• G
adj. 1920s US sl. – federal
n. 1. 1920s US tramps’ sl. – a gallon of liquor
n. 2. 1928 sl., orig. US – a thousand (usually dollars or pounds)
n. 3. 1940s US sl. – a cheating device
n. 4. 1950s US drug culture sl. – a grain, usually of morphine
n. 5. 1970s African-American sl. – the female genitals, the vagina
n. 6. 1980s US college sl. – a smart and attractive male
n. 7. 1980s African-American sl. – a gangster
n. 8. 1980s African-American sl. – a girlfriend
n. 9. 1989 sl., orig. African-American – a friend, a partner; also, a term of address
n. 10. 1990s drug culture sl. – a gram, orig. of heroin or cocaine, and latterly also of cannabis
n. 11. 1990s US prison sl. – prison-made cigarettes
n. 12. 1992 US sl. – a G-string
n. 13. 2000s US drug culture sl. – gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
• THE G
n. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – the US government
• GAA-BOBBY
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a stupid person; a booby
• GAABRIL
n. 1866 Sc. – a big, uncomely person of an ill-natured disposition
• GAADIE
n. 1929 Sc. – a shadow-picture on a wall cast by the fingers
• GAAN
vb. 1866 Sc. – to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently
• GAAN KAK!
int. 1970s S. Afr. – go to hell!
• GAAR
n. 1987 Trinidad and Tobago – the buttocks
• GAAVE
n. 1906 Sc. – a large village
• GAB
n. 1. a1225 obs. – a taunt
n. 2. a1300 obs. – mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit
n. 3. 1724 Sc. – the mouth; also, the tongue
n. 4. 1725 Sc. – palate, taste
n. 5. 1737 – an idle vaunt; a piece of brag or bravado
n. 6. 1790 – the act of gabbing or talking; conversation, prattle, talk, twaddle
n. 7. 1822 Sc. – a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox; one who talks too much or too loudly
n. 8. a1845 jocular nonce use – a language
n. 9. 1920s US sl. – one who cannot keep a secret
vb. 1. c1200 obs. – to reproach; to accuse
vb. 2. a1225 obs. – to speak mockingly, to scoff
vb. 3. c1275 obs. – to tell lies to, to deceive
vb. 4. a1300 obs. – to lie, to tell lies
vb. 5. c1489 obs. – to mock
vb. 6. 1601 obs. – of teeth: to project
vb. 7. 1786 – to talk much or glibly; to chatter, to prate
vb. 8. 1825 arch. – to boast, to brag
• G.A.B.A.
n. 1980s Aust. sl. – the outback (Great Australian Bugger All)
• GAB ABOUT
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to go from place to place gossiping; to gad about
• GABACHO
n. 1950 Mexican-American usage, derogatory – a White person
• GAB AGAIN
vb. 1721 Sc. – to give an impertinent reply when reprimanded
• GABAL
vb. a1843 Sc. obs. – to quarrel, to dispute
• GAB-ARTIST
n. 1940s US sl. – a talker, esp. a convincing talker
• GABBA
n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – a friend
• GABBACIOUS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – talkative
• GAB-BAG
n. 1940s Aust. sl. – a gossip
• GABBARD
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – of buildings: large and old, out of repair
• GAB BEE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• GABBER
n. 1. c1386 obs. – a mocker; a deceiver; a liar
n. 2. 1793 – a chatterer, a prater; one who talks too much or too loud
n. 3. 1796 obs. – jabber; incoherent talk
n. 4. Bk1900 Sc. – a fragment, a broken piece
n. 5. 1940s sl. – a lawyer
n. 6. 1940s US sl. – a radio commentator
n. 7. 1967 Amer. dial. – a person’s mouth
n. 8. 1980s sl. – a policeman
n. 9. 1987 US sl. – any central nervous system stimulant
vb. 1706-7 obs. exc. Sc. – to talk volubly; to jabber; to talk incoherently
• GABBERFEST
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a meeting where there’s a lot of talking
• GABBERIES
n. 1625 – lies, falsehoods; mockeries, gibes, jests, wily deceits → obs.
