• FLEA-BAG
n. 1. 1839 sl. – bed; also, a soldier’s sleeping bag
n. 2. 1941 sl. – an unpleasant place
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a dog
• FLEA BOX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a bedroom
• FLEA CIRCUS
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a bed; a bunk
• A FLEA IN ONE’S EAR
n. 1. 1826 – a scolding, a rating; a sharp reproof; a rebuff; chiefly used in the phrase ‘to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one’s ear’
n. 2. B1900 obs. – formerly also, anything that surprises or alarms; a matter for disquietude or agitation of spirit
• FLEAK
n. E17 Brit. colloq., derogatory – a woman; a foolish or giddy woman
• FLEA PASTURE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a bed; a bunk
• FLEA POWDER
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – heroin
• FLEAS AND ANTS
n. 20C US rhyming sl. – pants; trousers
• FLEAS IN ONE’S NOSE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – chimerical notions
• FLEASOCKS
n. 19C Sc. – the shavings of wood
• FLEA TRAP
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a bed; a bunk
• FLECTIBLE
adj. 1705 obs. rare – capable of being bent
• FLEECE
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female pubic hair
vb. 1772 sl. – to swindle, to cheat, esp. to overcharge
• FLEECE-HUNTER
n. 19C Brit. sl. – a whoremonger; a lecher, a man who is after female pubic hair
• FLEECE-MONGER
n. 19C Brit. sl. – a whoremonger; a lecher, a man who is after female pubic hair
• FLEE-FLOWERS
n. 19C Eng. dial. – butterflies
• FLEMINGTON CONFETTI
n. 1930s Aust. sl. – ‘bullshit’; empty talk, nonsense
• FLERGLE
vb. M20 US sl. – to copulate
• FLESH
n. 20C sl. – the genitals, male or female
vb. L16 sl. – to copulate
• FLESH-AND-BLOOD ANGEL
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl
• FLESH-BROKER
n. L17 sl. – a bawd; a procuress
• FLESH-FACTORY
n. E20 US sl. – a brothel
• FLESH-FLY
n. L18 Brit. sl. – a whoremonger; a pimp
• FLESHFUL
adj. 1552 – abounding in flesh, fat, plump → obs.
• FLESH IT
vb. 16C – to coit a woman → sl.
• FLESHLY-IDOL
n. 19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
• FLESHLY KENNING
n. 1400 – carnal knowledge → obs.
• FLESHLY-PART
n. 19C – the female genitals → Brit. sl.
• FLESH-MAGGOT
n. L18 – a whoremonger; a pimp → Brit. sl.
• FLESH-MARKET
n. 19C – a brothel → sl.
• FLESH-MONGER
n. 17C – a procurer, a pimp; the male keeper of a brothel → sl.
vb. 17C – to seek copulation → sl.
• FLESH-PEDDLER
n. 1. M20 – a prostitute → US sl.
n. 2. M20 – a pimp → US sl.
• FLESH-POT
n. 1. 16C – any district or establishment which caters to sexual desires and other physical needs → colloq.
n. 2. 20C – a brothel → sl.
n. 3. 20C – a harlot; a sexually loose woman → sl.
• FLESH SESSION
n. M20 – a session of lovemaking and copulation → US
• FLESH-SPADES
n. 1749 – the fingernails → obs.
• FLESH-STRING
n. 1587 – a muscle → obs.
• FLESH-TAILOR
n. E17 – a surgeon → sl.
• FLESHY PART OF THE THIGH
n. L19 – the posteriors → Brit. & US euphemism
• FLEWSEY
adj. 1711 – soft and fluffy → obs.
• FLEX
vb. 20C – to leave → teen & high school sl.
• FLIBBER-GIBBER
n. 1894 – a lying knave; a sycophant; a glib or oily talker → obs.
► FLIBBERTIGIBBET ► FLIBBERTIGIBBET ABOUT
n. 1. a garrulous or very talkative person; a person who gossips, spreads rumours, or tells tales; later, a person , especially a girl or young woman, regarded as frivolous, silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained → 1546 disparaging, sometimes derogatory
n. 2. a quick-witted or mischievous child; an urchin; also, a restless person (esp. a man or boy), esp. one who is slight or small in stature. → 1825 obs.
vb. to play the flibbertigibbet; to gad about frivolously or irresponsibly → 1921
• FLICK
n. 1950 – a movie → Amer. sl.
• FLICKER
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• FLICKER ALONG
vb. 1942 – to go fast → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• FLICKING
adj. 20C – an intensifier, fucking → sl.
• FLICK IT IN
vb. 1970 – to give up or become resigned → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• FLICKY
adj. 1971 – clever → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• FLIER
n. 1. 1826 – a swiftly moving kangaroo, usually female → Aust. colloq.
n. 2. ..20C – a long flying leap; a bound → colloq.
n. 3. ..20C – a speculative business transaction → chiefly US
n. 4. 1913 – a bad fall → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. 1942 – something excellent → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. 1940 – anyone or anything that moves with great speed → US sl.
vb. ..L18 – to coit rapidly and briefly with a woman → Brit. sl.
• FLIES’ SKATING RINK
n. L19 – a bald head → sl.
• FLIGHT
vb. 1913 – to fly, migrate, as birds → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• FLIGHTY FRILL
n. 1942 – a giddy girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• FLIM
n. 1. 1870 – a five-pound note → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• FLIM-FLAM-FLIRT
n. 1573 – a nonsensical speech, a gibe, deceptive nonsense
• FLIMMER
n. 1530 – a chatterbox, a gossip → obs.
vb. 1880 – to burn unsteadily; to flicker
• FLIMP
n. E19 – a pickpocket → US criminals’ sl.
vb. 1. E19 – to cheat or deceive → US criminals’ sl.
vb. 2. M19 – to coit a woman → Brit. sl.
