Dictionary: GAN – GAO

► GAN n. 1. the mouth; the throat; the lips → 1536 UK sl. obs.
n. 2. ‘go’, spirit, energy → 1870 Eng. dial.
n. 3. course, direction, way → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to go → 1712 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to walk→ 1866 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to stare, to gaze vacantly → 1880 Sc.
► GANAGLII n. a bully → 1940 W. Indies sl.
► GANAY n. an idle disposition; indolence → 1876 Eng. dial.
► GAN-BY n. an escape, evasion → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANCANAGH n. a kind of fairy said to appear in lonesome valleys, making love to milkmaids, etc. → 1888 Ireland
► GANCE adj. thin, slender, gaunt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANCH n. 1. the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself → 1625 obs.
n. 2. a gash or wound made by a boar’s tusk → 1818 arch.
n. 3. an awkward, silly fellow; a fool, a boor → 1900 N. Ireland (Bk.)
n. 4. the act of gaping wide; a snatch at anything; generally applied to a dog → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution → 1615 obs.
vb. 2. of a boar: to tear or gash with the tusk → 1621 obs.
vb. 3. to stammer, to stutter → 1887 Sc.
vb. 4. to snap with the teeth; to snarl, to bite, to gnash the teeth → 1891 Sc.
vb. 5. to be very ugly → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GANCHING n. capital punishment by impaling → 1614 obs.
► GANCONER n. a kind of fairy said to appear in lonesome valleys, making love to milkmaids, etc. → 1888 Ireland
► GAND n. a frolic, a foolish prank → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANDAGUSTER n. a strong, sudden gust of wind; a strong, sweeping wind; a storm, esp. of short duration → 1899 Sc.
► GANDAYS n. the last fortnight of winter (last two weeks of January), and the first fortnight of spring → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GANDEL vb. to walk like a gander → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► GANDER n. 1. a dull or stupid person; a fool, a simpleton; a gawky person → 1553
n. 2. a turkey → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a husband → L18 sl.
n. 4. a dandy, a fop → E19 sl.
n. 5. a person with one eye, or who squints → 1892 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a gooseberry → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. a married man; in America, one not living with his wife → 1901 sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. a survey → 1910 sl.
n. 9. a look, a glance → 1914 sl., orig. US
n. 10. a racehorse → 1942 Amer. turf sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to stretch the neck like a gander; to stand gazing, to look foolish; to use conceited airs and gestures → 1822 Sc.
vb. 2. to wander aimlessly, or with a foolish air like that of a gander → 1822 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to ramble in talk, to waffle → 1858
vb. 4. to look at → 1887 US sl.
vb. 5. to walk → 1934 US sl.
► GANDER-BELLIED adj. scrawny → M19 US sl.
► GANDER-FACED adj. foolish-looking → L19 sl.
► GANDER-FLANK vb. to lark about, to frolic, to gad about → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANDER-GUT n. one who is thin and awkward → M19 US sl.
► GANDER-GUTTED adj. scrawny → M19 US sl.
► GANDERISH adj. foolish; silly; witless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANDER-LEG vb. to lark about, to frolic, to gad about → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANDER-LEGGED adj. thin-legged → 19C US sl.
► GANDER MONTH n. the month immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a husband temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity → 1636
► GANDER-MOON n. the period immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a man temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity → L18 sl.
► GANDER-MOONER n. a husband during the period of his wife’s confinement → 1617
► GANDER-NECK n. a long neck → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to look at → 1970 US sl.
► GANDERNECKER n. one who looks or stares → 1970 US sl.
► GANDEROUS adj. pert. to a gander → 1630
► GANDER-PARTY n. a social gathering consisting of men only → 1856
► GANDER-SHANKED adj. referring to a thin, awkward person → 19C US sl.
► GANDER’S WOOL n. feathers → 1600
► GANDGER n. anything of unusual size → 1884 Eng. dial.
► GANDHI’S REVENGE n. an upset stomach → 1980 sl.
