 cant – a pickpocket
 
• FILER’S TWO INCHES
n. 1975 Amer. dial. – a gratuitous extra amount  
 
• FILE-TAIL
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an opossum
 
• FILFIL
vb. 1. 1922 Amer. dial. – to fulfil  
vb. 2. 1949 Amer. dial. – to fill entirely  
 
• FILIBUSTER
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a gabfest, a talk session
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to talk garrulously or loudly, sometimes in an attempt to show off; to stall or to divert attention from one’s own error  
 
• FILING-LAY
n. 18C sl. – pickpocketry
 
• FILIPINYOCK
n. 1942 Amer. dial., derogatory – a Filipino
 
• FILL
n. 1. 1893 Amer. sl. – an exaggerated or fictitious account; a hoax
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a large portion; filling  
vb. 1. 1836 Amer. dial. – to fulfil, to carry out the promise or intent of  
vb. 2. 1875 Amer. dial. – in poker: to draw the card(s) needed to complete a full house, flush, straight, etc.; to complete a full house, etc. by drawing the necessary cards  
vb. 3. 1880 Amer. sl. – to hoax or mislead
vb. 4. 1883 Amer. dial. – to pull or draw a wagon or carriage
vb. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – to fool; to provide with misinformation  
vb. 6. 1985 Amer. sl. – to take the place of another; to be a substitute
 
• FILL A GENTLEMAN’S EYE
vb. c1870 sporting, esp. dog fanciers’ sl. – of a dog: to have thoroughly good points  
 
• FILLALOO
n. 1923 sl. – a din, an uproar  
 
• FILL-BELLY
n. 1. 1553 – a glutton  
n. 2. ? 16C obs. – extravagance in eating; gluttony
 
• FILLER
n. c1910 journalistic colloq. – that member of the editorial staff of a newspaper who provides fill-up matter written by himself or supplied by agencies
 
• FILLER-INNER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a substitute  
 
• FILLET OF COD
n. L20 rhyming sl. for ‘sod’ – a term of abuse for a person
 
• FILLET OF VEAL
n. 1857 rhyming sl. on the ‘Steel’ – a prison
 
• FILLIBRUSH
vb. c1860 colloq. – to flatter; to praise insincerely or ironically  
 
• FILLILOO BIRD
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns  
 
• FILLILU
n. 1952 Amer. dial. jocular usage – a mysterious thing
 
• FILL-IN
n. 1. 1928 Amer. colloq. – a substitute, esp. a person who substitutes for another
n. 2. 1944 Amer. journalists’ usage – in journalism: an account intended to fill gaps in one’s knowledge; a briefing 
n. 3. 1968 Amer. colloq. – duty as a fill-in
(verbs usually as ‘fill in’)
vb. 1. 1904 Amer. criminals’ sl. – to join or take part; to add or invite to join
vb. 2. c1925 sl., orig. Royal Navy – to thrash, to beat
vb. 3. 1930 Amer. sl. – to take the place of another; to be a substitute
vb. 4. 1942 Amer. colloq. – to inform or instruct someone; to advise of or make conversant with, esp. recent developments  
vb. 5. 20C Aust. sl. – to render a woman pregnant
 
• FILLING
n. 1. 1887 Amer. sl. – wits, consciousness
n. 2. 1907 Amer. dial. – poultry stuffing  
 
• FILLING AT THE PRICE
adj. c1840 colloq. – satisfying  
 
• FILLING STATION
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a small town  
 
• FILL IN (SOMEONE’S) COUPON
vb. L20 Sc. sl. – to attack a person’s face with the jagged end of a smashed bottle
 
• FILLIPER
n. 1. 19C Eng. dial. – a heavy blow
n. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – an unanswerable argument; a big lie  
 
• FILLOCK
n. 1. c1450 obs. – a wanton young girl
n. 2. 1790 Sc. obs. – a young mare or filly  
 
• FILL ONE’S FACE
vb. 1936 Amer. sl. – to eat greedily  
 
• FILL ONE’S INNARDS
vb. 1870 sl. – to eat  
 
• FILL ONE’S PIPE
vb. c1810 colloq. – to be able to retire from work  
 
• FILL ONE’S PIPE AND LEAVE OTHERS TO ENJOY IT
vb. 1821 colloq. – to make a large fortune, which one’s heirs or other relatives dissipate  
 
• FILL ONE’S SHIRT
vb. 1923 Amer. dial. – to eat heartily  
 
• FILL SOMEONE IN
vb. 1948 Brit. sl. – to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting  
 
• FILL THE BILL
vb. 1. c1885 sl. – to be very effective, or competent
vb. 2. c1885 colloq. obs. – to be a whopping lie
 
• FILL-THE-DOOTSY
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle
 
• FILLUMAJIG
phr. 1968 Amer. dial. – said to a child when he asks, ‘What are you making?’  
 
