Dictionary: GAU – GAZ

► GAUBER-GRUBBER n. an inhabitant of North Carolina, Arkansas, or Georgia → M19 sl.
► GAUBISON n. a young simpleton → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUBSHITE n. a filthy and slovenly man → 19C Eng. dial.
► GAUCHE adj. wanting in tact or in ease and grace of manner; awkward, clumsy → 1751
► GAUCHENESS n. awkwardness, clumsiness → 1883
► GAUCHERIE n. want of tact or grace of manner; awkwardness → 1798
► GAUCHO vb. to moon; to expose the buttocks, usually in the window of a car, as an insult to someone → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► GAUCIE ► GAUCY adj. of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome → 1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GAUD n. 1. a trick, a prank; often, a device to deceive, a piece of trickery, a pretense; also, a game, sport, or pastime → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw → 1430
n. 3. a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery → 1440 obs.
n. 4. a festivity, rejoicing → 1571 obs.
n. 5. idle display; showy ceremony → 1800
vb. 1. to make merry; to sport, to jest; to scoff at → 1532 obs.
vb. 2. to ornament, to adorn, to make showy → 1554 obs.
► GAUDEAMUS n. a college-students’ merry-making → 1823
► GAUDERY n. 1. trickery → 1529 obs.
n. 2. gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery → 1597
► GAUDFUL adj. joyful → 1855
► GAUD-GLORIOUS adj. very showy → 1555 obs.
► GAUDIBUND adj. full of joy, very joyful → 1727 obs.
► GAUDIES adj. dainties, luxurious viands → 1622 obs.
► GAUDILOQUENT adj. speaking with joy → 1656 obs.
► GAUDILOQUOUS adj. speaking with joy, speaking of gladsome things → 1727 obs.
► GAUDILY adv. showily → 1611
► GAUDIMENTS n. jewels; personal decorations → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUDING n. a making merry; jesting; scoffing → 1553 obs.
► GAUDIOUS adj. festive, joyful → 1570 obs.
► GAUDISH adj. gaudy, showy → 1538 obs.
► GAUDISHNESS n. gaudiness, showiness → 1583
► GAUDLESS adj. destitute of ornament → 1848
► GAUDS n. showy ceremonies; gaieties → 1650
► GAUDY adj. 1. full of trickery → 1529 obs.
adj. 2. of fare: luxurious → 1540 obs.
adj. 3. in negative sentences: very good → 1884 sl.
n. 1. a taper → 1531 obs.
n. 2. rejoicing, joy; a festival, merry-making → 1535 obs.
n. 3.a bright-coloured ornament; a toy, a bauble, a gewgaw → 1555 obs.
n. 4. a grand feast or entertainment; an annual dinner in commemoration of some event in the history of a college → 1651
vb. to deck out; to make smart or gaudy → 1805
► GAUDY-DAY n. a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day → 1567
► GAUDY-GREEN adj. green dyed with weld, yellowish green → 1300 obs.
► GAUDY-SHOP n. a shop for finery → 1620 obs.
► GAUFFIN adj. light-headed, foolish, thoughtless, giddy → 1810 Sc.
► GAUGE n. 1. a mug holding a quart of beer (2 pints/1 litre); occasionally a pint → M15 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a limit of distance or extent → 1600 obs.
n. 3. a chamber pot → 18C Brit. sl.
n. 4. cheap whisky; inferior whisky which might have come out of a chamber pot → 20C US sl.
n. 5. marijuana → 1930 US drug culture sl.
n. 6. a shotgun → 1993 African-American sl.
► GAUGE BUTT n. a marijuana cigarette → 1930 drug culture sl.
► GAUGED adj. drunk → 1930 US sl.
► GAUGE OUT vb. to become or be sleepy, as a result of marijuana intoxication → 1996 UK sl.
► GAUGER n. one who sells liquor → 1610 obs. rare
► GAUGIE n. a man, a fellow → 1906 Sc.
► GAUK vb. to stare or gape stupidly → 1785
► GAUK-HANDED adj. left -handed → 1855 Eng. dial.