► GANDIEGOW n. 1. a blow, a stroke, punishment → 1866 Sc. obs.
n. 2. an uproar, a noisy quarrel; a nonsensical prank; blustering talk; loud complaint → 1907 Sc.
n. 3. a squall of wind and rain; a heavy shower → 1908 Sc.
vb. to behave riotously → 1787 Sc. obs.
► GANDIER n. a vain, boastful person; a bragger → 1868 Sc. obs.
► GANDIES n. underwear → 1970 US sl.
► GANDIVEESE n. a trifling or imaginary illness, esp. one used as an excuse for shirking work → 1900 Sc.
vb. to stare at something in a bemused sort of way → 1929 Sc.
► G AND T n. gin and tonic → 1966 UK sl.
► GANDY adj. idly disposed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. a bragging, boastful person; a pert talker → 1790 Sc. obs.
n. 2. pert, foolish talk; a brag, a boast → 1866 Sc. obs.
n. 3. a pancake → 1966 Can sl.
vb. to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion → 1808 Sc. obs.
► GANDY DANCER n. 1. an Italian → 20C US sl.
n. 2. a petty crook; a tramp → 1910 US sl.
n. 3. a railway maintenance worker or section-hand → 1923 sl., orig. US 
n. 4. in trucking: a tractor trailer that weaves back and forth on the road → 1971 US sl.
n. 5. a road worker → 1976 US sl.
n. 6. a womanizer; an active socialite → 1990 US sl.
► GANDY GANDY! int. a call to geese → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANDY GANG n. on the railway: a crew of track workers → 1977 US sl.
► GANDYING adj. pert, chattering, foolishly talkative → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
n. foolish, boasting language; exaggerating, lying → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GANDY STIFF n. 1. a street beggar → 1910 US tramps’ sl.
n. 2. a tramp who occasionally takes a short-term job → 1910 US tramps’ sl.
► GANE vb. 1. to open the mouth wide, to gape or yawn → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to suffice, to be sufficient; to be suitable, to fit → 1724 Sc.
► GANEF n. a thief, a crook → 1839 UK sl.
► GANELIE adj. proper, becoming, decent → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► GANFER n. 1. a ghost, apparition; any supernatural phenomenon → 1774 Sc.
n. 2. an unwieldy, uncouth person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a precursor of snow → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GANG n. 1. the course of a stream → 893 obs.
n. 2. a journey; sometimes with definition of extent, as a day’s gang → 950 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a way, road, or passage → 950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. the power of going, ability to walk about → 1175 obs.
n. 5. manner of going, gait or carriage → 1300 obs.
n. 6. a set of articles such as are usually taken together → 1340
n. 7. currency (of money) → 1488 obs.
n. 8. the act of walking → 1500 obs.
n. 9. the quantity or amount usually carried at one time → 1590 Sc.
n. 10. any social group (no criminal overtones) → L16
n. 11. a travelling or resorting → 1645 obs.
n. 12. a step or rung of a ladder → 1688 obs.
n. 13. a pack of dogs → 1740 obs.
n. 14. a great amount; many → 1811 US sl.
n. 15. a turn or spell at any work or exercise → 1879 Eng. dial.
n. 16. an act of usually non-consensual intercourse, involving a number of men and a single woman → 1980 US sl.
n. 17. marijuana → 1982 Bahamas
n. 18. a work crew → 1989 US sl.
vb. 1. to walk, to go → 950 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to act or move as a group → 1910 US sl.
vb. 3. to attack or kill as part of a gang, to gang up on → 1920 US sl.
vb. 4. to engage in multiple, usually non-consensual sexual intercourse with one woman as part of a gang → 1930 US sl.
► GANGA n. marijuana → 1800 sl.
► GANGABLE adj. 1. of a road that can be travelled: passable → 1825 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. negotiable; used in reference to money that has currency → 1825 Sc. obs.
adj. 3. tolerable → 1825 Sc.
► GANG-ABOUT n. a hawker → 1900 Sc.