• FILL UP
vb. 1879 Amer. dial. – to hoax or mislead; to fool; to provide with misinformation  
 
• FILLUPPEY; FILLUPY
adj. c1840 sl. – satisfying  
 
• FILLY
n. 1. E17 sl. – a girl, a wanton
n. 2. 19C sl. – a daughter
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – an outside toilet  
n. 4. 1968 Amer. dial. euphemism – an illegitimate female child  
 
• FILLY AND FOAL
n. 1909 sl. – a young couple of lovers sauntering apart from the world
 
• FILLY-FALLY
vb. B1900 ? obs. or Eng. dial. – to idle, to dilly-dally  
 
• FILLY-HUNTING
n. 19C sl. – a search for amorous, obliging, or mercenary women  
 
• FILLYLOO
int. 19C Eng. dial. – an exclamation  
n. 1892 Eng. dial. – an uproar  
 
• FILTH
n. 1. L16 sl. – a harlot  
n. 2. c1900 Amer. dial. – underbrush, weeds, unwanted vegetation  
 
• THE FILTH
n. c1950 criminals’ sl. – the police, members of the police force
 
• FILTHILY
adv. 20C sl. – very
 
• FILTHY
adj. 1. 1875 sl. – said of bad weather  
adj. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – extreme, acute  
adj. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – wealthy  
adj. 4. 20C teen & high school sl. – hip  
adv. 1843 Amer. dial. – extremely  
 
• FILTHY FELLOW
n. 18C colloq. – a mild endearment
 
• FILTHY LUCRE
n. 20C jocular colloq. – money
 
• THE FILTHY WEED
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – tobacco  
 
• FIMBLE-FAMBLE
n. 19C sl. – a poor excuse or an unsatisfactory answer  
 
• FIMDIDDLE FOR A DINGBAT
phr. 1946 Amer. dial. – an evasive answer to ‘What is that? What are you making?’  
 
• FIMFADDLE TO TIE UP A DINGBAT
phr. 1988 Amer. dial. – an evasive answer to ‘What is that? What are you making?’  
 
• FIMPTED
adj. 1972 Amer. dial. – ugly, physically repulsive  
 
• FIN
n. 1. L18 nautical sl. – an arm; a hand
n. 2. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
n. 3. 1916 US sl. – five dollars or a five-dollar bill  
 
• FINAGLE
n. 1. 1939 Amer. dial. – a big fuss over a small matter  
n. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. – an instance of wangling or chicanery  
vb. 1922 Amer. dial. – to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means; to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion  
 
• FINAGLE AROUND
vb. 1930 Amer. dial. –  to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means  
 
• FINAGLER
n. 1922 Amer. dial. – one who stalls until someone else pays the check
 
• FINAGUE
vb. 1888 Eng. dial. – to revoke at cards  
 
• THE FINAL GALLOP
n. 19C sl. – an orgasm
 
• FINALLY AT LAST
adv. 1922 Amer. dial. – in the end, finally  
 
• THE FINAL STRAW
n. 1937 – a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable
 
• THE FINAL STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL’S BACK
n. 1930s – a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable
 
• FINANCE
n. c1905 sl. – a fiance, esp. if rich
 
• FINANCIAL
adj. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl. – financially solvent; having money  
 
• FINATIALLY
adv. 1931 Amer. dial. – completely, thoroughly  
 
• FINCH
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to snitch, to pilfer, to filch  
 
• FIND
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent  
vb. 1. 1631 Amer. dial. – to provide for, to supply with food or provisions  
vb. 2. 1902 Amer. dial. euphemism  – to give birth to; used esp. of animals, but also occasionally of people  
 