• FLIMSY
adj. 1905 – weak → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1903 – £5 → sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1903 – money → sl. (Bk.)
• FLING
n. 1. ..E16 – a penile thrust in the sexual act → sl.
n. 2. 1827 – a brief period of self-indulgence or pleasure, often with the implication of a sexual liaison → sl.
n. 3. ..20C – a love affair → US sl.
• FLING-BRAIN
n. 1563 – a person of flighty and hasty character → obs.
• FLING-DUST
n. E17 – a street-walker; a slattern → sl.
• FLING ONE’S CAP OVER THE WINDMILL
vb. 1839 – to act recklessly and defiantly; to fly in the face of convention
• FLING OUT
vb. 1942 – to depart hurriedly, as in a temper → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• FLING-STINK
n. E17 – a street-walker; a slattern → sl.
• FLING THE HATCHET
vb. 1780 – to make false or exaggerated statements; to tell lies
• FLING THE MELL
vb. 1900 – to boast, to brag, to exaggerate → Sc.
• FLING UP
vb. E20 – to vomit → US colloq.
• FLING UP ONE’S CARDS
vb. 1888 – to abandon a project (Bk.)
• FLINK
adj. 1866 – nimble, agile, active → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. 1847 – figure, appearance → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1882 – a bad temper, a tantrum → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1882 – a pert or insolent kind of deportment; a conceited, jaunty air; a frolic, a flirtation; a good time, a ‘fling’ → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 4. 1882 – a fling, jerk; a blow with the tips of the finger → Eng. dial.
vb. 1. 1866 – to walk jauntily or nimbly → Sc.
vb. 2. 1866 – to comb the hair → Eng. dial.
vb. 3. 1867 – to fling, to toss, to jerk, to throw with a jerk; to sprinkle, shake → Eng. dial.
vb. 4. 1887 – to behave in a cowardly manner; to shirk one’s duty → Amer. dial.
vb. 5. 1895 – to be agile, nimble, active → Eng. dial.
vb. 6. 1908 – to romp, to frolic; to flirt → Sc.
vb. 7. 1969 – to play hooky, to cut class → Amer. dial.
vb. 8. 1978 – to flick with the fingertips → Amer. dial.
• FLIP
adj. 1. 1847 – indifferent
adj. 2. 1968 – knowledgeable → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
int. 1989 – an exclamation of mild annoyance → Brit.
n. 1. 1913 – a person loose in morals → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1931 – a Filipino → US sl., often derogatory
n. 3. 1952 – a crazy or eccentric person → sl.
vb. 1. 1950 – to experience an extreme mood, from extreme enthusiasm to a complete breakdown; to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one’s composure → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. 1956 – to please, to delight → US jazz sl.
• FLIP A RATTLER
vb. 1942 – to catch a train → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• FLIP-FLAP
n. 1. M17 – the penis → sl.
n. 2. 18C – a flighty woman; a giddy girl → Brit. sl.
• FLIP-FLAPS
n. 1. E20 – the human breasts, esp. bouncing and wobbling breasts → Aust. sl.
n. 2. E20 – young women with jiggling and bouncing breasts → Aust. sl.
• FLIPFLOP
n. 1. 1942 – nonsense → US sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. .M20 – mutual oral sexual intercourse involving males or females in any combination of two → US sl.
• FLIP ONE’S COOKIES
vb. 1. 1963 – to vomit → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 1967 – to feel strong emotion; to lose control of oneself → Amer. dial.
• FLIP ONE’S LID
vb. 1941 – to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one’s composure; to rage hysterically → sl., orig. US
• FLIP ONE’S WIG
vb. 1934 – to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one’s composure; to rage hysterically → sl., orig. US
• FLIPPED
adj. 1964 – entranced, captivated → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• FLIPPER
n. 1. 1832 – the hand → sl.
n. 2. ..20C – a wanton young woman; a young prostitute → sl.
• FLIPPERCANORIOUS
adj. 1913 – fine, grand → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• FLIPPING
adj. E20 – an intensifier → sl.
• FLIPPY FLAPPER
n. 1942 – a giddy girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• FLIP THE BIRD
vb. M20 – to give someone the finger → US sl.
• FLIP THE GAB
vb. 1942 – to converse → US sl. (Bk.)
• FLIRT-GILL
n. 1597 – a flirtatious or wanton woman → obs.
• FLIRTIGIG
n. 1683 – a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman → Eng. dial. & colloq.
• FLIRTIGIGGS
n. L17 – a flirtatious and wanton young woman → Eng. dial. & colloq.
► FLISKMAHOY n. a giddy, showy, or frivolous woman; a flighty girl; a woman who gives herself airs → 1816 Sc.
► FLISKY adj. 1. fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky → 1791 Sc.
adj. 2. minute, small; of rain: fine, drizzling → 1866 Eng. dial.
• FLIT
adj. ..20C – pert. to a homosexual male or to male homosexuality → sl.
n. 1. ..L19 – the removal of one’s household goods, and with them oneself, late at night in order to escape paying one’s rent → sl.
n. 2. 1935 – a male homosexual → US sl., derogatory
• FLITTERBUDGET
n. 1965 – a fussy or fretful person → Amer. dial.
• FLITTERMOUSE
n. 1547 – a bat
• FLITTERTIGIBBET
n. 1. 16C – a devil or a fiend
n. 2. M16 – a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper
• FLITTY
adj. M20 – homosexual, obviously effeminate → US sl.
• FLIVVER
n. 1940s – a Ford automobile → Amer. sl.
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