• GABBERING
adj. M17 Eng. dial. – loquacious, talkative, verbose
• GABBERLOONEY
n. 20C Ireland sl. – one who talks too much, acts the fool
• GABBERMENT
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – rapid or inarticulate speech or reading
• GABBERN
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – of rooms, houses, etc.: comfortless, bare; large, ill-proportioned or ill-contrived
• GABBER NAPPER
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – an extra-big mosquito
• GABBERNY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – comfortless, cheerless
• GABBERY
n. 1627 obs. rare – wily deceits; cheating
• GABBETS
n. 1874 Sc. – the palate, taste, appetite
• GABBEY
adj. L19 sl. – talkative
n. 1796 Eng. dial. – a simpleton
• GABBIE
adj. 1719 Sc. – garrulous, chatty, talkative; fluent in speech
n. 1. a1774 Sc. – the human stomach
n. 2. 1841 Sc. – a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox
n. 3. 1847 Sc. – the mouth
n. 4. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a grandfather
• GABBIE-GASH
n. c1875 Sc. – one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued
• GABBIE-GASHLICH
n. 1925 Sc. – one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued
• GABBIE-LABBIE
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – confused talking; the way in which we think foreigners talks when we don’t know their language
• GABBIE-SNARROCH
n. a1900 Sc. – one who is over-talkative or sharp-tongued
• GABBIN-CHAT
n. 1905 Sc. – a telltale
• GABBING
adj. 1810 Sc. – talkative, loquacious, chattering
n. 1. a1250 obs. – lying, falsehood, a lie
n. 2. 1774 Sc. – talk, chatter; gabble
• GABBIT
adj. 1808 Sc. – loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent
n. 1. 1724 Sc. – a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything
n. 2. 1808 Sc. obs. – a broken piece, a fragment
• GABBIT CHIT
n. 1808 Sc. – a chattering child
• GABBLE
n. 1. 1601 – the inarticulate noises made by animals
n. 2. 1602 – voluble, noisy, confused, unintelligible talk
n. 3. 18C – verbosity, chatter
n. 4. 19C – a chatterer, a gossip
vb. 1. 1577 – to talk volubly, inarticulately, and incoherently; to chatter, to prattle; also, to read so fast as to be unintelligible
vb. 2. 1697 – of geese, etc.: to utter with rapidity inarticulate sounds
vb. 3. Bk1900 Sc. – to scold in an ill-natured way; to wrangle, to be querulous
vb. 4. 1953 Sc. – to do something clumsily; to make a poor job of something, esp. of sewing or knitting
• GABBLEBLOOTER
n. 20C N. Ireland sl. – a loudmouth, a prattler, a boaster
• GABBLEFEST
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• GABBLE-GRINDER
n. B1900 sl. – a gossip, a voluble talker
• GABBLEGUTS
n. 1966 Aust. sl. – a talkative person
• GABBLEMENT
n. 1833 – rapid, unintelligible noise; gabbling; chatter
• GABBLER
n. 1935 Amer. dial. – someone who talks too much or too loud
• GABBLE RACKET
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the honking sound made by wild geese flying at night
• GABBLE-RATCHET
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – a noisy child; a confirmed talker or chatterbox
• GABBLETRAP
n. M19 Aust. sl. – a silly chatterer
• GABBLING DOMMERAR
n. 1608 sl. obs. – a beggar who pretends to be dumb and mouths gabblingly
• GABBO
n. 1934 US prison sl. – a talkative person, a chatterer
• GABBOCK
n. 1. 1706 Sc. obs. – a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything
n. 2. 1866 Sc. – a loquacious speaker; a tattler, a chatterbox
• GABBOT
n. 1724 Sc. – a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything
• GAB-BOX