• FIND A HAIR IN THE NECK
vb. 1. 1836 Sc. – to find fault with  
vb. 2. 1885 Sc. – to experience a difficulty or annoyance  
 
• FIND A HAW-HAW’S NEST WITH A TEE-HEE’S EGG IN IT
vb. 1842 Amer. dial. – to giggle and laugh immoderately or inappropriately  
 
• FIND AN ELEPHANT IN THE MOON
vb. c1670 sl. – to find something that seems like a great discovery, but it’s not  
 
• FIND A TEE-HEE’S NEST FULL OF HA-HA EGGS
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. – to giggle and laugh immoderately or inappropriately  
 
• FIND A TEE-HEE’S NEST WITH A HA-HA’S EGG IN IT
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. – to giggle and laugh immoderately or inappropriately  
 
• FIND A TEHEE’S EGG IN A HAHA’S NEST
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. – to giggle and laugh immoderately or inappropriately
 
• FIND A WHITE FEATHER IN ONE’S TAIL
vb. 1825 – to perceive signs of cowardice  
 
• FIND COLD WEATHER
vb. 1909 public houses’ sl. – to be ejected
 
• FINDER
n. 1. c1850 cant – a thief, esp. in a meat-market
n. 2. 19C Cambridge sl. – a waiter  
 
• FIND FAULT WITH A FAT GOOSE
vb. L17 colloq. – to grumble without cause
 
• FIND FAVOUR IN THE EYES OF
vb. 1700 – to gain the goodwill of  
 
• FIND FISH ON ONE’S FINGERS
vb. L16 colloq. – to find and/or allege an excuse
 
• FIND OUT THE SCORE
vb. World War II Amer. sl. – to get the correct information  
 
• FIND REST
vb. 1911 Amer. dial. euphemism – to die  
 
• FIND THE BEAN IN THE CAKE
vb. 1874 – to gain an unexpected prize; to come to some unexpected good fortune; to succeed in defeating one’s adversaries
 
• FIND UP
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to discover, to find out  
 
• FINE
adj. 1. 1939 Amer. dial., usually derogatory – citified; affected
adj. 2. 1939 Amer. dial. – of the voice: high-pitched  
adj. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate  
adj. 4. 20C teen & high school sl. – said of a cute person of the opposite sex  
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – of rain: to fall in tiny drops; to drizzle  
 
• FINE-AIRED
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. – elegant in manner  
 
• FINE AND DANDY
adj. 1794 orig. & chiefly US – excellent; first-rate  
 
• FINE AS A FIDDLE
adj. 1836 Amer. dial. – very fine; in excellent health or spirits  
 
• FINE AS A FROG’S HAIR
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – in order; in good condition  
 
• FINE AS A FROG’S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – in order; in good condition
 
• FINE AS FEATHERS
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – in good shape; just right; fine  
 
• FINE AS GNAT’S WHISKERS
adj. c1960 Amer. dial. – very fine 
 
• FINE AS SALLIT
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. (sallit = salad) – finely dressed  
 
• FINE AS SILK
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – in order; in good condition  
 
• FINE FEATHERS
n. 1965 Amer. sl. – one’s best clothes  
 
• FINEFIED
adj. 1847 Amer. dial. – made fine, dandified  
 
• FINE-HAIRED
adj. 1. 1873 Amer. dial. – cultivated; fastidious; too particular  
adj. 2. 1901 Amer. dial. – impressed with one’s own importance; arrogant, conceited  
 
• FINE KETTLE OF FISH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a confused or awkward state of affairs  
 
• FINELY
adj. 1859 Amer. dial. – fine, very good  
adv. 1852 Amer. dial. – well, excellently  
 
• FINEW
n. 1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – mouldiness, mould  
vb. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to become mouldy or musty 
 
• FIN FLIPPER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a ‘handshaker’; a sycophant, a toady 
 
• FINGER
n. 1. 1914 sl. – one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer  
n. 2. 1925 sl. – a pickpocket  
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a firecracker
vb. 1930 sl., orig. US – to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate  
 
• FINGERBERRY
n. 1893 Amer. dial. – a blackberry  
 
• FINGERBOARD
n. 1804 Amer. dial. – a sign shaped like a finger, pointing the way to a specified destination; a signpost  
 