► GANG AGLEY vb. to err, to go wrong; used in a moral sense → 1788 Sc.
► GANG-BANG n. 1. an act of or occasion for multiple intercourse, esp. one in which several men in succession have sex with the same woman → 1945 sl., orig. US
n. 2. an orgy at which several couples have sex → 1945 US sl.
n. 3. a fight between youth gangs → 1967 US sl.
n. 4. a group of friends talking together on citizens’ band radio → 1977 US sl.
n. 5. a social gathering → 1977 UK sl.
n. 6. the utilization of a large number of computer programmers to create a product in a short period of time → 1991 US sl.
n. 7. a television writing session involving multiple writers → 1997 US sl.
n. 8. a cluster of reporters descending on a public figure with microphones, cameras, notepads and shouted questions → 2001 US sl.
vb. 1. of men: to have sex with the same woman → 1945 sl.
vb. 2. to be an active part of a gang; to battle another gang → 1968 US sl.
► GANGBANGER n. a youth gang member → 1969 US sl.
► GANGBUSTER n. an officer of a law enforcement agency noted for its successful (and often aggressive) methods in dealing with organized crime → 1936 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► GANGBUSTERS adj. full of speed, vigour, or energy → 1955 colloq.
adv. with great speed or vigour → 1969 colloq.
► GANG CHEATS n. two or more people working as confederates in a cheating scheme → 1988 US sl.
► GANG DOWN LIKE LAMOO vb. to be easily swallowed, to give pleasure in swallowing → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► GANGE n. 1. a projecting or drooping lower jaw → 1835 Sc.
n. 2. boasting → 1866 Sc. obs.
n. 3. pert, foolish speaking; a gossiping tongue → 1866 Sc.
n. 4. a nickname for a Black person → 20C US sl., derogatory
n. 5. marijuana → 1971 US sl.
vb. 1. to prate tediously; to chatter; to gossip → 1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib → 1866 Sc.
vb. 3. to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently → 1880 Sc. obs
vb. 4. to show the gums; hence, to grin → 1925 Sc.
► GANGER n. 1. one who goes or travels on foot → 1424 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. one who is going away → 1815 Sc. obs.
n. 3. a fast-going horse → 1818 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a shop-walker → 1880 Sc. obs.
vb. to gangrene, to mortify → 1685 obs.
► GANGER-BETWEEN n. a mediator → 1483 obs.
► GANGERELL n. a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person → 1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
► GANGERILL n. a vagabond; a wandering beggar → 1530 arch. & Eng. dial.
► GANGERY n. finery → 1872 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► GANGETIC adj. belonging to the river Ganges → 1830
► GANGETICS ► GANGETIQUES n. those who live on the banks of the Ganges → 1677 obs.
► GANG-FUCK n. an uncoordinated mess → 1995 UK sl.
vb. to engage in serial, consecutive sex, homosexual or heterosexual → 1916 US sl.
► GANGIC adj. belonging to the river Ganges → 1605 obs. rare
► GANGIE adj. having a projecting jaw → 1835 Sc.
n. serial sex between one person and multiple partners, consensual or not → 1971 NZ sl.
► GANGIN’ BODY n. a beggar, a vagrant → 1884 Sc.
► GANGING adj. going on foot, walking → 1100 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. the power of walking → 1100 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GANGING FIT n. wanderlust → 1721 Sc.
► GANGING ON n. a going on, proceeding → 1847 Eng. dial.
► GANGING-STAFF n. a walking-stick → 1595 Sc.
► GANGIN’ MAN n. a beggar, a vagrant → 1895 Sc. obs.
► GANGLE vb. to talk excessively, to chatter → 1300 obs.
► GANGLESHANK adj. long-legged → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANGLING adj. of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky → 1808
► GANGLY adj. tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANGPLANK n. a bridge → 1976 US sl.
► GANGPLANK FEVER n. in the military: a fear of transfer to an assignment overseas → 1945 US sl.