► GAUKIE n. a foolish, forward, vain woman → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GAUL n. a Frenchman → 1630 poetic and humorous usage
► GAULISH adj. 1. French → 1659 poetic and humorous usage
adj. 2. heavy, clownish → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. ill-tempered, nagging → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAULISH-HAND n. the left hand → 1790 Eng. dial.
► GAULISH-HANDED adj. left-handed, awkward → 1790 Eng. dial.
► GAULT adj. a boar or hog → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GAULY n. a blockhead → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUM vb. 1. to handle, esp. in some improper fashion → 1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to stare vacantly → 1674 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to smear with a sticky substance; to daub something sticky on a surface → 1796
► GAUMERIL n. a fool, a stupid fellow; a dunce → 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAUMISH adj. intelligent, quick-witted, knowing → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUMLESS adj. 1. wanting sense or discernment → 1746
adj. 2. heedless, careless, unobservant, inattentive → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUMLESS-HEAD n. a stupid, half-witted person, a fool → 1896 Eng. dial.
► GAUMLESS-TOPPIN n. a thoughtless, careless person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUM-LIKE adj. having an intelligent look → 1863 Eng. dial.
► GAUMP vb. 1. to eat or drink greedily; to devour hurriedly; to gulp → 1805 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to mock, to mimic → 1825 Sc.
vb. 3. to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GAUMUCK n. a stupid person; a fool → 1890 Eng. dial.
► GAUMY adj. 1. of the nature of a daub or smear → 1881
adj. 2. awkward → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. an awkward, ungainly fellow, a simpleton → 1892 Eng. dial.
► GAUNCH n. 1. the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself → 1625 obs.
n. 2. a snatch at anything; generally applied to a dog; a snarl → 1808 Sc. obs.
n. 3. a gash or wound made by a boar’s tusk → 1818 arch.
n. 4. a fool, a boor → 20C Ulster sl.
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 snatch at anything with open jaws, to snap, to snarl; to gnash the teeth → 1715 Sc.
vb. 4. to stammer, to stutter → 1805 Sc.
► GAUNDAYS n. the last fortnight of winter (last two weeks of January), and the first fortnight of spring → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GAUNGE n. boasting → 1866 Sc.
vb. 1. to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib → 1866 Sc.
vb. 2. to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently → 1880 Sc. obs.
► GAUNT adj. 1. in a favourable or neutral sense: slim, slender, not fat → 1440 obs.
adj. 2. hungry, greedy, ravenous → 1746
adj. 3. of a sound: suggestive of desolation → 1814 obs.
adj. 4. of inanimate things: grim or desolate of aspect → 1840
n. a yawn, a gape; gaping → 1513 Sc.
vb. to yawn, to gape → 1513 Sc.
► GAUNT-AT-THE-DOOR n. a loafer, one who is work-shy → 1721 Sc. obs.
► GAUNTER n. a glover or glove-maker → 1415 obs.
► GAUNT UP vb. to emaciate → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUNTY-GUTTED adj. lean, lanky, gaunt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAUP n. a stupid or silly person, a simpleton → 1825 Sc.
vb. to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment → 1682
► GAUPHEAD n. a stupid, staring fellow → 1895 Eng. dial.
► GAUPIE ► GAUPY n. a stupid or silly person, a simpleton → 1825 Sc.
► GAUPISH adj. inclined to yawn → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GAUPUS n. a stupid or silly person, a simpleton → 1826 Eng. dial.
► GAURE vb. 1. to stare, to gape, to gaze in wonder or astonishment → 1374 obs.
vb. 2. to shout or cry → 1530 obs.
► GAURING-STOCK n. a gazing-stock; a thing or person gazed or stared at → 1559 obs.
► GAUSIE adj. of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome → 1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GAUSTER n. hearty,  loud laughter → 1703 Eng. dial.
vb. to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily → 1674 Eng. dial.
► GAUSTERING adj. imperious, boasting → 1824 Eng. dial.