• FINGER-JOB
n. M20 US sl. – an act of sexual play possibly leading to orgasm  
 
• FINGERLING
n. 1. 1950 Amer. dial. – a nickname for the little finger  
n. 2. 1969 Amer. dial. – a small firecracker  
 
• FINGER-NOSE
n. 1932 Amer. dial. – the gesture of thumbing one’s nose  
 
• FINGERPOST
n. 1902 Amer. dial. – a sign shaped like a finger, pointing the way to a specified destination; a signpost  
 
• FINGERS
n. 1. 1930s African-American sl. – a jazz pianist  
n. 2. 1930s African-American sl. – a pickpocket
 
• FINGER TOO SORE TO BUTTON?
phr. 1954 Amer. dial. – used as a warning that one’s trouser-fly is open  
 
• FINGER WAVE
n. M20 US sl. – the ‘finger’; a curse expressed as a gesture; the middle finger pointed up with the remaining fingers clinched in a fist; the verbalization of the curse is assumed to  be “Fuck you!” or “Stick it up your ass!”
 
• FINGLE-FANGLE
adj. a1652 obs. – trifling, of no importance
n. 1678 obs. – a trifle; a thing of no importance; something whimsical or fantastic
 
• FINICKING
adj. 1872 Amer. dial. – fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky  
 
• FINICKITY
adj. 1969 Amer. dial. – fussy, fastidious, finicky  
 
• FINIF
n. 1. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
n. 2. 1916 US sl. – five dollars or a five-dollar bill  
 
• FINIFF
n. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
 
• FINIFY
vb. 1847 Amer. dial. – to make fine, to adorn  
 
• FINING COMB
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – a fine-toothed comb  
 
• FINISH
n. 1897 Amer. dial. – a state of perfection
vb. 1. 1816 sl. – to tire, to exhaust; often followed by ‘off’
vb. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to ruin; to destroy  
 
• FINISH ALADDIN’S WINDOW
vb. B1900 – to attempt to complete something begun by a great genius, but left imperfect; to attempt to complete a task beyond one’s powers
 
• FINISH CAR
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a hearse  
 
• FINISHED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
 
• FINISHING-ACADEMY
n. Bk1902 sl. – a brothel
 
• FINISHING STICK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a toothpick  
 
• FINISHMENT
n. 1872 Amer. dial. – an end, conclusion  
 
• FINISH OFF
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to ruin; to destroy  
 
• FINISH ONE’S CIRCLE
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to die  
 
• FINISH ONE’S COURSE
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to die
 
• FINISH OUT THE ROW
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to die  
 
• FINK
n. 1. 1894 US sl. – a disloyal person  
n. 2. 1925 sl. – a detective
n. 3. E20 US sl. – a guard hired to protect strikebreakers
n. 4. E20 US sl. – a stool pigeon
n. 5. E20 US sl. – a strikebreaker
n. 6. E20 US sl. – any undesirable oaf or jerk
vb. 1925 US sl. – to be disloyal to one’s associates, often implying incrimination; to inform on illegal activity  
 
• FINKYDIDDLE
n. 1900s Brit. sl. – sexual play; sexual foreplay  
 
• FINLANDER HELL
n. 1952 Amer. dial. – a sauna  
 
• FINN
n. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
 
• FINNEGAN
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to cozen, to persuade artfully  
 
• FINNEGAN PIN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent object used as the basis of practical jokes  
 
• FINNEY
n. 1746 Eng. dial. obs. – a scolding match; a share in something going on, a frolic
 
• FINNICKS
n. 1839 Eng. dial. – one who behaves in a finicking manner; a woman who puts on airs; a tawdrily-dressed woman  
 
• FINNIE
vb. 1956 Amer. dial. – to lay claim to, to latch on to  
 
• FINNIF
n. 1. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
n. 2. 1916 US sl. – five dollars or a five-dollar bill  
 
• FINNIFF
n. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
 
• FINNIP;  FINNUP
n. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note  
 
• FINO
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate  
 
• FINOODLE
vb. 19C Eng. dial. – to fumble  
 
• FIN OUT
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – injured, ill; near death  
 
• FINUF
n. 1839 Brit. sl. – a five-pound note