► GANGREL adj. vagabond, vagrant → 1538 arch. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. a toad → 1500 N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a vagabond; a wandering beggar → 1530 arch. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person → 1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a child just beginning to walk → 1768 Sc. rare
n. 5. creeping vermin → 1818 Sc. obs.
► GANGRENATE adj. in a state of gangrene → 1634 obs.
vb. 1. to make gangrenous → 1660 obs.
vb. 2. to become gangrenous → 1753 obs.
► GANGRENATED adj. gangrened → 1582 obs.
► GANGRENATION n. a condition of gangrene or mortification → 1597 obs.
► GANGRENESCENT adj. becoming gangrenous → 1828
► GANGRENIZE vb. to become gangrenous → 1597 obs.
► GANGRILL-GYPE n. a spoiled child → 1911 Sc.
► GANGS n. steps, goings, journeyings → 825 obs.
► GANG-SHAG n. an act of or occasion for multiple intercourse, esp. one in which several men in succession have sex with the same woman; group copulation → 1927 US sl.
► GANG-SHAY n. group copulation → 20C sl.
► GANG-SPLASH n. serial sex between one person and multiple partners, homosexual or heterosexual, consensual or not → 1971 Aust. sl.
► GANGSTA adj. good, exciting → 2002 US hip-hop usage
n. a young Black member of a (criminal) gang → 1998 US sl.
► GANGSTAMUTHAFUCKA n. a gangster, esp. one who is considered powerful → 1997 UK sl.
► GANGSTA RAP n. a rap music genre characterized by explicit sex and violence which, it is claimed, reflects Black urban existence → 1992 US sl.
► GANGSTA RAPPER n. a rap artist, who reflects on the Black urban experience in an explicitly sexual and violent manner → 1990 US sl.
► GANGSTA-LETTE n. a female gang member → 2001 US sl.
► GANGSTER
n. 1. marijuana → 1960 US sl.
n. 2. a cigarette → 1972 US sl.
n. 3. a hoodlum; a thug, a troublemaker, an aggressive, abusive person → 1980 US sl.
► GANGSTER BITCH n. a female who associates with youth gang members → 2001 US sl.
► GANGSTER DOORS n. any four-door sedan → 1980 US sl.
► GANGSTER LEAN n. 1. a style of driving a car in which the driver lean towards the right side of the car, leaning on an arm rest, steering with the left hand; hence, a slouching walk or posture → 1973 US sl.
n. 2. a car with hydraulic shock absorbers that are set to leave the car higher on one side than the other → 1991 US sl.
► GANGSTER PILL n. any barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant → 1994 US sl.
► GANGSTER WHITEWALLS n. showy, flashy, whitewalled tires → 1972 US sl.
► GANG-THERE-OUT adj. homeless, vagabond → 1815 Sc. obs.
► GANG TO vb. of the sun: to set → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GANG TOGETHER vb. to get married → 1768 Sc.
► GANG-TOOTH n. a large protruding tooth → 1603 obs.
► GANG-UP n. a close friend; a fellow member of a clique → 1982 Hawaiian youth usage
► GANG WATER n. (enough money for) the bare necessaries of life → 1949 Sc.
► GANGWAY n. a road, thoroughfare, or passage of any kind → 1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GANGY n. a person having a projecting jaw → 1835 Sc.
► GANIE vb. to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion → 1808 Sc. obs.
► GANING n. a gaping or yawning → 1000 obs.
► GANJA adj. white-skinned → 2000 US sl.
n. 1. marijuana → 1972 Jamaican sl.
n. 2. the White establishment → 2000 US sl.
► GANJAH n. a potent variety of marijuana; a Jamaican term for marijuana → 1800 sl.
► GANK n. 1. marijuana → 1989 US sl.
n. 2. a substance sold as an illegal drug that is actually fake → 1994 US sl.
vb. 1. to flirt → 20C teen & high school sl.
vb. 2. to trick someone out of something → 1995 African-American sl.
vb. 3. to steal → 1996 US sl.
vb. 4. in Internet game-playing: to ‘kill’ a player, esp. unfairly → 2003 UK sl.