► GAUT n. a boar pig, a hog; esp. a castrated male pig → 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAVACHO n. a White person → 1950 Mexican-American usage, derogatory
► GAVAUL vb. to revel, to carouse → 1822 Sc.
► GAUVEY n. a simpleton → 1796 Eng. dial.
► GAVEL n. interest on money lent; usury → 700 obs.
vb. to lend money on interest → 1382 obs.
► GAVELESS adj. awkward, clumsy, careless, inefficient → 1866 Sc.
► GAVELLER n. a usurer → 1200 obs.
► GAVELLING n. usury → 1250 obs.
► GAVELLOUS adj. 1. awkward, clumsy, careless, inefficient → 1866 Sc.
adj. 2. drawling in speech; mumbling, lisping, indistinct → 1903 Sc.
► GAVELOCK n. a spear for throwing; a dart, a javelin → 1000 obs.
► GAVELOT n. a javelin or casting-spear → 1500 obs.
► GAVIL n. jail → 1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► GAW n. 1. a sore place or abrasion on the skin → 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a gewgaw → 1822
vb. to gape, to stare; to look intently → 1200 obs.
► GAWBLIME n. a soft service cap → 1919 Brit. sl.
► GAWBLIMEY int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1896 Brit.
n. a soft service cap → 1919 Brit. sl.
► GAWBLIMY n. a soft service cap → 1919 Brit. sl.
► GAWBY adj. foolish, idiotic; ill-mannered, uncouth → 1874 Eng. dial.
n. a stupid, foolish person; a blockhead, a simpleton, a fool, a lout → 1790 Eng. dial.
► GAWCIE ► GAWCY adj. of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome → 1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GAWD n. 1. a trick, a prank; often, a device to deceive, a piece of trickery, a pretense; also, a game, sport, or pastime → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw → 1430
n. 3. a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery → 1440 obs.
n. 4. a festivity, rejoicing → 1571 obs.
vb. 1. to make merry; to sport, to jest; to scoff at → 1532 obs.
vb. 2. to ornament, to adorn, to make showy → 1554 obs.
► GAWDELPUS n. an ineffectual or incompetent person → 1912 sl.
► GAWD FORBID n. 1. a child → 1909 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘kid’
n. 2. a hat → 1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘lid’ (hat)
n. 3. a Jew → 1960 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘yid’, derogatory or offensive
► GAWDFREDIAMONDS! int. an exclamation → 1977 Amer. dial.
► GAWD-HELP-US n. an ineffectual or incompetent person → 1912 sl.
► GAWD PICKLE ME NUTS! int. an exclamation of surprise → 2003 NZ sl.
► GAWDRY n. trickery → 1529 obs.
► GAWDS n. showy ceremonies; gaieties → 1650
► GAWDY adj. full of trickery → 1529 obs.
n. 1. a taper → 1531 obs.
n. 2. a grand feast or entertainment; an annual dinner in commemoration of some event in the history of a college → 1651
► GAWDY-DAY n. a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day → 1567
► GAWF n. a loud noisy laugh → 1500 Sc.
vb. to laugh noisily → 1719 Sc.
► GAWFIN adj. laughing loudly → 1846 Sc.
► GAWISH adj. staring, gaping; showy, gaudy → 1567 obs.
► GAWK n. 1. an awkward person; a fool; a simpleton → 1837
n. 2. an inexperienced bartender → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to stare or gape stupidly → 1785
► GAWK HAND n. the left hand → 1703 Eng. dial.
► GAWK-HANDED adj. left -handed → 1855 Eng. dial.
► GAWKIHOOD n. the condition or state of being a ‘gawky’; awkwardness, clumsiness → 1872
► GAWKINESS n. the quality of being gawky; clumsiness, awkwardness → 1873
► GAWKISH adj. awkward, clumsy, clownish → 1876
► GAWKWARD adj. gawky, awkward → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAWKY adj. of persons: awkward, clumsy, and stupid; ungainly → 1759
n. an awkward, clumsy, foolish person; a lout, a simpleton → 1724
► GAWL vb. ? to bawl out → 1592 obs.
► GAWLEY n. a blockhead → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAWM n. a foolish person → 1912 sl.