n. 1. 20C US sl. – the mouth
n. 2. 20C US sl. – a chatterer
• GABBY
adj. 1719 Sc. – garrulous, talkative; fluent in speech
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – the mouth, palate
n. 2. L18 sl. – a fool
n. 3. M19 Aust. sl. – water
n. 4. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a pert, chattering person
n. 5. 1915 US sl. – a gossip; a talebearer
• GABBY BENCH
n. 1982 Bahamas – a bench favoured by idle talkers
• GABBY-GUTS
n. 1940s Ireland sl. – an excessive talker
• GABBY HAYES HAT
n. 1977 US sl. – the field hat worn by US soldiers in Vietnam
• GABBY ROW
n. 20C US sl. – the area of town where the poor live
• GAB DISHING
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• GABE
vb. 1948 Amer. dial. – to drink alcohol
• GABER
n. 1. 1808 Sc. obs. – a lean horse, one so frail as to be scarcely fit for service
n. 2. Bk1900 Sc. – a fragment, a broken piece
• GABERLOONIE
n. 1853 Sc. – a licensed beggar or mendicant; a travelling beggar or tramp
• GABERLOONY
n. 1508 Sc. – a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general
• GABERLUNZIE
n. 1. 1508 Sc. – a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general
n. 2. 1808 Sc. obs. – a wallet or bag carried by beggars
• GABERLUNZIE MAN
n. 1878 Sc. – a licensed beggar or mendicant; a travelling beggar or tramp
• GABEROSIE
n. 1825 Sc. obs. – a kiss
• GABES
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a foolish person, one who acts foolishly; a busybody
• GABES-CHANY
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a foolish person, one who acts foolishly; a busybody
• GABE’S OFF-OX
n. L19 sl. – a headstrong person
• GABEY
n. L18 sl. – a fool
• GABFEAST
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a conversation; discussion
• GABFEST
n. 1897 sl., orig. US – a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip
• GAB-GASH
n. 1880 Sc. – petulant or pert chatter; voluble talk
• GABIATOR
n. 1831 Sc. – a gormandizer, one who takes great pleasure in eating and drinking
• GABIE-COG
n. 1852 Sc. – a wooden drinking-cup
• GABINS
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago – money
• GABLE
n. L19 sl. – the head
• GABLE END
n. L19 sl. – the head
• GABLE-ENDIE
n. 1889 Sc. – a local nickname for an inhabitant of Montrose
• GABLES
n. 1602 – bonds, chains
• GABLOCK
n. c1746 Eng. dial. – an iron crowbar
• GAB-NASH
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – petulant chattering
n. 2. 1923 Sc. – a pert or voluble chatterer
• GABO
n. 1930s US sl. – a chatterer
• GABOODLE
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – the whole lot
• GABOOTZT
adj. 1939 Amer. dial. – cleaned
• GABOUND
vb. 1949 Sc. – to guarantee, to warrant
• THE GAB O’ WINTER
n. 1916 Sc. – a spell of cold weather in early autumn
• GABRIEL
n. 1. 1930s African-American sl. – a puritan, a killjoy, a ‘bible-thumper’
n. 2. 1930s African-American sl. – a trumpet-player
n. 3. 1930s US prison sl. – the chapel organist
• GABRIEL-RATCHET
n. 1781 Eng. dial. – a yelping sound heard at night, resembling the sound made by a pack of hounds, but probably caused by flocks of wild geese
• GABRIEL’S HOUNDS
n. 1868 Eng. dial. – the name given to a peculiar sound, probably occasioned by flocks of wild geese or fowl, but popularly assigned to a spectral pack
• GABS
n. 1955 UK sl. – trousers made of gabardine
• THE GABS
n. 1990s sl. – a propensity to talk too much
• GABS DOWN
vb. 1950 Sc. – to eat ravenously, to wolf down
• GAB SESSION
n. 1. L19 sl., orig. US – garrulous, unrestrained talk
n. 2. L19 sl., orig. US – a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation
• GAB-SHOT
adj. 1900 Sc. obs. – having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper one
• GABSIE
n. 1952 Sc. – a talkative person
• GABSLICK
n. 20C N. Ireland sl. – a talkative person
• GAB-SNASH
n. 1813 Sc. obs. – a pert or voluble chatterer
• GABSTER
n. L19 sl. – a chatterer, an idle talker
• GABSTICK
n. 1825 Sc. – a large wooden spoon
• GAB STRING
n. 1785 sl. – a bridle
• GAB-TREES
n. 1728 – the jaws
• GABY
adj. 1. 1874 Eng. dial. – foolish, idiotic
adj. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – ill-mannered, uncouth
adj. 3. L19 sl. – talkative
n. 1. 1796 Eng. dial. & colloq. – a stupid, foolish, or silly person; a blockhead, simpleton, fool, dunce
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – folly, idiocy
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – to annoy by saying unpleasant things
• GACH
int. 1777 Eng. dial. – an exclamation used to deter children from touching anything dirty or nasty; an exclamation of disgust
n. 1851 Eng. dial. – dirt or filth
• GACK
adj. 1980s sl. – unappealing, pretentious
n. 1. 1825 Sc. obs. – a gap, as in a hedge
n. 2. Bk1900 Ireland – idle talk, chatter
n. 3. Bk1900 Ireland – an idle talker, one who talks behind a person’s back
n. 4. 1997 US sl. – a despised person
n. 5. 1997 UK sl. – cocaine
vb. 1. Bk1900 N. Ireland – to mock, to jeer
vb. 2. Bk1900 Ireland – to talk idly, to chatter; to lie
vb. 3. 1996 US sl. – in poker: to fold holding a hand that would have won had the player stayed in the game
• GACK-BLOWING
n. 2002 UK sl. – the process of anally ingesting cocaine
• GACKED
adj. 1. 1990s sl. – overcome by drink or drugs
adj. 2. 2003 UK sl. – cocaine-intoxicated
• GACKEY
adj. 1914 Amer. dial. – repellent; nasty: a child’s word
• GACK-NAG
n. 2002 UK sl. – a cocaine user
• GACK SCAB
n. 1999 UK sl. – a crusting of the damaged mucous membrane that forms around the nostrils as the result of inhaling cocaine
• GACKY
adj. 2000s sl. – stupid, odd
• GAD
int. L16 – God!
n. 1. 1535 Eng. dial. – a rod or wand; a fishing rod; also, a stake or stout stick
n. 2. 1548 obs. – a spear
n. 3. M17 sl. – a loose woman, a slattern
n. 4. 1825 Sc. obs. – a large mass of ice
n. 5. 1848 Amer. dial. – a stick or whip for driving oxen or punishing children
n. 6. 1867 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman
n. 7. 1867 Eng. dial. – a tall, slender, or lanky person
n. 8. Bk1900 Sc. – a small rainbow in the horizon portending bad weather
n. 9. 1930 Amer. dial. – the wild goose
n. 10. 1976 US sl. – in horse racing: the whip used by jockeys
n. 11. 20C UK tramps’ sl. – a shirt
vb. 1. 1579 rare – to go wandering in desire or thought
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to affix, to fasten
vb. 3. 1906 Amer. dial. – to punish, to whip, as a child
vb. 4. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to visit; to stay away from home
• GADABOUT
adj. 1817 – wandering; given to roving or gadding
n. 1. 1837 – one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip
n. 2. 1981 UK Citizens’ band radio sl. – a Lada car
• GAD-ABROAD
n. 1810 obs. – one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip
• GADAFFI
n. 2002 UK Royal Air Force rhyming sl. – the Naafi (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes)
• GADAHA
n. 20C W. Indies – a fool, an idiot
• GADAMAN
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. obs. – roguish, mischievous
• GAD DAIGS!
int. 1982 Bahamas – used to express surprise
• GADDER
n. 1. 1550 – one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman .
n. 2. M17 sl. – a loose woman, a slattern
• GADDER-ABOUT
n. 1568 obs. – one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip
• GADDER-ABROAD
n. 1577 obs. – one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip
• GADDERMAN
n. 1. 1890 Ireland – an old-fashioned or precocious young person
n. 2. 20C N. Ireland sl. – a rogue
• GADDERY
n. 1825 Sc. – a miscellaneous collection
• GADDINGS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – gossiping visits
• GADDIWANT
vb. 1893 Eng. dial. – to gossip; to gallivant
• GADDLE
vb. 1854 Eng. dial. – to drink greedily and hastily
• GADDY
adj. 1637 obs. rare – given to wandering or roving about
• GADDYWENT
vb. 1893 Eng. dial. – to gossip; to gallivant
• GADE
n. 1836 – a codfish
• GAD-FLY
n. 1. 1614 obs. – a person who is constantly wandering or roving about
n. 2. 1649 – one who irritates, torments, or worries another
n. 3. 1864 – an irresistible impulse to some course of action
n. 4. 1906 Amer. dial. – a small or remote hamlet or railway station
• GADGE
n. 1. 1887 Sc. – begging, sponging
n. 2. M19 sl. – any male, including a husband
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a trick
n. 4. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an oddity
vb. 1. 1719 Sc. – to dictate impertinently; to talk idly
vb. 2. 1887 Sc. – to beg, to sponge
vb. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to baste; to run or tack together with long stitches
• GADGER
n. 1887 Sc. – a sponger
• GADGET
n. 1. Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. – a rating badge
n. 2. 1940s US sl. – the penis
n. 3. 1944 US sl. – a US Air Force cadet
n. 4. 1967 US sl. – in poker: any special rule applied to a game using wild cards
n. 5. 1980 US sl. – a G-string or similar female article of clothing
n. 6. 1988 US sl. – any cheating device used in a card game
• GADGETS
n. 1940s US sl. – the male genitals
• GADGIE
n. 1. 1906 – a man; a fellow; a husband; a lover
n. 2. 1985 Sc. sl. – a fool, an idiot
n. 3. 2005 UK youth sl. – an old man
• GAD-GIN
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a large quantity or number
• GADGY
n. 1. M19 sl. – any male, including a husband
n. 2. 1960s homosexual sl. – a male prostitute’s client
• GADJÉ
n. 1875 Eng. dial. – a person, an individual; used rather contemptuously
• GADJIE; GADJY
n. 20C tramps’ sl. – a husband; a lover
• GADLING
adj. 1594 obs. – wandering
n. 1. c1000 obs. – orig., a companion or fellow
n. 2. 1297 obs. – a term of reproach; a base, low-born person
n. 3. a1542 obs. – a wanderer, a wayfarer, a vagabond
n. 4. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an idler, a loiterer; an idle, aimless person
• GADLING ROD
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a divining rod
• GADLY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – inclined to go about gossiping
• GAD OF ICE
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a large mass of ice
• GADS!
int. L16 – God!
• GADS BOBS!
int. 1695 – an exclamation
• GADSBODIKINS!
int. 1676 – an exclamation
• GADSBODYKINS!
int. 1696 – an exclamation
• GADSBUD!
int. 1694 – an exclamation
• GADSBUDLIKINS!
int. 1698 – an exclamation
• GAD SMASH!
int. 1818 Eng. dial. – a disguised oath
• GADS ME!
int. 1632 – an exclamation
• GADS MY LIFE!
int. 1694 – an exclamation
• GADS NIGS!
int. 1651 – an exclamation
• GADS-NOUNS!
int. 1676 – an exclamation
• GADSO
int. 1687 – an exclamation
n. 1. 17C – a fool → sl.
n. 2. 17C – the penis → sl.
• GADSOKERS!
int. 1687 – an exclamation
• GADSOOKERS!
int. 1672 – an exclamation
• GADS-PRECIOUS!
int. 1676 – an exclamation
• GAD-STICK
n. 1848 – a stick or whip for driving oxen or punishing children → Amer. dial.
• GADSWOOKERS!
int. 1698 – an exclamation
• GADSWOONS!
int. 1826 – an exclamation
• GAD THE HOOF
vb. 1839 – to walk without shoes → sl.
• GAD UP AND DOWN
vb. L17 – to go out gossiping → sl.
• GADWAND
n. 1900 – a long stick → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• GADWOOD
n. 1900 – underwood as distinguished from timber trees → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• GADZOOKS!
int. 1652 – a mild oath expressing surprise, alarm, or to affirm the truth of a statement → arch.
• GAEL
n. 1753 – a Highlander; orig. one of the Celtic-speaking inhabitants of Scotland → Sc.
• GAELIC
adj. 1910 – foolish, ingenuous, naive → Sc.
• GAELICALLY UTTER
n. L19 – a Scottish accent, esp. when modified to move in snobbish English circles → UK society sl.
• GAELICK
n. 1980 – a homosexual Irishman → US homosexual sl.
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