► GANKY adj. ugly, repulsive → 2001 Irish sl.
► GANNE n. the mouth, the throat → 1865 Sc. obs.
vb. to bark as a fox → 1607 obs.
► GANNEKER n. an alehouse-keeper → 1380 obs.
► GANNEL n. a slut → 1900 Eng. dial.
► GANNER n. 1. a gander → 1734 Sc.
n. 2. a stupid person, a ‘goose’ → 1863 Sc.
n. 3. an occasional visitor, passer-by → 1889 Eng. dial.
n. 4. one who goes well; a fast-going horse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to wander about aimlessly or in the foolish-looking manner of a gander → 1822 Sc.
► GANNERS n. a pig’s snout → 1907 Sc.
► GANNET n. one who overeats → 1929 sl., orig. naval usage 
► GANNIE UPON vb. to boast about → 1915 Sc.
► GANNIN-FIT n. an inclination to roam → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANNING n. the sound of a fox → 1607 obs.
► GANNIN-GAIT n. the footpath of a public road → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GANNINS-ON n. proceedings, doings, to-do → 1889 Eng. dial.
► GANNY n. 1. a turkey → 1777 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 2. a guinea-cock → 1777 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a peacock → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a child’s word for a grandmother → 19C Eng. dial.
► GANS n. 1. the lips → 1665 UK sl. obs.
n. 2. the gums; also, the jaws → 1824 Sc. obs.
► GANSE adj. thin, slender, gaunt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANSEL n. 1. a severe rebuke; a scolding; insolent language → 1710 Sc.
n. 2. a sour, ill-natured person → 1813 Sc. obs.
n. 3. an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl → 1825 Sc. obs.
n. 4. an unpleasant shock → 1910 Sc.
vb. to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort → 1818 Sc.
► GANSH n. 1. a snatch at anything; generally applied to a dog; a snarl → 1808 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a person with a widely-gaping mouth; hence, a stupid, dull-witted, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails → 1880 Sc.
n. 3. a piece cut or riven roughly out of anything → 1900 Sc.
n. 4. a stammer, a stutter → 1949 Sc.
vb. 1. to snatch at anything with open jaws, to snap, to snarl; to gnash the teeth → 1715 Sc.
vb. 2. to stammer, to stutter → 1805 Sc.
vb. 3. to grimace → 1825 Sc. obs.
vb. 4. to eat quickly or a lot → 1925 Sc.
► GANSHEL vb. to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort → 1818 Sc.
► GANSKA! int. very well! → 1866 Sc.
► GANSPEL n. a trick, caper → 1929 Sc.
► GANT adj. in a favourable or neutral sense: slim, slender, not fat; gaunt → 1440 obs.
n. 1. a yawn, a gape; gaping → 1513 Sc.
n. 2. a stammer, a stutter → 1907 Sc.
vb. 1. to yawn, to gape → 1513 Sc.
vb. 2. to gasp, to open the mouth wide for breath → 1886 Sc.
vb. 3. to stammer, to stutter → 1907 Sc.
vb. 4. to talk extravagantly, to make wild statements → 1950 Sc.
► GANTED adj. thin, scrawny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANTED DOWN adj. thin, scrawny → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANTLOPE n. a military punishment (sometimes also naval) in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with a stick or a knotted cord → 1646
► GAN-WAY n. a footpath of a public road → 1887 Sc. obs.
► GAN-WIFE n. a female peddler → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANYIE n. an arrow, or similar missile, esp. a crossbow-bolt → 1425 Sc. obs.
► GANYMEDE n. 1. a catamite; a boy kept for homosexual purposes → 1591
n. 2. a cupbearer, a youth who serves out liquor; humorously, a pot-boy → 1608
► GANYMEDEAN n. one who follows the practices of a ganymede; a catamite → 1603 obs.
► GANZ GUT adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GAOL-BIRD n. someone who has been in prison a long time or is often sent to prison → 1618 sl.