► GAWMAN n. a staring, vacant person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAWMAW n. a staring, vacant person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAWMFERT adj. of embroidery: flowery, bespangled, adorned → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GAWMP vb. to mock, to mimic → 1825 Sc.
► GAWN n. a gallon → 1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently → 1866 Sc.
► GAWNEY n. 1. a simpleton → 1842 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an awkward person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAWNICUS n. a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton → 1867 Amer. dial.
► GAWNY n. a stupid, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a simpleton → 1909 Amer. dial.
► GAWP vb. to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment → 1682
► GAWPIE n. a stupid or silly person, a simpleton → 1825 Sc.
► GAWPUS n. a stupid silly person, a simpleton → 1826 Eng. dial.
► GAWPY adj. noisy, chattering → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAWRIES n. vagaries, whims, freaks → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAWSY adj. of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome → 1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GAY adj. 1. bright or lively-looking, esp. in colour; brilliant, showy → 1300
adj. 2. of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry → 1310
adj. 3. finely or showily dressed → 1381
adj. 4. of reasoning, etc.: specious, plausible → 1425 obs.
adj. 5. of speech or words: brilliant, charming → 1425 obs.
adj. 6. brilliantly good; excellent, fine → 1470 obs.
adj. 7. of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious → 1637
adj. 8. of quantity or amount: pretty good, middling → 1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 9. intoxicated with alcohol → 19C sl.
adj. 10. of a woman: leading an immoral life, living by prostitution → 1825 sl.
adj. 11. of a horse: lively, prancing → 1826
adj. 12. in good health; well, convalescent → 1855 Eng. dial.
adj. 13. not cool, totally stupid → 20C teen & high school sl.
adj. 14. pert. to a homosexual → 1963 sl.
adv. 1. brightly, showily, gaily → 1415 obs.
adv. 2. in a gay mood, joyously → 1500 obs.
n. 1. a gay lady; one who is loved, a sweetheart → 1375 obs.
n. 2. anything that looks gay or showy; an ornament; esp. one that is used to amuse a child → 1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. childish amusement → 1582 obs.
n. 4. a picture in a book → 1646 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 5. the dupe of a prostitute or of a con man → 19C sl.
n. 6. a young, unattached, highly visible, and highly social homosexual male → M20 US sl.
vb. to make gay or showy; to give a bright and pleasant look to; to embellish → 1581 obs.
► GAY AND FRISKY n. whisky → 1942 Amer. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► GAY AS PINK INK adj. pert. to an obviously homosexual person, usually a male → M20 US homosexual sl.
► GAY BAR n. a bar that caters to and serves as a meeting place for homosexual males → M20 US colloq.
► GAY-BIT n. a prostitute → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► GAY BOY n. a homosexual → 1950 Amer. sl.
► GAY-CAT n. a young or inexperienced tramp, esp. one who has a homosexual relationship with an older tramp → 1897 US sl.
vb. to gad about; to fool around → 1938 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
► GAYDAY n. the ability to tell at a glance if someone is gay → 20C teen & high school sl.
► GAY DECEIVERS n. a padded bra or a pair of breast pads worn to give the appearance of large breasts → 1942 Amer. sl.
► GAY DOG n. a philanderer; a lecher → 20C US colloq.
► GAYETTY’S MEDICATED PAPER n. toilet paper → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GAYGE n. marijuana → 1934 US sl.
► GAY-GIRL n. a prostitute → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► GAY GREEK n. a boisterous or dissolute person → M16
► GAY HORSE n. a bugbear or hobgoblin, carried about at plays and public shows, with wide jaws and great teeth → 1483 obs.
► GAY HOUSE n. a brothel → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► GAYING INSTRUMENT n. the penis → E19 Brit. sl.
► GAY IN THE ARSE adj. pert. to a sexually loose woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAY IN THE GROIN adj. pert. to a sexually loose woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAY IN THE LEGS adj. pert. to a sexually loose woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAYISH adj. 1. somewhat merry → 1824
adj. 2. fairly good or large → 1855 Eng. dial.
► GAY IT vb. of either sex: to copulate → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAYITRY n. gaiety → 1685 obs.
► GAY LIFE n. of women: an immoral life; a life of prostitution → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAY-MAN n. a whoremonger; a man who seeks sexually loose woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► GAYNESS n. 1. delight, merriment, pleasure → 1377 obs.
n. 2. gay appearance, brightness of colour, dressiness, display, pomp → 1449 obs.
n. 3. a decoration, distinction → 1670 obs.
► GAY-PIECE n. a prostitute → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► THE GAY SCIENCE n. the art of poetry → 1813
► GAYSHEN n. a silly-looking person → 1805 Eng. dial.
► GAYSOME adj. 1.  full of gaiety; blithe, light-hearted, buoyant, cheerful → 1598
adj. 2.  inspiring with gaiety; cheery; pleasant → 1633
► GAYSON  adj. scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon → 1377 obs.
► GAYTRY n. gaiety → 1655 obs.
► GAY WENCH n. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → E20 US sl.
► GAY-WOMAN n. a prostitute → 19C Brit. & US sl.
► GAZABO n. 1. a male person, a fellow → 1889 sl., orig. & chiefly US, often derogatory
n. 2. a tall awkward person → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
n. 3. a tall building; any tall object → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
n. 4. a blundering or officious person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAZE n. that which is gazed or stared at → 1542 obs.
► GAZEBO n. a male person, a fellow → 1889 sl., orig. & chiefly US, often derogatory
► GAZEE n. one who is stared at → 1853
► GAZEFUL adj. that gazes intently → 1595 obs.
► GAZE-HOUND n. a species of dog used in hunting, which follows its prey by sight and not by scent → 1570
► GAZELESS adj. sightless, unseeing → 1819
► GAZEMENT n. stare, look, observation → 1596
► GAZETTE n. a newsmonger; one who spreads rumours → 1702
► GAZETTEER n. 1. one who writes in a gazette; a journalist, a retailer of news → 1611
n. 2. a geographical index or dictionary → 1704
n. 3. a newspaper, a gazette → 1730 obs.
► GAZETTIST n. the writer of an official gazette → 1625 obs.
► GAZING n. something to gaze at; a spectacle → 1548 obs.
► GAZING-STOCK n. an object of the people’s gaze; a person on whom others gaze or stare; an object of ridicule → 1535
► GAZINKUS ► GAZUNKUS n. a thing; a gadget → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GAZIZZEY n. a fool → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GAZOB n. a foolish person → 1906 Aust. sl.
► GAZONGAS n. the breasts; extremely well-shaped breasts → 20C US sl.
► GAZOO n. the buttocks; the anus → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GAZOOK n. 1. a catamite → E20 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. an ineffectual or incompetent person; a clumsy oaf → 1901 sl., orig. US
► GAZOOMPH n. deception, swindling, fraud → 1932 Brit. sl.
vb. to swindle, to cheat → 1928 Brit. sl.
► GAZOONEY ► GAZOONY n. 1. a pederast or a catamite → E20 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a bully, or a strong-arm man → 2006 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAZOPHILACE n. the box in which offerings to the Temple were received; a strongbox or treasure-chest → 1300 obs.
► GAZOPHILE  n. a treasury, a storehouse → 1549 obs.
► GAZOPHYLACIUM n. the box in which offerings to the Temple were received; a strongbox or treasure-chest → 1377 obs.
► GAZUMP n. deception, swindling, fraud  → 1932 Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to swindle, to cheat → 1928 Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to raise the price of a property after having accepted an offer by an intending buyer → 1971 Brit. sl.
► GAZUMPH n. deception, swindling, fraud → 1932 Brit. sl.
vb. to swindle, to cheat → 1928 Brit. sl.
► GAZUNDER vb. to lower the offer made to the seller of a property, esp. just before the exchange of contracts, so putting pressure on the seller to lower the price or risk losing the deal → 1988 Brit. sl.
► GAZUNY n. a man → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAZY adj. given to gazing → 1745